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VOL. LIX NO. 18,00 -Entered a I Portland (Oregon) Postoffice ar Second-Class Matter PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1920 PRICE FIVE CENTS PORTLAND PROTEST GROCER; 55, SLAIN CLOTHING ORDERS CUT, WHOLESALE PRICES UP RETAILERS ARE OVERSTOCKED WITH FORMER PURCHASES. SHELL COMPANY ENDS GASOLINE RATIONING LET-UP TO SHORTAGE IX ORE GON INDICATED. SOVIET CAPITAL MESOPOTAMIA REBELS MENACE BRITISH RULE YOUTHFUL DIVER DROWNS IN PIPE MAY YET BE HEARD SHIPPING BOARD DECREE VIG OROUSLY ATTACKED. BY- AOTO ROBBER THRIVES ON LOOT AN ARCH V RIFE, GARRISONS INVESTED, RAILS CUT. REPUBLICANS FEAR LOSS OF SENATORS Leaders Awake to Tenu ous Grasp on Senate. . i WARNING GIVEN BY PENRSOE Majority in Danger Unless Harding Wins by Landslide. GRONNA ALREADY BEATEN JCorth Dakota Nomination Is Won by Non-Partlsan Lafollette llirting With Radicals. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington. D. C.-Aup. 20. Although feeling extreme confidence as to suc cess In winning the presidency, re publican leaders have awakened to the fact that the republican majority in the senate is in serious danger except in the case of a landslide for Harding for president. The warning recently Issued by Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania "to this effect has beer, taken to heart by the republican leaders, but up to this time no def inite action has been taken to stem the tide. The narrow margin by which the republicans now hold the senate is of so tenuous a character that it will 'not take much to change it from a repub lican to a democratic body. Senator LaFollette's flirtations with the rad ical group indicates he may not vote with therepubllcans in the next sen ate to organize that body, and he is waging a bitter fight againstr the re election of Senator Irvine Lenroot. If. La Toilette is victorious, his new colleague from Wisconsin will vote with him Gronna Already Defeated. Senator Gronna already has been defeated for the republican nomina tiontion for senator from North Da kota by Dr. E. F. Ladd, a non-partisan league candidate, whose repub licanism is regarded as of a doubt ful character. As the situation now stands, all of the senators from the territory east of the Mississippi river whose terms expire are republicans with the ex ception of those from Kentucky and Maryland. Chances for electing a republican senator from Maryland have been lessened recently by the Independent candidacy of a negro, for whom the negro republican voters are expected to vote. The chances of gaining a republican senator from Kentucky also are slight. Suffrage May Cause Defeat. Passage of the suffrage amendment 13 regarded as having Jeopardized the re-election of three republican sen ators from the eastern states. They are "Wadsworth of New York, Bran degee of Connecticut and Moses of New Hampshire. Tammany is con centrating on fie election of a dem ocratic United States senator and the state ticket in New York, and is re ported here to have grown lukewarm to Governor Cox, its personally se lected candidate for president, owing to his surrender to the president on the league of nations issue. Supporters of William G. McAdoo also are regarded as lukewarm to wards Cox, figuring that a republican president and -democratic senate would result in a one-term president and that McAdoo would then have his best chance four years hence to be elected president. In Connecticut, Senator Brandegee ha3 been a "bitter ender" on the suffrage question and it is now confi dently expected that Homer Cum mings, former democratic national chairman, will be a candidate In op position to him. Jumraings long has made a strong play for the feminine vote. In New Hampshire a bitter primary fight between Senator Moses and his republican opponent, former Governor Spaulding, is .endangering the chances of republican success in the senatorial fight n that state. Watson In Danger. Reports from Indiana show that Senator Watson, regular republican, is in danger of defeat. It is expected, however, that woman suffrage may help Senator Watson on account of the fact that former Boss Thomas Taggart, his democratic, opponent, is proprietor of French Lick Springs hotel and is champion of the 'wets." In Missouri, Senator Spencer is hav ing his troubles as the result of the ' fight growing out of the expenditure of money in the interest of Governor Lowden's campaign. He may be helped, however, by the attitude of Senator James A,. Reed of Kansas City on the league of nations issue. S moot to Have: Hard Fight. Following ihe defeat of Senator Gore for tne democratic nomination, republicans will make a fight for a senator from Oklahoma. The out ' come in both California and Colorado is doubtful. Senator Reed Smoot, republican, will have a hard fight In being re turned from Utah. He is opposed by J. H. Moyle, one of the assistant sec retaries of the treasury, also a Mor mon. The Mormon church ts said to favor the re-election of Smoot, but is supporting the democratic state ticket, a fact that makes the atti tude there very doubtful. Proposal to Put City at 3Iercy of Most Active Rival Rouses Local Business Men. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Washington, Aug. 20. Protests con tinue to come to Chairman Benson of the shipping board against the recent oi"der creating a northwestern op erating district and including Port land in that district under Jurisdic tign of a Seattle management. A more emphatic presentation could not be made. All are based on the theory that it will retard Portland's shipping de velopment to have her nearest and most active rival given the power of passing on what Portland shall or shall not do. It Is assumed that human nature in Seattle is at least normal in asking and taking. The Columbia river and Puget sound are intensely competi tive on a very large share of local business and have neatly the same railway connections, and for a Seat tle man to be made the court of first instance in saying what Portland should have surpasses the understand ing of the Oregon business men. The effect of any retarding of Port land's plans and aspirations in using and buying government ships is point ed to as a reason why the board should quickly ac. and give the Ore gon community every possible en couragement instead of imposing un necessary discouragement. Admiral Benson is confidently ex pected to establish a new district for Portland or leave the Columbia riv- .er In the California district, which is less competitive, although he yet refrains from making any prom ises to- this effect. MOSQUITOS FEAST ON ARM Army Of ficer Orfers "Ration" in Order to Get Specimens. CHICO. CaL, Aug. 20. (Special.) Letting a swarm of mosquitos make a meal on your arm is not the most pleasant kind of an experience, but that is Just what Lieutenant William C. Purdy of the United States public health service, in charge of mosquito research work here, did, and a mass of red welts on his right arm testi fies to the ordeal. The object of giving the mosquitos this free lunch was to obtain a num ber of egg-laying specimens for an experiment Purdy is conducting in the rice f ieldsvf .Pr. TV-B. CopeOtuiU. Purdy is attempting' to discover why mosquitos breed in some' rice fields and not in others. The free lunch on his arm was ne cessitated by the fact that the female mosquito lays eggs only after feasting on blood. John M. Thompson Shot While Sweeping Walk. ASSAILANT MAKES ESCAPE Dying Man Says Youth Did Not Get Anything. DEALER ALONE AT TIME Manufacturers Stimulate Buying by Representing 6 0 Per Cent of Woolens Can't Be Delivered. Highwayman Vanishes as if hy Magic None of Neighbors See Man Nor Machine. MASTODON MOLAR FOUND Root of Tooth Believed to Be First Unearthed in Olympics. ABERDEEN, Wash., Aug. 20. (Spe cial.) The root of a tooth six inches in length and eight inches in width, found on the south bank of Lake Quinault by Lawrence Green of this city, has been pronounced by experts of the Smithsonian Institution at Washington, D. C, to be a back molar of a mastodon and, as far as can be learned, is the only one so far found in the Olympics. They frequently have been found in other parts of the country. The root weighs between four and five pounds, and is in excellent preser vation, though.the tooth proper is al most wholly decayed. John M. Thompson, 53, grocer at East Forty-seventh and East Harrison streets, was shot under the heart and fatally wounded by a robber who at tempted to hold him up' while he was sweeping the sidewalk in front of his store at 10:10 o'clock last night. Mr. Thompson died after assertiisl that he had been shot by a small man who afterward drove off in an automobile. Residents of the vicinity -heard the shot and rushed from their houses. Several saw the dying man rolling on the grass and shouting for help. "A young fellow tried to hold me up, but he didn't get anything," said Mr. Thompson. The wounded man died after saying that he had resisted the robber and that his assailant had escaped in an automobile. Thompson Alone at Time. Mr. Thompson was alone on the premises when the robber accosted him. Russell Harrison, 362 East Forty-sixth street, had left the store after making a purchase a few min utes before. Mr. Harrison had Just reached his home when he heard the shot, and rar back. Neither in leav ing the store nor on returning did he see the robber. The highwayman made his escape as if by magic. Dozens of neighbors rushed from their hqmes in time to see Mr. Thompson trying to rise from the sidewalk, but none caught i grHntjKW f v-Tl-her robber ' or aoto mobile. 1 . The wounded man fell on the side walk close t the curbing. By his side was the broom with which he had been sweeping. Struggle Not Indicated. There were no signs of a struggle inside the store, and the police did not believe the robber entered the building at all. A box of small coins lay on the counter, and in the back SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 20. Orders by retail clothiers on their whole salers for the fall of 1920 are report ed to be only about 25 per cent as great as the early purchases last fall, while prices asked by wholesalers are higher than ever before. President Herman Frank of Los Angeles de clared in a keynote address today be fore the Retail Clothiers' association of California convention. Manufacturers pverstimulated the buying last year by representation that only about 60 per cent of the woolens ordered could be delivered, Mr. Frank said, whereas the deliveries actually averaged about S5 per cent. The result had been an overstock, he I explained, largely in the highest- priced mercha-.dise. Colonel Fred Levy, president of the National Retail Clothiers' association, urged the clothiers to go into busi ness for the sake of getting a square deal for themselves and said a com mittee from the national association was going to call on Senator Harding and Governor Cox to learn their opin ions regarding retailers. (Conc'uded on Page 4, Column 1.) STOLEN AUTO RECOVERED Machine of Albany Banker Found Hidden in -Washington. ALBANY, Or.. Aug. 20. (Special.) The automobile of E. D. Cusick, presi dent of the Cusick bank of this city, which was stolen from his garage a week ago last Thursday night, was found today hidden in a thicket near Roy, Wash. The message received here said that a representative of the sheriff's office at Tacoma had taken charge of the car,, but did not indicate what condition it was in. It Is not known here whether the thieves had abandoned it or had - hidden it pending a chance to sell it. If there are any clews, as to the identity of the robbers the officers have not revealed' them. ,. It is gen erally believed here that the car was taken by two men who had stolen an automobile at Junction City the pre ceding night and abandoned it w4ien it went into the ditch about eight miles east of this city. Pleasure and Business Cars as Well as Trucks to Receive Full Capacity Supply. f What may be taken as a forecast that the gasoline shortage is letting up in Oregon and may become a thing of the past at a not distant date was the action yesterday of the Shell Oil company announcing that all restric tions had been removed from the sale of its gasoline at filling s tat Tons in this city, and that henceforth drivers of both pleasure cars and business cars and trucks will be furnished with full tanks if they desire. Shell stations yesterday were fill ing full tanks, and the order will re main in effect until further notice. There was a supply on hand to meet a "reasonable" demand, it was an nounced by company officials. A Shell steamer, the Pearl Shell, left San Francisco for Portland yesterday morning, according to news received in marine circles. Although the local officials said they had no definite word as to the vessel's cargo, it was presumed to be gasoline, as the ves sel is one of the company's tankers The Shell price remains at 30 V4 cents a gallon. The other companies are maintain ing their rationing regulations, but the shortage situation was said to look considerably improved. The Standard stations were furnishing 20 per cent to pleasure vehicles, 75 per cent to commercial trucks, and 100 per cent to all emergency cars yes terday, while the Associated was fur nishing 50 per cent to pleasure vehi cles, and 100 per cent to trucks. Union Oil company restrictions were 75 per cent to trucks, and 50 per cent, to pleasure cars. These compa nies were maintaining a price of 29 cents a gallon. There was no indica tion that any of these three compa nies would lower the rationing bars for some days at least. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 20. All re strictions on the sale of gasoline to the public were removed by the Shell Oil company here today, followed by the announcement that the company expected to maintain this condition. Red Officials in Moscow Weil-Fed. OTHER CITIES ARE STRIPPED Outward Air of Prosperity De clared Only Mask. BUILDINGS NOT RAZED Most of Inhabitants, However, Ap pear to Be Chopping Wood for Winter. Boy Is Drawn 100 Feet Into Big intake. , BODY MANGLED BY SUCTION Last Plunge Taken to Bottom of River. Hit "O.OpO English and Indian Troops Are In Countrv 10,000 More With Artillery on Way. LONDON, Aug. 20. Fears are ex pressed here that recent events in Mesopotamia will involve Great Brit ain in a costly military campaign. Official reports show that the country is In a state of anarchistic rebellion against the British adminis-tration. particularly northeast of Bagdad and between Bagdad and Mohul British garrisons have been invested, rail ways cut and British officers mur dered. According to official accounts, the situation is much more serious than revealed in the official dispatches. Only tonight the India office issued a statement confirming the disaster to a British force in Mesopotamia last Sunday. It add3 that the wife of Mr. Buchanan, an irrigation officer, who was killed, was captured by the Arabs but is reported to be safe and bein well treated. Her child is believed to be with her. The news in the Bombay dispatch telling of the killing of the Britishers was the first intimation that Arab levies .were fighting on the side of Herbert Gels, 15-year-old son of Mr. the British. Already there are 70,000 j and Mrs. Charles Gels. 5S East Sal mon street, was drowned yesterday DOLLAR OFFER IS DENIED Workmen Said to Have Promised Lad Coin if He Tied Rope 12 Feet Below Surface. AVIATORS N EARING NOME Four Army Airplanes Now on Last Leg of Long Flight. FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aig. 20. The four army airplanes blazing a trail from Mineola, N. Y., to Nome, Alaska, left here at noon today for Ruby, their next stop. If weather conditions are favorable the aviators may continue their flight from Ruby late this afternoon, in which event they will probably reach' Nome, their destination, tonight. VENIZEL0S,F0ES ACTIVE Evidence of Plot to Restore Former King Disclosed. ATHENS, Aug. 20. Among the new arrests because of - the- attempj.. to r assassinate Premier Venizelos and the alleged plot to restore former King Constantine to- power, is that of Colonel Calomenopoulos, a leader of the nationalist movement. The investigation continues to pro duce evidence that at least some roy alists nere were aware tnat an attempt to assassinate the premier would be made, and that it was in tended simultaneously to overthrow the government, fire the arsenal and arrest or kill the cabinet officers. HE WILL HAVE A HARD TIME EXPLAINING HOW THAT HAIR HAPPENED TO BE THERE. British and Indian troops in Mesopo tamia and 10,000 or more with artil lery are on their way thither from India, but apparently many more such reinforcements will be required to re store order. The revolt is presumed to be against the methods of the British adminis of British political and military offi cers. Under the mandate in Mesopo tamia, Great Britain undertakes to establish local autonomy, and the Arabs complain that they are allowed no share in the administration. $20,000 -GROG USELESS Dry Agents Rule Neither House Nor Cellar Can Be Sold. CHICAGO, Aug. 20. George Griffin, millionaire Chicago sportsman, who died recently in California, left an estate valued at 11,500,000, Including $20,000 worth of liquor, it was learned today, when an inventory was filed. Griffin's estate recently presented a complex problem to federal author ities here. It was known that he had a well-stocked wine cellar. His house was offered for sale and fed eral officers were asked to rule as to whether the liquor could be in cluded in the sale, and if not, if it could be moved. They decided neither could be done. The inventory today listed 15 kinds of wine in the cellar. PORTLAND IN FIRST RANK City Is Ninth in United States for Postal Savings Deposits." OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, Aug. 20. Portland, Or., is the ninth city in the United States jn the amount of .its postal savings deposits and leads all of the cities west of Chicago, the postoffice de partment reported today. Portland's deposits are $1,741,734, Seattle 1,403, 83S, San Francisco 1,071,536 and Los Angeles J760.077. Milwaukee, Cleveland, Kansas City, St. Louis, Buffalo and Cincinnati all trail Portland. REPROOF GIVEN MANNIX Rome Directs Archbishop to Tone Down Political Exhortations: LONDON', Aug. 20. The consistory at Rome has directed to Archbishop Daniel J. Mannix of Melbourne, Aus tralia, a strong exhortation urging moderation in his treatment of Brit ish political questions. This was declared in a British mes sage from Rome today. t - ! J' 1 : t . ;i?l ' 1 A SZjz- JX-i.Y&rSSA t -Mv. . s,w, vy .'.v-Vi lit ft ft n iii ii li HO .- '." jin i i- ii ii ii in i I BOY DIES OF GUN WOUND Rifle Accidentally Discharged as Youth Crawls Under Log. TILLAMOOK, Or.,' Aug. 20. (Spe cial.) Rudolph GriestT 15 years old, accidentally shot himself in the fore head between the eyes while hunting Wednesday. He died here late Thurs day. Mr. McClellan, fire warden, accom panied the boy. When they were near Skookum lake they stopped to fish. Griest leaned his rifle against a log while he crawled under. In reachihg back for. the rifle it was dislodged ami discharged. 1 The parents and small sister took the body to Kansas Thursday night. HELSINGFORS, Aug. 20. (By the Associaed Press.) Of all the cities a traveler sees In crossing Russia, Mos cow seems to present an appearance the nearest to normal. The whole country contributes to its upkeep. From 3 far east as Irkutsk shelves of shops have been stripped of sup plies and manufactured articles, while even the household good: o well-to- do individuals have been shipped to tratlon, which ls wholly In the hands me soviet capital ana tne city nouses also the war booty taken by the bol shevik! after they occupied Siberia. During a brief stop In the city, whence he was deported to Finland because of making a trip across Rus sia from Vladivostok without advance soviet authorization, the Associated Press correspondent was particularly impressed by the busy aspect of the thoroughfares. Pedestrians Well Dressed. Upon entering Moscow one iiDte3 immediately" the apperance on the streets of a large number of well dressed pedestrians. There -also Is an animated traffic of 6treet cirs. automobiles and carriages. Only a few stores are open, there being block after block of dirty shop fronts, long used in the past tor posters of bolshevik . propaganda. Markets and. bazaars are open and it is possible In such, places to buy a great variety of food, including meat, white bread, fruits and sugar. Many reports of the condition of Russian cities are exaggerated. One, to the effect that Moscow's trees have been cut down and wooden buildings razed certainly seems untrue. Yet Moscow, like the entire country from Irkutsk to Petroerad, ls in a frenzy of wood-chopping in preparation for winter. Officials Probe Visitors The picture of Moscow which an American correspondent sees is a cen sored view obtained while being pi loted about by a bolshevik interpreter. Without this attendant, the .corre spondent could not leave the bolshe vik guest house. The officials con tinually probe visitors for their im pressions. It is apparent that behind the curtain of appearances is the real Moscow. The well-dressed persons appearing in the streets, it is said, are seviet oiricers and commissars and their friends or favorites, who have-been permitted to requisition the supplies remaining in Moscow or being sent in from Siberia and other reclaimed .districts. The bazaars give a fairly genuine . Insight into the -real life of Moscow. mere a thousand speculators, made up of soldiers, workmen and women, daily risk arrest for trading in sup plies other than the black bread, soup and cooked grain which the govern ment issues. Officials Eat Plentifully. Prices preclude purchases, except by speculators and by those earning more than 3000 to 5000 rubles, month ly, the amount which the bolshevikl pay workmen. In these markets the American 'dollar brings from 2000 to 3000 rubles. (The comparison with the American dollar's value apparently pertains to the paper ruble.) While the masses of the people struggle to obtain a daily supply of food, the extra-rationed classes of government officials eat plentifully of white bread and meat. The problem of obtaining food has become a chief concern to the cities. Garden-grown potatoes and cabbages are expected to make the populous centers partially independent of the country for supplies this winter. FIVE SOCIALISTS RENAMED Legislators Ousted From Seats to Fight for Re-election-. NEW YORK, Aug. . 20. The five socialist assemblymen ousted from the state legislature have been re nominated and will fight for re-election at the special elections Septem ber 16, It was announced here to night. The committee of 48 will support the socialist ticket in the districts represented by the ousted assembly men, declared Julius Gerljer. secretary-treasurer of the committee. CALIFORNIA CITY LOSES Revised Census of Eureka Gives 12,923 Insteacfof 13,212. WASHINGTON. Aug. 20. Census figures announced . today are as fol lows: , Rutland, Vt., 14,954; Increase, 1408 or 10.4 per cent. Martinsburg, W. Va., 12,515; In crease, 1817, or 17 per cent. , Eureka. CaL (revised). 12,923; pre viously announced, 13,212. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS still have chance in LLOYD GEORGE IN DANGER Swiss Police Discover Plot Against Life of Premier. LUCERNE, Switzerland, Aug. 20. The Swiss police have taken measures to protect the British premier, David Lloyd George, declaring they have discovered a plot against his life. The police claim to have the plotters under supervision inGeneva. Mr. Lloyd George and his party re mained indoors today. The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 91. degrees; minimum, bu.o . uegrees. TODAY'S Fair and warmer; northerly winds. rorrljrn. Folrs enter Brest-LltovsK ana General Wrangel wins In south. rage J. Moscow thrives on loot. Pace 1. Mesopotamia rebels against British rilte. Page 1. rolitlcs. Republicans fear loss of control of senate. Page 1. Harding keeps eye on world court plan. Page 4. Foes of suffrage Tennessee. Page National. Oregon ls placed In ninth corps area. Page 3. Portland business men roused over ship ping board's latest decree. Page 1. Iomestic. Wholesale clothiers boost prices and re tailers cut orders. Page 1. Three receivers named to handle Ponzl's affairs. Page a. , . Pacific Northwest. Washington republicans open war on non partisans. Page 14. State survey shows 4600 Japanese eon trolling 10.500 acres and owning busi ness worth 8G0.000. Page 5. Rail freight increase will retard road building in Oregon. Page 9. Forest fire starts in ' Bull Run tract. Page 3. Ruler of Klkdom guest atVancouver con vention. Page 11. Roopevelt advocates "adequate" defense. Page 10. Simon Benson collides with mall carrier. Page 13. Reclamation confab starts at Butte. Put 10. Franklin Roosevelt to speak here tonight. Page 10. Commercial 'and Marine. Bulk of wheat shipments from Interior re ceived at Portland, rage i. Germans are buying wheat at gulf porta. Page 19. Gains in Wall street stock list are In creased. Page 19. Twelve steamships to date chartered to take new-crop wneai out ol roruano. Page 14. Sports. Chapman's funeral held in Cleveland. Page 13. Pacific Coast league results: Portland 2. Oakland 11: San Francslco 1, Salt Lake 0- I-os Angeles 4. San Francisco, 1; Se attle 4. Vernon 3. Page 12. Foss of Cornell breaks world nolo vault record at Antwerp. Page 13." Portland and Vicinity. Pipe sucks boy diver to-death. Page 1. Sbell company ends gasoline rationing. Page 1. Cornelius Vanderblit. Jr., "richest reporter in world,", is Portland visitor. Page 8 Non-partifan league to begin organization - work in Oregon soon. Page 4. Young outlaw who robbed three tax driv ers to face grand jury. Page 11. Police officer C. F. Parks dismissed from narcotics squad. Page 4. Milk controversy rests with consumers, according to distributor. Page 8. Grocer, rr, is slain by youthful auto rob ber. Page 1. morning while bathing, as a result of being sucked Into the huge intake pipe of the Portland Railway, Light & Tower company's power plant in the Willamette river at the loot of Lincoln street. The boy, who was a carrier for The Oregonian, had just made an attempt to dive to the bottom at the place were the pipe lay, and his body was drawn up the pipe a distance of 100 feet by the powerful suction of water. The body was recovered late yes terday afternoon after men of the harbor patrol and workmen had worked all day in the effort and the entire pipe had been taken. to pieces. The body was badly mangled. It was turned over to the coroner's office. Coroner Smith announced last night that the drowning would be further investigated today and an Inquest probably woulfl bg held. Luck Tried at Hiving. Geis and two companions, Glenn Brown, 14, of 121 East Fourteenth street, and Paul McNemar, 14, of 236 Glenn avenue, had been fishing on the dock during the morning. Not having much luck fishing, the Geis boy finally decided to go in swimming. The boT Is said to have been swim ming around for some time and had made several dives before the fatal accident occurred. Just before the fatal dive he is sale! have declared he would hit bottom that time. When the boy failed to come to the surface again H. Turley. engi neer at the plant, was notified, and J. L. Sayer, operator, shut off the water. An effort was then made to recover the body by forcing water out through the pipe. This, however, proved unsuccessful. Geis was a strong swimmer and an excellent diver. The intake pipe where he was diving is about 12 feet under the water at that point. The place was not frequented by swim mers owing to the tradition among the boys that there was a dangerous suction there in the vicinity of the pipe. It was for this reason that Geis' two companions refused to go in with him, they said. Police Inspector Morack was in vestigating a report last night that workmen on the intake had offered the boy a dollar to dive down and put a rope under the pipe. This was denied by workmen at the place and by R. R. Robley, operating engineer for the P. 15... L. & P. company. On the contrary, Mr. Robley said yesterday that workmen had done everything in their power to get the boys to go away from the vicinity of the pipe and confine their swimming to another part of the river. He said that the police had also been asked to co-operate in keeping the boys from swimming at that place. Companion Tells of Offer. Paul McNemar, one of the boys who was with Geis at the time, ls said to have declared that workmen made the boy the offer of the dollar pro viding he put the rope under the pipe. This offer, he ls said to have declared, spurred his companion on to make repeated dives in the effort to gain the bottom. Herbert Geis was born in Portland and was a student of the Buckman school. His father is a stockholder in the Royal bakery. The. pipe into which the boy's body was drawn is 14 inches In diameter and is one of several used in obtain ing water for the station L condens ing plant to generate electricity. The boy's body was drawn in with such force that the suction tore an arm away and badly mangled him about the limbs and trunk. There was also a huge gash across the forehead. Water Flovr Stopped. The body, wedged in the pipe as It was, partially stopped the flow of water through the huge Intake. When the call came to shut off the flow of water in the huge pipe Oper ator Sayer threw the switch which threw the load from the electric con densers to the city power lines. This relieved the pressure in the pipe, but at the same time, it was declared, endangered burning out the entire east side electrical service. It was some time before the boy's body was located in the pipe, and for this reason the work of recovering it was delayed. It was at first thought that the body might be found in the river near the pipe. City Grappler Brady grappled about the intake. It was only after the pipe had been takn apart that the body was finally found. Coroner Smith said last night that tCoiicluucd on 1'ase 3, Column 2.