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PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY: MORNING, MAKCH 30, 1919.
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mission Can't Agree.
NAVAL CHIEFS ARE IN SESSION
"Americans Chafe at Slow Pro
. cedure of Peace Parley.
SHARP CONFLICT IMMINENT
k TVIth Full Week Lost in Bickering
i' OTcr Minor Details. V. S, May
Insist on Cloture Role.
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PARIS. March 2. (By the Associat
ed Press.) The American Monroe doe
trine amendment to the covenant of
the" lea g-ue of nations, it is understood.
tias been submitted to the council of
four fo' final determination as to the
rourse to be adopted concerning lt-
Whera the amendment came up at the
iaat meeting of the league of nations
commission an unexpected obstacle
rose which caused action on it to be
deferred. This was not against the
Vonroe dostrine itself, but. the form
of the amendment which is so general
In its terms that it might include
doctrines to which strong objections
prevailed among some of the British
dominions.
As the commission's conference failed
to disclose means of removing the ub
atacle the amendment was finally re
ferred to the premiers and the presi
dent as the court of last resort.
Ceaeva Mar Be Reeamnaeaded.
Indications today were that Genera
would be recommended as the official
seat of the league of nations. The
committee which is considering the
subject met today and. although no
announcement was made, it appeared
that the tendency of the members was
clearly in faror of Geneva, on the
grunnd of the neutral position of Swit
zerland. Secretary of the Navy Daniels, Ad
fttniral Benson and Admiral Wemyss,
first sea lord of the British admiralty,
lield an extended conference today and
It Is understood that the question of
the disposal of the German warships
was under discussion. No decision as
-.o the phip. however, was reached. A
number of subjects concerning naval
Jollcy also were discussed.
Anerieaai Are Impatieat.
The feeling is growing among the
.Viembers of the American delegation
to the peace conferenc that proper
i progrss is not being made by the coun
cil of four toward a settlement of the
I arrest question upon which the treaty
must be founded. All of the last week
' was virtually lost, or rather marked
' '1y such a series of advances and re
treats as only served to irritate those
members who are earnestly seeking a
solution of the various problems. '
Last evening, when it was thought
.that a:k agreement had been reached on
the question of reparation, a backward
Ftep was taken through the sudden
Introduction by one of tho parties
terested of an entirely new basis of
adjustment It Is said that the pro
ceedings have beeik marked through
out by Just such abandonment of posl
tiens. when it had been supposed that
an agreement was in prospect. In the
"matter of reparation, the question was
1'iought back to original demands
"which had already been found excessive
r impracticable by a majority of the
council.
Sharp Clank Impeads.
There are indications of a sharp
' J.ue impending on this method of pro
cedure. Among the American delega
tion. It is felt. It is al3o indicated that
It'tter progress should be insisted upon,
even if it requires the adoption of
something like a cloture rule.
In laying her claims before the coun
cil of four France has asked, first of
m 11. that her boundaries, as fixed by
the treaty of Paris. May 30, 1914. be
restored to her, together with the Saar
fcasin. In the Rhine province on the
left bank of the Rhine. It was stipu
lated, the Germans have political
autonomy but should not be permitted
to establish fortifications, occupy the
territory with armed forces nor control
the railroads. Thus the Rhine would
pcrve as the neutral frontier.
The treaty of Paris in 1S14 procided
that France renounce her claims on
XU-lgium and the left bank of the Rhine
and return to the boundaries as they
listed in 1792, before the revolution.
This compelled France to confine her
lf to the provinces of Alsace and
fxirraine, west of the Rhine, those ter
ritories having been under French
control since 1689.
It wa erroneously reported from
Paris last night that France had de
manded her 1914 frontiers, which would
(have excluded Alsace and Lorraine
from her claims beiore the peace con
ference. CZECHS MAY GET TWO PORTS
, Hamburg and Stritin Favored a
Outlets for New Nation.
PARIS. March 29. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Hamburg and Stettin
tioutluuid oa i'ase 2 ColuoiA ,)
League of Nation Held Only Real
Opposing Force, Willi Food
First Weapon.
By H. WILSON HARBIS.
Op right by the New Tork World. Pub
lished by Arrangement.)
PARIS, March 28: (Special Cable.) I
have Just been discussing what I am In
clined to regard as the one real con
structive idea that has emerged from
the peace conference. It has taken
shape in the minds or a group oi men
whose personal knowledge of present
conditions in Europe may be described
advisedly as unique. ,
The conception of the policy which
that knowledge has inspired I will
state as nearly as possible in the words
of a member of this group, who put it
before me today. There Is no question,
he said, of what is the greatest polit
ical and social peril in the world today.
It is bolshevlsm. I am absolutely con
vinced, from special information laid
before me, that bolshevism is a far
greater and more powerful force than
the public or even the highest states
men have any conception of. It is the
most tremendous idealistic force, in my
opinion, since the birth of Christ-
There Is only one practical idea In
the world today that you can oppose
to bolshevism. That is the league or
nations, and the first weapon of the
league must be food. Tou must have
soma force to guard your lines of trans
port, but the leaf In your left hand is
going to be more important than the
sword in your right. Nothing is so
urgently needed as to drive home the
truth that hunger is practically the
one and only cause of bolshevism.
SPOKANE TO FIGHT RISE
Council Voices Oppositoin to Pro
posed Six-Cent Carfare.
SPOKANE. Wash.. March 29. (Spe
cial.) Opposition to an increase in
Spokane street car fares and a deter
mbiation to fight for the retention of
the 5-cent fare before the public service
commission was expressed by the city
commissioners this morninfi. when they
refused to approve a S-cent fare agree
ment submitted by the Washington
Water Power and Spokane Traction
Company.
Mayor C. M. Kassett and Corporation
Counsel J. M. Geraghty were Instructed
to continue their efforts before the pub
lic service commission to prevent the
imposition of increased fares.
MINERS WILL CELEBRATE
Eight-Hour Day Anivcrsary to Be
Observed at Tono. Wash.
CENTRALIA. Wash.. March 29. (Spe
cial.) Tono local No. 1717, United Mine
Workers. Tuesday will stage its annual
celebration In commemoration of the
anniversary of the establishment of an
eight-hour day for miners. The Tono
Kirst-Aid club will hold Its annual con
tests in first-aid and mine-rescue work
in connection with the celebration, four
senior and three Junior teams compet
ing for two silver cups and 24 medals
donated by the Washington Union Coal
company, the first-aid club and miners'
local.
A team will be selected Tuesday to
represent Tono in the state first-aid
contests to be held later in the year.
WEDDING CAUSES QUARREL
Parents Differ as to Qualifications
of Son-in-Law.
THE DALLES. Or.. March 2. (Spe
cial.) Because -Maude J. stuiweii ap
proved of her daughter's sweetheart,
while her husband. W. C. Slillwell, did
not. she has filed a suit for divorce.
Mrs. Stillwell says that the young
man In question began to pay court to
their daughter. Pearl, two years ago.
When Air. Stillnell objected to the
young man. a quarrel ensued.
The young couple were not deterred
by the father's objections, but were I
recently married.
POLICE TO SURRENDER FEE
Money Taken From Auto Thieves
Awarded to Attorneys.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 29. Under
a decision of the superior court today
Chief of Police White must surrender
to Attorneys T. M. O'Connor and C. H
Brennan. wrhich was assigned them by
two automobile bandits as fees and
which the police have been holding
since they took it from the robbers.
The man from whom it was stolen
was able to identify only one $100 bond.
The clients are now serving a sentence
for another robbery.
TRAINS CARRY $12,000,000
Silver Bullion on Way to India
Reaches San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 29. The
two richest treasure trains that ever
crossed the continent arrived here to
day with $12,000,000 in silver bullion.
being shipped by the United States gov
ernment to India for the account of the
British government. Five detectives
guarded each train.
Owing to the premium on silver in
the Orient It will be worth $12,200,000
In India. The bullion was obtained by
melting silver dollars.
OCCASIONAL RAINS DUE
Northern Pacific states to Have Nor- I
uml Temperature This Week.
WASHINGTON. March :9. Weather
predictions for the week beginning
Monday, Issued by the weather bureau
today are: y
Pacific states Normal temperature I
and fair in central and occasional rains
iu northern portions.
Paris Debaters 'to Make
Working Pact With Reds.
PEACEMAKERS ARE WORRIED
Leaders Wear Haunted Look
Over Loss of Public Trust.
ORGANIZATION SADLY GONE
Mediocrity of Majority of Peace
Delegates Is Shown by Lack of
Decision and Accomplishment.
BY HERBERT BAYARD SWOPE.
(Copyright by the New York World. Pub
lished by Arrangement.)
PARIS, March 29. (Special Cable.)
The withdrawal from Russia of the
allied and American forces now operat
ing on the northern front is very likely
to be the next step in the peace con
ference programme of effecting an un
derstanding with the bolshevists. The
subject was under discussion this week
at the war office, where President Wil
son and Premiers Lloyd George, Clem
enceau and Orlando met with Marshal
Foch and GeneJals Bliss, Wilson and
Diaz, who form the military advisers
to the supreme war council.
The statement of the probable inten
tion to withdraw the forces from Rus
sia is not based upon direct authority,
for in these days just as little as possi
ble is put out in that way; but it rests
upon the opinions of those who are con
versant with the mental attitude of the
men who are trying to mold the des
tinies of the world.
Aarreemeat With Reds Near.
There is every Indication to show
that the withdrawal of the troops is
being favored as part of a policy which
has as its objective a working agree
ment with the bolshevists. for as each
day passes that course becomes more
and more clearly the so'le resort left to
the Paris debaters.
That they are beginning to be restive
under the outright attacks of various
bodies of public opinion, and that they
feel the distinct loss of popular con
fidence has become more marked as its
delays have become more numerous.
was manifested in the statement Issued
by President Wilson personally. In
which he took the defensive and denied
that the league of nations had in any
way contributed to lack of progress.
League matters are still in a nebulous
shape, and the opinion of those work
ing on the project differ as to the ex
tent of the changes that are being
drafted. Some insist that the alterations
Concluded on Pase 4, Column 1.
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' Slated for f 4 imissioncr
of Po' Works.
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BOISE, Idaho fch 29. It is prac
tically certain -7 v that William J.
Hall of Wallao - II be given the port
folio of comro v ner of public works,
recognized a e most Important of
the nine ca positions created by
the last , le, .ture in the new law
changing the system of Idaho's govern
ment next Monday.
Mr. Hall is a resident of the metrop
olis of Shoshone county, representing
the Guggenheims-as-assistanfmanager
of the Federal Mining company at
Wallace. He is considered exceptionally
well qualified to take the position of
commissioner of public works, which
carries with it supervision of all build
ing operations o the state, including
the expenditure of 1900,000 for the
erection of two wings to the State
Capitol .building, and the expenditure
of millions on Idaho's roads. -
Jay Gibson, present state bank commis
sioner. Is to be commissioner of commerce
and industry. Governor Davis announces.
Besides having: charge of his present de
partment, he will aslo aupervlse the state
insurance department.
The cabinet goes into power on Monday.
Idaho is the second state to adopt it, Illinois
being the first.
UNIVERSITY MEN TO FLY
Harvard and Yale Fliers to Compete
at Atlantic City.
NEW TORK, March 29. Word that
Harvard university would enter con
testants in both seaplane and land
plane races at the second Pan-Ameri
can aeronautical convention at Atlantic
City in May, was received here today
by the Aero Club of America.
From Yale university came advices
that Yale hopes to compete, both In
the inter-collegiate contests and the
international races.
The Aero Club of America announced
that thus far the prizes and trophies
offered for these competitions amounted
to 130,000.
It was stated also that flyers, grad
uates of the universities who are, or
have been in army, navy and marine
service, would be permitted to rep
resent their institutions if entries
were sent at once to the Aero Club of
America.
RUSSIA HONORS AMERICAN
Army Captai Awarded Medal by
Commander In North.
ARCHANGEL, March 28. (By . the
Associated Press.) For his efforts in
organizing and assisting Russian an'.T
bolhevik forces in the Pinega district.
Captain Joel R. Moore of Battle Creek,
Mich., has been awarded the St. Ann
medal by the Russian commander in
northern Russia. Captain Moore is the
first American in northern Russia to
receive this decoration.
No, further word has been receivedat
headquarters concerning M. V. Arnold,
a Y. M. C. A. worker of Lincoln, Neb.,
who disappeared during the fighting
at Bolhsoia Ozera.
Prussian Coast Fortified to
Block Allies. - -
BOGHE GARRISON REINFORCED
Paris Council .Advises Foch
Regarding Situation. '
ARMISTICE BREAK FEARED
German Government Leaders Admit
Outlook Is Grave and Possibil
ity of Rupture Is Foreseen.
LONDON March 29. (British Wire
less Service.) In addition to reinforc
ing the! garrison at Danzig, the Ger
mans, according to advies received here,
are -'said to be mounting guns along
the Prussian coast near that port.
PARIS. March 29. (By the Associat
ed Press.) President Wilson and the
premiers constituting the council of
four gave Marshal Foch instructions
today regarding the situation at Dan
zig, where the Germans have refused
to permit the landing of Polish troops.
The nature of the instructions will
probabll not be revealed until they are
made known in Germany.
BERLIN, March 29. (By the Associ
ated Press.) The allied note regarding
the landing of General Haller's troops
at Danzig has created a grave situation
in foreign relations, the ultimate effects
of which cannot yet be estimated, says
a dispatch to the Vossische Heiturig
from Weimar.
Party Leadera Approve.
Before dispatching its reply, the mes
sage added, the government consulted
all the party leaders, and they are said
to have given the German answer their
unqualified approval.
As regards the governments -attitude
on the note, it is learned that Genera!
Nudant handed the document to Herr
Hammersteln at Spa on Thursday with
the expression of the hope that the
question would be settled, without a
quarrel. Herr Hammerstein replied that
the note placed Germany in the most
difficult situation she had occupied
since the beginning of the armistice.
The government is said to feel that
General Nudant did not try to settle
the matter in an amicable, reasonable
way; that on the contrary, he appeared
to be attempting to emphasize the
severity of the entente's demands
asking the unequivocal surrender of
Germany to distation, particularly to
that of France, and by undertaking to
make Poland - simultaneously the op
(Concluded on rare 2, Column 1.)
Announcement Made by Charles
Piez, Director-General of Emer
gency Fleet Corporation.
PHILADELPHIA, March 29. Charles
Piez, director-general of the emergency
fleet corporation, announced, today that
the Macy board award relating to
wages, hours and other conditions,
which expires Monday night, will be
continued and guaranteed for the cor
poration until the employes and em
ployers of all shipyards in the country
where the award applies have reached
a new agreement. The guarantee, Mr.
Piez said, would expire October 1, if an
agreement has not been reached by
that time.
Mr. Piez made the announcement
after a conference with representatives
of labor unions and private yards. No
tices to all the yards were sent out to
da, Mr. Piez said.
A plan to take the place of the Macy
board award is under consideration by
employers and employees, Mr. Piez
said, and lie hopes that within a week
agreements would be reached. It is
planned, he added, to have three dis
trict boards, one covering the Pacific
coast, another the Great Lakes andjthe
third the Atlantic seaboard. There
would be five representatives of em
ployers and five representing labor on
each of the three boards. The plan of
operation would be along the general
lines of the Macy award. The fleet
corporation would not be represented
on the new boards.
BRITONS LIKE U. S. FOOD
People Said to Be Regaining; Aver
age Prc-War Weight.
(Copyright by the Now York World. Pub
lished by Arrangement.)
LONDON, March 29. (Special cable.)
British people are rapidly regaining
the average weight prevailing before
the submarine campaign, according to
expert opinion. It is now conceded that
during the height of the German sub
marine warfare, with the resultant food
shortage in Great Britain, the average
weight of the public was decreased to a
point hitherto unknown in this coun
try. Tailors have noted increased male
waist lines lately, and haberdashers
have more large-sized coliars.
American food is responsible for this
gain in weight, particularly the much
maligned American bacon, which, a
the ordinary British consumer does not
understand, was heavily salted by offi
cial request, so it could be kept for a
long time if necessary. This is one
achievement placed to the credit of
American food, which Is now being
mobilized in vast quantities to prevent
the ravages of famine in the war-
stricken anemy and other countries on
the continent.
RATE DECISION REVIEWED
Freight on Road-Buililing Materials
Being Reconsidered.
OREGON IAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, March 29. The railroad admin
istration is now reconsidering the ad
verse, decision made sometime ago on
the appeal of Simon Benson, president
of the Oregon state highway commis
sion for reduced freight rales on road
building materials.
Since that decision was handed down
governors and mayors and other state
and municipal officials have been com
plaining to the railroad administration
that the high freight rates are holding
up road construction and thereby de
nying labor to thousands of men who
might be employed. The pressure has
been so strong that officials of the
railroad administration now admit that
an effort is being made to work out
freight rate concessions that will
stimulate highway construction.
NORTHWEST TO BE BOOMED
Railroad Administration Plans Ex
tensive Publicity Campaign.
CHEHALIS, Wash., March 29. C.
Ellington, chairman of the Chehalis
Citizens' club publicity bureau, has re
ceived a letter from Gerrit Fort, as
sistant director, division of traffic, of
the United States railroad administra
tion, saying it is planned to conduct
an extensive publicity campaign set
ting forth the advantages of the Pa
cific northwest.
Traffic will be encouraged by issu
ing booklets and by use of newspaper
advertising and,- as a further incentive,
tourist tickets for the summer season
will be authorized. Basis for the tickets
will be one and one-third fare for the
round trip.
CANADA'S TIME TO DIFFER
Part of Country to Save Daylight and
Part Will Follow Old Time.
VICTORIA, B. C, March 28. Differ
ent parts of Canada probably will have
different time during the coming sum
mer, several weeks ago tne uominion
of Canada parliament rejected a daylight-saving
measure. Last night the
Briti6h Columbia provincila legislature
took an opposite course and passed i
daylight-saving bill.
Canadian railways, it has been an
nounced, will order their clocks set
ahead tomorrow to conform with the
time in the United States. Most of the
larger cities, it has been reported, also
will change their time. Rural sections
probably will retain standard time.
STRIKE IS HELD REMOTE
Tacoma Shipyards Not Expected to
Close Next Tuesday.
TACOMA, March 29. Despite a vote
among shipyard workers on a proposed
strike on the Pacific coast among metal
trades on April 1, the developments
today indicate that Tacoma shipyards
will not shut down Tuesday next, but
that a condition similar to that exist
ing after the strike vote of December
8, when action was deferred to Janu
ary 21, may ensue.
This was stated today by President
Harley P. Johnston of the Tacoma
Metal Trades union, after a conference
with John Lindsay, a shipwright of
Seattle, and labor adviser to Mediator
.W" iai Brida. " i
New Rate Announced by
Postmaster-General.
PRESS CHARGE NOT AFFECTED
Increase Held Necessary to
Meet War Advances.
RISE EFFECTIVE' APRIL 1
Schedule Adopted by Wlro Board
Concerns Both Federal and
Commercial Messages.
WASHINGTON, March 29. Increase
of 20 per cent in domestic telegraph
rates, effective April 1, were an
nounced today by Postmaster-General
Burleson.
The increase was agreed upon at a
meeting of the federal wire board and
was made necessary, Mr, Burleson's
announcement said, to meet the "in
creased cost of operation occasioned
by wage increases now in effect, made
during the past year."
Mr. Burleson added that the ad
vance would be ."barely sufficient" fur
this purpose.
The order affects both government
and' commercial messages, but it wus
announced that there would be no in
crease in special press rates for .news
papers or in charges for special wires
leased by press associations and news
papers. ' en Kates Summarised.
Under the order, however, commer
cial and government leased wires will
be charged for at an advance of 20
per cent over existing rates, whether
such wires be furnished by a telegraph
or a telephone system under govern
ment controL
Mr. Burleson's order follows:
"The following schedule of domestic
commercial telegraph rates shall be er
feoive from April, 1919, and continue
until otherwise orde&ed:
Present Rate.
25 cents 3 cents for each additional word.
30 cents 2 cents for each additional word.
40 cents 3 cents for each additional word.
00 cents, 3 cents for each additional word.
80 cents 4 cents for each additional word.
7a cents 5 cents for each additional word.
$1 7 cents (or each additional word.
New Kate,
30 cents 2.5 cents for each additional
word.
3G cents 2.5 cents for each additional
word.
42 cents 2.5 cents for each additional
word.
48 cents 3.5 cents for each
word.
60 -cents 3.5 cents for each
additional
additional
word.
72 cents 5 cents for each additional word.
00 cents G cents for each additional wprd.
$1.20 S.5 cents for each additional word
Night Rates Increased.
"Day leters and night letters shall
be computed as at present, but charged
for on the basis of the above rates.
Night messages will be charged for at
an increase of 20 per cent over exist
ing night message rates.
"Commercial and government leased
wires shall be charged for at an ad
vance of 20 per cent over existing
leased wire rates, whether such wires
be furnished by a telegraph or a tele
phone system under government con
trol. -
"The telegraph rates for domestic
United States government telegrams
are increased 20 per cent over the pres
ent government rate.
The rate increases herein ordered
are made necessary to meet tne in
creased cost of operation occasioned
by wage increases now in effect, made
during the past year, and are barely
sufficient for the purpose."
Press Rates Not Affected.
Mr. Burlesons' order was issued by
the department without comment.
other than the explanation that the in
crease would not affect press rates
and charges on wires leased by news
papers and press associations.
Increased wages for employes of all
departments of telegraph systems un
der federal control, except employes
at "non-functional" offices and mes
sengers, became effective last Decem
ber 1. Employes in service more than
a year and a half received an- increase
of 10 per cent, and those employes
less than a year and a half 6 per cent.
ASSAULT CHARGE PLACED
Chehalis Youth Accused of Attack;
Man Now in Hospital.
CHEHALIS, Wash., March 29. (Spe
cial.) John Norman, a 17-year-old
youth, who attends the Cascade school
in Chehalis, has been arrested by Sheriff
Berry in connection with the assault on
Fred Rigas, who is In a hospital here
suffering from concussion of the brain.'
Rigas left a Greek poolroom Thurs
day night and a few minutes later 'was
found unconscious on the sidewalk.
Norman and other young men are re
ported to have banded themselves to
gether to heckle members of the local
Greek colony and the assault on Rigas
is said to have been an outcome. Some
weeks ago Norman was one of a party
of young men arrested on a charge of
burglarizing a local grocery store.
Mass of Cotton Destroyed.
SUMTER. S. C. March 29. More than
4500 bales of cotton, together with 1"
or 12 freight cars on the Atlantic
oCast Line railroad, were destroyed In
a fire at the Sumter Cotton Ware
house company plant here today. Th
loss is estimated at between $500,000
and $700,000. The cause of the blaze
was undetermined.
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