;VOL. XVIII. . NO. 5
PORTLAND, OREGON FRIDA Y EVENING, MARCH 14; 1919. TWENTYTWO PAGES
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.Shipping Board Authorizes Allot
r ment of Five Vessels From Pacific-Coast
to Food Officials.
'rinA UnniJ Qk!n Pnrronrad - 4ft
f n' m i r a ii!xj
uarry nauroaa lies 10 unuea
Kingdom From Portland Mills.
WASHINGTON. March ii.
Washington Bureau of The
Journal.) The shipping board di
vision of operations has author
ized the allotment of-five wooden
vessels from the Pacific coast
to the food administration for car
rying flour. It Is understood at
least two of these will proceed
s from Portland The movement
; will depend upon the readiness of
t the, vessels urder the require
ments laid down. -
This i said to be a trial shipment of
flour, owlne to hesitation over the use of
wooden ships for this cargo, and is not.
therefore,to be taken as a forerunner of
immediate further action. As the sea
son : advances, nowever. conditions are
reg-arded as mors favorable for trying
out wooden ships on comet to coast Voy
ages. The chartering situation is still clouded.
Difficulties in the use; pf wooden ships.
it is explained, are not removed, because
of problems of rates," insurance and
availability for specified cargoes.
The wjoden tenier is to have a
"trial" as a flour, carrier. '
Indications that five wood ships have
been alloted to the Food Admin 1st ra-
Concluded ob fut Eighteen. Column Finir)
HELD AS A THIEF
V - ; ...
Rene DoTJisse, Who Was Hailed
as Gallant War Veteran, Is
Now in Jail.
'Rene DeNisse. self , styled French ace.
and, by bis own statements, military in
structor at the University of Washing
ton, languishes In a cell at the city jail,
charged with being a petty thief. . De
Klsse, after posing- In the limelight,
-dressed in the uniform of a French of
ficer, -is said to have become . tired of
the uniform of La Belle France and to
have blossomed out as a lieutenant of
American artillery. Complaint charg
ing him with the theft of the American
uniform has been sworn out by Charles
Oobpey, tailor, and DeNisse will appear
before Judge Rossman. Saturday, to
answer the charge.
DeNisBe first appeared in Portland
About three weeks ago and soon became
a , conspicuous figure . on . Washington
street ; because of his French uniform
and the decorations he wore. A morn
ing paper gave him considerable public
ity, describing his flashing black eyes
and the. manner in which he attracted
the attention of the - population. . De-
. iss iaiea in an interview that ne naa
been assigned to the University of Wash
ington as an instructor, Aid was spend
ing a few days in Portland.
According to the officials of the Sol
diers r and Sailors' I club, DeNisse ap
peared there in an aviator's , uniform,
told of bis exploits In the air, and of
the three Boche he had brought to the
ground while in the- French aerial
service.. -A" ... ' - ..; ---
Several days ago. he reappeared.
dressed as an American lieutenant of
artillery. " and - in response to questions
concerning the transformation, merely
nnruggea nis enouiaers, ana stated that
the American officers had requested him
to wear an American uniform as a com
pliment to this country.
lie claimed to be short of funds. and
slept one night at the club.
He was arrested after midnight Tues
day night by the police and was held
In the city jail while the-authorities In
vestigated his record. Inquiry brought
out the fact that the uniform had been
purloined from the Coopey establish
ment and the . charge of larceny followed.-
- , . -
Deported From U.S.
' London, March IWl N. S-V-Pour
British anarchists, who were deported
from the United States, arrived at Liv
erpool today. Others are expected to
(ollow. The four men gave the names
of XUmmer, Sheehan. Field and Jackson.
:TKe Last Word
vin Dress
. Anne .Rittenhouse, a rec
ognized T: authority ; of f ash
ions, presents an. article on
I dress on the Woman's Feat
ure page of , ' "
The Journal
Every Day
CLERK CALLS
mO KIDO" AND
GIRLS BLUSH
K I DO," called Perk Creasse
the mualelpal court Tasra-
day aftersooe, and a cos pie
of doses pairs of femislse eyes
fllrtattoaiily responded,
0 Kldo," Crosss repeated Is
load marallse toss mad east haad
some revlag eye over the specta
tor in the eesrt room. "
Fifty, pitty pat, hearts west a
flstteraad .vlvaeloas maids
dered If 'tAelr Boies were sklsy.
Then earns the blow aad hearts
fell with dall thads.
"Trlfler, false t brill-1 a spire rw they
lhooght of Crosaae as. O. Kldo, a
Japasese arrested on the charge of
playing poker, stepped to the stand.
Kldo proved to the satisfaction of
the co art that he was merely slew
ard of the club la which the game
was played, bat alas other Jap
anese, coavleted of play lag, were
fiaed $! sack.
Cooperative Industry Only Solu
tion for Labor Problem, Says
Shipbuilder.
Cooperative industry alone is the so
lution of the ' labor problems of today,
and is the only way tn which' to com
bat the- spread of Bolshevism ; and the
sooner- that capital rises to the issue
and . accepts lesser profits,' - the sooner
will the Industrial fabric of the country
be placed on ; a sound basis, declared
J. R. Bowles,' president of the North
west Steel company, before the Portland
Realty board today.
President Bowles further stated that
his plant was prepared to' adopt the
cooperative industrial system; and that
this euro for labor Ills in shipbuilding
would be proposed at .'the forthcoming
conference at Washington, between ship
yard . owners and- labor leaders. Mr.
Bowles said in part :
"That day . has passed when capital
shall " ignore the rights of labor : it is
not right that conditions 'should permit
one person to have $100,000,000 while
others , are not able o -,buy shoes and
stockings. : ; j'r, . . : ' :i I .1
:f;i. Facing Parkest Msr ' .1
"At" this time we are faejng the dark-J
if no or in our mansinai msiary. xne
American shipyards Caa hdb&Jto com
pete .with the yards" of Great Britain,
where lesser wages are paid, only by a
readjustment, of labor- conditions and
demands. here. This goal can be reached
by. the cooperative method." , -j
The speaker asserted that the future
of the steel shipbuilding In the United
States hangs on the willingness of con
gress to reinstate the " suspended con
tracts and . proceed with - the original
shipbuilding program He said that the
end of the rope would be reached by
October 1, ' next, unless financial help
comes from the government.
He criticized President Wilson for re
fusing to permit the American yards to
build for foreign account.
A letter was read from a prominent
Norwegian - capitalist, stating that in
dustrial and political conditions of to
day prevented that country from go
ing ahead with large shipbuilding plans ;
that although the Norwegian govern
ment had paid millions to shipyards In
this country for boats which wfere sub
sequently commandeered by the United
States government, this money had not
yet been repaid.
West Ahead of Fast
He said that the effective output of
the Portland yards i was 25 per cent
greater than the yards ' of Seattle and
that - Pacific coast yards have the ad
vantage over the Kast in weather con
ditions ; that - angles. : shapes and chan
nels, formerly only bought inrth Kast,
are - now : manufactured on the Pacific
coast and. that the freight rate question
no longer existed as a factor. -
Mr. Bowles said that wood shipbuild
ing is doomed ; that the greater cost of
building and operating wood ships made
it impossible for them to compete with
steel vessels.
Archangel to Be
iRetaken by May 1,
Is Red Prediction
Helslnggors, March 13. (U. . P.) (De
layed.) The Bolshcvikl expect to re
capture Archangel by May 1. It was an
nounced In an official communique, re
ceived from Moscow today.
"During v January and February - the
Red armies occupied a territory corre
sponding to the area of France (mors
than 200,000 square miles,)" the com
munique said. . i
.'They will reach Archangel by
May l." .
Power Declining Says Ex-Consul
' London, March ll.-m. "N. S.) -The
Bolshevik! : In Russia , have passed their
xenlth and their power Is declining, ac
cording to a statement made today by M.
Duchesne, former French consul at Pet
rograd. He added that the . Bolshevlkl
were -trying to. modify their program to
enlist moderates. ' f
Epidemics are exterminating whole
Russian villages. Russian soldiers are
demanding 20 rubles fori an hour's
fighting. ; ; - .
Sun and Clouds in ;
:: Endurance Contest
If the clouds part for an hour or so
this afternoon the sunshine record for
March will be, broken. , This morning
Old .Sol rot away for a good start and
beamed down a couple of hours of good
sunshine - before the cloud curtain un
rolled. If the. -clouds give him his own
way before , sunseti this evening- there
may be -- recorded -more sunshine than
there wag on-March 11 and 12. respect
ively, when three hours were registered.
PROFIT SHARING IS
URGED BY BOWLES
TO
mm
Return of American President Is
. Signal for Speeding Up Work
on the World Peace Program.
Meeting of Supreme War Council
Is Cancelled for . Series of
Rapid Fire Conferences. " -
Paris, March 14-(U. P.) President
Wilson ' arrived here from Brest at
12:03 p. m. today.
President and Madame Poincare
greeted the president and Mrs. Wilson
at the fhvalides station. While their
wives chatted on the red carpeted
platform, the two presidents Inspected
the guard of honor. ;
A band played the American national
a'nthem as the . train drew Into the
station and the "Marseillaise" as the
Wilsons started for their new residence
in the Place Des Etats Unis, accom
panied by an escort of cavalry. ' ' . r-
Premier Lloyd George was waiting at
the president's residence. , After a -brief
conference the president and the Brit
ish leader went to the Hotel Crlllon,
where they talked with Premier Clem
enceau. The president's arrival was
practically simultaneous with a virtual
crisis, over the hitherto sleeping ques
tion of secret treaties. A disagreement
in the committee on Greek claims late
Thursday, resulting in reference of the
question of Smyrna to the supreme war
council, caused several ; delegates to
take an exception to the ruling, on the
ground that it inferred the pact was
still operative.
This, they held, was in violation of
the 14 points and would establish a
dangerous precedent, particularly In
dealing with -the Italian question which
largely Involves the London pact.
Despite this situation, however, ths
matters for first consideration are those
of peace with Germany and inter-allied
problems can wait until peace is estab
lished. . . r
Premier Clemenceau reached the
Hotel Crillon at, S :05 p. m. and Imme
diately went into cohf erencs with Presi
dent Wilson and Premier Lloyd. George.
I. . "' I' ' 't sr
't'. Meeting ot Council Postponed
- Paris. March -f UTO Wltlt Pres-
dent Wii8on arrival in Paris today the
machinery was set in motion for rapid
consummation of the 'prelinrinay peace
treaty. ' .-..v i , ..
-.The 'scheduled meeting of the supreme
war council was cancelled to permit a
series of rapid fire conferences by the
president. Premier Lloyd George, Pre
mier Clemenceau 'and other. leaders.
Practically all the peace work centered
about the president. As all other , de
tails of the treaty have been virtually
completed by the various committees,
the main problem was . that of reaching
final agreement, The leaders in ratify
ing each detail will draw up the for
mal draft. All indications today were
that the treaty would be finished by
March 20 and the- Germans called In
about March 25.
Whether the League of Nations would
be incorporated in the preliminary treaty
had not been definitely determined. An
(OoaclDded on Page ghrbt. Column Tbreel
Nine U.J3. Soldiers
Reported j Dead in
Hun Prison Camps
Washington, March 14. 1 1. N. S.)
The death in German prison camps of
nine' American soldiers was announced
this afternoon Jsy the war department.
They are : . i .
Lieutenant Henry ) Bradley Frost, Ar
lington. Mass. . i . -.
Sergeant Joseph Baley. Chestnut Hill.
Mass.
Sergeant Eugene A. Griffith. Rich
mond Hill,- N. Y. ;
, Private First Class John H. Coxson,
Reynoldsville, Pa. i -
Private Herbert B. Hapgood, Shrews
bury, Mass..
Private John, A. 'Johnson, Pittsburg.
Pa. '
Private Louis Probst, Louisville, Kj 4
Private Olien - O. Rhodes. 1612 East
Market street, Stockton, CU.
Private Edward G. Trecher, New Ha
ven, Conn. , , 4 ..
American Mission
To Poland Marooned
In Starving Vienna
London, March -e-14.- (U. P.)--The
American lied Cross -mission to . Poland
is marooned in Vienna, owing to an al
tercation between the. Czechs and-Aus-trians,
. according ; to Information ' re
ceived at London, headquarters of the
organisation today.- The, Information
came in a letter dated February 28, from
Captain France America of Buffalo, a
member of the mission. , -r'i
'-"The Csechs have refused us permis
sion to cross the closed frontier," Amer
ica said. "The Austrians" also, refused
permission for us to . proceed, fearing
the Czechs would confiscate - their en
gines. A Swiss captain in charge of bur
train wants to run the . blockade. : put
ting up a couple, of machine guns and
arming everybody. ' 1 .' ' .
Vienna is starving. 5 -; " -
Hungarian Capital
. In State of Siege
Paris, March 14. U. P.) A state, of
siege ' has ' been proclaimed in Buda
pest, according to L'lnformatlon- dis
patches from - Zurich - today. Recent
reports - frojn , Budapest described - com
munistic u risings there. - r - . - -
PARIS
SENATORS TO
LEAGUE
Flood of Letters and Telegrams
Unmistakable Evidence of Sen
i timent of This Constituency.
Neither McNary Nor Chamberlain
Have as Yet Made Known Po
sitions on the World Covenant.
Washington D. C, March 14. (WASH
IXGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUR-NAL)---The
sentiment of Oregon runs
strongly in favor of a League of Nations
If letters and telegrams received by th
Oregon senators truly interpret the feel
ing of thestate. : - ; X'---';''
Certain -senators opposed to the
League of Nations draft have been ex
ploiting their letter files, which are
claimed to strongly reCect the senti
ments these senators have expressed.
Lodge, Borah and Reed have each In
dicated that the word which contes to
them is In the proportion of eight, nine
and ten to one against the league.
Jt becomes '-of., interest to set off
against this the letter file of Senator
McNary on the same subject, noting also
the ? fact that McNary has made no
public statement : on the subject, and
therefore is not in - the same position
with those senators who 'have become
prominent as either friends or opponents
or the - league. - ,
The general experience - is that sen
ators who take a-strong position at the
outset of a discussion which interests
the nation receive stacks of letters com
mending thelr' position. It Is remem
bered that before the declaration' of
war with , Germany, senators who
opposed the war ' turned to their lettei
flies to cite the approval of their con
stituents, just as those in favor -of it
obtained -opposite conclusions from the
records of their offices. . ' -
It might be expected, therefore, that
Senator McNary would - be bombarded
(Concluded on Pas Two, Column One)
Refrigerator; Cars .
; : May Be lken Out
"Df Packers' Hand's
.Washington. March .14. (I. X. S.)
Transformation of , privately owned re
frigerator cars such as the bjg five"
packers operate into common carriers
subject to the jurisdiction of the inter
state commerce commission, is a provis
ion Representative Each," Republican, of
Wisconsin, as the new chairman of the
house - interstate commerce committee
will seek to write Into the far reaching
railroad, " legislation the' next congress
would have to grapple with. Esch today,
expressed confidence In his ability to
have such a provision enacted into law.
- By so enacting it congress would take
a long step toward genuine reconstruc
tion and. at the --same time, provide a
remedy for those conditions affecting the
feeding " of the American people which
were charged to the "big five" packers
when the latter were under fire, toward
the close of, the last congress, Esch explained.
Few N e g ati ve Votes
.91 . . l at t. -'.at' I. 9. ' ?
One
Gives
Tote caarsssed at 11 a. m. today.
For a Leagvs ef Katloas. ....... . It.ltl
Agalast a Lesgae f ITatioas . . . . 114
"In my ttavels 1 have failed to find
one person opposed to the League of
Nations," writes P. T. Somerville. . a
traveling man, from La Grande.
The- Journal has been more success
ful, for it has found more than 100 who
fail" to see merit in the league. It" la
looking for more with the same convic
tions to balance with the surprising ma
jority whose sentiment as expressed In
The Journal's plebesclte Is without
qualification for the League of Nations,
More than 19,000 otes ind more be-;
lng added every; 'minute have been en
tered as strongly In favor of the league
and the covenant ; under which it will
operate. .
Graage Members Iadorse
If each person who has voted against
the league In The Journal's canvass
were to arise in a meeting in his-own
community to declare himself against
the league there would be, probably, 180
supporters of ' the idea to ' howl him
down. That- Is one way of indicating
the perponderance of sentiment' favor
able to therpeace plana,- : i -
' Rlrervtew grange-No. 554, C." D. Cox,
secretary, a Vancouver. Wash., is only
one of many 'such organizations of peo
ple "in Wsshlngton and .Oregon whose
stand ; on the question ' is without quali
fication.', Mr, Cox reports a recent ses
sion of the grange as casting 19 votes
for, the league and four: against it- i j
r Ai,W." Zvellner. under date of March
8. writes .froniiGoIdenOr to ask The
iSo ; ycu faVor league of Nations
-f to prevent future wars, such ias President-Wilson
and Former President Taft fare working for?.
Cneloas thk eoopoa la sa eseloee ad
. ftNswd t "LMgoe ef Hstieas Xditar.
Cat .The ioaiaal; rMtlaad. Otsaaa.
a htioc to The JoaxmaX mttmm
mes-aad inv tt bi tbs twUSt bo.
Only pcaoaa i ef vetiac ass wbamM .
V4 ia WM --" ;
COURT NAMED
TO ACT UPON
TAX DISPUTES
.wtASHIHGTOK, , Mare. 14 (U
r 3C. 84-r-Creatloa of a 4Cort
y ; of ' Last Resort" to art lpoa
laeems tax dltvates was aaaoaaced
this afters a by Commlssloaer of
Jateraal ' Beveaae Roper. It will
cestitt of ' six mem sera . with ' Dr.
T. 8. Adam ef" Yals aalrerslty as
chalrntaa. ; Other members selected
aret I. Sterrett. Sew Terkt
Stsart ; W. ;Cramer,, Charlotte. . W
Ci'lm F. 8eer, expert ta ths office
of ths eomatlssleaer aad Frederick
T Field, Ut expert of Bostoa. Ths
sixth mii has aet heea chosea.
FIRE MAY BRING
IN CODE
Thorough Investigation Will Be
V. Made of Explosion Which
. Brought Death to Three.
Amendment to the city building,code
may result-from an investigation to be
made by H. p. Plummer, chief of the
bureau of buildings, of causes for the
loss of three jives in the Corbett build
ing fire yesterday. The investigation
is now under j wa and if defects In the
present code are found, recommendations
covering the flaws will be presented to
the council. - ':'-., ' .
The, dead are: ; . .. '
James DeWItt Asher, chief engineer,
422-Roselawnl avenue.
George ,Udy, assistant, 641S Sixty-,
fourth street southeast.
Charles Hj Huffman, assistant, 188
East Sixty-ninth street north.
Insurance company inspectors , are ap
praising the damage today and will en
deavor to ascertain the cause of the
explosion. In addition the coroner's of
fice, j according te u Deputy ..Coroner
Goetsch, willf make a thorough Investi
gation and hld an inquest. .
, An investigation by the fire marshal
brought forth an opinion that the explo
sion was the! result of lack of water In
the boiler. Jt has also been suggested
that leaking oil pipes may have been re
sponsible. Had the oil become heated
in the firebox It would have generated
gas. causing; i an explosion, it is - ex
plained. Old. pipes and plates have also
been pointedsE to as -possible clues, to
the ! disaster fM-; "r W'v-4
'. Both Cbiefl Dowell of the fire depart
metit and Mrt; Plummer; Indorse the es
tablishment Cplainjyvmarked shujtof f s
outside. buildings for oU, as and elec
tric eurrent. I'TTier point ou that prop
erly marked (shutoffs would allow- any
one to turn off the ,flow, whereas a
shutoff Inside the building and un
marked is extremely, dlfflonlt to locate.
(Ooiielnded- ou t Psge.- Twenty ne, Colt 8eeni
New Brunswick City
Is Swept "by Fire
Montreal, Luebec, March 14. (I. N.
S.) The business section of Petit Co
dlac. ' a prosperous town near Moncton.
N. B-i was swept by a fire today which
destroyed af bank, several stores. the
postoffice. the railway station and a
number of j residences.. The Moncton
fire department aided In fighting the
flames, which were fanned by a strong
east wind. No estimate of the damage
has as yet been made, ;
Journal why. the administration does
not repeal the espionage law, declaring
that' the administration wishes to con
tinue in 'office an army of deputies at
Tat" jobs and salaries.. Mr. Zvellner
casts his vote against the league.
The administration. If it really could
repeal thet espionage law without con
gressional action, would -perhaps not do
so.. The law protects civilized indi
viduals, or the public, from the barbsf
ism of the friends we have had to con
tend with during the war and are even
How troubled by. , . . ;
lit ae Strictly Xonpartlsaa .
.The. proposed League of Nations, The
Journal plebiscite seems to prove, would
accomplish exactly that - thing- in the
case of barbaric nations whose greed or
ignorance would level civilization to the
plana upon!: whjch it suffered through
the past four years.
The League of Nations Is not' a parti
san issue with thinking people. W. F.
Hall. Vale.t Or., sent this morning ' 22
votes handed hint by friends. Mr. Hall
says: "I guarantee this list of legal
voters. It : represents Republicans,
Democrats and Socialists.'
- Printed below and elsewhere In this
issue of Th Journal ia the ballot coupon
good for a vote in The Journal canvass
when properly filled out by a voter of
legal age and signed ' with his or ' her
name. Mall 'or bring your vote to The
Journal office today. :f '--
-.-There- Is! a call from many Journal
readers ,for more, coupons. ' In addi
tion to the ' ballots on the first and
editorial pages, a column will be found
on page ,11 of today's Journal.
(Yes or. No!
ISitn your, name here) . ..
Address
msBsssssHsmmmmsi
Sentiments
SAYS BEDS
DEFEATED
ER A 7
Bolshevik! Played Witfr German
i Forces After : Brest-Utoysk
Treaty Geo. : Hoffman Insists.
Predicts Next War Will Be Vic
tory of Yellow Races Over
! ' Christians of Western World.
By Ken Her hi
SpecUl CortcapoBdcnc of The Journal aad tb
Chicago Dally . Netrn.
(CoiJjriglit, 1919. by Chico UmUy Nw Co.)
BERLIN, March 14. "You don't;
understand the war," said
General Hoffmann to riie today.
"Germany was 'not beaten on the
western front. Neither - Marshal :
Foch nor Field Marshal. Haig, nor
General' Pershing defeated the
German armies.
"Germany was beaten by an upstart
named Lenlne." ;
The man who had signed the Brest
Litovsk treaty, who was chief ot staff
of Germany's eastern armies for three
years and who today la spoken of by
the Germans as the brains behind liln
denburg and the real victor in the battle
of Tannenburg sailed at me through the
smoHe of his cigar.. 1 ,
"Tou ask me what I consider lost tie
war for Germany my answer Is. Bol
shevism. I will tell you the exact, mo
ment that marked the beginning of the
end. It was when General Ludendorf f
telephoned me at the headquarters on
th eastern front, from France, to stgn
peace any peace with any Russian
able o write-his name.
-""The "Americans are- coming, said
Ludendorff, "and we need every corps
we have on the western front- Make
peace with Russia and release our ar
mies there et onceC .. - M -
General; Hoffmann ' talked for'- two
hours and discussed the "ifs" that might
have won the war ' for Germany and
discussed the reasons why the war was
lost. He confessed that the invasion of
Jra nee. thrmgl-BlgitHn-was- planned
years ago-by .. Count Schlief fen; 'He
named the two generals who sent Ger
many Into the "scrap heap of nations -Von
Moltke in the west and Falkenbeyn
m the east It was Germany militarism
that talked through this - clear headed.
(Concluded on Paga Two. Column Four)
Employment Service Head Cites
, Importance of Maintaining
Employment Service.
Washington, ; March 14. I. N. S.)
John B. len8more, director, general of
the United States employment service,
today issued an appeal to the country to
keep the soldiers and war workers em
ployment activities going at the present
rate after the service Is reduced 80 per
cent on March , 22. The cut Is made
necessary by the failure of passage of
the urgent deficiency bill, carrying II,
800,000 for the operation of : the service
on its present scale to June 30.
' Densmore : urged the business, labor,
welfare and alt other interests In every
community In which a federal employf
ment service office must be. abandoned
to take over the office and Its work,
pending the" expected support when con
gress meets. There are approximately
700 federal employment offices in nearly
as many towns and cities throughout the
country which tan no longer be financed
by the department of -labor. - ; ; "V
Plans are now being prepared to arouse
sentiment throughout the country for the
continuance of the present soldiers' em
ployment work. . It is expected that in
the next .day or two;, machinery WIH be
created whereby federal, state, municipal
and volunteer ageactes Interested In the
development problem will get behind the
employment service in arranging for car
rying on employment activities by com
munity service . under general direction
by the' federal employment service.' . i
. "The work of assisting soldiers, sailors
and war workers to suitable employment
must te continued , at alii eosts, ; Mr;
Pensmore's appeal stated. "The i em
ployment area is spreading and it means
industrial insurance to the town or-city
which, takes over an employment office
which must necessarily be dropped by
the -United ' States employment service
through lack of funds. Aside from the
sentimental, and ; patriotic consideration
it will be a sound business Investment to
a community to carry on this necessary
work, It is the misery caused by wide
spread unemployment that breeds social
nnrest and disturbance and gives the
agitator . a opening. ( ,
Biveters Walk Out
r 1
In Seattle Yards
Seattle, f March ilI?N. t &)-iis-satisfied
with . the terms of reinstate
ment' imposed on former strikers, almost
1000 riveters walked, out at the Duthie,
Todd. Ames and , SeatUe NoVth Pacific
shipbuilding yards today. Abolition pf
a a bonus system . whereby' riveters and
others received extra pay Is declared to
be one of the reasons for the new strike.
The bonus, was given, above the Mac y
wage ; scale, and was. paid before, the
strike was called oa January 2U ;
" FO Ft VOLUNTEERS
GEN. HOFFMAN
GERMAN leader: who
pre diets Bolshevism
will cause overthrow of
Christian world unless it is
quickly eradicated. - ;
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Transports Comfort andf America
in Port; Many Are
Valley Cities.
' If ew York,- March 14. (Among the Ore
gon men to arrive Thursday were several
wounded, aboard the hospital ship Com
fort and a number in the aero -squadrons,
aboard , the America. : Lieutenant
John J, Iunn, Portland. , who was with
the tank ; corps at Argonne and " was
gassed there, came in on tha Comfort.
Among ' the wounded ? on the ship also
were Cuthbert .Courtney. Lawrence
Smith and Earl Galbrelth, alljof Pendle
ton. -Though .quite recoveredshsyuit
are Uttercasea, TV, , 'i
There arrived In the sero squadrons
the following: ,
Sergeant Goodriciv-ic.' Moir. ,Salem ;
Everett A MeCoiium, Knunatn Falls s
William A.' MtKi,.'St. Helena; Sergeant
Arthurs D. iSavage, Grants Pass Kay
Vi . Walker; Portland : i .Franklin ? K.
Weaver.-Myrtle Creek t Itobert S. Harri
son, . Portland ; Robert - L. Lynn. Port
land s William Pollock, G rants Pass J
Perry C. Rudd. Halfway ; Edgar J,
Schrimp. Grants Pass; Caa per M. Weeks,
Klamath Falla r Arthur W. Schneider
Kugene; Warren W. Yancey. Prinevilie;
Rodney R. Knott,-: Oregon- City ; 4 Kdgar
A. Porter. 5 Portland ; Claude ft. Smith.
Grants Pass; Dewey H. Smith,' St, Helens;-Ira
A. Warren. Mosier ; : Harry A.
West, . St. Johna ; Glenn . W, Kddlngs,
Gold Hllll Robert. Nijah, Granta Pass:
Andrew- Heebe, ; The Dalles; Ole M.
Stavseth,V Portland. " - t .; .
r The Thirteenth aero squadron and the
l5th are at Camp Mills. Robert D. Wil
liams and Clinton 1. Johrwon, Portland :
George C. Sanford, Kcho ;. Glllmore,
Canby, are with the 165th. Frank Dodge.
Portland, and James H. Ewing, Cecil,
arrived - with a' special, discharge com
pany, - Staignan Casual ; company r No.
1462. The Following are ; with the at
tached medical department. Ninety-third
aero - squadron : Roy .E. .Wells, Rose
burg ; Anderson ' Weeks, t Baker; John
Ziegenhagen, The Dalles ; John EL Ken-ney,-
Portland. s ' ' '.
- Most of ' the troops which, arrived on
lowan are at Camp Merrltt. Tke ;314th
trench ; mortar. ; battery,' Independent,
has Frank Hazelton, Kagle Point ; Elmer
Johnson, Cloverdale; Duncan K. .Doug
las, Marshfield ; Lincoln Kyle, Portland,
and Hugh C Johnson,1 Hood RlverV ,
- Jay McMillan of; Alice!, and Waldow
Chester. Mills City, and Lieuteiflant Har
old A. Swafford, Oregon City, and' Sam
B. ' Scott of Gypsum1' are In the Fifty
third company, transportation,'1, corps
also. .' - . . : ,
SusquehannaSailsT
From'FraricpVVVitli;
;2400sar&iaiers
. .
; Washington ; March 1 tlt, N.S.)
The i transport j Susquehanna, carrying
the Twenty-seventte regiment of railway
engineers complete, 28 ,-xff ifeers and 14S5
men sailed from France and is due at
New ; York March ; 24- the war depart
ment ; announced .'this afternoon. With
other miscellaneous' troops'- the Susque
hanna carries a total- of -about' 2400- re
turning American troops, v.: V : ' "; '
,.The Twenty-seventh railway 'engineers
are divided among Camps Gordon. Mc
Clellan, Grant, Pike, r Hancock, Green
leaf, Sherman; Custer.. Devens, Lee,-Upton.
Dlx and Sheridan. '
Also, on board are two casual compa
nies, one or. New Jersey .and the other
for Iowa, and more than. 700 sick and
wounded officers and meh.,' ..,. .:. "
' i On Troopship Expected Today .
.New York. vMarch i 14. L N. S.)
The Dochra. with 62 returning soldiers
aboard, including four . officers , and 47
enlisted men of the Three Hundred First
tank center. I the only ..troop ship ex
pected to arrive at this port today.'
- . ? J " a ' - ' : . ' - ;i : 7r
Postage 2 Cents
After July First
Washington, March ; 14. L N.f 8.)
Amendments - to the postal laws and
regulations, effective. Jnly,. 1 . next, re
ducing the rates ' of . posts ge to the pre
war rate, ' were announced - this after
noon by the postoffice department. " The
rates will be 2 cents an ounce? or frac
tion thereof on first class matter and 1
cent, for postal carda ,
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PRisotJEne
10 Cllil'?
SH0T00H
More Than 2000 Spartacans Said
' to Have Been Rounded Up by
Government Forces in -Berlin.
Bedraggled Lot Are Led Man
acled Through Streets to Ek-
, . An if! An Kw Morhina flime.
VVUUVII UJ a ITIUVIHUV MMt
COPENHAGEN. March i W'U.
P.)i Agitation for a new jjon
eral strike throughout Germany
to- be fcalled - Mareh 25, s now
i going on, according to dispatches
received from Berlin today. ,
i London, Marbf. 14. (I. N. S.) ,
Fisrhtinir' enntinnoa in Ihc Karl-
ehorst suburb of Berlin, according-
to an Exchange ; Telegraph
dispatch from Copenhagen. Many
. buildings are being wrecked; by
bombs, the dIopatcli adds. ;
Basle, ' March n. (U. P.) The
". Frankfurter Zcitung says a coni
nilttee representing the nhcnisli
-provinces has asked the allies
to recognize ' the "rrpublio of
Western Germany," . which "Is
necessary to secure pacific - re
lations betweea the - east and
west." '
Berlin, March 12. (Delayed). (IT. P.)
More' than a hundred SpartacatiR,
chained together In ths prison court
yareV were shot down by inaehine guns
this afternoon. War Minister Noske'has
ordered that all Spartacan prisoners
shall be executed summarily.
.Government troops completed ths
capture of the suburb of Lichtenberg
today. , The railway station, where the
Insurgents had made their final stand,
waa taken by storm. The Bpartacans
suffered 200 casualties In' the attack.
aXmeetlng of ( workmen's Soviets waa
snrronnded by , soldiers this afternooi
No at tempt wsa made to interfere wiiu
the proceedings, but. the delegates wera
under constant menace of rifles and ma-,
chins guns. They protested to ths gov
ernment, but Noske refused to withdraw
the troops. ,
Resistance fey the insurgents is les-
- i - -
AMERICANS CLASH
WITH JAPANESE
State Department Withholds De-h-
tails of Trouble at
, Tien Tsin. :
Waehl.igton, March 14 (U. P.)
American troops clashed with Japanese
police and civilians at Tien Tsin; Amer
ican Minister Relnsch reported .from
Peking to the state department today.
He has sent the first secretary of the
legation to Tien .Tsin to investigate.
Minister Relnsch's cable, according to
the , state department, did not reveal
whether the troops wre marines or sol
diers and i the time of the incident was
givert as "on Wednesday and Thursday."
;The cause of the trouble was not
revealed. .
The text of the cable was withheld.
-General Barnett of the marine corns
has cabled Colonel Kane at Peking for
information regarding the clash. Bar
nett said no marines were regularly
stationed there, the nearest detachment
being at Peking. 85 miles away.
- The department lasued the following
statement : ..7--?-
"A clash between some' American sol-
j.v-v - vrj . . . -w . .......... .
at -Tien -Tsin 'on Wednesday and .Thurs
day was reported In a dispatch to the
state department today. The report i
very brief and gives no- detail. The
American minister to China, Mr.
Relnsch, is investigating th affair and
the first secretary of the American le
gation at Peking, Mr. Spencer, has been
sent to Tien Tsin-" ?
. Three
Possibilities
;tThe LeaKue of Nations Is
. adopted. -or
.2 Germany and' Russia lead
the ' Orient aealnst Anglo-Saxons
. In a new world war, or f ,
3 'Universal' chaos and the.
end of our civilization.
Read Professor George D. ller
ron's remarkable Interview on the
Cable page ot TODAY'S JOURNAL.
7 This plain' statement'of how the
-destinies of mankind for centuries
to come hang upon, what -President
Wilson wHl be able to arcompMnh
in the closing, days of the Paris
peace conference gives a new and
startling emphasis to the belief that
"America must save herself by los
ing herself in the reconstruction of
the world."
-- It and similar Important cables
from foreign fields are to be found
exclusively In The Journal. It is
the only Pacific coast .pupw that
' secures the full foreign cable serv-.
ice of the Chicago Dally News, the
most co in pre hen atve In America.