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VOL. L.VIII. NO. 18,236 Entered at Portland (Oreton) Postof fice as Second -CI ass Matter. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1919. PRICE FIVE CENTS. COAST'S SHIP U. S. HONOR MEDALS FOR FLIERS PROPOSED PERMANENT HIGH RANK FOR TRIO REQUESTED. HUN RESPONSE IS PLEA FOR LENITY DIS KSSSSnl JACOB KANZLEH TO PLUCKY DIVE SAVES EX-SOLDIER'S LIFE GIRL REJECTED BY LONG-LOST 'FATHER' ni vjvjiv vru-L-io uuuu I iu j ARE DISAPPOINTED GET BENCH PUCE CHRISTIAN CHURCH BOARD THINKS MINISTER FLED; E. J. SIMS OF SCIO rurxcEs INTO STREAM FOR RESCUE. MEN Sessions With Hurley Give Little Hope of Business. FIGHT CARRIED TO CONGRESS Western Yards Demand Share of Atlantic Contracts. BOWLES' COMMENT BITTER PortlarTd Builder Predicts Square Deal AVill Not Be Given and Tbat Work Will Cease. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, May 29. Conferences today be tween Pacific coast ehiiDbuilders and the chipping board, hailed yesterday as pointing to the immediate settlement of the difficulties which western yards find themselves in by reason of wholesale contract cancellations, were disappoint ing. It appeared that the overtures com ing from the board yesterday , at the public hearing for a get-together meet ing today to effect a definite settlement were only made to escape the search ing cross-examination poured in upon Chairman Hurley and his subordinates by Pacific coast senators and repre sentatives and the shipbuilders. "When the shipbuilders met the members of the board and the officers of the emer gency fleet corporation today, they found themselves facing the same cold, uncompromising individuals with whom t".-ey had tried so often before to nego tiate. Bargain Prices Issne. Freed from the pressure of senators and members of congress to the left and to the right as cn yesterday. Chair man Hurley had resumed his charac teristic adamant pose. The attitude of Chairman Hurley and the other mem bers of the board was that they were ready to open negotiations, but they were willing to do business only on fire sale bargain prices. The shipbuilders did not hesitate to express their disappointment, as well as to reveal openly their true senti ment relative to Mr. Hurley. Some of ihe shipbuilders were, however, in i lined to the belief that President "Wil son has probably tied Mr. Hurley's hands, and that the blame should prop erly be shifted to the "White House in Europe; Most of the shipbuilders left for New York tonight and will return Monday, at which time a definite un derstanding will be reached. Bowles Deplores Stand. J. Tt. Bowles of the Northwest Steel company, Portland, Or., commentin caustically on the day's events, said: "There is a disposition on the part of the shipping board to trade with the builders and take advantage of their necessities. They are not disposed to consider matters fairly in view of the contracts made and then taken away, but are trying to drive the very best bargains. They are trying to drive the builders to the point where they must refuse the contracts, and thus give Mr. iturley an opportunity to say to con gress and the people that the builders are unreasonable, freeing the board in that way or criticism. i "It is a well-known fact that public men like Mr. Hurley have access to the first columns of newspapers, while the shipbuilders' story is told behind closed doors and published only in the home papers. Mr. Hurley admitted yester day that the yards in the Pacific coast had been discriminated a gainst, un justly, though unintentionally. He said he Intended to correct the situation immediately. Situation Not HopefnI. . "Conferences today of A. F. Smith of the Columbia River Shipbuilding cor poration, Portland: "William Cornfoot of the Albina yards, Portland, and my self for the Northwest Steel company, behind closed doors with Chairman Hurley, John H. Rosseter, director of operations for the board; J. L. Acker eon, general manager of the emer gency fleet corporation, and other offi cials, were anything but reassuring. "We were told that while the board rec ognized the imperative necessity of ad ditional contracts to keep these yards going, there was no intention of reviv ing more than half of the cancelled contracts; and on these there was an indicated purpose to dictate prices wxnca wiu icavc mc snipDUiiuers & loss. , "We therefore do not look for any particular relief, though conditions may change in the next week. Investigations developed the fact that while Pacific coast yards between the date of requisitioning ships, Au gruest 3, 1917. and the armistice, de livered for war use almost double the tonnage of the Atlantic coast, leaving Wooden ship3 out of the consideration the programme arranged by the board on May 15 gives the Pacific coast only TaO.OOO deadweight tons as against 2,250,000 deadweight tons allotted to itlantic coast yards. In other words. cific coast yards begin to close in igust and all will be idle about Janu y; while on the Atlantic coast only a all percentage of the yards are af- oted in 1919. "Investigation further showed that at e government yard at Hog Island erehant ships were costing from $245 a J270 a ton, and it was their Intention continue these yards for one and tCoacluued on Page 2, Column -k.) XC-4 May Leave Lisbon for Ply mouth, England, Today Crew to Attend Paris Conference WASHINGTON", May 29. Congres sional medals of honor and higher rank in the permanent naval establishment would be conferred upon Albert C. Read. John H. Towers and Patrick N L. Bell lager for their services in the trans-A-lantic flight under a bill intro duced today by "Representative Hicks, New Tork. Read and Tower would be made commanders and Bellinger a lieutenant-commander. Towers and Bel linger hold the proposed ranks tempo rarily. LISBON, May 28. By the Associated Press.) Commander John H. Towers, Lieutenant-Commander A. C. Read and Lieutenant-Commander P. N. L.. Bellin ger, the commanders of the American trans-Atlantic seaplanes, were received today by President Canto y Castro, who was formerly an admiral in the Portu guese navy. PLYMOUTH, England. May 29. (By the Associated Press.) President Wil son has summoned the crew of the NC-4 to proceed as hastily as possible from Plymouth to Pari3, it was an nounced here today. He desires them to attend the aviation conference in Paris. The crews of the NC-3 and NC-1 will also proceed to Paris after a. visit to London, where a reception will be given them and they will be presented to the king. It is presumed the crews have been called to Paris to give experts the benefit of the knowledge they gained from their flight. The crew of the NC-4 is to receive a royal welcome upon arrival here. The Americans will be taken to the Mayflower landing, where, in the pres ence of a British naval, military and air force contingent, a formal recep tion will be accorded by the mayor and the municipal authorities. LONDON. May 29. All possible ar rangements are being made by the British air ministry to welcome the crew of the NC-4 on their arrival in England, Major-General J. E. B. Seeley told the house of commons today. General Seeley said the air ministry would give "a fitting reception to those intrepid American aviators." WASHINGTON, May 29. Although the navy department had received no dispatches up to a late hour tonight from Lisbon, wherys the NC-4 is awaiting the start to Plymouth, England, of ficials were of the opinion that the sea plane would "hop off" tomorrow. Navy officers anticipated no diffi culty in the Lisbon-Plymouth dash, a distance of nearly 800 nautical miles. SOLDIER WEDS FRENCH GIRL H. ' O. Peterson of Eugene Marries Maid He Met Overseas. EUGENE, Or., May 29. (Special.) Harold Ossman Peterson of Eugene and Miss Amelia Bezement of France, were married in Eugene this afternoon. The weaaing was me culmination of a romance started in the war zone in France when Peterson was a sergeant in the engineer corps of the United States army. Miss Bezement is the daughter of well-to-do French people in a town where Sergeant Peterson was stationed during hostilities and there they met and plighted their troth. About three months ago Peterson received word that his regiment was soon to sail for home and he sent his fiancee on ahead. WESTERN BOYS PROMOTED Names of Several New Second-Lieu tenants Are Announced. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. May 29. Soldiers from organ! zations recruited in tho northwest have been promoted to second lieuten ants from the ranks as follows: Sergeants Oscar Allan Johnson, John Hurdle, William P. Choate. Wilbur Em- mett Morrow, James Anthony Gaynor, William Charles Stram . and Lelius Chester Zander, all of the 148th field artillery; Sergeants George C. Arnold, Thomas Henry. Barker, Ralph Henry Bockmier and Herbert George Lauter bach, all of the 146th field artillery. BOY'S DEATH MYSTERIOUS Cottage Grove Lad Passes Away After Very Brief Illness. COTTAGE GROVE. Or, May 29. (Special.) Thomas Eby, 15-year-old son of Mrs. Emma Eby, died last night from some cause which several phy sicians were unable to determine. He injured his head two weeks before in a fall from a bicycle and it is thought this may have been a contributory cause. The symptoms were somewhat sim ilar to spinal meningitis and he was seriously ill but a few hours. A broth er, Dan, died in France. There are several other brothers. TROLLING BOAT BROKEN UP Fate of Two Men Unknown After Craft Is Lost. ASTORIA. Or., May 29. (Special.) A trolling boat believed to have been owned and operated by two men from Grays Harbor went ashore yesterday on the ocean beach just below the south jetty and was pounded to pieces by th surf. Who the men were or what be came of them is not known. Answer to Treaty Terms at Last Submitted. PROMPT DECISION EXPFj Germany Then Mus n or V Reject Cover ALLIES FULLY PREPARED French, British and American Troops . Ready to Take Sucli Action as Foch Holds Necessary. (By the Associated Press.) The representatives of the allied and associated powers at last have before them the answer of Germany to the terms of the peace treaty. The reply of the Germans, consisting mainly of counter proposals seeking to lessen the severity of the allied terms, will be considered by the mem bers of the council of four, who will digest the views of the enemy and re port back their decision as quickly as possible. This decision is to be final. and Germany then will be compelled either to sign or reject the treaty. Allied Form Prepared. In case of a declination to sign, Brit ish, French and American troops are prepared to take such steps as Marshal Foch may deem necessary, while at sea the blockade against Germany is ready o be tightened again. A plan of the allies to have Switzerland, in the event of a refusal by Germany to sign, en force a more severe blockade against Germany. If necessary, is reported to have failed, Switzerland claiming this would infringe Swiss neutrality. It had been believed possible that Friday the terms of peace to Austria would be ready for submission to the representatives of the smaller nations. This, however, has been impracticable owing to the necessity to embody in the treaty new agreement as regards the Italian claim in the Adriatic re gion. Nevertheless the envoys of the smaller nations will hear the docu ment read Friday, and it Is possible that the early week will witness the handing of the treaty to the authorities at St. Germain. Flume May Be Independent. Unofficial advices concerning the set tlement of the Adriatic issue are that Fiume is to become independent. Italy, report has it, is to obtain certain of the Dalmatian islands, but whether she is to get the seaports of Zara and Sebenico on the Dalmatian coast seems to be In doubt, one report declaring that she will and others that she will not. Throughout the European war zone Friday American memorial day ex ercises will be held at various places. (Concluded on Page 2. Column 1.) .' ..... . t i CONSOLATION. $ 1 j: u AYpj Inquiry Shows Neither Financial Difficulty ' Nor Moral Lapse. Statement to Be Issued. i CORVALLIS, Or., May 29. (Special.) The official board of the Christian church of this city is convinced that its minister. Rev. J. Cronenberger, is not drowned, as suspected last week. The board will make an official state ment to that effect tomorrow and will give evidence which leads It to believe that he has fled. On Tuesday morning. May 20, the minister went to the river in his auto mobile, ostensibly to take a swim. As he did not return, a searching party was sent out in the afternoon. His car and cloAies were found near the river bank. The river was dragged for sev eral days without result. Various ru mors had circulated to the effect that a number of people had seen the min ister that day at various places. It was ascertained tnat he had bought a khaki coat at Albany. Other rumors were investigated until the board be came convinced that he was not drowned, but had run away. Just what the statement tomorrow will contain is not known by the pub lic Investigation shows no financial difficulty nor is there any reason to suspect any moral lapse. Rev. Mr. Cronenberger's family relations are thought to be ideal. On the day before he had made arrangements to purchase a home in Corvallis and was supposed to sign the necessary legal papers the afternoon of his disappearance. The family is puzzled and is co-oper ating with the authorities to clear up the mystery. 67 BLIND MEN DISCHARGED Sightless Soldiers to Get $100 a Month Pins Insurance. WASHINGTON. May 29. Discharge from service of 67 soldiers, blinded while serving in France, was announced tonight by the bureau of war risk in surance. The men have been under treatment at Roland Park. Baltimore. Some of the cases retain sufficient vision to enable them to see objects dimly, but all are totally blind In the industrial sense and on that basis will be paid compensation of S100 a month, in addition to $57.50 which they will receive from their government In surance. The number of men in the American forces who were left blinded totals 125. ADVANCED CHARGES NEED Experts Say Street . Railways of Country Are Hard Hit. WASHINGTON, May 29. Belief that the country's street railway systems will have to seek relief in a direction other than a reduction in cost of labor and materials, was expressed by Pro fessor Irving Fisher of Tale and T. S. Holden of the department of labor at a hearing on the public utilities sit uation held today by a committee of the chamber of commerce of the United States. Witnesses asserted street railways throughout the country were in a criti cal condition and that unless relief is given many more will go into the hands of receivers. Judge for Court of Domes tic Relations Chosen. APPOINTMENT IS WITHHELD Governor to Await Decision as to Law's Validity. SELECTION QUICKLY MADE Names of Captain Kanzlcr, Major Hawkins and J. L. Hammcrslcy Sent to the Governor. SALEM. Or.. May 29. (Special.) Captain Jacob Kanzlcr of Portland was selected late today by Governor Ben W. Olcott for appointment to be judge of the court of domestic relations of Multnomah county, a position created by act of the last legislature, which also created the court. abeyance, pending determination of the legality of the act under which the office exists, which has been called in - question by District At torney Evans of Multnomah county. Captain Kanzler was chosen by the governor from a list of three candi dates whose names were submitted by the circuit judges of Multnomah county yesterday, the other two being Major Martin W. Hawkins and Joseph L. Ham- mersley, chief deputy in the office of District Attorney Walter H. Evans. Governor Olcott tonight explained that the appointment would be held in abeyance until such time as Attorney General Brown has had an opportunity to render an opinion as to the con stitutionality of the law and will ask immediately for this formal opinion. In the event the attorney-general holds It is a valid law the appointment of Captain Kanzler will follow im mediately. In the event it is held to be unconstitutional - the executive then will announce the course he will pursue. Captain Jacob Kansler, Joseph L. Hammersly, chief deputy in the office of District Attorney Evans, and Major Martin Hawkins were each held qualified to fill the office of judge of the court of domestic relation by the opinion of the seven circuit .judges of Multnomah county. These were the three men recommended to Governor Olcott yesterday. In the order named, the final vote of the judges picked the men. Later the choice was made unanimous. The jurists met at the call of Presiding Judge Stapleton at 10 o'clock ye'ster day morning, and after a very brief discussion began balloting on the names of 43 candidates submitted. After eight ballots, they announced their final choice at 12:30. The entire circuit bench, composed of Judges (Concluded on Paso 7. Column 1.) Spencer and Marvin Long, Thrown Into River by Frightened Horse, Have Close Call. ALBANY", Or.. May 29. (Special.) Spencer Long and Marvin Long, two Scio young men who recently returned from service, narrowly escaped drown ing in Thomas creek at Scio late yes terday afternoon. Spencer Long was res cued by E. J. Sims and Fred T. Bilycu as he was going down for the fourth time. The boys had driven to the bank of the stream about 100 yards above the Scio bridge. They were letting their horse drink wher. the lines broke and the horse, frigh.tened, plunged into the creek. The current was swift and the water about 14 feet deep and the bovs were carried rapidly down stream. Men who happened to be near ran out on the bridge with ropes and man aged to get a line to each of the boys. Marvin Long was pulled up on the bridge. Spencer Long was pulled up to within about four feet of the bridge when, exhausted by his struggles in the water, he dropped off. With a rope tied about him, E. J. Sims plunged in to the rescue, and Fred T. Bilyeu waded out as far as possible, holding the rope. Sims managed to catch the struggling boy after he had gone down three times. Neither of the Long boys could swim. By swimming out into the stream. John Crabtree and Floyd Carson man aged to get the horse and buggy to shore after the boys had been rescued. FIR PRICES ARE ADVANCED Mills Announce Increase Amounting to 4 3 Cents Per " Thousand. SEATTLE, May 29. Leading lumber mills in Oregon and Washington to day issued new quotations to the trade, making advances in price on seven of the 27 index items of west coast lumber manufacturers. The advance, according to the West Coast Lumbermen's asso ciation offices here, represent 43 cents per 1000 feet in the total output "of the typical fir log." Reason for the increase was given as shortage in stocks at the mills and the growing demand for one by four and one by six slash grain flooring, 6-8 by four and one by four ceiling, one by six drop siding, corn cribbing, and boards in 8. 10 and 12-inch widths. 4500-MILE TALK IS $4.15 Med ford 'Visitor Has Conversation With Mother In New York. MEDFORD. Or.. May 29. (Special.) R. J. Mandle of New Tork, a traveling salesman, felt lonesome for a little talk with his mother on his arrival here, and put in a long-distance call for 4 A. M. (7 A. M. New York time). Tele phone improvements recently inaug urated here made this quite possible. Connections were made through Port land to San Francisco and thence by direct wire to New York. Mr. Mandle said he could hear his mother as dis tinctly as if she and he were in the same city. The expense for three min utes' conversation was only $415. INDEX- OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 59 degrees; minimum, 45 degrees. TODAY'S Probably showers: moderate westerly winds. Trans-Atlantic Flight. Captain of steamer Mary tells of rescue ot British aviators. rt. . Winnipeg strike improves: condition else where shows no change. Page 6. Foreign. Villa proclaims Felipe Angeles president: Washington silent. Paga 4. Medals and permanent high rank for trans- ocean tilers proposed, page l. 'atlonal. Coast shipyard men disappointed by second conference with Hurley. Page 1. Britain's transport bill against United States Ib.OOO.OOO. Page 6. Plans for movement of big grain crop evolved. Page 10. Wire chiefs ask for protection against finan cial embarrassment, page r. lomestle. $2,000,000 fund for vocational training pro posed in senate. Page '1. Democrat point with pride to administra tion achievements. Page 2. Pacific Northwest. Captain Jacob Kanzler selected for judge by Governor olcott. Page 1. Former soldiers saved from drowning at Scio by plucky rescuers. Page 1. I. W. W. philosophy declared absorbed from President Wilson. Page 11. Coos county recall Issue to bo decided at election Tuesday. Page 7. Governor to call for investigation of indus trial accident commission. Page 6. Increase In salary blocked at Olympla. Page 11. Adolph Iewls, bank robber, found guilty of .manslaughter at The Dalles. Page 8. Sports. Pacific Coast league results At Oakland. Oakland , San Francisco 1 ; at lxs An geles, Vernon 4, Los Angeles 3; Seattle Portland and Sait Lke-SacnmDto games called off because ot rain. Page 12. Dempsey rough on sparring partners. Page 1 Speed demons eager for signal to start. Page 12. Lincoln high loses to Franklin, 8 to 2. rage 13. Commercial and Marine. New crop potatoes beginning to more reg ularly. Page IS. Evenlng-up of trades rallies corn market at Chlcagd. Page 19. Fir products body rules timber sales. Page 14. Stock advance not checked by approaching holiday. Page IS. Portland and Vicinity. Democrats ask "Who is committeeman?' Page SO. City to honor soldier dead with memorial programme. Pago 20. Maritime bonds are considered necessity to protect shipping. Page 13. Girl, who claims man as father, long miss ing, is refused. Page 1. Title si Trust company elects Robert E. Smith president. Page 7. Baby home malady summons California specialist. Fan 10. Weather report, data and forecast. Pag 19. Refusal Laid to 22-Year Lapse of Memory. DESCRIPTIONS ARE ANSWERED Henry Sturgeon Identified by Scars and Handwriting. CLUE IS OBTAINED IN UTAH Whilc-IIdircd Man In Portland Seeks Tiny Child of Lon- Ago Ccles-tla Sturgeon Is Sorrowful. A thrilling chapter of a heart story of unusual interest, a problem in iden tity that would take more than a Sher lock Holmes or the proverbial Phila delphia lawyer to solve, is being enact ed in Portland. A girl, with loneliness and sorrow imprinted on her face, is begging fate to give her the father whom she has sought so long. At one time she thought she had found him. As she held out her arms to the white haired man of 70 whom she firmly be lieved to be her father, he shook his head and said: "No, you are not my daughter. I wish you were." But tho girl is not convinced. She will employ specialists to ascertain if the man has suffered a lapse ot memory. Search la Disappointing;. The story of Mary Celcstia Sturgeon and her search for her long-lost father is one of many heartaches, many dis appointments and many puzzling situa tions. It reads like a romance, but it is all true, according to the statement of the brown-eyed, bright girl with the pathetic expression, who arrived in Portland Wednesday night to investi gate a clew that seemed to lead her to the father who has been missing for 22 years since Celestia. as she is called, was a tiny baby. And the man whom she came here to find is Henry E. Sturgeon, now rooming at 3S3 Yam hill street. In almost every particular his de scription tallies with that of Celestia's father, or tallies as near as that span of years would permit. The man does rot recognize her. He. too. is search ii'FT for a long-lost daughter, but he says his daughter's name is F.lectra. and that she was born in Laramie. Wyo, in 1S9S. and that her mother died when she was 17 days old; that when he went away on business the nurse took the baby Electra away and he has not found a trace of her to this day. He has wandered unceasingly, just af has Celcstia Sturgeon, in her search for a father. Ipie f Memory Apparent. Long ago Frederick Marryat wrote about "Japhet in Search for a Father." but Japhet. the fiction character, ap parently did not know all the heart aches of Celesti. a modern child. The Henry Sturgeon who has Just come to Portland, arriving only a few das before Celestia, If he Is her father, is suffering from a complete lapse of memory covering a 22-year period. The man who disappeared had trav eled extensively. He had been in India, all over the continent. So has this Henry E. Sturgeon. The man whom Celestia seeks had certain scars over his eye. a deep scar on his cheet. a vaccination mark and indigo ink tattoo marks. So has this Henry Sturgeon. The man who was lost had blue eyes and was 5 feet 6 inches tall. So Is this man whom the girl locates in Port land. The father of Celestia was a de voted reader and his handwriting had certain peculiarities. The man located here has the same characteristics. But the man found here does not remember having had a brown-eyed daughter who lived In Utah. Girl Han Tronalra. Mary Celestia Sturgeon was born in Utah and was brought up to believe her father was dead. She discovered later that such was not the case and she left home at the age of IS to make her own way. She went to California and Mexico and did all sorts of work to make a living, slje says, and then, at the age of 18, she met and married Roy T. Caldwell, son of O. W. Caldwell, a capitalist of Oakland, Cal., head of the Amador Mines company. The yofirss man soon entered' the army, and the girl entered the University of Califor nia. They have drifted apart and th-e girl says she has had so many sorrows that she feels she can't stand one mort. April 13 Celestia went to Salt Lake, thinking she had a clew to the where abouts of her father. In answer to a newspaper item a Mrs. A. M. Howard told her that Henry E. Sturgeon had been In Salt Lake, but had gone to Portland. The girl tele graphed to the address given by Krs. Howard and then she came to Portland. She will continue her investigation In an endeavor to identify the man In Portland as her father. Mrs. Caldwell says she is related to the Newton brothers, leather dealers and cattlemen of Vernal, Utah, and has relatives in Detroit, her father's birth place. SALVATION FUND IS OVER Campaign to Raise $13,000,000 for Mercy Work Passes Goal. NEW YORK, Mav 29. The Salvation Army's campaign for a $13,000,000 home service fund has passed its goal, ic- cordins to latest rpnorts tndav.