VOL,. L.VIII NO. 18,258
Kntered at Portland (Oregon)
Postofflce as Pecond-CiaB Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1919.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
FROST CAUSES FRUIT I
BOMB PLOT BITS
BUILDERS CHARGE
BREACH OF FAITH
Shipping Board Promises
Fail, It Is Declared.
HUNS ARE VICTIMIZED
BY CONFIDENCE MAN
BOGUS SOLICITOR SEEKS FOOD
FOR "STARVING EX-KAISER."
FAVORABLE BALLOT
IS EXPECTED TODRY
Reconstruction Measures
Are Before Voters.
COLLECTOR IS SHOT
AFTER GETTING CASH
ALLIES GIVE PEACE
PACT TO AUSTRIA
Foe Has 15 Days For
GROWERS HEAVY LOSS
DAMAGE IX SPOKASE DISTRICT
EXCEEDS $100,000.
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II. C. SCOTT OF NAMPA KILLED
AT JORDAN" VALLEY.
EASTERN
HUES
Attorney General Palmer
Object of One Attack.
FEDERAL OFFICER ESCAPES
Mayor Evans of Cleveland, 0.,
Federal Judge at Pittsburg
and Others Marked.
RADICAL IS BLOWN TO BITS
Boston, Philadelphia, Patter
son, N. J., Also Shaken by
Explosions in Night.
BOMB EXPLOSIONS IN
NUT SHELL.
Deaths Two.
Injured Several.
Washington Attorney- Gen
eral Palmer's home wrecked.
Man who set bomb killed.
Boston Justice Albert F.
Hayden's home damaged; no one
killed or injured.
Cleveland Mayor Harry L.
Davis' home wrecked. No one
killed or injured.
Pittsburg House of W. H.
Thompson, United States Dis
trict judge damaged. Also other
houses target. No one injured.
Paterson, N. J. Home of Max
Gold, silk manufacturer, wrecked
No one injured.
Philadelphia Catholic church
and private residence target. No
one hurt. ..
New York House of Judge C.
C. Nott, Jr., wrecked. One re
ported killed. "Several persons
injured.
Newtonville, Mass. House of
State Representative Powers is
partly wracked. No one injured.
WASHINGTON, June 2. Radical
agitators tonight apparently at
tempted to inaugurate another reign
of terror throughout the country
through the planting of infernal ma
chines near the residences of promi
nent men
Within a few minutes after the ex
plosion of a bomb at the door of At
tornev - General Palmer's residence
here, with the killing of one man, evi
dently the person planting the bomb,
reports were received from Boston,
Pittsburg, Cleveland, Paterson, N. J.,
and Philadelphia.
Palmer Escapes Blast.
The attempt on the life of Attorney
General Palmer was made onfght
through the planting of a bomb, which
wrecked the lower portion of the
Palmer residence in the fashionable
northwest section of Washington.
Mr. Palmer and all members of the
family escaped without injury, being
on the second floor at the time of the
explosion. A part of the house was
demolished.
One man, thought to be the person
who planted the bomb, was blown to
bits by the force of the explosion.
Police believe that the bomb exploded
prematurely before it could be placed
under the house.
The bomb, the police said, was con
tained in a suitcase filled with cloth
ing. Portions of the clothing of the
man killed, it was said, indicated that
he was roughly clad.
Police picked up along with bits of
clothing of the man killed a copy of
"Plain Words," a radical publication.
This, in connection with the reports of
other explosions, caused authorities
to fear another widespread bomb plot
similar to that which radicals at
tempted to carry through about a
month ago.
Other Attacks Made.
She force of the exploson was suf
ficient to shatter window glass in resi
dences for a block on each side of the
Palmer home. The residence of Sena
tor Swanson of Virginia, next door to
that of the attorney-general, was
Sslightly damaged.
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"BOSTON, June 2. The home of
Justice Albert F. Hayden of the Rox
bury municipal court at No. 11 Wayne
street, was severely damaged by an ex
plosion of unknown origin shortly be
fore midnight tonight. No one was in
me nouso ax, me, wme, n.e juugc
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One Orchard Company Reports 30
Per Cent of Crop Destroyed.
Vegetable Crops Hard Hit.
SPOKANE, "Wash.. June 2. (Special.)
Fruit and vegetable crops near Spo
kane Buffered heavily from frost Satur
day night. Losses are estimated at
more than $100,000.
Arcadia apple orchards, near Deer
Park. Buffered an estimated loss of
$100,000, E. X. Robinson, president of
the company, reported today. This loss.
mainly the Jonathan land Delicious vari
eties, represents about 30 per cent of
the company's crop.
In the Spokane valley and in the vi
cinity of Morgan acre tracts the loss to
fruit and gardens assumed large pro
portions. Tomatoes, cucumbers, squash,
cabbage, peppers and beans suffered
most heavily.
A. A. Kelly of the Kelly gardens esti
mates the loss at his place at more
than $1000. -
CHURCH FORGIVES HERO
Sect Reaccepts Sergeant York, Who
Violated Rules v Kiling Huns.
PALL MALL,, Tenn., June 2. Ser
geant Alvin C. York, war hero, was
welcomed back as second elder of the
Church of Christ and Christian Union
yesterday in the greatest meeting in
the little mountain church's history.
Mountaineers from miles around packed
the small frame building or jammed
around its doors and windows to get a
glimpse of or hear their fighting elder
as he led the singing and later make a.
brief tail.
Reports Tork was to be excommunl
cated because he had engaged in war
and had killed, a violation of a rule of
the church, were dispelled by Pastor
Pile, leader of the sect, when he de
clared in welcoming back the "greatest
hero," "he did his duty as he saw it."
EMPLOYES SALARIES CUT
Butte Copper Mine Announces 10
. Per Cent Reduction.
BUTTE, Mont., June 2. The Ana
conda Copper Mining company today
announced a reduction of 10 per cent in
the compensation of salaried employes
in cases here in which bonuses are be
ing received. The reduction went Into
effect today in Butte, Great Falls and
others places where the company - opr
erates.
To meet higher living costs the com
pany on three occasions raised the sal
aries of clerks and others not drawing
more than $300 a month. These raises
become effective about the time the
wages of miners were increased, and
amounted in the case of salaried em
ployes to 30 per cent.
CURCI ANSWERS CHARGES
Husband of Opera Singer Denies
Wife's Charges of Cruelly.
CHICAGO, June 2. Answering the
divorce bill of Amelita Galli-Curci,
opera singer, Luigi C. Curci, in a docu
ment filed in superior court today, de
nied his wife's allegations of cruelty.
of squandering her money and of in
discretions with "women of the chorus,"
and hotel maids. He denied he ever
struck her with a poker, and that she
ever advanced him $20,000 to establish
himself in business.
In addition, Curci accused the singer
of infidelity and named Homer Samuel?,
Mme. Galli-Curci's accompanist, as co
respondent.
YAQUIS BESIEGE GUAYMAS
Mexican Reds Reported to Have
Burned Several Villages.
AGUA PRIETA, Sonora, June 2. Un
confirmed reports reaching here late
this afternoon are that the Taqui In- .
dlans have invested the seaport town
of Guaymas.
It is reported that the Taquis will
be joined by the Diaz column marching
through the lower section of Sonora to
Tonichi.
According to information at hand It
is said that before entering Guaymas
the Taquis raided and burned several
villages.
RAILWAYS TO DIVIDE COST
Apportionment of Expense ol Cross
ings Held alid in Washington.
WASHINGTON, June 2. Validity of
the Washington state law of 1913 au
thorizing the state public service com-
mission to apportion Detween two or I
more railroads crossing each other, the I
costs of making the crossing was to
day upheld by the supreme court In
deciding a suit appealed by the com
mission growing out of a dispute be
tween the Northern Pacific and the
Puget Sound and Willapa Harbor Rail
road companies.
Gas Company Honors Dead.
Officers and employes t the Port
land Gas & Coke company got out
Memorial day cards in honor of three
of their number who died in the serv
ice during the war. The dead are-.
W. F. FeusteL C. A. French and D. B.
Leavens.
California Wants Air Mail.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 2. Recom
mendation that regular aerial mail
service be established in California will I
WashinKton. Postmaster Charles
Fay
J of San Franclscq eaid.today.
SITUATION LOOKS HOPELESS
Conferences at Capital Thu.
rar rrumess.
HARSH CRITICISM
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Hurley Said to Be Running "true to
Form Fight for Coast Industry
Xot Yet Abandoned.
OREGONTAX NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, June 2. Pacific coast shipbuild
ers who have had frequent conferences
during the last few days with the ship
ping board relative to the reinstate
ment of rtcel ship contracts that were
cancelled, feel that the board has brok
en faith with them as well as contracts.
The result probably will be another
public meeting wttnin the next two or
three days of the shipbuilders and all
of the senators and representatives
from Oregon, Washington and Califor
nia, before which Chairman Hurley and
his aides will be summoned.
borne of the members of congress
who attended last Wednesday's bear
ing were indignant today when they
learned that all of the good promises
made by Chairman Hurley and his di
rector of operators. John H. Rosseter,
at the public hearing had brought
nothing more than the same old un
reasonable propositions which were
presented to the builders before that
meeting took place.
Situation Look. Hopeless.
Public statements in criticism of the
board are Vviiuheld for the time in
the' hope tha-. 'some agreement may be
reached, but the shipbuilders today re
garded the situation as almost hopeless
Hurley is simply running true to
form," was the way one of the ship
builders gave vent to his feelings. It
appears that after the meeting of last
week at the capitol, which was fruit
ful of pleasing promises. Chairman
Hurley turned the shipbuilders oVcr to
Director Rosseter, who. It is said,
shows no disposition to reach a satis
factory settlement.
In the first place, it is complained
that the best offer he has made would
mean the reinstatement of less than
50 per cent of the contracts cancelled
or suspended. In addition he .seeks to
make a bargain at a price that would
not pay for the -materials and labor
that go into ships, the obvious pur-
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BERLIN. June 1. (Special Cable.)
How the German peasantry have kept
a warm place in their hearts for the
ex-kaiser is indicated by the exposure
of the latest known German confidence
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.-ing Havelland in an automobile,
J successfully working many villages
y calling the peasants together and
idling them that the kaiser was liter
ally starving in exile, as the Holland
ers, incited by the entente, kept the
kaiser on the scantiest ratlODS. Hence,
the kaiser was appealing to the East
Markians for food.
The kaiser's "forager" collected large
quantities of hams, eggs and flour from
the loyal peasantry.
LOOKOUT HUTS AUTHORIZED
Forestry Service to Begin Fire Pro
tection Work Shortly.
Erection of lookout houses in the
near future at Saddle mountain, Clatsop
county; Roman Nose, western La.ne
county; Sexton mountain, Josephine
county; Caliepell, Washington county,
and Solduk mountain and Boisfort peak
Washington, under the Weeks law.
has been decided upon, according to R.
II. Chapler, forest examiner. They will
be built jointly by the federal govern
ment, state, fire protective associations
and timber owners, save in one in
stance, where the lookout is to be es
tablished on private property. Under
the Weeks law $100,000 is available for
this purpose, this fund being appor
tioned among Z3 states.
Lookout mountain, in the Columbia
national forest, will be provided with
lookout this summer. Supervisors of the
Columbia and Oregon national forests
are making plans for a nefficient or
ganization in the timbered sections dur
ing the dry period of late summer, and
every effort will be made to lower the
western losses this year.
DISTRICT FORESTER BACK
Local Official, on Visit to Capital,
Discussed Extensions.
District Forester Cecil returned yes
terday morning from Washington, D.
C, where he had been for a month con
ferring with officials of the forestry
service on matters pertaining to work
in the northwest. Definite informa
tlon as to the time of delivery of
wireless telephone sets, secured from
the war department for installation
on Mount Hood and at Zigzag ranger
station, has not yet been obtained by
Mr. Cecil. It is expected, however,
the sets will be available before dan
ger of forest fires becomes imminent.
While in Washington Mr. Cecil dis
cumssed with his superiors the ques
tion of extending the forest manage
ment to private timber lands, with
view to making provision lor the re
forestation of tracts from which tim
bcr is being taken. The results of
this conference have not been an
nounced, but it is understood an un
derstanding was reached and that i
i report will be made within a short
time.
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NO OPPOSITION MANIFESTED
Secretary Lane Wires Hopes
Oregon Will Aid Heroes.
LIGHT VOTE ANTICIPATED
State, City and Port Questions Come
Fp for Decision; Many County
Bond Issues Are Fp.
FACTS COCEBXIG TODAY'S
SPECIAL, ELECTION".
Polls open 8 A. M., close 8 P. M.
There are nine measures on the
state ballot.
Ten measures are on the mu
nicipal . ballot.
Port of Portland has one meas
ure on its ballot carrying $1,000,
000 In bonds.
On the state ballot two bond
issues, aggregating $7,600,000, are
submitted; there is a 1-mlll mar
ket road tax; a two-tenths-mill
tax for education of soldiers; a
measure having the state guar
antee interest on Irrigation and
drainage projects for five years.
Six measures on the city bal
lot submit bond issues aggre
gating Il.27.000; an additional
2-mlll levy, which will raise $610,
000 is proposed.
Approximate total registration
of voters In Oregon Is 302.687.
Multnomah county registration
is approximately 94,000.
If there is any opposition to the
various measures which have been sub
mitted to the people for decision at the
special election today, it has failed to
manifest itself. Apparently the public
is taking these measures for granted,
and is not excited, despite the large
Bums involved.
.An exceedingly, light vote Is ex
pected, although the managers of the
several campaigns are bending all
their efforts to get. people to the poles.
If the friends of these -measures vote,
the result Is certain.
Possibly two factors account for the
attitude of the public. The first i
that the reconstruction programme
and all of the measures, virtually are
grouped under that general head i
considered as the natural thing to ap
prove following the war. The second
factor is the wholehearted indorse
ment of the reconstruction programm
by those who have been giving th
problem attention.
There is still another factor whic
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Charles F. Cole, Hold for Crime,
Recently Loft Id alio Town,
Leaving Debts Behind.
BOISE. Idaho. June 2. (Special.) H
Scott, of the Scott-Fellman Trans
fer company of Nam pa, was killed last
night at Jordan Valley, Or., by Charles
F. Cole, an agent of the Singer Sewing
Machine Company. Cole lived at JCampa
tor several months, but had recently
gone to Jordan Valley.
Scott followed to collect debts due his
own company and other business men
of Xampa to the amount of several hun
dred dollars. According to reports
Scott had succeeded in making the col-
ection. and was shot by Cole after he
had retired to his room. Details of
the tragedy have not yet been secured
here. Cole owed the Transfer Company
$123, the Xampa Department store ap
proximately $200, E. G. Goodrich $50
and smaller sums to other business men
of Xampa.
The families of both men reside in
this city. Cole has been arrested and
taken to Vale by the officers.
CHIHUAHUA NOT CAPTURED
Mexican Commander at Juarez De
nies Villa Has Success.
JUAREZ, ilex., June 2. Reports of
the capture of Chihuhua City by Villa
rebels were vigorously denied today
at military 'aeadquarters here.
Colonel J. G. Escobar said his of
fice was in constant communication
with Chihuahua City by wire and that
there were no rebels nearer the cap
ital than Santa Tsabcl. 30 miles to
the southwest on the Mexican North
western railroad.
GOOD ROADS PARADE HELD
Decorated Automobiles Cio
From
Newport to Toledo.
NEWPORT. Or.. June 2. (Special.)
In a final effort to obtain good roads
and to prevent mud in Lincoln county
15 automobiles carrying Newport resi
dents, led by Lester Martin, B. F. Jones,
C. S. Davis. L. W. Williams and L. C
Smith, went in parade formation to
Toledq. the county seat.
The cars were decorated for the oca
casion and Newport belles loudly
sounded horns.
ARMY WANTS CAPE CANAL
Secretary Baker Aks $10,000,000
for Massachuctts Waterway.
WASHINGTON". June 2. Secretary
Baker today asked congress for legis
lative authority and an appropriation
of $10,000,000 for the Immediate pur
chase of the Cape Cod canal.
Action by Congress was necessary
he said, so the canal might be acquired
without waiting the result of pending
condemnation proceedings.
WYOMING HAS SNOWSTORM
Denver Reports 1'rost and Serious
Damage to Fruit-..
DENVER. June 2. Snow was falling
at 6 o'clock this morning at Lander,
Wyo., and Leadville, Colo. A heavy
frost prevailed at Denver last night
with damage to vegetables and fruit
The mercury here dropped to 32 degrees.
Lowest temperatures in Colorado and
Wyoming last night ware: Yellowstone,
IS; Cheyenne. 32; Denver, 32.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather. t
TEfTERDAT'S Maximum temperature. 71
decrees; minimum. 1 aegrecs.
I TODAY'S Fair; moderate westerly winds.
l-'oreiirn.
Police check strike parade at Winnipeg-.
Pace a.
Huns are victimized by confidence man.
Pace 1 .
Rhine republic Is protested by strike.
Pse 4.
Wut Prussians form army croup for defense
against Poles. Page
Austrian peace treaty. Page 16.
Commander Read tells etory of flight to
Plymouth. Pace 2.
XC-4 to be dismantled and shipped to
America. Page
National.
Outlook for roast ahlp Industry far from
encouraging. Page 1.
Peace-time carrlor policy outlined. Page 6.
League of Nations monstrous Iniquity, says
Senator Johnson. page tt.
DooieMtic.
I Telephone operators in Atlajita out on strike.
Page 4.
I Supreme court of Vnited Stattes upholda rail
and wire rate Increases. Page 8.
Bomb explosions In eastern cities due to
radical plot. Page 1.
raririe Northwest.
Fruit crop In Spokane district hard hit by
frost. Page l.
H. p. gentt of Vampa killed at Jordan Val
ley alter collecting ui i is. ris. i.
Seattle, women plan boycott on eggs and
butter. Page 1.
! Overseas veterans, state official and pro
fessor testify for "reds." Pace 9.
Distress of Hamburg people, declared heart
rending. Page
ports-
Portland wins from Seattle. 10 to 3. Other
teams traveling. Page 14.
I Clackamas county fishermen want county
control. Page lo.
I Coast stars slated for Portland meet.
Page 14.
Commercial and Marine.
Flour millers expect further export pur
chases by government In June. Page -3.
I Corn higher at Chicago with strong demand.
Pago 2S.
I Wall street stocks higher with excited trad
Ing. Page 23.
Eighteen hundred men walk out at Standi-
rer plant. face
Officer elected by new port board. Page 22.
Portland and Vicinity.
Movement for safety educational system here
started. Pace 5.
Light, but favorable vote expected on re
construction measures toaay. rife l.
I Danger at Waverley baby home thought past.
Page 24.
Royal Rosarlans to greet Goddess of Festival.
Page 12
"Bans" for doughboy's wedding In France
received at mayor's office. Page 13.
Big vote for reconstruction today predicted.
Page V.
I Weather report, data and forecast. Page 23.
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Answering Terms.
PACT FAR FROM COMPLETE
Treaty's Formal Presentation
Is Marked by Seeming
Lack of Animosity.
BLUNDERS ENLIVEN SCENE
Photographer Takes Tumble
and Translator Errs in
Addressing Enemy.
ST GERMAIN, June 2. (By the
Associated Press.) The representa
tives of the vanquished Austrian na
tion met the victors at today's cere
mony in the 15th-century castle of St.
Germain to appeal for grace and just
and kindly treatment.
No trace of the arrogant spirit,
with which Count von Brockdorff-
Rantzau, head of the German dele
gation, attempted at Versailles to ar
raign the allied powers as jointly re
sponsible for the war and demanded
participation in the negotiations on
equal terms, marked the speech of Dr.
Karl Renner, the Austrian chancellor,
who replied to eGorges Clemenceau,
the president of the conference.
Th Austrian plenipotentiary, speak
ing in French as a concession to his
auditors, did not seek to extenuate the
gTiilt of the former Austro-Hungarian
government for what he described as
the "horrible crime of 1914."
Minimized Penalty Asked.
He asked only that the full weight
of the punishment should not fall
solely on the little mountain republic,
which was all that was left of the
once mighty Austria, but that it be re
garded as only one of eight new re
publics' into which the old monarchy
had been divided and that it be ap
portioned no more of the penalty than
it could bear.
(Section missing).
The mishap of a photographer who,
in the midst of Dr. Renner's speech,
fell with a crash of glass into one of
the museum cases and the blunders of
the French official translator, who
twice during the German translation
of the speech went astray causing gaps
of mingled horror and amusement, also
impaired the formal dignity of the.
sscene.
Orientals Arrive First.
The Japanese and Chinese delegates
were the first to arrive and take their
places at the table. They were closely
followed by M. Clemenceau.
The others filed in rapidly several
minutes before noon and all the plen
ipotentiaries were in their places ex
cept President Wilson and E. M. House.
Anxious glances were cast at "the empty
chairs as the minutes passed beyond the
hour set for the ceremony.
Finally an official was sent to tho
telephone to learn If anything had hap
pened. The president appeared at 12:15
and word was immediately sent to the
headquarters of the Austrians.
Then entered, one by one, 10 min-.
utes later, through a. door at tho rear
of the hall.
Austrian Chancellor Calm.
Dr. Renner was calm and assured,
as if entering his own house. Ho
walked directly to his seat and mo
tioned his colleagues to their places.
The entire assemblage, which had risen
up on the entry of the Austrians, seat
ed itself. XL. Clemenceau alone re
mained standing, and with scarcely an
instant's pause the session started.
Ears which were eagerly strained to
hear from M. Clemenceau some striking
phrases on the origin of the war or
Austria's guilt or punishment were dis
appointde. The "Tiger"" refrained from
any political allusion in his short
speech; he merely outlined the proced
ure of the negotiations and explained
that only part of the treaty was ready.
He asked that any replies or observa
tions to sucli parts of the treaties as
were laid today before the Austrians
be submitted in writing within 15 days.
M. Clemenceau spoke in easy conver
sational note, befitting such routine re
marks, and at the end called for trans
lations, which were given in talian as
well as German and English.
Blunder la Rectified.
The French official who attempted
the German rendition opened by ad
dressing "the delegations of the re- "
public of German-Austria." He was
immediately stopped and the diplomatio
blunder In the apparent recognition of
the Germanic attributes of the new re
public corrected.
The translator was now so nervous
that presently he was caught telling
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