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Section One
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PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MQ'.iG, SEPTE3IBER 14, 1919.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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LENINE PEACE OFFER
ROYAL WELCOME IS
MEXICANS "ft OUT
BOSTON TO FIGHT
POLICE TO FINISH
FIFTY BIG OIL TANKS
TO BRITAIN REPORTED
OF JAIL AND HANGED
IN SHEET OF FLAMES
SEATTLE WELCOME
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RESEHVATIDNS
U. 5. MILLS ABROAD
LABOR PRESS CHARGES NEWS
ARMED PUEBLO MOB HOLDS
LONG ISLAND CITT STANDARD
MAY BE SCPPRESSED.
VP POLICE STATION.
PLANT ABLAZE.
HEADY FDR Ml
President to Arrive at 9
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Reds Flaunt Badges in
Face of President.
RELEASE OF I. V.W. DEMANDED
Papers Declare City Is
Friendly to Treaty.
Not
Terms Are Said to Be on Way From
Russia in Hands of English
Journalist.
CROWDS CHEER WILDLY
in
lEnthustastic Welcome Is Given
Spile or Hostility of Small
Element That Is Noisy.
BT JOHN W. KELLY.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Sept 13. (Staff
Correspondence.) There was a fly in
the ointment of President Wilson's re
ception in Seattle today. It consisted
of an under-current of unrest and un
friendliness on the part of organized
labor. Flaunted again in the face of
the president were the broadsides in
Seattle papers attacking the league of
nations, while pinned on the coats of
members of labor unions were badges
with the legend "Release political prisoners."
To Mr. Wilson, nevertheless, was ac
corded a welcome such as becomes a
president of the United States. His
day was truly strenuous. He spoke in
the forenoon at Tacoma. paraded the
principal thoroughfares of Seattle, re
viewed under smiling skies the Pacific
fleet which rides at anchor in all its
gray-pilntcd majesty in Fugct sound,
attended a dinner in the evening and
delivered bis main speech of the day at
the arena tonight. Through it all he
remained smiling, well groomed and
wrist-watched.
View In Seattle Changed.
Three years ago Mr. Wilson received
a majority of 11.000 votes over Hushes
in Seattle and carried the state by
16.000, this giving him Washington's
seven electoral votes. One of the aft
ernoon papers today, in welcoming the
president, boldly asserts that Seattle
was 100 per cent with Mr. Wilson dur
ing the war, but is not 100 per cent
with him today on the league of na
tions: while the mouthpiece of labor
asserts that northwestern labor elected
Wilson and then proceeds to criticise
him sharply.
As he stood In a high-powered motor
car sweeping through the streets with
Mrs. Wilson's hand uprested against his
back for his support, the president
could not have noted those badges "Re
lease Political Prisoners." He probably
considered them as saying "Welcome
to our city." Rusily acknowledging
cheers and waving flags. Mr. Wilson
could not note details, and as for what
the papers are shooting at him. he
probably has no time for reading and
so misses these hostile remarks. Tet
the remarks are there, and labor is
determined to be heard. So a commit
tee will meet the president tomorrow
afternoon.
I afalrnesa la Charred.
These men and women wearing the
badges are mostly well dressed. They
have suits which must have cost better
than $30. their r!iT are high-priced
and their shirts are silk not all are so
arrayed, but scores of them are.
"Labor," explained one. "has no use for
Wilson because he has not treated labor
fair. Most of the labor men would not
cross the street to see him. We are
through with him. This will be his last
term."
Asked what was meant by "political
prisoner" the speaker replied it meant
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LONDON, Sept. 12. (Special Cable.)
Report persists here that the bol-
shevists have made new peace over
tures to the British government. In
this connection 'the nation" will aay
tomorrow:
"There is some reason to believe that
Lcnine has made fresh overtures of
peace to the British government. There
is a further rumor that attempts have
been made to Intercept It. So It may
be well for the public to keep both ears
open.
The Daily Herald, labor daily, says:
"In well-informed quarters in Lon
don It Is generally believed that the
soviet government has made a fresh
peace offer to the entente, and Lenlne
is said to have given these terms to a
British Journalists now en route home.
It asserts that the British Journalist
would appear to be Professor Goode,
correspondent of the Manchester
Guardian. Will the government try to
suppress and deny the news of pro
posals made to William Bullitt last
March T
At Glasgow today with hardly a dis
senting vote the trades union labor
congress demanded the withdrawal of
troops from Russia.
o'CIock Tomorrow.-
ALL BUSINESS IS SUSPENDED
7000 to Hear Speech and
Marty More Will See Chief.
SECRET SERVICE PREPARED
EDITORIAL WRITERS QUIT
Yakima News Men Object to Policy
of Paper and Resign.
YAKIMA. Wash, Sept. 13. (Special.)
As a result of disagreement over the
editorial policy of the paper, the edi -
torial and news force of the Yakima
Daily American resigned last night.
The men who resigned announced
that they had insisted upon a stilctly
patriotic, anti-bolshevist. antt-I. W. W.
policy, and had been overruled. The
paper was established about a month
ago and was financed largely by stock
subscriptions from farmers.
Elaborate Decorations Arranged
Portland Hotel, Where Head
quarters Will Be Maintained.
OCCASIONAL RAIN FORECAST
Nearly Normal Temperature Is Pre
dicted for Week.
WASHINGTON,' Sept. 1J. Weather
predictions for the week beginning
Monday issuei by the weather bureau
today were: . .
Northern Rocky mountain and pla
teau regions Fair early In week, oc
casional showers thereafter. Nearly
normal temperatures.
Pacilic states Occasional rains north
portion: fair in south portion. Nearly
normal temperatures.
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FOOD IN SALEM CHEAPEST
Prices Lower Than in Almost Anj
Other of 50 Larger Cities.
SALEM. Or.. Sept. 1J. (Special.)
Comparative prices of 50 of the larger
cities of the United States, as compiled
by a Salem newspaper, show that it
costs less to eat here than fn almost
any section of the country.
The average prices of the 50 largsr
cities of the nation were furnished by
the United States bureau of labor, while
the Salem figures were obtained first
hand at the stores.
MONDAY IS A HALF-HOLIDAY.
In honor of the visit to Port
land of Woodrow Wilson, presi
dent of the United States, Mon
day morning, September 15, la
hereby declared a half-holiday In
the city of Portland.
It is respectfully requested that
all business houses close during
the morning and that all business
houses and residences In the city
display the American flag and
decorate with the national colors
as elaborately as possible. Spe
cial emphasis should be placed on
decorating of streets over which
the presidential party passes
from S A. M. to 12:30 noon.
GEORGE L. BAKER, Mayor.
WAR RISK ACT AMEN-DED
Double Compensation for Disabled
Is Provided by House.
WASHINGTON. Sept 13. Increases
practically doubling the monthly com
pensation originally provided by the
war risk insurance act to disabled sol
diers and sailors and members of their
families, were passed unanimously to
day by the house.
Other amendments to the act seek to
liberalize Its provisions and to elimi
nate red tape In administering the law.
President Wilson's first official visit
to Portland, to be made tomorrow, was
the topic of the hour yesterday. Nearly
TO0O Oregon residents have tickets to
hear the president speak at the public
auditorium tomorrow night, while
thousands of others must be content
to catch a glimpse of "him during the
parade on both down-town and east
side streets leading to the Columbia
river highway.
Arrangements for the entertainment
of the president and his party are
complete, from t o'clock In the morn
ing, when he will be received by a
party of 11 prominent men and women.
until 11 P. M., when his special train
is to carry him on his way to Cal
ifornia.
. Critics May Get New Volley.
Interest abounds in the president's
address in Portland, for tomorrow the
peace treaty is scheduled to be placed j
before the senate by the foreign rela
tlons committee, where it has been dis
cussed and revised during the time that
the president has been on his tour.
That President Wilson will have some
thing of importance to say In connec
tion with the peace treaty which has
rot yet been voiced in his other
speeches is felt certain.
Portland will enjoy a half-holiday
tomorrow morning. Schools will be
closed all day and the city halt will be
closed until 1 o'clock. Many business
houses will close their doors until the
noon hour, giving employes an oppor
tunity to see President Wilson and his
party during the parade.
Secret Service Prepared.
A veritable host of secret service op
eratives from the Pacific bureau will
be stationed everywhere in the city to
morrow, in provide ample protection
to the nation's chief executive. In ad
dition will be national guardsmen to
patrol the line of march, deputy sher
iffs to augment the secret service
forces, and uniformed police officers to
maintain perfect order.
On the president's special train will
Two Bodies Found Dangling From
Bridge Girder; Victims Accused
of Killing Policeman.
PUEBLO, Colo., Sept. 13. Two Mexi
cans were taken from the city Jail to
night by a mob of armed citizens,
driven in an automobile to the Fourth
street bridge near the city limits and
hanged. The bodies were found 45
minutes after their capture by the mob,
The lynching followed arrest of two
Mexicans charged with the murder
early today of Patrolman Jeff Evans.
The two men, Jose Gonzales and San
tos Ortez, section hands, were arrested
today. Reports that the men had been
transferred to the county jail and that
two other Mexicans had been hanged
proved erroneous.
MICK TURNED OUT AGAIN
Champion Stowaway, 14, Falls in
His Fourth Effort to Be American
NEW YORK. Sept. 13. Mike Gil-
hooley is on his way back to Belgium
today on the transport Henderson. Thus
ends the fourth attempt of the war's
champion stowaway to be an American.
Mike, who is 14 years old, has nu
merous friends among the doughboys
of the American expeditionary forces,
but his influence does not extend to the
mmigration authorities.
His inheritance of blarney helped him
to get adopted by a rich New York
woman on his third trip a a stowaway
on an army transport, but a propensity
for shooting craps soon caused him to
be returned to the immigration of
ficials.
Mike's father died before the war and
his Belgian mother, he says, was killed
by a German shell, which also de
stroyed his home.
FLIGHT RECORDS BROKEN
Aviator Makes Trip From Portland
to Eugene in 45 Minutes.
EUGENE. Or.. Sept. 13. (Special.)
All airplane flight records between
Portland and Eugene were broken yes
terday evening, when Lieutenant Bat
ten, member of the government forest
patrol crew on duty here, flew from
Portland to the Eugene aviation field
n exactly 45 minutes, arriving here
t 8 o'clock. '-
Lieutenant Batten was on one of his
regular patrol 'trips,' but was late in
starting back, and not wishing to be
caught in the dark put on all speed.
The distance betwen Portland and Eu
gene by air line' is approximately 100
miles. The flight was made in a De
Haviland plane.
POLICE CHIEF IS OUSTED
Reinstatement Refused to
Men on Strike.
NEW FORCE WILL BE U1LT UP
Gompers in Statement Blames
City Commissioner.
ONE MORE DEAD ON LIST
Guardsman Kills Man Who Resists
Arrest, Two Hurt; State Troops
Continue Patrol.
Concludl on Par 10. Column 2.
BOSTON, Sept. 13. Police Commis
sioner Curtis shut the doors of the po
lice department In the face of the strik
ing policemen today. He announced he
would not reinstate the men who had
abandoned their posts. At evening roll
call he made it known that the 19 offi
cers and members of the union whom he
had suspended had been finally dis
charged and that he would proceed at
once to build up a new force.
The commissioner's action followed
the strikers' acceptance of the sugges
tion of President Gompers of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor that they re
turn to work without demanding im
mediate union recognition, but with
out relinquishing any clai s. It found
support In an opinion by Attorney-
General Bruce Wyman, who held that
triking police officer had made their
places vacant and that the commis
sioner could fill them.
Governor Coolidge, at a conference
with President John F. Mclnnls of the
policemen's union and other labor lead-
rs, said he would be guided by the
opinion of the attorney-general.
Guard's Shot Is Fatal.
Raymond. Gaist of Dorchester, was
shot and killed when he resisted a state
guard. In the excitement that followed
and while the guards were dispersing
the crowds, another shot was fired,
wounding Mrs. Mary Jaques ' of Dor
chester in the knee.
James McCourt, a bystander, was ac
cidentally "shot in the ankle during an
attack on a volunteer policeman in the
south end district this morning. The
olunteer.. Robert P. Nolan, fired the
shot. Two men were arrested charged
with assault.
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Itrol the streets In conjunction with
volunteer policemen and loyal member
f ........ r' .. Mni..il . "
Explosions Threatened; More Than
1000 In Danger; Conflagration
Is Still Raging.
NEW YORK, Sept 13. All 50 oil tanks
of the Standard Oii company at Its
Long Island City plant are in flames at
6 o'clock this evening, more than three
hours after the start of the fire.
Fighting the flames vigorously but
with little hope of getting them under
control are 475 firemen attached to 32
engine companies. Six Standard oil
fireboats and three municipal boats are
pumping water into the-fire.
Caught by a back draught, the flames
shot many hundreds of feet into the air
and in the rush of more than 1000 fire
men, newspaper men and workmen to
find safety, scores were knocked down
and trampled under foot.
The plant covers many acres.
GERMAN WAR HERO DIES
Iron Cross Winner and Emperor's
Namesake Both Loyal to V. S.
COTTAGE GROVE, Or.. Sept. 13.
(Special.) Two natives of the countries
with which America was at war, both
octogenarians, one once decorated with
the iron cross and the other named
after the Austrian emperor, were buried
here today. Both were loyal to Amer
ica, their adopted country. Francis Jo
seph Heinrich, a native of Austria, was
82 years old. August Heinrich is a
surviving son.
George Stopples, who won the iron
cross in the Franco-Prussian war, was
83 years old. He had been a resident
of the United States since 1875. His
widow and a sister, Mrs. Martha Sten
nett, survive.
HART TO SEE ROUND-UP
Reel Cowboy to See Real Ones at
Pendleton Celebration.
PENDLETON, Or.. Sept. 13. (Spe
cial.) Bill Hart, of movie fame, will
be a member of the McAdoo party at
the Round-Up. Confirmation of the re
port that the star of photo play cow
boys was to visit the Round-Up this
year was received in a wire to the
directors here today.
Another noted visitor will be Captain
Hardy, the only living member of the
Perry expedition to Japan. He is ex
pected to lecture here in the, booth
which the naval recruiting service will
maintain during the week.
Fortitude Contrasted With
Spruce Conditions.
COLONEL KELLY IS WITNESS
22 at Headquarters in France;
140 in Yeon Building.
COLD IN VOSGES ENDURED
Soldiers Near Front Work 10-Hour-Day
at $33 a Month and Get No
Medal; Portland Probe 'Ends.
MACON, Ga., Sept. 13. Police Chief
Bowden, who has been charged with
sympathizing with rioting union strik
ers in the cotton mill troubles here,
was today told he had three hours in
which to resign his office by the civil
service commission.
Bowden resigned before the limit was
up. One union organizer and two
rioters have been put in Jail and citi
zens are guarding them with riot guns
against threats of liberation. The
mayor has announced that the civil au
thorlties will protect the mill opera
tlves.
ITALIAN EARTHQUAKE KILLS
One Dead, Several Injured, Villages
in Siena Shaken.
ROME, Friday. Sept. 12. Several vil
lages in the province of Siena were
severely shaken last night by an earth
quake. Houses were badly damaged.
One person is dead and sevrral in
jured at Piancastagnajo. Ten were in
jured at Celle. .
Conference Is Declined.
Police Commissioner Curtis this aft
ernoon declined to confer with labor
leaders, including President Mclnnis of
the striking policemen's uni n.
NEW YORK, Sept. 13. Samuel Com
pers, president of the American Federa
tion of Labor, placed the entire, blame
for the Boston police strike on Edwin
Curtis, police commissioner, in a stafe
ment here tonight.
"I suppose he is willing to asdum?
the responsibility for the consequences
of his action," said Gompers.
DENIKINE ROUTS REDS
Nine Thousand Jlen, 100 Machine
Guns Captured.
LONDON, Sept. 13. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The war office an
nounces a decisive victory over the bol
shevik forces at Esaritsyn by General
Denikine, in which 9000 prisoners, 11
guns and 100 machine guns were taken.
Three bolshevik regiments surren
dered and two others were destroyed.
WOMEN TO STEP ON REDS
Mrs. Pankhurst Now Militant on
Subject of Bolshevism.
NEW YORK, Sept. 13. A prediction
that the downfall of bolshevism would
be brought about by women was made
here today by Mrs. Emmeline Pank
hurst, noted British suffragist, who ar
rived here from England on the steam
ship Adriatic. She is to make a lecture
tour through the United States and
Canada.
"We women are going to put an end
to bolshevism," she said, "by applying
the same spirit that prompted women
to turn out the munitions and stand
behind the men behind the guns."
JAPAN DEMANDS SHANTUNG
Peace Pact to Be Rejected Without
Clause, Says' Baron Goto.
NEW YORK. Sept. 13. Japan will
refuse to ratify the peace treaty if the
Shantung clause is excluded, in the
opinion of Baron Shimpei Goto, mem
ber of the Japanese national commis
sion for discussion of foreign policies
and former foreign minister, who ar
rived here today aboard the Aquitania
on his way home after a three-months'
visit to England and France.
Baron Goto said he spoke as a private
citizen and was expressing only his
personal views.
The deadly parallel, by which condi
tions in the American share of the
lumber industry in France during the
war were pitted against conditions In
the spruce production division, wss
utilized by Chairman James A. Frear of
Wisconsin yesterday to emphasize
points in the testimony of Lieutenant-
Colonel George H. Kelly of Portland,
chief of all American lumber and log
ging operations in France during
America's participation in the hostili
ties. The inquiry into spruce expendi
tures and production in the Pacific-
northwest closed with his testimony.
Under his command, as major. Colonel
Kelly had 34,000 men, of whom 16,000
were white and 18,000 colored. In the
spruce production division, Brigadier
General Brice P. Disque commanded
28,700 men. Overseas the lumber was
cut for railroad ties, for barbed wire
posts, for trench supports, for every
conceivable war need. Some spruce
was cut for airplane purposes but was
turned over to France, testified Colonel
Keliy, through agreement with that
government.
Men Work 10 Hours In France.
In France, testified the witness, the
loggers had a 20-hour day, divided into
two shifts of 10 hours each; they were
housed in tents, even in the Vosgea
mountains and in the Alps near the
Swiss border- where snow was be
tween seven and eight feet deep in the
winter; they received $33 a month if
they were privates, $9G a month if
master engineers, the highest non
commissioned grade; many camps were
close to the front lines, subject to
nightly bombing and occasional artil
lery fire; casualties from pneumonia
were heavy, and there were occasional
deaths from shell and small arms fire.
In the northwest, Chairman Frear
brought out by reference to testimony
which had been presented before in his
questions directed to Colonel Kelly, men
in the camps had known an eight-hour
day; they were housed in barracks;
heavy rains were their chief hardship;
they were paid from $2.50 to $10 a day;
they were subject to none of the dan
gers of men operating in the vicinity
of battle lines.
Headquarters Staff t'ontraiited.
To handle the entire problem of log
ging in France, which grew to a maxi
mum production of 50,000,000 feet a
month in October, lfllS, Colonel Kelly
said he was assisted at headquarters by
ten officers and from 12 to 14 en
listed men. Chairman Frear stated that
in the Yeon building headquarters of
the spruce division it had been testified
that between 140 and 130 officers were
on duty.
Colonel Kelly testified that he had no
receiving camp for men in France, that
as soon as a new batch of recruits ar
rived for the forestry division they
were met by an officer who conducted
them immediately to sectors where la
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