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PORTLAND,
OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING,? APRID , 23, 1919.--TWENTY. PAGES
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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." " - ' ' .
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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
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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
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' ' ' r. . ! i
Mm
1 USD.'
"Can't Have Fiume," Is; Sub
stance of Statement Which
."Repudiates the London Pact.
Delegates From, Rome Assert
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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