THE 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
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"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-
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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,
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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
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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
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-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- ;
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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TodayNofasHbt
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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
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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
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.nminn
lL Unil
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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. ,