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VOL. LVIII XO. 18,317
Entered at Portland (Oregon)
Pnstoffire a. Pron1-Clas Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 1919.
PRICK FIVE CENTS.
RETAIL PROFITEER
TO BE HUNTED OUT
REVOLT IN CHIHUAHUA
FOILED BY OFFICERS
PLOT TO SURRENDER GARRISON
TO VILLA FAILS.
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Attorney-General's "Extra
Legal Means" Told.
LEADING FOLK URGED TO ACT
Former Food Administrators
Asked to Resume Duty.
'AIR PRICE LISTS," PLAN
Cost of Necessities to Consumer
Be Investigated and "Goug
ing" to Be Exposed.
SCORES KILLED IN
CHEMNITZ RIOTING
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. -Attorney-General
Palmer started out today to as
certain how much of the high cost of
living is due to excessive profits by
retailers. In a telegram to all state
food administrators who worked with
Administrator Hoover during the war,
the attorney-general requested the ap
pointment of a "fair-price committee"
in each county to investigate what is
being charged for retail necessities.
and if in excess of what the committee i
considers just, to publish a list of fair i
prices for the guidance of the public 1
"This is the "extra-legal means" of
reaching profiteering which Mr. Palmer
recently indicated was under consider
ation. He has frankly admitted from'
the start that there was no means to
prosecute directly a man guilty of ex
tortion in prices.
Public Sentiment Needed, , "
Retailers who are gouging the ulti
mate consumer will have to be disci
plined by public sentiment, which of
ficials have no doubt is sufficiently
alert to the situation now to act vigor
ously in clear-cut cases.
Hoarders, on the other hand, may be
reached through the war-time food
laws or the Sherman act, and Mr. Pal
mer requested the state food adminis
trators to transmit to him any evidence
of hoarding or other violations of the
law which they might encounter in
their work, with the promise that the
povernment's law machinery would act
promptly.
There is a pressing necessity for the
restoration of normal condition," Mr.
Palmer's telegram said, requesting the
men who did such effective work dur
ing the war to take up the burden
again.
Free Service Aaked.
They were asked to serve without
compensation, the attorney-general be
lieving that the public service to be
performed now is as important as when
the country was engaged in hostilities,
and that no patriotic citizen would re
fuse the call to duty.
The attorney-general's telegram follows:
"In order to secure accurate informa
tion relative to charges of profiteering
by dealers in necessary commodities, it
is the desire of the government to
ascertain whether or not such dealers
Passengers Arriving From Mexico
Tell of Drastic Steps to Keep
Outbreak: Secret.
EL PASO, Aug. 16. A plot "to have
the Chihuahua city garrison revolt
against the Carranza commanders and
join Villa Friday was discovered early
Wednesday morning.
A large number of federal, officers
and soldiers, including one brevet gen
eral, were placed in the federal peni
tentiary, charged with inciting a mu
tiny, according to American and Mexi
can passengers arriving from Chihua
hua City today.
The passengers said they heard shots
fired at the penitentiary before they
left, and said this started rumors that
leaders of the mutiny had been executed.
These rumors were not confirmed, they
said. All telegrams and mail are
being closely censored, out of Chihua
hua City, passengers said, to prevent
news of the attempted revolt reaching
other parts of the state where federal
troops are stationed.
The plot, planned for several weeks,
was discovered when two of the leaders
went to Jiminez and Santa Rosalia to
induce the garrisons there to revolt,
passengers said. An effort was made
to have Colonel Hernandez join the re
volt, as he had been deprived of his
command by General Manuel DIeguez
recently. Instead of joining the plot
he telegraphed to General Enrique
Martinez, chief of staff to General
Dieguez. giving details of the scheme.
The plan was to have the garrison
mutiny against the loyal officers at
reveille Friday morning and send a
courier to Villa, telling him to come
and assume command of the troops and
accept surrender of the city, the pas
sengers said. A federal colonel, learn
ing of the discovery of the plot early
Wednesday, escaped with his command
of 350 men, and is reported to be has
tening to join Villa, south of Parral.
Loyal troops are said to be pursuing
the battalion. Trains have been an
nulled to prevent them from making
their escape.
Saxon City Scene of Wild
Fight for Food.
SPARTADAN FORCES BLAMED
Many Important Buildings in
Government's Hands.
WORKMEN NOW ON STRIKE
"CIDER" TURNS OUT CEDAR
federal Reinforcements Reported in
Outskirts or City; N'egotiatoins
With Rioters In Progress.
CHEMNITZ, Saxony, Aug. 10. (By
the Associated Press.) Sixty to 80 sol
diers were killed and 200 wounded in
the fighting during food riots Friday,
according to estimates here. Ten ci
vilians were killed and 50 wounded
The city now is quiet and trains are
running.
COPENHAGEN, Aug. 9. (By the As
sociated Press.) Comparative quiet has
been restored at Chemnitz. Saxony
where 50 persona were killed Friday
during food riots inspired by Spartacan
agitators, according to advices from
Berlin.
Various important buildings are still
in the hands of the government forces
but the majority of the troops have
withdrawn.
Further government reinforcements
have arrived on the outskirts of Chem
nitz. Negotiations with the rioters are
in progress.
Near Violation of Dry Law Due to
Illegible Writing. "
WALLA "WALLA. Wash., Aug. 10.
(Special.) J. T. Crawford, head of the
Whitehouse-Crawford Lumber company
and the Tumalum Lumber company,
with yards all over the northwest, was
called on yesterday by a railroad in
spector to explain the importation of
'f3 barrels of Tennessee cider" shipped
by freight.
He succeeded in convincing the in
spector that the waybill should have
read "13 bundles of Tennessee cedar,"
the cedar being used in making cedar
chests.
SWISS TO FIX FOOD PRICES
Minister Declares All Stocks Held
for Speculation Will Be Seized
BERNE, Aug. 10. Food Minister Ka-
pelli, at a conference held at the pal-
ace yesterday for the purpose of find
ing means to reJuce the cost of living,
declared that stocks held for specula
tion will be seized for the benefit of
the population.
The creation of a federal office to
are making more than a fair margin of I fix prices was proposed.
profit. Will you assist in your state
ONDON, Aug. 9. Advices received
from Copenhagen under Friday's date
say that a large number of workmen
at Chemnitz have gone on strike
marching to the Koenigs Platz and de
manding the raising of the state of
siege. The food depot was stormed, the
dispatches say, and the demonstrators
attacked the railway station, which is
reported to be in their hands. -
BERLl?r, Aug. 9. (By the Associated
Press.) la a statement today concern
ing the discovery of a secret movemen
to call a general railroad strike Sep
tember 1, the government says-that th
strike is being forced against th
wishes of a majority of the men.
BERLIN, Aug. 9. A Weimar dispatch
announces that the representative
the government told the national as
sembly today that the expenditures of
the soldiers' and workers' councillors
amounted to at least 100,000,000 marks.
Most of this sum was used for per
sonal expenses.
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General
Ludcndorf f.
LUDEXDORFF'S STORY TO
BE PRINTED IN THE
OREGONIAN START
ING SEPT. 3.
"r. At last he Ger---Z,
.N, man side of the
Jiwar emerges from
?!ythe mystery in
ri which it has been
"shrouded. At last
the full story of the
"jjv German campaigns,
r , i :
tame effort to dom
inate, of the ups and
downs of her mad"
struggle against.an
aroused world in
arms, told by her
greatest military genius, is to
be available to American news
paper readers.
From the outset of the war to
Germany's final collapse, the
name of Ludendorff bulked ever
larger. He became a colossal
figure on the German side. He
seemed to embody Germany's
aggressiveness, her ruthless mil
itarism, her lust for conquest.
He was the incarnation of Prus
sia. Nobody else, through all the
length and breadth of the terri
tories of the central powers, be
came so pre-eminently qualified
to tell the story of the war from
the Teutonic side.
And here he tells it. He minces
no words. He spares nobody.
Read this, the greatest news
paper feature of the year, in
The Oregonian, beginning Sep
tember 3.
MR. HINES IS READY
TO DISCUSS WAGES
Road Shopmen, However,
Must Resume Work.
SITUATION IS HELD FAVORABLE
Nearly Normal Conditions Ex
pected in Shops Today.
MUNITIONS FRAUD CHARGED
Plot by Knglisli Labor and Contract
tor Alleged by Factory Director,
LONDON, Aug. 10. Sir John Hunter,
director of factory construction and
ron and steel production under the
ministry of munitions, testifying before
an Investigating committee on nationa;
expenditures yesterday, said that in the
erection of works for the air ministry
no man employed had earned the
money he received.
These men numbered 70,000, Sir John
declared, and in some cases wages were
drawn regularly and charged to the
government for men who did not exist.
Sir John added that he had found
conspiracy of government men and
contractors, saying some of them -were
arrested, but the crown declined to
prosecute them.
FIGHT ON TOBACCO DENIED
W. C. T. U. Campaign for Nationa
Prohibition Not Undertaken.
CHICAGO. Aug. 10. The National
Woman's Christian Temperance union
is not campaigning for national pro
hibition of tobacco.
The statement was issued here las
night by Miss Anna A. Gordon
Evanston, the president.
ADVERTISEMENT USED
TO CAPTURE BURGLAR
ROBBER'S MEANS OF LOCATING
JOBS IS USED AS BAIT.
UNION CONVENTION CALLED
HIGHWAY BEAUTIES
CAPTURE EDITORS
Meeting to Be Held In Chicago to De
termine Definitely What Action
Workers Shall Take.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. Develop
ments over the week-end are expected
to result in almost normal conditions
tomorrow in every railroad shop where
men have been on strike. Director-
General Hines is ready to undertake
negotiation of wage demands, as di
rected by President Wilson, as soon as
he men return, to work. In view of
President Wilson's specific instruction
that the whole matter would have to
be "at a standstill" so long as an ille
gal strike continued, the demand of
the men in some places for wage in
creases before going back to work, it
was learned, cannot alter the situation.
CHICAGO, Aug. 10. A call for a con
vention of representatives of the strik
ing railway shopment of the country to
be held here next Thursday to deter
mine definitely what action shall be
taken, was issued today by the Chi
cago district council of the federated
railway shopmen, which called the
strike August 1 in defiance of the i
ternational officers of the shops crafts
unions.
This decision was reached as a re
suit of conferences held yesterday by
some of the international officers and
representatives of the council and the
strikers.
The strike is declared illegal by the
international officers. It was called
by the Chicago district council, whose
officers declared such was the wish of
the rank and file because the interna
tional officers had failed to obtain
settlement since the demands for 85
cents an hour for mechanics and 60
cents for helpers were presented last
February to the railroad administra'
tion.
L. M. Hawver, president of the dis
tiict council, said 200 telegrams were
sent today to railroad centers request
ing that the men send delegates who
would reflect the attitude of the shop
workers.
J. D. Sanders, secretary of the dis
trict council, and David Crosswhite
rice-president of the international ca
men's union, left todayfor Washington
to confer with Director-General Hines.
Loot of $10,000 Obtained by New
York Elevator Operator From
Fashionable Apartment Ilouse.
NEW YORK. Aug. 10. To capture a
burglar, advertise for him in the news
papers. This was the novel suggestion
ortered to the police of the country
last night by New Tork detectives
after the arrest of Robert Lynard. an
elevator operator whom the police
charge with stealing 10,000 worth of
jewelry and silverware from a score of
apartment-houses during the past four
months.
Lynard s method, according to the
police, was to answer advertisements
for an apartment-house elevator oper-
tor and, with an army discharge as a
reference, obtain the Job. He then
ould call various apartments on the
telephone and, if he received no re-
ponse, would enter and loot them at
is leisure, the police said.
The police yesterday inserted an ad
vertisement for an elevator operator.
irecting applicants to report to a
fashionable uptown apartment. When
Lynard appeared ha was promptly en
gaged and as promptly started his sys-
ematic looting of the place, according
the police. In one apartment, how-
ver. he encountered a number of of
ficers.
Eagle Creek Camp Scene
of Feasting.
CLIMAX OF VISIT IS REACHED
ORTLAND LAD IS DROWNED
Karl Jorzensen's Canoe Capsizes:
Uncle Barely Saved.
Harl Jorgensen, 18 years old, of 545
Roselawn avenue, was drowned in the
Willamette river at 7:30 o'clock last
vening when a canoe in which he and
uncle, Peter Jesperson, were rid
ing capsized. Mr. Jesperson was saved
by the harbor patrol, but young Jor-
ensen sank for the last time before
the rescuers were able to reach him.
The canoe capsized in waves made
by a river steamer. Mr. Jesperson was
early exhausted when taken from the
water. Jorgensen's body had not been
recovered at a late hour last night.
The young man is survived by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rasmus Jorgensen.
WHO'D EVER HAVE THOUGHT SHE WOULD HAVE SUCH CHILDREN?
by requesting those persons who have
been county food administrators under
your jurisdiction to appoint fair price
committees,' including one retailer of
groceries, one of dry goods, a repre
sentative of the producers, of organized
labor, of housewives and two or three
representatives of the public generally,
as soon as practicable? Please request
them to pursue approximately the same
inquiry with reference to food prod
ucts and the ordinary necessities in
dry goods and clothing that were pur
sued by your fair price committees
under the food administration act.
Published L.Inti Asked.
"This committee will be an extra
legal body without power to summon
witnesses or fix prices. It is requested,
however, to ascertain the cost prices.
determine a fair margin of profit and, if
retail prices are in excess of what the
committee regards a fair price, to have
published its list of fair prices, report
ing to you for review. You are request
ed to report to the department of jus
tice a general review of the situation
in your state.
"Any evidence of hoarding or other
violations of the food control act which
may be developed in the work of such
committees should be turned over to
the L'nited States atorney. who will
be instructed to employ all his re
sources as well as those of the bureau
of investigation to co-operate with
you and your committees in seeking
out and punishing all violators of the
- law.
"There is a pressing necessity for
the restoration of normal conditions,
" and it is believed that through the same
organization which you had as federal
' food administrator you and your coun
ty administrators, together with their
appointees, may render valuable serv-
' ice to the country at this time, and
your co-operation and theirs, without
compensation, will be greatly appre
ciated. Publlelty Is Desired.
"The widest publicity of this move
ment and the results obtained by the
county committees, it is believed, will
be an important factor in its success.
Please telegraph whether the govern
ment may count upon your active co
operation." WASHINGTON'. Aug. 10. Congress
tomorrow will begin actual considera
tion of the high cost of living problems.
" Plans have been made by leaders for
LISBON, Aug. 10. The cabinet min
isters met yesterday to discuss eco
nomic means to lower the cost of liv
ing.
SPRUCE PROBE COMMENCES
Committee, En Route West, Stops at
Chicago to Hear Evidence.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 10. The senate
aircraft committee will hold a hearing
tomorrow at Chicago with Charles W.
Slich, of Grand Rapids. Mich., and W. E
Morley of Cleveland as witnesses. Sev
eral witnesses will be heard at St. Paul,
and then the committee will go to Seat
tle for a lengthy hearing into spruce
production, beginning about August 20.
From Seattle the committee will go
to Portland, Or., and later probably to
Kelly Field, Texas.
PRINCE OF WALES GREETED
British Battleship Is Met by Cruiser
Off St- Johns.
ST JOHNS, Nfd., Aug. 10. The admi
ralty wireless station announced to-
night that the British battleship Re
nown, on which the Prince of Wales
is coming to this country and Canada,
was met by the cruiser Dauntless 120
miles off St. Johns at 3 o'clock this
afternoon.
"Life Here Worth Living," Key
note Sounded by Speakers.
TROUT STIR ELOQUENCE
CHIHUAHUA REBELS FOILED
Mexican Soldiers, Planning to Join
Villa, Xow In Penitentiary.
EL PASO. Aug.' 10. A plot to have
the Chihuahua City garrison revolt
against the Carranza commanders and
oin Villa Friday was discovered early
Wednesday morning.
Writers of Nation Leave for Sontb
to Glimpse Crater Lake; Port
land Is Lauded.
Nature smiled on the Columbia rtver
gorge yesterday when editors from
every corner of the nation breakfasted
at Eagle Creek camp ground on th.
best of Oregon's foods, including bear
from the woods ana trout from th.
streams, after traversing the Columbia
highway in a caravan of automobiles.
Truly, it was a time of feasting and
rejoicing, and if any man. woman or
child who stood beneath the firs of
Eagle Creek park and made the val
ley echo the words of "America" was
lacking in enthusiasm, the fervor with
which he sang belied the spirit.
Many miles have the members of the
National Editorial association traveled,
almost across a continent, and many a
rare sight have they seen, but no ex
perience, they said, had been as perfect
as the motor ride in tne morning wun
the river breeze blowing and the rlBing
mists from the Columbia revealing an
ever-changing landscape. Just as the
party reached Crown Point the sun
burst through, and the hundreds of
visitors viewed the gorge at its best.
Rustic Table. Are Loaded.
Miles of beauty could not make even
the short grass, sagebrush or metropol
itan newspaper men forget their appe
tites when they caught sight of hun
dreds of feet of rustic tables stretch
ing beneath the grove on the bank of
Eagle creek, the board decked with
goldenglow. sword fern and all the
goodies that an early morning imagina
tion could conjure up.
It was a fitting opening for the eec-
A large number of iederal officers
and soldiers, including one brevet gen- I ond aay's stay of the National Editorial
were piacea in in. leaerai penl- ,sn-lation convention in Portland. For
eral. were placed in the
tentiary, charged with inciting a mu
tiny, according to American and Mexi
can passengers arriving from Chihua
hua City today.
many it was tne climax 01 tneir vimi.
here. The guests, who represent 25
states and several Canadian province.
lore than 200 in number, were joined
by members of the Oregon fctate .ai-
torial association. They arrived ner.
Friday night from British Columbia and
are now on the way to Crater lake Sat
urday was given over to business, a
trip to Oregon City for the unveiling
there of a tablet commemorating tne
founding of the first newspaper west
JOHN A. SHAUGHNESSY DEAD
Brother of Canadian Notable Passes
Away in Chicago.
CHICAGO. Aug. 10. John A. Shaugh.
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chairman of the ooard of directors of of the Rocky mountains and to a big
T0KI0 NEWSPAPERS QUIT
Owners Refuse to (irant Printers'
Demands for Increases.
TOKIO. Aug. 10. Virtually all the
newspapers of Tokio have suspended
publication owing to the demands of
the printers for higher wages, which
the owners refuse to grant.
Numerous strikes are in progress
elsewhere in Japan.
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ANGLO-FRENCH PACT IS AIM
Negotiations for Commercial Treaty
Arc Began In Paris.
LONDON, Aug. 10. Negotiations for
a commercial treaty with the French
government began today in Paris.
Discussions between representatives
of the Belgian and British governments
with a view to concluding a commer
cial treaty also are to -begin, shortly.
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the Canadian Pacific railroad, died at
his home here today after being ill for
more than a year. He was oa years
old.
Mr. Shaughnessy formerly was pur
chasing agent for the Soo line. He
superintended construction of the Royal
Alexandra hotel in Winnipeg. A widow
and two children survive him.
banquet at the Chamber or commerce
in the evening. Upon returning from
the trip to Crater lake they will go to
Seattle and Victoria. B. C, to hold their
concluding business sessions.
The caravan which conveyed the vis
iting press leaders over the highway
and out to the breakfast grounds, com
posed of 10S automobiles, left tne Im
perial hotel headquarters about 7 A. M.
In the party were many Portland and
Oregon newspaper workers and friends.
Scenic Railway Destroyed W ith Loss It was exactly 10 o'clock, as scheduled.
Itnat tne iun una leasiuit, ai wie ucn uu
ful camp grounds began.
MONTREAL, Aug. 10. Seven persons Walter. Prove Kffteleot.
were burned to death tonight in a fire While more than 500 guests sat at
on a scenic railway at Dominion park, the long board loaded with every sort
The scene of the accident is an 0f delicious edible, some 50 white-coated
amusement resort near this city. waiters busily plied the carving knife.
milk can, coffee percolater and frying
DEAD IN RESORT FIRE
INDEX OF TODAY'S
NEWS pa". t
Tne Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 88
degree.; minimum, 56 degrees.
TODAY'S Generally fair and cooler; we.t-
criy winds.
Foreijrn.
British scientists report Germany broken in
body and spirit, fage z.
Scores of soldiers killed in food riot, in
Chemnitz. Page 1.
Near-eastern meals are full of surprises. W.
T. Ellis writes Irom orient. rage
Oregonians triumph In war work abroad.
Page 3.
Italy Invites U. S. trade exploitation. Page 4.
Roumanian soldiers strip Hungary of food.
0 superior stewards were
none other than 50 members of the Pro
gressive Business Men's club, under
the leadership of Judge Jacob ICanzler,
former president of the club. Saturday
night they journeyed from Portland to
begin their labors, which did not end
until the sun was high overhead.
First there were the bear to be at
tended to, two of Oregon's famed game
animals, shot at the precise age. of on.
year. A ten-foot pit was dug and a
wood fire built within. Farewell cere
monies for the yearlings were held and
then the pair were lowered into the
Revolt in Chihuahua foiled by loyal Mexican hole on poles and the cooking began.
officer. rage 4.
National.
Attorney-General Palmer launches attack on
retail profiteers. Page 1.
Hines ready to discuss wages when shopmen
resume work, rage l.
Domestic.
Advertisement used as bait to capture New
York burglar. Page 1
Thousands of visitors flock to fleet off San
Pedro harbor, rage a.
Pacific ortbweat.
Airplanes welcome visiting editors to Capitol
grounds aL eaiem. r-age iu.
sports.
Pacific Coast league results Portland 1-6,
Seattle a-3; Vernon 5-3. San Francisco
o-2: Salt Lake 2. Sacramento 1; Los An
geles Oakland 'i-h. Page 8.
Standifer nine wins city championship by
defeating McDougal-Overmlre. a to 2.
Page 6.
Faithful firetenders, when they had
sung themselves to sleep, retired to un
mattressed tables and slumbered until
daylight.
Mrsa Call la Sounded.
Shortly after the arrival of the
guests in cars supplied by the Kotary
club, mess call was sounded on a K.-llat
trombone and cantaloupes, peaches and
cream and shredded wheat biscuit, cof
fee, doughnuts, buns, potatoes, milk
chocolate, trout and bear began the
descent of hungry throats at a remark
able rate. Kverything was a home
product and donated by someone in the
state. Even the unique menus were of
spruce veneer from the Portland Man
ufacturing company una the printing
Walter F. Backus wins northwest all-around I on them was done by The Tiberman.
rastlnE title. Pace 0.
Commercial and Marine.
Record grain yields assure activity In mer
cantile lines, rage .
Portland and Vicinity.
City will continue fight on increased phon.
rates, rage i.
Sight-seeing bus plunges from highway;
many accident, reported, rage 10.
Kansas City pastor says wealth is not real
measure of success .IB world, rage lo.
Columbia hignway beauties capture nation.
editors, rage i.
National Ad elub official to conduct cam-
Daia-n against false advertising her..
Pag. 9.
Circus here and small boy Is happy. Page 11.
W.ather report, data and foracaax. Page 14.
In keeping with tne spirit or tne
times, an opportune moment was chosen
to foment a "strike" among the waiters.
who, led by Frank Hilton, former presi
dent of the Progressive Business Men's
club, laid down pitchers and traya and
answered the riot call. Mr. Hilton, aa
orator of the occasion, proclaimed the
demands of "Cooks" and Waiter.' Union.
Local No. 43," namely the righting of
"injustice" perpetrated by Jacob Ran
gier and Forest Supervisor "Tom" Sher
rard, whom he declared had been unr
(Concluded on Pag. 10, Column X)