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- IU. " -i J ----- - ... I - ... ... . -: .- ,:..r- -f . - k V ! 'IT'S ALL - and here - . : ": I.Thursday proba- ; V J w ' bly showers; r; ITS ALL TRUE',' & " ... . ? ' . o 1ft v ; -" southerly, winds; PRICE TWO CENTS '. VOL XVIU. NO. 39 PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING,? APRID , 23, 1919.--TWENTY. PAGES em trains anib news stanos riva , oknt -, 'mi n ii p II Mil II y I (I II " fill it in r ) i . in vui i i t s i i ii ii n ti in f m UUL.L filTW in uJ 111 I ID MiiiU.OOO l. . ' . ... . -. Simon Benson Heaviest Individ ual Subscriber, for Day .With $50,000; . Holiday Thursday. Totals' to .Date Behind Those In Fourth Loan Work Cleaned Up in First District Second Day. MOnB than $3,000,000 has been subscribed in the Victory." loan .campaign In , Portland thus far, according to. .estimates made 1 at noon today. Figures are vague ' because of the "system used In . t gathering reports. ' The heaviest -individual sub- Ascription reported today was that r ot Simon Benson, '.state highway , ." commissioner, who bought $50,000 ; worth of bonds. The dally totals, , for he first two days' of the earn- ' pa'ign are ' slightly behind the,, . totals for corresponding days . of I the fourth Liberty loan campaign, t but this condition will -be .over come as the drive-: continues,1 U is said ; . ', Banks' Will close and business tn gen eral will suspend Thursday afternoon, tn keeplnc with proclamations of Gov ernor Olcott and Mayor Baker that Portland people may enjoy the brilliant military parade arranged as one of the blfr attractions of the campaign. r ' Approximately 2500 of the boys who swuner into irresistible action, against the Hun will swing into the grand Vic tory procession at 4 o'clock and will be given the honors ana the . ovation, tney deserve: a they traverse th city's thoroughfares. Not only will veterans of all three branches ; or the American army be In line, but there will also be (ConoJo1t on P" 8U(taH CWOmi Three),- i!,;:es AFTER VISIT HERE Favorable' Impression Made Upon Business Men and Officials by New Rail' Head. - Leaving behind a hirhry favorable im pression, inspiring : confidence among railroad officials and business men In Portland. ; Director General Walker X. Hines of the railroad administration and the party of officials from Wash i rift on. I... C.f . accompanying hlm, - left for southern points Tuesday afternoon; Accompanying the director and t his party, a number of Portland officials went to Ashland, intending- to return to night. Included were R. H. Alshton, re gional director of the Northwestern sec tion ; I' 8. Carroll, regional' purchasing a gent ; J. G. Woodworth, ' traffic assist ant, and 1 C. Gilman. regional direct ing assistant to Mr. Alshton. ; The party accompanying the director general left Ashland this morning on . the return trip to Portland. They took lunch at Eugene and will return to Port land via the Oregon Electric lino. Leav ing tonight this party will make a tour of Inspection to Astoria. BETTER BATES COMIKO ' Edward Chambers, director of the di vision of traffic, met with members of . the Chamber of Commerce . after the luncheon Tuesday afternoon for a dis cussion of the export and Import rate 'readjustment. He declared emphatically that favorable rates would' be announced at an early date and that' the adminis tration was only holding back awaiting the rearrangement of a new scale. ; v Mr. Chambers told members ; of the chamber the administration would quote rates that would protect business on the transcontinental roads. He said the ' roads running to the Pacific coast from the Mississippi river section had to have this business to make a fair earning, just as it . was necessary for the west coast porta to have lower rates to get a share of the Oriental shipping. , . :, WORK DUBIOUS : ? ' Regional ptr'ector J Alshton agreed to, discuss ; the Natron ', cut-off proposition with raembera of the Chamber of Com merce upon his return from Ashland, but - did - not .hold - much hos for- the project at the present because the policy of 'the railroad administration Is to abandon . any ; new , road " building pro grams ,untll the systems - under ; their control can be brought up to proper efficiency - ; . , . s Members, of the Oregon, publio service commission held a, conference with .the director general during his stay In this city. ' Mr. Hines extended a. cordial In vitation to the commissioners to com municate directly with his office on any matters that could -not, be promptly re ad justed through, local channels. v ,: . The . director general and hie party will visit California points and return to Washington via the southern route. Mr. Alshton and his party will remain In the Northwest several days before returning-; to Chicago.; "r,f- i J Herbert Hoover - Arrives in! Berlin " Berlin. Aprlf 22.-(L N. S.) Via Lon 3on April . 23.- Herbert Hoover, head .of the interallied relief committee, arrived here t:;-jy to investigate personally the Uerraan lood situation. GOES SOUTH WILL REVERT TO OLD - SCALE IN TIE PRICES S tCtTBIITG tae assaraaee of a rerertloa r ta tha old staadard prices far ties, sx-Gotersor Oswald f1irest retaraed'f ross Wasli lagtoa today after' ; satisfactory eeafereaea . wlta -Bjeatbers ef fks bareaa f psrekat er ef tk Tallread administrates. He speat " twa weeks there, represeatlag tke West-: era Oregoa Tie aad ILsaiHer a. elatloa, a aodr resreteaUag lit small asms tkroagkoat Weitera Oregoa " "The plaa of -aavlag oaa staad ard price for all raUroad ties was aot fair ,7 said M r. West tkla mara lag, "aad ' wa wars assared favor able eBlderatloB of a retara to seals of prices ' wkleh will yernlt tke ase ef cheaper grades of tie aad i redace tke cost of tke klgk graie.W Tka knag tke f board were very eoarteoir aad keard all tke argsateats at fered. "A retara to tke : old sy stejsf lettlag a saUl sen ties wkerever It caa flad a 'saarkeU; lsMobable. Tkls syiteni was abaadeaeddarlBg tke .war la order ta set a staadard price aad a standard grade. Sack a step aaaot be take a fcowever, BBtll Director Geaeral Hlaes 'and H. B.. Spencer, retnra froin - tkelr toar of lavesUgatloa-. V Many i Portland ) Men - in Unit Which Is ( to Be Routed: Jhrough City. v Portland Is to receive the 316th sani tary train. Word came to the -Liberty temple vday In a telegram from Senator McNary that the boya"Woulj be (routed through Portland, with a stopover here. It - Is expected thatthey twill arrive about May 4 or S. though the date can not be determined until after they leave the- east. , - ', - ' J Senator McNary 'a telegram read : ' -stopover i:ortiana assured far . 3teur san ltaryl train. , Mayor, .will':. ba notified exact'- date. ' Only one officer and 30 nurses in hospital 46. , Engineers going to Presidio in detachments too small o make stopover. The engineers ' referred to ; are' the f Eighteenth, - which - Included . - several Oregon companies, and which, landed m New Tork, April ,1s. : ' . MESSAGES ABE HXCHAflED . Telegrams were sent Tuesdaynlght to gssura the, slSth sanitary train- coming through . Portland, before the -word came that favorable routing had been obtained. Mayor Baker sent the following message tOi Senator Chambrlalnf; u -i v! "Three-elxtaenth sanitary, train, Nlne ty-flrst division. Is made up of Port land and Oregon boys and the auxiliaries want' them routed through Portland. Please do .what you can." , The following message was aiso'fcent by the UnltedAuxiliaries reception com mittee to Senator McNary V-' "United Auxiliaries of Portland rep resenting mothers of ' men in ; the army from ' Portland j urge every possible ef fort be made to' route 316th "sanitary train as unit through Portland." , The Portland auxiliary to the 363d field hospital was about to file a mes sage to Oregon's congressmen in .Wash ington,' D, Ct again urging that efforts be made to route the sanitary train th rough Portland, and this message was not sent. Other organisations were also ready to take part .warming th wires in the effort to get PoftUlid'i -qwa unlta to come through here, j 'HV -MA3TT FROM PORTLAND ' The sanitary train will be one of the largest unlta to come through Portland, and will have probably mora Portland men than any other. Klve of the eight companies In the unit were recruited In Portland. . - . :,., - The 363d field hospital auxiliary will meet,. In V thai central library Monday night at 8 o'clock to discuss plans for entertaining the boys when, they come. The auxiliary will cooperate with the general reception committee. 316th Engineers to Pass Through' City En Route to Camp Leaving today from Camp Merrltt to coma through Portland' are 164 soldiers of the 816th engineers, and 75 men of division headquarters, both of the-Ninety-first division. - Thursday more sol diers will leave' Camp Hotabird. McL. for Camp. Lewis by way of Portland. Leaving St. Paul today on their jour ney to Camp Lewis by way of Spokane and ' without coming through Portland, are 436 men of the Ninety-first division. They are. due. to arrive in Camp. Lewis Saturday." " - ' ' . :.. '. , "' j. ' t : Democrats to Meet In Chicago; Maj 28 Washington. April f t3,-il. N.' S.) A call for a meeting jot the Democratic national committee' In Chicago May -2S and 29 waa being prepared at the head quarters here this afternoon. The ses sions will be held in the Congress hotel and will practically 'mark the opening of the 1920 presidential campaign. Sec retary Class -: and -Attorney . General Palmer 'Will be invited ' to make ad dresses. Depew, 85, Spends v Day in His Office New ,Tork,J -S-April.- 23.(L 'N. S.) Chauncey IL Depew. celebrated his eighty-fifth birthday anniversary today by working all day In his office;-- To night his wife. vy II give a birthday party In his honor. - 316TH SANJTARY TRAIN IS COMING BIB KASTI Treasury Officials Report That Victory Bonds Are Selling at Rate of Quarter Billion Daily. New .England and Ohio Towns Winning Honor Flag?? Soldiers ' Make Good Sales in Cleveland. WASHINGTON, April 23. (I. N. S.) Unofficial , estimates ' by . treasury department officials today placed total subscriptions , to" the Victory loan at the end of the second day's drive at nearly 500,000,000. , Reports were slow In coming . in, they stated, -but from those on , hand, they roughly estimated " that ' subscriptions so; far - have beeif . at : the rate s t)f 'a', quarter billion dollars a dayfi 4 . Chicago today wired, the treasury that the .- loan activities of the : second - day were at the same1 high pitch of tnthusi-. asm that featured the drive on the open ing day; Fifty foreign language meet ings, -attended . by 60.000 persons, were held, ' together with band ' concerts and a monster chorus at the Victory forum; Drills and firing of giant Coast defense guns added to the enthusiasm. Reports from the, entire district were highly en couraging. . The district has adapted a new slogan. "Let's Flaish the Job. in a Week." . From Boston ' came ' the message that 48 cities and towns in .New England had subscribed their quotas up to lat night. Estimated sales of $60,000,000 at , the close of business ; fast night were; re ported.:: from ' the" Cleveland r district. Srxty more - honor . flags, .ha v been awarded, against 31 at- the second day of the fourth loan drive. Soldiers are proving -successful . salesmen.- , The city of Cleveland reports sale of S3.63ft.000. Minneapolis' reported- eon d 1 1 1 o n a throughout the district as "entirely sat lafactory." The bad aUte of the roads - let - rdolayinsr reportaorv the work1 of the various loan organisations. It was said . More than . $3,500,000 iias :, been sub scribed In the two days in the Kansas i City f district, , It waa reported. Fifteen counties in uKianoms aireaay nave gone over.' '"- ''-f ; v-.-; ! Frdnv San 1 Francisco came the report that 16 of the 35 counties in the state of Oregon had oversubscribed at the end of, the first day. In . Portland $3,000,000 was subscribed at I he start and the en tire state is further ahead than it was at .the crtd of the second Jay of any, of me four preceding loass. Only two counties in the Dallas dis trict have gone ever, , - Rallies are being held throughout the district and an . intensified , sales cam paign will be started before the end of the week.- ;:-.;:.;-- .. OLD OREGON ILL BE HERE John " McPhee, .Who Placed First Rivet, Will Be in Crewd to Welcome Battleship. ; Among the admiring throngs which will greet the arrival in the local har bor bf the i historic battleship Oregon next Sunday, will be John McPhee, fore man of the riveting forces at the North west Steel company, 'Who haa the honor of, driving the first rivet - into the fa mous sea fighter. : when the vessel was under construction . at the' Union Iron works ' at San Francisco.- January . 14, 1893. . That the sturdy workman who helped construct the Oregon performed tho task In a patriotic aM capable : manner, haa been amply demonstrated by ' the long and useful career of the fighting cfaf t. Despite .her advanced years the battle ship Oregon, now - overhauled- and re paired, is still able to give a good ac count of herself if the occasion arises. It Is declared. - -' It was -during, the Spanish-American war when the,Oregon made her famous run around Cape Horn from San Fran casco to Santiago da Cuba and arrived at . her destination in time to help de molish Admiral Cervera's fleet after: It had made a spectacular attempt to run tho blockade of American warships. The Oregon's part in this sea fight won for her the plaudits of the nation. V1 .-.j t During peace timo c the Oregon has been used as a training ship and re cently, the vessel waa assigned to the Station at Vladivostok. - .1 s Mr, McPhee.. who was: born la Scot land, has had long experience In marine and. shipbuilding affairs, , both in the United States and abroad. He has three sons in the service of Uncle Sam' Advices as to .the time of arrival of the " battleship Sunday are' eagerly awaited, v Telegrams have been' sent to every possible Source from ' which au thoritative information may be obtained, even including" a radio messaga to the battleship commander. ' ' In the meantime arrangements for "an appropriate welcome for the - historic warship aVe being pushed. , A flotilla of rrver - and - harbor boats will bo sent to .. escort "the Oregon. . Into Portland. Fred i W, "Mulkey has .been t named as head of the reception committee to pro ceed down, the rlvfr to greet-the veteran of .th-asr::vj vViiv -p' ?4.-:j&t ' . .After the battleship haa docked sev eral, levees and demonstrations will be staged. It is expected that th ship's band -will perform-for the -enjoyment of visitors as-i Portland talent-will also be brought iifio action. SUNDAY HIGHWAY IN FINE SHAPE TOTHEDALLES THE DALLES,' April II. Pror lag eoaelaslrety that, tke Co-lambia.- river kigkway , from tkls elty to PorUaad l aet OBly passable bat Is flae coadltloa, Is the record as to stoaOe, trip snade Taesday by ?Bert EmersoB. of this city i aad three patseagert td Fort, laad aad retara. Tke raaalag time each-way was S hoars aad SS aala tes. o Aeeompaayrag Mr. Xntersoa were ie H. -B. Faaehar, Herbert Egkert aad A. B. Chase. . , ILF UNiON FOR POLICE Commissioner Barbur Votes Against the Resolution; Labor' Leaders Explain Proposals. ' "No police officer 'of the city of Port land shall be a member of any ponce or ganization which is affiliated with any organization which advocates strikes or lockouts for the enforcement of its de mands, and the Joining of such organiza tion by any police of ficer while a mem ber pf such police bureau shall be taken and deemed against the good of the serv ice' and shall be just cause for dismissal from the servtpe of the city." : ' 1 This is the content of a modified reso lution passed by the, city council . this morning over the dissenting vote of Com missioner Barbur, and after vociferous and extended arguments between mem bers of the American Federation of La bor, the police bureau and Mayor Baker. MAYOR STATES POSITION ' - "This commission waa elected to repre sent tho people as a whole," Mayor Ba ker declared in explanation of the pro posed action of tho council. "The public has confidence, in the coqimlasion,'. or people in large, numbers would , be here to protest against-this resolution. I is sued a, statement following conferences between the commissioners, at which It wa decided that affiliation of. the police bureau with ' a ' political organization should not take plaqe. The. police bureau is to serve Impartially ail classes. J "In. Seattle " radlcai r leaders obtained control ' of ; the Central Labor council; They sent an . ultimatum to the mayor, ; telling 'hJnvvhat he could and could pot do.- He fought back, and It was through the efforts of such Men as .Mr. Hartwlg "s?nd ,Mr. rAnderson, who" are here today. rtrs-t a -condition or radloal. autocracy was prevented. , - . - ! - t. WHT-KOT AR5CT, TOO! . Z " '"It the police department joins organ ised' labor; 'let the United States army Join ! ' The good men, men like Mr. Hart wlg and Mr. Anderson,", wwtld not stay in the saddle. 1 The, radical element would take control "and you. Mr. police man, ; would be told what o do, and if you did not obey, a radical man would be put in your'ptace.. Aa long as I am mayor of this city." Mayor Baker shout ed, pounding heavily on the rtable. "that will never happen. That la my ulti matum. ..iljV'j' "The mayor insinuates that the police will .- fbllow- the- Bolsheviks." declared Otto Hartwig,- president of the Oregon State Federation of Labor. "Mayor (Concluded na Pace fiTe, Column. Four) Columbia County Judgeship Is Won By Martin White - St. Helens, April 23.-Judge'kin has handed -down a decision awarding the office Of county Judge of . Columbia county to Martin - White, ''.Republican, who contested tbo seat of Vf. 3. Fuller tcn, Democrat The official canvass of the vote cast at the 'November: election gave Fullerton a majority of three votes. White instituted proceedings and a re count was ordered.? -Fullerton gained three - on.- tha recount .but .ballots ob jected to and laid aside were gone over by Judge Eakin J and White gained enough to have a majority of six over Fullerton.;A stay of execution for 15 days was granted for filing of a bill of exceptions. The decision does not meet with the approval of the majority - Japanese Threaten? To Quit Conference; Unless ' Satisfied London. April 23. I. N. S.) The Jap anese delegafea have resolved to with- draw from the. peacesconference if their demand for Kiao Chau is not satisfied before the-Germans arrive at Versailles, according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Paria today. Tha Jap anese, says tha correspondent; are in sisting upon an Immediate decision.- Antwerp Will Btko .Army Headquarters Ixmdon, April- 23. (1-Jf. &)-France will be cleared of American troops by August the Pall Mall Casette stated today, ; though possibly certain units of the third army of occupation will ro maln.tir lha Rhine sone after peace is signed. : American headquarters, the newspaper stated; will be moved to Ant werp to relieve the- burdened ..French railways and aid in French reconstruc tion, y 731,989 MenHave Returned From' War Washington. April' St. (t. K. S.)-On April 2L 731.889 of the overseas per sonnel. Including army, navy and marina corps, had actually returned Co the United States and on that date 120.271 were . on .. their way home,, the war de partment announced this afternoon. COUNC ORBIDS TO HODi It Is to Be a Compromise Be tween Old and New Sjjstemsj All Have j Made Concessions. But It Reflects Wilson's Ideal- ism - and Is Representative of Divided Voice of All Peoples - By Paul Scott Mowrer Special Cable td The Journal and The Coiess . , Daily New Copyright. 1818, b Chicago psfly News Co.) THE Daily News .Peace -Con- ference Bureau, Paris, France, -: ; "April 23- It is now . possible to foresee the main outlines of the t peace treaty. It will contain mil-" ; itary, naval, . financial and terrl tutorial settlements " with .Germany, ? the - amended . covenant, of the ' . League pf Nations and a blanket ' provision . that Germany roust c- 1 cepV Whatever decisions the allies - make ' ultimately with Bulgaria, Turkey and the stales . formerly ' in Austria-Hungary.' The full text . will run from 100,000 to 150,000 ..words. ' - :--.: " ' -i fr President Wllsdn has acceded to tha inslstenca of 'Premiers Clemenceau, Lloyd George-and Orlando that it must b kept - absolutely secret until it haa been communicated to Germany's peace delegation ' and perhaps - even until- It haa been signed. The reason given for this Is that a j prematura publication might cause in ; the . allied countries a storm "of. debate which tha Germans might make an excuse -fori refusing the allies' terms. saying,Tro se utbt even your -own people arro dlssatisfled-'V a The fact ia that what Is-known of tha treaty .satisfies jtobody.,! It .la a compro mise between two systems the old and the new. Tha. conservatives ertticisa it bees use it la too tuoderata and te lib- f erais because it la too severe. Ko gov ernment has had its wa way ; all have (Concluded oSj Pass Bis. t'lan Three) EN DIRECTORS RALLY Gather at Auditorium Tuesday to rHear Spealjersi Prepare to, . Canvass Portland. Woman's part in pushing the fifth Liberty loan over the top commenced Tuesday night; when about 1000 women workers, who will help conduct the house to house canvass of the city, held a- monster rally at The Auditorium, leveral ex-service men. -Mayor Baker and a number of local vocalists and musicians furnished , par of - the pro gram. The audience, led oy Walur Jen kins,; rendered several patriotic Eongs.; While, the attendance at the meeting was not up to what was expected by tha loan workers, Jt is no sign, they say, that the women will lay, down on the job. w At least 2000 women have an nounced their intention of starting out early Wednesday morning.' carry.-ng tha loan campaign to every - mansion, house and shack in the city. --. . y ... . Mayor Baker was the principal speaker at last night s meeting, ; and rafter ex tolling the work of women in the war; dwelt upon the necessity of purchasing bonds. L. L; -Graham, who waa taken as a prisoner aboard the famous German sea raider "Sea Wolf, and who spent about a year in a German prison Camp, related hts experiences while, in the in terior of Honland, and praised the Red Cross for. its work among the prisoners of war. Lieutenant C. Biddle Combs spoke of the details of naval life, and C. -Clarence Likens, who served overseas with the tank, .corps, related his experi ences in the. Argonne. A government authorized - film, "Tha Price of Peace, was shown at the end of the meeting. Mrs. Sarah K. Evans presided. x Casualties of All U;s: Total 285,950 - Washington, , April 23. (I. N. a) Casualties reported to date total 235.950. the war' department announced today. Deaths from all causes total 76,t4. of whom 33,887 were killed in acUon, X4.190 died or wounds, ZZ.98S or disease, and 4281 of accidents and other causes, v In the case of , the i wounded 201.730 the war department called attention to . the fact that this total does not indicate tha number of individuals wounded, as many were hit in more than one engagement. There were , 4791 ' prisoners : taken. of whom nearly all have been repatriated, and 45&S are listed aa missing in action. War department records show. that 281 prisoners V died , during internment and that the status of 118 others is doubtful. Bonl Solicitors May Win - Wdshington. April 23.-HTTJ. P.-Here's a chance for a ride ln-an alrplana lhe treasury department has instructed local loan committees to grati a flight dally to the loan- worker scUiag the largest amount -. of bonds In that community that day. Also the . purchaser- of the largest- amount of bonds Arlll be -given a "lift" in one of the , .iachines WM CAMPAIGN FQIlEICWfRSpRlMSO I TALIAN delegate athc pi con ,the ireactionaryiTfe:iri Italyviwhose overthrow is possible as 3 a result of the direct challenge made byPresident Wilson that the Italian people say whether they approve pf Sonhino's attempt 'to prevents just peace - , r- ,j v Sonnino, I kji Keacti ' By. Robert X 7 ASHINGTON, :April 2,i.-U(XJ. .p. There vyas.tremendous YY ' interest in all : official; diplomatic and congressional quar ' - ters. here today at President 'Wilson's action in demanding a showdown before ;the Italian people' witlr their foreign minister, Baron SbnninO, on: the gubject'of Fiume. . " . '. . : .It is, understood! that .the president is supported absolutely in hia course by--GreatBritain ;and"Fxance..;JJXV'l' - What the action of the Italian; people will 'beto the1- appeal "la, "conjectural Whether ,they (will sanction a, separate peace and .war, with Jugo-Siovakla oyer Flume, or will demand the overthrow of tho Sonnino reactionary regime,, with In structions to th "government to. .send delegates .to the peace; conference that can bring' about ' solution' of the 'ques tion, tha next .lew days afe expected to tell. It'... is believed hefo.'the present ministry will fall. '3 3 -i The . president told Sonnino - directly when' he visited ,Rome thattheUnited States could not sanction tlxe acquisition of Fiume ,by,Italy,v Jtwas -during .that conference .that- the-. president answered Sonnjno's 'argument in favor of Fiume, with the following r; rrt.i,it4 i vX I "I am told -that-Kaw -Tork city haa a larger Italian population than -almost any City in Italy itself, but despite this I could scarcely approve of jts being turned over to Italy..,, -;.' ' ' ; It was In Home,; too, that the presl- OLD BUNCO GAME - Wl John,. Ricardo Swindled' Out 'of S I $319lCbylTw6 Seattle , j "Friends." 4 John Blcardo, Italian, Ued. hia for tune, $3191, In one of his ' best hand kerchiefs the other, day, and placed It upon - a stable la his room as a bond for the faithful and honest execution Of the' trust imposed tipon- him - by one of two friends present, "Whose - wealthy father, Just deceased, had left 825.000 to charity. -i;r- t t'i-rJ.-jj-i-J That was in Seattle. Today John arrived- in- - Portland to aslt the aid ' of Portland police in helping htm find the friends, .the money ' and - tha ' handker- r chief, all supposedly In this city. - Kicardo waa to help one of his friends, tha. heir, distribute his father's bequests to charities and posted his own money as a bond, wrapping it in a handker chief white cad of- his vlsltore went out to buy a metal strongbox. On-the way out. however, the friend substituted a handkerchief containing' worthless dews paper clippings for the roll, of money, About that time tha heir -disappeared also, and ; John' came to eartrr with a thud. He cams Immediatelyto Portland and with. the police.is-scouUng for tha pair who buncoed him. jt y-t$-?:.. t';'rv L."' : --'.!'". ''"' '' -'i Persliing Expected r 5 IniljondonrMay i3 .. f. i ' , i . , . London. April B-(I.' X,- S.)-i-Th Torkshlro Post - understands ; that' ,Genr eral v Pershing, wlft visit4, London next month, arriving hero My- 9t !! - will be received with military honors,.;. MS ME MORE Leader onaries c-S. J. Bender. ,' , "I, ; dent and sonnino had another .mterest- Ing disagreements ; A mammoth t crowd "Jiad gathered on "one of thef great public squares In the -belief .that-.the president -would speak to them. . Sonnino learning of this, rushed, to tha king's palace to protest against the president appearUig. The? president.1 : on the " contrary. Ex pressed a desire to at least stop at the place- and greet the people.-. He made this - request formally, i but, despite , it, he was rushed past -tha scene, wt allowed to- stop, the people; were indig nantly , disappointed and so ; waa the president. ;- ;.,-.-0-l.- In' placing : his case before the Italian, people, the 'president demonstrated his confidence In . their decision. He i has felt from the ? first that- the -people of Italy looked to j America -for, a peace that would insure them against, another war, and ,-to gain thia would be. willing fo sacrifice some of the objectives their statesmen had set forth as indispensa ble to Italy's honor at the settlement. :' Returning ' Veterans Were First Americans to Land on : French Soil. . " . ii New York, April 23. (U. P.) Seven officers and 265 enlisted men' of tha even th engineers,, the first American volunteers Ja France, the "first, to reach the '.front, tho first to suffer ca-ualtles and tho- first to take part In General 3yng" great offensive, arrived here to day on the transport Santa Teresa. . More than 1600 men of casual and con valescent companies also arrived - The Dues d'Abrussi also arrived" with 1175 men of tha United gtdtes army am bulance service, ; sections ?Soa.5?.- 527, 629, 632, 6.3. 655, 63. 553, 667, 669, S6, 673, 679, 617 i and 49 and provisional sections A, B and C, quartermanter de tachment: headquarters : detachment: hospital detachment; moor repair shop detachment and casual -companies -241$, Massachusetts; 2.19, .Illlr.olr.' and 2436, California. t" - Exports for March v Show: Good Increase ' Washington, Aprn-23.--L N. "8.V America's .exports f of tha month of March, were i valued at 904,912U28S. as compared, with. $622,900.9 for the iam month in 19 H. the department of ' com merce announced today. Imports for tha same month totalled 1-67-583,009, against J242.162.0U id 191S- ,Th largest increase in v ex porta was m raw materials for manufacturing purposes. . which Jumped from. tS& An March,. 191s, to 1975 m 1913. . Power REACH NRV YORK ' -'. 'i-,r ---v.- f! ' ' '- ,t - ' ' ' r. . ! i Mm 1 USD.' "Can't Have Fiume," Is; Sub stance of Statement Which ."Repudiates the London Pact. Delegates From, Rome Assert . r . j - ii ri.ii.--.ii rresiaeni nas oroKen up Tne Peace Conference by Standi P ARIS, April 23. - (U. . P.) "President Wil son's statement has. broken up the peace confer- . ence," a member of the Ital- ( ian delegation declared this .-: afternoon. . - " . The - delegate said that Premier Orlando will leave , for Rome tonight or totiiur- row and that the remainder , of the delegation will go as quickly as possible .there after. - - Orlando declined to com ment . . on the president's statement beyond intimat " ing that Italy's, response might take the form of some definite action." This was interpreted as meaning pos . sible withdrawal. . ; ' By Fred S. Frrouson , " Paris. April 23.U.' P.)-PreBt-dent Wilson declared th Is after- , noon that Italy cannot, havA F1- r ume. , , possession . of this seaport . Is lhi bone of contention vhtch ha ' resulted f In - the"- Italians threaten ing to withdraw from" the :peace conference. 5 Nothing now remains for the i Italians to . do but put theff threat v Into execution or back? down iCompIctelyJ" ". , The Italian delegates also failed j to "attend the; afternoon session of the "big four." President Wilson Issued a statement declaring America must stand - by tha principles it haa already enunciated In making . decisions . regarding Italy's claims- r-. ' . . f . A new set of principles cannot ba e tabilshed for the Balkans, he aald., . f - The president hed that Flume cannot be given to : Italy,"' but must be made available as a seaport for the smalt na tions behind It. - - - . j Wilson pointed out that conditions ex isting at the - time the pact of London was signed (1915) have been, altered by the dlssoluUon of Austria-Hungary-aad the establishment of new Balkan states. He instated the peace conference must apply tha principles, established : In . tha armistice and the "fourteen points.". ' i "If those principles ara to be adhered to. Fiume must serve aa an outlet for the commerce, not of Italy, but of tha lands to the awrtheastward Hungsry. Bohemia (Csecho-Slovakia), Roumanta and tha states of the new Jugo-Slgv siar d ie group. . WOULD 31 EAX TROUBLE "To assign Kiume to Italy would to create a feeling that we had deliber ately put the port, upon- which those ' countries chiefly depend for. access to the Mediterranean, in the bands of I a power Of which these nations did not form an integral part and whose sover eignty, if set there, must Inevitably seem foreign, not domestic - The president concluded by pointing out that the fear of aggression, existing at the time of the pact of London Is not - longer valid. ' The deadlock in the Italian situation. wa declared by some delegates-? today to be worse: than ever, since the confer ence between Premier Lloyd George and Premier Orlando last night. The Italians are now Intimating they will begin con versations with the German a looking to ward a separate peace. ' They Indicated they expect to obtain coal from - Ger many and food from. Ukraine, instead of from Great Britain and America. - -' v The "big four . waa expected to con tinue today the discussion of Japanese claims to , Chinese territory. . based on the secret treaty- to which Great Brit ain, Prance, Italy,. Russia and Japan were parties. . ....' . t ' Premier Orlando decided hot . to- at tend the meeting this morning. Ad miral Pt Iieval left for, Italy Tuesday night and General Dies was scheduled Contended on ' fum Fourteen. Column Chi) Mrs. ;Baker, Mother.. Of i Cabinet Member, Passes Through City i''.y4y-yK?" ' '"' ; Interesting visitors in Portland today are Mrs. Newton D. Baker Sr. mother of Secretary Baker, and .her niece, Mrs. Charles M. Bainbrldge, who are passing through the city on their way to Mew Yorkw - - Mrs, Baker and Mrs. Bainbrldge have been traveling in the west, mosUy In California, since November, and after spending the day In , Portland, will leave this evening for Seattle. 'They expect to return to the east via the Canadian Pacific i railway.;, stepping at Victoria. B. Xi Vancouver, Banff and other points of Interest-along the route. Mrs. Baker makes her home In Washington. D. C. spending most of her .time between that cUy.-and Cleveland,. Ohio. M re. -Bainbrldge lives. In. Montclatr,, N, J.. i