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PERMANENT ASSIGNMENT HERE
OF OLD FIGHTER PROMISED.
CUTTING HCN LINES AT SEDAN
BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT. "
SUPREME COUNCIL NOT TO PER
MIT RESERVATIONS.
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BAYS WILSON
Battleships Pass Into Co
lumbia River.
OLD OREGON NEEDS NO PILOT
Arkansas, Vermont and North
Carolina in Port.
VISITORS ARE WELCOMED
Pacific Fleet lias Come to Stay, Says
' Secretary Big Fighters Later
to Visit Portland.
ASTORIA. Or, Sept. $. (Special.)
With Secretary of the Navy Daniels
and his party aDoard. tha battleship
Arkansas arrived here early this morn
inir. and at an early hour the veteran
'battleship Oregon also passed Into the
Columbia river and joined the North
Carolina and Vermont, which had pre
viously arrived.
Captain Wetplngel. In command of
the old bulldog; of the navy, refused
a pilot and brought the Oregon into
tha harbor without aid. When told
that the Oregon had entered the river
w'thout a pilot. Secretary Daniels said
- be was aot at all surprised.
"Why should she have a pilot when
she enters the Columbia river?" the
secretary asked. "Tou don't light
matches to enter your own home at
night, and the Oregon was coming
home."
Committee Boarda Arkansas.
Members of the Astoria reception
committee, headed by B. F. Stone,
chairman of the dock commission,
boarded the Arkansas and greeted Sec
retary Dan'els and his party.
On board the Arkansas Mayor Brem
Ber of Astoria in a short address of
welcome delivered the keys of the city
to the highest official of the Ameri
can navy. Secretary Daniels in re
' sponse said that he had once tasted
of Astoria's hospitality, during a visit
made here in 1913. and tha: be was
elated at having another opportunity
of being a guest In the city.
Coming ashore. Secretary Daniels
met Vice-Admiral Williams, who is here
on his flagship Vermont, and Rear
Admirals McKean and Parks, who are
accompanying the secretary of the
navy on his tour of the Pacific coast.
"Pacific Fleet Will Slay.
Admiral Rodman, in command of the
Pacific fleet, and several large battle
ships will visit Portland within a
month, according to a promise made to
members of the Portland presentation
committee by Secretary Daniels, who is
accompanied by Mrs. Daniels and two
sons. Jonathan and Frank.
"The racific fleet is here to stay."
said the secretary. "It is difficult for
you western people to realize this
fully. I have found that unless ships
are scheduled to visit ports immediately
that the people are of the opinion that
all chances fur a visit have departed.
Such is not the case, for the ships of
the Pacific fleet will be in your harbors
constantly from now on."
Naval Base Case Preseated.
Members of the Portland presenta
tion committee were also let on the
port dock where 600 men from the
North Carolina, Vermont and Oregon
were being fed at long tables in the
dock shed. The Portland committee
arrived in Astoria at noon on a special
train, on w hich members had presented
facts in connection with the proposed
naval base at Tongue Point to Ad
mirals McKean and Parks. The pre
sentation was made by William Corn
foot. Drake C. O'Reilly and U. B. He
garde The presentation was later given
to the two admirals in bound volumes,
on which the names of the two naval
officials were engaged.
At - o'clock Secretary Daniels. Vice
Admiral Williams and Admirals 11c
( Kean and Parks were taken on a" trip
to Tongue Point, the site of the pro
posed base recommended in the Helm
report. Representative McArthur. Gov
ernor Olcott Mayor Baker and mem
bers of the Astoria and Portland com
mittees accompanied the naval officials
on this trip.
Secretary Daniels on this trip ex
plained to members of the party that
he had divided the American fleet into
two fleets in order to provide rivalry
In the navy and save It from the dis
integration which usually occurs fol
lowing a war.
Tn( Fleets to Be Rivals.
"The Atlantic and Pacific fleets will
be identically the same as rival base
ball teams of two towns." explained
Secretary Daniels. "High officers are
at present working out battles for the
two fleets, and once each year we will
tell the commanders of each fleet -to
war with one another and award a
trophy ta tha winner.
"Tha Pacific fleet is a pathfinder for
a greater merchant marine," he con
tinued. "A large navy is always fol
lowed by expansion of the merchant
marine. The coming of the Pacific
fleet will mean more merchant ships
and greater industries on the PacificJ
coast.
"During the war our construction at
homo and abroad was monumental.
No such large engineering achieve
ments were ever before attempted in so
short a time. Our engineering monu-
ments will remain across the seas as
a permanent memorial of our construc
tive genius.
"At home we did stunts to improve
Uncle Sam to Assume Half of Up
Keep . Cost, State Balance,
$20,000 to $25,000 Year.
ASTORIA. Or., Sept. 8. "It i yours,"
said Secretary of the Navy Daniels to
day when Governor Olcott asked him
for the permanent assignment or tne
hostoric battleship Oregon to Oregon
waters.
The secretary said the navy depart
ment was nrenared to shoulder nan
of the upkeep of the veteran sea
fighter, and estimated that the state's
share would be between ZO,000 and
5.000 annually.
Following the review at Seattle the
Orrrnn will be dismantled at tne
Bremerton navy yard. Governor Ol
cott received Secretary Daniels' assur
ance that the option given today
could be taken up at a later date if the
appropriation is made available by the
state.
Stern Leader Swayed by
Tremendous Welcome.
FATHER ADMITS MURDER
Man to Be Taken to 5Ilssourl for
Trial for Crime of 184.
CHEHALIS, Wash.. Sept. 8. (Spe
ciaL) Officers from Hickory county,
Missouri, are expected to reach Che-
halls tomorrow to take back with them
Robert Hicks, who is in the county jail
hro Hlrki will answer a charge of
murdering his daughter, near Urbana,
Mo- December 7, 1894. Until eight
weeks ago Hicks resided at Urbana.
Arriving at Centralia. his son-in-iaw,
who had suspected him of the crime,
accused him of it and Hicks finally con-
fessed. He has signed a written con
fession before Herman Allen, Lewis
county attorney.
Hicks' wife did not believe him
guilty of the crime. According to the
story, he strangled th daughter with
a rope. He alleged as his reason that
she had improper conduct with a man
near their home. When he upbraided
the girl. Hicks said that she started for
the house to get a gun with which to
shoot him. Fearful lest she maka good
her threat, he strangled her with a
rope, he said.
CIVILIAN FLIER WINS PRIZE
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Curtlss Pilot Shares In $10,000
for Mlneola-Toronto Flight.
NEW YORK. Sept. 8. Although Ma
jor R. W. Schvoeder, pilot of a Vought
training plane was yesterday named
officially as winner of the American
flying club's international handicap air
plane contest and reliability race wnicn
was held between Mineola and Toronto
during the week of August 15, R. M.
Depew. a civilian flier, who piloted
Curtiss JN-4-D plane, was announced as
winner of the first money prize of 810,
000 to be divided among civilian win
ners. A war department ruling pre
vented military entrants from compet
ing for cash.
The prixe money, offered by John
McE. Bowman, of New York, will be dl
vided among Depew, C. S. Jones, Roland
Ron If s. S. S. Moore, L. W. Bertaud. C. A.
Shlller, O. S. Palmer and William C.
Barker.
JAIL IS MINISTER'S LOT
German Preacher Held Guilty of Us
ing Mails Fraudulently.
LINCOLN, Neb.. Sept. 8. Judge San
horn of the United states court oi
anneals, has affirmed the six montns
Jail sentence of Rev. David G. Wine,
a German Baptist minister of Enders,
Neb- convicted in the federal court at
McCook. Neb., of fraudulent use of
the mails. The minister was found
guilty of misrepresenting the value of
a ranch in Chase .county, Nebraska,
and Inducing members of his church
Ilvinar In Kansas to Join him in the
purchase of property appraised at 887,
000. whereby it was charged he se
cured one-half of the ranch without
cost to himself.
Wine's contention was that their half
of the raftch was worth all the Kansas
men paid.
GIRL, 13, IS BEST COOK
Finest Cake Offered in Competition
at Lewiston Exhibit.
LEWISTON. Idaho, Sept 8. (Spe
cial.) Emelyne Ford. 13. daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Ford of Lewiston,
won first prixe in a cake-baking con
test conducted by a furnishing store
here, when her Lady Baltimore cake
was judged the finest confection pro
duced by any of the 75 cooks from all
parts of the "valley -who had entered
products of their culinary art in tha
contest.
Miss Ford is a diminutive blonde
young lady and In the seventh grade
in school. The cakes entered In the
contest were donated to the local Y. W.
C A. organization, and at the sale con
ducted by them nearly 8100 was realized.
GAP WAVED AS CROWD CHEERS
New York Goes Wild Grim
Army Chief Smiles.
LIFE COMMISSION IS GIVEN
Fourth of Americans to Rank I
General Great Victory Parade
Is Set for Wednesday, i
11 ROOMS FOR 121 WOMEN
Yakima Teachers Find Few Places
to Live During School Year.
YAKIMA, Wash.. Sept 8. (Special.)
One hundred and twenty-one women
teachers in the public schools here
have so far been able, with the help of
City Superintendent Davis, to find only
11 suitable rooms for rent
The situation is causing the school
authorities embarrassment as the open
ing of school is only about a week
distant The conditions are without
precedent in the history of the city,
though there was considerable housing
congestion a .year ago.' i
NEW YORK, Sept 8. America wel
corned General Pershing home today.
Honored by foreign rulere and gov
ernments, the commander-ln-cnler or
the mightiest army that ever fought its
wav to victory under the stars and
stripes returned to his own folic to
meet a greater honor than any foreign
potentate or power could confer the
thanks of the world's greatest democ
racy to the man who had delivered the
decisive blow in. democracy's supreme
fight against tyranny.
The etern-faced soldier who had
maintained his iron ' self-control amid
the shambles of the Me use and the
blood-drenched forest of Argonne was
not proof against the tributes of praise
and gratitude which was roared from
hundreds of thousands of the throats
and hearts of his fellow citizens.
Emotion Shakes Voice.
His voice trembled with emotion aa
he responded to the greetings extended
by Secretary of War Baker in his own
behalf and that of the president as well
as the welcome addresses of represen
tatives of the senate and house, the
state and city.
As his car went slowly through the
choering crowds which Jammed Broad
way from the Battery to the city hall.
Pershing attempted in vain to maintain
his composure. At first he replied to
the cheers with the stiff salute which
military etiquette demands, but he was
soon carried away by the- storm of ap
plause which swept in great Vusts
about him. Rising to his feet, he
waved his cap above his head with a
boyisM gesture which told how deeply
he was stirred, while the grim lines of
his bronzed face broke into a smile,
which was as Infectious as it was rare.
Prouder Moment to Come.
It was a proud moment for the great
American soldier, but a prouder still
remains. New York did not exhaust its
welcome today; Wednesday he will ride
down Fifth avenue at the head of the
1st division of the regular army, the
Marshal Foch Called "Very Great
Strategist" by General,
in Interview.
NEW YORK, Sept 8. "The Amer
lean 'doughboy' is the finest soldier in
the world, and it didn't take the Ger
mans long to find it out" declared
General Pershing- in an interview
granted newspapermen today.
"Wo boasted a little probably of the
peculiar qualities .of the American
fighting man, but his aggressiveness,
initiative and devotion ae a member of
the American expeditionary forces gives
us every right to boast and to be proud
of him," the commander said.
"I suppose it is because of the way
the American boy is raised, due to the
fact that he is encouraged to develop
his initiative and that he feels at any
crisis of his life that he is master of
his own destiny."
The general refused to discuss Inter
national relations, the league of na
tions, or his own plans on entering civil
life.-
"I am still on duty," he said. "It is
a pleasant duty but very strenuous.'
The general had just finished luncheon
after a little rest to refresh himself
after the arduous hours of the morning.
"General, what do you consider the
crowning achievement of your service
abroad" he was asked.
Cutting the German lines at Sedan
on November 6," wae the reply.
Was that a more difficult operation
than cutting the Hindenburg line?"
Cutting the Hindenburg line was a
start toward cutting the line at Sedan,
It was hard to tell what might have be
come of It under different circum
stances. It followed the final effort of
the Germans to force their way through
but their armies were beaten before
they started."
General, will you say a few words
about Marshal Foch"
Marshal Foch," he replied, appre
ciatively, "is a very great strategist.'
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BAD POWDER COMES BACK
England Buys It, Sells to Russia,
Slavs Resell to America.
WASHINGTON, Sept 8. Two hun
dred thousand pounds of gunpowder
manufactured here, sold to England,
then to Russia and finally resold to the
United States, turned out to be useless.
This was the first development of an
Investigation started today by a house
committee Into financial dt;al8 connect
ed With manufacture 'of munitions for
Russia, paid for out of American loans.
AMERICA N0T IN PACT
Reported Agreement to Aid Belgium
Against Germany Denied.
PARIS, Sept 8. Members of the
American delegation at the peace con
ference deny all knowledge of an
agreement by which the United States
and England guarantee Belgium against
German aggression.
The report of the agreement was
published in the British press.
Reply From Delegation Awaited on
Austrian Treaty Germany Also
to Get Firm Answer.
Forces of Chaos Said to
Be Fighting Treaty.
CONCESSIONS ARE SUGGESTED
Republicans Seek Agreement
on Article 10.
REPORT TO BE WEDNESDAY
Senate Consideration Will Follow
Soon Polndexter Replies to
President's Speeches. '
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8. Marked in
dications of a compromise in the senate
controversy over reservations to the
league of nations covenant came today
from both democratic and republican
sources after Republican Leader Lodge
had announced that the treaty would
be reported to the senate Wednesday
and probably be taken up for consider
ation next Monday.
Probably the most important develop
ment of the day was a statement to the
senate by Senator Simmons of North
Carolina, prominent in administration
leaaersmp, declaring some conces
sions in the way of reservations" have
to be made to "secure its ratification.'
Although, "utterly" opposing some of
the Lodge reservations. Senator Sim
mons said he was suggesting a com
promise on "conservative reservations
of an interpretative character."
Republican senators continued ef
forts to compose differences over
reservation to "article 10" of the league
covenant. Senator McCumber, North
Dakota; Kellogg, Minnesota and Len
root, Wisconsin, were said to have
drafted substitute reservations which
were discussed privately today.
Polndexter Replies to AVIIaon.
Senator Poindexter, republican, Wash
ington, in a two-hour address in the
senate today, replied to statements of
President Wilson in his speech-making
tour. Several republican senators made
arrangements for speeches in several
western cities in reply to the presi
dent,-while Senator Harding, Ohio, and
others, prepared to reply soon to Mr.
Wilson from the senate floor.
Referring to the president's chal
lenge to league opponents to "put up
or shut up," Senator Poindexter said
the substitute for the league offered by
its opponents was the declaration of
independence and Lincoln's govern
ment "by and for the people."
In reply to the president's declara
tion that the league would end use of
American soldiers abroad, Mr. Foin-
MILITARISM HELD ALTERNATIVE
America Out of League Means
War, Asserts President.
PARIS. Sept. 8. The supreme coun-l
cil of the peace conference today in
formed Roumania that she must sign
the peace treaty with Austria with
out reservation or abstain altogether I
from signing. The Roumanian peace I
delegation has not yet reached a de
cision in the matter.
The delegation had sent a note to
the peace conference declaring that its
intention was to sign the treaty with
reservations. The supreme council this
morning took the Roumanian note un
der consideration. It appears unlikely I
that such a signature will be per- LABORING MAN IS ASSISTED
Premier Clemenceau presided at the
council, meeting, . which also discussed
the German reply to the allied demand
for supression of article 61 of the Ger
man constitution providing for Aus
trian representation in the German
parliament. The council will resume
the discussion tomorrow.
While the council probably will
spend several days on the reply to the
German note before completing it, it
is considered certain that the answer
will be extremely firm in tone, taking
the position that Germany is violating
the treaty before it becomes effective,
Pact Drawn Up for Common People,
Is Declaration in Speech
at Sioux Falls.
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BEGINNING TO FEEL RATHER LONESOME.
SIOUX FALLS. S. D., Sept. 8. De
claring that pro-Germanism had again
lifted its head in this country. Presi
dent Wilson declared in an address here
tonight that "every element of chaos"
thereby rendering it impossible for the was honin& there would be "no steady-
allies to ratify it ,nB nana Placed on the world's affairs.
1 want to tell you," said the presi-
PARIS. Sept. 8. (Havas.) The state dent, "that within the last two weeks
council of Czecho-Slovakia has urged the pro-German element in the United
tne government of that country not to States again has lifted its head"
sign the treaty of peace with Austria This element saw a chance, he said.
if the solution of questions relative to by keeping their nation out of ih
the Teschen district is not satisfactory, league of nations, to make nossible
according to a Zurich despatch printed again what Germany had tried to do
in newspapers here. in the great way. It was a nlenn-rut
issue, Mr. Wilson declared, between
IMPU oraer or tne old German order.
1 1 YOU I Declaring the peace treaty nrnvlslnn
for an international lnhnr nnfai-onx
Excess of 1.86 Inches Exists and would give labor a new bill of rights.
More Is on Way, Says Bureau. 1 pre 'dent declared the treaty was
Thirty-eight hundredths of an inch that it was a treaty rtra. w f.
of rain in 24 hours, as compared with benefit of the common people
a normal of .31 inch for the first week r. . ... , ,
i . ... . free Government Principle.
in September, was the record made Th. .ht,m. . ,.
yesterday in Portland. To date the ,.m " IT- V -"'
i .... luetic i i Luc jjcupirs
concerned. He asserted that iha
5 P. M. I ment luM Hnn.r, -,.. . i.
Sunday until 5 o'clock last night having tnat no territory ever shou' be gov-
erned except as the people who lived
DAY'S RAIN IS .38
month has a total of 2.18 inches to its
credit, the precipitation from
Deen the heaviest of the season. An
excess of 1.86 inches now exists, ac
cording to the local weather bureau,
with a forecast for unsettled weather
today.
Reports from other stations In the
northwest indicate that the storm was
general.
there wanted it governed.
"That is an absolute reversal of his
tory." said the president, "and it is all
in the league of nations."
High taxes, a large standing army
and a "military government in spirit"
would be required, he said, if the
United States were to follow the ad
vice of some men "and stand by her
self."
It -V,.. ... "'" u.pose lor a
a v,,..t-u 10 Aaopt moment that the land titles of South
Board's Uniform Suggestion. I Dakota were to be upset and every
K Ar-R AATE- VTn af o , . ..... '" icei. .nr. lison
GIRLS' GARB IS OPTIONAL
tees have no authority to compel pupils
to wear uniforms, according to a ruling
here today by Will C. Wood, state su
perintendent of schools.
Mr. Wood made the ruling in the case
of several girls attending the Santa
Paula union high school who refused
to wear a uniform which the trustees
had ordered worn. Mr. Wood held that
although trustees might suggest uni
lurma gins nave a ngnt to wear any
clothing they wish so long as it is
modest
CITIZENS DRIVE OUT I. W. W.
Agitator Taken From Jail and Led
to City Limits With Warning.
CALIPATRIA. Cal.. Sept. 8. Peter
Lynchy-said to be an organizer for the
I. W. W., who was arrested Saturday
night and placed in the oity jail here.
was released from jail early yesterday,
escorted to the city limits by a "citi
zens' " committee and ordered never to
return.
How the citizens obtained a key to
the jail was unexplained.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 63
degrees; minimum 5G degrees.
TODAY'S Unsettled weather, gentle south
west winag.
Foreign.
Roumania must sign Austrian treaty as it
is or not at all, says peace council
Page 1.
Huns cry over ruin but live In luxury, says
wruer. rage n.
British evacuate Archangel. Page 3.
Syrians almost unit In favor of American
mar.date. Page 3. .
National.
Compromise on peaco treaty in senate seems
near. Page 1.
Oreson topographic surveys in progress.
Page 7.
Domestic.
Pershing receives tremendous welcome in
New York. Page 1.
Pro-Germans again active In U. S., says
Wilson. Page 1.
Wheat crop falls off; corn increases. Page
lu.
Board of inquiry busy on New Mexico dis
aster. Page lu.
said that something like that had hap
pened in Europe and a central author
ity was necessary to stabilize condi
tions and prevent strife.
Germanium Is Alternative.
Your choice." said Mr. Wilson, "is
between the league of nations and
Germanism. I have told you what I
mean by Germanism having a chip on
your shoulders."
When the president added that some
times he had been "called an Idealist,"
some shouted "Good" and the crowd
cheered.
The "certain way" to have trouble
between capital and labor, said the
president, was for them to refuse to
discuss their differences. He said he
could not understand how a man could
refuse to discuss his case unless he was
wrong. The same rule, he declared, ap
plied to differences between nations.
America could stay out of the league
of nations, said the president, but it
would be at the expense of the peace
of the world.
"America is necessary," he added,
"to the pe,ace of the world. And the
peace and confidence of the world are
necessary t6 America."
Mrs. Wilson Kisses Girls.
Although it was raining when the
president's train arirved the down
town streets were lined with crowds.
and a wave of cheering followed the
president on his way to the coliseum.
A Shriners' band led the parade. Gov
ernor Peter Norbeck, a republican, pre
sided at the meeting. Mrs. Wilson
who sat on the stage, was presented
with some roses by two little girls.
who walked across the ' stage to her
place, while the crowd, which packed
the hall, cheered. Mrs. Wilson thanked
the girls with a kiss and there were
more cheer.i.
The president opened his address by
relating how a lady who shook hands
with him at a way stop today had
burst into tears when she tried to tell
him of her son killed in France.
Future Protection Wanted.
This incident said Mr. Wilson,
brought home to him that the country
had sacrificed greatly, not for a tem
porary advantage, but for a permanent
Ratification of treaty urged by president as betterment of the world. In the eyes of
Pacific Northwest
Oregon Is yours, says Daniels to Governor
Olcott. Page 1.
Secretary Daniels arrives at Astoria. Page 1.
Idaho state fair at Boise September 2.-27
Page 7.
Sports.
Beavers fatten batting averages at expense
or Sacramento benators. page 12.
Court to hand down decision in Carl Mays'
case Dy sepiemoer jti. rase J3.
Four games billed today in Coast league.
Page 12.
Commercial and Marine.
New crop Oregon hops advance to 60-cent
level. Page 21.
Chicago corn traders prepare for surprise in
crop report Page 21.
Stock trading checked by deadlock in steel
labor situation. Page 21.
West Hartland to make oriental run.
Page 20.
. Portland and Vicinity.
Location of spruce railroads denounced by
lumbermen. . Page 13.
Daniels to inspect Portland harbor today.
Page 6.
Adjustment of printers' wage demands is
undertaken. Page 22,
the American boys who went across
the teas, he continued, the people of
Europe had seen a determination not
only to defeat Germany but to see that
such a thing never happened again.
The president declared that the war
was "no sudden outburst," but the de
liberate plan of Germany conceived
years before.
Germany did not dare discuss her
course for 24 hours, he said, and so the
treaty had been framed so that no fu
ture war could occur without at least
six months of discussion. In the "cool-Ing-off"
process, said Mr. Wilson, It
was certain that much of the passion
that starts war would be eradicated.
Turning; Point Reached.
The president said:
"Governor Norbeck and My Fellow
Citizens: I must admit that every time
I face a great audience of my fellow
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