Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, July 07, 1919, Image 1

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    VOI LVIII. XO. Faa.'gV PORTLAND, OREGON, 3IOXDAY, JU 7, 1919. ' PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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FLIGHT III SAFETY
EXPLOSION DAMAGES
BUILDINGS IN BUTTE
DYNAMITE TOUCHED OFF 1
)IIM.(i COMPANY'S OFFICE.
Huge Dirigible Soars Into!
Mineola Without Aid.
Iron Urate Narrowly Misses Street
Car Loaded With Miners.
Three Suspects Held.
CRAFT SAILS Jill MILES
Giant Airship Completes At
lantic Crossing, Battling
Through Fog and Storm.
I recently comp
CREW WORN BY HARDSHIPS kj:
Gasoline Supply Nearly " Ex
hausted; Return Trip to
England to Start Tuesday.
BUTTE. Mont.. July . An explosion
of dynamite placed In the entrance of
the Anaconda Copper Mining company's
pay office damaged that and surround
Ins buildings in the heart of Butte's
business district at about 4 o'clock this
morning. A heavy iron grating blown
against the building opposite narrowly
missed a streetcar heavily loaded with
miners! The property loss will not ex
ceed $5000. Anaconda officials said.
Windows In a half doxati stores were
blown out. but the charge, thought by
the police to have been probably
dosen sticks of dynamite, was not
properly placed to do g.eat damage to
the brick and reinforced concrete one
story structure. The pay office was
recently completed and was an annex
story engineering and
per s office and Is a block norm
of the company's administrative build
ing. It Is diagonally across the street
from the Western Federation of Miners'
hall, which was dynamited In 1914 dur
ing a factional union controversy.
The police have made three arrests
for investigation.
RUPERT. ADMITS IDENTITY
FICTION BEATEN IN
llft'S ADVENTURE
Airship's Log Jules Verne
" Story Come True.
THRILLS SIMPLY RECOUNTED
Romance Revealed in Human
Incidents of Trip.
PERIL ALWAYS VERY NEAR
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CREW OF FOUNDERING
SAILING SHIP IS SAi
STORY OF THRILLING R'
OX ATLANTIC TOLJF
.BORAH CALLS PACT
LEAGUE'S OBITUARY
(POLICEMAN'S HAND IS
SHATTERED BY.GUNMAN
Seattle Captain and Aides -in Ter
rific Atlantic Storm Pull Men
Off Sinking Vessel.
Tale Tells of Resolute Daring of
Rcd-Blooded Men Battling With
Clouds, Fog and Storm.
MINEOLA, N." Y, July 6. Great
Britain's super-dirigible R-34, the first
Iighter-than-air machine to cross the
Atlantic ocean, anchored here at I
Roosevelt field at 9:54 A. M, today
(1:54 P. M. G. M. T.) after an aerial
voyage of 108 hours and 12 minutes
which covered 3130 knots or approxi
mately 3600 land miles.
Passing through dense banks of
cloud, with the sun and sea visible
only at rare intervals, the R-34 was
forced to cruise 2050 sea miles to reach
Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, from East
Fortune, Scotland, and 10SO sea mils
from there to Mineola.
Crew Weary but Happy.
When the super-dirigibie arrived
here she had left only enough petrol
to keep her moving 90 minutes longer.
Her crew, almost sleepless for four
and a half days, were weary almost to
' the point of exhaustion, but bappy at
the successful completion of their
trip. The return voyage will be started
Tuesday at 8 A. M.
Haggard, unshaven, their eyes blood-
shot from the long vigil and lines of
care bitten deep into their faces,
Major G. H. Scott, the commander, and
his officers showed plainly the effects
of the anxious hours through which
they lived yesterday while they were
cruising over the far reaches of Can
ada and the Bay of Fundy, beset by
fog, heavy winds and terrific elec
trical storms.
"It seemed as though the atmos
phere was haunted by 5000 devils,"
said Lieutenant Gay Harris, the me
teorological officer.
Atmospheric Hood Passed.
V It!) the K-34 long overdue at its had no business in town and had no
destination, petrol supply running low Particular desire to make the trip be-
and buffeted by strong winds. Major tor th" """'
Scott decided yesterday while over the
Bay of Fundy to send a wireless call LIVING COST IS PROTESTED
to the American navy department to
prepare to give assistance if it were
needed. This was merely a measure
of precaution and did not indicate dis
couragement. While destroyers and
submarine chasers were racing to her
assistance, the R-34 was plugging
steadily ahead on the way to Mineola.
Once clear of the Bay of Fundy the I
Captured Convict Removed to Jail
In Los Angeles.
BRAWLEY, CaL. July . (Special.)
'Ked' Rupert, escaoed convict from
Oregon, who was apprehended here
Thursday night, is in the hands of the
federal authorities today and was hur
ried to Los Angeles in an automobile
in custody of H. II. Dolly, a special op
eratlve of the department of Justice.
At the la.tt moment he admitted his
Identity and went without protest. At
the time of Rupert's escape from the
prison lime camp at Goidhill it was
suppoxed he fled in fear of being
arrested on a federal charge, because
the Northwestern National bank which
he robbed of 119.500 in liberty bonds
is a federal depositary.
He was arrested and convicted by
the state authorities of Oregon and it
now seems that his expectation of fed
eral prosecution was well founded.
Operator Dolly ha carried an identifi
cation circular of Rupert ever since his
escape. Polly was at San Diego when
h heard of the .arrest, and rushed over
iy automoDiie ana secured Kupert from
the sheriff at El Cencro. where he was
taken for safe keeping. The Oregon
authorities were declared too slow In
giving the alocal officers anything to
work on to make the identification
complete.
EUGENE VISIT IS PLEASING
Lane County Man Sees County Seat
for First Time.
ELGENE. Or July 6. (Special.)
Although living within 12 miles, of
I Eugene, with good roads and rail com
munication. E. J. Bristow, a pioneer of
the I'leasant Hill neighborhood was in
Eugene Friday for the first time in 12
years He came to attend the celebra
tion and to see the airplane.
Mr. Bristow has been in good health
all these years but says he simply
MINEOLA, July . Not In the mer.e
record of miles covered Is to be found
the real romance of the R-3i's aerial
voyage to America. The full story of
this great adventure, this gamble
against the elements, is revealed only
through the human Incidents of the
trip, chronicled In the form of a log by
Brigadier-General Edward M. Maitland.
official observer for the British air
ministry.
This story a Jules Verne tale come
ture was written while the giant dir
igible was leaving the ground at East
Fortune, while It was passing out of
sight of land, while it was battling Its
way across the Atlantic and eluding
electrical storms in the northland, while
It was slipping safely down the shore
line of Long Island to its anchorage at
Mineola.
fr'ligkt'a Story Simply Told.
It is an intensely human story, set
down In simple, unaffected style. But it
is doubtful if the greatest master of
English could paint a more vivid
plctur
In it Is described the feelings of rrten
starting on a great adventure cheer
fully continent in the face of a hun
dred daneers. In it is described the
courage "r 'ed-blooded men fighting
their way through an ocean of cloud
and fog. In it is described the resolute
daring of men calculating coollyjuet
how much fuel, already greatly short
ened they could expend in dodging'
tempests which might dash them to
destruction. In It is described the fight-
ng spirit of aerial adventurers com
bating to the last a situation which
might force uem to call for assistance.
But nothing is to be found in the log
of the great joy which must have
surged up in every man's heart when
they dropped anchor victoriously safe
at the end of a 3600-mile voyage.
Mull rlinran Felt.
"When flying at night, there is s'
most a feeling of loneliness," read ;
entry made after the airship ha.
had taken the air, but It Is followed .
SEATTLE. Wash.. July 6. (Special.)
After battling with heavy seas in a
terrific westerly gale on the Atlantic,
Captain John Johnson, Seattle master
mariner, and the officers and crew of
the steamship Henry T. Scott, of the
Alaska Steamship company, saved the
lives of Beven men, the entire comple
ment of the sailing ship Mabel Davis,
which was storm-battered, water
logged and . ready to take her last
plunge, according to advices received in
Seattle today from Hull, England.
The thrilling rescue was performed
May 10, while the Henry T. Scott was
bound from New York for Hull and
Christiania in the service of the Federal
Shipping company, to which she was
recently chartered for the trans-Atlan
tic trade by the Alaska Steamship com
pany. C. C. Campbell, chief engineer of the
Henry T. Scott and a former officer
of the freighter Latouch, has written
a graphic account to friends in Seattle.
The officers and crew of the sailing
ship had been battling the heavy seas
for 11 days, and the ship was on the
point of foundering when the Scott
came into sight. During this period
the crew had been continuously at the
pumps. They had about abandoned hope.
The gale was still blowing and the seas
were running very high.
The sailing vessel was helpless. The
captain of the steamship kept his ship
on the lee of the sinking craft and
within 100 fathoms lifelines with life
buoys were thrown from the steamship
and eventually hooked aboard the
sailer. The shipwrecked men fastened
the lines to the life-jackets they were
wearing, and were drawn, half
drowned, through 100 fathoms of water
to the steamship.
Ernest Spencer, the mate, said the Ma
bel Davis left Santa Paula, Spain, on
April 15, with a cargo of salt for New
foundland. They called at Gibraltar
and left on April 17, and were 23 days
out and near the banks of Newfound
land when they encountered the storm.
French Treaty Confession
of Failure, Assertion.
WAR FEAR IS HELD BASIS
McMIXXVILLK MAX" SAVES L1FK
BY FLEETXESo OF FOOT.
Disarmament Not Expected
Under Arrangement.
'ILSON SPEECHES QUOTED
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MAN, THOUGHT DEAD, HOPIE
Pee Ell Resident Who Disappeared
10 Years Ago, Is Out of Army.
CENTRA LI A, Wash, July 6. (Spe
cial.) Howard Smith, a Pe - I boy.
who was captured by the' Huns and
was- located In a-German' hospltartlftei
the armistice was signed, is 'now at
Fort Douglas, Utah, receiving treat
ment for his wounds. The soldier's
father, George Smith, has gone to Salt
Lake City to be with his son.
John Shebiliski. who disappeared
from '.lis home in Pe Ell ten years ago
and who was given up as dead, has
received his discharge from the army
and returned . Pe Ell. The first time
that his relatives knew that he was
alive was a year ago when they re
ceived his insurance papers, showing
!iat he was fighting for Uncle Sam
rseas.
fter two years'- service Lynden
Idaho Senator Charges President
Traded With Clemenceau for
Support of His Plans.
WASHINGTON. , July 6. The new
treaty with France, by which that na
tion is promised American aid in case
of an unprovoked attack by Germany,
was described as "the premature obit
uary of the league of nations as a
league of peace" in a statement issued
tonight by Senator Borah, republican,
Idaho.
The senator also charged the promise
was made by President Wilson to pur
chase French support for the league
plan. j
"Thj British-French-United States al- j
liance," said the statement, "is based j
upon the theory of war, it is made in
expectation of war: it is, like all such
alliances, a war alliance. Could there
be a more open confession by the
authors of the league that the league
means neither peace nor disarmament?"
Wilson's Speech Quoted.
"A short time before thcj president left
for Europe he said:
" 'Special alliances have been prolific
in the modern world of the plans and
passions that produce war,' yet not
withstanding this statement, we are
now asked to draw a line through
Washington's farewell address, put
behind us the policy of our government
during its entire life and enter into
special alliance, an alliance which
wilt include Great Britain and France
f.ff'prtsslbly ItkaftdrBelgtum.
"Upon the same occasion he declared
'There c'ni be no alliances within the
general' league of nations.' In the face
of this statement there is to be formed
within this league a special alliance
and this alliance is to be formed upon
the initiative of the authors of the
league of nations.
Trade With Premier Changed.
"Upon another occasion after the
president had most earnestly denounced
such alliances as being the authors of
the wars and the intolerable conditions
I of Europe, he used this language: 'The
! United States will enter Into no special
Officer, Asked Direction to Tilla
mook by Auto Party, Told
to Throw Up Hands.
McMINNVILLE, Or.. July 6. (Spe
ciaLWNight Policeman J. E. Clark,
with his left hand shot off and three
bullets passing through his hat, saved
his life by fleetness of foot at 3:15
o'clock this morning.
While making his regular rounds of
the city Officer Clark saw a light-colored
automobile standing near the city
hall. Upon approaching the vehicle he
was hailed by one of the occupants who
asked the direction to Tillamook. Be
fore he could reply the officer was told
to throw up his hands. An instant
later the man opened fire with the re
sult that the officer's hand was shat
tered. Mr. Clark then turned to run. The
man near the automobile continued to
shoot and a subsequent investigation
revealed a number of bullet marks on
the walls of the city hall towards
which the officer ran. Mr. Clark was
taken to a hospital where his hand was
amputated. Sheriff Henderson was no
tified and is making a search of this
vicinity in hope of apprehending the
man responsible for the shooting. The
city has offered a reward of J500 for
the arrest of the man.
The wounded officer says one of the
four men in the auto was dressed in a
brown suit and wore a brown hat. An
other man wore a gray suit. Descrip
tions of the other two men are lacking.
Residents in the vicinity of the Yamhill
river bridge heard the shooting and are
sure that the car crossed the bridge
shortly afterward.
Officers of the Portland detective
bureau, notified early yesterday morn
ing of the mysterious shooting at Mc
Minnville. by a message from Sheriff
Henderson of Yamhill county, have
searched their . records without avail
for information that might lead to
reading the riddle.
It was first thought that some crime
or robbery committed in Oregon or
northern California for which the per
petrators are sought, might have
caused the action of the unknown men
at McMinnvilie, who shot Marshall
Clark without parley or a word of
warning. But none of the rec.rds of
recent crime affords a clue to the iden
tity of the men in the gray car. Police
are inclined to believe that the "job,"
whatever it may have been, for which
the mysterious ni.olpr.ists . feared de
tection, must have been -planned
committed in McMinnvilie or that
neighborhood.
Acting on the meager description af
forded them members of the Portland
detective bureau are instituting a city-
wide search for the gray car and its
occupants.
AUSTINS TO.GET
TREATY TOMORROW
Little Ceremony Expectec
at Presentation.
TIME ALLOWANCE IS PFMBLI
Bela .'vim's Government Not t(
Be Recognized.
BLOCKADE WILL CONTINUE
Recent Events Reported in Budapest
Indicate Soviet Regime There Is
on Verge of Crisis.
PARIS. July . (By the Associate
Press.) The proposed Austrian peaci
treaty will be ready for presentatioi
to the Austrian delegation Tuesday
The full text of the document now ii
in the hands of the printer.
The presentation of the terms to th
AustrjgMis probably will not be accom
panied by Impressive ceremonies, suet
as were held for the signing of thi
German treaty. Ten days or two week!
are expected to be given the Austriat
delegation to study the new article)
on financial, economic and reparation:
questions, and also certain boundarj
terms which wee -not covered In th
first draft given them.
Bela Kan TVot Recognised.
The council of five reached the con
elusion at a meeting yesterday tha;'
it is impossible to make peace with
Bela Kun's government in Hungary
according to the Iavas agency. Main
tenance of the blockade, it was said
still is necessary, although its effectf
have not been felt by the Hungariar
revolutionary, government, as it is ap
propriating foodstuffs for itself and Iti
friends.
EX-PRINCE PREFERS DEATH
He
nerford has received his discharge arrangements or unaersi.anu.ngs wnn
... ih. naw ajirt r,t.irn,H to h j. ! part icular nations.' The fact is
loine in Pe Ell.
Three Person Reported Killed in I
Recent Disorders.
LONDON. July 6. The Italian move
ment protesting against the high cost of
living is spreading from the Romagna
districts to Emilia and other provinces
of central Italy, according to a Milan
dispatch to the Daily Mail.
atmospheric hoodoo which had beset some places. Three persons were re
ported killed and many Injured jes-
terday In disorders at Imoia and Bo
logna.
the craft from the time it took the air
was gradually left in its wake.
The R-54 headed southwest out
across the Atlantic along the coast of
Maine, her nose pointed for Cape Cod,
with the United States destroyer Ban
croft hanging on her tail and in con
stant wireless communication with
her. The destroyer stuck close in the
CHURCH WORKERS GATHER
Ten Days Episcopal Conference to
Open at Racine Tomorrow.
RACINE. Wis.. July . Two hundred
wake of the air monster, running tin- delegates have registered In advance
A., tnrr-A Arft .,nil" rA ,or th 10 d" sessions of the con
. , , , I ferenre of church workers of the mid-
rracnea ana men tne aingtoie cut i ..i... , h. ri..i .1 u
which opens Tuesday at Racine col
lege. Among leaders on the programme
were Bishop James Wise, of Kansas,
and Bishop Hugh L. Burleson. South
Dakota.
the dirigible cut
across lots.
Fortune Finally Changes.
It had been decided on the voyage
along the coast that unless a favor
ing wind came up the R-34 would be
forced to land at Montauk Point, and
early this morning a wireless message ! FARTLI TREMORS RECORDED
was ni out making mis announce-
Ouake Thought to Center in Central
-or South America.
WASHINGTON. July . An earth
quake of moderate Intensity, believed
to have had its center in Central or
South America, was recorded early to
day by the seismograph at Georgetown
university.
The earth tremors first were record
ed at 3:11 o'clock and continued until
4 o'clock.
ment.
With the rape left behind, however,
fortune finally favored the dirigible
and the wind veered to her favoi
Headed straight for Montauk Point,
she ran through, and before the tip
end of Long Island was reached, it
was decided to go on to Mineola. With
the goal almost in sight, the R-34 flew
majestically above the island and
headed straight down the center of it
for Roosevelt field, 100 mi'.es away.
As she cruised over Riverhead the
dirigible came within range of the
wireless telephone installed at Roose
velt field by the navy radio service
and perfect communication was estab
lished. During- the night the wireless
cauls from the R-34 were received by
Cencludd M Fas 2. Column I.)
HUNS HAVE TREATY BILL
Switzerland Hears Weimar Assembly
Has Revelled Measure.
BASEL. Switzerland. July . A dis
patch from Weimar received today says
a bill has been Introduced in the Ger
man national assembly providing for
ratification of the peace treaty.
tConcluded on Pago 3. Column 1.) uoine in Pe Ell. - ' . (Concluded on Page 4. Column 3.)
IT'S A DESPERATE STRUGGLE FOR SOME OF US.
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Frederich Holienzollern Hints
Can't Stand Imprisonment.
AMSTERDAM, July 6. "The allies
can only have my dead body; I will my
self decide on my life or death." the
the i former German crown nrinre is minted
as having said Friday in discussing a
possible demand for extradition.
The statement, reported by the Brit
ish wireless service correspondent, was
said by him to have been made to a
Dutch official who talks daily with
the former crown prince.
According: to this official, Frederick
Hohenzollern is in excellent health. He
takes motorcycle trips daily and fre
quently visits both the rich and poor
on the island of Wieringen.
Recent events at Budapest have in
dicated that the affairs of the soviet
government there are on the verge ol
a crisis. Forty youths from the mili
tary academy and three officers were
executed by the .soviet government last
Wednesday after Bela Kun had Issuec
a proclamation that "blood shall flow
henceforth. If necessary, to insure the
protection " of the proletariat."
Interference Not Wanted.
Bela Kun, in an interview with the
Associated Press correspondent In
Budapest, June 23, declared "the allied
policy toward Hungary should be on
of non-interference In our internal af
fairs and the allies also -should raia
the blockade."
TRANSPORTS BRING 16,000
Five Vessels From France Land
Troops in New York.
NEW YORK, July 6. The transport
Xoordam from Brest and the Arizonian
and Calamares from St. Nazaire arrived
today with 6936 troops.
Miss Jeanette Rankin, former repre
sentative from Montarra., American dele
gate to the international congress of
women at Geneva, returned on the
Noordam.
The steamships Great Northern and
Edward L. Doheny III also arrived from
Brest with more than 10,000 troops.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
66
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature.
degrees; minimum," 52 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; moderate westerly winds.
ForeiKn.
I'eace treaty to be presented to Austrian
tomorrow. Page 1.
People of Palestine and Syria divided over
mandates. Page 3.
, Nat ton u!.
Business outlook is bright. Page 9.
New French treaty means obituary of league
of nations, Senator Borah asserts. Pas 1.
Domestic.
Big British dirigible completes sea voyage
in safety. Page 1.
l.off of British dirigible tells thrillingly of
Atlantic crossing, rage i.
Explosion damages buildings in
Page 1.
Pacific Northwest.
Seattle captain and crew figure in thrilling
rescue at sea. Page 1.
Policeman's hand is shattered by gunmen.
Iage i.
Spurts.
Knockout dispute settled by referee. Page
11. '
Pacific Coast league results: Sacramento 5-3,
Oakland 2--; Seattle 3, San Francisco -;
I,os Angeles 8-10, Portland 3-4; fa alt t-a-ke
3-i. Vernon. 3-0. Page 10.
Vancouver mentioned as contender in Coast
lague. Page 10.
Portland and Vicinity.
Phone compromise hinted in message'.
Page S.
New city ordinance governing fire risks
promised. Page 8.
f Home is America's anchorage, says r. E. H.
Pence. Page .'..
1 Portland welcomes more than 200 returning
j soldiers. Page 16.
Officers su"rtHct sir! kidnaped at Oswego
lake. Page14.
Mooney strike strength is expected to be
shown today. Page 16.
BODIES OF 3 RECOVERED
Victims of Twin Lakes, Idaho, Boal
Accident Are Identified.
SPOKANE, Wash., July 6. The bod
ies of the three persons who lost theii
lives by drowning by the overturning
of a launch on Twin Lakes, Idaho, late
last night, were discovered at 10
o'clock this morning;. They were James
A. Burns, a rancher; his daughter
Phyllis Burns, aged 17, and Chester L.
Graves, who came here from Kansas
about two weeks ago.
Nine persons were in the 18-foot boal
about 150 feet from shore when the ac
cident occurred. M. C. De Coy, who
was reported missing, was among the
rescued.
WIND FANS400-ACRE FIRE
rBitter Root Forest Blaze Gives Of
ficials Concern.
MISSOUULA, Mont., July 6. A fire
covering about 400 acres on Mill creek,
in the Bitter Root forest, eight mile!
west of Corvallis, Mont., was the chief
concern of officials at the service
headquarters here today. Fanned by a
strong wind, the fire is reported as
being beyond control at present.
Except for this fire, however, the
situation was generally favorable, offi
cials said.
OFFICER SACRIFICES UFE
i
Lieutenant-Colonel Drowns Ti),ing
to Save Prtvuie.
LAWTOX, Okla., July 6. Lierftienant-
Colonel Harold H. Batcman, 9th field
artillery. Fort Sill, sacrificed his life
last night in a futile attempt to saTe
Private Joe Bukoby, 14th field artillery.
from drowning in Medicine creek, near
here. Captain Francis B. Legette, nar
mwlv .fvanei drowniiiET in an effort
Butte, j to save Lieutenant-Colonel Bateisan.
ALL IN CLASS PASS TEST
Washington Training School Boys
Take -Sill Grade Kxaminatfuns.
CHEHALIS, Wash., July 6. (Spe
cial.) Out of a total of 25 pupils from
the Washington State Training school
for boys at Chehalis who took the
eighth-grade examinations recently
every one passed. a
Also 95 per cent of the boys who
took the seventh-gradr examinations
passed.
Flier Crushed by Fall.
LAWTON. Okla., July 6. Lieutenant
U. C. Hutchinson of Chillicothe, Mo.,
was killed at Paul's Valley late yester
day when his airplane crashed to earth,
it was learned here today.