VOTj TiXT XO Entered at Portland (Oregon). '" 1jAJ- -'"" Postotflce as Second-Cars Matter. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1923 PRICE FIVE CENTS DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO BE INDEPENDENT MRS. STOKES WINS BRITAIN'S WAR DEBT MAY BE PAID SOON SMILINGLY IRISH CHANCELLOR'S MACE IS RECOVERED FIGHT FOR MILLIONS END TO VIOLENCE E REPARATIONS CUT AMERICAN MILITARY FORCES WILL BE WITHDRAWN. DOWER RIGHTS TO ESTATE ALLOWED BY COURT. PLANS ON FOR SETTLEMENT WITH UNCLE SAM. PRICELESS RELIC STOLEN RECENTLY IS FOUND. HARD ORDERS MR. CHAMBERLAIN SEES PORT NEEDS GERMANY TO GET DENIES RERD AT V V Official Strike Proclama tion Is Issued. QUIET SETTLEMENT URGED All Citizens Are Asked to Help Move Trains. RIGHT TO WORK CITED President Takes Position Men Can , Accept Jobs Well as Refuse Them. That WASHINGTON. D. C July 11. President Harding, in a proclama tion issued at the White House late tonight, directed "all persons to refrain from all interference with the lawful efforts to maintain inter state transportation and the carry ing of the United States mail." In the proclamation, which was issued after a day in which con tinued reports had reached the post office department of interference by railroad strikers with mail trains, the president invited the co-operation of all public authorities, state and municipal, and the aid of "all good citizens" to uphold the laws and to "facilitate those operations in safety which are essential to life and liberty, and the security of property and our common public welfare." Peaceful Settlement Asked. The peaceful settlement of con troversies between shopcraft em ployes and carriers was requested "in accordance with law and due re spect for the established agency for such settlement as essential to the security and wellbeing of Our people." The president took the position that men willing to maintain the operation of railroad trains in order to transport mail have the "same indisputable right to work that others have to decline to work." President Harding was occupied throughout the evening with the preparation of the proclamation, de laying his dinner one 'hour in order to go over the first transcript. He returned to the executive offices after dinner and remained there until the proclamation was made public, about 10:49 P. M. Labor Board If. S. Agency. The text of the proclamation fol lows: "A proclamation: "Whereas, the United States rail road labor board Is an agency of the government, created by law and charged with the duty of adjusting disputes between railroad operators and employes engaged in interstate commerce; and, "Whereas, the United States rail road labor board has recently handed down decisions, one affect ing the wage of the shop crafts em ployed, the other declaring the con tract system of shopcraft work without side agencies to be con trary to the intent of the transpor tation Sff anA fjin-afn.. u . 1. u..u. - ... uii; iudl OUUit practice must be discontinued; and, "Whereas, the shopcraft employes have elected to discontinue their work rather than abide by the de cision rendered, and certain opera tors have ignored the decision or dering the abandonment of the con tract shop practice; and, Right to Work Is Cited. "Whereas, the maintenance and operation of railroads in interstate commerce and the transportation of United States mails have necessi tated the employment of men who choose to accept employment under the terms of the decision and who have the same indisputable right to work that others have to decline work; and, "Whereas, the peaceful settle ment of controversies in accordance with law and due respect for the es tablished agencies of such settle ment are essential to the security and well being of our people. "Now, therefore, I, Warren G. Harding, president of the United States, do hereby make proclama tion, directing all persons-to refrain from al interference with the law fur efforts to maintain interstate transportation and the carrying of the United States mails. Supremacy of Law Urged. "These activities and the main tained supremacy of the law1 are the first obligation of the government and all the citizenship of our coun try. Therefore, I invite the co operation of all public authorities, state and municipal, and the aid of all good citizens to uphold the laws and to preserve the public peace and to facilitate those operations in safety which are essential to life and liberty and the security of property and our common public welfare. . . "In witness whereof I have here unto set my hand and caused the -Seal of the United States to be af fixed. "Done at the city of Washington this eleventh day of July, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two and of the (Continued on Page 2, Column L) Stale Department at Washington Lays Plans for. Provisional Government as First Step. WASHINGTON, D. C, July 11. The state department announced to day that a tentative programme for evacuation of Santo Domingo b American military forces had been agreed upon with a group of Do minican leaders who have been in Washington some months on their own initiative in conference with department officials. The pro gramme will be carried out, the statement said, "as soon as it can be ascertained whether it meets with the approval of a majority of the Dominican people." A summary of , the programme provides, first, for establishment of a provisional government composed of Dominican citizens, which will conduct general elections "without the intervention" of American au thorities for installation of a sub sequent permanent government. The present American military gov ernment will delegate to the pro visional government necessary ad ministrative powers to cary out its purposes. Under the' plan executive depart ments of the Dominican republic will be turned over to the cabinet ministers to be appointed by the provisional president, and officials now in charge of such departments will aid the provisional secretary. "No payment will be made by the department of finance except in ac cordance' with the provisions of the budget, but any necessary item of expenditure not provided for, in the budget will be appropriated by the provisional government in agree ment with the military govern ment," the statement said. After installation of the provis ional government the American mil itary forces will be concentrated in two or three centers, leaving the task of maintaining order to the Dominican national police, except where the police may be unable to cope with the situation. GORKY APPEAL-INDORSED Anatole Prance Joins in Plea for Russian Socialists; (Copyright. 1922, by the New York World. Published by Arrangement.) PARIS, July 11. (Special. Cable.) Anatole France has replied to 1 Maxim Gorky's appeal to him to intercede in behalf of the Russian socialists imprisoned in Moscow with the following -letter: "I regret I am insufficiently in formed on the affair about which you write and have been unable to follow the trial of the revolution ary socialists, now proceeding at Moscow. "Like you, however, I believe the men in question have in their time faithfully served the cause of lib eration for the Russian people. Like you, I believe their condemnation will weigh heavily on the destinj of the soviet republic. With all my heart, dear Gorky, I join in the ap peal which you make to the soviet government." ; AUTOIST, ASLEEP, KILLED F. M. Bethune, Reported as Port land Man, Victim of Accident. LOS ANGELES, July 11. F." M. Bethune of Portland, Or.; fell asleep at the wheel of his automobile today and was crushed to death beneath the car when it plunged over a 15 foot Cliff Of! thu BiHp-o Rnnta noo National Forest inn, according to I word received at the sheriffs of fice here tonight. Two youths rid ing with him were only slightly injured. The name of F. M. Bethune does not appear in the city or telephone directory. Other Bethunes residing here do not know the Bethune men tioned in the dispatch. GROCERY STORE HELD UP $5 5 Is Taken by Two Men, Who Intimidate Three Persons. The grocery store of W. H. Roy, 1 Enst Twenty-eighth street North, was held up and robbed of $55 short ly before 11 o'clock last night. The job was done by two men, one weighing about 180 pounds and the other 130. The larger man held a revolver on Roy, his wife and a customer, while the smaller went to the cash register and removed the cash. The pair drove away in a small red bug. Motorcycle Patrolman Giddings rode past the store just after the holdup, was hailed by Roy, and gave chase, but the bug had disappeared. WARD OUT ON BAIL Application to Dismiss Murder Indictment Is Denied. . WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., July 11. Supreme Court Justice Seeger late today denied an application of Wal ter S. Ward, wealthy baker's son, for dismissal of the first degree murder indictment charging him with the slaying of Clarence Peters, an ex-sailor. - Justice Seeger, however, ordered Ward released in $50,000 bail, holding- there were several circum stances in connection with the case which made it seem unfair that 1 Ward be held in prison to wait trial . next October. - -- : Others Holding Hearing Also Believed Won. SHIPPERS EXPECT RELIEF U. S. Sub-Committee Mem bers Leave City. TERMINAL 4 IS VISITED More Data Presented Later at Banquet Tendered to Board Officials. Portland's emphatic stand .for the allocation of more shipping board fleet vessels with which to carry on its trade with the far eastern countries, as. announced at the hear ing conducted by a subcommittee of the board Monday, is believed to have had an appreciable effect, and shippers believe relief will be af forded. It is regarded as certain that i strong impression was made on the committee. In fact George E. Cham berlain, chairman of the committee, said yesterday that he thought the need for additional tonnage, as pre sented at the session, had also im pressed his associates, Admiral W. S. Benson and Meyer Lissner. "I am inclined to believe that the hearing has made a most favorable impresion on the committee and that the members appreciate the needs of Portland," he said. More Data Gathered. During the day more information was gathered by the committee on the port situation.' In the morning terminal No. 4 was visited by the party, which was accompanied by Frank M. Warren, president of the Port of Portland commission, and Phil Metschan of. the commission G. B. Hegardt, chief of engineers of the commission of public docks; J. N. Teal," who represented the c&am-l ber of commerce at the hearing; H. L. Hudson, manager of the port's joint traffic bureau, and Charles Gerry, attorney-examiner for the in terstate commerce commission. ' Later the shipping board mem bers were guests of shipping inter ests at lunch, where much that had a bearing on section 2S of the mer chant marine act was discussed, as well as the present tonnage situa tion at Portland. Party Leaves for Seattle. , Members of the committee with Mr. Gerry, also Clifford W. Smith, secretary of the shipping board; Mr. Hudson and Mr. Teal, left for Seattle last night, as a hearing on section 28 is to be conducted there today. The Portlanders are interested in the presentation Seattle and Puget (Concluded on Page 2, Column 5.) 1 :- M i I JJ t-s rrr" y . i t - ... ffVr? fit X. N I Woman Separated From Husband Last Fall Gets Property Worth $2,500,000. NEW YORK, July 11. Mrs. Helen Elwood Stokes today won her fight to have her dower rights to prop erty valued at more than $6,000,000 restored when Supreme Court Jus tice Cohalan handed down a decision in the suit she had brought against her husband. W. E. D. Stokes, wealthy hotel man and real estate operator. . Mrs. Stoke alleged that she had signed away her dower rights to the property under a misapprehension that it was necessary for her to do so at once. The defendant alleged that she had signed over her dower rights as part of an ante-nuptial pact, Mrs. Stokes, who obtained a sepa ration from her husband and $18,000 a year temporary alimony last fall, will have an interest amounting to about $2,500,000 in the Stokes prop erty, It was said, if Justice Cohalan's decision is upheld by the high court, to which appeal will be taken. STREET CAR WAR BEGUN Passenger Busses Will Be Run in Tacoma for 5-Cent Fare. TACOMA, Wash., July 11. The city council this morning granted a franchise for the operation of 12 16-passenger busses In competition with two lines of the Tacima Rail way & Power company. The busses will operate on regular schedules and icharge 5-cent fares in compe tition with the 10-cent single trolley fares or 12 tickets for $1. ' Granting of the bus franchises is the latest development in the fight of Mayor Fawcett to induce the local traction company to sell 20 tickets for $1 without transfer rights, or 16 tickets for $1 with transfer rights. OBENCHAIN TRIAL HALTS Judge Orders Adjournment When Defendant Becomes III. ' LOS ANGELES, July 11. The trial of Mrs. Madalynne Obenchain for the murder of J. Belton Kennedy was suddenly halted late today when it became apparent that the defend ant was too ill to remain in the court room. Judge Shenk ordered an adjournment until tomorrow tnorning. - ' . Mrs. Obenchain fainted in her cell in the county jail during the'rioon recess, it became known after ad journment. 10,000,000 TO BE FED Reduction of Rationing in Russia Is to Be Started. MOSCOW, July 11. (By the Asso elated Press.) The American relief administration this week expects to reach the maximum of its famine relief programme, supplying meals to 10,000,000 persons. The rationing will be gradually reduced as the harvest comes in, re gardless of whether it is decided definitely to abandon the work in Russia' after September. CALL FOR MR. PLUVIUS! France Will Pay, but Much De pends on Germany, Asserts Agent of Government. LONDON, July 11. (By the Asso ciated Press.) The Evening Nfc'ws today says arrangements for repay ment of the British loan to America in a lump sum in the near future are in-an advanced stage. It de clares repayment will be made by means of a loan to be raised jointly in England and America. NEW YORK, July 11. (By the Associated Press.) Bringing the message that France will pay her debts, but adding that "a lot de pends on Germany," Jean K. Par- mentier, official representative of the French government, arrived to day on the steamer La Sovie on his way to Washington, as an adviser the coming sessions of the inter allied debt funding commission. "If the German people were taxed by their government as are the peo ple of France;" he said, "Germany could probably come close to paying the full reparations demanded from her." "The debt of France to America," he added, "we must consider as part of the interallied debt, in which France also owes Britain" and Brit ain Is indebted to the United States. "If Great Britain and the United States press France for payment of her debts to them, the franc will drop and create a situation so bad that I would not dare talk aboflt-it now." MRS. SPRECKELS NAMED San Francisco Society Leader to Be U. S. Agent in Europe. WASHINGTON. D. C. July 11. Mrs. A. B. .Spreckels of San Fran cisco, it was announced today, has been appointed a special represen tative of the department of labor, and will investigate conditions among women in industry in Europe. The appointment, it was explained, is' similar to that recently of the late Lillian Russell-Moore of Pittsburg, who investigated immi gration conditions in Europe for the department. SAN FRANCISCO, July ll.-Mrs. A. B. Spreckels is the wife of a sugar magnate and is prominent as a social leader here. During the war she was active in Belgian re lief." he assisted in the entertain ment of-Marshal Joffre of France during his recent visit to the city. Mrs. Spreckels is a patron of art and is having built In a public park here a structure modeled after the palace of the legion of honor, Paris, to house pictures and other objects of art. FLIER LEAVES RAMLEH Major Blake Off for Bagdad in Attempted World Flight. v LONDON, July 11. (By the Asso ciated Press.) The air ministry to day received a wireless message from Major W. T. Blake, saying that he started at dawn today from Ramleh, 20 miles northwest of Jerusalem, for Bagdad. Major Blake is attempting an air- I plane flight around the world. May Peterson Found Safe in Portland, NOTED SINGER MOWING LAWN Rumors From Far Away New York Run Down. WEDDING HERE ATTENDED "I Almost Died Laughing, but Came No Nearer Pine Box," Is Soprano's Declaration. "I almost died laughing, but that is as close as I came to the little pine box and six feet of ' freshly turned sod," vouchsafed May Peter son, nationally renowned grand opera soprano, who smilingly and cheerfully denied reports of her death yesterday. "Does this look much like I am a dead one?" she queried, as she braced her shoulders against a lawn mower and began to trim the lawn at the home of her brother, Guy H. Peterson, 1559 East Thirtieth street. From far New York came tele graphic reports in the form of vague rumors that Miss Peterson had died yesterday morning in Port land. These reports gained cur rency throughout the day and caused considerable alarm among her Portland friends and admirers. But through it all Miss Peterson went blithely along on a shopping tour during the afternoon, unmind ful of the fact that many admirers were wondering whether it should be white carnations or lilies of the valley Star Hnrt In Accident. Between mowing the lawn and staging a losing defensive battle against a swarm of mosquitoes that persisted in lighting upon her bare arms. Miss Peterson . didn't have time to think of a fitting epitaph for the headstone. "When I Becided recently to come to the coast ahd take a needed rest, one of the musical journals wrote a little story - and headed it:. 'Miss Peterson at Rest,' " she said. "And on top of that Suggestive headline comes this report this afternoon that I have passed on. But I am getting used to it. I have been ac cused of marrying or being engaged to all sorts of men, most of whom I never saw or knew, but this idea of being dead is really a new sensa tion and I can't quite decide that I like it." Several months ago Miss Peterson was badly injured in a taxicab collision in Chicago, but has prac tically recovered from her injuries. Her physician in Portland has sug gested a little hard work to tak the kinks out of her injured right shoulder, and the lawn mowing operations last night were just the start of her working programme for' the summer. Within a short time she expects to go to the mountains where real exercise and hard work can be had for the asking. Miss Peterson, accompanied by her mother, came to Portland un heralded to attend the wedding of her brother, Frank S. Peterson of Sumpter. Pastor Is Good Sleuth. Rev. B. Earle Parker, pastor of the First Methodist church, offi ciated at the wedding, and it was to him that reporters went yester day for information which might lead to the discovery of the Port-, land abode of Miss Peterson. Rev. Mr. Parker proved to be a good sleuth and helped to find the Peterson home. "Well, well," he chuckled, as he spied Miss Peterson at work with the lawn mower. "Having officiated at the wedding, I knew I would not be slighted if you had to choose somebody to preside at the f uieral." And thus was brought to a close another mystery story. The obituary editor lost a chance to write an other notice. The police reporter had to discard all his wild theories. A perfectly good picture ' of the grand opera singer went back to the "morgue." And that's that! COCKROACH WARY INSECT I Creature Scents Danger and Es capes Electrocution. ROCHESTER, N. T., July 11. A device for the electrocution of cock roaches was the subject of contro versy in city court here when George D. Forsyth, an attorney, appeared as his own counsel in an action charging breach of contract in the manufacture of a contrivance he invented. , "Electric chairs" were shown in court. It was alleged one was de fective because the roach was warned of danger by a tickling sen sation in his front feet when he touched the live metal. The roach, according to the specifications of the invention, was to have been in duced to walk on the metal by quan tities of celery juice placed at con venient spots. 'Decision was re- I served. , . ; '' Elaborately Jeweled Staff, Say . Dublin Police, Was About to Be Sent to England. BY P. J. KELLY. (Copyright, 1022, by the New York World. Published by Arrangement.) DUBLIN, July 11. (Special cabls.) The story of the alleged theft of the lord chancellor's silver mace, an elaborately jeweled staff surmount ed by a replica of a crown, was told today when William Holland of Ar ran Quay, near the Four Courts, was arrested. The mace, which is used only upon state occasions, when it is borne be fore the lord chancellor of Ireland by the official mace-bearer, disap peared a few days ago. The Dublin police and the national army intel ligence corps were assigned to the case.- Acting upon secret " information they searched Holland's' home and found it concealed in the flooring. Holland said he received it from an army officer, who told him to keep it as a souvenir. The police doubt his story and are holding him for further inves tigation. They have information, they say,- that the mace was about to be sent to Fngland for disposal. Considered historically, the mace is priceless. ELEPHANTS PUT TO WORK Circus Force Shows Resourceful ness in Train Wreck. MASON CITY. Ia., July 11. A cir cus train was struck by a switching engine in a fog here this morning. Two animal cars were overturned and the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air were at large. Be cause of the' shopmen's strike a wrecking crew was not immediate ly available, to clear the tracks. Attaches of the circus rounded up the elephants from neighboring cornfields and pressed them to val iant service. In less than 30 min utes the overturned cars had been pulled from the track and the right of way cleared. BERLIN STRIKE ENDED Printers Resume Work Today Under New Wage Agreement. BERLIN, July 11. (By the Asso ciated Press.) The strike of Berlin printers, which has kept the Ger man capital without most of its daily newspapers for several days, J came to an end today. Work will be resumed tomorrow under a new wage agreement, under which the printers will receive in creases in- salary ranging from 150 to 300 marks weekly. TOURIST RUSH IS RECORD 79,000 Americans Reach Paris Between March 1 and June 30. (Copyright. 1922. by the New York World. Published by Arrangement.) PARIS, July il. (Special Cable.) The present rush of American tourists to France constitutes a record, according to the official figures. Between March- 1 and June 30, 79,000 arrived here, three times the number for the same period in 1919. 20 per cent more than last year and nearly seven times more than in 1913. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Wether. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 77 degrees; minimum, 38 degrees. TODAY'S Fair; northwesterly winds. Foreign. Irish lord chancellor's .silver mace, re cently stolen, recovered. Page 1. . Britain reported planning to pay Ameri can obligations soon. Page 1. Germany to get reparations cut. Page 1. Aviation landing place for Amundsen to be marked. Page. 4. Dr. Sun Yat Sen's fleet bombards forts. Page 2. National. Senate passes bill providing for investi gation of Columbia basin project. Page 2. United States plans independence for Dominican republic. Page 1. Harding orders end to violence. Page 1. Harding pleads for rigid economy. Page 6. t . Domestic. Mrs. Stokes wins fight for millions. Page 1. Strikes cost $10,000,000 daily. Page . New York baffles puzzle experts'. Pages. Pacific Northwest. Mr. Booth and Mr. Barratt expected to resign soon. Page 3. Valley fruit crop in good condition. Page 13. Accused commissioners of King county, "Washington, demand speedy trial. Page 7. Sports. Golfers struggle to qualify amid sun . and rain. Page 14. Pacific Coast le&gue results: at Salt Lake 13, Vernon 4; at Sacramento 6, Oakland 5. (No other games; teams traveling.) Page 14. First blood drawn by Yankees, 2 to 1. Page 14. Golfers of state tee off today. Page 14. Mayme MacDonald survives tennis test. Page 15. Commercial and Marine. Wheat growers' association completes arrangements for export marketing. Page 22. Confidence of stock market traders ap pears tempered by caution. Page 22. Reports of railroad embargoe send wheat up at Chicago. Page 22.' Foreign bonds recover part of recent losses. Page 23. Port considered for new service. Page 21. Portland and Vicinity. Mr. Chamberlain sees port's need. Page 1. State demands license fees for city autos. Page 11. Labor to oppose lower carfares. Page .24. Nurserymen want more supervision. Page 12. Solos to feature Oregonian radio enter tainment tonight. Page 10. Diva smilingly denies her .death. Page 1. Mr. Chamberlain felicitated at' dinner. Page 4. Weather report, data and forecast. f age 21. July Installment to Be . 32,000,000 Marks. 50,000,000 AMOUNT DUE Credit for 106,000,000Given for Dyes Delivered. CRISIS DISCUSSED FULLY Formal Request for Moratorium Is Expected Today, but De . tails Are Vet Secret. PARIS, July 11. (By the Asso ciated Press.) The reparations commission decided today to relieve the German crisis to the extent of reducing the monthly installment of 50.000,000 gold marks, due next Sat urday on the schedule of payment, to 32,000,000 gold marks. Germany had announced her willingness to pay the whole amount, but the com mission ruled that in view of the crisis the smaller figure was al that would be required. Credit to the amount of 106,000,000 gold marks was given Germany on her reparations account for deliv eries of dyestuffs made during the last few months to the Textile Alli ance of America for all the allies and also for deliveries of coal which' had been made to Luxemburg at the request of the allied govern ments. These credits were due Ger many for some time and the offi cials thought the time opportune to allow them In view of German diffi culties: (tImIm In Dincuittted. The members of the reparations commission spent all day discuss ing the German crisis. Dr. Fischer and Herr Schroeder conferred with the members this morning and had another talk with M. Dubois, presi dent of the commission, in the course of which the German repre sentatives reiterated the country's inability to meet cash payments after July. The commission is expecting to receive a formal request from Ger many for a moratorium in some form tomorrow; indications tonight were that the German note would ask that Germany be relieved of all remaining payments this year. Roland R. Boyden is keeping in clcse touch with, the developments so as to be able to advise Wash ington. It was said tonight in cer tain reparations circles that therk was a disposition to take no action on the German request for a mora torium, but rather await possible political developments in Germany. Value of Decision Doubtful. Those who take this view say that the fall of the present German gov ernment would make any decision reached now of little or no value. The French government is op posed to an immediate meeting of the allied powers to discuss the rep arations situation, and it will only consent to such a meeting as a final step. This was made plain in offi cial circles today after a conference between President Dubois of the commission and Premier Poincare. BRITAIN, FRANCE CONFER French Premier Expected to Be Invited to London. LONDON", July 11. (By the Asso- ciated Press.) Premier Poincare of France probably will be invited to London for discussions with Prime Minister Lloyd George on the repa rations question as affected by pres ent conditions in Germany, accord ing to official circles here. Great Britain and France are in close communication concerning Germany's financial position, which came before the British cabinet meeting today. Among the data available to the ministers were special dispatches from the British ambassador in Ber lin outlining conditions in Germany. The Times today began publica tion of a series of special articles discussing "the economic morass in which the world is floundering," and aiming to point the road to re covery. The writer says the latest collapse of the mark merely adds an alarming symptom to the other symptoms long noticeable. "Great Britain alone holds the key to the whole position," he declared. "The only gateway to the path to safety is through firm, courageous treatment of the reparations prob lem. In order to unlock the gate the question of the British war in debtedness to the United States must first be settled." GIRL ATTORNEY- ONLY 17 Savannah, Ga., Claims Youngest Feminine Lawyer. SAVANNAH, Ga., July 11. Savan nah lays claim to the country's youngest feminine lawyer. ' Thelma Lenora Harrell, who has just celebrated her 17th birthday, recently passed the state bar exam ination and yesterday was admitted to practice, 'I