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. - 'Xy 1 M 0 J X WWV N P fTl N - nrhQM? ' Tonight and Tucs VflT ' WTTT :' Kn fit Rnti4 a Second -cl Matter VULi. AV1U FotrtoMtee. Porttand. Oregon. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 19, 1919 EIGHTEEN PAGES. , PRICE TWO CENTS S?gimh:S AVi'J Congress Meets HER FORG BRITISH AVIATORS AND THEIR LANDING FIELD IN IRELAND ABOVE, at the left, Harry G. Hawker, the Australian aviator, who left St, Johns, Newfoundland, Sunday afternoon to attempt a no-stop transatlantic flight in an effort to beat the Americans, who left Saturday via the Azores. The landing field being pre pared for Hawker at Fermoy island, Ireland, is shown at the right. Below is Hawker's aisplane, a Sopwith, equipped with a Rolls-Royce engine and, at the right, Lieutenant. Commander Mackenzie' Grieve, navigator for Hawker. i r' With Republicans OFF3 SHORE OF AZORES mm In Control First Time in 8 Years Present Body Faces Hardest Problems With Which Con gress t Has Dealt in Years. M 0. " ' - . .. . ...... . . . . ......... -j.it.-.i.-. & a - r si Admiral Jackson Gives- No De tails Other: Than to Say Craft Was Traveling by Own Power. NC4 Found With Both Wings ' Smashed, One Pontoon Miss ing; Crew Has Been Saved. ASHINGTON, May 19. (I. N. S.) The NC 3, the missins naval seaplane, has been sighted several miles from Ponta Del gada. Admiral Jackson this afternoon advised the navy department. He gave no further details except that she was traveling under - her own power. A later. dispath said that, while the NC-4 would leavefor Pon. Del gada u soon as the weather is suit able, "at present heavy, squalls and rain prevail, and it is doubtful if she can start today." .The'NC-l may sink before another 24 hours havepassed. Admiral Jack son later informed the department. "Impossible to work on NC-1 until sea moderates," the dispatch said. The, boat , has lost considerable of its buoyancy. Washington, May 19. (I. N. S.) The NC-4 will hop off from Horta for Ponta Delgada and then for Lis bon as soon as the weather permits. Following the receipt of advices stating that the NC-4 had been or dered to assist, if practicable. n the .aclt foi the ; missing v2CSth navy department this afternoon re ceived the following message, filed at' 11:3 S a. m Washington time, from "Admiral Jackson' at Ponta DelgadaV "Noti practical send NC-4 in search. She will proceed to Ponta Delgada as soon as weather permits, preparatory to flight for Lisbon." Later another message from Ad miral Jackson stated that the de ( Concluded on Fas Two, Column Four) FIR, SAYS WALKER Trade Commissioner Who Toured England, France and Bel gium Reports. Oregon and Wash! net on mills will par ticipate in lumber orders aggregating one billion teft foe immediate exporta tion to western Europe, according to '.John R. Walker, trade commissioner of - the bureau of foreign and domestic com merce. , Mr. Walker spent several months in vestigating the lumber situation in the British Isles. France. Belgium, Switrer . land and Italy. He spoke before a large gathering of business men and lumber manufacturers at the members' forum of the Chamber ef Commerce at noon to day. ,. Mr. Walker is one of the four com mlS8lonrs sent by the government to investigate lumber conditions ' in European- countries. Nelson Brown, ' who Investigated conditions in Mediterranean countries, and Roger-E. Simmons, who -studied the Russian situation, have al ready been heard in Portland. , Axel Oxholm, government commissioner to Norway, Sweden and Finland, . will ar rive next month to tell of lumber trade conditions - In those countries.- (Concluded .on Pass Seren, Column. Fit) Two Women, Young And Pretty, Are Missing in . City - Two ; women, both young and pretty, were, reported to the police, as missing, Sunday, by anxious relatives who had waited m vain for, their return to their homes Saturday night.; Mrs. Walter Dodge' of "Woodburn left- her home in that town Saturday afternoon, and tak ing her two little girls, aged 4 and 5 years.4. came -to Portland. Walter Dodge, her husband, called at the police station Sunday and requested, the assist ance of the authorities in locating her. . May Robinson. ; IS, of 11S5H : Albina avenue, disappeared from -her home about 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon, and tailed V return. She was described by her father, Thomas A. Robinson, as be ing ef normal height and weight, of ruddy -complexion, and freckled. The police were 'requested to watch for her. The 6 per cent bond limitation 'amendment Is -discussed .in an article on Page t of today's Jour. nal -1 w EUROPE WILL BUY By J Bart Campbell. Washington. May 19. (I. N. S.) Precisely at noon today the Sixty sixth congress of the United States, called in extraordinary session ' by President Wilson, came into being, with the Republican party, for the first time in eight years, again in control at the capitol. As the "peace congress," the Sixty sixth will probably go down into history, although the "reconstruc tion congress" may be another ex pressive title bestowed upon it. . It consists of : ' Senate Republicans. 49 ; Democrats, 47. Total, 98. President pro tempore. Senator Albert B. Cummins. Iowa. House Republicans, 237 ; Democrats. 194 : Independents, 2 ; Prohibitionist, 1 Socialist, 1. Total, 4J5. Speaker, Fred erick H. Gillett of Massachusettfl. The president's proclamation was read simultaneously in both chambers, the galleries of which were pscked with a colorful assemblage of men and women. Prayer, offered by Rev. Forrest J. Prettyman, chaplain of the senate, and Rev. Henry N. Couden. the blind chap lain of the house, preceded the formal reading of the official document. By a tap of his gavel Vice President Marshall called the senate to order. The administering of the' oaths of office to the newly elected senators, as well as to older senators elected since the be ginning of the 65th congress, by the vice president was begun immediately (Concluded on Paca Three, Column One) GITY WILL FIGHT TELEPHONE RAISE Suit Against Public Service Com mission Says Company Was r::. U nder U. rS. Control; The. city of Portland will file suit in the circuit court against the public service commission of Oregon, demand ing that the recent order of the com mission allowing the telephone company to raise rates be. set aside. This action was decided upon at a special meeting of the city council this afternoon. The city contends that the public service commission had no juris diction and no right to hear the peti tion of the telephone company recently because the company Is controlled by the United States government and the commission therefore has no authority. Furthermore, it Is claimed, that no application for a bearing was filed by the company, apd that under the state law the public service body has no authority to hear a case unless an ap plication is filed by the telephone com pany asking for such a hearing. The company merely filed a tariff, the city maintains, which it Intended to put Into effect. The testimony submitted to the pub lic service commission did not warrant the decision given, the city suit will aver. " On May 3 the public service commis sion authorized increased rates by the phone company of $2.25 on one class of business phone, 75 cents on another and 25 cents for desk phones, either busi ness or residential. City attorney's con tend that Portland already pays higher rates than other cities of its class and that the entire burden of ? 11.000 a month of increased revenue for . the company is thrown onto the .business man. who cannot do without phone service. Figures submitted by Rate Expert E. M. Cousin show that no other city of its population in the country pays more than Portland for business service and that many pay only four five or six dollars for a phone for which Portland people are charged seven and eight dollars. Unions to Vote This Week on Strikes in Behalf of Mooney Chicago. May 19. (U. P.) Labor unions of the United States will vote to morrow On th IAnprfl 1 otT-lr A nwtOTsm to force the release or retrial of Tom Mooney, it was announced today by of ficials of the International Workers' De fense league. The league planned for three five-day general strikes to be followed by a fourth of indefinite length if Mooney, imnrisoned in California nected with the San Francisco prepared ness Don-Ding, is not. freed. ' CaSSiUS V. Cook, head nf h rtii.an office of the league, today . announced nmx iv-unjeago locals with a meraber- snip oi BU.WU naa voted for the pro gram. One hundred and fifty locals out side Chicago voted for the program, and 14 against it, he reported. - The proposed strike dates are July 4, five days, September 1, five days, No vember 19. five days. Admiral Successful Againstj Bolsheviki Paris, May 19. . Admiral Kochak, whose forces are advancing from Siberia against the Bolsheviki. is rapidly - as suming a favored position In the eyes of the allied governments, it was learned today. In British circles he Is now being referred to as the "Beatty. of .Rus sia."' , , - - f - II ,. v-s-4; .v I VJ , j.- - i4 - rv v " ; f ?& i ?-v5Li?.'' - s-k v'-'.v - ''-g9: X "...'Xv' i - "' ' .. - At : L tt Ml I -i;r V - " 1 - i lit' ' , . ' - -N - I I iftr.' a . --i- ',4 Tf I 1' v-s w 4 - BIG DEVELOPMENT IN VOTERS' HANDS Fifty ; Millions .for ; Construction Labor and Industries Hang on Interest Guarantee. "Fifty million dollars for development in Oregon of which $30,000,000 would- be paid to labor and the remainder spent with local merchants and mills." ' Such was the inviting prospect placed before the members' forum of the Chamber of Commerce 'this afternoon by J. H. Upton, president of the Orpgon Irrigation congress. "Without costing you one cent," was his further assurance. But the contingency, he explained, is a favorable vote on the measure to be voted "on at the special state election in June, authorizing a state guarantee of the interest on the bonds of locally or ganised districts. "In spite of war conditions andjth re strictions imposed on construction .during the last two years," said Mr. Upton, "4, 000,000 has been, or is being. Invested in the building of drainage and irrigation systems in Oregon. For every dollar spent on such work, five dollars .are added to the " taxable wealth : of the state." Explaining how the proposed law will operate, the president of the Oregon Ir rigation congress stated : "Two to three years are required to build an Irrigation system, but Interest must be paid on the bones from the day of sale. Money is needed to transform dry farms to irrigated fields. The farm ers can do It are doing it but 2 it is hard, almost overwhelming, to carry the load during that period. "The proposed law permits the farm ers under ample safeguards to the state to issue Interest bearing certificates to the state for the annual interest during the construction, the state in turn to is sue its bonds, maturing after the money is paid to the state by the district. - The state of Oregon simply acts as trustee for the farmers. The three best trained men in the state the attorney general, state engineer' and superintendent of banks pass upon every detail and sat isfy themselves of its absolute safety be fore any obligation is assumed. : Director Chosen To Head National Insurance Bureau Washington, May 19. (I. X. S. Ap pointment of Colonel R. C. Cholmeley Jones of New York as director of : the bureau of war risk insurance was an nounced today by Secretary of the Treas ury Glass. Colonel Cholmeley-Jones succeeds Colonel H. D. Lindsley, who resigned after accusing Secretary Glass of "play ing politics" in the management of the bureau. James McParland, Pinkerton, Dead Ienver, Colo.,1 May : 19. (L X. S.) Following an operation on bis "foot. James McParland, widely known Pink erton detective, died in Denver Sunday at Mercy hospitaL He : was a r native of Ireland, 75- years old. He was ia charge .of the western headquarters of the Pinkerton agency for years; but ill health compelled him to give up the von recently. ".- - t E Officials and Union Representa tives Hold Hourly Conferences; Labor in Control. Winnipeg, Manitoba, May 19 V. P.t The strike situation at 11 . O'clock' to day was .unchanged. ,The city is quiet. This morning there was no disorder. The general strike continues unabated. Officials were in conference hourly with union representatives. Apparently labor headquarters has complete control of the situation. City officials and employes were un derstood today to have reached an agreement to submit to unionists here in. an effort to break the enerfO. strike binding the city since T'iursdAy "The agreement was intended to ! patfe the way for further adjustments afteu work had been resumed. Prior to, submission of the proposal strikers refused to say what their, at titude will jbe. The strike l?egan whfn demands of . metal and building' trades unions for higher wages and ' better working conditions were not wet Km ployers in some lines said they would quit business before , meeting , the ; de mands. ; .. Freight houses and yards are clogged with, shipments which cannot be moved. . Mall delivery was not attempted. Hundreds of pouches are held at Bran don and other way stations, because they cannot be handled at the terminal. Little foodstuff has been delivered since . Thursday. The shortage has caused some difficulty. . Strikers per mitted deliveries only to hospitals and homes of the sick. Communication lines . were blocked except for, intermittent use , of private wires and a few couriers. Two Nominations Of Assistants to Atty. Gen. : Made ' - ' r . . V Washington. May 19. (I. N. S.) The nomination of Frank. Davis. Jr., of Cleveland. Ohio, to be assistant United States attorney general to succeed Hus ton Thompson, now a federal trade com missioner, has been received at the White House . executive office. It was learned this ' afternoon. Davis was formerly special attorney general' for Ohio. ' T The nomination of Judge' C. B. Ames of Oklahoma City 1 to be' assistant to the attorney general, succeeding G. Car roll Todd, in charge of trust prosecu tions, also was received. Vatican Takes Up . Appeal of Germans - Rome," May 19 I. N. S.) Pope Ben edict XV has ordered the papal nuncio at Monaco to proceed to Switzerland and act as Intermediary between the pontiff and the German bishops who bave ap- I pealed to his holiness to attempt to have we enienie s peace terms jnoamea. SHOWS NO CHANG Belling er Keiates How NC-1 Lost tier in Clouds, Fog Way By W. R. Hargraves . Hofta, Azores, May 19. (U. P.) Lieutenant Commander Bellinger today told the United Press how the American sea plane NC-1 was lost. "After the start from Trepas sy. the NC-1 proceeded along her course, passing all stations without encountering any dif ficulties until between Noa. 17 and 18, when at 11 a. m. Satur day we ran into dense clouds and fog, said Bellinger. "We decided it was advisable to alight, and at 1:10 p., m. de-,' scended fiom '3000 feet to be-' tween 25 and 50 feet. The wind direction there was" different than it was above, and we found the fog was ev.n denser at that low height. .Not knowing .our position, we headed Into the -wind and landed on the rough seas. . "-We drifted- absolutely- lost -for -five hours' before sighting the steamer Ionia, hull down on the horizon. We taxied toward ' her ' until" she sighted lis. ' We were picked up by a small boat from, the Ionia after a remark able display of seamanship. We suffered no Injuries, but were seasick and sleepy. , We sent out several S. O. S. i -usages and in tercepted replies; but received - no aid,and it was-impossible to get. off the , heavy, choppy swellsl" . A methodical log was kept all the time. The crew slept 15 hotfrs on ' the ' orulser Columbia. An attempt was made by the Ionia to tow the NC-1, but the , - hawser snapped. The destroy ers Harding and Fairfax later attempted to bring the plane In," and the latest report here said the Fairfax was still trying to salvage her. It is feared, how ever, that she will be a total " loss. " " ' Bellinger said that he and the v other planes had not seen jeach f othe- during the flight, hearing only the vessels talking about " "their progress. -. .' War on Roumanians - Declared by Eussia , London. May , 19. (U, , P.)--"The Roumanians not having answered' our request to evacuate Bessarabia, a state of "War . exists . between ' Russia and Roumanla," declared an official wireless dispatch- redeived "from Moscow today, -.v v- . K - -. -. HOSPfTAt 4B GOES DIRECT TO LEWIS . Portland Boys Expected to; Reach Cantonment Tuesday, After noon at 3 o'clock. Base hospital 46 will not come through Portland as was originally expected, but will go directly to Camp Lewis, arriving there Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Word to this effect was received Sun day here by Mrs. J. Harvey Johnson, wife of Captain Johnson, who is' an of ficer with the unit. ' . , , The fact that the met) will arrive at Camp Lewis Tuesday afternoon prob ably means that, they will be . on their way down to Portland by Thursday aft ernoon at the latest, because of the 48- hour limit allowed for discharging men after their arrival in camp. Some of them will be able to be discharged in shorter itme. ' The number of men In the -unit at present is not known, but when it left Portland it contained about 150 enlisted men. . Cook Prefers Death To Eating Hash He Had Made for Grew San Francisco, May 19. (U. . P.) When ordered to eat all the hash , he bad-baked for the crew of the barken- tine Puako, the coqk jumped overboard and was drowned, according to mem bers of the crew here today. The bash was sour, they said. Two other deaths, one from drowning and one from a beating, marred the trip to Cape Town. On the - arrival there. Captain . A. C. Pederson was arrested and he is now in New York awaiting trial in the. United Spates district court. li ....... . , MARSHFIELD RADIO TALKS WITH FRANCE MARSHFEEXD, May 10, It is now possible for $ the naval radio station ' In Marsh field to pick op messages from Franos. A crew of workmen from Mare Island baa been at work Installing new apparatus at the station, which makes It possible to receive messages from 15,000 miles away.r The improvement cost ' about ' $ 10, OOO. Actual communication J this week was bad with Lyons, rrance. . vnaries a. . emnpi is the chief of the station and has six operators. Two more men will be added to the forced 1 . BELiSO. Sopwith Company in Received Gratifying Word Regarding the Flight Across the Atlantic Ocean Message Picked Up in Code Is From Ves sel Off Sciliy Islands; Distress Signal Included in the Information Sent LONDON, May 19. (I. N. S.) A news dispatch from Limerick reaching the International News Service to ..TL.l. U. ! A. U.VW C- U.urlra . t.-.A land 100 miles off Dingle Bay, A British warship was reported LONDON, May 19. (2:10 P. M.) (I. N. S.)-"We have received a very gratifying message concerning Hawker's : flight, but will have; to first decode it, before making it public," the Sopwith Aeroplane company announced." London, May 19. (8:30 p. m.) (U. P.)The Sopwitli Air plane company received a message late today purporting; to come from Aviator Harry Hawker, stating that Hawker. was thea flying 150 miles oft the coast of Ireland.- jftis petrol, the message stated, was nearly exhausted and he planned to come. to "earth in Ireland. London, May 19. (I. N. S.) -The Centra! News Agency to night announced the receipt of advices statingthat Aviator Ifarry G. Hawker had been forced. to descend at sea within 100 miles of Dingle Bay on the west coast of Ireland. ', . .-, Bv Earl W . ON DON, May, lO.nN, S.)H9 0 A. M., New Yoik Time.) 1-.. Harry-G VIaLiYker, Australian pUot, who started ifm Ncw foundlatid at' 1:55 Sunday afterno6nTrf an attempt' to fly to the, British Isles, has.beenreported 400 miles off the Irish coast, according to art unoffcial report received by the Sopwith aeroplane plant at Brooklands, England, today. ' . Officials of the Canbury Park Sopwith plant had no confirma tion of the report and no word from Hawker, but said they, were confident he would succeed. , At the air ministry it was pointed but that Hawker may make a safe landing on the Irish! coast this afternoon and not be heard from until late tonight. There are many spots along the western coast of Ireland far from telephonic or telegraphic communication, London, May 19. -(2 P M., New York Time.)- The admiralty received a wireless froin the vessel Lizard this afternoon stating she had picked up a message from a boat off the Scilly islands read ing: , I ' -- .' V'; - : ' "Kuj Vkaj Sopwith-Dka Enroute -Timed 1G :15 (11 :15 a. m. New York time). ' The meaning of the message was unexplained. A message from London a fortnight ago said that 'the letters "DKA"' would constitute the distress signal to be sent out bv wireless by British aviators attempting the transatlantic flight. v London, May 19.- (U. P.) vig ilant watch was ' maintained along the western- coast of Ireland! today' for the Sopwith biplane, in which Harry - G. Hawker : and Lieutenant Commander Mackenzie Grieve start ed trom St Jonas,. N.' P., in an at tempt to fly across the Atlantic. If the right is a success, the little plane should be reported In sijht this morning-, according1 to estimates of the time required for a crossing. If it Is not a success, the Sopwith will probably never be heard1 from again. "' .. As Hawker dropped the under carriage from., his planein order to lighten It, he Is expected to have difficulty In making a landing, even If he should succeed In' crossing the ocean. He Intends to land on Fort Brooklands field.-near London, pro vided all is going -well when he reaches Ireland and he is able to continue his Journey without alight tog. : ' . , , . , SECOND PLANE SO BADLY U BECKED IT CANNOT FLY St Johns, U. V.. May lifVf. P.)-The Martlnsyde. plane, which crashed In -an effort to get away on -'the transaUantic fllsht on tbe heels of the Sopwith Sun day, is practically a wreck. Exaaalna tlon of the damage showed that the ma chine Is out of tbe running for the trans atlantic prise. Frederick Raynham and Major Morgan, its handlers, were slight ly injured when tbe Martlnsyde took, a nose dive after Jumping ten feet from an uneven turf in an effort to start. Harry Hawker, the Australian pilot, and his navigator. Lieutenant Command er Mackenzie Grieve, of the - British navy, shot away Into the east on their transatlantic attempt at 1:61 p. m. (New York time) 8unday. For six weeks Hawker and Grieve had been watting for favorable weather.1 The conditions Sunday were no better than they have been frequently during the six weeks, but Hawker was determined to start and make an eleventh hour dash Jo beat the American seaplanes to Europe. The short route from Newfoundland to Ireland is 1800 miles, but the one Hawk er proposed to follow Is 2200. There were no boats stationed to guide him, the air plane had but one motor-and one pro peller and nothing" to keep y from fill London Says It Has off the west coast of Ireland. to be rushinsr to his rescue. C Reeves quickly stnfclng if It descended , to the surface. ' While speeding over the ground to take the air. the Martlnsyde struck a hummock with such force that the run ning gear was wrecked, the. back of the machine broken and the propeller splint ered. . Raynham immediately shut off the motor and stopped the machine. H was lifted out of the machine with a badly cut cheek and forehead and driven to his hotel. - WEATHER IS TEHFECT He was resting easy in his room last, evening. The physician who at tended him said the injuries are not serious. Navigator Morgan escaped with a few slight bruises. Hawker dropped the landing gear of his machine just before leaving land. His original plan was to drop this gear after he had gone 100 'miles out. over the ocean. , Hawker has announced that be, expects to be able to make a land ing without serious damage to the plane despite the absence of the landing gear. Only a small crowd had assembled at Mount Pearl to see Hawker's ma. chine take the air, but thousands were on; band at Quid 1 Vtdl to witness the getaway of the MarUnsyde. - Conditions for tbe start were ideal. The weather was colder, clear and sunny, with cloudless skies. DISAPPEARS OVER SEA 7 The Sopwith machine made an ex tremely satisfactory getaway. It 'sped east over the city and past the Quid) Vidi, where Hawker and Lieutenant" Commander Grieve, his navigator, sig naled a farewell to their rivals, Rayn ham and Morgan, who were tinkering with' their machine for the "hop off." The Sopwith passed Quid 1' Vidi at an elevation of about 2000 feet, swung over' the range of hills encircling the town and out over the. Atlantic, heading- southeast for Ireland. When the plane disappeared from view it was S000 feet up and making about SO miles an hour. t HAWKER AND nAYNIIA.M HAVE FEW OPINIONS IN COJlilON - By Joseph Mslvsney St. Johns. N. F May 19. Close as sociation, through years of flying and the free exchange of aviation Ideas could not wipe out the differences of expert opinion, existing between Harry O. Haw ker, the Sopwith pilot, and Frederick P. Raynham. the Martlnsyde man. They were at odds on details of equipment, on theories of the f uture of aviation and even on the mechanics of p-!--. ' -tCoetia-Md on Pmt Two, Colu. i I )