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VOL. LX- NO. 18.958
Entered at Portland cOrejron)
PoBtofftce as Second -Class Mttr.
PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1931
PRICE FIVE CENTS
K
BIBLE FALLS;
43 MEET DEATH
1 6 Yankees, 27 Britons
Killed in Accident.
ZR-2 DROPS INTO RIVER
FOOD PRICES REDUCED
BY LOCAL CAFETERIA
Monster Airship Purchased
by United States From
England Is Wrecked.
NAVAL CRAFT ON TEST TRIP
Flight of 34 Hours Ends in
Disaster 1000 Feet Over
Humber Near Hull.
HAM, EGGS JDfB POTATOES TO
BE SOLD FOR 2 0 CENTS.
Washington-Street Restaurant Man
Says Pre-War Quotations
Are Here to Stay.
Ham and eggs, with potatoes, for 20
cents brought the echo of another
price war to Portland. The proprietor
of a dairy lunch on Washington street
declared last night that the new price
scheduled, -which is exactly the same
as the charges for food were in his
establishment in 1917, is here to stay.
At 12 o'clock last night the new
price schedule was inauguruated, with
the result that breakfast dishes, such
as bacon and eggs with potatoes, were
being sold for 20 cents; two eggs
cooked any style for 10 cents, pork
chops for 15 cents and pork sausage
with potatoes for 15 cents.
The new schedule not only prevails
In the breakfast dishes. Dinner and
lunch specials will be sold at the same
reduction. For Instance, the prices of
foodstuffs for these meals will include
roast beef at 10 cents, roast pprk and
apple sauce at 15 cents, and roast
veal with dressing 15 cents. Steaks
have also met the price ax, and it is
now possible to obtain them for from
15 cents for the small steaks to 4t
cents for the special T-bone cuts.
There has been a general reduction
in restaurant prices in Portland with
in the past few months, but the fig
ures quoted yesterday were said to be
the lowest since pre-war days.
PERCE PACT WITH
Tl
SOLDIERS SAVE DEAD
BUDDIES FROM FIRE
0
RIAISS GNED
PIERS OF HOBOKEX ENVEL
OPED IX $5,000,000 BLAZE.
One With Germany Meets
With Delay.
Volunteers of 1 3th Infantry Per
form Herculean Task In Res
cuing 5 00 0 Bodies.
TECHNICAL POINT IS RAISED
HULL, England, Aug. 24. (By
the Associated Press., Sixteen
officers and men of the United
States navy and 27 officers and men
of the British navy met death today
in the collapse of the great dirigible
ZR-2 over the city of Hull.
All except one of the Americans on
board the ill-fated craft perished, as
far as could be ascertained at mid
night tonight. The surviving Amer
ican is W. O. Walker of Commerce,
Tex., who was burned badly.
Only five men of the 49 who were
making the trial trip in the dirigible
prior to the vessel's being turned
over to the United States navy are
known to have been saved.
The American officers who started
the trip included Commander Louis
H. Maxfield, Lieutenant-Commander
Emory Coil, Lieutenant Henry W.
Hoyt, Lieutenant Marcus' H. Esterly,
Lieutenant-Commander Valentine N.
Bieg and Lieutenant Charles G.
Little.
Eleven Enlisted Men Aboard.
The American enlisted men who
went up with the craft from Howden
were: C. I. Aller, Robert Coons,
L. E. Crowel, J. T. Hancock, William
Julius, M. Lay, A. L. Loftin, A. I.
Pettit, W. J. Steele, N. O. Walker
and George Welsh.
The British losses include the fa
mous air veteran, Brigadier-General
E. M. Maitland, and all the other of
ficers on board except Lieutenant
Wann, the commander of the ZR-2.
Starting from Howden Tuesday
morning on a test flight to Pulham,
the big aircraft had been afloat for
34 hours, at times in bad weather,
and was returning to the Pulham
airdrome at the time of the disaster,
which constitutes the most terrible
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ine sister snip oi tne la-i
mous R-34, the first dirigible to J
cross the Atlantic, was on her final
EXCHANGE BILL ENACTED
Dresel Asks Permission
Query Washington."
to
RULING TO BE REQUESTED
Amendment to Law Exempting
Homesteads From Debts Also Wins.
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, D. C, Aug. 24. Bills
providing for the exchange of lands
in the Deschutes national forest of
Oregon and the Rainier national for
est of Washington were put through
the ho.use today by Representative
SinnotU The legislation permits the
government to consolidate its. hold
ings in a compact body by changing
other lands outside the forest for
privately owned lands within these
two reserves.
Mr. Sinnott obtained also the pass
age of a bill amending the law ex
empting 160-acre homesteads from
judgments for debts contracted be
fore the Issuance of patent so that
the same exemption is granted to the
320-acre and 640-acre enlarged homesteads.
LAND OFFICE JOBS FILLED
Seven Candidates for Oregon Nom
inated by President.
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU.
Washington, D. C, Aug. 24. Seven of
the candidates recommended last
week by Senators McNary and Stan
field for land office positions in Ore
gon were nominated by the president
today, as follows:
La Grande Carl G. Helm, register;
John H. Peare, receiver.
The Dalles James W. Donnelly,
register; Thomas C. Queen, receiver.
Roseburg Fred W. Haynes, re
ceiver. Burns James J. Donegan, receiver,
Lakeview Frank P. Light, register.
i Harry J. McDiarmid was nominated
today for postmaster at Bandon, Or,
and Ross R. Cain for. Postmaster at
Crane.
Technicality Does Xot Involve Con
tents of Treaty Governments
in Accord' on Official Text.'
VIENNA, Aug. 24. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The treaty of peace
between the United States and Aus
tria was signed here this afternoon,
Arthur Hugh Frazier, American com
mlssioner in Vienna, acting for the
Washington government.
Such expedition and secrecy attend
ed the preliminary Negotiations and
today's simple ceremony that the late
newspapers today furnished the first
news that the United States and Aus
tria no longer were even technical
enemies.
The terms of the treaty are being
withheld for the present. It is un
derstood that the government does
not desire public discussion of the
treaty pending its ratification by the
foreign affairs committee of the par
liament. The committee will meet
Saturday to prepare the ratification
of the treaty for consideration by par
liament when It reassembles.
Ceremony "Without Formality.
The ceremony of signature was de
void of formality.
Mr. Frazier, accompanied by Secre
tary Shoecraft, arrived at the foreign
office at 12:57 o'clock this afternoon
They went Immediately to the chan
cellor's bureau, where they were re
ceived by Chancellor Schober and
few other officials. The documen
was In readiness and was signed at
once.
A brief and informal exchange of
congratulations followed, Mr. Frazle
saying the occasion marked a vital
step in the restoration of peace and
expressing the hope that it would
have a great moral as well as ma
terial effect , upon Austria. Chan
cellor Schober, with ill-concealed
emotion, voiced deep gratification
upon the restoration of relations with
the United States.
FALL BACKS PARK CHANGE
BIG EXPORT FINANCE
DEALS NEAR FINISH
EARLY MOVEMENT OF FARM
PRODUCE ASSURED.
JAPAN WELCOMES
E TO
War Finance Corporation Reports
Negotiations Involving Nearly
$20,000,000 About Closed.
BERLIN. Aug. 24. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The peace treaty be
tween the United States and Germany
NEW TORK, Aug. 24. (Special.)
Bodies of 5000 American soldiers who
died in France, ranged in rows on
pier '4, Hoboken. narrowly escaped
cremation tonight In a fire that de
stroyed piers 5 and 6, threatened for
a time to consume other piers and to
spread Into the city of Hoboken. The
steamship Leviathan, moored at pier
4. was in danger for a time, but was
saved by flreboats. Piers 4, 5 and
were used by the army transport
service. .
No accurate estimate of the loss has
been made, but it will run somewheie
between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000.
Five hundred volunteers, recruited
by Major Garrison, in command of the
13th infantry. almost Immediately
after the discovery of the fire, moved
500 bodies in less than an hour to
places of safety on piers 2 and 3, op
erated by the United States Mail
Steamship company.
These men worked under great dif
ficulties and in danger of their lives
Swept by .waves of heat Intense
enough to break adjacent windows
and at least handicapped by the Ho
boken City lighting, they never fal
tered until their task was finished.
Each of the bodies of the American
heroes, brought home, for burial "with
military honors, was in a lead coffin.
this in turn being In a rough wooden
box. The combined weight of each
of the wooden and leaden boxes was
650 Dounds. which made the removal
of the bodies a herculean task.
Not only did the Hoboken lighting
system fail in the emergency but Just
when the peril to the city itself from
the waterfront blaze seemed most Im
minent, the water aupply proved un
equal to the demands upon it. Except
for the presence at the scene of the
flreboats William L. Strong, the New
Torker and James Duane of the New
York city fire department. It is
doubtful if the blazecould have been
controlled. These boats not only
fought the flames from the river side
but also supplied water for the land
engines.
The fire was discovered at 6:30
o'clock and was reported under con
trol at 9 o'clock, with all danger to
the Leviathan and to the buildings In
the Hoboken waterfront and to the
other piers at an end.
" The most serious damage from the
fire was the destruct'on of the army
transport headquarters building, which
incluuded the barracks of companies
C and D of the 13th infantry, the can
teen, the guardhouse, the postoffices,
the machine shop and other depart
ments. About 20 prisoners were taken
from the guardhouse to the Hoboken
city hall.
Only one man was injured in the
fire. He was James Mclntyre of en
gine company No. 6, Hoboken. As h
was opening a hand fire extenguishe
It exploded, burning his hands se
verely. He was removed to the Ho
boken city hospital.
WASHINGTON. D. C Aug. 24.
Negotiations for advances to finance
agricultural products for export sales
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SALEM,
The body
Or, , Aug.
of Leslie
24 (Special.)
Tooze. who was
(Concluded on Page
Column 2.)
nvolving approximately 320.000,000
are nearlng completion, tne war
finance corporation announced to
day.
Final action on seven transactions
will be taken within a few days, the
corporation added. The seven prop
ositions are: .
Oklahoma Cotton Growers' assocla
tion. 200.000 bales of cotton; Texas
Farm Bureau association, 300.000
bales of cotton; California Prune and
Apricot Growers, Inc., ' 25,000,000
pounds of prunes; Washington Wheat
Growers' association, 8.000,000 bush
els of wheat; Idaho Wheat Growers'
association. 2.000.000 bushels of
wheat; Oregon Co-operative Grain
association.- 2,000,000 bushels of wheat.
and the Montana Wheat Growers' a
sociation, 1,500,000 bushels of wheat.
A complete agreement on terms of
the agricultural exports credits bill,
which has been in controversy be
tween he house and senate, was
reached today by conferees. : The dis
agreement, outside of the controversy
over the anti-beer bill, was one of the
principal obstacles to the recess pro
vislonally 'arranged for congress.
The measure as agreed to empowers
the war finance corporation to issue
$1,500,000,000 in its own bonds and
to lend $1,000,000,000 for financing
gricultural exports. The house re
fused to agree to senate provisions
which would allow the corporation to
lend directly to European purchasers
of the commodities, but the com
promise will allow the finance cor
poration to lend to .anybody, provided
satisfactory collateral Is furnished
to it for the sums advanced.
The extra $500,000,000 of war
finance corporation securities au
thorized by the bill, it is expected,
will be sold and the money utilized
for purchase of railroad securities.
Conferees' also agreed to eliminate
the senate provision allowing the war
finance corporation to lend $200,000.
000 to the federal farm land bank.
LOGGER KILLED BY AUTO
While Being Cranked, Car Throws
Victim Against Wall.
SALEM,. Or., Aug. 24. (Special.)
W. O. Wilson, employe of the Foster
Lumber company at a camp on the
Big Duckismute river, near Hoskins,
was fatally injured today by being
thrown against the side of a garage
by an automobile which he was
cranking.
The injured man was attended by
an Independence physician, but died
while being brought to a Salem hos
pital.
Wilson is survived by his widow
and a child. The funeral services
will be held in Salem, where Wilson
resided prior to accepting employment
with the lumber company.
MOV
DISARM
nvitation to Join in Con
ference Accepted.
HARDING'S INITIATIVE LAUDED
ALBERS' WILL FAVORS
NEPHEWS AND NIECES
150 SHARES EACH OF STOCK IN
MILL ARE BEQUEATHED.
CONGRESS KNOCKS
Heavy Burden of Armament
on World Recognized.
FRIENDSHIP IS INVITED
Hope Is Expressed Agenda Will Be
Agreed On Prior to Sessions
to Insure Harmony.
WHEN MAN BEGINS TO THINK HE HAS CONQUERED THE ELEMENTS.
(Snftrlal 1 Spirtarv will
ica. uiji pnui w ucni owwicu uy i upon congress the Inclusion of "Dla-
to Lrge Inclusion of
Diamond Lake In Crater Area.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Aug. 24.
urge
the United States navy and taken
across the Atlantic by an American
crew especially trained for that pur
pose. She was 695 feet long and
was built to carry a crew of 30. Her
speed was estimated at 70 miles an
hour. The American navy was to
pay $2,000,000 for the craft.
1000-Foot Plunge Taken."
While flying at about 1000 feet
over Hull, spectators saw the ZR-2
seemingly buckle amidships and
plunge downward over the city and
into the Humber river.
One theory of the cause of the
disaster is that, while the ship's
rudders were being tested, the giant
craft took a sharp turn, which
caused her framework to buckle, and
that the explosion of a gasoline tank
completed the tragedy of the air.
The actual cause, however, may
never be known. A rumor had been
afloat for some days that the ZR-2
mond lake in the Crater lake national
park upon his return to Washington,
according to T. L. Slanley, secretary
of the chamber of commerce, Just re
turned from accompanying the Fall
party to Crater lake. Stanley stated
Secretary Fall said he would approve
annexation in conformance with the
terms of the pending McNary bill.
Secretary Fall's party planned to
leave Crater lake this morning fol
Medford, where E. O. McCormick's
private car will be waiting to take
them to Portland.
ROBBERY BIT THEATRICAL
Loaded Rifle, Jerked From Clerk
Used in Two Holdups.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 24. Will
iam Meyers, 26 years old. Jerked a
loaded rifle away from a clerk who
was demonstrating the weapon to
day, lined the clerk up against the
wall and disappeared with the rifle,
according to the police.
Later he held up the proprietor of
a pawnshop at the point of the rifle,
was structurally weak, but this was j took $8.60 in antique coins from a
stoutly denied by all in authority.
. Tens of thousands of spectators
saw several men climb outside the
balloon and drop from the falling
mass, which was enveloped in smoke,
and others jump into the Humber as
the crippled craft came over the
water. As the dirigible struck, the
wreckage above the water was burn
ing and there was slight chance for
any of the men caught inside to
escape.
Rescue Is Prompt.
" Tugs immediately put out into the
stream and brought ashore sur
vivors, who were taken in ambu
lances to hospitals.
Amoag these was the American
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tray in the window, fired a shot at
the proprietor as the latter dashed
out the door and then was disarmed
by a policeman after a hand-to-hand
struggle. A charge of attempted rob.
bery was placed against him.
EX-SUGAR REFINER DEAD
William Frazier, 82, Passes Anaj
. at Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 24. Will
iam Frazier, 82, widely known sugar
refiner and head of a family long
prominent in the financial and social
affairs of this city, died today at his
home here. Death was attributed to
the infirmities of age.
Mr. Frazier was head of the Frank
lin sugar, refinery until his retire
ment from active business several
years ago.'
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WASHINGTON. D. C. Aug. 84.
Japan's "hearty and appreciative" ac
ceptance of President Harding's invi
tation to participate in the Washing
ton . disarmament and far eastern
conferences was expressed In a note
received at the state department
today from the Japanese minister of
foreign affairs.
The Japanese government, in ac
cepting the invitation, however, ex
presses the hope that the agenda of
the far eastern conference would be
arranged prior to the meeting, in
accordance with its suggestion that
matters concerning only a few na
tions, or which are accomplished
facts, not be brought into the discus
sions. Japan Lands Harding:.
The text of the Japanese note in
part follows:
"In communicating to you for trans
mission to the president the hearty
and appreciative gratitude for this in
vitation by the Japanese government.
I would ask you to be good enough In
the first place to say to Mr. Harding
with what pleasure the government
sees him take the initiative in this
all-important matter. His great of
fice, the pacific traditions of your
republic, and his own high personal
qualifications Invest his act with a
personal appropriateness which must
be universally felt and recognised
The peace of the world has long
been a chronlo object of solicitude to
the Japanese government people. That
attitude has not remained a Platonic
policy it has followed out in action.
It results naturally from this Pacific
attitude toward world problems, that
government and people alike shoifld
welcome the idea of the limitation of
armaments and the removal of the
deadening burden on industry and
cultural development which swollen
and competitive armaments create.
Hopes For Success Spoken.
"This government is also com
pletely sympathetic to the valuable
suggestion advanced in your note.
that it may well be desirable that the
use of novel agencies of warfare
should be controlled.
"The discussion and removal of any
causes of misunderstanding which
exist, and the arrival at an eventual
agreement with regard to general
principles and their application which
will insure friendship and good mu
tual understanding between the na
tions are regarded as of great value
and importance. My government
would emphasize the pre-eminently
vital interest which Japan has in the
preservation of the peace of the Pa
cific and the Far East. She has de
voted her utmost efforts toward se
curing its permanence and Its main
tenance might well be to her a matter
of prime concern. She therefore finds
it accords entirely with her inmost
desires to reach in conference a
measure of understanding which shall
Insure peace being placed once for all
upon a ptrmapeni oaiii in tneee re
gions. It is earnestly hoped, there
fore. In Japan that the conference
will secure really useful results and
prove a practical success.
Harmony Is Sought.
'"The Japanese government gladly
concurs in the proposal of the United
States that the scope of the discussion
or Pacific and far eastern problems
shall be made the subjects for a free
exchange of views prior to the as
sembly of the conference. They hope
that the agenda of the conference
will in this way be arranged in har
mony with the suggestions made in
the memorandum of the Japanese
ministry of foreign affairs of July
26, 1921. bearing on the same subject,
in order that the labors of the con
ference may meet speedily with the
fullest measure of successful achieve
ment. "The undersigned cannot conclude
without again expressing the thor
ough and hearty sympathy of his
government with the thesis so clearly
and Justly stated In your note, ot
the crushing encumbrance and men
ace which modern armaments pre
sent to civilization. No effort can be
too unremitting to reduce that men
ace and encumbrance. In the full
consciousness of this fact, the ini
tiative of the president of the United
States is warmly welcomed and
deeply appreciated, and I would ask
you so to assure the president,"
Postmaster Tests Ordered.
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU.
Washington, D. C. Aug. 24. The
ciivl service commission was request
ed by the postoffice department
today to arrange examinations for
the selection of postmasters at Cen
tral Point. Enterprise. Falls City,
Glendale. Lebanon, Mill City, New
berg, Salem, Springfield, Wasco,
Weston and Woodburn, in Oregon,
Sister Receives All Insurance
Money No Intimation Given
as to Size of Estate.
OREGON CITT, Or., Aug. 2. (Spe
cial.) The bulk of the estate of
Henry J. Albers, wealthy miller who
died at his home in Milwaukie re
cently, is left to his nephews and
nieces, according to the will filed for
probate in Clackamas county court
today.
Nephews and nieces who receive
150 shares each of stock in the Albers
Bros. Milling company are: Agnes.
Theresia, Hermena, Bernard. Alfred
and Ernest Albers; Anna, Frank and
Theresia Terheyden.
Mrs. Anna A. Terheyden. Albers
sister, receives all life insurance
money.
A bequest of $2500 in cash is made
to St. Joseph's Catholic church of
Portland.
The remainder of the .estate is
divided equally among the children
of Albers' three brothers Frank,
George and William.
Executors of the estate are William
and Frank Albers and Dr. Ernst A.
Sommer of Portland. J. E. Hedges,
James Lobbett and Clyde G. Huntley
were appointed appraisers.
No intimation was given as to the
size of the estate.
Henry Albers" death followed a
breakdown attributed to espionage
charges brought against him.
OFF FOR 30 DAYS
Recess Until September
21'AgreedOn.
ACTION ON BEER POSTPONED
House Not to Resume Work
Till October 31.
PRESIDENT AT CAPITOL
WEST-BOUND FREIGHT CUT
Lower Rates on Many Manufac
tured Articles Announced.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 24. Reduc
tions in westbound freight rates,
ranging as high as 45 per cent, have
been declared by the transcontinental
rail carriers for hundreds of manu
factured articles, including all types
of furniture. G. W. Luce, freight traf
fic manager of the Southern Pacific
company, announced today. The new
rates become operative October 3.
The rates are on shipments origi
nating east of the Mississippi and
north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers
The reductions are intended to meet
water competition. Luce said.
Reduced eastbound rates were an
nounced yesterday on several classes
of foodstuffs and other commodities
to become effective on the same date.
NEW BRITISH BOND' URGED
Imperial' Constitution Xecessary
Declares Lord Mllncr.
LONDON. Aug. 24. An imperial
constitution, which would include
within its scope the United Kingdom
and all British dominions, is neces
sary, declared Lord Milner. formerly
colonial secretary, speaking last night
at a farewell dinner given in honor
of Premier Massey of New Zealand,
who sails for home Thursday. .
Lord Milner added that a constitu
tion in some form would become ab
solutely Inevitable. He said it might
not be a written document, but that
it certainly should be something more
tangible than the present agreement
VIRGINIANS UNDER ARMS
Shipping Board Deficiency Bill Is
Signed, Also Expense Provision
for Coming Conference.
WASHINGTON. D. C, Aug. 24.
Congress put aside its work tonight
for 30 days after a determined fight
against the anti-beer bill had forced
those in charge of It to withdraw it
for action by tlte senate next fall.
Prohibition leaders early In the
night abandoned their effort to hold
up the recess until it had been passed,
falling even to obtain an agreement
fixing a date for a vote on it by the
senate after congress reassembles
next month.
Senators opposing the bill because
of the provision which would subject
11 of a man's property except his
home to search for liquor without a
warrant held the floor until its man
agers saw no hope of a vote, and had
it laid aside.
Announcement of adoption by the
house of the recess resolution was
made to the senate while Senator
Stanley, democrat, Kentucky, was In
the midst of a speech attacking pro
visions of the anti-beer bill. After It
had been laid aside temporarily sena
tors opposing it were on guard to see
that It was not called up again in an
attempt to obtain a quick vote.
President Harding arrived at his
office at the capitol while the debate
on a bill for a three months' exten
sion of the dye embargo was under
way ready to sign bills. Among the
first to be signed was the shipping
board deficiency bill, with an amend
ment carrying 1200,000 for expenses
of the disarmament conference.
Objection by democrats prevented
senate consideration of a bill passed
by the house imposing a duty of 90
per cent on war supplies sold by the
government In France and shipped
back to this country.
The recess extends to September
21. The senate ended its work at
11:35 o'clock and the house at' 11:58
o'clock.
The senate is expected to resume
work upon reconvening, but Repre
sentative Mon.deIl, the republican
leader, obtained an agreement to have
the house declare three-day recesses
from September 21 to October 31.
LEGION BARS ATTORNEY
Invaders Reported to Be Headed
for City of Logan.
HUNTINGTON. W. Va Aug. 25
All citizens of Logan. Logan county,
were called to arms at 2 o'clock this
morning by Sheriff Don Chafin to
repel a threatened invasion of armed
men, according to inrormation tele
phoned here by Wirt Stone, manager
of a telegraph office at Logan.
Stone said that an armed band was
reported to have reached Jeffries, W.
Va., across Coal river from Logan.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Highest temperature, 74
degrees; lowest, 55.
TODAY'S Fair, westerly winds.
Foreign.
Dirigible falls'. 44 meet death. Pan 1.
Datl 1 expected to reject terms. Page 3.
Peace treaty with Austria signed. Page 1
Gas leak thought cause of disaster. Page 5.
National.
Deals for export ot farm products tnvolv
ing millions about closed. Page 1.
Things are breaking handsomely for Presi
dent Harding, says umvan. ran e.
McAdoo opposes rail funding bill. Page 3.
Japan welcomes move to disarm. Page 1,
Congress decides to take recess until Sep
tember 21. Page 1.
Domestic
Organized women workers demand equality
In union organizations. Page 2.
Piers of Hoboken afire. Page 1.
Two Oregonlans butt in wreck. Page 2.
Taclfle Northwest.
Will of Henry Albers favors nephews and
nieces. Page 1.
Telephone rate rehearing to be concluded
today or tomorrow. Page 14.
Southwest Washington fair Is well at
tended. Page 14.
Value of Columbia river salmon pack
la.OOO.OOO less than last year's. Page 20.
Oregon public service commission hears
protest against Columbia highway pole
line. Paga 7.
Sports.
Pacific Coast league results: At San Fran
cisco, Portland 15, Oakland 8: at Los
Angeles. Vernon 10. Seattle 8; at Sacra
mento 0. San Francisco 5; at Salt Lake
7, Los Angeles 9. Page 12.
Playground tennis favorites are victors.
Page 12.
Gearhart golf tourney under way. page 13.
Job of matchmaker still left open. Page 12.
Commercial and Marine.
Bids for northwestern wheat advanced.
Page 21.
Export buying lifts Chicago grain mar
ket. Page 21.
Official recommends elimination of Ad
miral line from Portland-orient service.
Page 20.
Portland and Vicinity.
Mayor opposes giving water to land boom
districts at city's expense. Page 10.
Food prices reduced by local cafeteria
Page 1.
Swica minister entertained at Chamber of
Commerce luncheon. Page 6.
Aged workman found murdered In "Jun
, glea" near Troutdale, Page 10
Ex-Assistant .Federal Prosecutor
Involved in Election Forgery.
SAN JOSE. Cal., Aug. 24. The
state executive committee of the
California department of the Ameri
can Legion today recommended to
the convention being held here that
Thomas L. Lennon, ex-assistant
United States district attorney at
San Francisco be not admitted to
legion membership in California. The
convention accepted the report.
The action was taken in connec
tion with a telegram, alleged forged,
sent from Chicago to San Francisco,
withdrawing the name of a candidate,
for office in the San Francisco post.
The executive committee in re
porting its investigation said E. F.
Ridgeway .f San Francisco was
equally implicated with Lennon in the
episode.
Xew Cotton Rute Aids Coast.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 24. A re
duction of freight rates on compressed
cotton in carload lots from 11.50 a
hundred pounds to 31.35 from Chicago
and points west to Pacific coastports
for export was announced today by
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Ft
Railroad company. Tne reduction will
tend to divert shipments for the far
east from gulf ports to Pacific coast
ports, according to the company.
THE STORY OF
LULU BETT.
Lulu Bett was a drudge.
She made her home with her
relatives but in no real sense
did they make a home for her.
Out of the situation grew the
tragedy of a woman's life. But
in the end Lulu found herself
and rose above her circum
stances. "Miss Lulu Bett," the novel
by Zona Gale, will be pub
lished in The Sunday Orego
nian. The first installment
will appear next Sunday. Read
it and you will miss none of
the subsequent installments.
Ib is one of the big books of
the year.
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