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