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V ROUND-UP SPECIAL l;e serrations' on' the- Annual Journal llouad-Up Special can .- be mad now " through The Journal Travel and Inforraa U tionlBureau, Dorsey B. ' Smith, Manager, : Special : Rite 37.50 H 1 ' All ere and If All True THE WEATHEIl Tonight and Tuesday snd Tuesday U t . - winds. . . x H - "V Sunday: ' ,r" ' rleans SI j ratr; genua nortnwesteriy - Maximum Temperatures Portland 70 New Orleans I . Chicago 70 New York... to Los Angeles. 83 St. Paul..,.. 76 '"; VOL. XVIIT ' NO '151 BIDS I tG PARADE ' ' land's Labor Day Demon- .: nation Largest Ever Seen in Ity; Many Bands-Participate. If ' : " I iiiform of Army and Navy Is Scattered "Throughout Ranks; Banners Express Sentiments. Marshalled ranks of stalwart men, j th here and there a group of " 'men workers, their measured steps hoing to the music of numerous rids,, marched through Portland sets this morning, while thousands i spectators witnessed the largest id most pretentious demonstration t .' labor's human element yet at- npted In Portland. . Scattered throughout the concourse 1 re tollers late from the battlefield. iv irlng the flag they lately fought for. 1 leading the way for comrades of the , -p and factory, whose demands, ex- 4 ssed on many banners, were a cam: i gn fop organised labor In themselvQ $j lbyr'aday In Portland had brillianT 4v Jtion. And lator made the most or. Sli day, casting the dally toils into the fard and responding in multitudes not f ! ' to participate in the biggest parade fii;.' h history of organised labor in ,f. dand, but to take part in the many f vltleit that Labor day brought forth. . elr blue 'denims or clean white uni blending with the oonservative "day best" of the workingmen '. and f a?'", a certain dignl'ty was added, to pi demonstration of column upon n nn of oreaniied worker, reuresent- with. thousands ttf persons in line, four score pt labor unions, repre- ,'(;-iuv oi -the reading crarts of the i triotism and labor-propaganda. ex- ;, T -sed upon the banners carried by the ?Tachers. combined their colors to make lu(lel yob Put Thr. Cohtmn Four) ' arder of- Gdop lsteryjtBlackmail theory Is Dropped U ashville, Tenn., Sept;, x. t u. P.) Po ig today admitted they have made .- V headway toward solving the mys ft." :of the mnrder' of Kobln, 3. Cooper, 'Be body was found in Richland B k Saturday. The theory that Cooper . t have been the victim of a black In, plot was weakened when police to ..gp' denied thoir earlier story, that .,jer had drawn $10,000 from bis bank that the. money was missing. , . vestigatlon. showed, police eald, that ler shortly' before he started on his rulr automobile cide with a stranger Thursday, had made a note for X but that he took only $200 of this, tng the remainder to his credit ineral services, for Cooper will be today In Christ church, with Bishop . r officiating. iator Falls 100 y'eet Into Otfean; jp .Rescued Uninjured ;j3 Francisco. SeptI. (U. P.) A. Bonalle, former British army aviator, ag for the Varney Seaplane com . f ny, fell 100 feet into the ocean while ing a short distance ahead oi the line f. Pacif to fleet ships at 11 a. in. today. dat guard launches rescued Bonalle, 9 was not injured. His machine was lied ashore, a wreck. Anti-Bolshevist 'a I ft er Is ft By Isaac Don Le vine cUl Ctyrntpoadenea to Th-. Journal nd The Chicago IHj.N"w. T.rightf9lVS5' Chicago Dally New Co.) Stockholm, .' S yr e d e n, July 3. era .are no anti-Bolshevist news- ioer pttbllshed In soviet Russia. d there ia,' la addition, a military 4 iorhip. mb " drastic as any pro ; ed by th war in 'Western Europe. rtising control . over the Bolshe- mi t ... flv in Moscow.. They are, the offl . organs of the Bolshevist party, of Soviets, of th supreme economic ncil and of the Red army. There more than 30(i daily newspapers in 1 soviet republic. After the coming .be Bolshevikl Into power, the free f ss of' the country was made to feel . t j proletariat. ' Nevertheless, it put up 1 ratl.flffbt for U elntPnr-B It tnnV ' at ven nifontha of continuous struggle on tba . part , ot th soviet government to -c-'ush the opposition press. the Tast of the non-Bolshevist papers ; wplre was Maxim Gorky's New Uf - tu Kusia No-aia 2hirn which waged r1entlesr warfare against Bolshevist titles. Next to the last to die .was .! .4 J'etrograd Day, which apeclaltsed . tx posing . the corruption of certain ?L4:el.TM : editor; and pub lap By Russian encond-cita Muter THOUSANDS IN PORTLAND'S PARADE OF LABOR SYMBOLICAL of principles for which organized labor stands, hosts of workers in Portland joined today in mass pageant through the streets. Photographs show marchers making up alignment in readiness for procession. Above, at left, section partially formed at Twelfth and Jefferson streets; at right, blending the Star - Spangled Banner with the standard of ; labor. Below, grand marshal's automobile at head of pageant; distributing banners to marchers. - IRON HAND GRIPS v DlIL!Ii Oil UMHUn Jl vJ)AWlv . w.: - n:Fzfu.i Minister of Defense Noske Finds Way to Keep Railroads Going Without Strike.' Berlin, Aug 31. Minister of De fense Noske continues to treat labor troubles and" revolutionary attempts witt a hand of iron. At the first sign, of an outbreak he declares mar tial law. Realizing that railroad service dominates everything lelse'Itf economic importance, he has an nounced' th following standing or ders to apply as soon as martial law Is tfcclared: "All railroad employes-unable, Jo pro duce absolute proof of physical disabil ity are forbidden : "First To quit work. "Second To remain away from their posts. f "Third To refuse to obey orders. "Fourth To change their work with out the express approval of their' su periors. "All persons are forbidden to attempt by word of mouth, by literature, procla mations or propaganda of any sort whatever, to induce railroad employes lo quit work, remain away from work, refuse orders or change their work with out Ui consent of their supporters. "Violations of these orders will be punished with prison sentences not to exceed one year." Airplane Damaged in Making Bad Lauding at An exhibition airplane flight at Co lumbia Beach Sunday afternoon ended badly whe?i a plane carrying Major R. P. Jones of the Vancouver barracks made a false landing, damaging the plane. No one was injured. According to former First Lieutenant of Air Serv ice Pearson, who was to have driven the plane for a local motor car company, an overseas lieutenant named Waugh drove the plane. Another officer said that Pearson flew with Jones, allowing the major to drive. Jones had , never driven a plane before according (jo the officer. Tolerated Usher of the deceased Day told me his own story, as follows : OPPOSED THE BOLSHEVIK! "The Den Russian for day-was not a party organ, but it stood practically on the platform of the Menshevist So cialists, holding that the time for social j revoM0" is not yet and that Russia is not ripe for any such process. We (f'cncluded on Page Two, Column Three) Levine's Letters From Russia Isaac Don Levine, special cor respondent of The Journal and the Chicago Daily News, is writ ing In Stockholm an absorbingly interesting series of letters on the Bolshevikl and Soviet rule in Russia. Beginning with the ar ticle on this page today, Mr. Le vine will tell THE TR U T H ABOUT RUSSIA. It is a first hand, unbiased account of mod ern Russia, based on extended nd careful study of conditions there. ' Soviets '.PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING,- nrg '. ,mlMF: i'i nil iini in iii'iiiH!i ; luLiiLiiML am ib ! Af f ecti on ate Farewel I Is xten d e d Commander After Two Years Spent in France. - By John T. Parkerson Brest, Sept. 1. (I. N. S.) Amongst the plaudits of the French and the "affectionate farewells of his" officers and doughboys. General John J. Pershing, commander in chief of the American expeditionary force in France, sailed for the United States today after a stay in France of over two years. A squadron of warships in the har bor fired . a salute as the Leviathan, with General Pershing' and a number of other American soldiers on board, moved from her moorings' and steamed slowly towards the open sea. 4 ; Among the last of the noted persons to say farewell to. the American commander-in-chief was Marshal Foch, gen eralissimo of the allied armies. Marshal Foch had motored fr6m his farm to Brest and held a . lengthy con versation th General Pershing before the transport sailed. General Pershing thanked the French (Concluded on Paj Thirteen, Column Fie) Warehouses Bulge With Sugar Down on Cuban Plantations New York, Sept. 1. M. N. SJ) While American sugar refiners are predicting a serious sugar Bhortage in the United States this winter and higher prices. Cuba's vast storage houses are liter ally bursting with a surplus of that commodity, according to William E. Gonsales, American minister to Cuba, who arrived here today from Havana on the Monterey. "Though labor conditions in Cuba are very bad now' said Mr. Gonzales, "there is an abundance of sugar in that country. The warehouses Sre fairly bursting "with a surplus. I can see no reason why there should be a shortage in this country. "If the United States ' wouIJ send ships to Cuba they could bring back enough sugar to more than fill the de mands of this country." German-Japanese-Russiari Alliance Looms on Horizon Detroit. Mich.. Sept 1. U. P.) A German-Japanese-ftussian alliance threatens unless the blockade against Russia Is abandoned. Gregory Seilberg, secretary to the ministery of labor under Kerensky, said here today. SeilbergU' said Russia, must nave the tools or liu dustry, and that Japan and Germany are making overtures to furnish them. "An alliance of Germany, Rubs! a and. Japan is inevitable unless we are en abled to buy American goods." Seilberg said. i v . .. , ., ,::;., : : SUSPENSION OF -STRIKES' IS SUGGESTED JKW YORK, Set. 1. (U. P.) - Suspension of strikes for a period of six months, or for such lime as President Wilson may require to reuee. the high cost of living, was urfeod in a report made public today by the cost of living- committee of the New York State Federation of Labor. In making its recommenda tions, which arc suggested for adoption by the American Fed eration of Liabor and labor unions generally throughout the coun try, the committee also proposed that no new strikes be called dur ing the six months' period, ex cept those that may be necessary to relieve workers of "intoler able oppression." The state fed eration would decide if any of the strikes now pending should be continued. Increased production, along the same lilies that prevailed J during the war, and support of the president in his efforts to lower prices also are urged by the committee". SHIPS COLLIDE IN EOG; ONE UPSETS Undamaged Vessel Rescues Crew of Other and Tows, Hull Into Golden Gate. San Francisco, Sept. 1. (U. P.) The Richardson company's steamer TJnimack and the Union Lumber company's steamer Helen P. Drew collided off Duxbury Reef eaj-fer to day. T The Unimack, which is a small steam schooner carrying about 230,000 feet of lumber, capsized. The Drew was not seriously damaged and was able not only to rescue all of the crew of the Unimack but to place a line aboard he and around noon towed the capsized hulk into San Francisco bay. j It is believed the Unimack can; be re paired and made seaworthy again, in a comparatively short time. t. So far it has not been established what caused the collision further than that it occurred during a heavy fog1. Gen, Smuts Invited To Organize Cabinet Johannesburg, Aug! 31. (U. P.) Gen eral Christiii Smuts, commander of the South AfricajV forces during the war. has accepted an invitation to' form a new cabinet la tlx Union ot South Africa, - - - SEPTEMBER l; 1919. TWENTY PAGES HOUSEWIVES WILL lEETlTUE Proposal Made 'That Question of Rents Be Discussed; Market Issue Still Rife. Housewives of Portland will meet for their third weekly mass meeting at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Library hall, and the high cost of liv ing, refreshed by a week's rest, will be ready to do them battle. Rent and apartment house problems will, it is understood, be discussed at the meeting upon a motion expected from the floor. Mrs. F. O. Northrup, chairman of the executive committee of five, does not believe, however, that the meeting is ready to leave the question of the public market- "We must finish lip one thing before tackling anything else," she said this morning. OKDINANCE BEING DEAFTED The new pubjic market ' ordinance drafted by the committee of five will not be ready for presentation to the council Wednesday, according to, Mrs. Xorthrup. "The ordinance must be in proper shape before we submit it," she said, "Possibly it will be ready by the latter part of this week." I: is understood that the new organ ization of producers who sell on the public market v ill be represented at the mass meeting and may make proposals for resolution. Meanwhile activities of the federal fau- price committee are postponed until Wednesday evening, when the commit tee will hold its usual public session in the grand jury room of the central post office. The subject of shoes will be in vestigated. WHERE IS PItOFITt "The shoe situation is of great In terestT said Mrs. George W. McMath of the committee, who has just returned irom Seattle, where she attended a meet ing of the state board of vocational education. "And we expect to heat some startling things. We know, for instance, that raw hides sell for 8$ cents a pound, and that it requires just one pound of hides to make the heaviest pair of women's shoes on the marked So we begin with the knowledge that the trouble is not with the packer. Wheri It is. we propose to find out." , Seattle's federal fair price committed is working along other lines than Portf land's, according to Mrs. McMath. Thi committee there limits Its activities ti investigating complaints of profiteering brought In by the public. j Public sessions of the committee Thursday and Friday nights will deal lespecttvely with groceries and ice, an4 witlr a continuation of the hearing on clothing. The question of rents, will b4 dealt with in the near future. Greece's Plan for Control of Thrace Rejected in Paris Paris, Sept. 1. (L N. S.) The counf cil tof five eomDleted the Bulgarian treaty today with the exception of that part affecting Thrace, which was res- served for settlement later. The plan of settlement for the Thrace situation proposed by M. Venlselos,-representing Greece, ; was rejected by the council.1 j llDDCCinCMTl II ISLUIULIJI P il l I 0 I T UHLLfl II Request of Lodge for Details of 4 Treaties Now Being Nego tiated Branded as Interference Executive Likewise Decline's to Give Data on Pay of Allied Sol diers in Ar,my of Occupation. Washington, Sept. 1. (U. P.) President Wilson has declined to give the foreign relations committee any I1IOL1V1I " ... i treaties still being negotiated in Tans with Austria, Turkey, Hungary and Bulgaria. The president, in a letter to Senator Lodge, made public today, indicated that he resented the committee's request for such information as an attempt to inter fere with the executive function of treaty making. HINT MAT BE THREAT Lodge', in reply, disclaimed any such intention by the committee and hinted that the president's refusal to give the information might delay the treaty with Germany. The president also declined to give the committee an official copy of the decla ration of June 15, regarding payment for allied armies of occupation in Germany, on the gxounel tbat its publication mijiht prove embarrassing to the allies. Lodge retorted that the declaration n;as given to the Erit jli house of commons and made public in Kngland July 4 and was re-published in the Congressional Rec ord. POLISH TREAT! GIVE" The Polish treaty and an agreement regarding the occupation of the Rhine territories, which the committee also requested, the president said he would be glad to give them. He complied with this part of the request by sending -the I wo documents to. the senate last Fri day. The president's letter to Lodge fol lows : v" AHow me 16 acknowledge the receipt of your letter of August 23 and to say tOoclQded on rc Thre. Column One) L BEGIN WEDNESDAY Tuesday Will Be Spent in Regis tration and Assignment to Classes; Many Changes. School begins Tuesday morning upon the stroke of 8:45 a. m. Teachers and pupils have been swarming into the city the last few days from vacations spent here and there and yonder, and now comes the serious task of getting back once more to the problems of the school room. Tuesday will be spent in registration and the assignment work, after which the children will be dismissed for the remainder of the day, actual work com mencing Wednesday. Thirty-seven new portables have been built and two more are in the process of construction to -are for ' the Increased number of children. Additional rooms, have also been created through modifica tions made In a number ot the school buildings. Everything is In readiness, except for a few teachers who haven't 'yet found their rooms for the year, for the open ing of school Tuesday. New Municipal Aviation Field Is Ready for Use Broomfield, aviation field, the new municipal landing place, will be opened for use Tuesday, City Commissioner Pier announced today. A tract' 150 by 3000 feet has been prepared for landing purposes, and work of installation of equipment will proceed this week. The field and equipment will be en tirely completed by September 20, Com missioner I'ier beliives, and will be capable of caring fori all machines that may come to Portland. . Repair facili ties will not be immediately installed at the field, although hangars, oil, gasoline and other necessities are among the con templated equipment Cycle Skids and , Rider Is Hurled Under an Auto Harold McKern, 26. 846 Multnomah street, motorcycla rider, was taken to the Goodj Samaritan hospital Sunday aftemeon in an unconscious condition as a result of m collision at ; East Elev enth and Stark streets witi an auto- ! mobile driven- by. W. H. HUL College street ported the accident, said McKern's motorcycle skidded when he tried to stop and - threw, hint under the other machine. ' " ras PRICE TWO 14 Cars of Seaside Train Leave Rails Near St. Helens; No One Is Injured Officials Expect to Have Track Cleared This Afternoon for Heavy Traffic. St. Helens, Sept. 1. It was by the merest good luck that the westbound Aetoria-Clatsop Beach limited, on the P. & S., was not hurled off the high trestle over Merrill creek, one and one half miles west of Deer Is land, this morning. An axle on the forward truck of the locomotive ten der broke, evidently while the train ( was crossing this trestle. Engineer Helgeson threw on the emergency brakes, stopping the train in 300 j yards. Every car left the "rails, but J the heavy coaches bumped along on the ties, instead of dropping 35 feet, ;ts they would have done had they left the right of way. As it was. no -..111 V. A . . . . . . out of commission for at least four days. Passengers were transferred around the wreck this afternoon, it being necessary to walk some 200 yards. Slow speed alone prevented a prob able disastrous passenger train wreck on the Spokane, Portland & Seattle railway this morning, when the entire 14 cars of the Astoria-Clatsop Beach lim ited were derailed near F)eer Island at !' :30 o'clock. No person v. a A, Injured in the derailment, according to railroad re ports. While traveling at less than twenty miles an hour at the point of the acci dent, which is about five miles beyond St. Helens, the biiggaae- coach behind the engine lurched from ' the tracks and was followed by the other 13 cars. Including coaches-and parlor cars. Clatsop Limited No. 29 left Portland on time this morning at t :30 o'clock. It was traveling light, as few passengers were going to the beaches. Most of the Uonqr train was being drawn to Astoria to. De usea in accommonaung ine crowas expected to return to Portland this eve ning. Messages received by the local offices of the railroad company this morning say that , the crew Is at a loss' to ex plain the cause of the derailment. The engine drawing the train remained on the track but the balance of the train was. ditched. . . '"' Arrangements wert' made immediately to transfer all passengers until the wreck is cleaned up, which will likely be. according to statements of officials, late this afternoon. No serious damage was reported to the track, although the ties.' are cut for a dtance of several hundred yards. BAKER IS SILENT ON SPRUCE SALE No Decision Comes From Secre tary of War Regarding Auction of Property Tomorrow. At noon today no decision had been transmitted by Secretary of War Baker regarding the $2Q, 000,000 sale of spruce production properties ad vertised to occur in Portland Tues day. . The majority of' the congressional sub committee charged with investigating! expenditures for the production Of air craft material telegraphed the secretary of war last night asking him to annul the arrangements for the sale. The representation., was that estimates had been made so low that amounts received would be far below the true salvage value of the properties. It was also said at noon that no bids had been received for the property and this fact was charged to the discourag ing and disorganizing effect of the spruce investigation. Spruce Inqut5Hrs Returning Newport, Sept. 1. The congressional subcommittee, consisting of Chairman James. A. Frear, Walter W; McGee and Clarence K Lea. arose at 6 :30 o'clock Sunday morning and left soon after ward to continue their Inspection of work relating to their investigation of the U. S. army spruce production divi sion. The committee returned .to New port at 6 :30 Sunday4 night, visiting Ya quina bay Jetties on their way. They declined to make a statement. They will leave for Portland today. Chevrolet Truck and Car Deliver Sunday Journal in Astoria Astoria and Seaside readers of The Journal were highly appreciative of the service that placed copies ot yesterday's Sunday Journal in . their hands in the middle of the morning, several hours ahead b'f the receipt of any other paper. Shortly, after 2 o'clock Sunday morn ing a Chevrolet truck from the Fields Motor Car company, loaded with city editions of The Sunday. Journal, and driven by D. B. Du Bols, accompanied by the Chevrolet special car, driven by "Bill"' Grout, with pavid Hi Smith cir culation manager of The Journal, as passenger, left The Journal building bound for Astoria and Seaside, Both truck, and car performed with dispatch, speeding through the night over roads, ; good, bad and Indifferent The absence of road signs denoting de tour near Kalnier misled the drivers, who -took the road to Jewel, reaching their, destination, by way of Olney : on the inside route, . . , ON TRAINS AND NIW( STANDS riVf CENT ELC01E 10 FLEET San' Francisco Bay Transformed Into Bedlam as Giants of U. S. Navy Steam by Great Throngs. Army and Navy Planes Dot Air While Secretary Daniels Re views Parade From the Oregon. San Francisco, Sept. 1. (I. N. S.) The mighty Tuclflc fleelj was re viewed here today. Secretary of ths Navy Daniels, accompanied by many dignitaries of the West, standing on the decks of the famous battleship Oregon, officially watched the fifty odd vessels pass in formation before him. Guns from each cf the larger ships boomed the official, palate- of 9 guns to the secretary of the navy, atid as "gobs" and bjfrer "feobs" their officers stood at attention, the Oregon respond-- 1 ed, as the New Mexico paused In the lead, with the 17 gun salute "lri lienor cf Admiral Hujh Hodman, commanding the fleet. The din was terrific. WESTERN WELCOME OFFERED Army planes an navy planes, circling nltove the fleet and in and about the line of single formation, paid tribute as well. Cleaving the morning mist of Knn Kranclsco bay, they flew long before the official review commenced. Black dotted hills attested the wel come of citizens generally. From far out along the line of the peninsula lo the Golden Gate and on the hills ot the city proper, hundreds of thousands of people gathered to give that whole hearted community welcome that alone marks the spirit of the West. tilAXT DREAD5ALGHTS SEEN First the formidable and mlghdp New Mexico steamed past the portals ' of the bay. Then, at intervals ofr600 yards, came the Idaho, her sister ship: the Mississippi, the Texas, : the Arkansas ud . the Wyoroing all super-dread- T'naClftiW,'4 - Seven hundred yards distant appeared (Concluded on I'lt Thirteen. Goluma Si Sunday Showers Clear Smoke From Atmospherej Cooler ', , Weather Follows. CENTS 0 U S 6 RAINFALL CHECKS FIRES IN FOREST "Can it be?" - ' ;. v f Every Portlander put his hand out.", : before him Sunday morning. Then he felt his fingers. "Rain?" .. ' Showers were heavy In the early forenoon and the clouds did not' break-"' until late In the afternoon. ' It was ' said at the forest service today that Sunday's rain was beneficial hi that it allowed the fire fighters a r better - ' chance to' work ion the fires,' besides . checking the flames materially. - Unless the weathef turns off hot and dry again it is believed the situs- - . tlon will not again become acute, i- . Total rainfall for the three months ending August 81. was 1.24 Inches. The summers of 1883, 1886, 1893, 1895 and i. 1511, were dryer during the same period. ? July 28 was thr last time the weather . man marked down enough rainfall to be , -1 counted and that ws only .10 of an Inch. '" barely enough to settle the dust, The total for August is .03 and that divided , among two days. There was -17of in .' Inch Jn July, .28 In June and 1.9 in May. ; . Last year was dry, too, but August had a total of .6 of an Inch rainfall,." 20 times that recorded fd! the past' month. July. 1918, showed June only .03 and May, 1.19. - ; Socialists Split; t" Kival Conventions , Now on in Chicago Chicago, Sept. l.(I. N. a) The third session of the international Koc'al 1st convention opened today with two conventions instead of one in progress. The left wing, or radical element, has 4 severed all connection with the Socialist. party and reorganised Into . a. "com muntet party, and ia holding its con vention on the floor above that occupied -by the remainder of the Socialist dele gates of the right, or conservative wing. ' in Machinists' hall, Margaret Prehy of . Ohio is presiding over the naw Conven tion and Edward Owens of Illinois . is . ' performing the secretarial duties. .Upon , organisation the Communist party in vited the I. W. W. and all other revolu tionary bodies to join the' organisation. Business Suspends; TailorsiLocked ; Out Los Angejes, Sept (U. .) The . walkout of 900 tailors from tailoring e- ' tablishments throughout the city . U to- day a lockout. Members of the Ijos An geles Merchant Tailors' exchange .Have locked their doors and business has been; suayeaded indefinitely. 4 1! . ! ' ti -I . ...' . 1 ' . I- t I ft -4 4 A -a I r r - V 5 a .J