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61 BUG IS
AFLOAT; I
onu
Dirigible C-5 Escapes From Its
Moorings at St. Johns; Two
Men Compelled to Jump Out
Big Planes at Trepassy Leave
For Mutton Harbor, Jump-Off
Station for Start to Azofes.
St. Johns, X. F., May 15. (XT.
I.)-Tiro navy dirigible tJ-5 broke
loose from Its moorings this after
noon and was blown seaward. There
. was nobody aboard, according to
word from Pleasanton field,
f Two men who were on the dirigi
ble when It broke loose Jumped to
the ground as It was rising.
. Trepassy, N. F., May 15- (IT.
P.) The seaplanes NC-1 and NC-3
traveling on the surface of the witter,
left their moorings in Trepassy bay
late this afternoon and started for
, the spot in Mutton harbor selected
for the jump off of the transatlantic
flight.
. Trepassy, N. F., May IB. (I. N.
6.) The seaplanes NC-1 and NC-3
this afternoon were made ready to
start across' the Atlantic for the
Azores.
, Trepassy, N. F May 15. (I. N.
S. '. " , Tfeather conditions turned
Snore favorable here this afternoon
and-it is possible the NC-1 and NC-3
hi ay cross the At"-antic this evening
without waiting for the NC-4 which
is reported delayed in its flight here.
Halifax. N. S., May 15.- The
American seaplane NC-4. which left
here at; 10:06 this morning to Join
j tbatyNGrl 1 and NC-3 at Trepassy.
alighted en the water on the eastern
,eoaster "Nora MSeotiar OmneTrdhVf
here at 10:40 but rose again and re
sumed : her flight to , Newfoundland
at 12:47 this afternoon.
Bt. Johns, N. F.. May 16. (I. N.
8.) The American naval dirigible
(Concluded cn I'M Eight. Column Four)
ENORMOUS GAINS
Portland Banks on May 12 Had
$139,725,208.10 on De
posit, Reports Show.
An enormous gain in deposits with
Portland banks, that is probably one of
the biggest in the banking history of
"the city. Is shown in the statement of
the condition of Portland banks at the
Close of: business May 12, issued today
in compliance with an order of the
comptroller of currency. A remarkable
gain of $14,439,374.41 in deposits, com
pared with the small pain of $350,013.78
over the statement of March 4. is shown
iu this statement. Loans and discounts
Showed a gain of $3,719,612.79. The fig
ures are' as follows :
Deposit. .Ioam and lic't
'.rt Nt'l . . I
t' 8. Nft. .
X W. Natl.
Tj.dd Tllton
Bunk of r&i.
iribemia NaT
Can. Bank of
f'otnmeive.
f tate Bank of
Portland. . .
Sorurity Sa.
As Trurt. . .
Cftuena ....
l.ivest k State
IVuinv Natl.
;. W. Batea
Bk. of Kenton
i i u rt. -4T hemp.
Bk. of SeUw'd
Ah..RunMtin
V tttriUa Bar.
Hrt Natl of
Llnnton
ffn-t Rat. i,
Tr.. Sti i'm
33,.'4D.T7.H4 1 H,l SO. 784.nl
.10.174.3S2.SS
16.70S.377.S2
11.83VSS5.88
23.T80.BOa.7S
lj,.J3.24
7.288.026.91
4,530.615 S
3.989.406.74
8.038,344.33
2.42.020.3
2.102.BS5.SA
l,!97.SO.oO
1.474. S49.29
1,119.155 1
729.S71.IS
58,K2.S7
4SI.4S2.SA
373.24B.fttt
23tS.S35.98
191.7St.72
72.2J2.S1
12. 802. 27ft. 05
6. 909. 29ft SO
2,42,294'.12
3.405,382 30t
1.S52.851.74
1.5tl.flS5.s2
1.0SN.77.2
LOSS. 495. 00
75, 468.34
5X5.500 14
511.142.27
1 84.202. OT
3SB,368.30
309.013.29
23S.68S.ft3
157.422.04
70,217.63
Totata :'t.,4.$139."25.20S.10 $79,187,294.30
In the statement of March 4. total de
posits are-shown as $125,285,833.60 and
total loans and discounts as $75,467,681.
Every bank has shown a phenomenal
gain over the previous statement.
Woman Hurt When
Aiito Strikes OAr
v
Mrs. George E. Stoner. 45, of
Fifty-ninth street, was cut and bruisl
about the head at 13:30 today when an
automobile in which she was riding ran
Into a Mount Scott streetcar at Thir
tieth street and Hawthorne avenue. She
was taken to, the Good Samaritan hos
pital. U. S. Warships at
Smyrna, Is Report
Athens. May 15.- (TJ.- P.) The dread
naught Arisona and. - four - American
cruisers have "arrived at Smyrna, ac
ording to dispatches received here, to
day. - ' ,
N BANK FIGURES
Agreement Made
For Reclamation
i
Large; Government Projects Are
Planned to Give Work and
Farms to Ex-Soliliers.
Washington, May 15. (U. P.) Agree
ment was reached today between mem
bers of congress and Secretary of the
Interior Lane on a bill for reclamation
of western - arid lands to give work
and farms to discharged soldiers.
The measure, which will bs " intro
duced early next week, is a compromise
between bills drawn by Representative
Mondell. Wyoming, and Senator Smoot,
Utah.
It provides that soldiers shall be em
ployed ih reclamation of arid lands at
$4 a day. They are to be privileged to
homestead such reclaimed lands under
a long term payment plan. Kach soldier
is to be entitled to an advance from the
government of $1200 for erection of a
house and other buildings : $800 for a
team and farm implements, and $300
forother purposes. e
The agreement on this bill came at
a conference called by Lane and attend
ed by Representative Mondell. Repub
lican leader of the house ; Champ Clark,
Democratic leader ; Representatives Kin
kaid, Nebraska, and Sinnott, Oregon,
and Senators Smoot, Utah, and Myers,
Montana.
Lane expressed the hope that the com
promise plan will succeed ip overcom
ing the opposition which developed last
session and which prevented passage
of any measure for giving the soldiers
land. An effort will be made to get- an
early report from the house and senate
public lands committee.
BALLIN YARD MAY
BE STEEL PLANT
Plans to Convert Under Consid
eration; Special Type of'
. ' Wood Sailor Planned.
Plana, to convert the wooden ship
building yard of the Supple-Ballin cor
poration into a steel yard are under
consideration -according to announce
ment of Arthur Langguth, vice presl-
dent ft th cnapny. The yard launched
i boJas of Us. wooden steamers or the
government at 2 :30 o'clock this after
noon, when the composite vessel, "Diana,
a 4500-tonJ craft of the Ballin type de
sign, was put into the water.
It is estimated that it will cost about
$30,000 to fit the plant for the building
of steel ships. The present ways are
declared to. be exceptionally welt laid,
and for that reason it will not be neces
sary for the builders to substitute berths
for the steel ship of the else that the
firm may undertake to build.
"We do not wnt to change to steel
unless we have to," said Mr. Langguth,
"but we desire to keep the yard run
ning if possible. If the change is made
we would build the smaller class of
steel vessels, a sise which our present
ways could handle.
YARD TO CONTINUE ANYWAY '
"In the event that it is decided not to
undertake construction of steel ships, it i
is highly probable that the yard will
confine its attention to the building of
wooden sailers."
According to George C. W. Low. treas
urer of the Supple-Ballin corporation, he
is not ready at this time to make a
statement as to the immediate future
of the yards, although it is admitted
that the plant now has plans drawn for
a special type of wooden sailer ; in fact
two types have been proposed.
Through the assistance of Fred A, Bal
lin, president of the corporation, the de
signer of the Ballin patent ships, the
yard has been building for the govern
ment, the designs for the new satlers
have been completed. The drawings
show a six-masted vessel and one of five
masts. The lines are such in each class
that, with a large spread of canvas, in
cluding jibs and topsails, the sailers are
expected to make the necessary speed.
The sailers are especially designed as
lumber carriers, but could be used to
advantage in transporting freight of a
general character.
KOItCE TO BE REDUCED
With the launching of the Diana today
a large part of the working organiza
tion of the Supple-Ballin plant will be
laid off. it is said. This particularly
applies to the shipwrights. A consider
able number of men will be retained to
complete the ships which have already
been launched but not delivered, how
ever. "At the Pacific "Marine Iron works,
which is connected with the shipbuilding
plant, there are three wooden steamers
still to be equipped with machinery.
Mrs. Low. wife of the treasurer of the
corporation, was selected as sponsor for
the Diana.
Japanese Press
Friendly, Declares
Baron Shibusawa
Tokio,- May 12. (Delayed) (U. P.)
"Unpleasant references In the Japanese
press directed at America are only ex
pressions of minds bewilde d by vast
events," declared Baron Eiichl Shibu
sawa, prominent Japanese banker, at a
dinner Sunday night. "The storm will
soon pass." he said.
The dinner - was in honor of Wallace
Alexander and Robert Lynch, who rep
resent the San Francisco Chamber of
Commerce. Leading Japanese business
men attended.
"America and Japan are the only
nations powerful enough to free other
peoples, declared Viscount Kentaro Ka
neko. They have solved the world
problem of joining the East and West
on an equal footing."
Viscount Kaneko is president of the
America's Friends society nd is a grad
uate of Harvard university. Baron Shi
busawa is president of the, First Bank.
Of Western
Lands
Lin
son b
OFFICIALS
British Government Sends Tim
ber Comptroller and Timber
Buyer to Pacific Northwest.
So Far 70,000,000 Feet of Ties
Have Been Purchased in B. C,
25,000,000 Feet Bought Here.
"Lumber manufacturers and ex
porters of lumber products are much
interested in the visit on the Pacific
coast of Sir James Ball, timber
comptroller, and Montague Myer,
timber buyer,, respectively, for his
majesty's government, both with
headquarters- in London, England.
Accompanied by James H. Lane,
secretary to the timber buyer to H.
M. government, they are at present
at Vancouver. B. C, looking Into the
lumber situation, with a view, it is
said, of placing large orders for
building and other lumber for use in
reconstruction work in England,
France and Belgium.
ARE NOW IVB.C.
The distinguished British officials
came across Canada to the coast last
SaturC iy and expect to remain in
British Columbia till trie end of this
week when they will head for San
Francisco by way of Portland. Their
itinerary calls for a through trip,
without a longer stop here than nec-
Conclnded on Pave Twenty -Three, Column One.
West Coast Association Also Re
stores Wages in Mills - to
War Time Scale.
Following meetings of lumber manu
facturers of Western Oregon and West
ern Washington held in Portland. Se
attle, Everett and Grays Harbor, a rise
of $3 per thousand in the price of all
grades of fir and hemlock lumber was
announced this morning. . This makes a
total advance of $6 per thousand during
the past month.
The mills are now disposMig of their
product at the basic price of $26 per
thousand fixed by the United States
government during the war as the price
at which they could operate at a fair
profit. After the signing of the armis
tice the price dropped to approximately
$20 and the mill owners claim that they
were operating at a loss.
Wages in a few of the mills were re
duced from $4 to $3.60 per day for com
mon labor, but since the recent rises
in the price of lumber, wages have been
advanced again to the war time figure.
Mill operators declare that they will not
attempt to cut the wages of their em
ployes and that the present wage is
none too high considering the cost of liv
ing. The present prices of lumber will be
maintained indefinitely, according to of
ficials of the West Coast Lumbermen's
association. The mills are able to op
erate at a profit at the new price, and
there is no prospect for either a further
rise or for any decline from the present
level, according to prominent operators.
Mills In the west coast territory have
for some time been selling their products
at a lower price than the mills of the
Southern Pine association and other
sections of the country. The increasing
demand for lumber, both for domestic
and foreign markets, is tending to
stabilize prices and reduce competition
to the minimum.
As an instance of prevailing prices.
No. t vertical grain flooring sells in
the carload lots at $45 per thousand feet
under the new schedule ; two by four and
other dimension stock sells at $21.50 tper
thousand in carload lots and other
classes of lumber in proportion. Extra
clear shingles are quoted at $3.80 per
thousand in car lots, compared with
$2.80 one year ago. The demand for
shingles was limited during the war and
there may be Btill further slight ad
vances in price in the near future, ac
cording to mill operators. .
Governor General
Harrison Will Be :
Married Tonight
Chicago, May 15. (I. N. S.) Governor
General Francis Burton Harrison of the
Philippine islands and Miss Elizabeth
Wrentroore of California will be mar
ried at 6 o'clock! this evening by Rev.
Johnston Myers, at the Immanuel Bap
tist church here. .
This became known here this' after
noon, after both ; Miss Wrentmore and
Governor Harrison had endeavored
throughout the day to evade all seekers
for information. Archibald Harrison of
New York, a brother, will be Governor
Harrison's best man. Others to be at the
wedding will be W. D. Pemberton of Ma
nila, apd Mlss Ethel Caldwell, dean of
women at the University- of Washing
ton; Seattle. Miss Wrentmore' father,
dean of the University of Manila, will
not.be present, but is said to have given
bis consentv , .., -t
13 ADVANCE MADE ;
IN LUMBER PRICES
Zurich Congress
Of Women Brands
Treaty as Unjust
Resolution Denouncing : Peace
Measures Seconded by! For
mer Congresswoman.
By John Edwis KsTia
Paris, May 15. (I. N. S.) Most bit
ter indignation is expressed here over
the victory of the German and j Austrian
delegates at the international j congress
of women at Zurich, where itis treaty
terms were characterized as a violation
of the -principles of justice and la contin
uation of the rule of force."
The resolution denouncing the treaty
was -moved by Mrs. Philip Snowden,
wife of the well known English labor
leader, and was seconded by Miss Jean
nette Rankin, former member of the
American congress.
The peace terms as they stand, ac
cording to the women delegates, "are
entlrelyj in the interests of the enemies
of the central empires." They declare
that the conditions are not worthy even
of ordinary consideration.
THIRTY-TWO AMERICAN
DELEGATES 'ARE PRESENT
From the Petit Journal, Pari.
Zurich. May 15. (I. N. S. A pro
test against the blockade of the central
empires was moved at the international
congress of women which is in session
here today.
Frau Glucklich of Hungary declared
that the blockade was responsible for
Bolshevism in her country;
' Thirty-two American delegates are
present, including Jane Addams of
Chicago. Ida Tarbell and Jeannette
Rankin, formerly woman member Of the
American congress. a
England is represented by 23 dele
gates. Including Mrs. Phillip Snowden
and Mrs. DeSpard.
Only one woman represents France.
There are three representatives from
Ireland, 27 from Germany and four
from Austria-Hungary.
Frau Heyman of Germany said ' that
German women protested against the
invasion of Belgium and the inhuman
deportations of civilians from, Belgium
and Northern France. According to
Frau. Heyman. German women were not
in favor of the Brest-Litovsk treaty nor
"the soldierB idea of drafting peace."
EARLY
NEEDED BY YARDS
Shipbuilder Says Foreign ' Coh-
tracts Wfll Not Save Situa
tion for City. '
Reinstatement of suspended contracts
for the construction of steel ships for
the government Is necessary, to save
the shipbuilding industry of Portland
and the entire Pacific coastj today de
clared J. R. Bowles, president of the
Northwest Steel company, on his re
turn from a conference with, shipyard
owners at San "Francisco. '
j "We have only two more government
i ships to lay down, and unless the sua-
: pended contracts are reinstated our
j yard will close by September 1." said
' Mr. Bowles. "When once the yard is
closed it will not reopen, because we
; will have lost our organization of
skilled . workmen." he added.
Regarding the lifting of the ban on
i building for foreign account Bowles
1 said :
"The ban has been lifted in a con-
ditional way. The relief should have
come more than six months; ago. when
we had a chance to sign up contracts,
and when there was a market for the
ships abroad. Granting that we under
take now to obtain foreign contracts,
it would require six months to close
them and assemble our material. Long
before that, time the yard would be
come idle. We are now letting out
men as the conditions warrant."
Mr. Bowles, in company' with other
yard owners of the coast, will visit
Washington for a conference with Ed
ward Hurley, chairman of the United
States shipping board. ' The meeting,
which was called by Hurley,' will be
held about May 23. " At this confer
ence the entire shipbuilding problem
will be discussed. "I believe that
Hurley is willing to meet the reason
able demands of the shipbuilders," said
Bowles.
Alfred F. Smith, president of the
Columbia River Shipbuilding Corpora
tion, also attended the San Francisco
conference.
Shriners Obtain
Eeduced Fare to
Convention City
One of the last barriers to .Portland's
success in seeking the 1920 convention of
the Mystic' Shrine was removed this
morning when officers of Al Kader tem
ple of Portland received notice from
Senator C. L. McNary that Traffic Di
rector Chambers of. the railroad admin
istration had ' granted a one and one
third fare from all Pacific coast points
to Indianapolis, where the 1919 con
vention is to be held.
Director Chambers had twice refused
to grant this special rail rate request
ed by Al Kader temple, but through
Western Shriners 'and Senator McNary
the case was finally carried to success.
The lower rate to the Indianapolis con
vention means a reduced fare from east
ern points to the 1920 convention if it
is held in Portland, it is said.
Elma Postoffice Is
Robbed $1000 Taken
Elma. Wash., May .15. Postoffice InS
spectors arrived here today, investigat
ing the robbery during the night of the
local ; postof f ice. ; The isafev was blown
and $1000 in cash and 'stamps stolen.
CONTRACTS
GERMANY'S PEACE DELEGATION ARRIVES ( -
BO VE is the first picture showing the ar rival of Germany's peace delegates in Versailles
on April 29. In the group, from left to right, are General von Steck: the only German gen
eral with the delegation: Count von Brockdorff-Rantrau, the German foreign minister and
A
head of the delegation; Delegate von Leisner (in the overcoat with a fur collar). Below is a pho
tograph made in the private car of the German delegates just before they met General Foch at
Spa to discuss his ultimatum concerning the city of Danzig. -From left to right are shown State
Minister Erzberger, Dr. Heinrich, Herr Sahm von Simmern, and Dr. Driesen.
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SPENDING SYSTEM
OF 0. S. COSTLY
Wastage by Congress Through
Methods of Appropriation
Runs Into Millions.
By Carl Smith
Washington, D. C, May 15.
(WASHINGTON B U R E A U OF
THE JOURNAL.) Now that gov
ernment is returning to a peace
basis, questions of salvage and. sav
ing are coming to the front. There
is a large .work ahead for econom
ists who will seriously undertake
the stoppage of leaks In the great
machine of government, in the re
form of methods and practices
which have long obtained.
It r is -the purpose of this article
and of several to -follow to. point
out some Of the wastes and extrava
gance which any . observer in 'Wash
ington' may see, as well as some
those which are too well concealed
to be stated" with any exactness, and
can only be brought to view and
remedied by careful investigation
and changes of method.
NOT PARTY QUESTION
It Is not a ..party question, and no one
party can be charged with responsibility
for abuses and practices which have
grown and thrived because it was no
body's particular business to correct
them. The evils exist both in the ad-
(Ceneluded en Pace Tan, Column Foot)
Gasoline Cargo of
Ship Explodes;
3
Of Crew Missing
Washington, May 15. (I, N. S.) The
City of Mobile, a barkentine of Port
Arthur. Texas, loaded with gasoline, was'
practically destroyed with the probable
loss of three lives, as the.' result of an
explosion while 'the1; vessel was in the
harbor of Montevideo,' Uruguay, Wednes
day, . the state department was advised
today. w Dewitt - Harp and R. Howard
Thompson.' Americans, and Carl Penr
son. a , Danish subject, were reported,
missing and ' probably dead. - The - men
I signed with the ship at Jacksonville, F
Fla.
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Cleveland-Chicago
Air Mail Service
Is Started Today
i -
Cleveland. Ohio May 15. (I. N. S.)
Daily aerial mail, service .was inaugu
rated between. Cleveland and Chicago
today. , .. . - ..
Carrying H large sack of first class
mail and gi "tings from Postmaster
Murphy -of -CI.--eland , to the postmas
ter of Chicago, the big mail plane,
piloted by, ."Eddie" Gardner, former
army aviator. I ok the air at the
Woodland hill fie.i ; : c .30 a. "m- head
ing for Chicago. '
Cfrveiaiid Sends Mail
Chicago. May 15. (L N. S. Pilot
Trench Fry,- an army aviator, left here
at 9:32 o'clock today for Cleveland,
Inaugurating -the Chicago end of the
ChicagQrCleveland air mail service. The
start from Chicago was without cere
mony. ...
PHELAN WILL FACE
Saiem, .May 15 John Broderick Phe
lan.-held In Portland on Information
from Chicago charging him with the
murder of his uncle, Lee Phelan, will
be returned to Illinois to face the mur
der charge Governor, ; Olcett today
honored the request of the Illinois gov
ernor for extradltioti of Phe'lan. Phe
lan's attorney claimed the case was
more of mistaken identity. Introducing
Joe Leban, Portland restaurant keeper,
who stated he saw Phelan In .Portland
April '19 and each day thereafter. The
murder was. said to have, been com
mitted in Chicago April 20. Pages from
Portland hotel registers were also Intro-
liduced toshOw that Phelan bad regis-
tariul A nril IS a nH thAMaft.. nntU Jtii,
arrest. ' . . "
- Edward J.. Powers, a Chicago detective
here, with extradition papers, introduced
a letter said to have been found on Phe
lan in which the Chicago murder was
mentioned. The letter: was. from .Louts
Challts, said to be an I. W. W. leader,
and mentioned the name of Joe Leban,
who admitted his friendship for the Chi
cago "Wobbly." Phelan is said to have
been convicted in Tscoma a year ago on
'a charge of sedition and sentenced to
Fort Leavenworth with two Other I. W.
W.; - but saved -from Xhe prison term by
a. reversal of - the case. , . , ; .:..-
" A warrant for his arrest was Issued
this' morning "and Phelan is now-in the
Portland jail. , He will probably leave
for Chicago tonight. - ? ' - " -
CHICAGO CHARGES
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TUCK'S DEATH TO
BE INVESTIGATED
Attorney Collier Accuses City Of
ficials of Gross Neglect: in
-Dealing With Client. .
The treatment, of- Eugene Tuck, who
died of -pneumonia In the county, jail
WednesdayfolljOWingflv!. days' 'incar
ceration in the city Jail without medical
attention, characterised by John A
Collier, attorney, as the most glaring
example of nicglect that has. ever come
to his notice, will be brought to the at
tention of the Multnomah county grand
Jury this afternoon by District Attorney
Walter Evans.
. tTTiis Is' a case that seems to demand
an investigation," said Mr. Evans, "and
I will. Jay the, facts as 1 find them be
fore the grand Jury and : let the . Jury
take suah action a it sees fit."
v Following the death 5 of "Tuck, Mu
nicipal Judge Rossman today ordered
Mrs. Marie Middleton released, from
custody. -,-Deputy District Attorney
Richard 'Delch announced . that the in
sufficiency of .the evldenoe implicating
her with .the death of Tuck's wife made
prosecution ; needless. .The - case, ac
cordingly, was "indefinitely postponed.'
"Double-- lobar " pneumonia" caused
Tuck's deathi according to Dr. 'Wheeler,
who performed an autopsy on the body.
I ""Complete nervous breakdown, due to
worry and remorse," was the cause of
the " man'sdeath, - according to City
Health Officer ParrigH. ;
Both Mr.' Collier and Steve Westover,
superintendent of the- Willamette Iron
& Steel works, were with. Tuck Monday
evening at the coroner's inquest. . At that
time Tuck ' had been in jail four days
and he told his attorney and Mr. West
over that he had repeatedly asked for
a doctor at the jail and that none had
been given him. they declare.
"I asked that Tuck be put .in the
emergency .hospital at the station, which
Is there for 'that purpose," Collier said
today. "He was sick when he was ar
rested and i tor five days he. suffered
without one , medical attention outside
of a cursory examination made, - only
after strenuous appeals on-my pari, by
City Health Officer Parrtsh and City
Physician Fred '5Zlegler.'- , . . ;
"The county commissioners will jrrves
tigate this matter thoroughly," declared
Commissioner Holman, "and ascertain
the facts. It does not seem to me that
the blame" lies with the county it the
man was .dying '.when he "was brought
here."
.Neglect, lU-treatment while in the city
t
rf
(Concluded n I'm four. Column AuV
ACCEPT fil
Bill IF,
SAY MB
German Delegates Would Make
Changes in Labor Section of
Peace Treaty; Get Refusal.
Clemenceau Makes Reply for Al
lies and Gives Out Notes Ex
changed ' Between Delegates.
Paris. May Jo. (IT. P.) The ten
tative date for presentation of the
Austrian peace treaty Is May 23. it
was Jearned today. The Austrians
probably will not be given more than
a week for consideration ' of the
treaty.'
Berlin; via London, May, 15. (I.
N. S.) A dispatch from Versailles
today-quoted Count von Brockdorff
Rantzau, head of the German peace
delegation, as saying that ."the peace .
terms are unacceptable, but that the
Germans are ready to accommodate
the allies on any legitimate claims to "
the fullest extent."
(The -foregoing dispatch Is the
first sign of the unbending of the
Germans, Indicating that they will
sign the treaty, but perhaps under
protest.) ;;
By FtckI H. Ferguson
raris, May 16. (U. P.) The "big
four" today consulted experts re
garding the military and naval terms
of the Austrian peace treaty.
The former dual ; monarchy al
ready is without effective military
or naval forces, and today's confer
ence was believed to be confined to
correlating and assembling of de-
' (Conctu4r4 on Tate Twc, Column One! '
LOSES MOST MEN
Table Issued Giving Battle Cas
: ualties of Combat Divisions; -91st
Is 21st on List.
Washington, May 15. (I. N. S.) The
Second division with 4419 battle deaths
and 20,857 men wounded, suffered the
heaviest casualties of any American
division in the war, according to a table
made public by the war department this
afternoon. -
'The casualties by divisions follow;
rhTWon
3 . .
SECOND DIVISION
Battle Pcatha. Wounded. Total.
. 4.4 IS 20.067 2I..07S
. 4,2M 10.141 va.345
. 8,10a 15,052 IS. 154
. 2.5S1 13.74H 10.277
". 2,7 IS 13.2Sa 16.005
. 2,16 18,000 10.1SS
, 2.5S7 1 1.69S 14.10SI
. 2,(0S 10.0SS 12.4
. !, ,-' 11,050
. 1,701 B.427 1 1.2IS
. 1.S52 - .42f 11.0V
. l,t0S 7,975 0.883
. 1,003 8. lift I - .2sa
. 1.410 7,304 . ft.813
. 1.3SH S.80O ft. 22
, 1,850 H.ftOO ft.loil
. 1.887 S.S23 8,010
HO S.S04 7.854
, 1.89S S.1U4 ' 7.500
, 1.141 H.S2J . S.708
. 1,80 5,104 S.4 9S
40 5.210 ,15l
. 092 . 4.B81 5.V23
. 911 2,llt 2,710
. 574 2.009 2.683
802 1.6 IS 1.818
18S 1,495 1.880
250 SOI 1,051
. 7 479 678
. 27 S3 90
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27
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85 ,
79
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88
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Total .v.... 7J1 282,678 279,089
Added to the totals are 1598 battle
deaths and 4482 men wounded who were
members of depot divisions, making a
grand total of casualties of 286.044.
Only Three Divisions
Of American Troops
To Stay in Germany
Coblenx, May - IS. (U. P. f General
Pershing, asked "what America would do
in the' event the Germans refused to
sign the peace treaty, replied that she
"would play her ' part, whatever that
might be."
If the Germans sign, it was learned
today, the American army of occupa
tion would be limited to the First, Sec
ond and Third divisions. All other units
would be, repatriated as rapidly as pos
sible.' ' ' ' : .
Streetcar Men of
' Seattle May Quit
Seattle. May 15. XV. P.) Seattle
street railway employes will walk out
next Tuesday or Wednesday if a strlks
is indorsed at the mass meeting of all
workers called for 12:20 o'clock Friday
morning.; The grievance committee of
the carmen has given notice of a ref
erendum strike vote to be taken at that
time and union officials declare a ma
jority of the men in favor of using the
strike weapon. The date of the walkout
will l,.s pt for Tiiesdsv or Wednesday
I rather, than Monday, as first, predicted.