Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, June 16, 1919, Image 1

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    VOL. L.VUI. 0. 18,269
Knlwd at Portland (Oretol
T''-lof'r as Srcorri-Claws Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 16, 1919.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
pr I NATION LEAGUE SOON
7 V -rr inniT nrniimi
MEAT-PACKING PLANT
NEAR ALBANY BURNS
TWO KILLED, 17 HURT
IN RIOTS IN ZURICH
FEDERALS REPULSE
REBELS IfJ JUAREZ
IU AUMII utKIVIAm
CHIEF OF .f
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BLAZE STARTS IX BOILER
ROOM ; LOSS $10,000.
HCXS GET FOUR MONTHS TO
SUBMIT REPARATION' FLAXS.
CROWD STOXES WINDOWS AXD
LOOTS HALL OF JUSTICE.
n
PERSHING WILL
TREATY ME OF
MIGHT; HUNS AVER
Allies Held to Have For
saken Justice.
FLIGHT SUCCESS
Newfoundland-to-lreland
Air Trip Accomplished.
BRITISH PLANE VICTORIOUS
Captain Alcock and Lieutenant
Brown Land Vickers
Vimy at Clifden.
FLIERS STAND VOYAGE WELL
Run From St. Johns Across
Atlantic Made in 16 Hours
and 12 Minutes.
LONDON, June 15. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The final goal of all
the ambitions which flying men have
ventured to dream about since the
Wright brothers first rose from the
earth in a heavier-than-air machine
was realized this morning when the
young British officers, Captain John
Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Brown,
landed on the Irish coast after the
. first non-stop flight across the At
lantic.
Their voyage was without accident
and without unforseen incident, so far
as could be learned. It was a straight
away clean-cut flight achieved in 16
hours and 12 minutes from St. Johns,
N. F., to Clifden, Ireland, more than
1900 miles.
Run Amazingly Hazardous.
But the brief and modest descrip
tion which comes from the airmen at
Clifden tells of an adventurous and
amazingly hazardous' enterprise. Fog
and mists hung over the north At
lantic and the Vikers-Vimy biplane
climbed and dove, struggling to extri
cate herself from the folds of the air
plane's worst enemy.
She rose to 11,000 feet, swooped
down almost to the surface of the sea
and at times the two navigators found
themselves flying upside down only 10
feet above the water.
Before coming to earth near the
Clifden wireless station, Alcock circled
the wireless aerials, seeking the best
spot. But no suitable ground was
found, so he chanced it in a bog.
"Best Way to Cross" Brown.
The wireless staff rushed to the aid
of the aviators. They found Brown
dazed and Alcock temporarily deaf
ened by the force ofc the impact. As
soon as they were able to be escorted
to the wireless station they tele
graphed the news to their friends;
then had breakfast.
"That is the best way to cross the
Atlantic," said Lieutenant Brown after
he had eaten.
Describing the experiences of him
self and Lieutenant Brown, Captain
Alcock in a message from Galway to
the Daily Mail says:
'We had a terrible journey. The
wonder is that we are here at all. We
scarcely saw the sun or moon or stars.
For hours we saw none of them. The
fog was very dense and at times we
had to descend within 300 feet of
the tea.
Machine Covered With Ice.
"For four hours our machine was
covered with a sheet of ice caused by
f rjzen sleet. At another time the fog
was so dense that lr.y speed indicator
did not work and for r. few mniutes it
was very alarming.
"We encountered no unforeseen con
ditions. We did not suffer from cold
or exhaustion, except when looking
over the side; then the sleet chewed
bits out of our faces. We drank coffee
and aie and ate sandwiches and choco
late. "Our flight has shown that the At
lantic fKght is practicable, but I think
it should be done not with an airplane
or sea plane but with flying boats.
"We had plenty of reserve fuel left,
using only two-thirds of our supply.
"Lovely Field" Prores Bog.
"The only thing that upset me was
to see the machine at the end get
damaged. From above, the bog looked
like a lovely field but the machine
sank into it to the axle and fell over
onto her 6ide."
Captain Alcock explained the si
lence of his radio instruments during
the trip by saying that the wireless
propeller blew off soon after the air
plane left Newfoundland.
"W were much jammed by strong
Flames Envelop Structure Before
.Fire Engines Arrive; Xcbcr
gall Company to Rebuild.
ALBANY. Or.. June 15. (Special.)
The big packing plant of the D. E. Neb-
ergall Meat company, situated one-half
mile northeast of Albany, was almost
entirely destroyed by fire this morn
ins. The loss is approximately 840,000,
with $22,000 insurance.
The packing plant wal one of Al
bany's largest Industries. Roy O .Bush
ong. secretary of the company, said
that the plant will be rebuilt at once.
The fire, which started In the boiler
room, was discovered shortly before
7 o'clock this morning and when first
seen had made considerable headway.
The Albany fire department arrived
promptly, but as the plant was located
beyond the city limits, the only water
available was from Cox creek.
The walls of the main building were
of cement construction and these re
mained standing. All of the motors and
machinery apparently are ruined. Two
truck loads of fresh meat were saved,
but all other stock and supplies in the
building were lost.
The plant was erected in 1915 and
had become one of the largest institu
tions of the kind in the valley. Only
last winter the company spent 810.000
for new machinery and equipment and
had a thoroughly modern and complete
plant. The company also conducts re
tail meat markets in Albany, Corvallis
and Lebanon. The plant was situated
adjoining the Oregon Electric railroad
nd near the Southern Pacific track.
where both lines enter this city from
the north.
The fire today was the most serious
and destructive in Albany in years. It
was the second big fire hero in three
days, as a sawmill on the Willamette
river, owned by Dr. J. L. Hill and oper
ated by the Albany Hardwood Lumber
company, burned early Friday morning.
MEXICO SHIES AT LEAGUE
Brlk-f Held That Scheme Will Jfot
Be on Solid Basis for Time.
WASHINGTON, June 15. Mexico will
not seek admission to the league of
nations "for the present," General Can
dido Aguilar, son-in-law of President
Carranza and head of a special mission
to the United States, said today in re
plying to a question as to the attitude
of Mexico toward 4he Monroe doctrine.
Mexico, General Aguilar said, will
not attempt to obtain admission to the
league of nations "for the present as
it is the opinion of the Mexican gov
ernment that the league of nations
could not be formed upon solid and
conclusive bases until after peace is
adjusted and consummated between the
belligerent powers."
TREATY WILL BE PUBLIC
Council of Four Xot to Withhold In
formation From Public.
(Copyright by the Xtw York World. Pub-
llsnea oy arrangement. ,
LONDON. June 15. (Special Cable.)
Wilson Harris telegraphs from Paris
to the Daily News that the council of
four have decided that nothing need
be withheld from the public in the
treaty and that the entire document,
with corrections necessitated by de
cisions of the last fortnight, shall be
made available to the subjects of Great
Britain as soon as It can be printed.
It is expected copies may be ob
tainable by the middle of next week.
NEW PLANE RECORD MADE
Adjutant Casale Reaches Height of
33,130 Feet in France.
VILLACOUBLAY. June 15. Adjutant
Casale, the French aviator, who estab
lished a new world altitude record of
31.168 feet last week, broke his own
record yesterday by ascending to a
height of 10,100 meters (approximately
33.136 feet).
The flight was made in 65 minutes.
The temperature at the height of 10,100
meters was eight degrees below zero.
FRENCH MINERS GO OUT
General Strike Is Called After Con
ferences Fail.
PARIS, June 15. The general strike
of the members of the miners' federa
tion will take place Monday, it was an
nounced today by M. Bartuel, general
secretary of the federation.
The secretary said that the proposals
made by M. Colliard. minister of labor,
and M. Loucheur, minister of recon
struction, aiming at a settlement of the
dispute, were unsatisfactory.
HOTEL TO COST $7,500,000
D. M. Linnard Plans Xtw Hostelry
for X'ew York City.
NEW TORK, June 15. A $7,500,000
hotel to be known as the Linnard. will
be erected on Park avenue between
Fifty-first and Fifty-second streets, it
was announced here last night by D.
M. Linnard, proprietor of a chain of
hotels on the Pacific coast and the
Ambassador hotel, to be opened at At
lantic City this month.
108 HUNGARIANS KILLED
Effort to Quell Railroad Strike Cost;
Many Lives.
FL'DATEST. June 15. During an at
tempt to put. down a strike near Som
barheek, western Hungary. 108 rail
way men war killed. The strike is
continuing.
Wilson Reporteu Favoring
Appointment:-
GENERAL TO RETURN SOON
March Slated to Take Com
mand of Overseas FoFces.
POLITICS PLAYS PART
Secretary Baker Expected to Make
Announcement of Change
in Few Days.
BY HERBERT BAYARD SWOPE.
(Copyright by the New York World.
Ilshed by arrangement
Pub
PARIS, June 15. (Special Cables-
General Pershing is to go back to
America as chief of staff. This plan
has been tentatively approved by Presi
dent Wilson and is to be put into effect
within 30 or 60 days, which will depend
largely upon the outcome of the treaty
making. If German recalcitrancy makes
military demonstrations necessary the
commander in chief will remain to see
the show through to the final act, but
if things move smoothly he is to go
home as military boss of the army.
This is to be part of General Per
shing's reward for doing the job well.
Another reward may come in the form
of giving him the four stars of a full
general of permanent rank instead of
a rank that will expire with the end
of the war. He will succeed General
March as chief of staff, who very likely
will be sent to France to command such
forces as are still here and those which
are to remain here.
British Kxample Followed
In changing places with General
March, General Pershing will be fol
lowing the example set by Great
Britain, which has brought home Field
Marshal Sir Douglas Halg as chief of
staff and sent General Sir William
Robertson, whom he succeeded as head
of the British, forces- which, were for
merly commanded by his present suc
cessor; Unless such a plan be followed Gen
eral Pershing upon his return to Amer
ica will drop back into Insignificance.
He would be outranked ' by General
March as chief of staff and by General
Wood and General Barry, both of whom
are senior to General Pershing . as
major-generals.
General Pershing would have to take
up departmental work, which is viewed
as scarcely compatible with what he
has done over here for more than a
year.
Political influences are at work to
keep General March in his present po
sition, but it is improbable that they
will be successful, as General Per
shing's claims to special consideration
tConrluded on Pag 4. Column 1.)
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Change in Peace Terms Allows DC'
fcated Xation Army of 200,.
. 000 for Three Years.
PARIS, June 15. (By the Associated
Press.) Germany is to be allowed
army of 200,000 men for three years.
This is one of the changes in the peace
terms which has been sedulously kept
secret.
The reason given for this doubling
of the previous number of effectives
is the impossibility of adjusting the
armies of Austria, Poland, Czecho-Slo-
vakia and other new states propor
tionately to the previously arranged
100,000 men for Germany.
A general reduction of armaments
is to be negotiated immediately. '
Germany's admission to the league of
nations is fixed for "the near future
Her. admission will enable Germany
to bring up for discussion her eco
nomic propositions. Germany will be
given four months to submif to the al
lied proposals dealing with her total
indebtedness through reparations, and
methods for the payment thereofShe
may propose merchandise and labor.
The allies are to reply within two
months.
I A plebiscite for upper Silesia will be
taken within six to 18 months.
A clause deals with the protection
by the league of nations, of German
minorities inhabiting the districts tak
en from Germany. Another deals with
the inter-allied civil commission, which
will administer the left bank of the
Rhine, occupied by the allied troops, to
which the existing military commission
will be subordinated. '
CAPTAIN JOHN ROTH DEAD
First Noncommissioned Officer at
Camp Lewis Passes.
TACOMA, Wash., June 15. (Special.)
Captain John O. Roth, the first non
commissioned officer to come to Camp
Lewis as assistant to the camp quar
termaster, died at the base hospital
there last night. He had been in
charge of all the camp warehouses up
to the time of, his admission to the
hospital last March. He was a gradu
ate of the University of Ohio and had
been in the regular army for 30 years.
For part of that time he was Instructor
in the post school at Fort Steven, Or.
When; Madame Ernestine Schu aann-
Heink sang at tbe base, hot f. Thurs
day afternoon. Captain Roth requested
that she sing in his ward. :. He asked
that she sing something simplelor him
and she complied with "Danny Boy,7
an old Irish love song. .
YANKS MAY GO TO SILESIA
Americans May Occupy Country
While Plebescite Is Taken.
PARIS, June 13. (By the Associated
Press.) The Poles have become some
what reconciled to the proposed plebe
scite in Silesia by informal assurances
which they have received that Ameri
can troops will, if possible, be assigned
to occupy the contested and disputed
area pending the vote, to assure a fair
and unintimidated expression " of the
people's wishes.
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THE LATEST VICTIM. '
GERMAN PROTEST IS ISSUED
Reply to Pact Presented at
Versailles Summarized.
WILSON TERMS RECALLED
President's 14 Points Declared to
Have Been Accepted and Re
turn to These Demanded.
PARIS, June 15. According to the
Temps Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau,
the chief German plenipotentiary, will
receive tomorrow a covering letter
with appendices dealing with each
question raised by the German counter
proposals and amendments to such ar
ticles of the preliminaries of May 7
which the council of four have recti
fied. .
These amendments will remain con
fidential as did the text Itself of the
preliminaries of May 7. The covering
letter and appendices will be published
Tuesday.
PARIS, June 15. The German reply
to the peace treaty submitted at Ver
sailles on May 7 maintains that the
enemies of Germany have forsaken the
peace of justice to which they had
pledged themselves in the armistice
negotiations for a peace of might.
The reply, an official summary of
which was made public here today,
protests against the proposed terms
individually and collectively and de
mands a return to the original agree
ments. It presses for verbal negotia
tions, and states that Germany expects
justice on a basis of equality and reci
procity. The reply follows the lines of the
summary of the German counter pro
posals "given out in. Berlin about the
time they were presented. .
' Trust Betrayal Charged, j
.The document covers 119 pages and
includes a. covering letter by Count von
Brockdorff-Rantzau under date of May
29, which' has already been published,
and a second section of comments fol
lowing the main outline of the original
draft treaty. Two separate papers on
legal and financial questions are in
cluded s as part of the general reply.
Both English and French translations
have been furnished in pamphlet form.
the former totaling about 60,000 words.
The reply begins with a detailed anal
ysis of the legal basis of peace, alleges
a flagrant series of contradictions to
this basis and points out that the re
sults would be the complete enslave
ment of the German people and the
( Concluded on Pag 4, Column 3.
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German and Bolshevik Anarchists
Incite Serious Disorders;
Guard Fires on Mob.
PARIS, June 15. Serious anarchist
and bolshevik disorders broke out in
Zurich Friday night at S o'clock. Fir
ing was still going on at 9 o'clock, ac- j
cording to a dispatch received here
from Geneva.
The casualties in the disturbances at
Zurich are given officially at two per
sons killed and 17 wounded. One po
liceman was mortally hurt. Among the
rioters were many German anarchists
and communists.
According to advices received here
this morning the local workmen's union
of Zurich, which has a number of ex
tremist members, was holding a meet
ing in memory of Rosa Luxemburg
when the news was circulated that the
secretary of the union, Conrad Wyss,
had been arrested on Wednesday. A
furious crowd marched to the prefec
ture, stoned the windows, broke down
doors and after a half hour of battering
looted the hall of- justice and burned
the archives in the principcl corrido
of the building. A guard fired on th
crowds, his shots being answered.
A number of casualties are reported,
but details are lacking, as telcphon
and telegraph lines appear to hav
been tampered with. There are large
foreign colonies of anarchists, bolshe
viki and revolutionaries in Zurich.
AUTO AND CAR HIT, 1 HUR
Mike Fijcr Suffers Injured Knee
in Street Collision.
Collision between a southbound Ful
ton-street car and an automobile driven
by Jack L. Smith, an automobile asaleS'
man, at Second and Columbia streets
yesterday resulted in the injury of
Mike Fijer, a passenger in Mr. Smith':
car.
Mr. Smith was driving west on Co
lumbia street, and when he turned into
Second street around a blind corner
he saw the car coming at a high rate
of speed. Mr. Smith says he stepped on
the accelerator and tried to cross ahead
of the street car, but It struck the
auto's hind wheel and skidded the car
around against the curbing.
Mr. Fijer was thrown on the pave
ment, suffering injuries to his knee.
He Is in St. Vincent's . hospital. Mr.
Smith is employed by the C. L.. Boss
company. Mr. fijer lives at 494 North
Twenty-fourth street.
EX-EMPEROR NOT WANTED
'Belongs in Pathological Ward.
Declares Socialist Leader.
BERLIN, Saturday, June 14. (By
the Associated Press.) Former Em
peror William "belongs in the patho
logical ward" and is not wanted rn
Germany, declared Herman Mueller,
majority socialist leader and whip in
the national assembly, in a speech de
livered before the majprity socialists
convention here today.
Herr Mueller, one of the most con
servative of the socialists, referring to
the rumor that an attempt was to be
made to bring about the return of the
ex-emperor, warned the Prussians said
to be interested in such a move that
a majority of the German people would
not permit his return.
LAUNCH UPSETS; 8 DROWN
Fifteen Missing From Boat, Carry
ing Mostly Children.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala., June 15. The
60-foot pleasure launch Mary Francis
with 53 persons, mostly children, on
board, turned turtle late today in the
Warrior river, three miles abovei Tus
caloosa. Eighteen persons are known
to have been drowned and 15 others
are missing. .
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTERDAT'S Maximum temperature, 65
degrees; minimum, 40 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair and warmer; westerly winds.
Foreign.
Federals repulse Villa rebels in Juarez.
Page 1.
Omsk government not yet recognized by
allies. Page Z.
Growth of Irish police union worries British
statesmen. Page 8.
Give new Germany chance, is plea of Maxi
milian .Harden. age a.
Versailles treaty peace of might, say Ger-
- mans. Page 1.
Two killed, 17 wounded in Zurich riots.
Page 1. '
Flight from Newfoundland to Ireland ac-
. compllshed. Page 1.
Allied reply to be delivered to Germans to
day. Page 5.
Turkish problem next on programme at
French deny U. S. is burning equipment.
I ...
League of nations seen to admit Germany.
Page 1.
Pershing to be,chief of staff. Page 1.
National.
Burleson seeks to end keymen's strike.
. Page 4.
Radicals are rapped In senate report on ac-
- tlvitles against nation. lage 3.
Domestic.
International Rotarians to meet Tuesday in
Great . Mormon tabernacle. Page 12.
Pacific Northwest.
Major Gilbert delivers baccalaureate sermon
at JJniverslty of Oregon. Page 8.
Roseburg thriller by aviation stunts. Page 8.
Commercial and Marine.
Gobs are hosts to marcr visitors. Page 11.
v Sports.
Pacific Coast league results: Los Angeles 4-6.
Oakland 3-1; Seattle 4, Sacramento 3;
Vernon 4-2, San Francisco 3-0; Portland
2-8. Salt Lake 0-4. Page 10.
Women clash today in tennis handicap.
Page 10.
Champion Is fast reducing weight for big
. fight. Page 11. ... j
' Portland and Vicinity.
Pastor pleads for education of young.
Page 12.
Graduates told to face life bravely. Page 7.
First Christian to erect new church. Page 16.
Bankers end convention with memorable
banquet. Page t.
Coast lumbermen to consider new tariff
proposal Thursday. Page 11.
Casualty men are welcomed by city. Page 16.
More room needed for grade children.
Page 1A.
Carranza Commander Is
Five Times Wounded.
CAVALRY CHARGES IN STREETS
150 Villa Men Killed, 10
Wounded, 60 Captured.
RIFLE FIRE IS INCREASED
Two American Soldiers at EI Paso
Injured by Stray Bullets; In
ternational Bridge Seized.
KL PASO. Tex., June l.. The Stth
Infantry, fourth battalion, crossed the
International border to Jusres at It
o'clock tonight. The fifth and seventh
cavalry regiments -crossed at Three
Fords, east of HI Paso.
A battalion of the 82d artillery
croaaed cant of the atock yards. There
were approximately UOOO American
troops on Mexican aoll 10 minutes after
they were ordered to make the crossing.
Colonel 8. R. H. Tompkins of the tn
entn cavalry was in command of the
cavalry brigade which crossed at the
fords and Colonel Hadsell was In com
mand of tbe Infantry. Two armored
motor cars rambled over tbe bridge at
IOiSS P. M., going to Juarea.
The reason given at military head
quarters for ordering the troupa t
cross was "to prevent firing from the
Mexican aide on El Paao.
Brigndler General Krwia refused com
ment at the time of erosjilng.
JUAREZ, June 15. Fighting was re
sumed in Juarez at 4:40 P. M. By 6
o'clock the rifle fire was more general
than, at any time last night. Federal
troops charged the rebels as they ad
vanced down Calle Commerclo, the prin
cipal business street, repulsing them
as they did last night.
This dashing cavalry charge was
costly to the federals, however, as Col
onel J. Gonzalez Escobar, garrison
commander and hero of the early morn
ing battle today, was wounded five
times and hurried to El Paso for medi
cal treatment. I
EL PASO. June 15. Following the
wounding of Corporal Edward ReilTy,
of a motor transport company, and Cor
poral Earl Smith, of the 24th Infantry,
by stray bullets. General Erwin or
dered' this port closed and. the inter
national bridge was taken over by the
military.
Ballets Hit El Paso Buildings.
No one is permitted to cross to
Juarez without a military pass.
The Villa forces rode to the south
end of the international bridge before
retiring this morning.
A Mexican girl was struck in the
eg near her home in the Mexican quar
ter, where bullets fell during the fight
ing. Bullets also struck hotels and -
buildings down town in El Paso.
El Paso troops are patrolling the en
tire river front to prevent Villa raids.
Villa was reported to have obtained
two field pieces from the American
side early today, these having been
smuggled over at the Zaragosa ford.
JUAREZ, June 15. After six hours
of fighting since midnight. Villa's
forces were slowly withdrawing from
Juarez at 6 o'clobk this morning.
Shortage of ammunition on the part
of Villa's forces, coupled with a dash
ing cavalry charge down Commercio
street by Colonel Escobar's forces, is
believed to have caused the Villa with
drawal toward the eastern suburbs of v
the town.
Cavalry Pursues Villa.
Carranza troops controlled the cen
ter of the city early today with cavalry
still pursuing Villa.
The tide of battle followed for Villa
until 3 o'clock this morning. When
the rebel firing died away, retirement
was begun with the federals in pur
suit. At daylight the firing became desul
tory on both sides, with an occasions!
shot from Fort Hidalgo.
Villa troops looted a number of
stores and houses.
ISO Villa Reported Dead.
Tb,e federals early claimed to have
150 Villa dead, 50 prisoners, ten
wounded.
The federals executed two prisoners.
The number of Villa prisoners in
creased to 60 as the day wore on. Ru
mor) persisted that many of these had
been executed. Only two known exe
cutions were seen by the Associated
Press correspondent.
EL PASO, .Tex., June 15. An uni
dentified woman was shot and instantly
killed at 8 o'clock tonight four blocks
from the Rio Grande, on the American
ide of the border. This was the first
fatality on the American side.
Anastacio Madrid was shot in tha
head by a bullet from the Jaurez battle
tonight at his home in the Mexican
quarter here. He is expected to re
cover. This was the second casualty on
he American side tonight and the fifth
since the fighting started last night.
An additional battalion and two com
panies of the ISth infantry were or
dered to entrain at once at Douglas.
Ariz., and proceed to El Paso for duty
in the patrol district along the river
front. The reinforcements are expected
to arrive tomorrow. One battalion of
the 10th is now here.
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