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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
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PORTLAND, 5 OREGON, r WEDNESJ DAY EVENING, JULY 21, 1920. SIXTEEN PAGES
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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?
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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
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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. ; - -
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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. '
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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.
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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