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No. 279
AILTR
BENE
ARMISTICE
RENEWED
WITH HUNS
German Government Accepts Uncon
ditionally New Terms Imposed By
Allies Renewlnti Armistice Ger
many's Financial Condition Report
ed 8erlous By Financiers to Na
tional Assembly Indenbufo Cen
sured for Extravaaance.
COI'UNHAOKN, Feb. 17. Tho
(lerman novcruniciit on Sunday night
acccplod tho nlllml toruia for tho ok
tnnalon of tho armlalloe, according to
a dispatch to tho I'ulltlken from Wol.
mttr.
Tho inn.luit at wli'eh tho am all
iance wun doi'ldcd iiion, Iho I'ullt
Ikon's correspondent aoji., was at
tended by loaders or Iho various pur.
Ilea.
LONIX, Feb. 17. Tho Clormnn
cabinet dlncuxned tho armistice terms
from 10:30 ttuudny mornlnii until 4
o'clock In Iho aftornoou, when an ef
fort waa mailt) to summon tho nnl
V loual annoinuly to docld upon tho
nnawer, according to nil KxcliniiKO
Telegraph dispatch from CuioiiliaRcii.
It waa found Impoiislhlo lo auuimon
Iho aaaotnhly mid utlvr 3 conference
with tho parly loader it wna decided
to accopl tho leruia unconditionally.
Financial O-M
WKIMAII. Saturday. Fob. 15 (Uy
Anaoclatod I'row.) Tho Gorman peo
ple generally do not - understand
clearly tho flimnrlal altuatlon In
which tho war haa loft thrill and duty
ro too optimistic, declared Dr. Bclilf
' for, mlnialor of finance, In an nd
ilroaa lo Iho (lorinau natlonnl annam
bly today.' Ho appuronlly astonished
tho linuso whan lia allowed atatlatlca
lo ahow the war had ooat 101,000,
000,000 marka.
Hcrr Schiller then ,nnhod Iho aa
aomltly lo voto u credit In tho form of
a loan for 25, 1100, 000,000 mnrka, tliu
greatest loan the (iormnn people have
ever neon aakad lo ralae. Ho ex-'
plained that Inat October tho govern
ment atood on tho vergo of financial
exhaiiHtlon. It aakod for a credit of
1 , 000,000, 000 mnrka. hut when thla
waa rofuaod raised It by nionua or.
bank nolo laauva. The speaker wna
applauded when he remarked that
truth and openncaa ahould bo tho
buala of all politics and flnnnco.
KtiKintliturm Listed
Tho flnnnco mlnlater said Iho ex
penditures woro divided aa follows:
. 1UH, 7,000,000,000 mnrka; lltlu,
3.1,000,0110.000; mm. 20,1100,000,
ooo; ion. an.iioo, 000,000; ims.
4K,r00,000,000. ' In addition, 0.000.
000,000 mnrka In treaaury bonds wna
Issued and thero were credits of 0,
D00, 000,000 marks to allies of Clor
innuy, mnkliiK a total of nearly 101.
000,000,000 which oxcoodod by II,
000,000,000 tho credlla which had
benn granted. Crodlts made avail
able by loans tntallod Oil, 000, 000. 000
marks and bonds and notes Issued
totalled rH, 000, 000, 000 marks.
. Tho minister condemned the wosto
Ihruout tho war and. characterized
Iho war flnancos as a "program of
dosporntlon."
Dr. Schlffor emphasized the Im
perative need of economy. Ho sajd
tho government would neod 19,000,
000,000 marks during tba current
yoar to cover Interest imyments
ulono. Ho said tho government ex
pected to rnlso 3,000,000,000 marks
from the salo of nrmy stnros.
''liiiiiicul Crisis Kxlsts
No ono was In u position to any
whothor Germany would bo nbla to
extricate horsolt from the prosout
flnanolnl situation, Iho flnnnco min
ister snld, but It would dopond In
part on tho kind of poaco tho allied
po'worn doclded upon, Uormnny must
bo patient and wnlt.
"Our expandlturos havo lucronsod
(Continued on Pag 6lx.)
NTW YOU'v-Fob. 17. Captain
ThriHtv Muthcwson, former mummer
d' tho Cincinnati National r,oniiuo
IliiKcbiill club, returnod toilnv on the
I rii iih port Uottorilum. Mnlhowsoii
wns connected with tho chomicul wnr
foro sorvieo of tho nrmv.
Mnlhowsoii expressed tho belief
Hint not mnnv of Ihn bur league play
ers in Hie n nil v in Franco will return
in time lo lake part in. tho opening
iriiniPH of I he season.
Afiilhewson said lie vt'us nol under
conl riii'l Willi liny baseball club.
Patent on
Paving to
Be Fought
SAI-K.r. Feb, 17. Wnr to Iho
kit i IH wiin iloelnroil on Iho piivimr
IniHt in Hie Iioiino lodiiv when
uiiilcr n MiHpenxioti of Iho ruli-s
it nut throimli I ii-wt uml nci oiid
rciiillnuH a bill npiiroiiriiitiiiv
1'tiniln for Allornov Clenerul
t llniwn lo Net usiile (lie iiiiIviiIh
belli bv Wnrren Hrotheri on it
inituiil iinvvmi'iit uml miiile it n 4
nixm'IiiI onlor for loujoi row fore.
noon,
A mi-iiMire ilrnftcil bv Itenrn-
hciiliilive llnre in eon junction
with AHoir.i'v (li'iieriil llrown. in
Iroiliii'i'il bv lli'iircwiiliilivo dm-
hum, of Wvhinutoii (mini v. u
member of Ihn Iioiihh liiuhwnvN
4 committee, it ml hml Iho Kolid
lini'kinir of the cnmmitlco itself
on lilt floor.
Wliilo llie mciixtiru i" tii'iicrnl
in it tcriiw. it ix nimi'il lit the 4
Wnrren HrnlberN mill llie'r will-
hiiHurv I'omiuiuv. the Wnrren
cnnKlriii'tion coiiiimiiiv,
Tl) iioHiircil mikitnvc of the
bill. liutelhiT with uHiiiriinrcK on
Iho floor bv tbe Miienker Hint
further iinli-linviiiL' IriiKt cu'ilu-
lion would be nresi'iiti'il in con- 4
NlriK'd to menu Ihiit n romiire-
licliive iirovriun on thin hiiliiecl
w ill be eiinrtcil bv the Iioiik.
4 4
US I'DAItl) I'. 8. S. (IKOIfdK
WASIIINtlTON'. Feb. 10. (Hv the
AsMiciutfit I'ri'Milcnt Wil-
miii KiH-nt hi firwl Sundiiv nt xen in
nlti'iiilinir rhiiri'h xcrviecs, Nlccuim:
mill rtt iiiL'. He cotiMilcrcd no offi
eiiil liiiNiiien wliulever mid received
no olTiciul iliHimli'lii'H.
The ireiilciit rend with irreut inlrr
ct it windesM iliuot of newMiiiticr
opinion uml nxproxMonu in coimrcH
Hiomil ciri'leH rcuiinlin the couslitu
lion of the l.euuue of Nutionx. It is
unite mfl of I lie iiuuetioti I lint Hie
Kennte will be citllei', upon nl prcHeiil
lo net upon lite l.euuue of Nulionn
Irenlv. Hi it will nol bo perfected un
til the prcHiilciit'x return to I'lirix,
uml it kccuih iirobiilile Hint the cov
ennnt ilrnft iih il bus been imlili-licd
will be hiibjucli'il lo Kunie chnuuc if il
in put into lien tv form.
The prehiilcnt'K pliins nro Htill bused
on hit rcluruinir lo Kurope immeili
utelv lifter Hie ndinurnmenl of eon
ervtH with Hie possibilitv Unit he will
remiiin nbroiul until Rummer. ' The
ehunfPN Heem to fnvor Hie eullimr of
nil exlrn session of Iho Semite mid
poHKiblv one of conuress. nftcr Hie
work of (be pence conference in fin
ished, lo pnK.i upon Ircnlicx mid tuke
i ii v necessnrv leuiNbilive iiction.
65TH iTOMORROW
SKATTI.K. Keb. 17. All Senltle
preimred loiliiv lo we come homo lo-
inorrow -1(1 ol'fieei'H mid DUO men of
the (bth Ooimt Artillery I'euimenl, or
minizcil in I lie I'uuct Sound ilislriet.
upon their return from oversells ser
vice, ltrenkfusl service for men tr-(-ivinif
cnrlv will be firovideil, with
liincbeoii for the entire conl invent el
Mnsonic Temple. A pnrnile through
tho bnHiiU'HM Hlrcelx bv Iho nrlillcrv
mon with weleoniinir IiuikIh nnd ulher
uuils is schcilulcd for noon. Autoiuo
hile rides in (lie iiflernoon uml theu
ler ntlrnctions ut niclit will bo pro
vided, with n dinner under the nus
piccs of the Nntioniil Leniruo for Wo
men Service, wilh u ui'iind bull fo
lowimr. The iirlillervnieu will lenvc
Senltle Weilnesilny morninir for Cnmp
hcwis, llunr deuioliiliznlion point.
DEAD FROM BULLET
TOHTUNn. Ore., Veb. 17. The
body of J. II, Ilollirook, prominent
Portland real eslnlo denier, with n
bullet wonnd llirouuh the hour!, whs
found in the locker of thu Alultiioinnli
Amateur Allilelio club. A revolver
was nenr I lie lindy, Tt was not known
whcllier llie itliontimr was iicciilenlu.l
or premptliliiled,
AMERICANS TO
BE WITHDRAWN
FROM RUSSIA
President Sends Notice That Allies
Are Strenqthenlna Positions With
New Troops Preliminary to Safe
Withdrawal of Forces Bv Spring
From Northern Russia.
WASHINGTON'. Keb. 17. Steps
lownrtl Nlrciiulhcnitiir the position of
American nnd allied I mops in North
ern Ituhkiu lis ii preliminary lo llieir
safe withdrawn in the near future nrc
under wnv ul the direction of the su
premo wnr council,
Secretory linker. IriinsiuittiiiK this
iiifoiiniitioii from President Wilson to
llie house mililnrv committee lodiiv.
suiil nil the American soldiers should
be mil of llussiii this sprinir.
To facilitate the withdrawal, nilili
lionul forces nro bcine; ilispntcbcd to
the scene. Great llritain is sendini;
'.'.lllll troops nnd tho I'nited Stutes
railroad cnuiiicer units numbcrinc
about iillO men.
Soerctarv linker nol'fied the bouse
iiiililnrv committee todnv that Presi
dent Wilson had informed him of the
pIiiiik, nnd nifii in L've assurance that
the Amerjeau soldiers were in no dun
ucr of beiiiii etit off.
The bouse mililnrv committee, bv
a divided vote, todnv directed C'ltitir
inmi Dent to unplv for a rule inukinu
the committee's' proposed legislation
niilliorir.iiiL' enlistment of half a mil
lion men in order on llie new mililnrv
impropriation bill.
Secretary linker also said General
llliss hml informed him Ihut the llrit
isli mililnrv nuthorilies fell no nppre
bensioii as to the military situation at
Archiinuel. - '
At I'ewo Oonrerenroi .
PAKIS. Feb. 17.--fIlv Iho Asso
ciitti'd Press.) Atleulion of Ihc dele
cates lo Ihc pence conference will fo
cus mi Itussin todnv, the supreme
council ItttviiiL' decidcil Hint, ns the
time allowed for acceptance of Iho in
vitation to the Prinkipo conference
has expired, soinclliim; else must be
done.
Winston Spencer Churchill of Great
llrilain bus proposed that the invita
tion be renewed nnd that some of the
conditions that made the first invi
tation iinaceeplable lo most of the
different Itii.ssinn factions be omitted.
If the supreme council ncepts this
nosilion, ns seems possible, it prob
ably will not insist (hat the confer
ence he held nl Prinkipo Island. It is
iiossible thai instead of a General
Hussion factions, direct negotiations
imtv be initialed or commissions will
be appointed lo net into touch with
the opposing elements (bore.
Women Iteprcseiitatlvo
Tho committee of Iho inler-nllicd
women's suffrmre eonsress which 1ms
been iplerviewinif statesmen in search
of support for President Wilson's
plan to e.ive women representation in
the conference nnd in tho Lcniruo of
Notions has achieved o ercnt'succcsa
in the estimation of its members.
Satisfactory nsurances have been
iriven bv President Poinenro nnd
Jules Cnmlion, one of the French dele
enles lo tho pence conference and bv
Forcitn Jlinisters Hvmes of Heluium.
Premier Clemencenu in addition has
promised lo support n bill irivinsr wo
men llie riitht of municipal vnffrnce
which is now pendinir in the French
chamber of deputies.
FTO
RADICAL AGITATION
WASHINGTON. Feb. 17. Another
measure tlesiencd to check radical
nuitntioii was introduced today bv
Scan tor Jones ' of Washington. "It
would punish persons who mired re
sistance to law or ehunues in th'e form
of uovcrnmcnl with five years' im
prisonment nt hard labor or n fine of
.$.1,01)1).' Aliens convicted would be
deported alter serving- senlenccs.
FOR SOLDI
SA LKM, Feb. 1 7. To provide stiile
aid to honorably discbamed soldiers.
sailors and murines desirimr to study
in the institution of bieher learning
in the stale is provided hv Senate Hill
No. litil), passed bv Iho senate today
The measure applies both to public
nnd private lusliliilions and provides
Hint the student henel'itled shall re
ceive $'J."i n month from the state or
not, Ig exceed JVJOQ a year,
TAFT PLEADS AT PORTLAND
FOR POPULAR SUPPORT FOR
ALLIES LEAGUE OF NATIONS
FORMER PREMIER OF CANADA PASSE8 AWAY
f
ffl Xl. V W ut
L i -A i )
-t 51B VIUFRI D LAUKIER.'
OTTAWA, OnC, l-'eb. 17. Sir Wilfrid Ijjorlcr. former premier of Oin.
adn, died of paralysis hero this afternoon, oncil 78 jcars. Ho was mado
premier 111 1N1MI "Hir -10 years lie u iu, leader of Hie French Canadians.
SEATTLE STRIKERS
VOTE TO STAND-PAT
E
SKATTI.K. Feb. 17. At the end of
a moruintr'M session the conference
committee of the Seal lie Metal Trades
Council announced nt noon today thai
it hnd decided to "stand pat" on the
strike involvim; approximately illl.OOU
striking metal trades workers in Miip
vnrds and contract shops here.
The committee's statement was siiv
en in answer to the announcement
yesterday bv the steel nnd wood ship
builders of Senltle and Taeonui that
thev would reopen their vards Wed
nsdny moraine, re-emplovimr union
men nt the Bates under the Mncv
waro scale prevailimr prior to tho
striko of January 21. Tho commit
tee's statement added that if the
yards rc-opencd Ihev would not em
ploy men affiliated with the loenl
trades council.
SKATTLK, Feb. 17. James Mar
tin, president of the lloilcrmnkers' lo
enl No. 104, containiiiiir l.'i.OOl) mein.
niers. todnv issued..n enll for n muss
mcctimr of tho union membeis at 10
o'clock Wednesday momim: lo dis
cuss tbe nut 1 1 ee of whether tho men
wish lo return to work. It was cen
erallv admitted n vote would be taken
on thcuiiiestion.
METAL TRADES ii -SESSION
AT PORTLAND
rORTI.ANI), Ore.. Keb. 17. Votes
from delegate represeiiline; 21 loenl
councils of llie metal trades confer
ence of Iho Pncifie const, which met
here today in annual session, were to
decide lodnv or tomorrow,, whether
Senltle shipyards strikers nro to be
riven support in their contentions.
Some deleirnlos to tho conference sird
indications were that the whole. coast
would be put on record ns beinsr be
hind Ihc strikers. Thev predicted
that sympathetic' strikes or walkouts
might he ordered on behalf of the
Seattle members. ' , .
WASHINGTON., Fob, 17. Final
suppression of tho revolutionary
movement In Portugal has been pro
claimed by the government nt Lisbon,
nccordlng to dlspatohos recolved to
day at tho Btnto department..' Wire
communication Is now being main
tained' between Lisbon and Oporto,
nnd railway communication' Is being
Inaugurated, '
PACKING HOUSE
EMPLOYEES GIVEN
25 PER CENT RAISE
CHICAGO.' Feb. 17, Packins
bouse employes were given a 2") per
cent advance bv the decision of the
arbitrator. Judge Alschuler. who ad
noiinced the award tuduv. i
The advance is retroactive lo No
vember 10. In addition the award
grants 2',- cents an hour raise to all
workers under 21 venrs old. wbos"
earnings are less than 42,,i cents un
hour. -''
Time and a half is given for over
lime, with double time in certain in
stances. Overtime begins ntter eight
hours und there is compensation also,
for men who nre required to be ut
work before 5 o'clock in the morninir.
The overtime scale becomes effective
March 2. The award applies to the
plans of Armour nnd company. Swift
nnd company. Morris nnd compnnv,
Wison' nnd compnnv and the Cndnhv
Parkins,, compnnv 'throughout- the
country.;
Tbe advance is based on the ad
vance ol' the cost of living. The
award also deals with u number of
minor comphviits.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. All plans
for considering railroad legislation
at this session of conuress were aban
doned todnv by the bouse interstate
commerce committee.
WASHINGTON. Feb. . 17. The
bouse interstate commerce committee
unniiimoiislv decided lodnv to hold
no hearings nt this session of con
gress on the lull lo extend the period
of liiivernnient control of railroads for
live veurs.
'An appropriation of $750,000,000
for Ihc operation of railroads under
"overnment control was approved to
dnv bv the bouse appropriations com
mittee... .Former Director General Me
Adoo asked for Hint .-amount to bo
mlded lo the $.)00.0lin,000 revolving
fund provided for in the original rail
rondveontrol net.
V4
AMERICANS AT C0S1
WASHINGTON. Feb. 17. An
agreement iust reached between the
I'nited Slates und British govern
ments on the amount to be paid for
the transportation of jVhierican troops
lo Frnnco during- the wnr in liritish
ships is based on cost of transporta
tion, with up ninrgin for profit,
TAFT'S LEAGUE
Former President Taft Explains In Detail Many of the Provisions of the
Covenant Announced in Paris. Endorses the Plan and Answers Criti
cism of Senators Who Oppose Its Adoption and Ratification Extends.;
Monroe Doctrine to the World.
PORTLAND, Fel. 17 The North
western Congress for a League of Na
tions, working for tbe first time with
a knowledge of the concrete provis
ions for an international association,
as announced by President Wilson in
Paris last week, found added Interest
In Its sessions here today. Delegates
showed increased energy and the
speakers, including William Howard
Taft, former president of the United
States, and Henry Horgenthau, for
mer ambassador to Turkey, expressed
satisfaction, at what they considered
proof of how far human opinion has
advanced towards a realization of
the ideal advocated by the League to
Enforce Peace.
Mr. Taft explained in detail many
of the provisions of the covenant an
nounced in Paris, endorsed tbe plan
and answered Senator Polndexter's
and others who have criticised tbe
constitution and opposed its" adoption
in the senate and the. ratification of
the treaty of which. It will form a
part. -, .-.-:',....,-. V. '-;. '
PORTJA-ND.-Qre,! Feb! , ,1-7 En
dorsement of the constitution of tbe
League of Nations, comment upon
some of its salient points, and the
statement that "on the whole,-, we
should thank God that such a great
advance toward the suppression of
war and the promotion of permanent
peace has been taken." were features
of the address of William H. Taft.
former president of the United States
at the first of three sessions here to
day of the Northwestern Congress for
a League of Nations.
. . Taft Kxplains League '
"The constitution os read In Paris
by President Wilson Is indeed wider
In the scope, of Its purpose than was
the platform of our league to enforce
peace," said Jtr. Taft, in describing
the purposes of the league. "The
platform of our league was a mere
skeleton. It had prepared a tenta
tive draft of a treaty to give It body
and constructive details, but that
tentative draft was never given to
the public, because it was thought
wiser by governmental authority to
withhold it. .
"The sole object of the League to
Enforce Peace platform was to pro
mote peace and avoid war by Instru
mentalities for administering Justice
between nations. It did not even
contain a provision with respect to
the limitation of armament. The
purpose of the constitution reported
at Paris which we may propery call
'the great covenant of Paris," is much
wider. It Is to organize a real and
permanent league, whose first object
Is to provide for tbe just settlement
of differences between nations and
the preventing of war, and for this
purpose to limit armament. Its sec
ond object is to exercise executive
functions in the administration of
International trusts like the govern
ment of backward peoples whom this
war has released from the sovereign
ty of the Germans, and the other cen
tral powers. Its third object Is to
promote co-operation between the
notions, with a view to the better
ment of the condition of labor in all
the nations, nnd for joint action in
respect to other useful matters.
Covenant Is Formed
"The league is to be formed by a
covenant which recites in its pream
ble Its general purpose, nnd then
states In twenty-six different articles
the agreements Included In the co
venant. "The present membership ot the
league is to consist of the fourteen
nations who are to be signatories to
10
NF,W VOltK. Feb. 17. The execu
tive council of the building trades
department of the American Federa
tion of I.nhor todnv cabled to Sumtiel
dumpers in France asking him to re
ipiest l'uropeau labor leaders; to op
pose conli'ncts sought in Franco nnd
Belgium by the Building Trades F.in-ployers'-Asspeiiition
of this city.
OF IDEALS OF
TO ENFORCE PEACE
' 1
the covonu.it and lo figu th treaty
of peace. TH-; moM numerous acting
governmental b'rnncii of tbe league
is a body of delegates to meet once a
year or oftener. If necessary, to con
sist of at least one representative and
not more than three from each na
tion, with but one vote 'for each
state. This body of delegates Is Xo
pass upon the (.ueitlon of member
ship of other rations applying to be
admitted. H-?!o.-e a nation shall be
admitted, it must show :ti,elf able
and wjlli, i:; to--loin'orm to the coven
ant and 'must receive the vote of two
thirds of the member? of the league.
This is drawn to keep Germany -put,
until she is fit. : .
Monroe Doctrine Kxtcpdcd
"Article ten of the cohstitulion
extends our Monroe doctrine to the;
world by making it an obligation of
tUe league' members to respect and)
preserve as against external aggres
sion, the territorial integrity and ex
isting political independence of statetf
members ot the league. In cast
of any such aggression, the executive
council shall advise upon means by
w'hich the obligation shall be ful
filled. This covers all ot the Monroe
doctrine except the part of it for
bidding a nation in the western hemi
sphere to sell to a foreign country its
territory or any part thereof without
consent cf the United States. It
this is deemened important, tho thero
is very little likelihood of ' danger
i from it, the president can doubtless
secure a specific provision of this.
sort In the treaty.
"The punishment of a universal
boycott, to which all the members ot
the league are 'pledged, is a very for.
midable instrument of repression
and as this is very likely to be sup
ported by the voluntary military ac
tion of some membrrs of the league,
especially Interested, the outlaw na
tion will find itself in various stages
ot war with the whole civilized world.
We may reasonably hope that this
prospect will minimize the tempta
tion to make war and so secure tbe
object of the league.
Plans Are Similar
"The original plan ot the Leaglio,
to Enforce Peace and the present con
stitution of the League of 'Nations In
the matter of preventing war really
differ but ' little except as to reduc
tion In armament. The plan' of re
straining war until submission and
judgment is the same. The plan of -boycott
is the same. The plan of
military enforcement differs only lu
that it is voluntary among the mem
bers of the league In the official con
stitution, while it was obligatory In
the League to Enforce Peace. - But
the provisions creating a state of war
between the recalcitrant member add
other members ot the league are so
complete in the Paris covenant that
the difference is not great.
"This Paris covenant has " been
made by the five nations' who are to
prescribe the terms ot the treaty of
peace. It has been made In view of
the necessities ot that treaty, and the
machinery required for Its execution.
This is a very fortunate circumstance
IK the creation ot the league and Us
growth Into a league of all nations.
A convention ot all the nations would
never have agreed on anything us
practical as this. . - ,
Forced by Necessities
"Tho the ultimate object of tha
(Continued on Page Six.)
"NEW YORK, Fob. 17. The Rocky
Mountain club today Issued a call to
all New Yorkers formerly residonts
of western states to Join in the move
ment to extend a welcome to the fa
mous "Rulnbow Division" and other
divisions made up ot western boys
when they land In New York. It la
planned to have a committee ot men
from each western state extend the
"western handshake" and It possible
arrange for dlvislonul and regimen
tal parade be To re the troops are demobilized,