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VOL. LX-XO. 18,91?
Entered at Portland (Oregon)
Postffffre as Rcronrt-nass Matttr.
PORTLAND, OREtlOX, FRIDAY, JULY 8, -cl921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
HARDING OPPOSES
INFANT IS DESERTED
JMY WIFE DID THIS,
DR. FENTON'S BODY
IS FOUND IN RIVER
POOR HEALTH BLAMED FOR
PHYSICIAN'S SUICIDE.
PRESIDENT FAVORS?
PORTLAND 1925 FAIR
I MERCURY UP TO 89 .
! AND MAY GO HIGHER
PIRATES' VESSEL
REPORTED SEEN
ON DEPARTING TRAIN
JUST
SAYS KABER ,DY!NG
BABY FROM BAKER, OR., FINDS
HOME IX LA GRAXDE.
SEXATOB Mc.AR;Y SENDS TELE
GRAM TO MR. MEIER-.
PORTLAND GETS TOUCH OF
REAL SIMMER WEATHER.
RAILROADS TO GET
HALF-BILLION LIFT
Government to Advance
Funds in Six Months.
BONUS
NOW
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Action on Tariff and Taxes
First Is Wanted.
SENATORS AT CONFERENCES
President Favors Legislation
for. Veterans Later.
FORMAL MESSAGE DUE
Cliicf Executive Thinks Balance
Sheet of National Finances
Should Be Struck First.
WASHINGTON. T. C. July 7.
President Harding paid an unexpect
ed visit to the senate today and, it
was understood, interposed the weight
of his personal influence to defer ac
tion on the soldier bonus bill until a
clearer understanding of the govern
ment's financial outlook has been
possible by enactment of new tariff
and tax laws.
In an hour's conference with senate
leaders, the president was understood
to have indorsed he view of Secre
tary Mellon that bonus legislation
now might be a serious embarrass
ment to the treasury, and even to
have suggested that all other legis
lative business be suspended to per
mit completion of the tariff and tax
revisions as eoon as possible. He was
quoted as favoring a fecess of con
gress while committees in charge
hasten perfection of the two meas
ures. Special Mt-HHnse Kiprrtrd.
It was indicated that Mr. Harding's
views would be given at length in a
special message to congress, which
may be sent to the capltol tomorrow.
The document is expected to deal par
ticularly with the bonus bill and to
set forth that while the administra
tion regards itself as committed to
Borne legislation Tor nelief of war vet
erans, It sees no reason for acting
precipitately.
"While the president was giving his
opinion to senators, the senate was
discussing the bonus bill with spon
sors for the measure confident of Its
passage. By an overwhelming vote
the bill had been brought to the sen
ate as a Fpecial order of business
and the senators In charge were in
clined to predict ihaX.&vtD the. oppo
sition of Secretary Mellon would not
delay it.
Outlook Made I'nccrtaln,
To night the outlook generally was
admitted to be more unc,ej-taju. The
disposition in most quarters was to
await Mr. Harding's jnessage. . After
the message has been received it is
regarded as likely that an attempt
will be made to send the bonus bill
back to committee and then secure
another vote on the recess proposal
which failed of adoption several lays
aso by four votes.
In their opposition to a recess the
bonus advocates are expected to have
the aid of other senate elements. Not
the least potential of these groups, it
generally is expected, will be the
agricultural bloc.
The final division Is expected to be
along group rather than party lines.
Lenders Are Summoned.
Leaders of the elements most
anxious to push particular measures
to enactment were among the first
to be summoned into conference by
the president. Senator McCumber,
republican. North Dakota, In charge
of the bonus bill, and Senator Norris,
icpubllcan. Nebraska: Kenyon, repub
lican. Iowa, and Simmons, democrat.
North Carolina, prominent in the
agricultural group, were said to have
been told frankly and emphatically
by Mr. Harding $hat he considered
completion of the tariff and tax pro
gramme the prime duty of the gov
ernment. Mr. Harding's conferences were held
after he had broken precedent by
takins; luncheon with a party of sena
tors in the senate restaurant. Most
of those in whose company he was
accustomed to take his meals during
his senatorial days were at the table
and the president made a manifest
eflort to make the visit informal.
Senate Recrii Opposed.
Members of the agricultural bloc of
the senate, who talked with the presi
dent, told the executive that they
would oppose any recess or adjourn
ment of the senate until legislation
was passed for the relief of farmers.
They were said to have Insisted upon
enactment of agricultural export
financing legislation, passage by the
house of the senate bill to increase
the interest rate on bonds of joint
stock-land banks from 5 to 5V p?r
cent and enactment of proposals to
give the secretary of agriculture or
some representative of agricultural
Interests membership on the federal
reserve board.
The agricultural bloc also was said
to have urged increase from $10,000
to $25,000, the maximum of Individual
loans to farmers under the farm-land
bank system.
Disarmament Steps Reported.
Jn conversation with Senator Borah
the president was understood to have
said, that he had already taken some
steps toward a disarmament agree
ment, and desired to discuss with the
(Cuncluded ua 4, Column 3.)
Many Requests Made lo Adopt Girl
About 10 or 12 Days Old; Wom
an Places Child in Car.
LA GRANDE, Or., July 7. (Spe
cial,) A La Grande home today was
gladdened by the rjresence of a nrettv
baby girl, 10. or 12 days of age. who'
was abandoned last night, on the
westbound train just as it pulled out
of Baker.
According to the meager informa
tion, a man and woman drove to the
Baker station in a taxi, the man
carrying the basket into the station.
Just before the train started the
woman took the basket into the train,
placing it in a seat near Pete Nelson
of this city. The woman then hur
riedly left the train.
Railroad officials telephoned ahead
to the Ited Cross here, after reading
the note attached to the basket,
which said that the infant was on
its way to the Waverley Baby home
in Portland. In the basket was food.
The baby had been well cared, for.
Upon its arrival here, the ' police
took the baby to the Red Cross. So
many requests were made to adopt
the baby that the abandoned little
girl was placed in a home this morn
ing. Unless action is started In
Baker, no effort will be made to find
the parents.
DEATH NARROWLY MISSED
Woman Bent on Suicide Dragged
From Approaching Train.
HOOD RIVER, Or., July 7. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. John Hurley, wife of a
baker, was rescued last night in the
act of hurling- herself beneath an ap
proaching eastbound O.-W. R. & N.
passenger train.
The woman was missed from her
home ear!yin the evening. Depressed
because of poor health, she first vis
ited a Columbia river slough, appar
ently intending to drown herself.
Searching citizens and officers trailed
her through bogs and swamp land the
early part of the night. A muddy
trail across the O.-W. R. & X. bridge
over Hood river was discovered and
the searchers had barely gained the
opposite side when the passenger
train approached and Mrs. Hurley was
discovered rushing to the track.
Mrs. Hurley collapsed as she was
drawn from the approaching locomo
tive, and for a time was in a serious
condition. She rallied today.
LOOKOUT GETS AIR MAIL
Plane Carries Bundle to Station on
Prairie Mountain.
EUGENE, Or., July 7. (Special.)
The first aerial mall to be delivered
to a forest lookout in Oregon was
dropped yesterday by a plane from
the Eugene base of the forest fire
patrol to J. L. Sanborn, lookout on
Prairie mountain in the coast range,
35 miles west of Eugene, in the Sius
law national forest.
The plane was in command of Pilot
ITrake of the 91st aero squadron.
"Jake" Jacobson. observer, d ropped
the mail. Sanborn has a lookout
tower on top of the mountain which
is plainly visible. Jacobson said the
plane cut down as close as possible
and the bundle of letters, papers and
magazines struck within 50 feet, of
the structure.
I
FIRE DAMAGES BUILDING
One Tenant of Apartment House
Fou n d Doa d la Bed.
Fire of unknown origin, breaking
out about 11 o'clock last night, partly
damaged the fourth floor of the Home
Comfort apartments, 186 Sherman
street, causing damage, by water and
fire, of about $6000.
When James F. Timmins, manager
of the apartments, was awakening his
tenants he discovered the dead body
of William Mulder, about 55 years old,
on the bed in apartment 307. Dr. Hose
of the city emergency hospital, after
an 'examination, said that Mulder
probably had been dead for six or
eight hours. The body was not burned
or otherwise marked.
RELICS .WORTH MILLIONS
Personal Property Left by Mrs.
Pullman Is Appraised.
CHICAGO, Jul;- 7. Personal prop
erty left by Mrs. Hattie Sanger Pull
man," widow of George M. Pullman,
has been appraised at $3,474,353, ac
cording to the report of a committee
of appraisers filed today. -
A pearl necklace, including 49 gms,
was valued at $100,000.
The old Pullman private car. the
Monitor, long out of service, but still
retained in the Pullman shops, is val
ued at $41S.
1700 FAMILIES IN WANT
Colorado Governor Asks for Aid
for Flood SuTfcrers.
DENVER. July 7. One thousand
seven hundred families, or 7000 per
sons, are in absolute want as a result
of the flood at Pueblo. Governor
Shoup of Colorado announced today in
a proclamation. -. -
The governor urged the public to
render more assistance to the stricken
city.
20 CHILDREN DIE IN FIRE
Home at Des Moines Destroyed by
J Early Morning Blaze.
DES MOl.VES. Ia.. 'July 7. The
children's home burned here early
this morning with 20 children re
ported burned to death.
Policeman and Doctor Re
call Accusations.
MURDER THREATS RELATED
Medium Avers Spirit Aid Was
Asked in Slaying. -
LOVE GIVEN TO ANOTHER
Grandmother of Child Adopted by
Kabers Also Testifies D-eath
Desire "Was Expressed".
CLEVELAND, July 7. Testimony
tending to show that Daniel F. Ka
ber. for whose murder his widow.
Eva Catherine Kabet, today was
placed on trial, suspected her of hav
ing planned .his assassination was in
trcduced today Dy the state throus!i
ttvo witnesses.
"My wife ordered thjs d:iie 'My
wlte ordered this donfr My Uod. m;
wife ordered this done!".
These exclamations were uttered by
Mr. Kaber to Police Lieutenant Miller
of Lakewood soon after Mr. Kaber
had been stabbed, according? to th3j
ticutenant s testimony.
Mnrder Drill re Reported.
"My God, doctor, my wife roust
have done this." Dr. "W. J. Quigrley.
who v.as called to attend the wounded
man, said Kaber exclaimed.
In addition, testimony was offered
by two women witnesses that Mrs.
Kaber had told thera she wanted her
husbtnd ' murdered. Mrs. Marv J
Wade, an alleged medium, testified
that Mrs. Kaber had said to her:
"I want you to try to set rid of
Dan Kaber for me."
Asked by Mrs. Wade how she- was
to go about it, Mrs. Kaber wai al
leged to have replied:
Life Insurance Mentioned. "f
"I want you to kill him mijr way
to get rid of him. The man I love
has no money, only brains., and Mr.
Kaber has $50,000 life insurance."
Mrs. Bertha' Miethke," grandmother
of the little Patricia whom the Kabers
had adopted, testified that Mrs. Kaber
said to her:
'I hate Dan Kaber and am g;olng to
get rid of him within six months."
Dr. Quigley and Dr. Alfred Maschke
said they had treated Mr. Kaber and
made examinations of him several
months before his death. Tuey as
serted he was suffering from neur.tis
and secondary anemia.
Based on a hypothetical question
asserting that an analysis of Mr. Ka
ber"s internal organs disclose! the
presence of arsenic in quantity "suf
ffcient to kill four men." botn physi
cians said they would diagnose the
(Concluded on Page 6, Column 2.)
Positive Identification Is- Made by
Means of Driver's License and
Papers In Pocket.
The body of Dr. J. D. Fenton,
widely-known Portland physician
who disappeared March 19. last, was
taken from the Willamette,.' river,
opposite the Albina docks, yesterday
by the harbor patrol. The body was
first seen floating near the surface
of the water by members of the crew
of the river boat Diamond O. The
harbor patrol went at once to tle
scene and towed the body to shore,
where It was taken In charge by the
coroner.
Dr. Kenton had been in poor health
for nearly a year prior to his sudden
disappearance and members of the
family, believed he ended his life
during a period of extreme mental
depression.
Dr. Fenton had given up active
practice of his profession about a
year ago on advice of physicians and
had remained for some time in a
sanitarium.
Positive identification of the body
was made by relatives after It had
been removed to the morgue. The
pockets of his trousers contained his
automobile driver's license, many of
his prescription blank! and other
private papers which left no doubt
as to the Identity.
Dr. Fenton is survrved by a son.
James Fenton, and a daughter, Lu
cile Fentour both of this city.
It was a coincidence that only last
Wednesday the family filed a peti
tion in the probate court asking. that
an administrator of Dr. Fenton's
estate be appointed. After carrying
on a search during the several m&nths
since he disappeared, relatives had
finally given up hope of finding him
alive.
RUBBER DIVIDEND PASSED
Company Declared Strong and Out
look Held Encouraging. v
NEW YORK, July 7. The United
States Rubber company ' today passed
its quarterly dividend of 2 a share
on common stock. The regular quar
terly dividend on preferred stock was
declared,
A statement by the directors de
clared that, while the financial posi
t&n of the .company was strong, they
deemed it conservative to defer action
On the commdn dividend. Sales were
satisfactory the first half of the year,
under existing business conditions,
the statement said, and the outlook
was characterized as encouraging.
PRESIDENT NOW RED MAN
Executive Boeomes Member of Fra.
ternal Organization.
WASHINGTON. D. C July 7.
President Harding was initiated to
day into the Improved Order of Red
Men, national officers of the order
administering all three degrees at a
special ceremony in the president's
office. - ..
The team conferring the degrees
consisted of most of the national of
ficers of the Red Men.
SO LONfc, EVERYBODY!
Mr. Harding Promises to Sign Kes-
olutlon as Soon as Senate
Acts Favorably. ,
' News favorable to the 1925 exposi
tion was sent Portlandward yesterday
over the telegraph wires when Julius
L. Meier, president, received a mes
sage from Senator - McNary that
seemed to indicate the project would
have the indorsement of President
Harding himself. f ;
President Meier had Ven'ln tele
graphic communication with Senator
McfNary seeking the official backing
of the government, and this appeared
almost in sight.
Moreover, Senator McNary advised
that President Harding hopes to visit
the 1925 exposition in person and he
has agreed to affix his signature to
Senator McNary's resolution asking
government recognition for the fair,
wljen that document reaches his desk.
It also appears from the telegram
that Philadelphia is out of the run
ning with a fair In 1925 and that this
possible obstacle will no longer in
terfere In any way.
. The telegram in full follows:
"President Harding assured me to
day that Mr. Wanamaker made no ob
jectlon to Portland fair, but wanted
to know the president's state of mind
regarding the -proposition of the Phil
adelphia fair in 1926. He stated h'j
was favorably inclined to the Port
land fair and all community fairs
where tha government Is not .called
upon to bear the burden of expense.
He hopes to visit Portland fair and
premised to sign my resolution when
it reaches his desk. Upon inquiry can
locate no objection to resolution in
the house; believe house foreign re
lations committee will make early re
port. JThls promise I have.
"CHARLES L. McNART."
Mayor Baker sent a telegram of ap
preciation yesterday to Senator Mc
Nary for his efrors In behalf of the
1925 exposition.
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HARDING VISITS SENATORS
President Smashes Washington
'Rules With Call on Old Friends.
WASHINGTON. July 7. President
Harding broke a presidential prece
dent today by motoring to the mniini
and taking lunch with some of his
old associates in the senate. .
The president left the Whit- H.
at 1 P. M. without announcing his
destination, and dropped ln unex
pectedly on the senators in the midst
of their luncheon hour.' To all ap
pearances Mr. Harding's trip to the
other end of "The Avenue" was pure
ly social in character, although It wan
taken for granted pressing questions
of legislation would come up for dis
cussion during the visit.
SUGAR GOES UP 20 CENTS
San Francisco Refinery Fixes
Wholesale Price as $5.80.
SAN FRANCISCO. 'July 7. Refined
cane sugar jumped 20 cents a hundred
pounds today.
A leading refinery announced $3.80
as its price to wholesalers.
CONTROL CLAIMS INVOLVED
Treasury May Ask Congress
for More Appropriations.
ROADS TO' GIVE SECURITY
Mellon Declares Payment Step To
ward Stimulating Resumption
ot Business Activity.
WASHINGTON, D.iC, July 7. Ne
gotiations vbetween government offi
cials and railroad executives involv
ing refunding arrangements by which
carriers would receive approximately
JSOO.OOO.OOO In additional treasury ad
vances within six months are exacted
to be completed within two days. Sec
retary Melloif announced today.
The advances would be equivalent
to the sums expended out of railroad
earnings by the government In capi
tal betterments during war-time con
trol, he added.
Government to art Security.
Additional appropriations . by con
gress, he Indicated, may be needed be
fore all the money can be furnished,
but a part of it may be advanced by
the treasury out of present authoriza
tions. The government will receive
6 per cent securities from the individ
ual roads involved, in exchange for
the advances, and the railroads will
be enabled to pay off outstanding ac
counts for supplies and embark upon
repairs which have been deferred.
oth Mr. Mellon and Secretary Hoo
ver said the plan contemplated
would be of great business value to
the country, in easing credits and fur
nishing employment. Mr. Hoover es
timated that 200,000 additional men
could be employed by the roads if
funds were available.
i Trenanry Jlny Profit.
Mr. Mellon pointed out that the
transaction, if completed, will not in
volve ld'ss, but may involve profit for
the treasury, since the railroads will
pay 6 per cent on the money advanced
and treasury borrowings have been
obtained generally at lower rates.
Railroad securities now held by
the treasury, he said, amounted to
approximately $400,000,000 and inter
ests and capital payments had been
rfegularly met on all of them, giving
the government an income of about
$18,000,000 a year.
RAIL LOADINGS DECREASE
Decline In All Commodities Except
Ore Shown in Week.
WASHINGTON. D. C, July 7. Rail
roads of the country loaded with
revenue freight 775.601 cars dur
ing the week ended June 25. or 5680
less than for the week previous, ac
cording to a statement today by the
American Railway association.''
The reduction included decreases In
all commodities 'except ore, which
showed a slight increase. The num
ber of cars loaded with grain was
38,821, or 2173 less than the preceding
week, while merchandise and miscel
laneous) freight loadings were 468,
107, or 1416 cars' under the previous
week.
RAIL STOCKS STREAGTHEXED
Shares Show Gains of One to Two
Points on Stock Exchange.
NEW YORK, July 7. Railroad
shares became active and strong on
the stock exchange today on receipt
of word from Washington that rail
roads would receive $500,000,000 addi
tional under the treasury depart
ment's refunding plan.
Atchison, Northern Pacific, South
ern Pacific, Union Pacific, Chicago &
Northwestern, Reading and New York
Central showed gains of 1 to 2 points.
Many junior rails also strengthened.
BOY, 11, SAVES GIRL, 11
Lad, in Swimming, Takes Uncon
scious Fellow Bather From Water.
EUGENE, Or., July 7. (Special.)
Kenneth Barker, 11-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Barker of this
city, this afternoon rescued 11-year-old
Lucille Bennett, daughter of John
Bennett, from drowning.
A number of children were In
bathing in the mill race at the foot
of Seventh avenue. East. The girl
was swept under a barge and dis
appeared from sight. - . The Barker
boy swam out and as she emerged
he swam with her to shallow water.
She was unconscious and It was with
difficulty that she was resuscitated.
TAFT TAKES OATH MONDAY
Former President Ready to Become
Nation's Chief Justice.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. July 7. Ex
President Taft is to.be sworn ln Mon
day as chief justice of the United
Slates.
The ceremony, it was said today,
will take place in the office of Attorney-General
Daugherty.
UlameKe .Kivcr Is Due to Dropj
One Foot by Sunday Two to
5 o'clock Hottest of Day.
Portland got a touch of real sum
mer yesterday and. according to
Weatherman Wells, there is little re
lief in sight so far, with a probability
of the thermometer reaching a higher
point today. The maximum of yes
terday's heat wave was 89 degrees
and was reached at 4 o'clock, with
the mercury ranging between 88 and
89 degrees from 2 until 5 o'clock in
the afternoon. 4-hortly after 5 o'clock,
a brisk breeze from the north dropped
the indicator to 75 degrees and a
cool evening was welcomed by the
city.
In spite ot the heat, the ther
mometer failed to reach the height
attained a year ago, when the maxi
mum was 97 degrees. The previous
heat record for this year was made
July 6, when the mercury registered
83 degrees.
Hourly temperatures at the Wea
ther bureau office were as follows:
8 A. M 6!i 2 P. M ss
9 A. M 7J! 3 P. M
10 A. -M T 4 P. XI.. '
11 A. M SI i i P. M s?
12 M ."! O P. ii '
1 P. M Stii
The Willamette river has been pre
dicted to rail one root between now
and Sunday. The rorecast ror today's
height was J5.9, Saturday 15.4 reet
and Sunday 14.9 reet.
CHICAGO. July 7. Cooling rain, ac
companied by much lightning, nipped
Chicago's longest heat wave today,
sending thermometers down 24 de
grees. The fastest mercury drop was
15 degrees In 10 minutes, and tonight
71 was registered .against the day's
maximum of 95.
Since June 15 the thermometer had
never, until tonight, registered less
than 78 degrees. The excess in tem
perature had totaled more than 2000
degrees.
Eleven deaths and scores of pros
trations were attributed to the heat
in the last 24 hours. Yesterday and
today street thermometers registered
more than 100 decrees.
EUGENE. Or.. July 7. (Special.)
The maximum temperature in Eugene
today was 89 degrees. Later in the
afternoon a stiff breeze came up and
cooled the city.
JILT MUSX PAY , $17,000
Woman Who Waited 2 2 Years for
Marriage Wins Suit.
LINCOL.N. Neb., July 7. Miss
Jennie Fellers. 40 years old. of Hum
boldt, Neb., today was awarded $17,
000 damages ii. her suit for breach of
promise against Louis Henry Howe,
45, also or Humboldt, by the state su
preme court.
Miss Fellers declared she had
waited 22 years tor Howe on his
promise to marry her. She previously
had been awarded $22,000 by District
Judge Troup or Douglas county.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 89
degrees; minimum, 59 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; not so warm; winds most
ly westerly.
Korrlgn.
South African premier decides not to at
tend coming Dublin conference. Page 3.
Domestic.
Ex-bartenders declared most .efficient soda
fountain operators. Page 5.
"My wife did It," Kaber's dying charge.
Tag 1.
Non-partisan state committee faces crisis
at Fargo. N. D. Page 8.
Race- suicide declared widely' practiced.
Page 2.
New wheat crop to pay farmers debts.
Pag 8.
National.
Oregon leads northwest in tax payments
to Uncle Sam. Page 7.
Harding opposes soldier bonus Just now.
Page 1.
Governor to advance half billion to rail
roads. Page 1.
President Harding backs McNary $250,
000.000 irrigation bill. Page 3.
Tariff debate lags and interest is low.
Page 8.
Pirate vessel reported sighted. Page- 1.
Battle over general tariff bill formally be
gun in house. Page 5. ,
Pacific Northwest.
Buslneps government in Alaska declared
aim of new governor. Page 16.
Infant Is deserted on 'departing train.
Page 1.
Governor asks admen to help advertise
Alaska. Page 6.
Oregon parole board held lax In pardon
ing Luther Fag an, slain kidnaper.
Page 4.
' Snort.
Wizards oftennis eager for clash In Ore
gon net classic. Page 14.
Harvey ("Suds") Sutherland, now Beaver
pitcher, barred from, playing. Page 14.
Jeanette Rankin captures $300O grand cir
cuit "steak1." Page 14."
Five slashing fights on tonight's card.
Page 14.
Pacific Cast league results: At Sacramento
r. Portland 2: at Salt Lake 5, Seattle
at Los Angeles 2. Vernon 3: at'San
Francisco 5-6. Oakland 7-7. Page 15.
Pacific gun stars ready for classic shoot
at T.coma. Page r5.
Defense may call on baseball Stars to tes
tify in trial. Page 15.
Commerclatl 'and Marine.
New acreage will increase Oregon hop
crop this year. Page 23.
Chicago wheat higher on bullish crop re
ports. Page 23.
Stock advances losi In part by profit--taking
sales. Page 23.
Grain rates to orient cut by shipping in
terests. Page 22..
Harbor project awaits signing of property
. releases. Page 22.
- Portland and Vi-inity. '
Attorney for Kneia strikes prosecutor
after verbal clash. Page 12.
Portland gets touch qf summer when
thermometer hits 80. Page 1.
President Harding favor Portland 105
exposition. Page 1.
President Harding anxious to visit Port
land, eays Shriner chief. Page H.
Nestucca anglers ejected -by preserve
guard. Page 12.
Recent failjures In civil service examina
tions surprise Mayor. Baker. Page o.
Dr. J- D. Fenton's ffody is found in river
Page 1.
Multnomah county on paper basis since
October, lf20. Page 13. 1
Fruit growers seek wider markete. Page 0
Possibility of elf mfnatirtg grtmina.r school
f vocational study put up to board
Page 7.
Warning Sent Broadcast
. to Craft at Sea.
INVESTIGATION SPEEDS U?
Mysterious Disappearance of
Ships Is Probed.
OFFICIAL REPORT IS MADE
Swift Boat Declared to Have Ap
proached One Vessel and Then
to Have Sped Away.
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 7. iSpe
pial.) Theories that piratical ma
rauders are at work in the traffic
lan .'3 off the Atlantic coast reached
a njw hig-h level today.
Government wireless stations were
sending: broadcast to vessels at sea a
warning f be on the looKout for a
"low, rakish, suspicious-looking-c raft'
sighted by Captain Giles of the Mun
son liner Munalbro Thursday nigrht.
Coincident with the sending out of
tnis warning:, governmental agencies
worked with renewed vigor on their
investigation Into the mysterious dis
appearance within the last few months
of more than a score of merchant ves
sels along the coast.
Official Report Jn Made.
According to the official report of
Captain Giles, which reached Wash
ington tomtit, his vessel was about
300 miles due east of Philadelphia,
"wh'en a low raking, suspicious-looking
craft, apparently very swift." ap
proached the Munalbro with only its
running lights showing.
The' vessel, according to Captain
Giles, refused to answer any signals
and, after almost completely circling
the Munalbro, sped away into the
darkness. The location of the Munal
bro at the time the strange craft was
sighted was given as 39 degrees 55
minutes north and 70 degrees 35 min
utes west. On leaving the Munalbro
the "phantom ship" steered a course
almost due east.
InveMtigratiitn Speeded IT p.
E. T. Chamberlain, commissioner of
navigation for the department of
commerce, tonight declared that the
report of Captain Giles was the most
substantial evidence yet offered ft
the suspected operations of sea ma
rauders off the Atlantic coast and has
given fresh impetus into the investi
gation of the disappearance of the -crew
of the schooner Carol , reering
and the more than a score of other
ships that have disappeared without
leaving a trace. The weather bureau
holds that these ships foundered In
storms. .
Commissioner Chamberlain declared
t that it was impossible that a seaman
like Captain Giles would "go off on a
cock and bull story" and added that
the bureau places every credence in
his report.
Officials Are Apprehensive
Officials of the bureau became
gravely apprehensive this afternoon
when a report reached Washington
that the Munson line official had been
trying unsuccessfully for three days
to get into wireless communication
with the steamer Callao, which is en
route to New York from Buenos Aires
with 70 passengers.
Inquiry at the shipping board,
however, developed the fact that the
Callao is not due to arrive In New
York until next Saturday night or
Sunday morning and that no mis
giving is felt over the Inability to
get in toucK with her by wireltss.
Certain officials of the department
of commerce were deadly serious
today in their belief that the "one
guess is as good as another" pirate
theory advanced by Secretary Hoover
to explain the disappearance of the
many vessels along the coast within
the last few months is the correct
one.
Every Clew is Ran Down,
It became known the department,
despite, the ridicule of other govern
mental agencies, has never let up in
the Investigation that other than
natural hazards were- responsible and
that every clew was being run down.
Lawrence Ritchey, cne of the
assistants to Mr. Hoover, decl-ared
that he had uncovered new evidence
that supported the announcement
from the state department that the
Care! Deering was looted and that
within the next two weeks he hopes
to be able to make public informa
tion that will absolutely prove the
contention that tbe vessels did not
go down in storms.
- "Departmental Conference Held.
Just what information Kitchey has
Collected was not known. He ex
plained that to make it public at
this time i would almost certainly
hinder the In vestigation and would
prevent the obtaining of corrobora
tive evidence. It was known, how
ever, that a conference of repre
sentatives of the department of com
merce, the department of state, the
department of justice and the coast
guard was held at the department of
commeree yesterday, and the informa
tion collected by Ritchey was laid
before the conferees.
The investigating -agencies took
seriouslv the story of the note, con
tained in a buttle picked up near
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