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Section One Pages 1 to24 72 Pages Five Sections VOL.. XXXVIII xo. 9. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY 3IORNINCJ, MARCH 2, 1919. PRICE FIVE CENTS. PI APF DEMOCRAT OUSTED BY I LhuL n nj:MTUuniiD phiip FOGH WOULD SNOW 12 FEET DEEP FRIENDS OF SUFFRAGE RESOLUTION HOPEFUL WORLD C0N0OEST ON CASCADE SUMMIT GRASP OF ANARCHY METHODISTS' AIM HOVSE REPUBLICANS, TEMPO MONTANA REPORTS HEAVIEST COMPROMISE MEASURE MAY YET CO THKOIUH. RARILY IX MAJORITY, ACT. FALL FOR WINTER. PEACE TABLE m CLAIMS 05 rTriABIA o Long Fight for Freedom Is Recounted by Prince. GERMAN TOWNS BAN ON SUBMARirJE Prohibition of Use by All Nations Is Proposed. . MILITARY TERMS SUBMITTED Generalissimo Plans to Strip , Germans of Power. SUPREME COUNCIL: JO ACT Marshal's Recommendations as Peace Conditions to Be Consid ered Early This Week. to By the Associated Press t PARIS, March 1. Marshal Foch pre tsented today to the council of the great powers the military terms to be incor porated In the peace treaty. These will be considered Monday with the naval terms already submitted to the council The military terms provide tor the disarmament of Germany down to 'JO divisions of 10,000 "men each, including 15 divisions of infantry and five of cavalry. Severe restrictions are placed on the manufacture of all classes of . war materials, and the military and commercial use of the airplane is lim lted to the minimum. Terms Not Discussed. Beyond Marshal Foch's presentation of the terms today they were not dis cussed. The naval terms now before the coun cil provide not only for the complete suppression of Germany's submarine equipment, but also for the termina tion of all submarine warfare by air nations throughout the world, thus ending the use of the submarine in naval warfare. The provision for dismantling the fortifications of Heligoland and Kiel canal , has been made the subject of reservation by Almiral Benson, repre senting the United' States, whereby this shall not be a precedent applicable to American ranal and hacbor defenses, such as Hellgate, Cape Cod canal and others. French Make Reservations. The proposal for the destruction of the large German warships is approved in the report by the British and Amer ican naval authorities, but the French still make reservations against the de struction of these ships. The supreme council Is expected to pass' on this and other naval and mili tary subjects on Monday. The council of the great powers to day began consideration of financial and economic problems, both as affect ing the treaty of peace and permanent conditions after the war. This subject is taken up after weeks given to hear ings on territorial questions. The subject was presented today in two specific reports. One was from the financial commission of which Louis Klotz, French minister of finance, is chairman and Albert Strauss and Xorraan Davis are the American mem bers. The other report was from the economic commission, of which Albert Clementel of France is chairman and Bernard B. Baruch, Vance McCormick and Dr. A. A. Davis the American mem bers. War Debts Are Problem. llie financial commission's report . was brief, giving the main headings of the vast financial reorganization that is required. It does not embrace rep arations and indemnities for the war, as those subjects are being considered separately. Most of the headings were presented without recommendations. which are left to the council and the plenary conference. One of the main headings concerns war debts and debts made before the war in enemy countries, and whether they are to be paid or repudiated, and, if paid, the manner and priority of pay ments. Another heading deals with state property in territory taken over, such as state miners and state rail ways. The most important heading is en titled "Reapportionment of the war debts of allied countries on a fair ba sis, wnne not presented, in detail this heading opens one of the largest questions presented to the conference According to the French point of view uie nuge aeoia piica up iy the war have fallen unduly on France, which is now carrying the largest per capita, It is maintained therefore that a cer tain portion of these allied war debts should be pooled so as to be interna tional obligations instead of being carried alone by France. This is on the theory that the war was not fough only as a defensive measure by France but as an international conflict in which France bore the brunt becaus of her geographical position. Debt's Redistribution Opposed Thus far the proposal to redistribute the war burden has not been consid ered favorably by the British, Ameri can or Japanese members. The Brit ish do not wish to add to their burden by taking part of the continental bur dens, while Japan believes she should hold aloof from European indebted seas. It was at first suggested that this reapportionment of war debts be Incor porated in the peace treaty, but be cause of differences of opinion thi suggestion was abandoned and the present suggestion contemplates a re apportionment of the debts under the financial section of the league of na- tCuucludcd ou f age C, Column 1.) North Carolina Man Who Will Hold Seat Only Two Days to Get Full Term Salary. WASHINGTON. March 1. Republi cans of the house found themselves in the majority late tonight and after a bitter debate, by a strict "party vote of 182 to 173, unseated Representative Zubulon Weaver, democrat of the Tenth North Carolina district, in favor of James Britt, republican. There was much -parliamentary ma neuvering by the democrats to pre vent a final vote on the contest but they lost. Britt will hold his seat only two days, but the victory gives him his salary and allowances for the full term. The contest was over the 191S election. Weaver was elected to suc ceed himself last fall. LONE HERO GETS 27 HUNS Former Yakima Boy Cited for Brav- m ery and Wins Service Medal. TAKIMA, Wash.. March 1. (Special.) Sergeant Julius O. Yuill. a former Takima high school boy. has sent to a friend in this city for safe keeping un til his return from France, the citation and distinguished service medal be stowed upon him by General Pershing because of bravery in action at Epinonville. France, last September. The citation shows that Yuill at tacked a hjsnd of entrenched Germans, killed an officer and two men with bombs, and soon afterward captured 27 Germans in the face of heavy rifle and machine-gun fire. On the same day he killed a German officer and two men who were setting a machine gun for the purpose of wiping ot Yuill's command. Sergeant Yuill is a son of Mrs. Robert Yuill, formerly a resident for a number of years of Fruitvale, near this city. LEGISLATION TO BE URGED Five Important Measures to Be Put Through it Possible. WASHINGTON, March 1. Efforts to pass five important measures before the house adjourns next week were de cided on today by the house rules com mittee. The measures will be taken up in the order named, as follows: Resolution authorizing an appropri ation of $100,000,000 for the reclama tion and settlement of land by dis charged soldiers; a bill provtdmg for the retirement on pension of civil serv ice employes; a bill for deportation ol interned enemy aliens; the resolution instructing American delegates to the peace conference to urge the Independ- nce of Ireland,-and a" resolution order- ng an Investigation ol the isew lorn nd New Orleans cotton exchanges. FRANCE SPURNS HUN PLEA ratcrnlzlng With Present Genera tion Held Impossible. PARIS, Feb. 28. The universities of Leipsic and Heidelberg have transmit ted a letter to all the French univer sities requesting that their pre-war relations be renewed. The German uni versities have been sent the following reply from the University of Bordeaux: 'Please make a short visit to the devastated regions of northern France and then inform us, upon your return. how long It would be before you would renew relations with a people commit ting similar -deeds in your country. The generation - perpetrating such abominations has severed all connec tion with humanity. Perhaps we shall ( roup r rplatlnnn ucitri thA nTt cenern.l tion." . SENTENCES ARE MODIFIED Courtmartial Records Reviewed by' Judge Advocate-General. LONDON, March 1. The special com mission of the judge advocate-general's office wlfich is reviewing courtmartial records with a view to reducing exces sive sentences has reported on 55 cases. Secretary Baker announced today that the commission s recommendations In 44 of the cases had been approved. In 16 of these sentences were remitted en tirely and the soldiers restored to duty. The secretary said the maximum sen tence to be served by any of the other of the 44 men is five years and the average two years against the 20-year sentences originally .imposed by the courts. DANISH CABINET RESIGNS Political Situation in Denmark. Be comes Complicated. . LONpOX, March 1. The Danish cab inet resigned today as the result of the complicated political situation in Den mark, according to a wireless message received here from Copenhagen. A message adds that it is believed that the social democrats will try to abolish the landsting or senate. The premier of Denmark has been C T. Zahle. The leader of the social dem ocrats in Denmark is J. A. M. Staun ing. ELECTION TO BE ORDERED Hungary Would Choose" New Con stitutional Assembly. IyONpON. March 1. The Hungarian cabinet has decided to issue orders for the election of 'a new constituent as sembly during the first part of April, regardless of enemy occupation, ac cording to a neuter's dispatch from Budapest. This step was considered necessary in view of the government's foreign policy, it is said,. NATION CLINGS TO TRADITIONS Revolt Follows 800 Years of Turkish Despotism. ARABS GIVE AID TO ALLIES Self-Be'termination- and Independ ence to Compensate lor Martyrdom Asked. BY EMIR FEISAL, Third son of the Shereef of Mecca and 37th in lineal succession to the Prophet Mohammed. (Copyright by the New York World. Pui llshed by Arrangement.) PARIS, March 1. So little is known in Europe and America about the Arab question that, in view of the peace con ference. In which the future of the Arabic countries will be determined short narrative of the Arab movement may at this juncture be of interest to the public. The Arabs are the heirs of a glorious history. Their ancestors attained very high degree of civilization and were the means of transmitting to the nations of the west much of the science and Industry of the ancient east. Arabs CUns i Traditions. About 800 years ago the marauding tribes of Tartary overran western Asia. Mesopotamia, Syria and parts of the Yemen (Arabia Felix) were subjugated and held under a succession of cruel and tyrannous dynasties. In a few decades the civilization of the centuries was completely overturned. Neverthe less the Arabic-speaking peoples, too weak to resist their oppressors by force of arms, clung during these centuries to their nationality, guarded with great jealousy the purity of their language and maintained tbei aspirations for an Independent Arabia, which, when op portunity lately afforded, took form in their recent movement. Shortly after the Turkish revolution committees were formed in all parts of Syria and Irak for'the purpose of safe guarding the rights and interests of the Arabs under the new regime and of combating the efforts of the Young Turks to Turklfy the non-Turkish races of the empire. ' Teutons Teach Terrorism to Turks. After the close of the Balkan war the Syrian Arabs were the first who re quired the Turkish government to In troduce at once certain long-promised reforms, the decentralization of control and the subsequent grant of complete home rule. The wily Turk listened to these demands with a show of benevo lence, and profusely showered his prom ises ol accomplishing at the proper time all the necessary reforms. As time passed and popular agitation was in creasing, the government suddenly re newed its wonted tyrannical attitude. C'oncluded on Page Column 1.) l "I'LL TAKE THE CANDY FIRST." i n of Bit pt w,ymA'&gz i 1J Copyright by Chicago Tribune. Published by Arrangement. I MJIMJ..a'lM.I.UJ.MJJUJtlMI.U.li.at'l I.UM.M1I -. iA-.a J-tA - fc- H Temperature Drops to Away Below Zero; Hills In the Vicinity ot Klamath Falls Are White. SEATTLE. March 1. Twelve feet of snow lies on the summit of the Cas cade mountains, according to word re ceived here today Dy the Great North ern Railway company. Snow plows are being operated by all the railroads In the Cascades. At places In the mountains ten Inches of snow fell between midnight and noon today. "HELENA. Mont., March 1. The heaviest snow ot the winter In Montana fell in the 24-hour period ended at 6 o'clock this morning, according to re ports to the local weather bureau. In Helena the snowfall was 7 V. inches. The snow was general over the state. Temperatures were low in Montana last night. Helena registered a minimum of IS degrees below zero, Havre 22 below. Billings and Miles City S below, Kalispell 4 below and Missoula IS above. KLAMVTH FALLS, Or., March 1. (Special.) Thirty Inches of snow at Kirk, to miles north of here, with five feet at the Algoma Lumber company's logging camp some distance to the west. Is reported by J. M. Bedford, who has charge of the timber on the Klam ath Indian reservation and who made a trip through that section Monday. There Is comparatively little snow at Chiloquin on the Williamson river, but it is getting deep in the hills, accord ing to Mr. Bedford. Ten feet of snow at Crater lake was reported Sunday, which is the normal amount for this season of the year. SPOKANE. Wash., .March 1. Cold and snow in the Rocky mountains and eastern points is causing curtailed train service. Great Northern train No. 1, Oriental limited, which was due in Spokane this morning, was held by snow east of the Rockies. It is ex pected to reach here about midnight. The tast mail ia running 21 hours late. The Olympian on the Milwaukee, is about eight hours late. Northern Pa cific trains were nearly on time. About eight inches of snow covers Inland em plre wheat fields. LEWISTON. Idaho, March 1. Unset tled weather prevailing for ten days de veloped into a heavy snowstorm yes terday with the result that IS Inches of snow cover the; high prairie country of the Lewiston region. The snow will prove of vast benefit to crops. TEMPERATURE MAY DROP Occasional Rain Probable With "Generally FairJ Tosislble. WASHINGTON. March L Weather predictions for the week beginning Monday issued by the weather bureau today are: Pacific states Except for occasional rains on the North Pacific coast, gen erally fair, with temperature below normal. RENT0N SENDS RIOT CALL Mob of Strikers Said to Have At tacked and Beaten Five Men. SEATTLE. March 1. A riot call for deputies was received at the King county sheriffs office tonight from Renton, Wash., near here, where It was said a mob of strikers, formerly em ployed at the Pacific Car & Foundry J company's plant, had attacked and se verely beaten five men. 1 . i Disorder Is Extending in- All Directions. nrioii nr rrnnnn iimiuruT c nClUn UT ICnnUn lmmin.HI Railway Service in Many Sec tions Paralyzed. 200,000 IDLE IN CAPITAL Strikers Declare Their Purpose to Encircle Weimar and Cut Off All lis Connections. et-n.-Nj-;. March 1. Tne situation in Germany is described as most critical I everywnere in messages received nr today. The general strikes are extend-! ing more and more, especially in cen- tral Germany, where disorder Is m - creasing and railway traffic has partly stopped. Interruption of telegraph and telephone services is reported from various centers. Fears are felt by the authorities that a reign of terror is about to be gin in Erfurt, Gera Greiz and Halle. It is reported also that the bolshevik danger is growing in eastern Silesia. BERLIN. Friday, Feb. 28. (By the Associated Press.) The strike situa tion in central Germany was un changed up to S o'clock tonight and government troops had entered Dussel dorf. Minister of Labor Bauer Is con ferring with the strike leaders In Lelpslc and Halle. Berlln newspapers report that prep arations are being made by spartacan leaders to call a general strike In greater Berlin. BERLIN. Friday. Feb. 28. (Havas.) Two hundred thousand persons are idle in Berlin because of the general strike, which ia extending Into south ern and central Germany. Railway communication between Berlin and southern Germany has been cut oft complete'y. BEni-TN, Friday, Feb. 2S. (By the Associated Press.) General Maercker. commander of tho troops guarding the national assembly at Weimar, was at tacked by a mob in Erfurt today ard robbed of a portfolio containing im portan documents bearing on the plans of the government for dealing! with ihe strike situation in central - VJV1 Tne genera, waa auacnea in irom of tne DarracKB in bnun ana was beaten severely before he wa res- cued. Tho shoulder strap were torn from his uniform by the mob. 1 dvtv)V -. 1 A. f nrf Kf -vf. lutlunary movement In Germany la Im minent, according to a report reach- ing- London through Holland today. is added that Chancellor Schcidemann haa reaigned. PARIS. March 1. The soldiers and workmen's congress at Munich has de clared martial la.w for all of Bavaria. (Concluded on I'e A, column a. ( YnWL i Favorable Reports Ordered by Both Senate and House Woman Suffrage Committees. WASHINGTON. March 1. Favorable reports on the compromise resolution for submission of an equal franchise constitutional amendment to the states ordered today by both the senate ana nouse woman suffrage committee. but when Chairman Jones sought to present the senate committee's report tonight Senator Wadswortli of New i York, republican, objected. and the re port remained with the committee "Ahlle conceding that a filibuster or congestion of legislation In the senate mignt prevent consideration of the resolution at this session, advocates of the measure expressed confidence that It would be adopted before adjourn menu Senator Jones said tonight, how ever, that no plans looking to the con slderation of the resolution had been made The senator explained that all plans were being held in abeyance until pairs could be arranged for absent senators and some agreement reached with ad ministration leaders regarding a time for calling it up. .-enaior uay of Iouisiana announced today that he would vote for the com promise resolution and advocates of the measure said his vote would give them the necessary two-thirds ma- ljority OREGON BOYS ASK RELEASE Co. E, 18th Engineers. Anxious to Return to Studies and Job OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. March 1. Members of Company E. 18(h engineers, railway, made up principally of students from Oregon Agricultural college and the University of Oregon, and others holding good po sitions in business life, believe that they are being unnecessarily detained in the service iney want to get back to their stud ies or to the good positions which await them In Oregon, and accordingly nave appealed to Senator McNarv to help them out. The senator has taken the matter up with the war department urging mcir release as earlv as .-on venlent. It appears that thin mn:inv was one or the f ir.i t ...... . .-.. rope, and the promise to send back first wno were first to go overseas does not appear to have been kept in mot; oi iiii.i company PORTLAND YOUTH INJURED Fred Burke Hurt by Chemicals Ex plosion at Seattle. fi.MII.K. Wash.. March 1 so cial.) Fred T. Burke. 6!5 East Burn- Mae street. Portland, was cut about tne lace and hands by an explosion In rn'ml ry Moratory at the l nl- i v r r k i t v r r n c h i - or nn i hiuuent. lie VAM rmnv-.i to the Se attle Reneral hosnit.l i tsurtte was holding a tent tube for I another ntudent, and when two rhemi- CHIS wro poured torether an explosion r-'ur guitri were injured, one being ent to the hospital with I -lu-. -r. IMDFX flF TAI". A Y'Q 1MFIAQ Itl w -a r- w o The Westther. i r i t!PA i Maximum temperature, 5J aftrttn; minimum. 4 dri TODAYS Kin : southerly winda. War. OfftrtJtl casualty list. .-ciion 1. pmgm Foreign, i- en m ould oar all submarine warfare. Sec. tion i. pac I. r ra e tauie grim rUlm of Arabia. Section 1. POgO I. Relun of terror in fi.:rmn towns now lm ntinrnt. Jetton 1, pkc 1 ienna tie location aaklnr food has hard nine in nni. tevtiun 1. pace . iMfpomunn or nun x'eet debated, fceciion 1 Spartacan plans to extend powers seen, free lion i. pge O. Nat tonsil Republicans of house In eleventh-hour coup uuii aemocrat. lection 1, pare 1. , ui victory loan bill in senate pre uitieo. erct.on l. page . r nenns equal suffrage resolution still nopexui. section 1. pasjs . DoRifttl Hnow 12 feet deep on summit ef mountains. Section 1, puge 1 Cascade omen named ror republican committee occuon i page , I'nriflc North ft et. Klamath fels hurt at lack of urporu e-tion 1. page io men noi ni Killed near Kelso. Sec nun t. page iv. r port a. University rpilntet ln northern champion hiw. fce-uon ruse 1. Mnd contracts relieve McCredte. Section pate i. Gooi boxing bouts due Wetfnebday. Section Wf'KT ortirsn and Jske Schsefcr sicn. Ftsnford crew isstifg defl to Washington reetton -. R . j-oni.fin uom ciuds jiiiii rrnmule is com pietcd. section Z, pass 3. Commercial and Marine. Another sdvanee in butter prireji expected In lew auys. e-tlon 1. p.ce 23. Chlraro corn weakened by estimate of larrs I rm reserves. ejection 1. pace J3. Railway Mocks in strnnceM features Wuli'Slrest market. Section I. pass 2.1. SMznooner isvoren as lumbvr carriers. Sec tion l, pace ... Portland and Vicinity. vor!d conquest is aim of Methodists. Sec tion 1. pace i. iu'.i overseas ooys to arrive this week. Sec iion i. page -t. E:any Oregon nsvs recalled by author. Sec ilvn l. p. re J Home phone plant? absorbed by Pacific. Section l. page II. Better roads Irufl In speclsl .tste election In June. Section I. paire 12. Methodius to ficht bolsheviam. Section psse It. Kenwood cambiins-ucn men Indicted. Sec 1. page l.i. State lemsltitlnn pleas-en Chamber of Com merce. Section I. Page Irt. Patli.nn tnrltcted on fraud charge. Section 1. page IT. Clothier back from east predicts prosperity. section 1. page l.t. Aut shoo to be open today. Section page Solution of labor problems take form. Sec tion 1. page 21. , Wcsth-r rer-'rt. data and forecast. Sectlo 1. pa Pershing's Success Incen tive for Church Drive. SIX VITAL POINTS INVOLVED Portland Fully Awakened to Importance of Campaign. VAST ARMY IS NECESSARY Prayer Is Decisive Human larlor in Battle for Mastery or World. Sajs 1. W. K. Don gin j. A sweeping victory for Christianity is to follow closely In the wake of Per shing's success. And at the very mo ment the American soldiers the wear ers of khaki are belru demobilized and returned to peaceful pursuits, an other army, equally as great in man power and Just as sincere and deter mined that right t-hall triumph over might, is fart being mobilized. It Is the army of Methodism, which soon shall bivouac among the people of all lands until the ultimate success has been at tained. It is this army which shall move forward In solid columns to Christianise the world. The people of Portland were fully wakened to the sweeping Methodist entenary programme at the final meet ings of the world-programme confer- nce yesterday morning, afternoon and vening. Methodi.-t leaders from the ast and middle west delivered their messages to the people of Portland. They summarized briefly just what must be done; the part which each in- ividual must play in this greatest of 11 undertakings of the Methodist Kpls- opal church. And proof that this mes sage shall not go unanswered waa ound In the fact that hundreds of peo- le cf this city came forward to enlist heir services in the mighty movement. All rsrtlssd Rrkva.ii. In the financial ' irlvf Tflilfli shall tart tn April, the people of the Port- lanu area will be railed unon to sub- cribe $1,600,000. This as the quota set yesterday by Frank Jackson. upon his arrival in Portland to make entative plans for the drive for funds. The Portland area constitutes all of Washington and that part of Oregon nd Idaho known as the Inland Um pire, and western Oregon. Mr. Jackson wi'l head the northwest campaign. having been sent to this country by C S. Ward, national campaign director. 'In a drive of this kind the first essential is a high standard. said Mr. Jackson. "This does not mean that he standard Is our ultimate. It is our minimum. Not one person is to be overlooked. The motto which I sug gest I., "a subscription from every man. woman and chi:d in every church In tho Portland area. M Vital Point Involved. In the organization for the great financial drive are included six vital points which are necessary for any line of financial success, whether in the household. In business or In the church. The first of these points is to have a high standard. We have that. The second is leadership. S?o far. tho leaders in this work have been some of the best in the world and each hart tiand'.ed a different phase. The third point of organisation divides the nation into areas. The fourth point divides the Portland area Into conferences, then the districts, sub-districts, groups, until we finally come to the church." An urgent plea for tithers among the Methodists of Portland was made at the afternoon mass meeting yesterday by Dr. William A. Brown, who Is lead ing the campaign for Methodists who will subscribe one-tenth of their an nual incomes to the world-programme work. March 16 has been set as the 'going over the top Sunday witn an enlist ment of 1,000.000 tithers," said Dr. Frown. "A preparatory step Is to se cure about ou per cent ct tne cnurcn. quota ahead of time. This will mean the voluntary subscriptions all in be fore the great launching cf the real drive or soliciting on L-asttr Sunday. May 4 has been designated as the 'over the top Sunday with full quotas every where. Millionaires t.lie Uiuli. "In this" connection do not let seem ingly large figures frighten anyone. Approach all people with a spirit of confidence. I wish to say that I find millionaires just as nice and. easy to get along with as any ordinary Mis sourian 1 ever knew. "From 3.841.155 members we re ceived J49.H00.00O last year. Of this amount $15,000,000 was used to pay current expenses and $4,000,000 was used for benevolent organization., while $35,000,000 will be used for benevolent organizations next "year. This shows an average gift from mem bers of $11. If we gave $:i per mem ber we would be $l".000.000 beond what our actual needs now arc." That the Methodists have every rea son for devoting a great sum in re construction work among soldiers was the point raised at the night meeting by Lr. W. K. Doughty, who asserted that army statistics show one-fifth of tho soldiers in the L'nitcd States army to bo members of the Methodist church. Centenary lrte Lsssrsrd, "The centenary war work abroad provides for reconstruction to be out- ICuatludid on l ti'i 11. Cuiuam 1.).