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VOL. XXXVIII NO.
DEMOCRATS LOSE -1
TREATY FIGHT
Amendment of Pact on
Shantung Favored.
CGMMITTEE VOTE IS 9 TO 8
Claim of China to Peninsula
Wins Recognition..
DATA ASKED OF WILSON
President Is Requested to
Furnish
Senators Information About -t.
Agreements Negotiated.
WASHINGTON. Auk. 23. After vot
ing to amend the peace treaty by strik
Inn oat Japan's' title to the German
rights in Shantung, the senate foreign
relations committee notified President
Wilson today that it could not intelli
gently proceed with Its work on
amendments until he furnished addi
tional information.
The action on the Shantung provision
sras taken in short order. Chairman
Lodge proposing the amendment and
thas committee adopting It virtually
without debate. The' vote was to 8.
with all the democratic members and
Senator McCumber. republican. North
Dakota, voting In the negative.
Then the point of adequate informa
tion was raised by republican members.
Chairman Lodge declaring there were
In the president's hands important doc
uments m-hich were absolutely essential
to the determination of questions in
volved in the committee's work. Dur
ing its entire consideration of the
treaty, the chairman said, the commu
te had been hampered by lack of In
formation that should have been given
it weeks ago.
Deaaoerata Ossow latrrrnpt lorn.
Democratic members are understood
to have expressed general opposition
to an interruption of the committee's
pinna iwi prumpi acuoa; out xinaijy on
morion of Senator Williams, democrat.
Mississippi,' and without a record vote,
the chairman was instructed to ask the
president for the treaty with Poland
signed on June 23. two agreements re
garding the Khine section to which the
L'nlled States was a party, and such In
formation as may be available about
the treaties now under negotiation
with Austria. Hungary. Bulgaria and
Turkey.
In amending the Shantung provision
the committee took the most direct
method. Chairman Lodge simply
moved to strike out the word "Japan
wherever It occurred in the section re
lating lo the German Shantung rights
and to Insert instead the word "China.
fhe effect would be to restore to
China all the German holdings in Kaio
Chow and vicinity.
r'lM Transferor Senate.
With the committee's action the
fight over the Shantung settlement Is
transferred to the seriate floor. Re
publican leaders say they have -the
totes to uphold the committee amend
ment but administration senators ap
pear equally certain that it will be
beaten.
No other 'amendments were taken up
at today's meeting, but the committee
voted to hear a delegation of Hungarian-Americans
and receive also a peti
tion from a negro organization regard
ing the disposition of Germany's Afri
can colonies. Action was deferred on a
request that a Scotch delegate be per
mitted to present Scotland's clal mto
self-determination. Joseph W. Folk
'"iVlfcM TWrL L fctME GET
iJ MP Y4 ARM THE.
Entered at Portland (Oregon)
PoftofMce 11 gcopd-C1s Matter.
PACIFIC MAIL RENEWS
SERVICE TO ATLANTIC
LIXE RE-ESTABLISHED BY WAY
OF PAXAJIA CAXAL.
Four Vessels Purchased From C. S.
Shipping Board Resumption
to Be Xext Month.
NEW YORK, Aug. 23. The re-establishment
of its steamship service be
tween the Pacific and Atlantic by way
of the Panama canal, with Baltimore
as the Atlantic terminus of the line,
was announced today by the Pacific
Mall Steamship company. The service,
which was interrupted in 1913 by war
conditions, is to begin early next
month, the company announcing the
purchase for this trade, of the shipping
board steamships Point Looos, Point
Adams, Point Bonlta and Point Judith.
Sailings will take place for Balti
more every three weeks, ports of call
being Havana. Puerto Colombia, Cristo.
bal and Balboa; Corlnto, Nicaragua
Acajutla, Salvador; San Jose, Guate
mala: San Pedro and San Francisco,
with corresponding return sailings.
GIBL'S JEWELS BETRAY LAD
Portland Boy and Brother Accused
of Salem Robbery
With the arrest Friday of Kenneth
Kenneth and Charles Kavanaugh,
brothers, respectively 18 and 20 years
old, police and Plnkerton operatives
recovered most of the loot stolen Au
gust 20 from Hartman & Bros.' Jew
elry store in Salem, Or. Police allege
that they found Jewels worth 13000 on
Charles Kavanaugh's sweetheart, who
said the boy bad given them to her.
Patrolman Smith got track of the
alleged thieves Thursday night, when
he stepped them and found In their
pocketa a silver toilet set. The boys
persuaded the policeman tl at the prop
erty belonged to them. He did not
doubt the story until he 'read a news
paper account of the return of the
toilet set by mail. Inspector Ackerman
and J. M. Riley, head of the local
Pkikerton office, assisted in the arrest.
HIGH COST HITS OFFICIALS
Three In Law Firm Quit Public
Posts Owing to Low Salaries.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 23. The high
cost of living has prompted two public
officials, Frank H. Hall., assistant
United .Stales attorney-general in oil
lands investigations, and Albert E.
Chandler, president of the state water
commission, to resign, it was announced
here today. Both will enter the law
firm of which Juchc Thomas C Haven,
former Justice of the district court of
appeals, is a member. Judge Haven
also resigned from this court because
of the high cost of living.
As assistant United States attorney
In Oregon land fraud cases. Hall gained
prominence on the Pacific coast. He
has been In the federal service for 1
years.
FRANCE NEXT TO AMERICA
First Division Leaves Letter of Love
.to French People.
PARIS. Aug. 23. The officers and
soldiers of, the first division of the
American expedilonary force, who are
on the point of embarking for home,
have sent an open letter of farewell
to the French soldiers. The letter ex
presses admiration for the courage and
sacrifices of the French troops and
adds:
"After America, we love France best
of all."
FAIR WEEK IS PREDICTED
Pacific Slates Temperature to
Be
Normal, Says Forecast.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. Weather
predictions for the week beginning
August 21 are:
Northern Rocky mountain and pla
teau regions and Pacific states Nor
mal temperature and generally fair.
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D0UCHB0ySS0FFER,Tte GERMAN INVASION SSSSw KP0H7S TO -FALL.
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Planes Lacking, Testifies
Veteran of 91st.
TIMBER OFFICERS GET MEDALS
Defenseless Boys in Trenches
Pictured at Inquiry.
FACTS ROUSE LEGISLATORS
"Food in Northwest Camps Xot Fit
for Dog," Soldiers' Statement;
Conditions Are Deplored.
. BT BEN HUR LAMPMAN.
SEATTLE. Wash., Aug. 23. (Special.)
A glance at the Argonne battle front,
with German combat planes raiding
the American trenches and pouring ma
chine gun fire into American infantry.
when never an American plane took
wing to defend the doughboys, was af
forded the house subcommittee of the
spruce production Inquiry today when
Captain William O. McKey, late of the
91st division, was called to testify re
garding the lack of American planes on
the fighting line.
' "The committee would like to know,
inquired Representative Magee of New
York, "Just what airplane service your
division did haver'
During the time we were in the
battle of the Argonne," replied Captain
McKey, "1 saw but one American plane.
an observation machine, and very little
of that. The German combat planes
came over and shot us whenever they
felt like it."
Lack of Planea Costa Lives.
'How low did they come, those Ger
man planes?' Interposed Chairman
Frear. representative from Wisconsin.
'Oh, about as low as this roof,"
speculated the witness.
"That low?" pursued the amazed
chairman. , -
"Sometimes they looked to be closer,"
was the captain's reflective comment
This first element of drama In tho
conduct of the spruce problem came
when both chairman Frear and Repre
sentative Magee sought to demonstrate
that something was fundamentally
wrong with the American air service,
though both admitted that northwest
ern lumbermen and the spruoe produc
tion division had furnished the raw
material. -
Captain McKey, not without the bit
terness of recollection, told the com
mittee that many lives were lost by
America in the Argonne because of, an
almost utter lack of air protection. He
added that he had seen planes which
he believed to be American planes turn
tail and run when a German combat
plane came sailing over the line.
V. S. Service Not HfKhl7 Rated.
"We didn't think much of he Amer
ican air service," commented the cap
tain. "I have seen a German airman
come over during the Argonne, knock
down three balloons and then turn
back without anybody taking after
him."
Questioned as to the losses sustained
by his division in the Argonne, the wit
ness told the committee that Company
L of the 164th infantry, to his knowl
edge, went Into combat with 164 men
and lost more than one-half that num
ber. "What were those men getting
paid?" pressed Chairman Frear.
"The enlisted men were paid 330 a
month, was the reply, elicited to
place on record the discrepancy be-
NEWS EVENTS OF THE WEEK AS SEEN BY CARTOONIST PERRY, .
ART IX THE
ORK .A-V SIXDAY
Sv TEMBER 7.
General Ludendorff, the one
compelling figure of the German
military machine, has written
the story of the great war from
the Teutonic viewpoint, and it
will be published in The Ore- J
gonian daily and Sunday, begin-
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a thrilling and startling story of
the failure of the mightiest mil
itary organization in the world's
history to bring other nations
under the domination of an auto
cratic and heartless regime. Why
this plot against the world failed
we know in part, but the secret
of the great German collapse as
revealed by one who directed the
mad efforts of the central pow
ers from the first of the war
has never yet been told. Luden
dorff knows, and in his story he
has laid bare the internal trou
bles of Germany and why the
German plans miscarried.
The German story of the first
battle of the Marne is sure to be
a revelation. The German side
of Ypres, Arras, the Aisne. Cam
brai, Verdan, the Somme, the
Argonne, the Russian, Italian
and Roumanian campaigns wilt
thrill the world as Ludendorff
tells it.
It is a momentous work and
holds the attention from the
start, no matter how much the
reader may . disagree with the
views of this Teutonic militarist.
Ludendorff does not attempt to
defend Germany's crimes, but
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writes frankly confessing the 4
colossal failure of might against f
right. I
FLEET MAY VISIT ORIENT
Chinese and Japanese Invitations
Acceptable, Say Officials.
HONOLULU, Aug. 23. The Pacific
fleet will visit Japan, China and the
Philippines if invitations are officially
extended by the oriental governments,
it was authoritatively stated by naval
officials here today when shown the
cablegrams that a Japanese daily news
paper in Tokio had announced the fleet
was expected to visit Japan.
The trip to the orient would be made
In the fall after the visits along the
I'aciiic coast oi tne united states are
completed, the navy officers said.
Chinese and Japanese consular of
ficials called on Secretary Daniels this
afternoon and extended cordial greet
lngs. .
STILL TAKEN FROM JAIL
Shelton Prisoner's Friends Later
Take Him From Lockup.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Aug. 23. (Spe
cial.) After breaking into the sheriff's
office at Shelton Thursday night and
removing a moonshine still held as evi
dence, friends of Jim Carney came back
Friday night and took Carney out of
Jail by bending window bars. Ralph
Potts, sheriff, lives with his family Id
a house adjoining the Jail.
Carney and the still were captured
in a recent raid at Union City. Nothing
more has been seen of the prisoner and
his rescuers.
ROUMANIAN EXPORT HEAVY
100,000 Carloads of Cereals Is Es
timate From This Harvest.
BERNE, Aug. 23. The Roumanian
bureau here announces that Roumania
will export more than 100,000 carloads
of cereals from the present harvest.
MADRID. Aug. 22. Spain's wheat
crop for the present year will aggro
gate 36,000,000 metric hundredweight,
according to an official estimate made
public today. Consumption amounts to
40.000.p00 metric hundredweight.
Pole Tells of Plot Tipped
to United States.
45,000 TO ENTER FROM MEXICO
Hun Terrorist-Agent Handed
Over to Americans.
TRADE WARNING IS ISSUED
Economic, Political and Military
Control of Republics to South
by Teutons Is Planned.
NEW YORK, Aug. 23. Revelation of
extensive German plots in Mexico dur
ing the war, which included a proposed
invasion of the United States by a Ger
man-Mexican army of 45,000 men, at
the same time that the Germans
launched their last drive on the west
ern front in July, 1918, was made here
tonight by the National Association for
the Protection of American Rights in
Mexico, which gave out a statement by
Dr. P. B. Altendorf, formerly of the
United States military intelligence de
partment, reciting his experience as an
American secret service agent in that
country.
Dr. Altendorf, son of a Polish banker
in Cracow, Austrian Poland, abandoned
a medical course in the University of
Vienna at the outbreak of the war and
fled to Mexico, where he was offered
position as a German spy to operate
against the United States, by Kurt
Jahnke, head of the German secret
service in Mexico.
Job Tnken With Secret Joy.
"With pretended reluctance, but with
secret Joy I accepted." he said, "and at
once found myself in a position to ren
der valuable service to the allies In
general and to the United States in
particular."
He opened comtr-unlcatlon . with the
border as a volunteer worker to the
military intelligence department, he
claims, and later was sworn in as a
special agent of the military intelli
gence department.
Dr. Altendorf" warns the people of
the United States against a proposed
German commercial conquest of Mex
ico. "Within six months after the United
States ratifies the treaty," he says,
"Germany will have ' complete eco
nomic control of - Mexico'. Within a
very few years, if they are permitted
to carry out the plans they have for
mulated and are now executing as
fast as : they can, the Germans will
have: absolute economic, political and
military control of Latin-America with
headquarters in Mexico."
German Reervtt Trained.
Referring to the proposed invasion
of the United States, Dr. Altendorf sets
forth that in his dual capacity as cap
tain in the German and colonel In t,he
Mexican army he helped to train 900
German reservists in Sonora, who were
to form the nucleus of the proposed
German-Mexican army, and that in his
true character as an- American secret
service agent he prevented the raid
from being carried out.
"This ambitious scheme," he said,
"was financed by Von Eckhardt, Ger
man ambassador to Mexico, and was
undertaken with the co-operation of
Carranza."
Dr. Altendorf, enumerating his
7.)
200 IN GAMBLING DEN
ATTACK PATROLMAN
SEATTLE MOB -CLUBS COP
FREE RAID CAPTIVES.
Star and Handcuffs Are Taken Away
and Severe Injuries Inflicted
By, Lawbreakers.
SEATTLE, Wash.. Aug. 23. (Spe
ciai.) Riot calls were turned into po
lice headquarters shortly before 2 P. M
today after a mob of more than 200
men attacked Police Officer A. G. Ford
and liberated four men' arrested for
gambling at Western avenue and Unio
street. Officer Ford was taken to th
city hospital, blood streaming from nu
merous cuts about the head. Six al
leged ringleaders -vere arrested by
special detail of police, which was
rushed to the scene in two patrol au
tomoblles. Ford was stripped of hi
gun, star and handcuffs by the mob.
The fight started after Officer Ford
and Officer I. T. Harstad had been de
tailed to round up a crowd of alleged
pamblers. Disguised in plain clothes
the two policemen were admitted
th? scene of the gambling.
They placed four men under arrest.
Harstad went to a telephone to call
for a patrol wagon, while Ford re
mained in charge of the arrested men
Ford says he was suddenly struck over
the head from behind by one of 'a mo
of 200 or more men that assembled
A free-for-all fight developed, while
the men in custody escaped.
The alleged ringleaders held at po
lice headquarters were, booked as fol
lows: George Edwards, 20; C. Rosen
berg. 41: J. P. Madren, 28; F. Radue
and J. G. Kelly.
M0LALLA WANTS ROADS
Meetlnjr Is Held and Plans Under
Way to Get Action.
OREGON CITY. Or., Aug. 23. (Spe
ciai.) At a meeting held by some of
the prominent residents of Molalla Fri
day evening plans were made for hold
ing a good roads meeting September 6.
This will be an all-day affair, with
many attractions to entertain the peo
pie. Among these will be a band from
Portland, dancing and airplane flights,
as well as addresses.
A committee was appointed to make
further plans for the celebration. The
executive committee is composed of the
following: W. J. Vick, Liberal; Rev. C.
H. Renhard and Oscar Hult of Colton
Herman Chindgren of Meadowbrook
D. L. Trullinger, Union Mills, and Gor
don J. Taylor, Dr. E. R. Todd and W. W.
Everhart of MolaSla. Mr, Taylor i
chairman of the executive committee.
EX-SOLDIER THOUGHT SAFE
Walter Beesley, 3l"fT ng From Bend,
Deranged by Wounds.
BEND. Or., Aug. 23. (Special.)
That Walter Beesley, ex-soldier, who
disappeared from his home here three
weeks ago, is undoubtedly safe, al
though, his exact whereabouts are un
known, is the information conveyed in
a letter received here from his wife in
Portland. The young man's trail was
followed through the. mountains by his
father. After reaching the more
thickly settled country west of the
Cascades all trace of Beesley was lost
When Beesley left Bend he carried
no equipment or food and was thought
to have been suffering from mental
derangement as the result of wounds
received in France.
NEW COMET IS DISCOVERED
Massachusetts Clergyman Picks Up
Wanderer in Eastern Sky. -
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 23. Dis
covery of a new comet-by the Rev. Joel
H. Metcalf of Winchester, while on a
vacation at South Hero, Vermont, was
announced today by. the Harvard ob
servatory. It was the first new comet
to be discovered this year, observatory
officials said, and the fifth which Mr.
Metcalf has to his credit. The comet
is visible through a small telescope in
the eastern sky -during the early even
ing and is moving rapidly and fairly
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Distinguished Financier
Portland Visitor.
BRIGHT BUSINESS FUTURE SEEN
Need of Extending Credits to
Europe Emphasized.
PLUMB PLAN IS SCORNED
Union Pacific Director and Family
Stop 50 Minutes in City on
Way to California.
Frank A. Vanderlip, financier, econo
mist, author, and one of the foremost
authorities in America on commercial
adn industrial conditions of the world,
was a Portland visitor for 60 minutes
last night, accompanied by Mrs. Vander
lip and four- of their children. The
party, which numbered 10, included
several friends.
The director of the Union Pacific
system railroad corporations, chairman
ofthe board of the American Interna
tional corporation, and director of
numerous transportation and industrial
companies and civic organizations,. trav
els in an ordinary Pullman.
The former president of the National
City bank, one of the greatest financial
houses in America, wants no private car
when on a leisurely vacation trip "with
out any date at the end of it, and to
get acquanited with my family," ac
cording to his own statement. He re
signed from the National City bank
June 3 and soon thereafter started on
the western trip, which has Included .
visits to Glacier, Yellowstone and Rain-
ler national parks. He will spend some
time in California.
World Situation rhanKed.
"What Happened to Europe," a book
for which the world Is indebted to Mr.
Vanderlip, and which is being printed
serially in The Oregonian, was dictated
during the five days spent on the
steamship "Olympic," returning from
Europe. It Is being printed in England
and Australia, and is now translated to
appear in Swedish, Italian and Jap
anees.. The situation throughout the whole
world has undergone a tremendous
change since the beginning of the war
in 1914," said Mr. Vanderlip. "The rest
of the world is now paying us,$600,000.-
ou interest every year, and" with pros
pects of a- considerable Increase in .'
credits extended to the people of other
countries before It Is reduced. The
transformation from a debtor to a cred
itor country has brought responsibili
ties of tremendous magnitude to the
United States.
Few persons realize the plight that
Europe is in," said Mr. Vanderlip, while
getting a glimpse of Portland from .
the streets in the vicinity of the new
postoffice. "That situation is closely
related to the foreign trade conditions
that confront this country. There is
only one way for the people of many
lands to buy from us, and that is by
the extension of credits. So long as
those - countries are . not producing
goods for export and have not the gold '
with which to pay for goods needed, .
there is no other way by which they
can obtain that which they need.
'It is to be anticipated that export
trade will decline somewhat from the
high levels in our favor to which it
as grown. Trade, after all, is a simple
problem.
It consists of an exchange
ffOH all fishhooks.
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