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t : -T- CITY EDITION' V.WAy Go eoCAanrA? ; So that when your- fcomVyW e&n Ti f r:.: r, citx-.-' .edition r . All lr and;ie All True 1- f -hi ... THE WEATHEH Tonight and Sunday fair ; wanner. Wlnda mostly- easterly. . . - Maximum Temperatures Friday ; Portland, Op. .... . Ixs Angeles . . .-. . . 50 . Billings,;, Mont. . , . 8 New Orleana 74 Boston 46, New Tork ...4S journal na can ko 10 rest nivn. with vol. .xvzii.' no. m fzss,? jKrSJSToSJS PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 25, 1919. EIGHTEEN -PAGES. PRICE - TWO CENTS J SkttV'At'fffXi MS S. Robecker, Despite Identific cation by Car Barn Cashier, Proves That He Is Innocent. Officer Pratt Called to Pied mont Holdup) 3-Handed Duel Follows, Policeman Wounded. . Once identified by R. L. Fllley, tel ler at the Piedmont car barns, as one of the bandits who robbed the office . of $180.29 Friday night and escaped amid a f usilade of revolver shots, S. Robecker, 65, early this afternoon - proved that his greatest offense had been in participating In a lively North "End card game after hours. Robecker was arrested at 1:40 a. m. this morning by Officer Chase of the second night relief, as he was about to enter his little cabin In back of a wood- yard at Fiftieth street and Hawthorne avenue. At police headquarters Fllley Is said to have positively identified Ro becker as one of the bandit trio. The alibi which Robecker proved, however, showed Fllley's Identification erroneous. Three bandits entered the carbarn at Kllllngsworth avenue and Michigan street about 8 o'clock. Walking directly to the cashier's window, one pointed a revolver at Fllley and the others covered the other company employes sitting or lounging about the building. The bandits obtained only a couple . .of bandfuls of money, declares Fllley. who was on duty in the office. "One of them forced his way into the office,' says Fllley. "after firing three or four shots toward William Morgan, an employe in the barns; Another ban dit throat revolver through the office window. .. . , " 'Where is your big money V the ban dit in the offlee demanded of me." " 'in that drawer-1 replied." Officer R. A. Pratt was standing one block away, from the barn, having been ordered to meet Sergeant Ellis at that corner it 30 p.' to. '"v f ,( "They're holdings. n the barn," the (Concluded on Pat Two, Column Four) Governor Cox Calls Out National Guard to Quell Rioting at , Steel Plants. Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 25. (I. N. S.) The Ohio national guard was ordered mobilized at the armory in Akron by Governor Cox at noon to- . day. The troops wlllbegin moving Into the Akron armory this after- - noon in command of Colonel Benson W. Hovgh. The governor's action follows closely upon the riots In Canton last night in which a mob of 1400 foreign workmen beat up six American steel workers, and fresh clashes, today in which two Americans were shot by members of a mob of 600. Colonel John Bingham of the adju-1 tant general's department, who was sent to Canton by Governor Cox, re ported today that conditions there" are serious. ; The troops will mobilise with the ma chine guns at the Akron armory and there await further orders from Gov ernor Cox, who has arranged to keep In touch with the Canton situation through out the day and night. ! Immediately after he had Issued the call for troops Governor Cox sent this telegram to Mayor Charles Poorman of Canton:. "My personal' representative. Colonel Bingham-, of the adjutant general's de partment, reports to me that conditions In your city are disorderly and dis gracefully so In the sight of the law. .Furthermore that you are not doing your duty to prevent them. I shall ex pect immediate action by you. Other wise I will give you an opportunity by personal hearing 'in my office Monday morning to show why you should not be removed from office." These-companies have been ordered mobilised: Akron, v two " .companies ; Shreve. Ashland, Marlon, St Marys, Ada and London. .. Steamer Brings 300 T6nspfi Sugar; for, -Portland Market - v The steamer 'Daisy Matthews of the Parr-McCormick line arrived this morn ing with $00 tons of sugar for the local . market According to advices from Al- - Ien & Lewis, wholesale grocers, this is enough to give each customer at least some sugar to take care of the trade between now and Monday. - - - It is also reported that eight capacity. - BSJBgwSSBBjSBwBBBBBSBsBBa cars or teet sugar, dispatched by - the United States sugar equalisation board, are now on their way to Portland and ; will arrive next week. ; So far It has been difficult' for' the w wholesale.' houses" to distribute -sugar, , because they were' forced to divide sacks among customers. : The arrival of the beet sugar should take the keen edge off the shortage and provide sugar for t, everyone, dealers believe, i .. - 1 ' NEW PAPER MILL NEARS qregox crrr. Oct. ziJ , Work, which has been nnf der way the past summer and early fall in the enlargement of the Hawley Pnlp Jk Paper com pany's plant, providing for the accommodation of six more grinders and water wheels at an expenditure of nearly $150,000, is expected to be completed within another week. This ad ditional equipment, which will mean increasing the force of em ployes from 25 to 50, will give the mill a capacity-of I0O tons of vood palp a day. For many months the com pany has not been able to take care of the demand upon it for paper because of lack of wood palp. The Hawley company at the present time employs more than 500 men, about twice the number on its payroll two years ago; before It built its new paper mill, one of the finest and most modern struct ores in' -the West. P T Arrest of Mr. and Mrs. Richard La Posee for Bootlegging May Disclose Scandal. That behind alleged bootlegging operations of Mr. and Mrs. Richard La Posee, arrested Friday, stands a clientele of prominent Portland bus iness men and a ring of burglars, was the belief today of United States department of Justice officials who are working on the case. Mr. and Mrs. La Posee are now held on, a charge of violating the Heed amendment, but they may be implicated in the theft of silverware from several Portland hotels. .'v. t ' La Posee fears)' prosecution - on the charge of silver theft, officers Indicate, Ctt II have lo spendf tonight m " aH-i welL we'll jsee." La. Posee is said to have 'declared Friday night when he was. committed to Jail Several well dressed men, names unknowns accom panied . him to the' United' State mar shal office, from where he was taken to the county JaiL The threat Is believed to have been aimed at them. ; " Today they again showed Up - when bonds for La Posee's appearance were named at f 2500. f "Let him out this noon." one man: is alleged to have asked Deputy United States Marshal Mann. "We want to take him out to lunch. "We'll bring him back." "He goes to Jail, Mann replied. He says he does not know who the men are. A list In Mrs. La Posee's handwriting is declared to have been found in a room at the Portland hotel. Lawyers' Title and Trust Company to Have New Building The Lawyers Title & Trust company will build a new home at the northwest corner of Fourth and Stark. The com pany has secured a 25-year lease on the 50 by 100 foot lot at that location and plans are being prepared for the erection of a four story brick building on the site. , Construction work will begin about November 1, according to officials of the company, and the building will be ready for occupancy in March. Esti mated cost is placed at $75,000. The Lawyers Title & Trust company will occupy the ground floor and pro poses to lease the upper stories to finan cial concerns. The ground Is owned by the Clark estate and was formerly oc cupied by the Own-Tour-Home bunga low. President Wilson Continues to Gain Bodily Strength Washington, Oct 25. (U. P.) Presi dent Wilson's condition today was satis factory, according to his physician. Dr. Cary T. Grayson. "The president had a comfortable night antf'his slow improvement con tinues." said Grayson. - . "The president is slowly gaining in strength," said the statement issued by Drs. Grayson, iouiin and Stltt at noon. Dr. Grayson said the national prohi bition act had not been brought to the attention of the president, nor has he been in communication with his cabinet whlcb met in special session. Jail for Diphtheria Patients: Who Break Quarantine, Is Edict "The jail will be the resting place for diphtheria patients who break ; their quarantine." declared Dr. George Par rlsh this morning, following a threat from a patient to "get" the health bu reau if they persisted in quarantining him. . , ;.' t ; -:; : - - . According to Dr. Parrlah, - some quar antined patients are Inclined to take the situation In, their, own hands and do as they please. He flatly asserts that he will bring the law to bear on all of fenders. Two -or - three alleged quaran tine breakers are at . present urfder the eye of Dr. Parrlsh. ,,- INN n MAY BE INVOLVED BY COLGATE Tigers Go Down to Defeat, 7 to 0, Before Powerful AttacK and Shifting Plays of Opponents. Pittsburg Defeats Georgia Tech by Score of 16 to 6; Harvard Beats Virginia, 47 to 0. Princeton, N. J.. Oct. 25. (U. P.) Colgate eliminated Princeton from the Eastern intercollegiate football championship this afternoon by de feating the Tigers, 7 to 0, The score was made in the third period, when Watklns went over for a touchdown on a forward pass. The teams played evenly in the first half, but Colgate's powerful attack and shifty plays gave the winners a big edge in the last two periods. ( " Harvard Wins Easily Boston. Oct. 25. (I. N. S.) Harvard had an easy time today defeating Vir ginia. Despite the fact that several of Harvard's stars were out of the line-up the Crimson swept through for touch down after touchdown. After the game was safely tucked away. Harvard coaches used several substitutes. Score : Harvard, 20; Virginia, 0. Football Scores FINALS At Pittsburg Carnegie 0, Lehigh 16. At New YOrk Cornell 0, Dartmouth 9. At Cambridge Harvard Freshmen 14, Exeter 12. . At Princeton Colgate 7. Princeton 0. At New Haven Tale Freshmen, 34 ; Andover academy, 0. At New Tork Columbia, 9 ; Am herst 7. At Ames Iowa State 0, Kansas 0. At Wheeling West Virginia. 52, Beth any .9. At Worcester Trinity, 20; Worces ter. 7. ,At Cambridge Harvard, 47; Virginia. o. " .; - - , At Worcester Connecticut Aggies, 0; Holy Cross, 55.;-;- - At Providence - Brown, 10 f Nor wich, 0. .- At ' Pittsburg Pittsburg. 16 ; Georgia Tech, . -?. RECLAMATION DIKE BIDS ABE OPENED Columbia Slough Drainage Pro ject Designed tc Save 8000 Acres of Land; $200,000 Job. Bids were opened today by the di rectors of Multnomah county drain age district-No. 1 for the construc tion of a large dike a,t an approx imate cost of $200,000, whereby some 8000 acres of land along Columbia slough are to be reclaimed. The .dike is to be approximately 12 miles long, extending from the approach to the Interstate bridge almost to Fair view. The contract calls for 448,000 yards of dirt. Several bids have been received. In cluding those of the Warren Construc tion company, A. Guthrie & Co., Porter & Conley, and J. W. Sweeney. The bids were based on both unit prices and cost plus basis and will be thoroughly canvassed before the con tract is awarded. Before a decision is reached by the directors the bids will be referred to a meeting of the landowners of the dis trict ealy next week. Reject Williams as Chief of Currency Washington, Oct 25. (I. N. S.) President Wilson's nomination of John Skelton Williams to be comptroller of the currency was ordered unfavorably reported to the senate today by the bank ing and currency committee of the sen ate. The vote was 9 to 7 and was on strictly party lines. Williams has been holding . of f ices since March 4 under a. recess appointment . Williams can hold office until his sue cessor ia appointed, it was explained. ' Sugar 12 Cents Per Retailed in Chicago Chicago. Oct 25. U. P.) The price of sugar in ; Chicago is 12 cents per pound carry it yeurself. Have- it de livered and It will be lzftc. A fair price board, recently installed, set the price on the. basis of brokers in beet sugars to supply the market at 10 cents. Low Temperatures Weather Forecast , - Washington.' Ocf 25.rU. P.) Weekly, forecast :. Pacific statesGenerally fair In California and unsettled with occa sional trains In Washington and Oregon: Lew temperatures and frosts at begin ning of the week ; normal temperatures thereafter . - ' ' - Winter, Like a Thief in Night, Comes Shivering Into Portland With Chattering Teeth, Poor Old Dad Greets Rosy Red Dawn and Thermometer 33 Above. MINIMUM TEMPERA TUBE Decrees I 83 ManMield ,. S2 Baker ...... Degrees ...88 ... 20 Portland Bweburc Chattering teeth beat out a melo dious dirge this morning, when fath er, garbed in comforting woolens, cast his summer "unmentionables" into the maw of a reluctant furnace fire just as a rosy red flawn to the eastern sky ushered winter into Its throne room in Portland and Ore- Frigid Portland pulled the extra com forter over its bed aV 3 a. m., when the first heavy frost of the season an nounced unmistakably the arrival of winter. Suddenly, the thermometer had crept down to 33 degrees above zero. OX DUTY TILL Winter remained, with the same un remitting vengeance, until 9 a. m., when, according to weather bureau figures, the thermometer ascended to 39 degrees, By 10 o'clock Galveston, Tex., was sweltering under SO degrees of beat and Baker. Or., with 20 degrees above, was congratulating itself -on escaping 'the fate of Billings. Mont, with .temperature 6 degrees below. - .f;!. Portland thermometers slii5(rra from 36 degrees at midnight to Si I degrees at 3 a. m. and remained there until 8 a. m., when they started to cltrob. Even dur ing the warmest hour of the day,r the forecast indicates, merchants, will enjoy a rush of business from belated pur chasers of overcoats. RELIEF TOMOBBeW MATf E Frost that mantled v Portland this morning was more or.- ..lestf general throughout the state, the weather bu reau stated, but will have, tittle serious effect It is said. Fruit and 'other crops that might have suffered have been, for the most part, harvested. A gleam of hope appeared With the daily weather forecast promising "to night and Sunday -fair; slightly warmer; winds mostly easterly." Maximum tem perature Friday was 50 degrees. - Cold in Pendleton , Pendleton. Oct 25. With a minimum of 19 degrees Thursday night Pendleton experienced its coldest October night m 3d years. -Tha maximum Friday aa .40- Teh Inches of snow; is, reported .from Kamela, summit of the Blue mountains, while Weston, Helix and Pilot. Rock had between 'two and three "Inches. -Train movements have not been inter f erred with. Indications are for more snow. The snowfall in the lower lands turned immediately to rain but the higher areas were white Friday. 11 Above at Baker Baker, Oct. 25. October weather records were smashed Friday . when the mercury dropped to 14 degrees above zero, according to W.- D. Maxwell, local weather observer, who says that the lowest point ever reached during October was JS degrees above zero. This point was reached during three previous years. As far as can be learned little or no damage resulted from Thursday night's cold wave, "which followed a snowstorm Thursday.- The- temperature is reported by. a number of amateur recorders In various parta. of the city as low as 12 degrees. Rain Aids Wheat Crop The Dalles. Oct. 25 Rains for the last two days have aided materially the 1920 crop of wheat which has either already been sown by farmers of this vicinity or else is in .the process of being sown. Lawrence Says More Representative Group Is to Be Appointed By David Lawrence Copyright 1919. t Washington, xf. C Oct 25. Re- con s t ruction of 4 the group repre- sentlng the public by the appolnt ment of a new commiai ion to draft . a program of industrial rela tions is the plan which President David Lawrence wilson ha8 decid ed upon as a means off bringing About peace between employers and employes throughout the country. Members of the public group' were al most unanimous in the opinion that as at present constituted the personnel was not fitted to carry ten the task that would devolve, upon it and that while the - selections might have been suitable in. the case, of a. composite conference, the addition of technical experts and persons especially familiar with the de tail of labor- problems is now essential, because the- whole burden of framing an equitable program will be placed on a, single group. . - 'Take Judge Gary, for instance. He was- selected originally as a representa tive of the public inr the hope that by personal . association in the conference with the labor leaders, some settlement of, the steel strike might be made. But it became apparent, that, so far as the views' of .' the publicr groups itself was concerned., he was wholly a misfit and should have been la " the employers' group, though Judge Gary himself very tactfully; saved the public groups any embarrassment by refraining from at 5 r 'v 1 W 4 BIG PROJECTS " .... . : . . Abandonment of $3,500,000 Program for 1920 to Be Nec essary if Levy Is Defeated. Projects Include 45 Miles of Pavement, 25 Miles of Sewer, Work for 3000 Men, Is Claim. A $3,500,090 program contemplat ing during 1920 the construction of 45 miles of pavement. 25 miles of sewer and Involving the employment of 3000 men, must be abandoned un less, the people of Portland vote the 2 mill extra tax asked by the city ad ministration at the special election November 12. ''.' 'This was one of the arguments for the extra tax given by Mayor Baker. Hal White, the mayor's secretary, and Slgel Grutxe, clerk of the tjjty council, .to a special committee from the presidents' council of local civic clubs. TO BEPDST TUESDAY Theeommittee will report to the presi dentelect Tuesday and they in turn will recommend' to the civic and busi ness organisations support or disapproval of the proposed tax. The Ad. Rotary, Progressive Business Men's, Musicians. City and Klwanls clubs; the members' forum of the Chamber of Commerce and the Jtealty board are represented: in the quest for Information about the special election. It was explained that under a new law, .voted by the people and effective next year, the customary 5 "per cent for engineering cannot be charged against the paving and sewering, but must be paid out of the general fund. The city's expense for next year's program, which is the largest since 1912. would be $230. 620. and for this amount there is- no provision unless an extra tax is voted, nor can the work be performed without engineering supervision by the city. OTHER PROJECTS LISTED Other items of municipal service, which it was said would need be dis- Densed with unless more funds are voted'-rs W . 1 I" A- Municipal . employment agency. ; estu Mal'Mst 315.000. . ' ! Medical inspection of Schools, fil.BCo. . Park band concerts, lul.000. Fifty to 100 additional are lights, S1 to t2 each. ' : Fifty additional police patrolmen. 170,000. As to the police, the city officials said, there were 245 officers In 1912 and there are now 262, but In the meantime the area of the city has been Increased by 13 square miles, populated at the time - or annexation oy ou.wv : people. The largest beat of any one officer contains 400 miles of streets or 243 square blocks, and the smallest, in the north t end, contains 15 square blocks. PROPOSED BUDGET S.794,91t The total proposed budget for next year is $3,704,049, including $200,000 for emergencies, said Mr. Grutse. But the utmost that can be levied under the 6 per cent limitation is S3.118.395. The 2 mM extra tax would produce about $606,000. It was stated that while the people by vote have withdrawn sources of revenue apart from taxation, they have authorized larger objects of expendi ture,' such as the $S00,t00 bond issue for parks and playgrounds, the very estab lishment of which demands an increased fund for park and playground mainte nance. tendance or voting when a proposition on which the entire group seemed agreed was to be put before the whole conference. . Also with the employers' and em ployes' representatives now outside the conference, it la deemed desirable to make selections which will surely, in clude sil the varying viewpoints on the relation of capital and labor: and yet making a personnel that knows how to bring about a compromise. Unquestionably the new .commission (Concluded on Face Three. Column Four) Eealty Men Oppose Closing Up Market Before Six o'clock Declaring that the proposed closing of the pubUCijmarket at z p. m. would wont a hardship on consumers, the Portland Realty board went -on record. Friday noon as opposed to closing the market before o'clock. Resolutions adopted by he realty men favor the - present closing' schedule. ' s The realty board was one of .the civic bodies Instrumental in the j establish ment of the central market and a com mittee - was appointed .last . week, to in vestigate the plan ''.recently proposed to the. market commissioner of closing the market at 2 p. m. daily except Satur day. - The.commlttee consisted of Kralik McCrlllis, chairman George i Englehart and Webster L. Kincald. " J Resolutions were also adopted by the Progressive Business Men's jclub at. a meeting Friday noon at the Benson hotel opposing the closing of the public mar ket 'earlier than o'clock. Copies of these resolutions have been sent to the tnayor and city commtasloners. ; Tarn Clock Back 1 Hour Or You'll Get Up Too Early Sunday Morning Sleepers , Will Not Be Slow to Avail Themselves of Change in the Time. Tempus will cease fugitlng mo mentarily in Portland between bed time tonight and church hour Sun day morning, while thousands of households where 7 a.m. has arrived an hour too soon fcr many months will Join in chanting that happy re frain: "Backward, turn backward, oh time, in thy flight" There is said to be little possibility that time will "make me a boy again lust for tonight." but there will be sat isfaction almost as great in the extra hour of sleep that will result from tink ering with the timepiece, it is admitted. ' Outside the, city, farmers, loud in their disparagement of the war time scheme of saving daylight will stage a gen-, eral celebration in honor of the change of time by arising with the sun or the chickens to feed the lowing klne and mater the stock lust as they have been doing, regardless of the antics of the clock. October 26 is the official date for the last ' legal change in time to con form with the national daylight saving' law. The law will have drawn Us last effective breath when Saturday, becomes Sunday. The prescribed method for beating the clock at Its own game is to permit father to sit up until 2 a. m. When the-chimea begin to toll off that witch ing hour father should, .according to the1 rules of the game, grasp the hands of the clock firmly between the thumb and index finger of each hand and hold them Immobile for exactly one hour. The most approved .method, however, and productive of the same result, is. for father to grasp time by the fore lock and boldly turn the hands of his timepiece back one hour whenever he chooses to do so, as long as his action does not interfere with the dinner hour nor with the presence of the young ones at the moving picture show at the ap pointed hour. ' Officially, the time will not drop back to its pre-war basis until 2 a. m. Many clocks will not be changed until some time. Sunday. Railroad and other clocks whose, time must be exact will be changed at 2 a. m. Trains that leave their starting joints before t a. m., due to reach i their destination after that aneaa or time. By Monday morning the nation will be set aright again after saving day light since the last Sunday . In. March. AMENDMENT VOTE All of Hitchcock's Attempts to Bring Johnson Proposal to Vote Are Frustrated. Washington, Oct. 25. (U. P.) Repeated objections by Republican senators today frustrated attempts by Senator Hitchcock to fix a time for voting on the Johnson and Moses amendments to the peace treaty. Senator Lodge announced that in the interest of speedier action, he would at tempt to hold the senate in session on Monday "as long as it will stay with me." Brandegee, Connecticut, made' another attack on the league to enforce peace, declaring that a fund of three quarters of a million dollars "had been thrown overboard" in "hysterical telegrams," but this money "can't be swapped for a single vote." In reply, Senator Hitchcock intro duced a detailed report showing who the officers of the league ,to enforce peace are, how its funds are collected and spent Hitchcock also repeated his previous statements that churches, labor organi sations and forces Interested in the public welfare are supporting the league, while anarchists and Bolshevists are opposing it "Every newspaper in the United States published In the Interest of an archy and Bolshevism is' opposing 'the league,", Hitchcock said. "But I do not eay senators opposing the league are co operating with them." -. Senator Lodge announced he will vote for the Johnson amendment and spoke in its behalf. Bolshevists in U. S. Plan to Celebrate Defeat "of Czarism Chicago, Oct. 25. (U. p!) Bolshevists in the United States are planning a big celebration of the downfall of the au tocratic government of Russia on No vember 7, 8 and S, Edward F. Brennan. chief agent of the department of Justice he-re, announced today. Information pro cured by the department Indicates - the celebration will center In Gary, Ind and Chicago, Brennan stated..- He said that government agents will keep a close watch on the meetings. . . California Soloris" Called in Session Sacramento,- Cal.,' Oct: 25D'P. Gcvernor William D. Stephens today is sued : a call r for a special session f the state legislature to pass the suffrage amendment. .The session will convene ijvember Lr REPUBLICANS STOP JOHN E. LEWIS Wlinu president 01 uic United Mine Worker of America, photo graphed in Philadelphia after he had attended a conference; to adjudge a new wage scale.' :. Excessive Costs Given as One Reason Which Makes Passage of Jones' Bill Hopeless. Washington, : Oct. 25. (W A 8 H- 1NGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUR NAL.) The senate committee on ir rlgation, after an Informal discussion and considering the data supplied by Director Davis f the irrigation serv ice, has practically decided that the effort to secure .the passage of the Jones bill for IJSO.OOMOO for wth bid and new projects &6uld ds nope less. ' . - ' . " ;,:. , Davis has stated that probably not mora than 410,000,000 can be economic ally expended next year on existing projects. In addition to regular sources of reclamation fund. The committee ia expected finally to favor "fattening" the fund to that extent and will aban don consideration of new projects. Ex cessive cost of work under present Con ditions, with danger of hardening irri gation with inflated costs which would react in the future, is a strong factor in this decision, HOOVER AND M'NARV TO CONSULT ON SUGAR STATUS Washington, Oct. 25. Herbert Hoover has made an appointment with Senator McXary for tonight for discussion of the sugar situation, McNary being in charge of the pending bill to authorize purchase of the Cuban crop. Hoover desires to explain foreign conditions in their bearing upon this country's ac tion. McNary states today that he will make noeffort to call up the cold stor age bill during the present session. He has been requested to handle this meas ure by Chairman Oronna of the agricul tural committee, where the bill was re ferred after it was passed by the house. Hearings will be granted. Oregon and Washington interests are asking exemp tion from its provisions for apples and fresh- fruits,' canned fish and other products. . Samuel- Friedlander Dies in California; Former Portlander J . r. - .... - Samuel IL Friedlander. one of , the best known theatrical men on the Pa cific coast died today In Los Angeles after a lingering -illness of several months, according to Sol Baum, who Is a brother-in-law of Mr. Frledlander's daughter. He was 73 years old.' . Mr. Friedlander - came to Portland from Minneapolis in 1890 to become first manager of the Marquam Grand thea tre, which was opened to the public Feb ruary 2 of t that year by. Emma juch. After av managership of 14 year in Portland. Mr. Friedlander went to San Francisco to become manager of the Columbia theatre, .which' had Just' been completed. Since relinquishing the man agership of that theatre.' Mr.t Fried lander had engaged in the booking busi ness of both theatrical and motion pic ture attractions. Mr. Friedlander left one daughter, Mrs, Alice " Lauer. 'and two grandchil dren, Able, and Helen Lauer.'. The fu neral will take place in Los Angeles to morrow. Boy, Struck by Auto i Has Fractured Leg Billy Edwards, 6-year-old son of W. C. Edwards of 631tt Couch, street' was injured Friday , afternoon at - Nine teenth and ' Gltean streets, when struck by an automobile driven, by. M. C. Me Kercher -of the - Nob Hill apartments. The boy was on his way . home from school when, the accident occurred Mo Kercher, in reporting to the police, said his machine was going about six miles an hour when the boy was struck. .The boy ran out into the street in front of th. automobile when the machine was 60 feet from the crossing. The boy, was . imV - IV VJ VU. . "I I II . . " " ..vwy.w WW- 1 fering from fractured leg. ... .- NEW IRRIGATION PLANS ABANDONED I- - , . Eg IS BY HE President's (Jfficiah Family ls ' Called in Extraordinary Ses sion to Treat Grave Problems Meeting This Morning Followed ' by Another This Afternoon; ; Strikes Cloud Entire Horizon Washington. Oct. 25. (U. P.) President Wilson's cabinet, after an extraordinary session lasting two hours, adjourned at 1 o'clock deter mined to meet again at 4:30 this aft ernoon. No member would discuss what took place. Administration leaders made no effort to conceal their concern over the threat ened strike of coal miners, renewed strike movements among railroad work ers and the feeling between labor and capital brought about by the dissolution of the national industrial conference. ', .' Among the matters which will be con -sidered are: 9 i . Continuation of coal production, de-s spite the strike of bituminous miners set for November 1. The recommendation of the national -industrial conference, on disbanding 1 yesterday, that a small committee be named to draw up an industrial "peace program" for submission to a new con ference. ' . i i The indicated intention of labor to fight to a finish the steel strike. - , The demands of the four big brother hoods and other railroad workers for more wages. The burden of working out -a pro gram of industrial peace In the United States again today rested , on the . shoulders of President Wilson. . t The national industrial conference had definitely disbanded today, leaving (Concluded em Pan Two, Coin bib Two) State. Department Demands Re lease of ' American Consular Agent, Who Was Kidnaped., ? Washington. Oct. 26. (U. P.)-A resolution directing that all the armed forces of the United States be used in an effort to obtain the re lease of William O. 'Jenkins, Amerii can consul, held by Mexican bandits,' was offered today by 8-nator Mytrs, Montana. ' The state department has delivered a note to Mexico demanding the re lease of William O. Jenkins, American consular agent, kidnaped at Pueblav -Mexico, even if it is. necessary 'for tlie Mexican government to pay the ran som. Assistant Secretary of State Phil Hps announced today. v Jenkins Is said to bo held by rebels under the leadership of Frcderlco Cor v doba and Juan Uberra, near Pucbla. At the Instance of Cordoba the repre ' tentative ot Jenkins left Puebla yeater -day to confer with the bandit leader fe -gardlng Jenkins' release. . ' L- A state department announcement of the sending of the note demanding Jen v kins release eald : - "The department of state has given instructions to the American embassy at Mexico City to Insist that the Mexi can government definitely advise the . embassy what action has been taken with a view to liberation of William O. Jenkins, the American consular' agent who was robbed and kidnaped at Pu ebla, and to advise the Mexican gov ernment that the United States govern ment expects it to take effective Steps to obtain he release of Jenkins, un harmed, even though payment by Mex 1 ico of the ransom demanded may be necessary." J Railroad Accidents i Eeduced Greatly as; Result of . Campaign Only one accident has been recorded on all the rallrod properties under Fed eral Managers J. P. O'Brien and A. -J. Davidson during the first week of the national railroad accident prevention . campaign, according to statements filed with the managers by J.' F. Orodzkt, gen eral safety agent for O'Brien and H. K. ReU chairman of the: safety committee on roads under Davidson. The one aedder" 1 reported ;'occurrd in Washington on the O-W. R. 4k .JV. system, .when a switchman in stepping backward to give a . signal, fell and t sprained his wrist . ' Fargo Bank Reopens? ' Under Court Orders s -iav..;j: - -' Fargo, N. D., Oct 25.(U; P.) The Scandinavian American bank, closed by the sute banking board recently, was reopened -s for business today. , State Bank Examiner Lotthus surrendered re cotvershlp following- a decision of thu supreme court yesterday that the bank was solvent-".-- ' - nM Sdoco i