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HART COiiFESSES HE HAD HAND III IEIIIIIIIGS MURDER Pendleton, Aug. 2. - Complicity In the Jennings murder, near Ban ' croft. ) Idaho, la said ,". to '"; haver been admitted by Neil Hart during cross ; examination held late Saturday night . by detectives who took part in the capture of the five escapes from the Umatilla- r county Jail , ast Sunday. Hart's alleged admission of the crime did not implicate Jim sOwen, the . officers said. " v Hart staled that he did not do the klll- - in in the Jennings case,, but that a con federate, whom he 'did not name, was guilty. Officer dd not entirely credit Hart's confession. - ' - 0 "I meant to kill Baylor and am glad . of it, Hart ria reported tohave said.' Hart, Owen and Jack Rathle all were grilled through moat of the night ,in their cells. Throughout it all Hart was arroaant. Rathle broke down and sobb lUta a child. Owens was implacable until , he was taken to a Jail window and a lowed to look fcito the court yard,.where several hundred curious persons were gathered. Fear that the mob was there to lynch him caused Owm to weaken perceptibly and he talked freely ; there after. ii : ':. - .' - - - i :" :' Twice during Saturday night incipient efforts to get the prisoners were made py small, unorganised gangs. . .: JAIL DOOR BHOKEX . : . The would be lynchers were deterred in their first attempt Saturday night by the presence of many women about the court house. In the early morning hours a gang broke In - the outer door ' to the sheriffs office, but was stopped by Sheriff WJ R. Taylor, brother ef -the man whose killing the men sought to avenge. ' In a short talk to the lynching party Taylor declared that hi brother. If he could speak, would ask them to disperse and let the law take its course with the murderers. The little gang,, leader less and convinced, left the office within a short tffne. , Three ropes were in evi- dence.. ; ' ' ,. ." ' ; I - , ... The visit, of the gang and the grilling put to them by detectives had a visible effect on the three held chiefly responsi ble for;, the murder. They spent a rest less night and their1 nerve frequently showed signs Of having been shattered.: DENT AID IS OITE7T , Besides checking up on the Idaho mur der, mystery, officers say they were told by both Owens and Hart, that they were unaided during the time they were free from Jan. 1 All the provisions they carried they stole, they said.' Several .times they . asked, for and received food at sheep camps.. , f . Owens told his questioners that tney ' did not steal $800 from Indians at the celebration at Cayuse early In July. I f "If we had had that much money, we : never would have stopped, to get' away with two trunk loads - of - that Indian : Junk. he said. , i .rrt . ... No large sum of money was found on either Owens or Hart They robbed Eu gene Lyman, whose car. they, used in making their -get-away from Cayuee, and this Is believed fo have been the only money they had. Both-deny that the money was cached, The, two trunks' of loot were recoveredv v - 4-' iiart admitted during his examination thai his father was shot as an outlaw :n Montana several years ago, He "'says be is part Cherokee and not a Flathead; hough "he comes from Montana, KOT, HALS' BBEES . M"? O wens 1 frequently interrupted officers to assert- that be is not a - half breed. Whenever, he waa addressed aa such he would reply: I am not a half breed,! or "there Is not a drop of Indian blood In me.' If is white skin and his regular features d not mark him aa of mixed blood. District Attorney K eater char acterized him as Justus "Bad Ameri can," "He lm the brains of the- outfit and probably led the plot to break Jail:' Keater aaid. .-" ' No fear that further attempts a HI be made to lynch the men Is held, by offi cers. After noon Sunday hundreds of per rons were alio Wed to pass through tbt sheriffs office land look through the Cell door at Hart. Owens and Rathle. Tile trio was lined! up In front of the door where. Just a week ago, nfey broke, for liberty.,. All three looked pale and their glances were (chiefly downward. The crowd. - for -the , most part curious, streamed past for more than three hours. Anderson and Patterson were not placed on. exhibition." . Stevedore Fined $250 Frank Mslley. a stevedore, waa fined 259 Monday taorning. by Federal Judge Bean when he pleaded guilty to bring ing sir bottles ! of whiskey tnta the state on the steamer Rose City. v 1 ; iv' , - "" - t'. .1? h THOMAS M EI GH AN In- : .The PRINCE The Picture of Pictures. Ask any one .who has seen it-- and ' thousands have NORDSTROM, ORGANIST LEGION OFFICERS AND FLOAT STSMaBasssSjBBasjs , v I 'Aft - fVV- vf ( . i . ,r e&-- V t ' 4 . , f ' J s- &St S ": ; 1 ! I -S:iA I IV ft 1 II t ? , -JiHL - tX w-i mmwUM WV, f ! J Lp. xa.. ae-.srte s;aQsy.sijisBsafsM ami M lag J lr jftfcj ' -TB)M i:4 - -h 1 Ml i - - - V, 1? EX-GOVERNOR OF INDIANA IS KILLED Dennlson, Ohio, Ana; 2. (U. N.) J. Frank ; Hanly, former governor of Indiana; was killed Sunday,fwhen an atrtwmobile In which he was rid ing was struck by a Pennsylvania passenger train. ' i 'i! The accident happened at a crossing nve miles east of here. .! 1 Hanly 1 was a prominent nrohtbitlonlsL In 1916 as waa prohibition candidate for president. ..v.- I . . . :-, -t - HANIiY HIGH IX RANKS OF f PROHTBITIOX ADVOCATES Indinapolls. Indi: Aug. J.-(U. P.) Immediaitely - on" learning that her hus band was killed In in automobile ac cident i near'; Denniaon; , Ohio, ; Mrs. 7. Frank Hanly left ; here for- Dennleoiu : Forme" XJovernor Hanly was a veteran in politics. He was a, reformer.-lawyer and statesman..' P.L.rU He was , born .April 4, 163. near St. Joseph. l!l. ' He - taught school in his early. -manhood, then studied law. : He waa admitted, to the bar. at Wnilamsport, Ind., in 1889. i He was elected, a member or tne Indiana state senate In 1891. From 18&6 to 1897 he Was & member of cocgressi ' He was elected governor of Indiana Hn 190. . . Ex -Oovernor Hanly deserted' the Re publicani party in 1918. wnen the party failed to declare 4 for , prohibition. He then aligned himself with " the prohibi tionists. 1 He waa known aa a militant Methodist. Four Negro Bandits Rob Bank Messenger Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 2. (I. Jf. S.) -Clapping pistols to- his head, four negro bandits this morning held ud Ten- nie May, negro messenger of the Troost Avenue bank, robbed him of $1900 in cash, $40,000 in checks and escaped in a motor car. S e c o n d And Last Week if lina p .Viiiwrii"',.,,, H i i vv 1 an t Ha ; Si iiwi 11 if iCi ; taslelMMllsMW 4 . . : Above Tlie Daughters of the Amer ican Hevolution entry in the pat- rlotle and historical parade given Saturday in ; Astoria In honor of the ptate convention of the Amer lean Lgion. the left ?. Officers elected: At S. Gilbert,' Astoria, the ; new., commander. Right G Lane Goodell, Portland vice com mander, i Below Edward J. Elv ers, Portland, reelected adjutant. LEGION MEMBERS . Astoria, Aug. 2. Longj streamers 6f fire, bursVagr rockets S mday night hrougnt the second annual conven tion of the American legion to : a close.- THe5 occasion was the "Battle of the Argonne,' staged at Seaside by the . Clat3op post as the closing; feature of the convention. A crowd estimated at 7000 persons gathered at 4he old Holladay place to view the spectacle. i .4 -i ' , Over; 100 members of the local post moved : slowly, across the field as the barrage proceeded them. T?he men were attired in full uniforms anil gas nxaska . Several special features jwere on the program. Harry Kaley of J Clatsop , post was ; the chairman Itf charge of the batuc v. , ;ir: .Mil-" Sunday noon the delegates to the con vention went, to Seaside, where the. city fed them full with clam, chowder made from clams freshly dug. . JJever before had the delegates : eaten' Such chowder and many of them vowedi to return in the future and do "it all lover I again. j. R. Hihman, the chairman,, has been congratulated hundreds of J times for the program Of entertainment Which 'Astoria and Clatsop post provided! B. Lynch Resigns. Result of Row With Tresident Valera London. Aug. 2. (I. N'.S.) Dlarmid Lynch, Sinn Fein member j of the British house of commons and food controller of the SInft Fein government, has re signed . from the Sinn : Fein" parliament at Dublin because of dissensions with E. te Valera, -president of the Irish republic," and with Irish-American lead era, according to a report telegraphed from Dublin by the Central New today, Lynch' was elected to the British par liament at Cork. ; . Former Portlander : Dies in tlie South 1.- 1 - - Hooulam. Wh.. iu r e: -rr. Hunter, formerly of this llty, and who doiuou i-iB - roruuia - ror eight years orlor to nunrinr imm m.-,v . a. - v . - . ... mil ii. mtr ' Iw Loa Angeles, la dead In I the California city, acooraing to word receiTed here yesterdav. : Death mnuMinv - - - - - - ; wm VMU' den. as local relatJvM nn he waa 111. The deceased la survived by his -wife and little ( daughter ; his mother. Mr. R. C Hunter., alster. Miss I'earU and brothers, Dr. R. F. Hunter of Hoqulam and -A. W. Hunter of Aber- uveu. i x am Dooy- wui oe curled in Port- CLOSE CONVENTION MALAY OFFERS BIG OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRADE, SAYS LOGAN Innumerable trade opportunities are open to Pacific coast ports on the Malay peninsula, according to statements made Monday by George L. 'Logan, American' consul at; Pe- nans, - Strait Settlementt, who ar rived Sunday to confer with Portland exporters and merchants and ad dress members of the Chamber of Commerce at the j forum meeting Monday noon. ' Logan has been at Penang, which is situated about 600. mtlea from 'Singa pore,' another of-the chief ports of the Strait Settlements, for. two years and is enthusiastic over lhe possibilities for trade in rubber, and tin, as well as other products. : ' ; . - "The United States purchases more goods In the Orient than . it sells," de clares Logan, "and this is specially true of British Malaya, where the American markets have been taking direct : or through British houses the bulk of rub ber and tin produced: on the peninsula, "Now that the war is over and Euro pean ships are coming Into the field, strong effort is being made to restore former trade routes and the custom of marketing all products through European brokerage and export and import houses. - "American rubber interests are strong ly represented In the- British Malayan field as producers, buyers and exporters.- Very , fine work being done in cooperation between American and Eu ropean rubber merchants by the Penang and 1 Singapore Chambers of Commerce In ' standardizing the grade of rubber. "There la considerable ard wood and other suitable, timber on the 'peninsula for structural and cabinet work,, but for various reasons this i industry . has not developed, and there is a considerable importation of rubber.' The : white ant and toredo are common pests and at' tack alh timber. Efforts are being made to find a process which will make tim ber immune from ravages of these pests. " "But the typical construction is rein forced concrete and brick except for the bamboo and ' attap used by the poorer natives. There is considerable demand for 'structural materials, including Iron and steel, as building operations have been ' resumed with , the : conclusion of war. ' '. )'-- - :. ' ' - "Two new industries which may be of Interest to the Pacific coast .have been started recently. These are the rubber seed oil and palm oil industries." . Logan will- remain t in Portland until Tuesday : evening and will make his headquarters at the Chamber of Com merce, where he will meet local manu facturers! and - Importers and exporters who are interested n Malaysia. Eastern Lumberman Is to Make Hi's Home In Eastern Or eg; on Enterprise, Aug. 2. Duvall Jackson, president of the East Oregon Lumber comiy, : la . te become a resident of Oregon. J Recently ' he sold his fine home in Kansas City, Mo., and will be come permanent resident of the North west. . - for many years Jackson has been a citisen and business man , of Kansas City, Mo and was the principal owner of a string of retail lumber yards that extended to all parts of Oklahoma and "Texas, btrrsince establishing the East Oregon XAimber company at Enterprise has gradually transferred his business interests t to this place, and during the past three years has spent considerable time here.' ' j ; ; His sons. W. C. 'and Harold, nave purchased beautiful homes in Enterprise and will be closely connected with their father In the management of .the busl ness."fVv. c. ." Jackson, who has been a resident 1 of Portland during the last year, maintaining an office there for the purchase of additional stock for the retail yards of the Jackson Lumber company, is moving his family to Enter prise from Portland, - . . Merchant Saved From Freezing to Death I in Icebox ' j; i ' : I ., ' ,i 1 1 - v i ; 'UK;.n Santa Rosa, Cal., Aug. a. (JJ. P.) William Stelnbring. 'prominent - Santa Rosa merchant, was saved from freezing to death , today by Mrs. Arthur O'Con nor, who released him from a refrigera tor inside of which he had been locked for 60 minutes. v Stelnbring fell unconscious on the floor when Mrs. O'Connor,; summoned by faint cries from within.; the big ice chest, opened the door.'"'- ' : I '' He had entered the Ice box, which was Ipcated In a meat mark et he owned. when no one was in! the Hore. A sud den gust of wind elammed Jehut-the door and a spring latch locked securely. Physicians said that in three minutes more he would have! died from freeslng and suffocation. j County Seeking to ' - War on Thistles The county commissioners Monday re quested District Attorney Evans and J. E. Stansbery, state horticultural inspec tor, to prepare a bill for introduction at the next session of the legislature that will giver Multnomah county authority adequately to handle the task of eradi cating patches of Canadian thistle. . Efficiency and i ' Low Cost F.W.Baltes & Company Printers " , - 1 - . First and Osk Streets . ;.; Mala IIS AntoSII-S 1 Warns Houseo ' Against Buying . Of Woriny Fruit warning was Issued Monday by County Fruit Inspector Walker, that housewives . watch the quality of fruit purchases with great care' ta guard against worms,- - - r - , . "The Multnomah . county fruit ln spector has condemned many ship ments of early apples on account of the wormy condition,! said walker, j: ' "One of the worst conditions exist ing was in stores where customers exchange the wormy fruit for- gro ceries. Grocery stores are -warned j against handling this infected fruit and losses will follow unless' this practice is stopped. - . ' i Frult found on the market In the eounty of Multnomah in an infected condition will be condemned and de stroyed. -if , . ' NO TRACE OE MISSING HERRICK i Vancouver. Wash., Au. 2.- No trace haa been found of William V. Herrick. who hag been mtssln&r since the middle -of last week. Although the friends of Herrick are greatly concerned over his absence, and search is being made, no results had been reported this morning. , i : Although he has been in 111 health oh account of a nervous breakdown and is known to have been somewhat despondent . over ' business troubles, friends do not believe that he hass com mitted suicide. . - FORCE COMPELS . -'T : CAPTIVES TO TALK ' ( Continued Fna Ps Oat) , .1 less he made a straight statement, no effort-jwould be made to protect him from the anger of the mob. - ; t TISXL1T BREAKfT JOVfJT v - V ! - Under the gruelling treatment Owens broke down, and made a complete state ment of his -movements during the days that followed the Sail. break. , j , After telling, what he saw In the Jajl, to which as a photographer he was ad mftted,: Jones declares that ' the Taylor slayers "got just what they deserved, for their domineering, hard-boiled" at titude. . - ' -r- - ---- - - Jones did not see the application pt the- third degree in Hart's case, but He did see , Hart before and after. His chih prominent by reason of its weak ness, Hart cringed from his captors arid refused to talk.,. His face showed ho marks of mistreatment i Saturday night, but. Sunday moaning. When Hart was taken out of jail to pose- a picture, his eyes were apparently blackened, his face was bruised and cut and he looked, saya Jones, 'like, Jie .had . been drawn through a knothole." ' : j GITEIT OJJE BLANKET V'-.: " 'OWen was ordered to. change his' cell while I waa present," Jones said. I "Ife attempted to pick, up a roll of blankets and other stuff he had in the Jail and someone : halted him, jerked his bundle away from him and shoved .him away with one blanket. ' Owen, spent the night with a single cover :-f - 1 "Hart was denied any. bed covering except the clothing he wore. I belieye Hart got the worst treatment, because; whenhe first talked he told a crooked story and was caught at it. He couldn't tell the same story twice, r j "Owens, though, knew just what' he was doing and until he had been beaten into submission, he gave back' tit-for-tat to the officers.. For every time they cursed him he swore back at them arid J if he had not been surrounded by armed meii he would have added more murder to his record when they called him j'a dtirty half breed. That made him very angry and, at that, he doesn't look at all like an Indian breed. ', j OWE5S TEI18 STOUT ' j "Intimidated by the application of am monia and the pounding of his head on the cell bars, Owens told a story that he repeated throughout without change. His statement was1 practically accepted bjrlba authorities -after :he had repeated it several - times, but Hart's yama were apparently believed to be untrue, be cause he couldn't tell the same story twice.... ' "I believe that If Hart and Owens ape not convicted of first degree murder.' it willts,ke a regiment of troops to keep the lynchers from storming the jaiL' TU Taylor's brother prevented '; the near lynching attempted by a crowd of very young men, on his plea that the law be allowed to sake its course, but ; if the law doesn't g far enough, there Will be a flare-up In Pendleton." Free Book Offer Continued This Week Oet the book on Hygiene ' and Health. "How to Live" given free to "want" ad users all this Week. . -I t If - you bring a ' "Want" ad to The Journal any time this week and inf. tert. it for three or more consecutive times at a cost of 98 cents or more you will get the book free. This offer applies only to ca&h ads. , 'I i FACTS SO. iU SOILS and ROADS! The Bureau of -Public Roads. De partment of Agriculture, is investi gating the relation of different soils to roads to determine the adapta bility of certain materials to speci fied geological formations. From Canada, Texas,: from the Paclfioito the Atlantic, roads impervious 1 to soil or climatic conditions giving the best el serviee are those paved with WARRENITE BITULITHIC PONZI'SOFFICEl THRONGED WITH Boston. Mass., Au. 2--lt. N. a) Apparently alarmed by ;tha pub lished chars; that Charles Ponxi was inaolvant. hundreds of nolo holders besieged his offices' today j demand ing their money bacS. The throng began to' gather -early in Pie alley and by o'clock the line extended to Court Square, 'with a squad of po lice officers keeping order. - -: - , N While the office did not open for pay ments until after 9 o'clock, the employes who were on hand expressed jthe 'great est confidence in their 'employer and at tempted to Instill this confidence into" the crowd. ' ' i. I . ' . . , . Charges that he is "unbalanced on one subject, is hopelessly insolvent, has not sufficient funds to. meet his botes, has received no money : from Europe re cently." were vigorously dented by Ponsi today. The charges, contained in a copyright article in a morning news paper, were written by wuitam M. n Master, who has been employed as a publicity man by ronu. rsonuxs to pat Ponsi said that to. prove he was solvent, he would Continue to pay off the bearers of notes Issued by the Se curities Exchange company until he had met all outstanding obligations . i Ponsi declared the publicity " man's charges were prompted by revenge' grow ing out of the disposition of ,2200 which the financier had given him Ifor Inser tion of advertising matter; j Suit for damages may be brought against thoss responsible for the "unsupported acousa tions, PoAst ald.-Vv-v-.:i-i.1 t 7 "McMasters' statement that J have not sent money abroad and that it has not taken, the course of my system of opera tions -and returned to this country with heavy profits, is.: entirely, false." said T -I have- sent funds' abroad: very re cently, as my agents could testify, were I in a position to divulge who they are. McMasters has no means of knowing anything about my business. Nobody in this world to my knowledge knows any thing about my system of operation, not even my agents, who have t been in structed, to make certain transactions. .."Big Interests have tried and are tryi ing to circumvent roe, Jut I have beaten them all thus far and I assure the pub lic that Vhen- ths controversy is over my name will be clear and perhaps sev eral others won't look so nlc." j . POXZI BESTS AT FIXE HOME AND THINKS OP POLITICS IBf Catted ' it.":..-i ' Boston, Mass., Aug. Z. Charles Ponsi. the wizard of finance, still locking in his bosom, the secret of the deals where by he reputed o have made millions for himself and his clients, is taking a rest at his mansion in Lexington, after a 'highly strenuous week with; the three different representatives of the law who have tried to trip him up in their inves tigations? -' ' fcl :.- .- If Ponxi is confident, that jthe audits of his books will show nothing Illegal, his investors -are no less sure of. bis stability There were only la few tn Pie alley . Saturday : looking to ' redeem their notes, and those few who came were rewarded Jfflth prompt payment in cash for their claims. POiai (TILL BUST Meanwhile, expert accountants of the firm of Edward I Pride, representing the United States attorney in their audit of Ponsl's books, are checking up every transaction In which the getrlch-qulck king has engaged since he first began business last December. , ; j r - But, while this is going on, Ponsi Is maktag preparations not only for Open ing up his business once more, ; but for branching out into other cities where there' is money ' to be made! he says, for himself and his clients, j 1 Search of .the records tn Ponsl's office discloses a wonderfully efficient system of bookkeeping. Every investment Is card Indexed, from an errand boy's 110 to the $26,000 said to have been put up by a prominent sporting man; 1 As for -Ponsi hnnaeif. be is - without doubt good an accountant as there Is in Boston. His offer of aid to the investigators and his hints to j them dur ing . the ' present audit show that he FOR 1 , .THE ! REST OF THIS WEEK t is i I ' -.-ft B 1 w f 1 ' it 1 W1W ' uz r. lit -w-fi WIZARDppNZI GHARL.ES PONZI, ' Bos ton dUhwstsher, wh6 in a few months is said to have made many millions out of foreign exchange fluctua tions. '- ,- r --iw-p;;;S-;'-t? V" - '--i knows his business to Its finest and most Intricate details. "Ponsi." said oaeCf the auditors, "might - well qualify ., as , an i expert ac countant himself." is i - Letters from cranks seeking financial aid in the marketing of inventions and ideas, "which would bring us millions," are pouring Into the School street, office with every mall. " v - The organisation of a foundation to handle the proposed gifts of millions, which Ponsi says he is -to mak Jv the public, is 'progressing rapidly, its de tails being worked out by Leveronl and Ballon, two of . his staff of legal ad visers. - . . $ GIFTS WCMKKOCS ' . Ponsl's gifts to ' worthy charities, ac cording to his friends, already total hundreds ef thousands of dollars. But It will be necessary to build an organ isation to take care of such gifts in the future, so clogged has Ponsl's office become with all kinds of begging letters. ; Politicians-hi the north epd Italian colony are taking Ponsl's announcement that he intends to go into politics .serl Ously. - One of his attendants, Kelice Marcella, la a candidata for the house of representatives, and Pons! undoubt edly will back him to the limit. Reports that the Italian embassy had set on foot ah investigation of Ponsl's foreignexchange dealings in that coun try failed to perturb the financier. -POSES FOB MOtWS h ' j . " ' The man X deal with abroad." he said, v'doea- not dare to reveal my secret to another soul," ' - ! .. . r i Ponsi had -two btg events scheduled for today. One was posing for a New York motion picture concern, on the grounds - of his , beautiful Lexington estate. -The other was a conference with a mysterious group of bankers, who, ac cording to reports, "have offered him $10,000,000 for this buslness., ' ' "But he wen't sell, t. one of his -closest friends declared. 'He's' going to open up and continue his business himself next week.' TWO WEEKS IEFT IN WHICH ; . TO . PROFIT IN EXCHANGE Portland "people with friends or rela tives in England have a short two weeks tO emulate ; the methnda nt Tr,r,r hv the use of International postal money oraers in lieu j or reply coupons. After AUBTUSt IS monev SnlM lanuJ In K-.no. land and payable in this country will be cashed here at! the. rate of $4 per pound. Instead of the present jrate of $4.87. suppose inajonn smitn were to go to the United States National bapk and N 1 1 . ( V ''r ' ' 1 - - . . ' r CR-Fim MACK SENNETT COMEDY - Here's the newest from the comedy kin.r's I joy factory and it's a bear V it GREAT SCOTT' LEAH LEASJCA ; (Leah Cohen) Portland's Peerless Prima Donna and . y WALLACE sa Sick, ed aaee tkat starts I Ititrt Ha rosr and cads wit a ew lovers la rlgBt, With Btbe Daalels as aarse. v Next Saturday-' Yd a; f i fcL rum- . . Maar c TTw i A A 14 V DOUC1AS MacLEAN 1 AND DORIS f f T ' tff.t.!. 11' t m ac(.a ue raiuignaoie CABINET ACCEPTS IRISH MEASURE WITHQ'UT CHANGE London. Aug, s. (U. p. The cabinet toda" approved the-Irish bill practically as presented. It is ex- pected to bi introduced tn . purlia- ' ment today. ;; ' '-.-;-.' The measure,- It is underntooil. sus pends trial by jury and provides that offenders shall !be tried by courts martial In lublln. Premier Lloyd George considers! It necessary to en able the government- to cope with the ' Sinn Fein. Some opposition Is expect ed in parliament but victory for the bill Is considered Certain. ' ' Twenty-two - persons were .killed and 57 were wounded! in fighting in Iruluml during the month of July. Premier Lloyd , George declared today in the house of commons. .' The killed were 15 policemen, four soldiers and three civilians. The wound ed were SO policemen. 23 soldiers n-i five civilians. j ; He also stated that armed men held bp the Mlssenhead lighthouse on cVe Irish coast early j Sunday morning and removed a large quantity of explosives used for fog 'signals. i t ' TALK OF IRISH REPUBLIC IDLE, 'SA1S LLOYD GEORGE - London. Aug, 8. (I. H. s.) The British government Is not prepared to enter negotiations' with any Irlh f ac- tlon on the basis of the establishment of a republics n Ireland, Premier Lloyd George announced tn the house of com mons this afternoon. The premier j declaration came in reply to a question regarding the re ported suggestion i of E. de Valera that Ireland be granted the freedom that Cuba enjoys. i buy a draft for 100 pounds on a London bank, payable to William Jones. At present exchange rates this draft would coat about $ 170. Because he is In a hurry to make money, John would ca ble the money to (William at a cost of about 11.60. William would cash the draft at the London bank, receiving therefor 100 English pounds. . lie would go to jthe petal money order office In London and buy imoney orders to the value of 100 pounds and mail them to Smith and when in the course of three weeks the orders reached Portland, Smith would take them to the postofflro here and cash them for $487. PHOFIT IS OBVIOUS The profit on this transaction Is ob vious and the method as simple as buy ing potatoes at 18 per sack from the farmer and selling them for 110 t tai-k to the consumer.! But If John Bmlth really did such ai thing and It became .fiown. he would become an "exchano tfrftfiteer." . " Oettlng closer home, suppose that i Smith . should ' buy a draft of a Van- ' couver, B. C.r banjt for llfl.OOO. At tne present rate of eutgange it would ennt Htm about $8900. He could send ttie draft to his Vancouver, a sent to be cashed and used! to buy loo postoffice money orders worth 100 each, payalil-? to Smith at Ibrtland. The fees on the money orders would amount to$3), and. this and other expenses deducted, would leave Smith a profit of $1000 for two days' Nrbrk.' . PONZI STARTS S0HETHI3G Whatever else Tonal may have done. It 'is certain that .he has. created a pro found tntrree-t tn foreign , exchange. Heads of exchange departments in Portland .banks are fairly pestered to death wltft inquiries from people who suddenly have become Obsessed with a craving for easy money. A few Portland people have been making ropney on the fluctuations In exchange rates during the past year. ' and some .of them have made a fair living and even j-amassed considerable fortunes from operations ' covering a, long period of years. Chioese exr-nange. . because of its constant fluctuation, has offeredf a favorite field for Investment, and the Chinese j themselves are prob ably the keenest speculators on exchange In the city. j iL; -J .. Train Service Halted While equipment of the Mount Hood railway is being overhauled, all paapen ger train service from Ueod lUver will be abandoned .except for one train which will leave Hood JUver at 8 a. m.. ac cording to advice received by Portland railway officers, j 1 MAY IOI1U, : .. .. .. . WAB&inr brother coajtt
