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' &yi : i - the "irS ALL HERE fe rn,irtM ; Tonight rain and fc vnrtttM I Tonight Tuesday ITS ALL TRUE" east winds. ON TRAINS AND NKWt TANOI riVB OINTI VOL. XVII. NO. 207 PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY' 13, 1919. SIXTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. LEAGUE IS DEEMED TO BEASSURED .Premiers of France, Great Brit ain and Italy Are Pledged to " 3 Support the Plan of Wilson. Some Disagreement Remains as to Details; First Session Ends Without Agreement of Parties. By William Philip Simnis D ARIS, Jan. 13. (U. V.) The -league of nations can now be considered as ah established fact. Premier Clemenceau, Premier Lloyd George and Premier Or . lando are pledged to support President Wilson's basic ideas in this regard. Public opinion in Prance. Great Britain and Italy" is solidly behind the propo sition. . Peace officials arc agreed that the league is an absolute neces sity if future wars are to be prevented and that it must be given preference over all other business at the peace confer ence. There is still some disa greement regarding the details. Wilson's plan as a whole is unsatisfactory to the French be cause they believe it. does not provide economic penalties for Germany. . - - t By John Edwin Trerin Paris. Jan. 13. (I. N. S. Delegates to the first session of the supreme lnter- allied council at the foreign . office on Sunday afternoon failed to reach any agreement on the procedure of the Concluded on Ftn Twilie, Column Two4 ) ' Lands Formed by Rio Grande Are Held U.S. Property Washington. Jan. 13. (I. N.S.) The Rio Grande itself Is the boundary line separating the United States and Mex ico and when It shifts Its course deeper Into Mexico the land made on the Amer ican side as a result belongs to the United State. The supreme court of the United States in effect "so ruled today when It dismissed a writ of error secured by Cor delaria Cordova from the federal dis trict court at El Paso, Texas, which gave title for new land formed by the river to the estate of Frank B. Colton of El Paso. Texas. This dismissal of the writ virtually sustains the Texas district court. The plaintiff. Cordelaria Cordova, claimed title to land so bared on the north' side of the river after it had been bought and taxes on it paid for several years by the Colton estate. ROLL OF HONOR In th nil of honor made public today arc tho' names of the following men from the Pa cific Northwest: KILLED IK ACTION Waahlnvton PRIVATE CHRISTIAN 4. RUDWICK. emergency add raw BilTert Brudwick, 8413 Sev enth ave., Seattle. PRIVATE HUGH R. WILLIAMS, emergency address lira. Elizabeth Willtimi, Rochester. . SEROEANT HARRY A. ORONO, emerceaey addreaa Harry A. Grono, Spokane. PRIVATE JOHN Q. GARIELLO, emergency address Mrs. F. Gariello, 2620 . Day street, Seattle. Idaho PRIVATE OLARENCE M. BARBER, emer- genry address Mrs. H. " C Franklin, Kexburg. PRIVATE fiLENN W. EAMES, emergency ddress William Karnes, Monmn. KILLED IN AOTION. PREVIOUSLY RE- -. PORTED MISSINO ' ' Oregon PRIVATE WALTER O. ORANE, emergency address Charles Crane. Alleghaney. Waahlnvton PRIVATE , OEORQE OUST, emergency ad - ( Concluded en Page Twelre. Column F1t) 12 Automobiles Stolen, Police Claim Offenders Not Properly Punished Automobile thieves stole 12 machines over Sunday, 'according to reports ; made by the owners to the po lice. But four of the machines had been located at noon today. In 1917 there were 799 machines stolen, but during 1918 this was increased to almost 1200. The police say they find little satisfac tion in catching automobile thieves be cause of the tendency of the courts to impose but light sentences on the of fenders, J ' ' Inspector B. F. Smith, who is assigned to this work, this morning criticised the juvenile court because of the leniency he says the court shows, to boys who persist " In taking other people's ma ' chines and ruining them. "What good does it do to arrest them?" said Smith this morning. "Tou take them up to the , juvenile court and they let them go, and , then tho boys go out and do It over . again Or. if . they are sent to : the. rs ' form, school they often find it possible to run -away and get free any way. I am trying as hard as I can to put a - stop to It by arresting these boys, but Bolshevism Can Be Checked Only By Food, Senate Is Told by Wilson President in Cablegram to Chair man Sherley Urges That Bill to Aid Europe Be Passed. Washington, Jan. 13. (I. X. S.) "Bolshevism in Europe is steadily ad vancing and can only be checked by food," President Wilson declared in a cablegram to Chairman ' Sherley of the house appropriations committee and read in the house this afternoon, in support of the measure providing $100, 000,000 to feed .Europe. I cannot too earnestly or solemnly urge upon, the appropriation for which Mr. Hoover has a&ked for the administration of food relief, the cable message stated. Food relief Is now the key to the whole European situation and (he solution of peace. Bolshevism is steadily advancing westward. It is poisoning Germany. It cannot he stopped by force, but it can be stopped by food, and all the leaders with whom I am In conference agree that concerted action in this mat ter is of immediate and vital im portance. The money will not be spent for food for Germany Itself, because Germany can buy its food, but it will be spent for financing the movement of food toour real friends in Poland and to the people of the liberated units of the Austro Hungarlan empire, and to our asso ciates in the Balkans. I beg you will present this matter with all possible urgency and force to the congress. I do not see how we can find definite powers with whom to conclude peace unless this means of stemming the tide of anarchism be employed. WOODROW WILSON. Henry D. White, one of the American peace commissioners and a lifelong Re publican, also cabled Sherley urging the importance of the appropriation as a means "of stopping Bolshevism." After, the reading of the messages pointing out the dangers of Bolshevism, there seemed to be a general change of opinion of the subject of the bill in the house and Indications were that it would be passed. Before the cablegrams had been read, "Uncle Joe" Cannon, four times speaker, and Republican ' Leader Mann, already had come out In strong support of the measure. ' ; Representative Cannon appealed to congress to stand by . the president" In a' situation that was manifestly frrave. : ----,- -t---. 5 i- , President Is Attacked , Washington. Jan. 1J (I. N. S.) The charges that $5,000,000 was given "with out authority of congress" by Presi dent Wilson out of his emergency fund, "to assist In financing of a private corporation known as the war trade board of the United States Russian bureau. Incorporated," In which Vance C. McCormlck, chairman of the war trade board, who Is now with the presi dent in Paris, holds 49,990 shares of stock, was made In the house this af ternoon by Representative James . W. Good, R. I., in opposing the presi dent's proposal of $100,000,000 to help feed Europe. Good declared that he was producing the documentary evidence he claimed to have secured regarding the alleged cor poration "for the first time," and that "no publicity had ever been given to the president's action, the president having purposely withheld information about the corporation from the public," Good's charge came in the midst of an acrimonious debate on the presi dent's $100,000,000 proposal which Good and other Republicans used as a vehicle 'for bitter attacks on the president and what they termed "Democratic waste and extravagance." Airmen Are Killed When Their Plane Crashes to Earth Fort Worth, Texas. Jan.' 13. (I. N. S.) Lieutenant John Gardut of Sheri dan, Wyo., and Mechanic R. l. Qdinn of Pittsburg, Pa., were killed instantly today when thelf ariplane was dashed to earth. Ralph Mclllwain, Oaksville. 111., and Francis Bostick of Amite, La., were seriously injured a short time earlier when a machine they were in fell. Investigations have been ordered in both cases. I can't punish them as they ought to be punished. Lots of them need nothing more than a good father and mother and I am in favor of "a law which would make the parents responsible for the actions of their offspring. Following are owners of machines stolen Sunday: Dr. E. T. Hedlund, Morgan buildng.:. . .T. Anderson. . 237 Ainsworth street; V. Strieker, Benson hotel ; C. A. Gooding, Bensau hotel ; Mrs,. H, .M. Oarlock, .318. East .Sixteenth street ; Charles Farr, 666 East Thirty fourth street : E. R. .Nelson. 231 East Water street; George Lange, 292 East Fifty-sixth street; Dr. Labbe, 221 Cor nell road; A. E.. Welling, 1536 Lexing ton street ; I. M. Martin, S80 East Fifth teenth street and A. C. Spencer, 562 Myrtle street. , Wniiard Bush and Charles Mitchell of Eugene, Or., were -arrested this morn ing by Officer Florence as they were en deavoring to push a car down hill to start It. The arrest was at East Six tieth and Belmont streets. They are charged with stealing a machine by the arresting , of fleer . who, made the report LOSSES II" IB 211 Karl Liebknecht Is Reported to Have Been Captured by Troops of the Government Military Material Taken Includes One Hundred Machine Guns and Twelve Hundred Rifles. COPENHAGEN, Jan. 13, (U P.) Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg: have been cap- . tared by German government troops, according to the Taglische Rundschau. The Spartacan leaders, the newspaper said, were taken pris oner with 1000 of their followers, including a son of the agitator, Lewis. A quantity of military material was also captured, con sisting of 100 machine guns, 1200 rifles and 1000 bombs. Zurich, Jan. 13. (I. N. S.) The Spartacans sustained 2100 casualties in .the fighting in Berlin during the past week, it was reported from Berlin today. Six hundred were killed and 1500 wounded. Amsterdam, Jan. 13. (I. N. S.) The Ebert government at Ber lin has 40,000 troops under arms in the city, it was learned from the German capital today. Berne, Jan. 13. (U. P.) Sev eral Spartacans have been sum marily executed by government rifle . sctuads. .an agency dispatch from Berlin reported today. 'Gopenbajren, ' - Jan. 13--ll I The 4 Spartacans were reported to have ad mitted defeat and to have .declared their readiness to accept the govern ment conditions providing election of the national assembly is - postponed three months. This statement was credited to Herr Schultze, secretary to Chancellor Ebert, in a dispatch today from Berlin. Another dispatch, filedein Berlin Sun' day, said government troops had cap tured central police headquarters, the Tageblatt offices and the Boetbow brewery, and that Karl Radek, Russian Bolshevik representative, had been ar rested. An early dispatch quoted the Deutsche Tages Zeltung as saying that Radek, Liebknecht and Police President Elch orn had taken refuge in the Boezow brewery, where they were protected by a heavy guard armed with machine guns. No confirmation has been received from any Source that Liebknecht ' was (Concluded on Pace Two, Column Three) OF Demobilization Point Will pend on Personnel of Regiment. De- Washington, Jan. 13. (WASHINGTON BUREAU OF THE3 JOURNAL) Con gressman Albert Johnson recently asked the war department if arrangements could be made to - send the Sixty-third coast artillery regiment to Camp Lewis, Wash, when it is returned from over seas. Major General Jervey, assistant chief of staff, has replied that this can not be decided until a report is received as to how the regiment is now composed. "While the Sixty-third coast artillery originally came from the defenses of Puget Sound," says General Jervey, "there have been many changes In the personnel of all regiments since going overseas, and it is possible that when the report is received of the present composition of this regiment it will be found that the majority of the men are not from Washington. In this cas it will not be possible to send this regi ment to Tacoma. "It is the policy of the -war department to send organizations for demobilization to the camp, or cantonment nearest the state from which the enlisted personnel came. The .aate or return or organizations Is not known to the war department until the cablegram arrives showine that .he organization has sailed. These no tices are given to the press for publica tion immediately upon their receipt." Paderewski Shot By a Bolshevist, But Not Fatally Vienna, via LonCon, Jan. 13. Ignace Jan Paderewski. the pianist, has been shot and slightly wounded by a Bolshe vik. The attempt at bis life was made at the hotel where Paderewski Is stay ing. His assailant has been arrested. The above dispatch does- not make Clear tn what city Paderewski was shot. At last Recounts . he was . la Posen, Prusclari Jpoland. - k - ; , ' . DISPOSITION 63D UNCERTAIN PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN IN BERLIN DURING THE RIOTS THE photograph at the top was taen when supporters of Liebknecht, leader of radical social ists in Germany, opened hostilities against supporters of the Ebert regime. It shows loyal soldiers and sailors holding back the crowds in the streets to prevent a general riot and reign of terror, The picture at the bottom shows Liebknecht with two of his disciples in a carriage driv- r ing about and organizing his followers. Liebknecht is occupying t ' X"-4 ' T is ' fs'' axvm.s K ' & , . tyhytv&Gxte, ?jtu. .. i J: v-'-ir?tt4V- tY t":Lj-&i ff v ' "T. .-yJ timj I E -" i iiiiri i 'i i ii in ss rrm i"tttii nr it tnmmmp, mmmmmmk tmmm mm . u r :r : xi lls-4, y&t&s. (But v II 1 trS - ' tt- m " si FLOUR TAKES DROP Laws Comnellinir OF 20 GTS. Millers Redute' Price Voluntarily, Since. Government - Has Given Up Milling Control. The price of flour is down 20 cents a barrel today. This is the first' drop in flour prices since the government took control of the milling situation. Now there are no government regulations and the millers made the lower price on their own" initiative. The ' wholesale price of the. flour, which, has been made to con form to ' government regulations, is Jll per barrel. For, the first time since the govern ment took control of the mills and told the millers' what sort of flpur to grind, the people of this section will be able to eat white . flour, or what is commonly known as- patent.- Resumption .of grind ing patent flour was shown in ?he local mills during the day. The price of this was placed at 1 1.20 per barrel at whole sale. ' - Millers say they will make further re ductions in the price of flour providing they can secure a. reasonable market for their low grade stock, which they must make along with, the-patent grade. With lower flour prices promised it might-be possible soon, to reduce the price of bread. While bread may be sold lower within the near future there is no-such prospect in sight for butter. With the local cream eries fighting for butter, fat. and paying a premium for the limited supplies, it may again be necessary to advance the price of butter to a new high record. The striking hens have returned to work and production IS - increasing rap idly. This caused a wild break in- the Front street market price during ' the day. some large lots being sold or of fered down; to, 64' cents a dozen while sales in single cases were at 68 69c for ordinary stock. .Many of th pullets are now beginning to lay and the outlook Is for lower egg prices. -, . . Curing i the day there was a severe breaks in the .price" of live, hogs- In- the stockyards as well as country killed hogs and calves , along , Front ; street. This means some lower values . to the con sumer. 1 " ..!- " . ' ' Old Military taws Adopted by Trotsky London, Jan. 13. (U. P.) Leon Trot sky has introduced ' into ' the red army the old military laws which the, former czar abolished, according to a dispatch received from PetrogradV today. Yanks1 Too iGenerous, Say-Gennan-Parents : 'i . '.'-!-' ' J' -.. ., - ' . London. Jarw 13.-U. P.) A German newspaper; paylnsr tribute to the Ameri can army of occupations said : The- sen erosity of the Americans is spoiling our children.' et. .i.. j. 1 Compulsory ; wearing of "flu" masks at all public gatherings and - on the streetcars is the intent" of a resolution adopted at this morning's meeting at the Liberty Temple of the citizens' ad visory . committee, selected to aid in the combined fight now being waged against ravages of the epidemic m Portland. The resolution calls upon city and . county 6fficials to take necessary legal action to, enforce such ruling, f : W. B. Ayer, chairman of the, commit tee, suggested that some would not wear the masks if the matter were left td them and he maintained that the few FEDERAL CONTROL OF ROADS ADVISED Consumer, Can't Attain Justice in Rates Under Private Regime, Says R. W. Wooley. Washington. Jan. 13. (I. N, &)De claring that it is "practically impossible" to attain justice and equity for the con sumer in the matter of railroad rates, with the railroads under private ownerr ship or control, Robert W. Woolley. "a member of the interstate commerce com mission, today urged that . the ' MeAdoo proposal for a five year extension of gov ernment control be carried out., so that "for the first time it will be possible to fix rates that are reasonable and just from, the standpoint of the consumer as well as of the shipper and the carrier." CoSxmissioner .Woolley. made this rec ommendation - in a statement presented to the senate ' interstate commerce com mittee, investigating the railroad question.- t -' Referring to the. much discussed "con centratioh of population in big centers, of the, consequent evils thereof poorly paid and . badly housed, labor congested tenement districts and children growing up under unfavorable conditions ; the in crease of the criminal class and girls on the street" Commissioner Woolley as serted that "our long existing, improper plan 'of fixing freight rates is more re sponsible for. these unholy and uneco nomic segregations of humanity, than any other one cause." The installation of a nation-wide rate structure, made possible through the unification' of our railroads,, large and small, must toe, guaranteed by 'congress in the final solution of the transportation problems,' he stated. ; ,i j "Without such,, a uniform arrangement no equitable development 'of our . agri cultural and mineral resources, our com munity life and our Small seaports can be accomplished, said 1fie- commissioner. BARREL Wearing of Masks Are Recom m ended the middle seat. - would endanger the health of the entire community. He intimated that an en forcement law was desirable and the resolution followed. As adopted the resolution reads : "Resolved, That the' county and city commissioners be requested to pass an ordinance making compulsory the wear ing of influenza masks at all public gatherings' and on streetcars." W. B. Ayer told Dr. Sommer, director general of the campaign, that he had the confidence of the " committee and public as a whole, and 'assured him of (Concluded on Pi Two, Colnmn Four)' J YANKS QUIT RUSSIA California Senator Introduces Resolution for Immediate Withdrawal of Forces. Washington. Jan. 13. (I. N. S.) A resolution asserting the opinion of the ' senate that the "United States soldiers should be Immediately with drawn from " Russia," was' presented In . the- senate this afternoon by Sena tor Johnson of California.- "I Introduce . this resolution." John son said, "because my resolution in quiring about the government's Rus sian policy has been bottled up in the ' foreign relations committee. 1 ask that" this resolution lie on the table, and - that I be permitted to call it up and speak upon it later in the week. "It ' fs obvious that we have no policy in Russia ; that the United States government . can't answer my previous resolution calling for " an ex planation of its policy because It has no policy at all. ' "We ' are neither " intervening In Russia "In force sufficient to be of any 'consequence, nor are we staying out. We are simply inviting disaster there.': , - League at Present Opposed Washington. 'Jan. 13. (I. Jf. S.) In surmountable difficulties are in the way. of the formation of ; a league of nations - at this time. Senator .Sterling of . South ', Pakota declared ' in ' the . sen ate this .afternoon. He advised post ponement of ;ther present" effort -to cre- ate such a; league on' the ground- that no combination; for -the enforcement of peace Is necessary, and referred to the "paradox of 'enforcing . peace by threat ening WaT." s'v .-'--r- y --.r - OHNSON DEMANDS LUXEMBURG JOINS FAMILY OF REPUBLICS LOHDOX, Jai. 1 (U. PJ Graad Darkest Marie -has de clared her teadlsess te re aoaaee the tbreae ef Lmmr i a resstt : of the rsTolsUon la her cos stir, according te aa official dispatch from Xaxembarg today, j Meti Jait-lti U. P.) "Grand Sachets Marie ef Luxemburg was reported today, te be a rtf age la a cbatcaa aear her capital, following a revolatipnary outbreak Satnrday. Uaeonflrmed reports received here tald the had abdicated.- ' A republic hat been proclaimed la J.nxcmbsrg by reToIationlttt. The chamber ef depntlet held a taraalta oat tettloa, membert of the clerical party withdrawing. i SOVIETDISCOVERED Bolsheviki From Russia Have City Officials Already Named Other Uprisings Planned. By James I. Miller Buenos Aires, , Jan. 13. (U. , P Police declared today that they had dis covered a soviet organization in Buenos Aires and arrested Ks president, his minister of war and minister of police for this city and two other officials, all of whom are Russians. The names of these men as well as those on a list of 140, the police say they have, are holnff withheld. Bicyclists, the police asserted, have been arrested as bomb plotters. These -men. It was asserted, carried hand pumps, filled with dynamite. Members of the soviet. It was said, teams to South America from Russia in October and November. They were plentifully sup niiari with fund and obtained consider able munitions. They were sent, it vas declared, by Bolsheviki in ltussiai i foment Bolshevik uprisings in the jlm portant South American capitals. Folic Are, Hyttlfled Police were unable to explain where the munitions came from but other ar rests are expected tn the rounaup. r - TrMiMmt service here came " to t a halt 'Sunday evening when a group i of suspected anarchists stopped: gurded carr-Kta-gPprBg-7n nrowrman-mM w ductor' - Repofbs have been ' -received that workers in Central' Argentina and a portion -ol Buenos Aires tramway workers voted to strike. .Their de tnands hava not been announced, . j Port strikers . have demanded a 2 per cent Increase in pay. Lighter men wanted any overtime considered a full day's work. Other union wprkers, jit was said, had been asxea to join in a resumption of the strike. Police and trikAn clashed yesterday on docks lin the southern section. Several casualties were reported. Stations Are Gvarded Aires was still in a hirhlV nervous condition. Every police station was closely guarded. Pedestrians were forced to detour, several .blocks to avoid passing these buildings. Bel sbevik adherents several times attacked the stations, but -were driven off y machine gun fire. Nervous police turned their guns on shadows in some instances. They feared even unarmed pedestrians in daylight, refusing to ap proach them without leveling their rifles and ordering them to stand off. Several trams were running with armed soldiers and sailors on the platform. ' Official automobiles rushed through the streets with engines roaring with unmuffled exhausts. Escn earned three to five armed guards. The ponce Wtntnriuf Yio.1r and forth alona tha Avanl- da d Mayo, arresting persons suspected of agitation. Hungarian Cabinet Resigns, New, One May Be Socialistic London.' Jan. 13. U. P.)-The Hun garian cabinet has resigned according to dlspathces received from Budapest today. I The new cabinet, which has not yet been formed, probably will pbe: Soical lsttc. It was reported. I The Bolsheviki have planned a big mass meeting. No disorder has oc curred but government troops are ready for any contingency. The allied food mission has gone to Vienna, another dispatch said. Karolyl May. Be President Budapest. Jan. 11. (Delayed) U. Ft) A cabinet crisis, expected to result In resignation of the ministry,, may result In Premier Karolyl's election as presi dent of the Hungarian republic. 'r The socialists claim the right to rep resentation in the war and home port folio. Count Karolyl appears to be the only logical choice for that office, as he is the only public man who , has the confidence of all faction,' Union With Serbia Plan Is Announced Stockholm, Jan. 13 (U. P.) The Swedish government has been notified by the Serbian minister that Serbians, Croatlans and Slovenians In Austro Hungary would , unit with Serbia-and that a single - government would be formed by .Serbia and Montenegro. Princess to Wed inf Westminster iAbbey - London. Jan. 11 U. P.) The wedding of. Princess Patricia and Commander Ramsay of the British navy will be cele brated in Westminister Abbey February 27. it was officially, announced day, . IN BUENOS AIRES HOUSES Of sin oiieiizED 'v--;';;;y Senator W. T. Vinton Is Elected President of Senate; Sey mour Jones Speaker of House. Two Members of; House, Fuller of Dallas and Stannard,- Are III; Inauguration Wednesday, SALEM ' Jap. 13 Tho legisla ture opened this morning with ! a clean bill ? of health In the senate and two members temporarily laid ,up for repairs in tho house.' . Representative-;; Fuller- of Dal las, Is at home with a bad cold and will not come over until next ! week. He Is being repre sented . by Mrs. Lillian S.v Mar shall: of Dallas, who will serve as his secretary 'during the session.!- t ; - ';; . Mrs. , Marshall , will keep tab on , things until Mr. Fuller J labia N ; to reach Salem In order ihat lie will ; not 1 be out of ; touch with the course of events when he reaches the scene.' of action. Representative Stannard h;is . wired to his colleague. Repre sentative Thrlst, that he is sick at Bandon and will not be able to reach Salem until, next week. ' I Senator W. T. Vinton of Yam hill . county was . elected presi dent of "the senate. ' Salem, Jan. 13. With the sun shining Into ts windows,! -'the doors of the slate house ; corridors thrown open to the sprng-yke breezes -and an organization program running -without n. hitch, the hoase-er -representative 'orgsnlied on schedule time this morning. -; Seymour Jones of Marlon was elected speaker-without opposition. Benton Bur dlck. who had been his opponent, cant his ballot for Jones amid applause, while Jones returned the compliment when Ms name was reached on the roll call, by OoaehuUd ee Pa Saraa. Column TtarMt GUARDSMEN BEING HELD IN READINESS : ""s""si"saaaaBnnaaaaaBBBas Action Taken Following Meeting of New "Workers and Sot . diers" Council Here. Following ."battalion drill" : at ths Armory Saturday night, MultnomaU guardsmen were ordered held In readi ness for emergency call,- following re ports coming from the meeting of the recently organised workers' and sol diers' council at Arlon hall that there might be trouble Military officials1 were also In com munication with police headquarters, with the result that reserves at the sta tion were held in readiness for emer gency orders. ,. -! T .Officers of the Multnomah Ouard, In cluding' Colonel Campbell, commanding officer; Colonel North and. Major Drake of the Oregon National Ouard will meet in Mayor Baker's office this afternoon to discuss the situation. Adjutant 4Je erai Beebe and Sheriff llurlburt may also attend the meeting. Companies A, B, C and of the Mult nomah Guard were , on "drill" duty at the Armory Saturday- night and Com panles K and P were on duty Sunday from noon until o'clock, when thoy were relieved by Companies O and IT, which ; were on guard until 7 o'clock this morning. .. It Is also understood that a machine gun battalion of the Multnomah Guard was being held In readiness. Rumors. It Is said, reached the ears of (Concluded on !' Seres, Column Onei' U. S. to Sell Hour ; At Cost to French' Washington, Jan. 18. (J. N. S.) Throe cargo ships loaded with 46,908.000 pouncl.n of flour and other foodstuffs, are n route to Oibraltar, where they will , b unloaded and the cargoes sent into France for sale to the people at coxt, the war department announced this aft ernoon. The supplies were purchased by the department in this country and will be distributed under the direction of Herbert Hoover. i !. Railroad Entitled ' To Seasonable Profit Washington, Jan. 13. (I. N. S.) The Detroit Railways company was upheld by the supreme court of the United States today In a decision reversing tUn federal Judge who held the railway u the terms of its franchise. The court re versed on the ground that a company I entitled to earn a reasonable profit on Its Investment, Kvldences showed that the & per cent fare during high prices in the war was Insufficient for profit - , 4V