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Newspaper Page TextTHE WEATHER "ITS ALL IlfclUS , a, p . OTCLOCK . Tonight andTues-: ; day fair and warm; northerly winds. ITS ALL TRUE" , VJ VOL'' XVIII NO -115 ' rEntwI tm4-cn Matter ' VWU.AVIU. 11U. 1W Portofflc. Portland Oresoa ' . : PORTLAND;OREGOK,:rMONt'AY EVENING JULY J 21.V; 1919. '--SIXTEEN PAGES.' 1 PRICE TWO' CENTS ON TRAIN AND K'WI STANDS riVC . CINTS BBOF Strike In Favor Of Reds Is Great Fizzle In Europe iiQr."-. START OF PORTLAND'S FIGHT ' FOR RATE i! JUSTICE I J i f 1 ! ! I 1 "VFFICES of Oregon Public Service commission, which have been. turned; over to. Interstate Commerce commission for hear J .'" ing of epochal freight' rate case wherein it is to be. 'decided. if nature's provision- for a.water level grade along the- Columbia is to remain thwarted by artificial barriers of rates to advantage of Puget-Sounds Interstate Commerce Commissioners Hall, Daniels and, Eastman, presiding at hearing, .with Joseph N. Teal and Oswald West TepresentingiPortland and Columbia river in terests, while Arthur C. Spencer and Charles A. Hart represent the railroads in resisting the establishment of the new principle of rate making .... . I . . - ' v'; ' 1 , 4 ; , . , , - I- I ,-, 71 Tr rmi SIR! V ISSttEO Inland Empire Seeks Rate to Portland; Based on Cost Over - the Most:, Economical Route. Former Governor West Opens Case Before Interstate Com merce Commission in Portland. - "We know that It costs more to (haul wheat oyer a rocky - hill," averred Dr. C. J, Smith, president of the Inland Empire Shippers' league, before Interstate Commerce Commis sioners Henry Clay , Hall. ; Wlnthrop ' More Daniels arid Joseph B. . ESast man at the Multnomah county court , ' house this morning. ' - '"If two , roads iead from your' ranch, one level and one " of heavy grades, ; which would you t use?" pressed for " J mer Governor Oswald , West; counsel for the shippers' league. v "We a'ould'use the level .road," ans wered Dr. Smith. , .. "Why?" . . ' "Because of the . ease and the less expense."., - - v Int-such primer-like fashion began the i greatest9 rate contest the West has ever ( witnessed the struggle to win Justice ; f or the Columbia. the only .water grade -..Toute of , the Pacific coast in the United . States, as against' the 'steep and costly v - mountain hauls, between the inland Em f plre and Puget Sound. U - f - 4 Portland's, vital- interest in the actiori quickly asserted itself. r t ."The nearer you could, get a ship to. , , Pendleton, the 'better it would be for the ; t producers, wouldn't itr asked Joseph Ni Teal, counsel for the "Portland Traffic A . Transportati&n.assoclafJon. and the Port land1 Chamber of Commerce. 'r - "You do not wish the rale based on the v long mileage and tbe ,haul over the Cas- cade mountains V he continued. - "Most, certainly, n9t.ll, 'as Dr., Smith's ; emphatic answer. "'.,.; J- . A These questions rapidly; cleared the is- ' The Inland; Empire seeks a rate based ; en the cost, of transportation over, the most economical route. That route, ob-t vtously; s tha-Columbia'.) water grade ;. But the rate at the present time, is based on the haul over the Cascade mountain ! to Seattle and TacomiC - - i Former ; Governor West, opening , the (Concluded e P Two. Column Otm cSenatbrJ Pprrierene .Says "to! Turn Down Treaty Is Like Fire Engine ! " puittirtg Before. Fire Is Out. ? , Washington, July2 1.U. P.)--.The war must be fought over again, unless , too allied . nations provide sorde s means.', for making, Germany keep the . peace, Senator" Pomerene, 'Ohio, Democratic member of the for eign relations committee, declared to ' the'5 senate today, In a three-hour speech, in advocacy of the League o Nations. " . 'If thetreaty; is rejected "what? is' to take ita place?",; asked Pomerene. "To quit now is as if, after the flames of a ' great conflagration had been checked, the fire department were to quit its; work while burning embers were lying around, to: be' again fanned into fury by the first winds that. blow. , That the treaty is not perfect, all concede.5 That it would have been drafted differently, by the Ameittcan nation there, can be.no doubt : but many of ,thoee who criticise have f no remedy to propose. " ' In view of the unrest t now ; prevailing, and - the Immediate necessity for the preservation 'of the world's peace at all hazards, I believe it better to accept the treaty as it now stands and trust to the future to make such -. changes as ' experience may auggest." - Pomerene bsv4 - that the Republi cans have made the league a party question. "I owe my allegiance to ; the Demo cratic party." he said. 1 believe in Its principles and hope for its success, but I would rather have my party lose and the League of Nations win than to have - my party win and a League of Nations ' lose." ; " . Urging that the senate ratify the treaty without delay, Pomerene said : V "A war sick world demands the early ratification of the treaty. That demand must not be ignored." , ' ' FuH PubUrity Asked For' , . Washington. July2L O. N. S.) Full publicity In open session of the foreign - relations committee of the senate for the peace treaty is provided in a resolution offered in the senate this afternoon by Senator Jones of New Mexico. At the ; request of Senator Lodge, chairman 'of the foreign relations committee, the reso lution; went over until tomorrow. WAR IS MENACE i : IF LEAGUE FAILS ' Ruihor 'Says Ireland . WiU Get Home Eule ' London,. July 'tV.-- (U, P. Premier Lloyd-George is considering dominion home rule for Ireland, including county . option for Ulster, lt was rumored in parliamentary circles today, -Hi 1 s , - .So 'X.v. President -.Vilsoii. Is Cbrifraed)ToiBed, Order Of Physicians Admiral, Grayson Says His Cotidi jb'bhlsuJlat erious,' butl He's Taking No Chances .- ...j M ; , sssssBssiSMSSssMai . ,it: .-. V on, immediately uppn Ws .rlurn;tody flower., was ordered to.bed y his peUW, thanasacom petitor. Istheob- sonai physician,Rear Admiral Ciiry T. Grayson, .when said Jhat the: president was suffering from an attack of dys entery. f.Vlv V;-A :&.; i . Admiral , Grayson - stated .. thatr the president's condition is not at all seri-ouSr'- that he ,wlll take, no chances and will keep him lit .bed uptai. he has fully recovered. He hopedl he said, to have the president "Upland about lti a -day or two. The preswent -is understood to have been. anxious, to keep the sppoint ments he 'had i made f or "the day", but Admiral Grayson . persuaded him to postpone tbera.v! . . - ' T vWheni- the president,' went - Saturday night for his cruise on the Mayflower he was slightly indisposed from an at tack of .indigestion. :.-.u''-5'.. AmericanSailors .; Unarmed When Held1 i . i ; St- Ups i VT5 o n r 4 f o . ; A ttyi ar Washington; July 21. (IN. S.)-The party of American ' sailors 'from .the U. 8.1 S. Cheyenne, who were heldxip anB 'robbed by Mexlcanrhandita while in a naval-sailing launch on the Tamesi river, near Tamplco on July-,' were all unarmed, ; while two i of -uthe jMexicans were armed with rifles,: the, navy: de partment was Informed .this Afternoon by E. II. Finney, commander : ofj: the U. SvS.' Topeka. r . ".'v-' - ; , Commander FHnney : stated .in his - re port that the Mexican" bandit larjy comprised "three men,' all,. In ,: civilian clothes, tand. that. there were 13 men. in the American launch, j '4 V- 'i The authorities of the Mexican gov ernment to". whom tthe robberywas re-, f erred ; expressed deep regret i that the incident had ourred. Commander Fin ney stated, and said that attempts will be made to learn ' the - identity . of the Mexican bandits.: -- LttsingjndIiss Protested 'GMngof : t Shantung to Japan Paris, July,. 21. (J. &) -Secretary of . State Lansing and t General t Tasker H. i Bliss, members of the peace delega tion, in their .recent message , to Resi dent Wilson, took an unsympathetic viewot the dedsloa to give part, of the Chinese Shantung peninsula -to Japan, although they 4id not formally .protest. It was authoritatively learned today. The message - was sent - at the presi dent's own request shortly after he 'had left France for the United " States. It was' said the two. .delegates . expressed their sentlmenta ! without formally . op posing the president's course. -; Woman, 93, iBakes ' Oin Birthday ;Gake ii y--':' ' . . ,-. -t . " .' -;. -Cottage- Grov,r July !L Mrs. M. -C. WUlets and daughter. Mrs. Susan Hub bard, motored to Drain Sunday to cele brate, at the home of IS. C Morning star, the former's ninety-third birthday. Mrs. -Wlllets baked her. own birthday cake.. Her health is excellent- ; ' y - , - t - t"- .nMtfUa TRUCK AS RAILWAY Council of t National Defense in "Campaign to Make Auto an Aid, NorCompeiitor - L .Washlpgtojj July ;21.-Ps the motor true a in connection with rail-; road and v "waterways. - as a ; feeder ject of a nation-wide campaign un dertaken: by" the' highways transport committee of the Council of National Defense -"y-y- I ! i i f The national j. government, working through this1 committee, is making a survey- to ascertain definitely, the locali ties suffering from ? inadequate; trans portation, ; and has , sought . cooperation of senators and representatives, ? . Pointing out -.that this is no tiqie to duplicate' , transportation facilities,' the highways 'committee in a letter to , con gressmen says: ' " ' '. VAs you. know, the rail and -electric lines are' in a serious financial condition and their expenses now roust be met either by government funds or Increased rates.- There seems .to be an oppor tunity? to develop feeders f or' both ; by penetrating--areas' without, transporta tion and, feeding the ' -railroads and waterways thousands of tons which now cannot be, brought ,to the market, v -,t . j "Tlie entire transportation problem la at the present time of audv a serious nature that, It, Is the belief of this com-' mittee that instead of duplicating.1 trans portation lines and .taking tonnage away, from"' the -railroads and electric, lines,' the motor truck must be utilised . great ly to. increase . tonnage and .to assist, the railroads-and waterways in making com plete delivery," " 4, ' . V The committee believes that with mo tor trucks bringing to . the railroads produce from districts which heretofore have not enjoyed transportation facili ties, the high cost: of foodstuffs: In the cities may be reduced, - - . FredShepa ? drted funded Mr. - and MrsT J, R. Shepard 'ofTsuxi' daler Wash.;".who for many- years" lived at 2Iena, have Just received a telegram from the : war department saying- their son, ' Lieutenant "Fred C Shepard, -Company M, .Thtrty-f irgt , infantry, was se verely wounded in -action in Siberia, July 2. ' -v.. ,:-v;r . : " : ; - ' His r. brother,' Lieutenant Robert r J. Shepard, had just returned : from a year's service In France when the . word was' received and was in 'New York" on his -way -to-: Portland. H took up the mattes' with the war department and a cable has been sent asking for further particulars.--' iKwmJ v., , 'Lieutenant '. Shepard, ; who.' was ', in command of a platoon of SSmen. was stationed at Souchen, Siberia H was at Fanya, a village - 30 ' verstj from Souchen., Company A of the same regi ment in a fight with the Bolshevikl on June 30, lost 25-men y killed and 27 wounded. , y:yl: -fy i! X- :v : : SoldiersfDxiRcm i ; East Today Delayed . . , ' ' i mr&M'iy' rtf iv ; Twenty-two.: men representing a casual- -detachment from Camp Mills,' who were to Jv arrived ,in Portiaad on their -way to Camp Lewis .for dis charge at 12:30 o'clock-today. '.were de layed somewhere in the , East and ac cording' to reports received at Liberty Temple atnoon, would, likely arrive at about 7 :30jjo'clock. this evening. : FEEDER PROMOTED v. , - - ' i :-yt v.. i f ' V , Private ,StocIt ; IJay Be Kept in ' Homes SayfrHoDS'.yote X Washington. iuly 2Li(ij.Vp.) The house today by vote or 10T toSV re fused, to make unlawful " the etorfng- of -Hector Arc private homes Jr pronaue. . An amendment of Raker, California, to strike out', the.' exemption' of ..these stocks .aa defeated,' after ar speech, by Mann" of Illinois," who'll ad 'Just returned to the- house 'after ' a two 'months rest. Mann said it was-fooHsh'te try to pro hibit the use of yquof -in prlvaur homes. The house adopted ant amendment al lowing, liquor stored in private homes to be served to. the Immediate family; and bonaf Ida 'guests. . ; -yy, -'?-r I Lack : of : Men Seriously Hampers - Task of Forest Supervisors Jri v-;.X't'j?ir,pJ5""'j'ai'T-' -'' i raano ana woniana. 4- - r Spokane, Waslt.,;. July 3 1. U? P.) Grln:;crew fj of blackened f Ire- fighters are barely holding, blazes in forests from Montana to the, western foothills - of I the Rockies ;today.'iA f ew, new; fires . have 1 been repor ;i J. Lack of men . tt seriously hamper e the work of the forert supervisors. J 1 The; Pack s river ' fire 'north " of Sand- point j is ; apparently - the - most serious. "It's hopeless ' to try and fight. Jt' it's beyond . control,." 5 declared Super visor Ryan today. More than 40 square miles have - been - burned over, some in green timber." 7 - - S y-' . A No - lives are " in danger In -' any.; Inland Empire section.' according .to reports.4 , Two fires .; are burning west ' of New-; port. Wash., but the town will not be in danger unless the wind arises Both fires are being controlled at present. .Every fire . in the Newport "district except one, has, been traced to careless ness In ? most cases -by campers. Only one fire was- iBcendiary,,,, Supervisor Howard Flint said todayt V ' ; ' ' Two big fires "are - burning Von BIg! creek - and . on Round Top at the crest of the divide between "Priest river rand . Pen- d'Oreille : lakKV jyxfi.y - Small Bridge Ktinished With I 'P. 5 uclcet H of ilWa,ter -y Ignited : from "a cigar, or 'cigarette, a small "blaze on the ,west ' end of ! the Hawthorne bridge; ; near the draw, was reported by f- Officer ' R ' XX Park, who stated, that his attention was called to the- fire about 1 o'clock Sunday after noon by pedestrians, -. The fire was quickly - extinguished with a bucket of water, and it was not necessary, to call the, fire, department. -:;.;: ,-,A -..r ,f., J A small .roof fire - Sunday" afternoon at SIX. Columbia street, which failed to get - a hold on the house, was reported by Officer L. W Madden. .He. statea that sparks from a chimney fell on the roof. The blase, was put out before 'any damage was: doai:f.:'.' J W I v -J ... . . , .fr- GiHsiof'SoutheiK on - '; Ashland. July 2L Mrs. C; Koehler was hoetess at an-evening party for the members of the Southern Oregon girls summer camp. More than. 40 girls have enrolled.' - - BLAZES TAX B EST OF FIRE FIGHTERS ;- .:v --'BBMBsssissiraSBBBsaiMs -k- Have Camp A ANTI-NEGRO RIOTS ARE HELD IN RULE ,. .ijn I' i . t - i Hea8 jof Washington' Police May -. i Obtain 'AiaV From j Military ' : - pWsmgtort,"Jul? ' 21.17. .)- Major." Pullman head of the Wash ington police, was expected, to confer with r-miUtary -authorities' today and obtain reinforcenients for his men to guard; againstTr possible .renewal ; of fighting between whites and negroes here. ; . ' , ' . ; - - , . ; IMstarbances last night 'and early this morning took" the ' form ' of numerous fist ' fights between ' groups of "whites and !, negroes "along'. Pennsylvania .ave nue. , . There was a v clash In' front ' Of the -district building, which' corresponds io,a;city.hall. -r y i ' One negro was chased around the treasury building .-Another was pur sued in front of the White Houses SOZK2FAKBE8TS VASE ; There 'were fights in front f of some of . the rlncipalxhoiels. Soldiers. sail ors and marines were' conspicuous among the white belligerenta -"About a dosen scattered ? arrests were made, ' but , the scrimmages r were o -widespread that tbe police were handicapped. , ?. .' -- In some " Instances It ' was reported taxicabs -were seized by the whiter- and sed , In the pursuit of negroes. Street cass were boarded and negroes . dragged to the street- i: t k i -r ; ,t .. - . Although -fists were for the most part the only s, weapons, v-a -few chibe; and slugsnots made-with. stones carried in handkerchiefs were :nsed.x-Estimates of the Injured varled widely, .most .of -them f handkerchiefs were used. being ; so , slightly .-hurt - they, .were not taken to. hospitala -It was -.believed, however; that not more ' than. 100. were really injured.'-Although others - received only black eyes and bruises. y -WHITES CBtriSE FOB TBOTJBI.B . ' One .crowd of whites cruised for 'blocks on JennsyfvanTa avenue,, attacking ne groes, but finally, was kept at bay by a crowd -vof- negroes -Who ' assembled In a side street ' Negro-' chauffeurs- on police patrols -were sent home, the- authorities fearing -they 'would be- torn I f rem ' their seata 'Ambulances were Inadequate to care for ' all the calls, ' soine injured ly ing ; on- the sidewalk 20 minutes . before surgeons came. - f -f ' ' ' -' - '; I'. Feeilng Chas 'beBn running - high! here during, the last two weeks, because of attacks on 'white womsn by negroes. The 'first fighting' broke ' out late ; Sat urday nlgnt. .-'. s.i..v. i. I. TodayNofasHbt ( v is.aesteraay,tne -- y t'y-i' i ; . . 11 A; yiy'f 'y-. i With a'' cool breese , blowing ; today, Weather-: Forecaster . Wells believes the temperature this afternoon, will I. fall short of : Sunday's t degree maximum by at least one degree,. according to In-dicationst-at noon,.-'-. .-; i, The noon temperature Sunday was 77 and the' same point was attained-today, but the other climatic conditions made the observer confident that -. the after noon rise would be less marked than on recent daysu civi"!:. Ltyvy f-yr f i . . ; . i i v yyy ! Menviir Highth'Inf t '... i. y San I Francisccw, July i" tL -ttT. P- Drafted and . duration of the war en listed men in the Eighth infantry, now in France, are soon to ;be returned to the United States - for; discharge, ac cording, to. word "received from mem bers of the unit: today. J- IB DAIS With Austrian Treaty Disposed of, Delegates Expect Speedy "Completion of Next Document. Signature of . Former Dual Mon archy Looked for Within Ten Days' Consideration: Allowed. - ' v. ' By Robert J. Prcw i i , - Paris, July 21. (I. N. S.) With the Austrian treaty virtually disposed of, the final terms having been hand ed to Dr.- Renner ; of the? Austrian peace delegation .. without "ceremony Sunday,: belief prevailed in confer ence today that the Bulgarian treaty would "be completed "this week: and presented to ' Premier Theodorof within 'three days.1 Austria' Is expected to signify within the 10 days stipulated by Premier Clem enceau her readiness to" sign up. - Renner sent numerous notes to the conference and Premier Clemenceau, after handing in several replies, finally told him that the treaty itself would constitute the-answer to the balance. The main points of the Austrian treaty 1. Austria will be granted a slice of Hungarian territory between the Danube and Jugo-Slavia In the region of Odenburg and Stein. , v 2..- Czecno-Slovakia will be granted a bridgehead , on the south bank of the Danube facing Pressburg., thus gaining access to two railroads running . south ward. - - ' y-,t - S. Austria will . be granted a strip of Csecho-Slovakia . near Omund and along- the : Morava - valley. - -- 4. . The Austrian army will be y lim ited to SO.000 men. supplied: by one muni tions .Maot.V : 'yii .' W-4 - 6. Csecho-Slovakia. Poland, . .Rou mania aad Jugo-Slovaklaare- to beaof 9300,000,000 . pf, the- -formar dual men archy'a war debt.. The Cseche are to pay halt- and the.; feels nee-., is to ' bov levies among -the other three powers.- - nT&v itxzY AvnTtiiKn mbti! - ... These states must also, meet a portion of .Austria's pre-war, public debt, - as well as. certain oher- financial liablU .tlea ey? j ;'," ,v'- I ' . Conference experts agree that the war leaves Austria absolutely, bankrupt and that the allies WlILhave to take up' the task themselves - of ' restoring her- eco nomically' and i financially. 1 ? '. - The -biggest -questions now .outstand ing are:- ?. .. -. . , L? The- settlement' of ; Turkey's new frontiers and the status of that nation. '2: The Adriatic problem, ?y,X - No definite agreement has yet.' been reached regarding- the proposal to expel all of .the Turks from Europe. In view of the determined stand made by Mus selmans living in territory under Brit ish sway it is possible that Constanti nople may remain -the seat of the -Mo-hammeSan faith in the same sense that the Vatican at Rome is the headquarters of the Roman, Catholic faith. ' However, Turkey would lose all . political power in' Southeastern f Europe. Semi-official advices from 'Rome state -that Foreign Minister Tlttoni is making good prog ress towards a settlement of the Adriatic -problem.; i . y -V -. .- -'-.'i - vThe- inter-aUledi commission - of . four generals - who - were sent , to; Flume to Investigate the clash between tbe French and ' Italians are - completing their, work and: are expected to, make a report to the conference this week that will form the basis of a settlement, i TO WORK -CI Workers! ofr: Street Railways Are Granted Demands of : Shorter. Hours,1 rtore'i! Remuneration. : ! f Boston, July ' 21. -(I. N. . & Wheels or surface elevated and sub way": cars of 'the Boston Elevated Railway .company turned today, after a four day suspension caused by . a strike of 7800 union employes. ? The jStrfkers returned ' to work as the highest paid carmen In the world, ac cording to union leaders. But they con sidered 'that their greatest triumph was the return of the eight' and a half hour day; under specified f working, condi tions, the first street-railway workers tn the ' United States to achieve eight hour 'day condition 'y :r ' f : y l The carmen; were receiving a minimum of 43 cents aa hour aad a maxiraumf of 4t cents for nine in eleven hours', work. They demanded 73ft i cents ; for eight hours. . , .A ; Under .the new scale they received from, 47, cents an hour .to recruit brake men on rapid transit lines to 82" cents an hour to experienced motormen on the same lines. .; t . ,. - y'-X,' Surface line . motormen receive iO centa per hour for beginners t and CO cents per hour for experienced men.' Trustees, of the -road said that the additional cost of the wage award to the company would be at least $1,500,000. izt:.tyxyy i.J . . 1 ; - y i '- May -Grant -.Wage, Increase .,,. . , Chicago, July 21 I. N. S. The threatened strike of 15,000 Chicago "ele vated and surface street railway em ployes will be averted, it is believed to day, - through the granting of "reason able' wage increases; to the men, but carfares will go up.. - s. . BOSTON STRIKERS . r. f i -' (-... a .nminn lL Unil ' . - - -: I Paris. July 21. (U. P.) Advices from European countries, especially the : allied nations, Indicated - today that tbe International strike planned by the proletariat as a protest against intervention in Russia and Hungary, had lost its element of danger, and in many places would be a complete failure. ; " w' ." ;.. - .' S ' ' ' . ' ; . Apparently, strike leaders either had lost their control or had heeded govern-, ment warnings. . :?'-'.'"- "-. - Only in one- country, Norway, were there - Indications that - the situation might prove serioua" A general .strike had been called, for today from a strike Saturday which forced Christianla to do without light, water, tramcar service and newspapera : The government Issued an order closing restaurants and ordering three days' prohibition of the sale of al cohoL' .v -::'; ' s In France the strike has been called off officially. - Telegrams from Italy, Austria; Germany and ? Great Britain Indicated the movement had been -; abandoned, either 'wholly or partially, on account of the pressure of public opinion. . ' Dispatches from Germany announced that as a result of violent protests from German - agriculturists and the public, the world revolutionary Idea had been weakened very greatly. Vienna reports -.Indicated the . strike failure there was due to public senti ment. ' ' yXy 5 FORD ON ANARCHY Attorneys Seeking ' to Have Tes timony Stricken; Prepared- I ness Under Advisement. '. . Mount Clemens, Mich., July 21.- I. N. S.) Henry Ford,: plainUff In the $1,000,000 libel suit against the Chicago Tribune, was ' called to the witness stand again today, shortly after the court convened this after noon. The ; entire f morning- session was given' over to' arguments and to th readlnst o..depositlong.i .", - - .Questions' relating to anarchy war im mediately burled at the automobUstsnag nate-M v.,-.-.. ,e ; . v. j "Toull agree that a man who con tinues to eep yw-a state of -anarchy snouia ',! dassineo as van t anarcnist. won't you T" Attorney Elliot Stevenson asked bim.. . - - don't- understand what - you mean. I can't get it clearly, answered Ford. HAD FACTORY BEAST ' 4 Ford stated that in the spring of 1917 he. threw all, his .time into the manu facture of munitions. , ; , . "I -understand that In 1318 you start ed to get things ready,", said Stevenson. ;" "No, "Mr. Wise Wood was around then, making suggestions," said the witness. - The Tribune counsel tried, in vain to get Ford to admit he made a mistake in his anti-preparedness campaign. - "It took some tune to prepare, didn't itr ' he . asked. "Didn't factories have to be rebuiltr . , v. "Not .ours: was Ford's replyv -; In answer 'to other questions ; Ford stated the system of warfare was murderous but - that soldiers were hot murderers. "Don't you think you did an Injustice by referring to . boys who never came back as 'murderers' V Stevenson asked. "I never did," answered the -witness. Some men couldn't help it." . , At this : point the gavel rapped : ad journments v.v-- ' . : - ' . v "'. ' . ' ' .:' "With the Jury absent today, attorneys submitted arguments upon the admis sibility' of evidence ' dealing with the preparedness Question. Attorney Elliott Stevens for - the Tribune,, asked the court to : eliminate all testimony that bears upon Mr. Ford's action In 1917 and, 1918, contending it not material. -EDITORIAL OIT '1$ ATTITUDE . ; The statements made in the editorial on which the suit ' is based dealt with Ford's alleged 'attitude toward mili tary, service In 1916. . : Judge Tucker said he would take the preparedness question under advisement and rale later. - . . -.: - Attorneys for 1 the Tribune also asked that all records dealing with Ford's profits on war contracts, which were brought out during the two days Edsel, Ford was on the stand, be struck out. Testimony concerning the- Ford profit sharing plan also was ' attacked by the defense and its elimination asked. FOrd's attorneys retaliated by asking that ' the testimony of Klrkland Alex ander, Detroit advertising man,' who testified that Ford, said that- "if Ger many had not invaded Belgium. France or England might 'have," be 'expunged from, the records. JUDGE -yTAKTS SPEED Judge Tucker admonished attorneys today that the trial of the case must be expedited, stating "that several 'jurors had told him that they must get away by August aV- Arguments' and cross examination, Judge' Tucker' said, must be curtailed, . - .- i y y Attorney Stevenson, who has been ex amining. Henry Ford for the past week; stated today he expected to finish' with the .witness by tomorrow-night. Ford's attorneys said ! thai cross-examination would not require longer than one day. The trial began its 4 eleventh week today. - - ' - ' , ' Columbia Basin Is Discussed at Meeting ' ll?fer:;::HI : Spokane, July' 2Lf (U. -P.) Discus inn nf the Columbia basin and . other reclamation projects is .occupying the time of the $ annual convention of the State Chamber of Commerce gathered here today. .E. N. Chandler, chief engi neer i of the state reclamation service at Olympian spoke during the morning on the reclamation possibilities- of the state.-.' " . , ARE OA (If mm 4 f - . Hello Girls Register at Various U Exchanges This Morning Only ' Slight Trouble Is Reported. Unions in Several Cities Vote ; to. Remain on Strike Despite Orders From the International. . Slight unpleasantness marred . the peace that attended the end of the strike of Portland telephone opera tors this morning, when both opera tors and wire workers of the Broth erhood of Electrical Workers regis tered at the various stations prepar atory to' returning to the work they left, three weeks ago. - ' r With very few exceptions the strik ing operators are said to have reported at the several exchanges of the i'aclfla Telephone ' Telegraph company and there to have registered for work. In many cases the girls were put at their switch-boards at once, while many are being, held to report on later shifts. - The only difficulty reported at strike headquarters this morning was at the Tabor exchange, where, It was reported, the wire chief declined to permit striking operators to register' as long as they continued to wear the badges of their union.- The girls are said to have re fused - to discard the insignia.' -After some argument Into which Union officers were called," they were permitted to register and resume their places at the switch-boards. - - Registration of returning : operators and electrical workers opened at S a. m. and 'within two hours most ef the men and women who walked out when the international union ordered a strike for higher-wages knd belter working condi tions had reported themselves willing to return to work. -At the Wood lawn - ( Concluded "va Pse Elnl Column f t) HIK! GRILLS LEAGUE OFFOhELTS Personal Animosities and Mer cenary . Motives Ch arge d Against Those Now Fighting Treaty. "Washington, July 21. -To "person al dislike" of President Wilson, Sen ator. Harrison : (Dem., Miss.), attrib uted much of the opposition among certain Republican senators to rati fication of the peace treaty, in a speech in the senate this afternoon. Harrison also charged that, these Jle publlcan senators reflected the opposi tion to the disarmament provision of the League of Nations covenant on the part - of the munition and armament makers of Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Mas sachusetts, "into whose .pockets millions of dollars .have flowed in the past dec ade." , The Mississippi senator declared that certain Republican senators, Jealous of President Wilson's growing ascendancy, "exhausted every- means at their com mand to embarrass and harass the pres ident while he was laboring at the peace conference.: He assailed Senators Knox of Penn sylvania, Freltnghuysen of New Jersey and Dodge of Massachusetts, who he said had argued that the league cov enant "affected the rights of American labor." v . ' LODGE CALLED TO ACCOUST "When did these- distinguished sena tors . become ' so soloicitous, so much Interested in the welfare of labor?" he asked. "What Is there in their public records to disclose to labor their interest in it or sympathy for it?". Senator Harrison accused Senator Lodge i of attempting to embarrass the president during the Flume controversy, by telegraphing the Italian societies of Boston approval of the Italian claims in the Adriatic. ; "His mind was beclouded by partisan prejudice and his. heart was moved by political expediency," the . Mississippi senator declared. Republican senators, Harrison charged, "when the representatives, of - America were doing everything in their power, commensurate: with right and justice, to compromise our differences with . Jap anese and maintain our friendly rela tions with her, fanned the fires of dis content and did everything to widen the breach." . BOTODED GOOD TO HCJTS . In their efforts to hamper and injure the president. Senator 'Harrison contin ued, they, had even gone so far as to adopt tactics and employ oratory which "sounded sympathetic to German ears." Frank Davey Takes New State Position Salem. July 2L Frank' Davey, for four years bookkeeper at the state peniten tiary, has resigned to accept a position In the claims department of the induo trial - accident department, effective to day. Previous to his acceptance of .the position, at the penitentiary Davey wa.i publisher of a newspaper at Uurp, Or. J. 8. Murray, BertlSlon expert at t! state prison, succeeds Davey cs 1 yo'f keeper. ,