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Entered at Portland (Oregon Poatoffice aa Second-ciaes Matter. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1922 26 PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS SOME RAILWAYS GEM-STUDDED CROWN OF HAPSBURGS LOST s KNICKERS, SMOKING LAWFUL FOR GIRLS ADMIRER ENRICHES GIRL THOUGHT UNWED BERING ICE DELAYS AMUNDSEN'S FLIGHT E RELIC OP ROYALTY' IS RE PORTED STOLEN. CONVICTION OP BROOKLYN MISS IS REVERSED. MILLIONAIRE'S ESTATE TRIES TO RECOVER $650,000. AIRPLANE TRIP OVER NORTH POLE POSTPONED. VOL. LXI NO. 19.241 GOVERNOR S MR. OLCDTT WINS POINT III RECOUNT G IA HEAD I Separate Pacts With Strikers Sought. U. S. ACTION IS POSSIBLE All Negotiations During Day at Standstill. ,.' DISORDERS NOT LARGE Most Trouble Is Confined to Flogging of Kidnaped Work i ers by Gangs. WHAT IS HAPPENING IN RAILROAD STRIKE. Eastern railway executives went to "Washington to confer with members of the senate interstate commerce commit tee. With peace negotiations ap parently halted, attention was directed to the efforts of in dividual roads to effect sep arate settlements. Eastern executives, meeting in New York, issued a state ment maintaining that the strike Is aimed at the govern ment and not the' railroads. Strike ballots were ordered sent to clerks and freight handlers on the Chicago, Mil waukee & St. Paul railroad. Many trains were added to the list of those annulled by various roads because of the shopmen's strike and coal shortage. Soldiers were ordered to Hoislngton, Kan.; Rocky Mount, N. C; Aberdeen, X. C and Concord, N. H., because of strike trouble. CHICAGO, July 20. (By the As sociated press.) With all . peace negotiations in the country-wide strike of railway shopmen appar ently at a standstill today, atten tion was directed tonight to the possibility of government interven tion and the action of individual railroads in seeking separate set tlements with their men. The Baltimore & Ohio railroad posted notices today that since the Chicago conciliation efforts had failed, it was "now ready to confer with its men" in an effort to settle the differences, and expressed con fidence that an agreement could be reached. Roads of the northwest were reported to have been nego tiating for a settlement in that sec tion for the past ten days, and a southern railway was said today to be pursuing a similar course. National Bails Demanded. B. M. Jewell, head of the shop crafts, in past statements has main tained that any settlement must be on a national basis, although he has encouraged his general chairmen to confer with the carriers when the roads requested such conference. At strike headquarters4' tonight it was said that Mr. Jewell might have a statement tomorrow. Eastern executives meeting ia New' York today issued a statement re iterating their, contention that the strike is aimed at the government and not at the railroads. No indications of new peace over tures from any source were to be seen here today. Rail executives, la bor board members and union offi cials were silent. Clerks Go On Strike. Clerks on the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad went on strike and strike ballots were ordered sent to clerks and freight handlers on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road. A group of new shop employes at the south Chicago shops of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad also quit work and it was announced that clerks on the Chicago & Northwestern road were awaiting the result of conferences between. George A. Worrell, of the clerks' organization, and Frank Walters, general manager of the road. The unions presented a com ' promise proposition after the clerks had voted to strike and the road of ficials promised an answer tomor row. If the answer is unfavorable, union leaders said the 7300 members of the union on the road would quit work as soon as strike sanction had been given. Many Trains Are Annulled. Many trains were added today to the list of those annulled by vari ous roads because of the coal strike and shopmen's strike. Four local passenger trains of the Chicago & Northwestern in Iowa will be an nulled tomorrow, the St. Louis & San Francisco road annulled two trains between Birmingham and Memphis, the Northwestern annulled two trains between Mason City, la., and Belleplalne, la., the Wabash railroad announced it had taken oft six trains in the Cincinnati divi sion, and passenger traffic on the Northern Pacific line entering Du- ICo-cluded on Faga 2, Column 3.1 Aviator Who Carried Diadem to Spanish Consulate for Safety . Summoned to Paris. NEW YORK. July 20. The dia mond and ruby-studded crown of the Hapsburgs, former rulers of Austria-Hungary, has been stolen from the Spanish consulate in A'ienna, where it was placed for safe keeping after the revolution began, it became known today. Count de Korwin Sokolowski, Aus trian aviator, who carried the dia dem from a convention to the con sulate during the first Says of the revolution, has been summoned to Paris. He sailed last Saturday on La Savoie to join in a hunt for the jewels in Vienna, Barcelona, Paris and possibly Moscow. Baron Radowitz, a German noble man, who spent several days last May with the former German kaiser in Doom and is a close friend of Sokolowski, today admitted the crown had been stolen. Sokolowski was a noted Austrian flier during the war. When the Hapsburg house, to which he is re lated, fell he took several members of the royal family out of Vienna by airplane. The archduchess Blanca of Austria, a princess of Bourbon, now living in Paris incognito, then told the count that the imperial crown was hidden in a convenUnear Vienna and delegated him to get it safely away. The count visited the convent. claimed the crown and flew with it to the consulate. There he obtained a receipt in the name of a friend, fearing efforts of revolutionists to locate the diadem. The receipt was sent to the friend with careful in structions not to claim the crown until he had received orders, and Sokolowski went to London. Two months ago German and Aus trian royalists were .notified by underground that the receipt had been presented to the consulate and the crown removed. But the receipt was not presented by Sokolowski's friend, and he has no recollection of Its disappearance. It is believed it was either lost or stolen in Paris. According to Baron Radowitz the crown is not of great intrjnsic value, but historically it is priceless. Archduchess Blanca decided to make public news of the theft so that collectors would be warned against purchasing it. MISSING AVIATOR FOUND Charles Prest Descends In Herd of Caribou In Yukon. DAWSON CITY, T. T., July 20. Charles O. Prest, Nevada aviator, en route from Buffalo, N. Y., to Nome, Alaska, and Siberia, and who was feared lost in the wilderness between here and Fairbanks, is alive and well at Nigger Head flat, on Seventy-Mile river, 75 miles from Dawson, according to word received here today. He was forced to land there Sunday on account of engine trouble. Prest's airplane descended in the midst of a herd of caribou. The aviator killed one of the animals, thus supplying himself with food. He was found today by a party headed by Marshal Dudney on the trail, 45 miles from Eagle, Alaska. The plane was lying partially wrecked where it landed, and, ac cording to Prest, cannot be raised from its present location. The avia tor will proceed by steamer to Fair banks. TELLEGEN DENIES DEBT Geraldine Farrar claims Hus band Owes Her $9600. (By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.) NEW YORK, July 20. Geraldine Farrar, opera singer, filed a suit against her husband, Lou Tellegen, actor, whom she is suing for divorce, in the supreme court several months ago, in which she demands the repay ment of (9,600 alleged to have been loaned to Tellegen during the four years they lived together. This fact did not become kiiown until today, when Justice Donnelly denied an application made by Miss Farrar to compel her husband to give particulars of the defenses in his answer mailed to her attorneys last month, that the money has all been repaid and that he owes her nothing. The paper also shows that Max D. Steuer is now acting as at torney for Tellegen and he is ex pected to appear for him when the matrimonial action is tried in the fall. ' U. S. MISSION IS SAFE Gunboat Near Canton Reports Americans Will Stay on Job. CANTON, July 20. (By the Asso ciated Press.) The United States gunboat Pampanga has returned from a dash up the West river to Wuchow, where an appeal for help had been sent in by eight Amer ican and Canadian missionaries sta tioned at Linchow. The Pampanga brought back word that the mis sionaries were safe and that they did not now care to leave Linchow. Fighting between Chen Chiung Mine's forces and the Kiangsi troops of Sun Yat-Sen, deposed president of South China, still continues in the neighborhood of Shiuchow, northern Kwangtung, without de cisive results, according to advices received here from the battle front. Since the disturbances In Kwan tung province following the fall of the Sun Yat-Sen- government ban dits are reported as becoming more active. EDITOR'S ARREST William Allen White Held Anti-Picket Violator. UNION'S CAUSE ESPOUSED Close Friends and Co-Work-ers Dissent. WARRANT TODAY LIKELY Kansas Industrial Court, Holding Strike Unlawful, Splits Eminent Leaders. TOPEKA, Kan., July 20. Gover nor Henry J. Allen tonight author ized the arrest of William Allen White, editor of the Emporia Ga zette, for alleged violations of the antl-plcketlng provisions of the Kansas industrial court law and issued a statement. The warrant probably will be issued tomorrow, it was believed. Declaring in a signed statement "no distinction will be made as to individuals, no matter what their standing may be in the state or nation," and 'certainly we cannot make any exception of Mr. White's case," Governor Allen turned the prosecution of Mr. White over to the attorney-general of the state, Prosecution Ik Dared. Mr. White had carried placards in the Gazette windows supporting the railway shopmen's strike. He also carried a front-page editorial in the Gazette Wedensday daring Governor Allen to prosecute him for advocating the cause of the strik ing railway employes. Governor Allen's statement fol lows: . "The Kansas' court of industrial relations act prohibits a strike in an essential industry. It pledges the power of the state to the pro tection -of---the- public -a-grarast the cessation of any of these industries. The act declares that any man who wishes to work shall not be mo lested in the exercise' of that right, and it prohibits strikers from using violence, intimidation, threats or any form of persuasion in order to deter those who wish to work in an essential industry from so doing. It declares that every form of pick eting is a part of the conspiracy to deprive the public of transporta tion. Picketing Is Attempted. "When the shop crafts walked out in Kansas their leaders tried various forms of picketing, but were deterred from putting any of their picketing plans Into effect. (Concluded on Pase 6, Column 1.) IN ENGLAND A MURDERER IS - eiVMHhT 7St YOU z2r&V r 5- Jrfo (It jr' ' "TttE. GRU ViHO HAS v Mifelll ;- bO?LSKf HAVE ONE 1 ' . - " ' v "Sa; Cigarettes and Odd "Wearing Ap parel Held Not Evidence of Immoral Character. (By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.) NEW YORK. July 20. Cigarettes and knickers for girls are not in signia of depravity In the eyes of law. So ruled Judge McLaughlin in the Kings county court today in reversing the conviction of Edna Hobbs Heych, 18, of Brooklyn, f. Miss Heych had been sentenced to three years in the house of the Good Shepherd by Magistrate Mc Closky and today's decision was the result of an appeal. She was ar rested last February, in company with Jeanette Sandler, 15, and Vin cent Lawless, both of Brooklyn, in a bungalow owned by the Heych girl's father at Bergen beach. At the time' both girls were attired in knickerbockers and were smoking cigarettes. Judge McLaughlin ruled cigarettes and knickerbockers are not evidence of immoral character. Edward J. Reilly, Miss Heych's attorney, said he would bring suit against the chil dren's society and the arresting of ficer, alleging malicious prosecution. DE WOLF HOPPER SUED Actor's Wife Wants Divorce on Statutory Grounds. (By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.) NEW YORK, July 20. Suit for ab solute divorce has been startedby Mrs. Elda Furry Hopper against her husband, DeWolf Hopper, the come dian,, who is at present playing in Baltimore in a revival or Gilbert and Sullivan operas. The papers were served on him a few days ago. The comedian and Mrs. Hopper, who was known on the stage as "Hedda Hopper," were married in Riverside, N. J., May 8, 1893. The present Mrs. Hopper is the actor's fifth wife. They have one son, De Wolf Hopper, Jr., 7, now with his mother at Douglas Manor, L. I. The divorce will be asked for on statu tory grounds. No co-respondent has been named. Mrs. Hopper will ask for full custody of her son. They have been separated a year. NURSE GUILTY OF. THEFT Woman With Paris Record Faces Prison Term In New York. - t - : (By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.) NEW YORK, July 20. A verdict of guilty was returned today against . Elizabeth Kelly, trained nurse, on trial for the theft of a $900 diamond ring. The Jury was out two hours. . Miss Kelly, pre maturely gray and garbed in black, was led weeping back to .her cell in Tombs prison. She will be sentenced next Wednesday. The nurse was arrested last spring for the theft of the ring from the residence of Mrs. David R. La mont, where she had attended Mrs. Lamont's son. The alleged theft oc curred late in 1918 and later Miss Kelly went to Paris and nursed Peter Cooper Hewitt in his last illness. TRIED, CONVICTED AND SENTENCED TO BE HANGED IN 26 DAYS. Late Baltimore Sportsman Lav ished Fortune Before Discover ing Beneficiary Married. BY HENRY WALES. (Chicago Tribune Foreign News Service. Copyright, 1922, by the Chicago Tribune.) LONDON, July 20. How the late Walter Winans, the Baltimore mil lionaire race-horse owner and sportsman, lavished a fortune -on an 18-year-old girl before he discovered she was married was revealed today when the administrator of Mr. Winan's estate started a suit to re cover $650,000 from Annie" Lillian Lucy Lycett and her husband, the Rev. Graham Lycett. When Mr. Winans was 68 he met Mr. and Mrs. Wainwrlght, the lat ter aged 18. He became Infatuated with her. Then in October, 1914, Mr. Wainwrlght obtained a divorce, charging his wife with misconduct with an unidentified man. Mr. Winans then settled $250,000 in consols, $80,000 in Russian bonds and $30,000 in war loan bonds on the woman, besides paying the costs of her living expenses, and giving her charge accounts in leading shops. In April, 1920, Mr. Winans discov ered that she was married to the Rev. Mr. Lycett three weeks after she was divorced from Mr. Wain-, wright, and that she had lived with nim since. Mr. Winans' letters to Mrs. Waln wright read as follows: "Little Elf; Sorry you are wor ried -about bills. I will send you money as soon as I get it Don't worry about sending me bills.. You are my little elf girl and I must keep your bills paid. You are not one bit extravagant. You are a good child." The attorneys for both sides con ferred privately following the read ing of this letter, trying to arrange a settlement of the case. PIRATES KILL, CAPTAIN Schooner Held Up and Master Is Shot Dead on Deck. MIAMI, Fla., July 20. The con verted auxiliary schooner William H. Albury was held up by motor boat pirates off Gun Key late this afternoon and her master, Captain Edgecomb, shot dead on deck, ac cording to a wireless message from Bimini.' !---'- . The message was picked up from the Miami beach radio station to night ' ' . . ' HYLAN DECLINES RACE New York Mayor Refuses to Try for Governorship NEW YORK, July , 20. Mayor Hylan announced today that he would not be a candidate for gov ernor this fall under any circum stances. His statement came after William Randolph Hearst had vis ited him at the city hall. Yesterday he wrote a letter to Mr., Hearst, again asking the pub lisher to lead the "crusade" this fall 1 Changing Registration at Polls Legal. CIRCUIT COURT DECIDES One Allegation Stricken From Hall's Complaint. TRIAL OPENS NEXT WEEK Presentation of Plaintiff's Case Is Expected to Take Four Weeks, Says Mr. L"Ren. SALEM. Or., July 20. (Special.) Governor Olcott today won the first round in the election contest pro ceedings filed on behalf of Charles Hall when Judges G. G. Bingham and Percy Kelly, sitting en banc iu the Marion county circuit court, al lowed a motion prepared by Gover nor Olcott's attorneys to strike from Mr. Hall's complaint the allegat'on that voters who had previously registered have no legal right to change their party affiliations through reregistratlon at the po'Is on primary election day. The court d sallowed the motion as far as H related to striking out other sec tions of Mr. Hall's petition. Judges Bingham and Kelly, in passing on the motion, declared that the election statutes expressly pro vided for the rereglstration of vot ers through the channel commonly Known a blank B. --Blank Are Provided. These blanks, the judges said, are a part of the election machinery, and after being used in re-register ing voters, are sent by the election boards to the county clerks for proper filing. As the election boards function only on election days the' court said it was apparent that -the law contemplated the re-reglstra-tiqn of voters on such days. Judge Bingham made It plain that the couri had not made any attempt to pass on the wisdom of the pri mary election law, but that it had been interpreted as it had been found. ' W. S. TJ'Ren, of counsel for the contestant, in a subsequent address before the court asked whether or not the question of voters casting their ballots on Blank A had been passed upon. Judge Bingham re plied that this question had not been raised in thaf section of Mr. Hall's complaint which had been ordered stricken from the record. Early Decision Sought. Appeal then was made by Attor ney U'Ren that the proceedings be expedited in order that the expense of the action may be curtailed to the minimum, and that a definite decision may be reached as quickly as possible. . In this connection Judge Kelly said many factors en tered into the proceedings and ques tioned the attorneys as to whether they had at any time considered making the county clerks and dis trict attorneys of the counties In which a recount of the votes is sought parties to the proceedings. Attorney TJ'Ren replied that the suggestion apparently was sound, and if adhered to might result in expediting the case. By stipulation of the attorneys 't was agreed that an answer to the complaint shall be' filed by next Tuesday. The court then will set the date of the trial, which prob ably will start some time next week. Attorney TJ'Ren said it would re quire approximately four weeks for the contestants to present their case, while Roy Shields of counsel for Governor Olcott declared a sim ilar length of time would be re quired for making a proper show ing on the part of the contestee. Statement Is Refused. Attorney Shields refused to make any statement with relation to the contents of the answer that would be filed by Governor Olcott. He de clared that this probably would be decided at a conference to be held in Portland tomorrow or Saturday. Jay Bowerman, attorney, who also has been retained by Governor Ol cott, will be In attendance at this conference. After full interpretation of the court's decision on the motion to strike, attorneys for Governor Ol cott said there remained seven al legations in Mr. Hall's petition. One of these charges that more votes were counted in the primary elec tion than were cast. Another allega tion is that a large number of votes marked for Mr. Hall were rejected by the election boards and not counted for the defeated candidate. The third allegation is that the election boards allowed voters reg istered in one precinct to cast their ballot In - another precinct. It also was charged by Mr. Hall that in sev eral precincts the votes counted were in excess of those cast. Democratic Vote Charged. Another allegation was to the ef fect that a large number of demo crats wrote Mr. Olcott's name on the democratic ballot, but that they were counted for Mr. Olcottln de termining the republican returns. Other allegations relate to non-resi- (.Concluded on Page 3, Column L) Explorer's Vessel, Far From Des tination, Believed to Lie In Good Hope Bay. SEATTLE, Wash., July 20. (By the Associated Press.) Unfavorable ice conditions in Bering sea have delayed the arrival of Captain Roald Amundsen's exploration ship Maud at Point Barrow, Alaska, and de layed the start of his projected air plane flight across the North PoleN to Spitsbergen or Grants Land, ac cording to advices received here from several sources today. Cap tain Amundsen, when he left Nome, Alaska, for Point Barrow last June 29, expected he would be able to be gin his polar flight today. Wire less position reports from the Maud, received in this country as late as July 18, fixed the ship's position in latitude 66 degrees 6 minutes north and longitude 162 degrees 42 minutes east, or somewhere in the neighbor hood of Good Hope bay, Kotzebue sound. This is hundreds of miles from Point Barrow and only a few hundred miles from Nome. The fact that the Maud reported the same position July 15 led friends of the explorer here to the belief that the ship was lying to in the Good Hope bay anchorage awaiting more favor able conditions In Bering sea and the Arctic ocean. Nome advices were to the effect that the breakup of ice in the north ern waters- was later this season than for : lany years in the past and that heavy floe ice -was ham- pering the movement of vessels pering north of Cape Prince of Wales. No fear was felt here for the safety of the Maud, as a wireless message received by a friend of the explorer several days ago reported "all's well." The ship was especially designed by Captain Amundsen for work in the northern ice fields. GARMENT SJRIKE NEAR 50,000 Workers to Quit, Closini? 2800 Shops. (By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.) NEW . YORK, July 20. Fifty thousand members of the cloak and suit branch of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' union will strike at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning, closing 2S00 shops in greater New York. - Benjamin Sehlesinger. president of the international union, made thi ansnouncement today, explaining that the strike or "stoppage," as he called the movement would be an effort of the organized workers once and for all" to eliminate the sweat shops, "social" shops ana 'corporation" shops. GREEK ANTIQUE FOUND Statue Declared 2000 Years Old Is Found Xear Yonkers, X. Y. YONKERS, N. Y., July 20. Buried three feet below a water main which had not been disturbed since some 38 years ago, workmen have found a statue, declared to be "pure Greek and 2(M)0 years old" at Greystone, Samuel Untermyer's country place. The statue is of a woman and stands about 4 feet 6 inches without the head, which had been broken off and which was found later. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Highest temperature. 73 degrees; lowest, oz degrees; fair. TODAY'S Fair, northwesterly winds. Foreign. A E. F. ex-officer heads Irish drive. Page 4. National. Silent Senator Culberson asks re-election. Page 4. Domestic. Republican gubernatorial race in Ne braska primary exceedingly close. Page 5. Hammer slayer pleads not guilty. Page 3. Knickers and smoking held lawful for girls. Page 1. Hapshurg crown, placed in Spanish con sulate for safe keeping, stolen. Page 1. Evangelist's wife jealous, is charge. Page 3. . Some railroads bid for peace. Page 1. Kansas governor orders arrest of Wlll- lam Allen White. Page 1. Admirer enriches girl thought unwed. Page 1. Faflfio Northwest. Bering Ice delays Amundsen's north pole flight. Page 1. Mr. Olcott wins point In recount case. Page 1. Wallowa lake In need of highway ex tension to attract tourists. Page 4. Sports. New York .Yankees trim Tigers, 5 to 1. Page 14. Pacific Coast league results: At Salt Lake 1, Portland 7: at Sacramento 4, Seattle 3; at Los Angeles 10. Vernon 4; at Oakland 4, San Francisco 1. Page 14. Two-day regatta to open today Page.15. Molla i bitter on return home. Page 16. X Commercial and Marine. Labor' uses clever strategy In strikes. . Page 24. Dredges to use steel pontoons. Page 12. Application of coastwise shipping laws In Philippines would hurt Portland. says Senator Mulkey. Page 12. Portland meats wanted In Europe. Page 25. New wheat contracted for early tonnage. Page 24. Chicago wheat stronger on larger ex port trade. Page 24. High records established by Liberty bonds, rage -o. . Portland nd Vicinity. Fire fighter dies despite operation Page 7. t Eight varieties of fruit grow on one tree ownea Dy roruaiia man. rage 17. Many Vancouver marriages end in di vorce court. Page 18. Roadhouse owner asks Injunction. Page 28. American Institute of Banking closes Its national convention. Page 1. Rail strikers lose rights with roads. Page 2. Weather report, data and forecast Page 12. Plans for new high school in northeast Portland take shape, fags e, QF BANKING BODY Carter EJalman Chosen Institute President. PRAISE GIVEN TO PORTLAND Water Power of Northwest Revealed to Delegates. POTENTIAL VALUE HUGE Magnitude of Salmon Industries Is Shown In Address Dealing With Industrial Growth. Carter E. Talman of Richmond. Va., who for the last year has been vice-president of the American In stitute of Banking, was elevated to the office of president yesterday afternoon in the closing session of the national convention of the or ganization. He succeeded Robert B. Locke of Detroit. Mich, w,(v, .ni Without opposition Clarence R. Chaney of St. Louis was elected vice-president and members of the executive council were chosen . as follows: A. C. Burchett of Memphis, Norman T. Hayes of Philadelphia, Bert V. Chappel of Cleveland and Frank N. Hall of St. Louis. Portland In Complimented. In their final business session the bankers adopted a resolution In which they complimented Portland for the hospitality that had been extended to them. They expressed appreciation of the Columbia river highway and other Oregon scenery and signified a willingness to re turn to their homes boosters for this state. The delegates had an opportunity In the afternoon to gain an Idea of the water-power resources In this section of the west through an ad dress by H. A. Hands, project engi neer for the Portland Railway, Light & Power company. Mr. Rands took the place of Franklin T. Grif fith on the programme. Great Rraourcra Explained. "Within the state of Oregon, Washington and Idaho is to be found 38 per cent of the potential water power of the country," said Mr. Rands. "This is true in spite of the fact that these states comprise but 8 per cent of the land surface of the United States. The water power in these three states is approximately 14,000,000 horse power." The speaker called attention to the tremendous amount of money that was being expended each year for the development of electric power. "As custodians of many billions of dollars you will from time to time be asked to invest funds committed to your care in water-power securi ties," said Mr. Rands. "Just as there are wildcat oil schemes, so will there be wildcat power schemes. Survey Important Factor. "As a first precaution, before in vesting in any water-power project. i It is essential to know that the wa ter, which is the vital element, is not wanting, and this can be as-' sured only by having accurate steam gaugings extending over a period of years." Earlier in the day B. F. Stone, president of the port of Astoria, read a paper in which he dealt with the development of the salmon-canning industry. He outlined the costs of labor, the methods of fishing and canning and the systems of market ing the products. Other speakers were Dr. W. J. Hindley, ex-mayor of Spokane, whose subject was "Scientific Mer chandising," and E. G. Crawford, vice-president of the United States National bank," who dealt with "Fundamentals." Cleveland Gets Convention. Delegates in the closing session voted to hold their 1923 convention in Cleveland, O. A spirited race is being held between Atlanta and St. Louis for the convention in 1924. Following a grand ball in the Multnomah hotel last night the delegations departed by special trains for the east. Three trains left at midnight for California and they carried most of the southern and eastern visitors who had ar rived here by way of northern routes. Preparations are being made in San Francisco, Oakland and Los Angeles for entertainment of the delegations as they arrive. LIGHTNING KILLS MAN Victim Struck While Riding on Load of Hay Xear Lakevlew. LAKEVIEW, Or., July 20. (Spe cial.) While riding on a load of hay yesterday, G. W. Cook, recently of San Jose, CaL, was killed by lightning at Davis Creek, Cal, 40 miles south of here. Ha leaves his widow and one child. The body was sent to San Jose. A severe electrical and rain storm prevailed and men with. Mr. Cook, had urged going to a barn a few minutes before the fatal strike, . i