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Entire Western District Reported
Held Solidly by Radicals Army
of 5000 Workers Advancing on
Wesel Red Army Is Benin Con
stantly Reinforced Reports Con
tinue to Be Conflicting Quiet Re
stored in Berlin.
KSSKN. Germany. Mar. 2!!. (Vi:i
Copenhagen) T!ie local executive
council today announced that the en
tire industrial region hereabouts is
in the hands of tin- revolutionary
workmen and that a red nrmv of
.1,011(1 men is victoriously advum-int:
on Wesel where "the last remnants
of the regular Irooiis" are conccn
trnted. i
COPENHAGEN". Mar. 2.1 The
whole western industrial distriet of
(iermnnv is held solidly by radicals
and disaster is inevitable if the gov
ernment troops try to interfere there,
aeeordinir to information received
from Herlin this morning bv telephone
by thiY Berlingske Tidcnde. The So
cial Demokraten learns that a purely
workers' government is on the point
of formation, without co-operation
with the bourgeois parties.
rol'KNirAGGN'. War. 22. A dis
patch to the Berlingske Tidemlc from
lierlia says t ho communist nrmv in
Westphalia aggregates fully lO.Oull
men who are equipped with mine
throwers, armored cars and innchin?
guns. The army is being eonstantlv
reinforced. It already holds about a
dozen towns.
Kxpect iovt. Troops
MSSEl.I)OHr Jlar. 22. (Hv the
Associated Press) Small sounds ol
independent socialists, wearing red
brassards and having armv rifle
slung over their shoulders, are arriv
ing here to strengthen the forces
numbering several thousand men
which are holding this city while
awaiting a threatened attack from
government troops.
The red army, in which many com
munists have enlisted, is now drilling
near town. Socialist forces are pa
trolling the streets, but are not mo
lesting the public. No disorders were
reported today.
The people of DusseldorC expect
government troops, which were forced
to retire to Wezel. :t2 miles northwest
of here, to be reinforced sufficiently
to recapture the eitv within a week.
A1X I.A CHAPKU.K. lihenish
Prussia. .Mar. 2X Another batllc is
reported to be going on between
Spnrlacaus and troops of Ihe regu
lar nrmv at Wesel, twentv-two miles
northwest of Essen. 'Ihe regulars,
the reports say. appear to have out
1 hulked the Spartncnns.
Kai-tacfst Proclamations
HKRLIX. Mar. lilt Snnrla.i-I
proclamations appeared on the streets
todav.
One poster lorc the headline, ''The
Hal Klair,'' and sii:ned "Tim Com
munist I'artv." It declared the people
were dissatisfied with the return of
the Khert government nnd protested
nirninst military eontnd of the eitv.
The prineipal burden of (lie text was
"either disarm the troops or uive 11.
wenpo'ns." (Continued on Page, Three)
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UNDER RED
HIGHEST PRICE SINCE CIVIL WAR
SAN FRANTISCO, Mar. 23 Cane
MiL'iir supplied to Pacific coa-t
points by the Western Suirar Kct'miiu
company advanced Iron. l. to Jm
cents a pound wholesale todav. ac
cording to an announcement hv the
refinerv here. The Cnlifomia-IIa-waiiHn
SiiL'ar liefininjr company, the
other eomnanv sunplvinir susrur to
coast points, had nut advanced its i
prices, it was announced. ''The New I
York oiarket ouotation?' eiven !
US thi' reason for the riie. j
4 u result of tuduv'a advacj
CLEMENCY FOR FOES
URGED BY PREMIER
10 SAVE IHE WORLD
3OMK. Mar. UH. Kurope ran
regain ltii eciuililuium only
thru the rehabilitation uf !er-
many and Itussia, .said Premier
.Villi in presenting his new tab-
inet to the chamber of deputies
today, lie declared:
"There- should issue from par-
liaments and peoples a powerful
humane voioe uruinj; sympathy
and clemency for the vanquish-
ml."
The premier announced that
new foreign capita I b roue, lit to !
Italy to increase production t
would be exempt from taxation.
Some sharp disturbances- and I
passages at arms occurred dur-
iiiK his speech when socialists
tried to interrupt the premior. !
WILSON DID ALL
HE COULD, PARIS,
SHANGHAI, Keb. 17. Dr. C. T.
Wans, who was one of the prominent
members of China's delegation to the
peace conference at Paris, has return
ed from Franco and announced he
plans to submit a report to the Pek
ing government some time in March
I'pon his arrival in China after i
stay of a. few days at the southern
capital of Canton, he came to Shang
hai, intending later to go on to
Peking.
"While in Shanghai Dr. Wang re
marked that President Wilson had
done "everything in his power
Paris to support China's contention j
in the Shantung controversy." ;
"China's only hope for a just set
tlement (,'f the Shantung question,"
he said, "now lies with the League of
Nations, not in direct negotiations
between Japan and China, which To
kio is seeking to open."
"It is only a beginning," he said,
"like a scaffolding around which a
great superstructure in time may be
built and it cannot be a success with
out America."
AVhen he was asked what he be
lieved would be the outcome of the
present internal strife in China, Itr.
Wang shook his head.
"tied knows," was his laconic an
swer.
KING GEORGE LEVEE
IS BRILLIANT AFFAIR
T.ONDOX, Mar. L'li. King George's
first levee at St. .lames palace niicc
1!U I, held today, was a brilliant ai
fair. John W. Davis, the I'nited
States ambassador, and his staff, all
dressed in black, presented a notable
contrast to the full dress uniforms of
military and naval officers and min
isters and judges in their wigs and
official robes. The kintf drove in
semi-state from Itip-kinuhum palace.
A feature was the presentation of
representatives of new states, includ
ing Finland, Poland and new repub
lics of the Llalkans.
Dr. Kthamer. German charge d'af
faires hero, was presented by Karl
Curzon, Itritish secretary of elate for
foreign affairs.
urar will retail at IS1 cents
pound here and at the same pric
plus the freight rate from the San
Kraneis-o .-eaboanl at other eoat
end interior puin that are supplied
i mm here.
Kxecutive of the t'alifomia He
tail Grocer-' u?-o-i:ition said that th.
, raise hroiiuht siil'm r no to us luuhot
Price since the Civil war.
It the second rai-e within four
dav-. the sale price havinir lu-en
rai-ed trom H tu lj cents lust Sat
uriv.
ADMIRAL CUES
GEN L PERSHING
10 BACK WORD
Rear Admiral Sims Tells Senator
Pittman He Must Disprove Persh
ing's Report if He Upsets Testi
mony Rcciardinq Losses Due to
Delay bv Navy.
WASHINGTON'. Mar. 2P. Cros
eamiiiatiiii of Hear Admiral Sim--
was continued today before the sen
ate committee invent iirn tiny (lie na s
conduct of the war with Senators
Pittman of Nevada and Trammel! of
Honda, democrats, undertukiiur to
.-bow that the I'nited Slates was not
whollv responsible for heaw .subma
rine losses durimr t ho two mouths
immediately following the entry of
the I'nited States into the war.
Admiral Sims said adoption of the
convoy system marked the turnimr
point of Ihe war and that Ihe allies
had to wait for American co-operation
before the plan could be made
cl feclive.
"Our destroyers and oilier ships
should have sailed the niulit we de
clared war and there was no oid
reason why thev should not have
done so," he said. 'lf thev had.
'J,.)00,000 tons of shippinir would have
been saved, mid Ihe I'nited Stales
would have had tin nrmv of 1.000,
000 men in France May 1. 1018. The
fact was that after we declared war
manv American ships had to be
placed in drv dock and repaired be
lore thev could be went, to the war
.one.''
Senator Pittman told the admiral
he had not presented any evidence
to support his assertion that failure
ot the navy properly to co-operate
durinir the war had prolonged th
struiriile at a cost of oOO.OOO lives.
'I notify von here and now that
at the proper time evidence will be
introduced to show that the armv
did imt ask for ocean transport that
it did not tret." said the senator. "If
ou do vou will have to disprove (ten
cm I I'ershiiui's own report in which
Ik said that he could not 'et troops
to France when he wanted them." re
turned (In admiral.
LATEST NEWS
OF THE STATE
PORTLAND. Mur. 2:!. Initiative
petitions for placing three proposed
measures of the United Land and La
bor league of Oregon on the ballot
will bo circulated in about two weeks,
accoidiiiK to K. K. Coulter, father of
the league and a member of the exec
utive committee. Tho measure, if
placed on the ballo't and passed,
wouhL, provide for voting by mail,
making the present Initiative, and
referendum law applicable to the pri
maries, and for opening of state-
owned warehouses, banks and other
hiduslrial institutions.
rOUTLANI), Mar. The steam
er Cansumset of the Kuropean-l'acif it
line, bringing the second lot of im
ports tu be received here directly
from Kuropo since the war started.
docked late last niht at municipal
terminal No. 1. Tho imports carried
to Portland by this ship consist of
linoleum. Fuller's earth and house
hold goods, all from tho United King
dom.
PORTLAND, Mar. 23. Introduc
tion of evidence in the trial here of
Joseph Laundy, alleged I. "W.
charged with violating the state crim
inal syndicalism uct, was expected to
begin lato today. Thirty-five tales
men had been examined when court
adjourned at noon, the box being ten
tatively filled. Two peremptory chal
lenges remained for the defense and
one for the stato.
SALEM, Mar. 23. Extradition to
Kern county, Calif., where they are
wanted to answer to a charge of
burglary and grand larceny, alleged
to have been committed when they
stole an auto in Bakersfield two
years ago, is being fought by Russell
and Raymond Eyerly, brothers ar
rested here last Friday for Bakers-
field authorities. An order, comply
ing with a petition of the two broth
ers for a writ cf habeas corpus to be
acted upon April I was signed by Cir
cuit Judge Hingham here this morn
ing.
SEATTLE. Mar. 2-1 Horner Mver-
uitomobib' man. exalted ruler of the
Scuttle Kika lodta', died today.
PREPARE FOR WALL
PEACE EFFORTS FAIL
rnl'K.NIIAliKN. M;ir. 'M.
KM In m ia ami iu.i. t u o of
the former Kussian lialtie prov
inces, now independent nations,
are pre pa rintr for war, sa vs a
dispatch to the Herlm-ske Ti
dcnde from Kiiviin.
Concentrations of troops in
Inriie numbers on the frontier is
reported. (Iretit Britain has tried
unsuccessfully to mediate the
dispute over boundaries.
TO MEET DEMPSEY
SOON AS POSSIBLE
Ni:V YOliK, Mar. 2::. "I am anx
ious to box Jack I empsey for the
world's heavyweight championship as
soon as the match can be arranged."
This was the first statement made by
Georges Carpentler, the Krench heavy
weight, on his arrival hero (his mor
ning. "I can get into condition on
reasonably short notice and am will
ing to meet the holder ut the premier
title anywhere the mutch can be held
either In America or lOurope," he
added.
These statements, made thru an
interpreter, were the answers given
to a host of newspuper and moving
picture operators who hoarded the
French liner La Savoie to obtain their
first view of the holder of the Euro
pean heavyweight championnhip nd
the pugilistic sensation vl a decade.
Tho first impression of Carpentler
was far different than might have
been expected of a heavyweight box
er and veteran of four years of world
war fighting.
Of apparently slight physique and
weighing, according to his own state
ment, but 17t pounds, the conqueror
of a long line of French and English
heavyweights resembled a bank clerk
on a vacation far more than he did a
pugilist wh(.'m boxing enthusiasts in
nil parts of the world are eager to see
match skill and power against the
American fighter.
The French champion wore in the
lapel buttonhole of his coat the rib
bon of the croix de iruerre with three
palms, which he won while nit air
pilot in a bombim: souad during Ihe
r. lie said he was twice wounded
by shrapnel, once near the left tem
ple ami the second time in the left
ot.
Cnrpenlier was accompanied bv bis
17-year-old bride, his mnnnirer Ues-
enmps nnd two trainers.
Sirs, ("arpentier, an extremely
pretty lit lie French 'voman. scarcely
reached her husband's shoulder. When
ouestioned rcardin'- her ideas of
bo.iur she said as lonir as (icortres
s in the riiiL' she hoped he would
win the world's title before he retired.
Cnrpenlier will remain here for
several weeks while a two -reel mo
lion picture is lakeu of the French
puifili-t in the role of u college hov
interested in boxing. After this cn-
Laeineut be will embark upon a ten
week's vaudeville tour.
('arpentier refused to express nnv
opinion reLu-duur the outcome ol a
match willi Ocinpsey. He did say.
however. Hint if he won the world'.
heavyweight title, he hoped he would
he permitted to retire after defend
inir the championship once.
STOLEN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Mur. 2 3. Diamond
rings, watches and bar pins worth ap
proximately 110,000 were stolen from
a downtown jewelry store at 9 a. m.
hero today by four robbers, who
bound and gagged the proprietor, S.
M. Feldiuan, and a clerk. Miss Xettfc
Goldman, according to reports Feld
nian made to the police.
Feldman said ho had just opened
the safe and was taking out the
Jewelry when he turned and saw four
men in the store. One of them cov
ered him with a revolver and another
pointed a gun at Mixs Feldman.
"What is it, a Joke? Feldman naid
he asked. A blow across the face
with the handle of a revolver an
awcred him.
FINE PROGRESS
MADE DRIVE
C. OF COMNERCE
Entire Force of Wurkers Go Over
Tod at 10 a. in., anil Not a Serious
Casualty Is Reported Enthusiasm
Is Shown on All Sides.
! 4
Hi
dow is v,howii tlic number
of nit inhere obtained in the cam
paign inaugurated this week, in
division and team order :
Women's Uivislou
Caplaiu -Mrs. (i. K.
Satchwel! S $ 'IT)
Major lloimTjrue's Division
Captain Frank Far-
rell
Captain K.
Keanv ....
Cnntain (!.
erts
Captain A.
Captain W.
ker
Total .
17 -IK
M. Mr
1!
M. Itoh-
II
Vance VI
:. Wal-
'Jl
Major Hen Sheldon's Division
Captain S. I. Brown... Id $ IS".
Captain F. W. Mears '27 2".0
Captain John Good
rich lrt
pjr.
:tio
KM)
$1:121
Captain N. A. Loueks '2'.
v Captain U. Mioore
17
i
Total
(Irand Total
... 1 041
...1H7
4
The M'edford Chamber of Com
meree's expansion and reonrnniA
lion cnmpuiiMi is on in earnest, nnd
the future civic ami commercial de
velopmeiit of the city depends npon
the result of the mcmhcr.-diip enroll
ment crusade which betrau todav aud
is to continue up to and includiu
Frinav. Ten teams of men workers.
and one sound of women, the "Pepto-
mi-U Army." received their final in
.-(ructions from llircetor (Jheen pre
cedimr the making of a uroup photo-
:raph of the entire body in front of
the public library ut 10 ft. m., and in
u few minutes were distributing them
selves Ihrmurhout the entire commit
in the enmpuieu for -XIO meribers
and a bink'c! of $1(1,1)00 for Ihe
Chamber of Commerce,
There is no mislakinir the intense
interest in the citizens ol Mcdtol'd
in the success of this drive. J)nwiifi
d' business nnd professional men
luive (dosed their desks and left th-di
places of business to rally to the call
of the Chamber of Commerce for
hinteer workers.
Following the three weeks of pro
paratorv work lor Ihe intensive drive.
two divisions, each headed hv in;i
jor, composed of ten learns of from
seven to nine men and an independent
team of a dozen women headed by
.Mrs. (J, U Salehwell, started the
enrollment work this moruiiiLr.
At noon, after two hours of work,
the field workers assembled at the
Hotel Holland for luncheon. Offic
in Is of the Chamber of Commerce
wore broad and confident smiles fol
lowinir the receipt of the enrlv re
turns which were bulletined on a black
hoard. The statement was niven out
bv Director (ihecn that he cnlcrliiiits
strong hopes and expectations that
the drive will pass its objective before
the expiration of the fourth day. M
(lawn addressed the peptomisls at the
luncheon todav
The tennis are nil operating nloim
careful and systematic lines, each
team having drawn from Ihe dislru
to which his team is assigned. Th
pro.spect cards showintr names and
addresses of those men am women
of the eitv who have been selected
prospective members were placed in
the hands of the various team cat
tains.
From campaign heudnmrtcrs
vitations to ioin (he Chamber of Com
meree have been mailed out to up
proximately 1.000 individuals whose
name have been included in the pros
pt
et
st.
Kentucky Derbv Held May 8.
LOI ISYILI.E. Mar. 2.'(. -The his
toric Kentucky derbv with its new
:fO,OiMI added value, and for which
107 nominations have been made, will
have its fortv-Mxth renewal at
Churchill Downs here Saturday. Mnv
8, the opening dav of the Uown
rneet ntr. the Kentucky Jockey dub
uuuoiuKi'd today,
EALOUSY CAUSE OF
GIVES HIMSELF UP
4
FliESNi , Cal.. Mar. 2:i.-AL
E. Pittman surrendered himself
at ihe entinlv iail hi-re shortly
before noon todav. telling t lie
sheriff he was wanted for the v
murder of A. Nil hoKon. u Fres- v
no build iter eon I raid or, w bo-c
hodv had been t'oimd a short
time before ut the I'lttman home
in north Fivmio. v
Mrs. I'itlinaii lohl Ihe police
her husband was jealous id'
Nichol-on and she believed tins
was his 'reason for firimr Ihe
fatal shots. Mrs. I'ittman also
saitl she Indie veil her husband v
was h i I i 1 1 it' yesterday in the at
tie of their home when Nicholson
called on a business visit. This
morn bur, she said. Nicholson
called aLMiin and her husband
dropped from a hole in the attic
and shot Nicholson four times
in the head.
T
liOSTON, liar. (S The supreme
court today heard nnrumerits on the
reuuest of Mrs. Emilie li. Uulen ot
New York for the riuht to inlcrvemi
in tho litigation lo which the di
rectors of the Christ inn Science
church and (lie trustees of the Chris
tian Science Publishing society are
the principal parties.
Mrs. HiiIcii brought, the petition
as one ol the lirst memhers ot the
hurch. These first members were
described bv Charles F. Choate, .Jr.,
her counsel, as a hodv which origi
nally had certain authority and func
tions that were later transferred lo
the directors. II was his contention
that the report of Ihe master in the
suit between directors and trustees
had shown that the directors had no
standintr and therefore it had become
necessary lo have the first members
come in to protect the rights of the
church.
Edwin A. Kraulhoff of Washing
ton, a first member, appeared in op
position to the petition.
Mr. Krauthoff aruued that the first
members were abolished hv a bv-lnw
in 15)01. which was approved by Mrs.
Eddy and Unit Ihe ullempt to inter
vene was mi attack on the by-laws
of the church, the first, he knew of
in the church's history. The motion
to intervene, be said, was in fact an
attempt lo have the case tried auain.
Mr. Kraulhoff said the master's re
port had not ruled that Ihe directors
hud no authority. Former (iovernor
John L. Hates, counsel for the di
rectors, announced that thev look a
neutral attitude on the petition, but
reserved the diuht hi define their
position if necessary.
OLYMI'IA, Wash.. Mar. li. Ad
journment of the special session of
the Washington legislature tomorrow
wuh predicted here ted ay by members
of both houses. The legislature met
yesterday and ratified the proposed
suffrage amendment to the federal
constitution. The senuto today took
up a hill the house passed yesterday
ordering that tho question of a bonus
for soldiers be submitted to tho elec
tors next fall.
RAISE STREET CAR FARES PORTLAND
HELD UP FOR SPECIAL ELECTION
SAI.KM. flrn.. M'cir. 2.1-Increase
in cnrfiirrs on the lines oi" tlie I'nrL
Inml Knilwav, I.iaht nnd 1'iiwcr I'lira
pnnv in the eitv nf I'urtlMiMl in held
in nbevnnee hv nil rminion of the nnh
lie service commission hnnded down
todnv.
The opinion recommends that nt
ii special election, culled on Mnv 21,
opportunity to vote on the (iiiestion
of tukinir over the tracks of the com
pany, which would reduce the valu
ation of the company's properties in
excess of $.-).(l(IO.I)(l(l.
litis liU3 Wereueo duly to tho
U.S. CONTROL
L PRICE
S REIVED
President Wilson Restores Fuel Situ
ation tu Condition Before Strike
Was Called Declares Commission
Report Shall Be Accepted In
creased Wanes to Miners Will
Amount to Approximately $200,
000,000 a Year.
NEW YOIUC, Mar. 21!. The gen
eral scale committee representing the
anthracite coal miners by a virtually
unanimous vote decided today to re
main at work after April first pond
ing negotiation of a new wage agree
ment "providing the mine (,'wnera
agree to make any wage award retro
active to that dale."
"WASHINGTON, Jlar. 23 Govern
ment control over the maximum price
of bituminous coal was withdrawn to
day by President Wilson effective
April 1st.
At tho same time tho president
wrote the operators and miners trans
mitting the majority report of the
coal commission and informing them
that -this report was "the basis upon
which tho wago schedule agreements
between the mine workers and opera
tors shall he made."
l(y removing government control of
prices effective April 1, the president
paves tho way for increased ooul :
prices to absorb the average 27 per
cent increase recommended In the
majority roport.
Conclude Agreements
Tho president wrote tho operators ,
and miners that it was "essential to
tho public welfare that the agree
ments ho concluded at the earliest
date practicable so that the uncer
tainty as to the fuel supply may be
ended and that the consumers may be
able to make contracts for their coal
supply."
The president said he assumed that
neither party would raise any ques
tion and that he was sure that no
question could properly be raised as
to the binding character of the award
by alio majority of the commission
notwithstanding the fact that It was
not unanimous.
No Provision or Iuw
Tho president said there was no
provision of law for fixing new coal
prices for peace time purposes and
that "unless and until some grave
emergency shall arise, which In my
judgment has u relation ito the emer
gency purposes of the Lever act, I
would not feel justified in fixing coal
prices with reference to future condi
tions of production."
Tho majority report of the com
mission said the 2 7 per cent absorbed
the 11 per cent Increase allowed when
the miners returned to work and
that in dollars It would approximate
$2iHl,iMiu,noo a year.
The executive order withdrawing
government control of prices removes
virtually all government control ot
coal, placing the fuel administration
in the Status that It was before its
authority was restored when tho min
ers struck last (November 1.
Railroad Strike Snaln.
MADIilD. Mar. 'Jit. (Hv th Asso
ciated Press) At a mcetintr of rail
road men earlv todav it was unani
mously decided to dcchiro tl striko
ut in ii In iLrlit touitrht on all the rail
roads in Spain.
tracks in Ihe streets, not to the street
i ar system us n whole. The opinion
further recommends that at the spec
ial election the people vote on roliov
inir the eompanv of vnrious burdens,
incluiliuir maintenance of pnvinir.
franchise taxes ami enr licenses, a
total yearly expenditure of $170,000.
Should these reliefs be afforded bv
the people's vote, a decrease In tho
present six cent fare is prospective,
the opinion states. A dissenting opin
ion hv one of tho commissioners,
recommends n seven cent faro with
a ehnrse of one cent additional for
transfers, .