VOL. LIX NO. 18,6G8
Entered at Portland Oregon;
Portoffic as Swon1-C!aw Matter
PORTLAND, OREGON; THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1920
PRICE FIVE CENTS
novo Anm n cuino I
RACIAL EQUALITY
VIOLATION OF TREATY
BY CUTTER IS DENIED
IRMASIEXT OX TJ. S. VESSEL
HELD TO BE LEGAL, t
HARDING WILL MAKE
2 TOURS IN OCTOBER
EIGHT FORMAL SPEECHES ARE
TO BE OX PROGRAMME.
COX IKING FIGHT
MILLERAND IS CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OF FRANCE
IS
TO HARDING OR COX
L -OF JAPAN
T
YVATKIXS WILD QUIT IF 'OM
IXEES WILL BACK PARTY.
OPPONENTS VOTE FOR PRE
MIER TODAY OR XOT AT ALL.
BRAND
CAMPAIGN TRAIN
DF'GDX WRECKED
Governor and Official
Party Badly Shaken Up.
WITHOUT
BURNED
SPREADING RAILS HELD CAUSE
Four Forward Cars Ditched.
: Engineer's Leg Broken.
SINISTER RUMOR HEARD
farmers Declare Man Seen Run.
uius From Point of Disaster
Before Special Arrived.
PHOENIX. Ariz., Sept. 22. Gov
ernor Cox's presidential campaign
train was wrecked about 4:30 o'clock
today, 14 miles north of here, while
cn route to Prescott, Ariz.
The democratic presidential candi
date and his party were badly shaken
up when an engine and four cars of
the special train were ditched, but all
escaped serious injury. The most
seriously injured was Charles A.
Nicholas, engineer of Prescott, one of
whose logs was broken when he
jumped from his cab as his engine
toppled over.
Spreading; Rails Arc Canse.
Spreading rails were assigned by
railroad men as the cause of the
wreck. Which compelled the governor
and his party to return here tonight
and cancel his evening address at
Prescott. His future Itinerary also
was upset.
The accident happened a half-mile
out of Peoria, a village on the Santa
Fe railway. After Governor Cox de
livered several speeches here the train,
consisting of six cars and drawn by
two heavy engines needed for the
upgrade to Prescott, left here at 4
o'clock. About a half hour later, while
running at a speed estimated at be
tween 35 and 40 miles an hour, the
train jarred suddenly as if In col
lision and then application of the
emergency brakes, bumping over
broken rails and ties" and careening -
of cars told passengers the story.
For Car Ditched.
The four forward cars were ditched,
the governor's private car. the Fed
eral at the rear and the adjoining
compartment car of newspaper men,
except for Its forward truck, remain
ing on the rails.
A baggage coach jumped the track
about 15 feet and turned over on its
eide. Two passenger coaches and an
other compartment can behind also
slewed 10 feet or less from the track
and partly toppled over. The first
engine of the double-header. Engineer
Sutton of Prescott said, left the rails
first and then jumped on again. But
the second engine toppled over amid
a cloud of escaping steam. The ten
der of the forward engine also fell
over, while the first passenger coach
ran the length of the overturned bag
gage car and jammed Its forward end
Into the trucks.
All of the passengers on all cars
ere thrown topsy-turvy. Some re
celved bruises and cuts from flying
glass. In the rush for escape sev
eral women passengers in the coaches
were put through broken windows.
Cox la Dlnina: Boom,
a Governor, Cox was in the dining
room of his private car going over
papers with Dr. Robert C. Gold
smith, his assistant on the league of
nations question, when the crash oc
curred. "What's that" he shouted, rising to
his feet to be thrown heavily across
the car into a steel wall. He was
shaken up, but rushed out to assist
the Injured and soon was nonchalant
ly viewing the wreckage, smoking his
pipe and waiting for a wrecking train
to arrive and take him back, to
Phoenix..
Of the passengers, including sev
eral of the local reception committee
of Prescott and Phoenix. Judge Bol
linger, Kingman. Ariz., of the Mojave
county court, suffered a bruised leg.
Scverl others had cuts and bruises
and torn clothing. Personal effects
of all members of the train were
scattered and broken.
i
First Aid Is Give.
Charles Nicholas, the engineer, was
taken to Phoenix in a passing auto
mobile, and first aid was given to
several others. Philip Ation, Prescott,
brakeman, who was alone in the bag
gage car when it turned over, suffered
scalp lacerations. The fireman on
second engine was unable to jump
and crawled from the wreckage with
out a scratch.
That Governor Cox escaped Injury
was due. it was said, to delay In a
conference yth the Prescott recep
tion committee. J. J. Sinnot, repre
senting the democratic national com
mittee on . the campaign trip, and
Chairman Norris of the Prescott com
mittee, were en route to the private
car to get the governor to go forward
to the first coach, where the recep
tion committee was riding when the
crash came. Most of those bruised or
Injured were In the forward coach.
Sinister Humor Heard.
The railroad track was torn up for
a distance of from 300 to 400. feet
with bent rails', broken ties and glass
strewn about, even In an adjacent cot
ton field. Railroad officials were
unanimous In declaring that a sprcad-
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Telegram to Both Candidates Asks j
That They Pledge Themselves
to Enforce Volstead Act.
WASHINGTON", .Sept 22. Senator
Harding and Governor Cox were
promised today by Aaron S. Watkins,
prohibition party's candidate, that he
would withdraw from the race if
either of them pledged his support
to the dry programme.
Mr. Watkins" " announcement was
made In a-n address before the Inter
national congress against alcoholism.
He said later that he would embody
his proposal In telegrams to the can
didates. "I ask only two things of the other
candidates," Mr. Watkins told the
congress. "Whenever any one of them
pledges himself to enforce the 18th
amendment and enforce the Volstead
act, if elected, and to use all of his
power and Influence to retain them
as a part of the nation's law, I will
agree to ask our national committee
to release me from the ticket."
The assertion followed a series of
Inferential as well as direct state
ments by speakers that the prohibi
tion party might be the causo for
overturning the
congress through
frage votes from
dry majority in
defection of suf
"known" dry can-
dictates.
P. A. Baker, general superintend
ent of the Anti-Saloon league, precip
itated a near clash by an address
the trend of which was an appeal
for all prohibition workers to sup
port the dry candidates on the major
tickets and thereby avoid possibility
of anti-prohibitioniste being elected
locally.
At the conclusion of Mr. Baker's
speech, Mr. Watkins hurried to the
platform and made- his declaration.
The prohibition nominee asserted he
was "fighting for a cause and not
for a party and when that party
stands in the way, I will hurry to
my national committee and say "let's
dissolve this party for all time.'"
POSTOFFICE SAFE LOOTED
Letha, Idaho, Reports Loss of
$17.55 to Government.
BOISE. Idaho,, Sept. 22. (Special.)
The postofflce, safe at Letha, Idaho,
was dynamited early this morning and
approximately $40 In money, $7.55 in
money orders and $140 of store money
taken. The 'postoff ice is in the Bat
tan store. Allen W. Newell is post
master.
r"prying off the front door of the
store, tne roDDers gained an easv en
trance. The safe was expertly scTaped,
and a charge of dynamite "shot" Into
It. The Inside of the safe was a wreck.
Nothing outside of the strong box was
damaged. The clock in the store
stopped at 1:25, it Is supposed from
the force of the explosion, and it is
believed that is the time the robbery
took place. A postoff ice inspector has
been summoned.
GUAM WHISTLES 10 DAYS
Parade Celebrates Removal of Gov
ernor; Orders Revoked.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 22. A whis
tling parade featured a celebration at
tho island of Guam, 1000 miles east of
the Philippines, marking the removal
of the naval governor. Captain Will
iam W. Gilmer, the officer who
banned whistling there, according to
passengers on the transport Pensa
cola from Manila nd Guam.
The anti-whistling order and some
150 others Imposed by Captain Gilmer
were cancelled by the new governor,
Captain L C. WettengeL The c.e1jfcra-
tion lasted ten days.
MICHIGAN FRUIT ROTTING
Product Worth Half Million Re
ported Going to Waste.
CHICAGO, Sept. 22. A half million
dollars' worth of the greatest fruit
crop Berrien county, Michigan, has
grown in flva years lies rotting on
the ground, four hours from Chicago,
by boat or rail.
This estimate was made by expert
growers to an investigator for the
Chicago Daily News, which today pub
lished the story. Men interviewed
declared the crop of peaches, pears,
apples, plums arid cantaloupes to be
worth from JS.0O0.000 to $10,000, 000,
$70,000 TIMBER BURNED
1,500,0 0 0 Feet of Yellow Pine
Killed in 2 500-Acre Blaze.
BEND, Or, Sept. 22. (Speclal.)-
Tliat the forest fire in the yellow pine
belt near Kox butte burned over 2500
acres and killed approximately 1,500.
000 feet of high-grade timber, worth
over $70,000, was the statement today
6"f Forest Supervisor Plumb, who re
turned last night from the scene of
the conflagration.
A cruise will be made shortly to
determine the exact amount of the
loss.
SLEEP ADDED TO COURSE
Tired School Children Should Go to
Bed at Noon, Says Doctor.
SPOKANE. Wash., Sept. 22. Sleep
is to be added to the courses offered
in Spokane's public schools, accord
ing to Dr. J. E. Drake, school physi
cian, who believes an hour's sleep
should be provided at noon, for tired
children.
An effort to obtain the necessary
blankets from the city health depart
ment failed today as all blankets pur
chased during the influenza epidemic
are held In readiness for another ou
break this winter. .
Question to Be Pushed in
League of Nations.
ANT1-U. S. SPEAKER SILENCED
American Militarism Is De
nounced as Threatening.
SITUATION HELD STRAINED
Defeat of Nipponese in California
Declared Equivalent to Defeat
in China and Cores.
TOKIO, Sept. 22. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The Japanese govern
ment as a result of yesterday's meet
ing of the cabinet, will, in tihe first
place, vigorously pursue the negotia
tions concerning American anti
Japanese legislation and, in the sec
ond place, will pirsh firmly the ques
tion of racial equality in the league
of nations conference, according to
the Hochi Shlmbun today. These de
cisions will be considered further at
today's meeting of the diplomatic ad
visory council, the newspaper Bays.
The labor unions, in conference here
today, adopted resolutions pledging
"harmonious co-operation . with the
Japanese laborers of California in
their insistence upon their lawful
rights." The resolutions were cabled
to the California labor associations.
U. S. Militarism Denounced.
At a public meeting In the T. M.
C. A. hall here today Representative
Kodama spoke on the subject "An
American-Japanese War." He dt
nounced American militarism, saying
that as long as -a threatening nation
existed beyond the Pacific Japanese
naval expansion cannot be dispensed
with. Police interfered and silenced
the speaker.
A graduate of Columbia university.
New York, M. Osako. wh6 followed
Representative Kodama at the Y. M
C. A. hall meeting, attributed the antl
Japancse sentiment in the United
States to racial cniierences. e oe
dared that the whites were oppress
ing the colored races. Japan was the
only country strongly opposing white
oppression. M. Osako asserted, and
therefore had Incurred the hatred uf
the Americans. The Japanese, he
added, must strongly be determined
to meet any serious consequences fol
lowing the serious anti-Japanese
movement prevailing in America.
Japan to Insist on Mandate.
The Hochi Shlmbun says It thinks
the negotiations with the United
States hinge on whether the so-called
gentlemen's agreement Is revised and
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Waters of St. Lawrence Policed to I
Prevent Liquor Smuggling.
Canadians Make Protest.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 22. The Unit
ed States coast guard cutter Chllll
cothe, which is cruising on the St.
Lawrence river, carries no armament
which would violate provisions of the
treaty with Great Britain concerning
armed vessels on the waters between
the United States and Canada, Com
modore Reynolds, commandant of the
coast guard service, said today.
The Kingston, Ontario, branch of
the army and navy veterans protested
yesterday to the ' Canadian govern
ment that the Chlllicothe carried
mounted guns lc "direct violation oi
the treaty between the United States
and Great Britain."
Assistant Secretary of tho Treasury
Shouse. in charge of customs, issued
a statement saying the presence in
the St. Lawrence river of the Chllli
cothe furnished "no occasion for pro
test or concern."
"The Chlllicothe." he said, "is an
SO-foot tug recently sent to Ogdens-
burg. N. Y., which waa for many
years regular headquarters for a
coast guard vessel. I am Informed
by the commandant of the coast
guard that the Chlllicothe is not
armed and is simply doing usual
oast guard duty, with especial ref
erence to recruiting."
OTTAWA, Sept. 22. Official Ottowa
feels no apprehension over the re
ported appearance of the American
cruiser Chlllicothe in the St. Law
rence river with mounted guns, Jt
waa learned In well-Informed circles
today. -
Armament of vessels in the SL Law
rence is limited by the Rush-Bagot
convention to an 18-pounder cannon,
now entirely obsolete.
WHEAT IS UNTHRESHED
50 Per Cent of Grain Remains In
Fields Due to Rains.
WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Sept. 22.
(Special.) Thirty per cent of the
wheat in the valley Is still unthreshed
and only about 50 per cent of the
grain Is safely In the warehouses, ac
cording to farmers In the city today.
Continued raine are making the farm
ers pessimistic and there are no Indi
cations thai threshing can be re
sumed for several days
Employing printers of southeastern
Washington will hold a district con
vention here Monday, it waa an
nounced today by Emerson Wheeler
of iSValtsburg, chairman of ttre meet
ings Matters pertaining to business,
cuch as labor, printing material and
cost of paper will be discussed.
U. S. BANKER IS PROMOTED
Cleveland Man Becomes Member of
Federal Board.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 22. D. C
Wills of Cleveland was appointed a
member of the federal reserve board
today by President Wilson.
Mr. Wills formerly was chairman of
the board of directors of the Federal
Reserve bank atf Cleveland.
Trip to Pacific Coast Is Put Aside
Indefinitely While Campaign
Is Being Planned.
MARION, O., Sept. 2S. Two speak
ing . trips, circling the middle west
and dipping as far south as Ten
nessee, are to be made by Senator
Harding during the first half of
October. '
1 Under plans completed today at
least eight formal addresses will be
delivered and It Is expected that la
addition the republican nominee will
make impromptu speeches In cities
where ehort stops are scheduled.
During the latter half of the month
other cities are to be visited, but
the complete itinerary for that period
has not yet been arranged. It was'
Indicated here that two swings an
nounced today would probably con
stitute the longest journeys to be
taken and that proposals for a trip
to the Pacific coast had been defi
nitely put aside.
The first of the two trips taking
the nominee across the middle west
will begin a week after his return on
September 29 from his excursion Into
Maryland, West Virginia and Ken
tucky. . Leaving Marion on October 6,
he will speak at Des Moines, la., dur
ing the forenoon of October 7. at
Omaha, Neb., that evening, at Kansas
City. Mo., on the evening of October
8 and at Oklahoma City on the even
ing of-October 9.
After a stop of only a few hours
here he will depart again on October
12, speaking at Chattanooga. Tenn..
October 13; at Louisville, Ky., October
11; at Indianapolis, October 15 and at
SL Louis. Mo., October IS. All of the
set speeches on thia trip are to be
delivered In the evening.
SAFE SHAVING IS SOUGHT
Sterilization to Prevent Anthrax
Urged in Montana.
HELENA, Mont., Septl 22. Steril-
izatlon of every new shaving brush
purchased in Montana la urged by the
state board of health as a precau
tionary measure against contraction
of anthrax.
The warning followed determina
tion of the cause of death in Butte of
Pat Sullivan, a miner. Sullivan was
taken tova hospital suffering with
anthrax two days after using a new
shaving brush. He died from the dis
ease within a few days, and since that
time efforts to trace the cause of the
Infection led to the shaving brush
being the connecting link, according
to attending physicians in a letter to
the state board of health received sev
eral days ago.
COAL SUPPLIES PROMISED
Xeeds of All Consumers, Big and
Little, Are Assured.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 22. All wants
of coal consumers, big and little, will
be adequately met before winter
sets In.
The National Coal association made
this announcement tonight in a state
ment reviewing the coal situation.
AN ARRANGEMENT.
Democratic Party Lead
ers Ready to Quit.
LACK OF MONEY MAIN REASON
Proposal to Close Headquar
ters Seriously Considered.
CAMPAIGN PERSONAL ONE
Substantially Whole Burden Rests
Sqnarely on Shoulders of Can
didate, Says Mark Sulivan.
BT MARK SULLIVAN.
(Copyright by the New Tork Evenlas Post,
Inc. Published by Arrangement.)
NEW TORK. Sept. 22. (Special.)
The financial condition of the demo
cratic national headquarters here
could be described in terms that
would be sensational If one chose to
treat it in that way. It Is a fact that
within the past two weeks at a full
meeting of the national finance com
mlttee a proposal was seriously con
sidered to close the doors of the
democratic national headquarters and
quit. ' j
The same proposal has been re
peated within the past few days and
13 still advocated by some among the
party managers who are most astute
and have the best political sense.
Nothing Now Belsc Dose.
There Is much to commend the
Idea. It would serve notice on those
who believe In the league of nations
that if they wish the'r cause to have
anything like, a decent show in the
coming election It 's up to them to do
the necessary work. Such a move
would throw th . responsibility of the
campaign on Professor Irving Fish
er's recently organized league of In
dependent voters and on similar or
ganizations.
If the friends of the league of
nat'ons were, made aware that the
responsibility Is on them they might
do something at least. As things are
now, substantially nothing is being
done. As things stand today, sub
stantially the whole burden of the
democratic campaign and of the
league of nations rests squarely on
the shoulders of one man. That man
is Governor Cox. . What comes out
of his mouth Is practically the whole
of what is being done to elect him.
Campaign Personal One.
It would be an exaggeration, of
course, to say that the campaign for
the democratic party and the league
of nations is limited by the distance
Governor Cox can throw his voice,
for the newspapers carry at least a
few of his words throughout the
country, but it Is true that Governor
Cox's brain and personality and voice
constitutes practically all there is of
the democratic campaign.
From any point of view, that Is a
pity. I don't know any one, even
the most hardened republicans, who
doesn't feel that Goyernor Cox Is
making a gallant personal campaign.
Even those who must deplore some
of the things that Governor Cox, un
der the pressure of carry'ng the
whole burden of the campaign has
said and done, nevertheless- have a
sportsmanlike feeling that the can
didate is entitled to the help that in
past campaigns has always been giv
en to the candidate by the party
organization.
Recrimination Held lajtmt.
Whenever a condition like this ex
ists there is always a multitude of
explanations and they always include
a great deal of recrimination. There
Is recrimination now. So far as this
recrimination Is directed at indi
viduals in the democratic national
headquarters it is nearly unjust.
Chairman George White Is an able
man and his assistant. Congressman
Cantrell of Kentucky, is a man of,
exceptional character and political
sense. Chairman White Is every bit
as able as Vance McCormick who ran
the 1916 campaign or William F.
Coombs who ran the 1912 campaign.
If things happened to be going as
well now as they were in 1916 and
1912 everybody would be saying that
Chairman White is a wonder. -Chairman
White has all the ability that Is
called for, except the ability to con
jure money out of empty pockets.
Plana Good Bot No Money.
The national committee has good
plans. I am familiar with them and
know them to be good. But they
can't be carried into effect . because
there is no money. There are men
here in New York ready to go west to
do Important campaign wjjrk who
cannot go because there is no money
to pay their railroad fare. If one
were free to tell some of the things
that are happening because of the
lack of money one would be subject
to the charge of sensationalism.
What Is the reason for the empti
ness of the democratic treasury? It
Is not because there are not plenty
of democrats and plenty of willing
ness to give in reasonable proportion
to their means. But the national com
mittee has no mechanism for collect
ing the money. At least It has no
machinery ' for collecting small sums
over a wide spread area. There was
such a mechanism but It was dis
banded. A good deal of the difficulty Is due
Concluded on i'ase Column
Balloting of Foes Said to Be Only
Demonstration Against Proposed
Revision of Constitution.
PARIS, Sept. 22. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Premier Alexander
Millerand. chosen today bV a large
majoajty of the senators and deputies
as tha candidate of virtually all
groups and parties to succeed former
President Deschanel, now may be con
sidered as the next president of
France, tomorrow's ceremony at Ver
sailles being more or less a formality.
' The correspondent was Informed by
many who voted against M. Millerand
today that It waa a mere demonstra
tion against the proposed revision of
the constitution and that they would
vote for him tomorrow or abstain
from casting their ballots.
The joint caucus today was ex
tremely animated. All ministers were
present as well as former President
Poincare and former Premiers Briand
and Ribot, all indorsing M. Millerand's
candidacy.
RUNAWAY IS IDENTIFIED
I3-Year-OId Girl Is Bese Engle
of Dole, Or.
WOODLAND, Cat. Sept. 22. The 13-year-old
girl who arrived in Wood
land Monday as Violet Neil, saying
she had walked most of the way from
Portland. Or., is Bessie Engle, who
ran away from her home in Dole, Or.,
September 15, according to informa
tion received by Sheriff Monroe to
day from the Portland police.
The girl accompanied admission of
her Identity with a threat of suicide
If she were returned to her mother,
the police said.
Her father died three years ago In
the east, the girl said.
The case has been put In the hands
of the juvenile court here.
GULF COAST AGAIN QUIET
Threatened Storm Spends Force
While Yet at Sea.
NEW ORLEANS, La., Sept. 22. The
tropical hurricane that passed inland
near Morgan City last night apparent
ly had spent its force before reach
ing the coast and reports indicate
only minor damage.
Wire communication, however, was
diff icult and railroad schedules had
been revised because of weakened
bridges and washed-out roadbeds.
Available Information did not war
rant any great anxiety regarding the
Louisiana sugar and rice crops. All
outbound craft held at Port Eads
steamed out today.
LOMBARD SUED FOR NOTE
$20,000 Asked by Party Acting- for
Portland Man. f
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 22. (Spe
cial.) Gay Lombard, San Francisco
business man, -was sued today by Al
fred Mayer for a $20,000 note, pay
ment of which is alleged to be due
to A. Cohn of Portland.
.Cohn has assigned the note to
Mayer, who brings suit through local
attorneys.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 68
degrees; minimum. 511 degrees.
TODAY'S Occasional rain: southerly
winds. . I
Foreign. J
Racial equality Is goai of Japan. Page 1.
Irish flee homes in fear of death. Page 14. '
Millerand chosen presidential candidate, t
l'age 1.
National. '
Violation of treaty by United States cutter 1
is denied. Page 1.
Politic.
Democrats now realize need of change In
campaign methods'. Page 2.
Cox's speeches show ho Is unfit for presi
dency, says Hughes. Page 3.
Democrats declare they are hard up and
only 1'-'S.S'1 is raised. Page 5.
Cox not receiving support of party leaders,
financially and otherwise. Page 1.
Harding will make two tours next month.
Page 1.
Drys willing to swing to Cox or Harding
if they pledge to back dry programme.
Page 1.
Domestic.
Farmer's handicap imperils nation, de
clares farm bureau federation. Page 0.
Los Angeles police releajse Bill Barrett.
Page -4.
Governor Cox badly shaken up In train
wreck. Page 1.
Epidemic of bomb threats
Page 2.
Socialists' seats not lost yet In
indicated.
New Tork.
Page 14.
rarlflc Northwest.
Portland reteran branded with Initials of
..1. W. W. Page 1.
State labor. In convention, nominates Hart
wig for president, I'rf-ge 5.
Mrs. Steiger bares indiscretions to jurors.
Page 4.
Thousands bravn rain to attend fair at
Canby, Or. Pago 4.
Sportii.
1919 world series held not on square.
Page IS.
Coast league results: Oakland 2.. Vernon I
7: Los Angeles 2. San Francisco 3;
Seattle 0. Sacramento 6 (six innings:
Portland-Salt Lake game postponed,
wet grounds. Page' 12.
World's champion Reds are out of 1920
pennant race. Page 12.
Casey and St. Clair to fight Milwaukl.
.emi-windup. Page 13.
Commercial and Marine.
.All grades of flour uecllne in local mar
ket. Page 21.
Chicago wheat higher on talk of export
buying. Page 21.
Motor shares continue to decline in Wall
street. Page 21.
Pacific lumber flet gains steamer from
Atlantic. Page 20.
Portland and Vicinity.
Young girl witness is pitiful figure. Page 7.
Advertising is boon to citrus fruit industry.
Page 11.
Judge Kanzler accused of holding secret
hearings and or partisanship in case.
. belorec ourt. Page 10.
Wife proves to b flirt, says naval lieuten
ant. Page 20.
Principals propose modification of tenure'
of office law. Page .
Theaters declared profiting by strike.
. Page 6.
Auto Thugs Kidnap and
Mark Portland Man.
VICTIM LEFT IN CEMETERY
George H. Goetz, Deserted
and Dazed, Wanders Home.
MEMORY STILL IS HAZY
Warning Given in Pool Hall That
Card Is Required for Those
Who Install Furnaces.
ASTORIA. Or.. Sept. 22. fSpeclal.)
A red brand of the letters L W. W.
seared In the riesh of his abdomen,
probably by corrosive acid, and possi
bly by a hot Iron, slight scars on nis
head and face and a terrorizing mem
ory of a vicious night attack opon him
Monday, are carried by George H.
Goetz of Portland, who has been In
stalling furnaces here for the past
week. Goetz is an ex-service man.
The police have been working quiet
ly on the case since Mr. Goetz reported
the assault to them yesterday and
gave out the story today. No arrests
have yet been made.
Three Attack From Anto.
Following a threat made upon him
by an unidentified man last Thurs
day Mr. Goetz had no trouble until
atout 9:30 o'clock Monday night, when
he was walking north on Sixth street
near Duane street.
An automobile, with its lights
dimmed, Mr. Goetz said, drew up close
beside him and three men Jumped out.
knocking him unconscious with a
biow on the head. The thugs threw
the stunned manainto their car and
arove away.
Whrn he revived. Goetz was on tha
hill behind the city, near the old cem
etery at the head of Fifteenth street,
ho and the police believe. He was
dizzy and dazed, but found burned
upon his stomach the red initials of
the Industrial Workers of the World-
The victim remembered little of his
subsequent wanderings, or where his
assailants took him, but he recalled
that, guided by the lights of the city
below him, he made his way to his
room in the Welnhard hotel. Yester
day he reported his experience to the
police.
Warning Given In Pool Hall.
Mr. Goetz, whose home is at 968
Division street, Portland, is employed
by the Associated Engineering cor
poration of that city and last Wednes
day came to Astoria with a truck load
of furnaces, which he was to install
here. The day following his arrival,
while he was at the Midway pool hall.
No. 4 25 Bond street, where he was to
install a furnace, he said, a man ap
proached him and asked him If he
"had a card." Goetz told him that
he did not and added .that had no need
of one, upon which the questioner
assured him unmistakably that hs
would soon find the need.
. Thinking little more abort the mat
ter, Goetz went ahead with his fur
nace work. He was seeking a helper
to assist with his further work when
his assailants seized him Monday,
night. '
Following the blow on the head
that knocked 'tim out. Goetz recov-
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WITH COLONEL ROOSE
VELT AFTER DEVIL-FISH.
All set for a thrill? Far
from shore, -with the open
boat tossing beside a mon
strous throw-back of creation?
Then .
"The second one, I got
square in the middle of the
body. When -we came to take
I my
iron out 'we found 1 had
driven it through bone, muscle
and hide more than two feet
two feet four inches to be
exact and the thing had gone
into the beast's heart."
That's off the Florida coast
an incident in the vigorous
life of Roosevelt. And there
are dozens upon dozens of
hitherto untold episodes., of
politics, sport, philosophy and
international affairs, told in
the serial feature, "Talks With
T. R.," which will begin in The
Sunday Oregonian of Oc
tober 3.
John J. OXeary, Jr., news
paperman, winner of the Pul
itzer prize last year, and con
fidential friend of Colonel
Roosevelt, narrates them from
his carefully kept diary. They
are more than glimpses of
Roosevelt in relaxation they
are the man himself, virile,
friendly and unafraid.