VOL. LVIII. XO. 18,282 Entered at Portland fOrecon) poroflce a gTrl-CIa-- Matter. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 1, 1919. TRICE FIVE CENTS. JIOHIBITION IS BOLSHEVIK. IN RAID KILL 18 AMERICANS ATTACK OS RAILROAD GUARDS SANGfiXART AFFAIR. THOSE ATHIRST MAKE HEGIRA ACROSS LINE i WITH HESERVAT1 EX-PROGRESSIVES STRIKE SUDDENLY EUETEMH-HOUB RUSH OF ORE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION FIXES DATE OF HEARING. COXIAXS TO CALIFORNIA ON. cdmmngs woos TORNADO TEARS UP TOWNS: MANY DEAD i Sale of Beer Minus "Kick" Still Permitted. is WARNING, HOWEVER, IS ISSUED Officer and Seven Men Severelj Wounded; 17 Others Slightly Hurt in Engagement. Vendors of Mild Beverages k Take Gambler's Chance. COURT DECISION AWAITED V Strong Drink Wholly Barred iew Action by Congress on Law tu i. forccment Xow Expected. WASHINGTON. June SO. As war time prohibition took effect tonight the lepartment of justice announced that Its agents throughout the country would not attempt tomorrow to stop he sale of I?i per cent beer. I This eleventh-hour development, lat reversal of an earlier ruling to- ay by the department, was due to 1e uncertainty as to how the federal strict court of New York might rule I a pending claim by brewers that er containing that much alcohol was t intoxicating. Strong Drink Wholly Barred, But while this uncertainty existed to beer of lighter alcoholic per .ntage than that sold generally here fore, full warning was given that Ith respect to whisky and all bev ages as to whose intoxicating powers ere was no doubt, every government ral agency would be set to work in determined effort to prevent their inufacture and sale. How long the sale of i per cent er might continue would depend Jlnarilv upon the speed of the turts. but congress meanwhile will ep to the front in an effort to com '.ete the effectiveness of the war- ma law. Effective Actios Plaaard. Exactly what they have refused here fore to do prohibition members of the ouse will now attempt passage of a .raight, clear-cut bill for enforcement f war-time prohibition. ' When word spread tonight that the Uorney-general by his ruling ha u-mitted beer saloons and breweries remain in operation, members of the dietary committee counted noses to Id a sufficient number ready to go the front to demand separation of enforcement measures so as to get rough at once a bill that would stop ( sale of all brer containing more in one-half of 1 per cent aiconoi. Hard Flakt Aaw Kxpeetrd. Congressional leaders. It was said. (used to abandon plans fur a recess sinning probably tomorrow lo order put the bill through as an emergency lasure. and the whole question of :ilbition will be held up until next nday at the earliest. There were dilations tonight that a hard fight tuld be made in behalf of an amend int to be offered by Representative e. democrat, of Missouri, which uld permit the president to set aside I war-time act Insofar as it relates light wines and beers. fVhile the attorney-generars staff is wrestling with the question of in xlcating and non-intoxicating beer, e judiciary committee sent to the use its report. In which the bold as- Jlon was made that anything over -half of 1 per cent alcohol was in cating within the purview of the icral law construction and that con is, and not the court, should fix the jholic percentage of all beverages. t of which is restricted by prohi on statutes. ; 'Waralas; Slatrneat Issued. ttorney-General Falmer in his eiate it as to the policy of the department ed attention to the fact that the horities in county and state had been nested to give the utmost co-oper-n in the n. alter of enforcing all un- J uted provisions of the war time , The temporary refusal not to pro J against those selling I-i per cen e although evidence against them i be obtained with a view to their lecution In the event that the court des against the brewers does not n that persons offering it for sale erritory heretofore dry will be ex- t from arrest and prosecution. Joons selling -per cent beer will i a gambler's-chance and stay open heir own risk, it was emphasized. Hm" at Home Tenanted. he bureau of Internal revenue, upon bulky shoulders of which will fall ;h of the great task of breaking up lor selling, today issued regulations erning the sale of alcohol for 'me sa! purposes. These regulations arc atrict it would be next to im li Me. bureau agents said, (or a man obtain whisky for general drink- i because at most he cannot h:v a than one quart a month and he ot get it then unless he is ill and ,' prescribed in an effort to restore to health. ere ia so restriction, however, on n'a right to "use"' the liquor stored a home, nor are government agents .orized to obtain warrants and t his stock so long as it is not red for sale. Mart I valsalva Kxiat. om the ry Inception of the war law there has been the greatest osion regarding its provisions. Ident Wilson, in a message to the ent congress, recommended repeal the law insofar in it related to WASHINGTON, June 30. Eishteen American aoldlera were killed, one of ficer and aeven men severely wounded and 17 slightly wounded in an engage ment with anti-Kolchak forces near Romanovka on June 23. Major-General Graves, commanding the American expedition In Siberia, In formed the war department today, that the engagement followed an attack by the bolshevikl an railroad guards. Ap parently company A of the 31st infan try was the only unit engaged. Second Lieutenant Lawrence Donald Butler was reported severely wounded. The official cablegram consisted of only the single line: "Anti-Kolchak forces attacked rail road guards at Romanovka, Suchan branch. 5 A. M.. June 25," and then gave the following casualty report: Killed Company A, 31st Infantry, Sergeant Henry P. Casey, Corporals Thomas B. Mason and Herbert Toll; Privates Brook Lee, George Love, James R. Love. Cecil T. Parson. William Rob erts. Albert Simpson, Dart H. Batch, Walter H. Cole. Wesley Davis, Dave William Ivie, John Montoya Lopez, Walter Edward Roberts and Frank Schwab. Died of wounds Corporal Louis Car ter. Private Louis A. Schlichter. Severely wounded Corporal Valer yan J. Brodnlckl. Cook Louis K. Boneau, Privates Edgar Cureton, Aloy- siuk Lukanitsch, Roy Ray Reader, Wal ter J. Reaneo and Steward Reeves. Democrat National Chair man Visits Portland. MANY MEETINGS ARRANGED League of Nations and Open Defense of Party Topics. ARMY'S RECORD IS C Pity Expressed for Senators Op posing Wilson, Whose Work Is Lauded Above All. BIGGEST BAR IN U. S. BUSY Venice and Vernon, Cal., Take Last Grand Splash. LOS ANGELES. June 30. Semi-arid for the past year, Los Angeles tonight Joined the rest of the land in singing the requiem of John Barleycorn, while the two oases in the near-desert Venice and Vernon indulged in one last grand splash. Vernon, where exists what is said to be the largest saloon in America, with 100 bartenders on a shift and strug gling scores of patrons waving before the plain bar, was the busiest spot in the southland today. Scores of auto mobiles and even trucks were racing back r.nd forth, carrying cargoes for future use, while every street car car ried at least a dozen persons equipped with suitcase-a or satchels, whiuh when jarred gave forth a clinking sound. CITY'S PROSPERITY GROWS Statistics in All Lines Show Increase Over Lat Year. Continued prosperity In Portland Is reflected in the monthly financial and other statistics, which show large gains over the month of June last year and gains over May of this year. The bank clearings for June were $125,864,307.14, compared with $100,928,466 22 (or June, 191 S. A total of 71 S building permits were issued by the bureau of buildings with a value of 1 I.0S3.11S. compared with 50S permits in June, 1918. valued at $171. 230. In June, 107 permits were issued for dwellings at a value of $224,100. B.-.lik deposits for June were heavy, according to bankers, and the postal business In Portland is reported to be on a steady increase. SWISS CELEBRATE PEACE Mountaineers Climb Heights to Get Signals of Signing. GENEVA, June 30. Switzerland cele brated joyfully the signing of the peace treaty at Versailles. Alpine moun taineers ascended Mount Blanc and the Matterhorn to receive the signal of the signing from the valley. A toast to celebrate the event was drunk in champagne and the bottles were left at the summits, marked with the date of the peace treaty. Homer S. Cummings, chairman of the democratic national committee, lauded his party at the Heilig theater last night, declaring that the democratic party has made good the platform promises of the progressives in 1912; that no real progressive should return tf the republican party, and that the league of nations advocated by Presi dent Wilson is what the progressives in 1912 and the republicans in 1916 advocated. Senator Johnson of California, now opposing the league of nations, was shown to be supporting such .an idea when he was Roosevelt's running mate on the progressive ticket. To the charge that the democratic party has been extravagant in spending money, J. Bruce Kremer, vice-chairman of the national committee, said the party points to the results; that no army ever went into the field better cared for. Death Rates Contrasted. ie said tne democratic party was willing to aompare its conduct of the war with the republican administra tion of the Spanish war of 1S98, when the disease death rate was 26 per cent, contrasted with a disease death rate of 6.4 per cent in the United States, and 4.7 per cent in the American expedi tionary forces. After a busy day Mr. Cummings and his party assembled at the Heilig and delivered a series r-f straight party speeches, in which" Mr. "Wilson was given great credit for his administra tion as a whole, and his part In advo cating the league of nations in particular. Mr. Cummings based the bulk of his address on the progressive platform of 1912. The progressives asked for di rect election of L'nitcd States senators by the people: they desired national legislation looking to the prevention of Industrial accidents, occupational dis ease, overwork, involuntary employ ment and the like. Reforms Carried, Claim They had a specific plank prohibiting child labor and a declaration regard ing the eight-hour day; they demanded tariff revision and condemned the Payne-Aldrich bill, demanding a non- Steady Stream of Motor Cars Flows Southward Over Slskiyons Throughout Whole Day. MEDFORD, Or., June 30. (Special.) Southern Oregon celebrated the ad vent of wartime prohibition tonight 1 California. According to report steady stream of motorcars has been flowing southward over the Siskiyou al" i"y, while at least 300 cars ran & ,kade yesterday. V P'te of the bibulous heglra only arrests were made by county C Jials Sunday and none have been ported today. Of the five arrests ut two offenders appeared in court. Phil McCool, who gave his residence as northern California, was charged with intoxication, pleaded guilty and paid a fine of $15 and costs. Harri son Fielder of Crescent City. Cal. pleaded guilty to having liquor in his possession and was fined $15 and costs. Three other men were arrested on the same charge, but failed to appear and forfeited their cash bail of $15 each. Local authorities declare professional bootleggers have been scared off by the stringent policing of the state line and are caching their liquor in 'Call fornia to wait until the present excite ment blows over to bring it Into the state. MUTINY ON FR0NT DENIED Members of 339th Infantry Are De fended by Officers. NEW YORK, June 30. Reports" of a mutiny on the Archangel front last March among members of the 339th infantry were vehemently denied to day by Major J. Brooks Nichols of De troit and Captain H G. Winslow of Madison, Wis., commanding company I, the unit said to have been involved. Both officers returned on the trans port Von Steuben, which brought back the first complete units to return from service in the Archangel sector. (Concluded on Page 8. Column 2.) STORY OF FIGHT TO BE MEG APHONED IN FRONT OF THE OREGO.MAN BUILDING JULY 4. Hot off the wires of the Asso ciated Press, the story of the world's championship fight at Toledo next Friday wil lbe given to fans and others interested as the battle progresses, by 'a meg aphone man in front of the Ore gonian building, Sixth and Aider streets. The big battle is sched uled to start at 3 o'clock, Toledo time, which is 1 o'clock Portland time. But there will be prelim inary announcements of interest, which probably will begin coming in by 12:30, so at 12.30 The Ore- gonian megaphone man will be j on hand. All who want the story of the fight quickly, fully and accu rately told may receive that serv ice freely by standing at the Sixth - and - Alder corner from i-.uv i. m. ir an nour or so. 4 4 Montana, North Dakota Swept by Fierce Wind. Cost of Service Connections by Many Oregon Companies Is Held to Be Too High. STORM'S PATH IS ERRATIC No News Received From Sec tion West of Minot. BUILDINGS ARE WRECKED Electrical Workers Expect to Walk Out Today. Railroad Cars Blown From Sidin: to Main Line Cause Crash When Train Drives Along. MIXOT, N. D., June 30. A windstorm which bordered on a tornado swept northeastern Montana and northwest ern North Dakota late last night and early this morning, killing several, in juring many others and causing great damage to buildings both in towns and in rural sections. "Wires are all down west of Minot and only meager details are available tonight. ' Miles of telephone and telegraph wires are down from Stanley to Willis ton. According to trainmen who passed through the storm-swept area and arrived in Minot late today, the wind-storm came, from the west and considerable damage was done towns in eastern Montana. Buildings Are Destroyed. At Williston windows in fronts of stores were blown out and several barns in that district blown down. Appartently the storm went almost due north from Williston and had great force at Zah, 45 miles northeast of Williston. At Zahl, which is on the Stanley branch of the Great Northern, the front was blown from the First State bank, a garage blown down. several windows broken in stores, and lumber office blown away. Boxcars standing on a siding in Zahl were blown over. A mile and a half ast of Zahl the wind struck the log house of the Zahl family, pioneers of that district, blew away two rooms of the house and left the other room standing. Members of the family were n the room which was left and no one was injured. Farmers Are Killed. Sweeping on, the storm damaged the elevator at Appam and damaged a num ber of barns in that section, nd at Alamo killed a mother and daughter named Helgeson living a short distance out from the village. Details of the fatality are not yet available. A school- house was blown down at Corinth, while a garage, the Imperial Lumber company's office and five barns were blown down at Wild Rose. A farmer living south of Hamlet, the first sta tion east of Wild Rose, was killed, but details are lacking. Another farmer is SALEM. Or., June 30. (Special.) Investigation of service connection charges exacted by telephone companies in Oregon will be made by the public service commission at a hearing to be held in Portland July 14. according to announcement of the commission today. All telephone companies which have been under federal control during the war will revert to private ownership! tonight, with the exception of the Pa cific Telephone & Telegraph company, and one or two of the smaller concerns. The service connection and similar I charges inaugurated by Postmaster- General Burleson are said to be too MOVE HELD SYMPATHETIC mission plans to order a uniform sys tem of rates. The Commission (nmnrrnw will eicn I an emergency order permitting the Lnlon "ads Declare Wages and Burleson rates to remain in effect un til after the forthcoming hearing. Those I CITY SERVICE IS HARD HIT Company Officials Say Noth ing Locally at Issue. companies which will remain under I federal control will not be affected Lj the ruling and subsequent rate re-1 vision. Working Conditions "ot at All Satisfactory Here. In obedience to the orders of their international officials, approximately 400 operators of the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company in Portland yes terday Joined the coast-wide strike of telephone and electrical workers, and (Concluded on Page 2, Column 3.) HE'D BE NEXT IF WE HAD OUR WAY. IRISH LEADER PAYS HONOR Eamoiin dc Valcra Places Wreath Beneath Historic Elm. BOSTON", June 30. Eamonn do Valcra, the Irish leader, today placed a wreath beneath the historic elm in Cambridge under which General Washington took command of -the American revolution ary army and another on the "minute man" monument on the green in Lex ington. He was the guest during the fore noon of the city of Cambridge. AERIAL POSTMAN KILLED American Captain Was Distributing Soldier Newspaper. CORLEXZ. June 30. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Captain Walter Schultz of Chicago. 111., a member of the 13Sth aero squadron, was killed Saturday evening when an airplano in which he was distributing an extra edition of the Amaroc News, the soldiers dally newspaper, announcing the details of the signing the treaty of peace, fell near Montabor. EX-PRINCE ESCAPES, RUMOR trusM-ls Hears Frederick William lint Away Sunday. BRUSSELS. June 30. (By the Aso- ciated Press.) The German ex-Crown Prince Frederick William escaped from he island of W'eirlngen Sunday, ac cording to an Amsterdam dispatch to he Solr . i I , I I , I : , r. a ., : . , C Cyxv J& ... ,,,,) r iiJ I 'I t I T I ' J- t 11 Am if !ar-- - .. i is i avx i r iJT kss ii rn a i I L a m aW aVftaaa-an I I i vt I rp a- Jm I I s M ""s- i, i rm r-i i V - . A I I . " ' j. ALASKAN VOLCANO ACTIVE Dense Volumes of Smoke Rising From Shishaldin Peak. SEATTLE, Wash., June 30. Shirhal-ipartially paralyzed the system by the din peak, Unimak island, was in erup- suddenness of their action. Union of- tion throughout the day of June 23, ac- ncials say that many nonunion oper cording to reports brought here by ators have Joined the organization and Captain J. E. Guptil of the steamer have left the exchanges. Senator, which has Just completed the Last night it was indicated that the season's first round trip to Nome, electrical workers, with which the tele Alaska, phone operators' union is affiliated. The Senator passed the island at 4 would take similar action as 'he result A. M. on June 23, Captain Guptil said, of their executive session at Eagles' hall and all during that day, which was and would Join the strike. The local bright and clear, passengers could electrical workers' union. Its members plainly see dense volumes of black emP'yes of the Pacific Telephone & smoke bursting from the peak. The Telegraph company, has an approxi vessel was as close to the island as mate strength of 900 in Portland and 40 miles. Another peak on the Alaska ,ne state of Oregon, except Astoria, mainland, Mount Bavloff,' the captain T- c- I-owry, business agent of the local said, apparently had been in eruption union, predicted that the organization recently, as the snow about the sum- would take action tonight to merge. mit ras coal black. forces with the protest of the oper ators. The telephone operators claim a union membership of 500. IRISH ALLEGE ATROCITIES Belief that the strike action of tha phone operators would wait upon a Clemenceau Told That British meeting to be held Monday nisht, found the city and company unprepared for the speed with which the local order PARIS, June 30. (By the Associated w-as placed in effect. It was even ore- Press.) Irish-American delegates here dieted that a settlement would, be in the Interest of the Irish independ-1 reached in Portland without recourse ence movement sent a new note to to the walkout. Premier Clemenceau today in which At 7 o'clock yesterday morning, fol they charged the British with bom- lowing a midnight session of telephone barding Irish towns from airplanes, I operators, called by Mrs. Agnes John "wantonly murdering women and chil-lson. president of the Portland union. dren." They said also the British are I who had just arrived from the sm Issuing frequent orders of banishment. Francisco conference, the hello-girls They asked the appointment of a I voted to obey the strike order of their Bombed Towns in Erin. special investigating commission. international president, Julia C'Connor and at 6:30 A. M. had posted pickets at all exchanges. Operators coming oft shift were informed of the action, and the strike was on. Company Regrets Move. According to W. J. Phillips, district commercial superintendent of the com pany, not more than 20 pen cent of tha operators answered the strike call. Mr. Phillips said that the company had maintained service, and would continue to do so. He expressed regret that the strike had been called, declaring that the points of grievance were near to EX-EMPORER RESPONSIBLE Bethmann-Hollweg Cannot Go Into Court for William. WASHINGTON, June 30. Interna tional law experts of the entente em bassies in Washington hold that since Dr. Theobold von Bethmann-Hollweg in his capacity of chancellor of the German empire was responsible solely amnAM ( i , , ' . .. adjustment and that the company was ruler of Germany cannot escape full . . . ... '" " responsibility for any and all the acts committed by his subordinate. The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 72 degrees; minimum, 49 degrees. TODAYS Fair and warmer; westerly winds. J-'oreign. Earthquake in Italy kills 127 and Injures I several thousand. age li. Rousing ovation is given Lloyd George. Page I disposed to treat fairly with its en ployes. "There Is nothing between the com pany or employes that warrants a. NDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS ftrike" said Mr-Phil,ips- "mmyopin- ion ins local action is in tne nature of a eympathetic movement with the Cali fornia strikers, who went out about two weeks ago." Strikers Ask Rise In ray. That the strike is completely suc cessful from the viewpoint of the first day and will, continue without con- Bolsheviks in raid on American railroad cession is the stand taken by Mrs. guara, Kin is, wound jj. rase l. I Agnes Johnson, president of the ODer- ational. ators' union. Asserting that long-con- Sa'pronibUK,dn.bCpYgeE". S B d"Pite tinned efforts to eecure recognition President Wilson signs important bills in OI lnelr SMS witnout result nave mid-ocean. Page 5. led directly to the strike, Mrs. Johnson Borah accuses bankers of backing league declares that the issue will be given a for own interests. Page 4. thorough test. Congress conferees reduce sundry civil ap. i-ntn friia! propriations UU.UUU.UUU. I'age I . n.ai. nicy mil Domestic. I stand firm on their demands for a mln- Tornado sweeps Montana and North Da- imum wage of 12 per day for operators, Kota; dui meagre aes ootainea. i-age with a maximum wage of J4 after two years' service. They ask also retro active, or "back," pay to January 1, the day after the old wage agreement ex- Public Service Commission to hold inquiry pired; the establishment of local acl- into phone connection charges. Page 1. , . . . , j i v n..v... . ... justment boards with union member Duncan McNichois, Clackamas county cattle . , . t. trader, murdered in Home. Page 4. onii, uuuuw liiiic "i, ouimnja ana 11011- Salem-Aurora section of Pacific Highway days, and two weeks' vacation with full held faulty; parole ordered. Page 7. pay. Eleventh hour hegira to California is made. I Results Elsewhere Cited. Page 1- I .-toi. . Highway pavement held faulty. Pge S. , , , . r,, , ' Sports. said Mrs- Johnson, "company officials Fans wager funds as big' fight nears. Page said that tncy nad no Powcr to iiego- 15. i tiaie, unaer rsunesoii. juiia u uonnor, Beavers and Vernon clash Wednesday. Page international president of our union. 1. Vice-presidency eyed by "Jim Hanf' Len-Is. page it. Pacific Northwest, punch demanded by Barring of rabbit Reams. Page Jo. Commercial and Marine. spent two months at Washington striv ing to effect an adjustment. Though she was appointed as special union in- Large increase In Portland wheat receipts vestigator by Burleson, sho couldu t' in past season. Page 2. I ,i,.. ,i.v. v.i i , , Chicago corn strong on reduced crop estl- f " , !" "' """"" ""- mates, lage --a. i i"vci ucumtu w iclusuld mo umuiin. Stocks firm on lighter volume of dealings.! "The New Lngland girls won their lage - i strike in April In five days. The visa Portland and Vicinity. ...al,. la hle-hcr here. Tt alwavs hu limn Former progressives urged to support demo- . .uln -Hitlnr,. r ...., ' crats by Homer S. cummings. Pago 1. I Sudden strike of telephone girls to be fol- there, ror instance, tncy nave had I ho lowed by electrical workers' walk-out. two weeks' vacation on pay concession Page 1. I f0r mnPf. than two vears. Higher pay outside draws men away from ..n , 1s lhfi K,rik- ,, ,.,, h,. city jods. Page . - " City likely to make park near Franklin J""a O'Connor. It was canceled when ' high, school. Pago 17. Burleson ordered company officials to Women's action in politics discussed at negotiate. Nellie Johnson, Internatlou- luncheon given Mrs. Bass. Pago tt. , , , United States Grain Corporation reidy t. al vice-president of this district, went license wheat products users. Page 16. to Ban Francisco and spent two un- Attorney Sieveos admits he never spspected profitable weeks trying to secure all frameup in Tyler trial. Page 12. L W. W. literature read in bearing of aBrcement- guiney habeas corpus trial. Page 13. "The company has submitted an en- Pollce congratulate patrolman Flnie who tirely unsatisfactory compromise agrec- lought highwaymen. Page 12. ment. offering a 312 minimum war-,.. Shorter week for nurses -Is delayed. Page .ith . maimum t 119 after fivn vr. service. The offer does not include dou- 16.. Garage permit is cause of protest. Page 22. Weather report dasa and lorecaEt, Page i .(Concluded pa Page 7, Cjlumii X. jGyl06.0