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W I5DFORD, ORI'XJON, HAT.UM)AY, J UN E 21, 1919
NO. 78
HUN CREWS
SINK SHIPS
AT SCAPA
Interned German Warships With Ger
man Flaps Hoisted Sent to Bottom
Germans Ouen Sea Cocks Ad
miralty Reports Enemy Sailors
Now In Custody Number of War
ships Sunk Not Announced De
tails of Affair Lacking.
LONDON', Juno 21. Announce,
incut Hint certain of the' interned
(ionium wurshipii nt Henpii flow wore
sunk ninl abandoned bv their crows
wiih iniiilo bv thu British nihnirnltv
thin afternoon.
The Clt'nnnn crows hnvo been On
tnincil in mifo cutttoilv.
Tbu German ships hiiiiIc. tbo nnut-
bir of which in nut vol known nt (Im
iiilmiriiltv, bd not been iiiunucd ninri'
tlinir internment. It in believed they
Wt'ro mink bv mieniiig tbo sen cocks.
The Exchange Teleuniph coiiiiuinv
report, which wiih eiiiiecllrl Julnr.
niiuI tbnt according to limner in the
vieinilv. tbi) Oennnu flair wiim hoisted
on tbo German ships ut Srupu flow iih
tbo rruws prepared In sink them
i
LONDON. Juno 21. It is reported
this nl'tcrnnon thnt, the ships of till'
German wur fleet nt Senna flow luivi'
Won mink bv their crews. The nd
mirnllv has promised tu make n i-lnlc-
luont thin evcninir in Ibis connection
lUilxlipvlkl Pnfcntcit
KKATKRINODAH. Southern. lu.
ciii, June 17. Tim force of Gcni-rul
Dciiikinc. the -nnli-llolshevik lender
in Southern ItiiAMin. are iidvuiniii
rnnidlv lowurd Hip Vnli'ii in 'imriill
of tin dcnionilir.ud societ troops. The
ii....:l: i1.. ....... ...... ...:.i.:.. on
of TmriUin on tlm Vuluu. south of
Saratov. . ' .
Hilt Uh Favor Aid
l'AHIS, Juno 20.-fllv the Asso.
cinteil Press.) President Wilson mi'l
tbo American lunnilicrii of t ho mmri'mp
economic commission todnv Jo onn
Hitlor whether tiiut hodv should be ilin
ooutiuvil. It is understood (lint llor
bort Hoovor, director general of the
intrr-kilicd relief oruniilzutiuti. fa
von n discontinuance of tbu commis
sion mill tbo return homo of tbo
American members, whereas tho Brit
ish favor itM cnntiniiiincn with hrnnil
or duties, incliitlimr shipping mid
othor branches fonncrlv oniiiliieled bv
n hoimnito commission.
TEST VOTE
i
Y
WASHINGTON. Juno SI. Under n
plan framed todnv bv senate oppon-
mix of tho longuO of nations tin effort
will ho niiidii Monday to soouro u test
voto on .Somitor Knox's roHolution de
(hiring opposition to acceptance of
tho I ni u mi rovonmil iutor-twiui'il with
.tbn tii'iioo lornin.
It in iMiiiMiddrod likoly thnt Inter
nvxt week mi effort niuv bo mnde to
priHH n ri'Holution iloidlirinur thn wnr
nt nn end ho iih to relievo coimress ot
lilnmo for deliivinir neneo oonditinns
HbouliNrntificntion of tho trcntv ho
(lolnvod. , , j.;
IRISH PRESIDENT ES
IN UNITED STATES TO
I.Y.
,
NEW VOUK. Juno 21. An
nouncemont whs mndo boro to
dnv thnt 1'rofoHJior Kdwnrd Do
Vnlerii. president of tho Irish
Sinn Kohl ropuhliu.' bud lnndod
in Amorioiv mid wuuld ho in Now
York CitV Sundnv.
Do Vnlofa loft tho Ilritish
Isles 10 dnvs nun, nceordiliir to
Hurrv J. Uohiiul, bis Kooratnry.
nnd is now in (inclusion in this
country. His mission to Amoricii
wns mndo In, tho hope of plitnin-
inir ol'fieinl vadniinilion
of tho
United
irisli ropnblio bv ' tho
Sliilos. v .
ALL GERMANY
BUI PRUSSIA
CRIES PEACE
Provincial Press Insists Treaty Be
Signed at Once Southern Ger
many a Unit for Acceptance Op
position Endures Only, in Prussia
and Baltic Reqlons.
WKIMAU. Juno 20. (Ilv tbo As
mieinled I'rvhM.) It luokM inoro mnl
miiro uk if Kduiiril Unvid would he
I ho mieei'HMir, not oulv of l'liiliim
Selieideinnnn, tbo eliiineellor. but (if
H'nunt Von Itrockilorff-Hnnli'.iiu. for-
viu'n ininirtler. llin tenure of both of
fieeH will uuiloubteillv bo.onlv fur It
nhorl time. .
l'AHIS. Juno 21. HimmlehoK ro.
I'l-ivcil over tbu Auu'rieun iniliturv
wire into (iemiunv oiirlv tbrn nflnr-
iioon hluli'd (but lierr Mueller ImviiiL'
fnili-il to for inn nilnnet. Dr. Kilunnl
fulled to form n minuet. Dr. Kdimrd
tioniil nxHoiiihlv. buil been iii-ked to
iiHNiimo tbo tllltk.
l'AHIS. June 21. 1'p'fidont Kbcrt
Iiiin muic-ted llennun Mueller, lull
ioritv hoeinlibt leiuler. to form 0 new
Oermun ciilnnel. iici'orilimr tu uil-
vieen reeoivoil bv tho American ponce
deleL'iiliuu.
Mmbiiix Krr.borucr nrobublv will
henil the (lermiin pence delegation.
Tho (Icruiuii iiroviui'iul ureH ih
itroiiL-lv uruiiiL' the mioedv siuninir of
tho trcntv.
Ilerlin iiilviecK to tbo Amcricnn dcl
eL'aliiin Hiimmiirir.inii thu situution
.-how the Hcntimcnt Ihrouubout (ler-
miinv to lie in fnvor of norriitintr tin
immicc tcniiH, The nilvieen cover l.eii)
ziir. Drcxdcu. C'liiiiuiit x mid other ron
rmciitntivo rolfionn.'
(leoiirniibicullv aiuilvr.ed. tho ai-
ivccK iinlieulo thnt nil tho ttnuthorn
(iermiui ntntc nro I'nvoriiblo to tbo
iieceiitnnco of tho trcntv. while the
l'rUNiun reuiunn uro niiiiiilitiniiii;
Mime oiiposition.
HKItldX. Juno jn. tltv tho a-
cmteil 1'resH.) Mill Iiiiim l',r.lieri;er,
mentioned iih nrobuhlc bend nt the
new Clerinun iH-neo delcmition) in re
ported to have hi nt n nolo to l'remier
Clenicneciui im president of tho nouco
eonferenre. nskinir wbether tho nllios
will uuroo to tbo inimediutu nduiixxion
of (Icrmunv to tho l.euuua of NutionH.
llerr r.rr.heritcr iumo desiros to
know if tho powers will coiikoiiI to tho
limilulion of Oermnnv's indemnity to
lOIMXm.imn.lltm aU murkM mid ro
noiineo tlicir cltort to imvo loraicr
KuiPiiror William mirreiidercd.
Tbo nolo does not miv whethor
Oermunv will hiun the peace, trcntv
but tbo iiiforeneo Keenm clenr that bo
would necpt tho (rent V if these eon-
crxHionH wore mode.
It ix known thnt difficullv m beim:
pxperieneed in Koeurimr n inn iorit v
without the Oerninn democruts for tbo
I'ormntion of n trovernmont. and the
eonditionH iiiuuod bv Hiirr Kiv.beri:er
uro thoKO upon which tho democruts
would re-enter tbn nuiiurilv block.
Tho center pnrtv nlwo bus (lectured
thnt it desired minilur oonceNsinns but
its iHisiliun has not been rcuiirdcd ur
mi unsjiukiililu one.
An to ItcmrntlonN
PARIS. Juno 2t. Tbo council of
four of the nenco eonferonco received
n note toduv from tbo fiormnn penoo
deleiintion, nskinir if Premier Gleni-
enceiiu's nolo oxiihiiniiiur tho roniirn
tioiis clauses of fho peace trentv was
it hindinir port of tho trentv nnd
hiivini; tho sumo forco cs tbo trcntv
itself.
Tho council ut its morninc session
considered this note. 11a rim aonni
no, tho itiiliun iorcmn minister, was
present.
Ilcl'oro tho receipt of . tho Uermnn
nolo tbo council hnil resumed consul
oration of tho uncompleted portion ol
thu Austrian trentv.
.Aooordinir to n lierlin (lispiitcb Vt
duv nitrlil ho Oermun noto to tho
ponce conl'erehco ciles 12 insthnees
in which the covcrimr noto of tho ul
liod roplv to tbo Ooriunn's nniiouncod
concessions which nro not continued
in tho nlterod toxt of tbo penco trenty
PAIUS. Juno 21. (llv tho Asso
cuited Press.)' Tbo official copies o
tbo penco trentv. to bo sinned liv rep
rosontntives ol Oorninuv nnd tho nl
lies, now nro beinif prcpnred in tho
offico of tbo conornl scerotnrv of tho
penco eonl'orenco, nueordimr to tho
Echo do Pnvis.
Kiiuh ol! the ulliod reprosonlntives
whoso names must nppeiir on tho
docnniont hnvo boon nsked forinnllv
for HpocinieiiR of their siannturos nnd
their scAls. '
ii ; I
' Martial Law in Hamburg.
t'OI'I'.INIIAUIflN, Juno 21. Mor
tinl law bus been.vroelniinod in th
entire zone, nl llnmhiirir hnrlinr nn n
consciiiicncn of nn incroiiso in mills
upon lood depots, , . . .
He Piit It
HUN EFFORTTO
E
NOTi.GIVENUP
Sentiment in Germany Strona for
Peace But New Government Won't
Sign Without Effort to Obtain Con
cessions Erzberaer New Leader
Nittl New Italian Premier Pro-Slav.
ItY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Juno 21. While tho trend of Gorman
sentiment is declared in novices
rciichinc tho pence conference to lie
continuing stronnlv in fuvor of siun
inif the .penco treaty, it is boeominir
upnarent that the Germans do not in
tend to ninko their ultitudo officinllv
known without an effort to ohtniu
modificntions in tho terms.
lu thu first pluco. thev wish to
know definitelv what thev nro sicn
in, and hnvo nsked tbo penco con
ferees if tho terms of tbo eovorinir
noto mnv bo considered ns part of the
ilooumont itself.
In addition thev nro reported to
Imvo nsked the conference if the nl
lics would ucroo to admit Gormnnv
iinmedintelv to tho I.omtuo of Nutions,
consent to limit Oermauv's indemiiilv
ot one bundrpd billion irold murks nnd
trikoout tho ronnircinent for the
surrender of tbo former German em
peror. ,
Tho Uermnn enbinot situntion is
stilj, ii mixed one It is dofinitolv
known tlint tho Scheidcmnnn enbinot
has rosianod. Whotbcr.a successor
to llerr Schoidomnnn has hpen chos
en seems doubtful.
Orlnmlo looses In Italy
Tho advices seem to indicnto that
Pfosidonb Kbort will rutnin office, at
least for, tho time beinir. Mutliins
Er.horitei' seems sure of a, iilnco in
tho sovernmont. proliahlv ns "minis
ter of reconstruction nnd, fulfillment
of tho trentv" and ho is pointed to as
tho likelv head of tho now German
ponco doloiration. Amonc nuuies
mentioned for tho premiership nro
tlioso of Gustitv Nosko. minister of
defense, nnd Dr. Ediiurd David, form
er president of the national assembly,
nnd llerr Mueller, majority socialist
loader.
Fnincosco Nilti. fonnov .Italian
miuistor of finnnce, who rcsiened
from tho Italian enbinot last 'January
bocauso of n disaurcement with Pre
mier Orlando ovor tho hitter's foreign
policy, has been nsked to form tho
now Itulinn enbinot, it is scmi-offi-oinllv
nniiouncod. ' ' ; .
Slirnor Nitti is snnposod to favor
a coinpromiso with tho Juao-Slnvs in
roferenco to oonflictin1 claims to ter
ritory on the custom eonsl of tho Ad-
rmUo, .. .. ...
SECUR
FAVORS
in His Pipe and Smoked It
PORTLAND POLICE GET
IN1 CARLOAD
LOTS FROM THE S. P.
PORTLAND, June 21. Forty-two
quarts ot Kin and 98
pints of whiskey woro confiscat
ed early today by deputy sher
iffs when unearthed In a South
ern Pacific sleeping car at tho
local yards. TIiIb was the sec
ond tilg haul In 24 hours, 49S
pints of whiskey having been
secured from another car not
many hours 'before.
PORTLAND, Juno .21. Mu
nicipal Judgo Rossman today
fined' John Jones, a negro por
lor, $200 for violating tho pro
hibition law. Pollco say the
negro had a suit case containing
13 quarts of whiskey -whon they
captured htm after a chase in
which thoy fired several shots
In the air to stop htm.
IRE
IT
LEAVES EUREKA
EUREKA, Calif., June 21. A 12
venr. wide world search tor milium
W. Stevens, a New Zenlnndor, who is
traveline somewhere, not knowm; thnt
a fortune awaits him, todnv bid fair
shortly to come to nn end when n de
tective learned Stevens had been liv
inir here nnd recently had lctt for
Orcsron. He was. known hei-e ns nn
itinerant photourapher and painter.
A sister. Miss Ailecn Stevens of
Wuiriipn. New Zealand, and Stevens,
were nnmed heirs to a Inrire cstite
shortly utter the latter started on his
wanderings. She has been twins to
locate bor brother ever since. .
, Police departments and Sheriffs'
offices north of hero, hnvo been no
tified to look out for him. r'
CALIFORNIA AVIATOR
I I KILLED IN TEXAS
"Houston. Tex-.,' jnno 21. Ueu-
tinnnt 0. K. Grazier. Richmond, Cal
ifornia, and. Lieutenant Willinm K
Baor, , Detroit, -wore; the two arrav
aviators killed, wlion their piano
crashed' to the eround nt Pel Rio,
Tex., yestc.rdnv. nccordinc to official
report rcijcivcd at Ellington Kicld
hero today. . ... v.
CRACK U.S; ARMY
INI GERMANY
Best Equipped Force Ever Assembled
Ready for Drop of Hat Boys Hope
Germany Will Sinn But If they
Don't LoolrOi't Germany! First
and Second Divisions Advance.
WASHINGTON, June 21. Army
officers here said today the American
army now preparing to advance Into
Germany could operate as an entity
separate from its home base for a
year or more If circumstances should
require. They declared the force of
225,000 men probably was the best
equipped that ever had been assem
bled. .
Tho personnel was described ,
practically "hand-picked" with
equipment of the most modern type.
Great depots situated In the area be
hind the Cotilenz bridgehead were
filled with the best of the reserve
supply. v
In the event of an advance. It Is
the opinion here that the First and
Second divisions will be the active
elements with the Third and Fourth
as the Immediate reserve and the
fifth holding the third line. . i
CODLENZ, Wednesday, June IS.
(By Associated Press.) Divisions ot
the Third Army, after being awny
from bnttloftelds and war scenes for
seven months, have again plunged
Into the stirring activities which general!)-
precede the actual thunder ot
war. An army, unperturueu, ny tne
work: of. the peace conforence and
thinking much of home, has sudden
ly boon galvanized Into the life the
soldiers knew before the armistice
and endowed with renewed vigor. It
is today moving forward toward the
edge of tho great semi-circle which
marks the dividing lino .between the
occupied areas and the neutral sec
tions of Germany. '
The Second 'Division was tho first
to "move, getting under way early to
day. Along the Sayne valley which
moots tho Rhine noar Npuwotd which
has been tho division headquarters,
tho Second, with Its infantry, ma
chlno guns, artillery and nil tho
paraphernalia of war, pushed for
ward. Tonight tho American soldiers
aro sleeping beneath the sky in tho
open fields while tho country In every
direction Is dotted with smouldering
flros where the soldiers' hurried sup
per hndiboen prepared.
Tho concentration of the First dl
vision Is well under way and will be
completed before Saturday night. As
the men worked and marched today
they sang as men only can. Officers
said the doughboys waded Germany
to sign the treaty and after that to
go home, but "It the Germans did not
sign look out Gormnr.y."
WILSON POLICY
IS
Watchful Waitina Officially Re
nounced In Favor of Watchful Pre
paredness Army Now Ready to
Cross Border at First Sianal of
Trouble Can'anza In Bad Way,
WASHINGTON, June 21. Recent
developments along the southern bor
der and within Mexico Itself,-it was
learned officially today, has brought
radical change in the attitude of
this government toward Mexico. It
can be stated on positive authority
that "watchful waiting" has been
discarded for "watchful prepared
ness."
The war department has perfected
plans to throw a punitive expedition
of adequate strength across the Rio
Grande the moment official word is
received of reprisals on the part of
Villa for the Juarez Incident, or In
case of other contingencies tending
to bring the Mexican situation again
to a stage approaching the crisis of
last Sunday. Orders for the advance
of this column, however. It was said
would be accompanied by Instruc
tions for the military occupation of
territory necessary to Insure the
safety of the expedition and absolute
protection of the border thru the
creation ot a neutral zone south of
tho line.
Further movement of the expedi
tion would Bepend entirely on subse-'
quent developments.
Villa. Not llclieved'
; Military observers here place little
credence In the reports that Villa has
abandoned his offensive to the north.
Economic as well as military, neces
sity, .it was pointed out, call for the
elimination of the Carranza garri
sons now stationed on the flanks of
the territory Villa now controls-and
possession of a frontier port would
give the rebel chieftain fresh sinews
of war in the shape of customs duties
and equipment.
Altho three federal generals now
are operating ugairtst Villa in nor
thern Mexico, confidential reports to
the war department aro not. optimis
tic regarding the .success of the Car-
ranzista campaign there while tne
withdrawal ot badly needed troops
from the south tt Is expected will be
followed bj fresh incursions of the
Kellcistas, already at the very gates
of the capital. The Carranza mili
tary establishment according to. of
ficial reports filed here actually in
cludes less than 40 per cent of Its
paper strength of 160.000 and Its
military value .Is decreased by the
doubtful loyalty of some of the high
officers and the fact that hundreds
of recruits woro forcibly conscripted.
rnrrnnM in Itml WllV . -,
Anseles. a - Villtsta general. Ysi
characterized rn official circles hero
as "undoubtedly the most skillful
military leader south of the - Rto
Grande. ' The Villtstas aro conser
vatively estimated to number tun
thousand equipped with fairly mod
ern arms including cannon up to 105
millimeters In caliber.
So serious Is the condition fa"cd
by President Carranza lhat he is said
to bo bending every effort to secure
the direct support of tho Unitoit
States. This, according to officials
here, accounts tor the ease w'th
which the Jiiirei incident was closed.
ENGER SHIP IS
SUNK, NONE LOST
NEW BEDFORD. Mass.. June 21.
The steamer Northland of the East
ern steamship line, bound from New
York to Boston, with several hundred
passengers and a large cargo ot
froiglit. ran aground on West Islnnn,
about ten miles from tho Buzzard
Bnv eutraiico to the Capo Cod cnnul
shortly after 5 a. m. today.
. BOSTON. June 21. A message re
ceived at the offico of the Eastern
Steamship company, said that all 3."i0
passengers on board the Northland
had boon taken off snfclv and carried
to New Bedford. The transfer was
made bv tugs and small boats.
Tho message to the steamship
company said the damage was con
fined to the outer bull of the North
land. '
SIEGE DECLARED IN MUNSTER
SPARTICANS ARE BUSY
COBLENZ, Juno 21. (Bv the As
sociated Press.) A state of 'niece
has been declared in tho district of
Minister, in Westphalia, northeast of
Cologne, been use of Spartacun dis
turbances, according to information
rencliing Ainericaii lieadiiuaiteis
ABANDONED
TOWARD MEXICO
U. S. LABOR
VOTES AID
TO JAPAN
American Federation to Assist Labor
Movement in Mikado's Kinndom
Samuel Gompers Re-Elected Presi
dent Apainst Opposition of Radi
calsDeclares Result an Answer
to Labors' Traducers and Oppo
nentsUnionize South America.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., June 21.
Samnel Gompcrs was to'da v. re-elected
president of the American Federation
of Labor, in convention hero. Mr.
Gompcrs in a speech said. the selec
tion was American labor's answer to
its traducers and opponents. i
When the delecates arose to thcr
feet to cheer the veteran workmen's
leader. James Duncan of Seattle, the
onlv deleeato who voted "no" and
Perlcv Grow, of Los Anaeles. and i
other so-called radicals remained
seated. Tho proportion of these,
however, was small.
Mr. Gompcrs declared in his speech
that a certain element in labor had
for months been trvinu' to brinz about
his defeat and that munv anti-labor-nnd
anti-American publications had
been used as advertising mediums to ,
attack orennized labor in ccncral. and
its lenders in particular. - -
"It was organized labor's right to
determine who should lie its presi
dent, whether anv one else liked it
or- not," Mr. Gompcrs added. "I hnvo
" SAMUKL (JOMPKRH
Once more Is elected head of Amer-
lean Federation of tabor.
given all that is in mo to servo the
cause of labor . primarily and thu
masses' of people generally. M.v
highest conception of ilutv.hns been
service and protection of. the rights
of the great masses so that each suc
ceeding generation mnv he nssured it
will receive everything that righttul
ly belongs .to it."
Cooperate A Ith Japan
The convention voted to cooperate
with the workers ot Japan so ns to
assist them in organizing in order
that there might he a better under-
tnnding between the working men of
the United States and Japan.
The convention also authorized tho
sen'' ot n delegation ot tlie ieu
cration to include mining it Mr. Gom
pcrs to the International Triples Lu
ton Congress in Ainsteruum, Julv 2o.
Approval was also given to send a
committee, on which Mr., dumpers
was to be a member, to the l'an
American Federation ot Labor to bo
held in New York Julv 7. The con
vention recommended that the c.-
(Continued on Pace Six.)
IS
10
WASHINGTON, J unO 21. A
proposed, nmonilmont to thn
pending prohibition enforce-
mont bill giving tho president
authority to repeal tho war
time prohibition act, insofar ai
It affects the sale of light wlnos
and beer, was defeated today
by the house judiciary commit
tee 12 to a.
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