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PRICE FIVE CENTS
VOT. T, f) 1ft OOl Entered at P o r t I a n d (Oregon)
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PORTLAND, OREGON, 3IONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1921
DAVID SCULL BISPHAM, !
RANCHER IS WITHOUT
SLEEP THREE WEEKS
DAY AND NIGHT WORK KEPT
VP CONTINUOUSLY".
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KU KLUX BUTTLE
IS TO BE PROBED
ATTENDANCE AT FAIR '
E
BOYS SAY GARDNER
TOOK THEM RIDING
NOTED BARITONE, DIES
CAREER OF DISTINGUISHED
LYRIC ARTIST CLOSED.
IS 132,330 PERSONS
NET PROFIT IS ESTIMATED AT
MORE THAN $25,000.
AFFLICTS EARTH
BEFORE HARDING
OUTLAW SAID TO BE HEADED
FOR SAN DIEGO, CAL.
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AMERICA
Lorenajex., Citizens Put
Blame on Sheriff.
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III I LIU LI1LI1UL Id IILUU1ILU
Wounded Official Says
Was Enforcing Law.
He
UNMASKING IS DEMANDED
Matchers Refuse to Comply With
Demand; Warning Signs Ara
Posted on Streets.
"WACO, Texas. Oct. 2. The 64th
district grand Jury here will Investi
gate the clash last Saturday night
at Lorena, 14 miles south of here, be
tween 60-odd knights of the Ku Klux
Klan paraders and a sheriffs posse,
in which Bob Buchanan, sheriff of
McLennan county, was dangerously
wounded, and eight Other men se
verely injured.
This announcement was made here
today by R. I. Munroe, district Judge
of the 64th district court, following
an Informal conference with F. B.
Tlerey, county attorney, who Is con
ducting an Inquiry into the case.
After the announcement that there
would be an official investigation
of the clash, two men early tonight
posted signs on telephone poles ear
the scene of last night's encounter.
Miens Are Sinned K. K. K."
The signs, four In number, were
signed "K. K. K." and read as fol
lows: "Wife beaters beware."
"Crap shooters beware."
"Other eyes are upon you."
"Love thy neighbor as thyself, but
leave his wife alone."
"Chicken thieves look Out. We are
after you"
Following a meeting with the
county attorney today, a delegation of
Lorena citizens drew up the follow
ing resolution, signed by 200 persons:
Plena Made to Sheriff.
"We the undersigned citizens of
Lorena and vicinity deplore the
tragedy that was enacted In our little
town last night. We grieve for the
blood that was spilled. But in order
that the world may know the facts
we desire to make public the follow
ing statement:
"1. We do not believe that the
members of the Ku Klux Klan who
staged the parade violated any law
or that they had any Intention of
violating any law.
"2. We attempted to prevail upon
the sheriff of this county and his
deDUties through the medium of
dozens of representative citizens to
permit the parade to be held, guar
anteeing that It would be law-abiding
and orderly.'
lilame Pot on Sheriff.
"3. We induced the leaders of the
parade to accede to the sheriff's de
mand that two of the paraders should
be unmasked.
"4. We Implored the sheriff not
to Jeopardize the lives of our women j
and 'children. I
"5. We unequlvocably place the
blame for the shedding of blood on
the aherlff. I
CI 111. i
We admire and we honor the
and the Individual that kept '
".
spirit
the American flag
from
being
trampled to the earth.
"7. We conclude by affirming our
belief In the preservation of America
fqr Americans and by offering
tribute to the little band of men
who last night showed by their calm
and determined action that their lives
supported this principle."
Prosecutor Says Nothing.
The third statement In the above
resolution repudiated the assertion of
Sheriff Buchanan last night when
brought to a hospital here to the
effect that the masked men would
not unmask.
Asked f he had any statement to
make regarding the resolution.
County Attorney Tlerey said he bad
"nothing whatsoever to say." '
Physicians attending Sheriff Bu
chanan would not permit him to be
questioned, in view of his serious
condition. He did not make a formal
statement last night.
No definite date, however, will be
set for calling the grand Jury until
the extent of the injuries of Sheriff
Buchanan and Louis Crow, an in-
Jured spectator, has been ascertained.
The physician attending the two men
stated tonight that their respective
conditions were critical. The sheriff's
right lung was pierced by a pistol bul
let, another lodged in his right knee.
Crow was stabbed in the right breast
and his liver virtually cut in two.
Vow Made Aamlnat I'arnde.
The clash took place when Sheriff
Buchanan with Deputies Burton and
Wood attempted to disperse the
marching klansmen, masked and
robed, after, according to the sheriff,
they had refused to divulge their
Identity. He had agreed to permit
them to parade, he said, if they would
allow him to Identify those partici
pating. After a conference with two masked
leaders at a house on the outskirts of
town, where the klansmen were be
ginning to assemble, at which he tried
tConduded ea fag 2, Column 1.)
Both Number of Visitors and Gate
Receipts Show Big Increase
Over Last Year.
SALEM, Or., Oct. 2. (Special.) A
total of 132,330 persons paid their
way Into the state fair grounds last
week against 80.118 during the
state fair held here a year ago. ac
cording to the official report com
pleted late this afternoon by J. E. Mc
Clintock, cashier. The receipts this
year aggregated (106.754. 30, as com
pared with (90,117 a year ago. Al
though not all the obligations con
tracted by this year's fair bad been
presented for payment tonight, it was
estimated by A. H. Lea, secretary of
the state fair beard, that the net
profit from the 1921 event would ex
ceed 125.000.
In analyzing the receipts and dis
bursements, as compared with prevl
ous events, members of the fair board
said that returns amounting to ap
proximately 115,000 were eliminated
through the prohibition of all games
of chance and questionable shows. To
provide free entertainment features
to supplant these games and shows
the board expended (15,000. These
figures indicated that If the fair had
been conducted on the same basis as
In previous years the receipts would
have aggregated (13S.754.30 and the
net profit (55,000. Race purses and
premiums also were Increased mate
rially this year.
Practically all of the exhibits had
been removed from the pavilions this
afternoon and the last train of live
stock left for the north shortly after
7 o'clock.
The next meeting of the state fair
board will be held in Salem early in
November, when minor complaints
regarding the payment of premiums
will be considered. There also will
be taken under advisement at that
meeting the proposal to erect at least
one more building, to be dedicated to
the women of the state. Additional
grandstand capacity also will be con
sidered. As an appropriate echo of the fair,
more than 3000 persons assembled at
the fair grounds this afternoon for a
concert given by the Whitney Boys'
chorus of 700 voices.
3 WOMEN INjAUTO HURT
Rear Wheels Strike When Two
Cars Meet on Highway.
BALEM. Or.. Oct. 2. (Special.)
Three women were injured, one seri
ously, by the upsettin- of an auto
moblled riven by H. E. Herren of Sea
side, six miles south of Salem, on the
Pacific highway, early tonight.
The injured women wore: Mrs. Elva
Estes of Salem, broken arm, broken
Jaw and Internal Injuries; Mrs. H. E.
Herren. severely cut and bruised, anc.
Mrs. Jennie Herren of Salem, slightly
cut and bruised. Mrs. Estes and Mrs.
H. E. Herren were brought to Salem
and taken to a local hospital.
Mr. Herren was driving south. He
turned out and passed an automobile
driven by B. F. Avery, who was also
driving south. 'Immediately after
ward he met another automobile, and
the rear wheels of the two machines
struck.
Mr. Herren's automobile upset,
throwing all the occupants out on the
road The other machine was said
to have gone on.
RIVAL TONGS FRATERNIZE
Erstwhile Hostile Chinese Bodies
Celebrate in Peace.
NEW YORK. Oct. 2 Members of
th H'P sinS K and On Leong
tong. rival cninese merchants asso
- -
ciaUon' singled in peace Saturday
when the latter celebrated the open.
lng of its new six-story headquarters
building in the heart of Chinatown,
the scene in past years of many a
murder arising out of tong wars The
On Leongs, congregated from all parts
of the country, began their nine-day
reunion with speeches and feasting.
All Chinatown Joined in the cele
bration and the streets, noisy with
twanging Chinese violins and hung
with gay banners and hundreds of
Chinese lanterns, attracted thousands
of visitors. The new building is de
signed along oriental lines, contains
banquet halls, an auditorium and dor
mitories for On Leong members.
FATHER CENSURES POLICE
Curfew I jaw Said to Have Made No
Impression on Parent.
"You've got no business waking a
man up at this time of the night.
Why didn't you lock him in Jail until
morning?"
This was the answer which the
father of Lawrence Pool, aged 11,
gave to Patrolman MeCormick at 2:30
o'clock vesterdav mornina- when the
ofncer arrived at the Pool home. East
Sixty-second street and Fifty-seventh
avenue Southeast, with the Pool boy,
who had been found on the streets.
The policeman reported that the
boy's father showed no coi.cern over
his youngster's absence, and was
greatly annoyed because the police
had escorted the boy home.
GERMAN EX-KING IS DEAD
William II of Wuerttemburg, Who
Abdicated During War, Passes.
STUTTGART Germany, Oct. 2. Ex
King William II of Wuerttemburg is
dead.
William II, reigning king of the
monarchy of Wuerttemburg. abdicated
in November. 1918. as a direct out-'
come of the war. He had reigned
since 191. I
President Reviews 5000
on Old Battlefield.
CORPS. ASSURED OF REGARD
Commander-in-Chief Speaks
From Military Truck.
DIVINE SERVICE ATTENDED
Chief Executive and Wife Sleep
in Tent With Troops on
Virginia Hills.
WILDERNESS RUN. Va.. Oct. 2.
On the Virginia hills, where once the
Union and Confederate armlea clashed
In the battle of the Wilderness, Pres
ident Harding today reviewed a field
force of marines and voiced his pride
in them as an effective factor In the
defense of a reunited nation.
Infantry, artillery and many special
units were, represented among the
5000 men who marched in formal pa
rade before the president at the con
clusion of his week-end visit here to
witness the maneuvers of the marine
east coast exped'tionary force. As
the rigid ranks of brown went by, he
turned many times to the staff offi
cers about him to express his respect
and admiration.
A half hour earlier, at the conclu
sion of church services in a natural
amphitheater on the maneuver,
grounds, Mr. Harding had voiced even
stronger praise for the "devil dogs."
President Speaks From Truck.
At the lnv'tation of Brigadier-General
Smedley Butler, commanding the
expeditionary force, he mounted a
military truck which had served as
the chaplain's pulpit and said:
"General Butler asked me to stand
before you for a moment, mainly that
we shall be better acquainted, be
cause It Is our lot to serve together.
and I have 'only taken the platform
to say how much I have been Inspired
this morning by meeting In worship
and to say how very great our Joy is
in being in camp with you.
"I shall not exaggerate a single
word when I tell you that from my
boyhood to the present hour I have
always had a very profound regard
for the United States marines, and I
am leaving camp today with my re
gard strengthened and a genuine af
fection added. No commander-in-chief
in the world could have a great
er pride in, or a greater affection for
an army of national defense than I
have come to have for you in this
more Intimate contact.
Genuine Pleasure Kelt.
"My pleasure is genuine that I
could be one of you In this splendid
camp on historic American ground.
With Mrs. Harding, who also had
spent the night under canvas at the
marine camp, the president left at
(Concluded on Pare J. t'alumn f
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Hikers Tell Deputy Sheriffs That
Autoist Carried Revolver
Between Knees.
LOS ANGELES. Cal., Oct. 2. Stan
ley Jacobs. 17, and Harry Weber, 17,
both of Stockton, told Sheriff Traeger
today that a man who said he was
Roy Gardner, escaped mail robber,
drove them In an automobile from
Bakersfield to Los - Angeles last
night, then started for San Diego.
The boys picked Gardner's picture
from a pile of "rogues' gallery" pho
tographs shown them at the sheriffs
office as that of the man with whom
they had ridden.
The boys gave a description of the
man which sheriff's deputies said
fitted that of Gardner. They said he
walked with a limp and when they
stopped to eat at a roadside restau
rant said: "That's where' the prison
guards got me."
Jacobs and Weber said they were
"hiking" from Stockton to Los An
geles when the man came upon thera
In the outskirts of Bakersfield and
offered them a lift. When they got
into the machine, they said, they
found the driver was holding a pearl
handled automatic pistol between his
knees. He told them be was Gard
ner, they declared. He drove s,t an
average of 40 miles an hour, they
said, and put -out his lights when
anyone appeared to be following.
He entered Los Angeles shortly be
fore midnight by a circuitous route,
avoiding the downtown business sec
tion, and after letting the boys out
took the Coast highway for San
Diego. The boys went to the home
of Weber's uncle, J. C. Weber, a dep
uty sheriff, and told their tale. Weber
Informed the sheriffs office and
word was sent to San Diego and bor
der points to watch for the man.
Deputy Sheriff Nolan, who ques
tioned the boys, -said their story
hung together well and seemed
plausible to him.
The boys said "Gardner" told them
the car he was driving was a stolen
one. They described it as a high
powered one of expensive make. It
had no license plate, they declared.
The man, they said, was dressed in
a tan-colored suit and overcoat.
Allan Bell and R. Lee Coutts, dep
uty sheriffs of Los Angeles, and three
private detectives crossed the Mex
ican border into Tia Juana, Lower
California, tonight in search of Roy,
Gardner, escaped mail robber. . The
deputies were following up the clew
furnished by the boys who said they
rode here from Bakersfield last night
with a man who said he was Gardner.
MERCURY RISES TO 79
Portland Enjoys One of Most
Pleasant Days of Year.
Portlanders were treated yesterday
to one of the most pleasant days of
the year. The weather was as fair
and warm as many on summer days
and a large number the city
dwellers made auto trips into the
cuntry and over the Colur-'bla River
highway. Others went flsl.ing.
The weather man reported that the
temperature reached 79 degrees at
4:45 yesterday afternoon. This was
7 degrees above normal for this time
of year.
The forecast tor today announces:
"Monday fair with easterly winds."
PRETTY SOFT!
r RUSTLlKQ
Operatic Debut Made in London
In 1891; Notable Successes
Scored in America.
NEW YORK. Oct. 2. David Scull
Bispham, baritone and one of the
best known American lyric artists,
died of intestinal trouble today after
an Illness of six weeks. He was 4
years old. A wife and two daughters
survive him.
Mr. Bispham, a native of Philadel
phia, made his operatic deout in Lon
don in 1891. After a successful career
abroad, he came to the Metropolitan
Opera company He was one of the
founders of the Society of American
Singers.
David Scull Bispham was born In
Haverford, Pa., January 5, 1857, the
son of William D. and Jane L. Bis
pham. He married Caroline Russell,
the daughter of General Charles S.
RuseelL la 1885. Mr. Bispnam began
his long public career In 1891 when
he made his debut as the Due de
Longuevllle in The Basoche, Royal
English Opera. Since that time he
had been with the Royal Or era,
C o v e n t Garden and Metropolitan
Opera company Binging principal
roles In German, French, Italian and
English.
Mr. Biapham was one of the foun
ders of the Society of American Sing
era, producing classic opera comlque
in English. He entered upon a dra
matic career in 1915. He was one of
the foremost among American lyric
artists.
A an author the great singer
wrote, "A Quaker Singer's Recollec
tions." He contributed many articles
to magazines on musical subjects. He
was a member of the Century. Play
ers' and Musicians' clubs.
Mr. Blspham's principal operatic
successes have been won as Falstaff
in Verdi's opera, Kurwenal in "Tris
tan," Telramund in "Lohengrin,
Wotan in "Die Walkure," Blackmesser
In "Die Meistersinger," and Alberich
in "Niebelungen Ring."
Shortly after 190P Mr. Bispham was
received as a favorite concert bar!
tone In this city, where his most
memorable numbers were songs like
"Danny Deever" and ballads. Just
before excavations were begun for
the Pittock block, this city, the Rotary
club and other friends, headed by
William Mansell Wilder, wished to ar
range for an open-air singing of New
Year music in the streets of this city
prior to New Year's day, and Mr.
Bispham, who then happened to be
in this city, was engaged to sing
several songs from a grandstand
erected at the southeast corner of
Tenth and Stark streets. Mr. Bispham
sang for about IS minutes to the ac
companiment of Campbell's American
band and was paid a fee of (300.
Afterward Mr. Bispham appeared in
dramatic roles, and he made a stir
ring study of the "Erl King" In
vaudeville In this city. Musical ex
perts estimate Mr. Bispham as being
one of the best and most cultivated
of Junior American baritones in
opera, concert and oratorio.
Science Club to Organize.
PACIFIC UNIVERSITY. Forest
Grove. Or.. Cct. 2. The 'Faculty Sci
ence club will be organized next
Tuesday night In Its first regular
meeting. A paper on "Popular As
tronomy" by Harvey Jack, "22. will be
delivered. The new club will start
out with a membership of 20.
Entente Support at Arms
Conference Coveted.
OPEN DOOR POLICY AT STAKE
Lansing-lshii Pact Is Made
Backbone of Case.
SECRET AGENTS ACTIVE
U. S. Stand on Chinese Question to
Be Tested to Determine Whether
War Is Necessary.
BY LINCOLN EYRE.
(Copyright by the New York World. Pub
lished by Arrangement.)
PARIS, Oct. 2. (Special by Wire
less.) Japanese aiplomacy is work
ing 24 hours a oay to line up the Eu
ropean powers against the United
States at the Washington conference.
Through Innumerable agents at Lon
don, Paris, Rome, Brussels, Geneva,
the Mikado's government is striving
secretly, but none the less strenuous
ly, to assure itself of entente sup
port for the Japanese claim to "spe
cial consideration" in Asiatic affairs.
In- its practical aspiration, such sup
port, in Japanese eyes, must take the
form of acceptance of Japan's inter
pretation of the Lansing-lshii agree
ment on the one hand and the treaty
of Versailles on the other.
The Information on which these
statements are based has come to me
from several authoritative sources
American, French,, Chinese and Ital
ian, both here and at Geneva.
Open Door Policy at Stake.
Among the delegations to the as
sembly of the league of nations rep
resenting the powers interested in
Pacific problems, there is only one in
terpretation of President Harding's
so-called disarmament conference.
This interpretation regards the meet
ing as a diplomatic tug of war be
tween the United States and Japan ta
determine whether the traditional
American doctrine of the open door
in China can be maintained without
an armed conflict between the two
countries.
Confidential representatives dealing
with the European attitude toward
the Washington conclave and em
phasizing Japan's efforts to bring
the entente governments over to her
rolnt of view have been sent to the
state department by expert observers
specially charged with studying Jap
anese tactics on the continent. I
had the opportunity of reading one
of these reports myself, and its tenor
is identical with the data I had ob
tained In private conversations with
official personages at Paris and Ge
neva. LanaTna-Inhll Pnet Baals.
It Is manifest from the results of
my inquiry that the principle formu
lated In the Lansing-lshii agreement
In the words "territorial propinquity
creates special relations between the
countries" will be the backbone of
the case Japan will argue at Wash
ington next month.
Secretary of State Hughes, In his
note to Dr. Alfred Sze. Chinese minis
ter to the United States, on July 8
last, regarding the Anglo-Japanese
attempt to establish a wireless mo
nopoly In China, appeared to disavow
the Instrument signed by his prede
cessor. He did not refer to It spe
cifically, however.
The Tokio cabinet has never ac
quiesced formally in this rejection of
an undertaking deemed by the Jap
anese at the time it was made to
have all the binding force of an In
ternational convention. Obviously,
this view is erroneous, since the Lan-
slng-Ishli agreement, lacking the
ratification of the senate, cannot for
mally engage the United States.
Nevertheless the fact remains that
the formula it contains exactly de
fines the thesis advanced now by
Japan in her subterranean negotia
tions with the European states.
Viscount Ixhll Cautious.
Viscount Ishli himself, with whom
I conversed at Geneva, was extremely
chary of committing himself as to
the part his government expected the
document bearing his signature
would play at the Washington con
ference. "There Is no doubt in our minds,"
he said smilingly, "that the Lansing
lshii agreement exists, since It is an
official state paper duly signed by
competent representatives of the two
governments. To what extent it will
enter into the disarmament and Pa
cific deliberations, however, I cannot
say, of course.
"I believe that It is one of the sub
jects now being discussed privately
between Mr. Hughes and our ambas
sador at Washington. What has re
sulted thus far from these conversa
tions I do not know, but I trust that
a satisfactory modus operandi will be
evolved."
Official Interpretation Avoided.
Questioned as to the European gov
ernments' attitude toward the matter,
the Japanese envoy smiled again and
observed:
"I cannot speak for countries other
than my own."
When I intimated that the Japanese
interpretation of the Lanslng-Ishi.
agreement differed radically from the
American, the viscount retorted quiz
zically: "But has Japan ever Interpreted
(Concluded on Fas 3, Column 1.)
Toiler Objects When Wife Insists
He Take Rest; Two 12-Hour
Shifts Now Wanted.
6EATTLE, Wash., Oct. 2. (Special.)
Five hundred and four hours with
out sleep.
And at that the end of three weeks,
Earl W. Pierce, a rancher at Alder
wood Manor, near Seattle, kicked be
cause his wife made him go to bed
for a few hours.
Now Pierce Is looking for two Jobs.
He wants to put In a 12-hour shift
twice each day, with the stipulation
that he must have time oft for his
meals.
"Sleep is Just a habit," declared
Pierce yesterday. "Since man was
born It has been his custom to work
eight hours, have eight hours recre
ation and sleep for eight hours. The
average man wastes too much time
In bed.
"Just recently I went three weeks
without sleetp. I never felt better In
my life. I'm now looking for two
Jobs, one working days and another
working nights. Lf allowed time off
for meals I feel confident that I can
work week In and week out with no
sleep whatever."
During the three weeks' trial at
sleeplessness Mr. Pierce worked all
night as a carpenter in Seattle. When
off shift he hastened home, had
breakfast and then worked about his
small chicken ranch until it was time
for him to board an lnterurban car
for his Job In the city.
"I have never been sleepy in my
life," said Pierce. "I have never
known what It Is to want to go to
bed. In fact, if my wife didn't force
mo to take a few hours' rest once in
a while I would never go to sleep."
CANCER CURE PRIZE UP
Reward of $100,000 Offered for
Medicinal Remedy.
NEW YORK, Oct. 2. A prize of
(100.000 for the discovery of a medi
cinal remedy to remove cancer has
been offered y an anonymous donor
through the Cosmopolitan Cancer R
anarch socletv of Brooklyn, it was
announced today.
The reward will be known as the
Cosmopolitan cancer prize, and was
made In anticipation of the observ
ance of national cancer week, October
30 to November 6, when physicians
surgeons, chemists and scientists will
hold nation-wide clinics and confer
ence dealing with the disease. Re
qulrements of the award call for
method of treatment, rormuias ana
full Information with therapeutic
proof In at least 60 cases.
HYDROPLANE GOES HIGH
Pacifio Const Altitude Record Is
Declared Established.
OAKLAND, Cal., Oct. 2. The Pa
cific coast altitude recortt for a single-engine
one-man iiydro-alrplane
Is declared to have been broken to
day by William R- Davis Jr., of Oak
i'hn reached 11.500 feet.
The previous record Is said to have
. . n r- V T
been 9500 feet, made m u
seph Struebel. also of Oakland.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
vTro.TERDAY'8 Maximum temperature. 79
, minimum 4 decrees,
OfBrr... "
TODAY'S Fair: eaaterly winds.
Foreign.
Sclentl.ts are about to harness atom.
Evere.t expedition Is ready or final daan
to top of world. PW 10.
Perahlng Py America's tribute to French
Midler dead. Page 2.
Japan works again.t America. Pate 1.
National.
oenat. la divide as much as ever. Page 10.
Foreign-born whit, population la Oregon
Is reduced. Pa
Underwood isnore. democratio critics.
Pase -
Pome.tlr.
Bov. ar Gardner took them rldlnr. Page 1.
G'd jury to probe Ku Klux battle In
Texas, rasa
Prealdent views marines. Para 1.
David Scull Blxpham. noted lyric singer,
dlea. Page 1.
Fnrth recovering from of meteoro
logical mumps. Page 1.
1-aclflc Northwest.
Tacoma expecting bulnei revival. Page 6.
Stipulation In bootlegging case filed for
Oalbreath. Pee 3-
Attendance at State fair surpasses last
year. PS
Rancher la without sleep three weeka.
Page 1.
Arreat of woman wltnc.s In Mahoney case
la forecast Page 4
Sport. Favorites true to form in city golf play.
Page 13.
Pacific Cos reult: At Portland Loa
Anrelea V2-4. Portland 8-5: at Seattle
San Francisco 9-5. Seattle l-: at
I,o Angelea Sacramento 10-1. Vernon
0-4' at San Franclaco Salt Lake 8-0.
Oakland 8-. Page 1-
Commerelul and Marine.
Seven steamers reach Portland In day.
Page 13.
Portland and Vicinity.
Gas men oppoae tax-exempt bonds.
Page -
Entries for Llveatock Exposition pouring
In. Page IS
Five thou.and seven hundred auto, .top
at Portland camp during five monrtia.
Page 4.
Ad club Inspects mine at Scappooaa.
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SJethodiat pastors complete year's work
Page 20.
How to get farm loan la explained.
Page 19.
Appreciation is ba.ls of Amerlcanlam. de
Clares Dr. Pence., Page 11.
Wet area. In Oregon are to be drained
Page 18-
Apple glut of laat year spoils Enrllnh
market, lays London buyer. Page JO.
Wheat movement breaks all records
Page 14.
Bualnees continues to show Improvement.
Page 10. ,
Girl thief tells companion's name.
Page 20. i
Intermittent Fever Is in
Form of Heat Wave.
DOCTORS PREDICT RECOVERY,
This in Spite of Crises and
Several Relapses.
SETBACKS ARE MANY
Earthquakes, Tidal 'Waves, Ty
plioons. Cloudbursts, Floods
and Hurricanes Suffered.
NEW YORK. Oct. 2. The old sphe
roid known as the earth Is emerging
from what some human diagnosticians
might call a severe attack of meteor
ological mumps. It has been accom
panied by an Intermittent fever, man
ifested in a world-wide heat wavo
of unusual length and Intensity.
In spite of crises and relapses
earthquakes, tidal waves, cloudbursts,
typhoons, waterspouts, hailstorms,
floods and hurricanes In many widely
separated parts from Kamchatka to
Cape Horn, and from Guam to Guade
loupe the doctors are confident tha
patient will recover.
Meanwhile the United States fortha
last year has been suffering chiefly
from an excess of high temperature)
and a deficiency of moisture, a condi
tion unprecedented In the 50 years'
history of the weather bureau.
Exceaa of Warmth Shown.
From January 1 to September 23
last the temperature of New York
City, which is typical of tho country,
has shown an aggregate excess of
warmth of 960 degrees above normal,
while there has been a shortage of
.71 Inches in rainfall. The greatest
amount of September precipitation
waa in 1882, when more than 14 H
Inches fell, and the least for that
month occurred two years later with
only .15 of an Inch.
The persistent higher temperature,
for which a number of speculative ex
planations have been given, began in
August. 1920, and for the succeeding
12 months there was an average
monthly excess above normal of 3.4
degrees. March, 1921. an unusually
warm spring month, had an excess
average of 10.8 degrees. The first
slight break in the record occurred
last August, which was slightly below
normal.
Records Broken ia July.
Some time before the present phe
nomenon, tie nine months' period be
ginning in October, 1918, and ending
In July, 1919. the average monthly
temperature was 2.71 degrees above
normal and this was a record until
sun spots, sea-bottom upheavals or
other hypothetical causes sent the)
mercury still higher. The highest
average temperature ever recorded ia
this country for the month of March,
weather officials said, was 4S.3 in
March, 1921.
The average temperature for April,
1921 53 degrees was the warmest
for that month In half a century.
May and June were not unusual but
July broke all records for tbe pre
ceding 11 years. A curious f re ale
of the weather in. America for the
week ending September 23 was that
whilo every section of the country
from Bismarck, N. D., to Halifax
and from Phoenix, Ariz, to Miami.
Fla., was suffering from abnormally
high temperatures, large areas In
Wyoming, Montana, Oregon and
Nevada were having freezing nights.
Weather Officials Reticent.
Weather bureau officials here de
clined to discuss the possible con
nection between the present high
temperatures and disasters of nature
In many parts of the world. It waa
recalled, however, that when the vol-
canlo eruption of Krakatoa, a small
island In the Malay archipelago In
the Sunda strait, between Sumatra
and Java, occurred. In the summer
of 1883, the most violent of its kind
in modern times, two-thirds of tha
island! was blown away, 20,000 per
sona perished andi a tidal wave pro
pelled Itself as far as the English
channel.
On this occasion dust from the vol
canic ashes was carried around the
world and for days. In many parts.
cool temperatures prevailed owing to
the obstruction of the sun's rays.
Some of the dust from Krakatoa was
suspended In layers In the upper at
mosphere for years.
Cause Is Problematical.
Now whether the world-wlila heat
wave Is due to some torrible par
oxysm of nature, such as volcanic
action In some remote region of th9
earth, or seismlo upheaval in tha
depths of some unknown sea, o'.
whether It Is due to sun spots or
some other cause, is entirely prob
lematical. It is only as recently as
last December 16 that scientists were
cudgeling their brains to solve the
mystery of an earthquake estimated
to have boen "'2800 miles from Wash
ington." A few days later news came of an
earthquake in far-off Kanhsu prov
ince, China, four times that distance.
In which 2000 persons perished. The
explanation given was that thera
probably had occurred two distinct
shocks, each widely separated, and
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