PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST : 30, 1919.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
0. S. SPRUCE HELD
ECLIPSED IN B. C.
EAT WHOLE ANIMAL,
SENATORS SLASH
INTERVENE IN MEXICO,
GOV. HOBBY URGES
TEXAS EXECUTIVE ALSO CALLS
FOR LEAGUE OF XATIOXS,
WILSON TO SPEND
WOMEN TO WEAR 'EM
PRESIDENT MEETS
STOCKMAN ADVISES
CITY DWELLERS ACCUSED OP
IF THEY WISH, IS EDICT
1
COURT XOT MAKIXG CRUSADE
rXWISE BEEF BCYIXG.
OX KHAKI TROUSERS.
VOL. LVIII. 0-' 48.331 ' Entered at Portland (Oresjon)
VTXJ. 10t pf fir as Se-"nd-Cla-5 Matter.
PEAGE PACT AGAIN
ONE DAY IN OREGON
UNION
MEN
Probe Committee Hears
Northwest Is Behind.
PORTLAND INQUIRY IS OPENED
British Columbia Superintend
ent Testifies to Production.
OREGON WASTE HELD BIG
fSprnee Committee to Inspect $1,000,
000 Plant at Toledo; Dlsqne Ar
rives to Answer Charges.
While the United States epruce pro
Auction corporation headed by Brigadier-General
Brice P. Dlaque was mark
ing time in the production of actual
airplane stock. British Columbia log
gers and mills were producing airplane
spruce for the Imperial munitions board
In proportions utterly to eclipse the
output of Oregon and Washington com
bined, though the industry in the Ca
nadian province la but one-tenth as
large.
Such was the fact developed yester
day at the first Portland sessions of
the congressional committee on spruce
investigation, held in the assembly hall
of the Portland Press club, when Frank
R. Pendleton of Everett. Wash, an un
anticipated witness, was summoned by
Chairman James A. Frear. representa-
Uve from Wisconsin.
Dtsqae ta Aiawtr Charges.
The testimony of Mr. Pendleton, held
to be of high importance, vied in pub
lie Interest with the announcement that
Brice V. Dl.ique. former brigadier
general, commander of the spruce di
vision and president of the spruce pro
duction corporation, had arrived from
New York to make personal reply to
the flood of adverse testimony against
bis administration.
"Weil, that simplifies matters,'
drawled Representative W. W. Magee
of New York, when informed of Mr.
Disque's presence:. "It saves this com
nattee a special trip to sea the gentle-wian."
Early this morning the members of
the congressional committee will leave
for Lincoln county, where they will
spend the next two days in a personal
inspection, of the spruce railroads in
the Toledo district, as well as the It,
ooo.oro government mill at Toledo. Jlav-
ing acquainted themselves with the
physical nature of the projects, the
committeemen will return to Portland,
hre sessions will be resumed Tues
day morning at 10 o'clock.
Pradletoa Practical Lamberaaa,
Through a chance meeting with
Frank R. Pendleton, of Everett. Wash.,
an old-time friend. Chairman Frear
learned that Mr. Pendleton had spent
IS months as superintendent of sprues
production for British Columbia, his
services having been sought by the
imperial munitions board of the Brit
ish government. The special cession
yesterday w-as convened to hear Mr.
Pendleton's testimony as to methods of
spruce logging employed in the Cana
dian province.
In summary. Mr. Pendleton testified
that he is a practical lumberman, wtth
milts and ramps on Vancouver Island,
near Red Gap. a lumbering hamlet
which derives its cognomen from cer-
tain famous yarns of current magazine
fiction, and that he accepted the gratui
tous post of superintendent of Brit
ish Columbia spruce production in
January. 1918.
Caaaalaa Mrtkeas Deaerlb4V
His testimony" disclosed Important
contrasts in method; the most radical
being that British Columbia loggers
and lumbermen, experienced private
operators, took to the spruce area of
Queen Charlotte island at the call of
their government and ttere worked to
such effect that 28.500.000 feet of ac
cepted airplans stock were shipped
during the period from March. 1918. to
th close of November. Under the plan
of the spruce production corporation,
as promulgated by General bisque,
loggers of Oregon and Washington
had little share In American spruce
production, it has been testified, the
policy being to center activities in two
or three large contracting operations.
With a production ratio of but one
tenth, as compared with the logging in
dustry of Oregon and Washington, tes
tified Mr. Pendleton, the British Co
lumbia spruce operators cut. milled and
shipped a greater amount of finished
spruce than did the combined opera
tions of the spruce production corpora
tion and the spruce division in one
year and seven months of war.
Spruce production figures for Oregon
and Washington give a total of 148.-
Soe.seo feet of spruce lumber, not all of
which would be accepted stock. The
witness testified that the proportion
would approximate IS per cent of ac
cepted airplane stock, resulting In an
approximate total of 21.450.0no feet of
spruce fit for airplane construction.
Coat of Oseratloo I akaowa.
"No one knew what it would cost to
operate. So we fixed the payment on
tne market price of logs, less the cost
of stumpage, and agreed to move the
equipment. A little spruce was being
produced at two small mills on the
island, less than 100.000 feet per
month."
Mr. Pendleton told the committee
that Initial delay, after Queen Char
lotte Island had been decided upon, was
Foreqnarters Sell to Retailer for 8
Cents, to Consumer for. 32,
Probers Are Told.
WASHINGTON.' Aug. 29. Interject
ing some sharp advice and warning to
city dwellers as to meat prices, west
ern stockmen today laid before the
senate agriculture committee further
protests against the Kenyon-Kendrick
bills to regulate the packing Industry.
"I'm going home and tell my neigh
bora that we'll have to curtail produc
tion to the point where consumers will
eat the whole beef carcass." said
George T. Donaldson, president of the
Kansas State Livestock association, i
With J. H. Mercer, cattle commissioner
of that state, and others, he said, he
had been investigating the distribution
of meats in all the larger cities.
"Risht in your city of Washington,"
he told the committee. "I have found
the forequarters of beef selling to the
retailer for t cents a pound, and selling
to the consumer at 33 cents. We learn
there are 700 places hero where meat
Is sold, and we think that 100 would
be ample and reduce the cost to con
sumers, too."
Mr. Donaldson opposed the regula
tory measures and Senator Kenyon,
republican, of Iowa, asked him if he
had read the federal trade commission
report on the subject.
"I have." replied Donaldson, "and I
regret to say I haven't as high regard
for the federal trade commission as an
American citlxen of my age ought to
have."
Committee Passes Three
More Amendments.
BRITISH POWER IS FEARED
Two Modifications ;Aimed to
Reduce Empire's Hold.
KNOX HAMMERS TREATY
Pennsylvania!! Calls Terms Harsh;
Demands Separate Deal With
Germany.
U-88 REACHES SAN DIEGO
Captured German Submarine Used
as Stimulus to Recruiting.
SAN DIEGO. Cal- Aug. 29.;-The U-
boat 88, captured German submarine.
arrived here this roornJng under convoy
of the U. S. S. Bittern, while on a
cruise to all the principal points in the
country.
The navy department is displaying
the ship to the general public, iartly
to show the people what it is like and
partly as a stimulus to recruiting.
The . submarine has already been
visited' by 250,000 Americans since the
war, regular visiting hours being main
tained at every port and the public
being admitted freely to inspect the
ship from end to end.
HEARSE l,S USED AS BUS
Funeral Car Carriers Passengers Dur
ing San Diego Strike.
SAN DIKGO. Cal., Aug. 29. Con
spicuous among -the nondescript pro
cession vehicles crowding the highway
between Los Angeles and this city is
large automobile hearse which has
been pressed Into service as a passen
ger conveyance owing to the interrup
tion of railroad traffic
The converted funeral car was re
ported from Oceanslde headed south
and carrying no less ihan IS passen
gers, goats had been arranged along
the aides of the car i.nd the occupants
appeared cheerful and carefree. v
LAW IS BROKEN IN AIR
Aviator Fined 25 In Missouri for
Flying Too Close to RooL
KANSAS CITY. Mo, Aug. 29. On a
charge of flying his airplane within
10" feet of the roof of a farmer s house.
Charles H. Levy was fined 125 and
costs today for disturbing the peace.
The case was brought in a justice 1
.. Itnil.nn (n '
la his testimony plaintiff charged
that nights over tne tarm naa injni- i
ened his chicken3 "as' if the planes I
were hawks"; had caused a horse to I ?
, . . , T
oreaa .its- icb aim imud v ,i,u. ,we
bo "could not hear over the telephone."
"WASHINGTON. Aug. 29. The treaty
of peace was aggressively assailed by
its senate foes again today, the for
eign relations committee approving
three more textual amendments to its
provisions and Senator Knox of Penn
sylvania, a republican member of the
committee and former secretary of
state, advising the senate that the only
safe way to deal with it was to reject
it altogether.
Acting by a vote of 9 to 8 in each
case, the committee adopted without
extended debate amendments designed
to equalize British and American rep
resentation in the league of nations, to
prevent the British dominions from
participating in a league decision af
fecting any one of them, and to curtail
the power of the American representa
tive on the reparations commission,
which is to collect Germany's repara
tion bill.
Democratic committee members pre
sented a solid front against all of the
proposals and were joined by Senator
McCumber, republican. North Dakota,
who also had voted against the two
amendments adopted prior to today's
session. Only one proposed amend
ment now remains on the committee's
calendar, though others may be pre
sented when consideration of the sub
ject is resumed early next week.
Knox tar Separate Peace,
.- In his senate address. Senator Knox
declared that the full purpose of Amer
ican participation In the war had been
accomplished with the armistice, and
that there had been no reason for pro
jecting the nation into the European
settlements. He said a complete peace
basis could be established by action
of congress as soon as three of the
other principal powers had ratified
the treaty, and that such a course
would free the country from many
dangerous possibilities of foreign en
tanglements. '
The peace terms imposed upon Ger
many, he said, went beyond the pale of
Make the World Safe for American
Citizens, Is Demand Voiced
in El Paso Speech.
EL PASO, Tex.. Aug. 29. Interven
tion- in Mexico and the adoption of th
league of nations "to make the world
safe for American citisens" were urged
by Governor W. P. Hobby of Texas in
a speech made tonight at a dinner given
in his honor by friends here.
The statement was made in the pres
ence of Mexican Consul General Garcia
and other Mexican officials were guests
at the dinner.
"Our glorious victory !n the great
war has made the world safe for de
mocracy," Governor Hobby-said. "Now
we must have intervention in Mexico
and a league of nations to assure that
safety to every place -else in the world
The lives and property of .American citl
sens should be protected in Mexico an
all over the world.
"I glory that our nation had its big
share in bringing victory for the allied
cause and that the men who wear" its
uniform .did so much to increase the
respect of our flag in foreign lands.
Now is the time for us to demand that
proper respect be paid American citi
sens -all over the world," Governor
Hobby concluded.
. Major-General Robert L. Howie,- the
newly-appointed commander of the El
Paso military district and Brigadier-
General James B. Erwin, retiring com
mander of the district, were given ova
tions when they started speaking.
ELY MINE JSTRIKE ENDED
Agreement Reached Will Send Men
Back to Work Today.
ELY, Nev., Aug. 29. Under an agree
ment accepted today by a committee
representing striking workmen of all
crafts in the Ely district and signed
bf G B. Lakeman, general manager of
the Nevada Consolidated Copper com
pany, work will be resumed in all de
partments of the company's plant to
morrow morning.
The men forfeited all claim to wage
increases in lieu of a guarantee by the
company for improved working condi
tions and the establishment of an elab
orate company commissary. The strik
ers will vote tonight on the ratifica
tion of the agreement, and the work
men's committee - assured Governor
Boyle, who offered the compromise, that
it would be ratified.
The strike tied up affairs In the Ely
district and on the Nevada Northern
railroad for a month.
Speech Set. for. Portland
Evening of Sept. 15.
REPUBLICANS WILL FOLLOW
Deportment Must Be Proper; One
Arrrested Is Released; Says She
Was Playing Sleuth.
There is to be no crusade in Portland
against women who desire to wear
men's habiliments, providing they com
port themselves properly in all other
respects.
Such was the edict yesterday of
Municipal Judge Rossman and Deputy
District Attorney Deich, following the
Gompers Leads Delega
tion to White House.
Anti-Treaty Orators to Bo Sent ""ZJZZZ
In Wake. I Thursday evening while dressed in
uieu a irguseni.
The arrest of Mrs. Van Eggen threw
a fright into a large number of women
of the citv. who lcent mnniclna.1 court
ATTACKS MADE, UN UUK office' "y explaining over the tele-
pnone tnai tie police are not attempt
ing to start something with those who
wear khaki outing trousers. A consid-
1- . "IT T I U V-
H"-. ask if they wouid be arrested for ap-
President to Stay at Desk and pearing on tile streets in khaki
STRIKE SITUATION DISCUSSED
Wilson Asked to Help Steel
Workers in Fight. 1
POLICY OF DELAY SEEN
Tackle Domestic Task..
trousers.
Mrs. Van Eggen, in police court yes
terday, put up a sufficient argument to
procure her release. She was after a
follow wtin oK U
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash- ' . .ah,nsF ttt
ington, Aug. 29. President Wilson will play detective. she adopted the methods
pass only one day In Oregon, which of Philo Grubb and effected a disguise
will be at Portland, Monday, Septem- which she thought would land the
ber 15. the White House said today. victim.
Senator Chamberlain called at the
White Mouse today in response to an iiiii -jq prjo CPU fin I
invitation and conferred with Rudolph I1IHI1, J7, UCIO OOnUUL
Forster, executive clerk, with regard
(Concluded on Pare 2. Column 1.)
HEAD OF DRY SQUAD KILLED
Denver City Detective Is Victim of
ITnknown Assassin.
DENVER, Aug. 29. George Klein, a
city detective, died today from wounds
inflicted by an unknown assailant late
last night.
Klein was head of Denver's prohibi
tion squad and had actively engaged in
running down illicit liquor dealers
since the state went dry. -i
to the Portland visit, He gave Mr. I Lands Job In Coos County After
Forster the address of the chairman ' I Traveling 500 Miles
th. com mitt a a to recetvn the president I
in Portland. The president's itinerary uncn,. or., Aug. Z9.(SpeciaI.)
precludes even olatform speeches else- Jasper N. Miller, aged 79 years, per-
wher. In th. state. haPs the oldest rural teacher on the
coast, nas obtained another school for
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 As the final this J"5"' having resigned his position
itinerary for President Wilson's speak- i"-"" "l opcucer cree
in a- tour In sunnort of the Deace treatv ,u Jjane county last spring.
was announced today, republican sen- mT- Mlller nas Deen engaged, to teach
ators began conferences to decide on ln district No. 82 in Coos county. He
plans for sending opposition speakers traveled 500 miles before he secured a
alone- behind him. scnooi to ms lining. At Astoria ne
Thfi president's plans call for I tailed to get a position and went to
speeches in 30 cities throughout the L.urry county, out was unable to find a
west between the time he leaves here school and returned here.
next Wednesday and his return to Mr. Miller says a man is as young as
Washington September 30. he feels and declares he feels no older
While resolutions were being offered than half of 79 years.
in the house by republican members
calling upon the president to abandon pot i rr i fr-pe iTIMTD A fT
his tour and engage himself -in Wash- IvULLDUC L.U I O 1UIM I ttAU I
ington with domestic affairs of th
nation,' republican senators who op- Experiment Station at Puyaliup to
posed the treaty met with Senator Mc- nnt v n-i.,, pIa,
Cormick of Illinois.' rNeth'ing "was'fm-I :
ally decided and another conference TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 29. (Special.)
k n-hioh it " ouuaing committee or me Doara
..v ..h Hftni.. ,rr.mm. Pf regents of the state college today
1 , awarded the contract for the construe
De announcea. ,ion . th. nBW riir nint i th.
Leaving Washington on a special I western Washington experiment sta-
train the president will swing through tlon at Puyaliup.
the middle west, thence across the I ' Warter Bros, of Tacoma received the
nlsilna states to the Pacific coast at I award for $23,950. The plant will con
Washington and-down the coast as far 'al- "l lwD r lo con,l,al" slai's
as San Diego On ,thereturn trip he fjciai record work. R. C. MoCroskey of
" 1 17 " ---. . j , liarrieia. vvuiiam rea.se or senttm and
Colorado, Kansas. Oklahoma. Arkansas, I o. L. Waller, vice-president of the
Tennessee and Kentucky, Jiis last ad- state college building committee, met
dress being at Louisville,- September I with W. A. Lmklater, superintendent
2 ... - I oi tne experiment station.
Under the itinerary as announced to
Chiefs of . Organized Employes May
Be Willing to Await Promised
Cut in Living Costs.
(Concluded on Page 3. Column 1.)
PERU WINS RECOGNITION
MADONNA PAINTING STOLEN
Francis "Masterpiece of 15th Cen-
, tury Taken at Bologna.
BOLOGNA. Italy. Thursday. Aug. 28.
Francis's masterpiece, "the Madonna
and child, has been stolen from the
Accademla dl Belle Art I, and a colored
photograph substituted for it. The
photograph was pasted ln the frame to
conceal the' theft. The masterpiece
dales back . to the fifteenth century.
The police suspect some visitors at
ha gallery last Sunday and have their
names
iCoaimucd oa Jfafe 6 Columo H
BOND BUYING AUTHORIZED
War Finance Corporation Issues
Value 1 Fixed.
BAN FBANCISCO. Aug. 19. The fed
eral reserve "bank or the 12th district
was authorised today to purchase ally
bonds-of the war finance corporation
offered for sale in this district at
99 15-K plus accrued interest.
The authorisation was embodied ln
a telegram received by Governor John
C. Calkins of the 12lh district from the
war finance corporation in Washing
ton.
FROZEN FISH SUPPLY LESS
More . Mild-Cured . Salmon Stored
Than in It 18, Says Report.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. Froxen fish
held in storage August IS amounted to
l, 740. 171 pounds, compared to 82.554,
798 at the same time last year, the
monthly report of the bureau of mar
kets of the department of agriculture
made public today shows.
The holdings oi mild cured salmon on
August 15 amounted to 9.347,623 pounds
compared -with ,12s.523 pounds last
year.
ALL EIGHT, GO AHEAD! 1 V.
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President Legnia Heads New De
Facto Government.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. Recogni
tion ofthe de facto government of Peru
was announced today by the state de
partment.
Secretary Lansing instructed the
I American legation at Lima to advise
the minister of foreign affairs that the
United States recognizes President Le
guia as head of the de facto govern
ment of Peru.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 87
degrees; minimum, 59 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; continued warm; westerly
winas.
Fnreicn.
Holy war cry ralsod by Emon Paaha. Page 8.
Bolshevfki disguise as Danish mission in
attempt to reacn uermany. Fage 2.
Poles and Jews in Vllna end racial warfare.
Page 12.
National.
President to spend only one day in Oregon.
Pago 1.
Stockmen blame city consumers for high cost
of meat. Page 1.
Senators amend peace pact again. Page 1,
Chamberlain asks American newspapers to
omit buaenaom story, ra.ee 3.
President requests aid of governors in en
forcing Xood control laws. Page. 7.
Ansell makes further charges against Baker
and Crowder. Page .
Warfleld railroad plan Indorsed in memorial
presented to congress. Page 3.
Steel workers ask President Wilson for aid.
Page 2.
uomestlc.
More Oregon troops land at New York.
Page 4.
Railroad tie-up is fast breaking. Page 1.
Pacific NorthweHt.
Profiteer in coins appears ln Seattle. Page X
Sports.
Pacific Coast League results: Portland 2, Los
AnKeles l: Vernon . oacramento 3; Oak
land 6, San Francisco 4; Salt Lake 12,
Seattle 7. Page l.
Lu Princeton sets season's trotting record at
2:02 at Boston meeting oi grand circuit.
Page lo.
Johnston defeats Patterson of Australia la
national tennis competition. Page 15.
Life guards will compete in Labor day swim
at Columbia ueacn. Page 14.
Commercial and Marine.
Scale of discounts for light-weight wheat
.rearranged. Pige Zi.
Short covering lifts grain and provisions at
Chicago. Page ii.
Portland and Vicinity.
Canada eciipses northwest spruce output, is
testimony at inquiry. Page 1. ,
Forest fire drives fighters near Cooper City,
Wash., six miles. Page 7.
Disagreement among property-owners causes
delay ln Pomona avenue pavement. Page 12
Bonneville fish hacchery committee takes no
action at stormy session. Page 17.
Tfmbermen hear that car shortage will be
more acute. Page 9.
Disque comes to northwest to answer all
critics. Page 6.
Municipal court not making crusade on
women th khaki trousers. Page 1.
Commissioner Blgelow Issues statement re-
- xarding- -public market. Page 18.-
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 After twd
days of conferences with other offi
cials of the American Federation of
Labor, President Samuel Gompers, who
returned from Europe this week rather
unexpectedly, discussed the disturbed
labor situation over the country with
President Wilson today at the White
House.
No announcement was made on be
half of the president, and Mr. Gompers
and the union officials who accom
panied him, including representatives
of the steel workers, steadfastly re-,
fused to discuss what had been con
sldered.
It is known, however, that the presi
dent was asked to intervene in the dis
pute between the steel workers and
the United States Steel corporation over
wages, hours, working conditions and
the right of collective bargaining.
Effort to Force strike Charged.
Before going to the White House the
committee of steel workers made pub
lic a telegram to the council at Gary,
Ind., in which they charged that the
steel corporation was discharging union
men at a number of its plants in an
effort to force the strike Issue be
fore the president could act. The men
were urged not to strike until all ef
forts at a peaceful settlement had been
made.
The. federation's executive committee
held two sessions during the day. The
utmost' secrecy was maintained, but it
was understood that a number of labor
disturbances over the country were dis
cussed with particular attention given
to the situation as it affects railway
and steel workers.
Labor Leaders to Walt.
Some officials saw in the messages
sent to the railroad shopmen yesterday
and to the steel workers today a dispo
sition on the part of the labor leaders
to follow the suggestion of President
Wilson that the matter of wages and
working conditions be held in abeyance
until government agencies had had
time to carry out their programme
looking to a reduction of living costs
and a general restoration of conditions
to something approaching normal.
While the federation officers were
meeting with the president the labor
situation was discussed at the capttoL
Senator Poindexter, republican, Wash
ington, urged speedy action on his res
olution asking the president to call a
conference between representatives of
capital and labor. Chairman Kenyon of
the senate labor committee said the
house and senate committees planned
joint action.
REUNION WILL BE HELD
Roseburg to Entertain Men of Civil,
Spanish, World Wars.
ROSEBURG, Or.. Aug. 29. (Special.)
A four days' reunion of veterans of
the civil, Spanish-American and world
wars will be held in Roseburg Septem
ber 16 to 19. The event will be under
auspices of the Southern Oregon Sol
diers' and Sailors' association.
Camp will be pitched ln a beautiful
grove about one-half mile from the
Oregon soldiers' home and it is ex
pected that many of the civil war veter
ans will tent on the grounds during
the reunion. Local committees are al
ready at work, according to an an
nouncement by Judge Fullerton today,
preparing for entertainment. Wood, wa
ter and light will be provided free to
all tenters and straw will be furnished
for their beds. A big camp fire each
night will be a feature. A rate of one
and one-third fare has been secured for
those coming by rail, providing 250
tickets are sold.
DILLINGHAM QUITS POST
Hippodrome's Managing Director
Acts for Strikers' Benefit.
NEW YORK. Aug. 29. Charles B.
Dillingham, "managing director of the
Hippodrome, whose stagehands and mu
sicians joined the strike of the Actors'
Equity association last night because
he was a member of the Producing
Managers' association, today announced
his resignation from the big playhouse.
He took the action, he said, "rather
than keep 1000 persons out of work."
CHINESE IN FLYING CLUB
Name of Victoria Association Looks
Like Tail of Kite.
VICTORIA, B. C. Aug. 29. "The
Jor.g-Kok-Fay How-Hok-Wow" is the
name of a new Chinese flying associa
tion organized here. The members
plan to study aviation.
Fifteen of the members plan to pur
chase a,irplan2S.i
s
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