TIIE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX, 3IOXDAY, JULY 2S. 1919.
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MISSION HERE FROM ONE OF WORLD'S QUAINTEST COUNTRIES.
REFUSAL OP PEACE
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Former German Chancellor
Replies to Erzberger.
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NATION'S ENEMIES BLAMED
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Answer to Allies Not Sent Through
Vatican Because of Necessity
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BERLIX, July 27. (By the Associat
ed Press.) nr. George Michaelis, the
former imperial chancellor, in a decla
ration published by the Taglische
Rundschau, disclaims responsibility for
refusal of peace overtures in 1917 at
tributed to him by Mathias Erzberger,
vice -pi emier, speaking in the German
national aKsembly Friday.
, On that occasion, Erzberger declared
that peace overtures were made to
Germany by Great Britain, and France
t h rough the Vatican in August, 1917,
and that Chancellor Michaelis on Sep
tember 24 wrote that the situation was
not sufficiently clear and rejected the
overtures. "-
Lr. Michaelis said that proposals
were laid before him early in Septem
ber, not August, and that he discussed
them with Or. von Kuehlmann, who
was fore ign secretary at the time.
Later he requested the emperor to hold
a crown council in the presence of the
supreme army and navy authorities.
Kmperor Gives Summary.
This was held on September 11 and
the result of the conference, he says,
was summed up by the emperor is the
following written memorandum:
"The annexation of Belgium is du
bious. Belgium could be restored. The
Flanders coast, it is true, is very im
portant and Zeebrugge must not fall
into the hands of the British. But the
Belgian coast alone could not be held.
"The close economic union of Belgium
w it h Germany must be brought about.
Belgium has the greatest interest in
this."
The former chancellor explains that
he arranged with Von Kuehlmann to
make soundings, through a suitable
person, to indicat e in accordance with
the crown ouncirs decision, that pre
requisites for negotiations were recog
nition of Germany's territorial integ
rity, restoration of the German colo
nies, abandonment of an economic war
and no indemn ity. Great secrecy was
necessary and it was considered inad
visable to negotiate through the
Vatican.
Knemies Are Blamed.
In conclusion Dr. M ichaelis says:
"1 did my utmost, and if the plans
failed it was due to the fact that cur
enemies were unwilling."
Genera I louden dor If, former first
quartermaster-general, is also out with
a declarat ion in wh ich he denies that
he knew of the papal letter or the
reply of Tm I ichaelis until disclosed
by Herr Erzberger.
AIR PILOT IS REINSTATED
Amicable Scl t lenient lleaclicd in
Strike of Mail Aviator;.
WASHINGTON. July 27. Second As
sistant I'ostmastcr - General Prarger
reached an amicable settlement today
with the air mail pilots who went on a
nne-lay strike last week. The rein
statement of 1'ilnt K. Hamilton Leo, one
of the two mn whose dismissal re
sulted in th strike, was announced.
Leon Smith, the other riismisd avi
ator, will not be reinstated. Mr. Praeser
said. This Hction was s'aid to have met
with the approval of a representative
of the pilots.
t'nrifr the settlement the depnrt
men ts order concern i tig flying mffler
adverse weather conditions has been
flnrified so as to permit the manager
of the flying field to determine whether
the pi lot shall take the air when his
life might he emlans'erpd. In the
event the manager is not t the field,
as is the case when pilots make an
early start, the pilot need not leave
the field pending the arrival of the
manacor when in his judgment flying
would be unsafe.
YAKIMA REOMEN ARRESTED
Hubbery nf store J - C harge Against
Tw o 1 iid ia ns.
YAKIMA, Wash., ,iuly 27. (Special.)
fci Ives tor Go ni aro and Colbert Ma
son. Yakima Indians, wi re arrested yes
terday at White Swan, charged with
burglary in the second degree. They are
accused of having robbed a store in
t hu t part of the county, and officers
here say they admitted their guilt after
their arrest.
The men were taken by deputy sher
iffs following information from George
Olney that they had held him up with
revolvers and compelled him to turn
over to them, a suitcase vhich his chil
dren had fount! hidden under one of the
huildinps on his place. The suitcase
contained harness and bridle and saddle
trappings, silk handkerchiefs and other
articles claimed to have been taken
froni the store.
SHORTAGE OFJILVER SEEN
bilvtM-Miiiihs Unable, to Kmjdoy' Men
Needed for T'nctories.
NEW YORK, July 27. (Special.)
Pi lversnut lis are confronted with i
short a i;e of mcrchand i-sc t hi a fall be
cause of a heavy demand for silver
ware and a scarcity of skilled work
men. Prices are hisrher than for many
years, but sales continue in , large
volume.
The plants ol tbe silversmiths are
undermanned despite the fact that hun
dreds or artisans nave returned to
work after service in tli,e arny and
navy. A local company which nor
mally employs 2SuO workmen, has j
force of only 1S00. .Because of this
shortage manufacturer are fax be
hind on tie liveries.
The shortage of bar silver Is acute
in Europe.
ACID OVERCOMES PISTOL
Drug Clerk Drives Robbers Away
With Pols-oil Dottle.
OAKLAND, C'al., July 27. (Special.)
A loaded revolver was no match for
a bottle of undiluted nitric .acid, de
cided t o holdup men who fled while
in the act of robbing an Oakland drug
store at Eighth and Clay streets early
this afternoon. Jl. O. Mentz, the drug
clerk, walked up to the two men
whom he supposed were customers.
They covered him with a revolver and
ordered Mentz to hand over the con
tents of the cash register.
Mentz walked behind the counter and,
on the way to the register, pulled
down the -bot'lle of acid from a shelf.'
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t'OK.VKI.L. TARI.KR OK Til hi STATU DEPAHTMK.T ASD ATI! 1IKROIY.
Members of the Abyssinian mission, in their costly oriental costumes were photographed in AVashlnBton with state department officials immediately after'
their reception by President Wilson during which they presented gifts and expressed pleasure of their nation over Germany's defeat.
"See this?" he said. "One drop of it
will burn your eyes out. Now beat it
before I spray it on you."
"Let's breeze," said one of the ban
dits to the other, and they did. Mentz
reported that there was J300 In the
register at the time.
LIQUOR LAW HAS BARRIER
Revenue Department May Seek an
Amendment of Selling Methods.
OREGOMAX NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, July 27. IX C. Roper, commis
sioner of internal revenue, has had his
attention called to tbe fact that the
state law of Oregon prohibits the sale
of liquor in any quantity. He has also
been told that the residents of Oregon
dislike the government plan of Belling
liquor that is seized, even though none
of it is sold for consumption In the
state.
Ah a result he is considering the rec
ommendation of amendments to the
present law by which his department
disposes of seized liquors.
UNION NOT RECOGNIZED
Inland Kmpire Lumbermen Refuse
Demands for Wage Increase.
SPOKANE. July 27. Refusal of lum
bermen of the Inland Empire to recog
nize the union of timber workers which
recently made demands for a wage in
crease upon loggers of the Coeur
dAlene district was announced at the
office of the Timber Products Manu
facturers here yesterdas.
An advance in the minimum prices
from $4.20 to $4.80 was demanded. All
wace controversies will be handled
throuch the Loyal Legion of Loggers
and Lumbermen, the lumbermen had
decided, it was stated.
'EACE TREATY IS ASSAILED
Provisions Arc Declared Incapable
or Fulfillment.
VIENNA, July 27. (By the Associat
ed Press.) V ice-Chancellor Fink, in a
speech before the assembly, denounced
the economic provisions of the peace
treaty as incupable of fulfillment, and
tbe whole treaty full of contradictions,
manifestly the result of a compromise
between "the brutal egotism of our
neighbor states and the better discern
meiit of the great powers."
MISSING IS F0UND DEAD
Body of Mrs. E. 31. MacGregor Dis
covered Near Berkeley, Cal.
BERKELEY, Cal., July 27. The body
of Mrs. Ethel Michaels MaeGregor, who
disappeared from her home here 10
days ago, was found today in some
brush a few miles north of Berkeley,
by her husband who headed a search
ing party composed of approximately
1000 persons.
Ieath had been caused by a bullet
wound. A revolver lay near the body.
ESCAPED MURDERER SLAIN
Santa Fc Posse Shoots Man Under
Death Sentence.
SANTA FE, K. M.,'July 27. Iaidoro
.Martinez, wife murderer under sentence
of death, who escaped from the county
jail here several weeks ago while under
reprieve from the governor, was shot
and killed by a posse at Las Truchas,
in northern Santa Fe county, late Sat
urday night, according to word reach
ing here today.
TOLL OF COLLISION THREE
Machinist's Mate, Hurt in Seaplane
Accident, Dies.
PANAMA, July 25. Machinist's Mate
L. L. Thomas, one of the three' men in
jured in this morning's collision be
tween an army airplane and a naval
seaplane at the entrance to Colon har
bor, died this afternoon. Increasing the
number of fatalities to three.
The others were Lieutenant Albert
Ellis and Sergeant Emil Von Berg.
Evry square mile of th sea is esti
mated to contain about 120,000,000 fish.
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NOBLES PLUN PILGRIMAGE
All K.VDEK TEMPLE TO STAGE
LA fIRAMIE CEREMONIAL.
Marshficld AI-o Included In lull
Itinerary of Shrincrs Junket.
Chief Rabban Is Visitor.
In addition to entertaining two imperial-officers
of the order, Al Ivader
temple of the Mystic shrine Saturday
night completed a programme that will
take the members of the temple to La
Grande for a ceremonial September 6,
and to Marshfiefd for another biff -demonstration
during the early days of
October.
Then to make a good night's work
out of it, the nobility of Al Kader de
fined arrangements for the big, cere
monial that is to take place here No
vember 17, when the imperial poten
tate comes for a pre-convention look
at the city. It will be the "W, Free
land Kendrick' class of novices and
will be personalty initiated by that
distinguished member of the fraternity.
Ellis Lewi (iarretson, of Tacoma, the
deputy imperial potentate, and "Sunny
Jim" McCandless of Honolulu, the im
perial chief rabban of the shrine, were
the visitors here Saturday niKht. Mr.
McCandless will follow Mr. (iarretnon
into the office of imperial potentate of
the national organization, and when
he presides in 121 he Is going to have
the imperial council meet at San rran-
cisco, so that he can load the "crowd
of representatives on a boat and take
them to Honolulu as soon as the con
vention adjourns. The party will he
his personal guests. J n tho islands Mr,
McCandless is a sugar planter.
'My prediction is that Portland will
have the greatest crowd in the history
of the shrine, when the convention
comes here next year." said Sunny Jim
in addressing the nobles of the temple.
I believe that because of the great
interest now being displayed every
where; because the people liku to come
to the coast where they always have "a
good time, and because of the personal
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Ralph Oitvold.
Ralph Osvold, aged . 47 and a
lifelong resident of Portland,
died Saturday night after an ill
ness of nearly a year. Mr. Os
vold lived at 552 Belmont street,
where iis widow and two sons
survive him.
Mr. Osvold was prominent in
the councils of the Oddfellows
lodge, having been secretary of
Samaritan lodge for 25 years.
He was also secretary of the
Oddfellows' relief committee at
the time of his death. He also
was a member of the Ellison en
campment and Columbia Kebekah
lodge and of camp No. 77, Wood
men of the World.
The funeral will be held at 2
o'clock tomorrow afternoon from
the I. O. O. F. temple. First and
Alder streets, where members of
the order will conduct the serv
ices. The body is now at Dun
ning's conservatory chapeL 414
East Alde- street.
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popularity of the imperial potentate,
V. Freeland Kendriek.
"For Aloha temple of Honolulu, I
want to promise that 1 am going to
bring a taste of the islands and their
life for your enjoyment. We ..will help
you put on the show. ' v
Potentate Hofmann urged that all
members of Al Kader attend both the
ceremonials at La Grande and at Marsh
field, at both of which cities unusual
preparations are being made for receiv
ing the Portland caravans and enter
taining the men who travel on the
camel trains. Al Kader will take her
patrol of gorgeously uniformed march
ing men and her band on both pil
grimages. It is expected that they will
be accompanied by several hundred
other members of the temple. Kecordcr
Hugh Boyd is now receiving appl ica
tions for space for the pilgrimages.
BAKER URGES ARMY NEEDS
AUTHORIZED OFFICERS' CORPS
OF LK,000 ASKED FOR.
General March IaeU Ills Chief's
Request Made Before Senate
Military Committee.
W ASH I NG TON, July 27. Hap id re
construct Ion of the regular a rmy Is
necessary, "that we may have regu-
arly organize! troops in the country."
Secretary Ha leer told the sfnnt mili
tary committee Saturday, urging the
department's request for an authorized
officer corps of 18,000.
denernl March, chief of staff, said
the army was ahead of schedule in
r.e demobilization, adding thmt ap
propriations for the year had cut even
the hospital service until the pick
could not be properly cared for. The
army was down to 500,000 by today's
reports, he said.
The department has always pin nned
for a sefmrate air service and not to
return it to the signal corps, both of
ficials said. It would be a crime.
General March said, to return to the
little handful of men and planes of
pre-war times." Later, the committee
ordered a favorable report on U'a hill
providing1 18,000 officers.
WASHINGTON. July 27. A p p o i n t-
ment of a special sub-committee to
recommend legislation embodying a
permanent military xo!iry for the na
tion was authorized Saturday by the
senate military committee. These sen
ators were named: '
Wadsworth, chairman; Sutherland of
West Virginia New, Indiana, and Fre-
linghuysen, New Jersey,- republicans;
Chamberlain, Oregon ; ThanioK, Colo
rado, and Fletcher. Florida, democrats.
OCCUPATION FORCE STUDIED
Supreme Council Discusses Strength
to He Maintained.
PARIS, July 27. The sire of the
force required for the occupation of
the Khtneland under the terms of the
German peace treaty was a question
under eonnideration by the supreme
council at Saturday's session. For the
Present, it la said, a force or 150.000
men is likely to be considered neces
Bary on the left bank of the Khlne.
The organization of the military ex
pedition for the occupation of Silesia
during the taking of the plebescite
there also was discussed by the
council.
PERSHING RECEIVES PLATE
Committeeof France-Airlca Makes
Presentation.
PARTS, June 27. wiavas.) General
John J. Pershing Saturday was pre
sented by tho committee of France
American with an artistic plate inspired
by his historical words: 'L.afayette, we
are here!" uttered at the tomb of La
fayette. Gabriel Hanotaux, president of the
committee, in making the presentation,
thanked General Perrthin g and tho
American army for fighting alongside
the French. He asserted that he had
absolute confidence that unalterable
friendship would exist between the
United States and France.
For B0 years the famous diamond
mines at Kimberley have yielded an
average return of mor than $20,000,000
a year.
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EX-IMPERIAL CHANCELLOR IS
CIIARfiED WITH TREACHERY.
Prince Maximilian Alleged to Have
Issued Statemeut That Hurried
Kmperor td Holland.
BE KLIN. July 27. (By tho Asso
ciated Press.) This mornftiK'B Pan
German newt-papers of Berlin make
feature of a five-column expose of oc
currences in connection with the otit
brea k of the German re vol ut ion last
November, including a struggle taking
Tdace at German great headquarters at
-ipa November j. lasting nearly 24
fconrs. to induce Emperor William to
abdicate. Material is adduced to show
that Prince Maximilian of Baden, then
Imperial chancellor, finally took t he
initiative and gave to the Wolff bu
reau an official :;temei;t that the em
pe ro r had a bd ( en t ed as r m pe rnr and
king of Prussia, although it is averred
he had done neither and has never re
nounced the throne of Prussia.
Prince Maximilian. It is declared, took
this step out of misguided patriotism in
an attempt to subdue t'.ie revoltitiornry
move men t w h ich was ra ptd ly getting
out of hand and by it forced t he em
peror's advisers to hurry him ah- to
Holland. The P n-Gcrmar s now charge
the former chancellor with treachery.
All doubts as to William Hohenzol-
lern h abdieation nn German emperor
anil king of Prussia were considered to
have been settled when Berlin advices
November 3 last, told of tho issuance
by the new German government of the
former rmperor'n act of renunciation
-d escribed as having been ex ecu led and
sf cned by William 1 lohenzol lern at
Amerongen. Holland, on November :
X.VTIOXAL LEAGtE TAltGKT Of
TKAKNKY OF WKSTKRX.
lieyriier Sta nds Put on Decision of
Majors to Insl-t on Kiglit to
Iraft Players.
CHir-AGO. July 27. A. II. Tearney.
president of the Western and Three-1
leagues and chairman of a special
committee represent inz the National
Association of 'Minor leagues. has
charged the National league with break
ing faith with the minors in regard
to drawing up a new agreement to take
the place of the so-called national
agreement which the minors abrogated.
John A. Heydler, president of the Na
tiona I lea cue. advised Chairman Tear
ney that the National league would not
enter into any formal agreement with
the minora unless the right of the
major leagues to draft players from the
minors was Included so "as to enable
ballplayers to advance in their pro
fession, as provided by the national
agreement."
The minor leagues are demanding
that the majors buy promising play
r outrlirht Instead of drafting them.
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mann of the national baseball commis
sion, representing the major leagues,
mRiJo a verbal agreement with the
minor leagues at the joint meeting in
New York last January consenting to
the abrogation of the national a gree
ment and tho independent operation of
the minors. Chairman Tearney has
sent the communication from Presi
dent Heydler to the presidents of all
minor leagues for their consideration.
OAKSMKX TO KXTEU RlHiATTA
Portland Rro ing Club lo Compete
In Vancouver, B. C, Meet.
Captain Fred R. Newell of the Tort-
land Kowinjr club announces the local
organization will be represented in all
events of the Invitational refratta to ba
held by the Vancouver, 15. club at
the latter city August 1. A. Stevens,
Ptroke; I II. Mills, No. 3; Ted Holmes.
No. 2. nnd Jack McDonald, bow, prob
ablv will make tip the four-oarrd crew.
William trea;ory and James Haveley
are the logical candidates for tle dou
Lies crew, while A. Pfaender, formerly
captain of the Portland Howitif club,
and who once held the singles cham
pionship of the aanoclation, may enter
the singles. Besides the rowinjr races,
which number three, special canoe and
s w I tii m In it rcp will bf featured,
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PORTLANDERS SEE BOLIDE
I'nuual DUplny of l'lrerks W it
nrril During Evening.
Many Portlnnders who happened to
he ov- tt doors were treated lo tho
ffight of a brilliant bolide shortly after
o'clock last nlKhu A bolide Is
better known s a fireball.
The bolide, or biir meteor. flaHhed
into hrllliiince near the senith. Cours
ir. toward the west, it left a trail of
red flame. It eeemod suddenly to take
o the appearance of a irreat blue
jjrecn ball and a moment later broke
into four or five fragments and thee.
in turn, broko into smaller frasnicnts
an snuffed out. The biir piece of
astronomical fireworks disappeared
about 15 dejtreea above the horiaon.
Many persons who saw the heteorio
fireball described it as the largest they
had ever beheld.
Lmuis K. Schmidt Dies. '
lvjuis Frank Schmidt. US. of S:.J7
Seventy. first street Southeast, died
yesterday after a lonT illnes. Kuiirral
arranpemefits have not been completed.
Mr. Schmidt leaves his widow, thieo
sons. Clarence. Beverly and Francis
Schmidt, all of Portland, and a daugh
ter. Mrs. A. K. Holcomb, who lives In
Idaho.
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