VOL. LIX NO. 18,715
Entered at Portland (Oregon)
Postefflce an Spcond-Claw Matter
PORTLAND, OREGON,' WEDNESDAY, KOVE3IBEK 17, 1920
PRICE FIVE CENTS
MIDNIGHT RESCUE
AT SEA THRILLING
Topeka Saves 30 From
Foundering Joan of Arc.
16riBYnF'RBLJCONGeESSTILTOFJ
OREGON TO GET 1921
GRANGE CONVENTION
RATE OF JAPANESE
Increase is falling
PRESIDENT-ELECT
vanderlip denies he .
is harding's agent
RUIN OF SHIPPING
in - ini I ui iviiiiu
SQVIETTRADE DUE
SUPPLIES CHARGED
ROAR OF FLAMES IS AUDIBLE
XATIOXAL BODY VOTES TO AC
CEPT STATE INVITATION.
CALIFORNIA. OREGON, WASH
INGTON CENSUS IS BASIS.
CALIFORNIAN IS NOT SEEKING
RECOGNITION FOR RUSSIA.
TO .HELPLESS THROXG.
MAY VISIT MEXICO
V
V
FIRES OUT; CRAFT HELPLESS
Daring Transfer Mads- While
Terrific Storm Rages.
CREWS' WORK IS PRAISED
Captain Tells of How Vessel Got
Off Course and Hit Breakers.
Off Rogue River.
MARSHFIELD, Or., Nov. 16. (Spe
cial.) Saved from a perilous position
last night on board the Bteamer Joan
of Arc, Captain Mickelsen and his
crew of 27 men, Mrs. Mickelsen and
Mrs. Robert Brass, wifeof the chief
engineer, were brought in here today
at 1 o'clock, on the City of Topeka,
which picked them up last night off
the Rogue river coast when all hope
of navigating the vessel was aban
doned. The water had put the fires
out and the Joan was helpless only a
few miles off shore, making the plight
of the passengers perilous had they
not been oromDtly rescued, as it
proved this morning when the Joan
beached in a line of breakers on the
Port Orford shore.
The crew and women had little to
say regarding their experiences, leav
ing the talk ' to Captain Mickelsen.
Those on board were Captain H.
AIlckeLsen and wife; first mate. J.
Fritsch; second mate, H. Hansen;
third mate, E. Gullicksen; chief engi
neer, Robert J. Bragg and wife; first
assistant, A. K. Johansen; second as
sistant, N. K. Neilsen; third assistant,
A. W. Reaff; wireless operator, J.
Lytle; steward, Beckford; cook, J.
Grant; messmen, C. Frey, and E.
Heinz; winchmen, ' Petersen. Jensen
and Hjorth; oilers, C. Larsen, G.
Johnson, B. Latipie; firemen. R.
Gooby, A. W. Ahler, A. Porter; sea
men, T. M. Gullicksen, O. Olsen, P.
Lobstad," A.' Nelson, N.BJurtlund, P.
Torensen.
Transfer Safely Blade.
The passengers during the night
had dried their clothing-and were ail
in good spirits on coming 4nto Coos
Bay, without a mishap or accident in
the transfer or ill effect from their
hort exposure in the boats.
"With heavy seas, a downpour of
rain and a wind of more than 50 miles
an hour, the fine work of rescue at
midnight was probably never ex
celled. The first boat to be loosened
from the Joan was smashed before
any passengers were placed in it. The
next one was lowered with Mrs. Mick
elsen, Mrs. Bragg and others. It got
away safely and was picked up by the
Topeka promptly. One more trip was
made back to the Joan for another
load of passen'gers and in the mean
time the third boat was launched
withoutTi hitch and the work was
done. The entire time spent in tak
lng the passengers off did not exceed
30 minutes.
Crews' Work Is Praised.
Great praise was accorded the crew
of the Joan and that of the City of
Topeka, by Captain Mickelsen and
the women, for the excellence of the
rescue efforts.
The wreck, according- to Captain
Mickelsen, was due to a heavy inset
current encountered between a point
south of the Cape Blanco reef and the
Port Orford reef. The Joan set in five
miles in that distance, which is about
18 miles. She struck on the north
west rock of the Rogue river reef at
9:10 o'clock.
The vessel had been bucking strong
winds and heavy seas for several
- hours, and Captain Mickelsen, as
precaution, set the compass off shore
one point at 8 o'clock. However,
when they struck it was supposed
they had passed the Rogue river reef.
The steamer had been traveling fur
ther than usual off the coast, owing
to the storm. .
Captain Mickelsen went on deck to
take observations Just before the ves
sel struck, and seeing breakers ahead,
thought he was on the beach.
Captain Appears Downcaat..
Captain Mickelsen appeared down
cast at losing his vessel, on which he
was making his second round trip
having loaded at St. Helens for San
Pedro. He is an old navigator along
this coast and for years plied between
Coos Bay and San Francisco and San
Tedro on the Hardy and G. C. Lin
dauer.
Relating the incidents of the wreck
today he said:
"We were going from St. Helens to
San Pedro with a cargo of mixed I
lumber for mining timber and ties, I
amounting to 1.800.000 feet. The ves-j
sel was light-loaded. Yesterday aft-1
ernoon we experienced some bad
weather in the district south of Coos
Bay and by night things were un
pleasant, although we felt no fear,
and if we had not gotten off the
course we should have ridden the gale
out. for the Joan was a fine vessel
and behaved well.
"We passed the Port Orford. or
Blanco reef, safely and knew our po
sition up to 6:10 or 7, and supposed
we were on our regular course, which
is about 10 or 12 miles from shore in
that locality. The wind was blowing
from south by southeast and heavy
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Rescuers Abandon Hope as Smoke
Poors From Mouth of Tunnel
and Blocks Entrance.
EARLINGTON, Ky., Nov. 16. rFire
near the opening of the Arnold mine,
one-half mile east of here, has en
trapped 16 men and with the con
flagration growing in extent, little
hope is held of rescuing them.
The fire, discovered late" today, was
started from defective electric wiring
in a room near the opening, and quick
ly spread. The mine Is a drift mine
with no shafts, making rescue possible
only through the one opening. The
fire can be heard blazing under the
ground and smoke is pouring forth in
large volumes.
The men entrapped, consisting of
three white men and 13 negroes, are
three miles back rrom the entrance,
and it is feared that they will suffo
cate from the smoke. Attempts at
rescue thus far liave been without
result and an effort is now being
made to reverse the air through the
air shaft to keep the smoke from the
miners.
The mine is owned by the St. Ber
nard Oil company of Evansville, Ind.
TURKEY MARKET IS SLOW
Activity Declared Lacking in Buy-
iAg Birds for Thanksgiving.
ROSEBUR V, Or., Nov, 16. (Spe
cial.) No activity, was evident here
in the turkey market today, though
several outside buyers are in the field
bargaining. It is not likely that any
great number of turkeys will e
brought to market before Thursday
and Friday. It is expected the mar
ket, will open at or near 40 cents,
though the local county farm bureau
agent today publicly advised farmers
not to place their product on the mar
ket at this figure.
It is understood a pool is being
formed among local turkey raisers In
anticipation of bringing the price
nearer to the basis -fif 50 cents"for
Thanksgiving trade. Growers are
firm in their opinion that the supply
of good birds will be limited, owing
to the severe weather of the past
month.
FATAL JUMP IS TAKEN
Fireman Hurls Self Down 18 00
. Foot Mine . Shaft.
BUTTE. Mont., i?ov 16. Leaving
his furnace at a local smelter be
tween 3 and 4 o'clock this' morning,
Frank Zupan, 46, native of Austria,
walked to the head of a nearby mine
and hurled himself into it. His body
waa picked up in the sump 1800 feet
below. He leaves a widow and five
children. '
In a quarrel several years ago
Zupan Villed a man with an axe. He
was exonerated by the jury, but it is
believed that the incident preyed on
his myid.
STOLEN RIDE IS FATAL
One Silled and Portland Man In
jurcd by Train.
VISALIA. pal., Nov. 16. Timothy
Vines, 23, said by authorities to be
resident of Bakersfield, was In
stantly killed' today when knocked
from a Southern Pacific freight train
on which he was stealing a ride, ac
cording to the train crew.
His companions George Stewart of
Portland, Or., and M. Rossee, address
unknown were badly injured.
The men were thrown from a box
car when it was shunted into another
car to which it waa to be coupled. (
Vines was thrown under the wheels.
GIRL IS TEAM MANAGER
Epidemic of Feminine Leadership
Strikes Burns School. '
BURNS. Or.. Nov. 16. (Special.)
Since the election of a woman mayor
in this city the high school has been
seized with the feministic idea of
leadership and has elected Mies June
Dalton manager of the'-baseball team.
Miss Frances 'Donegan has been
chosen editor of the Rodeo, the annual
official publication of the Harney
county high . school. There are as
many boys as girls in the high school
student body.
FEAR DESTROYS APPETITE
Negro's Hunger Strike Ascribed to
Transitory Psychosis.
LITTLE ROCK. Ark., Nov. 16.
Transitory psychosis, which, translat
ed from the language of the medical
man to the jargon of the proletariat.
means fear of execution, is responsible I
for the hunger strike of Charles
Cooper, negro, sentenced to" be exe
cuted next Friday, according to phy
sicians who examined him today.
. Governor B rough ordered an inves
tigation as to his sanity.
DEAD MAN'S SON HELD
Investigation Results in Charge of
Aggravated Assault.
PHOENIX, Ariz.. Nov. 16. As a re
sult of investigation today of the
death here last Saturday of Thomas
G. Check. 77, of Topeka, Kan., by a
coroner's Jury, Check's eon Victor is
being held in the county jail and Mrs.
Victor Check, daughter-in-law of the
dead man, is at Kberty on bond of
$40,000.
Both face charges of aggravated
assault.
Borah to' Lead Vigorous
Effort for Relations.
WILSON REGIME. STANDS PAT
Lively Opposition by Adminis
tration Expected.
REDS NOW UNOBSTRUCTED
Regions of Near East Open to Mili
tary Intervention and Propa
ganda. Influences. -
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, Nov. 16. The opening of
congress will witness a vigorous ef
fort to reopen trade relations with the
soviet government of Russia. Notice
of the existence of the programme has
teen given by Senator Borah of Idaho,
who has characterized the blockade
of Russia as stupendous folly and the
failure to reopen trade relations with
the soviet as "commercial sabotage.
In the face of this movement the
policy of tho Wilson administration
toward Russia remains unchanged by
the military successes of the bolshe
vists against the army of General
WrangeL
There will be no recognition of the
soviet government and efforts on the
part of members of congress toT6rce
the government into the reopening of
trade relations with the Lenine-Trotz-
ky-government will be resisted.
Prance's Lead Not Followed.
State department officials have been
taking the measure of the disaster
which has overtaken the anti-bolshe-vists
and there was frank disappoint
ment expressed over what has oc
curred.
The government at Washington had
refused to follow the lead of France
in recognizing Wrangel's govern
ment just as It refused to be moved
by the British flirtation with, the Idea
of renewing trade relations. It had
hoped the Wrangel movement might
result in general awakening of Rus
sians to the menace to themselves by
continuation of the present soviet
government.
Model Regime Wrangel's Idea.
The wrangei movement, it was
recognized, had about it more of an
appeal than those led by Denekine and
Kolchak. These last two leaders
based their hopes upon attaining mili
tary success. Wrangel, on the con
trary, hoped to establish a govern
ment in the Crimea which would serve
as a model to the rest of Russia. In
this way he hoped to win general
support. N"
The Polish peace enabled the bolshe-
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City Where Meetings Will Be Held
Not Tet Selected, but Port-'
land Is Favored.
BOSTON, Nov. 16. The National
Grange voted today to go to the state
of Oregon for-its annual sessions next
year. The city in which the meetings
will be held was not specified, but
the invitation was extended in the
name of Portland.
The securing of the National Grange
convention for Oregon next year was
the result of efforts made -by grange
organizations in the state' and the
work of C. E. Spence, master of the
Oregon state grange, who represented
Oregon at the convention.
The movement to bring the national
meeting here was started by Lents
grange last May. The plan found the
support of various other grange or
ganizations and the state grange in
annual session at Bend indorsed the
movement.
The invitation that the national
convention' be 'held here was extended
by Mr. Spence. who was well supplied
with literature and exhibits from this
state.
It is considered probable that Port
land will be chosen as the convention
city by the executive committee.
HARDING TURKEY BIG ONE
Chicago Girls, to Send - President
elect 38-Pound Bird.
CHICAGO. Nov. . 16. Chicago will
furnish- the turkey for President
elect Harding's Thanksgiving dinner.
The Harding Girls' club of a local
packing company today completed ar
rangements for forwarding a 38
pound bird to the Panama canal zone,
where the Harding party will spend
Thanksgiving day.
The turkey will be carried on a
Pullman car and members of various
Harding Girls' clubs along the way
will see to its safe handling
AID IS SENT AMERICANS
U. S. Battleships oVdered to Evac
uate Citizens in Crimea.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 16. Vice-Ad-
miral Huse at London reported to
the navy department that he w
sending all available American naval
vessels to the Black eea to evacuate
Americans from the Crimean area.
Z-lo also, said he shad ordered' the
cruisers Chattanooga 'and Olympia,
the fuel Bhip Jason, the Ramapa and
all destroyers In the Mediterranean
to report to Rear-Admiral Andrews at
Constantinople. .
SUGAR PRICE CUT AGAIN
New Low Record for Season Estab-
11 shed In New Xork.
NEW YORK, Nov. 16. A new low
record for the season was established
today in , the local refined sugar
market. . .
The Federal Sugar Refining com
pany announced a further reduction
of a quarter of a cent a pound in the
price of granulated sugar. The price
now is 94 cents.
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Oregon Has 402 2 Nipponese Out of
Total Population Increase
Put at 604.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 16. The Jap
anese population of the three Pacific
states California, Oregon and Wash
ington has increased at a lower rate
since 1910 than it did between
1900 and 1910, figures announced to
day by the census bureau showed. In
Hawaii, however, there was a decided
increase and nearly half the total
population of the islands is made up
of Japanese. '
The number of Japanese women in
the three Pacific coast states and
in Hawaii showed a heavy gain over
1910 population, both in totals and
in relation to the number of male
Japanese.
California, with a total population
of 3,426,861, showed a Japanese pop
ulation of 70,196, an increase of 28,
840, or 69.7 per cent, since 1910, com
pared with a Japanese total in 1910
of 41.356. which was an increase over
1900 of 31.205, or 307.4 per cent. The
Japanese population In 1910 consti
tuted 1.7 per cent- of the total pop
ulation compared with 2 per cent this
year. .
In Hawaii the total population of
all races is "226,912, of which 109,269
are Japanese. The increase in Jap
anese since 1910 is 29,596, or 37.1 per
cent, compared with 18.564 or 30.4
per cent during, the preceding decade.
Japanese number 17,114 in Wash
ington out of a total population of
1,356,621, a gain of 4185 during the
decade, or 32.4 per cent. Between
1900 and 1910 the Japanese popula
tion in Washington Increased 7312,
or 130.2 per cen
Japanese in Oregon, when this year's
census was taken, totaled 4022 of a
total population of 783,389. This was
an increase of 604, or 17.7 per cent.
half the rate of increase for the 1900
1910 decade.
The census bureau's figures dis
closed that on the Pacific coast where
females constitued not more than 6
per cent of the Japanese population
in any-wtate 20 years ago, women now
make up 36.8 per cent -of the Japanese
total in California, 34.7 per cent in
Washington and 32.3 per cent in Ore
gon. In Hawaii the ratio of Japanese
women to men is nearly double that
1900 and now is 42.7 per cent women.
OWN DEATH DENIAL VAIN
Wa,r Department Notified Often,
but Body Is "Sent Home" Anyway.
LYNN. Mass..-Nov. 16. (Special.)
Although Lieutenant John C. Gram,
storff, a Yankee division veteran, has
notified the war department several
times that he is not dead, he received
a telegram today as his- home in Ev
erett announcing that his body was
on its way home from France. The
telegram came from government offi
cials, who have been told repeatedly
that the lieutenant is not dead.
- The officials also have held back
money due the lieutenant, apparently
unwilling t'o believe be is alive.
Lieutenant Gramstorff is at a loss
to know, what to do with the body,
which' undoubtedly is that of a wrong
ly identified soldier.
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Pressing Invitation Con
veyed to Harding.
ENVOY CALLS ON SENATOR
Attendance at Inauguration
of Obregon Desired.
BID UNDER ADVISEMENT
Should Senator Accept Visit Prob
ably Would Be Limited to .
t Stop at Vera Cruz.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas. Nov. 16.
(By the Associated. Press.) An
earnest invitation from Mexican of
ficials to go into Mexico during his
voyage In southern waters has been
taken under advisement by President
elect Harding. .
Should he accept, his visit prob
ably will be limited to a short stop
at Vera Cruz on his way from New
Orleans to the canal zone. He has
been asked to go to Mexico City, but
is understood to consider so extensive
a trip impossible because of engage
ments elsewhere.
The invitation was brought to
Brownsville by Elias L. Torres, who
said that in urging its acceptance he
spoke both for the Mexican foreign
office and for General Obregon, Mex
ican president-elect. In an hour's
conference with the senator, who is
spending here the last day of. his
Texas vacation, Mr. Torres made" a
special plea that the senator be pres
ent at Obregon's inauguration in
Mexico City November 30. - V ' -
Two ((Destions Considered.
Mr. Harding is represented by' his
friends as weighing carefully two
considerations before making a, de
cision. It is declared that he is anx
ious to take every step to cement re
lations between the two republics, and
that on the other hand he is de
termined to do nothing that might be
construed as an international im
propriety. -
He has told friends that if sets foot
on soil of any foreign country, he will
do so solely as a private citizen and
not in any sense as an official rep
resentative of the United States gov
ernment. " " ,
Aside from the two forces remains
the question of whether the. sailing
arrangements already made by the
preaiaem-eiect can, De so modified as
to permit a call on the Mexican coast.
He leaves here tomorrow and will
take ship at New Orleans Thursday
for the canal zone on a vessel which is
to delay Its sailing to accomodate
him.
. Tun Gwtnw Calls. .
Senator Fall of New Mexico, chair
man of the Senate subcommittee that
nvestigated Mexican affairs, came to
Brownsville with Mr. Torres and was
present at the conference between
the Mexican envoy and Mr. Harding.
AfterwSjrds neither Mr. Torres nor Mr.
Harding 'would make any comment,
but Mr. Fall said the talk had been
a most friendly one and that it was
his understanding - that an effort
would be made to change the sailing
schedule so as- to permit a short stop
at Vera Cruz or aome other port.
Senator Harding today received a
formal call of courtesy from Governor
Hobby, who came here on a special
train to thank him for his visit to
Texas.
In describing the talk between Mr.
Harding and Mr. Torres," Senator Fall
said the invitation contemplated that
the president-elect should go into the
territory as "the guest of the Mexican
republic' He declared that Mr. Tor
res, who has been connected with the
Mexican embassy at Washington, had
come here' specifically commissioned
by General Obregon and the present
government 'at Mexico City.
Obregon Is Solicitous.
"It was indicated as the" particular
desire of the Mexican government and
General Obregon," continued Mr. Fall,
"that Senator Harding should find it
possible- to be in the city of Mexico
on November '30 when General Obre
gon will be inaugurated.
""It was explained that an Itinerary
could be arranged for Senator Har
ding's trip to and from the canal zone
by which it would be possible for him
to be in Mexico City and yet keep his
engagement to land at Norfolk, Va.,
on December 4. t
"Mr. Torres urged the very earnest
desire from the Mexican government
and from General Obregon that this
visit should afford opportunity for a
fitting testimonial of the friendship
and amity of the Mexican people and
government for the United States and
likewise of a reciprocal feeling of the
people and of Senator Harding toward
Mexico.
No Impropriety Seen.
"It was pointeM out that since his
election to the Mexican presidency
General Obregon has visitefe several
places In the United States for the
purpose of attesting the warm senti
ment he entertains for the-United
States, and therefore that it would be
entirely appropriate for Senator Hard
ing, if so inclined, to return the visit
by accepting the invitation of Mexico.
"Senator - Harding assured Mr.
Torres that it would give him the
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Trip to Moscow Results in 60
Year Lease of 400,000 Miles
for. Exploitation.
STOCKHOLM. Nov. 16. W. D. Van
derlip of California, who recently ar
rived here. Issued a statement today
denying the intimation that he had
been in Moscow at the instigation of
Senator Harding in an endeavor to
bring about recognition of Russia by
the United States.
Vanderlip was In Russia recently
seeking concessions 1 for a western
syndicate.
I tune to Russia for commercial
purposes," he declared, "and I have
succeeded In my efforts.
Mr. Vanderlip announced that he
had leased for 60 years in behalf of
the 'syndicate 400,000 square miles of
Russian territory and . that he has
mode other extensive contracts. With
respect to these, he says:
"I have 'obtained an agreement
whereby the Russian government will
purchase in America In three years
33.000,000,000 worth of merchandise.
offering in payment therefor gold.
platinum, furs, oil products, mangan
ese, copper, timber, pulp wood, flax,
hides, grain and other raw materials,
great quantities of which are ready
for immediate shipment. Preference
is to be given to the ships of the
American merchant marine."
Mr. Vanderlip asserted that within
a few months conditions in the far
east will be returning to normal and
that goods purchased in America will
move freely from all Pacific coast
ports over the Chinese Eastern and
Siberian railways as well as to the
Baltic ports.
TWO RUN DOWN BY AUTOS
Margaret Hayes Seriously Injured
by Driver, Who Speeds On.
Margaret Hayes, aged 19, of 410
East Sixth street, sustained a frac
tured kneecap and serious scalp
wounds when she was struck by an
unknown autoist at East Eleventh
and Division streets last night. The
autoist did not stop to offer assist
ance and he had hurried away before
his license number could be procured.
The girl was taken home, where her
condition was said to be serious.
Fred Humphreys of Pendleton sus
tained serious cuts and bruises when
he was knocked- down by an automo
bile driven by E. V. Dinsmore, 186
North Twenty-second street, at Six
teenth and Washington streets last
night. He was first taken to the po
lice emergency hospital and -later re
moved to St. Vincent's hospital.
CIRCUS MEN- SELL OUT
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Jerry Mugivan Becomes Owner oi
'. - Sells-Floto Property..
DENVER, Nov. 16. H. H. Tarn
men and F. G. Bonfita of Denver quit
the circus business today when they
sold the Sells-Floto e'reus, which they
have owned many years, to Jerry
Mugivan of Denver.
- Mugivan is owner of the Hagen-beck-Wallace
circus, the John Rob
inson shows, the Howes London and
the Yankee-Robinson circus.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 60
degrees; minimum, 4s degrees.
TODAY'S Rain; southeasterly-winds.
Foreign. ,
Vanderlip -denies he is agent for Harding.
' 'Page 1.
Tilt marki decisrlon against openvcommlt-
' tee meetinga at league session. Page 4.
National.
Tilt in congress over resumption of trade
relations with soviet is expected. Page 1.
Rate of Japanese increase on Pacific coast
is lower. Page 1.
Blanket Invitation ror evidence in arm
surplus sale probe issued by Secretary
Baker.. - rase .
Drastic action to relieve housing situation
is proposed by Senator Kenyon. Page 2.
Western Union demands cash payment for
U. s. dlspatpnes. rage s.
Domestic
National Grange votes to hold next year's
convention in Uregon. Page 1.
Deliberate rum of shipping supplies worth
millions is cnarged. Page 1.
Fire traps 16 in mine shaft. Page 1.
Labor federation calls Hoover for advice
on policies. Page o.
Loss in Omaha-Council Bluffs mail rob
bery estimated at $3,500,000. Page 5
President-elect may visit Mexico on way
to Panama canai zone, rage ix
Pacific Northwest.
Seattle street car probe Jury rests. Page 7.
Midnight rescue of 80 persons from Joan
of Arc is tunning, rage X.
Sport.
Washington defeats Benson at football, 14
to 7. Page 14.
Cicotte to turn state's evidence. Page 14.
Wavorley golfers to go to Seattle Saturday
in borne and home match. Page IS.
Lord Nelson and1 Old Glory make brave
showing in going tandem. Page 14.
Trambitas shades Storey and gets draw.
Page 14.
1 Commercial and Marine.
Foreign and home demand for hops ceases.
Page 23.
Chicago wheat higher with export buying.
Page 23.
Easier money and higher exchange
strengthen stocks. Page 23.
Local shipping firm plans New York of
fice. Page 22.
Portland and Vicinity.
G. H. Sargent wins corn sweepstakes. Page
16.
Prices of automobile tires are cut 7 to 15
per cent. Page 8.
Lumber and shingle shipments to east may
go by all-water route. Page 15.
L. T. Merwin made general 'manager of
Northwestern Electric company. Page 7.
John F. Logan denies hindrance by civil
service board in Mayor Baker's police
cleanup. Page 17T
Judging at stock show to continue today.
Page 16.
Ex-convict jailed as baggage looter. Page
4.
Growtn of ice-cream Industry told at con
vention. Page 11.
Material Worth Millions
Declared Neglected.
FUND JUGGLING IS ALLEGED
Loan From Board Is Held
Used in Private Work.
SEATTLE FIRM IS NAMED
Reported Contract Substitution Is
Said to Have Cost Government
. About $143,000.
.'NEW TORI Nov. 16. Machinery
and shipbuilding equipment valued at
millions of dollars- was left out In the
open to deteriorate in value months
after the plants were closed down
with the ending of the war, Paul H. .
Macneil, an ex-resident engineer of
the shipping board in the South At
lantic district, testified today before
the ' Walsh committee investigating
shipping board affajrs.
Macneil said he had five vkea under
his supervisions his Immediate chief
being R. H. Dillingham at Jackson
ville, the district plant engineer. Just
what his o'wn authority was he did
not know, he testified, but he said he
"assumed a great deal in the endeavor
to straighten out tangles."
Yards Held: Well Organized.
He said the yards were well organ
ized, "better, perhaps, that the emer
gency fleer forces, for they generally
could get the better of the govrn
ment organization." He brought into
his" testimony the -name of the Terry
shipyards and the National Shipbuild,
infr company, and a marine railway
organisation, over which he had su
pervision.
He said that the Terry people had
a trust loan from the fleet corporation
to be used in ship construction, and
that over his protests money in this -fund
was used to finance a subsidiary
organization engaged . in dry dock
work, when their contracts were only
about one-third complete. Through
his efforts, 616,000 of this fund was
held up, but he added that he had
ascertained that part of the money
was again diverted.
Properties Left Kxposed.
Speaking of the National Shipbuild
ing company, the witness said that
work there had shut down previous
to his arrival on the scene.
"I found nothing had been done to
tnke care of the properties and valu
able machinery was left uncovered to
the weather," "he said.
On his own responsibility he took
steps to save as much of it as was pos
sible. He invoiced the properties as
tc quantity and percentage deprecia
tion but not, as to,value. His "guess"
at its value was between $.1,500,000
and $2,000,000. He also asserted that
in the 'auditing of the affairs of the
plant, 101 numbered vouchers could
not be accounted for.
Equipment Influx Continues.
Another point Tie ' made was that
equipment, ordered previous to the
closing of the plant was still coming
to the yard.
He tried ,to have it stopped and
suggested it was new and could be
returned to the vendors by payment
of. the freight only.
"They told me to keep my hands
off and let the machinery come,"
MacNeil declared.
The Terry yard, he testified, had a
complete equipment and contracts for
several tankers and composite ships. -none
of which was completed. He
valued the equipment of .'this yard
at about $1,500,000 and -adSed that
while there was sufficient lumber at
hand to build sheds to protect the
exposed machinery, it was not done.
The marine railway, he testified,
was built on land owned by a pri
vate individual, who had 'an agree
ment for rental of his property with
no specified amount named. The
railway was built with emergency '
fleet funds amounting to about $100,- '
000, with an additional $12,000 worth
of filling supplied by the govern
ment for another operation.
Property in CsMatrovertfy.
This property, he said, was in con
troversy, and it was his opinion that
under the laws of Georgia it was
"owned by the man who had title to
the land." The rental asked, he un
derstood, amounted ( to : about ten .
times the appraised value of the .
plant.
The witness said he had no criti
cism of the manner in which the
yards under his jurisdiction were
handled while! they were active, but
be did criticise the manner in which
the financing was done.
The steward service of the board
was gone into by Sidney I. Ackerman,
recently on the steamship South Pole.
He told of the alleged unsatisfactory -methods
of making purchases of sup-,
plies "for shipping board vessels in
foreign ports, particularly at- New
castle, England..
No Cheeky Declared Made. '
He said that the board's representa
tive there apparently had no check on
the value of articles purchased and
transferred and that supplies he pur
chased came to him without ade
quate billing and inspection. Bologna,
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Dr. Lovejoy has advantage In fight against.,
proposed RoMsburg sanitarium. Page 6.
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