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Section One Pages lto24 102 Pages Seven Sections VOL. XXXVIII NO. 8. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 23, 1919. THICK4 1'IVE CENTS. CALIFORNIA TO REFER BAVARIA'S CAPITAL STRIKE QUESTION TO T flyers; engulfed in , snow, have icy bath - CRAFT ENCOUNTERS BLIZZARD SAURY KILLED PROHIBITION MEASURE GO BEFORE .WORKERS t . . . VOTE-' AUTHORIZED ; BY METAL REHCOEW M SCHEME IS HALTED IN SENATE . - - REFERENDUM MOVEMENT' TO BE LAUNCHED MARCH 8. . TRADES COXFEBEXCE. . AT HIGH ALTITUDE. .'' V on WARRIORS FOR COMMISSION INCREASES IN STATE 0F-S1EGE Salem and Dallas Boys Give Cheers of Joy. CAPTAIN STAFRIN IN COMMAND "How Soon Will We Reach Home?" the Big Question. HARDSHIPS OF WAR SEVERE Members of Companies Ti and , Deny French, Girls 'Won Affec- tlons Many Trophies. M Grape-Growers Back Action to Put Ratification of Amendment Vp to Vote of People. . SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 22. California is to launch a referendum movement against the national prohibition amend ment, ratified recently br its legislature. on Saturday. March (, it was announced here today by the executive committee of the California Grapo Protective as sociation. In order to place tha issue on the ballot. 14.433 names, or S per cent of the voters who cast their ballots for governor in the November election, will be necessary on the state-wiJe petition, it was announced. An effort will be made to set 75,000 names on the ballot In San Francisco alone. Announcement, was mado that the grape association was co-operating with the other leading anti-prohibition interests, of tha state, in launching- the petitions. NEW TORK. Feb. 22. Edward Han nah, president of the New Torlc Central Federated union, announced tonight that he had received telegrams from labor leaders hi cities throughout the country approving the action of nearly 200.000 New York' union workers In voting strikes, . effective on July 1. to enforce the "no beer no work" slogan. ST PEGGT CURTIS. VEW" TORK. Feb. 22. (Special-) Captain Conrad Stafrln of rallas ar rived lata this afternoon in command I and pledging similar action in the near ef the entire troops aboard the warship future. - Pueblo, numbering 1J2 men and offl- " Some of the cities. Mr. Hannah said, eera. Among " these splendid troops were Los Angeles. Cincinnati. Seattle, were companies L and M of the l2d San Francisco. Chicago. Dayton. St. Infantry, which left BreA February . Louis. Kansas City and Milwaukee. Like all of ths three ships arriving to-1 Mr. Hannah added that about lau.oou diir at Hoboken niera. the Pueblo was I mora union men In New York City late. She had a good voyage and the would vote on the "Bo beer, no work" Munich Is - Declared on 'Verge of Civil War. - SOVIET REPUBLIC PROCLAIMED Serious Uprising Also Report ed at Augsburg. YOUNG ASSASSIN LYNCHED Reds Declare Killing of Premier and Minister Will Be Avenged In Most Frightful Manner. men were in the best of spirits and condition. The great warship steamed into port about 4S hours late owing to storms. At the piers the military band greeted tha warriors with colors and national airs. As on other arrivals. "Home. 8weet Home. was played, and the en tire body of troopa aboard raised movement this week. LMDOS, Feb. Z3 The eommnnlst leader, Bela Kn, of Budapest, has been Tacked, according to a dispatch from the Berlla correspondent of Heater's, Uailted, anotlng a sseaaage from th Hiigiriu capital. The action Is said to be the result of popular indignation at the attempts of the communists to aadermlne order. COPENHAGEN. Feb. 22. A stats of siege has been proclaimed in Munich, according to a dispatch from Berlin under date of February 21, quoting ad vices from the Bavarian . capital ,,,i,Trn it committee oi action nas - neen IKUUbLt bUUlM nmiCU Ml formed from ths three socialist par ties. Including ths communists and. the Extensive Military Operations In executives of ths workers', peasants' I ana soldiers' councils. - ;. Mexico Once Imminent. WASHINGTON. Feb. 23. In nrging BERLIN. Feb. 22. (By the Assoc! hi,h -a i. .i.m -,,.... .iv. ,thorltv for the lea "ess.; Bavaria last night was r. t.k. ondoni on materials repuoiin oj me moi k. ..AA in an emer- "iters' nd workmen's council in Mu- gency, MaJoSGeneral Black, chief of n,ch- Vossiscbe Zeitung today says. the engineers corps, disclosed today before ths senate military affairs sub- stillness. This sight was so impressive that there were few dry eyes either on board .or ashore. The first wave of expression passed and h warship rang with laughter and hurrahs. It was one of the brightest home-comlnga I committee that preparations for the that I have seen, Debarkation Is Orderly. In contrast to the confusion that "Mgned at ths debarkation of the rlxaba. which docked earlier in the slay, carrying principally casual com panies, the debarkation of the Pueblo was orderly sad fast. The Orizaba, on which I found no Oregon men. was toasad on tha aeaa In a storm and sprung a leak which filled her hold Al LIES WILL" PAY DEBTS COPENHAGEN, Feb. 22. A stats of siegs nas Been proclaimed at Augs burg. Bavaria, says a dispatch from Berlin. '. There was a great demonstration, ac- eompanled by disturbances, at Augs- next fiscal year, do your' asked " cavalry t" icaioujji cieareu tne possibility of extensive operations" in Mexico were being made Just prior to the declaration of war on Germany. You don't expect any trouble during tha Senator Hitchcock. "I'm no prophet," refilled the general. hot In eass there wero any. suenanro- vlsiiA would save the country money. Denial Made of Reports That Bonds Might Be Canceled. WASHINGTON. Feb. 2i No proposal that the United States share the war expenses of the allies, or wipe out the advices from Munich, have occupied all debt of the allies to the united (states, ever has been discussed among flnan- I rial renresentatives of the nations, It 1th six feet or water and It was a glsd moment for ths seasick troops so reach America. Aboard tha Henderson which ar rived in the morning was Lleutensnt Frederick B. Little of Portland, an aviator, who told of a remarkable ad venture In which one of his legs was broken twice end in which hs bus tamed ether Injuries. He Is getting along well, though he still walks with WM stated today by treasury officials. a cans, Lieutenant t-iitie crossed the I This statement was prompted by re- Cerman lino at 1000 feet altitude and ports that French officials bad sgitated downed three German planes. He was tns course among peace conferees in pursued and on the return back was Paris. Ths treasury has an official caught In the dusk snd estimated his denial from the French government lolght so that hs fell about COO feet, that any authorized French spokesmen Companies L and X Backbone. made proposals to this effect to Presl- Although formerly slated for Camp nt wliaou OT other Amerlc "pr- r x fa loin the rest of tha 1S?rt whioh I senin. feasi arrived there, the medical detach- . and ICompanle, iL and 1M went at GERMAN LOSSES VERIFIED streets, firing volleys Into the crowds. MUNICH.' Friday. Feb. 21. (By theH Associated Press.) Count Arco-Valley, the young student who shot and killed Premier Eisner, was lynched by an angry crowd. . . -'- GENEVA. Feb. 22. (By the Associ ated Press.) Further disorders and even civil war are feared as the Munich population is greatly excited. Revolutionary groups, according to No Action Is Taken Either For or fin Condemnation of 'Walkout -' " In Seattle Yards. (Concluded on Page 4. Column 3.) Submission of the question of a gen eral strike' of metal trade workers on the Pacific coast early In April In protect against the Macy wage awards to .shipyard workers , was ordered by vote of the Pacific, coast metal trades conference, meeting at 126 Fourth street yesterday, : according to -. dele gates leaving the hall at ths close of ths session. - . A promised statement by the "press committee," which was to have been drafted last night, failed .to material ice, members of the committee having absented themselves from both . the convention ball and their respective hotels and offices. . . ' Ths Seattle strike Is left in the hands of the members of the Seattle coun cil, according to. the delegates, no ac tion either In "support or in condem nation of the strike having been, taken at the conference, it is said. The pro, posed strike early in April, accord ing to reports, cannot be construed as a sympathetic strike in behalf of the Seattle cause, but merely in protest against the Macy board's - awards. which , expire on March 31. i According to statements made by various delegates to the conference lengthy report offered, to the confer ence by the executive committee was adopted, with slight opposition from a few of the radical members. . The re port contains the following principal provisions, it la said: First That he different metal trade unions in each local council on the coast hold referendum votes as to whether to call off present strikes. Second Recommended that the oa tional trades council division of -the American Federation of Labor issue charters to the local councils in the San Francisco bay districts, but with out the power of these councils to call strike without the consent of the San Francisco district conference. "Third Protest is made against any plan to have & national board, such as ths Macy board, .fix a scale of wages for the period beginning April 1. The report favors this power being placed n the hands of four district boards, one for the Atlantic coast, one for the Great Lakes district, one for the Gujf states and one for the Pacific coast. "Fourth The -executive board rec? ommends that all present coast dis putes be settled by conferences be tween the workers and tha employers." If this purported report was adopted it means that under the first provision each district is to decide for Itself whether local strikes shall be contin ued. It is claimed that no promise of support from the coast conference is offered- any local council that votes to contlnus a strike. '; . One of the conservative delegates who was strongly opposed to a general strike said that the action of the con ference was merely "passing- the buck" Senate Heeds Protest o Portland Business Men. SENATORS' PLOT IS SCENTED Names From Which to Selec ' Personnel to Be Submitted. NEED, OF CARE EMPHASIZED (Concluded on Page ft. Column 1.) Ed word . Cookingham Points Ont to Senators Great Interests Involved . In the Port Development plan. STATE- CAPTTOL, Salem," Or, Feb, 23. (Special.) In the very midst of an attempt by. Senators . Moser and Banks to Jam tnrougb the house senate bill 290, upsetting the personnel of the present Port of Portland, a -delegation of business 'men' secured a delay -nntll Monday- afternoon.. If Portland busl ness men do net at that time submit to the Multnomah delegation a list of names from which to pick several com mlssioners, the delegation will, as Rep resentatlvo Lewis explained, "perform their' duty as statesmen and honest men." The nicely-oiled scheme of Senators Moser and Banks was almost slipped through before Portland business in tercsts awoke to ths game and de manded consideration. Reprssentatlve Kubll was asked to push ths bill through tho house so that the meas ure would be enacted before ths Port land protest could, be heard. Mr. Kubll asserts that he was bunkoed Into playing the game of Senators Moser and. Banks, but after learning a few facta in the scheme hs refused to be bound by his agreement. ' Scheme Is Explained. Ostensibly tha . measure eliminates perpetual Jobs for Port of' Portland commissioners, a point on which there Is universal agreement; but the Moser bill goes farther and throws out three ef the present commissioners. Mr. Mo ser s-nd Mr. Banks have been Indus triously legging for ths measure. Their slate was to put Bob Menefee, Max Houser -and j D. Kenworthy on the commission Instead of Captain Pease, Captain Shaver and p. C. O'Reilly. Aside from Mr. Houser, scarcely any mem bers of the Multnomah delegation 'knew who Menefee or Kenworthy are. Mr. Banks was particularly anxious to land Aviators Forced Down While Carry ing Message to.Milwankee-From ' Chicago VS'ar Mothers. MILWAKEK. Feb. 22. Lost In a blizzard 2000 feet above Lake Michigan with their engine dead from a defective oil feed, Ensign Ray. P. Applegate, Great Lakes training station naval aviator, and - Lieutenant - George M. Welchelt narrowly escaped death this afternoon when attempting to bring a message from the war' mothers of Chicago to those of Milwaukee on the occasion of the. opening of the war mothers' victory festival In Milwaukee. The two arrived - via the Chicago, North Shore tc Milwaukee electric road at 2 o'clock this afternoon, still drip ping from their dip in the Icy waters of the lake. . - -i, "We left Chicago' in a heavy fog and were about opposite Racine, as near as I could judge, when a "jlizzard hit us," Ensign Applegate said.- "I had been flying 5000 feet and we quickly became . engulfed In the snow, so that we could not see 100 feet ahead. "Fearing I would lose all sense of direction and head out Into the lake, I turned about and tried to follow the shore line south, flying as low as pos sible. About this time our engine com menced to give trouble. The oil feed stopped and the motor commenced to heat. Finally ft stopped altogether and we were forced to land near the beach about a mile north of Wauke gan." ' Only Two of, Many Meas ures Weather Storm. : SUPREME JUSTICES GET RISE Bitter Personalities and Argu ments Feature Debate. FUNDS ARE HELD LACKING HIGH IDEALS TO FJGHT REDS Spokane Educators Would Teach Patriotism to Aliens. SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 22. (Special.) Spokane today became the base of operations of a great army of ideas to be pitted against the spirit of unrest, disloyalty, revolution and bolshevism. Twenty-three educators, . religious leaders and moulders of thought In commerce and business interests me here and set the machinery in motion for the perfection of an organization to bring Ideals of patriotism to the alien, to citizens, of America and to educators of the American youth. .amices or patriotism, with, a pre amble of. the true American creed, were urged by most pf the delegates to the conference as the biggest need of the citizens of this country. The thought was expressed by D. B. Hell, one of the first speakers. Senators Approve Proposed Consti tutional Amendment Increasing .'. Own Salaries to $5 a Day. TConcluded on Page 6. Column 2.) sen wired them at eea. "Wo have had soma great times," Captain Stafrfn told me on board. "Wo have dons military police work, lava been sent to many parts of France, and have trained thousands of troopa V. o wero nsed as tho backbone of many a training regiment. Thers are no bet ter trained troopa overseas than the Id Third Oregon, of which L and M ro a part, and when we come bark Tta will have much more to add to the efficiency of our old guard. There 111 be no happier day than when we parade In Portland." Kerord for Promotions Held. Captain Stafrln was commander of ths companies at Verdun and was shifted with his men from one end of Franco to another. He was provost marshal of Llmage In the southeast of Franca and next was sent to Nevers In ths l-.terlor as provost-marshal. When tho companies were near the front they lived In dugouta and saw the same hardships of war that the regiments endured which were not kept f-r training. The first seven weeks they were over they were at Nice and then were broken and detachments sent to I .a Harve. . Men not among them who arrived on the Tuiblo said that the Id Oregon bad won ths name of a prise regiment hi Franca. Times without number they have been commended and they b"ld tho record on promotions from the ranks, having had In tha regiment 1- commissions.- Laird Woods Loag at Front. "Have w had any adventures?" staked Lieutenant Roy Ogletree of Port land, speaking for the Salem company. Well. I should say sol" , . "Shake hands with Corporal Laird Woods of- Dallas. He has been at the front all of the time as a casual. We Juat got him back in lime to bring him homo with us." -Fight? Tou bet. I fought" said Corporal Wood a "And I am glad to get out of it and back home, li was rait while It lasted, but it was hell, and that is no profanity. The other ords you Kill have to excuse. IS ariontha in France, makes me forget low to talk to our own women. But let (tie tell you we are rouKh fellows now, jt wo know what home and our omen mean to us now." So tho talk went on, The boys wanted treat of all to know when they could NOT IF THEY CAN HELP IT. a1-waclua'A OB Pass 4, Celuma 1.) Hun Casualties in Jutland aval I Battle Officially Announced. LONDON. Friday, Feb. 21. There Is I no reason to doubt the substantial ac- I curacy of the German official account of the losses suffered by the oerman fleet in the Jutland naval battle May I 31. 1S16. It Is learned officially by Reuter's Limited. - The German figures published June I 16. 1916. showed that the casualties to I the fleet s personnel were: uincers, killed or missing, 172: wounded. 41; other ratings, killed or missing, 2414; wounded, 449. Total. 30,4. PRESIDENT NEARING HOME George Washington Expected to Ar-I rive at Boston Tonight. ON BOARD THE U. S. SHIP GEORGE I WASHINGTON. Feb. 22. (By wireless to tho Associated Press.) Tho George I Washington at noon today was only 600 miles from Boston and making such nni time that she probably will anchor some time late Sunday night. Tho presidential party will remain aboard, however, not landing until Monday forenoon after breakfast and I In time to get Into tho city about noon. I MEN MAY GET UNIFORMS j Senate Adopts Conference Keport on Bill; 5-Cent Mileage Allowed. WASHINGTON. Feb. 12. The senate today adopted the conference report on the bill authorizing men discharged from military service to retain their uniforms and allowing them I cents a mile for travel to their homes from places of discharge. Tha house expected to take similar action In a few days. : t t .: 4 4 '- - Amend. Malheur lake reserva- J tlon measure.- . 4 4 FK ATI RES OK THE OREGON LEblSLATlRB VESTERUAV. keaate. Adjourns until Monday. Kills oft salaay bills. Adjourns until Monday. i - I L:: - NSURANCE BILL PASSED Senate Votes for Resumption oi Pay ment of 'Allotments. . WASHINGTON, Feb. 22. The senate tonight passed the house bill directing the war risk insurance bureau to re sume payment of allotments to enlisted men of the army and navy, which it dls continued last July. Because of minor senate amendments the bill was sent to conference. V 'j r The cases of more than 20,000 men in the service r.re affected by the measure. Copyright by Chicago Tribune. Published by Arrangement. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Wrather. IESTERdATB Maximum temperature, 47 aegrees; minimum, -to aeffrees. TODAY'S Rain. legislatures. Port commission scheme is halted. Section l, page 1. Joint committee to guard highway fund. Section Z, page 6. Salary Increases killed in senate. Section 1. page L State to take ever Malheur preserve. Sec tion i, page ii. j Foreign. State ef siege proclaimed In Bavaria's capital. Section 1, page 1. Efforts, made to Bpeed up peace work. Sec tion 1, page 7. - t Premier Ciemenceau's -recovery now practi cally assurea. section l, page 2. Peace league- draft made In fast- time. Sec tion 1. page 14. . - v Britons long- in fear of German- naval in vasion. Section 1, page 2. :'. Polish army making advances steadfly. Sec tion i, page zu. Labor storm gaina strength An Brltalm Sec- . tlon 1, page 6. Pershing, Hoover. 8harp and Benson review America's . work in war. Section 1, page 10. Sinn Peln leaders to assert position. Sec tion 1, page 9. National. Service stripes for soldiers in civilian life advocated. Section 1, page 3. Northwest to give Gillett four votee. Sec tion 1, page 4. Domestic. '. Salem and Dallas companies .reach New York. Section 1, page 1. Oregon troops to be' sent to Camp Lewis. Section 1, page 5. Aviators engulfed in snow have Icy plunge. Section 1. page 1. California to refer dry measure, faction 1. page z. t Sports. . Pennington will be o Beaver's payroll. Section 2, page 1. Ritchie s comeback: is talk or sportdom. Section 2, page 1. Prospects are bright for excellent Chinook salmon trolling, bectlon 4, page v.. Columbia University Indoor track and field meet scheduled lor April- 1. bectlon. 4. page" 10. Basketball games of past week upset dope- sheet. Section .4. page lu. . - Miss Gladys Reid Is ardent trapshooter. Sec tion 4, page 9. Portland baseball magnet studying Califor nia box scores, bectlon 4, page 8. Commercial and Marino. Five ships allotted to carry ties east. Bec tlon 2. page 10. - . Ships key to flour mill situation. Section 2, page lo. Portland and Tlcinity.-. ' Portland man cited tor bravery abroad. Sec tion 1. page 17. Coast artillery boys expected home soon. Section 1. page is. State Chamber of Commerce wants to ex pand. Section l, page la. . School board thoroughly convinced D. A. Grout best man for superintendent. Sec tion U page 18. ' Police capture four alleged burglars. ' Sec tion 1, page 19. Cheese ' production gaines.; . Section' 1, page 14. :--- Portland Methodists to entertain through this week. Section .1.. page 22. Weather report, lata and forecast. Sec tion 2, page 14, ' . , STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or, Feb. 22. (Speolal.)---Saved from the wreck of a chaotic and stormy meeting of ths senate this afternoon, there emerged two bills, from nearly a score, propos ing an increase in salaries to state officials. ' .1 .... Steam-roller methods of ths senate ways knd means committee, ; together with Its supporters, crushed to a quick and painful death the many salary bills as soon as their heads showed above the dangerous whitecaps of adverse committee reports. After more than an hour of debate, the senate, by a vote of 18 to 14, passed house bill No. 63, by Burdick, Increas ing the salaries of justices of the su preme court from 14500 to $5250 a year. - Personalities. 'Are Kxchansed. The only other salary .bill to receive favorable consideration was house bill No. 240, by Mrs. Thompson, increasing the salary of the state dairy and food commissioner from ?2000 to 3600 a year. Storm clouds broke amid the thunder of bitter personalities and acrimonious arguments' when senate bill No. 178, proposing to increase the salary of tho state tax commissioner from S2500 to $3000 emerged. from the ways and means , committee.: Opponents fought the bill, declaring the 6 per cent tax limitation precluded the legislature from passing any salary bills, no matter how meri torious hey might be. After several votes, the bill finally was killed by a vote of 17 to 12. . t Supreme Judges Get Rise. A moment later the supreme court salary bill was presented with an ad verse report. Senator Banks of Mult- nomah county made an eloquent appeal on behalf of the jurists of the highest court of the state. , He declared that the committee reported against the bill because of its general policy to defeat. if possible, all salary measures, and not because they thought tho salary increase was not justified. Senator Huriey characterised It a burning disgrace to the state of Ore ton that the supreme jdges should re ceive the niggardly salary of $4500 a year, while Senator Ritner announced himself in favor of increasing tho salaries to $6000, instead of tho $5250, which the senate fixed after the bill passed the house with the $6000 salary provision. ' Funds Declared Lacking. ' On the supreme court salary bill. Senator Pierce, who previously naa favored a r retention in salaries, an nounced himself as favoring the In crease and out of protest to what he termed unfair methods" of tho steam- roljer crowd, he voted with those favor ing increased salaries during the re mainder of the afternoon. After members of ths ways and means committee had said time and again that there were not sufficient funds In the stats treasury to pay these Increases, Senator Pierce called attention to the fact that an inherit ance tax law, passed in the house and amended In the senate, originally made provision for an additional $300,000 in state unds. - V Tax Measure- Postponed." - He asked that tho, inheritance tax bill be recalled from the house in or- , der that it might receive further con sideration in the senate. His motion passed, but after the bill was recalled it was indefinitely postponed. The vote on the -supreme court salary bill fol lows: - For the bill Baldwin, Banks, Bell, Eberhard, Handley, Howell, Huston, Hurley, Jones, Moser, isorbiad, urton, . Pierce, Ritner, . Shanks and Vinton. Against Dimiok, Eddy, Farrell, Gill, Lachmund, Lafollette, Nickeison, Pet- ' terson. Porter, Smith of Coos and Curry. SmRh of Josephine, Strayer, Thomas and Wood. Recess Proposal Blocked. The same senators voted ' in the f above order on all other salary Mils. Senators Eberhard and Huston voted with those who wanted to kill the the measure. . - Frequently during the stormy session efforts were made to recess until Mon day morning. Those who believed that Bome of the salary, measures merited - s more serious consideration fought in vain against the steam roller, but the ways and means committee, with Sena- tors. Lachmund and Strayer supplying . the oil, rode rough-shod over the . minority. ' -Throughout the afternoon the ways . and means committee insisted that the only reason for killing the bills was the depleted state of the public ex chequer. Time after time Senators Lachmund, Thomas and Strayer an nounced .they would gladly have sup ported some oi the measures had they known whence the funds might come. After having given this as the one lCoaluued. on Pate 11, Columa l.