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TTTE MORNING OREGOXIAN, WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 18, 1920 AMERICANS HELD BY SOVIET AS HOSTAGES .1000 Foreigners Anxious to Leave Moscow. FIVE YANKEES IN PRISON Bolshevikl Consider United States Most Vncompromlsing In At titude Toward Reds. TERIJOKI, Finland, Aug. 17- Rus sian Frontier. Aug. 9. (By the A.tociated Press.) A ' thousand foreigners, including 35 Americans, aro at Moscow hoping for action by their governments to get them out before winter. Aside from 35 of undoubted Ameri can citizenship, there are many claiming- American citizenship, who have gathered from al) parts of Russia. Tliey are the last of Kussla'8 pre-war foreign residents. Inquiries by the Associated Press correspondent before his deportation to Finland from Moscow, because he had not recelvea advance soviet auth orization for a trip from Vladivostok to Moscow, developed that many foreigners have been refugees in Moscow over a year. A tralnload of French once was sent to the frontier, an& then returned because of the at titude of France toward the bolshe vik!. The Amerclans say their status is worse than the other foreigners. They are held virtually as hostages while the soviet tries to force "Washington to negotiate officially with Moscow or bolshevik agents. Five Americans In Prison. Bolshevik officials consider the United States the most uncompromis ing of all nations in her attitude to ward the soviet. Five Americans are known to be imprisoned. Among them are Dr. A. W. Stickney, geologist, and his wife, who recently arrived from Siberia. The others are Royal C. Keeley, a man named Lamark and a naturalized American Greek, named Calimidlanov, who has been Imprisoned a year and a half, charged with being a spy. H. D. T. Reynolds, an American mining engineer, is not permitted to leave Semipalatinsk. Siberia, the bolshevikl demanding his services there. A half dozen other Americans have been imprisoned at different times. Most of the Americans are long-time residents. Some lacked finances to go to Siberia and the far east, the only exit, while others were ill or lived in distant provinces. Since the consular officers departed, there has been no official method of negotiation with the bolshevikl. In dividual appeals met with the reply that Americans would 'not be permit ted to leave until the American au thorities would negotiate with the soviet regarding repatriation, prob ably involving terms of exchange for communists in the United States. Anarchist deportees who have ar rived In Russia from America are de clared not wanted. The Americans recently nominated H. C Carlson, former business repre sentative In Moscow, to register the Americans and .handle their affairs with the soviet. Corporal Fnrnlahn Details. Corporal Arthur Prince of Detroit, Mich., an American soldier recently released from prison, has given con sular officials and the Red Cross in Finland detailed information regard ing the American personnel and has asked that if possible something be done. A French relief organization sent food to imprisoned Americans, but this relief will end with departure of the French, expected soon. Treatment accord,ed foreigners re flects any action abroad which is unfavorable to the bolshevikl. July 24, when some refugees left, BO Brit ish subjects with permission to go were taken off the train and are still held. The bolsheviki have learned that Leonid Krassin, minister of trade and commerce, had not been permitted to return from London. Likewise 17 British officers and ex perts oil the Siberian railway com mission, headed by J. F. Stevens of Chicago were taken in custody during the Kolchak retreat, simultaneously when Colonel F. R. Blunt of Piano, 111., and his party were stopped in June as they were leaving the bol shevik territory of Irkutsk. These 17 now are in prison in Moscow. iiitm quitor iq Qinninr UILILU UUIIUII IU UUIUIUL BOX FACTORY WORKER DRINKS CARBOLIC ACID. 'Life Not Worth LiTlng," Says Note to Friends; Inquest Thought Unnecessary. BEND, Or., August 17. (Special.) because the girl he loved did not re 'turn his affection. L. J. Enelish aged 24, box factory worker, ended r.is lire at the Bartlett hotel here last night by drinking two ounces of car- doiic acid. Life is not worth 11 vine. I have found out that the girl 1 love did not care for me. according to a note which English left for his friends. English bought the poison at a drug - store, telling the pharmacist that he wished to use it in treating a horse which had a sore shoulder. He went home immediately and going to his room, wrote the note, then poured the acid into a glass before drink . ins It. Later friends heard him groaning and called a physician. Antidotes were administered, but were too late. An inquest was thought unnecessary. Mrs. Olive English of Hood River, mother, was notified today. IRQ DELEGATES NAMED ADA COUNTY REPUBLICANS CHOOSE DELEGATION. 13 Persons Instructed to Vote State Convention for Patch and Davis. at BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 17. (Special.) The Ada county republican convention in session here today elected 15 dele gates to the state convention to be he'd at Pocatello, August 24 and in structed them to use honorable means to bring about the nomination of Co'cnel L. V. Patch of Payette for United States senator and Governor - Davis to succeed himself. . The dele gates are A. W. Garrett; Mrs. - Lew Nelson, W. L. Cuddy, Edward J. Fraw ley. Pearl Sanger, Gilbert Phillips, Mark Shields. R. C. Taylor, Jess Haw ley. Relly Joy. Harry Keyser, W. W. IriHh, Raymond Oivens, J. M. Lambert and Walter Wood. The convention was one of the stormiest ever held in this county. Combinations were perfected, the suc cessful one of which was made' be tween Governor Davis and Colonel Patch. They defeated State Treasurer Eagleson. candidate for the guberna torial nomination; Colonel E. G. Da vis, candidate for senator, and Frank R. Gooding, candidate for senator. Ex service men who were for Patch, as sisted by the Governor Davis dele gates, elected O. W. Worthwine, an ex-service man, over R. M. McCrack en, ex-representative in congress, and who was in the. service, for temporary chairman. Thereafter they were in complete control. Resolutions were adopted indorsing the national ticket and Idaho's delegation in congress. Senator Borah particularly, for his stand on the league of nations and the state administration. E. H. Fraw ley was elected state committeeman. The democratic county convention, entitled to send nine delegates to the state convention, at Idaho Falls, Au gust 24, elected 18 delegates with half a vote each as follows: J. P. Pope, M. Alexander, J. H. Hawley, H. B. Jones, J. D. Wheelan, Mrs. Pike, W; H. Hiner, William Healey. W. H. Conway, Gertrude Noble, Mrs. Roik Jer, H. A. Palmer, A. J. Bard, K. I. Perky, Joseph Turner, Allen Eaton, P. H? Quirk and J. N. Floyd. J. P. Pope was elected state com mitteemen. POST ORDERS SHAKE-UP IMMIGRATION" BUREAU WILL BE REORGANIZED. Action Taken. Because Conditions Indicate "Disorganization,"' Ac cording to Officials. WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. Reorgan ization of the immigration bureau was ordered today by Assistant Secretary Post of the labor department follow ing an investigation said to have dis closed conditions indicating "utter disorganization" of the service. The shake-up, it was said. Included not only the office here of Commissioner General Caminetti, but also the coastal stations and the field service. Labor department officials said the conditions which led to the investiga tion were of long standing. The sit uation was called to the attention of Mr. Caminetti by - Secretary Wilson and the solicitor of the labor depart ment, before whom had been present ed instances . which they believed showed the disorganized, state of the Immigration service. -' Flans of the department under its reorganization scheme were not dis closed. Mr. Post conferred today. however, with Commissioner Wallis of the Ellis island station regarding the situation there due to shortage of personnel to handle increased immi gration. It was Indicated that the force would be increased 'soon to a point approaching its size before the war. LONG FALL KILLS WOMAN Tourist Strikes Lobby Floor in Spokane Hotel. ' . SPOKANE. Wash.. Aug. J7. Mrs. Ellen O'Donovan MacNamara,- aged 68, of New York city, received injuries In a fall through the skylight of the Davenport hotel here tonight which resulted a few minutes later in her death. She fell into the lobby from a promenade on the third floor. Mrs. MacNamara, according to stories of two cousins. Miss A. Sulli van and Miss Florence Sullivan, be came ill while at dinner and left the table to seek the promenade. From there she fell into the lobby. Mrs. MacNamara, with a sister. Mrs. Margaret M. Smith of White Plains, N. Y ., and her cousins, were touring the west. LORD' MAYOR IS DEPORTED Official of Cork Is. Sent to England Aboard Destroyer. CORK, "Ireland, Aug. 17. Terrenes MacSweeney, lord mayor of Cork, was deported to England today aDoara a destroyer, after having been found guilty of sedition by courtmartial yesterday. MacSweeney still refused to eat. MacSweeney, who has refused food since he was arrested last Thursday night, was convicted of having under his control the secret police cipner, of having made a seditious speech on the occasion of his 'election and of having in his possession a copy of the -resolution of the Cork corpora tion pledging allegiance to the Irish republican parliament. HOUNDS CATCH CONVICTS Two Who Escape From Walla Wal la, Wash., Caught Same Day WALLA WALLA, Wash., Aug. 17. William Burke and Leo Brookshire who escaped from a gang of convicts on the prison farm about 11 o'clock this morning, were both captured this afternoon. Burke was taken first near Prescott and sent to the peni tentiary. He was trailed by the prison bloodhounds under Guard Earl Mclnroe. After capturing Burke, the dogs were put on the trail of Brookshire who. it was learned later, had lain down to rest in the grass, and the posse had passed near him. He got up later and started up the railroad track toward Prescott when the dogs got on his trail. 12,000,000 LOSE PARENTS Father or Mother or Both Lost by Children of Enrope in War, PARIS, Aug. 17. Twelve million children in Europe lost one or both parents during the war, it is shown by compilations gathered by the- rep resentatives of the American Red Cross in 18 countries. Russia leads with 4.000.000, many follows with -3,000,000, France has 1.000,000. Ger and RETAIL MEN UNDERSOLD Community Market I9 Opened in Evanston; Corn Brings 2 5 Cents EVANSTON. 111., Aug. 17. Evans ton's community market opened to day. - Corn sold for 25 cents a dozen a against 4a cents in retail stores potatoes 10 cents a pound as agains from 20 to 30 cents, and chicken 4 cents .a pound, compared to a mini mum price of 50 cents in stores, th marketers commented. B. A H. green stamps for cash. tjolman uel Co. Main 351. 580-31. AUV. C0XMAC1ESTILL GOING ON LOW GEAR Democratic Candidate Hasn't Yet Thrown Clutch. NOBODY GREATLY EXCITED Air at Dayton Gives Xo Indication of Great Campaign Marion Has Different Aspect. Continued From FirVt Pist) things, of getting ready. Ha acts a little as if he hasn't quite grasped the rules and conditions of this new garni yet. He has more the air of still learning, still asking for information, rather than flying down the track of a well-planned course. He-lacks any appearance of pressure. A newspa per man who went to Cox's head quarters for a 15-minute engagement. actually, talked with him for four hours. The picture at Dayton, as one finds it on personal contact, is different from what I am confident the public thinks it is. Big Business Neglected. Cox lives in his big new house a few miles out of town and every morning cornea into his newspaper office. There he moves about in a manner which so far as it is unasum- ing, one admires, but so far as it pays attention to the tremendous business of leading a great political party in a national campaign, must be disturb ing to anyone interested in the fa vorable outcome of that event. The only thing that distinguishes James M. Cox in the office of the Day tor. News from any other proprie tor of a newspaper in a town of 150, 000 is the presence of eight corre spondents from out of town. These and the occasional other correspond ents who drop in for a few days are almost the only evidence of the enor mous process of making a man known to a whole nation and marshaling- 10. 000,000 or 15,000.000 voters into or ganized support. Cox Utterly Informal. There are two seated hours when Cox mcts these newspaper men, once in the forenoon for the evening pa pers and pnee in the afternoon for the morning papers. Actually, the newspaper men have the run of the office and Cox moves about among them with utter informality. One feels that he would do better if he made a more systematic even if less good-natured use of his time. All the newspaper men like him. He realizes their hunger for a "story" twice a day and co-operates with them in a gen erous spirit. He tries to think of something to say or some announce ment to make and the newspaper men sometimes make suggestions which occasionally, he accepts and enlarges, upon.- He has no publicity man, and for that contrast with well Estab lished practice one approves him. The stream of profound or "snappy" ut terances that frequently flows from public men too often has its source not . in the mind of the man himself but in the inventive fertility of a professional publicity, man. So far as Cox s failure to acquire a publicity man represents a deter mination on his part that his per sonality and. his brain shall be re vealed to the . public Just for what taey are, without the artful aid of a publicity man, that is fine; but un happily, one suspects if Is merely part of the general casualness with which the campaign is being man aged. The net of it is that mere isn't much ."drive" in the democratic cam paign yet, either as respects the or ganization, or as respects Cox. The public hasn't become interested yet and your correspondent has not ob served anything coming along that is likely to excrte the voters very much. This is as true of the repub licans as of the democrats. It may be that the public isn't going to take as much interest in this campaign as we have in others. For a generation we have had three huge personalities in this country Roosevelt. Wilson and Bryan. In every presidential campaign for 2f years one or the other of these men has been a candidate, sometimes two of them. They stirred themselves up by virtue of mere quantity of their personalities, and neither Cox nor Harding has anything like the quan tity of personality that these three have had. OLYMPIC HONORS DIVIDED Contlnued From First Paife.) by the American newspapermen against one 01 the Belgian announc ers. They demanded that an Ameri can, whose English they could com prehend, undertake this work. They were supported by the English and Swedish newspapermen. .When the jury took up the pro tests it unanimously voted to disal low them. The jury announced, how ever, that Scholz was placed fourth, Alikhan fifth and Murchison of America, sixth. All U. S. Hurdlers win. All four American entrants in the 110-meter hurdles event won their heats in the field of 26 starters. H. E. Barron of the Meadowbrook club, Philadelphia, who won the second heat, made the best time, 15 1-5 seconds. Barron Just beat Earl Thomson, Dartmouth college star, who repre sents Canada. Thomson toppled two hurdles, losing his stride, but he fin ished fast and strong. The field out side of the Americans and Thomson was mediocre. The following efualified for the semi-finals in the 110-meter hurdles: Colbacchinie, Italy: Orfadan, France; H. E. Barron. Meadowbrook club. Philadelphia; Earl Thomson, Canada; Fred Murray,- New York Athletic club; G.- H. Gray. England; Trorsen. Denmark; W. L. Hunter, England: William J. Yount, Los Angeles Ath letic club: Hultin, Sweden; Walker Smith, Chicago Amateur Athletic association, and Carl Chrlstierssen, Sweden. me best time, 15 1-5 sec onds, was made by Barron. H. E. Barron. Meadowbrook club, Philadelphia, won the first heat in the semi-finals of the 110-meter hur dies. Walker Smith. Chicago Ath letic association, was second, and Or- fldan of France, third. The time. 15 seconds, equals the world's record The first three men In each of the semi-final heats qualified for the final. - Earl Thomson, Canada, took the second heat. Fred Murray of the New York Athletic club, was second, and Carl Christiersson of Sweden, third. William J. Yount "f the Los Angeles Athletic club, finished fourth, and thus was eliminated. The time of this heat also was 15 seconds. The runners in the first heat were nervous at the start, there being two DreaKs ana one pistol recall. Barron and Smith, Americans, were the class of this heat. Earl Thomson was easily me Dest man in tne second heat. , .. Victory in the final heat of the 800 meter run went to Great Britain. A. G. Hill of the British' team finishing first ahead of Earl Eby of the Chi cago A. A. B. G. D. Rudd, South African runner, was third; E. D. Mountain of England, fourth; Lieu tenant D. M. Scott. U. S. A., fifth. and A. B. Sprott, Los Angeles A. C, sixtn. The time was 1 minute & 3-0 seconds. The Olympic and world's records for this event are identical, 1:51.9, made by J. E. Meredith at Stockholm iin 1912. Rudd dropped in his -tracks' at the finish, and Thomas -Campbell of Yale university collapsed 80 yards from the mark. Rudd made a great burst of speed into the lead in the back stretch, gain ing close to 10 yards. Turning into the btretch. Eby cut loose a desperate sprint, pulling Hill with him. Both passed the faltering Rudd 50 yards from the tape. The pair raced the last few yards neck and neck, where Hills jump gave him victory. Eby was second by an inch over Rudd, who dropped in collapse just over the line. More sensational, however, was the collapse of Campbell, who set a fast pace up to 50 yards from home. He was unconscious five minutes. The 6000-meter Olympic run proved another victory for Guillemot, the great French Doilu distance runner. who won by 60 yards from Nurmi.of Finland. Ivan Dresser, New York A. C, and H. H. Brown. Boston A. A, set the pace, in the first lap. Back- byman of Sweden was beaten 30 yards by Nurmi and Koskeniemi of Fin land finished fourth. Dresser, the last American to stay in the race. dropped out in the tenth lap.. Poll 11 Take SOOO-Meter Run. The final of the 6000-meter run was won by Guillemot of France. 'Nurmi of Finland was second. Back man of Sweden third, Koskeniemi of Finland fourth, C. E. Blewltt. Eng land, fifth, and W. R. Seagrove, Eng land, sixth. All the American entrant dropped out before one-third the race had been run. The winner's time was 14 minutes. 55 seconds. The heat qualifying for the final broad Jump resulted as follows: Peterssen, Sweden, first, distance 6.94 meters; Abrahamsson, Sweden, second,- 6.86 meters: C. E. Johnson. University of Michigan, third, 6.82 meters; Frankson, Sweden, fourth. 6.73 mefers; R. L. Templeton, Leland Stanford university, fifth. 6.67 meters; Aaslad, Norway, sixth, 6.62 meters. Merchant Fall 4e Qualify. Sol Butler, Dubuque college, with 6.60 meters, pulled a tendon on the first jump and failed to qualify, as did J. W. Merchant of the Olympic club, San Franoisco, with 6.50 meters. The first qualifying heat in the 10,000-meter walk was won by Fri- gerio or Italy. J. B. Pearman. New York A. C, was second; Parker of Australia, third; Pares! of Italy, fourth; C. E. J. Gunn of England, fifth, and Segers of Belgium, sixth. w. j. fomer or the New York A. C, was seventh, being shut out, as only the . first , six qualify. The winner's time was 47 minutes 6 2-5 seconds. After .the: -first heat it was discov ered that the Course was one lap short. The heat will stand but the time was thrown out. The .second qualifying heat In the 10,000-meter walk resulted: Hehir, England, first; McMaster. South Africa, second; T. A. Maroney, St. Anselmo academy. New York, third; William Plant, Morningside A, C, New York, fourth; Melendez. Spain, fifth; Doyen, Belgium, isixth. The winner's - time was 61 minutes, 34 3-5 seconds. " ". Bahlmas Loses Shot Put. .1"'" Qualifying heat in, the shot put re sulted: Nicklander. Finland, first, distance 14.155 meters; P. J. McDon ald, New York A.- C. second, 14.08 meters.; Porkola, , Finland, third. 14.035 meters; H. B. Llver.edge, United States navy, fourth, 13.75 meters; Nllsson, Sweden, 1 fif.th, 13.735 meters; Ja'mtaef, sthonia, srxtli; 13.60 meters. . H: C. Cann. New York A: C, with 13.52 meters, and George H. Bihlman. Olympic club, San Francisco, with 13.575 meters, failed to qualify. America defeated England in fenc ing with foils today, winning third place. Each team won eight bouts, but the Americans scored 32 touches against 31 for England. American fencers vesterdav defeat ed Denmark by nine bouts to seven, but lost to Franccj, 14 to 2. Italy took first place iy defeating France, 9 to 7, FrariVe winning second place. Contests wiin- individual ions and in steel duelling - swords competitions began today. Major F. W. Honeycutt, Cap tain R. Sears. Captain H. M. Rayner, Arthur S. Lyon and H. Breckenridge maae up tne American team which f enced Monday. In the Greco-Roman wrestllnar pre liminaries, yesterday Swlgart of the united? States navy threw Rana-iers. ItaliaB-wlth a double arm bar. In -the first round of the tug-of-war the British team -defeated their Amer ican opponents. The Americans were out-tugged . in the first contest in 13 2-5 seconds and in the second in 84 seconds. In the second match of this round Holland defeated Italy. COAST FEELS NATIONAL PRIDE Representation for West Greatly in Excess of Other Sections. All sections of the Pacific coast feel a just and natural sense of pride at tne Dig victory the coast has won in the number of .athletes selected on the ' American Olympic team for Antwerp. In the 1912 Olympic games only eignt men went from this coast. The. 1920 team has exactly 24 men. or approximately one-quarter of ' the full team. When we consider the ' small and scattered population of the coast states, the representation of this far west is greatly in excess of any other section of the country. There are also three athletes selected from the east who are men born on this coast and received their athletic education here. ' . ENGLISH MEET SUGGESTED Dual Games May Be Arranged for September Date. . ANTWERP, Aug. 17. A proposal by English .athletes of Oxford and Cambridge universities to have Olym pic entrants from the United States compete with Great Britain's stars in a meet at Queen's club,London, Sep tember 4, is under consideration, it was learned today. The Americans are reported to have .agreed to the plan if it does not interfere with the date set for their sailing.. Events suggested by the English men for the meet are along the lines of the Pennsylvania relays. U. S. Wrestlers Take Matches. ANTWERP. Aug. 16. In the Graeco Roman wrestling preliminaries, held today," J. Galloy. United States navy, outpointed Maaren of Holland and J. K. Vorrees, Chicago, Greek Amateur Athletic club, pinned Dialetis of Greece to the mat. Dialetis lives in New York. Tha Dane, Torjenson. put away his Czech opponent, Nettly, in two minutes. All the matches, ex cept that in which Vorrees defeated Dialetis, dragged through the two periods of ten minutes each and the third period of 20 minutes. Team Reception Is Planned. NEW YORK, Aug. 17. Preliminary arrangements for a reception and entertainment here In honor of the American Olympic team on Its return from Antwerp, were started tonight at a meeting of the board of gover nors of the Metropolitan association ; of the Amateur Athletic union. I SeSess&o iff I ESVIBUSHED ITUTA.S 149-151 Prepare now for Winter by selecting your furs in this sale. You obtain H. Liebes & Co.'s highest quality standard in pelts, workmanship and style at savings of 15 to 50 Under Our Regular Prices Every Fur Included All new Fall and Winter models to choose from. FREE FILIPINOS OPPOSED! ISLANDERS HELD NOT READY FOR INDEPENDENCE. To Cast People Adrift Now Would Be Crime, Say Representative After Touring Orient. v HONOLULU, T. H., Aug. 17! Inde pendence for the Philippines before the next 25 years was opposed as "a crime of the first magnitude" by Representative -C. H. Randall ' of' California, a member of the congres sional party touring the Orient, who came here today aboard the Great Northern on his way to tha United States. "There should be no independence for the Philippines before the next quarter of a century and you will find practically every member of the con gressional party of the same mind," he said. f'With many. Including myself, it was a great reversal of opinion. Af ter seeing the Philippines it was our almost unanimous verdict that the Philippines are not ready for inde pendence. "It would be a crime of the first magnitude to cast these people adrift. The better educated Filipinos, who are not politicians, are practically unanimous in their opposition to in dependence. "The development of the Philippines Is stagnated because of the lack of capital, due to uncertainty regarding the status of the government. "I am unalterably opposed to sur rendering the Philippines to other than American Jurisdiction for the reasons above stated, and another rea son fraught with profound omen to the United States and the entire race. The shadow of Japanese aggression overlies almost the entire Orient Thoughtful men are in semi-terror at the prospect of Japanese domination of Siberia, China," Korea and the Philippines, if the United States re leases them later." Randall said he had cabled Attorney-General . Palmer urging that pro hibition be extended to the Philip pines. CIDER SUITS TO BE PUSHED Judge. Refuses to Dismiss; Alcohol - in Beverage Kept Secret. - NEW YORK. Aug. 17. Federal Judge A. N. Hand today declined to dismiss suits which challenged a de cision of the commissioner-general of internal revenue withholding permits to manufacture preserved sweet cider from two companies. They would not certify to the "per manent alcoholic content" of their products. INDICTMENT IS DEMANDED McGraw Seeks Way to Prove Inno cence in Affair With Actor. NEW. YORK. Aug. 17. John J. Mc Graw. .manager of . the New York Giants, today demanded through coun sel that he be indicted in order that he might establish before a competent tribunal his Innocence of any partici pation in "bringing about injuries to John C. Slavln, actor, who was found jt .lain iiiwiilwi mm miawiilirr mm nuir 1 111-11TI 1 inii iiiiii I1 "i iii'tii -f--f--l-liiiiMfc turn "him mi wnm 'rmv maw 1 mil n tmrmmmiiw i Mum n.-wiimn im n mm umfit rrnriT tflmnm m- n h m tmmm, about a week ago unconscious In fron or tne McGraw home. A grand Jury inquiry is necessary, according to counsel for McGraw. be cause of the "widespread publicity." The attorney declared that Slavln's injury was "absolutely accidental and involves neither moral nor legal guilt on the part of anyone." District Attorney Swann indicated that despite McGraw's demand he would call not witnesses before the grand Jury until Slavin shall have recovered. POPULATION IS TRIPLED St. Helens Precinct Gains 200 Per j. Cent Census Now Is Three. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Washington. Aug. 17. St. THelen's precinct in Skamania- county. Wash ington, to which the ' snow-capped peak of beautiful Mount St. Helens points the way from a radius of 75 miles in every direction, has a popu lation of three souls in 1920. a clear gain of 200 per cent over 1910. when that district boasted only one Inhab itant. No separate returns are made for the town of Stevenson in the 1920 census, but Stevenson precinct has a population of 709. Wind River, the next largest precinct in Skamania county, has 414. ' Underwood precinct has a population of 290. DRASTIC DRUG LAW URGED Pharmacists Propose Severe Pun ishment for Offenders. TACOMA, ' W,ash.. Aug. 17. The Washington State Pharmaceutical as sociation today adopted a resolution calling upon the next session of the state legislature to enact a law mak ing the illegal sale or possession of habit-forming drugs a felony and punishable by a penitentiary term. The proposed law would make it a felony for any person to possess any habit-forming drug unless obtained under the provisions of the federal drug laws. Pharmacists who sell drugs Illegally would have their li censes taken away from them for ten years in addition to facing the felony charge. SUGAR PEDDLERS RUSHED Police Reserves Called When Sup ply Is Offered at 19 Cents. NEW YORK. Aug. 17. Peddlers selling sugar at 19 cents a pound, four or five cents cheaper than gro cery store prices, were nearly rushed off their feet by women buyers in Brooklyn today. Police reserves were called. The Dalles Theaters Sold. THE DALLES, Or., Aug. 17. (Spe cial.) 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