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WILSON
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Thousands Follow Gov
ernor in Parade.
LINE BIGGEST SINGE 1896
Rally Rivals Demonstration
for McKinley.
CANDIDATE WANTS PEACE
America Will Not Quit, Saj-9 Mass
achusetts Executive; , Nation
Will lo Its Bit.
NEW YORK, Oct. 23. New York
harked back to the traditions of the
last century tonight when Its his
toric thoroughfares, Broadway and
Fifth avenue, resounded to the tread
of thousands marching behind Calvin
yCoolidge, republican candidate for
vice-presiaem.
Not since 1896, when thousands of
marchers fell Into line under the col
ors of McKinley, has the city wit
nessed so great a political demon
stration in its streets.
Leading the column. Governor Cool
idge rode in an automobile from
Worth street and lower Broadway to
the Union League club on Fifth ave
nue, where he left the car and
watched the passing procession on a
reviewing stand erected over the side
walk. Leaving this point of vantage
long before the parade was over, he
went to Carnegie hall, where, before
an audience which taxed Its capacity,
he took Issue wifh those who con
demned Senator Harding for reject
ing parts and retaining parts of the
league of nations covenant.
Night Given to Coolidge.
Tonight's address was Governor
Coolidge's first public appearance In
New York since his nomination and
great crowds turned away from the
doors of the hall where he spoke,
Joined with the paraders in making
the metropolis ring with the cheers of
"Coolidge night."
"Winding its way through one of the
narrow and tortuous streets adjacent
to Greenwich village, the column
turned off Broadway, crossed "Wash
ington square and, passing under the
colossal arch commemorating the
Father of his country, debouched into
lower Fifth avenue. As the candi
date's car passed under the arch the
entire square was illuminated 'by
brilliant white flares. Streets empty
ing into the square overflowed with
uncounted thousands of men and
women waiting to fall into the pro
cession. Candidate Watches Marchers.
Proceeding up the avenue, the pro
cession crossed Madison square and
continued on to the fashionable up
town shopping district, the sidewalks
of which were wedged tight' with
watchers. At the Union League club
the candidate left his machine and
for more than a half hour reviewed
the parade.
After the more formal part of the
parade had passed came men and
women indiscriminately waving
torches of red fire and striving to
maintain a semblance of marching
time to the ragged refrains of half
formed bands.
Following the Carnegie hall ad
dress republicans of the city tendered
Governor Coolidge a reception at the
Union League club.
S4 Section In Parade.
The parade consisted of 84 sections.
Some included automobile trucks
carrying choruses of singers who sang
campaign songs through megaphones.
Others included ornate floats bearing
campaign slogans and portraits of
Harding and Coolidge.
Speaking after Nathan L. Miller and
Senator James W. "Wadsworth, re
spectively candidates for governor of
New York and United States senator;"!
Governor Coolidge declared the United
States Is determined to do its part
In the upbuilding of civilization, al
though he said no one could predict
what sort of an association of na
tions would result from America's
leadership.
Parade Stars at S.
The Coolidge parade, which includ
ed both men and women, began short
ly after 6 o'clock. Forming in Broad
way with the head of the column in
the heart .of the wholesale mercantile
section and its tail at the Battery
the procession, illuminated by thou
sands of electric lights carried by the
marchers, moved up the famous street,
increasing in size as it proceeded on
its way.
At the head of the procession, lm
mediately behind a cordon of mounted
police, the words "America first," and
"Harding and Coolidge" were bla
roned on a huge electric sign forming
an arch from curb to curb. This sign
brilliant in red and white lights and
borne upon an automobile truck be
decked with the national colors, pre
ceded one of the 30 or more bands in
line, which had the place of honor
immediately before the governor's au
tomobile. Marehera Carry Lights.
Following him in an endless ribbon
of red, white and blue, came the
marchers on foot, each carrying a
slender reed surmounted by a tiny
electric light. From vantage points
above the street the entire thorough
tConcluded on rase 8, Column 3).
Official or Railway Executives
Characterize Esch-Cummins
Bill as Constructive.
BOSTON, Oct. 28. "Whether private
ownership of railroads will continue
to be the' economic policy of this
country "depends largely upon rail
roads themselves." said Daniel Wil
lard, president of the Baltimore &
Ohio railway and chairman of the
advisory committee of the American
railway executives' in an address at
the annual dinner of the Associated
Industries of Massachusetts tonight.
He characterized the Esch-Cummins
railway act as "upon the whole one
of the most constructive pieces of
legislation that has been enacted
during my generation."
"It may fairly be said that con
gress by this act has made a pre
ferred class of the railway workers,"
he said, "because so far as I know
this is the first time that congress
has ever said that any particular
class of people should receive at all
times and under all conditions juet
and reasonable wages and just and
reasonable working conditions.
"I venture to predict that we shall
be free from railway strikes in the
future; not. however, because the men
have been f- rbidden to strike.
"If the railroad managers are men
of vision, and if they realize their
responsibilities as semi-public serv
ants, as well as trustees of properties
of great value owned alike by large
and small Investors; if they feel that
the policy of private ownership of
property is upon the whole the best
policy and should be continued, and
if, as good citizens, they are willing,
and not only willing, but anxious, to
do all they can to make that policy
enduring, then I also believe they will
succeed in their undertaking."
MAN DIES ON PARK BENCH
Hemorrhage Fatal to W. H. Han
ley Shortly Before Midnight.
To bleed to death as he walked
among strangers was the fate which
overtook "W. H. Hanley shortly before
midnight last night. He died at
tended only by R. C. Stevenin. His
dying bed was a cold bench in the
park block at Eighth and Burnside
streets.
la response to a hurry call, the
police ambulance rushed to the park.
According to Stevenln's story, he was
walking along Burnside between
Sixth and Broadway when he noticed
blood on the sidewalk. Investigating,
Stevenin-f rKJiQbayihe park just as
the object of his search collapsed
on a bench.
At t. Vincents hospital it was
ascertained death was due to hem or
rhage of the bowels.
Papers in the clothing revealed
only the name of W. H. Hanley.
22 DRUNKS ARE ARRESTED'
Night's Record Compares With
Pre-Prohibition Days.
After Patrolmen Mulligan and Bar
ber had brought in 12 men, all to be
booked as drunk, the police began to
suspect that unusual efforts were be
ing made to subvert the prohibition
laws in Portland last niht. But that
was only tne Deginning. He Tore mid
night 22 men had been locked up on
that charge and others of a moon
shine nature. Various bottles of evi
dence were taken with the men, evi
dence which had mostly disappeared
at the time of arrest.
According to the police last night's
record would stand comparison with
lively nights during pre-prohlbition
times.
STORE ROBBED OF $500
Gold Hill, Or., Merchant Loses
Shoes and Miners' Goods.
GOLD HILL, Or., Oct. 28. (Spe
cial.) Men's heavy shoes and furnish
ing goods fit for miners and loggers,
valued at $500, were stolen from
J. W. Merritt last night. The store
was entered through a show window
on a well-lighted side street.
The robbers carried the loot to
automobiles and escaped on the Pa
cific highway. They left no clew.
STANDARD OIL PROSPERS
Stock Dividend Shows Indiana Con
cern Doing Fairly Well.
CHICAGO, Oct. 28. The Standard
Oil company of Indiana today voted a
stock dividend of 150 per cent, payable
December 17.
The company, with 335,000 shares of
stock, with a par value of 133,500,000.
has a surplus of $180,000,000 officials
said. ... .
SHIP REPARATION FIXED
Commission Decides Germany Must
Give Vp 2 73,000 Tons.
PARIS, Oct. 28. Germany must de
liver 275,000 tons of shipping to the
allies as compensation for the sinking
of the German fleet in Scapa Flow.
The reparations commission decided
upon this compensation today.
MIDDLE WEST GETS SNOW
Light Fall In All Sections or Illi
nois Reported.
CHICAGO, Oct. 28. Light falls of
snow were reported from cities in
virtually all sections of Illinois today.
Chicago's first snow "storm" was of
brief duration.. .
Government and Miner
Leaders Agree.
WAGE BOARD TO BE CREATED
Acceptance by Men by End
of Next Week Expected.
ARRANGEMENT IS CLEVER
Pay in Interval to Be Settled on
Basis of Increase or Decrease
of Production.
LONDON. Oct. 28. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The prospect tonight
was that the coal strike will ter
minate by the end of next weeK
through the miners' acceptance of the
agreement arranged with the gov
ernment under which the m'ners will
get two sh'llings advance unci ndt
tlonally until the end of the year,
and in the future their wages will
be settled by the creation of a na
tional wage board.
In the event of any delay in start
ing the wage board, wages in the
interval will be settled on the basis
of increase or decrease according to
surplus profits or otherwise from
coal exports.
Calculations Are Complex.
This depends upon such complex
calculations as to render It hardly
possible for any miner to understand;
therefore, in the ballot to be taken
next Tuesday and made returnable
Wednesday, the minern must neces
sarily be guided by th j recommenda
tion of their leaders. The leaders
favor a settlement on these terms.
The management Is skilfully ar
ranged so that all concerned. Includ
ing the al owners, will be inter
ested in increasing the output, as in
case of a decreased output the own
ers will also be penalized by a reduc
tion of 10 per cent in their surplus
profits.
Mlnera Statement Issned.
Frank Hodges, a member of the
miners' executive body, announced:
"We have got terms from the gov
ernment which the executive Is sub
mitting to n. ballot of the men for
their ludement. The executives are
recommending their adoption as
temDorarv measure until a national
wages board is established."
The government issued a statement
similar to that of Mr. Hodges, adding
that the ballot of the men would be
taken immediately.
One six-pence raise for the miners
will be calculated for every complete
288,000 value of excess in revenue
over the September figures. The
wages will be automatically adjusted
January 3, again on January 31, and
thereafter every four weeks on the
basis of the results of the four weeks
following the previous test period.
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Siege Laid to Affections of Second
Girl When Quarrel Blights
Marriage "With First.
NEW YORK, Oct. 28. (Special.)
John Burfind. 25, native of Washing
ton and successful farmer of Rltz
ville of that state,' within the last
two weeks has been at the Queens
borough marriage license bureau
twice and on each occasion has taken
out a marriage license. Two differ
ent women, both young and good
looking, accompanied him. They hap
pened to be sisters.
After he had arranged to marry
Miss Kathry Rupy of 226 Cooper ave
nue, Glendale, and had come from
Washington and procured a marr'age
license, the couple had a misunder
standings the result of which was to
break the engagement.
Burfind immediately laid selge to
the affections of Miss Anna Rupy and
won. They got a marriage license
yesterday and arranged to be mar
ried at St. Adelbert's church. Novem
ber 14. The sisters are in accord and
Burfind is perfectly satisfied.
Burfind obtained the first license
October 13. He returned to the bu
reau yesterday, handed It to Chief
Clerk Zimmerman, saying: "You can
cancel that license. I am not going
to marry Miss Kathryn Rupy, but I
am gong to marry her sister. Miss
Anna Rupy. I have, her here and
would like to get a license."
When Miss Kathryn Rupy was
asked about the affair, she said:
"After John and I got the license to
marry we had a misunderstanding
and we decided not to marry. He is
a nice young man, I will say that. He
then made up his mind he wanted .to
marry Anna, so they are going to be
married."
"Are you angry with Anna?" she
was asked. . .
"No, why should I be?" she replied.
"I was not going to marry him, and
so Anna had the right to take him
if she wanted to."
"Are you goingto be bridesmaid?"
"No. I am not. But I hope they will
be very hanpy." Burfind said he had
nothing to add to the statement of
Miss Kathryn Rupy.
"Everything has turned out satis
factorily," said Burfind. "I am go
ing to marry a young woman I love
and who will make, I am Sure, just
the kind of wife I want.. That is all
I have to say about the matter."
ACT HITS ALIEN SCHOOLS
Hawaii Plans to Prohibit Teaching
Children Foreign Languages.
HONOLULU, T. H., Oct. 28. (Spe
cial.) The attorney-general of the
territory has drafted a bill which will
be presented by the Honolulu cham
ber of commerce to the coming spe
cial session of the territorial legisla
ture, whereby the quietus will be put,
if the bill passes, upon foreign lan
guage schools In the islands.
The measure forbids the attendance
of any child at any school before and
after public school hours and the
teaching of any language, except
English, to students below the sev
enth grade.
GOOD MAN WORKING FOR
Cse of Substitute for Coal Is Be-
clared Nothing Xew In Agri
cultural Districts.
OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 28. Hundreds of
thousands of bushels of corn may be
burned as fuel by farmers in northern
Nebraska this winter. High priced
coal and a bounteous but low-priced
crop of corn is the reason. New corn.
unshelled, now brings of a cent
a pound, or 315 a ton. The cheapest
soft coal is S15 and it has to be
hauled. A wagon box 30 Inches high
is required to hold a ton of unshelled
corn and that amount makes a hotter
fire and will last longer than a ton
of coal. , .
LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 28. Burning
corn as a substitute for coal Is not
a new procedure for Ne-braska farm
ers, according to C. H. Gustafson,
president of the Nebraska Farmers
union. In recent years, however, the
price of corn has not justified the
farmers in such a practice. Mr. Gus
tafson Is of the opinion that farmers
of the state have not used corn as
fuel since 1906 when the corn crop
was even larger than this year's esti
mated yield of 251,619,000 bushels.
OREGON IRISH DO HOMAGE
United Societies Order Wreath for
Lord Mayor MacSwlney's Cofifn.
The United Irish societies of Port
land yesterday sent a cable message
to a florist in Ireland, ""ordering a
wreath of flowers to be placed on
the coffin containing Mayor Terence
MacSwlney's body on arrival n Cork,
with the following message append
ed:
"Citizens of Oregon extend to Mrs.
MacSwiney and Irish republic sincere
sympathy." -
The wreath was ordered to be made
up in the three colors of the flag
of the Irish republic, which are green,
white and orange.
Memorial services for Lord Mayor
MacSwiney and his comrades are be
ing arranged for Sunday, which will
conclude with a mass meeting In Hi
bernia hall, 340 Russell street, in the
evening at 8 o'clock.
FEDERAL PRISONERS FREE
Sentences of Violators of Espion
age Act Commuted.
SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 28. The
sentence of Sam Sadler, convicted in
federal court here" in 1918, together
with Hulet M. Wells, Morris Pass and
Sam Pass, of violation of the espion
age act. has been commuted by. Presi
dent Wilson, federal officers here
were informed today.
Sadler, whose two-year sentence
would have expired January 6. 1921,
was released from McNeil Island peni
tentiary yesterday, it was learned.
Wells was taken to the federal peni
tentiary at Leavenworth, Kan., from
McNeil Island a year ago. '
Sentence of W. E. Mead, convicted
of violation of the espionage act and
committed to the McNeil Island prison
in June, 1918, for five years, was
commuted October 21, it became
known today.
US NOW!"
POLICY DENOUNCED
Liner Said to Have Car
. ried Explosives.
TONS OF POWDER IN CARGO
Facts Kept From People,
Says Dudley Field Malone.
LA F0LLETTE IS DEFENDED
Administration Charged With Sup
pression of Truth and Perse
cution of Senafbr.
NEW YORK, Oct. 28. Dudley Field
Malone, candidate for governor on the
farmer-labor ticket and ex-collector
of the port of New York, in an ad
dress tonight declared that when the
Lusitania was sunk by a German sub
marine she carried a consignment of
4200 cases of cartridges for the Brit
ish government, which contained a
total of nearly 11 tons of black pow
der. The assertion was made in cit
ing the case of Senator La Follette,
who charged that the Lusitania car
ried explosives for the British.
"When the record of the Wilson
administration becomes a matter of
open history," Mr. Malone declared.
'the world will realize that no other
government ever perpetrated such a
reign of oppression and secrecy upon
a people."
Mr. Malone said that when Senator
La Follette declared the Lusitania
carried explosives consigned to the
British government he was "immedi
ately fclated for expulsion from the
senate and, as we all remember, came
within a hair's breadth of that fate."
Senator Held Persecuted.
"When Senator La Follette was one
trial before the senate elections com
mittee, within his right as a senator,"
he continued, "he demanded from the
treasury department a copy of the re
port of the collector of the port of
New York on the condition and cargo
of the Lusitania. The treasury de
partment referred him to the state
department and the state, department
declared the report had become a part
of the secret archives.
"As it happened, I wrote this report
on the Lusitania because I had exam
ined the Lusitania in my capacity as
collector of the port of New York.
.. . . And it was upon the evidence
compiled by me that the Lusitania
was not armed that President Wilson
wrote his famous second Lusitania
note to the German imperial govern
ment. In my view, the ruthlessness
of the German U-boat warfare could
not justify the Washington adminis
tration in persecuting Senator La
FoWette for telling the truth nor
could German militarism be offered
as a reason for refusing to tell the
American people Just what the Lusi
tania had on board when she was
sunk.
"I considered then and I consider
now that the persecution of La Fol
lette on a charge which the adminis
tration knew to be false from evi
dence in its own possession was a
frame-up on Senator La Follette and
a fraud on the American people.
Trial Postponed, Dropped.
"When I heard that Senator La Fol
lette was refused access to my report
I informed his counsel and told his
counsel to inform the government
that I would testify in support of the
senator's statements and that I would
not remain silent and see any man
crucified for telling the truth. Where
upon the trial was postponed from
week to week and finally dropped. It
has been admitted by the German
admiralty that the Lusitania was
struck by a German torpedo. But it
will never be known whether or not
there was a second explosion in the
Lusitania's cargo which made her
sink before she could be reached.
"We do not know and never will
know actually what was in all the
boxes and cases which made up this
cargo. But we did know that there
was one consignment on board the
Lusitania of 4200 cases of Springfield
metallic cartridges, each case con
taining 1000 cartridges with five
pourids of black powder to each 1000
cartridges, xnererore, tnere was con
centrated in one consignment in the
hold of the vessel, a shipment of
nearly 11 tons of black powder, which
by the impact of the torpedo may
very well have contributed to the
incredibly rapid sinking of the great
liner. The other consignments of am
munition and shrapnel known to have
been on the Lusitania were consigned
to the British government, but com
tained no explosives.
Facta Declared Withheld.
"President Wilson was perfectly
right when he denied the charge made
by the German government that the
Lusitania was armed. She was not
armed. But the administration was
dead wrong when it sought to keep
from public knowledge all the facts
about the Lusitania case."
Concluding his address, Mr. Malone
said:
"No matter what may be individual
opinions on the Lusitania, or any
other question of public knowledge,
we must teach our political leaders
and our government that the Ameri
can people are' not afraid to learn the
whole truth about anything and are
willing to draw their own conclusions
when all the facts are presented. The
autocratic suppression of the truth
through the arrogant autocracy of
leaders of both old parties is merely
another reason why the .people at
this election are seeking for a new
kind of administration, politics and
government."
Bearing of "Bottled In Bond" In
signia Declared No Guarantee
Against Wood Alcohol.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 28. Wide
spread counterfeiting of internal
revenue stamps in connection with
violation of prohibition laws was dis
closed tonight when the bureau of in
ternal revenue issued a warning
against "bootlegging in bonded
whisky."
The country is being flooded. Com
missioner Williams said, with whisky
labeled "bottled in bond," which bears
spurious tax stamps.
Mr. Williams said iat the fact
that the bottles bore the tax stamp
was no guarantee that the liquor did
not contain wood alcohol or some
other injurious substance to endow it
with the "kick" of whisky manufac
tured under government inspection.
Quantities ofwhisky bearing names
of well-known brands, but which was
described, after chemical analysis, as
being "largely prune Juice, water and
sugar." had been taken in raids.
Secret service agents are under
stood to have run down several en
graving establishments engaged in
turning counterfeit stamps out in
wholesale quantities, it was said.
Federal agents are working on the
theory that the counterfeiting is un
der the direction of an organized
gang. Evidence was said to show
constant communication between, this
gang and bootleggers and moonshin
ers who required fraudulent stamps
for their products.
Use of fraudulent tax stamps on
adulterated and smuggled foreign
liquors also has been increasing,
agents reported.
SALEM CANDIDATE WEDS
Marriage of J. H. Carson and Miss
Myrtle Albright at Marquam.
SALEM, Or.. Oct. 28. John H. Car
son, republican candidate lor district
attorney of Marion county at the No
vember election, married at Marquam,
Clackamas county, this afternoon,
Miss-Myrtle J. Albright. The . - ding
took place at the home of the bride's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Albright-
Mr. Carson is a son of the late
John A. Carson, formerly a prominent
Salem attorney, and is well known in
this section of the state. The wedding,
it is said, followed a romance of
school days. Mr. and Mrs. Carson
will return here later in the week to
make their future home.
Mr. Carson is unopposed for the
office of district attorney.
QUAKE SOUTH REGISTERED
Disturbance Estimated 9 00
Miles
From Buenos Aires.
BUENOS AIRES, Oct 28. The seis
mograph of the University of de la
Plata registered a strong earthquake
shock at 8:52 o'clock this mornin
It was estimated 'that the center of
the disturbance was about 900 miles
distant.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTER-DATS Maximum temperature,
degrees; minimum, 49 decrees.
58
TODAY'S Probably rain; southwesterly
win do.
Foreign.
British coal strike tentatively settled.
Pace 1.
Wets not feared in British Columbia.
Page. 18.
Fight over lord mayor's coffin precedes
its sailing, rage 13.
National.
Farmers threaten crop-holding strike if
credits are &ot alven to move products.
Page 22.
Counterfeiters busy making revenue stamps
for moonshine whisky. Fags 1.
Domestic.
Man In huff to wed bride-elect's sister.
Page 1.
Nebraska farmers planning to burn corn
as fueL Page 1.
Future of railroad control declared to be
up to managers. Fage 1.
Politics.
Harding campaign expenses reported.
Page 8.
Hardin declares no clique rules him
Page 5.
Democratic managers rely on something In
air, says Mark toulllvan. . fage lu.
Stanfield predicts plurality of 23.000 votes
in senatorial race, rage 2S.
Election of Stanfield urged by regional
director at Chicago. Page
Lusitania carried explosives when sunk,
says Dudley Field Malone. Page 1
Thousands greet Coolidge In New York.
Page 1.
Tumulty pleads for his chieftain. Page 4.
Reactionary forces routed, says Cox. ad
dressing Hoosier democrats. Page 2.
Vlciousness marks attack on Harding.
Page 8.
Senator Polndexter to" speak at final re
publican rally at auditorium tomorrow.
Page 14.
Council pledged to keep faith with voters.
Page 10.
Stanfield denies Swift connections. Page 6.
Pacific Northwest.
Prowler routed from college girls' room
when one wakes and screams Page 8.
Three are Indicted for failure of Jackson
ville bank. Page 7.
Sheriff Johnson of Clarke county. Wash.,
accused of harboring vice. Page 11.
Snorts.
Stage all set for clash of Aggies and Bears.
Page 16.
Joe Gorman to box Jack Davis. Page IT.
Major league war is impending today.
Page 17.
Hill defeats commerce 13 to 0. Page 17.
Commercial and Marine.
Oregon wool Industry faces ruin because
of free imports. Page 27.
Sharp advance in wheat due to favorable
strike news. Page 27.
Wall street stocks break with heavy sell
ing. Page 27.
New steamship line to sail from Portland.
Page 19.
Portland and Vicinity.
Chamber of Commerce will support port
bill. Page 1.
j. N. Teal accepts appointment to shipping
board. Page 21.
Applause greets Mayor Baker at business
men's dinner. Page 6.
Kx-Detectlve T,aSalle assigned to Investi
gate war stamp frauds, involving him.
Tags 18.
Opposition Is Withdrawn
on Bonding Promise.
COMMITTEE OF 15 PLEDGED
Voters Will Approve Issues,
Says F. M. Warren.
CHANNEL IS EXCEPTED
Assurances Do Xot Aply to Ter
minals N'ot Yet Completed, for
Which Funds Are Needed.
All opposition of the Portland
Chamber of Commerce to the port con
solidation measure has been with
drawn, it was announced yesterday'
bf H. B. Van Duzer, president of the
chamber, and this organization, which
recently declared against the measure.
will use its influence and energy to
secure its passage at the election
next Tuesday.
The withdrawal of the chamber's
opposition followed the signing by the
committee of 15, which is sponsoring
the consolidation measure, and by a
majority of the men named in the
bill, as members of the proposed con
solidated port commission, of a pledge
that the bonding power of the com
mission will not be used for new
work without the authorization of the
electorate of the Port of Portland
district.
Warren Pledges Commission.
Opposition of the Chamber of Com
merce and of other organizations and
individuals to the proposed legisla
tion was on the ground that it vio
lated the principle of home rule by
granting to a state body the power
to issue bonds to be paid for by the
peeple of this port district without the
specific vote of this district In a
public statement Monday, Frank M.
Warren, chairman of the present port
commission, pledged himself and a
majority of the 12 men named as
members of the new port commission
to issue no bonds, except for certain
maintenance work, without the ap
proval of the electorate of the port
district.
This pledge by Mr. "Warren, which
was approved unanimously Tuesday
by the committee of 15. and signed
yesterday by a majority of the port
and dock commissioners, reads as fol
lows: "No bonds for the purchase or ac
quisition of land, except for the im
provement of the channel from Port
land to the sea, will be lSBuea witn-
out first being submitted to the elec
torate of the port, and no bonds will
ber issued for the purpose of con
structing new docks, warehouses,
tracks or terminals without first be
ing submitted to the electorate of the
port.
Present Terminals Excepted.
"These assurances do not apply to
the issuance of bonds for the purpose
of completing present terminals.
"The words 'docks' and 'terminals'
are r.ot to be construed to cover
moorings or upland improvements
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THE OREGOMA TO FLASH
ELECTION RETURNS.
Preparations are complete for
the comprehensive bulletin serv
ice on election returns, to be
furnished by The Oregonlan as
rapidly as reports are received
Tuesday night. Both'candidates
and measuresr their varying
fortunes at the polls and the
vote on each will be flashed on .
the screen at Sixth and Alder
streets.
By special arrangement with
the Portland Railway, Light &
Power company. The Oregonian
will signal the result of the
presidential contest to all sub
scribers of the lighting system
in Portland, Oregon City, Salem
and Vancouver by the turning
out of the electric lights ac
cording to the following code:
Two dashes (two successive
five-second Intervals of dark
ness) will indicate that Hard
ing has won.
Three dashes (three succes
sive five-second intervals of
darkness) will indicate that Cox
has won.
Four dashes (four successive
five-second intervals of dark
ness) will Indicate that the
election is in doubt.
The first signal will be given
as soon as sufficient returns
are received to justify announc
ing the result, but lu any event
a signal and announcement will
be made at 10 o'clock.
Bulletin service on the screen
at Sixth and Alder streets will
begin at 5 o'clock or as soon
after that hour as darkness
permits. The Associated Press
report of returns-from all states
will be bulletined. As soon as
the count is under way in Ore
gon it will be collected by The
Oregonian's election Btaff and
flashed to the public.
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