PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVE3IBER 21, 1920 PRICE FIVE CENTS VOL.. LIX NO. 18,721 Entered at Portland (Oregon) Postofflce as Second -CI aj Matter AFTER-WAR WASTE HELD INEXCUSABLE U. S. ARMY SENTENCES 32-TO DEATH IN YEAR WORLD HUP FOR AUTHOR AND DIVORCEE JAILED AS AFFINITIES USE OF $50,000,000 IS ASKED BY FARMERS GRAIN CORPORATION PROFITS DECLARED PROPERLY THEIRS. TURKEY IS TOO HIGH; SUBSTITUTES ON BILL BAKER SETS ASIDE PERMIT FDR GABLE ALL ARE SAVED FROM FIRING SQUAD. EX-HUSBAXB ACCUSES PAIR OF UVEfG TOGETHER. CHICKENS, GEESE AND DUCKS TO BE- ON MANY MENUS. HAYS APPEALS TO FRIENDS OF PARTY Chairman Would Make Up $1,500,000 Deficit. CROOK CONCLUDED V Indictment of Wilson Re gime Justified. CLEAR DISTINCTION DRAWN Nation's Business for Two Years Mismanaged. - HISTORY FINAL ARBITER Balancing Wilson's Achievements in Thought Against ' Failures Elsewhere Rests With Future. BY MARK SULLIVAN. (Copyright by the New York Evening Post. Inc., Published by Arrangement) WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. Persons who want to arrive at a fair Judg ment about shipping? board exposures need to keep several distinctions in mind. The most important of these is the distinction between what hap pened duringr the war and what hap pened after the war ended. For the things that happened during the war there is much excuse, for the failure to do things right after the war ended there fs no excus Martin Gillen, who has been the most important of the witnesses so far, and who made the most damaging indictment of the shipping board, evidently had this distinction in mind. The great bulk of his criticism was 'directed at things that happened in connection with liquidating things after the war was over. Mr. Gillen, by the way, is an able business man with a good knowledge of accounts and a Celtic temperament that expresses itself with exceptional force and frankness. Shipping Need Recalled. Keeping: in mind this distinction be tween war conditions and post-war conditions, fair-minded persons will try to recall the state of mind we all had while the war was on and will be tolerant of the waste that happened then. At the moment the shipping board was getting under way the German submarines were sinking two ships while the allies were building one. The issue of the war literally hung on the building of tehipB. The per fectly well-justified cry "get the ships at any cost." regardless of the waste. extravagance and mistakes that oc curred under these conditions, ought to be remembered, There is a rule of war which runs to the effect that in peace money is to be put above time, but in war money counts for nothing and time counts for everything. This is a perfectly sound rule. Every business man and every engineer who came to the help of the war machine had to learn this rule; he had to go through the process of reversing his former habit of mind and had to learn to dismiss all con siderations of cost and focus his mind on the element of speed. That things done on this basis were costly and wasteful can be taken for granted. Whether they were more costly or more wasteful than they need have been is too fine a point to waste mucn time on now. Indictment Declared Just. But Mr. Gillen's charges are di rected chiefly at mistakes and waste that occurred after the- war ended. He directed his Indictment at the failure of the administration to fol low the methods of careful business at a time when these methods were entirely possible. Everything that is said about this period of the ship ping board's existence is justified, and so far as these things are proven they constitute a just and unescape able indictment not merely against tire administration but against gov ernment ownership or governmen management of any kind of ordi nary business whatever. Whether a different administration or a differ ent political party would have done better is an academic question. Everybody in Washington has been painfully aware that the business of the United States has not been very well run during the past two years. During the first of . those years President Wilson spent seven months at Paris, and for the rest of the time had his mind on the league of na tions, to the exclusion of other issues. During the second of the two years h waa 111. That things might have been managed better by a president who had stayed at home and dele gated the peace conference to his aides, or that such purely business matters as the shipping board's af fairs might have been managed bet ter by a president whose tempera ment was more easily adjusted to business matters, goes without say ing. History Will Decide. Also some of President Wilson's best friends have thought, and at the time advised him, that he would have done better to resign at the moment his illness made it apparent that he could not again give a well man's strength to the nation's busi ness. However, it will be for history now to balance President Wilson's ' achievements in the field of thought against bis defects as an adminis trator. One other aspect of the shipping board revelations is less easy to be Nine Cases for Military Offense. Trials for Desertion Slightly Less Numerous. WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. Thirty two persons in the army were sen tenced to death by courts-martial dur ing the last fiscal year, but In no case was the sentence carried into effect, says Major-General . E. H. Crowder. Judge-advocate-general, in his annual report today. Twelve of the- death sentences were disapproved, 19 re duced to Imprisonment ranging from life terms to five years, and one case Is pending on Review. Only nine cases were for military offenses. Eight were found guilty of misbehavior in the face of the enemy and one was sentenced as a spy. Trials for desertion were slightly less numerous but the comparative number was larger. Confinement for life was Imposed in 42 cases, 31 sen tences being approved, two disap proved, eight terms shortened and one pending, awaits final action. In all 23S officers were sentenced to dismissal after courts-martial. Of these 134 sentences were approved. The total number of general courts for the more serious offenses was 6769, 87.8 per cent convictions being obtained. $100,000 Thief Arrested in Oregon City. MYSTERY PARTLY CLEARED Disappearance of Theater Man May Be Explained. LARGE REWARD' EXPECTED John Doughty, Arrested by Con stable and Aide, Wanted for Year at Toronto, Ont. LIQUOR RAIDERS NET 4 Man With Moonshine Throws Bot tle to Street When He Meets Police, When W. Wambold descended the stairs at 292 North Sixteenth, street and met Sergeant Shad and Patrolmen Fair and Epperson instead of his taxicab at the curb last night, he threw a bottle of alleged! moonshine to the pavement. I Upstairs the policemen found Mich ael Bralioh, proprietor, Joseph W. Cain, Thomas- Fahey, and one pint bottle of moonshine. Michael Lublch with lour full pints on his person walked in while the police were searching' the rooms. Bralich was charged with main taining a nuisance and released on 400 bail. Lublch was charged with iolation of the prohibition law. A charge of drunkenness was praced against Cain and Fahey and Wambold was charged with strewing glass on the street. Wambold was released on $15 bail and the others were held. CHRISTMAS MAIL LIMITED Farther Restrictions Placed on Packages Sent to Soldiers. WASHINGTON. Nov. 23. New lim itations on the weight and size of Christmas packages for .soldiers sta tioned in Germany, Porto Rico and the Panama canal zone were fixed to day by the quartermaster-general. Packages for Porto Rico must not weigh, more than 50 pounds or have a combined length and girth of more than 84 inches; packages for Panama ust not exceed 72 Inches in length and girth, and packages for the army in Germany must not weigh more than 25 pounds or have a combined ength and girth of more than 84 inches. OREGON CITY. Or., Nov. 23. (Spe cial.) Ed Fortune, constable, and Ed Richardson, both of this city, will be richer by $7500 each, as the result of the capture here last night of John Doughty, wanted In Toronto, Can., for alleged kidnapping and for theft of more than $100,000 worth of Canadian Victory bonds. Richardson . Is employed at the Hawley Pulp & Paper company here. and while in Portland some time ago recognized Doughty from the photo graph on a circular letter sent out broadcast over the United States. Richardson alleges that he followed Doughty to Oregon City, and since February 23 kept close watch over the man's movements. Doughty went to work for the Hawley company here in February and has been connected with the timekeeper's office. A. few days ago Richardson called on Constable Fortune and told him he thought he recognized Doughty from the description sent out. For tune, accompanied by Richardson went to the mills and looked the man over. When they had. made sure that he was the man wanted. Fortune telegraphed the chief of detectives at Toronto to come at once, as the man was here. Detective Recognizes Man. The detective chief, Austin R. Mitchell, arrived in Oregon City Monday night about a o'clock, rfnd Richardson and Fortune accompanied him to Doughty's rooms to make the arrest. Doughty was known as C. R. Cooper while here. When tne Cana dian detective saw the man he rec ognized him immediately and placed him under arrest. He was held in Oregon City until this afternoon. when ne was laxen to .forxiana. Richardson, the first man to rec ognize Doughty, alias Cooper, kept a close watch over the man's move ments here for several days, and at one time used a spy-glass from the top of the bluff to watch him. Rich ardson is a -poor man and is, em- Woman In Case ' Is Said to Be Daughter of Rich Broker and 1 ' Has Two Children. CHICAGO, Nov.. 23. Mrs. Amilie Conrow, said to be the daughter of D. 6. Willard, said to be a millionaire New York broker, and Rudolph Bod mer of Washington, D. C, author and publisher, were arrested tonight on a statutory charge preferred by Rob ert W. Conrow of New York, from whom Mrs. Conrow was divorced some time ago. The arrests were made at the request of the Washing ton police, according to local officials. Bodmer denied to the police that he or Mrs. Conrow was guilty of any wrong and said that they would fight extradition. , "In the divorce suit, Mr. Conrow named me in making serious charges against Mrs. Conrow," the police quoted Bodmer as saying, "but the charges were untrue. Conrow was brutal to his wife and to their daugh ter and after the divorce Mrs. Conrow and my two children and myself went to Washington and then came here. We planned to be married soon. - We lived at the same hotel part of the time and in an apartment part of the time, but we were guiltless of any wrong-doing." Bodmer is a widower with a daugh ter 13 years old and a son 9. The Conrow divorce decree was granted at Paterson, N. J., last June, according to the information received by th.e police. HARDING'S SISTER HAS JOB Appointment to Important Post in Washington Announced. WASHINGTON. Nov. 23. Appoint ment of Mrs. Carolyn Votaw, sister of President-elect Harding, as head of the social service department of the public health service, was an-V nounced today by Surgeon-General Cummins. Mrs. Votaw, who recently resigned as a member of the metropolitan po lice force of Washington, will have charge of the public health service's work with disabled former service men. THU.GS HELD IDENTIFIED Alleged Mail Robbers Said to Have Been Preacher's Assailants. COUNCIL. BLUFFS, la., Nov. 23. Rev. D. E. Cleveland visited the Jail today and identified two of the men held Involved In the mail .' car rob bery, as the men who assaulted him They are Fred E. Poffenberger and H. A. Reed. On the night of October 20, Rev. Mr. Cleveland recived a telephone call from a woman directing him to go to a certain point In the city. While en route he .was set upon by two men who leaped upon the running board of his car. After being assaulted he was bound and left In the c.r. and the car set afire. He 'managed to . roll out of the car. LOOSE BUSINESS COSTLY Millions Lost by Cancellation of Orders for Mercliandise. (Concluded en Page 2, Column 1.) NEW YORK, Nov. 23. Loose bus iness practices throughout the coun try in recent months have led to the loss of S250,000,00Q through the can cellation of orders for merchandise, it was declared today by H. F. Barker, an official of the National Association of Credit Men. Mr. Barker said that "a surprisin lack of moral fiber" has been reveale in a survey of the cancellation prac tice, and that of "indefinitely hold ling up orders for later instructions Eastern Washington, Oregon and Northern Idaho ' Conference Adopts Resolutions. SPOKANE, Wash.. Nov. 23. A con ference of several hundred farmers of eastern Washington, eastern Ore gon and northern Idaho, declaring that the United States Grain corpor ation, during its existence, made prof its of 350,000,000, "which properly be longs to the producers," today adopt ed resolutions urging the secretary of the treasury to use that fund through the federal reserve board or other agencies to extend credit to the farmers by providing a revolving fund. The resolutions, which declared the present condition of the wheat mar ket "Is largely a grain gambler con spiracy," urged legislation eliminat ing option trading in food products; declared for a tariff on Canadian wheat; urged federal reserve banks to renew all 90-day paper, and urged the farmers to take out memberships in co-operative grain growers' asso ciations such as the Idaho and Wash ington grain growers' associations. Restoration of the war finance cor poration and addptlon by congress of the Capper-Volstead bill also were advocated. Congressional delegations of the northwestern states were urged to support the 'present farm loan act, which was declared to be in danger of repeal or amendment disastrous to the farmers. The resolutions "deplore the action of State Bank Commissioner Claud P. Hay in publicly announcing iir structions to state banks requiring them to call their loans, thereby en couraging speculative interests to await purchase of the security under forced sale." United States - Senator Poindexter. addressing the conference, advocates organized marketing through, a na tional farmers' agency and not through government intervention. Sen ator Poindexter declared that to have the government' help in the market ing of wheat would ruin independent liberty and independent development. Representative Webster of Wash ington, urged the farmers not to re sort to ."strlkftig." Other speakers were Representative French of Idaho and Dr. J. W. Bryan, Idaho commis sioner of education, who advocated a return to the farm. MOB HALTS NEGRO .TRIAL CAMPAIGN COURSE DEFENDED Cost Declared Less Than That of Four Years Ago. . TOTAL OUTLAY $3,400,000 Hope Expressed That Popular Sub scriptions in Small Amounts WiU Clear Shortage. Housewives of Middle West Are Preparing to Battle High Costs of Thanksgiving. CHICAGO, Nov. 23. shortage of turkeys has increased the price of the official Thanksgiving bird 5 to 10 cents a pound in middle western states over the 1919 prices and as a result many housewives will substi tute chickens, geese and ducks in the Thanksgiving menu, reports from the "turksy centers" indicated tonight. Chicago's supply of gobblers today was many carjoads short of the num berneeded, according to dealers, with the retail prices ranging from 55 to 60 cents a pound. Springfield, 111., dealers quoted even higher prices, their birds bringing 62 cents a pound while prices at Water loo, la., were 43 to 45 cents. Other towns reported prices ranging from 40 to 60 cents. Chickens, ducks and geese were re ported plentiful everywhere. Western Union Grant of Last May Revoked. y HARDING AT CRISTOBAL Black Hurried Out and Dragged to Death Behind Auto. TYLERTOWN, Miss, Nov. 23. JjHarry Jacobs, negro, while on trial today for an assault on a white wom an, was taken from the courtroom and lynched by a mob which gained access by breaking down two doors. Despite efforts of court officials and others to prevent violence, the negro was seized, a rope placed about his neck - and dragged two block through the main street after which the rope was tied to the axle of an automobile which dragged him to a bridge where the lifeless body was swung to a limb of a tree and riddled with bullets. One man was acci dentally shot. NEEDS A HIGHER FENCE. POLISH TROOPS WITHDRAW Russ Demand Starts Movement Toward Armistice Line. WARSAW, Nov. 22. (By the Asso ciated Press.) The Polish troops in Volhynia, It was announced today, are withdrawing rapidly toward the armistice line in response to the de mand of the Russian government that the Polish fulfill the military clauses of the preliminary peare treaty signed at Riga. A message was received in Warsaw reporting the reopening of the peace negotiations in Riga. FREIGHT HAUL INCREASED Railroads Set Record for Move ment of Bulk During September. WASHINGTON. Nov. 23. Freight movement on American railroads dur ing September continued to exceed records for bulk, according to a state ment today by the Railway Execu tives' association. It amounted to 40,999.843.000 ton miles, which was more than the total moved in any one month either prior to, or during the war, though it was 1.706.992,000 ton-miles less than the roads handled in August of this year. DESTROYER IS DELIVERED Nicholas Will Be Fitted Out at Vallejo. to Join Fleet. VALLEJO. Cal.. Nov. 23. The de stroyer Nicholas, built at the Union Iron Works at San Francisco, was delivered to Mare Island navy yard here todav and commissioned. Lieu- tolerant about. That is the activity tenant-Commander H B. Kelly will Conclude oa i'nga , Column l.j command the vessel. , NEW YORK, Nov. 23. An appeal for contributions to make up a deficit of approximately Sl.500,000 in the campaign fund of the' republican na tional committee was sent out tonight by Will H. Hays, national chairman. The appeal, addressed to the "re publicans of the country and those who aided them," called attention to the report of the treasurer filed yes terday In Washington, pointing out that, although the buying power of the dollar was materially less than in 1916, the 1920 campaign had actually been conducted at less .. than the Hughes campaign four years ago. Mr. Hays accompanied his plea for further funds by an expression of highest praise for the spirit of re publicans during the campaign. More than 50,000 individuals contributed about 82,000,000 to the fund, he said. - Campaign Cost 3,400,000. The presidential campaign this year cost approximately 83,400,000, exclu sive of pre-convention expenditures, he wrote, leaving a net deficit of nearly a million and a half dollars This he declared he hoped might be promptly made up by popular sub scriptions in amounts less than the 81000 limit set during the campaign. It was apparent some weeks be fore the election that a 81000 cam paign limit would not result in an amount equal to our budget." the statement continued. "It was not wise to risk any substantial change in the plan of he campaign and we did not want to raise the llmrt. It was decided then that we would go through with every economy con aistent with efficiency and after the election continue the raising of money until any deficit was met. Easier Connie Opposed. Off course, the easiest way to liquidate this Indebtedness would be to appeal to a limited number of generous republicans who could give substantial amounts. This could have been done before election; it could be done now, but this policy I am unwilling to adopt except as a .last resort. "It Is my firm belief that the 310 limit in the last days of the 1916 campaign and the 31000 limit of 1920 have finally placed popular collec- Craft in Harbor at Panama" Give President-Elect Noisy Welcome COLON. Panama, Nov. 23. Warren G. Harding, president-elect of the United States, arrived at Cristobal at 9 o'clock this" morning on board the steamer Parismina. He received a noisy welcome by the craft in the harbor. Mr. Harding went direct to hotel. As the president-elect approached Panama he was flooded with wireless messages inviting him to be the gues of honor at a long list of public func tions during his five days' visit to the Cajial Zone. Most of the invi tationa he will be compelled, by his vacation plans, to decline. RATE RISE HEARING SE CONGRESS HOPE OF COMPANY President Carlton Relies on Act for Authority. NAVY SAID TO INTERFERE Portland Gas & Coke Co. to Urge - Increase December 15, SALEM, Or., Nov. 23. (Special.) The - Oregon" public service commis sion" today set, December 15 as the date ; for hearing the application of the. 'Portland Gas- & Coke company for an: Increase in rates. The hearing win.: ber held in Portland, and will be attended by the three members of the" Oregon commission. In the application filed by the cor poration it was set out that because of the steadily Increasing prices of fuel oil it has become necessary for applicant to raise its rates in order to meet its operating expenses. WORLD HELD NEAR ABYSS Rescue Up to America and Britain, Says James Bryce. BOSTON, Nov. 23. James Bryce, former British ambassador to the United States, pictured the world at "the abyss, of calamity into which the war plunged it, in a letter to the Colonial society of this city made public today. The American and Eng lish peoples, he said, are especially called to try to rescue the world from the danger. He added that America's influence Is nrized "because she is impartial tion of political funds on a perma- raised above the jealousies and ambi- nent and certainly on a most healthy . tions that vex this distracted Europe.' basia We are all very anxious that this become an achieved fact." System Declared Best. Addressing the editors of republican newspapers, the statement declared that the national committee "would have been gratified, naturally, .had it been possible to raise all the money necessary by the small gift methods. This, however, was- hardly to be ex pected as this has been the first real effort In that direction." - I know the method is right," Mr. Hays added, "and I am convinced that you and every other republican want us to distribute the expense of campaigning in this manner if it can be done at all. To this end we are going to make a public appeal for funds and in this effort I want your help. The success of the appeal will be of inestimable benefit to future party financing and will go far in aiding our efforts tb place the busi ness of politics on the highest pos, Bible' plane." i Contributions, he said, should be sent to Fred W. Upham, treasurer, or James G. Blaine Jr., eastern treas urer of the republican national com mittee, at the committee's office, 19 West Forty-fourth street. New York. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS U. S. GAINS $6,280,598 Gold Imports in 10 Day-s Show Big Excess Over Exports. WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. Gold im ports during the first ten days of No vember amounted to $18,318,217, com pared with exports of $12,037,619. ac cording to a statement issued today by the federal reserve board. From January 1 to November 10 gold imports totaled $333,836,965, while exports were $297,300,783. Silver Im ports during the ten-day period werr- $1,446,790, while exports were $633,939. 300 MARINES DECORATED Relatives of 40 Killed Overseas Also Get French Fourragere. CHICAGO, Nov. 23. Three hundred marines and 40 relatives of men who lost their lives overseas tonight were decorated with the Fourragere of France. The decoration was awarded In recognition of deeds performed at Chateau Thierry, elleau wood, Sols eons and. Mont Blanc. . The "Weather. TESTERDATS Maximum temperature, 56 degrees; minimum, 4o aegrees. TODAY'S Rain; easterly winds. Foreign. All Dublin jails lull and castle is being used. Page z. Ieague committee opposes amendments during tuts session, rage a. National. TJ. S. army sentences 32 to death in year. Page 1. ' Colonel Thomas W. Symons. noted IT. engineer, dies at Washington home. Page 2. After-war waste of administration inex- . cusable, says Mark Sullivan. Page 1. Baker revokes permit of Western Union to lay cable at Miami. Page 1. Fight on Wilson's appointees to shipping board starts. Page 7. Domestic Chairman Hays appeals to friends of party to make up republican deficit. Page 1. Flour and sugar prices slashed. Page 5. Ford's bonus system held poor one for packing industry. Page 3. Turkey so high that chickens, geese and ducks will be used on many menu. Page 1. Hoover organizes council to feed 3,500.000 ' European children. Page 4. Sensational facts brought to light in probe ot New York building trust. Page 6. Author and divorcee arrested as affinities on complaint ot ex-husband. Page 1. Mother ot two declares mate Is her own father. Page 0. Pacific Northwest. Use of grain corporation's r0,000,OO0 prof its for credits is demanded by farmers. Page' 1. Crook sought by Canadian ' authorities for ytar arrested in Oregon City. Page 1. Sports. Steers' loss declared greater Incentive for Oregon to fight southern California. Page 14. Interscholastic season closes with Hill beating Jefferson, 12 to 0. Page 14. Bout winner may get Levinsky next. Page 15. Athletic showing pleasing to Aggie coach. Page 15. Thanksgiving football contest billed as best of season. Page 14. Commercial and Marine. Northwestern millers seek lower trans Pacific freight rate. Page 2L Wheat advances at Chicago with large ex port sales. Page 21. Etocks move from weak to strong hands as result of price breaks. Page 21. Rate rise expected on trans-Pacifie freight. Page- 20. Portland and Vicinity. One representative for each county in legislature is advocated. Page 8. Head of morals squad' suspended by mayor. Page 12. people of Portland will observe Thanks .. giving day in usual fashion. Page 9. Hearing of $l,OO0,000 Leadbetter suit is begun. Page 4. School board hears charges of irregulari- lties in football by Washington high. Page . State Department Accused of Re tarding Work by Force of Arms and Threats. WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. Secretary Baker announced tonight that he had revoked permission granted the West ern Union Telegraph company last May to lay certain cables at Blscayne, bay, Miami, Fla. The permit was is sued by the district engineer at Jack sonville. Fla.. and Mr. Baker directed its withdrawal by telegraph tonight. NEW YORK, Nov. 23. Newcomb Carlton, president of the' Western Union Telegraph company, declared tonight that his company has general authority under an act of congress to lay cables in all navigable waters in the United States and a specific per mit from the secretary of war. Mr. Carlton made this assertion in a statement in connection with his company's application in the courts of the District of Columbia for . an injunction to restrain the secretary of the navy from interfering with its. plans to extend it3 telegraph-lines from Miami to Miami beach. Work Begun In April. "Last April," he said, "the Western Union Telegraph company commenced the construction of wires along the causeway over Biscayne bay, which separates Miami from Miami Beach. "There are two drawbridges in the- causeway and following usual pro cedure and in order to avoid interrup tion to navigation, a short cable is laid on the bottom of the bay at each of these drawbridges. The -Western -Union has' general authority under an act of congress to lay cables in all navigable waters in the United States. In addition to this authority its holds a .specific permit for this work from the secre tary of war. The purpose of the con struction was to improve the connec tion from Miami to Key West, the present connection being an unsatis factory temporary affair to meet the requirements of government dredg ing operations. State Department Accused. "Notwithstanding the unquestioned right of the telegraph company to im prove its system, further indorsed by the approval of the war department, the navy department has for months arbitrarily interfered with the prog ress of the work by force of arms and stated that if the cable was laid they, the navy department, would im mediately cut it. We are informed that this action was taken at the request of the state department, although the state department has no Jurisdiction whatever over the ex tensions of the telegraph system. "We have made diligent inquiry during. the last eight months in an endeavor to ascertain what objection there was to our proceeding with this work and, although we have made repeated remonstrances to the state department, we have been met only with the repeated promise of that de partment that they would at once straighten out the matter. Company- In Dark. "We are as completely in the dark today as we were eight months ago, except that we now know that the power of the armed forces of the United States has been used to .pre vent the lawful carrying out of work which was authorized by an act of congress. "It is because of this action that we are now seeking the protection of the courts in an effort to ascertain whether autocratic methods can be used to prevent the needed extension of telegraph service to meet the de mands of the public." CUBA WILL RECEIVE CABLE Western Union Has Concession for Landing on Island. HAVANA, Cuba, Nov. 23. Western Union officials here deny any knowl edge of the reported intention of their company to land the cable laid between Barbadoes and Miami at a point in Cuba, probably Havana, in case the American government per sists in its refusal to permit landing of the cable at Miami. It was learned, however, the West ern Union some time ago was granted all concessions necessary for the landing of the cable on Cuban soil should such a course be J.cided upon. POSSES START MAN HUNT Robbers Who Held Up Montana Lumber Camp Sought. MISSOULA, Mont,, Nov. 23. Posses today were scouring western Montana for three men in a small gray auto mobile who were reported to have held up 140 men in the Ross-Riley lumber camp near Tarkio, west of here, last night. Their loot was declared to amount to $1000 to $4000. .