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"ITS ALL, HERE ;.- . and ... ' THE 1VKATIIER OCLC)CK ' jnS3 Tonight and Frl- ' tDlTONv. day fair; cooler , Va J Friday; south- Jk westerly winds. Xrrt VtUTT Xt - SO Entered u 6--nl-f-lMj Mttrt PORTLAND OfcEG0N THURSDAY EVENING, JIJNE 19, 1919. TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS ON TWAINS AND NCW STANDS FIVK CSNTS VArf. A1U. W. OO IWclaffic. Portend Othm P 10 1 EE IIS OF STATE miiiiu More Than- 500 Gather in Audi - torium When George Riddle, '52, Renders Opening Address. Past Becomes Present Among Vet erans as They Relate Stories of Hardships of Early Days. By Karl C, Brownlec Oregon's wonderful valleys, her ' thriving harbors, her citiesof plenty today became memory visions of greasewood and. jackrabbits. 1 Towering buildings, busy streets : and vast populace that are Portland are reduced by the same token ta9 wooded land of hope wherein one man, spotted cayuse pony and two goats worked out a meager existence with a squatty little log dwelling for protection and comfort and faith for -a guiding star. For today the vicionaries who aban donedhe fields of their childhood to break down tha barriers of the wild and erect' upon the ruins a great state are in meeting at the forty-seventh an nual reunion of the Oregon Pioneer as sociation at The Auditorium. Coming from all corners of the Oregon country that was opened to the world through their viston, their fortitude and their faith, the men and women who are the fathers and the mothers of Oregon are assembled today nearly 5CQ strong and more are coming. Their eyes ' SOU bright with the faith that has been rbiding and justified, their step ringing sound upon the pavements that cover the water-edged trails of an other day, the pioneers, of the Oregon country have found Supreme happiness in- the result of their conquering invasion of a territory hostile by nature and circumstance. .'' The. past- will bis -the present through -Vui the day. The morning hours of the forty-seventh " annua - reunion i were , ' marked by Informal review of the .days of hardy men and great Wonwn. At 2 o'clock Hhe first formal meeting of the reunion assembled t The Auditorium, I ( Concluded on Tat Twenty-Two. Column Om RED RESIGN POSITIONS Successors to Miss Stevens and Miss Wysor to Be Appointed at Next Meeting. The resignations of Miss Dorothy E. Wysor. executive secretary of the home service section of the Portland chapter of the Red Cross, and Miss Elisabeth Stevens, executive secretary of the nursing section, were' announced today by the executive committee. Both resignations were accepted, said General 'Manager R. V. Holder. Successors to both executive heads will be named at the next meeting of the executive committee. Several persons are under consideration for both posi tions. Mies Wysor, an experienced social worker, joined the Red Cross forces in Kentucky. She received most of her training in public welfare work, in Brooklyn. She began work with the "Red Cross last August when home serv ice work with the Portland chapter was growing rapidly. Miss '- Wysor "organ ised this work and the Portland chap ter has been pointed out as having one , of the model home service sections in the country. Miss Stevens succeeded Miss Grace Phelps as executive, secretary, of the .. nursing center, when Miss Phelps re signed to go to France asv chief nurse of base hospital 46. - Miss Phelps re mained in France when the base hos pital returned, to occupy , the same po- sltion with another unit and, it is re f ported, .will stay in France until the last American soldiers leave. Miss' L Stevens Is one of the best known nurses .' in Portland. She supervised the cam paign here for nurses aids, and has organized completely the nursing work - of the chapter. Auto Takes Plunge; Driver Is Drowned Tillamook. June 19. -When the car in which he was driving, was thrown Into the river, Wayne Jackson. 21 years Old. was drowned before help reached him. The accident happened about 400 yards tiorth of the drawbridge across the Little Nestucca river, 1 in the southern Prt ; of Tillamook county, and was caused by loose broken planks in the road. , Motorcycle. Rider Hurt in Collision N. A. Thompson of 43 Mill street was CROSS CH EFS sent to St. Vincents hospital Wednes-Hut,on in Carinthia, where the Jugo day plght. following a collision between! Slkv : army, after capturing-. Klagenfurt motorcycle -which be was riding, and I an automobile driven by W. L Winn of ii KusseJi street- at Broadway andyf oyt street v ..Thompson was n badly bruised and complained' of injuries, to his chest. Condemns on Knox for Attempt To Block League Of Nations Plan Republicans and Democrats of Entire State Stand Firm for Established World Peace. The spectacle of Senator Knox trying to throw a monkey wrench into the League of Nations program wins no applause from Oregon. This state stands ;firm for established world peace. By a sweeping decisive plebiscite, the people not long ago, through The Journal, declared their support of the compact against war. The vote for the League of Nations was 28,007. with only 176 against It. Now, with the Knox bill stirring up partisan dust Intended to blind their eyes to international necessity, voters of Oregon, regardless of party affilia tion, are demanding that the League of N rtions program be worked out along original lines and that the obstructionist senators cease yapping at the heels of the president until he offers the com pleted product of his present great task for mankind. Senator Charles L. McNary has given renewed assurance that he is not in sympathy with the Republican majority in the senate which is opposing the league. ' SfeTf AKT IS OPPOSED William t. Wheelwright, president of the Oregon branch of the League to En force Peace, received from Senator Mc Nary this morning the following mcs eage : "Khali oppose the Knox resolution. and (Concluded on Paso Two, Column One) TELEPHONE GIRLS CUT OFF SUPPLIES Teamsters and Chauffeurs In duced Not to Make Deliveries to Switchboard Workers San Francisco, June 4 IS. U. P.) Throughout the state the telephone strike situation 'remains -unchanged to day? pending a conference of union and company officials tonight- to consider a settlement. Picketing continues with but , little disorder, but the San Fran cisco girls have cut off supplies to op erators - remaining . in the . exchanges through' inducing union teamsters and chauffeurs not to make deliveries. One girl was .arrested here for hop ping on a milk wagon and dumping into the Street 10 gallons of milk Intended for the 'strikebreakers. In th main, though, peaceful, persuasion is the weapon" of the strikers. Merchants In San Francisco,, Los An geles ,and other cities took a hand in the strike today with demands that there be a speedy settlement, so busi ness can resume its normal course. The Los Angeles city council passed a reso lution urging termination of the strike. COMPANY SEEKS ACTION BY L, A. CITY COUNCIL Los Angeles, June 19. (U. P.) A declaration that it is impossible for the Southern California Telephone com pany to treat with its striking em ployes as urged In a resolution by the city - council, passed yesterday, was made here today by C. F. Mason, gen eral manager of; the company. Mason declared the matter was en tirely In the hands of the-San Fran cisco offices of the telephone company. The strike situation showed ' little change here early today. The 'phone service . was about the same -slow but still working. Hun Sub Took Only One Yank Prisoner As Tuscania Sunk Having had the experience of being on a ship when It was torpedoed. Captain D. D. Hall. . formerly In command of the Sixteenth company of the Twentieth engineers, forestry, is here with art army Vecruiting party that Is touring Oregon. '. ' "We were on the Tuscania said Cap tain Hall, this morning. "It was about 6 "o'clock in the evening and dark, be cause it wan winter, and we had a rough sea. It took us two hours and a half to get off. Torpedo boat destroy ers came up en each side of us and many of the men simply walked over the gangplank to them. Others left in small boats. "One man was captured by the sub marine and taken to a German prison camp where he stayed till the armistice was signed." . ; Captain Hall Is temporarily In the regular service and may remain. Austrian Finance Question Is Before " Conference Today Paris, June 19. U. P.) The big five was expected to take up, the question of Austrian finances and reparation to djy. There was no indication when Mm remainder of the Austrian treaty would , be presented. . '1 : v i fi - The, council also was to discuss the tom the ' Austrians. moved, into prol Lfmtty with the Italian army that crossed the frontier and occupied .the Vienna railroad. ; possibility of ; .clashes ' be- tween Italians and feared. Jugo-Slavs, was . . ureg PIONEERS TC MEN who surmounted the barriers of the wild and conquered the land of promise more than half a century "ago. Above, W. D. Still well, 95 years old, the oldest pioneer present, giving his three sons a lecture on the ways of the city of 350,000 people when it was the habita tion of one man and a cayuse pony at the time this dean of- pioneers arrived. The sons are pio neers. Lower left, G. W. N. Taylor, 92-year-oJd pioneer, a resident of Barlow and a veteran of the Indian wars. Lower right, a little Chinook conversation between Josiah Beat, 1847, of Hillsboro, and his crony, TJ. Kirk, 1852, of Highland. b'-r fa & X 1 ; m jW ? . V;ra """. 1- - -f II - -y t VrVv m 7 V . C III SENATE SANCTION 1 .:., DECLARED NEEDED iLM : V I Senator Says; Authorization of Congress Required to En force League. , " By Bart Tampbell , Washington,'; June 19. (L N. S.) That the United States, without the ex press authorization of congress, cannot employ Its - army or navy for the en forcement of the proposed League of Nations, was asserted In a resolution In troduced in the senate this afternoon by Senator Spencer of - Missouri, and ,at his request laid on the table for future consideration. It was afiso set forth in the Spencer measure,' which was ' regarded as re flecting the views of other anti-league senators, that the United States alone must determine' the application, and' en forcement of the Monroe doctrine, "with-. out interference direct or Indirect on the part of any, other nation." .s Yank Airmen Flying Over: Mexican Line Report All "Quiet" El Paso,. Texas,. June 19. U. "P,); Five American airplanes lew over, the border eountxy for distance of 250 miles east and -west of El Paso today and reported the situation "quiet." Presence of 70-ViUlstas opposite Fa bena, Texas, which resulted In two com panies of the Nineteenth United States infantry being rushed there by motor trucks yesterday, to. reinforce, thecav alry patrol, was stated at Fbrt ' Bliss headquarters - today to be of "no im portance." . .. . . : '. .t The airmen were 'ordered not to , fly over Mexican soil, f - J Portland May Get Waxed Paper Mill ' Authority . to purchase a site for - a paper products mill on the Pacific Coast has .been granted by the: board of di rectors., of i- the. Central Waxed Paper company of Chicago, and Andrew Christ Jr. their representative, is on his way to Portland to see what arrangements can be made here, according to word received by W. K- Cawford of the department of industries of the Chamber of Commerce. Cheers of Thousands Greet Wilson on His Arrival in Belgium By John Edwin ?fevln' Brussels. June 19. fl. N. S.) The freedom of the city of Brussels was con ferred upon President . Wilson here to day while outside the city hall, where 1-the- ceremony took place, . thousands of Belgians -cheered and clamored for a glimpse of .the American president. The president replied in a short speech la which he ' thanked ' Brussels for the honor conferred upon- him1 and Belgium Ifor the .whole-hearted welcome It has given him and his party. ' The president plans to leave Brussels tonight,' getting back to Paris tomorrow morning to resume his work on the Aus trian treaty. The president has been in constant communication with Secretary Lansing Juring this short Belgian trip. MOTOR TJUP FLA55ED ' KtX.tr the ceremony at. the dty hall, the president afid his party were to go to the American legation forr a recep tion and later he will motor to 'Malines, where he., will meet Cardinal Mercler. ;:. Elaborate' precautions are being taken to guard the president - throughout his Belgian sojourn. .Troops have lined the roads over. . which " he ' traveled : and Bel gian1 ajid American secret -service men have cooperated at every . point to give the maximum safety ; everywhere." Wednesday nightV th president ' and Mrs-Wilson were guests of honor at a royal dinner at thsj palace.: ; ; v 5 : " Despite the; heavy strain . of. yester day's activities, President Wilson arose early- and at 9- o'clock started .with King Albert on a tour 'of the devastated in dustrial districts. . The heat wasv btls tering . A long string of motor cars made up the tour. The president and King Al bert occupied the leading car, which was decorated with the"; king's, colors. , A crowd - gathered V and cheered ; them? as they . started. B. M. . BarucA and Vance McCormlck, close friends and - advisers of the president., accompanied the party.: j At Tmad the first-, halt President Wilson; ade" a short talk' to 'the "members' of the party. After reviewing how the rape ; of Belgium had stirred America, he declared that the United States had always been determined that Germany should pay for her brutalities to the ut most. The terms which she is now - called ST A.3CD EMPHASISED upon to - sigh are just, said the presi dent, albeit they are hard. . The president emphasised that the United States is standing squarely upon the present terms, and will consent to no" further modifications. Before leaving the palace this morn ing the president received a lengthy telegram reporting latest developments In. the. German situation. i The ' president expressed pleasure at the warmth and cordiality of his recep tion, but Intimated that he would have appreciated a program .a little less strenuous. , Signs along the streets gave notifica tion of his 'coming and were lined with crowds displaying the' Americad " and Belgian' colors. The route led across the historic bat tle ground at Waterloo, where a. halt was made while the president -surveyed the picturesque scenery. -. Boxing Teacher Ends His Life by . - Drinking Poison Frank Rose. 445 Fifth street, drank carbolic acid about 3 o'clock this morn ing, and.' died shortly .. afterwards at Good j Samaritan hospital. Rose. who was married and had four children, two of whom are now; 111. with the mumps, was a. boxing Instructor by profession. It was necessary for hospital internes, who accompanied the ambulance, te give aid t$ :the mother, who Jias Completely, col- 1SP1. if . r SCHOOL BO D PROPflSITIO PEOPLE Registered Voters May Vote for Director, but Only Taxpayers May Pass on Bond Measure. Principal McCord Disclaims Hav ing Told Teachers They Must Throw Support to Tomasini. Amid the babel of argument for and against i the $2,50,0.000 school bond Issue and the choice of a direc tor, both subjects of the school elec tion on Saturday, Portland people are urged not to lose sight of the fol- lawlng non-argumentative, but high ly important, facts:. Every registered voter is entitled to a vote for school director at the school election on Saturday. Only taxpayers" may vote on the $2,500,000 school bonding measure. School houses will be the Voting places, in nearly all districts. Polls will open at 12 o'clock noon on Saturday and close at 8 p. m. CONTESTS PKOVOKED - The school election has provoked two entirely separate contests. One rages around, the proposed bond issue ; the Oder about the candidacies for school director of A. C. Newlll. Dr. J. Krancls Drake and D. G Tomafini. Sharp indignation greeted tpe report. which gained circulation Wednesday, that the "school machine" was not only backing the candidacy of XX G. Toma- slni but - had brought him out. Jesse McCbrd. principal of Montavilla school, was sajd to be one of a number of school principals promoting a house to house canvass for Mr. Tomasint. It was further said that teachers had been told they must work for Mr. Tomaslnl or the displeased ''school machine" Would de prive them of their . positions. Mrs. Ed Palmer of .Montavilla, one of the parent-teacher workers said to have been approached by Principal McCord, said: "Mr. McCord did ask me to sup port Mr." Tomaslnl ;and told me that such support -would constitute support (of the j, schools administration." w - , IJTTEXT DISAVOWED ; ! ! I - " ATfolher lre't-taeBfcriwor ker ' In the Glencoe district reported ? having re ceived substantially the ? aam4 appeal (Concluded on !' TwBtjr-Two, Colums ur) LET Smiling anrj Without Warning, Thomas Edwards Kills Wife and Commits 'Suicide. Without a word of warning, but with a smile on his lips, Thomas Ed wards, 38 years old. 'shot and instant ly killed hts wife, Inez De Corse Ed wards, at 6:30 o'clock this mornfng. s she sat at the breakfast table at their home, 824 East Eighty-sixth street. Ho subsequently committed suicide by. the same means. J i The shot that killed their mother awakened the four children of the fam ily, who ' ran shrieking to the neighbors for comfort. j " , . ' Edwards was: a foundry worker and of late had allied . himself with a re ligious cult. Despondency over apparent ill health and a lack of prosperity are believed to have been contributing causes of the tragedy. , According, to ; a statement of O. . Perkins, a boarder at the Edwards home, the four small children ' of the family were still asleep when the father entered the breakfast room. He said Edwards was apparently in the best of humor. But without a word, he fired the shot, the bullet entering his wife's right breast. OEAPPLES WITH'SLATEE Perkins said he was powerless to pre vent the shooting, so quickly was It done. He said he jumped from the table to grapple with Edwards, but the slayer rushed from the house. Going to the hme of a neighbor, Ed wards telephoned to his brother, C. O. Edwards of 1892 Thorburn avenue, and told him what he had done, adding that he proposed to kill himself. - : . The brother rushed from his home to prevent the suicide, but by the time he reached the Eighty-second street : ad dress, nearly a inlle away, the threat of self destruction.1 had been carried out. - Edwards had shot htmself through the left side and was dead when the police arrived. . I . LEAVES FOim CHILDREN - " The children of the family are: Glen. 14 ; Pauline, 11 Evelyn,, 8 : and Dor othy, 6. They have bgen taken in charge (Concluded on Fmg Twenty-Two, Column Tout) Tour of Country by . President Not Yet ' Absolutely Certain Knoxville, Tenn June 19. L N. S.) Replying to a request from the Knox vllle board of commerce, that President Wilson Include Knoxvtlle in his tour of the country in the interest of the League of Nations, J P. Tumulty 'secretary to the president, today said ; s -; ? "It is now impossible to say whether or not the president will be able to un dertake such trip as has been sug gested." - H WORRY LEADS TO nnuB RAGEDY ROUND UP OF OPPONENTS OF PEACE IS PLAN if PARIS. June (I. N. S.) If the allies are compelled to invade Germany, one of the first measures taken will be to round up and arrest those leaden re sponsible for the war In the first lace, as well as the leaders who opposed signing the peace treaty and who countenanced violence and resistance. Their names are known and have been, transmit ted to the military authorities concerned. " ' LABOR VILL NOT Strikers Urged by National Body to Ignore Court Orders Which Are Detrimental. By A. E. Johnkos Atlantic City. N. J., June 1. U. P.) The AmeVlcan Federation of Labor In convention here this afternoon unani mously adopted a resolution approved by the executive committee, urging striking unions to Ignore- Injunctions which are detrimental to their interests and to take the consequences. The resolution also urged that con gress take steps to curb the power of the courts in issuing injunctions against Btrikers. The convention went 'on record as favoring restriction of immigration from Europe for a period of three years. FACTIONS ASK CO5CESSI0NS The action followed a long debate in which various factions attempted to obtain concessions in their favor. Irish delegates sought exception qf Ireland, while Seattle radicals Interposed in favor of Russia. Secretary Morrison, however, swept the convention Into con currence with the exclusion resolution by an appeal for jobless soldiers and a declaration that capital Is seeking to im port contract labor. Thomas Sweeney of New Tork said that Immigration does ' not cause low wages,, but rather the concentration of wealth among a few - WOClD EitEltD INSURANCE i "-, The convention approved the opening of public lands -under-the most liberal conditions to war veterans and approved extension of soldier Insurance, to civil ians. " ? V1- ' - - Peter Bollenbacher of the Pennsyl vania State Federation of Labor as serted that railroad managers were at-, tempting to make federal control a fail ure, and running up ' needless 'expendi tures. He urged a federal investigation. A number " of resolutions " before the convention advocated continuation of federal control of the roads and eventual government ownership. MACHINISTS CASE I P The case Of the machinists' organisa tion was due for settlement at this aes sion. This organisation was said to have declined to recognise the authority of the American Federation snd ; sev era! delegates sought to have the con ventlon reprimand it. The machinists were declared to have defied the federa tion on 12 different occasions. ' A resolution urging that the govern ment immediately umlectake a building program in order to alleviate unempioy ment was ready for action today. TELEGRAPHERS SEEK SUPPORT Percy Thomas, deputy International vice president of the striking teleg raphers; was here ready to seek the moral support of the convention for the strikers. Thomas did not confer with President Gompers yesterday. Gompers sat with the committee pre paring the executive council s report until early this morning.' More than 100 resolutions remain to be acted on. " ' Major Langille of Engineer Regiment To Arrive Tonight After having, commanded a battalion of colored engineer troops in France for a year and a half. Major Douglas Lan gille. son of Mrs. Sarah A. Langille. 838 Wasco street, will return to Portland tonight at 7:30. He was In command of the 605th engineer service battalion which did much, construction work near Bordeaux and also near the front at Dougraimont. Major Langille left Portland with the 20th engineers,, forestry, and went to Washington, D. C on September 28, 1917. From there the regiment went across, landing In France the day after Christmas, 1917. In France he was placed In command of the service battalion. which, he recently brought home. Most of his men were Easterners and went ta. Camp MerritOand then Camp Lee, Va,, for discharge. He will go on to Camp Lewis Friday for discharge. . Olcott Home From California After Many Receptions Salem, June 19. Governor Olcott has relinquished his temporary seat, In the ship of the air for his more permanent seat in the ship of state and is back at his desk this morning after an 'absence of eight days, .during which he accom panied army aviators : from Salem to Portland and then - from Portland - to Sacramento, Cal. His return was de layed ; by numerous; receptions -in the California capital, at whldh he was the guest jof honor. The governor Is an en thusiastic aviator and - proudly wears on his coat lapel an Insignia of the avi ation service with which he was "deco rated" by Colonel "Watson, in charge of the 'flying circus which, visited the Rose Festival, as a souvenir of his first, but by no means last.. he. declares, Jdurney OBEY INJUNCTIONS through the cloud's. EiCtfiu. LEADERS SAISIGO Four Other Members of Cabinet Are Opposed and Five, Includ- ing Premier, Still Undecided. Strong Probability Government Will-Be Replaced by One Win ding to Accept Terms of Allies. ; By Alfred G. Anderson ' Weimar. June 19. (I. N. ' S.) Five members of the present Ger man cabinet favor signing the peace treaty, four are opposed and five others. Including Premier Scheide mann, have not yet: made up their minds. This Information was furnished me today by a leader of the German Demo cratic party, who insisted that a cabi net crisis is Imminent. From other sources I learn It is strongly possible that . the present government will be replaced within a few days by an Ers-berger-Rlchthofen ministry, which will sign the peace treaty.. MOW CABINET STANDS The division In the cabinet on the treaty question is as follows: For signing Dr. Mathias Erzbereer. minister, without portfollo-and head of th German armsitice commission ; War" Minister Noske, Eduard David, minister'' without Dortfollo : Herr - Szhmidt and fHerr Bell (apparently latter two names garbled in transmission), Against signing Minister of Com merce Sandsberg, Minister - of Posts Gelsberg, - I lerr Gothein and Foreign Minister von Brockdorff-Ranti au. Undecided Premier Scheldemann. Dr. Dernberg, .Minister of Justice Preusn. Hers Wlssell and Minister of Labor Bauer. ' ' " FOT' OJr PARTT LINES I ' Those who favor signing Include two Centrists and three Social Democrats. Thos.oppoa4.include two Social Demo crats, one Centrist and one Democrat, the wavering members being three So Conaludd on Pu .Tin Column Four) IN: OE BERRY PICKERS Good Pay, Healthy Living Condi tions, Good Food and Amuse ments Offered Workers. Good pay, healthy, clean living condi tions, good food, plenty of fresh air and wholesome amusement are offered by the fruit growers In the various parts of Oregon who are clamoring for pickers to coma and rather In the bumper crop of loganberries and black berries. At least 700 women are needed immediately, according to Mrs. Bruce Scott, director of the federal employ ment service here for women. "Better conditions and better pay are offered this year than ever before," said Mrs. Scott. "The workers are to . live in houses, sleep on good clean spring cots, have. a good cook, chaperonea and sanitary conditions throughout. In soma places dancing pavlllions are evm belni? built, - Consequently, workers will have pleasant vacations and make money be sides. , "A worker should be able to make between $3 and $8 a day on the present scale. This is in addition to board and living accommodations. "Workers Bhould apply at th employ ment offices In the Lewis building." Auto Crashes Into Miniature Train; No One Is Injured Escaping without injury, several pas sengers - in the miniature - railway coaches at the Oaks amusement park on Wednesday were shaken up when an automobile driven by Frank B. Thomp son of the Oregon Yacht club crashed Into the engine of the , train and par tially wrecked It. The automobile was not damaged. . The exit from the Yacht club grounds is through the rose gardens of the Oaks, and the bushes are belieyed to have hid den the little train from Thompson's view. , The engineer could not stop his train ' after he had observed the ap proaching automobile. Manager John V. Cordray believes the damage will be fuily repaired at once. . '- Italian Wounded, Result' of Fight . With His Brother age, was shot In the left side and left arm .at -about miamgnt weanesaay n-hf in a nool room at 293 V4. Union avenue. , The shooting Is said to have been the result of a quarrel - between Frank Borri and his brother Tony. Tr,n-A rf fleers 'hud not been able to ln.il, Tnnv Borri todav. The victim of the shooting was taken to emergency hospital. His, injuries are not neoeg sarily fatal, the physicians ay. FARMERS NEED