1 THE WEATHER rirs ALL hkkb ' and feS '.To ;OCLOCl - Tonight anjTucs- 1 rnrtVxM . J da probably Hfftit 1 -Tn f i showers ; Dort h- ? t ' ' NVe8tCr,3r !ndK irs ALL "TKt'K" V v-. VOL ' -XVIII NO -121 Second-etai. Uafur vu"' A v w pottof fice. Portland. Cretan - PORTLAND, OREGON MONDAY :EVENING, - JULY 28. J 1919.EIGHTEEN PAGES. ; : PRICE TWO ' CENTS ON TWAINS AND NtWS STANOS riVK OKNTS FORES us RAILROAD Power Lines ofChicago, Milwau - kee & St Paul's Electrification System Menaced by , Flames. Town of St Regis Again iri Seri ' ousv Danger; 120 Fires Re 'ported m the National Forests. Missoula, Mont.. July 28. (U. P.) Power lines of the Chicago, Mil waukee &. St. . Paul railroad's elec trification system were menaced to dayi by the Gold 1 creek fire, - which was fanned by high Winds during the night. ; Thls fire is sweeping "over the entire Coeur d'Alene district. St. Regis' is again in serious danger. . .The .Gold creek fire destroyed a camp ' at Dry . creek and la threatening other lumber camps. . Soudan and Stark: are: threatened ' by the Ore in Nigger gulch. , : Dry land farmers in. Eastern Montana are being recruited to fight the fires. Good progress has been made, by fire fighters 'in the , Missctula forest. The ;.. Hamilton water supply was saved when the Skalkaho fire was controlled. ' The, total number of, fires burning In the national forests of Montana air"4 Northern Idaho today were 120, accord! ing-to a statement issued by the gov ernment forest- serviee here.' t ; A new firs on Marshall creek in the Clearwater forest is burning, furiously. The fires in the Lolo and Missoula for ests were slackening. . . - To date, -3(0,000,000 feetrof timber hare been destroyed. Fires have burned over 128,861 acres, with damage to forest , service timber amounting to 8380,000 and to private Umber of 850,000. . Three, thousand - men are engaged in fighting the fires, i , , FOREST SERVICE REPORTS' . ' 1 ON FIRES IV RESERVES , i:Twj fires are' still bumlnar uncon trolled on the east side of- the moun tains in the Rainier national forest, representing the roost serious fire now existing In, district No. 6. A. O. Waha, assistant district ' forester; ; said- this , -morning; '.- ' v District Forester George' Cecil, who went to Pendleton Saturday, reports the Whitman forest fire In good shape. The lightning-fires in the Crater' forest are : under control ; those on - the San--' ttam ' have been extinguished. Several lightning fires 1 are still burning in Oregon, according " to Supervisor ' T. H Sherrard, the - largest of .which is on the Salmon river; In an ; old burn covering nearly ,10 .acres.- v" Supervisor F. H. Brundage ot the Columbia "national forest, reported from Ouler that. two fires have broken out on Sleeping - Beautjt .Two -crews of . men-' were sent to ; the fire, Sunday evening. SERiOl'S FIRE BURNING 5 IN -UPPER N ACHES BASIN Taktma, Wash., July 28. A forest fire , raging in the Upper Naches basin, above the Nile, Is driving out cattle, seriously . burned, and stockmen, forest .rangers, campers' arid farmers are being called UDfn to fight the .flames, which, fanned . by a. high wind, are threatening to wipe 'out much valuable timber and, several sawmills built in that section to saw shooks for. fruit boxes. About 100 -volunteers are in the for est in that section seeking to check the flames. - Forty head of cattle escaped with , badly singed hides, many bleeding from broken skin. t Tne ,- sneep camps are higher up but the flames may consume caches of supplies left for the packers to take into the- camps. - ". . Fire Near Trout Lake . White Salmon, ; Wash.; J uly 28. The first serious fire of the season in this district is reported burning at Peterson's PrairieA beyond Trout lake. Calls for fire fighters were sent in by the forest rangers. -.'- Senate Passes Bill : For More Officers Washington. July 28. L. N. S.) The senate this afternoon - passed a bill giv ing the secretary of war authority to increase the commissioned personnel of the army to 18,000 during the fiscal year 1950.-- f GREEKS KILL TURK TROOPS NEAR SMYRNA XONDOX, July 28. (I. N." s.) Lj Flftocn hundred dead and wounded Turks were left on the field after two' clashes with Greek, patrols near Smyrna, and Aldin, In Asia Minor, said an Ex change Telegraph dispatch from Athens today. - Greek reinforce ments were rushed up when the fighting began. " " There have been numerous clashes, between Turkish and Greek troops In the Vila vets of Smyrna and Aldin since . the Greeks were landed on the coast of Asia Minor. --' s BOY IS FREE ON PAYMENT OF RANSOM TTfASHINGTON, July 28. (I. ;T X. S.)-PhlIUp Thompson, the 14-y car-old ; American boy, who was kidnaped by Mexican bandits last week, has been re turned to las ' father's ranch at Mlraf lores, following the. pay Ltncnt of the 1500 pesos ransoqp demanded by the : bandits, the state department was advised to day. ;; fr-:- : ':i.'f-f,. 7 - M The father, John AV. Thomp son, met the demands of. the bandits on advice of the Mexican. foreign office, which will refund the money, it was stated. The slay bandits had threatened to the youth unless the ransom was paid. ,- . i T. J. Hewitt and Dr. Samuel C. 'Kohs Appointed) Several Pres- : ent Employes Released.' Announcement of the appointment of . Theodore J. Hewitt to be -chief probation , officer: of the juvenile court and Dr. Samuel C. Kohs to be assistant probation officer was made public this, morning by Jacob Kanz Ier,, judge of the juvenile court, fol lowing a session with the Multnomah, county 'commissioners. ", The . ap pointees .will take office August l.! Salary attached, to each' positlon is $2000 a year. . - -." t' i Termination of the employment of A A. Bailey,' present-chief probation offi cer; A. W. Orton, chief clerk ; Leonard C. de Bellevue, 'assistant probation of ficer ; W. J. Koeniff. superintendent of the boys ranch t Mrs. W. J. Koenig. matron of - the ranch; and R. B. Reed, instructor at ' the raqch. was also an nounced to take effect July Zl, - BOTS HAJTCH DISCOSTIXCEb , i Owing : to the fact that the- housing facllftles at the hoys ranch were recent ly destroyed by. - fire, Judge.. Kansler. said that ft ' had : beert rdtermfnd 'ly him to discontinue the operation of that institution entirely. Arrangements have also been made to maire' the quarters et the juvenile court from the fifth floor et. the courthouse to rooms occupied by the bureau of public welfare on the fourth floor. - . Theodore J, Hewitt, "the new chief pro bation officer of the juvenile court,' has been a resident - of 9 Portland since 1907; during which time he has been engaged In the practice of law He received a commission as first lieutenant of. in fantry at the second officers training camp -at tha Presidio. Later h Was promoted to a captaincy and went to France in advance of his division to attend- a gunnery school at Gondrecourt, He returned to America in. January of this "year and was discharged- from Camp Mills. N. T. ; r . . ' ; . DB. KOHS EXPEBT OJf DEFECTIVES Dr." S. : C- Kohs is a gradu&te of the College of the City of New Tork; and has spent practically jan his time since graduation connected with various east ern Institutions to research 'work' along the line of psychological study of sub normals and defectives. 3 ; : : ; t "In 1114 he .'was called to Chicago to become director of the peychopathic de partment at the Chicago House of Cor rection, r There "be organized a psycho logical laboratory and a special depart ment, educational in - character, which handled the defective delinquents. Op portunities -were numerous for close co operation with Dr. William Healy, who was then connected with the ' juvenile court , ' . - i , OJf HEED COLLEGE FACTJITT ! Last ; year Dr.i Kohs came to'Reed coUeg as .assistant professor in psy chology, gave courses , in- psychology to the reconstruction aides In psysiotherapy and in occupational therapy; and to twe groups of students. In employment man agement. He also delivered a-series of lectures at the Central library on "Psyi chology in Daily Life." : During the past summer he has lectured at Vineland, Nt J., st New York university ; and Stan ford university and this .summer deliv ered : a course of - lectures ; on .: "Educa tional Tests and Measurements' at St. Marys academy in this city. He aided the organisation of the new Oregon Soci ety for Mental Hygiene, of which he is secretary. ."'-, Chicago Stretcars Collide; 40 Injured Chicago, July 28. High up on top of the Palisades, about a quarter of a mile north', of Palisades. Park, two . trolley cars of the public service corporation Sunday afternoon met in a head-on col lision, injuring about 40 persons. I? of them so . seriously . that they were re moved to the Bnglewood hospital. Cow Danced CHANGES MADE IN JUVENILE ; COURT Paid Piper With Her Milk .Keep Off.th Grass." -: . The sign stood forth ; plainly enough against the brilliant green of Mrs. B. F. Dilleya carefully kept lawn at 18?9 Stan ton street. 7 ; t! :; 77 . ' : j : . WJiat. therefore, was Mrs. DiUeys dis may to see a large red cow which she recognised as belonging to her neighbor, T, Conroy, STS East Seventy-fifth street north, standing complacently- on her lawn In direct violation of her -express orders as, published on the sign. ; a And then what was her horror when the cow began to dance on the green PRESIDE!!! TO STAR I Before Uaving on, Tour Wilson ; Will Hold Conferences With Leaders Regarding; Legislation Some Expect Statement of Atti tude Toward Reservations to Be Made Before Trip Begun. Washington, July 28. (U. P.) Before starting liis tour of the United States, President " Wilson will' prob ably have, a number of conferences with Democratic leaders in both sen ate and house, to advise with" him re garding important' pending "legisla tion. .Daring, his absence the house will recess, but many committees will be whipping measures Into shape. In the senate , thV treaty ,and League of Nations debate' wlil be continued. Washington, July 28. (I. N. S.) President Wilson late this afternoon appeared' unheralded at the capltol, arriving at 4;35 ' o'clock and imme diately proceeded to the presidential room for a conference with Senators Swanson of Virginia,' PIttman of Ne vada and Pomerene of Ohio, three of the seven Democrat members of the foreign relatlons committee, and Sen ators Overman of . North . Carolina, Harrison, Mississippi; i Henderson, Nevada, and Nugent of Idaho. Later they were; joined by Senators Jonea of New Mexico and King of Utah. - The president's departure is now looked for about Wednesday of next, week.. In the. 10 days remaining before -the start, Wilson is expected to make one or two visits to .the . capltol to meet leaders. His visit last Saturday was postponed due-to. the absence of men he wished to GRAY FLEE! NOW Armada of :War$Hp$ on Last Lap i oi ; voyage; i iirougn ine . Panama Canal. ' By Frank Menke ' ' On Board i the U.' S. S. Arkansas, With the Pacific Fleet,-JulyS.XL N. S.) (By Wireless.) Having achieved the 'historic feat of -being the first great armada of warships to pass through the .Panama canal the Pacific fleet,, under command of Ad miral Rodman, steamed from Balboa into the Pacific today on the', last lap of tha long voyage to San Diego. - : ' -All J of the canal jocks worked ' per fectljrand the fleet moved through with out a . hitch. I making-"the passage in about nine hours, not counting anchor age time lostj for-fueling. . . , PASSES ISTO PACIFIC Slowly and majestically the great gray walled men of war moved down the last stretch of the canal waterway late Sun day, passing Out' Into the ground .swell Pof the Pacific while the sailors cheered. Fueling had been completed on Saturday morning, and , there was a great deal of bustle' on board while the . sailors were getting ready for the last, leg" of their Canal trip. " " " r " " " " TV The six ponderous dreadnaughts with their' immense bulls and long bristling guns, looked as though they-: were going to-' offer a stiff problem to the canal officials, but they cleared the waterway In . ship-shape order and anchored off Balboa, i About 30 destroyers, older bat tleships and miscellaneous craft were already-riding at anchor' when the super-, dreadnaughts arrived . about" 6 . o'clock Saturday evening. sailing o&debs beceited ' . Official sailing orders were received late Saturday nights. , . -- The dreadnaughts were to proceed northward in close formation,' followed by the smaller craft, but it . was an nounced that the stately procession into San Diego-harbor would-be led by Ad miral Rodman's flagship,' the New Mex ico. .".--! . I- ....' . '-, , ..- i : Half of the crews and officers were given shore leave. - -. ;j .-.; on- the: Green sward. ' The cow. pranced about, doing a sort of shimmy.- The cow rolled over on her back, j ' The cow misbehaved, gen- erauy.t-.iiMi.;--'.'f- -: - T'Com .here, "cow," said Mrs. Dilley. and. led . the r naughty animal - into her barn, v There she tied her up. There she milked her every morning and ; every evening' since the trespass. j v --v v "The cow la. paying for the damage she did my lawn," explained Mrs. Dilley, "I estimate' the damage at $12." - Conroyhas appealed to the .police to help him ,, obtain back his cow. No ac tion has l.en taken in the matter as yet. IN PACIFIC OCEAN BIG METEOR BLAZES ROAD' ABOVE CITY BRILLIANT meteor flying above the city was observed by thousands of Portland citizens Sunday night. The meteor, first seen ' tn the southeastern sky,; sped tf toward the t- northwest, where it disappeared in a shower of sparks. v . ' .1 : . K't. Observers estimated that the arc described by the meteor was 12a ; degrees. The meteor, was probably a member ot the group known as the Delta Aquarius. The biggest display of the Delta Aquarius' Is scheduled for to night. ... . . THOMAS' EXPENSE REPORT IS BRIEF .., eaNasaeBBawaeaesBSBSMBMBBeaas . " . - 3 Traveling Director Is Not Great . Hand for Details, as Shown - ; 'by Account of Trip. i : .It does ot require much red tape to get into the treasury of the Port land school " district, " if you are a member of the board of school direc tors and rdeeire to take an Eastrn trip. '" That this Is so has' been again demonstrated -and most clearly--by the recent tour of Director George B. Thomas, undertaken for the purpose, according to Chairman Sommer, . of securing "beneficial experience'" for the use of the other members- of the board. - 7.7 - : ; ; ,'i ..Difficult as it Is for the "taxpayers to build up the. school fund,' it is seem ingly very easy , for the . directors to reduce it at .their option. '.All they have to d Is .to go to School Clerk Thomas, 1 tell I him they .want a bunch of ' taxpayers' money for a .trip gome place the school clerk forks .it ' over and the. tour for beneficial experience is on.. .. ..,-...- '0 EXriAlTATIOir ,3(EEDEil ", It Is f not necessary -for a member of the', board to advise with the" other members of the board,, to .tell . them what f sort, of hnfltlr itrirfHif ir . vi. . , . upon . ths, school treasury. - , -, The board does not pass , upon the advisability of the; trip, -or Its neces sity,. or. the- brand, quality -.or. quantity of . beneficial . experience : sought . to be accumulated as, its result. In the case of Director Thomas recent trip, after the -tourist had .completed- his journey; spent - the --district's 4 money and ; -returned... the board : met ini speclab ses sion -and fixed up the record to show that,, lC.was.all right- for-Thomas to have made -the trip. " - - - ' Nor i are ahy requisitions" upsn ' the school T-clerk. required. It Mi a very simple process, y wherein, the . director; superior, officer, of the clerk, walks up to that official, 'tells him he is -headed east, Or I whatever " the " contemplated direction' maybe.1- asks for: $200 or $400 or $600 or Whatever? amount he wants, gets the money-and hies -himself away, EVER A--SECBET777 " .After.' tha . director; has returned, ?wlth; the 'money spenU Itdoes not seem cus tomary for. any return r to be made of the amount " spent.' or ; how or. -where. School Clerk Thomas .has ' stated that !1t -Is not ''usual"' for expense accounts to be filed. Orfor the surplus to be re turned to the school treasury, though In- -two notable instances "which . tho school clerk-recalls,- refunds" were made, one. amounting .to .$10 and -the other to $30. ., s , . - - . Since .no' expense lists are filed there can be no audit ' by- the ' board, or any one ' 'connected- ' with - it. '' Apparently they do business up around the school board., on j the . same - principle as the bride who was given $200; and a bank book, by her , hubby, . and -who entered on. one. page. '- "got $200,. and on .the other- ;"spent $200" excepts that, there is no, book, so far as the directors are concerned. : i'-i. - ? .. Taking it , all in ; all - the system by which a- check. Is . kept on .the use of taxpayers'-money by the school direc tors who'want to" travel' is "noteworthy chieflr by Us entire absence. 7 - -SOMETHING ; OF A JOKE ? School7 Director'" George B." Thomas has proven himself to.be the third ex ception by. filing, this morning, the fol lowing most lucid and extensively de tailed expense account of his recent tour of -the ' East to imbibe , quantities of beneficial experience- for distribu tion to other members of - the board ; f -. "July 28. ma. J "Dear Mr. Thomas: .. ; ; am -enclosing herewith: check on the First National- bank for $86, being the balance- of the $600 allowed for my trip to. the N. B. A. convention: "My railroad fare, hotel . expenses and incidentals were $514.- leaving the balance of $S6. ' . ,-.-, . . : "Very truly yours; ! - V - s OBO. B. THOMAS." ; Such an expense account. - submitted by an employe . to any : business house or firm would lead the employe straight upon, the carpet of the general; mana ger's office just as true as the short est distance between two points is a straight line.. . . . ' EitforcedYaccination Favored byDruggists '-An " article In Wedaesday's Journal told of the protest of certain organiza tions . against the proposed compulsory vaccination plan of Dr. George Farrish. city health officer. The protesting or ganisations were, the- Health Defense league ' and -. the State Federation - of Drugless associationa . A ' typographical error - attributed the remonstrance ; to the "druggists . association" . instead of the "drugless associations." The drug gists declare they are la sympathy with Dr. "Parrish in his efforts te stamp ouf. communicable diseases and have entire confidence , in - his . ability raws AREJili BY HUGHES Former Candidate for Presidency 7 Indorses v League Ratification if Certain Reservations Made. Republican Stamps Interpreta tions' on Covenant Articles in Resolution Offered to Senate. .Washington.- July 28.(U. P.)- Charles E. Hughes, in a letter to Sen ator Frederick, Hale of Maine, made public today, declared in favor of a league of nations, - but maintained that certain reservations and inter pretations to : the present covenant were necessary to protect American interests..-7-'.'' - :y ' J ! '. r The interpretative reservations sug gested by Hughes were: .;.., .,,1. That any nation "after giving two years', notice of . withdrawal shall cease to be a . member of "the : league, -despite any charge of non-fulfillment - of . any international obligation. providing the Wltnarawai wouia noi release- ius power from anydebt or liability. . 2. That questions relating to immi gration r import duties, when" they do not -affect any; international . engage ment, should be regarded as matters of domestic- policy - and - not within -. the jurisdiction ot. the; league. . . ,- -3. That the -United States, under article XXI of the .covenant (referring to the . Monroe doefrlne) , does not re-. linquishany of its traditional -attitude toward . purely - American , questions . ana that - the United States " may prevent acquisition by any non-American 'power of any territory, or control tn'the west ern hemisphere. 7- 1 ' . - ' That the-United Stales under arti cle X of the covenant does not -assume any obligation - to employ -its army or navy 4n any- expedition that- Is not authorised - by . congress, v. I ' i : Hughes' letter was In response. to a oommuHicatioa-from" Hale in whicn 4ha latter asked the former;upreme court .. i .. . ,, , . Additional police' Put ; on Duty to -Quell Race Outbursts l.-s ,: , Jn Chicago. " Chicago, July 2S. (L J. &) Two more negroes were shot, and serious ly .wounded early 'today In the race riot -that for 15. hours, has made a battlefield .of the negro district on the.' souhslde.;; iAs a result,' addi tional ? police ' : guards . have been thrown .up throughout the district. ; Casualties of the rioting thus .far are one negro known to be dead, one white man reported killed and scores Injured.. Thirty men. whites and ne groes, are being held In Jail for in vestigation. " :4 ' ' .' . ' Alexander Holloway, colored, a driver of a Vnited States postoffice department mall wagon, was pulled from his wagon and when rescued from a mob of shout ing white men by police,, was taken to the Providence hospital unconscious, and with a fractured skull. - . '-.- Shortly after S o'clock this afternoon. a. crowd of 50 white men stopped a streetcar In Ihe heart of the riot section and pulled from it two woman and one man, all negroes and beat them un merclfally Ail poolrooms in the "Black Belt" were closed on police order. -: 1 Armour;. Co. at the stockyards or dered .all their! colored employes to remain at the yards until ' they could be taken home under protection. 7 ' - The ; trouble is said to have - beea caused "by an attempt by negroes : to invade a bathing beach customarily used by white folks. Augustus Strauber, ac cused ; of hurling a- brick which struck a negro boy . swimming in the lake and caused him to drown, was arrested. - As news of the trouble at the beach spread, mobs of whites and blacks quickly ) formed and scores of clashes in which clubs and stones were hurled and ai few shots were fired resulted. Police "authorities threw 400 ' reserves into the district and early today order had been restored. v . . v Negro Talk Tlolent New York, July 2$. L N. a) Two thousand negroes attended a mass meet tag here Sunday night at which speak ers declared for equality between whites and blacks. - Rev. E. II. Bolden, pastor of the Emmanuel M. 1 Church, declared that - the colored - man would get ' the rights due him if . 1,000,000 men had to die to obtain themi . ' ; 25 Steamers to Load" For Oriental Ports 7 San Francisco. July 26. Recent allot ments of ships to the Pacific coast by the . United . States : Shipping ', board In elude 11 steamers, of an aggregate tonnage- of 9M00 ; to San .. Francisco ; 10 steamers, of aggregate- tonnage, of 91. 200. to Seattle ; four large steamers to Portland, and four smaller steamers for local trade to Manila. . All these vessels are on the' berth from the various ports. beginning . . Sunday andl up - to October 12, for oriental ports. TWO MORE BLACKS . INJURED IN RIOTS Novelist's Wife Pleads Guilty to Sh66tingIIerSon By George R. Holmes ? Pittsfield, Mass.. July 28. (I.- N. S.) The trial . of Mrs. Gladys C. Dunn for the murder of her 3-year-old baby boy came to an unexpected and abrupt ending today, when the young mother pleaded guilty to man slaughter and was-sentenced to one year at hard labor in the Pittsfield House of Correction. '-; 7 ;-v ; Mrs. Dunn waa being tried, on the charge of second degree murder, carry ing with it .a penalty of life imprison ment. The trial bad proceeded three days and witnesses were to be offered by the defense today to testify that she was - insane . when she shot the little boy as he sat In his wicker chair at the Lennox home ot J. Allan Dunn, novelist and former editor of Sunset ma gazine. - -v a. ; ' t ' Shortly after court convened at 10 :30, John F, Noxon, leading attorney for the defense, announced that his client de sired to change her plea. ' : Justice Brown gave his consent. 'Mrs. Dunn, very pale :and - trembling, was led to the petitioner's place outside the railing. ''a deathly silence settled over the courtroom and women in the big crowd of; summer resort . spectators craned their necks for a view of the pretty defendant." . ;.- ' -.; .--... , ; . "Gladys C. Dunni do you wish ' to change your plea?" asked the clerk. , In a barely audible voice Mrs. Dunn answered : '; ". , .-.-'-'! "Yes I plead., guilty to manslaugh ter."' ..- ..." ,f- :- -..' '. . ;V She swayed slightly -as she finished and her, husband rushed to her side and led her to a chair. , . . , District Attorney lay : then began . a brief review xf , the case f or ; the . prose cution. He termed It "one of the most pathetic f in the criminal annals or the commonwealth of Massachusetts." , and presented " the state's theory 1 that "Mrs. Dunn .killed her baby In a wild fit of Jealousy ' after a quarrel, with her novelist husband. '7 , v; ; -7 Justice , Brown s pronounced ; sentence ROAD SURE IS LOST IN HILLS Searchers ' Looking for Charles L' taylorMcKenzie' Bridge, i . . Missing Three Days. - -i Eugene, July - 28.-f-Searcb.lng par ties are scouring the bills and timber In the. McKenxie valley in an . effort to locate ; Charles L. Taylor. : road supervisor of McKenzitf Bridge," who has not' been . heard of , since going Into the mountains three days ago. -7 Since - Taylor Is well acquainted with the country in the upper McKenzie val ley, and as he said on his departure that he expected to return the next day it Is feared that he may be lying Injured some nlace lit the mountains. His com panion on the' trip returned, saying that the two had become separated, yvv M Clyde Ri-Seltz. former forest super visor of the Cascade National forest, who Is1 familiar with, the mountains In this district, left Sunday morning to direct a systematic search for Taylor. ' It- Is probable- bloodhounds will t be obtained to find the missing man.. Defense 'Closes Its Case in Trial, of; Ford-Tribune Suit "i'-fi" '' .'':'' 7v7. " M -" !.'-'"4;77'f; Mount Clemens.' Mich., July 28. (L N. S.) "Tour honor, we are through.' Laconically, Attorney Klllott O. Stev- , - . .W..-T WtAaA enson, senior coonwi i " Tribune, in the Ford-Tribune $1,000,000 libel suit, thus announced to' Judge Tucker shortly before 10 ' o'clock today that' the defense had finished Its icase. The announcement came shortly after the trial of the case - naa enierea 11s twelfth week. . ; ' , ;- , Rebuttal testimony by the plaintiff began at once and tnts. wun -argu- ments and other ciosins ionnm, expected to consume at least another two weeks. Boycott Guts Off Rice of Japanese San Francisco, July 28. (U. P. The Chinese boycott as a protest . against the Shantung ' award has cut off the greater part of Japan's rice supply and is causing a serious condition in Japan, according to Americans arriving from Shanghai and Toklo , today. Japanese prisons and many of the poorer people are compelled to mix potatoes and ether foodstuffs with their allotments of rice, the nation's staple, food. French Pact Favored J By Defense Society New York7 July28. (U. P.) The American' defense society has asked every senator to support the defensive treaty between the United. States, France Bd areat Britain. It was announced here today." ' - . ' - '. -' House Repeals Tax ; r ... . . - a ' - e . - r i ' un boit JJrinKs Washinsrton. July , 28. I. N. S.) without a roll call the hpuse this afUr- ,n nassed a bill repealing the 10 per 'cent tax on soda water and ' other soft i drinks. : The measure now ' goes to the 'senate. a RVISOR when the prosecutor had finished. He took . into . consideration, he said, the facts that .had been presented by the state, regardless of the change In Plea.- "There . are certain thtngs," he said, "that bespeak an unsound mind on the part, of the defendant. , But it must be remembered that in the quarrel which preceded the killing of the child she had no weapon.. She had to go upstanrs and . procure a weapon before the . deed wes committed. ? , - , ', '."But in view of what I believe the de fendant has suffered and what she will suffer, the court Is disposed to leniency. Nothing that I could Impose probably could add to the. torture she- already has suffered. The court therefore ac cepts the plea of guilty to manslaughter and sentences the defendant to one year in the house of correction in Pittsfield at hard labor. , , ' The women In the courtroom promptly rushed outside and took up places on the steps of the courthouse, hoping to see! Mrs- Dunn led away to Jail. .But the sheriff anticipated embarrassing in cidents similar to an earlier demonstra tion in which: women hurled epithets at Mrs. Dunn, kept her. secluded In his of fice until the women grew, weary and went .away. - . ' v . . t -; ,7 , Mrs. Dunn's . decision to change her plea, was reached after, an all-night con ference . with her attorneys. They, had previously.-: announced, that she would take the stand In her own behalf today or tomorrow.. . ' . ... . - 7r The state closed Its case Friday noon. Its - principal evidence being the testi mony of Detective Thomas Bllgh, who swore that the defendant confessed the shooting' to him when he 1 visited her home in Lennox. ' .' ., " Mrs. , Dunn's marriage to J. Allan Dunn was her third. In 1909 she was married to I4eut.7 Wilson Eric Madden of the United States navy In San Fran cisco. Her second husband was a .poet; Henry ; Anderson Xafler; well known on the Faclfio coast as contributor to the Argonaut. She met Dunn in Bohemian circles in San Francisco where he was a friend of the late Jack London, : . 4 IN LEAGUE-WALSH Senator From ; Montana, Declares That Irish Freedom Can Come it t Through Covenant. 4 7 s Washington,' July 28. (U. P.) Charging -- the prltlsh government with. ' "barbarous oppression of the Irish,. Senator Walsh, Montana, in a speech to the senate today, declared that Ireland's hope for freedom lief id the League of .Nations.' ? - ; 77,i "We 5 have earned the right : to say to England."' Walsh said, "that ' her treatment y of Ireland is a ' constant menace to the. amity we - are- desirous of preserving unimpaired between the two countries." ?--:' But if England proves deaf to Amer ican advice, - "Article II -of the League would . afford Ireland an opportunity. either directly -or through a, friendly power, to, bring her. claims to the "at tention 7 of the league' Walsh main tained. . . Article Tit v refers to "any war or threat of ' war" and provides also that league members, may. -bring up matters affecting International - relations which national relations may threaten to dis turb' international peace of the good understanding , between . nations upon which peace, depends." . - . Walsh denied that article 10 would stifle , Ireland's nationalist impulses by preventing a , revolution.; - He quoted Irish history - to show, however, how futile Ireland's hopes through revolution have proved. - , - He assailed Sir Edward Carson. . Uls ter leader, who he declared was "re warded for his . treason," and Sir John French, former ' eommander of the forces In Ireland, who refused to co erce Ulster. . -Discussing the effect of article 10 on the rights of submerged peoples to win freedom, Walsh declared that the right of revolution is guaranteed by the arti cle and not. denied, as charged by league opponents. ; - Article 10, Walsh said, is an expres sion of universal feeling that "no part of the earth should be vexed by, war." 50,719 Listed As War Battle Deaths In American Army Washington. July 28. L N. a There had been recorded on July 23 a to total of S0.719 battle deaths In the American : army through V the war, the war . department announced , this , after noon. Under battle deaths come those killed In action and .those who died of wounds, received, In- action,; - The total recorded as wounded on this date was 217,1(2; missing in action, 1550, and died of disease and other causes, 29,053. -These figures constitute a reca pitulation and a correction of previous statistics made public by the war de partment, Roumanians Claim Victory Over Reds ; London. July ' ttiV- N. " S.) Rou manian troops have launched a success ful counter offensive against the Hun garian reds. The Hungarians have bjen driven out of all the positions they cap tured in the Thelss sector and have been driven across the Thelss river, said an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Bu charest . today, quoting an official state ment Issued by the Roumanian .bvar of Gee, . IRELAND S HOPE IS IDAHO K POSIK EXPaiBEO Statement at Hearing ( Is That State Is Interested in Se curing Benefit of , Decision J. P. Newell Continues Testimony Showing That It Is Cheaper to ' Haul Along River Than Up Hill Over precipitous mountain grades, down rlyer gorges with a minimum of operating difficulties, J. f. Newell, consulting , engineer . of the - Oregon Public- Service -commission.' this morning traced the routes, the costs and the causes of such costs In the Columbia river basis :-. rate hearing. Mr, Newell jcornjsleted; direct test! mony and will probably be required to appear at-the Beattle hearing for cross examination, i; Following the Oregon engineer on the stand this morning, Leonard Way, rate clerk , of the public utlities .commission of Idaho." presented in brief an argument of the , commission's petition in inter vention i flted when ; the hearing was opened in Portland. Mr, Way explained some slight discrepancy In the ate structure and asked, in effect, that what ever rate basis is established between the Inland -Empire and - Portland and Puget Sound be made to reflect In the through rates, eaetbound and westbound, in Idaho. He presented the Information that six, billion tons of freight originate annually in the Idaho region. ' LEWISTOX B VSI3E8S THBEATKHEIg -That LeWlston' will suffer 'to the ex-; tent of. being- "forced out of' business'.' ,lf rates- are - established - on? any, other basis than of equal distances because of Lewisten's close competition with po kane was Mr. way's statement r 7 Presenting elaborate statistical data In support of his testimony, Mr. Newell this morning-eontimied tne -exmmtnaUotv - that paused when the hearing adjourned on Saturday- evening. , Resistance te the pull of the engine is the principal factor governing the cost of operating varied stretches of rail road track, over equal distances of ter- , rltory.'Mr Newell testified,. Therefore. . the fact that resistance over mountain ous hauls Is vastly greater than over water level hauls led to the statement and .Its Support In' witnesses' statistics' that in every case involving northwest ern roads the ."resistance mileage" is greatly In favor of Portland. TESTIMONY IS "ILLUSTRATED Illustrating his testimony. Mr. Newell showed that from a standpoint of resist- apce mileage Pendleton is only 180 miles from .Portland,, whereas . Puget ' Sound ports, computed in resistance mileage. Is 4(1 .miles, or 276 miles more distant than Portland. Yet the rates for trans- portatlng grain to either point from Pen dleton are Identical. -.- - Furthering : the- same mathematical line of calculation, Mr. Newell pointed out that the equivalent mileage between renaieton and Portland is only 296 miles against 400 to Puget Sound, or 196 miles more distant than Portland. ' ' - -EQ Uir ALE5 T .BISE', COM PAKISOX Using the Pendleton comparison again. Mr. Newell pointed out that the '"equiva lent rise," which is a theoretical meas urement of resistance to be overcome -In a mile of haul, is 2944 feet between Pendleton and Portland, a against 730S feet between Pendleton and the Sound. This gives Portland an advantage of 482 feet over the same distance. .... In the one case the haul Is over the O-W. . R. A N. westbound and between Pendleton- and the Sound Is over the Northern Pacific The "road cost" per revenue ton to bring freight to . Port land from Pendleton is 48 cents, accord ing to Mr. Newell's statements, and to take a ton of the same commodity to the Sound, in, the face of an equivalent rise of 7308 feet, entails a road cost of 94 cents or, in the analysis, the revenue ton can be hauled to Portland from Pen dleton for 4( cents less than It can. be hauled to Puget Sound. The percentage cost in favor of Portland, therefore. Is shown to be 98 per cent. SCJtf OF COSTS SHOUTX 7 7:-7; ' The sum of the road and Indirect costs between Pendleton and Portland, west bound is 99 cents and the same total to the Sound Is $1.01, or a difference of 63 cents In favor of Portland. The actual distance between Pendleton and Portland is 218 miles, against 802 to Seattle, or a mileage over actual trackage distance ot SS miles in favor of Portland. , Ths same comparisons "were made be tween such other Northwestern .Points as .Walla Walla, - Pullman, Garfield, Oakeedale and Spokane. Figured on a basis of actual mileage. Walla Walla is 218 miles from Portland and (02 miles from the Sound. On an equivalent mileage basis, . however. Walla Is only 229 miles from Portland and 895 . miles . from the Sound. - ; FUEL COSTS C0581DEBED , I : Mr. Newell went at length into the matter of fuel costs, upon ' which the defense has put much emphasis, espe cially on the matter of electrical energy. The "regeneration" of electrical energy in rail equipment so operated over de clines has been touted as highly Im portant. ' Mr. Newell showed that prob ably: less than 15 per cent of the fuel cost which, on the-whole, is .relatively small as compared with other operating costs, is saved by "regeneration" ; on descending hauls. . ; -r - r ? 7 Fuel costs comprise approximately one quarter ot the operating cost of the O-W. R. St N Mr. Newell stated. One third to one quarter of the fuel cost on the west bound operation of the Northern Pacific .could be saved 1 by. "regeneration" of electrical energy If that railroad were operated electrically, be stated.