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'ffjfij Cifi VOL. IiVIII.- 01 Entered at Portland (Oregon) PoHtofficc s Second-Class Matter. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1919. TRICE FIVE CENTS. 5 DEAD, MANY HURT j PLANE WITH BONDS DRASTIC DRY BILL PASSED BY HOUSE Hundred Members Fight to Last Against Bill. "PEACE DAY" RIOTING CAUSES HUGE DAMAGE LOSS IX LCTOX ALONE SAID TO BE OVER 91,300,000. v FOREST FIRES RAGE BENSON OFFERS SITE FOR AVIATION FIELD COT IN ALL RATES FDR DISTRICT ASKED Benefit to Portland Not Sought at Hearing. SETS TIME RECORD SACRAMEXiO-PORTLASD ROOD TRIP TAKES II HOURS. JN RACE BATTLES TRACT OF 80 ACRES IX VMVER- SITY PARK TO BE VIEWED. UNABATED IN IDAHO I Whites and Negroes in Clash at Capital. HOME DEFENSE GUARD KILLED Cavalry, Marines and Infantry Rushed to Scene. '(PRESIDENT IS CONCERNED r.ill to Separate Races on Street Cars in District of Columbia Introduced by Senator. " WASHINGTON, July 22. Despite all precaution taken by civil and military authorities, rioting between whites and negroes broke out again tonight in "Washington and a report reached the police at 10 o'clock that a white man believed to have been a home defense guard had been shot and killed in the northwest section. Soon after tlie killing of the home de fense guard, the police received a re port that another guard also had been shot by a negro. He was reported as fatally wounded. A detachment of cavalry and a -squad of marines were rushed to the scene of the shootings which was at Eighth and M streets, in the heart of a negro district. The defense guard killed later was identified as Isaac Halbfinger. He was on duty at Ninth and M streets. North west, and was killed by a negro in a speeding automobile. Crowds of whites immediately gathered in the vicinity and several shots were reported to have been i-xchanged with blanks. Shortly after 10:30 o'clock three riot calls were sent in simultaneously from a district iii the negro section of the northwest covering an area of about three squares. A cordon of cavalry, ma rines and infantry was thrown about one block in which considerable firing had been going on. m With five persons dead, 11 possibly ! dying and f-cores inlured in race bat- j tics here the last three xiights every 1 pro caution short of martial law had be-c-n taken early tonight by the police and military provost guards to prevent a recurrence of rioting. There weie no disorders during the clay. The authorities decided not to ask mutial law be declared, although rcsolu tions i ntroduced in the house during the day urged that the presi dent be requested to take that action President Cnlls Conference President W ilson took cognizance of the situation late today when he called Secretary Baker to the White House for a conference on steps that might be takni by the military in co-operation with the civil authorities. The presid-ent was understood to be great ly concerned over the events of the Jiist three nights. After the conference Secretary Baker Announced that th-e troops ordered from Camp Mead constituted "a very large number" and that Major-General "Will lam II. Haan would be in command. Secretary Daniels said a substantial force of marines had been ordered in lor night patrol duty. Cavalry again- played a part in the police work, holding line's about the congested negro sections to prevent mob attacks by either blacks or whites. Police and soldiers again struggled to keep the downtown thoroughfares clear of the crowds. ZNegro t.Irl Kills Sergeant. Several days uf disorders, following a wave of attacks on white women, robberies and assaults by negroes, cul minated Ui a .-eries, uf race battles last n i glit with which the police were un aMo to cope fully, despite the aid of r tary provost guards. Several of tht; injured were reported fatally hurt and at least -0 rioter? were under arrest. The dead include Detective Serceant Harry Wilson, shot through the heart by a negro girl when he en tered a house from which she was fir ing indiscriminately into the street. Detective Bernard W. rl .jompson wag seriously wounded b a negress in the same section of the city. Four negro men are dead and several others are believed to have been fatally wounded. Three patrolmen were included in the lit of badly wounded. i olored lrn Prepared. Although , w o troops of cavalry from 3'ort Mjc had been called out to patrol tVo streets and 400 marines from Quantico and the Washington marine bai;t-vks had been added to the pro ' vost guard as a precaution against disorders, the situation at times last night was more than the authorities could cope w ilh. Reserve squads of police and pro vost guards were rOshed through the streets of the city all night in answer to riot calls. Army motor trucks were stationed at the precinct headquarters with a squad of men armed with auto matic rifles assigned to each. Last night's rioting was marked by a general preparedness on the part of the negroes who during the day pur chased hundrtiis of revolvers. Early in the evening they formed into crowds in their own sections and attacked V hite men, wherever found. Negroes I 'Ire From Autos. Late last night the negroes dispersed as mobs and numbers of them took po; session of high powered automo biles in which they rac-d thiough the streets pumping bullets from automatic weapons at all wh ites who happened tCfn-.-iuUcd on l'age jiuiuu 2.) Return Voyage, After Getting Alaska Consignment Started, Requires Five Minutes longer. SACRAMENTO. Cal., July 22. A rec ord for airplane flight from Mather field, near here, to Portland, Or., and return was established by Lieutenant Earl Neublg. who completed the round trip late today in 10 hours 55 minutes, he announced. He flew to Portland in 5 hour 25 minutes Saturday, carrying Robert E. Smith," director of the war loan organ ization of the 12th- federal reserve dis trict, who was attempting to reach Se attle by Sunday night to place on a steamship Jl. 000,000 in savings certifi cates for transportation to Alaska. The return trip required five min utes longer. The distance for the round rip is 1070 miles. Lieutenant Neubig reported a heavy forest fire between Roseburg and Grants Pass, in Oregon. GROWERS TO SELL DIRECT Hood River Apples to Be Offered on Stands in Portland. HOOD RIVER, Or., July 22. (Spe cial.) A number of local orchardists are planning an innovation in fruit sales. It is proposed to transport ap ples direct from orchard packing houses to Portland fruit stands by motor truck. The system, it is said, will be tried out with apples of the earlier varieties and if it works out, winter varieties will be sold in a similar manner. C. A. Leveque, a n--al merchant, has pur chased a two-ton truck which will be put into fruit express commission over the Columbia river highway. STRIKE ON RHINE QUELLED American Soldiers Carrying Shot guns Prevail on Germans. COBLKX55, July 22. (By the Asso ciated Press.) American military po lice, armed with .machine- guns ant? fawed-off shotguns, put down a strik uf German workmen yesterday in le.r than two hours after the men ha7 walked out merely- by their presence in the district. The strike aggregating 800 Germans was in Bendorf-on-Rhine. It was called in conjunction with the general striko in Berlin and other parts of Germany, in spite of warnings issued from Amer ican army headquarters. FLEET OFF J5AN SALVADOR Windward Passage 3Iade on Way to Pacific Coast. ABOARD FLAGSHIP IT. S. S. NEW MEXICO, July 22. (By Wireless to tho Associated Press.) The Pacific fleet. on its way to the west coast, will make the windward passage tonight. Swing ing southward toward it. Admiral Rod man' flotilla crossed the trail of Columbus off San Salvador early to day. The fleet proceeds in single column formation a9 it negotiates the passage of the Bahama channels. SHIP CAPTAIN KILLS SELF Quittacas at Sea Reports Death of Torpedo Shell-Shock Victim. SEATTLE, Wash., July 22. Captain Alexander F. Ogilvie, master of the 7500-ton steamer Quittacas of the ehip-nin,- Hoard, enried his life at eea aboard the vessel early today, according to a wireless message received here. The captain, it was said, had suffered from ricntal depression caused by shell shock received while he was master of the steamer Westover. torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine on the Atlantic during the war. The Quittacas was bound to New York with flour. UNION AGENT HIRES FLIER Blacksmith, Not Allowed In Ship yarcL- Distributes Circulars. LONG BEACH. Cal., July 22. M. D. Barter, financial agent for the black smiths' union here, wanted to distribute soma circulars in a local shipyard to day but was refused permission by the management. Barber went uptown hired an airplane and sent down a thousand circulars broadcast over the shipyard and the city generally. N'OvV the city authorities are consid ering an amendment to the ordinance governing bill distributing. WAR LASSIE IS MARRIED Ex-Licutcnant AVeds Girl Who 5Iadc Doughnuts for Doughboys. NEW YORK. July 22. Miss Gladys E. Mclntyre, who with her sister Irene sa:r.ed fame making doughnuts for dctighboys at the Salvation Army huts in France, was married last night to Russcli A. Harmon, of Floyd. Va., for me rly a lieutenant in the 26th Xe EnglaYid national guard division, it was announced today. The wed'ng was the culmination of a romance begun in the Toul sector of France. MONTANA CARFARE RISES Increase to Seven Cents Allowed by Tuhlic Service Commission. HELENA, Mont.. July 22. Seven cent street car fares for Butte were granted today by the Montana public service commission, which recently conducted a hearing on the application of the Butte Electric Railway company for iiu increase from 6 cents. MEASURE IS MOST DRASTIC Eleventh-Hour Effort to Sub stitute Plan Defeated. LAST VOTE IS 287 TO 100 Unless Senate Amends Provisions, Leaders Say Veto Is Almost Sure to Come. WASHINGTON. July 2C By a vote of nearly three to one. the house, weary of talk on prohibition, today passed a bill for its enforcement, with provisions and penalties so drastic as to bring from the men who framed It the pre diction that it would forever suppress the liquor traffic on American soil. Exactly 100 members 52 democrats and 48 republicans refused to support it. Against the even hundred, the pro hibitionists, putting up a solid front to the very last, polled 287 votes. Before the house put the bill on its passage, one final and feeble hand was reached forth to strike It down and put in its place a briefer and more liberal measure. Substitute Flan Lost. This took the form of a three-para graph bill by Representative Igoe, democrat, Missouri, introduced some days ago. and offered today in the form of a motion to recommit, which meant its substitution for the general en forcement measure if the house saw fit. But the house did not. Sir. Igoe's motion was defeated. 255 to 136, and this vote, analyzed, meant that at least 36 members who favored a more liberal bill took the more drastic one later when there was no other choice. There, were no unexpected re versals in the individual vote. Kvm Hundred OpptMe, Representatives casting negative votes on the enforcement measure were: Democrats Babka. Bee. Blackmon. Buchanan, Carew. Casey, Clary, t'oady. Cullen. Lent, Dewalt, Donovan. Doollnv. Dupre, Kagan. Fitzgerald, Gallagher. Jal livan, Canly. Card. Goldtogle. Griffin. Humphreys, Jsoe, Johnston, azaro. Lea, Linthicum. Lonergan, McAndrews. Mc Glcnnon. McKinlry, McLanp, Mahr, Martin, Mead. Minahan. Mooney, O'Connell, O'Con ner. Pell. Phelan. Pou, John W. Rainey. III.; Riordan, Rowan. Sabath, Sherwood, Small, Smith, New York; Steele and Sul livan. Republicans Bacharach. Britten. Bur dick. Burke, Curry, Dyer, Edmonds, Free man, Garland, Glynn, Haskell, Hull. Husted. Jefferiea. Juul. Kahn, Kennedy. Kieczka, La Guarcia, Macerate. Madden Long-worth. McArthur. Macerate. Madden, Mann. Merritt, Moore, Morins;, Mudd, New ton. Nolan. Oajden. Porter, Radcllffe. Ramsey, Reber. Kodenberg, Sanford. Sicgel, (Concluded on rage 2. Column 1.) MOT KU vA- yyy SV ' Unrest in Great Britain Orrers Many Angles of Menace With Soldiers and Strikers Joined. BY JAMES M. TUOKT. (Copyright by the Now York World. Tul llehed by arranxment.) LONDON. July 22. (Special Cable.)- Damage amounting to more than Jl, 300, 000 was done on peace day at Luton, Bedfordshire, center of the English straw hat Industry, because discharged and demobilized soldiers were refused permission to hold memo rial services for their dead comrades in the local public park. This refusal really merely furnished occasion for a riot which had been brewing for some time, owing to un redressed grievances of tfe soldiers. The town hall was burned to the ground, all the municipal documents were destroyed, and 40 policemen and 16 firemen were injured by the mob. niota Im Many Towns. In Cork and Limerick. Jn isolated disturbances between soldiers and Sinn Felners, the police charged with their clubs and ultimately used their rifles. One policeman got a shot In the leg. The men arrested will be tried by courtmartial and will receive heavy sentences. No arrest has been made In Luton, and the mayor has fled. In Coventry, Warwickshire, the great motor Industry city, a mob smashed plate glass windows by the wholesalu and looted boot and other shops. These are merely local manifesta tions of general and menacing unrest Labor Situation Critical. "The strike of the miners to show their discontent with a wage IncreaM of only 6 shillings a ton furnishes . formidable example of the general feel ing. Mines have stopped operations and are becoming flooded, and sallorti have been sent from the fleet to pump them out. The mining situation Is regarded as critical, for the miners claim solidar ity with the soldiers and sailors. If that is the case a vista is opening for new and greater trouble than the gov ernment has yet had to face. Industrial work throughout Yorkshire is becoming paralyzed. There are strikes of one kind or another in most of the industrial districts. Transport Trade Blocke. At Greenock, near Glasgow, the transport workers, having been refused pay for peace day, decided not to work on any future Saturday, thus tying up the transport business. - - Nearly 50.000 Derbyshire miners are idle. Eighty-five mines have shut down In the midlands and the north. It is feared miners all over Great Britain will strike s a protest against the use of sailors for pumping the mines. Altogether the situation has roused the most profound fears and misgivings in the house of commons. The premier has been unable to say anything to dispel this feeling. Tapers Reflect Alarm. - All the morning newspapers empha size the gravity of the coal situation. Disaster is a'head If these developments continue, the Daily Telegraph says. It urges all who bear the responsibility of leadership to say If they are- for or against the Infliction of ruin upon mil. lions of their fellows. The Dally News foresees "a calamity (Concluded on Page 2, Column '2. 1 BETTER THAN HE HAD EXPECTED. Governor Refuses to Call for Soldiers. PRIVATE LOSSES ARE $300,000 Lane Sets Aside $200,000 More to Carry on Fight. 30 TO 40 BEYOND CONTROL Lous or Timber Estimated at 30.000, 000 Board Feet; Small South Idaho Biases Checked. BOISEf Idaho. July 22. Between 30 and 40 fires beyond control are burning In North Idaho, Glen C. Smith, assistant district forester at Missoula. Mont., ad vised Governor D. YV Davis here to day.' Losses In timber he estimated at 30.000.000 board feet and losses to pri vate properly at $300,000. The forestry service already has spent 1275.000 n an effort to control the fires, he said. Fires burning In the yellow pine dis trict of the Thunder mountain country are raging with unabated fury. Smaller fires In national forests of south Idaho are being brought under control. Secretary Lane telegraphed from Washington today to the governor that he had set aside an additional (200.000 to help, fight Idaho's forest fires. The governor today refused to Join George Cornwall, editor of the Timber man, Portlatid. Or.. In asking the fed eral government for troops for fire fighting purposes. Soldiers will not be asked for In Idaho as long as It is possible to hire, labor. When the need for soldiers becomes imperative the governor will insist that they receive 50 cents an hour. In com mon with other fire fighters. KIRE KECKOSSES CANADA LINE One Blaze I Within Mile of Wash ington Town, But Nearly Checked. SPOKANE. Wash.. July 22. The forest-fire situation in northern Idaho to day, as a whole, was regarded as no worse, if any, than yesterday. The fire in the Pack River valley, between Sandpoint and Hope. Idaho, was still burning over a front eight miles long and was advancing at the rate of four to eight miles a day. The area covered, which Is totally unin habited. Is now estimated at 50 square miles. Several million feet of timber has been destroyed. A large fire on the Lost Fork of Jordan creek, near Heron. Montana, today was reported almost under con trol. A fire burning for several days near Newport. Wash., is now within a mile of that town hut Is practically un der control. Another Is four miles from tCom-lutid on Pace 'J, Column 3.) Opinion of Government Experts on Suitability or Grounds Will Be Required First. S. Benson, capitalist, vesleraav an. nounced that he will offer aft SO-acre tract of land in University nrw m the city of Portland for use as an aviation landing field. The offer was made through Milton R. Kiepper. president of the Aero club of Oregonv Mr. Benson contemniat that tlon experts from the United States army first make a careful examination oi the ground to determine If It is suit able for use as a landing field. If the government expert reports favorably the formal offer then will be made to the city. Local aviation enthusiasts whn have seen the alte are united In the belief that it Will make an Ideal lanitinr nlii- for planes. The field Is approximately one-natr. mile wide and a mile and a half In length. It is unusually level. This land Is the same which Mr. Ben. son offered to the city last winter as a site for a proposed reconstruction hos pital, u one snould be built. It Is north about J 100.000. "The plans are all In a very unset tled stage." sad Mr. Benson yesterday. "We must first learn If the field can be used for the purpose Intended, and must then be certain that there l no other objection to it. I have wanted to aonate tnis land to some public pur pose and If it is found to be suitable as a municipal landing field I mill be glad to donate it to the city as a means of encouraging aviation." MILK CONDENSERS TARGET Washington Dairyman Blames Flams for Herd Reduction. CENTRAL! A. Wash.. July 22. (Spe cial.) That the number of milch cows In Washington decreased 14.000 in the past year and that this decrease was caused by the attitude of the conden serles to the producers was the asser tion of J. A. Scollard, president of the United Dairymen's association of Wash ington, yesterday at the noon luncheon of the chamber of commerce. Mr. Scollard stated that organization is the dairymen's salvation. Branches of the state organization, he said, have been formed in seven counties, and these branches are arranging for the establishment of plants for the manu facture of milk products. All of the products will be standardized and mill be sold through one agency. FIREMEN QUIT; FIRE STARTS St. Helens Department Resigns and S3000 Loss Recorded. ST. HELENS. Or.. July 22. Special.) At last night's meeting of the coun cil the fire chief and the entire depart ment resigned on account of a dis agreement with Mayor Saxon and this afternoon. IS hours after their action, a fire broke out in a residential por tion of the city and before some vol unteers reached the scene the fire had gained such headway that the building and contents m-ere totally destroyed, causing a loss of 15000. A mass meeting of citizens will bt held and the council and mayor are to be requested Immediately to organize another fire department. This fire is the first St. Helens has had in months. PORTLAND BANKERS NAMED C. L. Lamping Will Be Manager or Resere Branch Bank. SAN FRANCISCO. July 22 John U. Calkins, governor of the 12th district federal reserve bank, announced todav the appointment of William A. Day of San rrancisco to be deputy governor and tho following appointments at branch banks: C L. Lamping, manager Portland branch. K. n. West, assistant cashier Port land branch. B. L. Davis, cashier Seattle branch. C. A. Bemls, assistant cashier Seattle bra nch. Evan Berg, assistant cashier Spokane branch. Paul M. Lee. assistant cashier Salt Lake City braniu. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS Th Weather. TESTr.RDAT' Mxlmim fmprrHurf, FS deer; minimum. 61 drrvi. TODAY'S Fair ad cooler; cntle nonh ceterly mind. Forrlsn. BlM fftorlcs come tru ftrr 300 years, race 3. Houne f commons approves German trcty. J'as National. Rcprentttvft V-Art bur explains him nru tlve vote on enforcement bill. fan L Houm pate drairttc prohibition enforce ment bill. 87 to I (XI. I'iRe 1. Senator MoNarv urgen venato to ratify treaty unchanged. ras . Dotnentle. More Ore rem troopa reach New Tork port. 1'ase IT. Flier make Sacramento-Portland trip In 12 hours and m inula. Page 1. Causo of baboon disaster sought. Pag 2. ra-Hflc Northwettt. Educators two-temns-mltl tax Inadequate tor soldier training. Page & Klrea In northern Idaho rag unabated, rage 1. Oregon's worst road to be eliminated. Page 5. Sports. Gecra and Tommy Murphy big winners at Grand Circuit trots. Pago 13. Tennis-court romance leads to marriage of Calhn Wolfard. Paga 14. Pacific Cotut leaa-ue results: Portland S, Kan FruntMwo O: iUcnmfnlo A. lom An aeies U; Salt lake a. Oakland o. Vernon . Seattle O. - Page 14. Boxers from east are expected here. Pag 15. Commercial and Marine1. Portland Joins tn pl-t for more ships for Pacific co t trad. Page t. William-. Iimnnd & .. nnnuuoct .'0 -vat- tUs in scrvltc. I'afiC --. ALL COLUMBIA BASIN AFFECTED Possible Economy by Electrify ing Lines Is Discussed. R. M. CALKINS ON STAND Kail road President Called to Kth- Justification of Hate In la tor of Seattle. It was made manifest by the 1ms of testimony Introduced Into the record of the hearing before the Interstate commerce commission yesterday that It Is the purpose of the grain producers to obtain reductions in rates from all points In the Columbia river ba.Mn to Portland. It was also made equally clear that the producers have no desire to obtain a lower rate for the special benefit of Portland, but would welcome reductions to other ports. Apparent inequalities fn rates from points in the Inland Kmpire territory to Seattle and Portland were pointed out by the ra,te and traffic expert of the Inland Empire Shippers league, and It was emphasised that without ex ception the benefit of advantageous rates was frfven to Seattle, and in no Instance preferential rates to the bene fit or Portland. R. M. lalklsta (.ires Teaflmsmy. n. M. Calkins, president of the t"hi caxo, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad company, appearing as a witness for the railroad administration, interjected by his testimony the suggestion that the solution of lower costs of railroad operation may be found In electrifica tion of the roads. It appeared that the purpose of in troducing Mr. Calkins was to estab lish on behalf of Seattle that the se lect ion of Puget sound aa the termi nal of that transcontinental system was Justified by reason of its advan tageous facilities. He stated that the Investment in line branches and ter minals in the state of Washington ap proximated fSS.OCO.OOO. Mr. Calkins was called to the presi dency of the Milwaukco last car. as its corporate head, after IU H. Aishton was appointed regional director for the northwestern region. He was foi -merly traffic manager of the road and for eight "years was a resident of Seattle. Savins; Is Pointed Out, It was brought out that as a result of the installation of electric operation over 440 miles of the lines crossing the Rocky mountains a great saving in op erating costs had been effected, suf ficient to pay a return on the invest ment of $1-, 00. 000 Incurred to electrify, and that a corresponding saving is an ticipated when the electrification of the line over the Cascades is completed. The work is under way at a cost of $3 125.000. President Calkins would not say that like economies might be put into effect by the Oregon-Yashingion lines by use of electric power that might be gen erated at Priest Rapids, Cascade Locks or Cclilo. Likewise he sidc-stepped vouchsafing any opinions as to relative traffic and operating conditions In volving the lines along the Columbia river a compared with tho Milwaukee, saying that he was not familiar with the road. peed In Hearing Vrgri, Commissioner Hall, presiding at ih hearing, cautioned tho attorneys upon the importance of dii-patch in complet ing the evidence. Before adjournment last ever. Piig it was advised that a con ference be held before time for rcas sembling this morning and arrange ments be made for certain attorneys to conduct the croes-examinatiun of each witness. In order that duplication of ef fort be avoided and time cone-crved. It was suggested that one attomo might be (elected to conduct the cro- . examination on behalf of the allied plaintiffs or defendants of each section with interests In common. That thero Is no deMre on the part of the commisbioners to be unduly strict in regulations, that it is urgently desired that all material facts be pre sented without the nccesMty for night sessions, and the desire to conclude the Portland hearing Friday, also were ex pressed." Osffrnnder nessiaaes Testimony, Edward Ostrander. traffic and rate expert, resumed testimony at the hear ing of the Portland rate case yesterday morning before three interstate com merce commissioners. Hall, Daniels ami Eastman. His testimony was directed to an explanation of the rate structure of the Pacific northwest, dealing with the traffic agreements which In the early days of transportation develop ment were commonly entered Into by officials of the railroads. From the records of an early hearing before'the Interstate commerce commission It was shown that an agreement had been made between the Northern Pacific and Oregon Railroad Ac Navigation company for an equal division of earnings on traffic from competitive territory in the Columbia river basin territory Later the legislature of the state ol Washington established rate regulation and ordered the reduction of rates then t Concluded va Page Column .)