Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, September 11, 1919, Image 1

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    VOL. LVIII XO. 18,344
Kntred at Portland fOreon
PoMofflr as gcond-CIaws Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGOX, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1919.
PRICE FIVE CEXTS.
$10,000 FIRE IS SET
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FOR WILSON SPEECH
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OVER WAR HEROES
EDICT TD ASTORIA
HOME OF DR. A. C. SMITH IS
WHEEL OF FORTUNE DECIDES
BKLIEVF.D TOTAL LOSS.
MAKE-UP OF AUDIENCE.
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State Cuardsnien Kill One
in South of City.
Police Strike Accompanied by
Looting; Women Pursued
by Rowdies.
CAVALRY CLEARS STREETS
53 Law Guardians Mutiny and
Are Suspended; Bare Bayo
nets Break Up Gambling.
BOSTON, Sept. 10. State guards
men opened fire with a machine gun
on a mob in South Boston late to
night, killing one and wounding sev
eral others. The rioting was pro
ceeding at last reports.
An unidentified man had been
killed, a woman shot and seventy
wounded, and a police officer beaten
by a mob and taken to a hospital in
a serious condition as a result of ear
lier rioting in the vicinity of Scollay
square.
Boston is under military rule. Aft
er 24 hours of lawlessness, such as
the city has never before experienced,
a sense of increased security was af
forded an outraged public by the ap
pearance in the streets of 5000 sol
diers under orders to restore order
and to protect life and property at
any cost.
Cavalry Draws Sabers.
A troup of state guard cavalry,;
dashing at full speed in company
front with drawn sabers, cleared
Scollay and Adams squares tonight
of thousands who had jammed those
places since early today. Both
squares had been the scenes of inter
mittent rioting, and when the caval
ry approached a small group of loyal
police officers were maintaining a
semblance of order with the greatest
difficulty.
Gangs of gamblers who have in
Tested Avery street were driven out
at the point of the bayonet by a com
pany of state guardsmen tonight.
There were 15 dive games in prog
ress with about 2000 participants and
spectators. At double quick time the
soldiers drove the crowd before them
and then stationed guards, closing the
section.
Sulking Police Suspended.
""Fifty-three members of the metro
politan police force, who have been
on emergency duty during the strike
and who were ordered to patrol Scol
lay square tonight, refused and were
immediately suspended. They
marched in a body to headquarters
of the policemen's union at Fay hall
and took out applications for mem
bership. It was noon today when Mayor
Petera assumed control of what was
left of the police department and
called upon the commander of the
10th regiment of the state guard to
assist him in preserving order. At the
same time he asked Governor Cool
idge for additional troops from out
side the city. The governor imme
diately called out the fourth brigade
and this evening he ordered out the
14th and 20th infantry. Boston also
furnished a motor transport corps, a
troop of cavalry and an ambulance
company.
Force Believed Sufficient.
This force was believed sufficient
to cope with the situation immediate
ly resulting from the strike of police
last night, but the threat that sym
pathetic strikes might be declared by
the city firemen, streetcar men, tele
phone operators and electrical work
ers and other organized bodies affili
ated with the American Federation of
Labor, was not lightly regarded. Ac
cordingly Governor Coolidge sent
word to the mayor tonight that he
stood ready to supplement the state
guard by an appeal to the president
for regulars.
Downtown Boston presented- a sad
picture this morning. Evidences of
last night's lawlessness were plenti
ful. Attacks on women throughout
the night were frequent and atrocious.
In numerous parts of the city there
were villainous assaults. The vicious
element suffered the most, but ac
cording to reports no woman was
safe in the little-frequented districts
Peace Treaty Explained to
People of Plains.
PRESIDENT EXPECTS VICTORY
Ratification Is Sure,
Lack of Water Forces Firemen to
Fight Blaze With Chemicals and
Effort Proves Unavailing.
Lightning set fire to the residence!
of Dr. Andrew C. Smith shortly after
8 o'clock last night and. according to
reports reaching the fire bureau head
quarters a half hour later. It is believed i
that it will be a complete loss. It is
on the Barnes road, back of Kings
Heights.
The fire bureau sent apparatus from fjo kTltanC TnfH hv pYPfMltivo
. 1 1 a? Ka . .Ma talifin, Flllt ttie I
firemen were handicapped for lack of
water, there being no hydrants In the
vicinity. They were making a heroic
effort to stop the flames with chemi
cals, but without prospect of success.
The residence is a two-atory frame
structure which, with its furnishings,
was valued, roughly, "at 110.000. Be
sides Dr. Smith and his family it has
been occupied by Dr. and Mrs. David N.
Roberg. Mrs. Roberg and Mrs. Smith
are sisters.
That the fire originated from light
ning was the report to the police, al
though it was considered that this
might possibly be a mistake. The fire
broke out at a time when a lightning
storm prevailed on the heights.
although the center of the storm was
south of the Smith residence.
Dr. Smith owns a ten-acre tract at
the residence site.
BILLINGS IS NEXT STOP
Helena Also to Hear Views Today
on League; Plans Finished
for Review of Fleet.
ON BOARD PRESIDENT WILSON'S
SPECIAL TRAIN. Sept. 10. Ten points
in the peace treaty were defined by
President Wilson tonight as the funda
mental principles on which he is asking
its acceptance by the United States.
Riding westward into Montana at the
end of the first week of his speech
making tour the president made no
Growth of Habit Among Women Is I stop for a nigh address, but instead
made Known through the newspaper
correspondents the platform he desires
WASHINGTON. Sept. 10. Fewer to piace before the people in his plea
cigars and less chewing and smoking for the treaty's, acceptance. A few
tobacco were used in the fiscal year hours earlier he had told a crowd at
1919 than in any of the last seven Mandan. N. D.. that his week of travel
years, internal revenue statistics Jus had convinced him that the people were
issued Dy me treasury oeparmicui jOT tne treaty.
show. Cigarettes, however, snow a
rapidly increasing use, this year's con
sumption on wnicn taxes nave oeen The ten points ln wnlch he epitomizes
paid. Deing more man two ana a nan the treaty provisions are as follows
1. The destruction of autocratic pow-
MORE CIGARETTES SMOKED.
Thought to Increase Demand.
Twenty-One Girls Work Hard for
Hours Picking Out Names of Those
Who Will Hear President.
Fortune yesterday was at the helm
in determining what citizens of Oregon
and southern Washington will have the
opportunity to hear President Woodrow
Wilson, when the national executive
speaks In Portland at the municipal
auditorium Monday night, September 15,
Through agency of a lottery by which
names were chosen by a group of Ore
gon children from among the thousand
of coupons submitted was determined
to whom go the tickets for the address.
Twenty-one girls of the seventh and
eighth grades of the Shattuck school
were invited to draw the names from
the wheel in which the coupons had
been placed and a committee appointed
by Oswald West, chkirman of the gen
eral entertainment committee, had
charge. The lottery took place yester
day afternoon at the auditorium before
fair-sized crowd of spectators.
There were 31.849 citizens of Oregon
who wished to hear the president, ac
cording to the count of coupons re
celved, made just before the lottery be
gan. By far the larger, number were
received from Multnomah county, al
though there was a fair sprinkling
from other sections. The number of
coupons submitted from each county
and the number of tickets granted fol
low:
Tea Points Listed,
times larger than In 1913.
One reason conjectured for the in
creased consumption of cigarettes is
the Increase of smoking among women.
The official report, however, does not
touch upon that.
COST OF MEAT TAKES DROP
Decline of $1 a Hundred Recorded
at Chicago in Two Weeks.
CHICAGO, fvri 10. .r".i v-ncifI
basis o." t. .-.: of wij l jl. to-
day to .have been reduced more than $1
a hundredweight in the last fortnight.
Thousands of live hogs at the Chi
cago stockyards went unsold this morn-
lng, some as low as $14.25. whereas on
August 28 the advent of hog prices
under $16 was hailed as promising
notable relief to suffers from high cost
of living.
ST. LOUIS FWES RAISED
Eight-Cent Street Car Rate Is Ef
fective September 10.
JEFSERSON CITT, Mo., Sept. 10. A
street car fare of eight cents in St.
Louis effective September 10 and to
continue in force for six months, is
provided ln an order Issed by
the Missouri public service commission.
The order provides for an eight-cent
single adult fare, two fares for 15
cents,- seven for 0 cents and 50 for
$3.50. The fare for children is based
on one-half the fare for adults.
Concluded oa Pas 2, Column L
SOLDIER TO WED IN FRANCE
Spokane Sergeant Begins Long Jour
ney to Take Bride.
YAKIMA. Wash.. Sept. 10. On his
way back to France, where this month
he will marry Mile. Symonne Gosse of
Rentes. Sergeant Buryl Fosgate, now
of Spokane, was here yesterday to say
good-bye to friends. The couple be
came engaged when Fosgate was in
the A. E. F., but sudden orders to em
bark prevented a weddir.g.
He was recently mustered out at
Camp Lewis and is hastening to take
his bride.
NATIONALIZATION IS URGED
Federal Employes Want Government
to Handle Resources.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 10. The na
tional federation, of federal employes,
in convention here today, adopted reso
lutions favoring nationalization of nat
ural resources and basic industries.
A recommendation that federal em
ployes througnout the country adopt a
system of shop committees to deal di
rectly with department officers was
also adopted.
NEW HAMPSHIRE RATIFIES
Federal Suffrage Amendment Goes
Through Both Houses.
CONCORD. N. H, Sept. 10. The New
Hampshire general assembly completed
ratification of the federal equal suf
frage amendment today when the sen
ate adopted the ratification resolution,
14 to 10.
Similar action was taken in the house
yesterday.
TEN KILLED IN FOOD RIOTS
Troops Turn Machine Guns on Mob
in Silesia.
er as an instrument of International
control admitting only self-governing
nations to .the league.
2. The substitution of publicity, dls
cussion and arbitration for war, using
the boycott rather than arms.
3. Placing the peace of the world
under constant international oversight
in recognition of the principle that the
peace of the world is the legitimate im
mediate interest of every state.
4. Di nen Cf
B, TuA,-ifrBtiv. of jprfsH ytieo
Pi
(. The discontinuance of annexation
and the substitution of trusteeship
with responsibility to the opinion of
mankind.
7. The invalidation of all secret
treaties.
8. The protection of dependent peo
pies.
9. High standards of labor under in
ternational sanction.
10. The international co-ordination
of humane reform and regulation.
To a crowd around his private car to
day at Mandan, N.- D., President Wil
son declared that a week of travel ln
the heart of the country had convinced
him the nation stands together for an
International guarantee of peace.
"I am glad .to get out to see the real
folks," he said, "to feel the touch of
their hands and know, as I have come
to know, how the nation stands
together in the common purpose to
Concluded on Pace 2. Column 3.)
Submit. Grant.l Submlt.Grant.
C'pons Tickets! (."pons Tickets
Multnom'h.2i,vo7 3813, Lane 42
Baker .... S 5Lake 1 1
Benton ... 9:4 rjLincoln ... IS 6
Clackamas. 1,033 217Linn 155 83
Clatsop... 135 2Si; Malheur .. . 3 3
Columbia. 148 30, Marlon ... . 334 TO
Coos 25 6. Morrow ... 14 5
Crook .... -7 Sifolk 130 27
Curry 8 olShurman .. 35 7
Deschutes. 15 5! Tillamook 44 9
Douglaa .. 33 7 Umatilla .. 38 8
Gilliam ... 13 eiLnion 17 6
Grant 3 3 Wasco 8 14
Harney... 2 21 Washington 660 US
liood Klver 104 22 Wallowa.. 2 2
Jackson ... 6 6i Wheeler .. . 1 1
Josephine.. 1 lVamhlll ... 461 97
Jeflersou . 9 6 Wash. State 322 t7
Klamath 1 11
There were 6690 tickets to be dis
tributed by the committee, 3720 of the
tickets entitling the holders to seats
for the address and 2970 tickets for
standing room. It was thus necessary
for the committee to apportion the
tickets out according to the number of
applications. Each county having five
or less applications entered was grant
ed all five tickets, while in the cases
cf those having a larger number of ap
plicants the figure of 21 per cent was
used. The chances of each applicant
receiving a ticker tothe addi'i.-. jras
Little I'ose Weinstein, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. M. Weinstein, 306 Grant
street, drew out the first name from
the revolving wheel, her fingers fasten
ing upon the coupon of Miss Elizabeth
Sanders, 6018 Eighty-second street
southeast. Sarah Mesher, daughter of
N. B. Mesher, 292 Lincoln street, who
was the second of the group of school
girls to draw, received the surprise of
her life when she brought out from
among the 30,000 coupons the one sub
mitted by her cousin, Bessie Mesher,
622 Third street.
The third, fourth and fifth Portland
coupons drawn were as follows: Robert
Collins, 1360 Alameda street; Mrs. C
J. Hilton. 838 Overton street; Ida J.
Mickey, 6608 East Fifty-eighth street
north. Four of the first five coupons
drawn for Multnomah county were
those submitted by women. This pro
portion did not hold true as the draw
ing continued, however, and it was
Parade Led by Pershing
Impressive Spectacle.
SOLDERS MOVE AS TO BATTLE
General's Splendid Guard of
Hcnor Is Imposing.
NEARLY 30,000 IN LINE
Last Great Review Inspires Two Mil
lion Proud Americans; Mercier
Greets Leader.
NEW YORK, Sept. 10. Over a five-
mile flower-strewn pathway. General
Pershing led his famous First division
down Fifth avenue today to the wild
plaudits of 2,000.000 proud countrymen.
It was the last great review of the
world war for New York, and it was a
fitting climax to a long series of mili
tary spectacles.
The commander of America's armies
shared honors with the battle-scarred
veterans who won undying fame on the
fields of France. For all of them it
was one of life's most memorable days.
As he rode down the avenue the stern
lines of the leader's face relaxed in the
now famous Pershing smile, and when
dismounted in Washington square.
t the end of the march, surrounded by
his staff, he exclaimed:
It was the most enthusiastic patri
otic outburst I ever have seen."
Flower of Troops in Line.
Behind Pershing rode a score of
major-generals and brigadiers and
back of them strode the commander's
guard of honor, the world-famous com
posite regiment of doughboys, the
flower of six divisions. Stalwart young
giants, magnificent Americans, they
scored in ' the nation's metropolis a
triumph far dearer to their hearts than
the laurels they won in the victory re-
iew of Paris and London. , Nearly.
320 BUILDIXGS RAZED; COAST
SHIPPING SUFFERS.
Gulf Hurricane Cuts Wide Swath in
South Florida; One Village
Is Wiped Out.
KEY WEST, Fla., Sept. 10. Lower
Florida was paralyzed today as a result
of the violent hurricane that passed
over that section last night.
Not a house in this city escaped dam
age. Three hundred and twenty frame
buildings were razed, two church edi
fices were wrecked and five retail
Btores tipped over. The damage is esti
mated at more than 12,000,000.
Shipping off the coast met with dis
aster. Several small vessels were sunk
and others were driven to the reefs.
Tonight a high wind and rough sea pre
vented rescue work.
In the little town of Goulds, near
Miami, eight buildings were destroyed
totally and 13 we're partially demol
ished. The hurricane cut a swath
through the pine forest from Biscayne
bay and struck the village with ter
rific force. Only one house was left
standing in Marathon, a small village.
Although the property damage was
enormous, not a single fatality has
been reported.
Governor Backs Demand
of Clatsop Legion.
STATE PILOT OFFICER BLAMED
Refusal to Dismiss Disloyal
Alien Employe Censured.
ANSWER TO CHARGE ASKED
Jr. Olcott Urges Upon Thomas Xel
son Necessity to Keep Nation Free
From Menacing Influence.
(Concluded on Page- 6, Column 1.)
MISSING LIST WIPED OUT
Every American Casualty In War
Now Accounted For.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 10. Every
American soldier who became a "casu
alty" in the war against Germany at
least has been accounted for. A list of
missing and unaccounted for which at
one time was as high as 25,905. gradu
ally was reduced until for weeks it re
mained at two. It is now presumed
there is no doubt the two soldiers are
dead and they have been 6o listed of
ficially.
Of the total first reported missing
23 per cent died; 16 per cent were found
to be prisoners; 25 per cent were lost
from their organizations in the confu
sion of battle but subsequently re
joined them. The remainder were found
scattered through various hospitale.
UFA, SIBERIA, TERRORIZED
Lawless Element in Control; Priests
Slain in Churches.
OMSK, Aug. 25. !i';siHn telegraphic
agency.) A re:irr. oi ivr'''" been
started in tlie ci.;' 4 govav --icvr of
the Siberian
regulars of the firsf. division, arnor. - j
Many priests Lave been executed,
some being slain in churches during
services. Bolshevik! are also persecut
ing Mussulman priests.
11 the men wore wound. chibVrons-y , I J'jfA s ;r-'r". v '".
25.000
fully accoutered for war. Horse, foot
and artillery, they swept down the
avenue. So far as equipment went
they might have been on their way to
the front.
Crowd Goes Wild.
As Pershing came abreast the great
grandstand at the Metropolitan mu
seum the great crowd went wild with
enthusiasm. He sat on his horse as
the cavalryman has been taught to do,
smiling and saluting with his gloved
hand, while immediately behind
streamed the American colors and the
four-starred flag of full general.
The commander made but one stop on
the march and that was at St. Patrick's
cathedral to change horses. He dis
mounted amidst a crowd of girls rep
resenting the Knights of Columbus,
eager to be the first to hand him flow
ers. Upon the cheek of the victor he
(Concluded on Page
Column 2.)
BERLIN. Sept. 10. (By the Associ
ated Press.) Ten persons were killed
and 11 wounded during food riots ln
Glogau. Silesia, Tuesday.
Troops used machine guns and hand
srencdes against the rioters.
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"ONE BIG UNION" OPPOSED
Canadian Labor Men in Addresses
Fight Bolshevism.
DETROIT, Sept. 10. Opposition to
the one "big union" plan and to bol
shevistic agitation among labor was
expressed by the Canadian labor de
partment and labor organization offi
cials here today.
Their addresses occupied the morning
session of the convention here of the
United Brotherhood of Maintenance of
Way Employes and Railway Shop Laborers.
CHOIR BOYS WALK OUT
San Francisco Cathedral Singers
Protest Against Fines.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 10. More
than 25 choir boys of Grace cathedral
are on strike.
Their principal demand is that fines
for misbehavior and tardiness shall
not exceed 5 cents, absence 10 cents.
INDEX OF. TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TODAY'S Fair and warmer; gentle north
erly winds.
Foreisn.
British expedition in Russia opposed by
British general. Page 3.
Austria lgns peace treaty. Page 3.
National.
Peace treaty assailed ln majority report.
Page 7.
General Leonard Wood opposes war depart
ment plans tor army of SUO.OOO. Page 2.
Domestic.
New Tork goes wild over parade of war
heroes. Page 1.
Three senators start campaign against
president. Page 0.
Police strike brings bloodshed in Boston.
Page 1.
President begins climb up Rockies. Page 1.
Pacific Northwest.
Dismiss alien or resign, governor's -edict to
Astoria pilot commissioner, fage 1.
Millionaire demands convict's acquittal be
cause or war recora. fage 4.
Washington school for deaf reported to be
pest-ridden, fane a.
Seattle, short of gas, fears inability to feed
fleet visitors, .rage i.
Sports. v
Pacific Coast league results: Portland 2-1,
Vernon Sacramento o, beattle
Los Angeles 2, Oakland 0; San Francisco
7. Salt Lake 4. Page 14.
Four-year-old trotting records are lowered at
Syracuse grand circuit meeiing. rage Id.
Portland Gun club announces registered
shoot for September Jb. rage lo.
Commercial and Marine,
Shipments of apples are increasing rapidly.
Page --i-
Chicago corn lower with break ln hog prices.
Page
United States selling agents to confer In
Portland Tuesday, rage 22.
Portland and Vicinity.
Worst highway in Oregon soon to be made
good. Page
Husband says wife is dead shot with dish
of hot cakes. Page 11.
Prominent Portland men defend Dlsque pol
icies. Page IS.
Legality of fire fighters' convention ques
tioned. Page 22.
Fraud Intimated ln paving petitions.
Page 12.
County judges and commissioners in session
today. Page 13.
Lightning destroys home of Dr. Andrew C.
Smith. Page 1.
Names of persons who will hear president
are drawn. Page 1.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 22.
SALEM, Or., Sept. 10. (Special.).
Thomas Nelson of Astoria, a member of
the state board of pilot commissioners,
must satisfactorily meet charges filed
against him by the members of Clat
sop post, American Legion, or relin
quish his position, according to a let
ter sent to him today by Governor Ol
cott. "My attention has been called to
charges made against you as manager
of the Union Fishermen's Co-operative
Packing company that you have re
fused to discharge an employe of the
company, who, according to the accu
sations made-to me, is admittedly an
openly a disloyal alien," says the gov
ernor's letter. "It is my understand
ing that efforts have been made t
have you lemove this man from your
employment, but that you have flatly
refused to do so.
Loyalty la Demanded.
"Of course. 1 nave no jurisdiction
over the employment of persons by in
dividuals or private corporations, but
it is my official duty and privilege
to determine that state officers, so long
as they are under the jurisdiction of
this office, shall tolerate no disloyalty
in their employes and shall demand
the highest sense of loyalty and pa
triotism from all whom they may em
ploy. A man who would tolerate dis
loyalty in his eniTvye i", a V,M'IJ
i -ity, t ti.'f-ve. ' t A-O tteve,
mit,'-C tolerate such disloyalty in those
whom he employes to work for the
state.
"If the charges lodged against you
are true, I feel it Incumbent upon me,
as chief executive of the state of Ore
gon, to request you to submit to tl.ls
office at an early date your resigna
tion as member of the stat.i bojr.i
of pilot commissioners for Oregon.
Defense Is Invited.
"If you have any statement to make
in the way of refutation of. these -charges
I will be pleased to givs it,'
careful consideration, as I desire to
condemn no man until he has been
given full opportunity to make his po
sition clear when charges of this char
acter are lodged against him.
"I feel it the duty of every citizen to
protect this nation as far as he may
from again allowing tQ grow up in
this country the ramifications of dis
loyalty and alien employment which
were discovered during the great con
flict just closed.
"I will go further and declare it my
belief that those aliens who during the
struggle from which this nation has
just emerged demonstrated their dis
loyalty to the country, from which they
have gained their sustenance, should
be deported never again to return. I
have spoken strongly upon this sub
ject because I feel strongly upon it.
BRAZIL TO CURB RADICALS
Campaign Against Anarchists to Be-
gin in Capital City.
RIO JANEIRO, Sept. 10. Police have
begun an active campaign against an
archists and other radicals, who recent
ly have beer, growing more active in
thcii- agitation and more violent in
heir speeches.
On Monday the entire edition of the
radical organ Spartacus as confiscated
because it contained in article advo
cating death for Premier Lloyd George
of Great Britain and other violent
measures.
SINN
Britain
FEIN SUPPRESSED
Irish
Proclaims Against
Organizations in Cork.
DUBLIN, Sept. 10. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The government has
proclaimed the suppression of the Sinn
Fein organization, the Gaelic league,
the Irish volunteers and the Cumann
Na Moan society in the city and county
of Cork.
Proclamations to this effect were
posted today.
The government has also declared
that the first section of the criminal
law procedure act of 18S7 shall be ap
plied to Cork, Limerick, Clare, Tipper
ary and Dublin counties.
GULF STEAMER SINKS
Comal Goes Down Off Key West.
Passengers Are Saved.
GALVESTON, Tex.. Sept. 10. The
Mallory steamship Comal, which left
Galveston Saturday, went down near
Key West this afternoon, according to
a telegram received by H. A. Eiband
from his son-in-law, Curlln C Craven,
who was a passenger bound for New
York.
All passengers were saved, the ad
vices stated.
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