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Newspaper Page TextL Aixv Q-Y 1 1". - .-Jvwfti ... "ITS ALL HERE aI WEATHER O'CLOCK , Tonight and Sat- . :tt-Arv . and ' NC";' urday -" probably V :. rain: southerly IT S ALL TRUE1 winds. OH TRAINS Afto NtWt STAND flVK CKNT PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY - EVENING- FEBRUARY 21, ; 1919. TWENTY PAGES PRICE TWO ; CENTS i ' a r :. a . . a .j - . - t ii - s m II t I - . I 1 1 I - : If 5 (,. :T '- J.Ll a n - I . II A V', WJ ' UV H" ' , VOL., XVII. NO. 241 ' - ' ' ' Ml I, I m L ,,,.,, ,, , , , , , . i .,. - - . " -X ' 1 . - - ' "i ' , : " : - , i - t " - A PRESIDENT GEIEfl OF UK FETE Nation's Chief Will Arrive at Boston Monday Aboard George Washington Amid Ceremony. Orders Navy Ship Ready for Return to France March 5j Will Address Boston People. WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. I.IJ. S.) President Wilbon will; eail on his return trip to France about March 5. It was announced at the navy department today In a Avjreless message to the department, Commander Mc Cauley of the George Washington stated that the president had given orders that the vessel be held In readiness for his return, falling from New York on or about that time. . Boston, Feb. 21. (I. N. S.) six United States destroyers steamed out to sea today to glv President Wilson his first welcome home and to escort to this port the steamship Oeorge Washington, on Which th president and his party are returning from the peace conference. The rtx speedy fighting ships are the Gamble. Meredith, Harding, Paulding, Walker and Conynham. They expected to reach the George Washington about 600 miles off Cape Cod. The cruiser Galveston headed the fleet of destroyers, but was called back to be ready to fire the first salute of 21 guns to greet the president. -.The George Washington has been (COBclnded en Pse Tweire. Column riTl IN FINE SPIRIT A. S. Bickford of Hood River Visits Son Just Back From Overseas. By Carl Smith Washington. Feb. 31. (WASHINGTON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL..) A. S. Ti.vfArl f Hood River is in - Washing ton, after visiting Newport News, where he witnessed the arrival Tuesday of the Kittr-nlnth coast artillery, of which his eon is a member. , The men are now at Camps Eustis and Stewart. Vs.. prepar in. tnt- mobilization. About 750 men of this contingent will be sent to Camp Lewis, starting within two or tnree aay. -These men are from Oregon. Idaho and Washington. - Mr. Bickford says the men are in stood spirits and have no hospital cases. They were receiving finishing touches in train tng when the armistice came. Had the irhtJns lasted 10 days longer they would have been In the. thick of the big allied drive which had been planned. . The Sixty-ninth was armed with the heaviest mobile guns In use and was trained for following infantry In rapid Among those who arrived - on the transnort Canopic Wednesday and not previously reported were the following units : - rnmnanv C First Sergeant teo Jj. Chambers and Sergeants Lyman A, Cooley and Henry J. Lescher. Corporala Georee R. McKeen, Dan, Malarkey, Berle A. Fisher. Frank Johnson and Mil ton CL smith. Cooks Elmer J. Sourale and Henry C. Weller, and Mechanics Ed mond Vanerhoo and William Hamlin of Portland : Corporal Joe Blank or Ai bany.Cook Anton Ackerman of Clacka mas and Private Roy H. Hewitt of Juno- tlon City. Machine Gun company Sergeants Raloh B. Ward. Hugh, Ii Clerln and Robert' ABushnell, Mess Sergeant James L. Manzor and Corporal Donald w. Buckman of Portland; Saddler Claude E. S. Elford' of HillsborO, and Macbln 1st Frank Nye of Toledo. Medlca 1 detachment Sergeant An draestB. Bracher and Privates Win field. D. Wallace, Ira E. Newsom and Earl I Anderson of Portland, and ser geant . George E. Richards of Woodburn As .adjutant of First, battalion field and staff camp First Lieutenant Joe U. Roddick of Portland, Company A, re turned in command of Captain Louis F. Rollelgh of Monro, La, 1 Company B is headed by Captain Ar thur J. Dunn of Vlcksburg, Mlsa. and Company C by Captain Edward L. Tan ner of Woodslde, La. - Visit Senator Chamberlain Washington, " Feb. 1. Dr. Charles T. Chamberlain and wife arrived Thurs day- for a visit with Dr. Chamberlain's father.: Senator Chamberlain. - : . j . i Miners -in Wales Give Big Vote in Favor of Strike London. Feb. 81-Cl. N. S.) Miners in both Wales and Northern England have voted In favor of a general strike throughout .the British coal fields. ; The ballots cast by the m.iners m South Wales today, showed a majority of S1.429 in f aYor of a walkout, f The majority in support of a strike cast by the North umberland miners is 26.551. The York shire miners - majority In " favor of : a .walkout was 40 o 1," . ,f . B97H MEN FOUND CERTIFICATES TO BE EXEMPT FROM TAXES WASHIHCTOir, Feb. tl (I. K. 8.) Tfce of ferlsg eg Febra . ary 17 ef trsacary certificates of ladssteaaest to te aosst of lilMlMM er wore for sabsertp tloa at par aad aeerssd latersst. was assessced today by Seeretarjr of tie Trtstsry Glass. The certificates wIU bear 4H Pr cent iaterest from Febrsary S7 payable 4 sly 2. The certificates will be exempt, beta prlsclpal aad Iaterest, from taxatlos. Taey will be la deaomlaatloBs of tsoe, f 1M, tiM. lli,M aad llM.te. Tn certificates will be lssaed tbreagh the federal reserre baaks. Sabserlptloas will close Harch , with 1 days' psblle notice. The secretary of the treasary may redeem the certificates at par aad aceraed Isteres t asy time be fore Jaly 99. The baaks eaa dose sabserlptloas any time wltheat aotlee. Certificates of this series are aot negotiable. Eliminates O'Reilly, Shaver, Pease and Puts R. E. Menefee on Port Commission. Salem, Feb. 21. The Multnomah joint delegation at noon today, with 13 out of the 20 members present and voting, adopted the principle of the Moser bill reorganizing the Port of Portland com mission in so far as the proviso fixing the terms of the commissioners at four years . was 'concerned, and then took a ballot upon the new personnel of the commission. Pror to taking the ballot on new; names the delegation voted to retain Kelly. Spencer. Inman and Patterson on the commission. It then balloted on the names of R E Menefee,. Max Houser, Captain Shaver, Drake C. O'Reilly, Cap tain Pease and J. P. Kenworthy. Each member of the delegation voted for three men, there being three vacan cies on the board, under the. decision of the delegation. r - This Vote resulted In House receiving 9 votes, .O'RetHy .eV. Shaver Pnwjortty 9. Pease 1 and Menefee l TTnon orotest by Senator farreU that it was not fair and square to bind the delegation-; tp nominations made when part of the members , were not present; no nominations wera oeciarea, ;ana n was decided to give, the other eight members of the delegation, opportunity to vote for the same men and In the same manner as had been followed by the members at the meeting. The re sult of these ballots will determine the membership of the commission for the next four years, providing the bill is passed by the house and senate. Salem. Feb. 21. Senator Moser has sprung the usual eleventh hour joker bill of every legislative session, tnis time in the form of an assault upon the Port of Portland commission as it is now constituted, in effect, legislating Drake O'Reilly. Captain Shaver and Captain Pease out of office and off the board, substituting R. E. Menefee for one of them and cutting the size of the commission from seven to five. Bin. Appears Qntetly The bill wa slipped in quietly on February 17 and went past its first and second reading with the Innocent title "Relating to the Board of Commission ers of the Port of Portland." The bill was referred to the Multno mih delegation. Few If any of tho house members anew or ine om up w iur- day night, while no meeting of the joint delegation has been, held for its consid eration. Senator Banks, chairman of the Joint delegation, says he has the bill and that most of the Multnomah sens tors know about it. but not by reason of any official meeting of the delegation. The bill provides that the commission shall consist of George H. Kelly, E. W Spencer, R. D. Inman, W. H. Patterson and R. E. Menefee. This cuts out Captain Shaver, Captain Archie Pease and Drake C. O'Reilly and puts Menefee on. The bill also provides that the terms of office of all the commissioners shall be for four years, and that the members named in the bill shall take office on the first Monday in June, 1919, and shall serve for four years from that date. It is also provided that the legisla ture Of 1923 shall elect a new board, the terms of all the members expiring at that time, thus necessitating the elec tion of all five men at the one session. Moser Makes Explanation Senator Moser explained this morn ing mat me purpose or tne bill was to fix definite terms of office for the commissioners, thus eliminating the "life tenure" . feature of the present law. When asked about the provisions of bis bill, which cut the membership of the commission down from seven to five members, he explained that there were yet two names to be added to the list contained in the bill, these to be select ed by the delegation. The news of the proposal to change the personnel of the Port of Portland commission at the eleventh hour of the. legislative session excited much un favorable ; comment among Portland business -wen today. "The Gus Moser measure 'shaking up' the Port of Portland commission should be defeated because its enactment would be harmful to the port."" said B. C Ball, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce port committee, this morning. ' "The elimination of certain members of the prasent port commission would remove some of its most efficient mem bers," said Mr. Ball. "That would cer tainly be "harmful to the . port- -rDrake O'Reilly, one of the port commissioners who would be removed , by the enact ment of the Moser bill, js at least as able as any other man on the commis sion and he has devoted a great deal of time and thought to the problems of the port." . . , v &M6i- MD AT PORT Sil OTIIIS Dr. Henry Suzzallo Brands as False All Assertions That 0 America Is Facing Class War. Closing of Gates to Immigrants Until Those Here Are Ameri canized Will Solve Problems. B' RANDING as. fallacious , the oft-expcesed statement that Americai too, !s in the throes of a war of class against class, Dr. Henry Suzzailo? president of the University of- Washington, told the Victory conference of North western Rotary clufis this morn ing that the idea has been bor rowed from Europe and condi tions in America are no real counterpart to those in the cen tral empires or Russia. "We have been fed up On Marxian lit erature representing the unrest. In Ger many," said Dr. Suzzallo, "and more recently the Bolshevik literature repre senting the unrest in Russia ; but condi tions tn America are not at ail like the conditions in either of these coun tries, and hence the philosophy of the class war does not fit at all. . "The large immigration to this coun try has been the chief sustaining factor in this philosophy of a class war. Un educated peoples of other nations have been allowed to come freely Into this country, carrying with them the ideas of oppression which grew in them in the" countries of their birth. The constant (Continued on Fas Two, Cohunn Three) USE QFS3,000,OQO Senate .Passes Eddy Measure to Spend Portion of State's Re construction Fund. Salem. Feb. 21. With only three votes against the bill the senate today passed senate bill 260 by - Eddy, providing for the expenditure of 93.000.000 of the 15,000,000 reconstruction bond issue, which is to be submitted to the people for approval. The three votes against the bill were cast by Senators Dimlck, Lafollett and Wood. Before the bili was put to a vote, Senator Eddy obtained unanimous con sent to Insert a provision that 920,000 should be allowed for the completion of the- Marshfield armory and to deduct $75,000 for the soldiers' land settlement fund. "This is in short." said Senator Eddy, a bill ta provide for the expenditure of 93,000,000 of the 95,000,000 bond issue voted for this morning." Referred to Special Election Salem, Feb. 21. Senate joint resolu tion 25, referring to the people a consti tutional amendment authorizing the issuance of 95.000.000 reconstruction bonds, was passed by the senate today without opposition. It Is through the medium of this amendment, which It is believed will be overwhelmingly ap proved by the people of the state, that the construction program is to be fin anced. The amendment is to be referred to the people at a special election to be held June 3, said Senator Eddy, as it is expected a bili will be passed pro viding for the special election. Boy Tampering With Engines Is Arrested Chicago. Feb.j 21. U. P.) Theodore Kutz, 18. was arrested in the Chicago & Alton railroad yards here today while filling engine Journal boxes with sand. He was booked on a charge of sabotage. PROVIDED BY BILL Plenty of Mud But Fewer Sick at j Breast Than in Other Gamps By Lowell Mellett 1 (Copyright. 1919, by United Press) Brest, Feb. 21. The mothers of Ameri ca who are waiting for their boys to come home may rest assured that Brest Is not a "pest hole," despite reports to the contrary. This assertion is based on official figures showing- the - sick and death rate here to be lower than in any other camp In "France and on the re sults of , a personal investigation by, the correspondent. - ? i - - Brest was selected as tbe chief port for the arrival of American troops in France, primarily because It Is the clos est to -the United States and the dangers of the' submarine and mines- were less ened in consequence, s I to strategic and geographical advantages outweigh ; its climatic Jjjrawbacks. The rain' seems- to fall j, eveastingly I In .Brest, r Tbe soft 20 Per Cent Wage Increase Granted Linemen Working FortheP.RIJP. War Board's Oecision Retroactive to October, 1918, and M fects 350 Employes. Washington. Feb. 81. (U. P. The national war labor board today awarded employes of the Portland Or.) Railway, Light & Power company, a horizontal wage Increase of 20 per cent above the scale effective October, 1917. The award also grants the eight-hour day to line men, construction men aad several other classifications. ' Sub-station and power station em ployes and truck drivers were reclassi fied by the board and were granted a 20- per cent Increase over the existing scale. According to officials of the Portland Railway, Light Jfc Power company the award of the war labor board affects approximately 350 men. employed in power stations and as electric linemen. These men are members of "local No. 125. International Brotherhood of Elec trical Workers. They were granted an increase of about 10 per cent In wages some months ago. say officials, and re ceive from 93 to $6 a day. The increase awarded by the- war labor board is retroactive to October, 1917. All employes of the company are working eight hours a day. according to Its officials, and receive time and one half for overtime and double time for holidays. Street railway and inter urban railway employes were taken care of In awards of the war labor board several months ago. COOS BAY GRANT LAND RESTORED Deed to 93,000 Acres. Will Go ' to Washington to Restore" Forfeited Title. 8. i W. Wmiams..i special . assistant-, to the 'attorney ceneral, went to Rosebura 'Thursday night- to obtain -the ' deed . t. more tHan 93,00 acres pf .Oregon land Included in the ! Coos ' Sa wagon road grant o 18$9,' which haa been declared forfeited to the government because of non-compliance with the terms ; of the original grant. He will take the deed to Washington, that the deal for the gov ernment's . resumption of title may be closed. The purchase has been authorized by act of .congTess introduced by Senator Chamberlain, which will become effect ive as soon as it receives the signature of the president. The land Involved comprises the un sold portions of -the-original -grant of about 105,000 acres In Coos and Doug' las counties. Under this act. the government ' wiH buy all the unsold land 'in the grant, for $2.50 an acre, which will bring the purchase price of the land to 9232,463.07, and will pay the counties' of Douglas and Coos the taxes on the grant since 1909. which with penalties and interest will amount close to a half million dol lars. The act also provides that 25 per cent of the proceeds of the sale of the property and timber, after the trovern ment has taken control will be turned over to Douglas and Coos counties for school funds. 1 Suits involving this grant have been in tlio federal court since December 27. 1910. when John McCourt, then United States attorney, filed suit against the Southern Oregon company, claiming forfeiture be cause of breach of conditions of the grant, which were that the- land was to be sold at 92.50 an acre and that no more than a quarter section was to be sold to one man. In handing down a decree in the case December 7, 1315. Judge Wolverton en joined the defendants and their agents from selling the lands or any part of them until congress shall have had reasonaoie opportunity to make pro visions Dy legislation. This decision wai confirmed by the circuit court of ap peals of San Francisco and was then appealed to the United States supreme court. Huns Decide Loot Must Be Returned - - Basle, Feb. 21. (U. P.) The German national assembly has deeided that In dustrial material taken from France and Belgium must be returned, accord ing to a dispatch from Weimar today, ground -is usually a morass of mud. But when rain and mud are -mentioned, the worst is told. t . , Floors, aad, Steves if -Hats A trainload of soldiers, arriving at Camp: Pontanerzen from the city, find Ked Cross nurses : waiting on " the plat form" to- serve them with hot chocolate before the bike to their billets. If it is in theXdaytlroe. ;n If -it is at night, tbe soldiers "are given.- a "big" supper at a kitchen cgpable of feeding 7000. When they arrive at .the camp- proper, they are billeted either In tents or barracka These tests are 'floored .have .stoves 5 and -. are eauipped 'with .bunks securely ; fastened in the eidwallarThey hold ?tat men, each receiving more air space than the Concluded os JaiaJwOj, Cohusn OaeL I Bit H FO $10,000,000 Appropriation Keeps Emergency Clause, After long Debate; Royalties Eliminated. Huge Road Legislation Passes Senate With Only Four Votes Negative; Makes State History. By Will T. Kirk SALEM. Feb, 22. Oregon's 110, 000,000 road bonding bill is now ready for the signature of Governor Withycombe. As soon as he signs it, the bill will be come a law In full fovea and ef fect, as it carries an emergency clause. The highway commission wiU have authority to immedi ately begin on the biggest road construction program that was ever launched . In this state. After IV hours of debate Thursday afternoon, the bill, which is house bill 427, was passed by the senate with only four votes against it. The four negative- rotes were cast by Senators Dtmmick, LaFoliette. pierce and Strayer. All other senators were present and voted for the bill. The bill was passed by the senate just as It came from the house, all errorta to amend It havlnr failed. This bond bill, in conjunction with the Hare anti-patent bill and the attorney general's opinion that no patent now exists on bltullthlc pavement, prae tlcally eliminates the question of royal ties, secret agreements and paving com' bines from the road 'construction prob lems in Oregon. ; With the exception of Dimlck and Strayer. all the senators that led the vigorous fight "against th paving trust voted' for; the big bend --"Combined' with Xbe -desire' for linvsje'.ed roads, the legislature lpasd the big bonding bill' with an emergency clause (Concluded en paw Thr. Cohtas Oae Famous Japanese General JJies From Bram Congestion Tokio. Feb. -18 (Delayed.) (U. P.) General, Fukuehlma, famed for his Si berian expedition, died suddenly this afternoon of congestion of the brain. General Fukushima was the first Japanese to cross Siberia. The feat was accomplished on horseback and alone. Doubtless this Is the expedition re ferred to- He was military attache to the Japa nese legation at Berlin in 1897-92 find it was on his return from Berlin that he crossed Siberia. Fukushima vta. leaoer of the Japa nese -contingent during the Boxer revo lution and was knighted by King Kd ward. He died at the age of 68. Portland Club Buys Lewis From Texas The Portland baseball club today an nounced the purchase of Pitcher Lewis, a six-foot right-hander, from Kort Worth of the Texas league. Lewis finished lst season with Toronto in the International league, but reverted to Fort Worth when the season closed. He was recommended by Manager Dan Howley of tho Toronto club, a former-Portland catcher. He was one of the leading International league pitchers. Dick Mitchell, just dis charged from the navy at Bremerton, has signed his contract. He won four and lost none in the Pacific Interna tional last season. Slayers of Officer Die in Electric Chair Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 21. (V. P. Frank Mozano and Rosario Borgia ef Akron, Ohio, were electrocuted at state prison early today following a vain at tempt In the legislature to save their lives. -The two men were convicted of the murder -of - an Akron policeman. i Senate Salem. Feb. 2L Legislative summary Passed , senate Joint resolution 18, re ferring a constitutional amendment pro viding roritne consoiiaation- 01. roruua nrl Multnomah county aovernments. Passed - S3.O00.0O0 reconstruction bond IsSue constitutional amendment-and also Eddy bill providing for the expenditure of fx. 000,000 or ue . xuna on a - rocon- Hf ruction cretrim. KiHed 'bill - aDpropriatlnsr - 810.000 for investigating - the Columbia river at Cascade- Locks to ; improve river 4 ship ping, -r- - s : -F-'- - Refused to ass-a Joint memorial urg ing the president-to use his influence ii behalf of home rule in Ireland.. -i Passed bill creating bird preserve eat of Malheur -laae. 1 - - . '-.-. -j Killed bUlj granting race ysquallty in tAUpwed ; lalm of : John t AJmeter for lAsk' mi 4tl. of O-! medical buildinr. : - -i. - Passed bntTreqalrtagJipregon: labels on SIGH LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY NEW AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE: HUGH CAMPBELL WALLACE of Tacoma is regarded in Washington as a faecond Colonel House." Wallace has beenrsent on several secret missions to Europe fori the United States during the past few years and is , accounted as one of the closest of the president's advisors. His wife is a daughter; of the late Chief Justice Fuller of the United States supreme court.. - " ' 1 ' HI"' "'Z-- j ' - ft ML f j -s-f , -A - xtju ?m '"s ."-'-NT'- ' 1 Hi- ' -' j. V jx,- - ?' hi -Y-k$i i t ' . s " , s ' ' t J - tti If- r'',v x 'C'-' 'HI' t ' ' '.. ' - i I ' f " t I ,v y : f -yi-:-. .-.V i.:::-:.-?- V is ' ;:; , f v , : x -'&:&W4'--' j - I SsjMsjssssSjssaSMSStSBaaaJssetapsMSBMBasw- T.wiWViV'ss)ir nn tsiwi wan " 1 " I iwis i si .. 1 . - . - ----- i ' -.t - i- - ,t - ' . , f - . -. . " -i ' T Premfer'bf France Believed Out pf Danger; Temperature Sub-Normal. Paris. Feb. 21. (U. P.) Physicians attending . Premier Ciemenceau an nounced this afternoon that they con sidered him out of danger and that they believed he would be able to resume his Usual political duties within 36 hours. The premier received the. members of the supreme war council this afternoon.' Previously he had eaten a hearty lunch. The official bulletin said: ""Premier Clemenceau's temperature is 36.7 centi grade ' (98.08 Fahrenheit) and his pulse -72. His, general condition is 'ex cellent." v . The police are keeping up a constant search of the homes of known anar chists and the managing-director of the newspaper Libertalre had been' arrested.' When his home was searched a secret printing: press was discovered. along with thousands, of pamphlets drawn up in conformity .with the Russian Bol shevik doctrines. They were addressed to 'communists of the world." Andre Tardieu, member of the French peace commission, said that the premier had not expectorated any blood since Wednesday. The bullet which struck the chest did not penetrate the right , lung, but only the outer tissue. . "We have every ; reason for. hope. said M.- Tardieu." "The premier remains in excellent humor and the doctors havj the greatest difficulty in keeping him from talking.' He" refuses to stay In bed and Insists . upon joking about the attack. He reads the Newspapers which contain little)" else -'than- news about himself and wants to converse, which the physicians think la unwise." The chief fears that are felt arle over the advanced age of M- Ciemen ceau. But no fears rest in the mind of the "Tiger"' hJmselt He is cheerful and confident that he will soon be out and about, taking up once again the Strenuous labors of the peace, confer ence. His wonderrui courage is tne greatest asset. The premier feels that It iv hard ship to have visitors refused to see blm and he has chafed a Kit under tnts re trictlon.- -The- patlent'a cordial nature craves companionship and conversation On Thursday 'afternoon the premier slept for a'Wbile and .was much rested. It Is regarded, by the public a large as "a significant fact that the doctors held bade until Thursday the informa tion that one of the bullets bad affect ed the right lung. This news acted as a damper -upon the Joy ' of the people, but the later Information that the pre mler was doing so well gave the pu bile cause for higher spirits. - , . ' On account of tne attempted ' assas sination, remter Lloyd Qeorge of Eng land postponed tbe trip he was to have made tot Paris. " .,.,'.. - The "big five"' adjourned the meeting they were to have held on -. Thursday, also. - They,. met today, however. ! - Tbe shadow of the attempt upon M. Clemenceau's Hfe fell-with the force of a heavy pall -upon all of tbe Influential statesmen here for the pes oe conference and reached out eves beyond the bor ders of France with 4ta effect: By his masterful personality and bis long years In j public - life " the aged premier as achieved' a niche -rtn . the public mind that few men even approach.. ; Tbe blow at . M. ; Clemeneeau was generally ri gardedi as an attempt upon tbavery peace conference-Itself, . ; -' HOSPITAL VOTEO Senate Proposes 'Commission Shall Expend $400,000 for Structure in Portland. Salem, Feb. 21. The state Industrial accident commission Is authorised to expend 400.000 of its accumulated' sur plus for the building of a reconstruction hospital at Portland by the terms of senate bill 294, which wW ' passed by the senate today. However, provision Is made that' If the reconstruction bond issue should be approved by the people, then theacci dent commission will ; use 825CLoe,of Its funds and $250,000 will be taken frjm the bond issue, making 1300,000 avail able for ' the hospital. H ' " Senator Eddy, author of the bill, said that the commission has now a surplus of - Jl.OOO.Ofta and the expenditure of. a portion of the fund for a hospital, which " is badly needed, would not . af fect the tax levy in, any w.y. - He said the commission is now paying from 125.000 to 150,000 a month for hospital service for Injured Workmen. , Senator Farrelt opposed the bill, say ing that If "the commission; haa such a surplus of :' 11.000,000 - its rates, are too high and they should be lowered. He said a hospital is not considered a pay ing proposition., from a business stand point. '..'' . . . j '"'"'fc -i- . Henators voting againsrthe bill were: Bimlck. Farrell, Hurley, 4 Jones. Xfol- lett. Strayer and, Wood. , : - , Berger at Liberty Pending His Appeal Chicago, Feb. !WU, F.WVlctor U Berger, Socialist congressman-elect from wmtiln. and' four other Socialist lead ers sentenced to 20 years in Leaven worth prison for espionage act viola tions, were free today on bonds pending appeal. The five men Berger Irwin St. John Tucker. Adoiph Germer, J. Louis Engdahl and WlUUm - - Kruse will be free only so long as they refrain from repetition , of statements or d.eeds for which they were convicted, Judge Al- schufer Sf the court of appeals warned them. THE SUNDAY JOURNAL AUTOMOTIVE NUMBER; NEXT SUNDAY Th Bie Automotive Number of The Sunday Journal next Sunday will contaiii pages of information of lnterest to motorists of Portland and the Northwest A most complete and Interesting; map of automobile roads in prei?n and ,Washinton showinf Important hij;hways, cities and towns and the distance between tdwns wilt-b published In the interest of Jh e Journal Information and Travel Bureau, r A mileage tafrle of Oregon coun try and principal centers of ibe Northwest has been complied for tourists. Attcactive'eHmpses of Oregon's superior highways will be of special ap peal. Doings of the automotive Industry are also registered in complete form:-"- J' - - - -vv-."'- ' ' mm Attacks League Plan in Senate as . Written by. General Smuts to " Guarantee the British Empire. Senator Says Taft's "Misleading Statements" Compel Him , to ' Disregard f Wilson's Request. WASHINGTON, i Feb. : 21. (I. N. S.)--The League of Na tions constitution is the grcatcf-t : . diplomatic, triumph, of three cen turies for Great? Britain, Senator Borah, of Idaho,- leading oppo nent of the League: of Nations, declared in the senate this after jioon. , - "The constitution as approved ,is lifted' almost bodily from that written in January .by General Smuts, one of the leading states- : menof , the British empire," Jie declarel. "There is not a sec tion of the Smuts constitution ,that; Is organic or vital that is - left out." . , Borah , declared that the recognition of the "British dominions as separata nations is a fact of enormous import ance. -' '. ; "What-does it mean?" he asked. "Jt means that when this League of Nation gets down to work, England will have one vote, Canada will have one vote. New Zealand wUl have one vote, Aus tralia will have one vote,. South Afrlc WiH have one vote-rand " America, founded by' the toUs and pains of our forefathers,' . . Ita system preserved through, a hundred years,. wlU have one vote." . ' . ; ' T1V constitution as It is framed, .Eo ii.li ea!3, -.Izti t United States t guarantee .UiS territorial ..Integrity rf the ''British'' empire, whose ponBeston cover one-fifth of the inhabitable areas of the globe. .'"Surely no one will belittle this tri- f ". iCenelndcd en" Pit. Tcrurtu. Coloma Pour) IER REPORTED KILLED Kurt Eisner,, Assassinated by ? Lieutenant Valley; Assassin : jr. v Fatally Wounded. .Amsterdam, Feb. 21. (U. P.) Kurt Eisner, - Bavarian premier, has bern asasinated, according (0 a dispatch received from, Munich today. Eisner was said to have1 been 6hol by Lieu tenant Count Arco Valley, who wat fatally wounded' by m ouard. Ceaseless Vigilance ; Kept Super-Bertha ; Off English Coast London. Feb. 2t. Bombardment cf the English coast last summer by a Ger man "super, Bertha" from Ostend was only prevented by Incessant British sir raids especially prepared for tbe at tack. ' , " :' The - British", intelligence departme' t received reports that the Germans wei planning bombardments by one o thf r monster cannon t and special aviation forces promptly were assigned to pre vent the gun from being mounted. Had the Germans been able to carry out their plan, many of the! Englixh east coast towns undoubtedly woul 1 have been leveled. . . American Food Ships Arrive 'at. Danzig London, Feb. 21 (L JJ. R) Tie American . freighters lake Mary, Lakfl Danely and Lake Win boo. - carryiMS 10.000 tons of food for the Poles, hnvo arrived at Danzig, said a dispatch to the BAVARIA