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Why -the Lsague of Nations is-Bgst Insurance gainsit y ar, by; Rabbi Stephen . S. Vice, in Ne::t Sunday's Jen:.:: .. ' ' ft VOL. XVIII; NO. 8 PORTLAND,! OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH . 18, 1919. EIGHTEEN v PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND NIWI STANDS riVK CINTt RESIDENT ISIS Oi. MUM Beginning Next Month, Men Will Be Sent Home From France tat Rate of .300,000 Monthly. Nearly 17,000 Troops Are Now on. Atlantic on Seven Trans ports and One U. S. Cruiser. PARIS. March 18. (I. N. . S.) President Wilson today di rected, all American transport of ficials to mako good their prom ises . to speed up the return of. American soldiers to the United States Beginning next month they wilt be 'sent Uack at the rate of ' 300,000 monthly. New York. March 18. $3. P.J Oa the transport Europa. which arrived hers to day, were two Portland, Or., men who wen' the . distinguished service cross. Tbejr were" Captain Thomas W. Saul of the 345th battalion and Sergeant Ernest Ely. lt . . . : Washlnrton, March 11. (I. N. S-X Nearly 17,000 more American troops are homeward bound from France on seven transports and one united states cruiser, the war department announced this af- York March 23. The cruiser Montana, carrying" 1400, , is due at : New -York ; March 27. The transport Roma, with nearly 900, . is due at New York, the date net being set The Mercury, carry ing 8200. ,ls due at Newport News March 29 ; and the Alaskan, wltlx about 2200, is sailing; for Newport News. On board the Mercury are the 118th tnfa&try'; regiment headquarters, head- nance and medicat detachments .f the ovcoiyi nuuran matt 'nwuquarn mou ; CotMladvd on Paa. Two, Cohinui F1V 1 5 Twenty-One Deaths Have Been Reported From 17. Cities in United States. New York, March 18, IV. P.) Cases of aleeping aickness, , the new malady, which la believed to be an aftermath of influenza, are scattered over the country but not In alarming numbers. Twenty one deaths have occurred.' More thin 100 actual cases have been listed in 17 cltlea but there are believed to be many as yet unreported. .. . 1 , ' :.; -. Cleveland and Springfield, TIL, each re ported 65 eases. New York has 40. Chi cagoa number is unknown, the health authorities not making It public Other points showing a "trace" of the malady are s Richmond, Va. : San Fran cisco, Fort Worth, Calumet. Mich,; Min neapolis, Des Moines. Los Angeles, Lan caster. Ohio i. Boston. fiarrisburg. Al bany and Pittsburg. In this disease the sufferer lapses Into a state of coma. In many Instances re covery is complete. ' Some have been known to sleep for from eight to ten daya and then "come ; to life" " In good health. A- number of communities are-; considering taking precautions similar to those1, taken ' against . spread of Influ enza. , SLEEPING SICKNESS SPREADS SLOW aasnaaaaaamaaaaaMaamamaMae : -A- Geor ge Kyle Thrilling Tale, of Capture by Bandits SLIDING down the side of a cliff in the dark with bullets whistling a threat of death, and .bandits "at the bottom. I 1 ( Under constant threat of murder. if he coughed,, sneezed or spoke above a whisper. '-'".-':'.; - . : ; Paraded before villagers at the point of a gun and prodded with bayonets. Witness of cold-blooded murders wtth the. thought that he stood an ex cellent chance of becoming, the next victim.. Hv " 1 K ; . . These are but a few of th thrilling experiences undergone by George A. Kyle, former Portland . engineer, who was held captive for S3 days by Chinese bandits. Kyle was constantly, under a heavy guard and held for ransom. He could : not understand the orders . given him by bis captors, and frequently em phasised by brandishing of revolver or bayonet.;-He told his story to a Jour nal reporter at the Hotel Oregon this morning. I i;f . : :3. Mr. Kyle is 'n his way to Seattle on business, after which he will return to Los Angeles, now his home.' He report that his son. Marion Kyle. American and French aviator, and former correspond ent of The Journal, has arrived at Ma .home. ' He la ' the wearer of four war decorations, presented by - the ', French government, including . the Croix de Guerre and , the; Legion of Honor dnd COURIERS GO TO EUROPE TO STAB LEAGUE WASHnrGTOJT, March 18 (U. P.) The first ef a aanber of , "eosrleri be lag seat to i rope by eppoaents ef the Leagte ef Katloas to carry aaeeasoreaV reports f American pabI!ereplaioa ea the Ieegae ef jratieai to the peace cob fereaee, Is oa the sea' today; These eesrlers ge osteasibly ea ether ; ailssloas. Bat , they , carry with the at a great ; aaass of data which they have bee a lastraeted te dlsienlaate " la Fraace aad , Esg land regarding the seaate's attltads oa the leagae coastltatfoa aad Its probable vote- if the leagae com pact Is tacladed la the peace treaty. They are te bring er seed back material fer the : vse of orators hostile to Fresideat Wilson's plaa.' Seaator King. Utah,. Democrat, aaaoBBeed today he probably will sail within a few days te gather at first hand 'whatever Information he can co seer a lag the ; seatlmeat ta Fraace for the leagae. Klag said he goes entirely ea his own laltla The laelpleat eeatroversy la Paris ever the laelaaloa of the leagae cea stltatlea ;. la ' the ; treaty today broaght from : Seaator Poiadexter, Washlagtoa, a leader of the epposl. tlon, a threat that "If the eoastlta tlon of the leagae is embodied la the peace : treaty, there will be ao peace treaty beeaase the seaate will not eoaseat to It.; PLAN SUCCESSOR TO MACY WAGE BOARD ; eaBBBBnBBSBBBBBBSBajBBBBBBaaBBaB ;,.-;.' I'" Five Workers and Five Employers i . Proposed to Handle ' Metal Trades Labor Dispute. . Washington, March 18. (I. N. 8.) Es tablishment of aT board of 10 members . five workers and five employers to han dle all shipyard and metal trades labor disputes, was proposed at a conference of the Pacific Coast Metal Trades with officers of the International Metal Trades Unions here today, to take over the work of the Macy boatd, WhlcW goes 1ont.;offxteten.ce..li)c-few-daa.'.r' -The jnenT delegates say,7 are no satis fied with-the awarda of the Macy board and when .it goea oat - of . xlstence wllj ask-Increased wages 'and a statiiTardlicd scale ill over the United States. V Twelve large shipyard owners are also holding -executive session here at pres ent and will meet the workers to work out the plan for -the Macy board's suc cessor. The metal trades council takes in all ' shipyard and. Iron workers from the Canadian Pacific coast down through Mexico. f vii-f ? y "V "? - ' 1 ' The recent Seattle strike was one of the . most orderly and' successful ever called in . the United . States ' and had absolutely no relation to Russian Bol shevism for the overthrow of the United States government' in -any way what ever, delegates from the Pacific coast to the council asserted today announc ing their intention of calling for an of ficial report by the American .Federation of Labor. $5,000,000 Bonding Scheme Is Favored " By Madras People - Madras, March 17. The election held today on the question of bonding the North Unit Irrigation district to the sum of $5,000,000 resulted in a decided victory for the irrigatlonlsts. All elec tions heretofore held in the district have been hard fought and won only, by . a safe margin. At this election the people have gone era record as wanting irriga tion by a 70 per cent vote. The-final count .stood 237 for bonds- and 100 against. ' This places the North Unit in a better position before the government than it has been at any time in the past and the people believe the government will give -them a hearing. Is one of seven survivors of his original French flying corps of 90 men. "t was In Pekhuj on March. 1. V1S18, as a chief, engineer vin the employ of the Chinese government. With Ed Purcell, Another Amerlpan, who was superin tendent of construction. 1. was 'prepar ing to leave that day for a 1 SOO mile inland trip with Sta.OOO and & bodyguard of 2C Chinese soldiers as companion's. I had been warned by the Peking police that bar.dits infested the country I was to traverse and that I mould likely be attacked But " those stories are al ways told n China, so we decided to proceed according to plans., , - ted late Ambask On March. 4 we were nearing the mountains and were not far from a small village. AH- of a sudden a volley of Bnoia rang ouc. simultaneously wiflt the (Cpntimied oa Pig rit. Column Fire) Tells COBB TALK PEACE OVERTHROVJ International Congress; Convenes in Moscow With ; German, Swedish and French Delegates. Bolshevik! Take Offensive and Threaten Campaigns on All Fronts, Grabbing for Ukraine. Helslngfors, March 18. (U. P.) An international communist congress has opened in Moscow, .according to dis patches received from that city today. Delegates are 4 present from Germany, France, Switzerland. "Holland, Sweden and Austria.? .. ; , "Revolutions In "Paris and Londoa will ov -rthrow the present : peace confer ences," declared a French delegate. "The communists in Rotterdam and Amsterdam are ready, to march, a Putch delegate said, w . ? Foreign Minister Trotsky urged "blood and mercilessness"1 in establishment of "universal proletarlanlsn" . London, March 18. CI. N. S.) The Russian Bolshevists are now on the offensive and plan: To swallow up the Ukraine. Seise control of the fertile areas of the' Lower Don and Volga rivers. , Cut off the Siberian anti-Bolshevists from possible aid via the Black sea. Recapture the Baltic . provinces . and drive the allied forces below Archangel and Murmansk Into the Arctic ocean. . Wlaniag la the South ' i The Bolshevists are winning their greatest - immediate territorial success in South Russia. Already great In roads have been made into the . Ukraine and the Don basin. . General Denekin's Don Cossacks like wise have become affected by Bolshe vist propagandas ? , . . ; ; Farther east the anti-Bolshevist line runs south to the Southeastern end of Lake Magitch to a point five miles north of Tsaritstn to about 30 miles west of Kartscbln, thence along the. Kaiischin Balaschov ' railways to . Jelan, thence south of YnrupinsKaya to Bogutcher. and thence southward through Debalxevo to the Sa- of Azof ai Mariupol. . It was on- this front that h Cossacks retreated tonita-lfna nuiedC tr--" t i Jta the Caucasus a small British force is opposing the Bolshevist advance. 14 Trauaoaspia operations rare -bnv a : very small scale, but in British favor. In Si beria the Bolshevists are endeavoring to put out of action the Orenburg-Orsk rail way, thus hampering communleation with the Black sea. la Ksthonia, where there is a deter mined, though small,- anti-Bolshevist force, the latter have made but insignifi cant progress. The Polish, army ysoon will be strong enough to put a sm bling block in the way of the Red Ter rorists, in case they - reach the Polish frontier. ' - Reds Get More Cannon Because the Bolshevists have come into possession of a considerable num ber of allied cannon and a large amount of ammunition, the position of the Brit ish and American farfrm in h a v, n gel and Murmansk regions is not one to rejoice in. ine amen forces number under 20,000. The danger - point is in the Archansrel retrion. but thf mw- can be reinforced from Murmansk. it Archangel should be abandoned the allies' forces could march to the ' Mur mansk area. Petchenga is an open pbrt, and while it is not desired to spare ship. pins for repatriation at this time, the forces could be gotten away jf abso lutely imperative.. But it is anticipated that the American and British forces would be able to consolidate on the Mur mansk front if necessary. . . -, The purpose for which the aUied ex pedition south of Archangel was de signed haa not rMn . aha flrlAnAH tha original Intention when the war was on. oemg to join Up with . anti-Bolshevist forces-at Samara. Ukrainians Enter Przemysl 1 ,; London, .March 18. (U. P.) The Ukrainians have entered Przemysl and the suburbs of Lemberg, according to the announcement by the' Ukranianian dicectorv. a wlralAan H!cr tVi x Hn reported today. ; The Poles still hold iuo iiurm western pan oi fKemysl, but traffic has been stopped on. the Przemysl-Lemberg railway. . Letts Making Gains r Copenhagen, March 18. fU. P.) Let tish forces have captured Ttackum, 0 miles from Risn. anit h.w raaow v center of Courland, it was. announced in omciai uispatcnes received here today. Plea !f hat Booze Was To Drive AwajBlues Wins Court's ; Heart A lonely Montana homestead, - A little liquor to drive away the loneliness. These thoughts impressed the United States district court this morning and James CJ" Payton, who pleaded guilty to violation of the Reed liquor amendment, was released on his own recognizance. - Payton doesn't know how lucky he is. His case is a4 precedent, r Never" before has Judge Wolverton been known to show such leniency to a violator of the prohibition law. - . - Payton said he was taking the liquor to his homestead in Montana for, a bev erage and admitted that it was not for "scientific, sacramental, medical or me chanical purposes."- , j . Ha was arrested Mbnday with' a suit ease of 12 pints and two quarts in his possession. He did not have enough money; to pay the 8250 fine imposed by Judge Wolverton and the judge said: : "If you ar allowed to go, .will you pay the fine. In' 30 days or return to Portland and serve your sentence T Payton said he would. HAIL BARRAGE SENDS PEOPLE UNDER COVER AT 3TOOIT today, , for the third time this moatli. It hailed. , " Caaght la the sarprise dowa. pear pedestrians dodged aad , skidded late store fronts aad door ways aad as they slipped aader ! shelter were dreaehed from drip, plag. eoraiees above. . Aatomobiles drew aloag side ef earbs aad persoas let streetcars pass rather' thaa step aader . the weeplag: heavens. . Bat It did aot last loag. Oaly 18 mlaates. There was - maeh rata mixed with the hall aad the weath r office recorded At of ..aa. lack for the shower. ' It hailed also on March 14 aad U. C.S. Well Known and Popular Man ager of Neustadter Bros, j Expires in Office. - Clarence S. Jacobson, manager ef Neustadter Brothers in this city, died about noon today in his office, at 301 Ankeny street. He came to his office this morning about 9 o'clock and was taken with a sudden hart attack. ' Physicians worked for three hours, but were unable to revive him. ' t Mr. J acobson was one of the best known and honored business . men in Portland. - He had been manager of the Neustadter Brothers' Industries in Port land since 1888, and had built up a large wholesale . clothing business and also a large manufacturing business In this city. He was busied with the establish ment of an extension of the clothing manufacturing business which was in tended to employ a large force of op eratives and it is supposed the strain incident to this work hastened his death. Mr. Jacobson was in his fifty-third year and is survived by his widow, Mrs. Dorothy Jacobson, and two sis ters. He had a magnificent , residence near Coopey Falls on the Columbia river, highway, . but during the past few months had - resided at the Benson hotel. His two sisters reside In New York. v . -. Mr. Jacobson was b6rn in California ad - -waa -thoroughly acquainted," with the Pacific coast clothing business, 'He was a member of . the Chamber of Com merce, the WaVerley Country- ciub and a number of civic organisations;. ' Serbians Clash With Montenegrins Rome. March 17. (U. P.) Serbian and Montenegrin troops - engaged In a battle near Danilograd, it waa reported In dis patches received here today. The Ser bians had been sent there to punish the Montenegrins, Who 'are alleged to have attacked a Serbian convoy. Many were killed cn both sides, Including a Serbian general. ' ' Youthful Hunter Killed by Accident Roseburg, March 18. Charles Tiller, 17 years old, son; of -James Tiller of Days Creek, was accidentally killed Mon day afternoon while hunting with two companions. - Plebiscite For a Leagae of 3jTatloai. ........ 28,1(8 Against a Leagae of 3 atioaa . . . . . lit " Oregon and France are of one mind as to a League of Nations as a necessary basis of a world peace policy. Oregon people express themselves by approximately 200 to 1 in favor of the leagrue. s France needs the protection of the pro posed ( league and wants it, according to Lieutenant Maurice Boyer, member of the French high commission in 'Wash ington and. veteran of the battlefield. The lieutenant, who is a . recognised authority on economic affairs in his own country, told . Portland business Vmen Monday that France, having more : to fear from the violence of her enemies than afcy other nation, and ' having' suf fered perhaps more than - any other in the war, is favoring a Leagued of Na tions. ' '' ' . i: "The suggestion that France- t'-opposed to the league is wrong." the French' officer, declared. ' - ' .'s- k ; ; All humanity. Joins inf the verdict of approval by huge and encouraging major ities. From every hand come, outspoken sentiments of 'favor for the league and its proposed covenant. . , io!.r, , Mr. and Mrs. Dunn of Tula Lake, Or ara only two of nearly 25,000 . Oregon voters who have approved, the league nsoN DIES SUDDENLY ; 5 5 a? a? b w Views Gain Exp r0 YCU FAVOR A LEAGUE OF NATIONS - to prevent future' wars, such as President Wil son and Former President. Taft are working for? Caetos thb esopea is a nmlop a-' d ud ta "Tiiane ef Ktttoas Editor,. Cars The Joaraal. porUsad. Oncoaw" or Mat it to.Tb. Joaraal badaeai office aad ro tt ta th Ballot box. Oaly,' penaas-L. -ot votia . as ' end la a aaQot, 60 BOYS OF 3RD OREGON DUE AT 5:10 Relatives and Friends Will Greet v Returning Veterans of Supply " Company and Engineers. Reception Committee Will ' Meet Train at Vancouver; Banquet and Program at Hotel Portland. Sixty boys from the old Third Oregon will arrive at the Portland Union sta tion at 5:10 this afternoon from Camp Lewis, where they have" just been dis charged. They were formerly members of ; the supply company Company ' D and some of them are . from the - 116th engineers, formerly the First provisional battalion of Oregon engineers. Some of these . men came through Portland on their way to Camp Lewis nearly two weeks ago, but it is believed that most of them have not been here since their return from France. . ' When the train pulls Vln the rela tives and friends will be allowed in the station to lend the home touch to the reception. The men will later form in column of squads on Sixth street and march to the Liberty temple led by the Multnomah Guard band. At the Liberty temple Acting Mayor Bigelow will give a short address of welcome and there will be a response from some of the officers of' the. company. 'At 6 . o'clock the boya will' be ban queted at the Portland hotel in the grill room and will be entertained dur ing the banquet by some vocal solos given by Mrs. Fred L. Olson and Mrs. Hermann Polltx. , v The,, boys ; will be 5 met at Vancouver by a reception committee Including Mrs. A. Sorenson, Mrs; A. J. Huntington, Mrs. Helen Wledmaier, Acting. Mayor Bige low, O. E. Overbeck, Charles F. Berg and ' a number of the employes of the Union Meat company, of which a number of the men In - the supply v company were former employes. Private in, Army 1 Draws SISfa' Day - . : For His Services Stockton, Cal .March 18. (U.. P.) The highest paid private in the Amer ican army ' was Jacob B." Hoffman of this city- He was- sent to Camp Lewis and discharged on his fifth day in serv ice for flat feet. He received $1 a day while in camp . and - now is to receive the 60. bonus, or 813 a day for his serv ice period. , , . Dr. Wilkins Wanted , For Murder of Wife New York. March 18 (I. N. S.) A general alarm-was sent throughout the east today In an effort to apprehend Dr. Walter . Keene Wilkins, accused in a warrant issued . Monday of the murder of his wife at their home at Long Beach on February 27. Dr. Wilkins told the authorities that three highwaymen killed Mrs.' Wilkins. He vanished Sun day but Ms absence was 'not learned until an attempt waa made to arrest him. Is Popul ar . . at ression through The Journal's plebiscite, which Is reaching over mountains and valleys to the outposts of human habitation- for the sentiment of thinking people. They write; "If -we had 1000 votes, they would all be for the league." R- J. Davis, principal of Toledo. Or., public schools, writes : "It seems to me everyone could . and should sign - for peace." Mr. Davis Inclosed 12 affirma tive votes submitted by Toledo people. Daily those who have been opposed to the league -through their acceptance of misinformation or because they have not been r advised at all are altering t their views and. casting favorable votes with strong statements of approval. -- Properly filled out, the coupon printed herewith and elsewhere Is a vote in The Journal plebiscite. Let your vote be in fluenced only by belief for or against the cause, but fill' out the coupon and bring or .mall it U The Journal' off ice today. ii support oi me League or. nations plan as presented by President Wilson, the district convention of the Degree of - Honor- at the Odd Fellows bl In MontavUla Friday - night, . passed a resolution which "la to be sent Oregon congressmen, to President Wilson and former. President Taft. The resolution supported , the league strongly , and waa adopted, unanimously. - x , - (Yes or No; tSitn your nam her) Address Present German Government Will Fall, Says Harden Editor of Zukunft Declares People Crazy and Kaiser Could Come Back if He Were Not a Coward; New-Movement Is , Generally Liberal; Faith in Wilson By Alfred G. Andersen T3ERLIN, March 16. (I. N. S.) Via cabinet crisis, precipitated by Hud Haase and Herr Breitschild,. two lead ers of the independent Socialists, is believed imminent. ; As a result the post tion of Dr. Rantzau. foreign minister, is becoming precarious. The situation was discussed by the cabinet yesterday without any decis ion being reached. . . ' - , v By Fraak J. Taylor ' (Copyrisht. 1019. by th VniUd Prem) Berlin, March 13. (By Courier to Paris.) Maximilian Harden, editor of Zukunft and Germany's most outspoken citisen, said, when interviewed ' today, that: . The present government should be and will be overthrown ; 'The German people are crazy; The kaiser, if he were not a coward, could return to Germany and regain the throne; : 1 ' : Success of the League of Nations and world peace depend upon close and friendly relations between Germany, Great Britain and America,- :;:; , Harden, who. just recovered from sev eral weeks' Illness, discussed conditions in Germany freely and frankly.'. He Is now in bad repute with all classes with the old - regime, because he continually fought them during, the war., and with the revolutionaries because Germany haa not been benefited so far by follow ing President Wilson, as he advocated, . StHl Believes la Wflaoa "I am flooded with letters from people asking me why I told them to - follow Wilson and why Germany la still starved T YET FREE PoftlafiCrnvicr RiBportefr(Seeri on. .Railroad "Track North of Grants Pass. . Salem, .March 18. Jack Hardy, one of the two convicts who escaped Saturday and ' Sunday from - the. state lime, plant at Gold Hill, was captured Monday night by a, posse beaded by J. IL Phillips, a penitentiary, guard, and the posse Is hot on the trail of Clyde J. Rupert, the other convict, according to a report received by. Warden-Stevens. ,, , , . , , . , The warden says he has received no details' of the capture of Hardy, but he is momentarily- expecting a telephone call which will advise him of the situa tion. In addition to the penitentiary guards, -the man hunt is being partici pated in by Jackson county officials, J2. B. Wood, special agent for the railroad company, - and other railroad employes. The prison guards have one prison blood hound and conditions are said to be fa vorable for the dog to do good work. It Is reported that "Red" Ruaert was seen Monday on the railroad track north of Grants Pass, about 17 miles from Gold HilL : - ' : V;.r- - .Warden Stevens has received reports of an attempt at a wholesale delivery of the convict crew which was employed at the lime plant, but he says these reports have been so conflicting that he does not have the straight ot what really did oc cur, and is loth to make any comment about that matter until he obtains fur ther information. Salem. March 18. With the bringing in of the crew of convicts who were employed at the state ' lime plant af Gold Hlir, the plant has been shut down and Warden Stevens expressed " the opinion Monday that when the plant is reopened It will be with free labor. ' The state lime board planned to shut down the plant soon, as practically all agricultural lime for which the board has a market has been turned out. but the shutdown was precipitated by the escape of "Red" Rupert and Jak Har dy, two of the convict gang. ." Saturday and Sunday. Warden Stevens , says be cause of the days when no work can be done on : account; of bad weather It would be cheaper to operate the plant with, free - labor than . to maintain a large crew of convicts therei It Is not known definitely when the lime plant will be reopened, as that event will await the decision of the lime board. ' , - Riots Keported at Tantah in Europe Cairp." March 16. U. P.) (Delayed) Three thousand rioters attempted to rush the railway station at Tantah. Egyptian police : fired . on , them, inflict ing 22 casualties. Rioting by Egyptian nationalists began in Cairo and vicinity last week, following the deportation of several of their leaders. .Tantah is 54 miles northwest of Cairo. - , - Influenza, Cholera Scourging Japan Tokio. March 18. (L N. S.) Epidem ics of Influenza and cholera are scourg ing Japan. There are so many deaths here that the undertakers are over whelmed. There have been numerous in stances of corpses being . mixed.. One wealthy family received a coffin contain ing the body of a shriveled old man in stead of their comely daughter. HARDY CAPTURED London, March AS. (I. N. S.) A4 by the blockade." said Harden. "I don't understand the latter, but my faith In Wilson Is undiminished. I realise the tremendous opposition and difficulties he has to surmount. I nm confident he will prevail. But it is hard to satisfy people who are hungry, or others who ara using the situation against Wilson and us liberals... i.i. - . "Germany's new republican government Isn't anything to be proud of. It ur en tirely too much like the old regime. But for the time being it ought to be rec ognized and dealt , with liberally by the entente, to prevent Germany from fall ing' into the hands of the. Bolshevists. "The present government thinks it must build bridges from the old to ths new regime, instead of making the tran sition clean cut. Regime Mast Be Overthrows The government can be compared to General Ludendorffs position last July, when the German armies were at. the height of their victory.. J pointed; out then that defeat waa inevitable, but they couldn't see it. So it is with the present government It Is at the height of its powers, but it refuses to recog- ( Continued en Page Two, Colnma One) ALFRED MILLS IS Body rfbund South' of, Liarusman V Junction; With Bulletin f : - : Head. . .' Alfred Mills, 37 years old, war found dead about a mile and a half south of Linneman. Junction at 7:80 o'clock Mew day night,' by his: brother-in-law, J. H. Kesterson. He had. been shot through the head, the bullet passing through his right cheek and lodging in the upper part of his head.. .There were no powder marks And no weapon was found. . ' Mills was killed in the yard of a house said to be owned by Louise Mills, his wife, whose divorce suit is now pend ing. Mrs. Mills lives at 34 Bast Twenty-second street north. She viewed the body in the morgue this morning. - Kesterson told the coroner that he had seen no lights in Mills' house for two nights and It was when he went there to investigate that he found the body. - He told ' Deputy Constable Squires, who notified ; Sheriff1 Hurlburt. Deputy Sheriffs Beckman and Chrlstof ferson are investigating.' . ' . . i When Mills was taken to the morgue it was believed that he bad died from hemorrhage, .but investigation revealed the bullet wound that of a .38 caliber revolver. , i -.';.. .j Mr. and Mrs. Mills had been married nine years. Records of the county show that Mills was sent to the state hos pital June 14, 1918, and waa discharged in October. - . . r .:- ' - ' , .. i An inquest will be held. It was .declared at the coroner's office. " - Pending the sheriff's Investigation, no Inkling of what suspicions may-be held would be announced this morning, al though it Is understood, some well-defined notions are entertained regarding the one who fired the bullet. v - League Inclusion Is Commented On By London Press London. March 18. (U. P.) The News and Poet, the only morning newspapers- to comment editorially regard ing inclusion of .the League of Na tions in the preliminary. 'peace treaty, took opposite viewa today. - ; . i" -"President Wilson and the minor Ity in his own country are .- trying to force the - league - down the senate's throat. said - the Post, Jn the same way they 5 are -: trying to . compel the peace conference s to accept It. The league means that England's ' foreign policy would, be directed by - an inter national '. committee. . This would ne cessitate a change In the British con stitution and it ought to be considered by parliament before adoption." - "No one wants to delay peace but it la a profound mistake to omit the League of Nations from, the terms," said the News, "If . the opposition to President Wilson In America succeeds the league fails, for it. will be im possible to have the league -.without America." ', v . -t v.. Italy to Demand Huge" Indemnity . Rome, March '.17-U. P.) Delayed) TtllV m 4m.nil An in(.m.l. t AAA 000,000 from Austria-Hungary, it was re puricu Bemi-oiiiciaiiy - loaay. . erne bil lion of thla will be asked in cash, the remainder to be paid in five years through iron shipments , '-; - MURDER VICTIM - ' l- "ii 1 .liti ammm .!" eniLS GET VOICE Oil LEAGUE Representatives, of European Nations Present Their Views Daily to Cot. House in Paris. Covenant Further. Advanced Than Any Other Feature of Treaty Work, Is Word at Conference. .'' By Fred , S. Ferguson ' LONDON, March 18. (U. P.) President Wilson has taken t under, advisement Franco-British .proposals that the Gerr.ian cables be treated as war prizes and that - the Kiel canal be International v zed, according to 1 a Paris dls x. patch tt the jExchanga Telegraph -i company today. The American point of view, the dispatch paid. ' Is ' that the canal's fortifications . thould be dismantled and the va ,. terway opened boUi to warships ' ;" and merchantmen, but tiat Ger many 3hould have the right to i close the canal in case , of war. Paris, March 18. (U. P.) The League of Natlona covenant as it Is to be sub mitted for Inclusion In the preliminary peace treaty with Germany will be ready Saturday, it was Indicated in certain of ficial circles today. At the same time it was stated that the entire treaty, including the covenant, will be 'completed by 'a week from Sat urday, i. y In view of varying reports as to whether, the covenant would be a part of the preliminary treaty, it was pointed out that its Inclusion Is further indi cated by the speed with whlcn the con stitution Is being perfected. Some re ports have dwelt especially on the alle gation that an attempt to IncorporTte the league in the pact 'will slow up the (Concluded oo Paca To. Cohiroo Tlire) STORMS TOTAL 39 Property Damage in States Swept ..by Wind and Flood Mounts 1 ' Into Millions. Chicago, March .18. I.' N. S.) With wire and rail communication completely disrupted in many sections and with but vague reports ceming from tornado and flood-swept states . In the Middle West and South, the death toll stood at 39 today with property damage running into the millions. , Late reports from 'Mississippi and Louisiana estimated the number killed by the , tornado which 1 swept through these states Sunday at 28. More than SOO are reported injured while thou sands are - said to be homeless in the two states. Many points are sttll with out communication and until then are heard from the exact number of' killed will not be known. - Four' are reported drowned In flood waters In Michigan. Near Saginaw, Mich., a farmer and hia two children are reported drowned when his horse backed his buggy into a swollen stream. ' A farmer Is reported drowned In Plnne borg river near Plnneborg, Huron coun ty, Michigan. t The Grand- river at Grand Rapids has reached flood stage but observers pre dict the waters will recede during the day.-. - ' .- Flood conditions are reported through the Saginaw valley, at St. Helen, Alma, Big Rapids, Ionia, Owosho and other points.; - - Professor Blevens of the Forestville consolidated school, hi a ' 4-year-old eon. Mrs. A. C. Neirmeyer and her t-year-Old daughter, were drowned when they attempted to ford a swollen stream near Forestburg, S. D.' Reports reached Dubuque, Iowa, of the drowning of three people while cross ing ' a swollen stream near Waukon. .4 f The Milwaukee and Menominee rivers In ' Wisconsin are out of -the!r' bank, driving hundreds from their homes and seriously Interfering with train move ments - . ' - ;- .. . At Oconto dynamite Is being used to break up congestions In.' the Oconto river.' Five hundred are . reported home less in this section. . In Illinois, the Fox. Illinois. Calumet and DesPlalnes rivers have all reached flood stage but no loss of life Is re ported. - . Execution Order Held-Too Sweeping - Even for Germans Berlin. March 17.De1ayed.) fU. V.) President Ebert toda'y ordered War Minister Noske to abolish the standing order for execution of all'Prsons oppof Ing the government by force of srm. The president is understood "to. have taken this action ai the result of a storm of protest from the radicals. The, Hreheit published an article t day charging that reactionaries are col lecting great sums to organize an army ef bourgeoisie to oppose the proletariat. DEATH TOLL FROM