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TIIE 3IORNIXG OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1020 STAT IS TO PROBE CADET'S TREATMENT Seattle Boy Thrown Into Foul Foreign Jail, Says Report. ' USE OF LIQUOR CHARGED Captain ot Training Ship Vicks burg Is Accused aud Re moval Ueuiaudcd. SEATTLE, Wash.. Sept. 9. (Spe cial.) Sensational developments are expected in the state investigation Just ordered by Governor Hart, of the recent cruise or the training ship Vicksburg:, and of the personal con duct of officers aboard the vessel, and the treatment of cadets under command of Captain E. F. Eckhardt during the cruise. . The hearing-, according: to a state ment issued by Captain J. S. Gibson, of the board of trustees of the Wash ington state nautical school, will probably be called about September 15, at which time testimony will be taken from both the officers aboard the Vicksburg: and cadets. The Vicksburg- arrived in Seattle Wednesday. The trouble started just as the Vicksburg was nearing: Hllo, in the Hawaiian islands. Birney S. Fullinston, cadet, 640 Greenwood avenue. Seattle, who is at present stranded in the islands, with four other cadets, according to one ot the cadet3 aboard the vessel, was ordered to take the wheel Just after standing his regular watch. Cadet Thrown in Brig. Fullington refused, it is said, and was immediately thrown in the ship's brig, a small, almost airtight com partment located next to the boiler room. Fullington was suffering, ac cording to fellow cadets, from the closeness of the room, and was liber ated by his companions. He was immediately placed in a native jail upon the vessel's arrival at Hilo. "Thero had not been a white man In that jail for five years," bitterly declared one of the cadets. "There were a bunch of Japanese, native cut throats, rats and tropical insects in the place. Tho place stunk with filth. It was enough to make a dog sick." Fullington stayed in this jail for five days without a charge being placed against him" It was because of this that fellow cadets obtained counsel in the islands, and instituted a. suit for $25,000 damages against Captain Eckhardt. Natives Cut I'p Dogs. v Another cadet described the meth ods used by Fullington's friends to get food into his cell. "The jail was located in a large building," tho cadet explained. "Kull ington had the run of the 'building. Ho used to make coffee in the kitchen at night in order to keep awake. 1J didn't dare fall asleep for fear of be ing bitten by some insect. So he practically went without sleep during the five days he spent in jail. Fruit was passed to him through the bars. We Baw tho natives serving up two dead dogs which were used In their nat'ico "cow cow" dish." Eight cadets resigned from tho ship in sympathy with Fullington, four were persuaded to return to tho ves sel. The rest arc still in the Islands. Tho four cadets still there are Ed ward Haasman, Seattle: B. Henly, Tacoma; a cadet named Whitehead and Cadet Fullington. The four who returned to the vessel were Ed. Henry, West Seattle; H. F. and H. E. Rowland, both of Zilla. and Joseph Present, ScatUe. Captain's Removal Demanded. Attorneys E. H. Guie, 703 Leary builaing, a member of the state legist lature and Thomas Swale, state presi dent of the American legion, have taken up the case of the cadets. "Thero certainly were many dis crepancies during the cruise' ex plained Attorney Guie, "that need in vestigation. I have been requested to take up the work by the parents ot a number of the cadets. They all ask fcr tho removal of Captain Eckhardt. "Thi3 cruise wasn't a naval affair, as the cadets each paid $155. They were privileged to resign whenever they saw fit. They should have been treated like gentlemen. Then there is the little affair of two cases of liquor, labeled 'English Jam,' taken aboard in British Columbia waters, and deposited in one of the officer's rooms, which needs investigating." Several cadets told of seeing bottles of liquor aboard. Captain J. S. Gibson, chairman of tho commission, declared that there undoubtedly had been sufficient trou ble during the cruise to warrant an investigation, and that the board had gludly consented to one. Ship Orders Imperative. "However," he explained, "the com mission feels that the entire trouble was the outgrowth of a few dis gruntled cadets who chafed under necessary discipline. "I have heard that the punishment , meted out to Fullington was more or less justified. When an order is given aboard a vessel it must be carried out. If these cadets can do just -as they see fit, what Is tho use of going on with the school? Disclipine is neccssary. Captain Gibson expressed regret that such investigation should be .necessary. "We are trying to give tha stat scnooi tnat win prove beneficial to the young men, and we men behind the movement need encouragement. Captain Gibson laughed at the idea of suing Captaki Eckhardt. He de clared that $500 damages rather than $25,000 would have been an absurd amount, even if Captain Eckhardt wert guilty of a crime. The Vicksburg left Seattle last May and cruised down the coast as far as San Diego, from which port she pro ceeded on to the Hawaiian group. En- BiiiF irouQie maae tne island stay a longer one than was at first planned, and it was necessary to abandon the Alaskan end of the cruise. The cruise lasted four months. The vessel is stationed off the TJni versity of Washington campus. CHILD MISSING 3 YEARS Wealthy Idaho Rancher Finds His 14-Ycur-OId Daughter. TACOMA. Wash.. Sept. 9. (Spe eial.) C. F. McDevitt. wealthy Idaho rancner. and his 14-year-old daugh ter. Catherine, have been reunited after a separation of three . years during which time he searched throughout the west for the girl who, It in alleged, was kidnaped by Mrs. uinan neagan. oince ner anegea aoauction an un cle of the girl died and bequeathed her an estate of several thousand dollars. It was requested that Mrs Reagan be not prosecuted. Phone your want ads to The Orego aiaa. ilaia 7070. "Automatic 560-95. $12.50 Ben Selling Leading Clothier Morrison at Fourth WASHINGTON', LOX'DOX AND PAKIS ARE WORltriSD. Pckin Hesitates: Soviets Offer to Cancel Old Treaties and Sur render Territorial Claims. WASHINGTON, Sept. 9. Efforts of the far eastern republic to establish relations with China have created anxiety both here and in London and Paris, it was said today, because the Verkhnie-Udinsk government is known to have fallen completely under control of the Moscow soviet regime. The Moscow-authorities are said to have been exerting every effort to obtain recognition from China, not only for political reasons, but because t would give them access to grain and other natural resources' of Man churia, needed to avert famine in European Russia during the coming winter. Exclusive control of the Chi nese Eastern railway, npw operated by an allied commission, in which Japan is strongly represented, is said to have been offered to China, as well as cancellation of old Russian treaties depriving China of authority in Mon golia, and even surrender of Russian claime of extra-territorial jurisdiction in China, all as the price of recogni tion of the Moscow government France is the only nation known to have protested to China against an alliance with the far eastern republic The Chinese authorities are said to bo hesitating as to their course. BUZZ WAGON RUNS-AWAY Railway Speeder Jumps Tracks With but Little Damage Done. COTTAGE GROVE, Or.. Sept. 9 (Special.) Charles Adams, superin tendent of the Southern Pacific tie plant at Latham, makes the trip be tween here and Latham on a rail way speeder, and starts his buzz wag on by puttlrwg It into gear ana pusn- Ing it along tne tracK ior a snon distance Tuesday, just as the engine Degan to nut-a-DUt. Mr. Adams stubbed his ti fell, and wan unaDie 10 regain i nis teei in time iu jump """ '' seat on me rapiaiy muvin . ti.-.. went careening down tho track at higrt speed. Word was telcgrapliea lo stations. south to be on the lookout tor tne runaway. It Jumped the track in ra creek canyon, about eight miles south of here, with but little damage to the car. NORMAL OUT FOR RECORD Enrollment at Lewiston, Idalio, School Unusually Heavy. LEWISTON. Ida., Sept. 9. (Special.) Lewiston Normal school will open on Monday, September 13. All avail able rooms in Lewis hall, the girls' dormitory, were taken several weeks ago, and rooms are now being listed for the overflow. The attendance at the coming ses sion promises to break all records. A special car for south JOaJO students will be attached to the train leaving Boise at 5:25 Sunday after noon. The train will reach Lewiston t 3:25 Monday afternoon. Students from Boise. Nampa, Payette, Parma, Caldwellf Weiser and other points on the Short Line and the O. W. R. &. N. will engage transportation on this special Pullman. YOUTH'S VICTIMS MANY Sheriff of Eugene Says Woman Lent Money to Man Jailed Here. ' EUGENE. Or., Sept. 9. (Special.) Herbert L. Leonard, who was arrested In Portland on a warrant issued in Eugene, charged with larceny by bai lee, left several victims here after his departure for Portland, according to Sheriff Fred G. Stickel, He remained here for two or three months and passed himself off for an ex-service man, says the sheriff. A woman here took an interest in the young man and gave him free board and lodging for several weeks and lent him a sum of money besides. He also succeeded in borrowing sums from different people about the city according to the sheriff. B0ARDMAN' GRANGE PICNIC 58 Enroll in Grades and 13 In Higl , School Opening Day. BOARDMAN, Or., Sept. 9. (Spe clal.) The annual picnic of the Boardman grange was held Monday. The married men were defeated by the single men 21 to 16 in a ball- game. A picnic dinner at Coyote was followed by a speech by Farmer Smith. In the evening the ladies of the Parent-Teacherr association tendered a reception to the teachers of the school which was followed by a mu sical entertainment by the DeMoss family. School began today with an en rollment or 58 in the grades and 13 In School or Out Boys' Clothes THIS week I am putting America's best clothes on hundreds of Portland boys. Come to my store in order to see largest assortments of clothes of genuine worth, guaranteed to give the satisfactory service that you should expect. Every suit is thoroughly tailored in the proper style; boys like clothes like these, because they keep their good appearance, even "under strenuous wear. to $35 in the high school, which is slightly better than the first day last year. The contract for hauling the pupils fgpm. the east side has been awarded to , Everett & Macomber of Pilot Rock. They will use a two-ton truck. SCHOOLS OPEN MONDAY Whitman County Adopts Entire New Iilst? of Text Books. THORNTON, Wash.,. Sept. 9. (Spe cial.) The Thornton public school will open Monday, September 13. Fol lowing are the names of teachers for the coming year: L. T. Babcock, su perintendent; Scovllle Mayo, princi pal of the high echool; Miss Helen Wait, demestic science: J. M. Albright, seventh and eighth grades; Mrs. L. T. Babcock, fifth and sixth grades; Mrs. Scoville Mayo, third and fourth grades; Mrs. Emma Bruihl, first and second grades. The 'county board of education has adopted an entirely new list of text books for the coming term of five years, and these are now on sale at bookstores throughout the county. GIRL MASQUERADER FREED Geraldinc Bley Continues on Her Merry Way Dressed as Boy. PASCO. Wash., Sept. 9. (Special.) Geraldine Bley, who was picked up here Saturday masquerading in boys' clothing, was last night released from custody and allowed to proceed on her way. The young woman had escaped from the Home of the Good Shep herd in Portland, where she was be ing held as a witness in a white Bla-very charge, but a message from the sheriff at Albany, Or., from which place she was sent to the home, stated that she was not wanted there. STOCK SHOW PLANS LAID I-iewis-ton, Idalto, Business Men Preparing for Event in November. LEWISTON, Ida.. Sept. 9. (Special.) At tho suggestion of O. P. Hender shot, secretary of the Northwest Live stock show, a committee of Lewiston business men headed by M. A. Means will begin preparations for the en- tertainment and accommodation of the large number of visitors which will attend the livestock show in No vember. This committee will endeaver to se cure the co-operatton ot notel ana restaurant proprietors to keep the cost of rooms and meals down to normal. Weather Ideal for Harvesting. THORNTON. Wash.. Sept. 9. (Spe cial.) Following the period of rainy weather two weeks ago, the weather has been ideal for harvest work. If the fall rains hold off through next week practically all Whitman coun ty's big crop will be In the shelter. Many eummer fallow fields were seeded to fall grain while harvesting operations were suspended, and there if plenty of moisture in the ground to start growth. Grain is now coming to the warehouses in large quantities. Grain is selling well above the S3 nrark, but many farmers are holding for higher prices, which they think will prevail later. Pioneers to Hear Judge Phelps. HOOD RIVER Or..' Sept. 9. (Spe cial.) Judge Phelps of Pendleton, who spent, his younger days as a pioneer of the valley, has been in vited by Secretary H. L. Howe to deliver the address at the Hood River County Pioneer association reunion to be held on Friday, September 17. The pioneers will meet for their annual dinner and exercises at Oddfellow's hall. Grand Patriarch Visits Eugene. EUGENE. Or, Sept. 9. (Special.) R. F. .Kirkpatrick, grand patriarch of the encampment branch ot the Oddfellows of the state, was here laet night visiting Wimawhala en campment. The golden rule degree was conferred upon five candidates, four of whom live in Eugene and one in Springfield. The ceremonies were followed by a banquet. Enrollment Shows Increase. HOOD RIVER, Or., Sept. 9. (Spe cial.) The schools of the Pine Grove orchard district opened with an en rollment of 129, 19 more than at tended the school on opening day a year ago. George Axtelle, Reed col lege man and graduate and ex-service man, has been elected principal. Leading Cattle Breeder III. YAKIMA, Wash.. Sept. 9. (Spe cial.) E. B. Marks of the Ahtanu valley is reported critically ill of stomach trouble. He has for many years been a leading breeder of Hol- stein dairy cattle. Yakima Apple Crop 7800 Cars. YAKIMA. Wash., Sept. 9. (Spe ciaL) Yakima county's apple crop is placed at 7800 cars by District Horti cultural Inspector Robinson. Pears are estimated at 1100 cars and peaches at 150 cars. TROOPS LEAVE DENVER 17 OFFICERS AND 250 -MEN ORDERED TO ENTRAIN. Meetings or Street Car Strikers Pro hibited Under Proclamation of Mayor Bailey. DENVER, Sept. 9. Two provisional companies or imantry, detachments of signal corps and artillery troop, shortly before noon today began en training to leave here this afternoon. Seventeen officers and 250 men will leave. The troops were sent here fol lowing street car strike riots. As the federal troops prepared to leave the city, Mayor Dewey C. Bailey issued a proclamation, declaring In effect the same strict regulations under civil administration which pre vailed under military control. With the announcement late yester day of the discontinuance of the mili tary administration, leaders of the striking union of railway employes announced that a mass meeting would be held Saturday to present their case to the public, but under the mayor's proclamation all mass meetings are forbidden. Sale of firearms and am munition also is prohibited. LEGION SEEKS NEW HOME If Land Is Donated $125,000 Building W ill Go Up. HOQUIAM, Wash., Sept. 9. (Spe cial.) Preliminary steps toward the acquisition df a central home for the Loyal Legion of the Grays Harbor district were taken at a meeting held last nlgnt in Hoqulam. attended by legion representatives - and members of the Hoquiam commercial club. The legion wants tho site donated, and then expects to spend f 126,000 for building and equipment. A sugges tion was made for the old city hall site, and a sub-committee was named fto lay the plan before tho city coun cil. It is also proposed to acquire a similar place in Aberdeen, and nego tiations hajie been started toward the acquisition of the Lafayette hotel property. All facilities of the club are to be installed. Jaw Broken When Car Tips Over. CORVAI.LIS, Or., Sept. 9. (Special.) John Chapman sustained a broken jaw this morning when his automobile turned over on a level, smooth road. He was pinned beneath the body frame work.. Mr. Chapman turned around to adjust something In the tonneau, letting the car steer Itself He was rescued by people in a pass ing car. The accident occurred on the Philomath road, two miles south west of Corvallls. Farm Bureau Plans Fair. CORVALLIS. Or, Sept. 9. (Special.) Tho Alsea farm bureau is planning to have a complete community fair during tho week of September 20. Ex perts from the college have been se cured to act as judges. In addition to the displays, there will be sporting events of various kinds and a big community basket dinner. Fair Board to Ask $50,000. SALEM, Or., Sept. 9. (Special.) An appropriation aggregating at least $50,000 will be sought by the state LAST TIMES TODAY THE WORLD AND HIS WIFE COMING MAY ALLISON IN "THE CHEATER" AND LARRY SEMON IN "THE STAGE HAND" SOME BILL! PEOPLES Jensen & Von Herberg rvS 4iJ Direction oJenseid Yon Hertaerg f jfj 1 L i in. i i . i M - fair board at the next session of the legislature with which to erect a new building on tho fair grounds, accord ing to a decision readied at a meet ing of the state fair board here today. 100 State Employes to Move. SALEM, Or., Sept 9. (Special.) Sam A- Kozer, secretary of state, to day served a notice on the state high way department and state industrial accident commission that they would have to vacate their quarters in th statehouse soon after December 1 In order that committee rooms may be provided .for tho legislature, which convenes here in January. Approxi mately 100 employes Will be effected by the moving order, according to Mr. Kozer. Non-Partisan Caucuses Held. YAKIMA. Wash.. Sept. 9. (Spe cial.) Non-partisan precinct caucuses were held last night tnrougnout Yakima county for the purpose of electing delegates to a county con vention which will name a full county ticket. Grays Harbor Indorsed. ABERDEEN. Wash., Sept. 9. (Spe cial.) In the September 4 issue of tho Shipping Register, San Francisco, Grays Harbor Is given a strong in dorsement as a deep water port. Ac companying the article, which notes tho campaign' of port Improvement launched this year by the Grays Har bor port commission, is a rhotograph of the schooner Elinor" H., a harbor owned vessel, clearing for Adelaide, Australia, with a cargo of 1,635,000 feet of lumber. The vessel was draw ing nearly 22 feet when she cleared from this port. Prune Drying to Begin Soon. COTTAGE GROVE, Or, Sept. 9. (Special.) The P. I. Rust prune dryer will start operations about September 15. ns soon as the crop Is ready. TOMORROW ?U life , v I Changes In Schedule Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway ON AM AFTER SUNDAY, SEPT. 12TH PORTLAND-SPOKANE LINE Local train No. 6, leaving Portland 7:35 A. M., will terminate at Fallbridge instead of Lyle, making additional stops at Grand dalles, Spedis and Avery. Limited train No. 4, leaving Portland 9:15 A. M., will not stop at Granddalles, Spedis and Avery. Local trainNo. 7 will start from Fallbridge instead of Lylc, leaving Fallbridge 1:45 P. M., Lyle 2:30 T. M. instead of 3:30, ar rive Portland 5:50 P. M. instead of 6:55, making additional stops at Avery, Spedis and Granddalles. Limited train No. 1, arriving Portland 7:45 P. M., will stop at non-scheduled stations west of Fallbridge to discharge passengers from east of Fallbridge, instead of from points east of Lyle. PORTLAND-ASTORIA-CLATSOP BEACH LINE Limited train No. 31, heretofore leaving Portland 2:00 P. M. Saturdays for Astoria and Clatsop Beach, and No. 30, leaving Seaside 6:05 P. M., Astoria 7:00, arriving Portland 10:15 Sundays, have already been discontinued. Train No. 21 will leave Portland 7:20 A. M. instead of 7:05, arrive Astoria 11:35 instead of 11:20, and terminate at Astoria. Train No. 29, leaving Portland 8:30 A. M., will make additional stops at Mayger, Kerry, Clifton and at points west of Astoria. Train No. 24 will leave Astoria 4:00 P. M. instead of 4:50, arrive Portland 8:10 P. M. instead of 9:00. Will not run west of Astoria. Train No. 32 will leave Seaside 5:25 P. M. instead of 6:40, Astoria 6:25 P. M. instead of 7:35, arrive Portland 9:50 P. M. in stead of 10:50, making local stops west of Warrenton. Train No. 26 will leave Rainier 7:00 A. M. instead of 7:35, arrive Portland 9:00 A. M. instead of 9:40. Limited trains to and from Spokane and cast use the Union Station; all other trains the North Bank Station. Further details may be obtained at ticket offices tOXSOLmATK.D T1CKKT 0T--CK. 3T AX1) WA ! HI X iTO X STS. KORTH RAK STilTIOV, TKM'H A r HOVT STS. UNION STATION, 6TH AND JOHNSON STS. "HUM ORES QUE That laugh on I i f e with a tear behind it. SPECIAL MUSIC BY THE 4 PORTLAND ROSES 4 NOW PLAYING Last Times Today "THE. ROSE OF NOME" and our elongated friend, AL ST. JOHN in "THE AERO NUT" STARTING SATURDAY NORMA , TALMADGE IN "YESorNO" the answer to a question every woman knows. Her answer is her bid for hap piness and. love or jewels, eilks and disappointment. PARIS opens totlie Devil's Passlcey a..y ... 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