VOL. LX XO. 19,033
Entered at Portland (Oregon)
PoBtnfflce SAcond-Claw Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVE3IBER 19, 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
TURKEYS TAKE DROP;
SAILORS CAST ON "
WATERLESS ISLE
STUDENTS CUT LOOSE
IN RALLY AT EUGENE
ANTI-BEER MEASURE
PASSED BY SENATE
VOTE IS 56 TO 22 AT EVD OF
" BITTER CONTROVERSY.
VOTERS TO DECIDE
FAIR'S FATE TODAY
AUTO FATALLY HURTS
WOMAN PEDESTRIAN
MARKET UNSETTLED
TO HUGHES PLEA
iAKIiAXD REPORTS DULLEST
OXXY VESUVIUS LACKING TO
SIRS. M. FLEISCHAUER, 63. DIES
SOON AFTER ACCIDENT.
DAY IN MAXY YEARS.
MAKE MORE XOISE.
WIOiLGUGE '
OUSTSMR. BQUGK
WORLD RESPONDS
Foreign Delegations Are
Hearing From Home.
ARMAMENT CUT DEMANDED
Envoys Are Warned Against
Imperiling Project.
EVENTS MOVING SWIFTLY
Conference Almost Swept Off Its
Feet by Pressure From People.
Success Held Assured.
BT MARK SULLIVAN.
(Copyright. 1021. by the New Tork Evening
Pont. Inc. Published by Arrangement.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. Nov. 19.
(Special.) One of the ablest of
the foreign correspondents here Is
Colonel Repingrton, author of the fa
mous war diary, who writes for the
London Dally Telegraph. Colonel
Replngton began his dispatch on Frl-
day with the words: "This conference
Is so replete with Infinite Impossl-
hlltHa. that 1 la Tint BiifA tn rnnrlnrle I
that our opinions of today will be
those of tomorrow."
Colonel Replngton's use of the
word "Impossibilities" reflects on his
part an underlying skepticism which
is shared by a few of the other Brit
ish representatives here. It ought to
be added, however, that this skepti
cism is not antagonistic. It is rather
the state of mind which we in Amer
ica describe as "waiting to be shown."
But the point tbat Colonel Replng
ton makes about the rapid changes
from day to day, and even from hour
to hour, is about the most conspicu
ous thing here. I have thfe feeling,
and I think most of the newspaper
men share it, that, while we write the
thing a it is, it frequently turns out
that the situation has progressed sev
eral furlong by the time it Is printed.
If this makes the recording of events
difficult, It is also true that It makes
it easy, when you look into the situa
tion closely, to put your finger on the
huge fundamental trend which deter
mines these shifting details.
Rnprnte Tremendous One.
What is happening is this: The ef
fects of Hughes' opening speech are
still spreading like giant waves over
every corner of the earth. That
speech Is stimulating a response o'f
such proportions that when it comes
back here it causes the delegates from
all other countries constantly and
rapidly to change their point of view
in the direction of greater assent to
what Hughes wants. Not only does
it cause them to show an increasing
disposition to identify themselves
completely with Hughes' point of
view on armament, but also, further
than that, it causes them to be in
creasingly disposed to accept what
ever Hughes wants on the far east
subject ai.d everything else.
The public approval of Hughes'
speech In foreign countries is of such
an overwhelming character that it
has had something of the effect of a
force of nature. When its echoes roll
back here the representatives of for
eign countries are unwilling to seem
even in tne faintest degree to be I
standing in the way of it. This forces
abandonment of original positions,
and a degree of hurried assent to the
Hughes programme that may almost
have disadvantages, even from tht
American point of view. It makes
you sometimes wonder whether the
only danger in .the Hughes pro
programme may turn out to He. so to
peaK, in the excess of its success. If
things continue to go as they are. the
Hughes programme will go through
without even those desirable modifi
cations whici might arise from the
clash of different viewpoints.
Events Moving; Rapidly.
Tou see one of the foreign repre
sentatives on, let us say a Tuesday,
and he tells you that never, never
win nis country recede from such and
,such a position on the far east. Tou
see him again Thursday, and he acts
as If he had never heard of the view
lie so deeply held Tuesday.
As American politicians hear from
the grass roots, the Japanese are
hearing from the rice fields, and the
British from the coal mines. The
Japanese dare not go home and the
Rrltieh ,).,..,. -. i .
...... UJC t Bu uume witn a rec-
oro. or Having done anything that
would seem even in the faintest de
gree to imperil the Hughes plan on
armament reduction. Incidentally, It
is not merely from their peoples that
the foreign delegations are hearing,
but from some of their most responsi
ble statesmen as well. Some of the
messages carrying the reactions of
home governments to the Hughes plan
tbat have come over the cables within
tne past few days will make pungent
reading when history gets around to
them.
The thing that Hughes said is the
mis nim. toe peoples ot the world
want. They have taken Hughes for
their leader, and their own statesmen
and delegates are streaking for the
tall grass, even some who have been
for modifications of the Hughes plan
which would be reasonable to con,
aider.
Adoption Held AMDrrd.
The end of it all will be that the
Hughes programme will go through.
That programme will be the adoption
i tne armament plan already an-
(Concluded oa Fags 2, Column 3.)
Openlng Price at Roseburg Is 40
Cents, but in Short Time
Falls to 33 Cents.
ROSEBURG, Or., Nov. 18. (Spe
cial.) The turkey market opened at
40 cents this morning, but a short
time later took a drop, which re
sulted in a weak and unsettled con
dition. Very little cash buying was
done throughout the day, practically
all turkeys being sold on a buyer's
receipt subject to the best market
price.
Cash deals this morning following
the break went at 35 cents and this
afternoon several- deals at 88 cents
were made, and at closing time this
evening 38 cents appeared to be the
general price. During the day there
were several flurries, and a few
choice lots sold at 40 cents.
Outside buyers refused to go above
35 cents with the rise, and as a re
sult most of the turkeys went to local
dealers or to the pool. The pool
obtained 65 and 75 per cent o'f the
birds disposed of today. Bids on the
pool will be submitted to the farm
bureau exchange tonight and the
growers will decide tomorrow morn
ing whether or not the pool is to be
held to one of bidding buyers or con
signed to some agent 'in one of the
large cities of the coast.
Oakland reported the dullest turkey
day for many years.
The birds are of a much poorer
quality than usual, this being the
result of the poor weather conditions.
OWN GUN KILLS HUNTER
Triggers Catch; Portland Man Dies
From Loss of Blood.
KLAMATH PALLS, Or., Nov. 18.
(Special.) Jack Latta, former em
ploye of the Pacific car shops of Port
land, was accidentally shot at Tule
lake near Malln this afternoon while
goose hunting and died two hours
later from loss of blood and shock.
The contents of a double barreled
shotgun which Mr. laitta was trailing
behind him as he climbed out of a
boat tore the flesh from the left leg
near the hip and physicians were un
able to stop the flow of blood.
C. C. Garrison of Merrill was a com
panion of Mr. Latta on the hunt. -Mr.
Garrison said Mr. Latta slipped as h
stepped from the boat, the triggers on
the gun catching In the oar pins, dis
charging both barrels at once. The
safety was off at the time. Mr. Latta
has a daughter, Mrs. W. M. Chandler,
residing in Portland at 50 East Ninth
street North. The body was brought
to this city pending orders for its re
moval to Portland.
SNOW 8 INCHES ON LEVEL
Grand Ronde Valley Is Covered
With First Mantle of Year.
LA GRANDE, Or., Nov. 18. (Spe
cial.) More than eight inches of Bnow
on the level had fallen late this after
noon and the snow storm that began
late last night was continuing. Re
ports from other points indicate that
the entire Grand Ronde valley la cov
ered with its first mantle of snow
this year.
Farmers are confident that the win
ter wheat crop has been greatly ben
efited by this snow, which has come
two weeks early.
Trains were on time until noon to
day and no reports of delays of eve
ning trains have been received.
Sleighs are beginning to replace
automobiles in the country sections.
Several automobile collisions due to
skidding on the loose snow were re
ported, but no one was injured.
DEFI HURLED BY BLANT0N
Censured Representative Issues
Challenge to Texas Solons. '
WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 18.
Representative Blanton (democrat,
Texas), who recently was censured
by the house for inserting objection
able language In the Congressional
Record, today challenged the 17 other
members of the Texas congressional
delegation, "singly and collectively,"
to debate in nine Texas cities after
adjournment of the present session.
Mr. Blanton, in his formal chal
lenge, charged that his colleagues
"abetted" in introducing and passing
the resolution of censure, causing him
to be "publicly insulted on the floor
a punishment worse than expulsion."
ARMS MISSION EN ROUTE
Unofficial Siberian Delegation
Will Attend Conference.
VICTORIA, B. C, Nov. 18. An un
official delegation from the Siberian
government at Vladivostok to the
Washington conference on armament
and far eastern questions; is, aboard
the liner Monteagle, due to arrive
here November 22, according to S.
Kolokynoff. a passenger on the
steamer Silver State, arriving here
today.
He reported that Professor Gudkoff
is head of the delegation.
OPERA VOICE IS TESTED
Woman Has Machine by Which
She Foretells Ability.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 18 A person's
ability to oecome . a grand opera
singer can be determined by measur
ing the vocal cords with a new in
strument, the vocometrr. Dr. Nellie
Lowe Parker declared today before
the Missouri Osteopatnic association
in convention here
By . use of the Instrument and ex
aminations of the th-uat and nose,
she said, she can foretell ability to
sing.
Made
BRITISH CRUISER SUCCORS
Details Brought of Loss of
Portland-Bound Schooner.
SOUTH SEA ISLAND SCENE
Marooned Men and Those Who
.Make Long Trip for Help Un
dergo Stirring Adventures.
BT FRED' WHITE.
Marine Editor. The Oregonian.
A salty tale of the sea, blending
"Robinson Crusoe" and "The Swiss
Family Robinson" Into one, with a
touch of the Spanish galleon seeking
her saint's day back and forth across
the meridian, and Just a dash of Jack
London and Rex Beach for seasoning,
appears in the formal account of the
wreck of the Portland-bound schooner
Columbia River, submitted by Captain
Nell Murchtson, her master, and re
ceived here by Balfour, Guthrie & Co,
owners of the vessel.
Though the Columbia River piled
up on Sunday Island September 8, the
first detailed account of the wreck
and the subsequent adventures of her
crew, have just been received here.
The narrative, as related In the sworn
statements of the captain, officers and
crew of the schooner, runs as fol
lows: The Columbia River left Auckland,
New Zealand, September 6 for Port
land without cargo or ballast an
empty ship. Under a fair breeze, she
bowled along' for two days with all
sails set, logging oft a good 10 miles
an hour. The ISOth meridian was
crossed September 8, making the next
day that of the wreck also Septem
ber 8. The wind freshened, and the
schooner was obliged to furl her top-1
sails, after one of them had carried
away. I
' Lanat Slanted Dead Ahead.
Before daybreak on the morning of
the third day out the lookout sighted
land dead ahead, too close to allow
the vessel to change her course, and
her bow crashed on a rock and held
before the anchors could be dropped.
The real adventure started at this
point. Second Mate Kyle and one
seaman were lowered from the end
of the Jib boom after breakfast the
next morning and -went ashore
through the surf, carrying a line.
These two set out to explore the
island1 and returned in the afternoon,
reporting that they had seen many
goats but no human Inhabitants. The
following day two parties were sent
out in opposite directions to explore,
and after remaining out all night and
most of the next day they also re
turned, reporting the island devoid of
human life except for the shipwrecked
sailors. No fresh water was to be
found.
Captain Murchison then called a
conference of the entire ship's com-
(Concluded on Page 2. Coiumn l.l
750-Mile Voyage
in Lifeboat.
Back-Flrhr v!?tor Helps Instill
Pep
, University- Aggies
,oa Game Today.
BT L. H. GREGORY.
. oN JGENE, Or., Nov. 18. (Speclal.)-r-
,veral hundred University of Oregon
students cut loose and turned this
town upside down tonight in a huge
noise-making parade and rally to pep
up the Oregon team for the big game
here against Oregon Agricultural col
lege tomorrow. Somebody forgot
Mount Vesuvius.- but otherwise the
parade was a ding buster. Behind
steam engines, boiler-making plants,
volcanoes, tractors, monsters of bed
lam and fire, the students serpentined
or rode on big trucks through the
streets of the town chanting their
pre-battle cry of "Oregon, Oregon,
Rah-Rah Oregon."
Some genius pressed the Lane
county road building machinery into
service and the county's big caterpil
lar tractor, snorting and backfiring
and towing behind it half a dozen
creaking rock cars, was one of the
prize exhibits of the parade.
A donkey engine with the whistle
rope tied down was a deafener, but
the one-half of 1 per cent soda pop
goes to the youth who first discovered
that sawmill saws loosly hung so
every vibration can have full play
are probably the most effective noise
producers . ever invented. Half a
dozen of these big saws and two or
three million small ones were in the
parade and the noise they made must
have been heard half way to Port
land. Red fire, sky rockets and Roman
candles shot streams of fire over
everything. The townspeople got a
great kick out of it.
Presumably something similar, was
going on tonight at Corvallis for these
Oregon Agricultural college boys are
not coming over here tomorrow un
heeled in enthusiasm. They'll have
plenty of that, and they'll have the
numbers, too. And how they'll whoop
It up when the special trains begin
to arrive and they hit the streets of
Eugene!
Jimmy Richardson, manager of stu
dent affairs at Oregon Agricultural
college, got an ear and eye full of
the parade but he was not a whit
discouraged. He predicted that when
the Aggies pile off the ears the racket
they stir up will efface even ' the
memory of tonight's big noise.
A total of 29 Southern Pacific cars
and 11 big army trucks will bring the
Aggie delegation here from Corvallis.
They are dueat 1 o'clock. Accom
panying them will be a 65-piece mili
tary band.
Oregon Aggies' students are polic
ing that town, according to reports
here, to prevent any scouting on their
football team or any painting of
Aggie varsity buildings by overly
enthusiastic Oregon students. They
threw a cordon of skirmishers around
Corvallis last night and all belated
autoists had to explain themselves
mighty thoroughly before they were
permitted to pass.
Already tonight the influx of par
tisans has begun, and partisans is the
word. The neutral at this game Is
an enemy. Everybody is either for
one side or the other.
. The hotels are crowded and late
arrivals rush to a booking bureau on
the campus to be directed to private
homes for rooms for the night. Fra
ternity houses and college dormi
tories are crammed nearly to burst
ing, with guests occupying all the
beds and the students prepared to
whoop it up all night or sleep on
(Concluded on Pasre 8. Column S.)
MAKE IT UNANIMOUS!
GOING TO tfJAVE. A.
President Expected to Sign Bill In
10-Day Period Allowed for
His Action.
WASHINGTON', D. C, Nov. 18. The
brief days of "medical" beer were
considered numbered today when the
senate, by a vote of 56 to 22, finally
adopted the conference report on the
anti-beer bill.
With legislative action concluded,
the bill, fought over for months, goes
to the president, who is expected to
give it his approval within the ten
day period In which he can act. It
was thought possible, however, that
there might be a few days' delay
while an opinion as to the constitu
tionality of the . measure was re
ceived from the attorney-general.
Until the president's pen goes on
the bill, manufacture and sale by
physicians prescriptions will con
tinue, the treasury department an
nounced, but 'n all quarters the lease
on life for "medical beer" was not
placed beyond ten days, although the
beer ban went down only a few weeks
ago with the Issuance of the treas
ury's beer regulations.
Only an hour's debate, but of extra
fervid character, preceded the senate
vote today. Prohibition advocates and
opponents clashed sharply during the
final discussion, limited by agree
ment. The line-up of the bill's oppo
nents Included 12 republicans and ten
democrats, while 33 republicans and
23 democrats supported the measure
The bill will set aside the ruling by
ex-Attorney - General Palmer, who,
two days before he retired, advised
the prohibition enforcement officials
that there was nothing in the Vol
stead act to prohibit the prescription
of beer c.rd light wines for medicinal
purposes.
The legislation has been before
congress since last June. The houso
accepted the compromise reached by
the conferees in August, but there
followed a bitter controversy in the
senate waged by a small but deter
mined group, who contended that the
bill struck a fatal blow at personal
rights because it permitted search
and seizure without warrants. The
first draft of, the measure authorized
the search of private homes without
warrants, but this feature was elimi
nated in conference.
The bill limits physicians to 100
prescriptions for liquor each three
months, and specifies that not more
than a quart of spirituous or vinous
liquors, containing In the aggregate
not more than one-half pint of alco
hol, may be prescribed for one person
in ten days.
Importation of liquors is barred by
the bill until the supply on hand in
the United States shall no longer be
sufficient to meet the current need
for non-beverage uses.
It also gives the courts of Hawaii
and the Virgin islands jurisdiction in
the enforcement of the national pro
hibition act as well as the bill passed
today.
TWO DEADJNRAIL CRASH
Seventeen Persons Injured When
One Train Rams Another.
SALT LAKE CITT, Utah, Nov. 18.
Harry J. Cramer, motorman, and W. A.
Hallien, electrician, both of Salt Lake
C)ty, were killed and 17 other persons
Injured when a Salt Lake & Utah
Railroad company's train, bound from
Provo to Salt Lake City, crashed into
a northbound train of the same com
pany today.
The latter train was standing on a
siding at TaylorsvlUe, 10 miles north
of here.
N t-Q KM OW
Landslide for Tax Meas
ure Is Predicted.
GREATER OREGON AT ISSUE
Campaign Workers Ask Cit
izens to Go to Polls.
NATION AWAITS RESULT
Outcome Will Assure That Spirit
of West Still Lives In Oregon,
Says Mr. Meier.
EXPOSITION ELECTION
FACTS.
Polls will be open from 8
A. M. to 8 P. M.
Every registered voter Is en
titled to vote on the issue.
Exposition tax levy is -only
Issue on ballot.
Utmost importance that every
one votes to obtain real feeling
of city on exposition.
It Is every person's duty to
vote on the tax levy If entitled
to a vote.
The Oregonlan today prints
complete list of all polling
places.
Today will determine whether the
weight of a big idea of a definite pro
posal for ''greater Oregon is suffi
cient to sweep opposition before it
and send broadcast the message:
"Portland has overwhelmingly ap
proved the 1925 exposition
Elections are always doubtful .until
the votes are counted, but the spon
sors of the fair, the men who have
for weeks thrown themselves into the
toil of the campaign, believe in a
thorough victory, urging only the
need for every favorable vote. It Is
conceded that, though the. tax meas
ure seems destined to carry, there Is
required an unmistakable and enthu
siastic majority representing the
greatest possible accord to give evi
dence to the state at large that Port
land is in earnest and so assure the
exposition.
Mr. Meier Predicts Victory.
"Nothing worth while has ever been
accomplished without effort," said
Julius L. Meier, chairman of the 1925
exposition committee. "This has been
the keynote of the city , campaign
which has Just been brought to a
close. The answer to the slogan
'Make It unanimous' for the exposi
tion in 1925 will be recorded by the
people today. I look for a landslide
in favor of the tax measure which
will insure the first capital necessary
to make the exposition of national
importance.
"1 cannot see anything but a won
derful advantage to come out of the
exposition for the whole state of Ore
gon. It will give us the opportunity
of a generation to show the world
what the great state of Oregon has
to offer. It will be an education to
the peopla that will be worth far in
access of the cost. It will bring .
lUlUl.lb VF& luu.ioia IT L u. n III u 111a, nil,
increase the taxable wealth of the
' state and add a new population which
the state cannot hope to gain other
wise in the same length of time.
"It will restore, the commerce of
the Columbia river and open new
markets In all. parts of the world to
Oregon, products. It will give the
people an opportunity to work to
gether for one great unselfish object
It will unite the northwest as evl
dences already illustrated by the co
operation tendered In adjoining states.
It will put Oregon on Its toes and
bring Its people to a fujl realization
that It needs advertising of a world
wide sort. It will bring capital to
the west for Investment. It will
stimulate building throughout the
state , at once. It will furnish em
ployment in no uncertain tone and
every dollar Invested in the develop
ment of the exposition will be re
turned ten-fold before the exposition
opns its gates.
Campaign Committee Thanked.
"I wish to thank the campaign
committee for its untiring effort ic
presenting the subject so clearly and
forcibly to the people. We have all
endeavored to make this a campaign
of education. The rest remains in
I the hands of the people. I do not fear
the result. The voice of Oregon will
assure the world that the spirit of
the great west still lives and Oregon
will takes Its rightful place In the
gallery of states.
"Portland has always stood for
progress. I hope to see Its citizens
record a vote today that will go ring
ing down the state in approval of the
greatest step toward progress our
city has ever been called upon to
decide.
"All eyes In America are looking
on Portland today. Let's not be found
wanting in a public duty."
That the entire nation Is closely
observing the election Is attested by
the hundreds of letters, many of them
official in origin, which have been
received by Julius L. Meier, as chair
man of the executive committee. Ore
gon's !ster states, through their gov-
(Concluutd oa Page 8, Column 1.)
Victim Is Struck by Car Driven by
J. E. Wolff, Who Was Riding
With Divorced Wile.
Mrs. M. Fielschauer, 83, 415 Mar-
guerlte avenue, was injured fatally
at 5:45 last night on Hawthorn, ave
nue near Marguerite when she was
run down by the automobile of J. E.
Wolff, 8 East Thirty-ninth street,
proprietor of the Phoenix Iron works.
She died within a few minute.
Charles M. Tufford, 27, a laborer
living at Sixty-fifth avanue and Sixty-sixth
street Southeast, suffered a
broken left leg and orher Injuries
when he was struck oy aa unidenti
fied truck near Sixty-ninth street and
Sixty-fifth avenue Southeast.
A combination of ram and care
lessness was stld by po:tce to be re
sponsible. Officials said that care
ful driving on dry streets might be
reckless under storm conditions
Mr. Wolff said he was driving west
oa Hawthorne avenu, with his di
vorced wife and nts di'ighter in the
car, when Mrs. fielschauer loomed
before him about 50 feet from the in
tersection with Marguer.te avenue.
One of the front wheels passed over
her body and when he stopped, the
rear wheel on that sWe was at her
neck. She was taken to a drug store,
where she died. The coroner took
charge of the body, reporting that
death probably was due to a fracture
of the skull.
Mrs. Fielschauer is survived by a
widower and two son.
Tufford told police that he was
walking toward town on Sixty-fifth
avenue Southeast, on the lefthand
side of the road, when a small truck
came from the rear, dilving on the
wrong Bide of ihe road and knocked
him down. A witness reported tha
the driver slowed his machine, bu
when ordered to stop opened the
throttle and drove away at high
speed. The number was no obtained
and police have no clew aside from a
general description of tne car
A motorist who struck Mrs. Mary
Atkins, 23, 9719 Ninety-seventh, stree
Southeast, at Second and Morrison
streets about 7 o'clock ran away
without stopping to see how badly
she was hurt. Mrs. Atkins was cross
lng the street with her husband when
she was knocked down, receiving con
tusions of the arm, hips and ankles
which were treated at the city emer
gency hospital. She was sent home
W. B. Oliver, 21, 950 Brooklyn street,
was crushed between two trucks a
the plant of the Associated OH com
pany, Linnton, and was sent to St
Vincent's hospital. His backs was
hurt.
A boxcar parked on the Front
street tracks, and marked by a red
lantern, stopped Henry Drennan, 909
East Seventh street, rather abruptly.
The engine of his machine was dam
aged and Drennan was shaken up,
but was unhurt.
S. P. Strobot. 451 Church street, re
ceived Injuries to knees and arms In
an accident at East Broadway and
Victoria street, when the automobile
of Harold A. Rayner, 418 Center
street, Oregon City, ran him down
He was given treatment at St. Vin
cent's hospital and then sent home.
MARYLAND MEETS TESTS
New Supcrdreadnaught Exceeds
Designed Speed at Trials.
WASHINGTON. D C, Nov. 18
Secretary Denby announced today
that the new superdreadnaught Mary
land successfully underwent the re
cent tests conducted off the Maine
coast.
The Maryland exceeded her de-
designed speed of 21 knots by one
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
V ESTERPAY'8 Maximum temperature. 46
degrees; minimum, 41 degrees.
TODAY'S Probably rain, southerly winds.
Disarmament Conference.
Japanese press holds alliance with Eng
land nut tou vital to abandon, Pago s.
China wants to run Its own affairs. Pare S.
World respond, to Hughe.' plea for reduc
tion ot naval armament. Page 1.
Fact against all war Is urged by Oary.
Page 4.
United States' stand Is firm on naval ra
tios. Page 1.
British halt work on four big warships.
Page 2.
National.
Hughes' nomination for president In 1916
causes depression aniung democrats.
Page 5.
Inheritance tax rate not to be raised.
Page 17.
Anti-beer measure passed by senate.
Paga 1.
Domestic.
Testimony of surgeons worries "Tatty"
Arbuckle at trial. Page 6.
Pacific Northweat.
Turkeys take drop. Page 1.
Students cut looso in rally at Eugene.
Page 1.
Sports.
Outcome of Aggies-Oregon game can't bs
doped. Paga 16.
Even Aggies' coach fears Oregon jinx.
Page Jti-
Hlll beats Goldendale and Franklin de
feats Commerce. Page 17.
California held sure to win. Page IT.
Commercial and Murine.
Coast grain markets out of line with ex
port bida Page 23.
Chicago wheat strengthened By crop
damage reports from Argentina and
Australia. Page 23.
Ball, metal and shipping stocks resist
bear pressure. Page 23.
Story ot wrecking of schooner Columbia
River in south, sea told by captain.
Page 1. v
Lasker analyzes trade problem. Page 22.
Portland and Vicinity.
Thanksgiving da foods abundant. Page 14
Todd fraud case halts until Monday.
Page 13.
State attacking murder defense. Page 8.
Voters to decide fate of exposition today.
page 1.
National grange ousts William Bouck and
associates!, page 1.
Woman pedestrian fatally. Injured by auto.
Page 1.
Grangers to act on big issues. Page 7.
Probe to be made at School Director
Shuli'a request. Page 14.
Farmers' rate cut to go in effect soon.
Pave 13.
Washington State Master
Permanently Barred.
UNANIMOUS ACTION IS TAKEN
Secretary and Executive
Committee Are Expelled.
SECESSION IS RESENTED
Strife, in Which Leader Is Charged
With Radicalism and Disloyalty,
Ends Dramatically. .4
The master, secretary and the
executive committee of three of the
seceding Washington state granges
were expelled from the order for dis
loyalty and secession yesterday after
noon by unanimous vote of the ac
credited delegates of the national
grange. William Bouck of Sedro
Wooley, former master of the Wash
ington state grange; C. It. Cottrell of
Kent, secretary of the so-called se
cession state grange, and M. A. Ham
ilton, Bcllingham, Wash.; J. C.
Wrage, Arlington, Wash., and R. A.
Brlggs, Okanogan, Wash., the execu
tive committeemen, are the men who
are expelied from the grange and
barred from ever becoming members
of the order again.
The action,' precipitated like a
bombshell upon an otherwise peace
ful meeting by the report of the na
tional executive committee, was taken
with all delegates seated. Though no
hint of the pending action had been
given, the convention hall at the
Multnomah hotel was crowded to
overflowing, with several hundred
Washington and Oregon grangers
packed in the spectators' section.
Ousting Is Applauded.
The burst of applause which swept
through the room was stilled by Na
tional Master Lowell, who arose to
proclaim the verdict of the national
grange, which forever bars the flv
men from entering any subordinate
grange or taking any part in ths
activities of the order.
The voto as taken was for expul
sion from the sixth degree only, ths
national grange degree, but expulsion
from it, according to authority, car
ries with it the same sentence in
regard to the lower degrees. W. J.
Thompson, South China, Me.; LeHlie
R. Smith, Hadley, Mass.; T. C. Atke
son, Buffalo, W. Va., and S. J. Lowell,
Fredonla, N. Y., the national execu
tive committee, binned the report and
recommendation of expulsion which
was pussed by the body.
Internal Strife (uunrd.
Tho action brings to a drumatlo
close the trouble which has been
brewing more than a year, in which
Mr. Bouck and his followers hava
been a thorn to the national grangs
and have lead to internal strife In
the Washington state grange. Mr.
Bouck's actions, characterized as
radical and bordering on disloyalty,
led to a trial before the national
grange at Boston lust year. Hi was
reprimanded by National Master
Lowell in opening meeting by recom
mendation of the body which tried
him. Last June at Colville, Mr.
Bouck's address to tbe state grangs
aroused a wave of feeling among ex
soldiers and patriotic organizations
as well as in tbe grange itself. H4
was subpended from office by Na
tional Master Lowell In July.
Mr. Bouck and his associates re
fused to heed the nutlonal master's
dlct and organized a body which they
proclaimed as the state grange. The
regular state organization under Fred
Nelson, acting master, brought the
matter to a court issue and In a civil
suit in King county obtained a court
(function restraining Mr. Bouck and
the session grange from assuming
any grange functions.
Action Kirat of Kind.
Leslie R. Smith, secretary of ths
executive commlttoe, reaJ tho court
records and the injunction order Is
sued by Judge Reynolds of Seattle.
mmediately following the recommen
dations of the committee were mads
and the matter put to a vote without
discussion or comment. The action
is said to be ths first In history where
the national master has been called
upon to expel a state grange master.
Mr. Bouck had been charged with
treason against the national organ
ization and undue political activity
within the state grange of Washing
ton. On June 1, 1920, he was exon
erated of these accusations and was
given a vote of confidence. In Janu
ary of last year he had been asked
to resign as state master at a meet
ing held at Orchards, a request which
he declined to comply with.
rirdae Given Before Altar.
When the national grange met In
Boston in 1920 Mr. Bouck was placed
on trial before the convention and h
finally gave a' pledge before the
altar, after which he was left as
master of the state grange on proba
tion. Returning home, he resumed
his activities which were construed
as inimical to the Interests of tha
national grange and he was charged
with preaching secession from ths
national organization Instead of har
mony. Following suspension by Na
tional Grand Master Lowell he waa
made a supervising deputy.
In August last, when ther was an
(Coaciuued oa Pag 7, Coluaia X)