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Journal Seaplainio DaHavesy Ssasidq Mdftgafoas; tihe Pmc&caMifcy. . of ; Aesial Tancnt r " I CITY EDITION lea-All Here and It' All True THE WEATHERTonight and Thursday, fair: westerly winds. Maximum Temperature Tuesday r Portland ....... 74 New Orleans.. . . 8ft Boise ..... 94 New York....... 82 bos Angeles..... 88 St. Paul 86 CITY EDITION Advertising Standard are being: raised throughout the land.- The Journal as usual is ahead of, the time tn ' this respect and doe what other news papers intend to do while they are think ing about It. . ! PRICE TWO CENTS Zoiwinm "XI trnr ' VTV -Ktr 11A wrJ BwoMCUM MatLrf PORTLAND, 5 OREGON, r WEDNESJ DAY EVENING, JULY 21, 1920. SIXTEEN PAGES V vJU, aia. rmtolllM, Portland. Oncoa PORTLAND TO BE WESTERN Democratic National Committee Selects This City for Center " of ; ;Campaigrt, Activity; Cox and Roosevelt, to i Speak Here. Portland has been chosen as west ern headquarters of the Democratic national committee in Its conduct of the coming presidential campaign, f Dr. C.J. Smith, chairman of the Demo cratic state central cpmmittee. Wednes day received the announcement of Port land's choice In a telegram sent by Dr. J. W. Morrow, national committeeman, who la at Columbus to attend the meet ing of the national committee which has been gathered there to meet with Gov - ernor Cox in conference over plans for the campaign. Word la also aetit by Dr. Morrow that Roosevelt, the vice presidential nominee, would visit Oregon during the campaign, the first swing around the circle of the -. main line towns during the latter part of , the campaign, probably in September or October, while Roosevelt wilt precede his chief and visit the state some time dur ing August. The selection of Portland as the west ern headquarters marks the successful close of , a long and hard campaign waged in that direction by Dr. Morrow, aided by the national committeemen .'rom some of the other Western states. Its location here 'will bring an Imposing array of political chief tains and work. ers Into the city, for Its jurisdiction will extend over the entire tier of states' west of the Rocky mountains. According to . plans announced in the past It. is expected that J. Bruce Kramer will -be - in direct charge of the headquarters offices. These will be the clearing house for all western speaker assignments and In them will be done the general executive work of the west -rn , campaign management. . .. ' In addition to the executive officers? the publicity departmen for the west ern district will also be a part . of the political establishment to be maintained ( here, ; through which will flow the political news from the western district for distribution throughout the ooun try, as well as the literature and. bulle tin, news -which will come from the . other sections of the country for ; dis tribution; la; the , western ; sector., i Question of Ticket . Is Big Problem at Yakima Convention TakliTuC Wash., July 21. (IT. P.I The problem or whether it is heat to lorm a third party or file candidate in the Re publican primaries Is the big issue be fore the convention of liberal groups here. . The Joint conference committee on this question reported 28 to 11 in favor of entering the Republican primaries. Wil liam Short and other Triple Alliance leaders are strongly In favor of invad ing the Republican field. All croups were working harmoniously and the Joint conference of the platform committee was in full agreement on that BUbject ' .. : " Bituminous Coal -Miners on Strike St. Louis. Mo.. July 21. (I. N. S.) what appeared to be a general and un authorised strike - of bituminous coal miners was spreading rapidly over South ern Illinois coal fields today. Journal's "Seagull" WiU Ry to Salem to Rush Papers to Elks Copies of the first afternoon edi-! tion of The Journal will be circulated in Salem: Friday and ; Saturday of this week within a few minutes after they have come off the presses in Portland. - Because of the state convention of the Elks in the Capital city. The Journal's seaplane express service,-1 operated in conjunction with the Oregon. Washing ton and Idaho Airplane company, will be given Salem on those days, in addi tion to .the daily flight of the paper carrying machines to Seaside. - The large number of papers to be sent to Salem will probably necessitate use of the big Seagull, i,one of the largest hydroplanes on the Pacific coast. The papers will leave The Journal building about 12 :30 in the afternoon, and tn less than 45 minutes of flight the plane will have alighted In the Willamette at Salem. The papers will be ready for distribution by 1:30. , , ! ' TO COIfTAIJC SPECIAL FEATURES ' On those days the papers will lontain special news features for the benefit of the Elks. Victor Vernon, general man ager of the O., W. A I. company, will probably pilot the Seagull Friday. The pilot for Saturday has not yet been se lected. -:;-f-.-'s-'r'i5 :';-'--?-:;. ' The Journal has already demonstrated beyond question the feasibility .of news paper delivery by the air routes to the beaches' and this new service to. Salem. Sudden Thunder Storm Piles Big Dark Clouds but Does No Damage Bloodthirsty reporters around The Journal office Wednesday afternoon cast eager eyes at the tumbling mass of black clouds in the southwest from, which the lightning flashed, sharpened their pencils and dis cussed how long the casualty lists would be. The storm that resulted, so far as Portland was concerned, was a fizzle and the reporters-are asking rain checks for something . better.".;-?--"---: .- : The lightning flashed and the thunder crashed with gusto, but all the noise seemed, to be up in the air, for after the bright clouds began appearing the police were without reports of any damage. . -:, There were no fires, the P. R. L. & P. company had no fuses blown out and the telephone company , reported no trouble, t " ) , ' , . . The rain at 2:30 amounted to .14 of an inch. Early in the Btorm the wind reached a pitch of 24 miles an hour from the southwest, according to the weather bureau. The temperature dropped, -from 74 degrees at 1 o'clock to 61 regrces at 2:30. ' ( ' '-f Pilot Archie Roth started to Seaside in The Journal's seaplane express service at 1 o'clock and nothing had been heard from 1 him' at 3 o'clock. Officials at Lewis and Clark field were somewhat concerned about his safety, although' it was -believed he had gone around the storm, which came out of the. southwest and seemed local in character. BRYAN WILL NOT BE DRY NOMINEE Lincoln, Neb., July T 2 Clinton N. Howard of , Rochester, N. Y-, credited with j being the only dele gate in the prohibition convention in communication with Wlllam Jen nings Bryan. ; said Just after the morning session adjourned:, "Mr. Bryan will not be the candidate of this convention. " .' 7 ...-( 1 ' The statement came in replyto ques tions as to' Whether further w"brd was had from Bryan and what bis position would be. y - ' ' Lincoln,' Neb July 21. TJ. P. rele gates to the national Prohibition party were called to order at 10 ;05 this morn ing by National Chairman Virgil G. Htnshaw. Hi;-- ' About 300 delegates were in attendance and a scattering crowd was present on the floor and in - the galleries - to hear Aaron S. Watklns of Ohio, temporary chairman, make the keynote address. 1 Chairman Htnshaw malleted for order with a gavel carrying dry significance. The; head of the gavel was made of wood from the home of John B. Finch, pioneer prohibitionist. Wood from Will iam Jennings Bryan's residence was used in constructing the handle. William 3. Bryan and "Billy" Sunday appear . to. ' be the popular presidential ticket among a majority of delegates. Bryan Is silent on the matter. Sunday has indicated he will follow the com moner's lead. Many delegates, advocate the drafting of Bryan unless definitely requested by him not to do so. Fire Threatens Only Native Palms in TJ. S. Riverside, Cal., July 21. (U. P.) Reinforcements are being sent to re lieve the fire fighters in Palm canyon, where from 360 to -400 men have been battling in relays to save the wonder ful collection of native palms, the only ones in the United States. the first of Its kind yet attempted In the Willamette i valley, points to the great field of development awaiting ahead. The airplane company has already sur veyed the landing facilities up the val ley and east along the Columbia river, and has' found . them suitable for the water boats In most of the larger cities. QUICK TRIP TO SEASIDE . - f , ; Under perfect: weather conditions per mitting him to fly at an altitude of over a mile. Captain Frank E. Harding carried The Journals to Seaside sub scribers Tuesday afternoon in a flight of one hour.- 35 minutes. Piloting the Seagull, Captain Harding left the landing basin of Lewis -. and Clark field; at 1 o'clock and soon after 2:30 had tied up at the float in the Ne canicum. The high altitude possible enabled him to cut -off all the corners shortening the distance many miles. " With one passenger Captain '- Harding left on the trip back at 3 :30 and in one hour, 10 minutes of flying time, was back at the Oregon, Washington & Idaho Airplane company's Portland field. This is almost the fastest time made between Seaside and Portland, although Pilot Jack Clements turned the trick not long ago in one hour, seven minutes. Pilot Fred DuPuy, who carried The Journals to Seaside Monday afternoon, planned returning Tuesday morning, but bad engine trouble and did not get away until evening. He reached the Portland landing basin at 8 p. m REPUBLICANS FAIL TO INVITE T They Finally Send Him Telegram of Congratulation, However j N on-Partisan League Situation Puzzling in Washington State. San .Francisco," July 21. -(TJ. PV Republican national committee men and state chairmen of the six Far Western states, after j long ar gument, -- today sent a telegram! to Warren G. Harding assuring him he would carry these states at the No vember election. 5 The telegram was: "Representatives of six coast states in conference Jn San Francisco send, cor dial and hearty greetings to you as their leader. They regret they cannot be with you for the Important ceremonies of Thursday." but beg to supplement that notification with a less important . but no less gratifying notification: to you that we are confident you may expect the electoral vote of these six states." Leaders representing the six western states were divided on the advisability of Inxiting Senator -Harding to come to the eoast during the campaign. 1 KAHV OPPOSES iTBIP '7?' ; One national committeeman said that Congressman Kahn spoke strongly against the project. He said Kahn ex pressed fear that since Harding could visit only a few places, others would be disappointed. . - What other reasons; if any, Kahn gave in his "strong" protest against the pro posed Invitation were not made known. - Of the statements issued by the na- ( Concluded on Pace Three. Column Two) Railroads have only made a start in developing the empire west of the Mississippi river land large sums of money will be needed in the next score of years '.to push ; forward thousands of miles of new railroads and make great additions, in facili ties, so that this section, from which a large proportion of the future food supply must come, can" grow. ' This was the statement made Wednes day morning by Howard Elliott, chair man of the board of directors of the Northern Pacific railroad system, when asked how the railroads considered the wage Increases decided upon by the rail road wage board at Chicago. He said that this sum and the money, needed for development of the West can come only from Increased rates. v(. Accompanied by practically all the chief officials of the Northern Pacific, Elliott arrived at Union station at 9:30 o'clock -Wednesday morning on a nine car special train. v - . t ' ' : The "trip is . being made to allow El liott to become acquainted with the phy sical properties of the N. P.. as he has not . been over the Western lines for five years. The party left St; Paul , 10 days ago and a hurried inspection tour of railroad lines, coal mines and power properties is being made so the member of the party can be back in the Bast by the latter part of the month. At noon the party left for trip to Bend. A side trip to Grays Harbor was made Tues day, : ' .irv i Other members of the party are: J. M. Hannaford, president ; Charles Donnelly, executive vice president ; W. T. Tyler, vice president in charge of operation ; E. C. Blanchard, general manager of - the Western division ; J. M. Rapelje. general manager of the Eastern division ; Judge George T. Reid of Tacoma, assistant to the president; W. C. Albee. division su perintendent at Tacoma ; J. E." Craver, division superintendent at Seattle; H. E. (Concluded os Pace Three. Columa Three? HARDING WES , g .-. , I. I,... '"iS"'" ' I,,,,,., , - .Ul.. : i ; . , i - ,4 - w; - -ft ' , ' l v f . - j - ii - ' - , - ; , t , i ; " - i va',n x v - v i n : ' v - v i r " ' - ' 1 v 4 , j .-... v.. , - -" w-v. x .s. . ! ...1... : $ 'smMBjSSjmsBBBSStllSS uiJstttP'"'1sS c. . - S j-j-"f -riiiia;iriji 1 u u-lli-i J wwev. Awas.M vy v x v 7 y i yswese. -fwwwftw Wiwmms mufcjli ves-.t XyZ&HW(&ZZ ;'VS X ' $ XV "-vy -- w t y r, i , ' t x ' ' - " ; ! ? rtl " mxEttAxtowAx; I " . - , I ' ' ' " I - f ,f ' 1 i H ' i 1 - K - ' u . . , . .4 1 i 1 I I , ' ' 1 " ' " - -y ' d - tic I 1 ' 1 v Princess Sophia s Sacrifice of Life Vas Needless, in Skippers Opinion ; Juneau, Alaska, July 21. (U. P.) -The passengers on board the Ill fated steamer Princess Sophia could have been removed, was the testi mony of - E. A. McDougall, skipper ot the gas boat Amy, who was called to the stand during the shearing of claimants by. Attorney Proctor Mar tin. The Sophia - struck a reef - and some hours later went down with . all . on board in October, 1918, in Lynn canal of the Inside passage." Three hundred and eighty, .persons were drowned.! " : FASSEKGEBS BIMAHr McDougall said it was possible to have removed the passengers , at - any time after his arrival on the scene on the morning -of the wreck until he . left, at 5 :30 that afternoon. McDougall said Agent Xowle of the Canadian line, told him to go to the reef and render assist ance to the stranded vessel Immediately, aa passengers had taken to boats. Arriv ing at the scene, he said he learned that no passengers bad been taken Off. SEA WAS CHOPPT . The testimony of McDougall regarding the weather tallies with that of Captain Davis of the steamer Estebeth, and J. C. Headman, aboard the King ee Winge, who said that the sea was choppy, but not excessively : rough- - 'Attorney Martin is attempting to prove that the Sophia was waiting for the arrival of .the Canadian - boat Princess Alice instead ' of putting passengers on American boats; standing by. Journal Carriers to Rally at The Oaks WJth an interesting program of sports and amusements on the books,. The Journal ' Carriers' association will be entertained by The Journal at The Oaks amusement park Wednesday eve ning. Aboard special cars the associa tion members will , leave First and Alder streets at ,7:30 p. m., and at The . Oaks, it ; is promised, will take in everything available. Eastern Lines to Senf 25,000 Freight. Cars to Get Wheat " Washington, July 81.- (I. N. S.)r-The car service.- commission today ' ordered the diversion of - 25,000 empty boxcars from Eastern and Southeastern, territory to western : tines to nana le the grain, crops, for a period of 30 days beginning JSiy Z6. : , ... Many of the cars will be drawn from New . England lines. The order Is a renewal: of previous - orders Issued to relieve freight congestion tnA the west. Montana Counties Appeal for Cars v Helena. Mont... July 2L L N." S.) Appeals were made, today by several chambers of commerce of " Big - Horn county to the Interstate commerce com mission' for more freight cars -to move the largest, grain crop ever produced in Montana.; The 'crops from one field of 8000 acres and another of ,4000 acres are ready to move,' and several fields with 500 acres of grain each are waiting upon transportation facilities. The Montana railroad commission is daily receiving plgas for cars to move the huge crop in read!ne-- h-etv tr 'Me III i ' . ' - ' ' A " rl --''''' ",7 "' "' "yyjS. j .iii.i.ii 11 ''''''''''''''''"' ''"'T I flllil 1 l'""!! -.-r-Ttinnim -f.m Mi i. .mtm .i.uiiiiUt J. jmi 1 "f r n iniff-mirTr-imrTiMii n i m y mm riiwsF ZT.. , Z'm mSTTf! LLOYD GEORGE SAYS' BRITAIN IS OPTIMISTIC Believes Germany Will Redeem Her Pledges; Asserts Allies Will Stands by Poland; Denounces Treacherous Attitude of Turks. : ? By Earl C. Reeves tiondon. July 21. (I. N. S.) Pre mier XJoyd George made an import ant announcement on, the interna tional situation in the house of com mons this afternoon, the outstanding features of which were: - -1 Britain Is optimistic regarding the disarmament, coal delivery and Indem nity pledges of Germany ; . J The allies are determined to pre vent the destruction., of Poland by Bol shevik Russia; 3 Bitter arraignment of Turkey and the prediction that the Greek army will quickly clean up Thrace of Turkish na tionalists just as it is cleaning up Ana tolia; ? 'Af; : 4 The soviet government's reply to the - allied . armistice proposals was "in correct" but showed a willingness for peace. ; "The discussions at Spa proved unex pectedly kindly towards the Germans." said the premier, " f "Chancellor Fehren bach and Foreign Secretary Von Simons are honest and upright men and are doing their best to carry out the treaty terms. I am optimistic regarding coal, disarmament and indemnity." The premier bitterly attacked Turkey for her actions both during and since the war but said he was hopeful that the Turks will eventually sign the treaty. - GRE4T BRITAIN ADVISES POLKS TO ASK ARMISTICE ; "London, July 21. (TJ. I".) Great Brit ain has advised the Polish government to ask soviet Russia for an armistice, according to information in well informed circles today. , " 'v Announcement was made in the house Motorman Is Fined $100 for Reckless ; Driving; He Appeals h " ; - " 11 " - : 1 C. A.I East, motorman on the Broad Way trolley line, was fined $100 by. Municipal .. Judge Rossman Wednesday j morning for reckless driving of a street : car. He served nouce or appeal ana ma bond fixed at $100. 1 East was arrested by Police Investi gator Freiburg of the traffic bureau following- an accident at Ninteenth and (East Broadwfcy, July.. 12, In .which the street car driven by East struck an auto mobile carrying three passengers, r; t - Charged with having defective brakes and allowing his truck to roll backward down a hill about 200 feet, striking an other automobile, August Catanese, driv er for Ryan Fruit company, was fined $25 in municipal court Wednesday. Cooch2ded en Put Two. Colamn Two) Iiarldn Demonstration Fails Dublin. July 21. (I. N. S.) The Irish labor demonstration today in favor of the release of 'James : Larkin from Sing Sing' prison in Kew York proved a failure.- Even ' Larkin's own ' union the Transport- Workers -refused to strike ST"' -imprisonment. ; - - i " ' '' Race Photos! EIRST pictures of the cup races. At the top is the defender Resolute photo graphed just as a halyard broke," crippling her. At thj left Fs the Shamrock IV pass-, ing "the crippled Resolute in the first race. Resolute was leading by half a mile when she met with her accident. Be low, is the finish of the race with the Shamrock IV cross ing the finish line at Ambrose, channel lightship. ' ( ( i , Harding 'Rally' Is A Frost; Ice Cream ; Ends the Evening If Republicans all over ' the country support Senator W. G. Harding with the enthusiasm'. the residents of the Mount Scott district did Tuesday night. Cox ought to win in a walk. - - The "opening gun" In the Republican campaign In that district was to have been fired -Tuesday ntght. " Cicero M. Idleman, ex-attorney general of Oregon, was selected as the man to touch the match to the fuse. Idleman,- incidentally.-is a charter member of the "I-Knew-Hlm-When" club. Early and late Tuesday- the neighborhood was solicited for a crowd.- A big meeting was assured. Everybody promised to come. Night came; -Idleman entered with match, in hand, all ready to start the fireworks. Two . men and " two women graced the chairs -in the conspicuously spacious hall; The five waited and talked. - Then They talked and waited. Time rolled on. The quintet was getting hungry,, so It adjourned to a nearby store, where Its sorrows and the "match", were drowned tn five cold, self-satisfying dishes of ice cream. .- - - Naval Blimp at Yacht Races Has 3000 Foot Fall; (tap Soaked orters By Paul R. IalIon trnitud Prns Buff Correnpomlent) , . New York, July 1.-The naval blimp i Q-10 fell from ; a height of 31)00 feet ' into Jamaica bay during the yacht, races today. The bllnip was ' carrying four naval officers and three newspaper men when the gas bag started to leak, j , Ballast was thrown overboard tn an effort to make safe landing, but the blimp was unable to make shore. Motor boats put out and rescued us after we had been doused in the bsy. Earl Dannals, radio operator, suddenly discovered the gas bag was leaking and we were rapidly settling into the ocean. Dannals sent out S. O. S. calls by wire less and Chief Quartermaster J. R. Den nis, headed the blimp back toward the naval station. The rest of us heaved bags and bags of balast overboard . We fell so fast that it seemed as. if the water Just came right up and kissed us in the face. It was pretty cold at first when we Went under with the basket, but we came right to the top and motor boats put off from the shore and picked us up. The blimp was blown on the rocks off Barren island and as far as I am con cerned I hope she stays there. Railroad Unions Denied Rehearing (By Lahor Board Chicago, July 21. (U. P.) The United States rail labor board today - rejected the request of railroad union heads to re open the hearing on wage demands. Re quesk for the rehearing was made by a committee of five union leaders who ap peared before the full labor board, Railroad Executives Meet . -Waahlngton. July 21. U. P,) Rail road executives met with passenger and freight traffic . managers here today to consider means of raising additional rev enue to meet the $000,000,000 wage in crease awarded rail workers Those at tending the meeting said it would prob ably be decided to ask the interstate commerce commission to raise passenger fares a half cent a mile, ' : - Turkish : Cabinet" Resigns London, July 21- U; P. -The Tur kish cabinet has resigned, according to dispatches here. r- MS X:: : ' ; . - ,. , t, .' ijaiSliSMsst.il plows e: to victory Resolijte Romps "Home Victor Over Shamrock in Dash Fea tured by Brisk Winds and Smart Sailing; Challenger Outpointed. By Jack Vciock Aboard Tacht Victoria, off Sandy Hook, N. J., July 21.(I. N. S.) Sir Thomas Upton was visibly dis appointed by Resolute's victory over his challenger, Shamrock IV, in to day's America's cup race. "The Shamrock beat the defender In the run before the wind and I think she can, win the next race," said the Irish baronet, smiling game ly. "The race today was a"-d?ad heat. It was a magnificent race." Aboard U. S. 8. Ootdsborough? off Sandy Hook, NV J., July 21. (I. N. S.) (Via Wireless.) Resolute, America's cup defender, flaiwied home a winner over Sir Thomas Lip ton's challenger, Shamrock IV, this afternoon in the most thrilling race of the series to date. Official announcement was made that the Resolute won by seven minutes and one second, it was stated that the yachts were tied -on elapsed time. No race will be staged tomorrow. SHAMROCK FIXISHEft FIRST Shamrock crossed the flninh line 1 seconds ahead of the defender but JoHt the race because of the handicap given the Resolute. , The series now stand : Shamrock 2 ; Resolute L , One yacht must win three races to de cide the poaaeaalon of 'the cup. : The official finishing time was given as follows : ;. Shamrock, 4 :03 :28 ; Resolute, 4 ;03 :47. RESOLUTE PULLH AHEAD Shamrock led at the start of the race, croaslng the line flret, but Heaolute pulled into the lead long before the 15 mile turning point was reached. The American defender held the lead until the last half mile of the race, when the big green yacht caught up with her. In the last half mlla Llpton's yacht noed ahead and crosned over the flniah line Just ahead of Resolute. The actual sailing of the race renultt-d in a tie, for the first time In the history Of the cup races. The elapsed, time (actual sailing time) was identical to the second for the two racers. The Keeolute won solely by her time allowance. , ETtDS IN DEAD, HE AT The Shamrock crosHod the flnlnh line only 19 seconds ahead of the Resolute, after having cauitht her in the tiretch for home. The race ended in a "dead heat," so far as sailing waa concerned by the fact that the Shamrock had started 19 seconds ahead of the Itexolute. The next race will be sailed Friday. This '.decision wae made at the reo'it Concluded on Pa Thrx, Columa Four) COAL DEALERS TO ADVANCE PRICES In the face of a predicted fall and winter coal shortage, certain Port land coal retailers have served the United States department of justice with notice of their intention to raise the price of that fuel $1.50' a ton. Retorting, the department of Jutlce, through Assistant United States Attorney Austin Flegel Jr., has started "a thor ough investigation." 'I have been informed that the deal ers want to raise the. price of coal from $15 to lie.SO a ton," said ITlcgel Wednes day morning. "The alleged decreased ef ficiency of labor and the Increased cost of labor are two reasons given, me for asking the Increase." According to Flegel's Information the best grade of stVeened coal - Is worth at the mines. Transportation to Portland is said to be 4.60 a ton and war tax 15 cents, making a total cost of 19.65. Under the fuel administration re tall dealers were allowed a maximum profit of $5 a ton, which would bring the retail price to $14.55. Since the cloning of the fuel administration office the price has been raised 45 cents a ton to 116, ac cording to Klegel. The dealers are now asking an additional $1.60 Increase, which would permit them to make $8.95 a ton. Under the fuel administration arrange ment the dealers were allowed a profit of 5 a ton where the Coal was delivered In the basement and $1.60 a Ion lees where It was left at the curb. "I am going to make a thorough in vestigation into the cost of tires, sacks and' wages and see If their Contentions are correct," "Flegef aaid. J.' A. Coon' of the Diamond Coal com pany and J. C. Von Kglof fstein of the Portland Coal company called on Flegel Wednesday They explained that a se vere coal shortage was about to strike Portland. They predicted that when various buildings spartment houses and factories convert their plants from oil to coal burning devices that the market will not be abU to supply coal for the residences.' . . One dealer is Said to have told Flegel that the paper mills at Camas will use more coal than all the private residence in Portland. The dealers say they are advising the trade to buy Its coal now before the rush starts
