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Newspaper Page Text5250 CIRCULATION. (2VtM) RF.ADF.Rs. DAILY) Only Circulation ia aleni Guar anteed by t!e AoLt Bureau of Oireubtios. m Weather Report III! m FULL LEASED WIRE. DIM'ATCHUS SPECIAL WILLAMETTE YAL- Oregsn: Tonight fair; cooler ast partian, light frost aoutl west nad jartiou. Satur day fair, paths westerly witi ; FORTY-SECOND YEAR NO. 69. SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1919. PRICE TWO CENTS . OS TBAIN3 AND NtW STANDS FIVK CKNTw V 1 I 1 I t ii mi ii i .-v a i t . n J t ft a 0ETO)M ! Ml I TIME FOR INDEPEDENCE OF PHILIPPINES CLOSE . AT HAND SAYS BAKER Secretary Of W-r Tells Filipino Mission Seeking Self Governmen ...ay Is Rapidly Drawing Near When Is lands Will c lrol Own Destinies. Freedom Will Prove To c UnitecLStates Is Liberating Not Con quering Natir. Leader Of Delegation Asserts. ' Washington, i il --.The time for Philippine inde pendence has subst. -V.iiy come, Secretary of War Baker today told the Filip. mission here, seeking self-government. The day is v ry clo' at hand when th;, en n he formally accomplished, Ba l.er lolil the mis-ion, describing exist i.'i relations it s hcin merely "formal lis." Tli i. In added, is the view of the p. -sidciit as well. Ho road a letter l'r..m the president to tli? mission which expressed pride ill the support the Fil ipino people have given to lie I'niteJ1 .S'att-s during the war. Proa'dont Sends Message The President's letter in pint, ud dr-'wd to Keiretury Baker and read K' hi in to the mission, raid: "Will vim pl.u'O cvpns, to the gt n tl'"iiiii of ihe rnmuiis-don reprcsoutini; th.' Filipino l'H islut uro my regret that i shall I:.' unable to see tiieni personal-1 ly on their arrivnl in Washington, ns; well its my hope that their mission will! a solut e of satifa 'tion to them audi 1h it it will result in lrinyinir about tlit' ilefintlile end set forth in the! 3'iiiit resolution of th.? legislature B'- If ovin the seiitliiij; of the eommissioii i t i Ihe I'nitetl Slates. j "I have hi en deeply gratified with th.' eonslnnl supp.irt snd ent'oiiiane-1 tii"iit veeeived from the Filipino peo-1 .l.' and from the Philippine legislature i in ihe living peiio'l tVoMoh which we are tmsiii'i. The uetM'l of the I'nited! .Stnlej, hnve, with reason, taken the deepest pritle in the lovsltv nntt etip I'ort of the J'llipiiio people. Island Causa-Kair.embered "Though unable to meet the cotn-ii'is-io'.i, tl't l'iliiiuo people shall not be aliment from mv thout;hts. Not the ltwst important labor of the rouferenee ""ites in me preseni lime is ine lie or wl.i.li now reciiires my attention is affeetion, rather than the politienl. 1 tli at of mill-in the pai.hwny of the know that I express the feliaj of the weaker people of the wvrld les, peril-1 )lvsilp,., ..ertaiuly express my own oils a labor whieh should be, and, ,, ' ., doubtless is, of deep and abiding in- 1 ""f,,1 eP' the prvuib t.-est to the Filipino people. " "I""'!'" th u"' (,f "'' 1 111 ''d . .. ., ' ,;. e f..(- ,1rmn.'illllll' whoii 1 say that we Believe the inent natives of the inlands headed ly -Mniniel -L. yuc.on, president of the l.'.i:. u....i., t.,..1.irlt.i.l the fimieal . 1 1 in no m: 1 1 ii 1 1 , im " i - r'l ' . . i I t'tr inili penitence to S'.icroturv nascr - ,.... at the war department. people. DeelariiiL'' that ''the islands utond 1 am myseli in favor of Philippine in 1n vou." in the fitiht fir the " rights ! dependeie.'e. 1 trust the day is very ml' liberties of "small nations." Que ;1' ' '"'"d ''' t cm. be formally zwii -;.eakiii" for the mis-.ion, said th;t ! accoinplistu-.t and when it will no longer "niutiuL' of "independence to his coun-l1"' noeessarv for your children i your trv will prove to the'vi-oil.1 that Amcr- public schools to write essays and make i. a is a "libcraiiiirf rather than u oratioiis on the uspinUions of your peo- CDiinueriiiif nation. ' Aid in war iramea The mission enme to Meeretnry M ter's office this inoinintf, where they were rectived by the secretary. Chief of Sta4'f March, '(ieneral Frank M. Melntyre, who has been in charge of the insular bureau, and other distin guished nrmy officers, whose past ser vi. e has bronght them in touch with , the Filipino 1e pie. linker praised the cooperation of the Filipinos during the war and their re-j ttraint in abandoning, during that per-1 iod. all agitation for independence. He dwelt upon the development of the principle of liberty and self gov-; onmieut, w hich the Filipino pei pie nave nchieved under American super vision. He said ti nt tho people of the United .States would he even prouder of the Philippines when they had achiev et their indepeiidt n' C entirely. Sentiment Binding Tie. "The Philippine Islands arc unncst Foch Presents Allied Terms To Hun Armistce Commission Spa, April 4. The Ocnnun armistice coinmivina today was in pomes-ion of tho allies' de- cision regarding the Ihiniig controversy an. I instructions concerning o' scrv&nce of the armistice. These were connnu- nicatcd to the" ereruy repre- aontatives in two conferences yesterday. Marshal Foch conversed with Mat bins F.rrbergcr, former thniiman of the armistice com- mission, on tho former' special train for forty' minutes, begin- ning it ;:!(! a. m. Foch and Krzbcrger held a second confer- ipnce later in which General Weygand, the marshal's aide; ien.riil N'udant, French reprc- sentative on the allied armis- tice eommimiun and General von Hammerstein, prc-nt chairman of the German commission, par- ticipaled. This meeting was lield in Xi ubais villa, marting nt 11 a. m. and continuing for n hour and a half. The American members of the coinmis-ion vve a dinner in honor of Foch. , Westerners To Entertain 91st Boys In N.Y. Tuesday New Yolk, April 4 The west ern slope will entertain the fa mous Wihl West division units hei. Tuesday. And ill return, the !'Kt division will puss in a formal parade, iiccordtuK to piaes lieiiiK arranged today by the lioi ky Moiintsii ' ''lull mid lOmniHiiders of the division. A bi' b:nniiet will bo ten dered the fighters foiiowf.-.j the purade. In turn, this will be fob lowed bv a- curd of star boxing bouts beintr nrranetl espeeinlly fur the westerner bv Tex Hitk ard. Armv und navy fighters ns well as professional boxers will appear. Mayor James Ralph, Jr., of San Fir.ncisro, and his wife are takiin a i'omiueiit ja it in the arrangements. tlph eame here t .eltoiue the eOUrd infantry and other California units in the returnint; division. ' I independent now; your leiri.sliitere ifov Iimih the i.-lairtls," Seeretaiy linker fold I the delegMtiuii. "The strongest tie be tween the Philippines and the United time has substantially conic, if nor qtilta t'ome, when the Filipinos cull be allowed tu s.'ver the mere formal political tio re . ., , , . , , , mil I ii Jm. inn) liwiiiiinii it.n i n.l..i..inil.iiit PIB ""1 w'" u" 10 cnerKv oi your people can be devoted to the further d yelopment of the fine civilization which is alreailv inaugurated there." Missiou Well Satisfied, linker expressed the hope that as the Philippine mission toured the Failed States and as members made addresses they would describe to the American people their desire to be free. The mission, lifter leaving the war de ,'nartmi'nt, called at the White House to pay its respects to Secretary Tumulty, It has left nu further communication j for the president. "Very satisfactory and very encour itging," was the comment of President j Quezon of the Philippine senate on the attitude of president Wilon toward in dependence of the islands as given the mission by Secretin-.- linker. Piun-Away Logging Train Kills Five In Mad Plunge IToq.iiain, Wash., April 4. A lng gin train ran awav and 'l'inged Into a ravine n.ar MclLourne. W.ish. yt's ter.lay afternoon, killijig five. The dead aie: (ieorgt) Clemmons, superintendent of the Cleiniuoiij Logging company. Walter Hnwem Aberdeen, Wash. C. A. Selby, Seattle. F. J. Yennie, Tacoma. William 4 Miff. Hcattle. Fireman W. H. Jones, Kngineer John Boding, both of Montesann, Wn. and Brakemnn Kinncar were injured, perhaps fatally. i Divorce Seeker Alleges tl Hubby CaHed Her "Cat" ! Portland. Or. April 4. Mrs-. Cath ;erine A. .Vfurrav objects to being call 'ed an "old cat." That is her main ; reason for filing a suit for divorce. : Xumi'fous other charges, however. are laid at Patrick Murray's door. j Among the alleged cause, for freedom are: Pat is a "tightwad;" he has 9000 in ca Ji and considerable property, yet he oily allow, his wife H a month f. r running the household. If refnrs to pay his bills. He not onlv compels his W'fe to split t'ha wood, but carry it upstairs. a wen. ELKS INSTALL NEW FOI Program And Banquet Also Features Of Meeting HeSd Thursday Night, The deep interest taken by members of Salem lotle No. S.'lii, it. P. 0. E. was shown a:ain last evening when the lotlee room waj crowded to its full ca pacity 10 witness the annual instnlla lion of officers. Beides the w irk of installation, the evening's program iuelii.lt d several musical numbers an. I a Johnny Jones Klk banquet. One of the in itpio fea tures of the evening was the presenta tion if nji immense bouquet- by 1'. Ji. t'bincy to the new evalleil ruler. The Salem lode of F.lka now has an active membeiship of cioie to !iH) and it is proposal to make this just an even lON'i by the end of the year. In proportion to the size rf Hie city, this would give Snlem one of the largest memberships in the northwest, where the Klk lodges lire especially troug. The iSalem lodge of Klk as now or gnniztd for the coining year is ns fol lows: Charles H. Arelierd, exnllei! ruler. John W. To. Id, esteemed leading knight. lleorge II. . Itielies, esleenicd lectur ing knight. I), tl. !:.igcr rsteenied lecturing knight. Harry J. Wiedmcr, secretary. Chester M. (iut, lre.i-iurer. E. W. Hazard, trustee for three years. The new exulted ruler announced the appointment of the following officers Ksquire, Dr. C. 11. O'Neill; tyler, A. Ii, Frazer; chnpluiii, tieorge K. ilul vorsen; inner guard, ). h. Mcllonnlil; chairman of the orchestra, diaries J. Kurth; organist II. W. Parker. Harry .1. W'eiideroth, who was suc- ce.'iled by i ntiries a. ai-chcim as ex ulteil ruler, will represent the grand bulge this slimmer at Atlantic City. The committee appointments are as follows: P.ig brother committee August Huckcstein, Fred A. FiUon, S. M. Kmlicott. New member of bouse committee K. A. Kurt. Finance (O. J. Myers Fred Duibiii, Sam Adolph. Kelief A. II. tooie, W. 1,. West. F. H. .Spears. Kiiteiininfnent Charle, F. Know- land. Iteo i. J'atfe, W. II. Ptiink. Kditors of Klklet H. h. Wo-shardt, A. S. Benson, 'Fred C. .Sefton, K. F. Smith, lleorge Ii. Miyder, Arthur W. Lawrence. Four American Aviators Die When Planes Colide In Air Treves, April .1 H'our American v inters were killed and two injured to day when two airplunes collided near W'ittlisch, falling in fragments and bringing down two others out of con trol. One of the machines fell in the Moselle river, the others landing in a fiold. The dead are. Lieutenant llrayton Nichols of Wor cester, Mass. Lieutenant Roderick P. Coe, of Neff bit, Mass. Lieutenant Charles F. Voli; of efew Vork . Private John J. Solerno of New Vork The injured are: Lieutenant W. O. Morri, of Con cord, Maw. Sergennt W. P. C-nrsO.i n' Burton, W. Va. British Permanent Allies Of French, Says Lloyd George Paris, April 4. Premier li'oyd (leorge'in an interview published in Th" Petit ParUien today deoiared that should ermsny ever again attempt to attack France, the 'British will Again fight on the aide of the .French He dciiiod rOmois of dissension between the British and Trench delegates in the peace conference. "Naturally there hare lieen discus sions," the premier was quoted say ing, "those re norrsisary to ie.-h an agreement on any question. Hut Anglo French tenteate was never rore com plete than It is nw. "The British did not come to fight hesido the French merely that France should enjor comparative tranquility for a limited time. Taejr inw.t that France have complete security for the future. The ferocious lieast is tamed now. but ehouM she ever try to bite again trance w.ll una Britain dcsioc her." mexican exiles say koyec;ho:involve Smal. Bat Powerful Hiawity Seeks To Embroil U. S. And Mexico. Chicago, April 4. Declaring that a siimil, selfish but very powerful minor ity in the Vnited States bad Meiico is still seeking to embroil the two repub lics in war, three Kouiau Catholic arch bishops exiled with J6,000 of their par ishoners from Mexico, today appealed for moderation in dealings between the two nations. The clerics who say tney were oblig ed to leave their home land because of indignities heaped upon them by the Currauza government, still insist that their faith in Mexico is absolute. Their statement shows fear thst there is dan ger of a clash between this country and Mexico being precipitated by the plot- tings of those who would benefit by such a war. t Machinations Rile. The apponl, signed, bT Francis Oroz coy Jiniinez, urchbishop of Guadalajara. Leopold Htiiz, archbishop of Michoacan, and Francis Plnncuret, archbishop of Linares, warns the rank and file of the I'nited states and Mexico of the insitl uous machinations "of those who still seek to fan old flumes, rekindle old hatred und obneure the interests of the common people," "In Mexico anarchy is abetted by a few aliens; and our people are aitgered by unwarranted foreign intervention in their domestic concerns and indignity which a proud and sovereign race can not lightly endure," rends the prtnnin ciiinient. ' "The purpose of these activi ties is made plain by a press which is filled with the portents of a new wnr, the work of a small group of heartless nnd thoughtless men. " Sjlf -de termination Asked. Though in exile and bitter nguinst the Carranzista government, which they de clare, has to date confiscated church property vitliied at one billion dollars in gold, the nrchbishopa tieJieve that Mexi co should be allowed to aolvo her cwn destiny. "Wo appeal to the citizens of the I'nited States and Mexico to have fore beni mice," continued tho statement, "lest the amity which ,jut men desire to preserve and foster be disrupted by the evil force arrayed against it." The urchbishop of Gundalujara, Inst July condemned to death b a Carrauzu tribunal but spured nt tho request of state department nnd banished from the country, will again enier Mexico in a few weeks. The other clericals and 3tl, 000 refugees scattered, expect to remain away until a stable government offers them protection and permission to re turn. , LANDED AT NEW YORK Boys From Salem And Other Parts Of State Return With 91st Units. Transports arriving in New York yes terday brought 'more fragments of the 91st division, including Oregon boys, many of whom are with the convalcs cent squad. Among those coming in on the Levia- thp.n, with the Brest detehmont No. 137 was Wesley Howard, of Corrallis. Aboard tho Henderson, with the 104th infantry, was Kenneth Miller, McMLnn ville. The Liberator brought In further con tingents of the 3ti.1nl innim;, among whom were Norman Isherwood, Salem: Adolph Leii.vhor, HillsduJe; Odel W. Brandok, Hillshoro; Karl W. McNamara Wilh.mina; William Huff, Hillsboro. With the 301st infantry wcro QusUvo Miller, Corvallis; Major Ward C. Hume Woodburn; William Gibson, Aurora; Tom Poulus. Forest Grove; l'et Pappaa, Dallas; Lieut. Philip L. Newmycr, CU mawa; Albert Granger, Eugene; Robert Magnuson, Crcsham; Archie foiloek. Airlie; John Zimmernuvn, Willamette; hrncst Upplinger, Cornelius. In addition to these were a large number of Portland boys representing a dozen different regiments. The follow ing officers from Portland are noted: Sergeant Harry Mr Kinney, Corporal Bodncy Htovall, Capt. frank 8. HeTer, Captain Jacob Kensler, rVrgeant Mfrjor Chas. K. Moulton, Lieut. Fred Brace, Lieut. Walter Keck, Sergt. Chas. I. (Continued on page two) LIBERTY BOND QUOTATION New Y'ork, April 4. Mrty bonds were quoted here loday a followt: i 3Wj's, 99.02; first 4', 93, np .0: neeond 4', &3.7fl, np .12; ;first iVi'n, 95. 0, off .04; eecond 4's, 93. M, np .04; third 4 95. M, tip .10; fourth 4 !4'i, 93.84. GOVERNMENT TROOPS iD SPMGANS IN DEADLY STREET RIOT Deadly Battles Result Frcm Uprising In Stuttsart On Thursday. i By Frank J. Taylor Berlin, April 3. lVsdly street buttles are raging in Stuttgart betwen Kpc.ru cans and government troops, according to advices received here late today. The casualties are said to be heavy. The Spartacans are reported to have captured the principal hiindgreiiade dep ot in Stuttgart. .Numerous small muni of the radicals have been cut off from the main bodies and captured. The government has uguin temporal' ily restored order In the Kuhr district by iush:n sixty ihMsind troops into 1 lint region The truerul strike c iaiinues to spread however, and had extended to Gottin gen, Luthvigshaven and Friederiehshuv- en T.udwigshaven la one the west bunk of the Hhuie opposite Mannheim, and is wtihu the zone occupied bv the French Friederichshnven is in Wurttcinbiug on Luke I onsinnce. (lottingen Is tn mis sis, sixty miles southenst of Hanover. Zurich, April 4. A revolution has broken out in the Kssen district, accord ing to advices received hero toduw. KurH ther disorders are reported at Ilainui (Westphalia), Dortmund und Dussel doif. nun E Wcrdy Batle Bchvccn Kay And Lazarus Nearly Lid 3 In Fistic Encounter. - In a meeting of tho Board of Con trol yesterday afternoon caine the dra ma tie climax of n long controxeisy mid a year or more of bitter ill-will over r.n unpaid claim alleged to bo due to Architect Eduor Ln?.urus, of Portland. Mr. Laznrus, it will bo recalled, was awarded work on the new wi.ng of the stnto asylum, among other features be ing a ventillnting system. The draw ings and specifications for this work wero worked out by Mr. Liizarus, but on tho ground that his plans called for a greater appropriation thnn finn men provided, the system was never insti.ll- ed. The architect presented a bill for 1144.9."), which figure wus considered to bo oihorbitnnt by tho hoard of con trol, who, after n thorough Investiga tion, decided that he was entitled to the nun of ;I4.1'7, and on his making a hot protest he was virtually informed Hint he could take that amount or noth ing. This started a "grouch" that hns oever ubnted, nnd which nearly culmi nnti-il yesterday afternoon in bloodshed in the course of the meeting of the bnr.rd. Former State Treasurer Kay wns present at the meeting as a pnrtv to the conference, in the course of which a iihrapnid-fire of words occurred, the dis onto finally leading Lazarus. t0 brand Kay as a linr. Knv made a lunge for the architect and the recording angel onlr knows what might hnve been the blnotlf- denouement had not. Governor Oleott anrang between them, nnd with the assistance of Dr. B. E. L. Steiner. nrevented an old -fa-shinned scrap. Fol lowing the encounter, nml after a con ference with his attorney in the corri dors, Mr. Lazarus concluded tn accept the atate warrant offered by the board, and thus the vitriolic incident closed. t Abe Martin J "Don't cry, maw, wt know where the ia now," aad Oto Iry Nugent f hif wife, t'day, when trier danghter wni buried. Wt'd Ulw f know. Jest fer fun. bow ci tick a cafe makes on a 2&-cnt baked p tater. Sfr 4 LEflE'S PROPOSAL virtual mm By Lowell Mat let t land Lincoln Sieffens. unofficial ob- (ruited Press staff eorrespendent) server, are guarded, is due to desire (Copyright, l!19, hy the United I'resfl) ' tu keep attention focused on peace Paris, April 4. Premier Lenine 's ! Wl' Germany, thus avoiding i1:mus informal peace" prt posal to the al- 'iis with posUl aciimonious dehoto lies is virtually an ultimatuiii, it was ' regarding k.issia. which might delay learned from an authoritative sonrseMhe tl.rman peace program. today. Ihe Kussu n liolshevik leader is known to have suggested a time limit for acceptance of his offer, bevoml which he would nut undertake to ab-1 stain from consideration of Chancel lor Scheidemaun 's proposal as convey ed to Foreign Minister Trotsky. The time limit js understood to be a mat ter of only a few weeks. (The German government was re ported unofficially recently to have sent Karl Kautsky to Ktissia for the purpose of studying the situation there and possibly affecting an alliance be tween Germany and Ktissia.) Tho recent state in the house of commons liy Andrew Bonar Law. spokesman for the British government denying the allies have received a for mal pence offer from Hnssia, is tech-1 uically correct. The fact remains how-, ever, that tho ipeaee conference has a definite statement of Ktissia 's post-1 tion bearinir Ltnine's signature. This is, in effect, a concrete declaration of terms of peace to which tho soviet gov-, eminent would be willing to listen and, as such, may be considered as an art nu I offer on' Lcuino ' imrl. William Bullitt, official agent for the American delegates, who brought the document from Russia to Pari a, obviously is not qualified to negotiate with the nllii's for the bolshnviki, Ihe proposal, however, is in the allies ' hands, for them to tako or leave, ns they see fit . Further, it is possible to assert that it has not been read with entire luck of sympathy. There is reason to lelieve that the secrecy with which not onlv Lenine 's statement Uit tho reports of Bullitt NEW GERMANY HAS ALMOST HOPELESS TROUBLE LEGACY Calls For Construction Of Governmet Responsible For Past Errors. By Frank J. Taylor ( United Press Stuff Correspondent.) Berlin, Murch 20. (Hy Muil.) Gor man's infant republic wus born with no silver spoil, unless liberation from mili tarism ami kniserisiu can be interpreted in Hint wuy. The new republic begins with the most hopeless legacy of trou-j bios that uny nation ever faced. Ho interwoven nnd tangled are the problems which the new republic's cab-' met is tiiitlertiiking and struggling: against, while new ones rise constantly,! that the words of a German, wn said,! ' Thero 's not a man in all Germany who : sees at one time more than half of the maze of dangers that might explode- and over throw the state," are true. Many in Despair. There are those who sav the situation I is beyond solution. They hold thi.t th slate of the past should bo wiped clean, : and that the German state should start; all over again, much us Kussia tried toi do. Tho government realizes thw would mean disaster and complete loss of coii-i fitlencc In tny form of government, and struggles to avoid it. It is hard enough to change the form of government when things are running smoothly, and when all parties agree to it. It is hard enough to begin a repub lic wlteie no government existed at ail before. The Germain find their task made far more difficult by the reason that their country was completely re- orgauiz.cu, nnti ine new regime una tu answer immediately for all tuo oeiuge of failures and mistakes of the old. Germany Huge "Popper." Germany today can be visuulized per haps as popper full of pop corn, most of which has popped but some of which has not and is still going off. Each explo sion shakes the whole mass. This un I stable state is held together only by the ) walls of arms that still surround it, for! many are they who wouki line M escape from the burden. Germany 'a new government ia tack ling the problems with optimism and hope confidence is hardly possible, ts yet. Bight here it might be said the new German government il on wnnotit I brilliant leaders and is without great 1 men in it. Tlfls the Germans themselves say, and do so without regret in their I voices. The Germans have nan tuug!i of great men, and seem glad to trust I tn mediocre, honest citizens. I This '4cnrM'nters' reichstcg," as it has been called, has already weathered storms of opposition, during the trying months when tha Ebert rieheidemann party guided Germany from militarism,' and put to flight the adoption of a pro False Impression Of Japan Given In Movies Is Claki Tukio, Msr. 1. (By ma'l) Thru the movies, text books and the stage, American are given a false impres sion of medern Japan, according to. Ishikavva Ihe Yorotl.ti 's staff rre spendent to America. The geogiaphy text books used in American schools, he says, describe Japan as a-country of Asiatic bttcbar inns. A greater number of movie play. Ishikawa asserts, are only designed to create ill feeling between Japau and the I'nited States. He particularly mentioned "The Likado," which. h said, is still appearing on a New York' slugc, although it was prohibited London mill v vents ngo. D Wprn Af Il Cl.tll.te VI Salem At National! Capital Washim'ton, April 4. Paul B. Wkl- , lace of Snlem is here for a few days ami will take a motoring trip in tho east before rcturninc home. He arrived from overseas with the Twenty sixth division having fully recovered from innchinn gnu wounds received in the Argonne el vn nee. Lieutenant Roy W. Kcsl, former aee retiuy to .Mayor Baker of Portland, ia obtniuing pnssports for a trip to Mexicft as snlesiiu.il for American goods. Ho failed to get overseas and has just ob tained his discharge. visional republic constitution at Wci inur, on February 10. The great man of Germnii people have expressed their confidence iu nt least the honest ami impeachable good intentions of tho "citizen congress." ' Future to Give Proof. How successful these "citizen states: men,'' if they run be culled that, wilf be, can be told only by time. If they sue. ceil in bringing Germany out of tho inn. I. Me tif tangled politienl, Moi-ial, eco nomic anil foreign problems, it will be :-.n evi'rlnstuig tribute to the republican form of government. If they fail ami have to cull for help outside of Ger many, as no small proportion of Ger mans who are pessimistic predict, it will , be hcciinso the militarists and the Junk ers left too much of n bud legacy to curry in these trying times. Just whnt tremendous difficulties mo new republic fuccs cannot bo appreci ated fully nor described in their proper relations by a foreigner, especially when German leaders themselves cannot utrnightcn outin thcir own minds these 'Continued on cage two) President Wilson Confined To Bed With a Severe Cold By Carl D. Or oat (I'nited press Staff Correspond ent.) Paris, April 4. President Wilson was suffering from a se vere cold today, necessitating his temporary absence from ati conferonees. It was announced, however, that .prompt treatment is (XM'ctd to effect his quick recovery. The "big four" inct in "White House," Colonel House representing the president. King Albert of Bclritim, who confer red .yesterday with Wilson, Pre mier Clenicnccau and President Point are, whs invited to the; meeting. It was expected that Belgium's claim to priority the nintter of reparation wouM be given official consideration and that Belgian territorial questions would he considered simultaneously with the problem of Germany's western ana rusi ern boundaries. Wa.hington, April 4. Presi dent Wilson, suddenly taken III with a severe cold last night, ia confined to his bed today. Ad miral Grayson, his private physi cian, cabled the White lionsa this morning. Grayson added that there wa o need for worry at present.