5250 CIRCULATION (25.000 BEADEKS DAILY) Only Circulation in Salem Guar anteed by tU Audit Burei of Cireui&tioa. FULL LEASED WIRE. g ... - t t7P p.-. - 111. S.. .it. pi I "I Oregon: TonigLt sal Susd-iy, probably rain, west portion; filr si: east porUoa; gentle southerly Hinds. . m sjl 4' iifiii j n ei f! DISPATCHES SPECIAL WILL A if ETTT5 YAL- I Q FORTY-SECOND YEAR NO. 111. SALEM, OREGON. SATURDAY, MAY 24. 1919. PRICE TWO CENTS WMSSA JUNE 1 5 TO Orr mm TV OLL I ilLH 1 1 signed up Consummation Of ?ce Will Come Early Next Vjjjs Paris Forecast; . Pa Means Renewed War. HUN COUNTER PROPOSALS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY Russian Question Occupies At tention Of "Big Four" To day; Kolchak Seeking Allied Recognition. " By Fred S. Ferguson Paris, May il. The treaty will be 'signed by the allied and German dele gates between June 10 n-ud 15 or the armistice will be broken was the fore cast in peaee circles today. The Germans are now expectco send the allies their counter-propoams by May Kit. These will be printed in book form and will almost as volum inous as the allied treaty. The mechanical part of the work has Wen held up. The train bringing the Uerman printing machinery to Versail les met with some mishap at Cologne, delaying its arrival until Sunday. Allies Want Time. The present indications are that the allies will take four or five days to study the Uornibit countet proposals be fore replying and will then allow tho Germans about the same time in which to make up their uiinda about signing.' A report understood to have been for warded to America yesterday that Karl Kuutiky, one of the lenders of the Ger man independent socialists, was in Ver failles to confer with the f nemy dele gates, was denied today by the French mission. Premier Paderewski was expected to reach Paris today. The stiuation in Po land was said to bave passed entirely out of his hands, rough, troops having crossed the Dneister river and continued io auvt.nco. uespuei nis promise to me leace conference that hostilities would cense. By Low-ill MeUett Paris, May 24. The Big Four today continued discussion of the Russia ques tion, which has aguin come to the front. as a result of the tentative proposal of the allies to give some degree of recog nition to Admiral Kolchak, the "su preme ruler" of the Omsk government. Al. Bbkhmetieff, former Fremier Keren sky's ambassador to France, caled on Colonel House yesterday. There was no intimation of whnt transpired in the conference, but it wus regarded as sig nificant that Baklinietieff ' visit fol lowed reports in dispatches of an "in teresting proposal" to Kolchak by the American delegation, as well as receipt of in format ion that Roland S. Morris, American ambassador to Japan had left 'fol.yo for Russia to see Kolchak. Hun Delegates Confer. Versailles, M:;y 24. (United Press.) Foreign Mi. lister Brockdurff-Rantmu returned horetodav from Spa, where he conferred yesterdnv with repesentntlves of the Oerninn government. Spa, May 23. (United Press.) Chan cellor Sehicdcm.nin, Mathins Erzberger, Dr. Bernard Dcrnbcrg and Count von Bernstnrff conferred with Foreign Min ister Brockdorff Rantzatt' find other member of the eiuiun peace delegation here this afternoon. EIGHT TROOP SHIPS DUE TO JOCK TODAY New York To Welcome Nearly 22,000 Yank Dayboys Before Night N.Mr Pork. May 24 (United Press) F.iyht troop shi' bearing: nearly 22, iWi filter were due to arrive in New Turk hai'lmr W'lay. The America and Agamemnon from Brest will dock be tween 2 and 3 o'clock this afternoon. The America curries the 1221, 123d ad 124' h field artillery, while the! Asrimcmnon ha J4'i2 on lwyi'd. i The Santa T re-a from St. Xarariej diw-lccd x-fore noon'. The '(indoor br,... lWht. a reported off Am' (Continue.! m pape sisj M aise Soldiers "Whatever uninformed persons may thiuk of the government's policy, dur ing the Is st sine months of maintaining the nucleus of a military establishment at Vladivostok without intervening in the Ritssiaa revolution, or in Russian civil affairs, all honor must be given and the highest regard is due to the American soldiers and sailors who un furled the Stars and Stripes in bleak Siberia and who, during many weary months of military inactivity, have guarded jealously the honor and wel fare of our country. They were there to await eventualities in Europe, to -rd allied interests, and they (.re he , -verv One, alwavs ready for . t a frolic.' " Thu. Lem A. Dever, of Seattle, re plied today to a question regarding con ditions in Siberia. He was sont to Russia on a government mission in con nection with the committee on publie information and returned a few days ago. He is visiting a few days in Sa lem. Food Is Plentiful "Our boys in Siberia are enjoying excellent health," Dever eoiitiuued. "They have plenty of wholesome 'chow.' tfie beat of clothiug and hous ing, distilled water and, for those who want it, distilled refreshments other than water, imported from Japan. Our men are temperate, however, with temp tation at every, turn. They certainly are to be numbered among the best and noblest soldiers in the world. Our in vincible doughboy is regarded by tne 'Kussky' as a super man anu aimusi, in manv enses, as a demigod. He dis tributes his rubles with a lavish hand among the distressed poor, eniorces I justice and mercy, listens always to the tale of woe and extends help promptly, treats the respectable Russian women with the finest American courtesy and kindness, and in every way endears him- EN ROUTEJOJiMS War Department Announces Sailing Of Many Units From France. Washington, May 4 The war de partment has announced the following transport sailings: Nanseuioud. Brest to Newport News, rl l,m. 1lM7tli infantry, hcadauar- !,. .,i i,M. nth train hcaduusr- ters, postal detachment; 31th mtan try, supply company, ordnance and medical detachments; Company M and Third battalion headquarters; 33rd engineers. Companies B and F, 315th field artillery, batteries K and F; cas ual companies 1 and 2, 320th infantry; detachment number 3, casual company No. 1; 317th infantry; special casual 'AA.Mnir H,,a.timeTit lioeifll CASItnl company No. ft58 and one casual. Finland Brest to Boston, due May 31, with 143rd infantry, casus! de tachments 1 and 2; 319th infantry, 111th -mobile ordnance repair shops, ID! mobile ordnance repair shop, llrlth mo bile'veterinary section, 4i casual offi cers and 20 casuals. Canaguli Brest to Newport News, due may 31, with: 305th amniuniton train, complete; 18th infantry, Cem panv !,, detachment casual company No.'l, 317th infantry, two casual offi cers and three casuals. Graf Waldersee Brest to New York, due June 2 with: 319th infantry, Hind infantry, medical detachment, third battalion headquarters and companies I, K, L and M. 305th engineers casual company 8ii4, discharges. 60 casual of- (Contintied on page sis) Powder Rumored As Cause Of Starch Plant Disaster Cedar Hnpids. Iowa, .May 24. Cedr.r Rapids business men will meet toda,y as a coroner's .jury extraordinary to sift ruiuois that gunpowder caused the blast that wrecked the Pougms Htarch eompanv's plant here Thursday, snuffing out probably more than a score of lives. Reliable soorces retxirtcd to day that relatives of men killed in the blast had said they had hecu fold gnnpowdcf wai Ixing manufactured secretly in the plant. While the investigation was under way searchers entered the ruins to s- arch for bodies of So uiis-in men thought to lie bur ied within the smoldering do bri. Twelve bodies have lei re covered. One men listed as missing since Thursday night apxared today. Fourteen persons were serious ly injured and it is known that at bast fifty other rson es ch. with minor cuts ar.d bruis Due Yank in Russia self a a true friend of the Kirtstea people. "Let no aie east slurs upon our for ees in Siberia. They are rewwr a definite aud important purpose, which soou may be revealed. U. 3. Commutes Withdraws. "The Russian division of the commit tee on public information was doing a ! wonderful work, so everyone said, (ex eept a few sorehead politicians at hornet extending American influence and good will throughout Russia, when suddenly. in February, for reasons known only to the government, the great work was stopped and the committee's entire per sonnel withdrawn. The Japanese open ly rejoiced over the withdrawal of the American educational forces, and with out delay they established an exact but superficial imitation of the American committee's institutional and inspira tional work. The man in charge oi the Japanese substitute is M. Zamota, right bower of the Baron Shibuaawa. These two men -were formerly great admirers and teachers of German knlture. "The yarns afloat, through the dili gence of the 'parlor bolshevik!,' to the effect that our men in Siberia have been committing suicido because of nostmgia and insanity, ijue to hardships, are abso lutely falnc. Only three suicides oc curred during nine months, these from common causes familar to our people at home. Siberians Hate "Eeda." ''The Siberians abominate the bol sheviki, knowing them, of experience to be murder-manir.es without respect for anything except superior force. Multiply by 1000 the number of I. W. W.. revolutionsry socialists and alien riffraff now in America and you have an idea of the Russian bolsheviki. They are all non-producers, all talkers. Inces santly tiponting political venom, seek-i.irf-to destroy all governments, every where, and to rebuild an Internationa. ..... aAA...i;n a thnir iitsMne fatltaS-' tic ideas upon the blood-soaked ruins. In a little while now the quiet peacel loving peasants of Russia, numbering a hundred millions, will take up arms and put au eternal end to bolsheviki fanati cism in liussia. ' ' At home today surely it behooves all good Americans to assist in extirpating the poisonous 'boshevism' imported from Russia and promoted anions our proletrian igttoraml by crary knaves nnd un-American renegades. The most dangerous of the propagandists now working up a 'boshevist' spirit among the American ignorami are the Insidious and cowardly scoundrels who at hcan hate America, without reasonable cause, who call thenmelves 'internationalists' and who pose as uplifters and better ment workers, promoting Tioshevlsin with all their might and impudently churning to be 'fundamentally and ab solutely' oppewd to it. TJuse serpents are dangerous and need to be expssed. Japanese Purest ful. 'The Russians revere our lamented (Continued on page three) CITY BANK DEPOSITS SHOY LARGE INCREA! Recent Treasury Report Indi cates Gain Of Three Mil lion Since 1915. When the United States treasury de- pnrtmeut made the call for a report of j the scone ma w passengers had juror" banks on May 12, 1919, there was on! into the wc.ter, evidently too terrified deposit in the four banks in Kalem, 7,or without time to wait for the manniny 373.186.S1. of the coats. Some women had on their -This amount was divided as follows: night dresses. We could see ir.cn, wo Ladd & Bosh, 4,lH!t,i:i2.43; Kalem Bank I of Commerce, :38,702.77; United State Xatioti-il bank, $1 ,iil,'.0S.l!, and in the Capital National bank !t3,42.-l.42. The resources of the four city btinks. according to their sworn statements on this last call of May 12, IHI9, was as follows: Ladd & Bush, 4,".'W,1 1 1.41 ; United States Nntional, tl,!4,n'7..rX; Capital National, l,24",OH7.4.i, and Kf. Icm Bank of Commerce, ."9H,210.07. Compared to the resources of the city banks as shown by their sttemeuts of oae year ago, there has been in increase in resources in the one vear of 1,070, 98H.M. This increase is divided as follows, Coparing the published statements of i Mkv 10, IP!1, and those of May 12, 1919: Iji.UI Bunh, i-)7,ii7?.,89; United .State National. nr,,UH.9 ; Capital Ns tinnalf $.10.23.51, and the Salem Lank of Commerce, 1 83,492.27. The dipoiits in the four banks are g.-aduall' iiictessing. Whe i the coll was made on March 4, 1919, the total ainoMnt on di'twiit was $7,026,711.51. May U, 1919. it had grown to $7,373, In the fn weeks the total de posits ha! iaerraVd $ '.10, 455.30. The total resources of the four city bank sre $..5l,338.4!. When the tall was made in Mar.-li, 1918, thetotal re sources were $.0K5,iKil. 94. Within the one yesr atnl ten weeks the resources of tie baiks bad increased 11.823,274.55. When the call was made for publishen bank statements in November of 1915. the total mmin on di-po':t m the four banks was $4,47.1.7'fi.lP. On May 12 of 1:'13 it v.-a $7,.i73,ir.Sl. Q TK YWM dull mli STMIIIP IS BURFJED Virginia, Willi 249 Pecple Aboard, Destroyed to Water Line By Flames la Chesa peake Bay. PASSENGERS FORCED TO JUBaP INTO DARK WATERS Rescue Boats t Find Women, Men And Children Strug ding In Bay. Many Yet 1 Unaccounted For. Newport News, Vs., May 24. (Uni ted Press.) Lives of nearly 240 per sons were imperiled whea fire swept the Old Bay line steamship Virginia, en route from Norfolk to Baltimore, mi burned her tothe water's edge, just -side Crcsapenke Bay early today. So rapidly did the fire develop that many terificd passengers, rwised from their sleep by the ship's bells, leaiied In to the bnv without waiting for the life boats to be manned. , Throe Firemen Lost. Newport News, VaM May 44. Three negro firemen are known to be va and several passengers are bebeved lost as the result of a fire which totally de stroyed .the Old Bay ljmj steamship Vlr ginia in Chesapeake bar early to4sy. The Virginia left Baltimore last night with passengers for Norfolk. About 1 jo 'clock when she had completed more ;thnn half her journey, fire was discor- ered in the forward hold. It spresw. so ranidlv thftt the fire fight apparatus seined useless i"d Captain W. O. Lane ordered the lifeboats manned. As the second lifeboat was being low ered a spliced rope attached to the stern davit parted and eighteen women were dropped Into the water. Shortly after ward another boat with thirty-five wo men was overturned. Whether all the pa'ssengers in these boats were rescued cannot be determined until toe lists Ihave been checked up, Water Alive With People. . Flames from the stricken vessel shot high into the air a lurid "H. O. H." to the other ships in the bay. It was probablydue to the proximity of other vessels that a heavy loan of life did not result. They did not arrive, hoV.evcr, until the flttues had burned the Virginia almost to the water's edge. Searchlights were played over the ws ters surrounding the burning vessel ami revealed, according to eye-witnesses, the struggles of many men, women nnd chil dren who hail jumped into the water. Some were without life belts. One life boat, with oars placed, but unoccupied, came under the glare of the lights. Cor oner Olmstead, a passenger on board the first rescue ship from New York, de dared the passengers apparent!) had little time to escape. "By the time our boat arrived near It's gitUn' so lots o' folks run t' a-i automobile wreck Jest t' git a drtrlc. W never remember whether a pleasant woman wux purty or not. I " Abe Martin. ' hlshevik Grip On Copeuhajjen, May 24. (United Press) The bolsheviki were reported today to be evacuating Petrograd, in the face of continued advance of Fsthoniaa and rinnish araiics. Unconfirmed dfcumtek cs stated the soviet forces were blow ing up ammunition dumps near the city. Russian, eitizens in the suburbs weic said to have risen against the bolshe viki. The Kfthnniaiis, a dispatch said, have taken Volotvso, about forty miles south west of Petrograd. By Frank J. Taylor (United Press Staff Correspondent.) Uelaingfors, May 22, via London, May 24. The bolsheviki are reported to have offered important concessions to worn th allies and anti-soviet Russians in an effortto avert capture of Petrograd aud the threatened isolation of Moscow. The advance of tho Finns from the north and the Esthonians from the west b fastening Petrograd in a vise from which the only possible escape is by evacuation of the city. The movement of the F.thonian threats to cut railway communication between Petrograd and Moscow and the bolsheviki forces apparently must de feat the Fsthoninns quickly, or begin their retreat from Petrograd to prevent oeing hemmed in there. men and even children In tho black wa ters ats the searchlights played over tho scene. There must have been some loss of life," Olmstend said. KENTUCKY HANDICAP Kentucky hanicap: Midway won, Veaverkill second, Exter minator third. . .LIBERTY BOND QUOTATIONS New York. May t4. J-lberty bonVs were quoted today, as follows: Three half, 99.44,' off .02. Second 4 's, 94.70, up .13. First 4 V, 's. 93.80, Second 4Vs, 93, off .20. Third 4Vi', 93.76, off. 06. Fourth 4V's. 93.14, off .16. BALDWIN WILL CASE Inf Ifi AM l 'k IV VII! Crowds Swarm Courtroom To Hear Reading Of Letters To MNab. Los Angeles, May 21. A disappoint ed crowd of would lie spectators was turned away from Superior Jud(t. HivissJ' comet, room Unlay when the court ordiTed the case of Albert Sny der of San Francisco against Clara Baldwin btoeker, his mother, continued until Monday. I.. I ,1... ' Los Angeles, May 24. (United Press Risque letters written by Clara Bald win .Stoekcr continued to instill ja.z toilnyiiito court proceedings that have to do with the money of K. J. ("Lucky") Ikildwin. Twenty four letters in all have Ibeen offereil in evidence. As they nrb re sented, Mrs. Steeker, eyeing the attor neys through red $.')0,0X) diamond lorg nette addi to the Interest with startl ing side comments. Asa rule she stamla put on the s'atomeiits in her letters. There was a record breaking attend ance at the third day of the hearing of the petition of Albert H. Knvderji petition to have Mrs. Steelier, His mother, declared incompetent to han dle t,l,tieky" ilaldwin money They wan'ed to hear more letters road. "My Irish pal has cut out booze at Ihst," read a litter from Chicago. A little later it said: "I have been danc ing the tango ami hate lost about ten pound he is a fine dancer, believe me! nnd full of hell. Just my kind. " I had to send for M 'Nab to settle up with the crew (of her yacht)," another letter said. "I gave hi;-. fine time. We had some fine dances to gether. H is a dandy dancer he had the time of hi little life." Still another letter said: "Walter is going to have his bath. Will ask him t, write a few lines, waiter jusi pass ed down the hall .Iressed up in my pma silk niijlil gown and bat. He was Jfiire a dream ! ' ' Mrs. Stocker lad testified that Wai ter wai Walter T. McOinley, her man ajer. "I hnve two large bedeoms and pnr Ii.r." he wrote from the Waldorf Asto ria, "only 1 5o a day. President Wilson had these rooms.'' St. Louis. Mo., May 24.-Nearly &Ti hieal breweries will resume the manu- fai lure of beer immcdiutelv, C. Nor- n.sn Jones, manager or tne nt, i.ouis Brewing ac;ation, stftted todav. Fiv1 plants of the Independent Brewing as sociatiou alrei.dy have begun woik. Is Losing Petrograd An allied fleet, according to uncon firmed reports received here, is now en gaging the resurrected Russian Baltic fleet in the Gulf of Finland, not rar from Petrograd. Troops Are Deserting. Tho bolsebviki leaders in Petmtsraw are said to be growiug piuiicky and hundreds of their followers are reported to be deserting. More than half a million workers in the factories there have been called to take up arms against the Ksthouiana and Finns and the bolsheviki claim they have mobilired three millions soldiers to opuose their entry on all fronts. Revolution in Petrograd is repotted to be imminent aud many reports have it that thousands are dying daily of pri vations. The above dispatch was filed just be fore Mr. Taylor left Hehingfors for Berlin. He went Into Russia more than twe weeks ago equipped with bolshevik passports and guarantees of safe eon- duct. The first word received from him was in two telegrams yesterday, one stating he had escaped the bolsheviki after being robbed of everything, and the other announcing he had reached Helsincrfora and was abaiif to lesvfc for I Berlin. NEEKS 10 iDiTiAU nr BIGIlimiPMM Old Residents Of Valley Co operate la Securing Pro per Costumes. As preparation get farther under way for the historical pageant which is to be given to eclebrato tho seventy fifth a,-' tri versa ry of Willamette University, during coniinerecmcnt week, Interest in creases iu a vsry noticeable way. The event was given much publicity during the I. O. O. F. convention just closed, and the advertising obtained in thit way wall be very far reaching in its ef fect, In all probability bringing many of the recent out-of-town visitors here aguin when the pageant is givou early in the coining month. Among those who have rvidencsd the grrntest, and most consistent interest la tl.e pageant are the Oregon Pioneers, who are delighted that the state's his tory is to be preserved in such a fitting manner. Muuv of the valley's oldest residents are co-operating with the pa geant committees in the way of furnish ing garments for the historical scenes. These things, are for the most part priceless in their sentimental value to their owners, making the loan of them ..... .,, ',... ... Stadium Is Sunbed. Work on the big stage and stadium,! which is to scat the vast audiences was begun on the campus this week, and it is expected that it will bo completed by the middle of next week. Prof. Delia Crowdcr Miller, ttithor and mistress of the pageant, is working arduously on the. details, rapidly com pleting every tentative plan. The fact that she bai lent Iter same to the event has proved to be of the most valuatilel advertising value, her renown in kA. former Iveentn work reaching all over the United States. In this field she won for herself the title of 'T!ie hen llur Lad.v" by her interpretation of that masterpiece. Old Students Cowing. A large number of former students of i the university wil be in Hnlem to view' tho pHKeiiut, the following names being selected from the Uuitiot to preside as I patrons nnd patronesses: Mrs. Clara t Watt Morton, Portluud, 1801; Mis. M-j lst Starker Thompson, Portland; N. L. Butler. Dallas; J, A. Selund, Salem; ;j. Mrs. Helen William Strntton. Portland ; 1 j. Mrs. Marv Roliinson Oilkev. liavton:! John M. Birrison, Salem, lSSfl; Miss Kllen J. Cliamberlain, Portland; Mrs. Aiigie (I. Kngle, Ashlaiid; John L. Car- ter. Hood River, lo8; Julius A. Strat- ton, Meattle; Dr. C. . lower, Mursli field; Henry C. Comegys, Snomish, Wash.; Mrs. F.ennor T. Burner, Port land, 1 8H9; Henry 11. Hewitt. Albanv; Kdwaid K. MeKinnev. Sublimity; C. B. Moores, Portland, 1870; M. J. Jon-,J Brooks. 171; Mrs. C. B. Moores, Port i laud: Mrs. Valleda Smith Ohmart, a lem, 1S73; Mrs. Klva B. Brevman Brown Salr in; John S. Duican, Albany; Mrs. Alice E. Case Barthnick, Portland, 1874; Wilbur F. Ktorr, Munroe, 173; A. N. Moores, Salem; Miles T. Carter, Cur vnllls, 18"rt; Miss Bertha Moores. port land: Mrs. Ma- Button Curtis, Corvallis. 1877; Judge C. A. Johns, Salem; Col. Robert A. Miller. Astoria; Mrs. Mary S. Kinnev, Astoria; Mrs. Klirabeth Me Narr Albert, Salem; Mrs. Cora Dickson Moores, al m. l.: Mrs. Jsaran Jones "'i (Continued oa page seven) urn nnrn fUU filLI I Gil 1 0 1! ILIIIiOl I h sssslsl iH Cladi Oa Covenant Prc::s To Develop Warmed Par tisan Scrap Seen la Scsis In Many a Year. BOTH REPUBLICANS A?3 DEMOCRATS PREPARE: I Hiram Johnson To Open Al 1 tack Monday By Callls Fcr Presentation Of Text Cf Treaty la Ful By L. O. Martin (United Press Stuff Correspondent.) Washington, May 24. Senate debat on the league of nations promises to b tho most bitter puititau fight stuped in the upper house for many jcars. Democrats are preparing a series ef speeches lo counter republican attack, trlv next week Senator Kobiuaoa, Ar kansus, will begin the democratic ca paign to stir up public scntiuieut wkirh democrats hope will force a majority ta vote for tho league covenant. Debate on too peace treaty and the league will' be resumed Monday. Sena tor lliratu W. Johnson's resolution cull ing for immediate presentation c tl full text of the treaty to the senato is the unfinished business and will coma up each day until it has been uispcucs of either by a direct vote or by bring scut to the foreign relations committee, Other to Bpeak. The expected test of strength, immi nent yesterday over th'". failed to de velop. It will com, however, uses Senator Hitchcock next week renews his motion that Johnson's resulutioa be sent to committee. In addition to the discission of John son's resolution, which it eximcted ta cover every phase, Senntor Keed an nounced he will sjieak Monduy uu th league, Robinson following him. Johnson is preparing a Npeerh on the K-ugui his first-to be delivered witfc in a few days. s Announcement by Senator Lod;e, Mass.. that he will apply publicity, "if not pitiless publicity." to senato n siderutiun of the treaty, wiis said ttwUy to be positive assurance that much the discussion will be in ope seiuiio for the first time in the history ef treaty-making in this country. Committee Slates Complete. While the senute today took a week end rest, the house continued consider- intion of the Indian .. appropriation hill. ' '""" , Tth will show that Senators Penrose, a Warren have won their fight agaiei progressive opponents to their being chairmen, respectively, of the finance aud appropriations committees. The three republican members andee stood to have been elected for the -ite foreign relations committee are Hardin. Moses and New. Tf this proves ..i i. .:it .i,i il.r,. in tlut onno- coireii, I. w.t.i - , ""' """" V ,1 "ir , "l"ce which handle, the treaty. nents or ine league i un" jAllied Force la Germauy ' Strengthened To Handle PosSibls -tr ltauuia Coblcni, May 24. (United Press.) The Third i rmr was further strengthened today by completion of the formal trans- ; fer to It of the Fourth aod Fifth divisions of regulars. The Sixth division continues to entrain for Brest. Tho imputation in the oe- eupieji region is quiet and erder- ly. f Washington, May 24. (United Press.) Allied military forces, ready for action on the western front, sre believed sufficient to handle any niilitury problem that illicit result from a ticruiau refusal to sign the pence treaty, 4c Chief of Staff March annuiinecd today. Marshal Focb has under his command, Mnn-h stated, suffi eicnt French, British and Amer- icsn soldiers to accomplish what sit ever the allies wish in a possible cainiiaijin against (lermu-.y. French and British Hoops, k said, greatly outnumber Aiucrl- cans.