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MONDAY, AUGUST IB, ;1920. THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. OREGON OREGON GIRL ON RELIEF DUTY Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallis. Aug. 16. Following: Is a copy of a letter received by President "W. J. Kerr -of the college,! from Alice Moore, a 1917 graduate, who in 191& accepted an assignment with th . Amerlc.-wi relief committee for Arme nia, and who is how in Malatia, 'Tur key.! Miss Moore is a cousin of the late t George M. Trowbridge, editor of The Journal. 1 .1 have waited a long time ,to thank you. for the trouble you took in writing letters for ;rne. which made it possible for; tne to have the Interesting- time which I have Jiad this last year, and expet-t to have before getting back to the United States. It was truly very kind of you. and . I appreciate it very II1UCB. J I was told before I came that what ever I was given to do. It would prob abiyi be the thing I least expected and here I am running an orphanage! It Isn't exactly . agricultural, though . the German orphanage we have taken over nas a lew wheat fields; these are tree! with a. piece of sheet iron over the point, dragged by oxen, or in some parts of he country by water; buffalo;, they are, oi , course, -seeded, ana i also har vested (usually pulled) by hand. The threshing is done by means of a drag set with sharp stones, also I pulled by oxen. I have seen women sitting in an open place- in the town, on a windy day, slowly dropping the wheat from their hands to let the wind blow the chaff out ; but there is also in use a band fanning mill. Introduced by the missionaries, . i TJLB.te.rSQ IS PRIMITIVE It is about the most primitive farm ing one could imagine; in the Bible one reads of their beating their swords Into plowshares, but it would be a poor sword : that would make one of these "plowshares." I : . : . j - f , i. Any appearance of agricultural pros- taxed out of sight, so one sees this state of things existing' side by side with i at . least occasional; examples (in government hands) of telephones and automobiles. In Harpoot, 65 miles from here, where they will be able to follow up the work, the Americans have man aged to get together, a few real plows. brought in in times past by occasional people who are now mostly dead and gone (having been Armenians) ; and with even more effort have put them into use. The average native gives a steel, plow one lift and says it is too heavy for oxen to pull ; the relation of a cutting edge to draft means nothing to i him. : i . j. i ' I have been in the interior, here (and it certainly is interior I cannot imagine anything more so) since; last June. We sailed from New . York; February 16, 1919, crossed France from Brest to Mar seilles in three days without even see ing Paris, arrived in j Constantinople March 8, spent one week there, and then went to Derindje, a railroad on the coast of the Gulf j of i Ismldt or Mldomedia five or six hours by boat frm Constantinople, -where our ware houses are, and stuck there over " two mrinths " and I a half until the British irade ' up their minds to let us- come into this unoccupied territory. While there, 1 vLnyad around with a few Case 10-.lSj tractors "that had been brought over. 'and plowed In the same picture with storks. Turkish women gathering corn stalks, i and armed Turkish sol oier. i - i- . l.AM IS FERTILE , MaUtta is surrounded with fertile hi r.tl where there' are: many apricot oi tliards as well as gardens of all kinds f vegetables and luscious melons: hut the abundant water supply Js so tjoorly tnKen cure or, especially now since the ri: a K-sacres when the Armenian quarters, .including waterways, were demolished, Uilit hardly a person living here es-i oaiies malaria: In the spring the or- plumages are to be moved j to Harpoot anl the relief problem here, which is not oaa. handled by visits from there fror awhile another e-lrl and T v,r i.ere alone; now there are three of us. V have about 550 in the ! orphanages ii(l about 300 that' we are caring for in their remnants of homes, - I have befin business manager.; including the cnarge or the bakery, shoe shop, weaving shop and spinning and; knitting given out by the piece, i Lately I have also nau cnarge or rood and clothes. K1UES WHITE BOSKtT J ' I hope everything at college is going ns well as ever; I am sorry I can't get back to myj thilrd reunion! this spring and see all the changes and improve- nicms.. nui am arraid my trio around the world will not get me there in time. ' iriLiilhnlorfnl iUao&rjrWact! uurnmg out the motor,, puts Being direct shaft drive to of the annoyance, of slipping tirely self cleanable, nothing Either Stationary gt or Swinging rVrmffer V Sec the New No, 32 on AUTHORIZED IfeC-fcic Suppl i e MALATIA, TURKEY VALUABLt TIMBER and 'S ervice OkUn ts 104 FIFTH ST. BETv XASVOttGrtOiJ 9 -STACK B7V yxASHmorrca i bet. i7 & ie arwuusu Please remember ' me to my friends In your office and in the college, especially Professor Hyslop, jf he Is still there. I forgot to tell you that I ride around between the orphanages on a white donkey, with a boy to prod it from be hind and to hold it when I get off. Can you picture it?- The beast has no com punctions about braying under any cir cumstances. 4. : ,. ; . , , . . IN FLAMES PATH I H j Fire on the Wenatchee national forest in Centra! Washington la rag in gf over 4000 acres of Icicle ridge and sweeping toward a stand of the moist valuable timber . in the forest, according to telegrams received Mon day at the forest service. About a wefek ago th e ' fire situation j became serious on the Wenatchee, and con ditions have grown steadily worse. While the timber on Icicle ridge Is not so valuable itself, the fire Is spreading rapidly into valuable tim ber, j -. ! I ' '. Two huge fires are burning m the Okuiocan ( national forest, which , lies north of the Wenatchee. f toj ACRES BURNED Supervisor F. HJ Brundage is still , at thee scene of ! the large fire which was hurmlnar on the Lewis river in tne CO lurobia last week. This fire is reported to have burned over about 200 acres of idowned timber and at times threat ened the camps and bridges of the Sad dle Mountain Timber company. Flames were kept from the logging engines, excepting for one piledriver. Kvidence seemed to point toward the ! fire hav ing' been set by X. W. W. sympathisers. The fire situation in Oregon while less serious than in Washington is causing considerable concern because of the heat anTSs-dVy weather, which is conducive to the starting and spread j of fires. Throughout the state are i numerous small fires burning, most of them in slashings, but none of them has reached any large size nor are many of them burin I ng in green timber. SMOKE BARS VISIOJT The smoke pall over Oregon has now reached ' such ,. a stage that i fires can scarcely any i longer be located by the mountain lookouts. This is 'Where the valuable work of the airplane patrol If coming in.1 "Hitherto,? said C a Chap man of the Oregon Forest Fire associa tion, "most of the fires spotted from the air were also noted by the lookouts, but nob the fires can be seen from above, magnified through , the smoke screen, thait are invisible to , the lookouts." The patrol planes are now obliged to rise to 12,000 feet altitude to get above the! smoke blanket. ! "Too great care cannot be exercised by campers m the extinguishing of their campf ires at this time," said A. O. Jack son of the public relations department for! the forest service. "In Oie dry for-est-; duff a fire may : smoulder a week before breaking into a blaze that may result in a serious forest fire."'- CAIilFORXIA FOREST FIRES . 1 ARE HOLDING ABOUT ETEJf Sian Francisco. Aug. 16 (tT. P.) Re ports to the forest service ; coming in early. today indicated that the forest fire situation In N.orthern California is about holding even.; r V! . ? As fires which were burning last week are! reported under control new ones to require the attention .of the fire fight ers are reported. . ! - A new fire in the Tahoe national for est was burning early today. . It covered approximately 500 acres. Fifty-fire-rlght-ers were engaged in an attempt to con trol it. : The situation in the Lassen national forest appeared more serious today. "A telegram received during the morn ings said the fires which started on Tam arack and Co'rnaz lakes last week have burned together. ': Over 100 men were fighting these fires and there were hopes of jpontrolling them soon. . 1 . FtjRTY ACRES OF STANDING ' WHEAT DESTROYED BY FIRE Walla Walla. Wash.. Aug 16. Forty acres of standing wheat were destroyed by ; a fire of .unknown origin last night on? the-. W. L; ..Russell ranch near here. Further damage was only prevented by the use of a large tractor which dragged a gang plow around the field of burn Ins grain. Several hundred acres of wheat, which is averaging 40 to 45 bush els! to the acre, were saved fn this way. The Russell : loss is estimated at about 13500. J. W. Brewer Speaks J. W. Brewer, newly appointed fjeld agent of i the State Chamber of Com merce, will speak Wednesday morning at. the barbecue at Manning. Washing' to county, on "The Work or the State Chamber." " Other assignments are to be ; filled by Brewer, later. Half Maiion Mark Past Over 500,000 women use the The reason?" Every wo-' man that uses a Thor is so s thoroughly satisfied that she"just can't keep it to herself. V The ; powerful wringer wit$ its quick-acting; safe ty release, the wonderful the 1 nor m a class by itself. all moving parts, relieves you belts or broken chains. EnV tq lift or take apart to clean. -fl ifV t DOWN II fj I) Balance Easy JL Jfy Payments Our Floor It's a Beauty THOR AGENTS ? - Phone Halneoil r TENNESSEE SENATE INVITES HARDING AND COX TO J SPEAK Nashville. Tenn., Aug- 16. The U.1 state senate late ' this afternoon adopted - a resolution Inviting Governor- Cox and Senator! Harding to address the legislature on "political Issues." . - ' ; j ;K - ' The resolution was Introduced by Sen ator John C. Houck of Knoxville and will be telegraphed to the candidates. The resolution asks that; the 'addresses be made before September 1-1 The house "adjourned late today with out taking action on suffrage. iThe ques tion is expected to come up. early Tues day, i : , .? .!'... ;;j HOUSE SEEKS DELAY An' attempt to delay action I in Ten nessee until North Carolina can act on the nineteenth amendment will be made by anti-suffragists in the (Tennessee house. -? i I Following 'a- morning meeting of the "anti" men. a round robin is being cir culated to this effect. The antls claim 33 signatures to 1C Fifty! la the consti tutional ' majority, i Antls claim that they i will "secure 20 more yet unsigned. Suffragists claimed to have 62 of the 95 members of the lower house pledged to vote for the resolution which the senate passed on Friday; "t ; "Many of these pledges are in writ ing,' said Miss Sue White, "and I have them in my possession." ! h These claims were disputed by the antls. Backed by the strength or Sneaker Seth Walker, they claimed . to have enough votes to block ratification. The senate ratifying resolution will be Introduced this afternoon when the house meets at 2 p. ml An attempt will be made to force the measure to a vote, but it was problematical whether this could be accomplished. Speaker Walker will attempt to re fer It to a committee ana ima w ex pected to bring on a determined, fight, with, much debate. j I I ii SUFFRAGE LEADERS ASK ? HARDING TO LEND HAND Marion. Ohio. AusrJ l.i-(U. P.) Suf frage leaders have ;been here urging Senator Warren GL Harding; to make an eleventh hour appeal on behalf of suffrage to recalcitrant members of the Tennessee lower house, it developed to day.: 1:1 1 - MrsT Abbe H. Scott Baker, surrrage leader, came here laHe last night and held : a conference with Harding on the Tennessee situation. . j J ; The fact of her presence here became known today accidentally and Harding appeared reluctant tb discuss the mat ter.- . - - i i I : ; Mrs. Baker was understood to .nave grave doubts aDout getting suxirage through the lower housef of the legisla ture. Suffrage leaders were understood to feel Harding and Governor Cox should apply greater pressure in Tennessee. i i i i i. REPUBLICANS ACCUSED OF WORKING AGAINST SUFFRAGE Columbus. lOhlo. Aug.) l,-rU. P.) Charges that! the Republicans in" reality are working against ; ratification of the suffrage amendment in I Tennessee ana are seeking to impair tne ieaerai re- serve act were made, by (Senator RobertJ L. Owen in a conference here, with. Gov ernor James M. Cox. I j Owen, to whom W. J. Bryan threw his Nebraska votes during Jthei San Fran cisco convention, : predicted j that, the commoner would support Cox, because of his stand on the League of Nations issue. SUFFRAGE ADHERENTS ARE APPREHENSIVE OF OUTCOME Raleigh. N. C... Augi. JS. Suffrage farces were 'not so optimistic today. They admitted the fate lof the ratifica tion; was desperate and jit 'was claimed by one of the opposition! tMfet Secretary Daniels has failed to break their solid front. The secretary arrived here last night to work for the suffrace cause. It "was reported' tonight a member of the North Carolina, legislature had prone to Nashville to work against ratifica tion' in Tennessee, wherei the tower house will. vote Tuesday.; .... t I Forest Airplane Is Forced to Land in Field; Engine Dead A forest airplane wjth Pilot Arndt and Observer JacobKon.j in making the patrol, route from Eugene to Portland Sunday, was forced to land at 9:30 a, m. In a small field near Thurston When their engine - went dead! at an altitude of 4000 feet.! The field! was not large enough to land In ind the plane smashed into- a fence, breaking the land ing, gear and twisting the fuselage. Neither of the men was( Injured. A second plane was t sent out from Eugene with Pilot Walker and Observer JacobsoR, , which completed i the trip to Portland, and return, jrepdrtlng seven fires on the way, one eight miles south west of Hood River, three in Columbia county . near Scofleld, pne ! in Yamhill county north of Dayton Sand two in Til lamook county, east of Blaine. Former Sactiem of Bed Men Drops Dead ; Greenwich. Conn.. Aug. 16. U. P.) John M. Herron. member of the Great Council of United State Improved Order of Red Men and past great sachem 'of the state of California, dropped dead from . heart disease - whrile playing ten nis at his home in South Beach, Green wich. He was 54 yeans of age and a New York exporter. Agriculture to Be . Theme of Shapiro Aaron Shapiro, attorney for a large number of fruit growers of California, of the Bank of Italy and of the National Farm bureau, will deliver an address on "Agriculture as a Community Prob lem", at the members' forum luncheon of the Chamber of Commerce September 13, ' according to arrangements com pleted by the chamber j Monday, v Owen Moore Hurt When Plane Falls '- London. Aug. " IS. -J. " Nj S. Owen Moore, the - American motion - picture actor, ; former husband of Mary Pick ford, was injured here tody when an airplane in which he was starting to Paris, crashed to the ground at an air drome, : .: t .; Candidacies Filed . In Lewis County; Registration Ends Chehallej- Wash. Aug. 16. J. A. Scol lard, well known dairyman of this coun ty, filed - his declaration '' of candidacy for state senator from t the Twentieth district, Lewis county, with the Lewis county' auditor Saturday,' on the bemo-' cratte ticket. . ' I Following are the other filings : Wil liam H. Spath of Chehalis, justice of the peace. Republican ; A. C Hughes, Cen tralla, sheriff. Democrat ; J. H. Rob erts, . Centralla, state; representative. Democrat.; . SEAPLANE SAVES CAPSIZED CANOISTS F Seattle,! Wash., Aug. 16,- (TJ. P.) Two men are dead today from drowning; in Lake Washington and two others owe their lives to an airplane rescue by Aviator J. D. Hill. Charles Johnson and Gilbert Karrar capsixed while canoeing off. Madison Park. Their screams; were heard by Aviator Hill, who went to their rescue In a seaplane. He dragged them out. hanging to the tail of the plane.! William IS. Way. 23, teacher of his tory at Fore3t, Ont., an expert swim mer, suffered a probable heart attack while In the water off Palisades beach yesterday.! He went down within sight of his mother, Mrs. Ellen Bannister. Peter Lesseth, 35, could not swim. Within sight of his family, camped on Kenmore : beach, he backed into the water, dropped from sight. Two hours later his body was recovered by deputy sheriffs.;! ' ! . .. , - :. ; RESCUER WAS FORMERLY IX ' AIR, SERVICE IN PORTLAND Pilot J. :D. Hill, whe is credited with saving the lives of two boys at Seattle Sunday, was for seven months in local air service before he was sent to Seattle by. the .Oregon, Washington & Idaho Airplane cempany as manager of the Seattle branch. Before he entered avia tion he was a resident of Portland. Hall is -said to nave heard the cries of two drowning lads; in Puget Sound. He "taxied" his seaplane over the sur face of the water and directed thehoys to hang on. He speeded back to shore and landed them safely. GENERAL FREIGHT IS ACCEPTED I 1 1 - i (Continued From Pase On-) in case readjustments were made after the new rates became effective. In re ply Ben. Dey, attorney for .the Southern j, of the railroads in Oregon, said that hm believed r the railroads ' would agree to make any fair refunds which circumstances warranted. The. meeting convened .at 10 o'clock and adjourned at noon. - ' . APPEAL FOB LIVESTOCK Arthur i M. Geary, representing the Portland Livestock exchange and the Western Oregon Livestock Men's league. asked the commission to grant a half day . hearing to the livestock industry of Oregon on the grounds that a full understanding of the .disastrous condi tlons facing the industry In Oregon would convince both the public service commission and the railroad officials that the increase ordered by the Inter state Commerce commission would prove such a set back to the livestock indus try as to; injure also ; the . railroads and the public at large. ! , "Due to lack of organization." said Geary, "the livestock industry of the Northwest did not present its case in the hearings held by the Interstate Commerce commission in the West, and that presentation of claims . of the In dustry at, Washington did not bring out tne tacts j peculiar to the stock industry on the Pacific slope. Go into the stock: country i and you will find deserted ranch after ranch. At the Cattle and Horse Raisers' con vention, of Oregon, held in July at Burns, stock man after stock man told of the losses that he had incurred. The advice was to 'get rid of your feeders and reduce the herds. MORTGAGE8 ARE FORECLOSED "Herds' of cattle and sheep are being foreclosed upon by those who have lent money with stock as security. The pens at the North Portland market are peatedly being filleed with calves and immature cattle. - j "In Burns, Or., the plea heard and which has been heard for , months is, llow long are these hard times going to last?; In towns supported by other industries you do not hear any such complaint. -. r - "The livestock industry of Oregon is undergoing a transition. The public range is being depleted by over feed ing and drouth. The more eastern com munities; have already adopted the feed lot method of raising stock. ( "The stock industry of the Northwest, facing disaster already because of high price of feed and comparatively low price obtainable at the yards, should be given a special hearing at this time,, to considerf whether or j not a suspension, at least of a portion of the Increase, is not warranted In the public Interest as well as in that of the; industry." Cantaloupe! Season : Opens Near Yakima - ; -j " ": jr ' it i mm Yakima, Aug. 16. Canteloupes grown on the reservation near Wapto and Top penish are valued this season at 355,000 according to G. Js'ishiyaml of the Reser vation Melon Growers association. The shipping season is just opening and the melons j will be moving forward in car lots in about ten days. 'About 600 acres of land are - planted j to canteloupes by members of the association. The yield is between 300 and 400 crates to the acre. Spokane Woiild Have Tail Light on Horse Spokane, Wasiu. Aug. 16. U. P.) If you I ride a horse at night you must have , a tail light on . him in this here county; -, Prosecuting 1 Attorney ; Orndorff informed the judge to this effect today. The judge said he'd walk before he'd torture a horse that way, b'gosh. ROM DROWNING I'll TO GOVERNOR COX HELD "The mlnera of Ohio are for Cox. We know him." With banners displaying such a sentiment a great group of miners took part In the notification cere monies for Governor James M. Cox. Democratic candidate for the presi dency, at Dayton, Ohio, on -August 7. Additional facts about the ceremonies were brought to Portland Jate Saturday night by United States Marshal Alex ander, who witnessed the ceremonies, lunched with 4 Governor Cox at Trails End, and talked politics nearly all the way across the continent. Meanwhile. however, ; the marshal paused at Gallatin. Mo-, and spent two days with his father. Secretary of Com merce Joshua Alexander, who Is enjoy ing a vacation at home. COX IS AMIABLE . : "I found Governor Cox to be an af fable, amiable man of splendid poise, prepared for battle and not waiting for the fray to come his way. While he is not of a contentious ' disposition, he'll be ready for his part :; whenever he's called upon," the marshal declared. "He is a man of fine personality and powerful- punch. .-. -. ? "The notification ceremonies were a brilliant tribute to the governor, who, incidentally, won over Ohio miners when he settled satisfactorily to all concerned their bitter strike. The fact that the miners took an important part in . the two-hour notification day parade is sig- significant. ' "I was told that the. Republican noti fication at Marion would not be a good sideshow to the ceremonies at Dayton, and for the latter Marlon "sent a thou sand of her citizens. "A number of prominent persons were at the notification luncheon when Cox and Roosevelt received their friends and coworkers.-' ROOSEVELT IS HONORED. "Mrs. Cox proved to be e hospitable, modest, little woman who endeared her self to all who met her. "En route home I talked to many per. sons who have had a chance to study eastern political sentiment and I ' find that Cox is rapidly and generally gain ing in favor. It is surprising to note the effect of the Republicans' hinted stand toward the tariff. Business men everywhere complain about it and de clare that free trade as a principle has been so thoroughly vindicated that they cannot countenance a return to protec tive tariff issues In a political cam paign where there are so many major platforms to build with." Harding's Ranks Due for Shake-Up, Avers Wiseacres By J. Bart Campbell Marion, Ohio, Aug. 16. (I. N. S.) "A shake-up" in the organization is likely to develop from a confer ence Senator Warren G. Harding, Republican nominee for president; Is to hold here tomorrow trlth ' several Republican leaders, it was stated to day. Among those scheduled to participate in the conference are Republican Na tional Chairman Will H. Hays: Senator Harry S. New of Indiana, chairman of the Republican speakers' bureau; Sena tor Med ill McCormick, ' Illinois, and Harry M. Daugherty, , manager of the Harding pre-convention campaign. , The conference will have no direct bearing on the Harding front porch campaign which is to go on. it was added,' but will have to do with the "speeding up" of Republican campaign , machinery throughout the country. , Yankee Girl Is Winner of Honors For Airloop Record Mineola, I I., Aug. 16. (U. N.) Eighty-seven loops or a hundred It really, didn't matter much to Miss Laura Bromwell of Cincinnati, for she had broken the air looping record for aviatrlces anyhow. So ' while she said she'd counted over 100 complete loop turns while she was in the air, she just powdered her nose a bit and smiled after landing when the offi cial score-keepers of the Amerin Fly ing club accredited her with but -87. "I guess 87 is enough and will hold 'era for a while," she said. Miss Bromwell in a Curtis bi-plane Sunday celebrated the dedication of the new Curtis airdrome, formerly known as Hazelhurst field, by breaking all loop ing the loop records for female aeroplane divers. She went up 10,000 feet before starting her perilous dervishes downward and was in the air' 1 hour and IS minutes. The previous record for women was 23 loops made by a French avjatrix. Government Takes Appeal in American Woolen Fir m Case Washington, Aug. 16. (L N. S.) The government has entered an appeal In the United - States supreme court from the decision of the New York federal -courts in the case of the United States government against the American Woolen company. The Amerl can Woolen company was indicted for violation of the Lever act. Judge J. W. Mack in the . federal courts . in New Tork quashed the indictment on the ground there was no intent m the Lever act to control the distribution of the ingredients entering into the manu facture: of material for wearing ap parel. The American Woolen company Today filed an answer to the government ap peal, contending that wool is not a ne cessity sunder the Lever act until - it has been made into cloth, cut up and manufactured into clothing. For that reason, the answer contends, the- gov ernment cannot prosecute under the Lever ; act's -"price provision-T - Paderewski Named ; i Delegate to League Cracow, . Aug. . 16. (U. P.) Ignace Paderewski. former Polish premier, has been appointed Polish delegate to the League of Nations, it ' was announced Mm BUTE SIGNIFICANT , here today. Miners Must Have More Wages, Lewis Says at Conference Cleveland. Ohio, Aug.- 18.- U. " P.) Speaking at the afternoon session of the joint scale conference between min ers and operators ot the central competi tive field. John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers ' of America said that day workers in the bituminous fields must have higher wages in order to make a living on the present working time of the mines. The mines. Lewis said,' have been only working two, three and four days a Week. , . -J ' : The present scale -for day workers is $. While it is not definitely known, it was understood that the demands of the miners placed before the Joint scale committee were for, a S3 per day in crease. . U.S. PLEA THAT BE JAILED WIFE j Ignoring Roscoe P. Hurst's unusual plea for the commitment of his Client's wife to the county jalL United States Commissioner - Drake Monday afternoon bound over to the federal grand Jury George Landon, who is charged with - violating the Mann white slave act in transport ing 16-year-old Clara Berger 'from Portland to Seattle. -.-, ' I Landon's bail was fixed at 32500 after Assistant United States Attorney Flegel had successfully resisted' defendant's efforts to cause a dismissal of the case.. Falling on the dismissal motion. Hurst pleaded with the -court to commit Mrs. Landon to the county jail either- at -a: witness or as a defendant with her hus band. He declared that while she is-in a delicate condition, she . is without friends or funds and will suffer if she la not housed . at the county jail. . . ; Judge Drake . took occasion to score modern feminine dress, the tolerance of questionable dance halls and . the criminality of relatives who will permit an orphaned girl to work for her living at 9 years of age. ... He declined to attest the. immorality of Landon's actions from a public viewpoint, but scored the man - severely under his personal moral code. Miss Berber, her testimony showed loaned Landon $11 to buy her ticket to Seattle on his promise to repay her and employ her to , care for ' the Lan don baby. She declared she had not received the refund, however. ' The girl' declared that she had been at work since she was 9 years1 old and that when she accepted employment with the Landons she had. no home. Mrs. Landon was not permitted to tes tify in her husband's behalf because of the fact that, she was then under fed eral investigation. I-. m Commissioners to Attend Port Session Members of the Washington state pub- lie service .commission will attend the Northwest rivers and harbors convention which will be held here October 4 .and according to : a letter received Mon day by George Quayle, secretary of the State Chamber of Commerce, which Is r ranging the meeting.. Numerous other acceptances to invitations sent ' out by the State Chamber are being-received. Draws Fine for Grand Larceny Chehalis. Wash.. Aug. - Is. A fine of (217.60 and costs was given Henry King in the superior court of Lewis county Saturday. King was arrested August 6 on a grand larceny charge. ; . . Tor A ready COMMISSIONER DENIES and nut-like in tiavor. full of the nourishment of( wheat and malted barley baked twenty hours never ... - spoils packag Order from your grocer Ifcull eat Fcape?Miiits v- ' agate aiafet Made lvPostuni Cereal Co. InC Battle Creelc, Mich. Children Will Be Ad Club Guests at Robinson's Circus Forty-one children, charges of the South Portland . Children's home, are going to see the circus' Tuesday-after-noon feed the - animals, ; drink red lemonade and have all the other thrills thatj the first circus of the season has to offer. j The little folks , will be guests of E. N. "Strong, president of the Portland Ad clubi; Arthur C Callan' and W. P. Strandborg will see to the transporta tion; j The circus party is an echo of the Christmas festival, when the children were promised an outing when the first circus arrived., i OF COURT IS AGAINST UNION THEATER EMPLOYES - i . -. I Circuit Judge Robert day . afternoon Issued holding against union plOyes in. their effort Tucker Mon an s- opinion theatre pern io have set aside . a preliminary restraining or der forbidding the unions to nlcket thi four local Jenson &j Von Herberg moving picture, theatres. ;i , fter'" two days of argumept, - the court holds' that th . preliminary re straint shall .continue in force until the merits of the controversy, have been heard' and passed upon. ) . Circuit Judge TaswU issued the orig inal order on the plea-of the Peoples Amusement company land the .manage ment or tne tnree otnr tneatres, which were made objects of a strike in- sym pathy with a similar strike against the Jensen A Von Herberg ihouses in Ta- coma and Seattle. This order was en tered July 15. ' J Judge Tucker holds that it "seems to the court . that this litigation gives promise to disclose a situation on trial of the case' where direct benefit to the employes is not the chief but a. sec ondary aim of the controversy." Building Wrecked By Freight Tram; Girl Seriously: Hurt Tacoma. . Wash., Aug. 16. (U. P.) Miss Genevieve McLean; employed by the McLean Storage and' Transfer com pany, was seriously If hot fatally in jured when a freight f train crashed through the one story brick building of the company this morning. The, build ing was almost completely wrecked. If the accident had happened a few min utes later, it is probable several per sons would have been killed. ; Miss Mc Lean was the only , one in the building at, the time. - - -. i ! .-' ,-r. -j A Northern Pacific switch engine was shunting freight cars onto a sidetrack fnear " the McLean company ' property when, through a failure; of the brakes or soma other cause, the string of cars was sent crashing through the building. 1 Bank Safe Robbed by Auto Highwaymen Cedar Rapids. Iowa, Aug. 16. L N. S) The First National bank of Thorn ton, near here, is minus $4000 today. Six bandits blew ' the bank's safe early this morning and escaped in an auto mobile with $4000 and an undetermined amount of Liberty bonds. Posses are in pursuit. . '-,' RULING Breakfast 1. - to - eat food no in wax- e. SHIPPING BOARD ANNOUNCES PLANS OF SELLING CRAFT By Lee Ellmaker Wash ingtont Aug. 16. (I. N. S.) Plans for the sale of merchant ves sels now owned by the United States shipping board and their operation by private owners were announced today by Rear Admiral Benson, chairman, of the board, in a state ment of policy, in accordance with the provisions of the Jones ship ping act." The vessels owned by the boar, and which are to be disposed of to citizens of the United States, are valued at ap proximately $3,000,000,000. COMPETITION BASIS ; The sales will be held on a competi tive basis and payment may be in In stallments, on the basis of 10 per cent cash with 5 per cent payments-every six months for two years, after which the remaining 70 per cent must be paid in equal semi-annual Installments within 10 years. The . vessels . purchased by private owners are to be operated under the nnfrvtftnn 'of - thA ahinoinff board. When 60 per -cent of the purchase price has been paid the purchaser takes title to the ship and the board holds a first mortgage lien. ' The pretita made from the current operation of' vessel sf sold by the board are limited to 15 per cent for dividend distribution among stockholders. INTEREST PER CENT An Interest rate of 5 per cent per year will be charged by -the board for all deferred pay men ts. "All revenues derived from operation are to be deposited in a controlled or supervised account and the Installments provided for, except the initial pay ment, shell be taken therefrom," Ad miral Benson's statement declared. An average price of from 3160 to $173 per deadweight ton is fixed by the board as a minimum price for the steel vessels (coal burners) now in their pos session. The minimum price for oil burners reached from $175 to $185 per deadweight ton. - Alleged Eloper to Face Three Charges Eugene, Aug. 16. Deputy Sheriff Cro ner left Sunday for Klamath Falls to bring back to this city Sherman Douglas, 21, who recently eloped with a 16-year-old girl. Tessle Tingling, of Springfield. Douglas -took 'tis father's auto from the home near Eugene and drove the girl over the McKenxie pass to Bend, it is claimed, where he secured funds by cashing a worthies s check. He was traced to Klamath rails and there ar rested. He will face three criminal charges on his return. Grout's Mother Dies Word was received this morning of the death of the .mother of Superin tendent D. A. Grout of" the Portland schools at Rodney, Ontario, "Sunday. Superintendent Grout Is in Ontario, having -been called Kast two weeks ago when his mother's condition was first considered ; serious. Funeral services will be held Tuesday. . CI rout will re turn to Portland next week! FOLO 6 Valuable Timber Falls Off Ladder ; While at work at the Northwest Bridge It Iron company at the foot of Sheridan street Monday morning. Hoy Brltt fell from a ladder, breaking his leg. The ladder slipped as he was as cending It, causing him ; to lose his balance. He was taken to the Sell wood hospital. He lives at the Harri son nuu-u WTTeaTped Mm JL
