VOL L XO 18 817 Entered at Port land (Oregon)
' V' JO, OX Po.tofflr as Sror,d-Class Mutter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY,' MARCH 14, 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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BRITISH IN IRELAND
GREAT INDUSTRIAL
BRITAIN'S BULWARK
TO BE BIG WARSHIPS
EX-KAISER DECLARES
HE WAS PEACEMAKER
ROUMANIAN QUEEN
WILL VISIT COAST
PLEBISCITE BIDTS
TO HANG SIX TODAY
CUT COME TODAY
PRISONERS ACCUSED OB COM
PLICITY IX AMBUSCADE.
OUTLAY FOR 1921-32 PUT AT
WILHELM PROPOSED LEAGUE
OF XATIOXS IX 19 05.
WISH TOLD TO SEE INDIANS
AND COWBOYS.
10,000,000 POUNTS LESS.
13 TAR OWN BODIES
ATMOB'S BIDDING
SIR KEVOT
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Packers, Laborers Expect
Mediation to Fail.
NATIONAL WALKOUT LOOMING
Women, Children and Volunteers,
in Deriance of Military, Hold
Big Demonstration at Prison.
Union Leaders Say Industry
Wants Them to Act First.
ISSUE WITHHELD, CHARGE
Stand Tliat Pay and Hours Are Xot
Involved in Arbitration Blocks
Settlement, Declare Laborites.
CHICAGO, March 13. With more
than 100,000 employes in the packing
industry balloting on a proposed
strike, wage decreases amounting to
12's and 15 per cent, together with
a readjustment of working hours.
will go into effect tomorrow.
Both the packers and union offi
ciaU yesterday agreed to meet Secre
tary of Labor Davis, who offered his
cervices as mediator in the hope of
averting a strike. Tonight represen
tatives of both sides said there was
little, prospect of agreement.
Union leaders pointed out that the
packers, in agreeing to send two rep.
resentatives to Washington, had said
"We assume that the Justice and ne.
cessity of wage cuts will not be at
issue; nor can there Justly be an issue
en the matter of hours."
Nothing Held at iMnt.
According to representatives of the
men. thla left nothing to be dis
cussed.
"We know the packers are hoping
some of our men will engage in a
runaway strike tomorrow," said Den
nis Lane of- the Amalgamated Meat
Cutters and Butcher Workmen, "and
in fact we have evidence that they
are aggravating them.
"However, the international offi
cers have warned our membership to
remain on the Job until after the
vote has been taken and until the in
ternational executive board has is
sued strike instructions.
Strike to Be National.
"When tho etrike occurs. It will be
national and will have occurred be
cause of the packers repudiating an
agreement with tho government and
because of their desire for a strike
to accomplish the purpose of destroy
ing the workers' organization, and
unloading at profiteering prices the
enormous quantities of meat now in
cold storage, which they bought at
the lowest price paid for livestock
since 1915."
A meeting of the union leaders to
take action on the proposed strike
will be held here Wednesday. By
that time the result of the strike
balloting will be known, it was ex
pected. Thousands Hold Parade.
A parade in which thousands of
atockyards workers took part was
held in the district known as "back
o' the yards" today.
The marchers bore banners, some
leading:
"Must labor pay the war debt?"
"Making the workday longer makes
more unemployment." "Was the wax
for democracy a failure?"
Later there was a mass meeting
addressed by union leader;, who
urged the men not to precipitate a
premature strike, but to await the
result of the strike ballot.
EARLY CONFERENCE WANTED
Experts' Data on Packing Industry
Placed Before Secretary.
WASHINGTON, D. ., March 13.
Secretary of Labor Davis was tonight
awaiting replies from four of the five
leading packers and from packing
bouse employes to his offer of medi
ation in the controversy arising from
the proposed wage cut.
Wilson & Company, in a telegram
received today, agreed to the secre
tary's proposal of a conference be
tween the packers and their em
ployes in which Mr. Davis will parti
cipate with Secretaries Hoover and
Wallace as advisers. The telegram
reported to have been sent from Chi
cago by Dennis Lane of the employes'
union had not been received tonight.
Secretary Davis is anxious to set
the date for the conference as soon
as possible. He has had experts place
before him data regarding packing in
dustry labor and he has passed much
of the last three days digesting the
information.
DUBLIN, March 13. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The lord mayor was
officially informed tonight that the
J government had decided that the law
should take its course in the case of
the six prisoners in Mountjoy prison,
and the executions will be carried out
tomorrow.
A demonstration in protest against
the execution of the prisoners who
are accused of complicity in the kill
ing of intelligence officers and par
ticipation in an ambuscade was held
by women today.
Banners bearing such legends as
"England murders the innocent In
vengeance" were carried through the
streets.
The paraders marched four abreast
in military order, defying military
regulations. They received constant
accessions from women and girls and
also were joined by thousands of citi
zens, including many hundreds of Irish
volunteers.
Reaching the prison, the women
lined up two deep along the wall and
planted their banners opposite the
gates. Then they knelt and recited
the rosary, after which they dispersed.
The lord mayor of Dublin and
Father O'Flanagan visited the con
demned men today.
They reported they were facing
their fate with composure. The men
will be hanged in pairs, beginning at
6 A. M. The bodies of the first pair
will remain suspended one hour, when
the next two will be executed. Whe
lan and Moran will be the first. Mo
ran could have made his escape from
the Kilmainham jail but he refused,
saying he was innocent and would be
released.
The Irish labor party has issued a
proclamation to the workmen to ab
stain from work until 11 A. M. tomor
row and to observe the period of in
activity In solemn mouring as a pro
test against the execution.
Whelan, one of the men,- has two
brothers in the United States, one in
the army.
Railroads and Employes
Riding to Waterloo.
Main Fleet Is Said to Consist of
38 Capital Craft, of Which
8 Are Called Obsolescent.
FEDERAL OPERATION ISSU
Dead Hand of War-time Pros
perity Guides Labor.
ROADS FIGHT FOR LIFE
Harden Colfax Wonders What Ac
tion Will Follow Decision of
Issue by V. S. Board.
EAST ST. LOUIS WILL VOTE
31 cat Cutters and Butchers to De
cide Action on Pay Cut.
EAST ST. LOUIS, 111.. March IS.
East St. Louis union locals of the
Amalgamated Association of Meat
Cutters and Butchers of North Amer
ica will hold a meeting tomorrow
night to determine what action to
take on the reduction of wages and
extension of the working day, as an
rounced by the large packers to take
effect Monday.
Karl Jlmmerson, business agent of
the East St. Louis workers, said the
taking of a nation-wide strike vote
1 contemplated but the men will re
main at work until the result of the
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NEGRO LYNCHED BY MOB
Prisoner Hanged After Jury Falls
to Agree In Murder TriaL
VERSAILLES, Ky., March 13.-
Richard James, negro, charged with
the murder of B. T. Rogers and
Homer Nave at Midway, October 8,
was taken from the Woodford county
jail by a mob early today and hanged
from a tree, two miles from this city.
The mob, composed of about 50 men.
came here between 1 and 2 o'clock
this morning by automobile. A guard
was placed around the jail and four
men went to the door, aroused the
jailer; took bis keys and went to the
negro's cell, where they overpowered
the prisoner after a short struggle, ic
which a blackjack was used. James
was taken In an automobile to the
tree and hanged. ,
The trial of the negro ended Satur
day night when the jury reported it
was unable to reach a verdict. The
jury hid decided that James was
guilty, but could not agree on the
penalty.
AUTO UPSETS; 1 MAY DIE
E. W. Radke Seriously Injured;!
i
Ray Owen, Leo McKay Hurt.
An automobile driven by Leo Mc
Kay. 173 East Thirty-fifth street.
skidded from the road at a curve
about seven miles below Rainier at
S o'clock last night and turned turtle,
pinning McKay and two passengers,
Ray Owen and E. W. Radke, beneath
it. Radke was the only member of
the trio who was seriously hurt,
probably fatally.
McKay, and Owen shouted and
honked the horn until farmers in the
Ficinity came and released them.
Radke was unconscious. At St. Vin
cent's hospital It was said that he
was suffering from a basal fracture
of the skull.
Radke is an employ of the Robert
son Drug company and lives at the
Hillcrest apartments.
TRAVELER IS STABBED
Mexican Attacks C. S. Ackerman In
Twin Falls, Idaho.
TWIN FALLS, Idaho, March IS.
(Special.) G. S. Ackerman, traveling
representative of Sheurman Brothers, 4
nps Va1t(b nif anil f.ftut house, was 4
. 1
ir sv local uuspiL&i ioiiibiii no o
suit of a stabbing affray here th
afternoon.
Ackerman had just arrived in town
a: was standing on the sidewalk in
the main business section when a
Mexican laborer attacked bim with a
butcher knife, inflicting a wound In
the forehead. The knife penetrated
t' brain a depth of three inches and
severed the right optic nerve. Neither
man, as far as known, had ever seen
the other. It was said that Ackerman
had little chance to recover.
BY HARDEN COLFAX.
fCooyrlght. 1921. by The Oregonian.)
WASHINGTON. D. C, March 13.
(Special.) The greatest industrial
conflict the United States has ever
known looms ahead. The railroads
and their employes are riaing last
toward Waterloo. The dead nana oi
war-time prosperity holds the reins
of labor; the primal law of sell-pres
ervation directs the roads.
Through the dust of a dozen related
issues there appears the main objec
tive: Shall the railroads continue
under private control, and, like other
previously controlled Industries, set
their own wage scales; or snau iuey
relinquish all grip on wages and go
down, with earning power ana uiui-
viduality lost, under the waves oi
government operation?
Earnings In Red Ink.
For the first time in many months
the railroads have written their earn
ings in red ink. During January the
118.000.000,000' transportation system
of the United States, taken as a unit,
failed to make a ' penny. Lumped
earnings of 122 roads, operating
160,000 miles of line (nearly two-
thirds of the total), showed a aencu
of more than 11.000,000.
Returns are still coming in the
same sort of returns. How big the
deficit will be, how big it will be for
February admittedly larger than lor
January time only will show.
"All over the United States the rail
roads have announced cuts In wages.
Here in Washington railroad men,
members of congress, departmental
and other officials are not unmindful
of the consequences.
Titanic Struggle Expected.
They are looking forward to a
titanic struggle with labor, peaceable
maybe, but with the chances favoring
local walkouts and with the grim
specter of a national strike taking
form in' the background.
Labor has announced that it will
resist the downward wage revision.
How far It will go in its resistance
rests only with labor, but railroad
officials and others fully anticipate
that there will be strikes on the part
of some of the railroad labor organizations.
The railroads plan to observe the
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LONDON, March 13. Navy esti
mates for 1921-22. to be announced
tomorrow, will show a reduction of
possibly 10.000,000 on the net esti
mate for the last financial year,
which was 84,372,400 according to
the forecast of the political corres
pondent jof the London Times. He
declared tnat toe government nau
decided In principle that the capital
ship must continue to be the mal
unit of the fleet
The correspondent said there were
now 38 capital ships, while eight
were obsolescent, if not obsolete, and
added that it was regarded as un
economical to man such ships with
expensive, highly trained personnel.
Consequently these eight are ex
pected to be scrapped.
The government, he said, consid
ered that the remaining 30 capital
ships constitute for the present an
ad-equate basis for the maintenance
of the one-power standard.
But, as - at least four will need
to be replaced," the forecast con
tinued, "the construction of four ves
sels will eventually be necessary.'
The correspondent referred to the
estimates as embodying a compara
tively moderate building programme
and said it would hardly be possible
to spend more than 1.000,000 on each
new battleship laid down.
Commenting editorially, the Times
hoped that the forecast expectation
was "not illusory,- for nothing is
more certain than that this country
and the dominions cannot bear the
heavy burden of any new competition
In naval armaments."
The decision to replace obsolescent
and obsolete warships of the first
class by new battleships andi battle
cruisers, it added, is not a final pro
nouncement on the capital ship con
troversy.
It means only," it said, "that the
case against the great ship is not
proved."
Furtive Hohenzollem's Book Is
Interesting Because Notes
Tell of Past Intrigue.
0LC0TT PARDONS YOUTH
Ex-Service Man at Eugene Who Set
Fire to Jail Is Free.
EUGENE, Or., March 13. (Special.)
Fred Worthington, who a few days
ago waa sentenced by Judge Skip-
worth in circuit court to serve 90 days
In the county jail for malicious in-
Jury to a building, yesterday was par
doned by Governor Olfiott..:. . ,
Worthington is an ex-service man.
He Was arrested on a charge of In
toxication some time ago and locked
up in the city jail. He set fire to the
building and was nearly suffocated
before the firemen were able to cut a
hole through the wall to liberate him-
AIRPLANE KILLS WOMAN
Spectator Is Struck as Aviator
Makes Landing.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, March 13.
Mrs. A. Woolenkoff, 70, of Van Wert,
Ohio, was killed today at Pablo
Beach when struck by an airplane
driven by Monte Rolfe of Augusta,
Georgia.
Rolfe was attempting to make a
landing. He was held pending an Investigation.
THE HAGUE, March 13. (By the
Associated Press.) In the book he
has written for private distribution
In an attempt to show Great Britain
waa responsible for the war, the for
mer kaiser paints William II aa a
man who tried for 30 years to main
tain peace in Europe, but who says
he -was foiled by Great Britain,
France and Russia.
In 1905, he says, he tried to found
a league of nations.
Sufficient of the contents of the
book have leaked out to indicate Its
general trend. The leak 'was prin
cipally due to the Berlin correspond
ent of the Rotterdam Maasbode.
He says the book begins with notes
as far back as 1884.
"In some places," saya the corre
spondent, "the document is interest
ing, especially notes of August 18,
lfH, where he treats of the visit of
William to Czar Alexander III at
Narvik, when the czar said he hated
the French republic and wanted to
restore a monarchy In France, but al
ready, says the kaiser, a Russian
French military agreement had been
negotiated."
Under date of April 18, 1898, the
former emperor wrote:
An English proposal for an al
liance with Germany against Rus
sia is declined so aa not to endanger
the world's peace.
At the same time Delcasse (French
minister of foreign affairs) proposed
to the German ambassador in Paris
a German-French agreement to pre
vent the Portuguese colonies falling
under British influence. Thia pro-
r "al was not answered."
The former emperor claims he
drafted a project for a league of na
tions March 24, 1905.
V proposal," says the book, "was
made by the former kaiser to the czar
and to Wltte (Russian foreign min
ister) to found a league of nations
consisting of the triple alliance and
the French and Russian alliance, with
the understanding also groups or sep
ar '.e countries may become members.
The proposal was accepted by the
czar and Witte. There was no ques
tion as to presidential power over
this league.1"
Regarding the mission to Germany
in February, 1912, of Viscount Hal-
dane. British lord high chancellor, the
book says:
"German efforts' to conclude neu
trality with England failed in conse
quence of the absurd demand for a
cessation of development of the Ger
man fleet."
The ex-e.nperor says that the
mobilization of 1914 began in April
with "the mobilization of English
banks to get large Btocks of gold."
Then he continues:
June Beginning of preparations
for mobilization in England.
'June 15 Russia: Troops called to
arms in April and May under the pre
tense that they were to serve in
maneuvers.
July 29 All the Belgian reserve
officers called to arms."
Regarding refusal of the suggestion
by Russic to submit the Serbian in-
ident to The Hague court of arbi
tration, he says:
"The proposal of the czar was not
Details of Non-Partisan
Attack Are Bared.
VICTIMS NOT SEEN SINCE
Balkan Royalty Intends to Co
Down Into Mines and Look at
Moving Picture Laboratories.
Ex-Senator Burton Is
Yet Heard From.
No
MEN STRIP AT ORDER
All Forced to Roll in Grass in
Lieu of Fea Users and Don
Clothes as Party Departs.
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THERE SEEM TO BE SEVERAL MILLION STARVING PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY, TOO.
FIVE ARE KILLED IN FIRE
Two ai'issing and More Than Score
Injured In $330,000 Blaze.
RICHMOND, Va.. March 13. Frve
persons, four of them firemen, are
known to be dead, two are missing
and more than a score are injured
as the result of a fire here today
which caused damage of more than
$350,000 to a six-story furniture es
tablishment. The firemen, fighting the burning
structure from the top of an adjoin
ing building, perished when the roof
collapsed, ,
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ATHENS, March IS. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Queen Marie of Rou-
manla intends to visit America soon
and she declared yesterday she be
lleved King Ferdinand would accom
pany her as far as New York. She
contemplates a survey of America.
"I hope to stay three months." she
declared, "and I am going to the Pa
cific coast. I want to see the cow
boys and Indians; to go down in
mines; to visit factories, police courts,
slums and hospitals, and I would
like to see a motion-picture labora
tory.
"I believe I will go to America next
autumn.
There are six divisions of Russian
bolshevik troops on the Bessarabian
frontier of Roumania, the queen said.
Germans More Confident
Than Poles of Result.
.- RIVAL COMMISSIONS GUARDED
I Native Voters of Territory
at Issue Mobifized.
QUESTION IS ECONOMIC
worrying the Roumanians,
The queen inquired for news re
garding the near-eastern conference
in London. She said she hoped the
allies would "not disturb Constan-
tine,"
"He has a tremendous hold on the
people," she added.
Queen Marie characterized as "rl
diculous" reports that she had
brought about the marriage of her
or Neither Race Now Seeking
to Obtain Control.
BT ARNO DOSCH FLEUROT.
(Copyrliht by the New York World. Pub
oy Arrangement.)
KATTOWITZ. L'DDer Silvia. March
13. (Special bv wiri,,., ti j -
daughter. Princess Elizabeth, to cded(blenlnd on grills that blocked
Crown Prince George of Greece, with ana wun otner bars
the Idea that the princess would J; .. windows to prevent
some day be queen of Greece. """" """cs emg tnrown In upon
V..C.M, wis enters or tne rival plebi
scite COmmlSMinnM r.,,mc n an Pnl.
GIRL, 18, HURT IN CRASH me interviews.
The Germans are in the small town
Stolen Auto Smashes Into Another; of Vellr' Protected In the hotel Gold
oiar. inn -oies are in Beuthen at
Cnldcntified Driver Escapes. the Hotel Lemnitz, In the narrow
Miss Vaunita Noble, 18 years old. Principal street which has already
6417 East Sixty-third street, was siooo. one all-night siege. Of the
two, tne uermans are the less fear
ful, as the towns of Upper Silesia are
seriously injured last night when a
stolen automobile crashed into the
larsrelv German, hut th Pnlpn in
car in which she was riding and Beulhen ara ln the camp of tbe
which was anven oy n.. .1. wclic
1706 East Seventeenth street South
The injured girl was eent to St.
Vincent's hospital.
Wihen the crash occurred, the men
in the stolen automobile, which was
the property of C. L. Boss, got out
and fled. The car had been taken
early ln the day. according to a re
port made to the police.
W. Frank, a
enemy.
ltiotlnff Chances Foreseen.
If, aa some members of the plebi
scite commission predict, riots break
out between now and voting on
March 20, they will probably begin
in the Interior in the small towns
and center in Beuthen,
The Germans gave me a Joint ln-
GREAT BEND. Kas.. March 13.
Details of the an tl - non - partisan
league demonstration in Barton coun
ty last night, which reached a climax
in tbe escorting from Great Bend of
J. R. Burton, ex-senator from Kansas,
and the tarring of J. O. Stevic and
A. A. Parsons, revealed today that
Stevic and Parsons were compelled
to apply a coating of tar to them
selves while undressed. After they
had been forced by several hundred
men to roll on the ground, their
clothing was returned and they were
told to leave.
The whereabouts of Stevic and Par
sons, who are state organizer and
Btate secretary, respectively, of the
league, were not known tonight.
Neither had word been received as to
the whereabouts of Burton or of a
Professor Wilson, another organizer
of the league.
Pair on Way to Meeting.
Burton and Wilson were on their
way to Elllnwood to address a meet
lng yesterday. Whn they did not ap
pear Stevic and Parsons came to learn
their whereabouts. The latter two
then were taken out of the city and
told not to return. When they reap
peared they were tarred.
When word reached Lynons, a small
town near by, that Stevic and Parsons
had returned to Elllnwood a crowd of
about two hundred men gathered. The
party left there abotu S-a'dock, Inter
rupted a non-partlean meeting at El
llnwood and brought Stevic and Par
sons to Great Bend.
Men Protest Bat Obey.
They took the men a few miles from
town and ordered them to "take off
your clothes." The men protested, but
obeyed. When they had undressed,
tar was produced and Stevic and Par
sons were ordered to "smear that on
you."
Shivering from the chilly air, the
men obeyed. When they finished they
were told to' roll in the grass, that
serving for feathers, members of the
party explained.
Then their clothes were returned to
them, they were warned not to return
and the mob turned back to town.
Stevic was told that his treatment
was the result of violation of a prom
ise to remain out of the county.
Feeling- Running Strong.
Feeling has been strong against the
league here and at Ellinwood since
the meeting of the leaeue here lnj
summer, at which Mills, a national cent was made; but this was in- polish national feeling has
organizer, was egged. A meeting at I creased to two cents as the prices of aroused by their new freedom and haa
materials rose as a resuu vi im i been able to maae an aiyem wm;u
hospital.
railroad worker of lerv,ew '"'-"' "
612 Ramona avenue, was crossing utl1' iuo """- " "
the street at Hamilton etreot and marks was this:
Corbett avenue last night when a "wnen the question oi giving oils
speeding machine struck, him down, sia to Poland was first raised at the
He sustained, a bad ga&h in hin fore. I peat conference, were was sucn
head and was bruised. The speeder mass meetings here against u ui
was said to have fled. The victim the statesmen at Paris had to accede
was treated at the city emergency to the demands for a plebiscite.
'When it became evident tnat
Germany was to lose the western
UPILS THRIVE ON SOUP question and for month, w. have
been Making an effort to show tue
Hot Liquid Food Is Said to Have necessitiy of unity Between ucrmanjr
(and ouesia.
Uerman Into. Advocated.
YAKIMA. Wash., March 13. (Spe- We have been getting back the
ciaL) Hot soup served to pupils in voters born here and have been busy
connection witn their school lunches showing the people that their proa-
during three winter months for the perity lies in union with Germany,
past five years Is given as the prin- The people of this country are neither
ipal reason for a high health average uerman nor rniwu, "
of the Nob Hill school here, and prac- who long to be unaer oernian uuu..
emics or and who preier uerman oruci m j.
This will Bhow In the
tlcal Immunity from eplde
serious disease during that period, lish disorder.
Anonrriinsr to Miss Florence King. Red vote.
Cross nurse, the Nob Hill school is "The question is less national than
the healthiest In Yakima county. economic, although the former phaae
The nlan has been under super- is temporarily being empnasizea. ane
ri.inn of Mrs. Elizabeth BelL formerly German national feeling is that.
assistant, and now principal of the though Germany was broken by the
school. At the outset a charge of one war, reconstruction has set in. The
been
Ellinwood was broken up. Stevic pro
tested this action to Governor Allen
and asked the removal of Sheriff
Yancy. now a deputy.
Stevic's home is in Topeka. He has
been active in non-partisan circles
more than a year,
Sheriff Hill said tonight that he had
been unable to obtain evidence that
there had been a "tarring party,
Stevic and Parsons were ln town yes
terday, he said and after several dis
turbances for which he believed their
presence responsible, he had escorted
them out of town for seven miles.
He said he saw no machines other
than the one which carried them and
no evidence of a disturbance.
STRIKE END HELD NEAR
Mexican President Makes Public
Letters to Leaders.
MEXICO CITY. March 13. Presl
dent Obregon today made public let
ters to leaders in the railway strike
which express the hope that an
amicable settlement would soon be
reached. ,
Reports, which tend to Indicate an
Immediate settlement of the strike is
not at hand, were arriving today from
outlying cities, where disorders and
depredations were continuing.
All trains from the border and west
coast were ln operation but with
many delays.
SCHOOL TO GRADUATE 17
Students at State formal Will Get
Diplomas March 24.
MONMOUTH, Or, March 13. The
normal school will graduate the fol
lowing persons from the standard
course on March 24:
Mary K. Wilson, Ruth Norton, Edna
Briggs, Lota Craig, Mrs. Ethel E.
Dickson, Catherine J. Doherty. Gladys
J. Evans, Mrs. Ethel S. Gibhs, Wini
fred Glossop, Jessie R. McLelland,
Kathleen Maddox, Malinda May, Hes
ter B. Thorpe, Katherine Hoben, Isa
bella Bartlett, Mrs. W. A. Barnum
and Amelia G laser. 1
Appropriate graduation exercises
will bo slven. .
world war.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
YESTERDAY'S Maximum " te-.per.HwJ er industrial ruin If it goes Ger-
began strongly but has gradually
dwindled as the people see how badly
things are going ln Poland.
Inauatrlal Halo Predicted.
"If Silesia goes Polish it will mean
42 degrees: minimum. 33 aegrees.
TODAY'S Kaln; westerly winds.
Foreign.
man it makes tbe difference for Ger
many between barely existing and
prosperity. The people may be t& per
Brltlch ln Ireland to han six prlionan cenl Polisht but they are tied to Ger-
Bx-kal-r-s b"k declare, h. propod . many by ties of culture. The Poles
league of nation, tor world peace ln have been promising land, but they
1906. P 1. nave promised the same land three
AnraUyiePOPag1. 4. times over and the peasants are .1-
piebiKlte rioting looms In npper Silwla. ready disillusioned.
Page 1. "By bringing back voters from
Queen Marl, of Roumania announce, ab. otner parts of Germany we are spread-
BirWrrPrrb7"Uhf':u.wark. ing th. best propaganda. As th. peo-
Page 1. Pi "" neither decidedly German nor
Trouble, at home harden allies, Simons polish, these returned natives, steeped
tell reichatag. Pag . in German culture, are going to make
n2JS&FZZ& a big difference, a, each of thorn will
Pag, 5. Induce other home-stayers to vote for
National. Germany. The returned natives are
whinton social life quickened. Fag. S. iroinar to change the results of th.
Greatest Indu.trlai conflict in history of vote ln many places, for example, at
Pacific North.t. where the bave "welled the
I .. .rn& Kir Of nA naaf U iihnDr
6yrtem of buying tejephon. -n. '; "Vi.M r iVn '
ready prooea, cuhihuhivh .u uiew, v.w n . ....0... - -
La Koche. Page V.
Domratlc
Senratlonal charne. mad. in SUllmaa di
vorce .uit. Page 2-
Prosecution to rest today in Hamon mur
der trial. Page 2.
Packer, wage cut and strike vote com.
today, rage i.
French Held for Pole.
"Where the English and Italiaa
troops are stationed, there will be
a fair plebiscite but most of the
troops are French wh, openly favor
tin Poles because if Fraye can get
Log of .hip Polar Star, arrival in New York Silesia for the Poles, then France
harbor, ! tale of plotting of modern
Birates. rage iu.
Three non-partisan, tar own bodies at
mob', bidding. Pag. 1.
Rice hoarder, of California hit by price
decline. -ag iu.
Sport.
Joe Gorman .lated to box Fart Balrd In
New York on March 17. Pag. .
Trial of eight Indicted Chicago Whit. Box
players achedulcd for today. Pag. 8.
Beavers trimmed by colored Gianu, 10 U
1. t-age o.
Commercial and Marine.
Bteamer Con.hohocken to VUtt Portland
soon. Pag. 10.
Portland and Vicinity.
Fuel prices will be lowered to eoeoirrar.
early buying of .uppllea for But winter.
Pag. 18.
Farmer, or Oregon profiting from terted
seed. Pag. 15.
Local financier, expect prosperity. Page
15.
Much of world's woe attrttmted by Kev.
Thomas Jenkins, to disobedience. Page
IS.
plea for Irish recognition made by Mlu
ilauSwlney, Pag. a, i
can control financially the- greatest
coal area in Europe and make
France the biggest economic factor
on the continent.
"French troops are largely in tho
towns where the German vote will
be the heaviest and) few of them are
la tbe country where the Poles are
in control, and it is the evident pur
pose to Intimidate the Germans, ln
the plebiscite area there are 60,000
French, two regiments of Italians
a-i four regiments of English.
The insistence upon two ballots,
one of which must be. brought from
the voting booth, is merely a means
of letting the Polish watchers know
how each man voted, In a district
where the Poles are atrong. It is
going to make it dangerous to vols
for Germany."
After Interviewing the Germans. T
but declared the soviet army was not I People of Country Declared to Be
.Concluded en Page 3, Columa