VOX. jLVIII. XO. 18,2G3
Entered a t Portland (Oreroa)
Post-office as Second-Class Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, 3IOXDAY, JUNK O, 1919.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
iBds
WILSON MAY QUIT
PARIS IN TWO WEEKS
WASHINGTON CONFIRMS RFMOR
OF INTENTION TO KETUKX.
ADVERTISING
PLANES LEAVE MATHER
FIELD FOR PORTLAND
FLEET EXPECTED TO COMPLETE
TRIP LATE MONDAX. -
SHIP BOARD
GOVERNOR OLCOTT TO
FLY TO ROSE SHOW
AIRPLANE TO PICK IP EXECU
TIVE AT FAIR GROUNDS.
NICARAGUA SENDS
CHEER OLE
FOR 600
Ei of
REGIME
MEN
ASKS
1
MILLIONS
OUT GnLUflR HID
Uncle Sam Asked to Re
strain Costa Rica.
Fall of Government in
Fortnight Predicted.
INTERNAL SITUATION ACUTE
Allies May Find No One at
Home to Sign or Refuse to
J,. Sign Peace Treaty.
POLITICAL CHAOS HELD NEAR
Hopes for Young Republic Are
;. All but Abandoned New
Militarism Big Factor.
i BT CYRIL BROWN.
BERLIN, June 8. (Special.) The
present government will fall in a fort
night, possibly in eight days, is the
prophecy of political specialists.
"Machine guns will be popping in
the streets of Berlin within a few
days," is a remark whispered often
on Unter den Linden.
Speculations on the terms of peace-
have been suddenly eclipsed by an
acute, explosive internal situation. It
is quite possible that the allies will
find nobody at home either to sign or
refuse to sign any treaty. For the
Germans may be too busy fighting
among themselves about purely home
affairs to bother about the allies'
terms. The World correspondent rcents
a real revolution or counter-revolution,
or both, in the German wind. It looks
like, a toss-up between a military die
tatorship and a dictatorship of the
proletariat, with the life of the young
German republic apparently not worth
?0 cents.
J Political Chaos Imminent.
'; Inner political chaos seems most
certainly imminent, and there is no
foretelling the outcome. The new mili
tarism is a probable winner.
So far as surface appearances are
concerned, Berlin shows no material
change, barring a quiet and orderly
one-day general strike in memory of
Levine, the Munich radical leader, re
cently executed, and the very elab
orate military preparations to main
tain order on that day. The grave in
ternal situation is in no way the re
sult of the peace parleyings at Ver
sailles, but is due solely to domestic
happenings.
At bottom the principal cause of the
current trouble is the new militarism
as embodied in the new volunteer
army, for the Noske guards have re
stored and maintained order. This
new militarism should prove the de
cisive inner political factor for the
present weak coalition government,
which is supported solely by the hand
grenades and bayonets of the volun
teer army. If the government falls
no other can take its place without
the support of that body.
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Army Vote Now Important.
"How will the army vote?" is the
question on which Germany's imme
diate future now seems to hang. If
its present leaders can keep it in hand
with promises of continued good pay
and larger rations, then a military dic
tatorship is logical and inevitable, and
many observers predict such a dicta
torship soon. On the other hand, if
the army should get out of hand and
sympathize actively with the socialist
masses, then a dictatorship of the
proletariat is the equally logical out
come. The independent socialists and com
munists have conducted the most in
tense propaganda among the rank and
file of the troops, and the indications
are today that in consequence the
army itself is politically divided. This
greatly enhances the chances of a sim
ultaneous revolution and counter-revolution,
with bloodshed.
Early Smash Predicted.
lwo extreme and opposite views
tVirow light on the situation. The
jirtnker Deutsche Tagszeitung says:
"TJie underground agitation of the in
deiendent socialists and spartacists
appears to be leading to a coup d'etat
on a large scale. This agitation has
VJncluded un rte 7, Column 1.)
Plans Depend on Progress at Ver
saillesParty to Sec Belgium.
Before Return.
PARIS, Juree S. (By the Associated
Press.) President Wilson, it is now
regarded as probable, will leave France
for the United States within, ten days
or two weeks.
WASHINGTON, June 8. The state
ment in a Paris dispatch that President
Wilson might leave France for the
United. States within ten days or two.
weeks was said to he "quite probable"
tonigh't at the White House. It was not
Indicated whether a definite date had
been set for the sailing of the presi
dent from France.
In view of the plan of the president
to visit Belgium it was considered that
the sailing date more likely was two
weeks distant than ten days.
At any rate, it was said, all plans
depended on progress at Versailles. It
has been understood generally that the
president would stay in Paris until
after the signing of the peace treaty
with Germany.
BERLIN BACKS ANARCHISTS
Testimony at Zurich Trial Also Cov
ers California Hindus.
ZURICH, June 8. Sensational state
ments were made during the trial of
secret agents and anarchists here yes
terday. Testimony was given that one
of the anarchist band blew up a train
in the Montcenis tunnel in November.
1917, in which hundreds of French sol
diers were returning from Italy on
leave; Bombs and arms found in the
river Aar were of German manufacture.
Large sums of money that Hindu
leaders spent freely, it was declared
under oath, were supplied, not only by
Berlin, but by Hindus in America, es
pecially in California.
Enrico MalateBta, the notorious Ital
ian anarchist, residing in London, tried
to join the anarchist band at Zurich,
but was unable to get a passport. A
former German consul at Tabriz, at
tached to the Gerenian legation at
Berne, according to the evidence,
brought bombs from Berlin in a valise.
METH0B1ST- FUND IS OVER
Subscriptions Run Half-Million Be
yond $105,000,000 Goal.
According to a telegram received yes
terday by R. H. Hushes, editor' of the
Pacific Christian Advocate," the Metho
dists have gene well beyond their goal
of $103,000,000 in their great centenary
drive. There are three areas that have
exceeded their quotas the Helena, San
Francisco and Detroit areas.
The total for the 20 areas is $103.
535,728 for the Methodist Episcopal
church (North) and $35,249,223 for the
Methodist Kpiscopal church. South.
The summaries for the church North
areas are in part as follows: Portland,
$2,196,764; Boston, $4,762,275; Buffalo,
$8,415,000; Chattanooga, $1,036,725; Chi
cago. $11,280,778; Cincinnati, $14,885.
73S; Denver, $1,538,041; Detroit, $5,951,
187; Helena. $1,700,000; New Orleans,
$975,174; New York, $6,S84,600; Omaha,
$S, 150,000; Philadelphia, $6,754,000; San
Francisco, $4,600,000
ASSAILANT JS UNKNOWN
Man Who Fired at U. S. General's
House Still at Large.
COBLEN2, June S. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Investigation by the
military authorities has failed to re
veal the identity of the person who
fired three shots Thursday night at the
house in Coblenz occupied by Brigadier
General Stalin Craig, chief of staff of
the 3d army.
It is said that the name of General
Craig is the third on the German secret
list of marked Americans.
CHICAGO HOLDS ROUND-UP
Police Arrest 4 00 Suspects in Clean
up Campaign.
CHICAGO, June 8. More than 400
suspects were taken in police raids last
night and today in an effort to reduce
crime. A city council crime investiga
tion committee has heard many com
plaints' against the police and some
members have recommended abolish
ment of the detective bureau.
WESTERN MEN DECORATED
Pershing Announces Distinguished
Service Cross Awards.
WASHINGTON, June S. General Tcr.
shins notified the war department to
day that he had awarded the distin
guished service cross to the following:
Joseph H. Carvo, Toppenish, Wash.;
Mike Pirinoli, Sebastapol, Cal;. Peter
Ratkovich, Amador, Cal., and Ernest
Wernek, Mackey, Idaho.
HUNS BLOCK ESTHONIANS
Advance Against Rolshcvikl Is
Hampered, Says London Report.
LONDON, June 8. Having held up
the bolshevik counter-offensive along
the Gatschina railway, the Esthonians,
according to an of flcial. communication,
have commenced an advance toward
Kreszburg. but are hampered by Ger
man landwehr and the German gov
ernment's "iron division.
Polish' Nuncio Named.
ROME, June 8. The pope has ap
pointed Monsignor Ratti nuncio " to
Poland
Four Days' Sessions Open
at Auditorium.
MAYOR RAPS SEATTLE EDITOR
Suppression of Reds Declared
Duty of Government.
MUSICAL NUMBERS PLEASE
Fully 2 00 0 Delegates Arc Expected
in Portland When Meetings
, Arc Resumed Today.
BY BEN HUR LAMPMAN.
No, children, all those bonnie gentle
men in white trousers, with roses
thrust in their coat lapels. who
thronged into Portland yesterday, are
not personified translations from the
advertising pages of our smartest
clothiers. Nor do they celebrate the
country club. Yet advertising is the
shibboleth of their clan and they exalt
it to the h.lls.
They are the accredited delegates,
members and friends of the Pacific
Coast Advertising Men's association,
met in Portland for the purpose of
holding the 16tlr annual convention of
their organization, and the roses were
pinned on them by way of welcome.
When they arc all in town, some time
today, there will be about 2000 of them.
from all the cities of the Pacific coast
each one an individual dynamo of
community progress and western enter
prise. Several hundred had registered
at headquarters, the Multnomah hotel.
late last night, and new arrivals were
reaching the city by every train and by
a streaming procession of autos.
Ole HanMD Score Redi.
In the municipal auditorium yester
day afternoon and last night the ad
men opened their four-day sessions
with an inspirational preliminary of
speaking and music charging directly
at thJ questions of the " day through
the medium of logical oratory and re
freshing the spirit .by several excep
tionally 1 splendid solos and the har
monious warbling of their, own
quartets.
Distinctly the big dipper of the aft
ernoon constellation, for forensic stars
shine with equal brilliancy by day or
night, was Mayor Olc Hanson, the
slashing, hard-hitting, loyal direct-ac-tionist
of the city of Seattle, who but
recently returned from telling the east
a few facts about bolshevism and its
manifestations in the land of liberty.
To place the cart before the dob
bin is not good equestrian form, but
an incident that followed the audi
torium assembly is its own justifica
tion. Ole, warmed by the vigor of his
own remarks, his overcoat cavalierly
:onctuded on Page 6. Column 3.)
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"YOU'RE A GOOD SCOUT!"
' A
Craft Arc In Command or Colonel
Henry Watson and Carry
Eleven Passengers.
SACRAMENTO, June 8. (Special.)
At one minute past 8 o'clock this morn
ing, leaving from the aviation grounds
at Mather Field, eight army airplanes,
under the leadership of Colonel Henry
L. Watson and carrying 11 passengers,
with smoothly-purring engines, rose
gracefully into the air; pausing,
momentarily it seemed as if to get
bearings, headed northward and sailed
swiftly out over the city, bound for
Portland and its Rose Carnival, and
expecting to arrive there Monday night
or Tuesday morning.
One mammoth Do Haviland plane of
400 horsepower and capable of attain
ing a speed of 138 miles an hour was
in the caravan. This machine will
probably travel along at the rate of
120 miles an hour, and is expected to
reach Portland several hours in ad
vance of the other machines, which are
of the"Curtiss H" type and are of 150
horsepower.
Before starting upon the journey this
morning. Colonel Watson said that it
was probably the route taken by Lieu
tenant Al-.xander F. Hogeland of
Mather field, when he blazed a trail f r
the future establishment of regular
mail service during a pioneer trip
taken in December of last year, would
for the most part be followed. Plans
also were made to stop at Chico, Red
ding and Granada in California: Mcd
ford, Roseburg. Eugene, Corvallis and
Salem, In Oregon.
At Medford the squadron is to di
vide. A . recruiting campaign will be
conducted in conjunction with the
flight.
Klrt Stop In At Redding.
The first stop made by the birdmen
was at Redding, where 150 gallons of
gasoline were awaiting them for the
benefit of the machines and a lunch
was all in readiness for the pilots.
Hundreds of spectators were on hand
to watch the aviators make their land
ing, all but one of the machines mak
ing their descent at different inter
vals during the afternoon. But the big
De Haviland. however, dfd not halt
but kept right on its way northward
At an early hour this evening Cap
tain T. S. Voss. in charge of aviation
at Mather Field, said that, inasmuch
as he had as yet received no direct re
port from the squadron, this fact could
be taken as assurance that tho aviators
had met with no mishap in the first leg
of their flight. He pointed out that it
bad been agreed that word would be
sent him Immediately should any ac
cidents occur.
Captain Voss also Etated that the
fliers would stop for the night at
Granada, which lies very close to the
Oregon line.
Before leaving this morning Colonel
Henry L. Watson, in charge of the air
cavalry, said concerning the plans and
purposes of the flight:
"We shall probably follow pretty
closely the route taken by Lieutenant
Hogeland in his flight made to Seattle
last December. However, our trip will
not be made with any views of break
ing speed records. On the other hand,
we plan to make several stops, taking
close observations of physical and
(ConcliHled on Pag 4. Column ".
Hurley Submits Needs of
Building Programme.
FLEET DEVELOPMENT SOUGHT
Cancellation or Suspension of
751 Contracts Provided.
SAVING TO fiE $594,000,000
Chairman Indicates Actual Cost to
Government AY1II Be $180 for
Each Deadweight Ton. '
WASHINGTON. June 8. Chairman
Hurley of the shipping board has asked
congress for a final appropriation of
a little more than $600,000,000 to wind
up the government's shipbuilding opera
tions.
This sum, he said, which will com
plete the work of raising the United
Slates as a shipbuilding nation to first
place and develop the American mer
cantile marine fleet from a negligible
quantity to second place,- actually is
$400,000,000 less than congress already
has authorized.
The present needs of the shipbuilding
programme, as Chairman Hurley out
lines them, take into consideration the
cancellation or suspension of contracts
for 751 ships, which alone will effect
a saving of more than $594,000,000. The
administration charges of the whole
business will be only 1.32 per cent of
the total final expenditure.
Coat Total to Be Big.
When all is done. Chairman Hurley
points out In a letter to Chairman
Good of the house appropriations com
mittee, $2,861,755,570 will have been ex
pended in tho country's great effort
which will be shown in 13.8S5.106 dead
weight tons of ships on the seas. Al
though a cost of $206 a deadweight ton
Is indicated, the actual cost to the gov
ernment will be less for the reasons
he outlines as follows:
Some shipbuilders have paid into the
United States treasury income and ex
cess profits takes aggregating $40 a
deadweight ton on the vessels , they
have constructed. Others have paid
the equivalent of $30 a ton. It is es
timated that at least $25 a deadweight
ton has been returned to the treasury
in this manner by all shipbuilders. This
$25 does not include any taxes paid
by the 1,'indreds of sub-contractors who
manufactured the steel, the boilers, the
machinery and the many other things
which go into the ships; but when mul
tiplied by 13,885,106 deadweight tons it
indicates a rebate of $347,127,650, which,
when subtracted from $2,661,756,570
leaves $180 a deadweight ton as the
actual cost to the government of the
fleet which played an essential part
i 'oncluilf t on PHjte 4. Column 4.)
Salem Residents to Sec Machines on
Last Lap ot Flight From Sac
ramento to Portland.
SALEM, Or., June 8. (Special.)
Governor Olcott will take a little
"flier" In De Haviland stock Tuesday
morning.
At least the state's executive an
nounced today that he has accepted an
invitation proffered by the Salem Com
mercial club to become a passenger in
one of the army De Haviland airplanes
from Salem to Pdrtland. He will have
been the first governor of Oregon to
drop in on the Rose Festival by the
air route.
The army planes will reach Salem
early Tuesday on their flight from
Sacramento to the Rose Festival and
the governor will take passage in one
of the machines when it leaves the
earth near the state fair grounds for
the last lap of its flight for the city
of roses.
' Great interest is being manifested In
Salem in the arrival Tuesday of the
fleet of planes, and the Salem street
railway company will operate a string
of special cars to the landing field
near the state fair grounds to accom
modate the hundreds of curious resi
dents of this city.
LETTERS AREJN0T IGNORED
Federal Officers Flooded W ith Mis
sives From "Cranks."'
NEW YORK, June 8. Letters from
"cranks" purporting to furnish clewr
to the identity of radicals who last
Monday night blew up residences ol
public officials in various cities, are not
being ignored In seeking to run down
the anarchists, it was learned today.
Officers of the department of jus
tice here have been flooded with
anonymous letters giving false ad
dresses. However, the identity of the
gunmen involved in the Rosenthal
murder was established from such t
source.
DEMOCRAT SOLICITS HELP
Former Progressives Asked to Join
in Electing President.
DENVER, June S. Former members
of the progressive party were asked
yesterday by Homer S. Cummings.
chairman of the national committee of
the democratic party, to join hands
with the democrats next year in elect
ing a president.
To party leaders in conference here
he asserted that the democratic party
had accomplished much the progres
sives desired, and that the party had
proved it could manage governmental
affairs efficiently.
AVIATOR BEATS OWN MARK
, - r : . .
i uivuiciiani Ascends to a
Height or 31,160 Feet.
PARIS, June 8. The French aviator,
Lieutenant Casale, yesterday estab
lished a new world's record for height.
He ascended 9000 meters (31,160 feet).
He was the holder of the previous
record, 31,000 feet.
MUSICIAN'S B0DY IS FOUND
Herbert Harris, 72, Formerly of
Portland, Dies in Lake Michigan,
CHICAGO. June 8. The body of Her
bert Harris, 72, a musician, formerly of
Portland. Or., was found in Lake Mich
igan today with the pockets of the
clothing filled with stones.
An acquaintance said Harris had been
in ill health.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
lESTERDAT'f Maximum tfmperature. 70
iifcrrM; minimum, ol arcrffti.
TODAY'S Fair; wrjMfrlv winds.
r'orviKn.
Fair deal for Germans Maximilian Hardin'!
pica, iago --
Germany's hopes crow as allies delay reply
10 counter proposals. rase ..
Fall of Ocrman government in fortnight pre-
aiciea. luge 1.
National.
Shipping: board asks appropriation of
tilU.Htn.UOO. rase 1.
Nicaragua sends call for help to Uncle Sam.
l ago i.
Foreign.
Peace treaty declared death blow to Austria.
fa tee s.
Hungarian reds and Czccho-Slovaks In con
flict. Face 2.
Domestic.
Portland Shrlnera are cheered at Chicago.
t'age 4.
Ameriran federation of labor to open conven
tlon today. Face 11.
Planrs leavo Mather Fiold for Portland.
I'age 1.
Telegraphers discharged on eve ot strike.
Page 10.
Pacific Northnrnt.
Govrnnr Olcott to fly from Salem to Tort
land. Page 1.
Thousands witness Oregon pageant at
Willamette university. Page i.
State apportions county fair funds. Page J.
Douglas fitorrs ronvirted by Jury'. Page ll.
Boys and girls get summer course. Page 5.
Sport.
Champion all but knocks out Mcmple.
l'ago 13.
Young tennis stars play finals today.
Page 13.
Pacific Coast league results: Vernon 3-4,
Oakland 1-0; San r r&nelnco 1-4, Lo
Ang-les 8-0; Sacramento t. Portland ;
.Seattle 7-3. Salt Lake 3-3. Page 1 J.
Boxing commission to name matchmaker.
Page 12.
Portland and Vicinity.
Rate schedule held unfair to Portland.
Page 11.
Early-morning carolers salute service flags
with song. I'agu f.
Oregon bankers see need of development.
1'age l'-.
Modified control of railroads urged. Page 18.
Rear-Admiral Kullam here and flagship
coming. Page 18.
Thousands arrive for opening of Rose Fes
tival. Page 6.
Portland enlivened by spirit of victory.
Page 11.
Hun nation yellow, pastor's assertion,
rage .i
Advertising men. cheer Ole Hanson. Page L
FORCES MASSED ON FRONTIER
Invasion Feared as Result of
Old Grievances.
FRIENDSHIP FOR U. S. CITED
Statement Issued Declaring This
Country Should Take Hand in
Protecting Southern Republic.
WASHINGTON. June S. Nicaragua
has asked the United States to land
forces there to cope with a threatened
invasion from Costa Itica. The state
department is investigating the situ-
tion.
The Nicaraguan legation here in a
statement today declared that follow
ing the collapse of the revolution In
Costa Rica. President Tlnoco has
massed large forces on the frontier.
Tinot-o, whose brother as minister of
war is at the head of the Costa Rican
army in the field, has charged that the
Nicaraguans aided the revolutionists
The Nlcaraguans have denied the
charge and cited that it was the liberal
party in .Nicaragua, members of the old
Zelaya regime, that went over to
Tinoco.
Strict Neutrality Avowed.
This is the Nicaraguan legation's
statement:
"Notwithstanding that the revolution
in Costa Kica. which started about one
month ago. has come to an end; that
the defeated revolutionists who vroiacd
the Nicaraguan border were disarmed
by the frontier patrol; that the govern
ment of Nicaragua has maintained
strict neutrality from the beginning of
the revolution and has emphatically de
nied having given any aid to the revo
lutionists. General Tlnoco has been
massing a big army on the frontier ot
Nicaragua with large trains of ammu
nition and supplies of all kinds.
"H is known 4lmt he has in the de
partment of Guanacaste, and not far
from the frontier, aboui 6000 men under
arms with whom he expects to invade
Nicaragua, or else start a revolution in
that country headed by General Irlas.
formerly premier under Zelaya, Gen
erals Sediles, Santos, Baca, Usaga. and
other Nicaraguan generals opposed to
the present government of General
Chamorro.
Mcaragus Friendly to United States.
"Nicaragua, in accord with the finan
cial plan suggested by the United States
government, is in her reconstruction
period after 17 years of the Zelaya re
gime. It has adopted a strictly eco
nomic budget by which the government
can have under arms only 500 men and
has no war budget. The people of
Nicaragua have no complaint at having
followed the friendly suggestion of the
United States, as at the end of the last
economic year there was a surplus of
loOO.OOO and it is expected that at the
end of the present year there will be a.
surplus of 7rl.000.000.
"We believe that the time has ar
rived when the United States, in view
of the friendly attitude that Nicaragua
has maintained with the United States
in giving this country th-3 option for
building a canal through Nicaragua
and for the cctslon of thi cau uava!
bases, one on the Gulf of Uonscca, and
the other on the islands of the Atlantic,
and also oearing in mind that Nic
aragua entered he war ugitst Ger
many in narmooy with th United
States and lo ai l he allies la cvti
way in its power, should take a hand
to pr?.:-. Nuait'ua aga.rtt her for
eign foes.
JUDGE C0HALAN IS BITTER
Says Southern Democratic Admin
istration" Recalls Civil War.
CHICAGO, June 8. Justice Daniel F.
Cohalan of the New York supreme
court was the guest yesterday of the
Friends of Irish Liberty, and spoke at
several gatherings. Among his utter
ances was the declaration that "naval
ism is just as bad as autocracy or mili
tarism"; that "In the army of George
Washington 3S per cent of the soldiers
were men of Irish blood; in the civil
war Irish soldiers fought by thousands.
A southern democratic administration
cannot forget the ancient hatred for a
race that spilled its blood to down a.
Elave confederacy.'
The Justice declared that "while
America won the war," none of the
president's 14 points had been applied
in the workings of the peace coner
ance, and that Kngland had drafted
both the treaty and the league of na
tions covenant-
EDUCATOR SCORES LEAGUE
Chancellor Day of Syracuse Bayt
Plan" Is "Infamous Rargain."
SYRACUSE. N. Y., June 8. Chan
cellor James R. Day of Syracuse uni
versity, condemned the league of na
tions as "an infamous bargain," in hli
commencement address today.
Fralslng members of the senate who
arc opposing the league, he said:
"Thank God that there is a. remnant
of statesmanship left standing between
America and the imperiling quagmires
o internationalism.'
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