f stife Bum fejpll iff VOI,. IX., No. Utl. . LODGE MPS ON IHE LEAGUE WITH BOTH FEET MARSAt III HKTTH KKXATOIt DK- tahkh it "ii:fok.mi:i k.x ri:uiMi;xT" WOULD KILL MONROE DOCTRINE1 littl AiUUiir ( 'mIiiw lrfl for Cove nant Waa Combination of All tha Nutlonn WujtliliiKtou, Aug. 12- IkucrililoK tho Itutuue of nations lut a "dufonnuil experiment upon a' nubln purpose," Senator UkIkc, republican loader, declared today Hint thore were fea tures of Ihn covenant which m an American he could iwer accept. 1U claims U creates not league, but an alllunra embracing -many pro visions for war:" would kill tho Mon roe 1H trine, nullify .the possibility of a withdrawal from membership, and "plunge tho I'nitoil Statin Into very controversy anil conflict on the face of the globe." When Senator Williams. MIkhIshIp PI democrat, In replying to Senator lodge. Ha I (I that "IjOdge haa nlwaya made a show of himself," he waa hissed from the gallery. Ixiduo lad been applauded for a full minute. Washington, Aug. 12 David Hun ter Miller, leiul adviHur for the league of natlou committee at Ver asillrs, told the aenate foreign rela tions committee today that the plan for the league used ,uh a basis for dlacuMKlon was not any draft aub milled by any one nation, but a com' Mnatlon of all. lie disagreed with Trealdent Wlinon, who In March, aald the British plan of General 'Smut wus uhimI aa a basis. FOR RIVERSIDE PARK Frank it. .Merrill, of ttlorra 'Madre, Cal.. has written the followtnx letter to the Courier: "lielng very much luiprtwMml with your city rftid auto ramp ground af ter spending two or tpreu enjoyable days there In this scenic place, may I offer one little sugKCHtlon, which I think would grcutly Improve the present Uppearnnre and also aid in keeping it neat and sanitary? "Sou that nil papers and cnna are cleaned up once thoroughly. 'Place several covered containers about tho ground for garbage and cans, then put up printed notices asking camp ers to please leave their camps neat and clean when leaving. Thta would help to Improve tho present condi tions which are now found." ALL OF 1ST With the American iForces In Oerr many, Aug. 12 Decorations bostow ed 'recently upon the Twenty-eighth infantry, First division, by .i.Mnrshal Petain Included the second regiment al award of the Croix de Guerre with palm, which in the French army, en titles the officers and men of the reg iment to wear the fouralgere. Am erican officers say they thing It qultt probable that authority for the unit to wear the sh6ulder ord will ibe forthcoming from Washington lr tho near future. , IA11 infantry Teglments of the First division have now received the Croix de iGuerre with palm, tho Sixteenth and the Twenty-sixth Infantry receiv ed the olward some time ago. FI BREAKS OUT AGAIN IfJ MONTANA Itellevcd Tlutt Home of itw Fighter IVrlxlHsl; tlcttruiifcr Country , Swept Hy Flume MlnaoulaL Mont.. lAur. 12. Fore. Ing tho fire fighters to fleo for tholr lives and destroying one catno and possibly several members of a crew who are unaccounted for, flames fanned by high winds are sweoirins over tho Clearwater National forest, unchecked, according to belated mes sages received at the district offices of the forest service here which give an Inkling of tho seriousness of the conditions in that country, located Just across the Hitter Hoot range from Missoula. Additional evidence Is furnished by huite clouds of smoke from tho Clearwater country rolling over the mountain in to Western Montana. The iArsou creek fire Jumned the control lines during the gale of Sat urday and yesterday, swooning every thing before It and destroying the camp on liarbour'a creek, with the crew escaping eafoly. A crew on the Camp Mildred fine, forced to move by advancing flames, lias not yet been accounted for. A message from tho Clearwater supervisor expresses the fear that several fire fighters may have been caught by the flumes or overcome by smoke. WANT ALLIED TKOOP8 KKIT AT AIMIt t.NCKI. Archaugel, Aug. 1!. An appeal to the allle not to withdraw their troois Is being Issued by the munici pality of Archangel. AUTOS Kill SCENIC iloulder, Colo.. Aug. 12.- The "Switzerland Trail of America" has reached Its lost mile stone. By or der of tho state puflillc utilities com- mlwtlon. the Denver, Boulder and Western railway company, whose travks truverne some of the most Im pressive mountain districts in the Cnlted States, will be permitted to discontinue service at midnight, Sep tember lb. 1919. Despite recently Increased ' rates, the road has suffered a deficit of $8, 067 In 1918 and a deficit of I6.C.67 during the first five months of the current year. Rapid development of motor truck transportation and automobile tours have worked against the success of the enterprise. ' The railroad has 4(1 miles of track and employs 35 men. . FOOD AD.MIXISTHATIOX 8F.TS PIHCK OF SldAlt Chicago, 111., Aug. 12. The fed- oral food administration sugar bu reau, has 6t 12 cents per pound as a fair price for sugar to the consum er. Any excess of this Is "outrageous profiteering" Grocers have been charging 16icents per pound.' Washington, Aug. 12. '"The war department has today decided io stop the campaign for pifbllc building throughout the United States," It la today announced Iby Colonoi Arthur Woods, assistant to the secretary of war. , . This decision wub taken because tha decrease of unemployment' In many localities has been so marked that soma difficulty Is reported In obtaining soldier labor for the nor mal Industrial operations, it Is there for considered that the further stim ulation of public bulldtng at this time would he Inadvisable. OHAWTg PASS, JOHEPHIXB OOCHTT, OREGON, TIEHDAY, AUGUST 12. 1010. THE PRINCE OF ES ARRIVES TO VISIT III ilVF.X IWMMVU WKIAMK AT ST. JOHXH AX1 IH KXOWX AS GOOD XATl'lU.D Tl-XliflW HOLDER OF MANY I TITLES HuingM a Cane, Huncc, HwIimk, nl lxve Animals; Will Ijaxlge at the White ltuc Ht. Johns, New Koundland, Aug. 12. The Prince ot Wales landed to day noon and rode through enthu siastic crowds who assembled to greet him. ' New York, Aug. 12. 'David Gu- elph, described aa a' "healthy, whole some man with light hair, blue eyes and a somewhat plain, good natured face," and better known aa his royal highness, the Prince of Wales, Is 25 years old, ajid as heir apparent of the iTtrltish throne, is the eldest of the five children of King George V. and Queen Mary.' He was born on June 23, 1894, and, according to his royal biogra phers, received "a careful and com mon-sense education, mentally and physically, and haa ever shown sim plicity In manner, dress and lire." The prince, whose full name la Ed ward Albert Christian George An drew iPatrick David Guelph (his fam lly s ifavorlte. name for him la Havld"), haa four, perhaps, dlstin gulshing characteristics. He carries a cane. Is a splendid swimmer, and dancer, and Is very fond of animals The highest dignitary of all the British ruler's nearly 40,000,000 sub Jects, a. veteran of the great war- will bear to iPresident Wilson and the people of the United States the expression ot the British Empire's appreciation and gratitude for Am erica's participation Injhe conflict and her part In achieving final vic tory. While In Washington he will be lodged In the iWhrte House, "Just aa President, and Mrs. Wilson were made to Teel at. home last December In 'Buckingham palace." The prince's royal title, briefly, is His Royal Highness, etc.. K. !.. C. M. M. ., . 'M: B. E.. M. C. Prince of Wales and Karl of Chester, Prince of Great nfltatn and Ireland, Duke ot Cornwall, Duke or Rothesay, Earl of Carrlck, Baron of Aenfew, Lord of the. Isles and Groat Steward of Scot land. As Duke of Cornwall, the Prince's Income Is said to approximate $500, 000 a year, derived from rents and royalties In Cornwall coal mines. He owns 12.000 acres of land 'In the county of Cornwall, 50,000 in Devon shire and large areas 'in Somerset and 'lxmlon. He was proclaimed Prince of Wales on June 23, 1910, and Invested at Carnarvon Castle, Wales, on July 13, 1911. The Prince waa a little more than 20 years old when the war broke out and with his younger brother Prince Albert, entered the mlllttCry service. The Prince came out of the war with the army rank ot major and' navy rank of lieutenant. iHe is now colonel-ln-chlef. ot the cadet corps of Great iBrltaln and Ireland, chief of the iBoy Scouts of Wales, hljh stew ard of Windsor, a governor of Wel lington college, president of King Edward Vfl hospital for officers, grand master ot th Orders of St. Michael and St. George and the Brit ish Empire, a Knight of Grace of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem In England and Prior of Wales, and chairman of the British pensions committee. He was made a "Free Ma son a few months ago, - The Prirece'a only sister 'and three brothers are,' respectively, Princess Mary. 21; Prince Gilbert, 23i who has been previously referred to; Prince Henry, .'19; (Prince George. ,17. Henry Is said to be a great reader 27,000 ACRES TIMBER WILL BE FUTON MARKET a.WK),0 TO 1JB ril'KXT OX EC CMS HOI,IIXG8. IX STATE OK CUtWiOX REQUIRES 2 LARGE SIMILES Tlilrty-Ono Miles Standard Ilailroad to lie Built; Used aa Common Carrier Portland, Ore., Aug. 12. The cut ting and marketing ot 27,000 acres of fir timber owned by the Oregon American Lumber company mi con trolled by David C. Eccles and his Utah associates, will be undertaken, at a cost ot .12,000,000, it was an nou need here today. The holdings were. formerly known aa the Dubois holdings and cover adjacent corners of Columbia, Clatsop, Tillamook and Washington counUes. Two large sawmills will be built, one below Portland on the river, and one in the interior. A contract will be let to the Utah Construction company to build 31 miles of railroad, starting at WUkee boro to Vermonla and up Rock creek. It will he a standard railroad, used as a common carrier, with connec tions Into Portland over the United Railways. CLIMB TO THE CLOUDS Los Angeles, Aug. 12. A hundred dollars a ton -five cents a pound. That Ib the price to which apricots in Southern California have clinVbed to this season. As a result, the crop in this section of the state will re turn to growers more than $75,000,' 000. Never before In th history of the Industry has the fruit reached these prices. WILL XAME PRICK-FIXJXG XMM1TTKK Xlt FOODS Portland. Ore., Aug. 12. United States Attorney Haney conferred to day with W. B. Ayer, former rood administrator, who waa asked to name a price-fixing committee for foodstuffs. Yl LOSES LIFE IN ROGUE fieulah Hussey, a little 15-year-old girl ot this city, came near losing her life by drowning at Riverside park this afternoon. Only small chil dren were present at the park and Mls8 Huasey, who could swim only a few strokes, got beyond her depth. She went down and the children on the bank began screaming. Had It not fceon for Mr. and 'Mrs. Young, tourists who have been camp ing at the park, the girl would . have drowned. IMrs. Young was at the camp and hearing the commotion, ran to the river. At that moment Mr.' Young, who had been to the city on an errand, came driving Into the park with his car. He at once sa"w the danger and without taking time to remove shoes or clothing leaped itnto the river and rescued the girl. When brought to the shore Miss Hussey waa unconscious and not un til Dr. ILougtiridge, who was hurried ly summoned, had worked over her tor several minutes did she regain her senses. It was a narrow escape, and a suf ficient warning for larger people who are good swimmers to be at the swimming resort when children are In bathing. . ' Mill PllllirCT IfllHDL TO BOYCOTT JAPS Are Insulted by Jafianrfte Xewper Which Calls Them Low-Iowrn Slaves; Wede Being Driven Honolulu, T. H., July 29. Hono lulu Chinese have taken the aggres sive against the 'Japanese and a so ciety known aa the Chinese Crusad ers of Hawaii has been organized to carry on the battle. The Chinese are aroused over a statement said to have been published in Japanese paper in Shanghai. The alleged statement was: "The Chinese people are by nature a' race of such lowdown slaves that dogs or pigs would not eat them. This kind of a race Is nothing but a mass of filth upon -the surface ot the earth and a hindrance to the welfare of the world." The Chinese Crusaders of Hawaii issued a proclamation to the Chi nese of the islands to this effect yes terday: "You are all aware of the fact that according to the recent decision of the Parts conference, all of Ger many's right In Klanchau and Shan tung province are tranaferred to Jap an. "You no doabt realize that this decision not only gives Ja.'pan a trangle-hold upon Shantung, but It also places her in a strategic position where at any time she can threaten the sovereignty of our government at Pekin. "In view of these facta all the patriotic Chinese In every part of the world are raising their voice In a mighty protest against this unjust procedure. We all realize that our country Is not strong enough today to tight Japan In a military way. Therefore It 4s necessary to attack her ; with 'the. only weanon at hand an econ nomic boycott breaking off all bus iness relations with Japanese people. no matter where they reside. "Such a 'boycott, if carried out systematically and permanently. would suffice to reduce Japan to a mediocre power." The proclamation ends with an ap peal to all Chinese in the territory to unite and crush the "tyrannical power from the orient." KANSAS BAIL PLAYER Wichita, Kan., lAug. 12. A new world's record for - consecutive hit ting haa been made by Joe Wilhoit. center fielder on the Wichita' club,. In the western league. (He hit safely In 46 consecutive games. Jack Ness, Oakland club of the Pacific Coaet league, in 1915 set the record by hitting consecutively in 45 games. Wilhoit .was a member of the New York Giants last season. REPLACE CUKTISS FLAXES WITH LARGE DE HAV1LAXDS Salem, Ore., Aug. 12. The Cur- tisa planes will be replaced this week with DeHavHanda for forest patrol. The new machines will have radio service and 'two carrier ' pigeons. They have twice the speed of the Curtiss planes. 5.000 MEXICANS FOR .Mexico City, lAug. 12. Laa Pal mae, iLower California, has been se lected aa the site of the first colony to be established by repatriated Mex icans, five thousand of " jwhom are said 1y the newspaper El' IDemocrata to have returned to Mexico from the United States within the past' tew months. The site of the new col ony la favored with rich soil and abundant water. Moat of- the colon ists have been living In California III WHOLE XTMRKIt 2712, STRIKES SHOW WHICH WAY THE VIND BLOWS FORMER HEAD RAILWAY CON DUCTORS SAYS THEY DO KOT MEAX REBELLION' DEMOCRAT RAPS PLUMB PLAN Claims Issue Is Now "Bolshevism Against Americanism There Is Xo Middle Ground' Washington, Aug. 12 Xine-tentha of the energies of labor leaden are given to the job of aitting on the lid, Austin B. GarreUon, , former head of the Order of Hailway Con ductors, testified today before the house Interstate, commerce'' commit tee, which la seeklnz to solve tha problem of how heat to handle tha railroads after the wartime period of federal control. Sporadic strikes throughout the country, Garretson said, with are at earnestness, merely are straws that show how the wind is blowing over a sea of industrial unrest Rumb lings heard in many quarters do not mean, he said, that laboring people want to overthrow the government, bat Indicate demand that the rov- ernmeni function. It to largely in the tower of con gress, the witness declared, to allay that feeling. 'iBut it cannot be done 1y inac tion," he shouted. "Somehow the American iwuinlii a m nnt n.. t ways to do today what may he done tomorrow, unless . an emergency forces us to act, and then we break ail records." Mr. Garretson said he did not re gard the Plumb plan as more than one factor in stilling the spirit of present-day unrest, nor did he think other things that can be eliminated." Mr. Garretson said ne wanted to touch on the Adamson - eight-hour act. which, he declared, wsa 'nhnnt by congress "without one single de mand being made on members by the four brotherhoods as to how ther should vote." "I was pilloried from the Atlantic to the Pacific," Garretson said, "hut I challenge anybody to question my statement that we made no attemnt to intimidate or coerce congress." - Mr. Garretson said the four (ConUnod on page S.) FAVORING WHEAT MEN Washington, Aug. 12. Demands that changes be made in the govern ment wheat standards under the price guarantee act "so aa not to penalize every grower of 'Wheat" waa made in a statement proposed . by Chairman Gronna and ,. representa tives of farm-organisations, and ap proved by the senate agricultural committee. . With the 'American Forces in Ger many, Aug. 12. An Industrial sur vey of the occupied areas ot Germany is to ibe made this summer for the benefit of the United States govern ment. Information gathered aa re sult of the survey, which will require a year or more to complete, la to be available at the department of commerce in Washington and la to have a bearing on the future com mercial relations between the Unit ed States and Germany.