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CITY EDITION ' All Her and It's All Trum THE WEATHEK Tonight and Satur day fair ; northwesterly wind. " -Maximum Temperatures Thursday: Chicago 84 New York...,,... S Ias Angeles...... 83 .Portland ..- go New Orleans. ....92 Bt. Paul.. ....... .80 Thrifty Housewives - Will find in today's retail market pases ; many specials of Interest and a means, to Save Money -PORTLAND, OREGON, ' FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 22, 1 1919. TWENTY PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS on trains and nrwi STANDS PIVK CENTS COST FOR CRITICISED Witnesses Insist Millions of Money Wasted in Railroad Construction Route Blunder. Men Who Worked in Woods Com plained of Poor Food and Un pleasant Living Conditions. By .Marshall S. Dana Seattle, Aug:. 22. The heart of the Clallam county spruce belt'could have been tapped with a railroad up fJIoko river, 13 miles long, at a cost of $500,000. testified William James Chlsholm In the congressional spruce production investigation this,mor& Ing. . 'lt was a crime to build by way Previous testimony ' has .been to the effect that the latter line built, by Klems- , Carey-Kerbaugh. company under .con tract -with the Spruce Production oor- : poration cost nearly four million for 88 miles and extended 30 miles before it : struck the spruce. The extension of the C. M. tc St. P., via Deep creek and ' the . Crescent lake route ' by way of Lake Pleasant bad been under consideration. The Mclntyre memorandum read Thurs day afternoon by Chairman Frear shows Secretary of War Baker, gave his ap proval to the Deep creek route. The same memorandum elicits the ; fact that General Brice P, DIsque subse quently chose the Crescent lake route on advice, of Engineer Roberts, brought from : the' Union Pacific. It has been advanced that the Crescent 'lake route won favor because of assurance ; that .over it airplane spruce could be .hauled without interruption In all seasons and weather. : Less friendly testimony has been to the effect that the route .chosen by General DIsque win easily" constitute (Concluded on Page FT.- Column Two) Body of Business Man Is Found Lying Beside Road ' Under Ford Street. Bridge; ,. John T. Meldrum, familiarly known as "Jack" Meldrum, vice president of the Diamond T Truck Sales company. 330 Burnside street, was found dead at 6:30 o'clock this morning under the "Ford-street, bridge on the Canyon road. Heart disease is assigned as the cause. Officials at first suspected that murder or suicide might have thrown some tight .On the finding of the body, but a closer examination by the coroner disclosed that there were no marks of violence from eldrum's own hand or. that of another person. Meldrum had suffered from a weak . heart recently and had been taking treatments for it. An empty whiskey bottle was found not far from the body. It Is conjectured by his friends and the -police that he wandered, off toward the Canyon road, and feeling an attack of heart trouble coming on, lay down under the bridge to rest and probably. fell into a sleep from which he never, awakened. Meldrum leaves a wife and three babies, the oldest 4. the - second 2Vi J cars and the youngest months. His wife was Julia Malone, daughter of James Malone, a dock superintendent for ,the O-W. ; R. & fi- company. A sister and brother are also said to survive him. In Meldrum'a pocket was found a last wilt and -testament. lending color to the 'belief : that he feared heart disease wo'uld sooner or later take him off. This document was of recent date and willed hl3 Interest to hls'wife.. Meldrum had been interested . in the Diamond-T Truck Sales company since last December. Preceding that he had been employed by the , Universal Film Exchange' company In Butte, Seattle, Denver and Portland for teven years. . Je is described as a quiet, reserved man and 4 well spoken of by Sol Baum. manager 'of the Universal, and by his associates in the truck company. He was. about; 29 years old and lived with his family near the end of the Alberta carline. Stolen Toilet Set Is . Sent Back by . Mail Sftlem, ; Aug. 22 A sterling silver toilet set.-valued at $55. which was in cluded in the loot taken from Jhe Hart man Brothers Jewelry store, wfteiV It was robbed Tuesday night, was returned to the owners by parcel post Thursday. The package was postmarked Portland. Acting Governor Asks for Prisoner Salem, Aug. 22. As his first official act while holding dbwn" the executive chair v In , the absence- of Governor , Ol cott from the state. Acting Governor W. T. Vinton of . McMinnvllle today signed : requisition papers on the . gov ernor of California requesting, the re turn of Charles White, wanted in Mult nomah -county on a- char go -of forgery. lion VICTIM OF HEART TROUBLE WOMEN OUGHT TO CONTROL ALL FOOD, v SAYS MISS RANKIN Ji-"' ' K Former Congresswoman, Visiting in Portland, Talks of Results of Women's International Congre ss at Zurich, but Prefers , Play ; ing. With Her Niece, Mary Jane Bragg. . By, ncr bert M. Davidson ' f Th Hr.n TaonnAtti OdnVIn - r.e Montana tumbled Mary Jane Bragg who, is -7. months old and quite con scious of 1 being j beautiful of t ' her shoulder ; on ' to the ; rug and turned reluctantly from hier little ; niece to the less' enjoyable task , of being In terviewed.' ; -V' 'f But , Mary Jane wouldn't stay . put. Neither would 'you; if your auritie were the first, and bo far. the only woman ever, elected : to the i 'congress "of the. United States and - had Just returned from an International convention" of women at Zurich.. Switzerland. 'Social ly if she wwe only; in Portland for-a two weeks stay. Even, a celluloid duck and a fish with a red tall would not prove counter attractions.' So Mary Jane crawled over tfrvbe interviewed, too. - . : , "Portland women are doing the natu ral and right thing hr demanding.-con tro! of the , food situation, . replied Jeannette ; Rankin, catching up Mary Jane. In time women will have con trol of all food questions. Food, is with in the natural . province of wqrhen. FOOD WOIAS S DUTT . ' "The", congress : at 'Zurich ..adopted ,a resolution that no aocial or political act should, ever deprive women of. food "for their children. - Food, that is always, and probably should 'be, woman's first thought." . ' y .-'j ' , . Miss. Rankin was asked' about her ex periences: at the Zurich congress. "A- wonderful thing," she commented. "The first time women of the world" met -together to discuss their interests in -a peace treaty : -16 . countries were, repre sented officially, (four others sat at the sessions. " For a week the International Congress of Women for Peaceand Free dom, as, it is called, talked' of women and women's rights and duties. ? "How did the women of different na Uonalittea get along? Mtss Rankin was asked.. , .f ' - - : ; : ? ' - "Splendidly. It was', difficult to tell which countries the .women - represented by the things they advocated. It was a week of, serious, thoughtful 'discussion, significant not so much because of What It accomplished as because of what - it means to the future. Women soon wtU begin to feel- that all politics , is their realm, and - that all the. affairs - of the world belong to theml" , BA3 FOB SE3IATK ' ', -' - Miss Rankin was defeated In the Mon tana primaries ln-ms for the Repub lican nomination for. the . United. States senate .by Dr. OMXanstxum. who In turn was defeated in the general, elec tion by Senator Walsh. 1; - was. a re markable campaign , In that she polled 2S.00O votes while lianstrum, ? with all ths party; organisation, behind bim, polled only 40,000. She, Is confident that sh.would1 have been able to-wln out over Walsh had Ithe .political cards not been - stacked against her first In the gerrymandering; of tho congressional districts fof ;thestate "and later'by the opposition of ( ber ow n tarty bosses; . She - admits that she mav not be en tirely out "of polities' yet,- however.' and . . -xn, that her official address may again be "The Hon. Jeannette Rankin. Washing-, ton, D. C." . "My mall always came to my apart ment .'.addressed lrt . that i' way," she laughed, "and one day our', colored maid said to my mother : " 'Mis' Rankin, is Miss Jeannette's first name Hon? . " . " Why, no ; what makes you think thatr " .. ""Cause j all her letters come with That name, on dem," she explained." Miss Rankin's political, manager is her brother. Wellington Rankin, a widely known Helena attorney, who enlisted a year ago as a private in the tank corps, but who failed to get overseas. During her strenuous camfiaign days It was this six foot Harvard graduate who stood be tween her, and some of the things that have mads many a man refuse to face the Montana, political game. 'The German women delegates (to1 the congress : thought and spoke the same as the Others. Mitts Rankin said.' : After a long pertod of active work l.i support of woman suffrage. Miss, Rankin Is grateful that" the' amendment' has finally been passed.. "But it hadto come,", she adds. , " f T . 4 - ;. This is, not the first time' Miss Rankin has been? in Portland. Her visit this time is due . to the illness. of her brother in-taw. . Herbert Bragg, 801 North Twentieths streeL While Mrs.- -Bragp gives her , time to . her husband in the hospital,. Mtss Rankin s watches -out for Mary J ane r and . enjoys ' It better than making speeches. , ' " Storage Houses of N.;Y." Bulge. With F(daypf5 Hears New Tork,:.ugrt 22.-I. N. '" R) Cold storage houses In New York, are fairly bulging with foodstuffs, according to a report submitted to Mayor Hylan today. A list of" some of the foods uncovered by the Investigators follows : ; r Eggs, In cases, 557433.000 ; butter, 4, 23,275 pounds ; sugar, 8,417.173 pounds ; nour, 1,318,135 pounds ; - coffee. 44.356. 53 pounds; fresh meat, 15,772.846 pounds ; pork, 3.416,906 pounds;: aspara gus. 331,900 cases, and condensed milk, 121.579 cases. , " Additional; . Comfort Statioias Down Town Comfort stations, will be erected .by the city at Sixth and Washington and Third and Alder,, work to commence at an early date., Authority was this morn ings given k Commissioner I Pier v by tho council to proceed with stations oh the two locations.' " Two "additional stations wiH be established by the city in the downtown district as soon as locations are picked, v "4 i IS i. - S: I ' ' . s' 1st: iF Tf?i car r ... , - JOSEPH RELEGATEB Resignation as Head of Hun garian State Follows Note Froio the; Council of Five in Paris. Dispatches From Budapest to Vienna State That State of Siege Has Been Declared. Vienna. Aug. 22. ( U. P. ) A state of siege was proclaimed throughout Hungary today, it .was learned in dis patches from Budapest. Paris, Aug. 22. (U. P.) Arch duke Joseph has resigned as head of the Hungarian -government and has left Budapest, a Vienna dispatch to the Agence Radio reported today. After! Herbert Hoover's protest against Archduke Joseph. In w hich he - urged the allies to oust Joseph as head of the Hungarian government and permit the . i establishment of a popular gov ernment, the council of five notified the archduke that-the allies would not treat, with a member of the Hapsburg dynasty.. They declared also that they would bot recogrnise his government. It became known today. Archduke , Joseph surprised the world when be regained power for a Hapsburg In Hungary at the time the Roumanian troops Occupied Budapest. His ascent to control) of--the government followed the brief ' administration of Premier Julius Peldl, who formed a Socialistic cabinet after l3ela;Kun had been overthrown, Joseph's government has been held unrepresentative of the country and has been charged with reactionary ? In tentions, even the restoration of the monarchy. Foreign Minister Lovassy, however. In an interview wtth the United Press. 4 published yesterday declared Joseph would resign in a month, as soon (CotKludrd on Fan Two, Colonn roar) IS0PP0SE0 City Council , May Withdraw Its Sanction for Show on Rose City Speedway. Opposition to the proposed round up to be staged . at . the k Rose City speedway on August 30 and 31 and September 1 by the Speedway asso ciation was voiced by Mayor Baker at a meeting of the city council this morning. The mayor declared the round-up could be nothing but . a "quer proposition," and that it, is bad policy for the city to allow com petition with the famed Pendleton frontier attraction. ' "I am strongly against" this thing, the mayor announced. - '"Pendleton gives a real show and it 1s poor policy for us to compete, with them. . It would be the same as Seattle attempting to" take our Rose Festival from us. The best, that could be staged here- would be a queer proposition... We want to encourage the Pendleton attraction rather than .kill It." Other . commissioners assented to the mayor's declaration and explained that something had been "put over" on the council Wednesday . when informal per mission - was given the association, to proceed. x- ... -i ;. Final bearing . on the - permit - will' be held this afternoon.' It Is likely that the association' will be denied permission for, the show by, the council. ..' City's Carload of Canned Tomatoes on Sale at 14 Cents Portland's carload of army tomatoes. purchased by the city by Commissioner Pier.l arrived this morning and will be placed on sale at 14 cents a can at the stores of t Olds. Wortman & King, the Meier " A; Frank Co., and the Simon Salvage cempany. Altogether there are 1258 (cases of 24 cans each. - . , - . The tomatoes will be sold this after noon and Saturday,, one case to a cus tomer being the limit. - . - . The tomatoes cost the city 13 cents a can. the added cent being the estimated freight, charge. The stores are handling the supply without profit, r, . , ' - . j . , . Prank : A. -Vanderlip ; Scheduled to'Eeach Portland Saturday ' Frank A. Vanderlip. forme?' president of the. National City bank, of New York and prominent as an author of works deating with financial, political and ec onomic subjects, is scheduled , to arrive in Portland Saturday nigh. . He is tour ing the Northwest in a private car and his jvisit here will be brief. .. Vanderlip is director of several ,of the strongest corporations in the country and - was "prominent during the war as head .of the sales , department of ; the United States' treasury. He will be met at, the -Union, station by a delegation from. the" Chamber of Commerce. " ' TO RIVAL ROUNDUP Newsboys Out on Strike; Refuse To Sell Copies Of the Telegram Assert They Are Violently Treated on Refusing to Buy More : : Papers Than They Sell. . Charging that they are compelled to buy more papers thap they can sell, and that in some cases some of their members were violently treated for- refusing to do so, the members of the Portland Newsboys association, at i a meeting Thursday evening at Moose hall, voted, 86 to 3, to refuse to 'sell the Portland Telegram until the abuses complained of are cor rected. ' The Newsboys" association, organised earlier in the month. Is headed by Hnry Treiger. A welfare committee of his ap pointment which- includes Sam WJide--man. president of the Night Hustlers club, chairman ; Abe HI mo its. Jay Good man, Sam Nalmark. Morris Tarshes and Henry Treiger, has been conducting an investigation into the aliened overload ing of the newsboys by the Telegram street .circulators which resulted in Utst night's meeting and the action above outlined, . - . ; When tho noon edition was put on the street, one Justy lunged young lad occu-. pied s the Telegram office corner and three police officers were guarding him. Farther down the block towards -Park street an aged and mild mannered man oriered the papers under his arm. One policeman .... went away. Two policemen helped to get a' police motorcycle out of the way of an automobile. A shrewd faced ' newsboy, apparently a "picket,' observed. "They ain't strong-arm In' any body today ; nobody on de Job, huh!" Harbormaster Speier Returns With WordHFleet Plains Are ' Only Temporary.. . - tn f orrHatiorl cemlngr trtmCJaCTf or nla that onTy eight vessels jof the Pa cific fleet .would visit Portland has aroused the -Ire of members of the fleet reception committee and - the Chamber of Commerce, but the mes sage has been partially discounted by Harbormaster Jacob Speier, who ar rived this morning bearing a mes sage that makes it appear that final assignments of the fleet have not been made. : Portland had been practically assured that a large portion of the fleet would visit the Columbia river and Portland through previous conferences between local representatives and naval officials. The news ' coming early this morning that only a squadron would be allowed to Portland under changed plans caused a stir and efforts were being made defi nitely to guarantee satisfaction for Port land. - Harbormaster Speier a few days ago wrote from San Francisco to Admirat Rodman, located on his flagship at San. Diego, saying that be would go to San Diego with the Columbia river and bar pilot to make arrangements if necessary. In reply he obtained f a' letter from Lieutenant John L. McRea, aide to Ad miral Rodman, reading as follows: r "Admiral Rodman 'directs, that it is not necessary to come to San Diego. The; only matter he wishes to discuss with you and the bar and riyer pilots was with reference to certain informa tion In connection with charts and local conditions - relative to the sending xf ships to Portland.?' ... c From this the local entertainment com mittee and Harbormaster Speier beliewe nothing Is to be decided on fleet assign- . (Concluded on Page Two. Column Thne. Shoe Retailers Say ' Prices Will Advance; Profiteering Denied Atlantic City. N. J-. Aug. 22.(U. P.) Shoe retailers at the convention of the National Shoe Retailers association in session here today denied profiteering charges. Five thousand shoe . retailers were represented. - Officers of the association denied that shoes would cost $25 a pair thii winter. They announced that Just plain kicks" would be offered to the public at prices ranging from 88 to $12 a pair. Hoover Given New Problem to Solve : Paris," Aagi. 23. Herbert Hoover, head of a the inter-allled , relief ;: commission, made a hurried trip to Versailles today to confer with' the German peace dele gates ever the Polish situation and to attempt to secure action which will safe guard the coal output hi ITpper Silesia. It Is stated that the breaking, off Of ne gotiations between the -Poles and Ger many at Berlin has further complicated Polish-German, relations. Tsunataro Kato' Sent -to Siberia r Tokio. Aug. 15. (Delayed) (U. P.) Tsunataro Kato, former minister to Bel glum, and at present a member of the bouse of peers, .' was ; today appointed minister plenipotentiary and-ordered to Siberia. - Kato resigned his post at Brus sels in 1907 to become editor of, the Osaka Shlmpo, an Independent daily." 8BIGI 1 1 B'i TROOPS Men Held Incommunicado by v American Cavalry Reported Identified as Members of Band Four Outlaws Killed in Skirmish in Mountain Pass? Pursuit Ex Xpected to Be Abandoned Soon. : Marfa. Texas; Aug. 22.-Headquarters of Jesus Rentario, head of the bandit, gang which held two Ameri can army -aviators for ransom have been located in the Mexican moun tains and two airplanes left here to day to bomb the outlaws out from their fastnesses. The planes carried a heavy supply of explosives. j Marfa. Texas, Aug, 22, (I. N. a) An unconfirmed report was in cir culation -here early today that eight Mexicans have been captured and placed' under, arrest as possible par ticipants in the holding of. Lieuten ants Peterson and Davis of the Amer ican air forces for ransorri. ! Jt Was rumored that the men had heen brought to Marfa and are being held here incommunicado. ) - . . According to the unconfirmed report, 13 Mexicans were picked up by an Amer ican cavalry column, but five of them were released soon afterward. , The. re maining eight were . identified as "bad men, many of them "being fugitives from Justice in the United States. They are. Said to have been taken to Rutdoza first and ; then brought here. Ini the meantime they will be held, it was re ported, until their movements have been established during the time that the bandit gang was last active. FOm ARE KILLED " -" ' - ? All t the feeble resistance which .Mex ican bandits tn . the Sierra Mad re ' fooV- hiUs-axo attempting -to put-up Is lvelng crushed as soon, as It, develops and four more outlaws have been killed in a fight In a mountain pass. This makes at least five Mexicans killed and two cap tured 'since the- Americans crossed the border on Tuesday morning, while not a -,. single ',- American - has been even wounded. , , ?;. ' -: ...;v News of the kllHng of the four Mexi cans was received at military headquar ters in , Marfa - from Major James ; P. Yancey,. who is with the four troops of the Eighth cavalry that- swept over the line.. .. ---, - - '. ' It fs' now known that there were at least-' 60 members of the outlaw band under 1 Jesus Rentario which has , been operating along the border ; and which held Lieutenants Peterson and Davis of . the United States air T service . for ransom.- About 30 of these outlaws are known by sight to the American cavalry men who are now pursuing the band. . . Pursuit cf the bandits will be aban doned ' very soon unless the American cavalrymen strike a hot trail which promises a capture, it was said here today by Major General Joseph: T. Dick man, commander of the southern, depart ment, y.i S.iA. . . . . ,. . . MOKE PLAJCE8 SEEDED. ... ,. Major General Dlckman. who was in Marfa today Inspecting the' trbops and equipment, considers the aviation equip ment here Insufficient and.: bas asked that it be doubled. Only six planes are here cooperating with the American expedition,- which consists of 300 mounted men and a pack train. It was made plain that the chase of the Mexican outlaws will not stop be cause of any pressure from the Mexlcsn authorities, but. because the hunt would be regarded as hopeless unless the ban dits are ; located within the next tew days.-'':..-:. -'-.j ' We cannot continue the search for ever,5 said . Major ; General Dlckman. "Unless we strike a very hot trail In a short time, our troops will come out of Mexico." ANSWER TO MEXICO'S s ': PROTEST HELD FOR PRESENT Washington, Aug. 22. (I. N. 8.) Mexico's protest against the "invasion" of her, territory by troops of the eighth cavalry, ' who 'are following a "hot trail In an effort to run down the bandits who held two American avia tors for ransom, probably will not be answered until the 'troops ' ultimately have been withdrawn. This " was learned at the state department today. In the meanwhile, so far t-as ; the state department Is concerned. : the troops will continue the search, the matter of . their withdrawal being- for the - war department, to decide. The state department will stand by its de cision that for American soldiers to cross the border In pursuit" of bandits who commit depredations against Amer' lean life or property Is not an "un friendly" act toward Mexico. $17,000,000 Asked For r Cbmpletipn of Eailroad in Alaska Washington. Aug. 22. I. N. , S.) Privileged status was given today by the house rules committee to a bill approp riating , $17,000,000 - - to complete : the Alaska-Yukon railroad and the measure will come up for passage by the house at an early date. - T' Chairman - Curry of the house terri toriets : committee. told : the rules com mittee that because of lack -of funds to push work on the railroad much of the construction already , , completed . was crumbling. , . , Man Confesses Setting Fire in Grants Pass to Get Insurance - . -i V. -.H.-.i iisiii B .PL t J,- F. D. Morton, Said to Have Been Implicated in Portland Blazes, Is in Jail. . Salem, Aug. 22. H. H. Pomeroy, special deputy in the state fire mar shal's office, returned this morning from Grants Pass with a signed con fession from F. D. Morton to the ef fect that he had deliberately set fire to his residence In that city on the evening of August 14. -' ' . .- - ' Morton is in the county Jail at Grants Pass, charged with setting a fire for the purpose .of securing the insurance. He will face a sentence of from one to three years in the state prison. Morton is said to .: have . been : implU rated In two fires of an Incendiary na ture in Portland, before going to Grants Pass. "According to Morton's confession he had purchased the building, a two story . frame 'affair, from Dee Jones on August for. the sum of $250. of which $50 had-been paid.. The building had been Insured for $600 and the contents for 1160 additional..: ' -' Jones '. is also ' In jail, charged with having offered $100 to one Oscar Pow ers to burn the building prior to the sale to "Morton, according to a-; statement made by Powers,' who is said to have refused the offer.- - HIGH PRICE FIGHT Deputy City Attorney 'Appointed to Work With Committee of ;'r Women Recently Named. , Cooperation by the city with the women of Portland is 'the most re cent step in the fight against high prices. Charles C. Hindman, deputy city; attorney, has been appointed by Mayor Baker and City Commissioner Btgelow to- work with the committee f'flvft wone toj whotn a, mass meet Ing of Portland housewives recently delegated the formulation of a cam paign against the high coat of living, t ;We shaU do everything to help, with in ithe scope of -existing ordinances." Hindman said this afternoon. "We are poised, ready r to act as soon as the committee reports' its findings." v , Five determined . women, set out at noon today to survey the city market. They were Mrs. F, O. Northrup and her price' fighting. committee,, including Mrs. W. L.; Block, Mrs. H. A. Bicknase. Mrs. II. U. Johnson and Mrs. J. M. Itice. ; "We; seek- more; definite information before we present our case to the vtty attorney,- they safd. "We are going to be armed with facts. - "No matter what seeming opposition w meet." said Mrs. Northrup, "we ex pect absolutely to put through what we have set out to do." - , ' After their survey of the city1 market, the committee will study carefully the ordinances ' relating to the market and the fixing of prices. r To determine - whether competition on the public market is. really free, below the maximum prices set by Market Mas ter J. A. Eastman... Is one of the main objects of the investigation. . Portland is buying rapidly its quota of army, foodstuffs allotted by the gov ernment to .combat the hlrh cost of Jiv ing. By 8 , o'clock Thursday afternoon Portland's share . of baked beans, can Nos. 1 and 2, strlngless beans, sweet corn, canned cherries, rice, vegetable soup and tomatoes was entirely ex hausted. Canned cherries was the first articlo to go. . t Bacon.'corned beef, roast beef, corned beef . hash, baked beans, .can No. 3 ; flour, black pepper and green peas are still available. ; .-' .-- ' Purchasing by persons of the laboring class and those living in the suburbs haft not been high enough to suit Post master Myers. "Tell all , your friends about it," he urges, "and emphasise the fact that all this stuff is guaranteed by the government of Ahe United States. Should any of it prove unserviceable It will be very simple to obtain a refund. I have definite Instructions from the postmaster general at Washington on that score." . f The first public session of the price fixing commission -hearings is at ' 2 o'clock this afternoon in the grand Jury 'room at the ., Central postoff ice. - Labor will take Its fling at the ques tion of high prices at 1 o'clock tonight A mass meeting has been planned under the auspices of the Central -Labor coun cil In The Auditorium. E. IS, Smith. Robertson i of the boilermakers' union, will speak... . , " -. .. n " 1 1 ', :-: ' - 9-Year-01d Boy Is Struck by Auto; - Dies From Injuries t ; ' " - ii in i .' . ' Kenneth Oberstaller, ' 1-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben L. Oberstaller, 9 East Fourteenth : street,' was fatally injured -: at - S -J0 this : morning when he was run: over - by - an -automobile -In Kast Ankeny street, between Fourteenth and Fifteenth, near his home. ' - - The lad was taken to St. Vincents hospital where he died at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon. The 'automobile driven by D. K. Newsora, 201 Hazel Fern place, struck -him as he ran out into the street, witnesses said. .-i'.'v--, ywBfr.n was driving west In Ankeny at IS miles an hour, according to his statement to the police, when the child) ran oirecuy m irorn ok ms maenwe. Newsom ' turned : toward the center of the street but could not avoid the acci dent as a- streetcar prevented hi get ting out of the way. He stopped imme diately and called an ambulance. , ' CITY WILL AID IN PRBFESSOti DltLIMK TESTIFIES Peace Conference Adviser Says Wilson Did Not Hold That 14 Points Apply to Shantung. . . .. . y ; . Witness-Before Foreign Relations Committee Gives Inside Infor mation on Session at Paris, Washington, Aug. 22. (I. N. S.) President Wilson did-not regard his "fourteen points" as , applicable tc Shantung when the cession of tier man -rights in the Chinese province to Japan was under discussion at the peace conference. Professor Edward Thomas Williams of, the University of California testified before the sen-' ate foreign relations committee to day.- Williams, who acted as- ad vine r ori Far Kastern affairs to the peace con ference, - formerly was chief of the division of Far Eastern affairs of the state department. He resided In China 26 years before he went to Parts and Versailles. Williams said the United States ha-1 made a treaty with China as far laoU as 1S48 that she would "use her good office" to prevent the exploitation of the Chinese people by foreign powers. Despite Chinese protests at Versailles. President Wilson admitted he. was un able to prevent the Shantung eftle- ment, - Williams testified, although Japan's : original demands that Shan tung ' be surrendered unconditionally to her failed, "I . asked President Wilson If he did not think the transfer of German right's In Shantung were Contrary to . the principles enunciated by him in the fourteen points' and he replied he un fortunately did not . think they 'covered the matter." Williams . said. " I then submitted a memorandum to him tn which X quoted . his famous Fourth of - July address at Mount Yer- ' iConchifffd oa I'M Two, Column Tl,n-!, ARE VOTING TODAY Acceptance or Rejection of Re- cent Wage Award' Issue Is Before Employes. Portland telephone operators had not completed their vote today on the question of abiding by the compro mise wage agreement with the Pa cific Telegraph & Telephone com pany. It was said at headquarters that the vote would be completed at 6 o'clock . tonight, after which the count would be made and results or warded to Ban FraneJsco. Seattle Rejects Offer San Francisco. Aug. 22. U. P.) Officials of the telephone girls' local here announces today that the operators had voted- to reject the wage agree ment recently signed by their interna tional officials and the telephone com pany. They . charge union - operator were victims of discrimination and that the wage was not a living one. v Los Angeles 9 'to j Against Los Angeles, Aug. 22.--U. P.) Count of the votes cast by Los Angeles electri cal workers and girl telephone opera tor i showed a vote of; 9 to 1 in favor of a new walkout and , rejection of the pre nnt compromise terms of the Pacific Telegraph Se Telephone company, it was announced today. : . Hop Sings Demand $3000 or Open War : ;0n Ong' Yik Tong San Francisco. Aug. 22. (U. P.) Po lice learned today that the Hop !ng tong had served notice on the Ong Ytk tong that war will be declared if the latter tong has not, before Monday, paid the Hop Sings $3009 for the mui d r Of Wong Lung. Detective Sergeant Skelly asked Chkf White for -more men. Wong Lung had posted an application fo.- membership in tho Hop Sings, but had not become a member when he as slain. r ' - . Old Visit Is Recallrd . Coquille, Aug. 22. The De Moss Con cert company gave a program here Wed nesday night. Thirty-five years sgo the. present leader of the company was here in company with his father, sinter snd brothers,. on a concert tour. The com pany played In Myrtle Point Thursday night. Panama Canal Zone Also Becomes Dry ; Washington. Aug. 22. (I. N. S.) Tho senate this afternoon passed a bill pro hiblting the sale and use of lntoxlc.it - liquors in the Panama Canal zona. PHONE OPERATORS