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Paris Situation Clears Up Preceptibly Mght And
Four Greatest Problems Are Reported V On Way
To Satisfactory Settlement. Concession. ade By
All Of "Big Four" Lessen Tension On Relations.
Formation Of New East Front Against Bolshevik
Rumored.
The situation in Paris has changed almost overnight
from one of deepest gloom to the greatest optimism.
Four important questions, reparations, responsibility for
the war; Fiume and the Saar valley, apparently have been
disposed of. As reflected by representatives of the three
chief powers, the situation today was as follows:
t'nited Slates The sudden haste on
tin- part of the "big four" has made
possible signing of peace by the last of
April or tin- first of May.
HivKt Britain Lloyd-George, while
bearing "in H'iii'l lis election campaign
pledges, is disposed toward effecting a
compromise whenever iicccssniy to
maintain the present rapid pace, aiul js
ileterinined to muintuin permniieut
fricndl;: relations with America above
anything else.
Franco France has reduced its claim
to Hie minimum consistent with Wil
son 's fourteen points and will now
"sli.'k by her guns."
ltecent reports said the allies would
establish a new "eastern front"
against bolshevik! by bringing about
coiij)i'ri,tion of the Kumaniun, Czeeho
Slowk and Polish armies. These arm
ies to he oficfered, equipped and organ
ized bv the allies.
By Robert J. Bender
(Tinted Press Staff Correspondent.)
Washington, April 10. "Hammering
ahead'' along the path he has definitely
selected , President Wilson reported
"fine progress" in his peace confer
ences during the last L'4 hours, accord
ing to a private message received here
todav.
This message, adding that the presi
dent's physical condition continues to
improve, that he took his first drive
yesterday since his recent illness and
that by the power of his "personal
force" he is making gratifying head
way, materially increased optimism in
official circles here today.
By Oarl D. Groat
(t'nited Press IStnff Correspondent.)
Paris, April 10. The "big four" set
ting a new pace in its deliberations, has
reached n stnge where It was reliably
forecasted todav that predictions of tin
"Waster ponce" will not fall many
days short of the mark. If the present
uruim-as continues, it was said, the
George Washington probably will bo
held in Brest and will return to the
Tnited Kt.itCs with President Wilson
aboard. The Italians are now ready to:
accept internationalization of I mine, i
according to authoritative information.,
It is understood that France will get
use of the Kaor coal mines and control
of labor in the mines as par of her rep-j cablegram.
oration. The message came fn response to
This is regarded as a fair return f or ! query from the senate to the American
Germany's destruction of French coal pence delegation asking whether it
mines in the Lens region. Germany , would embarrass the American dclega
will retain political control of the Saar tion if the Japanese land leasing bill
basin and a plobcseite will be held Inter 'and the "picture bride" bill were in-
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BIG HUN INDUSTRIES
ARE BEING
Liquid Celebration Cf
Marriage Ceremony Ends
In Arrest And fine of $50
Medford, Or., April 10. Mr.
Efld Mrs. Ivi Kldredge of
(trants Pass. Or., came here to
celebrate their honeymoon.
Having been married in Yre
kn. Cal., they were able to se
cure a liquid' that is conducive
to celebrations. But they
bought too much, at leait for
one celebration five quarts.
When they became boisterous,
other guests in c hotel here ob
jected. The arrest of the newly
weds followed. They pleaded
guilty to the charge of bringing
whiskey into Oregon, out te
cniirt, in consideration of the
fact they had jnr len married,
allowed the Kldredges their
freedom upon the payment of a
small fint $".
Gil WAY TO
T QpTOHSN IN
REHCE PEACE
MANY KILLED IN STREET
FIGHTING IN BAVARIAN
TOWNS BERLIN REPORTS
Berlin, April . (Delayed.) Street
fighting has broken out in Magdeburg,
Pusseldorf and Essen, where the gov
ernment has proclaimed a slate of siege.
Ahiny persons have been killed.
The deposed Ilavnrina sovialist gov
ernment has returned from rs'uremburg
and Hamburg, it was learned today. Un
der the direction of Premier Hoffman,
loyal troops and peasants are being or
ganized to establish a food blockade
against Munich end other cities which
have embraced communism, with the
idea of starving the soviet government
into submission. Civil war in Mnvnriu,
it was believed here, depends on the so
cialists' ability to gather quickly a
formidable force of trained soldiers. In
dications multiplied today thnt the na
tional soviet congress, in session here,
would confine its efforts to peaceful de
mands on the Echeidomnnn government
for certain reforms.
LANSING ASKS DELAY
OH JAPANESE MATTER
California Senate Requested
Not To Press Oriental ,
Legislation Now.
Pnernmonto, Cnl., April 10. The Cali
foruia senate was asked today by hi
' rotary Lansing in l'nris not to intro
dace or press at the present time the
proposed anti-Japanese legislation,
"It would be particularly unforttin
I ate to have these bills introduced or
pressed nt the present time," said a
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SOCIALIZED
Merger Necessary To Save
Both Government And Busi
ness From Bankruptcy.
By Frank 3. Taylor
! (Tnited Press Staff Correspondent.)
Berlin, March 2". (By Mail.) In-
jdustry and government are hand In
: hand on the verge of bankruptcy in
'Germany and will probably have to bejAlvsdore, a station on the west side
(united, each .to save the other, paradoxi
'cal though it sounds. Industry can' be
revived, it is felt, and can become the
jorily security the government hat
eg.-.inst bankruptcy.
Nobody knows how much Germany
owes as the result of the war and the
revolution. The secretary of finance,
jschiffer, is responsible fr that sta'e-
, ment. His figures show that Germany 's
!wnr loans alone amount to one hundjd
land fiftv billion siarks, while Ger-
reserve in monev. eood outside
tof the realm, amount to some four bil-jest figures were 282.348, th war de
!n.,n nrk. most of which wil be used , partiseTit announced today. The dead
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TACOMA LABOR ASKING
RECALL OFMAYGRAND
CITY COMMISSIONERS
Tacoma, Wash., April 10. Resolu
tions demanding the recall of Mayor
Biddell and the Tacoma eity eommia
sioners and branding them as "a quin
tet of un-American and un patriotic in
dividuals not fit to occupy the high po
sitions to which a trusting public has
elected them," were adopted by the
Central Labor Council at its meetiug
last night.
The resolutions were offered by the
committee of 23 from organized labor
which has ben engineering the recall
movement following the soldiers' and
sailors' council tag day arrests.
W. D. Lane, acting mayor of Seattle,
addressed the council, asserting that
"we have como to a new period in the
world's history. People are not satis
fied with the things which have rati
fied them before. They are going to
ask for something that goes to the root
of their trouble."
SALEM TO STAGE BIG
FOURTH CELEBRATION
Independence Day Program
And Homecoming Fete To
Be Merged.
The eagle will scream on the Fourth
and Salem will put on an old time cele
bration and there will be big doing in
the city not only for the returning sol
diers, but for the average citizen who
likes to turn loose his spare patriotism
at least once a year.
At tho Commercial club meeting last
evening the matter ot a proper observ
ance of tho glorious Fuurth was brought
up by K. 0. baching, director ot the
civic department. He asked an expres
sion of the members as to whether they
were back of tho club in pulling off a
real genuine firecracker Fourth.
C. C. to Cooperate.
The club by a unanimous vote de
clared itself not only in favor of cele
brating, but of cooperating with the
war mothers of the cily in merging a
Fourth celebration with- tho lioining
coming event for til the bovs who have
been in the service and of making spe
cial efforts to bring these boys to Ka
ieui fof a two days' celebration.
For the war mothers have decided
that a home-coming event should cover
tw0 duvs Friday, tho Fourth, and Sat
urday. At a meeting held c few days
ago they olfieiitlly put themselves on
record for the home-coming for July 4
and 5.
To care for the boys, tho wur mothers
will invite them into their homes so
that every suldier coming to buleiu for
the event will be properly taken cure of.
The Salvation Arinv, V. M. C. A. and
Knights of Columbus will each have
huts to provide meals fur tnc Hoys.
These meals will be provided by the war
mothers.
Committees Named.
Cooperating- with the war mothers, T.
B. Kay will represent the state, Judge
W. M. Hushev the countv, C. K. Albin,
mayor, the city, and K. O. Snelllng, the
Commercial Club. M. L. Meyers and A
T. Woolpert arc on a committee to nr
range the parades, C. li. Clancy on dec
orations, Win. Uahlsdorf on banquets
nnd Theo Koth on entertainment.
With the Commercial club with its
470 members and the war mothers and
all tho returned soldiers, Hulem is m lor
the greatest Fourth of July celebration
ever witnessed in this part of the vul
ley.
CALIFORNIA TO VOTE ON EOAD
BOND ISSUE OF $10,000,000 SOON
San Francisco, April 10. The 10,000
000 good roads bond issue plan will be
put up to voters of the state at a spe
cial election June 2-4, supporters of the
project assert today. Hegistrars through
out the state are already making teata
tive arrangements to submit the ques
tion to the electors on that date.
DEB3 ORDERED IMPRISONED
Washington, April 10. Formal papers
for the arrest and imprisonment of F,u
gene V. Uebs, convicted under the
i espionage- act, were sent out today by
the supreme court.
The papers were sent at the request
of Solicitor General King. They will
go to the district attorney for the north
em district of Ohio,
LANE WAREHOUSE BURNS
Eugene, Or., April 10, A large vrond
en warehouse owned by E. L. Klemer ai
branch or tne Noutucrn raciric is miles
northwest of Eugene was destroyed by
fire early yesterday morning entailing
a loss of over I'iOOO. The building was
insured for $1'mmi and sixty tons of hay
which it contained was also insured. It
was owned br a Portland man. The
origin of the blaze is unknown.
A. E. F. CASUALTY LIST
Washington, April 10. Total casual
ithM tn the A. E. F. as corrected by lat-
I numbered 74 r,f..t. Flmirei Include both
arxy and marina corps casualties.
TREATY OF
LONDON TO
COME
Showdown Oa Provisions Of
Soviet Pacts Between Al
lies Yet To Come. Say Brit
ish Delegates.
REVIVAL OF FOURTEEN '
POINTS MAY ALSO DELAY
League Commisson To Meet
Tonight To Revise Draft
Of Covenant.
By Fred S'i Ferguson
(t'nited . Press Staff Correspondent.)
Paris, April 10. Although agreement
has been reached on repnralioa and re
sponsibility for the war, the peace con
ference is not yet out of the woods re
garding tho secret treaties entered into
hv tho allies before American interven
tion, it was learned today from an au
thoritative source.
British insistence that the conference
has agreed on the principal points of
the treaty, 'with ours- details. to be
settled," means in one sense that &
showdown on the London secret treaty
is vet to come.
Also the suggestion from high quar
ters that the pence; tlv'egates again
"look over the fourteen joints,'' it was
ri'garded as a reminder that President
Wilson is standing jusi as firmly on
Iho fourteen principles and the armis-
t'ico terms as at tho start of the con
ference. These recognized no secret
treaties.
Treaties Interfere.
When Orece's claims were being dis
cussed in a committee of British, French
nnd Italian representative, this commit
tee held it was not competent to discuss
certain points relating to Mnyrna as
their governments wero bound by the
London pact regarding those points.
This situation camo up, it. was learned
authoritatively, just us President nil
son returned to his pence work after his
recent illness. It has not yet been
brought to the attention of tho "big
four."
The Adriatic question also lias lain
dormant for the rer.son that Italy is
standing bv the Loudon pact ia this
mutter. Efforts have been continued to
arrange a possible agreement thereon
through individual conferences.
The situution briefly is that, while all
the allies endorse certain of tho four
t"on principles, it is a different storv
when these come to bo applied nidivid-
unllv.
Kaiser's Fate Pnzsleg.
Observers are seeking to interpret the
"big four's" decision thnt the former
kaiser be "broul" under the allies'
control." These observers profess to
see in this announcement thnt he may
be tried by a special international tri
bunal and possibly banished from Eur
ope. However, the only definite thing
regarding the ex-kaiser seems to be that
he is not in danger of capital punish-
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Abe Martin
Si
What's become o' th ol fashioned!
girl that waited till th' right feller
canie along? Ton don't hive t' borrow
trouble if you make your ewa booze.
TWO OREGON COMPANIES
ORDERED INTO RUSSIA
FOR SERYICE, REPORT
Portland, Or., April 10. According to
private cablegrams which have been
received here, two forme eompauies of
the Third Oregon regiment have been
ordered into service in Russia.
The units are companies F and 6 of
the lti-ud infantry, and are composed of
Oregoniana, principally Portland boys.
The cablegrams, from Captains Lioby
and Bl&uchard, commanders of the com
panies, saying they had been ordered to
sail for Kussia from England today, are
taken to mean that the entire companies
are being sent cither to western liussia
or Siberia.
The news was received hero with a-
decided, shock, for relatives of the men
had expected they would soon be order
ed home. The two companies havo been
on guard duty near Liverpool for some
time.
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TROOPS READY 10 ACT
French Major Says Soviet
Forces Determined To
Take Advantage.
By William Philip Simnis
(Tnited Tress Staff Correspondent.)
Paris, April 10. That the bolsheviki
have Bix hundred thousand troops con
centrated in the Archangel region and
are determined to capture thut port, tho
belief expressed today by a French ma
jor who .iuat returned to Paris after be
ing exiled in liussia since 1914.
( Unofficial advices received in Wash
ington yesterday said tho bolsheviki in
notheru Kussia do not totul moro than
17,oUU, that the allied have twico as
many men and that the bolsheviki arc
poorly equipped.)
Stores Are Object.
The bolsheviki, according to the
French officer, want thd large stores
in Archangel aud the fate of tho do
fender is only a secondary importance
to them. He considers tho situation ser
ious and insists that tho allies must
either reinforce their armies or with
draw immediately.
The allies on tho Archangel front, tho
officer said, are hemmed in on one sido
by the bolsheviki and on tho other by
a frozen sea.
"I estimuto tho bolsheviki army is
about 1,000,000," ho said. "They are
fairly well organized on paper but will
not fight unless they feel like it. They
are poor troops for that reason and do
not persist when they meet stiff resist
ance. In that fact lies the chief hope
for tho allies in the Archangel region."
Washington Says 800,000.
Washington, April 10. If tho bolshe
viki launch their threatened spring
drive thev will bo able to throw a max
imum force of 800,000 troops against
the alies, according to dependable esti
mates here.
Original plans laid some timo ago by
the bolsheviki militaiy leaders, calling
for an army of 1,2."j0,000 by April 1
have failed t0 materialize.
Details of allied plans for meeting
the promised offensive cannot bo re
vealed at this time, but it can be said
that they will not necessitate holding
the present American troops in northern
Russia longer than spring unless unex
pected developments occur.
Sophomores Lead In Inter-
Class MeetAt Willamette
The sophomores aro leading by a safe
margin in tile lnierciass irucn meev
which is being held at Willamette this
weekTho juniors are handicapped by
several of their men failing to report.
Every absence is , given 50 points and
the class with tho lowest number or
points wins the meet.
The shotput was won yesterday oy
Nichols, who put it 33 feet. Taskes and
I i mick were second and third respect
ively.
The half mile, the prettiest race or
the meet was won by Fisher yesterday.
Dimick was second, followed by Flegel,
Midler and Ohliug in order.
Willamette will have four nnd possi
bly five contestants in the Columbia
meet at Portland next Saturday. The
men sure of going are Dimick Iturtholo
mew and Medler. Hparks or Fisher will
nrobablv be the fourth man. Coach
Mathews will accompany them to Port
land.
Pacific Coast Troops .
Coming Yia California
Kan Francisco', April 10. The 363rd
i-ifantrv and 347th field artillery, Call
fornia units of the Hist division, will
reach Ran Francisco, April 21 0r 22, Col.
H. T. Cavnnnugh, commander' of the in
fantry telegraphed today from Camp
jMerritt. The troops will entrain Tues-
oar.
Tentative plans hr.vt been framed by
the war der-MtmeBt for the reorganiza-
ton of the rational guard oa the old
dUUion bails.
Death Toll of Mid ,
Western Storm Put
At Hundred Lives
Dallas, Teras, April 10. Nearly 100 dead, several
hundred injured with property loss estimated at several
millions of dollars, was the toll taken by Wednesday
morning's storms in northern Texas and southern Okla
homa, according to information gathered early today.
BANDITS GET $100,000
FROM ST. LOUIS BANK
IN DAYLIGHT ROBBERY
St. Louis, Mo., April 10. The Bt.den
bank of 8t. Louis was held up by eight
bandits and looted of an amount esti
mated nt $100,000 shortly after 10
o'clock this morning. Two hundred po
licemen armed with riot guns pursued
tho bandits in 30 police automobiles.
The highwaymen headed west, toward
Kaasr.s City.
Tho holdup men lined five employes
of the bank against tho walls, ttirec men
guarding the employes while others luut
ed the bunk. Three others acted as
lookouts in a waiting autoniobllo out
side. CE OT POWfl
British Premier In Unique Po
sition Between French And
Americans.
By Lowell Mellett
(United Press Ktnff Correspondent.)
Paris, April 10. premier Lloyd
George, according to general belief, to
day occupies tho uniouo position of
holding the "balance of power" in the
peace conference,
American delegates, clinging to the
fourteen points and tho armistice terms,
have clashed more frequently with the
interests of France and Italy than those
of any other power, it was painted out.
Lloyd-George's policy throughout the
peuco deliberations has been based
largely on a determination to win Amer
ica's permanent friendship no matter
what else happens, many ot Ins inetids
declare. As a result when tho recent
"ciiis" developed, tho British premier
is said to have thrown his support un
stintedly to President Wilson
making
possible the remarkable progress of the life in the Texns-Oklahoina-Ark(.nsa
last two days. storms ranged from fifty to 100 and
Lloyd-George is now between two towns are said to have been wiped out.
fires. While striving to miviiitaia the; Heavy snow and u gale were reported
present pace by agreeing to necessary 1 In Nebraska and Kansas before wira
compromises and bringing his iiifliieiiceicoinmunicntion was lost. Train battling
to bear on his French and Italian col
leagues, the liritish premier must bear
in mind his pre-election pledges nnd the
now apparent determination of the con
servative parliament is to hold him to
his promise.
Japan Disregards
Advice to Go Easy
In Curbing Koreans
Tokio, April 4.---(Delayed) Events of April 1 in
Seoul, capital of Korea, are taken here as evidencing that
the Japanese government has no intention of following
the counsel of moderates here who advised ending the
Korean trouble with "a gesture of clemency."
On that data wholesale .arrests of I
Korean shopkeepers wero mwie when
they refused, despite repeated orders, to
reopen their shops and end the demon
stration of "passive resistance" In
their attempt to win independence from
Jaoan.
In other Korean cities, notably Tci
shu, Taizes and Juju, troops fired on
''rioters" killing and wounding more
than thirty.
Moderation Advised.
Among those urging moderation is the
Japan Advertiser, a strong newspaper
printed in English. It ad viand the re-b-ase
of ttOOO Koreans who were arrested
following the revolutionary demonstra
tion. "The narrowing down of the Korean
agitntion to a demand for tse release
of the 0000 prisoners gives the govern
ment an opportunity to end the move
ment with a gesture of clemency," says
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The known death list totalled 97 at
the last tabulation. Indications went
this will be increased when crippled
communication Kues aro restored 1o th
small villages in northern Texas wher
tho heaviest loss of life occurred.
Dauu.ge to crops probably will rua
into millions, as the principal products
raised in Texas were at the stage most
easily affected by heavy wind and rain.
OU Fields Damaged.
The wind worked havoc in one of that
most important oil districts in tho
world. In tho Oklahoma Texas region,
centering near Burnett, Texas, and
Walters, Okla., the damage will run into
the hundreds of thousands, according
to, oil men. They suid their figures wera
conservative. '
(Sections of tho oil fields near Law
ton, Okla., wero reported a muss of tan
gled beams, pipes and batered machin
ery.
Fifty derricks were destroyeo, Doil
eis blowu away aud small buildings
wrecked. Despatches from Uurnett re
ported similar scenes there. Fear waa
expressed here that oil production will
be set back considerably.
Hallways were heavy sufferors. Mora
than 300 poles arc down. Intcrurban
service to Fort Worth is halted tempo
rarily. Many cars were biown from the
M. K. & T. tracks.
Communication lines wero hopelessly
out of action. Hocauso of thesu condi
tions, it was believed complete report
of casualties will not be available for
several days, Tho death list was ex
pected to exceed 100, with tho injured
over six hundred. Conservative esti
mates of property damage is placed at
over 1,000,000.
Communication Out.
Denver, Colo., April 10. Wires ara
down to the east, south nnd southwest
of Denver today, cutting off this region
and the Pacific coast from direct newt
communication with the east, tho result
of fierce snow and wind storms in Kan
sas, Nebraska, New Mexico and tha
Panhandle district of Texas.
Together with tho inruntto, which ia
reported t0 have coat scores of lives in
northern Texas, southern Oklnboma and
a portion of Arkansas, the storm arts,
is one of the most widespread and tha
effects are the 'most disastrous In years.
Westbound trains aro reported stalled
or many hours late. At some points
the blizzard is threatening heavy losses
in rattle and sheep. With many towns
I si ill isolated, estimates of tne loss of
with tho wind nnd sno-.v reyorreu tha
storm extending further eastward.
Hastings, Neb,, the last point heard
from direct, stated the bliward had
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Fair Imbiber Mistakes
Portland Thoroughfare
For litf'e Room At Hon
Portland, Or., April 10.
Ktrcetcar traffic on the business
district was halted last nigt
while Miss Gene Mitchell sat
down on a streetcar track and
proceeded to disrobe.
By the time she had removed
her shoes and stockings a large
crowd had gathered. By ths time
the cops came and arrested her,
she almost resembled "Septera-
lr Morn."
The police sr.v Miss Mitchell
suffered from the effects of a
drug or bootleg whiskey.