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Section One 94 Pages S.r Sections xnwm. Pages 1 to 24 I VOL. XXXVIII XO. 22. Kntered at Portland CO r e f on) Postoffice as Second-Class Matter. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MOUSING, JUNE l, 1919. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ( JTRTE'S PROGRESS If VOTERS RANDS .Programme of Recon ' struction Is at Stake. pASURES DEGIDED TUESDAY Pending Bond Issues Provide L. for Needs of Oregon. FVORABLE BALLOT LIKELY ' "ortland Folk Will Also Pass on Local Issues Many Counties i Hrre Special Bonds. There are greater financial interests it stake and there Is less advance In terest manifest In the special election next Tuesday than In any other elec tion of recent years. The people are Railed to approve or reject a series of measures on the state ballot -which in volve many millions of dollars. Another million dollars or so are submitted to he citizens of Portland on the munici pal ballot, and a million-dollar measure is submitted to the electors by the Port lof Portland. So much for the Portland voters. In 18 counties there are special road- bond elections, which aggregate more ban 15.000,000. S"or once the people are called to the ppllt to make a decision -where there re rr candidates Involved, but -where .mpor ant policies are in abeyance. The campaign, such as has been made or vnriod3 measures, has been one of iducatlon. A limited number of men I nri -ornm-n have volunteered their ser'v- .cea to call the attention of the voters to such measures as the reconstruction .measure, irrigation and drainage meas 'lure, the Roosevelt highway and the Jone-mill road tax for market roads. Roads I. end la Interest. r in bounties where road bonds are to be voted on, there have been ag gressive campaigns by the leading spirits who be'ievo that good roads will of material advantage in develop lug their sc-Uon. lu Portland the cam- alen for the city measures has Been klroost invisible and the Port of Port land has placed its dependence on an kplanation or two in display adver- isements. I So far no organized opposition has en found against fhe many measures, s the friends of the measures will tend the polls, it is generally con- .dered that the entire programme will be adopted by a light vote. There are measures in the reconstruction pro gramme which make strong appeal to Very section. Central and eastern Vegon want the measure adopted rhich has the state guarantee the ayment for the first five years of in jrest on bonds of irrigation and drain ge projects approved by the state, this nterest money to be repaid by the projects later. East of the Cascades irrigation is considered the most ira ' portant thing for the country, as with enough water the wealth of the state can be increased, it is claimed, $100, 00,000. Linked with this measure are rainage projects, which interest folk loth east and west of the mountains. Highway In Seven Counties. Seven counties along the Pacific ocean are greatly concerned in the pro posed Roosevelt highway, which meas ure asks for J2.500.000 bonds, which are not to be issued, however, unless .he federal government matches this ,um. The Roosevelt highway is in ended to be a military and commercia road between the coast range and the ocean, running the length of the state, north and south, and forming a con tinuous connection with all- of the towns on the coast. The Roosevelt highway will be con (Concluded on Page 3. Column 1.) . I ' ' - z MG!ll06.0 WEST COAST HOLDS POWER OVER HURLEY FEEtlXG OVER SHIP CONTRACTS IS OPTIMISTIC. Snipping Board Chairman, Who Seeks Appropriation, Must Get Support of Western So Ions. OREGONTAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. May 31. Notwithstanding the unfriendly attitude of Chairman Hurley of the shipping board toward Pacific coast yards, there la a feeling of opti mism here relative to restriction of contracts to west coast builders. There is some feeling among con gressional delegations of the Pacific coast states that Chairman Hurley has not kept his word made at the bearing last Wednesday, when he promised to adjust all differences with the ship builders and give them work sufficient to keep their yards going for several months. If bis attitude la not changed when conversations are resumed Mon day between Mr. Hurley and the build ers, action will be taken immediately to carry the fight into congress. The shipping board is asking an ap propriation of $600,000,000, and It will be exceedingly difficult to get favora ble action without placating the west ern members of congress, most of whom belong to the republican major ity. Representative French of Idaho is the northwest member of the house committee on appropriations and Sen ators Jones of Washington and McXary of Oregon occupy influential places on the senate committee on commerce. which will formulate the country's new shipping policy. ACTRESS LAUDS SOLDIERS 'Good Fighters, Eaters and Drink ers," Says Mls9 Janis. NEW YORK, May 31. Miss Elsie Janis, actress, attached to the Ameri can expeditionary forces by order of General Pershing, returned today from France after 15 months with the troops. She gave 610 performances during her work in making the doughboys' life more enjoyable. T am engaged to the whole A. E. F.." Miss Janis said. "It is simply impos sible for me to pick out any one of those thousands of wonderful boys. Some people talk of my having "sac rificed" a lot of money by giving us my engagements here. I would not have missed the education I have had knowing Americans as they were the .army In France for all the money-in the world. They are healthy in body, mind and heart. They are good fighters, good eaters and good (Miss Janis accented this) drinkers." MANY SIGN WET PETITIONS Spokane Circulators Expect to Get 6000 Xames, It Is Declared. SPOKANE, Wash., May 31. (Spe daL) "At the rate people are signing the anti-prohibition petitions. Spokane will furnish about 6000 signatures, in stead of 2000 as first estimated," said Attorney Nuzum, in charge of the refer endum circulation here. "We have more than 400 of the petitions out and one of our volunteer workers alone had more than 100 names yesterday. Martin Maloney of Colfax has taken charge of the work In that section and Is using a number of volunteer workers with petitions secured from the Spokane office. "A number of people have Inquired regarding signing up with their ward numbers and names," said Mr. Nuzum. "It will not be necessary to have that in, they will look after that at the city halL" JOSEPHINE FARMER KILLED George Duncan Is Crushed Under Rolling Log Near Kerby. GRANTS PASS, Or., May 31. (Spe cial.) George Duncan, a prominent farmer of Josephine county, was killed today while logging for the Spalding mill near Kerby. Mr. Duncan was caught beneath a rolling log and his head crushed. 3UI . I -' UI VNUV) t- r VA Xl NC-4 ENDS OCEAN DASH AT PLYMOUTH U. S. Plane Arrives Safely From Ferrol, Spain. BRITISH EXTEND GREETING Great Crowds Line Harbor to See Americans Enter. RETURN FLIGHT PLANNED Big Machine 3Iay Fly Back by Way of Ireland and Newfoundland. British May Make Xew Attempt, IiONDOX. May 80. (British Wireless Service.) The giant airship R-34 was formally taken over by the British ad miralty Thursday. It Is announced that an attempt will be made to fly across the Atlantic from England with in the next fortnight. PLTMOCTH, England. May 1. (By the Associated Press.) Seaplane KC-4, pride of the American navy, crossed Plymouth sound this afternoon, circled the" place where the Pilgrim Fathers sailed in their cockle-shell ship for the new world in 1620 and alighted in the Cattewater, her epoch-making trans Atlantic Tight ended. As she came into view through the western haze great crowds gave her splendid welcome. Leaving Ferrol. Spain, at :27 this morning, the NC-4 covered the dis tance of approximately 500 miles to Plymouth in less than seven hours. Despite adverse wind and weather conditions, the NC-4 covered the last leg without a hitch to mar the exploit. Safe and eound. but thoroughly fa tigued by the physical ordeal of the trip, as well as the mental strain. Com mander Albert C. Read and his crew slept peacefully tonight. Airmen Are Welcomed, The welcome of Plymouth residents to the American airmen and the cordial reception given to them aboard the Rochester by Rear-Admiral Plnnkett, the mayor of Plymouth, British and American officials and the crews of the other NC planes, reached a climax with the first actual landing of the vic torious crew at the spot from which the Pilgrim, Fathers set forth for was wonderful Interest In to day's flight, although it was eclipsed by the previous flights of this seaplane, for In the opinion of American naval officers and the British public gener ally the NC-4 reached the peak of her great adventure when ehe spanned the Atlantic at Lisbon. The pride felt by Americans in the extraordinary feat of the NC-4 finds echo tonight In admiration, expressed by British naval men and airmen for the crew's skill and pluck and the well-worked-out plans of the American navy to facilitate and safeguard the flight. Plane Flies Loir. Early in the morning, when word was flashed that the NC-4 had started on the final leg of her journey, a heavy rain was falling, hut shortly after noon the skies cleared and ideal conditions pre vailed. The NC-4 flew in rain and fog through the Bay of Biscay and fog also was encountered off Brest, compelling the plane to keep at a low altitude. Although news of the progress of the craft was passed along by warships sta tioned on the way. it was not until noon that word was received from Comroan der Read himself. His message merely reported his position. In his first greeting to Commander Read and hi men, the mayor of Plym outh said: "It is with profound gratitude that 1 here today on behalf of Old Plymouth, Concluded on Pace 21. Column 1.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS I The Weather. TESTERDAT'8 Maximum ifntoimttire, eo degree.; minimum. .5 dcsres. TODAY'S Fair and warmer; moderate west erly wind. Foreign. Peace treaty to be presented to) AnsUians Uondir. Section 1. pas 2. Gorman declare war -with Poles inevitable. bectlon 1. pace 1. , Winnipeg- strikers Invade parliament and cur hall, demanding aid. section 1. pace 3. British carry en la Egypt unruffled by revo lution. Section 1. pace T. National. Lazurr tax repeal considered In boas. Sec tion 1. pace tt. West coast holds power over Barter. Sec tion 1. pas 1. Women are winning way In learned pro fessions. Section 1. pace a. Domestic. Telephone and Postal witnesses differ as to return of wires. Section . page 23. Mexican troop, at border ordered south by Carranza. Section 1. page 2. Jndre Richard, of Boise pleads at W aah- eofcjon for reclamation bill. Section 1. page 8. Pncifie Northwest. Otto Hsrtwlg and K. K. Flynn en concilia tion board, bectlon . page Washington wheat buyer, ordered to provide storage. Section 1. page 1- Oll indications at mouth of Columbia river many. Section 1. page 11. 1919 apple tonnage bid. fair to bo greatest ever recorded. Section 1. page 10. Colonel May resigns as adlutant-roneraL Section 1, pas S. rIMrts. California University wins coast conference meet. Section 2. page 1. Cornell athlete, best of Kaotern colleges. Section 2. page 1. Pacific Coast league results: Portland 2, Seattle 8; v eroon 8. Los Angeles 2; Salt lke 7. Sacramento 7; Oakland 11, San Krancl.co lu. Section 2, page 2- Wlllard delayed In arrival at Toledo. Sec tion V. page e. Troop 40 o'lns Boy Scout field rally. Section 1. Pk, 14. Oregon O. A C clash over rivalry to i T(iCK to ancn a cnooi. oeciioa ... puff 4. Howard VUeox wins auto net at Inaiani- oiia. ojetcuon a. pac Motorcjf.iijit will decld northwest titlo to- a ay. ,011 on pace . Walter eV;ir, champion middleweight wrt- ler. htJy lor local ins. ten. mcuoo . pa n Card fm , rrthwest shoot announced. Section 2. P-k-j &. Sacrament to play Beavers on Tnovday. beet lot, t, pare 2. 'om mere 1ml and Marine- Water frrTit interests favor bond lasno a aid to -:ninerce. Section 1 pace 22. ort1and-b.u ship finishes touch Atlantic trip. t-ecLion -. pace - roCtlsad and Vicinity. Voters at laeaday'fl special election to pass on reco.5tmctfon measures. Section 1 pace l. Waterfront 111 property da ma red $35,000 DT xirc. .cuon a, 4ia a. Grand Jur imee health ofxicers in Tuck case. fee.tln 1. pace -- Newton VI Oot becoxnee Orcron democratic commiHaafiiaB over siiau mcuqd . page 16. Mayor may cnd chiefs re si mat Ion. Bec tlon 1, f,ce 23- Worsted yam mill firmly established. Sec tion 1, pace 15. OreRon will have state council In national safety movement- Section 1, pace S. Weather report, data and forecast. Section 2, page PLANES COLLIDE HIGH UP Thre XarronlT Escape Death In 1000-Foot Flange to Earth. SANTA MONICA, Cal., Mar 31. D Thompson, R. E. Kennedy and C v. Pickup of Los Angeles narrowly escaped death late today when two airplanes In which they were riding crashed together a thousand feet In the air above Santa Monica Canyon near here and plunged to earth. None of the three was injured. Kennedy was scheduled to leap from the plane piloted by Thompson to the plane piloted by Pickup fn mid-air. The leap was prevented when the two airplanes came too close together, one of the craft taking a wins from the other. Both then plunged to the ground. RIVER DRAGGED FOR BODY Coroner rails to Recover Victim of Gold Ray Tragedy. MEDFORD, Or., May 31. The body of Carl Whillock, 12 years of age, drowned in Rogue river yesterday, has not yet been found, although the river near Gold Ray, where the tragedy oc curred, has been dragged by Coroner John Perl and a force of men since yesterday afternoon. The "Whillock boy fell from a rock on which he was standing when he reache for a crawfish. The parents of th child. Mr. and C. W. Whillock, and sister, Mrs. Clarence Evans, were wit nesses of the tragedy and tried un availingly to effect a rescue. IN THE BIERRY MONTH OF N0IANAPDL1S RAGE IS WON BY WILCOX Three Killed, Two Hurt in Automobile Contest. SPEED 87.12 MILES AN HOUR Victor in 500-Mile Dash to Re ceive $20,000 Prize. 2 MEN BURNED TO DEATH Louis LcQocq and II. Bandlnl Pcris-b When Car Upsets and Catches Fire Thormtn Also Killed. IDIA AfOI.IS ATTO RACES AT A GLAMfK. Winner Howard Wilcox. Winnings 20.000. Deaths Th ree. Injured Two. Speed All previous records broken, hlshest averse, spe.d registering; 92.70 miles to hour, winner's average speed, ai.13 miles an hour. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. May 31. How ard Wilcox of Indianapolis today won the seventh annual International aweeo- stakes race of S00 miles at th. motor speedway, his time for th. distance be- ng 6:44:21:75. Two drivers, Arthur Thurman and Louis Lecocej. and mechanician. R. Bandlnl. war. killed during the contest, and two others were Injured. As a result of his victory Wilcox won a prize of $20,000. Fifty thousand dol lara was divided among th. first ten drivers. Th. other prize winners fin ished In th. order named: Hearne. Goal, Guyot, Alley. Do Films, L. Chev rolet TV Hlckev. G. Chevrolet and Thomas. Wilcox Stops Tvrtee- Wilcoac and Guyot vers teammates. Wilcox assumed th. 'lead and drove consistently throughout. He had two stop, one efor a tire change and again to take on gasoline, oil, water and to rcmlr a loose steering knuckle. His average was 87.13 miles an hour. All records of the Indianapolis speed way were shattered by Ralph D ePa,lma for the first 200 miles. Long stays In the pits, however, put the Italian driver almost out of th. running, and it was only by terrific epeed that he managed to finish sixth, lie barely nosed out L. Chevrolet. Arthur Thurman, driving a car he had reassembled himself, was killed when his machine turned over in the back etretch before the race had progressed 250 miles. He was dead when found. His mechanician suffered a fractured skull and was rushed to a hospital, where h was operated on Immediately. Two Are Darned to Death. Louis Lecocq and his assistant, R, Bandlni, wera burned to death when their ear turned over and caught fire. The accident happened on th. north turn and the machine rolled over three times before It stopped, pinning both driver and mechanician under it. Wilcox has partaken in every 500 mlla race held at the Indianapolis speedway. It was his first victory, however. Of the six half-thousand-mile grinds on of th. international sweepstakes was for a distance of 300 miles three local drivers have fin ished first. Ray Harroun won in 1911 and Joe Dawson in 1912. The race was one of the most sensa tional ever held here, and was wit nessed by a crowd estimated at 125.000. Broken steering knuckles, the loss of wheels, two cars overturning without serious injury and the loss of exhaust (Concluded en Pape 2. Column 1.) JUNE. GERMANS COUNT WAR WITH POLES CERTAIN rCBUC OPINION BEING PnE- iwred ion CLASH. Enemy Held to Do Speeding Prep arations for Attack on Germany la Direction or Berlin. BT CYRIL, BROWN". tCopyricht hr ttie New Tork World. Tub llhe ty srrmntvintliL) BERLIN, Mar Jl. (Special Cable) German public opinion Is befns; pr.- par.a tor war with Poland. Th. press features obviously Inspired articles headlined "Military Situation In Ksst Polish Offensive Preparations." Th. National Gasette learns from "1 well-informed sourc. that th. Polef particularly In Posen. ar. acceleratlns their preparations for an attack on Germany In tb. direction of Berlin at such a rat. that th. offenatv. la ex pected to bee In within elsrht days. The Poles ar. only waltlna for th. arrival of Important forces now flshtlng In Gallcia asalnst th. L'kranlans. Th. Nationalist Taeclisca Rundschau learns that "to. 000 men of General Hat er's army hav. been transported throach Germany to date. Th. last transports Included TO heavy guns. The roles ar. g.ttlnc more heavy artillery from Italy via Vienna. Strong troop concentrations hav. been noted north and northwest of Warsaw." It adds significantly : "Heretofore our military authorities could b. compara- ively calm about Polish activities, since he Poles lacked heavy artillery, but the last transports hav. so chanced the balance of power that th. serious danger now threatening from th. Poles can no lonrer be Ignored." EUGENE HERO DECORATED Lieutenant Dorris IVeceives Citation From Pershing. EUGENE. Or, May 31. (Special.) Lieutenant Hen F Dorris of Eugen. to day received from urnrrsl Pershing a citation for distinguished and excep tlonal bravery, the citation having been made on March I? for bravery at Fpeln- brugge on October 31, 191S. Lieutenant Dorris wears a Belgian erolx he guerre, awarded him by King Albert. While In action with the 362d infantry or the Slat division at Speln brugge he was shot through the mouth, and though so badly wounded that he could not talk, he remained with his company and delivered his orders bx signs. Lieutenant Dorris has been on sick leave for some tlino past and has been visiting his mother. Mrs. K. P. Dorris, of thla city. SPOKANE PIONEER IS DEAD Mrs. Caroline Van Hooscr Survived by Great, Great Grandchild. SPOKANE, Wash., May 31. (Special.) Once a great great grandmother, SO times a great grandmother and 19 times a' grandmother, Mrs. Caroline Van Hooser, Spokane pioneer, died this morning at the age of 91 years at her home in the Tourain. hotel. The aged woman, the oldest of five generations of the family, hsd been a resident of Spokane for 27 years. She Is survived by a son, Charles of Spokane, another son. Shepherd of Fonda, I a-, and two daughters. Mrs. Cora Pulford of Spokane, and Mra Elizabeth Glllln of Sioux City, la. In addition to her own children there sur vive 19 grandchildren, 20 great grand children and one great great grand child, WUma Stafford, aged 7. UNDESIRABLE ALIENS MARK Senator Kins "Would Bar All Who Oppose Popular Government. WASHINGTON. May 31. Senator King, democrat of Vtah, announced today he would introduce a bill next week amending the immigration laws so as to prevent alien opponents of the republican form of government from entering the United States. Deportation of those already in this country who have not taken out their first citizenship papers would also be provided for. 1 WATER FRONT FIRE SPECTACULAR ONE Mill Property Loss Esti mated at $35,000. MANY DWELLINGS MENACED Firemen Work Desperately Under Live Wires. BLAZE SPREADS SPEEDILY Area Quarter-M lie Ixtng for Time Aflame -nig Lumber riant Near Ecare-s Destruction. With a strong breeze fanning th. flames, th. most spectaculsr waterfront fir. of recent years yesterday destroyed th. section cf th. Oregon Box and Man ufacturing company, located at th. foot of Pendleton avenue, and burned down the couth Portland Shtngl. company's mill st 1159 Macadam street, with a loss of 135.000 to both plants. vi oreen living In houses along Maca dam street filled buckets with water and put out a number of Incipient blazes which started on th. roofs of their dwellings from flying sparks. Klremcn worked for an hour under llv. wires on th. Southern Pacific company's block signal line, which threw off streams of parka whenever a smaller wire burned o.f and fell across th. cable. Bias. 9prva.s Fpeeltly. O. H. Schwerdtmann. secretary and manager of the Oregon Box 4l Man ufacturing company, estimated his firm's loss at S25.000. fully covered by insurance. Wi'.llim Thompson, mana ger of the South Portland Shingle com pany, said th. company's loss was about 1 0,000. with S5000 Insurance. Tho fire started at 3:5z, probably from sparks from a refuse burner In the box company's plant. Th. blase be gan under the box factory and swept through th. yard and Into th. shlngl. mill with tho speed of a prairie fire. Employes of th. shingle company fought th. flames back for a few min utes with buckets and their own fir. hose, but soon had to give way as tl;. fire leaped Into their plant. Flrtnts fight Vigorously. Patrolman Hewston turned in the alarm from the Jones Lumber com pany's mill. Klre Chief Dowell respond ed, and immediately telephoned for more apparatus. Nine engine compan ies, three fire trucks, and both fire boats arrived a few minutes later. By that time, however, the fire had swept over the whole area, and was more than a quarter of a mile long. The big streams from the fire hose seemed puny weapons with which to ' combat the flames. Throwing his apparatus up the river far enough to get beyond the flames. Chief Dowell headed the fire Into the Willamette before it had destroyed the shingle company's dry kiln. The area from the Jones mill, on the northwest, to the kiln on the southeast, with the box factory in between, was a seething mass of flame. Crowds Rash to Scesc. Crowds from all over the city rushea to the scene in automobiles, on street cars and on foot. Captain Moore threw a cordon of police around the fire, and herded the spectators across Macadam, street. Patrolman Hewston accosted a gray bearded citizen who had penetrated th. fire lines, and ordered him back. "I'm from eastern- Oregon, and I haven't seen a fire In 45 years." pro tested the old man. "Can't I get a good look at this one?" he begged. The policeman thrust him back across the street. "You'll get your whiskers singed, old man," tho patrolman tola him. The Oregon Box & Manufacturing (Concluded on Pago 6. Column 1.1 r