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VOL. LVIII. NO. 18,278 Entered tt Portland (Oregon. PonTofffre a s.cor-d-C?- 3Ia:ter. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1919. PRICE FIVE CENTS. TROOP 0' HEROES WHEAT DIRECTOR IS TO STABILIZE PRICES AUTHORITY TO REGULATE BY LICENSE GRANTED. E HIGH FOOD PRICES WILL STAY AWHILE PACIFIC FLEET TO BIG THREE DISCUSS SCAPA FLOW SINKING I E COMiTTE HUNS DELAY HKS WELCOMED HUM WAHTIME DRY BILL Enforcement Measure to SAIL WEST IN JULY Daniels May Be Passenger LEADERS OF ALLIES Ultimatum May. Be Sent to Weimar SoonO RETAIL GROCERS ' EXPECT - REDUCTIONS SOON. KO COUXIL EXAMINES FULLY ALL - FACTS AT HAND. Pendleton Folk Claim Men ' After Two Long Years. SOLDIERS ARE ALL BRONZED Parade Breaks Up When Rel atives Kidnap Fighters. SET PROGRAMME IGNORED Mothers and Sweethearts Take Men Home; Others of 148th Get i Swim, Banquet. PENDLETON. Or.. June 15. (Spe cial.) Pendleton took the boys of old "troop D" to her arm this evening with even more of a demonstration than she sent them away two Ions years ago. Bronzed and rigorous, the 38 members of the troop who are with the 148th Field Artillery landed here shortly after ( o'clock this evening;. It seemed that the entire county was at the train to meet them. Hardly had the train stopped moving; till the boys were out kiiii iii mo arms oi meir Bwefineina and mother?. It was -Hello Dan. hello Bill." all the . way down the line as the boys leaned from the car windows to greet their acquaintances at the station plat form. Hera, this Is no time to cry,' warned Sergeant Gill as tears started to flow during: the greeting. "Let's laugh. The weeping; time's past." ilea la Goatl Shape. "Don't look like I had trained down much, 'eh." said Jack Coleman. "No, well, maybe It's been a mighty fatten ing since four or five months ago. "It's sure warm In this Pendleton tew a. was the comment of Lieutenant Walters. Pilot Rock man. who Is In charge of this detachment of the 14Sth. "but It's nothing; compared with Utah, or with some of the thing's we've been through. Coming back? Well, rather, and so are all old troop D boys, so far as I can learn. Of course, we'rt not all back quite et. but with a little session at Camp Lewis. T guess we'll be Imattila county cltiicna again." Quite a demonstration bad been pre pared for the boys, but the troop D men dldn t share In it to any extent. Tbey took their places In the line and marched down Main street through the cheering crowds. Pradlrtoa Mea Led Heme. But as the line of march changed to go toward the natatorium. where the boys were to freshen up before din ner, there was a mutiny, incited and inspired by the home folk. This was no time to take a swim, there was plenty cf good hot water risht at borne, and John and Bill could visit while they had dinner. Sinre that was pretty good logic, ai.d there wasn't much else to do. the order was given that troop men could have tbe time till midnight, when the train leaves for Portland: and that was the end of the parade. Neverthe less, out of the some 500 men who were en the train, there were more than enough to fill the natatorium to oversowing. Too many. In fact, for the limited supply of bathing- suits. Mayor Vau;han solved the problem by banishing the women folk from the premises, and turning the boys loose w-ithout suits. It was some time. Baaejaet la KOaJoyed. Then, after the swim, the members of the canteen committee of the Red Cross had prepared In the Elks club rooms a regular, banquet and there the men gathered later in the evening and pro ceeded to lay in a week's supply of eatables. In the evening, after the dinner had ceased to be troublesome, Happy Can iron was turned over to the soldiers for a dance. The great pavilion during the first training days of the troop was in barracks. It was there that the troop was mustered Into the federal service and It was there that the final fare well was given two years ago. Tomorrow morning another detach ment of old troop D will reach Pendle ton on the train carrying the members of the 14th field artillery. The men 'were about divided between these two brganizations. The exact time of ar rival of this train has not yet been, made known, but it is expected some time around o'clock. Names and addresses of Oregon offi cers and enlisted men cf the listh field artillery are as follows: Captain I.orens O. MoAloney. Portland: Chaplain Hnry I. Marsden. Albany; Pint! lieutenant turrne P. Walter, Corvallis, second L-leteuant Wilbur B. Morrow, fort land: second Lieutenant William O. Strsm. Portland: eeond Lieutenant William Choate, Portland: Sergeant Andrew G. Allen. Al bany: Wagoner Robert Allen. Portland, I'nvate Isaac w. Anderson. Greaham: Corporal J amea M. Baxter, Portland Cur poral Merrill BeneWa, North Portland: Ser geant Charles . Berdan. Tracy, afinn. : I'rurate Selmer Boe. I'ortland: Sergeant Chart R- Boucher. Portland: Sergeant Max I Bo u lan re r. Portland: Private Cecil S. Rosartti. Horins: 3lH:hanic John W. Breed ing. Pendleton; Corporal Fred H. Hither. Pendleton; Private, h'tral Clam, Newton A. Brown. Condon: Private. First Class, Jess K. Brunn. Pendleton- Private William U. Bmnne'l, Private Jonn W. Iumer. Port land: 3iachanko John C. Bryson. Pendieton; Wagoner Glenn Canipbsil. Portland. Wagoner W. A. Campbell Bums: Chief Me ehanlc James Chalmers, liufurft Mechanic WUMara L. Carter. Portland: Corporal Frank X. Chamberlain. Portland: Wagoner Donald W. ClaLk. Portland: errant Hyde Clark. Port'and: Private Loy V. Cochran. Camas. Y4h.: Private David J. Coie, Huium. Wash.: Mechanic Walter M. Co. Pendle ton: Private John Colem-tn. Pendleton: Wagoner Wl!:iam W. Cowherd. Madras: Wignnee. . Clarence A. Cot. Portland: tloncludcd on I'acs k Column I Tremendous Gain in Grain Stocks on Hand Shown by Food De partment Bulletin. NEW TOUK,' June IS. Julius Barnes, United States wheat director, mad public tonight a proclamation by Pres ident Wilson granting him full author lty to regulate by license the exporta tlon and Importation of wheat and wheat flour for the purposes of stabil Ixlng prices. Mr. Barnes said that the regulations he would out Into effect were similar to those which hare been enforced by the war trade board, which heretofore has exercised the functions delegated to him. ' Stocks of wheat In country elevators, mills and terminal elevators on June 13 totalled 40,033.000 bushels, as com pared with 18.599.000 on the same date a year ago, according to a bulletin Is sued tonight by the food administra tion grain corporation. This was a de crease from the preceding week of 5.640.000 bushels. Receipts from farms for the week ended June 13 were 200.000 bushels, as compared with 2,081,000 the previous week. Flour products the week ended June 13 amounted to 1,197,000 barrels, against 1,9:3,000 barrels the previous week and 1.411,000 barrels a year ago. making a total production of flour from July 1, 1918. to June 13, 1919, of 117 935,000 barrels. PORTLAND DEPOSITS GAIN Federal Report Shows Ros City Hcads District. Portland leads all cities of the 12th federal reserve disrrlct for increase In deposits since May 10, 1918. according to a report issued recently by the fed ersl reserve bank in San Francisco, this being based upon figures from the local institutions at the close of business May 12. Portland's gain is given as 34.401 per cent, with Seat tie in second place and San Francisco third. For the period from March 4. 1919. to Mty 12 the gain in deposits of Port land banks also leads, this being 15.343 per cent, as compared with 13.749 for Seattle and 11.866 per cent for bin Francisco. The report shows that the volume of business transacted by loca institutions was II7.9S0.000, compared with 43,1SS,000 for Seattle. An in crease of 1.8 per cent in bank clearings for May is shown for the 19 principal cities of the 12th district. LABOR CONDITIONS GOOD Coast Unemployed Less Than In Other Sections. OREOON1AN PRESS BUREAU. Wash ington. June 25. Labor conditions on the Pacific coast are far better than In any other section of the country, ac cording to the weekly report of the department of labor Issued today. Port land has surplus labor of only 600. San Francisco 500. and Oakland 200. Miss Betty Gram of Portland. Or., was elected an officer of the woman's lib erty drive campaign organized In Bos ton today to raise money to press for ratification of the woman's suffrage amendment in other states. $65,000 HOP DEAL CLOSED 35 Cents raid for 117 Crop or Klaber Yard Xear Chehalis. CHEHALIS. Wash., June 23. (Spe cial. 1 Approximately 165.000 for his 1917 crop of hops is the price reported paid here today to H. A. Kaufman of the Klaber Hop company. The Klaber yard is located 12 miles southwest of this city. The price paid was 35 cents a pound and the hops are for export trade. This Is one of the biggest hop deals reported in the Pacific northwest for years. GERMANS CHARGE MURDER American Lieutenant Under Arrest as Result of Shooting Affray. COBLIiNZ. June 24. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Lieutenant John Beggs, 23d infantry, of Kansas City, Mo.. Is under arrest facing a charge of mur der in connection with a shooting affray at Seeburg. a village in the neutral zone opposite the Amcriciin area of occupation. The German authorities allege that two civilians, a man and a woman were killed. WOOL SELLS AT 58 CENTS Umatilla Clip Meets Ready Demand In Eastern Markets. PENDLETON. Or.. June 25. (Spe cial.) Fifty-eight cents for half blood wool was the price received by the J. E. Smith Livestock company, according to word received from Boston by A. J. Smith, manager of the concern." The wool was shipped east on consignment. The shipment amounted to about 30.000 pounds, or about half of the total. BOSTON HOPES FOR BEER Saloonkeepers' Plan to Sell 2 Per Cent Alcohol Drink. BOSTON. June 15. Boston saloon keepers plan to sell 2i per cent beer after July 1, Secretary John J. Galvin of the Retail Liquor Dealers' associa tion announced today. His statement explained the eager ness of dealers in applying for licenses recently. ' Be Reported Out Today. EARLY ENACTMENT RECAST Passage by Br louses Be fore Ju!v ipected. AM EN DM EN i IS 'REJECTED Constitutional Prohibition Lejlsla . tlon Separated to Assure Action Before End of the Month. WASHINGTON, June 25. A straight, clear-cut bill for enforcement of war time prohibition will be reported out tomorrow by the house judiciary com mittee. Decision to separate the wartime from the constitutional prohibition en forcement measure, said to be the most drastic liquor bill ever presented to congress, was reported after an all- day session. A proposal that two dis tinct bills be drafted was rejected yes terday, but it was brought up again today by Representative Walsh, repub llcan of Massachusetts, and was pend' Ing when, a motion to adjourn abruptly ended the discussion. Bill to Be Reported Out Today. There was no Indication as to how the committee would have voted, but several of the leading prohibition mem bers agreed tonight that in view of the manifest differences between the two issues and the possibility that the sale of beer and light wines might be permitted until January by presidential proclamation the wisest thing to do was to report out the wartime bill the first thing tomorrow and the const! tutional bill later in the day. In this way there Is every assurance, they said, that the wartime bill would be passed probably by both houses before the end of the month, at which time the "dry" act becomes effective. Amendment Is Defeated. An amendment by Representative Steel, democrat, of Pennsylvania, which it was admitted later would have nullified the entire law, got through by a vote of 9 to 8.subsequent- w.as reconsidered and defeated, 10 to 7. The amendment stipulated that provisions of the enforcement act, ex cept as they relate to Interstate ajid foreign commerce, should not be ef fective in any etate until ratified by the people. It was said tonight that one or two members voted for the amendment as a "joke." When the committee adjourned with out acting on the Walsh motion for eparate enforcement bills. Representa tive Gard. democrat of Ohio, returned (Concluded on Page 2. Column 2.) SAID ONE i : : x 1 a ' - .1 Two or Three Harvests 'Must Be Passed Before World Supply Gets Back to Normal. SALT LAKE CITT. June 25. Food prices will not be lower for some time, according to John A. Green, former sec retary of the National Retail Grocers' association, who addressed the annual convention of- the organization here today. 'Tt will take two, probably three, harvests to restore the world to its normal food state," Mr. Green declared. "Meanwhile," he continued, 'the retail ers must do business upon as substan tial a foundation as they can." Mr. Green warned the delegates against being to cautious and de clared that the cost of selling must come down, but that there could not be any reduction in the wages of em ployes at the present time. Delegates to the convention were the guests of Ogden . grocers this after noon, adjournment being taken at noon. Following an inspection of several Og den factories, an automobile trip through Ogdeji canyon and a luncheon occupied the grocers during meir nau holiday. The convention will close tomorrow with the election of officers, adoption of committee reports and selection of the next convention city. Atlanta is the only city seeking the convention. ALARM PROTECTS VAULT Ashland Cracksman Frightened by Electrical Device." ASHLAND, Or., June 25.-(Special.) A little terrier belonging to people in apartments over the Citizen's bank of Ashland started barking furiously about 10:30 last night. He was hardly quieted when the clanging of the bank's electrical burglar alarm drew a large crowd.. Investigation brought to light an open window at the rear and numerous footprints and fingermarks. Apparent ly an amateur cracksman had sought to break into the bank vault, but had escaped when he ran afoul of the elec trical protective device. The device was set to go off at 5 o'clock had the bank employes left the door out of adjustment, and the bank officials are positive that the in stallation of the alarm system two weeks ago saved their vault. MARRIED WOMEN BARRED Taooma Civil Service Rules Put Ban on Matrimony. TACOMA. Wash., June 25. Married women will be excluded from employ ment by the city if the new rules gov erning municipal civil service as adopt ed by the civil service board become effective. ' The new rules, prepared by a com mittee after a year's work, were sub mitted to the city council for approval today. Action was deferred. The new rules further provide that girls in the city's service who get mar ried will . automatically be eliminated from their Jobs. ANTI-PROHIBITIONIST TO THE on Inspection Trip; SECRETARY TO VISIT YARDS Changes at Panama Required by New Arrangement, ' ORIGINAL" PLANS ALTERED Ships Under - Admiral Rodman to Visit San Diego, Los Angeles and Pugct Sound Region. WASHINGTON, June 25. The re cently created Pacific fleet, now being organized from vessels hereto fore forming a part of the Atlantic forces, will sail from Hampton Roads for the west coast between July 15 and 20, Secretary Daniels announced today. Mr.' Daniels probably Will be a passenger on one of the warships. The superdreadnought New Mexico Will fly Admiral Hugh Rodman's flag as flagship of the Pacific fleet and the Pennsylvania will remain the flagship of the Atlantic fleet. The composition of the two fleets, Secretary Daniels announced, will be made public within a few days. Coast Ports to Be Visited. The Pacific fleet upon reaching the western coast will visit San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco ant probably will make the last stop at Puget sound Secretary Daniels, if able to make the trip, will visit the Pacific coast naval yards and establishments with a view to making recommendations to con gress next December for necessary changes. In announcing the date of departure of the Pacific fleet from Hampton Roads, which is about a month earlier than previously contemplated, ' Secre tary Daniels said he had planned on visiting the Pacific coast in August and that he, therefore, would make every effort to go with the fleet in order to study the scope of contem plated improvements of naval ' faclli ties at the Panama canal. Canal Changes Necessary. It was learned at the navy depart ment that extensive changes would be necessary In the naval establishment at the canal zone, especially on the Pacific side, to take care of the greatly augmented Pacific fleet. When it was first decided to make the Atlantic and Pacific fleets of equal size and strength, the plan was to send all of the oil-burning ships to the west coast and to keep the coal burning vessels in the Atlantic, due to the geographical disposition of the na tion's fuel resources. This plan has been abandoned, It was announced to- (Concluded on Page 2. Column 3.) OTHER American Denial Made That Presi dent Favored Internment In stead of Surrender. PARIS, June 25. The council of three,i composed ' of Premier Clemen- ceau and Lloyd George and President Wilson, at its meeting today, dis cussed the scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow, according to the Paris office of Reuter's, Limited. The council examined fully the facts rela tive to what took place with regard to the ships at the time the armistice was signed. The following statement, the news agency says, may be regarded as an official explanation: "At the time of the signing of the armistice the 'British admiralty and the British government strongly urged that the German ships should be sur rendered. The French military author ities, however, ut forward the view that for the purpose of the armistice the surrender of the German ships was not absolutely essential. They were most anxious that the armistice should be concluded, having regard for the very serious loss of life daily on the western front. Insistence upon sur render of the fleet, they felt, might delay the signing for which, despite rumors to the contrary. Marshal Foch was as desirous as anyone. "The French, therefore, suggested that the German ships be interned in neutral ports. This view was support ed by Admiral Benson, American naval representative in Paris. Ultimately a compromise was reached providing for the internment of the ships in a Brit ish port." An authorized denial was made in high' American source today that there was any truth in an intimation piad in the British house rf commons -yes' terday by Horatio Bottomley, independ ent member from South Hackney, specting the disposition of the German war fleet. Mr. Bottomley's intimation was that President Wilson had over ruled the plea of Premier Lloyd George that the German shjps should be sur rendered instead of- interned. C0XEY PLAN IS TOO "DEEP" House Committeemen. End Hearin Suddenly; "Revolution" Talked. WASHINGTON, June 25. Jacob J Coxey of Massillon,' O., who, in 1S94 led his famous "army" of unemployed to the capital, appeared before the house banking and currency committee today to advocate legislation which h said would end unemployment, but after he had distributed copies of pamphlet to members, the committee adjourned suddenly. The publication discussed various proposals for correcting conditions o unemployment and contained this final passage: ' ' - "Or, failing in this peaceful and de sirable mode, then revolution. Think it over; is there anything else teft for us to do?" Coxey told the committee "revolu tion" in the generally accepted sense was not meant, but he refused to ex plain just what be did mean. METHODISTS ARE JUBILANT How to Spend $160,000,000 Cen. tcnary Fund Topic of Conference. COLUMBUS, O.. June 25. Methodists celebrated southern day at the centen ary celebration here today. A special train arrived early this morning from Cleveland, bringing with a number of bishops and district superintendents, who have been ip con ference over the way in which the $160,000,000 centenary fund should be expended. ' WOMAN SUFFRAGE RATIFIED Massachusetts Goes on itecord as Favoring Federal Constitution. BOSTON, June 25. Massachusetts to day completed ratification of the wom an suffrage amendment to the federal constitution. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 79 degrees: minimum, do degrees. TODAY'S Fair; gentle westerly winds. Foreign. British prestige in Egypt wounded. Page 3. National. Peace declaration blocked in United States senate. Page . Pacific fleet sails for west coast July 15 to 20. Page 1. Washington air service officers worried aver Sacramente-fortland rrlgnt. Page o. " Iomestlc. Houae committee to report out wartime pro hibition bill today. Page 1. Non-partisan league activities bared. Page 3. Telephone strike negotiations fail. Page 4. Retail grocers expect no reduction in food prices for over year. Page 1. Pacific Northwest. Members of troop D of Pendleton given rousing welcome home. Page 1. Fire rages in Deschutes national forest. Page fi. Survivor of Indian massacre dies. Page 7. Sports. , ' ' t Pacific Coast league results: Seattle 0, Oak land 5: San Francisco 7, Salt Lake 2; Los Angeles 4, Sacramento 2: Vernon 8, Port land 3. Page 14. Commercial and Marine. Barley becomes strongest feature of coast grain markets. Page 23. Shipping board to reorganise working force. Page 22. Further declines in coffee market at New York.. Page 23. Portland and Vicinity. W. J. Thompson of Pendleton made officer of First National Bank. Page 6. City council In tllt over industrial survey plans. Page -4. Robin Grigsby, missing girl, bans thoughts of mother. Page 16. Greeters to hold election today; three can didates are bunched. Page '4. 148th artillery to be guests of city" today. Page 9. Parkrose school bond election Is held fraud ulent in suit filed. Page 12. . Weather report date and Xorecast- Page 9, SITUATION IS UNSETTLED Speculation Continues Rife as to Enemy Motives. GERMANS BALK AT "HONOR" None Can Be Found Willing to Ac cept Berth as Envoy to Admit Nation's Helplessness. Another day has -.passed, w ith the delegates of the allied and associated powers in Paris awaiting in vain def inite word from the Germans as to when they will be ready to sign the peace treaty. Unofficial opinion in the French capital is that the momentou( vent will not take place before Sat. urday, and possibly not until Monday. The council of four was Informed that during Wednesday the German government was busily engaged In try ing to arrange the personnel of its delegation in Versailles. The Germans thus far have given no intimation as to what men are to be the choice of the Bauer govern ment. Unofficial advices indicate that the cabinet Is experiencing great dif ficulty in finding men who are willing to take upon their shoulders the duty of acknowledging, in a document which will become world history, Germany's utter defeat in the war and her un qualified acquiescence to the terms of the victors. Leaders Sidestep Task. Reports are that Herman Mueller, foreign secretary in the Bauer cabinet, like Dr. Haniel von Halmhauscn, de clined to accept the onus for signing a treaty admittedly obnoxious to the Germans. Even a visit Wednesday to Versailles, where the members of tbe original German delegation still are, by the general secretary of the peace confer ence, failed to bring forth any knowl edge of what was being done In Ger many toward the selection of pleni " potentiaries. Paris dispatches assert that owing to the uncertainty of the situation th heads of the allied and associated pow ers are contemplating the issue of an ultimatum setting a day and a time satisfactory to them for the appearance of the Germans before the peace con gress to sign the treaty. Officers Threaten Move. Dispatches from Berlin indicate that feeling over the peace situation still running high in German military circles, officers speaking of "defending the honor of the German ar"my and its leaders" ' by adopting ' "special meas ures. Formal approval has been given by the supreme council of the conference to the plan of giving Belgium priority reparations to the extent of about tsoo.ooo.ooo. PARIS, June 25. Tho peace confer ence of five met this afternoon to dis cuss the political status of Galicia. 11 was understood that the council also planned to examine into the general question of colonization in Africa. Dinner to Envoys Set. Up to 4:45 o'clock this afternoon no official word had been received hers regarding Germany's plans with re gard to the formal signing of the peace treaty. The peace conference leaders were undisguiscdly perplexed over the situation. It was announced today that Presi dent Poincare s official dinner to the peace plenipotentiaries will take place Thursday night. It was originally planned to hold the dinner on the night of the signing of the treaty, but the uncertainty as to the date for the cere mony has caused Thursday to be named definitely for the dinner irrespective ot the time of the event at Versailles. WILHELM REPORTED SHOCKED Former Kaiser Hears of His Aban donment by German Leaders. AMERONGEN, Tuesday, June 24. (By trie Associated Press.) News of Germany's decision to accept the poa.ee terms. Including the clause providiivr for the delivery of the former German peror to the allies, reached the castle late yesterday evening. Exactly how the former emperor was affected by the tidings cannot be ascertained, but the attitude of members of his party gives rise to the belief that the news was a shock. When the Associated Press talked with attendants they made the most scathing criticism of the German na tional assembly for-its action. Evi dently they had held to the hope that some wajr would be found for the for mer emperor to return to Germany. Now, however, it apparently is realize that he is exiled forever. The former monarch resumed his customary log-sawing at tne usual hour. HUN LEADERS COUNSEL FAITIX Treaty Must Be Carried Out as S"r . as Possible," Says Order. LONDON, June 25. President Ebert f Germany, Premier Bauer and all the ministers have issued a proclamation iConcluued oo Tags -. j9limio, i.) V 0 4