VOL. XVIII. NO. 37
Portland; Oregon; Mond ay; evening,; april, 21, 1919 eighteen pages.
PRICE . TWO : CENTS
Off TWAIN AND (fW
STANDS riVS OANTAV
SOME AIR VETERANS WHO FLEW TODAY AND TWO OF THEIR PASSENGERS
Here are photographs taken at Mock's Bottom today show
ing the " great fighting planes which flew over Portland and .
gave, hundreds of thousands their first sight of a battle among -the
clouds. -At the top (left) are some of the airplaner'after ;
they "had been uhlbaded from the special train of baggage cars .
which is carrying the Flying Circus over the country. - At the
right is one of the big4boats,! as the flyers call them, being
unloaded from one of thd baggage cars. , Below, at the left, is '-.
shown one of the touching incidents of the visit of the Flying
, Circus to PprtlandV-A viator W. L. McCroskey, whose home i "
at ?19 Duane street,: Astoria greeting his mother, Mrsi K M i
, ,Croskey, who met him in. Portland today for the first time "
d since his return from France.' She was the proudest woman in
the city In, the lower , center is one of the Fokker planes be
'ing guided down the runway to the position in the field whence
; if made its flight. Below are Frank H. Ransom (left) and
Mrs. Rose Coursen Reed, two' of the passengers who flew over
-the city with the aviators this morning. J .
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String of People Standings in
Line to Apply for Bonds When
Drive Opens at 9 o'Clock.
One Thousand Solicitors .Will
Gather at Auditorium Tonight
for Dinner and Instructions.
SUCCESS hovers' over Portland
1 today with., the opening of
the Victory Joan campaign, Ore
. Ron's last chance to share in fi
nancing American participation in
the '..world war. ...
, ; Moneyed thousands moneyed
with $oO. in many cases, or with
hundreds of thousands,; Portland
people are a- marshaled ? force
prepared to put : over in record -breaking
style the quota of $ J 4,
7 86 ,323 assigned to Portland and'
- Multnomah county, r ;
Workers with every energy assembled,
citizens with every Interest concentrated
toward the coal, stand forth today to
proclaim "Victory for the Victor loan.'
When Victory hut opened this morn
ink there was a strinff of people stand
Ing In line to make application for the
Victory bonds. . -v- -
While people were coming: forward
voluntarily to subscribe, the city organ
I eati on was being whipped Into shape
'and preparing to launch Us drive Tues
day morntng. Tonight the dinner at The
Auditorium at o'clock will be the big
event of this, the opening day of the
' campaign. .-.'.- , ; ; i
Accommodations have been made, for
1000 people at the dinner tonight and
' these guests will be workers and the vis
iting aviators. The workers -attending
the dinner are those who made reserva
tions. The expense of the dinner is ab
sorbed by several anonymous . citizens.
At T :30 the floors of The Auditorium will
be opened to the general "public."": "."
-An attractive and 'interesting" pro
gramme,, charged with patriotism - and
pep, will be rendered. This ?kick off
dinner is calculated to steanf. p.p . the,
oi craniaation . of ' worker- wh -are -on
(Concluded on Ptg Two, Column One1)
WILSON ABSENT
Lets England, Franc eand Italy
Thresh Out Question of Ital
ian .Demands.
Rome, April 21- XX.- N. S.) Premier
Orlando and Baron Sonnino will not
sign the peace treaty unless Italy's ter
ritorial claims are recognlze'd. the news
paper Popolo Romano stated today. The
premier and foreign : minister are -expected
to return on Wednesday for the
meeting of parliament. ,
By Jobs Edwin Xevla
Paris. April 21. (I. N. S.) The
Italian-J ugo Slav dispute over Flume,
which has already threatened to precipi
tate another armed clash; In Southwest
ern Kurope, was taken . up today by
. I'reraler Lloyd Ueorge, Premier Clemen--.
ceau and Premier: Orlando. The meet
ing of the-big four was called off and
President Wilson did not attend the
e ssion of the premiers who are laboring
to reach a decision that will not only
be satisfactory to the parties to the d!
pute but. to the United States a well. .
' It is freely . admitted that the latest
developments in. the Italian . situation
are fraught with the gravest dangers
inasmuch as Austria is no longer - a
solidified nation.
The fate of Flume has loomed' up as
the most serious obstacle now threaten
ing a continuation of amicable relations
In the big four. Arguments of an acri
monious nature developed during the
session on Sunday, .when Baron , Son
nino. the Itailan foreign .minister." de
clined ; to concede anything on the
ground that the 27.000 Italian residents
of 'Flume had, voted in favor of .annexa
tion of the port ,by Italy. In addition
Baron Sonnino ! contended that' the'' city
naturally belonged to Italy in a histori
cal sense. : ". '-- '-. y :
Finally the Italian foreign minister is
understood to have said that, if the big
four did not accept the policy of self
determination in this case- Italy would
Concluded on ! Two. Column Four)
StormyWeather Is
Eeport Erom Ocean;
Flight Not Possible
St. Johns. N. F.. April 21. l N. S.
Chances for starting the transatlantic
airplane flight this afternoon were slight
owing to bad weather. . Reports were re
ceived . that two storms were .working
westward across the ocean and that an
other was brewing off the Irish-coast.
Fenian's Flight Interrupted
Paris, April 17. ( U. P.) Lieutenant
Fontan, who had . started from Villa
Coublay in an airplane for Casa Blanca,
on the west coast of Morocco, as a first
step in a flight to Brasil, was forced
to return his machine to its hangar to
Oay owlrg to engine trouble. -v
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German Government Understood
To' Have Decided Not to Ac
cept Peace tTerms. .
By Frank Taylor
--f Berlin, April 21.-(U.'P.) Tha Ger
man government , was reported .today, to
have decided, not to .accept the' peace
treaty without waiting to ' learn the
too ' ',- '.'.-;. R
Both the -cabinet- and the foreign of
fice : are openly defiant, figuring the
.allies are not In a position, to retaliate. ,
The f radicals are. demanding ' accept
ance; of j any terms ' submitted , " by the
allies, but the cabinet now declares final
decision rests with the national assembly
and. not with the plebiscite. ! , i
' The general opinion prevails today thai
the -government -has- deliberately mis
interpreted the allied invitation to Ver
sailles, hoping to provoke a crisis that
will enable the government to blame the
allies if , the cabinet is overthrown by
the radicals. . '
Part of 361ST TO :
Beach Tacoma Soon
New York, April 21. (U. P. The de
tachment of the SClst Infantry destined
tn Camp Lewis Is due to arrive in Chi
cago over the Erie late today or tomor
row, according to offlcUls at Camp
Merrltt whence they left yesterday. The
troops should' reach Spokane in about
six days and TacomaV on the seventh,
according to. camp officers' - '.
j Oregon Fhysiciansi My EXILE FOR FQRWIER
TTTi.-T.JT-T
wayriomei
By Cat!
I i. thousands of the Jsinety-tirst yivisin; the; Jrta -arrive on
h6m Shores front that famous dWision ota!
.The, transport -Virginian - brougnt
c pores of officers-and men whose homes
are Jn Oregon and nj th Paclfle coast,
who have been all the way with their
units from Camp Lewis to the Argonne
and, back.. Among the pf fleers of the
316th sanitary f and ammunition "tratns
was a'group of 10 well known physicians
of . Oregon - and .Washington which : In-:
eluded Majors Karl g.' Swenson,: Harry
B. Moore and Marlon Jones of Portland ;
W. Carlton Smith of Salem. Robert W.
XHajntey of JdedTford. John E. Hunt of
Seattle, and Captains Merle O. Howard
of , Eugene, . Dwight BV Miller of - Port
land. Eber R. Htser of Tacoma. and
George Chase of Seattle. . -
Major Swensoa returns' with the dis
tinguished service cross and crolx de
guerre, the latter conferred for work tn
the Argonne fighting.- s -
Captain Howard was : decorated with
the Belgian war cross, which was pre
sented . by General - Johnston "division
commander at Camp Guthrie In France,
v Major J.JJ;McCaustland f Spokane,
who returned In command of the J16th
machine gun battalion, spoke glowingly
of the behavior of his men. They met
heavy causaltiea In i the - Argonne; but
their spirit never flagged, he said.. - i
Captain Carloi W.; Huntington of
Portland, "? formerly : attorney! wtth the
Warren Construction company, came as
battalion - adjutant, headquarters de
tachment of the motor battalron of am
munition, train. Part f this, unit got
into" the fighting and all had plenty of
hard work,, he said, taking any kind of
chances without counting danger.
Captain Miller, commanding the 361st
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ambutetic-eompany:.whfch
" at juugene. recalled that IX of hla
non-commissioned officers have wont
commissions, and that eight of his com
pany '-made- Camp Lewis football team.;
.That Is doing well out of 189 men,
he added. Tell them that Kes Bartlett
of Estacada and Horrible Monteith of
Albany still are with our outfit. ' both
sergeants.; . v .
CaptalaLKuykendali, who took this
(Caix-l tided oo Pe Faarteea. Cohuas Tbrap) t
Japanese Misrule ;.
Heldtb Be Cause;
4 Of Korean Rioting
Toklo, iAprll 19. (U, P.) The Korean
riots . against Japanese rule are attri
buted : to Japanese -misrule, there In 7 a
report made - today -by - Representative
Mortya, who returned from Korea, where
ho conducted an Investigation.' '
Moriya condemned the administra
tion. He declared the riots were due
to discrimination against the natives of
Korea and excessive repression of free
dom" Of ' speech. H declared that co
ercive taxation rae&ods were burdening
the poor for road building., , v
Total disregard of the unwritten laws
or Korea, was. charged by Moryia' rtte
said- only on newspaper was; allowed
In each province and that these had been
nicknamed "official .-gazettes.' --
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"Brg- Fow"" in 5 PariirRepcHed
To Have Reached ? Conclusion'
As to Punishment. :1
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- By Lowell Mellett " ' ' '
aris, April 21. (U.s PO Exile was
reported today" to have" been agreed, on.
unahimously by the - "big four" recently
as . the punishment to be meted out to
Wlhelm" Hohenaollern. As a result, it
ia understood I an effort will be made to
bdngjtbe former Jkalser before, an inter
national tribunal to be tried for the pa
jvtltleal offense of violating Belgian neu
tral! ty. rather than attempting to extra-
kdite: him from Holland lor criminal -of-
fenses committed against-Belgium., . -Secretary
Lansing, American member
of the- committee ; on responsibilities for
the war, is iinownrto have stood out
against efforts to try Wilhelm. maintain
ing there is no existing law under which
this could be - done. Japan, supported
Lansing and t the ; committee remained
deadlocked for several weeks. j I. v
The attitude .'of the Japanese, however,
was based on their belief that individual
punishment! of , the former kaiser wou id
.violate, the precedent under which their
own emperor Is held to be Infallible be
cause of ; "divine right." The .present
jlan ia regarded ' as . at "least partially
meeting" Japanese objections, since Wil
helm could, take his ''sanctity" with him
Into- exile-' . ,. '. ' : . ': ; . '
Thousaifd; Foot Fall:
' Adds to -the ThriUs
' . Chicago, 4 April n. U. - P.--Whne
doing aerial stunts for'; the .Victory loan
drive here today. Lieutenant Robert El
Lea and. 'Lieutenant .Brown fell J 000
"feet 'with. 'thelt.'rnachine' fnto , Lake
Michigan: ' They "were reued" by sub
chasers. ' P
By! JekB H.ft Coaaell " . ' ' ' '
Here lsa sueaestion for the . Victory'
loan committees which find difficulty In
getting the price jof a few Victory lean,
bonds from -moasback" nroney-grubbers :
Strap the tightwad ''Into- a 'Curtisa
plane, driven by Lieutenant Wirt of the
"flying- clreua,'- with instructions te this
driver that the Jmmelman turn, -the .tall
spin and the -loop must -not be omitted
dufing the breesy- dash'lnrthe rarified
atmosphere a few thousand feet above
JPprtlafd. . J ,tj ; S.V ;
Loquacious Lieutenant Wirt, wno mer
rily piloted , intrepid 'passengera and
newspapermen at the onset of the mock
battlti this - noon'. ? could JeaTi ' over hi
wheel ' and Inr Is' nonchalant r manner,
suggest, that a few shekels -he "turned
over. for bond 5or two. ' ' ; i
yrpvipnx7oiezn ritB.'. '.
If the money bag. parson did. not take,
kindly-to the suggestion-Lieutenant Wirt
could swing Jnto thatdJs2y, whirling.'
dipping tali spin,- If -that did not change
Mr; Tight Fist's ideas, he could, spring
that mesmerising- Immehnan turn or. the
loop, .In which the sky and the earth
seem Jammed together in a kaleldescope.
There wouldn't be. anything, to IV", The
close gent would hand, over his pile in
such - qulcte time, that It could, not be
recorded by a stop watch. The chances
are that he would: first send up a call
for" help. But there would be .no one to
hear him except a passing swallow and
the lieutenant, who says he would rather
do the tail spin than anything else since
the pastime of hunting Hun airmen has
become obsolete.. ---." '.
: . I was boo of many news-hounds who
had clamored for''.' chance to fly., I
received no permission from the boss,
but persuaded the flyers that. X do not
get. dizzy, so Ijwaa selected. ; :. , ; , "
fV H1ZZB AH O i'!VTW E WEXT"; , .
It was thrilling even when - X stepped
into the' plane . and . was strapped down
so ' tightly . I could not move. Then
whiss-bang ! .Up we' went after a little
ground glide for momentum. -
When we were about. 3000 feet above
the. Portland Flouring Mills.: which
looked like a couple of spools and a
toy shack. Lieutenant Wirt stopped the
motor -
The engine ls stalled ; - X . wonder
when I '-had better Jump,' thought X.
who .never before had been .:' higher
above Portland than 5-the tower; of
The Journal building.
" VSay,' shouted the '- lieutenant, ' 'let's
turn clear over"
' Before1" I had time either to 'agree
-'; '. - ' - . i .' 5 -' , a ;
or .disagree with ' the -suggestion.: the
loopy was completed, f I didn't observe
much , that time, i but when he pulled
the trick on. me agalnj X saw -plenty
of- clouds , and . Willamette,' aH ' about
the same. Instant--There' wis" a roaring
and . whirring of -wind.' All relation
with this- earth seemed lost. ''
"Isn't it beautiful th wav
j-shiites On the hills on the 'side of ' th
river,"', said the lieutenant, 'and he waved
hlsrigh anrr majestically too majesti
cally, while I hoped he wouldn't get
paralysis lnhls left. " ! - 4 -,
seEsfeRT isibsTiK ja;4 Wfiw 5
Before I ; could adjustimy mental state
to observe the Oregon wiitny, from this
n,ew "g1 hodlpped and turned into a
A Conehided on rt Tw1t-, Column Tw,)
IN SLOGAN TEST
Honorable Mention Is Given to
Dr. -A. W. KorinelCof Villa
St Clara Apartments.
San Francisco. April 2L (IT. P.) Tou
bought bonds, for war now buy them for
peace.' ; - ' ,
That is the slogan under which the
twelfth federal reserve district, Includ
ing eight states, will put over the Victory
IJberty Xoaw.:; wH i .
E. F. Brown, 227- Futoa -street, Berke
ley, who coined the slogam.'wlns the $30
priae offered in 'the ;sloga'ti . contest. It
was axmoujaced today. . . . .-. . t .
' The other slogans and- prise winners
follow: -
Second. prUa (20)ir"It it's worth dy
ing for it's worth paying for." Mrs. M.
A. Collier, Box: 517; San Francisco.
.Third prise (110) "We've , -won the
war ; let's pay the bill." Mrs. J. C An
dersen. Route 1, Ferndale. Wash. . . -.
Honorable ; mention "How much is
liberty worth to yon r Fred Emerson
p rooks, 2535 Hlllegass avenue. Berkeley,
Cat. , , ,
. "Be as liberal as the boys were brave."
i-Dr. A. W. Korlnek, 208 Villa St. Clara
Apartments,' Portland, Or,'
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Special Treat . G i v e n Limited
Number of Passengers Who
Enjoy Thrills of Air Ride.
Vantage Points Crowded ; .With'
People Anxious to Get Glimpie
of Veterans' From the's Front.
EORCED by ; a - broken propellea
to land, oncer the Spad moni
oplanes that participated , in thu'i
spectacular flying - circus ovctf,
, Portland this Afternoon, was prac-j ?
tically wrecked when K.,dlvci '
Into the plowed ground ofa,flelcJ v
at' Twenty-sixth and" Gladstone
. streets, near the Southcrd ? '
ciflc railway chops , at 2 :15 o'clock;
Hie Spad was driven by Cap
. tain Smith, one of. the leading f
aces. 1 -
The machine, .driving' at a rpl ;
. speed, broke . a propeller blade
over Grand avenue and East Stark . .
street, a few minutes before tht 4'
forced landing. ' ; Mr. ' and t Mri f
Vern Brlstow, on , the roof of thf
Chamberlain apartments,' narrowj. v.
" ly escaped Injury from the drop- ;
' ping propeller, , which J.nlsscd , .:
them, Mr. Bristow says,, about
six inches, ' . , ' ? f ; J ,
TmiLLED' in the dlzry.alf
heights above the city,ia'fcv
half timid Portland: folk $oare?J ?
in United States army alrplanqa
late this morning 'in- tfio opening
vent of the.: great -flying; lrct
lvhlch thouands'are gathering to
"llew. iW9" afternoon .as llH& tn6t f
-hBrtling Jeaturfi of.,th0ipregqa
Vietory;.ioan campaign. tC-'- '
- Only six ..machines of the 11 , la ;tli -clrons
made i trial ascents with : passen
gers' this ' morning,- but 'the passengers
'who eat beside the fliers were granted
the greatest novelty aensation of tbe ag
, sn Inside view of .the workings of the
monsters .of -the air that made rwat? lit
the -clouds with the enemy overseas All.
passengers assigned; to flight were car
ried aloft, Including Mrs.--Kosa Coursen
Reed and the mystery girl of the Aero
club.' . .
Three passengers. representing i the
largest subscribers to the jX Victory loan
registered thisTnornlng, were selected
early In the day. They were: JIrs. Rose
Coursen-Reed; . E. H. West of Ladd
Tllton's hank and K. H. Ransom Of. the
Kastern St Western Lumber 'company.
Mrs. Reed wss selected by Max, II.
Houser, C. S. Jackson and V. S. Doern
becher. three of the five heavest,Vlctory
loan subscribers up to noon today. 1 '
The passengers, including representa
tives of Portland newspapers. went up
with pilots, as followir: -
K. L. Terrell Lieutenant Wirt. 1 .
(Ceaclnded oa Psc Twl, Column H)
NOT SO EXCITING
SAYS MRS. REED
V ".- .- - .i-
Well Known Vocalist One of few
Portianders to Be .Treated
'To Airplane Ride. -
"For a person who has been up In the
air in captive balloons and driven alxty
miles an hour In an auto.' I must say
that the experience of riding in an aero
plane isn't, so greatly exciting-' f 1 1 .
This i waswhat Mrs., Rose Coursen
Reed, well-known 'Portland vocalist; said
today after, .flying, over. Portland j with
one of. the members of the Victory! loan
flymg circus. ' ' - -f -
Mrs. Reed .was, selected as the' per
sonal representative in' the' flight of Max
Houser,! Joltus L. Meier, CK B. Jackson
and F. S. Doernbscker, four of the1 Six
heaviest subscribers for . Victory loan
bonds up to noon todays '-.-k - '"-P ': ';,' i i-'
"Wheo I got up there .and ' had j th s
exhilarating, feeling" of thai freenesa of
the skies X must say I felt like buying
several planes. The demonstration Was
successful with me," said Mrs. Reed. -was
greatly disappointed ttiat I
L wasn't able to7 tanc -with the aviafot or
j might nave at least prevauea upon cim
to do a tail spin for' my beneflt.f said
Mrs. Reed. "It was a tame affair and
I suppose, I should get enthusiastic and
tell The journal readers how' thrilled I '
was,. but.! dont feel like; acting silly
over a feeling that I didn't experience.."
' Mrs. Reed said that'lt made her 'proud
to place a sign in her studio doer In
forming her pupils that she was flying
this morning. She said, Ii considered
that' very effective and X looked with
-pride at my impromptu sign when;! re
turned." ., ." r I
Mrs. Reed had tnade a special appli
cation to the flying committee and did
not know' that she was-going to have
an aerial ride until an hour before the
performance. She said that she was giv
ing a lesson to a pupil -when word came
that her application had been passed
' "I think that the less you say about
my - wonderful feat," said ; Mrs. 1 Reed
when the reporter- urged her.,, to give
some further details," the better I will
feet. I know that publicity is a great
thing, but I really can't rt excit J over
a thing X didu't find rtd exc.:.. ;.'