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PORTLAND. OREGON, -FRIDAY : EVENING. JUNE 6, 1919. TWENTY-TWO PAGES.'
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GOSH
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Begins Investigation of Work of
State Fish and Game Com
mission; Witnesses. Are Heard.'
Complaints Made Tfiat Board Is
Favoring Commercial Inter
ests Against the Sportsmen.
With salmon packers, sportsmen,
fish. and game wardens ,and a few
disinterested citizens present. Gov
ernor Ben V. Otcjtt opened the
hearing of chargres against the state
flf:h and game administration at te
Oregon building this morning. '"
The sportsmen repeated statements
that had previously been filed -with
the goverjior 1n writing that:
The " orgriniiatjon j for fish and
game protection aiid propaganda
. has been built into a political ma
chine. ' '
Violations of the fish and game
laws are uncurbed in nearly all parts
of the state.
The, larger part of .the fish and game
fvind has .been spent for salmon propa
gation in the interest of - commercial
packers rather than for trout propaga
tion in the interest of the rod men.
8EXSATIONA1 Clt ARES-M ADE
- The two moot sensational chafge.8 of
the mornlns: were those made by l"r.
Calvin 8. White, formerly secretary of
the Oregon dtate board, of heal th, and
VV. E. - Young, a pper mill worker at
Oregon City.
"We are" led to believe." said lr.
W.iUe. apeaking for ; China pheasant
sportsmeiH "that the various letters und
teleerams received by ycur excellency
from various parts of the state nd from
various organisations, eaytng that this
is a fight of 'Portland,, game bogsA are
inspired i by I the game Warden and his
deputies, fib, salaried from the, fish and
game protection fundi are usff g the '
str.te's money for traveling expense or
for- postage in stirring Dp this klad of
representation. We are paying $1.50 a
yearr f p' ltcenies. thousands of us,. but.,
not for , any'' such purpose." '
8AT8 !f ET8 IAVE BtCKX TSEl
Toung, the paper milf worker, said
that, his dutif$ cause " him to be em
ployed at a point where he can observe
the Willamette bejow the falls on'vari
ous shifts the entire round of the clock
(Concluded on Pace Twenty, t oliunn FfTe)
Business Men' Speed Plans to
Obtain Money Needed to Make
Festival Success.
To overcome the last minute shortage
f funds to pot on the Hose Festival
in proper style this year, many promi
nent men are. getting back, of the move
ment to raise. a necessary $15,000.
Of the total, amount to be raised
146,000 something more than $31,000 is
now in the tiands of the committee and
the remainder! must be raised or serious
curtailment of the program and a gen
eral falling down of the whole affair is
threatened. Ira U RIggs. president of
the festival association, spent this morn
ing planning a campaign to cover the
deficit in a whirlwind fashion.
John L. Ktheridge, wbose success was
so marked in the various Liberty loans,
Will assist In raisins the funds.
"I am surprised." he said, "that the
money is not forthcoming more readily. -The
Rose Festival is a wonderful thing
for the city and I supposed everybody
was supporting It to the limit. We
should all realise that anything that
brings so many peepje j here is worthy
of the heartiest support. Directly or
Indirectly, it is bound to mean a great
deal of business to all sorts of business
houses here, whatever their nature, and
consequently should receive support
from everyone."
"Of all years for a Rose - Festival,"
said Emery Olmstead
"this is by far the greatest. By makingl
" iciory nose f estival It 11 espe
cially opportune in that It honors our
returning service men. .We haven't had
a good festival for about three years
now and everyone should turn in and
support .this one. I beliAve the whole
community is backing the festival with
their moral support and will give finan
clAi aid when they JinA it is needed.'
; VICTORY ROSE rESTTOK t
IN PICTURE AND STORY IN '.
.. Striking photographs of Portland's annual carnival of flowers, effec
tively reproduced, will feature all editions of "The Journal during the Vic
tory Rose' Festival. ;j V- ; . . j j . -
Adequate accounts 6t the many events, that ire scheduled for the jrala
week ill be published in the news columns.- 1 . -
For the convenience of those who would mail copies to out of town
friends. The Journal for Thursday, Friday and Saturday, June" -12; 3,1
and th-e big illustrated Sunday Journal of June 1 5 will be mailed to any
address for ,15 centSi; postage, prepaid, v ; 7 x ' I? 7 '
PLACE jlUtS N'QW WITH THE ' CI RCU LATI ON - O EPA RT-
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ENTIRH.Y BEATEN
All Other.Measures on State' Bal
lot Win Except Lieutenant
Governor Amendmentr s. ?
Five out of .the nine-measures, on the
-state ballot have 'been " favorably acted
jpon by-the voters of the state. ; Xone
f the so-called reconstruction program
a included in this list.
The successful measures were the
Roosevelt highway bill with a favorable
.najority of 23,951 votes, the market
rods bill with 21,383 votes to spare, the
county bonding amendment with a ma
jority of 14.464 votes, the soldiers', edu
cational bill -with 12,923. votes-to the
good and the irrigation ' and drainage
bond interest' guaranty amendment with
a lead of 5258 votes:
The reconstruction bonding amend
ment, which was" in the doubtful column
yesterday, is now definitely lost, the'-ad-
veiBo majuriijr aajmnsi ii oting JBBU, in
the face of the latest , available returns.'
Incoming reports are uniform in their
tendency to increase the- majorities for
those measures which have been? fa
vored and against those' which have
been repudiated. . The latest returns
revresent 16 counties complete with In
complete . but practically full returns
from the remainder. The totals on the
various measures are as follows : Coun
ty bonding, Yes 44.193, No 29,729, mai
jority for 14,464 ; reconstruction hos
pital. Yes - 32,978, No . 55.893. majority
against 2915 : irrigation guarantee.'; Yes
37.337, No 32.079, majority for 5258 1
Jj.OOu.OOO amendment. Yes 34,514.' No
36,094, majority against 1580 : lieutenant
governor. Yes 29,423, No 41.537, majority
against 12114; Roosevelt highway. Yea
50.484, No 26.533. majority for 23,951 ;
reconstruction ; bonding bill. Yes 33,439,
(Concluded ou Pae T-rcntj, Column Foar)
Luna Park Founder
Is Dead in New York
New York, June . Ii,N. S.) Fred
eric ' W. Thompson, who started ' wtth a
capital of. 98 and became one, of. the
best known theatrical producers and
amusement park promotera In the world.
died at St Vincent hospital, today, fol
lowing an abdominal operation. Re
sides founding Lrtna Park ' at Coney
Island.' Thompson. . conducted - . the big
"Toyland" at the .San Francisco exposi
tion and managed the New York Hippos
drome and other enterprises. His ' first
wife' was Mabel Taliaferro, 'the actress.
PORTLAND TRAFFIC-
RULES
PROTESTED
Doctors and. Merchants on Wesh
irigton and Alder Streets Com-
plain of. Discrimination, v
.Wholesale -removal -of Portland . medj
eaij offices from downtown buildings to
residential ' districts . on the east and
west .sides and suits against the city to
smash present traffic regulations are
threatened by physicians and business
men unless city traffic ordinances are
revised to ailow automobiles to park on
Aider and Washington streets long
enough to permit visits of clients and
customers without fear " of arrest. A
stop of 30 minutes would be sufficient,
remonstrants against the present ordi
nance declare. ' -
That regulations now in effect dis
criminate in favor of merchants on other
streets -where . a 30-minute --stop is per-mitted-'
Is -the contention of Washington
and Alder street merchants. They aver
that they have-lost, much business, be
cause of the' discrimination. .
They further -declare, that ' delivery
wagons cannot stop, long enough; to load,
and' that customers are forced to carry
heavy loads from one to five blocks to
trade witfi them. - On othen streets,' they
po!n out, customenr are not so inconven
ienced.. Houses, with fronts on Alders or
Washington, as well as on cross streets,
are. In many instances, without parking
facilities because of fire hydrants or
basement doors on such streets' as do
permit parking, they maintain. -
The matter was discussed by the Med
ical society, Thursday, nd another meet
ing will- be called within a few days,
Doctors aver that they cannot leave
their cars , long enough to enter their
offices for supplies 1 and that they are
continually pestered by the police ' for
leaving their machines in prohibited
( Conctudcd , on Pace TveBty-ene, Column Six)
Two-Cent Stamps
Here, iri Readiness
For- Lower Rates
Large ; stocks of 2 - cent stamps are
being received at the Portland postoff ice
by i Postmaater FV S. Myers in prepara
tion for the .increased Sale of .this class
of stamps which, will come after July 1,
when. a. 3 cent stamp iwilt no 'longer 'be
recjuired tstnd on ounce -of first class
mail matter out of th'clty. . .Larger
Miantities st 1' cent stamps are also
being received, as after July 1 the 2 cent
stamps will "hot be needed in Bending
postcards. t 4 -: '" - :.- f - i' . ,
. Tha. wartime increase in postal rates
has been in effect since November 2,
1517. when a lheaaure was- passed by
congress authorizing the raise in first
class rates.. Business houses will be able
to effect a considerable saving over the
change back to old rates and souvenir
postcards, will agaih: prove popular with
the, return of the ,1 cent rate.
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Postal Telegraph:
To Reduce icates
New- York, June,6.J-(I; ?C &.) The
Postal 'Telegraph 'company announced
today that.' its rates will be reduced - SO
perefrt a . soon.. as government wire
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PACT TEXT
Johnson Resolution Making De
mand on State Department Is
Carried by Viva Voce Vote.
Republicans Catch Democrats
Napping After Calling for In-
vestigation of Lodge Charge.
Washington, June 6. t took thq
Benate but 30 seconds this afternoon
to pass, by viva voce vote the John
son resolution calling on the state
department to. submit the peace
treaty to the senate without further
delay.
The senate's action followed swift
ly its adoption unanimously and
without a roll call or the Hitchcock
resolution, providing for an investi
gation of the charges made by Sen
ators Lodge and Borah that a. peace
treaty "leak" had caused copies of
the document to fall into private
hands in New Tort city.
The Johnson resolution was rushed
through by the Republican majorities
when its leaders, immediately after pas-r
ea-e of the Hitchcock measure, caught
the Democrats napping and a number of
Democratic senators were absent from
the chamber.
Passage of the Hitchcock resolution
followed the withdrawal by Senator
Lodge of a similar resolution sponsored
by Senator Kellogg (Republican, Minne
sota), which Lodge bad urgeJ as a sub
stitute for Hitchcock's.
The Hitchcock resolution directs the
foreign relations committee to investi
gate statements by Senators Lodge and
Borah : that the treaty text Is In New
York while it is denied to the senate.
Adoption of this resolution followed
a bitter : tilt between Hitchcock . and
Lodge over a Republican substitute for
UjeiHitehesck. TMavtxmz&'&'r-?--'
Th substitute., introduced bw. Senator
Kellogg. Minnesota, provided for an
investigation also of the statements that
the treaty had been circulated in Ger
many and other countries.
It did not mention either Lodge or
Borah 1 as Hitchcock's " resolution did.
This drew from Hitchcock the charge
that Lodge was trying to escape . re
sponsibility for his statement by hav
ing the investigation cover a "broad
scope and not be confined to specific
charge. .
LODGE : LEAPS TO HIS FEET.
We are not interested in whether
the treaty is sold on the streets in
Berlin," said Hitchcock. "What we
want to know about is whether Senator
Lodge ' saw the treaty in New York,
as he said, and if so, how it got there."
Lodge leaped to his feet, white with
anger. ;
"Do you deny that I saw it?" Lodge
shouted.
"I Insist on my right to investigate the
senator's statement," said Hitchcock.
The two advanced to the middle aisle,
where they glared at each other.
Hitchcock declared Lodge was eager
Thursday for passage of the Hitchcock
resolution, "but over night be seems to
have seen a new light, which causes him
now to lose some of his enthusiasm for
immediate action." -
Lodge interrupted to assure Hitchcock
that if he would stop talking the resolu
tion would quickly be passed.
"I haven't delayed the investigation
you delayed it a, whole day. I am going
to ask Senator Kellogg to withdraw his
substitute so as to sooth Senator Hitch
cock by leaving in the. resolution my
name and Senator Borah s." he said.
JOH5SOXS RESOLUTION ADOPTEB
Hitchcock declared that If the substi
tute passed, -"public opinion will not be
satisfied."
"Oh, I'll take my chances with public
opinion," replied Lodge.
Kellogg at' nce withdrew the substi
tute and the Hitchcock resolution was
passed;
Immediately -afterward Senator John
son called up his resolution which for
more than a week has kept the senate
in constant debate on the treaty and
the League of Nations. Without a word
being said against it. and with , no
record vote, it was adopted.
The foreign,relations committee will
begin the investigation at once, Senator
Lodge announced. - A sub-committee
L probably will be appointed to conduct
it. Under the Hitchcock resolution the !
committee la ordered to learn whether
the treaty text is in the hands of per
sons in New York, how it got there, and
what special or peculiar interest, they
have in it.
FIUHE JOIN'S LODGE IN
V HIS FIGHT ON PRESIDENT
Washington June 6. (I. N. S.)
"Flume will face war for life or death
and will not tolerate that its fate be
decided without ita consent."
. This message came to Senator Lodge,
chairman of the foreign relations com
mittee of the senate, today in a lengthy
and bitter criticism of President Wil
son's attitude in (he peace conference
tawarda Flume, cabled from . Paris by
Andrea Assoinnack. Flume's plenipoten
tiary at the peace conference. '
Hospitals to
Be Made Smaller
"Washington, June C. (U. P.) Eleven
army base hospitals are to be turned
Into - camp - hospitals with, reduced ca
pacity irt July, the' war department an
nounced today. Among the .hospitals
affected Included those - at Grant,vIlL ;
Lewis, r. Wash. ; . Pike, . Ark. ; Sherman,
Chhv: Tjvnr. Hy. jtff Kejmv.-
PARIS, June 6. (I. N. S.)
Unless congress Intervenes,
wartime prohibition will so Into
effect on July 1.
' The International News Serv
ice was authorized to state offi
cially today that President Wil
son' will' take no further steps to
prevent th United States from
coins dry on that date.
The president has been inun
dated with appeals from Amer
ica to set aside the wartime pro
hibition measure, because, of the
belief that congress will fail to
act upon Ills recommendation,
but he has taken the stand that
he is unable to do anything fur
ther. In view of Attorney Gen
eral Palmer's decision.
The president, however, plans
to discuss the effects of the war
time prohibition measure with
the cabinet on bis return to the
United States, before the law
becomes effective.
President Wilson expressed
his warmest satisfaction at the
action of the Senate in passing
the woman suffrage measure,
Jand said he was convinced
enough state legislatures will
ratify the amendment to permit
women to vote In the next presi
dential election.
RUTH'S ATTORNEY
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Attorney Hilan Throws Bombshell
Into Defense Camp at Trial
' of Dudley Storrs.
Okanogan. Wash.. June S. U. P.)
Ruth Garrison, girl loyer of Dudley
Storrs, was 'scheduled to-take the wit
ness stand today for the state and give
evidence to help convict him of seduc
tion. .
'juth iGarrison m; turned against
Storrs. ' aeeerdlnar to' A-' R Hflan. vha
Hh$ioumiiM Akrea-of.,Sai.tl,
saved he- youthful slayer or Btorrr wife,
Mrs. Grace Elizabeth Storrs, from a life
term at Walla Wa.Ha, :
Hilan passed a bombshell into - the
camp of-the defense Thursday when he
announced that he had been sworn in
as a special deputy t prosecutor by the
state; .....
Hilan will take the center of the stage
as prosecutor. "In the twinkling of an
eye Ruth switched from Storrs defense
to a prospective star witness for the
state." 7
Originally summoned to Okanogan on
a court order obtained by P. D, Smith,
Storrs attorney, the defense fully ex
pected to use Ruth as the main bulwark
of its fight against the charge of seduc
tion laid by the state against the former
King county deputy sheriff.
Party of Scientists
Believed to Have
Perished at Sea
San Diego, Ca1., June 6. fl. N. S.)
All members of the crew of the yawl
Trojan and members of a party of
scientists on a voyage of exploration are
believed to have perished by the found
ering of the vessel in a storm off the
lower California coast. May 15.
G. O. Little and Henry R. Crane,
members of the exploring: party, which
left San Diego on the Trojan. April 1.
arrived here today on" the motorshlo
Gryme, from Ensenada. They say they
lanaed rrom -the Trojan May 15 at Santa
Catarina and while they were ashore
a terrific storm arose, forcing the yawl
to put to sea. The last they saw of the
vessel it was floundering in the heavy
sea, apparently in imminent danger of
sinking, has not been reported since.
They were picked up and taken to
Ensenada in a wagon by a mining man.
At San Quentin they told the captain
of the power boat Arellanes of the dis
appearance of the Trojan and he went
in search of the missing vessel.
Sunday Editions in
Other Coast Cities
.Raised to 10 Cents
Increased production costs are com
pelling newspapers in, other of the large
cities on the Pacific coast to increase
the retail price of their Sunday editions
to 10 cents. The San Francisco Chroni
clee, the -San Francisco - Examiner and
the Oakland Tribune will make this in
creased rate effective June 15. bn the
same date .the 10-cent rate, will, become
effective in Los Angeles, where the Ex
aminer , and Times occupy the Sunday
morning field. Similar action is con
templated in Seattle where, some time
ago the retail price of the Sunday papers
was raised from 5 to 7 cents.
A variety of factors 1 enters into the
production cost of the large Sunday edi
tions effecting both the gathering and
publication of the news and the distri
bution of the product, all of .which have
soared in recent months to a point where
the newspapers mentioned feel Justified
in increasing the retail sales rate to
meet the increased cost of . operation.
Bulgarians Reported
Marching on Serbia
Copenhagen. June t (L JN S.) Part
of the, Bulgarian army has been mobil-'
Ized nd is marching on Serbia, accord
ing to a dispatch put oc by the Balkan
URNS PROS
U
MS FOR
HI
Officials of Telegraphers Organ
ization Will MeeU Tomorrow
in Chicago to Meet the Issue.
Konenkamp Says Fact That Bur
1 leson Has Given Wires Back
Has Not Changed Situation.
Washington, June 6.- (I. N. S.)
Plans for the nation-wide: strike
of
a
telegraphers will be perfected at
conference of union officials in Chi
cago tomorrow, S. J. Konenkamp,
international president of the Com
mercial Telegraphers' Union
America, announcedjtoday.
of
Just before calling out the West
em Union telegraphers of tho south
eastern district, ioKowing the sjn
nouncement that Postmaster Gen
eral Burleson had restored the lines
for operation by their owners, Ko
nenkamp asserted that he had ho
hopes for a peaceful settlement.
"If we are forced to strike to protect
our rights to organize and bargain col
lectively ,". he said, "I feel that the best
place for directing such a fight Is frpm
our international headquarters !n Chi
cago." ,
A general strike, Konenkamp added,
would affect only the telegraphers lof
those companies which had just been
relinquished from government 'control
"Mr, Burleson's getting rout from
under does not change our situation in
the least," Konenkamp declared?
H. - C. - Worthen, general manager of
the Western Union in Atlantjt. declared
himself to he Satisfied with the turn of
events, stating that there .were only 447
employes on striWe, at Atlanta, ,of whom
75 were operators. , , . i , -
TRi-.T ' irinrn rMiuP f r
.t pt-r m-T uur nttir
Atlanta. Gil, Juhe .Strlkr leaders
early today claimed that at least j 88
per -cent of. Western Union telegraph
workers In the . Southeast nave already
responded to President ;fl. X Konen
kamp' s strike order issued Thursday
. Railroad operators also are-refusing
to ; handle Western. Unton business
way stations, union leaders asserted,
, General -Manager , H. C. Worthen
the Western Union declared iat .:30
at
of
(Concluded on Paftr Two. Oohuna Two)
Portland Men Put
On Medical Board
-i ,
Salem, June 6. Dr. John Bcsson and
Dr. R. C. McDaniel. both of Portland,
were today appointed by Governor l
eott members of the state board pf
medical examiners. Dr. Besson. a hom
eopath, succeeds Dr. Herbert S. Nich
ols. The law requires at least one
homeopath on the board. Dr. McDaniel
succeeds Dr. Harry F. McKay, deceased.
Inmate of Asylum
20 Years Escapes
Salem,. June 6. Joe Ethrldge, 37.
committed to the stata hospital - from
Multnomah county in 1899, filed a lock
off the window of his room on -the third
floor some time Thursday ; night and
made his escape by using his bed clothes
as a rope and sliding to the ground. He
is an epileptic and not considered dan
gerous. - , - . .
Mile-a-Mi
Predicted
Future by
Annapolis, Md., June' 6j (I. X.
S.) The navy dares anything.
This was the keynote of an ad
dress by Secretary of the Navy Dan
iels to the graduating class of th
United
today. ,
States naval academy here
Reviewing the accomplish-
ments of the navy in peace and war.
the secretary predicted that the in
ventive genius of its men would in
the hot far distant future! develop
ships capable of a speed of 60 miles
an hourand airplanes wit hi a speed
of 200 miles an hour.' ,H .J
'We might parapn rase John Paul
Jones' phrase, 'I have Just begun to
fight, and say - of Americans. Wjb
have just begun to invent',' said the :
secretary. , ,-j
The secretary also spoke warmly for
the League of "Nations. J ; y -,
"The War will have -been. fought to
vain," he declared, "if 1920 finds the
world , without a just and firm purpose
and an . international tribune, so that
never will it be possible for any Caesar
to again bestride the world or; any man
on horseback to ride rough shod over
the rights of Rations, "great , or small, i
; "The day of isolation for America JtSs
passed. .The ancients believed the seas
were made ts ' separate nations. ' We
have learned that they were created to
unite them in bonds of friendship, The
close -and intimate' association- or men
nt the mfric-n nav with - the naval
SAN FRANCISCO, June .--(I.
X. S.) -The candidacy, of
United States Senator Hiram W.i
Johnson for president of the
United States will be launched
here June 14. Invitations were
sent out from this city today to
Republican leaders ; of every
county, town' and hamlet In the
state to "attend a conference to
be held here June 14 to consider
ways and means of bringing
about the nomination of Hiram
W. Johnson for president at the
Republican convention in 19 20."
Progressive Republicans, con--scrvatlve
Republicans, In fact,
all varieties of Republicans In
California, . arc said to have
united to ' proclaim Senator
Johnson as the national party
leader. '
Tho call for the meeting June
14 bears the names of such con
servative Republicans as I. W.
Hell man, Jr., former United
States - ' "rank P. Flint,
Herbert CTclshhaeker, San Fran
cisco banker; George I. Cochran
and other representatives of the
conservative wiug of the party,
together .with the nancs of
Chester Rowell, Fresno publish
er; C. H. Bentley, Irving Martin,
Stockton publisher; John Fran
cis Nejlan, San Fra; ;lsco pub
Usher, and other representatives
of p pror'-esc'.ve wlng of the
party. " ' ' --"
Headquarters Opened in Stock
Exchange Building-.. Ready;
; for Walkout '
; Temporary . strike " headquarters for
local it at the Commercial Teleexmth-
1 9rm i union-of America have. be-n estab-
U. v.: l 1,..
hill streets, preparatory to registration
of all strikers when the walkout is
called in 1 the fight against he Western
i-Rton , xeiegrapn, company, while no
word has been received definitely set
ting a 'strike. - preparations ; are -being
made: so t that - the- workers may1 be
called from their posts within an hour
after the order comes,.
rrom tne local situation It appears
that' the - Postal Telegraph - company
may not he involved in the, strike. A
bulletin 'promulgated this' morning by
locaV officials, reads:
"Do not get - Postal In a Jam under
any consideration at present. Nothing
to give out official yet." ' "
' The rumors indicated in the bulletins
here are - to the . effect that the Postal
is employing ' many of the. .Western
Union strikers. One bulletin announced
as from Atlanta where the strike
against . the . Western Union first broke
out, reads :,
"Atlanta Postal Telegraph company
employing strikers ' of Western Union
as fast as they walk, out."
. According to the local officials,-'the
strike, if it becomes (national, will be
a complete, tie-up of the business of
the country- except - where the Postal
and Federal telegraph companies oper
ate. It is. stated at the local head
quarters of the -Commercial Telegraph
ers that" the organisation: in Canada
will refuse t handle any messages des
tined , for or originating from any.: point
In the United -States. It is also said
that the Order of Railroad Telegraphers
will refuse ' to handle ajiy , Western
Union - business, .and - that -this - will tie
up the commercial business in 20,000
offices. An .effort , is being made to
have the brokerage telegraphers strike
at the same time so as to tie up the
big business interests. , v- .
personnel of . allied . countries has done
two things r Cemented friendships which
will endure and foreshadowed interna
tional relations which -will preserve the
peace of the world." " .
After reviewing the . recent , transat
lantic flight and telling of the , accom
plishments of the navy's great guns on
the western, front. Secretary Daniels ex
pressed the .belief that the repair of the
German ships, - wrecked by their 'crews
when It became evident they were to
be taken over, was one of the greatest
accomplishments of the "war. , ;
R A3T K HELD . 21 0 B A B ; 'j
, . "To put In new boilers would .have
taken months, and perhaps : years," he
said. "As a result orders were issued
to make all repairs possible by electric
welding and to resort to mechanical
patching only where -welding was Im
practicable. - There - were plenty of men
who said it couldn't be' done, and, the
repair of these vessels was one of the
notable achievements of the war. ,i, .;, v.;
The secretary, read a heretofore con
fidential order Issued "in the early; days
of the. war, inviting all officers in..th
navy, regardless . of rank, to submit
direct to the navy department suggest
tions and the results of any studies they
might have made. 1 'i : , v
"This was. ,, perhaps," "the secretary
observed, "the first time . that : ensigns
a.hd admirals and all officers of - inter
mediate grades were' requested to make
suggestions of any character that gave
promise of helping to win a naval vic
tory. ' The same invitation- stands, now
that peace has come."- 1 v
TELEGRAPHERS HERE
PREPARE FOR STRIKE
nute ShiDS
for Near
Navy Head
ilES ' VET
Restoration Order Only Releases
Operating Board Appointed De
cember 13, 1918, It Is Said.
Congress Plans to Press Early
Passage of Resolutions Pro
viding for Retuui of Properties
Washington. June . (U. P.)
Congress will 'go ahead and press
early passage of its resolutions pro
viding ' for return of the telegraph
and telephone- properties to their
original owners, according to the :
outlook today. ' . : ' ' :
i The senate interstate comrherce
committee, at a special meeting this
morning decided that Postmaster
General .Burleson's order Thursday
announcing return of control to the ,
owners constitutes a release of some
responsibility, but not actual control
In connection with the properties.
Burleson himself, In a letter to th
committee today, expressed a desire to
correct any impression that" he had
turned back anything but control of
operation. So after adopting an amend
ment to continue existing rates for 10
days instead of 60 days, . as provided
In the original resolution, the commit
tee decided : to stand pat on the Kel
logg wire return measure as submitted
to the senate. -
UrRLEMOH 8EHD8 IETTEB '
Burleson's letter to the committee
follows; .. . . '.
"An order issued by me yesterdst"
relative to the operation , of the tele
graph and . telephone systems, haa been
construed by some as actual return
of the properties to the owners. No !
such action has been taken by me nor
Is any contemplated. This order simply-
dissolves the operating board ap
pelated by . m under dste f Decem
ber 13, 1918.. and 'directs that the vye
tems be again operated by the regular
operating: officials under . government
supervision. -. , ,
"Responsibility of the goirnment to
these systems. In no wise ceases.
- "It- being evident that these proper-,
ties are to be returned In the very near .
future; it was necessary for the post
master general ' to take steps Imme
diately to set up the regular, operating
organization -of the companies so that
when the properties are turned back it
can ! be - done without confusion or "in
terruption to the service, was the pur
pose of the order. , -
"This- order in no wise affects the
legislation pending' before your commit
tee or before congress. It will enable
the companies to begin steps immediate
ly to prepare the data and collect their
Information to be submitted to the state
commissions for the rate cases, which
will probably be taken up Immediately
after the period, of government control
ends.'";;. . - .-::.., '7 c ... - -
"I am attaching copies of ihe. order
and statement made by me at the time
same' was Jssued.'f .
WIHE OFFICIAJL. GIVES VIEWS "
N. C. Kingsbury, vice president of the
American Telegraph A 'Telephone com
pany, declared prior to the-statement is
sued by Burleson that "Burleson's order
of Thursday "wiped out the operating
board only, and allowed the company to
take charge of actual operations."
Bat the postmaster general, he said,
"still. holds control over the wires with
the wire control board, of which he is
chairman." , .
"Then his order was simply a piece
of flim-flam," said Senator Kellorsr,
chairman of the committee. "It doesn't
amomt to: anything." '
. "Wasn't Its purpose, perhaps, to pass
the buck on the" strike?" asked Senator
W"tson.
Kingsbury asserted there had been.
an error in the official statement Issued
last night by the postofflce department.
"The publicity bureau in Its headlnar
wrltten over the text of Mr, Burleson's
order was unfortunately misleading,"
ttingsDury oeciared. -
"It stated that the telegraph and tele
phone wires were being returned to their
respective owners by Burleson. The
publicity department tried to recall this
heading but apparently It was too late,
as the statement already had been sent
out" . -
(Continued on Fata Two, Column Thrta)
Ukranian Mission
Asks Armistice With
: Poles After Defeat
Copenhagen, June. . I. N. S.) A
Ukrainian delegation has arrived, at-
Lemberg to negotiate an armistice with
the Poles, it was reported from that city
todays . " .
i The whole ef Ukrainians aflame wlth
revolt, according to information received
here. ' - , -. " .
'-There . has been deep unrest In
Ukrainia for some ' time. It was In
tensified kfter the Poles ' invade the
country, defeating the Ukrainians, In a
series of battles, , ,
Daylight Saving in
'' Disfavor in House
Washington, June . (U. F.) A reso
lution to repeal the daylight saving law
the last Sunday in October the day the
clocks go back to' standard time was
favorably reported by the house inter
state commerce committee teday.