VOL. XVIII.' NO. 120
Entered 'a SeonlUjs Matter ,
Poatof ftea. -Factiand, Orim
"PORTLAND, OREGON,- SATURDAY EVENING. "JULY - 26,' 1919. SIXTEEN PAGES.
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UNSHIP
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'..Pacific l' Fleet Supply Steamer's
V Boiler Blows Up as Boat Is
', Being Towed in Panama Canal.
lll-Fated Craft's Engines Break
Down :" Prior -to Catastrophe;
. ;. Warships Hasten Assistance.
" "By Frank O. Menk .
On board the U. S. SV Arkansas,
With the Pacific Fleet, July 26. (By
Wireless via Colon and New York.)
'(L N.. S.)Twelve men were killed
on board the United Etates navy ship
.Melville on Thursday night in a boil
er explosion. -
: The Melville was being - towed
- through the Panama canal at the
time by the auxiliary cruiser Prairie.
AVIATOR LOSES LIFE
"An army aviator- lost his life when
the army plane N-9 collided with the
navy plane 1458 over Ellis bay On Friday.-
Ills. name was unknown and his
- body bad not been recovered when this
. dispatch vas written, f - t -
Two other, filers werellnjured They
. were Austin (rank, name and address
unknown); who wu on the' naval, ma
chine, and L. Dugan of the army craft.
VESSELS FILL BUXKER8 f , 7
' The Mississippi, New, Mexico and oiler
Wyoming and the New;York coaled -at
. the Colon docks and then proceeded to
Oatun lake, where they went alongside
the Arkansas" The Texas had not com
pleted her coaling but v was. expected
to be under way soon. ;:.-; ; : -. ; j-i-j
The ships were scheduled to proceed
through the canal about noon today.":'
4 - .Aumirai noumn na .m , lew outer
officers of the fleet visited Oatun, lake
- Krld7 afternoon and. spent some time
fishing. Only the officers were" granted
J shore leave owing to the 'busy coaling
JTEABIJfG PACIFIC OCEAX
The shins ar snectd tn amend a rln
fat the Pacific end of the canal., passing
into lh PkcLtlc acean Itn Uiuidiv fnr
San tDtego. - ; .v, j . ' j.
The Texas and Arkansas' did not re
ceive their fuel at the dock but coaled
from barges at Oatun lake., V - ,
Th first m. ' at trnnhlo nn hn.nl
the supply ship Melville was received
on board, the Arkansas t at - S o'clock
Thursday night when a wireless ;S. O.
' S. call was received from that ship..
' The captain of the Melville - reported
. that the engine' had broken down and
. that the vessel war drifting. -f The Jral
, rle and the collier Orion .were near by
tat the time. . ' -: i
.The 'Melville is a - naval tender of
: 7150 tons. . She -was built in 1916. , She
-.: joined the new Pacific fleet soon after
her return from the A sores where she
was ion 'duty during the flights of the
naval airplanes to Europe. She is now
on her way to the Pacific, coast with
the fleet. .
TWO OIL TANKERS
COLLIDE OFF S. F.
Bradford, of . the Standard Oil
Company - and - Frank E; ; Buck
of the Associated in Mixup. -
San Francisco, July 26. (I. N. S.)
Colliding at sea, the Standard Oil
tanner .Bradford and. the Associated
. uu uniter r ranK Hi. tincK are botn
putting-back into port here. "The col
lusion; occurred at an early hour this
morning, said a wireless dispatch to
: the Marine Exchange, but details as
to damage are not given. rc
totn .vessels are proceeding under
. "cir vwn - steam. xne oraaiora was
I n route from Talara Bay for Vancou-
ver. . The Buck , left Friday x evening
' for -Los Angeles.'
Ther Bradford started coming through
: the ;, Heads. : entrance " to the Golden
Oate, : af 11;25 o'clock this morning.
With telescope, ;. those watching her
could "see . that her - bow was badly
damaged" and that Bhe was having tflf
. ficulty. - ' .
THE SUNTDAY JOURNAL
The Complete t Home" Newspaper of the Oregon
. : Country , : ;: ' ',
First in Quality . Features:
; Among the superior features of The. Sunday Journal is The
Sunday Journat Magazine, rich in informing and entertaining
material attractively presented. -' . -..J t - '
Tomorrow's" Magazine includes: ', -
. -AMidsummer Feast Front page photograph in color. - -
His Servants More Precious .Than His Wife. :
The Skelelon in the Hotel Baggage Room. . - . i
. : Science and Your' Soiled Collar. - '.' . ; - t
x . Provident Children Short story by GfOuverneur Morris. f
- A New Field of .Feminine Charm. - - AV J
Health, Beauty and the Home.. . .
"Iced Tea'? Gowns By Lady Duff-Gordon (Lucile).;
TOMdRROW :: :
Automatic and ;
Manual Phones
Become Unite
Interchange of telephone service
between the 'automatic and manual
system in' Portland is now'a physical
fact. Switchboards . have been con
nected and the holder of an auto
matic phone can talk, with the holder
of a Bell phone, and vice versa, : r
The automatic holder turns his dial to
the number 7 and tells central the- Bell,
number he wants. . The subscriber to
the. manual 'system merely, calls for. the
number of the automatic phone and cen
tral makes) the connection.-
This .is' Aext to the last 'step -in the
consolldaUon of the two. services prom
ised when the Pacific Telephone t Tele
graph company acquired the ownership
of. the, defunct.. Home. Telephone .com
pany. J - . - .. ;
The final step will be taken. It Is un
derstood, about the first of August,
when ' the counting room of the Home
Telephone -company1 at Burnslde and
Park Btreets will be closed.!; - ; ; A
No public announcement of the Inter
change of service bas been made by the
Pacific Telephone Telegraph company
presumably for the : reason that some
detail are yet to be arranged for but
it is noted that private branch exchanges
have been consolidated and that inter
communication . la - possible In outside
places where there Is no . private ex
change. i
Cooler Weather! Aid in Keeping
Down Forest Blazes Fight
ers Yet on Job.
The Northwest forest , fire situation
was .vastly Improved; with the cooler
weather this morning. -Assistant LMs
tflct Forester 15. Nr Kavanagh re-j
turned this morning ,from the Whit-;
man' forest, where he, haa been assist
ing in the fire fighting work for aey-
eral days, r ! D h etaotn pupf
oral dayiv"Thlamilrg U n6w practical-
ly under control, r
It was started by campers or fisher
men and spread to tone heavy, repro
duction , Of .young timber on-the north;
tot of the John Day river.0 The region,
was almost f inaccessible and the fire;
instead of burning with a straight fronti
worked in patches. Jumping fromf one
elevation to another. ' About: 125 men
are still working on the fire" and it wfll
be some time before It. will be -safe to
leave It since the. big 'trees and snags
smoulder for a: Joar -iimm,ri. ."
The region . Is as dry' as tinder, ;there
having" been no rain -since -May. : ,V; - i
- The lightning fires on the-' Crater;
Santiam, ?Urapqua, jr Columbia. , Oregon
and Cascade forests are being handled
by the i local forests; " None ara more
than 10 acres in, extent and under pres
ent weather, conditions 'no additional
helpwlll be required. :.-fv- j ;
The six fires reported -on the Colville
forest' are : no w- under control. ; .t -
; T. II. Sherrard. supervisor of the Ore
gon National forest, returned Friday
(Concluded ea Pac Two., ColoraW 8tt)
Wine, Whiskey,
. Beer-T-Lots of It
Seized in Baiti
One hundred eighty pint : bottles of
beer (4 per cent.' kind). , I
Teh pint bottles of whiskey. : : r
. Twenty pint bottles of dandelion wine.
Many, many "dead soldiers" of the
old school. i
Thus Is Inventoried the stock that Of
ficers Morris and Abbott said they found
in a raid on the home of Charles Cullen,
S34 Wygant' street. Friday night.
Cullen Is said c to have been . a s hide
dealer.
- Officer Morris' suffered a broken wrist
during the party, the accident occurring
while he was tryilng to crank the police
machine when it was standing at .Fif
teenth ' and Wygant streets, where the
police were watching the house... Officer
Nelson took his place. v v -. :
Company Purchases
,;'.- Collier's Weekly
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' New ' Tork, July- 2. ( U. P.i Collier's
Weekly has changed hands today under
a contract: by which " the. Cro well Pub
lishing company became owner of the
weekly., as-well as all other publications
issued by P. F." Colllef ft Son. r
FIRE srruSTioN
MUCH IMPROVED
W. 3. Phillips. : commercial superin
tendent, said today that the consolida
tion was not general yet and that only
a' few private branch exchanges had been
amalgamated. ' "We are working on it,"
he said. "It takes time to make the
necessary changes.'- ' tt
It is Understood that the connection
of the main switchboards ' was com
pleted just previous to the recent strike
of operators and electricians bat owing
to the strike no attempt was made to
install he -aewk services' ;f.r s. t
So-far as observed the interchange of
service works .very, smoothly, contrary
to the' assertion, made three years ago
When the people voted on the question,
thar it was Impracticable.
The difference between the automatic
and . the manual system - is, however,
made apparent In the fact that the
manual subscriber often gets a differ
ent automatic number than the one he
'called for. " - v . .-: -- -
" Thts is due to the fact that he has
to transmit the number to central in
stead of registering it on a dial him
self. ,'Jn the installation of new phones the
subscriber Is to be given his choice.
In the case of a transfer from an auto
matic to a Bell phone or vice Versa it
is resorted that a. charge of $3.50 will
be made.'-:. .n.--1'?-v - f , '
TAFT DECLARES A. P.
Published Confidential Letters to
I Hays Without Knowledge
or; Consent - -
New York, July U. P.)
Former President William - H. Taft
today charged that "his letters to Re
publican ' National . Committeeman
Chairman Hays I regarding. ? peace
treaty reservation were 'published inJ
morning papers of Thursday without
his knowledge or consent. c ' "V i
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.-The Associated Press, which sent out
the letters, today received the following
telegram frwu-i',y,iJ
."Your . association yesterday gave out
two letters-written by. me to. Will Hays
on-July -4 laaU "These letters were per
sonal t and ; confidential aAd were so
plainly marked and were published with
out the knowledge i or consent of Mr,
Hays myself, t I ask. In- fairness to
Mr. Haya and me. at once to give this
the same publicity as ..- you gave the
lotterafc- .-.-f;"?-. v.. " t-.-;'-' -.
P - f t .!WILt.IAM H. TAFT."i
1
m J. B.n
In: Straw; Voting
' Nlne?twomen,went ;with - their hus
bands down " to the army ' rcrui ting of
fice at .Third and Oak Streets Friday
afternoon, and were' allowed ; to cast
a straw ballot lii the vote being; taken
among 4 ex-soldiers.. ., ... . r ' ;
. " Nine ; votes were; cast ,'.for ? prohibi
tion. , i ; '. - ': , . 4 -' ;' ' :''
r In the matter' Of iiriivef salt military
service; they voted; five to four against ;
they split .even on the. League of Na
tions, one not voUngf f and ' one- of
them voted .against woman .suffrage. '
Among the jnen , also, prohibition is
leading just a' little.-'bit. ' and this
morning's ballot held it back T a little
by registering - a majority, against It,
The grand totals in ! the : Voting - are
as foHows: ' i . . . -National
prohibition ' . ... .520 -i 493
Universal -military service.... 7 43 , 243
The (League of Nations. .i. .755 ; 238
Woman suffrage- ,v...v.... ..s4S - 343
For the kaiser and his aides : Death,
449 ; exile, 353 ; : freedom, 54. The
American f glrl- best. ,,613 ; . the.' French
best, 87 ; no choice, ' 100 ; not " voUng,
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Pacific!TK&Ti;CoM;
. Increases Its Rates
In San' Francisco
San Francisco. 7uly 2.(U. P-) Ef
fective today, telephone rates of the Pa
cific Telephone ; Telegraph company
were Increased 20 to 25 per cent, fol
lowing Announcement , Friday' night ' by
the,company.,;:c;:,-v g
The Increase, the company" said, is the
result of Increased wages ..granted the
operators-: and linemen as a result of
the recent strike. Postmaster General
Burleson has approved the rates, which
Increases Individual business measured
service -and private .- exchanges r from
$17.40 for 730 messages, . to $15 for- S40
messages and extra calls from 114. to 3
cents each. Corresponding Increases are
made in rates for coin box service. ,
'. That such -rates will continue in Cali
fornia at least four months after! fed
eral -wire control ceases was announced
today by the state railroad commission.
Before any reduction can then be made
a hearing must be held 'and the situa
tion reviewed,, v , ,f t r (w .
Judge Plunges to
: , : Death From rRoom
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Chicago. July 2. (1 N. S.) Judge
Harry P. Dolan of the Chicago municipal
court, plunged from a window of his
Office on the eleventh floor of the city
hall today and crashed : through a ' sky
light on the office of the city clerk on
the first floor- He was instantly killed.
It is. believed Judge Dolan ended bis life
while, temporarily unbalanced mentally
as a resu ci a recent illness.
BROKE CONFIDENCE
ioDi.ni
D I V I 1 0 f
POICliE
President ; Wilson, Writes Senator,
I LofJge Jhat No Agreement Has
Been 4 Reached as to; Fund.
He Cannot Supply Committee on
Foreign Relations With All Information-Desired,
He Says.
Washirtgton, July 2. (I. N. S.)
No agreement has been reached as
to how Germany's - 20.000,000.000
mark s . Jndemn ity shall , be j divided
among ' the allied and associated
powers. President Wilson this after
noon informed Senator Lodge, chair
man of the foreign relations commit
tee, in response .to a resolution re
cently introduced by the' Massachu
setts senator- and . adopted by the
senate.'' f-'i" -ji-jp'h .''?' -r -V;' "-,-
' Attempts have been made .to arrive at
the agreement, as provided .for in Ar
ticle 237 i. of the r treaty, the. president
wrote, but he. has not been Informed if
one - has been' arrived at. . - ' .
The text of the- president's letter fol
lows ;..?; f-? . . ' V?l y ; r .
' In response to your letter of July .
23 requesting me ,on .behalf of the
committee on foreign relations to
send to the committee tite agree-
ment referredtoln. Article 237 of
the treaty , with . Germany. -In the
event that such an agreement; has
been, determined-upon by the' allied"
and associated government. I would -say
that so far as I know an agree
ment has not yet' been reached. , As
I recollect: the business arr attempt
: was being made to reach "such ' an ; t
" agreement, but . I " have ; not yet ;.
learned of ani agreement having been1
- reached.; . '" .:.".' ' ..-V;
. 1 May -if, hot "addr. wthnregard to .
other t-reuuesta which . 1 Jiave T- 1
; ceived from' the committee forV.pa. ;
pera, and 1 inf ormatioa ' of. Various J
- sortfC'thatn was not able o bring Ti
. 'if rora Paris a - complete file ' of pa-.;
pers. I brought with me onfy . thoee
which . happened tojv in my hands j
" when 1 left France. Those alone
1 constitute a considerable .mass ofy
papers and I have been going over
them as rapidly aa time; and my en-, '
gagements permitted, and must. beg.
- the - committee's .Indulgence , for , the
Jdelay in' informing them what I can
' supply them iWith. a ; .. s-'Vv--- ;
. Article ' 237 1 of the , treaty says that
successive Instalments of the. repara
tions paid, over by Germany In the at
lsf action of claims will be divided by
the allies In the proportions which have
been determined by them in advance
"on a basis of general equity and of
the rtehts of each." '- :
The damage . for 'which . compensation
is to be made by Germany Is to be ae
termined by a reparation committee
composed of representatives Of the al
lied governments.:' " Tne commission
must determine the damage for which
Germany will pay and notify that -gov
ernment .of its obligations by May 1,
1921.' -5 - - - ; 1
WILSON TO ' LE.WE FOR -
- - COAST AUGUST 8 ' OR 9
Washington. . July . :ML ,K ' S.)
That President Wilson will start his
speaking tour i probably August t or; 9
vC-as indicated at the ,' White House
thia afternoon when" It was announced
that,' he , would, make speeches on his
way to the coast, where ' he was to
meet, the Pacific fleet on August . 15.
It was ? pointed out that by - leaving
August 's he would have seven days to
reach the Pacific" Senator King,- who
called at the White House today, was
assured , the president would make at
least one speech '- hi .Utah.
; : The president had decided td ' go" to
the capitol , today to confer ; with , Dem
ocratic leaders, but4 abandoned the plan
when, he learned that Senator1 Hitch
cock,, minority leader, was in Boston,
and that- many other Democratic sen
ators were , out L of the city, t"
I ny e s tlgatbrs of c
I 'ii Heet?C
Washington, ? Juiy r 28. -N:!
Speaker of the House Gillett this after
noon announced .the' -'personnel of ; the
special house committee to investigate
the ' United States snipping ooara and
Emergency Fleet eorporaUon. The com
mittee follows: i; ; ;t if , ;
Representative Walsh of Massachu
setts, chairman Kelley. ulchlgan ;
Hadley, Washington, and Foster, Ohio.
Republicans ; Steele. Pennsylvania, and
Connally, Texas, Democrats. 1 1
U;:S.;Hoias?X)verS 'M
. . 9 Billion'I. 0. U.'s
Washington. 'July" 26. (U. P. The
United States now holds 9.61S.400.927.$5
worth of ,L O. U.'s of the allies. ;,: This
total was reached today when -a new
loan was made to France for 3157,549.000.
France - alone . now owes, the United
States $3,810. 023,800, the treasury depart
ment annot0ieed .-f..-"
Canadian Reciprocity
Act Repeal Is Sought
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' Washington, July 6. -U; P.) Re
peal of the Canadian reciprocity act
will b asked 1 by the bouse "ways and
means committee. - Chairman Fordney,
Michigan,' stated today, v V: - . -
Choosing "Cop'!
As Uncle leads
To Man's Arrest
Patrolman Knew Brother Officer
Owned No Such Fancy Car
as One in .Question. V:T
Erwia Chrlstman. 2 el Thirteenth
street, erred Friday night when he
chose a patrolman tor an "uncle."
'Patrolman Gordon Wright stopped
Chrlstman at ' Fourth 'and' Salmon
streets for failure to show a light on
a Car he was driving. - - -.;
"Whose car is this? he asked. -
"It belongs to my uncle, Russell
Still welt, on the day: police force,"
was the answer. . s.
' Wright looked at the car. It was a
brand new big car. And bis good friend,
Russell Still well, was, he knew, the pos
sessor of an elderly little car. -
'At police headquarters," Chrlstman
confessed that he had stolen the car. It
belongs to Mercer Basel. ' 1936 Willow
street. Basel : had " parked "the car at
Sixth and Salmon streets. Chrlstman
Is employed by the Portland Taxi ga
rage. .; - . .
Commander of Disciplinary Bar
' racks Using Knowledge of
? r . Human limitations. , ;
- Leavenworth, Kan., July 2. i.
N. S.) By a' process of "nibbling,'
tha authorities of the disciplinary
barracks . of the United States army
here expect to break the spirit of the
2500 strikers In the prison and have
them back at work Monday. , .
The' priaonr management is taking the
course of letting the strike frenzy wear
itself out whHe the men. remain closely?
guarded In the cells. ' '' . ff? nf
.-Not one of. the -prisoners has done any
work since Tuesday-morning-, when they
refused to go about: tneir,duUeaf Since
then . they; have .'been stocked up every
minute., bread and water, being passed
through "ceir bars to them twice Ajday
FOOD - LEFT tS-Mim.J
' Some of the leaders "of the strike re
fused at .first to -accept the dry 'bread,
demanding regular, prison or army fare.
. In .such-f cases, chunks of bread "have
been placed on the corridor floor Just
beyond- reach--of the s balky prisoners
and haw been permitted to He there
ia plain sight of the strikers. 'In almost
every case, after a day or two of starva
tion, the prisoners have begged for the
bread which they had refused.
In . other ways the . prison manage
ment is trying to break the will of the
strikers. ' ; The soldier guards, are given
rations of all kinds of dainties and sub
stantial food' in plain sight of the balky
prisoners. '. : . f - 1
MAUI WAHI TO WOM
Many who have begged for permis
sion to go back to work have been re
fused thaa permission and they are
known : to be trying to persuade the
strike leaders to agree to "return to work
with . them,' In that way Commandant
Colonel Sedgwick Rice expects to have
the strikers asking for another chance
to work. .
HnanpiersAre
; : Ready to Extend .
w Germany Credit
Berlin. July 23. (Delayed) U.s P.)
New York financial interests have of
fered to extend -Germany a credit of
3100,000,000 for the purpose of food and
raw materials,' according to dkble ad
vices received, by 'the Deutsche bank
here today, from Martin Nordegg, Ger
man financial . agent. ,
.Nordegg saidin his cablegram he
would not , close any negotiations until
he arrived here and disclosed who had
offered the credit' and the terms of the
advance. , "
Three big electrical : companies' in
Germany, . the General,' Siemens and
Bergmann are planning to import 'week
ly immense food shipments from Amer
ica, it was learned today. , These com
panies will distribute the food : among
their 150.000 employes instead of rais
ing -their t wages. Bergmann, . formerly
a partner , of Thomas - Edison, is the
prime- mover in -the -enterprise.
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Husband Seeking
i Stifling Wife; Is
5? p Offering : lie ward
'Here's a possible alibi . if . your wife
sees you with another woman. '
Twenty-flte dollars reward has been
offered by the -husband of Mrs. Vlrtle
Walker, 10S Seventh avenue north.' Se
attle, for Information leading to her discovery.-
According to Information given
the Portland police by Mr. Walker It is
believed that she has come here from
Seattle after leaving her home, a girl
of 3 V4 years and a boy of 2, and inci
dentally a husband, on June 29. The
woman is 22 years old. r
Sleuth Partakes;
. Goes to Hospital
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' an Francisco, July 28v L N. S.)
John. 8. Dalton, government operative
who says he -was set to ferret ; out ir
regularities tn the liquor department of
the Letterman general hospital , here,
' is ' himself in a hospital today? after
drinking . denatured H alcohol. - Dalton
says he was poisoned by soldiers at the
i hospital during hia" investigations when
they gave him the flrtrA of poison.
STRIKERS SPIRIT
SUBTLY ATTACKED
mm
ifiH
Slffill
Definite Plans for Reorganiza
tion Legislation Begun by the
.. Senate Military Committee.
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Secretary Baker Declares That
After- September There Will
Not Be Sufficient Officers.
Washington. July 28. (L N. S.)
Definite steps for army reorganiza
tion legislation were taken this after
noon by the . senate military, affairs
committee when a subcommittee waa
appointed to begin hearings within a
short time. On: the subcommittee
are j Senators .Wadswortb. '. of: New
York.-. Sutherland. W.Va.; New.-In-diana;
Frellnghuysen, New; Jersey;
Chamberlain.: Oregon; Thomas, Col
orado,' and Fletcher, Florida. : . s 5
Obstacles in the path of the wars de
partment caused by the reduction of the
army by congress were laid before the
committee by Secretary of War Baker,
and General March,-chief of taff.- w
There will not be sufficient officers
after September 30 to carry on the work
of the army. Secretary Baker said, and
he declared there would be a snortage
of staff officers necessary' to i wind up
the business of the war department. . He
urged the - passage of Senator .Wads
worth's bill, which would allow 18.000
commissioned officers during the cur
rent fiscal year. Under present condi
tions less than 12.000 are allowed.
Enlistments Tare ,; being made at the
rate of 1000 a day now. Secretary Bak
er said. No progress' is" being made in
the 'organisation of ; national guard.' he
declared., adding: that .immediate steps
must be taken to organize a national
guard in- order' that- federal " troops
need not - be called .upon . to .do purely
local duty. ehortage ,of .' off loer in
the air service .and the medical " corps
wilt be" most serious; he said..- , j"
General March stated that an air serv
ice, with 6000 officers and 31.000 men
had been contemplated but' that under
present 'laws -tne' air "service wlU have
hardly more than; gOO-sofficera,
-Large 4 quantities of- war .material are
left exposed to the elements because of
lack of personnel to trarVfer It. General
March sa)d. , - '.?'.,.'-'.. ';-.. .
- The American army constitutes about
200.000 men In France and 300,000 in the
United 'States, "General March said. .
STRENGTH OF ARMY OXE FIFTH
OF. WHAT-IT WAS ARMISTICE DAY
, Washington, July 28.--(I. N. i- a
The strength of the army is now less
than one' fifth, of , what It : was on the
day the armistice was signed. the war
department - announced today. - Up to
June 26. 3.028,487 officers and men
had been discharged, of which 402.187
were demobilised" during fjune..; Sailing
from Europe totaled 1.767,327, and en
listments r7.289. . ' J
Of the 704.845 officers and men re
maining in the army, 234.975 , are in
Europe, 262.801, In the United States,
8477 in ' Siberia and the remainder at
sea: and ? Insular, . possessions.
All of the first division and a large
part of the fourth have sailed and the
second , has .been assigned , to early
convoy. :..." ' ' ;
Kaareoj Stahlberg
Elected: President ;
, . Finnish Republic
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Washington. July ' 26. (I, N. S.)
KaareoJ Stahlberg was elected president
of. Finland at a session of the diet Fri
day night the state department was ad
vised "this' afternoon..: 'y-f ;:: ?
Stahlberg ' was elected by a vote of
143 to 11 over General Mannerheim,
thus ending the regency of the latter.
Ban Is Lifted From
Passports to Europe
''.' ' - :'' ' . . l ' ''
. Washington, July- 26. Restrictions of
passports to Europe are to be relaxed
Immediately, - Secretary Lansing - an
nounced late Friday. Passports will now
be issued to. all countries except "enemy
countries and Russia, when applicants
can show -. the object of Uielr visit is
legitimate and reasonable, he said. Be
ginning on 'November 1, - passports will
be; issued r to persons .wishing to Visit
Europe for pleasure purposes, he said.
Patrick Gudahy Dies
From Heart Trouble
Milwaukee, July . 26. U. P.) Ar
rangements were being made today for
the funeral of Patrick Cudahy.- one of
the big figures in the packing industry,
who died suddenly of heart failure after
dinner last night. He was the third of
four brothers who founded the Cudahy
Packing bouse. : Only the youngest, Ed
ward, survive. , .
Chicago Gas .Rates
; - Ordered Reduced
Chicago,. July 26. (L N. S- By r
der of the state public utilities commis
sion" gas rates to the consumer in Chi
cago , have been reduced 3 cents per
1000 cubic feet. : Tha commission -rejected'
a petition of the gas company
to increase its rates 6 cents 1009 cubic
feet. , .:- ;- ; ' V-'.':' -J '-; '
Nine Boys Are
Drovned Vhen
Craft Capsizes
Two Boys' Camp Directors Lose
Their , Lives With Lads as
Wind Overturns Boat. -
Spring fi el d, Mass., July 2 6.
Searchers with grappling hooks were
still dragging the waters of Big Pond,
at, .East Otis today, following the
drowning Friday of nineboysand two
men directors of the Springfield Boys'
club, who were camping on the. shores
of the lake. Six bodies had been re
covered up to midnight.
, Leonard , Santasiero, 23, one of the
camp directors, made heroic efforts to
save the boys. Me leaped from the
launch into the struggling . mass and
seised four, bur their weight proved too
much and be sank with them clinging
to him, :. -.:w-;vt --:-Vtf -.:-;:-
When his body was recovered - this
forenoon the bodies of the four boys
were locked to bis in a death grip. Cr.
The accident followed a gust of wind
which whipped t the ' waters of the, lake
and overturned 'a flat bottom boat that
was taking- a party of campers-back to
an island following, a, baseball game on
the mainland. .
Grief stricken relatives of the boys
will insist upon ' a tliorough investiga
tion to place responsibility for the ac
cident, it was said here today. -.
The flat bottom boat In which the boys
were riding sank when the launch which
was towing them turned back to the
mainland. ; A huge wave capsized the
boat and - the struggling boys were
thrown into the water.
Witnesses said all succeeded in cling
ing to the craft, but when one let go
and started to sink the others let go and
attempted to rescue him. In the confusion
and struggle which followed, all went
down. The ' two directors were pulled
down in the melee while trying to save
the youths. ' - - -;
AIR MAIL SERVICE
Operation of ' Planes' , Resumed
Mnder Agreement jThat Inves- ;
tigattpn s JoBa Made -
New Tork,, uly '2. I.' X S.)
An aerial mall service between New
York' arid Chicago waa. resumed to
day, following an agreement reached
between striking pilots and the post
office department. . "
'. Pjllof-Harold Lewis- took off. in the
first mail plane ' for the west at 8:27
o'clock after a delay of more than three
hours, . He carried ten pouches of mail
for the. West and headed for Bellfonte,
Pa., the first scheduled stop. " Officials
said mails , would start - for Washington
before noon. ... - -i
The decision of the mall pilots to re
sume their schedule was reached after
postal officials had : agreed to , thresh
the whole series of differences out at
a conference with representatives of the
viators. The conference will be held in
Washington today or. Monday. : -:
The aviators' principal grievances are
the. discharging of two. of their' number
for refusing to take the air in what
they considered unsafe . machines and
unsafe weather. . -
Conservatives in
Germany Blamed
For Hun Defeat
London. July 26. (L N. a Wild
scenes during which Socialists Jumped
to their feet shouting "Murderers 1" at
the Conservatives, marked . the speech
of Finance Minister Math las Ersberger
in the German national assembly , at
Weimar, said an Exchange Telegraph
dispatch from Copenhagen today.
There: was . tremendous uproar - when
Erzberger declared that "for four years
Germany has - been under, a military
dictatorship." .sThe conservatives were
charged with responsibility for the con
tinuation of the-: war and the ultimate
defeat of Germany. . ;' -.-
Karl Hefferich, former J minister of
the German treasury, delivered a sharp
attack - against Dr. Ersberger. whom be
accused of favoring his own personal
Interests at the expense of the country.
In an article in the Reichs Zeltung. ,
Gertrude; Hoffman
i Went to See Sister j
Didn't Tell'Husband
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New Tork, July 26. dV. P.) Gertrude
Hoffman, dancer, returned to her home
here today, after' an .absence- of three
days. She was visiting a sister and for
got to tell her husband, H was stated.
The dancer disappeared " Wednesday
night. :: leaving : her husband in Fifth
avenue to enter a drug store to make a
purchase. When she did not reappear
Hoffman investigated and found no
trace of her. - - : r
Gertrude' Hoffman Is a' sister of Mra
M. IL De Lahunt of 393 East Sixteenth
street north.
Mutual Financial
Support Proposed
Paris. July 26. L N. a) Signer
Tittonl. the Italian foreign minister, has
submitted to the council of five a plan
whereby the mutual financial support,
practiced . among the allied and asso
ciated powers during the wan will be
continued Into peace times." The council
today had a draft of the proposed alli
ance Under consideration. France Is said
to be strongly in favor of the Han.
STR E S SETTLED
UWwmuui
PORT -III I tl:
BE'lllilfEl
Contention Portland Should Be
. on Lower Rate Basis Than As
toria Prompts Visit to Latter.
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Commissionrr to Go Tomorrow.
; Probably by Auto j Hearing to
Open; in : Seattle on Tuesday.
Having' heard during : tho week
much of the contention that Port
land, 100 miles nearer the Inland
Empire, is 'entitled to a lower rata
than Astoria, Interstate Commerce
Commissioners Hall, Daniels and
Eastman announced this morning
their; determination to visit Astoria,
They will leave for the city at th
mouth of the Columbia Sunday morn
ing, probably going by automobile, and
win spena some time in going over tne
port facilities of . Astoria under the
guidance of B. F. ; Stone, chairman of
the Portof Astoria commission.
OPENS AT SEATTLE TUESDAY
" The Columbia basin rate hearing will
be adjourned from Portland to Seattle
at the . close of the Monday .afternoon .
session, beginning in the Pugrt Sound '
metropolis next Tuesday iiiornins.
Puget Sound's and Astoria's side of the
controversy will be heard there a"
much of the evidence of the railroaS
will be introduced there. .'
i While - nominally the hearing, com
menced in the complainant crty, In re
moved to the defendant community in
the ; Columbia" basin rate action is for
the '.purpose f of . . convenlenclng I'uitPt
Sound interveners, and .witnesnes, the
transposition is regarded actually aa a
concession : to th competitive spirit
which .would cause Seattle io cxprens
resentment were the entire caue to le
presented before the Interstate Com
merce commission. .
WAEBEHTOW COMPLAINT HEAIXO
Not long, ago a ' Wajrtranton. busiiie
man. paid 380 additional freight charges
to the S., P. & S. railroad for moving
a carload of Utah coal the 816 miles be
tween 'Astoria and Warrenton. ,
Warrenton's separate action, petition
ing , the Interstate Commerce commlx
sion for rates from transcontinental and
Inland Empire points on a parity with
Astoria, was commenced this morning.
Testimony, offered by J. O. Barr, a
civil engineer, Under examination con
ducted by O. B. Stetters, showed Wsr
renton's ambition to be classified as a
seaport. A. J. Parrlngton, a traffic ex
pert, provided charts showing that the
railroads charge Warrenton an average
of fi cents a hundred pounds mora on
carload freight than Astoria.
: C. "A. Hart, of counsel for the rail
roads, interposed a statement that there
will be no objection to granting War-'
renton rates on a parity with Astort
when applied to freight moving from
transcontinental and Montana territory,
but that the matter of rates from
the Inland Empire, the railroads had
endeavored to interpret the spirit of th
interstate commerce commission in the
Astoria case. This decision, he said,
grouped Astoria with Portland and Pu
get Sound for rate making purposes, but
did not Include Warrenton in the family.
SHIPS GOHE FOB GOOD
Incident to another phase of the hear
Ing, Mr. Hart stated that the S., P. A H.
does not expect to return the steamships
Great Northern and Northern Pacifio
to the Flavel (Warrenton )-San Fran
cisco run. because these - vessels were
sold outright to the government.
An Interesting fact brought out at the
Friday evening session of the Columbia
basin rata hearing is that the railroad
Investment between Portland and Van
couver. Wash., is $9,000,000. Railroads
have spent approximately $1,000,000 a
mil between Portland and Vancouvt-r,
said C A. Hart of counsel for the rail
roads. On this basis, he asked W. J,
Kinney, witness for Vancouver, If he
thought the rate to Vancouver should
be as much as to Portland by way of
the 8., P. tt tL Mr. Kinney answered
that what Is good enough for Portland
is gooa enougn xor Vancouver,
A. force outside the competition of the
communities has shaped the advantage
in rates and port business which has
given Seattle a leadership over Portland,
declared W. D. B. Dodaon, executive sec
retary of the Portland Chamber of Com
merce,, testifying Friday afternoon. t v,.
-, He referred to the railroads.
. He said that they have concentrated '
ww. v. ' 0. v iiiiiiviiv.i m.f .iiiaiiu ,41,1
plre traffic at the Puget Sound terminal.
That they have made transshipping
contracts with Oriental steamship lines
that make Seattle a port of entry.
.. They have encouraged the building of
(Conctoctat on Paca Kip. Column Six)
150,000 Troops in
Silesia Are Urged
Paris, July 26. (U. P.) Marshal
Foch recommended to the council of five
today that the allies maintain 150.000
troops as an army of occupation In lit
per Silesia. - His recommendation pro
vided for 6000 American troops among
this number. .
Death Comes to
Sir Edward Poynter
. London. July 26-fL N. S.) 5'lr i: J
ward Poynter died today. Kir VAwnrft
Poynter has long been a prominent fig
ure 'in British art circles. For a num
ber ' of years he - was vr' ' t r f the
Royal Academy and c:r- j the
National Gallery.
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