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CITY EDITION All Here and l?$ All True ? THE WKATHF.R Tonight and Tuesday-ir fair.- . Winda mostly westerly. ' r Maximum Temperature Sunday v. Portland U New Orleans. , Chicago ....... ,.H .New York,.....M bos Angeles..-. ...71 - St. Paul CITY EDITION ' , New From the Front Whether It be the -front, where - blood , -v . unii red, In Rumia or 'the American front v , in Washington, where reconstruction prob- ;'tms are belnir solved. The Journal Is first ' t".-"f ' - with the latest. CN TRAINS Mft NfWS STANDS Ft VI CINTt VOL. - XVtlL- NO. -193 EnUrwl Second-CUn l!Uer ltnfiir. l'ortuind. Ornimt PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER ' 2C. 1919.-SIXTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS PETRDBHAD nni i n ni?c in ri urn i i i m i k i : III If General Yudenitch Reported to Have Cut All 5 Railways Lead ing Out of Beleaguered City. News Is Confusing,: but Surren " der or Capture of Stronghold Believed Matter of Moments. -Moscow, via' London, Oct. 19. The radicals here threaten to burn Moscow if It ia captured by the antl Bolsheviat forces. Leon Trotzky. the .Bolshevist war minister, in a manifesto issued taday, says: . v ." ' -rr r : !; . "banger has acain come upon Pet rograd. The English and French, with devilish joy, announce our fail ures. "The stock .exchanges and' the press 9t the whole world are' sharing that Joy, predicting the fall of Pet rogradt But It will stand!" . , London, Oct. 20, (I. K. S.) Pet rograd has been surrounded by anti Uolshevlk troops, according to the following, official. announcement is sued by the war office today: "We learn -that Petrograd is sur rounded. All five of the1 railways leading from the city have been cut by the forcci under f leneral Yude JiHch.'' " The Russian ' h-.tibJisy at Pnrls has re ceived word that Uencrul Yudenltch has occupied Petrograd. .the Red army hav Miiic evacuated the oity, according to-a Jaris dispatch to the -Chronicle. . :v The Exchuige .Telegraph correspond eni at Helatngfors sent the following . corrmunlque front the Finnish, general staff: "General Yudenltch has occupied the V -lurbs of Petrograd. Oorka and Kras naja' have been occupied." An earlier dispatch to the Dally Man from HeiMingfors said : ' "Cleneial Yudenltch Is but fnrce tnlies i -s rrom Petrograd. i 'fhe Putiloff - brancli railway ami ihemain work, aliopa are . nil in 'pottsensioa of tiia for id : under 1 Gwieral Yudenltch.? v - w $ , f ine.uoisneviK garriton i preparing a liouse' t house -defense of "; Petrograd. The Esthonians now hold Krasnaye Selo. The white flag has been hoisted (by the Bolsheviks) at Kronstadt, but n. details received.' There Is no con firmation of the report ofjthe capture of tl-e Putiloff railway works. The Viatka railway vss cut at Vrltsa! Ii. was declared by officials. - both at the war office and tho admiralty, that . tue Brltlnh have hot attacked Kron- ( t ionclud d on rjU'Miw, Column FvtirV New Disturbance Overcome, and President Feels After Good Washington. Oct. ro.-r(C. I'.) 'Th president's dljeatlvti disturb- ance has subsided almosi compleuf- ly. said a statement Issued by his physician at 11:25 a. m. today. - .'. a j ... . . - . comfortable this morning," the bul letin continued. v ' The statement was signed by Doc tors Grayson, Ruff in and! Stitt. ; President Wilson is- sufficiently recov gred to take an interest in politics. This afternoon he was given a tetegrrm from Ben J-afayctte, Democratic chairman of OfcIahorna City, staling that Claude Weavers running on a "strong adminfs- trHtioiU. platrorin Tor congress in the Fifth Congressional district of Okla- noma, had garnered 1 500 ; votes, while lid Hoy le." "formerly . a great favorite and anti-administration and anti-league of Nations man," had received but 143 - votea ,i It was stated, at, the White House that the president was greatly cheered : by the message, i5,;. -. Mrs. iWUllam O. j McAdoo, daughter lot the .president, is uow at the White House,, and Mrs. Francis B. Say re, an other daughter, is expected to return shortly, probably during the week. Miss Jkiargarct Wildon ha been here since the president' return Whit House Officials last night re-lui-ed to isy wUetlitr a personal meet- l.i. between (her president and King Al hert of Belgium wNl be arranged at the ; White iHouse during the visit of the : - king in, Washington commencing Octo ber Zl.i Dte Grayson, however. Is frank ly opposed to the president meeting any one outside of his Immediate family, -f holding tenaciously to his prescription .l of absolute rest and seclusion until the president Is able to go to his desk. Railroad Director Is Here in. Special i. R. C. .Wright, assistant director,! di vision of traffic of the United -.States railroad administration, arrfred in Port land this morning to spend the day con f erring' with railroad traffie official Wright Js traveling in a special car and . will leave at, S o'clock this evening. ', WILSON DIGESTIVE - TROUBLES SUBSIDE Portland Man in Berlin Studying tabor Conditions SaysU .S.MustAid John E. Lathrop Believes Com , mission Should Be Sent From -America to . Germany. By Gordon Stiles I . , sp cbw t tor.i IMt ah, ctosojpjjmgf Threatens Prosecution of (Copyright. 1919. by Chicago DUy New Co.) Berlin, Germany, Oct. 20.- John E. Lathrop, special representative of the United States department of la bor, arrived today from Warsaw for ! the purpose of continuing in Ger-1 many the investigation Into labor conditions which he has been niak ingelsewhere on the continent. His . chief comment to me was to the ef- j feet' that the United' States had: not be expected to avoid a full share of the responsibility of reconstruc tion. 1 Mr. Lathrop. also said that by ignor ing the critical situation in Germany we wili not eliminate that situation. It will have to be faced sooner or later and the sooner the better and can oJy be Im proved by support from the Lj:lted States. ' He, believes ihat a commiKalop consisting "of ' representatives of both . houses of congress, bankers, labor iead- ers- employei s, Hhe bench and the bar could be sent to Germany-' Immediately with good results. Tt should be stipu lated that the members of such a com mission of investigation must be men in whom' the American public has confi dence and whose report would be taken seriously and acted upon. Delay in ratifying the treaty with Germany and taking steps toward reliev ing the bad condition!; here. Mr. Letlyop fsars. will wcrlt, to the dleadv-utage of the' whole-world. Mr. Lathrop la ,well known in Ore gon, having been'. Washington corres pondent of The Journal for many years prior -to his entering the government service and previously ha ving . been con nected with tfre East Oregonian at Pen dleton'' eotnlng o Ths Journal in Port land when it was taken oyer by- its pres ent publisher. , ; s . b' i V STEEL MILLS RUN DESP1IE ES Question of Sympathetic Walkout to Be Decided by State ; -Federation. Pittsburg. Pa., Oct, 20. (I. N. S. ' Thi HtArl strike ontoril nn ill iftVi - ine Steel StriKe entereo On US Iftn : week today wlth-all the plants in the ' j Immediate Pittsburg district in oper- ation and with the labor leaders tli- I i their forces Intact until the State Federation of Labor holds its con- I vention here on November . 1 and 2k and decides the question of a state ! wide sympathetic walkout. The Pittsburg central labor union found that the sympathetic strike iitltt aiifl iAllntu nirttnla fnii 4k-A UoeWe attitude in regard to strikers' meetings. prob!em of holdinK the Mee, j rt,;krs together is a dlfCcult one was i admitted by Organiser- J. L. Beaghen. j v.ho said that the men must, have a show of : sympathy from organized labor. These men are not receiving strike benefits." he said, "and cannot be held together forever without compensation." 1 Strikers Get Ultimatum Chicago. Oct. 20.--I. N. S.) Unless striking steel workers in the -Calumet district, comprising Chicago.. Gary, Ind.. inuiana nuruur unu uiner mia-wcst steel centers, return to their work not; latet than nest Wednesday, they will , lose their Jobs, their pensions and all priority, rights. ial ultimatu n was de- j livered to the strikers today in letters mailed by the United States Steel cor- porstion. Similar letters are said to have been .mailed to striking steel work ers in all sectioni of ..the' country. Regular System of k Highway Building Aavocatea at Luncn ; in ft. .i:.ttMi't.M. i a mnr vi! necessity than more road mileage and it It highly Important that some method be found that will abolish the present hit or miss, system- of highway building, eald S. M. - Williams, ; chairman of the federal highway commission, at the members' forum' luncheon at the Cham ber of Commerce today. ' . v; " -Brief talks were made by W. X Thompson , and Lv J. Simpson. Roosevelt's Grave :: , Wreathed by Flyers -Hazelhurst, L. L, V0cL SO (U. ,P".)--Four military aviators flew f rem here to the grave of the late' Colonel -Theodore, Roosevelt at Oyster Bay today and dropped two wreathe on the mound. The flight was made' In connection w ith the opening of Roosevelt memorial week. STRIK t was too bia a nroDosition for the I Freirlnt Wilenn IMntifio1 That to eat since his disappearance was a : funds. Somebony tow uiem. nowever. i to negotiate wua mem a m . .u .!., i . . i potato , lie . DiCueo un in tne nuis. last that tftev couia get into ienmara on tne ceinnia. mey again i . ' - i iv uvi i ..iivvi. luuiibu I - .. . .. .... . .. . . . M. , UOmtOrtame j "V'r"". V4 ... " . M.At;nr U:'t.lA h nta ':j Thursday. Sunday hW left-for Bother- shltfs papers.' They pawned some of ' tiaUons: We went into n - - ! - - - l . . " ; un, v.nere nis protner, jacii, conoucts a their-ciominB anu uoupni ir.i ciasf . wjtn secrotary vviison. 1 I'PKT 111 V .: IPTI T 11 F nillllPr TOr Tn. lUliff U . VBkb !.. - - . .. . . i .... . . . -. . , ,. ..... neSt. i state' convention. The central body J Nnt Yt FivpH i bakery. t 'tickets to the border, v There the Ocr- any compromise they m V ! adonted resolutions condemnlna cer- ' - - 1 i 1 . 11 . : mans turned them back for l"Ck of prop- made no move and trt PRICE FOB BEETSU9AR IS FlIEO Refiners Who Ask Higher Price Than Set by Equalizers. - ' Warninir TplpirrarihaH to Entire - o o r Nation and Designed to Curb Both Wholesaler and Retailer. Washington, Oct. 20. (I. N. S.) sugar will be dropped, if a suitable price for the Louisiana sugar crop can be agreed on, it developed today at the hearing on sugar before the senate agriculture committee. Senator McNaryl Oregon. chair man pf the investigating committee, baa wired for George Zabriskie 'and William A. Glasgow of 'the sugar equalization 'Toard to meet with Southern cane growers tomorrow morning to try to reach a price for the crop which will, be fair to pro ducer and consumer. . ; 1 . ; Washington, ,OcL 20. (U. P.3 Attorney General Palmer today threatened prosecutions against beet sugar, refiners who ask higher prices than those set by 'the sugar equal izatlon board. The wholesale prices fixed by .the A Mugar equalization . boardV 'Palmer's an- noanceme4it revealed.ts 10 cents cash, less 2 per eeii t, seaboard basis. Palmr's varning. ; wnlch was tele graphed to beet sugar refiners through out the .country,; showed that the sugar equalization board and the. department of. Justice haye been cooperating to' get fh IdAt i i cr w Minnlir. Ah 4 V A m.ilr4t a fair priceVrellevi. the present short-1 ace - m .., ' i-y - ' C r, quoted a telegram wxicntne" equiuxa. (lon ' board has -also" taenv lotrefliTerek- Tlii.i message revealed that the , beet !.niKar factories were failing to sell their product at produced because of vnser i tair.ty --abaui.. pricts. j ' While Painter's ; -warning Jt ouly with wholesale prices, retail ' prices are also directly affected. Pair price corn mlttees, now being formed' throughout the country, wilt know exactly what price retailers are paying for sugar and at what price It should be .sold to allow a fair margin of profit.- $ v i i ? . PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF SUGAR HAS INCREASED Washlngtdh, Oct; 20.-"VaSHIXGTOX BUREAU OF THE JOUHNAL. If the 1 4 . . . ... ...... ' -,"" "5r iuiiiri w ers omjf iHWoikd im paie Two, .I'olumn Four) lm. Paris. Oct. S9(l. N. S supreme interallied council today approved a call for the first meeting 1 of the League of Nations. It is be-! big forwarded to President Wilson. The date has not been announced. Congressmen Anxious To Return Home to R e co nnoiter Politics . ' . , . . ... ; v . a-5.iir.gtor.. Oct. 20 L. P.) Ad- j journmeni oi congress wm ioiiow closely o:i the final treaty vote, according, to plans of senate leaders today. Hopf of enacting the program of domestic legis lation outlined by President Wilson has been abandoned until the regular aea sion In December. ' " 1' House leaders and chairmen of impor tant senate committee are still urging the" necessity of passing, on Important domestic legislation. , . , - j The railroad reorganization bill, to ; be reported to the senate .this Week," is not expected . to pass. ; Lrfioor legislation nas also lost momer j turn. Many congressmen are outspokenly anxious to get ouch to meir nome states see. ttow the political Und lieso- ) Vnfl 'PonrA V QTrl I Odii X CLU U Oil U. Gets Contract ! For Teh; Ships Los .Angeles, Oct' 20. (L. P.) Marco H. llelman, president of; the Southwest ern Shipbuilding company, with yards at San- Pedro, announced today his com pany has secured a ' $210,000,000 contract from the Emergency Fleet eorporation and that Ms company and the Western Pipe & ; Steel company would build a fleet, of 10 ships to operate between Pa cific coast ports and Boston. - , J tThe new fleet will be operated by the Boston .Pacific company. The vessels will make Seattle. Portland, San Fran cisco. Sauapedro, New York, and' Boston J their porfcj of calL ' , . , , - - PnilMPII ADDDillftTQ UUUHUILil I IIUVLO irAPJir MrrriMR 1 LLnUU L MILLMMU CLOCKS .MOVE BACK 1 HOUR NEXT SUNDAY TjT7ASHIXGTONV OcU 20 (I. - X. H.) Today saw the alart of the lart. week of daylight hav ing. Next Sunday the law be comes Ineffective. ; The hands of the clock will be set back one hour. .; .." ' !' . . . The farmers will exalt. They are responsible for killing the daylight savtog law by a strenu ous fight in congress. Senator Calder of New York, "father of the daylight saving law," still has hones that the sentiment of the nation will again force the pasxagc of a daylight saving law. Suspect Took $1500 Which She Picked From Victim's Pocket, Declare Local, Police. Kate Hammer, minus personal effects she has gathered during her spectacular sojourn in 1 Portland, has made srood.' after much ! delay, 'on the" promise she made to . .r - - police officers many months ago, and today is beyond Oregon state boundary lines. She is without personal effects now. But is believed to have with her $1500 of the savings of j Andrew' Underi. whose' pockets she. is said to have- picked last Saturday night. "Search for the woman all day Sunday land this morning proved to police officers that she has left the tatc. She had (promised to leave Imme diately after her - release from the city , Jail on July 12. -The woman is said to have been mixed l up with automobile bandits, one of whom was killed last summer by Patrolman Finn on Williams avenue. ' She was Jailed July I on a vagrancy charge and sen tenced to 60 days in JaiL '0(Julf released upon her wunev vvr srwa vutct . intivva s -vas Hr iJeat'pubile appearance was at room' 23l vnable hotel. Saturday night' mstsirsa(ir ccmipiete arrangementa to, buy an apart ment house from-the nwnatit This visit,; Inspector Tacktberry. assert cost , him su.00 anff- ne cw not get io apartment tiouse.' either. ' , ; i QleiirLfCulver, Lost In Woods for Week, Is On His Way Home After being losi in the woods of Curry county for an entire week. Glenn Cul ver, 266 Hunt street, Portland, exhaust- , Aft TA olOI'-lrt ( I,' ii M 4 ... I vs , n Ka ff.k ""f u. lialphprv nar Msnfltlit lm Kitnnlav day. according to word received br his j parents here Sunday. One week ago Saturday Culver, ac- cempanied by some companions, left on; a hunting expedition. The men became separated. ponce and residents had scoured the woods but found no trace ol j him. For a time tne authorities sus- Young Culver, who works at the Union meat .market, told friends he simpjy got lost. The first he had I Boy's Death Comes Of Blow on Delivered in Play ; Tini,;-Vi.rU- rw nA miat the embassy. There we met a cer- tured blood vessel of the brain, sustained while he and another schoolmate were iavriiv ni in vutn . h in knocking ' each other's hat off, caused the death of 13-year-old Charles R. Haynex. son of Charles D. Hayner of the' Cow Creek district. ' according to a post mortem examination by doctors. Young Hayivcr -was -accidentally hit on the temple In ..thetplay.' He appar ently suffered none at the thrte, tut complained of a severe headache later and was excused-from school. " He be came gradually " worse until death re sulted the following night. Aviator Is filled As He Performs 1 ; Feats rpf Daring Daitas. Texas,' Oct.? 20. 1, N. K.) While stteriiptlng to' regain hia neat n his airplane 'after performing a series of . daring feats .ijo'! midair. Captain Charles Theodore of Lallas became ex hausted, lost; his grip "on the rope to which he was Clinging below the land ing gear of his machine and fell 600 feet to his. death here Sunday. Thou sands of people witnessed his exhibition and his fall, i v Dr. Norman L. Lee , Dead at; Age of 82 Eugene, . Or - Oct. 1 24. V. ' P.) Dr. Norman Zi.'-Lee,-iorofninnt citisen of Lane county.: -died at his borne In Junc tion CltythisTwcTnmg. aged rtS ' years. He ; came to Oregon : In 1847, crossing the plains with - an ox team. . He first located i In v Portland ' then Saleni . tind finally In Junction. CJty, where he. spent the rest "of hla 'irfe, . Hewa a yeteran of the CHU war. Girl Said to Have Been Sold Once Is Taken by Father For New Story Told in Municipal Court Makes 17-Year-0ld Lass Mar ketable Commodity. Gypsy love, with the dollar sign preceding the pausing of the ring, had its' innings in municipal court thia morning when Rosa. Mark of .647 Pettygrove street swore out" a war rant against Steve John, charging i htm with kidnaping his own daugb-j ter. she said John had sold the giri to her to become the wife of her son, J Michael Mark The girl is Bakouche : John, 1". According to Deputy District Attorney Deich, Steve John sold, hte daughter to Mrs. Mark several months ago for 600. The girl was to have married Michael Mark as soon as she reached the legal age. 'Steve John, her father, is said to j have made a trip to California recently. where he Is alleged to have obtained an offer of , $2000 for his daughter's hand. This morning, according to evidence laid before Delch, John is alleged to ; Bargain i have taken his daughter nway from j ,!Mra. Mark forcibly and to have taken treasurer ; h, olrt ot tnc state. Delch said Mrs. j Mark did not object so much to the toss j of the girl aa to the loss, of her S600. j s'"e demanded her money, with Interest. , returned, Detcn easa, out jonn is saia to have refused to return the money. A warrant charging kidnaping was issued for John's arrest by Municipal Judge Kossman. AID BY RED Sailors Aboard Western Spirit, Out of Portland, Left Ashore in Berlin, Get Cool Reception. - TtV Gordort Stiles 1 .Daily Xm (ivnrvnt,. iin. y i ni'iui w ' Berlin, Oerman. .Oct. z. nan . ; phllfnf It. .-Woodtuff of 3Z seneca street, isuiiaw,-1 i uu uwua Stelo of . 845 'East . Seventy-eighth streeC New York, city, reach Amer ica, they will ; not speak enthusias tically of the Joys of "travel in Eu rope these days. : ' Both these boys were members Of the . crews of the American ship Western - Spirit - of Portland, v v.-hich recently carried a mixed ear- go to Hamburg- According to the 1 . . , - 1 J . 1 I D..1ln Vi a.- SIOTJ' tncylOIO luuttj lit u"u, iiivj . . . . " r irrr - npiiinn lled from Hamburg. They found themselves stranded without funds, : food or accommodations. owing to- the fact that the United ! states has no one in Hamburg to look nf.er -Americans, the only place where k. wi lr fnr iilrlm anil amis- i tarice w"5 the Spanish consulate. There J American: womaK. who was the consul's ) assistant, but wno .turneo wem away when she found Uiat thev were without er 'papers. PIC SIX'S ABE TOUCH They believed that 'there mutt be; somebody in Berlin who.oould help them i and m np getl after many hardships to reacn. tne uerman rupuai. in i.ie woras; or Woodruff this It. what happened: "We went to tlw American Red Cross i tain 5aptaln Baker. He ea id be could "w , " "J Baker gave us 10 marks (at the present exchange 45 cents) and a small box of food: Then he sent us to the German T. M. A. where we were to sleep with about . S00 German soldiers.. Baker Would take no steps to h u get away. He said he had no authority to do so. Finally we found a Mr. Mason, who was . .1. Ml. 1 ! TJi bS Z ;:"'.:""?, emergency passes and kindly went wtth us to the Dutch legation. Then he ad vised us to see the American - corres- tpondents at the Hotel Adlon and here we -are,. KEPOHTERS SOX ATE The American correspondents chipped in enough to pay their fares to Copen hagen .and gave them sufficient money to keep them until they could get In touch w ith the ' American consul there. This Story is one which Illustrates the unatlsfaeto'ry manner ;in .which Atherl- run subjects have been treated by the ilea "cross people fn ucrmany. it notorious fact that if an American v. .mted anything t.e had far better e-o to the British or. Danish ; Red Cross than his own people. At the same time Rus sians, French and Roumanians and even Germans - have ' been aided. . The fault may be stupid instructions or a wrong intarpretation of thenv ' . Lava Pours Down MaunaLoaFrom r Six Active Cones i Honolulu.' Oct 20. I L X. . 8. ) Forro jUiglhree huge lava streams, six cones are active today on ifauna Loa at an altitude above 7000 feet. The main cone is 200 feet In diameter. The six cones occupy a quarter- of a mile on; a Jine running west , toeaat. va.ls flowing freely, - but the aeareL stream to the government highway ! eight miles. ' - YANKEES CROSS 0HS15 ITS USED 11 STRIKE Five Hundred Men Assigned to Duty on New York Waterfront; To Keep Up Transport Service. Soldiers Are Armed With Machine' w i Guns land Rifles; and Are Equipped With Trench Helmets. . ork- ct- -0. (I. N. S.) Armed with machine guns and rifles, and equipped with trench helmets. 500 T-nited States troops, most of them veterans from overseas, were landed . from the transport George Washington at Hoboken today fo duty in the longshoremen's strike. rhe soldiers were hurried to the South Brooklyn waterfront where , the army D.-0 nierB were tied un by the strike- Brigadier General P. XV. Davidson, tra.nsport movement officer, declared if lni, force pr0Ved insufficient more troops would be brought up. TO KEEPSEKVICE GOiXG " Other . soldiers from northern army camps are already at Hoboken, and Brigadier General Davison was emphatic in saying that the army transport serv ice will be kept moving, "strike or no strike." It is possible that the soldiers may be employed to- help the movement of i . shins of the federal shipping board whose (departure for foreign ports was pre- I vented jby the strike. " -r . While the' troops were being distrib-1 I uted -the icoiHii!la.tlou commission ap-1 (Pointed by Labor Secretary Wtlaon -was meeting with representatives on ins federal shipping board.' the national adjustment-commission and- the shipping companies, in an ' effort to settle the troubles. "... Jf, ,. " - - M AXOft'S SEQCE'sT 'SE5LED Mayor Hyland, a member of the con ciliation commission. had urged fiecre Ltary of War Baker to prevent tie land -Itiot aranted -r,, . roo iwidiers landed today are t1ftj ., immediate command of Colonel : jes.e AV, CulUon. who saw active serv ice in France and fought in sir , big. en gagements, lie wears two wound stripes and a croix de guerre with two palms ahd three stara Many of, the privates also wore decorations for gallantry in action In the great war. Miners Refuse to Discuss Compromise; Says John L. Lewis Washington. Oct. 20. l. ,V. S.) "We j will discuss no compromise." John L. i Lewie, acting president of the ' United i Mine Workers of America, made this I statement today relative to- the confer- ; enoe of miners and operators to be held with Secretary of Labor vviison toraor I row In an attemnt to forestall the threat- ened coal strike. "Get that clear, we'll discuss no torn promise." said Lewis. "We opened" r e aotiatlons with the operator? in Uuf falo. They broke them off. We tried gain in Phi la- broke off the nego- the conference readv to diseues ffr. Thev They uce then titia I j shown that' they don't want the atrikc called off." s ' . .... , nmQ n I QTlfl I llTTT UAIJtAXlX MiO.. VfAUJ Settle Differences Over Corner -Lot . Tears of contention came to an abrupt end this morning when H. A. Volpnhl. owner of a corner lot at the intersections of Kast Seventeenth and Mllwaukie streets and Xehalem avenue, accepted the city commission's offer of $230 fw X20 nquare feet of hi lot. He had tsked W wctmcv. $70 and had secured a $300 Judgment "'.against he city for Us refusal to gro.it him a- permit to erect a garage. j The city will remove st once. Commis sioner Earbui" said, the objectionable point on the lot Which renders the In tersection particularly dangerous to traffic. Several accidents at the corner last week brought the city again to the necessity of action in the case and the 2S0 .offer. was made to Volpahl. - Ills circuit court Judgment against -the city will not be sustained, it l said. V'olpahi's entire lot, 700 square feet, had beh assessed, at only 171.. 1 Active Plans Made To Obtain Money for Roosevelt Memorial An active campaign to raise Oregon's $38,000 quota " toward ' the $5,000,000 Roosevelt, memorial , was outlined this afternoon, when tbe state executive com mittee met at the Imperial hotel. As yet- reports of contributions have not been prepared, but ; workers will check in every other day. ; ' Plans for raising the money include a speakers', campaign in schools and pub lic places." establishment of contribution stations f In banks, - fire stations, the Liberty temple and headquarters in the Press club, - and a statewide memorial on October 27, Roosevelt's birthday,? . A big mass meeting in Tbe Audito rium; is- scheduled for the evening of October 2 Judge Henry McGinn will apeak, and ' the Victory chorus of 150 persons under ; Wralter Jenkins will sing, Lawyer Mistaken For Safe Robber; Kept in Jail by us Official Turns Key on, Plowden Stott After Latter Enters, Jail to See Prisoner. Plowden Stott, former legislator and of standing in the Oregon bar. Is trying, today to shake from his clothes the odors of Jail. Suspected of bciug a yeggman, he spent most of Sunday afternoon behind the bars at Asotin, Wash., though he had on,e ,there a co"n, and, in a sense, a fri setlor, monitor friend of George looting the AHOtln bank. , Stott had been appointed attorney for Welch, who was arrested In Portland last week," his arrest leading to ths re covery of 125,992 in cash, bonds and other valuable papers. Accordingly, he went to Asotin to confer with his client. "Sure you can see him." the sheriff told Stott So he vaa let Into the Jail, precautions being first taken that no weapons or implements of escape were on his person.- , ' When the attorney was inside the cell the sheriff turned the key. After sev eral hours the sheriff called Captain Circle, of the Portland police department by telephone. "Who Is Plowden Stott ?" he asked. "Is he a yegg?" "So, he is one of our best little at torneys," replied Circle. So the key. was turned, the other way and Stott was liberated. At the Asotin telegraph office Stott wrote this telegram, which was received a few minutes later by Captain Circle . "Attorney released. ( Signed) "SH BRUXTK HOLMES." J The bankwas blown supposedly by two men. inasmuch as only one arrest had been made the Asotin authorities are overlooking no bets as to the oUei. , . , , . nBb'dyorUnknowti'Woman founrl " , Near Lake Washington, " ' "- Seattle. .. . Seattle. Wash., Oct. 20. -(V. P. Evidently murdered, the; body of a comely young woman, 25 years old, was found lying underneath a shrub near Lake Washington this morning. The body was still warm when found by l5an Farri. caretaker for trie noger Brown estate. Some articles of the murdered young woman's clothing bear the Zealo Sheriff GIRL IS MURDERED; . i ' iinmir' -;';. trademark of Seattle furnishers; resulting from volunUry and rcuco?-f others were purchased from Tacoma b, tftwt; hindeirf promotion or ' , , vancement in accordance with merit, v. rlrn18' ' ;'' otherwise Interferes with tlte freedom of Sunday night ft woman called the PO-j individual action. lice on the telephone and said she hadi . .... ... . . . u.. - .., . ., i ' .. cirfv" As unorganiecd . labor, which em seen a man leap out of an muto on oueta , . .., -M,.t,. .t.-, i.. h.f.. ' ,,i.i,, . A I braces tlie vast majority or worktus; PpTe wT a rounTwoa'w'homre 1 overpowered and tlir.w Into his machine, this conference. 1 deem it approprLue driving r way .at a fast speed. The police believe the kidnaping may be connected with the murder. Discoloration of the left eye and left side of the fUce end chin convinced the authorities the girl hud been dealt a smasnmg mow. wnu-n prooapiy anocaen I unomircnras. 4iiu mat bjip was tpen wangiea Senate Completes Reading of Treaty Washington. . Oct. 20. 41. X. a Reading of the treaty of Versailles was completed in the senate late this after noon. The senate immediately adjourned. The way is now left open for speedy action on the treaty. If debate does not Interfere. Retail Pork Prices Stay Up; Wholesale Cost Has Big Drop Complaint brought before the fed- erai unr w.u...... . night nd sunsequeni lnvesnganoi. have disclosed h. strange situation re- less, s Steak probably has dropped some ! garding the price of oork." 1 jwliat more, but hugs 30 cents a pound. 1 Just before August 1 the market price I , Msny. merchanu were, "too' busy" to I at ite Hosts toDDeo 39 cents a pounu, Saturday live "hogs sold for 14.7& cent I a pound, the lowest price Since Apru l. '1917. ' -v '' ""'- - ' - . ; , - But the reta'il price is practically un affected by tbe drop. When live hogs were selling at 23 cents a pound, dressed pork cost tbe re tailer 30 cents a pound. It is easy, dealers say, to buy dressed pork today at 19 cents "a pjund. Some may be , hAd for 1$ cents. Thus live hogs' have dropped nearly nine cents a Itound in less than- three - months. Lrewel pork ba dropped Z cents pound in the same period. . ... . ( Now what tne , iair price commiitee Is trying to find out Is, vwhy don't re tail prices also drop?" ,,....'.-..''-,.:..,.. Some retail meat merchants say their pork prices have dropped as much as eight cents since July. Others point put yut an illusion to produced by the fact - that no drop, but rather a rise,' has j taken place in the wholesale ,4i spare riba, ; " v : rice of wlfl Steel Head Comes Out as Unal terably Opposed to Arbitration and in Favor of Open Shop. - , i , r i j'i . i- -.., Further Complication Follows La- : , bor's Vote Jo Wjthdraw Jf Collective Bargaining Falls. Washington. Oct. 20. Hope that the industrial conference in session here might find a general solution .' for economic unrest was dimmed -this afternoon with the first appear- ance of two new developments one being labor's determination to with draw from the conference unless the resolution on collective bargaining is accepted, and the other Judge . Gary's public statement declaring himself unalterably in favor of the open shop as opposed to the closed shop. ' Gary's statement follows: , 1tl , "i desire to make a brief statement in relation to ihe question under discussion as well as others submitted to this con ference. Further explanation of any Vote I may render will probably b un- ' necessary. - - -. PUBLIC INTERESTS FISST ' . "Like other members of the confer- fence, I recognise that the public Interest niust always be considered as of the time importance, that an private interests must oe suoorainaiea. "I, am heartily In accord with ihe de sire of the president to tlrmly establish proper and satisfactory relations bo- : tween all groups of cltlsens connected with industry Including, of course, what has been designated as capital and labor. . "I believe In conciliation,' cooperation and arbitration : whenever- practicable without sacrificing principle. , , AOAIJfST ARBITBATIOX .. rwkm,'of " the fixed opinion " i hn t 1 U pending strike against the steel Indus try of this country should not be arb t rated nor compromlsednor any actio. t taken by the conference which bear upon, that subject. . Also,; that . tlru should be maintained In actus! practUti. without Interruption, the open shop as I understand It namely, that every man, whether he does or does not belong to a labor union, shall have the opportunity to engage in any line of legitimate era- ploy men t on terms and conditions agreed upon between employe and employer. OFFOSES IXTERFERE5CE "I am onnosed to a. noltcv or nractka 'which ttnnocejmaWly limits production. Increases coats, deprives ; the worWnmi from receiving the highest wago vatM i CoiiclmUd on t'kc Two. Culumn Tlint) . St. Helens Railroad Office Safe Blown; Robbers Get $170 St. Helens'. Oct. 20. The safe off.. H., P. 4k S.. offices here was blown open and between $170 ami for Saturday night and Sunday, was taken. lOcal authorities ' believe the work that of professionals.- - Bertillon Kxpert James Hunter of the Portland police department was sent to St. Helens this morning by Police Cap tain Circle to aid in obtaining a clue to the Identity of the robber. According to consumers and i some ebmng9 ln the nta market. I'orlt chops aln 42 cent. . or - mu i " ............ It required too much effort for them to ask their head butcher and their chief bookkeeper for desired ' information. Several meat merchant admitted-be - iorv me icoerai xair price committee re cently that shifting of wholesale prloo made little difference .to them so far as retail price changes ftttt i concerned. They said they were compelled to over charge at certain -seasons because they tost money at other seasons. - Thst is a bad way to do business," said Thomas O. Fa rrel C chairman of the committee. "Tbeee merchants should be ii uv v tvitvw .u a.iivi ncu , W. K. Newell food administrator, said he did not believe a marked reaction m pork prices would come until December. , Meanwhile the; committee is looking into tne matter. n nen u eonv tha tKIr flMMW Iha ..nlr,1 nmttnffirn at I o'clock Tuesday night. It is expected to have arrived at a decision for .recom mendations as to pork and other. meat prices.- . , - - , ' f '