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.1 y 92 Pages Seven Sections pectionOne Pages 1 to 24 4 f'B: PORTLAND, OKEGr pyXDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 5, 1919. "PRICE FIVE CENTS VOL. XXXVIII NO. 40. Entrd st Portland Orn) Nn!SJLlBIITIIEBIIINSTIBE WILSON IMPROVJNG, SAYS DR. GRAYSON PHYSICIAN REGARDS CONDI TION NOW AS ENCOURAGING. ' HUNS IN LETTLAND EXPECT TO SETTLE STRIKFV .iN BRICKS IN r v o -"WITH POLICE OF RUSSIAN RULE Ill PITCHING DUEL VON BER GOLTZ SAYS THEY SEE NO HOPE IN GERMANY". " EX-PRESIDENT TAFT AXD OTH 11 - C PANIES OF JUL1TIA 1 SENT TO CHECK RIOTS'. ERS ADVOCATE SYSTEM. ! BLANKS SOX GTYWAGEPLAN3 ILSON S ILLNESS OUCHES CAPITAL T ashington Manifests Profound Concern. XG STRAIN FINALLY TELLS of Chief's Energy Thrown Into Fight for Treaty. LL RECOVERY DOUBTED session Noted In Hesltra Tour dlcated Executive Saw End of 111 light Was Near. rtEGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU, hington., Oct- 4 President WII- s illness ba cast deep gloom over hington. which Is Intensified by knowledge that his condition is . i ......a, , w Tins e critical man m led to believe. ne Hrst tnk'ling as to the serious jre of his illness came when tr. X. Dercum. noted specialist, was d into consultation. Up to this there had Deen a general mls- ;rstandins of the president! all i. except among the newspaper esnondenta who were on. the tern tour and witnessed some in- nts which foretold the collapse! . came at Pueblo. Colo. '.ti urmrreK It r, . : , Mr i-:.: " '' : t it oo " . t - ' - , : efj ery . -: t J .. -r' - r ir rt tn or . j i . -r.. b , iT- c.". o tr J 3 ' !. . i u i (. If r.. . -c. ' :(i. .r .l- ' u , I n-.''.- '- . ir- -d r-vt ' S -1. ' r '. -:. t' : .i i.i. i ! te, r w e- ' jl f." .n tl i't i rfy far t 1' - t jt i" .1: leic 1 f, u C 5 a- l..ri ? i. -i..J be-i: et-.!?.l i i or ri ki M-iw.i-s iu..ii. me major I oncWdr.l on !' 8. Column 11 I Hill Proposing Establishment of Reform Scheme to Be Presented to House in Near Future. "WASHINGTON. Oct. 4. Enormous war expenditures have forced the at tention of congress to the question of adopting a budget, former President Taft today told the house committee investigating proposed changes in governmental fiscal affairs. Mr. Taft recommended that cabinet officers be required to come before congress to justify es-.imates contained in m. oua-et- ... Secretary Glass also urged mai a budget system be adopted. He said the burden of bonds must be met by the present generation, and that this could be done only by Intelligent economy In government expenditures. With the statements of the ex president. Mr. Glass and Represents tlve MondelL republican leader in the house, who also urged a budget sys tern, the hearings were closed and Chairman Good announced thaf the committee would begin working on its recommendations. He said a bill proposing establishment of a budget system would be' presented to the house before the end of next week. MARSHALLS LOSE CHANCE Wedding Anniversary, Same as Bel gian Rulers, Is Overlooked. (Copyrlcht tr the New Tor World. Pub- ltihe1 ry Arni.-mni.i WASHINGTON" Oct. 4. Vice-Presi dent Thomas R. Marshall will neves meet another great ruler or Interna tional celebrity without first consult ing his biographical sketch book. Acting for the president. Mr. Mar shall went to New Tork to welcome the king and queen of the Belgians. The greetings were followed by a luncheon at the Waldorf. The vice president, seated near the queen, un fit tii 'ji oir rro!y t say something jrroji a ".'fil nj '.rlversary, but i a "i.i. "n .1 tl.e ' r -president and xdri. b'.ert-'- rt turn . i to Washing t t t tr. . .'je.'i ..-,.1 that October I ; n.x r!ie ,,:.', ... of the distln- v horn they had ereatlng fact I the anniver ' Mr. and Mrs. I for a double 1." said the p on whkv he ar ni'-. T'fi-t l..c. .. HUKTIR iS TiiG'JjHT DEAD '.::d Mounded . tht. LV'i: : 4. (Special.) parties to re vrvin Wasson. j :k hills, today r that the boy jund he Is re- -'ed Thursday two compan arl Foote, one ad the other . or help. Sev " -e out tonight. . received as to Is companion. accidentally v-f the b. I :i r .f . ; u rf . 1 ? n ar. ih fc.n ..-aa:. , pari' - ! 0 y ( t.' 11. fa .or:.' f ' r.ot h.'nifl h o..'.i the arm f l.r..i'i- fi mss 17 ars old. and LEAGUE '.u ;itinvt:iry C'ciinlttce Unan !rTUl l"ors Joining. n ! J . . ... -TTA'. A. rrMay, Oct. J. (By ' , v cf'c .. . 'i-- ) The parlia t t .. o n .- , .f.rtivf ti , ii-pointed to dis .. cv- , u . . - , -unnv of N irwijr Into the "'-e -i aaiions. nns reported unan- imously n favor of Norway joining the 'eague. Pofes Are Expected to Do Much Better. AMERICAN INFLUENCE FELT Prospect for White Russians Counted Bright. GOVERNMENT IS ASSURED Present Backwardness of People Is Proor That Slav Domination Has Done Little for Them. BY ARNO DOSCH-FLEUROT. (Copyright by the New Tork World. Pub lished by Arrangement.) MINSK. Oct. 4. (Special Cable.) When the Polish Uhlans galloped into Minsk, driving the bolshevik! out. they were preceded, followed and almost accompanied by crowds of Ruthenlan peasant women, each with a basket on her arm. The baskets were empty. The bolshevik! had three armored cars In the town and they made the streets hot for an hour, but the peasant wom en came streaming In Just the same. They stood around, expectant, while the Uhlans trotted up and down the streets cleaning up the last of the bolshevikl. But as the day wore on they became restless, and finally a crowd of them swarmed around a squad of Uhlans resting In the street and shouted at them: . , "TeH us, comrades, when does the looting begin?" That was the whole result the bol shevikl got out of the terrible stories they kept printing n their papers of the things the Poles would do if they came. They came, and they did a little looting. In this manner: Scattered pa trols here and there stepped into shops or, if, as was usually the case, the bhop'waa c'osed from In front wrrc-roonriito tt rowtyirnf nd entered from, behind and picked UP what looked , worth while and was portable. - Closing the front of the shops was simply an aid to those cheerful takers. Officers, passing in the streets could not detect them. Also soldiers going through the houses searching for arms felt they ought to be rewarded for their trouble and often exacted compensation according to the richness of the furniture. Jew Not Much Alarmed. I have no proof, but it seemed also as if their exactions In apartments belonging to Jews were a little more exacting. Race prejudice counted for that much, though it led to little bloodshed, and far from being fright ened half to death, as the lurid tales of these parts as printed In America would lead one to believe, the Jews were standing around on the streets everywhere in crowds. They quickly realized that to keep their shops closed was also no help, as what there was In the way of robbery took thu sly form of apparently voluntary con tributions, and they had been buying their safety too long In tbjs region to let that worry thern much. The presence of trie American gen eral. Jadwin, who sped around the streets half the first night .with a weather eye out for looters, might have been accountable for the com partlvely good behavior of the troops, but they had been In the town 11 i"onc-luded en Page ."!, Column 1.) .CARTOONIST PERRY GIVES PICTORIAL IMPRESSIONS OF SOME INTERESTING NEWS EVENTS. Scores Are Hurl in Bsllle In Gary and Authorities Cat on Gov ernor for Protection GARY, Ind., Oct. 4 Serious rioting broke out late today when thousands of steel strikers and others hurled bricks and stones, fought the police, deputy sheriffs and city firemen, in juring probably, scores. The local com pany of militia was notified by city officials to be in readiness for duty. The immediate cause of the rioting was the presence of a number or nonstrlkers on a street car on their way to the steel mills, to work. The car was halted at Tenth avenue by a passing Michigan Central train. The strikers began to hoot and jeer the men on the car, according to the po lice, and soon sticks and stones began to fly. A riot call was telephoned to the police. The first policemen were overwhelmed. Then a second riot call brought the remainder of the poli.ee force, about 100 men. These were followed by nearly S00 special police men, the firemen and between 200 and 300 special deputies. ' The fighting continued. Men with broken heads, cuts and other injuries were hurried away to the hospitals. Early In the fighting it was said 25 or 30 persons had been taken to hos pitals. The police finally obtained the up per hand after sending out two squads armed with riot guns. It was not necessary to fire a shot. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Oct. 4 Gov ernor Goodrich tonight ordered 11 companies of state militia to East Chicago and Gary, where rioting broke out today as a result of the strike of steel workers. The troops will have headquarters in East Chicago, where 800 of them are expected to arrive to morrow. They will be under command of Harry B. Smith, adjutant-general. The governor's action followed an appeal by Sheriff Barnes of Lake county and Mayor Hodges of Gary. The sheriff reported that agitators were inciting the striking steel work ers to riot and that the situation was beyond his control on account of in ability to obtain sufficient deputies. He also reported that trouble was de veloping between negroes and whites. BRIDE . . TRAVELS FAR British , G14 Kea'clics;; Yakima to M'ed ex-Army Officer,.,.... YAKIMA, "Wash.. Oct. 4. (Special.) Miss Doris Ethyl. Parker, aged 22 years, arrived, in Yakima Monday night from her home In England, completing a.SOOO-mile 'journey un attended, to wed Harold Risley of Pullman, Wash. Risley. an officer in the medical de partment of the American army dur ing tho war, was stationed at base hospital No. 29, Northeastern hospi tal. London, and there met Miss Par ker, who was employed in a govern ment office. They expected to wed before Mr. Risley left England for home, but a sudden announcement Of the sailing of his command upset their plans, and Miss Parker promised to join him here later. 12 WOMEN DODGE JURY Only One at Pasco Willing to Sit in Criminal Cases. PASCO, Wash.. Oct. 4 (Special.) Twelve of the 13 women summoned for Jury service at the opening ses sion of the superior court have claimed exemption. Three brothers are to be tried on charges of horse stealing and Don Francis is accused of criminal syn dicalism. He will be defended by George Vandeveer, I. W. W. attorney. Specialists' Again at Bedside and Examination of President's Eyes Proves Satisfactory. "WASHINGTON. Oct. 4. Continued improvement was recorded in Rear Admlral Grayson's night bulletin which declared President Wilson had passed a more encouraging day al though the improvement was not de cisive. The bulletin issued at 10:20 P. M. was as follows: "The president has passed a more encouraging day. The . improvement is slight but not decisive." Dr. Grayson indicated that he felt much encouraged by the day's prog ress. The day was onnressivelv hot and the fac that the president had more than held his own, despite his respiratory affliction resultlir from influenza, was taken as a hopefui sign.. President Wilson's condition contin ued slowly to improve and his pTiysi cians said he was regaining some of the ground lost In Thursday's unfa vorable turn of his illness. Although not modifying his descrip tion of the president as a "very sick man," Dr. Grayson diagnosed the pa tient's condition early today as "more favorable" and indicated that his re cuperative powers now had the upper hand. A good night's rest, one of the few Mr. Wilson has been able to enjoy since his illness began, was credited with aiding materially in restoring strength and cheerfulness. During the day the president was able to get additional rest, but he was kept In bed and was under almost continual observation by his physicians. The president's temperature and pulse are normal and the president is said to be cheerful, though becom lng somewhat restless about being confined to his bed. Two specialists who have examined thepresident before were summoned to Washington today. They were Dr. F. X. Dercum, neurolog'st, and Dr. George De Schweinitz, an eye spe cialist, both of Philadelphia. They were to have a consultation with Dr. Grayson and Drs. Stitt and Ruffin of this city, who have been assisting the president's physician. Examination of the president's eyes by Dr. De Schweinitz disclosed that his eyesight was as good as It was at the. last examination six months ago. ' ' The specialists again made a thor 6uch xamlnatlon' and" consulted for an hour over the patient condition. They made.no annou.ncejnent-but In dicated general satisfaction with-the progress being made. 'With all of Mr. Wilson's Immediate family at the W'hite House, scores of other persons, including officials and diplomatists, . called at the executive offices to express their sympathy and their hoDe for a speedy recovery. Many messages of similar nature were received by wire, some coming n" foreign countries. PUMPKINS ON PEACH TREE Cottage GroVe Gardener Puts Vines on Trellis. , COTTAGE GROVE. Or., Oct. 4. ! (Special.) George Teeters evidently had heard of the famous hanging gar dens and is trying to copy them. Be cause he did not have room In his garden for a pumpkin vine, he has trained it up over trelllswork and Into a peach tree. It now has three pumpkins of good size hanging from it. His neighbors are betting that the vine will not be able to hold the pumpkins up, while he is betting that it will. Mr. Teeters is raising three crops this year from his garden. The first two were of rye and the third is of garden truck. In the ground he planted radishes for the third crop he now has a fourth crop of winter cabbages. . CUrr OH.CCrVfcrW WHAT Dxt.lr DO fV ove.corYr of ANO tol-O ITTO THE. .0.rCUTHtSf MAN I 5,POSt: DANGGONE IT I! M No VT ASWrVC TOR oh- k Chicago Wrecking Crew Goes to Smash. CICOTTE'S ERRORS COSTLY Hurler's Mistakes in Field Hand Enemy Runs. GLEASON'S HOPES FAIL "They Afn't Hittin'," Is Lament of Windy City Bugs, Who See Favorites Slipping Dally. BY GRANTLAND RICE. CHICAGO, Oct. 4. (Special.) The groan of the south side fan is min gling today with the shriek of the slaughtered cow and the squeal of the vivisected pig. Just across the way, in a vast medley of woe. The dismal chorus, a veritable threnody of doom, Is rising to the high heavens, but above all there is still the ringing echo of an immortal refrain which Hughey Keough sang In behalf of the old White Sox back in another age. And the refrain again is simply this: "The hell of it is, they ain't hittin.' " Herein you have the complete story of three Red triumphs oirt of four starts, for Jimmie Ring resumed again today where Reuther and Sallee left off, beating Eddie Cicotte by the score of 2 to 0, with a pitching exhibition that rivalled Dick Kerr's sensational work of the day before. Sox Approach End. Slowly but surely Red pitching is choking the Sox to death. The slash ing club that ran up a batting aver age of .283 against American league pitchers has been stopped as cold as a frozen oyster. They can't hit a lick. They take their big war clubs up to the plate and spend the". rest of the arternoon swinging-tike acoirection of old gates at the crafty, cunning picning- thae-eofrri's.. hurtling their way from wiry Red arms.T ciuo that batted close to .300 for an entire season In the American league has earned exactly one run In four full ball games and that lone tally resulted from a fluky triple and a fluky single linked lother for a fluky count. One earned run in 3 innings one good honest tally that wasn't a gift through four long af ternoons of valnless swinging at a baffling ball. Pitching Is Too Good. There you have the story of the rising Red tide and the resounding groans of the loyal south side fan. One of the greatest slugging ma chines of all history has been halted and collared by pitching that was not to be denied. Hughey Keough "many years ago sang the story telling chorus: "The hell of it is they ain't hittin.'" And when this happens to a ball club that has depended mainly upon its mighty power with the mace, grand old Gehenna blows a summer resort in comparison. Cicotte and Ring fought a brilliant duel in the fourth canto of the big championship, but where Ring main tained his compelling mastery all the way through, Cicotte blew his own game in the fifth inning by breaking up in his defensive play. Strangely enough the ancient wing held up and (Concluded on Paee 4, Column 1.) jj TWt. VyKELN YOU StE A NAN VNiTVV ABSOLUTE. QlOOn HV COUNTEvv- C'ljrVv 4 AH CE: - NHY HfcfvA T- JOHNSON J COVUGTK Count Tells English Press Stand in Combating Bolshevism Means Saving Christianity. (Copyright ty the New Tork World. Pub lished by Arrangement.) LONDON, Oct. 4. (Special cable.) In a dispatch to the Daily News from Mitau, G. G. Desmond says: "Today I had an interview with General Count von der Goitz, leader of the recalci trant German army In Lettland. I had expected to find him obsessed by the danger of bolshevism and, in fact, he showed a livelier sense of that danger than is generally felt Just now in this part of the world. "'Our position here,' he said 'is not understood because people underesti mate the world danger constituted by bolshevism'. The presence of German troops here is due to two motives: First, they fear that if they leave their post bolshevism will directly en danger their fatherland, and its suc cess there would mean the downfall of Christian culture; secondly, conditions in Germany after the war and still more after the peace treaty are so poor that people don't see how they can find a living there if they return home. Right to Settle Sought. "'Therefore, they think that when they have defeated bolshevism they will have the right to setle down as peasants or workers at Vitebsk, Smolensk or other parts of Russia. " 'When the troops declared their disobedience to the order of with drawal,' continued von der Goltz, he was In Berlin and asked himself the question, 'Sifail I treat this as mutiny, or shall I go back and stand by them as a leader In their difficult position?" He knew the danger, he knew then that if he left his men leaderless they might turn spartacist. ' "He could not leave the fO.OOO en trusted to him In a lurch. 'As their leader, I must care for them and not let them go down, and also I must care for my fatherland,' he argued, and therefore he returned to Mitau and stood by his men. Some of the troops, he told me, would return to Germany. A good many had" already gone. Some 15,000 would remain, not as Germans, but under Russian com mands. Danger Held Great. "'It is their unselfish wish, aris ing from their own conviction, that bolshevism must be fought,' he said. If they leave, Esthonia and Lettland will go bolshevik and nothing then can save Petrogjd and Moscow'.. Bol shevist literature will overwhelm the world. We have seized much printed matter in English, ready for English- speaking people. To fight the threat ened calamity constitutes our task.' I mentioned the fear expressed In some quarters that Lettland would serve as jumping-off board for an attack on the German republic by anarchist reactionaries. That bogey," said the count, 'was invented by independents who, as al lies of the spaf tacists, must be asso ciated with bolsheviks. Bolshevism as I translate It is government by crim inals." " AIRPLANE FLIGHT FATAL Major Patrick Frlssell Killed; Lieu tenant d. E. Ballard Injured. MIDDLETON. O., Oct. 4. Major Patrick Frissell was killed and Sec ond Lieutenant G. E. Ballard seri ously injured when an airplane in which they were flying crashed to the ground on Prospect, mountain, a few miles from here today. Both officers were stationed at the army aviation field in Indianapolis and they were flying -from Bingham ton to Mineola to take part in the transcontinental air race next Wednesday. They were flying a De Haviland "Blue Bird" machine. Indignation Meetings Arc Held in City Hall. CHARGE OF TRADING IS MADE Old Employes Say Only Few Higher Paid Men Benefit. MOST ADVANCES SMALL Some Well Cared for Agree That in General Salary Increases Arc Not Fairly Apportioned. Dissatisfaction among city em ployes, more apparent than ever be fore in the history of the city, ac cording to employes who have served long in the city service, now exists I as a result of recommendations for w.age increases made by the special committee of the council. The ordi nance in which the recommendations are embodied has been passed to third reading and will be considered finally on October 15. The disappointment Is not confined to any particular set of employes. Clerks, stenographers and bookkeep ers join with heads of departments Uand important officials In branding tne proposals as unjust, dlscrimlna tpry and unfair. At almost any time of the day groups of city employes are gathered in the corridors of the city hall dis cussing the salary proposals and the men who compiled them. And if the city fathers who framed the proposed measure could enter these informal "indignation meetings" they would feel bereft of all friends as far as city., employes are concerned. Few Well Cared For. There is a minority of employes who have beert well cared for In the salary, ordinance who are satisfied. Here and there one will find an em ploye who has been given a substan tial increase, bijt despite this fact will agree that. In general, the in creases have not been fairly appor tioned. , Hostile city employes assert that all' employes who were fortunate enough to gain the ears of the com mittee members who compiled the list were given salary Increases. Soni" employes accuse the city fathers of caring for "only political pets" and it seems the consensus of opinion among the city workers that to call the or dlnance an attempt to standardize ' wages is farcical. Among city officials who are Indig nant over the proposed ordinance are City Health Officer Parrlsh and Park Superintendent Keyser. Dr. I'arrish tiets $5 Increase. Dr. Tarrish was "given a $5 per month increase, bringing his salary to 325 per month. The city health officer is reputed to poxsess a fairly . large private income and admits that he is not protesting because he de sires the money. "I am willing to divide any increase ' given me among the employes in my . department. However, I notice men who are planning improvements, such, as sewers and streets, are increased to $350 and f 416 per month and I wonder if the members of the com mittee believe that improvements of. any kind are more Important to the (Conuluded on Page 10, Column 1.) i