VOL. LIX NO. 18,710
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PORTLAND, OREGON, I'll UKSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1920
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Sweeping U. S. Inquiry
Favored by Admiral.
KIGHER-UPS WILL BE QUIZZED
Representative Steele Digs
for Political Influence.
TEXAS SENATOR NAMED
CatTdln? Firm in Lone Star State
Slakes Threats to Speed Up
Claim Settlement.
KEW YORK, Nov. 18. Additional
Evidence of alleged Irregularities and
mismanagement in the affairs of the
United States shipping board were in
troduced today before the congres
sional committee investigating the af
fairs of the board by J. F. Richard
son, assistant secretary and statisti
cian of the committee.
The investigation is based largely
tip on a report submitted by Mr. Rich
ardson and A. M. Fisher, secretary
and statistician of the committee,
after a year's work.
At the conclusion of today's session
Chairman Walsh announced that
Commander A. B. Clements, executive
assistant to Admiral Benson, chair
man of the shipping board, would be
a witness tomorrow. Chairman
"Walsh read a telegram from Admiral
Benson, which stated that the board
would not object to Commander
Clements testifying and that "the rec
ords, officers and employes of the
board were at the disposal of the
committee at any time or place the
committee desired."
Benson May Be Called.
Mr. Walsh said Admiral Benson and
ther officials of the board, as well
as Charles M. Schwab and Charles
Pies, former heads of the emergency
fleet corporation, may be asked to ap
pear. The hearings will be contin
ued in New York for two weeks and
then it is likely, said Chairman
Walsh, that the committee will go to
Philadelphia and Washington.
Cross-examination by Representa
tive Steele of Mr. Richardson took up
a considerable part of the afternoon
session. Characterizing the witness'
previous testimony as a "general in
dictment." Mr. Steele sought to bring
out specific instances of alleged "po
litical Influence," favoritism, etc
The witness prefaced his reply to
the first question asked with- the
statement that his report did not pur
port to fix any illegal act on the part
of any person.
Credit Is GlTen Board.
"The purpose of our criticism is."
lie said, "that we hope to bring out
existing conditions so that they may
be rectified by the shipping board it
self. I want to give full credit to the
board for its achievements. It had a
gigantic task one of the greatest
ever met by man."
Answering questions as to specifio
Instances of alleged political influ
ence, he recited that he had been in
formed that a shipbuilding firm In
Texas had threatened" to appeal to
a senator from that state to bring
about what was claimed by the com
pany to be a delay in a settlement of
an account. He added that he had
in ItnnwlKira UK to what f anvthtnir
Sthe senator did.
Another instance recited was that
a former congressman had accom
panled an officer of a shipbuilding
firm to Washington to assist in ob
taining a contract.
AH Contracts Not Criticised.
He added that he had no knowledge
of any shipyard or contracting firm in
which a member of congress was in
terested. He also said that he did
not criticise all of the allocation con
tracts entered Into by the board.
The witness also brought out in his
testimony incidents of what he termed
carelesness in the handling and pre
serving of shipping board records.
In one of the southern districts, he
said, desks and file cabinets were
disposed of without the contents be
ing removed and that these records
were scattered and many of them
destroyed.
In one case he testified where fil
ing cases had been certified and sold
as surplus, duplicates were pur
chased but a short- time later at
greatly Increased price."
Accounts Kpund Irregular.
He also charged sales of material
had been made without proper in
ventory. Regarding; amortizing
plants, he said he had found instances
where there were many thousands o
dollars difference between accounts
rendered to the shipping board and
those 'Tendered to private or munici
pal bodies of the same nropertles. He
aLso said he had found cases where
"rentals" were included in valuations
presented for settlement.
The sale of liberty, bonds also came
into the testimony of Mr. Richard
son. Bonds were' bought, he said, by
some of the companies with advance
funds and afterwards sold at dis
count. Y nanies to be reimbursed by the board
for the discount losses were not al
lowed and the claims withdrawn, as
were charges of peycentage In sell
ing to cover cost of selling cam
paigns. . .
Operators who run their own ves-
Dwellers In All Parts of City Ke
- port Intruders and Police
Pass Busy Xight. '
More than a dozen robberies and
attempted robberies were investigated
by the police before midnight last
night. Prowlers were reported from
all parts of the city, and motorcycle
and patrol were kept busy answering
summons of frightened or irate house
holders. In the majority of instances
the intruders 'were routed before
their self-appointed tasks were fairly
begun.
The home of T. F. Metcalf. 1284
Bast Yamhill street, was entered dur
ing the absence of the family. The
loot conssted of a 32-20 Colt's revolv
er, a woman's purse, a diamond la
valller and a baby's silver bib holder.
No trace of the burglar was found.
By using a Jimmy on a bedroom
window another robber equipped him
self with a revolver, from the home of
W. N. Sponangle, 909 Borthwick ave
nue. Other missing articles include -a
gold dollar stickpin of 1851 and an
agate stickpin. A neighbor stated
that she heard a man jump from the
window about 7:30 P. M.. No clue is
available.
A third robbery was at the home of
H. S. Tuthill.1611 East Salmon street.
Entrance was gained through a side
window, the house was ransacked and
the thief made good his escape. Ow
inp to the fact that the family is in
California, it was not possible to as
certain the amount of loss.
Other reports, none of which re
sulted in arrests, follow. Mrs. A. L.
Fields, 505 East Twenty-eighth street,
burglar trying to break in through
side door at 9:30 P. M., no loss; M.
Manvllle, 636 East Eighteenth street
North, burglar at 9:30 P. M., woke up
and frightened thief away; F. H.
Davis. 828 Commercial street, burglar
at 7:30 P. M., no loss; S. W. North-
cutt, 733 East Sixty-second street,
burglar surprised at work by son
Ray, no loss.
R. A. Ripley, uniformed patrolman,
arrested Charles E. Shepard, 18, son
of E. W. Shepard, and Willis Prather,
16, son of Harry Prather of the Mount
Scott neighborhood. The boys took
the officers to a room where they
had a cache of a revolver, rifle, shot
gun, kodak, mask, field glasses and
nough ammunition to have glad-
ened the heart of a poilu. The boys
are said to have confessed to stealing
the articles from a house near Island
City station. They were held on that
charge. ' ' -
Other suspicious persons arrested
were Phillip Ocampo andJohn Rios,
who were found by Patrolmen Fair
and Drake. Ocampo carried a 45 au
tomatic pistol, while Rios had a
razor-edged stiletto. They ' were
booked on a charge of carrying con
cealed weapons.
SIBERIAN STATE PLANNED
Independent Far Eastern Republic
Is Proclaimed at Chita.
TOKIO, Nov. 10. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The provisional com
mission which has been confcrlng at
Chita. Siberia, with the view of es
tablishing a Siberian state, has issued
a proclamation declaring the forma
tion of an. Independent far eastern
Siberian republic, controlling the
whole territory from the Baikal
region, eastward.
Whether the new government will
command adequate support is prob
lematical. The "white" military leaders are
holding aloof and tne Vladivostok
government Is disinclined to submit
to the merger.
GERMANS IGNORE PLEDGE
Books and Manuscripts Stolen
From Lonvain Jfot Restored.
NEW YORK, Nov. 10. Germany
has not yet restored a single book
or manuscript' of the collection car
ried off or burned during the sack
of the historic library of Louvain,
the rector, - P. Ladeuze, today in
formed the national committee of the
United States for the restoration of
the University of Louvain.
The value of the stolen treasures
whose return was pledged by the
treaty of Versailles may be fixed by
the Germans at 5,000,000 franco, he
said in a letter.
THREAT IS MADE LEGION
Warning Not to Try Parade in Co
lumbus, O., Is Given.
COLUMBUS. O.. Nov. 10. A warn
ing not to "try to get away with" a
parade of 'ex-service men arranged
for tomorrow in connection with the
Armistice day celebration was found
tonight under the door of the Ameri
can Legion headquarters here. The
warning, which was unsigned and
which was turned over to the depart
ment of Justice, read:
'"Don't try. to get away with that
parade. We spoiled one. sWe will
send your war-lovers to hell."
FIRE THREATENS MILL
Power Company Blaze Endangers
'' Plant at Springfield.
EUGENE," Or., Nov. 10. The large
sawmill of the Booth-Kelly Lumber
company at Springfield narrowly
escaped destruction by fire, tonight
when the fuel bin of the Mountain
States Power company, only a few
feet away from the mill, was de
stroyed.
. The loss to the power company is
any is
ials.of
ae fire
about $8000, according to officials
the company. The origin of th
is unknown.
Post of Secretary of La
bor Considered.
NOLAN ALSO MENTIONED
Hughes and Taft Are Eyed
for Supreme Bench.
FOUR VACANCIES LIKELY
Chief Justice "White and Holmes,
Iay and McKenna Eligible -Under
Retirement Law.
THE OREGONTAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, D. C, Nov. 10. From
what would be generally accepted as
reliable authority . comes the informa
tion that Colonel Theodore Roosevelt,
son of .the late president, will be
asked to cjcupy a place in the cabinet
of President-elect Harding.
It is said that the post of secretary
of labor is to be offered to Colonel
Roosevelt, although he is regarded
as qualified for any one of three or
four good places which the new presi
dent will have to offer. While per
sons who ought to know are respon
sib'e for the report that Roosevelt is
cousldered for labor chief there Is
good reason for doubt that President
elect Harding has committed himself
to any hard and fast purpose to put
the expresldent's son in that place.
Callfornlan la Mentioned.
There have been persistent rumors
that John I. Nolan, representative In
congress from California, is in the
lead for appointment as secretary of
labor. Mr. Nolan more nearly speaks
for organized labor in congress than
any other man. He Is a member of
the iron moulders' union and since
his election several years ago, largely
through the support of labor, he has
developed into one of the strong fig
ures in congress.
"lie has the absolute confidence "of
labor, as shown by the recent election
results. When Samuel Gompers, presi
dent of the American Federation of
Labor, issued his famous edict to
labor to get in line for James M. Cox
for , president. Representative Nolan
came out with a counter statement
calling for labor's support of Harding.
The relative influence of the two men
is measured by the fact that 97 per
cent of the labor vote followed Nolan
into the republican party.
It la said that less than 1 per cent
of the labor vote in San Francisco
was cast for Cox and the election re
turns from that city indicate that
the working class went strongly for
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President-Elect Gives $2 500 to
Assist Literary Digest in
Saving War Destitute.
POINT ISABEL, Tex, Nov. 10. (By
the Associated Press.) President
elect Harding landed his first tarpon
today and came back from the Point
Isabel fishing grounds looking proud
er than he did when a week ago late
election figures confirmed his over
whelming majority for the presi
dency. The catch measured four feet and
five inches, a fair sized prize as tar
pons go, and Mr. Harding handled the
reel unassisted while the big fish
raced back and forth through the wa
ter In its furious attempts to get
away. It was pulled in just 15 min
utes after, it took the bait.
Mrs. Harding shared the honors of
the day, for she also hooked a tarpon.
It was almost a six-footer, how
ever, and she did not try to land it.
She passed the rod over to Senator
Hale, a guest of the president-elect
and his wife on their vacation trip,
arid he brought it in after a struggle
of more than a half hour.
Senator Harding again spent the
whole day on the tarpon fields, three'
miles off' shore, passing up an ideal
golf day to devote himself to the
sport to which he was introduoed yes
terday.. His fishing will be Inter
rupted tomorrow, however, when he
goes to Brownsville, 20 miles away, to
deliver an Armistice day address. He
probably will give over the whole
day to the trip, playing a game of
golf at the Brownsville Country club
before delivering his address.
Mr. Harding, within 48 hours after
election day. contributed J250O to the
Literary Digest child feeding fund for
the relief of 3,500,000 destitute and
etarving children In Europe. His
contribution was announced tonight
as among the first in $183,000 col
lected to date which the Literary
Digest started with its own subscrip
tion of 25.000 at the urgent appeal
of Herbert Hoover.
" From Marion, O., on November 4,
Mr. Harding forwarded his check and
telegraphed:
"I have just now read your splendid
appeal o the people of America in
behalf of 3,500,000 of unfortunate
children in central and southeastern
Europe who are the helpless victims
of the great war. Because such a
movement for relief 1 reveals the true
heart of America; because It bespeaks
an. America, desire to play - a. great
people's part in relieving and restor
ing God's own children, I want to
commend and support your noble
undertaking. In seeking God's bless
ing for ourselves, I am sure he' will
bless us the more abundantly if we
share our good fortune in acts of
sympathy and human fellowship. I
wish you a success which will reveal
anew the unselfishness of our great
people. I am forwarding you my
check for $2500 by mail today."
NEW ORLEANS. Nov. 10. Fresi
dent-elect Harding will be the guest
of the New Orleans Association of
Commerce at a luncheon November
18 a few hours before he sails for
Fleeing Robber Drops. $50,000
Frightened Away Offi
cial Thought Locked In.
OTTAWA, 111., Nov. 11. After elec
tric torches and dynamite had been
nsed throughout the night in efforts
to free Francis Carey, bank teller,
from a time-locked vault in the Na
tional City bank here, in whrch it was
believed he had been locked early
last night by a robber, who took
$50,000 from the safe but dropped it
when frightened away, the safe was
found empty.
After attempts to loosen the door
with electric torches and small
charges of dynamite had failed, a
call was sent to the Joliet peniten
tiary for safeblowers believed to be
in prison there and arrangements
were made for a special train from
Chicago to bring them here. The
warden reported, however, that he
had only a few "old-fashioned safe
crackers who would be of no use on
a modern time vault."
About 7:30 Terrence Connolly
stepped out of the rear door of a
store next to the bank and noticed
man standing nearby. Connolly
took out his watch, and the stranger
apparently thinking Connolly ' was
drawing a revolver, ran, dropping a
bundle. The bundle contained $50,
000, later discovered to be missing
from the bank.
Charles Taylor, president of the
bank, set the time lock as he left
the bank, fixing it to open automat
ically at 9 A. M., Friday, as the bank
would be closed tomorrow. Armistice
day.
725-POUND JULIET WEDS
Don't Let Her Sit on You,, Justice
Warns . 155-Pound Husband.
LOS ANGELES, Cal.. Nov. 10. A
bride weighing 725 pounds was
brought home tonight by John H.
Hamilton, employed by a Los An
geles machinery company, who weighs
155. The bride, formerly Miss Alma
Emily Selm of Venice, Cal., was at
tended at the wedding, which took
place at Santa Ana, Cal., by her sister,
Mrs. L. C. Kring, who weighs 420
pounds. ,
The bride and bridegroom are the
same age 27. v
"She's a mighty fine girl; "but don't
ever let her sit on you," advised J. B.
Cox,' justice of the peace, - after he
had finished the marriage ceremony.
RAILWAY LOAN REFUSED
Southern Pacific " Application for
Government Aid Is Denied.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 10. The in
terstate commerce commission today
denied application of the Southern
Pacific railroad for a government
loan of $5,028,000 to aid it in purchas
ing new' equipment.
' The railroad failed to show that it
was unable to provide itself with
funds from other sources, the com
I mission said.
Financial Worries Upset
Mind of Attorney.
WOMAN EXPECTED TO LIVE
Life Hangs in Balance for
Many Hours at Hospital.
FAMILY LIFE PEACEFUL
Trouble With Stock Farm and
Suffering From Paralytic
Stroke Causes Derangement.
Schuyler C. Spencer, well-known
Portland lawyer and mdmber of the
law firm of Wilbur, Spencer & Beck
ett, was dead, and his wife, Mrs. Naomi
Spencer, lay dangerously wounded at
Vincents Hospital last night as
a result of the temporary mental
derangement of Mr. Spencer, during
which he made an ineffectual effort
to slay his -wife, and then turned
his- revolver upon himself. Mr. Spen
cer died almost instantly with a bullet
wouna tn-rougn h's heart.
Mrs. Snencer for several hnnn wo.
not expected to live, but at St. Vin
cent's hospital it was announced by
attending physicians that she prob
ably will recover unless complica
tions set in as a result of a bullet
wound in the abdomen.
Worries Cause Deringenent
The attempted killing and suicide
took place at the Spencer residence.
1126 Thurman street, Willamette
Heights,- shortly after 7 o'clock yes
terday morning. The mental derange
ment was brought on by overwork
and financial difficulties involving a
valuable stock farm which Mr. Spen
cer owned near Forest Grove.
Mr. and Mrs. Spencer were Just
arising for the day when Mr. Spencer
suddenly reached for his revolver,
which hung in a holster above bis
bed. and shot his wife as she stood
near the 'door of her dressing room.
Screaming with fright, Mrs. Spencer
ran from the room. Just as - she
reached the door another shot from
her husband's revolver struck her in
the right leg.
Fatal Shot Is Heard.
Mr. Spencer then ran to the door
and locked it and sent another bullet
crashing through his heart.
Mrs. Spencer ran to the door of the
room occupied by Mrs. Dorrls Jones,
housekeeper, and her two daughters,
and beckoned the woman to go with
her downstairs. As Mrs. Jones was
assisting Mrs. Spencer down the stair
way they could hear the muffled re
port of the gun which ended Mr.
Spencer's life.
Cue tc the excitement and nervous
tension undor which she was labor
ing, Mrs. Jones forgot about her
year-old baby, who was still asleep
in her room. Her daughter. Finis
rushed back to the bedroom and res
cued the infant, while her mother ran
to the neighbors for assistance.
At the command of Mrs. Spencer,
Mrs. Jones was seeking outside help.
With her hand clasped over the wound
in her abdomen, Mrs. Spencer strug
gled to a telephone and called for
Dr. E. A. Sommer.
"Come at once, Schuyler has shot
me." she gasped through the tele
phone. -Po'ice
Enter Through Window.
Neighbors who were aroused by the
shots summoned the police, and
motorcycle men and detectives has
tened to the, Spencer home. Dr. Som
mer arrived at about the same time
and gave first-aid assistance to Mrs.
Spencer. He then directed her re
moval to St. Vincent's hospital, where
he attended her throughout the day.
Police were compelled, to obtain a
ladder and crawl through a window
to reach Mr. Spencer. He was dead
when they arrived. Deputy Coroner
Goetsch then took charge of the body.
It was removed later to the Holman
undertaking establishment.
It is known that Mr. Spencer had
worried considerably over financial
troubles during the past week, and
both he and Mrs. Spencer had been
having long discussions concerning
his financial affairs for the past sev
eral days. Last Sunday they visited
the stock farm near Forest Grove,
where a discussion concerning the
stock farm is said to have been an
extended one.
Close friends of the family insist,
however, that there had been no trou
ble of any kind between Mr. Spencer
and h-ia wfe. Their home fe had
been ideal at all times, they said, and
Mr. Spencer was always solicitous for
his wife's comfort.
Wife la Third Mra. Spencer.
Mrs. Spencer was his third wife,
having married her in Portland about
ten years ago. She is 48 years old
and the widow of C. E. Hogg, who,
before his death, was a prominent
railroad financier and promot r. Airs.
Spencer was born in England, where
she me' her first husband. Her first
marriage occurred in New Tork city.
Mr. Hogg was the man who financed
the' old Oregon-Pacific, later known
as the Corvallis & Eastern railroad.
Mr. Spencer was 58 years old and
a native of Indiana. He was first
married at Valparaiso, Ind., about
32 years ago. He was divorced from
his first wife. He came to Portland
in 1892. He was married here several
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West Point Officers Helpless Be
fore Polisbi Wonder's Light-ning-Lik
Calculations.
. WEST POINT, N. T- Nov. 10.
Eighteen officers strategists all, and
most of them trained in the post
graduate school of war and one
picked cadet, the cness star of the
academy, went down to defeat in as
many games of chess tonight before
the invincible onslaught of Samuel
Kzeschewiskl, 8 H -year-old Polish
wonder of the chessboard. One of the
boy's 20 opopnents played to a draw at
the end of 85 moves.
The boy who tonight added to the
laurels he has won from the cham
pions of Vienna, Berlin, Paris, War
saw, London and other European cap
itals played all of hi adversaries
simultaneously, moving rapidly from
one board to the other 'and making
his plays.after lightning calculations.
Throughout the play, Samuel, who
Ls rather an under-sized child for
his years and apparently differing
In no respect other than in his profi
ciency on the chess-board from others
of his age, was unperturbed in the
presence of hi3 opponents, many of
whom were gray-bearded senior offi
cers whose after-dinner games at the
officers' mess table are noted through
out the service.
Before jt gallery which thronged
the academy gymnasium, the childish
prodigy, clad in a blue suit with
knickerbockers and sailor collar,
effected his first checkmate after 12
moves which occupied 35 minutes.
His first victim was F. C. Mayer,
rganist of the school, who is counted
one of the most, formidable players
in the state. Mayer, like those who
followed him to the downfall of their
respective pet "systems," got caught
in a trap skillfully laid for him by a
succession of plays leading to an
open formation.
HOME AND CHILDREN BURN
Four-Tear-Old Hero Perishes in
Attempt to Save Sister.
MARSHALL, Tex., Nov. 10. Im
prisoned by flames, four-year-old
Frederic Murphy today sought vainly
to save the life of his infant sister,
Mary Virginia, 17 months old,- and
himself perished in the attempt.
The child's-, heroism was disclosed
with the discovery of the two bodies
fearfully burned, in a corner under
the bed in a flame-destroyed room
of the Murphy home today, the little
boy hugging his Bister closely in. his
arms.
Mrs. Murphy, returning from a
neighbor's home, saw her own resi
dence in flames and suffered critical
burns trying to reach her children.
ADMIRAL HOWARD IS DEAD
Retired Na.vy Officer Passes Sud
denly at Annapolis Home.
ANNAPOLIS, Md., Nov. 10. Rear
Admiral Thomas B. Howard, 66 years
of age. United States navy, retired,
died suddenly at his apartments here
today.
He was found unconscious In the
bath tub and died within a few min
utes. Death was attributable to heart
disease.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 34
degrees; minimum. 5- degreesi
TODAY'S Fair; easterly winds.
Foreign.
Leairue deleratlon overcrowd Geneva.
Page 1.
Adriatic problem reported settled for Ital
ians and Jugoslavs. Page 5.
National.
Benson rips lid off for probers. Pare 1.
British embassy asks United States to
note threat of Irish reprisals here.
Pare 9.
Theodore Roosevelt Jr.. may get place In
. Harding's cabinet. Page 1.
World court to depend on public opinion
says Mark Sullivan. Page 3.
Domestic.
Harding wins battle with big game fish.
Page 1.
Five-cent carfare for short rides discussed
at convention. Page 5.
Clothing mills suspend until wages and
working conditions are changed'. Page 4.
Makers of clothing trim prices one-third.
Pago 2.
Awards of medrfls to be made by navy to-
- day. Page 2.
Bank teller, locked In vault by robber,
faces death. Page 1,
West Point veterans no match for Polish
boy at chess board. Page 1.
Faclfic Northwest.
Election eve ruse condemned by Jury.
Page 7.
Laberee will contest taken under advise
ment after night court session at Klam
ath Falls. Page 4.
Sport.
Major leaguers likely to avert baseball
war at conference today. Page 1.
Franklin defeats Columbia 28 to 12.
Page 14.
Boy McCormlck, light heavyweight cham
pion of Kngland. arrives In Portland.
Page 14.
O. A. C. students to dance during Pullman
game. Page 14.
Johnston wins over Tllden in fast set.
Page 14.
Commercial and Marine.
Better tone develops Jn potato market.
Page 21.
Sharp rise .in wheat due to resumption of
English buying. Page 21.
Substantial advances scored in stock mar
ket. Page 21.
Benson eays ships must pay expenses.
Page 1.".
-Wood hull discarded by government being
completed as sailing schocuer. Page lu.
Portland and Vlrtnity.
Tcrwllliger boulevard eventually will be
extended to southern limits of city.
Page 'St.
State law makers In Portland for confab.
Page 12.
Portland citizens generally unite in observ
ance of Armistice day. Page 13.
Members of Wilbur Memorial church vote
to, disband tUeir organization. Page 8
S. (?. Spencer, prominent attorney, kills
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WAR CLOUDS ARE VANISHING
Committee of Minors to Aid
in Adjustment.
LAWYERS ARE BARRED
Owners Expected to Be Able to
Patch Differences if "Techni
calities" Are Excluded.
KKANSAS CITY, Mo.. Nov. 10.
War clouds tonight were vanishing
from the major league baseball sit
uation, with indications favoring a
settlement when the belligerent ma
jor leaguers meet in a Joint session
in Chicago Friday, to effect a peace
pact.
The national association of minor
leagues, after listening to both sides
in the controversy, voted to help
avoid a war by agreeing to appoint
a committee to act with the saajor
leagues In devising a plan for base
ball reorganization.
The 16 clubowners of the two war
ring leagues agreed to meet in the
same room in Chicago and attempt
to adjust their differences without
the aid of any outsiders. It was.
agreed that only the clubowners shall
attend this meeting and that both
President Johnson of the American
league, and President Heydler of the
National, and others who have par
ticipated in recent sessions shall re
main away.
Peace la Held Possible.
Major league leaders pointed out
that if lawyers are excluded from
the meeting so that no "technical
questions" could be raised, the threat
ening war could be quickly settled.
The agreement to make a last-minute
attempt to avert a baseball war
was reached at a meet!,ig of the
directors of the American league at
noon today and was one of the re
sults of conferences between the
owners of the rival major league
factions. The peace news was an
nounced In dramatic fashion in the
middle of an address that Gary Herr
mann, owner of the Cincinnati Na
tionals, was delivering to the minor
league meeting.
Mr. Herrmann, ex-chairman of the
national commission, was interrupted
by a messenger who handed him a
note which he opened and slowly read.
Then he made the announcement that
the joint conference of the clubowners
had been agreed upon for Friday.
Johnson Makes Statement.
President Johnson of the American
league in commenting on the joint
J meeting, issued the following state
ment:
"The American league has been
standing for the principle that a re
organization of base4all should be
worked out primarily by a committee
composed of representatives from the
National league, the American league
and the National association. It seems
now that such a committee is to be
created to consider and work out a
plan for reorganization. There have
been certain points of difference be
tween the two major leagues, which
thus far they have not been able to
agree upon. It has now been arranged
that an informal conference of major
leugue clubowners sh.11 take place
this conf erence-to be limited to club
owners and to be purely informal.
' The purpose of the conference is to
see if the two major leagues may not
in some way Iron out their points of
difference. It is an attempt to see if
there can be found some satisfactory
basis on which they can harmonize
those differences."
Change Is Not Expected.
While the National league club
owners issued no formal statement,
most of them took the stand that
what' already has been done in the
advancement of baseball reorganiza
tion could not be changed at the con
ference Friday. This was taken to
mean that the selection of Federal
Judge Landis of Chicago as chairman
of the new board of control at a sal
ary of 150,000 a year must be ac
cepted by the American league club
owners. The National leaguers frankly ad
mitted they did not want a 12-club
league unless it is forced upon them
to organize and that it would be a
"joke." Mr. Herrmann m&ae a state
ment that it would be ridiculous to
form a league with two clubs in three
cities. Before leaving for Chicago
tonight, he declared that he was con
fident the situation could be adjusted
to the satisfaction of all.
Others Also Make Speeches.
After Mr. Herrmann's ad dree a,
Charles Ebbets of the Brooklyn club,
and Barney Dreyfus of the Pittsburg
' Nationals, were called upon, and the
j keynote of all three speeches was
harmony. Mr. Herrmann said the 11
clubs which he represented would be
willing to meet with a committee of
any size from the minors for reorgan
izing the control of baseball. Presi
dent Sexton of the National associa
tion of Minor Leagues, will appoint
the minor league committee tomor
row. After listening to the pleas of the
National league representatives, tho
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