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SAN FRANCISCO, July 30.
I'rcsidc'iit Harding will be
rushed back lo - Washington y
special train just as soon as he
recovers sufficiently to make the
trip.
II may require two weeks lor
the chief executive to overcome
the ptomaine poisoning whicn
he encounteied from eating crab
meat a few days ago, according
to members of the presidential
parly.
' The., above announcement was
made today and followed a can
cellation last night of (he en
tire California program after
consultation had been held over
the 'resident by tour physicians
Complications developed yes
terday due to the attack of
ptomaine poisoning.
President is Quito 111.
SACIIAMEN'IO, July 30. Presi
dent Harding spent a fairly com
fortable night, getting . some sleep,
according; to a bulletin issued at 11
n. ill. today by Brigadier-General
Sawyer, the personal physician of
the chief executive, following u con
ference with two San Francisco phy
sicians, Dr. Ray Lyman-Wilbur, pres
ident of Stanford university, and Dr.
Charles M. Cooper, a heart special
ist. "His condition is acute and he has
temporarily overstrained liis Cardio-
RUSHED BACK
10 TIE EAST
Vasular system by carrying on a encore piece was "To the Men of
speaking engagement while ill," theAnlerica" which was equally us good
bulletin added- the first selection.
It wili oe necessary to have com-
nlete rest during the period of
acute symptoms
'At 9 o'clock this morning
president's temperature was
pulse 118 and respiration 'i'.i.
Hum (tall lU-snlts.
In the American League -Cleveland expert, who plana to establish a net
KoMou 4 level md 2, UoHtonO; I work ol aerial service linking every
St. I.ouis s, I -liiliLclei pliiii.-' ; St. I.OUIS
4. IMiiliulclphia 2.
In llif ;illoiinl League New York
4, I'itlHhiu-K 5: I'hilailclphiit 5, C'in
linniti 7.
Wlii'iit Mnrki'l.
I'OUTI.AXI. July S Maul wheat
wan !oda- anti Western
v,-' niie-te-t'niir rents a tmliel.
ted
THREE TEAMS TIED
FOR CHAMPIONSHIP
When ' ove 1 rintnied Maker's bal
t-iiiii yeHli-rday by a sore Of 4 to '
;il)d sent Ihe "Colts' frolicking Kiel
Jlo the Jmine pasture with I )oll,ir JUT
Kllis Bwlngtng the lariat ami tin
llaker boosters utterinn gutteral aiif
sonorous tones instead of the joyfu
high-keyed cojote yip which indicate,
success, th'- tin- was cast for a baselml
strugl'- lietweeli Cove, liaker and I-a
Grande that will proaltly lie the fierc-
..t that uny hush hiiguers will set
this Beaton.
llaker went to Cove yes'erday de-
teiuiined to put cm end to this p. n-
nant IhihIik-ss and expecti-d to return
lo th- home ot William Smlt li and
the other bas' t'ill lens with the lalir
::. AMhoiich iiodinii'-r had been or-
d-red It w as i Ai'i-i t- 1 to 1m- but ;i
short pii ce of work for lllll KIMs to
AMrab the telephone w h- n the ninth ir.-
lling showed P.iUer to he the vteloi.
and order th- Gi.s. r Gnuide to wrv.
a bano'i'-l rr the I'.aU'r Colts win
"hud won th- p- lUKint.
Hut t o e's lr. i ry I Mckers ha vi
Weather Forecast
Portland,
July
Kair
51 tor.isht and Tuc-
.Hife
G1s.
itf the
of Uin
m piled
weitfh
lit) in
Ml Ml lb
RECORD 01
lienor
tin of
All or
late
Up
ovided.
.. 1m not
UNION, July 30. (Special) weight
biff Grange meeting Saturday at"'ranlc
Union experiment station was oni
the best events socially as welL.j on
from a farmers' standpoint that .1.1
ever been held in this part of .m pCr
vaney. fcr of
The grove at the state farm hLf?p
decorated as gayly as Director W a '
ycombe would dress his saddle v .
for the annual stock show and
U1.
iiiuiiuiiir wu nuciit tit Kcuuii; i
iields of ' the experiment iarm. 1
Dinner was " served in the tfrove
and it was a wonderful dinner, evi
dencing the horn of plenty to every
one. After dinner the address of wel
come was delivered by Howard Wat
enbaugh of the experiment station
and a very fine response was given
by J. A. Nice of the Wolf Creek
Grange.
C. D. Huffman of La Grande de
livered a talk on general ties and
how the farmer is getting along.
oeorge rammer, master or the
state grange was present from Hood
Kiver, and delivered a Orange ad
dress which was filled with many
good things in the way of informa
tion and advice.
C- T. Dixon of Oswego talked on
insurance, County Commissioner
John Wells talked on highways and.
County Agent Avery discussed mar
keting m a most able manner.
Recitations and music intersnered
the program and made the day pass
most pleasantly. One of the out
standing numbers was the reading
by Olrs. Paddock entitled the "Ranch
Girls Broken Love Dream. Her
I Promotes Airplane System
the I
101,1 SHANGHAI, July (AP)--Tho
jSetah and Great China Airways Com
pany ure two newly launched enter
: prises which Have b'een promoted- by
Jatuc.H Slcvln, an American alrplunc.
important center in nina in uic
conrce of the year. Mr. Slevin sntd
the first route, lo be opened lhi!i
summer will be from Tientsin to 1'rsa
with regular flights carrying passen
gers, mails and express packages.
The project, Mr. Slevln says, is be
ing curried out under agreements
with the commercial aeronautical de-
partmmt of Hie Chinese government.
heen having some practice of late and
the addition of I'itcher Ulumensteln
pepped up the Cove to alarming de
gree. They knew they had old faith
ful Alexander on the bench U' Blum
iiH-nstein blew up. s'o they went into
the game with no small amount of
confidence. Itiit the JUumenstein kid
was not lo blow upt he was set for
?hc day. In the fourth Inning the
''oltfl hatted him to death for an, ln-
rtant when they grabbed four runs on
him, but after that he took up his
elt a couple of holes and held hltf
Heinle to a fanning malch, while.
ove hitched one more score to h r
dx juicy ones already in the plait -r
making the tola! score 7 to 4 when
the curtain went down.
rosiiiiry. pitching Tor the Colts, was
n very good form yesterday, and kept
lis head unite well. It was a case
aIu'it things broke a little tough for
llaker ami Cove was ready to take
td vantage of every bit of percentage
'ft in her favor.
Uli('"i Who Now.
With the w inning of ei day
xame Cove i-nt the pennant right up
n mlda tr wit h all three team Ha
'iev, l.a Granib- and ovi (tying t
oa it to light In eacli baftk't.
Jujt who's who and what's what
n this league no om n4'in to know,
in order to play off the tic between
'hre tonns jnt how should It lift
tatted? Who should piny and when
With full knol-.lE" thai the II
must lie pl;ied off before any pen
n;mt decision can le r'iid red and the
fHrther.b' llef that it will require most
of the Sunday to do thin little job
and Mil will be lucky if the p-nnant
decision ? Klven before -snow fll"-s. all
teninn today are r'sting Hhd Halting
I fn.- f h.. l.'irl il-, H!in hn in how to
Iprocvvdt I
Two
Elgin Pioneer
lwruen ciomm yesrerday, umountd
544i,Y3;i, a cheek today slid
Maurice Mundell. a Denver br
pot nil but a few dollars, accoJ
to stories by Leo P. rloyd, the
secretary, and John Harrington
teller.
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(Hy Asaoei-.'.U'd Press)
LAlSANNi:, July Turkev has'
undertaken to give some kind of us-
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surance concerning' eUitable-treat- hig evample of the hardships whieli
ment of Chrislian populations in Tur- ut.t of balance in the commodity
key., Joseph ,C. Crew and , Isinet! price structure emails, smten tile cur
Pusha devoled Kunduy to a further nnx ijmne 0f "The (luaranty Survey,"
dlsciisHion -of the unsettled points or whleh has just been ignited by the
the Turco-Aineriean treaty, and Ish-j Cluarunly Trust Company of New
mel'B pi-omise about the mirtoi-ity peo- York. "In tills instance, not only is
pics in Turkey ws one of the fruits'tho depn-ssion of the value of wheat
of the Suhbuth eonversation ja major factor in tho general ecnom-
On the remaining ((iiestion, how-,ic siluallon, but tho discontent cn
"'er, of the American 'laims for dmu-' gendered is reflicled in various
age to property, Ishinet. with his cus- schpineK for .relici'l which .couid only
tomniy tenacity, declared that Tur-! prove futile or mischievous," the.
key was entitled to know the nature) "Survey' continues. "As is ' usuatlv
and extent of the claims. He might true in the face of such a dilemma as
accept arbitration as Mr. Grcwt ltd- now conlrouls the wheat growers,
vocated, he said, but it should be re-lhoro is a disposition to ignore the
strlcled to definite fields to he ev- fundamental ecnom it; aspects of Ihe
actly determined. jdlirieulty and to strike out moro or
Mr. Crew explained that the Unil-.less blindly at iinnginary causes,
ed States was in no position to sayj llasis nf Itellef
just what claims would be filed; lino "What is needed In the framing or
were prohahly not great in the aggre-. policies and measures of relief lor the
gale, but the ( nited States wanted the ' producent of wheat In a frank rceog
principle of Just compensation estati- irtion of the conditions, which have
lished in the treaty. The day ended ' made necessary u post-war readjust
with honors even on this question, ment or the producing acttUihs of
with some signs that agreement may! of farmers, as well as of oilier pro-
not be far distant.
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Ihe market. i
30. Steers,
weak today,
PORTLANlT, July
(iws ' were slow and
Calves were a dollar higher, prime
mors were firm while pigs were a
fraetion lower, hheep were steuiiy .
wilh eggs anil butter firm. I
Oregon
opposes mm
i GUARANTEE
1 i .
guaranty Trust Company
Opposes Producers' Views
on Big rroblem.
ADMITS FARMERS"
FLIGHT IS BAD
Big Financial Concern
Clings to Orthodox Meth
ods of Past Which Have
Failed to Establish Justice
to Producer.
M-:V YOliK, Julyx:iO, (Special)
The recent sharp decline in the pries
of wheal hits tarnished and outslaml-
duccrs in this country. Wheat grnw-
ers are not alone in their subjection
",n vicissitudes of costs,' prices,
() nmrkels- To t.,.ntci- tluir at-
Itack upon speculators, railroads, and
! 'tile Interests' Is to hmore the hash
causes of the present situation. No
srlieme fur h u-asstiiK thv apeculalorH,
no reaort to eiieaii ei-enti. Kovernmi'in
lirue fixing ami iioannnit ot tne eoni-
(Cniiiinneil to I'nKe Hve.)
OFT OX A STILLY KNIGHT
Tflll
!
l:l, duly !IU. (Special)
Tito small daughter 4)1 Air. and
.Ills, .lames . Sliilildrriehi mis
drowned nt .Wtllim yesU'rday
vthlle swliuuiliig.
Ill-, and .Mrs. Slulihlefirld haw;
Iiilig Ixvn residents or l:lgin iin
III tno weeks unit, when lliey
mined to .Mllluu.
Machine Overturned at Pine
' "Grove and W. K. Follette
Fatally Injured.
KM.IV, July :. (Spivlal).
W. K. I'olletle. n innidier who
lives at (he bead nf Minam lllll
near J'lgin. suffeml such seven'
lupiries when Ids car overturned '
with hi nt out by I'lne .'rove ch
icrday lliat be did not regain eon- -(-iMiM'ioiiMiess,
am) died about
I o'clock lnt eve ning.
Mr whm round by .1m- llechlrl,
wlio saw at once Dial loHelles
bijurlcj- were serious. . Kvi'ry at
tention was 'given but nolhluj;
denied to bclp him and 'death
followed.
Officials lnsiect Iload.
PKN1)1.1-Vl'(i' (it lnH mi. Wil.
lliiiu Dubv n ml W. I I. Mn'lniiK. mem-'t
lit U A
m l ok
MINAM RANCHFR
KILLED Blf (I
hers of Ihu state hlffhwaw cnmiulsslon I-1 'nlu'" "ilus Henulor rmiu Iowa, ns
Koy A. Klelu, chler onslnecr; It. H. '''d Hi n mldrct.-i lieie Sunday,
laildock. (Mvlslon enKlnei-r. and ineui-' Hinnlnr Itinokhni 1 Kpolte at the jui
hers or Ihe I'niutNIa county court, ; "al P'enlc of the Trades and Labor
necompiiiitccl by a delegation r J'eu- jassenibly.
illeton mid l;kiah men, nuufa an In- The wrouim have reached the eom
spectlun of the north and south road ninn conclusion that their InterestR
I hat connects Ciranl and t ' ti uitl I Lx nre Idendcal, Mr. Ib ookhart said.
A request that. Ihe route be luspee-j kept apart mid id enmity hy Ihe Kreat'' J'y , -wepL ine iusiness uismec
t--l hy the hii;hwav cotuiulsslon wai jeofubinallonH of wealth "which have!of thls c,t'- rhe Parted from
recently nuule bv men who an week- Mirlvetl In profits ami rulcl in pol.;an d;:inwn cause at the Arhntr
liif; to promote Htutc, rdernl und 1 1 It-n by keeping thec Kioiips or coin-j Jn hotel, formerly known us tho
oonnly co-opemllon lo set a (Jirrumh j mon p-ople at each nthers' throats') "',lM'' hotel.
road to Ituriis on the mnnh In Main- lie con I In ued. They all helh-ve In thu' It swept one block of buildings on
ey county. The atlUtirle of Hio com-'Spirit, the practice and Ihe proKresH Main street, jumped the thorouh
inisKioii will be Hounded by l'matiUa 'r cooieration and under t li 1m banner Tare and destroyed another block
county tie-ii when thu body luecb) In lliey art united today, he wild, J of shops nnd stores,
I'urtland July :tn. j (Question or I nrcsi. i The estimated Iosh is $7",000 to
' ; J "The question of unreHl h the inost $85,000.
I'lliliue; in (blna. jenrrosHlnr tn the Male, national audi :
A.MDY, CHINA, July :in Two
KUlUMiais III l ll e I c K I lltf govern nielli i mil i. ii i mini more oi icu man un -steamed
Into the harbor today and thintf elm- that we nre In a Ki-eal
op-ned lire on tlte tort which ro- ! "lute of unrest. This Ih t he I hhifT most
"Hed with belching kiiiim, jorien saht by t he orator, Ihe writer
" and the common man on (lie Htreet.
owns
TENTH BOAT TO
SEE TROUBLES
VANCOUVER. Julv (). Tim tut
Tyeo of Seattle is on a reef todav
hi the log in the straits of Joan de
Klli'll. tmikiiicv tlm tonth imucnl in
) trouble in these waters during the
past lour uays.
' SEATTLE, July :10. Tho tup Ty
ee arrived nt Port Townsond this
morning'. Shipping men here believe
it was the Halibut schooner Tyee
which Vancouver reported on the
rocks in the .straits.
Senator Brookhart Tells
Why "Blocs" Are Neces
sary in These Modern,
Times.
(My AhmoWuIim! Press)
MINNKAI'OI.IH, Minn., July 311.
Iiu'iitmlltlfs of our f't'onoiiile sj-slom
Imvu rorved tho dltrerent Ki'oliim IIIum
the Tui-in liloe. lulior hluc. the hoUIIcm-iT j
liloe iiml mothi!-H' liloe to i-onslili-r'.
their Illti'ii'Hts collei'tlvely nml theHoj
Kroups now are riifuiinn their ownj
lirolilenia as the Imslnevsei-'ii nifin-ea!
,,iM ' liUlneWi
Hill It h U' It.'hiikhurl
international fields." said Mr. Ilrook-
'lvlli,atlon has reached a turning
point. It Is iinivetvui'I pri-dlctfon thai
DHGANIZE FOR
PROTECTION
Kieal chanKes aienpendlntr." posais u rurh the power of tho
"While thin Is true in Kenerul terms' U"'1 States supreme court in tho
there are Tew who point to uny espe-.''"Jitter of declaring acts of congress
rial raiiHc or surest any concrete unconstitutional by a majority votc
remedy. As for inyHeir. I think lheru'aro expected to he one nf the im
Ih no advantne in criticizing an old ! portant (piestions before the annual
MVMtfin nr ni. Mx.d until r bciti.f mu convention hereof the 'Aneriean Har
'one is HUKeHled. There Ih no pro- association, August 20-iil, aecordififc
reus and no advancement In tearing t( John Juncll, secretary of the con-,
jdown tbe old building iinteKH the ma.Jv,,1" nnnainentH committee. J
jli'ilal nnd workmen nre ul hand for An elaborate array of legal tnlent
! the consiruclion or a better one. j in the United States, Kuglund
"l tutted on theHc Ideas, I have at -1 France, South America and Canada,
tempted lo reason out ihe causes of wili participate in the ses:donn, Mr
this nnrexl and to iiK;e(i a remedy Junell snid, the foreign representu
i lint would displace it, The old ff'-n-ltivos being guests. Lord Uirken
erallty nf (he politicians that he rep-j head. Lord Chancellor nnd one of
n-Hcntfl nil ihe people h fiction and j Great Britain's ablest legal minds,
disillusion and Hctth-H nothing. 'I'Im h. i 1 1 deliver one of the principal ad
ineiiuallt I eH have lorced l h" dll fereni dresses. F'rcsent and former mem-.
KroupH like the farm bloc, labor bloc, bers of the supreme court have pro-"'
the Mnidlers bloc and the mot hern i nutient places on the program. Chief
i bloc to consider t heir own Interests j .lu.tlico Taft, as chairman of the1,
icolteetively and each from Its own Coninit tee on Judicial Ktlwcs, wil .
'siandpolnt.' j read his rcporj August
. A'uong other nationally-known
(Jerman to be Kxecnted. 'personages to attend will be Joint:
DUKSSKLDORI', July :i0. (iT-j W. Davis, former ambassador to
man newspapers report that Major Great Britain, nml president of tlnf
ormack and Lieutenants Keller nnd American Har association; Klihit
jKnuth, all former policemen in Ks- Root, former secretary of state and
son, hnve been sentenced to death : president nf the Council of the
by a French court martial nt Wer-. American Law Institute; Charles S.
den for espionage. The three men i Whitman, former governor of New
j nre said to have been found guilty 'York; George W. Wicker.-'liani, fnr
iof operating a dictograph near a , nier U. S. attorney general, and'
I French officers' villa on the otitsiilej William Draper Lcwb secretary ot
.of K -;-eti. Ih" A ire i iff' Law Institute. ;
EARLY FIRE TODAY
DESTROYS BAKERY
I The rteal Loaf Rakcrv nt 2N The fire ilrparliiicnt rcspnmloil to
Oak Mrwt and live rosiilmcp oci-u-,(j,c f i,-.t ularni hut when it Kot on
pi,., l.y th.- ownnr of Urn l.akcv. , . , f. f
i.fi.-e rally tliiK nmriiinir. !"" walcr l,luC c"'c ''noi-'n to rcuch
' At Mlmut t o'clock tlii'i morninir llio prnporly with the- hose. Final
Mr, llcowhr-n made a fire in tlie I ly, the fiimeii, neeing the hnpele-n-linki
iy furnace" and left the iIdiii'i nes.i of ntUMiHili"K to .nve the build
oprn. In Home manner the liakerv : injr. eanieil nut tho furniture.
liuildiiiK cauuht fire and m tho ' 'll liuiidiiiK" 'were completely dc-
flames Mpicnd to the residence which jstroyeil. Insurance ainnuntinir to
Iwa., aluiiKUdo the bakery. '?.")5(KJ waa eanieil on tho property.
Hard
HI LOSSES
EXPERIENCED
AT SI. HELENS
THE DALLES, July :I0.' :,
I wo lilwks burned ill ArlinR-
Ion, Orison, between 3 and S
o'clock this morning, nccuruing
to reports received here,
The Hood Kiver lire depart
ment responded to the coll Tor
help. The Dalles . department
was preparing to send aid when
word was received at j o'clock
that the fire wan under control-
The Grand hotel, n pool hall
and several residences were am
ong the buildings hurned.
St. Helens Has Fire
ST. HKLUNS, July ;j0.I.O8S ,
ol ''about $125,000 was caused by
a fire v. hii h early today destroy
ed the Si. Helens Tie anil 'tim
ber company mill on Kauvies Is
land, and wiped out one .of the
ways and one shed o the St '
Helens Shipiui'ldiug (.'ompany. - "
The mill, which hau been run
ning double shift, shut down,
l riday night. .
About II o'clock Inst night the
watchman discovered lire In Iho -center
of the mill which soon '
burned Twynnd control:'- 'm "'e -
Loss on the mill is SKI), 00(1.
Three hundred thousand feel of
cut lumber was also burned. The,
shipyard loss ( between five
mill ten thousand dollars..
ARI.INC.TON, July IIO. Firn ear-
TO DISCUSS CURD
OX SUPREME COURT
(Ry Associated Press)
j MINNEAPOLIS, July :;(). Pro-