ALLIES 10 ELP STE1 mm Polish and Roumanian Fronts to - Be United tto Prevent Merger of Russians With Hungarians. iv'i I-, "y- . - - Lenine , Sai - to Vdvise Attack on Vienna by Communist Army i Being Raised' in Hungary. By Floyd Mac Griff LONUON, Mirch 28. il. N, S. 'The Polihh and Roumanian fronts ' are to be Joined, with' .-" allied forcea-von the center, to . prevent a neJgor of the Russian I and Iliiiurariifn Bolshevik armies. it was evident today from the de-f velopment in Jhe east. -,r The Rouimiifans continue to aJ vjtnee in Galicia while the Czech troops- arc in action against Hungary. By Frank Jr Tayler - BerU j. March 27. (U P.) (Delayed.) -Premier Lenine has wirelessed the 'Hungarian soviet government urging that It send a Bolshevik army against Vienna, according to ia dispatch, re ceived from Budapcstl today. He is said to have promiucy to finance a Hungarian expedition sralnst Austria to, the extent of $20.000MmKt Discovering that Spartacans planned to - arm several thousand ,. B8lstans in Rethleben ' prison tomorrow. Americana rushed the prisoners aboard trains to night and are scattering them In other (Concluded on ! Fourteen, Column Five BLAST AT PROVING Several Soldiers Kinown to Have ' Been 'Killed In Explosion at Aberdeen, Md.. i Washington, March 28. (U, P.) With the ordnance - proving grounds at Aberdeen.- Md cut off from all wire com munication (this afternoon, -no accurate information regarding the number o't victims of the series 6f explostoas that took place there shortly after noon is available. t ti linAom that MAvprjil rlrtirH wre stirt m niimhor lnliird. - The explosion occurred: about noon at the trench warfare range. Details have not been obtained.- . -. -. - ? -' ' Units from the hospital force at Bal timore have been rushed to the scene. Ordnance officers from Washington have started - for Aberdeen. , Officers feared the explosion may have been serious owing to the large -amount of projectiles and ammunition In the vicin ity of the range. A large number of men were stationed there. - ? A telephone message from a mess house some distance from the scene of the explosion-to General Pierce, chief of ordnance, this afternoon, declared the explosion appeared to have taken", place In a trench mortar battery which was somewhat "Isolated. . Direct communication with the prov ing grounds, however, is down, and the war department has been unable to fret further details. The first explosion,- which did little damage, occurred at 12:05 p. m. It was followed at 12:15 by a much larger ex plosion that brought a rain of iron and steel down on the v barracks, the new administration building, mess . hall and post exchange. The railroad station was also damaged. The last explos'on, which eame at 12:35. was not so severe, - All three blowups occurred on the trench warfare range, some distance from the main firing range The victims of the accident were In the mesa hall at dinner. There were few men on the range. f Miny'" soldiers were reported as in jured while running ' away from the grounds by being run down by motor trucks. . ' . ' The fact that the second explosion : occurred ten minutes after the .first gave hundreds of men-an opportunity to get j out of the danger xone. Four powder magazines blew up at the second ex plosion. : , . The mess hall, more than two miles from the explosions, was wrecked, many shells coining through the roof. GERMANY ; ; WITHIN u-.' ' Two highly informing articles fin-next Sunday's Journal, sertirrji forth r conditions within Ger- V XSermany'a Moral Bankruptcy , By ' Frank H. Simonds. cele brated war analylsW who now is in Paris. Guerrilla Warfare in Berlin By Ben Hecht, staff correspond ent of The Journal and the Chi- ' cago Daily. News. , . x" . , I Next v Sunday. " GROUNDS IS-FATAM -t?.;.i' : : , Lenine Living m Utmost Luxury In Moscow Villa Dinners, Balls and Fetes Given by. Russian1 Dictator Are Most Magnificent. London, March 28. (I. N. S. Nico lal Lenine. the Bolshevik premier of Russia, has taken possession, of ' the Villa Ostroumof, In a fashionable Mos cow street, which he has converted info a fortress, according to a wire less -press dispatch from Berne today. This description of Lenine's :. life has just been secured at Berne from a Russian refugee. , ... ' Lenine gives magnificent dinners,en tertalnments, balls -and fetes of all kinds. The luxury displayed at the headquarters of Bolshevism surpasses description. ; ' At every meal a military ' band Is in attendance to amuse the dictator's guests. frequently j he" ' commands actresses and dancers - to attend and give, free ' performances, for himself and his friends. ; : Lenine Is closely guarded by a' spe cial bodyguard of soldiers. Some of these are Chinese, some are . fctta and others are former seamen in the navy. This bodyguard protects Lenine from - his enemies and each, section of the -bodyguard protecta him - from the others; the Chinese from Jthex Letts, the Letts from the Chinese' and the sea men from both. ' - , ' Lenine only leaves the ; security ' of his ' luxurious retreat In : an armored motor car with armed guards as , an escort. - - ' His villa is fortified to withstand at tacks and la well equipped with ma chine guns and artillery.;,. ;, Sutv Ukrainians Crucified . London. March ,28. ill N. 8.) Misa Maud Miller, who has Jusi arrived here from Russia, where She was em ployed by' a wealthy family as 'gov erness. ' told a representative of the Dally Express tod.y that she had seen Bolshevik soldiers crucify:: more than a score of . Ukrainian f officers. The Ukrainians had been captured from General Korniloffs' army and 1 were then nailed to trees. Louise, Fryant Gets 'Permission to . Talk In the Aiaditoriuni Louise Bryknt was granted permission by hlty council this morning to speak at- The: AHditoTiunf" tn -Wednesday eve hlng. April z. Tlie action was taken after a request from the Central Labor council had been presented, asking that Miss Bryant be permitted to speak. t. - K. J. Stack, C. A. jStrickland and . JL VI Kidney-appeared before the council to ask., for the use of .The. Auditorium. They - pointed out that " Miss Bryant'a lectures .had been educational. 'that she had not maligned the United States nor preached revolution and that the right of free, speech would be abridged If the requestere refused. A. letter written by Miss vBryapt stated that she is " an American pitiaen, that she former!?' resided In. ortland. that she would sub mit a cot I. of her speech to the council and that she would talk only on Rus sian conditions. , ? In defense of her Americanism. Miss Bryant told of writing - aseries of . ar ticles f or ithe Morning pregonian. Aero Squadrons on Way to New York " Many Portland and Oregon men are in aero squadrons 30, 31 and 33 which are due to land in New York on April 2 f These units were among- the first eight of their kind to land in France and they have seen .a great deal of service. They left Bordeaux on March 18. : " American, Embassy in Berlin Again, Being Used by By Alfred G. Aadersfc , Berlin, March Se.-T-tl.' N. S.) (De layed.) -The American embassy on Vil helmplata. which has lain Idle since for mer Ambassador Gerard'sdeparture two years ago, is once more bustling with ac tivity. ' . Through the corridors . ring' cheerful American voices and the walls reverber ate with the busy clicking of American typewriters. : Up and down the stairs and between the offices hurry sturdy young messengers, all wearing the drab J of Uncle Sam's doughboys.- 5i Before a huge desk In Mr. Gerard's private office aits a burly9flgure in the blue of the United 1 States navy. The wearer of this uniform Is Captain Walter R. Ghlrardi. U. S. N. .: Captain -Ohirardi, by the way, Is no stranger around .Berlin, nor the Amer ican embassy, for during the Gerard regime he was the American naval at tache. It is this former Berlin experi ence that accounts for his return to the German capital. t . , - Germany Being Investigate ; 1 Captain Ghlrardi is of the quiet, smil ing type of American, and especially quiet in the presence of newspaper men. He talks readily of the high cost of liv ing, the low quality -of German food and the weather. But any -allusion to his business In Berlin draws Mn variably the answer : "t cannot be interviewed." ' A- ray of light Is shed, on the mystery surrounding Captain .Ghlrardl's mission in Germany through an interview given the Muenchener Augsburger Abend Zei tung, at Munich by Professor Harry H. Field, who la understood to be identified with the . Ghlrardi party. Field was quoted as saying: 1 - The purpose of my visit is to ascer tain If the " liberation from "hurrah patriotism" la genuine ; . to find out If I1EG0 County Managers ; and Members of State Executive Committee 4 Attend "Kickoff Meeting. Plea Is Made by State Manager for Cooperation in Maintaining Previous Record of Oregon. "piIE Victory loan in Oregon X Probable auota KJO.000.000 to 136,000,000. Five year notes instead of, bonds. Rate: 3.75 for tax excmpl notes, 4.75 for non-exempt notes. Campaign dates, April 21 to 'May 10V Oregon's Victory, , loan drive was launched with determination and enthus iasm at the conference of county Lib erty loan Managers 'and the - executive committee in the MuRnomah hotel this morning. Above are the campaign facts and guesses presented to the conference by Kdward Cookingham, executive chair man. A. L. Mills, member of the state executive committee, and Robert; K. Smith, executive manager for Oregon. "Finish 'the Job" was the keynote ex pression used by Mr. Cookingham in call ing the meeting to order. Admitting that the Victory loan imposes upon Oregon an arduous task, he quoted the old -French saying, "If it is possible, it is done ; if it is impossible, wa will do It." -"In the future;" concluded Mr. Cook ingham. "if we don't put the loan over we will either have to ignore the subject J or lie about it. ,But we. will do it." "If every man would do' his level best and dig bard," Bald Mr. Mills, "Oregon will retain her. place In the galaxy of states. This ' means .that - Oregon will come through the end of the war, having been first overate every drive. y . Mr,, Mills.. based ftls estimates of Joan rates and probable quota on conferences ia wh'ch h was a artlcloa nt recently at WasbrHgtortji i?2mitteStfH. iar3 secretary of the treasury. The -tax ex emption feature , Of 'the 3.75 per .cent notes, lie said, Is expected to appeal to large investors, while 4he greater -rata of, the 4.7S notes and the probability of their market ability- at par, ia expected to appeal to smaller investors. From & general-Investment viewpoint the is sue is expected to be popular. - , .' Prospect of a": stiff contest between Portland and 'the state outside the dty was shown In the remarks of Emery Olmstead. chairman of the Portland Concluded 'on 'Pace 'Twrtitj--one. Cotama Six) Train Robbers Get Away, With" $6000 : Memphis. Tenn., March 28. (I. N. S.) -Deputy sheriffs . were organising a man hunt-today for three train robbers who Thursday night held up Frlsco pas senger train No. 801 from St, Louis, about two miles west of Bridge Junction, Ark., and, after compelling the express messenger to open the safe in the bag gage car, escaped with $6000. The ban dits forced Engineer - McCarthy to un couple ithe engine and baggage car from the passenger coaches and drive them about a mile down the track so passen gers would ; not "interfere with us.! Germany has really been delivered from militarism, or if there . is titill a rem nant of it awaiting an opportunity to raise Its head. ;- -, jt .. - ,,., i. -,5 i, "I am also investigating whether the German people have any share in the responsibility for the war or were vic tims of the old military regime. Amer ica has no Intention of trampling 'Ger many under foot," 6ermaa Story Called 'False - ' . Members of the Ghlrardi mission have been dispatched to the four corners of Germany to collect material, for reports to ' the ' American - - peace ' delegates ' at Paris. There is good reason to believe furthermore that the , German ( food situation figures prominently in these reports. - .'. ; . - y -r,-: ' Captain' Ghlrardi himself makes occa sional whirlwind trips to Paria and American army couriers are .constantly moving- between the French and ; Ger man capitals. But they are as uncom municative as their chief. . Recently the' Taeglische Rundschku printed a story purporting to be a re production of statements made - by ( a member of Captain Ghlrardl's party 'to German officials, setting forth that the mission haC come to investigate the degree of penitence manifested . by the German pet pie aad voicing the opinion that,, with dancing cafe and merriment very much in evidenceany manifesta tion of penitence could not be -very deep ly felt. r - ' - - '. t ! An Amei lean''- - correspondent called Captain Ghlrardi 'upon the telephone to protest against discrimination ' in. giv ing out Inf crmatlon. The American of ficial then authorised denial of the im puted statements. 3 The entire staff was "called upon the carpet" and "each pro-, rested his Innocence. Captain Ghlrardi then gave a statement to thLokal Arr xelger branding ti Taeglische Runds chau Etoryas false, - - - - Americans Ladd & Tilton's OldBankBuilding Sold in Exchange Apartment House Site at 19th and Everett anti $15,70 Included in Deaf. The old Ladd & Tilton bank building at the southwest 'corner of First ,and I Stark Ktrffl ha hMn mirrhaned bv the I American Realty company of Portland from Mrs. Caroline Alisky of San Fran cisco. Negotiations for the sale were completed Thursday night, W. W. Jor dan of the F. K. Taylor - Realty com pany -representing the - purchasers- and Fred K. Taylor of , the same company acting for Mrs. Alisky. v, - i ; Consideration consisted of 815.750 in cash and the southeast 100 by 100 foot corner of Nineteenth and Everett streets, clear of incumbrance. .This is consid ered one of the best . apartment house properties in the city. What disposition will be made of it by Mr. Alisky has not . been determined, according to - her son, Charles W. Alisky of Ban Fran cisco, who la in Portland today, f - The Ladd ' A- Tilton Bank building Via entirely ,; under lease, the Link Bolt company - occupying " the -ground- floor, the A ready Press the second floor , and the E. L. -E. ; White ; company the small store facing on ' Stark- street. This building was erected in .1868 and was at that time considered one of the finest banking buildings on the Pacific cast. The ; ornamental iron work of the exterior and : the interior fixtures were brought by steamship around the Horn. The Ladd V Tilton bank occupied the praises until 1911. wjen they moved to xhelr present cation in the Spauldlng building; ;i The American Realty company-. . are large holders- Of Portland . real estate. Among their properties are" ' the American apartment house on Johnson street and the Marlborough apartment house on Flanders street. A. H. Devers of Clossett & Devers, is president of -the company, and H. Daniels secretary. TANKDWiE; Accident Occurs at Yard of . the Columbia River Shipbuilding ' Corporation, ; A ii.f'if'! ,a . ri '--"L J ?.'r i;Xvdeea?woiBea'Wre iajared, sev, era! "of t&em erloly,waea a taak ia the .bottom of a boat exploded shortly after S o'clock this afters oo a, at the Co larabla River Shlpbulldlsg eoraoratloa. The taak is theaght to have been filled with gaa -, . . Holomen Parker,.-188 First street! 8. B.vGrecs, 144 'Alberta - street - Frank Farmer and James Forsetb were serl oasly burned : aboat "their ' heads, and faces and were taken "to the Sellweed hospital. "..".':.-;''. Socialist Labor Party of America Listed as One of Allies : ;5 of Reds. " By Harry Hansen Special Cable to The Joaraal and The Chicago Daily New. (Copyrisht, 1919. by Chicno Daily News Co.) Paris. March 28. The full text of the appeal issued by the Russian Bol shevik! :' for the foundation of an - in ternational communist, movement, to In stitute Bolshevism throughout ; the vorld, has come to my hands. It is dated at Moscow, January 24, .and is the latest. document, we possess' re garding the - Russian foreign : policy. Under the heading of "Aims and Tac tics" the appeal says: , , "The capitalistic system haa broken down throughout the -world. '. Therefore the proletariat, consisting of the .work ing classes ' and, ' in certain eases, ' the poorer . classes . of : peasants, should else -the government, install sovlets, exercise a dictatorship, expropriate capital, suppress .the. right of private property. socialise the banks, industry and agriculture of the country jand monopolise big businesses. To this end the middle class and its agents should be completely, --disarmed -and : all ; the members - of the proletariat. . without exception, should - be . given arms- 'The proletariat t of all ' nations should1 be united for revolution, even to the point .(Oonelodad on Pas Two. Column. .Two) Former Austrian -I -i V Emperor FleesFrom Castle After Attack Geneva.' March 28. (L N. S.) Fear ing assassination, the former t emperor and.; empress of Austria, who are now living in Switzerland, have fled from the. castle, they were occupying in uhe eastern part of the country to Warteau, following an attack upon the c&stle by a -band of bandits. : ; . ..- . - , t 4 London, Marcb 28. L N. S.) BilU have . been submitted ? by the ' Socialist government at Vienna formally depos ing the Hapsburgs andT abolishing i all titles, said; an Exchange Telegraph ills patch from" that city today. . " 3eneva, March 28.-ti. Nv. S.)f-Former Emperor Charles of Austria has refused to-abdictate and renounced his declara tion of I November It because,- he - was compelled-to make it u ader pressure Of the, threat ',that, his;" castle would fee Htorpred and through false promises, the Vienna Reischspost stated today, "" MANY NURED TEXT OF BOLSHEVIK APPEAL GIVEN OUT ran OF KAISER BEMLEO Count Czernin's Papers Show - WilhelmJ Discussing Wars and Revolutions; America Feared. ' 1 1 ' 1 1 ' ' : ' ' -- While Making Friendly Overtures to , President Boosevelt, He Was Secretly Planning to Fight. By A. R. Seeker Special Cabte to Tha Jooraal and Tt Chleace Daily Nw Copynght, 1919. in thaTJnited State and Eurv " peas roontrirt by the rhj.Tim Daily Neva Co. All rifhta rewrred, includmi! tniwlatioM into forcisn linruco. - - PRAGUE, Bohemia,; via Paris, March 28.Ths t private' pa-. 'P'ers of Count Czcrnin. give a ! oiQst amazing disclosure regard . ing the death c-.the head of Ihe general staff of Ihe Germau army. ' Count von; riaifen-Haesler; 'rdni , apoplexy, .while dancing . in w-omen clothing. " Intimate dis- . closures ouch as these, as well ' as. the revelations . of court life V given n thrjie papers, show how truly the"-German aristocratic , caste made foo's. of tho-"heople. Stories of the excesses of other , royal courts, as well as abuse of power by . the men into whose . hands . had Leeu given the desti nies of thou3ds, are . repeated ;in the evidence given- in these papers- The followfng extract from the diary recounts" the events of-a visit by Count Czernin to Donaueschingen in May; 1908. when the kaiser had lust giv en. to-, the London Telegraph his- cele brated interview on Germany's wanting place in.tb 'nun and otr-the German navy. .This' interview precipitated a acandal. Von Buelow, then imperial -CCtmeiooad m Pe gevaataea. Colotnn TH PRUSSIAN ROYALTY Kaiser and Entire Family Will Be f Required to Pay Share in f ''. ' : Cold Cash. . , , - By Alfred O. Andersen Berlin March 28.--(L N. S,) The for mer kaiser and his entire family are to be called upon to pay their share of the war, cost in cold xyash- This is the sum and substance of a decision of the Prus sian government, according to the inter pretation put upon It today. - , The decision revokes r the exemption from taxation hitherto enjoyed by mem bers of the Prussian royal .family; and their . immediate relatives of the Han overian 'family, the electoral house of Hesse and the former reigning house of Nassau. The clauses relating to Han over and i Hesse-Nassau' are aimed at members "of the HohenzOUera family, who became . nonresidents of Prussia through -Intermarriage. - . . ; Lest the former . kaiser and the ex crown prince escape their taxes .through exile' in 'Holland, the authors of the de cision cunningly inserted the provisions that "also the members or the royal house residing abroad are subject to tax ation in Pruaaia." ; .- Furthermore, they are taxable not only for the current year, but will he required to pay taxes for several years back, starting backward from January 1. 1919. The exact period of retroaction has not yet been determined. , The royal contributions to the Prussian treasury are to be collected in Berlin and Potsdam, according to the' decision. Mrs. Carrie Catt; Made Chairman of : Leaguelof Women !et. Louis, March' Mt N. a) Mrs. Carrie Chapman , Catt, president of. the National American Woman, Suffrage as sociation,, was selected as temporary chairman of .the League of Women Vot ers at an organisation meeting held at the ' Hotel r Statter today . in, connection with the Jubilee .convention of the Na tional;, association. .Mrs. Katherlne Pierce' of , Oklahoma,' chairman of the suffragists , of that . state, ; was 'named temporary secretary,! i. . ; ' :.- , Following the election- of the tem porary officers, the league voted to ad mit delegates of all states having- presi dential suffrage to representation In the league. . It had been previously decided to admit only those having full suffrage. 'SilverTIiaw' Has : : Struck New York New -York. March 28. (I. N.S.) New fork's mlUidna skated and skidded to work .today. A. cold ..wave turned rain into'' snow and aleet early today and by daybreak the ; entire city -was . covered with; a coating of ice. Traffic, on ome surface an elevated lines was suspend ed for awhile. " There were numerous ac cidents, due to a high 'wind.-;. A.-' woman blown into the Harlem river was rescued by-a-policeman, - .- .r . -.-- MUST PAY WAR TAX Disarmament Is -Essential, S ays British Premier League of Nations if It Is to Be No More Than IJew Piete of International Organization," Says Lloyd 'George in Signed Message ONDON, March 28. (I. N. S.) A plea for d isarmament as one of the essential conditions to the stfecess of the Leamie of Nations is made bv Premier Llovd Georire in a messan- which will be printed in the League of Nations edition of the Man chester Guardian tomorrow. - " y , The message says : . The.League of Nations will prove fruitless if It is to be no more than a new piece of international organisa tion. Whatmatters it that the units which make up this organisation shall be inspired by a real determin ation to work in close harmony for the betterment of liberty and man kind? ; . , . . America and Oreat Britain. ;who have taken such a leading and hon orable part in promoting their ben eflcient scheme, must give practical demonstration of their belief in It.' Disarmament is an essential condi tion to its success. " ,. , We cannot expect nations ravaged by war to trust their desolated land . .to the protection of the league if -its advocates hesitate to show any con fidence themselves In its guardian ship. 'To set up a society of powers to Insure fraternity among the peo ples of 4he earth, while at the same time armies and navies are being in creased to insure effective fratricide RECOGNITION BY U. S. IS SOUGHT Lenine .and Trotsky Deported to Have Sent Note V Behalf ; ? , of Soviet. - Paria, March t9(C P.) The Eehe de .Paris saidrteday It,taraaored that Premier Lenine and War. Minister Tret ky have seat a note to the United States asking that country to recognise the Bmslan Bolshevik government. Chicago. March 28. (U. P.) A de mand that - the - United States govern ment .. recognise the LenJne-Trotsky soviet government of Russia was made by the executive committee of the new Chicago Labor party today. ' In' 'resolutions "the ' party '; officials asked that troops' be withdrawn from Russia as soon as physical "conditions permit and that this be . followed im mediately by establishment of com mercial relations with Russia. "We further ask that diplomatic and other "accredited agents of the soviet government be ! received, said ' the resolution, "and ask early, dispatch.. In cooperation ; with, the 'soviet, govern ment, of food and clothing .and neces sary Industrial ; and agricultural ma chinery for sale or for' free distribu tion.' , . , - t . - . V" : The committee met Immediately on re ceipt of t news that the Russian , soviet government again had asked recognition. "Whereas, the great people of Russia are. struggling with the hardest -problem a. nation haa ever, faced, the resolution read.i" ; we see with wonder1 a spectacle ot nations calling themselves democracies picking . up their weapons and trying to destroy, that, young- faith with arms and lies and starvation. ? Excuse for an eastern front disap peared with the armistice, the resolution declared, and the duty of chasing Ger mans out of Russia cisappeared at the same time. . ' ' ; The resolution asks that the United States (persuade the allies, under threat If necessary, of "complete disaasociation from : their plans," to withdraw all troops and admit. Russian delegates to the-peace conference. These thing are asked, the resolutions state, "for the Russian revolution and the starving peo ple of Russia." but even more for . the "righting of an intolerable wrong that no man in this war shall have - died for empty words." , , --,,;..- --4 Copies of the resolution were-ordered sent to Illinois senators and congressmen and to the department of state. ' . .'i . , Booth Aees to Kemain Until 1919 Contracts Are Let - -Salem. March 28. Highway Commis sioner R. A Booth will remain a mem ber of the state road body, at least until contracts for the present, year are let, This- information was given out follow ing, a conference between Commissioner Booth -and Governor Olcott this morning.- ' Governor Olcott's ; statement fol lows: ' - . r - - " Hlghway Commissioner Booth stated that he will remain on the commission until the contracts covering this - year's- operations are let. Beyond that It- is indefinite." - ' - - . : -rO ' r ; Explosion of Cargo' 'Of-Napth Kills 70 - Rome, March 21 (I. N.! S.) Seventy persons were- killed and many injured when the - packet Splrldionne, . loaded With tiaptha and carrying 25s soldiers and 29 of fleers,, blew up in the- harbor of Venice today, y The packet was bound for I'ola. - - .'. y ... Will Prove Fruitless is to make a mockery of a great Ideal. Nations must not let themselves be lieve that, having drawn up the con stitution of the League of Nations ', on paper, the peace of the world has been, made secure. If they allow themselves to be misled by this pol icy they will only.be reawakened by . a new war. .They have now to see to It that the League of Nations be . made an effective instrument for the solution of every international prob- lem by their own reading of its terms . and make sacrifices themselves - In its behalf. All our hopes are to keep the world from a repetition of. the r unfathomable cataclysm of 1914 and , center ourselves on working . out a. . practical means whereby tha nations of : the earth - can conduct the com mon affairs of the world with friend-i. ly . cooperation, instead of in Jealous rivalry. A. .-.v.'.-a i-rr--' The league represents the greatest attempt ever: made to substitute reason and Justice for force and Jn trlgue as the governing principle in international relations. , ASTORIA HOPEFUL -FOR NAVAL BASE Visiting Congressmen Encourage Belief Apprp'priations WtlTV 1 : 'Be Made.' -4: - : ' ; By tart C'. Brswsle Altflria. Warrh 3 .'T)n)w n ,i,t. piece of ice separates the United States treasury from a great naval base some where . irt Oregon : With; that state ment from Representative' : William J. Oliver of New Jersey as symbolic of in spiration, the ambitious city . of Astoria, lit years old' naxt. mnnth nnwl. youth of great . vigor and promise in piaying- -up 10 ne memters ot the house naval affairs -committee here to inspect the ..Tongue Point site for the proposed naval -base." r Through the port commission and the Chamber of Commerce, Astoria present ed her case to thj 'congressmen and ex acted a manifestation of Interested good will that speaks well for the future of the mouth of the Columbia in the belief of those studying the sentiment the 4rip is creating among the visitors. Aboard the United States lightship Mansanlta. the, naval committee.' Portland visitors and Astoria citizens ateamed around Tongue Point this -morning, made sound ings in the channel and showed why this is an advisable site for a major naval base. , , .Following the inspection the visitors saw the fine new .Port of Astoria grain elevator; and at noon were, lunched as (Coneloded on Paga Twenty -on. Cot. Sevan f Jury Disagrees! in ? Case of Undertaker : Accnedt 6f iTrauds , Seattle. March 28. (L N. S.) After deliberating 18 hours, the Jury In the case of O. M. Butterworth, Seattle .un dertaker, charged ; with ; profiteering in coffins furnished the sailor dead of the Thirteenth naval district, disagreed and was discharged by Judge Jeremiah Neterer, .In the United. States district court here early today. : The case will probably be retried in the May, term of the district court. :p . Butterworth was charged With having used the malls to defraud relatives of sailors and - marines who -died in the service by obtaining additional sums for services he was expected to perform under a contract with -the government. La Grande Unit Due "We are slated as the tenth division due- to sail In April," writes Roy B. Curry from Bad Neuenahr, Germany, where he Is a sergeant In the l7th field hospital, lit sanitary train. Forty-second tRalnbow) division.- The 88. mem bers of his company are Union county boys, many ' of them, being high School beys of La Grande, and: are . Oregon's contribution to the Rainbow division- The field hospital unit was recruited in La Grande early after the declaration of war, and left there July 1. l17. for Camp Withycorabe at -Clackamas. From there the boys were sent to Camp Mills and left for Franca la Septembers In a letter to hi father,, Fred T. Curry, of La Grande, Sergeant Curry says i The dope Is now that we :will leave the latter part ot April, - A memorandum came through the other day which gave the order in which the division would " J -- : Gonvoy From Europe -' .. i i i i . FR1CE1 Hill hin-njni'Q.v u b h;,l, Clemenceau Ref uses to Yield in .. Request for Saare Basin and Payment of $38,000,000,000. Wilson and Premier Orlando Are Opposed to Granting Demands in Full) Huns Still Menacing. Uy John Ed win Nevln PARIS, March 28. (1. K SO ; The; real crisis of . the big four negotiations was reached to day J .with .V the consideration of Frane! lerritorlaX and financial demands from Germany. Premier Clemenceau is rrcsslng four points: 1. nebtit'itlon of j Alsace-Lor-.raine. " 2. The ceding tc Franco of the - entire Saare bain, whose mineral wealth and - natural resources,- It Is claimed, youId offset the de struction of, m'.ieral resources In Northern France. t 3.' Cornplcta ' military neutrall tation -of the left bani of the. -Rhine lo that "not a'bingle Gcr- r man soldier' will' bo seen there l again," ".. k.t A money payment In exccj of 138,000.000,000. President .Wilson, Premier Lloyd George and ; Premier Orlando are oppos ing the second and fourth, of these de mands. The character of these demands is so strong that it is feared, if Oer- .many,' refuses to sign the tteatyT- the Other central powers. win xoiiow her ex anrple, bringing about ' a situation of added seriousness,. ;--, . .It -Is understood that Premier Clem enceau has remained obdurate so far. JW ' " ' i iii . -' I', hi ' ,n ii. ' n (Concluded on fir Two, Column Tlire) Belated Votes in The Journal's Plebiscite . on ? League of .-: V, Nations 'Are Counted. : Vor a Leagns ef Nations...... ...88,007 Against a Leagne of Nation.,.., us. Although The Journal's plebiscite on the League of Nations closed last Satur day, belated ballots continue to come In. AH, are. counted and filed and the figures above present the totals to date. . This demonstration of the sentiment of Oregon voters has attracted wide spread Interest and comment. Mary newspapers in the east and middle west are now Inviting expression of the views of their readers and the results show beyond question that the vast majority pf the American people are earnestly in sympathy with 'the efforts to create a League of Nations on the lines proposed by President Wilson and ex-President Taft ' V.- . . - i dTi Boyd Goes East To Consider Offer . Dr.; John H. Boyd.' pastor of Ihe First Presbyterian church, is now on his way to Chicago, k It is understood that he is making the trip to look over the field , offeied him at McCormlck- Theolosrlcal seminary several weeks ago. Dr. Boyd was elected professor of Ifomlletfcs. Dr. Boyd wilt be absent from his pulpit for one. Sunday, When he returns it is believed he ; will make a public an nouncement as to his future plans. The session of First Presbyterian church Is striving to keep their pastor, .Sunday morning Rev. Boudlnot Seeley will fill the- pulpit. . ,' ' : Hospital for Ear leave, and the Rainbow was tenth on the list, due; to Ball In April. We are close to transportation (down the Rhine) and some think thatwe may leave be fore the slated time. They can't make it-any foo soon for me. I'm ready now for that matter. ? " ; W have been under, shell . fire at several pi acesv We were In the battle befora Chalonson on the 15th, 16th anl l7th.of uly JaaC . The .Rainbow dlvis ion was the only American division lu that fight. We count that battle th turning point in the war. It meant th. breaking down of the fifth German of fensive of the year and the German re treat started at that point. It made thi reduction of the Chateau-Thierry salient possible. We operated ' fl a ira4 hoxnital (Concluded ea Pit 8tco. Column b 28,00?; FOR LEAGUE AND 173 AGAINST IT ly