qV edi
' The Statesman receives the
leased wire report of the As
sociated Press, the greatest
and most reliable press as
sociation In the world.
mm
. T1IK WEATHER
Fair: gentle northerly winds.
TEXT BOOKS
INVOLVED IN
IH TIM AVITflFI
in i i ui fi iiyi
uii liuiniuiTi
tfillamette Yalley Stationers
Association Organized at
Meeting in Salem on Sun
day. ..
DRASTIC ACTION IS
DECLARED IMPERATIVE
Distributors Will Demand of
; Publishers Higher Margin
on Sales
Notification, which la In truth an
ultimatum to the effect that hence
forth school books will be handled
only on a 20 per eent margin Instead
of one of 12 U per cent will be de-
llTered o the various publishers of
text books for public schools at re
sult of a meeting of a number of
Willamette valley stationers at the
Marlon hotel Sunday. The station
ers at .the meeting organized the
Valley Sationers' association and
Immediately appointed a committee
t convey notice of the action to the
publishers, through tha i J. K. Gill
company of Portland, state school
book , distributors. . ... ; ... . , ,
The decision of the a3soctalon
was reached after a general confer
ence and discussion in which the ac
tion was unanimously favored . and
a a UaU m V. ft . 1 ff -
present rate al rowed the stationers
for selling tne books has 'been in
' effect for . eight years and during
the latter part of that period is held
to have been an injustice to the sell
er. The stationerfa allowed 10 per
cent on a cash basis on exchange of
books and this,- It Is claimed, does
not take into consideration the costs
of handling and other overhead ex
pens. In their decision Sunday,
" per cnt on exchanges.
The present laws of . the state re
quire that school books be delivered
.o the children of Oregon at a price
equal to the lowest figure in effect
, In the United States and that If
the price In some other state lowers
after bids are made In Oregon that
the books be delivered . here at the
lower price. ' The state text book
commission is to meet June 5 and
it is held very likely that the ac
tion of the Willamette Valley sta
tioners will prove, one of tZfe most
Important problem? to comeefor;
the commission. .
W. D. Evans and E. Cooke Pat
ton, both of fialem, were elected
president and secretary, respective
ly, of the organization. Among
those attending the conference were
John Coe, Eugene; Homer Jamison.
McMlnnville; J. C. Haytef. Dallas;
M. A. Huntley, Oregon City. Hal
Patton, E. Cook Pattonand W. D.
Erans of Salem.
. These in attendance were guests
of the Patton book store! and the
Commercial book store at a lunch
eon at the Marlon hotel.-,
7.
French Gunboat Doomed
to Destruction on Reef
' - ma
8 AN FRANCISCO. Mareh 24
Impaled on a reef nearly within the
harbor of Morea island. In the south
Pacific, on March 6th, the French
run boat Kersaint is doomed to com
plaint destruction, according to In
formal ton reaching here today when
the Union 8teamshlp company's liner
Paloona, Captain John Mawson, ar
rived from Papeete. - .
The Paloona raced to the scene of
the wreck In response to. a wireless
eH for assistance. On arrival the'
Paloona tried to pull the wreck from
the reef. Captain Mawson said, but
Aid not succeed.
The crew of 200 reached shore
afely. The Kersaint's home station
Is Papeete. Seismic disturbances ac
companied by heavy storms are held
Sponsible for driving the ship onto
th reef.
rcoiroio Wilson Made
. .Head of Boy Scouts
' mmmmmm
NEW YORK. March 24 Presi
' Cpnt Wilson cn elected honorary
at tonight's session of thei
bcoats of America, former presi
Qent Taff and Daniel Carter Beard
"t Flushing. N. Y., originator of the
T Scout idea were made honorary
c Presidents.
Ansong those elected , members of
r9 orKWlzatlons national council
i7ere: Secretary or War Baker. Scc-
w tne Treasury Glass, General
msbing. Major General , John- F.
i. ,,8 Lieutenant Colonel Tbeo
.," Roosevelt. Charles Evans
lj -and Luther Burbank.
'M V 'ollowln officers were
Yv?,8ldenV Colin P. Livingstone.
frpVt ?oa Tlce President, Morti
u u Schiff, New York and Arthur
r-.-Aagelei; National Scout
r 3s,onr, Daniel Carter Beard,
I) Vr'.5.N treasurer, George
' lrtt, New York.
Ho Arguments Against
Special Ballot Bills
No arguments have been filed
with Deputy Secretary of State Sam
Kozer against any of the measure
that are to go on the ballot for the
special election of Tnne 3. All af
firmative arguments have been filed'
by late yesterday which was the last
day under the legislative enactment
for f il'g arguments. The argument
in behalf of the Roosevelt Military
highway was filed by a voluntary as
sociation and signed by a publicity
committee composed of A. W. Xor
blad of Astoria. John D, . Goss of
Marehfield. T. B. Handley of Tilla
mook. E. J, Adams of Eugene and
B. ; F. Jones of Newport.
3 wwm
ARE POISONED
' " -
Daughter-in-Law and Grand
son of Senator La Fol
lette Seriously HI
CORNELIUS. Or., March 24. The
wife and yonng son of P. C. LaFot
lett. a fruit grower living near here
who were taken violently 111, with
symptoms of poisoning, Sunday night
after their evening meal, were still
in a precarious condition tonight.
LaFollett, who was stricken with
them,, was said by his physician to
be out of danger, although still suf
fering.
An elder son, who ate supper with
the family was not taken ill. He bad
net partaken of a soup which the
others ate, and the theory of the
physician was that ptomaine pois
oning' had been contracted from- the
soup . by the members of . the family
who ate it.
State Senator Alex LaFollett of Sa
lem, father of P. C. LaFollett, ar
rived ' here ' tonight to be with his
stricken relatives.
Senator LaFollett xeceived word
of the predicament of his son's fam
ily early yesterday and left for Cor
nelius on a train at 9:45 o'clock. Hi
son. Clyde LaFollett, left by auto
mobile early in the forenoon. The
information came from Charles La
Follett, another son, who lives a
Cornelius and at whose home the
dinner was eaten. Senator LaFol
lett .was severely 'affected by the
bad news. ...... .
TROOP CARRIER
LOSES RUDDER
WHILE AT SEA
Steamer Melrose Sends Out
Wireless Calls for Help;
Tank Corps Aboard
DETAILS ARE LACKING
Vessel 900 Miles East of Ber
muda Sailed from St
Nazaire March 9
HALIFAX, NU4S.. March 24.-
The steamer Melrose, which left St.
Nazaire on March 9 for New York,
seat out" wireless calls for help to
day, saying that she waj in distress.
A message picked up here said that
the ahlp had lost her rudder.
The message gave -he position or
the Melrose as latitude 33:35, long
itude 50: 50.- This would Indicate
that the steamer had drifted far to
the southward of her course, as the
position given is about 900 miles
almost due east of Bermuda.
The Melrose registers 3,391 tons.
WASHINGTON, March 24. The
steamer Melrose, reported in Hali
fax dispatches to be in distress about
900 miles east of Bermuda, sailed
from St. Nazaire, France," March 9,
for Newport News.
War department records show the
troops on board to consist of a de
tachment of the 91?.h tank corps
company, the a umber. of men not
given; an ordnance detachment of
one officer and twenty-one men and
two casual officers, one of the med
ical corps and the othe rof the air
service. No information waa avail
able at the department tonight as
to the accident which was reported
to have happened to the vessel.
Hairrisburg Flour UiUs
Is Burned to Ground
HARRISBURG, Ore., March 22.
The Ifarrlsbnrg flour mill was horned
to the ground Saturday morning.
. This large, massive structure was
built In 1901 and was a consolidation
of the Liverpool-and smaller Harris
burg mill plants. A complete roller
process, modern at that time, was
installed, and it was owned br A.
Wilhelm it Sons, of Monroe. It was
kept In operation for about ten years
after it was built, bat boa since been
idle. The fine engine was moved
t Monroe a few years ago. The big
boiler and al of the other machinery
was in the mill when It burned. ' It
was vaued at $20,000 and, there was
no Insurance. The origin of the fire
13 unknown.
BOLSHEVIK ELEMENT APPARENTLY IN
COMPLETE CONTROL OF CAPITAL OF
HUNGARY; WASHINGTON IS ALARMED
Absence of Details Concern
ing Upraising Cause of Re
ticence o United States
Congressmen.
AMERICANS THOUGHT TO
HAVE REACHED SAFETY
State ' Department Officials
Surprised at Speedy Ac
tion in Budapest
WASHINGTON, Marb 24 Advic
es to the state department today
from three wldelv seoarated Euro
pean sources tended to Increase thej
anxiety of officials over the situa-j
tion in Hungary. Bolshevik ele-J
ments apparently had assumed- com- j
plete control of the government with
a threat of renewal of, histllitles.
. There-was no Indication as to the
extent of the control or the new re
gime beyond the capital and In tne
absence of this and other details of
ficials were reluctant to discuss the
situation at length. . It appeared
from today's advices.. However, that
the crisis resulted from the line ot
demarkation established by the peace
conference in circumscribing the ter
ritory . of Hungary and the general
economic situation. In Budapest.
Thv recognition . of the extreme
claims of the Rumanians and Cze
cho Slovaks and the establishment of
neutral zones between the lines and
the limits allowed to Hungary which
zone was to be held by the French
until the final peace treaty, was able
to accept and remain in power, it
was suggested that the fact that
these lines were not to be the final
limitations of the new Hungarian
state. was not appreciated by the
Hungarians who apparently proceed,
ed upon the theory that they were
to lose even the. neutral zone -occn-pled
by the French.
Americans in ienna
The - safety of foreigners, was
feature of the news that appeared
cheering to state department offi
cials. A number of Americans are
in what was formerly known as Austria-Hungary
on various missions
for the peace conference and the inter-allied
food commission, but most
of them are in iVenna.
' Senator Hitchcock, chairman of
the foreign - relations committee, in
a statement Preferred to the situation
in Hungary and said he believed it
would do much to wipe out differ
ences between the nations represen
ted at the peace confer nee and would
aid In bringing about final adoption
of the league of nations plan. '
. State department officials who are
familiar with conditions heretofore
existing In Hungary were surprised
by the rapidity with which bolshe
vlsm swept Into control In Budapest
and were inclined to doubt that It
had succeeded In reaching out of the
cities to include the peasant agri
cultural class. The peasants were
said to have been well satisfied with
their treatment nnder land ownlnr
classes and conseguently, would not
be fertile field for the propagation
of bolshevik theories.
Today's advices came -from Bel
grade, Berne and Copenhagen and
related to. different features of the
movement each, however, referred t
the revolution as an accomplished
fact. The Serbian advices declared
that the. new Mayyr government had
announced ,that hlstllities would be
gin last Friday night, but that they
did not state against whom the hos
tilities were ordered or whether ther
had actually bezun. The Bern dis
patches threw some light on theper
sonnel of the new government.
The appointment or Bela Kunfas
minister or roreign affairs ras par
ticularly disturbing to officials, as
hA waa for some time an aide d
camp of Leon Trotsky in Russia. The
new minuter of war was described
as , having been an orderly In the
second army who was once punisneu
for lndlscreetion in military affairs-
The state department aavices were
mmmiriud In this statement:
ceived a dispatch from Belgrade that
the Hungarian government was over-
turned bv the communist revolution
ary element, under, boisneviit leaaer
ship In Budapest on Friday. While
telegraph and other communications
were cut off and there was some
shooting and other disorders, all the
foreigners in Budapest are believed
to be safe.
"Through Serbian sources infor
mation has come to the cepartment
that the Hungarian government has
resigned and that the new Magyr
government announced' hostilities
would begin at 6 o'clock last Friday.
Budapest time.' The resignation of
the old Hungarian government came
after the French authorities now In
Hungary had -directed the Hungar
ian government to withdraw its ar
my forces to Szegedin-Debreczen
boundary, the Rnmanians to hod the
Aradszat-Marnement line and the
(Continued on Page 3)
KALKM, OREGON, Tl rl.Y MOUMXG, M H(
Bootlegger Returns to .
Jail When His Friends
Fail to Come Through
PORTLAND, Or, March 24.
James C Payton, a Montana
homesteader who was arrested
- here last week and pleaded
guilty to bringing seven quarts
of liquor into Oregon from
Oakland, Cal.. returned vol un-
. tartly today to serve a county
jail sentence, after having been
released on his own recogniz
ance to attempt to secure $250
to pay his fine.
After his conviction, he con
vinced Federal Judge Wolver
ton that he bad no money but
might be able to raise some If
allowed to go. He was given
30 days In which to secure the
money or return to serve a sen
tence, but round it impossible
to set the money. ' He will
serve 30 days and will then be
released on a paaper's oath,
the judge announced.
BIGGER BUDGET
WILL BE ASKED
Board of Directors to Put
Commercial Club on More
Substantial Basis
An Increase in the annual budget
of the Commercial club to an am
ount which will put (he club on
more effective footing, will probably
be asked when the report 1s made on
the tentative budget,1, according to
Manager J. D. McCroskey. A meet
ing of the board of directors or the
club held last night bt which the
proposed expenditures) for the com
ing year were discussed and esti
mated The report will probably be
submitted today. ' - .
Present last night at the meeting
were: President Robert C. -Paulas-Theodore
Roth, W. M. Hamilton. Lu
ther J. Chapin, I. Grenbaum, R. A.
Snelllng, P. E. Fullerton, and E. H
Choate. D. W. .Eyre was unable to
attend.
BOY IS KILLED
BY MOTORCYCLE
Louis Richter, Seven Years
Old, Is Victim of Re
grettable Accident
Louis Richter, 7-year-old son or
Mr and Mrs. Frank F. Richter, who
lives at 225 Washington street, died
at 2 o'clock yesterday mornlng at
the Salem hospital from Injuries re
ceived when he was run over by a
motorcycle - on South Commercial
street Sunday morning.'
Funeral services will be conduct
ed (rom the Webb tt Clough chapel
this afternoon at 2 o'clock and In
terment will be In Odd Fellows ceme
tery. Rev. Leland W. Porter will
conduct the services.
The. hoy was playing on the lawn
at the northeast corner or Wash
ington and Commercial street and
started to cross the street and It was
then that the motorcycle driven by
Carol Carson, or rural route 3. and
going at a rate or speed or from 15
to 20 miles an hour, struck him.
According to those who saw the
accident, including Will Mohoney,
Vera Drager, and Charles Curtis. It
wafc Impossible tor Carson to avoid
the accident though he tried to do so.
Besides his parents the boy leaves
a 2-year-old sister. . Mr. Richter
operates a second hand store on
Court street.
CAMPAIGN FOR
RELIEF IS ON
Mrs. Pitchford Is in Charge
of Drive for Benefit of
Sufferers
The campaign lor clo'.hing ror the
French and Belgians which Is to be
conducted by Willamette chapter.
American Red Cross, will be launch
ed this morning with Mrs. Gladys
Pitchrord. secretary or the chapter.
in charge. Quarters ror the receipt
or contributions and ror the admin
istration or the campaign have been
established In the store room for
merly occupied by Pomeroy & Wal
lace on Nortbr Commercial street.
The rooms will be open from 8 a
m. to 5 p. m.
The city has beea divided Into
districts and motor trucks have
beeH sc ecu red to haul the clothing
and these will be sen, for the dona
tions upon call by telephone.
I 25, 1019
Report. Concerning Rep,a-
tion-of Masaryk Doubted by I
Uificials of State Depart-
ment
LEADER IN FAVOR OF
PEACE PROCEEDINGS
Took Firm Stand Against Bol
shevik Activities in
Czechoslovakia
WASHINGTON. March 24 The
tats .Innorln,..) I . . ' . 1
licit Iim .
reai-i
nation
u& caiuCU k HIUITI OI
izecbo-Slovakla. Oflfclals. however.
are muen disturbed hr the Conenha
gen dispatch quoting to a Berlin re
port to the effect that Mr. Masarvk
had resigned and said that If the re
port were confirmed, it would be
considerable of .a detriment toward
peace In central Europe.
; President Masaryk. it Is said, had
been in full accord with the nroreed-
Ings at the peace conference and hie
firm stand aralnst bolshevlsm had
been counted on to aid In restoring
order throughout the states border
ing Czechoslovakia.
' PEItGLRIl IS DOUBTER
NEW YORK. March 24. Express-1
ing aouDt as to the truth or reports I
originating in uerlin of the reals-1
nation of T. O. Masaryk, president I
or Czecho-Slovakta. Charles Pergler. I
commissioner of the Csecho-Slovak I
republic in the United States issued I public as to the alms and achieve
a statement tonight appealing to the! mcnta of the Boy Scouts and stens
American people to accept "very I
critically" al reports or bolshevik I
outbursts in Czechoslovakia.
' "It is to the interest or the Ger
mans to create an Impression or In- i
stability or the Czecho-Slovak repub
lic. said the statement, "and I there
fore appeal to the American people-
not only to be patient but also ac
cept very critically all reports of un
Vable conditions within the boun
daries of the new nation.
TIIF.ATRKH AKK C0.TItOLLD
. COPENHAGEN. March 24. (Bv
The Asoclated Press) A dispatlh
from Budapest says the soviet gov
ernment has occupied all theatre
and music halls and arranged for
revolutionary plays and addresses oe
the significance of the revolution.
BROWN STARTS
PAVING PROBE
Attorney General Has Assist
ant Devers Investigating
Into Validity
Attorney - General Brown has in
etltuted an Investigation Into the
validity of the patents on pavinr
materials that have been used in Ore
gone. The Investigation Is Aetna
made nnder the direction of the state
highway commission, given through
a resolution adopted at the last meet
ing ot the commisison In Portland,
the commission acting st that time
acting nnder house bill No. 453. In
troduced In the legislature by Repre
sentative Hare.
Section 2, of bill No
453 author
Izes the commission, if there Is. any
doubt as to the vslidity of the pat
ents, to go ahead and use the pavina
materials regardless of the allegeo
patents. However, relative to con
tracts that are to be let by the high
way commission at the meeting ir
Portland Wednesday, covering In ex
cess of 40 miles or road construct
ion about 18 ot which will be pav
Inr. the commission win not reel
free to disregard patents: but will
if contracts are let Involving the us
of so-called patented material, roy
alties will be allowed as heretofore
This Is made known by J. M. Devers
who Is saluting Attorney General
Brown In matters pertaining
highways.
to
"The investigation by the attor
ney general Is to be very thorough.
said Mr. Devers. "and will ro !ntot representative of the Butter
the whole history of the litigation I
pertaining to paving patents.'
AGED 3IEXICAX DIES.
ALBUQUERQUE. X. M.. March
24. Agapllo Madrid of Lux Canyon,
X. M., died at the age of 115 years.
according to reports received hrej
today. . His son Claude said he had
never, been I1L
i
BIO rAVTUOS BURNS
MONTREAL. Mareh 24. Sohmer
Park, Montreal's a'.hle'ic pavilion.
was destroyed by fire In less than as
hour with a loss of 1500.000. ThelTeIope th, Urmt around the city
management, announce! h expected
Validity of Political
Debts WW Be Tested
! .
To test whether pledges for sub
scriptions to political campaigns
can be collected a suit was filed In
justice court yesterday by the Bus
iness Men'f Adjustment company
against E. T. Croshaw. The amount
alleged due Is SC and complainant
states that the amount was to have
been paid la Installments or 25
cents each month, for in .r
SK? Stt.!TS 5S
to w,n" cpaign in May. 1913. The
pw.uk. "
-
SLOUT COUNCIL
IS GIVEN START
Over Three Hundred Dollars
Subscribed in Less Than
Ten Minutes
In less than 10 tkinutea $340 was
subscribed to the maintenance or a
L.e " "
' " U- IUUI1C11 H like KAm-
merclal club auditorium last night.
ueglnjing this moraine a commit-
will mm m
campaign te raise
13000 which is. the budget of the
council for the coming year.
James e. Brorkway of Portland.
scout executive, was the speaker of
tne meeting and explained la d
tail the Idea Is and methods of the
Boy Scout movement sxd Its devel
opment in Oregon.
i ne - dot scon i movement is ' a
movement to develop the American
boy lato an Intelligent and olid cit-
Isen" said Mr. Brockwsy. "Boy
scou'j are taught a great variety of
things to make them self-reliant and
to train them mentally, morally and
r a ....
pujsicaiiy. i am wunng to wscer
that tew or the men In thia room im
answer 25 per cent of the auestiona
which are given the Boy Scouts In
.beir examinations.
Various members of the council
spoke and all or them favored more
extensive education of the ceneral
will be taken by the council to bring
about greater publicity ror the
movement. It was recalled la one ot
the discussions that Salem had the
first Boy Scout troop organized In
Oregon, but that so far the ergau-
Izatlons in this city had received
comparatively Il'.tie - assUtaace In
their development. -
The following subscribed to the
budget last night: Thomas B. Kay.
U. G. Shipley. Hal D. Patton. E. E.
Fisher. Judge Georae II. Burnett.
Judae Lawrence T. Harris. O. A.
Haetmann. Dr. 1L TL Ollager. J
C Perry. C . Hamilton, p. E.
Tbomason. M. L Myers. Irwin
Griffith. J. F.Hutchasoa. Robert E.
Paul us. E. F. Carietoj.
M. L Meyers Is chairman orhe
finance committee of the council.
GETTING NAME
ON MAP CITED
AS CITY'S NEED
Speakers at Commercial Club
Luncheon Advocate Con
centrated Effort
SALEM FUTURE BRIGHT
Julien Langner Says City
Could Become Fruit Center
of United States v "
Attracted by the weekly Commer-
I clal club luncheon at the-Marioa ho-
tel yesterday, a, number of promt
nent business men from Portland
took part la the discussion that fol
lowed. In the principal addrsa. Ja
lien Langner. agricultural editor or
The Oregon Journal, plunked head
long into the problem or putting Sa
lem s name on the map. the speak
err telling or some or the experienc
es in municipal advertising tackled
by southern California clUes. with
which he Is familiar
When the importance of the Wil
lamette valley Industry was point
ed out. Congressman W. C Hawley
made a few remarks, embodying an
offer of his assistance Jn . develop-
I ment.
The guests at the luncheon, which
was attended by about 36 members,
were James. A. Townsend, Pacific
itk Publishing company: J. H. Gal
lagher or the Coast Construction
company, Frank E. Manning or the
civilian relief branch of the Red
Cross, Thomas R. Mullan, business
manager tor The Oregon Journal,
and Mr. Judd or the Portland office
of the Wittenberg-Kijg company.
Both Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Town
send were called on for short talks.
i Salem's situation, so far as the
production of rrult Is concerned, was
compared to that or Fresno. CaL. by
Mr. Langner. who described the de
velopment or the raisin Industry In
that section. ;
. Population Woe Id J amp.
As soon as yon get out and de-
PRICE FIVE CE.TW
QUICK ACTION
REQUIRED TO
MEET CRISIS
Wiljon jind Other Statesmen
Confer- Feeling of Con
' cern Over European Sitna
' tion Prevails.
POLAND AGAIN TOPIC
OF MUCH DISCUSSION
Amendments to Covenant Di
vided in Three Classes;
Soon Be Complete
P ATI 13. Mareh 24 President Wil
son met Premiers Clemenceao. Lloyd
George and Orlando at the roreign
offices at- 3 o'clock this afternoon
lor an hour's conference before the
assembling of the supreme war coun
cil. Both the. conference af thm an.
preme warVcouncil were held amid
feeling of concern over the revol-
tlonary developments la Carters Eu
rope anr? the lack or definite resalt
thus far reachd la the Paris confer
ence la stabilising European condi
tions.
President WUsoa wss known to re
gard the situation as serious and a
calling -for energetic action toward
hastening the work or the conference
to completion and there was reaor .
to believe that this would be one of
the mala subjects before boht meet
ings rather taaa the formal Ques
tions on the program.
Remlu X Aaaeeaced
Itasults of the deliberations of the
supreme council today are not likelv
to be stated In the official comms
niques and probably will take form
In their effect oa the : conference
work, particularly with respect . t
repratlona, frontiers and the league
of nations.
The advocates of the league ef na
tions maintain that It Is in no war
retardlag the progress of the peace
treaty, as the league meetings are
held at night and are nearlag a con
clusion, whereas the obstacles to the
treaty are on question of principle
on which the premiers thus far have
bee a unable to secure aa agreement.
The war council again today dealt
with Poland, which Question Is close
to set lie meat, it Is understood thst
the recotaoeadalioaa of the Cars be p
committee ror a Polish corredor
across East Prussia to the Baltic wilt
prevail, detpite the objections raided
by Premier Uoyd George. The Po
lish divisions' at preeent la France
will probably proceed to the Baltle
and may land at Koealgsberg tarteaA
or Daaslg. la order to avoid a clash
with the Germans over Das tig.
Hlmm Ilraartaved
The league or aatioas commlssloB
resumed Us sessions at t:S0 o'clock
tonight. It wss not believed thst
the Urge number of amendments
weald be completed aad the revUioe
of lb covenant eoadsded without an
other meeting.
The amendments have been divid
ed Into three classes:
"First, thoee by neutrals; second,
those by aa American senator: third:
those framed by President Wilson.
Colonel House, and Lord Robert Ce
cil. The last aamed group include
all the points which the framers or
the instrument believe will clarify it"
meaning and satisfy objections la alt
quarters. ,
The text of the speeches rr Sena
tors Reed and Knox aad the mala
polnte of the recent debate between
Senator Lodge and Dr. Lowell are
being gone over la shaping thee
changes.
Acording to reports. President
Wilson's view Is that the two main
obstacles to aa early conclusion te
peace are reparation ror war dam
ages and the Franco-German Rhine
frontier. The belief was expressed
by thoee conversant with the Presi
dent's view that this istuation will
be clearly and definitely presented
to the premiers, and. If need be. a
suggestion will be made that thev
remain continuously together until
thei two difficulties are met and
overcome. The expectation also was
advanced that any doubts still re
maining on the question whether
the league of nations would or wonld
not go Into, the peace treaty would
be settled In some quiet definite un
derstanding among the premiers whn
are the controlling Influence of the
conference.
Stale Officer Kept Busy
Arresting Fuel Dealer
PORTLAND. Ore., March 24.
Henry Wesleraan. nanager of a
local feel company, has been arrest
ed four times within the past ytat
by E. D. Jones, city sealer of weights
and measures, on charges of selling
short measure to his customers.
Sealer Jones stated tere today.
Westerman was fined )2S0 the first
time and waa agaLa fined t2S a few
day ago. The second aad third
times he appealed his convictions to
I the circuit ourt and waa acquitted.
to rebuild by September. (Continued on Page 2)
V
i-i
-1
A