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THE STTCfDAY OREGOXIAN. PORTLAND, JULY 11, 1020 9 NEW ENGLAND FEARS STEM GOAL CRISIS Operators Hide Profits From . Uncle Sam, Is Charged. EXPORT DEMANDS HEAVY Cargo, in Roslon, Harbor, Sells for $18.50 a Ton More Than Pre-War Price. ' BOSTON. July 10. The most serious steam coal crisis in its history con fronts New England unless there is quick and effective relief, according to a report to governors of the New Knuland state's today by their rep resentatives at a recent conference with the interstate commerce com mission. The representatives included the lieutenant-governors, public utilities commissioners or fuel administrators of all six states. .'ot only New England, but much of the country is suffering from the in ordinate and extraordinary export de mands and "the present plight of the northwestern states is quite as bad and perhaps today even worse than that'of New England," the report as serted. Continuing, it said that although "the operators have been sending the larger part of their coal to the four corners of the earth. Instead of to their regular customers in New Eng land and elsewhere,"' the problem was eventually one of transportation. The report charged that "the Na tional Coal association has been en deavoring to aid its members to hide from Uncle Sam the tremendous prof its which they have been making, in the sale of coal for both, domestic and foreign purposes." ' A cargo of coal, afloat in Boston harbor, eold last week for $23,3. ton, it was stated, whereas before the war a fair price for such a cargo was $4.50 a ton. The report declared that "the word baa been paased around among the coal operators that If the attorney general should show an interest in their abnormal profits they will be in a stronger or safer legal position if they let American citizens go without their coal and profiteer on the foreigner." COAL PRODUCTION INCREASES Shipment to Northwest, via Great Lakes, Fall Ofr. WASHINGTON. July 10. Bltumin us coal production in the United States from the first of the year to July 4 totaled 262.272.000 tons, an in crease of 44,173,000 tons over the pro duction figures for the same period in 1919. the geological survey announced today. Production, however, has not equaled the amount mined in 1918 or 1917. In which years, on July 4, 288.000.000 tons and 27S.000.000 tons, respectively had been produced. The geological survey's figures bear out recent statements at interstate commerce commission hearings as to an alarming decrease in shipments via the Great Lakes for the north west. "Total lake shipments since the be ginning of the season," the survey said, "now amount to 4.130,000 tons as compared . with 8,561,000 tons in 1918 and 10.053.000 tons in 1919." co-operation between the executive and legislative departments. "Senator Harding believes." the statement said, "the country would greatly profit through this partici pation by the vice-president in the cabinet conferences of the administra tion. It not only would elevate the office of the vice-president, but would give to the president the sound ad vice and able assistance of his chief partner In handling the nation's af fairs." "I sincerely believe," said Senator Harding later to the newspaper cor respondents, referring to his earlier statement, "tnat the sort of govern ment I have 'n mind ought to take Into consideration the ability of the vice-president in the cabinet councils. I think it is a fine thing to do and I wonder why it has not been done heretofore." Announcement was made, today that the first delegation from out side of Marion to greet Senator Har ding would be the Richland county Harding and Coolidge club of Mans field, which -vlll be received here July 31. The delegation will be re ceived on the front porch of the Harding home. CITY LINKS TO GET HOME Eastmoreland Clubhouse Construc tion to Begin This Week. .Work of leveling off the site for the new clubhouse at the municipal golf course in Eastmoreland' will be gin this week and actual construction will start within two weeks or as soon as contracts can be let, accord ing to C. P. Keyser, city park super intendent. M. Keyser, together with Folger Johnson, architect who has drawn up plans for the building, vis ited the golf course yesterday and selected the site for the structure. It will be on the island in Crystal Springs lake, a short distance east of Reed college. The clubhouse will be of colonial architecture, two stories in height. It will be 92x46 feet and will contain clubrooms, lockers and shower rooms for both men and women. The 'cost Is estimated at $12,000. CROP SHIPMENTS NORMAL More Than 300,000 Cars Handled so Far During Season. WASHINGTON, July 10. Shipment of truck crops and fruits thus far this season has exceeded 300,000 cars and has reached almost the .same total . for the corresponding ' period last year, it was announced nod ay by the department of agriculture. Owing to the good demand, the department said, prices on almost everything ex cept onions have been high. Potato prices are working down ward but still are twice as high as a year ago. Tomato shipments are heavier than last year. Peaches are coming mostly from Georgia and prices are slightly higher than last year. LEAGUE OPENS C1PHIEN REPCBLICAX BODY HAS MEM BERSHIP OF 130,000. New Jersey Clubs Pledge Fnll Sup port to Harding and Gov ernor Coolidge. TRENTON, N. J.. July 10. The New Jersey state league of republican clubs, with a membership roll of more than 130,000, formally opened the Harding and Coolidge campaign in this state at the league's annual con vention here today. The convention enthusiastically ac cepted the republican attitude toward the league of nations, indorsed Hard ing and Coolidge and pledged them support; approved the Chicago plat form and congratulated the women of New Jersey upon the near prospect of their getting the ballot. - Great ap plause greeted the names of the na tional candidates. United States Senator Frellnghuy sen attacked the league of nations, de claring that the issue before the peo ple was whether they wanted their givernment at Washington or Geneva. State Chairman Stokes paid a tribute to the women workers and said if the men worked with the same en thusiasm the republican party would roll up a majority of 100,000 for Hard ing in New Jersey. with having killed a fellowman to gain his wife. This crime .waa al leged to have been committed near Chesterfield inlet. Keewatin, deep in tne land or endless tee and snow. Ouangwak 'is now in Ottawa on his way to Montreal, whence he will sail or the scene of the murder, the rial to be staged for the benefit of the natives. With him' will sail Ser geant Douglas Of the Royal Canadian mounted police, the man who hunted him .down, arrested him -and is a king him "home" as evidence that the northwestern mounted policemen never lose their man." EXILES TO KEEP FORTUNE Germans Averse to Confiscating Hohenzollern Wealth. BERLIN. July 10. The Judicial council of the Prussian assembly to day rejected a motion presented by the independent socialists providing for state confiscation of the fortune of the Hohenzollern family in Ger many. ' The value of the fortune, is esti mated at between 350,000.000 and 300, 000,000 marks. HAILSTORM WORKS HAVOC Iowa Cornfields- Destroyed and Fruit Stripped From Trees. DAVENPORT. Iowa, July 10 A ter rific hail storm swept through the northern end of Scott and the south ern part of Clinton counties late yes terday afternoon and did $250,000 damage to growing crops. Large fields of corn were virtually destroyed and wherever the storm struck orchards the fruit was stripped from the trees. MURDERER IS SORRY Continued From First Pae. blood because 1 decided that was the only way 1 could do it and get away with it," he said. "The thought of killing a person wasn't so repugnant to me as it might be to most persons because of my experience in my fath er's butcher shop. "Then in the army I had practiced a great deal at target shooting and became too well acquainted with fire arms and I learned to love army life above everything else in the world. "In addition to these things my name nets me forth correctly I am a wan derer and a rover by nature. I hate to be tied down. I was not intended for married life. With these influ ences working in me, the step from 'discontent to what I did was a short one. Of course. I am Borry for what I did; any sane man would be. I am sane .but that doesn't help matters now. "I loved my wife in spite of what I have done; I loved her too well to desert her and leave her with mem ories of a ruined romance to keep her company during the rest of her life." BOLSHEVIK RULE EXTENDS Speedy Domination of Entire Cau casus Is .Expected. CONSTANTINOPLE, July 10 Ar menian representatives in Constan tinople have been advised that peace will be concluded at Moscow between the bolsheviki and the Armenians and that consular and diplomatic relations will be resumed Immediately. With the bolsheviki dominating Azerbaijan, the British evacuating Datum and bolshevik ministers in both Tlflis and Erivan, speedy domi nation of the entire Caucasus by the bolsheviki seems Inevitable. Land in France is divided in rather small parcels and for this reason is available to the small buyer. SOUTH AMERICAN COMING Peruvian Ambassador Expected to Reach Portland Today. Frederico Alfonzo Pezet, Peruvian ambassador at Washington, will ar rive in Portland early this morning, according to a telegram received yea- terday by H. R. Vejar, acting consul for Peru and director of the Latin American affairs bureau for Oregon, The ambassador's purpose in visit ing Portland is to confer with Mr Vejar on matters pertaining to diplo matic work. He Is a personal friend of the local representatibe of the Pe ruvian government. . A luncheon will .be given in his honor today at the Arlington club. Prominent Portland business men, in cluding Max Houser, H. B. Van Duzen, C. E. Dant and W. D. Wheelwright will be on .the reception coir.mitt-?ei CRUDE OIL IS ADVANCED 12 Cents More Each Barrel Offered at Well by Company. SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. July 10. Current prices offered by the Stand ard Oil company of California for crude oil at the well were advanced 12 cents a barrel today over the prices announced Marcnu. The announcement was made today. NEW SEA LAWS,' ASKED Sailors Favor Regular Hours While on Voyage. GENOA, July 10 All articles of the convention relating to hours of work at sea were adopted by the interna tional seamen's conference at yester day's plenary sitting. Two projects, one fixing 14 years as the minimum age for workers aboard ships and the other assuring sailors of an indemnity amounting to two months' salary in case of loss or shipwreck, were adopted. Other drafts adopted included the establishment of a seamen's code, limitation of working hours, inland navigation and unemployment in surance. ESKIMOS TO SEE TRIAL Canada to Send Court Into .North to Try Alleged Murderer. OTTAWA,' Ont., July 10 A white man's judge is to be sent 2000 miles into Hudson Bay territory to impres on the Eskimo the relentless Justice of the white man s law. This was the decision reached today by the department of justice in the case of Ouangwak, an Eskimo charged WOOD CALLS ON HARDING (Continued From First Pe. Iowa, was to have arrived at the same time, but it was announced he had postponed his visit until tomor row night. Mr. Hays is also expected early tomorrow to spend the day with the senator. The senator today received a letter from the president of the national Italian-American republican league. composed of more than 500,000 voters, in which it was declared the organi sation would support him unani mously: ' , In order to benefit by the judgment of his "chief partner," Senator Hard ing announced today that if he is elected president on the republican ticket the vice-president would be in vited to participate in all cabinet meetings. 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Portland was experiencing: Its worst gasoline shortage yesterday afternoon but the prospect of the arrival of the tanker Drake gave hope to thousands of automobile owners counting on pleasure epins today. The famine came unexpectedly to many motorists who were under the impression that the situation would not be acute and that they would face nothing: worse than the rationing: of gasoline. Vancouver was" also reported prac tically without gasoline. One filling station after another rapidly exhausted its supply yes terday. Motorists became frantic searchers for fuel and many found it impossible to locate a supply. Some visited as many as IS filling stations. Tanker Drake is bringing 1,250,000 gallons of gasoline from San Fran cisco. The tanker was expected to dock at the Wlllbridge tanks of the Standard company around 2 A. M. Officials of the company said last night that early deliveries would be started and that every effort will be made to suppy the filling stations early in the day. It seemed certain last night that stations of the rival concerns, in many cases at 'least, would be without gasoline today. A shipment of 250,000 gallons of gasoline from Texas is coming by rail, but when it will arrive Is un certain. Throughout the state, according to reports, the situation was not as acute as in Portland. An average of 1C0 cars a day were reported passing through Roseburg HARDING RAtS LEAGUE Trouble From "Un-American Docu ment" Is Foreseen. KNOXVILLE. Ter.n., July 10. Gov ernor Harding of Iowa, opening the republican national campaign in Ten nessee tonight, declared that the league of nationa covenant was an un-American document which would carry the American flag Into "Euro pean kitchens' and get this country into untold trouble. He- scored the Wilson administra tion, asserting that he "kept us out of war, but he is now keeping us out of peace." GREEKS DCCUPy BRUSSA NO RESISTANCE IS MET EX CEPT FOR FEW SNIPERS. BOY REPUBLIC JUBILANT George Junior Movement Held 'to Have Reclaimed 4000. KREEVILLE, N. Y.. July 10. The 25th anniversary of the George Junior republic was celebrated today. So ciologists from all parts of the coun try attended. Reports showed that nearly 4000 young Americans had been citizens of the Junior republic and had bene fitted by the training. Virtually All Turks, Except Old Men, Women and Children, Bolt or Hide From Troops. BRUSSA. Asia Minor, July S. (By the Associated Press.) Formal entry into ihis city by the Greek troops was effected at 11 o clock today. No re sistance was offered except by a few nationalist snipers. Virtually all Turks, except old men, women and children, bolted or hid. and the aged Modems knelt before the historic mosques and lowered their foreheads into the dust as the invading army passed. The same at titude of - submission greeted the Greek cavalry which pushed on from Brussa to Mudania, where it arrived this afternoon. British marines who landed at Geumek Wednesday arrested 11 prom inent nationalists. The remainder of the band bolted, but were intercepted and killed by Armenians. All available approaches to Brussa from the sea are controlled by the ureeKs ana written. Chile Teachers to Get Rise. SANTIAGO, Chile. July 10. The chamber of deputies has approved the primary instruction bill passed by the senate in June. This carries an an nual appropriation of 20.000.000 pesos for new schools and general increases in leacners salaries. ISM1D. FIGHTING WANES Nationalist Band.-) Occasionally Threaten British Outposts. ISM1D, Asia Minor, July 8. (By the Associated Press.) There has been little actual fighting in this vicinity for the last week although national ist bands occasionally threaten the British outposts. The American committee for relief in the near east has a big warehouse containing $2,000,000 worth of sup plies at Derindje, six miles west of here. 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