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CITY EDITION
ie All Here and If All True
THE WEATHER-Tonight and Thursday,
fair and continued warm. "
Maximum Temperatures Tuesday :
Portland 8 New Orleans.... 01
Chicago ....,.. ,84, New York 80
1ms Angeles..... '80. St. Paul.. 70
VOLT: XIX: WO. .. 102.
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G.O.P.SCANDAL
William r- Loeb Admits at Senate
'- Committee Hearing That Wood
Campaign Was Underwritten
Jor Million by Big Financiers.
'. Chicago, July 7. (I. NT. 8.) The
biggest sensation sprung' thus fair In
the "slush fund" scandal involving
the. campaign of leading Republican
candidates for the presidency,, was
cracked wide open In" Chicago to
dayj when j William Lob, ; Eastern
manager of the campaign of General
Leonard Wood,' admiue-i' before the
senate committee Investigating- the
fund charges that the : Woo l cam
paign, had been j underwritten for
11,000,000 by some rpf the country's
biggest financiers.." -'---j
!" Just prior, to this a statement by T.
W. Hukrled, a Missouri Lowden cam
palm manager, admitting that he had
received S2)!y) from the Lowden camp,
was placed In evidence before the com
mittee, : - . .
SAME8 THREE bio ONF.8 ' ' I
Among the alleged' contributors to the
Wood) fund named i by Loeb .were J. fi.
Duke,! the tobacco king. who. Loeb de
clared,' contributed a substantial sum ;
the late Oeorge V. Perkins, -who handed
over $10,000 ."for somebody else,, and
IT. If. Rogers, the oil magnate, who gave
150.000 to the fund,; Loeb testified.
I received altogether J4O6.OO0." said
Loeb. "The; campaign was underwrit
ten for $1,000,000, however, by George J.,
Whelan, Colonel WDliam Copper Procter
' and a Colonel Monnell. Each agreed to
be responsible for ;$250,000 and It was
decided to try to get the fourth $250.
000 by popular subscription." '
MONET BISTHIBCTED ; r : .
Of the $408,000 received. 'personally by
him, Mr. Loeb testified $225,000 went to
the Chicago .headquarters of the .Wood
campaign. $180,000 to, the "Eastern Tiead
Quarters, $45,000 to the New York head
quarters and the remainder, about $6000,
was sent1 to Colonel Proctor a few days
ago. .. - .. - ..; '
. ;, "I was' asked to take charge of the
campaign, said Mr. Loeb. "and John
T. . King .tiv selected to , manage the
general: campaign, i' He was ; scheduled
to advance General. Wood's Interests
among various organizations. . But dis
satisfaction - with King's .methods; de
veloped and we decided to change man
agers and transform our policy to 'a di
rect appeal to the. public I was' con-,,
suited as to the' amount of money it
would take to carry the appeal to the
(Concluded on Pace Three, Column Three)
PROSPECTSGOOD
By Hyman II. Cation
. : Heppner. Or,. July 7. All through
Morrow county there is today prom
ise' of the biggest crop' of wheat that
this section , has ever produced. '
Such uniformly good stands of wheat
have never before been seen In Morrow
'county, although there have been times
when individual fields have probably
shown the prospects for a crop that
are today in evidence.
Through the . Hardman 'section,
through flight Mile and similar districts
the prospects are practically the same
as when Morrow., county produced " its
biggest crop, back In 1907. - '
In the lone and Lexington sections
the showing is perhaps the best known.
While there Is a liberal percentage of
spring grain: in both districts, still the
outlook is far above the normal.
Taking Morrow county in general it
would be difficult to find a more opti
mistic situation than exists today.-;
Alfalfa crop this season Is well above
the average and the same is true of
other hay crops.
'' Livestock conditions are practically
Ideal so far as quality is concerned al
though holdings through the county are
somewhat less .than a few years ago.
There has been little contracting of
wheat In this section to date, although
contracts were freely offered by buyers
a short time ago.
. Harvest is perhaps 10 days later han
normal but present weather conditions
are favorable. No hot winds have been
encountered and this is a most hopeful
sign. ; ; , I -m '
S., P. & S. First to
Be Settled With for
Time of U.S. Control
Washington, July f. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL)
The railroad administration announces
final compensation adjustment for the
period of federal control with the Spo
kane. Portland & .Seattle railway, first
road of all to be settled with. It will be
paid $1,600,000. which represents all
fSeftns and counter-claims including al
Vwance for " deferred maintenance and
government .rental guarantees.
Drowned but Still
Able to Do Shimmy
Spokane. Wash., July 7. (U. P.)
Being drowned is all In the day's work
for 17-year-old Victor Clutch. Vic went
under three times at Newman lake
Tuesday, was hauled out ' and ' pro
nounced dead. Three hours later he was
shimmying around the lake dance hall
:to he strains of "How Dry I Am."
MORROW COUNTY S
Miss Rockefeller
In Portland With
Notable Party of
Eastern Visitors
Mr. and Mrs.' Herbert A. Pratt of
New York clty are at the head of
a. party of prominent visitors who
are In Portland on a tour of the
Pacific coast. Pratt la vice president
of the Standard Oil company, and
his party precedes that due here
Friday in which Mr. and Mrs, John
D. . Rockefeller 1 Jr., ' and Mrs. Fred
B. Pratt, formerly Miss Caroline A.
Ladd of Portland,- daughter of the
late W. S. Ladd. are members.
In .the party here now. its members
guests at the Hotel Portland, are. aside
from; Mr. and Mrs. Pratt, Miss I sa belle
Rockefeller, daughter of John D. Rock
efeller Jr-i the Misses Harriet B. and
Florence G. Pratt, Herbert A. Pratt
Jr., Master F. R. Pratt, William 11.
neater jr. ana miss Beard..
. Few plans have been made for en
tertaining the members of the Rocke
feller party as yet because -their plans
lor tne time in Portland nave not been
made known.
Mr. and Mrs. ? Henry Ladd Corbett
will give an informal dance Thursday
night at their home in Rivera for Mrs.
Herbert " Pratt , and Miss Rockefeller,
wno arrived iny,.Portland ' Wednesday
morning. . '
Mrs. Pratt and - Miss Rockefeller will
be taken to Mount Hood lodge Thurs
day for luncheon. They will leave
Friday, after meeting the main Rocke
feller party upon its arrival in Port
land. ; .. 5
Following a bitter discussion that
threatened to disrupt Portland post
of the ' American Legion into fac
tions, Tuesday night at Central, li
brary, a, committee of 1 2 men was
appointed to present at least two
plans for reorganization at the first
meeting in' August. H
Henry TV Boyd attended his second
meeting of "Portland post and, as on the
first occasion, when he charged that the
Legion was dying of ."dry re,'t?flpt
tated the 'row that -developed Tuesday
night. Boyd admitted he had attended
but two meetings, had never accepted
any committee work and had never been
active in Legion work.
HEADS WOTTLD BESIGTf
James M. Bain, vice commander of
the post, presiding, said the resignation
of James O. Convill - and himself, had
been in the hands of the executive com
mittee for several weeks for acceptance
if members of the post were not satis
fied with their acts. '
Boyd suggested that the post be sub
divided into groups, each working sep
arately, but all contributing to the gen
eralwelfare of the central organization.
which should remain intact.
Bain ' made heated reply to Boyd's
statements, pointing out that the Le
gion's progress in Portland' was due to
the hard work of a few men. At the
Legion picnic last Sunday, Bain said. 10
men did all the; work and of-the more
than 1700 persons attending, about ISO
belonged to the Legion. 'Bain was sup
ported by ,W. A. Ekwall and Dow V.
Walker. - t . I
TO ELECT DELEGATES '
After this discussion was concluded.
delegates for the Astoria convention
were nominated.! They were::
Frank S. Sever, Oeorge A. White. G.
L. GoodelL Wilbur Henderson. H. T.
Boyd, Dow -V. Walker, J. J. Crossley,
Thomas R. Mahoney, Prescott W. Cook
ingham, Thomas Sweeney, Ben Morrow
Frank Moore, James rfe-Bain, W. A. Ek
wall. Jay Coffey, Arthur M. Geary.
Barge E. Leonard, James F. Alexander,
Jerrold Owen, Clarence R. Hotchklss, W.
H. Maguire, A. A. Murphy, Milton R.
Klepper, Harvey Black, Joseph Ham
mond, William f Bent, R. E. Norton,
George H. Lewis. Hal H. Rasch, Sidney
J. Benedict. George Hoban. Cassius R.
Peck. W. J. Morris. Edward J. Eivers.
Lynn L. Davtes, Walter B. Gleason, F.
M. Phelps, James O. OonviU, William L
Harrison, Charles Gedstead. John Ken
nedy, Merle Campbell. Fred W. West.
Jane V. Doyle. Alfred J. Monteith.
Creed C. Hammond, John. Mowry, Orton
E.- Goodwin, Earl R. Goodwin, -Anne
Schneider, George L. Rauch, L. A. Bow
man. Franklin K. Korell, Mary Cronin,
Jane Kenney, Margary Bell, F. A. Wal
ton, Leonard J. Kaufman. Dr. Alfred
Schilt, James Ml' Vraniran, Harry C.
Brumbaugh, Henry Aiken. John Abele.
J. Guy Strohm.H. M. Green and Percy
Allen. - )
The delegates ; will be elected July 19.
Twenty-three men will be named.
The election of Frank S. Sever to the
position of post adjutant was announced.
Sever succeeds James W. Crawford, re
signed. F. M. Phelps succeeded Sever,
on the executive commlltee. r .
Daniels on Warship
Leaves for Seattle
San Francisco, July 7. (I. N, S.) On
board the battleship New .Mexico. Sec
retary of the Navy Josephus Daniels
left today for Seattle: There he will be
joined by John Barton Payne, secretary
of the interior, ; and Governor Riggs of
Alaska,; The ' party will proceed to
Alaska On a destroyer to investigate the
possibility of the navy securing Its coal
and oil supply from Alaska.
All on Deck Flee as
Huge Python Escapes
Victoria. B. C. July 7. U. P.) A
gigantic python escaped from the .cage
on the steamship Bolton Castle, and
usurped the bridge for half an hour
while all on deck fled to shelter, shortly
after the vessel left Singapore.
AMERICAN LEGION
WILL REORGANIZE
GRAFT CHARGE
IS HURLED BY
State Highway Commission Ses
sion Enlivened When Old Con-
v troversy Over Eugene-Florence
Road Route Is Renewed. '
Out of . the proposals submitted
Tuesday the state highway commis
sion has awarded the following con
tracts: ' ' ,-" : i .
Deschutes county Bend-Jefferson
county line, 24.2 miles of gravel sur
face, Wickner, Sharp & Kindel,
$129,850. c
Douglas county Rosebuf g-Wil-bur,
6.4 miles gravel surface, John
Hackenson, $38,S25.
i Josephine county Sexton moun
tain, T. 5 miles gravel surface, D. M.
Stevenson, $77,610.
Yamhill county Newberg-Cheha-
lem creek, 1.5 miles, K. A. Palmer,
The bid for rocking the Columbia
river highway. In Sherman county be
tween the mouths of the Deschutes and
John Day rivers was rejected and the
work ordered, readvertlsed. The same
action was taken in graveling of, the
TiUamook-McMinnvtlle - highway ; be
tween the Yamhill county line, and But
ler's store in Polk county. ' :
The bids on other projects were re
ferred to the - engineer and respective
county courts with power to act.'-,;,..,'
The harmony of the commission was
again disturbed at its Wednesday ses
sion by the revival of the old contro
versy over the location of, the Eugene-'
Florence road when Commissioner Booth
proposed that' the state cooperate with
Lane county on a 50-50 basis in ; the
grading of a 10 mile ; stretch over the
summit of. the Cascade mountains on
what is called the "low pass" route, the
estimate for which is approximately
$180,000. ;
Chairman Benson protested on' the
ground of illegality. He said that in
view . o certain changea made . in , the
location he was not so much opposed
to the low pass route , as he had been.
but be thought if would be illegal for
the state ' and county to cooperate in
tewf its apt tvjt the road had been
classed by -the legislature as a forest
road in which , there was to be govern
ment cooperation. - He -wus further op
posed to beginning work on the project
at this time, thus committing the state
(Concluded on Pag Three, Column Five)
IN OREGON JULY 13
Washington. July 7. (WASH
INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUR
NAL.) Senator McNary plans to
leave Washington Thursday, arriv
ing in Oregon about July 13. . He ex
pects to visit all sections of. the state
during the summer and fall and
make several speeches, . which will
be non-political, f .
He ha4 no plans for political campaign
ing, but ,1 wants to discuss national ques
tions, particularly those having an Ore
gon aspect. ' McNary's first speech prob
ably will be in Portland on the subject
of American foreign relations, in which
he will assert that America cannot pur
sue a policy of isolation and must con
sider how far It will go in world affairs.
He favors ratification of the peace
treaty with reservations. In other speech
es he will discuss the problem of irriga
tion, agricultural production and farm
ers' interests at Washington, waterway
development, highways and other : sub
jects, visiting different parts of Oregon
to consult local Interests on matters
connected with national legislation.
He declares that as chairman of the
senate Irrigation committee he intends
making a supreme drive next session of
congress for funds for reclamation.
Robson's Relatives t
Celebrate Four tit
By Being Born Then
A succession of birthdnv rnnfrnnttnw
Police Lieutenant William Ttnharr a,.
complicated somewhat Tuesday when he
receivea a caoiegram from Gordon Rob
son, Tils brother, in Shanghai, China, an
nouncing the birth of a babv itanrW,
July 4. Gordon Robson for 20 years
was empioyea oy tsallour. Guthrie &
Co, in this , city. He is now Chinese
agent for the San Francisco firm of
Halifax. Weather bee & Christensen.
Lieutenant Robson'a littl - d,i,ht
celebrated a birthday Tuesday and the
ponce oii ice r nimseu nas a natal anni
versary today. ' i
'Not Guilty' Plea r
Of David Stein tor
W. S. S. indictment
David. Stein. - 29 TsTorth Sl-rfh mr.
pleaded not guilty to two Indictments
in connection with alleged 'traffic - in
stolen and altered War Savings stamps
before Federal Judge Bean. Wednesday
morning. Stein is charged with selling
War"Sa vings stamps which had been al
tered and with conspiracy. -'
This case has attracted wide attention
because of the. indictment of .Robert La
Salle, member of the Portia nil rnlim K-.
reau. as an agent of the thieves in dis
posing of the loot of Scio. Dayton and
Harrisburg banks, blown by yeggs. ,
SMONBENSON
M NARY TO ARRIVE
Century Mark on
Ikrmometer Is
Facing Touch of
Mercury Column
Mopping Wednesday
morning's
collective
perspiration
from its
brow, Portland saw visions of a rec
ord breaking summer temperature
as- the official thermometer, atop
the custom ho ise, mounted to 80 de
grees at 10 a. m., thus presenting
a heat record for the year, at least.
' Tuesdays maximum, reached at "5 . p.
m., was 89 degrees, the hottest day of
the year, thus far. The temperature at
10 a. tn. Tuesday was 69 degrees as com
pared with: 80 degrees for Wednesday.
The official thermometer was ; rapidly
ascending as the day advanced. '
Although records are due - for ; eclipse
the peak of the heat Is not-yet, weather
bureau figures indicate, and the record
of July 14, 1919 when 100 degrees were
registered, is about to be shattered." ; -
Only two days of the present year
approached Tuesday for heat They
were May , 7 and June 3. when the of
ficial thermometer registered 87 degrees.
Tuesday's temperature ascended from 75
degrees at noon to the 5 . o'clock max
imum. ' i' ', , . " ..,'.' . .
"Fair and warmer," as the forecast
for Thursday j and a - comparison of
Wednesday's temperature with that of
Tuesday seems, officials say. to testify
to me propriety orv the prediction.
At 5 a m. Wednesday the- official
thermometer registered 65 degrees and
between 9 a. tnt and 10 o'clock Eraiiwtd 7
degrees. , ;"!"
Temperatures were:
.' 6SI12 (noon)
a., m. ...... i. 731 l p. m.
0 - m- K. 80 2 p. m.
1 a. m- 84 ,
s
93
JOURNAL SEAPLANE
SERVICE IN THRILLS
Good fortune and thrills a-plenty
attended the
seaplane delivery of
to Seaside Tuesday
in spite of. it all, Vic
The ' Journal
afternoon, but
tor Vernon, manager i of the Oregon.
Washington & Idaho Airplane com
pany, forced Ito. alight in Young's
bay, Astoria. Baw to the speedy de-
livery of the! paper at .the beach
resort.' - -
Aerlai storm and heaw foe hid Sea
' - .
side when Vernon attempted to put Into
Necanicum as usual Tuesday afternoon.
vritn a passenger and the cargo of
Journals he was forced to return to As
toria and alight In the bay. ;
' Before he alighted.. however, he had
soared through the fog and storm over
Seaside for some time.' braving every
element and risking a forced landing In
the Pac'fflc in his energetic attempt to
deliver The Journal, according to eched-
ul'- : ' : : ; ;,.;; i, ', J ",
WI3fS DESPITE ODDS ' f
Although the elements conspired
against the doughty pilot The Journal
was delivered to Seaside readers long
miore omer arternoon Portland papers,
proving the efficiency of the seaplane
delivery in the! face of sometimes alzriost
overwhelming odds. .
Vernon left the landing basin at Lewis
and Clark field about 1 :30 Tuesday after
noon in a CUrjtiss F-boat. carrying The
Journal and la passenger. With ; the
added weight, however, the boat refused
to leave the jriver and Vernon, after
reaching the S-. P. & S.. bridge at St.
Johns, turned back.
At 2 :10 he j took to . the air in 'the
Seagull, a heavy cross wind blowing
horizontally to the line of flight all the
way. For mahy minutes" he flew back
and forth near Seaside, deliberating on
whether he would take the chance,
which, In the; event of failure, would
mean a forced landing in the Pacific
Finally he "descended to Young's bay
and tied up at one of the docks. The
papers were placed in an automobile
and rushed to Seaside.
In the meantime, employes , at Lewis
and Clark field were notified that
Vernon had passed over Astoria, head
ed for the seal This was soon after 4
o'clock. About 6 o'clock excited resi
dents of Seaside wired the airplane
field . that The Journal seaplane had
not yet appeared. ;
FEARED OCAIT LASDISG
5 Officials of ) the company were noti
fied and were much alarmed, for it
was feared that Vernon had been forced
to land In the Pacific and was at the
mercy of the waves. .
; Another "Wat" was ' being manned
for the flight to the coast, when Ver
non came gliding up to the landing
field In North Portland. , He had flown
back in an hour. , , ! .
Pilot Waltet A. Lees will take The
Journal to Seaside Wednesday after
noon. ." . . " j '' . . .
Pilot F. sj. Harding returned ;to
Lewis & Clark field Tuesday afternoon
with one of the F boats from a sev
eral days trip to South Bend, Wash.
After taking jThe Journals to Seaside
Saturday, Harding flew north to. Wll
lapa harbor and South Bend. . Over the
double holiday he carried 117 passen
gers.; Among them was John A. Gel
latly of Wena tehee. Republican- candi
date for governor of Washington.
GeUatly was! so much impressed with
air . travel that he completed arrange
ments for ani airplane from the Port
land companyl to be used by him this
summer in his campaigning.
Osteopath Doctors
Buy
Burr ell Home
For
New Hospital
The Walter
F. Burrell home at S28
Hawthorne avenue has been purchased
from the Security Savings A Trust com-
and H. C P. Moore, os
teopathic physicians and proprietors of
the - Moore sanitarium. Consideration
was not announced, but the property is
valued at approximately $100,000..
The Burrell house Is ,a large three
story structure and the grounds comprise-
two entire blocks. The property
will be used for hospital purposes.
COX
STRONG
for league;
Governor Likely; to Prove WorUiy
of Progressive Platform of
-Party; Ohioans Swear by Himj
Roosevelt Popular at S. F. Meet
i By B. F. Irvine
(Editor of The Jourraa)
San Francisco, July 7.-;ox and
Roosevelt as a ticket Is easy and
euphonious. .; The second j name
carries you back to 1900 when the
fourth cousin of the new. candidate
held the same place on the ticket
with McKinley. The present com
bination is already hailed as a very
strong ticket. : ; ' ;:,'.,.-' '
Young Roosevelt was one of the most
popular, perhaps the most . popular fig
ure, in the convention. " He was a mem
ber of the New York delegation and led
the 20 delegates who voted throughout
the balloting for McAdoo. In spite of
his differences with the other 70 mem
ber of the delegation be was ardently
urged by them for bis place on the
ticket, ; The speech of Governor Smith
seconding bis nomination brought the
convention to its feet.
COX. POPTJLAB AT HOME
. , . .
Roosevelt, is a clean-cut young man
of 38.- His great ability was displayed
as assistant, secretary of war during and
since the war. It was with difficulty
that Secretary Daniels induced him to
abandon; a .desire to go ' to the front
rather than remain at bis post at Wash
ington when America entered the war.
1 He was made the nominee amid scenes
of the' greatest enthusiams. Half' a
dozen candidates had been presented to
the convention, but so many delegations
seconded the Roosevelt candidacy that
one by one the opposing candidates pru
dently withdrew and the nomination was
made unanimous. ' --. ' ': c ,
' Governor Cox seems . likely to be a
popular candidate. He la sound to the
core on the League of Nations. News
paper correspondents from Ohio at the
convention are enthusiastic in commend
ing him.-; They say his record will square
perfectly with the-very progressive plat
form that has been a dopted. . -
tcOJJFIDEJICE IX HIM
V Tbivlay grat stress upon the tact
nai -wruie frurrounaing Tnaustriai states
leave oeen in ireaueni inrmoii wiin ia
bor troubles - Ohio has . been in complete
industrial peace. They insist that Gov
ernor Cox constantly - brought; repre
sentatives of employers and workers to
gether and Induced them to harmonise
their differences. They say that he holds
the confidence of 'both sides and through
that confidence is able, to lead them into
the paths of peace.
Govenor Cox led the fight for Ohio's
new progressive constitution. He is the
legislature, a workman's compensation
author of, and drove through the Ohio
law which King ''Albert of Belgium,
, (Concluded on Face Two, Column Three)
T
HEAD FOR CHICAGO
Chicago, July 7. (U. P.) Third
party presidential possibilities were
increased by two today when the
names of Senator Robert L. Owen
of Oklahoma and Eugene Debs, So
cialist, were mentioned by delegates
arriving here. , v
Added impetus was given the boom of
Senator Lafollette of Wisconsin by many
delegates, who confidently asserted there
wasn't . any doubt about Lafollette's
chances.
Owen's name was given special sig
nificance When it, was .learned he was
en route here from San Francisco with
Howard Williams, vice chairman of the
executive committee of the Committee of
Fojrty-eight, and Frank P. Walsh, mem
ber of the executive committee oTIie j
committee of rorty-eignt ana tne na
tional Labor party.
The National Service party composed
of war : veterans, .will - meet here at the
same time as the other conventions and
offer its support providing the liberal
parties platforms contain a bonus plank.
That the National. Labor party and the
Committee of Forty-eight wilt amal
gamate to place a presidential and vice
presidential ticket in the field was con
sidered "practically certain" today by A.
W. Ricker, treasurer and-a member of
the executive committee of the. Com
mittee of Forty-eight. " . '
Leaders of : the proposed third party
expressed the belief that the action of
the Democratic convention in nominat
ing Cox had strengthened the chances
of a third party. .
The -Committee of Forty-eight will
open its convention. Saturday. . The labor
parties meet Monday. It Is not expected
the two parties will meet in one conven
tion. President Wilson
And Cox May Confer
Washington. July 7. (U. P.) Admin
istration officials expect a conference
between President Wilson and Governor
Cox, Democratic presidential candidate,
to be arranged soon, they said today.
The conference probably will be held at
the White House. The date and other
details have not yet been arranged. -
Durazzo Evacuated
By Italian Garrison
Rome, July 7. U., P. A news dis
patch received here today declared the
Italian garrison at Durasso had evacu
SAY
REPORTS
HIRD PARTY MEN
ated the city. ".," ?-
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
ASSISTANT secretary of the riavy and nominee of the
Democratic party for the vice presidency. He is a second
, cousin of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and his wife is a
niece of the late ex-president, but Franklin Roosevelt has been
a lifelong Democrat and a leader of the progressive element in
the party in New York state. He was a strong, advocate of an
aggressive American naval policy during the war.
til
BOLSHEVIK! TAKE
- London, July 7. (I. ; N. S.)Rua
sian Bolshevik forces have captured,
the fortress of Rovno, east of Lutsk,
from the Poles according to a.state
meotysent out today by the soviet
wireless. ' One thousand prisoners
were captured ' and ' much booty
taken. - i ..
London, July 7. (I. N. S.) A gi
gantic battle is raging between the
Poles and Russian Bolshevik! on a
wide front in Ukralnia, northwest of
Kieff, it was announced by the Pol
ish legation today. The Poles, as
sisted by the reorganized Ukrainian
army, j are attempting a counter of
fensive. ; .- - -
A news .agency dispatch from Berlin
said that the Russians . had launched a
terrific drive against the Poles t and
Ukrainians with five divisions. :
- A report said to nave ' been cabled to
the United States that the Poles capitu
lated in the face of the Russian Bolshe
vik advance was officially defied by the
Polish legation today. n
Ohio De mocratic
Delegation Visits
City En Route Home
' 'k. - , ' j
Tired but in a happy frame of mind
over their victory at the San Francisco
convention, between 25 and 30 Ohio dele
gates,' returning home from the Demo
cratic meeting. ' arrived Wednesday
morning and spent the day touring the
Columbia' river highway ; and other
points of interest around "Portland.
The Ohioans - had a long struggle to
obtain the nomination of their governor
for president. Unlike other parties of
delegates returning from the convention,
the Ohio-party did not travel in a spe
cial car. . They are scheduled ; to leave
for the East via the O-W. at 11 p. m. ,
'Babe Ruth Narrowly
Escapes Death When
Auto Loops the Loop
Philadelphia. Fa..; July L-ri t. N. S-.)
Babe Ruth,- the - slugging' outfielder ; of
the New York . Yankees, came near end
ing his , sensational baseball career, a
mile from Wawa, Pa today, f His new
touring car looped the loop on the Bal
timore Pike and ; landed with ail four
wheels in the air j with ; Ruth and his
party beneath it. '"W;V
The ."Babe." his wife and three other
persons whose names could not be
learned, were in the machine. All es
caped serious injury. ' '
Leaguers Prepare
To Enter Douglas
Roseburg, July 7. The Non-partisan
League of North Dakota has sent a rep
resentative to . Douglas county to pre
pare a" campaign for1 the operations of
the league in Oregon. Hause, the - rep
resentative, cornea supplied with litera
ture of the league. The outlook for
the league here is not considered promising.
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Bend, Or., Jaly 7. A fire which
broke out from an unknown cause
at midnight Tuesday night in the
frame . building occupied by Che
Pioneer garage, destroyed the Cen
tral Oregon Motor company j build
ing and the Pioneer garage build
ing, owned by "L. L. Fox. Doyle's
restaurant, the Loyal Order of Moose
club, Estebenet & Stokes' confec
tloneryj store and Armstrong's second
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The total loss has not. been fully com
pleted, but It is estimated that it will ap
proach t $80,000, only a small part . of
which is covered by Insurance, f
The heaviest loss is sustained by L. L.
Fox, owner of the two garage buildings,
estimated to be about 325,000 i H. 8.
Royce of the Pioneer garage, whose loss
rests largely in the destruction lot used
automobiles, parts and accessories, and
E. P. Jech and J. L. Vanhuffel of the
Central Oregon . garage. . whose entire
stock of parts and accessories and auto
mobiles was destroyed at a loss of about
$25,000. The other small buildings de
stroyed will aggregate a loss of $30,000.
The Pioneer garage building burst Into
flames in a moment's time, and; the fire
was beyond control when the entire
force of the Bend volunteer f ire! depart
ment responded Immediately. '
- A heavy south wind bearing to the
east menaced two blocks In the business
district, and at one time eight business
houses were on fire, but were saved from
destruction by the cooperation
of citU
sens in quelling the blazes,
H. A. Hess, a volunteer fireman, was
badly burned while stationed on the roof
of the Wright hotel, where he fought at
great odds to save that structure. An
unknown volunteer was removed from
the Central Oregon Motor company
building, having been found by firemen
unconscious. - 'u - . ,;"-,
Non-Partisans Lead
Opponents by 5000!
In N. Dakota Contest
Fargo, N. D., July 7. (U. P.) Gov
ernor Lynn J. Frasier today continued
to increase his lead over William Lan
ger for the Republican nomination for
governor. The Non-partisan league In
cumbent! - with 200-5 precincts tabulated.
was 50H5 ahead of his opponent. The
vote was Frasier 68,417. Lariger 63.322.
The Non-partisans, were alfo fucceu
ful in naming a candidate for "United
States senator. Dr. K. . F, Ladd main
tained his lead over Senator Gronn a. In
cumbent. Candidates of the Independ
ent Voters association were successful
in two of the three congressional dis
tricts on returns to date. ; -;
Young Girl's Courage
Prevents Robbery of
Bank by Six Bandits
New York, July 7. L N. S.) Six
armed bandits were foiled in a daring
daylight attempt to rob T- the Corona
branch of the Manhattan bank today by
the cool courage of a 17-year-old girl
clerk. The- robbers fled when the girl.
Dora Stadtler, braved their leveled guns
to telephone for the ; police, even after
one of the bandits had wounded Cashier
Fred Althouse, the only male employe
present. -"'.
ROOSEVELT'S
NOMINATION
AMD MOVE
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Democratic Vice Presidential Can
didate Is Progressive, Popular
With Navy Men, Foe of Tam-
, many; Career Like Colonel's.
By David Iawrence
(Oowrrlitbt, 1820, br Th Journal)
San Francisco, July 7. Picking a
vice president ordinarily is about as
Interesting as inaugurating one he
la indistinct In the picture. But the
selection of Franklin D. Uoosovelt.
assistant secretary of the navy, to go
along with Governor Cox on the
Democratic ticket, ; was an episode
in national politics of no small im
portance. . Under the rostrum where nominating
speeches were being made cf or a half
dozen vice presidential aspirants. Charlie
Murphy of Tammany Hall, George Bren
nan of Illinois, who is the successor of
the late Roger Sullivan, Jim Nugent of
New Jersey, Fred. Lyncn of Minnesota,
Wilbur Marsh of Iowa,. Norman Mack of
New York, and Ed Moore, the campaign
manager of Governor Cox, gathered for
a conference and in full sight of onlook- f
ing correspondents held 'an informal de- i
bate on the merits of Edward Meredith
of Iowa, secretary of agriculture, Victor
Murdock of Kansas, member of ie fed
eral trade commission, and Bull M
of 1912, and Bainbridge Colby, secretary
of state and also Roosevelt progressiva
TAMMANY ' FAVORED COLBY
Governor Cox wisely left the choice
to the managers here. Mr. 1 1 curst
would like to have seen Colby named
and there was some thought that the
support of the Hearst newspaper would
be easily assured If Colby were chosen.
But while Tammany favored Colby and
gave Indication of burying the hatchet
with Hearst in the coming effort to re
elect Al Smith governor of New York,
the leaders argued with Murphy that
Roosevelt's name would be worth votes
to the ticket throughout the country
and that his selection would please the
McAdoo forces which had been led by
Roosevelt.
EAST 18 HOHTISO OnODHD
The western "men, Meredith and Mur
dock. Were eliminated when it was de
cided that on account of Cox's . wet
leanings the campaign had -better be
waged In the east. Roosevelt. It was
contended, would give assurance lo
westerners that the ticket was pro
gressiva Furthermore. It was suggest-
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SUFFRAGE APPEAL
IS MADE BY COX
By Herbert W. Walker
Dayton, Ohio, July 7. (U. P.)
dovernor James M. Cox today fire
the opening gun of his campajfn
for the presidency by appealing to
the Democratic legislature of Louis
iana to ratify immediately the
woman suffrage amendment and
thus make it effective. f V
N. P. Wheeler Estate
Has $1,000,000 in
Oregon Timber Land
Kelson P. Wheeler of Kndeavor, Pa.,
who died at Pasadena, Cai., March 6.
left timber lands In eight counties in
Oregon and more than $8000 on deposit
in Portland banks, according to a peti
tion filed Wednesday with the probate
court. In which Nelson P. Wheeler Jr.,
a son, asks for probate of the will.; T.
II. Ward ; is named administrator : for
ths Oregon portion of the estate. -
The timber lands are stated to b
valued at approximately $1,000,000, sml
are located in Tillamook, Clataop. Co
lumbia, Washington, Yamhill, Lincoln
and Polk counties. s
The total value of the estate Is placed
at not (less than $5,600,000, of which $2,
600,000; is personal property and $3,000,
000 Is real estate In Oregon, Washing
ton, x; Idaho, Kentucky, Ohio and New
York -
Wheeler wiifin uncle of R. and 3. '
E. Wheeler, publishers of the Portland
Telegram, and was associated with them
in many timber land Investments. ;
Eastern Democrats
Will Tour Highway
Four ' special cars, carrying Demo
cratic delegates of Rhode Island, Ver
mont, Massachusetts and Maryland to
their'homea from the San Francisco con
vention, will arrive in Portland, at. 7 :20
Thursday morning, according to ar
rangements made with the Southern Pa
cific company. Some of the delegates
will make totirs of the Columbia river
highway. ;
Sen. Robinson Will
Be Portland Guest
Senator Joe T. Robihson of Arkansas,
chairman of the Democratic national
convention In San Francisco, will reash
Portland Thursday morning and be the
guest of J. i. Bronaugh. Arrangements
were being made by a number of Port
land Democrats to tender Senator" Rob
inson a luncheon Thursday noon. A
trip over the Columbia highway la also
being arranged.
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