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THE SUNDAY OREGOMAX, PORTLAND, OCTOBER G, 1918.
vers CANDIDACY
EXPECTED ACTIVE
Members of Oregon Delegation
in Congress Look for Ef
fort to Defeat McNary.
TRIP TO EUROPE IS START
Promise to Campaign Oregon, for
Governor Looked Vpon as Cam
ouflage Since Kecent An
nouncement of Candidate.
' OSECOXIAX NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Oct. 5. The return of Oswald
"West from Europe and his statement in
an interview that he would "deem it a
great honor were he chosen to repre
sent the good people of Oregon in the
TTnited States Senate," marks the begin
ning of the Senatorial campaign.
Evidently Senator McNary has been
waiting for West to speak the word
that starts the contest, for he has been
noticeably inactive in politics since his
nomination.
Although West says he will spend
no money, and will not campaign in his
own behalf, the fact that he is going
out on the stump for his running mate,
the Democratic candidate for Governor,
makes him an active candidate for the
Senatorship. He would like to have
JIcN'ary's seat in the Senate, and he will
welcome all the help his friends can
give him.
Pre-Primary Attitude Recalled.
Among members of the Oregon dele
gation there has been doubt and spec
ulation as tom the course West would
pursue. In view of West's pre-primary
attitude toward McNary, there was some
belief that he would not stand as a
candidate for the Senatorship, but,
while allowing his name to appear upon
the ballot, would advise his friends to
support McNary. In fact, before the
primaries. West made a public state
ment which was generally construed
sis an expression in favor of McNary's
return to the Senate.
But there has been a growing belief
among members of the delegation that
West would be a more or less active
candidate if a survey of the situation
caused him to think the chances any
where in the neighborhood of 50-50.
Trip to Europe Preliminary.
His trip to Europe was interpreted
as a preliminary to a campaign a sort
of foundation, in fact. The selection
of West as a specialist upon ocean
shipping problems was looked upon as
more political than practical, for West,
although thoroughly familiar with pub
lic land and reclamation matters, also
with railroad rates and regulations, has
had no experience whatever with the
practical difficulties of loading and un
loading ships which was the princi
pal question he was sent to Europe to
fctudy.
Quite naturally, since he ceuld not
supply any particular expert knowledge
of the subject, it was concluded he
had been sent in order to identify him
with the war and give him a special
advantage in politics. Several eminent
Democrats have gone to Europe and
returned without any apparent end ac
complished except to strengthen, them-
Fel.-es on the stump. Political speeches
in these days must be made up chiefly
of win-the-war talk, and a trip to
Kurope furnishes the basis for speeches
of that kind.
McXarys Record Holds Good.
When West was advocating the nom
ination of McNary as against Stan
field, one of his arguments was that
McNary had supported the war meas
ures in Congress, and that record still
holds good, with one possible excep
tion. McNary has voted for almost
everything the Administration asked
for, including the food control act, the
Overman act, giving the President al
most unlimited power in the reorgani-
; zation of departments and reassigning
of appropriations, the war finance cor-
: poration bill, the revenue and bonding
bills, the trading-with-the-enemy bill,
and the bill extending the war risk i
surance law to cover insurance of sol
diers.
The only place where "West is likely
to find fault with McNary s votes is
with reference to the bill extending the
draft ages. McNary first voted for the
Poindexter amendment making the age
19, and when that was defeated he
voted for the Kirby amendment fixing
the minimum age at 20, and when that
was defeated he voted for the bill with
the age fixed at IS. McNary also voted
to strike out the work-or-f ight clause,
la harmony with the Administration's
: contention that the existing; law on
that subject is adequate.
McNary having voted the Adminis
tration all the war appropriations It
' asked and all the war power .it asked,
. it would appear that the Senatorial
; campaign will be narrowed down to
that one issue, unless West has some
thing up his'sleeve to disclose later.
posed by the imperial German Chan
cellor, Prince Maximilian, in the Reich
stag, according to the -Berlin corre
spondent of the Tijd.
The entente allies are to be asked
to state their terms.
Dispatch of Envoys Mentioned.
The Chancellor's proposal embraced
also the dispatch of plenipotentiaries
to a neutral place to discuss the ques
tion of a leae-ue for national arbitra
tion and disarmament. 433
The plenipotentiaries are further to
be empowered to discuss the creation
of a federal Austria, the right of self
determination for Russian frontier
states, the restoration and indemnifi
cation of Belgium, autonomy for Alsace-Lorraine,
and the return of the
German colonies.
, The terms of the entente allies will
be asked at the same time with the
object of forming a basis for the con
sideration of these important ques
tions. Other advices say that the Chancel
lor has not yet made the statements
credited to him regarding the suspen
sion of hostilities, the appointment of
plenipotentiaries and the request for
the allies' terms.
But that it was understood he would
make such proposals.
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University Societies
New Members.
Admit
ARE PORTLAND GIRLS
Preferential Bidding System in Ef-fect-Ttais
Year for First Time
. Proves Successful Ju'ew
Members Announced.
ENJOYABLE DANCE GIVEN
125 Couples Attend Event Given in
Connection With Community Service.
Under the auspices of the Portland
"War Camp Community Service, the
B'nai B'rith gymnasium girls gave an
enjoyable dance in B'nai B'rith build
ins last night to men in uniform, about
-125 couples being in attendance. The
youngr ladies have affiliated with the
National League for "Woman's Service,
and are subject to call for entertain
ment work.
Chaperons last night were Mrs. L.
Swett, Mrs. B. Levoff and Mrs. Leibe,
Mrs. CJryce, of the National League for
"Woman's Service, is director in charge
of all social activities, and the B'nai
B'rith dance was supervised by Major
Naomi Swett. assisted by Captains
Gussie "Weiser, Helen Levoff, Hannah
Lebow, Pearl Abrahamson, Rachael
' Swett, Iolly Weiser. Deborah Swett,
Kannie Kenin, Pearl Leibe, Annette
Hurwjtt, Mollie Segal and Evelyn Segal.
PEACE MOVE IS REPORTED
(Continued From' First Fase-
eously to approach President ' Wilson
with the object of having him make
representations to the other entente
allies for a general armistice and ne
gotiations looking to peace.
PARIS, Oct. 5. Germany, Austria
Hungary and Turkey have resolved
simultaneously to ask President Wil
son to make representations in their
interest for a general armistice and
Negotiations for a general peace, ac
cording to a Berne dispatch to the
Ilavas Agency.
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 5. (By the As
sociated Press.) The immediate sus
pension of hostilities has been pro-
STOCKHOLM, Cct. 5. (By the As
sociated Press.) Prince Maximilian
of Baden, the new imperial German
Chancellor, is willing to accept Presi
dent Wilson's 14 peace conditions, ac
cording to reports received from Ber
lin by circles closely connected with
the Foreign Office here, even though
this for many reasons may not be
thoroughly demonstrated in his state
ment before the Reichstag.
BASEL, Switzerland, Oct. 5.
Prince Maximilian of Baden, the new
German imperial Chancellor, yester
day visited the Austro-Hungarian,
Turkish and Spanish Ambassadors at
Berlin, according to the German
press.
Speech Deemed Important.
The Vossische Zeitung, of Berlin,
says that the speecn wnicn iTince
Maximilian will make today in the
Reichstag will be an important one.
PARIS. Oct. 5. The Austro-Hun
garian Minister at Stockholm haa been
charged to request the Swedish gov
ernment to transmit to President Wil
son a proposal to. conclude Immediately
with him and his allies a general armis
tice and to start without delay negoti
ations for peace.
This announcement Is made In a
Berne dispatch to the Havaa Agency.
Proposal Given Out.
The text of the proposal follows:
"The Austro-Hungarian monarchy,
which has made only defensive warfare
and has borne witness several times to
its desire to put an end to the blood
shed and eonclude an honorable peace,
purposes by representation to President
Wilson to conclude Immediately with
him and his allies a general armistice
on land, on sea and in the air and start
without delay negotiations for peace,
"These negotiations will be based on
the 11 points in President Wilson's mes
sage of January 8 and the four points
of his speech of February 12 (February
11). 1918, and thoso equally of Septem
ber 27, 1918."
All Expected to Come In.
In transmitting this dispatch, the
Berne correspondent of the Havai
Agency says:
"Germany and Turkey must take the I
same steps as Austria. Meanwhile the
semi-official news agency at Berlin
withholds the news, evidently await
ing the meeting of the Reichstag, which
will be held this afternoon.
"The Imperial Chancellor, Prhice
Maximilian, certainly will make an Im
portant announcement In the Reichstag,
which has assembled four daya in ad
vance of the regular time.
"The action of the Austrian govern
ment has been preceded by a. number
of conferences with representatives of
Berlin and Hungary, both civil and
military, ami representatives from the
states of the German confederation.
AMSTERDAM; Oct. 5. (Reuter'.)--The
new peace note of Baron Burian,
Austro - Hungarian Foreign Minister,
will declare that all of President Wil
son's terms have been accepted, accord
ing to a Vienna dispatch to the Frank
furter Zeitung, which is quoted In the
Dutch press. The note will be pub
lished Immediately.
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 5. The Russian
note to Turkey published by Vorwaerts
concludes, according to a, Berlin die-patch:
The Russian government is obliged
to state that in consequence of the
action of the Turkish government the
treaty of Brest-Litovsk, which was to
have established peaceful relations be
tween Russia and Turkey, is null and
void."
It Is understood that this applies
only to the clauses in the treaty con
cerning the relations' between Russia
and Turkey.
AMSTERDAM. Oct. 6. The Berlin
Tageblatt feives the text of the pro
gramme of the majority parties in the
Reichstag, which will form the basis
of the new German policy.
Note of 1917 Reiterated.
The . first clause provides for adher
ence to the government's reply to the
Papal note of August 1, 1917.
The second clause declares readiness
to join in a league of nations based on
equality and free economic develop
ment
(Third clause missing.)
The fourth clause cays that peace
treaties hitherto concluded must form
no hindrance to the conclusion of a gen
eral peace. In the Baltic provinces,
Lithuania and Poland popular assem
blies are to be created at the earliest
possible moment.
Clause five provides for the estab
lishment of the independent federal
state of Alsace-Lorraine, with full au
tonomy corresponding to the demand of
Alsace-Lorraine for a popular assembly.
Clause six demands the carrying out
without delay of electoral reforms in
Prussia and reform in those states
which are still without it.
Clause eeven aims at the co-ordination
of the imperial government and the
government representatives from Par
liament to carry out a uniform Imperial
policy. Strict observance of all consti
tutional responsibility is demanded, as
well as the abolition of all military in
stitutions that might serve to exercise
political Influence.
UNIVERSITY OK OREGON. Eugene,
Or., Oct. 5. (Special.) Sororities at
the university held their annual pledge
day today, announcing 78 new mem
bers. 33 of whom are from Portland.
The preferential bidding system, in ef
fect this year for the first time, proved
successful.
Under the new plan each girl re
ceiving one or more bids, upon being
notified by a committee of pan-Hellenics
listed her choice of fraternities and
received just one bid to the house
standing at the head of her list. She
then went at once to the fraternity
house of her choice.
The number of girls pledged this
year is unusually large, due to the in
creased freshman enrollment, this
year's freshman class of 200 being the
largest in the history of the university.
The sororities announce the follow
ing new members:
Delta Gamma Betty Epping, Hood
River: Lois Hall. Eugene; Clem Cam
eron and Bernice Miller, both of Port
land: Grace Toung, The Dalles; Pauline
Coad. Dallas; Helen Loughary. Dallas;
Ruth Nash. Aberdeen. S. D.
Delta Delta Delta Marian Dunham,
Dorothy Graham, both of Portland;
Lor a Mortenson, Salem; Blanche War
ren. Bly.
Kappa Kappa Gamma Phoebe Gage,
Mary Evans. Alice Evans, Emma Gar
bade, Hazel Young, Eleanor Spall, Doris
Pittenger, all of Portland: Leila Marsh,
Decorah. Iowa; Anna May Chipping,
Hood River; Lois Barnett, Frances
Tate. Norma Medler, all of Wasco;
Helen Huntington. The Dalles;
Brownell and Janet Frasier, Eugene;
Mildred Apperson,. McMinnville.
Kappa Alpha Theta Margaret
Biddle. Caroline Cannon, Anne Shea,
Miriam Holcomb, Elizabeth Kirby,
Lucile Evans. Barbara Shepherd, Helen
Buckley, Mary Hegardt, Agnes Brooks,
Geraldine Pilkington, Marcelo Carlock,
all of Portland; Margaret Phelps, Pen
dleton; Margaret Thompson. Bend.
Pi Beta Phi Laura Rand, Genevieve
Haven, Margaret Winblgler, all of Port
land; Margaret Fell, Eugene; Elsie
Lawrence, Medford: Ethel Gay lord. Nell
Gaylord, Tillamook: Marvel Skeels, Co
quille; Hazel Shattuck, Vancouver;
Martha Rice, Boise, Idaho; Helen Clark,
Taeoma; K. Lee Fortmiller. Albany;
Velma Ross, Marshfield: Audrey Rob
erts, Clara Calkins, Marjorie Delzell,
Bab Keavltt. all of Klamath Falls; Nar
cissa Jewett. Gardiner.
Chi Omega Margaret Steudor, Jose
phine Connor. Gladys Farrall. Virginia
Giles, all of Portland; Louise Sheahan,
Oregon City.
Gamma Phi Beta Madge Calkins.
Helene Kuykendall, Geneva Stebno, all
of Eugene: Lillian Brock, Hood, River;
Vivian Hopson. Bernice Craig, of Sa
lem: Helen Nelson, Pendleton; Madyne
Bolander and Helen Houghton, Portland.
Alpha Phi Dorothy Reed. Isabell
Kidd, both of Portland: Ha Nichols and
Helen Carson, both of Hood River.
EARLY PEACE NOT LIKELY
(Continued From First Pice.)
entente, and autonomy for Alsace-Lorraine
in the German scheme probably
means a plebiscite, which would not
return those provinces to France, now
that nearly all the adult male French
population has been driven out.
The reported Intention of Germany,
Austria and Turkey to seek President
Wilson's good offices to arrange an
armistice, like the other moves said
to be impending, would be received
here as nothing more than a continu
ance of the efforts instituted by Count
Burian as far back as last January, and
repeated several times since, to trap
the entente into concessions by a pro
fessed acceptance by the central powers
of the terms of settlement laid down by
President Wilson.
WASHINGTON. Oct. . (Special)
Although the State Department reiter
ated today, that nothing official bad
been heard of new peace overtures by
Austria-Hungany through Holland, the
new German government, according to
information here through diplomatic
channels, is preparing to propose peace
to the United States and to the allies.
Terms of Peace Stated.
The basis will Include the following
provisions:
Universal limitation of armaments.
Guaranties for the freedom of the
seas.
Equality of opportunity and the
"open door" in all International Indus
trial and commercial fields.
Evacuation by Germany of all occu
pied territory. Including Russian, in ac
cordance with the principle of no an
nexations. Return of her colonies to Germany.
IMebeeclta Provision Named.
A plebesclte for the inhabitants of
Alsace-Lorraine to determine their own
wishes, and autonomous administra
tion for this territory if it elects to
remain in Germany.
Autonomy for the Crotlana- and
Slavonians of Austria-Hungary and
for Bohemia and Slovakia.
An independent Poland.
A plebescite for the Russian Baltic
provinces.
An independent ulcranla.
No indemnities, except such aa may
be internationally subscribed in the
interest of the smaller nations dev
astated by the war.
Institution of a league of nations to
comprise all independent governments.
which may become signatory to the
convention creating it and which would
Include provisions for the erection of
court fop the determination of all
Justifiable questions between nations
If the latter desire to submit their
cause to that tribunal, the submission
of the cause being made- compulsory
if that should be necessary to avoid
an open rupture.
Austria Reported Ready.
Austria-Hungary, it was asserted, is
prepared to come to an arrangement
respecting a rectification of the Italo-
Austrlan frontier, recognising the Jus
tice of Rome a claim for an extension
of the Italian -boundaries in the Tren
tlno, but denying Italy's further terri
torial claims aa extravagant and unjustified.
Germany, according to this report.
would recognize the loss by Turkey of
Palestine, but would insist upon the
return of Mesopotamia to the Ottoman
Kovemment, while granting autonomy
to Arabia, to Syria and Turkish Ar
menia.
Before making a publio peace pro
posal, the dispatches further set forth.
the government of Prince Maximilian,
through the employment of emissaries
duly qualified to- speak for it. Is ex
pected to sound out representatives of
America and the associated govern
ments, but addressing the United States
particularly.
- linn to Pose aa Reformed.
By acknowledging Germany's ad
herence to the principles declared by
President Wilson aa the necessary basis
of the future order of international life,
Germany, the information says, will
come before the allies and America In
the guise of a reformed nation, with
more liberal provisions for the sharing
of governmental responsibility by the
people, and with assurances of that
peoples' desire to participate In the
realization of the ideas enunciated by
President Wilson for making future
wars impossible.
to tne point of dealing with the enemy
on the basis of confessed defeat for
the German arms.
In the official view here, Maximilian
hopes to find a way to save Germany
from this abasement without completely
abandoning the Idea of a negotiated
peace.
Analyzing the propositions which he
Is expected to make, officials find that
they are in general a combination of
the ideas set out in the Reichstag reso
lution of July. 1917, with those of Count
Burian, the Austrian Foreign Minister,
and with some concessions demanded by
the Social Democrats at their latest
meetings.
Guarantees Held Necessary.
Regarding the first. looking to an
immediate suspension of hostilities, it
Is suggested that an armistice might be
granted, or dather a suspension of at
tack by the allies, agreed to. long
enough to permit the central powers' to
effect withdrawal of their military
forces from all occupied territory, but
even in such case, adequate guarantees
certainly would be exacted for the hon
est performance of this obligation by
Germany and Austria.
The proposal to send plenipotentiaries
to a neutral place to discuss questions
of a league for International arbitration
and disarmament Is regarded as
transparent effort to anticipate the
peace 'council and probably would not
be entertained for a moment for that
reason.
The same objection lies against dis
cussion of the federalization of Aus
tria, the right of self-determination of
the Russian border states, restitution
and lndemnincatlon of Belgium, auton
omy for Alsace-Lorraine and the return
oi tne German colonies.
Joint Payment Rejected.
It Is not doubted that the reference
to Belgium attributed to Maximilian
involves payment of an indemnity by
joint contnoution or ail tne powers, an
Idea already scornfully rejected by the
Steel Restrictions Not ' Modified.
OREGON! AN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Oct. 5. The highways com
mittee of the Council of National De
fense has informed Senator McNary
there will be no modification of the re
striction of use of steel for culverts and
bridges and that such use will be per
mitted only where road work is help
ful to the prosecution of the war.
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son. who Is now on his way to an
Army camp, may get into communtca
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paign for 100 additional dwellings for
accommodation of shipyard workers
will be erected in the down-town dis
trict. If some patriotic lot owner will
give the committee the use of a tract
of land on which to erect it. Vice
Chairman Powers Issued a call yester
day for property owners to list with
hira vacant tracts which might be suit
able for the cottage and a selection will
be made early this week, so that opera
tions may be started without delay.
It is the purpose of the executive
committee to use the cottage as head
quarters during the campaign now
under way. in order to facilitate the
work, outlined during the last few
days.
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