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PORTLAND, OREGON FRIDA EVENING, MARCH 14; 1919. TWENTYTWO PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS 0K TRAINS AND NEWS STANDS FlVg CENTS XVIII. NO. 5 1 CLERK CALLS mO KIDO" AND GIRLS BLUSH COURT NAMED TO ACT UPON TAX DISPUTES GEN. HOFFMAN GERMAN leader: who pre diets Bolshevism will cause overthrow of Christian world unless it is quickly eradicated.

SAYS BEDS DEFEATED SENATORS TO PRisotJEne 10 Cllil'? SH0T00H LEAGUE ER A 7 a i k' 'I If SsmSdeo i I. ill II I rj Flood of Letters and Telegrams Unmistakable Evidence of Sen-i timent of This Constituency. Neither McNary Nor Chamberlain Have as Yet Made Known Positions on the World Covenant. Washington D. March 14.

(WASH-IXGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUR-NAL)---The sentiment of Oregon runs strongly in favor of a League of Nations If letters and telegrams received by th Oregon senators truly interpret the feeling of thestate. Certain -senators opposed to the League of Nations draft have been exploiting their letter files, which are claimed to strongly reCect the sentiments these senators have expressed. Lodge, Borah and Reed have each In dicated that the word which contes to them is In the proportion of eight, nine and ten to one against the league. Jt becomes interest to set off against this the letter file of Senator McNary on the same subject, noting also the fact that McNary has made no public statement on the subject, and therefore is not in the same position with those senators who 'have become prominent as either friends or opponents or the league. The general experience is that sen ators who take a-strong position at the outset of a discussion which interests the nation receive stacks of letters commending thelr' position.

It Is remem bered that before the declaration' of war with Germany, senators who opposed the war turned to their lettei flies to cite the approval of their constituents, just as those in favor -of it obtained -opposite conclusions from the records of their offices. It might be expected, therefore, that Senator McNary would be bombarded (Concluded on Pas Two, Column One) Refrigerator; Cars May Be lken Out "Df Packers' Hand's March .14. (I. X. Transformation of privately owned refrigerator cars such as the bjg five" packers operate into common carriers subject to the jurisdiction of the interstate commerce commission, is a provision Representative Each," Republican, of Wisconsin, as the new chairman of the house interstate commerce committee will seek to write Into the far reaching railroad, legislation the' next congress would have to grapple with.

Esch today, expressed confidence In his ability to have such a provision enacted into law. By so enacting it congress would take a long step toward genuine reconstruction and. at the --same time, provide a remedy for those conditions affecting the feeding of the American people which were charged to the "big five" packers when the latter were under fire, toward the close of, the last congress, Esch TO mm Return of American President Is Signal for Speeding Up Work on the World Peace Program. Meeting of Supreme War Council Is Cancelled for Series of Rapid Fire Conferences. Paris, March 14-(U.

President Wilson arrived here from Brest at 12:03 p. m. today. President and Madame Poincare greeted the president and Mrs. Wilson at the fhvalides station.

While their wives chatted on the red carpeted platform, the two presidents Inspected the guard of honor. A band played the American national a'nthem as the train drew Into the station and the "Marseillaise" as the Wilsons started for their new residence in the Place Des Etats Unis, accompanied by an escort of cavalry. r- Premier Lloyd George was waiting at the president's residence. After a -brief conference the president and the British leader went to the Hotel Crlllon, where they talked with Premier Clem-enceau. The president's arrival was practically simultaneous with a virtual crisis, over the hitherto sleeping question of secret treaties.

A disagreement in the committee on Greek claims late Thursday, resulting in reference of the question of Smyrna to the supreme war council, caused several delegates to take an exception to the ruling, on the ground that it inferred the pact was still operative. This, they held, was in violation of the 14 points and would establish a dangerous precedent, particularly In dealing with -the Italian question which largely Involves the London pact. Despite this situation, however, ths matters for first consideration are those of peace with Germany and inter-allied problems can wait until peace is established. Premier Clemenceau reached the Hotel Crillon at, :05 p. m.

and Immediately went into cohf erencs with President Wilson and Premier Lloyd. George. I. I' 't sr 't'. Meeting ot Council Postponed Paris.

March -f UTO Wltlt Pres- dent Wii8on arrival in Paris today the machinery was set in motion for rapid consummation of the 'prelinrinay peace treaty. i 'scheduled meeting of the supreme war council was cancelled to permit a series of rapid fire conferences by the president. Premier Lloyd George, Premier Clemenceau 'and other. leaders. Practically all the peace work centered about the president.

As all other details of the treaty have been virtually completed by the various committees, the main problem was that of reaching final agreement, The leaders in ratifying each detail will draw up the formal draft. All indications today were that the treaty would be finished by March 20 and the- Germans called In about March 25. Whether the League of Nations would be incorporated in the preliminary treaty had not been definitely determined. An (OoaclDded on Page ghrbt. Column Tbreel Nine U.J3.

Soldiers Reported Dead in Hun Prison Camps Washington, March 14. 1 1. N. The death in German prison camps of nine' American soldiers was announced this afternoon Jsy the war department. They are i Lieutenant Henry Bradley Frost, Arlington.

Mass. i Sergeant Joseph Baley. Chestnut Hill. Mass. Sergeant Eugene A.

Griffith. Richmond N. Y. Private First Class John H. Coxson, Reynoldsville, Pa.

i Private Herbert B. Hapgood, Shrewsbury, Private John, A. 'Johnson, Pittsburg. Pa. Private Louis Probst, Louisville, Kj 4 Private Olien O.

Rhodes. 1612 East Market street, Stockton, CU. Private Edward G. Trecher, New Haven, Conn. 4 American Mission To Poland Marooned In Starving Vienna London, March (U.

American lied Cross -mission to Poland is marooned in Vienna, owing to an altercation between the. Czechs and-Aus-trians, according to Information received at London, headquarters of the organisation The, Information came in a letter dated February 28, from Captain France America of Buffalo, a member of the mission. -r'i Csechs have refused us permission to cross the closed frontier," America said. "The Austrians" also, refused permission for us to proceed, fearing the Czechs would confiscate their engines. A Swiss captain in charge of bur train wants to run the blockade.

putting up a couple, of machine guns and arming everybody. 1 Vienna is starving. 5 Hungarian Capital In State of Siege Paris, March 14. U. A state, of siege has been proclaimed in Budapest, according to L'lnformatlon- dispatches from Zurich today.

Recent reports frojn Budapest described communistic risings there. PARIS mm olo Board Authorizes Allot ment of Five Vessels From Pacific-Coast to Food Officials. 'rinA UnniJ Pnrronrad 4ft n' i a uarry nauroaa lies 10 unuea Kingdom From Portland Mills. WASHINGTON. March ii.

Washington Bureau of The Journal.) The shipping board division of operations has authorized the allotment of-five wooden vessels from the Pacific coast to the food administration for carrying flour. It Is understood at least two of these will proceed from Portland The movement will depend upon the readiness of the, vessels urder the require ments laid down. This i said to be a trial shipment of flour, owlne to hesitation over the use of wooden ships for this cargo, and is not. be taken as a forerunner of immediate further action. As the sea son advances, nowever.

conditions are reg-arded as mors favorable for trying out wooden ships on comet to coast Voyages. The chartering situation is still clouded. Difficulties in the use; pf wooden ships. it is explained, are not removed, because of problems of rates," insurance and availability for specified cargoes. The wjoden tenier is to have a "trial" as a flour, carrier.

Indications that five wood ships have been alloted to the Food Admin 1st ra- Concluded ob fut Eighteen. Column Finir) HELD AS A THIEF Rene DoTJisse, Who Was Hailed as Gallant War Veteran, Is Now in Jail. 'Rene DeNisse. self styled French ace. and, by bis own statements, military instructor at the University of Washington, languishes In a cell at the city jail, charged with being a petty thief.

De-Klsse, after posing- In the limelight, -dressed in the uniform of a French officer, -is said to have become tired of the uniform of La Belle France and to have blossomed out as a lieutenant of American artillery. Complaint charging him with the theft of the American uniform has been sworn out by Charles Oobpey, tailor, and DeNisse will appear before Judge Rossman. Saturday, to answer the charge. DeNisBe first appeared in Portland About three weeks ago and soon became a conspicuous figure on Washington street because of his French uniform and the decorations he wore. A morning paper gave him considerable publicity, describing his flashing black eyes and the.

manner in which he attracted the attention of the population. De- iss iaiea in an interview that ne naa been assigned to the University of Washington as an instructor, Aid was spending a few days in Portland. According to the officials of the Sol diers and Sailors' I club, DeNisse appeared there in an aviator's uniform, told of bis exploits In the air, and of the three Boche he had brought to the ground while in the- French aerial -A" Several days ago. he reappeared. dressed as an American lieutenant of artillery.

and in response to questions concerning the transformation, merely nnruggea nis enouiaers, ana stated that the American officers had requested him to wear an American uniform as a compliment to this country. lie claimed to be short of funds. and slept one night at the club. He was arrested after midnight Tues day night by the police and was held In the city jail while the-authorities Investigated his record. Inquiry brought out the fact that the uniform had been purloined from the Coopey establishment and the charge of larceny Deported From U.S.

London, March IWl N. S-V-Pour British anarchists, who were deported from the United States, arrived at Liverpool today. Others are expected to (ollow. The four men gave the names of XUmmer, Sheehan. Field and Jackson.

Last Word vin Dress Anne a recognized authority of ash-ions, presents an. article on I dress on the Woman's Feature page of The Journal Every Day Mare. 14 (U 3C. 84-r-Creatloa of a 4Cort of Last Resort" to art lpoa laeems tax dltvates was aaaoaaced this afters a by Commlssloaer of Jateraal Beveaae Roper. It will cestitt of six mem sera with Dr.

T. 8. Adam ef" Yals aalrerslty as chalrntaa. Other members selected aret I. Sterrett.

Sew Terkt Stsart W. Charlotte. Ci'lm F. 8eer, expert ta ths office of ths eomatlssleaer aad Frederick Field, Ut expert of Bostoa. Ths sixth mii has aet heea chosea.

FIRE MAY BRING IN CODE Thorough Investigation Will Be V. Made of Explosion Which Brought Death to Three. Amendment to the city may result-from an investigation to be made by H. p. Plummer, chief of the bureau of buildings, of causes for the loss of three jives in the Corbett building fire yesterday.

The investigation is now under wa and if defects In the present code are found, recommendations covering the flaws will be presented to the council. The, dead are: James DeWItt Asher, chief engineer, 422-Roselawnl avenue. George assistant, 641S Sixty-, fourth street southeast. Charles Hj Huffman, assistant, 188 East Sixty-ninth street north. Insurance company inspectors are appraising the damage today and will endeavor to ascertain the cause of the explosion.

In addition the coroner's office, according te Deputy Goetsch, willf make a thorough Investigation and hld an inquest. An investigation by the fire marshal brought forth an opinion that the explosion was the! result of lack of water In the boiler. Jt has also been suggested that leaking oil pipes may have been responsible. Had the oil become heated in the firebox It would have generated gas. causing; i an explosion, it is explained.

Old. pipes and plates have also been pointedsE to as -possible clues, to the disaster fM-; W'v-4 Both Cbiefl Dowell of the fire depart metit and Mrt; Plummer; Indorse the establishment Cplainjyvmarked shujtof outside. buildings for oU, as and electric eurrent. I'TTier point ou that properly marked (shutoffs would allow- anyone to turn off the whereas a shutoff Inside the building and unmarked is extremely, dlfflonlt to locate. (Ooiielnded- ou Twenty ne, Colt 8eeni New Brunswick City Is Swept "by Fire Montreal, Luebec, March 14.

(I. N. The business section of Petit Co-dlac. a prosperous town near Moncton. N.

B-i was swept by a fire today which destroyed af bank, several stores. the postoffice. the railway station and a number of The Moncton fire department aided In fighting the flames, which were fanned by a strong east wind. No estimate of the damage has as yet been made, Journal why. the administration does not repeal the espionage law, declaring that' the administration wishes to continue in 'office an army of deputies at Tat" jobs and Mr.

Zvellner casts his vote against the league. The administration. If it really could repeal thet espionage law without congressional action, would -perhaps not do The law protects civilized individuals, or the public, from the barbsf-ism of the friends we have had to contend with during the war and are even How troubled by. lit ae Strictly Xonpartlsaa proposed League of Nations, The Journal plebiscite seems to prove, would accomplish exactly that thing- in the case of barbaric nations whose greed or ignorance would level civilization to the plana whjch it suffered through the past four years. The League of Nations Is not' a partisan issue with thinking people.

W. F. Hall. Vale.t sent this morning 22 votes handed hint by friends. Mr.

Hall says: "I guarantee this list of legal voters. It represents Republicans, Democrats and Printed below and elsewhere In this issue of Th Journal ia the ballot coupon good for a vote in The Journal canvass when properly filled out by a voter of legal age and signed with his or her name. Mall 'or bring your vote to The Journal office today. Is! a call from many Journal readers more, coupons. In addition to the ballots on the first and editorial pages, a column will be found on page ,11 of today's Journal.

(Yes or. No! ISitn your, name here) Address msBsssssHsmmmmsi Sentiments I DO," called Perk Creasse the mualelpal court Tasra- day aftersooe, and a cos pie of doses pairs of femislse eyes fllrtattoaiily responded, 0 Kldo," Crosss repeated Is load marallse toss mad east haad-some revlag eye over the spectator in the eesrt room. Fifty, pitty pat, hearts west a-flstteraad maids dered If 'tAelr Boies were sklsy. Then earns the blow aad hearts fell with dall thads. "Trlfler, false brill-1 a spire rw they lhooght of Crosaae as.

O. Kldo, a Japasese arrested on the charge of playing poker, stepped to the stand. Kldo proved to the satisfaction of the co art that he was merely slew ard of the club la which the game was played, bat alas other Japanese, coavleted of play lag, were fiaed sack. Cooperative Industry Only Solution for Labor Problem, Says Shipbuilder. Cooperative industry alone is the solution of the labor problems of today, and is the only way tn which' to combat the- spread of Bolshevism and the sooner- that capital rises to the issue and accepts lesser the sooner will the Industrial fabric of the country be placed on a sound basis, declared J.

R. president of the Northwest Steel company, before the Portland Realty board today. President Bowles further stated that his plant was prepared to' adopt the cooperative industrial system; and that this euro for labor Ills in shipbuilding would be proposed at forthcoming conference at Washington, between shipyard owners and- labor leaders. Mr. Bowles said in part "That day has passed when capital shall ignore the rights of labor it is not right that conditions 'should permit one person to have $100,000,000 while others are not able shoes and stockings.

j'r, I .1 Facing Parkest Msr .1 "At" this time we are faejng the dark-J if no or in our mansinai msiary. xne American shipyards Caa compete the yards" of Great Britain, where lesser wages are paid, only by a readjustment, of labor- conditions and demands. here. This goal can be reached by. the cooperative method." -j The speaker asserted that the future of the steel shipbuilding In the United States hangs on the willingness of congress to reinstate the suspended contracts and proceed with the original shipbuilding program He said that the end of the rope would be reached by October 1, next, unless financial help comes from the government.

He criticized President Wilson for refusing to permit the American yards to build for foreign account. A letter was read from a prominent Norwegian capitalist, stating that industrial and political conditions of today prevented that country from going ahead with large shipbuilding plans that although the Norwegian government had paid millions to shipyards In this country for boats which wfere subsequently commandeered by the United States government, this money had not yet been repaid. West Ahead of Fast He said that the effective output of the Portland yards i was 25 per cent greater than the yards of Seattle and that Pacific coast yards have the advantage over the Kast in weather conditions that angles. shapes and channels, formerly only bought inrth Kast, are now manufactured on the Pacific coast and. that the freight rate question no longer existed as a factor.

Mr. Bowles said that wood shipbuilding is doomed that the greater cost of building and operating wood ships made it impossible for them to compete with steel vessels. Archangel to Be iRetaken by May 1, Is Red Prediction Helslnggors, March 13. (U. (Delayed.) The Bolshcvikl expect to recapture Archangel by May 1.

It was announced In an official communique, received from Moscow today. "During January and February the Red armies occupied a territory corresponding to the area of France (mors than 200,000 square the communique said. i will reach Archangel by May Power Declining Says Ex-Consul London, March -The Bolshevik! In Russia have passed their xenlth and their power Is declining, according to a statement made today by M. Duchesne, former French consul at Pet-rograd. He added that the Bolshevlkl were -trying to.

modify their program to enlist moderates. Epidemics are exterminating whole Russian villages. Russian soldiers are demanding 20 rubles fori an hour's fighting. Sun and Clouds in Endurance Contest If the clouds part for an hour or so this afternoon the sunshine record for March will be, broken. This morning Old rot away for a good start and beamed down a couple of hours of good sunshine before the cloud curtain unrolled.

If the. -clouds give him his own way before sunseti this evening- there may be recorded -more sunshine than there wag on-March 11 and 12. respectively, when three hours were registered. PROFIT SHARING IS URGED BY BOWLES More Than 2000 Spartacans Said to Have Been Rounded Up by Government Forces in -Berlin. Bedraggled Lot Are Led Manacled Through Streets to Ek- An if! An Kw Morhina flime.

VVUUVII UJ a ITIUVIHUV MMt COPENHAGEN. March i W'U. Agitation for a new jjon-eral strike throughout Germany to- be fcalled Mareh 25, now i going on, according to dispatches received from Berlin today. i London, Marbf. 14.

(I. N. Fisrhtinir' enntinnoa in Ihc Karl- ehorst suburb of Berlin, according- to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen. Many buildings are being wrecked; by bombs, the dIopatcli adds. Basle, March n.

(U. The Frankfurter Zcitung says a coni-nilttee representing the nhcnisli -provinces has asked the allies to recognize the "rrpublio of Western Germany," which "Is necessary to secure pacific relations betweea the east and west." Berlin, March 12. (Delayed). (IT. More' than a hundred SpartacatiR, chained together In ths prison court yareV were shot down by inaehine guns this afternoon.

War Minister Noske'has ordered that all Spartacan prisoners shall be executed summarily. troops completed ths capture of the suburb of Lichtenberg today. The railway station, where the Insurgents had made their final stand, waa taken by storm. The Bpartacans suffered 200 casualties In' the attack. aXmeetlng of workmen's Soviets waa snrronnded by soldiers this afternooi No at tempt wsa made to interfere wiiu the proceedings, but.

the delegates wera under constant menace of rifles and ma-, chins guns. They protested to ths government, but Noske refused to withdraw the troops. Resistance fey the insurgents is les- i AMERICANS CLASH WITH JAPANESE State Department Withholds De-h- tails of Trouble at Tien Tsin. Waehl.igton, March 14 (U. American troops clashed with Japanese police and civilians at Tien Tsin; American Minister Relnsch reported Peking to the state department today.

He has sent the first secretary of the legation to Tien to investigate. Minister Relnsch's cable, according to the state department, did not reveal whether the troops wre marines or soldiers and i the time of the incident was givert as "on Wednesday and Thursday." cause of the trouble was not revealed. The text of the cable was withheld. -General Barnett of the marine corns has cabled Colonel Kane at Peking for information regarding the clash. Barnett said no marines were regularly stationed there, the nearest detachment being at Peking.

85 miles away. The department lasued the following statement "A clash between some' American sol- j.v-v vrj -w at -Tien -Tsin 'on Wednesday and was reported In a dispatch to the state department today. The report i very brief and gives no- detail. The American minister to China, Mr. Relnsch, is investigating th affair and the first secretary of the American legation at Peking, Mr.

Spencer, has been sent to Tien Tsin-" Three Possibilities LeaKue of Nations Is adopted. -or .2 Germany and' Russia lead the Orient aealnst Anglo-Saxons In a new world war, or 3 'Universal' chaos and the. end of our civilization. Read Professor George D. ller-ron's remarkable Interview on the Cable page ot TODAY'S JOURNAL.

7 This plain' statement'of how the -destinies of mankind for centuries to come hang upon, what -President Wilson wHl be able to arcompMnh in the closing, days of the Paris peace conference gives a new and startling emphasis to the belief that "America must save herself by losing herself in the reconstruction of the world." It and similar Important cables from foreign fields are to be found exclusively In The Journal. It is the only Pacific coast that secures the full foreign cable serv-. ice of the Chicago Dally News, the most co in pre hen atve In America. Bolshevik! Played Witfr German i Forces After Brest-Utoysk Treaty Geo. Hoffman Insists.

Predicts Next War Will Be Victory of Yellow Races Over Christians of Western World. By Ken Her hi SpecUl CortcapoBdcnc of The Journal aad tb Chicago Dally Netrn. (CoiJjriglit, 1919. by Chico UmUy Nw Co.) BERLIN, March 14. "You don't; understand the war," said General Hoffmann to riie today.

"Germany was 'not beaten on the western front. Neither Marshal Foch nor Field Marshal. Haig, nor General' Pershing defeated the German armies. "Germany was beaten by an upstart named Lenlne." The man who had signed the Brest-Litovsk treaty, who was chief ot staff of Germany's eastern armies for three years and who today la spoken of by the Germans as the brains behind liln-denburg and the real victor in the battle of Tannenburg sailed at me through the smoHe of his 1 "Tou ask me what I consider lost tie war for Germany my answer Is. Bolshevism.

I will tell you the exact, moment that marked the beginning of the end. It was when General Ludendorf telephoned me at the headquarters on th eastern front, from France, to stgn peace any peace with any Russian able write-his name. "Americans are- coming, said Ludendorff, "and we need every corps we have on the western front- Make peace with Russia and release our armies there et onceC General; Hoffmann talked for'- two hours and discussed the "ifs" that might have won the war for Germany and discussed the reasons why the war was lost. He confessed that the invasion of Jra nee. thrmgl-BlgitHn-was- planned years ago-by Count Schlief fen; 'He named the two generals who sent Germany Into the "scrap heap of nations -Von Moltke in the west and Falkenbeyn the east It was Germany militarism that talked through this clear headed.

(Concluded on Paga Two. Column Four) Employment Service Head Cites Importance of Maintaining Employment Service. Washington, March 14. I. N.

John B. len8more, director, general of the United States employment service, today issued an appeal to the country to keep the soldiers and war workers em ployment activities going at the present rate after the service Is reduced 80 per cent on March 22. The cut Is made necessary by the failure of passage of the urgent deficiency bill, carrying for the operation of the service on its present scale to June 30. Densmore urged the business, labor, welfare and alt other interests In every community In which a federal employf ment service office must be. abandoned to take over the office and Its work, pending the" expected support when congress meets.

There are approximately 700 federal employment offices in nearly as many towns and cities throughout the country which tan no longer be financed by the department of -labor. Plans are now being prepared to arouse sentiment throughout the country for the continuance of the present soldiers' employment work. It is expected that in the next or machinery WIH be created whereby federal, state, municipal and volunteer ageactes Interested In the development problem will get behind the employment service in arranging for carrying on employment activities by community service under general direction by the' federal employment i "The work of assisting soldiers, sailors and war workers to suitable employment must te continued at alii eosts, Mr; Pensmore's appeal stated. "The i employment area is spreading and it means industrial insurance to the town or-city which, takes over an employment office which must necessarily be dropped by the -United States employment service through lack of funds. Aside from the sentimental, and patriotic consideration it will be a sound business Investment to a community to carry on this necessary work, It is the misery caused by widespread unemployment that breeds social nnrest and disturbance and gives the agitator a opening.

Biveters Walk Out 1 In Seattle Yards Seattle, March with the terms of reinstatement' imposed on former strikers, almost 1000 riveters walked, out at the Duthie, Todd. Ames and SeatUe NoVth Pacific shipbuilding yards today. Abolition pf a a bonus system whereby' riveters and others received extra pay Is declared to be one of the reasons for the new strike. The bonus, was given, above the Mac wage scale, and was. paid before, the strike was called oa January 2U FO Ft VOLUNTEERS Transports Comfort andf America in Port; Many Are Valley Cities.

If ew March 14. (Among the Oregon men to arrive Thursday were several wounded, aboard the hospital ship Comfort and a number in the aero -squadrons, aboard the America. Lieutenant John Iunn, Portland. who was with the tank corps at Argonne and was gassed there, came in on tha Comfort. Among the wounded on the ship also were Cuthbert Lawrence Smith and Earl Galbrelth, alljof Pendle ton.

-Though recoveredshsyuit are Uttercasea, TV, 'i There arrived In the sero squadrons the following: Sergeant Moir. Everett A MeCoiium, Knunatn Falls William Helena; Sergeant Arthurs D. iSavage, Grants Pass Kay Vi Walker; Portland i K. Creek Itobert S. Harri son, Portland Robert L.

Lynn. Portland William Pollock, rants Pass Perry C. Rudd. Halfway Edgar Schrimp. Grants Pass; Caa per M.

Weeks, Klamath Falla Arthur W. Schneider Kugene; Warren W. Yancey. Prinevilie; Rodney R. Oregon- City 4 Kdgar A.

Porter. 5 Portland Claude ft. Smith. Grants Pass; Dewey H. St, A.

Warren. Mosier Harry A. West, St. Johna Glenn Kddlngs, Gold Hllll Robert. Nijah, Granta Pass: Andrew- Heebe, The Dalles; Ole M.

Portland. The Thirteenth aero squadron and the l5th are at Camp Mills. Robert D. Williams and Clinton 1. Johrwon, Portland George C.

Sanford, Kcho Glllmore, Canby, are with the 165th. Frank Dodge. Portland, and James H. Ewing, Cecil, arrived with a' special, discharge company, Staignan Casual company No. 1462.

The Following are with the attached medical department. Ninety-third aero squadron Roy Rose-burg Anderson Weeks, Baker; John Ziegenhagen, The Dalles John EL Portland. Most of the troops which, arrived on lowan are at Camp Merrltt. Tke trench mortar. Independent, has Frank Hazelton, Kagle Point Elmer Johnson, Cloverdale; Duncan K.

Marshfield Lincoln Kyle, Portland, and Hugh Hood RlverV Jay McMillan of; and Waldow Chester. Mills City, and Lieuteiflant Harold A. Swafford, Oregon City, and' Sam B. Scott of Gypsum1' are In the Fifty-third company, corps also. SusquehannaSailsT From'FraricpVVVitli; Washington March 1 tlt, N.S.) The i transport Susquehanna, carrying the Twenty-seventte regiment of railway engineers complete, 28 ifeers and 14S5 men sailed from France and is due at New York March 24- the war department announced afternoon.

With other miscellaneous' troops'- the Susquehanna carries a total- of -about' 2400- returning American troops, Twenty-seventh railway 'engineers are divided among Camps Gordon. Mc-Clellan, Grant, Pike, Hancock, Green-leaf, Sherman; Devens, Dlx and Sheridan. Also, on board are two casual companies, one or. New Jersey the other for Iowa, and more than. 700 sick and wounded officers and Few ati ve Votes .91 at t.

I. 9. Gives One Tote caarsssed at 11 a. m. today.

For a Leagvs ef Katloas. It.ltl Agalast a Lesgae ITatioas 114 "In my ttavels 1 have failed to find one person opposed to the League of Nations," writes P. T. Somerville. a traveling man, from La Grande.

The- Journal has been more successful, for it has found more than 100 who fail" to see merit in the league. It" la looking for more with the same convictions to balance with the surprising majority whose sentiment as expressed In The Journal's plebesclte Is without qualification for the League of Nations, More than 19,000 otes ind more be-; lng added every; 'minute have been entered as strongly In favor of the league and the covenant under which it will operate. Graage Members Iadorse If each person who has voted against the league In The Journal's canvass were to arise in a meeting in his-own community to declare himself against the league there would be, probably, 180 supporters of the idea to howl him down. That- Is one way of indicating the perponderance of sentiment' favorable to therpeace i Rlrervtew grange-No. 554, D.

Cox, secretary, a Vancouver. is only one of many 'such organizations of people "in Wsshlngton and whose stand on the question is without Mr, Cox reports a recent session of the grange as casting 19 votes for, the league and four: against it- i Zvellner. under date of March 8. writes to ask The iSo ycu faVor league of Nations -f to prevent future wars, such ias President-Wilson and Former President Taft fare working i On Troopship Expected Today York. vMarch i 14.

N. The Dochra. with 62 returning soldiers aboard, including four officers and 47 enlisted men of the Three Hundred First tank center. I the only ship expected to arrive at this port a 7r Postage 2 Cents After July First Washington, March 14. N.f 8.) Amendments to the postal laws and regulations, effective.

1 next, reducing the rates of posts ge to the prewar rate, were announced this afternoon by the postoffice department. The rates will be 2 cents an ounce? or fraction thereof on first class matter and 1 cent, for postal carda 0 Cneloas thk eoopoa la sa eseloee ad-. ftNswd "LMgoe ef Hstieas Xditar. Cat ioaiaal; rMtlaad. Otsaaa.

a htioc to The JoaxmaX mttmm mes-aad inv tt bi tbs twUSt bo. Only pcaoaa i ef vetiac ass wbamM V4 ia WM.