?roNT.v ALLIED Ai GERMAN OF it does let's see to it that our own indifference does not let the history of 1917 and 1918 repeat tself. Let as see that the horrors of war are not multiplied, the cost in lives and treas ure increased many-fold by lack of any definite military policy. The only real guarantee of the boon of permanent peace is to keep the coun try fit and ready for its own prompt defense." T REPUBLICAN NOMINEE ACKNOWLEDGING GREETINGS OF CROWD. fr fK vr;ifi OREGON RUBBED 1 ll Ml FINES TRADITIONS Meeting Is First Since Treaty Was Signed. SPLIT ON INDEMNITIES Teuton Chancellor and Associates Ready to Refuse Demands They Consider Unjust. SPA. Belgium. July 4. (By the Associated Press.) The allied and German prime ministers are here to meet each other for direct negotia tions for the first time since the Versailles treaty was signed. The probability of reaching an agreement on the total sum of repa rations Germany is to pay appears slight. The allied premiers will com municate their collective decisions to Konstantin Fehrenbach. the German chancellor. He and his associates affirm they are prepared to refuse demands which they consider beyond Germany's strength to meet. Herr Fehrenbach said tonight that he had nothing to add to his declara tions to the German parliament until after he had met the allied ministers, i Germany's resources and capacity to pay, he declared, were set forth in the memorandum given to the prin cipal allied governments. The conviction of the German dele gation as derived from another Ger man source is that, taking the mini mum unofficial reports of the equiva lent of $20,000,000,000 with interest or the maximum of $30,000,000,00 Germany will not agree to pay even half the lowest sum. Herr Fehrenbach was accompanied here by a score of high functionaries, 40 experts and secretaries. After being photographed Herr Fehrenbach motored with M. Rolin Jacquemyns to the Villa des Sour biers. The remainder of the delega tion went to the Annette hotel. Of the allied delegations which ar rived the British came first, the Bel gians second and the French third. HARDING ON WAY HOME REPUBLICAN NOMINEE MO TORS 2 00 MILES IN DAY. II r - l M I? f X s h 1 h I " ' v fa s - ; I ,'f 1. hz'&l! , N I - iVr? J m JL " - - ,T m II f , L - " " 5j li g ill 14 I z 'S t I -- "in - v , v s v - v - ill yi v - - - " ? ' -If vt 1 feritf -aSSff-f' '--a&&&Y'-& Adjutant-General White Says Someone Blundered. BRAVE SOLDIERS LAUDED Breaking Cp or 41st Infantry Di vision In War Held Penalty Paid for Unpreparedness. Photo Copyright by Underwood. WARREN G. HARDING. FROM PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN FOLLOWING HIS NOMINATION. Senator and Wire Have Dinner Willi Cousin at Washington, Pa. Zancsville, O., Is Reached. ZAXESVILLE. O.. July 4. After be ing on the road nearly 12 hours Sena tor Hiding, the republican candidate tor president, and Mrs. Harding reached here tonight from Cumber land en route to their home in Marion, O., by automobile. Today's trip, which covered more than 200 miles, was uneventful. Stop were made only in the town of Wash ington, fa., where the senator and Airs. Hurtling lunched with a cousin, Robert W. Parkinson Jr., an attorney, and at Wheeling, W. Va. Senator Harding was recognized repeatedly in the towns through which he passed. As the senator left his hotel at Cumberland, Md., toresume his jour ney after distributing new tl bills to hotel employes as tips, a crowM gathered to shake hands with him. "I'm for you, senator, but I can't vote yet," exclaimed one woman, as she grasped his hand. "1 am inclined to think you will," responded Senator Harding. At Wheeling several friends met him on the outskirts and escorted him to a local hotel, where an informal re ception was held lasting nearly 30 minutes. It was nearly dark when he reached Zancsville and but few persons knew of his arrival as announcement had not been made of his plan to spend the night here. Senator Harding indicated tonight that one of the first campaign speeches to be made by him away from home would likely be delivered at St. Louis, Mo. He said he had been asked to lay the cornerstone there on July 25th of a monument to be erected by the American Legion. ture American flags as a tribute to the United States on Independence day. Undaunted by the driving rain, the little tots, shouting "vive l'Amer ique," marched from the Place de la Concord to the Tuileries. Ambassador Wallace said it was a most impressive and touching manifestation. "The future of Francel ies in such children, the sons and daughters of the glorous soldiers who fought and died under the immortal leadership of Marshal Joffre and his successors, the ambassador declared in a short address. The annual cerertony at Lafayette's tomb in Picpus cemetery was held and wreaths placed on his tomb. Paris was decorated with French and American flags on all public buildings. The French Academy, which seldom is decorated, was ex tensively bedecked with the stars and stripes and the tri-color of France. JAPAN ACTS IN MASSACRE TOKIO DECIDES TO OCCUPY POINTS IX SIBERIA. Troops Will Not Be Withdrawn From Vladivostok Region Be cause of Menace to Corea. IN AUTO HELD MRS. R. L. HENRY ARRESTED AFTER COLLISION. PERSHING LAUDS LEGION DEEP DEBT OF GRATITUDE IS DECLARED OWED. General in Independence Day Ad dress Urges Freedom and Equality for All. WASHINGTON, July 4. General John J. Pershing, ex-commander-in- chief of the American expeditionary forces, in an Independence-day mes sage today to members of the Amer ican Legion and other fellow service men, said: "The anniversary of national inde pendence brings to our minds and hearts the obligations that rest upon us as a people. The sublime concep tion of our forefathers created upon this continent a hew nation founded upon human liberty, which they left for us to perpetuate and strengthen The spirit of consecration that en abled them to overcome in this great cause should be invoked that we in turn may transmit to posterity the sacred principles for which they fought. "To the men of the legion whose blood and sacrifices have proved their devotion we owe the deepest debt of gratitude and It is to them that we look for constant inspiration that our efforts to maintain forever a country where all men shall be free and equal may be supported by the same patri otism that gave them the victory in the great war. FRENCH TOTS HDHDH 0. S. 20.000 ORPHANS PAY TRIBUTE IN DRIVING RAIN. Wreaths Placed on Lafayette's Tomb; Paris Decorated With American Flags. PARIS, July 4. Twenty thousand orphans of France, whose fathers gave up their lives in the great war, filed past Hugh C. Wallace, the Amer ican ambassador, in the Tuilleries gardens this morning, dipping minia- Charges of Intoxication and Viola tion of Motor Law Charged; Man Said to Have Left Car. Mrs. R. L. Henry. 33, of 83 North Twenty-first street, was arrested last night by Patrolmen Maxwell, Simp kins and Case, and charged with be ing intoxicated and with violating the state motor law aftar her automobi.a had collided wit'i a machino driven by Mrs. C. Mashman. 989 D'visiou street, at East Thirty-third and Di vision streets. A man said to have been riding witti Mrs. Henry had left the scene of tha wreck when the po lice arrived. Mrs. Henry was sent to Good Sa maritan hospital to be treated for slight injuries. Tha charge of vio lating the motor law was filed against her because she claimed the mucnine in which she was riding, although the police records listed it as thj prop erty of John Summer. 3 East Thir tieth street. Mrs. Hazel Anacher was injured slightly in a collision between her husband's car and another machine on Foster road, one and one-half miles outside the city limits. She was taken to St. Vincent's hospital and her hus band. Jack Anacher, was taken to the county jail and held on a charge of being drunk. Mrs. Anacher suffered cuts about the head although her con dition is not considered serious. Mrs. Emma Konopka, 31, of Colum bia City. was injured slightly in a collision between her automobile and an Irvington-Jef ferson street car at Sixteenth and Jefferson streets. She was taken to St. Vincent's hospital. WASHINGTON, July 4. By the Associated Press.) Japan has decided to occupy such points of the province of Saghalien, Siberia, as it deemsj necessary pending the establishment there of a legitimate government and a satisfactory settlement for the massacre of 700 Japanese at Niko- laievsk. The government's decision was pub lished yesterday in the Official Ga zette at Tokio and at the same time announced by Premier Hara in his address at the opening of the special session of the Imperial diet. The premier also announced that Japanese troops would be withdrawn immedi ately from those districts of Siberia where their presence no longer was needed. JapaneS3 troops will not be with drawn from the Vladivostok region, however, the government holding that this stands on a different footing be cause Korea can be menaced from this direction. Many Japanese live there and Harbarovsk, within the region constitutes a point of strategic im portance on the way to Saghalien. Turks Evacuate Ismid. PARIS, July 4. (Havas) The Turkish Nationalists have evacuated Ismid. according to a dispatch from the Turkish capital today. Boise Barracks Now Hospital. BOISE, Idaho, July 4. (Special.) Boise barracks, established in this city in 1S65, have been converted into modern hospital for soldiers and Th j . patients are from Idaho, Oregon, sailors wounded in the war. There are 35 ex-service men in the hospital. Washington antd Montana. A Wonderful Medicine TRY this approved rem edy. Just the tonic for nervousness, eleeplessness, depressed feeling, loss of appetite, digestive troubles, brain fag, or alow recovery from influenza and kindred ailments. Atonic, alterative and diuretic for blood and nerve disorders. 9 MARSHFIELD. Or.. July 4. (Spe cial.) "Oregon was robned of her finest traditions in the world, war, of her rightful place in the sun. Thou sands of her sons were scattered to the four winds in France to fight among strangers and hundreds gave their lives under the standards of New England, Michigan and the regu lar army. All because someone blun dered." This charge was hurled at the American, high command in France to day by George A. White, adjutant general of the state of Oregon, in an address at the Independence day cele bration which marked the formal ded ication of the Marshfield armory. Denouncing the replacement sys tem as a blunder tnat caused the breaking up of the 41st infantry di vision in which the third Oregon. Ore gon cavalry, artillery and engineers went overseas. Colonel White said it was one of the penalties Oregon had to pay for the almost total lack of preparedness preceding the war. Oregon Record Secure. "Oregon's part in ending the Hbhen zollern dynasty is secure," the speak er said. "Oregon hit organized autoc racy a death blow and the courage of Oregon's men could not be hidden even when they were scattered to the four winds fighting under the ban ners ot eastern states and the regular army. Oregon was cited in army or ders by Lieutenant-General Liggett in the Meuse-Argonne when there was not a distinctly Oregon unit left intact on the line. "It was. the quality of the Oregon men, the quality of their manhood and courage, fighting as small groups and individuals, that won that recogni tion. But think of the rightful glory that would be Oregon's had her sons hit in one great division. Think of the comfort of these men had they fought shoulder to shoulder with their friends and fellow townsmen. Think of the comfort to the wounded and dying had they been among their own friends and neighbors with whom they went overseas. And then think that all that was . prevented simply because of a mistaken military policy, because someone blundered." Universal Training Desired. The speaker described as construc tive patriotism the action of the peo ple of Marshfield and Coos county in dedicating an armory on the Fourth of July, urging that they continue to back up the citizen soldiers of the community who were preparing them selves for possible service. At the same time, he said, congress had failed utterly to give the country constructive military policy based on the lessons learned through the world war. "It is only through a system of uni- versail training, a system that places equally upon the entire young man nooa or the land the burden of na tional defense, that we can ever hope to una real security, tie said, adding that perhaps congress had been pre vented from taking this action be cause of the autocratic spirit shown by the professional army class in the war. Armj Mast be Democratised. "The army must be democratized." Colonel White declared. The ma jority of the four million men who served in the war returned to their home dissatisfied with the spirit of the command. This country will never yield to militarism, to that autocratic spirit which was rampant throughout the war. Our professional officers have got to bring themselves in tune with the spirit of the country before tnv are to be entrusted with universal training. This is goins to be accomplished, for the army now realizes this fact. "It remains for every citizen to take something more than a passing In terest in things military. Tii.j day may come again, we all pray not. when the country will have to be turned over to the throes of var If FRANCE OBSERVES JULY 4 Independence Day Message Sent United States. PARIS, July 4. Independence-day greetings to the American people were cabled to President Wilson by Premier Millerand yesterday. The premier's cablegram said. In part: "July 4, the anniversary of the lib eration of a democracy dear to us, will be celebrated in our country like a national fete. In our universities and schools teachers will recall to the youth of France the significance of your independence and the spontane ous co-operation of France in this great event. "The government and people of France have already promised to ven erate as their own the Americans who died in France in 1917 and 1918. It is with the same thought that I bow before those who dred for indepen dence and send this friendly greeting to the American nation, to which the French democracy is attached by in dissoluble bonds of fraternal grati tude. GREETING SENT SAILORS Chairman Benson Outlines Task of Shipping Board. WASHINGTON. July 4. Chairman Benson of the shipping board in a Fourth of July greeting to employes of the board and sailors on govern ment-owned ships said that "the mis sion of this organization is the building of the American merchant marine." "This is a great and honorable task requiring its best efforts," the mes sage continued. "Let our work be such that the people of these United States will regard it with satisfaction for all time to come." The greeting was sent broadcast by wireless. SPOKANE HAS 37 FIRES All but Three Blazes in 2 4 Honrs Laid to Explosives. SPOKANE, Wash.. July 4. Thirty- seven fires, all in residence districts and all but three attributed to ex plosives, called out the Spokane fire department in the 24 hours ended at midnight. Aggregate damage was estimated at $25,000. 'EMPTY' REVOLVER KILLS Son of ex-Superintendent of Build ings at Seattle Victim. SEATTLE. Wash.. July 4. Eren feld Thompson, 18, snapping a re volver which he believed to be un loaded, shotand killed Harry John son, 18, son of J. A. Johnson, ex-city superintendent of buildings, at tt.e latter"s home tonight. Salaries Must Remain. CHEHALIS. Wash.. July 4. (Spe cial.) Lewis county officials will have to struggle along with $2000 salaries and tne county commission' ers $1500 each under the classifica tion just announced to County Audi tor Knight by the secretary of state, With the possible exception of Kitti tas county no county in the state has been changed In its classification as a result of the late census. Irish Demand Larkln's Release. DUBLIN, July 4 At a public meet ing today resolutions were adopted demanding the release of James Lar kin, head of the transport workers' union, who is serving a sentence in New York, having been found guilty of criminal anarchy. Mr. Baker Pays Tribute to Gorgas. WASHINGTON, July 4. Tribute to the life and achievements of Major General William C. Gorgas, who died in London, wat paid by Secretary Baker today. Workmen digging for tha new state :oc.d at Randolph, Mass., f jur.l some queer th.ngs that an old s-utler aid were a pair ot oxen s shoes, some- shiner which Is rare at present. 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Apply at Journal Building GDMPEHS EYES PLATFORM "TOO EARLY FOR COMMENT." SAYS IxABOR LEADER. tended the convention will shortly is sue & statement setting forth labor's attitude toward the platform adopt ed." Mr. Gompers denied published re ports originating In San Francisco that he had commented adversely on the platform. Party Will Be Judged by What It lias Said and by Who Is Stand ard Bearer, Is View. SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., July 4. Samuel Gompers. president of the American Keredatlon of Labor, now en route to Washington, today tele graphed the Associated Press this comment on the platform adopted by the democratic national convention: "From the viewpoint of the present impending political campaign, it is too early to say anything regarding the declarations of the convention which is still in session. It will be judged by what it had declared and by whom it selects as its standard bearer. The delegation of the Amer ican Federation of Labor which at- MEW BRIDGE TO BE BUILT Structure to Be at a Point One Mile South of Crcswcll. EUGENE, Or.. Julv 4. (Special.) Motorists who drive tne Pacific high way through Lane county will be glad to learn that a new bridge will be built immediately at a point a mile south of Cresswell, where there exists at present a narrow, rickety wooden bridge. The new bridge will be of wood. 57 feet long and 20 feet wide, pat terned after plans approved by the state highway commission. Two Clubs to See Magician. Members of th Concordia and Tu alatin clubs and their friends will have the opportunity on Thursday evening of witnessing a performance by Malini. celebrated magician, who Is making a visit to Portland. The per formance will be given at the Con cordia club under the auspices of the two clubs and will be followed by lanrinf; and refreshments. 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