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Trade Unionists Sweep Into Con
" 4 trol Subsequent to Resigna
' tiori' of Bela Kun Govefnment
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Platform of New Rule to Stand
for. Orderly Conduct and for
Negotiations With the Allies.
Copenhagen. Aug. 2. U. P.)
Trade unionists have Tformed a So
cialist government, with Julius Bel
del as premier, in succession to' Bela
Ivun's i government, wljich has re
signed.: according to unofficial ad
vices ttoia Budapest today. .
The nef cabinet issued a proclama
tion stating its main objects were nego
tiation With the allies and the main-
tenance,of order. X m
.-. Premier Beidel named the following
cabinet:. M. Pager, home minister; M.
Haubrleh, minister of war.; M. Agoston,
foreign minister; M. Carbal, minister
of '; education ; M. . Caraml, minister of
justice ; M. Takos, minister of -agriculture:
M. Mskiclz, minister of finance;
M. Doveskk, minister of industry ; M.
Knlttelhjofer, food minister.
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A Vienna dispatch gave the -name of
the new Hungarian premier as Julius
.Peldl.
BELA KUN GOVERNMENT QUITS;
ENTIRE RED CABINET RESIGNS
Vienna, Ajg.'l.-rHU. P-V-Hungary's
soviet - governmental experiment ended
today, according to reports from Buda
pest, when Bela Kun and the entire
"lied" cabinet resigned. The' move ffl-
lowed a -conference of several hours;
. during which the commissalres decided
that capitulation of the Bolshevik gov
ernment was the only means of saving
,;. Hongaryv due to the recent , military
-" defeats, ; . . ..' , . '.-
A Social Ut-Deroocra tic coalition gov
f iWnment, is .being formed under, leader
ship, of Jul'ins- Peidl.. who; will be pre
mier. The Hungarians have decided to
i give up the soviet system for good, ao-
cording to the reports.
The Socialists and Democrats at
tempted a government in Hungary im
mediately following overthrow of the
Hapsburg regime. The two parties were
equally represented In the Karolyl cabinet-until
they resigned as a protest
agalns-the allied armistice terms.
,The Socialist-Democratic party is the
' '. strongest tn- Hungary and favors a con
"stltutional republic form of government.
It has advocated compliance with the
demands of the allies. In order to make
. peace as soon as possible.
FOUR. THOUSAND HUNGARY REDS
;v KILLED BY ROUMANIANS
. Bucharest. Aug. Z- (I. N. S.) Four
thousand o'f the Hungarian Reds were
killed 4n the fighting with the Rou
manians on the Thelss river, said dis
patches from the scene of the fray to
day. The Roumanian losses were heavy
. also. ; : ::r- , . ......
' ?? American ambulances are still bring
ing the wounded back from -the battle
field. '. Early Friday morning word was
. received .here" to send . ambulances and
SO . American cars- were rushed off ; at
once. . " , " ' ' ; '-- '-
The tide of battle swayed uncertainly
for a while. The Roumanians were com-
pelled to fall back for ?0 miles, but
they rallied and in . a , counter assault
drove the Hungarians across the Thelss
river. '
Nearly 2000 '.wounded Hungarians
' were treated in V one hospital, showing
the severity of the fighting,
i Major George TreadwelK of Albany,
N. Y a former military attache on the
staff - of . Theodore Roosevelt when he
was governor of New York,' is in charge
of the ambulance-supplies.
" A new . automobile field hospital serv
ice, presented to -the queen of Rou-
- mania by Colonel Detarmowski of Chi
cago, has just arrived here and is be
j' Ing employed on the front. It cost j
1400.000 and consists of 1? automobile
. trucks, forming one complete unit.
Leader Says He "Will Ficht
London, Aug. 2. (I. N. S.) A Reuter
dispatch from" Copenhagen today, states
that Bella . Kun, the deposed Hungarian
dictator,, promises in his final proclama
tion toy continue the revolutionary
' struggle. "
Strike. of $1 Day
More, Say Drivers
. San Francisco. August 2. (U. P.)
Two thousand five- hundred teamsters
-lll strike Monday if their demands-for
a l a day Increase in pay is not mqt.
John T. . McLaughlin,. business. agent. of
the Teamsters', union, announced today.
The demand has been the subject of a
number f conferences with the Dray
men's association, the employing organ
ization. . ' , ! .7'
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, VIVID,' SCENES
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'took place in the Great Lakes metropolis this? week. i The Ripper picture shows a; patrol
waeon oickinz ut one of the colored rioters in the heart of he neero district" The" lower pic
ture was taken while a white, mob was chasing- negroes. . Note how the negro is running tf or his
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ES ARE ON
RIOTS
Hundreds Homeless in Chicago
VVhen Fire Sweeps Section
Near Stockyards.
Chicago, Aug. 2.(I. N. S.) From
40 to 60 homes of white families in
the district "back of the yards" were
burned o. th& ground - or seriously
damaged, hundreds were savid in
thrilling rescues and made homeless,
and the efforts of the entire fire de
partment were taxed today byr a
weeping fire of supposed incendiary
origin:'": An area ' of sht 'blocks was
devastated.,,, - . !- .
FJre, Attorney John R. x McCabe es
timated the loss at between 1250,000 and
$300.000." " xMcCabe immediately ordered
an investigation into " the reports of - ia
cendiarlsnu :. . :;
McCabe later announced, that he had
found a witness who told of Seeing a
negro fire one !of the buildings and as
serted, he was' convinced the, fire was the
work -of a- terie of:; negroes seeking
revenge as a result of the race riots.
Packers, city offletals and 'union lead
ers today faced a grave problem of race
prejudice left- in the wake of the recent
bloody" rlots--the feud " between white
and negro employes jot the , stockyards.
Observers of -conditions in the yards de
clare that this "problem of employment
and labor was, the real underlying cause
of the riots.
White, employes of the yards, it.is de
clared, object to the. negroes largely be
cause of their non-affiliation with .the
unions, rather than 'because of color.
The - situation is expected 'to' reach a
tense climax ' Monday : morning. when,
under the. protection -of the police and
militia, the packers are., going 'to at
tempt 'to "bring- their negro - employes
bank to the yards.-v Chief of Police 3ar
rity admitted today that he had heard
rumors that' the white employes wlllgo
on strike if ihe negroes returnT-r"
Chief Garrity has established a police
headquaters-within the yards and allied
with the police-will be the militiamen.
Orders have been issued to search every
man entering the "yards and every pre
caution will be taken by the police and
military authorities to prevent violence:
TRAIL OF
DURING CHICAGO
Girl Dies as
er Is
While her-injuries'-were-being dressed
at . the. Goot" Samaritan hospital at 9
o'clock Friday night. Miss Norma Starr,
IS ,whjv, lived , at 27" Ninth stree't, died
endd&eiy "dit i the - operating , room, sup
posedly from shock and heart weakness.
Miss Starr had been hurt earlier, in the
day while she wasVperattng a machine
t the-plant of -the xAmerioan Can com
pany. Her hurts were considered any
thing v by tf serious, 'consisting simply, of
a. Tcut finger.. i :'
k t Miss Starr is said to have come to
Portland on, March 17 with her, grand
father., t. H. Starr of Stockton. , Cal.. -,ad i
a small brother.- iter mother, Mrs. C.
N. Corman, is said to live "at1 SusanviHe,
Cal..' with the girl- foster fathers "JSo
bthej-relatives are-known hereo f
, Police 4 records show that Miss StVrr
had, some trouble with a Greek -recently
over the possession of a watch and that
the ase was investigated by Inspectors
Snow and Tackaherry. The girl "then
lived at 4P6 .BVereU street, ,4 . r
- The coroner, ' said not to ,ba satisfied
with , the details of the story, is ..pre
paring fpr-a complete investigation 1
Hambone Butte Fire ,
! Not? Tinder Control
' , The Hambone butte forest fife near
Kstacada has burned over from 150O to
2000 acres, says T. 5- II. Sberrard, supervisor-
of - the Oregon forest, who re
turned Friday from, the fire. The blaze
is now, under control but between . SO
and 60 men will be kept onit for about
a week longer. s . - ' i
Navy Man Pleads
- ' Guilty to Bribery
New Tork August S.V: P. Hav
ing pleaded- guilty to six of-- St counts
in charges- that her accepted bribes' from
men who wanted ."soft navy jobs,": Lieu
tenant? B. J. Ellert, U. S." N, is now
waiting sentence. " . - -,
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Fins
Being
Dressed
RACE RIOTS
RA WAY
SHOPMEN
GO OUT ON STRIKE
Maintenance "Departments of
Eastern arid ISoutherh Roads
Crippled as Results
Chicago. Aug. 2. (I. N. S.) Main
tenance departments -of practically
every : steajn railroad entering Chi
cago are badly crippled today'by the
strike of machinists and fehopmen,
who are dissatisfied with the failuce
of the railroad administration to act
upon demands for increased wages
which were submitted nearly, a year
ago., ,
rt is . estimated today, that appraxUf
mately 50,000 men are on strike in the
vitntty---of . Chicago. Shops "-in other
railway centers It" is reported, also' are
affected. , - y. '
Thus far the operatmg departments
of the railroads have hot been, hampered
by. the strike. - It the strike continues;
however. reightr and passenger traffic
eventually will be seriously handicapped
as- the- strike of. shopmen -willi prevent:
repairing of ' rolling stock and force
thousands of' cars and . engines out ot
commission. . . f . - '
Man Charged With
Bigamy Takesjftife-.
On1 Ferry. Steamer
San FraiiclscoT Aug. 2. (U." P.)
While detectives were . waiting at, the
ferry" building last night to - arrest htm
on a- charge of bigamy,-; Major Xavid
Edwin Barney excused himself "from his
young bride : apd. slipping below the
deck of - Northwestern Pacific ! ferry
boat, sent a bullet crashing through his
brain-. ' , t 4 ,
Barney recently was discharged- from
the v army land had . married,. Mildred
Irene? Owen. 21. Ion June IS last. His
first wife. Mrs. Joste May Barney,
learning of the marriage secured a war
rant -yesterday charging' Barney With
mm mm grade
FOUR FLUSHER RATE HEARirJG
SAYS MYERS IS GOfJCLUDED
Postmaster Replies Hotfyf to City
i: Executive's Charge That Re
''i turned Soldiers Mistrealed.
Presents Remarkable Affidavit
He Says Was Sworn To by One
of the. Complaining Clerks.J
Postmaster Frank S. Myers resents
the charge that he has discriminated
against ex-soldiers who have applied
for their former positions' in the
postal service. Because Mayor Baker
wired to Postmaster General Burle
son setting Torth the complaints of
aggrieved ex-soldiers, the mayor Is
made the subject of some caustic
comments' by Postmaster Myers.
The basis of the charge of discrimina
tion was . found in certain affidavits
which were filed with Mayor Baker. The
names of ihe affiants were withheld by
the mayor on the ground that publica
tion might subject them to retaliatory
measures by the postmaster. The latter,
however, appears to have had no diffi
culty id ascertaining the identity of the
complainants. One of them,, Carl
Proppe, was called on the carpet, the
interview resulting in a Bather remarka
ble affidavit which the postmaster ap
pends to his own reply to Mayor Baker's
charge, and which, -Postmaster Myers
says, "was given voluntarily in the pres
ence of three witnesses."
Following is Postmaster Myers' -statement
:.
"With reference to the charge made
to , -'Mayor Baker by four- postofflce
clerks who. nave returned from military
leave and who allege that discrimination
has been used in-not giving them day
work instead of night work, will state
that there is not one word, either in the
postal laws and regulations, or . in the
postal code,, or in the letter flies from
the department, in , which it is .stated
that seniority in. service should, govern
as to pight or day shifts. The postal
laws and regulations explicitly state that
ii4mployes; are. y n3erv the portmaster's
evrpervislorl, tfcigl '-he Sand, he only is beJd
responsible forihe ' efficiency of- his of
f ice, and that V he -: should assign ?ethe
employes in his office where, In his Judg
ment, they can do the most efficient and
satisfactory work:, ...-. '
"The facts are that I was the first
postmaster in the United States, in a
large office, to ' recognize seniority In
service as a working rule which would
be adhered to as closely as possible with
out impairing the efficiency of the insti
tution,, transacting a. very, large busi
ness; and the postmaster is charged with
a heavy responsibility in giving sef-v-
(Concluded on Pe Two. Column Four)
BATTLED
Soldiers Who, Saved Pricefess
Cargoes at St. Nazaire to
Be Here Today.
Fourteen soldiers under command
f Lieutenant A. O. Schwartz of Port
land were due to arrive ip Portland
at 3:30 o'clock en route to Camp
Lewis for discharge. The men were
members of the St. Nazaire fire com
pany overseas, and were all formerly
members of the old Third Oregon
unit. l Special entertainment plans
have; been .made, and the boys will
remain hi the city untjl 11" o'clock
this evening. .
Numerous citations Were' received by
this group of firefighters for their work
in saving cargoes and ships "at the St.
Nazaire harbor' during the war. Lieu
tenant Schwartz wears a distinguished
service medal" for his effective-work in
combating ' flames which threatened - at
various times to destroy priceless car-
goes,
The 14 firefighters were assigned to
St. Nazaire by Brigadier General R. D.
Walsh, commander of 'base section No.
1, when the old Third Oregon was split
up. Lieutenant Schwarta -as formerly
ait officer of Company' s, and was made
fire ' marshal of the town. .! The boys
were anxious to get to the front hut
rendered such 'valuable - ser-viee at St.
Nazaire that they Nvere kept" there until
several weeks ago when the ...former
French village fire company again took
over the fire fighting apparatus.
From -Newport News. .-. 71 men - of a
casusal company 'will arrive at the Union
station -at 12:30 p. tn.. Sunday, on their
way to American Lake.. They wHl re
main in the tlty. until 4 'o'clock. : Sixty
three . men left Garden ; City, , L. I, for
Camp Lewis via Portland today and
233 men left Camp MerrKt Friday trav
eling the same route. - Both of these de
tachments which have just, left the ast
will, arrive in Portland about Thursday.
Thunder, Showers
Probable, It Is Said
r Washington, i Aug. - 2. (I. JW The
weather bureau today issued the follow
ing .' forecast, for ' next week : Pacific
states - During the . week - beginning
August 4 the temperature., will be nor
mal and the -weather generally fair, al
though occasional local thunder showers
4 are probable in Washington and Oregon.
THIRD OREGON MEN
Final Session Devoted to Much
Increased Effort to Offset
Testimony for River Route.
Months Must Elapse, Becailse of
Mass of Testimony, Before De
cision in Case Can Be Expected
By Marshall X. Dana
Seattle,. Aug. 2. OPuget Sound's re
sistance of the Columbia basin rate
cause occupied the closing session
here this morning before Interstate
Commerce Commissioners Hall, Dan
iels and Eastman. Before the deci
sion of the big issue can be expected
months must elapse" for the patient
digestion of the mountainous mass of
testimony and exhibits that have been
introduced by all sides to 'the con
tention. John C. Lawrence of Spokane, former
member of the Washington railroad.; now
public service, commission.' was the first
witness of the day. Testifying for Se
attle, he recalled the incidents of rate
reduction to Puget Sound. He began
by saying that the Washington commis
sion had found it difficult to allocate
terminal and construction, as well as
operation costs in rate fixing, but he ad
mitted under cross examination by for
mer Governor West counsel of the In
land Empire Shippers' league, that an
attempt, had been made to base the
mountain route rates on cost.
With intent to damage the Columbia
basin cause, railroad attorneys earlier
in the hearing had endeavored to show
that West, as a member of the Oregon
public service commission, had partici
pated in approving and adopting for
Oregon the rate order of the Washing
ton, commission. One. question by West
cleared .this point. '
"Was it not i a. fact that the Oregon
commission, having made no such study
of costs as the Washington commission,
temporarily adopted its findings, feeling
sure that rates for the mountain haul
would, be more than - just to the water
grade carriers - ' 1 ' .1 -, f
Th,efanswer was necessarily afflrma-
(Conoluded on Pftts Eltrer., Column Two)'
GIRL'S DEATH IS
CHARGED TO LADS
Two Bandon Youths Are Accused
of Slaying Lillian Leutholdj
Body Is Found in Brush.
Marshfield, Aug. 3. (U. P.)
Charged with the murder of Lillian
Lieuthold, 16, Carrol Worden. 18,
and Harold Howell, 15, were arrested
at Bandon today. ' , '
The boys were taken to Coquille,
the county, seat of Coos county, where
they were placed in jail.
Suspicion was directed against the
youths when they were found to have a
.22 calibre gun which had been bored
out to take a .25 calibre shell. A bul
let of the latter slze w-as taken from
the body of the dead girl; The boys,
it is alleged, were also seen in the
neighborhood of the spot - where the girl
was killed about tHe time of the mur
der Sunday afternoon.
J. B. Worden, father of one of the
boys, asserts that his. son Was at home
eating dinner at the time the murder
is ' alleged to have occurred.
The girl's body-' was found Monday
evening, hidden in. the brush at a lonely
spot near her home at Bandon. -
Portland Gets Big
Alaska Egg Order
Portland firms secured the contract for
1100 cases of eggs advertised for by the
Alaskan commission for shipment to
the far north. The order was split be
tween the Hazelwood Creamery company
and the Savinar- company. The Hazel
wood secured an order for 750 cases. The
eggs must be delivered at Seattle docks
August 10. v .
FIRST IN READER INTEREST
Through the presentation of all thai. news, conveniently arranged,"'
reviews from many special fields and compelling features, all attrac-
tlvely illustrated, Tha Sunday Journal Is Jhe complete horn newspaper
of the Oregon Country. " ' - -;,-", '
FIRST IN FEATURES
"The Yankees at St. Mihiel. An 'official -review of .the splendid '
exploits of America's first army will be related in Thei Sunday Journal
tomorrow. . .'- ..... .- . ,' ' ' ' . . V '
The Sunday Journal Magazine, replete with sprightly articles, ; a
" short story page a health and . beauty page and Lady. Duff-Gordon's
own fashion page, has sin incomparable appeal. . '.
' ' The Sunday Journal comic section tops them all. Maggie and Jlggs,
the Katzenjammer Kldsand the other; headliners of Vunland will be
seen in new and amusing antics tomorrow. ,
FIRST IN ILLUSTRATION
Auto. Licenses
Total 75,044 in
Oregon My- 31
Maximum ' of 80,000 for Year Is
Confidently Expected? -Receipts
Are $562,251.
Salem, Aug. .2. With a total of
75,044 .automobiles bearing theOre-
gon license tag up to the close of
business July 31, the 75,000 mark set
early in the year as the probable
maximum registrations for ; 191 has
already been passed and five months
yet to come. It is now confidently
expected that 80,000 automobiles will
have been registered by the automo
bile department in the secretary of
state's office by the end of i the year.
During the month of July il9 auto
biles were registered, according to the
monthly report compiled' by Sam. A.
Kozer, deputy secretary of state. Three
hundred and forty-five of. these were
re-registrations and 1851 were view cars.
Fees on these automobiles aggregated
$16, 366,' while the revenue of the regis
tration department from all sources
totalled $19,411. ' ..
The receipts in this department up
to July 31 totalled $562,251 as against
$461,422 collected during the entire ;12
months of 181$.
An extensive traffic in used cars ' h
indicated' in the number' of transfers
recorded by the department, which to
talled 1741 in July as against 1150 trans
fers for the same period a year ago. ,
More than 00 applications for auto
mobile licenses wen? received by the
secretary of state's office Friday, the
first day of the half fee period.. Only
SO licenses were Issued Thursday, the
last da on which the full license fee
was required for the 1919 license plate.
TO WORK, PEEVED
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Members Indignant; They Will
Have to- Change Their ' Ar
rangements to-Leave. ;
Washington, Aug. 2. (I. N. S)
The senate', today: concurred In tiie
house action repealing the Joint-resolution
providing -'for a six weeks
recess of the .housed' :-;!v' t.itv- v:S"
Washington, Aug. 2,The urgent
representation from President Wilson
that the railroad situation is growing
critical and that the hlgh cost of liv
ing problem5 demands, immediate at
tention which caused' the house to
forego Its five weeks, recess sched
uled to begin today and continue un
til September 9, aroused great Indig
nation amongRepublicans and Dem
ocrats alike. His promise to submit
recommendations for relief from the
high cost1 of! living, however, put the
Republican 'majority -in a position
where Jt could not afford to disre
gard the president's request that the
house remain in session, .
Whenf word was passed around that
the president had asked that the house
remain. aeseion troops of Republicans
and Democrats gathered, in the cloak
rooms and the, lobby and gave vent to
their indignation., ' " '-t' ,
Represen-tlve Kahn, Republican, of
California and many others declared
that they did not believe that the house
would "submit to ( dictation from the
White House" Just when a plan had
been completed. He said; . ; -
"We would halt the recess. The
presidents went out of, the country with
out asking our permission..' . " j
This was , before Mondell took the
matter up .with the steering commit
tee, howeveri When the matter came to
a vote only four members 'recorded
themselves as opposed to the president's
request r They weror-4tpresentatlves
Curry of California and Plattof .New
York, -Republicans,1 and Blanton. ' of
Texas and Moon, Tennessee, Democrat a
Representative Knutson of Minnesota,
the Republican whip, was one of . the
most bitter critics of the president's ac
tions. He said:. - .
"The president i prolonged absence
from this country -and. his unpardonable
failure i to call 'congress, in extra ' session
ImTrnediately after, March 4 undoubtedly
caused the very conditions of which he
now complains in his letter to Mr. Mon
dell." - , '
The principal grievance aired by the
disgruntled members was that they had
made all arrangements to leave for their
homes and i that , itwould cause them
serious .inconvenience to have to make
other arrangements.
CONGRESS
ASKED
VJITHDW
GURRErJCV,
ISllEPtl
Means to Lower Cost of Living
- Is Seen by Senate in Taking
: Some Money . From Circulation.
Opponents of League of . Nations
, May Be Forced to Give Way
Before Other Vital; Questions.
Washington, Aug. 2, The senate
this afternoon passed a resolution,
introduced' by Senator MyefB of Mon
tana, ordering the banking and cur
rency committee of the senate to In
vestigate the amount of currency io
circulation and tov make recommen
dations as 'to the wisdom of with
drawing currency in circulation.
Senator Myers declared that Inflated
currency la the cause of the high cost
of living and stated that an investiga
tion' by the' banking and currency com
mittee will provide a remedy by offer
ing a plan to withdraw currency with
out carping a panic.
Not only has the house's five weeks'
recess been called off, but the league of
Nations fight in, the senate may be af
fected before long, senators said today.
Congress has power Immediately to
reduce the high cost of living, according
to President Wilson's special commit
tee' of the problem Walker D.
Hines. William B. , Colver and
R. C. Lefflngwell. . .Following a
meeting at which there was unanimous
accord that legislation is the
proper weapon, Colver declared that
the committee will be able to make a
complete report to the president, his
cabinet'1 and department heads next
week; It was Indicated that suggestions
regarding, the needed -legislation will
also be forthcoming at that' time.
The administration has dropped ail
other ' matters In an endeavor to find
some way of reducing living costs. Con
gress, relegating its other business to
the rear". Is seeking light on the causes
that are responsible - for the national
. (Coaolod nn Tg K1tb, tilomo Thrtc)
LATE NEXT MOUTH
Warships Will Reach Sound Sep
tember 8 and Some to Come
Here Afterwards.
Washington, Aug. 2. (WASH
INGTON BUREAU OF.. THE JOUR
NAL.) Commander Foate, aide ,to-v
Becretary Daniels, . informs Senator
McNary thePaciflc' fleet is expected .
to arrlY in 'Puge Sound from San
Francisco" between September 8 and
10, and arrangements will be made
for ships to visit the ports of Oregon
and Washington, following that date.
' "This program verifies what has before
been outlined in Journal dispatches,
that only , a . portion" of "the fleet Is in
tended to be detailed for a visit to the
Columbia river and the number- to .go
will depend, largely upon the facts pre
sented to Admiral Rodman when he ar
rives . on the west coast. The . entire
fleet is to assemble in' Puget Sound. ,
PENROSE BLOCKS HOPE
' " OF FRUIT JLICE MEN
FLEET DUE HERE
-""Washington' August 2.-(WASHINC-
TON BUREAlTOK THE JOURNAL,) V
Hope for early action by the senate on
the Hawley bill for relief of the logan
berry and fruit Juice Industries went y
glimmering today when it became appar- -ent
the bill will not be reported from the
finance committee in time for action be
fore the house adjourns for the Auguxt
recess. The failure is due to the attitude
of Chairman Penrose, who demanded a
redrafting of the measure and has shown
no disposition to assist in its pasxage,
The 1 near . beer -interests also threaten
to hold up the bill, indefinitely unless
they are included, in it ,
Flour Cargo Denied' .
Washington, -Aug." tr-Replying to a
further . effort by Senator McNsry to
secure a permit for export license for
the1 Pacific 'International company of
Portland to fill the cargo of a l vessel,
for - Europe T with 2500 tons of flour.
Jtilliis H. Barnes, president of the fed
eral grain corporation, declines to grant
the permit.' -Portland shippers cannot,
with -good grace,- ask. special -favor,
he says. Senator' McNary has received
a- intimation that the policy may be
changed by world wheat conditions but
In the meantime, all concessions are tc-fused.-.
,. . . ; . .
; , - . Glass Opposes- BUI . ,
Washington, Aug. i'. Secretary of the
Treasury Glass has "made an adverse
report to Senator McNary as chairman
of the : senate Irrigation committee on
the: Chamberlaln-Smlth bill to extend
government credit to Irrigation projects
under the state law.- The bonding fea
tures are "wholly untenable" from Hie
treasury - viewpoint, .'says . UlasH. Tiie
credit of the United Slates would he in
juriously affected, he says, 'and if les- .
Islatlon Is considered desirable he rec
ommends it be financed in the' "old
fashioned way," by direct sppropriatton.
Secretary mxs - la preparing a report
on the bill which it Is understood wlir fa
vor It,
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