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THE I OREGON DAILY JOURNAL,, PORTLAND, TUESDAY, JUNE - 1, 1S20. BRYAt ADVOCATES PLAT1 TO PREVENT LABOR TROUBLES Washington, June 1. (I. N. S.)- The League of Nations plan for the 4 prevention of war should be applied to the prevention of labor troubles. William Jennings Bryan ; told the senate committee on education and labor. , .- Bryan advocated Investigation and the direction of public opinion to labor trouble.:' without any power of pre venting strikes. ' - "Compulsory : arbitration is inconsist ent with the Ideas Of . our country." Bryan said. . He advocated compulsory Investigation of labor troubles with both parties to the controversy suspending action: pending the investigation. ' .Partello Appointed Summer Instructor At Camp Kearney Oregon Agricultural College, Corval lis, June X. Major "Joseph K. Partello, professor of military science . and tac tics at the college, has been appointed senior instructor to several thousand men from Western colleges attending the R. O. T. C. summer; camp at Camp Kearny,, near 8an Diego. Cai- , Major. Partello will J leave this week for. Ban Francisco 'for a conference with General Liggett, chief of the West ern department, before going south. Captain Robert R. Glass, supply offi cer, and Lieutenant B. E. Woody, range officer, will also report to Camp Kear ny. All will return to O. A. C. next year. -? Lieutenant Langdon H. Spooner, head of the motor transport unit, will act aa instructor at the summer camp of that unit at Camp Holabird, MA, and Captain E.!, T. Stamper of the engineer unit will act , in a like capacity at Camp Humphreys. Va Student managers for . next year's student publications were appointed by the board of control as follows Karl Price of Pomona. Cat. Beaver Annual ; Harold Robinson of Forest Grove. Ba rometer ; . Morris Bowker of Jtoseburg, Commercial Print, student directory. Donald W. Morse of Seattle' will be ' forensic manager for the student "as sembly, rr V; .. : -S . , Roy 3. Keene of Salem, newly elect ed president of the student assembly, will be sent to- the Beabeck educational - conference this summer. ; . Wholesalers Force jSugar Skyward; 80 . : Cents to Be Price : K. TTranrinco. Jun , L IX. N. . S.) Sugar took another Jump Monday. The California A Hawaiian Sugar Re- fining company' announced a new whole sale basic price of 126.30 per hundred, This marked the: largest siagle price Jump of that staple, the , new quotation being S.6 cents' higher than previous quo- ttton. I" -" -!'.'; -' T' ; .Thirty cent! sugar at retail will be a reality her, vvnea the new allotment gees on sale. s Washington Grange . Opens Annual Meet . i 1 ;. '"! '". - ' - ' Aberdeen, : Wash.; June 1. About 1000 people are here for the annual session of the Washington i state grange, which opened' today and will close June 5. ' The gasoline shortage cut down the number expected by automobile. S. J. Lowell, national grange master of Fredonia, N. ,1.. snd J. Pampton. state lobbyist of Washington. D. C... are among the "vls . Itors. . ' ' . Chautauqua Draws Crowds ' Brownsville Or., June l. A six-day Chautauqua: began here Saturday night. Larger crowds are turning out than ever -.before. - ' .. ' " EuckersMill, Near Everett, Burned At Loss of 8150,000 Bverett. Wash.. June 1. The saw mill of Rucker Brothers' plant at Lake Stevens. 10 .miles, from Everett, was totally destroyed by fire early Monday afternoon. Loss Is estimated at 1150, 000. Workmen were forced to run from the mill to escape. The flames spread when a belt caught fire, near the boiler room, which prevented operation of the pumps for a : tinfs and paralysed the flrefightlng equipment. , The.- planing mill, shingle mill and an extensive stose of valuable finished lumber were saved. Three dry kilns containing lath and over 2.000.000 shingles burned. The lath, mill, which was part of the main saw mill, was burned. , - The plani which had an output 1 of 160,000 feet In 10 hours, employed 250 men. - . BDBOillC PLAGUE REAPS MEXICANS 2 Prisoners Burn ; Their! Way Out of c Tacoma City Jail . Tacoma, . June 1. (XT. P.) Two pris oners burned their, way out of the city Jail early : today and escaped. They are T. C Harty, said by the police to have confessed to many burglaries .' here and iri Seattle, and a W. Sellers, L W. W. organiser, who raised ; a defense fund for the radicals tried i for the murder of . American Legion men at Centralis last Armistice' day. - - ' The two prisoners wrapped oil-soaked rags around the end of a lead pipe and placed the flaming mass against the wooden ceiling of their celt A hole was burned through the ceiling and Into the city controller's office. The men crawled through this opening and made their way to the street. The getaway Awas : discovered some hours later, i when ' a ' passer-by saw smoke pouring from the city hall win dows. He called the fire . department and the blase was extinguished. ; . Mexico City, June 1. (I. N. S.) The bubonic plague has broken out at Vera Cruz. A dispatch from the Vera Cruz authorities to the min istry of .public health - today said .that ' seven 'new cases, were reported on. Sunday- The majority of the cases so far quickly proved fatal, v i Dr. Gabriet Maida of the ministry of public health has summoned a confer ence of physicians to discuss the situ ation and to take steps to prevent a spread of the epidemic. - A strict quarantine has been ordered at Vera Crus. Passenger trains coming to this city from Vera Crus are stopped several miles outside of the capital and the passengers are not allowed to enter the city until examined by physicians. -V Provisional President' Adolfo ;de. la Huerta has arrived to take the oath of) office. He " was welcomed at the Co- ! Ionia station by General Obregon, Gen eral Calles, General Hill and a crowd of ' several thousand persons.' .. s "My first - action will be to confer with the members of congress regarding the actual situation throughout ! the en tire country," said the provisional presi dent. 1 shall do everything possible to restore constitutional order, . to strengthen the government ; and .bring about actual peace everywhere." Rose City park cemetery, Mies Moore being seated on a chair in the back of the machine. The chair tipped as the truck turned from Seventh into Knott. The hospital attendants discovered that one arm was Injured, but probably not broken. . --1 TJ. S. Asks Dismissar Of . Anti-Trust Case Washington, , June I.-(TJ. P.) The government' today asked . the supreme court- to dismiss- the anti-trust 'proceed ings started several years ago against .the Quaker - Oats company. The action ends the case, which resulted when the Great Western Cereal company 'and the Quaker - Oats ' company - combined - en June f 2. 1911. ' Babbit Makes Eun -On Auto Speedway Indianapolis Motor Speedway, June 1. U. P J During the heat of the clos ing aps of the 500-mile race - here Monday a rabbit,' scared up from a nearby field, found its way . onto- the track. Straight up the-track, past the stands It came, cheered by thousands of people. - It fin ally disappeared under the stand with out Injury. . : . ILLS OF ASTORIA CUT LUMBER PR G E Astoria ; June - 1. -Announcement was ' made i that- beginning today then wilt be a big drop in the retail price of lumber on the local market. The cut; will range from $7 ,per thousands feet on rough lumber to $15 a thousand on the higher grades. The reduction In the prices of shin gles, and lath will be between SO and 60 per cent' v ?- v-'-rp'-H'-'; One result ff this reduction Is expected to j be 'an a.lded . Impetus to building operations ih Astoria where residences and business: houses are badly needed and -buililing severely 'checked . by the high prices of material and labor. R. K. booth, manager ' of the ; City Lumber A ; Supply company, selling agent for : the local mills, said: , "The primary object of this cut In prices is to clear the , miUyards of their accumulated stocks and at the same time encourage building activities. The transportation system of the country is at the present itime greatly overloaded owing to s lack ! of sufficient equipment and the railroad yards of the East and Middle West are badly congested on account of the recent strikes. Conse quently our rail shipments have been curtailed and stocks are beginning to pile up in the millyards. We are informed it will be some time before traffic con ditions will permit the normal rail. ship menu eastward." ' " Watchman Missing; Drowning, Is Feared Joe Rose, night watchman ; for - the Pacific Bridge company, la believed to have 'been drowned In -the Columbia slough some time Sunday night, accord ing, to reports , received late Monday afternoon by the harbor : police. v Rose rented a boab. Sunday evening from the Weir boathouae on the slough to go over to the dredge which Is at. work ia midstream. Monday the rowboat was found floating in the 1 slough near the Derby street approach to the Inter state-, bridge. :.. iiMiisniiuiininniniUJiisiiiunniyiini:;!:::!!!::::;:;;:::;:::;;;;;::;::::::::;;;: ess y v i t. .i I-' . lACt From ?MI!I1U: Made in The City of Ncizrclli by Nuns YOU hxvt never before seen such lace of t delicate texture,! exquisitely wrought, strange, " beautiful, Ori ental in d$iyn. .Imported recently, and donated to the women of "Saint Helens Parish to be sold in behalf of the New Churcjh Fund.- . 'Npw on I Display Sale Begins TuesM June i Man Hit by Stick Dies . Aberdeen, "Wash. June 1. Charles T. Thompson, . assistant manager of the Poulson - Automobile company in . this city, .died Sunday while being ' con veyed s by,' automobile from Mocllps beach, following an accident . in which a heavy piece of lumber fell across his chest, causing heart shock. - w ' Atiyeh BrOGOriontal Rusa S Tenth and 'AUer s Tenth mnd Alder i i l i I i i i i I i i i i i i i i I I i i i I i I i i I i I i I i i i I i I i i i fi i i i i i ii i i i : m :::::::::: t ::::: i i i ::::::::::: . Girl Is Injured in Fall From Truck Miss Ethel Moore, daughter of J. I. Moore of 430 Union avenue, i fell from the back of .a motor I truck at . Cast Seventh and Knott streets Monday aft ernoon and was taken to St. Vincents hospital with severe lacerations over the eye. . The family was on the way to Portlaiid-Hoocl River AUTO LINE i -" - : ' ' f. ( - -.- 1....- : ; . . J -J- li.. 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