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VOL. XVII." NO. 19.
XREGT-EO
President Believes Peace Pact
and League Covenant Wili Be
Approved Without Reservation
Itinerary of Executive's Western
Trip Is Arranged to Reach Pa-
' cific Coast About August 15.
Washington. July 26.(U. P.
President Wilson still believes' the
........
will he ratified by the senate with
. out modification, it was JeaYned At
the White' House tonight. Senate
'attack on the documents have not
served to bring the president to -a
point where he ts ready to compro-
mine, as leaders have hinted.
t la !nfnrt to continue his (stand for
adoption without reservations or Inter
' rpretatloua. he let it be known. He re
ii Rarts proposed " reservations, submitted
by itepubllcan, senators, as unaesiraoie.
- The -prWerrtWOt Keil 1 eni
U)day.Hs played golf for the first time
since his illness and motored tn the
park, f He is under orders from his nhy
xictan to conserve his strength for his
Hiealctnf tour. ' , - .,.
or Tre aty
? ;rri3ERAKY ARRANGED ,
. The itinerary or tne trip - na oru
completed, and only the date of de
parture remains to be fixed. He will
-make: several speeches at large cities on
his Way. to the coast, where he will re
view the Pacific flew August 15.
' ' It was learned tonight that the presi
dent is considering starting his League
of Nations speaking tour several days
; earlier than- he had hithert planned,
lie may: leave Washington for the Pa
cific coast August 5 or 6. in which case
he wilt stoD at Los Angeles before going
i to San Francisco, where he will review
the Pacific coast fleet.
It- has been decided that en route
' west, at least one stop will be made In
Ohlo one in Miaaouri and one in' ptah,
probably Salt Lake. The president has
been urged to make his efforts In Mis
souri' as strong as possible because-of
the determined opposition of the Mis
souri senators. ," -
. President Wilson indicated today in
(Concluded on Pace Eleven, Column flren
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GROUT LESSON
'.'Treat 'em Rough". Method of
HandlingWomen Demonstrated
. by Much-Traveled Director.,
r". 7. The '.taxpayers ,of 1 the Portland
school district seemingly owe School
Directory - George , B. 'Thomas , 186
.,worth of gratitude. ' That .-Is the
' amount ;of mohey'rumored" to have
j-eturned . with hinv. from his . recent
'tpur" of inspection, as Chairman
Somnier "phrases it, made for the
purpose- of absorbing ''beneficial ex
perience," which ha' is later to dis
pense to the' other members of the
board. ' ' , j ' , " .
From this rumor, if it proves to be
. true. - it will ..be seen, that ' Director
Thomas' ' tour" of inspection was not a
$600 but -a $514 - Junket. His . railroad
fare, o it is again rumored, ' amounted
to 1242, While his hotel accommodations,
meals and Incidental expenses, that
vague but' comforting phrase of the ex
perienced commercial traveler, touched
the total of $272. -. - -
STARTED IX TIME .
Looking ba9k,;overl the past few
months .it v Is evident that Director
Thomas- contemplated the absorption .of
- a good ' deal of beneficial : experience
while on his tour of Inspection for .the
benefit and intellectual com fort, and
(Coneluded on Page Two. . Column Four)
Police Hunting Girl;
; Find Pieces4 of Bohes
Chicago. . July 26. (U. P. Police,
searching the flat in which Janet Wil
son, ft-year-old girl x who . disappeared
Tuesday, lived with her - parents, de
clared tonight ihey -had ; found pieces
of bones secreted in the ' basement.
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GIVES
CITY EDITION
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ONCE ! CROWN
PRINCE IS OH,
SO HOMESICK
gBRLlN. July 26. (U. P.)
The former crown prlnce'of
Germany, in his seclusion at
Wieringen, is ' suffering - from
homesickness,;. w h 1 o h grows
stronge daily," and Is looking
forward eagerly to the time
when he can return to Germany
to : assist in rehabilitating the
fatherland. 1
This was revealed In a letter
written ' by the former prince.
May -11, printed in the second
edition of Captain Kurt Ankers'
book, just published.
After deploring , the present
plight of Germany, he wrote: r
"Both myself and my family
wish,, in spite- of our .completely
altered conditions, to build up a
new life. . Still more ardently do
I await the moment,' should it
be granted; when I can . again
have a little plie in Germany
where IjCan trfst in rebuilding
the beloved i fatherland, ; , Give
my greetings i my friends and
believe- me ti it my homesick
ness grows 8t anger daily."
"IBo," They Shout
2000 Feet in 'Air;
Pair ; Wed ;in Plane
" ... . . 4 r 1 -1
New fork, Jufy . 2S.-MU. P.WSeated
in an airplane rolling along at 80 miles
an hour, zooo reet in tne air. mum iiimuy
Schaefer and Lieutenant George - Bur
gess. United States army, were married
at SHeepshead bay this afternoon. : The
officiating, - clergyman performed V the
ceremony, while- in another -airplane,
through -the use of a. wireless telephone.
..Miss Schaefer'S bridesmaid eat in the
grandstand at the lteepshead bay speed
way, where the annual athletic field
gmmes were in progress and an audience
of 20,000 persona , strained ' their ears
from all sections, of, the great stands to
catch the questions and answers as they
roared through the. structure by means
of sound amplifiers.-' -
"Do you?" roared the minister through
his' telephone.. And each time the answer
was shouted back they came in a natural
tone: The amplifiers made it possible
for everyone to hear. ' ,
News Index:
Today's Sunday Journal Complete la Six Sections
i editorial ,
Section.' I, Pace. 10. ' -
Lighter Term, for Lesser Enemies Section 1,
Pace 1. '
At Chttean-TMetir i Section S. Page S.
Huns 'Pasted Peace .Offer- Section 1, Page 13:
National
President Expects Adoption Section 1, Page 1.
Republicans Disgruntled Section 1. Page S.
Soldiers' Bin Farored Section 1, Page 11.
Demsstlo 0 'i.
Burbank Wonld Prolong life Section ' 1,
Page S. . ,T
Montana Aiks AW--Sectioa 1, Page 1. .
v. 1 Moethweet
Japanese Violate Agreement Section 1, Page 10.
Soldiers' Records Compated Sectioa 1, Page 12.
Plane Reach Paget Sound Sectioa 1, Page 1.
: ' Portland
Mountain Haul Costly Section lb Pass 1. . :
Labor Connca PlghU Bed Sectioa 1, Pag 4.
Elk Entertain Woonded-Sectioa. 1, Pago 11.
Captain Harkin Cited Section 2. Page 5.
Health Training in Schools Section, Page S.
Ships May Be. Rigged Here- Section 1. Pag 1.
Greatest Wooden, Tart Closed Section 1. Page
14. . ; . . .. " '
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l ltealty and ' BuildingSection 2. Page 8.
"ilarkets and Finance Section 2, Page 15.
Marine Sectioa 2,' Page 1ft.
Buyers' Week Section S. Pages 8-8.
Seotioa S. Page 2-4.
airtometlf
8ectioa 4. Pates 8-1 ft.
" On the Plner 'side
The Week ia Society Sectioa S, Page 2-4.
Women's Clnb Affair' -Sectioa S, , Pago: 4.
The Realm of Mtuic Section S. Page fti;
Fraternal Mew Section 8.'. Pag 6.
The Field of Labor Section. S, Page .
Drama and Photoplay Section 4. Page -1-4,
At Summer Resorts Section 4 Page 6-7.
Educational Oinwlanttie Section 2, Pages ft-7
lfashtooas Oaltare Sectioa 8. Pag 8. .
Tankee at Chateau. Thierry Section 2. Page ft,
. .-l . . - ' Magazine ! .
A . Midsuasmer Feaat Section 5. Pag 1. "
New - Field of Feminin ' Charm Section : B
Pago 2. 'r" i ' - -" -- '
Servants Before Wife, Sectioa ft. Pag 8.
Skeleton in - the Baggage Room Section . 8
Pag 4.
Science and Tour Soiled Collar Section - I
- - Pag S. i - i ' i " ' , t
ProridentA Children. . by GaTerneor ltorji
- Sectioa . Page . . -
Health, Beauty and the Home Sectioa'. 8,
Pg 7. - .
leed Tea" Gown, hy Lady Duff Gordon fLu-
cue) Section o. Pago 8.
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, Oomto ' '
- - Section ft. Pages 1-4 '
NUII!
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Testimony in the Rate ; Hearing
Proves -Use of Waterl Grade
Permits Saving of 75 Percent
. , s .
Artificial Nature of Rail Rate
Structure Exposed by Expert
of State Service Commission.
Jn face of railroad and Puget
Sound argument: that freight.; should
be .hauled over the mountains at as
low a rate as along the water grade,
J. P. Newell, consulting engineer 'of
the Oregon public service) commis
sion, testified at the Saturday after
noon session of the Columbia basin
rate hearing that: "
i; It costs 75 -per cent more in oper.
atlng costs to haul freight from: Pen
dleton o Seattle than from ' Pendle
.ton to Portland. . . v .
It costs 5 to 10 per cent more to haul
freight from Spokarte to Seattle than
from " Spokane to " Portland," although
Spokane is In actual mileage . .nearer
Seattle. - , . .
COST PROM WALLA WAWi; "f ,'
It costs C7.T -cents a ton . to move
freight from Walla Walla to Tacoma as
compared with 47.2 cents to move the
same - ton - of ' freight between Walla
Walla and Portland, a difference of
25.5 cents. "
- Freight-can be hauled 210 mtles be
tween Portland and Wallula at the same
operating cost as over the 170 miles be
tween Tacoma and a point near North
Yakima on the Northern Pacific, as
cheaply as the 160 miles : between Seat
tie and, Beverly on the C, Mi & St. P.,
and .as cheaply as 148 . miles on the
Great Northern between Seattle and a
point near Wenatchee. ,
Despite the difference shown In oper
ating- cost, the rates between the Inland
Empire and Portland are the same as
between the Inland Empire and Seattle.
GRAPHIC MAP rSED
Mr. Newelf's graphic map also showed
that, in a great grain producing area
east of a line running northward from
Pendleton to . Pasco, to Connell, to Spok
ane and to the Canadian boundary.
(Concluded on Page Eleren. Column Two)
PLANES BUCK AIR
WAVES TO LEWIS
Army Machines Encounter- Strong
-Currents Between Portland ,
. and Cantonment.
, By Philip JH. Parrish
Journal , Staff ; Correspondent on Portland -Puget
Sound Flight. , . r .
' i Camp Lie wis, Wai:.'July'26J-The
two army; planea which, left Portland
this morning were landed - at Camp
Lewis field at 2:30 o'clock today.: 40
minutes after taking the air at Che
halis. The pilots and correspondents
were greeted as they stepped from
the planes by Colonel P. J.' Hennes
sey, former commandant of cadets at
O. A. C, who will direct the stunts in
the recruiting campaign in the North
west. The airplanes will be . sent . to
cities within flying, distance 'on f all
sides of the army camp during the
next few weeks. - -
. There were moments, daring -.the trip
when the changing scenes were touched
with r the . magic of supreme, beauty.
After we had passed the- White islands,
north' of Portland, the plane plunged
into a solid mass of clouds, -and : Ser
geant . McKee , turned : its nose sharply
upward. ; When we emerged into the
sunlight at a height of 5000 feet the
clouds lay like a level floor hiding the
earth entirely from view, while to our
right Mt. St. Helens towered up. like an
everlasting sentinel. ". s- v
- Further : along there -were mv; White
islands, and the-planes sang: and 'trem
bled along, : like . -breathing-' .things,
through the purple dust of the upper
regions. The butcher and the baker
seem very- small in the universal
scheme up there. Upon landing atCbe-
halis both Lieutenant Kiel and Sergeant
McKee ' admitted that they ' were glad
to feel the solid ground again after
passing through the roughest air : that
they , had encountered for weeks.
The remainder of the' trip was "made
.PORTLAND. ' OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY
RATE INJUSTICE TO
PORTLAND PROVED IN
HEARING GIVEN HERE
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The Columbia, basin rate hearing, which was th progress in Portland
last week, is to be followed by a visit to Astoria today by Interstate
.Commerce-Commissioners Hall, Daniels and Eastman, a, Monday session
in Portland and a continuance in .Seattle Tuesday morning until the end
of the week. ' ' i .'"'- ' , f ; A
Hearing has shown that cost of transportation. service over moun
tains from the Inland Empire to puget Sound is from 5 to 75 per cent'
greater than, to Portland.... No rate grouping exists elsewhere in the
United States to duplicate, that which places on a parity rates between
the Inland Empire and Puget Sound,, on one hand, and the Inland Em
pire and Portland-Vancouver' on the other,- t . '. , J '
The basis of rate-making for all Northwest lines,' Including mountain
and water grade routes, is the Northern Pacific, the longest and steepest
railroad between the Inland 'jEmpire and Puget Sound,' Bates are' the
same where distance and cost of service favor' Portland, but greater to
Portland In the few. instances where distance, favors Puget Sound.
Famous railroad men's own testimony shows that to lift a train one
foot of grade requires the same energy as to move the train along , 344
feet of level track. The resistance of a train on the 'level is six pounds
to the ton, but 28 pounds to the ton with a 1 per cent gradev .'
.' : Electrification costing the C.,: M. '& St. Paul In the Cascade moun
tains $9,500.00 to lessen cost of mountain haul can he as easily applied
to water grade. . .The Great ' Northern has spent nearly $5,000,000 in
Cascade mountain snow sheds to lessen mountain transportation hazards.
Water, flows down hill, obeying the Jaws of nature,, and commerce
also takes the easiest route; except in the Northwest, where "a force
(the railroads) outside the competition of Portland and Puget Soutyl.
has shaped affairs for the benefit of Puget Sound." :
terms grated
:;lesser Enemies.
ORE
UVJ-'
Austria!' Plight Is" Serifinsj ,How every, arid jit , uitimate ' Danube
ol- federation pnly; a. Possibility), Bulgaria's. Terms ,
. " , May Be Lighter. lf '
. By Pant Scott Mowrcr - i
Special Cable to The Journal and The Chicago
Daily News.
(Copyright., 1919. by Chicago fiaily New Co.)
; Paris, July , 2 6, When . the com
pleted'treaty of pekce was handed to
the Austrlans and : br. JRenner had
taken cognizance of it, he remarked,
It leaves u eyes with which to
weep." .This intelligent statesman's
30-odd; notes had indeed impressed
the allies favorably and had won for
Austria certain modifications, but in
the main Dr. Renner's thesis that, all
the - races of : the- former Hapsburg
empire were responsible 'for the war
and should be treated on an equal
basis has been sternly rejected.;'
RESPONSIBILITY FIXED 'r
The Austrian republic is made to ac
cept the same responsibility as the Ger
man, republic and. her entire future Is
placed in the hands of the all-powerful
reparations commission. Moreover, while
the empire s pre-war debt is divided pro
portionately between the various - peo
ples of the former empire, the. Austrian
republic is made to bear the lion's share
of the war debt. t. .While the - other peo
ples of . the old empire ',. are made re
sponsible only for the war bonds they
actually hold, the Austrlans are made
responsible also for the bonds held out
side the - boundaries of the empire.
RESNER'S PLEA BE3TIED - '
Dr. Kenner's argument that the war
debt should be divided on the basis on
which the bonds were subscribed for
Instead of where the bonds were actually
held, and which was aimed chiefly at
the Czechs, who unloaded a lot of bonds
on the Vienna market prior to the ar
mistice, has been held to be Invalid.
The consensus, of opinion in diplomatic
circles here is that the Austrian treaty
really leaves the principal ..question in
Men Start on Trip .
To Honolulu in a :;
r 44 Foot' SaUbcat
- San Diego; Cal, July 26. t N- S.
In a 44 foot sailboat, said to be the
smallest craft ever ;to attempt . the voy
age. Henry .Warren and Burnett Wahl
ford of Escondldo, David Wesson of
Montclalre. N. J-, : and Harry Fid g eon,
a sailor .from San 'Pedro,, are on the
ocean today bound for Honolulu. They
expect to complete the 2300 mile voyage
in 23 days. . , .
Warren was given the Croix de Guerre
for bravery in the war. - Both he and
WahlfOTd went to Europe with the first
unit from Stanford university. ; Wesson,
a son of. a New Jersey manufacturer,
enlisted, from. PrincetonT"unlverslty. ,,.
Heir, to . Throne of
Denmark Goes Home
r 1 - ' ' "
'Washington, July ' 26. Prince , Aage,
heir to the- throne of Denmark.- after
spending .six weeks in .the United Sta tes,
started for his home today on the Ca
nard liner Aquitar'"
suspense. This -r question Is, given the
fact : that. . the Austrian6 people cannot
exist alone, shall it be allowed to unite
with Germany or shall it be encouraged
to. federate with the other Danube
States? - .
FEDERATION FAYOBED
' Opinion among the allies is divided.
France 'and Britain are in .favor of the
Danube federation. -They desire to pre
vent the 7.000,000 Germans of Austria
from swelling the population of their
principal enemy.; They would have been
disposed to make Austria more lenient
terms except that they felt that they
would ' thereby indirectly weaken the
moral effect of the German treaty. It
Is- likely that the white Russian political
conference and probably Csecho-Slovakia
would ; prefer to see the-. Austrian Ger
mans united with Germany. . They rea
son, first, that if this union is prevented
It will merely cause ' endless trouble ;
second, that a few millions of Germans
more or less will make no . difference
in the general balance of power, and,
third, that the formation of a Danube
federation,, which is already favored by
the members of the old -Austro-Hungar-ian
aristocracy, will, i simply provide
means for this aristocracy to regain the
ascendancy and will end In the reoon
stitutlon -of the old empire under a new
name. The Austrian treaty bears traces
of both these' -views.- - - r--
FUTURE CONSIDERED i . , J
'Everything- has -been done to Indicate
that the allies would like to see the
Austrlans federate with the Czechs' and
Hungarians without this declaration ' be
ing made outright. - At the same time
the conditions imposed on the Austrlans
are so' stringent that her future as an.
independent state seems dubious.
, France, whlcn piayeo ; an -' important
part in drafting the. treaty, lakes the
point of view unofficially that the Dan
ube federation is at least a possibility
( Co Deluded oa Pag Thirteen, Column Two)
Suffrage May Be .
;Eatified Prior to
i National Election
Concord. N. IL, July 26. (I. N. S.)
xwenty-iour governors nave wired Gov.
ernor Bartlett that in their belief - the
suffrage amendment will 'be ratified In
time to permit women" to vote at the
Y next presidential electionin answer to
telegrams sent out , by- the state's chief
executive, i . .
Six replies were unfavorable and Gov
ernor 'Cooper of North Carolina stated
that the amendment " will be probably
aereatea - in tne session . next January
Ten of the states have already ratified
the measure and '12 will . hold extra ses
sions to take action, ,
Haywood Will Be -
.: Out on Ban; Today
v "Leavenworth, Kan., July 28. William
D. Haywood, .former head of the J. W.
W ; under' sentence of 29 years impris
onment, and two of his I..W. W. fellow
prisoners. Ralph , Chaplin, and Francis
Miller, , sentenced to 20 and 10 years'
imprisonment, respectively, will be re
leased, on bonds some tltie tomorrow.
27. 1919.
il 01 Til I
IB FORESTS
State Council Asks for Troops to
? ;Fight Fires, Which Are Burn
ing Heavily Timbered Areas.
f 1 " "IL" ' 1 1 J 1 ' -
High, Winds. Fan Blazes Out of
Control of Exhausted Battlers,
, Doggedly Forced Back. '.
Helena. Mont., "July 28.-An ap
pear for federal aid in fighting the
forest fires which it is declared have
gotten beyond control in ' various
parts of the state, principally in the
west and southwest, was issued today
by the Montana state council ofv de
fense.. - . ' ,. . ' i " - '
The council Friday -night telegraphed
Governor , 8. Y.- Stewart, to . the com
mander of 'the Western department of
the army at San Francisco and to the
Montana delegation in Washington, asking-
'that , federal troops be held.- ready
to, come to "Montana in - case of. emer
gency. It was decided ."by --the .council
of defense that; th tsituatiorf is ao acute i
'hk to' threaten an absolute wrptug but'
of Montana's giant- forests.
Governor D. w. Davis, of . .Idaho, who
Is), now "in Washington, ' D. C., urging
the government' to send troota to aid
In vf the fight against1 the onrushing
f lames. Is being -cooperated with by the
Montana delegation In congress.. accord
ing to ..defense, council .members.-', ,
: High winds ; are fanning " the forest
biases and the -progress of the flames
is getting far beyond control . of the
almost exhausted men fighting doggedly
throughout the f ireswept areas.
One bank, a store r and . a ' hotel in
the town of St. . Ignatius were saved
this morning when the place was. liter
ally ' flooded . with water. ,
' The full stream of a big government
irrieatlon ditch was turned into .the
streets, affording the fire fighters ma
terial with which to combat the flames.
St. Ignatius Is in the - heart of the
Flathead national forest. It is ' 40
miles north of Missoula.
Valiant for eBt men -who-. have been
working long shifts . for, more t than a
week were on the verge of exhaustion
tonight. . The forest service reported
that the labor situation Is critical. One
hundred and fifty additional fire fight
ers arrived here tonight.
Three new fires were discovered today
In the Missoula forest. -"Three new
fires were found in -the Lola National
forest.. The. bad Cold ; creek fire has
united with another blase and-is sweep
ing - the - entire Couer d'Alene district.
The Hughes creek and Lola forest fires
are devastating thousands of acres.
' The Cabinet 'National forest In north
western Montana has two large' fires. t
The Clear Water National forest In
Northern . Idaho reported 12 new fires
today, the first in that' forest this year,
One hundred and fifteen, men are fight
ing the Elk-City fire tn - Idaho. ... -
98 Northwestern. -
Mountaineers on
; Mt. Tacoma Climb
Tacoma, July. 26. U. P.) Ninety
eight mountaineers of Tacoma, -Seattle,
Portland,,. SpoKane. San Francisco and
other coast cities, left Tacoma today for
a three week's trip (o Mount Tacoma.
The mountaineers plan to hike from
Ashford, . where . the railroad ends,
around the . mountain and -then ciimb
the northern side. . This side is not the
usual climb - and will take the party
to the highest peak on. the mountain.-
Tivo Held for Air :
- Disaster Released
. Chicago, -Jvly 26. U. ,P. W. C.
Young- of the Goodyear"Tlre V Rubber
company and Jack Boettner, pilot of the
Goodyear dirigible "Wingroot," were re
leased, from custody today. . , They had
been detained for investigation of .the
accident In which the Wingfoot caught
fire and killed 12 In its fall.' . .
Traitor 5 Frenchman
: Sentenced to Death
Paris, July 26. (U. P.) A French
man named r Richard wa : court- mar
tialled and eentenced to death today
for betraying, to the Germans a school
teacher who managed the French end
of the "underground system" by means
of which Kdith Cavell smuggled sol
diers into Holland.
FLEET SUNK
BY GERMANS
BEING RAISED
T ONDON, July 28, The work
. .'. of refloating the G e r m a n
warships-sunk in Scapa Flow is
progressing rapidly, and it is ex
pected that by next year the en
tire fleet, will have been raised.
Under the law 'of salvage, : Bri
tain will acquire title to the re
stored fleet, it is said. s
; '.; Nearly all of thejight crulaera
and -destroyers have been moved
into shallow water, and the'7 big
ships are now - receiving atten
tion.' It is expected - that the
flagship Baden and some of the
othe'r : battleships will be raised
in abou.t 40 days, but the work of
. salvaging the battle cruisers will
be more difficult, as they lie in
deeper water.. , '
-; The Pall . Mall j Gazette makes
the announcement that the first
batch' of German warships sur
rendered under the terms of the
peace treaty will soon arrive at
i British port. This fleet will
"include eight dreadnaughts, . six
light' cruisers ' and nearly 100
submarines and destroyers": It
is expected certain vessels will
be assigned to France,'
Others will' be taken over by
Britain and the United States.
France has expressed a desire to
acquire possession of the cruiser
Graf, Von Spee,' Just launched. .
OolombjiaIrelitjr
To Come JJp Again
' 'With Apology Out
Washington, July' 26. U. P.) Sen
ator s Lodge - spent some time with Sec
retary Lansing at' the state department
today, discussing the, Colombian treat,
which the foreign " relations committee
will "take ' up early, ' next - week at Iin
aing's request. Committee : members
said today they believe the treaty will
provide for . payment' of $19,000,000 . to
Colombia Instead of the $25,000,000 pro
vided for In the pending' pact, which the
senate has refused to ratify. The re
vised draft will not contain an apology
to Colombia for selxure of land for the
Panama canal. , -
England's Prince to
Make Formal Visit
Special Cable in The Journal and The Chicago
AJatur ewn .
(CnpyrfeM, 18 1. br riiieagn Daily Kwa Co.)
Ixndon. July 26. American society
leaders who had hoped to entertain the
prince of .Wales - during his ' proposed
vtsit to the United States will be dis
appointed. On reliable authority I leant
any visit the prince makes will be of a
purely formal nature and that while he
is in the country he will be the guest of
the government. , , 1 - -,
It Is probable that he will visit New
York and - Washington while., he is in
New York he will remain quartered
aboard his ship. - During his sojourn in
the capital he will be entertained at the
White House as a state -guest, The date
is likely to be the last part of October.
Qne Killed in Fight
Over Mexican Policy
Provo. Utah, July 26. (I. N. S One
man is dead and : two others are In a
local hospital suffering from serious stab
wounds as a result of a general light
over-the approval and condemnation -of
the course of the United Htates in Its
relations with Mexico. The dead man
Is John . Lobota, and the' two wounded
men are native Americans of Mexican
descent. Their ' assailants, the- police
say, were Mexicans, former residents of
old Mexico. ,',-
Stahlberg Elected ; ;
President of Finland
; Helslngfors. July- 26, Dr. Kaarle
Stahlberg was elected president of Fin
land . yesterday by a majority of
votes over General Mannheim. The diet
vote was. 134 to S4. The. election of Or,
Stahlberg Indicates the possibility of In
tervention by. Finland against the Bol
shevists is more remote .than ever.. There
Is some talk of a coup to seat General
Mannheim as president, but it Is not
believed there 1s any chance of success.
Government Accepts
Titled to Opip Lewis
"Tacoma, Wash..' July: 26 Title to
Camp Lewis has been accepted official
ly by the United Sta tea government, ac
cording to word received here today,
The tract contains 62.000 - acres, con.
stitutlng the largest , number of acres
ever presented as ao outrleht gift to
tne governmenu
THE WEATHER r '
Portland and "rlelaltr 'Sunday lair '
and warmert noribwakterlr wlndi.v
Oreo and Whlnrton Sundny fair
ad warmer except roast r north weiler-' .
ly wlad la west portion. ' '
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PRICE FIVE , CENTS
Report, Says Shipping Board Has
PJln to Outfit Wooden Ships
.of : Coast at Portland Yard
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This Would Mean Great Deal of
Work and Consequent Hiring
of a Large Number of Merv
' - Union headquarters of shipyard
labor have been notified, according
to reports, that the shipping board
now has under consideration the con
version of the Grant Smith-Porter
shipyard into a central' equipping
point for all wood vessels yet to be
completed for the government in the
Northwest. The Grant Smith yard
was formally turner back to the gov
ernment bythe wartime . operators
Thursday. - '
Although no definite announcement
could be - obtained , from the shipping
board,: it was admit tee! Uia stcft a plan
was under consideration. The Grant
Smith yard Is already used as the equip
ping center for thefc Portland district
and supplies of the shipping board aio
stacked In the idle ways at the yard. ,
WOULD BE CK2TTRAL PtAITT
v Under the shipping board plan, ac
cording to the report received at union
headquarters, all wooden hulls launched
either in .the . Columbia liver, Puget
Sound or. coast shi yards would be sent
to this station to receive the final out
fitting, such as completion! of super- '
structure and Installation of all . interior
fittings. Including, boilers. .
A large number of workers would be
needed for this yard, it Is believed, not
only for the present but, for the future,
as wooden vessels of the merchant ma
rine - fleet would receive their repairs
and -new; Installation - there .from time
to tlntf .
The majority of wooden hulls In this
district are completed, although there
are still some te be outfitted as steam
ers and still a few others as barges.. In
the Puget Sound district it Is understood,
however, that there are a large number
of, hulls-yet to be rigged.
The Grant Smith-Porter yard Is ad
mirably suited to handle this class of:
business, according to expressions of its
former owners, because the yard did
its own equipping under the wartime
stress and has the" facilities.
THREE ARE NAMED
Trio Will' Have Charge of Main-
tenance of AH Armories
of the State;;
'a Salem,- July 26. Colonel John I
May of Portland. Lieutenant Paul H.
Wallace of, Salem" and Captain Ben
S., Fisher of Marshfleld. will consti
tute the personnel or a newly created
Armory board to have charge, under
the .general staff of the National
Guard, of ' the maintenance of all
armories In the state, acco'rdlng to
an announcement made by Governor
Olcott today. , c
At its last monthly meeting the gen
era) staff, of the Oregon ' National
Guard 'gave -"Its indorsement to
the creation of such a board which
will be authorised to outline and main
tain a definite policy regarding the
maintenance and use of armories
throughout the state. The board will
also-superintend the finances of each
armory to the end that each may be
self supporting or as nearly so as
possible. - The personnel of the board ,
as announced by Governor , Olcott has
the full approval of Adjutant General
Stafrln. , - . , -f -
Congress Asked to i
; : Eeduce; High; Cost
Washington. July 26. fU. P.) A de
mand that the government take "real
action" to bring down prk-es of. neces
sities was voiced today by Jessie It.
Haver, capital representative of the
National Consumers league. - Secretary
Baker Is president of the league. It rep
resents 15,000,000 consumers, according
to Mies Haver.
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ARMORY
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