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VOL. I.VIIl. NO. 18.22.. Knter4 l Portland (O r e n) SV-.l-Hiiw Mattrr. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1919. PRICE FIVE CENTS. IS RAIL AND PHONE RATES PRE-WAR PLEDGES CANNON BALLS DUG OUT Tfl Dill ClNOTED FRENCH FLYER IU nULLl VFnRINFQ IQ KIIIFn DEMANDS' OF ITALY UP TO SUPREME COURT OF HARBOR BY DREDGE I luallll ILaW 1W 111 ill VERIEST OF FACTS T E OOVKRX.ME.NT-S AUTHORITY IX QUESTION' BY STATES. OLD CHIXQOK XOW BUSY NEAR AVIATOR PLUNGES TO DEATH FORT SIMPTER. WITH MECHANICIAN. MARVEL SAID NEAR i MILLION ARMY COURT PROBE GRAVEGR SIS Dreams as Old as Ances try Are Realized. EARTH-BORN TELLS OF FLIGHT 'Supercargo" on Curtiss Gets ' No End of Thrills. WONDERFUL STUNTS DONE llartli Rig Things Shrink as .Mod Mer riane Rises and Plays in Unstable Element. BT BE.N HCR LAMPMAN. They equated there with that atti tude of alert apprehension that you may hare noticed hen grouse crouch . to rake wins. But these were hawks. wlde-wlnged and powerful, splashed with bright colors and bad Red with the mascot decorations that airmen pledge to the rod of luck. Wine, strut and engine they were the last word in the mechanisms by which the earth born have conquered the least stable of elements. On its flank one bore a bulldog like ness, whose grinning muzzle and fore quarters were painted to burst through the cockpit, while his Jovial tail and haunches amazed the curious on the re verse side. Another was decorated with the bead of an Indian chief In war bonnet, a third displayed a dancing imp with apear advanced. But a fourth tossed down to fate the symbol of a Rambler's chance, two dice, turned to the fortunate seven. Lvkr See la Picked. A blase yoont mechanician spun the propeller blade. "Contact:" snapped the pilot, helmetcd .and goggled, and the forefront of the plane became a blurnnc roar, which swept the crass back flat to earth. The big Curtiss tugged hard at ita leashes, eager to climb. It was evident that here waa a machine In the pink of mechanical per fection. Mentally, as much for the omen of the dire as for anything else, the prospective passenger ma.de a res ervation fur the lucky seven. The captain was very brisk and businesslike about it. He spread the government's waiver of all liability for mishap out on the smooth lower wing and indicated the dotted line. Usher ing mere civilians into cloudland waa an everyday routine of the flying cir cus. The passenger signed, one eye on the lucky seven, the tumbled dice f promise. Pilot Orlaa Cheerio My. They ehove your head deep Into a helmet- They caution you against stepping on the fragile fabric of the clean, taut wing. You climb into the narrow, burrow-like cockpit with the awkwardness of inexperience and con fusion. The pilot, back of his goggles, grins cheerfully at you. Contact: The blade whizzes to a drumming roar and the Curtiss teeters happily away down the long stretch of sod. It must be confessed that the super cargo of the lucky seven was strug gling w tth a refractory helmet enap, noting only in a mental aside the easy, playful leaps of the plane, when it oc curred to him that the novice should always look over the aide to catch his first glimpse of the ground "dropping away." Air Beateai to Froth. We were 69 feet in the air and climbing as surely as a rising falcon. Mock's bottom was dotted with up turned faces, dropping, dropping, drop ping down Into blurs that epeedily were dots on a green surface. Above the giant drone of the piopellor rose a new note, the hiss and whistle of air cleft so swiftly that it voiced a shrill protest. It was air beaten to a froth an agi tated substance that was almost visible to the eye. but upon which the plane rose and soared with no tremor save the alight vibration of the engine. A trail of moisture blew by with the speed of shot, some stray fringe of cloud that stung as It lashed at the cheeks. The wind tugxed at the helmet, thrust above the shield of the cockpit, and made sundry' endeavors to turn the eyelids back like your aunt does when she looks for a cinder. Las Still Drops Away. Mock's bottom .wn remote In dis tance now. by the minutes that you could count on a set of fingers. The Curtiss rode the wind above a city of toys, nicely quartered into shining squares of green, with doll houses snug gling close to earth. The river had become a belt of silver, no wider than a little girl's sash, whereon a very pompous steamboat ripped its way. no larger than a akiff. And there was a ekiff. indeed, an elliptical dot that swam like a waterbug. Men build houses and structures that fill them with pride. They talk about their architectural triumphs at civic club luncheona and chambers of com merce. Bat the hawk that swings above the city, wondering th while why men nest In a bunch, must feel his own free loftiness snd chuckle a bit. bird fashion, a sort of piratical hawk "Ho! ho! For th, Benson Polytechnic, which is a seemly structure of girth and beauty, is a brick dump laid in pattern when viewed from the half-mile height. How Big Thlacs kiiak. So one thrusts a cautious head over the cockpit and appraises the city. Set down by the river is an Industrial plant (Ceaciudeu oa rage 10. Column 3.) .May 5 Fixed for Hearing Arguments in Test Cases Decisions Expect ed Before Court Adjourns. WASHINGTON. April II. Steps look ing to early determination of the gov ernment's authority under the joint resolution of ' congress by which con-l trol of the railroads and telephone systems of the country waa taken over, to fix Intrastate rates, were taken to day by the supreme court in sgreeing to expedite consideration of test cases brought under the resolution. The court fixed May S for hearing argu ments, and final decisions before the court adjourns in June were considered probable. Three cases In all will be argued. One is an appeal from South Daaota supreme court decrees denying the au thority of the postmaster-general te Increase telephone toll rates. An ap peal from the North Dakota supreme court denies the director-general of railroads has power to increase freight and passenger rates In that state and enjoins the Northern Pacific railroad from carrying out the director-general's orders. The third case Is an ap peal from Massachusetts upholding the postmaster-general and dismissing proceedings instituted by the state to prevent the New England Telephone and Telegraph company from increas ing its rates. Petitions seeking to have the Massachusetts case reviewed were granted today by the court. Proceedings attacking the govern ment's power in these matters have been Instituted In about twenty-five states. TWO MORE BRIEFS FILED Despite Attorney-General's Opinion Flsht on Olcott Continues. SALEM. Or., April 21. (Special.) Two more briefs, both of them adve-se to the recent opinion of Attorney-General Brown, who held that Governor Olcott Is governor in fact and is en titled to serve out the full unexpired term of the late Governor Withycombe, were filed today with the supreme court as supplementary amicus curiae briefs in the test caso of Olcott against Hoff. The argument in the brief filed by Ralph E. Moody of Portland Is that Governor Olcott not only Is not entitled to the salary of governor, but likewise is prohibited from asserting two votes on the state board of control and other state boards. He avers that Mr. Olcott has simply assumed the duties of gov ernor and has not In any way ascended to that office. The other brief by W. H. Holmes of Portland raises the point that the only way a man can become governor is by a vote of the people. He asserts that Mr. Olcott can only assume the duties of that office during the'time he re mains as secretary of state. These were the last briefs to be filed with the court, the time having ex pired today. SHOOTING IS MYSTERIOUS I o-Ycar-Olil Boy at Baker Fired Upon From Ambui-h. BAKER, Or., April 31. (Special.) A shroud of mystery encircles the shooting from ambush at 7 o'clock this morning of David Thomas. 15-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Thomas, 1009 Orchard street. South Baker. Accom panied by Deputy Sheriff W. D. Pierce, Prosecuting Attorney W. S. Levens spent the day following any semblance of a clue as to the assailant and upon their return to the city this evening reported that they had found nothing on which to base suspicion and they are at a loss for even a reason as to why such an attack should be made. When shot young Thomas was Just returning from a nearby pasture where he had turned out his cow and many pieces of small shot entered his body from the hips up. His injuries are painful, but not serious. BANKS HAVE TO BE CURBED Zealous California Institutions Ab sorb Town's Bond Quota. SAN FRANCISCO, April II. The banks of Porterville. Tulare county, were ordered today to cut down their victory liberty loan subscriptions by the federal reserve bank here, because they had absorbed the ,311,900 quota of the town "and had taken away the Incentive for the people of the town to subscribe," liberty loan headquarters announced. ' Porterville had been announced as the first city of the federal reserve dis trict to absorb its full quota. AIR CELEBRATION PLANNED Xew York-Philadelphia Mail Serv ice Proves Success. WASHINGTON. April II. Plans for celebrating the first anniversary of the New York-Philadelphia air mail serv ice on May 11 contemplate the use on regular flights of the same six planes which inaugurated the service and which to date have survived more than 11 months of flying under all sorts of weather conditions. About eight million letters, or more than 100.000 pounds of mail, have been carried in this service. PLACE GOES TO VIRGINIAN Seaboard Airline Railway Man Resigns to Take Federal Job. PORTSMOUTH. Va., April II. Ervin Underwood, general solicitor of the Seaboard Air Line railway, has re signed and will become general solici tor of the United States railroad ad ministration at Washington. Victory Loan Solicitors Will Start Today. MUCH ENTHUSIASM ROUSEP . $ Cheers Mark Senti'me' at Mass Meeting o FORMER " LOAN .PASSED Big Financial Interests) of Portland Volunteer Subscriptions in Six Figures. . . Genuine liberty loan cheering, of the sort that signifies the spirit that meets the issue, rose" again " and again last night at the auditorium mass meeting and "rally, when several thousand citi zens joined with 1000 of the city sales force in opening the Portland drive. The cheers were, induced as sub-i scribers rose to announce large Invest ments in the fifth loan Investments that are fully equal, and In some In stances surpassing, those of the fourth oan. The total announced In this man ner "early in the session aggregated Jl. 585,000. Maay Subscriptions Large. The following large subscriptions were recorded in the total: Max Kouser, J100.000: Ladd Estate, $100,000; Meier & Frank, $100,000; Eastern 4 Western Lumber company. $100,000; F. S. Doern becker. $100,000; Fleischner Mayer, $100,000; Northwest Steel company, $500,000; Columbia River Shipbuilding company, $500,000; C. 6. Jackson, $50, 000. The Oregonlan Publishing com pany, $50,000; M. Seller & Co., $25,000; Mason & Erhman. $25,000: United' Arti sans. $50,000; Oregon Life Insurance company, $50,000; New England Mutual Insurance company, $40,000: George Lawrence. $10,000: Albers Bros.. $10,000. As the subscriptions were announced the vim that has marked every cam paign in Portland came rapidly to the surface, until the impromptu subscrip tions almost, swamped Willis K. CJark. executive secretary of the city drive, as he hustled to jot them down. With each announcement the big gathering went wild with enthusiasm. Proaramme Is Included. There was a' programme that accom panied the rally, but the dramatic ten dering of the subscriptions cast its ex cellence somewhat in the shade. Com munity singing, organ selections and brief addresses by the victory loan of ficials and the visiting aviators were features of the programme. City Chairman Olmstead spoke for a few moments on the importance of the task before the city forces and ex pressed his utmost confidence in the (Concluded on Page 8, Column 2.) Relics of Civil War and Ammunition Used in Spanish-American War Dug Up In Charleston Bay.-- Dredging cannon balls fired during the Civil war, which fell into the har bor at Charleston; S. C the first prob ably at the time of the attack on Fort Sumpter, and others during battles ith blockade runners, is part of the .work the government dredge Chinook is doing, says B.' W. Slocum, chief en gineer of the vessel, who has written relative to the 'big digger having un earthed the old. munitions. The Chinook 'was sent from Port land to Charleston early In the year, having sailed January 30. It was said at the time that the chief of engineers, corps of , engineers, U. S. A., rated the Chinook as the most desirable dredge owned by the government to undertake the task of removing sedi ment 'to make Charleston a modern harbor. There are two other large machines operating there, but it is ex pected the Chinook will not find her way back to the mouth of the Colum bia river, as the task is a long one and if another dredge is needed here movement will undoubtedly be started to have one constructed especially for the work. Mr. Slocum, who is a Portlander and has been in charge of the Chi nook's, engine room for the past two years, writes that some of the can non balls that were carried through the drags of the Chinook were taken from the gratings, above the big bins, and saved as souvenirs. Friends here are wondering if it has been estab lished whether one of them was the first fired In the Fort Sumpter attack, which engagement started the .war. Considerable ammunition of the kind used during the Spanish-American war, mostly In the form of cartridges for small arms, has been brought from the depths of the bay. Some shells were opened and the powder found to be in condition for use. FORESTRY JVJEN TO MEET Conservation Association Topics to Be Discussed Are Important. There will be many things of impor tance to be discussed at the meeting of the standardization committee of the Western Forestry and Conservation association to be held Thursday and Friday at the Multnomah hotel. The main topic of conversation is expected to be fire prevention work during the dry summer months. Foresters from the Pacific coast states and Idaho will be in attendance as well as representatives from lumber concerns. The meetings are open to the public and the session will start its discussion Thursday morning at 9:30 o'clock. AERIAL DEFJENSE PLANNED Australian Government Proposes to Establish Aviation Schools. MELBOURNE, Saturday, April 19. (Via Montreal.) The Australian gov ernment has completed a plan for aerial defense, and proposes to estab lish aviation schools with squadrons of airplanes, seaplanes and airships. The personnel will number400 men. War Department Controls Says Colonel Ansel!. WISH FOR TRUTH SGOUTE Justice Only Wanted, Asserts Bar Association Officer. TESTIMONY HARD TO GE Accuser of , Court-martial System Sajs Men in Army Fear to Talk for Fear of Punishment. WASHINGTON. April 21. Colonel Samuel T. Ansell, former acting Judge advocate-general and chief figure in the attack upon the army disciplinary system, today accused the committee of the American Bar association having placed itself under the domina' tion of the war department in its in vestigation of its military, justice and of shutting its eyes to the truth. Hi assertion was promptly challenged by Chairman Gregory, who said: "If you are for justice, this committee will strike hands with you." Colonel Ansell specifically attacked the right of Martin Conboy of New York to sit on the committee. The re iationship between Conboy and Major General Crowder, judge advocate-gen eral, had been such, Colonel Ansell as sertedras to "make him a staunch sup porter" of General Crowder. For that reason. Colonel Ansell said, Mr. Conboy should withdraw from the committee, Time Granted Colonel Ansell. Mr. Conboy was not present at the session, but Judge Gregory pointed out that he and the other members of the committee had known General Crowder and respected him highly, and added I do not think that would influence my mind. Colonel Ansell was assured by Judge Gregory that he might have all the time he wished to present his case or to call officers or others whose views he wished to be presented. Tomorrow Colonel Ansell will continue with bis argument. He did not pass today be yond the legislative history of the ar ticles of war, seeking to show that they never have been changed substan tially or brought into harmony with American ideas of right and justice. Colonel Ansell opened his hearing with a prepared statement which he declared his conscience required him to make before he could proceed. His attack 'upon the method and personne of the committee was contained in this document. Delay Is Regretted. Declaring that he was the leading opponent of the army court system and had been subjected to "military re strictions" in his efforts- to reform it, (Concluded on Pas 2, Column 3.) Famous Birdman Falls While Trying to Drive Huge Bomber From Villacoublay to Rome. PARIS, April 21. (By the Associated Press.) Jules ' Vedrlnes, a noted French aviator, was killed today when his machine fell in the department of Drome, as Vedrines was attempting to make a non-stop flight from Villacou blay to Rome. The machanlcian in the machine also was killed. PARIS, April 21. (Havas.) Jules Vedrines, French aviator, left Villa coublay at 6:30 o'clock this morning in an effort to fly to Rome over a route of about 700 miles. He started in clear weather and with a strong wind blowing from the north. Ve drines passed Sens at 6:50 o'clock and La Roche at 7 o'clock. . It was announced at Villacoublay this afternoon that Aviator Vedrines had fallen about 10:30 o'clock at a place called Les Fouillouses, near the town of St- Rambert-D'Albon, in the department of Drome, on the Rhone river south of Lyons. Vedrines and his mechanician were killed and the machine smashed to pieces. The airplane he used was built to bombard Berlin and weighed 5V4 tons. He had a strong wind at his back when he left Villacoublay at 8:30 A. M. ST. JOHN'S, K. F., April 21. The proposed over the ocean air flight was today again postponed by ' Captain Frederick P. Raynham, British aviator and Henry G. Hawker, his Australian rival, owing to adverse weather con- j ditions prevailing in mid-Atlantic. VETERAN TO BE PUNCHER French Lad Who Served Three Tears In War to Ride Harney Range. BEND, Or., April 21. (Special.) Equipped with a letter of introduction to Harney county stockmen and aided by a very slight knowledge of the Eng lish language, Pierre Forgeron, 17- year-old veteran of the world war, ar rived in Bend today on his way to Burns, where he has decided to try "cow punching" as a means of earning livelihood. Young Fcrgeron served three years in the French navy and still has seven years to go to finish out his enlistment, but he' secured a leave of absence to ride the range. BEAR TEARS BOY'S., ARM Caged Animal in Circus Parade Shot by Postoffice Messenger. SAN FRANCISCO, April 21. When a bear in a wild animal circus parade seized the arm of Ben Bridges, aged 9, and was tearing it from his body here today, John J. Gallagher, a postoffice messenger, sent a bullet through the animal's head. It was necessary to amputate the boy's hand at an emergency hospital. PTOMAINE FATAL TO THREE Spokane Residents Succumb to Eat- injr Canned Beets. SPOKANE. Wash., April 21. C. W. Button, the third victim of what is de clared by physicians to have been ptomaine poisoning from eating spoiled canned beets, died early today. His sqn, W. H. Button and Smith Hil- liard, the father of Mrs. W. H. Button. died last week after having eaten of the same beets. NDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 60 degrees: minimum, 4. degrees. TODAY'S Fair, light to heavy fro6t In early mornins: gentle, variable winds. Foreign. Italian demands delay agreement. Page 1. Bolshevik offensive in Crimea reported Blackening. Page Z. Communist rule in Lindau. Bavaria, over thrown. Page '1. Germans deem it unnecessary to send large peace delegation to Versailles. Page 3. Germans accept all allied conditions regard ing Versailles congress. Page A. Noted French flyer Vedrines falls to death. Page 1. History stranger than fiction made in Sa- lonlca. Pago 6. First real engagement of noted 91st is de scribed. Page 4. National. Supreme court sets Hay 5 for hearing argu ments on rail and phone rates, page l. Nation buy freely as loan drive opens. Page 9. Courtsmartial inquiry committee accused of bias. Page 1. Airplanes to fly during Rose Festival. Page 4. Domestic. Oregon men on board Santa Paula and Charleston reach ew York, page 4. Wheat consumers assured fair deal by Di rector Barnes. Pago i. Sports. New shortstop and outfielder to give Beavers needed strength. Page lb. Multnomah field is prepared for track meets. Page. 10. Commercial and Marine. Government does quick work, in disposing of potato holdings. Page JJ. Wall-street stocks strong and very active. Page 23. Four Oregon-built vessels Included In score. for which bids have been called. Page Portland and Vicinity. Supercargo on Curtiss plane gets- no end of thrills. Page 1. Cannon balls of civil war dredged up in Charleston harbor. Page 1. Eleven aviators frolic In air over Portland. Page . Governor Olcott must choose judge for new court of domestic relations. Page Id. Police scan past of R. J. Darling, victim of bullets. Page 11. Miss Victoria Liberty enjoys flight. Page v. Extremists of capital and labor assailed. Page 14. State and city rally to support of nation. Page 10. Citizens who soar in air greatly enjoy per fect day. Page 8. Crisis next winter among unemployed greatly feared. Page 15. Subscriptions to fourth loan heavy. Page 1. Weather rejort,, data and forecast. Face 83. Discord May Cause Wilson to Issue Statement. PARIS SITUATION IS TENSE President Insists That Latins Modify Adriatic Claims. FOE DELEGATES NUMBER 6 Germans Cannot Get to Versailles How Before April 28 Foreign Ministers Hold Session. PARIS, April 21. (By the Associat ed Press.) The question of the Italian claims was not disposed of at the meet ing of.J.he council of four this after noon. The council was unable to agree on the Adriatic questions and decided to proceed to other business. It was hoped the issue between the Italians and the J u go-Slavs on the subject of the Adriatic coast and Fiurae would be settled at the afternoon session at the "White House," but, contrary to ex pectation, neither Premier Orlando nor Foreign Minister Sonnino appeared. For this reason the question could not be taken up. Wilson at Afternoon Session, President Wilson attended the after noon session of the council of four and it had been expected that the Italian claims would be discussed. It was un derstood that unless an accord was reached it was the president's Intention to issue a public statement. The second mee'ting of the council was held at 4 o'clock. There was manifest tension in all quarters over the acuteness of the issue. Premier Orlando was preparing to take a train at 8 o'clock in the evening for Rome to lay the situation before parliament and only a few hours Temained to de termine whether he could carry the reply which Italy awaited with intenso anxiety. The president refrained -from attend ing the session of the council of fodr this morning and consulted with mem bers of the American delegation con cerning the advisability of issuing a public statement. At the morning ses sion of the council of four, which met in M. Clemenceau's office. Premiers Lloyd George and Orlando conferred with the French premier. V. S. Delegates Bark Wilaoa. The president's visit to American headquarters at noon lasted about an hour. It was made clear that the situation was serious and that the president's determination was irre vocably against any recognition of tho secret treaty of London, on which Italy largely bases her claim for the eastern Adriatic coast. The delegation gave its full support to the president's attitude. . Pending receipt of information as to the course of the Italian delegation in desiring to continue the negotiations. the council will taKe no further action on the subject. No statement regarding the Adriatic issue has appeared and it was said that none would be issued today. At the Italian headquatrers it waa said that Premier Orlando had not left for Rome and that he could not go until he could take with him a definite deci sion on the Italian claim. Tho coun cil of four will hear the Japanese dele gation tomorrow on the question of Kiao-Chau. . . , , Wilson Talks With Japanese. President Wilson had a long confer ence this morning with Baron Makino and Viscount Chinda of the Japanese peace delegation. A responsible French source an nounces that good progress has been made in the scheme for a defensive al liance between France, Great Britain and. the United States, under which these nations agree to take immediate ' military and naval action should Ger many break the peace treaty, so far as it' affects the proposed demilitarized zone east of the Rhine. The alliance treaty, It is stated, will be an open one and will apply only to the Rhine area. The German delegation to Versailles will comprise six high personages, at the head of which will be Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau, the foreign min ister. Foch Gets Information. Marshal Foch was so Informed late this evening, according to official an nouncement. The delegates cannot ar rive at Versailles before April 28. The announcement by Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau that his govern ment would send delegates without full powers to receive the peace terms and transmit them to the German govern ment, has contributed greatly, the newspapers say. toward an alliance be tween France. Great Britain and Amer ica. The French press insists that ne gotiations looking toward such an alli ance are still in progress. The council of foreign ministers to day approved the proposed provision of the peace treaty intended to forestall an;.' effort the Germans might make to re-establish a military machine by utilizing outside forces. The article prohibits the sending of German mili tary instructors to foreign countries. It was referred to the drafting com mittee. Slav-Han Pact Reported. It' was realized that however com plete might be the restrictions upon ICendaded. on Page 3, Column i-