VOL XVIII. NO. 94
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PORTLAND, OREGqN, THURSDAY ' EVENING, JUNE 26, 1919. TWENTY-FOUR PAGES.
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Friederich Hohenzollern, Interned
in Holland, Escapes With a
Staff Officer Into Germany.
Allies to. Demand His. Surrender;
Flight Is Made From Island;
Monarchy Plot Held Possible.
Paris, June 26. (U. P.) Fried
rich Wilhelm Hohenzollern, former
German crown prj jce, has escaped
from Holland ntof ermany, the Big
Three were advisetoday.
The former crowriSprince was ac
companied by a staff officer, the re
port said. ,
The former crown, prince remajtted
Ti lth . the .German, armies for a time
after the kaiser's abdication of No
vember 9. He later made his way to
the Dutch border and was temporarily
interned at Maastricht. He left for
'Mosterland, a little fishing: village on the
island of Wlerlngen. near- the Dutch
itaval station at Helder, November 1.
lie has remained there, with only oc
casional visits to the mainland, ever
. since.
SOT SURPRISING
The report of the crown prince's es
cape occasioned no great surprise here
In view of, the resolution adopted by
the German officers' association, de
claring that they would protect the ex
kaiser, the princes and Ludendorff from
trial by the allies.
. f the news is confirmed, it Is ac
cepted here that the allies will make an'
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REAL ESTATE
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H. G, Terry, Arrested . in Office
h With Young Woman, Convicted
on Liquor Charge.
XI. O. Terry, a real estate agent with
offices in the Buchanan building, was
fined $250 by Municipal Judge Rossman
this afternoon on a technical charge of
violating the prohibition law. His ar
rest was effected after midnight thU
morning at his office, where a young
woman was foundpartly Intoxicated.
The latter, also arrested, -was dismissed
lit court. In addition to the fine, JudKe
TtrtKMmnn nrdersd Trrv tn "r!an . r
his premises before noon Friday. on
penalty of enforcement of a jail sentence
of 30 days, which was imposed but sus
pended. - " - - '
:.- Other complaints that reached Chitf
of Police Johnson are being Investigated
by the police and the women's protec
tive divisions. In these violations of the
liquor laws are Bald to be incidental to
other charges which, if proved, would
involve other men and women, the chief
announced.
Union Decision
Against General
Strike, in Omaha
Omaha, June 28. CTJ- P.) The Cen
tral Labor union - in ' executive session
Wednesday decided not to call a general
strike in sympathy with the teamsters
at this time. It recommended moral
and financial, assistance for the strik
ing ., teamsters. All union men are
asked to refuse to handle goods deliv
ered by non-union teamsters and all
union men will be assessed each week
for the support of the teamsters' strike.
.The meeting also adopted a resoluticn
denouncing Mayor Smith as "unworthy
as a chief executive of all of the people
of the city", for his attitude in the
strike.
' Thirty unions, including the street car
men, had voted in favor of a general
waikout but. the executive committee
decided the time , inopportune for the
strike. a
Methodist Bishops
; Make Minute Talks
Columbus, O.. June 2.(U. P.)
Every bishop in the Methodist ' church
and the Methodist church south partici
pated in the conservation day program
at the centenary, exposition today. Each
.bishop today was to make Ht "rapid fire"
one minute address. Music was to be
furnished by a chorus of ministers.
Resolution Urges
fight Be Stopped
Washington. June 26. (U. P.) A res
olution urging the governor of Ohio
to prevent the WillardV-Dempsey " fight
at Toledo, July 4. because it "dese
crates the . nation's birthday," was in
troduced in the house today by Repre
sentative Randall, of California, prohibitionist'
MAN
Four U.S. Soldiers
Killed and Two
Are Wounded by
Reds in Siberia
Casualties Result From Effort; to
Rescue Comrades Bolsheviki
Captured by Surprise.
Washington, June 26. (U. P.)
One officer and three men of the
American expedition in Siberia were
killed and two men wounded when
they went to the assistance of five of
their comrades: captured by antl
Kolchak forces, June 22, Major-General
William Graves cabled the war
department today. All killed and
wounded were members- of the
Thirty-first infantry, a regular army
unit. . , s "
The men killed were Second Lieuten
ant Albert Francis Ward, Corporal Jesse
M, Reed, Privates D. P. Craig and
Charles L. Flake, y
The wounded are Corporal George A.
Jenson and. Private Clarence G. CraiL
The extent of 'the injuries of the
wounded men has not been reported.
MtS CAPTURED BY SURPRISE
Second Lieutenant Custer Frlbley,
quartermaster corps, and Corporals
Eastland W. Reed and Harland .ralw
(spelling believed garbled in transmis
sion) and Privates Harold C. Bullard
and Forrest Moore were fishing in the
vicinity of the Souchan line on June 22.
Graves reported. 1 They were surprised
and captured by antl-Kolchak forces and
taken to Novitskaya.
; Th enlisted men captured were mem
bers of company H. 31st Infantry. When
news of their capture reached the 81st
Jnfantry two platoons of company M
went to demand their release. They
were met by the antt-KoIchark forces
with the reported casualties resulting.
Lieutenant Frlbley and the men cap
tured with him still are In the enemy's
hands. ' - . -. 1'
FIRST BRUSH WITH BOLSHEVIKI
General Graves' reported that though
territory around the Souchan line has
been a Bolsheviki hotbed for weeks;
American troops never had been inter
fered with until this occasion. -'
. The Slat infantry is a regular- army
unit and though the- war .department
has not obtained the emergency addres
ses of the men 'involved, , their serial
numbers indicate they are regulars who
were in the army at the outbreak of the
war and sent to- Siberia from- the
Philippines.
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Mostly Pacific Coast Men.
; San Francisco, 1 June 28. D, P.) -A
large percentage . of the enlisted person
nel of .the Thirty-first infantry are en
listed men from Pacific coast states and
drafted men from the middle west, who
were originally assigned to -the Eighth
division -and trained at Camp Fremont.
They went to the Philippines 4n August
to swell the Twenty-seventh and- Thirty
first infantries to-war strength prior to
their moving to Siberia. . '
T
ACT JS QUESTIONED
Letter Sent to Secretary of State
Office Warns Against ' Pay
ment of Vouchers.
Salem, June - 26. The . first step in
what is regarded here as a move to
test the validity of the act passed by
the recent legislature creating the' new
circuit judgeship In Multnomah county
was recorded Wednesday in the receipt
of a letter by ; the secretary of state's
office warning against the payment of
any further claims to George Taswell
as circuit judge.: The letter is from
John W. Kaste of Portland, who de
scribes himself i as an attorney at law,
a citizen and a taxpayer. - t
"I herewith -notify . you and' forbid
you to issue -any warrant or voucher
to George Taswell of the city of Port
land, Oregon, who is now and for some
weeks past has"" been usurping the of
fice, powers and duties of a circuit
judge of the Fourth judicial district
of -the state of .Oregon," the letter
reads. . Kaste states that Ben W. Olcott,
as secretary of state.- and his bondsmen,
will be held liable if any of the funds
of the state are' diverted in payment
of any claim that Taswell may make
for compensation as circuit - judge.
The letter hast been referred by the
secretary - of state's office to Attorney
oj en uojujdo ; us joj UMOjg lJauaQ
what course to pursue with reference
to future warrants.
Water Supply in
Montana. Limited
Anaconda. Mont., June 26--(L K. -S.)
Water famine in Montana reached
such a critical state today that orders
were Issued here to stop all lawn sprink
ling. ' The water ; works department of
the Anaconda Copper Mining Company,
owners of - the . reservoirs. Issued the
order. . . The scanty supply in this and
other cities has reached the lowest mark
in years. . ..
Freight Raise Is
.Being Considered
Washington, June 26. (U. P.) The
railroad administration is giving "se
rious consideration" to the question of
raising ; freight rates again. Director
General Hines told the house Interstate
commerce committee today. He de
clared the administration faced a grave
problem in obtaining revenues to meet
deficits. -
CRCU
JUDGESHIP
HAPPY 148TH ARTILLERY COMES HOME
1 1ITH a long and illustrious war record appended to the' record of their "Mexican border
Vy. service, these 169 troopers and six officers of the old Oregon cavalry, with 72 casuals,
are enjoying at last the comforts of their home town.- In the upper, picture are the boys
in front of the Liberty Temple listening to an address of welcome by Mayor Baker and trying to'
smile in spite of the rain drops that mock the trench caps. Below, First Lieutenant Eugene P.
Walters, in command, who enlisted in Pendleton, and who claims as his home any place where
he hangs his hat, and that's Portland today. ,
JENKINS CHOSEN fef W GREETERS ENTER
CHIEF'S ASSISTANT
Captain, of Second Relief to Have
' Charge 6f ' Details of -''r-
: Police Work.
Captain L. V. Jenkins, commanding
the, second night relief of. the - police
force, was made assistant to Chief of
Police N. F.-Johnson this morning. He
Is-to-relieve' the chief of many-of his of
ficial duties and. is. to have personal su
pervision of everything that good
through the chiefs office. ( -
If IS' probable -that the chier fwirl at
tend only to the larger matters pertain
ing to the department, and that Captain
Jenkins will direct air the workings, of
the police force. The chief's stenogra
pher will be moved into the office of the
executive secretary and Captain Jenkins
will make his headquarters in the stenog
rapher's office.
JEXKIS8 TO MEET PUBLIC .
' This will make It possible for citizens
to always see someone in command.; In
stead of having to wait for hours and
.sometimes days before being able to
catch the chief - in his office. AUi re
ports and complaints will be taken by
Captain . Jenkins, and all secret, investi
gations will be conducted under his su
pervision. Captain Jenkins has had 11 years' ex
perience, eight of which have been on
the second night relief, when many- of
the robberies, burglaries and murders
are -committed. During 'the past few
months the second .nipht - relief under
command of Captain Jenkins has cap
tured ..more criminals than all other re
liefs on the pdlice force combined. When
ever a report of a crime . reaches ' head
quarters Captain .Jenkins -placed men
on all bridges and roads leading from
the city, and in, several cases headed the
men off before they had- a chance to
escape. . . "
BOBBERS CAUGHT COMIXGIX
One of his men recently . captured two
gangs of .robbers in the Mount ; Scott
district, one gang coming in to the city
after robbing, the Gresham jewelry store,
and another gang after robbing 'the
garage at Boring. "
Although the men on the second night
relief are for the -most - part new men.
Captain. Jenkins ha been able to: do
very effective work with them. About
150 autom3biles are stolen in Portland
every month, and by far the t greater
number of machines . are found during
the second - night relief.: ' Several auto
mobile thieves have also been captured
"COSE," NOT "CO," HIS ORDER
The officers on the second night relief
are - high in their praise of Captain
Jenkins. They repeatedly state ; their
confidence in him, as he never com
mands his ...men to "go." but rather
says "come on, men." He will lead his
men into the most dangerous situations.
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Hindenburg Thinks
German Army Could
Hold Eastern Front
Berlin, June 23. (U. P.) Field Mar
shal von Hindenburg was reported today
to have sent a telegram Sunday to' Min
ister of Defense Noske. declaring that
as a- soldier" he .-much preferred - an
honorable fall . to ignominious peace,
The i telegram . further t stated that
should hostilities be resumed- the - Ger
man armies could conquer Posen and
maintain the eastern frontier, '. though
they' could hardly" hope for success on
v miniiirnn nrnninii
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PROHIBITION ACT
UPHELD BY COURT
U.
S. Circuit Court Dissolves
Injunction Granted to
Brewers.
New York, June 26. (U. P.) The war
time prohibition , act under which: no
liquor may be sold .after June 40, was
upheld today by the Untied States
circuit court of . appeals. The " court
virtually dissolved the "injunction .Judge
Mayer granted the trewers, restraining
the federal district and internal reve
nue collector from enforcing war time
prohibition. . as applied to 2,75 per , cent
beer. - . . . - -. - .
The court held the act was consti
tutional and Judge Mayer- had no ; jur
isdiction to enjoin - the enforcement -- of
a constitutional act.
The court recommended . that the
district attorney . hasten final determ
ination on the issue : in - the '.highest'
court and ' in the meantime interfere
with the business of brewers as : little
-jas possible. . , '.
Provide , Separate Enforcement Acts .
Vashington. June 26. (U. P.) The
house judiciary committee today de
cided to provide t separate, enforcement
acts ffor constitutional and war time
prohibition. This action will have the
effect of slightly " modifying, drastic
prohibition enforcement , measures dur
ing the tlife of the war time acts.
Montana Bull Is
Still King Among
City Zoo Buffalo
Not every-bull fight is staged with a
dark skinned, dashing bull baiter wav
ing a red rag. , .
There was .one in the city so when a
bull buffalo from Montana thoroughly
established his supremacy as a battler
over a rival from San Francisco. ;
. The 'Frisco bull, . formerly champ
sought to regain his honors, and snorted
in the language of bulls:
"I'm kins here; gallop aside or I'll
gore "you.", -. -
He' lost th bloody, battle which en
sued. . . -
The animals did not Injure each other
seriously. - " . ; . ' ! ,
Changes, ;.Made ' in':: Constitution;
.Election"' of New - Officers
'' Taking Up Convention.-
r The carefree, happy rollicking at
titude of the Greeters of America
during the beginning of their con
vention here subsided to one of seri
ous, business-like determination this
morning to complete the actual work
of the hotelraen for which. the con
vention was called. The election of
officers and the selection of the city
in which the IS 20 convention will be
held were deferred until afternoon,
while thf . morning was devoted to
remodeling the constitution,, amend
ment by amendment. The most im
portant change is that of making ft
obligatory for officers to attend, the
national conventions.
'Upon the completion . of business this
afternoon the Greeters were aligned for
the launching of a ship, being taken in
automobiles leaving the Multnomah at
3 :30 o'clock to witness the dip . of the
Acarman, the last, vessel to leave the
Grant Smith-Porter yards. The Greet
ers will be the guests of Eric Hauser,
who has advanced the event. . Mrs. Ru
pert Hauser will act as sponsor.
COKSIDERATIOX BIO THING
HenryJ.-Bohn.-president-of the Hotel
World interests at Chicago, was one of
the most loudly applauded Greeters Wed
nesday, when he gave a snappy talk
filled with the philosophy of a man who
has spent years in the hotel game. "We
are - going to work . for ethics and jus
tice alt the way down the line." he said.
The proprietor who instructs a hotel
clerk .to cash a check should stand by
him ifi the check should prove fraudu
lent. -i "The keynote of the Greeters . is cour
tesy. It Is terribly hard to be courteous
under some circumstances, but do not use
profanity. Many men and women are
shocked by it. En joy r yourselves, but for
the sake of those who have other .views,
be considerate. -.
HK1P OTHER FEI-IiOW '.'
; "you want to make life worth living
in the 'right 'way and- the only way to
make " it worth living Is to make it
worth while to the other fellow, i Isn't
it a grand and glorious part jou have
when you try to make , the world worth
living in?"
i Mr. - Bohn was optimistic over the fu
ture of the hotel business, seeing, in it
the solution of the domestic service prob
lem when people move from their big
residences to apartment hotels.
' Campaigning of the presidential "can-
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Swiss May Have to
; Surrender Refugees
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- Geneva; June 28. (I. N. S.) The Swiss
government probably will be asked to
surrender about a dozen high German
refugees.!-under the terms of Article 227
to 230 of the peace treaty. It was learned
today. 4 '
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Senate Passes Naval
j-j Appropriation Bill
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Washington June- 26. (I. N. S.) The
naval appropriation" bill, carrying $643,
ouo.OOQ, .was - passed , by the senate this
afternoon without a rollffn - - -
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Ifl ARTILLERY
UNIT RETURN
175 Members of Famous 148th
Regiment, Back From Francef
Portland's Honor Guests Today
High Praise Won From Pershing
'5and From French. Commanders
for' Efficiency and Bravery.
"Most efficient artillery brigade in
the American expeditionary forces;
can always be depended upon to act
in support of the divisional artiUery.'
remarked General Pershing about
the Sixty-sixth field artillery brigade,
of which the 148th was a part.
Everyone who saw the 175 mem
bers of the 148th as they stepped off
their special train at 8 o'clock this
morning at the Union .station will
agTee with General Pershing. And
those 72 casuals with them looked
fine, too.
"Regular whales," said the French, or
words to that effect, in the first citation.
"Gluttons for hard work," said the
French In the second citation.
ENGAGED VS 4 CAMPAIGNS
It was all about this great bunch of
14-8 th artillery boys who are home again
after more than a year and a half of
service overseas during which time they
engaged in four important campaigns.
The regiment suffered 24 killed and J 03
wounded in battle. And when these
boys, ITS of them, with some 72 casuals,
arrived this morning at the Union sta
tion they removed a pile of care and
worry and fretting from the shoulders
of their mothers and wives. It was a
grand sight when these men. some of
them gray haired and some scarcely
old enough to shave, ran to meet the
rushing women folk"who poured through
the gates as the train pulled 1n. . .
The. day is "theirs," and the town goes
with jt, until 1 o'clock Friday morning
when they pull' out again for' Camp
Lewis for discharge. They marched
from the Union station up to the Lib
erty ' Temple for. Just a few 1 words of
welcome from Mayor- Baker; Then- they
went to the Portland and Imperial ho
tels for breakfast.
At noon they will congregate at the
Liberty '.Temple-for luncheon coin? to
the Benson; -Again at 6 o'clock tonight
they will be guests of honor, along' with
some casuals who are to arrive . this
afternoon, at a huge dance at The Au
ditorium. The entertainment today is
under the auspices of -the United Aux
iliaries reception committee. -.
Between meals the boys will at all
times have something to occupy their
time. In the morning they had Mult
nomah - club and in the afternoon they
will have theatre tickets furnished for
themselves and their girls .to any theatre
in the city.. . '
LONG SPELL OF SERVICE,
These men .have had a long spell of
service. Just before the beginning of
on.1 war with Germany they were for
eight months on the Mexican border as
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House Accepts Bill
For Daylight Repeal
Washington. June 26j (I. N. S.) The
house -this afternoon accepted the sen
ate amendment to the agricultural ap
propriation bill - repealing the daylight
saving law. The bill was sent back to
conference, however, when the house re
fused to approve the senate's appropria
tion for $100,000 for inspection of horse
meat, unless it -be stipulated that the
horsemeat be branded as - such. .
Unification Urged
City in Fight for
Columbia Rate Case
"The whole city ought to get behind
the Columbia river rate case," declared
Walter P. - LaRoche, Portland's city at
torney, this morning-.
"'Already the fight has Puget sound
"bothered.' . Their newspapers are print
ing the meanest kind of editorials on
their front pages. Our competitor city
is organizing as a unit to keep from this
city and the other ports of the Columbia
the benefit of natural advantages.
"Portland must likewise be organized
as a unit prepared to make the fight of
her life when the Columbia rate case
comes up for hearing before members
of the interstate commerce commission
in this city on July 21."
Mr. LaRoche pointed Out the import
ance to the community of success in the
rate contest.
HANDICAP THREATENS
' .Portland has appropriated a total of
1 0,500.000 in bond authorisations for
dock, elevator and other water terirlinal
construction. Returns on this great in
vestment are predicated on the develop
ment of port business and the city's
ability to do business. Lack of recogni
tion of the Columbia water grade consti
tutes a handicap in getting business and
lessens or defers returns: on port invest
ment. (
- Portland through its port commission
has spent large sums in cooperation with
the government to create and maintain
a deep channel to the sea. The depth
is now 30 feet at low water, and the
preliminary tteps are being taken in a
a5" foot channel project- But to do busi
ness on the water side calls : for an
equal utilization of natural advantages
on the land side, and unjust rates deny
FORD TO GIVE
GOVERNMENT
WAR PROFITS
WASHINGTON, June 26. L
. N. S.) Henry Ford will
turn back to the government tils
share -58 per cent of the war:
profits made ny his Detroit
plant. The automobile manu
facturer requested the sccreutrjr
of the treasury to assign an ac
countant to go ovjer the books of
the company, to determine just
what his profits were, It wan an
nounced tills afternoon. The'
matter was turned over to Com
missioner of Internal Kevenuc
Moicr, who Instructed his repre
sentative at Detroit to assign an
accountant.
BERLIN ON VERGE
OF CIVIL WARFARE
Tension Between Communists and
Reactionaries So Great Single
Shot Would Start Things.
Berlin. Jane te-(I. Ti. S,) Spsrtacan
troops have seized the railway atatlon at
Hamburg and It's doubtful If gorera
meat forces ordered there to soppress
rioting will arrive, said adrlcei reeelred
here this afternoon.
General von Groener today resigned,
his resignation becoming effective as
soon as the military situation, in the
Kast is cleared.
Von Groener issued an appeal to the
people urging them to make every, ef
fort to fulfil the peace conditions and
pointing out that each unfulfilled clause
of the treaty will furnish an excuse for
the allies to prolong the period of oc
cupation of Germany and the length of
the blockade. He also appealed to offi
cers and soldiers to remain at their
posts in the present crisis, declaring;
"Unless we all work together, the
signature of the treaty Is worthless."
' At the same time Prussian War Min
ister. Kelnhardt issued a manifesto de
claring : v -
We soldiers cannot reconcile these
terms with our honor. .'This we must
never forget, -Nevertheless, J'urge that
officer and men remain at th4r posts
viqtlL Iheir. terms .at enlistment expire
and "they are relieved." , :
Reinhardt added that he agreed with
Gustavo JSfcske, war minister in the
German cabinet, that Prussian generals
may apply for discharge without for
malities until - July 23, but that he
would reserve . to himself the right of
disposing of their applications.
. The government's appeal for every
one to go to work was only , answered
by a new strike - this morning. The
Berlin railway depot employes Quit
work, leaving food cars unloaded on
the' tracks.
London, June 26. (I. N. S.) Berlin is
a great armed camp .with the tension
between the communists and the reac
tionaries so great that a single shot
may bring bloody, civil war, said a
Central News dispatch frcm Berlin to
day. :
v The communist soldiers' councils have
distributed large quantities of arms and
ammunition to soldier members and
their civilian adherents. The govern
ment's position is growing more se
rious ' and some troops are deserting.
The ministry of marine has been con
verted Into a fortress and the surround
ing 'streets are barricaded. Government
soldiers have occupied the newspaper of
fices. - ' - - ..
As a result of the railway strike the
most important lines are tied up and the
stations barricaded. .
It is reported that General Luetwltz
is attempting to form a, new govern-
Troops were "called out to clear the
Alexander Platss of an enormous crowd
of rioters. Bands of looters held up
the street' cars. There were clashes
between the troops and crowds of
looters.
full utilization of the natural advantages
of the water grade.
Thus the contest for justice In roll
rates is related to Industrial and busi
ness expansion, and increase of the con
sequence of the city as a distributing
center.
COST SOT BETflEII
"If the economic land advantages of
Portland ar taken from her," continued
the - city attorney, "it should be only
after the advantages Seattle enjoys by
water are taken from her, so as to level
the advantages, both Trf land and by
water -of both cities. That would be
one way of creating a fair rste struc
ture if the contest for ; recognition of
the Columbia river water grade should
fail. The natural advantages which
Portland should enjoy by land are com
pletely denied her now by the existing
rate structure to and .from the Colum
bia river, basin, while the advantages
on the water side which are natural to
the Puget . Sound cities remain un
touched. Puget Sound's natural dis
advantage is the mountain haul of half
to three quarters' of a mile high over
th mountains, but Tacoma and Seattle
suffer not at all' from this disadvantage
because of the, fact that the rate over
the mountains is made the same as
along the Columbia river. Yet there is
no railroad or traffic authority any
where who would even suggest that the
cost -of water grade transportation - is
not less than over the mountains.
"Portland's participation in the Co
lumbia river, rate case Is a prim strug
gle for right and Justice which should
have' vigorous and unified public sup-
mm i
BE SUED
SATIDM
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Formality Scheduled for 3.P. M.
of That Day, Provided German
President Wilson Plans to De
part From Paris That Night,
Sailing From Brest Next Day,
ParlH, June 26. (U. P.) A decl
slon to sign the peace treaty at 3
o'clock Saturday afternoon provid
ing the Germans arrive that morning,
as promised was reached by the al
lies today, it was officially an
nounced. ,
President Wilson plans to leav
Paris Saturday night, after th treaty
la signed, sailing from Brest on .Bun
day. "The situation Is greatly improved ;
unless the unforeseen happens the treaty
will be signed Katurday," Paul Dutasta,
secretary of the peace conference, told
the United Press . today, - following a
conference with German representatives
at the Hotel Des Reservoirs. ?
The note sent by the Big Four to
Berlin yesterday protesting against
the sinking of the German fleet In
the Scapa Plow and the burning of
French battle flags in Berlin following
presentation of a report by ' a speclaf
committee which declared these Inci
dents "are examples of the spirit which
the Germans must put . down If they
desire - admittance to the League of
Nations on an equal footing."
The Big Four was expected to take
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(Concluded on r Twenty-Two, Column Thr)
IN RATE CHARGED
Committee to Investigate Reason
for Inland Empire Goods Go
ing by Way of Gulf,
existence or anegea aiscriminatory
rates on certain products, which are Im
ported and exported through Portland
are to be Investigated by a special rat
committee for the Chember of Commerce,
following . the authorization , of such a
committee by the board of directors at
its regular meetltng Wednesday after
noon. A. C. Callan was appointed chair
man of the new committee. '
Complaint has been received - recently
from various sources In Portland that
some products raised In the Inland Km
pire district which were formerly shipped
through this port are being sent now
to Gulf and Atlantic coast ports because
of more favorable shipping rates. : ' The
new rate differential on grain to Gulf
ports'1 will also be' considered. ;,
Officials of the chamber were author
ized by the directors to employ solici
tors to line up cargo - for the Atiantlo
coast steamship line which will be oper
ating soon out of Portland. This step
will be-taken only if the questional res
asking firms for- available cargo possi
ble for this service are not answered.
The meeting of the board of director
afforded an opportunity to discuss th
free port situation which was brought
before the chamber last week by repre
eentatalves from Puget sound who
wished to know the stand Portland wag
going to take. The board decided to
Stand by the present form of legislation.
'Under present legislation each com
munity has to build its own - frae ports
without federal aid. The . members of
the board were of the opinion that the
Pacific coast is not in need of a free
portat the present time, as under such
a regulation one country ships into -another
foreign country and the goods is
reloaded there for shipment to a' third
foreign country and trade from the. Pa
cific does not usually have to be for
warded to another country.
Reemployment of .,
Strikers Matter for j
Company Decision
' Washington, June 28. fi. N. S.)
"Whether the 276 of the 40,000 employes
of the - Western - Union and the smalt
number of employes of the Postal who
went on strike are to be taken back Into
the service is a matter resting with their
managerial officers,'". Postmaster Gen
eral Burleson announced this afternoon,'
following an'' hour's conference with
delegation from the American . Federa
tion of Labor.
' Burleson said that the employes vol
untarily left the service of the compa
nies in violation of the rules of the war
labor board and the wire control board
and that h would not 'direct their re
employment. '
Quick Home Coming
Of Yanks Indicated
. Washington, June 2. (I. N, S.) Fur.
ther evidence that it Is the aim of the
war department to withdraw all Ameii- -can
forces from France as quickly as
possible was forthcoming this afternoon
when the war department announced
that the enlistment of men for overseas
forces has been discontinued. . , . , ,
DISCRIMINATION