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VOL. LVIII. NO. 18,256 Entered at Portland (Orefoii) Postoffice as Second-Class Matter. PORTLAND, OREGON, TIIURSDxYY, MAY 20, 1919. PRICE FIVE CENTS. T YARDS GET REPUBLICANS MOVE TO PROBE WAR BILLS RESOLUTION" PROVIDES FOR IN QUIRY COMMITTEE. OREGON BOYS WITH 20TH ENGINEERS LAND OAS ITALIAN UESTION LONE ROBBER LOOTS HAINES BANK VAULT CASHIER IS LOCKED IX AFTER $3500 IS SECURED. SI .557,1 WOM IS ORDERED MEN nURRIEDLY TRANSFERRED TO CAMP MERRITT. DR.MQRHOWWiNS GEATATCHIGAGD Democratic Committee Ig nores Newton McCoy. HIGHWAY PROMISE OF SHIPS Hurley Says Contracts Will Be Reinstated. BUILDERS DEMAND JUSTICE Shipping Board Chairman Ad mits Unfairness Done. HOG ISLAND CASE EXPOSED Government Official Confesses Work Is Continued Since Yard Is Left "On Hands' of TJ. S. OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. May 28. Pacific coast ship builders won a victory today when the shipping board agreed at the end of a hearing lasting; for nearly three hours to allocate ship contracts in such a way that there will be no immediate idle ness in western yards. The builders told the shipping- board that they had not been fairly treated and Chairman Hurley conceded that probably some individual injustices had resulted from the suspension of con tracts. Congressmen Are Present. Chairman Hurley, vice-president, and John A. Donald and R. B. Stevens of the shipping: hoard occupied seats at the hearing table, with J. L. Ackerson, man ager of the emergency fleet corpora tion, and John H. Rosseter, director of operations for the board. All of the senators from Oregon, Washington and California attended, besides Represen tatives McArthur and Hawley of Ore gon, Miller or Washington ana ioian. Lea and Elston of California. Harrison S. Robinson of San Fran cisco opened the case for the ship builders, asserting that unless there is a reinstatement of cancelled contracts there will be several idle or partly idle yards on the Pacific coast within the next two or three weeks. He further declared that unless contracts in large number are reinstated every steel snip- yard on the coast will be out of work by the end of December. He declared that it costs the shipping board $82 a ton to cancel the Pacific coast con tracts, although the board's own figures place this loss at only $30. He showed that the shipping board esti mates do not take into account all of the losses. Board's Defense Assailed. As Mr. Robinson proceeded Senators Chamberlain and Jones and Represen tatives McArthur and Nolan began to strike at the weak point in the ship ping board's defense of Pacific coast cancellations by inquiring about Hog island. In the course of his statement Mr. Robinson said 1,745,924 ons of steel vessels had been built by the 18 Pa cific coast yards between August 3, 1917, and May 13, 1919, or 55 per cent of the total production in the United states during that time. When it came to cancellations, he said, the board had left the yards with 750,000 tons of con tracts, cancelling 785,000, whereas on the Atlantic coast 2,250,000 'tons were being built. Pacific coast costs, he said, were $199 a ton, while at Hog island they had averaged $256 per ton on the first 17 ships. "We'll not know the cost at Hog island until 25 or 30 ships have been delivered," Chairman Hurley inter rupted him. "I think your costs are a little high." Chamberlain Asks Questions. Mr. Robinson rejoined that the gov eminent was furnishing the plant at Hog island and had to provide for other costs as well, which the Pacific coast builders were taking care of them selves. Senator Chamberlain of Oregon de manaed to Know wny the board was continuing to build at Hog island. Mr. Hurley responded that it was because the yard was on its hands. J. H. Rosseter, director of operations for the board, asked the builders to be ready to make lump sum bids for con tracts and said that so far the board had been unable to secure definite prices. In discussing proposals to substitute new types of ships for those now con templated for construction in Pacific coast yards, Mr. Rosseter said Ameri can builders had been offering to build ships for Great Britain and France for $142 a ton, whereas the price to the United States had been $199. Mr. Robinson concluded by declaring that all of the ship ways on the Fa cific coast would bo vacant by Febru ary, 1920, under the present govern ment arrangement, while the Hog Is land and other government and private yards on the Atlantic coast would be able to run to 1921. liDg Island Costs Great. It wat shown that the cost of build ing ships at Hog Island is approxi mately $56 a ton greater than in the Pacific coast yards. When Chairman Hurley undertook to ; defend continuing the work at Hog Island while cancelling tho lower- I riced contracts on the Pacific coast. c.n the ground that the steel in large quantity is fabricated and delivered at Hog Island, he brought quick -retorts lrom Senators Chamberlain and Repre sentative Nolan, who declared tha much of this material could be shipped to the Pacific coast to keep western shipyards going- and be manufactured (Concluded on Fags 1, Column I.) Party Leaders Intimate That Inves tigation May Go Beyond AVar Department. WASHINGTON. May 28. Republicans made their first move in congress to day toward beginning their proposed investigations of war expenditures. A resolution approved by party leaders was Introduced by Representative Gra ham of Illinois, calling for the ap pointment by Speaker Gillett of a spe cial committee of 15 members "to in vestigate fully all contracts and ex penditures made by the war depart ment or under its direction during the present war." Early action on the measure is planned by the republicans. Party leaders said the resolution merely contemplated enlargement of the standing house committee on war department expenditures, consisting of four republicans nd two democrats, and headed by Mr. Graham. Provision for the larger committee. Floor Leader Mondell said, will be made "because there are a number of branches in the department which it may be deemed wise to examine separately" through subcommittees. "The purpose of the Investigations, as i nail the committees that will un dertake work of that character." added Mr. Mondell, "is accurately stated in the legislative programme promulgated by the republican conference at the be ginning of this congress, as "such in vestigations as to inform the people of war expenditures and serve the pub lic interest.' " The resolution was referred to the rules committee, headed by Represent ative Campbell, Kansas, who said he anticipated that the resolution would be called to the attention of his com mittee next -week. Party leaders intimated the investi gations might assume a wider scone than inquiry merely into the war de partment. It was said that the com mittee might investigate expenditure of the $100,000,000 war fund given the president for discretionary disposal and also for an investigation of the war risk insurance bureau. HINES SEES PROSPERITY Director of Railroads Optimistic After Western Trip. WASHINGTON, May 28. Highly fa vorable conditions and an outlook for excellent business were reported today by Director-General Hines of -the rail road administration, after an exten sive trip throughout the west. He ex pressed a belief that the reconstruc tion process now under way would cre ate a big industrial revival, because of the arrested denyind for many products not produced during the war and the large buying power of the public, due to high wages and high prices for rec ord farm crops. Until the industrial situation is clar ified, officials of the railroad adminis tration do not expect to consider an increase in freight rates to compensate for the increasing deficit arising from reduced business after the armistice. CHICAGO SCHOOL HEAD OUT $18,000 Superintendent Removed as Result of Political Contest. CHICAGO, May 28. Chicago's recent ly appointed superintendent of schools, Charles E. Chadsey, whose salary was fixed at $18,000, was replaced today through actions of a newly appointed school board, by Peter A. Mortenson. A political, contest is back of the change. Mr. Chadsey, In over two months' incumbency, has never received any of his salary. Mr. Chadsey is well known among American educators. He formerly was superintendent of schools at Denver and later at Detroit. UNEMPLOYMENT IS LESS Demand for Farm Labor Grows; 2 2 7,425 Idle in Xcw York City. WASHINGTON, May 28. A growing demand for farm labor is decreasing the amount of unemployment over the country, the United States employment service reported tonight in presenting a summary for the week ended May 24, showing 227,425 persons classed as unemployed were reported in New York. City. In the middle west farming states and the south reported need of farm laborers, while on the Pacific coast Los Angeles and San Francisco report ed a surplus. PERUVIAN RIOTS PUT DOWN Order Restored in Lima and Callao; Agitators Foment Strike. WASHINGTON, May 28. Order has been restored completely in Lima and Callao, .where there was rioting yester day in which a number of persons were killed and many others wounded, the Peruvian legation was informed today in advices from Lima. The dispatches said the disorders re sulted from a strike "promoted by the action of agitators." WIRE RETURN IS UP TODAY Interstate Commerce Commission to Tackle Problem. WASHINGTON, May 28. Considera tion of legislation providing for the re turn of the telegraph and telephone systems to private ownership will be taken up tomorrow by the interstate commerce committee. Chairman Cummins said today that the committee planned to expedite the legislation. - - - SETTLED BY ALLIES Fiume Difficulty Said to Be Finally Adjusted. ADRIATIC PUZZLE IS W c Agreement Reached .r" it on Economic Arrangei.. .its. HUN PROPOSALS OUTLINED Germany Refuses to Accept Punish ments Fixed by Treaty-r-Counter Indemnity Is Demanded. PARIS, May 28. (By the Associated Press.) The question of Fiume and the southern territorial boundaries of Austria has been settled by the allied council, according to the best informa tion here this evening. An agreement also has been reached on the general Adriatic questions, ex cept regarding economic arrangements. Thus all territorial questions will be presented to the Austrlans Friday in the proposed terms. The matter of reparations will be considered later. Andre Tardieu of the French" delega tion has framed & formula covering the Italian question which is under stood to follow generally the lines of a compromise proposed by E. M. House considered last week. Berlin Reads Counter Proposals. Mr. House, Captain Tardieu and Pre mier Orlando were present at the coun cil meeting today. VERSAILLES. May 28. The German peace delegation here, it was learned today, will present a counter claim of 12.850,000,000 marks for damage from the allied blockade as an offset to the reparation demands of the allied powers. The counter claim is based largely on the alleged effects of the blockade upon the life and health of -the Tlvilian pop ulations. It is argued that, roundly, a million births were prevented as a direct result of the food blockade upon the vitality of the women. The same cause, it is contended, increased the deaths approximately 800,000. Lack of milk for young children, absence of rubber and cotton for hospital use and interruption of supplies of quinine, camphor and other medicaments were further factors in the losses, according to the German argument. Allies' Reply Prepared. Should the Germans open this field of inquiry the allies are prepared to reply effectively by reference to the far greater decrease of births and in crease of deaths in France, Belgium, Poland, Roumania and Serbia, as a di rect result of the German war meas ures. The allies possess the German offi cial figures showing that the milk pro duction in Germany during the war was never below 4 5 per cent of the normal production, which would be (Concluded on IJan 5, Column 1.) 1 ,,i Numerous Towns of State Repre sented by Regiment Which Served In Many 'Parts of France. BT PEGGT CURTIS. NEW YORK. May 28. (Special.) Some of the small Oregon towns not represented before among the return ing troops were in evidence today when the 20th engineers arrived early on the Santa Paula. There are Oregonians in almost every company and from almost every part of the state. The transport docked at 7 o'clock this morning and the rush of transfer from the boat to the piers and from the piers to ferry, and thence to Camp Merrit, was so hurried that these men of adventure had small time to recount their experiences. The men served in many parts of France. The regiment will be through the sanitation process by tomorrow. The following are Oregon men In the regi ment: Seventh company Sergeant James R. Lux, Sheridan; Carl Redmond, Casper Hanson, Earl Hanna, Portland; Oscar Mathews, Klamath Falls; Ceclal Mc Kenzie, Prineville; Alfred M. Town seth, Springfield; Paul Erdsaa, Klamath Falls; John Peltro, Quincy. Sixth battalion, headquarters detach ment William G. Williams, Portland. Sixteenth company William B. Cur tis, Marshfield; Claude Gaines, Athena; Henry Murphy, Wallowa; Hugh W. Bean. Prineville; Clyde A. Whitlock, Wapinita; Reuben F. Chindgren, Wall owa; Myron N. Hayes, Wallowa; Carl Nys, Grass Valley; Edvrard. G. Peter man, Bend; John R. Chapman, Eugene; Carl M. Bennett, Baker; Shannon E. Oliver, Phoenix; Shelby L. Davies, Port land; George Shafer, Bend; Clarence A. Mott, Rainier; Perry Carper, Promise; Lester L. Smith. Galice; Elvln O. Stephen, Springfield; Stephen M. Gur ney. Glide; Edgar W. Holllnger, North Powder; Warren L. Lison, Drew; Clar ence E. Johnson, Portland; ester K. Sanford, Cottage Grove; Ray O. Rennie, Thurston; tonard D. Wolford, Silver ton; Thomas II. Jerzyk, Rainier; Wal ter T. Larson, Warren; Fred Burch torf. Bend; Austin M. Lockman. Hood River; Arthur J. Ream, Eugene; Frank L. Clark. Portland. Seventeenth company Cecil G. Slack, Hillebrand; Charles Hendricks, Ash land; Arthur L. Bragg, Blodgett. Eighteenth company Hallle M. Haselton, Eugene; William J. Burrand, Marshfield; Archie J. Jeans. Mapleton; Peter H. Audestad, Mllwaukie; Max millian Jasman, Portland; Stephen Mead, Reed; Gilbert Simmons, Coburg; Cyrus Kimmel, Lebanon; James Hall garth, Elgin; Henry A. Norberg, As toria; Claude V. Francis, Pleasant Val ley; Edwin J. Burgeis, Noti; Clarence M. Wright, Willamiua; Earl R. Patti son, Portland; Albert F. Amen. Friend; Lee F. Jackson, Celilo; Guy W. Jame son, Portland: Abram I. Rose, Myrtle Point; Joseph Zeman, Harrlsburg; Floyd P. Fry, Springfield; Orln Zimmer man, Milwaukie; John L. Doane, Port land; Arthur D. Sargent, Portland: William C. Goaney, Heppner; Donald R. Franklin. Baker: Anton B. Chind gren. Mulino: . Louis C. Blien, Dufur; George IL Perkins, Drain. Sergeant Gaylord B. Abraham of Gaston was in St. Nazaire special casual company No. 690, which came in on the Edward Luckenbach, and went to Mer rit t. On the Prince Frederick Wilhelm were the following: Medical detachment, train 314; Ser geant Ray McMullin and Floyd D. Gif ford, both of Portland, and now at Camp Upton. Long Island, N. T. Colonel Robert W. Collins of Eugene was an arrival on this boat to take or ders here. Miss Elizabeth Alrich of (Concluded on Page 6. Column 4.) OH, JOHN! HORNIBROOK'S PROTEST VAIN 1920 Campaign to Be Based on Peace League and Treaty. LEADERS PREDICT VICTORY Wilson Is Lauded for Work at Paris and Chairman Cummings Talks in an Optimistic Manner. CHICAGO, May s. describing the r. publican party as an organization which "complains and moves back ward" and the peace treaty and the league of nations covenant as "the greatest document of .human liberty ever prepared," Homer S. Cummings, chairman of the democratic national committee today sounded the keynote for an at,jressive presidential cam paign in 1920. Party leaders declared they wel comed the opportunity to make the peace treaty and the league of nations covenant the issue in the forthcomlnri fight and expressed confidence of vie tory. Until President Wilson definitely an nc -.nces his attitude toward a third term party chieftains say there will be no serious discussion of candidates. Dr. Morrow la Seated. The committee seated Dr. J. W. Mor row of Portland as committeeman from Oregon. Newton McCoy presented tho proxy of W. H. Hornlbrook, who re signed as committeeman several months ago and protested the seating of Dr. Morrow on the ground that the meeting of the state central committee at which Morrow was chosen had not been legally called, but the claim was not recognized. This was the only contest. The committee adopted a resolution congratulating President Wilson on his work at Paris 1ft 'drafting the treaty of peace and the league of nations cove nant and calling on the United States senate to ratify promptly the docu ments. J. Bruce Kremer of Montana, vice chairman of the committee, said the democrats would weloome the oppor tunity to make the peace treaty and the league of nations covenant the issue in the next presidential campaign. Party Arw of Bl.arr. The democratic party had fulfilled all its pre-election pledges, he asserted. He welcomed the advent of women into party politics and said that the votes of women in the western suffrage states were largely responsible for democratic success in 1916. Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker of Texas, speaking for the woman associate members of the committee, said the democratic congress made a blunder when it failed to adopt the woman's suffrage constitutional amendment, and that the committee should admit it. She said if the country was to remain (Concluded o n Pa g m 5. Colu mn3.l Sherirr Finds Xo Clues to Highway man, Though Report Is Man Went from Baker. BAKER, Or.. May 28. (Special.) About 4 o'clock this afternoon a lone robber held up the bank of Haines at Haines. 12 miles north of this city, secured $3500, and made his escape. The robber entered the bank and after making his mission known, locked the cashier. Will Wright, in the vault. The sheriff and a posse left for tho scene as soon as possible after notifi cation, but up to this time no clew to tho robber has been obtained. A report is that the robber was taken from this city by a "for hire" car and returned in the same car after the hold-up. the driver of the car not knowing anything of what had hap pened until after his return. PENDLETON. Or., May 28. (Spe cial.) From the description furnished him of the man who this afternoon robbed the bank at. Haines, Sheriff Taylor is convinced that the robber is Charles Connors, or Charles H. Burke, who broke out of the county jail here Sunday. HUN MEETINGS MUST STOP Occupation Troops Ordered to De stroy Political Posters. COBLENZ, May 27. (By the Associ ated Press.) Orders were issued today to the American military police in Coblenz and Treves and to patrols throughout the area of occupation to tear down immediately any political posters, should they appear. The sol diers also were cautioned to prevent any meeting of political character. This action was taken as a result of a telephone message from British head quarters in Cologne that demonstra tions had occurred there today in pro test against the proposed separation of Rhineland from Germany. Reports from Cologne also said that a general strike had been declared there as a protest against the separa tion movement Posters in Cologne set forth that monster mass meetings had been he:d In Coblenz. where the Initial action had been taken by the Germans who favor a Rhineland republic. At the head quarters of the 3d army it was said that no such mflni had taken place. PETR0GRAD DEATHS MANY Estimates Place Death Rate at More Than 1000 Daily. WASHINGTON. May 28. Official health reports in Petrograd show that the death rate in that city now ex ceeds 1000 daily, according to Swedish press reports to tho state department. Further reductions in the food rations even for workers have been made and it Is estimated that no worker Is able to live even In a modest way on less than 500 rubles a day. PARIS, May 28. The allied council on food supply has eight ships loaded with pork products and flour at Baltic ports and these cargoes could be de livered in Petrograd within seven days. Their delivery will have to await joint orders from the allied powers pending outcome of events in Russia. "FLU" HITS ALASKA AGAIN Natives in Southwest Section Suffer Severely from Malady. I VALDEZ, Alaska, May 28. Influenza has again broken out in southwest Alaska, with heavy death toll among the native population. At Nushagak in the Bristol bay district more than 40 deaths have occurred, according to a dispatch received today from United States Marshal W. F. Lowe. Most of the other natives, and the entire hos pital force, including United States Commissioner French, are 111 and In need of immediate attention. Few white residents are afflicted, the mes sage said. At Naknek, in the same district. United States Marshal Victor Sedgwick reported today 38 influenza cases among the natives at tho cannery, with the situation serious. GRATITUDE SENDS $15,000 Blind Newsdealer Heir to Estate of Man He Tried to Benefit. SAN DIEGO. Cal., May 28. Charles Gardner, known as "Blind Charley," a newspaper vendor, told his customers today they would henceforth have to buy their papers elsewhere as he was going to take a long rest. Gardner volunteered last week for a blood transfusion operation which it was hoped would save the life of John Kennedy, a health-seeker hre. Ken nedy died, however, and today Gardner was informed Kennedy had made him heir to an estate valued at 815,000. JUDGE SPEEDS BEER CASE Special Session of Court to Hear New York Suit. NEW YORK. May 28. Judge Henry G. Ward of the United States circuit court of appeals today called an ex traordinary session of the court for June 17 to hear the government's ap peal from the 'decision of Federal Judge Mayer, temporarily restraining gov ernment officials from enforcement of the wartime prohibition law against tho Jacob Hoffman Brewing company, pending a decision as to whether beer containing a maximum of 2.7S per cent ef alcohol ts intoxicating. l Contracts on 88.15 Fsli!es of Construction Let. MORE BIDS TO BE REQUESTED Crater Lake Cut -Off from Roseburg Authorized. CLACKAMAS' CLAIMS HEARD Stale Commission .Promptly to Or ganize Maintenance Department to Patrol All State Roads. Contracts for SS.13 miles of road work, aggregating 81.507.848. wero awarded by the state highway commis sion yesterday. Fifty-four miles are to be hard-surfaced. The end Is not In sight, for at tho June 10 and the July meetings the commission will open bids on rurther work. The desiro Is to clean up tne Columbia river and. Pacific highways next year, so that attention can be turned next to tho development of the secondary roads of Oregon. The commission is planning to or ganize without delay a maintenance department and lias directed State En gineer Nunn to make preparations. With the single exception of Columbia, county, every county where the state highway commission has construction, has signed a maintenance agreement. Dozens of the motor trucks turned over to tho highway department by tho federal government will be used for patrolling the roads and all the stato roads, paved, macadam or dirt, will soon receive constant attention. Crater Lake Cut-Oft Authorized. One of tho important features of yes terday's session was the decision to open up the Crater lake cut-ofr from Roseburg, which will place Roseburg about 98 miles from'the lake instead of more than OO niles via the Medforu route. This is u co-operative project, the state. Douglas county and the fed eral government each contributing 821.000 to dispose of the main obstruc tion, a 2Vi-mile section. O- e this bar rier is removed the rest of the road, locally known as the Tiller trail, ex tends through t Tactically open coun try and will be of inexpensive con struction. A loaii of $25,000 was also advanced to Douglas county by tho commission to enablo the county court to buy a right of way for tl. . Pacific highway through some e- rnsivi 4rur. or chards. The county will repay tho loan next jeer. Clsekamas Claims Presented. To tie-in with tie Mount Hood locp a delegation from Clackamas county appeared before the commission with E. W. '"artlett of Tstacada as the spokesman. Mr. Bartlett suggested that tho commission designate as the route through Clackamas county a connec tion with the loop at a point near Cherryville. then to the headwaters of Eagle creek at Blssell, then through George, across Eagle creek to Gar field, then to Estacada and down tho Clackamas -ivcr to Baker's bridge and thence to a connection with East Eighty-second street, which is now paved from Portland. Tho delegation advocated this route in preference to one via Boring and Sandy. In reply tho commission prornsed to have the en gineers make an examination and re port as soon as the engineers are avail able. More Contracts to Follow. Bids will be called for the June meet ir.tr r grading seven miles between Hubbard creek and B-ush creek, in Curry county. The estimates show that a 16-foot -oad will cost about $187,000. It .'s a co-operativo project. Two 'all Jobs will bo advertised in Coos county fv.. the June meeting and for the July meeting the commissii i decided to optn bide for nino miles t f paving between -'-then and Milto . Umatilla county is turning over $525,000 to apply on -he paving jobs in that county. Sas section, in eastern Oregon, will also be advertised for tho June meeting, - --. th commission de cided on an assortmer of projects which will soon be ready for advertis ing, among them being pavement on the lower Columbia highway between Clatekanie and Svensou. The Canby to Aurora section on the Pacific high way was ordered advertised and en gineers were instructed to view tho possibilities of avoiding the railroad crossing at Canema. Klevem Contracts Awarded. Contracts were awarded as folio we: Cascade Locks to Hood River. 22.3 miles of paving. G. E. Kibbe, $433,670. Rainier to Clatskanle, 11.2 miles of paving. Warren Construction company, $195.12. Jacques Place to Johns Place. Doug las county, seven miles, grading and macadam. Joplin &. Eicon. $70,809.50. Tamhill-McMinnville. 9.8 miles, grad ing and paving. Northwest Construc tion company. $124. 155. Newbcrg to West Dayton. 6.2 mile.", grading and macadam, R. B. Greavc, $60,333. The Dalles to Chenoweth. grading and paving. 2.1 miles. United Con tracting Company. $56,613.20. Oakland to Wilbur. 7.3 miles, grad (Concludvd on -. Column 1.)