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VOL. XVIII. NO. 11
PACIFIC
Steamer Jacox, Built Here for
Shipping Board, Ablaze 200
Miles South of Fiji Islands.
L B. Hillsineer First mate on
Vessel Which Left San Fran
cisco on 20th of February, j
SAN FRANCISCO, March ,21. (I.
N. S.)-AceordtoK to wireless
messages which have been re
ceived by the marine department
of - the Chamber of Commerce
here, the steanier Jacox, from
Sn Francisco, is afire 200 miles
south of Sufu, Fiji Islands. AH
possible assistance is being rushed
to the disabled vessel.
The Jacox was built at Portland.' Or..
for the United States shipping board
Iend only recently was turned over to
the Oceanic Steamship company. She
lf f Ran l.'r :i n M m r Fhrtm rv 9. fni-
Sydney, Australia, with a general cargo.
Thai vessel Is under command of Cap
tain Anderson and registers 1680 tons.
Manned largely by Portland officers
and crew the 5800 ton steel steamer
Jacox left Portland on "the morning of
February In ballast for San Francisco,
where slwj took, on general cargo for
Australia, via Honolulu. She was built
In Portland by the Alblna Engine &
Machine Works for the Emergency Fleet
corporation., and her crew of 35 men was
assembled here by the sea service bu
reau of the Emergency Fleet.
The Jacox Ms commanded by Captain
Fred E Anderson of San Francisco, and.
In addition to a number of her crew,' the
following of f IceVs are aboard : L.. B.
Hill singer, first mate; , 690 Lovejoy
street; Henry 'Jordan, "second mate,
probably of .44 Third, street : Garrett
Van Moute. third mate; t63M East GU
san street Albert AVt Young, chjef en
gineer. Portland A. iBajscom. v first
assistant, Seattle f Oliver Wagsteff,. sec
ond asstattiirti'TBa- Exeter- street. and
Frederick: B. Coulter, third . assistant,
South Bend. Wash. ' V
READY FOR
Highway Commissioner
and Engineer Nunn Find Many
Prepared to Go Limit.
Salem. March 21. That Klamath..
Lake, Deschutes and othei; counties are
ready to bond themselves to the limit
for good ronds if the state highway com
mission will match their funds, is the
word brought to Salem today by State
, 1 If. II n . ..lift'1"-' . . uiiii, i,v I i ... J " ' - -
returned from an inspection trip through
Southwestern and Central Oregon with
Highway Commissioner R. A. Booth:
At Klamath Falls. the leading citizens
told Commissioner Booth that they
would vote $330,000 in road . bonds in
Klamath county if a like sum would, be
expended in that county by the highway
commission. commissioner .soot(i
nointAri nwt that it n-nuM h thA nnllnv
of the commission to help all counties.
but -the full extent to which, help may
be ; given will not -be known until all
counties are heard from.
- .This will be an important question,
which will -be considered by the highway
commission when it meets In Portland
Wednesday.
"Wis highway commission has I2-.500.000
available from the $16,000,000 bond Issue
for matching county funds and the com
bined sum may be used to match gov
ernment funds, thereby making available
$5,000,000 of state and county funds and
$5,000,000 of government funds, or a total
of $10,000,000. in addition to the $7,250,000
balance of the $10,000,000 bond issue and
other funds.
Spartacan Outbreaks
Will (Be Investigated
By the Prussian Diet
Berne, "March 2L C. P.) The Prus
slan diet; ending its debate Wednesday,
decided to appoint a special commis
sion of 21 members to investigate fully
the recent Spartacan outbreaks, a Wolff
agency dispatch from Berlin reported.
Independent Socialists suggested in
their arguments that Germany, seize
and sell all the Hohenzollern property,
turning' the proceeds over to the work
ers. No, definite action was taken re
garding the, proposal. .
"I protest against Minister Hoffman's
criticism - of , the kaiser," heatedly de
clared Colonel Reinhard during the de
bate. "Wilhelm's retirement to Holland
Is a move Inspired only by his patriot
Ism, feeling his elimination may bring
a better, peace f or Germany." - i
Extra Session to Be
Called Says Padgett
Lbs Angeles. March 21. U. P.) An
extra session of congress will be called
by President Wilson, in the opinion of
Congressman Padgett, chairman of the
house naval committee. - He declared to
day the need of f onds to run the gov
ernment X and to ; bring the - American
army home from Europe Will force the
calling of an extrt session.
ROADS
PANSY FEELS
HURT; KICKS
COMPETITOR
P
AJfST, militant mare of a Royal
Bakery delivery" "wages, waxed
wrathy this moralng whi an
astomoblle hart her feelings and
hanks and with a little of the old
spring pastorate pep,' despite years
of servitude on pavements, handed
a few hefty kicks to the nnprotest
lag Sezs wagon.
It occurred at lt:St o'clock at
the North Bank station. Her driv
er, Clarence Tapper, was attempt
ing to bark Into a platform to load
some empty bread baskets from ant
of town retailers.
W, W. Hlgglns, 1IS1 East Twelfth
street, also attempting to back
against the platform, bat for an
other pnrpose, drove a shade too
near Pansy, gracing her forelegs.
Pansy forgot her dignified dntles
as a haaler of the staff of life and
leaped at the an to mobile with a
snort of rage.
Over the top of It she went, broke
the traces of her own wagon and
after leaving vivid Imprints of
horseshoes on hood and fender,
galloped away. She was stopped
by motroeyele police. So one was
lajared.
AGAINST JAPANESE
Senator Phelan Says Amending
League Covenant Would Men
ace Future World Peace.
San Francisco, March 21. (I. N. S.)
United States Senator James D. Phelan
in a cable message transmitted to the
peace conference in Paris today de-
clared that the reported efforts of Japan
to amend the League of Nations consti
tution so that free Immigration of
Japanese would be permitted . presents a
distinct menace to the future peace of
XLlhe world. In setting forth the reasons
which prompted him to send the cable.
Senator Phelan said :
"We can no longer look with indiffer
ence upon the attempts of the Japanese
to Japan ixe the Pacific coast aa they
have already Japanised Hawaii, -
"If this were permitted to continue
and to receive sanction from the League
of Nations constitution. It would become
a fruitful source of Irritation and re
wit lnseriQuaJaternaUoml .difficulties.
Toothing could be more dangerous to the
world. " ;
"The Jananpse rnvwrment prohibits
the Immigration of Chines laborers into f
Japan for labor and racial reasons, and
yet they would aeek constitutional per
mission to flood this country with Jap
anese 'of all classes. In asking permis
sion to do what they themselves do not
allow, they have come into the court of
nations with unclean hands.
"The Japanese are now coming out
from .behind their masked- batteries.
! They have made clear their purposes.
PAR S IS WARNED
The people of the United States must im
n niL mediately Institute a counter propa-
, ganda movement.
- Senator Phelan s cablegram to the
i American peace delegation follows:
"Japanese demand for free immigra
tion has aroused the Pacific coast.
- "Evidence of Japanese coming over
border, a contemplated land purchase
by a Japanese company in Mexico
rear the California state line, and
enormously increased Japanese agricul
tural aggression have alarmed people.
"These problems are domestic and
the league constitution should 'under no
circumstances concede the Japanese de
mand. "Japan now excludes Chinese coolies
and has recently deported 500 such
persons."
Proprietor Hurt as
Result of Explosion
And Fire in Bakery
An explosion Thursday night, caused
by the explosion of a gas burner, and
fire this morning in a Williams avenue
bakery resulted in George Kleiner, one
of the proprietors, being badly burned
and damages of nearly $500 to the
bakery building besides loss of a day's
work in' bread and pastry dough.
Kleiner was badly burned about the
upper part of his body and his head and
face. He was taken to the Good Sa
maritan hpspital.
It was not known until this morning,
when flrevrevealed a damaged oven,
that the -explosion caused further de
struction than a demolished burner. The
explosion opened cracks in the roof of
the oven, letting , the heat through to
woodwork. ;
Bolsheviki Forced
To Evacuate Dvinsk
Helsingfords March 21. (U. P.)
"Bolshevik! v forces have been compelled
to evacuate Dvinsk, abandoning great
quantities of munitions," the newspaper
Psyovskt Nabat declared today.
Zurich, March 21. (U. P.) The revo
lutionary movement is reawakening In
the vicinity of Munich. Bavarian - dis
patches report independent Socialist
leaders and revolutionary soldiers have
been arrested; at Rosenheim, 30 miles
from Munich,4 and . expelled from the
community. There have been no acts
of .violence reported.
Germans Threaten
To Attack Poles
. Paris, March 2!. (L N. S.) The Ger
mans are threatening-to renew hostili
ties against the Poles In Posen, accord
ing to reliable reports : received here.
Peace delegates say such action would
break the termer of the last armistice
and wonld endanger the usefulness of
the peace conference.
SEE
TRAIN SOUTH
Mexico or South America Be
lieved Goal of Escaped Convict
for Whom Hunt Is in Progress.
Boards Southbound Train at Ga
zelle, Near Boundary, After
Buying Hat, Overalls, Shirt.
Salem. March 21. Clyde J. (Red) Ru
pert, who escaped from the convict camp
at Gold Hill Sunday, took a south bound
train at Gazelle at 4 o'clock Tuesday
morning, evidently bent on reaching the
Mexican border or a South American
port before he can be recaptured and
made to answer to the federal indict
ment which hangs over him as the re
sult of hie theft of a package of Liberty
bonds while employed as watchman for
the Northwestern National bank in Port
land. This is the information which has
been obtained by Warden Stevens of
the state penitentiary, who returned
Thursday afternoon from the southern
part of the state, where a man hunt for
Rupert has been on.
Warden Stejrens. William Bryon. gov
ernment secret service agent. Chief Spe
cial Agent Catourl of the Southern Pa
cific and others who have been on Ru
pert's trail. have obtained evidence
which convinces them that an outside
man was waiting for Rupert witb an
automobile, when Rupert made his get
away Sunday evening, and carried the
fleeing convict toward the California
boundary. Rupert stopped at Gazelle,
100 miles from Gold Hill and near the
Callforina line, where he was positively
recognized, according to the information
obtained by Warden Stevens. At Ga
zelle he- purchased a new soft black
hat, a pair of second hand overalls from
the railroad fireman and a gray flannel
shirt, and took train ( No. 15 Tuesday
morning, going south, As it will be
necessary for Rupert to obtain a pass
port to get to Mexico or South America
through ordinary channels, 'all avenues
along that line are . being closely
watched. It is thought, however, he
may- endeavor ' te reach the Mexican
border and then find a. way tor sneak
Into Mexico without passport. ,'J ' f i;.vu
Warden Stevens ia convinced that tbs
motive behind Rupert'sr-eecape is h&-desire
to evade the federal charge hang
ing over him, aa bis mlnumum sentence
under the stats charge was up this
month and he was eligible for parole.
He made it known that he -did not want
the parole board to recommend a par
ole for him at this time as he wanted
to have the federal : charge dismissed
or satisfied in some way before he was
released from the state prison.
UNDERTAKER IS ON
TRIAL IN SEATTLE
"Bert" Butterworth Accused of
Profiteering From Parents
of Dead Soldiers.
Seattle. March 21. (U. P.) With the
jury selected, the prosecution's attack
launched and the defense reserving its
statement, the trial of G. M.. "Bert"
Butterworth. undertaker, is continuing
in Judge Jeremiah Neterer's department
of the United States district court here
today.
Butterworth. manager of E. R. But
terworth & Sons, one of the largest un
dertaking establishments In the North
west, is charged with profiteering from
the government and parents of dead
sailors and marines on coffin sates and
burial arrangements.
From Thursday morning at 10 o'clock
until late afternoon, examination of
veniremen for the jury occupied the at
tention of the court. The room was
lammed with people, who patiently wait
ed for something to "turn up." The most
exciting, incidents were occasional ad
monitory sentences from Judge Neterer
to a venireman.
The examination of the veniremen was
done with microscopic detail by Assist
ant District Attorney Ben L. Moore f&r
the prosecution, and Attorney Wllmon
Tucker for the defense. Thirty-three
men were examined before both sides de
cided the body was qualified to render a
fair and Impartial verdict.
Many women spectators " were present
while a number of naval officers were
noticeable.
. George Heidenreich. Friday Harbor
farmer; was the only witness introduced
yesterday. His son, Walter Heiden
reich. died at the University of Wash
ington naval training school last October
shortly after Heidenreich and his wife,
informed of hie illness, arrived In Seat
tle. Miss Eunice Smith
Named Member of
Industrial Board
Salem, March 21. Governor Olcott
announced 1 today the appointment of
Miss Kunice Smith of Portland aa a
member of the Industrial welfare com
mission, r '
Misa Smith will act as the represen
tative of. employes, the law .requiring
that one of the commissioners represent
the employed class, another the employ
ing class and a third the public at
large. ; :! i . ?; ' .r r
Miss Smith succeeds ' Miss Margaret
E. Howatson of Portland, who requested
that she be allowed to discontinue- her
connection with the commission.'1'1 Miss
Smith "wa the only one Indorsed -for
the place rn the commission.
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To Arraign Girl Poisoner
MustFace Murder Charge
r.
Victim's Husband in Jail
ADMITS SHE POISONED HER RIVAL
RUTH GARRISON, 18-year-old Seattle girl, who is in jail
charged with the murder -of Mrs. Grace Elizabeth Storrs,
whose husband Miss Garrison declares she loves. Storrs
denies any part in the killing of his wife and says the girl's in
fatuation is "too deep" for him to understand.
Dudley M. Storrs, Whose Wife Ruth Garrison Admitted She Pois
oned, According' to Seattle-Police, Gives ; Himself Up and is
Being Held for Investigation by; Puget Sound Authorities.
Seattle, Wash.. March 21. (U. P.)
When Ruth Oarrison appeared before
the court this afternoon, her . attorney.
Thomas M. Askren asked for further
. 1 "" ,T.,o
aranted the-request and a continuance
isiMiini m. 'jt
was ordered of one week.
Seattle,' ' March '21. (U. P. "Ruth
Garrison realizes the awful thing she
has done." . ...
With these words. Thomas M. Askren.'
v.ho will defend the girl who poisoned
her rival in love. Mrs.HGrace Elizabeth
Storrs, expressed his ' convictions ' this
afternoon, just before the defendant was
arraigned on -first - degree murder
charges at 1 :30 p. m.
"She is only a baby. She is, not as
cool as a cucumber, as the newspapers
have indicated. She only sleeps because
the doctors have given her medicine."
As Ruth talked with her attorney.
Dudley M. Storrs. the man in the case;
was closeted with detectives, repeating
bis denial that he conspired to put his
wife out of the way.
Te Appear In Coert Today
Miss Garrison; charged with. poisoning
Mrs. Grace Elisabeth Storrs, will be -arraigned
on first degree murder charges
before Judge Boyd Tallman in. superior
court this afternoon.
The nian she loved Dudley M. Storrs
is in the city jail but has not been
permitted to see the girl charged with
killing his wife by placing strychnine in
a fruit cocktail while the two lunched
together in the Bon Marche tea rooms
Tuesday afternoon.
Shortly after 7 o'clock Thursday night
Storrs entered the police station and
surrendered himself, ending a search
that began Wednesday 'morning when
he failed to arrive on the train from
Wenatchee. Previous to his surrender
he telephoned Deputy Prosecutor John
D. Carmody that he was In town and
ready to give himself up. , "
Storrs Highly Hervoss '
Apparently ill at ease he walkeJ into
the detective office where he wa held
by James Doom, acting night captain,
until the arrival of Carmody and Cap
tain of Detectives Charles Tennaat.
Ostensibly keyed up to, a high nervous
pitch he walked about the room, exam
ining the pictures on the walls, finger
ing the books on the table and once
Unanimous Vote of
St. Helens Meeting
Given for League
St.- Helena. t March 21. Following, an
address by B, F. Irvine of .The" Journal,
the St- Helens Chamber of Commerce
and visiting .citisens of . St. Helena,,. Ke
halem and other points in Columbia
county unanimously voted approval of
the t- League of Nations, and . directed
that the decision of the meeting be made
known - to The Oregon Daily Journal,
now -'conducting a plebiscite ' on y, the
league, i ""'. '.
The St. Helena Chamber of Commerce
has a membership of ISO and Js busied
with many -projects, for, the development
of Columbia county. f :,. '-v
' 4 K- I v f i .
! even combed his hair before a small
, mirror. . ... , .. ,
Denies Seedlag, for Girl
. . . h . .
his
i wf money while he was living in
:' , . . . r ",& "J
Okanogan, he explained by saying that
he" had left her quite a little sum and
because she,' was living with her father
tie thought that she could get along.
Questioned about : living' with the Gar
rison girl at Okanogan he declared that
he had never sent for her to come to
him ; tliat the . first . time she came" he
received a letter -one Friday morning
stating that she was coming on a night
train.
"There . was nothing io do but meet
t her She stayed four or five days that
time," he said.
In Okanogan, he said.-he and the Gar
Tison girl corresponded constantly, but
hi wife received few'letters from him.
"The second time Ruth came," he said.
"I didn't know she was in town. I went
to the movies about 7 :30 o'clock The
train got in at 8 :30. It was around 10
when I got home and Ruth was in my
(Concluded oo Paga Seventeen, Column Six)
Baker, Appeals for
League as Debt Due
To the War Widows
Los Angeles, March 21. (I. N. S.)
"Unless' a league of nations is formed
at the conference at Paris, the world
will be overtaken by a war more fright
ful and devastating than can be con-
eeived by the minds of men even from
the experience gained in the terrible
conflict that has just ended." . ,
With dramatic , emphasis Secretary of
War Newton D. Baker made the fore
going prediction in a speech at the Al
exandria hotel here Thursday at a pub
lic reception tendered him
"We owe It to the world, to widowed
womanhood, to the fatherless children,
to all mankind and future generations
to back up President Wilson over there
in Paris now and forever to stamp out
the ambitions and designs of autocrats
to dominate .the world," continued Mr.
Baker.
Secretary Baker rejoined GeneVal
Peyton-C Marsh at Corona last night,
from which point they left for Kl Paso.
While Mr. Baker was In Los Angeles
General March was inspecting March
aviation field at Riverside. ' i
Says Poland Needed
. As Buffer on Huns
Warsaw. March 21.- U. P. "Ger
many will' dominate east Europe 'politi
cally and economically and. will.; prepare
herself for. another .3 mighty aasault
against the world's peace unless Poland
i consistently strengthened' to prevent
their . aggression,? Ignace .Paderewski,
Polish premier, declared In an interview.
Preparations to resist the ' threatened
Bolshevist Invasion are (ider war.-' -
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Sloii
OF BIG Gil
Deeds Approved by Attorney Gen
eral and -Southern Oregon Co.
Paid Amount Agreed Upon.
Government Will Proceed Imme
diately to Check Lands and Pay
Taxes to Coos and Douglas.
Washington. March 21. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
Complete settlement with the Southern
Oregon company under the terms of the
act restoring to the government title to
the Coos Bay wagon road lands has been
made, according to S. W. Williams, rep
resenting the department of justice, who
has arrived here to complete the tran
saction. The deeds have been approved by the
attorney general and the Southern Ore
gon company has been paid the agreed
amount. The land orflce, it Is under
stood, will proceed immediately to check
the lands for payment of back taxes to
Coos and Douglas counties.
Oswald West has completed his com
pilation of the claims of Coos- and
Douglas counties for taxes due on the
Coos Bay wagon road grant lands and
has forwarded them to the commis
sioner of the general land office for
final approval and payment. Mr. West
has been assured by the commissioner
that the taxes will be paid to the coun
ties promptly upon the final approval of
the claims as submitted to him.
The claim of Coos county amounts to
approximately $500,000, while that of
Douglas county amounts to about $60,
000, and covers the years 190$ to 1918 In
clusive, including all costs, penalties
and interest to March 1. 1919.
The work of classifying the Coos Bay
wagon road lands will be taken up as
soon as the congressional ' act of Feb
ruary 26, 1919, becomes effective, to the
end4 that the lands . may be opened to
entry at the -earliest possible date, ac
cording to a. letter from Clay Tallman.
commissioner of the United States gen-
Leral land office at Washington to W. H".
(Coaclnded' Page Twedty.toee.'-ColtiaBB Ttre
THIRTEENTH -AERO
E
Men Who Saw Action in the
Argonne and at St. Mihiel
on Way.
By W. W. Whlttesley
New York, March 21.--Men of the
Thirteenth aero squadron, now at field 2,
Camp Mills, Long Island, were on leave
in New Tork city and said that the unit
is held in readiness for Immediate ship
ment. The Thirteenth left Texas on May
13, 1917. and trained abroad. On May
13. 1918. they were sent to the .front and
from that time on they were with the
various armies of the Argonne and at St.
Mihiel.
The unit traveled like a circus carry
ing its own equipment, planes and person
nel. Some times they were fully settled
when an unanticipated German aggres
sion changed things 'and in two hours,
bag and baggage, they -were gene. Cap
tain Biddle of the Thirteenth downed
their first plana July .13, 1918. ,They
have lost 13 pilots and arrived in New
Tork March 13. Furthermore their in
signia Of unit with the "13" and reap
ing skeleton was a most unlucky symbol
for the Hun, for tney netted many times
13 planes. . .
A- regiment of sturdy engineers, not
quite complete, the Twenty-seventh,
docked at Hoboken Thursday. The Da
kotan was only a few days overdue and
made a fair voyage.-
Among the Northwest men were those
from Oregon In a Camp Lewis detach
ment that soon will leave for the West.
Oregon men in this unit are : Charles K.
Conrad, La Grande;. William B. Lewis,
Sumpter ; Charles H. Smith, Homestead ;
Karl B. .Crouch, Milwaukle ; Sergeants
Walter H. Carrick, Roseburg; Lewis A.
Grete. Desendorf ; Pete M. . Rinearson,
Milwaukie ; J. II. McFerson, Cottage
Grove; Mills .W. Adamson, John Day;
Ira C. Marker. Baker City ; Claude L.
and Clifton W. Booth. Grants Pass.
Albert B. Cousins, Portland, is In the
j Camp Dlx detachment. He reported that
William L. Walters, formerly of his
company, was transferred and now Is
studying in Kngland. ,
Men of the Northwest In this detach
ment are :
Idaho Thomas Henry, Kmmett ; Gus
Lambert, Burke ; Anthony Pena. Victor
Boulanger, Blackbear-; Herbert Pang
burn, Buhl ; Albert Severson, Pocatello ;
Mathew Qutnn, Garden Valley ; Ray J.
West. Potlatch: It. R. Hall. Jerome.
- Washington Ben A. Price, Leon . O.
Read, Luther Hayden. Seattle ; Edwin N.
Crouch, EnumcJaw ; Sergeant John T.
Lewis, Castlerock; Edgar R. Rockhold.
Leaven port ; Richard McGulre. Llsabula;
Charles A. uaviason. i'asco ; J ason C.
Bennington. Sunnyside : Holman E. W.
Frey; Seattle: Walter A. Sneddon,
Roslyn ; Edwin Joyce, Spokane ; F. G.
Lewis. Seattle. .
Strike Action to -Be
Taken Tonight
London. March 2k (U. P.) Miners,
railway men - and transportation - men
will meet tonight to definitely, decld
whether to call a general strike, if
this is " called, the strike is . to begin
tomorrow. -. Refusal of the government
to meet all demands of the la bor 1 tea
will resalt ' in the overthrow of the
present cabinet and .- substitution of a
labor, cabineC; labor t lesdera declare
todav. ... -, -
SOON
WYOMING IS
STORM SWEPT;
WIRES DOWN
SAJT FBAXCISCO, Meres tL
U. P.) A severe sleet , as 4
snowstorm, accompanied by a
high wind, Is sweeping ' Wyoming,
ad t Ice to the Paclfie Telephone A
Telegraph company today state.
Telegraphic rommanlratloa with
the East Is serioasly impaired as a
resalt. All eemmsBleatioa Is
pealed between Rawllnft, Wyo and
Denver asd between Las : Vegas,
X. and Dearer. Service Is also
blocked St miles sosth and II miles
west of Cheyenne, Wyo.
GOES TO OCTOBER
Federal Wage Examiner Receives
Message From McBride Now
in Washington. '
1
Continuance of the terms of the Macy
wage scale in all steel and wooden ship
yards until October 1 next has been de
termined upon, according to a telegram
received today by Arthur Jones, federal
wage examiner of Portland, from Wage
Examiner McBride of Washington, D. C.
McBride. who represents the govern
ment in wage matters concerning ship
yard workers in Oregon and Washing
ton, went Kast recently to attend the
joint conference of federal officers, ship
yard owners and representatives of or
ganised labor. The purpose of the con
ference was to determine a wage policy
which would be acceptable to all con
cerned, after the Macy scale, which was
adopted as a war emergency, ceases to
exist. March 31. 1919,
Although the telegram received by
Examiner Jones did not state that the
continuance of the Macy terms had been
agreed upon at the general conference,
it Is presumed that such conclusion had
been reached.
The news conveyed - in McBrlde's
telegram, if true, means a great deal
to the shipyard workers of the Pacific
coast, which, in effect. Is that the war
time wage ' scale, which has been In
force and which provides high pay for
shipyard employes, will continue to be
paid for the ensuing six months, by
which time, it , is expected that the
'government's .: ship building program
will -have been, completed. . ..j..,''
H.-.W. Shaw, secretary of the. Metal
- Trades jsouncil. Is not Washington
In attendance at the conference. J n.
Bowles president of the Northwest
Steel company of Portland, Is also
at . the' meeting." -
Adherence to - the Macy scale would.
ft appears, prevent the possibilities of
a strike on the Pacific coast, the ship
yard men affiliated with organized la
bor having recently balloted on the
question of - going on strike April t.
The v result of that ballot j has never
been made public, according to local
union leaders, in order, it is said, that
nothing .should be done which would
hamper "the peaceful progress of the
conference; at Washington.
Italians Insist on
Acquiring Territory
Roma, March 21. (U, P.) Italians
are becoming ; anxious as a result of
Paris reports that the territorial de
mands of Italy may not be considered
until ; after peace Is concluded with
Germany. Agitation for immediate re
alization of Italy's ' demand for Flume
and Trieste continues. Public meetings
favoring Italian annexation of Dalmatia
are being held dally throughout Italy.
The feeling against Jugo-Slavs is be
coming more tense. ' -
MACY WAGE SCALE
Result Shows There
Can Be No Mistaking
Sentiment on League
For a Leagse of Tfatloss .24,M
Against a Leagse of Tiatless... .. 14S
In highways and byways. In forest
and valley, the Pacific Northwest
echoes the chorus of thousands acclaim
ing the League of Nations the world's
foremost' hope for eternal peace. -
The verdict of mighty Jury In the
greatest case ever presented to national
thought . has ' been passed, rwith hu
manity's good as Its guide, to pronounce
the desires of thinking people for this
preservative of peace, this beacon of
civilised; progress. V,,, .
The Journal plebiscite has proved be
yond peradventure the preponderance of
sentiment for the League of Nations. It
has brought from all classes of people
In all parts of the Northwest . an out
spokerf demand for th Paris covenant
as a mantle to shield civilization from
the ravages of the beast of war, ; ; J
- The Journal plebiscite has vindicated
the human hope that war shall be eliminated-
from the scheme of world af
fairs, for It has shown the great North
west to follow very closely the trend of
sentiment' throughout th United S tea
and among the upright nations of the
world.
DO YOU FAVOR A LEAGUE. OF NATIONS
; to prevent; future wars, such as President Wil
son and Former President Taft are working for?
EseloM this eoopoB to n envelop ad
drMwd to "Ltarae of Nations Editor.
Cere The Jearml. Portland. Oreson."
cv bring H to Tee Joaraal bttrin
ofnes and drop it la the tMSot soz.
'Only praons of voting ahoeld
in a ballot. - . ' -
ALLIES TO
OPPOSE II
01 PLU
Objections Raised to Annexation
of Austria, by the Germans;
French See Growing Menace.
Head of German Armistice Com
mission Seeks to Get Line on
Treaty Outside of Conference.
LONDON, March 21. U. P.;
"The peace treaty, including
a draft of the League of Nation
' covenant, will be ready for pre
sentation by March 20. The Ger
man peace commissioners are t
be In Versailles within threo
weeks," Colonel E. M. House is
reported as saying today, by the
'. Paris correspondent of a news
agency.
Copenhagen, March 21. (U. P.) Dis
patches" from various Paris agencies to
day agree that. the allies are strongly
opposed to the proposed ' union of Ger
many and- Germanic Austria. Some ad
vices Indicate the Germans will be asked
to abandon the union plan when they
sign the preliminary peaee trea
Formation of auch a union is con
sidered In Paris as a move to regain
Teuton prestige.
latest Vienna advices state that the
bill for the incorporation of German
Austria into Germany passed the third
' The German national assembly t
Weimar has voted In favor of the union.
:"- Switzerland May Open Way f
Paris. March 21. (U. P.) Considera
tion of . recommendations of neutral
countries qualified to enter the League
of Nations is under way today. Thts
Increases the possibility that a complete
agreement may be reached on the re
vised covenant -tomorrow.
Switzerland today urged recognition
y , thJl4en..of tho declaratl on of 1 8 1 .",
guaranteeing tha inviolability of Swit
serland. .This Is considered the "Monroe
doctrine of Europe," and it Is believed
It will pave the way for acceptance of
the wish of the United States that the
Monroe doctrine remain in force.
Erzberger Sounds Sentiment
Berlin, March 21. (I. N. S.) Dr.
Mathlas Ersberger, head of the German
armistice commission, has sent a note to
the allied commissioners asking whether
the statement.' appearing in British and
French newspapers, quoting Premier
David LloyC George and. Foreign Min
ister Plehon as saying that Germany
must accept the terms of the first peace
treaty offered without debate exprenaea
the sentiment of the allied nations.
Germans May Reject Terms
Paris. March 21. (U. P.) British of
ficials are considering possibilities of
Germany refusing to accept th prelim
inary peace terms. It is learned author
itatively today, r
rney oeneve inero i rti a"Kn
that the enemy statesmen will, after
some parley.- throw up their hands nd
say "do what you like about It" to allies.
What the peace delegates of the nl-lled-nations
are planning to do In such,
a contingency cannot be learned. , It is
understood, though, that "all safeguards
will be taken."
IlavInK served such a purpose even
more effectively than had been expected,
the pleblsclte-will wrap the wonders of
Its achievement about It and retire from
public attention on Saturday night.
Meanwhile . th stream of votes for
the league continues as the crowning ef
fort of thoughtful people to erect a bar
rier to war and a monument to peace
that shall be an unavoidable guide to
those In whse hands the destiny of the
league remains.
' Voters have showered down their
praises for those whose work la centered
upon peace with a League of Nations to
shield It from warlike aggression. let
ters by the hundred tell of the faith vot
ers have In the purposes and the result
of the league. There can be no mistak
ing the sentiment.
Each edition of The Journal until Sat
urday night will contain ballot coupons
in the League of Nations plebiscite. If
you are a voter of legal age, fill out One
of these coupons and bring or mall it to
The Journal office today. If there is a
favorable r a contrary vote left in the
entire Northwest It should be added to
the totals before Saturday night so that
legal voters shall have left nothing un
done to make known their approval or
disapproval of the league. :
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