Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, September 22, 1919, Image 1

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VOL. L.YIII. NO. 18,3.13 Entered at Portland (Oregon)
?'ostnf f;c- as Sp'-ond-la's Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, SEI,r, .ER 23, 1019
TKICE FIVE CENTS
DISORDERS USHER
IfJ STEEL STRIKE
Pennsylvania Mounted
Police Charge Crowd.
HURRICANE VICTIMS
PICKED UP AT SEA
STEEL KINGS MUM
ON EVE OF STORM
CHILD KILLED; BABES
HURT IN AUTO WRECK
MOTHER WITH BABY IX ARMS
DRIVES CAR INTO DITCH.
' .i nrriT otadto I
FAIR GATES OPEN
AT SALEM TODAY
BUY NO CLOTHES, NO 111 C 'RFVII nflRR'
SHOES HOOVER SAYS U' d' UUlL UUUU
TO AMERICA TODAY
RECONSTRUCTION" PLANS TO
BE LEARNED HERE.
S-MONTH BOYCOTT URGED TO fftR FU.VlE
1 1 MOKE SURVIVORS OF BRIT
ISH STEAMER LANDED.
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MASS MEETINGS BROKEN UP
Clubs Are Used Vigorously by
Armed State Forces.
MANY INJURED IN MELEE
AH Preparations Made by City Ex
ecutive for Trouble Expected
to Develop Today.
PITTSBURG, Sept. 21. Clashes be
tween Pennsylvania state police and
crowds bent on holding: labor mass
meetings in the Pittsburg district to
day ushered in the strike in the iron
and steel industry.
The most serious disturbance was
at North Clairton, To miles from Pitts
burg, late in the afternoon, where
state troopers charged a crowd of
union men holding a mass meeting
and broke it tip.. Resistance was of
fered and it is charged by union
leaders that the mounted police used
their clubs vigorously and injured a
number in the crowd. Nineteen men
were arrested. The meeting was broken
up at the request of local auhtorities.
lolice Hrenk I Meeting.
According to eyewitnesses the
meeting was proceeding quietly when
the state police appeared. The crowd
scattered and some ran up a railroad
embankment and threw stones and
other missiles at the troopers.
During the melee several in the
crowd were struck on the head by
policemen, it was said. The crowd soon
scattered. No one was reported as
seriously injured. It is alleged that
several shots were fired by some one
in the crowd.
William Z. Foster, secretary of the
national committee for organizing
iron and steel workers, tonight said
that a vigorous protest would be
lodged with the state government
against what he termed a '"murder
ous attack upon law-abiding: people."
Some of the blast furnaces of the
Carnegie Steel company are located
at Clairton.
trowd of ".loo Dispersed.
There was a slight disturbance at
JIcKeesport, where union organizers
attempted to hold a mass meeting
in defiance of the proclamation of
Mayor George Lysle forbidding public
meetings. More han 2500 steel work
ers and sympathizers were gathered
near the southern limits of the city
when a squad of McKees.iort police
dispersed them, driving the crowd into
Glassport. an adjoining borough.
When the crowd again began to as
semble in Glassport the local police
appeared and ordered the meeting
dispersed. The crowd refused to move
and a detachment of mounted state
police appeared and with drawn clubs
broke up the meeting. No one was
injured. Two aliens were arrested.
Special Iolice Sworn In.
After dispersing the Glassport meet
ing the state police returned to Mc
Keesport and patrolled the streets.
Crowds were dispersed without dif
ficulty.
All preparations had been
completed by Mayor Lysle tonight for j
putting down disorders in McKees- '
port. All day long men were being
eworn in as special officers. Members
of the McKeesport chamber of com
merce were sworn in as special police.
More than 2500 civilian police now
are available for duty. Mayor Lysle
said.
About 3nop employes of plants at
McKeesport have been made deputy
sheriffs to protect company property,
it was stated. The steel plants in
and about McKeesport employ ap
proximately 18,000 workers.
"We are going to maintain law and
order at any cost," Mayor Lysle de
clared tonight.
All I'lnntu 1 ndor Guard.
All plants in the McKeesport dis
trict are under heavy guard. Search
lights have been installed and com
mand at all entrances to the com
pany's property.
Quiet reigned today at Duquesne,
Homestead and East Duquesne. There
was no attempt made by the steel
men to hold meetings.
The steel plants at Homestead and
Duquesne are prepared to protect ,
their property. Special barbed wire
fences have been constructed about
exposed property and searchlights
have been installed. Deputy sheriffs
are patrolling the properties.
Although the call of the unions
makes the strike effective tomorrow
morning, reports showed that steel
companies in the Pittsburg district, i "'" me uj10ev1K.
at least, have already felt the effect ! forces in westrn Siberia was devel-
of the summons. The skeleton Sunday i plng successfully, but that it was
day shifts in many plants were not j 't Prudent to give details.
as complete as under normal condi- ! Iany P"soner8 wer reported
tions and union leaders said that a aKen-
large number of men had decided not I
to report tonight. PEACE NEGOTIATIONS OFF
I nionint nuy All Day.
Sunday was a day of expectancy in Plans of Bolshevlki and Esthonlans
virtually all the iron and steel mill !
communities in the district. Active I and Poles Fall,
unionists were busy canvassing men! COPENHAGEN, Sept. 21. The peace
in their communities to get an idea negotiations which had been in prog
of the extent of the walkout, and ress between the bolshevikl and the
in the afternoon mass meetings were Esthonians and Poles have been brok
held in many places in last efforts en off.
to persuade men to join the strike. ; A wireless dispatch to the Estho
National leaders of labor unions nian press bureau here brought the
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Rescue Includes Negro Afloat in
Open Boat Seven Days Without
Either Food or Water.
TAMPA, Fla., Sept. 21. Eleven sur
vivors of the British steamer Hay
ronto and one survivor of the Ameri
can steamer Lake Winona were land
ed here today by the fishing smack
Ida, With 19 of the crew of the Bay
ronto landed at Charleston. S. C, on
September 16 and 18 others landed at
Havana, the same day, this accounts
for her full complement.
The men were picked up in open
boats on September 17, 60 miles off
Egmont light. The lone survivor of
the Lake Winona, a Porto Rican
negro, was in & boat full of water,
eating crabs and sea grass. He had
been without other food and drink
for seven days and nights. Chief
Officer Moody of the Bayronto and
Wireless Operator Cole were among
the survivors.
The Bayronto, the survivors said,
foundered in heavy seas during the
gulf hurricane. All birt two of the
lifeboats were smashed by the waves
and in one of these Chief Officer
Moody and ten men put to sea, with
only five gallons of water and a hun
dred biscuits.
Two days after .leaving the vessel,
running .short of water, they spread
their oiled coats and caught half a
bucket of rain water. When the sup
ply of biscuits ran out they caught
a few fish and ate them raw. Once
they sighted a large schooner and
sent up distress rockets, but the
schooner. Moody said, only turned and
swept off in the opposite direction.
The Bayronto, of 11.000 tons, loaded
with wheat, was bound from Galves
ton to Marseilles. All the survivors
brought here were from British ports.
The Porto Rican from Lake Winona
said he and an Italian were swept
from the deck of the ship along with a
lifeboat, in whicli they drifted ten
days before the Italian, suffering
from thirst and exposure, committed
suicide. The Porto Rican was unable
to say what happened to the other 62
men on the Lake Winona.
FRANCE TO REDUCE ARMY
Peace-Time Force of 350.000 Men
Recommended to Senate.
PARIS, Sept. 21. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) A peace-time army of
350,000 men and reduction of the
term of military service from three
years to one are recommended to the
military committee of the senate in
a report submitted by Paul Doumer.
its president. Under his plan 200,000
men would be called to the colors an
nually by conscription and 150.000
others recruited through voluntary
enlistment.
M. Doumer represented that after
the ratification of the peace treaty
it wilT be safe for France to take two
years off the term of obligatory mili
tary service. This system would
make the French army on a war foot
ing total 4,000,000 men.
LABOR SHORT,, HOPS HIT
Crop Falls 2 5 Per Cent Below Ex
pectations; Mould Hurts.
SALEM. Or.. Sept. 21. (Special.)
Because of the inability of hop grow
ers to get sufficient pickers to harvest
their crops it is predicted here that
this year's yield in the Willamette
valley will fall at least 25 per cent
short of that anticipated earlier in
the season. Mould has also appeared
in various parts of the valley, accord-
ing to reports received here, and this
is adding to the worries of the
growers
Had there been no labor trouble in
the yards, growers say most of the
crop would have been saved, and
there would have been no opportunity
for mould to get a foothold in the
vines.
DROUTH RELIEF IS ENDED
Cattle Sltnation Relieved and Bill
ings Office Closed.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21. The rush
is over in relieving cattle in the
drouth area of Montana, the United
State department of agriculture an
nounces. The situation is so satis
factory that the office at Billings
will be closed. Beginning September
22 the work will be directed from the
Montana Agricultural college at Boze
man. Professor Arnett will continue in
I charge as long s.s it is necessary to
keep the emergency work under way.
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K0LCHAK ARMY ADVANCES
i
, Drive Against Reds Reported De
veloping Successfully.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 21. A cable
gram from Omsk received at the Rus
sian embassy today said Admiral Kol-
Gary and Farrell Have
Nothing to Say.
STRIKE CALLED FOR TODAY
Heads of Corporation Quietly
Await Developments.
145 BIG PLANTS INVOLVED
Movement to Force Suspension of
Operations Will Afreet 2 0
States, Half-Million Men.
NEW YORK, Sept. 21. The usual
Sunday calm prevailed here today
at the headquarters of the United
States Steel corporation. There was
no indication of uneasiness over the
fact that a strike designed to force
suspension of operations in all the
company's 145 plants in 20 states will
go into effect tomorrow.
Both Elbert H. Gary, chairman of
the board of directors, and James
A. Farrell, president of the 'corpora
tion, spent the day at their country
homes. Mr. Gary adhered to his
policy of silence and issued no state
ment of the company's plans for com
batting the strike.
Each subsidiary has been given
permission to meet the situation as
its officers see fit. The only gen
eral order which has been made pub
lic was the letter from Mr. Gary
to the presidents of the various sub
sidiary companies, directing them not
to yield on the principle of the "open
shop."
Company Walts Developments.
It is not probable that any comment
will be made on the strike until the
corporation learns what percentage
of its 268,000 employes respond to the
strike call. These reports must come
from plants in New Jersey, Pennsyl
vania, Ohio, Maryland, Massachu
setts, Illinois, Indiana, Connecticut.
Alabama, California,' Washington.
Missouri. Kentucky, Kansas, Minne
sota, West Virginia, Delaware, New
York and Ontario, Canada.
It was estimated, however, that the
number of workers affected directly
or indirectly by the strike will ag
gregate half a million.
The average daily pay of the cor
poration's employes, including the ad
ministrative and selling force, is $6.23,
according to a recent report to the
director. This is an increase of 116
per cent since 1914, when the average
was $2.88. The average annual pay in
1918 was J1950..
Many States Affected.
Iron ore properties of the corpora
tion are mainly in the Lake Superior
district, the southern region of Ala
bama and in Georgia. Coal and coke
properties are located in Virginia, Col-
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Woman's Arm Is Fractured When
Machine Topples Over While
Family Moves to New Home.
Barney Smith, three-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Smith, 829 Kelly
street, was killed, and Mrs. Smith
and her two other babies were badly
injured at 2:30 o'clock yesterday,
when a light touring car which Mrs.
Smith was driving ran into a ditch
and toppled over at East Eighty-second
street and Powell Valley road.
The boy sustained a fractured skull
from which he died a short time later
at Sellwood hospital. Mrs. Smith and
the other two children also received
attention at the hospital, but later
were removed to their home. Mrs.
Smith sustained a fractured arm. A
three-months-old baby, Joseph, was
badly cut about the face, while a
daughter, Louise, aged four years,
was cut and bruised about the head
and face. All three will recover.
Mrs. Smith was attempting to drive
while she held her baby of three
months in one arm. She took her
hand off the steering wheel for a
moment to attend to the baby, when
the ear swerved suddenly into a
I ditch by the roadside and turned
over. The boy, Barney, was thrown
beneath the car, striking his head.
The family was engaged In mov
ing from one "section of the city to
the other. Mr. Smith had gone on
ahead of his wife and children with
the furniture and Mrs. Smith was
driving the babies to their new home
when the fatal acctd.-nt occurred.
BLOCKADE DELAYS TRAINS
Tunnel on Line North of San Fran
cisco Damaged.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 21. Traffic
on the Southern I'acific between here
and the north coast points has been
delayed since Saturday owing to
blockade of the tunnel at Kennet.
caused by a freight car Jumping the
track and damaging timbers. Passen
gers were transferred today around
the tunnel.
Southern Pacific officials announced
the line through the tunnel would be
oien Monday.
JAPANESE ORDER SHIPS
5-Year Programme Calls for 6 9
Boats, 500,000 Tons.
HONOLULU. T. II., Sept. 21. An
nouncement of a five-year programme
for building 69 vessels aggregating
500,000 tons has been made by the
Nippon Yusen Kalsha, large Japanese
shipping firm. "
News to this effect was received
in a Tokio cable to the Nippu Jiji, a
Japanese newspaper here.
DEMAND FOR KAISER DUE
Allies Will Act Within Two Weeks,
Dutch Minister Is Informed.
PAKIS, Sept. 21. (Havas.) The
Dutch minister to Paris has been ad
vised, according to the Libre Belgique
of Brussels, that Holland will within
two weeks receive a demand for the
extradition of ex-Emperor William on
behalf of the allies.
AN EASY WAY TO MAKE UP THAT DEFICIT. j
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Head of Belgian Government Lauds
V. S. Initiative and Recalls
Visit 2 0 Y'ears Ago.
BRUSSELS, Sept. 21. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) On the eve of his de
parture for the United States. King
Albert received the correspondent of
the Associated Press at the Laken pal
ace. ith the queen, King Albert will
leave for the United States toihorrow.
The king recalled that he visited the
United States 20 years ago and spent
five months traveling from the Atlan
tic to the Pacific coasts. He said that
at this time he was interested in all
he saw. but that now he was going to
return the visit of President Wilson,
to thank the people for the wonderful
help they gave the Belgians and to
learn those things which will be use
ful to the Belgians in building up
their country.
"Our country is small," the king
went on, "and many things are done
in a small way, but we believe we will
be able to apply a few lessons from
the people of America, which is al
ways advanced and is always doing
things.
"Our people greatly appreciate the
help given by the American people
during the war and the splendid
service of the American army. Your
soldiers are fine fighting men and
their deeds will never be forgotten."
AUTO HITS TIGHT SKIRT
Woman, Unable to Dodge, Turns
Ankle on High Heels.
French heels and a tight-fitting
skirt were responsible for an auto
mobile accident on Fourteenth street
yesterday, according to Miss M. D.
Copart, Yeon building, who was driv
ing a car which ran into an uniden
tified woman, inflicting slight in
juries. Miss Copart, in her report to the
traffic bureau, said that the woman
was unable to dodge quickly because
of her tight skirt, and when she did
start to run she turned an ankle be
cause of her nigh French heels. The
fender of the machine struck the
woman in the leg. The injured wom
an was taken to her home at the
Americus hotel. She refused to give
her name.
REDS' FOES HIT BY BOMB
Anti-Bolshevik. Leaders In South
Russia Wounded.
.TIFLIS. Trans-Caucasia. Sept. 18.
(By the Associated Tress.) General
Buratoff, representative in Georgia
of General Denikine. the antl-bolshe-vik
leader in South Russia, was se
verely wounded and the Georgian
General Odesledire injured by the ex
plosion of a bomb thrown into Gen
eral Buratoffs automobile.
CHILEAN LIBERAL IS DEAD
Ramon Barros Luoo, Ex-President,
Passes; Was Party Leader.
SANTIAGO. Chile, Sept. 20. Ramon
Barros Luco, president of Chile from
1910 to 1915. died today.
He had been the leader of the lib
eral party for 30 years.
Trains and Autos Bring
Visitors by Thousand.
HORSE SHOW TO BE FEATURE
Big Array of Steeds Sets Ore
gon Society Folk Agog.
EXHIBITS ARE IN PLACE
Memorial Services for Late (iovrr
nor Wlthycombe and War Heroes
on Today's Programme.
SALEM. Or., Sept. 21. (Special.)
After a day of unusual activity in
receiving livestock and horticultural
products, nearly all exhibits were in
their places tonight, ready for tomor
row. when the gates of the 5Sth an
nual Oregon state fair will swing
open to the public. i
Never in the history of Oregon has
there been brought together nurh an
array of society folk as will assemble
here tomorrow preparatory to stag
ing the horse show, which, in the
opinion of A. H. Lea, secretary of the
fair board, and other officials, will
be the outstanding feature of this
year's state fair.
A telegram was received from San
Francisco today asking the fair of
ficials to reserve accommodations for
25 horsemen and horse women of that
city, while similar messages have ar
rived at the offices of Secretary Lea
from hunt clubs at Portland. Seattle.
Los Angeles and points In British
Columbia.
Patronesses Are Announced.
This show was first inaugurated In
1917 by the late Governor Withy
combe, who was a great admirer of
horses and frequently was seen about
the state institutions on his favorite
mount. "Loretta." Because of the war
last year the horse show was elimi
nated from the programme, but this
year it will be bigger and better than
ever.
Patronesses for the horse show were
announced by Secretary Lea today
and include prominent women from
all sections of the Pacific coast. They
are: Mrs. Ben Olcott, Mrs. T. B. Kay,
Mrs. I. L. Patterson and Mrs. Cooke
ratton of Salem; Mrs. Jp.mes 11. Mur
phy. Mrs. Ralph Jenkins. Mrs. Ralph
Wilbur. Mrs. Natt McDougall. Mrs.
W. U. Sanderson and Miss Carrie Flan
ders of Portland; Mrs. Frank Walsh
of Vancouver. B. C. : Mn. I. E. .Mc
Kenzie. New Westminster. B. c. ; Mrs.
M. L. Flint. Los Angeles: Mrs. C. A.
Arrderson, San Francisco: Mrs Wil
liam Bell and Mrs. George Neuner,
Roseburg; Mrs. Louis Simpson, North
Bend; Mrs. Charles Hall, Marshficld;
Mrs. Louis Bean. Eugene; Mrs. Gale
Hill. Albany; Mrs. George King, Hak
erl Mrs. W. T. Vir.ton. McMinnville;
Mrs. V. E. Grace, Astoria; Mrs. Wil
liam Johnson, The Dalles: Mrs. Til
Teylor. Pendleton, and Mrs. N. K.
West. La Grande.
Trnlna Crowded With Vlnltore.
Salem society folk are all acog
over this part of the programme and
many charming little panics are be
ing planned ill honor of the visitors
during their stay in Salem. These
will include dinners, luncheons, danc
ing parties and motor drives.
All trains arriving in Salem today
were crowded with visitors, while
hundreds of automobiles from almost
every section of the Pacific coast and
niddie west helped to swell the pre-
1 fair attendance.
Practically all of the camping
space on the grounds had been taken
at noon today, and it was necessary
for the fair boird to reserve more
land to care for the hundreds of
visitors who will arrive here to
morrow. Whole trains of livestock and other
exhibits continued to arrive through
out the day, and tonight the several
pavilions were the scene of unu.-ual
activity.
School to Show Work.
Although there yet remains con
siderable work to be done. Secretary
Lea announced tonight that prac
tically all of the exhibits will have
been arranged when the fair opens
tomorrow.
In addition to the largest number
of exhibits ever entered at a state
fair in Oregon, the amusement conces
sions promise to excel those of pre
vious years. "The Trail," which in
former years haa been the playground
for thousands of recreation seekers, lr
again in evidence and the attractions
for this center will be the best ever.
The educational exhibits are being
whipped into shape and by tomorrow
demonstrations of work afforded by
the various schools and colleges of the
state will be in progress. Hundreds
of boys and girls, representing the
industrial clubs of the state, already
have arrived In Salem and have been
assigned to tents in one of the most
picturesque sections of the grounds.
Their every want will be looked after
by competent patronesses and mem
bers of the educational committee.
Memorial Kxerrl.es Set.
Featuring tomorrow's programme
wlil be the usual afternoon races,
viewing of exhibits, entertainment af
forded by concessions and at night
memorial ceremonies in honor of the
late Governor Withycombe and
America's fighting men.
Salem tonight is attired in her best
Ex-.dminitrator of Food Is on
Way to Rejoin Family He Has
Seen Once In Five Years,
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 21. "I am
going to live at Palo Alto, where I
hope no one will say to me, 'I am
cold; I am huniry'." declared Herbert
Hi-over on his arrival here today from
the east, on route to his home at Palo
Alto.
"I have seen my family only one
monih in five years." he added. "I
went to Europe for three months in
lftH. but have neon away from Cali
foinia. five years."
H said staple foods already had
fallen in price considerably and pre
dicted there would be a further steady
full for three months.
Regarding ninii prices of clothes
and shoes, h,. declared the pub'.ic
"cculd rectify the whole business in
three months' time l.y not buying any
clothes or .-hoes for that length of
time."
AID PLEDGED TO ENGLAND
Jutlse Parker sajs Interests or Nation-
Are t losely Linked.
tCnpyrisin l.y Hi N. w York Wnr'.d. Tuh-lislie-l
l.v , rrjin .'fiiipnt.
LONIXi.V. Sept. 2 1. Jude Alton B.
Parker in a loiter to the Daily Tele
graph expresses Ms acknowledge
ments and thanks for the warm wel
come he received here and adds:
"At this juncture in the world's his
tory the work of promoting and ce
menting AiiKln-Anicrit'an friendship
and understanding is of supreme
practical value and importance. To
prevent misiindci standing and to fos
ter friendship bet ween our two peo
ples, this is the work of true patriot
ism and discernment at this crisis of
good politics, good business and we
find here that the affectionate rela
tions between our respective peoples
is keenly appreciated and. along with
my colleagues of the Sulgrave In
stitution of America. I shall take up
our common work for the good cause
with new encouragement and convic
tion of its worth and importance."
REINSCH GETS AN OFFER
China A-ks F.x-Aiiierican Ambas
sador to Be League AdvNer.
HOXOLl'LL-, T. H.. Sept. 21. Ac
cording to a cable dispatch from
Tokio published by the Nippu Jiji. a
Japanese daily newspaper here, the
Chinese government has asked Paul
S. Retuseh. who recently resigned his
positjon as American ambassador to
China, to become advisor to China
on affairs concerning the le:Lgue of
nations.
It is not known whether he will
accept, the dispatch says.
WARSHIP'S TRIP IS FAST
.M i i i p i i Maker. Cape Flattery-
Boliua Buy Kim in ; Hours.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 21. The
super-dre.nlriaiight Mississippi arrived
hero today from I'uuot sound.
The run from Capo Flattery to Ro
lii:as bay. a distance of 6S2 miles, was
made in 3" hours ari l minutes, at
an average spec! of 1 H knots an hour,
oreaking all l--il"to coast records, ac
cording to a st-ttem nt given out by
Ciipialn William A. Mo'lett on ar
rival. STRIKE OF 50,000 CALLED
Im-rea-e In Wages Is Demanded by
Iroiittorkrr-;" liiion.
LONDON. Sept. I'l. A strike of Iron
workers, involving 50,000 men, was
called today.
The men demand an increase In
wages. Arthur Henderson, labor mem
ber of the house of commons, is pres
ident of the ironworkers' union.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Wruther.
VKSTnr.lA V.- ,Vn!mum mrra.tur. TS
1 Krro. minimum. rjf ciees.
TO I A V'S V ir urul wanner; penile north
er.y w mis.
Belgian kirn an1 iu--n I rare for America.
l.Miay. 1.
Krein-h war tnk ir now usri as trucks
to M'ilc niiiur.uii:i. X
National.
Vote on Irasuc In s-na te near. Pa ire A.
Constant in-nii 1." orl! Mr jurxlc, says
lr. tiiliii- 1'ist
President today h xius another utrenuoua
f k of .-.pt-.-f h-nik:iic rxf 3,
TvvKo ?hipwr'k victims picked up off
J-oriia eoa. 1'af 1.
Trout-! in Mf-I rftftrut starts on eve of
trik. rK I.
St"l corpora t ion tirade filrnt on eve of
ttorm. I'aci 1.
Gitt-fi of tat.- fair swir.s open at Salem
today. I 'ace 1.
Kir f unknown o--lirin riVMrovs kf!n! of
Kelso -imiuny uh lO.ooo.iMK ahinfiiect
I a;;c o.
Sport.
Pacific i"oa.f !acu rMiTts: Portland R-fi,
S.att'..' T-r: Vernon, Salt I.ake
7-14; San KranriM-o S-4. I.o Angles
Ht-A; Oakland 5-0; Sacramento 4-2.
Tape S.
ChUaco ned one pam to win title in
American Ichsiic. Pise S.
Billy Kvan nyw White Sox and Red up.
n't dope ly winning Iraguu titles.
Pane .
Portland and Vicinity.
Portland r lean n it - house record for past
w'k total? J4"i.:tTH.T.".. Pane 1..
Greater devotion to CnriM need of the hour,
a a speaker. Page 7.
Portland Jobber and manufacturers will
make excursion to southern Oregon.
lane 1(1.
Child killed; two babies hurt In auto wreck
Pane 1.
Armenian workers meet at luncheon.
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Pacific Consre of Loggers to convene
here. Page 11.
L. J. Simpson advocate poat raising on
loRged-off lands. Paue lti.
Trade balance It won from Japan.
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Uracil ii.uUlLTtt w&tl'uuo u ike. I'agu U.
American Contingent 5
Miles From City.
ITALIANS REPORT ARRIVAL
One American and Two Brit
ish Vessels Anchored,
ALLIED ACCORD IS GOAD
I'iume Fnilcr Sovereignty of Italy
and Harbor Controlled fcjr
League, Rome Says.
ROME. Sept. -1. The Glornal'
d'ltalia announces that an American
contingent has landed at Buccari. in
the Fiume region.
LONDON. Sept. 21. An Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Milan, dated
Friday, quotes the Corrlere Delia
serra as saying that a party of Araer.
ican marines has landed at Buccari,
five miles east of Fiumo.
FIU"ME. Sept. 18. Two British
ships and one American vessel ar'
yard, a considerable distance from.
the city.
ROME. Sept, 17. The Anglo-Franco-ltalian
agreement on the dis
position of Fiume according to the
Messagero. places the city under tho
sovereignty of Italy and the harbor
under control of the league of na
tions. There is a general desire,
however, to reach a unanimous ac
cord, so that peace may have the
sanction of all the allied and asso
ciated powers.
The Rome Mfsaf era lAitt 4fk
was authority for the stmraent that
Premiers Lloyd Georpe ar.d Clemen-
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foreign minister, were in perfect
cord over a definite solution of.
Fiume problem, assurintr' the Ita
nationality of the town a.nr. were omy
awaiting President Wilson's decision.
POWDER FACTORY ABLAZE
Fire Starting it American Camp in
France Quickly spreads.
PARIS. Sept. 51. (Havas.) A largo
fire started this morning in tha
American military camp at Mlramas
and this evening th nitrate depots
and gunpowder factories at St
Chamas, nearby, nad been reached by
the flames.
Later the fire was brought under
control, having been confined to tha
American CMmn . it InffnstrUt rn
nci.iru MiLii ii. i lie ions will uo vua.
siderable. The gunpowder factory at
St. Chamas was saved.
The Miramas camp is situated In thai
department of Bouches du Rhone. 2t
miles northwest of Aix. Long before
the war gunpowder was manufactured,
at St. Chamas, where a government
factory was located.
DROWNING VICTIM FQUNt
Body of Fiancee Not Yet Recovered
From San Francisco Bay.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 21 Search
ers today found the body of JosepJr
Reichlinsr. fiance of Miss LilHar
Blewer. business agent of the Oak
land telephone operators :inion. near
the spot where he and Miss B'ewer
were drowned at a bathing resort on,
an Francisco bay Saturday.
From the fact that Reichling bexry
was doubled up and hands clutched,
the police inferred that he was seized
with cramps and Miss Blewer may
have drowned in an attempt to tav
him.
BOSTON STRIKE IS PUT OFF
Central Labor Union Decides Not
to Call General Walkout.
BOSTON. Sept. Zl. The Boston Cen
tral labor union at a meeting today
held for the purpose of determining
its attitude toward the police strike
in this city Hecided against calling a,
general strPe at this time.
The report of President Michael
J. O'Donnell. on behalf of the com
mittee of 17. which has had charge
of the situation for the central labor
union, that "the time la not now
opportune for the ordering of a gen
eral strike" was unanimously ac
cepted. BRITISH STEAMER AFIRE
Tennvxn Puts Into St. Tlvoirtni.
Smoke Halts Workers.
ST. THOMAS. Virgin Islands. Se:('
21. Owing to the smoke issuing frrc-
the hold of the British steamer
nyson. it has been found impo?i.:4
thus far to discharge the vesse f
cargo. Ttve hold in which the fire
burning has been partially floodfjL
The Rritish cruiser larmouth Ik m
ing the fire fighters. i
The Tennyson, bound from Brr
for New York, put in here Septerr-'
17. with her coal bunkers afire,'
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