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VOL. LIX. NO. 18.504
Entered at Portland (Oregon)
Po?tn'f1ce as Sfcond-riB-rs Matter.
PORTLAND OREGON, ' TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1920
PRICE FIVE CENTS
REVOLT FAILS;
WILSON'S WAVERING
DESPAIR OF LANSING
POLK OUT, CAUSING
LABOR 'JURY' ACQUITS
MINNESOTA FOR
BIG STILL FOUND BY
REVENUE OFFICERS
SCARLET LETTER
EMBARGO ON TRAVEL
I. W. W. AT MONTESANO
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STAND ON TREATY
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POLICY IX MEXICO SAID
CAUSE RESIGNATION.
TO
ODER SECRETARY OF STATE
CENTRALIA KILLINGS DEEMED
JUST BY UNOFFICIAL BODY.
FARMER IX I.AXE COUNTY
FOOTHILLS ARKESTED.
RESUMES OWX OFFICE.
SEiTEfnFflllS
WOOD
PRIMAR
NE OF RED CHIEF
KflPP
ill
Return of Ebert to Berlin!
Expected
Fx-Ambassador Saj-s President Re
pudiates Effort to Take Some
Stand to Prevent Insults.
RIVAL LEADERS AGREE
Plan for Formation of New
Ministry Is Renounced
by Invader.
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STRIKE IS DECISIVE FACTOR
Mobs Clash With Soldiers
of New- Regime in Berlin.
Railways Tied Up.
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(By the Associated Fress.)
BERL1X, March 15. The counter
revolution in G- "any tonight ap
peared to hav .sd the end of I
the road. There was a strong prob
ability that one government shortly
would be in control and that Presi
dent Ebert would come back to Ber
lin with his ministers.
A basis of agreement between the
government set up by Dr. Wolfgang
Kapp as chancellor and that of
President Ebert was enunciated in
a declaration issued by the present
Berlin government today. The an
nouncement was made that negotia
tions totvard a settlement had been
cpenea oetween the two govern
ments at the instance of President
L'bert and his associates. There was,
however, no direct confirmation of
this from Ebert, who is understood
to be at Stuttgart.
Chancellor Kapp is agreeable to
continuance of the "present imperial
president," who is Frederich Ebert;
he renounces formation of a new
ministry and places direction of af
fairs in the hands of the under
secretaries of state.
Cabinet of Experts Provided.
The agreement as set forth by
Chancellor Kapp provided for a cab
inet which shall include professional
ministers, or experts; elections
within two months for members of
the rcichstag and the Prussian na
tional assembly and subsequently
an election for "imperial president"
by the people until which time
Ebert shall hold office.
One significant clause in the pro
nouncement said: "The new and
old governments shall issue a joint
proclamation that under present con
ditions a general strike is a crime
against the German people."
Herein lies the explanation of the
proposed settlement, for the general
strike has proved an effective
weapon. Germany already has felt
its sinister effect, for the stril in
Berlin and many other principal
cities cut off supplies, transporta
tion, light and heat. .
Labor Answers Ebcrt's Call.
It was President Ebert and his
ministers who called on the social
ists, the workmen and all the people
to declare a general strike, and there
was an instant response. Labor
fiercely resisted usurpation of the
reactionary government. Vast num
bers of men left their work and
serious disorder occurred.
Chancellor Kapp and his support
ers announced they would deal
harshly with strikes or passive re
sistance to the existing order in
Berlin. One leader of the counter
revolution said:
"We won't knuckle down to the
socialists and workmen, who think
they can run the country." '
Anarchy Faced on Other Hand.
Notwithstanding the government's
threat, it has been evident that nei
ther Dr. sKapp nor Major-General
von Luettwitz was willing to put
their warnings to" test. Bloodshed
would have been inevitable, plung
ing the country possibly into a state
of anarchy and giving communists
the opportunity they had au&ited
to foist soviet doctrines on Germany.
This state of affairs was recog
nized in all its seriousness also by
the Ebert government. Therefore,
V.S. X'-'-Mjope tonight was entertained that
m.w-' . '.ln agreement would be reached and
CHICAGO, March la. President
Wilson's policy in Mexico is respon
sible for "anarchy which has existed
in Mexico for years," and was the
direct cause of the resignation of
Robert Lansing as secretary of state,
Henry Lane Wilson, ex-ambassador
to Mexico, declared in an address be
fore the Agate club here today.
"It is an error ever to suppose that
Mexicans have struggled for liberty,"
he added. "Mexicans interpret liberty
as license and consequently the strug
gle has always been for loot. Mex
ico has never had what we call a
political election. Every government
has been shot into and out of power.
"No European government recog
nized Carranza and for that reason
they have been able to maintain their
dignity In Mexico and command re
spect from the Mexican government.
Mexicans, however, laugh at the
United States. They have insulted
President Wilson and they continue
to insult him, because they can do so
with impunity."
Secretary Lansing tried repeatedly
to change the president's policy, Mr.
Wilson added, but failed.
"A short while ago, while Mr.
Fletcher iras still n m hn ssarlnr to I
Mexico, there was a conference be
tween Mi. Lansing and Mr. Henry
P. Fletcher," he said. "They intro
duced, as a. result of this conference,
a motion in tlje senate to break off
relations with Mexico. The attempt
failed by reason of interference from
President Wilson. Lansing's resig
nation was one of despair at trying
to follow a consistent policy in Mex
ico."
Gulf Between Wilson and
Lawmakers Widens.
NEW RESERVATION ADOPTED
Another Deadlock Now Count
ed All But Certain.
SOME DEMOCRATS SWITCH
Vote Sliows Two-Thirds Majority
for Article 10 Provision, but
Ratification Held Unlikely.
MYERS HEARING DEFERRED
Committee Will Not Touch Matter
Until Successor Named.
OREGON IAN NEWS BUREAU.
Washington. Mar'- 15. Frank S.
Myers, former Portland postmaster,
summarily removed from office, will
not be given a hearing on his removal
by the senate committee on postoffices
and post roads until the name of his
successor has been received from the
White House, which probably means
a delay of many months.
The postoffice department declined
again today to reveal, the charges
against Myers or the contents of the
report of the inspectors on which the
removal action was based. To Sena
tor McNary, who made the request at
the Instance of Mr. Myers, the depart
ment officials said they must follow
an established policy in refusing to
give out any part of the inspector's
report.
The reason for such a policy, it was
explained, was that the former post
master might use the information so 'adopted last November.
gained in harassing the persons who
gave testimony against him.
WASHINGTON, March 15. 'The
senate today, by a vote of more than
two to one, adopted the new article
10 reservation framed by the repub
lican leaders, thereby reaffirming its
disagreement with President Wilson
on the dominating issue of the peace
treaty controversy.
Its action ended, at least for the
present, the efforts for a compromise
that would insure ratification, and
the senate's decision was accepted
generally as hastening the treaty
toward another deadlock, from which
it could be released only by a verdict
at the polls next November.
Fourteen democrats voted with the
united republican membership for the
reservation, but this defection from
administration ranks fell far short of
the number required to ratify.
Others May Swing Over. '
It was conceded that others prob
ably would swing over on the rati
fication rcrtlcall, but administration
leaders, backed by a definite assur
ance that th new reservation was
unacceptable to the president, evi
denced no apprehension that their
forces would dwindle beyond the dan
ger point.
The vote. 56 to 26, showed on its
face a two-thirds majority for the
reservation, but it by no means indi
cated that two-thirds would vote for
ratification on that basis. Included
in the majority were irreconcilables,
holding about a score of votes which
on the ratification rollcall are ex
pected to be cast against the treaty.
Kfforta to Modify Fall.
The reservation, adopted after many
efforts to modify it had been defeated
by the united republican majority,
follows in general form the one
It says:
Headless Department Prevents Is
suance of Passports Pending
Designation of Secretary.
WASHINGTON. March 13. A vir-
State's Trial Unanimously Held
to Have Been Unfair to
Defendants.
TACOMA, Wash., March 15. A ver-
tual embargo on foreign travel by ; diet of "not guilty" was rendered here
American citizens was in effect today
with the end of the 30-day period,
during which under-Secretary Polk
acted as secretary of state ad Interim.
No passports were issued today, and
while no official announcement was
made, it was indicated that none
would be issued until the senate had
acted on the nomination of Bain
bridge Colby as secretary of state.
Administration officials held that
the department technically was with
out a head and that as passports must
be signed by the secretary or acting
secretary, none could be issued.
From 600 to 800 passports have
been issued daily the past few weeks,
officials said, about 60 per cent for
Europe and 20 per cent for Cuba.
Administration officials did not
agree with members of tne senate
foreign relations committee that un
der the Overman act President Wil
son had authority to designate some
government official as acting- head of
the state department.
The senate committee had expected
to continue its hearings on Mr. Col
by's nomination today, but inability
of witnesses to come caused postpone
ment. "
WIFE PROVES TOO LIGHT
Coup(e on Ends of Ladder on
W indow Sill Get Fall.
LOS ANGELES, March 15. C. E.
Grapewin wanted to affix a clothes
line to a building across an alley
today, so he ran a ladder out of a
window, called his wife to stand on
the inner end and walked out to affix
a hook.
He walked a little too, far; his
weight overbalanced that of Mrs.
Grapewin; her end of- the ladder de
scribed a parabola out of the win
dow and carried her with it and both
of them hit the alley pavement. She
and Mr. Grapewin were taken to the
emergency hospital where minor in
juries were dressed.
at 10:30 o'clock tonight by the labor
"jury" appointed to attend the trial
at Montesano, Wash., of the 10 men
accused of the murder of Warren O.
Grimm during an armistice-day par
ade at Centralia, Wash. Seven of the
men had been found guilty of murder
in the second degree, two were acquit
ted and one adjudged insane by the
official jury last Saturday night.
The official statement of the find
ings issued tonight declares that the
labor verdict was unanimous.
It further declares that the I. W. W.
hall was unlawfully raided at Cen
tralia and that the 10 defendants had
the right todefend the hall.
The verdict also scores the calling
of federal troops to Montesano dur
ing the trial.
The six men who signed the verdict
are: John O. Craft, Seattle metal
trades; E. W. Thrall, Centralia, rep
resenting the Tacoma lodge of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen;
W. J. Beard, Tacoma central labor
council; Otto Newman, Portland, Or., ,
central labor council; Theo. Meyer.
Everett, Wash., central labor council,
and P. K. Mohr, Seattle central labor
council, who acted as "foreman."
Big Lead Held in Repub
lican Returns.
STORM INTERRUPTS COUNT
Reports of 450 Precincts .In
dicate Victory.
HIRAM JOHNSON SECOND
Hoover Is Running Third and
Lowdcn Fourth for Place on
Presidential Ticket.
The United States assumes no ob
ligation to preserve the territorial in
tegrity or poitical independence of
any other country by employment of
its military or naval forces, Its re
sources, or any form of economic dis
crimination, or to interfere in any
way in controversies between nations,
including all controversies relating to
territorial integrity or political inde-
of dollars' worth of canned toma-1 pendence, whether members of the
toes and peas, bought from the army j league or not, under the provisions of
and offered for sale at a profit, were j article 10, or to employ the military
confiscated in a raid on grocery stores !
here today by an armed squad led by
Captain J. Peterson, who is in charge!
the
PROFITEERS ARE RAIDED
Army Goods Taken From Dealers
Who Make Exce-sivc Profit.
NEW YORK, March 15 Hundreds
(Concluded on Pace 2. Column 3.)
MANDATES ARE GIVEN OUT
German Islands North of Equator
Formally Awarded to Japan.
LONDON, March 15. Premier Lloyd
George today in the house of com
mons announced that -the following
mandates had been allocated:
German East Africa to Great Brit
ain and Belgium; German Southwest
Africa to the Union of South Africa;
German possessions in the Pacific
ocean south of the equator, other than
Samoa, to Australia; Samoa to New
Zealand, and the German islands
north of the equator to Japan.
SPECIAL SESSION DENIED
Connecticut Governor Turns Down
Assembly to Act on Suffrage.
HARTFORD, Conn., March 15.
Governor Holcomb tonight formally
refused to call a special session of the
Connecticut general assembly.
The session was sought to act on
the woman suffrage amendment.
LESS PAY IS DEMANDED
Railroad Workers In Russia Also
Ask Reduction in Prices.
(Copyright by the New Tork World. Pub
lished by Arrangement.)
WARSAW, March 15. The brother
hood of railroad workers of the dis
trict of Lublin has sent a memoran
dum to the Polish diet asking for
less pay. Three points were empha
sized in the memorial: First, a 'de
mand for vigorous action to reduce
the cost of living; second, that the
death penalty be inflicted on profi
teers both of which demands are
common and, third, the demand for
less pay.
The railroad workers asked the diet
to take the question of prices firmly
in hand, to fix maximum prices and
to reduce -. ages to conform to the
prices, and for the increasing and
strengthening the buying power of
money. The railroad men insisted it
is useless to raise wages when the
price of living jumps five times as
fast. '
tURKS .ON PEACE BODY
Ef-Army Chiefs Named to Serve ou
World Congress.
CONSTANTINOPLE, March 15. Ap
pointment of Turkish peace dele
gates was announced today. The
delegation will be headed by Tewfik
Pasha, former foreign minister, and
will be made up as follows:
Izzet Pasha, former minister of war;
Rifat Pasha, former minister of for
eign affairs; Hafa Bey,-present min
ister of foreign affairs: Nabi Bey,
Alib Memrl Bey, Ahmed Ri Bey, for
mer president of the Turkish parlia
ment; Torgut Pasha, former com
mander in chief of Turkish forces
along the Dardanelles and the Bos-
phorus, and General Hveken. Torgut
Pasha will act as military adviser.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Jfarch li. When
returns from last night's statewide
republican presidential preference
primary were halted early today by
a blizzard which paralyzed wire '
communication, Major-General Leon
ard Wood was maintaining a com
manding lead over Senator Hiram
Johnson of California. The vote
from about 450 precincts, including
a majority of the St. Taul and Min
neapolis precincts, was: Wood, 12,62";
Johnson, 8517; Hoover, 4486; and
Lowden, 3510.
Members of General Wood's state
organization asserted at midnight
that the returns already indicated
that Wood delegates would be in con
trot qf the state convention here
Saturday, and that Minnesota's 24
delegates to the republican national
convention would be instructed to
vote for Wood.
When returns from 80 of 131 St.
Paul city- precincts were received
Hoover's total state vote 'exceeded
that of Governor Lowdcn.
The St. Paul returns gave Wood
1605; Johnson 1492; Hoover 868, and
Lowden, 360.
Returns from the rural districts
came in slowly. Minnesota, today
and tonight, was swept by rain, snow,
sleet, a blizzard and a gale. Avail
able returns indicated that the total
vote would be extremely light. Sev
eral small precincts reported that
not a vote was cast.
In St.. Paul, Johnson, Wood and
Hoover received pluralities in. va
rious precincts. The Wood committee
issued a statement declaring that
Wood carried 22 out of 32 precincts
in Ramsey county (St. Paul).
Johnson ran strongly in several
Minneapolis wards and seemingly re
ceived a strong labor vote. John
son's supporters asserted the Cali
fornia senator would carry Minneapo
lis and Hennepin county.
Hoover's vote attracted some at
tention early in the evening. In a
number of precincts, particularly in
the Twin Cities, where stickers were
used to put his name on the ballot,
he received a substantial vote but in
many cities in the state his vote was
small.
Complete Liquor Making Outfit
and Quantity or Mash Dls-covcrcfl
In Cellar Under Barn.
EUGENE, Or.. March 15. (Special.)
Elvln Witliam, a farmer living In j
the foothills nine miles west of June- I
tion City, was arrested by revenue
officers and Deputy Sheriff George
Croter today after the officers, it is
said, had discovered a complete moon
shine still of large capacity and about
150 gallons of raisin mash ready to be
put through the moonshinlng process.
Wltham is sa'.d to have excavated
a large cellar beneath his barn and
bad Installed his plant in it and had
arranged an entrance to the cellar
through a trapdoor In the manger. It
was only by chance that the officers
discovered the door.
Witham was brought to Eugene and
arraigned before tnited States Com
missioner E.' O. Iinmel. He waived
examination, and was placed under
bonds In the sum of $1000, two of his
neighbor furnishing ball.
The officers also raided the prem
ises of another farmer in that locality
and reported finding a large quantity
of raisins, which they suspect were
purchased for the purpose of making
liquor.
At a third place visited the officers
discovered several empty birrela and
bottles which they declared bore the
unmistakable odor of mash and fin
ished liquor.
Oster Boasts of Fooling
U. S. Agents.
NOTE REFUTES TESTIMONY
Communist Secretary Admits
"Whitewashing."
VEILED THREAT IS MADE
Mass Action Tenets of Portland
Radicals Invoke Nettled Fxplu
nation From Leader on Trial.
JOHN D. JR. QUITS BOARD
Colorado Fuel & Iron Compuny
Respoiislbl lilies Mil fled.
DENVER, March 13. John D.
Rockefeller Jr. retired as a member
of the board of directors of the Colo
rado Fuel & Iron company here to
day when the annual stockholders'
meeting chose John C. Mitchell, a
Denver banker, to succeed him on the
board. Mr. Rockefeller had served
on the hoard for 17 years.
An official of the company said It
was understood that Mr. Rockefeller
had retired 'in line with his general
desire to be relieved of responsibili
ties connected with board memberships."
"BIG FIVE" DECREE "JOKE"
of a retail store conducted by
army.
The goods were sold by the
store, he said, on condition that they
were for consumers' use only, and
were, seized because dealers had been
profiteering in them.
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WILL THE WORK HAVE TO BE DONE ALL OVER AGAIN?
DANISH GIRLS WANT JOBS
Servants Are Available, Says Im
migration Commissioner.
NEW YORK. March 15. The short
age of domestic servants can be'
solved in part by importation of hun
dreds of trained girls now out of
work in Denmark, Byron Uhl, acting
immigration commissioner, was in
formed today by C. E. Lexow, com
missioner 'of records here.
Mr. Lexow made tbis statement
after he had received information that
it was not a, violation of the alien
contract labor law to hire girls abroad
and bring them to this country.
NEW SECRETARY SWORN IN
John Barton Payne Becomes Head
of Interior Department.
WASHINGTON. March 15. John
Barton Fayne retired today as chair
man of the shipping board and was
Qunrn in s secretarv of the interior.
succeeding Franklin K. Lane, who re- J
Urea Marcn I. Jxir. rayne was re
placed on the ' shipprng board by
Rear-Admiral William S. Benson, re
tired. " j
Admiral Benson was appointed only i
as a member of the board, but it
expected that he will be elected
chairman.
DERISIVE CARDS MAILED
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hat Berlin streets would soon be
eared of wire entanglements, ma-
f.'i -Si'. !ji'ne cruns and armed troops.
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y. Although this counter-revolution
3i Deen orderly, it nas not passed
Concluded on race 9, Column 1.)
Bcrgdoll Charged With Writing to
Draft Board While Deserter.
NEW TORK, March 15. Testimony
that derisive postcards received by a
Philadelphia draft board were writ
ten by Grover Cleveland Bergdoll was
riven at his court-martial for deser
tion today by David Carvalho, a hand- I f
Avnr IT
The cards were mailed in the sum
mer of 1918 while Bergdoll was a fu
gitive. One addressed to John P.
Dwyer, a member of the board, read:
"Xou have made a mess oi things.
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NORTH DAKOTA VOTFS TODAY
Name of Johnson Alone 'Appears
t on Primary Ballot.
BISMARCK, N. D., March 15. North
Dakota voters will cast their ballots
in presidential preference primaries
tomorrow and, .while Senator Hiram
Johnson of California appears alone
on the ballot as a candidate, campaign
managers of other republican candi
dates have announced they are confi
dent that the delegation will go to
the Chicago convention uninstructed.
Democrats offered the name of
William J. Bryan as their nominee,
but he withdrew and thus made sure
that the democratic delegation wil.
be uninstructed.
Major-General Leonard Wood and
Governor Frank O. Lowden of llli
nois refrained from filing after one
of the four meetings held by republi
cans had voted that delegates to the
national convention should go unin
structed. Two other meetings of re
publicans indorsed Senator Johnson.
Dissolution of Packers Doubtful,
Says Kansas Representative.
WASHINGTON, March 15. Argu
ments as to the validity and merits ot
the recent dissolution decree agreed
upon by Attorney-General Palmer
and the "big five" packers occupied
most of today's hearings before the
house agriculture committee on leg
islation for tegulating the packing
industry.
Representative Tlncher, republican,
Kirnsas, said he regarded the decree
as a joke ana, reterring to other
anti-trust proceedings against the
packers, said "they have been dis
solved so many times we'd like to see
how they get around this one."
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTERDAVS Maximum
temperature.
40 degrees; minimum, ji dcrrcea.
TODAY'S Kain; northeasterly wihdH.
Fore ut n.
France only asks for time to recover from
ar, then debt will be paid In full,
says premier. 1'acv -
German revolt icemi collapsed. Page 1.
National.
Democratic nerve expected to fail whon
It comes to kllllnc treaty, even wltk
Lodge substitute. Page 4.
part Americans will play is keeping order
In Germany depends on reports from
commander In field. Page 3.
Under-Secretary Polk resumes own office,
creating embargo on traet. Page 1.
Senate reaffirms stand on treaty by adopt
ing new Lodge reservation. Page 1.
President's policy In Mexico declared to
"In nil I killed about two hour c.f
their precious time, whitewashing
'mass action' an well as our whole
platfotm and programme. When we
were through I had nlven to our plat
form and prostrjmme an appearance
very kindred to an ordinary Issue of
the Youths' Companion."
Written in scarlet ink In a letter to
A. Wagenknecht of New York, na
tional executive secretary of the com
munist labor party, the foregoing -srrtlons
by Karl W. Oster. state sec
retary, stood In blanket refutation of
rtiu. h of his test Illicitly, during an
entire day on thu witness stand yes
terday, In which he deprecated all
phrasfs of the platform and pro
gramme of the mmmunlHt labor
runy. which appeared to sdvnat
violent overthrow of government,
saylnrf thai It always had been his
idea tnat change should come through
the btllot.
The letter, held In rrcre during
the fjur days required by the ststs
In presenting ill case agiilnil tiller.
Kretl w. Fry and Claud Hurst, labor
communists Indicted unl r the crim
inal syndicalism act, ai sprung at
the conclusion of the cross-rxatnina-tlon
of Oster yesttrday altrin'Win by
District Attorney Evhiib, after ths
witness had fallen into a neat trap
and sail) he never felt the necessity
of whitewashing any pot Hon of his
party's programme-.
I.rttrr lllaronrerts Osier.
"Oh, 1 kniw that letter," smiled
Oster. when Evans polled it from his
pocket, before reading It to the jury.
The grin was wiped from his facs
when he examined the document. "No,
thut isn't the letter I thought it
was,' he admitted, lamely.
The communication was written
Wagenknecht the night of Oster'a ar
rest, December 10, 191H, on letter
heads of the communist labor party
of Oregon, 131 V Second street.
"A couple of Fed. 'Dicks' came Inte
the headquarters today and demanded
the state office records and mo," ha
wrote. "Knowing that there was noth
ing In the records of serious nature,
nor of propaganda value, I began
'propagating' them. Oh, I had a hell
of a time with these "Dubs' in ths
Federal building. ... In all I
killed about two hours of their pre
cious time, whitewashing 'muss ac
tion' as well as our whole platform
and programme. . . ."
"That's all." said Evans, concluding
his cross-examination with the read
ing of the letter to the Jury.
It was the first time during day
spent chiefly in grilling Osier that
the suave exponent of the new order
snd things bolshevik lost his com
posure. When his attorney, W. S.
L' Hen. asked him to explain what he
meant by the letter, he hesitated.
Lame Kaplaaatlaa Offerrs-.
"Well, I tell you." he evaded, "this
have been reason back of Lansing's 1 .,- i. no deviation from the gen
eral line of language I have been
EX-KAISER REGAINS CALM
Three Honrs Spent Sawing Wood.
Crown Prince Undisturbed.-
AMERONGExT March 15. (By the
Associated Press.) The former kaiser
Was up early today. He seemed much
calmer and sawed wood three hours.
The former empress is well again.
The guard about the castle is very
strict.
A high government official assured
the Associated Press today:
"The allies and the world may safe
ly rely upon Holland to guard the ex
kalser, though no more measures will
be taken than are necessary to pre
vent his escape."
WIERINGEN. Holland. March 15.
(By the Associated Press.) Frederick
William, former German crown prince.
who is very reserved In expressing
his ideas about sthe counter-revolution,
seems to be entirely undisturbed.
He may go wherever he. likes about
the island. '
Abdullo King of Irak.
LONDON, March 15. Simultaneous
ly with the proclamation of Prince
Feisal as king of Syria, Abdulla was
proclaimed king of Irak (vilayet of
Bagdad and Including the city of
Bagdad) and of Mesopotamia, says a
Cairo dispatch to ths Times. '
resignation. rage 1.
Poll of Indiana republicans favors Senator
Watson for president. Page 2.
Royalty on leased government oil lands
set at one-third of production. Page 2.
Perils of troop convoys revealed by Ad
miral Sims. Page 4.
Domestic.
Wood far in lead In Minnesota presidsnllal
preference primary. Page 1.
Blizzard rakes middle west slates. Page 6.
Labor "Jury" acquits I. W. W. at Monte
suno. l'age 1.
Pacific Northwest.
Legishsgsys hear arguments for Increased
school appropriations, but do not be
come enthuslastlo. l'age 7.
Seattle mayor's first act in office ! to
discharge manager of public utilities.
' Page 10.
Grand Jury Informed on technical points
in HoPf Inquiry. Page 14.
Montesano becomes normal sftar trial.
Page 13.
profiteering by Idaho flour millers It
charged. Pag 13.
Big liquor still reported found by officers
Id Lane county. Page 1.
hports.
Beavers get ready for gam with Chicago.
Page 1
Boxing Managers Charley Swlnehart and
Bobby Kvana hero from California.
Pago 12.
Multnomah club to send swimmers after
world titles. Page 12.
Commercial and Marine.
Hide market weak, but prices hold at
old level, cage 2.1.
Chicago corn strong on expected large
movement eastward. Page 23.
Bull campaign Is resumed In Wall-street
stock market. Page 23.
New steamer line may run from Portland
to South America. Page 22.
Deepening 'of Willamette slough channel
is proposed. , Page 22.
Portland sod Vicinity.
Dr. K. A. J. Mackenzie, prominent Port
land physician, passes away. Page 14.
Eugene Smith decides to run for congress.
Page lo.
Communist secretary. In letter, admits
misleading X. b. agents. Page 1.
Democratic women take prominent place in
scranvbie tor ballot positions, rage 24.
Child welfare commission expects no trou
ble getting Information from Institu
tions. Page 11.
Rahbi Wise rapped for pacifist views.
Psgo 16.
Two taxi drivers held for grand Jury in
death accidents. Page li.
using in this trial. It is one way or
me writing. I may not approve of It
now, as It now stands. As to 'whlls
wanliing,' 1 did considerable explain
ing you might call il 'whitewashing'."
Throughout his testimony Oster
continually stressed the assertion
that the communist labor party meant
majority rule where the platform
spoke of workers going from their
factories, etc., snd by "mass action"
changing the form of government,
that the assertion in the party pro
gramme that the ballot box was a
secondary measure meant simply
that education should go first and
voting second.
A red necktie, which far outshone
that which has flsmed from Oster'i
shirt-front during the entire prog
ress of the trial, surmounted Hurst's
vest yesterday. One of ths women
attendants at the trial the front row
of spectators is composed chiefly of
women dally was overheard to tell
Hurst last week that she Intended
purchasing him a new tie. Fry Is ths
only defendant who has not jet shown
his colors.
Asaerira Called Piratical.
In general, ths communist labor
party approved of ths bolshevlkU tes
tified Oster. ,
"While w may not call them ths
last stars of social ev olution, wa have
a preference to that form," h de
clared. The witness said hs still believed
it was an act of piracy for the gov
ernment of ths United States tn send
troops to Russia to fight ths fol
shevikl. George F. Vanderveer, just re
turned from Montesano, where hs
handled the defense of ths ten 1. W.
W., seven of whom were convicted of
murder In the second degree in con
nection with ths armistice day
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