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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL. 81
REDS OF HUNGARY
UNDER BELA KUi
DRIVE RUMANIANS
Dispatch Refutes Reports of
Leader's Fall or Indicates
. Power Regained.
ARMIES CROSS TISZA
RIVER, TAKING CITIES
Motive Explained to Con
ference; Attack Against
White Army Intended.
VIENNA, July 24. Hungarian Rods j
under Hola Kun's direction are today
continuing their offensive against the
Rumanians, advancing along the en
tire line of the east bank of the Tlsza
river. (This apparently refutes a re
port that Bela Kun wan ousted or
else Indicates he ha been returned
to power).
The reds In a drive towarda Cross
wardlne captured the important towns
of Ksentes and Torok, seizins large
quantities of war materials.
In their defeat of the Rumanians,
. the Reds crossed the Tisza at numer
ous places between Tokaje and Ozon
grad. They were under the com
mand of former Lieutenant Colonel
Juller, chief of the general staff.
It was learned today the reds Intend
to attack the Hungarian white army,
employing three divisions of Infantry
and SO batteries or artillery, attack
ing from several directions.
Hela Kun has sent a note to the
peace conference, explaining that the
reds were obliged to attack the Ru
manians because the latter disregard
ed the "wilt of the entente."
He added that the reds desire to
force the Itumaniuns to respect the
will of the peace conference.
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON. THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1919.
NO. 97D6
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Bishop's Fabrics" From
Umatilla County Wool
Come Back in Clothing:
Wool grown In I'nmtllla county,
cleaned unci woven by tho Pen
dleton Woolen Millji and rnudo
Into mon'M clothing in the eat!
now helng nluncd on the mar
ket In !endlt'n, with liund Hron.
MKentH for tho goodH h;r. The
finished jir'Mlt.cl 1a known an
Hlnhop's Kahrft-M and in pro-
nounncd tho fluent at clothing
fubrlct now manufactured'.
The Pendleton Woolen Mllla
hiiH woven miiting KoodH In small
quantities for f-ome little time hut
only thl year Un It gone Into the
buHlnettc on 'i large cale. Con
tracts have hen made with some
of the east 4 leading clothing
manufacturer, it Ih said, for
quantities of HUhop'a Fabrics.
Both the grade of -wool and the
workmanship In the new cloth are
of firwt grade and effort to ob
tain the entlro output of the mill
are kuUI to, nave been made by
eaHtorn lallorH. As yet. however,
the mill Jobs to various tailors.
LETTERS REFERRING
TO VILLA PUBLISHED
TO CROSS OCEAN
IN 4 DAYS TIME
Shipping- Board Announces
Plans for Two Largest,
Swiftest Craft Afloat
EACH TO BE LARGER
THAN BIG LEVIATHAN
Eight Gasoline Cars
Explode; Many Hurt,
Storage Houses Burn
BAYONNE, New Jersey, July
24. Four persons were serious
ly injuced and many siiRhtly
burned when einht tank cars of
aasoline exploded setting; fire to
two storage houses of the Texas
Oil Company. The shocks were
felt two miles. The cause Is not .
learned.
Accommodate 3000
Class Passengers;
to be Non-Sinkable.
First
Built
WASHINGTON", July 2t. The ship
ping; board today announced It will
build two gigantic ocean liners, the
liireest and swiftest afloat. Both are
designed to make 30 knots, allowing;
I fans-Atlantic time under four days.
They will bo about 1000 feet long,
which is 50 foot longer than the Le
viathan.
With a beam of 100 feet, gross ton
nage of &5000, a draft of 35 feet, and
depth of 74," each will accommodate i
3000 first claKS passengers. 1000 sa
loon Dassengers. K00 second cabin nas-
WASHINGTON, July 24. Senator senaers and 1200 steerage. Each
Kail today published the correspond-1 crew will include 1000 officers and
enc-e referred to In yesterday's Mexico! men. Each vessel will be driven by
City dispatches. None showed direct four propellors and will have horse-
cammunicatlon between Kenator ' Fall power of 1 10.000. They will be of the
and Villa. Tho letters Included two oil burning type, each with a steain
frOm Fall to Claries munt and also: in radius of 7000 miles and will be
one from Hunt to Villa which Fall built for conversion Into commerce
SAYS BURLESON TO BE
CALLED EOR DEFENSE
WASHINGTON', July 24. Chair
man Zihlman of the house committee
on postiffoce department expenditures
today announced the committee wll
conduct a complete Investigation of
Postmaster General Burleson's offi
cial conduct- "We have determined
on this investigation because of the
many complaints against the postal
service. It will be postponed until
after the house takes a recess in Au
gust. The postmaster general will be
called to defend his administration."
AUTHOR OF NEW BOOK
ON GOVERNMENT HERE
MISS HELEU CmitY
-.iTTU""1" 0,.,,,0"iT ma,r,nr" ,ln'' 8anT on Practically every battle front
Ph ,j..M t, , .J i vnen sne returned recently she
L. .h- L , . ""'"Kit with her a unique souvenir
XI " T ,h , l1. tt 8c"rf beari"K ,he 'nsignia of every
a . . ,nen''rr ,of Ve V' '' P- n.vision and leaser unit she helped to
A. "Over There Theatre Ieaguo" she entertain.
Ielgli T. Irvine, whose book en
titled "The Masses In the Mirror," Is
now in. press in New York, u a vis
itor here today. His hook treats of
fundamental quwtlous of government,
and particularly on the function of
the democratic element In the renub-
In or lh United States, tie believes warehouse at 1.100 West Alia street.
also In proportional representation asl 8everjl '' wi" 1,c necessary to make
LOCAL DEALER BUYS
C01ESIV0RTHY STOCK
The entire stock of c. K. Coles
worthy's feed store at Alta and Cotton
weed streets, was purchased todny by
the Cmatilla Flour Orain Co. Mr.
Colesworthy began turning over the
etock to the new owners today at their
TRAINS, BOTH WAYS,
BY TRAVEL
urged by John tuart Mill and by the
Proportional Hc-presentation League
of Philadelphia, although his forth
coming book barely touches that'
phase of governmental problems.
"We are not l.ving In a democracy,
complete turnover.
Tho price paid for'the stock was not
made public owing to tho fuct that a
complete inventory has not been ta
ken. It will likely be August 1 before
Mr. Colesworthy will have inventoried
said Mr. Irvine to an East Oregonlan. " , " "'"
lie will re-
Travel, both cast and west, is the
heaviest known silica the government
took over the railroads according to
T. J O'Brien, locaf agent or tha O-
W. 11. tc X. Co. Trains in both direc
tions are crowded all the time and
equipment is being loaded to tho lim
it AlKiongh tho government has re
moved much of tho travel restrictions
made necessary by the war. there is
no morn equipment being run now
than lat year. Trains are not any
i larger nor are the old limited ser-
destroyers during war.
The liners will be subdivided into
compartments rendering them un
sinkable. tEach will be fitted with an
'skin.'
HAUL. ELEVEN TIMES
STEEPER, RATE BASIS
ECHO, NOUN COUNTRY
CUTTING NORMAL CROP
teporter, "though most persons seem
to believe we are. Democracy is only
ono of the elements of our system,
which Is partly oligarchic. In other
words this Is a government of dele
gated authority. There are only
three questions i n which we may vote
es cltixena of the United States for
presidential eloctors. members of the
house of representatives, and, lately,
for United Btat js senators.
"My book Is to omphasise the fact
In this country majorities do not rule,
also 'that they should not. Above the
brute force of majorities, under our
system. Is the Declaration of Inde
pendence and the supreme court of
(he United Stale?, unique In Its funo-j
lions. If every majority concelvahls
, l.. . V. .i ra.
In'rn'?.1" hiS,PreaKrt ,OCatin "'" rnorl nun now . Vol
(0 etile up clHimH owing his company. ;,nir fn rinmhinti nnt- .hn
they were at this time hist year, Mr.
O'Hrlen, says.
The new owners have decided to
carry on the feed and poultry foods
buHlncm at their plant on "West Altn
street for the time being but may
rxtabllKh a retail Ftorc in the heart of
the city later. Owing tn the uncer
tainty surrounding the disposition of
property on which Mr. 'oleswnrthy
warehouso stands, it probably will not
be used by the new owners for retail
purposes.
Machinery and other eputpment
owned by Mr. Cotesirthy and used
for a chop mill wero not disposed of
to the Umatilla Flour &. Grain Cn.
They tooli over all the lines of stnek
and poultry remedies and nlxo bought
what KraliiH, hay, etc., are on hund.
Thj establishment of reduced rates
to coast points and to the middle
west and enst has stimulated travel
but these changes were hardly ne
cessary to create the stimulus. The
hot weather of late and tho desire of
people to travel after being kept close
to homo for two years Is given as the
prime cause for the revival of travel.
nouin voie m utTn . "'" The property wax sold several weeks
Inalienable right to life, liberty and ftRo t( MltIm.k & Greulich but they
the pursuit of happiness that decision, nRVe nnf drc((Irtl Ilpon a tirne foP tho
would be declared null nd void by removwI nf the blinding: -the'
supreme court, because It would Mr viiwworthy - has been In the
oe-m contravention 01 nmuumemHi fp.(l l,iiHtneKH hero for morn than
JAPAN RULES SMALL
PORTION OF SHANTUNG
said the state department intercepted.
In 1917 the letter offered to arrange
a conference between Villa and in
fluential Americans, including Fail.
The first letter declared: "If you1 inner and outer
will meet me at a place designated by I . -
you on the border, I promise to bring
to the conference one of the most
eminent statesmen of the United
States with powerful influence with
both of our political parties. I refer
to Senator Fall who has appreciated
the Mexican peoples."
Hunt's letter also said he had "dis
cussed thia que-jilun thoroughly with
Fall, but was taking this step on
his own Initiative. Hunt then wrote
Fall explaining what he had done.
Fall replied lengthily, explaining his
position, saying, "I presume you have
simply written Villa or some of his
friends along the line of our conver
si'tlon In El Paso. I stated to you
that In the event Villa came to the
ooraer or had his representatives
cme r would have no hesitancy in
talking with them only, and discuss
ing Mexican ninilnr:) with them, but
that I would not discuss with any rep
resentative of any faction anything
touching Mexico except that as pre-
absoln.e niert. i f re-nect m, Am.ri. than to Puet sound over the noun- f Chicago are today on a reduced su.
can lives and orooertv and resoect ftw Tnls -rate 18 now 'h6 Bame ' 8ar ration- Imposed by retail grocers.
' - I Ma nhnofAil hrrar tha flWIfltlOA If) ti. ... I. I 11 I. J -
Tortland is 229 miles and the distance pounds. An official of the American
from Seattle and Tacoma about 248 'sugar refining company said the mar-
Wheat raisers In the "KCho and No
lin country are not at all disappointed
vith their wheat crop this year, ac
cording to Guy Johnson, local man
ager of the Tri State Terminal Co.,
who made a trip to that district yes
terday. The yield haa been running
fiom IS to 25 l-ushels an acre, "which
is as good as normal. .
About one-third of the harvest is
completed in the west end and wheat
is coming into the warehouses at No-
lin and Echo, although shipping has
not begun aa few have sold any grain.
Several grew barley In the Nolin re
gion and did well and at Echo some
rye has been taken to the warehouse-
Mr. Johnson saw five different lots
of turkey red wheat In one warehouse
and all graded o. 1. This variety is
not extensively raised in the county
but so far all which has been heard
of has graded No. 1.
JOHN DAY BLAZE -LESS
ALARMING.
FIGHTERS ADDED
Eighteen More Men Leave
Here Today to Join t ight,
93 Now Aid Baker Army.
UMATILLA" RESERVE 1
NOT BADLY MENACED
Fire Ragin? in Bull Run
Forest, Montana Town
Threatened by Flames.
PORTLAND. July 24. Hearings In
the Columbia River rate case contin
ued today with evidence tending, as
before, to favor the case if Portland
and the Inland e-Tipire shippers .igainst
the rates as they now stand, based on
the Puget Sound haul i
Before the Wednesday afternoon
session had closed. Kennewick's plea
for justice in .'utes to Portland was
heard out of turn by the commission i
in order to permit Major F. R. Jef-j
frey of counsel for Kennewlck. to re-
turn to his work. i
Jeffrey made application for lower -
rates. to Portland by the water grade CHICAGO, July 24. Some sections
CHICAGO IS PLACED
ON SUGAR RATIONS
treaty obligations, etc.
"I have very carefully refrained
from aligning directly or Indirectly
with any of the so-called Mexican fac
tions,
1 (.
Seattle Bond Salesman
Will Come to See Local
Financial Institutions
law. Here Inalienable rights are the
final test of validity."
May Iioad to Gomiwomlw.
WASHINGTON, July 24. Tho pres
ident knew of the Tart letters to Hays
a week ago, the White House today
admitted. Homo quarters believe the
letters are a possible basis for compromise.
PKEHIIKNTH HEAIru IM-TTrTCK,
WASHINGTON. July l. Tho
lircKldmit'a lioallJi is bettmr today but
lie la gtiunlliMf vgainxt cxmton.
20
"years and plans ultimately to retire
and mske his home here. He expects
to be ti til i I about .lanusry 1 closing out
his holdings and settling up his busi
ness affairs.
llOU ritK'KM SKT ISKTOHIS.
ltHTlANI. Ore.. July 21. Hog
IwIiioh sot a now ri'oinl hero tislay at
SS2.7.V
t'I-KVI''.lj.M, O.. July 21. Hogs
jumped to a now rorord ln.ro today
at $23.00. -
WILL LET CONTRACTS AUGUST 5 FOR I
LAST LAP OF ROAD TO STATE LINE
WASHINGTON. July 24
Robinson in a speech today said.
history of Japanese, claims In Shan
tung doea not Justify the violent antl
Juimnc&e attacks occurring1 in the
senate, debut o"' Ho said the section
Japan sels is relatively unimportant
and Japan is committed to return
Shantung to China when "certain con
ditions are met,
Robinson said Japan has control of
only 400. square mi lea of tha fiTi.000 In
the Shantung province, rnlhur only
165,000 Chinese out of 40,000,000 peo
ple. Robinson said these fnctH fnrm a
complete answer to senate criticisms.
He said China In 191 B agreed she
would accept whatever arrangements
a pun made rewarding disposition of
-rnmii rights in tShuntung. .
Irf vlew of tho fact that the com
mercial relations of nearly all nations
with China are based on duress in
some form, why should ctflims that
China was induced to make a treaty
with Japan through fear of war in
valldaib that treaty while China's
other treaties remain enforcihle?"
Barrett Herrlck, salesman in the
investment department of the Seattle
branch of George H. Burr &. Co., fi
nancial brokers, of New York, is ex
pected to arrive in Pendleton this af
ternoon on a trip to become acquaint
ed with local financial Institutions.
While here he will be the guest of
Iceland I, Tolnian. assistant cashier of
the Inland Empire Bank.
Herrick, recently a captain in the
cavalry department of the U. S. army,
spent two years in service without
getting out of Texas and is now await
ing" his final resignation papers. He
Senator was H classmate and fraternity brother
The'0" Mr- Tolman at the University of
Washington and was a, student lead
er there before his graduation. He
has recently accepted the position with
the Burr Co. and his visit here will
be his first.
REMODELING BEGUN
AT PENNEY STORE
miles, and that the shipments in gen
eral and to Portland and Puget
Sound are charged at the mountain
haul rate.
Mountain tirade Btrop.
The maximum grade of the S. P. A
H on the water . aul between Portland
and Pasco Is two tenths of 1 per cent.
The maximum trade of the Northern
Pacific over the mountains is 2.2 per
cent. The mountain route Is II times
sleeper than tha water grade, yet the
mountain role, with Us longer dis
tances and steep pull, is the basis of
the rate charged by all lines in the
Northwest between tho interior and
the coast.
John H. Ijothron. witness for Port
lnd' commerci ll Interests, showed
that naturally he great flood of grain
would flow by rail. If not by water,
out of the gateway provided by na
ture, but that. . Instead, laboring lo
comotives lift the limited trainloads
over the mounf.iins, struggling pain
fully up the gr-des, grinding against
curves,- res:stln the descents with
screaming brakeshoes and constantly
watchfuj against slides of snow and
earth or other lauses of dlaster and
los.
Fallacy PtMltorf Out. .
With Inexorable thoroughness thai
witness selected point after point and
ket did not warrant the step. Re
fineries are behind in the! orders
and have been curtailing the retail
ers' allotments it is given as the reason
for the move. The refinery official
said: "The people have been over
buying, due to unwarranted reports
that there will be price raises, due to
crop shortage. The government still
controls the price and sugar produc
tion is the greatest ever."
The forest fire situation In tha John
Oay region. Whitman National for
est. Is a little less alarming today,
cording to word received today by W.
W. Cryder, Umatilla forest supervi
sor, from R. M. Evana 01 tn im
man forest, ii. I- Drake, of th Port- ,
land forestry ofice. arlvet her to-
clity and left for the John Day region
to aid in organizing th worn tor
fighting the flames.
Supervisor Cryder sent out IS mora
men this morning to the fir region.
Thia brings the total fir fighter sent
from Pendleton up to 93 men, b-
sides the large number sent from Ba
ker. Camps ar? being established all
along the fire front. Back fir la th
most efficient way to fight th. bias. ..
according to Mr. Cryder.
Word from tn forest ranger at.,
Ukiah says thet although th fire
haa spread to the Umatilla forest on
th southern boundary of thia county,
conditions are not especlajly serlou
at present and the fire fighter ar .
getting tha situation under control.
The task of fire fighting la being nan
died by th Whitman forest. Um In
the Lodge Pole district is the greatest
cause for anxiety at present.
Fire In Bull Run TLm'.
Reports from other .sections Indt-'
cat the great danger from fires. Fir
was raging yesterday In tn Bull Run
forest reserve, ih watershed Br .
originates Portland's water supply.
City Commissioner John M. Mann was
notified that lightning during "th
morning's storm had - set th woods
biasing and he at one dispatched 12
men from Bull Run lake to check th
flames. -
. Montana Town In Danger.
Th town of M. Regis. Montana. Is .
in Imminent danger of destruction br-.
fires raging In tha Coeur oTAIen val- ,
ley. and is doomed should th wine) ,
shift. Tuesday afternoon a high gals
bleWlhe fire within half a mil of th
town, then shifted In tim to sava It.
So serious has the situation become
that Secretary of the Inerlor Lane
bos asked congress to permit him to
us $500,000 from department funds i
lo fight forest fires raging in Idaho.
He requested adoption of a joint res- '
olutlon permitting this as an emer
gency step. 4
Showers Intervene.
MISSOULA, Mont.. July 24. Light
showers today o hated forest fires In
the Coeur d'Alene country. Fires are
still serious aloi.g Rattlesnake and
Swartx creek with the flames spread
ing. The Thompson Falls fire Is now
controlled and . Regis is safe. The
fires are worst it White Fish and Co
lumbia Falls.
ROI.SHFJVIKS TAKE ONBGA
liOXDOX, July SI. Itobuevik wire
less m-eived here today rtaim tJte
capture of Onega on Uie Art-luuigel
front. II id declared Oie BokJieviks
can now drive the KritiMi from Areli.
angel Onega is 85 miles southwest
of Archangel.
WANTS AGREEMENT
AID BEFORE SENATE
WASHINGTON, July" 24. -"-Senatwr
Lodge today introduced a resolution
"respectfully requesting the. president
if it is not incompatible with public
interest" to lay the proposed Franco
American treaty before the senate:
The resolution declares f the, treaty
has been laid before the French de
puties and has been printed In th
United States newspapers.
ItOYV H. ADMITS KIIAJXtJ
PORTLAND. July 24. tieoore
i showed how the rates which should j Miller, junior, aged 10. who hid tlie
I encourage the movement or grain body of his playmate, frank McCau
hy way of the water grade, are artt- Icy, aged seven. In the at tie of the
ficlally made give the mountain! Miller home Monday, admitted today
routes and the mountain girt ports of that he killed tlie other lad avekton-
Tuget Sound ai advantage. tally whilo exhibiting his father's au-
" I ltailroad moo have at other times tomatlo army revolver. The body
Griswold and Swanson, contractors, i end under oth .-r conditions testified; was discovered last nlg-ht when blood
Contracts for paving the final 11.8
miles on tho highway from Pendleton
to the state line boyon. Freewater
will be let at the coming meeting of
the stale hlghw.y commission In Port
land on August l". Tho stretch to b
paved begins at I he outskirts of Athe
na, and rnns t) Milton. When this
paving Is laid. Umatilla county will
have an unbroken stretch from here
to the state lino, nearly 40 miles.
-Bids totaling between f 1.500.000
and 12,000,000 have been advertised
for the next meeting and it Is also
likely that another Umatilla county
project, the Kcho-Rleth sector of 18
miles, will be let to contract at that
time. The low bidders at the Juno
meeting failed to qualify and the sec
ond low bidder now examining th
N I -W
1IV
YORK
ii'.xi iii-: l..r.KD.
2 I. Ik'llileliain
.Inly
A member of the firm of Clifton. '
Applegnte A Co., Is in the city today!
alter examining tho proposed route
from Ohn In l;lnti u,,.i i I- nniKi-f
that an agreen.cnt will he reached ' lodiiy ihvlured in a quantity
with Commissioner Thompson where-' dWIrtcnd or o fourth H-r .cent .on
by Ihls comimr.v, second low hlrider common clock, classes A and H. nh-
jj no uiroctois no-
have been awarded the contract for
I lie) remodelling ami Improvements at
the J. C. Penney store, which will to
tal over ?5,000. Raymond Hatch is
tho architect.
Work started yesterday on the
building and some of the new fea
tures will 'be a complete new store
trout, which will Include modern
wind nvs: new floors, lie balcony, new
windows; new floors, new bM Irony, niw
shelves, cabinets and counters. The
Improvements will be in both the
men's and women's driartmen:s of
the store.
Tho store will renuiin open for
nusiness during the time the
dripped tiirougti from the ceiling up
on tlie Miller boy's parents' bed.
that the cost of mountain transporta
tion is greater than by valley routes,
but the attorneys who are represent
ing the railroads and Paget Sound at ; gad'amentO Engineer
adverse to lettinir such testimony from: Jr lOOTeCI Alter oeCOnO
their own nmp apply In the present) Fiffht ThlS AftemOOfl
action. SACRAMENTO, Calif.. July 24.
1 ' AiliiitMnt General Ttorren floored C
y M. Phintlltv local eivil nfflnnpr ftev.
were repeated:
"Nature made the
past; water tol-
structlon work Is under way.
tlw corporalHm't room rem again' the
In June, will ho given the contract st -able September 15.
the meeting. It is hoped to have this
rrad gradtd un.1 open for traffic by
April 1.
Sun-ys on the road from Pendleton ', somewhat uncertain future,
to the buse of CahhitKe Hill will be -
started In a few dH.vs, the highway
commission offl-'c here announced to
day. A crew of four or five men will
be sent to tho base of the hill and wor
this way. David t. Glass, recently iho ainHmitmcnt. nf a cunutiMtoo of si have been fined $5.
1 ....... I .. ... I ... T'....
Iiotinccil OXira nit menu v" - vtrTTK. Mont.. Jlllv 24. Coincident tile too of lh ,,,,, 1 I "
ed -in feeling It whs wise lo conserve,. ,nnr-rt " , f r, i ;
Rutle, duo to national prohibition, . , - . -
the blbiiloiiRly inclined were handed A tfl'lCllIt UI'8 1 Bill With
- t another jolt when Police JudKej
IWIMI1TFK TO 1XVI"T1;.TI. Grimes announced that in future po-;
. 'lire fines for drunkenness would be
. . WASHINGTON". .Inly 21. Tho raised from to to 10.
house l4Hlay adopted n rcMoliitioii for! Since memory of man. drunks here.
Whiskey is now
The prophetic words spoken
James J. run. I ne t-uipirs u imer, . ,(,-. - fihf .hi. -.
inoon. in a corridor outside their offt-
ppa. Rorrw finnllv knuphMi Phinlmv
Ir ws the lines of least resistance. and out
Phlnney hsd choki-'t and knocked
out the teeth of hirlK strhnfer and
con-commands It is dollars and cents. A Worree Intervened at'ihe crowd's re
j thousand tons of freight can roll down (j,,
i the banks of that river (the Colum-. , ,
'bia) cheaper than we can take it over
does commerce. With water it is
.-tome ptivsical oblructlon. but with'
Republican Chairman
Refuses Comment on
Taft League Letter-.
INDIANAPOLIS, July 24. Repub
lican Chairman Hays refused to com
ment on the Taft letters published In ,
Washington urging the Republicans
to consent to the league of nations
covenant with six Interpretative
clauses added.
Hays said: "The letters ars self
explanatory. Arythlng I might say
would not change public opinion.
P!OI-- 1vvH0:k RHPOKT.
Homesteader Amendment
Passed by House Today
U' KHI v.itov
setiiative Hlunt"H
congress should ni
vcsliKMIion of the
Jniv H. Repre
of Texas, declared
iko it complete In
M.'ivttties of John
Iort or Taeoma Takes Ind.
TACOMA. Wash.," July 24. Superi
or Judge Clifford has under -consideration
the question whether the
Port of Tacoma means to condemn
more land than comes under th
scope of public necessity. In acquir
ing a 240-acre tract on the tide flats.
The tract Is between the Milwaukee
and Wapato waterways. Arguments .
were recently made before Judge
Clifford. Those opposing the con
demnation proceedings maintain th
Port cannot Immediately Improv th
land and that It Intends to operate a
railroad which the supreme court has
held such a commission cannot oper
ate. , i
added to the force, will be In charge't0 Investigate the shippitig board ami selling at from $12 to 116 a quart, so
of tho party. Actual work from cab-, cmemciH-y fleet, corporation. It In. that a "drunk" Is expensive.
district with a view to altering hlsjbage Hill to Kamela has been under, ehidea four Republicans and two Dem-l
figures.
way nearly a Tveek, ovm'a.
Densmore, department of labor In-
vestiuHlor. whoso report on the Thom
as Mooney esse esterday was sub-
- mitted to congress. Planton crltl-
July 24. The cised Secretary Wilson's action In re
the agricultural fusing details of Denstnore's a tlvities
passing the or an itemised statement of th ex-
il OH e - iMtndiiure of the sovernmenl'a n.nn w
The judge explained that the city : steaders to leave their farms during in tha case. BlaMtun Drt)M rA tt rm-
itrgusury "need? thfi mwney." jdrought vlthoul losing their rlgbts. olutlon demanding prob
WASHIXOWN,
house today imyed
Appropriation olll after
senate amendment allowing
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