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30 PAGES.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
PRICES CONTINUE
LOAFING, NOT LIVING
COST, HELD PROBLEM
PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE, SAYS
SEN ATOR THOMAS.
MISSING CALIFORNIA
CHEMIST HOME AGAIN
GIRL IN AUTO HURT;
PREACHER ARRESTED
INDUSTRIES FIGHT
TO OBTAINGARS
WOMEN TURN DOWN
JOHNSON EMISSARY
CLUBS AT SALEM REFUSE TO
LISTEN TO EULOGY.
12 OIE IN PISTOL
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COMES TO CLOSE
BUTTLE AT
ARTHUR LACHMAX SAYS MUVD
BLANK FIVE MOXTHS.
REV. D. Jj. FIELDS ADMITS
CUTTING CORNER.
DHEEuM Campaign
0011 D
n
MINE
Reduction Movement
Spreads Over Country.
BANKS TIGHTEN ON CREDITS
Some Merchants Denounce
Tendency to Lower Costs.
MOVE HELD TEMPORARY
Most of lsentials Affected by
Sweeping Reductions and $12
fehoes Sell Tor $1.85.
CHICAGO. May 19. The wave of
price-cutting1 In wearing" apparel con
tinued today to sweep the country,
merchants in many cities and towns
Announcing- reductions in. men's and
women's clothing, shoes, hats and
other article. While some merchants
said the reductions could not be main
tained after present stocks were ex
hausted, others declared the price
cuts were the logical outcome of
breaks in the eastern market, a back
ward season and large stocks on
hand.
Owners of department stores In
scores of cities today announced
price reductions in men's and worn
en's apparel, ranging from 20 to 50
per cent, while in some places shoes
and other articles were sold at re
duced prices. (
Rank, TiKktrn I' ft.
While the movement, which
sumed nation-wide proportions yes
terday, continued to spread, banking
Interests in New York today extended
their campaign of deflation of credits
and against high commodity prices,
carrying out their pledge to the fed'
eral reserve board. x
Banks were reported to have sen
word to importers and dealers i
luxurious articles of apparel and
manufacturers of so-called non-es
eentials that only moderate financial
accommodation could be ' expected
now.
A newspaper advertisement insert
cd today by a Newark clothing con
ccrn denounced price cutting as "an
economic mistake." Several Milwau
kee merchants characterized the
movement as a "circus stunt."
In St. Paul, where marked reduc
tions were announced, the largest
wholesale millinery concern in the
northwest announced it would open
Its doors to retail trade and dispose
of a ft, 300, 000 stock at prices 50 per
cent below prevailing retail prices.
One large men's furnishing store,
which operates in several cities, an
nounced a general reduction in prices
of 15 per cent.
Wenti'i Goods Affected.
Trice- reductions ranging from 13
to 50 per cent were advertised by a
number of Boston retail stores, while
most of the reductions were in
clothing, one department store an
nounced a reduction of 23 per cent in
lines of cottons, blankets, linens and
similar materials. Some women's
ttore3 marked prices down one-half.
At St. Louis three department stores
cut clothing prices 15 to 25 per cent,
while several men's stores announced
S3 1-3 per cent reductions in men's
suits. A Texarkana. Ark., shoe store
announced a sale of 112 shoes for $4.85.
Frice-cutting in the sale of textile
materials, hats and furnishings, put
Into effect in many San Francisco es
tablishments yesterday, was followed
today by .the announcement of one
shoe firm that its stock was being
disposed of at a reduction of from
10 to 40 per cent.
Dentists also have stepped into the
procession and reports from Omaha
show some dentists have cut their
scale 25 per cent.
Silk shirts and suits for men were
reported to have suffered 20 to 30 per
cent cuts in Indianapolis. Ready-to-wear
clothing for women and children
were also offered at greatly reduced
prices.
Terre Haute, Ind., reported 20 per
cent reduction in all men's- and boys'
garments and shoos by one of the
largest outfitters o men and boys
in that territory.
Some Goods Cat Half.
In Youngstown, O., all but one of
the larger department stores placed
on sale today their entire or greater
portion of their stocks at discounts
ranging from 20 to 50 per cent.
A report from the Pacific coast said
retailers of Fresno. Cal.. had an
nounced general reductions on silk
goods of from 20 to 25 per cent., while
El Paso, Tex., sent word that 33 1-3
per cent had been taken off the price
of staple shoes and 25 per cent cut off
the price ot clothing, the latter an
nouncement coming from the largest
" deparement stort In the city.
There were little material price
changes in Chicago, bnt an officer of
one of the foremost department stores
here said that the price reduction
wave indicated that merchants were
trying to satisfy what he called
hysterical demand from the public for
lower prices."
INCREASE PREDICTED IX FALL
CIolhiDf Reductions Attributed to
Hack. ward Season.
THE DALLES, Or., May 19. (Spe-
Lav. maker Declares He Will Buy
So More Clothes Till Prices
Hit Reasonable Level.
WASHINGTON, May 19. Frankly
confiding to. his colleagues that the
lothes on his back were threadbare
and patched. Senator Thomas, demo
crat, of Colorado, joining today in an
other senate broadside on profiteers,
declared the people themselves and
not legislation must break the sweep
ing wave of high prices.
Linking tno overall movement.
started as a protest against the cost
of clothing, with widespread price re
ductions, reported from many cities.
Senator Thomas said the public had
found the remedy In its own bands.
"The overall campaign was a good
thing," the senator said. "The papers
today are full of messages from all
parts of the country announcing dras
tic cuts 4n clothing prices. Did legis
lation do it? No, the people did it
themselves."
The attack ,on profiteering was
opened by Senator Kenyon, repub
lican, of Iowa, who urged social os
tracism and criminal punishment for
offenders. Corporations principally
and retailers were held tip as prime
profiteers. Some of them were char
acterized by the Iowa senator as rob
bers and traitors.
In urging publicity as a means of
sweeping dealers demanding exces
sive profits "to the junk heap of dis
repute," Senator Kenyon declared de
partment of Justice prosecutions had
failed to bring relief and that the
people should elect a president who
would break the evil by naming an
attorney-general "who cares more
about enforcing the laws than he does
about running for president."
There was a shift toward the rail
ing and the crowd In the gallery
leaned forward to hear Senator
Thomas appealed for a return of old
time thrift.
"I have on a suit of clothes four
years old, somewhat pAched but still
serviceable," he said as he stroked the
sleeves of his coat. "The shoes I have
on were bought in 1916. I do not pro
pose to buy any more clothes until
prices go down to a reasonable level
I subject myself to danger of arrest
for not wearing enough piothes on
the streets of Washington." I am still
willing to live on - corned beef hash
State to Vote on National
Issues Tomorrow.
CONTESTS WILL BE KEEN
Hoover Supporters Mostly
Going Over to Wood.
CHAMBERLAIN FIGHT HOT
Senator's Bitter Foes SpenUmj
Money Freely to Defeat Him
but Friends Arc Confident.
and If corned beef hash goes too high
I will go without meat to bring down
costs." J
Senator Thomas said he" was "hot
defending profiteers; that he believed
they should be vigorously punished,
but that he did not believe the ex
tortions of profiteers represented G
per cent of the high cost of living.
"All the people share the respon
sibility," he said. "When I consider
the number of people in this country
who live without working I am
tempted to change the expression,
high cost of living' to "high cost of
loafing.' "
ROAD FIGHT NOT FINISHED
to
Caiiyoiiville Cutoff Decision Is
Be Appealed.
SALEM, Or., May 19. (Special.)
The decision of Judge Skipworth of
Lane county, who recently enjoined
the state highway commission from
proceeding with the construction of
the so-called Canyonville cut-off sec
tion of the Pacific highway in Doug
las county, is to be appealed to the
Oregon supreme court for final de
termination, according to announce
ment made here today by J. M. De
vers, attorney for the nignway
partment.
The action originally was brought
by S. H. Rockhill in the circuit court
of Douglas county, but was tried be
fore Judge Skipworth. He held that
the location of state roads neces
sitated legislative action and was
not in the province of the highwaj
commission.
In case the decision of the lower
court Is affirmed the highway com
missioners fear that they will have
trouble in locating roads in many
counties.
This is the last day for campaign
ing- in the primsrUa. Tomorrow
morning at 8 o'clock the polls will
open and Oregon electors will go to
the booths to select the nominees of
the republican and democratic par
tiA anil to declare a preference for
president. '
Interest over the presidential pri
mary has eclipsed all other contests
and candidates for state and county
offices lament their inability to dls
cover any keen Interest in the pri
maries among the people they meet.
Weather conditions being favorable,
and there being much campaigning
over the presidential contest in the
republican camp, and a genuinely aoi
fight between Senator Chamberlain
and President Wilson in the nemo
r-ratio Darty. there should be a larger
noA-pniaia of votes cast in tomor
row's primary than of-late years.
Interest centers chiefly in the pres
ldential primaries of the republicans
the democrats having no one to
vote foe except William Gibbs Mc
Adoo. The republicans have the choice
of Wood, Lowden or Johnson. Oregon
has ten delegates in the republican
convention and the candidate who
carries Oregon naturally expects the
support of the 10.
The issue as to the presidential as
pirants is clearly defined, with Wood
i- Lowden on one side and Johnson
onthe, other. Wood"ana-Lowdeit ap
peal to the voters wno lavor a. iesuo
nations with reservations, wnue
the Johnson appeal is to those wno
want no league. Because of this
marked difference, the division has
spread to the candidates for delegate
to the convention and many have de
clared themselves as favorable to a
treaty with reservations and others
penly declare their opposition. There
are a few miaaie-oi-ine-roaa canai
dates for delegate who express no
personal opinion but say that, if
lected, they will be for or against
the league proposition, acpendlng
whether Wood or Lowden, on one
and, or Johnson, on the other, la th
popular choice of Oregon republicans.
In eliminating himself trom the
Fall in Hotel at Chico, Cal., Said
to Have Restored Memory.
Wide Search. Ended.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 19. Dr.
Arthur Lachman, San Francisco chem
ist and scientific author, who mys
teriously dropped from sight here on
December 11, 1919, was found today on
train en route from Chico, Cal., to
this city and is at his home tonight
under the care of a physician.
As regards his experiences during
the five months of his disappearance.
Dr. Lachman's mind is a total blank,
members of his family announced to
night. How he came to be in Chico
he was unable to state.
Dr. Lachman himself telegraphed
me from Chico today of his presence
there," Mrs. Lachman said tonight.
'An injury received in a fall in a
Chico hotel today brought him to a
realization of his identity. He is per
fectly rational again tonight. He re-
m embers all his old associations,
friends and members of the family,
but regarding the interval he was ab
sent from home his mind is a blank,
The search for Dr. Lachman had
been extended into every city of the
United States without result.
A short time ago the insane asylum
at Steilacoom. Wash., reported that an
inmate's description fitted Lachman
exactly. It proved to be a case of
mistaken identity. The only indica
tion that Dr. Lachman had been out
of California was a spectacle case
bearing a Toledo, O., label.
MARCH TO TOUR ON RHINE
Chief of Staff of Army to Inspect
American Forces.
WASHINGTON. May 19. General
Peyton C. March, chief of staff of the
army, will leave June 1, on an in
spection ' tour of American forces on
the Rhine and Major-General J. L.
Chamberlain, inspector-general, will
start in June on an extended tour of
France and England to close up nu
merous army matters.
Major-General William M. Wr.grht
will act as chief of statf during Gen
eral March's absence.
Dorothy Strowbrldge Injured When
Car Skids and Turns Over
After Collision.
Rev. D. Lester Fields, pastor of the
Rose City Park Methodist Episcopal
church, was arrested on a charge of
cutting a corner by Investigator
Tully of the traffic bureau, following
an automobile collision at East
Twelfth and Holladay streets yester
day afternoon, in which Rev. Mr.
Fields' automobile struck and over
turned an automobile driven by Miss
Dorothy Strowbrldge, 546 East Fif
teenth street. North.
Miss Strowbridge -was thrown
through the windshield by the force
of the shock, according to the police.
and received a cut on the arm, an in
jured side and bruises. She was al
most prostrated by the shock, and
while reporting the accident at the
police station fell over In a half
swoon. She was taken to the police
emergency hospital by Sergeant Kee-
gan of the traffic bureau.
Miss Strowbridge reported to the
police that Rev. Mr. Fields cut the
corner by eight feet with his machine,
thereby colliding with her car. She
was driving east on Holladay at the
time and he was going north on
Twelfth street.
Rev; Mr. Fields admitted that he
cut the corner. He said that follow.
lng the collision, the girl's auto
skidded 20 feet, and after turning
over on its side went an additional 18
feet.
Both cars were damaged.
The police released Rev. Mr. Fields
on his own recognizance. His hearing
is scheduled to come up in the munic
ipal court today.
Commission Makes Plans
' to End Blockade.
CARRIERS FOR WEST URGED
Misuse of Equipment Scored
in Meetings.
Marion County Federation Declines I
to Attend Party Where Can
didate Would Be Praised.
Private Detectives and
Workers Battle.
MATTEWAN, W. VA., IS SCENE
Alleged Cause.
GRAIN DEALERS APPEAL
STATE TROOPS MOBILIZE
Senate and Rouse' Leaders Object
to Appropriations for Add I
tional Rollins Stock.
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SERVICE PAY BILL SIGNED
Army and Navy Officers and En
listed Men Get Increases.
WASHINGTON, May 19. President
Wilson today signed the army and
navy pay bill, providing for a tempo
rary adjustment of pay checks for
officers and enlisted men pending
permanent legislation on the subject
at a later date.
Increases provided total approxi
mately $60,000,000 a year. They are
retroactive to last January 1 and will
continue until June 30, 1922.
tCuucluded ua 1'dge , Column 3.)
IRISH POLICE ATTACKED
Sergeant Harty Killed, Constable
Wounded at Limerick.
. DUBLIN, May 19. Another attack
was made against the police I
Limerick today by a party of armed
men.
All escaped after killing Sergeant
Harty and dangerously wounding
Constable Dempsey.
MORTON SERVICES HELD
Funeral of Former Vice-President
Conducted by Bishop Burch.
TOUGHKEEPS1E, N. T.. May 19
Funeral services for. former Vice
President Levi P. Morton were held
at the Church of the Messiah at Rhine
beck this afternoon.
They were conducted by Bishop
Charles Sumner Eurch of New. York.
tConuluded on Page 2, Column 1.)
TO HOOVER'S FRIENDS:
Mr. Hoover has ' directed
that the campaign in Oregon
in his behalf be suspended, apd
has made it clear that he de
sires the defeat of Hiram
Johnson.
To carry Oregon for John
son, next Friday, is to re
pudiate Hoover. If you would
prevent the repudiation of
Hoover by Oregon, you will
aid in the repudiation of
Johnson.
You can best serve Hoover
and Oregon, and make sure the
defeat of Johnson, by voting
for Leonard Wood.
WASHINGTON, May 19. A wild
scramble among individual line of In
dustry tor preferential treatment in
car movement developed today as the
Interstate commerce commission gave
indication of reaching definite con
clusions of plans to break the freight
blockade.
There was a. clamor for cars, and
priority orders by grain and coal
dealers. The American Canners' as
sociation protested that unless its
shipments were moved ahead there
would be heavy losses in certain east
ern districts.
ssy letter, telegram and personal
representation, the commission, the
American Railroad association's car-
service commission and railroad ex
ecutives here were apprised of the
urgent needs of almost every line of
trade.
Cam for Went T"rarrd.
A committee of the executives rec
ommenaea to the commission that It
order the transfer of 20,000 box cars
rrom the Atlantic seaboard to lines
west of Chicago and the relocation of
30,000 cars now west of the Missis
sippi river, to areas In the freight
congested east. This should be done
within the next 30 days If a direct
beneficial result was to be accom
plished, the road heads believed.
Members of the Michigan congres
sional delegation, together with rep
resentatives or Michigan public util
ities, appealed to the commission for
consideration In the movement of coal
to that teprilftrv. A n-.?l J
t m o 1 1 m f n r I , . . i - " iuin ueea
OLUVVIV dUIOlUC m rtA I ror ruel was declared to exist through
out the state, and 'thev nrd ih.
SALEM, Or., May 19. (Special.) I
Delegates in attendance at the organ
ization meeting of the Marion County
Federation of Women's clubs here to
day were treated to a number not in
cluded on the programme, when Kathr
rine Phillips Edson of California en
tered the meeting unannounced, asked
ror the privilege or tne iioor anu iu o. i ,,,, .
brief talk extended an invitation to Attempted tVICllOll 0T MmerS
the women to accompany her to
nearby house, partake of their fill of
Ice cream and listen to an address
dealing with the virtues and accom
plishments of Hiram Johnson, candi
date for president.
Out of courtesy to the visitor, tne
chairman of tho meeting asked all of
the delegates .who wished to take
advantage of the invitation to stand
p. Not one of the women responded
nd Mrs. Edson retired. It was said
here tonight that Mrs. Edsoh had
been in" Portland and stopped off in
Salem en route to her home in Los
Angeles purposely to do a little mis
sionary work for her favorite candi
date.
Organization of the Marlon County
Federation of Woman's Clubs was
perfected through the election of Mrs.
Etta P. Hall of Woodburn, president:
Mrs. D. H. Long of Jefferson, vice
president; Mrs. G. H. Thompson of
Willard, secretary; Mrs. Mason Bish
op of Salem, treasurer; Mrs. F. E. Cal-
lister ot Silverton. auditor; Miss Mat
tie Beatty of Salem and Mrs. P. O.
Ottoway of Aurora, directors.
GERMANS BUILD PLANES
Factories Make Parts to Be Assem
bled at Minute's oXtice.
PARIS, May 19. (Special Cable.)
All Genman factories which, during
the war, turned out airplanes, are
now In full swing and are carefully
camouflaging their products. Thus,
not one whole machine is turned out
by any single factory, but all over
the country spare parts are assembled
and at a minute's notice could be sent
to other parts to be assembled as air
planes.
The German Zeppelin works are at
present engaged in -turning out new
powerful aisht is, while special sheds
ar being constructed at Frledrics
itaven. Other firms are busily engaged
building and testing powerful air
plane engines.
Youth. 17, Accidentally Hangs
Himself Amusing Children.
ORANGE CITY. Ia., May 19. Isaac
De Jager, aged 17, accidentally
hanged himself while amusing the
commission to clamp down on "the
cuiBuae ui open-cop equipment, so
that it would be available for trans
portation of coal.
At the conference called by Director
Barnes of the grain corporation com
of H. J. Van dcr Meide near here
yesterday. De Jager was playing
"clown" on a pile of corncobs in
shed on the farm and had a rope
suspended from the celling.
The pile of cobs slipped from under I
him, De Jager's head was caught In
the noose and his neck was broken.
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Major, Seven Officers, Eight Work
ers Killed; Three Others
Badly Injured.
MATTEWAN, W. Va., May 19.
Twelve men were killed and three
badly injured in a battle here late
today between the police and citizens
on one side and private detectives on
the other. A revised list of the dead
as given out by the police at mid
night follows:
Mayor Cabeli Testerman. L. C.
Felts, Albert Felts, H. E. Powell, A. J.
Hooker. J. W. Ferguson, L. M. Brown,
C. B. Cunningham, all private detect-
The women went on record favor, ives: James Mullen, Patrick Kinley.
ng passage of the millage tax meas- William Rohrer and Isaac Brewer,
1
ures for the support and maintenance
of both the elementary schools and
higher educational institutions.
miners.
The wounded: Samuel Artie, .
Baldwin and James Chambers.
Murder Follows Question.
Acording to authorities the trouble
started when a miner named Mullins
Utah Metropolis Has 118,110 Pop- approached Albert Felts and asked
SALT LAKE CITY GROWS
if he carried a warrant for his arrest.
Felts replied in the affirmative, ac
cording to police, and was in the act
of reading the warrant when Mullins
shot and killed him. Detective Fer
guson, officers say, then killed Mul-
line, and the killing of Ferguson
by an unidentified miner followed.
This was the signal for a general
fight, which resulted in the deaths of
the other six men.
Village Beeemes Quiet.".
Intense excitement fol'loweo"''th
shooting, but the village became quiet
later when the news came from
Charleston that the entire state con
stabulary had been ordered here and
that two companies of trooper
would arrive about daybreak.
Conflicting strics as to the causa
HAMAKER SANS AUTHORITY f thf hooM"jc.wep; t?'-d- Ahe,.p!:
ulatlon by 1920 Census
WASHINGTON, May 19. Census re
sults announced today are: Salt Lake
City. 118,110; increase 25,333, or 27.3
per cent.
Pittsfield, Mass., 41,534; increase
9413. or 29.3 per cent.
Roanoke, Va., 50,842; increase 15,-
968. or 4d.8 per cent.
Dallas, Texas, 158,976; increase 66,-
(72, or 72.6 per cent.
XJtica, N. Y.. 94,136; increase 19,717,
or 56.5 per cent. .
Altoona, Pa.. 60.331; increase. 8204,
or 15.7 per cent.
Kockford. 111.- 65,651; increase, 20,-
250, or 44.6 per cent.
Maiden, Mass., 49.403:
or 10.6 per cent.
increase 4699.
children of his employer on the farmPlainta about the car supply in the
grain-producing sections of the mid
die west was the principal topic of
discussion. There were assertion
mat even when cars were supplied
"less than 25 per cent of them were
fit for loading." Presidents of several
railroads answered these charges with
the statement that the task of restor
lng equipment to a serviceable basi
was one "almost beyond human com
prehension.
While the railroad executives were
pressing for new cars and locomo
tives senate and house leaders de
cided definitely against other appro
priations to enable the roads to bu
additional equipment. Leaders said
congress would content itself at thi
time by extending from five to
years the per id in which the roads
might repay loans made under the
transportation act.
Drrlnlo Soon Promised.
With respect of the .movement of
box cars westward and the counte
transfer of coal equipment eastward,
the commission said it would study
details of the suggested orders and
reach a decision speedily.
Despite ail efforts, reports contin
ued to come that scores of industries
either have cl red or face shut-downs
within a short time because of the
freight Jam.
COAJj SCPPLY LOWEST EVER
Rail Officials in Chicago Deny
Charges of Hoarding.
CHICAGO, May 19. The coal sup
ply here reached the lowest mark In
recent history today, coal dealers de
clared, because of the freight con
gestion and car shortage. Practically
all coal received is rushed to manu
facturing plants and orders for coal
for homes are not being accepted,
dealers declared.
William H. Leland. viee-president
of one of the largest fuel companies
In the city, estimated that the supply
on hand would hardly last five days.
Officials of several railroads center
ing in Chicago denied emphatically
charges by some dealers that they
were hoarding coal by storing it in
cars.
WARTIME VIGOR PROMISED
Member of Commission Addresses
Wholesale Lumbermen.
CHICAGO, May 19. The interstate
commerce commission "intends to pro
ceed as if hostilities were on" in its
efforts to relieve freight congestion,
Robert W. Woolley, member of the
commission declared tonight In an ad
dress to the national bureau of whole
sale lumber dealers.
"The offices of every governor,
mayor and state commissioner, of
every sound thinker, of every broad
visioned man must be made imme
diately available," he added.
Telegram Denying Claims Sent to
Chairman Cummings.
Denial that Gilbert E. Hamaker,
chairman of the Multnomah county
central committee, has been au
thorized to speak for the committee
in behalf of any candidacy in the pri
maries is made in a telegram sent by
two other officers of the committee
last night to Homer S. Cummings,
chairman of the democratic national
committee.
The telegram was signed by Wil
liam -D. Bennett, secretary of the
county committee, and Alexander
Sweek. chairman of the - executive
committee.
detectives arrived here from William
son this morning to evict from a
mining company's houses the families
of miners who had been dismissed
from the company's employ.
Eight families, the police declare.
had been turned out when Mayor
Testerman approached Albert Feltet
the leader of the detectives, and
wanted to know by what authority
their action was taken and by what
authority they had arrested one of
the miners.
Police Blame
While they were
ing to the police,
mayor, firing from
Almost instantly
Detective.
talking, accord
Felts shot the
his coat pocket.
Felts himself was
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 6S
degrees; minimum. 4o degrees.
TODAY'S Fair and pleasant; westerly
winds.
National.
t Ion -wide price-cutttnc uppermost topic
now ui national c a. pilch. rage o.
Senate peace move advanced in house.
Page 4.
House refuses to sanction federalization of
national guard. Page 11.
Industries fight for preferential riffht to
cars. iage 1.
Cost of loafing, not living". America's prob
lem, says fee n at or Thomas. Page 1.
Senate auditing committee in favor of
campaign probe. Page 4
House republicans squarely for soldier
bonus. iage l.
Caution is advised In recognizing Mexico.
Page o.
Federal reserve head wants to thaw frozen
loans. Page -U.
Domestic.
Killing was done in self-defense, says girl,
charged with muraer. Page
Twelve die in pistol battle in West Vir
ginia. Page 1.
Movement for reduction in prices of essen
tials continues over country. Page 1. i
Missing California chemist returns to home.
Page 1.
Hoosier delegation to democratic conven
tion is umnstructea. .Page 10.
Pacific Northwest.
Williams to go east to represent state at
rate hearing, rage
Telling plea for Wood made by. Monta
vilie Flowers at Corvallis meeting.
Page 18. - -
Marion county women's clubs refuse to
listen to eulogy of Johnson. Page 1.
Automobile caravan reaches Grants Pass
. and receives heart creeling. Page 4.
Sports. '
Coast jeague results: San Francisco 6
Portland 5 1 innings); Los Angeles 4.
Seattle 5 10 innings); Sacramento t.
Oakland 0; Salt Juake tS. Vernon 0.
Page 16.
Joe Gorman and Young Brown ready for
battle tonight for featherweight title.
Page 18.
Ted Thye throws Sailor Hoffman twice in
one hour. Page 17.
All-star track athletes are selected.
Page 16.
Commercial and Marine.
Cereal crop - prospcefcs in Oregon good.
Page 29.
Stock market is nervous with general de
cline in prices, v age 9.
Misadventures attend launching or new
schooner at Portland yard. Page 21.
Portland and Vicinity.,
Oregon campaign comes to close. Page L
Girl in auto hurt; preacher is arrested.
Page -
Hoover aid Is given to league candidates.
Page 19.
Controversy begins over Cedars
due city from state. Page 20,
Clean-up brigades scour Laurelh
1 ventral fciast Portland. Page 30,
killed, the police say, by "Sid" Had-
field, chief of pol'ce of Mattewan.
Immediately the shooting becama
general, numbers of persons joining
ia th fray.
The crowd closed in about the de
tectives, who, the police say, turned
and ran. Some of them broke for the
open country, while others, reaching
the Tug river, attempted to swim to
safety. Here, it is reported, three of
them were shot and sank in the
stream.
Villa sera Throng: Streetn.
Almost ali of the entire 500 or 600
inhabitants of the little mining vil
lage were in the streets until a late
hour, discussing the tragic event of
the afternoon.
Most of the men were employed by
the Stone- Mountain Coal company,
whose mines form the principal indus
try of the community. Several weeks
ago it became known that efforts
were being maae to unionize tne
mines, and two of them were closed.
Later, the miners declare, some of
their numbers were dismissed and pri
vate detectives were sent here today
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THE OREGOMA.N' TO FLASH
ELUCTIOX RKTIRXS.
Returns from the election to
morrow, as gathered and com
piled by The Oregonlan, -will be
flashed on a screen at Sixth
and Alder streets tomorrow
night.
As the polls do not close un- .
til 8 o'clock and there are four
ballots, the count will be slow.
There will probably be few re
turns available until after 9
o'clock and the report will be
only fragmentary for perhaps
half anihour after that. How
ever, plans have been made to
cover the city thoroughly and
to bulletin the results with the
least possible delay. The elec-,
tion reports will be interspersed
with moving pictures.
Bom Portland and the state
at large will be covered in the
bulletins.
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