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6 THE MORNING OR EG ONI AN, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1920 null! ni iBir- iirinn Jul runt NtAHS WESTERN TERM KUS Carrier Due to Arrive at San Francisco Today. HERALD COMPLETES TRIP Machine 102 Reaches Coast AVith Ballast Picked Up at Chicago . , and Dropped on Way. BAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 9. The first airplane to cross the United States In the official transcontinental mail service is due In San Francisco to morrow afternoon. The plane left New York yesterday. San Francisco will inaugurate the eastbound service tomorrow when an airplane carrying: 400 pounds of mail will leave the Marina, flying field at 6:30 A. M. As an advance herald of the trans continental service, mail airplane No. 102. that left Hempstead. I. I., sev eral days agro in connection with the arrangement of schedules for the new service, arrived in San Francisco at 4:50 P. M. today. This machine picked up a cargo of mail for ballast at Chi cago and made collections and de liveries at Salt Lake, Reno and Elko, Nev. It was piloted by Stanhope S. Boggs of Berkeley, Cal., from Salt Lake City, whence it hopped off this morning. - PL.VXE WELCOMED AT RENO Westbound Mall Carrier Drops ort Five Sacks In Nevada. RENO, Nev.. Sept. 9. Aerial mail plane No. 102 arrived In Reno at 12:50 o'clock from Salt Lake. It re mained here about an hour while Pilot xioggs had luncheon with a wel coming committee composed of Mayor Stewart. Postmaster White and rep resentative business men. Five sacks of mail were left here and one sack was taken from here to San Fran cisco. Thia plane was the westbound one of the pair which left Cheyenne yes terday. It left Salt Lake this morn ing and efforts are being made to get It into San Francisco tonight. The first plane starting from New York in the transcontinental mail service is not expected here until tomorrow. SECOND LAP IS INAUGURATED Plane Leaves Iowa City on Journey to Pacific Coast. OMAHA. Sept. 9. The second lap of the transcontinentalair mail service, officially inaugurated yesterday, was Marted today when a plane left Iowa City, la., at 10:15 o'clock with 400 ' pounds of mail for Pacific coast points. The plane, piloted by J. P. Murray of Boston, Mass., arrived at the landing field-here at 12:55 P. M. After eating a hasty lunch, Murray "'hopped off" for Cheyenne at 1:16, hoping to reach that city this evening. He piloted the plane all the way from Chicago. Pilot Rudolph G. Page, who left Mineola, N. Y., yesterday, having been forced to abandon his trip on account of Illness.- Another plane was supplied Murray on his arrival here. 1UKR ON LAST LEG OF TRIP Plane From . Cheyenne Stops at Sacramento for Few Minutes. SACRAMENTO, Cal., Sept. 9. An airlpane piloted by Stanhope S. Boggs stopped at Mather flying field, 16 miles from here, for 15 minutes and took off at 4:15 P. M. on the last leg of the journey to Sun Francisco Bogs left Cheyenne, Wyo, yester day. At Mather field he did not check in at headquarters. He came to a stop far out in the field and in few minutes picked up aeain and was off, officers at the post said. . Plane Reaches Cheyenne. CHETENE, Wyo., Sept. 9. The nail airplane which hopped off from Omaha this afternoon arrived here late today. The plane was piloted by J. P. Murray who replaced R. G. Page, me aviator, Decause oi illness. PROBERS GET NOWHERE V ' 1 " (Continued From First Para.) . quotas of Ohio counties at just doubl -'what he expected to raise, but did not ...were striving to get 1, 300, 000, in- - steaa or me touv.uuu wmcn tne na- - tional committee wanted. 'Hit the tree tops, explained Mr. ivelly. and means vice-chairman for Illinois, "told of the difficulties of raising money among women voters. ' assumed tne privileges oi the ballot . they ought to assume some of its re eponsibiilties, she said, but her fig kures showed that she had collected t 04,u . ii urn oniy live counties in Ulinnfa snri that all A-rimn ftlOC V a .4 .rme from Cook rnnntv. SUDaeriDtiona JUOatlr Small. . T I ..: . nnin -j i i . i n nn , . r . . ii .. 1 1 ! The S000 wait received last Mav from . 'Mrs. John H.. Gary, the witness said - and she explained that it was divided . between two fiscal years "in accord ' 'ance with what I then understood was -a general plan." . "Did you have any sinister purpose. 'in raising these funds?" queried Sen - ,'ator Kenyon, asking a stock question. "No, sir, it was for the best pur- .pose in the world," replied Mrs. Bauer, ana sne men smilingly assurea oena tor Pomerene that the remark was ' 'not a reflection upon "United States democrats." Democrats Are Accused. At the start of the session there rwaa evidence that Charles Boeschen stein of Kd wardsville, 111., democratic ' national committeeman for the state had sent letters to postmasters asking voluntary contributions to his party's campaign fund. live of these ad ' 'dressed to the postmaster at Augusta, - 111., a rural town in Hancock county ; were given to the committee by an --emissary of the postmaster, who ex - - plained that the official would be too ...busy to come in person until nex ".'week. He also said the postmaste was a progressive who had won ap ' 'pointment by a civil service examlna "'-tion after the democratic lncumben resigned a year ago. j." Mr. Kelly turned in a list showing the quotas, pledges and payment from the different counties of Ohio He said that in aomt ten" couhtie i i there were drives for additional fund Senator Reed pointed out that in the case of Toledo and Cleveland these additional drives brought the totals to $100,000 and $400,000 respectively, the amounts named for those places in the Pittsburg speech of Governor Cox. "Money-DlR-arer" iVntifies. . Senator Pomerene asked whether contributors would be reimbursed if the Ohio total went beyond the figure set by the national committee. Mr. Kelly said his duties were confined to collecting and transmitting money to the national treasury. Mr. Owens' testimony brought first chuckles and then gales of laughter from the committee. He began by identifying himself to Senator Reed as a "professional money-digger" and said he had been engaged in that work for 20 years. He was asked about the substitute for form 101, but would not admit original knowl edge of it. Finally he told Senator Reed he might have made suggestions about any paragraph in the document, but knew nothing about it in its completed state. He identified sev eral paragraphs a "orthodox," but dis claimed knowledge of every one re ferring to city quotas, campaigns and chairmen. He said he had attended a meeting in Chicago at which the document was supposed to have been discussed but left after listening to speeches by Mr. Upham and Will Hays. Owens "Ldnki Offr" Field. Mr. Owens said he had spent about five months in organization work, in the five states he supervised, about half of that time being spent In Ohio. He was asked to describe his duties and' said he -visited county chairmen and state ' directors and looked over the field. 'Didn't you make suggestions to them?" was one question. "No. sir; very seldom. I have been told that my look is better than mv word," was the enigmatic replv. The witness declared he did not know the quotas of the various towns he visited. R. K. Thompson, a Cincinnati newspaper man, who is republican financial director for Illinois, and Carl D. Fritsche, executive secretary of the Michigan ways and means ommmittee, testified at the night ession. Mr. Fritsche said the Michi gan quota was $250,000 for the re publican national committee and 100,000 for state purposes. In di viding the quota among the congrres- onai districts the figures were boosted, he said, on the theory that It was necessary to ask for more than he expected to get. He asked for $388,400 to get $250,000 for the national committee. "Truth Expanded" Ag-ala. Another case of 'expanded truth.' " Senator Pomerene remarked. Mr. Fritsche said he asked for 200,000 in Wayne countw, including Detroit. Of this sum $69,538 had been raised up to last Saturday night. In the entire state cash collected and unpaid pledges totaled $178,837. Bay county, with a quota of $10,000, was asked to raise Jlo.OOO, Mr. Fritsche said. Mr. Fritsche said he had received 1 contributions of $1000 each and. at the other extreme, 256 of $1 each. No contributions of more than $1000 has been accepted, he said. Senator Kenyon asked why so much money was needed in the Michi gan campaign, as there was no sen atorial election. Mr. Fritsche said the cost of cam paigning in Michigan was high and cited the expenses of a county meet ing at Battle Creek. The opera house rental for one night was $75. he aid, the band cost $100. decorations $50 and the speakers' traveling ex penses were $100. Swollen Quotas Cited. Mr. Fritsche told' Senator Reed he had received $2000 in contributions. from two persons in Michigan.'in each case $1000 before the convention and $1000 since. Senator Reed asked where the wit ness obtained authority to do so, and Mr. Fritsche produced "confidential bulletin No. 6" of the republican na tional committee, which suggested the plan. Senator Reed pointed out that the suggestion was mavde "after Chairman Hays publicly announced that no con tributions of more than $1000 would be accepted." He asked Mr. Fritsche for the five bulletins which preceded No. 6, but he said he had never re ceived them. Mr. Fritsche's testimony revealed a series of swollen quotas, each suc cessive official in the chain from na tional committee to city chairman boosting the figures reaching him to provide for possible shrinkage. Fritsche Boost Figures. Senator Reed brought out that the republican national committee, seek ing about $3,000,000 for its budget. fixed quotas totaling between $5,000, 000 and $6,000,000. Mr. Fritsche said he boosted the figures when he sub divided the state quota, increasing the Wayne county goal "50 to 60 per cent to v-uo,wuo. An assistant, R. T. Strine, in charsre in Detroit, then sent out letters with out his knowledge, Fritsche said, an nouncing the Detroit quota as $300. 000, or $50,000 more than the repub lican national committee sought in tne state. Mr. Fritsche said he ordered Mr, strine to restore the Old figure of $100,000. PORTLAND'S CENSUS MUX IS ADVANCED Loss of Providence Gives Boost to 24th Place. CITY'S GAIN IS NOTABLE Jump Is Made Jn Decade From 2 8lli to Present Position; l ew Records Better. Just as Portland had settled down in the belief that she was the twenty fifth largest city in the United States, staid old Providence. R. I., stepped" out of line and Portland stepped up. So it has happened, according to lat est figures released from Washing ton by the census bureau Wednesday, that Portland may now spread the joyous news that she is the twenty fourth largest city. It was about a month ago that the census bureau placed Portland in twenty-fifth rank. At that time popu lation figures had been announced for all of the foremost cities except Providence. The census sharks of the national capital, however, had done a bit of figuring, which now appears to have been guessing. They guessed Providence into twenty-fourth place, with a population of 263, 613. or 5325 more souls than enumerated in Port land. The guessing was wild and the cold figures now made known give the Rhode Island capital city but 237,595 and land her in twenty-seventh in stead of twenty-fourth place. Fort- and. Denver and Toledo all pass Providence on this deal. It is felt certain now that all the shake-ups are over and that minor census revisions, now more or less in order, will not Jolt Portland out or er new place. Denver,, the nearest ompetitor, is almost 2000 behind; Toledo, next in line. Is 15,000 behind. Portlanders were a bit chagrined that the city's 1920 census figures were not larger. But the latest eta sties show that only 23 other cities of the class above 100,000 made a greater percentage of gain. Port land's was 24.6. But most pleasing of all a little urprlse not discovered by many as et Is the fact that Portland ad vanced from twenty-eighth largest lty in 1910. to twenty-fourth largest ORANEECATBETRAYS MEN 3 00,00 0 DYE THEFT TRACED ASD 17 ARRESTED. ' KALAMA MILL STARTED City Kow Has 3 Shingle Plants; All Operating in 6 0 Days. KALAMA, Wash., Sept. 9. (Spe cial.) Yesterday morning a crew of ten millwrights and carpenters started the construction work for the new shingle mill to be erected ir. the south part of this city on the Columbia river and in the Port of Kalama dis trict, and on the Schauble estate prop erty. The owners of the new mill be H. D. Miller, C. O. Windle and Frank Keidel, experienced . mill men and residents of Kalama. This will make three shingle mills for this place, be sides two lumber mills. The new mill will be equipped with up-to-date ma chinery, will have four machines and a capacity of 200,000. shingles daily. it is expected to be in operation with in the next 60 days. CONVICT MOTHER. BARRED Woman With Baby Refused Ad mission to Prison.. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Sept. 9. Mrs. Margaret Burlington, convicted in a federal court in Wisconsin of having used the mails to defraud and sentenced to three years' imprison ment, was refused admission to the Missouri state penitentiary today be cause she had a 6-mpnths-old baby witti ner. A deputy marshal started back to Wisconsin with Mrs. Burlington and the baby. Republican Nominee to Speak. Announcement was made yesterday at state republican headquarters that Robert N. Stanfield, republican nom inee for United States senator an Representative McArthur, republica nominee for re-election to congress will speak tomorrow noon before th Roosevelt Republican club in th crystal dining room of the Benso hotel. Members of all republica clubs in the city are invited to attend Mr. Stanfield .and Mr. McArthur will discuss campaign issues. not altogether satisfactory results so far as the deportees are concerned, the state departmnt was officially ad vised today. -. All of those deported on reaching Russia were ordered) to work and when some refused, according to the departmentis advices, they were re minded that the soviet authorities had an extraordinary commission to en force its decrees. The result was that some of those who had returned to Russia under compulsion and had in dicated a dislike for work, were set to repairing railway beds; some es caped from the authorities and ob tained, work under assumed names, while others who persisted In their refusal, to do manual labor were placed under arrest and are held sub ject to the orders of the commission. KEEP CARS MOVING, PLEA Shippers TJrged to Reduce Time Carriers Are Held to 24 Hours. WASHINGTON, Sept, 9. Manufac turers and shippers in general were urged to assist American railroads in making fullest use of their rolling stock In an appeal issued today by the railroad committee of the United Statea charqber of commerce. It was suggested that shippers vol7 untarily reduce the time cars that are kept by them to 24 hours, which prac tice, if adopted, the committee said, would produce the same improvement in transportation facilities that an addition of 360,000 cars would involve. The average freight car capacity. It was added, is 61.6 tons, while the average actual load carried is 27.8 tons. HUME ASSERTS FREEDOM Gabriele D'Annunzio Proclaims City Independent- State. FIUME, Sept. 9. - (By the Asso ciated Press.) Gabriele D'Annunzio today proclaimed Flume an inde pendent state. D'Annunzio declared he had re ceived private news from Paris which forced him to declare Fiume to be Independent today and that he could not wait trhtil September 12, as he had intended. The Fiume national council re signed today. CHILD1 BEATEN TO DEATH Three - Year - Old Boy Killed by Primitive Torture. DEFIANCE, O., Sept. 10. Joshua Botkins, Noble township farmer, wa found guilty by a Jury of second-degree murder in the death of Arthur Gerald Bullock, his housekeeper's 3-year-old boy, here early this morning. He was charged with holding the boy by the ankles and beating him with a heavy harness tug. Scientific Sleuthing by Analysis Assisted- by Feline Who Leads Agents to Home. NEWARK, N. J Sept. 9. Methods attributed to-,the, scientific detective n modern tales' of mystery, as applied to chemical analysis of orange-colored spots on a water-front cat, brought recovery of $300,000 worth of stolen German dyes and arrest of 17 men, the epartment' of justice bureau an nounced today. Government ' sleuths assigned to solve the mystery of who held up watchmen at a state department ware house in Hoboken where -6000 pounds of German dyes as part of Germany's ndemnity were being held and carted the dyestuffs away in. motor trucks had been at work on the case for weeks. ' Suddenly .attention was at tracted by the strange orange color of spots on a wharf cat. A department of justice agent caught the cat and took It to a chem- st, where its orange hair was ana lyzed, with the discovery, it was btated. that "German dyes were respon sible for-' its, unique color. The cat was then released and shadowed. Its "home" was said to have been located in a house on River street, Hoboken. This house was watched for a long time. Last week, as a result of shadow ing visitors to the house, department of justice agents said they had recov ered 3000 pounds of the stolen dyes on motor truck in Paterson and 3000 pounds more in a Brooklyn ware house. Arrests followed by twos and threes almost immediately afterward. it was stated. 50,000 MINERS0N STRIKE Alabama Coal Fields Estimates Are Made. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 9. Of ficials of the United Mine Workers of America estimated tonight that the second day of the strike in the Ala bama coal fields had brought more than 50,000 miners out of the mines. Coal operators placed the number of men on strike at 2i,000. Quilk Case Dismissed. Although the case against John Quilici, charged with . selling $500 worth of raisins to Ferrero Constan tino, alleged bootlegger, was dismissed yerterday Dy united states commis sioner Drake, the grocer will prob ably be required to appear as a wit nets against the- supposed moonshine manufacturer. Quilici is said to have sold him 2500 pounds of raisins, but these were seized by government of ficers while in transit. CUT IN WOOLENS STARTS 2 0 Per Cent Redaction by Big Textile Concern Announced. NEW YORK, Sept. 9 Aji approxi mate cut of 20 per cent in wool cloth prices by the American Woolen com pany was noted at the company s opening of its fall exhibit today, ac cording to the Textile World Journal. The cut, saiu to be less than was anticipated by the trade, was attrib uted to little demand for woolen goods. DEPORTED REDS IN GRIEF Russian Radicals Find Home Life WASHINGTON, Sept. 9. Russian radicals deported from the United States have come in contact with the soviet extraordinary commission with Miss H. Bearcroft Tells How Cuticura Healed Eruptions " When I was a child I was both ered with a sore eruption on my head. It was as large as a quar ter and had a scale on it, and every time I ran the comb through my hair it would about set me crazy. At times it would burn something fierce and caused me much pain. I was also bothered with pimples and blackheads on my face. The pimples would fester and burn, making me very uncomfortable. " I began using Cuticura Soap and 0 intment and after alittletheburning almost immediately stopped. When 1 had used the Cuticura Soap and Ointment for a week I was healed." (Signed) Miss Harriette Bearcroft, 928 W. Sixth St.. Los Aneeles, Calif. Make Cuticura Soap, Ointment and .Talcum your daily toilet prepara tions and watch your skin improve. SamTiltsutFraabT VU. Aldras9:"0iUcrLit- rktorlas, Dpt. H. Malda 4S. M ." Sold crry. wS- &ar,2fe. Ointment 25 and 60c. Talcom 2be EiiSf riitinira Soap shava witaotat ms. DEC1SI0IM OlM BRIDGE BOND DUE TODAY Commissioners Meet On Ballot Question. RESOLUTION IS PREPARED Present Indebtedness for Perma nent Roads $2,225,000; Limit for Bonds Is $6,702,910. Whether or not the ballot at the November election will include a bond resolution calling for $4,447,910, which Is the limit the county may raise of the $6,0O0,0(M) estimated requirement for a new Burnside bridge, will be decided: by Multnomah county com missioners in meeting this morning. A bond resolution, conforming to the instructions of the board, has been pre-pared- by District Attorney Evans with blanks for the insertion of the amount to be demlFnded, to gether with the rate of interest to be paid on the proposed bonds. The decision of Mr. Kvans that outstand ing interstate bridge bonds must be included in the bonded indebtedness of the county"in figuring the limit which taxation for new bridges could reach cut the- previous total, esti mated by County Assessor Reed, $1,100,000. 2,SZ5,0OO Present Debt. Present county Indebtedness for permanent roads 1a $2,223,000. Includ ing the interstate bridge bonds. Mult nomah county's assessed valuation is $335,145,610. The limit the county may legally be bonded for roads in 2 per cent of the assessed valuation, or $6,702.9-10. Bridges are considered as permanent highways under the law. Conditions in th bond market at this time are said to demand that the county bonds carry a high rate of Interest if they are to be sold at par, which is required by law. Fixing of tnat rate is one problem before the commissioners, if they decide on the amount to be asked. Protests from taxpayers against the heavy expenditure contemplated for a new bridge are expected at the ses sion of commissioners this morning Newspaper offices already have been flooded with complaints against the costs, which hold it to be very exces sive. Figures Cover Land, The figure of $6,000,000 includes condemnation of land . necessary to extend the bridge 110 feet across from inird street on the west side to Union avenue on the east side. Local engineers have taken issue with C. B. McCuliough. bridge engi neer of the state highway depart ment, and it is possible that a com promise will b sought which would place a measure calling for a sum considerably less than sought and well under the county limitation of $4,447,910 on the ballot. Mr. McCul lough's figures are admitted to be 300 per cent over the cost of such a bridge under normal conditions and pressure may be brought to compel postponement of construction plans for a new 'bridge until prices tumible somewhat. It Is believed by some Portland engineers that a new bridge, far less ornate, but adequate for traffic re nuirements. could he erected for 50 GRAY S Economy Section A department where we sacrifice our profit to young men who go to high school and college young men who work on small salaries, this is for your benefit. We have a good selection of fine all-wool good- OQT style suits. Values $50 and $60. They cost you Men's and young mens fine hats. Values $6.00 Cf OA and $7.00. Cost you tpOU Values $3.00. They j2 JEJ Good selection of shirts, cost you Regular Clothing Section Through Gray's profit-sharing policy the man is enabled to save from $5.00 to $10.00 on the purchase price of suit or overcoat, in comparison with what other stores charge for equal value clothes. We Ask You to Compare Gray's SUITS AND OVERCOATS With Those Sold by Other Stores for $60 COJIPARE GRAY'S SUITS AND OVERCOATS With Those Sold by Other Stores for $70 COIPARE GRAY'S SUITS AND OVERCOATS With Those Sold by Other Stores for $80 COMPARE GRAY'S OA SUITS AND OVERCOATS With Those Sold by Other Stores for $90 to $100 GRAY'S VALUES WILL TELL RTVT CR A V 366 Washington . lVJ. . VJIVrl X At West PnrV !! per cent of the estimated cost of the proposed structure. ' ." Senator McXary at Recdsport. REEDSPORT, Or., Sept.- 9. (Spe cial.) Senator McNary was a guee of the Reedsport chamber of com merce today and was taken on a tour of Inspection to the mouth of Umpqua river, where he viewed the jetty and harbor improvements. The senator was the guest of honor and principal speaker' at a banquet later, when he talked on the necessity of bar de velopments and spoke highly of Umpqua river, the Jetty and future possibilities here. He will leave for Salem and Tillamook tomorrow. . Phone your wanf ads to The Orego nian, Main 7070, Automatic 560-95. Read The Oregonian classified arts. Senator's Son-in-Iavr Indicted. ALEXANDRIA, Minn., Sept, 9' Gus- taf Nelson, son-in-law of United States Senator Knute Nelson, was in dicted on a carge of murder in the first degree by the Douglas county grand Jury today in connection with the shooting last March of Joseph Middleton of this city. LAUN-DRY-ETTE Is.jHMtFH.Illltl'VUII.HTTTT ai I ill! I SI i We Are Now Able to Make Immediate Delivery on These "LAUN - DRY - ETTES" See Demonstration at Electric Maid Shop 133 Tenth St, Phone Bdwy. 4024 "Let the Electric Maid Do Your Work" A J. A- Children's . School Opening Week DELIVERY CARS We have tiree dandy delivery cars that are nob moving and de cided to cut the price so low that anyone "who has light hauling to do can pick up a big 6nap. Overland delivery, fine shape $300 Studebaker delivery, a dandy . $300 Maxwell delivery, snap.. 323 COVEY MOTOR CAR COMPANY 2 BIG SPECIALS Trimmed Hats $9.85 Regular Price $10.00 .to $12.50 These are beautiful, and if you are looking for something smart and chic in a miss' or child's hat come at once and agree with us tha,t you can find just what you are looking for here and the price less. Brings the little folks from their vacation. This means we are going to be rushed in our misses' and children's millinery department. "Why?" because all the little folks and misses know just where they can get new autumn hats that are different and chic in appearance. ' Material the very best and with all that priced moderately low this week. Heally you, that pay for the', hats, can't afford to miss seeing'the largest assortment of children's and .misses' hats this store has ever displayed. Our buyer has given this department special attention this season. jayaLMSjtfst-,J" 1 2 BIG SPECIALS Beaver Hats 495 Don't overlook a real value. These hats should be marked much higher, but for this week-end $4.05. Large, medium and small shapes with roll and droop brims with ribbon trim in navy, black, brown and beaver. to be uecd for county purposes, and Read The Oregonian classified ads.