VOT.. LT XO 18 fi."Il Entered at Portlanxl (0-ot
' UL" I; 1 -V jXKJ. 10,OJO PoMofflce as. Second-C!a Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1920
PRICE FIVE CENTS
NAVAL JAILBREAKERSM
FALLS THREE
TWO AUTOS WRECKED;
MANY PERSONS HURT
ONE WOMAN BELIEVED TO BE
FATALLY INJURED.
WJJ CITY MILK PBOFIT-
FAMILY HELD AT BAY;
BURGLAR GETS $1000
.--".
PROWLER CAUGHT RAN SACK
ING HOME MAKES ESCAPE.
WOMAN ISK1LLED,
2 IN PLANE HURT
Ml
LEAGUE REJECTION
NOT HARDING'S AIM
Lead to Be Taken in Mak
ing Covenant Practical.
SHOOT TWO MARINES
IU DLUIM VVL.UI1L.OUni
DOUBLE AVERAGE
SEXTET RETAKEN 20 MILES
FROM JURE ISLAND PRISON.
FIRST PLANES TO LEAVE SAN
FRANCISCO AT 5:30 A. M.
Fall Near Kalama Ends
Flight to Portland.
PILOT IN FOG. HITS TREE
Mrs. Lee H. Scace, Centralia,
Loses Life in Crash.
SEARCHERS FIND CRAFT
T. r. Barnes ot Lakevlew, "Wash.
Driving Machine Crash. In
"Woods Starts Search.
KALAMA, Wash.. Sept. 6 (""pe
dal. ) An airplane flying from Ccn-
halia, "Wash., to Portland warccked
in tho heavily-wooded country six
miles north of Kalama last night
when tho machine struck a tree. Mrs.
Leo H. Scace. a passenger, wife of a
Centralia physician, was killed and
Guy D. Cooper, also a passenger, of
Centralis, suffered a broken leg and
severe internal injuries. V. P. Barnes,
pilot, of Lakevlew, Wash., was se
verely injured.
According to Pilot Barnes, the ma
chine ran into a fog bank and he be
came tost.
Residents of Kalama heard the
plane when it flew over town and at
tention was attracted to it when the
engine seemed to be giving trouble
and suddenly appeared to stop. A
moment later residents a few miles
north of Kalama reported that they
had heard a loud crash in the woods.
Searching parties were at once or
ganized and late last. night the plane
was found wrecked in the woods with
the dead and injured lying nearby.
Tho injured were brought here. The
body of Mrs. Scace was sent to Cen
tralia. AVIATOR MIST A KISS HEIGHT
Tree, Suddenly Looming Ahead in
I''og, Causes Crash.' -.
CKNTRALIA, Wash., Sept. 5. (Spe
cie;.! ...rs. Fontelle Scace, wife of
Dr. Lee A. Scace of this city, was
fatally injured and Guy Cooper, a
local' business man was seriously in
jured In an airplane accident between
Kelso and Kalama shortly after 7
o'clock' last night. F. P. Barnes, the
pilot, also was injured.
Mrs. Scace, and Mr. Cooper, with
Aviator Barnes left here yesterday af
ternoon for a trip to Portland and
when near Kelso, they ran into a fog
bank. Aviator Barnes believed .le
was 3000 feet in the air, but suddenly
a tree loomed directly ahead of the
airplane and the machine with its
three occupants crashed to the
ground.
Mrs. Scace sustained breaks in both
legs and suffered numerous other in
juries. She lived until about daylight
this morning. Dr. Scace was notified
here of the accident and left im
mediately in an automobile for Ka
Itma, where the injured people- had
been taken. He made the trip In
record time with Gus Kern as driver,
but did not arrive at his wife's bed
ride until after' she died.
Mr. Cooper was brought to , Dr.
Scace's hospital here.
The airplane fell near the home of
rancher who. It was said, carried
Irs. Scace several miles to a convey
ance which took' her to Kalama,
Besides a widower, Mrs. Scace is
survived by an infant son, one sister
and her mother. Her maiden name
was Waters and she had, lived from
infancy in southwest Washington.
Mrs. Scace's body was brought
here this morning.
W03IAN STARTING ON ..VISIT
Mrs. Lee Scace
Mother in
on Way to Join
Portland.
Mrs. ie bcace, centralia woman
who was killed when an airplane
crashed into a tree a few miles from
Kalama, was on her 'way to Portland
to join her mother, Mrs. E. M. Waters,
who waa visiting at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. H. N. Wallace, 785 East
Sixty-fourth street North, it was
learned yesterday. Only meager de
tails of the accident were received by
Mrs. Wallace, who was a cousin of
Mrs. Scace, and upon receipt of the
news Mrs. Waters left immediately
for Kalama.
F. P. Barnes, pilot of the plane, was
formerly of this city, although little
could be learned regarding him here.
He waa not connected with any of the
local airplane companies while here
and left some time ago for Chehalis,
from which point he had been operat
ing his machine.
MOVIE STAR KILLS SELF
v '
.Robert Harron Victim of Wound
Accidentally Inflicted.
NEW YORK, Sept. 5. Robert Har
ron, widely-known motion-picture ac
tor, died in. a hospital today from a
wound inflicted when he accidentally
1 shot himself Wednesday. He was un
packing a trunk at his apartment
here when a revolver which he was
taking from a coat pocket fell to the
floor and was discharged.
Harron, who rose from an office boy
in the David W. Griffith offices here
to btardom, was 27 years old. . .
Guards Are Overpowered, IHrearms
Seized and Dash to Mainland
Is Made ill Launch.
VALLEJO, Cat, Sept. 5 Six naval
prisoners who had seized rifles and
ammunition and escaped from the
Mare Island navy-yard prison early
today, after overpowering and kid
naping their guards, were captured
this afternoorw at Cordelia, 20 miles
from here, after a 15-minute fight
with a military posse of 25 men in
which two marines were shot, one
perhaps fatally.
According to reports to the Vallejo
police and the sheriff at :30 o'clock
this morning, the six men pounced
upon the two sentries on guard at the
prison and overpowered them. Equip
ping themselves with guns and car
tridges from the guardhouse racks the
men fled to a gasoline launch moored
at the small wharf connected to their
prison and with the two guards as
prisoners crossed the channel to
South Vallejo. Here one of the guards
was freed and he returned to the
navy-yard and sounded the alarm.
Three detachments were quickly
formed and the search started.
Late this afternoon, Sheriff McDon
ald at Suisun received a, report from
motorists that the six fugitives were
sighted resting on a bridge near Cor
delia. He passed the word to the
Mare Lsland yard and one of the
posses was dispatcfied-to the scene.
When the fugitives sighted their
pursuers they separated, three going
beneath the brilre and three into an
adjoining vegetable patch. From these
points they opcrmd a sniping fire on
the advancing posse. Two marines
fell at the first shots, one with a bul
let through the Bide, another shot
through the leg.
The detachment then went into
skirmish formation . and, opening a
brisk fire. sdvHncpH nn th. ftic-it
Cowed by this display, the six sur
rendered. ,
Three of the men" were awaiting
trial on serious charges.
WYOMING. JOINS FLEET
l". s. Warships Reported Half Way
(o Hawaiian Islands.
ABOARD U. S. S. NEW MEXICO,
EN ROUTE TO HONOLULU, Sept. 4.
(By Radio.) The Wyoming', flying
the flag of Rear Admiral McKean
this afternoon joined th? Pacifie fleets!
which this noon was half way to the
Hawaiian islands.
In the afternoon drill officers and
men engaged about deck at shuffle
board, handball, medicine ball and
running and boxing. The candidates
for the fleet's football team are be
ginning to limber up.
Steaming along at 12 .knots in
squadron formation, the Pacific flget
dreadnoughts were nearlng the trop
ics today. .Drills and .exercises were
suspended on the Sabbath and divine
services were held-on all ships.
CHILD HIT BY . AUTO
Louise Kautz, 5, Seriously Injured
by Car Driven by John Schafer.
Louise Kautz. 5 years old, whose
home is at 71'J atxty-rirst avenue
southeast, was struck by an automo
bile at Thirteenth and Morrison
streets early last night and seriously
injured. The child probably suffered
a fracture of the skull.
The automobile was driven by John
Schafer, 689 iTvlng street. Mr. Schafer
said the child ran directly in front
of his machine as he was driving
west on- Morrison street. She was
taken to St. Vincent's hospital. .
DARING ROBBER GETS $55
Filling Station Keeper Held Up
Under Glare of Lights.
One of the most daring holdups in
the city for some time occurred short
ly after 8 o'clock last night when
man walked into the Standard Oil
company filling station at the corner
of East Eleventh and East Broadway,
under the glare of the electric lights,
caused the keeper of the station. C
F. Derry, to throw up his hands, and
made away with $55 in cash. .
Policemen from the east side sta
tion were dispatched to the scene of
the crime.
OWNER ROBS RESTAURANT
Cashier and Chef, Asleep, Later
. . Make Report to Police.
CHICAGO, Sept. 5. Antonio Rakos
restaurant owner, robbed one of his
own restaurants tonight, when upon
passing it he saw both the cashie
and the chef asleep.
Several hours later the two em
ployes informed a policeman three
armed men had covered them and
taken the cash register.
"I could have carried off the coun
ters if they hadn't been nailed down,"
eald Rakos. "They're both fired."
FRUIT MEN WILL PROTEST
Meeting Called for Yakima to Take
Action Against Rates.
TAKIMA, Wash.. Sept. 5. Frui;
men of the entire northwest are to
be called together here within a
month to formulate a protest against
the increase in treight rates on fruit,
according to Secretary Soots of tho
Yakima commercial club.
The action will be taken to meet
the alleged claim of the railroad com
panies that Yakima is the only north
west fruit district making a protest.
STDR1ESTD PERTH
Alaskan's Skull Fractured
on Sidewalk,
TWO MEN AND WOMAN JAILED
Plunge May Be Due to Fight
-at Hotel Window.
VICTIM'S ' MONEY . GONE
Logger Arrives From Alaska With
$300 In Cash; $2 Is
Found in Pockets.
James Anderson, 37, dropped from
window on the third floor of the
Jerferson hotel. First and Jefferson
streets, at 6 o'clock last night and
sustained a fractured skull. He fell
on the sidewalk and died Instantly.
The police were unable to decide
offhand whether Anderson had fallen
from the window accidentally or had
been knocked out in tho course of
fight. Two men and a woman were
arrested and locked in the -city jail
pending investigation of the case:
The notice sav witnesses' of the
accident reported that Anderson
struck the pavement in the street
outside the sidewalk. They believe
that If he had fallen accidentally he
would have hit the sidewalk almost
directly below his window.
The tragedy attracted such a crowd
that tho police were obliged to order
the bystanders to move on. Firemen
under Captain Roberts, who saw An
derson fall, blocked the entrances to
the hotel until the police arrived to
question the Inmates of the build
ing.
Two men, one in shirtsleeves, ap
peared in the window after Anderson
fell, the police have learned.
30O Cash Id Roll.
The police have information to the
effect that Anderson arrived in Port
land from. Alaska September 3 -with
at least $300. Deputy Coroner Goetsch
found $2 in the pockets when lie
searched the body, and learned that
Anderson had $160 more on deposit in
the safe at the Matthiesen hotel, 204
Columbia street. The police last nigh
were trying to find out whether he
snent the remainder or was robbed
of it.
Anderson, who was a boilermaker,
logger and fisherman, had worked
around Portland for 10 years. He
came from Alaska with Charles Wahl
who had worked with him in the
fisheries.
Had f 100 on Person.
The pair registered at the Mat
thiesen hotel. Anderson left $200 with
the hotel manager -and kept at least
CConrlnriert on Pugg 3. Column 1.)
IT BEATS ALL HOW SOME PEOPLE DON'T CELEBRATE LABOR DAY
i ' ' IUwK ANuMON THE.
I T TT- I VOVJ KNOW
-.f-T ryZ-Jrp . 1 SCHOOL- OPENS '1
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Car Turns Turtle Near Salem and
Another Machine Crashes Over
Grade in Curry County.
SALEM, Or.; Sept. 5. (Special.)
Mrs. OE. Nebergall of 948 Congress
treet, . Portland, and her daughter.
Mrs. S. A. Kemp of Woodburn, are in
Willamette sanitarium here suffering
from cuts,"' bruises and possible in
ternal injuries sustained when an
autcmobllen which they were riding
turned, turtle on the Pacific high
way about three miles north of
Salem today.
Police who investigated the acci
dent said that an automobile driven
by William Barry of Seattle, was
passing the Nebergall machine In the
same direction when the driver of the
latter car became confused and lost
central of the vehicle. The car
swerved to the side of the road.
plunged into the ditch and over
turned. Mrs. Nebergall and Mrs. Kemp were
thrown out of their car, but not until
they were cut severely by flying
glass. A passing automobile brought
ho women to Salem and they later
were admitted to a hospital for medi
cal treatment.
The Nebergall machine was badly
wrecked.
BAN DON, Or., Sept. 5. (Special.)
An automobile accident on the Ban-don-Langlois
road, near the Bethel
ranch, today caused serious injury
to Mrs. A. S. Kohler, her two chil
dren and her sister, Mrs. Erie l'Jrick
son, and minor injuries to Mr. Kohler
and Mr. Erickson. All are residents
of Marshfield.
The party was coming up tho coast
when they turned out for an auto
mobile. Their car struck some sand,
a fi"ont wheel broke and the machine
turned over several times. Mrs.
Erickson sustained a fractured skull
and is not expected to survive. One
of the. children received three broken
ribs, the other several cuts and
bruises. All were taken to Langlois
where physicians were summoned.
EXTRADITION IS REFUSED
Hungary's Demand on Austria for
Communists Turned Down.
VIENNA, Sept. 5. The Austrian su
preme court has rejected Hungary's
demand for the extradition of com
munists wanted in connection with
the Hungarian dictatorship.- of Beta
Kun. . '
The court ruled mat the acts which
the communists are alleged to have
committed were a part of the legit
imate discharge of their government
al functions. '
SOCIALISTS' UNION SEEN
Groups in Spain May Unite More
Than 1,000.000 Laborers. .
MADRID, Sept. 5 Union of the so
cialist and syndicalist groups is very
likely soon to Become an accom
plished fact, it is indicated by social
ist newspapers. ,
This would gather into one organi
zation more than 1,000.000 working
men.
A "fcrW VMHEJS ffM , M
I
Trip Expected to Bo Made in 5 6.5
Hours From East, 6 0.5
Hours From Coast,
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5. Air mail
service between New York and San
Francisco will be inaugurated by the
postoftice department Wednesday.
The first planes will leave cacb
terminus at 5:30 A. M.. local time.
Complete plans and schedules for
the coast-to-coast service, announced
today, show that the mall planes from
New Tork to San Francisco are ex
pected to make the trip in 56 hours,
elapsed time, and the San Francisco
to New York planes in 0M hours
elapsed time. Mail sent by train from
New York reaches San Francisco in
about 100 hours and San Francisco
mail arrives in New York in about
96 hours.
The westward-bound air mail under
the summer schedule will leave New
York at 5:30 A. M. and arrive In Chi
cago at 2:30 P. M. and Iowa City at
4:08 P. M. Leaving Iowa City the next
day at 5:30 A. M., the mail will reach
Omaha at 8:45 A. M. and Rock Springs,
Wyo., at 5:52 P. M. Leaving Rock
Springs the next morning at 5:30 on
the last lap, Reno is to be reached
at 12:30 P. M. and the mail delivered
to San Francisco postal authorities
at 2 P. M.
' Eastward-bound mail under the
summer schedule will leave San Fran
cisco at 5:30 Av-M., arrive at ' Salt
Lake City at 2:51 P. M., and Rock
Springs at 4:37 P. M. The mail will
leavo-Rock Springs the next. morning
at 5:30 A. - M. and reach Iowa City
at, 6:21 P. M. The start on the last
lap from Iowa City will be made at
5:30 A. M. Chicago will be readied
at 8:05 A, M. and the mail turned
over to New York postal authorities
at 6 P. M.
The winter schedules are similar
except that starts ( from New York
and San Francisco will bo. made at
6:30 A. M. instead of 5:30 A. M.
Metal monoplanes with a cruising
radius of ten hours at 90 miles an
hour will be operated between New
York, and Omaha with a single stop
for gas at Chicago. Do Haviland-4
planes with four hours' fuel and oil
at SO miles an hour will be used be
tween Omaha and San Francisco. Sta
tions between the two termini will
be Cleveland, Chicago, Iowa City.
Omaha, North Platte, Cheyenne, Rock
Springs, Salt Lake City and Elko and
Reno, Nev. .
- Pointing out that Inauguration of
tho new service will extend the air
mall service over 1363 miles of new
territory, the postoffico announce
ment said: ,
"With the inauguration o'f trans
continental mail service there will
be at the service of the United States
military forces what is probably the
greatest system of regularly main
tained landing fields and facilities in
the world, a system, that will enable
the movement of air fleets from
ocean to ocean with large landing
fields and fueling and repair facilit
ies approximately every 200 miles.
"The trans-continental daily air
mail will be the most difficult fly
ing project yet undertaKen. Not only
has it required the working out ot
(Concluded on Page 3, Column 1.)
U. S. Margin Ms 1,77
Cents; Portland's 3.
REPORT COVERS ALL STATES
Statistics Are Furnished by
Fifty-Two Cities.
SOUTH'S PROFITS 6 CENTS
Wholesale for Majority of Com
munities ' Is 14.4 Cents;
Retail IS. 0 1 Cents.
Portland grocers during August re
alized on milk a gross profit which
was nearly twice as greaas the av
erage gross profit for tho rest of
the United States, according to a re
port issued by tho department of
agriculture.
The average margin established for
the country, according to the report
which was made from, statistics gath
ered from every state, was 1.77 cents
a quart.
Wholesale and retail prices in Port
land, however, were shown to be
below the average.
The marg-in under which most of
the retail stores have operated in
handling this "quick turnover'" com
modity has been 2 cents, judging by
the report, with here and there a
point at which the retail price over
the counter io the same as the whole
sale price paid" by the distributors,
and other points in .the south where
Lthe margin of possible profit runs as
high as 5 and 6 cents.
In submitting th figures, the de
partment of agriculture report sta'tes
that the prices are for bottled mflk
of standard vgrade. The wholesale
figure is that price which is paid
by the larger distributing companies
to the dairymen for the product de
livered to the distributing plant,
while the retail' price is that price
charged by "each and carry" stores
and by delivery stores to regular
customers.
Bfo CHy Ketall Price (ilrrn.
The report for Portland gives the
wholesale price as 13 cents, the fig
ure being for August, prior to the
recent rise. JVo retail 'figure is
given, supposedly because of the
variation shown here. During that
month, however, 15 cents a quart was
the accepted retail price, allowing
the dealer a margin of 3 cents for
handling the product, or considerably
more than that charged In most of
the other cities.
Talngk the 52 cities throughout
the country for which, reports were
given by the bureau of markets'
statement for August, it is found
that the average wholesale fig
ure is 14.14 cents a. quart, while the
average retail figure is 15.91 cents,
or an average margin of retail over
wholesale of 1.77 cents a quart.
The figures given in the govern
ment report, supplemented by a third
column prepared by subtracting the
first from the second column to show
quickly the margin of the retail over
the wholesale in each case, follow
Market point Wholesale Ret'l. Mar.
Ltlttle. xtOCK, ArK. 16. O
Los Angeles, Cal. ..........17.0
Denver, Colo. ....11.0
Hartford. Conn. 15.0
Miami. Florida 20.0
Augusta. Ga. .............14.0
Savannah. Oa. .' 20.0
Rocktord. III. 13.0
Indianapolis, Ind. .' 12.0
South Bend. Ind 12.0
KvanBvllle. Ind 14.5
Lies Moines 13.0
Topeka. Kan .' 13.0
Kansas City. Kan 13.0
Louisville. Ky 14.0
New Orleans 15.0
Fall River. Mass 14.0
Ietroit 13.0
20.0 . 4.0
18.0 1.0
12.0 1.0
17.0 2.0
25.0 5.0
20.0 8.0
25.0 5.0
14.0 1.0
14.0 2.0
14.0 2.0
16.0 1.5
15.0 2.0
15.0 2.0
15.0 2.0
16.0 2.0
17.0 2.0
16.0 2.0
16. 0 1.0
15.0 2.0
14.0 2.0
14.0 1.5
15.0 2.0
13.0 1.0
15.0 0.0
1S.0 2.0
17. 0 3.0
16.0 2.0
17.0 0.0
,14.5 1.5
16.0 0.0
16.0 2.0
20.0 4.0
15.0 3.0
16. 2.0
16.0 1.5
15.0 1.0
15. O 1.5
15.0 2.0
16.0 0.5
15.0 0.5
15.0 0.0
17.0 2.0
17.0 1.0
13. O 2.0
16.0 0.0
15.0 0.0
15.0 0.0
12.0 1.0
16.0 2.0
17.0 3.0
13.0 1.0
lj.O 1.5
Kalamazoo. Mich.
Bay City. Mich.
Minneapolis. Minn.
i:t.o
, 12.0
.. . 12.5
.13.0
12.0
13.U
16.0
14. o
14.0
17. 0
uuiutn. Minn. ......
Winona. Minn. ' ;
St. Lrfmis, Mo. .......
Atlantic City. N. J. .
Newark, N. J
Buffalo. N. Y
New 1 ork
Rochester, N. Y
Albany. N. Y
Syracuse. N. Y
Charlotte, N'. C
Fargo. N. I -. .
A kron, O.
Cleveland. O
Cincinnati, -O
Toledo. O.
Eugene. Or -
Pittsburg. Pa
Philadelphia, Pa. ...
Wilkes-Barre. Pa. ...
Newport. R. I. ......
Nashville. Tenn. . .. .
Salt Lake City; Utat
Richmond. Va. .....
Roanoke. Va. . . . . .t. .
Norfolk. Va
16.0
. . .14.0
lfl.O
12.0
14.0
14.5
. . .14.0
....13.3
13.0
.. ..15.5
14.5
15.0
15.0
16.0
11. ft
16.0
13.0
...15.0
Seattle. Wash. ill.O
Wheeling. W. Va. 14.0
Clarksburg. W. Va. Vw....l4.0
Milwaukee. Wis. ...12.0
Green Bay, Wis. 11.5
DRIVER KILLED,. ONE HURT
Car Goes Over Embankment; Vic
tim Is Son of Idaho Pioneers.
LEWISTOX, Idaho. Sept) 5. (Spe
cial.) Charles Jelm of Clarkston, 45
years old, was killed last night when
his auto plunged over an embankment
near' Lake Waha. George Weeks, a
prominent stockman of this section,
was seriously Injured.
The accident occurred about 9
o'clock'. George Wallace, proprietor
of the Waha store, heard the crash
and went to the scene. Mr. Jelm was
placed on a horse and carried to the
store, but he died soon after. . Mr.
Jelm is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John
Jelm of Clarkson, pioneers in the
i! Lewis
' Jelm
ston and Genessee country. Mr.
is survived by three young chil
dren.
Jewelry and Cash Taken in Flight.
Police . ' and Neighbors
'Search in Vain.
Jewelry valued at more than $1000
and a small amount of cash were
taken by a burglar from the home
of E. R. Morris, 710 East Twenty
second street north, yesterday. Mr.
and Mrs. Morns,' who returned to the
house after a-few minutes' absence
and interrupted the burglar, were held
at bay at the point of a revolver while
the thief made his escape.
Mr. and Mrs. Morris told the police
that they had just left the house
with their little girl for an automo-
. uiic trip wnen .Mrs. lorris renicm-
Hfred -that she liad left a i
u.u.i. '. . 1 .1 u L LI1U 1 1 U-: ... 1 .1 V J i.e.'.
not been gone more than 15 minutes,
but when they entered the house the
robber was . ransacking a dresser
drawer in the bedroom. Ho covered
them with a revolver, and, backing
out through the bedroom door, es
caped through a rear window.
A squad of patrolmen and excited
residents ot the district, armed with
rifles ' and revolvers, combed the
neighboring woods In an effort to
locate the burglar, bu except for a
discarded jewelry box and a few pieces
of silverware, dropped by the thief in
his flight through the woods, no fur
ther trace was found.
The burglar entered the house by
"jimmying" the wire screen from a
rear window. He had evidently in
tended to carry away clothing as well
as jewelry, as a suitcase belonging to
Mr. Morris had been hurriedly packed
with silk shirts and other articles of
clothing. All of the silverware was
recovered,, as fie thief left it scat
tered through the house and on the
ground in his flight.
Police believe that this "Sunday
burglar" Is the same prowler who has
been operating in the residential dis
tricts for several weeks.
NOVEL DIVORCE DESIRED
Ciirl Asks for Pre-Nuptial Separa
tion I'roni Sweetheart.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 5. (Spe
cial.) Barristers, judges and sweet
hearts, too, will be interested in the
latest court action on affairs of the
heart. Attorneys at the welfare legal
aid bureau yesterday afternoon first
became aware of. the latest judicial
prerogative. ' ,
"I want an engagement divorce,"
a young woman told an attorney as
she took a chair at his desk.
. "An engagement divorce?" he
gasped. "Will' you give me a little
legal instruction? Tell me, what Is
an engagement divorce?"
"Why,"' the client smiled, incredu
lously, "I have promised to marry
a young man and I want to be di
vorced from tho obligation, that's all."
MAN, 8 FEET 9, GETS LOST
Norwegian Welg-hing SOS Pounds
Is Helped by Chicago Police.
CHICAGO, Sept. 5. Johanne Aason
of Numidhon, Norway, who is 8 feet
9 inches tall and weighs 503 pounds,
walked Into a police station today
and confided that he was lost.
The police captain directed him to
his hotel. Aason is with a carnival
company and came here to buy
clothe.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 70
degrees; minimum. 59 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; westerly winds.
Foreign.
Plea of New Yora mayor for MacSwiney
ailenced by Lloyd George, Page 2.
Japanese shippers plan to increase com
petition with United States. Page 4.
German-Russian Dlot to defeat Versailles
treaty is reported. Page 3.
National.
Merchant marine declared in danger un
less publio reverses attitude. Page 15. ,
Domestic.
State department deaf to MacSwiney.
Page 2.
Air mail line from coast so New York to
tart Wednesday. Page 1.
Naval jailbreakers . shoot two marines.
Page 1.
Politics.
Cox names flve.-men for senate committee
hunting 15,OUO,000 slush fund. Page 3
Rejection of league of nations is not Hard
Inu'ii aim. -Page 1. .
Portland may get chance la vote on car
relief measures again. Page 4.
Testimony true. Hays raplles to Cox.
Page 3. -
Breach in ranks of Washington .demo
crats widened. Page 3.
Pacific Northwest.
Cut in. carfare doubted even ' If so-called
franchise burdens are removed. Page 4.
Many persons injured in two auto wrecks.
Page 1.
Woman Is killed, two men hurt when
plane bound for Portland falls near
Kalama, Wash. Page 1.
Sports.
Coast league results: San Francisco 1-1,
Portland 0-2; Vernon 1, Senttle 2 (17
inning): Sacramento 1-2, Oakland 2-3;
Salt Lake 8-5, Los Angeles 3-10.
Page 8.
Referee for Miske-Dempaey fight finally
selected. Page 8.
Chicago sport writers to probe alleged
gambling ring. Page 8.
Portland and Vicinity.
Family held at bay while burglar escapes
with 100O loot. Page 1.
Labor today will lay cornerstone for new
temple here. Page 16.
Wheat crop near record and export de
mand healthy. Page 15.
Log-cutting device eaid to make saving
of 10 per cent. Page 9..'
Agricultural college helps build up dairy
industry in state. Page 0.
Portland grocers make gross milk profit
double that of average for United
States. Page 1.
Errors by both capital and labor pointed
out by Dr. stansrieid in sermon.
Paee 16.
Senator boosts plan of divided st-ssion.
Page 15.
Oregon marketing methods studied by
national farm bureau party. Page 10.
Man falls three stories to dtath, Pag 1,
VIEWS GIVEN WICKERSHAM
Advocate of Pact Says Sena
tor Not Wholly Opposed.
RIGHTS TO BE GUARDED
Republican Has "o Expectation of
Kimllns It Necessary to c
Rotiate Separate Peace.
MARION, O., Sept. 5. After an ex
tended conference today with Senator
Hardinfr. George Wickersham. former
republican attorney-general and an
advoi-te of the league of nations, is
sued a statement declaring the repub
lican nominee would UjPt "wholly and
finally reject tho league, but would
take the lead in revising the covenant
and putting it in practical operation."
"The senator recognizes." Mr. Wick
ersham said, "that the league is so
interwoven with the fortunes of Ku
rope that its unobjectionable features
must be preserved to stabilize Euro
pean peace."
From Senator Harding there was no
expression on the subject, but it was
indicated that in the near future he
might make a public statement detail
ing his precise stand with regard to
acceptance of any portion of the cove
nant as it was written.
No Separate Peace Kxpected.
"When President Harding, workini;
in accord with a republican congress,
takes up the work of placing upon a
firm, just and sure foundation the re
lation of this country to the other na
tions of the world I am confident that
the logic of accomplished fact will
lead to the adoption of the league, so
modified as to remove all just doubts
as to its undue effect on Americun
rights and Interests." said Mr. Wick
ersham's statement.
"Senator Harding has recognized
this fact in the statement that he has
no expectation whatever of finding it
necessary or advisable to negotiate a
separate peace with Germany.' The
first effort of his administration ob
viously must be to obtain an agree
ment witli the parties to the treaty of
Versailles for its modification so as to
remove the objections of the Ameri
can government, and, that accom
plished, our acceptance of the amended
treaty will be the natural solution of
the international problem.
Cox ' Is Iftnored.
"No one will dispute Senator Hard
ing's insistence that the United States
may take the lead in revision, amend
ment or reconstruction and be able
to count on the cordial co-operation
of all nations concerned."
Senator Harding also refrained from
discussing the categorical questions
about the league which were ad
dressed to him by Governor Cox last
night in his Milwaukee speech. He
said he proposed to maintain his pol
icy of not engaging in a debate with
his opponent and would express his
views in his own way aa occasion of
fered. Italian Editor Pleased.
Another caller today was Oscar Du
rante, editor of L'ltalia, a Chicago
Italian daily newspaper. He talked
'with the senator about the Flume
question and said afterward he waa
satisfied that Mr. Harding would "ac
cord to Italian interests t le fair and
friendly treatment that has been de
nied under Wilson."
Tomorrow Senator Harding will de
liver a Labor day address here and on
Tuesday he will leave for Minnesota
to make his first speech outside Ohio
since his nomination. Plans provide)
for a call at Chicago on Major-Gen-
eral Leonard Wood.
COSMETICS TO WIN VOTES
Baltimore Republicans Credited
With Attempting Election Trick.
BALTIMORE. Sept. 5. (Special.)
A local newspaper is indebted to the
perspicacity of a correspondent for
a note of warning. Here it is:
"Mr. Editor: I have been informed
that the republican executive com
mittee in the city of Baltimore is
contemplating furnishing the voting
booths with mirrors, nose powder,
etc.. for the use of the lady voters,
and that this Is to be done at the.
last moment, in order to make it
appear that they are more thoughtful
of the comfort of he women folk,
than are the democrats. Have you
heard anything about such a ma
noeuvre? I 'don't like trickery, but
women are so . often fooled by just
such smooth confidence men."
Nobody had heard of such a plan,
but both political organizations are
now on guard.
PEACE RECRUITING HEAVY
Records for Army During August
Broken, Says Adjutant.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5. Army re
cruiting again broke all peace-time
records in August, according to a
rtatement tonight by Adjutant-General
Harris showing 19,242 enlist
ments. July enlislun-nts were 15,821.