VOL. IIX. XO. 18,171.
PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1919.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
TROOPS
MET WITH
EMOTION 10 JGY
Portland's Welcome of Re
turning Heroes Perfect.
OLEO LICENSE TAX HELD
ALMOST CONFISCATORY
SENATOR TLERC S PET MEAS
URE PASSES SENATE.
COAST ARTILLERY HONORED
Great City Turns Out en Masse
to Greet Troops.
VICTORY WAY IS PACKED
Kvrry Effort Mode to Give Batllc-
Scurrcd Veterans Warm Re
ft membra ace of lay.
FT HAHHT M. G RAT SON".
Covered as thick as a pastry cook's
ahop Christinas eve was the union
(icDot e platform when the trains car
tvinc the 65th rccinient. coast artillery
i-tTM, atcanied in. ten minutes apart
at 3:4" P. M. vrsterday. Aboard were
.tn r,ffnr mirt 300 enlisted men, 50
per cent of Coionel Benjamin H. Ker-
foot'a command hailing from Uregon.
The regiment is on the last lap of its
transcontinental trip to t'amp Lewis,
where its commanding officer expects
nearlv every man will be mustered out
of the srrvire within a fortnight.
; recti njc KmolloMl and Joyoas.
Thousands of relatives and friends,
a wept awpy and overcome with emotion
nd iov. .scent 1 hour and 15 minutes
a-reettna' the home-coming heroes.
Then first call was sounded fetching
the men back to the train, where they
ri tinned overcoat, and without arms
the parade proceeded down an aisle
lined on both side by thousands of
Portland and Oregon menwomen and
children, each with a flag in hand
who from the bottom of their hearts
were happy and glad and thankful for
the e.Tfe return of the first big Oregon
contingent to arrive home from over-
teas.
Port laird Givea Xolay Welcome.
When the trains reached the steel
bridge, Portland was awakened like a
ea by a mighty tempest suaKcn. ine
ftreboat "'loorge il. Williams" com
menced the din of whistles blowing.
the Mme time putting on a spec
t'acular water display with water gush
ing from a hoses.
Thouands were cheering at the
union d-pot as the trains punea up
ith the happiest cargo that ever hit
Portland. Hundreds of whistles and
horns were Miriekmg and it seemed as
if everybody and everything that could
,ike mie were employing Herculean
rfforta in welcoming the battle-scarred
gladiators.
Jmnt Krnard rrd-d.
As the S.Mh marched up Victory Way
each man appeared as jaunty as tne
nimble flit of a cabaret dancer in mid
night season form. The.-e men la-
bored like galley slaves to help make
ihv world a decent place to live in and
esterday'? welcome was a jut reward
f-r Urtgon's fighting suns of guns.
Their spirits were as high a. the sun-r.irs-t
heights of kindliest thoughts and
as they swung along the line of march
the enthusiasm of the crowd applaud
ing im-reusod like wind and oii add
to a great tire.
The end of the line of march brought
the mm to the municipal auditorium,
where, commencing at 6:T0 P. M.. a
banquet ami entertainment was held in
thtir honor. Shortly after T l M. the
men were t uraed loose to do as they
pleased- Approximately 4"f hae homes
m Portland, rfiid there were many
h jppy families last night. Approxi
mately Z "0 ot hers attended the dance
isiven for them at the B'nat B'rith
buildinK. where that many girls at
tended to m.ike cer'ain that the bojs
with the cold chevrons had partners,
r'.vralaa: Look to Be Heoaembeied.
Free admission to every ehowhouse
In tie city was granted, so every man
Mit-I tne overseas men, other than mem-
h-rs of the tf.V.h who participated in
the r ept ion and parade, spent an even1
iiix which will long be remembered.
As the K.intin. Colonel Hen Ker
foot, wit 4 Mayor Baker and Mayor
i.aefl cf Meuforu on either side, headed
his "heU-ra:s:ng howitzer regiment up
Victory Way the crowd sent up cheer
after cheer, although most of those
who crammed the sidewalks were think
ing of the many brave lads who crossed
the Atlantic and willingly made t
t-uprerne sacrifice.
Victory Way was In gala array, as
was the rest of the city. Buildings
along the line of march were covered
with flags. Only for the military aspect
given it by tne patriotic decorations
nd by the marching, stalwart young
oregomans, one might have thought
the Pose Festival was In full bloom.
Pollomir.g Colonel Kerfoot. Mayor Ba
ker aud Myor tlates came the colonel's
taff. the tiSih regiment's band of 25
pieces and. following the band in col
umns of squads. Batteries C and D, the
Multnomah, guard band of 100 pieces.
Batteries K and . one company of
overseas men. three lines of Red Cross
ante-en wurtrs in uniform, led by
rs. Ferdinand K. Keed. and a line of
salvation Army women.
l-ortlaad aoia Her Pride.
As 4'olonel Kerfoot and his staff
parsed untier i ne nu.ee nags nung
across Sixth treet by Meier : Prank
(umpany they came to a smart salute,
as dd each cbmpany commander. Mayor
Baker and Maor Outes doffed their
J.iis. Confetti pOTird out of Ihe win-
BiJI Requires Manufacturer to Pay
$100 0, Wholesalers $500 and
Retailers $100 Annually.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or.. Feb. 1
(Special.) 'An annual license ta
which some senators asserted would be
almost confiscatory is placed on th
manufacturers, wholesalers and retail
era of oleomargarine and kindre
products under the terms of Senator
Pierce's pet oleomargarine bill, whicl
passed the senate on third reading to
day hy a vote of 21 to 6.
The bill provides that manufacturers
in Oregort f hall pay $1000 annually,
wholesalers $500 and ail retailers $100.
Pnder this construction every llttl
corner grocery will be compelled to
pay $100 & year for the privilege
selling ole margarine.
senator Fierce contended his bill was
introduced to save the dairying Indus
try of Oregon. . He said this industry
will die a alow- death if oleamargarine
is not taxed sufficiently to permit more
rven competition between the two
products. ' ,
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ARMY ORDERS 'ANNOUNCED
Colonel Joseph K. Parte. Jo Goes to
CoraIlis as Military Instructor.
ORKGOXIAX NEWS BUREAU, "Wash
ington. Feb. 17. Colonel Joseph K. Par
tello of the infantry 1s ordered to Cor
vallis as military instructor at Oregon
agricultural college.
First Lieutenants Van Buren Mauri
can and Louis Frederick Ruschhaupt,
medical corps, now with the spruce pro
duction division at Vancouver barracks,
Wash., are; ordered to Camp Lewis as
tuberculosis examiners.
Colonel Rudolph G. Kbert, retired,
also with the spruce production division
at Vancouver" barracks, is relieved of
active duty.- -
Captain Clair Laurus Stealy, medical
corps Vancouver barracks, is ordered
to the air service flying school, March
field. Riverside, Cal., and Captain Ben
jamin King, with the air service at
Portland, is ordered to this city.
Strikes in Germany Spreading.
BERLIN'. Friday," Feb. 14. (By the
Associated Press.) The strike of de
partment store workers in Berlin has
spread to Hamburg and 5000 employes
of shops and stores there are on strike.
Late this afternoon the number of em
ployes who had left their posts in Ber
lin stores was 4000.
Wild
by
West Men Honored
General Pershing.
iNDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
MANY - MEDALS CONFERRED
Belgian and French Govern
ments Bestow Decorations.
'ALWAYS READY" IS MOTTO
Major-General Johnston, In Letter to
Governor Wlthyctombe, Recounts
Division's Distinguished Record.
SALEM. Or.. Feb. IT. (Special.) The
st, or '.'Wild West division," has been
designated lor return with rthe latest
date for embarkation set as March 1
according to word conveyed in a letter
to Governor Withycombe just received
from Major-General William H. John
ston, in command of the division.
General Johnston's letter also tells of
an inspection of the division by Gen
eral Pershing in which he personally
presented the congressional medal of
honor to. two sergeants and nearly SO
distinguished service crosses to officers
nd men ior extraordinary heroism.
General Parshing also complimented
the men on their fine" appearance and
expressed pleasure on hearing of the
mall degree of sickness, and almost
complete absence of vice," writes Gen-
al Johnston.
Troopii Movement Given.
In his leUerto the Governor, Gen-
ral Johnston said:
Since my letter to you of November
30, announcing that the 91st division
had been designated as one of 30 com
bat divisions to remain in the Ameri
can expeditionary rorces, it has
marched from the Scheldt river to the
iclnity of Dunkirk, .France,, remained
here three weeks, awaiting cars, and
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The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 50
degrees; minimum temperature, 3.
TODAY'S Fair: moderate westerly winds.
War.
Official casualty list. Page 13.
. 'oreign.
Turkish girls charm men of American na
Pajta 1.
Germans protest but sien renewal of i
mist ice. Page 2.
Austria rushes into' union with Germany.
Page '2.
German pap?r derides proposed league
nattons. Page 3.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier dies of paralysis. Page 4
National.
Senate inclined to recent Wilson's request
tor silence on peace league. - Page
American 'troops In north Russia to be re
called . soon. Page w.
Allies said to be needed ia Russia. Page 5.
jDomeatic.
Butte strike ends. Page 1. ..
r legislatures.
Oleo license tax held almost confiscatory.
I'age 1.
Legislature puzzled by questions raised
appropriations. Page .
$10,ihk),0"H) road bond bill made special order
or outness in house. Page 6.
Washington legislature, appropriating nearly
ni,unu,iMK, cries "enough." Page 7.
Pacific Northwffit.
01st division to sail by March 1. Page L
Sport.
ice t-a lace may oe secured lor next boxing
snow, i age 14.
Morton returns unsigned contract to Port
land magnate. Page 14.
' - Commercial and Marine.
flans arranged for first government wool
auction in Portland. Page 21.
Revival of public Interest leads to strong and
active stocK market, r&ge si.
Chicago corn strengthened by oats shortage
in -.niinit. x age .i.
Admiral line to operate from Portland to
Orient Page 20.
Portland and Ylriniiv.
Troops met with great display of emotion
anu joy. ago im
10,000 income
residents.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 20.
Portland financier accidentally shot or com
mits suiciae. x'age sz.
Peace league indorsed. Page 1.
AH speakers champion League of Nations.
Page . .
Former ambassador to Turkey makes appeal
ior Armenians. .rage .
Congress platform indorses league of na
tions covenant. Page 9.
Colonel Kerfoot, commander of tioth is vet
eran of two wars. Page 8.
blanks sent out to Orecon
Page 12.
STRIKE AT BUTTE
OFFICIALLY ENDED
Nearly 5000 Miners Re
port for Work. .
UNIONS VOTE TO GO BACK
Soldiers', Sailors' and Work
ers' Council Favors Action.-
TURKISH GIRLS CHARM
MENOFAMERICAN NAVY
18 OF (ilSBOAT SCORriO-X'S
CREW MAKRY AA'D STAY.
OLD JOBS GIVEN STRIKERS
.'o Discrimination Is Shown as Re
sult of Walkont; Entire Force
Will Be at Work Today.
UDGE'S RISE IS APPROVED
Senate Passes Bill Increasing Mult
nomah Salaries.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb. 17.
(Special.) The senate, today passed
the bill increasing: the salaries of the
district judges of Multnomah county
from.J2400 to $3000 a year. Senator
Farrell of Multnomah was the only
member of the delegation which op
posed passage of the measure.
Senator Banks referred to the fact
that the district court had showed a
profit of more than $10,000 last year as
one of his arguments tavoring the bilL
The official announcement also stated peaceful welfare and progress of man-
that Ceiro, the leader of the mon-1 kind.
archical movement, and several mem- inthnsiaam la Great.
bers of his cabinet, had been im- As the platform was read, with ex
prisoned. The casualties in the fighting President Taft presiding, tumultuous
during the uprising were reported to cheering arose. A resolution also was
have been heavy. I unanimously adopted that the platform'
be cabled at once to the Paris com-
THOUSAXDS OF PORTLAND CITIZEN'S TURN OUT TO WELCOME HOME THE SIXTY-FIFTH REGIMENT, COAST ARTILLERY CORPS, WHICH ARRIVED IN THIS CITY mittee of the League to Enforce Peace
BUTTE, Mont., Feb. 17. Butte's
strike of miners, which began Feb
ruary 7. has ended.
Unofficially it ended this morning.
when several thousand, miners, who
had remained away from work for
nine days, presented themselves at the
mines and asked for their old jobs.
Officially it ended late today, when
officers of the Butte Metal Miners
nion (independent) made public an-
ouncement that It had "called off the
trike temporarily, acting on the rec-
mmendation of the soldiers', sailors'
and workers' council."
. Prior to the announcement of the
Metal- Miners' union, -the Metal Mine
Workers' Industrial union. No. 800,
I. W. W., had announced that it had
voted "unanimously" to end the strike
and return to work.
ThouNflndi Return to Work.
Close to 5000 miners appeared at
Butte mines this morning and reported
for work, according to reports of of
ficials of the companies. Of this num
ber approximately 3000 are said to
have gone to work. No discrimination
was shown, it is said, and those who
did not go to work, it is understood,
will receive their jobs back within
the next 48 hours. Dull tools, was
said to' have been responsible for the
One of Benedicts Is Joseph Darley,
Commander Yeoman, Aged 6ti,
Fmilled to 4 Pension.
.NEW YORK, . Feb. 17. Eighteen of
the 56 members of the crew of the
United. States gunboat Scorpion, in
terned at Constantinople frem April 11,
1917, until last November. married-
Turkish women and have been left be
hind there, according to Lieutenant-
Commander Herbert S. . Babbitt of
Houghton, N. T., former commander of
the-Scorpion, who arrived here today
with 40 other members of the gunboat's
crew on the Italian steamer Dante
Alighieri. A new crew was sent to re
lieve the interned men soon after the
armistice was signed.
One of the crew's benedicts was Jo
seph Darley, commander yeoman, aged
66. who requested permission to remain
in Turkey because he wanted to marry
"a beautiful Turkish girl about 20 years
old." His request was granted and an
effort will be made to obtain his dis
charge and a pension.
During the first three months of their
internment the men were allowed many
liberties, including frequent shore
leaves, but later an armed Turkish
guard was placed on board. The off!
cers were then restricted to one visit
ashore every two weeks and the men
one visit every two months, always ac
companied by Turkish guards.
INDORSE PLEA
FOR PEACE LEAGUE
Ex-President Taft Points
Out Need of World Pact.
OPPOSITION IS DEPLOREC
Senate of United States Is
Urged to Ratify Covenant.
RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED
.Northwestern Conference Goes On
Record Unanimously in Favor
of League of Nations.
Concluded on Page 4, Column 2.)
PORTUGAL AGAIN COMPOSED
Revolutionary Movement
Completely Put Down.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. Final
pression of the revolutionary movement
in Portugal has been proclaimed by the
government at Lisbon, according to dis
patches received today at the state de
partment. Wire communication is now
being maintained between Lisbon and
Oporto and railway communication is
being inaugurated.
BY BEN HUR LAMP.MAX.
Though he drew it from a scabbard
of banter and Dlcamm'trv iim hi.,u
with which William Howard Taft
slashed away objections to the cov
enant for peace, as he spoke yesterday
morning ami evening at the north-'
western congress for a league of na-'
Hons, under the auspices of the League
to Enforce Teace. was keen with logic
and bright with sarcasm. Fully 5000
delegates and non - affiliated citizens
gathered from the states of Oregon '
Reported Washington and Idaho, cheered him to
tne echo again and again. .
In mid-afternon the congress adopt -
sup- ed by acclaim the platform nresented
by the tri-state committee, which re
solves that a treaty of peace, of whicli
the formation of such a league and
covenant is an essential part, shall be
ratified by the senate of the United
States, and that the United States shall
take its proper place among the great
powers subscribing thereto, not onlv for
the good of the nation, hut fnF tv,.
YESTERDAY FROM SERVICE IN FRANCE.
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JIf.t .t- --"rtivs. f !! h' lull W IV iH.'. l 1 I
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.r: ..j y s- .u Iff glf J 'Pi
as an expression from the states repre
sented in the northwestrn congress.
with a throaty little chuckle that
utterly captivated his audience, Amer
ica's ex-president and noted exponent
of the enforcement of peace scored
those senators who oppose the ratifica
tion of the league of nations covenant,
paying particular heed to Senators
Borah and Poindexter. When he
laughed in this wise the congress col
lectively laughed with him. adding a
round of applause for good measure.
Mr. Taft referred to the covenant, as
did other notable speakers, as a means
for the clinching of all that the world
war for freedom has gained, declaring
that he believed the American people
will stand by President "Wilson and the
League to Enforce Peace in their com
mon concept of sanity in international
relationships and the abolishment of
war and secret diplomacy.
Covenant Deemed Good.
In general, he testified, the covenant
fulfills the hopes of the American lead
ers in the movement, carrying with it
a decisive force that will outlaw any
nation which brooks its conclusions. As
for Germany, he pointed to the "char
acter" clause and declared that the
nation which provoked the world war
will not "be let through the bars until
she brings forth works meet for repentance."
"Mark my words," he exclaimed,
'these objections that we hear today
from Senator Borah and Senator Poin
dexter and others are useful only for
arguments against the league. If the
league is adopted you'll never hear of
them again. Is the senate of the United
States to take upon its shoulders tiic
responsibility of defeating the greatest
movement for the abolition of war?"
There were a thousand cries in
answer: "No:
Speakers at the morning session were
Mr. Taft and Edward A. -Filene, the
latter a director of the chamber of
commerce, U. S. A. Speakers at the
afternoon session were Henry Van
Dyke, formerly minister to The Nether
lands: Henry Morgenthau, formerly am
bassador to Turkey; Dr. George Graf
ton Wilson, professor of international
law. Harvard university; Mrs. Philip
North Moore, president of the American
Council of Women, and ,W. J. Kerr,
president of Orego:-. Agricultural college.
9aa Francisco Next Stop.
Mr. Taft spoke a sain at the even
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FEATURES OP THE OREGOX
. LEGISLATURE YESTERDAY.
Senate.
Multnomah 'commissioners pre
pare senate bill to give them au-.
thority to build new bridge across
river at Portland.
BUI to place heavy license tax
on oleomargarine passes in sen
ate. ,
Bill to give Multnomah county
district Judges J3000 annually re
ceives approval.
Houne.
Passes Handley house bill pre
paring for establishment of $5000
soldiers' memorial in each county.
Passes Rogue river fish bill.
Passes McFarland boxing bill.
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