TITE MORNING OREGON IAN, FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1920 15 OREGON TRIPLETS TO FEATURE SHOW Several Entries In for Eugene Celebration. EIGHT YEARS AGE LIMIT pany and proprietary companies for 1919, as disclosed in the annual re port published today, amounted to 239,657,272, an increase of $18,046. 066, or 8.14 per cent, over the pre ceding year. . . An increase of $24,205,111, or 14. SS per cent, in operating expenses, how ever, caused a decrease of $6,169,045. or 10.46 per cent, in net revenues from railroad returns. In effect, after pay ing 1919 operating expenses there re mained out of each dollar of revenue only 22 cents, compared with 38 cents remaining in the last year previous to federal control. Chairman Kruttschnitt declared the federal railroad administration failed to maintain the company's property at its previous high standard and that a special investigation of "under- maintenance during federal control is now beine made. NORTH DAKOTA HELD 'I UNDER BOSS HUB Weight, Color or Sex Xo Bar Firt Prize Twins Will Be Haled Sllgrhtly Lower. EUGENE. Or., June 24. (Special.) Triplets anywhere in the state of Oregon may compete in the "triplet sweepstakes" in the big baby show at Eugene's celebration July 5, ac cording to announcement of A. H. McDonald, chairman of the commit tee on celebration. This is to be a' big feature of the day and already there are several entries, says Mr. McDon ald. The committee announces that weight and color are no bar in the contest for the $25 first prize. Age is the only limit for the three-boy, or girl or mixed, team must be under eipht years. Twins will be rated only slightly lower than triplets in the prize money for the best pair in the parade and festival will get an even- $20. This infant carnival is the product of the celebration committees' efforts to srive persons of every age a part in the day and a place in the gubna tinn. The committee announces that in the baby show large prizes will be offered for the best decorated perambulator in the parade for boys and girls under eight years of age. costumed, and for the best-looking lads and lassies not over that age. Another feature of the parade will be mounted cowboys and the commit tee has offered liberal prizes for the most picturesque. A hose-laying con test between firemen of different cities will be staged, a tractor race will be another feature and wrestling and boxing promise to be drawing cards for the boxing programme, "rink" Manerude of Eugene and Neil Zimmerman of Portland will be the participants in the main event of ten rounds. They are featherweights. A heavyweight match and two light weight matches will also be on the card. George Fidler, 180 pounds, of Euscnr, and Edwin Fry. 175 pounds of Harrisburg. will tangle in the main event of the wrestling bout. Townley Succeeds McKenzie as State's Dictator." SITUATION NOT NEW SOVIET HOLDS IRKUTSK 250 RUBLES PAID FOR POCXD OF BLACK BREAD. M MILLWRIGHT IS KILLED Body Discovered Badly Mangled on Floor Near Belt. ABERDEEN.. Wash., June 24. (Spe cial.) Henry M. Kirkchess, 35, mill wright employed by the Grays Har bor Commercial company. Cosmopolis. was Instantly killed at'7:45 last night when a belt he was repairing slipped ofr the pulley. There were no witnesses to the ac cident, but it is presumed he became entangled in the. belt, as his body was badly mangled. Another employe sent to help him discovered the body near the machine. The big pulley on which the belt runs was located near the floor. A sister lives at East Sound, Or., and his mother at Bellingham, Wash. Bolshevik Side' of Selenga River Intrenched and Ready for Japanese Invasion. - IRKUTSK, Central Siberia, June 24. (By the Associated Press.) Soviet rule has been thoroughly established in Irkutsk. All institutions have been nationalized, most of tne stores have been closed and a permit is neces sary even to purchase a newspaper." Food conditions are most serious and the population eats black bread. Chinese merchants charge 250 rubles a pound for this bread. Few . foreigners remain in Irkutsk. It is estimated that 10,000 Chinese left Irkutsk during May to walk to the Chinese frontier. The Associated - Press correspond ent, in reaching Irkutsk, made a 2000 mile detour, which took six weeks, from Vladivostok through China and Mongolia and across the 700-mile stretch of the Gobi desert. He was the first American to enter soviet boundaries from the east since the collapse of the Kolchak regime. Crossing the Mongolian frontier, he entered the new buffer state of the Far East republic- and found it nec essary to wait at Verkhnie-Udinsk for bolshevik permission to' enter so viet territory. He was assured that an American press representative would be welcome. The trip led over the old caravan route, in order that the correspondent might avoid what is known here as the "black spot of Siberia," a district near Chita, where remaining reac tionaries under Semenoff, supported by Japanese military forces, continue to block the Russian mail route. The far eastern situation is of par amount interest to the soviet au thorities. The bolshevik side of the Selenga river has been newly in trenched and the soviet army is ready in case Japanese invade its territory. There is direct rail and wire com munication from here to Moscow and it is claimed trains make the trip in 14 days. All persons except high gov ernment officials must travel in freight cars. Newspapers here print the daily of ficial statements relative to opera tions on the Polish front and state ments by Nicolai Lenine, Russian bol shevik premier, on the foreign affairs of the country. NEW BOARD ELECTS CLERK Professor O. It. Jones Succeeds to School Duties or J. K. Moore. EUGENE, Or.. June 24. (Special.) The new board of education, after organizing at a meeting last night, announced the appointment of Profes sor O. H. Jones as clerk of the Eugene district to succeed J. K. Moore, who has served in that capacity for the past several years. Professor Jones has been -principal of the junior high school for the past three years and previous to that was principal of the Condon grade school. He was one of the many teachers who were not re-employed by the old board for next year. S. M. Calkins, a member of the old board, tendered his resignation last night, to take effect immediately. EAGLES NfiME ABERDEEN WASHINGTON" LODGE AWARDS XEXT COXVEXTIOX. W. T. Linahan Chosen President. Session Is Closed Rain Halts Street Dance. BERGER CASE PUZZLING Supreme Court Asked to Help in Reaching Decision. CHICAGO. June it -The circuit Q-RYS ACT IN ARGENTINA couri oi appeals loaay asuea Lne VANCOUVER. Wash., June 24. (Special.) Aberdeen was selected to day for the 1921 state convention of Eagles. There was little opposition to the choice, although Seattle was mentioned. W. T. Linahan. state vice-president of the organization, was chosen state president to succeed Charles Gaila gher of Black Diamond. H. C, Byrum of Tacoma succeeds Mr. Gallagher. Mr. Gallagher, ex-chaplain, will be succeeded by Crawford White of Se attle. Frank Dowd, secretary, and S A. Hoag, treasurer, were re-elected E. C. Collier, inside guard, was chosen conductor and V. 1. Howe inside guard. The convention closed tonight and the Washington Eagles tomorrow will go to Portland for a joint ses sion with the Oregon Eagles. btreet dancing and a competitive drill tonight were halted by rain. Population Made Vp of Foreigners Always Held Under Power of Political Leader. BY GEORGE K. AIKEN. GRAND FORKS. N. D., June 24. (Special.) Norm Dakota has always been a political orphan. Not in all its history has the commonwealth- been without a political, dictator. A reali zation of that fact is one of the first essentials in an attempt to understand the growth of the non-partisan league. This very fact accounts for the weird manner in which the ranchers, who otherwise would be condemning the rule of A. C. Townley, accept It. There ia a growing number among Townley's followers who are willing to admit that the party is wrong in some of its methods. You see North Dakota was for years the political pawn of Alex McKenzie, the notorious receiver of the Nome district, who was convicted and served a short sentence for his part in the claim jumping scandals in that famous region. He is the McNamara of Rex Beach's "The Spoilers" in- real life. Tammany hall in its zenith of power never developed a boss more powerful than Alex McKenzie. Control Finally Broken. Of course his connection with the Nome scandal and his subsequent con viction led to a break in his con trol, especially since it came just as Theodore Roosevelt was rising to a position of power in national affairs, for the' Roosevelt wing of the repub lican party in North Dakota did not kotow to McKenzie and that led to an open break headed by the so-called progressives. But . the Progressives, while they broke the open hold of McKenzie did not win the offices for themselves, but furnished the means for the elec- ion of John Burke, the democrat. The many and varied scandals con nected with the McKenzie regirtie pre pared the people of North Dakota for anything. There is nothing that is being said now of Townley, so far as his abuse of power is concerned, that hey had not heard repeatedly of Mc Kenzie, and so the followers of Townley merely pass up all criticism. They have heard it before. Four Crops Are Failures. On top of this long familiarity with political domination, the ranchers of North Dakota, especially in the west ern part, where the league is strong est.' have had four successive crop failures. They have been preached t for years by socialists, populists and independent reformers and always tola tne same tale, that they were being robbed by the Grain Exchange n Minneapolis and the Board of Trade in Duluth, to which points practical ly all of North Dakota's vast wheat crop moves each fall. Now American farmers, men raised in this country and familiar with its institutions and its business, would not have taken all this so seriously, or would have found means of cor recting it long ago. if it had been all true, but North Dakota is not popu lated by Americans of long standing, it is essentially a foreign state. - one business man declared to me that 80 per cent of North Dakota's population is eitner or the first or second generation of Scandinavians. or Russians, with a liberal sprinkling or tocoicn wno came via Canada, a few Irish and several thousand Poles, all of whom have been more or less imbued with socialistic doctrines in Europe. Thus an ideal field was found for the propaganda of distrust and hate spread by Townley and his so cialist cohorts. United States supreme court to help decide the case of Victor Berger and four other socialists who are appeal ing from 20-year sentences imposed for violation of the espionage act during the war. The appellate court asks the su preme court to decide whether Judge Landis, trial judge, ruled correctly in dismissing affidavits of prejudice. filed by the socialists prior to their trial. Four of Chamber of Deputies to Introduce Prohibition Bill. BUENOS AIRES, June 24. Fou CLATSKflNIE FETE READY TENTH AXXCAL ROSE SHOW TO OPEX TOMORROW SOOX. Strange rarallel Cited. During the days when he was at the height of his power Alex Mc Kenzie ruled St. Paul from a room in the Merchants hotel in St. Paul, for St. Paul was the headquarters of the two principal railroad lines that op erated in the state and also it could be more easily reached by people of southern and southwestern North Dakota than could the state capital. Strange to say, A. C. Townley has taken that leaf from the McKenzie programme and is running the state from an office in the Endicott build ing, just a block from the Merchants' hotel, where Alex McKenzie still can be found. The connection between these men one a boss of the old school whose headquarters was under his hat, the otner witn nis elaborate offices, hi army of paid organizers, his airplanes These Real Sales Will Interest You ; ' This Is a Capital Opportunity for Replenishing Your Summer Wardrobe at Economical Prices All Men's and Young Men's Suits ONE-FIFTH OFF Regular $40 Suits now $32 Regular $50 Suits now $40 Regular $60 Suits how $48 Regular $80 Suits now $64 Men!s Summer Shirts Greatly Reduced in Price $3.50 and $4 Shirts $2.45 $5 and $6 Shirts $3.85 $7.50 and $8.50 Shirts $4.85 Men's Athletic Union Suits Regularly $2.50, $3 and $4 ONLY SI .95 Three for $5.75 Men's Fine Silk Neckwear Regularly Priced $1 to $5 ONE-HALF PRICE! BEN SELLING Leading Clothier Morrison Street at Fourth U7 .... ii I'ran' .JL. t, i ' n in i i iriiruuii 1,1,.., it. TTBae amme (DM M Way A Miss Helen Burke to Be Crowned Queen Immediately After Big Chicken Dinner. CLATSKAXIE, Or., June 24. (Spe cial.) Final arrangements for Clats- kanie's tenth annual rose show have been completed and the event is ex pected to be the best ever. The festival will open at noon on aturday with a chicken dinner' in the chapel of the Presbyterian church. At 1:30 P. M., immediately foltowing the dinner. Miss Helen Burke will be crowned as roee queen, and fol lowing this the floral parade will be held through the downtown streets. Throughout the afternoon the roses will be on display in Holman hall and entries are expected from the towns of Columbia county, and in ad dition all other lower Columbia river towns. In the evening an entertain ment will be given in the theater. after which all prizes will be awarded by Queen Helen. The Clatskanie and St. Helens base ball teams will meet in a two-game series, Saturday and Sunday, as the main athletic feature of the rose show. Both teams are playing in mid-season form, and this is expected to be a crucial series, as the winner undoubtedly will be picked to meet the Astoria Centennials for the cham pionship of the lower Columbia. for the Grays Harbor Commercial company, was killed last night while at his work in the mill. No one wit nessed the death, but from the condi tion of the badly mangled body he was caugnt ana tnrown by some of tne machinery. The last seen of hir Mr. Kirchoff was working on a pul ley at some distance from other workmen. His body was found crushed under the belt. REGISTRATION DRIVE ON American Legion Men Wage Cam paign in CeiHralia. CENTRALIA. Wash.. June 24. (Special.) At a meeting held Tues day night by a committee of the (J rant Hodge post, American Legion, plans were completed for a city cam paign to urge voters to register. A team of Legionaires has been as signed to each precinct. The team captains are Earl Abbott. Geo. Barner, B. F. Oliver, A. F. Poundstone, John McKay. Ho.ward Breen, M. F. Sam pies, W. C. Schacht, Elden Roberts, Floyd Doersch, C. P. Hicks and Howard Barner. The registration campaign being waged this week is showing results, according to Miss Mabel Lee, city clerk. NY drink which is incompletely fermented before you take it is apt to complete its fermentation in your stomach causing flatulence and biliousness. Many beverages now on the market are only partially fermented, having been rushed out in less than forty eight hours. They are neither good, nor good for you. They are likely to interfere with everything they meet in your stomach. Schlitz is thoroughly aged fully ripened. It will not cause biliousness. Schlitz is pure. It is aged in glass-lined tanks, cooled in washed air, filtered through white wood pulp. Schlitz is healthful. It comes to you under the familiar label your father knew with the alcoholic content reduced to the limit prescribed by the Federal Government The Brown Bottle protects its purity and healthfulness until it reaches your glass. m cialistic workers, does not end, many North Dakotans believe, so ith members of the chamber of deputies ) and his imported professors and so have announced their intention to in troduce a bill to prohibit the importa tion, manufacture "and sale of alco holic liquors. If adopted the law would become effective one year after its enactment. This will be the first legislative ef fort in favor of prohibition in Argentina. WOMAN TO BE INDUCTED Palmer May Administer Oath to FOOD SURVEY IS ORDERED Sirs. Annette Adams. SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., June 24 Attorney-General Palmer will be asked on his arrival here tomorrow to attend the democratic national convent'on to administer the oath of office to Mrs. Annette Adams, the first woman to be appointed assistant attorney-general of the United States. Her friends are anxious that the ceremony of her induction into office should be carried out here instead of in Washington, eince Mr. Palmer is to be here. Every Effort to Be Made to Move Necessities of lyife. . WASHINGTON, June 24. Surveys of foodstuffs and other necessities held up in transit as a result of the railroad strike, was ordered today by Howard Figg, special assistant to the attorney-general. Every effort will be made, Mr. Figg said, to move necessities of life if it is found that any great quantities are held up. SPOUSE IDENTIFIES BODY Woman Found in Reservoir Said to Suffer Mental Aberration. SEATTLE, June 24. The body of the woman found in the Beacon Hill reservoir last' evening was today identified as Mrs. .Joseph Grass of 1308s Denny Way,' Seattle, who die- appeared from her home a few days ago. The identification was made by her husband and others who expressed the belief that she suffered from mental aberration. ' MENNONITES QUIT CANADA 123,000 Acres Bought by Sect in State of Mississippi. REGINA, Sask., June 24. Mennon- ites will leave their lands in the Swift Current district some time in July and will go to Mississippi, where they have purchased 125,000 acres, accord ing to a statement today by J. E. Friesen, administrator for the colony, Their present holdings will be sold for $5,000,000. They have paid $18 an acre for land in Mississippi. Colombia Sends Gold. SOUTHERN PACIFIC LOSES Kct lie venue for 1019 Is Cut Down $6,150,045, Company Reports. NEW YORK, June 24. Operating: revenues of the Southern Pacific com-J lead The Oregonian classified ada NEW TORK, June 24. Sent by Co lombian bankers to stabilise the ex change between their country and the United States, Jooo.uuo in united States gold coin consigned to variou American banking houses arrived here today from Kingston, Jamaica, and Central American ports. the proximity of their offices. "While we cannot prove it," said a prominent citizen here today, "for both are too foxy to make an oDen show of the fact, enough Oias trans-' pired to indicate that Townley and McKenzie reached an agreement on the division of control in this state. We are just pawns, our politics are run from St. Paul, either from the Endicott by Townley or the Mer chants by McKenzie. Power Dlviafon Siiffpected. "When Townley started in his pres- nt organization he realized that he could use McKenzie, who was at outs with the progressive wing and ready to seek any means to get revenge, eo he agreed with McKenzie to keep his hands offvof the national officer united States senators, national com mitteemen and federal appointments providing McKenzie would give him the right of way in state affairs. They declare that there is indirect evidence to justify this belief. When one realizes the attitude of opponents of each of these men and the estimate they place on each it is not hard to understand their convic tion on this matter. It also indicates the degree of control and its character under which Jsorth Dakota is and has been held There is no element lacking then for the growth of the non-partisan league, which arrived on the scene in North Dakota in 1916. with its glow ing picture of a political Utopia; it found a foreign people, on bleak prairies suffering from four long, hard years ot drought, who had been ruled for years by an absolute political boss of the old type, and preached at in season and out by populistic orators; had tried the Equity move ment and other panaceas with indif ferent success and were ready to fol- loy any leader who offered hope for better conditions. The following installments will tell of Townley and his start and with whom' he associated himself. SALMON CATCHES .GOOD Tack at Artoria Reported to Be Fully Up to Year Ago. ASTORIA. Or., June 24. (Special.) Good catches of salmon have been made by the gillnetters during the present week in practically every sec tion of the lower harbor. Several of the boats have averaged about 600 pounds a day each. About 11 seining grounds are in operation, but accord ing to reports their takes nave not been large, the majority of them do ing little more than paying expenses. Only a few of the companies are packing cold-storage fish, the great bulk of the salmon going to the can neries, and the result is that the canned pack is fully up to that of a year ago. Man Killed in Mill. ' HOQUIAM, Wash., June 24. (Spe cial.) Henry M. Kirchoff, millwright ALASKA. IS GOING AHEAD Territory Interested in Water Bill. Says Governor. SEATTLE, Wash.. June 24. "Alas ka is much interested in the water power bill signed recently by the president, for it means much new de velopment in various parts of the ter ritory," said Governor Thomas Riggs Jr., of Alaska, here today on his way to the democratic national conven tion in San Francisco. "All lines of business in Alaska are prosperous, he continued. One of the new industries is a pulp mill just installed at Port Snetishaw. There is considerable activity in mining op erations and just now a small gold strike on the Kuskokwim river, which parallels the Yukon on the south, is claiming some attention." tOO. 000. 000 fund being raised by the Northern Baptist convention, it was announced yesterday. The drive enJs this week. Injured Men Improving. ' ASTORIA. Or.. June 24. (Special.) The six men who are at the local hospital on account of injuries sus tained in the explosion on the steam er State of Washington are improv ing slowly and all are considered out of danger. . Baptist Drive rrogresses. 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