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. " '" 1 1 1 . 1 CIYu'-EDITIGi, ' All Here and It's All True . - i THB'WEATHER Tonight and Sunday ? fair; .continued warm ;, northerly wlndB. V : Maximum Temperatures Friday: . Chicago .,,...,(. 92 , New York,......f4 Los Angeles, ....82 Portland.. ...... .82 . - New . Orleana.. . . . St. Paul.-. . . . : .. .83 TRAFFIC RULES Portland's traffic regulations as revised by the city council will be- presented In ' j digest - In the Automotive pages,, of The Sunday Journal -J -' ; t V- TOMORROW "DAJ r PI r- - - -. . - - ., . vol. xviii. no. ; U Entered a Sreond-elaai Matter PtMtofriec. Portland, Omoa i Portland, Oregon, Saturday evening, iaugust ,23,; wis. sixteen pages. v PRICE TWO ; CENTS ON TNalNS AND fW STANDS rivg CinTI -m r w a y Ki r n &8m&A?t2&J OOV CIVS' GEI5 MCIICE More Troops Gathered at Strat egic Points and Machine Guns y Posted by United States Forces. l Pursuit of Mexican Bandits Re solves Itself Into Test of , Endurance for Cavalrymen. - San Antonio, Texas. Aug. 23. -U. 1.) Announcement was received here today that a bridge is being thrown across, the rilie Grande at Candelaria. Texas, to aid sending of Muppliew to the American expedition tiry . forces hunting feandlts In the mountains of Chihuahua. This, tak en with, the statement that rations I for 0 days also have been sent to the ! troops, Was taken to indicate the 'American cn.va.lrv will not be With- BOH "drawn for some time. . Word has been received here that .r .members of the Fifth cavalry are also in the American expeditionary '. forces. These men were at Kuidosa, X 15 miles below Candelaria. : By Chandler Sprague Marfa, Texas. Aug. 2$. (I. N.; a.) f Reinforcements of American troopa i and machine guns have been brought up and stationed at strategic points f along the Mexican? border. Al! tha American army posts In tha Big Bend section have been strengthened. This move was explained tdday by army officers as merely a precautionary j measure and In the nature 6f a'prae- tice maneuver ! for the men. No .apprehension U felt of an attack ''11 irt nnint'ln IhU dlartrlcf either bv thfe t bandits or Carranslsta troops. - Nor, have r the officers any. fear of a clash between 'f the Carrantlstas and the .troops of the Klghth cavalry now pursuing the Mexl t"e ean -outlaws. ' American oavalrymea-wde . hard all dayFrtday. through the moun tains without again coming into contact j. with, any-groups of the outlaw gang of ., Jesus Itantario- 4Jiat held two American i airmen for, ransom, aecordfng'te reports ! reaching Jieadquarters v"V ' The-Crransista troepa in -.the region ' row - being . combed by, the Americans - are not , in great numbers. iSuchsCar- ransista- units as have come Into on . tact with- the American- cavalrymen have shown no disposition . to interfere. An aviator: brought word .that a; col . umn of 'the eighth cavalry, '"under com- mand of , Major C KG Bml th. . met i a f column , of . Mexican Federals. - The' Mexican commander merely inquired if - the Americans were ; on Mexican " soil with the authority of. the American gov- ernment and thn, passed on. . . - While" the pursuit of the bandits, con ; tinues, regular airplane service is being kept up between the advanced posts and headquarters here. American officers ' now express , the opinion that the chase (Concluded on Ff Eletm, Column Five) Troop s Now on the Ground Un able, to Maintain Order in Disputed Districts. . Paris Aug. 23. (I. N. S.) Amer ican troops may. be sent Into Upper Silesia before the peace treaty Is rat ified If the . chaotic . situation there does not clear up, according to offi cials close ,to the American delega tion today. ; ' In this event It is probable that the units -would be - withdrawn from - the American army of occupation on the - Rhine. : ,. ' How the American people would- re gard such a step appears to be the only hi teh to immediate action, as all reports from Upper Silesia indicate that the situation there demands urgent . meas ures. . i . . ; : Herbert Hoover - and . others are un derstood, to have expressed the .. opinion that a , few . Americans could do., more than the combined army of the allies because the people ' there have the ut most ' trust in the Americans. - g ' - . i tt S5S ONEONTA . BLUFF AND TUNNEL . A" superb photograph of this picturesque feature of the Columbia, river highway reproduced In color is the front cover of THE EUHJXY . JOURNAL. MAGAZINES tomorrow. 4 MAGAZINE FEATURES THAT APPEAL The Romantic Mystery of the Princess, Rlabouschlnsky. :. .- England's Large Crop of After-War, Divorces. ' r . , -- How Sun Spots Touch Off Our Volcanoes. - - - What Science' Has Discovered About Tour Skeleton. The Tangled Telegram Short FOR WOMEN READERS . Health, Beauty and the Home. Morning and Motor Dresses By. Lady Duff -Gordonr(liucfl).r - TOMORROVV -A Second Campugn For Ratification Session Appears To Have Started v . : ; ; . ' Form Letter Signed by . Senator R. S. Farrell oft Multnomah : " Agrees to Stipulations. 1 Salem. Aug. 2$. That the suffra gists have launched a new campaign in their efforts to secure a special ratification session of the Oregon leg islature is Indicated by a form letter received by Governor Olcott'g office this morning, bearing the signature of Senator Robert &. Farrell of Mult nomah county, j r i Tbe letter quotes stipulations set forth by the governor regarding calling of the session and contains specific statements to the effect that. the -signer requesting that the session be called, agrees to bear his own expenses and ''forego ? per diem on the part ef the state, and promises to confine his legislative ' efforts to the woman suffrage amendment. In the previous deluge' of letters which reached the governor's off Ice the leg islators were Inclined to "pass the buck.',' on the expense item back to . the gov ernor in direct opposition of the spirit of his. stipulation. A number also 'held out for the privilege of considering other legislation' in the event the session was called This form letter adheres . closely to every, condition imposed by the governor. It is regarded here as" the forerunner-or second flood of letters on the special ratification session. Representative Chester C. " Moore of Multnomah county sent a letter in which he agrees, to stand . his own, expenses In ih. v. nt 'th umIaii la called" and to abide, by the governor's request that no other, legislation be considered, -y Two Shifts of ; Milt Workers Are t Added' Fightuig Crews f Timber I$;Threatened. - . Baker, .'Aug.: 2i-Forest fires near Whitney wre spreading rapidly ' Fri day nights Ninety men from tha for est reserve are 'fighting the blaze. The. Eccles Lumber companyl .which owns Vnostf f thaHiinber ft thai sec tion, has closed- Its two plajft; send ing its crews Jto. rein force it he fight ers. -Vd! fi'i :'H4- ' tCi. FIRE NEAa! PROSPECT IS -; ' BELIEVED UXDER CONTROL - Medf ord. Aug 2X A torest fire three- miarters of a mile west of Prospect on tbe west side or tne jtogue river- wnten appeared threatening Friday, is thought to be under control -If the: wind does not shift. The fre started .Friday after noon In good timer and. heavy - under brush and. spread rapidly, jumping the river '"lrt' several .places and: burning along both sides toward Prospect. yThe power plant , of the Collfqrnia & Oregon Power company : and the Grieve hotel and. store at Prospect were endangered. K' About 70 men; Includin gthose employ ed on the new Crater ; LAke highway. have been fighting the. -blase since Frl day afternoon land .10 -more with ' tools were sent out today. , :..:-'.' HEAVY RCmEEW OF SMOKE HAMPERS FIBE FIGHTERS Bend. Aug. ' 23. Two two-ton .army trucks arrived ; la Bend Thursday ifrom Camp XjSwIs and will be put to the dis posal of the Deschutes national forest officials for road construction. These trucks also "will be used for; carrying suppues ana ? lire .protection ; . ."Whether there now tare large fires burning In the Dejhutes national forest cannot be ascertained by , lookouts, owing to the heavy smoke which continues to hang over central Oregon. 'attributed to fires .in other places. .-.An- active patrol Is being made to .locate, any blase. ; Valuable Papers Taken by Astoria ' ; E6bl)ers jEegairied Astoria, Aug. 2S.--Certiflcate of de posit, aggregating-- upwards of $1500, were found under the plank pavement of Taylor street, near the plant of the Warren Packing-company, Friday jtight by Police Chief Carlson and a Burns de tecuve. A. h. Miiey, wnue: following, a clue given by- Otto: Erlcltson.. I O-y ear-old youth.. living witn -ms parents, , near where the papers were loAated. - This is a part of the loot taken from the safe of W. Kallunkl, retail merchant and . private banker, who was robbed last week. "- , Story by Wilbur Nesbit,N 5 " StIEY FOREST ' ' " ' I: v. 'i.- CHy Attorney Told : to Prosecute Any Combination Designed to lllegaljf Excite Prices. : ; ; Meantime Committee of Five Votes That Threatened Loaf " Increase Must Not Take Place. Portland bakers may face prosecu tion by the city for illegal combina tion.... - ; :i-. , Instructions were Issued by Mayor Baker this morning to C. C Hind man, deputy ity attorney, to make a complete Investigation and to pros ecute vigorously all bakers who are found to be menjbers of a combina tion or an agreement to fix prices. A "city ordinance forbidding all "com binations, pools, or agreements to fix prices r "in restralnfof trade" would be the basis of prosecution. -The ' penalty for violation is fixed at a 500 fine or six. months' imprisonment or both. ' "If there is a combination "of bakers to fix prices or. to .prevent free and unlim ited competition or that Is in restraint of trade, the bakers will be liable." said Hlndman. "I have been instructed ' by the mayor to investigate and to prose cute vigorously any individual or cor poration violating , the provisions of the ordinance. The mayor has placed at my disposal all facilities for making a thor ough survey." v. , '::. Hlndman was appointed by the mayor this week to help the committee of five selected by assembled housewives to in vestigate the cause of and find a remedy for high prices. . That bakers must not raise the price of bread is- -the sentiment of the price fixing committee as expressed in a reso lution sent Jate Friday tothe food ad ministration.' TheresoIution' was passed -f Cafteinded on Pee T1ftn. CohnJn Swti 1f" I 1 1 1 ' I I Electrical Workers Reject Wage Schedule Offered by Two .v Employing Companies. Los .Angeles, Cal.; Aug. ,2 3 (I. N. S.)- Possibility of another general telephone strike on the Pacific coast was seen. nere Friday, when it was reported that, members of the Elec trical "Workers' union, composed of telephone - employes, voted V to reject the counter waga schedule presented to them by the pacific Telephone & Telegraph company, and the South ern California Telephone T company. h The telephone " operators rejected -' the counter wage scale Wednesday night. The referendum' vote being 'taken is for1 the Pacific Coast states, f The Electrical ' Workers' v union has about 600 members, but only 106 voted. r Although a referendum . vote on ' the question - or accepting tne new wage scale "was. taken in Portland. Friday among girl operators of the telephone company, announcement of : the result wUl - be withheld until the official can vass is-made at San Hrancisco, . it was . said - at headquarters . today. ; The-'.. totals were sealed immediately by the tellers and forwarded to i San Francisco', headquarters. '? Officers, of the "union " sald- they did i not know what the totals show. It ? was admitted, however, . that - in d lea t Ions point strongly to a ; rejection of the scale. This, it .was said, would not - mean a strike but ' rather, the : re opening, off negotiations.; :; : . :. , . Poles displeased Jf IWheh No Americans Attend Conference , Berlin, f Aug. 25. (V. Pi) Absence of American representation on the inter allied commission - which 11 is considering German-Polish relations, leaving for Up per i Slieeia . to . review j tbe situation there, was resented today by members of the Polish delegation here. . , .- "The .. French, x the . British, even the Japanese. the spokesman for the dele gation said, "sat In consultation on the Sileslan question,; but the Americans were absent. This cannot help but make us feel that the United States Is not so Interested ; in -Poland's welfare as V she formerly was. or as she first indicated.; Members of the - American mission ; in Berlin explained the question was out side its jurisdiction. The American mis sion in Warsaw, it was stated, was su thorized to act if it saw fit. Oregon Air Patrol Will Be Maintained Salem, Aug, 21. Although : Mather Field. California.:; will 'tie temporarily closed ' down . because of a shortage ' in enlisted -men the airplane forest patrol BO in Oregon will be maintained until the end of the dry season, according to a telegram received this morning by Oov ernor Olcott's . office, from Senator NEVPH0H&5TRI L001NG ON COA Chamberlain. - . j, j,,,., ; 4 new yamhill oil! find held best to date -Tyj'MINNVIL.IiE, Aug- 9---Tbe most promising oil indica tions jet .uncovered In Yamhill county were found on the .river bank, two miles - north of Bio 5Ilnnvlllcr . this -tveck, . on land owned by a man named Tilden. Tbe bank at this potnt Is about 80 feet jhighr and a deposit of oil sands 'was discovered SO feet above the river level. , :t"Tbe kands, placed In solution, give a thick amber scum, which experts say is an undoubted In dication of a rich deposit.: About three fourths of . a mile north of ibis find a similar deposit was struck several years ago at "a depth of 12 feet by men tiling a field, i These men uncartlied a (team !of ocean shells, under p which was similar oil sand.' 'Vf An expert geologist from Cali fornia jhas visited this spot "with V. A. Howe of Carlton, and calls it tbe finest surface Indication of oil Iks Jias ever seen. Workmen at the' Newman well, - south of this city, visited the find and say it Is a "good looker." W. E. Bales jot this city, who lias had. experience In the oil fields of California, confirms the state statements made by the others. . Tilden Is being offered large sums for bis land, but prefers to hold It. - Strikers Present - Ultimatum to Officials and Overland Serv ice Is Qrippled.' Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 23. (I. N. S.) A walkout of nearly 10,000 car repair men employed in the South ern Pacific shops, the complete tie- up of the Salt Laka route,' the plac an emoargo on 841 -outgoing Pers and ths -possibility that no over land train would be able to leave tha city (oday, gave a more serious turn to the railroad, strike in Lps Angelas. The cs,r trepalr "men ' reported at ' the Southern Pacific shops : shortly r before o'clock. Informal conferences were 1 . - - i ... ' . ! held and . it was decided to walk out in sympathy with the switchmen and employes of the . electric, lines. ' : : ' At a conference between . railroad of ficials and a committee of strikers, the men presented ' four; demands h to ,, the roads. The, men declared, they 'Will not return until) the Pacific Electric Los Angeles railway strikes .- are , set tied ' satisfactorily to employes of that company; that they will not return, to work themselves in the event of a settlement unless all of .their members are taken back. Car Los Jlcn's Strike Before Board Angeles,', Aug. 2.3 Settlement of the strike ; of employes of the Los Angeles Pvallway: company appeared to hang n ; one ? Issue as the municipal mediation board ' resumed I its' hearings todav. This was the .demand ,of . the men i that the company take back all men who went out on i strike. - - The company - reserves - the ; right , to reemploy only such men r as are 'Tiot objectionable to officials of the com Danv."! The 'rtght ' to collective bar gaining was granted by the company. The men have agreed : to leave settle ment of the wage dispute to the me diation board. Conditions in the strike of Pacific electric employes remained unchanged. Shopmen to Strike September 2 San I Francisco, Aug; 22. !., N. , S.) A strike of railroad shopmen of. the Southern Pacific railway, Santa' Fe and Western Pacific railways for, the west era division will be called In all proba bility jf or September 2. - This was the statement . today r X. Cf.-Robbins, international vice president of the Shopmen's union, commenting on an almost- unanimous vote- now being taken i to decide such .a matter. . The shopmen will demand an Increase from 68 to 85 cents an hour straight time for journeymen and from 62 to S5 cents I or apprenuces. Main BadlyrHurt In Auto Collision 'With Streetcar K. iB. Gale, giving his address as . 72f East: Twentieth street north, was taken to St ' Vincents nospital ithls iraorning suffering rom Injuries- received , when bis. automobile came In collision with a streetcar at Lafayette and Milwaukie avenue. W. " Talcbtt of the same ad dress. tWhoT was driving the . car. es caped with a few minor bruises. . ChaplainForbidden To Mention League 'Washington, Aug, 23.-HV. P.) The chanlaut of the house has been prohibited by .Republicans from , mentioning- the League of Nation in. his prayers Rep resentative Heflla. charged on the floor of the house Friday ,A word was said by a high Republican to the Chaplain about some remarks, he once made about the league, and since then his lips have been sealed on. this question," ueflln TIE-UP COMPLETE; REPAIR MEN QUIT OF SH J. J. Donovan Lumberman of Bel li ngh am, Says Disque Always " Consulted Experienced - M en. Economy Had to Give .Way for Speed Under Stress ; of Cir cumstances; Hearing. Still On. : By Marshall N. Dana " Seattle, Aug. 2Z.- -It was the head long! rush of war that heaped up the cost3- of 'the Clallam county railroad, built by the) Slems-Carey-Kerbaurh corporation for -the Spruce Produc tion corporation. , Thus testified J. J. Donovan of'.' tho " Bloedel -Donovan lumber mills, Belllngham, also a di rector of the Spruce Production cor poration, at today's opening, of the congressional Investigation into the episodes of spruce production for air craft; building. "' . . t - Aiming apparently at the - criticism offered .by . previous ' Witnesses, -that CJenpral : Brlce P.' Disque, commander, of spruce production, had taken hfs own ccure, Donovan declared that . the of ficer had been In almost. constant con ference . with 4 the . practical lumbermen of the Northwest. He. added that the Slems-Carey organization . pushed ; rail road construction with - remarkable (Concluded oa Pw Eleten. Column Threa) F TO AID PACKERS Propagandists Use . Names of Mnt5of7fConfes45: i Districts Without Consent; v Washington. Aug1. 23.U. -P.) What Ms regarded, by officials as a most -far-reaching propaganda to flood the country and congress Is be ing gWdually; revealed to Washlng-ton.- lt was learned today. ." , , , , It Is propaganda directed against, the Kenyon, JKendrlck and 17 other bills to regulate packers. . ., ; . According to documentary ... evidence the uressur that .is being brought to bear .on.; congress -In-opposition to., the regulating .bills, .takes tlfe following forms.: .... . . 1 Sending telegrams to congressmen and senators signed with the names of residents of the legislator's districts, it is ' alleged, without the constituent s knowledge, ia many Instances. AGEXTS ABE BUST f2i-Agent8 appearing before commer cial clubs, - farmers' conventions ana other - organisations ' and persuading them ; to , send . telegrams -to tnetr , na tional' representatives opposing the pro posed .legislation. , . Many such' tele grams are repudiated. by? independent action of the organlxations. , 3 Following by a detailed system 01 assembling 1 newspaper clippings every article that may be derogatory to me packers, and sending the magazine or nawsnaner editor a statement of tbe packers position. , 4 Distribution or. nooKiats ana pampn lets, and nald advertising mediums. Senator Harris, Georgia,, expressed au these charges today. He read intt the oona-ressional record recently a ; letter from- J. R. Wilcox, Fitzgerald. Ga., stat ing that a telegram the senator bad re ceived signed "J. : R. Wilcox" was f Ud by a. packer's agent witnout tne Knowl edge of Wilcox. The telegram-protested against the Kenyon and Kendrick bills and was as follows : :.- 'j-'V': "Am not In favor of federal control meat packing - Industry, - Kendrick (S 2199). Kenyon (S-2202) bills." FITZOEKALS SlTUATIOHr - - - ' Subsequent letters received by Senator Harris, including a letter-written by the manager of the Western Union at. Fitz gerald, and a copy of a -letter from Wil cox to one of the packing companies, brought the following statements : ' i 1-That previous to the finding of , the book of night-letters, including that, of Wilcox, -the Western Union manager at Fitzgerald, had "handled a' number of books from varl6u packing house repre sentatives on this same bill." i ' 2 rThat- the - Western -Union .manager could not recall the name of tbe . man filing the messages : including that of Wilcox but that - ha' made him out a statement against " and Company," which he' paid. , . , , , , i 3 That' later Wilcox held a- conver sation with, the packer's representative and that the agent admitted he sent the telegram giving as his excuse he did not think' it "would make any difference to Wilcox If he sent them 7 ", The . attention of Senator . Harris was called to the telegram feature oft the propaganda .at the time congress was flooded with : messages protesting against tthe Kenyon and Kendrick bills. Herron Is Crowned --' I Amateur Ctiampion ' 'Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 23. ( U. P.) S. Davidson Herfon of the Oakmont Coun try; club was crowned amateur golf champion of the United- States when he . defeated "Bobby" Jones of At lanta. Ga.. 5 up and, 4 to play, . In the final round of, the championship at ths Oakmont Country CJpb here today. ORGE TELEGRAMS Jazz and Shimmy . Banned Here by; Musicians' Union ;. Portland professional .- musicians have turned upon ths shimmy and the jazz, and steps have already been taken to bring back the dignity ot "ye olden tymes'T- to the music of the ballrooms.- - -: - ': - .. - Last season some dance hall operators hit upon what they thought the happy idea of introducing the Jasslest of music and Insisted upon the introduction of innovations by orchestra men. The union, however, has put its foot down on tha whole business by refusing to allow its members to "make : fools of them selves and the music profession" and has fixed a fine for any member performing special stunts- not regarded as legiti mate. The musicians blame the dance hall operators largely -. for- tbe "evolu tion" of the past few years in ths art of dancing. . They 3 say 5 they have fought persistently - against the adoption of exaggerated syncopation . and freak noise-making paraphernalia such as cow beUs,' tin, cans and frying pans. . . .- New Tork. Aug. 28. I. N. S-l Shim- mery,' shivery shimmy syncopations, ear splitting jazs music and "public vulgar ity, poorly disguised as -dancing, must go. This" is tbe unanimous . opinion ex pressed by dancing masters from every part of the United States, ; assembled here to attend the National Masters of Dancing.- ' - ' -" Not only do the instructors, who -rep resent the highest class academies In this country intend to fight the "Jass evil." by means of t propaganda;' but they VwUljoin- forces f with - the welfare bureaus in ' the larger '"cities - to ban those thrilling wiggles of modern times from both public - and r" private ball rooms. '! - ' ':-;.": '' !'"'".," The steps and glides that have grown out . of the syncopating ' jazs music of today will be replaced Ty more . grace ful' and' moral trots to the tune, of ' a tempo "a happy - medium between the Colonial minuet and the shimmy.!"; . ' " j IMMOKALITT ' REACttES v UM1T ' f "Immoral ' d'ancing has ' gone as far In . one, direction as an Impatient public wilt, permit It to go." declared Fenton Bett of , Dayton,:, Ohio, , president . of the association. ' "Eather the dancing masters - must educate the people to discard' suggestive movements . in; the ballroom . or justly alarmed" 'parents wilt, demand , that the police abolish all dancing- Do you call the shimmy dancing? . Well, I'll tell- you f "the story of that, dance.-.;- .' " wyy.: ' It was - first discovered . four . vears ago Jh a', negro" dance , ball ' In r Chicago; Several' instructors saw - the .negroes going . through . the movements, .. and, seeing an opportunity, to make money. lntromced,,U .In , anaietji. ii.', 44 Tou .can't. Jeform- danctngi though, until ' you reform music, abolish the Jazz, that horrible, melody; of cowbells, drums, and washboilers, Modem' music compels you- to -adopt those jerky steps sod we , intend , to introduce a -. tempo to take the place, of these syncopations. Attorney - General .Brown S ays ; Oregon May Stop Sale With-J out Consent "of Washington. ; " Oregon'loes. not need the concur rent approval, of. the stateof, Wash ington to prohibit, salmon, 'which, are caught outside of the three-mile lim it lh the ocean, from being purchased or taken for" sale In this state during tbe ; closed season 4 on - the. Columbia river, according "to": a 'decision made by Attorney i- General , George cf M. Brown - for -the state fish and game commission. ' " " "' -?" -' i - Members of the commission had antici pated trouble with cannery owners and fishermen near . the 'mouth of the : river . . t after the closing of salmon season on the .Columbia j Monday- evening for a period pf three weeks. Some canners at the mouth of the river and at Astoria had "decided to continue operation : of their plants after the closing of the season by obtaining salmon in the Pa cific outside the three-mile line of na tional Jurisdiction. , ' . The matter was referred to Brown and he made the following decision: "The provision In Oregon game laws that pro hibits the purchase or taking for sale of salmon - outside , the three-mile limit is not within concurrent, jurisdiction and is enforceable without - the approval of the state of . Washington." -i Armed with this , important opinion Shoemaker, will go to Astoria this after noon to see that all cannery owners are- fully Informed, that It. will be Illegal, to bring salmon Into - Oregon 'from outside the - three-mile ' limit. He will remain until Tuesday to see' that the 'law Is enforced.'..-.; ..:" " s " Nothing i prevents fishermen ; from catching fish outside the nationally con trolled portion of .the - ocean, but this opinion - will- prevent 'the fish being brought 'into tbe state. . Dealer Strikes - : Buyer Melon-Was Green As - a v result of - sn altercation at Third, and TarahUl Fridays night, J.'i F. Blankenshlp is ? In ? St.? Vincent's hos pital s suffering with concussion of the brain, and Alex Varsamls Is locked In a cell - at the police station i Blankenshlp, who v lives - at the Grand Union hotel, bought a watermelon from Varsamls In the market Friday after noon. The- melon was alleged to have been green and unfit to eat and .In the argument which followed Varsamls hit the purchaser ,on the head with' his fist. Hospital attendants say Blankenshlp is Is in a serious condition. . .:-.', SALMON GOT OUT : ' OE LIMIT BARRED "Women -police 'in every large ' city hi the . country - have . been :' trying in vain to fight this evil and we are now going to help them. rWe will establish an . information bureau In Waltham. Mass.,' where our secretary.' George' F. Walters; will distribute .pictures and literature: describing.' what is . proper dancing and-what is not. upon request; -"Refined people will voluntarily adopt proper steps and 'positions; others will be- . made to. .- : .5 - ,;: -, t SUME8 "MISLTIIIO rOT '; f i Mose Chrlstenserf, of Portland, Or blamed -."the melting pot class" ; f of "these startling conditions." ,, - jt "When women j stop twisting their spines fin to sailors' knots 'from the waist , dow n instead of the waist up, the. ballroom will become , a safe place for refined young- girls," he asserted. with i energy. Our . music today is filled with half notes and .three quarter notes and it seems the : most natural thing in the world to do a .contortion act Instead of executing an artistic step. - . ' , a v-- '' - : We are esUbllshlng a national school for music and dancing and It will set tbe standard for" dancing throughout th country. - It la very singular that; the government should have excepted danc ing classes -i from a war', tax on; the ground that they are a part of the na-1 tion's -educational system.- Dancing should become a part of the curriculum of all public schools.':: :; ' vs -' --v' . - s Miss Luella I lanes of 'New Orleans pointed to the fact that throughout, the country -there is' a determined movement "reform dancing or banish It. - "Thla movement ' is more- widespread than people .Uelieve." she said. ."The fox trot, waits and one-step will be retained, but all objectionable features will ' be taken from even these dances.' - "Our modern stage is- partly to blame.- -V t THEATBF.S TO. BLAME ., - C ? "Theatrical managers- seem determin ed to . make professional , dances as vul- .gar as possible, and add' Insult to injury by making remarks about them from the stage. , '.- Young - people see ' these dances and Immediately Imitate them and: with startling success, too. Thous ands of dollars are being wasted every year to pay dance haU Inspectors, We intend to make dancing' so decent th.at inspectors .will not have anything to do." .In this she was enthusiastically sup ported by Thomas1 McDougall of Pitts burg and Miss F. Kohl of Madison, Wis Mrs.' Gus Zlmerman , of . Cleveland, Fred Chrlstenson, of Seattle, Mr. and Mrs Slynn of Rockford, III.,- EV B.' Oaynor of Chicago, '. EJ. , B. Everett ! of Houston, Tex Miss Ida Knowles of New York and Otto Delnemana of Boston are also In accord with all of these view. vTbe National "Assoclatton of "Masters of Dancing and tbe American Society Of Professors of Dancing, the two eldest associations tn the United States, have amalgamated ' and arey meetjng 'in joint session. 'Their' "Combined -forces have pledged, themselves, to fight for proper dancing. " ' -, "' .- --. .-; r SENATE FAVORS ; NEV AMENDMENT BSBseSMBSSSSBSBSSBMSasS Will Attempt to Give Fair Price Committees Legal Authority ' to Estbalish Prices. ? Washington,. Aug.' 23. -An attempt will be made In the senate to give the fair price1 committee established by the attorney, general legal authority to fix "reasonable" prices. , -The sub-committee of the senate agricultural committee today reached this decision in : considering the amendments to the food control act, asked by Attorney General Palmer to fix a penalty, for 'charging "unjust or unreasonable prices." ' ' " J; :: , '" : Senator Smith of Georgia proposed sn amendment which would give the Unit ed, States -district attorneys authority to create- fair price committees and to de clare alt prices above those fixed by the committees unreasonable. ..." ' ., - v ... U If. the attorney general. will agree to this amendment. It will . probably be re ported to the -senate.' If . the . attorney general falls to agree,. Senator McNary of Oregon, a, member of the subcommit tee,, said that In all probability , the amendments to.- the . food , control act passed . by the house , yesterday ' will be adopted by the senate. f r -r- . Tom Milton Wins :r ElginVAutbfBace :: ByiWide iargin : ' i r ii ii. - ., . '- X ". - Blgln HU Aug. "23w (I. ,N.': 8.) Tom Milton, driving . a' Dusenberg .Special, won . the seventh annual .Elgin automo bile race today " by' a wide margin. ' Roscoe . 'Sarles, . driving a Roamer Special, was - second : -Kurt Hitke, In a Roamer Special, .was, third. - ' " Milton, 't. by - winning s the b mid-West classic over - the treacherous ' course . of 301 i miles,' 4400 feet,, came Into posses sion: of ' the. Cobe trophy for one year and - receives a cash prize of . $4t00. Pdttol:;Ei()ks:U : Dead Bodies Off lCoiast of: Africa i Paris. Aug. 23v (V, P. A dispatch to Le - Journal from Casa Blanca re ported today that . the - French patrol boats had. picked up the bodies of .three dead men off tbe African coast. " The men are presumably members of the crew of the missing airplane Goliath,' the dispatch said.' - The -Goliath.' attamntinar a fllirht from France - to Daker, has not been' beard from' since last Saturday. SmIIIIOI MCI1E Foreign ' Relations Committee of Senate by Vote of 9 to 8, - Recommends Change in Treaty McCumber Casts Vote WitH Dem- ' bcrats Against Proposal by Senator Lodge to Amend Pact. Washington, Aug. 23. (U. P.) The senate foreign relations commit tee today voted 9 to 8 to strike the word "Japan" from the provisions of the. peace treaty relating to the dis position of Germany's rights In Shan tung and insert the word "China," The effect of the amendment is to provide for the return of the terri tory to China. Senator Lodge made the motion. Senator McCumber, Republican, vot ed with . the . Democrats against it. Otherwise the vote was on party lines. ' '";:' .'" '". This is ths first amendment to the treaty made by the committee, . After making It. the committee proceeded to consider other amendments, in executive session. Leaving the committee room after the rollcalt. Senator Brandegee made the following Htatement : "The committee has Just voted on a rollcall. by a vote of 9 to 8. Senator Mc Cumber voting with the Democrats, to strike out the word 'Japan' wherever It appears In article 158. 1j7 and 158 of the treaty- of Versailles, and Insert In lieu thereof the word 'China.' The effect of this is that the committee on foreign relations favors - the return of German concessions in Shantung, to China In stead of to Japan. "Senators Shields, Hitchcock and Pitt- man. Democrats,, were not present, but by agreement their votes were recorded In .the" negative. . Senator Lodge 'made the 'motion to strike out Japan end in sert Chins." . The forelgsi relations-commute sImo Instructed Senator Lodge, Its chairman, to ask President Wilson -to transmit of flcially the Polish treaty, signed on ti e same .oay the treaty witn uermany ; a. declaration In regard .to the amount of Germany's payment for the support of allied forces . tn occupation, signed June 28, and a protocol of 13 article-, signed , by the United States, . Kngland. France, Belgium and Germany, regard ing the occupation of the Rhine prov inces.- .-a ' ' - . In addition Lodge was Instructed to ask the. president, to give all the infor mation on the treaties with Austria, Bulgaria, Turkey ' and Hungary which the , president told the committee have been completed but not submitted to the enemy.' - ' t . . -; : - . This action was taken on motion of Senator Williams, -a. Democrat member of the committee, after discussion as to what means the committee should take to obtain the four treaties mention i. On. this point no action was taken, be- (Concluded on Tat Two, Column Two) Movement on Foot to Restore tha - Reign of Romanoffs as Lenine " f Government Totters. "London. Aug. 23. (I. N. S.) N'ow that Leninism is believed in govern ment circles to be tottering under the ring of steel forged by the anti-Bolshevik armies, attention botrt In and out of official circles is centering upon the possibility of a coup to re store the monarchy in Russia. Indications are piling up that the ad herents of Jthe Romanoff family, tV.e former ruling dynasty of Russia, are ac tive.; They may-be summarized briefly: .1, " The 'former dowager- empress" of Russia Is saidtto be living quietly 1 i London and Russian officers who being trained here for service In Admiral. Kolchak's army have been Invited to be presented to her to pay their respects. 2. t General Yermoloff, former mili tary attache to the Russian embasiy lit London-under the late Csar Nicholas. I acting as Admiral Kolchak's agent i.i .London and has been active in having Russian officers meet the former dowager empress. .: 1-V Grand Duke Nicholas, uncle of the. late oar. and former commander-in-chief of the Russian army, has suddeii ly appeared In Stockholm to -take part in a great council of war on the part or generals who are leading the Russian White armies against the Reds. : -' Some outspoken British newspaper have already professed to see propa ganda afoot in favor of the restoration of a monarchical government in Run: and the matter has been broached 1 n tbe house of commons. The summer campaign against the Bolshevik! has been meeting with great er success than any other offensive that has been undertaken against. the force of Lenin and Trotzky With the Brit ish furnishing large stores of war ma terials and the Roumanians undertaking an of tensive In conjunction -with tii South Russian - army under General Denlkln developments of high Import anceboth' military and political a rt already looming on the . nonzoa i - I Russia. AWOLSHEVIKI FAVOR MONARCHY X' ... -'..- I t .,