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Enter at Portland (Oreioa)
Pontofflce ms ggcond-C!ass Ma.tter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, TUUKSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1919.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
FASDDc,RJSTRIKERSDEFyiNG
0F MART
EX-CZAR OF BULGARIA
MAYOR OLE HANSOM
WETS GET WARNING
PRIVATE INTERESTS
USE BISQUE'S. MEN
Spruce Cutters Diverted,
Declares Witness.
IN
LUDICROUS IN EXILE
TO OBEY DRY LAW
RE
BONANZA AND ELDORADp ARE
DESERTED BY DREDGES.
OPERA-BOUFFE SCENE ATTENDS
EXPULSION FROM -CASTLE.
OFFICERS NOT TOO BUST WITH
FOOD HOARDERS.
WILL
SIGN TODAY
MASTER REFUSED
Bigelow Accuses Women
of Unfair Tactics.
rpper Valley's Yield of Precious
Metal Is Estimated at :
9200,000,000.
DAWSO.V, T. T Aug. 27. Bonanza
and Eldorado, two famous Tukon
1, whuh t trmt dtitcoverv of
MIYIMIIM PRIPF P1YINR TO FNI1 gold over 20 year, ago drew thousand.
iiarvuiiiwiii I iiiul imiiu l u uiv, . . . . . , heirl
precious metal. Today two big dredges
of the Tukon Gold company, wnicn
have been working the two creeks for
gold for years, were shipped to Seattle.
Reports were circulated here that
the Guggenheim Interests, which own
the Tukon Gold company. . having
abandoned Bonanza and Eldorado,
probably will ship the two dredges t?
Burma. India, or to the Malay penin
sula. The Guggenheim people- are still
dredging on Hunker, Gold Run and
Bear creeks and the Klondike river,
near here. To date this upper Tukon
valley has produced approximately
f200.000.000 In gold, according to local
records. '
Plan to Enliven Competition;
Cut Prices to Be Tested.
YAMHILL CHIEF DEFENDED
City Commissioner Blames Commit
tee for 1'aflnre'to Call Market "
' Officials to Give Testimony.
Maximum price-fixing for produce
old at the Carrotl public market now
In vogue will b discontinued for a
sufficient length of time to determine
whether the elimination of price-fixing
by the marketmaster will enliven
competition and result In lower prices.
City Commissioner Bigelow, in
charge of the public market, made this
announcement yesterday after giving
consideration to the recommendations
made by the committee of housewives
who reported Tuesday on an Investiga
tion carried on in connection with the
market. Removal of Marketmaster
Eastman, demanded in the report, was
refused by the commissioner, who
" charged members of the committee
with unfair tactics for failure to give'
Marketmaster Eastman an opportunity
to present his side of the story.
Wvaaen Declared I'nfalr.
He also branded aa unfair the failure
of members of the committee to call
the marketmaster and commissioner in
charge of th market before the com
mittee to hear their side of the con
troversy. All officials connected with
the market, he said, stood ready at all
times to be called before the committee
for Interrogation.
Maximum prices, the commissioner
said, were established only after an
extended trial of having no price regu
lation and after experience had showed
that many producers insisted upon sell
Ing goods at prices higher than market
conditions Ir.ttfled, and that maiiVcon-
Burners paid little attention to prices.
Under the no-prics regulation plan
ommlCsslocer Bigelow avers that there
was no way possible to regulate pro
ducers or their methods.
riaa to Be Given Trial.
Although the commissioner said he
believed the maximum-price policy now
in vogue la a weapon against profiteer
ing and high prices, he said yesterday
that he is read to remove the price
fixing policy In order that a trial might
be given to the recommendation of the
committee. He said he would ask the
council either to amend the present or
dinance or to permit the non-enforcement
of the price-fixing provision of
the ordinance.
In discussing other recommendations
made by the committee the commission
r Issued the following statement:
"If agents are eliminated from the
market and only producers are permit
ted to sell goods, as recommended by
the committee, it will drive the biggest
producers, with the exception of the
Japanese and the Chinese, from the
market, because some of the biggest
producers are Italians, whose business
is so large as to make it Impossible
for them to stand personally at the
market each day.
Rotation Snggrstloa Considered.
I have considered, prior to this agi
tation, that it might be well to pro
hibit an agent from representing more
than one producer, and if such a plan
is placed Into execution it will give us
an opportunity to make an accurate
check at all times of what is happening
in the market.
"Regarding the recommendation made
that stalls be given out in rotation each
week, thla plan has been discussed
many times since the market was es
tablished. The late John F. Carroll,
with whom we often discussed market
matters prior to his death, was firmly
in favor of the present plan of fixed
locations.
"It might be practical to rotate stalls
in certain sections of the market; for
Instance, stalls between Third and
Fourth streets, used by white producers,
could be rotated. 1 do not believe, how
ever, that it woald be satisfactory to
rotate the Halls to such an extent that
it would place an oriental with vege
tables Eftu to a whle woman handling
poultry goods. I believe that It la bet
tar to have each class of produce kept
together.
Sk.rt Wrtahta Forbidden.
"The committee refers to short
weights on the market, and to this
complaint I ih to call attention to
the law prohibiting short weights, not
oniy in the public market but In all
other places. Frequently I have had
the sealer of weights and measures
check up to see that lawful weights
prevailed, and any complaint in regard
to weights made to the marketmaster
cr myrelf would have brought the same
drastic results that prevail on the out
side of the market when unlawful
weights are given.
"In tne same article of the commit
tee's report reference Is made to food
sold on the market which waa unfit
for use. Rule No. 11 of the market
ordinance governs this and the penalty
for violation of this rule Is severe, and
again a complaint at any time to the
marketmaster or myself would have
brought immediate prosecution of
guilty producers.
"The congestion on Yamhill street,
tCac,udd oa i'ase 3. Ceiuma i-)
ANTI-STRIKE LAW" WANTED
-y ' i
Morefield Story In Favor of Making
Walkouts Criminal.
BOSTON. Aug. 27. A law to make
strikes criminal offenses waa urged
before the conference of commissioners
on uniform state laws today by More-
field Story of this city, formerly presi
dent of the American Bar association.
The gathering from many states of
lawyers appointed by legislative or ex
ecutive authority applauded his as
sertion that "the same reason wnicn
prevents quarrela and fights between
Individuals must apply where a great
body of men undertake to paralyse the
community service In order that they
may get something from the people.
Contests between large or small
groups aa well aa between individuals,
h added, must be decided by the
courts.
GOMPERS BACKS ACTORS
Fight to Finish Against "Kalserlsm
Is trged at Mass Meeting.
NEW TORK. Aug. 2". Samuel
Gompera tonight pledged "every service
and aid" of the American Federation
of Labor to the Actora Equity associa
tion. "until there comes an honorable
and Juatlfiable end" to the actors'
strike.
Ha noDeared - unexpectedly at the
meeting of 2000 members of the asso
elation and delivered his promise of
unstinted assistance in person from
the speaker's platform, urging a "fight
to the finish." He received an enthusi
astic ovation.
"The time has come when kalserism
and autocracy, commercial or indus
trial, has passed away." he declared.
NEW TYPE MOTOR NEEDED
Auto Manufacturers Warned of Low
ering- in Grade of Gas.
COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo, Aug 27.
Automobile manufacturers of the
United States have been notified that
they must design an entirely new mo
tor to conform with a lower standard
of gas, according to an announcement
made at the annual meeting of the
American Petroleum institute, which
opened here today.
A meeting was recently held In New
Tork between a committee of the Auto
mobile Manufacturers' association and
the board of directors of the institute.
at which the manufacturers were told
that they would hava to design an en
tirely new engine.
CLEAN SHIRT TO COST MORE
San Diego Laundries Put I'p Price;
Shoe Repairers Likewise.
SAN DIEGO. CaU Aug. 27. Laundry
owners in San Diego will pay more tor
having their shoes repaired and shoe
repair men will pay more for having
their linen washed, thereby securing
an even break in the high-cost tug-of-war,
but the remainder of the consum
ing public will pay them both or choose
other obvious alternatives. Announced
prices for laundry work show an ad
vance of 20 to 25 per cent; beyond an
nouncement of an increase'in shoe re
pair prices, details have not been given.
ORDERS TP WORK
Vote'.of. Trainmen Goes
Against Return.
TIE-UP IS WORST IN HISTORY
Fruit Growers and Packers
Are Facing Disaster.
FREIGHT EMBARGO PUT ON
Southern and . Central California
Cut Off; Suffering Industries
Ask Aid of . Governor.
LOS "ANGELES. Aug. 27. Striking
trainmen here and at San Bernardino
today voted on whether they would
obey the order of Warren S. Stone,
president of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers, to return to work.
At San Bernardino members of the
"big four" voted by a large majority,
according to reports, not to return. The
vote was taken at a combination meet
ing of the four crafts. The engineers
then went into separate session to de
clde what course of action they will
pursue with regard to Mr. Stone's or
der which is directed at them.
The result of the vote taken here at
the labor temple was not to be an
nounced untif late tonight, according to
strike officials, but those who had been
in touch with the situation all day de
clared 85 per cent of the trainmen
voting favored disregarding Mr. Stone's
order. 1
Others tm Follow Engineers.
Although only the engineers are af
fected by the order, members of the
other crafts who are out have decided
to follow the lead of the engineers. If
the engineers vote to return to work.
the, rest of the trainmen will return;
if the engineers decide to disobey Mr.
Stone's order and stay out, so will the
other trainmen.
Every hour traits fall to move the
situation becomes more critical here,
railroad and city officials declared to
day. Receipts at the produce exchange.
which have gradually decreased since
the walkout started, today had stopped
ltogether. The city, however, is not
in any danger of a food shortage at
present, city officials announced.
Reports of virtual isolation and
shortage of food and water are being
received from several loc a 1 i 1 1 e a.
Needles, California, and several other
hies along the Mojave desert whose
food and water supplies are depend
ent upon the regular movement of
trains, prepared to take measures to
conserve food and water on hand. Sev
eral desert towns whose water is
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Monarch Laden With Loot Fumes
as Austria Ousts Him; '"Faith
ful General" Talks in Vain. -
PARIS, Aug. 27. When the former
King Ferdinand fled from Bulgaria he
took refuge in one. of his castles in
Austria, but had to leave by order of
Emperor Charles, according to the
Journal des Debats, .which says It re
ceived its information from an authen
tic source.
Count Leopold von Berchtold (former
Austrian foreign minister and a close
friend of Emperor Charles) came to de
liver the order, arriving at the castle
at midnight, the newspaper continues.
The abdicated monarch was sound
asleep.
When he understood what was
wanted he ' cried: "It is infamy
treachery."
Affirming that he had always sacri
ficed himself for .Austria, he sent for
his son. Prince Cyrille, to testify to his
noble sentiments. " When the prince ar
rived Ferdinand cried: "Kiki, swear
that your father was never a traitor."
The son, hardly awake, failed to grasp
the--situation and remained silent,
whereupon his father burst out: "Get
out! You're only an idiot, Kikl, you
understand nothing. Send for my
faithful general."
This general proved to be a Bul
garian who spoke only his native lan
guage. A triangular conversation fol
lowed. The former king translated
Count von Berchtold's German into Bul
garian and the general's Bulgarian into
German.
Despite Ferdinand's plea that "now
you have a witness that I was never
traitor," Count von Berchtold reit
erated the order, making' Ferdinand
understand that his life was in danger
if he remained.. This argument con
vinced the former monarch, and within
a few minutea an automobile carried
off into the darkness Ferdinand, Kiki,
the general and the millions Ferdinand
had succeeded in bringing with him.
III Health Causes Execu
' tive to Step Out.
LECTURE TOUR WILL BE TAKEN
Literary Work Also Will Oc
. cupy Much of Attention.
SUCCESSOR IS SELECTED
Councilman C. B. FiUgerald Will
Be Mayor if Pledges of Major
ity Are Carried Out.
MASKS FOR FIREFIGHTERS
Three Thousand Army Gas Shields
to Be Used In California.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug., 27. Three
thousand army gas masks for use of
the men fighting forest fires in the
state were expected here tomorrow by
the United States forest service.
Fires in Santa Barbara and Siskiyou
counties and In the Tahoe aational
forest were reported to be beyond control.
MANITOBA HASG0LD RUSH
Rich Finds Attract Prospectors to
Copper Lake.
THE PAS, Man.. Aug." 27. A sensa
tional rush to the Copper lake district.
where gold finds have been reported,
is taking place from here.
Every prospector living in The -Pas
has departed. Quartz and nugget gold
were found close to the surface, ac
cording to reports to government com
missioners. "
SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 27. (Special.)
Mayor Hanson will resign tomorrow.
Councilman C. B. Fitzgerald will be
elected to succeed him as mayor, and
A. T. Drake, clerk of the finance com
mittee, will be. elected to the council
vacancy, according to an arrangement
made by the officials concerned.
Ill health and a desire to finish his
literary work and to start soon, upon a
lecture tour, which will take him to
inot of the northern states, are the
reasons assigned for Mr. Hanson's res
ignation. The agreement between the
city council and the other officials con
certed has been under discussion for
more than a month, but It was only
within the last few days that the de
tails were definitely decided upon. .
Five Councllmen Lined Up,
According to report at the city hall
today, at least five councilmen are
pledged to go through with the pro
gramme when Mayor Hanson's resigna
tion is received. They are: Councllmen
Haas, Thomson, Carroll. Hesketh and
Fitzgerald. Whether Councilmen Erlck
ron. Lane, Bolton and Moore will ac
quiesce in the arrangement is not
known, but as a majority of the coun- j
ciLmen are in accord, the question is not
vital.
Neither Councilman Fitzgerald nor
A. T- Drake would diseusa the matter.
Mayor Hanson was not at his office or
his home and -his expression could not
be obtainable.
' Special Session Called.
The city council is called to meet in
special session tomorrow, the purpose
of the meeting, as stated in the call,
being consideration of an ordinance
enlarging the scope of the municipal
market, authorizing it to deal in fresh
fruit, vegetables, meats and other per
ishable foods. The real purpose fqr
which the meeting is called, however,
is to take action upon the mayor's
resignation and to choose his successor.
Under the procedure as planned by
those supporting the programme . ar-
Attorney-General Tells Violators He
Will Show Them Futility of
Trying Evasion.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27. Recent ar
rests in New Tork for violation of the
prohibition' law will be followed Im
mediately by "clean-ups" In other
cities, Attorney-General Palmer an
nounced today. Ke declared that liquor
dealers who thought the law enforce
ment activities ot the department of
justice had been laid aside for the high
cost of living investigation would be
shown they were mistaken.
.-"Some cities opened wide when it
was thought wis were so busy with
reducing prices that we could not see
anything else," Mr. Palmer said. "We
are going to change that condition."
Mr. Palmer expressed the opinion
the chief offenders against the prohi
bition1 law were saloonkeepers who
have maintained their organization
Intact in the hope of the raising of the
war-time ban befone constitutional
prohibition makes the country perma
nently dry.
Enforcement of war-time prohibition
is being conducted entirely by the
bureau of investigation of the depart
ment of justice. Constitutional prohi
bition, however, will be enforced by a
staff of men in the' department of
justice and tha treasury bureau of in
ternal revenue entirely separate from
the other work of those agencies. Com
plete divorcement of prohibition work
from all other activities is planned.
In the department of justice a new
bureau will be created and special men
(who have had experience in the en
forcement of liquor laws recruited.
Commissioner Roper plans to appoint
a new deputy commissioner of Internal
revenue who will have charge of pro
hibition work and he will have under
him a special deputy collector in each
internal revenue district.
GOVERNMENT AIMS NEGLECTED
Captain "Turner Tells How
Loggers Were Served.
OTHER DISCLOSURES MADE
Men Enlisted to Get Out Airplane
Material Find They Are In Woods
. . for - Other Purpose.
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STATE PRINTER APPOINTED
H. S. Bosshard Takes Place vacated
by Arthur W. Lawrence.
SALEM. Or, Aug. 17. (Special.) H
8. Bosshard. employed in the state
printing office here since 1914, was to
day appointed state printer 'to succeed
Arthur W. Lawrence, who will leave
soon for" Corvallls, where he has pur
chased a printing establishment. Be
fore coming to Oregon Mr. Bosshard
was for IS years employed in Milwau
kee, Wis., and other eastern cities.
Mr. Lawrence's resignation waa sub
mitted to the state printing board this
afternoon, and accepted. s
GROWERS TO GUARD FRUIT
Thefts in Spokane Valley Bring
Losses to Heavy Figure.
SPOKANE. Wash., Aug. 27. Fruit
growers of the Spokane valley, near
here, have determined to arm them
selves and mount guard over their or
chards to prevent thefts of fruit, it waa
announced today, following a meeting
last night at which the matter was
discussed. (
Damage to orchards has brought
losses of fruit growers to a heavy fig.
ure. it waa stated.
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MEDFORD SUGAR LID DOWN
Wholesalers Curb Sales to Relieve
Shortage in East.
MEDFORD. Or., Aug. 27. (Special.)
Without warning, 'a sugar embargo
was placed ' on Medford today, local
grocers allowing only 50 cent purchases
per customer. This action was neces
sltated by wholesale dealers curbing
their sales because of a notice from
the coast sugar refiners that they had
withdrawn, from the market until Jan
uary 14. ,
According to local report all beet
sugar on the coast will be supplied to
the east and middle west to make up
for the shortage there. There has been
no advance in the price and the whole
salers predicted . there will be none.
Coming In the rush of the canning sea
son, however, the embargo has created
consternation among Medford housewives.
MICHIGAN PRIMARY CLOSE
Oscar G. Johnson in Lead for Gu
bernatorial Nomination.
JACKSON, Mich., Aug. 27. Incomplete
returns from the gubernatorial primary
yesterday show Oscar G. Johnson of
Clarksdale with a lead of about 3000
votes over his opponent, Lieutenant-
Governor Lee Meusell.
The final result is expected to be
close.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
Th Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 75
uegreea, minimum. o. aegreea.
TODAY'S Fair: slightly warmer; north to
nortnwest winds.
Foreign.
Ex-czar of Bulgaria ludicrous In exile.
Page I.
Prance in flurry over reported American
. interference In Turkey. Page 3..
National.
Senators in hot tilt over peace pact. Page 2.
Wets get warning from attorney-genera! to
evaae ary law. iage l.
Dr. H. von Hafmhausen, . chosen for am
bassador, believed not acceptable to
. unltea btates. Page J. -
Mercy for . soldiers Mocked by Secretary
uaxer, says oionei Aneell.. Page 4.
Federal railroad company to control lines. Is
suggesiea. rage
President to speak In 50 large cities. Page 20.
John D. Ryan denies spruce-road graft.
Page 3.
Domestic.
Railroad strikers defy ordr to return to
work. Page 1.
Pacific Northwest.
Soldier-loggers diverted to private work, says
witness at hearing. Page 1.
Famous old gold steamers of Yukon played
out. Page 1.
Loyal legion challenges alleged Astoria? bol-
sheviki. Page 6.
Mayor Ole Hanson to resign today. Page- 1.
Sport.
Great list of talent is on way for speedway
wild west exhibition. Page 12.
R. Lindley Murray defeats Dean Mathey In
national singles at Forest Bills. Page 13.
Pacific Coast league results: Pftrtland 1, Los
Angeles 3; Sacramento S, Vernon 2: Oak
land 5, San Francisco 4; Seattle 5, Salt
Lage 1. Page 12..
American women proved best swimmers in
New York event.' Page 13.
, Commercial and Marine. - j
Trading In hide market Is at standstill
.Page 21.
Grain and provision markets at Chicago
Stocks adversely affected by labor situation.
Page 21. . '
New steamer to make Portland regular port
of call. Page 20.
Portland and Vicinity.
Postmaster yields to demands of legion.
Page 9.
School term nears; Portland teachers plenti
ful. Page 22.
State health board prepares to enforce
rigorous regulations. Page 11.
Public service commission refuses to suspend
present telephone rates pending decision
.' on question. Page 10.
Judge Kanzler heads Roosevelt memorial
organization. Page 10.
Oregon war veterans in drive against Luden
dorff articles. Page 21.
Commissioner Bigelow refuses to remove
marketmaster. Page 1.
Theaters to accept demands ' of anions.
Page 14. . .. . .
BY BEN HUR LAMPMAN.
SEATTLE. Wash., Aug. 27. Spe
cial.) Trained at the second Presidio
camp aa a line officer, with previous
military experience In the. Philippines,
Captain Charles A. Turner of Everett,
Wash., found his ultimate military
destiny in the logging camps of King
county, where he gathered number of
observations highly critical of the
methods pursued by Brigadier-General
Brlce P. Dlsque and the Spruce Produc
tion corporation.
Members of the house committee on
spruce investigation were munching
sandwiches when Captain Turner was
called at noon today. They had dis
pensed with their . luncheon hour in
order to complete their hearing to
night, when they leave for Portland.
Between bits of ham and dill pickle.
Chairman James A. Frear of Wisconsin
questioned the witness. .
Baker's Assurance Recalled.
Captain Turner told of his assign
ment to Vancouver Barracks, and of
the almost total lack of experienced
lumbermen among the enlisted men as
signed to duty in the spruce division.
He passed to the prevalence of pneu
monia and other Illnesses, caused by
lack of winter clothing and shoes, re
minding the committee that this was at
the time Secretary of War Baker was
assuring President Wilson that Sena
tor Chamberlain's criticisms were un
founded, and that the army was fully
equipped. ' , -
But by far the most sensational of
Captain Turner's charges was his as
sertion that spruce division soldiers
were assigned to at least one opera
tion, under his command, where pri
vate logging operators were exclusive- .
ly served, and where the government's
war aims were benefited only in a
i egligible degree.
Little Spruce Is Found.
He testified that- he bad chosen a
picked company of northwestern log
gers from the man of the 91st divi
sion at Camp Lewis, and that he and
his command were detailed for duty
with th Cherry Valley Lumber com
pany at Stillwater, King county. There
the soldier-loggers found no spruce,
and but 'an occasional log that would
serve for ship timber.
"What were those men used for?"
queried Chairman Frear. "For gen
eial logging purposes," came the an
swer. "The disposal of the log output
was solely In the hands of the company.
By Disque's orders we remained in .-
the camp, though the men grew exces
sively discontented with the fact that
we were not getting out spruce. We
got out some ship timber, but we were
not there for that purpose, nor was the
proportion of ship timbers sufficient
to justify our presence. Anyway, we
were not there for that purpose."
Startling Conditions Shown.
In concluding his statement to the
commission. Captain Turner presented
a copy of a letter which he had sent to
Senator Miles Peindexter, alleging
startling conditions In the spruce camps
and demanding to be heard before the
congressional committee. - The letter-is
as follows:
"I request that you have me called
before the congressional investigating
committee which Is going to go iiUo the
conduct of. airplane material produc
tion. I am going to insist on the prose
cution of Brigadier-Genera! Brlce P.
Dlsque, his chief of staff. Major C. P.
Stearns, and the collection of individ
uals and corporations who are, -with
them, guilty of the blackest scandal o!
the war the misuse of nearly 30,00.
men of the army, with 2000 officers
and violation of the espionage act, to
put an end to this flagrant misuse of
troops in any way in the future.
'. soldiers Held Exploited.
'The public has been drugged by
propaganda, advertising the work of
General Disque and the spruce produc
tion division, every bit of it false ob
to the amount of spruce produced, and
the manner In which it was done. Un
der cover of this General Disque s
profiteering friends have exploited
thousands of soldiers, drafted or en
listed to serve against the enemy.
"Three of my men were killed in one
fogging camp, one crippled for life, and
eight or ten injured; this in a total of
130 men, and we did not produce one
foot of airplane spruce in 12 months'
work.
"When an officer needlessly loses his
men in battle he is court-martialed for
it. Shall we do less with the traitor
who sends men to their death under
the plea of producing airplane spruce,
at a camp he knows contains no spruce?
I happen to have seen the letter advis
ing Colonel Disque of the absence of
airplane stock at the particular camp
mentioned, and to have recommended
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