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at Portland (Onion)
P'tof'tro urn F"-ri-rTM MIjfr.
PORTLAND. OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1919.
' PRICE FIVE CENTS.
FUNERALS IN VIENNA
UNCLE SAM PLANNING
FOR BIG SALE SOON
B1LLYSUNDAYWILL
AUTO BRAKES FAIL;
OLD FIGHTING GRAFT
PREVENT OUTBREAKS
LITTLE GIRL KILLED
110 CITY IN L
HAS 31 IB
SOLDIERS' . DEMANDS FOB 300
BARGAINS IS SHIPYARDS TO BE
RUTH ALICE LESOX, AGED SLY,
EACH ARE REFCSED.
OFFERED SHORTLY.
VICTIM OF ACCIDENT.
LEAGUE
OLOWETZ SPURNS
BOLSHEVIK! RULE
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City Is Situate 1 Miles
ANCHOnSINEIARBOR
Thirteen Other States
Invited to Join,
re
1 NEW POWERS INCLUDED
Czech o-S!ovakia and Poland
Among Those Associated
... by League Covenant.
MEXICO IS NOT MENTIONED
Provision. However, Made for
Admission of Countries
Able to Give Guarantees.
WASHINGTON. April 27. The re
vised covenant of the league of na
lions, as it will be presented at Paris
tomorrow to the peace conference in
plenary session was made public to
right by the state department. Its
essential features already had been
disclosed through an official summary
Issued two weeks ago.
Attached to the text, however, is the
titherto unpublished "annex" referred
to in the covenant, in which are named
the 31 states, including the self-governing
British dominions, which are
to be the original members of the
league of nations, and 13 states to be
invited to accede to the covenant.
The original members are all the
nations which declared war on Ger
many, and in addition the new states
f Czecho-SIovakia and Poland.
Many Nations Invited.
Those invited to become members
by acceding to the . covenant . are
the three Scandinavian countries, The
Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain and
Persia and the American republics of
Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay,
Salvador and Venezuela. Mexico does
rot appear in the list. Provision is
made in the covenant, however, for
the admission to the league of any
fully self - governing country which
will give required guarantees, upon a
two-thirds vote of the assembly-
As in the original document, the
covenant provides that the league
t-hall act through an assembly, in
which each state shall have one vote
and not more than three delegates,
and a council, comprising for the pres
ent one representative of each of the
five great powers and each of four
other powers to be selected from time
to time by the assembly. Members of
each class represented on the council
may be increased by unanimous con
f tent of the council and a majority of
the assembly.
Monroe-Doctrine Saved.
The text provides that nothing in
the covenant shall be deemed "to af-
cct the validity of international en
gagements such as treaties of arbi
tration or regional understandings
like the Monroe doctrine for securing
the maintenance cf peace." This was
the amendment for which President
"Wilson made a successful fight at the
t-ame time the Japanese delegation to
the peace conference sought vainly to
have a race equality provision inserted
in the covenant.
Changes suggested in criticisms in
the United States senate add pro
visions for the withdrawal of a mem
ber after two years notice and fulfill
ment of league obligations; exempt
domestic questions from the league's
jurisdiction; provide-that mandatories
over German colonies or former Otto
man dominions 6hall be given only to
rations willing to accept them; leave
it to member states to' decide what
armed force, if any, they will con
tribute to the force required by the
league to enforce its mandates, and
make it clear that member states in
Oidually will pass upon proposed
limitations upon their armaments.
New Draft Comprehensive.
With modifications, the new draft
Includes all the provisions for the sub
mission to the council of international
disputes, for inviting no member na
tions to accept the obligations of mem
bers for the purpose of adjusting dis
putes and for breaking economic re
lations or the use of armed force in
dealing with a state which has broken
the covenant.
Except in certain specified instances,
unanimous agreement is required for
all decisions.
PARIS. April 17. (Br the Associated
Press.) The revised covenant of the
l.irue of nation goes before a plenary
fag. 1. Columa i
Increased Factory Production Held
Solution or German-Austria
Labor Problems.
VIENNA. April 23. (By the Asso
ciated Press.. Possible disorders aris
ing" from a refusal to grant the de
mands of former soldiers for S300 cash
each were prevented today by the imposing-
funeral procession throughout
the city of five policemen killed a
week ago. Four thousand volkswehr
soldiers participated In the parade.
The spectacle silenced the orators.
The government has declared It would
become bankrupt If compelled to pay
out the huge sum involved, pointing out
that owing to labor demands the fac-
tories which started operations lately
would be compelled to close and that
the banks were paying out 60.000,000
crowns extra in salaries.
Tet the only remedy possible to save
German-Austria is increased factory
production, the government asserts, as
paper money la losing its value, the
dollar now being worth six times as
much here as before the war.
MEXICANS HOLD U. S. BOAT
Crew Charged With Smuggling Arms
to Rebel Forces.
GALVESTON", Tex.. April 27. The
fishing schooner Cape Horn of the
Gulf Fisheries. Inc. fleet has been
captured by a Mexican gunboat and is
being held, her crew being charged
with smuggling arms to the Mexican
rebels, according to information reach
ing local customs officials.
The Cape Horn left Galveston April
10. She was somewhere off Campeche
banks when captured, according to
W. J. Chapman, receiver for the Gulf
Fisheries. Mr. Chapman said the boat
took nothing from this port except Ice
and provisions.
FRUIT MERGER UNDER WAY
Orchards Valued at $100,000,000
Involved In Deal.
WENATCHEE. Wash.. April 27.
Hundreds cf acres of Wenatchee valley
apple orchards will be included in the
largest American merger of fruit in
terests ever formed, trie American
Fruit Growers. Inc. according to local
representatives of the new corporation.
The corporation, formed under Dela
ware laws, it Is said, plans to take
oter and operate apple and citrus
orchards . - an estimated value of
1100.000.000 In Pennsylvania. New York.
West Virginia, Florida. California and
Washington.
$3000 IN PRIZES POSTED
Many Flyers to Compete hi Pan
American Events Next Month.
NEW TORK. April 27. Prizes total
ing $1000 have been offered by the
New York Herald for competition in
connection with the second pan-Amcr
rah aeronautic convention at Atlantic
City next month, it was announced
last night. One purse of t!000 is of
fered to the aviator making the long
est cross-country flight.
Eight prizes of 12G0 each are of
fered for the best record made during
the meeting from 100-horsepowc! to
1000-horsepower engines.
MEXICO RECALLS MISSION
EnTOjs Reported Not Recognized by
Italian Government.
BUENOS AIRES. April 27. The Ar
gentine foreign office learns that the
Mexican government Is recalling Its
diplomatic mission to Italy because it
has not been recognized by the Ital
ian government.
A recent dispatch from Mexico City
said that Mexico had recalled Alberto
Panl as ambassador to France. It was
said Pan! had not been recognized by
the French government.
CAMOUFLAGE MAY BE KEPT
Art to Be TTsed to Prevent Collisions
or Ships at Sea.
WASHINGTON, April 27. Ship cam
ouflage. an art developed during the
great war. may be retained permanent
ly as a means of reducing the dangers
of collisions between vessels.
In war the camoufleurs sought a de
sign that would puzzle German subma
rine commanders, but now they must
seek the opposite extreme, a uniform
design which will emphasize and ac
centuate the true course of the ship.
CHARLES INP00R HEALTH
Ex-Emperor of Austria to Be Fol
lowed by More Archdukes.
GENEVA. April 2S. (By the Asso
elated Press.) Former Emperor
Charles of Austria arrived yesterday at
Montreau, where the former grand
duchess of Luxemburg is staying. The
former monarch, whose health con
tinues to give anxiety to his family,
will remain for a short period.
More Austrian archdukea are expect
ed to arrive in Switzerland next week.
TREATY MAY BE IN FRENCH
Academy Makes Appeal as to Lan
guage of Official Text.
PARIS. April 27. (French Wireless
Service.) An appea. has been made
by the French academy that the of
ficial text of the peace treatie to be
Negotiated and the covenants to bj
signed shall be drafted It. the French
language. '
Northeast of P jgrad.
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REVOLT SPRE? NORTHWARD
v.
Allied Forces Advancing Along
Murmansk Railway.
LAKE ONEGA IS NEARED
Only One Hundred Miles Separates
Troops of Freedom From City
That Repudiates Terrorism.
STOCKHOLM. April 27 (Havas.)
The Inhabitants of Olonetz, 110 miles
northeast of Petrograd in the govern
ment of Olonetz, have revolted against
the bolshevik I. The revolt Is spread
ing northward.
The allied forces advancing south
ward along the Murmansk railway
were last reported approaching the
northern shore of Lake Onega. Olonetz
is situated between Lake Onega and
Lake Ladoga. The allied force is about
100 miles to the north.
HUN PROFESSOR SEES CRISIS
Rejection of Dictated Peace Held
to Be Only Solution.
(Coprrlsht by the New York World. Pub
lished by Arrangement.)
BERLIN, April 25, via Copenhagen,
April 26. (Special Cable.) "This is
the pivotal point in the struggle of
ideas incarnate in Wilson and Lenine,"
according to Professor Otto Hoetzsh,
who sees a crisis in the world's his
tory coming at Versailles In the next
few days. "Lenine and Wilson today
are fighting. 'Wilson as the repre
sentative of a. capitalistic democracy
with 19th century ideas; Lenine as the
standard bearer of a distorted social
ism; Wilson as the apostle of a new
league of states which, nevertheless
under new principles, recognizes the
existence - of -states: Lenine as the
champion of a real league of peoples
which negatives the Idea of a state."
"If bolsheviam floods Europe It will
overwhelm England as well," Pro
fessor Hoetxsch continues. "England
niust see that bolshevism cannot be
suppressed by force and is conquerable
only by creative work, by the recon
struction of all nations; It lies largely
in England's hands whether Germany
must first pass through the last phases
of revolution."
Professor Hoetzsch sees Germany's
world mission in the struggle between
(Concluded on Page 4. Column 1.)
LEAGUE OF NATIONS COVENANT REVISED TO
MEET WORLD CRITICISMS IS MADE PUBLIC.
State Department Issues Test of Amended and Amplified Document as It
of Peace Conference Today.
TTT ASHINGTON. April 27. The
YV state department made public
tonight tne text 01 tne revisea
covenant of the league of nations, as
it. will be presented tomorrow to the
plenary session of the peace conference
at Paris. The text follows, with pa
renthetical insertions showing changes
made in the covenant as . originally
drafted and made public:
The covenant of the league of na
tions :
In order to promote international
co-operation and to achieve interna
tional peace and security, by the ac
ceptance of obligations not to resort
to war; by the prescription of open,
just and honorable relations between
nations, by the firm establishment of
the understandings of., international
law as to actual rule of conduct
among governments, and by the main
tenance of justice aid a scrupulous
respect for all treaty obligations in
the dealings of organized peoples with
one another, the high contracting par
ties agree to this covenant of the
league of nations.
(In the original preamble the last
sentence read: "Adopt this constitu
tion," instead of "agree to this cov
enant.") Membership Provisions Named. .
Article 1. The original members of
the league of nations shall be those of
the signatories which are named in
the annex to this covenant and also
such of those other states named in
the annex as shall accede without res
ervation to this covenant. Such acces
sions shall be effected by a declaration
deposited with the secretariat within
two months of he coming into force
of the covenant. Notice thereof shall
be sent to all other members of the
league.
Any fully self-governing state, do
minion, or colony not named in the
annex, may become a member of the
league if its admission is agreed to by
two-thirds of the assembly, provided
Arrangements for Closing Out Event
Involving Millions of Dollars
Already Under Way.
WASHINGTON. April 27. Important
stes toward disposing of the tremen
dous shipping interests built up by the
government during the war were taken
today in the creation by Director-Gen
eral Pies of a new section of the emer
gency fleet corporation designed to su
pervise the disposal of millions of dol
lars worth of Investments to private
concerns.
The new section will be known as
the plant-disposal section, with B.' E.
GranA engineer of the shipyard plants
divisions. In charge. Sale of the cor
poratlon's Interests In wood yards, con
crete yards, steel yards and fabricating
plants will he effected under Mr.
Grant's direction, with a view to put
ting the immense shipbuilding plants
into private hands. i
Termination of the war brought
about cancellation of contracts with
wood yards, and these will be the first
interests to be placed on the market by
:ie new section. In some Instances the
wood yards will be turned over to pri
vate owners who plan to manufacture
wooden barges and tugboats. Other
wood yards will be converted to Indus
trial uses or utilized as repair yards.
Some of them, per japs, will be
"scrapped."
SELF-DEFENSE PLEA WINS
Washington Man Admits Shooting
Xelghbor He Feared.
KELSO, Wash.. April 27. (Special.)
After being out an hour last night
the Jury in the case of Martin Swift,
on trial on a a charge of. murdering
John Gilmore last December, returned
a verdict of not gu.ilty.
Gilmore was shot December 13 as he
was splitting shakes near his home at
Sightly, near Castle Rock. Swift, a
neighbor, denied doing the shooting
when he was arrested, the day Gll
more's body was found, but later
pleaded guilty and set up a plea of
self-defense. The case lasted a week.
AVIATOR FALLS TO DEATH
Lieutenant Allington Jolly Killed at
Lufberry Field, S. Y. .
FREEPORT, N. Y., April 27. Lieu
tenant Allington Jolly of Chicago was
killed today when a privately owned
airplane he was testing- fell 150 feet
near the Lufberry aviation field here.
Both his legs were broken and his
skull fractured.
ALLIANCE PROJECT BEGUN
Wilson to Place Francos-American
Proposal Before Senate.
PARIS, April 27. (Havas.) A proj
ect for an alliance between France and
America actually is under way, the
Echo de Paris says.
President Wilson, the newspaper adds.
is withholding action until he can place
the matter before the American senate.
that it shall give effective guarantees
of its sincere intention to observe its
international obligations and shall ac
cept such regulations as may be pre
scribed by the Jeague in regard to its
military and naval forces and arma
ments.
Any member of the league may,
after two years' notice of its inten
tion so to do, withdraw from the
league, provided that all its interna
tional obligations and all its obliga
tions under this covenant shall have
been fulfilled at the time of its with
drawal, ,01d Article Amplified.
(This article is new, embodying with
alterations and additions the old ar
ticle seven. It provides more spe
cifically the method of admitting new
members and adds the entirely new
paragraph providing for withdrawal
from the league, -so mention of with
drawal was made in the original
document.)
Article 2. The action of the league
under this covenant shall be effective
through the instrumentality of an as
sembly, and of a council, with perma
nent secretariat.
(Originally this was a part of Ar
ticle 1. It gives the name assembly
to the gathering of representatives of
the members of the league, formerly
referred to merely as "the. body of
delegates.")
Article 3. The assembly shall con
sist of representatives of the members
of the league.
Sphere of Action Large.
The assembly shall meet at stated
intervals and from time to time as
occasion may require, at the seat of
the league, or at such other place as
may be decided upon.
The assembly may deal at its meet
ings with any matter within the sphere
of action of the league or affecting
the peace of the world.
At meetings, of the assembly, each
member of the league shall have one
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Exhorteoand Patriot An
swers Call.
MEETING TO BE IN AUDITORIUM
Heavy Guns of Satire and Ap
peal Loaded for Laggards.
PORTLAND 7 MILLION SHORT
Outside Counties, Unofficially Re
ported Over Top, Are Offering to
Send Workers to Finish Job.
BY BEN HUB LAMPMAN.
For the glory of Oregon and the
speedy finish of the Portland quota in
particular, the Rev. Billy Sunday, ex
horter extraordinary and premier pa
triot, has been called to the rescue by
the city campaign committee and will
deliver his own inimitable victory loan
message tonight.
At 8:30. when thousands of Billy
Sunday's fans and admirers have as
sembled in the auditorium, the cele
brated evangelist will o?en with heavy
guns of satire and appeal, according
to Henry E. ReeM. director or tne
speakers' bureau, who has closed tne
engagement. Most notable of victory
loan speakers to visit Portland during
the present campaign, Billy is to ar
rive this afternoon via auto from his
Hood River ranch, doubtless convoyed
by "Ma" Sunday herself.
Portland Lacks Nearly S7,OOO,0O0.
Some of the Sundayisms that have
scorched and flayed .other errors' and
backslldlngs are held to be needed In
Portland, in the opinion of the cam
paign committee and the showing of
the figures of progress thus far. This
morning, at the opening of the second
week sf the drive, Portland lacks $6,-
925,225. of her 114,786,325 quota, -with
many of the larger subscriptions al
ready included.
In the outer-state counties, which are
declared unofficially to be over the top,
John L. Etheridge, state director of or
ganization, has an apparent deficit of
18,730 before the ill, 961,225 quota is
finished, with nine backward counties
yet to complete their reports By the
compilation of city and outer-state def
icits it is seen that Oregon has 17,
643,955 to raise before the entire quota
of 326,747,550 is passed and the honor
flag raised.
Job Will Be to Raise Millstone.
And that is why Billy Sunday comes
today for Portland is the millstone
that threatens to drag all Oregon down
to the black waters of defeat. He is to
4 Concluded on Page 10. Column
Is to Be Presented at Plenary Session
vote, and may have not more than
three representatives.
(This embodies parts of the original
Articles 1, 2 and 3, with only minor
changes. It refers to "members of
the league" where the term "high con
tracting parties" originally was used,
and this change is followed 'through
out the revised draft.)
Article 4. The council shall consist
of representatives of the United States
of America, of ,the British empire, of
France, of Italy and of Japan, to
gether with representatives of four
other members of the league. These
four members of the league shall be
selected by the assembly from time
to time in its discretion. Until the ap
pointment of the representatives of
the four members of the league first
selected by the' assembly, representa
tives of (blank) shall be members of
the council. '
Enlargement Provided For.
With the approval of the majority
of the assembly, the council may name
additional members of the league
whose representatives shall always be
members of the council; the council
with like approval may increase the
number of members of the league to
be selected by the assembly for repre
sentation on the council.
The council shall meet from time to
time as occasion may require and at
least once a year, at the seat of the
league, or at such other place as may
be decided upon.
The council may deal at its meet
ing's with any matter within - the
sphere of action of the league or af
fecting the peace of the world.,
Any member of the league not
represented on the council shall be
invited to send a representative to
sit as a member at any meeting of
the council during the consideration
of matters specially affecting the
interests of that member of the,
league.
At meetings of the Council, each I
(Concluded ou Fa. 2, Column 2.).
Old Machine Driven by D. H. Beck,
Bank Clerk, Fails to Make Suf
ficiently Quick Stop.
An automobile driven by D. H. Beck,
clerk in the United States National
bank, ran down and fatally Injured
Ruth Alice Lenon, 6-year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lenon, 1242
East Harrison street, at East Forty
eighth and Belmont streets yesterday.
The little girl died at the Portland
Sanitarium, where she was taken fol
lowing the accident. Patrolman Schad
arrested Mr. Beck on a charge of driv
ing an automobile with defective brakes
and released him on his own recog
nizance. Mr. Lenon, the child's father. Is a
T. M. C. A. worker serving with the
army in France. He is a Portland at
torney.
The child was with her mother and
stepped off the curb to board a Sun-
nyside car. Mr. Beck, driving east to
ward Portland Sanitarium, where he
was to visit his sick mother, ap
proached the streetcar at a slow rate
of speed. He says he spunded his horn
as the mother and child stepped off
the curb, and shouted at them, but that
they did not turn around.
The machine knocked the child down
and a front wheel ran over per head.
Police took Mr. Beck to headquarters.
On the way down he demonstrated his
brakes, and the police say they did not
grip tightly enough to make a quick
stop.
Mr. Beck explained that he had been
discharged from the navy a. month ago
and had purchased the car second-hand
two weeks ago. He says he has been
working on it whenever he had time
but had not yet repaired the brakes.
Police held the car as evidence.
Mr. Beck, who Is 24 years old, lives
with his mother at 528 Belmont street
FLIERS ENTERTAIN BUTTE
Air Circus Stunts Are Witnessed by
Crowd of 35,000.
BUTTE, Mont., April 27. All phases
of flying were demonstrated to a crowd
of 35,000 spectators at the exhibition
given by the United States flying cir
cus in Butte this afternoon. Aviators
in seven airplanes thrilled the crowd
for an hour with stunt flying, forma
tion work and sham combats During
a forced landing with The wind a tire
was blown out on the Spad.
The exhibition opened the Butte
three-day loan campaign to raise 3.
000,000.
8000 TROOPS ARE LANDED
Battleship and Two Transports
Bring Soldiers From France.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., April 27.
Eight thousand troops from France, in
cluding men of the Rainbow division
from Missouri, of the 35th"1 division
from Missouri and Kansas, and of the
87th division from Arkansas, Louisiana
and Mississippi, reached this port to
day on board the battleship South Caro
lina and the transports Antigone and
Princess Matoika, and began to debark
in preparation for the last stage of
their trip home.
SAMUEL GOMPERS INJURED
Labor Leader Sustains Broken Ribs
in Auto Accident.
NEW YORK. April 27. Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, today was hurled
from an automobile when the machine
collided with a street car. He was
taken to his home here suffering from
contusions and fractured ribs.
The veteran labor leader, who Is 69
years old, has been busy virtually every
minute since his return from the peace
conference. Today he sought relaxa
tion in a motor ride. The accident oc
curred at Broadway and Forty-first
street.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
Tha Weather.
TESTERDAT'S Maximum temperature.
64
degrees; minimum, 50 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; moderate westerly winds.
Foreign.
Revolt against red rule in Russia spread-
ins. Page 1.
Funerals In - Vienna prevent disorders.
Page 1.
German peace delegates leave - Berlin In
three special trains. Page
Dyment tells how 91st division pushed Ger
mans into Cierges wood. Page 5. '
National.
Big closing-out sale by Uncle Sam coming
soon, page i.
Nurses who served during war demand com
mission. Page 2.
Thirty-one states named as charter members
, of league of nauons. Page 1.
Revised league of nations covenant made
public. Page 1.
Postmaster Burleson replies to Gompers'
charges, rage 4. i
Burleson recognized at capital as trouble
maker. Page 4.
Sports.
Pacific Coast league results: Portland 7,
Vernon 1; Salt Lake 7-2. Los Angeles
2-3 (afternoon game 13 Innings); Seattle
' 1, Oakland 0: San Francisco 3-4, Sacra
mento 2-7. Page 12.
High-school baseball games this week at
tract attention. Page 12.
Yankees stag final ring battles overseas.
. Page lit.
Portland and Vicinity. -
Billy Sunday coming tonight to help Port
land put over victory loan. Page 1.
Auto brakes fall and little girl is killed.
Page 1.
Battleship Oregon anchors in harbor.
Page L
Old battler makes history for nation. Page 6.
Rector emeritus of St. Mark's Episcopal
church dead. Page 9.
Children's week officially designated by
Portland churches. Page 7.
Eastern publicity benefit to Oregon. Page 5.
Victory bond purchase Is blow at high cost
lltln. Pace 14.
Twoyps of men loom for president
Weather report, data and forecast Page 14.
Battleship Oregon Arrives
to Boost Victory Loan.
WELCOME GIVEN OLD BATTIER
Ship Open to Inspection, 10
A. M. to 5 P. M. Today.
PARADE IS BIG FEATURE
Thousands on Bridges and Wharves
as Great Gray Hull Proudly
Passes TTp Klver.
V. S. S. OREGON DAY.
Anchorage 800 yards north of
Broadway bridge, near municipal
wharf No. 1, west bank of Willam
ette. Visiting hours 10 A. M. 5
P. M. today only.
Transportation Launches at
regular intervals from municipal
landing, foot of Stark street, and
Merrill's boathouse, foot of Mor
rison. Fare 15 cents each way.
9:30 A. M. Officers of U. S. S.
Oregon tour Columbia river high
way. 11 A. M. Parade of 600 sailors
and soldiers.
11:45 A. M. Feature drill by
sailors. Sixth street, between
Washington and Morrison.
12 M Speaking at victory hut.
12 M. Luncheon for officers of
Oregon at Chanticleer Inn.
1:30 P. M. Seamen leave vic
tory hut for tour of highway.
7 P. M. Formal reception and
dinner to officers of visiting ship
at Benson hotel.
S P. M. Boxing matches and
battle royal in front of liberty
temple.
The great, gray bull,-which plowed
14,600 miles through friendly and enemy
seas in a record-breaking dash around
the Horn to participate In the whip
ping of Admiral Cervera's fleet in 1898,
steamed placidly up the Willamette
yesterday, escorted by the steamer Lur
line, bearing a reception committee of
Oregon notables, and a mosquito fleet
of small, high-powered pleasure craft
which darted alongside and across its .
path like waterbugs.
We brought Oregon in at the fin
ish in '98. It's up to you in 1919,"
was the victory liberty loan message
of the famous old fichter. as it dropped
anchor below the Broadway bridge at
10:58 A. M.
As dusk fell last eight and arc lights
began to sparkle over city streets there
was an unheralded blaze of light In the
harbor as the U. S. S. Oregon threw off
for the first time in two years the re
strictions of war rules and appeared
outlined in incandescents. The reflec
tions thrown back by river and sky
combined to make the sight one which
attracted thousands to the docks and
bridges. Those nearest the ship were
favored with music by the ship's band.
Welcome Given Old Battler.
Whistles blew a shrill welcome to
the old ship as she entered Portland
"harbor, echoed by the enthusiasm of
thousands of people lining the Broad
way bridge and nearby wharves. The
Oregon was back home, but not to stay.
There was a keen disappointment in
store for those who hoped to entertain
the officers and men of the battleship
today and tomorrow, at least, if not
for a longer period, in the announce
ment of Captain William T. Tarrant,
commanding, that navy department o
ders were to sail at dawn Tuesday for
San Francisco.
Telegrams of protest against the
brevity of the Oregon's visit to the
state for which she was named were
sent last night to the Oregon delega
tion at Washington and the secretary
of the navy by Senator Mulkey, chair
man of the reception committee, and
Mayor Baker. They asked for at least
one more day's visit.
Ship Open to Inspection.
A parade by the seamen through the
principal streets of the city at 11 o'olock
this morning, with a feature drill on
Sixth street between Washington and
Morrison, is planned for today. Thirty
officers of the ship who did not go on
the highway yesterday will be taken
for the Columbia river drive today.
Automobiles to carry the sailors will
leave the Liberty Temple at 1:30 lot
the highway trip.
Tonight at 7 o'clock there will hs
held a formal dinner at the Benson ho
tel in honor of the ship's officers.
The ship will be open to Inclination
from 10 o'clock to 5 o'clock today,
launches plying from the foot of Stark
and Morrison streets.
Everyone is welcome on board th
ship during visiting hours, all restric
tions as to allowing only those wear
ing victory loan buttons having been
removed because of the belief tlrat ft
would prevent some persons keenly de
sirous of seeing the ship from satisfy
ing that desire because financially un
able to invest in government bonds at
this time.
Several thousand persons desirous of
visiting the noted fighting ship taxed
the capacity of launches plying be-iCoQcludcd-iia
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