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PORTLAND, OEEGOX, MONDAY, J,1
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23, 1919.
TKICE .FIVE CENTS.
1
111 PEACE PACT
Assembly Stands 237 to
138 on Accepting Treaty.
5 ABSTAIN FROM VOTING
Teutons Balk at Acknowledg
ing War Responsibility and
Surrendering ex-Kaiser.
'ALLIES REFUSE ANY CHANGES
Council of Four Demands Un
conditional Acceptance or
Armies Will Advance.
BERLIN, June 22. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Germany will sign the
peace treaty.
THe National assembly this after-1
noon, by a vote of 237 to 138, decided
to sign.
On the question of signing the
treaty five members of the assembly
abstained from voting.
The assembly also voted confidence
in the new government of Herr Bauer,
236 to 9. Sixty-eight members ab
stained from voting.
Blame to Be Disclaimed.
. Before the vote of confidence was
taken, Herr Bauer, the new premier,
declared that the government would
sign the treaty but without acknowl
edging the responsibility of the Ger
man people for the war and without
accepting the obligations contained in
articles 227 to 230 in the treaty re
lating to the trial of the former em
peror and the extradition of other
German personages.
In announcing the decision of the
government to sign the peace terms,
Premier Bauer eaid before the na
tional assembly today:
"The allied and associated powers
cannot expect the German people to
agree from inner conviction to a
peace instrument, whereby, without
the populations being consulted, living
members are severed from the Ger
man empire, German sovereignty per
manently violated and unbearable eco
nomic and financial burdens imposed
upon the German people."
PARIS, June 22. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The council of four has
definitely rejected the German sug
gestion that further alterations be
made in the peace treaty.
The council received four notes
from the Germans, which are supposed
to have been prepared in advance
and were held to await advices from
Weimar on the result of the meeting
of the assembly. President Wilson
went at once to the residence of Pre
mier Lloyd George, where the council
took up consideration of the notes.
Reservations Are Made.
One of these, from the new German
government, declared Germany was
ready to sign peace if the clauses
making Germany responsible for the
war and calling for the trial of the
former emperor were eliminated.
The council after consideration of
the notes took its decision to reject
the German request.
The German government has ap
pointed Dr. lianiel von Haimhausen of
the peace delegation to conduct the
peace arrangements at Versailles.
It is understood that the allies in
sist on absolutely unconditional ac
ceptance of the terms, failing which
the armies will begin to advance Mon
day evening.
PARIS, June 22. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Communications from
the Germans to the council of four re
lating to the vote of the assembly at
Weimar reached President Wilson this
evening and were being considered by
the council.
One of the communications is un
derstood to announce that the assem
bly voted in favor of signing the
treaty -with certain reservations. It
is not known what the reservations
are beyond a declination to admit the
guilt of Germany in starting the war
and to give up the former emperor
for trial.
GERMANS OT TO ASK DELAY
Paris Opinion Believes Hans Will
Sign Treaty Wednesday.
PARIS. June 21. By the Associated
Presat A dispatch reaching the Amer-
(Coacludad os Fa. i. Coin ma i-i
200 REPORTED DEAD'
IN MINNESOTA STORM
SECTIO.V OF FERGCS FALLS IS
WIPED OCT.
j Hotel and Depot Are Demolished,
Great Northern Train Is Blown
From Tracks.
FARGO. X. D., June 23. Approxi
mately 200 persons were killed by a
tornado that struck Fergus Falls, Mlnn
this afternoon and wiped out three
blocks In the business section of the
city.
This report was received tonight at
the Great Northern railroad office cere.
and asid that train No. 1 had been
blown off the tracks.
One of the ifassengers, a girl, suf
fered a sprained ankle, but none of
the other passengers was injured. They
were picked up by Great Northern train
No. 4, five miles west of Fergus Falls,
and brought to Fargo.
A report from Staples to the North
ern Pacific here eaid that the Grand
hotel had been razed by the wind and
the Northern Pacific depot demolished.
Th'e telephone operator at Battle
Lake, Minn., about IS miles west of
Fergus Falls, reported that the entire
town between the Grand hotel and the
brewery had been wiped out. The hotel
is situated in the eastern section of the
city and the brewery is located in the
western part. The operator also re
ported that 200 persons had been killed.
ST. PACT Minn.. June 22. Railroad
men on trains returning irora ins
vicinity of Fergus Falls eaid that re
ports were 201) may have been killed in
the cyclone. It was reported that the
Grand hotel at Fergus Falls bad C01-
lapsed in the storm and that 75 per
sons had been burled in the ruins.
r- t?.. AMi,t.ntnii
erai Rhinow and 75 men of the sanitary
corps, 4th regiment. M- N. G.. left on a
special train late tonight with doctors,
nurses and railway officials. Other
national guard units in the Twin Cities
and in towns near Fergus Falls were
ordered to hold themselves in readiness
for guard and police duty. The special
was to arrive at Fergus Falls at 3
A. M. Monday.
Shortly before midnight a severe
electrical and wind storm, accompanied
by a heavy rainfall, struck the Twin
Cities, further Interfering with tele
graph and telephone service.
ST. PACT Minn.. June 22. Reports of
a severe cyclone this afternoon at
Fergus Falls, with more than 100
homes leveled In that city, were re
ceived tonight. Major C. F. Garis
aide to Adjutant-General Rhinow, left
this evening on a special train to pre
pare the way for relief work.
Great Northern, train No. J. was blown
from the tracks 27 miles east of
Barnesvllle and about the same dis
tance west of Fergus Falls, only the
engine and one car remaining on the
track. Reports say there were three
killed.
Physicians have been summoned to
the scene of the wreck and cyclone
from surrounding towns. Wire facilities
were badly interfered with by the storm
and early this evening but few details
were obtainable.
The train is the crack Great Northern
oriental limited transcontinental, and
was westbound.
WINNIPEG ISAGAIN QUIET
Calm Sunday Follows on Heels of
Turbulence of Yesterday.
WINNIPEG. June 22. Winnipeg was
quiet today, after the bloody rioting ot
yesterday afternoon. The city no long
er Is under martial law, but federal
soldiers still are on duty in the busi
neu district to aid and support the
civil authority. Certain defined areas
are still guarded by soldiers.
Mayor Gray today issued a statement
in which he declared that an investiga
tion showed that strikers and not
Royal Northwest Mounted police fired
the first shots yesterday. He declared
that the riot followed addresses by
union men who -had made "inflamma
tory speeches. "
Early tonight the soldiers were with
drawn from Main street and the duty
of policing this district was again
taken over by returned soldier con
stables. BOY ACCIDENTALLY . SHOT
lUfle Held by Companion Is Dis
charged; Lad Dies of Wounds.
TACOMA. Wash, June 22 Stanley
Roll man. 1 years old, son of Edward
Rollman. of Graham, Wash., but who I T
has been making his home with an 1
uncle here, was fatally wounded this : J
morning by the accidental discharge of j
a rifle In the hands of a boy companion j
by the name of Strand. I
The wounded boy died this afternoon i
at a temporary hospital. The accident
Sunrise Reach on Puzet 1 7
1 " i
Sound.
FOOD CONTROL RETAINED
Britain to Regulate Edibles During
Coming Winter.
TXK.DON. June 22. George H. Rob
erts, food controller, presiding at the
labor conference yesterday, said that
in the Interest of the consumer he had
decided to retain control of food dur
ing the coming winter.
While the average cost of food, was
4s 9d weekly less than in November,
he added, there was no reason to be
lieve that there would be a further de
crease In the near future.
ILLINOIS LID IS RIVETED
Governor Signs Bill to Make Prohi
bition Law Effective.
SPRINGFIELD. 11U June 22. Gov
ernor Lowden late today signed the
"search and seizure" bill, passed by the
SI st general assembly and designed to
enforce prohibition in dry. territory.
FALL OF GERMANY
IS SAD SPECTACLE
Formal Finale Devoid of
Dramatic Features.
HUNS WASTE PRECIOUS TIME
Lack of Courage Promptly to
Accept Treaty Is Costly.
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RESPONSIBILITY IS EVADED
Principal Actors In Nation's His
toric Peace Crisis Prove Poor
Tragic Comedians.
BT CTRIL BROWN.
(Copyright by the New York World. Fub-
usnea Dr arraniement)
WEIMAR, June 22. (Special Cable.)
The formal finale of the German em
pi re's fall is a disappointing spectacle.
devoid of all dramatic features, devoid
of any exhibition of moral courage in
the face of misfortune, devoid even of
decent, dignified funeral oratory. The
principal actors In Germany's historic
peace crisis are proving poor tragic
comedians, whose petty partisanship
could hardly ruffle Weimar's small
town provincialism.
an all overcrowded Weimar there is
not one German who is likely to have
a permanent place In history. The
superfluity of politicians posing as
statesmen and the utter lack of great
leaders explains the situation today.
Haaa Waste Pmloii Time.
Germany, on the brink of chaos, has
been fiddling away precious time with
formal hair-splittings. Germany, want
ing peace badly, has balked at the sign
ing, for political weaklings lacking the
courage to say "yes" or "no" and accept
the full responsibility have been trying
to stand from under the inevitable re
sponsibility for a clear answer before
the allied ultimatum expires, by seek
ing a compromise where no compromise
is possible This interoolltlcal nro-
crastination has occasioned real alarm
lest no action be taken before the ex
piration of the time JlfiL '
Lack of laity Skm.
This dangerous dilemma was due to
to the fact that no clear majority ap
peared In the national assembly either
for signing or not signing the treaty
unconditionally. The majority in the
Scheidemann government stubbornly
maintained its stand against signing,
but when a straw vote of the assembly
showed that under the peace pressure
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THAT SOME PEOPLE WILL
Areht you
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WHILE OTHERS WHO
AVIATORS, LOST IN AIF
FLY BLUE MOUNTA,
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ADYEXTCRES MARK PEXD7 3 :
TO WALLA WALLA FLIQ .
Fliers Soar to Imbler, Or., by' Mis
take, Bnt Finally Land Safely
at Destination.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., June 22.
Lieutenant J. il. Fetters and Sergeant
Owen KIssell, United States aviators,
landed In Walla Walla at 6:10 tonight
after being lost in the Blue mountains
for two hours. The crowds had watched
all afternoon for the machine to appear
from the southwest, when the plane
was seen coming from the east.
Leaving Pendleton at 3:30 this after
noon, the aviators headed for Walla
Walla, but their map did not show the
Umatilla river. They followed up this.
passing over Bingham Springs and EI
gin, in eastern Oregon. Finally they
descended at a little town to locate
themselvese and were amazed to dis
cover they were at Imbler, Or.
They filled up with gasoline, got their
bearings, flew back over Elgin and
thence across the Blue mountains, pass
ing over Toll Gate, coming into Walla
Walla from a direction entirely unex
pected.
"Aside from getting lost, we had a
delightful trip," Fetters said when he
stepped out of the plane and explained
why it took over two hours and a half
to make 40 miles.
This was the first time an airplane
has ever penetrated into the Elgin sec
tion or flown across the Blue moun
tains.
The aviators are guests tonight of
the commercial club. They will leave
at 10 A. M. tomorrow' for Spokane.
Efforts are being made to have them
return Wednesday to welcome the
146th field artillery.
PENDLETON, Or., June 22. (Spe
cial.) Headed for the Yellowstone, by
way of Walla Walla and Spokane, Lieu
tenant J. M. Fetters tend Sergeant Kis
sel, piloting an army biplane on a re-
connoitering trip over the northwest.
left here this afternoon about 3 o'clock.
The fliers started from Mather field
n California, flew in Portland during
the Robs Festival, went from there to
Seattle, and now are headed eastward.
ESTATE TO PAY BIG TAX
Inheritance Levy of Henry Miller
Property 1 ,850,9 6 1 .52 .
SAN FRANCISCO, June 22. The es
tate of the late Henry Wilier, wealthy
land and cattle oner, owes the state
of California .,859,96J.S3 In inheritance
taxes, according to a' report filed with
the county clerk here yesterday by R.
Mogan, state inheritance tax ap
praiser. This was said to be approxi
mately $4,000,000 less than unofficial
estimates of the amount of the tax.
According to Mogan's report Miller
owned 119.7S1.25 shares of the -total is
sue of 120,000 shares of stock of the
Miller & Lux corporation, and that this
stock, exclusive of all indebtedness,
was valued at the time of Miller's death
at 131,939,143.15. . -
ISN'T IT PECULIAR?
UNDERGO ANV . HARDSHIP FOR
HAVE THE PRIVILEGE DOS'T 'TAKE
SI LATEST COUP
Sinking of Shins Starts
Domestic Storm.
DRASTIC CRITICISM IS HEARD
Powers Bilked by Foe, Is Cry
of Newspapers.
PLOT DECLARED WELL LAID
'Serves Us Right for Trusting Huns,'
Says Admiral Scott Berlin Is
Declared Involved.
BY JOSEPH W. GRIGG.
(Copyright by the New York World. Pub
lished by arrangement.)
LONDON, June 22. (Special Cable.)
A storm of domestic criticism is
arising over the scuttling by the Ger
man crews of the German war fleet
interned at Scapa j-'low, north, of the
Scottish mainland.
The British public has often been
told and has believed that the German
fleet surrendered .to the British grand
fleet last November. Now it learns in
unvarnished terms that the enemy
fleet was only . interned. Whatever
might have been its fate had it not
been sunk, there is a feeling that the
Germans have chated the associated
powers in ' determining the interned
warship's future. This criticism al
ready is voiced in th press.
Well-Laid Plot Charged.
More than 24 hours have elapsed
since the British patrol boats saw the
first indications of what is believed
now on all sides to have been a well-
laid plot to terminate the history of
the kaiser's own fleet by German
hands. So far as the public is con
cerned this dramatic event has been
told up to this evening only, in several
official paragraphs.
The next step is expected to come
from Paris, now that the fleet, or most
of It. has been destroyed, and the Ger
man crews safely interned. . -
The armistice terms, and not the
British fleet, are responsible for the
destruction of the German fleet by the
skeleton crews, is the opinion ex
pressed to the world in naval quarters
today. ;
Only Germans on vessels.
The British fleet, at the instance .of
the armistice naval commission repre
senting the associated powers, took on
the duties o fa police force. In carry
ing out such duties, however, it was
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TE PRIVILEGE .. OF . VOTING.
, ADVANTAGE OF IT.
HUN
ENRAGES
BR TONS
WETS EXPECT CHEERY
MESSAGE FROM PARIS
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ACTIOX OX PROHIBITION" LAW
IS COUNTED OX.
Lifting or Ban by Cable Is Predicted
at Capital Dry Leaders Placed
at Disadvantage.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, June 22. The wets appeared
confident today that President Wilson
would rescind the.wlne and beer sec
tions of the' wartime prohibition law
before the end of the week. Represen
tative Dyer of Missouri, who cabled
President. Wilson some weeks ago, urg
ing that the ban he lifted, asserts there
Is no doubt that the president will pre
vent the wartime prohibition act going
into effect on July 1.
It Is believed that the president will
lift the ban by cable from abroad,
which places the prohibition leaders at
a great disadvantage. They feeel that
if he were here they could prevail upon
him not to act. He is reported to be
set upon saving part of the liquor busi
ness from immediate destruction.
Representative Fitzgerald of Massa
chusetts and Igoe of Missouri also in
timated that they - had information
pleasing to the wets. .
Prohibition leaders' dispute the au
thority of the president to rescind any
part of the law without rescinding all,
which would also allow the eaie of
hard liquor to go ahead until national
prohibition is in effect next January. .
"Dry" leaders in congress are ex
pected to take action early in the week
to forestall the action of the president
BRAZILIAN PAYS TRIBUTE
President-EIect Pessoa v Honors
- Washington's Memory.
WASHINGTON, June 22. Dr. Epita
cio Pessoa, president elect of Brazil,
paid tribute today to George Washing
ton as "first in the hearts of all those
who love liberty and democracy," in a
touching ceremony before the tomb of
Washington at Mount Vernon. The
next executive of Brazil, acknowledged
the debt of his country and the world
to the first president of the United
States. Accompanied by his daughter
he entered the mauseoleum and hand
ing to her a wreath of laurel and
flowers bade her place it upon the
marble sarcophagus.
Dr. Passoa and a party of 175 Brazil
ian and United States officials were the
guests of Secretary Daniels on the
presidential yacht Mayflower on the
trip down the Potomac to Mount Ver
non.
DE VALERA IN NEW YORK
'President of Irish Republic" to See
i Reporters Today.
NEW YORK, June 22. Edward '6e
Valera, "president of the Irish repub-
is in New ' York, his native city,
according to an announcement made
tonight by Harry J. Boland'secretary
of the sinn fein party and member of
parliament. . ' ,
Mr. Boland refused to give any in
formation as to where Mr. de "Valera
was staying, but said that he would
see newspaper reporters Monday. ' '
On his own behalf Mr. Boland gave
out a lengthy statement which said
one of the principal' reasons of Mr. De
Valera's visit to the United States was
to float a bond issue, "which will start
the new republic on a financial plane
equalled by few and excelled by none."
Page Calis on Wilson.'
PARIS, June 22. Thomas Nelson
Page, United States ambassador to
Italy, arrived in Paris today and called
on President Wilson.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 73
degrees: minimum, ot degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; moderate southerly winds.
Foreign.
Finale of German empire's fall is sad spec
tacle. Page 1.
German assembly votes to sign peace treaty.
Page 1. -
Germans literally sweat in creation of new
cabinet. Page X.
First American killed in action in Siberia.
Page 8.
Revised treaty contrary to allies letter,
Germans assert. Page .
British public enraged over scuttling of
Hun fleet. Page 1.
Allies in protocal promise justice to Ger
mans. Page 2.
New Italian foreign minister may be peace
delegate. Page
National.
Wets confident President Wilson will lift
ban. Page 1. -
Big appropriation Dim lace congress.
Page 4.
Domestic.
Cyclone in Minnesota causes loss of 200 lives
it Is reponea. xrnnta x.
Montana seeks men to fight forest firea
Page li
Wood leads poll as next republican presi
dential nominee. . page o.
Pacific Northwest.
Political tide swings strongly toward Wash
ington executive, page .
Agarista mate's death murder, Grays Harbor
prosecutor asserts. Page .11.
Blue mountains are crossed" by army air
plane. Page 1.
Two Portland men slated for state commis
sion jobs. Page.1.
Sports,
Pacific Coast League results: Portland 0-5,
Oakland 4-8: Salt 13, Los Angeles 8: San
Francisco 2-0, 6acramento 0-1;. Vernon
7-2, Seattle 4-0. Page 10.
Pacific Coast league results: San Francisco
- 2-0, Sacramento 0-1 : Seattle 4-0, Vernon
V 7-2; Portland B-0, Oakland 8-4; Salt Lake,
12. Los Angeles 8. Page 10.
Eeavey leads field in shooting events
Page lo. -
Nearly 30O0 persons visit Dempeeys camp.
Page 11.
Portland and Vicinity.
More soldiers due In Portland today. Page IS.
Body of man found floating in Guilds lake.
Page 4.
Billy Sunday halts haying to help in drive.
- Page 8.
Solicitation of funds for Salvation Army
starts today. Page 8.
Christian Endeavor nnlon. closes state con
vention. Page 6.
First Christian pledges 136.000 for new
building. Page 9.
Former Douglas - county residents . hold re
- -union. Page 7.
ACCIDENT
0
!ZE
J. W. Ferguson and V. T.
Kirk to Be Named.
GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES CHOICE
Resignation of Harvey Beck-
- with Is Requested.
OLD BODY UNSATISFACTORY
Resignation of Tfarvcy BcckwllU to
Bo Accepted New Members
Held Highly Qualified.
SALEM. Or., June 22. (Special.) '
Governor Olcott announced today that
he will appoint J. W. Ferguson of Port
land and Will T. Kirk, now head of the
claims department of the Industrial ac
cident commission, as members of that
commission to succeed Harvey Beck
with and Wilfred Allen, respectively.
The governor said he had written tt
Mr. Beckwith informing him that his
resignation as a member of tho com
mission will be acceptable to the execu
tive office, his resignation to be effec
tive as of July 1. Mr. Allen's term ex
pired last January.
Under the provisions of the work
man's compensation law no more than
two members of the -commission can be
of the same political affiliation. Con
sequently Mr. Ferguson, who Is a demo
crat, is named to succeed Mr. Beckwith,
also a democrat. Mr. Kink is a repub
lican, as is the third member of the
commission, William A. Marshall of
Portland. Mr. Marshall has been a mem
ber of the body since its inception and
will be - retained.
Old Board Unaatlnfactory.
Under the new alignment and as pro
vided for in the act, Mr. Marshall will
represent the interests of employes, Mr.
Ferguson the interests of employers
and Mr. Kirk those of citizens of the
state at large.
"I have watched the situation in the
accident commission closely since I
have been in the executive office and
was rather familiar with it prior to
that time." said Governor Olcott in
making announcement of the changes
in the personnel of the commiHBion. "I
am thoroughly convinced that the
make-up of the board was not con
ducive to the best operation of the
workmen's compensation law. Tho
functions of the act aro among ths
most important that any of the state
boards or commissions are called upon
to administer.
'""Without wholesale co-operation on
the part of commissioners emcieni
handling of affairs and considerate at
tention to those Interested in the opera
tion of the act the greatest good from
the compensation act cannot be ob
tained. Appointees Held Qualified.
I have had a long acquaintance with
both Mr. Ferguson and Mr. Kirk ana
know personally that their qualifica
tions are such as to assure harmonious
and efficient handling of the commis
sion's affairs. These appointments are
unsolicited In both cases. They are en
tirely upon my own Initiative and
based upon my personal knowledge of
their fitness. I am thoroughly con
vinced that the changes I am making
are for the public good."
Will T. Kirk is a native of Oregon.
He was born at Heppner ill 1884. Ho at
tended school at Heppner and Pendle
ton and was a student at Columbia
Junior college at Milton when, in 1903,
the Heppner flood swept away the home
and property of his widowed mother.
As the burden 61 family support then
fell-upon him he, with his mother and
young brother and sister moved to Pay
ette, Ida., where he acquired an inter
est in the Payette Independent, one of .
the strongest republican weekly news
papers In that part of the state.
Kirk Factor in Politics.
- He was associated In this newspaper
venture with Earl Venable, now private
secretary to Senator Borah of Idaho.
After Mr. Venable went to Washington
with Senator Borah Mr. Kirk was sole
publisher of the paper for a number of
years and occupied a prominent place
in the councils of the republican party
in Canyon county. In 1911 he sold his
Idaho newspaper and moved with hie
wife and two children to Portland,
where he was connected with the Oro
gon Journal until two months ago,
when he resigned to accept the position
of head of the claims department of the
industrial accident commission. He has
been a consistent supporter of the
workmen's' compensation law as an
Instrument of large benefit to employ
ers and workmen If properly admin
istered. J. W. Ferguson came to Oregon In
1903 after 15 years as vice-presidxmt
of tie Kearney County bank at Minden.
Neb., and five years as registrar of
the general land ofiice at Lincoln. Neb.
After arriving in Oregon he was for
two years chief deputy In the tax col
lector's department of Multnomah coun
ty, for four years state Insurance com
missioner and controller of the Colom
bia Life & Trust company for two
years.
Work Calls for Expert.
Under a new law of the last legisla
ture the accident commission will be
called upon to readjust rates, which
will require actuarial experience, and
for this reason as well as for his ex
perience as an accountant and in the
Insurance field, Mr. Ferguson's appolnt
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