K VOL. LIX NO. 18.(J8. Kntered at Portland (Oregon) Pontoffice a Second -0;a Matter PORTLAND, OREGON', WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1920 26 PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS CLEVELAND TAKES ATTACK WITH BOMB ON EDITOR IS FIZZLE FARMERS TO ASK FOR MORE CREDITS Meeting With Cabinet Members Is Today. ' GEORGES CARPENTIER KNOCKS OUT LEVINSKY PRISONERS' CRUELTY CHARGES TO BE AIRED COLOR QUESTION UP IN BORDER STATES FATAL DUEL FOUGHT ON BUILDING ROOF RED RUSSIA NEAR COLLAPSE, BELIEF Signs Indicate Rapid Crumbling of Soviet. WORLD BALLTITLE XOItTH BEND MAX IS SAYKD BV FISE FAILING TO BCRX. El'ROPE'S " HEAVY CH.VMPIOX PEXDLETOX JUDGE ORDERS BEATS V. S. LIGHT HEAVY. j .GRAND JCRY IX VESTGATIOX.' iOTHAM CROWD, TRAXSHSKD, y WATCHES STRUGGLE. Brooklyn Beaten, 3 to 0, in Deciding Game. DODGERS LOSE ONLY CHANCE Coveleskie Manages to Pull Out of Tight Places. PASSED BALL NETS RUN First Score, Made in Fourth, Is Re mit of Grimes' Wild Throw in Double-Steal Play. BT GRANTI.AND TUCK, FaHball Kditor New York Tribune. CL.KVEI.AND, O.. Oct. 12. (Special.) The Cleveland Americans defeated tho Brooklyn Nationals 3 to 2 today In tbe seventh and deciding game of 4he 1320 world's championship series. The victory was tbe third straight for the Indians. The Dodgers got just one man to first base in the opening inning. With two out. Tommy Griffith bounded one down to Loe. Johnston. Coveleskie dashed to cover the bag and the throw clipped by him. But there were two out hen it happened, and Wheat lifted a pop fly to Wambsganss. In the second inning, Burleigh Grimes faced Elmer Smith, the native born Ohioian, who cracked the ball over the fence with bases filled last Sunday, but the saliva delivery of Grimes seemed to be breaking as planned today. Smith bounded one down to Kilduff, who made a pretty top and a fast peg to first. With Smith out of the way, Larry Gardner poked one down to Jack Sheehan. the recruit third baseman of the Dodgers. Sheehan made a high wild throw, high and wild enough to pass beyond the hooks of big Ed Ko netchy. On ground rules, Gardner went to second on the error. Grimes Is Made Impatient. Thjs seemed to make the tow headed Grimes impatient and he passed Doc Johnston. Two on bases and one out. It looked as if the initial drive of the Indians was about to start. Joe Sewell, the Alabama university alumnus, lined one just in side the right field foul line and the inmates started to cut loose just a. little too soon. Tommy Griffith dove toward the line with Kellermanesque Trace and swiftness, reaching the ball with one hand. Little Peterkin Kil duff choked the cheers by tossing out Steve 0"Neill and Mr. Grimes was all right that far. The towheaded Mr. Grimes got the first hit of the game in the third, after Otto Miller struck out. It was a Texas leaguer in short left center and the pill dropped to the ground after Sewell, Speaker and Jamison became entangled. Olson was safe when Sewell fumbled a poke and be came bewildered for the inBtant. Jack Sheehan Gets Hit. Jack Sheehan bounded a hit down toward second and the ball caromed from Ivy Olson's shins. That put Olson out and left Sheehan a technical tingle. Tommy Griffith ended all hope for an onslaught on the spitting pole by hoisting an easy one to Smith. Grimes almost put himself out of the game in the Indians' half of the third inning. Jamieson drove a sizzling liner straight at him and Grimes knocked it down with his bare hand, making the throw to first. Then Burleigh spent some time pulling his ringers back into joint. He came back to pitch though. Wambsganss laid down a bunt In the direction of Jack Sheehan and beat it to the bag. Kildofr Nabs Faat Drive. Speaker crashed one at little Peterkin Kilduff and It looked as if the drive would take the former pride of the Omaha stockyards right out of the lot, but Peterkin blocked the ball and threw out the Indian manager. Again in the fourth inning, the finish or Coveleskie seemed to impend, but it did not get any further than the impending stage. Zack Wheat hit the screen on top of the rignt iieia lence. ue rounded first nd started to stretch it for a two eagger. it looked that good, but Elmer Smith, who knew the territory. gauged th angle of the rebound to a whisker. He nailed the pill and caught Wheat at second with a perfect throw to V ambaganss. Then came the first crash in the Indians' half of the fourth. With one out Larry Gardner bounded one just out of reach of Peterkin Kilduff. Doc Johnston drove a single and sent Gardner to third. Sewell hoisted one to short left and Gardner clung to the bag. He knew that the throw would beat him. Infield Holds Conference. The infield gathered around Grimes to debate the advisability of passing ONeill. The decision was that Grimes should pitch to him. " Suddenly Johnson shot the hall to ward second. Miller whisked the ball to Grime's. Johnston paused Just little off second, seemingly bewil dered. It might have been inside base ball. It might have been that he was coaxing a throw but it did not look like it. It looked as though Johnston could be put out with a quick pass to Olson, who was on the bag. Grimes snapped me pan ana the r throw was wild. Gardner on third Concluded on Fug 6, Column 1. Four Quarts of Dynamite Confined in Glass Jar Placed in Base ment of Newspaper Office. NORTH BEND. Or., Oct. 12. (Spe cial.) Failure of the fuse attached to four quarts of dynamite confined in a gallon syrup glass jar to burn saved the plant of the Sunday Morn ing Bee from destruction and the life of its owner, Frank B. Cameron, whose home is in the building. The bomb was placed In the basement of the Bee office some .time Sunday night. Kditor Cameron found it next morning. Examination of the bomb by police of this city disclosed that the fuse, which had been run through the tin top, had been slightly squeezed to gether and it is this that is credited for the failure of the fuse to con tinue burning. The Sunday Morning Bee is an in dependent newspaper and has been the object of many enemy attacks be cause of its stand against conditions, local and general. Policemen who have watched the premises since the bomb was found said there are a few clews. It was found that the entrance to the base ment was made through an open win dow and the tracks of the man who placed the bomb were there. There Is little, Mr. Cameron says, upon which to base suspicion. HJJDSON TUNNEL STARTED Thousands Cheer When $28,000,- 000 Project Is Launched. NEW YORK, Oct. 12 The states of New York and New Jersey joined hands and broke ground today for a vehicular tunnel beneath the Hudson river which will be the biggest sub aqueous structure in the world. The $28,000,000 project was launched while thousands of citizens cheered. The tunnel, with all facilities for thoroughfare, will link closely the greatest steamship terminals in America, along the New York side of the Hudson, with the immense rail road concentration centers in Jersey City. It is expected to quicken great ly the movement of the nation's in coming and outgoing freight and to reduce food costs for New York's mil lions. FRANCE TACKLES PROBLEM Cabinet Starts Movement to Reduce Cost of Living. PARIS, Oct. 12. The cabinet today adopted a programme to reduce the cost of living in France. Departmen tal councils of consumers are to be established with a central council in Paris. The use of fish is to be encouraged and many fish markets will be opened, while the exportation of dairy prod ucts and cheese will be prohibited. The importation of frozen meats has increased and the system of dis tribution has been injproved. A stricter enforcement of food laws and suppression of profiteering are promised by the cabinet. CAVE DISTILLERY FOUND Plant and 14,000 Gallons of Slash Discovered in Excavation. TACOMA, Wash., Oct. 12. In a sub terranean layout on the road to Mount Rainier deputies from the sheriff's office today discovered a large still ana two enormous vats containing 14,000 gallons of mash, ready to be turned into whisky. One man, an- Italian, was arrested, The deputies were ordered to destroy the mash and the still. ine outrit was located in a cave that had been excavated in the side of a hill. It probably had not been in operation long, officers said. PRISONERS FIGHT, 3 SHOT Guard Badly Beaten in Maryland Penitentiary Fray. BALTIMORE, Oct. 12. Three pris oners were snot ana a guard was badly beaten in a riot at the Mary land penitentiary today. None of the wounded was dangerously injured. A squad of policemen subdued the mal contents. The shooting was done by two of the prisoners, who knocked down two guards and disarmed them. They then used the guards' pistols to shoot the other prisoners. LAND1 OPENING ANNOUNCED Ex-Service Men to Get First Chance on Homesteads. WASHINGTON, Oct. 12. Approxi mately 6300 acres of homestead and desert land in the Eureka and 'Sacra mento land districts of California will be opened to entry December 3, the interior department announced today. The land is classed as non-agricultural, mountain grazing land and en try will be reserved to ex-service men for 60 days after the opening, ad pro vided by law. GAS JET ON; GIRL DEAD Soldier's Daughter Found Lifeless In San Francisco Room. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 12. The body of Miss Elizabeth Lewis, 21, daughter of Colonel' and Mrs. E. A. Lewis, was found in a room in her home here today with a gas jet turned full on. She wac prominent in army social circles here. Colonel Lewis was said to be sta tioned at Camp Funston, Kansas, SITUATION IS HELD ALARMING Embargo on Imports From Canada Is Wanted. U. S. ATTITUDE RESENTED Sales of V. S. Crops Declared to Be More Vital Than Disposal of Daily Output Articles. THE OREGON I AN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, Oct. 12. Farmers of this country will demand tomorrow that the federal government extend more liberal treatment to the agricultural interests through the extension of credits. An attempt also will be made for an application of the embargo upon the importation of Canadian wheat. Arrangements for pre entation of the case of the farmers was made to day through J. S. Wanamakcr, presi dent of the Amer'can Cotton Grow ers' association, acting for. the Na tional Board of Farm Organizations. Mr. Wanamakcr talked with Joseph Tumulty, secretary to the president, and with Secretary of the Treasury Houston, and arranged that the rep resentatives of the agricultural inter ests of the country should meet with members of the cabinet and members of the federal reserve board at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Sessions Are Started. Sessions began here today at the offices of the National Board of Farm Organizations attended by representa tives of the southern cotton growers, the corn growing farmers of the mid dle west and the wheat farmers of the northwest. Several members of the senate and about 18 members of congress were present. While there is variety of opinion relative to the methods that should be used in avert ing what is believed to be a threat ened disaster to the agricultural in terests of the country, there was unanimity of opinion that the national administration, with special reference to the treasury department and the federal reserve board, has erred In restricting credits to farmers. It was pointed out that manufac turers like Henry Ford, and others, turn out their products daily and can afford to buy on a falling market. The farmer, on the contrary, produces one crop a year. His product is mar keted annually and i3 produced on (Continued on Page 2. Column 3.) SHOWING ONE .. . WBiyvV-,,V kvU-&' JsSSS: V.m,M. Jmv.u --- Jt . .-.-. ! .. HIXI Mlt .. World Honors In Lower Weight Class Won by Defeat of Ri val In Fourth Round. JERSEY CITT, N. J.. Oct. 12. Georges Carpentier, European heavy weight champion, knocked out Bat tling Levinsky, holder of the Amer ican light-heavyweight title, in the fourth round of a scheduled 12-round bout. Carpentier, who holds the light-heavyweight championship title of Europe, thus becomea the world's title holder in that division. Carpentier and Levinsky shook hands at 10:20. First round Carpentier led left and right, landing lightly. Levinsky sent left and right to body at close quar ters. Carpentier landed a hard blow on the forehead and blocked a right cleanly. Carpentier eent right and left to body. Levinsky countered right to head. Carpentier crossed his right to face and hooked left to stomach. Both were very cool and sparring at the. belL Carpentier's round. Second round They exchanged body blows. Carpentier stood off and mo tioned Levinsky to come in. Carpen tier sent right and left to face. Then he drove his right to head and fol lowed with left and right to the jaw, sending Levinsky down in his corner for a count of eight. Again with stiff lefts and a right swing to head Car pentier sent Levinsky down for an other count of eight. Levinsky was groggy but weathered out the round. Third round-"-Carpentier rushed and landed his right to head. Levinsky cWnched. Carpentier missed right and left for the head. Levinsky jabbed three lefts to face and Car pentier swung right to head. Car pentier hooked left to face and slowed up a bit. while Levinsky kept him off with light lefts. Carpentier was waiting for an opening when the bell rang. Carpentier's round Fourth round Both, fiddled for 30 seconds. Then Carpentier drove Le vinsky across the ring, landing lefts and rights at will, finally sending Levinsky down in a corner for the full count. Levinsky wa3 Dot unconscious but he was tangled up in a corner with the ropes while he was counted out. Time of round, 1:07. When the first of the preliminary bouts was called every seat in the ball park, was occupied and a fringe of humanity lined the boundaries of the outfield. "Babe" Asher, St. Louis bantam weight, had. a shade of merit over his opponent, "Cupie" Collender of Min neapolis, in the six-round curtain raiser. , In the second bout Frankie Burns, the veteran Jersey City feather weight, outfought and severely pun ished Patsy Johnson of Trenton in every one of the six rounds. Marcel Thomas, the French welter weight champion, and Ted "Kid" Lewis, who claims to hold the Brit ish title, were the principals in the six-round semi-final. The weights were announced as 147 for Lewis and Thomas 149 V4. Thomas used a clever left hook effectively but was (Concluded on Page 15. Column S.) OF THE INTERESTING PLAYS IN Five Men Tried for Mordcr of Til Taylor Testify They Were Tortured. PENDLETON, Or.. Oct. 12. (Spe cial.) G. W. Phelps, circuit judge, who presided at the recent trials of the five men convicted for the murder of Sheriff Til Taylor, today ordered a grand jury investigation? Into charges made by the five -men that third-degree methods had been em ployed by officers to get' confessions from them. Charges of brutal treatment were made at length by Elvilc Kerby, alias Jim Owens, and John Laffebean, alias Jack Rathie, at their trial last week. The defense asserted the statements made by the five men before the grand jury were made under duress and during the trial all five men were called to the stand. Each testified that cruel and in human treatment had been resorted to by officers following the arrest of the jailbreakers. Before passing sen tence. Judge Phelps said that a grand jury investigation should be made into the charges of the men. The convicted men testified that they had received Prussian-like treat ment on the night that they were re turned to the Umatilla county jail. They charged that they had not only been subjected to blows, but ammonia had been used to make them talk. Few names were given by the wit nesses. Their tormentors were mostly strangers, they said. All evidence and court records of the trial will be open for the grand 'jury during its investigation and a complete exposure of everything that went on within the jail from the time the jailbreakers were returned to their cells until their trial and sen tencing is expected to be brought be fore the public. Judge lielps instructed the grand jury to begin its investigation as soon as all urgent matters are disposed of. BURLESON RAPPED AGAIN Order to Rcslorc Mail Privileges. to Paper Kciif Tinned. WASHINGTON, Oct. 12. Justice Hitz, in the district supreme court, reaffirmed his order directing Postmaster-General Burleson to restore the mailing privilege to the New York Call, a socialist newspaper. The court held that the postofflce department liad no authority to re fuse' the malting privilege to future issues of the paper because In former issues there had appeared alleged se ditious matter. CORINTHIA FOR AUSTRIA Voters by Large Majority Indicate Affiliation Preference. VIENNA, Oct. 12. (Havas.) Re turns from thejjlebiscite in Corinthia indicate that two-thirds of the votes were cast in favor of Austrian pos session of the territory affected by the voting. Dispatches to Vienna newspapers made this announcement today. THE BIG SERIES Fear Expressed "White and Black" Will Be Issue. HARDING VISITS TENNESSEE Republican Hopes Based on Investigation and Knowledge. DEMOCRATS BADLY SPLIT Old-Fahioned Stales' Rights Voters Deeply Inoculated by Party Lead ers WiUi Anti-League Virus. BT MARK SULLIVAN. (Copyright by h New York BvenlnR Post. Inc. Ptibllshed by Arrangement.) ST. LOUIS, Mo., Oct. 12. (Special.) Senator Harding is passing one day this week in Tennessee and a little later the republican vice-presidential candidate, Mr. Coolidge, will spend a day there. Since there Is no senator to be elected in Tennessee, there must be another reason for the two candidates giving a day of their limited time for campaigning to this state. Hrpullicnn Hop, for Trnarnifr. The reason lies in the fact that the republicans this year hope to add Tennessee to the list of doubtful border states. To put it more strongly, the republicans hope to carry Tennessee. It is a real hope based on investigation edge and not merely campaign "big talk." an d knowl put out as Up to very recently, I think the republicans have been a degree justified in this hope, but at the present moment there is an uneasy backwash in all the border states which seems to favor the democrats. It is confined wholly . to the border states and does not extend to the west. The west is just as republican as it has been at any time during the campaign, and so far as there is any swing in the west at all, it i rai.ncj in ine airectlon of greater republican majorities. Color Question Cornea l But as to the border states, as it might have been said two weeks ago tnat the republicans had a chance to carry all but one of them, that would not be a statement today. The reason i3 wholly local. It is the color ques tion. The local republican managers in many of these border communities were rather over aggressive in stimulating the registration of negro women. That, in connection with some other things that have come up in the south in reference to the color question, has created a reaction. The democrats haven't been, by any means, free from criticism in some of the ways that the local' democrats in the border states have used and are using the color argument. It isn't an agreeable aspect of the cam paign to discuss and it is possibly best to let it go with the statement that the republicans are a little less apt to carry these border states today j than they were soma time ago. n..nkllM. P..JIJ.,. -- I The republicans expectations of carrying Tennessee was based on several facts. The republican factions I in the state are united for the first time in several years. Also the republicans have a popular candidate for governor, "Al" Taylor, a brother of "Fiddling Bob" Taylor, who was a popular character in Tennessee politics some years ago. Furthermore, the democrats in Tennessee are badly torn by faction alism. One of Tennessee's senators. Shields, has come to a position as regards the league of nations which may fairly be called close to that of the irreconcilables. During the de bate in the senate. Senator Shields favored the league with reservations, but more lately he has seemed to go rartner in ine airectlon or the bitter enders. Democrats Well Inoculated. When an old-fashioned state rights democratic voter is inoculated, as some of them have been in Tennessee by their own party leaders, with the idea that th,e league of nations im plies a partial surrender of sov ereignty and when they have got thoroughly set in that impression, then, as one disgusted politician ex pressed It, about the only thing that will change them is a rock crusher. Finally, among the reasons for the republican hSpes of carrying Tennes see is the fact that a. certain number of business men of the state who are normally democratic this year wish for a republican administration and are willing to help bring it about. Tennessee has never been so solidly democratic as most of the other southern states. In 1916, the demo cratlc majority was only 2000 and the year Taft ran, in 1908, it wad only 17,000. Spencer's Seat la Danger. As to the other border states. Missouri still leans toward the repub licans. But there is this to be added to what I said about Missouri some days ago: As It now looks the re publican senatorial candidate in Mis souri, Senator Spencer, is expected to run some 25,000 votes behind Harding. That is to say, even though the republicans should carry Missouri on , iCoacluded ou Fag 3. Column 3. Patrolman for 2 0 Minutes Fights egro Till Antagonist Shot, Rolls Off to Street. NEW YORK, Oct. 12. Patrolman .Martin Gill today struggled for 20 minutes on the roof of a five-story building with a San Domingo negro he was trying to arrest and then shot his antagonist to save himself from being hurled Into the street. The nefcro, with a bullet in his stomach, slid off the roof, falling into a basket of wash left on the sidewalk. There he died a few minutes later. Scores of pedestrians stood on Sixth avenue, transfixed. watchinsr the struggle, while persons in several hotels nearby pressed their faces to window panes. Finally a former sailor dashed up stairs to the roof and caught Gill by one leg just as the negro was about to roll him into the street. The negro, identified as Rafael Co lin, by this time had obtained Gills pistol. He fired at the patrolman. wounding him. The sailor cracked Co lin on the head with a piece of wood and. Gill regaining his weapon, fired twice as the negro made his last furious rush. Medical Examiner Nor- riis later expressed the opinion that Colin wa insane. Gill, a veteran of the world-war. who recently rescued two women from drowning in Central Lake p:irk. said he had attempted to arrcft Colin on complaint of a woman who said he had insulted her. HARDING STAYS IN LEAD Straw Ballot Shows Cox Outdis tanced 12,238 to 1. '1,507. CHICAGO. Oct. 12. Harding is still maintaining hif5 lead in the straw votes being taken in this city. Yes terday's poll showed the republican candidate again attracting votes in the ratio of three to one as compared with his democratic opponent. Yesterday's vote, as taken by a local business house with locations in the loop district, the heart of the business section, showed Harding with 2891 to Cox's 98S. The total vote to date is Harding 42.238, Cox 13.507. LUMINOUS CABLE SUCCESS Device Enables Ships to Make Way in Heavy Fog. PARIS. Oct. 12. Tests o' a luminous cable by which steamers may enter and leave port during heavy fogs have been attended by Admiral Fournier and the minister of the navy, who have reported them entirely success ful. It has been decided to install these cables in the principal French ports and the Matin says the placing of one across the English Channel is being considered. CANDIDATE'S CAR STOLEN Herbert Gordon Reports Thief Worked While He Made Speech. Herbert Gordon, candidate for may or of Portland, reported to the police last night that his automobfle had been stolen while he was campaigning at Arleta station. The police had not recovered the machine at an early hour today. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS Tb Weather. TEPTERDAT'? Maximum temperature. &5 denres; minimum, 41 degrees. TODAY'S Fair; southwesterly winds. Fore Urn. New state created by "Central Lithuanian government" at VI In. Page 2. Two army officers slain in Ireland. Tase 2. Politic. Color question will affect election results In border states, says Mark Sullivan. Page 1. Neither America nor world justified In taking Harding seriously, says Cox. Page 4. Democrats' domain Invaded by Harding. Page 8. Speaking campaign in Multnomah county planned by republicans. Page 16. W. Bourlce Cock ran. professed foe of the league of nations, flops to Cox. Page . National. Farmers today to ak 17. 8. for more lib eral system of credits. Page 1. Red Russia near collapse. Is belief of state department officials. Page 1. State and federal authority in railroad rate-making debated at capital. Page 3. Present tax law breeds Harm, is view of Otto Kahn. Page 19. Investigation of cruelty charges by Til Taylor's slayers ordered. Page 1. Domestic. Nation-wide liquor ring Is probed by United States. Page 4. Gotham crowd watches fatal fight on roof of five-story building. Page 1. Northwest. Attempt to bomb North Bend editor fails. Page 1. Seattle on brink of milk-price war. Page 1. Bporta. Carpentier in fourth round of fight knocks out Battling I,evinsky. Page 1. Cleveland defeats Brooklyn, 3 to 0, and wins world's series title. Page 1. Man o' War captures continental thorough bred horse championship. Page 15 Pacific Coast league results: Vernon 1, Portland 0; Salt Lake 8. Oakland 7; Sacramento 2, Los Angeles 5; San Fran cisco 2. Seattle 1 (10 innings). Page 14. Cleveland elated over team winning world pennant. Page 14. Five battles scheduled for Mllwaukie arena tonight. Page 15. Commercial and Marine. Four British vessels load grain. Page 17. Portland and Vicinity. Two alleged white slavers indicted by fed eral grand jury. Page J2. No decrease shown in food when prices are compared to year ago. Page 9. Flashlight pictures of movie theater crowds prohibited. Pajre 13. Period of pronounced building aetivltv coming, says realtors' president. Page 7. Teachers' pay and tenure argued before board but nothing is done. Page 8. Charge of blocking rental probe vigorously denied by Mx. Gordon. Pace &. U. S. MAKING PREPARATIONS State Department Looks For ward to Era of Anarchy. WRANGEL'S POWER GAINS Anti-Bolshevik Forces in Southea-st-cm Part of Europe Arc Con stantly Being Augmented. WASHINGTON, Oct. 1. Signs of the approaching collapse of bolshev ism in RuFsia arc seen by state de partment officials in the crumbling of soviet authority on the Polish front and the rapidly augmenting strength of antl-boishevik foree-s in the southeastern part of liurope under General Wrangel. A 1 ready con side rat ion is being given at the department, it was fcaid today, to what may follow the end of soviet rule in Russia. The prospect of anarchy and chaos in the event of soviet dissolution is very real, ac cording to officials, but the belief was expressed that the local zemstvos have been so well organized as to maintain a semblance of order and .some cohesion of economic life until a stable government capable of or ganising the adherents of the ma jority of the Russians shall arise rrraiiD Situation Clear.. The situation in Persia where for a time bolshevism threatened to dis rupt the country, recently has cleared satisfactorily, according to reports received by the department. The league of boLshevlsm with the Turkish nationalists also is regarded as having been weakened with the rout of Mustapha Kemal and his followers. Most significant indication of the wane of soviet vnflucnc.o in Europe, according to officials, was the rejec tion of the bolshevik overtures by Switzerland, which is situated no as to be able to form an accurate opinion of the character and future of the soviet regime. It is now also known tnat somewhat arlier Koumania, re jected overtures of the soviet gov ernment, it was said. SoelallMs May Divide. The judgment of the socialists upon the soviet government was expected to be registered with particular em phasis at the meeting of the German socialists at Halle whore the right wing of the German socialist party is expected to withdraw from the con vention on the issue of adherence to the Moscow third internationalc. The right wing includes the great majority of socialists in Germany and may be considered, in the opinion of officials, aj representative and in dicative of the growing attitude of distrust of socialists generally in Europe towards bolshevism. KLAMATH FIRE TOLL GAINS Father and Child Believed Victims. Two More Bodies Recovered. MEDFORD, Or.. Oct. 12. (Special.) An echo of the Klamath Falls hotel fire that caused a known death list of 15 September 9, reached this city today with the unconfirmed report that the husband and child of Mrs. Anna Boone, employed as a waitress in the Optimo cafe, had lost their lives In the disaster. The report stated that two more bodies had been recovered from the ruins. Mrs. Boone has not heard of her husband or child since before the fire, despite all efforts to locate them. They were thought to be in the Klam ath Falls section about the time of the fire. LOAN PAYMENT PROMISED Britain and France Prepared to Sleet $500,000,000 Obligation. NEW YORK. Oct. 12. It Is under stood that plans for payment of the Anglo-French J500.000.000 five-year 5 per cent external loan, due next Friday, have been completed. J. P. Morgan & Co. announced today that the bonds will be accepted prior to maturity and holders were asked to present them promptly. Britain's half of the loan is already in hand and it is believed that Franco will pay a goodly part 0f her sharo out of the large arold imports which have recently come to this market from Paris. ADMIRALS ARE PRAISED Daniels Comments on Marked Pro gress of Fleets In Gunnery. WASHINGTON, Oct. 12. Secretary Daniels today wrote Admiral Wilson and Admiral Rodman, commanding of ficers of the Atlantic and Pacific fleets, respectively, commending them on the "marked progress in efficiency" of both fleets as shown by an analysis of gunnery and engineering exercises during the last fiscal year. The Pacific fleet, he said, showed "progressive improvement" in both gunnery and engineering, perform