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WKATIIKK. Fair; gentle; westerly winds. i The SUtainu recclvta the -leased wire report of the As sociated Press, tne greatest ad most tellable preaa aa- -ociatloa la; Ike world. , 1 1 ) . 8IXTV-XIXTII YKAK I KAIJtti; OIIKUOX, VRIXKS1AV MORNING, Jl XK 2T. price five cents ARMY FIXED AT 400,000 BY MEASURE Senate Passes Bill Without Record Vote Oyer 5 09,00 Q Strength Recommended by Secretary of War Baker " : '; - l " ' MEAT SALES METHOD ROUSES IRE OF REED Disposal of Planes Worth 520,000,000. for Small Sum Condemned Load of Booze and Alleged Bootlegger Brought 500 Miles PORTLAND, June ' 24. Aft er a 500-tnile automobile trip Deputy United States Marshal F. . Tlchenor arrived in Port land today with Clyde J. Nones, accused of voilating the Reed amendment. The trip was made from : Lakevtew in Nunes' own car' loaded With liquor, which Nunea is alleged to have trans ported from Fort Bidwell, Cal ifOTnia into Oregon. The booty consisted of 4 SO quarts of whis key, 8 bottles of beer, one keg of wine and six bottlesof gin. .'Nunes waived preliminary hear ing before a United States com missioner at Lakevtew and was held under $1000 bond. Nunes home is in Canyon City, Grant county. PR0HIS ARE r WASHINGTON, June 24. With out a record vote the senate tonight adopted committee amendments, to the army appropriation bill proYTTSig . for at average army of 400,000 men J? tn rear .beginning July 1. The bill as passed by the house provided for an army of 300,000 and Secre tary Baker j had recommended that the total be; placed at 509,000 offi cers and mej, v The-senate Adopted an amendment offered by Senator France. Repub lican, of Maryland, limiting the sal ary or CJ W. Hare, director or sales and In charge of disposal of surplus war material, to $12,000. - Mr.' ITare Is now being paid at the rate of7 000 a year." . ' - , Government Orttielxed. - Daring the discussion Senator Men Kellar, democrat, Tennessee, and DIETZ TELLS OF EAEYBOYHOOP Testimony of Defendant Is Corroborated by Former Wife of Father SPOKANE, Wafh., June 24. Tes timony of William Hi (Lone Star) Dietz and of Mrs. Lean na Howard Lewis,' pho the government contends is hi3 mother, featured the second day of Dietz's trial in United States district - court here on charges of false registration for the draft and of falsifying his draft questionnaire. 5 The defendant told of his-Tsrly boyhood in Rice Lake, Minn., where he ' said he was persecuted because he resembled an Indian, and of how. OUT TO GET BOOZE CACHE Man's Right to Own Store of Liquor Withstands Attack in Senate When Dry Bill is Discussed C KEG IN CELLAR OKEH; KEG OF FOB IS TABOO Definition I Includes Liquids Containing More Than One-Half Percent I after having overheard a conversa Reed, criticized the manner in whichltion of his parents, he wa3 told by war materials were being disposed of by the government and. especially the surplus of meats, estimated to be worth $65,000,000. Senator McKe!- lar called attention : to a nswapaper item -which said all bids for thi3 meat had been rejected because they were too "low, and' charged that the packers' were b'elg especially, favored by the' war department in the dis posal of this meat. -He asserted that Mr. Hate "Is the only man in the United States that, fan be found who says this meat -must not be Bold so that the people can get the. benefit, bn that It must be put on the mar ket so that only the- packera can get it."'' '.: ' : - Chairman .Wadswprth asserted ' If this meat were sold in smaller quan- ! titles or if the government -were com pelled .to open stores for the purpose of retailing It that a much larger ap propriation would be required. He said; that applications for bids had been: sent . to forty thousand rel ail dealers and others by the war de partment. ! I -.' . "1 cannot see." he added, "that anybody is .criminally negligent In this matter." ' : '.;;'.. ' -J -; J . Plaa-e Sale 1 Scored. v f ' "Senator Reed criticized the sale of $20,000,011)0 wo.th'Of airplanes- for $2,000,000 by the war department and said he thought ., some explana tion of this matter should be made. (Continued oh page 4 ) his father that he was the son of an Indian woman. This testimony was corroborated by Mrs. Lewis, divorced wife of William Wallace Dietz, rath er of the defendant, who was called by the defense this afternoon. Prospects Encouraging for Portland-Orient Steamers PORTLAND, 'June 24. That the prospects for the establishment of a steamship line between Portland and the Dutch East Indies are most encouraging is the statement made today by J. Voet, who is in Portland, representing two groups of Dutch and Belgian traders and business men. Ha is looking thoroughly over the field and is greatly impressed with; the outlook for trade connect ions between this port and the Dutch colonies of the far east. Dr. Pessoa, PreidenU - Elect of Brazil, Leaves "NEW FORK. June 24. Dr. Epl--tacioi Pessia, president-elect of Bra zil, will leave New York for Otta wa Thursday evening, where he will be the guest of the Duke of Devon shire, governor general of Canada, it was announced today. WASHINGTON, Jti neU 4--A man's right to store liquor In !h4a hou.e for tLe long dry period afiej- July 1 stoodj up louay against, an attack on mat piovfsion of the nrobP Hon en force met t bill beftir. the he uso judiciary "ioP'mUtee. j . i Near the end of r::i ill day session the committee vole down ar. amend ment which would have m.tde it un iawlul for a; cttizri to have lienor ia his ossesiion- rti.:ckjoit a eectiaji whkh would: Wve or?na?J "iii-e" by a-citizen bf Lnu.r in Ins private d lting. and that' sn the matter of general enfi'rcftjr'nt he would be no diifcrcne !i.'f.v-rfn ar : it and .-. i m .i , prohibition J IMP, "All Kmbrtfrinj-" , en with this an.! -kther haif s the llll H3 l;. 'hi b- r.f c, nut to morrow or Thursday is considered as "all embracing." So drastic are its provisions members- or the' commit tee said, tha while a man may put a keg ot beer in his cellar, he may be convicted and fined ir. Tor instance he wears a watch fob on which there is a picture of the keg as an adver tisement. . -j . ( In a general consideration of the measure the committee 'made a num ber of minor changes but the prin cipal fljrht was over the question 'of the right of home stooge for per son al use. Representative Morgci-., Republican of Oklahoma, endeav ored to have stricken 1 out the aec tion reading "that it shall not be un lawful to possess liquor; in one's-private dwelling while the vame is oc cupied an3 i:ed by hinfrnly as his dwelling. ' -''. . - r Prohis Condemn Pfonisal ' Ardent orointitionisrs on the p.im n.itiee voted against thelMoigan ptv posal for lha reason, thfy said, thai nothing was tu be galnad by enar.t ing a law so drastic a sto arouse the hostilitp of people who rejoiced that the day of the saloon was ended- Phohibition rncu.lers uunarted an dmnrdmen e minatine! iY nrovil that the Honor must be bb'tiii .l and placed In storagi priori to tLe date the act wou'd trcme ef'e;tlve. A? amended the rrttion jirejb!s "that such liquor need not jbj reported, provide 1 tha 'den 6f phowing hat PROMOTION IS GIVEN ABRAMS Salem Officer (Advanced In Rank During Absence in f 1 'Rhine Country Lieutenant Colonel Carle Abrams of Salem was promoted on May 22 to be a full colonel of inantry. .He was away at the time, in the Rhine coun try, and did not learn '.of his promo tion till he arrived, back in Paris May 29, when he took his cath and donned his eagles. , On Jane 8,, there were only IS Salem- boys, of old Company M. left In Guard Company No, , at Nevers. France. : The company had 106 mem bers,, but all the rest were new, and most of .them fresh recruits, being drilled. Harry Mills, son or Mr. and Mrs J. A. Mills, now or Portland, former ly ot Salem, has been made ordnance sergeant at Bordeaux, France. MONTANA FIRES UNDER CONTROL Situation in Misoula Area Shows Improvement- ' Few New Blazes ALL DEALERS iVHEATTO BE LICENSED Proclamation of President Puts All Conveyors of Sta ple Cereal Under License of Director Barnes (Continued on page 4) "MISSOULA. Mont.. June 24. The rorest tire' conditions in district No, r the rorest service seemed I im proved today, according to reports to the headquarters, here. While nrohpbl- 15 small Hrps.were newly reported the workers' message stated that control lines had been estab lished about a number of the blazes. The most dangerous fires are now tn the Lolo, Flathead and Clearwater forests, though they ; were reported as placed under control. Fifty men were .sent to the Flathead forest to day to subdue the dangerous White River fire, although all otner Urea in that forest are controlled. Two new fires in the Kanlsku ana three in the aMdlson forest-were ie ported though none of them are re garded as dangerous. - The destruc tive fire at aHugan is engaging me attention of 250 fl.emen and it is hclievtd that tt will be entrenched within a few hours. PENNSYLVANIA! TO HEAD FLEET Men of War Assigned to Duty in Pacific Destroyers w to Number. 107 , FARMERS AND SMALL BAKERS ARE EXEMPT Train Runs for Five Miles on Burlington Without Engineer LINCOLN. Neb.. Jone24. Bur lington passenger train No. 6. from Lincoln to Chicago, ran five miles without an engineer today when En gineer James Edgar Johnson ot Lin coln, fell from the cab a mile east of Warerly arter being hit by a mail crane. The train ran from Waverly to Greenwood before the engineer was misled. Fireman Karl J. Zim merman ttopped the train at Green wood and ran the engine back to Waverly. There the engineer was found dead beside the tracks. Zimmerman declares that Johnson left his seat and stood on the gang way between the engine and the tender. Common Carriers Indaded in Plan Which Has Wide Effect mAm flflirN I MH-W7Z'." - X&ZESsZt . . II ' III .fcw k I'LtTI 11 Ili-I ; , U" tr Mil I! J S- - II II '1 1 1 j . Speaking of Shirts I i Stripes, are at Bat! - : Salvation : "Army Give liberally to this Army not the Army or conquest nor the Ar my: of territorial occupation, butlj the Army -that : has a- habit of reaching out andlscrving mankind with the heart in the hand. THEY AIIK WOUTIIY OF YOUR CONSIDERATION .--. i . - VALLEJO. CaU! June 24. The battleship Pennsylvania, flagship of the Atlantic fleet, is to head the fleet of warships which has been assigned to the Pacific, it waa annouaced to day' by naval officer at the Mare Island navy yard. The Pacific fleet. It was said, will include the battleships Virginia, New Jersey. Rhode island. Georgia, Ne braska. Vermont, Oklahoma. Nevada. Tennessee. New Mexico. Arizona. Id aho and Mississippi and the cruisers Chicago; Cleveland. Denver, lacoui. Machias. Marblehead, Vlcksburg; Montana, North Carotioa and Pueblo. The destroyer fleet will consist of 107 vessels witn tne lrminguam vw lng as flagship of the Bnuadron. The re-asslgnment ot the tleet is scheduled to be effective on June 0 The date upon wnicn-me um wm. be put into operation Is to be an nounced later. - . " Record Price of Over 54 Cents Paid for Fleeces BEND, Or., June 24.t The high est pftee paid in -the state this year for range sheep fleeces was. given today at the sale held by the Cen tral Oregon Wool Growers Associa tion, the flrat te be held in Dend for three years, when the American Wbolen , Mills of Boston, through their agent. Alex -.f 54 H cents a pound for the 44-io. clio or John Atkinson. j NEW YORK. June 21 Julius Barnes. United States wheat direc tor, announced tonight President W41 son has signed a proclamation nat- flng under license or the wheat di rector persons, firms. rornoratin:ia ana associations dealing in - wheat. wheat flour or baking products man ufactured either w.YIly or partly of wneat riour. The only exceptions are farmers and small bakers. The proclamation, which cocs into erfect July 21. applies to the busi ness of "storine or distributing wheat, or .manufacturing, storing, or distributing wheat rionr," as well as to the manufacture of bread or oth er bakers products, either wholly or partly from wheat floor. Exceittlons Listed The exceptions are. listed as fol lows: "(A) Rakers and manufacturers of bakery products whose consump tion of flour in the "manufacture of such products Is. in the aggregate less than fifty barrels per month. (B Retailers and farmers or cooperative associations of farmers or other persons with respect to the products of any farm or other land owned, leased or cultivated by them Common Carriers Affected. " Common carriers are required to secure on or before July la a license from Director Barnes" in such form, under such conditions; and under such rules and regulations govern ing the conduct of the business as be mav trom time to time prescribe. .Blank forms to be used In apply tnr for such licenses may be obtained from the tone agents of' the grain corporation In Baltimore, Chicago. Galveston. Minneapolis. Kansas City, Mn. New O-.leans. Imaba. Phiiaaei kio TWlland. Or.. St. Louts. San tvanViac?) Buffalo and Duluth. Aft r th applications have been filled out they must be sent to the wheat director, division or licenses, asn lneton. - Th. nroclamation states that "any firm, corporation or assocla tlon other than those herelnberore excepted, who shall engage In or car ry on any business above specinea after July 15 without first aeenring such licenses, or shall carry on any while such license is suspended or such license is revoked will be uaoie io iue ftu' scribed by law. IRISH REPUBLIC TO ISSUE BONDS DeValera, President, An nounces Ambassadors Will' Be Sent Abroad flUDAYWlLL BE DERBG FORGEPMIS Clemencean to Open Meeting With Brief Speech Hum Not Expected to Respond Two Hoars Estimated Time ENEMY HAS HARD TIME SELECTING DELEGATES NEW. YORK. June 24 The Irish republic proposes to . issue bonds to the amount of one mlllloa pounds sterling. President Eamonn De Val era announced tonight. Half of tha lasne will be orrered to the public for immediate subscript ions. 250.00ft pounds In Ireland and 250.000 pounds abroad. In order, to obtain recognition for our own de Jure government and lor4 the -Irish republic" Mr. De Val- era said, "we shall send at once ou? accredited representatives to - Parla to the peace conference and to the learue of nations. "We shall send also to other coun tries duly accredited ambassadors and consuls to see that the position of Ireland is understood as it truly G. 0. P. ATTACKED BY H. S. QMS Democratic Chairman. Makes Charge of Disrupting Peace Conference ; Belgians to j be GiYea First Claim on Reparation Assessments I ) lane 24. (By the Assoc l ) linofficlally Friday ar- PHOENIX. Arix.. Jnne 24. Charging the Republican party with deliberately attempting to disrupt the peace conference at Versailles. Homer S. Cnramings. chairman - of the Democratic national committee, told a gathering of Democrats from all parts or Arlxona tonight that "President Wilson has endeavored to real lie tor humanity the dearesfl dream that has come to the mind ot man since the dawn of civil Ixation." The party of Democratic national committeemen arrived early today and until this evening were in con ference with leaders from different sections of the state. Mr. Cummings goes to Los Angeles tomorrow. One Here is An Invincible Line-Up Every Last A Sure Hit i And it doesn't require a mint to eojne into possession ot tl... :il. T"l. t. t ; . . .i t int in vinivi., iiidi i up ijij; surpriM- io inosi ineii. splen did Madras,' crtpe and' other naterials, niade witi re 'versihl soft cuffs, in handsome new multiple stripe ef fects. The man of modern times will surelY like these at $1.00 to $3.45 3 .fajxSlM2fai Get Your Panama $3.50 to 55.00; MMWfW niMIMIII.IBIH ill I'lllll .HU.0I-. ,,, ... ,1 Jt, , , M .-.Mii.b.Wi .m i . I Logging Camps of Lower River Close for Holidays ; . . . ASTORIA. Or.; June 2 4. All the logging camps In the lower Columbia River district are closing down this weekt for the mid-summer holiday. Practically all will resume operations Immediately after July 4 on-account or the demand for logs and the high prices ' prevailing.' Tornado Dead Number 50; Six More Bodies found CONFERENCE HAS SLIGHT RESULT Meeting of Telephone Men and Officials Ends in Dead Lock SAN FRANCISCO. June 2 4. Ne gotiations between representatives Of tlenbone operators and iwtrirl workers in California and Nevada and oftlclaU of the Pacitic Tolenhoae and Telegraph company ended tolght In a deadlock, union of ficials announced. Conferences between the workers n id. teionhnne romTODT are i ca uu - -" - - - h resumed tomorrow. The women's citizen commit Ire. composed of women active in civic; -i k nH ftscial circles la the bay .i-peion. Issued a call tonight to all and women "In sympathy wllh Becurlng a living wage for the tele phone operators", to attend a mass meeting to be held In the municipal auditorium tomorrow. FERGUS FALLS. Minn., June 2 4. With the recovery of six addition al bodies toda- the number of known dead as a result, or the tornado that struck Fergus Falls Sunday was rals d to 0. Five or. six other badlea are still unaccou fated for. " The body of George Woodhouse. proprietor of the. Graad otel. was found in the boiler room of the struc ture, where it believed. he had sought safety. 1 Efforts to End Shipping ; , Strike End in Dead Lock LOS ANGELES. Cal., June 21. Conferences between representatives of the 6.000 striking shipyard work- ars and officials of the Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Drydock company at the company's plant at San Pedro. near Here, which have been In pro gress tor several days, -were called olf today. Both the company offi cials and the strikers representa tives declared the conferences were 'hopelessly deadlocked and that "there was no chances of an agree ment." The conferences were called in an .efrort to settle the strike which has been In progress about six Weeks and which was called, ac cording to the union , leaders, be cause the company disregarded un- arcuavillj lain 1U UIKUIIgiOf I workmen. . 1-auis. Jane 24. (By the Associ ated Press.) Unofficially Friday teraoon has been set aa tile -time for -th ceremvoy if signing, the peace treaty of the allied and associated Power on behalf of Germany. While, the Germaa plenipotentia ries have not eeB annouaced. ad vices from Weimar are to the effect that they will arrive in VersaWe Friday morn in j . fVmenceaa to 0Kn Ceremony. ' M. Clemenceiu will open the cere monies with a rler Introduction. Si speech la expected from the Germans. William Martin) or -the, Fr)ch fort . eign orfice. as master ot ceremonies, will then carry) the tfeaty to Presi dent Wilson and the premiers, who will siga at their seats. Arter the- treaty, la brought back? to the signature table, the names of the other delegates will be-called, and they will Advance and sign." It Is expected! that the signing wilt'' " require two It ora. The' seals of all the delegates lll pe. affixed In ad vance; maay of.thein are'already !n J the hands of the French, foreign or fice, i . - - - rreidnt Hp1 U to lie tVd. V President Wilson it using the p es- ; Ident'a seal., which Is an eagle with the -words "seal of the president ot the Tnited etaies.': - Some or the heals auppllcd by thj delegates are merely monograTii3 un adorned. The French treaty experts regard the Chinese aud J a panes seal as the most artltlc r These are chief ly the names of the delegates la ori ental letters, ajid are dc-ned with flowers and quaint-figures The expectation was that strictly; nrsonal seals would be used, but, like .President Wilson. M. Vander-elde.- representing ; lielgi um. Is us ing an official seal the Belglaa coat of arms encircled by the words "min ister or Justice ' German! After Allien. . The Germaot' delegates . will alga after the allies 1 . ' The order in which the allied dele gates will sign after the signature of - the president and '.premiers are at tached!, will be according ta alpha- betlcal order qf the caaies of the country they rf present. When the signatures are completed, the entente party will emerge on th trrac at the aide of the palace, where all - the great fountains will be playing-in the gardens. The Germans will leave on the side wbre they entered. , GKUMAXS FIXI DIFlTCtTLTV ' IN.CIKOSIXa 1 ) KLKGATKS. WEIMAR. Jine 24. The plenipo tentiaries who) will sign thf .peace treaty for Gerntaay have not yet been chosen. It is still preving difficult to find yilling to affix theh- i document which is momentous historical men who are signatures to to be ot such a record. FKAXCK 1KLNIW RKPARATIOX f"OIl SClTtLF.D ltATTIXSHIPS. PARIS. June 24. France has de cided to requite complete reparation r.om Germaayjfor the sinking of the German war ships at Sea pa Flow. jThls announcement was made by th (Continued on page 4) CALL ED WINNIPEG' STRIKE OFF-VOMERS TO RESUME JOBS THURSDAY M0P Jerome B. Mflnn former Cashier, Placed on Trial Portland. June 24. Jerome lt Mann. former cashier of the First National bank ot Llnnton. a Port land suburb, was plaeed on trial to day In the tederal court on a charge or having falsified a report to the controller or the currency In an ef fort to cover up alleged fraudulent transactions whereby J. Al Patter son, former director in the bank, converted certain or its funds to his own use through hypothecating fraudulent bills of lading. Pattlson Is under arrest and at liberty on bonds while awaiting trlaL ' WINNIPEG. Man- Juae.2 4.--The cneral sympathetic strike which ha been In progress here since May 15, was called off tonight. Strikes have ben told to return to. work Thursday morning at 11 o'clock. ! This was the derision arrived at by the general, strike romailttee arte? a session last log trom 7 o'clock un'-il 11 In the labor temple tonight. The decision rr the strike coraw:t tee which ends a. struggle that wlil have been six weeks in effect, at tl o'clock Thursday, followed a n fcrence of delegates of the strike committee with Premier Nor. tc and members of the provincial govern ment this morning. , to the strike tiey would strike. . They put forward the, proposition , that If the government, would ap point a comnfisslon to Investigate In. and settle all disputes'' pall off the general The reply ft th government i that It had riot chaged;from Its or Iginal posttihnv that the gener strike must x called oft first, that wre-done.-then a-comml' headed by Ijt. A." Robert.on; K. would be appointed. It was inti ed that It had been the Intent!" the government for some we' appoint this jconrmlsslon'.' but'; by the strike-committee was la regard to palling clt Jthe i: V: