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particularly Illuminating. , - , j
CITY EDITION
It's All Here and It's All True
THE WEATHER Tonight and Thursday,
fairs continued warm ; northwest winds.
Maximum Temperatures Tuesday:
Portland ........ 83 New Orleans ... 8
Boise ........... 8 New, York 80
Los Angeles .... 88 St. Paul 91
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PORTLAND,; OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 11, 1920. EIGHTEEN PAGES,
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STANOS PIVI CENT
diKedat
Wrangel de Facto Regime-Recognized
and France Will Join in
Great Offensive" Against Bol-
sheviki in Southern Russia.
By Earle C Reeves
i London, Aug. 11(U. P.) A
meeting of the British cabinet was
j hurriedly called late today.
London. Aug. 11. -U. N. S. )
) Franca wilf give military aid to Gen-
eral Wrangel's de facto government
. In Southern Russia for a great of
' fensivo campaign against the Moscow
soviet government, according to news
from Paris this evening.'
The evening papers expressed alarm
over the new Russian situation which
has been created by the announcement
of the French foreign office that France
has recognized the antl-Bolshevikl de
facto government ': set , up in Southern
Russia by general Wrangel. ,
CACHES SENSATION
The announcement that France will
throw her ml'itary support to General
Wrangel's rwhtte" administration com
ing immediately after Premier L4oyd
George's speech conciliating soviet Rus
sia, caused a big sensation.
It was pointed out that France's ac
tion may have been taken at this psy
chological moment to, influence Rou
mania. ' ' '-J '
i if Roumania ; should "declare war
against soviet Russia two routes would
be open to i France to send troops, guns
and munitions into Southern Russia.
One lies by land through Roumania. the
other by sea through the 0ardanelles.
f General I Wraagel's anti - Bolshevik
forces control about 25.000 square miles
of territory in Southern Russia,
. ADVANCES ITSTO RCHS1A '
Beginning his offensive a Sebastopol.
General Wrangel soon took over all of
Crimea and began advancing Into the
Russian mainland. After defeating "the
soviet forces In a number " of engage
, ments. General Wrangel'a army crossed
, the "Dnieper river."; . '!
- The soviet government at Moscow took
alsrm cvef the situation and began a
(Concluded on ! Fourteen. Colown One!
SUFFRAGISTS GAIN
IN TENNESSEE TEST
Nashville, Tenn.. Aug. 11. (I. N.
S.) The first test voto on suffrage
in the Tennessee ; legislature came
this afternoon in the lower house and
resulted in a victory for the suffrage
amendment. . r:: - ;
, The vote came on a motion to table
a resolution offered ; by antl-BUffra-glst
leaders, which sought to hold
up action by the legislature until
mass meetings could be held in every
county in the state and their result
returned to the legislature. The res
olution, was tabled. 52 to 37.
An i effort will be made today In r the .
senate" tor pass a resolution requesting
all workers for : and against suffrage
from outside the state, to fold up their
tents and leave, and let the legislators
settle the ( question - without outside in
fluence. . '
The resolution will be Introduced in
the senate by Senator Lon McFarlane,
who voted for partial suffrage, but who
is opposed to ratification because of
constitutional objections. It is aimed
largely i at workers of the national
woman's party, the organization which
picketed the White House, although it
will if passed dispose of a strong anti
suffrage lobby as well.
McFarlane's resolution fs largely the
- outcome of an incident between Speaker
Seth Walker of ihe : house and Miss
Betty Gram of Oregon, a militant lead
er. Walker had been counted on by
the women of the state, but according
to Miss Cram on Monday told her he
had changed his vtewa At any rate,
after i she Interrogated him, his opposi
tion, to suffrage became prondunced and
( Cooeluded on Put Two, Column One)
Prices Decline, but ;
Bottom of Grade Is
Ijong Distance Off
Washington. Aug. 11. LN. S.) The
price i of principal food ; commoditleak
paid to producers, decreased about 11.8
per cent duriifg July, according to a
statement today from the department
of agriculture. However, the July, prices
paid to producers increased ' about 2.9
per cent over the 10-year . average. ' On
August 1. the index figures of prices
swas about! 0.2 higher than , a year ago.
17.S hisrher than two years ago and '73.6
per cent higher than the average of the
past 10 yeara on August 1.
Thefts Admitted;
Two Are Sentenced
Changing their pleaa of not guilty to
guilty, Guy Lanabertson and Klmer
Zimmerman appeared before Circuit
Judge Kavanaugh Tuesday, admitting
4he theft of approximately $5000 worth of
Aool from tne -wiumwa basin - wool
warehouse.: Each was sentenced to five
years in the state penitentiary, but later
paroled. Lanabertson has a wife and
child - - -. . - r
'Co me Is Laconic
Message Sent in
Chicago's Latest
Enoch Arden Case
Chicago. Aug. 11. (U. P.) Wil
liam Zleneenhenne, Chicago's latest
Enoch -Arden, was en route to Den
ver today to remarry, hi? "widow."
He i left his : w Ife and infant son
George in Cripple Creek, Colo., 20 years
ago. f He wandered around the . world
and acquired a fortune. Seven years
after his departure his wife, believing
him dead, remarried. She had four other
children. Her second husband died six
months ago.
i Returning to Chicago last week Wil
liam found his aged mother had sought
trace of his wife. Last night he received
the folowing telegram from Denver :
j "Come Anrtie."
I Half an hour later he was on a train
bound for Colorado.
IS FATAL;
DRIVER ARRESTED
E. J. Ritzman of Toledo, Wash.,
whose automobile struck and fatally
injured Donald Harvey, a 5-year-old
tson of Mr. . and Mrs. William Har
vey. 883 East Tenth street north, at
East Ninth and Mason streets Tues
day night, was arrested by Motor
cycle Patrolman Kelley.
iHejls charged with reckless driving
and his bail fixed at 500. The boy
died at the Emanuel hospital early Wed
nesday morning and Coroner Karl Smith
has notified the police traffic bureau
that ; an inquest : will be held at 8 :30
o'clock Wednesday night at the court
house. 1 ( i
! According to Ritzman's report to the
police the boy was rolling an automo
bile tire along the curb west on Mason
street parallel with the automobile and
then: suddenly turned .across the street
ih front of the machine. - Both the front
and rear wheels passed over the child's
body. : He was sent to the hospital,
where he died a few hours later.
American Gamblers'
jMohey Is Assisting
(In Oantu Revolution
r 'jr'r- ' 1 " ' '";r"r ,f i '' sr:".
1 ' - (United Stmt
j Washington. Aug. 1L Money paid by
American gamblers is ' making possible
the i Cantu revolution in - Lower Cali
fornia, according to Deets Pickett, . re
search secretary of the Methodist tem
perance board, in a letter to Balnbrldge
Colby, secretary : of state. Pickett re
ported alleged findings made on a trip
to Tia Juana. Mexico, from which he
just returned. - - i-.x, ; ,
j- The American gamblers operating con
cessions at Tia Juana near San Diego,
Cal are jAylng Cantu $165,000 revenue
monthly from profits they are reaping
from American citizens, Pickett asserted.
He gave a vivid picture of the "wide
open conditions. '.
j "American sports, gamblers and. vice
exploiters are maintaining just across
the line, in and near Tia Juana, Mexico,
facilities for gambling, cock fighting,
dog! fighting, bull fighting, prise fight
ing and every other iniquity outlawed by
American people," Pickett said in his
letter.' j - ,
Journal's Seaplane, i
Makes Seaside Trip
Despite Stiff Wind
Pilot ! Fred PuPuy of the Oregon,
Washington A Idaho Airplane. company,
with Kred Ixjckley of The Journal staff
as a passenger, made the flight to Sea
side in ; The Journal's seaplane express
Service Tuesday; afternoon in 1 hour SS
minutes. ' f
! The flight1 from Portland to Astoria
was made in 1 hour 25 minutes, stiff
winds besetting the F-boat on the flight
down the Columbia. DuPuy left Lewis
and Clark field landing basin at 1:05,
reached' Astoria at 2 :30 and Seaside at
3 O'clock.:'..: -;" -:
Fine weather favored the flight and
much of the .forest fire smoke obscuring
the Columbia the previous day had dis
appeared. , - ' ;
DuPuy had two passengers on the re
turn flight. The plane left Seaside at
4:15 and reached Portland at 5:35. - ,
Ptlot J Jack Clemence is making the
flight with the papers Wednesday after
noon. . . - .
Dr. Bouchet Charged
With Slaying Woman;
Has' Hospital 'Guard
'! K .- ; ; ! . ' l '
' A ; warrant for the arrest ' of Dr. Nor
man1 Bouchet. i charging him with the
murder of Mrs. Ruth Richards Satur
day i night, was Issued by the district
attorney's office Tuesday,; on complaint
of OU A, Oilman, brother of the woman
who! was shotr In her apartments, 262
Sixth street.
The warranti had hot : been served
Wednesday, as Dr. Bouchet is still in a
precarious condition at St. Vincents
hospital. He was continuing to show
signs of improvement, however, and a
guard has been set at his bedside. .
Roosevelt to Open
: Western Campaign
Chicago, Aug. 11. I. N." S.) Franklin
D, Roosevelt, democratic nominee for
the vice presidency. will inaugurate his
western campaign here tonight. Roose
velt will speak at the Auditorium thea
tre. From Chicago. - Roosevelt swings
into the west on hard campaigning. He
will be followed later by Governor Cox,
according to present plana.
LONELY
GIVES UP BODY
OF LOCAL GIRL
Mrs. Edna May Flash Is Found
Buried Near San Diego; j Her
Husband, Petty Naval Officer,
Is Held in California Jail.
San Diego, Cal.. Aug. 11. if. N.
S.) -"The night befqre she died, my
wife , declared in th: presence of a
friend that she did mot feel well and
did -not think she would live "until
morning." ; ii .
So declared T. F. Flash, -heljd as
a suspect of wife ; murder, to the
police today. j
The police are not satisfied with the
explanation made by Flash, chief phar-
macist's mate, U. S. S.
Prairle. after his
arrest last night, and
are quizzing him
further. He was. taken, by detectives.
who yesterday, after a month of Investi
gation, succeeded in identifying the! body
of a ; woman found buried in the San
Diego river sands as Edna May Flash,
wife of the sailor, and daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. E. W. Rinerf of Portland. He
declared that she died of convulsions and
that being unable to pay either for med
ical attendance or for a funeral, he hired
a wagon and drove about the city with
the body for nearly a day seeking a
place to bury her. :-'-:.)
He was r taken this morning to the
grave from which police recovered the
body but stuck to his original j story
about the death. j ;
The autopsy surgeon: found indications
of an illegal operation when he examined
the body. Such an operation is denied
by Flash. . 9 j i
Flash cut all marks of identification
from-; the woman's clothing whea he
buried the body, but a single laundry
mark was overlooked. ! This led the po
lice to the apartment formerly occupied
by Flash and his wife.'
i
Mrs. E. W. Riner, 55 North Twentieth
street, Portland, Wednesday had i heard
' (Concluded on Pase Tire, Column Four)
, -
Cooperation in the extension , of
friendship . and . development j of
broader commercial relations : be
tween Portland and cities in its trad
ing territory is being urged by mer
chants from Eastern Oregon' land
Idaho, who are here to attend, the
sessions of Buyers j week. j. j
The merchants of Eastern Oregon and
Idaho turned out solidly to attend Buy
ers : week and become acquainted iwith J
the manufacturer and Jobber and r.ow
the merchants are anxious to have the
jobber and manufacturer show an equal
interest in obtaining first hand informa
tion at their cities and towns. i V--:-..-
Early this year It was suggested1 that
a trade excursion be ran to Eastern, Ore
gon and Idaho and the visiting (mer
chants are attempting to . crystaliie
these plans before they return to their
homes. They are particularly anxious
to have the Portland business men visit
them in September, j when .harvesting
gives added charm to their country.
.Opening of the third day of registra
tion Wednesday 'morning found :more
records shattered.: During the first hour
after headquarters on
the first floor of
had opened, 200
the Oregon building
visitors affixed their hames to the reg
istratlon - lists.
I l
At. noon- the total
registration was
close to the 1500 mark and the registrar
tion workers are hopeful of seeing the
figures climb above tjhe record of 1919
before the day is ovir. There remain
three days for registration so the figure
will likely go well above the 2000 mark
aimed, at by the executive committee. -
Most of-, the .registrants Wednesday
morning were merchants ' and Jobbers
from nearby points iniOregon, Washing
ton' and Idaho, the majority of these buy
ers being due Wednesday afternoon.
With the arrival Wednesday morning
of P. C. McCormick at the St. Michael
Trading company of Wrangell, Alaska,
the total number of Alaskan merchants
here for the week has been brought to 18.
Seattle is represented at the Buyers
week gathering , by over 40" merchants
and buyers. More visitor continue to
Cqhcladed on Page Tiro,. Column Two)
Body May Be That
Of Portland Man
Vancouver. Wash.. Aug. 11. The body
of the - man taken from the Columbia
river near Camas Monday evening, is be
lieved to be that of iGeorge T. jCoyne,
1011 Grant street, Portland, according to
friends of the man, who have been mak
ing efforts to identify the body. . Ef
forts ' are being made to communicate
with the brother of jthe ' dead man, 'a
watchmaker in ; Portland,- and il whose
name was on key Hnj found in the
man s pocket. .1
Cow Balks on
Track; Man Killed
Newberg, Aug. It-rSam Minchin, 7.
who lived one mile south of Dundee,
was struck , by a j Southern Pacific
southbound train at 7:15 Tuesday-evening
and was instantly killed. His head
was severed from his body. Mrs. Min
thln witnessed ' the accident. . Minthin.
who was , dear, was leading a cow
which balked' on the
track. - The ani-
mal waa also killed.
VISITORS SOLICIT
TRADE EXCURSION
GRAVE PONZI'S BANK
IS CLOSED BY
STATE ORDER
Hanover Trust Co. of Boston
Shuts Doors j on Demand of
Bank Commissioner, Who Al
leges . Doing U nsafe Business.
Boston, Mass., 'Aug. 11- (I. N. S.)
The Hanover Trust company in
which Charles Ponzi j deposited his
funds, and of which he was a direc
tor, was closed this afternoon by or
der of State Bank; Commissioner Al
len. The bank commissloner took
over the management of the bank on
the ground that it was doing an un
safe business. !
Commissioner Allen declared the bank
had violated the law in loaning $500,
000 to Ponzi on his Certificates of de
posit for $1,500,000, thereby constitut
ing a withdrawal of the deposit before
the time specified, j He also said that
he had found the general condition of
the bank's loans "unsatisfactory."
HAD tl0.00 IS BASK
William S.- McNary. treasurer of the
Hanover Trust company, stated today
his bank never received the missing
$275,000 said to have been transferred
from Ponzi's account, in a Manchester,
N. H., bank. ..
Practically all of Ponzi's funds are
believed to have been' deposited in the
Hanover Trust company. Bank Com
missioner Allen a few days ago ordered
payment on checks : issued by Ponzi on
the trust company stopped.
Ponzi held a certificate of deposit for
$1,500,000 .in the Hanover Trust com
pany. . What other funds he has and
where they are he has kept secret
Federal and state immigration offi
cials here declared that no action was
contemplated in regard to deporting
Ponzi. 1
ADMITS SEKVIIfO TIME
Ponzi, "financial wizard," this after
noon admitted that he was the man who
was sentenced to three years for forgery
in Montreal in 1908 and said he served
time in the federal penitentiary at . At
lanta, Ga., for smuggling. Italians across
the international border. 1 !
'- Ponzi stated in a dramatic manner
that he was ashamed to confess that he
had married his wife without baring his
past and that now. he wanted to have
her receive the story from his own lips.
He . announced that he had resigned
from his position on the board '- of di
rectors of the ' Hanover Trust company
until his affairs were 'settled and he
would call in all of his note holders and
meet his obligations at once. . .
EXPLAINS HIS COXFE8SIOK
' Ponzi insisted that while he confessed
to forgery in Montreal he was innocent
and made the confession and : served
(Concluded on Pate VourtwD. Column Fire)
COX LEAVES ON
SPEAKING TOUR
By Herbert W. Walker -Dayton,
Ohio, Aug. 11. (U. P.)
Traveling as an ordinary citizen.
Governor Cox left here at 11:05 a.
m. on his speaking campaign to land
the United States presidency. He
went to Columbus . and frcjm there
will go to Camp j Perry. ,
U. S. Will Not Sell
Military Supplies
Washington. Aug. li. (I. N. S.) Sec
retary of War Baker announced defi
nitely that the war department had no
plan to sell to Poland surplus military
supplies located either In Europe or here.
Coos Bay Seeks
Aid -for Harbor
By Ralph Watson
- Marshfield. Or., Aug. ll. Port
commissioners and leading citizens
of r Marshfield laid their port devel
opment dfificulties at tbe; feet: of
Senator" Chamberlain : and asked his
aid when ; the : Chamber s of Com
merce met with him in the Milla
coma club rooms Tuesday evening. .
- Coos Bay, and i that includes both
Marshfield and North Bend, ai-e united
in a . struggle for deeper water on, the
Coos bay bar. The old north jetty,half
built; a long ; time j ago, is marked for
most its length "now by a half mile of
foam where. the tides .churn over it. It
has ceased to function and the . dredge
does in the summer, months what the
winter storms undo.
SOUTH JETTY NEEDED
The Marshfield business1 men told the
senator that their problem was the same
that had been met. and solved on the
Columbia river ' bar, that building of a
south jetty and repair of" the north one
now submerged- except at, extreme low
tide. -would scour the channel .clear and
keepfit clean. , To show its faith in its
own Aiture they told the senator the Port
of Coos Bay had voted bonds of $750,000
with which to provide harbor facilities
for export and import trade as evidence
to the government that Coos Bay. people
wanted the harbor for the benefit of the
nation and not for themselves alone. -
It was pointed out, too. that the gov
ernment, owns and holds -15,000,000,000
Livestock Rates
On Carlots Held
Unfair; Meredith
Fixes New Rates
. Washington, Aug. 11. (I NS.)
Declaring that certain rates charged
by Chicago - commission houses on
cooperative shipments of livestock to
be unfair, Secretary , of Agriculture
Meredith :. today fixed rates to be
come effective on August 16.' under
the powers given by the food con
trol act.- - .
Secretary Meredith announced the fol
lowing car lot rates for commission
men: - r
For more than one and not more than
10 owners. $2 ; for more than 10 but not
more than 20 owners. $3; for more than
20 owners. $3.50; provided that In no
case shall any owner of such car lot
pay a higher rate than the maximum
charge for a car having a single owner.
The action follows a complaint by the
American Society of Equity that, aa' a
result of action by the Chicago live
stock exchange, members were required
to charge a different and higher rate
on livestock in car lots having more
than one owner. The; difference be
tween rates for sjngle and plural own
ership, it was complained, ; was unrea
sonable and discriminatory in that It
was laid for the purpose of discourag
ing cooperative marketing of livestock
by farm organizations.:
DE
STRIKE-BREAKERS
Denver, Colo., Aug. 'il.- (UV P-)
Immediate deportation of fall strike
breakers who are operating street
cars in Denver was ordered by Major
General Leonard Wood after a con
ference with tramway,- city , and
union officials late yesterday. ;
He scathingly rebuked city and tram
way officials for bringing armed strike
breakers to the city and characterized
the action of the strikebreakers- ltt'shoet
ing as cowardly murder. ' j
"Some of you men will be Indicted; for
murder," : Wood exclaimed ; during j the
conference, j A, complete investigation of
the riots wasj ordered by the general,
whs leaves for Chicago. He will return
In ahnut three Weeks. -
'Strikers will vote today on the ques-1
tion of accepting the company's terms
of settlement The tramway? eff iclals
have refused to recognise the union land
insisted j the - men should - make written
application as individuals for their i for
mer jobs. - , ; . - . '
itound-Up Hero to ,
.Stick to Cows and
Drop 'Bed Likker'
Seattle. Aug. IL I. N. S.) "Tin
sure goin' to stick to cattle punchln'
hereafter," said ' Kddie Wilson, "bull
dogger" of the Pendleton Round-Up.
who with Ray McCardle, "Jest an ord'
nary puncher," were fined $200 each in
the federal court here- after pleading
guilty to smuggling "red . licker" from
Canada. -"'"i;;
fThis here ' booze rustlln 1 is too i ex
pensive for us poor cowmen," remarked
Wilson today. "The worst of it is there's
a 'pgang of the boys down in Pendleton
waitln - for that licker. an ; we never
even got a drink of tt ourselves.
I-
Bonus Coming to All
WithWestern Union
San Diego, Aug. 11. (U. P.) A bonus
of 64 per cent of their January, 1920,
wages wilt be granted all employes of
the Western Union Telegraph company
qualified by '.length of service to receive
it,- It was announced her today.. This is
the regular semi-annual income partici
pation of the Western Union Employes'
association. . - . . !
Chamberlain's
Improvements
feet, of the fir, spruce, pine and Port
Orford cedar, some of it the best timber
in the world and all of it Off the tax
rolls. From this it was argued that' the
government, if it was fair, owed it to
this community to grant it its harbor in
provementa in lieu of the ' taxes which
have been lost from the Coos Bay wagon
grant, the Oregon ; & California grant
and the forest reserve lands now under
government ownership. -COXGB.ES8MEJT
OPPOSED
f Senator Chamberlain in-reply told 'the
business men that the government en
gineers .were in favor; of improving 'the
Coos Bay harbor nut that the difficulty
lay f in, the opposition of congressmen
from the great plains states who so far
had riot learned or would not admit the
necessity for the work. . L
' Now he said, both Senator McXary
and himself were .members of the com
merce committee of. the senate, a po
sition of advantage - seldom falling to
the delegation of a Coast state, and he
pledged ' his ad . to the '-: project. The
senator , said he had come to Coos Bay
to go over the j harbor: work in person
and that when , the demands of Coos
Bay again came before the committee
of the senate he would tell-them, not
from reports or from statistics but from
what his own eyes have seen, what the
harbor needed, and what it must have.
Common " business-- sense dictated the
solution of the harbor troubles, he said,
through the construction of the north
and south jetty, and he would attempt
to appeal to the business sense of the
senate ... . -,
WOOD
NOUNCES
FREEPOLAND
FREE RUSSIA,
US.
America Is Expected to Extend
Material Aid to Poland as Re
sult of Note "to Italy on Rus
sian Situation. "
"Washington, Aug. 11. CU. P.)
President Wilson will shortly extend
material aid to Poland in conform
ity with his promise , to use "all avail
able means" to protect that country's
independence, it was stated today in
official quarters here. !
The pledge of American support of
Polish independence and territorial in
tegrity was contained in a statement of
this government's attitude on the Kus-sian-Polish
situation, which took the
form of a note to Baron Avessana, the
Italian ' ambassador here. " The note,
which was a reply to an Inquiry , from
the Italian ' government concerning ' this
government's policy, was made public
by the state department.. - ? j
The chief features of the note are: A
- 1. A statement that the United j
States', policy "will be directed to " i
the employment! of all available
-means" to maintain Poland's polit
ical Independence and territorial in-
; tegrlty. . :
2. Refusal to sanction Lloyd
. George's plan for a - peace confer- I
' ence at London in which the allies ;
. would take a hand in making peace '
between Russia and Poland. j
3. . Warning that Russia's interests
must be "generously- protect" and
all decisions of vital importance to
Russia must be held 1 in abeyance
until the people set up a govern
ment representing their own will.
4. Scathing denunciation of the
Bolshevik regime and emphatic re
fusal to join in or approve any sort
of recognition of it. '
5. Approval of allied-efforts to,
"bring about , any . .peaceful solu
tion of the existing difficulties," and
.promise of any support on justifiable
- means to that -end. - --
. Expression of the hope that the
. Russian people "will soon find a way
h to set up a government representing
their, free will and purpose." and a
'Uonelodcd on, Ift JTonrteca. ; Cotoma . ThrM
REDS 18 MILES
.' London,. Aug. 11. X. 8.) The
Russians are approaching the great
fortress city of Novogcorgicvsk on
the Vistula river only 18 miles west
of Warsaw, according to a soviet war
office, communique wirelessed from
Moscow today. :' i
London, Aug. 11. '(I. N.' S.)"On
both flanks., along the Bug river, the
Russians have overcome Polish, re
sistance and have occupied -positions
from '12 -to "14 " miles, west, of T the
river, said a soviety war 'office com-
munique wirelessed from Moscow to
day. '. ' V : . "lyr': - V " V ' i
-London; Aug. 11. -(I, N. S.) Po
lish defense northwest and southwest
of Warsaw has been broken and the
Russian troops that drove through
the gaps are now less than 2 1 miles
from the Polish capital, according to
a Central News dispatch from Ber
lin today. The . Poles .holding the
northern front were said to be short
of ammunition. - , i
FALL OF WARSAW SEEMS
; NKARV REPORTS INDICATE
Warsaw. Aug. 11. W i P.) Fall of
Warsaw ; cannot be staved off . much
( Concluded on Pace FoarUea, Column Four))
Eomance Dashed on J
Kocks When Divorce;
Is Found to Be Valid
San Francisco. Aug. 1 1. ( L N. &)
The romance of Mrs. Milo Abercrombie
and Commander Lyman Knute Nelson
U. S. N., went on the rocks finally this
afternoon when the' matrimonial court
of the Catholic church ruled that her
marriage to Roger Beckwith, the former
baron Wllhelm von Brincken, from
whom - she was' recently divorced,, was
valid. " As the . church -does - not rec
ognize divorce, it will be Impossible for
Mrs. Abercrombie to remarry in the
church. rH4,,'-..r,f -",-. --.it-'.' -,T
-And - her .mother, Mrs. George Mc
Gowan, declared emphatically thla after
noon that her daughter would not marry
out of the church. . -
Commander Nelson Is on his way back
to his post, and - it was reported ' Mrs.
Abercrombie-would seek quiet and rest
after the nerve racking days of uncer
tainty by visiting relatives in Santa
Barbara.
A;.E. Judd Files for 1
Gubernatorial Place
Chehalia, Wash.. Aug. 11. A. K. Judd
of Chehalls, state senator, has filed his
declaration of candidacy for the nomine
tion for governor of Washington on. the
Democratic ticket. .Mr. Judd has been,
holding off in deference to Mr. Skaggs,
who has been under consideration by the
DemocraUc leaders, but who has decided
not to enter the race. '
POUCY
FROM WARSAW
19
J AMES E. FIELD, Port
land man officially report
ed killed in batUe at Sois
sons, whose friends think of
ghosts when they meet him
on the streets. Fields. is try
ing to get vocational trainingi
muddle straightened out, but
records of death make this
difficult. t - !
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DEATH CERTIFICATE
James E. Field is; walking around
Portland with his death certificate
in his': pocket.' ?&f .'! (?p4k-HKf:
He. is one o the heroes at .Sola
sons engagement and is officially
dead, J-The war .department said so
and sent numerous telegrams to his
parents, Mr. and Mrs.' J. AI Field,
until recently residents of Portland
who now live at Buxton, telling how
he had 'died 'gallantly on the field
of, battle. A beautiful ' little 'death
certificate was ; made out. and : Insur
ance matters were being arranged.
Then' Field .spoiled jail -plans by appearing-
perfectly well and 'happy" ex
cept for; a lame "arm?-and a. few other
little remembrances of the wounds he
received at, Solsaona ' " . t '
MEETS OLD FHlEItDS ' . ' v
' Field is having- a hard time convincing
people -he-la not deat, : , ; . ' -'
Within his pocket alongside his death
certificate. Field carries a citation from
Uncle Sam, to one James EL- Field, pri
vate first class. Company M, Eighteenth
Infantry, tor gallantry - In action at
Soissons' July 18 to 24, 1918. ' Field was
wounded at Soissons land removed to a
French hospital. Thus was he "lost"
from his : regiment - and the conclusion
was that he had perished in battle. :
His right arm was! injured to the ex
tent that he could not writs his own
letters, and his parents, after receiving
notice of his death, i would not believe
that the letters wrftten by - his nurse
were really from him. ;
THtTTH FIJTALLT )AWirS .
It was not until he came back .to the
United State eight or nine months ago
that his parents realised he was alive.
' Besides having it rouble , convincing
people that he is alive. Field is having
difficulties over obtaining a vocational
training course under the federal aid
act; because of residence. Because he
happened to be-in lOhlo , when he en
listed, Oregon won it claim him as a
resident,: and because in Ohio he gave
Oregon as his residence, Ohio won't do
anything for him.- 4, - ;' .'" !. .
Field came to Portland in ISM and
lived here until, five years ago. r - A '
Sailingjyessetisi 0
j Ashore' Off Cosustv
. Of Washington
j, Seattle! .' Aug. 11.4I.' N. S. ) A '' four
masted sailing vesnel. believed to be the
William Bowden. is ashore at the mouth
of the Quillayute fiver, according ' to
word received at. he Merchants' ex
change here this afternoon. Quillayute
river ;is 28 miles south of Tateoah island
at the; entrance to Puset Sound. - '
The report ; of the Vessel's condition
came from .the United -States weather
observer on Tatoosh island. .
V The William Bowden. which carries a
crew of aboutlO men, was reported off
Tatoosh Island in ballast a few days ago.
On account of thai location, the vessel
Is believed to be Jn grave ; danger, .al
though the crew is prohainy safe.' " '
The sailer William Bowden left Port
land for Sydney, Australia, in Novem
ber, 1919, carrying 81,?3C feet of lumber,
which was supplied by rant A Hunwl of
this city. .- , ".- .', '.-'.
Hays Writes Holcomb
On Suffrage Situation
Hartford, Conn., Aug. 11. U. P.)
Governor- Holcomb 1 today ' received a
communication from Will H. Haya, chair
DUBBED 1'DE AD
If '
I
MAN
CARRIES
OWN
man of the - national Republican com
mittee, concerning the suffrage situation
in this state. ' The letter was not made
public, . .' i , --
ESTS FLEE
FROM HOTEL
Glass and Metal Elevator Shaft
Confines Fire Long Enough to
Permit All in the Glenwood,
6th and Burnside, to Escape.
A fireproof elevator shaft waa all
that prevented a repetition of the
Elton Court conflagration at the
Glenwood hotel. 25 North Sixth
street, at the corner - of Burnside.
early Wednesday morning when a
blaze broko out in the basement and
went roaring to the roof.
The hotel contained 73 rooms and had
85 occupants at the time of the fire, ac
cording to Assistant Fire Marshal llob
erts. " Although smoke was pouring from
every window and the roof was biasing,
every occupant left the building safely,
TO ARREST PROPRIETOR
Nick Raptakls, proprietor of the Glen
wood hotel. Is to be arrested on a war
rant issued Wednesday afternoon to
Captain Roberts, assistant fire marshall,
because the back door opening on Burn
side street was found to be locked when
the police and firemen arrived at the fire
Tuesday morning.
Patrolman Talbot waa forced to kick
In the glass and many of the people who
left the building had to climb through
the hole made by the broken glass. Fire
men later smashed the door In.
Under the fire marshal's ordinance, the
door may be locked, but the lock mwt
be such that the -- door can be opened
Instantly - from the Inside. This door,
the firemen say, had been locked with
a key.
FOlICEMAJf ACTS QUICK LT ..
The' quick work of Patrolman Talbot
enabled mapy of the occupants to get
away with their clothing and personal
effects. After turning in the alarm, the
policeman broke through the locked rear
door and helped to arouse every per
son, and most, of them -were out of the
hotel before the fire apparatus arrived.
Metal lath lining and wire glass doors
about the eievator ehaft confined the
fire, according to Captain' HalneH of en-'
glne 3, the first company to lay lines
for the blase, .
The If ire originated, supposedly, in
defective wiring on the electrical equip
ment at the bottom of the shaft. The
blase traveled with great speed past the
four stories and at the top of the shaft
spread through the attic and broke
through the roof.
GLASS CONFINES FLAMES
Although the heat was Intense, the
fire did net get through the elevator
walla anywhere,-the firemen say, and
the . glass held so stoutly In the doors
that the firemen had to hack holes In
it with their axes before getting water
on the blase within.
- R. Bower, the night clerk, was mak
ing his rounds of the top floor and did
not know of the fire until warned by
patrolman Payne, who turned -In the
alarm and then entered the hotel: to
arouse the sleepers. " -
Patrolman Talbot was with Payne
and theyr with the clerk, got everyone
up and to the street safely.
IXSCBAKCE COVERS LOSS
The stairway In the hotel Is next the
elevator shaft, but everyone - leaving the
hotel was able to -use It,
The alarm was turned In at. 4:30, and
a few minute later a second alarm was
rung in.. In half an hour, however, the
blaze was subdued.
The hotel Is owned and managed by
Nick Raptakls who placed on it a valua
tion of $13,000. It -was insured for about
$3000, and, - according to Fire Marshal
Grenfell, this will cover all the loss.
DISLOCATES KIE
Cleveland. Aug. 11. (U. P.)
Babe Ruth, home run king, dislo
cated his right, knee in sliding into
second base in the first inning, of
today's game between the Indians
and the Yankees.
- Ruth hit a line single to center and
was trying for second when Speaker
momentarily fumbled the ball. He was
calUd rafe and continued in the game,
but collapsed when- running to third
base after Pratt hit an Infield grounder.
He was carried from the field.
- It is believed Ruth will be out of the
gaiKe for several weeks.
Negro Bandit Dead;
; Fasted for 43 Days
1 Pottsville. Pa., ' Aug. It CU. ' , j -Charles
" Wilson, negro bandit, dieit-'ef
starvation In the prison here after faet
ing for 43 days. Wilson took his lst
food on June 29. He had not spoken to
jail attaches for days.
(ill
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