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VOL. L.VIII. Q.
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Entered at Portland (Oreron)
Po?trff)ce as Scond-Ha:5 Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON", THURSDAY, JULY 31. 1919.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
EGG PRODUCER WAILS
AT DISTURBING PLANE
LOW-I LTIXG AVIATOR WORRIES
HARD-LAYING HES.
HIGH LIVING COSTS
POT UP TO WILSON
TWO CONTRACTS GIVEN
BACK TO PORTLANDERS
JOHN L. MAY HERDS
POSTOFFICES TO, SELL
'CUT.RATE' GROCERIES
RAILROADS OFFER
RATE TESTIMONY
BY 8QQQ SOLDIERS
OF
COLCMBIA RIVER CORPORAT' t
GOVERNMENT TO DISTRIDtTK
3 11,000.000 POl'XHS FOOD.
CHICAGO
OREGON
r
Martial Law Is Not Yet De
clared by Officials.
SITUATION IS HELD SERIOUS
Rioting Contiues, Though of
"Less Determined Nature.
OFFICIAL DEATH LIST 30
.Special Coroner's Jury at
!-ccurin Evidence as Basi
Later .Prosecutions.
Work
, ot
CHICAGO. July 3". Chicago streets
tonight were patrolled by soldiers
called out by Governor Lowdcn at the
request of Mayor Thompson for the
protection of Iifo and property threat
ened bv the race war which for four
ays has terrorized the city.
The state troops established a barred
one about three miles square, embrac-
g rnost of the colored residential dis-
ets on the south side. In this zone
"y searched every person wnom tney
t for weapons. No one could pass
or outv without military permission.
rhe district extended roughly from
Twenty-second to Fifty-fifth street,
north and south, and from Michigan
boulevard to Wentworth avenue, cast
and west.
Situation Held "Ominoua.
This happened when riots in the col
ored district itself had somewhat sub
sided, but when there was an alarm
ins spread of disturbances outside.
New York Central railroad officials re-
orted all their trains being fired on
s they entered the city.
Adjutant-General Frank S. Dickson,
fter an early evening trip through the
hreatened district, declared that the
ituation was "ominous."
Hundreds of negroes appealed r"or
protection. Incendiary attacks upon
iegro homes increased throughout the
day and night. Negro leaders declare
that many members of their race faced
starvation because drivers of supply
wagons feared to enter seme portions
f the black belt.
Martial Law Considered.
It was not deemed necessary at the
lime the mayor asked for the troops
to proclaim martial law and whether
Governor Lowdcn was prepared to
take that step was not made known.
It seemed to be generally believed that
placing the militiamen on patrol duty
would prevent further serious rioting.
About 8000 soldiers arc on patrol.
While the troops were preparing to
march from the armories a riot broke
out at Fiftieth and State streets. Many
men, negroes and whites, clashed, fir
ing countless shots, the police report
said. Police reserves were hurried to
t lie scene. Another riot w as reported
t Thirty-first and Dearborn streets.
The decision to appeal to the state
executive for troops to patrol the
streets was reached by Mayor Thomp
son after a long conference with mem
bers of his cabinet.
Danger Points Patrolled.
After notifying the regimental com
manders that the troops would be used
I he adjutant-general closeted himself
with Chief of Police Garrity and with
a detailed map of the danger zone set
about giving specific orders for the
disposal of the various regiments.
The initial order directed the 1st, -d
3d and 4th regiments of the Illinois
reserve militia and the 10th and 11th
regiments of the Illinois national
:;uard to take up stations patrolling
the city streets.
Adjutant-General Dickson and Colo
ncl James Komayne left the city hal
for the Stanton avenue station after
directing the troops to move.
Stockyard HrKion Guarded.
The 9th and 10th national guard
regiments are quartered at the stock
yards and are close to the western end
of the black belt.
In "West Sixty-third street a mob
whites gathered and police from the
Knglewood station were unable to dis
perse the crowd.
A disturbing leature tonight was a
number of automobile trucks filled
with young white men, dashing about
south side streets outside the negro
district, trying to stir up anti-negro
sentiment.
August Victu, white, 9 years old. also
was wounded when the negroes fired at
a group of children playing in the
street.
, 4 Death Lint In Now 30.
Today's outbreaks were scattered and
only in a few instances were there
more than a small number of persona
involved in the rioting. Of the four
deaths, all of which were the result of
shooting, two were shot today, the
other two having been wounded in
previous rioting.
Tonight the official death list for
four days showed SO, of whom 17 were
negroes. two unidentified, and 13
whites, one unidentified.
'Attorney-General Brundage assigned
an assistant. John F. Burns, to the
coroner's office to sift the evidence
to be produced at the inquests. Mr.
Brundage. who took charge of the
prosecution following the Kast St. Louis
riots a few years ago, declared pun
ishment of the guilty here was certain.
hltee Barred From 7.oar.
"With all available policemen on duty
in the black belt and surrounding ter
ritory, even traffic policemen whose
places were taken by volunteer citi
tConcludcd on l'ae 3. Coiunin J.)
Salem Farmer Contends Hens More
Important Than Air Tralfio
These Hard Times.
SALEM, Or.. July 50. (Special.)
Denizens of the barnyard have appar
ently taken a dislike to the feats of
Aviator Cook, who operates a local air
plane for commercial purposes, and
yesterday the owner of a choice flock
north of Salem telephoned to Justice
of the Peace t'nruh asking for the
arrest of the flyer.
"I am a farmer living a few miles
out of Salem," said the man over the
telephone, "and 1 want to know if I can.
swear to a complaint without coming
to the city. This aviator flies over my
barnyard at all times of the day and
nlglit and disturbs my hens so they
won't lay. I feel that I am entitled to
damages for destruction of property
and trespass, as cses are almost as
high as aviators."
The judge explained that long-dis
tance warrants were out of the ques
tion, whereupon the farmer hung up
the receiver in disgust.
JAPANESE BUY ORCHARDS
Orientals Grains Firm Foothold in
Hood JXivcr Valley.
HOOD K1VER, Or., July SO. (Spe
cial.) A partnership of Japanese,
hraded by M. Yasui, local merchant,
has purchased the 20-acre bearing
rchard place of J. R. Shelton on the
Kast Side. While the consideration
as not been confirmed, it is reported
to have exceeded $ lo,000. Sales of
trawberry and apple acreage to Jap-
nese this year has almost equaled
hat of white buyers. Mr. Yasui al
ready owns extensive apple and berry
holdings in the Dee and Summit sec-
ions.
While Japanese are frequently noted
as buyers, a sale from a Japanese
o a white man is extremely rare. One
of the few cases occured the past week
wht'n Kimball brothers purchased from
S. Ishikawa the latter's 20-acre place
adjoining their own holdings near
Summit.
0LES CONSIDER TREATY
Faderewski Pleads for Its Adoption
by Assembly Group.
LONDON, July 30. The peace treaty
with Germany has been presented to
the foreign affairs committee of the
Polish assembly by Premier Faderew
ski, with a recommendation for Its
atificaton, a Warsaw dispatch an
nounces. The premier told the com
mittee that Poland should be happy
over the terms it contains.
The Polish representative in Paris,
Premier Paderewski added, had pro
tested against providing for genera!
educational rights in Poland when the
Poles were not granted similar rights
n Germany. The Polish delegates had
been, assured by the allied leaders,
however, that when Germany applied
for admission into the league of na
tions these rights would be among the
conditions of granting her application.
WAR ARTICLES TO CHANGE
Special Board Makes Recommenda
tions Following Probe.
WASHINGTON, July 30. One new
article of war and changes in 30 others
have been recommended by the special
board or officers appointed early in the
war to investigate the army court
martial system. In making this an
nouncement today. Secretary Baker
said he soon would transmit the board's
report to congress, and added:
"It may be said that the board, upon
the whole, finds no radical defects in
the system and it attributes the greater
part of the just criticism not to in
herent faults of the system itself, but
rather to the inexperienced personnel
called upon to administer it at a time
of stress wien the great thing was to
get 4.000.000 men quickly in shape for
the fighting line."
AMERICAN SUB GOES DOWN
Three Members of Crew of Obsolete
Craft Drowned.
NEW LONDON, Conn., July 30. The
United States submarine G-2, listed as
an obsolete craft and used for experi
mental work, sank with open hatches
in Long Island sound today and three
of its crew of eight were drowned.
Others were rescued by men from the
United States coast guard cutter Acush-
net, which was accompanying the sub
marine. The G-2. was engaged in experiment
ing with depth bombs, and it sank ap
parently without warning.
The submarines N-3 and K-5, with
divers, were sent to the spot where the
G-2 sank, and early this afternoon one
body had been recovered. The subma
rine wa3 in charge of Gunner B. W.
Morrow.
TIFFANY HAS SECRET MINE
Machinery and Experts Taken to
Work Guiana Deposit.
NEW TORK, July 30. Sailing with
$1,000,000 worth of machinery and a
party of 50 mining engineers and
workers. Mr. and Mrs. Perry Tiffany,
prominent in New York society, today
left for Dutch Guiana to mine a gold
deposit Mr. Tiffany said he discovered
on the Moroni river 18 years ago.
The secret of the discovery has been
carefully guarded pending the obtain
ing in France and Holland of conces
sions giving him mining privileges for
100 miles along the river. Mr Tiffany
said.
Railway Engineers Pre
sent Demands.
INCREASE IN WAGES ASKED
Action, by Government Urged
to Lower Prices.
PROFITEERS ARE TARGET
E.eculie Told Spirit of t'nrcst I?
AVidesprcad Anions People. Pre
War $5 Kow $2.15.
WASHINGTON. July 30. The alter
native of governmental action to force
down the cost of living or of demand
by the railroad engineers of the coun
try for another increase In wages was
presented to President Wilson today
by Warren S. Stone, grand chief of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
and members of the brotherhood's ad
visory board.
Detailing conclusions reached by the
advisory board at its recent meeting
in Cleveland. Mr. Stone declared that,
while the railroad engineers found
themselves "obliged . again to request
an increase to meet the mounting cost
of living, they were of the opinion
that "the true remedy for the situation
and one that will result in lifting the
burden under which the whole people
are struggling is for the government
to take some adequate measures to re
duce the cost of the necessaries of life
to a figure that the present wages and
income of the people will meet."
Proflteer.ni? 1 Charged.
The brotherhood board outlined no
plan of action for the government to
take beyond saying it was believed that
"this situation is brought about mslnly
by conscienceless pi of iteering by the
great interests who have secured con
trol of all the necessaries of life."
President Wilson, it was said at the
White House, was much impressed with
the statement presented and promised
to give serious consideration and study
to the question of what the govern
ment might be able to do. Previous
to their conference with the president
the brotherhood officials conferred
with Director-General Hinc.. who ex
pressed sympathy with their request
that governmental action be taken to
lower living costs.
The president was told by the broth
erhood board "that a widespread spirit
(Concluded on Pace
Column 3.)
THE. wsct-S Of rovvx.
TRKiNG E.PLOVE's THE.Y
CN1 Uvt
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TO BUILD VESfcE' .
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First Reinstatements oi Suspended!
Contracts on Upper Pacific
Coast Announced.
OREGON I AN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. July 30. The first reinstate
ments of suspended ship contracts on
the upper Pacific coast came this after
noon when it was announced that the
shipping board had signed up with the
Columbia River Shipbuilding corpora
tion of Tortland, Or., to build two 8S0
ton steel ships. Other possible rein
statements still are under consideration
with the likelihood that no further
announcements will be made for several
days.
Harrison S. Robinson of San Fran
cisco, representing the Pacific coast
shipbuilders, who made this announce
ment, eaid that he was not ready to
disclose any of the details of the new
contracts until all such matters affect
ing the other north Pacific yards have
been closed.
MAYOR TALKS IN PULPIT
Pasco Switchman A No Is Speaker
and Band Plays Loudly.
PASCO. Wash . July 30. (Special.)
Rev. R. L. Morton, of the Christian
church, invited Mayor Lee C. Hender
son and Switchman O. M. Hurley to
speak from his pulpit laFt Sunday
night. Mr. Henderson discussed "The
Rise of Democracy and the Decline of
Ecclesiastic-ism and Mr. Hurley spoke
of the "Church and Religion Krom the
Standpoint of the Laboring Man."
As a distinct innovation in church
services the Pasco Land was out in full
uniform and played several selections.
MONTANA FOR SUFFRAGE
Vole of 38 to 1 Recorded on Amend
mcnt by Senate.
HELENA, Mont., July 30. The Mon
tana state senate today ratified the
federal suffrage amendment to the con
stitution, thus completing the action
on the measure in the assembly, the
lower branch having voted to ratify
yesterday.
The vote in the senate was 38 to 1.
with four absent. The action of the
house yesterday was unanimous.
FLEET GETS 82 WHALES
Heavy- I-'ors Interfere Some With
Work of Aberdeen Boats.
ABERDEEN. 'Wash.. July 30. (Spe
cial.) Eighty-two whales have been
captured so far this season by the fleet
of the American-Pacific fleet, operat
ing from this harbor.
The catch of the Moran has been 36;
YVestport, 2!: Aberdeen, 17. Heavy fogs
all during July have interfered with
the hunting.
THE WAY IT ALWAYS WORKS OUT.
ON VHAT
XWe.v'C CETTlNC-.3
T ' WE'LL, RAISE. Twfe.
WAGE? OT
OUT .rA
Ijjy :
Federalization of Third
Regiment Completed.
COMPANIES ARE ASSIGNED
Headquarters, Machine Gun
Companies Included.
ARTILLERY IS AUTHORIZED
Colonel William C. Norlli Placed on
Retired LNl; Military Strength
of State 2000.
SALEM, Or.. July 30. (Special.)
Federalization of the 3d regiment. Ore
gon Infantry national guard, was prac
tically completed here today with the
transfer of Colonel John I. May from
the rank of unassigned officers to com
mander of the regiment. Colonel Will
iam North, until yesterday in charge
of the regiment, has been placed on
the retired list by the war department
rather than accept his resignation sub
mitted several weeks ago.
Under the new federal regulation,
the Oregon forces are divided into three
battalions. The 1st battalion includes
company A of Marshficld. company B
of Ashland, company C of Eugene and
company D of Medford. Major William
O. White of Eugene. Is in command of
the 1st battalion.
Artillery In A ml borlsr.
The "d battalion includes companies
K. P. G and H. all of Tortland. with I
Major J. Francis Drake in command.
Included In the 3d battalion are com
panies I of Portland. K of Independence,
L of McMlnnville and M of Salem, Major
Milton 1. Meyers in command. Officers
of companies I. K, F and M have been
unable to qualify and will be sup
planted by other men as soon as they
can be recomnended and examined.
There are also included in the Ore
gon branch of military a headquarters
company. Captain Irving I. Ntles: ma
chine gun company. Captain Edward J.
Elvers, and aupplv company. Captain
Raymond Conner. There also has
been authorized under the national de
fense' act four companies of coast ar
tillery, one troop of cavalry, one com
pany of engineers, one sanitary troop
and on battery, making an aggregate
military strength for Oregon of 2000
men.
Battery A of Tortland. said to be
the oldest in the state, will be given
(Concluded on Pace 2, Column 2.)
Great Surplus of War Supplier to
Be Offered lo Public at Com
Plus I'o-tM-r.
WASHINGTON. July 30. Through
the po&tmasters of the country the war
department tomorrow will offer direct
to consumers its present available sup
ply of surplus foodstuffs, amounting to
approximately J4l.ooo.000 pounds. This
surplus, consisting of canned cge
tables and meals. Is expected to be sold
within a week at prices representing
the cost to the government, plus post
age. Arrangements for the sale of the
foodstuffs, directed by a resolution
passed by the house, were made to
day at a conference held by Secretary
Raker with posloffice department of
ficials. Secretary Baker said a price list cov
ering the entire available surplus
would be prepared at once. This list
would be sent out to each of the f.t.000
postmasters of the country and to
every rural route carrier.
The postmasters and carriers will act
as government salesmen, informing in
terested consumers of the prices and
methods of sale and taking orders for
the foodstuffs.
FAMOUS PRODUCER DYING
i
0-car HammcrMcin CiiTCii No Hope
by Phiclan?.
NKW YORK. July 30. Physicians, at
tending: Oscar Hammcrstein. jrrand op
era, producer, declared today his condi
tion Is so critical they fear he can live
only a few hours. Mr. Hammerstcin's
entire risrlit side is paralyzed.
Oscar Hammcrstein was born In Ber
lin. Germany, in IS 47. coming lo this
country In 1K63. He invented and pat
ented several labor savins devices, and
wrote three one-act comedies In Ger
man, which were produced in New York
In 1K6S. Ha then became the lessee and
manager of the Stadt theater of New
York, and later built a number of play
houses, including Columbus theater.
Manhattan opera house, the Olympia
(now the New York) theater, the Vic
toria, the Belasco. and the New Opera
house.
FRANCE OFFERS BONDS
J5.O0O.O0O Short-Term Issue to Be
Put on New York Market. .
PARIS, July 30. Louis L. Klotz. the
minister of finance, has Just concluded
an arrangement with a group of Amer
ican bankers, headed by J. P. Morgan &.
Co.. for the sale In the New Tork mar
ket of French treasury bonds at 60 and
30 days.
The amount of the issue in view at
present totals J3.000.000. The Ameri
can treasury department. It Is stated,
gave Its assent.
GERMAN SHIPS SALVAGED
Battleships and Destroyers Sunk by
Hunt Will Be Saved.
LONDON. July 30. One battleship,
three light cruisers and 15 destroyers
of the former German grand fleet,
which were scuttled by their crews at
Scapa Flow, in the Orkney Islandc, on
June li. are ready to be salvaged. It
was announced today in the house of
commons.
It was said there was no intention of
holding a court of inquiry.
INDFX OF TODAY'S Nr-W;iov"' th' a r" s- p,r"lt
IIMUCA Uf IUUHI O l,it-',i I exhibit also Included what were termed
The Weather. I
TESTiCRPArs Maximum temperature. "0 .
degree.: minimum, m degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; senile northwesterly winds, i
Fereiga.
Fa'nf plrture Pitiifa rr former crown
prince. M. Hrdn. fce v.
Jourmtltnt rails holshevlkism Inverse au
tocracy, r.ie a.
National.
Witnesses tell of 11,000.000 airplane bonfire.
Pace 3.
Congressional party may visit Portland.
Psora e.
Government to sell great supply of war food
at cost Pfu. postage. rago i.
French treaty to be bitterly fought. Page 4.
Domestic.
Witness at Ford tibel trial discusses anarch
ist and heathens. Page 2.
KOon state troops on guard In Chicago: riot
ing continues. Page 1.
Chicago car strike seems near en Ti t- a.
-ji Us laalniailWIII)!,!
Contracts for two steel vessels awarded to
Portland company. Page 1.
Battle accomplishments of Oregon engineers
recounted at Camp Mills. Page 3.
Pmetfle NerUiwewt. -
Railroads give testimony at Seattle rat.
hearing. Page 1.
Colonel John I May placed In command of
Oregon tederallsed guard. Page 1.
Salem farmer wants damages when plane
worries hens. Page 1.
Sports.
Wilkes Brewer sets new sixth heat record
at Columbus, Ohio. Page 14.
Course for mile marathon swim ordered
chanced. Pag. li.
Pacific Coast league results: Portland 1, Los
Angeles 4: sacranienio o. ran r ranrtsro
2: Salt 1-ake 6, Seattle -: Oakland 8;
Vernon 5. Page 14.
Commercial and Marine.
Eleven lumber vessels to load here n next
ten days. Page 2
WnK. flyer line to build speedy passenger
ship. Pag.
Coffee prices may stay up. Page 23.
Portland and Vicinity.
Prices In New iora amaze i i. tray.
Page 11.
jew highway maps to show beat camping
spots. Pace 1
City salaries to be standardized by council.
Pats 13.
ew traffic ordinance m permit downtown
auto parking. race IK.
County officials tsWe slap st C. H. Know lea.
overseas soldier. Page 1.
Bootlegger pays for giving policemsa
llouor. Pajra 8.
Orders for Ineress of phone rates not a.
yet obtained by round;. Page 7.
Postmaster Myers rumored caurht In po
litical trap of own design. Page 4.
Radical faction In local labor circles expects
to gain control. Pag. 4.
Weather report data and forecast. Page SS.
Voluminous Exhibits Are
Introduced.
PORTLAND'S PLEA OPPOSED
Waitsburg. Wash., Miller and
Grain Dealer Testifies. .
WHEAT CHARGES STUDIED
I.arce Number of Inhibits Submit,
led to Interstate Commerce
Commission at Seattle.
SKATTI.K, Wash.. July (Spe
cial.) With the exception of a f-'w
minutes spent in hearing a prattle wit
ness, all of today's hearing before divi
sion No. 3 of the interstate commerce
commission was devoted to presenting
testimony for the defendant railroads
who arc opposing the plea of Portland
and other Oregon interests for freight
rates from Columbia river points based
on a fair cost of service.
The hearing mas extended until K
o'clock, an hour and a half longer tlmn
usual, to obviate the necessity of hold
ing a night session. The same course
will be pursued tomorrow, it was an
nounced, although it has not been de
cided that an evening session will not
be held. Only three days remain in
which to complete the hearing, and the
railroads are not through and the Puget
sound and Astoria intervenors have not
yet begun their cases.
Railroad Mr. Te.tlfy.
Railway witnesses examined tod.y
were K C. Oilman, district director for
the railway administration, of Seattle,
who was on the stand yesterday and
cross examined today; J. C M. rodds
of Portland, auditor of disbursements
for the Oregon-Washington Railroad
& Navigation company, who is to be
recalled tomorrow; F. B. Gill of Port
land, valuation accountant for the
Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navi
gation company: H. C. Lounsberry of
Portland, general freight agent for the
Oregon-Washington Railroad A. Navi
gation company, and Henry M. Blakeley
of St. Paul, general freight agent for
the Northern Pacific.
Mr. Blakely had only begun his teU
mony at adjournment and is expected
to continue when the hearing Is re
sumed tomorrow.
The other witness examined today
was E. H. Leonard of Waitsburg.
Wash., flour miller, grain dealer and
farmer with Interests near Waitsburg
and at Frcewater. Milton and Athenu.
Or.
Mr. l.ounsberry was on the ttand
for more than three hours and pre
sented Si exhibits, which, he said, he
had prepared. Mr. Blakeley had two
big rolls of maps and a formidable p...
of papers In his hands this afternooi..
so It is assumed he also will have a
large number of exhibits lo present
tomorrow.
Eiklblti Are tntree'ueeil.
The first of the Lounsberry exhm'i.
purported to be a history of gran
rate over the O.-W. R. eV X. 'mm
Inland points to Portland from Its',
' I to the present, the earlier rates being
the important changes in rates from
Spokane and Walla Walla to Portland
and Astoria and Puget sound.
All
rates were commission-made, the wit
ness said, up to the time of federal
control.
Grain-rate structure history then was
carried by the witness over the main
line of the road from Huntington to
Portland and over the Bend. Shaniko.
Condon. Heppner. Pilot Rock and Jo
seph branches of the road.
Similar rate structure was detailed
on other commodities, including hay,
straw,' potatoes, onions and livestock.
Rates Helm Reasonable.
Then came a series of exhibits In
which comparisons In the Columbia,
river basin were made with those In
effect in other sections of the United
States, including Nebraska, Colorado.
Utah and Idaho. Other comparisons
were made with Kansas, Missouri.
Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana. Minnesota.
North and South Dakota. Ohio and
Maryland territories.
Grain production and shipments and
population in the Columbia river basin
also were covered fully In the exhibits.
Under cross-examination by Joseph
N. Teal, counsel for Portland. Mr.
Lounsberry said the purpose of bis tes
timony was to show that the present
rates over the O.-W. R. Ac N. were not
too high and that the rates had been
reduced several times bjr commission
orders.
The witness admitted, that before
government control of the rallwaya be
gan freight bad been hauled through
Portland to Seattle at the same rate
from the point or origin to Portland.
Mr. Blakeley began his testimony
with a narration of the development of
water shipments of grain from the
North Pacific coast, declaring that in
the early days there had been no fixed
price for ocean transportation. He
then traced the rate development and
also grain raising and flour milling.
Car M .Testes Trsee4.
L. C. Gllman teatified regarding tar
movements over the Northern Pacific,
saying the preponderance of empties
was west-bound, or (2.3 per cent of the
total number through Paradise, Mont.
(Concluded oa Pag. 2, Column 1.)