VOJL. XVIII. NO. ,15
PORTLAND, OREGON,:, WEDNESDAY' EVENING, .MARCH 26, : 1919. TWENTY PAGES
PRICE TWO CENTS
ON TRAINS UNO NfW(
STANDS FIVK CENTS
problems
01 PACT
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Over 100 Oregon
NxVVAL COMMITTEE HERE TO STUDY lUyEIi MOUTH
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PORTLAND and Oregon welcome congressional investigators who are reconnoitering coastline to discover naval defense re
quirements.' Above, from leftRepresentatives Carl Vinson, -Georgia; C.'N. McArthur, Oregon; Fred A. Britten, Illinois;
" William J. Browning; New Jersey; Lemuel Padgett, chairman, Tennessee;, Daniel J- Riordan, New York; Frederick: H.
Hicks, New .York; William B. Oliver, Alabama. Women who a re .visiting Oregon with members of house naval affairs committee.
From the leftMrsJ William J, Browningr-Mrs. Daniel J. Riordan, Mrs. George Thayer, Miss Jeanette Duncan, Miss Browning.
;Party wUl remain in Oregon until Saturday night studying conditions. ' ;
Men Arrive in
New' York, in Day
ran
TOOK
IPPOBil
Change in Program Made at Paris
After Conference of the Big
Four on Hungarian, Situation.
Turkey and Bulgaria Will Be
Compelled to Accept League
of - Nations in Their Treaty.
By John Edwin Nevin
. TVriIS. ' March 26. (I. N, S.)
impossible to carry on the fight ,
. for .'confirmatdn ' of separate
treatjea with Germany and Austria-Hungary,
President Wilson" is
now understood to be working
for the completion of a general
: document to secure peace between
the allied and all of the central
powers.. Already substantial prog-,
ress has been made in this' di
rection. . " ..
Many questions Involve all of the na
tlona of the German alliance making It
possible to draw up a treaty which could
be subscribed to by the central powers.
This would enable the allied armies to be
demobilised at the same time and obvl
ate discrimination against .which the
Italians have been complaining.
. The chance of program followed the
meeting of President Wilson. . Premier
I.loyd George, Premier Clemenceau and
Premier Orlando, at which confidential
report on the Hungarianeltuatlon were
submitted. It Is officially declared In
.both American and British circles that
there la no reason to assume that the
change of program will entail any great
delays, i . - ..- -
- Examination, of reports made by the
eommttteea n reparation and -war re-
Concluded on Pmgt rtfteea. Caiaraa .Three)
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STATE LAND BOARD
City Commissioner Pushes Case
- Against Alleged Sand and
Gravel Combine.
Commissioner A. L.. Barbur. director,
of public works, haa asked Governor
Olcott to make investigation ' and - in
form him whether the Mate land board
has power and, authority to assist
the city In securing a reasonable price
for sand arid gravel dredged from the
bed of the . WUlariette river for public
use. ' ;;J. r.:r':.' -A"
Mr. Barbur sent a letter to the
governor yesterday afternoon In which
he called attention to the fact that
the city was being; asked to pay exor
bitant prices for i xnd and gravel, and
charging that a combine existed be
tween the sand and gravel companies
operating In i the river. Ho pointed
out that the bids submitted to the city
for these materials were identical In
amount, item, for Item..
The price of. stand, Mr. Barbur showed,
has beenv Increased from 50 cents to
$1.50 per cubic yard while the price of
gravel baS risen frcm 85 cents to 11.50
per yard- He says that Mr. Hegardt.
-engineer for ithe public dock commis
sion, estimates that the cost of dredging
sand from the bed of the river amounts
ft approximately 7 cents per yard, ex
clusive of barging -and;- bunkerage
charges. . ;.; .j . .. "-V;- '" ,
Mr. Barbur! calls the governor's at
tention to the legal doctrine that the
beds of navigjable streams belong to the
state, and asks if there ts not a way by
which the state land board, which has
jurisdiction over .the state lands, can
come to the assistance of the city and
the general public In forcing the price of
sand and gravel down to a normal and
reasonable basis. I
The question of the state's ownership
1 and control of these .xnateriala is not a
(Concluded en Pas Two, Column Three)
Tyrants Fear Each Other, But
They Fear the People Even More!
Tomorrow Th Journal will beein the publication of secret leavers
of GountlCzernin, lone the foreign
was forced to resjgn by Germany a year ago because he had urged
Emperor Charles to hurry and make peace with the United States
and the entente allies.
This
unscrupulous but. discerning statesman for years before the.
great war. was an intimate adviser
heir apparent to the Austro-Hungarian throne, .Archduke Francis Fer
dinand, whose assassination five .years 4 go. at Sarajevo ' precipitated
the terrible conflict from which, the world is now em erring.,:
1 " Count Czernin tells in his private diary, .which has come into
the hands of A. R. Decker, staff correspondent t The Daily News ,"
in Frague, how the German kaiser and the . hefr to the ramshackle
ihron of the dual 'monarchy anxiously debated with him how to
terrorize into continued submission the Bohemians ; and other op
pressed peoples. 1 ' . -
A translation of these extraordinary revelations is coming to
The Journal by cable from Prague and will be published in its col-
umns from day to day, beginning tomorrow. : t
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Representative Padgett Points Out
Need of Naval j Base Between
Bremerton and San Francisco.
Oregon will get' every fair-and open
minded consideration., .that can -be, ac-
corded to the demands of her citizens (or
the. establishment at the tnouUv oCtha
Columbia river of a naval base. '
The United States navy will be divided
and the Pacific coast will get approxi
mately CO per cent of - the . standing
strength of the greatest maritime force
the nation .,' ever , lOwned. Which vmeuu
that, new naval bases on the Pacific
coast must.be provided.
- Such statements made by members of
the congressional naval affairs commit
tee to Portland business men assembled
at a joint luncheon, of the Chamber of
Commerce and the Portland Ad club at
noon today at the Chamber of Com
merce pave the way for the official In
spection by the committee of the naval
base site proposed by the Helms commis
sion in 1S1T. : '
In an address before the enthusiastic
meeting ' today. Representative Lemuel
P. Padgett, member of congress from
Tenessee, declared that the division of
the navy force of the nation between the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans will bring
to the Pacific . great naval ; operations
and an entirely different navy policy.
"Congress believes the Pacific coast
should have a larger part of the navy.
Ours Is not an Atlantic or a Pacific
coast " navy, .but - an ..American fleet
charged, with the duty and fitted to dis
charge every responsibility that, may, be
placed upon It so that we may-, maintain
the noble KUtory that it has never low
cred its flag. ' V - . ... .. .
"This means that the Pacific , coast
must be developed to care -for. Its share
of the navy, i A .naval base of some kind
Is necessary between Bremerton and San
Francisco." 'i-y,' '
Representative C K. McArthur of Ore
gon ; acted as toaatmaster . at" the' lunch
eon and called upon each member; of
the visiting naval affairs committee to
speak. . '".
Eleven Killed in . :
Clash at Witten
Amsterdam. "March 26. I. ?. S.)
Ktvn wrsonS ' were killed - and 33
wounded In fighting at 'Witten Can in
dustrial town ; in .Westphalia); said
dispatch '"from I that place jteda'y. The
outbreak-otfightingjfollowed a riot ln
which three policemen were wounded by
a. grenadenhcown by a .person who .was
taking part In a demonstration. ' ' 5 .
minister of Austria-Hungary, who
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of the Germon emperor arid the ;
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HALF OF NATION'S l ' 1 :
NAVY FOR PACIFIC V.f
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RECEIVFWFlCOMEiLOOK OVEp. SITE
165 Oregon and Washington Men
Due to Reach Portland ,
Thursday Evening.
Owingto the recent delay, for opera
tive purposes, the 148 men of , the old
Forty-eighth regiment of coast artillery
and the 17 casuals who Jeft . Newport
News, .Friday, . bound for Camp Xiewis
via Portland, wilt-arrive" at- the - union
station Thursday.-evening at.. 7 o'clock
instead of the morning, as was original
ly planned. The, train was held over at.
Oreen River, .Wyo. ' No other stops are
expected which- ill- further delay . the
arrival ef the train. Captain Lewis J.
Catheron. is. In command 1 of the train
"and 80 Oregon and 76 Washington men
and f three Washington "officers are on
board, '" ' -; " r v
. The Portland reception committee will
be prepared : to meet the boys; with a
parade to The Auditorium, followed by
a dinner and a dance, te last 'until the
boys have to go to the train. It; is ex
pected that, they will leave some time
late Thursday night. . -; '?
"(The men will be" met at the"" station
by -their relatives and will, be given a
short time to work off a Jlttltf of .their
enthusiasm at the station. The Red
Cross Canteen' band, -formerly the Mult
nomah guard 'band, will be on hand
with welcoming, music and to escort the
boys to The Auditorium.. The line of.
march. will be as usual, south on Sixth
street to -Morrison, east on Morrison te
lThhd and south on Third to The Audi
torium.. "i -: - '.-. y-
The dinner will be served on the stage
ef .The - Auditorium and while the boys
are there addresses of welcome will be
delivered, i The boys will- spend the eve
ning1 dancing at The Auditorium They
will be asked to bring their girl friends.
and girls will be on hand for those who
have no girl friends to bring,
tickets will also be. dispensed.
- neatreJ
. Portland mothers are asked to bring
cakes for the dinner and dance." Cakes
should be turned in to the Liberty Tem
ple,' from -where ,they will "be taken to
The Auditorium.: " Home made : cakes
prove -.especially- popular with the boys.
All returned soldiers, .sailors and ma
rines are Invited . tx be present, and to
bring their partners. 4X':2:-r: f'f's z i :i
Commercial Wheat I
jr. St6cks; Are Large
Washington, March 26.-I..N.-.S.)--Commercial
stocks of wheat reported in
a survey - made by the department ; of
agriculture for March 1, 1919 amounted
to 197.277,68$ bushels. It was announced
this afternoon. These holdings, reported
by 11,499 - firms elevators, warehouses,
grain mills and wholesale dealers were
more than three times as large as ' the
stocks held by the same firms a year
earlier, j ; The figures . refer t v stocks
actually , reported and do not represent
the. total commercial stocks of the country,-
nor'do they include stocks on (arms.
Members of -House
mittee Being Entertained Today in
Portland With Columbia HighwayTrip
PORTLAND is entertaining today one; of the most inquisitive bodies of men
that ever visited the Northwest. "; '. , ;j '
- It is the' congressional naval affairs committee which is on a tour of inspection-of
proposed sites for naval base development. I . . .
What it wants to know of Oregon is: Why is the mouth of the, Colum
bia river a proper "place! for the establishment of a'submarine base'and avia
tion station? Portland and Oregon have undertaken to submit a positive
and "convincing; answer.
; In 191T the Helms commission recom
mended the creation of such a-base at
Tongue ; point, the cost estimated at
Sl.200,000. But because of the strategic
Importance of the mouth of the Columbia,-every
effort will be made to -eonr
vines the congressmen that the sub
marine and airplane base is insufficient
for protective needs and will attempt
to show Why a major naval base should
be situated at the mouth of the river, i
Data as. 5!aps Ready ,
The great Northwest is, unprotected
from invasion. A- naval base and navy
yard are .needed, civic interests ; will
.argue. - The mouth of the Columbia of
fers the only-unprotected entrance-to
the United , States on the Pacific coast.
Once past the heads, an invading enemy
woufd have clear sailing . into the .'very
heart ef a territory from which it could
'extend Its invasion to . all parts, of the
nation . without serious interference, ' it
Is 6a id
Much data and many maps are ready
to present to the committee in a final
of ,,ans tor a major naval base. -
Each member manifesting an unusu
ally keen Interest in these features of
their four day program in Oregon, the
Willamette, the highway and the. mouth
of the Columbia- vied with one another
for first consideration - from the seven
members f ' congress who arrived in
Portland :t "730 this morning..
V The congressional, committee , investi
gation of the Astoria naval base- site
brought Representative Lemuel D. Padg
ett chairman, . of Tennessee, and sbc
members of the lower house, Pert
land, in addition to the Beveral women'
in the party. . The congressmen are
Chairman Padgett, Carl Vinson, Fred :A
Britten,; Frederick H. Hicks, , William J.
Browning;- Daniel J.'Riorden and .Wil
liam? B- Oliver. -. The committee was
Joined at 'the station this- morning" by
Representative C. N McArthur of. Ore
goo, who had preceded the committee to
Portland.. - v " -
Vt"?-"".- ' Breakfast at" Portland
A trlef reception at the- station was
tendered by :,; representative business
men, beautiful floral tributes were presented-
to the women - of the - party - and
all : were taken to the Hotel Portland
for breakfast in .automobiles' driven by.
members of ; . the - National League ; for
Naval Affairs .Com
Women's Serviie and other women ' of
the city. . ':
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Accompanying the congressmen are:
Mrs. Daniel J. Riordan, Mrs. William J.
Browntng, Mrs. ' George vThayer, Miss
Jeanette Duncan and . Miss Browning.
The women .will be specially entertained
in. Portland .during, the, four days the
party, will be in Oregon. ; -
Captain Jacob Speler, harbormaster,
returned from California with the party.
He was sent as a special envoy of the
eity, .and presented Portland's invita
tion forthe present visit. He declares
every member of the party has expressed
keen delight in the prospect of visiting
Oregon.. . ' . , ' '.
That Captain Speier's mission inspired
tOoneluded on Pife Fifteen. Column Foar
Gapt. Morris of -.
317th' ErigmeieriB
Visiting m City
'
.Captain J. W; Morris, 317th engineers,
formerly city engineer f Portland, re
turned Tuesday night f roni overseas ser
vice via Camp Dixon and Camp Lewis.
Although- Captain . Morris Is a Portland
man, , ithe members of the '317th came
almost entirely from the Atlantic sea
board. He with ten others taking the
training at Camp Lewis' were assigned
to overseas . duties, before -concluding
their" ! preparatoryLvWork arriving In
France Inr time to take the 'field abour
AugUBt' 15. After a short while in !A1
sac'his regiment was sent into the Ar-
gonne; finishing the war -near Sedan.''
Captain, Morris is in t Portland on
15-day. leave, -of absence, .h1 t-t
72 Children Die . . .
-'- Ih; Theatreire
" ' t f . .
'Amsterdam, Marclr iH.CC- Tf.:- S.)
seventy-two . uerman children , were
burned to death at Gledwitz Ji Prusslaa
Silesia,, whenj, a theatre was -destroyed
by fire,, according to advices from -that
place today. ,: - ' . ..' ,
FOR MIES
lOBOllE
Must Show Theor Teeth to Ger
man and Bolshevist Alike,
View of Americans in Paris.
Spineless Dijly-Dallying With
Central European Situation
Has Brought' Foes' Contempt.
Special Cable to The Journal and Tb Chicago
uauy nm
(Copyright. 1019, if Chicago DaUy Newa Ca)
By Paul Scott Mowrer ;
PARIS, March 26.-The Bolshe
vist situation is dangerous.
Upon this point all are agreed.
' The Russian Bolsheviki declared
war on the allies in July, 1917.
and ' they have been- fighting us
. ever since- -The Hungarians, by
proclaiming an offensive and de
fensive alliance with th Russians
and refusing to recognize our ad- t
justment of temporary frontiers,
' are practically - declaring war. If
the Hungarian troops obey the .
orders of the roviet government
the state of war .cannot be
doubted,; : I
- Our Roumanian allies lack food . and
munitions. Our Polish and Czech allies
have no considerable military strength.
At the same time Germany turns to us
with a double menace sarin?, "either let
us become your allies against Bolshe
vlsm. in which case you must greatly
soften your peace terms, or we shall
also tarn Bolshevist."; :
-'. In short, we must now face the pos
sibility that not only Hungary but Ger
many will not accept our " weace. con-
( Concluded on Fas ponrtwn. Oohinm Fiv)
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S ixtv-N i ne Brides Aboard the
i Aquitania Homeward Bound
With 5837:YankeesI ;
Washington, March 26. (I.. N. S.)
Another, honeymoon transport is home
ward bound.
The Aauitania, one of three more ves
sels that have cleared from French porta
with a total of 6837 home-coming Tanks,
carried 89 brides, the war department
announced this afternoon. The num
ber of officers and men .board . the
giant liner is , 4518, and she la due at
New Tork March 29. The TJlua, -with
1067 officers and men, is due at New
York April 4, and La Corralne, with
256, is due March 31. '
Chief among the units . aboard the
Aauitania are the 347th and 348th field
artillery regiments, complete, of the 91st
division, to be sent to Camps Kearny
Fu nst on, Lewis and Dodge. , Also aboard
are the 85th division headquarters and
headquarters troop, for Camp , Custer
166th field artillery brigade . headqtur
ters. Camp Kearney ; 169th infantry, brl
gade headquarters. Camp Custer ; de
taohments 134th field artlHery, Camp Dix
and Upton : . detachment 112th ammunt
tioa train. Camp Dix ; detachment 135th
field artillery. Camp Upton; detachment
112th engineers, Camp Dix Companies
F, Q, H, 1, K, L and M, 145th infan
try, for Camps Sherman, Upton. Fun
ston, Dodge and Devens ; medical and
camp detachments : 146th infantry,
Cimps Upton, Devens, Taylor, Funston
and Sherman ; , field . and staff, head
quarters and - supply company of 337th
infantry. Camps Custer and Kearny.
Aboard : the Ulua are the field and
staff, headquarters and supply company.
ordnance and medical detachments and
Batteries A, B, C and F of the 328th reg
iment; field artillery, all for Camp Cus
ter, and scattered casualty companies.
La Lorraine carries ;only casuals.
, . Tro . llore Transports . Arrive
New tTork, ; March 26. U P.) The
transports Francesca and Argentina- ar
rived today with; 2148 off hers and, men.
The ' organizations ;onA the 'Francesca
were 20 casual companies ; for Ohio,
South Dakota. Minnesota, 'California.
Colorado, Kansas. Kentucky, Nebraska,
New I one ana otner eastern states.
On the Argentina were 32 casual com
panies for Connecticut, Florida, ; Okla
boma, Tennessee, M ichigah, Minnesota,
New Tork and Montana and transporta
tion corps companies 81 and 104. . - ;
- Transport . Chlncha has sailed from
Lapalllce Itochelle to. Baltimore v (no
date whei due), with: nine .casuals.
Transport El Oriente from Bordeaux
Is due -at New :Y0rk April 3-with De
tachment C, 'Casual Company 64,- New
Yprk ; speciaf Casual Company- 0, dis
charges land : four ' casual officers. - ,
Cruiser Frederlclr; from Brest, lid due
at New Tork April 4, with the 337th In
fantry, all litter companies and medical
detachment, for Camps 'Custer.- Lewis
and Sherman. - . :
"' The ; transports ' Western Spirit and
Dirigo sailed March 23 also, the latter
bound for. New Yorlt'.wlth a smalt num
ber f casuals. ty:-fi y-'fjij'y-:,
-The .crulserFred eiick from Brest is
due at New York AprU 4. with units of
the 337th infantry, totaling 38 officers
and ' 1533 men, who1" will - go to Campo
Custer, Bowie, Dix; Lewis, Beauregard,
Pike and Sherman, , t ,
Transports Susquehanna, George
Washington and Venezia Bring
Detachments of Westerners.
.- By Walter t. Whittlesey '
New York, March 26. Oregon had a
place in the festivities over the welcome
of the Twenty-seventh division Tuesday
In New York and, with the other states,
through - the chairman . of the Orefcon
welcome commission, O. C. Letter, a huge
wreath with a ribbon bearing the name
Oregon" was displayed, on the steps of
the Astor library beneath the roll of
honor o? Ihe nation's dead in the war.
. The Susquehanna, ueorge Washington
and Venezia. troopships of great ca
pacity. ' arrived' Tuesday and had more
than 100 Oregon troops aboard. - There
were a few old 162d Infantrymen and
the following Oregonlans in the- Sevenr
teenth engineers, - who are' at Camp
Merrltt. New Jersey: '
Anderson Marthlnus.- Ortn Burger,
both of Portland, and William K. Irvin,
Estacada.' Wounded or ill, but convales
cing s and Improving and happy j with
al , to .be s this far home- were Cap
tain Earl " Harklns whose sister ' lives
In Bend ; Benjamin F, veacie. su Hel
ens;. Glenn Mack. Portland, and Lowell
A. Netherlands, Medford. .
Arriving aboard the George -Washing
ton were the following men from Or
egon, who are also In Brest convales
cent detachments : Frank Miller, - Cor
vallis ; Chester F. Link, Cable : conval
escent detachment 116,- Stanley Mathews,
Roseburg ; 135th machine gun battalion,
Reynolds W. O'Brien. Salem; casual
Cooclnded on Page rifteen. Column Fl)
COMMISSION GIVES
Only Seven Soldiers Take Advan
tage of Employment Ex-
4- periment. .
The experiment or doing . work on
force account In order . to 1 provide em
ployment for returning soldiers and sail
ors as tried by the state highway com-!
mission ha not been a success and the
commission ' today; decided - t-'abandoa
the grading funp established -last Feb
ruary in- Morrow county on tha ColUm
tola; river highway. , J ft-S2: s
It was planned to furnish employment
for men from 0 to 100. men who have
been, mustered out $f service, - but the
maximum number ' who accepted work
was only seven. At present nine men
are on the job and of these only three
are discharged soldiers. ------
The commission ordered that the pro
ject, which embraces eight miles, should
be turned over - to t the Porter-Connelly
company .which, has an adjoining con
tract. . , . w-- y,y:!-.'v-
This firm had filed a bid on the work
but, the bid was not accepted for the
reason that -the state wanted to do the
work on its own account to provide em
ployment, for soldiers and sailors. Today
the commission rescinded Its former ac
tion and awarded the contract to Por
ter and ; Connelly ' who are to do the
grading on a "cost plus ten per cent"
basis and the macadamizing at $2.75 a
cubic yard. This is 15 cents per cubic
yard less than the original bid.
In awarding the contract . the ' com
mission was not at fault. Commissioner
Booth approved In principle but he
thought ' that the . work should be re
advertised even though the Porter-Connelly
company was the lowest of the or
iginal bidders. . "' . .
Transport Pastores j
Is at Newport News
Newport Newa. Va-, March 86. (U. P.i
The transport Pastores, which' left
Bordeaux March 14, unloaded 450 cas
uals, seven officers, 11 nurses and 1218
sick and wounded today. : -
Oregonian Statement
On Delinquent Taxes
Is Silly Falsehood
The Oregontan says editorially this
morning that the law abolishing publica
tion of delinquent taxes,' adopted by the
people last November, does not apply to
Multnomah county. '- The statement la a
Silly falsehood.
There was no newspaper publication
of delinquent taxes In Multnomah county
this year and there will be none In fu
ture years, so long as the law enacted
by the people remains, on the statute
books. The reform effected by that law
la state-wide. , The burden of newspaper
publication ..has been lifted -from the
backs of delinquent taxpayers all over
Cegron. . . -,,. " y '
The Journal 'advocated the "enactment
of this law. The Oregonlan opposed - It.
The affirmative vote was 66.653 and the
negative vote was 4192. In ZS of the
36 counties of tho suce tlte meaure te
ceived an affirmative majority. If the
vote of : Multnomah county had . been
wholly eliminated the measure would
still have carried by a majority of 8727.
The voters of tHe state demonstrated
emphatlcf-lly their determination to do
laway with, delinquent tax publication.
V - Fart I Cestradlet Oregealaa
r The Oregonlaaays that the law -wn
"aimed at tho country press of Oregon."
Familiar facts contradict the statement.
For 20 years the voter of Oregon had
striven to rid themselves of the burden
of delinquent tax publication In 1 639.
three years before The Journal was ' hi
existence, the legislature. In response to
insistent popular demand, passed a law
abolishing publication, but the Oregontan
Austrian Workers 1 Announce
Readiness to Join Bolshevist
Move; Dictatorships in Force.
Former Head of ? Hungary Said
to Have" Been . Assassinated;
t Foreigners Are Being Interned.
COPENHAGEN, March 20. (U.
P.) The Czecho-Slovaks arc
'mobilizing an- army at Ostrau
lo0 miles north of Budapest),
to march against the. Hungarians,
a Vienna dispatch' reported today.
The army, will be commanded by
, the Italian general Plcconl.
London, March 20. (U. P.) A
news agenoy dispatch - from
Prague ; today said reports had
been received there that Count
Karolyi, former head of the Hun
garian government, had been as
sassinated. A dispatch to the Daily News
from Vienna said Karolyi had
been arrested by, the communists.
Basle, March 26. -V. P.) Csech
forces have occupied the important city
of Raab, on the Danube, only 67 miles
northwest of Budapest, according to a
Vienna dispatch to the Frankfurter Zci-
tung. - W.':- 'i.-;
The Red army ,1s being , formed in
Hungary to disarm the tourpeole, a
Budapest dispatch reported. Alexander
W'ekerle, , former Hungarian premier, is
said to have been arrested. All f oreljm
ers. including Austrian, are being in-
terned. ; - , . . -'.-'
The revolutionary government Is now
firmly' established. The workers council
is exercising proletariat dlctatoruhip
(Conolunl ea Vw FW, Column On)
Commerce Chamb er
Had Gained 300 New
Members Tip to Noon
Workers in the membership drive of
the .Portland Chamber of Commerce
completed the first half of their cam
paign at noon today when they gathered
at the Chamber of . Commerce dinlnic.
room to compare records and compile
their membership totals. The bg -part
of the drive remains before the com
mittee, which has on account of the lack
of workers,- decided to extend the drive
until Friday.
'-,. It was estimated at noon that over 300
members had been signed up by tho
volunteer workers." The flying squHl
ron went Into action this afternoon. THti
squadron 1s the clean-up crew and in
composed of experienced campaigners.
Many workers did not report, today,
being too busy In the outlying district.
The members of team No, 2, Captain W.
H.. Evans, - carried away the. prize by
obtaining 12 per cent of its prospect.
Friday when the smaller districts have
been cleaned up the workers in tnre
places will help round up prospects
downtown.-
Food for Germany
: Reaches Amsterdam
Amsterdam March 23. via Ixnrton,
March 26. (I. N. 8.) -The first consign
ment of American food for Germany-
7500 tone has just arrived here.
Induced Governor Geer to veto It. In
1907 a law was enacted acconiplifchinic
the reform an 1 for (our yean the tae
payers were freed from nfiwa pa per ad
vertising of delinquent tax lists. But
in 19U a bill restoring the ;pub'icatlo;t
system was smuggled througii the kg
islature In the closing hours of thj ses
sion and the taxpayers were :i'aii iarl
dled with ti e burden which th;y thought
had ben cast-off forever. The resorc
to the initiative eight years !ater flnal'y
enabled the voters of the state to have
their will.
. Big Kim Paid the Oregealaa
? Under the old system the Oregonlan
reaped huge profits. Its rk-hetit harvest
was in the late ' '80"s, when the whole
state was suffering from financial dis
tress. In 1899 the Oregonlan collected
from Multnomah county $30,071.24 for
advertising - delinquent taxpayers anil
for, the four years from 1897 to 1'jft
the county paid the Oregonlan a total of
150,758.94. '.Thounands of property own
ers were-unable to pay their taxes and
many were delinquent year after yar.
Many a . little home was lost becaf re
the owner was unable to, pay his tsxen
and the extortionate costs of publica
tion. - Frequently, when ! he tax w
small, the combined rake-off of the Ore
gonlan and the sheriff was eight or ten
times the amount of the original tax.
' The recollection of these facts ai
doubtless -one of the chief reasons iiy
the voters of Oregon voted sj decisively
for the abolition of delinquent tax a 1-vertlains-