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THE 3IOKXIXG OREGOXIAX, MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1919. FULL OF REDS OKLY MATTER OF WEEKS NEW ASSISTANT o SECRETARY OF WAR BAKER. FIGHT UPON TREATY EARS FINAL STAGE Trotzky - Lenine Regime Is Making Last Stand. Senate Leaders Hope for Progress During Week. ARMIES LARGE BUT WEAK REPUBLICANS ARE FIRM "Inertia" oT Anti-Bolshevik Forces in Russia Blamed, for Exist ence Beyond September 15. Programme to Qualify Ratifying Resolution With Reservations Said to Be Agreed on. .J 3 ' - r. . ..... ' , 1 i. .y " ' ryP ' 9 : ' ' ' ' N.,' 1 - ' ' j - - ' if y ml ' y -f t ' - - . ; t:f ' ' -:,-" S . ... . : y i ' y ' ' r '' ' r . i - : 1 V- ' ' -I ' " - m v- - if. ... . A TT TTTf rTl T"PV fs TT y m mi it . m m a y4 WASHINGTON. Oct. 19. (By the Associated Press.) "The final crash of the Trotzk y-1-.enlne regime may be delayed some weeks," but it is inevitable-Official information received here thus summarizes the situation in Rus sia. The closing act of the red drama is already under way, according to reports from military attaches and special agents. Only the "inertia" of the anti-bol-ehevik groups hs permitted the pres ent Moscow government to remain alive beyond September 15, one offi cial who has been making a special study of the situation said. The bol shevik organization, the reports say, has been so poor at the foundation the confidence cf the mass that only a push was necessary to start the fall. This push has been lacking- because thire was no efficient co-operation between the anti-red leaders, and in the absence of initia tive or ability on the part of any one of them to start the forward move ment. General Denikine's advance toward Moscow, the campaign of attrition waged by the northwest Russian volunteers, and the stiffening of Ad miral Kolchak and his Cossack allies. The reports say, have furnished more than the hoped-for pressure. Official dispatches today did not report the tall of Fetrograd, which, kowever, was announced in Paris. The fall of Petrograd. however, is considered of minor importance as compared with .the results of Deni k ire's advance. Official reports from the Ukraine, once a stronghold of the reds, declare that it is now almost wholly anti bolshevik. "The entire Ukraine will be free of bolshevik! by spring without outside oiintitmirp " RHVH One disDatch. Although the red armies still num-4 ber more than 6UU.0UU men. me ne cessity of dividing the forces into so many widely scattered armies, the increasing- effect of the impaired mo rale and the lack of efficient co-oper ation from the interior due to the col lapse of industrial life, military ex pens here do not consider that fig ure as indicating anything like the true military strength. Reports to the Russian embassy to day indicated that 134,000 square miles of Russian territory had been fr.eed of the bolsheviki since Septem ber 20, and that the advance of the anti-red forces had cut the route over which bolshevik propaganda might spread to India and Afghanistan from Moscow. The capture of 85.650 pris oners, 700 machine guns, 90 cannon and four armored trains by the Kol chak forces also was reported. Another report to the embassy said more than 30.000 of the most promi nent intellectuals of Russia were .ba ing held hostage in Moscow under sentence of death, many having .al ready been executed. The remainder, it was Soid, would be executed if Gen eral Denikine attempted tc capture the city. PHILIPPINES MAY BE DRY CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT MAY NOT COVER ISLANDS. Prohibition Advocates Ali'riiing TUeir Forces to Carry I ilit Into Territorial Legislatures. m ?8 fe V ? Photo Copyright by Underwood. MISS HAX.H PATTERSON. Mis Hannah Patternon ban been appointed aaaiatant to Secretary of "War NentoD Baker. She was a member of the woman's committee of the Coun cil of National Defense and was awarded the distinguished service cross for services during: the war. ASTOR, EXPATRIATE, DIES RICH BRITISH SUBJECT VICTIM OF HEART DISEASE. MANILA, P. I. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) Si ill in doubt as to whether it wiii De held that the constitutional "dry" amendment ap plies to the Philippine islands, local interests are aliening' themselves to carry the fijrht into the legislature. which is committed to consider the question at its regular session, which opens October 16. Dr. D. M-. Gandier, a well-known prohibition advocate from California, is now in Manila and is bending the forces of the Christian Service league, an organization recently formed here and pledged to a general programme of civic betterment. The league claims to have secured to date more than $12,000 to meet the expfLives of its campaign. Prominent amftg Its officers are Dean Bacobo "f the Uni versity of the Philippines and Camilo Onias, assistant director of the bu reau of education. The president of the Philippine fed eration of labor is thus far the most prominent fig-ure among the forces of the "wets." He has announced that he and the members of the organiza tions forming the federation will conduct a lobby against prohibition when ihe legislature opens, their con tention being that the distilling in flusi.y in the rural districts will be killed and thousands of people thrown out of employme t. If a compromise should be agreed to whereby imported intoxicants were barred, it would find hearty support, but as a matter of fact the medical profession is p unit in declaring that 'tie local products are much more in jurious to health than are the im ported. In legal circles there is a growing belief that it will be held that the prohibition amendment applies here, tut the er.forcem nt act. if the re quest of the Philippine council of state is granted, will specifically x clude the islands from its provisions, U-aving the entire question in the hands of the Philippine legislator, lor decision. American Citizenship Renounced in '9 0s; Large Holdings Retained in Xew York City. LONDON, Oct. 19. Viscount Astor of Hever castle died of heart disease Saturday morning. He had been failing in health for a year. The body of Viscount Astor is ly ing in the residence of his son, Wal dorf Astor, member of parliament, in St. James square. Through Viscount Astor'- wish, his body will be cremated, and t is un derstood the ashes will be placed in the private chapel of his country home, Cliveden, at Taplow, Bucks, now occupied by Waldorf Astor. , Mr. Astor's death was entirely un expected, although he had been in de clining health for months. J He" walked about outdoors on Friday as usual. Death came while Mr. Astor was in bed Saturday morning, but whether during his sleep or whether the house hold had warning, those in charge of Major Astor's house positively de clined to say. Few men of great wealth in Eng land have been so little known to the public as William Waldorf Astor. It was said he left America to es cape the limelight which newspapers throw upon multi-millionaires. Dur ing the first years of his residence here he established a position in the exclusive social set and by means of his great wealth was enabled to en tertain that circle in accordance with the most conservative British tra ditions. ' Viscount Astor (William Waldorf Astor) was born in New York in 1S4S. the son of John Jacob Astor III, capi talist and great grandson of John Ja cob Astor, the founder of the Astor millions. He became an expatriate in the '90s, renouncing his American cit izenship and becoming a British sub ject. He was made a baron in 1919 and was created first Viscount Astor of Hever in 1917. Viscount Astor has been reckoned one of the richest men in Kngland. At the time of his death he still retained large really and other financial hold ings In the United States, particularly in New York city. WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. The long treaty fight in the senate Is about i to enter its final phase. Leaders hope I during- the coming week to clear away all proposed amendments and to tnakcj suosianiiai progress in the framing yt of a ratification resolution. L$i Virtually confident that no amend- . rZ ments will be adopted, the opposition ' j(3 managers are determined to qualify the ratifying resolution with reserva-l tlons and Senator Lodge, republican leader, declared in a statement tonight that a decisive majority would stand for reservations that would be "un equivocal and effective." Privately the opposition leaders de clared Mr. Lodge's claim was backed by an understanding amounting vir tually to a complete agreement among all of the'49 republicans and six dem ocrats to stand together for a reserva tion programme evolved after many weeks of conferences. It -was said not all of the details had been agreed upon, though on general principles and in some phases of the phrase ology itself the 55 senators had been brought very close together. How far the remaining 41 senators will go in their opposition to reserva tions is an uncertain question, even In the minds of some of their leaders. They have stoodunswervlngly through the long fight for President Wilson's programme of ratification that would not require th treaty's re-submission to the other powers. But it is for the president himself to decide finally whether any reservations adopted do tive here yesterday received a dis- ing that the Roumanian government "Quire such re-submission and his h;. .pnptinn.H i h. .ntrancn r,f Rmi- illness has left the administration manian officers Into the Ukrainian leaders somewhat in the dark, army. This is onstrued significant There have been intimations that by the Ukraine mission as indicating should reservations unacceptable to an alliance between General Petlura, the administration be put Into the head of the Ukraine government, and ratification resolution, the administra- Koumania against General Denikine. tion forces would vote "no" on the The lattel- has refused to recognize ratification roll call, but their lead- the Independence of the Ukraine or ers are not ready to say how they will Roumania's right to Bessarabia, both cross that bridge until they come to It. of which belonged to Russia at the It would take only 33 votes to prevent outbreak of the world war. ratification. Other advices Indicate that Petlura Oniou in commands only a part of the Ukraine fc, . -' SWm. army and that the larger part of it- T" h's statement tonight Senator has gone over to Denikine. Lodge declared opponents of reserva- The Ukraine ditpatch speaks of "on? would be responsible for any anti-Jewish pogroms by the Denikine further delay in senate action, Indi- forces. Serious charges of anti- eating that the whip would be applied Jewish brutalities have been made in I tonld down debate. the past against both the Ukrainiap government and Roumania. ONTARIO TO VOTE TODAY CANADIAN PROVINCE TO DE CIDE FATE OF PROHIBITION. Bi Increase in United Farmers' Representation in Legisla ture Is Expected. 8 V'7 ?5. 8 PETROGRAD LOST TO REDS 0'ntpu-d l-'roin l-'irst Page.) The aid of the Anglo-French navy In repelling the attack on Riga con sisted of strong naval artillery fire and other support. The Germans suffered great losses. Allied missions are now a Riga. The German bombardment with high explosives and asphyxiating gas caused many deaths among the civil ians and destroyed many houses. PARIS. Oct. 19. (By the Associated Press.) Sergius Sazonoff, represent ing Admiral Kolchak and General Denikine in Paris. Informed the As sociated. Press this evening that he had received no advices of the cap ture of Petrograd. He considered. however, that it was likely. No information regarding the fall of. Petrograd has been received by either the peace conference or the American delegation. Quick action also is a slogan of the administration forces. Their hope is to get started tomorrow on the last of the committee amendments, pro posing equalization of voting power in the league of nations. Senator Lodge's statement follows: "A decisive majority of the senate will vote for reservations, attached to the resolution of ratification which will protect the peace, safety, sov ereignty and independence of the United States." "The one object of these senators is to 'Americanize the treaty and they believe that by so doing they will also serve the cause of general peace of the world. Whatever delay there may be in final action upon the treaty wiH be caused by those who are resisting the Americanization of th irnarv nv TORONTO. Oct. 19. The electors of proper reservations reservation! at Ontario, doubled in number by the once unequivocal and effective." extension of the franchise to women, . Two Amendments offrrrd. on prohlbitin . referendum and at the same time will , ' ' " "men r equauza- decide the fate f the conservative 'J,"" 0t'"BlriV,LnK.th '?the X"?. government which has been in office m"' .t Tt ,.wi ,w A,"0"" since January 1905. and of which t Is thought more likely that the one Sir William Hearst is premier. 2'- ur'V 30h"."- Tho... . ... : ' . , , publican, California, to give the Unit- erdum balnanyr JZlZ iS5" Jk'I other is by Senator Moses, republican, New Hampshire, and would prevent British dominions from sitting In the league council. A Km th-AA V.a.. 1 - 1 A vote unon the conclusion of th w- , r..,. m r : " innlRfl th TOT" m II I roarllntr rT t Via i-Aa t a proposal for the sale f light beer,AW. " I , uiiuvti ft unirill OUUCI VIOIU1I, 1 t aoa I . . . , . U,7.nrL,"",7 h k'B S? '-t both of the proposal, a. well" a. i w " j o a hor nmpnrlmnlsi t r Ka nffarcH V xr ernment agencies. " individual -ntor. ia ,m k-v a. a 1 1. ,imA i . r u ; .. i . " " "- the legislature, which number 111 I . members, Premier Hearst, a conserva tive, nad tz supporters, the Ilbelal pn i q d I A P V opposition totalled 30. the united wUIMOr I HMO I farmers' party two and two seats were vacant. A large increase in the I ir,,il of Pan Mninr rvimnanv mnA atives is expected. I 12. Officials Indicted Amoncr the 250 candidates them -n r I only two women, Mrs. Henrietta "A')l'' w"n a great Bundy. who is liberal candidate in army of witnesses for both the prose- the northeast division of Toronto,! cutiun and the defense, the trial of 3! .e ins 1 A trtamesiic -4 -rr -f rt v vicxroi m .aifecords ,ese lesMOMs artists Alda Dcstinn Journet RufFo Bori Eamcs Kreisler Sammarco, Braslau Elman Kubelik Schumann-Heink Calv Farrar Martinelli Scotti Caruso Galli-Curci McCormack Sembrich Clement Garrison Melba Tetrazzini Cortot Gluck Murphy Werrenrath Culp Hamlin Paderewsld Whitehill DeGogorza Heifetz Patti Witherspoon De Luca Homer Powell Zimbalist Jyou want to hear these artists exactly as they wishyou to hear themyou must play their ctrola Records on the Victrola VICTOR. TALKING MACHINE CO. - CAMDEN N-J- i n I -5. -J v" 44 HP ill :. s2 Ontario temperance act. a rigid pro hibition measure, instituted ai a war measure, with the undertaking to submit the question to a popular TRIAL SET swat 4 111 CAMDEN N-J. m l8fi I ll fi? 'MA r i . ,.. in i.i . i i x Ir Jff-T trsomMu-h. "H.s Masters Vbce ItmoiaO tTA S v ---- . - "i T n-wmm'mwMTivwmrTiTinnT-iirwr- Tcachor fioes to School. EUGENE. Or.. Oct. 19. (Special.) W. It. Rutherford, city superintend ent of schools here, left yesterday afternoon, accompanied by his fam ily, for Palo Alto, Cal., where he will take a post-graduate course at Stan ford university, Mr. Rutherford is on a six months leave of absence. C. A. Howard, principal of the Eugene high school, is filling his position, and A. B. Cash, member of the faculty of the high school, is taking Air. Howard's place. Miss Meacrve to Wed Kuis&ian. PARIS. Oct. 19. Announcement wa made today of the engagement of Miss Lascella J. Meserve, dauehier of H. Fessenden Meserve of V as'i ington. D. C, to Nicolas de Easily, councilor of the Russian embassy r p- rpsenting Attmiral Kolchak. head of the Omsk government in Paris. RECOfJXITIOX EXPECTED SOOX Action by Powers ill Behalf of Rus sia Held Likely. WASHINGTON Oct. 19. (Special.) The evacuation of Petrograd. sec ond stronghold of the bolsheviki, will hasten th recognition of an all Russian government by the United States and allied nations. Inasmuch as General Denikine, the l.cssack commander in southeastern Russia, and General Yudenitch, com mander of the Russian white army advancing on Petrograd. both adhere to the government at Omsk, de facto lecosrnition is expected to be extend d to Admiral Kolchak. Some time ai?o the head of the Omsk jrovernment convened a council of tne Russian zemstvos at Omsk to work out pli-ns for the election of a special assembly, which would rep resent all sections of Russia so far as possible under the disturbed con diti'ms which prevail. With the collapse of the bolshevik government, it is anticipated that the scope of the elections will be extend ed in order that a gerral assembly actually representing all sections of Kutsia may be chosen at the earliest practicable date. Tills assembly will determine the future form of the Russian govern ment. The Ukraine diplomatic representa- and Mrs. J. C. Sears of Ottawa. Four of the premier's supporters have been returned unopposed, including two members of his cabinet. POLICE BRING JOHNSON r EX-COXVICT, CHARGED WITH Ml'RDER, DUE HERE TODAY. Man Causlit in Alaska and Accused or Killing V. C. T, U. Work er Here, Faces Trial. Clarence Johnson, ex - convict, ar rested in Nome. Alaska, charged with the murder of Mrs. Eunice w. Free S. C. Pandolfe, head of the Pan Motor company of St. Cloud, Minn., and 12 other officials and promoters of the company, on charges of conspiracy to use the mails In a scheme to de fraud, will open in Federal Judge Landls' court tomorrow. Sale of stock in the company forms the basis of the charges. In the Indictments, which were re turned several months ago, it is al-'l leged by the government that more than 60.000 persons bought stock amounting to $7,000,000 in the Pan company and only $3,000,000 in as sets remain. LABOR IN EAST STODIED to hear. It seems to me that the in dustrial situation Is of the utmost im ' portance at this time and perhaps I ' may be able to furnish fair and I strictly neutral information that will MRS. SEXX WRITES OF PROG-be of benefit in Oregon." I Mrs. Senn also writes that she Is HESS IX INVESTIGATION. i going to Washington, f. C. when she J completes her investigation of the sit- luation in Boston. She will make some Instructor of University Extension inquiries there as to Industrial condi tions, after whlrh she will go to Chi Classes nans to laik on Industrial I'nrest. KING MEETS NAVAJO CHIEF (Continued From Flrt Page.) gave exhibitions in horsemanship. One . prominent W. C. T. U. and" prison of 'h.e features was a horseback reform worker of Portland, arrived in Seattle yesterday in custody of Port land police officers and will be brought to this city today. quadrille and another was the mas tery of bucking bronchos. Klnic Rides on F.nKioe. The king rode on the engine from The message announcing Johnson's 1 Thoreau. JJ. M.. to Lacuna. N. M.. arrival at the Puget Sound port was distance of about 50 miles. At the sent to Chief of Police Johnson by Grand Canyon. Brakeman L. H. Cock Inspector John Uoltz and Patrolman rum had his leg badly smashed while R. Phillips, who went to Alaska to coupling cars. He was visited by bring the confessed murderer back fori bcth the king and queen In the bag gage car. The king decorated Cock- Mrs. Freeman was slain by blows I rum with the order of Leopold II and on the head, the tragedy taking place later the king and queen visited 'he In her home at 424 Fourth street I car. but learned that Cockrum had August 15 during the absence of her I been taken to a hospital at Winslow, That she has been successful in In terviewing prominent men connected with the recent labor disturbances in Boston, -including the police strike, and that she will have much Informa tion to Impart td the people of Port land and the state upon her return here late this month, is the statement of Mrs. Helen Miller Senn,- widely known club woman and member of the faculty of the University of Ore gon. "I have been attending meetings, even 'closed' ones." writes Mrs. Senn to Portland friends, "and have Inter viewed many prominent people here in Boston, including policemen who struck and policemen whovdtd not strike. . I have met prominent labor leaders and also a number of well known conservative business and pro fessional men. What I am trying to do is to gather at first hand all pos sible impartial information on the causes of the labor difficulties and hope upon my return to be able to impart these to any who may care for the central library, are due to open the last week in October, but she will he here a few days prior. John Mc.Mally Buried at Chehalis. CHEHALIS. Wash.. Oct. 19. (Spe cial.) The funeral of John McMalley, aged 86 years, whose death occurred Friday night, was held here today. Rev. T. Davis Acheson officiating. A cago for a few days and then come on daughter. Mrs. O. H. Ruggles. sur- to Portland. Her clauses, scheduled ! vives. son. The implement used was a sec-I Ariz. tion of gaspipe. The murderer had The special train of the royal party stirffed a loose gag of rags, in the I arrived here at 2:45 this afternoon mouth of his victim. Suspicion was directed to Johnson. and was met by a reception commit tee headed by Governor O. A. Larra- formerly a San Quentin convict, whose I zclp. Following introductions the parole Mrs. Freeman had obtained I governor presented the king with a and who had for some time been a I beautiful and unique souvenir, con- boarder at her home. Though Mrs. I slstiig of a pouch of deerskin. In Freeman was 58 years of age and I which was placed a portfolio of 30 Johnson 28 years, there was evidence I photographs of Nw Mexico scenery. that he had at one time professed a I The pouch is made in primitive Indian sentimental attachment for her. John-I style by Indian workmen. son disappeared on the day of thel The special train left here at 6:45 crime, leaving: a note which said that 1 P. M. for the east he had crone to Mexico. For snmn weeks prior to the murder the suspect I Only One "BBOMO QUININE" had boarded at another residence. 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