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German Divers Attack Ameri
' can Cargo Carriers Off the
r.l t Bmmm CAnrl'lat Sunday. 16a miles sooth of En-
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ONESUBMARINE IS
; BELIEVED DESTROYED
. statement ssued dy secre
tary Daniels Correcting the
Early feort Sent Out Say
ing That Probably Six Div
ers Had Been Sunk.
Waehington, Sept 11. (I. N. S.)
' itei barmen submarine was probably
munV . in an. encasement between 1
', .flotilla of American steamers and. six
: U-boaU off the coast of France, a-
cording to a revised statement by Sec
retary of the Navy Daniels lae this
?. afternoon. In making this statement.
the secretary said an error in the de-
partroent's handling of the dispatch
. '.telling of the encounter made It ap
'' pear six submarines: were probably
lost
iv Two of the American steamers, the
names of which-were not received by
-. the navy department, were lost, ac
' cording to the- navy's advices from
i -1. the steamer Westwego, which reported
the hatUe. ,f - .
Secretary Daniels statement this
afternoon was as follows: r-
' Zrror la first Statement
M "My attention has Just been called
' to a serious error made In transmit
ting the report of the attack on the
'.Westwego and other vessels. I gave
" the report to the cress this morning
v.xactly as.lt was' presented ; to roe,
i stating that tyo. of th seamers at-
t . . tacssa were gunx ana preoapiy it w
, the submarines were lost
" "The cablegram, I now find, stated
v h.t -on of the submarines was orob-
ably lost."-:-. .. vK'-r.- r,:?
. i; Bubeeaueatly the navy department
'tsaie that , thai statement , v abou t two
t' steamers being sunk . was correctly
transcribed. ;.- I x , f,: v,
''-' Settle Oooorred September 8
', ' ' The' battle took place September 6.
the steamer Westwego reported.
; Following is tiie text of the first of-
Concladd on Pace Two. Colama Three
L;W. W. Convention I
1 1 -i Planned, Is Belief
" , " ' sBssnis-
Kembers of Orgaaiiatloa Xeportad to
Be Headed for lOaaespolis) Head-
onarters Beoorated, Band Braotloss.i
i Minneapolis, Minn Sept ''11. -TJ.
P.) Mysterious activity at I.: W. W.
headquarters here and reports' that I.
' W. W. members throughout the Jorth-
west are boarding freight trains bound
. for .Minneapolis, led officials here to
,flay to believe the organization wa
: preparing to hold a convention here
Fear-of being headed off as was the
.'People's council. is the explanation of
the secrecy.
; ' - Detectives met on train on which
40 men were riding but all escaped. -
- Eight out of 100 coming from Sta
pies. Minn.. were arrested aa the train
'... left there. All had left the train wha
a squad of deputies met It here. The
, - I, W. W..hall was elaborately decorated
. hers today and the. organisation's band
. has been practicing for .hours.
'C : Mass; Meeting Called
u On 6 Cent Fare Issue
-a -;s-V;Vx
:A f . Members ; of ! the Alberta - Improve-
, 'meat association today conferred with
x Mayor. Baker relative' to the use of the
- - Public Auditorium for a mass meeting
be held Friday night for public
.... .discussion of the six cent fare propo-
' lit ion., -A ,, .
'- The mayor; subject to ratification
; by the council, gave assurance that
- the Auditorium, could be used for'lhat
, ... ;. purpose. . . .-'r,-- ' ' ... -
Where IsRound-Up
i rTo Get Choice Seats
f For L. J. Hill Party?
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.They ' aro wondering up In
Pendleton where the Round-Up"
management Is, going to get
choice seats for the LoufB w.
, Mill excursionists. It may be
, that a call will be issued to
all. good patriotic ; boosters of .
Pendleton "and the Round-Un
to turn back their seats In cer
tain sections and take less
; choice . ones", in order , to . give
tne st' fsui visitors at least
Iv-'-as good locations as the .other,
. ft i special trains. ' : Choice seata
; for The Journal's Let Er Buck
Vs ' excursionists are' already re
. S served. 'So Insistent Is the de
. ItJmand at The Journal business
: ft. : office for tickets that reserve- '
V ft tlons for that train. Including
:, ft choice locations In . the grand-.
' S r stand, will not be held later
ft than Thursday," September 18. r
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Positively no reservations' art-'
er that. date. ' There are only a
' few tickets left. j: Come in and
get ' your transportation before
U'is too late. .'-- f
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Slackers Are
; Captured by
.U.S.: Warship
. ' . . -V
IJttle Schemer Anvil, f Leaving
' 3Iexlcan Waters In Changing
Base, la Seized.
San Diego, ,CaW Sept 1LOI. P.)
An 'American warship convoying-tne
little gasoline schooner Anvil,' on
which a colony of American slacker
attempted" to reach MaxatlanV Mexico,
was due here today.
According to reports from Ensen
ada, the warship overhauled the Anvil
Since ' June 1 a small colony of
draft evaders has lived la fancied
security and extreme ennut -. at En-
senada. stories of this "colony"
have reached San Diego through re
turning Americans, The colony char
tered the Anvil to go to Masatlan.
. The navy department'' was. told that
the slackers were switching their basa
and a patrol vessel mas awaiting
them. outside the three mile limit.
TllTe Anvil is V former Portland ve
seL Up to about three year ago she
was on the run between Portland and
Tillamook. . .Later she, made Coos Bay
and Bandon. She lay idle for about a
year and was. then sold to San Fran
clco interests for $20,000; This was
less than t two years ago. , Her new
owners took her to San Francisco and
placed . her in " the San Francisco
Mexico trade. ' - . ..
TO SEA IN R010AT;
ARE; PROBABLY LOST
Evans R. Viers and Mrs. W.
A, Graham, Well Known in
Dallas, Are Missing. ;
Garibaldi. Or Sept 11. Doubt still
surrounds the fate of Mra.v Wi A.
GrahanV wife of a well known youns
business man of Dallas,' Or, end Evans J
. viers. Folk county -farmer, who
are believed to have been lost in the
ocean while on their way to Bayocean
In a small boat rf
Mrs. Graham is the mother of -two j
children and formerly, lived In Port-!
land and Spokane, , and Viers - is thehs
klM nf ,M. .nil Mr. 1 .mlial TP. s lrl.. I .
t S East Thirteenth, street Portlanit.1
ThWsdaf ""MWy rented? a rwoofit tor
the avowed purbose of soma orabbinir. I
They have sot been 'heard of here since
that time..- . - : .
--There was a rough sea, and the. be -
net -of -government lifesavers from the I
BarVlew station. who have been J
av. iuvuj, a iuav mey- tnay i
have attempted to cross the strait to 1
Bayocean and that . the boat was
oar view ana irom tnese erzecta the
Identity of their relatives was learned
and they were notified.
Mrs. Graham a husband came from
Dallas and Vler'a father and other rela-1
Uvea - came , from Portland to lnvestl-1
gate.
. Mother Still Hopes
Hope that , her son Is still alive li
held by Mrs. Lemuel B- Viersi 633 East
Thirteenth street north, mother of ' IS."
firf.yjf" :tlD,rIasT"nch;e,:who is
wouxni 10 nave Deen tost wnue nsu-
Ing in a rowboat off the Tlllamoos
Bav bar With Mra. W. A. nrahim nf
T- 11 1- mi, . 7 : ' " -
Lemuel E. Viers, the father Is gen
era! agent here for. the International
Harvester company of America.: - Mr.
Viers, senior, is at the beach assist
Ing in the search for .the , couple, to
gether wlth.W. A. Graham, husband of
the young woman.
1rm Vi.ri ..M ... ..A V
h'w hurtd
search was being actively pursued to
day by a- number of residents of the
vicinity and the Barvlew lifeguards. :-.
irs. Viers aald her son had onU:? . "
to the each for a short vacation and
and th Grahams were intimate i
In Dallas, Mrs Viers aaid. and word
fMm 4). vniiii mn'.: rth..
the effect that the young people had
gone ou a deep sea fishing trio to -
gether. .
Toung.Viers was managing a fruit
ranch hear Dallas. He is 24 years oltt
: HT.11 Viunrn:' In i Hollo.
w.!l:...&
this city. He is i years old
snd unmarried. Mrs. Graham Is the
wife of W. A: Graham of Graham &
Watt clothiers,, of this city and has
two children.,
i ij Sheriff ReportsMCar '
Tillamook. Or., Sept. 11. Sheriff
Campbell on Sunday' got Into tele
phonic communication with. Sheriff
formed him that t Evans Viers ar
had been standing ' on the beach at
r. rai.w Ym. rfui.i.i
of his fears that .its owner had met
ri. faaV. that itV T.l l
with mishap. - . i , '" ,
U. S. Increases Loan
To Italy $55,000,000
LWssblngtonL Sept "ll.(C.- P.) Sec
retary McAdoo today announced - ad
vancement of a $55,000,000 credit 'to
Italy, making a total advanced to the
allies, to daU ot J,J21,4OO,00. v v
Five Women Nurses
s Wounded hy Bombs
Paris. Sept. 11. (I. N. &) Five' wo
men nurses were wounded when Ger
man airmen bombarded Dunkirk ' last
night, damaging a hospital, the war
office announced 'today. -1 .
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. 11
Battle Is Expected Momentar
ily Between Militaristic Re-
volters and Troops of Rus-
' sian Democracy, Still Loyal
to Premier Kerensky.
KERENSKY MURDERED,
IS STOCKHOLM RUMOR
i Newspaper Aftonbladet Prints
Story to Effect Leader Was
; Killed . Saturday?-Baltic
Fleet Officers and Staffs
Remain Loyal. . s
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Stockholm, Sept. 11. (U. PO
iThe newspaper Aftonbladet-' this
afternoon printed a rumor that
Premier lterensky of Russia had
Deen Kuiea ,on-- Bwanay , vj
Bolskevlkl assassin.
Petrograd, Sept, 11. (U. P.) Rus
sian divisions, formerly commanded
by General Kornlloff. have; reached
VyriUa, 3S miles distant from Petro
grad. according- to word received herej
today. The troops are marching from
Pskoff to the capital city.'
Premier Kerensky this afternoon re
ceived 1, wireless messages from offi
cers and the staffs of the whole Rus
sian Baltic fleet placing themselves -
at the disposal of the provisional gov-
ernment ' , ' ' - .
News of the first battle between the
forces of militarism and of democracy I
was momentarily expected In the cap-
ltai today. 1
General Kornlloff s revolt era, or at
least an advance guard of his main I
column, were reported ajt Luga. A force
of local crovisKmal rovernment trooDs
stationed there They were expected!
M -ii. . T-. - V I
toward Jtho. capital iiaibis, f announced f
plan ; to seize government control. I
M.mvtiiu rtmn-a w titTii with I
preparations for rigorous repression of
Ithe revolt -ym c ,
J : v Cadets Quit Entirely " 1
The entira ; .hint . t 1
grant Premier Kerensky ?fuli freedom I
1 1
Continued on page Two. Column Four)
San Francisco Hot el
Seautlf ol , Tonne Woman, Evidently j
German, Commits Bnldds tetters
and Bottle Indlcate.Vlait to Portland I
i; I
San'; Francisco. Sept ,11 (I. K. S.) 1
After ' destroying all evidence of
her identity, a beautiful young woman, heavily throughout the North-
evidently German, who registered two j west The ; damage to these crops In
Weeks ani at it local hotel under thelslx Southern Minnesota counties alone
" " Zl ' . " :. I wa- reported to- be 810,001.000. ,
namejof Miss E. Woods, ended hr wJ!VVmison of the Mm-
lllf In' hirrnnm urlv t(W(T HhL . v.
. r-- -- . --
chloroform. " " -r : '
wrrt b. tM tn nvav
m h.nir hir t i.an,. ..
the womad had a bank occonnt with
the San : Angelo Bank & .Trust com-1
pany of San Angelo Texas. Many!
letters written . In German -showed
that she had traveled about the coun-
Portland, salt Lake, Los
Angeles and other cities.
One of the bottles of chloroform
used was purchased in Portland.
Au autographed- postcard from
IrV ef"u - "e. A-
" rti,t aPd wrlter-
Th anitni rtn .nmr.o n
nnia iuit niv fh. oi..
I form in several months. One Of these
1 was made June B to, Etta , Wygand.
I then residing at, the Franklin hotel.
rintnet ! two sales were made to
I men who presented good reasons for
use7 ox uib puiatoii.
At the Franklin hotel It was said
Jun;6.when
Chloroform jwas pudchased.
Beserve?Bank May:
JJpen Here Saturday
Portland' hranrh ot thT Pan Fran.
Cisco federal reserve hank may be
ceried Saturdav
Robert Day, assistant cashier of the
San Francisco bank. Is to be cashier I
J -" -orwan uraiicn. ana , win ar-
early Wednesday morning.-
In the afternoon the clearing house
association win meet, with-him and" he
will probably -announce the location -for
the bank. Four locations in the. busi
ness district have been" offered. The
clearing, house banks will be called on
tomorrow- to donate a number of men-
to constitute the temporary clerical
force.
Presidio Officers - ;
Arrive at Fort Sill
- S
Fort Slit Okls-. Sept 11. (I. K. 8.)
-Two hundred : officers from , the
training camp at the Jresldio, - San
Franciscpr arrived at Camp Doniphan
yesterday, where soldiers? ot the Mis
souri and Kansas National .Guard, will
train,,,. vx - t . . , "
, .rThey will -be used to fill' vacancies
to occur in . the reorganization of ' the
Thirty-fifth division, It was said.'
g HARLOTTE, N. AND
V Uppw photograph, shows
vu4i iwiic- a uc www , uuws uic xuuuKG w uic tuiiuiiuicai,ai wup vzrccn me camp
is in a welt wooded, rolling country, in practically the foothills of the Appalachians. " - -
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OopytigBt ly The Moon
FROSTJ.SECINS
Cold Wave , Extends ; East
From Mississippi Valley to
New. York. . . x " .
Chicago:: Sept. 11. (I. N. S.)-Con-
ttlwAsjal ao. , tna (Ka tvva.
war sw t; ocu i v v . . y
dieted' frost .of last night would re
sult in a crop calamity,? reports re.
ceived today from the affected area
tell of "frost in streaxa only oomg
considerable damage." -.,:-:a
: .Frost extended east from the MissU-
sippl valleyj-touching Minnesota East-
lern Iowa and Eastern Missouri, spread
1 lna : over Wisconsin,' Illinois, Michi
gan. Indiana and Ohio, extending east
. - 111.. . k.nil..l.i tf K.s
atato and tonchinr-a , few places
In Northern Kentucky - '
: . Trostt heavy-. to klUlnc" "is the re-
port for N orthern Illinois and ' white
Chicago escaped with -only a light coat-
ing.,rf surroundihg -.territory suffered
both in vegetables and in corn.
Todars Weather report shows that
the crest of the cool wave has passed
east and with coming cloudiness there
will; b no frost in Northern Illinois
tonight - ; . .. " sr..
Southern Illinois reports no temper
atures below 88 and no Ice at any placo.
Minnesota Ijoss Estimated
St1 Paul, Minn., Sept 11. (U. P.)
Millions, of doUars of damage has been
on by the frost of Sunday and Mon
. , , J ii . tim. tl
WCBV 1U W w WW, .v
day. - v . S
uorn," osans. xomaioes, .oucumoers.
poi&lOeVs' bvi uaiu auu iuuiv1 sua-
1 nesoia- XWOO prwusuwu swifuuiw .nu
I estimated the ; total damage to war
I crops last night at -' 150,000.000, today
I said it -would be considerably less, as
I corn is nor so ostuy;
oeiieyeo. , ir..,,V- va
state's corn' crop had matured beyond
I ""iw
GoTernment Receives Reports
I - 'Washington. Sept 11. (I. N. SJ
I The bumoer corn crop; of the tinned
i states may have been seriously; dam-
l. hv the heavy tfrosta of lasb night
w or b""'-
I Freeslnr.temwaxuTOrevs
Atlantic coast and-as xar soutn as me
i Distrlct.ol toiumois.
I Retorts on tne oamage 10 crops were
reaching the weather bureau this aft-
I .noou,:v?
J cp la being grown in the states ar-
ieciea. ; . ,
1 1 Fruit prooapiy was,. uamagcu
i hv the frost.' '-Late potatoes arid gar
den -vegetables were seriously dam
aged. - ' ? " : r - "
Reports Differ Widely-
; Des Moines: Iowa, Sept 11. lU. P
RDorts ; reaching - here this morn
ing differed as.-to -.the. damage to the
corn 'crop ' through r last pnlght's ' frost
Cedar " Rapids T7orted . Si heavy" frost
with much damage to.com.: while Weo-
str citv. reDorted the corn- crop m tho
I North Central Part. OQtae -tatOs Bad
not been damaged- oy; "oai.-; -
-!':i-kwXt5v -.assj -ssesav.F-V .V
Six;Uent rare inow.
'. Up to Commission
v Salem. Or., Sept II. Briefs in the
Portland cent carfare ease were JUed
with the public service ?. commission
today by W. P. La Roche; city 'attor
ney, and JOak Nolan -and. J. Le Roy
Rmith each : opposing f the , spplication
for an increase in fares, .and by Crif
flth. Xelter and Allen, suppSrtlng the
Miners' Head to Aid
Fuel Administrator
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f " - i . ' -V
i Washington.. Sept'lL (U.-5 P.V
John P. White, president of the United
Mineworkers, .today accepted the invi
tation of Fuel ; Administrator . Garfield
to act as one of his advisers ? He will
keep- Dr. Garfield informed-. on the
labor" situation, -wages and other ques
tions pertaining to the miners. . , - . ,
-feHRfri: v - - m twH'UT'MJ: Loll
TI.LUt " - ?i X. ' v sasx ? ' " St
CAMP GREENE, where Oregon's militia boys are in' training.
Horth Tryon street, from' Independence Square, in ythe heart of
A.
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TO RA1SE3IG SUNSTO
PAY. WAR'S EXPENSES
Bocah, ;-Gfonna,
LaFellette
and Norris! Only Senators
. "ill ' - ' ii. j
xo voie Agamsi ivieasurei
Washington. Sept. 11. -(U. P.)
Majority Leader Kitchin of the house
announced today that: he would sup
port the - war ' revenue! bill in all but
one particular. ? House . sentiment for
higher war profits and income taxes
will vent itself in a series of speeches
warning congress the December war,
tax must levy more heavily on big in
comes and profits. 1
Kitchin will Insist that a-different
basis of figuring war prof its be agreed
to in the present measure. . -
The bill aa passed yesterday by the
eenate was . reported today . to : the
house. A conference was ordered snd
Speaker - Clark appointed as . conferees
Representatives Kitchin, Ralney, Illi
nois, and! Dixon. Indiana. Democrats,
and : Fordney, Michigan, . and Moore,
Pennsylvania, - Republicans.
feWashlngtoaif SeptJr 11. (L N.VS.)
America's biggest tax' bill, the 82.51)0.
000.000 ro'fnue bill, was sent back to
the house by the senate today, with
the progressives still determined to
carry -ihe. fight : for higher levies upon
big incomes and war profits to - the
last -.ditch, in tne nousetne weaitn
conscriotionlsts will find new t allies
In .'Majority -Leader f Kitchin and
Speaker Clark. - .-, . .-, . .- a -The
bill was pass, by the senate
Monday night by a. Vote Of io 4.
Borah of, Idaha, Gronna of North.Da
kota, : La Follette of Wisconsin and
Norrls of Nebraska , voted against', the
measure. Others who had fought for
extreme taxation , of i wealth, such' as
Jr.bnson of California, Reed of j Mis
souri and - Kenyon cf-Iowa, all .voted
aye."-. ffe:C:t-ff.?i: : . i-"
in the iast hoirrs of the passage of
the cm ' the" consumption - taxis upon
coffee, tea,: sugar and cocoa 'were cut
out of the measure.- So were the pos
tal Increases on second class mail
' i (Ooochided, oa Page Two. Column Sit)
IAATY1QVv A nnnOOQ hnt
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Police Find Ndthihg
: t Con H. Smith, a; painter of Corral
lls. who - says he recently , received a
legacy of .8600,000, and who is in Port
land spending parti of - his -new ' for
tune, - was arrested j this - morning on
tho charge of - assault : and battery
brought by " Mrs.- Edwlna 'Coates, 817
Overton -street ' u. -y
Mrs. - Coates telephoned', to Ihe po
lice station that: she -was being mis
treated .by Smith, and -Motorcycle Pa
trolman JBates and. Coulter were' sent
to her home. They found herein front
of - the, bouse. She told. them ' thai
Smith was Jnside ; that he , had "been
beating her and that : he, was ' drunk.
Evidence failed . to. re veal any of these
statements, howeverp the officers" said.-
Smith, was released on - his ' own
recognise nee an d wi 1 r ; appear " in" po
lice court. Wednesday-moralng.
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Walls v of1 Verdun
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:Paris, Sept lir-(I Nj 8.)
An American flag, gift of an, ft
s American, woman,. -was today
ft. hoisted over the battered wall; ft
ft of Verdun. , -. ft.
ft ... So far as known this is the is
ft , second time that : the American -ft
ft flag has appeared on too bat- . ft
tie - front At the battle .of -,
ft ' Vlmy Ridge, - a" cltlsen - of the ft
ft United Stages, who was. fight- ft
ft ing' with the Canadians, carried ft
ft a small American flag with- ft
ft- him into, the fighting, . , . ft
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Now Gas Company
Is Losing Money
Asks Publio Barries Commissions' Psr. '
mission to XCannfaoture Oas of 3iow
; er Quality, aad to Xaks Pew ex Tests
- Salem, Orept 11. The Portland
Gas & Coke -company, in a .petition
filed with the. public service commis,
slon today says It Is losing money
and ; Wants permission-' to lower, the
quality of gas it is now manufactur
ing. . - - . . .
By order of ' the commlssloh the gas
company Is now manufacturing gas of
670" British' thermal units per, cubic
foot and It wants toe reduce the "quality
from 670 to-a maximum of 50 and a
minimum of 6,25 British . thermal - or
heat' units per cubic f oet . - --- ,-.
. The company asserts this would en
able it to save about-MO.OOO a year.
It also- asks for a modification - of
the rule requirlng.tbe company to test
meters' once in tire years to once in
10 ' years, r This cwould savs 86000 a
year, the company says.
Th.-company says its losses were
J50.0U0 1 in 1116! and llf ..and 'moru
than 8120,00ft in i?17 ;t-.-, , ,
Pastor of ; Church: -: "
cKiUs;His Opponent
Lexington, Ky. Sept lLrr-K. S.)
Rev. Edward Hubbard, of tho .Chris
tian church atStanford. Ky., is being
held here in Jail today to prevent mob
lynching, following ' his fatal, shoot-
.1 mg of Smith Baughman. his political
I 1J1AWUU
oppon(
opponent for' sheriff, -yesterday,
Hubbara vmaaOv cnarges -v against
Baughman . in , printed handbills, and
when Baughman resented them, Hob-
bard shot ':- him .through -the brain.
When . Baughman fell. Hubbard sent
three additional bullets into his body.
; Hubbard is a Republican and Baugh
man -wag-. 'Democrat;--? X: ft': t
"UnwritteiiXaw"
SavesfMalcolm
i London.; Sept. - AX.iXx N. S.) The
sorrltfii. law v lata' todj mnv-A
Lleutonant Douglas Malcolm from con-
vicition on a. murder charge, i? ;r ?
; The court acquitted Malcolm'on bis
plea that he shot Anton Baumberg to
savs his wife's honor. . It was the
first time ths "unwritten law., has
)ever been made the basis of: a defense
in an ngllsh eourt. . . .
Hdoverls Firm
Against. Price
Basis on Coast
1 - M
Tells Senator McNarjr Is Would Be
Kecesaarr for, OOTenunent to
- Absorb DlfferenUaL .
Washtnston. Sent' ll-(WXSHrxa-
TON f 3U RGAU OF THE JOURNAUJ
Food Administrator - Hoover y today ;
sent, a memorandum to Senator
Nary reaffirming his position against .
fixing a Portland price basis on wheat
and declaring it does not rest with the
food administration to alter . tne una
lng of, the president's price committee.
:H uvb it r Portland Were made a
basis : market wheat -would flow, there
only to ha hauled eastward-again, ac
cumulating srsa cent airzerentiat wiuca
the government would have to absorb
or the consumer tay. Owing to. the
absence-of President-Wilson and word
from.Portland that a committee is ex
pected from there,1 the conference
the president . has now been postponed
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PEACE PROPAGANDA
State Department Says Effort
is - Made xo,-. uiscourage
Is Made : tOf -Du
War-Preparations,
Washington, Sept. 11. U. P.) A
"
huge pesce propaganda, emanating
probably from Switzerland, is worxing
throughout the United ' SUtes. the
state department declared thls after
noon, trying 'io encourage pacifists
and to discourage the United States
war preparations.
Evidence In Che hands of the' state I
department has been turned over to I
the department of Justice for investi
gation and subsequent criminal, prose-j
cutlon. - ., hi . . -'
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O.J. Attorney Is to
Come to -Portland
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Washington. Sept IlwCWASHINa-l
TON BUREAU OF" THE JOURNAU)
St. W. Williams, recently named, spe
cial assistant, attorney general in con
nection with Oregon & California land
grant matters, leaves tomorrow,, ar
riving at Portland Tuesday, morning,
where " he will have his headquarters
while arranging for suits against the
railroad for final adlustment of ' ac
counts with ihe government -:H dei
sires, also, to be In touch with the -sit-
us t ton when payment of taxes is made
and- other arrangements preliminary to
settlement are carried ouf -
XKF fn a a a a a
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Proof Is Abandoned
Austin. Texas. Sept. 1I.-(I. N. 8.)-
Counsel . for': the "prosecution tin the
impeachment: trial of Governor Fer
guson announced today they, had been
compelled to abandon firther-efforts
to prove the source' of ! the 1168.600
which Ferguson- borrowed ftom mys
terious friends. j- - ' ; -
. It was explained that witnesses' for
whom subpenas bad been -issued : and
by whoso testimony it was expected to
prove who mode the governor the bis
loan, had left tho state and could: not
be brought back by any court power.
Woodem Shipbuilding
i ls to' Be Discussed
Washington. Sept 1 1 WA SHIKG-'
TON.-BUREAU OP THE-JOURNAL)
Senator Chamberlain will meet Chair
man' Hurley of the shipping board, and
Admiral Capps today to - discuss - the
apparent delay In wooden shipbuilding.
He win not . urge claims: of any -par
ticular contractor, h stated but seeks
fuller Information on the program and
will ask that everything possible- be
done .to speed construction in Western
yards.-' r; " . ' ' . .
PUT STOP TO M
sin
AGT, ADMITS
Transmitting of ; Messan
From Buenos Aires, Held in
; - UneAWlth - PraCUdetstab-
-Jished in .1915 When Kotes
From.U. S. Forwarded.! ;
InCDMAWV If h V" DC'
1 U Cn III HIM I " lrlM I - D C"
ASKED; TO .EXPLAIN
I Official ? Account of Transac
tion Lacking, Itls Said' by
Stockholm and Hence Def
inite Position Is Not: As
sumed -at This Time.
Swedish ; People Vet . Blamed "
Waahington. Sept 11(1. X
S.) Sweden -will not- be pun- m
ished in any way by the. United
m i BtateT for -4 the violations Of v
her neutrality revealed by Sec-
retary Xansing. vs-'.v Si." m
This definite statement was -;
made-A bys an v official U of the-,
state department . this afteri
noon. The . state department
believes certain Swedish j of-
tlcials ars -to blame, snd is
convinced that these officials
will receive the punishment
; their actions merit : , .' m
.- PunUhment will not be vis- ,
;lted upon the . whole Swedish f
people- by ,a tightening; up of
- the American embargo en food-
, stuffs. It, la admitted, : how- -,
ever that: ail- Swedish appll-1 m
cations for export licenses are -
v undergoing closest, scrutiny, ' ..
eecreiary Lnsing made this
official statement ., -.
. - I observe ; that soma news.
; papers publish . the fact vtbat
we are t going j to - punish the ,
uweaiin , government for some
of the acts of ' Its -efflciala.
: There is not 'the slightest in.
Ptention of this. . We have tha i r
i friendliest 'of- teelinmi for'th.
Swedish. peopleiX i i
Stockholm. V" Sent lL-.m,a' f.
oweaen aamiued today she had acted
as intermediary bet ween i Germany and
Argentine, but Justified ber position
en the -ground that she adopted - the
same course with resard to communi
cations ' between- Germany,, and other
neutrals ana 4id not know 'the con
tents - of Count Luxburg's - messases.
xne . Bweaisn -. roreign . office - Issued
: formal statement explainlns 'that
in H1I.-AB nntint r th. TJiti.i
"l1:
tween Germany and ?North America.
It was not held this was. a bar to con
tinued transmission to and from other
j V V
I . .K stria nil at Ass k fTftffMftfl tisniasawta
l tlons.- the foreign office said, "Sweden
i nas taken precautions to prevent a re
1 furrence or tne Argentine Incident
'BweCen must first confirm whether
Cooctoqa on faga rut a. Cclsaia FlTel
AyiatoriMay Di ,
: iiesmt oi Accident
Lawton.'-Okla. Sept. II. (U. P.J
Roderick M. Kennedy, 24. Minneapolis,
Minn,; private in the Third aero squad
ron, training at Fort .8111. 'Oklau was
probably fatally burned this morning
when his' machine plunged 200 -feet to
tho ground. Kennedy was injured by
tho fall. The wreckage of tho machine
M mnl, ,i, .v..i,kf
was destroyed,
Outskirts of iPaffal
??EaWebilUstas
v El Paso. Texas,- Sept 11 (L N, S.)
Led by Pjineho Villa, a' force of 200
bandits raided the outskirts f Parral
today,' according' to reports' . received
here this afternoon.:
Stores were looted and it was re
ported the bandits carried off a num
i ber of women. i . v-' .?Cffr'-.2t.-
BUSINESS LOCATIONS
.. .... Wanted sflsoellsJisous 8 U "
WANTED -Second hand, fural
v turo. rugs, ranges, and stoves.
Pay cash. , - . y t .
'-- Coal and . Wood . . '
JA-1 fir .wood. ; blockwood. slab
wood; quick : delivery; . honest
prices. f - , i
' Business OpoortaaltlesSO '
SOME rood buys in stores and
- rooming bouses; all sixes; best
- locations; terms to suit ' , -
The above Want Ads mar be
found - tinder - their - respective
headings oa Pages It and, 18 ot
.today's Journal, ;
1; Journal Want Ads are- dally
- growing - tn isvor -. among, all
classes. : The Hotel man and
woman with a spare room to rent
? both kpow the value of a- little
-i Want Ad in The JoornaL' Tne
-dealers in anf.nne that you could
1 meneion, look upon The Journal
.Want Ad i Pages - ss their - beat
'salesman I? and buyer. Journal
- Want Ads get the best and quick
'i est results and are the favorite
- ot Portland's buying and eeUlag
public. i. .
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