VOL. LVIII. NO. 18.323 Entered at Portland (Orf ion) PORTLAND, OREGOX, MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 1919.' PRICE FIVE CENTS. AIRMEN HELD FOR RANSOM NMEXICQ U. S. RATIFICATION IS - VITAL TO GERMANY ITOKIO Hi BERLIN Bandits Demand $15,000 for Release of Men. PAYMENT TODAY IS REQUIRED DELAY IX FREEING PRISONERS IXDER.MIXES DEMOCRACY. nnTHnnivTnriw UUIII ULIVI I II Ln Adendorff-s .6hy begins is . JRK(iOM.. OF Radical Speakers Whip Meetings to Frantic Pitch by Protests of Further Detention. I. I,-.' rtf til Bneri "u ". I rv l"l egist, is a revel! muu ngaiiiot I fA I tr-.J has been declare Arrangements Being Made to Forward Money. DEATH HELD ALTERNATIVE Message From Lieutenants Paul Da Tis and Harold li. Peterson An nounce Capture Xear Border. fcL PASO. Tex.. Au;. 17. In an of ficial statement issued at military headquarters tonight and signed by Brigadier-General James B. Erwin. dis trict commander, it was announced that Major K A. Walter, commander of the aero unit at Fort Bliss had received a message from '..Untenants Paul H. 1'avls and Harold :. Peterson, saying they had bfn captured by Mexicans and were being held for 115.000 ransom, which must be paid by August IS, ac cording to the message. Arrangements were being made here today to obtain 115.000 gold coin and .to end it to.Marfa early tomorrow for the payment of the ransom, as it is feared the men will be killed by the bandits unless the ransom is paid be fore tomorrow night. Mlulac rarly Meek. Lieutenant Peterson, the pilot of the biplane which has been missing since last Sunday, is li years old and is from Hutchinson. Minn. Lieutenant Iavis is IJ years old and Is from Strathmore, Cal.. but has relatives in Berkeley, Cat. The full text of the statement issued at military headquarters today by Gen eral Krwfn reads as foilows: "A telegram was received this aft ernoon by .Major L. A. Walton, com mander of the aero unit at Fort Bliss, repeating a message signed by the two aviators who have been missing since last Sunday, stating they had been cap tured by Mexicans and were being held for lli.0"0 ransom, which must be paid by August II. or they would be killed. lt mt Flare Withheld. 'This message was brought Into a town in the Big Bend district by a well-known bandit. Colonel George T. Langhorne. commanding officer of the eighth cavalry In the Big Bend district, wired the commanding general of the Kl Paso district that the message Is au thentic and that he Is taking all neces sary measures to secure the release of the aviators and has presented this matter to the proper authorities. The name of the place from which the mes sage was sent, as well as the place where the ransom is to be paid, is not given, as it might interfere with the re lease of the aviators." Aviators Peterson and Davis are a part of the personnel of the Fort Bliss aviation corps, but were on detached duty with the Big Bend district mili tary headquarters at Mar fa. Texas, at ' the time they disappeared. They left Marfa last Sunday morning for the usual patrol of the border, planning tc follow the north bank of the Rio Grande, to the end of the district. fmrrr Laadlaa; Poaalble. It Is believed by aviation officers here that they confused the Conchos river, which flows into the Kio Grande near BT CYRIL BROWN. (Copyright. by the Nw York World. Published by Arranfferoeat. BERLIN. Aug. 17. (Special Cable.) Official and political circles are eager ly watching the United States senate's peace deliberations. The present gov ernment has a vital interest ln the speediest possible ratification by Amer- ica, as every day's delay helps to under mine the young and none too strong republic and strengthen the reaction ary forces. . This is because non-ratification by America Is blocking the return of Ger man prisoners, according to the popular German view, and their long-expected but long-delayed return i fast becom ing a burning and pos-5i!y explosive issue. Mass meetings are beginning to be held In various parts of Germany protesting against the further deten tion of i their prisoners and loudly clamoring for the . government to get them home. The most recent of these mass meet ings were marked by sensational scenes, radical speakers whipping their audiences to a frantic and emotional pitch, with women weeping, shrieking and going into hysterics. The government's strongest popular argument for the signing of peace was to get the prisoners home quickly, and it is now taunted by the reactionary nationalistic opposition with Its fail ure to do so despite the signing and the rushing of ratification by Ger. many. America Scouted. JAPAN'S HONOR IS AT STAKE I : Venture Would React for Anni hilation, Says Harden. EAST FRIENDLY TO ALLIES Terms of Alleged Agreement as Re ported From Bolshevik Arsenal Show Jfo Military Trend. The independent socialists profess to see a plot for a military alliance be tween Prussian and Russian reaction and say such German recruits for service in Russia are promised a 6000 mark bonus when the fighting is ended. ENGINEERING TANGLE ENDS Official Opinion Issued as to Grant- Ins Certificates. SALEM. Or.. Aug. 17. (Special.) The state board of engineering exam iners shall issue a certificate of regis tration to any applicant on or before January 1. 1920, upon such applicant paying the sum of 115 and furnishing satisfactory evidence to the board that he is of good moral character and has practiced the profession of engineer for six years prior to filing his applica tion, and that during that period he had charge of engineering work, either as sssistant or principal for two years, in the opinion of I. H. Van . Winkle, as sistant attorney-general. The opinion was requested by A. B. Carter, secretary of the slate board of engineering examiners. HOT SUN BLISTERS APPLES Some Damage Done in Various Hood River Orchards. HOOD RIVER. Or.. Aug. 17. (Spe cal. Although the temperature lucked six degrees of reaching the July record of 101, no wind prevailed yesterday nnd a blistering sun. according to orchard sts todav. burned apples in many sec tions of the valley. The bank of smoke hanging over the mid-Columbia held the heat and added humidity and last night was x tile warmest here for the summer. . A cool west breeze sprang up today. providing a return to physical comfort and relieving growers from fear of further damage. BY MAXIMILIAN HAIDEN. (Copyright by the New York World. Pub lished by arrangement.) BERLIN. Aug., 15. (Special Cabbie.) When Japan demanded Tsingtau a cry of raging Indignation went through Germany. Never had the silent men of Nippon hinted that German pos session of Eastern Asiatic soil was vexatious to them. Now they have used the hour of Germany's great- I est need to place brusquely on record an assertion or rights wntcn Deiongea not to them but to China, which they seem to regard as their ward. Kiaochou had cost us a tall heap of millions, which were lost with the acquiescence of the allies In this as sertion. Since, however, Japan had never previously entertained the thought of this acquisition even as Frarce had hoped never to let itself into the war except to the extent that self-interest dictated the fire of rage here soon disappeared in smoke, for there are other grievances more ur gent, which are voiced in reproaches of disloyalty and breaches of alliance against Italy and Roumania. Reprojirbea Without Reasoa. These reproacb.es are really without reason, tor these countries were neither pledged to participate in a war declared by Germany, nor were they prevented by any agreement from throwing the weight of their arms into the scale of the attacked side. Japan really had obligations to Ger. man leach' rs and to the German at titude which favored them In their war ag&inst Russia. It seems the height of ingratitude that they should fall upon Germany with a brusque ultima tum. Yet they quickly have received German condonation. "They will need us yet, and we will need them," one hears everywhere. The quite unjustifiable rage, as I, a preacher in the wilderness, said hundreds of times, over the supply of arms to Ger many's enemies by America, . and the madness of the militarists, which suf fered the delusion that without war the conflicting interests of the great na tions could not be disentangled,, led to the following chain of thought: Japan will not wait until the United 1 .nc-w. General Ludendorff c Ludendorff's k V "s,"s. story of the world In , f ' . . ,v war, from the I I viewpoint of Ger- I t I . . , many's leading I U TPT" general and strat- revela- an d has been declared to be the most re- tion ever given to the public by one of the principal actors in the drama that rocked the globe and tumbled thrones. It is the history of Germany's side in the war, told by one most close ly in touch with the events of that period in the central powers a chronicle for which the world has waited since the gage .of battle was hurled by the Hun in 1914. Whatever views one may hold of Germany defeated, of the men who dictated her policies and di rected her campaigns, the fact remains beyond dispute that Lu dendorff towered above his Prus sian fellows In the strife for world dominion, and that none is better fitted to analyze and re cord the circumstances which led to the struggle, the bitter cam paigns that ended in inglorious defeat, and the inwardness of the German spirit as Germans inter pret it. This remarkable narration, without parallel in the history of the press, will be presented to the readers of The Oregonlan in serial form, beginning Septem ber 7. DEMOCRATS IKE TREATY OVERTURE Quick Ratification by Sen ate Is Indicated. SKELETONS MAY PROVE WHOLESALE MURDERS THIRD BODY EXHTMED AT MA PLE HILL, KAXSAS. Teeth Lead to Identification ' of One Corpse; Liveryman May Be Held as Slayer. MAPLE HILL. Kan, Aug. 17- A third skeleton was dug up here today by the state officials investigating the uVllxflnl'v ErUPT l iRVflHCn ! mysterious disappearance of four men' IIILUU11 U LUIUI IU lUllUliLUih Need of Reasonable Reserva tions Admitted. PROTESTS CAUSE CHANGE (Continued on Page 2. Column 3.) CHINESE AVIATOR. KILLED Licensed Flier Accompanying Stu- . dent Is Seriously Injured. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17. Chin Hoy, a Chinese student, was killed in stantly and Chin Chang, a licensed Chinese aviator, who recently arrived here from the east, was injured seri ously late today at Redwood City, 30 miles southwest of San Francisco, when an airplane ln which they were flying crashed into the earth from an approxi mate height of 2000 feet. According to Chang he had taken Hoy on an instruction flight, the latter sit ting in the front seat of the plane, while Chang occupied the rear seat. Chang said Hoy apparently had at tempted to experiment with the con trols in the front seat. Chang called Instructions to Hoy, but the roar of the motor drowned his voice. Within ' a few feet of the ground Chang was successful partly ln putting the plane into a glide but not soon enough to- avoid striking with force enough to demolish the plane.. GRAFT SUSPECTS LISTED IS Alleged Profiteers and Hoarders Slated for Arrest in Chicago. CHICAGO, Aug. 17. Assistants of the federal district attorney were engaged today in preparing evidence against alleged profiteers and hoarders, 13 of whom have been listed for arrest. Only two warrants have been issued thus far, and today counsel for the two. J. F. Campbell and John E. Bunker, officials of a sugar brokerage concern, said they would surrender tomorrow. They are charged under the Lever act with profiteering. Subserviency to President Resented by Own Party; Get-Together With McXary Group Promised. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Aug. 17. The league of nation contest is regarded as in the last phase of the fighting. It is learned today on good authority that there is about to be a eet-toeether of republican res ervationists and democrats in spite of the Wilson edict that there shall be no compromise. The McNary group, as the reserva tionists have come to be designated, it is ascertained, has received overture from democratic senators which prob ably mean a hasty settlement of the question of the treaty ratification. The democratic senators say that they are not willing to go any furtl r with the president's demand that there shall be no compromise. They are willing, they say, to accept any reasonable res ervations, and they admit frankly feeling that their constitutions demand some clearer assertions of American rights. Protests Cause Alarm. The utter subserviency of the ma jority of democratic senators to Presi dent Wilson has almost put the dem ocratic party on the rocks, it is pri vately admitted by a few. Alarm is shown at the protests coming from democratic sources in Massachusetts, New Jersey, Indiana, Missouri, Ken tucky and a half-dozen other states demanding that the democrats stan pat and fight." The formation of two new parties i Texas, both of them making an issue of President Wilson's principal policies, have set party leaders to thinking. New worry is afforded democratic party leaders in Washington by the news today that the Carranza govern ment has expelled William Cummings, British agent, from that country. Mexican Situation Viewed. This action of Carranza is expected to force the hand of this government, because it has been hinted here that the two or three foreign governments exacted from Mr. Wilson during the conferences in Paris a promise that he would do some cleaning up in Mexico soon if Carranza's attitude did not change. Republicans today found significance (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) BROWNSVILLE GOBS BACK Sailors Surprise Fa in ikies by L'ncx- , peeled Return From Service. BROWNSVILLE. Or.. Aug. 17. (Spe cial. Two Brown vllle sailors, Delos Coshow and George Wolfe, unexpect edly returned home last week. Each boy has his honorable discharge papers term of over two years sea Presidio. Texas, with thef Rio Grande and followed the course of this river latter into the Interior of Mexico. Another service. 1 ne Lovnov lamuy inu i no none I family each gave three sons to the theory advanced by fellow aviators is that they were forced to land, either on the American or Mexican side of the border in the wild country of the ' Big Bend district and were made prisoners by the Mexican bandits, who make marauding trips across the bor der at frequent Intervals in search of cattle and other property which they carry off to Mexico. Waeo It became known at Fort Bliss tonigftV that the aviators were re ported held by Mexican bandits, there was much discussion among army offi cers of the possibility of American troops crossing the border in search of the bandits who were holding the aviators prisoners. This was discredit ed by higher officers for two reasons. The principal one advanced was that the aviators would be killed if an ex pedition crossed in pursuit of the bandits. The other reason was that orders for expeditions to cross the bor der ln the Big Bend district apply only ta the pursuit of bandits who have stolen property on the American side, and then only to follow a "hot trail." EL PASO. Tex.. Aug. 17. Replies to messages sent to their relatives by Lieutenants 1'aul H. Davis and Harold !. Peterson. American aviators re ported held for ransom ln Mexico, were received at Marta. Texas, late tonight. The messages from the aviators were received at the same time the demand for the tlS.soe ransom for the release of the aviators ai brought to the bor der today. An effort was being made to get the replies to the aviators in the bandit rendeivoua In Mexico. Relative) Are laferaseel. The messages from the aviators were ant to their relatives at Strathmore and Berkeley. Cal.. and Hutchinson, Minn-, as soon a received at Marfa. Texas. The text or the messages was sot given out. but It was understood service. Delos Coshow is the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. James Coshow of this city. His oldest brother. Owen, recently received his honorable dis charge from the aviation corps and Kayne Coshow. another brother, is still with the marines In the east. PRINCE REACHES HALIFAX Royal Visitor Reboards Cruiser Dragon After Half-Hoar Stop. HALIFAX. N. S.. Aug. 17. The Prince of Wales arrived here at 1:30 o'clock today on board the cruiser Dragon from St. John, N. B. Half an hour later he returned to the battleship Renown, upon which he crossed the Atlantic and which came here from St. Johns. Nfd, after the prince's visit to that city. : AUTOISTS TO SAVE TREES California Motor Folk Unite to Pro tect Tourist Lures. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 17. A de partment of forestry has been formed by the California Slate Automobile as eociation to co-ordinate all agencies seeking the conservation of the natural resources of the state, the association announced today. The department haa offered Its serv ices in the campaign to save the red woods of Humboldt county and to pre serve the missions of the state. IF HE ONLY HAD THE NERVE TO FIRE THE PEACH- SOCKS GIVEN MR. ARMOUR St. Louis Man Toadied by .Million aire's "Appeal" for Apparel. ST. LOUIS. Aug. 17. ToucheJ by the "appeal" of J. Ogden Armour tir wear ing apparel. Bernard Gruens'eta of this that ttim aviator rtquutK their rtU.Mnt th millionaire packer a pair of j i l-oovvtH I HI Q aL - cut oown li . ere during the last eight years. j The skeleton was found within 50 1 feet of the one dug up last week near a livery barn, it was announced by Maurice McNeill, state attorney, who is in charge of the investigation. Dawson Woody identified the skele ton by fillings in the teeth as that of his son. . The skeleton was found buried under six inches of soil in the yard of a livery barn formerly operated by Rufus King, who is held in jail at Topeka on a charge of first degree murder in con nection with the disappearance bf Reuben Gutshall here five years ago. A skeleton believed to be that of Gutshall was found recently in a shed on a property formerly owned by King, who was arrested at Pueblo, Colo. It was stated tonight by Mr. McNeill that Dawson Woody would swear to a complaint tomorrow charging King with the murder of. his son. STRIKE HALTS NEW YORK STREET CARS Service on Most Important Lines Paralyzed. WALKOUT REPORTED ORDERLY Police Prepare for Trouble, But None Develops. MILLIONS TO BE AFFECTED Authorities Already Endeavoring to) Provide Emergency Transporta tion for City's Multitudes. PRESS LIKES PERSIAN PACT Great Britain Hails Treaty as Ne cessity to Safeguard India. LONDON, Aug. 17. Nearly the en tire press or England welcomes the treaty signed between Great Britain and Persia as good for Persia and nec essary to safeguard India. A few liberal newspapers criticise it. The Daily News says that the treaty, while guaranteeing Persia's independ ence, does not leave her a free hand. It declares the guarantee is superfluous, because it is already provided by the league of nations. PARIS, Aug. 17. The Persian mission in Paris is ignorant of the details of the treaty recently signed between Great Britain and Persia, all negotia tions having taken place in Teheran. The only news received by the Persian mission, is a simple notice by telegram that an accord has been reached. I.W.W. SPEAKERS KIDNAPED Colorado Citizens Handle Agitalors Ready for Mass Sleeting. WALSENBURG, Colo., Aug. 17. Citi zens of Walsenburg today kidnaped three 1. W. W. agitators scheduled to speak at a mass meeting here today and the whereabouts of the agitators, one or wnom is a woman, are unknown to the sheriffs office. One I. W. W. organizer, John Shank was arrested by the sheriffs officers for carrying concealed weapons. STRIKE RIOTERS DISPERSED Chicago Police Use Clubs and Fists on Lunch-Room Workers. CHICAGO, Aug. 17. Riotous out breaks in which a few shots were fired and fist fights were prominent occurred tonight in connection with a strike voted by lunch-room employes. Three 'disturbances occurred in the downtown district where the were called and used cluhs and fists to disperse the gatherings. UKRAINIANS CAPTURE TOWN Bolshevik Force Is Routed by Gen-' eral Simon Petlura WARSAW, Aug. 17. (By the Asso NEW TORK, Aug. 17. The vast sub way and elevated system of the Inter borough Rapid Transit company, oper ating in Manhattan, the Bronx and parts of Brooklyn and Queens, was completely paralyzed today by a strike called last night by P. J. Connolly, act ing president of the Brotherhood of In. terborough Rapid Transit company em ployes. The day passed without any violence. The tie-up became absolute at 6 A. M., when the last of the trains sent out be fore 4 o'cloek completed their rounds and were shunted Into the barns and abandoned. At that hour strikers in the Inter borough power houte shut off the power, causing a temporary stoppage of traffic on the surface lines of the New York railways and the Manhattan spurs of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit com pany, which use Interborough power. Other Lines Are Jnmmed. Three power houses resume.l opeta tion an hour later, however, permit ting resumption of traffic on these lines, which were jammed throughout the day, as were the steam railroads, automobile trucks, sightseeing buses and boat lines which tried to take care of the crowds. With every prospect for a continua tion of the absolute tie-up tomorrow, city officials and the public service commission wei e bending fvery effort tonight toward providing emergency transportation for the nearly 2,500.000 persons whd will swarm the thorough fares leading into Manhattan. The strike was declared by the po lice to be, so far, one of the most or derly large strikes ever called in Now Yor Heavy details of patrolmen were sta tioned at all barns, power houses and. station houses to prevent any possible outbreak. Mayor Charges Collusion. Investigations by District Attorney; Svvann of New York county and District Attorney Martin of the Bronx will be resumed tomorrow in an effort to ob tain evidence in substantiation of May or Hylan's charge that tho strike was the result of collusion between offi cials of the Interborough and the broth erhood, which is a company union, in an effort to force an increase in fares. District Attorney Martin announced tonight that he had received several re ports that strikers had declared they did not care how long the strike lasted. as they "were getting paid for strik ing." The full effect of the strike was not felt until late in the day, there being "no "business rush." After "noon, how ever, when New York's millions sought ciated Press.) General Simon Petlura ne parKS ana otner recreation centers. Ukrainian anti-bolshevtir ia, ' the full force of the strike was brought having withdrawn his troops from the Polish front, has attacked the bolshe- iki and captured the important town of Zwerinka. Details of the engagement are lack- ng. , NDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. ESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 74 degrees; minimum, 57 desrrees. TODAY'S Fair; westerly winds. Foreign. erman-Japanese alliance against America is scouiea oy naraen. fa.ge l. "W. T. Ellis describes greeting of peace In National. Democrats demand that treaty be taken irom com storage. .rage 4. Government fight to reduce cost of living iu ue ntiuon-wiue, rae o. Congress has heavy calendar of business aneaa ior the ween, rage 11. Democratic overtu res promise early ratifi cation. Fage 1. . Iomestic. New- York police find no clews to slayer of Portland soldier. rage 2. Detachments of Oregon soldiers land at New Fork. lage Skeletons exhumed at Maple Hill, Kan., may prove four murders. Page 1. Drastic wage demands prepared by railroad ; firemen. Page a. New York rtreetcar service completely par alyzed Dy striKe. rage i. , Two American aviators held for $15,000 ran som by Mexican bandits. Page 1. Sports. Pacific Coast League results: Portland 1-6, Oakland e-i; toeaiue z-d, vernon 0-7: San Francisco 3-4. Sacramento 7-5; Los Angles zt tan i-aKe i. rage . Waverley County club wins leg of Clemson golf tourney, page o. Portland Motorboat club's regatta thrills big crowd. rage v. Portland and Vicinity. Oregon farmers assured support of bankers of state, rage Natlon-wide search begun for ex-convict as slayer of Mrs. Freeman. Page 1. Delegates of four states to outline drive for Roosevelt memorial. Page 10. Rev. H. K. Walker of Los Angeles delivers sermon here on "Industrial Democracy." Page 11. Son, after 21 years. sks father he has never seen. Page Itt. Housewives tomorrow will u'an price-fixing campaign. Page 16 Some Oregon forest firea put under control. Paga 8- home to the public. Taxfeabs and all sorts of motor vehicles were in demand, and folk who could not get these re sorted to "shanks mare" and consoled themselves with pedestrian visits to Central park, which many of hem had not seen for years. Trouble Today Expected. Tomorrow morning:, when the work ers start downtown to offices, factories and lofts, greater confusion is antici pated. While many of the large depart ment stores have made arrangements to have their delivery wagons call for their employes and bring them to work, thiamin affect relatively few folk, and the great majority will have to walk to work -or find rides on trucks and such other vehicles as may be going their way. Police reserves are being held in readiness to put down any disorder that may develop. RECEPTION TO LAST 5 DAYS San Francisco Entertainment for Fleet Begins September 2. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 16. Five days have been set aside for the en- . tertainment of the Pacific fleet begin ning September 2, according to an nouncement today by the fleet recep tion committee- On Wednesday, Sep tember 3, a parade in honor of the women war workers will oe held. It is expected that the trans-continental tour of the army motor-truck convoy over the Linooln highway will end in time for the trucks to partici pate in the parade. Condensery Buys Warehouse. MARSHFIELD, Or., Aug. 17. (Spe- . cial.) The Nestles Condensery com pany, operating at Bandon, has pur chased a warehouse site at Coquille for the purpose of storing goods shipped both ways. The warehouse will be convenient to rail shipments and also transportation on the Coquille river. CooB'U'i4 en 2. Co.uma 1.) vocki. LGD106.0