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
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MALATIA, TURKEY VALUABLt TIMBER
and 'S ervice OkUn ts
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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
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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.
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THOR AGENTS
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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.
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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
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(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
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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.
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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. ; . .
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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
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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. . '-,'
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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
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