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AMERICAN DRAFT
OF PACT PUBLIC
President Sends Senate
Original Copy.
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NOTED ACTORS SUED
FOR HALF MILLION
PULL OF
SEEMS
FLOUR PRICE IS CUT,
BUT BREAD GOES UP
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IN JUR ON COSTS
SUIT IS FILED BY SHCBERIS
AGAINST STRIKERS.
SIX-DAY, 4 8-HOUK WEEK, ALSO
PROVIDED BY RULING.
KOLCHAK
NATION
UNITED
IMMINENT
OTHER DATA ARE REFUSED
Public Policy Is Assigned by
Wilson as Reason.
LANSING ACCUSES ISHII
Secretary of State Says Japanese
Ambassador Concealed Secret
Treaty on Sliantunz.
WASHINGTON. A us, 11. President
Wilson sent to the foreign relations
committee today a copy of the original
American draft of a league of nations
covenant, but declined to furnish
other papers relating: to the peace ne
gotiations asked for in. senate resolu
tions. In reply to a committee request for
"all data" used in preparation of the
treaty, the president wrote that most
of the documents and memoranda were
left in Paris and that many were of
a confidential nature so that "on
Krounds" of public policy" it would be
unwise to make use of them "outside
t he conference." He sent only the
American covenant draft and a copy
of the covenant as agreed to before
his first return from Europe.
To another resolution asking for a
copy of the letter written by General
"Bliss regarding the Shantung problem,
Mr. Wilson replied that he regarded
the letter as confidential, since it con
tained certain references to other gov
ernments. He said the communication,
in which Secretary Lansing and Henry
White concurred, "took a very strong
ground" against the proposed settle
ment of the question, but could not
"properly be described as a protest
against the final Shantung decision."
Special Treaty Concealed.
Another development in the treaty
rontrovf rsy today was the statement
before the foreign relations committee
by Secretary Lansing that Viscount
Jshii, Japanese ambassador to the
United States, "had concealed" the ex
istence of the secret treaty between
Japan and Great Britain regarding the
Shantung peninsula while the Lansing -Ishii
agreement was being negotiated.
Lrke the final draft, the American
league of nations plan contemplated a
lrague council and assembly dealing
"with any war or threat of war," an
arbitration procedure under supervision
of the council, advices by the league
as to reduction of armament, an eco
nomic boycott asainst covenant break
ers, publicity of treaties and a manda
tory system. The much-debated arti
t le 10, under which the members would
guarantee one another's integrity
against external ajrsression, had its
tounterpart, almost word for word, in
the American plan.
Changes in American Plan,
A t variance with the covenant as
finally included in the treaty, however,
ihe president's covenant would have
omitted reference to the Monroe doc
irine and the right of withdrawal;
would have empowered the council to
inquire into the feasibility of abol
ishing compulsory military service" and
would have contained a provision rela
tive to the freedom of the seas. The
( ouncil and assembly would have been
differently constituted and instead of
a unanimous vote bein g required in
inn council, any three nations repre
sented would have been empowered to
veto any decision.
The American plan reached the
capitol just as Secretary lansing was
concluding hts testimony and just after
lie had laid before the committee a
ropy of tho resolution embodying
league principles presented by him at
ihe peace conference. The resolution,
which never was acted on formally,
followed in general the American
covenant draft.
League Advlner to Be Called.
At the end of his testimony, the
secretary was asked to send before the
committee tomorrow David Hunter
Miller, a state department official, who
acted as adviser to the league of na
vions commission at Versailles.
It is expected Mr. .Miller will be
asked in d-etail about the American
draft and its relation to the final
covenant.
President Wilson also notified the
senate today in response to requests
sent by it to the White House that
i9 had no knowledge of any attempt
by the Japanese delegates to intimidate
the Chinese representatives at Ver
sailles and that he had no information
about a reported secret Japanese-German
treaty negotiated during the war.
Tomorrow Cha irman Lodge of th-e
foreign relations committee will speak
on the league of nations.
A subcommittee was named by the
senate judiciary committee today to
considor whether there is any con
stitutional barrier to ratification of the
special defensive treaty with France.
The action was in response to a reso
lution by Senator Walsh, democrat.
Montana, calling on the committer for
an opinion-
The original American draft of the
league of nations covenant, sent to the
foreign relations committee today by
President Wilson contains several pro
visions widely differing from the
league coveuant as adopted at Paris.
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Case Alleges Loss Resulted From
AValkout of Stage and Film
Stars in New York.
NEW YORK, Aug. 11. Suits for
5500.000 for damages alleged to have
resulted from the strike called by the
Actors' Equity association were filed
by the Winter Garden company (the
Shuberts in the United States jdistrict
court here late today against nearly
300 of the country's most prominent
stage and screen stars.
LONDON RED PLOT NIPPED
Plans to Seize Arms and Stores and
.. Start Soviet Captured.
LONDON, Aug. 11. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) Seditious documents
were seized by the police today in a
raid on Tendon's western suburb of
Acton. The papers captured dealt
with a sudden seizure of arms and am
munition from the military stores by
revolutionaries and the establishment
of a soviet government in London.
Important arrests are regarded as
probable in the course of the week in
connection with the seizure. Other
raids, it is said, are contemplated by
the authorities.
WINE, YACHT, GIRLS STOLEN
Seven Youths- Sail Away in Liquor
Laden Cruiser, Police Hear.
CHICAGO. Aug. 11. Chicago nolirx
I today received a telegram from the au
thorities at Grand Haven, Mich., asking
them to search for the two-masted
yacht. The Briar, which they declare
was stolen by seven youngr men in the
Michigan port yesterday. The men also
are said to have kidnaped two 16-year-old
girls who are held prisoners on
the boat.
The yacht is believed to be stocked
with a quantity of liquor stolen from
a residence in Grand Haven.
ASIATIC PROBLEM RAISED
Extra Session or California Legis
lature Held Urgent.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Aug. 11. A tele
gram urging an extra session of the
legislature for the purpose of consider
ing the Asiatic problem was sent to
Governor Stephens in San Francisco by
Van Bernard, president of the Fourteen
Counties Protective association, late to
night. "In behalf of the coming generation
we make this appeal," the telegram
said.
CHINA TO "CALL OFF" WAR
President Authorized to Issue Man
date Ending Hostilities.
PEKIN", Aug. 11. (By the Associated
Press.) Parliament Friday passed a
resolution authorizing the president to
issue a mandate declaring that a state
of war does not exist between China
and Germany.
It is considered doubtful whether the
mandate will be published until dele
gates have discussed terms with Ger
man representatives.
B0LSHEVIKI SHOOT CONSUL
Agent for Greece in Moscow
Hit,
Athens Learns.
ATHENS. Aug. 10. (Havas.) The
consular agent to:- Greece in Moscow
i. s been shot by the bolsheviki. ac
cording to advices received here.
LUDENDORFF'S STORY TO
BE PRINTED IN THE
OREGONIAN START
ING SEPT. 3.
TTV, At last the Ger-
.. man side of the
iwar emerges from
vtne mystery in
."!.? which it has been
t
sjttwnf the full story of the
Jv German campaigns,
V IU U II J D
tanic effort to dom
inate, of the ups and
Gowns of her mad
struggle against an
aroused world in
arms, told by - her
Ttnrral
t-Qdendorff.
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.
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Admiral's Army Retreats
200 Miles.
BOLSHEVIKI WIN IN SIBERIA
Reds' -Superior Forces May
Hold Entire Country.
MINSK TAKEN BY POLES
Two Weeks of Heavy Fighting Bring
Success Lenine Reported Soon
to Retire as Premier.
WASHINGTON-. Aug. 11. Complete
collapse of the Kolchak movement in
Siberia was forecast in reports reach
ing Washington today. Kolchak forces
have fallen back almost 200 miles from
their former advanced lines, and Omsk
was said to be threatened with evac
uation. Failure of the allied and associated
governments to get adequate supplies
to Admiral Kolchak, the advices satd,
had forced him to fall back steadily
before the greatly superior bolshevik
forces composed of veterans whoso of
ficers include many Germans who fled
to Russia when the armistice was
signed.
Little Hope la Held.
Officials here are known to regard
Kolchak's efforts at an end unless most
radical measures are adopted by out
side governments, and it was suggested
that the president might call the at
tention of congress to the imminence
of bolshevik control of all Siberia.
The proposition of extending aid to
Admiral Kolchak received the support
of President Wilson and his associates
at the peace conference in Paris, but
getting supplies to him was found to
be more of a military than a diplomatic
problem. France, England and Japan
were in a position politically to offer
supplies, but the position of the United
States was not so clear on that point.
Some officials here held that for the
United States to participate in any ex
tensive support, either in supplying the
forces or in adding man power to the
army, congressional action would be
necessary.
L. S. Force Guards Supplies.
The American force already in Siberia
was placed there for the announced
specific purpose' of guarding supplies
at Vladivostok and the protection of
the trans-Siberian railroad. The status
of the British force was quite dif
ferent, for the mission of that army
Concluded on Paso 4, Column 1.)
GtTT'HS HViV VstVVk
1
Millers Say New Crop Is Cause of
Drop While Bakers Blame High
Cost of Materials.
Announcement of another increase of
1 cent per loaf in the price of bread,
coming simultaneously with the glad
tidings that the price of flour had
dropped 55 cents per barrel, yesterday
caused Mr. Ultimate Consumer to
scratch his head and wonder what it
all was about. Master bakers explained
the reason for the proposed increase In
bread quotations by saying advancing
cost of flour, labor and other items is
to blame, while .millers explained the
drop in the price of flour by saying
tlve new wheat crop is coming onto the
market.
The bread prices are to change next
Monday, when the 10-cent loaf will
sell for 11 cents and the 15-cent loaf
will retail at 16 cents.
The wholesale quotation of family
patent flour now made from the new
crop of wheat is $10.75 per barrel, as
compared with the former price of
J11.30.
New prices on bakers' flour are 110.50
to 110.75 per barrel, or from 43 to 65
cents lower than former figures. Whole
wheat flour is listed at $10.05 and
graham at I9.S5 per barrel.
AURORA DEADENS WIRES
Telegraph and Telephone Ser-ice
Both Are Interrupted.
NEW YORK, Aug 11 Telegraph and
telephone communication throughout
the United States and Canada was seri
ously interrupted and in many cases
completely stopped shortly after noon
today by the aurora borealis
The electrical phenomenon put out of
commission thousands of miles of wire
and made its influence felt as far south
as Kansas City
Roswell B Tucker, Western Union
wire chief, said that the atmospheric
disturbance was the heaviest and most
extended in the records of the com
pany VANCOUVER, B C, Aug. 11. Van
couver today was virtually cut off from
telegraphic communication with east
ern Canada, all telegraph wires being
practically rendered useless by at
mospheric conditions. An aurora bore
alis, the most severe in years, prevented
the operation of the lines.
SCHOONER RUNS AGROUND
Mary E. Foster, Lumber Carrier,
Strikes Near Port Angeles.
SEATTLE, Aug. 11. The United
States coast guard cutter Snohomish
and the tug Pioneer today were stand
ing by the American schooner Mary E.
Foster, which grounded during a heavy
fog at Alow Point, near Port Angeles,
Saturday night. An attempt will be
made to float the Foster at high tide.
The Foster was bound from Honolulu
to Port Angeles in ballast when she
grounded. She is in the lumber trade.
THE PRINCIPAL TROUBLE.
Food Administrators Quick
to Aid in Palmer Plan.
SECRET SERVICE WILL DELVE
Senator Myers of Montana
Wants Shipments Reduced.
LICENSE BILL INTRODUCED
Measure by Kellogg Provides for
Federal Control of Large
Corporations.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11. Attorney
General Palmer today received "en
thusiastic" assent from virtually all
state food administrators of whom he
asked co-operation In tlve government's'
efforts to reduce the high cost of
living. At the same time he sent in
structions to all district attorneys to
get in touch with the food administra
tors and to act at once on any evi
dence of law violation.
The attention of the districtx at
torneys also was called to the "un
limited availability" of the secret serv
ice for any investigation work neces
sary to the punishment of hoarders and
profiteers. ,
A development of the day was the re
quest by Mr. Palmer of Secretary Hous
ton that inspectors of packing houses
be instructed to furnish to district at
torneys, upon request, any information
they might have.
Congress Is Active.
Living problems continued to absorb
much of the attention of congress.
Federal supervision of the issuance of
stocks and certificates was proposed in
the senate. Cold storage regulation
suggested by President Wilson was
taken up by the house agricultural
committee.
Europe's import of food from this
country, particularly that purchased
with the $100,000,000 fund which Presi
dent Wilson said was necessary to stop
the westward spread of bolshevism,
drew the fire of Senator Myers, who
declared people abroad were buying
American products cheaper than they
could be purchased at home.
License Plan Proposed.
President Wilson's suggestion that
congress could show what can be done
to control mounting prices by remedy
ing the extortion rampant in the Dis
trict of Columbia resulted in the draft
ing of a bill by the District commis-
(Conctuded on Page .", Column 3.)
Apprentices Awarded $10 Wage,
Willi Tliree-Week Limit on
Time or Classification.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 11. Orders
raising from 10 to J13.50 the weekly
minimum wage of approximately 5000
experienced women employed as ushers
and attendants in theaters, moving
picture houses and other places of
amusement, bath houses, photographic
establishments, tea, coffee and spice
packing and bean and seed picking
plants and nut cracking establish
ments were announced by the state in
dustrial welfare commission here to
day. The apprenticeship period was
placed at three weeks, during which
the old minimum of 110 pay may bo
adopted.
Minors must be paid not less than
3 a week for the first three weeks,
and not less than 110 thereafter. Adult
part-time workers are to be paid not
less than 35 cents an hour, and minor
part-time workers not less than 25
cents.
No woman or minor may be em
ployed for more than eight hours a day;
4S hours, or six days a week.
The orders become effective Wednes
day, August 20.
2000 SHEEP DIE IN FIRE
Band Cnt Off by Forest Flames and
Herders Flee tor Lives.
LEWISTON, Idaho. Aug. 11. (Spe
cial.) A loss, of 2000 sheep in the for
est fires along the Salmon river has
been reported here by the keeper of the
fire station In the Adams section. The
sheep, which were ranging in a district
menaced by the forest fires, are re
ported to have been completely sur
rounded by the fire before the herders
could save the band, and the men were
forced to flee for their lives.
The band was the property of Charles
Dunham of Salmon River, and the loss
will be at least $16,000.
FLYING BOAT IS WRECKED
Operator on Craft Preparing for
8000-Mile Trip Is Killed.
LONDON. Aug. 11. (By the Associ
ated Press.) The flying boat Felix
Stowe Fury, .which was due to start
Tuesday for Cape Town. South Africa
on an 8000-mile flight, crashed today
off Felix Stowe during a test flight.
The wireless operator on board. Lieu
tenant Macleod, was killed. The six
passengers were rescued.
The flying boat, one of the largest
of its type yet built, fell Into the sea
500 yards off shore.
The planes crumpled under the im
pact with the water.
UNION MEN TO OPEN PLANT
California Striking Jewelers An
nounce Co-operative Shop.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 11. Members
of the International Jewelry Workers'
union. No. 36. announced today that thev
would open this week a co-operative
plant for the manufacture and repair
or jewelry. This follows a strike called
Saturday after the manufacturing jew
elers had refused to recognize the union
and grant a minimum wage.
The union workers said their plant
was being starred to prevent incon
venience to the public as a result of
the strike. Prices would be consider
ably below those charged by regular
Jewelers, they promised.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather. .
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 80
degrees; minimum, 58 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair, gentle westerly winds.
Foreign.
Plot against United States In Levant charged.
Page 7.
Fifteen Mexican officers executed as plot
ters in Chihuahua revolt. Page 20.
Chinese of Honolulu start economic war on
Japanese. Page 3.
New Hungarian government restores right of
private property. Page 3.
Fait of Kolchak In Siberia seems imminent.
Page 1.
National.
Oregon sheepmen justified in their worry
. over constantly growing Australian trade.
Page 6.
President refuses to send all peace conference
memoranda to senate. Page 1.
Senate sub-committee makes dry enforce
ment bill less drastic. Page 15.
World regarded as toy by Wilson, to be
made over on new plan, Poindexter
charges. Page 34.
A. 13. Garretson. former chief of Railway
Conductors' Union, testifies on railroad
problem. Page 4.
Domestic.
Andrew Carnegie dead; had given away
350.000.000. Page 2.
California women get $1X50 as minimum
wage ; 4S-hour week. Pago 1.
Secretary Baker intimidated by I. "W. W.,
says witness. Page 3.
Pacific Northwest.
Washington State Federation of Labor may
lo its charter. Page 7.
Taylor's wife Is alive, say letters. Page 1.
Public service commission orders' intcrurban
car fares cut. Page 6.
Sports.
Pacific Coast league results: Portland 6-0.
Seattle S-4. No other games scheduled.
Pago 12.
American League club owners call special
meeting of "directors to consider Man
case. Page 13.
Commercial mud Marine.
New-crop flour prices announced by local
millers. Page 21.
Heavy selling depresses crn prices at Chl-
cago. Page 20.
Early gains in stock market are miped out.
Page 21.
Lumber freights on Pacific routes take gen
eral increase. Page IT,.
Portland and Vicinity.
Architects advi city to pay deficit on Au
ditorium. Page 11.
Amazing acts at circus entertain. Page 20.
Marriages "made In Vancouver" appear
doomed to iailure. Page 10.
State organization of legion ia formed.
Page 10.
Flour drop rS cents a barrel, but bakers
rat ie bread prices. , Page 1.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 20.
ALIVE, SAY LETTERS
Woman Declared to Be
Hiding in Sacramento.
TELEGRAMS NOT ANSWERED
Mother-in-Law and Girls Go
to Prisoner's Aid.
HABEAS CORPUS IS LIKELY
Mysterious Message From Officials
In Xe Mexico Also Forms Part
of Webb Case.
OLTMPIA, Wash.. Aug. 11. (Spe
cial) Today's developments in the
case of Roy E. Taylor of South Bend,
all but solved it and then lengthened
into another mysterious angle. Mean
while habeas corpus proceedings to re
lease Taylor from custody will be in
stituted in the morning: if he is still
held at the city jail.
Mrs. George Seaband of Hull, Or., re
tained Thomas M. Vance at the in
stance of Taylor to procure his free
dom from custody in the city jail,
where he is held without formal charge
for examination in alleged relation
to the murder of a woman whose body
was found near Plum station.
Taylor was arrested at South Bend.
Wash., several days ago in connection
with the finding of a body of a woman
who was thought to have been his wife.
His wife had disappeared some time
before and as Taylor's explanations
were unsatisfactory officials held him
until suspicions . of murder had been
cleared up.
Wife Srrmn to Be Alive.
Mrs. Seaband arrived in Olympia to
day, bringing two of Taylor's iiughters
in response to a telegram fm him.
She brought letters from Taylor's wifs
and from his mother-in-law that
seemed to establish the fact that the
wife is still alive and living at 276:;
Twenty-first street. Sacramento. Cal.,
under the name of Vivian Gilroy. It ia
stated that she took this name when
she left her husband in Portland sev
eral months ago. to prevent him from
finding her again.
On this showing the Olympia authori
ties telegraphed the Sacramento chief
of police to verify the identity of the
woman there as Taylor's wife as a final
precaution before releasing him. 'o
answer had been received tonight.
Cryptic MnuKt Unexplained.
Mrs. Seaband also telegraphed a
mutual friend of the two in Sacramento
for similar information. No answer
had been received either from Sheriff
Manuel Garcia of Albuquerque. N. M..
explaining a former cryptic message
from him saying the woman wanted
worked there, but her mother thought
she was dead. The mother's name is
Mrs. H. W. Wyatt of Albuquerque.
Mrs. Seaband of Oregon has a letter
from Mrs. Wyatt in New Mexico, which
declares that efforts are being made
to induce her to divulge where her
daughter is, but she won't do it. Mean
while Taylor, made notorious all over
the country as a suspect, is passing
the time in a cell here, with two women
closely related to him who are appar
ently willing to let him stay there un
less there is a still more mystic tangle
running around the apparent situation.
Habeas Corpus to Be Started,
Today, however, he resorted to an
attorney as one way out. The officers
have hitherto held him on his own
assent without filing a charge, but tho
prosecuting attorney said tonight ho
would file a charge of habeas corpus
proceedings were commenced before it
was unmistakably determined that Mrs.
Taylor is alive in Sacramento or some
where else.
Mrs. Seaband brought two of Taylor's
children, the oldest of whom is 14, and
they have spent most of the day about
the city jail. The children are obviously
deeply in sympathy with their father
and all three are positive of his inno
cence. Mrs. Seaband was acquainted
with the family before the separation
when she ran a boarding house in
Portland.
CHINESE TRADE BOOMS
Foreign Business Amounts Nearly to
Billion and a Half.
SHANGHAI, July 5. The value of
the direct foreign trade of China for
last year was the highest on record,
aggregating the equivalent of $1,311,
377.902 in gold. This result was due to
the universal advance In prices and in
the value of the tael (Chinese silver
coin) and in spite of extensive shrink
age in the merchandise handled owing
to the hindrances in trade imposed by
war conditions.
The total customs collected in 1?1S
were the equivalent of 145,794,757, gold,
as compared to $33,335,112 in 1917.
PACKERS' STRIKE IS OVER
Kmplojes at Chicago Return, and
All Plants Operate.
CHICAGO. Aug. 11. Striking -
ployes of the packing plants at the
stockyards returned to work this morii
ing after the last of the police guard
had been withdrawn by Chief Garrity
in accordance with an agreement
reached last Saturday. Every plant was
Eaid to be in full operation.