THE MORNING OREGOXIAX. MONDAY. SEITKMBEK 2T, 1920 S FIRST CRISIS SHOWS MI11EUND IS FIRM Foreign and Domestic Poli cies to Be Directed. LEAGUES' CHOICE CITED New Premier and Minister of For eign Arrairs txpected to Be rndcr Close Supervision. -opyrish bv the Nw Tork TVorld. Pub lished by Arrangement.) PARIS, Sept. 26. (Special Cable.) Neither in government nor in unof ficial quarters is eight lost of the significance In tne appointment of Georges Lcygues. minister of marine under Georges Clomenccau. as presi dent Alexandre Millerand's first pre mier and minister of foreign affairs, for it is generally felt that with a new man at the Quai D'Orsay and at the premier post President Millerand intends to exercise personal control over both the foreign and the domes tic policies of the country. Aristide Briand. Raymond Poincare and Raymond Viviani would not con tent to lend themselves to the new president's design of placing one of them in power, objecting to strong personal direction from the Elysee palace. Refusal by each of them be--came absolute and ' irrevocable at a scries of conferences yesterday at the senate and chamber of deputies, ltcxt ot Ministry Intact. When President Millerand arrived at the Klysee to receive the house hold officials, Leon Boureouis and Raoul Porct, presidents respectively of the senate and chamber, called to make known to him the only minis terial combination possible, barring Briand, Poincare and Viviani, pro viding for a man less intractable at the helm in the cabinet and leaving the remainder fo the Millerand min istry practically intact for the time, with the exception of Andre Lefevre, replaced by one of the president's military friends. General Pau is men tioned fo'r the post. Statesmen of experience have gen erally shown disinclination to assume the honor of serving under President Millerand at this time, feeling that they would have to bear the brunt of responsibility without beincr in posi tion to act as free agents. With the Brussels financial confer ence about to open, with the British coal strike impending, with the Spa coal agreement not yet fulfilled by the Germans, and with the repara tions problem unsolved, most of the political leaders prefer to leave mat ters under the personal direction of the new president, as he is -Capable of handling the situations created when he was premier. Millerands Kirmneaft Shown. ' An instance of -lerand's firmness In holding to his view of presidential prerogatives was furnished in his flat refusal to dismiss Minister of the In terior Stccme, a radical member of his cabinet whom the conservatives had been attacking ever since Steeme took office. Demand that Steeme be ousted was made by a delegation of the demo cratic entente group of the chamber. It was met by President Millerand with the counter-suggestion that Lcygues be appointed premier and foreign minister, whereupon the de mand was withdrawn, as Leygues was regarded as a good offset for the rad ical minister of the interior. No little satisfaction is expressed In government circles with the prompt ness with which the new president settled the ministerial crisis immedi ately following hi3 election. No strong criticism of the new cabinet chief has yet appeared or is expected in the press. Louis Barthou, distinguished aca demician and ex-premier, in this morning's edition of the Annates, ap proves President Millerand's decision to exercise the full powers granted him by th constitution for the nego tiation of foreign treaties and for stringent supervision of domestic affairs. TWO COMMITTEES READY jv t - o liliflBLICAXS A X It DEMOCRATS ORGANIZE. vice - presidential candidate, Mr. Roosevelt, long ago completed his trans-Mississippi tour. Whatever the democrats can do in the west has been done, and the net of all reports about conditions as they are today is that the democratic chances in the west have not been Improved beyond what they were at the beginning of the campaign. From now on. Cox's speechmaking will be done in the more crowded centers of the east. In those centers hi has a larger chance, but his last chance, to be effective. A good deal of the confidence of re publican leaders is based, quite natur ally, on the result of the Maine elec tion. Two weeks of painstaking post mortems over that event have not re vealed any convincing explanations that can give much confidence to the democrats. The most persuasive ex planation I have seen from a demo cratic point of view is to the effect that the cause of the Maine recult was the lack of effort on the part of he democratic organization to bring out the votes of the democratic women. Maine Vote Analyzed. -I have seen an analysis or the vote in Maine, which indicates that the vote of the men in Maine divided in a way that was not much less favor able to the democrats than normally. But as to the vote of the women, there can be no doubt that the re publican organization was completely mobilized, and made thorough work of getting republican women regis tered and bringing them to the polls. The democrats, on the other hand, had almost no organization, and there is some ground for accepting the theory that the democratic women voters were neither registered nor brou-ght to the polls. The republicans were completely surprised by the size of their Maine majority. Preceding the Maine elec tion I received many letters from men, persons well posted on Maine conditions. Among others, I had let ters from one of the two republican United States senators, from three of the four republican representa tives, from the republican state chair man and the republican member of the national committee. In none of these letters did the writer predict a larger republican majority than 30, 000. On election day the head of the republican organization in Maine telegraphed to the national organiza tion in New York that his expecta tion was a majority of 25.000. But the present republican confi dence does not rest on the mere fact of a majority of 65,000 in Maine. The republicans have, as the democrats have not. a minutely organized mech anism reaching down into every precinct, from which they are able to get dependable reports as to condi tions in every precinct and township in the country. The net of these re ports Is such as to indicate that if the election were held next Tuesday, the republicans would not only win, but win by a record-breaking majority. Senate Story Different. In saying this I am speaking only of the presidential election. In what is quite as important to the repub licans, the control of the United States senate, the story is different. In order to win a comfortable ma jority in the senate the republicans will have need of all the organization and all the resources they can com mand. If this fight for control of the senate were not overshadowed by the presidential contest, the public would recognize it as a spectacular fight. Omitting the southern states, in which a democrat is sure to bo elected, there remain 20 states in which there are acute contests for the senate. In all but one of these states the repub lican candidate for senator is sure to run behind the republican candidate for president. Kentucky is the only ttate having a senatorial contest In which it is expected that the repub lican candidate for senator will do a well as the republican candidate for president. i'or one example, the republicans hope- to carry Connecticut for Har ding by 50,000, but they concede that Brandegee may run anywhere from 10,000 to 15,000 behind. Oregon is one of the most conspicuous examples. The republicans fully expect, and nearly every independent observer admits, thai Harding may carry Oregon by as large a majority as Roosevelt did in 1904; that is to say, by more than 40,000. Nevertheless, persons who claim that Harding will carry Oregon by 40.000 admit that it is quite possi ble for the present democratic sen ator, Chamberlain, to retain his seat. For capturing control of the senate by a majority large enough to be comfortable, the republicans nave a stiff job on their hands. 2 HUH STRIKERS SAID TO BE WORSE Condition of Other Cork Pris oners Unchanged. HENNESSY, BURKE FAIL Jail Physician Declares Some of Men May Live Month Yet. MacSwlney Reported Weak. CORK. Sept. 26. The condition of the hunger strikers in Cork, jail is unchanged except that or Hennessy and Burke, who have taken a turn for the worse. Hennessy suffered a seri ous collapse last night. Dr. rearson, a jail physician, said he would not be surprised if some of the prisoners still were alive a month hence. field road barracks. McFadden opened the door when three men knocked. Several shots were discharged and he fell dead. Gainor's mother answered the tap ping on the door. The men rushed to a room it the top of the house, where they found their victim partly dressed. They made him walk down the stairs ahead of them and fired three shots into his body. Few police were seen on the streets, but armored cars were patrolling the Falls section and a large body of military was on duty. The military authorities have decid ed to restore the curfew law. VAL.ERA SENDS SYMPATHY Grief With Mrs. MacSwlney Is Ex pressed by Irish "President." WASHINGTON. Sept. 25. Eamonn De Valera, "president" of the so- called provisional Irish republic, yes terday sent a message to Mrs. Mac Swlney, wife of the lord mayor of Cork, as follows: "We grieve with you In the tension of your long agony. The silent masses now dumb at the outrage on humanity being committed by the British government cannot storm your husband's prison. They will not, however, forget. They now see in its nakedness the hypocrisy of the plea with which that government re-" cently called on the millions of the noble-minded of the world to assist it, and they will yet rock that bastile of the subject nations the British empire. Please tell your noble hus band and have conveyed to his com rades suffering with him the heart felt gratitude of the Irish nation and the Irish race, and may God give you all his consolation." CORK AXXIETY IS INTENSE Reprisals Over Attempted Assassi nation of General Feared. CORK. Sept. 26. Although the r.ight passed quietly after the at tempted assassination of Major-Gen- eral Strickland, commander of the forces in Southern Ireland, Cork to day wore an air of intense anxiety lest Friday's daring attack could yet provoke reprisals. Military patrois during the curfew hours were extremely active last r.ight, resulting; not only in the ar rest of the Associated Press corre spondent, but that of police agents in plain clothes. Whether the police suc ceeded in capfiring any of Gencai Strickland's assailants is not known. AMMUNITION FIND REPORTED Home of Widow of Lord Mayor of Cork Is Searched. DUBLIN. Sept. 26. It is officially announced that ammunition and a quantity of seditious documents were found in the home of Mrs. Thomas MacCurtain, widow of the late lord mayor of Cork, when searched by troops.' It was also officially denied that Mrs. MacCurtain was fired at or that there was any threat that her house would be wrecked. Cork dispatches said Mrs. MacCur tain reported a shot had been fired at her while she was walking in the garden in the rear of her home. KIL,L;rXG BY OFFICER UPHELD Shooting of Prominent Sinn l'clner Held In Self-Defense. DUBLIN, Sept. 26. The judge con ducting the military inquiry into the death of Councillor John Lynch, who was shot in his room at the Royal Exchange hotel last Wednesday, has found that the fatal shot was "fired by an officer of the crown In self defense In the execution of his duty." Councillor Lynch was a prominent Sinn Feiner. Irish ConstablejIs Slain. DUBLIN, Sept.' 26. Constable Bro gan was shot dead last night at Broadford, county Clare. PLOT IN LITHUANIA SEEN Present County Government Scored by Oposilion at Seattle Meet ins; High Taxes Protested. &h..M-it.E, ash.. Sept. 26. Robert M. Jones was elected chairman of the .King county republican committee, succeeding Reeves Aylmore Jr.. at the meeting held here Saturday. Ralph M. Orr was a candidate for the. place but lost after several ballots had been taken. Roy C. Lyle was elected secre tary by acclamation and Henry W. Ugden had no opposition in his elec tion as treasurer. Mrs. Estella G. Men denhall and Charles E. Allen were elected vice-chairmen, which offices were created today. J. Y. C. Kellogg was elected Jrving county member of the republican state central com mittee. The democratic King countv com mittee reorganized and elected officers after a two-hour session. M. W. Tay lor was elected chairman to succeed Charles D. Fullen; Robert T. Cauthorn was elected vice-chairman: H. G. uahlby succeeded lone K. Humes as secretary; William H. Merritt was elected treasurer and George E. Starr was re-elected member of the stale central committee. The report ot the resolutions committee. as adopted contained a protest against the al leged wastefulness of the present county government, an indictment of the republican county administration and a protest again.st high taxes. PARTY LEADERS ANXIOUS f Continued From First Ptgc) TRAINING NOW CHANGED Troops in Camp Lewis lo Practice on B Range. TACOMA, Wash., Sept. 26. (Spe cial.) A striking transition from war to peace training is scheduled to take place at Camp Lewis October 1, when the annual period for target practice and combat problems will close and the winter season of voca tional education will begin. Turning swiriiy rrom maneuvers and sham battles, thousands of men at the can tonment will take to schoolrooms, shops and offices to pursue the vol untary courses to be conducted under the educational regulations of the army. Last week marked the end of the straight rifle range work by the companies armed with that weapon. iiiis wee win Degin the more ex cuing and spectacular combat prob lems on the B range near American i-aKe. companies informed oniv in an indefinite way of the location of an enemy simulated by silhouette targets win proceed across the prai rie in deployed formation. Without warning, hidden targets will spring Into view, puttinjr to the test th steadiness and accuracy of the rifle men. The training follows closely the conamons ot open warfare in the worm war. IRISH DEVASTATION" CHARGED Founder of Sinn Fein Sends Mcs- . sage to De Valera. DUBLIN. Sept, 26. Arthur Griffith, founder of Sinn Fein, yesterday sent this telegram to Eamonn De Valera "president of the Irish republic": 'The English press announces that the English city of Newcastle has de cided to adopt Arras in the devastated region of France. Armed forces of England in Ireland are now devastat lng Irish towns, the circumstances of atrocity surpassing those alleged against Germany in Belgium or Tin- key in Armenia. Everywhere our peo ple are helping homeless women and children, but the systematic destruc tion of factories, workshops and creameries deprives the men of em ployment. I suggest that in each state of the Union our kindred should adopt one of our devastated towns.' BOYCOTT OATH IS FORCED REDS ATTACK OX FOR XliW POLAND. Message to League of "ations De clares Situation Is-Too Seri ous to Tolerate. NEW TORK. Sept. 26. The bol shevik preparations for an attack on Poland are being made behind the Lithuanian Irontier under cover ot alleged .Lithuanian neutrality, creat ing a situation too serious for Poland to tolerate, it was declared in a mes sage sent recently by Poland to the league of nations. The message was embodied in a cablegram received by the Polish financial mission to the United States today from the Polish ministry of foreign affairs.' Explaining Poland's position in the dispute, the message to the financial mission declares the propositions made by the Poles to the Lithuanians at their recent conference In Kal- warya were in strict conformity with the decisions of the league of nations. and that since the failure of the ne gotiations the Lithuanians have been increasingly obstinate. In spite of the league's decision, they have not withdrawn their troops from the Suwalkl region and have given no assurance that they could or would observe neutrality in case of bolshe vik aggression. The dispatch adds: "We have received a. message "from the Lithuanian government consent ing to submit anew the Polish-Lith uanian dispute to the league, but the intention of carrying out the terms of the decision of the league is not ex pressed. We have replied that the military, situation created by the fail ure of Lithuania to observe the deci sions of the league of nations and the rupture of the negotiations at Kalwarya forces us to reserve all liberty in military operations." Promise lo End Movement Against Police Is Coicpulsory. BALLINAMORE. Ireland. Sept. 26. Several men were dragged from their houses by uniformed men yesterday and forced, while on their knees, to swear that the boycott against the police would be removed. This action is understood to have been taken in reprisal for an attack on the local barracks. Windows in the homes of several prominent Sinn Feiners were riddled with shot. MacSWIXEY REPORTED WEAK Sclf-Determination League Issues Bulletin on Condition. LONDON. Sept. 26. The bulletin by the Irish Self-Dstermination league said Terence MacSwiney was weaker and more exhausted tonight than this afternoon. The league's noon bulletin said: "The lord mayor has been in an ex hausted condition all the morning. The doctor said he found him . very much weaker. His reserve of strength was so slight he was unable to stand the exertion of being read to." 424 SHEEP ARE SOLD Total Sum Realized in Deals Re . iorted to Be $15,601. YAKIMA. Wash.. Sept. 26. (Spe cial.) Four hundred and twenty-four animals were disposed of in the an nual sheep sale in connection with the 1920 Washington state fair. It was announced last night after the close of the sale. The total sum realized was $15,601 Though some favorable prices were included in the earlier bidding on. the choicer animals, the sluggish wool and mutton markets were reflected in the bidding as a whole.' and the sale closed with 300 animals unof fered that would have been sold had conditions been favorable. Q BIOSllO and Scott! O o f T T Id. rviMe iniarro appear with the Scotti Grand Opera Co. in Portland on September 30 Hear these famous Victor artists I Extraordinary interest attaches to the recitals of these great artists because of the double opportunity they afford the music loving public. It is a privilege in itself to hear these famous artists, and added importance is given to the events in that they enable you to compare their exquisite interpretations with their Victor Records. Attend the concerts of these artists and note the individual qualities that distinguish their wonderful voices. Then go to any Victor dealer's and hear the Victor Records by the same artists. .Note how faithfully their interpretations are portrayed on the Victrola. It is because of this absolute fidelity that Harrold and Scotti make Victor Records; that the greatest artists of all the world are Victor artists. Victrolas in great variety of styles from $25 to $1500. New Victor Records demonstrated at all dealers on the 1st of each month. Vic it REG. U. S. PAT. OFF. 'HIS MASTERS VOICE rec u. 5 pr orr This trademark and the trademarked word "Victrola" identify all our product!. Look under the lid! Look on the label! VICTOR TALKING MACHINE CO. Camden, N. J. Victor Talking Machine Co. Camden, New Jersey ENTIRE TOWN HUNTS GIRL Friend Forgets to Telephone Mes sage to Parents. ABERDEEN'. Wash.. Sept. 26. (Spe cial.) Practically the entire popula tion of Moclips was called out Wed nesday night to search for Miss Celia Chabot, daughter of Robert Chabot. as ine rtaun 01 a. iciepnone DreaK dowri and a forgotten message. Miss Chabot left her home earlv PEACE OFFER REPORTED Soviet Declared Ready to Return Rumanian Gold and Art Works. WASHINGTON. Sept. 26. Soviet Russia has announced her readiness to return to Rumania the Rumanian Eoia. loianns Between J400.000.000 and J500.000.000 and art treasures at Mos cow it numanla .will sign a treaty of peace. Captain Vasilc Stoica. ex-Rumanian liaison officer at Washington, made mis announcement yesterday. he would receive thereby is not im pressive. But Cox Is not likely to carry anything near half of the states le has appeared in. Some' of these plates, like Michigan and Oregon, are o surely republican that Cox's time there has been wasted. Cox Crusade Failure Cox's tour through the west has been minutely followed, of course, by the members of both parties and by independent observers as well. The reports received have been to the ef fect that Cox's presence has every where stiffened up some democrats who were wavering, but that nowhere has he made large groups of converts. If Cox's campaign in the west was in 1:mled to win large groups of the old i:ooscve!t progressives, he has failed. CrK is now within a week of com pleting his Ions western swing. The Wednesday afternoon for a walk along the beach. Reaching Pacific, she left word with a friend to tele phone her father that she had decided to go to her brother's ranch near Berryvilli. The friend tried the telephone while linemen were repairing damages. Dis couraged, the friend gave up the at tempt and forgot the message. "Koh-I-N'oor' pencils, renowned for high quality, are again on sale throughout America by best trade at 15 cents each. Adv. RACING DRIVER HURT Steering Gear Snaps on Villa"s Car When Curve Is Turned. HANKORD, Cal., Sept. 25. Chester Villa of Oakland, Cal., automobile racing driver, was fatally injured this afternoon in practice for the racing events scheduled for the closing day of the. Kings county fair here. A steering; arm snapped on Villa's machine on one of the turns of the track. Y. M. OFFICIALS CONFER Rain Fails to Dim Success of Hood River Session. HOOD RIVER, Or., Sept. 23. (Spe cial.) Freqirent showers during their visit did not dim the success of the annual conference of Oregon Y. M C. A. officials here last night and to day. Between rains the delegates, most of whom motored here over the Columbia River highway, were taken by local people through the orchards and to scenic points. The meetings were closed to the general public, but officials stated that plans for the coming year were outlined. Commit tee reports showed a stead-y increase of Y. M. C. A. interest throughout the state during the past year, and plans were announced for an expansion of work in all sections. All the delegates attended River side Community church today, and the pastor. Rev W.. H. Boddy, preached 'a special sermon on "The Soul of Service." 13 Bojs Lost In Woods 1 Days. ABERDEKN, Wash.. Sept. 26. (Spe cial.) Word received hero today from Matlock tells of the finding of David Getty and a boy companion, who were lost for four days in the woods near that place. After a search of three days by the men at Matlock, experi enced woodsmen were obtained for the search, which ended in finding the boys uii Thursday. BELFAST FIGHTING FIERCE (Continued From First Page.) knocking: at the door they fired a shot througrh the barbershop window. Trodson's son opened, the door and the men, wearing masks, rushed up stairs. They dragged Trodson to the yard and fired several shots at him, piercing his skull. Other occupants of the house'were not molested. The scene of the second shooting was a hundred yards from the Spring- i n sty m - - "Registered" Pharmacists SIX of the service staff at the store of "Dependable Drugs" come under thit head trained and skilled in prescription work. v But one standard of practice is followed at Nau's it is that in every duty? whether urgently important or of or dinary nature, the same de gree of thoroughness distin guishes the service. WE NEVER CLOSE Cor. o&andAldir Sts, SuiinqBldg. 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