BU Y : THE ; JQURN; 'SFOJSLT -l
PpRTLAND,: .OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 13, 119X9. TWENTY-TWO PACES.'
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GREET1S
EXTENDED
VETERAHS
. Tr
Major," Hauser and. Oregon Men
" Who Built Army Railroads in
France Receive Big Reception.
Men Are the Guests of Citizens
Today and Tonight Will Be
Entertained by Dancing Party.
- With the handsome shine of ihelr
. bronzed faces in the .sunlight only
brokenlby a.-broad; expanse -of grrln,
those old construction liounds, the
boys of Companies U. -K and I'! of
the rciyhteenth engrfneers. railway,
piled off their special train at the
Union station at 12:50. All shaved
and spruced up for the day to which
they had been looking; forward since
they left homein August, 1917, the
43$ numbers of the regiment from
the Northwest made one wonder
how Germany "eveV" dared "start a
flht. :
The: boys are home with ' service
stripes that indicate a year and a
half of steady service abroad, and
home with a grand record. From
lieutenant -Colonel George M. Rice
of 'Seattle, the senior officer on the
I ram, aown lo me mosi incenspiuu- i
ous buck privater they all have
- something to be proud ; of. They
didnl see the battle scenes, the rea
son being that they were mo wonder
fully efficient as, builders, that' they
: couldn't be spared; x 4 .. t'
. ' With every man of them aching to get
to the front, they received orders on
three separate occasions to -advance
-here tbey- would, have been assigned
to dtvifliontt- In each ae, however, the
fr'rencH military authorities upecially re-"-nested
tfcat . they vbe left where , they
Herfteaoserthy were doinK-eeaentiat
'..work that no other unit was able ter do;
The rejtiment sailed for France in
Ansnstt 1917. moat of the western men
t leavlrg from. Camp"" lwl. They wefe
among the first 50.000 American .troops
to -land. They pitched right ' into . the
- game and built . marvelous docks at
. Bordeaux, and storage and classification
yards at St. Sulpice. 'They, put, the lat
; est American docking facilities in at
,MarseiUs and lARocheile.
" There was no- hesitation . about their
- Avork because a man was -always to be
found who bad done the very thing re
quired, and had done it well.
During all their time overseas, " the
"waiting home folk and the boys, too,
.. had one big idea in mind- the day they
were to come. home. Those who were
at the station, where they had to wait
an hour for the train to pull in, couldn't
(Concluded oa Page Flu, Column Three)
MEN OF EIGHTEENTH
WHO RETURNED TODAY
following "af the names and addresses
of the . Orepon personnel of the
Kighteenth euslneers :
John Hartley, Portland.
Kmery B. Iamont Forest Grove.
Jo&eph I. McAllister. Salem
- harles O. Staley, Forest Orove.
William M. Strohmeyer, Oregon City.
" Ray O. Yeast. Portland.
Reed H. Alexander. The, Dalles.
, Henry .Agnes, Lel&nd. -
K. J. Austin. Albany.
(2lenn L. Betts, The Dalles.
James C. Collins, Portland.
"Krnest E; ' Ferguson. Marsfifield. . '
- Kenneth Martin, Portland.
'Donald R McMicken. Portland.
Roy F. Parker,, Portland.,
Henry A. Oldenstadt. Sherwood.
Mike Salatino, Portland.
William Bichan, Portland.
Andrew J. Bollons. Ia Grande.
Fred S. Cass, Portland.
John H. Chatterton. Portland.
Clarence H. Coe. Newberg.
Mace Delane. Astoria. -
Glenn I. Dirrlm. Portland,
Alex Donaldson Jr. Portland.
Esper K. Kp person. ' Portland.
' Kirril Evaneov, Portland.
Charles A. Evans, Newberg.
Teonard R. Gower. Newberg.
William At. Uner, Portland.
Harvey K. Hoffman, PortlancJe
Lsiie r. Hornoay. juuuno.
Kenneth Honeyman, Portland.
Alva R. Hucklns, Portland.
Eugene C. Hughes, Forest Grove.
Frank B. Huelat. Portland.
; Charles -W. Irvine, Portland.
Victor 1. Johnson. Manranita.
. Harold V, Judd. Forest Grove.
Frank A. Kemp, Portland,
Richard H. Knapp, Portland."
Clellan W. Kretser,' Portland.
Wade V.. Lewis. Portland.
Edward 'B. Loken, Harrisburg.
Jerry R. Manning, Portland.
Edgar R. Itfarkham, Portland.
. Thomas L. Monteith. Portland.
.David J7 Murdock. Portland,
i Earl N, Mumahan, Portland.
. Henry Maecaffrey. La Grande.
William M. McAlister, Lexington.
Arthur R. McConnaughey, Portland.
John -ft.-' McDonald.. Newberg.
tCooehtded on Pan Two,' Column Two)
American Quarrymen
Reported Killed - in
E)losion in France
Dijon, "France, May 13.- (U. P.) Sev
eral American quarrymen were killed
, and a dozen injured in a dynamite ex
; plosion at Is-Sur-Tille. it was reported
today, r V - - -
. Is-Sur-Tille is 10 miles north of Dijon
ajid" f mies south of Chaumant.
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REMARKABLE PICTURES OF AMERICAN AIR RACERS AT SEA
rriHESE Wonderful photographs were made, of thefgiant naval! seaplane' N C-4; while 60 miles at sea, from . the F-5, a smaller
- I airplane, "while the plane were ;n" their way from Rockaway, ncar Ncw York, to Halifax. ; The NC-4 later developed trouble
with her oil pump and was forced to descend at Chatham, Mass., whence she will continue her flight to Halifax and across
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IB MILL LEVY AND. If 1:
$1,657,000 ASKED I
City .Improvements i Needed, Say
Commissioners; Vote Tax arid ?
Bonds June .3.
Ten -mm tax levy.
Bond 'Issue totaling" t!,57,OOa: " ' ?
Annexation of strip of property
the peninsula.' . 4 -7V""
;rchange in .plan
itreet.
Thf-se are the measurps for which the
people of Portland wl'l be asked to snvm
authority at the special municipal elec
tion on Jnne 8 as decided at7 a special
meeting of the city council Monday
afternoon. : - r .
Te ten mill tax levy is necessary
commissioners 'declare. because of -increased
expenses in conducting the city's
business and to meet the cost of addi
tions to departments now operating
rader-manned.
MORE ' EMPLOYES HEEDED
That the city is now- paying much
smaller ' salaries than private corpora
tions was the contention of commis
sioners who believe that added remuner
ation, is essential to assure loyalty and
efficiency among employes. Additional
employes are necessary In several city
departments, commissioners declare v
such as the street cleaning, police, and
fire bureaus.- -
The street cleaning department is
operating with a shortage of approxi
mately 40 men at present, according to
Commissioner Bigelow. and Mayor -Baker
asks for a larger police force to
combat crime. The tax levy ' in peace
times is limited to eight mills, although
the city has been allowed an extra milt
during the war period and . will have
BOND ISSUES SOUGHT
Bond issues- for $1.S5?,K8-are. asked,
divided, asLfoUows : : Fly, huhdred;. thou
sand dollars for playgrounds and parks
in the central east aide. Albina, Lents,
St. Johns,, Alberta." Irvmgtoh and Rose
City Park districts : 27.0W for "com
munity houses, comfort stations, and im
provements to parks' $80,000 for a new
police telephone system ; $100,000 fof a
sub-police station j on the east side;
$200,000 for eight new fire stations, two
f ireboat -piers, - and ; two houses for fire
boat crews.. and $250,000 for remodeling
of the city halU including two additional
wings and Installation of vaults. . Of the
total Issue. .Mayor . Baker requires $1.
207,000. Commissioner Perkins $260,000.
and Commissioner Bigelow $2C0.OO0.
Two measure's are presented by Com
missioner , Barbur. "although .no bond
issue is., required. One is ; to. authorize
the city to annex property, belonging to
the Peninsula-Lumber- company, -which
is within the corporate limits, but has
never . been . included as city' property.
The other is to allow the city to-change
its present plan of extending itrMti.
Vhich is declared to be too complicated.
Labor Chiefs Take :
Up National Issues
New York. May 13. (U. P.) Import
ant labor issues faced the executive com
mittee of the American Federation -of
Labor at its meeting with President
Samuel Compere of the federation here
today. Compere, recovering from se
rious injuries sustained in - 'recent au
tomobile accident, expected-, to partici
pate in the entire meeting. Labor's
stand toward reconstruction, railroads
and national and International issues at
the coming convention of the federation
were to be considered.
League Features
Held Impossible ,
By Popular Party
Rome, May : 13.-7L N. a) The pop
ular party, which Is . controlled from
the Vatican, went on record today with
the assertion that compulsory arbitra
tion - and -disarmament .are impossible.
, Compulsory arbitration and partial
disarmament . are , the two leading fea
ture of the League of Nations. - -
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GRAIN LEVATOR ' WPS ARRIVE IN
THREATENED. LOSS LA GRANDE TONIGHT
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Workmen Race" With Soft tarthJStop-Over-Granted Men of 117th
To Keep $2,000,000 St. Johns
.Structure From Sinking.
, An investment of nearly-$2,000,000 In
public funds' made "by the dock- com
mission at the St. Johns terminal; hangs
in the"' balancer; while the commission
strives to stop the subsidence of ; the
1.000,000-bushel concrete grain elevator
built there. ,,.,. . ' . . , "r
In urgent race with yielding earth,
piling ar being driven at the northwest
corner of the .elevator.: the' work being
rdone experimentally but with the hope
that by" pinching the earth between the
building -and "the pilings further settling
will be prevented.
The first expense .incurred by the dock
commission at'the St. Johns terminal
was $137,000 for the'153-acre site. ..j
The grain . elevator, . tor date, has cost,
including- its equipment. $839,163.88.
Pier Nol 1 'at'the'St: Johns terroinaK
erected for use hi, connection with the
grain elevator, represents a bill of. $559,
485.84 for building and equipment.
A contract has Just been' let for the
extension of this pier at a cost of $66,-226.70.-
. Likewise a contract has been let by
Lthe dock; commission for the construc
tion oi iter iso, s me oi. juuui
terminal at-a cost of $263,052.50.
The eicivatlort of Slip No. 1 at the St.
Johns terminal represented ; an expense
of $64,739.01. which amount was paid
to the Port of Portland. :
The ""shore work necessary - in connec
tion with the f tiling! of the site at' the
St. Johns terminal cost $63,891.86. The
site was , filled ' to an elevation of 36
feet abovfr low water, the- Port of Port
land '.commission' having, "furnished' .the
material incident to . the dredgi ng bf a
basin In-front of the terminal eite . The
port commission had not available this
morning i figures sbo-wtngilie cost s of
areagmg wwrnn,. we amount naving
been charged to channel work, but there
is " a spaffe -af - about . a thousand feet
between the terminal site 'and the chan
nel proper which was "deepened to 10
feet7T ii'-i.7?r' if i .$
Work on. the construction of the grain-
elevator ; has . been suspended ' awaiting meat., will Jbe . In, .the- party, ' headed, by
the resulfof the 'efforts to stop Its sub- i Colonel R. D. -YenTiey. :r s :
sidence. but the' dock, commission has J Several of the of ficers Of the unit have
decided 'togo-ahead, wtth.thfi piers..- (already,returned to. Portland
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Sanitary Train to See Old
'. Home Town. -
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Three hundred ' and forty -eight
Xorthwestern soldiers, bound ort the
last lap of their journey' from overseas
to Camp Lewis -to receive their dis
cbarges, are-due to arrive In La. Grande
tonight at II o'clock, where - two' cars
containing a La Grande company of 72
boys from the 117th sanitary, train will
be given a stop over' of 24 hours. S: ,,
', ;The remainder of the special train of
soldiers 276 men w'lll proceed toPot
land, arriving here at 10 a. m. Wednes
day. These men are members, of casual
company. 468 and were believd"vuntJt
today to be a part of the 117th sanitary
train. Information ired the O-WJl.
& N. this morning pr6ved that th ma
jority of the men were from the- casual
company. The sanitary train men will
not arrive in Portland until Thursday
morning., " " ; '
General Passenger Agent William Mc
Murray of the'O-W. R. & N. received the
information this morning that the 100
men attachment unknown who were to
have arrived In Portland Wednesday
morning are to -be diverted . over the
Great Northern through Spokane. They
are expected to arrive at Huntingdon
at 6:45 o'clock tonight. It was also
learned that they are members of the
headquarters troop, of the First army
corps. " ' 1
Message Says Base
Hospital to Leave
Tor West Thursday
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That Base Hospital 46 would be leav
ing , Camp Werritt - Thursday . for de
mobilisation at Camp- Lewtst-was ' the
word received today by Mrs. - J. Gold-
f smith In a telegram from her son, Ser
geant . Herbert Goldsmith, a member' of
the unit.. -s - -i-v ..-i.,
Similar,' messages have been received
from other members of the contingent.
It-ta understood that the entire comple-
ADVERSE WEATHER
DELAYS SEAPLANES
Both Provided With ' Fuel and
-. . j
Ready for Jump-Off "When
Bad News Comes.
. Lisbon, May 13 U. P.) The Portu
guese government has authorised land
ing of American seaplanes, in the Azores
and at Lisbon, it was announced today,
following parleys which -have lasted a
month. . ' ' - i ' r .
Trepassy. K., May- Ifc-H(I.riC-"&.f
Receipt of reports of unsettled, weather r. 1
ever the Atlantic made H appear proba- fcThls has been- particularly true of the
W7ife?rtW thwii' .eafdtairtait wuntrieg and certaln.Brlt--
can rhat-al seaplauenvould hot .jump off
tn 'tfieFiTIBOcifc ViTflHnr'lOdayv-It; tfow
appears likely that Commander Towers,
"admiral" ?of the filers will await ihe
arrival. of the! NCi-4; so thatvfhi -jump
off" to the A sores may be made.by'hla
complete squadron of three- planes. ' The
NC-4 ' IsV reported in' readiness for her
hop" from. Chatham, Mass., awaiting
favorable weather.
" Both planes were provided, with fuel
and in readiness for the start when the
adverse weather reports, came in today.
Local weather- conditions were- ideal at
the time the men' retired laattnight and
they were -much disappointed 4his morn
ing over the poslbUity that they would
have to. wait at least another day. . If
the. noon reports show an improvement
in the mid-Atlantic; the planes may hop
off, this afternoon ort just before sunset
this evening, taking advantage or tne
full moon due" to appear, at midnight.
WARSHIPS TO MAKE ROCTE
..Only one man In the group of Ameri
can flyers, confessed that he was pot
eager to make the start today because
the date is the 13th. . .
The American warships and destroyers
which will help mark the route fosthe
seaplanes en route tn the A sores have
taken up their stations and are now
pending In weather report. This ' In
formation front all the way across the
ocean Is being augmented by local re
ports and Information gained by sending
iin test balloons several thousand feet.
1 ' The mitnn t full Werinearfav aft
er midnight? -which is significant, for
as far back as February the start was
scheduled from here at the first full
moon of the month, of May.' - Official
orders dated April 15 read : ,,. - -
lt is desired to start from Trepassy
on May 14, but If planes are ready- and
the weather is exceptionally favorable,
the start may be made any day after
May 10, departure at sunset," ' , .
The aviators are intensely proud that
since the flight was planned the schedule-
has been adhered to strictly. Every
delay so far recorded has been allowed
for and even the ' separation of one or
more planes from the air flotilla had
been foreseen.
TR7rq,FLI.OW pbogbam
Commanders Towers and Bellinger
and the crews are determined to put the
project, through on time in a thoroughly
American fashion, with all the ' world.
Including St. Johns and visiting " aviat
ors,, looking on.
Destroyers are all at their, posts
flashing information about the weather
to the warship group commanders and
thence to the steamship Aroostook reg
ularly. -
The instructions call for a flight to
gether at an altitude between 1000 and
2000 feet, but they may climb 5000 feet
if the weather make it advisable. The
course is direct between Mistaken Point
here and Cervo, A sores, in 20 hours
(Concluded oa Face 8tm. Cohuna Three)
Portland Man Dies
" In St. Paul Hotel
St. Paul, lrfinn'May 13. U. P.) A
man registered as R. EL Cox, Portland,
Or died of apoplexy shortly after en
tering hie room at a local hotel. A rail
road ticket Indicated he had just come
from Portland..'."-.
Allied Control ih
etrograd Imminent
' i ' " ' s , ti j-y
- Stockholm, Way 13. (I. N. S.) Petro
grad - Is expected to fall to the allied
forces - within a ' few days, - said - a die
patch . from Helslngfore today. ( ,
PRESIDED
ACTS FOR
SHIPYARDS
Ban of Acceptance of Foreign
Contracts PartiaHy Lifted to
- Take Effect Immediately.
Western Yards Will Especially
Benefit Under Order of Ex-
ectitive, Is View of Hurley.
Washington. May 13. (U. P.)
President AVilson has partially, lifted
the ban against American shipyards
accepting foreign contracts.
This was announced today by Sec
retary Tumulty5, who said:
"Upon. the suggestion of Chair
man Hurley, of the United States
'shipping board; the president has
taken action thaf will permit Amer
ican shipyards to accept foreign
contracts so far as that can be done
without interfering with th'e build
ing program for American registry."
MORE WORK I3T YARDS
Lifting of the order ' against accept
ance of foreign contracts will mean
more work for American shipyards, it
was pointed out, with improvement of
the unemployment situation reported in
some yards. i
Pacific coast ' shipbuilders In particu
lar have been insistent that' they be
allowed to accept foreign . contract.'
The president's order lifting the em
bargo on foreign ship orders is effective
immediately. , ,
" The shipping board within the ' last
few months - has many ' requests - from
foreign countries' for permission to let
contracts, with American shipbuilders.-'
trixniiiiip4npn . .
iah Interests.
kindly- toward the- Scandinavians, who
chartered, their ships to - lite, .shipping
board when the United mates, waft hard
pressed for totmag during- the.war.". i , -Shipping
board-officials felt also that
the removal of the ' ban against foreign
trade would ; considerably diminish agi
tation -in the . shipyards which eventu
ally would have led to labor i unrest.
It - was pointed out .that thousands - of
men. drqwn to the . shipyards by the
high war: wages would soon have been
thrown 'out of work unless additional
contracts , were made available.
WAITIJT-C1 OS CONGRESS 7
The, shipping board's building pro.
; gram is not yet definitely decided upon.
nor will it be until congress acts.
Now, that the yards, can, upon rec
ommendation of Chairman Hurley, ac
cept foreign orders, the whole situation
will be smoothed out generally, offi
cials believed. - Hurley . will have the
final decision as to when and where
foreign contracts may be placed. ;
Announcement by Secretary- Tumulty
to the effect that President Wilson had
taken., action to permit American ship
yards to V'lild steel vessels for foreign
account, wiif be of great Interest to the
steel yards ' t Portland, officials Kay.
" It has been evefal months since Port
land yards ob.oined offers of contracts
'with foreign builders, however, and as
' nothing could be -.done in the matter at
that time, it wl 5 nor be -necessary to
enter new negotia." vj. it Is said.-
- The builders claim that it will re
quire three or four months to assemble
materials and prepare plans.
In the meantime, the work of building
ships for the government 4s rapidly ap
proaching the end in the Or egor dis
trict, -several ways are already vacant.
: and by. October the entire program will
bave been finished. ... . . '
Building for foreign account would,
however; yard owners Bay,-enable the
Industries to continue and, what Is more
important. It is- hoped that these con
tracts tan be started before the- yards
lose their Industrial organization after
the present program is finished.
BUTTERFAT GOES
UP 4C; BUTTER 2C
Orders From Europe For Ten
Cars of Butter From Coast :
' .Send Prices Upward.
Europe is so short of butter that her
buyers are Invading the Pacific coast
for supplies.' ' f
Direct offers' for at least 10 carloads
of Pacific coast creamery butter have
been received by the trade and this has
caused intense excitement in all ' mar
kets of Oregon.. Washington and Cali
fornia, r . . , r- ;
While, some supplies of Pacific coast
butter have been indirectly sold to Eng
land, this is the first time within 'the
history of the trade here that direct
orders have been offered.; ? .,
So excited was the .local trade ' that
an advance of 2 cents a $oun4 has been
quoted in the price of 1utter here for
l Wednesday morning. Further advances
are likely and expected In view of the
fact that butterfat has . become so
eagerly f sought that it has advanced
4 cents a . Pound within 24 hours and
butter as yet has advanced only half
that sum. .
Edith Cavell Is
Carried Home by
English; Funeral
In Westminster
Body of Murdered Nurse Is Re-
; moved From Brussels; War
1 ; ship In Waiting. V 7 4
- Brussels, May " 13: (U.. P.) Escorted
by honor guards of British and Belgian
troops, the remains of Edith Cavell,, the
heroic English nurse murdered by the
Germans, were removed today from the
city where she" faced "a firing : squM in
1915. . - . . . - , ,
The heavy casket containing the body
recovered from the graveyard where the
Germans had rudely Interred . H, was
placed on a gun carriage, draped in the
Union Jack of Great Britain. The troops
both preceded and followed the cortege.
There were many bands and thousands
of silent spectators uncovered as the
first notes of the dirge sounded through
the streets that had seen the Germans
strut as conquerors in 1914. rule as con
querora four years and .slink away de
feated in 1918- ....
The procession passed slowly through
the boulevards, the way being lined by
thousands of people, ' Including many
soldiers in uniform. Flags new at half
mast.
At the railway station the .funeral
service of - the -Church of England was
read by the Rev. Mr. Hlgahan, who
(Concluded on Tub Seventeen Column Thre
SWITCHING CHARGE
10 BE DISCUSSED
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Dock Commission Asks Federal
Authorities to Remove It as
Aid to Port Development.
Fortifying their claim that $4,000,000
will have been - spent on terminal im
provements -now "under -way. : the public
dock commisstonr whB . Chalrrpaff' Br
Moorea. as spoksmah.7 today , tookthe
initiative In presenting to' the' federal
r if road authorities a Veauest f oh the re
moval of fxtra switching charges now
made -applicable to the municipal termi
nal at St..-Johns.; 4a '.fct?--'; i:,. ;7'v-j
The- s future of - Industrial - confcerns
whlcli " are ' desirous of : locating in the
terminal.. vicinity are declared to be at
stake and Portland's maritime status is
said to be seriously affected -by any dis
crimination which might work a handi
cap against; the terminal where export
and Import cargoes are now . being re
ceived. - 7.-.
. - The commission was requested to
grant the Portland rate to the St. Johns
terminal. At the present, time there is
an extra charge made for switching the
cars on the St. Johns terminal, a charge
which for, print paper shipments amounts
to 25 cents a ton.- and about $12.60 a ton
for grain in carload lots originating' on
the short hauls in the Willamette valley,
The question also, concerns other manu
facturing and producing concerns, such
as small sawmills of the Willamette val
ley. -'.; ;
The Portland rate now applies to com
modities coming from, the districts east,
the railroad administration, having an
arrangement whereby the extra charges
are absorbed. ; ; ,
Vrom the standpoint of Chairman C.
B. . Moorea of the public dock commis
sion and," in fact, other representative
citizens of Portland,' It is necessary that
there be no discrimination' whatever in
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Congressmen Plan ;
To Keep Espionage:
Violator From Seat
Washington. May 1$. II, N. S.) A
plan to prevent Victor Berger. Socialist,
convicted in the federal courts of Illi
nois for violation of the espionage act;
from taking his seat In congress wel-e
put under , way by house leaders today;
Jt is expected that he will appear Mon
day, when congress goes into extraordi
nary session, and attempt to qualify. '
His case will be referred to a special
committee, which was expected to re
port against Berger as soon as they se
cure the court records. These, house
leaders said, would, make out a prima
facie case, against Berger1 s fitness to
take his seat, Berger Is now on the
payroll of the house, drawing his $625
, month.. . - ,
Long Overdue Ship1
Is1 Safe in Pacific
San Francisco, May 13. The schooner
Virginia, which arrived, here today,- rei
ported to the San Francisco marine
exchange that the schooner Edward It
West was spoken 500 miles from Sa
Francisco. The Virgtnla put provisions
aboard . the . West, which reported all
well. The West sailed : from Sydney
January 11 and was long overdue.
Astoria Mill Goes to
Seattle, Contractor
' : ' ' - - '!
'Astoria.- May U. William- Wills of
Seattle was awarded the contract at the
meeting of the Astoria port commission
this morning for the construction of the
new flouring mill . to be erected on the
port property. The Seattle bid was $76.
0O0. and the structure is to be completed
by October. The mill will be leased
to the Astoria Flouring Mills company.
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Enemy Envoys Realize They Can
Not Obtain . Modification of
t i; Peace Terras Offered by Allies.
Presideqt Wilson Has Conference
With Ambassador Page; Big
Four Postpones Its Session.
By John Fxlwlii Ncvln
Paris. May IS. (I. N. rS.) The
German peace envoys. having
agreed among themselves that they
cannot secure a modification ' f
terths. wilt sign the peace treaty, ac
cording to confidential information
reaching President. Wilson -jtoday.
Kerr Lansberc and Herr Oelsberg.
two members of the Teutonic peace
mission, have left Versailles for Ber
lin to inform the government of the
decisions reached by. th plcnlpo
tentlarles. -i ;
The final conclusions and a definite
course of action will be decided upon
by the Germans before Sunday,
-;The meeting of the Big Four, which
was scheduled for this morning, wss
called off just as some of the secre
taries began arriving. " .(
. The German delegation sent word
that further communications j which il
will address to the allies were not yet
ready. The committee which Is drafting
the Austrian treaty was not ready with
Its documents and 'there was i therefore
no business on the slats for the Big
Four. . : . .-. . ..,'.. s
'-The members then . turned their indi
vidual attention to a multitude of mat
ters with the' Italian question uppermost
in the minds Of the Amerlcarf d'elegatev
'"TcoaUnuwl. on. F Two, Column Three)
DISTRIBUTE'! OF
ET
Additional Salaries' to Teachers
7, Given on Basis That living ,
7, 1 Costs Hits All Equally. '
1 ' ;'-7.7
Distribution of the $SSl,000 recently
voted by the taxpayers to Increase th
pay of Portland - teachers during 190
has been finally arranged in a retort
of the school board's finance and judt-'
clary committee, composed of j Director,
Ortonand Plummer, and concurred in
by Director Thomas. It has been placed
In the hands of, the school sdmlnlstrs
tlon. j , i ;
, livery teacher ..on full , time . in the
public schools, both' grade t and high
school.-will receive $400. N'lghfe school
teachefs will receive proportionate In
crease. ..on the basis that three .nltfht
sessions equal one day session.' Substi
tutes . .will receive in proportion to the
days they actually teach. i
.This , distribution has been made on
the basis that the high cost of living
has struck all classes of teachers with
equal force and the money should be
divided pro rata. ; i ! .
-The $400 given equally to atrthe full
time .teachers will make an j Increased
wage of 60 per cent for the lowest paid
teachers.- decreasing with - the - rising
wage scale.. - - . . :
Payment of the bonus- will ot begin
until January, 1920, and Will continue
through the calendar year,' separate and
distinct from the regular salary. It will
be paid on the Berkeley plan, that In,
one-twelfth,' or $33.33. will be paid for
the first six months of -the year, and in
addition to the June check one-tenth of
the total, or $40, will be given for the
summer vacation. In the fall. $33.33 will
be paid and Just before Christmas a
check of $26.66 will be given for shop
ping uses. . -: .; . ,
The Berkeley: plan - of distribution,
while adopted for the bonuses, may or
may not be applied tto the regular sal
aries,, depending upon the action of the
school board next fall. - i .. . i . .
Italian Papers Say
Italy Is Crushed by
Treaty Like Enemy
- Borne., May'-13. U. PThe Italian
press continued to comment bitterly on
the terms of the German treaty.1 :
"Besides crushing Germany.! the treaty
crushes the Italian victory," said - the
Idea .Nazionale.
The - Stampa referred to ; tHe confer- ,
ence as Italy's "second Caporetto." -
(Italy's defeat at Caporetto permitted
the Austrian to advance from behind
their own frontier to the Piave).
Italian; Compromise
; Plan Given by Page
Paris, May 1$. (U. P. Thomas Kel-
son Page, American - ambassador to'
Italy, this afternoon submitted to Presi
dent Wilson a ' compromise plan by
which Page believes the president's
principles will be maintained and Italy
be entirely satisfied. . i
INCREASE IS S