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THE WEATHEIl Tonight and Tuesday
snd Tuesday U t . -
winds. . . x H - "V
Sunday: ' ,r" '
rleans SI j
ratr; genua nortnwesteriy
- Maximum Temperatures
Portland 70 New Orleans
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Chicago 70 New York... to
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'"; VOL. XVIIT ' NO '151
BIDS
I tG PARADE
' ' land's Labor Day Demon-
.: nation Largest Ever Seen in
Ity; Many Bands-Participate.
If ' : "
I iiiform of Army and Navy Is
Scattered "Throughout Ranks;
Banners Express Sentiments.
Marshalled ranks of stalwart men, j
th here and there a group of
" 'men workers, their measured steps
hoing to the music of numerous
rids,, marched through Portland
sets this morning, while thousands
i spectators witnessed the largest
id most pretentious demonstration
t .' labor's human element yet at-
npted In Portland.
. Scattered throughout the concourse
1 re tollers late from the battlefield.
iv irlng the flag they lately fought for.
1 leading the way for comrades of the
, -p and factory, whose demands, ex-
4 ssed on many banners, were a cam:
i gn fop organised labor In themselvQ
$j lbyr'aday In Portland had brillianT
4v Jtion. And lator made the most or.
Sli day, casting the dally toils into the
fard and responding in multitudes not
f ! ' to participate in the biggest parade
fii;.' h history of organised labor in
,f. dand, but to take part in the many
f vltleit that Labor day brought forth.
. elr blue 'denims or clean white uni
blending with the oonservative
"day best" of the workingmen '. and
f a?'", a certain dignl'ty was added, to
pi demonstration of column upon
n nn of oreaniied worker, reuresent-
with. thousands ttf persons in line,
four score pt labor unions, repre-
,'(;-iuv oi -the reading crarts of the
i triotism and labor-propaganda. ex-
;, T -sed upon the banners carried by the
?Tachers. combined their colors to make
lu(lel yob Put Thr. Cohtmn Four)
' arder of- Gdop
lsteryjtBlackmail
theory Is Dropped
U ashville, Tenn., Sept;, x. t u. P.) Po
ig today admitted they have made
.- V headway toward solving the mys
ft." :of the mnrder' of Kobln, 3. Cooper,
'Be body was found in Richland
B k Saturday. The theory that Cooper
. t have been the victim of a black
In, plot was weakened when police to
..gp' denied thoir earlier story, that
.,jer had drawn $10,000 from bis bank
that the. money was missing.
, . vestigatlon. showed, police eald, that
ler shortly' before he started on his
rulr automobile cide with a stranger
Thursday, had made a note for
X but that he took only $200 of this,
tng the remainder to his credit
ineral services, for Cooper will be
today In Christ church, with Bishop
. r officiating.
iator Falls 100
y'eet Into Otfean;
jp .Rescued Uninjured
;j3 Francisco. SeptI. (U. P.) A.
Bonalle, former British army aviator,
ag for the Varney Seaplane com
. f ny, fell 100 feet into the ocean while
ing a short distance ahead oi the line
f. Pacif to fleet ships at 11 a. in. today.
dat guard launches rescued Bonalle,
9 was not injured. His machine was
lied ashore, a wreck.
Anti-Bolshevist
'a
I ft
er Is
ft
By Isaac Don Le vine
cUl Ctyrntpoadenea to Th-. Journal nd The
Chicago IHj.N"w.
T.rightf9lVS5' Chicago Dally New Co.)
Stockholm, .' S yr e d e n, July 3.
era .are no anti-Bolshevist news-
ioer pttbllshed In soviet Russia.
d there ia,' la addition, a military
4 iorhip. mb " drastic as any pro
; ed by th war in 'Western Europe.
rtising control . over the Bolshe-
mi t ...
flv in Moscow.. They are, the offl
. organs of the Bolshevist party, of
Soviets, of th supreme economic
ncil and of the Red army. There
more than 30(i daily newspapers in
1 soviet republic. After the coming
.be Bolshevikl Into power, the free
f ss of' the country was made to feel
. t j proletariat. ' Nevertheless, it put up
1 ratl.flffbt for U elntPnr-B It tnnV
' at ven nifontha of continuous struggle on
tba . part , ot th soviet government to
-c-'ush the opposition press.
the Tast of the non-Bolshevist papers
; wplre was Maxim Gorky's New Uf
- tu Kusia No-aia 2hirn which waged
r1entlesr warfare against Bolshevist
titles. Next to the last to die .was
.! .4 J'etrograd Day, which apeclaltsed
. tx posing . the corruption of certain
?L4:el.TM : editor; and pub
lap
By
Russian
encond-cita Muter
THOUSANDS IN PORTLAND'S PARADE OF LABOR
SYMBOLICAL of principles for which organized labor stands, hosts of workers in Portland joined today in mass pageant
through the streets. Photographs show marchers making up alignment in readiness for procession. Above, at left, section
partially formed at Twelfth and Jefferson streets; at right, blending the Star - Spangled Banner with the standard of ; labor.
Below, grand marshal's automobile at head of pageant; distributing banners to marchers. -
IRON HAND GRIPS
v DlIL!Ii Oil UMHUn Jl vJ)AWlv . w.: - n:Fzfu.i
Minister of Defense Noske Finds
Way to Keep Railroads Going
Without Strike.'
Berlin, Aug 31. Minister of De
fense Noske continues to treat labor
troubles and" revolutionary attempts
witt a hand of iron. At the first
sign, of an outbreak he declares mar
tial law. Realizing that railroad
service dominates everything lelse'Itf
economic importance, he has an
nounced' th following standing or
ders to apply as soon as martial law
Is tfcclared:
"All railroad employes-unable, Jo pro
duce absolute proof of physical disabil
ity are forbidden :
"First To quit work.
"Second To remain away from their
posts. f
"Third To refuse to obey orders.
"Fourth To change their work with
out the express approval of their' su
periors. "All persons are forbidden to attempt
by word of mouth, by literature, procla
mations or propaganda of any sort
whatever, to induce railroad employes
lo quit work, remain away from work,
refuse orders or change their work with
out Ui consent of their supporters.
"Violations of these orders will be
punished with prison sentences not to
exceed one year."
Airplane Damaged in
Making Bad Lauding
at
An exhibition airplane flight at Co
lumbia Beach Sunday afternoon ended
badly whe?i a plane carrying Major R.
P. Jones of the Vancouver barracks
made a false landing, damaging the
plane. No one was injured. According
to former First Lieutenant of Air Serv
ice Pearson, who was to have driven the
plane for a local motor car company, an
overseas lieutenant named Waugh drove
the plane. Another officer said that
Pearson flew with Jones, allowing the
major to drive. Jones had , never driven
a plane before according (jo the officer.
Tolerated
Usher of the deceased Day told me his
own story, as follows :
OPPOSED THE BOLSHEVIK!
"The Den Russian for day-was not
a party organ, but it stood practically
on the platform of the Menshevist So
cialists, holding that the time for social
j revoM0" is not yet and that Russia
is not ripe for any such process. We
(f'cncluded on Page Two, Column Three)
Levine's Letters
From Russia
Isaac Don Levine, special cor
respondent of The Journal and
the Chicago Daily News, is writ
ing In Stockholm an absorbingly
interesting series of letters on
the Bolshevikl and Soviet rule in
Russia. Beginning with the ar
ticle on this page today, Mr. Le
vine will tell THE TR U T H
ABOUT RUSSIA. It is a first
hand, unbiased account of mod
ern Russia, based on extended
nd careful study of conditions
there. '
Soviets
'.PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING,-
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luLiiLiiML am ib !
Af f ecti on ate Farewel I Is xten d e d
Commander After Two Years
Spent in France. -
By John T. Parkerson
Brest, Sept. 1. (I. N. S.)
Amongst the plaudits of the French
and the "affectionate farewells of his"
officers and doughboys. General
John J. Pershing, commander in
chief of the American expeditionary
force in France, sailed for the United
States today after a stay in France of
over two years.
A squadron of warships in the har
bor fired . a salute as the Leviathan,
with General Pershing' and a number
of other American soldiers on board,
moved from her moorings' and steamed
slowly towards the open sea. 4 ;
Among the last of the noted persons
to say farewell to. the American commander-in-chief
was Marshal Foch, gen
eralissimo of the allied armies.
Marshal Foch had motored fr6m his
farm to Brest and held a . lengthy con
versation th General Pershing before
the transport sailed.
General Pershing thanked the French
(Concluded on Paj Thirteen, Column Fie)
Warehouses Bulge
With Sugar Down on
Cuban Plantations
New York, Sept. 1. M. N. SJ) While
American sugar refiners are predicting
a serious sugar Bhortage in the United
States this winter and higher prices.
Cuba's vast storage houses are liter
ally bursting with a surplus of that
commodity, according to William E.
Gonsales, American minister to Cuba,
who arrived here today from Havana
on the Monterey.
"Though labor conditions in Cuba
are very bad now' said Mr. Gonzales,
"there is an abundance of sugar in
that country. The warehouses Sre
fairly bursting "with a surplus. I can
see no reason why there should be a
shortage in this country.
"If the United States ' wouIJ send
ships to Cuba they could bring back
enough sugar to more than fill the de
mands of this country."
German-Japanese-Russiari
Alliance
Looms on Horizon
Detroit. Mich.. Sept 1. U. P.)
A German-Japanese-ftussian alliance
threatens unless the blockade against
Russia Is abandoned. Gregory Seilberg,
secretary to the ministery of labor under
Kerensky, said here today. SeilbergU'
said Russia, must nave the tools or liu
dustry, and that Japan and Germany
are making overtures to furnish them.
"An alliance of Germany, Rubs! a and.
Japan is inevitable unless we are en
abled to buy American goods." Seilberg
said.
i
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SUSPENSION
OF -STRIKES'
IS SUGGESTED
JKW YORK, Set. 1. (U. P.)
- Suspension of strikes for a
period of six months, or for such
lime as President Wilson may
require to reuee. the high cost
of living, was urfeod in a report
made public today by the cost of
living- committee of the New
York State Federation of Labor.
In making its recommenda
tions, which arc suggested for
adoption by the American Fed
eration of Liabor and labor unions
generally throughout the coun
try, the committee also proposed
that no new strikes be called dur
ing the six months' period, ex
cept those that may be necessary
to relieve workers of "intoler
able oppression." The state fed
eration would decide if any of
the strikes now pending should
be continued.
Increased production, along
the same lilies that prevailed J
during the war, and support of
the president in his efforts to
lower prices also are urged by
the committee".
SHIPS COLLIDE IN
EOG; ONE UPSETS
Undamaged Vessel Rescues Crew
of Other and Tows, Hull
Into Golden Gate.
San Francisco, Sept. 1. (U. P.)
The Richardson company's steamer
TJnimack and the Union Lumber
company's steamer Helen P. Drew
collided off Duxbury Reef eaj-fer to
day. T
The Unimack, which is a small steam
schooner carrying about 230,000 feet of
lumber, capsized. The Drew was not
seriously damaged and was able not
only to rescue all of the crew of the
Unimack but to place a line aboard he
and around noon towed the capsized
hulk into San Francisco bay. j
It is believed the Unimack can; be re
paired and made seaworthy again, in a
comparatively short time. t.
So far it has not been established
what caused the collision further than
that it occurred during a heavy fog1.
Gen, Smuts Invited
To Organize Cabinet
Johannesburg, Aug! 31. (U. P.) Gen
eral Christiii Smuts, commander of the
South AfricajV forces during the war.
has accepted an invitation to' form a
new cabinet la tlx Union ot South
Africa, - - -
SEPTEMBER l; 1919. TWENTY PAGES
HOUSEWIVES WILL
lEETlTUE
Proposal Made 'That Question of
Rents Be Discussed; Market
Issue Still Rife.
Housewives of Portland will meet
for their third weekly mass meeting
at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at
Library hall, and the high cost of liv
ing, refreshed by a week's rest, will
be ready to do them battle.
Rent and apartment house problems
will, it is understood, be discussed at
the meeting upon a motion expected
from the floor. Mrs. F. O. Northrup,
chairman of the executive committee of
five, does not believe, however, that the
meeting is ready to leave the question
of the public market- "We must finish
lip one thing before tackling anything
else," she said this morning.
OKDINANCE BEING DEAFTED
The new pubjic market ' ordinance
drafted by the committee of five will
not be ready for presentation to the
council Wednesday, according to, Mrs.
Xorthrup.
"The ordinance must be in proper
shape before we submit it," she said,
"Possibly it will be ready by the latter
part of this week."
I: is understood that the new organ
ization of producers who sell on the
public market v ill be represented at the
mass meeting and may make proposals
for resolution.
Meanwhile activities of the federal
fau- price committee are postponed until
Wednesday evening, when the commit
tee will hold its usual public session in
the grand jury room of the central post
office. The subject of shoes will be in
vestigated. WHERE IS PItOFITt
"The shoe situation is of great In
terestT said Mrs. George W. McMath
of the committee, who has just returned
irom Seattle, where she attended a meet
ing of the state board of vocational
education. "And we expect to heat
some startling things. We know, for
instance, that raw hides sell for 8$
cents a pound, and that it requires just
one pound of hides to make the heaviest
pair of women's shoes on the marked
So we begin with the knowledge that
the trouble is not with the packer. Wheri
It is. we propose to find out."
, Seattle's federal fair price committed
is working along other lines than Portf
land's, according to Mrs. McMath. Thi
committee there limits Its activities ti
investigating complaints of profiteering
brought In by the public. j
Public sessions of the committee
Thursday and Friday nights will deal
lespecttvely with groceries and ice, an4
witlr a continuation of the hearing on
clothing. The question of rents, will b4
dealt with in the near future.
Greece's Plan for
Control of Thrace
Rejected in Paris
Paris, Sept. 1. (L N. S.) The counf
cil tof five eomDleted the Bulgarian
treaty today with the exception of that
part affecting Thrace, which was res-
served for settlement later. The plan
of settlement for the Thrace situation
proposed by M. Venlselos,-representing
Greece, ; was rejected by the council.1 j
llDDCCinCMTl
II ISLUIULIJI
P il l I 0 I T
UHLLfl II
Request of Lodge for Details of
4 Treaties Now Being Nego
tiated Branded as Interference
Executive Likewise Decline's to
Give Data on Pay of Allied Sol
diers in Ar,my of Occupation.
Washington, Sept. 1. (U. P.)
President Wilson has declined to give
the foreign relations committee any
I1IOL1V1I " ...
i treaties still being negotiated in Tans
with Austria, Turkey, Hungary and
Bulgaria.
The president, in a letter to Senator
Lodge, made public today, indicated that
he resented the committee's request for
such information as an attempt to inter
fere with the executive function of treaty
making.
HINT MAT BE THREAT
Lodge', in reply, disclaimed any such
intention by the committee and hinted
that the president's refusal to give the
information might delay the treaty with
Germany.
The president also declined to give the
committee an official copy of the decla
ration of June 15, regarding payment for
allied armies of occupation in Germany,
on the gxounel tbat its publication mijiht
prove embarrassing to the allies. Lodge
retorted that the declaration n;as given
to the Erit jli house of commons and
made public in Kngland July 4 and was
re-published in the Congressional Rec
ord. POLISH TREAT! GIVE"
The Polish treaty and an agreement
regarding the occupation of the Rhine
territories, which the committee also
requested, the president said he would
be glad to give them. He complied with
this part of the request by sending -the
I wo documents to. the senate last Fri
day.
The president's letter to Lodge fol
lows : v"
AHow me 16 acknowledge the receipt
of your letter of August 23 and to say
tOoclQded on rc Thre. Column One)
L
BEGIN WEDNESDAY
Tuesday Will Be Spent in Regis
tration and Assignment to
Classes; Many Changes.
School begins Tuesday morning
upon the stroke of 8:45 a. m.
Teachers and pupils have been
swarming into the city the last few
days from vacations spent here and
there and yonder, and now comes the
serious task of getting back once
more to the problems of the school
room. Tuesday will be spent in registration
and the assignment work, after which
the children will be dismissed for the
remainder of the day, actual work com
mencing Wednesday.
Thirty-seven new portables have been
built and two more are in the process of
construction to -are for ' the Increased
number of children. Additional rooms,
have also been created through modifica
tions made In a number ot the school
buildings.
Everything is In readiness, except for
a few teachers who haven't 'yet found
their rooms for the year, for the open
ing of school Tuesday.
New Municipal
Aviation Field Is
Ready for Use
Broomfield, aviation field, the new
municipal landing place, will be opened
for use Tuesday, City Commissioner
Pier announced today. A tract' 150 by
3000 feet has been prepared for landing
purposes, and work of installation of
equipment will proceed this week.
The field and equipment will be en
tirely completed by September 20, Com
missioner I'ier beliives, and will be
capable of caring fori all machines that
may come to Portland. . Repair facili
ties will not be immediately installed at
the field, although hangars, oil, gasoline
and other necessities are among the con
templated equipment
Cycle Skids and ,
Rider Is Hurled
Under an Auto
Harold McKern, 26. 846 Multnomah
street, motorcycla rider, was taken to
the Goodj Samaritan hospital Sunday
aftemeon in an unconscious condition
as a result of m collision at ; East Elev
enth and Stark streets witi an auto-
! mobile driven- by. W. H. HUL College
street
ported
the accident, said McKern's
motorcycle skidded when he tried to
stop and - threw, hint under the other
machine. ' "
ras
PRICE TWO
14 Cars of Seaside
Train Leave Rails
Near St. Helens;
No One Is Injured
Officials Expect to Have Track
Cleared This Afternoon for
Heavy Traffic.
St. Helens, Sept. 1. It was by the
merest good luck that the westbound
Aetoria-Clatsop Beach limited, on
the P. & S., was not hurled off the
high trestle over Merrill creek, one
and one half miles west of Deer Is
land, this morning. An axle on the
forward truck of the locomotive ten
der broke, evidently while the train (
was crossing this trestle. Engineer
Helgeson threw on the emergency
brakes, stopping the train in 300 j
yards. Every car left the "rails, but J
the heavy coaches bumped along on
the ties, instead of dropping 35 feet,
;ts they would have done had they
left the right of way. As it was. no
-..111 V. A
. . . . . .
out of commission for at least four
days. Passengers were transferred
around the wreck this afternoon, it
being necessary to walk some 200
yards.
Slow speed alone prevented a prob
able disastrous passenger train wreck
on the Spokane, Portland & Seattle
railway this morning, when the entire 14
cars of the Astoria-Clatsop Beach lim
ited were derailed near F)eer Island at
!' :30 o'clock. No person v. a A, Injured in
the derailment, according to railroad re
ports. While traveling at less than twenty
miles an hour at the point of the acci
dent, which is about five miles beyond
St. Helens, the biiggaae- coach behind
the engine lurched from ' the tracks
and was followed by the other 13 cars.
Including coaches-and parlor cars.
Clatsop Limited No. 29 left Portland
on time this morning at t :30 o'clock.
It was traveling light, as few passengers
were going to the beaches. Most of the
Uonqr train was being drawn to Astoria
to. De usea in accommonaung ine crowas
expected to return to Portland this eve
ning.
Messages received by the local offices
of the railroad company this morning
say that , the crew Is at a loss' to ex
plain the cause of the derailment. The
engine drawing the train remained on
the track but the balance of the train
was. ditched. . . '"'
Arrangements wert' made immediately
to transfer all passengers until the
wreck is cleaned up, which will likely
be. according to statements of officials,
late this afternoon. No serious damage
was reported to the track, although the
ties.' are cut for a dtance of several
hundred yards.
BAKER IS SILENT
ON SPRUCE SALE
No Decision Comes From Secre
tary of War Regarding Auction
of Property Tomorrow.
At noon today no decision had been
transmitted by Secretary of War
Baker regarding the $2Q, 000,000 sale
of spruce production properties ad
vertised to occur in Portland Tues
day. .
The majority of' the congressional sub
committee charged with investigating!
expenditures for the production Of air
craft material telegraphed the secretary
of war last night asking him to annul
the arrangements for the sale. The
representation., was that estimates had
been made so low that amounts received
would be far below the true salvage
value of the properties.
It was also said at noon that no bids
had been received for the property and
this fact was charged to the discourag
ing and disorganizing effect of the
spruce investigation.
Spruce Inqut5Hrs Returning
Newport, Sept. 1. The congressional
subcommittee, consisting of Chairman
James. A. Frear, Walter W; McGee and
Clarence K Lea. arose at 6 :30 o'clock
Sunday morning and left soon after
ward to continue their Inspection of
work relating to their investigation of
the U. S. army spruce production divi
sion. The committee returned .to New
port at 6 :30 Sunday4 night, visiting Ya
quina bay Jetties on their way. They
declined to make a statement. They
will leave for Portland today.
Chevrolet Truck and
Car Deliver Sunday
Journal in Astoria
Astoria and Seaside readers of The
Journal were highly appreciative of the
service that placed copies ot yesterday's
Sunday Journal in . their hands in the
middle of the morning, several hours
ahead b'f the receipt of any other paper.
Shortly, after 2 o'clock Sunday morn
ing a Chevrolet truck from the Fields
Motor Car company, loaded with city
editions of The Sunday. Journal, and
driven by D. B. Du Bols, accompanied
by the Chevrolet special car, driven by
"Bill"' Grout, with pavid Hi Smith cir
culation manager of The Journal, as
passenger, left The Journal building
bound for Astoria and Seaside,
Both truck, and car performed with
dispatch, speeding through the night
over roads, ; good, bad and Indifferent
The absence of road signs denoting de
tour near Kalnier misled the drivers,
who -took the road to Jewel, reaching
their, destination, by way of Olney : on
the inside route, . . ,
ON TRAINS AND NIW(
STANDS riVf CENT
ELC01E
10 FLEET
San' Francisco Bay Transformed
Into Bedlam as Giants of U. S.
Navy Steam by Great Throngs.
Army and Navy Planes Dot Air
While Secretary Daniels Re
views Parade From the Oregon.
San Francisco, Sept. 1. (I. N. S.)
The mighty Tuclflc fleelj was re
viewed here today. Secretary of ths
Navy Daniels, accompanied by many
dignitaries of the West, standing on
the decks of the famous battleship
Oregon, officially watched the fifty
odd vessels pass in formation before
him.
Guns from each cf the larger ships
boomed the official, palate- of 9 guns
to the secretary of the navy, atid as
"gobs" and bjfrer "feobs" their officers
stood at attention, the Oregon respond--
1 ed, as the New Mexico paused In the
lead, with the 17 gun salute "lri lienor
cf Admiral Hujh Hodman, commanding
the fleet. The din was terrific.
WESTERN WELCOME OFFERED
Army planes an navy planes, circling
nltove the fleet and in and about the
line of single formation, paid tribute as
well. Cleaving the morning mist of Knn
Kranclsco bay, they flew long before
the official review commenced.
Black dotted hills attested the wel
come of citizens generally. From far
out along the line of the peninsula lo
the Golden Gate and on the hills ot the
city proper, hundreds of thousands of
people gathered to give that whole
hearted community welcome that alone
marks the spirit of the West.
tilAXT DREAD5ALGHTS SEEN
First the formidable and mlghdp New
Mexico steamed past the portals ' of the
bay. Then, at intervals ofr600 yards,
came the Idaho, her sister ship: the
Mississippi, the Texas, : the Arkansas
ud . the Wyoroing all super-dread-
T'naClftiW,'4 -
Seven hundred yards distant appeared
(Concluded on I'lt Thirteen. Goluma Si
Sunday Showers Clear Smoke
From Atmospherej Cooler ',
, Weather Follows.
CENTS
0 U S 6
RAINFALL CHECKS
FIRES IN FOREST
"Can it be?" - ' ;. v f
Every Portlander put his hand out.", :
before him Sunday morning. Then
he felt his fingers.
"Rain?" .. '
Showers were heavy In the early
forenoon and the clouds did not' break-"'
until late In the afternoon. ' It was '
said at the forest service today that
Sunday's rain was beneficial hi that
it allowed the fire fighters a r better - '
chance to' work ion the fires,' besides .
checking the flames materially. -
Unless the weathef turns off hot
and dry again it is believed the situs- - .
tlon will not again become acute, i- .
Total rainfall for the three months
ending August 81. was 1.24 Inches. The
summers of 1883, 1886, 1893, 1895 and i.
1511, were dryer during the same period. ?
July 28 was thr last time the weather .
man marked down enough rainfall to be , -1
counted and that ws only .10 of an Inch. '"
barely enough to settle the dust, The
total for August is .03 and that divided ,
among two days. There was -17of in .'
Inch Jn July, .28 In June and 1.9 in May. ; .
Last year was dry, too, but August
had a total of .6 of an Inch rainfall,."
20 times that recorded fd! the past'
month. July. 1918, showed June
only .03 and May, 1.19. - ;
Socialists Split; t"
Kival Conventions ,
Now on in Chicago
Chicago, Sept. l.(I. N. a) The
third session of the international Koc'al
1st convention opened today with two
conventions instead of one in progress.
The left wing, or radical element, has 4
severed all connection with the Socialist.
party and reorganised Into . a. "com
muntet party, and ia holding its con
vention on the floor above that occupied -by
the remainder of the Socialist dele
gates of the right, or conservative wing. '
in Machinists' hall, Margaret Prehy of .
Ohio is presiding over the naw Conven
tion and Edward Owens of Illinois . is . '
performing the secretarial duties. .Upon ,
organisation the Communist party in
vited the I. W. W. and all other revolu
tionary bodies to join the' organisation.
Business Suspends;
TailorsiLocked ; Out
Los Angejes, Sept (U. .) The .
walkout of 900 tailors from tailoring e- '
tablishments throughout the city . U to-
day a lockout. Members of the Ijos An
geles Merchant Tailors' exchange .Have
locked their doors and business has
been; suayeaded indefinitely.
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