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Kr WiuW Yo"- ' ' MICDFOM), OH 10(1 ON, MONDAY, JUNE 723, .1919 NO. 79
iioilffliili
trfhtTth iiiiroifiT p i hibi iih labor men
Q PN n F0L DEPENDS UPON RflP( mmr .
VlLUIlLuUnl Admiral Von Beuter Declares Kaiser ; 1'; i & , J 'W$L Premier Bauer Announcina Decision . 11(11.11 UU I
Commanded No German Warship f3 v ' 'iyX f'l J"7V Ji $fat?,t ' i$rf& to Accept Peace Treaty Shows New
Official Acceptance of Terms Is An
nounced From Weimar nnd Paris
- Refusal to Grant Delay Brlwis
Prompt Action Severity of
Terms Protested Germans at Cob-
lenz Celebrate Signing History ot
the Treaty.
l'AIIIS. June 23. The German
government ul Woiinur ho formally
Vniiiimiiiiciilcil it willim-Mies lo sigh
tlio pence terms iinooiidilionullv. it
was iiimniini'i'il liv tlio French furi'iuti
office lb: uricnioiiii.
Tho lu v mill hour for llio .formal
signing of (Hn trentv in uncertain.
Tim signing possibly imiv lake place
TiicmIiiv, hut mora likely Wedtiesdiiv.
The llnliim delegate nt prcent in
Paris luivo boon iiiilhoMod to siuti
I liu troiitv on behalf of lliilv. Thin
nniniitncciuciil removed out iniestinn
which it wnii feared might delnv the
signing.
Tim tli'rmiiii noli? of nocciitnnoc, it
in said, in I'oiii'lii'il in Much luimuiigc
thnl it niiiinlnitiH llic Herman piisilinn
Hull llio tH'iit'o condition nro II IM'M'U'
of violence,"
PAH1H. Juno 2!l. Tim fact Unit
tho Germans HHkt'cl onlv -IS lioiirH'
ili'liiv iiiul vet woro refused indicated
tlio intention of tint allies to puh
matters to nn immvdiuto iclusin.
Tho grout iillii'il military machine wn
ri'iulv lo move on the stroke of tlio
lioiir of tl' expiration of tho time
limit. -
After cliHiiwhinir of tho (Ionium ro
uiiest the council of lour npiuirontlv
dismissed Guraiiin affairs to tin) Into
of tho hour Mill left th oiicmv to
ri'i'lv. iiml resinned (iinsiilornlimi of
tliv Austrian In'utv.
Tim ih'HMi'on to ri'fimo Ihu (Ivrmiin
ri'inioht for moro timo wax roiii'hi-il
n II or ii iliHOtinHion litsllnu Iivsh IIiiiii
.tin hour,
. Tho (lomiiin nolo mid n followK:
"To hi osi'i'lli'iii'V. tho iiri'Hidont
of tho iu'iii'0 I'oiilVrciii'O. Mr. t'h'm
I'lii'i'iiu: "Mr. I'roKiili'iil. tho iiiinihlrr for
foroiiin iil'l'nir inslriu'l mo to In'ir
thu iillii'il iiml iiKhoi'iiiti'il l'OVimii-
nifiitH to iirolomr for -IH hour tho
timo limit for niiNWoriiiir Your oxrol
Ioiii'v'k nolo oommunii'iili'il vof-tonluv
ovoniiiL'. iiml likowHO tho timo limit
fur iiiiHWorimr tho noto of Juno Hi.
11110.
"It wiih onlv on Siituriliiv. nftor
. cri'iit ilifficullio thnl u now ciihini't
wiik fornii'il whii'h. tinlilio il proilo
ooKSor I'oulil romo lo nil mirei'moiil
to iloohiro it willinuni' to siun tlio
trotitv u h rot'iiril nourlv nil it pro
viioiiH. Tho niilioniU UHsonililv litis
nxnrpHHPil itH confiiloiu'o in Ihm onh
inot hv u liirmi mniorilv of voto. The
niiKwor onlv nrrivod horn iut lioforo
liiiV'niirht nn tho direct wiro from
VcrxnilloH lo Woimiir wn out of oi'-
(Contlnuod on Face Six.)
GE
KIEL AND OTHER
WRIMAW. Juno (Hv tho
a i... i Pmiuti V T in Uor
nuin wnrHliin' whioh worn not J
I i I.. . il llii.u iiml !'
Hurronumoii in ni
whii'h Imvn boon, nnohorod "I t
K'iul. AVilhijliiiHlnivon nnd olhor
lioinlH, hnvo boon mink bv Uer
iii ii n Hiiiloi'H miumimr thoii. iio
conlinit to n Vmioi't roi'iiivoil hoio
from ii roliitblo nullmi'ilv.
Aooonlinu; to tho roiioi'U tboro
woro .12 (lornmiv wnr voshoIh,
hosidCH dostro.vors which woro in
(lormim wntorn. not Imvinit boon
turned over to I bo ontontu iimlor
tho iirmiKtii'O tiroviwoiiH.
Should Fall Unto Enemy's Hands Jk "! lKv I " s jjr jf' and Amazina Viewpojnt Better
Thouuht Armistice HaH Been '''' ' j - V ' Jr- j& 'j g." Future for Germany Depends Upon
Sinned. f JA "j Xvrff&jr ' f Regeneration of German People.
IONIMlN. Juno 23. Alllio rrporti
bitvo m moil Unit vlx (iarmuiiH wore
killed unit ton wouiiilml whon tlio
IxiuIh of llin ('(rinini flaot 111 Hcnii(
Flow worn flrml timin, iilmciiiiont to
tlio nrulllln( of tho (Sormiin floot, tlio
Dully .Mull iiuyx (hut ollioni limy linvo
timin tlrownod 11 ml Unit no mo ponnHily
Iiiivii ronrhoil ilia Urknoy IhIhihIh.
Tim miiln forro of tlio llrlllnli (loot
wnii uliHont oxorcUliiK ul una whon
tlm litirninn lilp woro Hunk.
Ailnilrul von llniilor, communilor
of I ho mirri-niloroil (irmun flaot auya
ho Innuoil nn ofilor to "Ink tho hlp,
tho Dully .Mull miiln. unci tilt no ho
ciiiiiio ut llio hoiilnuliiK of tho wur tho
(airman oiiinoror tllrortcil that no
(Ionium wnmhlp Khoitlil full lnty tho
oniMiiy'ii liiuulii. llo nays that ho ho
llovnil from nowunnnnr roportu, that
tho armlmlco luul lioon ontlotl.
(ilvn Thi-io "llwk"
Tho firm boat lonil wiik lowotl
nlonKKlilo II, .M. H. VIclorloUB liy
tlrlftor. A (icrniun offtcor In tho
lionl iintitri'il Ilia moa to choor. Thoy
roHpomlad wild tliroo vlKoroiiK
llockii." Crufl of ovory uWriptlon
followml fiiHl to tho altlu of tho wnr
ulilp, cnrli towltiK liontlonil of (iof-
mmiH who woro taken on tionrd tho
Vli'lorloiin, llio ilt'cku of which soon
tiiicnmo crowilod with men nnd buii
iIIoh. (Ionium officer who cnino abonrtl
woro a nworil and soomocl to wlnh to
muko nn Imprcsiilvo coromony by
hnndliiK over lo an officer who had
boon In rommiiiid of a division of In
lornod duHiroyura.
"Wo aro not llolnliovlkl," ho said.
Poaco wan alKtiod today. Wo hud
our ordoni and navo carrion inom
out."
f (icriniins Worn ltoiuly
Tho (iiirmiiiiN woro not nwaro that
tho armlHlIro had boon oxtendod un
til .Monday and llicro wa an nliuont
cnnllnuoiiH hool cllckliiR and anliitlng
nn llio orrit'orn of various whips xroct
otl ouch olhor. on coinluK aboard.
That tho (iormnna woro ready for
(ho event wnn np pa rent from .tlio
amount of tho isear thoy hail Willi
thorn, ftomo seamen atnKKorlnK under
tho wnlKht of liundleH lilKRor than
thomxolvcti, tho riiIvuko repreHonllns
ovorythliiR from blan,koln lo pot doK.
Until tho offlrorH and mon soomccl
very anxloiiA thnt none of thoir ships
should io saved.
l 'liiK Hiiulnl Dmvn
Ono officer who woro tho Iron
cronn pointed to tho slnkliiK "hips nnd
said:
"Boo how tlio Cormon navy rocs
down with lis flaRa flyliiK."
Such, however, was not tho caso,
an llrlllsh Boamon bad bonrdod most
of tho (iormnn ships nnd had hiiulcd
down tho flags boforo tho vessels
wont untlor.
Tho prospect of snlvnRlnpr a fow
ships is fairly hopoful, tho Jlnll snys.
Nono has Bono down In really (loop
wntor. About twonty tlostroyors out
of tho fifty that woro Interned woro
benched during tho nriornoon. Tho
(iormnn crows which woro tnkon to
tho Victorious wen-o later transferred
to othor warships; '
tiiiniv-snlvo Siwctuclo .
Tho Mall prints tho story of nn oyo
wIIiiosb of tho sinking of tho floot
who says that bo witnessed naval ac
tivities nt Scnpa Klow for many yonrs
nnd saw many lmproaslvo sluhts, but
ihn mont linnoshm of thorn was
tamo compurod with Saturday's stag'
goring snoutnolo., Toward noon one
of tbd (Iormnn bnttloshlps was ro-
portotl In n sinking condition nnd nl
most Hlmiilljinoously ouch Oornmn
Hhll) holstud tho Gorman onslgn at
tho niaslhond. tlio most of mom
showing also tho rod flng nt their
forbmnst.' Tho crows fnimodliitoly
comnionccd to loavo tho Bhlps nnd It
was soon evident thut a concortotl
plan ot notion was being carrlod
out-" ' " "
II S. Stnamnr Sunn Bv Mine.
LONDON, Juno' 2.I. Tho Amoricnn
sleanior Knriiam, from Ilnltimoro, has
boon sunk bv n mine explosion, a dia
patch to Lloyd's from Golhcnburi! re
ports, ..... :.. -
AIhivo nro from loft to rllit, l.lo
Iniitl, tlio I'iiIknI HIiiIi'h uinl 1'raniv,
Irnity nccrptcil loilny by (.eruiany.
DEATH US! 70,
Frluhtful Tornado Visits Feraus Falls
Property Damaae Buns Into Mil
lionsEntire Town Wiped Out
. Greatest Loss of Life When Grand
Hotel Collapses.
KKHGirS FALLS, Minn., Juno 23.!
Uolweon sixty ind seventy persons
were killed and mom than n hundred
woro badly Injured by tho tornado
which struck Fergus Falls into yes
terday and toro a largo section of tho
city, Including tho business district,
to pieces. Thirty-eight bodies have
boon recovered..
KVAXSVILLK, Minn., Juno 23.
Forty-seven porsons aro knoitfn to 'be
dead. 160 aro Injured and In omor
geney hospitals and property valuod
at six million dollars Is destroyed as
a result of tho tornado wjilch swept
thru Fergus Falls lato yesterday af
ternoon. Itollef work Is' under wny
wlth plenty of doctors and nurses on
hand. Thero Is a possibility that tho
deatt) list may reach sixty when tho
ruins, of the Grind Hotel hnvo boon
thorgiy searched as It is known many
bodies iito still beneath tho pllo.
Tho greatest loss of llfo took plnco
nt tho Grand Hotel, a threo-story
building. Thirty-five porsons aro bo-
llovod to havo boon killed, when the
hotel was smashed by tho twister.
Moro thnn CO gnosis woro In thi
building.
Special roliof trains from St. Paul
and Mlnileapnlls trrlvod at Forgus
Falls at six o'clock this morning.
Tho Ottortail county court houso,
county Jail and shorlff's rcsldonco
woro destroyed. At Ono Milo l.iko
near Forgus Fulls four children of
John Kroldlor, a farmer woro blown
Into tho luko and drnwnod.
ST. PAUL. Minn.. Julia 23 -More
than 300 buildings woro wrecked, by
ho tornado which struck Forgus
Falls, according to a mossngo to tho
stnto inllltnrv rtopartmnnt hero from
Wntlonn. Rofugoes doclnrod that
tho storm divided as It struck For
gus Falls and that tho hoavlest dam
ago wnn sustnhied In tho wostern soc-
tlon. Llnomon from ;Wndona nro tit
ompllng to ropalr wlros to Forgus
Fulls.
FICltGUS FALLS, Minn., Juno 23.
Slnttv-tronps begun sonrchlng tho
wrockngo shortly aftor daylight. It
Is hollovod that moro thnn a doJion
'bodies nro .burled Jn tho debris of
tho Grand flofol. Fifty porsons woro
In this building whon tho tornado
camo. About HO ot thorn nro doa'd.
Much of tho fosldonco district
south of tho llod rlvor Is a waste. ;
About 500 stores 'and rosldoncos
woro domo'llshod. Virtually tho on
tlro northwestern section ot tho city
Is In ruins. Public buildings nnd
churolvos woro dostrpyod, Hospitals
uro crowdod with victims.
Cdtlzons snld thoy bollove that
'throo storms struck tho city In quick
succession. Sovornl porsons corrob
orated Btatoments thnt threo funnel
shaped clouds woro seoui , :4 '
HUNDREDS HURT
MNISOIA
)il-(icorgo, IVcklili-nt W IImio uuil V
lio ucro chiefly Instruincntiil In dr
,
World's Ten Greatest
' Peace Treaties '
France and Austria the treaty ii Canilinii,
known as the "Ladies' Peace .. 152!)
France with England, Germany, Holland, Spain
i and Sweden at Nimegueii ......August 10,1678
Turkey and German empire treaty u Uel- -
grade ........L..: Septcnier 18, 1739
Ending the war of the Austrian succession at .
Aix-la-Chappelle England, France, 1 Gev
nianv, Holland, Spain and Sweden signing
- ' ,.- ' Octtil)er 7, 1748
' England and the American colonies ending :
t he War of the Revolution, at Paris. Sept. 3,: 1783
England and the United States ending the war ;'
bfi 1812, the treaty , of Treiit.i....,...::.......-..:....'...: 1814
Russia with Turkev, England, France and Sar
dinia, at Paris .". ..'...:.:.:..i:.:....Maivh 30, 1856
France and Germany, at Versailles, the peace
that gave Alsace and Lorraine to Germany
May 10, 1S71
Russia and Japan, at Portsmouth Sept. 5, 1905
Turkev and the Balkan allies Bucharest
' August 10,1913
BILL OFFERED TO
CALL ARMY HOME
WASHINGTON. June 2;t. Wur
with Cicrauiiiv nnd Austria would bo
. . i .
iicclnrod nt an enu uv an nnieiiuuiciu
to the armv appropriation, bill intro
duced lute toduv bv Senator Full,
republican of New Mexico, with a J
view to removing from comiross anV:
blame for continuing war conditions1
pcnilim; ratification of the peace
trentv. .' .
J'ho nionstirc. which would rcniurc
npprovaj bv both senate and house,
provides thtit none of the funds made
nvailnlilo bv the armv bill could be
used for mniutniiiintr forces on for
cian soil in f'urlhcYnnce of tho wnr.
In addition tlio amendment would
direct tlio president to order tho im
mediate return to the tinted Mutes
of all mililiirv iiml naval forces
abroad in connection with llio war.
Without debate llio nmendinent was'
ordered printed and will lie over un
til tomorrow, when Senator Full is
to call for a vote. ,
HOOD RIVER BERRIES
A
'llOOll UIVKR. Oro., Juno 23 To.
tnl shlpmonts ot Hood Itlvor straw
berries from the vnlloy hnvo roaenon
08 carloads. Excopt for picking in
tho unnor vnlloy, tho harvest Is about
comploted. Not more than, lo ad
ditional cars are expected.
Tho pro-harvest estimates have
.fallen tar short as a short ot eariy
frost dnmngo, but tho total returns
will bo much largo than In former
vBiiiB. the averaiio nor car for tho
berlos reaching approximately $3000.
,
lomcnreau, rcprcM-nlat 1 vc of Kng-
niving up the final tcrnurof tho pence
OF
E
SA1.KM. Juno 2.'!. The iimiendins
re-orsranization of the state indus-
i ;..! ......i.ij.ni ....iiiiiiwsiiiti. iinnoiinced
....... - -
nv uovernor icn i. wwn ouni,.
will not act as a stav to the investi
gation of the commission's affairs
at the reniiest of the Portland Labor
council, accordinc to statement is
sued bv the eovernor toduv. Three of
the investigators nre to be named ov
the employers, three bv the employes
and three bv the governor Irom the
state nt large.
la furtherance of his proposed re
organisation ot tho commission tne
governor toduv sent a letter to Com
missioner llnrvev Uockwith reiiuest-
ing his resignation. Tho term of
Wilford Allen., the other member
whose retirement is proposed, has al
ready expired. Will T. Kirk and J. W.
Fergusin aro the proposed appointees
of the governor, according to bis an
nouncement..
KING ALBERT WILL
BRUSSELS, Juno 23. (French
Wireless Sorvlce.) Boforo 1'rosldent
Wilson loft Belgium It was announc
ed today King Albert nnd Qnoon Elis
abeth accoptod his invitation to visit
tho United Stntos.. Tho Belgian rut
ors probably will go to tho United
States in Soptembor.
II. S. Destrover Leaves Portland
POKTLA'Nll. June 2;t. Following
a threo duv visit here the United
States destroyer Hizal left today for
l'mret Sound. .Oft'iobr sand crew of
,i.e Iti.al were ciilerltiined publicly
while here, .. ; .. ....
WEIMAR. June 22. (Bv the As
sociated Press. V In nnnoiincine the
dceinion of the German Government to
sinn tho peace terms before the na
tional assemblv toduv. Premier Bauer
said: -
"At this hour of life and death,
under the menace of invasion, for the
lust time I rise in free Germany n
protest ncainst this treaty of vio
lence , anil destruction. I protest
naainst this nuickcrv of self-determination,
this enslavement of the
German people, this new menace to
tho peace of the world, under the
musk of a treat v of peace. No sitrn-
in2 can enfeeble this protest wnicn
we raise and swear to. Tfiis treaty
1.ioj nut lose its annihilatinsi i-hnr-
netir hv alterations in detail. Pro-
tcstine at'n:nst it is useless nnd is at
the risk of a new crisis within 48
hours. . '
; One Hope Only
"Oi'ir nnwer of resistance is brok
or. m,l there is no means of avcrt-
i.. tins trentv. The treaty itself.
.hiKrovnr" does uive us a handle
1 which we cannot allow to be wrested
! from lis. namelv. the entente's sol
j emn promise of June 1(5 that the
I trentv can lie' revised Irom. lime lo
time anil adapted to new conditions.
' That is one of the few words in the
trentv breathina the real spirit of
pence.
i'remier rauer concnuicu uy .--pressine
his faith in the German peo
ple and their final realyintion of a
better future. He said thev were
f.iepd with vears of labor for the
foreism account, but 'owed it to their
descendants to hold the country to
gether. Vrgcs Discipline
'Thev must safeeunrd our new lib
erty." he said. "There must be a will
to work and a discipline in all ranks
of societv. There ore no miraculous
elinrtns to cure a nation. Even a
world revolution cannot rid us of the
mulailv from Vlucli we are wearinir
awnv. Onlv bv a revolution of our
moral conscioiisnos!; can we succeed
in raisins ourselves out of our nicht
into a bettor future."
SUNK BY BRITISH
I1ELSIXGFORS. June IP. British
warships Wednesday evening lorpc
doed the Bolshevik armored cruiser
Sbivn. which snnk niiinediatelv.
A report received on i ndnv stated
Hint the liussiun cruiser Olcg had
been 'sunk on Wednesday hv a Brit
ish submarine.
LONDON. June. 2:t. The Bolshevik
battleship Andrei Pervosav'anni is be
lievcd to havo been sunk bv a Britn
torpedo near Kronstndt on lliursiluv.
according to a Finnish navnl dispatch
ouotcd in a llelsingl'ors cnblcgnun
to Hie Daily Mail. The telegram adds
that the Bolshevik battleship 1'ot
ropuvlovsk has hoisted the while flag.
NON-PARTISAN LEADER
' BROUGHT TO TRIAL
'JACKSON.' Minn.. Juno 23.---Ar
thur C. Townloy, president ot the
Non-Partisan league, and Joseph
riiilinrt. .former orxunlzer ot tho
lettgue, were placed on trial In dls
trlct court hero today on Indictments
returned last year 'by the Jackson
county grand Jury. Gilbert is charged
with having made disloyal utter
ances and the Allegation ngnlnst.
Townley Is conspiracy, ,
American Federation Goes On Record
in Favor Teleqraoh Strike Ap
point Gompers -and Committee to
Confer With Burleson and Ask Con
cessions Threatens Nation Wide
Walkout Unless Telephone Compa
nies Accede to Demands.
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. June 23.
Indorsement of the Commercial Tele
grapher's strike was unanimously
voted toduv bv the American Federa
tion of Labor. The convention also
went on record in favor or a 44-nour
week for labor generally oml directed
the executive council to work for that
end. . : . ' '"'
A resolution adopted on the sub
ject of the wire strike directed tho
appointment bv President Gompers
on a committee lo so to Washington
to confer with Postmaster. General
Burleson nnd ask that concessions
rccentlv eranted telephone and elec
trical workers be extended to includo
employes of the telegraph comunnics
under government control. Such ex- .
tension, it was declared.-would ret
suit in the ending of the strike
; ' . Opioso iProhlbltlon :
Tim convention turned down a res-
olution introduced bv delegates, from
Seattle which would Jmvc put tho
American Federation of Labor on
record as being in lavor ot proiiiin- -
tion, ' - .
A memorial was adopted urging
labor unions to meet with, and en
courage iornier somiers, nnutus
nuirincs "to protect themselves
against exploitation by unpatnotio .
employers."
Xatlon-wido Strike
SPRINGFIELD. Ills.. June' 23. "An
unreasonable interpretation bus been
placed upon the Burleson order, and
it niav be necessary to call a nntion-n-iln
strike of electrical workers be
fore the telephone compnnies will ac
cede to our demands." said secretary
Charles P. Ford of the International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
in a statement given oui nuiu
Mr. Ford said that the telephone eom
i.,itili.s in miinv sections 1 of tho
country hud failed to follow out tho
provisions ot tin! lSurlcson order,
which grunted men tho right to or-
anize. '
"Vi. President 'Noonnn of the
electrical workers will confer with
postoffice department otticials m
(Continued on Page Four.)
TO
LEAVE FOR HOME ON
Tl
lilt EST. June 23 The I'm-
tod States ship George Wiishing-
Ion ubiidi Will carry President
Wilson buck to the United States;
received orders to bo reutlv to
sail Thursday morning, 'fho
4 t 1 1 .... II... ti.iinuiurl.
" WOTK UL lUiliilii mu "
Iwcun this evening. ,
WASHINGTON. Juno 23.
President' Wilson cabled Socre-
larv Tumulty today that ho cx-
peotcd to leave Brest on his
homeward iouniev" Wednesday
or Thursday-. :.
The prostilent should make llio
return trip within a week mid
immediately alter his arrival
here ho. personally will present
the pence treaty to tho .senuto
for ratification. After ho clours,
his desk of accumulated work ho
will muko a "swine- around tho
4 n;...i.il'l ui,.iltinr in sniiiiort of
the treaty and tho League of
Nations covenant.
ttt tft t , t t