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PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, . AUGUST 2G, 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
II. S. PEACE PACT
EIGHT CAMP LEWIS
THEFTSUSPECTS HELD
CLEVELAND LOOKS
POISON GIVEN WOMAN
ENOUGH TO KILL 15
FALL SEES" BIGNESS
OF WEST'S PROJECTS
Y OF IV
1000 PERSONS SLAIN
IN BIG RIOTS IN INDIA
FOR GOOD T
BATTLES DEPUTIES
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ARM
CANAD AN VESSEL
ME5
HELPLESS AT SEA
One Boat With 11 Men
Starts for Shore.
WOMAN" rXVOITED IX ALLEGED
, miOLESALE LOOTIXG.
ABRASIONS OF FATAL- DEPTH
OX M31S. SIAHOXErs HEAD.
POSSIBILITIES SO GREAT THAT
3IUCH TIME IS PROMISED.
WHITE WOMEN AXT CHILDREN
BELIEVED IX DAXGER.
Function Requires Only
About 1 0 Minutes.
3-YEAR WAIT IS ENDED
Friendly Relations Between
Two Nations Are Re-
sumed.
DRESEL ACTS FOR AMERICA
German Foreign Minister in
Affixing Signature Ex
presses Gratification.
BERLIN, Aug. 25. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The treaty of peace
between Germany and the United
States w&s signed here at 5:20
o'clock today.
The signing occurred in the office
of Foreign M'.nister Rosen in the
Wilhelmstrasse. The function occu
pied about ten minutes. J211is Loring
Dresel, the American commissioner,
who was seated opposite the foreign
minister, at the latter's desk, signed
both copies of. the treaty first and
then pushed the document across the
desk to Herr Rosen, who affixed his
own signature.
Pomp and oratory played no part
in the signing of the treaty. Sim
plicity surrounded the ceremony.
3 Aides Accompany Dresel.'
Mr. Dresel was accompanied by
three aides, Counselor Wilson and
Secretaries Tennoyer and Amory,
while Under Foreign Secretary
Haniel Von Haimhausen and three
foreign office department chiefs
made up Herr Rosen's retinue.
American newspaper men who
were in the corridor were "not per
mitted to witness the signing. Aft
erwards Mr. Dresel said:
"The Germans wanted the treaty
consummated with as little pomp
and ceremony as possible and this
was perfectly agreeable to us."
Treaty Is in Two Copies.
When the plenipotentiaries had
signed the document they exchanged
a few chosen phrases of obvious im
port and the American commissioner
and his aides bowed their way out
of the foreign minister's office.
. There were two copies of the
treaty, one in English and the other
in German.
An official communication issued
tonight said the present treaty was
the result of negotiations begun at
the initiative of the United States
commencing in July, and that in the
course of the negotiations the .Amer
ican government was .wholly bound
to the congressional peace reso
lution. American Glad Job Is Done.
The American commissioner per
mitted the. inference that he got
along comfortably with the officials
in Wilhelmstrasse. He was frank
to say he was glad the job was
over and - that the supplementary
commercial treaty and the disposi
tion oi complex economic issues
were left to the Washington govern
ment and the new German ambas
sador to the United States.
I he American commission, as
such, is not entitled to fly the Stars
and Stripes from its office, despite
the peace treaty, as it has not yet
been converted into an embassy. Mr.
Dresel expects to return to the
United States as soon as he is re
lieved by a regular diplomat.
The German foreign " minister, in
signing, expressed gratification at
this act for the resumption of
friendly relations btween the two
nations, Mr. Dresel replying with
reciprocal sentiments.
Three Articles in Treaty.
The treaty consists of three arti
cles, the preamble and citing sec
tions 2 and 5 of the Porter-Knox
peace resolution. Article I says:
"Germany has undertaken to ac
cord to the United States and the
United States shall have and enjoy
all the rights, privileges, indemni
ties, reparations or advantages spec
ified in the aforesaid joint resolu
tion of the congress of the United
States of July 2, 1921, including all
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Bale After Bale of Army Goods
Found, Estimated to Total More
Than $10,0 00 In Value.
TACOMA. Wash., Aug. 25. Eight
persons, ofie a woman, were arrested
here tonight and were held in the
city Jail for investigation in connec
tion with alleged wholesale thefts of
army goods from Camp Lewis. Loot
recovered by the police tonight and
todajr was estimated to total more
than $10,000 in "Value.
Additional arrests and the recovery
of. more stolen stores are probable
tornorrow, according to a police an
nouncement tonight.
That a ring has been in existence,
making systematized thefts at Camp
Lewis, was the theory on which the
police have been working and they
believe they have now unearthed the
operations.
The proprietor of a shoe shop, two
of his employes and a Camp Lewis
sergeant were included in those ar
rested, and the woman was taken
in.to custody when city detectives and
members of the Camp Lewis military
police , raided a local residence and
found hundreds of pieces of army
clothing, including shoes, shirts,
blankets, rain coats and other mate
rials. The observing eyes of Mrs. Elsie
Osborne, wife of Cliff Osborne, city
detective, are credited by the police as
the cause of the discovery. Mrs. Os
borne ."iivea . in the vicinity of the
raided house and ' reported to her
husband that she Had seen trucks
loaded with merchandise entering
and leaving the premises on a num
ber of occasions. A raid at once fol
lowed. Searching the premises, the
officers found bale after bale of
army goods, police officials reported,
declaring that the house resembled a
quartermaster depot. " "
While the goods were being con
veyed to the central police station a
guard of.miiltary police was posted
around the house with orders to ar
rest anyone entering.
PICKETING IS FORBIDDEN
Temporary Injunction Is Granted
Against "Washington Miners".
SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 25. Judge
Everett Smith in superior court here
today signed an order temporarily re
straining the United Mine Workers of
America from picketing or "otherwise
Interfering" with property of the Pa
cific Coast Coal company at New
castle, Wash. Names of 44 miners
were liBted as defendants. Hearing
on an application for an injunction
was set for September 8.
No serious trouble had been re
ported at the - Newcastle mine since
announcement was made a few days
ago that it was resuming operations.
Coal operators of the state recently
decided to reopen the mines on an
open-shop basis, following failure to
arbitrate .with the union miners, who
have been on strike since last March,
when they refused to accept wage
cuts.
MAN MISTAKEN FOR DEER
Jess Scott of Elkton Killed
by
Companion While Hunting.
ROSEBURG, Or, Aug. 25. (Spe
cial.)- Jess Scott of Elkton was
killed at noon today when he was
mistaken for a deer while on a hunt
ing trip with H. R. Levison, an ex-
policeman of Portland. They were
about five miles from Elkton when
the shooting occurred. Scott was in
a brush thicket and Levison, think
ing he was a deer, fired. The bullet
struck Scott in the head.
A -brother of Scott who was with
Levison at, the time declared to Sher
iff Starmer that the killing was due
to mistake. -
WIFE-SLAYER CONFESSES
Illinois Man Admits Killing
and
Burying Woman.
GRANITE CITY, 111., Aug. 25. Ar
thur Dorman late today confessed.
Police Chief Clark said, that the body
of the woman found murdered and
buried in a crude grave ina wheat
field near here June 16 last was that
of his wife Nora, and- that he had
murdered her.
He said she had been "extravagant'
with his meager salary, "na gone
out with other men" and had allowed
him and his son John only l a week
each spending money.
2 KILLED IN PLANE CRASH
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Brother of Bifly Sunday's Choir
Leader One of Victims.
WARSAW. Ind., Aug. 25. L. D. Mer
rill, ex-lieutenant In the United States
aviationservio. and Jack Rodeheaver,
18 years old, of Winona- Lake, Ind.,
were instantly killed late today when
an airplane In which they were tak
ing a pleasure ride at Winona Lake
crashed to the ground.
Young Rodeheaver's brother is choir
leader, tor Billy Sunday.
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AMERICAN CRAFT AGROUND
City of Brunswick Calls for Aid 2 0
Miles From Halifax.
HALIFAX. N. S., Aug. 25. The
American Bteamer City of Bruns
wick, from Mobile, Ala., to Antwerp,
tonight ' was reported aground and
calling for assistance from the Sam
bro ledges, about 20 miles from- here.
The City of Brunswick registers
9500 prosB tons. . ' . .. .
Business Leaders Think
Depression Near End.
SMALLER MARGINS LIKELY
Trade Volume Expected to
Provide Profits.
GERMAN DYES FEARED
High Tariff Requested to Insure
XT. S. Manufacturers Against
Loss Through Exchange.
BY RICHARD SPILLANE.
(Copyright by the Public Ledger company.
Published by arrangement.)
CLEVELAND, O., Aug. 25. (Spe
cial.) S. P. Halle, president of the
Retail Merchant' association of the
United States and head of the estab
lishment of Halle Bros, of this city,
which ranks with Altman of New
York in grade, says the turn has
come, "the nation has seen the worst
of the depression; there is a definite
and positive improvement under way."
Force is given to Mr. Halle s state
ment because of his reputation as a
student of economics end for conser
vation in expression of his opinion.
A meeting was called by the cham
ber of commerce today to present to
your correspondent the views of men
leaders in various branches of bnsi-
ness. Among those attending were
Alexander C. Brown, Brown Hoisting
Machinery company; A, F. .Allen.
American Steel & Wire company; Mor
ris A. Black, the H. Black company,
clothing manufacturers; E. S. Greene,
Cleveland Trust company; Henry
Howard, Grasselli Clremical company;
Paul Howland, attorney; A. E. Ingalls,
New York Central railroad; Adrian D.
Joyce. Glidden Varnish company; L.
M. Kittridge, Peerless Motor Car com
pany; Glenn L. Martin, Glenrf L. Mar
tin company, airplanes; B. J. Watson,
Cleveland Trust company; W. B. Mc
Allister, W. B. McAllister company,
wood and mill works; H. F. Seymour,
Columbian Hardware company; Oliver
W. Upson, Upson-Walton c.ompany,
ship eupplies; Munson Havens, cham
ber of commerce secretary, and New
ton D. Baker, ex--ecretary of war.
Textile Workers Boar.
Mr. Black said the textile mills and
the clothing manufacturing plants lo
cally and nationally were operating at
from 80 to 90 per cent of capacity. He
believed the American Woolen Mill
company had more machinery in oper
ation " today than ever before In its
history, although its production was
not the greatest. There was a big
demand for men's wear, and women's
wear was not quite so active. The
manufacturers expected to continue
production on the present level.
Mr. McAllister reported that one
I Mr. McAllister reported that one- I
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Coroner Makes
Analysis of
Body
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Found In TrurfJL and
Identi
ties as Accused Man's Wife.
SEATTLE, Wash.. Aug. 25.
Enough poison was administered to
Mrs. Kate M. Mahoney "to kill 15
persons," Coroner Corson announced
this afternoon, following analysis of
the stomach of the body found in.. a
trunk In Lake Union there recently
and identified as that of the woman
whose husband. James E. Mahoney,
is held on a charge of murder.
Mrs. Mahoney'a body also had re
vealed abrasions on the head deep
enough, in the coroner's opinion, to
have caused death. From the first it
has been the police theory that poi
son was administered to her before
she was hit on the head and her
body packed with quicklime in the
trunk.
Mrs. Mahoney was missing lor three
months before the body was found.
She was wealthy and elderly SO
years-Mahoney 's .clor.
Mahoney's trial on a charge of
first-degree 'murder has been set for
September 20.
RAIL RATES AGAIN CUT
Astoria -Seaside Fare Announced
at $1 for Round Trip.
A further reduction of rates on the
Spokane, Portland & Seattle railway.
between Astoria and Seaside, was an
nounced yesterday from the office of
W." D. Skinner, traffic manager. This
cuts the old price of 71 cents each
way between those points to $1 for
the round trip and will become effec
tive tomorrow. A rate of $1.60 for
the round trip between Portland and
St. Helens was announced in The
Oregonian yesterday.
Bus line and steamers are operating
as they have been since the railway
reductions were made, it was reported
yesterday.
OREGON MAN INDORSED
Hector MoPherson Is Suggested as
Head of Xorlh Dakota College. :
FARGO. N. D., Aug. 25. (Special.)
Hector McPherson of the Oregon
Agricultural college was indorsed
here yesterday by the executive com
mittee of the North Dakota .Farm
Bureau federation for appointment to
the presidency of the North Dakota
Agricultural college.
. The appointment .of a new presi
dent is to be made soon by the state
board of administration. The bureau
officials also Indorsed Charles E.
Gunnells of the farm bureau federa
tion for the position.
FIRE RAGING IN MOSCOW
Thickly Populated Part of City Is
Reported Burning.
LONDON, Aug. 25. Fire started in
the most thickly populated part of
Moscow several days ago and still is
burning, it is asserted by the Hel
singfors correspondent of the Cen
tral News.
Several hundred houses have been
destroyed, the-correspondent says.
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SecretaTy of Interior Declares He'll
Arrange His Affairs- so Ho Can,
Be Here to Handle Problems. .
, BY W. H. WARREN.
So great are the development possi
bilities of the west and of Alaska to
the north and of euch vast fmport-
nce are they to the nation that Al
bert B. Fall, secretary of the Interior j
in President Harding's cabinet, is go
ing to arrange the affairs of his big
department so that he can personally
spend some of his time "out this way"
on projects coming under his Jurisdic
tion. '
Such was his announcement last
night as he was preparing to leave
for Rainier national -park over the
O.-W. R. & N. line In the private car
of E. O. McCormick, a vice-president
of. the Southern Pacific system.
So impressed Is he with the wonder
ful possibilities in the west that he
telegraphed to President Harding, his
chief, yesterday, asking the president
if it were possible for him to come
out this way and join him somewhere
In Inspecting some of the projects
which the secretary has not yet seen
but which he 13 going to visit before
he returns to the national capital
The president replied, however, that,
because of the great distance, he can
not come now.
"I wanted the president to come
out here with me when' I left on this
trip," said Secretary Fall, "but con
gress was in session at the time and
he said he couldnli get away unless
It recessed. When. I saw that It had,
I made up my mind that I wanted him
to come mighty bad, for what I have
seen and learned on this trip' shows
me that he couldn't do anything bet
ter if it is feasible for him to leave
the capital at this time."
Secretary Fall slipped into Portland
all unannounced yesterday morning
arriving over the- Southern Pacific at
9:15. Consequently he wanot met by
any delegation of officials or citizens,
as is customary. Last night Mayor
Baker, who called upon him In his
car in the terminal yards, asked him
why he did it.
"Well," said the secretary, deliber
ately, "I'll tell you, mayor; I'm out
here on business and I don't see what
good it would have done me or the
folks here in Portland for me to tele
graph ahead and say when I was go
ing to be here and expect them to
get me a big dinner and fix up a lot
of speeches, so I just slipped In."
"To be right frank with you," re
plied Mayor Baker, "it's a big relief
and mighty refreshing to meet a man
like you; they don't roll in here very
often. However, this city would. Jike
to have done it for you."
Both laughed heartily over the joke.
The secretary said he is -not overly
fond of formal dinners, but added:
"Mr. Mayor, what those folks did for
me today is just the nicest thing I've
had for ever so" long just the kind. of
entertainment I enjoy best."
The secretary referred to his trip
over the Columbia river highway, his
luncheon in one of the resorts up
there and, . finally, the dinner at the
Columbia Gorge hotel.
"It was the most beautiful trip I
have ever taken and I've taken lots
of trips all over this country," com
mented the secretary. "Words of
300 Officers Engaged by
' Large Force.
RESIDENTS OF TOWN FLEE
Old Men, Women and Chil-
dren Get Out of Zone.
TRENCHES REPORTED DUG
Xegro Spy Said to Have Been Exe
cuted by Force Marching To
ward Mingo County.
CHARLESTON, W. Va., Aug. 23.-
Reports of a gun battle today be
tween Logan county deputy s'heriffs,
said to number 300, and a large body
of armed men at Blair, W. Va were
received here tonight. Efforts to con
firm these reports through Don Cha-
fin, sheriff of Logan county, who was
reached by long-distance telephone.
were unsuccessful.. When asked by j
an Associated Press correspondent
whether there had been fighting at
Blair today, his reply was: s
"I cannot say anything about it;
we are not giving out any informa
tion." He then hung up the receiver.
Several Thousand in Camp.
Reports from Racine tonight were
that several thousand marchers who
left Marmet shortly after last mid
night, avowedly bound for Mingo
county to protest the martial law in
force there, -81111 were encamped
alongside Indian creek, just outside
the town.
These reports have given rise to the
belief here that the Marmet marchers
had no part in the reported Blair en
gagement. Blair Is 20 miles south
east of Marmet, and in order for the
marchers to reach there they would
have to pass through Madison. Sev
eral residents of Madison reported tonight-by
long-distance telephone that
none had passed through that town
today.
Battle Seen From Train.
H. W. B. Mullins, prosecuting attor
ney of Boone county, who resides at
Madison, - reported to Charleston by
telephone early tonight that he had
been advised by passengers on a
Chesapeake & Ohio passenger train
from Blair that 300 deputies of Logan
county were fighting a large body of
armed men when the traln'left that
place. Mullins added that the pas
sengers told him that the inhabitants
of Blair were preparing to flee when
the train left. , .
Blair is a mining town close to the
Boone county line. It is said to be
one of a few mining towns in the Lo
gan field organized by the United
Mine Workers of America.
Trenches Reported Dae.
C. F. Keeney, district president of
the miners, tonight said that the pres
ident of the Blair local union had re
ported to himearly this week that
the men there were "prepared for
trouble" and had "dug trenches In the
surrouqding hills to protect them
selves from possible attacks."
United Mine Workers' officials.
i si. t Vi 0 rflnnrtorl f i t-rV
said hat if there had been an en
gagement it was local and not con
nected with the Marmet situation nor
I engaged in by men from Marmet
camp.
One Man Shot to Death.
Stories began to reach Charleston
this afternoon of shootings and dis
orders along the line of march. Chris
Petry of Raleigh county, from which
place many of the marching men are
said to have come, was found shot
to death on the porch of an under
taker's house at East Bank, three
miles from Marmet shortly before
noon.
Persons residing in the neighbor
hood said the body had been carried
there by a number of men, who, after
placing it on the porch, hurried. down
the road.
Alleged Spy I" Killed,
Charleston authorities were notified
this afternoon that an unidentified
negro had been shot and killed at
Marmet just before the men left camp
last 'night. According to the story
told to the authorities, he was accused
of being a. "spy" and was riddled with
bullets.
Newspaper correspondents reported
that they had been held up in the
road by men, who demanded money
with which to "buy tobacco for the
boys."
Every resource of the state will be
used to uphold the law. Governor
Morgan said - in a statement issued
here this a
f tern
oon after he had called
upon the
federal government for
troops.
The armed miners broke camp at
Marmet today, swooped down upon
unprotected Boone county and robbed
almost every store In their path.
Freight trains were commandeered
and the crews forced to haul the men.
At the point of pistols, motorists were
compelled to go from their path and
store owners were forced to give all
their arms, ammunition and provi
sions. Two bombing planes were sent out
by Logan county authorities, but they
could not discover the miners in the
hills.. A small party of miners fired
upon one plane, bullets piercing the
wings. The machines hovered near
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Anxiety for Safety of Kate Failing
of Portland Dispelled, as She
Is Outside Turbulent Area.
LONDON, Aug. 25. More than 1000
lives, it is feared, have beer, lost in
the rioting in the Malabar district
of British India, says an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Bombay re
ceived today.
Anxiety is felt for the English
women and children in the outlying
districts. Several railway stations
have been wrecked. Twenty men
of the Leinster regiment at Tirunan
gadi are reported to have been cut off.
It is also reported, adds the mes
sage, that the rioting natives are
working their way from the interior j
to Calicut, on the coast. 0
Friends of Miss Kate Failing,
daughter of the late James F. Failing
of this city, became alarmed for her
safety when they learned of the riot
ing in India, but relatives here stated
last night that she is in no danger.
Miss Failing, who is a missionary for
the Baptist Foreign Missionary sor
ciety. Is in the Madras presidency,
about 150 miles north of Madras, and
not in the vicinity of the rioting.
Mrs. James F. Failing and her
daughter. Miss Henrietta Chase
Failing, left Portland last night for
Seattle to sail to India to visit Miss
Kate Failing.
They will visit friends in China and
Burma and, will not reach India, ac
cording to their present plans, until
December. - They will remain
there j
for some time, probably a year.
SENATORS GET PROTESTS
Reports on Surveyor-General Ap
pointment Rouse Opposition.
' THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU.
Washington, D. C, Aug. 25. Reports
reaching Oregon that Francis Toomey
of Portland was being considered for
appointment as surveyor-general of
the state were apparently responsible
for numerous protests against the
appointment reaching-the two Oregon
senators today. Letters and tele
grams to the number of 50 were re
ceived by each of the senators.
Civil service examinations have
been announced or September 24 to
select postmasters at Cascade Locks,
Cove, Helix, Maupin, Parkdale and
Union, all in Oregon. On the same
date an examination will be held to
select a postmaster for Bickleton,
Klickitat county. Wash.
GRAIN TRADE BILL SIGNED
President Also Approves Miners'
Relief Measure.'
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 25. The
Capper-Fincher bill for regulating
trading on grain exchanges and the
bill which extends the period for
doing assessment work on mining
claims were signed late yesterday by
President Harding.
The Capper-Fincher bill imposes a
prohibitive tax on "puts and calls"
and other speculative transactions,
and upon all grain exchanges which
do not become "contract markets."
Exchanges and their individual mem
bers are required to report fully to
the secretary of agriculture on all
transactions they handle. Certain
exemptions from regulations of the
act are granted to co-operative asso
ciations. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature,
73 degrees; minimum. 53.
TODAY'S Fair, northwesterly winds.
' Foreign.
Cftrmany signs peace treaty with United
States. Page 1.
Governor-general of Ireland summoned to
London for conference. Page 3
Effort to salvage Z. R.-2 are resumed.
Page 2.
One thou.-and persons slain in riots In In-d-ia.
Page 1.
National.
L. Thompson of Portland to be as
'sistant to directors of war finance .cor
poration. Page 2.
Farm legislation Is epoch - making.
Page 20.
Volume of trade Is good, says Hoover.
Pago 2.
Domestic.
Cleveland looks for better times. Page 1.
Army of miners battles 300 deputies.
Page 1.
Plot to swindle involves $30,000,000.
Page 13.
Pacific Northwest.
Traces of poison found In body of Mrs.
Mahoney at Seattle. Wash. Page 1.
Governor Hart Is honor guest at Soutftwest
Washington fair. ree .
Fireworks enliven phone hearing. Pake 4.
Canadian Importer is helpless 623 miles at
sea. rage i.
Washington miners restrained from picket-
ing. Page 1.
Heaviest travel of year said to be over.
Page 14.
Sports.
playground tennis meet reaches finals.
Page 12.
Seventeen entered In marathon swim.
Page 42.
Pacific Coast league results: At San Fran
cisco. Oakland 7. Portland 3; at Los
Angeles. Seattle 3, Vernon 2: at Sacra
mento 10, San Francisco 7; at Salt
Lake 8, Los Angeles 7. Page 12.
Surprises feature play in golf tourney at
Gearharc rase 1-.
Bobby Jones plays sensational golf in west
ern open. Pagel3.
Commercial and Marine.
Wheat bids advanced 2 cents at country
buying points. Page 21.
Chicago wheat market closes higher after
dull opening. Page 21.
Liquidation and short selling weakens stock
market. Page 21.
Work on Fpur dikes to be started at once.
Page 20.
Portland and Vicinity.
Aid to unemployed planned by Portland.
Page 11.
Postal conditions here In many ways Ideal.
declares welfare director. Page It).
Taxpayers score county farm costs. Page 10.
Secretary Fall visits Portland. Page 1.
Committee divided on taxicab Issue.
Page 14.
Dancing Instructor shivers at shimmy and
other dances. Page 0.
Parisian fashion exponent to write ar
ticles . for The Oregonian. Page 4.
IMPORTER IS 625 MILES OUT
17 Feet of Water Reported in
Engine Room.
CRAFT FROM PORTLAND
Captain Is Still on Freighter.
Steamer in Trouble Since
Springing Leak Aug. 19.
NORTH HEAD, Wash., Aug. 23.
(Special.) Wireless messages re
ceived -at North Head radio station
today from Captain Westerlund of the
steamer Cordova, declared that the
freighter Canadian Importer was
helpless at sea about 625 miles south
west of the Columbia river. The
steamer's position was a little to the
south of a point directly west of Eu-
I reka, (Jal.
The Canadian Importer left Van
couver, B. C. August 13 for Adelaide,
via Auckland, Sydney and Melbourne
after taking a cargo of lumber at
Portland, Or.
One lifeboat with the first and sec
ond officers and nine men was said
to have left the steamer for land,
while the captain and the rest of the
crew were aboard the disabled craft.
Engine Room Flooded.
The vessel was said to have 17 feet
of water in her engine room and in
No. 2 hold, hut it was said that she
was not sinking. The steamer sprang
a leak August 19 and has been help
less ever since. Her wireless station
has been out of commission since
that date. It was regarded as im
possible to get the steamer's radio
working again on account of the dis
abled engines. "
Captain Bissett, according to the
radio, declined to leave his ship, al
though she has a heavy list to star
board. He said he would remain on
board in the hope that a tug from
Vancouver. B. C, would arrive and
take him in tow.
Captain Bissett also refused the offer
of Captain Westerlund to tow the
vessel to port. The Cordova tonight
was reported to be standing by.
JVamea Are Not Learned.
The names of the men in the life
boat were not learned by the Cordova
captain. The men on board the
steamer were reported to be well and
in good spirits.
Radio dispatches received here said
the Canadian Winner was on the way
to assist the disabled vessel. Reports
from San Francisco aeciareu me
steamer Manuka had left for the
wreck scene, and expected t arrive
ou the scene by daylight tomorrow.
The Canadian Importer was a Ca
nadian government merchant marine
vessel. She carried a cargo of lum
ber. The cause of the accident which
disabled the steamer had not . been
learned here late tonight.
The Cordova is Operated by the
Alaska Steamship company. She was
on her way from Honolulu to Astoria
when she encountered the disabled
cratt.
UlBL-overy Details Lacking.
Tlie manner in which "the Cordova
discovered the Canadian Importer has
not been ascertained. The fact that,
according to radios from the Cordova,
the Canadian Importer had been un
able to use her wireless since August
1, was said by local authorities to
make it decidedly improbable that she
got an S. O. S. call to the Cordova.
The most likely theory, it was de
clared, was that the Cordova sighted
the" vessel drifting helpitssly before
the seas and went to her aid. Captain
Bissett declared that his craft was.
"good for a week," and declined to ob
ligate his owners for salvage charges.
It was assumed that the lifeboat
had been sent ashore because there
was no other means of communica
tion, and not because either the cap
tain or the men feared that the
steamer was about to sink. The Ca
nadian Importer carried 3.500,000 feet
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SHE WAS JUST A "POOR
RELATION."
But Lulu Bett, family drudge
in the home of relatives, found
herself after drinking deep of
life's tragedies. It was a mar
riage and what a farce it
was! which awakened within
her a sense of independence
which helped her to triumph
in the end.
This fascinating and soul
stirring novel, "Miss Lulu
Bett," is one of the greatest
that ever came from the pen
of Zona Gale. It is recorded
as one of the big literary suc
cesses of the year. It is to be
published serially in The Sun
day Oregonian. The first in
stallment appears next Sun
day. You cannot afford to
pass it by.