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- , L . . r-' tttt: ?ro"Rvrvr oi?r:noNTAX, roxDAT, juxt: 21, v 1920 OF IMPERIAL POTENTATE OF ALL SHKINEDOM WELCOMED TO MECCA. TWO SLAIN IN RIOT -OVER BURNING FLAG U.S. OFFICES URGED Revision of Appropriation Methods Also Wanted. Race Clash at Chicago Is Laid to Agitators. pet1 b .-p it?? REFORMS ARE SUGGESTED SEVERAL ARE WOUNDED 4 4 Assistant Secretary Roosevelt, In Letter to Representative Ire land, Makes Snggesitons. Police Reserve Are Rushed to Scene and Restore Order Be fore Disturbance Spreads. . - '- t REORGANIZATION ' I E t ' ' h -i II -t 1 . . 1 . " .1 H : '.! X ..'3 WASHINGTON, June 20. -Revision of the present methods of making appropriations and redistribution of the work of the various executive de partments are recommended by As sist Secretary Roosevelt In a letter to Representative Ireland, republican, Illinois, which was made public to day at the navy department. Mr. Roosevelt wrote In reply to an Inquiry from Mr. Ireland as to wheth er any reorganizations, reforms or consolidations could be .made la the navy department, the assistant sec retary did not confine himself to that department. He recommended that congress: "Create a true budget system, not the small beginning already at tempted. Adequate Salaries Urged. "Consolidate the appropriations In one general committee, with sub-committees to deal with Beparate sub jects. "Put into law the general principles recommended by the reclassification committee's report, together with the authorization of adequate salaries to government employes. "Invite a conference with the ex ecutive branch of the government, looking to a reclassification and re distribution of the work of the de partments. "Give, by law, greater authority to the heads of the executive depart ments in conducting their executive business, at the same time holding these heads more directly responsible for the successful administration of their work." Mr. Roosevelt said that the entire system of relationship which exists between congress and the executive department is fundamentally wrong. "After seven years down here In an executive position," he continued, "I cannot help the conclusion that our governmental methods are cumber some and wasteful. I am equally frank in telling you that I think the first Improvement must come in what is after all the source Of government al activities, 1. e., the legislative branch. "I hope you will not take It as a criticism of any individual or this particular congress when I call at tention to the very unwieldy, inade quate, and unbusinesslike methods under which the public and senate of the United States conduct their business. . "For instance, the navy department has to go before the naval affairs committee for its main appropriation, it also has to go before the appropri ations committee for the money to run the force in Washington, and I can cite numerous Instances where the department has fallen between the two fires of the two committees." REED CONTEST IS UKELY (Continued From First Page.) would, create an issue of equal im portance to any state contest. National Chairman Homer S. Cum Kings, Vice-Chairman J. Bruce Krem er. National Treasurer W. W. Marsh of Iowa and National Committeeman Norman E. Mack of New York, headed a party which tried out the acoustics of the auditorium yesterday. After the test, which they said was entirely successful, it was announced that the plan to use annunciators of the type used throughout the Chicago conven tion would be abandoned except for rollcalls and other routine. The for mal speeches, in view of the improved acoustics, could be heard without any device, it was announced. ATTITUDE OF COX IS DECRIED Prohibition Leader Declares Presi dential Aspirant Is "Wet." WASHINGTON, June 20. With the declaration that "all hi friends ad- i mlt that he stands for a beer and ; wine amendment," Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel for the Anti-Saloon league, today asserted that Governor ; Cox of Ohio "cannot sidestep the . charge that he is the wet candidate for president." The beer and wine amendment, ac- cording to Mr. Wheeler, is a direct attack upon the eighteenth amend ment because it attempts to repeal the latter through enactment of a law which prevents Its enforcement. "Mr. Cox has been elected governor , of Ohio by deceiving the people as to his attitude on this question," Mr. Wheeler's statement continued. "Ho , even deceived Mr. Bryan through two campaigns when he stumped the state for him. but the dry democrats in . Ohio and the nation will not be mis led." 5 KILLED AND 110 HURT (Continued From First Page.) Into their own locality. In their re ' treat the latter fired into the Ma sonic hall, the windows of which were broken. The unionists posted small groups at vantage points and ' kept ' up a continuous tire. Here Edwin ' Price was Killed as he entered the doorway of the Diamond hotel, where he lived. The bullet entered his abdo men, pierced a two-inch door and fi nally became Imbedded In a wall. Price served with an ambulance corps in the Ulster division through out the war, having oome from Amer . lea to enlist. He was waiting an op portunity to return. The military arrived In the center of the city at about 11 o'clock and an armored car was moved to Bishop s . Gate, whereupon the rioting subsided, although occasional shots were still heard. The unionists left the neigh borhood singing and cheering. There were scenes of wild disorder also in Waterloo place, a Protestant section, where nationalists for a couple of hours stopped and exam . lned all persons who attempted to , pass. Many shots were fired indis criminately and several persons were Injured. Automobiles were also stop ' ped and the occupants were dragged from the cars and searched. This mob wrecked a number of chops and appropriated their con tents. Flames burst from the drap ery store of James Moore, a unionist. The fire brigade arrived with a num ber of volunteers, some of whom were held up and relieved, of their revol vers. The troops were withdrawn from the streets at 4:0 Sunday morning. After their departure another man was shot. .fi . J i Flashllsfct photograph taken at anion pcrini kiuic m. mjm, inuiinou. puironic 01 tuaer tempw) mayor mxeri vranic B. urait, chairman Kendrlck. RULER REACHES MECCA HAND SOME CHARIOT IS GIVEN TO ALLAH'S AXXOIXTED. Imperial. Potentate Kendrick Mar vels at Decorations Com mandmentt Are Issued. (Continued From first Page.) clothea wearers of the scarlet fez would plow through the crowds. Flashlight powdera flashed as a battery of cameramen aimed ot the reception committee and honored guests. The brief parade through the principal- streets of the city was a continuous ovation for the leader of the faithful. Onlookers were not sat isfied to allow him to remain seated, demanding that He rise to his feet and return .their wild applause. Original plans called for the pres ence of-the. imperial potentate at the revel of the jesters last night, but the heat of the desert and the swaying of the camels on the long pilgrimage had so tired the prophet of Allah that he waved aside the proffered enter tainment, clapped his hands-and bid his servants erect his tent beneath the fronded palms, close by the fonts of Zem-Zem in the oasis of the prom ised land. GEMS ON MAYOR'S FEZ MR. BAKER IS ASTOUNDED AT GIFT FROM AF1FI. Word "Al Kader" Composed Solely of Diamonds With Large Ruby at Hilt .of Scimitar. Mayor Baker 1s the wearer today Of an amasing Al Kader fes, pre sented to him by Afifl temple, of Tacoma yesterday. The entire . fez Is studded with scores of diamonds and is valued at 2500. The word "Al Kader" is composed solely Of diamonds, while the scimi tar Is outlined with the valuable gems, at Its hilt a large ruby ap pearing. - Mayor Baker was literally as tounded at the gift and as he han dled It failed, perhaps for the first time in his life, to know what to say. He tried to give utterance to words, but as he looked at the valuable token, said to be more valuable than the diamond-studded fez worn by Imperial Potentate Kendrick, he was able only to stammer. The presentation was made, on be half of Afifl. by W. E. Barnum, ex- major U. S. A- who built Camp Lewis and who Is in charge of the glgantio excursion at which Afifl will be host to the imperial repre sentatives and divan on an excursion to Alaska, and by Majof. John, C. Manning. ' PR0PIT CASE POSTPONED U. S. Supreme Court Justice With holds Decision. -CANTON, O., June 20 Justice Will- lam R. Day, associate justice of the United States supreme court, an nounced that it probably would be several days before he would make a ruling on the hearing of an applica tion for a restraining order enjoin ing Attorney-General Palmer from proceeding with the prosecution of the alleged profiteering cases against C. A. Weed & Co. and the Schulsbach company, Buffalo, N. Y.. clothiers. Arguments In the hearing were con cluded today. Attorney H. S. Mitchell, special as sistant to the attorney-general, in his final argument said that to grant the Injunction would hamper investiga tion Into alleged profiteering and tie the hands Of the district attorneys throughout the country. FUN STIRS ALL PORTLAND (Continued From First Page.) ordinarily quiet Sunday hours into a carnival of hilarity and noise. Within an hour, reports of the fes tivities had reached the uttermost Portland homes and many thousands swarmed into the streets. Up and down the main streets they paraded. kinging, laughing, happy. Up in the festival blocks, a band would begin a lilting air, then someone would start a rollicking song! and 1000-or 2000 would Join in the chorus. .. - "" The A! Koran chanters stopped many a pretty Portland maiden. Her . they selected from the crowd depot. Read in K from left to rlsjhtt and, despite all protests, surrounded her. To her they sang, salaaming deeply. Then, with many an ode, they danced around her, passing on quickly to some other bewildered miss. It was all in the jolliest kind of fun and none could take exception. Hella's olive drab band, composed of overseas men, attracted many an admiring eye. The lights of the streets east a witchery on the scene and there was none who wandered throughout the city who did not declare that never In the entire history of the Shrine had there been such a lovely betting for the- Imperial conclave. STREETCAR TRIPS FREE shrixers wili be takex to points of interest. Automobiles for Columbia River Highway Will Begin Leav ing at 2 P. M. Free street- car trips through the city for Shriners began yesterday afternoon, accommodating nearly 1000 visitors. Today the cars will begin operating at 9 o'clock, continuing each half hour from the Multnomah hotel until noon. At 2 p. M. the cars will resume operation, continuing until 4:30 o'clock. The cars, operated under the direc tion of Noble H. D. Hunt of Al Kader temple, will start from the Third street side of the Multnomah hotel with cars passing Hotels Hoyt, Ben son. Oregon and Imperial for pas sengers. Street cars will leave the Multhd man hotel at 2 o'clock this afternoon and call at all Broadway hotels for Shriners who wish to visit the Eastern & Western sawmill, one of the largest plants of its kind in the world. Autompbiles for the Columbia river highway" are scheduled to leave, be ginning at 9 o'clock, from the auto mobile headquarters, Sixth and Yam hill streets, near the Hotel Portland. Coupon tickets covering this trip, as well as the luncheon on the highway, will be issued by the committee at the starting- station. Arrangements have also been made for the showing of Portland to Shrin visitors over the "Arrow boulevard routes." These routes, carefully se lected, will show the visitors the best of Portland residential sections. The "arrow trip" automobiles will leave Sixth and Yamhill streets from 1 to 2:30 o'clock today. This trip consumes 2 hours' time. HIGHWAY IN BAD SHAPE Chuck Holes In Cowlitz County Cause Trouble for Motorists. The Pacific highway between Seat tle and Portland is in even worse condition than it has been pictured. aceordhrg to L. E. Warford of Seattle, who arrived here last night after a 12-hour automobile Journey from the north. Of 30 cars that left Seattle this morning, he says, only eight have managed . to get through without trouble. " The others are stranded somewhere along the road. Most of the trouble is encountered on the detour between Olequa ferry and Castle Rock, along the west side of the Cowlitz river, says Mr. War ford. The mud has pretty well dried out, he explains, but has left ruts and chuckholes so deep that pans and spare tires on cars drag and it Is al most Impossible to get clearance, "The highway is in an unbelievably bad condition for a main highway," said Mr. Warford, "and the condition of this detour is little short of a dis grace to Cowlits county, which could fill up these ruts and chuckholes with a few well-distributed loads of gravel. As it is, the highway is almost Im possible to- travel. I advise any mo torists who may be Intending to travel it not. to do so. but to save themselves grief and take the train. "ThiB condition of the highway is especially to be deplored, as many Shriners had been Intending to motor from Portland to Seattle after the convention here." - . Youth With Revolver Arrested. Harry Duval, 18, was arrested last night at Twelfth and Columbia streets by Patrolmen Slmpkins and Forken and charged with carrying concealed weapons. iie nau a .as-callber re vol VP r. which Tnaneotni. Viu. ri . i fied as the property of Frank Bpada TTillorltilli ( r 1 robbed June 13. Ralph DeLaehmuU, wno was witn uuvai, was charged wim vagrancy. S. & H. green stamps for cash. Holman Fuel Co. Main 3S3, 660-21. Adv. Read The Oreffonlan classified, ads, t - - . ' 1 rt 11 W. J. Hofmain. general chnlrman f PREMIERS EYE TURKEY DISCUSSION MADE PARAMOUNT BY VENIZEIiOS OF GREECE. Greeks told Xo Responsibility Will Be Assumed if Boundaries of Treaty Are Violated. . HTTHE, Eng., June 20. (By the Associated. Press.) While, the ques tion of German reparations was the ostensible .reason for the hurriedly arranged meeting here of the French and British premiers, the Associated Press - is . authoritatively -Informed that the Turkish situation' thrust it self Into the" forefront oftheir dis cussions today. The experts on the indemnity, after long consideration, were ready to present their advice. The Greek premier, Venizelos, how ever, who was anxious o safeguard the Greek, gains through lh.e .treaty, appeared upon the scene last night. He called on' Mr.. Lloyd George and M. Millerand at this morning's con ference prepared to act In behalf of the allies in repressing the activities of Mustap'ha Kemal Pasha, Turkish nationalist leader. It is learned that M. Venizelos con tended that the ten Greek divisions already in the Thrace and Smyrna districts, constitute the only force im mediately available for effective operations against the Turks but In sisted that these operations shall be confined " purely to defensive meas ureaV'Tfis recalled'' that "the allies in asking the Greeks to occupy Ana tolia exacted the promise that they not operate beyond the' peace treaty boundaries. It is understood that M. Venizelos today met with allied refusal to as sume any responsibility should the Greeks exceed this limitation,- but the -refusal was softened by -the as surance that there was no intention on the part of Great Britain or France to- advocate modification of the Turkish treaty. " Premier Venizelos will proceed with Premiers Lloyd-George and Millerand to Boulogne, where the six-nation conference will begin to morrow. - Soma -light may be thrown on the Persian negotiations at London at the Boulogne conference. This is indicated by the fact that Edward F. Wise, who represents Great Brit ain in the economic councils dealing with-M. Krassin, the bolshevik min ister of trade and commerce, was present at the afternoon conference of the premiers. In the morning. Premier Venizelos had a conference with Field Marshal Sir Henry H. Wilson, chief of the British Imperial staff, and Marshal Fooh. The execution of the Turkish treaty was discussed and it is be lieved that most of ths proposals Submitted by M. Venizelos were approved. An official statement issued tonight disclosed that the discussions had to do entirely with Germany. The state ment says that the French govern ment accepted the suggestion of Great Britain that the rate at which Ger many was-carrying out the clauses of the Versailles treaty relating to dis armament was profoundly unsatisfac tory. The two governments therefore agreed to recommend to the inter allied conference at Boulogne that their military advisers should be in structed to submit proposals aiming at acceleration oi tne execution oi the clauses of the treaty dealing with German armaments, men and material. MULE DIES OVER VERDICT Object of Six Years of Litigation Lost Also by Victor. CHICAGO, 111., "June 20. (Special.) Scientists have said that one of th rarest objects In nature's processes Is a dead mule. One can be seen la Wau kegan now. He was the subject of $5000 worth of litigation for six years. The principals were James Doyle and John Morris. Morris lost Judgment for $1000 and costs, the money and mule to go to Doyle. Just as Judgment was entered the mule fell dead. BISHOP SUMNER SPEAKS Portland 31 an Delivers Sermon to Graduating Class. SEATTLE. June 20. CSpecial.) Asserting that eyery man is a super man, his superlative qualities subject to his own determination for develop ment. Bishop Walter Taylor Sumner of Portland delivered the baccalaure ate address of inspiration and guid ance to the graduating class ofthe University of Washington at Meany hall. Sunday morning. The programme In-the assembly hall was preceded 1y the academic procession of faculty aasciass in cap and gown from the 1 111 oTpj conveatlon W. Freeland Kendrtek, Im- of rtecoratlosu committee, and Mr a. gymnasium and was witnessed by an audience that filled the hall. The processional, Gaston Borch's "Festival March." was played by the university orchestra. After the grad uating class had filed into its reserved section in 'the fore part of the as sembly hall, and the faculty In acad emic garb, bordered with ermine and colored, velvet indicative of scholastic attainment, had occupied seats on the rostrum, the scriptural passage was read by ' Sean Herbert T. Condon. Rossini's "Pro Peccatis" was sung by Phileas Goulet. Education, loyalty and action, the third actuated In the spirit of the first two, were cited as the requisites of citizenship by Bishop Sumner. . GREAT CROWDS COMING DOUBLE BANDS EXPECTED OF ANY FORMER SESSION. Three Times as Many Women, Are "'Expected as at Any Previous Shrine Convention. - "From -my personal experience at the Seattle convention In 1915 I can say without fear of contradiction that the Portland housing committee has already reserved rooms for 285 per cent more people than attended the entire Seattle convention in 1915. "There will be nearly twice aa manv bands here as ever attended any ether convention. "Three times as many women are nere or on their way as ever attended any other Shrine convention. The decorations are the most won derful 1 have seen In mv 15 vea.ru on ine imperial divan. The largest delpe-aflnn will t Tacoma, where Afifi la bringing three special trains, one each day. -all loaded to the guards. -They are oomtng as fast as the equipment can be hauled to Tacoma and are filling all regular trains In addition." These were Comments from KlUa Lewis Gatretson, deputy imperial po- .c.imie, wno in Portland becomes Im perial potentate. . , Noble Garretson made his unofficial entry into Portland yesterday. Of ficially he arrives today when Afifi's 60-man band. Aberdeen's mtrrhinr club of 100 members, two Afifi patrols. xa.Kimas inaian patrol and the Van couver, Wash., Arab patrol will escort him to his headquarters at the Mult nomah hotel. He was present during the presentation to Mayor Baker of the diamond-studded fes. . Biauiii, CHO, Holman Fuel Co. Main 25. 5(0-21. Adv. Read The Oregonian classified ads. That four million people attended Elllson-Whlte Chautauquas and Lyceum Courses during 1919 in Canada. Australia. New Zealand and the United States. ELLISON-WHITE MUSIC" LYCECtt-' CKftOTftOQOAS vnoen Ttmee fiags-cm two ticrtispttcecs , PORTLAND CALGARY AUCKLAND, MEW ZEALAflO Great Midyear Clearance Sale Beautiful new. pianos and player t5anos none fine, made. - - All included at a bona fide 20 disccunt. y - Eilers Music Building 1 7 stories devoted to music and musicians.- " P Entrance 287 Washington St., bet. 4th and 6th Sts. CHICAGO, June Stf.-Riotiftg in the Chicago "black belt" tonight that cost the lives of two white men, the shoot ing of two .others and injuries to an unknown number was not a recur rence of race rioting, police said late tonight. It'was brought about by the plot of radical agitators. In that connection the police Sought a white an who called himself "Jonah" and two negroes, father and son, the elder calling himself "the great Abyssin ian." The shooting began when a negro policeman attempted to arrest "the great Abyssinian" after he had burned an American flag and was about to apply a match to a second flag, ac cording to late police reports, Kegro Be-a;ln Shooting-. The negro "leader fired four bul lets into the policeman's body and the shooting became general when five sailors on leave from the Great Lakes naval - training station rushed to the policeman's aid. As the parade disbanded several of the negroes gathered about the flag, set fire to it and then opened fire on It with revolvers. Several sailors, and negroes are said to have rushed from nearby poolhalts and remonstrated with the Abyssinian. Joseph P. Owens, a negro policeman, attempted to arrest one of them and was shot through the back. Whether Owens fired first is not known, but a volley of shots fol lowed his attempt to arrest the negro. R. L. Rose, a sailor of J company. 15th regiment. Great Lakes training station, was shot through the heart, and Joseph Hoyt, a sigar dealer, Who rushed from his store when he heard the shots, was shot through the head, both dying instantly. Owens' condi tion Is critical. Version' Generally Accepted. This version is the one generally accepted by the police, but negro witnesses Say that the insult to the flag was. caused by a group-of sail ors jeering the paraders, and that the flag burning was meant as a defi ance to the sailors personally, and not as an Insult to the country. Hardly had the first shot been fired when many of the parading ne groes rushed to a nearby automobile and grabbed rifles which were cached there, according to reports to the po lice. Within a few moments more than a thousand negroes had gath ered. Police lines were formed and after an hour or two the district, which was the scene of rioting a year ago, in which more than 30 whites and negroes were killed, was quiet. ' Flag; Tossed lata Boat Ire. A- bonfire - was started in the mid dle of the street. Then some one tossed an American flag In the fire. A throng of negroes and whites gathered. A party of jackles pushed Its way to the fire, . indignant at the burning of the flag. They triad to recover the flag. James B. ' Owens, a negro policeman, ran in brandish ing his revolver. There was a volley of shots. A jackle fell dead and Policeman Owens was stretched on the street with a bullet through his abdomen. The crowds ran for shel ter. Lying not far from the blue Jacket was Joseph Hoyt, 69, a salesman, who was killed by the volley that killed the. sailor. Abysslataas la Parade. The police investigators asserted that "the back to Africa" paraders were Abyssinians and carried a flag of green and yellow. The persons re sponsible for burning the American flag have not been arrested. Two hundred policemen are guard ing the district. The jackles charge the members of the "back to Africa" clan with burning the flag. There were threats, of vengeance by the whites. The police are taking precaution to stop rioting and sniping. According to the statements of In spectors, the parading negroes dis banded and gathered in a circle around an American flag, which they set on fire. After it had burned a little they stamped on It and then several drew revolvers and began firing at It. - Police declared tonlgnt , that they probably never would know the exact For the Bride No Better Gift Than a Victor VICTROLA Today no home, be it elaborate . or ever so humble, is without a VICTROLA. It provides enter tainment, harmony and dance music at all times with no effort and little expense. We have Victrolas from $25 to $1500 and sell them on very convenient payment terms. Sherman,, May &Ga Sixth and Morrison Streets Portland (Opposite Postoffice) Seattle Tacoma Spokane number Wounded. Several were car ried off by friends, it was said, for the parading negroes disappeared rapidly after the first shots. 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