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PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 29,-- 1919. EIGHTEEN PAGES,
PRESIDENT
GIVES m
1 0 1 WE
FrenchrBritish-American Agree
. ment Obligation of America
Because of Debt Owed France.
Object to Provide Immediate Aid
in Time of Need,' Says Wilson;
. Arrangement Is U nderteague.
Washington, July 29.-01. N. S.)
President Wilson today submitted to
the senate .the text of the Franco-British-American
pact, and In an ac
companying; message urged Its early
ratification for the reason that
America's debt to France has not yet
fceeri fully repaid." : '
Referring to the assistance rn
dered America by France, in the days
of the revolution, the president de
clared that "nothing: can repay such
a .debt,'! : ! : ' -
REVERSALS OF HISTORY
" It is one of th e f In e reversals of
history' he added, "that the other
nation "Bhould be - the very . power
from whom France fought to set us
free." .
In submitting the pact the president
explained Jhat its object is to "provide
for immediate military, - assistance to
France by the United States in case of
any unprovoked movement of aggres
sion against her by Germany "without
waiting for the advice of 5 the council
of the League of Nations-that such
' action be taken. It is to be an arranger
ment, not independent of the League of
jsations,1 out unaer it." . , -. :. --,
' The rcopjr of: the treaty sent to the
senate Joy the president - was the same
as the: unofficial text read into the sen
ate records several days ago. .
There were only a few senators on the
, floor when the- treaty was submitted.
Serrator.Xodfe, chairman of the foreign
- relatione com mi ttee,. moved that' '" th$
president's message b read in open ex
ecutive session, and at the conclusion of
the' resdtng .moved that the pact be re
'ferred to the foreign relations commit
tee; to which there was no objection.:
The : committee' eventually' will decide
if th pact and tha treaty t Versailles
are to be reported simultaneously to the
senate. '.. --.--:..
TO; SECURE SAFETY- ' . ,
t i The president's message follows: ...
' Jentlemen of the senate: -
Cnclnded on race-Two. Columm.Two)
BIDS ARE
Four Would Construct 14-Mile
Section Between Zig Zag and
Summit' of r Mountain. '
.' Bids were opened today by, the
United States Bureau of Public toads
; for the construction of the Mt.'Hxiod
loop j highway. ' Four bids' were re
ceived for building' the 14 -mile sec
tion between JZIg Zag and the sum
mit of the mountain, but no bid was
offered for the ; construction of the
87-mtle section between Zig Zag and
the Hood River county ; boundary, of
the national forest.- i ' r 'l :
.The four bidders on the 14-mile sec
"tion x- were w, Raclflc; Bridge , company.
- Johnson Contract company. Star Sand
company and .J, W. Sweeney. The bids
wilt be extended and forwarded to Wash
ington with recommendation of award.
The -. unit prices indicate that the low
bid is .between the Johnson Contract
company and J; W. Sweeney. .
-Bids were: also opened for the '1m
' provement of the Hayes hill section In
Josephine county, which is to be a link
. in the Grants Pass-Crescent City high
way. For this 2.4 mile project there was
an active competition. 4 Eleven bids
were received. , Of these the lowest is
either,, that. of. John Hampshire & Co.,
' or Josephine county. Other bidders were
- raiiott &. Scoggln. J T. Ixgan, A. D.
Kern, Palmer A Young-, Boechke. Miller,
Orter Co., Oskar Huber, I. O. Her-
rold. Pacific- Bridge company and the
Johnson Contract company. '..-
The preliminary estimate of cost "of
the. project is $52,500, equally divided
' between the state and the federal gov
ernment. - '- -v . " .. ' .
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Heavy Damage Done
v WHen-Tornado Hits
AAvmj Plying' Field
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Mlneola, I I.. July 29. (L N. S.1
Aviation officers said today . that ' the
damage done by the tornado , that
struck Haselhurst flying field last night
will total hundreds of thousands of
dollars. -s '
Five airplanes, including three of the
' largest tn American were destroyed, 40
temporary buildings were wrecked and
a camp city of 300 tents wiped out. The
big Martin bomber. In which Captain
Roy N, Francis was scheduled to begin
. a one - stop flight across 'the cont men t
thH week, a giant Capronl triplane and
.. a Handley-Page welsrhing It tons, were
demolished. - - - --.--.. --
OPENED
FOR LOOP HIGHWAY
Preside
May
nt
Delay Trip Till
Weather Cools
Thirty-Day Tour jn Summer Heat
Is Protested by Wilson's Phy
sician Fleet May Be Held...
. Washington. July 29.- (I. N. 1ft)-
Unless the present extreme hot wave
subsides it is possible that. President
Wilso'n may . delay the start of -his
speaking; tour until. Augrust 16,-. it
was learned at the White House to
day. Rear Admiral Cary 1 T. Gray
son, the . president's 'personal phy
sician, has strongly j urged that 'he
not . attempt" the trip until- the
weather! conditions become . more
favorable. ''. . ' .
It has been the president's intention
to start in i time r to -reach San Fran
cisco on August' 15, the date of the ar
rival of the Pacific fleet, and be was
to confer this afternoon with Secretary
Daniels on the possibility of holding
the fleet there until he could arrive.
The itinerary, it "was teveated today,
calls for a 30-day tour, j with . S3 set
speeches, in addition to a number of
extemporaneous addresses. Tlie ' strain
upon the president, in view .of : his ".re
cent illness, would be marked, and Ad
miral Qi iyson is of the- opinion that if
would be better to delay the start; than
to run the chances ot having the presi
dent's strength fall and- the tour conse
quently curtailed. ; V -
It was made ! plain . at the ;' White
House- hat the trlD was a certainty,
and that the : president would start off
at the earliest possible date, regardless
of- any Biuatlon, (.hat might arise- in
congress, growing out of opposition to
the peace- treaty, f It was also empha
sised, that , it was possible that the pres
ident would get away from Washing
ton in time to reach t the Pacific coast
by August 15, but that it all : depended
udob - his Dhysical condition r and the
weather. ,: ; ' ' : '':'. -:
CROWD! IS "CALLED'
- y
League to Enforce : Peace Warns
Against Propaganda Issued
ftiUnqer
Nety York, July 29. In a, bulletin
sent today to. its branches and mem
ber's throughout the United States,
the League to jJjnforce-T Peace de
elares that the so-called Republican
Publicity association,", which is conducting-
a propaganda campaign
against the League of -Nations, has
no authority to; speak' for the Repub
Iican . party and ddes . not ' represent,
in' any 'way the Republican national
drganitation.' i The- statement says
League, to ? Enforce- Peace" issues this
warning because many; persons: have
given, undue .attention, to . the pronuncia-
mentos of the 'Republican Publicity s
sociation, in the belief that they ex
press "the official views of the party or
ganisation. The Republican Publicity
association is purely a private 'organi
sation, controlled by a few office holders
and ex-office holders who include, the
implacable enemies of the League of
Nations. 'Its - statements represent the
opinions -of the . ultra-radical - group
among the ' opponents ; of the league
covenant.' "--liL. L' f ;: -.v. ;
"The chairman and one of the chief
moving; spirits tn the association is the
Honorable Jonathan Bourne Jr., ex-senator
from Oregon. Mr. Bourne .does not
even represent; the majority sentiment
of his own state, where both senators,
one a Republican and the other a Demo
crat, favor ratification of : the league
covenant.- It is t well . known that : the
association .not only has ' no authority
to speak for the Republican party, .but
through its unreasoning "attacks on the
league covenant is causing serious 'em
barrassment to the Republican leaders
who are opposing all efforts to make
the league a party issue. -
"The declarations issued by . the Re
publican Publicity 1 association show
that this organisation, or rather Vs of
ficers, and executive committee, for It
has no constituency, is opposed to the
entrance of the United States into any
League of Nations " or other interna
tionai ' agreement for continuing the co
operation that enabled the free nations
to win the war. It advocates a policy
Lof national 4 selfishness, which the
American people repudiated , forever
when they entered the struggle for
world freedom." r .- .
Dreadnoughts 300
Miles jon Way rTJp.
Coast From Canal
Aboard U. 8. S. Arkansas. With the
Pacific Fleet. July 2?.--(I. N. &) (Via
WirelesaV The ; superdreadnaughts of
the aclflc leet were off the coast ef
Costa Rica j this r morning. having
steamed, about S00 miles' since they
passed out of the Panama canal, en
route to San Francisco, more- than 3200
miles away. ' ;m V -i "-:? 1 . .
- .The battleships are maintaining 'ap
proximately the standard speed of 124
knots. . Drills and maneuvers continue
dally. t - - -
Prison .Terms for; ; .'.
Army Men' in. Graft
Washington; July 29.(I. N. S.) De
motions and prison terms ranging from
one to 12 years have been meted -out to
seven officers end -enlisted men who fig
ured in the -recent graft scandal In the
Third naval district. New Tork. the navy
department announced today, in makinjg
public the findings of the courtmartlal
mm
RATES fiR
lOCREASED
Greater Operating Costs, Includ
ing Recent Wage Increase As
signed as Reason by Company,
Residences Hit Hardest; Rates
Approved by Burleson, Claim;
State Soon to Resume Control.
Barricaded by claims of commer
cial necessity and assertions of finan
cial 'requirements, that are said, to
warrant the move, and justified by
the , postmaster general, the ' Pacific
Telephone & Telegraph company
dropped a smouldering bomb into
public - affairs . late Monday evening;
when W. J. Phillips, district com
mercial superintendent, announced to
the 'Oregon public service commis
sion, large and far reaching increases
in telephone service rates.' through
out the state.? ; : s J
Affecting chiefly ,the costs of resi
dence telephone service, -the 4 rate rises
came.; as a, general surprise in the path
of the recent announcement of wage In
creases for ' "operators and electrical
workers and before the echo of the re
cent strike of company employes rhad
died away, arousing an immediate vol
ley of pretest on the part "of telephone
users ' and some public officials. i
MrjriCIFAI SYSTEM THREATEN ED
1 In case of an injunction suit by, the
city against telephone rate rises should
prove unavailing a municipal telephone
company to compete with the Bell cor
poration may be the solution of the prob
lem of securing lower -priced telephone
service, - r
This was the essence of debate at a
special meeting- of the city council this
morning. The following telegram, signed
bylhe mayor: andt dty eommissfonersi
was dispatched to each member of the
Oregon- deleraiion jn -th "ho ftd-aa-4
"Please ' ascertain from 'postmaster
general what orders he has made affect
ing locai exchange telephone rates , in
Oregon.' If anysuch orders have .been
made, wire' copies." A similar request is
being' made of each jmember. of the Ore
gon delegation." - T " I '
A . request that al duplication of infor
mation .be avoided- concluded the mes
sage. " T '" . ..'"'
Following the meeting this" morning
Mayor Baker held a conference with
Fred Spoert and W. -J. -Phillips' of the
telephone company. He heard himself
accused,- he declares, of . failing to ' co
operate with: the company to the -best
interests of "the public and In turn re
tor: d that the company had been guilty
of high-handed and arbitrary methods
In taking advantage of the eleventh hour
before the restoration of the telephone
Lines to private. ownership 'from federal
control.' '1; .' " " . -
JfEW RE8IDESCE RATES I
Kffective July 29. the new rates an
nounced by Mr. Phillips apply to all resi
dence phones served by the Pacific com
pany, and will include Home phone rates
as soon as the two systems are com
pletely coordinated under the Pacific
company. The new rate schedule is as
follows: i ' ' ' -
- Individual : residence, $3 to $3.75 , per
month, $4 with desk set. ' ' T I ' -" '
Two-party; residence $2.25 1 to 3 per
month, 3.25 with desk set. : - v
- Four-party residence. 2 to' S2.S0 ; per
(Concluded on Pue Two, Column Three)
FRUIT JUICE TAX
Reduction! Which Passed House
Will Get Early Consideration
-in the Senate.'
Washington, July 12 9. (WASH
INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUR-
NAL.)--Senators MeNary and Chant-
be rlalnT ar ran ged for ' a"" hearing" to
morrow, by the senate finance coni
raittee on, the Hawley bill fixing the
tax; on jfrult juiced at two cents per
gallon, t The bill passed (the house
late Monday; after an amendment
which had been prepared had , been
voted Tdownl ' Prospects are v good for
early action by the senate. :
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,o Flour Export Grant --
Washington, July 29. Julius H.
Barnes. president of -the" federal grain
corporation, informs Senator McXary
that he cannot at present grant a, per
mit for the exporting of flour by the
Pacific International company of Port
land. Barnes says that' no permits have
been granted for. Individual shippers for
two; years. -: ' :''" ...j-.-:'.: .-.'--'.; i-; . ""'.-
HEARING IS SOON
Georgia Passes Bill ,
For Pay to Veterans
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Both brances -of the Georgia legislature
passed unanimously today a concurrent
resolution indorsing the six months' pay
for ' soldiers, ; sailors and marines mho
served In the European ar. -
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Tramp Sought
As Suspect in
Murder of Girl
Roll of Blankets Found in Woods
Near Where Body of Bahdon p
" Girl Was Discovered. " -
Marshfield, July 2 9, No trace has
been found to lead to the discovery
of the murderer of Lillian Leuthold,
aged 1 years, who was killed Sun
day evening at Bandon. Since the
body was found Mondav eveningr the
people of the city" have been greatly
excited and are assisting the offi
cers in the effort to find the slayer
of the girl. , , - " . . .
' The only clue so far is the finding of a
roll of blankets near where the body was
discovered. It is said that a stranger,
evidently a tramp, was seen -with the
bedding on his back on Saturday, hut so
far the man who was noticed then has
not been found. . Some think that the
finding of the blankets was pnly a coin
cidence, but a thorough search will be
made for the stranger, whom several in
the city think they can recognise. , ;
The girl met her death by being shot
twice in the bead and her clothing was
torn from her body. Indicating a. strug
gle. The shots were fired from a small
caliber, revolver -at short range. ,
BOOT DRAGGED I JTO BRUSH J
' Lillian Leuthold was the daughter of
John Leuthold. who is employed as . a
fireman at the Prosper mill near Bandon.
The family reside In what is known as
Kast Bandon. Sunday the girl went to
the home of -the Rev. 'M. , E. Jennings,
whose daughter was a chum o the
Leuthold rirl She spent the afternoon
at the Jennings home, leaving about S
Jk. in, ' a i;..- v. it..-.." v:. -ff.. i
When she did not appear at the home
her parents thought that she had stayed
all night at the Jennings home and did
not worry, but when she did not return
in the morning inquiry at the Jennings
house indicated that, something, was
wrong and a general alarm was given.
Many went out searching for the girl.
The. father found the body, v, . -.; ' .
Near the Moore mill there is a short
cut from the main road to the hill, where
the Jennings home is located, and the
girl was In the habit of coming through
this short cut. It was here that she was
killed. - She had been shot once In the
back of her head and once through the
temple, one of . the bullets penetrating
her hat. which had later been torn' from
her head. Evidently the body had been
dragged from the main road . to the
brush at one side. T. ; r '
ATTEMPTED, ASSAULT FAILED
Most of the child's clothing had Jeen
lern - from-- her--body and j-.son, of
tier" garments were ' entirely " missing.
yVTiether . this was .'caused by the drag
ging of the body -or through : a struggle
before, the shooting has not been ascer
tained, :'::3-.i-. -? '
An attempted criminal assault is sus
pected, but' doctors testified that If such
an, attempt , were madejtwaa not successful.-'-
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Coroner Fred Wilson from Marshfield
was called and took charge of the body
and held an Inquest but there was little
testimony to secure at this time.: Sheriff
Gage is, at Bandon. today looking into
the case. .' ' -. ' ' .. t
The Leuthold girl was very, pretty and
wa" well raised - and "a quiet and well
behaved lass. Her friends say that she
was not in the habit -of associating with
boys .and. did not go , to dances and par
ties with male friends and none seem to
know of her having any especial favor
ites 'among the 'boys she knew. - j
STKAXOEBt IS SUSPECTED U
She -was a member of the sophomore
class . of ' the ' : Bandon high school last
year , and her classmates say- they f do
not know.- of . her. receiving any special
attention from any?boy. -. -.
This leads to the- belief that the mur
der was probably committed , by a
stranger, but one who did not know her
habit of walking over the short cut road
to 'the' Jennings home would scarcely
have encountered her there. . " i v
- The -Jennings girl and ' a - girl- Hn ; the
Marshall f amliy were the chief chums
of the murdered girl.' Neither was able
to offer any suggestion that might lead
to a clue. ' ' " " : ' - ' -
At 5 o'clock. Sunday evening Lillian
Leuthold left the Jennings house to go
to her own home. . The body was . not
found until 24 hours later. The parents
are -frantic --with' grief r and friends ;are
assisting the officers in the investiga
tion; of-every, clue that might lead to
some discovery. '
Governor Becomes
Aero Illub Member;
Landing Field Topic
1 Governor Ben W. Olcott was made a
member of the Aero Club of Oregon at
last night's meeting. Recent' flights
made by the state executive have t ac
centuated his keen interest in aviation
and he proposes to take an active part
uv-the vork of the.cluo ;
i Recommendation of a location for a
landing- place for airplanes was also
decided' upon at this meeting. The tract
selected a level field . 700 by 3500
feet in 'area, belonging to the Ladd es
tate , and lying west of the municipal
golf - links -at Estmorelandv . ,
City, Commissioner S. C. Pier 1 an
nounced -that ' the dty government will
cooperate with the Aero club in leasing
a site for a landing- field and erecting
hangars. It is expected to acquire pos
session of the Eastfooreland : landing
field on a five-year lease, "according to
Officials of . the club. -'-i"M- '
Finnish Minister ;
To-Visit' Portland
1 A. 1 H. Saastamolndn. extraordinary
plenipotentiary minister : to the. United
States from Finland, -will come to Port
land tn acceptance of the Invitation sent
him recently by the Chamber of Com
merce according to a message received
by the chamber.- this morning. Saasta
moinon says . that he is. unable to fix a
definite date yet and thanks EL N. Wein
baum. secretary -of the foreign " trade
bureau in a personal letter for the re
ception given Jacob de Julin on his visit
fcere. . -'- -
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Seattle Seeking to : Prove That
Mountain Haul fs as Cheap, if
Not Cheaper, Than River Route
Line of Defense Also Centers on
Assertion Distance Should Be
Basis of Rail Rate Structure.
By Marshall N. Dana
Seattle, July 29. As the Columbia
basin rate case resumed in Seattle
this morning,' after a week in Port
land, and as Puget Sound attorneys,
rate experts and business men, came
forward wtth : their arguments that
the cost of mountain transportation
is not more, If as much as water
grade movement, of freight, .there
came into the mind of the, listening
Portlander : a . fragment ' of ; an old
Biblical text, "Faith will move moun
tains. :'.:-.,- . - - ..V-
" These Seattle enthusiasts, who. to say
the least, are . unitedly loyal to their
community have essayed to convince
Interstate Commerce Commissioners
Hall, Daniels and Eastman that not
only has the business built by their
faith snd energy moved the mountains,
but that a positive- handicap has been
transformed into an advantage. ! ;
Those whd heard J. G. Wood worth of
the Northern pacific say at the final
session in Portland Monday evening that
the theory of rate making is to equalize
community competition without regard
to cost of service so long as the rate is
greater than expense, heard C, A. Hart
ot counsel for the railroads, in cross-
examination of. J, P. Newell, try: : to
bring out this morning that - alight. If
any. practical differences, exist in rail
roading on . the Columbia water grade
and the Cascade mountain routes. - -
Mr. Newell Is consulting engineer of
the Oregon- public service : commission
and tnhto dlrtsUniony iTr Portland
last . Saturday he bad asserted that the
road cost from Pendleton te Puget Sound
is 75 per-cent -more-than from Pendle
ton to Portland.' ;; This assertion became
the - first' obiect of attack by Mr.: Hart;
From a tulky text by Wellington,- Hart
drew the ' assertion that curves - and rise
and fall of line .do; not materially affect
operation of trains, unless ' these affect
speed." --'V . " -: .'"". Z'
. "Mr, Wellington Is generally believed
by engineers not to have attributed suf-
'Coneloflee oa Tm Fin, Column Three!
New ; Method Which Will Do
l! Away With Double Payments ' ;
. to Be Adopted Soon.
Solution of the city's financial
problem In correcting bookkeeping
and purchasing systems that hereto
fore have resulted in the double pay
ment of claims against the city, is in
the offing, according to City Auditor
Funk, who completed this morning
a draft of a new system to oe pre
sented to the city council ior apr
provaI j ' A:..- "
Acting in conjunction with Com
missioner Pier, Auditor Funk has pre
pared a report on the system of provid
ing repeated checking and rechecking
for city purchases. It is contemplated
that city employes, charged with , past
mistakes, can be made legally respon
sible for the ' quality and . delivery of ;
goods bought by the city and for double
payments. . V, "; ' ; ' : . ..
j Mast Have Beavlsltloa
Only the , person having personal
knowledge of goods purchased , will be
permitted to certify for their purchase,
the new plan provides. One person In
each,' department must" make' out "all
requisitions, and only in extreme . cases
can purchases be made without requisi
tions, which, in any event., must follow
at once. . . . .- ... ' . v . .. , ' - .:
When the municipal purchasing agent
receives a requisition he will Immedi
ately prepare a purchasing order , in
quadruplicate, one copy going ' to the
vendor as his authority to deliver, one
to the person or department making the
purchase, one to the auditor : and one
lfor the files of the .purchasing agent.
The ' vendor must invoice nut . sales to
the City in triplicate on the day of, sale,
and his invoice will constitute 'a state
ment of his account.
MOSTHLT VULTS DISAPPBOTED
"The custom of writing monthly requi
sitions should!; "be ; frowned i upon, Mr.
Funk -says, "and should be reduced at
least to a reasonable basis.' When the
monthly requisition Is used full .descrip
tion slips should be sent out and signed
by the receiver i:- r- -;'
r The 3 purchaaing agent : shall be re
quired at once to check Invoices and to
send the origins! and triplicate invoices
to the auditor In 4f hours. When goods
are received, the purchasing agent also
must make out tally slips- and send them
to 'the auditor. Standard - forms of , Vn-
voice must be , used - and . an :. claims
against the city stated thereon. i; ?
- i The report w!U be submitted to" the
city council for approval on Wednesday
and Is to be applied at once, according
lto tha statement of the auditor.
BUYING PLAN FOR
CITY IS PROPOSED
GOVERNOR TO
ERANK O. LOWDEN, governor of IUinois, who has re
turned! .to Chicaga and taken personal charge of the situa
. . tion growing out of the race riots and the streetcar strike,
which are making-things lively : in the Windjr City, ' : ,
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18 KILLED WHEN ,
TRaiN BLOWN-OP
Mexican Bandits Dynamite Cars
and M ake Away With Loot j :'
S everal , Shot Down :
B31 Pas. July 2. (I. N. S.)
Eighteen passengers, 12 of them
boys from a- German, college at
Puebla, and 35 federal soldiers were
killed" when ' Mexican bandits dyna
mlted a train on the Mexican rail
way ' in . the mountain' regions 100
miles east1 of Mexico City, .according
to word received here, today. , . :
Boys and . women not- killed, by the
explosion were shot down by the rebels,
it is declared, who afterward looted the
cars and the persons of both dead and
surviving passengers. ...:
. Kews of another .attack . by . rebels on
a train 50 miles west of -Mexico City
in which the conductor was killed and
two enginemen . wounded,, also reached
here, ": .
Smokers WhoAre ,
Careless . to 1 Be
Brought in Court
As a result of the-first day's campaign
against careless tobacco users crossing
the bridges over the Willamette river.
Deputy City Attorney Norton issued It
complaints- Monday ? evening, -s Police
have been stationed at both ends of the
Morrison, ' Hawthorne ; and Bumside
bridges. A small fire -was . started oi
one of the bridges recently by a light
ed cigarette and the city officials hove
determined to enforce, the old ity ordi
nance concerning bridge smokers dar
ing the dry t weather. ". ,y -t ,.. . ..
Complaints for the following persona
on Morrison bridge were Tnade : . II. - E.
White, J. Burnett. Gus Colcogmtl, A G.
DeManalle E. J. Hood, J. Bollman. M.
Brown, James Everett. J, Clark. 1. E.
Baird and EX George ; on Hwhorn
bridge. J. R. Dorsey and W. Reed, and
Bumside bridge. X C. Denke. -
Democratic'Leaders
Hold Session With
President Wilson
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Washington. July 29. L N. a) "We
are both confident that the peace treaty
will be ratified by the senate without
amendments br reservations." declared
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, ranking
Democratic member of the foreign rela
tions committee, as with . Senator Swan-
son of Virginia, he left the White House
today, following ' an hours conference
with President Wilson. - -
. Wilson today called his cabinet for the
second time since bis return f rom Ver
sailles, , . .. ; ' '
No appointments were made with Re
publican senators., - , -
Miner Is Prisoner -
? BehinEock-Wall
'-': 1 ' '.'-'
Seattle.' Jiily . -- (,U . P, While
James .Webb, mine foreman, la -held a
prisoner, behind tons of rock, coal and
earth, ever 200 miners are bortag Into
the slide at the head of -the gangway
of the Burnett mine of the Pacific Coal
company at Burnett,- Wash... Webb was
buried Monday ; morning by the slide.
Three other, men were., caught, by - the
slide. 'but managed to free themselves.
QUELL RIOTERS
CHICAGO TRAFFIC
STOPS FOR STRIKE
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Elevated and Surface Lines Tied
: Upi 20 Cents an, Hour Jn-4
' creasy, Refused. by Men.",
Chicago, July ; 2 9. (U. P.) Chi
cago was caught today by a surprise
strike, of traction, company employes,
who housed their cars at 4 a. m.
Both elevated , and surface line em
ployes rejected the compromise en
gineered by Governor F.' O. Ixiwden
in- their wage ' controversy. ' Fifteen
thousand men refused an offer of 20
cents an hour. Increase. The strike
decision came late last night, when
streetcar men, in a riotous meeting,
were carried along by radicals, who
demanded a 77 per. cent raise. .
" .'To hell with, the public," was one
of the yells raised by the radicals.
Chicago 'went to bed Monday' assured
the wage disagreement between the
roads and their men had been ' settled.
Leaders ' of the unions had agreed ' to
the compromise and asserted' it would
go through: " - '
VOTE COMPROMISE. DOWIf
A mass meeting of carmen sprung the
surprise ' by, voting loudly : against , the
compromise and deciding tewstrike at
, m., only a few, hours after the meet
ing closed.. -, . . ,
-Suggestions ; from the crowd In the
meeting that -the men walk out at 4 a.
m. were approved by. acclamation, j The
action was concurred in at once . by
elevated workers. , - . '
- Almost .Immediately, the strike began
to become effective. .
Effects of the strike were' apparent
at once. Suburban trains started hours
before ,thelrusual time. : They were
run into the City in long strings. An
cient coaches 'were pulled by .huge
freight enginea .
. Horse drawn cabs and automobiles
were, filled to the running boards.
TAXIS PROFIT . . , ,
Taxicabs .could command .any rate
their .- drivers wanted v, to 'charge. .: Bid
ders of fered.. startling , sums .for trans
portation to the '"loop. i i ,
Ice wagons carried passengers.' 1 Some
transferred from them to other wagons
carrying -, them further.; toward . - their
working placea . ' ' M i:
telephone, service was hard hit. Op
erators - were slow, ;- getting to their
switchboards- ' - J -. f.- - v;
.- Th; lake, did .,duty. .as a passenger
carrier.,, Launches, and. even yachts.
carried : men' and women in the down
town; sections. ,,
The -unions, In a statement signed by
their leaders, place the blame for the
strike on " low wages and excessive
hours they are required , to : work, t
get her wtth the Increasing high cost of
living. . Officials of the streetcar com
panies , declare., that a radical-, element
In the unions swept the mors .con
servative , workers" .off ' their- feet and
caused them to vote down, the compro
mise t proposition. x . . . r,- ,
Scranton Tied Up
In General Strike j
V : PapersSuspended
Scranton. .Pa., July 29.- I. N.- S.)
Thousands ot persona employed tn mills
and factories are idle, streetcars are not
running: and newspapers are unable to
publish here today because of the gen
eral tie-up of tha entire city by . the
strike 4 of 4the electrical ' workers em
ployed , by , the .Scranton Electric ; com
pany. ' - . ".&'
31 KILLED
II
RAGEREOTS
Great Fury Marks Resumption of
Trouble Between Negroes. and
Whites; Troops in Readiness".
:.' ' ' ."''""'' '
Negro Prisoriers in County Jail
Attack Visitors; Governor and
Mayor Confer,' Issue an Appeal'
Chicago, July 29 (I. N, S.)-
white woman was shot and killed at
Wcntworth and West Forty-seven1 tU
street on the South Side, Jn a fresh :
outbreak of rioting; according to re
tort received at police headquarters
this afternoon. It was reported that
a band of negroes in tho same 'vicin
ity also had fired upon a motor truck
being used as a passenger vehicle for
women workers at the stock yards.
Chicago, July 2.(I. N. S.)
Furious., rioting between negro and
white prisoners in the county jaiH
street fighting In the heart of the
city: and throughout' the south side
negro section and a barricaded house
turned into an ambush for the whites
today brought the roll of the racial
feud which began Sunday to - the
grim total ofSl dead and mora than
600 wounded, many of them seri
ously. Of those killed 16 were whit
men and 15 were negroes.
Aa the reDorta of shootings. stabbinKS
and killings poured In, Mayor William
Hale -Thompson and Governor Lowdert
went into, conference to discuss the
situation, particularly with reference to
the possible need of troops to quell the
race, disturbances.' Both -the governor
and the mayor earlier In the day Issued
proclamations appealing to the. cltuens.
both white and black, to remain calm. ,
PRISOSEBS STABT MZSTISQ 7
The outbreak m the county Jail carr.e
when 175 negro prisoners who had been
herded i together In - the "'bull pen" in
preparation for the customary visitors' '
day, became enraged and - attacked ,
guards snd attorneys who were visiting
clleats In , the JalL. . . . - -
With the walls of the J!l echoing with
the howling and curses of the prisoners.
the negroes broke out. of the bull pen
and sweDt through the corridors of the
Jail,- assaulting guards and while pris
oners. Several guards and prisoners
were badly beaten.
Additional guards armed with revol
vers rushed the negroes and gradually
pressed "them back into the bull pen, ..
Another mob of whites In the down
town district rushed the palmer house
and shouted threats at negroes em-
uioved - In the - basement. The police-
dispersed the mob .without casualties.
TROOPS BEADY ...
Meanwhile 4500 troops, equipped with
rifles, waited ; in two armories, oi.
hundred taxicabs -were on nana to
rush them immediately to the scent ot
any disoraer wnere ! xney migni i"
needed. Officials were hopeful -this
afternoon. ' however, that It' would net
be- necessary ' to call ? out troops, al
though the situation admittedly ta
tCoftctadnl cm Psss BentB.' Clum Bnl
SEARCHERS FEAR I
LOST Ml IS DEAD
Charles L. Taylor's Tracks. Lead
v to High Precipicef Where'
Trace Disappears. - - "
Bend. 'July 29.After spending a
day and night aiding in the search)
for Charles U Taylor, member of tha
road construction party near the MO
Kenzle Pass, who was lost on Scott
mountain Thursday night. Forest
Supervisor - Jacobson and ; A. : Whla
nant returned to Bend Monday.
i It Is believed Tsylor is ded, as his
tracks were Ust found on the, edge of a
precipice. Bloodhounds are to be .used
In continuing the; search. ' ' ? . v'i
Jaeobson left for McKensie pass In
the belief that the - missing man wag
Smith Taylor. Deschutes -forest ranger
The searching party , continued to scour
the mountains until nothing more could
be done. : ' ' '. - ;-. I ' .
In company with a packer, Taylor left
the road camp Thursday night and the
next morning the men became separat
ed. u -: VC :- r' - -; . T
The packer arrived - In camp shortly
afterward and a little later the searcn
was begun. No answers were tecetved
to shots and after ..combing the moun
tain, Tsylor s tracks were found lead
ing to a point where he had killed a
deer. Thence the trail led to the edge
of a precipice, - . - - ..
Bryan Big Drawing h
: Card at Castlerook
CaaUerock, Wash., July J9,r- William
Jennings Bryan spoke at the Chautaqua
tabernacle Sunday night to the largest
crowd ever assembled in Cowtits county
under one roof About 1S0O were pres
ent. 'A banquet was tendered him be
fore the. meeting. . The Cbautaqua will
close Wednesday evening. . -