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A03IG:NEW-FEATORETHS SUNDAY JOUKWAE-- M BEGHBIS MEJXT SUKD TIIK WEATIIEK , i ITS ALL HERE JoclockT. and . .-. . 3 !- ITS ALL TRLE I - i v iril TonigUt and" .1 .Ll)l I lyNvJ Wednesday fair : ,. ,Vj J w . westerly winds i VOL. XVIII. NO. 50 'Cntercd Sceond-clsM Matter . rortefttee. Portland. Oron. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESD AY EVENING, MAY . 6, 1919. TWENTY ! PAGES PRICE TWO - CENTS trains mno tan oa five c&nts . BUST IIV PACT OR SUFFER Blockade Commissioners Drawing Up Plans for Economic Isola ' tforf if Germany Should Balk. WOWmOBBMOSMBSBMNNBBB Wilson Wins Sweeping Victory in Obtaining Permission for Reporters at First Session. Berne. May'. -(I. N. S.)-Th Austrian delegation to the peace conference at Paris, numbering 32. has arrived here. It is headed by Franz Klein. y Paris, May . The secret plenary cession of the peace conference ad journed at 5:15 this afternoon, after hearing read a summary of the Ger man treaty prepared by Captain Andre Tardteu. The treaty ia now understood to be ready to be pre sented to the German delegates Wednesday afternoon. Announcement was made at the conclusion of today's meeting that China. Siam. Panama, Guatemala. Nicaragua, Haiti and Honduras will be represented in tomorrow's Meet ing. A big crowd, gathered outside the Qual d'Orsay; cheered President Wilson and Premier Clemenceau. 1 Paris, May, 6. The Germans must Sign the- peace treaty or face eco nomic Isolation. This' was made plain today when, the blockade section of the supreme economic . council was instructed to 4rw ip-, plans . for ' economic isola tion of Germany to- be put into ef fect it the. enemy attempts to carry -Out Us threat to -refuse the, peace terms.' -"-(-- ; -A Supporting the f Americai report that Italy was not invited to re turn, to the peace conference, it was learned today that the final draft of the treaty did not contain Italy's name and it was necessary to write it in. President Wilson won a sweeping victory today when Premier Uoyd ' George and , Premier Clemenceau were forced to agree to a proposal that 45 newspaper correspondents be present in the Trianon palace at Versailles to witness the presenta tion of the peace treaty terms to the' Germans. President Wilson made a personal visit upon the two premiers to urge this publicity.' There will be five representatives rr ( Concluded oa Pax Two, Column One) HIGHWAY BONDS SOLD FOR WB1900 Boston Buyers Bid in Oregon Issue of Half Million; C'om- petition Is Keen. 'Four per cent state road bonds to the amount of $500,000 were sold today by the state highway commission for $467. 900, a discount of $32,100. On the basis sold the bands will net the buyer 4.59 per cent. The price obtained was not quite so high as obtained last fall when the basis was 4.40 per cent. The successful bidders for today's is sue were Lootnis & Gobs- and A. B. Leach of Boston. Their bid was only $50 higher than that of the United States National bank of Portland, $467,850. Bidding for the bonds was active, 14 proposals being received. In addition to the two bids mentioned they were as follows: Lumbermens Trust company, Portland, $463,375; Northern Trust company, Chi , cago $460,704 ; Bank of Italy. San Francisco, $461.488 ; First National bank. New York. $466,411; G. E. MUler A Co., $465,625 ; E. H. Rollins & Sons, $459,761; Morris s Bros., $463.550 ; Fear & Gray. $462,950; Henry Teal, $46,800 ;' Carstens & Earle, $466,800 ; Clark Kendall com . pany, $466,140; R. M. Grant & Co.. $462, 595. . - -, ; -.; . In addition to selling bonds the high way commission received proposals for a numbefof construction projects, involv ing an estimated expenditure of $1,750, 000. The projects embrace 48 miles of grading. 42 miles of grading and mac adam and 4S miles , of paving. The awarding of contracts will follow the tabulation of the bids. Gary Radicals Are Fined and Jailed V r Gary, IndV May . (U, P.) Senten ces of from a $20 fine to $220 and six months in Jail were being served today - bw fiveof the men. arrested in the radical riot here Sunday. " f 1 i Lieut, Col. Kelly Given Medal of Legion of Honor Portland Man (Awarded Decora tion by Marshal Petain for Ex ceptional Work in France. V For exceptional work in France. Lieu tenant Colonel George H. Kelly of Port land has been awarded the medal of the Legion of Honor, according to word re ceived by Colonel Kelly on Monday from Colonel I H. Bash, adjutant general $ the American expeditionary forces in France. Colonel Kelly's absence when the med als were distributed personally -by Mar shal Petain of the French army caused a delay in notifying him of the honor, and his medal will be forwarded to him probably through the French ambassador at Washington. That Colonel Kelly is also in-line for honors at the, hands of his own govern-ment'ls- the statement made by Adjutant Genera! Bash, who writes as follows : "The' French were a little slow in rec ognizing your service ever here and notification that you had been awarded the medal of the Leg-ion of Honor did not come until yesterday (April 9). To day (April 10). Marshal Petain came down and presented the medals to those on the .list who remained in the service of supplies and expressed treat disap pointment that you were not here to meet him in person. "Fortunately the ' French omitted the usual ceremony of kissing the recipient. "1 think you can also expect some thing in the way of appreciation from the American authorities and I will have that mailed as soon as the matter is settled." BE PROUD, SAYS1SEASS 9 Secretary of Treasury Pays State High Compliment Previous Record , Upheld. -Washington, May . (WASHINGTON BUREAU OF THB JOURNAL) Secre tary Of the Treasury Glass, when In formed by ,Th -Journal - of the record Oregon has made in the Victory loan, said:- . -v j v. . . "I am hichly grateful to learn that Oregon is the third state to go over the top in the Victory loan "campaign, and. remembering the splendid record of Ore gon in previous campaigns, - citizens i of tnat state nave reason - for particular pride, ' - . "I 'extend congratulations on this achievement and sincerely hope that the good work will continue, with a view to the greatest possible oversubscriptions." Woman Is Fined for Breaking Ordinance After fining Mrs. M. Walkan $25 on a charge of violating the city health laws by breaking quarantine on April 28, Mu nicipal Judge Rossman this morning re mitted $20 of the amount. The com plaint was signed by Dr. George Par rish, city health officer, Who alleged that Mrs. Walkan did not obey the quarantine placed upon her home at 90 East Sixty-seventh street north, where three minor children are said to have scarlet fever. OREGON SHOULD Train With Wounded And Sick Soldiers To Arrive at 6:30 Offering Portland its first view of a hospital tram, a special carrying 13S wounded and sick men will arrive at the union station this evening at 6 :30 o'clock and be open to Inspection by the public. At 12 o'clock it will proceed on its way to Camp Lewis. The train is a complete hospital operated by a special ly trained personnel. . Cigarettes flowers and choice fruits may be taken to the boys, cakes and ether pastries not being permitted, be cause the boys are on special diets. The little luxuries which Portland people wish to furnish the sick and wounded men may be taken directly to the train, or may be left at the Liberty temple, from where they will be delivered. Karl Kilpatrick, assistant manager of the American Red Cross at Seattle, is traveling with the train to make ar rangements for special canteen service. The local Red Cross canteen will have Its band and complete corps of women assistants on hand to cheer the .boys. The Salvation Army and the Portland general reception committee will also take part In the reception. Hospital train No. 1 left New York May 2 with 136 patients and train per sonnel of 26 enlisted men, medical de partment, four medical officers and two Red Cross escorts. It is in command of Captain G. P. Doyle. , Patients include wounded, sick; and gassed from various overseas organiza tions lately in various New York de barkation hospitals, ; Major X E. Tefft, sanitary Inspector, accompanies the party. Following are the Oregon men on board ' . .Fred D. Haughawaut. private first class. 323d baker company, Salem. Roy Mitchell, j mechanic. 44th engi neers. Benson hotel. Portland. WlUiam M. Murphy,- private. Com pany . 107th infantry. Salem. Walter C. Schwarts. private, Company C. 8th field service. Briddles. William R. Winship, private. Company G. 806th infantry, Athena. - Kedall DuforVi sergeant ; first ; class. Battery,. D, 147th. field,, artillery 109 East Forty-fifth .street Portland, SHIPYARDS MB BUSINESS Embargo on Foreign Contracts Expected to Be Lifted Soon, Hurley Tells Senator McNary. Builders in Oregon Will Be Enabled to Obtain New Con tracts, Says Board Chairman. Washington. May 6. (WASHING TON BUREAU OK THE JOUR NAL). It is expected by the ship ping board that the proposed "early opening of steel yards to foreign account will enable shipbuilders in the Oregon district to secure ample business for a long time to come. Should the situation develop other wise, northwest yards not equipped for building the larger ships of types to be constructed hereafter, will be given opportunity to share in gov ernment contracts by remodeling their plants. These were Important points brought out today by a dis cussion between Chairman Hurley and .Senator McNary as to the future of the Northwest yards. Hurley also said the shipping hoard will not assume responsibility of cancelling the additional 2,000. 000 tons of steel chipping, but will make a complete 'survey and pass the question up to the new congress, submitting an estimate of new ships desired for the: Pacific trade routes. The embargo on : cob.structioni,for foreign account prebably will be Called off - within- a.iew daysU; f Per--rritts will still be required from' the shipping board to insure against in terference with .the' government program. ' EMBARGO TO BE LIFTED AT EARLY HOUR, IT IS SAID Washington. May 6. (I. N. S.) The rule that American 'shipbuilders can not accept foreign contracts will be re voked within 48 hours. This was announced today by Repre sentative Britton of the house naval af fairs committee, who- for several weeks has been actively engaged in seeking to have the shipbuilders of the country allowed to take advantage of the high prices being offered by foreign nations for ship construction. "I have received assurances that the embargo will be Itfted within 48 hours." Britton declared. He refused to state from' whom the assurance had come, but it was generally believed that he had heard from President Wilson in Paris. Lloyd E. Jacobs. 440th ordnance com pany, headquarters 2d army. Marsh field. Joseph L, McComas, private, Com pany M, 305th infantry. Salem. Fred Dye. private. Battery D. 77th field artillery. Marsh field. Alvin Benedict, corporal. Pendleton. Leyle S. Burdeyne, private, machine gun battalion. Spring Brook. . Forest Eadon, private first class, base hospital 45, Albany. Howard H. Salter, private. Eighty eighth thansportation corps, 126 East Eleventh street, Portland. Alford Bigger, private Company D, Eighteenth engineers, Oregon City, . Charles W. Blineo, . private. Company A. First engineers, i081 East Tenth street, Portland. ' t Jess Edwards, sergeant; first class. hospital. Baker. t - Frank White, sergeant." headquarters company. Fourth engineers, 494 Magno lia street, fortiano. , f . ) Marry Hogue, private. Company F une Hundred, sixty-second, infantry. For est Grove. - Andrew F. McGonnis, cook. Company u, Twenty-sixin infantry. Nyssa, Tracy R. Matthews. Private, Battery ts. uty-nmtn neld artillery. Richland. Neil H. Glllins. private. Battery B, Eleventh field, artillery, a 1 an dale. Edward Parker, private. Company C, Three Hundred 'Thirteenth infantry, As toria. . i, . Walter March, private, headquarters base hospital. Portland. Coleman O'Laughlin. private. Klamath . Edward R. Kirkpatrlck, corporal. Com pany B, One Hundred Tenth engineers, Portland. - ; Thor Davis, private, company. Twenty second engineers. Drain. William Baker, sergeant, Company D. Fifty-third telegraph battalion. Eugene. Fred H. Brown, private. Battery E, ar tillery, Lakeside. , Fred'Av Benlins, Company C, Eighth .Infantry, Portland. a Carl ., Schroder, private. Company . K, TDirty-tntra inianiry, rortiana SPRUCE FROM OREGON GOES INTO PIANOS REETJSPORT, May 6. Sprnce wood to make backs' for S750 pianos is . being shipped from the Johnson mill at Reeds, port to a Chicago piano firm. The order Is for three carloads of piano backs. Each car holds 5000 pieces. The wood Is 53 inches long; and 3 by 4 Inches in size. It is clear sprufce. This Is the first time that a Southwest ern Oregon mill' has filled an order for pprace piano backs and it opens a new market for this class of timber which abounds In the lower Umpqua river country. CHILDREN ASKED TO SAVE OLD WARSHIP Penny a Week for 45 .Weeks From 75 Per Cent of School Pupils Will Raise $50,000. Now the school children are to be called upon to preserve the battleship Oregon. By contributing a penny a week for 45 weeks, the children may be the means of preserving to posterity the famous war craft, according to a plan prepared by Monroe Goldstein, assist ant to the selective service executive of Oregon, and submitted to Mayor Baker, who has approved it and referred it to Governor Olcott. Upon the completion of his 45 pay ments, each child would receive an en graved certificate of appropriate design, showing that he had assisted in the preservation of the ship to posterity. The funds would be collected by the grade teachers, delivered by them to the county or district superintendent, who should turn it . over to the trustees, composed of the governor of the state, state, superintendent of, schools, Port land's mayor, president of the Univer sity of Oregon, chief justice of the su preme court. Funds -would be deposited m a national bank agreed upon by the trustees. v , ; '-. . ' "2t'75 per 'cent' of the ' school children pay a penny a week." said Mr. Gold stein, -,- 'the ' state would have in excess of $50,000, which' would be' suf f kHerit to keep the ship in', the. interim bef6re the opening of the next session of the leg islature. when some provision will prob ably be' made for its maintenance, and, in addition, there, v-ould be enough to defray the expenses annually of trans porting three children from each county to visit the' battleship. These trips should constitute rewards of merit for excellence in work in American history classes." Teacher Applicants Are Interviewed by The Superintendent Behind closed doors Superintendent D. A. Grout and his assistants are busily engaged in selecting the desirable pros pects -from the teachers' applications. Their list of recommendations for elec tion they expect to have ready for the school board at its next meeting May 15. The days for special interviews with teachers are ended and from the bulk of applications and' credentials, about 90 teachers will be elected, 75 for element ary schools and 15 for high schools. Be tween 900 and 1000 applications have been received. "While the general qualifications of our applicants are as high this year as usual, we have not so many teachers from which to choose." said Assistant Superintendent C. A. Rice. "There seems to be a scarcity throughout the North west and the question of salary will be a determining factor in the decisions bf many teachers who will 'receive several offers. In many instances, small towns are paying better sajaries than is Port land.' Sheriff and Deputy Killed by Bandits; Third Victim Dying Kansas City, May 6. (L N. S.) Searchers this morning found the bodies of Joseph Talbot, sheriff of Lafayette county, and John McDonald, deputy, in the woods alongside the road - seven miles south of Lexington. Mo. Near the bodies was found James Stapleton, also a deputy sheriff, in a dying condition. : The sheriff and his deputies were the victims of three motorcar bandits with whom they started from Marshall ; to Lexington Sunday night. The bandits evidently attacked their captors and left them for dead, driving away in the sheriff's car, which was found aban doned three miles southeast of Inde pendence, Mo. Nothing is known of the whereabouts of the bandits. I62d Infantry to Come by Portland . i ..... Washington. May (WASHINGTON BUREAU OF THB JOURNAL) The adjutant genera today informed Senator McNary that the Second battalion. l2d infantry, will be routed through Port land. ' A detachment of the 147th field artillery will - also visit Portland.- It was -expected 'to report at Philadelphia on May 14. Senator Chamberlain states that companies S and P. Eighteenth en gineers, 21 officers and 415 men, will stop tn Portland for parade and recep tion. , , ".." WEI SALARIES Proposed . Increase in Pay , of Portland Teachers to Be De cided by Property Owners, Addition of $531,000 to Payroll of School District Involved; Applies Only to Year 1920. Saturday next, at noon, the polls will be opened throughout School District 1, the Portland city. school district, to enable- the taxpayers of the district to approve, or reject, the' proposal to vote an increase of approximately 30 per cent in the salary budget of the teachers of the city schools. This involves an ag gregate increase of some $531,000 in the salary payroll of the district for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920. The polls will be open be tween the hours of 12 o'clock, noon, and 8 o'clock in the evening. Those who own property in the district are entitled to cast their votes for or against the proposed increase. The total salary budget, from which the salaries of the teachers in the, Portland schools for the 1920 school year are. to be paid, has been fixed at $1,770,725. When the cen tral salaries committee of the Port land .Teachers' association asked to have the 'question of an increase in salaries, presented to the voters for their approval it was estimated that it would require . an ..aggregate in crease of "approximately ' 30 per cent of the budget total-' In order to meet JURY COMPLETED FOR GIRL S-TRIAL Prosecutor, fn Opening State ment, Tells Jury J?uth" Garri son Premeditated Murder." Seattle. May 6. (U. ' P.)-r-Realllng. apparently afor the first time, that she is f ightingfor life and liberty. Ruth Garrison, on trial for the poisoning of Mrs. Grace- Storrs, broke down and sobbed bitterly at the calling of the first witness. Coroner Tiffin, .this morn ing. Thirteen witnesses were called in quick succession. None of them were cross-examined by either state or de fense. . With startling suddenness the state ended its case at noon. Seattle, May 8. (U. p.) With the jury completed and the opening state ment of the state presented, the Ruth Garrison trial started on Its' second day in the 'superior court department of Judge John S. Jurey, at 8 :30 a. m. today. Indicating the lines on which the prosecution will endeavor to convict the 18-year-old girl for the murder of Mrs. Grace Storrs, wife of her "affinity," Dudley Storrs. in the Bon Marche tea room, March 18 last. Deputy Prosecuting Attorney John D. Carmody made the opening statement following selection of the Jury. Ruth Garrison premeditated and meth odically proceeded about the crime, ac cording to Carmody. The defense main tains j. that the girl, apparently normal, was mentally unbalanced at the time, and proposed to call alienists to the stand in an endeavor to prove this. The state will call Dr. Don A. .Nichol son, mind expert, to the witness chair, in an effort to prove that Ruth Gar rison was sane at the time of the crime. State of Siege Has Bean Proclaimed in Petrograd, Is Claim Tsarkoe Selo. May 5. (U. P.) A state of siege ' has been proclaimed In Petrograd. it was announced here to day. , , ;.- (Tsarkoe Selo, 12 miles south of Pet rograd, contains two former imperial palaces.) . . 4 - Bolshevik Danger at End London. May (U. P.) -Confidence that the danger of a successful Bolshevik offensive was past was expressed In a message received by the war office to day from General Ironside, British com mander of the Northern Russian, front. Italians Driyen: Out of Albania Athens,. May, a. (L N S.) Troops supporting the government of Kssad Pasha in Albania, today attacked and drove .back the Italians-who had occu pied part of the" country. Italian rein forcements were ordered to the scene of the fight from' Monasti T. . ; - , . GIRL OUTWITS 2 BANDITS AND SAVES $50,000 1 1 1 ' . : ' k : ; r 1 - r ...... ' ' 'V '' '''T g pi k- t ; 5 ; -' r, ,-: J ' : v 1 Kathryn : Keepf Daughter of the Cashier of the Clarke County Bank at Washougal, Wasn't A fraid of the Bandits Nor Their Guns, and Was First to Pursue Thenn From Building. By Manna Loa Fallls It was a real ' western girl the kind the movies 'and the novelists try to , descj-ibe who with a bank robber's revolver pressed, against ; her side and his -loud demand for ; money shouted into her ear retained . her woman's wit and, pretending to faint, successfully hid $50,000 in Liberty bonds from the bandits who : robbed theWashougal bank: y ester day morning. , ' ; Kathryn Keep's father is cashier of the Clarke county. bank at Wash ougal and she has been helping him as clerk and assistant bookkeeper since ' she was graduated from , the Washougal high school in June, 1917. Short , of stature but athletic and known to her schoolmates here for ' her quick wit. keen mentality; and athletic prowess, she has a boy's love for rowing a boat or riding a horse. Her infectious smile, dark . brown sparkling eyes that close en- tirely when she laughs, her quanll- " ties of coal black hair that streams out under her cap when she Is rid ing, have made her known to all the' . communities on the' north bank of. the Columbia from Vancouver : to -Stevenson. -:. if:?-'- . IS A "HEAL GIXI&:;4xJ&-Xi Miss Keep has an unusual con tempt for-things ultra-feminine and frivolous, but she lacks none of the ' Qualities necessary to make her a real girl. . In spite of tier remarkable success in many lines of her school life in Portland, she is absolutely unaffected, and is a great favorite, not only with the girls' of her own age but with all older people with ' whbm she has been , associated. : When one of the robbers stepped behind the counter of, the. bank and ordered Kathryn Keep to throw up her hands she - obeyed, but , she didn't let - that J5 simple gymnastic movement scatter . her wits. : When '. he pressed a gun to her side and , made her ; point out ' the packages - ' of money tn the vault she went with blm but:, all i the; while she f was passing out the- money he demanded -. she kept thinking bow to save what 'she could" of the bank's funds. ' The - ' currency "was' - In, plain" sight and ? there was no saving that. - But on ' the table !aythe bsnk's ?50,000 in- ' 4. 1 I- if 1 W0 mm' Liberty, bonds and these she real- 1 lzed she might keep him from se curing.' " -., t . , . . - . GIVES: THE ALARM ' - . So, i when she handed out the last package of money, she fell against the table, her dress hiding the bonds. The robber; Jumped out quickly and Joined his partner in I the Crotit of: - the bank. Together they ran out to . where the third bandit , was waiting , wlth; their automobile and were off. , But they weren't -. off quickly enough to elude Miss Keep. Out tof : . the bank she ran.- close on their heels, giving the alarm and keeping -them in sight, too. They had too much of a start for her to reach the car before they had Jumped into itr but . she got there In time to note . the number and make of the ma--. chine and to get a good description of the three men. . . Portland friends of Kathryn Keep : aren't surprised at her coolness yes terdaythey say she could do the same thing again today and tomor row and any time emergency de manded and that the admiration she is . receiving will , never "turn her - head." "' . -. . - -, v;: !r Volunteer Troops. r Sail for Europe New York, May . (I. N".. S.) The Agememnon sailed for Brest today with the first contingent of new - volunteer troops who will form the watch on the Rhine until ' peace -' negotiations are ended, s There were 1000 of them In the first provisional' battalion replacement unit, as they are known, .under com mand of Colonel H. J. Jackson. ' Destroyer Aground x ; In ; Assisting Foote r ... esssBBMSBBssBssasawsg St Johns, X. r., .Msy .1-U. P.) Another American destroyer, the AM, ran aground at Trepassey bay this morn ing while trying to assist -the destroyer Foote, which, ran .ashore during, the night The 168 is only slightly aground The Foote has' a list of 10 degrees. - waiis ii GAPE 1(10 Second, Primrose," on Hill Three - Miles From Washougal j ' Noth ing; Heard of Third of Gang. One of Bandits Enters Cape Horn .Store and Purchases Pro visions; Bloodhounds Sought. v : r ":y-.-,. - ; - Two of the three bandits 1 who robbed the Clarke County bank at Washougal Moriday morning are surrounded, according to members of t ho posses which are - following, the trio. One4s in the woods near Cape Ilorn, and the other on a hill three miles from Washougal, the latter named Primrose. One of the bandits " walked into the Cape Horn grocery at l z : 3 5 o'clock .this afternoon, according to Mrs. George Br.izlin,.wlfe of the pro prietor, bought some supplies and . disappeared; The description given ty Mrs. Brizlin, who waited on the man. tallies with that of one of the bank robbers. ; - ' , - ' Mrs. Brizlin said the man looked as though he had been up all night. She called her husband's attention to him as soon as he, had turned away, but before Brizlin could look the man had gone, r V , . The mans. bought some pork and beans, crackers and pineapple and wanted overalls' but could not be supplied. : . Brizlin . called Deputy . Sheriff Swaney ' of Skamania county at Washougal and a posse was sent at once in search bfl the suspect!, , . A" farmer -named Keriney reported to tSheriff . Johnson that he had seen a man answering Primrose's description go down to the river this morning and then return to the hilt where he is said to be surrounded. " Sheriff Johnson visited the homo of Mrs. jB. A. Leonard in the neigh borhood and took away all firearms and ammunition to prevent possi bility -that the robber might secure them.. v Primrose was found early this morning asleep In the barn on the Clinker farm, near the point on the Washougal river . where the robbers entered the woods. Clinker, going out to do : his chores, found him. ( Concluded on rax Klften.. Cola ma F1) : BY U. S FRIENDS Inspection Trip by American Del egation Expected to Aid ? Sinn. Fein Party. By winiam ti. urayaen Spceisl CbU to Th Jouml tnd Th Chic&ta lisily New. CaprHcht, 11, by Chicasn DUjt Kw Co J Iublln, Ireland, May 6. The visit of f Ex-Oovernor Edward F, Dunne, Senator Frank Walsh and Michael Ryan to Ireland as representatives of the Philadelphia Irish race con vention Is regarded. as an event of the first importance. It will d more than . anything else to strengthen the position of the Sinn Fein party. ( Normally, such an oc casion would be marked by great jublic meetings, but'ho meeting can be held now for any purpdse ,wTth ojut military, permit and the Sinn Fein leaders to whom the delegate have come woud not apply to the government for anything. WAIT OUTSIDE BARRIER IRELAND AROUSED aven on ins anivtti ui ma uc i o- gates It was Impossible for Presi dent De Valera and the other Sinn Felners to meet them at the boat at Kingstown. They had to wait outside the barrier because entrance to the dock requires a permit. The purpose of the visit is stated to b?, 'To confer with President De Valera on the question . of securing international-recognition of the Irish re public at the peace conference." ; To this end. the first step Is to pft De Valera, Arthur Griffith and Count Plunkett a safe conduct to Paris snl so much at any rate Senator XValth lieves will be granted. What will hap pen if they get to Paris is a' different matter, f WIIL MEET ALL PARTIES The delegates intend to visit Eetfat, Cork and L.lmerick to tu$y Ir!,h con dttlons as far as-' possible for .t "n- '.' (CosUmud cm Pg Two, Coiuu;a T.. .,')