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THE STTSDAY OEEGOXIAX, rORTLAXD, AUGUST lO, 1919.
STRIKE GALLED OFF
BY STOCKYARD MEN
Chicago and Denver Workers
to Return Monday.
NUMBER OUT IS DISPUTED
Cnion Officials Claim 36,500 Left
Jobs Federal Mediator
to Act Tuesday.
CHICAGO. Aug. 9. Striking stock
yards workers today decided to return
to work Monday. Withdrawal of the
militia from the yards yesterday and
of the deputy sheriffs today was sat
isfactory to the men.
The decision, if adhered to, will re
move a serious situation that had prom
ised to become a general strike with
resultant reduction of meat products
for a larpre part of the nation, with
possible increase in prices.
The larger packing companies had
been crippled by the walkout, but had
said they were operating today on a
50 per cent basis. While many of the
smaller companies were seriously af
fected, the 'bitr five" reported not many
more than lu.000 of their men were
out.
Union officials had claimed 36,500
men had walked out.
DENVER, Aug. 9. The strike of em
ployes at packing plants here ended
late today when representatives of six
unions voted to return to work Monday,
pending settlement of their grievances
by Judge Samuel Alschuler of Chicago,
federal mediator, during a meeting to
begin in Chicago Tuesday.
A threatened strike of engineers at
the packing plants, which would have
thrown 2U00 butchers out of work, was
also ended by the decision.
SHIPS TO OE KEPT "WET"
SHIPYARDS STORE UP LIQUOR
FOR LAUXCHLXGS.
Oakland Rates Vessels "Hoodoo
Boats Unless Wine Bottles Are
Broken Over Prows.
OAKLAND, Cal., Aug. 9. The United
States may be "dry," but Oakland ship
launching?! will be "wet" ror some years
to come. To this enl the shipyard own
ers of this city have laid in a supply
of champagne to be used at christen
ings. This step was taken in deference
to sea superstition.
"We had to do it," said George A.
Armea, president of the Moore Ship
building company. "Sailors will not go
to sea on a ship that has not had a
bottle of wine broken over its prow at
its launchings. It is a 'hoodoo ship It
would be difficult for U3 to sell our
ships if they were not christened ac
cording to custom."
The shipyard owners stocked up on
wine only after they had procured adr
vice of attorneys. The lawyers held
t ere would be no violation of laws
because the wine "was neither sold
nor given away, but thrown away."
Oakland nearly had a "dry" christen
ing recently at the launching of. the
City of Berkeley, a liberty loan honor
ship. Its namesake, Berkeley, adjoin
ing Oakland, is the seat of the Uni
versity of California and therefore
"dry" by local option and state enact
ment. Petitions against christening
the vessel with wine were circulated,
with suggestions as substitutes of milk.
; ginger ale, grape juice and carbonated
water.
Apparently officials of the Union Con
struction company, in whose yard the
vessel was built, acquiesced in the de
.mand of the "drys," but when the ribbon-wrapped
bottle smashed .against
the prow there was a fizz and scent of
pood champagne.
"No hoodoo ship shall leave our yard,'
the bui Id ers said.
NATIVE OF GERMANY DIES
Diedrick Patjens of Felida Sur
vived by Wife and Five Children.
VANCOUVER, "VVash., Aug. 9. (Spe
cial.) .Diedrick Patjens of Kelida died
at his home Kriday at the age of 53
years. He was born in Germany and
came to Grass alley. Or., in 1891, mov
'ipg" from there to Felida in 1912.
lie is survived by his wife Meta and
j the following children: John, at home;
'Mrs. I... S. Grant, Palmer, Idaho; Mrs.
Will iam Grant, Lebanon, Or. ; Mrs.
Verne Harper, Sara and Mrs. Harry
ebber, ancouver; seven grandchi
dren, mother. Mrs. Elizabeth Patjens
two brothers and two sisters in Ore
. pon. and one brother and two sisters in
Germany.
Funeral services will be held Thurs
day at 2;30 o'clock from the German
Lutheran church at Salmon Creek,
Rev. Biel officiating.
BICYCLE INJURES BEDE
Cottage Grove Editor Is Hurt When
Fogasu-i shies at Lumber.
v COTTAGE GROVE. Or., Aug.
imperial.) The Cot tape Grove tfentinei
was issued under difficulties this week,
owinc to the tact that the pedal ex
tremities which Albert Bede, the editor,
V.ses in ehasfnp the elusive news item
iind the jood ripht arm which guides
the si7.7.1in editorial pen were put out
f business temporarily when the edi-
tprial Pepasus (.a hiprh-peared bicycle)
allied at a pile of lumber being used
fomc sidewalk work and went over the
embankment into a deep hole, taking
ne rider with it.
A contemplated trip to Portland to
attend the state and national editorial
5Lsociations was cancelled on account
Ji the injuries.
$25,000,000 IN NAVY BILL
Appropriation Would Provide Work
I for Several Thousand.
5 WASHINGTON. Aug. S. A bill to ap
Jpropriate SJa.0O0.0urt for repair and
construction work in navy-yards was
introduced today by Representative
u-'itzgerald, democrat, of Massachusetts.
) The navy is short of funds for this
twork and it was announced recently
that tlvjusands of navy-yard-employes
.tvould be discharged unless additional
finoiiey was appropriated.
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INEVV CANNERY IS FORMED
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iJTortland Really Company Also Is
! Incorporated at Salem.
! SALEM. Or.. Aug. 9. (Special.) The
Columbia Kealty company, with head-
quarters in Portland, today filed arti
cles of incorporation here. The in
corporators are; F. E. Taylor, F. S.
Taylor and Ralph Cake, and the capital
stock is 5H0. It is the purpose of
the corporation to conduct a general
real estate business.
The Crater Lake Box company, with
headquarters at Klamath Falls, has
increased its capital stock from $60,000
to $100,000, according to a resolution
filed in . the corporation department
here today.
The Alsea Fishermen's Canning- com
pany, with a capital stock of $15,000,
has filed articles of incorporation here.
The purpose of the corporation is to
conduct a general fishing and cannery
business and the incorporators are: F.
C. Barnes. Charles H. Carey and C.
Frisbie. Headquarters have been es
tablished at Waldport, Lincoln county.
EIGHT' DIE IN EXPLOSION
TWENTY IXJtRED IV DISASTER
IX ONTARIO.
Grain Elevator at Port Colborne
Blows Cp and Whole Town -Is
Shaken.
PORT COLBORNE. Ont., Aug. 9.
Eight persons were killed and a score
were injured, seven of them seriously,
in an explosion which wrecked the
large government grain elevator on the
Welland canal here this afternoon.
Pour of the bodies were recovered.
The financial loss is estimated at
$1,800,000. Spontaneous combustion is
believed to have caused the explosion.
The superintendent of the elevator.
D. S. Harvey, was among the injured.
The explosion occurred shortly after
the elevator hands returned to work
following their dinner hour. The con
cussion shook the whole town and win
dows in nearby buildings were smashed.
Flames spread through the wreckage.
The barge Quebec, moored at an ele
vator leg, was smothered under a pile
of wreckage as she heeled over and a
huge rent was torn in her site by a
block of concrete. To prevent her
sinking she was beached.
The elevator had a capacity of more
than 2,000,000 bushels and the bins
were said to be about one-third filled
with grain, mostly wheat.
BERRIES BURST BARRELS
Portland Concern Says Fermentation
Will Break Containers.
SALEM, Or., Aug. 9. (Special.)
That loganberries will explode If left
in barrels exposed too long to the sun.
is' the charge of Wadhams & Kerr Bros,
of Portland, which firm has asked per
mission to file an answer in the action
of the Willamette Valley Transfer
company against F. A. Welch, in which
the company seeks to recover J104 al
leged to be due for transporting 68
barrels of loganberries from Salem to
Portland.
Wadhams & Kerr Bros, allege that
the transfer company was negligent
and allowed the berries to stand in the
sun unprotected. As a result fermenta
tion followed and six or seven of the
barrels exploded. The Portland con
cern asks that the action be dismissed
and that it receive damages in the
sum of $200.
MAN ON CURB HIT BY AUTO
John Cordiner Is Injured by Car
Driven by Carl Petersen.
While standing on the sidewalk at
the corner of Union avenue and Kast
Burrvside street last night John Cordi
ner of 1 Vz Union avenue North was
injured by an auto driven by Carl
Peterson, 120 Grand avenue North, be
fore striking Cordiner, the car brushed
along- the curb for a considerable dis
tance, according- to witnesses.
Mr. Petersen declared to the police
that his loss of control of the machine
was due to the fact that it had just
been hit by one driven by Edward P.
Nudelman, who lives at East Twenty
eighth and Mason streets. Mr. Nudel
man, however, denied that he had had
any collision with Mr. Petersen.
Cordiner was taken in an ambulance
to the Good Samaritan hospital. He
was injured about the head, but the
extent of the injury had not been de
termined. No 9.1-rests were made.
WEEK'S ENLISTMENT HEAVY
Motor Transport Corps Gets 4 0 Per
Cent 12 Veterans Relnlist.
The five and a half days of recruit
ing m the Portland district lor the
week ending yesterday noon saw 27
more young Oregon and southwest
Washington men enlisted in the army.
The Motor Transport corps is leading
most all other branches of the service
put together for popularity and air
service follows a close second.
Of the total for the week almost 50
per cent of the enlistments were men
who had previous service; 12 being the
number to re-enlist.
Thirty per cent of the total enlisted
for the one-year period, while the re
mainder enlisted for the three-year
period. The average age of those en
listing last week was 18 years.
MEDIATION BOARD' FAVORED
Personnel of Salem Organization to
Be Completed Soon.
SALEM. Or.. Aug. 9. (Special.)
Members of Salem's mediation board.
the outgrowth of a plan submitted to
employers and labor representatives.
by Secretary McUrosKie, or tne local
Commercial club, at a meeting a lew-
days ago, will be named probably
Wednesday night, according to Jntor-
lation given out here today.
Members of the committee appointed
to canvass employers and to ascertain
prevailing sentiment are highly elated
over the favorable response. Labor is
giving its support to the movement..
It is believed here that saiem is tne
first city in the entire northwest to or
ganize a board of mediation on its own
initiative.
HAY TRACK AIDS INSPECTOR
Railway Complies With Public Serv
ice Commission's Request.
SALEM. Or., Aug. 9. (Special.) In
response to a request by tne Oregon
public service commission, the bpokane.
Portland &: Seattle railroad ccmpany
has established what are known as hay
inspection tracks in the Portland ter
minal. These tracKS. it is saiu, win
facilitate the work of inspecting hay
under the direction of the grain depart
ment of the commission.
Other railroads operating; out of
Portland are expected to provide simi
lar accommodations, according to the
commission.
Bank Robbers Get Little.
GASTON. Or., Aug: 9. (Special.)
The Gaston State Bank 'was broken
into last night. The thieves rifled two
safety deposit boxes containing liberty
bonds and other papers. Entrance was
gained tffrough a rear window. The
sheriff from Hillsboro has been here
investigating the affair. G. T. Staple
ton, cashier, says the bank will suffer
no loss.
PRESIDENT SPOILS
RAIL LABOR S PLAN
Wilson Credited With Nipping
Dangerous Uprising.
BOLDNESS WINS APPROVAL
Labor Leaders, Confident Because
of Success in 1914, Shown to
. Have Overestimated Power.
(Continued From First Pare.)
whether the United States should be
plunged headlong into a soviet experi
ment such as has led Russia into blood
shed. Opposition Is Strengthened.
Assured now that President Wilson
is not yet ready to surrender to bol
shevism, his democratic followers in
congress showed a disposition since
yesterday to give support to those lead
ers who have had the force of char
acter and sound judgment to resist the
revolutionists from the first.
The fight started by the railroad ox
ganizations was plainly intended ulti
mately to bring about the nationaliza
tion of ail Industry, and so set were
their minds in that direction that Glen
H. Plumb, who originated the Plumb
plan, ga ve unqualified indorsement to
the soviet constitution of Russia dur
ing the committee hearing, without
knowing the origin of the document
he was approving.
Less criticism was heard of yester
day's message than any presented to
congress by Mr. Wilson since he became
president. Of course, those who are
opposed to the league of nations criti
cised his linking of the peace treaty
with the high cost of living crisis.
Criticism Seems Justified.
There seemed to be some Justification
for this criticism on the ground that it
was the president's long delayed ab
sence from the United States that per
mitted the profiteers to obtain their
strangle hold on the consumers of the
country. As he was out of the country
ne aid not know that the domestic sit
uation was every day attaining a state
of seriousness which could have been
obviated by an assertion of the extraor
dinary war powers which he carried
with him to Paris.
An example of how far he was from
understanding the growing disorders
at nome is an executive order put in
erred on February 22, Just at a time
when war prices were mounting higher
than at any time during the war. On
that date an executive order made in
Paris was promulgated which revoked
the licenses under which cold storage
warehouses and the operators of cold
storage warehouses in all parts of the
United States were doing business. He
surrendered a power right at that time
which he now says is needed to keep a
check on the most dangerous element
of profiteering.
Wilson's Confession Amnsrs.
A smjle- swept over the house and
there was a slight flutter in the press
gallery when the president said:
"We have just fully awakened to
what has been.going on."
At the first opportunity to discuss
the message considerable satire was
directed at this confession. The criti
cism was of the use of the plural pro
noun, "we."
"The president may have lust awak
ened, but the most of us who have had
to make ends meet on much less than
a White House salary and a fat presi
dential contingent fund have been
awake for a long time to what was
going on," was the sarcastic comment.
Another . interesting point, is the
president's recommendation of a rem
edy on the passage of a law regulating
the time for which foods may be kept
in cold storage. The need of- this rem
edy was discovered by the late Senator
Weldon B. Heyburn of Idaho, who in
troduced a bill in the senate with that
end in view ten years ago. The hear
ings which . Senator Heyburn held on
that bill contain more information on
the subject of cold storage practices
ana tneir enect on food prices than
anything ever written before or since.
In December. 1913, Representative
.ennetn Mclellar of Tennessee intro
duced a bill in the house providing the
cold storage remedy suggested by the
pi-siaem yesteraay. ine bin was
smothered in committee because Mr.
McKellar could secure no support from
the administration.
President Kills Cprl-ing.
Later Senator McKellar was elected
to the senate and since he has been
in the senate he has reintroduced the
bill at every session. And still he has
failed to get action, because he could
not obtain administration approval.
The president's message must im
press the fair-minded as a good one,
much better than usual, because it was
less in the abstract than the most . of
Mr. Wilson's state papers. He seemed
to be keyed up to a boldness which he
has not heretofore exhibited. He used
some facts and a few figures and
proposed concreete cures. He is be
lieved to have killed a dangerous up
rising with one stroke of the pen.
It is evident that the president has
paved the way for definite legislation
to avert the threatened economic crisis.
As to the league of nations, the pres
ident has not gained ground. The op
position has grown bolder than ever in
the last week, and there were evi
dences in the house yesterday that the
opposition to the league in that body
is stronger on the republican side than
it is in the senate. When the presi
dent read that part of his message
which undertook to lay the responsibil
ity for the present economic conditions
on failure to ratify the peace treaty,
not one republican representative
joined in the applause.
Mrs. Wilson Listens.
Baron Uchida's statement as to the
Shantung provision of the peace treaty
has made matters worse rather than
helping. This statement is held to be
evasive and the senate is not inclined
to accept clarifying assertions of the
president.
But men are not everything In this
narrative of what happened yesterday.
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson ws in the gal
lery with the usual company of rela
tives of both sides of the family. She
s always prominent on one of these
occasions, because it is her habit to
lean " far over the rail with one hand
outstretched, drinking every word the
president utters and nodding her as
sent now and then at the best periods.
Her latest appearance should be an
object lesson to those women who
think that they must have a new gown
every time they appear in public on a
momentous occasion. Mrs. Wilson was
attired yesterday in the same garments
that she wore on July 10 when the
president laid the peace treaty before
the senat'e. Some of them may have
been to the cleaners since July 10, but
they were the same and looked just as
well as a new outfit. It was a very
simple taste, but. at that, it will require
a society editor to describe it.
Colombian Treaty Causes Stir.
The holding up of the Colombian
treaty, by which the United States pro
posed to pay that South American coun
try $25,000,000 for the Panama canal
zone, offers one of the most interesting
developments of the week. It was only
a happen-so that the senate heard that
Colombia's attitude toward the Ameri
can investor had grown as objection
able as the stand of the Cranza gov
ernment. Until Colombia agrees to give
the American business man a free hand
to engage in legitimate business in
that country, no consideration will be
given to the proposed treaty. In any
event, the treaty will have some oppo
sition among a few senators, who think
It is an assault on the fame and good
name of the late Colonel Roosevelt.
The nation's leaders were more hope
ful-today than they have been for two
or three weeks. There are likely to be
fewer . strikes and In lieu thereof the
country will probably have to take its
excitement from watching a few dis
tinguished profiteers being led to jail.
the news of the first exhibition of this
character reaching Washingtpn today
from Chicago.
Pomerene'i Campaign Prepared.
The only politics of any interest ap
pearing on the surface during the week
is the news of plans for launching a
campaign to make Senator Atlee Pom
erene of Ohio the Democratic nominee
for president. There are signs of a
most formidable organization behind
Pomerene, with large sums of money
available to further the campaign. The
real source of the movement is in New
York, where it is understood to have
originated among the forces opposed
to prohibition. It will not be surpris
ing if the boom develops into large pro
portions in New York, Massachusetts
and two or three other eastern states.
where there rs a deep resentment to
ward the liquor law.
ln fact, every political ripple of the
week has been on the democratic side,
,,J?ZV '?teT.Un ' whih was the
letter addressed to Homer S. Cummings,
democratic national chairman, by two
state senators and 15 representatives
of Massachusetts, all democrats, de
manding that he call the committee to
gether and repudiate Wilson. The pres
ident is declared to be subject to at
tack on the 14 points and is accused of i
having wrecked the democratic party
after it made a reputation for htm.
President Wilson is expected to fore
go his western trip and to stay in
Washington to see that his department
of justice keeps busy with the food law
violators and to urge his friends in
congress to co-operate with the repub
'icans in enacting the needed remedies.
MAN HURLED AGAINST TREE
OFFICER RIDING MOTORCYCLE
SUFFERS INJURIES.
The Dalles Woman. Eyesight Poor,
Run Over by Auto; Machine
Is Lifted From Body.
THE DALLES, Or., Aug. 9. (Spe
cial.) Clarence Lyons, The Dalles
traffic policeman, was seriously in
jured here yesterday when his motor
cycle threw him over the handlebars
against a tree as he was negotiating' a
corner. Lyons suffered a broken nose.
fracture of the bone above the eye
and a shattered cheek bone. It is ex
pected he will recover.
The fact that the machine threw
Lyons probably saved his life, for if
he had fallen underneath the machine
he might have been burned to death.
Another accident yesterday, which
almost ended fatally, occurred when
Mrs. C. J. Stubling- was run over by a
machine driven by Mrs. J. W. Swords.
Mrs. Stubling, whose eyesight is poor,
is thought to have misjudged the dis
tance from the machine when she at
tempted to cross the street. Mrs.
Swords was driving very slowly. A
front wheel of the car passed over the
body and the machine had to be lifted
before Mrs. Stubling could be removed.
It was reported that she had suffered
two fractured ribs and other bruises
to the body.
At the hospital it was said that the
recovery of Mrs. Stubling was expected,
although she was suffering: greatly
from the nervous shock.
COMMITTEE IS APPOINTED
S. Chamber of tommerce to
range Industrial Congress.
Ar-
SEATTLE. Aug. 9. Directors of the
United States Chamber of Commerce,
meeting here today, announced a com
mittee to arrange for a national indus
trial congress to be held at Atlantic
City late in September. A. C. Bedford,
New York, was named chairman.
The other members named are: D. A
Cooke, New York; James H. Defress,
Chicago; John F. Fahey, Boston; James
A. Farrell, New York; Homer L. Fergu
son, Newport News; Edward A. Fllene,
Boston; Thomas w. Lamont, iew xotk;
I. L. Lee, New York; Alfred E. Marling,
New York; Edward G. Miner, Roches
ter; William Fellows Morgan, New
Tork; Lewis E. Pierson, New York; S.
Goodwyn Rhett, Charleston ; CJeorge
Edward" Smith, New York; Ernest T.
Trigg, Philadelphia; Harry A. Wheeler,
Chicago; Theodore Whitmarsh, New
York, and Owen D. Young, New York.
COLLEGES EXPLAIN STATUS
Provisions of ex-Service Men's Edu
cational Law Are Met.
SALEM, Or., Aug:. 9. (Special.)
Evidence of their status as educational
institutions under the provisions of
the soldiers, sailors and marines educa
tional financial aid Jaw were received
at the secretary of state's office today
from Link's Business college, Port
land; Dekeyer Institute of Optometry,
Portland ; Holmes Business college,
Portland; Laurel Wood academy, Gas
ton, Or.; McMinnville college, McMinn
ville, and the Astoria Business college,
Astoria.
Besides receiving returns from the
various educational institutions, the
secretary of state's offipe is receiving
many inquiries from serVire men who
are desirous of receiving benefits un
der the educational aid law.
PLANE (fAUSES ACCIDENT
Woman's Horse Runs ,way and She
Is Thrown and Hurt.
DALLAS. Or.. Aug. 9. (Special.)
Mrs. Anna Brock, a resident of the dis
trict northwest of Dallas, was quite
severely injured yesterday when her
horse became frightened during the
aeroplane flights here and ran away,
colliding with a fence. Mrs. Brock was
thrown, a leg was broken and she was
badly bruised. She was taken to the
Dallas hospital.
The accident happened near the I D.
Brown residence on the Dallas-Salem
highway and was witnessed by quite a
crowd which had gathered to watch
the flights.
Bishop Clarke Speaks Tonight.
Bishop H. B. Clarke of the African
Methodist Episcopal church, with head
quarters in Chicago, has arrived In
Portland and late yesterday arrange
ments were made by Dr. Joshua Stans
field, pastor of the First Methodist
church, to have the visitinR bishop
speak In the First church pulpit to
night. The service will begin at 7:45
instead of 8 o'clock, the hour previously
announced.
In Russia bricks made of coal dust
combined with- molasses and resin are
used for paving. i
FRANCE
i
PRICE FDR VICTORY
Post-War Reaction Inevitable,
Says Lieut. E. E. Piper.
PGRTLANDER IN NEW YORK
Much Turmoil and Social TTnrest
Jfcted In Paris Little Bolshe
vism Among U. S. Men.
BY PEGGY CURTIS.
NEW YORK. Aug. 9. (Special.)
Lieutenant Edgar E. Piper of Portland,
Or., arrived tonight aboard the La faa
voie. He will go to the officer of as
signment at Hoboken tomorrow for
orders. Lieutenant Piper said that his
party had waited more than five days
at La Havre for transportation
"Conditions in France, and especially
in Paris," said Lieutenant Piper, "are
indeed interesting. One sees turmoil
and much social unrest. The day w
left Francl the city was menaced with
strike. It seems inconceivable that
we here should be discontented when
those in France have such & heavy
price to pay for victory. It would be
strange if there were not strikes and
riots. The very persons who did most
and were hardest pressed during the
war In France are thrones who now
are paying the price.
Lieutenant Piper does not believe
there is much bolshevism among the
men returning.- They have seen so
much dissatisfaction abroad and cause
for such among other peoples that they
will appreciate quiet and peace. lie
said that unquestionably the Americans
had left the mark of American ideals
on the French.
Another arrival on the La Savole was
Sergeant-Major William H. Brashier. ol
the old Third Oregon, who has been in
France for 20 months.
The Imperator will dock at 9 o'clock
tomorrow morning.
DAMAGE CLAIMS ARE UHHT
FREXCH CIVILIANS' I.OSS
FOR EACH DOCGHBOY.
91
Fifty Thousand Separate Cases Run
Total Up to $2,000,000 U. S.
Army Court Awards.
NEW TORK, Aug. 9. Damage claims
paid to France for damages to property
or injuries to civilians by the Ameri
can army will not exceed $2,000,000. or
about $1 a man for all the soldiers in
the American expeditionary forces, as
cording to an estimate made by
Lieutenant. Colonel Robert E. Burk
ham of St. Louis, chief claims officer,
who recently returned from abroad.
This sum represents 50,000 separate
claims ranging from broken windows
to a charge of 3,000,000 francs for the
destruction of forests and forest lands
through American artillery practice at
Souge, near Bordeaux.
"Settlement of these claims said
Colonel Burkham, "was delicate. Here
were American officer: deciding cases
with a French claimant on the one bide
and the American government on the
other. A square deal' was absolutely
required, and the decisions, I am con
fident, were most fair and in keeping
with traditional American standards of
sportsmanship and fair play."
Adverse criticism of the French
civilian population was deprecated by
Colonel Burkham, who said that such
criticism came from those soldiers who
were the shortest time in France.
GERMANS' ..SPIRIT BROKEN
Efficiency Not Soon to Be Regained,
Say British Scientists.
LONDON, Aug. 9. Germany is a
broken nation, both in body and spirit,
and a long: time will elapse before the
efficiency of her people is restored, it is
declared in a report of British scien
tists of food conditions in Germany,
issued in the form of white papers to
day. The wartime semi-starvation of the
people is responsible for the slowness
with which recovery will be eftected,
according1 to these authorities.
DELMAS GAINS FREEDOM
War Record Claimed Brings Pardon
From Texas Governor.
SEATTLE, Aug. 9. r. M. Delmas, ar
rested here July 19 and sent to Texas
to face charges of .breaking jail, has
been pardoned by Governor W. P.
Hobby of Texas, according to a wire
received here today. Delmas claimed
he won the Victoria cross while serv
ing with British forces in the war.
Governor Hobby, the report from
Texas said, pardoned him on the ground
that his heroism had wiped away the
stain of his misdeeds.
NEW HIGH MARK CLAIMED
Filer In France Ascends 2 5.5 9 0
Feet With Passenger
PARIS, Aug. 9. (Havas.) Maurice
Walbaug, flying an airplane with one
passenger aboard, claimed to have es
tablished a world's record today by
reaching altitude of 7800 meters', or
Lieutenant B. Pappa of Italy, carry
carry
In Le-
cember, 1917, with an unofficial
altl
tude record of 23.212 feet.
IMMIGRATION FLOCKING IN
Steamship Dante Alighieri Brings
1060 in Steerage.
NEW TORK, Aug. 9. Bringing 1060
steerasre passengers, the largest num
ber to arrive from Europe since tne be
ginning of the war, the steamship
Dante Alighieri from Genoa and Naples
docked here today. Most of them were
Italian reservists who were living In
the United States when called to the
colors.
AMBASSADORSHIP FOR GREY
Post at Washington Is Reported Of
fered to Viscount.
LONDON, Aug. 10. The Sunday Ob
server announces that the post of am
bassador to the United States has been
offered to Viscount Grey. The news
paper says that Viscount Grey has not
yet reached a decision.
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'COPS' TAKE MDHET. 'FIRED'
THEATER MAX ESCAPES ARREST
BUT HAS TO PAY.
Patrolmen Morgan and McCormick
Arrested With Marked Bills
in Possession.
Marked bills, said to have been ac
cepted as graft by Patrolmen W. H.
Morgan and W. W. McCormick from
K. L. Lai be. pronrietor of a motion
picture theater at Peninsula avenue
and Lombard street, led to the suspen
sion of the two policemen from the
force yesterday morning.
Mr. Lai be applied to Acting Chief of
Police Jenkins Friday morning with
the information that the two policemen
had demanded $25 from him as their
price for not arresting him on a charge
of diso'rderly conduct for an alleged
immoral act. He had given the police
men $10, he said, and had agreed to
give them $15 more that night.
Acting Ch:er Jenkins made a note of
the numbers of the bills which Laibe
intended to give the policemen. Ser
geant Ellis was stationed outside the
theater, when Morgan and McCormick
went in to keep their appointment, and
placed them under arrest as they
emerged with the marked bills in their
possession.
The suspended poncemen will be
given a hearing for reinstatement be
fore a special efficiency board tomor
row morning.
Patrolman Morgan was appointed to
the force August 21, 1918, and was as
signed to duty with the moral squad
for several months. He was later rele
gated to the suburbs when it was
charged that he was holding court on
his beat and collecting the process.
McCormick was appointed In July, 1918.
Patrolman McCormick declared that
his only part was to go in and get the
money. The deal, he said, was ar
ranged by Morgan. Morgan, on the
other hand, disclaimed all knowledge
of the - affair .and laid all blame on
McCormick.
D AIL IT M ETEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
PORTLAXD", Or., Auy. 9. Maximum tem
perature. 81 degrees; minimum temperature,
34 degrees. River reading, 8 A. M.. o.S feet;
change in last 114 hours, none. Total rain
fall 5 P. M. to 5 P. M-. none; total rainfall
since Sptmber 1. litis, 41.34 inches; nor
mal rainfall since September 1. 44.64 inches;
deficiency of rainfall since September 1, 1D1S,
6. -Hi lncnes. faunrlse. b:M A. M.; sunset,
8:o0 P. M. : total sunshine. 11 hours: possible
sunshine, 14 hours 27 minutes. Moonrfse,
7:1S P. M. ; moonset, 3:4S A. M. Barometer
(reduced to sea level), 5 P. M., 29.98 inches.
Relative humidity: A. M., 92 per cent:
X P. M., 6t pvr cent; 0 P. M., 33 per cent.
THE WEATHER.
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Baker
Boise
Boston
Calgary . . .
Chicago . . .
Denver ....
Des Moines
Eureka
Galveston
Helena . . . .
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.. rs o.oo:io:n ICloudy
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2 7 0.011. .!s Cloudy
54!".M) 0.:!RI. .IS Cloudy
Kansas City
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I.o Angles. .1 6(l 7i o.on; . .;sV iCIear
Marshfield
5J 0.00 l2!NWtClear
Medford
M inneapolls . .
New Orleans..
New York . . .
North Head . . .
North Yakima.
Phoenix
Pocatello
Portland
Roseburg
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T.Sf 7S 0.00J. .ISW Idear
7ti SS 0.041. .IS ICloudy
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541 82:0.02 24;SW
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Clear
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Clear
Clear
Sacramento . .
St. Louis
Salt Luke . . ..
San Diego - - -
San Francisco.
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f0
80 0.O0 12 NE
82 0.1S16 SE
74 O.OO! . . I W
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near
Ciear
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Seattle
Sitka
Spokane
Tacoma
Tatoosh Island
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NWlCtear
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7 4-0 . MV,
501 MlO.oni. .SW Cloudy
tvaldez
Walla Walla
4R o.ooi . .1 . . .jciouay
I 641 8fi'0.00..S Clear
shington . .1 TS'O.OO . . M riear
Winnipeg
.1
80;0.00 .
Cloudy
tA. M. today. P. M. report of preceding day.
FORECASTS.
Portland and vicinity Fair and warmer;
rentle westerly winas.
Orecon and W ashington r a rt and warm
er except near coast; gentle westerly wind.
Idaho Fair; warmer in tne north portion,
Ex-Sailor Charged With Theft.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 9. (Spe-
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cial.) Charged with stealing $S5 from
one of the boarders at a hotel in. Ridge
field Thursday niffht, E. K. Benner, an
ex-sailor, was arrested by beputy Sher
iff Laws today and brought to Van
couver. ;
THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL
Pew People Know How I'arfnl It la In
Freervitif? Health and Beauty.
Nearly everybody knows that char
coal is the. safest and most efficient
disinfectant and purifier in nature, but
few realize its value when taken into
the human system for the same cleans
ing purpose.
Charcoal is a remedy that the more,
you take of it the better; it is not a
drug at all, but simply absorbs the
gases and impurities always present
in the stomach and intestines and car
ries them out of the system.
Charcoal sweetens the breath after
smoking, and after eating onions and
other odorous vegetables.
Charcoa 1 effectually clears and im
proves the complexion, it whitens the
teeth and further acts as a natufai and.
eminently safe cathartic -
It absorbs the injurious gases which
collect in the stomach and bowels; Tt
disinfects the mouth and throat, trora
the poison of catarrh ,
All druggists sell charcoal tn one
form or another, but probably the best
charcoal and the mo t for the money
is in Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges ; they
are composed of the" finest powdered
Willow charcoal, and other harmless
antiseptics in tablet form or ra.thex. in
the form of large, pleasant tasting
lozenges, the charcoal being mixed witb
honey.
The daily use of these lozenges-will
soon tell in a much improved condition,
of the general health, better com
plexion, sweeter breath and purer
blood, and the beauty of if is, that no
possible harm can result ' from - their
continued use, but, on the contrary,
great benefit.
A Buffalo physician in speaking of
the benefits of charcoal, says : "I ad
vise Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges to all
patients suffering from gas in stom
ach and bowels, and to clear the com
plexion and purify the breath, mouth
nd throat; 1 also believe tne liver is
greatly benefited by t he dai ly use of
them ; they cost birt twenty-five cent a
a box at drug stores, and although in
some sense a patent preparation, yet t
believe I get more and better chArcoai
in Stuart s Charcoal Lozenges- than in
any or tne ordinary cnarcoal tablets."
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DID YOU EVER ;
USE SLOAN'S?
Ask Any Man Who Ever -Had
Rheumatic Aches That
Question
He'll tell you he's heard of It. uses If.
wouldn't use anythinp else for any ex
ternal pain, ache, muscle-stiffness, sore-' t
ness, lame . back, lumbago, i sciatica
sprain, strain. ' '
He'll tell you it pnrtraf tvitliont
rnbhEnp, bringing comlortinc, .quick
relief. Clean, economical, certain of. sa.t
isfactory results.- All druggists have it
et a big bottle. 30c, 60c, U-2Q. . .
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