THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1919.
3,
GRAVES KEEPS U. S.
RIFLES FROM OMSK
Vladivostok Newspaper Arti
cles Roil General.
as the future home of the crown
princess, as her former abode Is con
sidered much too' pretentious for her
present circumstances.
RUSSIA MAY LOSE HELP
Kok-liak Government in Reply As
sorts Drive Against Bolshe
vism Jeopardized.
OMSK. Oct. I. (By the Associated
-resa.) Major-General William S.
graves, commander of American forces
', In Siberia. In retaliation for alleged
'scurrilous articles published in a
Vladivostok newspaper and hostile
acts of Cossack chiefs in the far east.
4vas held up a shipment of 14.000 rifles
which recently arrived at Vladivostok
from America consigned to the all
Kussian government at Omsk.
Giving notice of his action by tele
graph through ' Major Slaughter, his
representative here. General Graves,
in direct and forceful language, de
clares he will personally cause the ar
rest of the offending editor and the
suppression of the newspaper the
Golos Rodini unless the Omsk gov
ernment does so.
He asserts further than unless the
CHARTER CHANGES URGED
Spokane Voters to Pass on Several
Important Proposals.
SPOKANE. Wash., Oct. 2. Three
charter amendments and an advisory
resolution will be submitted to the
voters of Spokane at the general elec
tion November 4, it was decided by
the city council today. The amend
ments propose: Increasing the salary
of the city commissioners from $3600
per annum to 15000; reducing th
commissioners' surety bonds from
125.000 to $5000. and making railroads
liable for the conditions of street
crossings.
The resolution would authorize the
city council to make expenditures
necessary for an investigation look
na- to the purchase by the city of
hydro-electric power.
The resolution Is understood as
proposal which may work out in the
purchase by the city of the power
plant of the Spokane & Inland Elec
trie company, now in the hands of a
receiver.
PORTLniERS MEET
If! FRENCH CAPITA
L
E.
B. Lockhart Tells of Dis
covery of Friends.
JOSEPHINE ROAD VIEWED
Grants Pass-Crescent City Route Is
Approved.
GRANTS PASS, Oct. !. (Special.)
County Judge C. G. Gillette, in com
pany with Mr. Sommers of the Call
fornia highway commission and Mr,
Hodgden of the Oregon state high
way commission, has Just returned
from a viewing trip over the proposed
new route from Grants Pass to Cres
cent City. The route would go via
.-tivitv of the Cossack chiefs is con-I Elk creek and would, says Judge Gil
jeiie. provide a rouie ki icasi vv icei
lower than the present road, besides
eliminating one very steep grade.
Both highway engineers were well
pleased with the proposed route and
will recommend it. In all probability
a crew of surveyors will be put on to
survey the road next spring.
trolled, he will recommend that Amer
ica refuse to render further assist
ance to Kussia. General Graves says
he will retain the arms until advised
as to what action the Omsk govern
ment Dronoses to take.
In replying, the Omsk government
ays that in its view the subject con
stitutes a diplomatic an J not a mill
tary problem, which should be ap
proached through reorganized dipio
matte channels and that the govern
ment therefore awaits a communica
tion from the state department at
Washington. It says that "not wishing
to formulate any criminations, it
would not enter Into an argument
which might impair the lively sym
pathy which it believes has been
awakened in America for the cause of
Admiral Kolchak.'
In resDect to the holding up the
shipment of rifles, astonishment is ex"
pressed by the government that local
troubles in the far east, which the
government regards as an interna
tional problem and not a purely Rus
sian one, "should impel General
Graves to take steps which might
jeopardize a far-reaching and more
vital undertaking, namely, the sup
pression of bolshevism at the critical
moment when Siberian troops are
conducting a successful offensive."
It is pointed out that General
Graves' course is "peculiary aston
ishing in view of the fact that the
rifles were bought and paid for by
the Russian government."
The threatened suppression of the
newspaper, it Is declared, could not
be construed conceivably as a matter
subject to American military Jurisdiction.
Crown Princess Home Chosen.
BERLIN. Sept. 12. (Correspond
ence of The Associated Press.) The
rovernment has selected Castle Cels
MRS. ANN S. MERCER DEAD
Oregon-Washington Pioneer Passes
Away at Seattle.
SEATTLE. Wash., t'ct. 2. (Special.)
The passing of Mrs. Ann Stoven
Mercer, widow of Aarvn Mercer, takes
one of the oldest pioneers of Oregon
and Washington. Mrs. Mercer died
yesterday at her home at 8103 Eighth
avenue at the age of 79.
Aaron Mercer was one of the hardy
pioneers that came across the conti
nent by wagon train. It was in 1852
that the little band crossed the moun
tains and arrived In Oregon. In 1855
Ann Stoven married Aaron Mercer
in Salem, Or., the marriage being per
formed by Rev. Mr. Bagley. Soon after
the couple went to southern Oregon.
DALLES CANTEEN CLOSES
Dance at Elks Clnb Marks Close
' of Activities.
THE DALLES, Or.. Oct 2. (Spe
cial.) The local Red Cross officially
ended its career last night as far as
canteen work here is concerned, with
dance at the Elks' club.
A report S( the number of soldiers
served and the amount of food dis
pensed during the service here will be
made later. Scores of ex-service men
ere amons the participants.
MAJOR WARRENS BUSY MAN
John 'E. Carver of Baker Has Rec
ord to Be Proud of, Says Oregon
- Preacher-Newspaper Man.
BY E. B. LOCKHART.
Orecon Newspaperman .and Preacher.
PARIS, Sept. 9. (Special.) I
learned the past week that one of
Portland's well-known business club
men was in Paris. I hunted him up
and had a delightful visit with Major
William H. Warrens of the motor
transport corps. He was, I found
commissioned as captain in the quar
termaster's department at Fort bam
Houston. Tex., in June. 1917. He was
transferred to the motor transport
coma, nromoted to major and- ordered
to France in command of mechanical
repair unit No. 312, consisting ot mi
men and 57 orcicers. fie was ra
tioned at Bordeaux, in command of
Reception Park No. 705, consisting of
about 4000 men and on leers.
Ma tor Warrens remained in that
position until April, when ne was
ordered to Paris for duty with the
general sales agent In disposition of
motor transport corps property, ah
of the Portland man's operations have
been either at base ports or in Paris
at the Elysee Palace hotel, where the
kaiser hoped to hold his victory ban
quet upon his entry into .rans.
Major Warrens was manager or tne
Baggage & Omnibus Transfer company
in Portland before the war. He also is
interested in important real estate
holdinzs. . He 's a member of the
Arlington club, the Multnomah Ama
teur Athletic club and Commercial
club of Portland, and has made his
home in the Rose City .for about 20
years. He is also well known in
Salem. Senator McNary, George Rogers
and others being acquaintances of his.
Organisations' Record Good.
The organizations which he has
commanded leave France with a splen
did record. He says there have been
very few cases of courts-martial, due
to a great extent to the influence of
the various welfare organizations
located at the camps where he has
been in command.
The Portland officer left last Satur
day for St. Kazaire. He is. no doubt.
on the Atlantic at this writing.
I was glad to meet John E. Carver
of Baker the other day. He has a
record to be proud of. He has been
In some hard fighting, has been
wounded by gas burns and has had a
varied experience in army life, all
told. He enlisted in 1917 in the
regular army and In May. 1918, landed
In France. His first battles were on
the Marne. July 14, 1918, when the
Germans crossed under the hardest
rtillery fire since the battle of Ver
dun. -It was here that he got the
gas. After the Marne battle he went
to St Mihiel, where he helped drive
the boches from the ground the
Teutons had held for four years. Then '
he was at Argonne forest, where he
stayed till the armistice was signed,
when with his regiment he marched
into Germany where he now is. He
expects to be there for some 'tim
yet Mr. Carver was wtftb the 18th
field artillery of the "fighting 3d'
division through all the fighting an
he told me the other day that all the
regular men of the 3d division and
officers are still on the Rhine. He
hopes to be in the land of apples nex
spring. He Is with the 18th field
artillery at Coblenz, Germany. Mn
Carver previously served ten months
on the Mexican .border. ,
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Lieutenant Pettibone , of -Portland
has been in Paris the last few days.
I did not have much time to talk-with
him, last week when I met him, but
the young American officer appeared
in fine health and spirits. He is
friend of Attorney Russell Brooks of
balem and is well known among th
young men of Portland and the
capital city.
Coming across Charles Gross,
private In the 4th regiment of th
United States engineers, a man who
has lived in Oregon since 1904, having
been a resident of several Oregon
cities, including Portland, Salem and
McMinnvllle, I had a very enjoyable
chat, recently. Mr. Gross had been in
the United States navy for four years
and came to France with the army in
May, 1918. He had Just had a visit
with another McMinnvllle man, Owen
McGiH, who has charge of the X. M.
C.-A. postoffice in France. Gross in
formed me that he recently met an
other Oregonlan. Captain Henry O.
Miller, company A, S. O. S. Mr. Grgss
is a member of the Christian church
of McMinnvllle. On his discharge from
the army he expects to attend a school
of the merchant marine at Hog Island,
Pa. He is now en route home.
Waiting for the underground rail
road last Saturday I accused a sol
dier of looking very much like Henry
Hanzen, a newspaper man of Port
land, and found him to be First Ser
geant Donald W. Fallis, of the City of
Roses. His father is living on East
Morrison stret, and is in the ship
building business. He has lived in
Portland about ten years, prior to
which he lived in Grand Island. Neb.
Sergeant Fallis, before enlisting in
the United States army, was connect
ed with the Metropolitan market and
grocery on Williams avenue. He has
been in France .twelve and a half
months, being in the motor transport
corps stationed at Bordeaux. He has
traveled all over . France doing con
voy work. He expects to leave for
the United States at an early date.
Sergeant Fallis is putting up a good
fight in the "battle of Paris," and
seems to be enjoying himself. He is
a member of the local lodge of Wood
men of the World. We had. dinner
together several times and enjoyed
discussions of Webfoot state affairs.
Lieutenant C. O. Bunnell, of the en
gineers, of Vancouver, Wash., left
the other day for Serbiawith the
Red Cross. Lieutenant Bunnell, read
ers will remember, was reported cap
tured by the Germans a couple of
years ago, the report being circulated
from a picture of some prisoners In
Germany, one .of which bore a great
resemblance to the Washingtonian. I
met the lieutenant in this wise: Hear
ing some officers discuss matters of
army life in an interesting manner I
made bold to approach them and,
apologizing for the interruption, ex
plained that I was interested in the
remarks I had accidentally overheard,
and introducing myself, asked the
gentlemen where they came from,
whereupon the one directing the con
versation said "Washington." It was
Bunnell. Since then I have met him
a number of times. He is well .and
content with his work. While in
Paris he frequented the T. M. C. A.
and gave it as his opinion that the
organization has been one of the pow
erful influences during and since the
war to keep the American army "up
to snuff." "I am a friend of the 'TV
you bet." said he to me.
Waiting for dinner at the "T. Gar.
dens in Paris recently, I overheard
the remark: "Well, that's a good state
you are going back to, but were you
ever in Oregon?" and I met Lieuten
ant David W. Evans of Portland,
found out during my conversation
that Lieutenant Evans has lived in
Portland for 14 years and when the
United States entered the conflict en
listed in the signal corps with a unit
composed of employes of the Pacifi
Telephone & Telegraph company. He
was commissioned at Leon Springs,
Texas. He came to France in June,
1918, was in the trenches from th
latter part of June until October,
1918; served as signal officer with
the 357th regiment, and later as
brigade signal officer on the staff
of Brigadier-General U. G. McAlex
ander, who was formerly at Van
couver barracks and Oregon Agricul
tural college. '
In the St Mihiel operations Lieu
tenant Evans had charge of the sig
nal work during the capture of Bois
de Pretre, one of the famous battle
points on the western front. He was
severely wounded during St Mihie
operations, and after spending ten
weeks in the hospital returned to the
army of occupation. Lieutenan
Evans wears one silver star, which
indicates a citation for "meritorious
service in actibn."
Since the departure of the 90th
division from the army of occupation,
Lieutenant isvans has traveled ex
tensively through Germany, Luxem-
Dourg, .Belgium, r ranee ana spam,
also over all the battlefields of the
American expeditionary force. He is
at present with a "commission in
Paris and is looking forward with
pleasure to the day when his services
will be no longer required. Lieuten
ant Evans, prior to entering the serv
ice, was employed In the auditing de
partment of the Pacific Telephone &
Telegraph company in Portland.
GERMANS WANT BIG LOAN
Erzberger Says Only America Can
Finance It Treaty Is Bar.
BERLIN. Oct. 2. (By The Associ
ated Press.) Mathias Erzberger,
minister of finance, told the national
assembly this afternoon the only
country capable of financing a big
loan was the United States and nego
tiations at this source were impos
sible until the treaty of peace was
ratified.
Herr Erzberger said the govern
ment was exerting every influence in
an effort to halt the downward ten
dency of the mark and announced
the appropriation of 3,500.000,000
marks for the purpose of keeping
down food prices. ,
Centralia Banks Inspected.
CENTRALIA, Wash., Oct 2. (Spe
cial.) C. J. Shepherd, manager of the
Seattle branch of the federal reserve
bank, who is touring southwest Washi
ngton, visited the Centralia banks
esterday. Mr. Shepherd was ex
tended the courtesy of attending a
meeting of the directors of the
Farmers & Merchants Bank. He ex
pressed himself as highly gratified
with the standing of this institution
and urged the directors to join the
federal reserve system. The board
has the matter under advisement
Aberdeen Mains Being Laid.
ABERDEEN,' Wash., Oct. 2. (Spe
cial.) Laying of the new ten-inch
main to South Aberdeen . in addition
to the present eight-inch main, which
has become too small for the section
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railroad bridge on each side of the
draw span and at the bottom of the
river for the length of the draw. The
city water department has Just re
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