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Portland Clearing House Aids
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in ruiiiiig vmjr uui ui ; iiuio
With, Heavy Purchase of Bonds'
Closing of Many Shipyards Has
Had Detrimental Effect on
the Victory Loan Campaign.
OREGON'S quota...... 126,747,550
Pieces to dale... 18,061.645
Yet to be raised...,.'.;.? 8,685,903
City, of Portland-?- . r
' Official quota. . ....... 1 .814,786,525
' Pledges to date. , ..... 7,270,150
Vet to be raised... ....$ 7,516,173,
Outside of Portland; . v
Off leal quota ..$11,961,223 .
Pledges to date.:....... 10,701,493
Yet to be raised... .$1,241,730
Two million dollar was the subscrip
tion, made in one lump to the Victory
loan campaign by the clearing house
banks of Portland. These banks are the
First National, La fid A Tilton, V. 8. Na
tional, Northwestern National. Bank of
California, the Canadian Bank of Com
merce and the Hibernia Havings bank.
This subscription gives powerful Impe
tus to Portland's progress In the Victory
drive and may help to turn the corner
towards success for the city.
Portland, so far, has - teen ? lagging
fur behind the rest of the state. Kmery
Olmstead, chairman of; the Portland
i't r r. . Insn nnm m (Iff. nA . npfl!!r n t
of the Northwestern National bank, an
nH need the big subscription with the
following statement: : , : . -"We
are making this subscription in
the face of the advice by the secretary
iif th iritMurvS-thMit th hanki should
fjold their funds for. the needs of busi
ness after the completion of the loan
r.nt there has been a prevalent Impress
luniks Intend to' underwrite this - loan.
This Impression Is incorrect, - This sub
scrlptlorr Is made llla morning to- hjlp
CConcloiled on Put Two Cohina One)
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Oregon Men Present Views on
Employment Service at Na
tional Conference.
Washington, APril 26. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL)
' Director General Densmore of the fed
eral employment service, .at the final
session of the national conference Fri
day, honored Oregon by calling first
upon Wilfred Smith, state director, to
tell what Oregon did by her own effort
t' malnt-jin employment service un
impaired after congress failed to make
an appropriation for It. - -V
Smith saW Oregon wants exclusively
federal service, but will cooperate In
whatever plans are worked out for the
Reneral , interest.' W. H. Fitzgerald,
Oregon's other representative," added
nssurance that the progressive spirit of
the state will get behind the plan which
the- conference oullned today. This
plan Is to ask legislation which will pro
vide federal cooperation i, with , states
which have established : state employ
ment services, each contributing half
and giving the secretary of labor au
thority to allot sums he may deem
necessary in other states. The ques
tion of an advisory board, which ras
extensively argued, was settled "by In
serting a proviso permitting Its ap
pointment by the president in his dis
cretion. Switzerland Not
Yet Out of Danger
. , From Bolshevism
Geneva, April 26. (X. N. S.) "Switzer
land is not yet out of the danger of
Bolshevism." said the Lausanne Ga
zette, in commenting upon the revela
tion of Bolshevik propaganda In this
.country. .: -
It is learned that Lenine's Instruc
tions to his agents were:
"All Swiss federal authorities and the
members of tho military staff shall be
captured and held as hostages. The
banks, railways, factories and news
papers must be seized and placed under
control "
URG
COOPERATION
III LABOR PROBLEM
First in News, Reviews, Photographs, Features and Fun
.Five Sections of Readable Material Presented in
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Czecho-SlavArmy
NearingBudapest;
May Capture City
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Hungarians Reported to Be Leav
ing Capital in Great Numbers;
Aid Asked of Leninei
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Berne, April 2. (I. N. S.) The
Csecho-Slav army advancing on Buda
pest is today reported within jot 20
miles from the Hungarian capital. It is
believed here the city's fall is imminent.
Geneva, April 2. I. N. , S.)5 Thou
sands of refugees are. fleeing from Buda
pest, carrying such of their belongings
as they can,' according to advices from
Vienna today, quoting Hungarian fugi
tives, i ::' ' "' '. ; j ; "'-
Five thousand women met at Buda
pest and protested against the measures
of. the Bed government.;. ; ; j .'y
Austrlans, who volunteered in ; the
Hungarian communist army, attempted
to return home m disguise, but were ar
rested at the frontier and disarmed.
The announcement. ef the Roumanian
offensive created enthusiasm '- even
among the Hungarians, and many Saxon
officers, who 7 were in -Hungary fjoiBed
the Roumanians. ;v
Bela Kun Appeals to Lenine
London, April 26. (tj. P.)-A Berne
dispatch to the Times today said For
eign Minister Be la . Kun had appealed
to Premier Lenine to begin an immedi
ate offensive so as to compel abandon
ment of . the Roumanian . Invasion of
Hungary. I The situation in Hungary is
desperate, the dispatch said. . The peas
ants are reported to be rising In many
places clamoring for restoration cf the
monarchy. '.' ' ;
BERLIN DELEGATES
TO LEAVE MONDAY
Newspaper Correspondents Will
Accompany Germans to' Ver
sailles. ' .
f ."j By Frak J. Taylor
Berlin. April . 8.r-V. iP--The first
group jot German peace delegates will
leave for Versailles on Monday, it was
officially announced- today. The party
w-Ul JneJud z, wint-Brockderf-Rantzau."
foreign minister ; - Minister Landsberg,
head of ihe department of art and liter
ature; Professor ' Schuecklng, 'Baron
Ktockhauser. 'Dr. von Buelow. Hcrr von
Hancl. Herr Simmons, Herr Kahen, Herr
Hoedlger.
The, six last named are all under of
ficials' of the foreign office.
The delegates sVill be accompanied by
news correspondents. i
t Grand Headquarters Deserted
Berlin. , April 26. (U. Pi) German
grand headquarters Is being dissolved,
as there Is no longer need for 'its serv
ices, it was announced today. Premier
Hoffman's Socialist forces are varying
their artillery bombardment j of Munich
with a bombardment of propaganda, ac
cording to reports received here. Pam
phlets are being rained ore the com
munist defenders from airplanes.
Chafe Under Confinement -
Versailles. April 26. (U. P,) Chafing
under the restrictions imposed on their
movements, the first of the German del
egation, which arrived-here ! yesterday,
has filed a formal protest with the al
lied authorities. The Germans are per
mitted to move about only,jh a portion
of the chateau park Mid' their hotel
grounds. ".. ",,4-
Japan Eeports That
After 13 Riots in One
Week Korea Is Quiet
Tokio, April M-.(Delayed)-i-(ty. P.)
Quiet prevails ; generally throughout
Korea, some comparatively trivial riots
being the only, disturbances; according
to a war office .communique Thirteen
riots occurred in the week ending April
20. Four " hundred' Christians are said
to have participated at Hatsuas, where
a throng sought to release political
prisoners. In Shlnshu 'several' were
killed and Injured. 1,
Howry Denied Council
Tokio. April 22. (U. P.) Ell M.
Mowry, American missionary in Korea,
who was sentenced to serve six months,
w as forced to : trial without, an attor
ney, the Seoul press ; discloses today.
Mowry Is' charged v with allowing
Koreans to print independence propa-
ganda on his : premises. - He has ap
pealed from the sentence. - j
Haller's Polish Army
Keady to Fight Reds
Lausat ne. April 26 (I. N. S.) Gen
eral Haller's Polish army, which was
recently transferred from France to
Warsaw, la already in action against the
Bolshevik!. Some of the troops aided in
the capture of Vllna from . the Russian
Reds, it was announced by I the Polish
news bureau today. t.
OREGON MEN OF 91ST LANDING AT IIOBOKEN
MEN of the Wild West division from Oregon and Washington photographed .upon their ar
rival on.the transport Virginia. A number of Portland men returned on the Virginia.
: These boys went through some of the heaviest fighting of , the war in the Argonne forest
and in Flanders last fall. Your Victory bonds will help to pay but a trifling part of the debt you
incurred dunrig' those terrific days last fall; when they turned the
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CALLEDTOCOLORS
Serbs and v Croatians in 'Xmenca
Declare' 'flume Nevep;Was S
, . :ari Italian City ; 'I
Trieste. April 25. (Delayed)-r(LV P.)
-'The Jugo-Slav government has called
three additional ; classes to the colors,
according to a dispatch from Agram to
Cay. . - i ' 1
Chicago. April 26.-tLVP.-"If IUly;
is ever -awarded Flume apd the Dal
matian . coast,.it -will-'be robbing- Jugo-
Sslavia of ts only 'hope of commercial
life," declared -the vJgo-Slavian and
United , Serbian, Chicago's Crotlan and
d-rbian da'ly. editorially today. :
.Serbia and Croatia never' agreed to
the pact of London." the editorial says,
"and Jugo-Slavtc newspapers . decried
the document when, at the time of the
Russian revolution, the ' secret treaty
became .known. ' .
'"Flume, neither now nonever, belongs
to the Italians. The city's name of
Rieko, giver. It by its Croatian founders,
was changed by the Italians. As a
matter of fact, the city and country
Mirrouno'ing li are 9T per cent Jugo
Slavlc "America Is In the right because,
while wanting nothing for herself, she
seeks to tear down the evils of secret
diplomacy and uphold rights of small
states." l.
State Guard Units
Ajln Western Oregon
V; Are Mustered Out
By order of 'Adjutant General John 1.
May, made public today, the Oregon
Slate Guard,; with the exception of the
Third. regiment, in Astern Oregon, has
been -demobilised and is out of exist
ence. V; The i State jQuarff was a. tempo
rary organisation authorized in ; 1917,
when -the National Guard of Oregon was
taken into'the federal service, ilts units
in . Western Oregon., have been turned
Into the 'different companies, of the new
Third Infantry, Xationar Guard of the
LTnlted States and of the state of Ore
gon, and the engineers. All the State
Guard companies were- formally mus
tered "out of the service today. J In East
ern Oregon, there : being no-, arrange
ment as yet for the transfer to the new
organization, the Third" regiment will
be retained for a time. i : ; . - ' '
Wilson Street Has ;
i Been Named Fiume
i London. April 26. (L If. ' S.) -"After
reflecting, the : allies ;; will understand
that Italy saved Europe from American
hemegomy by shattering President Wil
son's dictatorship," : the , Italian news
paper Ideal Naaionale was quoted as
saying in a Central news dispatch from
Rome todty.t Genoa has renamed' "Wil
son street," 'Fiume, street. ,
Portland Goes Long j '
WitHout Fire Alarm
At.' noon' today the Portland fire de
partment had not turned a, wheel for f 2
hours. The last alarm received came in
at 10 ;, o'clock - Wednesday night Fire
Marshal Orenfell regards- this as a most
commendable showing for such a large
city. The high record of the department
la 182 hoOa. -, .
Soldiers of 157th
Being Entertained
In Portland Today
'V- -.' y t t , -,. r
"5W1U three hours' and w half to spend
aa-P-rtkuid's--g aetata;-' It-1 wen of tlw
157th Infantry arrived" - it . the Union
station : today at 12:30. leaving at A on
their, way to. Camp .Lewis for discharge.
They will be entertained by the general
reception committee, with a lunch at a
hotel, after which they wiTl.be given the
freedom of the city, taken ' for automo
bile rides, furnished with theatre tickets
and made to feel at home1 in -every way.
The detachment of 164 men of the
316th engineers and f 75 men of the Ninety-first
-division - headquarters that are
coming- on, a special train through Port
land on ; their way, to - Camp Lewis are
expected to -arrive sat the' Union station
about 6 or 1 "O'clock Monday morning.
They are coming: on. a special-train, and
will be allowed -as long a stopover here
as their commanding officer wishes.
Eighty-eight , men of -Hoboken casual
company 439- will leave Camp Merritt,
N. April 30 lor Camp Lewis and wHI
come via Portland. ;- . v -
Many Delegations Received and
Claims Heard by Wilson
in Paris. - .
By Bobert J. Frew -
- Paris, April 26. (I. N. S.J The tem
porary sidetracking of the Adriatic
problem.) pending .the return of Pre
mier Orlando; if he does return. Is ex
pected to enable President Wilson. Pre
mier Lloyd George and Premier Clemen
ceau to catch up with their ' routine
work. '-'."-"' .,4. -
A number of delegations were received
Friday by Preaident.Wilspn. who listened
to; their -various ", requests.-? Three - of
them, thatr presented claims for recog
nition' of national aspirations, came
from Slami Ctech'o-Slovakia and' Kurdis
tan. " " '' ' i
1ABOB. LEADER HEAED : 2
' Deep interest was 'taken in the visit
of Frank -Hayes head s-of .the -United
States Mine Workers of America, who
presented the claims , of that organiza
tion for increased wages and a shorter
work day. In addition he outlined the
general demands of labor In America.
President Wilson" listened .Intently- io
all: Mr. Hayes had to say and promised
to give further consideration to all
points. .-..,.-.,
Members of the military' affairs' com
mittee Of the American house of repre
sentatives talked with the president
about . army, matters. They were . as
sured that everything possible was being
done to hasten the homeward movement
of American troopa
FKE5CH WOKXEKS MET
' Among. the others who "met the presi
dent was . a delegation of French
workers. - y-
; - Premier Lloyd George has also been
busy receiving delegations from - small
nations and representative's of various
organizations. - - j - .
v- Premier Cleroenceaa attended a - ses
sion of the French cabinet and received
a confidential report from Marshal Focb
on the occupation of the Jilxlneland. -
Numerous conference 'are being held
between President "Wilson and the Amer
ican experts who -accompanied-the peace
delegation to Paris, j-The report of the
economic experts from the United States
Is in the president's hands and he held
a conference with - Bernard -X.- Baruch,
head of the American industrial' board,
concerning It. This report- is now In
form -for Insertion in the -treaty, -.-
INTERVIEWS KEEP
PRESIDENT BUSY
Germans with their ; blood.
COMMITTEE WILL
GREET. BATTLESH IP
Big Reception .Planned for Fa
mous, jOId, Oregon on Arrival 'in" J
Lower Harfior This Evening.' .
When ; the ' famous . old battleship? Ore
gon steams into the lower harbor late.
this evening the steamer Lurlme, bear
ing Senator F. , W. ,Mulkey. chairman
of . the reception committee, , and ap
proximately ; 100 prominent , Portlanders,
Victory loan officials and representa
tives of the army, navy, and marines,
will lead a convoy down the river - to
greet the : celebrated visitor .and escort
her , to her f moorings in the harbor,
just below the Broadway bridge.
The 1 Lurline will leave the foot of
Aider street when the Oregon comes into
the river.: Launches and other craft in
full dress of pennants, flags, bunting and
other decorations will follow the Lur
line in an impressive array. This con
voy Is being organized by George W.
Kendall of the Oregon Motorboat club,
who says "that his "njosqufto fleet"
will be out in full force and gaily
decked for the reception; of the Oregon.
; Sunday , morning, when ! the visiting
battleship anchors a special launch serv
ice .will . be inaugurated connecting her
with the shore, telephones will be put in,
and a fleet of big barges will be or
ganized to convey visitors to and from
the daily and .nightly reception that
will t be a -feature of the Oregon's visit
here. , - - ' . - '
All visitors to the Oregon must wear
the Victory loan buttons, and In . order
to accommodate .those who. have not
already bought bonds, a sales station
will be established at the dock so that
those not having , buttons may secure
them by 'buying, bonds of , pledging
themselves .'to do so before" stepping
into 'the' launches' "bound Tor, the. big
visiting battleship." --
' Features of the entertainment : pro
gram for the commanding . officers of
the Oregon includes a ride over the
Columbia highway,; luncheon at Crown
Point and dinner at night at the Ben
son hoter. The officers and crew iwill
also ' appear In a big land event to -be
staged.' probably at tie. Liberty Tern pie.
In addition " tot the daily and nightly
H Coiwluded on Pti Tw' tfohimn Sut
Colton Man Dying, ;
: Result of Steam ;
; Boiler '-Accident
'. Oregon City," April , 26. Gilbert Mur
phy of Colton, a Clackamas county road
emloye, was thrown from a new steam
roller which he was taking to Colton
froth Portland this morning and his skull
was fractured. He is In the Oregon City
hospital,.;, where no hope for his re
covery is held. He Is married and has
four children. - ' ,.'-'
Murphy , was accompanied by Walter
Gorbett. a fellow workman, "who jumped
to safety. The accident happened on
the hill south of Oak Grove on the River
road. The machine, it Is "said, was ap
parently; defective, as the driver lost
control. i - ' .
Four Killed at Camp
.When Buse Collide
Camp Merritt. N. April 28. (L K.
S-K-Four. persons were killed near here
Friday night when two '. autobuses col
lided, it was established today. Major
H. K. Bunch, medical officer with the
168th infantry, was among the seriously
injured. - ' " - yt ; --- -
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ICE II. S.
TO RETiR
Peace Conference to Continue
Work, but Some See in Wil
son's Act Step to Withdraw.
Suggestion Made That Europe's
Future So .Dark Wilson Wants
to 'Get Out While It's Possible.
By Paul Scott Mowrcr
8peeial Cabto to The Journal and Th Chieaca
Unity Neva.
Copyright. 191. by Chieaco Daily New Co. I
PARIS. . April 26. The peace
cpnference will continue its
work 4ust the same as before the
d'epartore of the Italians. The
Adriatic question simply will be
dropped for the time being. The
- Germans are still expected to ar
rive on Monday., '
; The peace treaty, which it
seems will be only 70,000 words
!long, instead of 150,000, will be,
it is said, ready in time. How
ever, there is not the slightest
doubt that the withdrawal of the
Italians will cast a shadow over
everything that is done from now
on.
Efforts of every kind will be made
outside of the conference to settle the
Italian clalma
One suggestion offered Is that Italy
and the Jugo-Slavs may be invited to
hold separate negotiations In an effort
to , reach an understanding between
themselves. Otherwise It is feared Inci
dents and bloodshed may occur at points
where tbelr troops of occupation face
each other..
' Italy's economic situation Is so bad
and i her Indebtedness to the United
States Is so great that it' Is evident a
tremendous economic pressure could be
applied if necessary to-bring the Italians
to terms. "However. there is a feeling
WW. j tbaAjneriCan. delegate '.that this
would be taklng an unfair advantage
of an ally whose sacrifices and valor
in;the war have been great.' : '
'-Italy -i said even; now to have coal
enough' for only-one week. and. food, for
three weeks. - Her people are literally
(Concluded on pas Two. Column Four)
PUBLISHERS' GRAFT
Says Association Is Fighting to
Prevent Success of Postal
Zone System.
Washington, April 26. Postmaster
General Burleson has again carried into
the opposition camp the ' fight to force
him out of the cabinet. In a statement
breathing Indignation and determination
to force the issue, he hurled charges of
"Infamous falsehood! and "base lie" at
his critics, and declared 'legalized graft"
was uppermost In the minds of certain
members of the 'American Newspaper
Publishers' association.
Mr. Burleson made it known that C.
3. Post, director of the publishers' ad
visory board, was the "principal lobby
ist" to whom he referred In his state
ment of Wednesday.
Mr. Poet issued a statement in New
York last night assailing the postmas
ter general.
The basts for Mr. Post's attack was
an "infamous falsehood," Mr. Burleson
said.
"The New York World knew it was
a base He." he said, "when it published
it, and Mr. Post knew this was a base
lie when he repeated It."
In his ' previous statement the post
master general had this to say of the
man whom he now identifies as Post:
"This lobbyist employed by this selfish
combination (publishers alleged, by Mr.
I-turleson to have sought the repeal of
the postal sone law) which is reputed to
have raised many thousands of dollars
to be used for accomplishing the repeal
of this law. In circular letters, after tell
ing of the number of Democratic repre
sentatives committed to the repeal of
the-law anC how It was hoped Repub
lican members could be used, urged cer-
( Concluded on Pace Two, Column F1t)
Men Want to Know'
What'Has Become of
Unredeemed
Members of organized labor unions In
Portland will not buy Victory loan bonds
when the forfeiture clause Is Included,
If workmen live, up to the terms of a
resolution adopted at a meeting of the
Central Labor council Thursdays night.
The recommendation of the council fol
lowed prolonged debate on the subject.
Certain employers will be asked to ac
count for partial (payments made on
bonds purchased by employes in pre
vious drives. -r ,'
- The council declared Thursday night
that.lt is not opposing the Victory loan,
but that it wants the partial payments
made by . workingmen and others who
bought previous bond . Issues accounted
for and - returned. -, Speakers expressed
the opinion that the present bond Issue
should be freed of the abuses alleged to
have narked the handling of other Lib
erty loan sales. ';.'-.
BURLESON
SHOWS
OREGON TOPS
THE LOAN IN
ITS DISTRICT.
09EOOX leads the states of the
twelfth district la the Ylctery
lean, accord lag to a telegram
received by the publicity director of
the Ylctery loaa from C. A. Kama,
worth', director of the twelfth fed
eral reserve district. The wire
read a i 1
Liberty Lean, Portland, Oregon.
District bank total to data iSl.OS,
sot from 7,tl aabaerlbera. ThU
Indicates Yletory loaa Is getting a
wide distribution as pretloaa Isaaes.
Oregon leading states . of twelfth
dlstrlet with more thaa 27 pti rent
of qsota covered by ebserlptloes
aetsally baBked, L'tah second with
shade over t per feat. District
figures do set Include Hawaii er
Alaska, San Praselseo official
total to date. fSJU.fS.
TUBERCULAR RATS
Active Campaign . in Slaughter
House District Will Be Made
by City Health Bureau.
Tubercular rats found In the slaugh
ter house district by City Meat In
spector Anderson recently, have led to
the institution of an active campaign
against the rodents by the city health
bureau. All restaurants and establish
ments where food or mother rat-attract-ig
goods are kept are requested to set
traps and spread poison on the prem
ises Immediately.
Commissioner Mann also announced
that an ordinance, embodying . sugges
tions from City Aealth Officer Parrlsh.
-will be drafted and Introduced in the
council to provide for rat-proof build
ings. To prevent contamination of many
foods, it is declared an- assiduous cam
paign Is necessary. City Health Officer
Parrlsh appeals to all people to Invoke
every destroying agency at hand. -
Health officials declare It has been
founl that 75 ner . cent of the rats
caught in the slaughter house district
are suffering from generalised tuber
cnlocla " '. n '
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Ohio FreezeyDoes
Heavy Crop Damage
Columbus. Ohio, April 2. t. N. &)
After receiving 1 more complete reports
of the damage . done by the f reese In
Ohio Thursday night, Vernon H. Davis,
head of the bureau of markets, today
predicted that the damage to fruit alone
In Ohio will reach nearly $1,600,000,
besides the damage done to wheat and
tender plants which is still uncertain.
Not much damage was reported today
from the temperature of Friday night.
Many Soldiers Will
Land During Week
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New York, I April 25. (I. N. S.) The
high tide of homeward troop movements
will be reached during the coming week,
according to an announcement made
here today. In that time B transports
and liners are expected to arrive with
94,449 soldiers. Thirty-two of the vessels
will dock here with (4,789 men.- The rest
will go to Boston, Philadelphia, and
other ports.
City Asked
Furnish
MENACING MEAT
Industrial Plants
Portland may soon have a thriving In
dustrial and manufacturing center, with
rati and' water terminals adjacent to a
navigable channel from Columbia slough
to the Columbia river, west of the Inter
state bridge. The movement was start
ed off Friday" with a hearing before the
city council of prominent Portland men.
Including members of the Realty Board,
who strongly urged the council to take
favorable . action on Commissioner
Mann's proposal to investigate the pos
sibilities of constructing a channel 200
feet wide by 20 feet deep from the
slough to the river.- with a view to con
demning adjacent property and offering
free Industrial sites, aswell as termin
als, to- industries in an effort to draw
them to Portland. . - -
After an entirely . favorable 'discussion
of the plan, the council went even fur
ther in Instructing Mayor Baker to ap
point a committee of li prominent Port
land men, to study the project, work out
details and report back to- the council.
After submission of the report It Is
planned to call a special election to se
cure the ratification, of the people for a
bond issue covering the cost of the proj
ect. The entire cost of the channel, ter
minals and factory sites Is estimated at
approximately 11,600,000. The election
will likely be held in the fall. Inasmuch
as it was considered impossible to for
mulate thorough details of the plan and
present It at the June election. a
RAIL Bt7SI9ES8 80CGHT
; That the natural edWantagea'of Port
land's location tower over other Pacific
coast cities, that eastern business men
admit It and that goods- are shipped
from the East to Seattle via. Portland
was the statement of H. H. Ward to the
council. r He offered figures showing that
other coast cities, with facilities far in
ferior. to Portland's, were doing a much
heavier Import and export business than
this city, largely because pf discrimina
tion against Portland by, railroads which
he claims could not be practiced If we
had .large, manufacturing enterprises,
proper terminals and the . spirit. Mr.
mm
Great Crowds .Throng Streets
of Rome on Return of Their
Delegates From Peace Table
. 'ii ..in r i ix - . ;-t- '-V'f --'
Demonstrations in Every City
. Indicate Nation Is United in
Demand Fiume Be Annexed
PARIS, April 20. (U. P.) 2 i5
p. m.) Premier Orlando ar
rived In Rome at 11' o'clock this
mornlnR, according to a dispatcti
received at Italian headquarters
here.- He was given a great ova
tion, .his automobile proceeding
with great difficulty through
cheering crowds to the govern
ment . off ices. ? '
The last of the Italian peace
delegation Foreign Minister Son
nino and former Premier Salan
dra left for Rome ' at 2 o'clock
this afternoon. A crowd of. Ital
ian officials and civilians ..- gave
them a great ovation at the Uare
do Lyon. -
Advices received at Italian head
quarters describe Premier. 0r-;
lando's triumphal passage through
Italy, en route ot Rome. He was
said to" have received a tremen
dous ovation in PIs.i and other
northern Italian cities. ;
; Washington; April 2. U. P.)
Tlic Italian situation Is clearing
. rapidly, according to private ad-
vice's received, at the White House
' today. It Is stated the president's
paction on JFJume Is., gencrallyInt
dorsed by participants' in the
peace copference."
' By Camilla Claafarra
Rome, April 28. Delayed )--ftJ. P.-4-The
impression grew today that thp
Italian nation is a unit In supporting
the claims upon which Its representa
tives In the peace-conference have taken
an Irrevocable stand. I
Demonstrations continued In every
(Conelodad ea Pas Two. Oolomn Thraa)
Body of Murdered
' Woman Discovered
. Chicago, April 2. I. N. 8.) LylnV
in . a heap of rags in the corner of it
hut occupied by a Polish rag man, the
body of a young woman, murdered; w
found today by a laborer who passed
the hut on his way to work. The
woman's throat had been cut and . her
body dragged from a nearby alley into
the hut. No clues to the woman's
identity have been found and the oc
cupant of the hut. whose name. has net
been learned, has disappeared." :,, j.'
to Help
Sites for
Ward stated that transcontinental roads
cannot show a profit on their local busi
ness, that they must secure the. con
tinental shipments, that if Portland
sends goods through the canal it wilt
force a recognition of this port by. th
roads. They would be compelled to rec
ognize the natural advantages of Port
land, eliminate the haul of 7000 feet evi-e
the mountains to San Francisco aed
a 000 to - Seattle and come to Portia Sd
for their business. . - . : j :
In the past, large Industrial estab
llshments have passed Portland and
cone to San Francisco and' Seattle to
locate; Mr. Ward declared, because they
could not be assured of shipping facili
ties here, they had no rail and water
frontage for ' their plants, and they
could not get cheap sites. . . ( j .
SITES IJT FEW HA3TDS , j ;
PRE! IE
: Aoout e per cent oi tne peopie or mis
ci'y possess the factory sites, according
t9 Ward, and they hold them so high
they duvourage attempts of lndusrlts
to locate in Portland. Other cities are
constantly leasing sites-, at nominal
figures to large plants, and are taking
them sway from Oregon, Ward matn-t-tlna
For instance, the city of San
Francisco is now erecting large storage
tanks- for vegetable oils, which they, rent
at, low s figures . They are constructed
on municipal property and financed out
of the city funds. Just as terminals and
other pubtlo - works are ;? erected. , If
Portland will follow out the Mann plan,
construct the channel, provide for termi
nals and offer factory sites to big
plants, Mr. Ward - believes 9200.000,00
will come to this port the first year jof
operation. , '
A syndicate of London . capltalltt5
raised 15,000.000 for the development of
th Columbia and were only prevented
from expending that sum here by the
outbreak of the " war, according, to a
statement of L T. Kady of Seattle, who
appeared before the council- with the
delegation. The plans were exhibited . to
the council. . 1 -
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