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VOL. LX NO. 18.957
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PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
BUFFALO PASSES
TRADE PARALYSIS
L .
Great Industrial Center
Reflects Improvement.
HOUSE ASKS SENATE
TO PUNISH REED
SENATOR'S REMARKS OX VOL
STEAD 'ARE RESENTED.
FRAUD INVOLVES
UNTOLD MILLIONS
BERLIN TODAY SIGNS
U. S. PEACE TREATY
$7,000,000 TIMBER
DEAL IS CONFIRMED
OPEN CONFERENCE
ABUSE OF DISABLED
VETERANS CHARGED
EXPOSITION SITE
REPORT IS. MADE
HELO IMPOSSIBLE
GERMAN CABIXET TAKES FI
XAIi ACTIOX OX PACT.
ECCIES TRACT PURCHASE OF
LiAXD IS MADE.
DISMISSAL OF CCSHMAX HOS
PITAIi DOCTOR ASKED.
KEEN MEN SURVEY FIELD
Drygoods and Iron Business
' Declared on Up-Grade.
GRAIN MARKETS STEADY
(Richard Spillane Finds Lumber
Activity Hampered by Falling
. Off in Box Making.
BY RICHARD SPILLANE.
Copyrl:ht. 1921, by Public ledger Co.
Published by Arrangement.)
BUFFALO. N. T., Aug. 23. (Spe
cial.) Twelve men prominent in their
particular lines of industry assem
bled at one of the leading clubs Mon
day to give me their views as to
business conditions, present and pros
pective, in this district.
The gathering included Elliott C.
McDougall, president of the Marine
Trust company, one of the largest
financial institutions between New
York and Chicago; R. M. Gidney,
manager of the Buffalo branch of
the federal, reserve bank of New
Tork; Norman M. Mack, ex-chairman
of the democratic national committee
and owner of the Buffalo Times;
John L. Clawson of Clawson & Wil
son, big wholesale drygoods firm;
C. A. Collins, vice-president of the
Buffalo Union Furnace company;
Charles L. Kennedy, vice-president of
the grain corporation under Herbert
C. Hoover; Carlton M. Smith of
Smith, Fassett & Co.. lumber; Percy
N. Naylor, vice-president and gen
eral manager of the Dunlop Rubber
company of America, makers of Dun
lop tires; Edward L. Koons, ' capital
ist, ex-president of the chamber of
commerce; and Edward H. Butler Jr.,
publisher of the Buffalo News.
Purchasing; Power la Amazing.
Here, in substance, is what they
reported:
The drygoods man I have been
Amazed at the purchasing power of
the people. In retail lines the busi
ness In dollars up to July 1 was equal
to that up to July 1 last year, and
twice as great in volume. There are
signs of slackness .coming, although
prices may go up temporarily for
some goods, owing to shortage in
particular lines. Wholesalers have
not fared so well as retailers. The
wholesaler got it like a shock. The
retailer( got it gradually. Retailers
are not making any money today.
Goods, I believe, are going lower.
The Pig Iron Man There Is a bet
ter feeling, I believe. It is due more
to a general idea of betterment
throughout the country than to
actual improvement that we can see.
The iron bus'ness is good or bad, as
general business ia good or bad.
Wages are down with us from 16.40
to. 13.60. We are on a 15 per cent
production based on 1918-19 output.
and our present volume includes some
old-time contracts. High railroad
rates affect us adversely. You know
it requires f'Ve tons of ore to make
one ton of pig. There is a false no
tion that the railroads are our big
gest customers. In the greatest year
of railroad purchasing the total was
3,000,000 out of a total of 36,000,000v
The automobile business plays a
larger part in our industry than does
the railroads. That is looking up.
Grain Trade loo Per Cent.
The Grain Man Just as long as
people eat the grain trade will func
tion 100 per cent, with periods of sea
sonal depression compensated later
by periods or activity. Grain prices
today are good, measured against the
average. They would be higher for
the farmer if railroad rates were not
so high. The farmer is complaining
bitterly because so large a part of
the total goes to the carrier. That
will be adjusted in time. Personally
I cannot see anything to the situation
not natural after financing the most
disastrous war in all history and
with the additional strain put on all
the departments of production.
The farmer should get an adequate
return for his crops, but the farmer
is a hard man to please. When grain
sold at SI he demanded more, and so
it was when it was $2, and also when
it was near S3. (Here a gentleman
told a story. It was tfaat when wheat
sold at SI, a farmer said it . didn't
leave him enough to repair his house.
When It was S2 he hadn't enough
left over to build a garage and buy
an automobile. And when he wasn't
satisfied with $3 wheat a man asked
If he was oteslrous of acquiring an
ocean-going yacht.)
BnnIneiM Goad In Northwest.
The Lumberman There is going
to be a good demand for lumber,
owing to increased activity in build
ing lines, but this is offset by a fall
ing off in making of boxes. People
think a lot about lumber in other
uses, but do not appreciate how great
a quantity of wood goes into boxes.
When general business declines the
manufacture of Doxes declines also.
In the northwest business is better
than before the war. He looked for
only a little improvement in business
generally, but improvement never
theless. One trouble with the Indus
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Action Is Declared to Be First of
Kind In History of Congress.
Speech Held Improper.
WASHINGTON', D. C, Aug. 23. The
senate today -was requested In a reso
lution adopted by the house by a vote
of 181 to 3 "to take appropriate ac
tion" concerning: remarks of Senator
Reed, democrat, Missouri, during: de
bate on the anti-beer bill last week,
which the house held were "improper,
unparliamentary and a reflection on
the character" of Representative Vol
stead, republican, Minnesota.
It is the first time in history, so far
as official records show, that the
house has taken such action. On two
sired a representative for making: un-
cumpumentary statements aoout Ben-
ators and senate. In both instances
the offending .remarks were eliminat
ed' from the congressional record by a
house vote.
The resolution, which was offered
by Representative Newton, republican,
Minnesota, was adopted after brief de
bate and was referred to the rules
committee when it reached the senate.
Mr. Reed made no comment concern
ing it. Senator Reed's language, as
printed In the congressional record,
follows:
"Until the other day I never had
the pleasure of seeing the distin
guished author of the Volstead act.
His brief biography states that he
was born in the United States. I am.
however. Informed he speaks a very
broken English. I do not know what
his ancestry may be, but I do know
that I have gazed upon pictures of the
celebrated conspirators of the past,
the countenances of tiose who have
led In fanatical crusades, the burners
of witches, the executioners who ap
plied the torch of persecution, and 1
saw them alt again when I looked at
the author of this bill.- .... I have
no respect for a man, whether he be a
member of the house or elsewhere,
who proposes to whittle down the
constitution of the United States, who
tries to leave things, as does the
amendment of the house, eo that an
officer can go Into every building ex
cept a residence; who puts the discov
ery of a bottle of beer above the con
stitution, who, in the pursuit of his
favorite pastime of hunting somebody
who may take a drink, is willing to
destroy that constitution which he
held up his hand and, before Almighty
God, swore he would maintain, protect
and preserve. A man who thinks more
of 'getting' a bootlegger than he
thinks of preserving the palladium of
human liberty. Is not fit to be in a
legislative body and not fit to be a
citizen of the United State. I have
more respect for an anarchist, who, in
his Ignorance and blindness, stands
upon a soapbox proclaiming against
all government, than I have for the
man who will in this body or in the
house of representatives swear before
Almighty God that he will preserve
the -constitution of the United States
and then employ the authority and
power of the people vested in him to
preserve the constitution for the pur-1
pose of destroying that sacred docu
ment." BOY DIES FIGHTING FOES
El Paso Youth Said to Have
Wounded Several Attackers.
EL PASO, Tex.. Aug. 23. Bennett
Boyd, El Paso youth killed by Mexi
can bandits at Caretas ranch in Mex
ico August 18, died with his rifle in
his hand and wounded several of his
attackers before he fell himself. This
report was received in El Paso today
by Bishop O. P. Brown. Mormon lead
er, from a friend. According to
Bishhop Brown, the outlaws previ
ously had raided- a commissary at
Ojitas, 15 miles from the scene of the
Boyd murder. The storekeeper, a
half-Indian named Stevenson Bunk,
was slain and the place rifled.
The bandit gang then moved to
wards the Caretas place, where they
found Boyd and a small party of cow
boys engaged in a round-up. The
bandits greatly outnumbered the
Boyd party and "at once opened fire.
Boyd's companions were driven Off,
all unhurt, but the youth stood his
ground until he was mortally shot.
GIRL OF 14 SAVES LIFE
Cottage Grove Child Rescues Herl
Playmate From Drowning.
COTTAGE GROVE, Or., Aug. 23.
(.special.) Jessie Ferguson, 14-year-
oiu oaugnter or Mr. and Mrs. S. J
Ferguson, came near being drowned
Thursday afternoon while wadine
across Mosby creek on the Quimby
place. She stepped Into a hole and
had gone down twice before rescued
oy .uuruiny vuimDy, also 14 years
old, the. only one near at hand.
Dorothy had to dive to recover the
girl.
The Ferguson girl could not swim.
She suffered no ill effects from her
experience, although it' was some
t'nse before she fully recovered.
AIRMEN INJURED ifi FALL
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Plane Craslies When Pocket of
Ozone Is Encountered onFHgTit.
MED FORD, Or.. Aug. 23. Pilot An
dert and Observer Todd were severely
shaken up, though not seriously In
jured when forest patrol plane No. 8,
Inbound from Roseburg, crashed at
1:15 o'clock this afternoon from a
height of about 5Q feet while landing
at Barber field.
An air pocket was the cause of the
accident, according to local patrol -officials,
who report the plane badly
damaged. ' -
Band Floods Markets
With Worthless Paper.
FIVE ARRESTS ARE MADE
Detailed -Confession by One
Member Reported.
MANY FIRMS VICTIMIZED
Banks, Bond Houses, Investment
Security Brokers and Rich
Men Are Declared Losers.
CHICAGO, Aug. 23. Worthless
notes, stolen bonds, fraudulent deeds
of trust and forged certificates of
deposit running into untold millions
have been flung on the markets of
the country, federal agents declared
today, after investigating the opera
tions of a band alleged to have been
headed by Charles W. French and
John W. Worthington.
Banks, bond houses. Investment se
curity brokers and wealthy business
men from coast to coast were de
clared to have been victims of cue
of the most gigantic swindles ever
unearthed by department of justice
agents.
Six million dollars' worth of stolen
bonds, nearly S3.000.000 in worthless
notes and hundreds of thousands of
dollars' worth of trust deeds and
forged, certificates of deposit already
have been traced by department of
justice agents. It was declared.
Detailed Confession Given.
The revelations resulted from a de
tailed confession attributed to Alva
W. Harshman, said to have been a
private secretary to French, and who
surrendered to federal officials today.
Worthington was arrested some
weeks ago and has been held in
$100,000 bonds . in connection with
mall robberies totaling approximately
S6.000.000. French, alleged to be hia
rlghtyhand man, was arrested yester
day-with several of his associates.
Today C. K. Strobel was taken into
custody in Akron. O., and A. E. Strel-
zin was arrested in Milwaukee.
Harshman was alleged to have told
of a deal negotiated by French for
the purchase of a bank in the middle
west that Involved the exchange of
SS00.000 in cash.
Deal Is Explained.
A Washington, D. C. man, accord
ing to Harshman, was to. obtain cer
tified checks for $500,000 there. These
checks, he said, were to be presented
to the bank owners, and when the
band gained control of the establish
ment they were to cash all the cer
tificates of deposit the bank owned.
The money, he said, would then be
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Special Session Is Attended by
President Ebert Document .
Discussed at Xigbt.
BERLIN. Aug. 23. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Tha peace treaty be
tween the United States and Germany
will be signed tomorrow.
The cabinet gave the document
final consideration at a special ses
sion early tonight, which, was at
tended by President Ebert-
The document will be signed by
Ellis Loring rresel. United States
commissioner, and Dr. Friedrich Ros
en, the German foreign minister, who
has been empowered by President
Ebert, according to the German con
stitution, to affix his signature in be
half of the German republic'
Mr. Dresel has received full creden
tials from Washington.
Beyond the statement that the
treaty formally provides for the res
toration of friendly relations and an
immediate resumption of diplomatic
and consular Intercourse between the
United States and Germany, no infor
mation was obtainable today regard
ing the instrument.
It was . intimated, however, that
there are no provisions included In
it for the precise treatment of com
mercial and economic issues which
still are in abeyance. It is said that
these will be made the subject of
future negotiations.
BUDAPEST. Aug. 23. Negotiations
for a separate peace treaty between
Hungary and the United States have
been begun. Foreign Minister Banffy
announced today.
A Budapest dispatch on August 13
announced the unanimous approval by
the Hungarian assembly of the peace
resolution of the United States senate
NOTED BURGLAR SENT UP
Operator Said to Have Cleaned Up
$100,000 Sentenced.
RENO, Nev., Aug. 23. Compton R.
Hubbard, 27, whose burglary opera
tions in many cities of the west are
said by the police to have netted him
upwards of S100.000 in jewelry dur
Ing the last five months, was sen
tenced by Judge Bartlett today to
serve an indeterminate term of two to
14 years in state's prison. Hubbard
was taken to the penitentiary at Car
son City this afternoon.
Hubbard pleaded guilty yesterday
to a charge of grand larceny In con
nection with the robbery here August
9 of A. P. McCarren, former, chief
justice of the Nevada supreme court.
$50,000 IN GEMS STOLEN
Jewelry Is Taken From Auto While
Owner Is Shopping.
LOS ANGELES. Cal.. Aug. 23. An
automobile containing jewelry valued
at $50,000 was stolen at Los Angeles
harbor today while its owner. Rich
ard H. Nelson, salesman for a San
Francisco firm of manufacturing
jewelers, was Inside a store In the
harbor district, talking to a pros
pective customer, according to his
report to the police.
TO BE WAKENED OUT OF A
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Oregonlan Publishes News ot Ex
change in Detail 7300 Men
to Be Put to Work. '
Confirmation of the S7.000.000 tim
ber deal, announced last week In de
tail by The Oregonian, and Involving
the transfer of 27.000 acres In the Ne
halern district, owned by the Oregon
American Lumber company, to the
Central Coke & Coal company of Kan
sas City, was announced yesterday by
Charles T. Early, representing the
local company's interests.
Details of the transfer of the timber
land had been completed last week.
but the final transfer was held up
pending the settlement of arrange
ments with the United Railways com
pany, the lines of which connect with
the timber property's 31 miles of
trackage at Burlington.
x With the announcement of the final
closing of the deal also came the
order of Charles Keith, president of
the purchasing company, for 600 men
to be put to work at once completing
the railroad to the timber property.
Mr. Keith secured an option on the
timber property from David C. Eccles
president of the Oregon American
Lumber company, several months ago
and the deal has been under process
of consummation since that time.
The property involved is located In
Washington, Columbia, Clatsop and
Tillamook counties, and Is said to be
the most valuable piece of timber In
the northwest, cruising approximately
100,000 feet to the acre.
Mr. Eccles purchased the property
from the Dubois Lumber company in
1917 for $3,600,000. At that time
$1,000,000 was paid in cash and notes
maturing in 1927, with annual inter
est of 4V4 per cent as the remaining
consideration. Work was soon started
on the construction of the Portland,
Astoria & Pacific railway, from Burl
ington to the timber property, a dig
tance of approximately 31 miles.
Mr. Early and Mr. Eccles are said
to have retained their Interests in the
property, amounting to about 20 per
cent. The Interests transferred to
the Kansas City people involve the 80
per cent held by the Browning family
of Ogden, Utah, and the Eccles estate.
When the first announcement of
the deal was made last week, a lum
berman of considerable prominence In
the state declared that in order to pay
Interest on the investment the Keith
interests would be required to log
100,000,000 feet annually from their
holdings. No announcement has been
made just what steps will be taken
by Mr. Keith, but the Central Coke &
Coal company is a lumber marketing
and not a logging organization, and
it is evident that large mills will
either be constructed at Burlington
or In Portland.
The fact that the Nehalem Boom
company has been included in the pur
chase from the Oregon American
Lumber company leads local lumber
men to believe that the method of
marketing the timber tha is in the
mind of Mr. Keith is that of hauling
the logs' to Burlington, where they
would be handled by the boom com
pany and brought , to Portland for
sawing.
Mr. Keith is an experienced man In
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SOUND SLEEP
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Secrecy in Sessions De
clared Imperative.
GOVERNMENT'S VIEWS KNOWN
Many Delicate Subjects Are
to Be Discussed.
LODGE AND BORAH CLASH
Republican Deader Recalls "Open
Covenant" Tlieory of President
Wilson and Its Result.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 23. (By
the Associated Press.) A belief on the
part of the administration that this
government should not insist on open
sessions at the disarmament confer
ence became manifest today both In
congress and anti-administration cir
cles.
In the' senate the question furnished
the theme for a colorful debate,
during which Senator Lodge, the re
publican leader, who has been selected
as a delegate to the conference, led
a fight against senate action to
pledge the American representatives
to demand that the assembled powers
sit with open doors.
At the same time among adminis
tration officials it was outlined as a
definite purpose of the government
to - refrain from determined opposi
tion to secret session. Not only was
it indicated as the belief here that
delicate subjects could not be profit
ably discussed In the open, but it was
suggested that to insist on such a
course might meet with such strong
opposition from abroad as to wreck
the whole programme of the confer
ence. Berlin Negotiations Secret.
Confirming reports from Berlin
that the treaty negotiations with
Germany are being conducted aecret
ly at the request of the United States,
high officials emphasized it as a con
viction of this government that diplo
matic conversations cannot develop a
frank exchange of views if full pub
licity is given every step. So far as
publicity may be given without en
dangering frankness and without
offending other powers, however,
officials are said to favor it.
A similar attitude was taken in the
senate debate by Senator Lodge, who
has been in frequent conference with
President Harding since his selection
as a delegate. Although declaring
that "the largest publicity compati
ble with the public interest" should
characterize the conference, the re
publican leader asserted it was wholly
"impossible and impracticable" to
conduct negotiations entirely in the
full view of the public.
The Senate debate 'resulted from a
resolution introduced by Senator
Harrison, democrat, Mississippi, in
structing the American delegates to
insist that the conference sessions be
public. It came up as an amendment
to the 1200,000 appropriation for ex
penses of the conference, but was
withdrawn after Senator Lodge ob
jected. Senator Harrison announcing
that he would offer it later as a
separate measure. The appropriation
then was finally approved by the
senate.
"Open Covenants" Recalled.
During the discussion Senator Lodge
and others referred to the "open cove
nants'' doctrine of President Wilson,
Mr. Lodge declaring that although
the former president went to Ver
sailles denouncing secret diplomacy,
he finally was drawn into a secret
conference of three or four men In
whom centered the actual power of
the entire conclave of delegates.
Senator Watson, democrat, Georgia,
seconded the argument against open
sessions and Senator Borah, republi
can. Idaho, supported Senator Har
rison's argument for his resolution.
RECRUITS 0FFF0R SPAIN
Many Americans Enlist to Fight
Morocco Tribesmen.
NEW YORK. Aug. 23. The steam
ship Italia sailed today for Vigo,
Spain, with more than 200 recruits,
many of them Americans, who had
enlisted here In the Spanish legion
in the last three days for service I
the Spanish army against Morocco
tribesmen. They will be trained at
Vigo and then embark for Ceuta, on
the coast of Morocco.
A number of the Americans in the
party wore American expeditionary
force service buttons. Some of them
said they could find no work and pre
ferred to enlist Instead of starving.
DRY CRUSADER ARRESTED
Ex-Town Marshal Held on Charge
of Being Bootlegger.
MEDFORD. Or Aug. 23. W. G.
Jacks, ex-town marshal of Eagle
Point, Or., and prominent in anti
liquor crusades last spring, was ar
rested last night charged with sell
ing intoxicating liquors, and is now
lodged in the county jail.
This is the fifth arre-st in a recent
anti-moonshne cleanup carr'ed on in
Jackson county by special state
agents in-the past, ten days. . . .
Accused Physician Said to Have De
clared Suffering Boys Were '
Grafting on Government.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Aug. 23. (Spe
cial.) After Investigating charges
made by more than 40 ex-service men
at the Cushman hospital. Major J. B.-
Dean, chatrma.. of the special reiiet
committee of the disabled men, ap
peared before United States Inspector
Maccalman today to ask for the re
moval of Major William Edler, the
physician In charge of the section of
the hospital where nerve cases are
treated. Major Dean spent Sunday at
the hospital talking to the men. aiii
davlts In the case have been filed
with L. C. Jesseph. supervisor of the
13th district, bureau of war risk in
surance. "Dr. Edler has made the statement
that 65 per cent of the disabled vet
erans at the hospital are grafting on
the government." said Major Dean.
"1 found the men all in a nervous con
dition, worried over threatened dis
charges from the hospital. Many as
serted that when they complained of
suffering the physician In charge told
them they were imagining their pain.
"I cite one case in particular. The
parents of Byron Shirbeck asked me
to look up their son and find out why
he had not written. Hia was a nerve
case. Upon investigation I found out
that Byron was discharged from the
hospital July 8 on the ground that
there was nothing wrong with him
'a case of hysteria.' The boy has been
wandering about the country some
where since July 8. He is lost to his
parents and to us. We don't know
where he is or where to look for him."
Major Dean Is called the "Daddy of
Cushman." He is the man who made
the first suggestion that the old In
dian school be converted into a hos
pital. He knows every patient there
intimately. He declares that prior to
June 15 all of the disabled men were
as happy as their sufferings would
allow them to be. but that now all is
changed.
His records show more than a score
of cases of alleged neglect and abuse.
HAY CROP HELD SHORT
13 Per Cent of Last Year's Yield
Said to Be in Growers' Hands.
CHICAGO. Aug. 2S. Thirteen per
cent of last year's hay crop is back
in the hands of growers and the new
crop is about 11,000,000 tons short,
according to delegates who addressed
the National Hay association conven
tion today.
Ralph Pickell of Chicago, publisher
of a financial magazine, assailed the
grain-pooling plan, which, he de
clared, was sponsored by "self-appointed
farmer leaders."
"Any farmer who reads through
the 15,000 words of his contract and
the accompanying documents will
find that he is signing away his grain
for five years .with nothing in re
turn but promises," he said.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Wrmthrr.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature,
61 degrees: jnlnlmum. 55.
TODAY'S Unsettled; probably light
showers; westerly winds.
Foreign.
Sinn Fein still working on Irish peace
reply. Page 2.
Germany to sign United States treaty ot
peace today. Psge 1.
International conference on wireless tele
phony adopts American views. Page 2.
cu Cam TIm r H . Y-rAn-.ii Ian minlsl.r Af
militia, dies. Page 4.
Panama accedes to U. S. demands. J
Pag I- I
National. !
Espionage by drys is declared at end. I
Ii.. n
Government will not Insist on open ses-
ilons at disarmament conference.
Page 1
Oregon republicans must wait on demo
cratic holdovers in coveted offices.
Page 12.
Congress ready to recess regardless of
(ate of beer bill. Page 13.
House asks senate to punish Reed.
Page 1.
Domestic
Richard Spillane surveys Buffalo trade
conditions. Psge 1.
Petition for writ of habess corpus for
release of Hlghtower denied. Pace 13.
Union heads score child labor ruling.
Page 12.
Northwest.
Interstate Realty association begins an
nual convention tomorrow In Kainler
national park. Page 6.
$00,000 Is pledged to handle bonus. Page 8.
Saving ia credited to parent phons com
pany. Page 8.
Removal of hospital doctor who charged
soldiers with grafting asked. Page 1.
Mahoney Is mute at bar of justice.
Pag 13..
Sports.
playground tournament progresses rapidly.
Page 10.
120.000 mare wins from classy field.
Page 10.
Pacific Coast league results: At San Fran
cisco, Oakland 3. Portland 2; at Los
Angelas. Seattle 9. Vernon 6; at Sac
ramento 4. San Francisco 1; at Salt
Like 8, Los Angeles 7. Page 10.
Visiting casters tsken to Rogue river on
fishing trip. Page 10.
Tennis aspirations of British frosted.
Page 11.
Commercial and Marine.
Sugar deolina In east may soon reach coast
markets. Page 21.
Chicago wheat strengthened by export
buying. Page 21.
Oils strongest features In stock market
trading. Page 21.
Compagnle Generals Transatlantlque to
put on new European freight service.
Page 20.
Portland and Vicinity.
Confirmation of 7.000.000 timber purchase
given out. Page 1.
Oregon Electric considers rate cut to Sa
lem. Page 8.
Broadway auto dealers win parking
change. Page 12.
Recommendations made on exposition site.
Page 1.
Mrs. Agee appears before grarld Jury at
own request. Page 8.
eouncllmen study police bureau needs.
Page 14.
Stolen togs found on another woman.
Page 4.
Delay is Wocrndle ease la protested.
Page 1.
Accommodations for 10f
000 Autos Advised.
HUGE LANDING FIELD URGED
Immensity of World Show In
dicated by Engineers.
QUESTIONNAIRES ARE NEXT
Advocates of Locations to Have
Two Months to Compile Data
on Favored Spots.
SUMMARY OF ENGINEERS'
REPORT OX 1025 EXPO
SITION SITE.
Recommends approximately
100 acres for automobile camp,
accommodating 10.000 cars, not
necessarily on grounds, but near
by.
Recommends not less than 160
acres for aviation field, saying
there must be ample ground to
meet the many moods of the
winds. '
Recommends careful consid
eration of water course for hy
droplane landing in conjunction
with aviation field.
Questionnaire ia prepared,
containing 125 questions calcu
lated to develop information on
every possible phase of exposi
tion site needs.
Exposition site committee
fixes November 1 as date upon
which all questionnaire an
swers must be in.
Questionnaires will be ready
for site advocates September 1.
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That there should be an automobile
accommodation ground to accommo
date not less than 10,000 machines at
a t'me and that there should be ap
proximately 160 acres set aside for
aviation fields for the 1925 exposi
tion are two features of a report sub
mitted yesterday to Eric V. Hauser.
chairman of the exposition committee
on site, by a groupf engineers of
the Oregon technical council. These
items alone are sufficient to Indicate
what a huge project Portland' world
show is going to be. Everything else
will be in keeping.
The advisory committee of engi
neers, working under direction of the
exposition committee on sites, com
pleted its report yesterday. It in
formed the members, composed of Mr.
Hauser, Franklin T. Griffith, C. D.
Bruun, John B. Yeon and F. C. Knapp.
that it has drawn up a questionnaire
covering proposed sites. This will be
ready for delivery September 1 to all
those who are advocating locations.
Advocates Get Two Months.
November 1 is the date fixed by
the committee on sites as the data
upon which answers to the question
naires will close. This will give the
various advocates of locations two
months In which to answer the ques
tions. It Is regarded as sufficient
time for them to compile the neces-
I sary data, to prepare maps and photo-
; craDhs. all of which will be called
for, before any decision is reached
as to the site by the board of direc
tors of the exposition.
The questionnaire contains a total
of 125 queries and covers every pos
sible phase of information that will
be needed by the exposition directors
in arriving at their final decision on
site. It covers not only those loca
tions having river frontage, but will
also bring out facts as to where
water is at present unavailable. The
report reveals that the committee of
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ANOTHER BIG FEATURE
FOR OREGON IAN
READERS.
"Miss Lulu Bett," the novel
by Zona Gale which has at
tracted attention as few stories
have, has been secured for
publication in The Sunday Ore
gonian, beginning next Sun
day, August 28. The story of
Lulu Bett carries deep human
interest. Lulu, Ina Deacon and
Dwight Deacon are persons
that you know yourself, but
by other names. What would
you have done in their place,
is a question that you are con
stantly asking as you read the
story.
What is the duty of the
more fortunate toward the
poor relation ? Is it better for
the poor relation to work for
strangers or for the family?
These are queries that intro
duce themselves as you take
up the narrative.
Do not fail to read the first
installment next Sunday.
V