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Blockade of 'Germany Will Be
Lifted to Certain Extent and
? Cargo Ships Will Be Released.
Vessels Will Be Manned by Huns
. but Will Not Fly German Flag;
Gold Will Be Paid;for Food.
'By John T. Parkerson
PARIS, March 15. (I. N. S.)
The blockade of Germany i
to be lifted to a certain extent
immediately, ' according to iler
bert Hoover, food controller, who
. returned today , : from Brussels,
' following ,' the acceptance by the
German delegates of the allies'
proposition to feed Germany.
Accoraing to Jioover, uerminy, un- i
- der certain restrictions, can resume her
- trade with the outside worid.
. Some of the ships which Germany
t must Immediately turn over to the al-
lies will be operated by German crews,
but will not flyhe German flag.
The lists are now being prepared cov-
ering the exports which Germany will
-be permitted to send out. They will con
sist chiefly , of coal, - dyestnffs. potash
and timber. , The fishing restrictions in
-the Baltic have been -removed.
The Germans first wanted the United
' States to advance money for the pur
chase of the food for Germany. When
- this was refused -the German delegates
agreed to turn over gold at the Belgium
border at -once. It la understood that
$ 1 30,000,000 is available now. More will
be furnished in s few days, v .
t The German . ships will 'start for,Amer
r lea via England ' in a few days. It' is
. not-likely that they win carry a capacity
y" load of ; American troepa on their first
".voyage, 'as "alterations- will ;"have Ho be
made when they reach 'America. ; '
" .. The allied pariiamentaires, headed by
" , Admira& Sir Rosslyn ' Weymss of Eng
land, tias decided to furnish Germany
wh 870,00 tons x food eft7BtotnV
U. S. SOLDIER SAYS
!EI
T
Frank Hobel,' Drafted, Asserts He
Helped Assassinate Grand
Duke of Austria.
ChlHicothe, Ohio, March IS. (I., N. S.)
One of four men who plotted the as-
xastrinatton of Archduke Frans Ferd-!
Inand - of - Austria and - precipitated the
irreat world war in 1914, la believed to
be in Camp Sherman .today. . .-,J ;
-Frank Hobel, 27, a member of the base
hospital medical attachment, it is said,
' admitted saving that he could keep the
secret o longer, , . .
The admission reached Intelligence of
ficers, and they are busy Investigating.
' To a friend Hobel admitted that he was
,.Ln.G!Iml0
icvi uiv a uuuuac n't. Cba jO VJ qu t UilV
28. 1314. He said that following the
crime his father had advised him ' to
leave the country and had given him
'5300. ;
Under cover of darkness, he sakl.' he
fled and came to the ; United States,
landing six weeks after the declaration
of war between f Servia and Austria.
He was drafted and sent to Camp Sher.
man where he has been In the service
18 months.
Many Are Seeking
Retention of Booth
Salem. March 15. -Indorsements of R.
A. Booth for highway commissioner and
appeals that he be persuaded to remain
on v the commission, , are being received
by Governor Olcott from s all parts of
the state. ; The latest came today from
Redmond, representing 2 ' commercial
and. farm organizations. Including the
Deschutes county farm bureau. ,
More Cold Rains f
For Coast States
Washington, March ' IS. (U. P.)
Forecast for the period March 17 to
22. . inclusive : Pacific coast states---Freqyent
rains probable during the
comfng week with temperature below
normal. - 4 . .(... v.
HE FIRUP
IN PL 0
Features of cornpelIin4nterertlhatwnivSttppIeriientfthe news" tomorrow.
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W
HAT Germany must yield By
Germany's dream of world empire crushed- By Jay Jerome Williams.'
President Wilson s war cabm etnn review.' ' ; -"Ole
Hanson, the mayor who sat tight,; x character study.
- How to distinguish divisional insignia that returned soldiers wear.'
Oregon soldier sustains 117 separate , wounds and survives " .
Gallant career of Third'Oregon infantry in pictorial review. v
, ., 'Fult cable news report available to readers of The Sunday Jour- "
: nal through arrangement with The Chicago Daily News' foreign t ; ;
news service. . .-".- .. -
TOMORROW
jj: s; steamer
STRIKES ; MINE;
10 ARE LOST
L.OJTD05V Mirth H-I. jr. 8.)
The Americas steam ahip
Tselhavea bu bee a cask by a
mine with' the loss of II lire, ae
eordlsg te- lsformatlos received toy
Lloyds from Hartlepool today.
Thlrty-flT t irrlTori were landed
at Hartlepool by the British steam
-er Tayoralg. . , , ,
The Tselhavea a Teasel ef SiiS 4
tons, was formerly of Batch aatloa
allty, hat was reqalsltloaed by the
United States' slipping ' hoard for
war purposes.
Whea - she was ssak the vessel
was ea roate from Baltimore to
Copeahaf ea. - - - p i'
TO BE UTILIZED
Idle Vessels to Carry ' Flour
and Lumber, It Is Now
Indicated.
Utilization of a number of wooden starkweather and another committee
ships by the government as flour car- ; composed of General Beeb represent
rlers from the Pacific coast to Kuropean ! In th Svernor. a?d.H" B' Va" Du"r
. ji T i . , wiii. . and T. II. Edwards, representing the
av 4ioQf- hv o (.n...), -fr. t
(,e Washington Bureau of The Journal. :
wherein United States Senator MeNary. '
reported that W. Taylor, assistant
director of operations, at Washington,
looked favorably upon , the plan.
I The information is to the effect that
the wood ships would be made available
Ifor shipments outside of the program
of the food administration, providing
the food officials gave consent to this
use of the vessels.
Jl i.L7y r?r t,i n.- 'will be made upon their return to Port- j
The dispatch to The Journal follows.? ' . T. r, .. -.!
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If there is demand for wooden snip
tions abroad, outside the food admins
trat ton program, and' if such movement
is otherwise permitted by the food ad
ministration, regulations, It is entirely
possible that we can furnish a number
of wooden ships for the purpose at a
suitable rate from the Pacific coast
direct to European distinations." .
Senator MeSary Receives Statemeat
' 'This'is a portion of the statement
received by Senator , MeNary today
from W. F., Taylor, assistant director
of operations of j the shipping board,
responding to tnoulr tea Senator MeNary
had ma4ecfltrIngye,saelst for flotu
The movement of flour has been
retarded .by the Seattle strike,' says
Taylor. aa ships have " not : fceeri de
livered at times J anticipated. but the
situation .la Improving.' , ' h"J" ;
"In oonnectloh f: with the j announce
ment Thursday that fiva wooden ships
had been allotted to the food adminis
tration" for flour, this statement makes
it appear that the shipping board of
ficials are not convinced of the outside
demand. ..-- 4 ; - '. .. ; ;
"Senator MeNary is . asking Portland
interests to make a survey and supply
him with a statement of the number
of ships, needed i for flour J movement
from Portland." ( , , :
, Flour, Beady for Shipmeat
It is stated that there are ample sup
plies of flour available on the Columbia
river district for shipments abroad. Cap-
aJn w: C. McNaurhL local
surveyor.
representing . marine " underwriters, said
today that the survey of the idle wood
ships in the local harbor resulted favor
ably, and ' that with - a few alterations
their use as flour carriers was recom
mended. !, ,.'-.;. i
It is reported that the Charles R. Mc
cormick Lumber company, has been al
lotted by the government 15 steamers
Ine plciflV to the" ASanUrcoisi!
for use in conveying railroad ties from
The ties are ordered by the railroad ad
ministration, it is said. : By the last of
August next It is expected that 28.000,
000 feet of the lumber will have been de
livered to the east coast, and later de
liveries are expected to bring the total
to 100,000.000 feet.
Total Discharges
From Army Nearly:
" Million-and a Half
Washington, March 15. (I. N. S.) A
total of 1,419,886 officers and men have
been discharged to date from the Amer
ican army. It was announced today in a
statement authorized by Chief sof Staff
General March, who is now on an in
spection tour of Western camps and
cantonments. Of this total 83. 774 were
officers and 1,335.612 men.
Demobilisation orders . to ' date " total
approximately . 1,678,500, the statement
added, thus leaving, approximately 259,
114 troops yet to be discharged under
the demobilization orders already Issued.
Of the total number) of demobilization
orders, 1,305,000 have been issued to
troops' in the United States and - 373,500
to troops-returning from overseas to the
United States, i
filnce the signing of the armistice, 26,
79S reserve " officers' comVnlssions have
Veen' j Issued by; the5 war department.
General March's statement concluded.
Frank HL Simonds.
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CITY iff 3:30
DefiniteReception Program Not
Possible Because of Uncertainty
as to Plans' of War Secretary.
Party Will Go to Vancouver Bar
racks Immediately After Ar
rival; Leave for Lewis Tonight.
Definite plans for the reception of
Secretary of War -Baker and General
Peyton C. March, chief of Staff of the
United Stabss army, who will arrive In
Portland at 3 :30 o'clock this afternoon
over the 0W.. R. & N. have been im
possible on account of the indeflnlteness
of their stay and the inability of the
reception committee to learn very much
of the plans of the party.
Several members fromthe Democratic
party headquarters, Including Collector
! of Customs Will Moore and Harvey C.
Chamber of Commerce, as well as repre-
"-"ra uj. v.vy, m i.iiu1DFouj
&V , .
uomirmauon was rvceivea mis niorn-
ing by-Mr. Starkweather that the train
rain
330
bearing the party would arrive at
o'clock .and all that could be ' learned of
o'clock ana ail tnax couia ce learned or,''- " , ' "" . ,:"u."
the tentative Plans of Secretary: Baker chewjnf thrpenc
and General. March was that the party I
would proceed directly from the tralnn
to automobiles ' and thence to Van-j
! couver. but some plans for a reception i
IBUU, Afc URUCI OWVU lilt I. Ul II AIU ,
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that the officials
may inspect that
place Sunday.
Ariother Unit: of 27th Division
Returns on the Transport
Hbllandia.
New Tork, "March -(I. N.f S.) The
transport Hollandla, with another unit
of , the . Twentyrseventh division," "New
York's ,0wn" arrived here from France
this morning and proceeded to. her dock.
Pier '8, Bush terminal. South Brooklyn.
The Hollandia brought back 11 offi
cers and. 477 enlisted men of the 102d
field -.ttallon, signal corps, which dis?
tiir"jshed itself aa a unit of the Twehty
seyenth, when that division broke the
Hindenburg line.
In addition to the men of the Twenty
seventh, the Hollandla brought hospital
company No. 101, eight officers and 43
enlisted men f casual company No. 992,
Illinois,' two officers and 147 men; 24
casual officers, 19 civilians, a number of
wounded men of casual company No. 991
and .150 nurses. - ' ,
The steamer Dochra, from1- Brest, is
the only other transport scheduled to ar
rive today, but has not yet reported off
Sandy Hook-; . " -: '
Several - hundred Americans . who
fought with the British and Canadians
during the war got Into port today on
the Toloa. from Halifax. A number of
these men threatened to open the Toloa's
seacocks at Halifax 'several days ago
because of the delay in getting them
home; The trouble started when the
Canadian authorities' at Halifaxrefused
to send the men home by rail.
Steamers due at this port tomorrow
with troops are:
The Pa tr la, from Marseilles, with 2110
men. Including the 204th " brigade tank
corps complete, with 65 officers and 1456
enlisted men ; casual company" No. 1912,
New Tork. two 'officers and 105 menr
1902 Louisiana. 1905 Texas, 1909 Ar
kansas, 1916 North Dakota and 1014
South Dakota and 67 casual officers,
t The Moccasin, from Brest. ;with 33
casuals. ' . I -'
Colonel May. Says
1 Oregon Is Widely
Known in France
Salem. s March 15. Colonel John Zj.
May, commander of the 162d regiment
and Jdol of Oregon soldiers, visited Gov
ernor Olcott today . and gave, the chief
executive a glowing report of the splen
did work which was-done by Oregon sol
diers -in France. Because of the record
made by the Oregon boy and the patri
otic support theey .received . at home.
Colonel May said that Oregon is widely
known in France. "
Governor Olcott Invited members of
the. supreme court' and other state offi
cials to ""drop In to " meet , Colonel May
during the brief time he was here,' and
his visit "developed Into a regular re
ception, held in the executive office. '
Siniiot Placed on
"More Committees :
" : McArthur Leaves
" Washington,' March 15. (WASHING
TON BUREAU ' OF THE .JOURNAW-
The house Republican i committee on
committees " has; assigned Representa
tive Sinnott as - av- member of . the . com
mittee on territories, in ; addition ; to ir
ligation and the chairmanship of public
lands. - ' - '
Representative ' McArthur plans to
leave for Portland Thursday,-arriving
in-time to meet other-members of -the
naval affairs committee, who are tour
iiig 'the oast. ; - :
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This Is Last Day
For Filing; Those
Tax Statements
For Uncle Samuel
Office of Internal Revenue Col
lector Crowded Day and
Night With Taxpayers.
Today is the last day for the filing of
income tax returns. Tomorrow, the tax
payer who ha failed, -neglected or re
fused to make his return and pay the
portion of the tax due, or all of it as he
may desire, will face a penalty of $1000
for his negligence or recalcitrance. '
Down at the office of the collector of
internal-revenue there has been, a mob
of men and women congregated from
early morning until late at night every
day, for a week, or more, and special
preparations have been made by the col
lector to handle the big jam that is ex
pected to come with the closing day,
when the eleventh hour boys and girls
come frantically in with their belated
returns. ,
Practically every ' bond and ' banking
institution In the city has placed assist
ants at the disposal of their clients and
depositors to help them in solving the
mysteries of the income tax statement,
and as a result large numbers of ' re
turns will go into the collector's office
through the malls which would other
wise have been received over the counter
at the cUttoma house.
Business houses and men of large and
complicated incomes in most cases have
washed their : hands of the puzzle by
turning' its solution over to their book
u KiiurucjiB. out mo lueni--
bers of the family of Mr. Common Peo-
i . o o. - .Mn
keepers and attorneys. But the mem-
ww "olvea.1"? ,ncomo
rum oianaa
uta ,
problem of "how old is Ann?
One Man Pays $5,000,000 ,;
Chicago, March 15. (U. P.) A tax-
payer today handed Internal , Revenue
I collector fcimletanK a check for i 5.000,
I 000 as first payment on his. income tax.
The name of the payer was not divulged.
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Man Who Attempted
To Kill Clemenceau
To Die in Few Days
Paris, March lt(tJ, ";B. Emtt Cottin,
under- sentencAnaf -deth - for ghnnttejgJ
Prerow? clemericeau, proDably will ; bei
executed within 15 days, ' It wa; an
nounced today.
The -young' anarchist was convicted
and. sentenced late Friday after a trial
lasting but a few' hours. He was pale
and nervous through the 'proceedings.
but declared during his examination that
had he escaped he 'might have made an
other attempt on the premier's life.
He admitted he "was "fined with emo
tion" the day of the shooting, saymg
that only a lunatic would have failed
to show emotion at such time, . "espe
cially as I realized what waa coming to
me afterward." ' ' t
A great crowd attended the trial.
which began shortly after noon. Cpttin
was in the . charge of four republican
guards.
Bank Clearings in -
Portland Increase
Portland bank clearings for the week
ending Saturday totaled 130,506,895,19,
compared with $23,153,448.03 for the cor
responding week of last year and 327,-
614,847.90 for the week ending March 8.
Increase over last week : Is attributed
to payment of interest on Liberty loan
bonds and "to payment of income and
excess profits taxes.
gue
K t t n K K
Ballots Are
Can vass at 11 a. m. today j
For a League of Nations. .21,1st
Against a League of XaUons..... Ill
- Two hundred to one! .
Approximately In that one sided way
do Oregon people from valley to moun
tain, from forest to plain, express their
enthusiastic approval of the League of
Nations. ... .
Employed and employer, - toller and
idler men and women in all walks of
life have cast their votes in The Jour
nal's plebiscite, which has reached into
the populous centers and out to the box
ders of human ' habitation, and it has
found : ' . ;;'-';.' - j i - '.
That Oregon unqualifiedly" and with
out question of doubt is thoroughly and
energetically in favor of the nearest a
proach to eternal peace humanity has
ever attempted the League of Nations.
What a wonderful study this' canvass
of the aentiment of a commonwealth
would, make ! , Without , dipping his pen
the second time one voter writes a nega
tive vote to the League of Nations and,
in a letter,' criticises the administration
for not repealing the espionage law that
protected the United States from the ag
gression of Fruasianlsm. -, t-?r y
The League of Nations, must appear
Lea
Vote
Bo you fav6r a league of nations
tojrevent fixture wars, such t as ; President Wil- -son
and Former President Taf t " are working f or
Eneloa thai eoopea.la mien adV
CMN4 t -!( ef Ifattess Editor,
Car Tba tovnml. .Ferttead. OnsoavT
or arias itt ts The Joeraal alaaas
ottiem and dm tt tn the taOat baa.
Oaly pooas .
nd te a baDot,
GREAT DRIVE
Today Final Work of Peace Set
tlement Is Wefl Under Way
With Terms Dictated to $ Foe.
Scenes of Joy Replace Tragic
Fear With Which the French
Awaited Coming of Germans.
By Fred 8. Fergsaoa .
Paris, March 15. (U. ' P.) One" year
ago today the world cowered In antici
pation of the launching of Germany's
master offensive of the war.' On March
21, the blow was struck.
Today the final work of the peace
settlement was well under : way, the
terms of which will bring Germany
militarily to her knees-.
No greater picture of the triumph of
right over might could be presented
than the contrast of the president of the
world's greatest democracy riding
through' the streets of Parla today ' on
his way to .the peace deliberations and
these same streets a year ago.
. A brilliant moon will bathe the boule
vards and beautiful Champs Elyssee
with silvery light .tonight. A. year ago
- : " ,m- Z .
same brilliance would have .meant ;
terror and destruction as the German
;.ii:. w
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--r3 ..vi.r v- zzr
nunoreus iioreB piayea in me
i Champs Elyssee this afternoon beneath
the wheels of long- fines of German guns,
which a year ago were hurling death, in
support of autocracy's last assault.'
In Germany, hunger and revolution
have taken the . place of . junkerdom.
Allied delegates at , Brussels have, pre
sented final conditions to Germany by
which she is forced to -turn over her
(Concluded ea Fin Fifteen. Column six)
Allies' Position in
' Siberia Said to Be ;
:-- -47 - ' - " ? ir "
San Fr4hclsco, March 1S-(U F.)
The allies' position in Siberia is a hope
less one and nothing short of an army
of 1,000,000- men will whip" the Bolshe
vikl. ' according ; to Captain Herbert B.
Holme ; of the Canadian Red Cross to
day, upon his' arrival on the Tenyo Maru
from .Vladivostok. 8
t The' Bolshevik! are fighting us like
the American Indians of early days,"
said Captain" Holme. Ton never know
where to find them. They: seem; to
spring from the ground.
: , f'An " allied battalion rides - through . a
town. ., , Peasants r come . out of their
houses and watch us ride by." Half an
hour later these 1 peasants - have armed
themselves and are attacking - us from
th rear.- - - '
"It's a question of knowing who's who
in Russia Just now. f You . don't know
who are Bolshevikl and who are not." .
Spotted Typhus Is
; Raging in Bulgaria
Zxndon, March 15. I. N. S.) An
epidemie of spotted typhus haa broken
out' in .Bulgaria.' according to Informa
tion ' from - Sofia today. The cities of
Phillppopolls and Varna have been
isolated front' the rest of the country.:
to 1
' st . '' St. . : St - "St si
Pouring
t ,. -..a : r ..... . .: - .. ,
to 20,000 Oregon people as the espionage
law of the civilized world.
On the other ; hand, a fond mother
writes : "Indeed, I do favor a League of
Nations. My only son, aged 23.' lies
dead in Prance." S ' -
An ! 81-year-old veteran of "Stuart's
cavalry,' James ' Underwood Chamber
lain of : Goldendale,. Wash .sent in on
Friday 101 votes. - Only one waa against
the league. - Ooldendale boasts only 1300
population. : Mr. Chamberlain canvassed
of his owtt accord 101 of .that number.
From the result we may assume that In
Goldendale the league has , opposition
from IS persons and suppost from 12S7i
None is more expressive in submitting
votes, than Hv H. Yount of Currlnsvlile.
Or, .who-say s:; "Find enclosed 17 votes
for the League of Nations to swat those
27 files In congress.
Hourly the yote of Oregon and Wash
ington people Increases. The favorable
proportion remains constant . whUe - the
totals pile up. -The plebiscite will con
tinue to , give . every person t in . the - two
states opportunity to express themselves;
The count is made twice dally.; - - ;
- i Below . and . on another page "will be
found .vote coupons te be filled out by
votera of legal age, qualified to vote In
regulaxt..electlQna.. i Mail ot, bring your
naiiot to xne Journal etnee today. -
(Yes or. No!
Sitn your name here)
Address
200
In
Spring Clean -Up
To Commence In
Portland; Police
Will Supervise
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Rubbish Accumulated in Vacant
- Lots Ordered Removed With-
out Delay.
"Everybody out and police up."
Given in army camps this order re- .
suits In, buck privates picking up cigar
ette, butts, bits of paper and other litter
accumulated around quarters,- - but the
same intent, spoken in other words by
city commissioners, means that Port
landers ' will : prepare . for the annual
spring clean-up.
"An early spring is upon us and sum
mer with its tourists and festivals is
gathering full speed ahead high time
that we give back yards, lots and streets
thorough cleaning." said Commissioner
Barbur this morning.
"Portland is, a clean city, as asserted
by visitors and by citizens on return
from Jaunts to other parts of the coun
try, but we can't get it too clean for
searching" sun rays that soon will be
beaming daily. '
'.'Rubbish that has accumulated In
vacant lots should be' removed without
delay. Individuals can accomplish the
result of freeing the city from all
litter, but an organized effort' would be
better. - -
Plans are 'already under way among
the schools to have the students assist
in the clean-up.
"The boys , and girls will help and
some concerted effort will be arranged
;s t soon as
Superintendent Grout re-
T.-Q.t " mM PL H. Whit-
turns from the East said fw
ney, assistant superintendent oi cur
schools.
wlll help ,n the
clean-un. rCommissioner " Barbur has
been assured, and Mrs. William Akers.
th narent-teacher associa-
r----- - wll
tions. says that these organizations will
lend a band..
BATTERIES A-B .
Effort Is Being Made ta. Have
Two Units rReturn by Way'
Batteries A and B.u 147th. Oregon's
prise field artillery. x soon to be-returned,
according to advice received to
day at Liberty Temple in' a telegram
Sun.tnr McKanr, : ' '" - .
Kvery effort Is being made in Wash
ington: to have the two units return to
gether and- Intact; so that - they may
parade In. Portland, and receive a fitting
welcome. The batteries have fought
hard during the war and made a bril
liant i record , for themselves, and the
people of their home state want to show
them their -feelings.-
- Senator McNary'a telegram reads :
v "Batteries A andB are soon to be re
turned.' The date' is not set yet and
cannot be determined until the - units
arrive In thia country. ' Will keep you
advised." v . - '
Effort is also being made at Washing
ton, through Senator Chamberlain, to
have returned the Second battalion of
the l2d infantry (Third Oregon), which
ia In England. The Second battalion re
ceived orders to prepare for debarka-
tlon at the time the rest of the regiment
prepared, but the commanding general
of the English base made a personal
request of General Pershing that they be
kept on duty because- they had done
such excellent work and were so abso
lutely essential. , -
Chairman Overbeck of the : reception
committee haa wired to Senator Cham
berlain asking him to help in securing
the return of the battalion. It is felt by
relatives here that the men have, been
there longer than most of the other men
In the , army and. have served their time
overseas and are entitled to special con
sideration in the matter of shipment
home. "
The, Liberty Temple was also notified
today that 42. men would go through
Portland next Wednesday afternoon on
their way from Petersburg, Va. to Camp
Lewis. They will arrive here on the
train due at 2:40 and will pull out at 4
o'clock. The identity of the men is not
known yet. ':-.
Will; Close Road
5 For Motor Races .
' Sunday Afternoon
The Base Line road from the Twelve
Mile house west - to the end of the pave
ment, at the city limits will be closed,
by order of the board of county com
missioners, Sunday, between the hours
' of 12 :20 and 2 :S0 p. ra. This actiorf
was taken - at the request of members
of; the Rose City Motorcycle club who
desire, to hold a road race. Ordinary
traffic ,will be excluded . during that
period and the road will be patrolled by
motorcycle officers. Permission to use
the road , for., the purpose was granted
by Jhe vote, of Chairman Ralph W.
Hort and "Commissioner Ruf us J. Hol
man. Commissioner. ...Muck opposed
granting the' request. ,
The. use of the armory for a boxing
contest was granted for the night of
March IS' at the "request of -Chairman
Frank E.,Watktns of .the Portland box
ing commission.
War: Department1 .
Agent in Portland
Ai W.- Hod son, business agent for the
war. department, - is spending today . in
Portland, conferring with - the properties
department' 'of - the ' school system, re
garding a settlement for the use of Ben
son Polytechnic school last summer for
training r soldiers." VMr. Jrtodson has
charge, of the settlement with ail the
training camps, in Oregon,' Washington.
Idaho and Montana. Tl . matter will
be 'adjusted ' within a ', few weeks, ' ac
cording to Mr.'Hodson." T" ".."
SOON TO BE BACK
PIS GOIIClL TMEs
sin inn '-'Bans
LEMEi OF MM
Tumulty Gets Cable From President Wil
son Which Sets at Rest Reports Peace
League Not to Be Included in Treaty
Terms for Germany and Her Allies to Be
Framed Within Next Few Days; j Presi
dent Gets Detailed Reports on Results
N
EW YORK, March 15-(U.
at Pans! has definitely decided that the League of Na
tions ' is to be part of the peace treaty. Joseph P. Tu- .
multy, secretary to President Wilson, announced today. Ht
declared the president had so cabled him.
Secretary Tumulty's statement was made with reference to re
ports that theileagiie would not be included in the peace treaty.
Tumulty's statement was: . . . ,
"I cabled direct to the president at Paris, asking him if Utercr
was anytruthiin these reports and I am this morningjin receipt;
of a cable from the president stating; that the plenary council has
positively decided the league is to be part of the peace treaty; that
there is absolutely no truth in any report to the contrary."
By John Edwin Nevin
EARIS, March 15. (I. N. S.) President Wilson will issue a-V
official statement later in the day on behalf of the American
peace delegation, denying that the Americans ever even con
sidered die proposition1 of separating the. League of Nations from
tne peace treaty.
t Tk imritlnn sf the-American delega
tion is that, when the first session of
the conference was held, the program
provided that the - League -of Nations
constitution ban' integral part otvsny
Peace, treaty. ; This , Actisn. waajaa
icrence. -.-; , . k
-m: Ftl- Featarsf of. Treaty
Thef almerlcan delegates hold that the
League of-Nations matter has been en
tirely settle and that therefore It wiir
be the first feature incorporated in any
peace treaty," preliminary or otherwise.
inasmuch as it already has been Ap
proved. . . . , . ,
At the session of , the suprome - war
council this afternoon President Wilson
was given all information concerning the
work accomplished by the council in hla
absence. I This t covered alt terms ; for
Germany that have been tentatively de
cided, upon. President Wilson, it is
known. Is anxious to take up not only
terms for Germany, but also those that
will- be given Austria, Turkey and Bul
garia. It la believed these latter terms
will be framed in the next three or four
days.. - v, - v.. Xy:'""? i'"- !'::if..'v '-A-''-t
President Wilson conferred today with
various leaders of the delegations of
the big five.-
President Wilson was busy every min
ute today. Most Of the morning he was
dealing with a mass of correspondence
and reports that awaited him. At noon
he went to the Hotel Crillon for a con
ference with the other American dele
gates. At S o'clock he attended the su
preme - war council. ; w . ' : ' ' :
' Programs for future action were out
lined for the president's benefit r There
are reports that some of the agreements
of varions commissions are! not. entirely
acceptable to President Wilson. . In cer
tain cases where the American execu
tive haa assumed responsibility he wants
the conclusions to. be along the Una of
hia suggestions. . ;
Opposed te Grabblag, Saar 4 , .
Some-wonderfully arranged programs
which may or. may not have been , de
vi8d with a 'view to misleading . the
president have already been tossed over
board. One Instance is the suggestion
relative to 'the Saar basin, in Rhenish
14 BANISHED FOR
30 DAYS AT REED
" -.- . . -. .. -"' tv, -':-s :
Removal of Freshmeo's; Furniture
"on .Misty Night Brings'' , -
: Severe , Penalty. .
.Beds and other furniture used by
freshmen at Reed college ' which were"
hauled out in the. rain while the fresh
men .frolicked at their annual dance last
week, .has brought about a disintegration
of the student council for a month.
-The council suspended the. 14 - guilty
ones who. indulged in. the alleged com
edy at the expense of the freshmen, and,
la and behold, five of the 14 were mem
bers pf the council- .':;
They will be banished from school for
30 days, beginning this morning.-
When : the freshmen returned from
their dancevthey found the fumiture-on
the cealhpus becoming soggy from Ore
gon mist. . ' r
Charges were preferred against . the
jokeeters and the student council, in all
dignity, set about to deliver the guilty
to their punishment. - .
For 27 hours th a council .deliberated
and then voted for a mor.th's suspension.
Having done their duty, the five coun
cil members implicated In the prank
hoped for clemency by the college fac
ulty. Bat. having voted their own pen
alty, . they must pay.- Unwilling to over
rule a ' decision - of ; the . council body,
the faculty Friday. - after a somewhat
stormy . session, refused to exercise its
power- to -veto the council s edit j. -
P.) The plenary council
Prussia. (The Saar basin Is a coal min
ing community in Hhenlsh Pruni
There has been an insistent demand f !
some French quarters that France takn
over this community along- with AUmco
and Lorraine). t
n- prraiaenv wnne neepiy, symp- -tHtztAg"
with France, will not agree
any change of the 'Rhine boundaries
destined to take up territories nyt popu
lated with the nationals of the powers
making the demand.
. The riext few days will be fillei
chiefly by the, president with getting re
sults along the line of hia publicly pro
claimed principle ' '
The president has spent the past ri
hours '"catching up." In addition to tr
eating' Information ' for his own use
has been Questioned fty the French ail-
(Goneludad on Paca Two, Oolnmn One)
WRITERS
support m;;
President's Principles Are Stead-.
,i!jr Gaining Adherents; Press ' j
Indicates. - - ;
By WUllam rhfllp Slmrna I
Paris, March 15. (U. P.) "Because
of the attacks to which he has bc-t
subjected by certain Americans ' whom;
politics are - exaggerated national lam .
d...m, mrn.H , i . .. ...
dearer to .our hearts than. ever."
. This sentence from the-pen of Aurl
cede Waler, editor of the Paris MM;,
tells in a nutshell the obvious opinion
of the average Frenchman. Thu-'..
President Wilson enters the third pha
of the peculiar status of his relatio i'
with the 'French people whose " Lat ' i
temperament has given full sway
their emotions in the past three mont'ix.
When, tbef president arrived in le
cember ' everybody lauded his sen t
of Justice, but many feared his scber.u
for the League of Nations waa to-.
Utopian., However, he was considers):
the world's- super-thinker and was n
plauded. --.:-..:-:" ' . I
- Later the league appeared to te prji. -j
tical, but many, feared, that same : -!
of justice they had praised might '1'T1
him . to- be. over-lenient with Germany
Hla popularity decreased. Today ttr-
French admit the necessity of feedir.iri
Oermany. out of sheer self-protwnt! 5
while they demand formation of the
league as the only means for m)vnt.ioti
of the world. , . ; - i
- Wilson's prihclples ' have won "out
such' a degree that the French pp-m
dally defends him from the attacks of
some of'hls own' countrymen. y ,
The Temps says the French "reJoi ;
at President Wilson's return"; and th
Liberte declares "the shouts of the peo
ple serve as a reminder to Freslilemt
Wilson that parjs is faithful to hor
friends." -,
Estates Are Being .
rDistribiited Among
; Hungarian Workers
"Geneva. March 15. (I. N. 'S. In ac
cordance with a law passed by the' t?w
Socialist government of Hunprary. tlie
great landed estates of the nobility are
being cut up and the ground is beiu
distributed to the workmen.
.The estate of Count Karolyi, famous
Hungarian statesman, was one of il"
first to be divided up, said advices from
Budapest today. - ,
Conditions ' in Austria are grow!ii
worse." Meatless weeks have been In
troduced and the lack of coal iaIiiv-r-
jferlng seriously with railway trafric.