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NOW PLAYING . "The most tremendous tale of love and . adventure ever filmed." Shows start at 2 p.m., 4p.m., 7 p.m., 9 p.m. Come Early Capacity Alt Yesterday Y YE LIBERTY agaCnst him. receiyed. Hfs ? perch was well GF.IIM AX Ann lIK XOT CLEAR FAKI, June- 12. The altitude of the (German delegation in signing the treaty is not clear because the delegates as yet are unaware of the exact nature of the instrument they are called upoa o ratify, owing to the Conflicting earlier reports on the extet of the modifications accorded them. The French believe that neither the present delecati jn nor the present a,ovrnir.ent will isn but theyi look for the Immediate 'instal lation of a radical socialist adminis tratijoa which will accept the treaty. ,j EARLY VOTE ON KNOX RESOLUTION SOUGHT ' '(Continued from Page 1.) 51 ALLIES IN ACCORD ON REPLY TO HUNS (Continued from page 1) ,to the council is explained by , the ifact that his government must be given an opportunity for full con currence if full adherence is expect fed. His entry Into the council meet- new: SHOW TODAY Watch for Saturday's tW BIG Vaudeville High Theatre Ingi today necessitated re-arraneine inei entitfe reply; articles by article The conditions for the admission of Germany to the league of nations embodied in the report of Lord Cecil and Colonel House are: it irst, establishment of a stable government. ; 'I Second, signing' of the treaty of peace. , , , Third, Jl6yal eqecution of the peace treaty. - A proposed fourth condition, fela tive to Germany's abolishing compul sory military service, was finally omitted' :on Premier -Clemenceau's suggestion. It was considered that the treatyf sufficiently .provided for Germany? -disarmament. ; 4 j" i: - r rt " i" 1 1 , ,? ' socuiist defexos TEllSiS v VEIDMAR, . June 12.-Edi atd Bernstein,, the independent socialist leader, startled the majority socialist convention here today by declaring that the peace conditions, arose from FESTIVAL QUEEN SPONSORS SHIP Thousands Witness Launch ing as Feature of Portland Rose Show oiv the resolution this week. When ih.e measure comes up the firstjof the week its supporteis will try io press it to aa early vote so that! if adopted it will, reach the VenaiUes conference before the sign ing 6f the treaty. The league sup porters are expected to make a bitter fight against any such action. While they! disclaim any intention to con duct' a filibuster they say they will not permit a vote. until the resolution has been discussed at length. DEBATE DELAYS ACTION j (Continued from page 1) than! 500.000 acres of land hai been purchased j near Camp Benning, Go., at a- cstj of about $7,0l0.000 for a small arms practice field even though a! similar field existed at Fortj Sill, Okla. He characterized this j as a "criminal misuse of the government's money which should be considered the same as embez zlement." y . ;. h , j Abuse Lhargm Passed. Rapreseatative McKenzIe, Repulj lican. of Illinois, aste:ted that this wis jonly one of numerous "flag rant i abuses." ' i - : Democrats replied to the charges by declaring that they were as much without foundation as other charge which thej majority party; had; been making. I ' "Evidently the Republicans have not taken) Into: consideratioa." de clared Representative Lever of South Carolina, "that the war department is saving the government ty going ahead and pu-rhasin? tracts of land for which it already has spent largo sums for options or improvements. Judgement must be used; to deter mine; whether it would be economi cally! wlae ! to abandon the rroperty Of -go ahead and acquire the title of it,': : ; . : : .r.;.. TELEGRAPH STRIKE 1 LEADERS ENCOURAGED j (Continued from page 1) ! ' past the Western Union offices. Ua- Hi; w'T - ion oiiiciais cmiuuicu urrc -nvir j wciw uaiu auu'Dvuic nrre ; ua- bearable The audience, shouted in protest and Gustav Xoske, minister of, de fense, and fllerr Bauer asked about eastern (Germany, whereupon Herr Bernstein replied to the. amazement of the asemblyr - - "If we; follow the map, as ; It Is governed by language we will see it follows, with a few exceptions,' the lljes set by the entente.'' . j Philipp Scheidemann, the chancel lor, made-an address in which he ignored niost of the criticisms aimed Route your freight Via Willamette Valley Transfer Co. Express service at freight rates- :. " Long distance hauling Wly. - 4 Phone 1400 f" " " TT"99 Colossal ,r7fe WW !! lllllill 1 'I !i1 iPCT'lli PI iiil H lli'lirtl Mountain I ff mm JimpSp ; fil nearly 00 of them. Messenger to the number of 200 are on strike la Chicago, i ! . KAiiiKOAiw ru-:iK;K support TO STRIKING WIRK OPKR.TORS DENVER. Coloi; June! 12. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. in triennial session here today, pledged their support to the strike pf the Commercial Teleg raphers Union Of America. ' ; Officials : of the brotherhood an aouneed that messages sent to Pres ident! Wilson, the premier of Canada and the speaker of the house of rep resentatives at Washington by wire yesterday were not sent ov& the lines ' of either the Western Union or of. the Postal telegraph com panies; j ; PORTIJ.ND. Or.. June 12. Mrs Guy ,M. Porter, victory rose festi val goddess, stood sponsor today at the launching of the SSOO-ton steel steamship Borlestown. last of a fleet of 17 to be put over at the shipyard of the Albina Engine and Machine works for the government. . Thou sands of visitors thronged the yards the attendance being the largest ever present at a launching here. Tonight at them uniclpal auditor ium a "festival sing" was held, with a; chorus of 500 voices joining in pa triotic songs. Earlier in the day a naval and military- parade, a baby show for oriental infants only, and a repetition of the flying circus by ar my airplanes were features. Tomor row the festival win come to its cli bax with the holding or the floral parade, the Portland classic. REBEL FORCES SURROUND CITY Juarez Still in Hands of . Government Troops After Day of Anxiety WASHINGTON'. June 12. The Mexican embassy made public late today the following telegram from the Mexican consul general at El Paso. Texas: ,' . "The city of Juarez quiet; not a single Villista follower has approach ed the city and reports of fights and skirmishes given out by the press are entirely false. Main body of band its under Villa and Angeles are over 30 miles south of the city of Jua rez and in po condition to attack." JUAREZ. Mexico. Jane 12. Af ter a day of anxletr Juarez is still In the hands of the forces of the ieaerai government. Rebel troops are repotted t on three sides of the town at distaacea variously est limit ed at rrom two to twenty mile, the latter estimate being that of the federal commander. General Fran ciseo Gonzales. . Several times during the day theie have been reports .that the rebels were coming which caused a scur rying iadoors but each lime the re port proved false. The military authorities are ret icent about the whereabouts of the rebels but the general belief s that to the east of Juarez they are jus, beyond rille range of the federal trenches. This belief U cojflrmd ly observe: with field glasses who watched- dust clouds moving from the southeast indicating the pres ent of a considerable force of mount ed men. Five hundred federal cavalry also left in that direction only this morn ing had not returned up to eight o'clock tonight, but General Gon zales says he has been in constant touch with them through runncr3. WINNIPEG STRIKE IS VELL IN HAND tion in part payment to the United States food administration grain cor poration for American flour shipped to Bulgaria. The original charge was made in a statement by the of ficial Information bureau of the king dom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. American Athletes in Paris for Inter-Allied Contests PARIS. June 12. Flftylfive track and field athletes have just arrived from America for the Inter-allied games to be held in Pershing stadi um at Joinville-Le-Pont, near Paris. June 22 to July 6. - These arrivals Increase the ie of the American track team to such an extent that elimination trials will be necessary to select the three men to compete in each evnt. These trials will be held at Coloubes, probably on July 19. , The Dumanian rugby football team entered foi; the games will play . . ! r . . a practice game wim ine Aiueiu Rugby squad Sunday. To Administer Fuel Even After Peace Is Declared SEATTLE. June 12. A plan has been worked out by the federal fuel administration "to administer fuel" after peace is declared, which has the approval of President Wllson- said a statement Issued tonight oy Dr. Harry A. Garfield, fuel admin istrator. The statement was Issued through the office of David N hit comb, former executive secretary of the fuel administration, upon return today, Mr. Whitcomb with Dr. and Mrs. Garfiedl. his guests, from a trip to Rainier National park. Dr. and Mrs. Garfield leave for Washington. D. C, tomorrow. The statement aid: "With the actual coming of peace the federal fuel administration ceas es to exist. I hope, however, that BERGER HEARING COMES TO HALT Milwaukee Editor Asks Time to Prepare Evidence to Meet Ctarges WASHINGTON. Juae 12. After Milwaukee Leader editorials which led to the indictment of Victor Ber-. ger for violation , of the espionage act. had been put Into the record today, the house special elections etmnittee. iaveUigating hla right to a seat in the bouse, adjourned bearings until July 7. Adjournment ws taken at Mr. Berger'a request In order to tive him opportunity to prepare evtdenco to meet charges of ineligibility. Hen ry F. Cocbem. counsel for Uerrer. asked the committee to put Imme diately before the house his chal lenge to Its Jurisdiction. . With the editorials frjm the Lead er, Harry R. McLogan. counsel for Joseph P. Caraey, who contesting the election, submitted the national socialist party platform, partly framed by Mr. Rerger and which showed, he contended, that the, mem ber elect from the fifth Wisconsin district bad given aid and comfort to the enemy by attempting to ob struct the operation of the American machinery of war. discussion ot social problem sad laoiisnmeni vi prrmaneni research commutes to investigate all of social and Industrial life. The conference voted to send Kn. erend O. ;H. McGIll of Seattl to extend the greetings of the mov. tuent o 'JV American fedriUoa of labor 14 Atlantic city. FORGER USES PRISON PRESS 1 I - Then Army Uentenant Malts Escape and Cashes in on Bogus Warrants Tacoma Metal Trades Accept New Agreement TACOMA. Wasth.. Juae 12. The proposed working and wage agree ment which the Pacific .Coast Metal Trades district council will present to the coast shipbuilders July 15 to supplant the present Macy award was accepted by the Tacoma Metal Trades council tonight and referred ther ewill be a plan, not to continue ' to its affiliated locals tor like ae the fuel administration, but to con tinoe to administer fuel a part of a general plan under which the gov ernment shall continue something of that Intimate relation with industry which was created during the war. Such a plan we have worked out and it has received the approval of the president." - i NEW YQRK. Juje 12. Sentenced to serve 4i years in -Fort LeavV worth pron for overstaying tu leave. Rflph Vaserbers. an army lieutenant j used the presses of ti prison printlnr shop to forge blxrk treasury warrants and Ihej estapei In a major's uniform aaJ cathel these fo-gcrjes throughout the eoam. try. secret? service men told UniteJ States Counisslonr Hitchcock to day when j Vaserbers; waa 'arraigned before hiBii The prisoner's horn is In suburb of Pittsburgh. He vu held for a hearing next week on a chargr of forcing" add passlLg get. ernment aecurltis. 12 Men Arrested for Part in Counterfeiting Scheme Dredge Natoma Back on Job After Rescue from Harbor LET'S GO! Canadian Pacific ; for that VACATION TRIP Take the Yalryland- Trail to the East through the Canadian Pacific Rockies. SUMMER EXCURSIONS TO ALASKA Ry the -Prince Line Steamers. Trains Etfamers-Hotels All Canadian pacific Standard .; - None Better .1 t , For rates, dates and other information - apply to e, e. penn; , General Agent Passenger Dept. ; Tv. Third St., Portland, Ore. ... (fcANOUkxjf ASTORIA, Or., Juns 1,2. The last chapter In the historyf of the sinking of the dredge Natoma com menced today when the craft went hack ! to work after being rescued from a watery grave and overhauled for action. 1 j The dredge which belongs to the port of Astoria, was sunk' in the wa ters of the Columbia while tied up to the port pier for repairs. How the accident happened s unknown. The engineers of the port immedi ately i began the construction of a cofferdam around the sunken dredge and have several weeks the water was pumped out. The dredge rose t - the surface and was set afloat. The cofferdam was salvaged and the dredge; floated out of its cage. At the present the Natoma has been overhauled j and is. at work dredging out the site of its own cof ferdam. As soon as this is complet ed, the dredge will be started on the program' of ; port Improvement which has been autlraed for her for a five years period. ' Tax on Wilson's Ranch by Man in Prison Is Refunded LOS ANGELES, June 12. F. Ray Groves, secretary! of the Democratic state central committee, j issued a 'ttnent here tonight that C. R. Stibbins, tax collector 'of Riverside county, oa the request of Groves, had refunded to George A. Fox. held in the, Loa Angeles county jail fol lowing conviction of obtaining mon ey by false pretenses, 137.21 which For had paid as taxes n ranch property belonging to President W1I soj. The property is located near Riverside, It was about to be sold for delinquent taxes when Fox paid the amount due. ! " " ! ' Groves characterized Fox's action as a "regrettable effort, to detract from the president's dignity."' and said that Joseph, P. Tumulty, sec retary to the president, t when he wired the president's thanks to Fox. was "doubtless misled as to Fox's Identity" by Fox having givn his address as ?care of the sheriff's of fice. 1 The ; taxes have' been paid by Secretary Tuniulty. Groves said. Resumption of Streetcar Traffic Chief Concern of Authorities WINNIPEG. June 12. Senator Gideon Robertson, federal minister Lor labor, arrived today and it was intimated at citizens' . committee headquarters that he is armed with wide authority In connection with th strike situation. .Strike issues occupied minor po- siiioj in the scheme of things today. The beginning of the fifth week of Winnipeg's general sympathetic strike was devoted to the celebration of the return of the 78th grenadier battalion and the twelfth field am bulance corps f ram the battlefield of France. - fThe chief concern of the civic au thorities Is the resumption of street car service, paralyzed for more than four weeks. Although It has beea definitely declared by. Mayor Charts F. Giay and other official that cars would operate today. It was decided to - postpone action until ways and means could be thoroughly discussed A reward of $300 was offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of persons' who assaulted Corporal Frederick G. Coppins. Vic toria Cross hero, last Tuesday while on duty as a special constable. Oae hundred dollars will be paid for con viction of any 'other Vcrson who threw missiles during the rioting. 'Union officials refused to com ment on the t;legrams sent by R. P. Russell, one of the strike leaders to western - Canadian cities where strikes are in progress to the effect that tbre was a possibility of the railway brotherhoods striking soon.' Bulgarian Refutes Charge Opium Stolen from Serbs WASHINGTON. June 12. The Bulgarian minister, Stephen Panare torr. In an official statement today refuted the charge that fifteen tons of medicinal opium recently arrived In New Tork was loot from the Ser bian poppy fields now being placed on the American market' by agents of the Bulgarian government The opium. Minister. Tanaretorr said. Js owned by Bulgarian mer chants 'who bought It from produc tion. The agreemont was drawn np at the recent Oakland convention and has been tent to every trades coun cil on the coast for action, it was stated. It is hoped by its drafters to be put Into effect July 21 and standardizes tbe work now- being done by shipbuilding crafts with the hop of, minimdzijg dliputea and carries a minimum wage of 80 cents an hour with a slldln; scale upward. KANSAS CITY, June 12. A plot to circulate fraudulent government warrants, which had bee a printed on the prison press at the Leaven worth federal penitentiary, was un covered by secret serviie "men in the Kansas City bureau. It was stat ed by officials tonight and it was added that 12 men had already been arrested, including Vaserbnrg. who is being Questioned in New York. Other arrests are . expected within the next few -days, it was said. ) Charges of counterfeiting were made against the 1 men In war-L CLEVELAND. rant lsuped today ry rrvd Robert son. United States district attorney for Kansas. The aggregate of checks printed is said by government officials hcie to be .$60,000,000. mostly In de- TACOMA COPPERSMITHS STRIKE TACOMA. Wash.. June 12. Cop persmiths working at the Todd ship yard walked out this morning when a new. scale presented to the man agement calling for a maximum of $9 a day was refused, it was an nounced tonight by one of the men walking onL nomination of $100 each. Church Conference Extends Greetings to Labor Unions Ohio. June 12. Before adjourning tonight delegates to the conference of the Inter-church movement of America adopted a com mittee report recommending promo tion of agencies for mutual under Off Comes Com fin One Piece Ueta-It , leaves Toe Aa Smooth As the, Palm of Towr Hand. 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