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REDS PLOT ARMY-
POST DESTRUGTION
Federal Agents Announce
Discovery of Scheme.
BOMB SUSPECT IS HELD
Troops Sent From Gary to
Protect Property.
DRASTIC ACTION FAVORED
Military Leader at Gary C Dearth
Radical Propaganda Print
ed In German.
' CHICAGO. Oct. 14. Military author
ities and federal investigators as
signed to follow the trails of radicals
who have been spreading their -propaganda
in connection with the strike
of the steel workers announced to
day their discovery of an anarchistic
plot to destroy abandoned army can
tonments and other government prop
erty. The plot is said to have been un
earthed in connection with the dis
covery In Gary, Ind, of Anton Gorakl.
alleged radical leader, who is said to
be under surveillance in connection
with the explosion of a bomb in the
Chicago postoffice In September. 1918.
In which four persons were killed
and 30 injured.
Information gained by the military
authorities at Gary indicated that tie
radicals have plotted against govern
ment property In middle western
states from West Virginia to Colo
rado. During the day S00 of the fed
eral troops on duty at Gary entrained
and It was said they were being dis
patched to protect endangered prop
. erty.
Draurtle sfeaaares Arrange.
Major-General Leonard Wood, com
manding the central department of
the United States army, was in con
ference with Colonel W. & Mapes,
commander of the troops at Gary, to
day. Drastic measures to combat the
"red" plots are aaid to nave been r
ranged by the military leaders.
Colonel Mapes announced tonight
that no confession had been obtained
from Gorakl In regard to the Chicago
federal building bomb plot, but it was
intimated that Gorskl would be a fed
eral witness. The federal officers
now are searching for Alexander
lvanoff. Gary steelworker and elec
trician, who la said to have been im
plicated by Gorskl as a maker of the
2 bombs which were sent to promi
nent men throughout the country in
forged wrappings of Gimbel brothers'
store in New York.
Intelligence officers continued theif
raids at Gary today in search of
radical literature. They reported
finding a quantity of radical propa
ganda printed in German and a large
Otrmin flag?
Troop Proteet Mills.
A platoon of federal troops was sta
tioned near the steel mills in Gary
today after reports had been made
that bricks and horseshoes had been
thrown through the windows of the
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The strike bulletin Issued by th. J
steel workers today disavowed the ,
proclamation issued yesterday by the I
-communist parly of America.- call-
ing on the working men to establish
a -dictatorship- and wrest control of
Gary from the federal troops. i
Secret service men said they knew
the name, nablts and manufacturing
methods of the Individual who they
claimed has made moat of these
bombs. They announced also that
they bad uncovered a plot to assas
sinate the mayor of Gary, discovered
great stores of dynamite near Gary,
and traced the printing of red circu
lars to Indianapolis. They said they
had arrested the man who blew up
an entrance of the Chicago postoffice
a year ago.
Meeting; la Permitted.
General Wood today gave the strik
ers permission to bold a public mass
meeting in a Gary park tomorrow.
This will be the first outdoor meet- ,
ing permitted since the federal troops
arrived there a week ago. General
Wood having issued a proclamation
on taking control of the situation for
bidding all outdoor public gatherings.
The meeting tomorrow will be ad
dressed by John FiUprtrlck, chair
man of the national strike committee,
and others.
Following alleged radical utter
ances, Edward Mulholland. president
of the Gary Screw and Bolt Workers'
union, has been expelled from the
union and he has also resigned from
the steel-strike committee. Mulhol
land Is accused of having said that
members of the American Legion
could not belong to a union. Re
turned soldiers among the union men
objected to his statements.
The Indiana state building trades
council also has made a disavowal of
the radical activities In behalf of the
strike. Chairman Abbott of the coun
cil today issued the following state
ment: -While we Indorse the steel strike
as part of the programme of the
American Federation of Ijibor. we
stand opposed to any 'red' or I. W. W.'
movement In connection with the steel
strike. The Indiana building trades
council stands In favor of all the prin
ciples of the American Federation of
I.atxr. but Is not In accord with any
IConcudcd a rasa 1, Columa I.
2 MEDFORD GIRLS, 15,
ELOPE WITH YOUTHS
MOTHERS ABANDON CHASE AT
NEWS OF WEDDING.
Party In Borrowed Car on Honey
moon in California, Telegraph
for Forgiveness and Funds.
MEDFORD. Or, Oct. 14. (Special.)
A sensation caused here by the dls-
aDoearance Sunday night of two 16-
j year-old high school girls with two
young men was partly abated today
by the receipt of telegrams announc
ing; that it was a double elopement
and that the young; folks were mar
ried on Monrfav at Redding. Cal. The
party are touring: California in a big
car. which one of the youngsters bor
rowed from his father. He has Just
telegraphed his father asking for
funds to maintain bis station In life as
a married man.
The young couples are Mr. and Mrs.
Clark Walker and Mr. and Mrs. Glen
Allen. The bridegrooms are about 19
and 20 years of age. Young Walker
served in France with the Sath ar
tillery. Sunday eTening Walker took the
party out in bis father's car. ostensi
bly for a ride to the foothills to take
some pictures. The girls' mothers be
came worried at their failure to re
turn and notified the police at 4 A.M.
Monday. Inquiry developed that the
party had driven south through Horn
brook. The mothers. Mrs. James Martin
and Mrs. Miller, secured an automobile
and started in pursuit of their daugh
ters. When they reached Treka they
telephoned back here and learned that
the children had telegraphed news of
their wedding and asked for forgive
ness. The chase was discontinued and
the two'women returned home.
PRINEVILLE HERO HOME
Corporal E. L. McCollnm Brings
Back Citations of Honor.
PRINEVILLE. Or., Oct. 14. (Spe
cial.) Returning with the high
honors. Corporal Elmer L. McCollum,
::. has arrived home from service
overseas, reporting many thrilling ex
periences. McCollum was with the
1st division. He was among the first
to enlist from Hay Creek. Or.,- was
sent overseas November 1. 1S17, and
received his discharge September 28,
this year.
He received the American citations
of honor, and was decorated for
having participated in the battles at
Montdldier. Cantlgny. Aisne-Marne
Saint Mihlel, Meusa-Argonne and
Sedan. He also received the French
citation of honor. -. - .";
The young soldier who served sev
eral months In the army of occupa
tion in Germany is a grandson of the
late Amos Dunham, a pioneer of Linn
and Lane counties. He is now here
visiting with his grandmother, Mrs
Dunham.
GIRL DOES WITHOUT GLASS
Washington Campus Agitated by
Trial of Mirror loss Month.
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
Seattle. Oct. 14. (Special.) Can a
Portland girl live a month without
a mirror?
This is the big question on the
campus. Miss Mariam Stephenson, a
graduate of Washington high school,
now attending the university, along
with two other girls, is spending a
month In the Practice cottage in
connection with her work in the
home economic course, and has dis
covered that the little gabled cottage,
with the hedge-lined walks is fur-
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p,ns , . pUno' wlt the xctf)tioa
of , mucn.Bded ,ooU,n.
sh, m,,nt,,n, tn.t ,t ,, po..lbI. to
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AUSTRIA'S FALL FEARED
Tyrol Representative Explains Bar
on Food Exports lo Vienna.
VIENNA. Oct. II. (By the Associ
ated Press.) At today's session of
the pan-Austrian conference. National
Food Controller Loewenfeld-Russ
asked Dr. Schumacher, who repre
sents the Tyrol at the conference, why
that state had closed its frontiers and
refused to permit the shipment of
food to Vienna. Dr. Schumacher re
plied bluntly:
-Because I have no confidence in
.der ,t prudent to be prepared when
the downfall comes and to keep what
food we have within our boundaries.
WAR-TIME BAR MAY STAY
Action lo Keep Undesirables Out
of Country Advocated.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14. A favor
able report on a resolution extending
for one year after the proclamation
of peace war-time restrictions on
passports so as to keep radicals and
undesirable aliens out of the country
was ordered today by the house for
eign relations committee.
Permanent legislation retaining the
pre-war passport regulations is ex
pected to be taken up soon.
BISHOP GARRIGAN DEAD
Prelate Never Well Since Poison
ing at Banquet Three Years Ago.
SIOUX CITY. Iowa, Oct. 14. Bishos
Philip J. Carrigan. head of the Catho
lic see of Sioux City, died here today
after a long Illness, aged 79.
Bishop Garrigan suffered a severe
case of poisoning three years ago
while attending the Archbishop Mun
deleln banquet In Chicago, and It is
said never fully recovered.
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sue up
Complaints of Hon
-o
wives Are Heard
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CHANGES ARE DECIDED' ON
Mart to Close at 2 P. M. Daily
Excepting Saturdays.
PRICE-FIXING IS BARRED
Agents to Represent Only One
Producer; Mr. BIgclow Becomes
Heated During Se-slon.
Closing of the public market at 2
o'clock each afternoon except Satur
day, elimination of maximum price
fixing, prohibiting agents from rep
resenting more than one producer on
the market, and provision for rotating
of stalls in the market, are among
the important changes in the conduct
of the public market tentatively
agreed to by the majority members
of the city council, following an all
day conference with members of fhe
housewives' committee.
Filing of charges against Market
master Eastman in particular, and
against the conduct of the market in
general by he committee brought
the announcement that a public hear
ing would be held In connection with
mo cnarges against the market
master, which allege that he bought
and sold goods on the market through
agents, and that he feared to force
some agents to comply with market
rules and "made goats of others." No
time has been set for this hearing,
but it will probably be held within
the next two weeks. Members of the
housewives' committee told members
of the city council that they would
produce evidence at the time of the
hearing to substantiate their charges.
Early Closing Debated.
Changing of the closing time of
the market on all days except Satur
day, was decided upon foUowlng long
argument. Commissioner Pier joined
members . f the housewives' com
mittee In the stand that a "morning
market" would bring the producers
to the market and the necessity of
disposing of all produce by 2 o'clock
would tend to bring down prices.
The present public market, accord
ing to Commissioner Pier is nothing
more than a "dealers' market," with
agents serving as middlemen between
the producer and the consumer. Mr.
Pier referred to the conduct of large
eastern marts, where success has been
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4 .th Serious Aviation Accident
Ends Career of Lyman W.
G Doty of Biggs, Cal.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 14. Lyman W.
Doty, pilot of one of the New York
Washington mail airplanes, was
burned to death at the Rolling Road
Golf club, Catonsville, a suburb, when
his plane crashed nose first into the
ground and the gasoline tank ex
ploded. Doty's home was In Biggs,
Cal.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14. Lyman W.
Doty, pilot of a mail airplane, who
was killed today near Baltimore, was
the first mail pilot to be killed while
carrying mail between New York and
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BIGGS. Cal., Oct. 14. Lyman Doty,
killed today at Baltimore, suffered
three serious aviation accidents prior
to the one which caused his death.
Doty was the son of W. M. Doty, Biggs
merchant, and brother of Mrs. Morris
Caldwell, an accomplished aviatrix.
At San Francisco, December 24. 1916,
Doty's machine fell 300 ' feet to the
ground and he was severely shaken;
on April 19. 1917, he fell 1000 feet into
the ocean near San Francisco's Cliff
House and was rescued after sustain
ing minor injuries. The third acci
dent occurred in New York after Doty
had entered the aerial mail service.
His plane fell many feet to the ground
but the aviator escaped without per
manent injury.
CABLE CHARGES LOWERED
Cut of 20 Per Cent In Trans-Pa
cific Rate Is Announced.
TOKIO, Sept. 24. (Correspondence
of the Associated Press.) The nego
tiations between the Japanese com
munications department and the Com
mercial Pacific Cable company, con
cerning a reduction of cable charges
between Japan and the United States
have been concluded. As a result,
the cable tariff on all messages is to
be reduced by about 20 per cent, com
mencing October 1.
The revised rate per word to Im
portant cities includes:
New. Old.
San Francisco tl.92 2.42
Seattle 2.00 2.50
NEW ARMY SECTION URGED
War Department for Northwest
Proposed by Sound City.
SEATTLE, Wash, Oct. 14. Estab
lishment of a new war department to
Include the states of Washington. Ore
gon and Idaho, and possibly Montana
and the territory of Alaska, is the pro
posal put before the chamber of com
merce trustees to consider.
Camp Lewis, it was pointed out, has
the facilities for such a departmental
headquarters and troops could be
shipped to Vladivostok or the Philip
pine islands more easily from here
than from San Francisco, with less ex
pense to the government.
ARTIST RIOT LEADER,
ARRESTED, CONFESSES
OMAHA MAX ADMITS COM
PLICITY IN AFFAIR.
Newspaper Employe Recognizes
Gun, With Which He Struck
Mayor During Disturbance.
OMAHA, Oct. 14. Leonard Webster,
advertising designing artist, arrested
last night for Investigation in con
nection with the lynching of Will
Brown, negro; burning of the court
house and attempted lynching of
Mayor Smith in the riots of September
28, has confessed his complicity, ac
cording to the chief of detectives.
When shown the gun with which
he is alleged to have struck the
mayor over the head, Webster cried
"that's it," and then fainted in his
celL Several shots had been fired
out of the gun which Webster is
said to have confessed he fired in the
body of the negro.
WebsterOis employed by the Omaha
World-Herald and is alleged by police
to have taken the gun from the desk
of another employe of the paper.
CHILDREN BURN TO DEATH
Girls Killed, Brother and Mother
Hurt When Kerosene Explodes.
MITCHELL. S. D., Oct. 14. Phyllis
and Evelyn Wolfe, 9 and 11 years old
respectively, daughters of Warren
Wolfe, a farmer living near Mount
Vernon, ' were burned to death and
their brother and mother are In a
hospital recovering from burns as a
result of the explosion of a c -. of
kerosene.
The older girl's dress caught fire
as she was putting some fuel in the
Stove. In attempting to help her, the
younger girl stumbled over the
kerosene can, spilling the oil and re
suiting in the explosion.
SOVIET DIVORCES AVOIDED
Hungarian ""Government Puts Lid
on Liberal Marriage Legislation.
BUDAPEST, Oct. 13. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The Hungarian gov
ernment has issued a decree invali
dating all divorces granted under the
regime of the soviet, during which
period liberal divorce legislation was
put into effect.
The only divorces not invalidated
by the decree are those in which re
marriage of one or both parties has
taken place.
EX-CONSULATE IS RAIDED
Monitions Seized to Old Office of
German Envoy in Corea.
6EOUL. Corea, Sept. 20. (Corre
spondence of the Associated Press.)
The semi-official Seoul press nas an
nounced that the authorities recently
discovered a number of rifles and a
large quantity of ammunition in the
ex-German consulate-general in Seoul.
Later, a fowling piece and 290
rounds of bullets were found and
seized.
SEATTLE
OBES
DEATH OF
Body of Mrs. W. P. Miller
Still in Lake, Depths.
MARITAL TROUBLES RELATED
Husband Says Wife Agreed
to Take Drug-Habit Cure.
MAN TALKS WILLINGLY
Blood on Launch Attributed to Cut
Thumb; Officials Not Tet Ready
to Place Murder Charge.
SEATTLE. Wash., Oct. 14. (Spe
cial.) Investigation today of the mys
tery surrounding the death of Mrs.
Bertha Elinor Miller, for whose body
Lake Washington has been dragged in
vain since she disappeared from a
jjnotorboat in mid-lake Monday, result
ed in evidence being placed before
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney T. H.
Patterson that her husband, Walter
P. Miller, former photographer and
finger-print expert for the sheriff's
office, had beaten his wife and threat
ened her on several occasions. At the
conclusion of his day's probe, how
ever. Prosecutor Patterson did not
think that any evidence yet revealed
justified placing a charge against
Miller.
Miller is held in the county Jail.
He has talked freely ever since the
tragedy, and stuck to the story he
urtsi ioia wnen nis motorboat was
picked up by the steamer Atlanta.
Today his mother, Mrs. Ida Miller of
1105 Hiawatha place, retained Walter
S. Fulton as counsel for her son, but
Mr. Fulton announced that he would
not at present bring habeas corpus
proceedings or obstruct an investiga
tion of the case by .the prosecuting
attorneys office.
The most important development to
day was the visit of Mrs. M. D. Bogart
or .Portland, sister of the dead woman
and Dr. Bogart, .her husband, to the
prosecuting -attorney's office., Dr. and
Mrs. Bogart declared to Deputy Pros
ecutor Patterson that Mrs. Miller had
appealed to them for protection from
her husband shortly before she came
from Portland to Seattle for the last
time. They also charged that they
had seen Miller beat his wife.
Divorce Suit Contemplated.
Further evidence was laid before
Mr. Patterson by Attorney Clarence
L. Reames.' who was counsel for Mrs.
Miller, and was about to file a suit for
divorce for her when her death oc
curred. This evidence included cer
tain letters purporting to show that
the Millers had been estranged not
only through Mrs. Miller's alleged ad
diction to narcotics, but also because
of Miller's attention to other women.
Two unidentified photographs of
women were included in the collec
tion of things taken by Mrs. Miller
from her husband's room in San Fran
cisco and later turned over to Mr.
Reames.
i nave a mass or evidence, some
of which I have not yet had time to
go over," said Mr. Patterson Tuesday
night, "and I cannot yet say what
will be done. Thus far I am not ready
eiiner w me a cnarge against MUIer
or to release him. I expect to co
plete my investigation soon; there
may be developments Wednesday.
There have been charges that Miller
threatened his wife and there have
been various other allegations, but
none of them bearing directly on the
death of Mrs. Miller.
"Miller's story has not been shaken
except in one particular. Charles
Herzog, captain 'of the Atlanta, tells
me that Miller told him. shortly after
the tragedy that he had actually seen
nis wire jump or fall Into the water.
Miller now declares he did not see
her at all, but, when bending over an
engine that was missing fire, merely
heard a splash and looked up to find
his wife sinking in the water."
Blood la Analysed.
Analysis of the blood round inside
the motorboat will be concluded
Wednesday. Miller claims that it was
from a cut on his hand. When the
bandage was removed from his hand a
small cut on the thumb was disclosed.
Miller has been ordered held in
communicado, but Mr. Patterson gave
several persons permission to visit
him in the Jail today. These included
Charles Burnett, a former city coun
cilman, and Charles A. Reynolds, for
mer chairman of the public service
commission.
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Pat
terson, accompanied by'Deputy Sheriff
Earl Ramage, went to Lake Wash
ington Tuesday, motored over to
Kirkland, passing as near the scene
of Mrs. Miller's death as could be
determined from the evidence, and
inspected Miller's launch. The pro
peller was examined minutely to see
whether any strands of cloth could
be found which would lend to con
firm Miller's statement that his wife's
body was caught in the propeller and
her coat pulled off and left tangled
there, but the propeller revealed noth
ing. Beyond the small pool of blood,
it is estimated there was no more
than a tablespoonful, the floor of the
launch gave no further evidence.
Woman In Good Spirits.
Further questioning of Mr. and Mrs.
George W. Miller, friends but not rel
atives of Mr. and Mrs. Walter P.
wnir. indicated that Mrs. Miller ha
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HUNS ATTACK RIGA,
USING POISON GAS
LETTS STILL OFFER SPLENDID
DEFENSE OF POSITIONS.
Esthonians Rush Up Armored Cars.
Papers Bitter Because Allies
Once Stopped Success.
LONDON, Oct. 14. Direct news
from Letvia is being delayed on ac
count or the disturbed state of tele
graphic communication. Reports have
been received in official circles, how
ever, showing that the Letts are
splendidly defending their positions
at Riga against the invaders, while
the Eethonlan government has al
ready rushed every available armored
car to their assistance.
Considerable bitterness is displayed
by newspapers in Esthonia in regard
to the. policy followed by the allies.
These papers assert that the German
forces in the Baltic had been de
feated last July and that the cam
paign would have been carried to a
victorious completion if the allies had
not insisted upon an armistice.
The labor organ, Wabama, declares
that the menace to Letvia threatens
the entire peace of all Europe.
COPENHAGEN, Oct. 14. (By the
Associated Press.) "The Germans are
attacking Riga with poison gas and
also bombarding the town with trench
mortars," says a Lettish foreign of
fice communication Issued Monday.
Rallied by their officers after panic
that seized them when armored cars
broke through their lines west of
Riga, Lettish forces, reinforced by
Esthonians, have regained the initia
tive and have moved across the Duna
river, across which they fled last
week, according to advices from Wen-
den.
Renewed offers of an armistice,
made by Colonel Avaloff-Bermondt,
commander of the army of the "Rus
sian general government," have been
rejected, it is reported. British war
ships in the harbor of Riga are said
to be assisting the Letts in driving the
Germano-Russian army back from the
city.
Berlin reports that General von der
Goltz, commander of German forces
in the Baltic provinces, has trans
ferred his authority to General von
Eberhardt and is expected in Berlin
soon. It is announced in Berlin that
measures have been taken to prevent
more German soldiers from going to
Courland, the center of the Germano
Russian movement. The entire Rus
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PORTLAND MAN MISSING
Glenn Culver Fails to Return From
Hunting Trip.
ROSEBURG, Or., Oct. 14. (Special.)
Word was brought to Roseburg to
day that Glenn Culver of Portland,
who was with a hunting party in the
vicinity of Millwood, had been miss
ing for two days, and although
searching parties were combing the
mountains, no trace of him has-been
found.
The hunting party went into the
mountains Saturday and separated for
deer Sunday. One of Culver's com
panions also was bewildered and
finally made his way to Melrose late
Sunday night Two others of the
party returned to camp the same day,
but Culver failed to get back, and
Monday search was started.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TEPTBRDAT'S Maximum temperature,
65 degrees: minimum, 46 decrees.
TODAT'S Fair; sentle winds, mostly
northerly.
Foreign.
Near eas' menaced by mutinous troops.
Paxe 13.
D'Annunzio woos neighborinx Slavs. Pase 8.
- Pass .
Huns attack at Kiga with poison gas.
Pase 7. . e
Denikine smashes bolshevik stuck. Page 8.
National.
Anti-strike clause wins in test vote on
railway legislation. Page 3.
Japanese ambition menaces world, says
Senator Lodge. Page 2.
Domestic.
President Wilson irritated by new compli
cation. Page 1.
San Francisco welcomes Belgian king ana
queen. Page
Air mall pilot hums to deatb In wreckage
ot plane. Page 1.
Omaha artist confesses complicity In riot-
Inir Pass 1.
Washington power over railways is called
menace. Page 7.
Lieutenant Maynard starts on return flight
in transcontinental air derby. .Page 7.
Red plot for destruction of army post dis
covered by federal agents. Page 1.
Pacific Northwest.
Seattle probes death of Mrs. W. P. Miller.
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Trade excursionists capiu.
t a c 14.
Bean-Barrett law to be tested in Oregon
courts. r
Two Medford girls. 15. elope with you
tht i
i wifa..
Women's convention
iwa Pace
I w. W. attempt to close logging camps.
Page o.
Sports.
President Baum expected to call meeting
. league about November 1.
Page 18.
Jefferson high eleven defeats James John,
i to 0. Page 16.
Swimmers sail for Honolulu. Page IT.
Football coaches at worn on tnca piays.
Page i.
Commercial and Marine.
British wool sales alarm American dealers.
Pa se 25.
Corn weak at Chicago, with lack of buy
ing orders. Page 24.
Stock market has sweeping setback.
page
More ships sougm. -ciiig coast.
Page J4.
Portland and Vicinity..
Oregon Pythians elect Vale man grand
chancellor. Page J.
Two thousand women view wonderful
gowns.
Council to maKe enanges in market.
Page 1.
Armistice between laundry workers and
employers hangs In balance. Page ill.
New railroad to make l.akevlew county
Page 13.
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for B
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campaign i'a.e 10, '
RESTLESS
DAY IS
SPENT
Unnamed Complication
Causes More Trouble.
PRESIDENT IS BETTER LATER
Washington Specialist Called
for Consultation.
GLAND SAID TO BE SW0LEN
Official Bulletin Indicates That
New Ailment Is Xot Serious,
but Interferes With Rest.
WASHINGTON'. Oct. 14. Due to art
unimportant but irritating new com
plication. President Wilson spent a
restless and uncomfortable day, but
his condition tonight was described
by his personal physician, Rear-Admiral
Grayson, as improved.
In the regular night bulletin on
the presidents' condition, issued from
the white house at 10 o'clock. Dr.
Grayson Bald:
"The president has had a restless;
and uncomfortable day, but he is bet
ter tonight."
SDeelallat Is Called.
In connection wun issuance of the
bulletin. i Dr. Grayson announced that
Dr. H. A. Fowler, a Washington spe
cialist, had been called in for consul
tation and through his efforts had
been able to reduce the swelling of
the prostate gland, which it was
stated today had interfered with the
rest of the president last night.
President Wilson did not have a
restful night, according to the bulle
tin issued by his physicians this)
morning.
Night Rest I'nsatiarartory.
The bulletin at 12:15 P. M. follows:
"The president did not have a rest
ful night last night. His restlessness
was caused by a swelling of the
prostate gland, a condition from
which he has suffered in the past
and v-hlch has been Intensified more
or less by his lying In bed. Hla
general condition, however, is good.
As noted yesterday, his temperature,
pulse, respiration, heart action and
blood pressure are normal.
"GRAYSON, RUFKIN, STITT."
Rear-Admiral Grayson said the
swelling of the prostate gland was
quite common and no importance
should be attached to it. It Is ex
pected that Dr. Grayson will, however,
call in a specialist in order that the.
president may be made more com
fortable. Adjournment la Unlikely.
The new element entering into tha
president's illness, it was stated, was
of the non-operative type.
Reports that congress might ad
journ pending the president's recov
ery were met at the White House to
day with the statement that such a
step was absolutely unnecessary and
would be opposed vigorously by the
executive. It was reiterated today
that the president's condition was
such as to allow him to act on any
important legislative matter that
might demand his attention.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, Oct. 14. Persistent
failure of the president's physicians
to take note of the alarmed state
of the public mind as to Mr. Wilson's
condition caused the wild rumors as
to the nature of his illness to subside,
somewhat today. r
It seemed unlikely that the White
House physicians would hold out so
stubbornly against giving a publio
diagnosis if all that has been told
is true and this doubtless caused an
abatement of the general uneasiness.
The day was marked by no new
rumors and there was a more notice
able uncertainty as to the truth of
the alarming reports which have been
going the rounds.
Public Better Satisfied.
Dr. Grayson's statement at 1 o'clock
tonight that the president had been
more restless and uncomfortable to
day than for some time was not
altogether reassuring, but now that
the bulletins are beginning by piece
meal to give some slight hint of tho
causes of the president's suffering,
the public appears better satisfied.
The rumors have been due largely to
rauure or tne ouiletins to give any
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inkinir as to
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distress.
Yesterday mention was made that
his kidneys were functioning and to
day it was given out that he is suf
fering from a swollen prostate ghind,
from which he suffered for some
time in Paris, it became known to
night. The recurrence of this trouble,
however, it is ascertained, is a new
development and had nothing to do
with his earlier illness.
While there has been some talk
emanating from the White House
that the president would be permitted
to resume limited executive work In
a few days, this was discredited by
the Information today that the pro
hibition enforcement act. the food
control act and two other measures
already approved by both houses of
congress are to become laws without
his signature.
PhTalciana Are Reproached.
Editorial comment on the sensa-
tional reports as to Mr. Wilson's 111-
nesa were not general In this morn-
ing's eastern papers, dui the New
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(Concluded on i'age 2, Column 3
BY WILSOM
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