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TtPPIC 'fir BASIS OF MfOlilTS BEIIED President Wilson Insists Position of U nited States Is the Same . As When'Nation Entered War. Lloyd George Defers Scheduled Speech to Correspondents to Hour After Meeting President. By Lowell Mellelt PARIS. April 8. (U, P.) Pre mier Lloyd George, entirely recovered from his cold, will con fer with President -Wilson at 3 'o'clock i this afternoon, , In : order to make the appoint ment, the preri'.cr suddenly dc ferrod his scheduled speech to - correspondents from-3 to 6 p. m- . This!, Incident wa regarded as deeply ! significant, in view" of speculation as to whether his speech vill reveal ' any alignment"; ; with . the president or otherwise. J The .reparations committee Monday nlg.it reached an agree- ment, oh the principal points of the Indemnities problem it was 'smi-officlally announced - today.. Among the joints agreed to were the amount of Initial cash pay- be made- in the treaty of the total; .amoUnl of .reparation." , '.-' (Ctrritht. 1919, lBtmMoo'l Srca) Paris. April S (I. Nv S.) Th Inter national ' News Service In today able to present the exact positron of "itTslertea .tl, .the peace conference round table in Parts. This Information is secured through an unmistakable official chan nel close to . President .Wilson' and re peals in advance the cist of any state ment the president may give .outlining the attitude', of himself . and his col leagues on the American delegation. It la this: . . "Let ' the people read the original 14 points presented by the president in conjunction with the original armistice terms presented ol. the central powers (Concluded en Pace OTftaea.. Column One) BDLSHEV1KI CLAIM 12-MILE ADVANCE , Capture of Several Fortified j Positions in Peleatsek Region- Is Claimed,- ' . London, April b (I. N. 8.)Tse Brit Kk gOTeramest today Issued as appeal for Yolasteert for the Rottlan relief cx petition. ' , -': 'i,i'"-f V,", vy ' London, April S. U. P.) The Bolshe-, vikl official communique, received from Moscow today, claimed an advance of 13 miles in the Archangel region. , "On the Archangel front ' fighting oc curred near Tcherlsef ikoe," ' the state ment said. "In the region of Peltatsek we advanced 12 miles, capturing several fortified enemy positions, .West of Obo- , serskoe, enemy attacks against Oxerki were frustrated," J:: - The aituaUon in Northern; Russia, will be taken up in the house of commons this morning on motion demndlng wlthdr'vat ;; f, British troops. Immedi ate peace with Russia end : raising' of t Andrew Bontr. ' Law,,'; spokesman for ' ,the . goverm. ent, is . expected to make a statement. The Daily Herald says it learns that -MIef of the Archangel forces is impossible before June. Joint session of the trades union ' congress and labor' party . committees w as to decide today on the British workers' policy regarding conscription 'and Russia. ; '.'': ,. -. -' - i Another of flclat statement from Mos cow received by wireless today said : "Regarding Cecil Harmsworth's state- ment in the house of commons recently that the number of men, ' women and -children murdered by the Bolshevik! Is Very great,' we regret that he makes himself the mouthpiece for such ridicul- ; oua rumors. The facts are that since, the soriets have been in power the num ber of executions in the whole of soviet , Russia amounts to 1300, the majority ' of which jeere ordinary bandits and rob. fc hers.", V :rf- .. -' f- . ',' a . '.: ri''Vj-:- -No jDamage Done by Frost Monday; Said - '' "' ..." : Messagea received by General Freight v Agent H. A. Hinshaw of the Southern Pacific lines from Southern Oregon In . rticate that no trouble had resulted from i the heavy frosts which prevailed all over . the state Monday morning. ., Fruit trees were . not far enough in blossom to be injured and if they escaped the heavier frost of this morning little damage, will result. , - v - . . Prospects .Bright; in yictoTry. Loan Four Counties Can See Quota Filled Thousands VISTA HOUSE SUIT Judge Stapleton Rules; That De cision of Commissioners " Can't Be Questioned; . Decision was handed" down.. today by Presiding; Judge Stapleton ' of the cir cuit court this hjofnlng" stistauilngHhe demurrer to the action brought by Nora Withrow against the county commission era, roadmaster, contractors and Jl con cerned 'in the authorization and ' con struction of the Vista- House.. The action of the court has the effect of dismissing thS SUit . Jt .- fe.j,.;. i- ' .w" The suit, was brought on behalf 'of the taxpayers, of Multnomah 'county-to de clare . voia all contracts made by the county: commissioners tof the erection of the Vista House and to return the money to the cpuivty. The structure was begun December 29,' 19K,' finished May 1.191S, and cost $99,148.05. vv ... , ,1 . t,.. .., ' The complaint was based on vths con struction of the use of the words "neces sary buildings;" According to the state law the county commissioners are au thorised to erect and keep in repair the courthouse. Jails and other necessary buildings.- - . Judge Stapleton heldtthat the necessity for a.-building war a matter to be de termined by the commissioners alone and that their action in this determination if in good faith and without fraud would not be disturbed .by the court. "This ' court has no Tight," said 'the judge, to putT its judgment against that of the three .commissioners who have passed on' the necessity of such a build ing as the Vista House!". :. - Officials Take Up Subject :of Paving East Seventeenth In an effort tp save money to the county in the pavement of.Kaat Seven teenth street, city and county officials lield a conference this morning to dis cuss the possibility of the city's doing the work for the county. , The city has offered to pave the thor oughfare at an approximate cost of 75 cents per square yaHU whereas the bid of i :: warren T Construction ' company amounted to $1.51 per square yard, it Is stated. No decision has been reached. East Seventeenth street . Is .one of ..the thoroughfares . the. .county: offered to maintain as . a county road because it is a. malp . artery- leading to. another county. .... ( s rv. . -u. - v ' V I f- ' Member, of . 'Oregon' ; ;'. ' ', : . , National . . - - - - 1 ' ' ' . '-, ' Guard'';-. ; '. ": .vV . 1 " A . - . J ' -r - vj ' . - : - Victory- ... : H j - . ? - - -Fosters.- '"-:'Vy- ;i -''s 1' , ." "Warreit-Smith-- - 'v ' - " . j i - " (holding pbsttt) . V V'r x, j Robert MUler. . . Lv, '. J ' . . '-'s x, l'-fStx. -i,--V i;"sf'-4 V 11111 I VM VVfV (Union, Wasco, Sherman and Coos UUUIII UIUIIIIUULU Inquiring About Circus : ' ' J Union, Wasco; Sherman and Coos - Counties Say They Will Be , v. QverTop First Day.5' Four counties have declared their in tention to go over the top in the Victory Liberty - loan '' drive, not only the : first flay, but by f) o'clock in the morning of the initial ida1y of the campaign. ,c;This prediction is sent to state headquarters from Union, Wasco, Sherman and Coos counties. ' .a .s " ,: . ' . . : ' i while these'are not the. most, wealthy counties in Oregon, they are in a Jiighly prosperous-condition and are being well organised by their respective county managers. ;' - r--f : : - v Union t county, which has rbeen. on a war chest basis and .made a record In the war work drives last year, has beeri intensely organised for the Victory loan campaign, and K. E. Kiddle, the county manager, is confident that his county will be first to report 100 . per centT Sherman, and Wasco counties, with their wheat .and sheep,' are well supplied with finances, and as there is friendly rivalry between these counties on every thing from building highways - to sell ing bonds, ; W. If. Ragsdale of Sherman, and J. C. Hostetter of - Wasco are anf nouncing that within srt hour of the opening, of the drive their respective counties will have subscribed the quotas; Jn previous Liberty loan campaigns Coos county has always held a banner place, Invariably oversubscribing two of more times its quota.-'. The departure of the spruce forces from Coos county will not prevent the county from buying its full share and County Manager Borsey Kreltzer sent word that it win ga over the top the morning of April 21. Throughout the eastern part: of vthe state the; situation is particularly grati fying, according to a wire received from C. A. Malboeuf, who is touring that sec tion in advance bf the trophy train. H$ telegraphs that he finds the most active people in every community are interested in the organization for the drive and are full of enthusiasm.: : Heavy nd early subscriptions are predicted" from the fruit and wheat districts. ; , :, Tonight the committee appointed to select . a field where the rflylng circus" can, establish headquarters on April 21, the opening -day of the drive, will meet. This is a problem which the laymen know nothing of. There wi.ll be a squad ron tof It airplanes; which will stage a sham battle In the sky above Portland. (Coaelsdad ea Fate Six. Column Thrae) Military Zone in ! ft Ireland Extended , DubUn.. April 8. (I. N. S.) Limerick was declared "a military area"1 today as the result of distnrbancea there. The Sinn" Fein prisoner. who was rescued front the jail hospital on Sunday after a battle in which one constable was killed, is dead. Two bullet wounds were found on bis body STEAMER'S TRIP : : IS SIGNI T West MuhhatiT Is 1'Rt J Boat of Emergency Corporation to -Cross Pacific. f ' -va ' '-ft n ..: I TwofoM-aignlflcance -attaches to the coming saying t qf .the steel -ship West Munham which, under the American flag and with the Portland standard aflutter. Will be ,thu first craft Orient-bound of" the Pacific Steamship company, and the first vessel bf the Emergency Fleet cor poration to cross the Pacific" from' any Pr . .f 1 : -hM -; V i Properly to signalise ' this stride in Portland's jnarltime. commeroa; the i Ad club has arranged a big celebration Wed nesday, to which it was decided today to invite th public "It was held on board thervwest Munham, at Municipal dock No. . 1, foot iof Fifteenth street. The fesitivi ties will begin at noon. Ad club members assembling at, the. Benson ho tel and making the trip by automobile. Luncheon will be served on board. t The, club sent out an S. O. S. call for automobiles this morning, with"- the n quest that - members' have cars at the hotel to accommodate . other members who have no cars. ? The general public will make ; the trip in automobiles or "street, car :jJA':'U't't:.irHk' . f As a feature of the luncheon, -repre-, sentatives of the shipbuilding companies, of the Ad club, of the Chamber of Com merce, of the Emergency Fleet corpora tion and other shipping and development interests Will sp?ak on the significance of the coming voyage tof the West Man ham-. :--:-r?t -' -;K:. v.- ; - . f i The event? was to-have been held at the new Str Johns terminal,-where the West Munham will put on cargo, but the ves sel could not be got ready in time to make the shift. ''-.-" - The dock commission will celebrate the opening of the terminal at St. Johns Sat urday, in a, special program. " f-. r . J. Torpedo Factory v ? f Fire Kills Four r Torrent,:, Ky.,f April ' I. I. ?. &) Four men employed ' at the Home Tor pedo company - her j- are dead today, the result of an explosion late yester day ' caused ' when fire spread to a large tank where ' nitro-glycerine ' was stored. , The dead : . Charles Best, Knlghtatown, , Ind. j " Arch- Goodwin, Ixuiss, Ky. ; Carl Hudson, Catletts turg, Ky; t E. -C. Kilmer, Bolirer. Ky. Thd fcod tes" were - found some '$9 Jeet Trom the wrecked building. ; ' FICAN IIDIT? DIES Henry Simmons,' J Cigar . Store Proprietor; Fells Ex-Convict p Who Masked, iTries Rdbberyi Desperado Overpowers Simmons, but Latter Is Able 'to Reach k Revolver and Shoot Assailant. Fred "Dutch" Wagner, ex-convict, paroled a year ago from the state peni tentiary, and a. familiar actor to Port land police In gun play, was shot at 10c30 o'clock Monday night by Henry Simmons, proprietor of a confectionery store at 14 Second street, He died early this morning in the Good Samari tan hospital. : ! - ii ; Simmons was assaulted by Wagner on the steps leading to his living quar ters under the. sidewalk in front of his store. ' Wagner overpowered him, but Simmons was able to reach a, revolver. Wagner wore a mask and white gloves and had removed his shoes. He hsd no gun. say the police. - . Was , Desperate Man . . The bullet from Simmons' revolver ended a notorious career of a- thug who has clashed repeatedly with the" police in the Northwest for several years.' On December 2S.' 1915, after Wagner had robbed A saloon at 125Vi North Sixth street, he gave a, furious battle to Patrolman 3. F. Johnstone and was cap tured only after posse led by Captain Circle succeeded in cornering him- be hind some spools of cable near Twelfth and Flanders streets, ". v ' Following, the robbery Wagner I was arrested by Johnstone, who attempted to search him. ' Tou can't search me, Wagner" said, and he thrust a revolver against John stone's body. " , i Ko' Charge Agalast Simmon - : Johnstone grappled with Wagner and succeeded In knocking the revolver from his" hand. v Wagner, : a. ; large, man of much physical prowess, overpowered tlje patrolman1' and. although losing hfs own revolver, snatched Johnstone's and fled. . 'H wfcs pursued . by Johnstone, Iwho obtained' another revolver, from Patrol man McKenney.Tvho a few blocks away, beard. JojhnstAae'a calL i, .rJ -i After "-Wasmer was corneredr at lTwelfth and Flanders streets - by Cap tain circle s netaenment . Patrolmen Johnstone and ' Morris-rushed him with the demand that he throw up. his hands.. ' ."Don't .shoot,",, Wagner, cried, as he surrendered. . . , . . . v" . , -. . . . Wagher confessed to having been con victed of like holdups and of serving sentences in Walla Walla and Boise. . ' Since his parole last spring he : baa been told by Portland police to leave the city. f . " , - - ' No .charge, has' been placed against Simmons. . , . Allejged Absconder ' ; Has Prison Record, Officers' Assert - ' . ' i . , - '.-; -r Chico. Cal., April-8. (U. P.) Charles W. Sharp, alleged absconder from the Hotel Oaks here. Is an 'escaped prisoner from the state prison at Walla ; Walla, Waslu, the authorities said they were informed ' today. They" said Sharp es caped 'from Walla Walla in . 1914,1 after serving two years of a 20 year term. Sharp . is ald to be wanted in Pitts burg. Pa., for, alleged forgery. A Spo kane bank was victimized by him, it is charged. He is said to have used sev eral aliases. Hotels were his pet prey. according to the record. He is now in San Francisco bay region eluding arrest. Sharp Is charged here with passing bad caecRs Tor &S75, taking JlOOO of the hotel's i cash and. eloping with the head waitress, who is the wife of Tom Ander son the hotel porter; Sharp was Joint lessee of the hoteLT '': Heavy Snows Block' traffic jn States of ; The Middle West Chicago. April S.il. N. &) With this city enjoying near-summer weather with the temperature around 70, reports reached here today of 10 Inch snows and bllssards In Nebraska,. Wyoming and Colorado, which are seriously interfering with rail, traffic and wire communica tion, r : 1 f ' . - - The heavy snowstorm, which 'temper srily halted rait traffid Monday in north western Nebraska, is reported beaded westward. " - 'u ' - :. t :. '- . t A heavy wind,' which accompanied the snow in Nebraska, did considerable dam age tor farms near Madison and lifted a schoolhouse from its foundations. From, Dead wood. H. IX, cornea- reports of a "two and a half foot snow.' which demoralized rail traffic .Western Kansas and. Colorado report heavy snows delaying trains from one to 10 hours, - j ' . U Organize to Study ; Labor Conditions - , - . ,? i I To fortify and extend the federal gov ernment's; educational. -efforts to lessen the distance between the two extremes Of Industrial sentiment- represented by the standpat Y employer and the ultra radical gitator representatives of the federal, -state and city governments and the civic clubs of the city formed a per manent committee Monday night with F. Tt Hyskell as chairman. - . ? , The work of," this committee .of un instructed.. ; delegates , is designed to hasten the ., work ; of reconstruction, eliminate unrest .and . restore normal "business conditions. - . , . EftT CROP Yield . - Promises ' .. 278,551,000 More Bushels Than 1918 Har - vest of 558,449,000 Bushels. Government Makes Estimate on Beports Received, From' Farm ing Districts on April 1. -Washington. April .8.- (U. P.) Pro duction of a 1919 wheat crop of 837. 000.000 bushels warf forecast today by the United . States bureau of crop esti mates. " c ' This, yield was indicated by the aver age condition of winter wheat on April 1. whicli was 99.8 per - cent of normal, against 78. fi a year ago, 65.1 two years ago and 82.3 average for "the past 10 years.;. . I ,t .,. The production forecast is an increase 878,551,000 over the estimated production of. last year op 658,449,000 bushels. The crop two years ago was 112,901. 00ft bushels. s -.. '. Wipter wheat showed an increase In condition from December 1. 1918. of l.S points, as compared with an average decline tn the past 10 years of 5.9 points. The average condition of rye . on April : 1 1 was 90.8 per cent of - normal, against 85.8 a year sgo, 88 per cent two years ago and .88.6 the past 10 years' average.,;'!: -.'. -i The rye crop forecast "was 101,000.000 buehelg, compared with . 89,103,000 last year and the average Crop foe five years of 44.547.000. -, An; official statement by thefcrop re porting board follows:' ; ? "The condition of winter wheat in the United States April 1 is the highest of record ' and on the largest acreage ever planted In .this country. The condition improved during the winter an unusual occurrence due to the favorable winter weather, particularly to the absence of alternate freezing and thawing1 which ap pears r also - to have i resulted in a minimum pt winter killing. -JA striking feature of" the present situation- i .unltorrdly .. good condition in practically all important: wheat produc ing states, ranging r from 104 in Ohio, down to 96 tn North Carolina, among the 1,000,000. acres -or . more in 'crop, - The lowest figure from' any state was 89 In Wisconsin.- ' ,-'"- 000,000 acres -out in ? the total of 49. 000,800 acres,: shows a condition of 10t The - present ?w moisture -; -. conditions throughout . the- country- with tmlm- Concluded ea , fast "Miitetata, Column Stb) E FRANCE Battleships land at Newport News With 2000 Soldiers;' Some Coming to Camp Lewis.. Newport News. Va.. April 8. (U. P.) 'Two battleships, Virginia and Rhode Island, docked today, bringing 2000 men from Brest. The troops are mainly from the 83d -division, , with the 330th and 328th. machine gun battalions and a casual company of Idahoans. .. . ; ' . The machine gun battalion personnel will be sent ; to various camps for de mobilisation, some from each unit being scheduled for discharge at Camp Lewis. - Sailings Are Announced Washington. : ApHl 8. (U. s P.) The war department today announced the following transport.- sailings : .- - Transport West. Durf ee, .St. - Nazal re to Kew York, due April 19, with casual company 626, .Washington ; casual de tachment 24, ordnance convoy.s , Transport . Ohioan. Bordeaux to New York, due April 16. with special casual companies . 66, dicharges ; pigeon com pany 1, for Camp Upton ; detachments of the 158th infantry and detachment of headquarters for .Camps . Kearny, Orant, . Gordon. Shelby. Dodge, and Funston ( -. 115th ; sanitary 'traln Jiead quarters company; ambulance company 160 ; medical supply . depot unit J sani tary squads 4v 61 - and; 62 . for Camps Kearny. Funston. Sherman.: Meade, Pike. Jackson, PJg and Devens. Frank Woolworth, -Owner of Chain of r Stores Is Dead New Tork, April . (U. t P.--Frank W. Woolworth, . owner , of - the . Wool worth "building and of a chain of five and ten cent stores, died at his home to day at ,Qlen Cove, 1 I. ' Woolworth, who was 67 years old, had been ill for several months. The extent of bis fortune is unknown, but the Wool worth company was capitalised at 865, 000,000 , and operated . 850 stores. , He started business life as a salesman ' at S a week.- , ,. ", -, . , At the time of his. death; those at the bedside ' included ihis brother. ' Sumner Woolworth, Scranton. Pa., and "his. two daughters. . Mrs. Helena McCann ' and Jessie Donohne. ' . ;;. i Street Battle in ! Cairo Kills Six ; London. April 8.(U. P. A - dis patch from Cairo dated April 3 re ported that six . persons were k'llsd and a, number wounded in- street - fighting. It added that order, was quickly re stored. ' , ; . FORECftST 13 BIGGEST EVER MORE TROOPS AR BACK FROM JAPANESE AT TEISHU SHOOT MOB .MEMBERS TOKIO, April IV. T.)(V9' layed) Japasese ' troopa . fired spoa 8SS6- rietsra at Telahe, llasenarla, killlag ai isjsrlag ever 86. aecerdlag to dispatches Tecelved here today. , -i .. t Fatalities haTe oe'rarred also at Taltea and Jsjo darlsg elaahet be tween rioters and troost. , - ' Dlpatche from 'beoal declare that a April 1 tke principal atere keepers there, were saaimoaed by the police depart meat aad waraed to reopea their shops. : Repeated warslags were disregarded. The police thea. wade the resads of the shops mad arrested many who sad refsd? to 'reopen. , . ATLANTIC FLIGHT TO E Pilot Harry Hawker Scheduled to Leave Newfoundland on Morn-: , : ing of April 5. 1 Paris, April 8v (U. "p.l-i-I.lesteBSst Fostao, French aviator started at .0 a. mM today, for Till a Cosklay on tke first leg' of a transatlaatie flight to Bra Eli. , He will make his firtt stop at Casa Blaaca. . f:' -i '" A : Fontan's flight would be. in five, legs, totaling 4500 miles, as follows ; Villa Coublay : to Casa" Blanca (Darr Kl-Beda). 1200 miles r Casa - Blanca to Dakar. 1400 miles S lakar to St. Paul Rocks, 1100 miles t St. Paul , Rocks to Pernambuco, 750 miles: Pernambuco to Rio Janeiro. 1100 miles. A 4 ' , London; z April . 8. U. , P.) The air ministry announced today that Pilot Harry Hawker probably will leave New foundland at 2 a. m April. 15, in an at tempt, to fly .across : the Atlantic. . nvithln the nest few days, perhaps, a transatlantic flight, will be attempt ed." "wid thej statement J - Te have placed the 'resources of the air ministry at the-disposal of all who attempt It. It has been decided to make the Attempt from the American side. It Is probable that Hawker: will make . the first attempt from Newfoundland at 2 1u m.. Apri! 15.' ' '-' - -'' V -iThe admiralty has. Instructed aH msrr iners who. sight aircraft hi the Jiorth At lantle to slgnal;lmmedlately. ths pesi tton by-Twlrehss?'mrtmirtnr' the- signal four times. " At night, mariners hearing aircraft must display Illuminated lg-' nals. -..fJi, pi'lt-i : VHuo Airplane "Being Built ; i Amity ville. N. . pril 8r-Work' is under wayf here on a huge air plane of newldeslgn, with .which an at tempt is to be made within 60 days to cross theiAtlantlc and: win the 8125,000 In prise money " offered for the first flyer who accomplishes this great feat. : The ? new plan Is to have a wing spread of 180 feet and will be driven by four 800 .horsepower motors. It Is ex pected to deyetop'a'Bpeed of 115 miles an hour and to: make the1 crossing from New York to' Queenstown, London or Brent in 86 hours. j , ': . The machine was designed by Dr. William Whitney Christmas, assoclsted with the late Samuel " P. Langley. the pjoneer tn aeronautic Investigation and experiment n this' country," Two three "bladed propeller., 21 feet in diameter, capable of making 600 rev olutions a minute, will furnish the driv ing force and the big machine will be controlled throughout " by electricity, even the control cable being wound and unwound by electrte motors. - Two pilots, seated in-separate com partments, will work alternately during the trip and the fmotors will be so ar ranged that one can be cut out for re pairs without affecting" the others. The crew 'will bo comfortably housed tn the body of the machine and will not be exposed to the elements except when called upon to make ' repairs.- . ''J-' : Prepare) ; Landing Field I Limerick; Trelsnd. April. 8. I. K S.) A huge .white cross is being painted upon BaWnmore "field. "a mile from this piace to mark the. landing' and starting place of airplanes .taking, part in, the transatlantic flight.- . The -first flight is now scheduled for April 16. One of the contestants, Major Wood. Announces that he will use a Shortt biplane with a Rolls' Royce motor. . ' - J . - ' f .... . i . . - Handley-Psfle Will Enter Contest London. 'April 8. (I. X. S.) The Handley-Page airplane company : an nounced Its intention today of entering one of their machines in the forthcom ing transatlantic flight '. ' ' .: v " ! i ' , J Assembling Sop with Airplane - - St Johns N, F April 8. (I. N S.) The proposed transatlantic flight, with a Sopwitch-. irplane may 'be attempted the middle of next, week, it was stated here . today.' The machine is being as sembled here and will be equipped wltb wireless and other features tomorrow Oregon.Men Now on Guard Duty in East Not 'to Be Released Investigation of the possibility of re leasing the Oregon men of the Sixty-third-Infantry now oft guard duty at East Potomac park, near Washington, D. c, shows they are needed there badly at present - ' , . S a v Congressman W. C. Hawley has taken the. matter up with the war department and a renlv to his letter- from - Malor General Henry Jersey, assistant chief of staff., is. to the effect that the 600 men of the regiment doing guard duty there will be released as rapidly as possible, ee the need for. them decreases or changes may be made. There are about 100 Oregon men in the regiment who enlisted for the duration of the war and" who will be replaced by 'regulars as soon as this can be done. s BEMAD SOON SPM11 uptisli loiti t . c i . . i ISFEiED ( Vuuu i ruups nave , Deeii ,vuii Vcentrated Around City Ready to Cope With ' Any Disorders. Official Notice Issued to Public n Ra PraniraA fnr Imorfronfu t , Radicals i Given Concessioiis. ! " r OPEMIAGEN, April ; .8. (I. C ; V- S.) Dr. . Otto - Ltndbbcrpi minLter of Justice In the Ebcrl govemmcatl in Germany, . an4 General X'on Kleist of the fourtlj army," who Hvero la Magdeburg. , Prussian' Saxony,-on a "conclliatr -Ing 'trip", have both-been arrested by troops. I They arc be'ng held as hostages. Madgeburg ; is bc r convryr a German storm center; , ' ' r : By II. J. Green wall BERLINS April 7. Ala London. April . (I. N. S.) seventy thousand govcrnncnt troops havb been concentrated around - Berlin In - preparation for an uprising, it was learned : today. The troops aro also ready to : ; cope . with any ; disorders .if a general striko; is called. ' ' , t . i 1 1 -. was , reported that ; the Reds might attempt to proclaim a" si y yiet government.' I , ..The perman government is ia tensely : nervous, anticipating fur 4her strike". , ? . - - - An-Wtarrrflnir"'trajirl9tiM ( to the people througn . the Wolff i bureau t'to, be prepared for- any , emergency.1"- ' ' " J ' T t ' ;r'nasle.jptil U. p.) The . ; Frankfurter Zeitung reports that . ; the allied food commislion his been ordered to leave Munich. ) - : . c : By P.d 1 Keen - f - Pa rlav A pril .( XT. P. This Is fder tag" on which the future of Germany may be decided. . ...' -:.- ,- i 'Advices .. from. German and .-neutral sources indicate the queatlon of whsther Germany is to continue its present farm tof government or embrace Bolsherl"m imiikcb ninny on xne action oi uia soviet congress' which opens in Berlin today. ICoacluded on I I'age Mnefrfo, Column give) WAKEFIELD. WINS CONTRACT ON PI eh Price of $299,9711$ lower fig- ure Than Had Been Expected : by, pocks Commission. Letting of the contract for the Con struction ot;pier -No.' S and extension of pier No.fi. at the St Johns municipal terminal by ths public dock, commission todayr marks another step forwsrd in execution 'of planes to make the terminal facilities in Portland equal to demands of maritime commerce for which this port Is striving. ' 1 : Thefrcontract was let to uobert wak field of Portland, the pries being $29S.-" ST1. Wakefield's bid was lowest of those submitted, other? bidders being ,J lt, . Dugan . & Co., A. Guthrie A Co.f and Porter Brothers. The successful bid was lower than the figure which it: had, been estimated would be offered. - , i "The new pier, which will be t50(j feet long, will be built of wood, extension of pier No.! 1, the first unit of the ter minal work completed, from . 12Q0- to 1509 feet is a project which . the -com- . mission deems necessary to permit the accommodation ; of vessels at the. ter minal. - i - ' , . a concrete example oi me oenenis to be derived i from modern terminals , is' shown by pier No. 1.- where the-new freighter West Munham will commence The ship is now 1 undergoing finishing touches tof her 'machinery, preparatory to being turned over by the builders, the Columbia River Shipbuilding' cor poration. ' i -i: The pier i is so built that 'deep Water craft can load-direct from freight cars which are sidetracked onto the dock, thus avoiding the necessity of trucking from the boxesrs to: the vessel. Heavy cranes are used in handling bulky ar ticles of freight i- , ,' f- f sm r 1 y-h MaMV ah Workers May Strike r ' r r t s Montreal. April , (L- N. S.)-A threat to paralyse streetcar service and bring about a llghtless and powrrlexs Montreal was made today by errrloyes of the Montreal Light, Heat, & Power company, who are planning to go on strike. ' , . "j i , - ,. . ' . i ! - - - 4