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I VOL.. XVIII.' NO. 4 PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 13, . 1&19. TWENTY-TWO PAGES PRICE ' TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND RIWI STANDS FIVC CKNTS BLOWUP OF BOILER KILLS 01 Explosion in . Corbett . Building May . Prove Fatal to Engine Room Assistant and Fireman. Elevator Girl Almost Suffocated by Dense Clpuds of Smoke; Tenants Compelled to Flee. JAMES ASHER, chief engineer, is .dead and George Udy, as sistant, engineer, is, said to be on the , brink of death, and Claude Hoffman,: fireman, was perhaps fatally .scalded; at 11 o'clock this morning as the result of the ex plosion of a boiler .in the base ment of '.- Ihe Corbett, building. Fifth and, Morrison streets." Thu three men, scalded from ' head t foot,; Were, taken to Good Sa maritan hospital by the Ambu lance?. Service company, where Ashef. died early this, afternoon. Dr, Earl Smith, who attended the In- Jhired men, said Udy undoubtedly would die. Not square inch of skin on his Ibody was unscalded. Hoffman, reported fthe physician, was ' scalded almost as badly and bis condition Is critical. Asher (apparently had breathed some XI re in .'addition' to his scalds, but ills condition fs roost favorable of the three. - -Udy's residence is 5415 Sixty-fourth a venue southeast, and Asher,'' 422 Rose lawn avenue., -''rr'f I The explosion' was due" to "lack of rwater In the boiler, in the . opinion of Xlght "Engineer Ed Munson. who: was (called by the, building managers when -ith explosion occurred. The explosion Iblew out ;' both ends of the boiler and 'crushed the steel lining; of -the firebox .together like paper. Bricks were blown a?pout 20 feet to the end of the basement Sand ;he building was shaken to the tenth fleeiv The shock en the tenth was 'heavier thaTn that on the first-floor, j Employe in the store at L. Mayer C9, oirecity pver . tne engine rpom. say they ard a rumbling and suddenly saw' the .trap door on the ; street blow Tn and a trig. burst of steam puff out. Officer Bender.' in charge, of : traff icst Fifth and Morrison streets, saw a cloud of steam rise from the Morrison1 street trap door. He said It-rcee In- a cloud to the' top of the building and suddenly turned -black. -r-;- When Fire Chief Powell saw, danger of a second explosion if the fuel oil. which supplies the heatlngTand; power system, was : hot .turned off. he ordered every body out of the building at once. About 38 officers uv1er: Folkre Captain Moore held the crowds back and cleared 4 the (Ooactoosd a Iu Two. Catna Twmi ASKS FOR OPINION Seeks Determination of Question as to Resigning Secretary- " ship and Urges Haste, f f '- Salem. 'March 13. Governor Olcott to day made a written- request of Attorney - General , Brown Sot an , opinion --as to whether he '.may reslgft'' the, office -of secretary of "state' and stlU retain th office of governor, and also for infor mation as to how to obtain 'the is peed i- : est possible determfnation of this ques tion. Governor Qlcott's letter to he at torney general says: w ? t "In light of the fact that the state Is facing great problems which are nibre or less interwoven with the duties of V the executive office, and also In view of the fact that I believe the law contemplates there should be three active minds sitting upon the important state boards to solve these problems.' rather, than twjo .minds with three. votesC may I request you to inform me as to whether I may resign the office of secretary oT state, with out . by so doing automatically surren dering 'the office of governor along ritb that of secretary of state. . t S x ., "Because - f the importance of the questions-involved, may I also ask you to inform me as to' how the speediest possi ble determination of this question may be secured." - , Soviet ; Societies - Forming on Coast MSlBSSBBSSfeSSSSS - " ' ' Seattle; March 13.(1. N. S.) With secret service operatives watching day and night, an 'active campaign for the ' formation of soviet councils that events ally would take over the government, is under way in the Pacific Northwest, it became known here today. Headquar ters of the radical element in charge of the movement have been established se cretly in Seattle,. Spokane and Portland. -Lieutenant Dunn Is On His Way Home -a . ' . Lieutenant John Dunn, son of Judge : and Mrs. Eklward Dunn, formerly of Condon but now residents of Portland, : imiucu .I. iicw lurii wwiy wim a casual company from the hospital shiu Comfort,,; according to a telegram re-1 ceived from.bim by bis parents.. GOVERNOR OLCOTT QirRecQrds Shows Germany co Blame For Starting of War - - - ' : Berlin Cabinet Minister A3mif s Docu- ; ments: Have Been !Gompiley ; Berristorff -Hy(3l$ Archives Should Be Burned . iBy 'Alfred Oi Anderses i (CopyricbV 11. bjr the L N. 8.) Berlin, March 12, via Copenhagen and London. March. 13. (I. I, "8.) The archives of the foreign office conclusive ly prove that Germany was responsible for- the war. This Information comes from no less a personage than Karl Kautsky, under-secretary for foreign affairs in the cabinet set up -by Philip Scheidemann-aad Frederick Ebert, after ttie revolution. : Dr. Kautsky was especially assigned by Foreign Secretary Hugo Haase and Scheid?mann to examine all of the rec ords In the archives of the foreign of fice and he continued this work after Dr. Haase left the ministry. Those Is High' Placet Blamed A report has been compiled and the documents will be ready for publica tion before' the end of this month, if the government is" able to print them. . I first went to see Dr. Kautsky at his home in Charlottenburg on Saturday, but he told me be bad been sworn to secrecy. : However, when I asked him point-blank what the archives proved, he admitted that the diplomatic correspond ence between July 1 and August 4. 1914. definitely established who had caused the war, adding that hla Opinion, held before he entered the foreign office, had been confirmed. . "What was that opinion r "he was asked. . ' That men holding high places. In, the German government were responsible for the war," Dr. Kautsky answered. Seeks t Avoid Iatervlsw Dr. Kautsky said that he bad an ap pointment witb Count von Breekderff Rantxau (or Dr. Rantzau, as he prefers m rH himself now), the present foreign secretary, the following day (Sunday).H with the object el discussing ine aocu ments In auestlon.' i : . -' s On Sunday night -t called at , the for eign office and requested to see the for eign secretary, making! it known that I 8000(SWILL ,S,T Membjerjbf Fif Jy-econd Brigade . Are Given Welcome i by New Yorkers ' New York. March 1J. U. P.) The hospital shp Comfort, delayed by Stop at the'Asores for coal, arrived here to day with 403 sick and wounded. : " , Brigadier- .General , George W.: Whv- eate. commanding the Fifty -second field artniery brigade. - and Brigadier General Edward :-J? Kreger. judge ad-! vocate general's d ep a r t m e n t, trere aboard, the America, which also arrived. .Among' those . arriving was ' Sergeant iohnVSPlegenhager,' The .Dalles, : Or., of the Nlnety-thlrd aero squadron- ' An epidemAs of influensa on the America caused the deaths of five sol diers and the removal of more than 150 to the ship's hospital. . The victims were :v. Privates Harry W. ! Hughes of Jacksonville, 111. : Edelbert Glen Walter of LltUe Falls, N. Y. ; Felix Kenefski of Shenandoah. Pa.; Henry An drews of Bingham ptori, N. Y., and Ser-; geant Ralph Reed Malcolm of Stoughton, Mass. . - Xsw York, March 13. I. f. SO More than 8000 American soldiers twere ex pected ; to' arrive here today, including the 104th, 105th and 106th field artillery units- and the Flfty-second i field artil lery brigade headquarters. i' . Units arriving on the America Include mobile hospital No. 105 and casual com panies from New York, Pennsylvania. Ohid and New Jersey ; the Thirteenth, Ninety-third and 153th aero squadrons: Brest convalescent, detachments Nos. 98 to 101, inclusive ; 670 sick and wounded .enlisted men, C7 casual officers and 96 nurses. .-:.-. The hospital ship Comfort, the Hono lulu, Espagne ' and -Ateqaa, also , are due to .arrive during the day. - Members of -the Fifty-second brigade who arrived on the transport America were given a rousing welcome by Mayer John F. Hylan and several officers of the Twenty-seventh New York division. Major General John F, O'Ryan was to have headed - the; delegation, but was prevented from going - by special busi ness. The America docked at the em barkation pier in Hoboken shortly after 10 o'clock. 0 The Flfty-second artillery brigade, of f which the 104th, 105tbv and 106th" field arsiUery areunits returned .under com mafid of Brigadier General Albert Win-gate."- All served with the Twenty f3eventb""Ne'W York division in France. - .When the . America docked General Wingate superintended the - debarkation of his men. who. entrained, immediately for Camp Mills. The arrival of this brigade swells , the f-. tofal number of Twenty-seventh division men who have returned to approximately 20O0 and the remalnder.pf the division is crossing the Atlantic. ? i " Passing "the Buck l to President Wilson has been the game ? of the. peace . envoys in" y Paris ' durine the president's ab sence. Read about it in the spe f clalr cabl to The Journal and s the Chicago Daily Nevs on ' The Jourriars Cable Page ;; Today " quay 1 was cognisant of the conference between Dr. Rantzau and Karl Kautsky. A sec retary told me it was Impossible to see Dr. Rantzau, but; to call on Monday morning. ( ! - On the next day 1 called again, but another secretary, informed me it would take ; considerable time before Dr. Rant zau would consent to discuss the sub ject . - : In his conversations with me on war responsibility. Dr. Kautsky excused Von 1 Hndenburg and Ludendorf f on the ground that they were soldiers and merely entered the conflict -after war had been declared. Says Kaiser Unpopular " Questioned whether he considered the" ex-kalser a dangerous person, and Intol erable In Germany, Dfc Kautsky said : . "The former kaiser and the ex-crown prince are both harmless and they are unpopular." Asked about the government outlook and the possibility of another revolu tion. Dr. Kautsky answered: j "If the majority Socialist government makes too many mistakes, Germany may experience a successful monarchist rev olution, but the Ilohenrollerns will not be restored. It Is more likely that in that event the crown would be offered to Von HJndenburg.'i . The "Guilt Book," if published, will fill two volumes of 500 or 600 pages. Berastorff Would Bars Records ' Dr. Kautsky thinks that the war of fice records have a. valuable , bearing upon the question of war responsibility, but many of these had apparently been removed or destroyed. .'- When Dr. Kautsky informed Count voWBernatorff. former German ambas sador to the United States, that the records of the foreign office established Germany's war guilt. Bernstorff Is re ported to have exclaimed : ' . " I have repeatedly suggested that the old archives - be burned and that we start a new slate under a new form of gwernment-y ...: ::i y -; mm MARINES Vltl DECO Howard S. M eniam and James . JordwiMee; With: Manyt " Thrilfing Experiences. v ' Howard S. Merriam and. James Jor dan. "'' Portland.'' marines, - inseparable hunkles throughout the war. each dec orated . and cited, are parted, but both have arrived in America.' . . ii Merrlajn is convalescing in . Philadel phia and: Jordan, justout of a Bordeaux hospital, arrived ft Hampton Roads ion Wednesday.-. J Xt. wksai St. .Mmiel that this pair of Oregon fighting ' marines ; last thrust bayonets' and fired lead at the Hun side by side.' .; .it. .'' --; .Z-. : " Jordan, gassed after his mask was shot away, was taken to a dressing sta tion and when y a lull came Merriam asked the "medic" who carried his chum to the rear where he had been taken. With the answer all but from his lips the hospitaf corps man was struck dead, a German machine gun bullet through his body. ; .?.' V j i . j - Then sped Merriam's last opportunity to learn the whereabouts of Jordan un til he arrived in America.- he himself fighting against death from, wounds and v Meager accounts of Merriam's heroism J in mo ou aainiei sector came in letters to his, brother Dow Merriam, also a resi dent of Portland, 'with whom he lived before enlisting in the marines. " lie told of leaping in a shell hole and taking a dead Tank's gas mask after his own had been shot away and of pick ing up a. fallen hero's rifle afte. his had been shot from bis hand, which was torn by the bullet. - -) News of his decoration with the Croix de Guerre came to Mr.: Merriam from other sources,: however, and he says his brother merely. mentioned the fact that he had been decorated. Under heavy fire he carried a wounded officer to the rear. After being invalided back to Amer ice he spent several, weeks in the marine hospital in -Philadelphia then was sent to Qaantico. At present be is spending a 30-day furlough in Philadelphia but under medical care and is awaiting his discharge before returning to Portland. ; Before Je came to Portland to make his home iwith his-brother he lived in Kugene. ' Mann Is Chairman of : Suffrage Committee Washington, . March 13. (I. N. S.) Representative James R. Mann ' of Illi nois was this p.fternoon selected as chair man of the woman's suffrage committee of the house. . As Mann is an ardent sup porter i of equal suffrage his selection was declared to forecast passage of the resolution when it is brought up in the 'wext house. - - r t- Enrico Caruso Pays ; . Tax on: Big Income : " - : "s New Tork. . March, 18. (L X. ; S.- Knrlco" Caruso, the noted tenor, today handed. -the local internal revenue col lector .a , check , for J3S.485.43. i the first quarter of his Income tax. which totals RATIONS I 153,933.70v i- s ; . " ...... TAX RUtKIG 15 IT Lftll OF CONGRESS Salaries of Officials Subject to Income Tax According to Law, but the Department Says No. Treasury Regulation Not to Be Confused as Court Ruling on an Enacted Law of Congress. t Wild consternation has seized the hearts of numerous state, county, muni cipal and district officials and emrJloyea, because of the statement published In The Journal of Wednesday that, under the written terms of the federal income tax law of 1J19, they no longer enjoy the cloak of' tax exemption thrown around them by former income tax statutes. They look with horror upon the con tingency of thel. having to take their place in the income, tax paying line shoulder to shoulder with Mr. Common People and be required to dig down Into tneir jeans proportionately. Milton A. Miller, collector of internal revenue for Oregon, furnishes a gleam of hope, however, to' those who seek to hold their offidal pay checks . between their pocketbooks and the financial de mands or uncle Bam by citing a de partmental regulation which says: iwnpensauon paia its pincers py a state or political subdivision thereof : fees received by notaries public commis sioned by the state and the Income of state compensation insurance funds es tabllshed by 6tates are not taxable. From this he deduces, and holds, that sucn incomes are exempted from the op eration of the 1019 revenue, or income tax, law. ' Income From Salaries Taxable Under this ruling of ' the department, which Mr. Miller says is binding upon the office ef the collector of Internal revenue here, the compensation paid by a state or any of its political subdivisions for services rendered Is exempt from taxation. Jfc is to be borne clearly in mind, however, that this exemption has to do only -with, the compensation paid for of ficial personal ; service, ?an4 ; hot with any other income derived- by n bf f iclal "or employe ironv any "source isepv a rate and apart from the official com pensation, fi--'v- Si-y - t -f Bui the fact remains that the incomes derived from .the salaries paid officials and employes of a state or any: of its political subdivisions, are hot exempted from payment of the income tax by the law. They were exempted, definitely and specifically. In past laws. They are not' exempted in the present law, direct ly or indirectly, by statement or by necessary implication. So far as the income, tax law of 1919 is concerned. In Its text and language, the salaries of officials and employes of a state or its Concluded on Pace Six. Cohimn One) Bondholders Clip Coupons Saturday The serai-annual interest period on Liberty loan bonds of the third issue falls on Saturday, March 15. Interest is due and payable on that date. Hold ers of bonds of the third Issue should clip their coupons and present them" to their bankers to- be cashed. More than $15,000,000 worth of third Liberty loan bonds were sold in Portland and it la estimated, that more than $300,000 will be paid out to holders of these . bonds Saturday. Of Nations Plebiscite Stands 17,825 to For a League of Satlons 17,?!f .Against a League of Satlons .. Its If any doubt is, left as to the sentiment of the people in favor of the League of Nations, it would be set at rest forever by a glimpse at the hundreds of letters rceived by The Journal every morning. Less than' one-half of 1 per cent of the total ballots cast thus tar are against the league. By huge strides the favorable vote Is going forward, while the courageous few who send in unfavorable ballots are not adding up evenan interesting total, It was thought the vote Wednesday was re markable, but It paled before the deluge of ballots this morning., From all quarters come the little rlips bearing proudly the canvass 6f Oregon sentiment Mike D. Gugulis, 2864 Bum- aide street, says: "We cannot blot out past suffering of the people, but before God we are responsible for the future Of this world and I am in favor a League of Nations." "... ..,-. "Only one man wanted to vote no. and when he found out he had to sign his name he refused to vote, at; all." DO YOU FAVOR A LEAGUE OF NATIONS to prevent future wars, such as President Wil 'son and Former President Taft are working for? CnelaM this eonpon to an fawterw sd dremd t "Lean ef Xsuobs Editor. Car. Th ihmraal. Feitlaad. OnfM,"' r brine it ts The Joaraal saito ' fflee and drop it in the bslke best " " Oalr isbs ef , vatiac ate'. hoaM wnd h ballet. . CLOCKS TURN BACK JUST AS SUN COMES UP CLOCKS alarm, town, hall, eight day, cassoo, grandfather's, steeple and plain ordinary clocks sad watches, ars going 'to step an hoar ahead of themselves In 17 days, when the second iia. mer -of "daylight saving", begtss. At t a. m. Ssnday. Mattth 39, the asiamer time schedule -will Begin. It Is last becoming pleasantly daylight when "average' families arise of mornings and here we are thrown back again for a month or so into getting ost of bed la the cold and grey while "idle rich" and night - tollers and policemen wko patrol at night say taey should worry aboat daylight saving. , Bat longer and lighter evenings wUl make np for a chillier" moralsg lea? oat of bed. The days are happily lengthening and the extra hoar of iib in the evening ' will peed the arrival of nmmft twl QghU HAVE BIG SEND-OFF Schools Will Be Closed and Gen eral Jollification Will Mark Sailing of First Steamer. Inauguration of the Portland-Oriental steamship service, scheduled for the middle of Aprll next. will be the occa sion for a big celebr- ' - at the St. Johns municipal terminal, in which Portland will give a rousing send off to the first steamer to leave this port with full cargo of freight for the Far East -Moving pictures will be taken of the ceremonies, according to plana made by the public dock commission today,. and the films are designed for circulation among the leading, playhouses of the country. Adding a real maritime setting to the celebration will be a fleet of Oregon built wooden and steel steamers. Schools will be closed on that day. It Is contemplated, and a general all round Jollification of. the birthday of new era for the port will be held. ; v With ' the- advent " into this nw- field r the: Pacif la Steamship companjr. one of he- largest ship owning and - oper- IWdns eoBcems in.i the V United States, new impetus la given to this, phase or jort i development. - The company, hav lng -J obtained t the" use.- pf the?steamf West Munham. .' now being completed In the local harbor, shippers have al ready, taken all the space available. and It Is expected that the ' agents of the company tm 'Oriental ports will send the steamer back with full cargo. The suggestion for the celebration at the St, Johns terminal came from Dock' Commissioner F. C. Knapp, Chairman C B. MoOres named Com missioners Averill, KnaPP and Burgard as members - of the celebration com mittee. . - Employment Service Reduced; No Funds Washington. March 13. (U. P.) An immediate cut of 80 per -cent In the United States employment service -was ordered today because its appropriation failed with the Republican filibuster. Orders to this effect were sent out to all branch offices today by the labor department after a final effort to save the service had been made by a wireless appeal to President - Wilson. The presi dent was asked to set aside part of his war emergency fund, but replied that none of this was now. available. '.. ' ORIENTAL LINE TO on ieasue Issue Now writes F. B. business man, Madison. Oregon City who has submitted 40 votes for friends. I" Only one member of the W. H. Hawkins family of Klamath Falls 'did not vote favorably and "she was too young to vote," at all," Mr.- Hawkins says. With such sWendid expressions Is Or egon backing he program ! for peace. Negative votes, welcome as they are. are not coming In and that . must sig nify that negative sympathy does not exist in Oregon, forthe plebiscite has reached every corner of the state. It reached Mr. and Mrs. George R. , Me Kimens of McMinnvllle, one of whose three . sons gave pp his life . for the peace of the world, ' ( " "We think. he has done more to save civilization and make the world safe than all the pro-German congressmen who . are opposing the league," his .father -writes. ? V The coupon printed On this, page, and elsewhere in the paper, properly filled out and submitted. Is a Vote for or against the League of Nations- Cast your ballot at once. ' , . t- I (Yes or No; (Sim your nime feerc) i! Address 109 BREST AGM Second; Visit of- Wilson to France Is Expected to Shorten Work of Peace Conference. Wireless Messages , Sent to Paris Express Desire 0 for Early Opportunity for Work. Washington, March 13. (I. X. S.) The U. 8. 8. George Washington with President Wilson and party arrived' at ttit p. m. today French time in the harbor at Brest Just three month to the day his Ineky thirteenth after his ar rival oa his initial voyage. Announcement of his arrival was re ceived la a dispatch to the executive of. flees of the White House today. Brest. France, March 13. (L N. S.) Encountering a strong southwest wind and heavy seas, the liner George Wash ington, with President Wilson on board. Is 10 hours behind her schedule and may not arrive until after 3 o'clock tonight Unless the weather and seas. moderate the presidential party may remain on board the ship all night, leaving f or Paris tomorrow morning. ; , A reception committee. Including Col onel K. M. House of., the American commission; Andre Tardieu, a member of the French commission, and M. Leygeus, French minister of marine, arrived from Paris this morning. The popular ' opinion Is that the sec ond coming of President Wilson will shorten the' peace deliberations.' A request that President Wilson trav erse the same route through the city as on hla former visit was sent by the mayor in a wireless message. Mr. Wil son consented but requested that there be no ceremony. Brest is not- decorated, and on ac count of the lateness of the hour at which the vessel will dock no civil pro gram was arranged. In - some way the -, Impressions, got abroad -that Mrs. Wilson was not ac companying her husband, on. his second visit t and it caused much disappoint ment " ' The "public was glad to learn that- ah -la: aboard th; George Wash ington.;' especially r the ' mllllnera., and .dressmakers In. . Paris,-; arhox are hoping for further patrdnage. EageP to.Besume tVbrk ' f- v By John Bdwin Jfevia " - -On board the U. 6. S. George Washing ton En Route to. Europe With President (Concluded on Page Two, Column Four) VOTE FOR LEAGUE STIRS SENATORS - - Great Preponderance of Ballots in Journal; Plebiscite 'Favoring Plan Surprises Washington. Washington. .March 13. (WASHING TON BURBA U OF THE JOURNAL! Senators who were apprised todax of the result of The Journal's vote on the League of Nations were generally sur prised by the magnitude of the showing In its favor. Senators friendly to the league plans declared The Journal, can vass is indicative of the. sentiment of practically all parts of the country. Senators unfriendly to the president's ideas criticized the form in which It was submitted! saying a direct' question on the preterit draft of the league consti tution would give a better test That's good plan," said Senator Pittman of Nevada after Inspecting The Journal's coupon ' vote.' - - "It is well to have the sentiment of the people shown and this shows In my opinion how peo ple stand. It Is In line with what t bear from my state. ? j "Senator , Borah suggests a. plebiscite. That is impractical and cannot be worked out because of the time it would take and the concurrent action required in so many states." Senator McKeUar ' of Tennessee aaid the results obtained are surprising In the size of the affirmative vote and he is convinced the league plan has an overwhelming majority among .the peo ple. . ; "Of many letters I have received," said McKeUar, "not one is against It I am going home tonight to make speech es in Tennessee, but I am convtnved that the people now strongly favor the formation of a league." Senator Sheppard of Texas said the results shown in The Journal's votes were ""remarkable and significant He added : "1 have never had any. doubt as to the feeling among the people. : The Texas legislature has voted approval w4th one vote In the negative. An effort has been mads to indicate a divided sen timent by circulating an Interview' witb one ' Texas Democrat who opposed the league.--Hla ideas' are not representa tive, but the contrary." Senator Norria,of Nebraska, "one -of the Republicans who : declined to. sign Senator Lodge's round robin, while criticising the . form i of - The Journal's ballot considered it significant- of the people's desire for formation of a league which will endwar. They are so anx ious for this." he said, "they may not give full weight 4 to the duestions in volved In the league draft as it stands." , jNothing has ever happened In my life In which I felt si deeper Interest or for which I would make, greater sacrifice,' he said. "Any plan ought to be sub jected" to analysis, 'publicity and free discussion. -'Criticism, however, should be constructive, and some of the present Criticism is narrow and partisan.", . He favors . are, amendment ' of the draft ; In some respects, with disarmament and affirmation of each j; country's inde pendence in regulating its internal af falrs Including . immigration. , " LUCKY 13 IS AGAIN ON TOUR WITH WILSON PKESIDEKT WILSOm laeky amber, It, la ttUl with. him. . ' The president's ship Is das to arrive at Brett, Fraaee, , this svs aing, March 18. vrj,''-.;..s;. f: This Is the ISth trip of the George Wathlsgtsn sines, she was taken Ter.br the United States govern ment. ., :. . x . This aamber, considered uslnrky by most persons, has pnrsaed the president for many years and Its iaflsesce always feat been henlga. To hfgla with bit name coatalss 13 letters. :-v "'..; '.'','V-' On his prevloat trip to the Paris onfereace he landed at Brest on Friday December 111 1; , Us. was storied governor of Jtw Jersey in bJs thirteenth year at a professor at Prlseeton. The electoral college which named him f retldeat met Jannary IS, 1I8. '. , ;.-'.;: Goveraors of IS states were ia Una at his first inauguration, while rep resentatives of 13 edacatlonal In ttltatloBt participated la the parade and Frlacetoa stadents Jonrneyed to Wathlagtoa ia two tralat of thir teen cart each. ' His daaghter, Jettle "Allies, was the thirteenth White Hosts bride. He wat . pretest at tha opening tetsloa of the pesce conference qa ''January 18. ' On Febraary IS the represeata tires of the leadlag powers ac cepted his plan,, for a Lcagaa of Xatleas. SENATORS REFUSE TO FOLLOW HOUSE Organization of Committees ,to Be Delayed Until Just Before , Session. Washington,' March 13. (L ft. S.) Senate Republicans have refused to fol low the example of Republican members of the- house in attacking the problem of committee chairmanships at the present time. A plan adopted today will put this troublesqm problem. nveestmtlli - thraa days before the prospective extra Session ; The fight on Senator Penrose, tem porarily f orgoften Jth the League! of Na tlons force, soon will break out with re newed vigor, tHHees some compromise be tween the conservatives and progressives whereby the Pennsylvania Senator will receive the chairmanship of some com mittee other : than the committee on finance is reached. . , , , Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massa chusetts, of course, will be the Repub lican floor Jeader and the chairman of the committee on foreign relations. There la no fight against the Massachusetts senator,-. There was a renewal today of the re port that Senator La Follette would, an nounce himself as a candidate -for the finance committee chairmJUiship, In sub stitute for Senator Penrose. "Under the seniority rule, he has no claim on this chairmanship, but he has the powerful weapon of threatening to vote with the Democrats on organization, if his wishes are not consulted. Senator Borah will become the chair man of the committee on labor, which Is expected to be one of the most Im portant committees of the new con gresa." ' ". : '''. ;:' :; '"T;- : In addition to the fight against Sen ator Penrose, which progressives say they are waging for "the benefit of the party" in 1920, severer other important contests are expected to develop before the awards are made. At present the lineup on chairman ships of . Important senate committees follows : . . : ' ' Appropriations, Reed Smoot. Utah. Banking and currency, George P. Mc Lean. " Connecticut The census, Robert M. ; La Follette, Wisconsin. .- Commerce." Knute Nelson, Minnesota. Military . affairs? Francis E. Warren, Wyoming. Naval - affairs. Boise 1 Penrose, . or Miles - Polndexter. Washington. Postofflces, Charles . K. Townsend, Michigan. '." v Senator Wesley L. Jones of Washing ton la, tn .line for the chairmanship of the woman suffrsge committee. Sen ator Hiram Johnson of California also can have the committee, chairmanship. it is understood, if he will ask for it McArthur Denies He Was Defeated For G. O. P. Whip TON BUREAU, OF THE JOURNAL)--McArthur Issued a statement today de nying he was defeated as a candidate for Republican whip of the new house by Knutson of Minnesota. Some votes were case for him : In the Republican unnittM in . flommttteeal- he " aaid. "In protest against the Mann steam roller," which-forced i tne nommaiion 01 kduv son. but he was not seeking this position and baa so iniormea mi irienas, i Mc Arthur's statement, with Its refer ence to the "Mann steam roller" Is an- nih.r indication- of the' dissatisfaction among friends of ' GDlett, who will be the next spekker. ' over the manner in tehbih M.nn'a mDnorterS have turnnl the tables .and taken charge- of about everything . outside the : speakership itself, " . . '- , t'.J'.V- If'--'-"'--- " "i -S'..'.- , , : Hawley Comini lIom,e ., -' Washington. March 18.-Represents live Hawley will leave for Oregon Mon day t night During ? the .congressional recess he - plans to -visit river - and har bor .- projects and other places ' where public improvements are - proposed : la Ma district. I 1 SOLDIERS O n I III III! 0 00 REBELS Streets U Filled With Wreckage Caused by Artillery5 Firej Con dition of Populace Is Pitiful. Spartacans Hunted Out of Nests and Driven to Wall Are Com mitting Atrocities in City. ; ONDpN, March 13. (I. N. S.) lu by a surprise attack me Ger man government troops have out flankcd and driven back the Spur lacana at Lichtenbcrg, un eastern suburb of r Berlin, said a Central News disfpatch from Amsterdam Mils afternoon, J; The Reds fell back in panic, abandoning ma terial. ' The main force of Spartacans is re ported to have been isolated with the government troops advancing wiping out neBts. - .-"'. . - Government troops began their syete-. matlo assaults on the - Spartacans stronghold at , Llchtenberg on.lVednes- day, said another news agency dispatch from Copenhagen, r . : The eastern part of Berlin- is being oc cupied by the troops supporting ths gov ernment ; Driven to a corner, the Reds ars com mitting 'brutal atrocities, said another dispatch from Amsterdam. Both sides are 'fighting without mercy. The Berlin streets are littered -with ruins and wreckage caused by artillery tire, - '. : : .- The unfortunate Inhabitants are in pit iful condition. If the fighting continues many may starve. It is said, as the gov ernment allows no supplies to pass the cordon of government troops. . Among the Spartacans shot In the fighting jesterday were several Rus sians, -;;"-' ;,- -'. . . .... ' That the Spartacan 'counter revolution et. Bt41jt-bt co41aped was Indicated by. a German radiogram picked up here to-' day. : It stated that .Minister of Wpf Gustavo Noske had demanded the un conditional surrender of all Spartacan soldier and ? the . surrender of all their arm.' ,:'; The Reds, the dispatch said, had asked for a truce but Noske replied It' would be granted only on the terms men tioned. v At Dusseidorf f, which has long been - a storm center,' the revolution was sup pressed by government troops using ar tillery and machine guns. The Nauen wireless plant from which the report of the government's victory was sent. Is In the hands of the gov ernment authorities, j .. . -Troops on Defensive . , Berlin. March 12, via London, March 13. (L N. 8.) Despite the Wolff Agency bulletin that the government troops had won f victory over the Spartacides "ac- , eordlng to plan." driving them back a mile and Inflicting losses, the soldiers supporting the government were forced to take the defensive in the northern, part of the city last night " J Reinforcement of government forces wefe rushed up in motor lorries. More battle reports are being printed in the newspapers now than during the war. i General Luttwltz, commanding the' government troops, expects the present situation to continue, although a house-. to-house search for arms is being made. Kalians Furnish Transports Rome. March ,13. (U. P.) The gov ernment has placed at . the disposal of American reservists the steamers Duca d'Aosta, Duca Degll Abruszi and Czerta, which will sail within the next two weeks. ' ' . . WOOD SHIPS PASS Underwriters' Recommend Slight s Alterations in Change to ; j . - Flour Carriers. Oregon built wooden ships have stood the test of a preliminary survey as te their fitness as flour carriers and, with certain alterations, their uso by. the fed eral food administration is recommended, according to Alex M. Scott assistant to Grain Administrator Max. H. Houser. . The survey, which was ordered by the government to meet - the urgent traffic needs of the Columbia river diMtrlct, was conducted by Captain W. C. McNaught ef this ; city.i representing' the , under- writers. , 'y.: v , "The results of the survey, whicn has just, been completed, are entirely favor able, and if the shipping board meets certain requirements which have been asked, their use as grain or flour car riers will betaHsured and prompt load ing of the vessels now in the harbor will begin." said Mr. Scott r "With flour and grain tonnage piling up in this district, and the food condi tions of Europe growing more grave dally, we can make use of a large num ber of the wood ships If their employ ment is possible." At the present time there are half a dozen idle wood steamers In the local harbor awaiting cargoes. Six others are Ionly awaiting rudders, and some 0 other " hulls will have been wade ready for sea within ths next few moiittl PRELl ARYTEST