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APPRn Q AIDED BY-YANKS LEAGUE CRITICS:! f
Sri 1 q INBE1
III Mil I DILLu Newsl,a"er Attacks Alleqiip That Polnilextcr. Borah and Ree;l Asked to jS, '
Six Billion Tax Measure, 400 Million
Postofflce Bill. With 200 Million
Famine Relief. Urgent Deficiency
and Mrs. Roosevelt's $5,000 Pen
sion Bill Amomi ?6 Measures Sign
ed Conferences on Lnlior and of
Governors Planned.
WASHINGTON. Feb. '.'.". 'rii
dent Wilson IdiIiiv signed llio iflUIOll.
lliill.dlill wnr t vciiiio lull. Ilin lull ITll
viding $111(1,01111,1100 for loiiil relief in
F.nropo mill tint urgent deficiency dill.
Killlll executive lll'lillll WUM tllkl'll
tollllV nil Oil' IHII, IIIMI. Illlll ihikIoI'I ii''
imiiroiirmliiiii hill which curries S'.'oo,
iiiKi.OOO for rmiil construct ion ilnriii'.'
Iho next llin-ii vrurs. Tho Semite
adopted the conference report without
n ri'i'uril viilo ntiil the mcustiro now
goes o President Wilson.
In nil. 20 bills mill point resolutions
worn ni'iriivi'il lv Iho president lo
ilnv, Ainony them were the measure
blunting n pension In Mm, Theodore
Itnnscvcll, tlm iiivnliil pension dill nml
I Iik liill to extend I In' provision nf the
hnniclcnd Iiihm touching credit fur
Hip iHTiml !' enlistment In soldiers.
sailor, murine, nurse mill officer
wlui served in tln Mcxiriin border nl'
in tlm world war. , Most nf, the hill
relnled to public building or projects
Mich 11 extension nl' time fur Hip con
struct ion of liriiluPN neros naviga
ble streams,
Uirk nt III lk
Uni'k in llio White House iifliT an
absence of ncnrlv throe months. Pros
iili'iil Wilson was wurkiii" nwnv ut hi
(Irak this imiriiinir whrn Mirprisod
members nf Hip stuff nf the executive
nffewt began In rpiMirt.
Hi first nrl, without waiting fur
the office force, wn In send II telo-
L'riini In Thi'nilnrn I'., linrliin. prcst
ili'lit of Hip league of tuition union lit
Now York, reiterating hi confidence
Hint Hip pontile of Hip tinted Stale,
with riniptiPiil unmiiinitv would hup
, Hurt tlio lengeit of nations, . Mr. Ilur
tuii, republican mid fnrinor Honiitor
from Ohio, hud loloernphod n wcl-
coinn In Iho president ns roi'Dmiiroil
londnr nf Hip Icitutio of niil1nii niovo-
IllCllt.
PrcnlilPiilliil Trip
TIip prPNidptil'M Irnin from Nv
York rpiirhi'd horo nt fl o'ploi'k nfli'i
nit iiiipvptilfnl rim front HonIoii,
hr Hip pxi'i-iitivo rcnnivpil ItU mil-
nhlp wpli'iinip Ihiuio vestcrdnv on hU
nrrivul from Kmncn. At- 8:I0 Hip
prpHidptit mid Mm. Wilson Ivl't Hip
Irnin. pn.iKpd thrnnuh n idipprintr mid
hmid plniMiini! prnwd in Hip stiitiun
mill drove mtii-klv In Iho While IIoiiko.
A few ininnleH Inter Mr. WUkoii wiik
111 lim oI'I'ipp, Hiirvpviiitr I lin IhkUs Ihiil
Mn iiheiid of him heforfl MiiitIi "), Hip
ilnv Hot for Hiiilinu' nirnin for I'nini'P
There ninv he nno or , two eonfer-
eneeH on imnorlmil ilnmpstie nmtlers
hefnre Iho preMiilent nieelH the mem
hern of the fiireitm rcliitioiiH enimnit
li'i'M frnm Ilin Hennle mid hoiiso nl
dinner tomorrow niuht to co over Hie
ennslitnlioii of Hie loniruo of iiiiIiiiiik
1'liins for tin iidilri'MK to n inint. soh-
Hion nf eonereHH lire expected to InUe
Hliupo in 11 dnv or two.
Ciililnet MeelliiffTodny
The onlv einrimenient nimle for the
president loilnv wiih Hio enhiiiet meet
lin: nl 2 n'elni'k. Vieo President Mnr-
hluill. who Iiiih presided nt the meet
iiius iliii'inif tlio president's nhsi'iiee,
wiih invited to ho present iiL'tiiii'iind
In Id' unit in the dchliernlions.
It. wns said Hint I he preHident hnd
not miiihi up his miiiil nhout the np-
liointnienl of nn nllornev trenenil to
hii ied Mr. (Irimorv or the enllme o
nil exlrn session of eonirress. Mi'
( Con tl mi od on pno two.)
WARSAW, Montlny, Mnli. 2 (ny
Aaonnhileil ll'nBH.) Thll 1'OllAll fOV-
nlirn ofrleo luifl rucolved tt totoRrnm
from UimhorR nnylnt? Hint nn iiKrnn
nmnt wan roftchort thoro Simdny for
tlio coRRnllon of IiohI illttoB liotwoon
tlio Polos iitid llio Uk miliums, ueKtn.
ninor nt (I o'nlock Mondny ovonlnK
Tho flRronmnnt enn ho denounced by
ollhor liui'ty on iwciva nouru noiico
Newspaper Attacks Alleninu That
American Troops Protected Cos
sack Denied Bv Commander Mu
tineers Disarmed Stories Aimed to
Create Discord With Japanese.
VLADIVOSTOK, I'eli. 17. Illv the
AsKiieinled Press.) A t ;m kh Iiv eer-
t it in neWKinuiers on Ihu nltitnile nl
the Ainerienn I l oops in ensterii Hi-
lierin with the evident nnrpnso of nt-
ti'inptiiiL' to nronse lliisnimi sentiment
nmiiii"! tne jMiieni'iins min 10 erenie
li-i'ord lielween the Ainenenns linn
Hie .liipnnese hnve lieen iinsweri'd ov
'id. Ili-nrv I). Nlver of the Ainerienn
iinnv. run iillnekH were imsen on
tint fuel Hint the Aiiieiirmw hnd t-iven
niiti'i'l mil nt Klii'hnrovnk In lollO
iiKsiirks who had mutinied nuuillsl
(li neriil Kiihiiikolf, their roininmiiler.
All nlleued wireless il'Hiniteh from
ninihiifhi. (nenr Tokio) reproilnred
in the Veslnik. mtvs thnt milv Ihel
nreseni'O of the Jiipnnesii troons nl
Khnhnrovsk prevented piirt nf the
Amerii'iin troops from ioiiiini.' the mu
tineers. Tlie Knlnv Vostok, the orunn
of (lenernl Knleinikol T. ilei'lnres Hint
the niutinv wiis nrrnnued in lerrilorv
under Amerii'iin emit ml nml thnt
Anierieiin soldiers look port in the
liliiii". It refers to the uenernl ntti-
tnde of the Amerirmis towurd the
Itiissiims us one of iirrot-mteo mid
eolldesensillll.
It .is not the linhit. of Auic.nnin
oft'irers." snvs t'ol, riwer in hin Ktnte-
nienl. 'Mo pnv ntteiilmn to iilinrd ao.
sip nml newsimpiT erilieisin. However
nt the rennest of our nllies. we tiinke
the followini; offieinl expliinntion :
The Ainerienn Irootis hnve no In
tention of ilefendiin; or shelterim: po-
litienl imrties or iSrontis whether Ihev
nre enlled Itolsheviki or other mimes.
The Aiiierii'iins rerentlv disiinned Hie
CosMii'k deserters for the sole pur
pose nf nvoidinir liloodshed mid dis.
eord. We ore keeniin.' Ilieni ninler
L'imrd while the nllieil mililiirv eoun-
il nt liiilivostiik deeiiles wllnt-is lo
he done with them."
LONDON. Keb. 2."). The ntlempt
of llavnrian siiartaenns to oreani.e
It revolution in linden has failed ex
opt nt Mannheim. Aetion ot the Ha
den iniveinmenl whieb marelied uov
ernnient troops into Karlsruhe, nr
rested rndienl leaders and proelaiined
a state of sciuu appiu'enllv halted tin1
movement.
The Mannheim outbreak, oiL'nni.eil
by the 1 In vn rin n eonimiinisl lender.
Miielisnm, wns tnoro siieeessfid. J ho
stiurtnenns lire in iiossessioii of the
eity.
ilASIIv, Keb. 21. Tho Clirlstinn
aoclullHtn of Oormnn Austria hnve
nttraeit to a union bora with Germany
on rouilltloii that tho. capital of the
united count rlon .bo In contrnl Ctor
ninny, according to n dispatch from
Vlouun.
DARIOL, Keb. 21. A toloRrnm from
Ctirl Cuhro ronorln riKhtliiK at Mnnn
holm with vnrylr.K Biieeoas, tor Hit
posnoaalon of tho nnwapiipar Volltn
Tlmmo. Aa overylbliiH In unlet In
lladoii with tho excoption of Mnnn
helm, tho atato ot boIko Iibb been
raised.
IIHItl.IM, Monday, Ke.li. 2,'t,
Spnruenn forcca hnvo nrovonlod fun
nlclpnl olentloiiB from holiiK hold nl
liiisHoldort, Lively titxlitln K In ro
ported In Homo olovtlon proclnctn.
COPRNHAGB.V, Fell. 25. lion
Sehnld Iiiih beon named lliivnrlnn
nromlnr in buccobbIoii to Kurt lOlsnor,
who wnlf naBHBRlniil6iNnsl weak. Hoi'r
ai)lRlt7 a mnjoi'lly Boolnllat, Iiiib boon
appolntod Ilavnrhui mlnlHtnr of the
Interim', auceoodliiK Horr Auor, who
wns nliot at .Munich, accordliiK to
Mnnteli dlapntelioa to the Polltlltnn
nui'lLlN. Feb. 2n. flJy Asaoclnt
ed Proaa.) llorr Fiilil'.oiiiiol,'tiiir
tnenit lender In tho Holtrop dlatrlct,
In Woalimalin, bus boon Itlllud.
Poindextcr. Borah and Reed Asked to
. Point out Ciausesof Constitution
Violated "Let Him Who Oltlects to
Plan Slimiest Another Remedy"
Says Ex-Prcsltlcnt.
ST. I.OUS. IVh. 2.'..-Willhim II.
Tn II. sieiikiiiL' todnv ill the npeiiim:
session of Ihe inid-rotililieiit eonirress
for II lenuue of nations, elinllenued
Srnntors poinile.vler, Itornh nml Heed
to put their I i Hirers on the elnuses of
the eonstitulion whirh forbids the
t'niloil Slates to nssiiuie the obliun
lions of the eoveiiant of n lenuue of
mil ions.
"Let him who oliieeis to it Hiiuuesl
aiiother reiuedv (to prevent war) or
hold his penee." he said.
"The fiindiinienliil weakness of the
iillitiide of Senator Poiinlexter and
Senator Keed and Senator llorah is
that Ihev roiifine their arguments tn
1101111111'.' out the ilnni!('rs of Ibis eov
einint of the I'niti'd States wbiili
I think nre eomparativelv slitiht. while
thev utterly fail lo lender iinv eon
ktrnelive smrL'eslions to the eonfer
enee for n met hod bv whieb wiieo
enn be maintained nml Ilin itist re
sults of the warean be seeured.
"If the rniteil States does not en
ter Hie league of nations Hie refusal
will leave n mere offeiifive nnd de
feli'.ive nllialiee of eonntries nnd
fniiipoiilivc nrmanieiils, followed in
wilnblv . bv nnollier , war. it 'tnneb
niorp horriTde in its ilestruetivene:
of armies and peotdes nnd eivilir.atioli
as this nno wan more horrible than
nnv iirnvioiiK war."
INCEAU OUT
OF ALL DANGER
PARIS. Feb. 2S. Premier C'lcm-
eiieonu's proKresB Is such that he Is
now clnaHlfied lis a convnlesccnt.
Litter reporta Indirnto Hint ho will
soon rolurn lo work. 1 no ttronieat
difficulty now experienced by his
physicians la in keeping him In his
nnrtmcnt.
Kmllo Cottln, tho proinler's assail-
nnt, will lie IntorroKnteit today oy
Cnptnln llnueharilon of the Parla
military court. Severn! arrests were
made yesterday, thoso taken Into cus
toilny having; political Incllnntloua
similar to thoso of Cottln.
NEW YORK. Feb. 25. Edward
N. Hurley, chairman of the I'nifed
Stntes shipping board met business
men hero today In tho first of a se-
Ifs of conforencoa which he declared
would bo hold In ovory Boctton of tho
country with the object of obtaining
prortueoi's nnd ahlppora cooperation
In tho formation of n permanent op
erating policy for tho American mer
chant murine.
Each new invention of
newest, the supply tank, sent
bursting' "shrap " and machine
without loss.
; K1NGTAND : QUEEN OF ' RUMANIA .
IRA
I Kins Ferdinand of Rumania was shot while fleeing with the queen
from mobB which threatened the'orerihrow of the Rumanian govern
ment. Hunger has been the moving factor with the masses and disci
pline in the army Is said to be failing. Throughout the war Queen
Murlo was blessed by tho soldiers aa an angel of mercy because of her
' work In hospital.. -. ...
PHONE WORKERS
VOTE ON STRIKE
CTRL!
SAX FRANCISCO. Feb. 25 The
result of a referendum Btrike vote of
fionn telephone linemen and other
electrical workers and 9000 tele
phone Kirla'lit Washington, Oregon,
California and Nevada, following the
reported failure of Postmaster Gen
ornl Burleson lo answer tnclr wage
demands, la to he forwarded to the
Inlnrnullntinl nTflrfnt nf tlm Inter
national Brotherhood of Electrical !
Workers In SprlnsJIeld, Ills., tomor
row for action, it was announced here
today. Officials of the brotherhood
horo Indicated today that atrike ac
tion would follow the voto. I,. C.
Grnsscr of Piedmont, Cal., is now In
Springfield. When he receives the
xoto ho will tako It to Washington
and will attempt to lay It before
President Wilson and .Mr. ilurlcson,
together with new demands that the
workcra bo granted Increased wages.
It was nmiotintcd here today by F. H.
Hobbiua, iiBsislant to' Grnsscr.
Tlio inulo workera' demand nn In
crease of from $4.75 to SB. to a day
and tho girls from biialc wages of S
and $14 a woek to n flat wage of $1
a day.
Recognition of. their union organl
rntlona by tho federal wire author
ities is desired particularly it was
aaid. . "
'PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 25. De
partment ot juatlco offlclala here ap
parently have abandoned tho theory
that the Spaniards arrested yesterday
were Implicated In a plut to nssnssin
uto tho president. -.
I'nftod htatoa Attorney Knno today
aald no evidence substantiating tho
original Information of a plot to aa
aasainate the president had been developed.
SUPPLY TANK EVOLUTION
the war evolved some other new
to the front just- before Hie war's end. Its cargo safe from
gun bullets, it look loot! ami
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BIG SEAPLANE
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2.".-l.oss of
the bis 'seaplane noainber 3405 with
three enHns of the naval reserve and
to machinists off the Virginia coast
:s officially minoiinccd by the navy
department.
Aboard the plnne were Knsiuns Stu
art MeDonnld Terrier. Haltimore:
Clifford A. Hell. New York City, and
IJobert F. Dibble. Valley Stream. N.
Y.. Chief Machinist Mutes Albert F.
limu-l. West !oxbiirv. Mass.. and Kov
L. rtoblv. Powlinir Green. Kv.
The machine started on n flight
from Norfolk Sunday and failed to
return. A radio operator reported
that nfternoon thiit he snw a seaplane
idnnue into the water nnd disappear
near Fisherman's 'Island. Search of
the const failed t" disclose any trace
of the plane nnd today it was offi
cially aiven up as lost.
SEVRE"FIGHTirNG
' KffiG AT;. PRAGUE
AMSTK.HDAM. Feb. 2." Severe
fiiihtinu took tilaec all day Satur
day in Primue, Hie capital of liohe
inin, in which the national eunrd and
students drove the nnti-srovernment
communists from public bnildinss
which thev- hnd occupied, according
to the I.oknl Aii7.e:aer of Herlin.
RIVERS AND HARBORS BILL
AGREED TO BY HOUSE
WASHINGTON. , Feb. 2.). The
house today adopted the conference
report on the rivers nnd harbors bill
enrrviiiL' :t:i.0o0.IM0.
OF WAR
thing and' here is one of the
ainmuml
ammunilion right to the front
FLOAT ACROSS
NORTH POLE ON
ARC EPA K
Storker Storkerson and Party of Five
Explorers. Who Boarded a Floatino
Ice Pack In the Polar Basin Last
Mav Land Safelv in November-
No details Yet Available of Vovaqe
XEW YORK. Feb. 23 Adviees re
ceived here todnv from Alaska state
thnt Storker Storkerson nnd a-partv
of five explorers who boarded a float
ing ieo pack in the Polar Hasin last
Muv in nn effort to float neross.the
North Pole, hud "landed safely" Ao
veniber 7. Xo details were civen.
SEATTLK. Feb. 2". Storker
Storkerson. lieutenunt of Vulhiahuur
Stefnnsson. f'unadmn Arctic explorer,
beiran his' uiiioiie venture of foatin
westpart from the Paeifie on an ice
pack last Mav. starting about Lit)
miles northwest of Hersehel island.
Storkerson expected to leave his ice
pack when it reached the new Siberian
Islands, when he and Ins party were
to come nsoore art dmake their wav
back to Alaska. .Authorities cred
ited with knowledge of the Arctic cur
rents believed Storkerson would reach
the islands early Hub year.
The New Siberian Islands possi
bly where the Storkerson nartv has
landed just out of tlie Arctie ocean
off the month of the Lena river. in
Siberia.
TACOMA. Feb. 25. Tvpoerapliieal
Cnion No. 170 registered its disnp
proval of the manner in which the
Central Uibor Council called the so
called sreneral strike several week:
airo bv votinsr Sundnv to withdraw
from nffiliation with the council. It
further indicated its disapproval of
the character of Hie articles and edi
torials appearing the Lnbor'Advo
cnte. official or.rnn of the council
bv votinsr to, withdraw its subscrip
tion from the'pmier.
The Tvponraiibieal union is the sec
ond to withdraw from affilintion with
the council since the ireneral strike
fiasco, the Railway Clerks bavins tak
en siniilnr action. The tvponraphical
workers nre said to resent beinir call
ed '"unfair" while employed in plant
thoroughly unionized because thev re
fused to ioin in a strike thev believed
illesal and that was not sanctioned
bv their internntionnl officers.
WASHINGTON'. ; Feb. 25. An
nouncement by General Perahing1
chief ot atnff that IS national guard
and national army divisions were
scheduled to sail from France before
July 1, confirms reports current here
that the expeditionary forces were to
be reduced to a total strength
300.000 by the end of the fiscal year.
Tho announcement from France
Indicates that in addition to the
seven regular divisions now
France and into which presumably
men desiring to remain temporarily
are being transferred, the American
forces after July will include the
29th national guard and the TSth and
Slat national army divisions. Thia
would give a nine division strength
for the combntnnt forces nnd allow
one division for employment as
depot unit.
LONDON, Feb. 25. General Lit-
dendorff, former quartermaster gen
eral of the German army, left Sweden
for Germany Sunday night, according
to a Stockholm dispatch to the Ex
cUonge Telegraph company. Tils per
mit to stay In Swodon expired Sun
day. -
EGISLATURETO
FINISH LABORS
ON WEDNESDAY
Adjourn at Midnight Tomorrow Niaht
Special Election June 3 Coast
Road Bill Passes Fitiht On Olco
Margarine Bill Ronue River Fish,
Bill Passes.
SA LEI', Ore.." Feb. 23. Plana
made today called for adtournment oC
the Oregon legislature nt midniirht tor
morrow night, when the work of both
houses is expected to be finished.
The senate todnv passed a bill pro
viding for Kpeciul election June 3,
when the people will vote on nine
measures. The bill is assured of pas
sage in the house. legislators snid. - A
$2,,"i(l0.0()0 bonding bill providing foe
n bond issue to build tlie nroposeif
Roosevelt highway along the Oregon.
const, passed the senate. It will be
one of the measures referred to the
people. The senate nlso refused to
kill the oleomargarine bill, placing a
tax upon the manufacture, wholesaler..
retailer and restaurant dealing in
oleomargarine, to protecttfluirvmen by
raising the price of the substitute for.
butter. The bill was placed on the
calendar for tomorrow when it is e.x-,
peeted to be the center of a fight.
The court of domestic relations bill
providing such a court in Multnomah
county (Portland) went to the gov-,
ernor today for hU signature. ;
Five thousand dollurs was appro
priated for the reception of returning;--soldiers
in New York by a bill passed:,
in the senate yesterday. , .
,' . Anti-Trust Bill Passes
The final link in the chain of pro
tective legislation, designed to keep
the tentacles of the alleged paving
trust from the $10,000,000 to be ox-
npniiprl nn rrniwl minis will fnrtveH hist -
night when tlio house ot representa-
tives passed H. H. 518.
The bill provides that when nnv
firm desires to market the rights of
to a patented pavement, it shall file
with the state or county officials nn
open tariff on its royalties. Kaeh con-tractor-who
desires to bid on the pav
ing will know exactly how much ho
mu uae to puv in roauv. umi nu
will he sure Hint his .competitor
through some stnndin with the patent
holders is not getting the royalty for
a fraction of wliut he has to pay.
It also provides that open agree
ments entered into between the eon
tractor and the patent owner will hold
until the paving iob is finished nnd is
a hodv blow at bithulithio. It pro
vide sthnt whenever bids are desired
on patented paving, the state or eoun
tv shut nt the same time offer plans
nnd specifications for a nonpatentcd
pavement of eniinl strength nnd drn
bility nnd call for bids on both types.
. ItOgUB JIIVIT Dili X I19CU
Maps and pieces of fishing nets
were exhibited bv Senator 1. 1. Smith
last night, in his argument before the
senate on the Kogue river fishing bill,
designed to prevent seining in tho
Rogue river except wit hcertnin kinds
of nets. After a lengthy debate which
brought out strong opposition, the bill
passed.
Senator T. I. Smit'- asserted thnt
the legislature nnd not the voto of
the. people had opened tho river, nnd
that the bill would not prohibit soma
fishing, but would only reiimro n
lamer meshed net. Senator llandlev
declared the bill was for the purpose
of putting the seines out of buiness,
while Thomas, who supported the bill,
said the whole nuestion was one of
monopoly against the people.
WASHINGTON, Teh. 25. Enact
ment before adjournment of congress
of the house bill giving the railroad
administration $750.0(10,00(1 lor its
revolving fund was vigorously urged
today before the sennte -appropriation
committee bv Director (Jencrul
llines nnd Secretary Glass, i.
Of the original hall' billion dollar
fund. Mr. llines snid, probably about
$200,000,000 would be lost to the gov
ernment, but that a 'largo part of the
$300,000,000 balance -which already
has been spent might be salvaged.
Part of the loss, Mr. I line scxpluincd,
wns due to simill returns during tho
costly winter operating season. s
A favorable .report. Iiv the coinmit
teo is expected tomorrow.