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f All Here and It's All True
THE WEATHER-Tonight And Thursday
, probably showers: southwesterly winds.
' Maximum temperature Tuesday :
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CITY EDITION
; The "Yankf Are doming
home -with moat , of the Olympic games
trophies. The Journal kept Its readers
Informed on the progress of the "Karnes. ;
and the sports department will continue ;
as usual to "cover" all sports: activities 1
ier and abroad. ; . . j-:; . i
VOL: XIX. NO. 144.
Entered aa Seeond-Claaa Matter
Fmtoffice. t Portland. Oracoa
PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST
1920. EIGHTEEN PAGES
PRICE TWO CENTS
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GIVE AID TO
RAILROADS IS
PLEA OF COX
Lfnes Too Long Part of Political
Organization With Personal
Exploitation and Stock Jobbing
Rampant, Declares Candidate.
By Harry I. Itogra j
Princeton, InS., Aug-. 25- (I. N.
8.) -Asserting; that tho railroads of
the United States have too long been
part of the political organizations,
with personal exploitation and stock
jobbing: operating1. to the detriment
of 'the " public,", welfare. Governor
j antes- M. Cox 'of Ohio, Democratic
.presidential nominee. In a speech at
the Gibson county, fair here this
afternoon, declared for government
aid ;in putting them upon a "basis
of efficiency, both in rolling stock
and In operations.
GBEED OITES MOKET
The governor repeated his i charges
that "fabulous sums of money have been
contributed by selfish, greedy Interests
to buy the election. i j
"It is ray privilege and it i jwlll be
my chief aim to' expose the senatorial
. plot : and to repeal the Interests that
are part of it," he declared. ; j ;
Much of the labor trouble In the min
ing districts of Indiana and elsewhere,
the governor said, has been due to j the
lack of adequate railroad service. :
f Mines, he argued; cannot be operated
without rars, and miners must! have a
living wage whether they work j part or
whole time. ; j
"We hear a great deal from reaction
ary leaders about the operation of the
railroad during the war," said the gov
ernor, "I am of the opinion and I be
lieve every unprejudiced person in ; the
country Is llkewiAs of the belief that fed-
, . (Concluded on Face Two, Column Four)
BEAN OPPOSED TO
FISH INQUIRY
Kugene, Aug. 25. Ttepresenta
tlve Louis E. Bean, exhibiting and
' commenting upon a letter received
f rom ; Richara W. Price of Portland,
. demanding a hearing of the list of
charges against the former state fish
and game commission, made it em
phatically plain that he personally
was opposed to a reopening of a
case that had been officially reviewed
by the governor and a legislative
committee and given a quietus to
the satisfaction of . the majority of
people. -
Bean called attention to the fact that
the communication from Price, a direc
tor of the Multnomah Anglers' club,' was
vtrtually a rehash of all the old charges
against the commission, prominent
among which was that of diverting funds
from the game fish to the commercial
fishing interests, and the padding of
accounts of employes. All these accounts.
according to Bean, were carefully can
vassed by a committee of experts, who
found them above criticism. Both by di
rect refutation and by the implication
carried by the selection of the old mem-
bers of the commission to make up the
personnel of the two new commissions,
the body had been exonerated, he said.
"There are 15 distinct charges made
hy Price In this letter." said Bean, "and
they are simply a restatement of j the
former charges. - It would require weeks
of time and probably cost the state $5000
to go into all the details of .these and,
after they had all been sifted to the bot
tom. the investigating committee would
find ' itself right back at the same
point arrived at In the former hearing.
Personally I shall give no consideration
to this matter whatever."
i Keep Our National .
Partnership Intact,
Declares Harding
Marion. Ohio. Aug.. 26. TJ.' P: The
United States would rather cultivate. op
. portunitles n the friendly soil of ; the
New World than "chase a phantom amid
the envies abd rivalries of the old." Sen
t ator Warrenl G. Harding declared today
in his speecfi from the front porch to
members of the Wyandotte county
- (Ohio) delegation. 0 ; !
Nobody has a thought of American
aloofness to the world, but our sphere
lies In our "national partnership" on the
Western continent and with the Pan
American countries. Harding said, j-
Ne Liquor Cache
Of Koscoe Lane Is
. Found by Officer
Bend. Aug. 25. Continuing his search
for Illicitly manufactured liquor. State
Special Officer Jack Casstdy Mondav
located 40 gallons of whit moonshine
on the Nance place near Grandview. This
is in addition to nearly 100 gallons of the
- corn and rye whiskey, the approximate
v location of which was given tqthei au-
thorlties after the arrest of Roscofe Lane
1 last -week. That more of the product
' of the Lane still is cached In the country
about Grandview is believed. : i
The revolver taken from Iane at the
, time of his arrest has seven notches
'carved on the handle, it was reported.
EUGENE tEROY
ARRESTED aboard Brit
ish steamer Dry den in
I connection with famous
Detroit-New York trunk mur
der mystery, The steamer ar
rived today at Rio Janeiro.
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SUSPECT IN TRUNK
Rio Janeiro, Aug. 25. fUi P.)
The -British steamer Dryden arrived
here lastj night with Eugene Leroy,
wanted in connection with the New
York-Detroit 'trunk murder mys
tery" under arrest.
The body of a woman.. later identified
as Mrs. Eugene Leroy, was found in
a trunk ui New Tork. to which It had
bees shipped from Detroit- .Her hus
band, ; suspected of the crime, was
hunted for. several weeks and was last
previously reported in New. York. The
Dryden left New York for Bio
Janeiro
on August 3.
t j Detroit Awaits Word
. Detroit, Mich, Aug. 25. U. P. Po
lice here ' today were waiting confirma
tion of the report that Eugene Leroy,
suspected of murdering his wife and
shipping her body t ln a trunk to' New
York city.' had been captured aboard a
ship at Rio Janeiro. .;.
- Leroy, alias Oscar- Fernandez, alias O.
J, Woods, alias Morris Fox, has been re
ported in many places, but investigation
each time proved that the wrong man
"1
was being held. ; ; ;
Unidentified Body
Is Found Floating
tin jColuinbia River
Kalama. Wash., Aug. 25. A nude
corpse was found floating in the Co
lumbia river Tuesday at Carrolls. ; It
was that of a man about 35 years of
age, with dark hair and smooth Shaven
face, height about & feet 8' inches.
I
The board of equalization has fixed
the average rate of valuation of timber
In the county at 91 cents' per il 000 per
township, i The assessed valuation of
all
properties In the county this year
will; be about 118,000.000.
Damage to Lumber
Yard Is $500,000
Minneapolis, Aug- 25.- I. N. S An
acute housing shortage was accentu
ated by the fire which swept the yards
of ithe Northland i Pine Lumber com
pany last night, plans for a building
program to alleviate the housing short
age were disrupted. Seven million feet
of lumber and 5,000,000 shingles were
destroyed.. Two dwelling bouses were
destroyed ' and one of the main I railway
entries, to the city, the Soo Line railway
tracks, was put out of commission, the
intense heat destroying tracks for a dis
tance or several blocks.
Loss estimated at $500,000.
Wedding Performed
In Aeroplane at
Height 5000 Feet
I-.' '-! v.:- :
Denver.' Aug. 25. (L N. S.) Kdward
Bell of this city., former A. Bij K. avi
ator, and , Miss Ruth Clark of Los Ange
les j were ? married t here Tuesday while
the couple were flying over the city in
a;i airplane. ... . .
Rev. G. . S. , - Lackland performed the
ceremony at a height of 5000 feet. - '
Spokane Musicians
,.. sis - i
Ask More Money
4 Spokane, Wash.; , Aug. 25. Nearly 250
musicians of theater and other orches
tras of Spokane, 45 motion?pictu-e opera
tors and 55 stage employes of this city,
are seeking wage Increases ranging from
6 to 20 per cent, according to Fred W.
Green, president of the musicians' union,
head of the amusement section of the
Central Labor council and vice-presiden'
of the. Washington State Federation of
juaoor
CHAMBERLAIN
MARVELS AT
Progress, Due
tion, Wipes
Largely
to ! Irriga
tor Old "Land-
marks;
Benham Falls Project
Pleases; to A
d Sheepmen
By Ralph Watson
4
(Journal Staff
Corrapoudent)
Bend, Aug. 25. Coming back to
Bend after a period of five years, jto
find a place so changud: by growth
and expansion in business activity
that the landmarks hi knew'could
not be round. Senator Chamberlain
visited the city today. At noon he
was the guest of the Bend Chamber
of Commerce at its weekly luncheon.'
The senator reached Bend Tuesday
evening f rom sLakevievj and Paisley.
Chamberlain, speaking before the
Chamber of Commerce, paid high tribute
to the spirit of progress; and advance
ment shown by the citizens of Bend.jso
apparent to him because of the great
changes which had taken place since the
time he was last here some five years
ago.; - y . j . r : - - . '
He told of having first! come to Bend
some years ago, before the town had
hardly been born, to Investigate, as gov
ernor, the feasibility of I irrigation de
velopment, j
FUTURE IS FORESEES '.. (.
He had foreseen the possibility then,
he said, and as the work iof development
was put under way. and Bend grew from
a village of a few scattering houses; to
a tent city and then to a town.- he uw
his faith Justified by the works and the
energy of those who hadj come to build
the country. . ; j , : j
The announcement ust made by the
state engineer, that thei Benham falls
power site was feasible, had been read
with much Interest by hlim. the senator
said, and he congratulated the people of
Bend upon the determination so far as
engineering skill could settle it, V j
That the long-contemplated Improve
ment at Benlja.ni falls might be safely
undertaken, to harness the Deschutes,, he
pointed out, woald make of Bend one of
the centers of electrical . energy in the
great Northwest. -.!.
It would give electric current for the
Industries here'and those ready to c-ime
and woald.- make it possible for water
to be pumped upon high lands now above
the gravity ditches and to change them
from waste to productlvlly. ; f j'-:;
DOUBLE PURPOSE AI3I j ' '
It might even be found! feasible when
the development had been completed and
the power dam constructed, to lead the
spill water from the dam . out over "the
lands below It, and thus cause it to serve
a double purpose. :; ' -
While at Lakeview Monday, Senator
Chamberlain met with a delegation; of
sheep men of the country to hear their
protest against the creation of the pro
posed antelope preserve, which would; in
clude practically all of j the mountain
range of Lake county and be greatly
detrimental if not fatal to the sheep In
dustry of that section of the state, j At
the conclusion of the hearing the senator
told the sheep men that! he would op
pose any effort that might be mad to
establish the preserve, believing that
adequate protective laws, well enforced,
would preserve the elk, while not
jeopardising the existence of one of the
principal industries of the state. . j
Thursday morning - the senator will
leave for Redmond, Madras and Prtne
ville. - . .' . i
STANDIFER YARD
Vancouver, Wash., Aug. 26. Em
ployes of the Standifer shipyards
here went on strike 1at-2. , o'clock
Wednesday afternoon. JThe extent of
the strike and the cause are not
known. Company officials decline
to discuss the matter. 1
President Claude Moran of the Van
couver Central Labor Council said that
all union men of the plant were out and
that the strike was called because non
union men are employed In the yard. :
Keleased Patient
Asks $25,000. Balm
Tacoma, Wash Aug. 25. (I. N. S.)
Dr. ; W. N. .Keller, superintendent; of
Western State- Hospital , for Insane, at
Fort Steilacoom was made defendant
in suit for $25,000 damages asked by
Dr. Allen Kay, 72-year-old physician,
released recently from the Institution
by order of the "superior court here.
Dr. Kay asks damages -on groumts - of
six months alleged false Imprisonment.
Dr. Kay charges that Dr. Keller never,
in the whole prison period, made; an
examination. Dr. ' Kay h wu placed in
the Institution October 1917, white suf
fering violent headache.- - . j, ,
Motion Picture" Men
Die in Auto Plunge
Livermore, Oal., Aug. 25. I. N. S.)
Russell N. Smith, manager of the rar
toon department of Miles Brothers, mo
tion picture distributors of San Fran
cisco. and w. H. Wredenburgh. a sales
man for the same concern were drowned
in three feet of water .when their, auto
inobil plunged off a bridge near here
this morning. The men mere pinned un
der the .machine and .. were.- dead , when
found b passing motorists. . .
BEND GROWTH
EMPLOYES
STRIKE
SUFFRAGE IS
AGAIN VICTOR;
COURT RULES
Washington, Aug. 25. -(I. N. S.)
Justice. Siddons of the supreme
court of the Bistrtct of Columbia -refused
to Issue a rule enjoining Sec
retary of State Colby from pro
claiming the nineteenth amendment,
providing suffrage for women. The
rule was requested by Charles Fair
child, president of the American Con
stitutional league. !
'PERMITTED' TO DIE
London, Aug. 25j (I. N. S.)
Rioting on a large scale broke out
In Belfast tonight, according to dis
patches just received from that city.
Lucerne, Switzerland, Aug. 25.
(U.'P.) The British government will
not except Lord Mayor MacSweeney
from the rule, that Irish hunger
must be permitted to tarve if . they
refuse to eat, Premier Lloyd George
declared today in a telegram to Mac
Sweeney's sister. , .
"I regret to hear of the pain Inflicted
on you by your brother's determination
to starve, but it is impossible for the
government to make an exception In his
case," the message said.
SINN FEIN TO CONDEMN ALL
WHO SENTENCE LORD MAYOR
London, Aug: 25. -j- (U. .) Sinn
Fein officials, who have never failed to
carry out the sentences Imposed by
"their courts." will condemn to death all
persons implicated in the expected death
of Terence MacSweeney, lord mayor of
Cork, they declared today. ;-
While refusing to specify whom they
regarded as responsible, the officials in
ferred that Premier Lloyd George and
members of his cabinet "are liable." .
'Members of the Irish Republican gov
ernment and of the Cork corporation vis
ited Brixton prison last . night, , where
MacSweeney is near death from a two
weeks hunger strike. He Is serving a
two year sentence for sedition.
COK8IBER IT MURDER ;
Tf MacSweeney dies, we will consider
it murder," one of the Sinn Fetners said,
tha others ' jeoncarring.Vr "The Sinn. Fein
courts -. .will . try all persons implicated.
They will b sentenced to death If found
guilty, c of aiding or '.abetting' the. lord
mayor's murder. The sentences will be
carried out, no matter how high the1 of
ficials involved. Presence of the accused
In court, is not necessary. '
Mary MacSweeney. sister of the lord
mayor, has telegraphed Lloyd George in
Lucerne, declaring that her brother's
relatives and the people of Ireland- will
"hold you responsible in the event of his
death. . : -
The mayoress visited her husband last
night.' MacSweeney, who was - sinking
rapidly and nearing unconsciousness,
asked that he be allowed ; to "take a
long look" at -her, as "I may not sde you
the next time.
WILLING TO DIE ;
"Terence was terribly weak, and his
eyes were clouded, but he told me. he
would not regret death if it were helpful
to Ireland," Mrs., MacSweeney told re
porters. t
"He said he grieved for me, but "L told
him I would not have married him If I
had not known he was not a coward. I
love him for his principles,' and his loy
alty to Ireland... '
A thousand former soldiers gathered
outside the prison last night and staged
a demonstration for MacSweeney's re
lease. - Rioters Kill Policeman
Dublin. Aug. 25. (L N. S.) A police
man was killed and another wounded
in an outbreak of fighting ' today at
Glengartff on Bantry Bay. Soldiers were
sent to restore order, i
Two Planes Make
Daily Journal Trip
To. Beach Resorts
Two planes made the daily Journal
journey to Seaside Tuesday the big Cur
tis Seagull and one of the t -boats. The
Seagull will be flown back Wednesday
afternoon following repairs to-the ve
neered fusillage made necessary by a
collision with a sand spit in the Necani
cum river when. Pilot F. E. Harding un
dertook to hop off for the return jour
ney in a dead calm. .
The planes left "Lewis and Clark field
Tuesday at 1:10 p. m., with P. L. Jack
son, associate publisher of The Journal.
as a passenger in the F-boat and David
H. Smith, .circulation ; manager, in the
Seagull. : Pilot Clemence drove the F-
boat directly ; to the Necanicum,.- while
Harding, with the Seagull, stopped first
at Astoria Thy arrived about 2 :55. The
accident on- the return trip with both
passengers in the one plane was caused
by lack of wind to induce the plane to
rise. The ; tide was out and Harding
could not make the turn quickly enough
to dodge the spit, though he avoided se
rious damage by keeping his engine run
ning and holding the craft's- nose down.
The strain of dragging over the sand
split :- the veneer side, but ' did . net
damage the struts and the O. W. L
company announced it would have re
pairs made in time for the Wednesday
return flight.
' Passengers in the -boat for Seaside
Wednesday were E. L. Fraley and Harry
Silk of Portland.
Butter Goes Up .
Three Gents More
Announcement was ; made late Wed
nesday afternoon that the price of but
ter would be advanced 3 cents and the
price of butterfat 2 cents on Thursday
morning. This is the second advance
this ' week, butter having advanced 2
cents on Monday. The new advance
makes the wholesale selling price for
top score butter cents, -
STRIKER
WAY, DESPITE
Organization Is in Actual Exist
ence and Is Functioning Cour
ageously Regardless of Lack
Of U. S. Participation
By David Lawrence
Washington, Aug. 25. Details of
the meetings of the councU of the
League of Nations not covered in the
cable dispatches have just jreached
here from Spain and they show par
ticular activity on a program of com
mercial and. economic blockade.
which la to be relied upon more than
military or naval force to-keep the
peace of the world. j
"The vital fact of today. writes one
of the officials who has no- connection.
of course, with our government "Is that
the League of -Nations Is in existence
and is rapidly organizing regardless of
America's defection. It Is - the sheerest
cant to say that all the other nations
of the world cannot organise k society
for peace and cooperation without America-
Kvery day disproves it. - :
"The league Is going on courageously.
Thlrly-hine nations are already bound
by Its provisions, which they cannot ig
nore without .violating their signed
word.
"The United States canot destroy the
present league : it cannot build up a
wholly new league. ' It must either, stay
outside a community of nations organ
ized for cooperation and for peace or
come into that league with such reser
vations as it thinks necessary nod with
the purpose of pushing all those great
movements for which Americah foreign
policy has always stood."
The foregoing - view Is expressed by
one who has no connection with Amer
ican politics; but - brings out a new
Idaho Falls, Idaho, Aug. 25. (I.
N. S.) T. A. Walter of Caldwell, in
Canyon county, was nominated for
governor; of Idaho on the secjond bal
lot by; the Democrats In state con
vention assembled. :
N. ' B. Pettlbone of Idaho county .was
nominated for lieutenant governor by
acclamation. There were five candidates
for governor on the Democratic ticket.
Walters was the; favorite from the be
ginning. There was a landslide for him
in the second ballot. He is !a lawyer
and was attorney general' for this state
for two years.;.. ,.' . .t
. John F. Nugent today was nominated
for United States senator by acclamation.
The following were nominated for presi
dential electors : K. I, Perky of Ada
county, Ed C Rich of Bear Lake. Mrs.
Neil K. Irion . of Bortner county was
nominated for congress from
the First
district, and Mayor W'hltaker
of Poca-
tello for congressman I from the Second
district, , : . ' . : I
DIXONG NOMINATED FOR
MONTANA GOVERNORSHIP
Helena, Mont., Aug. 25. (L N. S.)
Scattered and slowly
complied returns
from all parts of Montana in
the state
primary today give) former
United
States Senator K. M. Dixon of!
Missoula
a good lead over a field of five oppon
ents: for the Republican gubernatorial
nomination, f Lleut.-Goy. W
W. Mc-
Dowell. Democrat, is ' running
neck and
neck with former U- S. District
Attorney
B. K. Wheeler, who is also Ahe"' Non
partisan league candidate. In she Dem
ocratic primary for governorship honors.
Returns received at the statehouse give
McDowell and his entire ticket a lead In
Wheatland county of 100 to 200 each
over Wheeler and the I remainder of the
Non-partisan . leaguers. - No candidate
has a lead as yet which cannot be over
come and only about I one-tenth of the
total vote has been
ballot with -many contestants for every
nomination is maxing the count slow,
Non-partisan League Plck$ Ticket,
Boise. Idahov Aug. ti The Nob -parti
san league has selected a complete state
ticket, petitions for h which Were filed
today with the secretary of state. Kach
petition carries over 6000 names. : al
though the law requires but 8000. it. F.
Samuels is candidate for United States
senator, and Sherman) D. Fairchlld of
Mora is the gubernatorial candidate. :
Passengers
Injured
By
Runaway Car
San Francisco. Aug 25. ll N. S.)
One mat was seriously Injured and a
dozen others bruised and cut by flying
glass when a Clay street cable car. out
of control, crashed into a Kearny street
electric car at Grant street after a dash
down -a - heavy gradei The icable car
grip refused to take hold of the cable,
causing the runaway. I Nearly. 100 pas
sengers were on the car and a score on
the cable car.; The two cars Were badly
aamagea. .
Rev. Matthews
Will
Stump for
Gov. Cox
' New York, Aug. 25.1 The Rev. M. A.
Matthews, pastor of the First Presby
terlan. church of. Seattle,. Wash., called
at . national v Democratic headquarters
today -ana ortered nis services as
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, Concluded on Page Two, Co torn n One)
IDAHO DEMOCRATS
NOMINATE WALTER
sue alter in the camfaim
CUT SPECIAL TAXES
OF STREET CARS IS
URGED IN REPORT
Herewith is nreoentrd a difent of tha ree-
mmradatton for the operation of electric rail
wari aa made by the federal electric railway
CQramix-ion. It wis be noted that the report of
the federal cummraiton rrcommand that (pe
dal t,wtmnti azaia.it all itreet railway lor
parinc, bndfi toil, and other purponea nhonld
be eliminated as pronoaed by The Journal in
1M recent railway eaaa ia Portland. Tn com
mission find that money rrceired for operation
oi im railway nropertlea unouia not (o u. tna
city in tba form of taxes or otherwise.
By William PhlUp Simms
Washington Aug. 25.- (I. Nj S.)
Recommendations for drastic changes
in the operation of street railway
systems doing business In cities
throughout the United States were
made in the report of the federal
electric railways commission to Pres
ident. Wilson. -; i. v-v"
; The commission appointed by the presU
dent about a year ago, at the request
of the secretaries of commerce and labor.
on the grounds that "the Industry as
a whole is virtually' bankrupt," and
that the continued shrinkage in the hun
dreds of millions of electric railway se
curities threatened "to embarrass the
nation's financial operations" - unani
mously recommended -that:
: "First Street railways everywhere
should -serve the public at cost, pattern
ing themselves in this respect after lines,
in Cleveland, . Cincinnati, Dallas. Mon
treal and other cities.
ALT "VV PLXED BETCBX
"Second Furnishing rides at cost,
operating companies should be . allowed
a fixed return on their investment, the
value of which to be determined by
-Street railway managements,
employes and the public each have . a
solemn duty to perform, each toward
the other.
"Fourth It is Intolerable that the
transportation service of a city should be
subject to occasional paralysis, whether
by strikes or-lockouts.. All labor dis
putes should be settled voluntarily or by
arbitration and : the award of such a
board should be final and binding on
both parties. -- -'" ;.'-, .fv i:-:;
"Fifth Public ' ownership : and ;' opera
tion are undesirable save where private
operation has failed to give the public
the service it demands. However, the
right of the public, to own and operate
not only their car lines, but all public
utitlties should be-plainly recognized, -
"Sixtli Whenever car lines are extend
ed into outlying territory in a way to
benefit private property, the Cost should
be borne by the private Interests to the
extent of the benefit acquired, and such
extensions should not be-Included In the
total valuation of the railroad system
upon Which a fair, profit Is guaranteed.
"Seventb--Street. railway . franchises
should not be for any specified timi, nor
the fare to be charged fixed. Conditions
should govern both." -
Antwerp. Aug. 25 (U, P.)--Nor-man
Ross, : Portland, won the final
1500-meter free style swimming race
with Vermont of Canada second and
Beaurepalre of Australia third. Time,
22 minutes .23 1-3 seconds.'
Malmroth of .Sweden won the 400
meter breast stroke swimming race
with Henning of . Sweden second.
Aaltoonan of Finland tmrd, ana
Howell. America, fourth. ; Time,
C:31 4-5. V':;;- j -;: i. - v- JA J
vtiuIHa - VtUtirirrev nf tha Women's
Ririmminr . aiuiociation of America, to
day won the 100-meter swim for women
at the Olympic games and. established a
new world'as record . of 1 :13 J-6. - Irene
Guest of Philadelphia, was second ana
Mrs. Frances -Cowen senroui ot. ban
Francisco third.- ' ;
American boxers had three Olympic
championships to their credit today, "xj
Frankie l (jennaro, isew xora. won
the flyweight title ; Sam Hosberg. New
York, won the lightweight title, and Ted
F.Qn yaie ' university, won the light
heavyWelght tlUe. In the final bouts last
night. .! The complete results weret '
Flyweights Dl Gennaro defeated Pr
tersen, Denmark.
Bantam weights Walker," South Af
rica, defeated Graham, , Canada, ..
Lightweight Hosberg defeated Joahn
sen, Denmark, j -
Welter weight Schneider, Canada, de
feated Ireland, England.
Middle weight Mallln, - England, de
feated Prudhomme, Canada. - -
Lleht heavy weight Kaxan defeated
Sersdal. Norway.
. Heavy weight Rawson, England, ' de
feated Petersen, Norway.
All ; bouts were three three-minute
rounds each.
C r o ssi n g Street Is
More Hazardous Than
War, Meeting Is .Told
San Francisco. Aug. 25. "There was
lees danger on the battle fields of France
than any civilian encounters In crossing
a street In one of our cities." E. W.
Braun of Elgin, III., declared- today, ad
dressing the national convention of traf
fic officers here today.- He was urging
concerted effort In the framing of regu
lations for motor vehicle traffic. ; -
"More thaa ; twice as many people
were killed by 'automobiles In the United
Ktatea than were killed In the American
forces during the 19 months our boys
were In France. ;
British Contribution v
Is Denied by Geddes
St ; Louis, Mo. Aug. 25. (U. P.)
Charges by Congressmsn Fred Britten
of Illinois at Chicago that the British
embassy contributed to the Democratic
campaign fund were denied here today
by Sir Auckland Geddes, British ambas
sador. Geddes was here sttending the
convention of the American Bar asso
ciation. .-..-,,.;
NORMAN ROSSIS
The whole electric railway "enterprise,
the report stated. Is in dire straits. The
letter to the president, siened by Secre
tary, of Labor W. B. Wilson, and the
then secretary of commerce, William C.
Red field, calling for the appointment of
the commission, stated that already SO or
more urban systems, representing a con
siderable percentage of the total electric
railroad mileage of. the country, are In
the hands of receivers." The. communi
ties affected are among the ' most ; im
portant. New York, Providence. Buffalo,
New ; Orleans. Denver, St Louis, Bir
mingham, Montgomery, Pittsburg. Mem
phis, Fort Wayne. Des Moines. St. Paul,
Spokane and Chattanooga :
The report estimates that from $175,
000,000 jto $200,000,000 annually will be
necessary If the future needs of the 'In
dustry are to be met property. Restored
confidence on the part of the public, it
emphatically 'stated. Is one of the vital
necessities of - restored credit.
The plan of the commission is that
rides shall be furnished to the public at
the lowest possible actual cost, while the
Investor shall be guaranteed a fixed re
turn on his holdings. T
- On the subject of fares the report de
clared the fixed, uniform farer Is a
"broken reed' and must be - flexible
enougb to enable them (the street rail
ways) j to secure sufficient . revenue . to
pay the entire cost of service rendered,
issuing the necessary cost of both capi
tal and labor. " ..- .
When a given 'fare Is found ' to " pro
duce profits above a fair return. It is
explained, the money should go neither to
the company nor to the city, but be re
flected back ' into the pockets of the
public by an automatic reduction in the
fare paid by. the rider..
ZLIM IX ATE SPECIAL TAXES
The elimination of special assessments
for sprinkling, paving, bridges, eta, . is
recommended by the commission, on the
ground; that the entire community and
particularly the automobile owner, gets
more benefit irom these things than the
streetcar rider. i ,
The iowlyi "jitney, the report urges,
should be regarded as a common car
rier, and' placed under ' public ''regula
tion. . ! . ' ..-. 'y' - ;-- .
. . Street railway managements are ad
vised that their first duty Is to serve th
public .With highest efficiency at the low
est cost. Employes, the same, but they
should be given decent wages and hours
of . work, and the right to deal collec
tively (through representatives chosen by
themselves. The public must supervise
control of lt street . railway properties,
place a fair valuation upon them and
guarantee a fair, return on the Invest
ment. 1 " -.
On the 'other , hand,, both strikes and
lockouts should be barred.
- Chaos faces the Industry, the report
declared, unless 'credit is, restored and
cooperation between public, management
and employes established. ',-f h ?
: 8a1em', Aug, 25.- An application
for;the refund of apt -oximately $11.
000 in excess charges made by the
Southern Pacific Railroad ; company
on shipments of asphalt to the Or
egon ptate highway commission dur.
Ing the past seven years, will be filed
with the .interstate, commerce com
mission , within a few1 days, accord
ing tcj C, B. Lytle, traffic expert with
the "high way department here.
; The' excess charge .'to. which the high
way commission has been subjected has
been made possible through the -camouflaging
of the freight tariff covering as
pha.lt,! which was only recently uncov
ered by Lytle through accident.. The In
terstate commerce commission, ' Lytle
states, had already Admitted the justice
of the' commission's contentions, and
there is little question as to the granting
of the request for reparation. -
. While the excess- charges to the high
ay commission alone will, approximate
111.000 in the period covered, wtie
points out,' other " shippers, especially
municipalities along the Southern Pacific
lines between San Francisco and Port
land. ! have been subjected to aim liar
overcharges aggregating many thousands
of dollars. ' v -
The highway commission is also pre
paring to file with the Oregon public
service commission a request for the
complete suspension .of the recent order
ranting an Increase of 25 per cent em
road building material. This class of
commodity. It is pointed out, already
yields a return of from 15 to 75 per cent
rratr than the return on commercial
shipments of similar materials. The 10
cents : per ton . reduction under the new
rate recently requested toy the public
service commission would be entirely In
adequate, it Is declared. ' i
I .. . :.v;'3'-:
Sen. Jones Denies
J5e Is to Receive
Cabinet- Position
Yakima, Wash- Aug. 25 Denial of a
rumor that he had been offered a cab
inet position If Senator Warren Harding
is elected president was made by Sena
tor Wesley D. Jones, here- attending the
funeral of his brother, calvia A. Jones.
"I would not consider a seat in the
cabinet; he said. "I do not like that
kind of work and no such proposal has
been put up to fne "
. Asked who would be a logical man for
secretary of - the . interior- In event , of
Republican success, the senator replied
that either. Borah or Poindexter would
make: good. He favors a Western man
tor the position because of his familarity
with foast proolems. ,
Fishers Arrested,
Bailed Out, By Radio
- Avalon. CaU Aug. 25. John Prlxmich
and Mike Miller were arrested for illegal
fishing off Catalina island on wireless
telephonic Instructions. . Arraigned at
Kan Pedro, they - were released on bail
arranged by wireleas telephone. ,-
STATE TO SEEK BIB
REFUND FROM S. P.
EUROPE FACE
TO FACE Mi l
Momentous Question of Whether
Or Not Europe Is to Be
... Plunged Into Another War to
: Be Decided, Within 48 Hours.
i j By ' Webb Miltr-r
Lo n d o n. Aug. 25. (U. P.)
Whether j most of Europe again will
be involved, in war was expected to
day to bej decided within 48 hours.
" Russia has' until Friday evening to re
ply to the Anglo-Italian note demanding
modification of her peace terms to
Poland. Premier Lloyd Ueorge has In
formed the Bolshevlkl, through Arthur
Balfour, lord president of the council,
that unless a satisfactory reply Is forth
coming within the time limit; Great
Britain wilt change Its policy toward
Russia. '
FOUR XATIOXS IX ACCORD
Committed to the same action as Greats
Britain Is Italy. France and possibly
Belgium, f In the event Of a resumption
of hostilities on a major scale, the Ger
mans may -become partially Involved,
since the sentiment of the German popu
lations bordering on Toland Is frankly
pro-Russian. Officials of Kast " Prussia
are reported ' to have asked for volun
teers to aid the Zleds and according to
some advices no steps have been taken
to Interne the thousands of Russians who
fled into Kast Prussia to escape capture.
BRITAIN HEADY TO ACT
If the j Bolshevik! refuse to modify '
their terms as demanded by the alllr.H,
military and naval plans already ar
ranged by the latter will be put Into
execution immediately. It is bel'eved In
semi-official circles. The British navy
Is understood to be ready to establish-
blockade within 12 hours. At the
same time steps would Lo - taken to
brush aside the opposition of German
harbor workers In Danzig and throw
that port open to landing of munitions.
It was predicted Indwell Informed
circles this afternoon that the Toles and
Russians! would abandon the etrcnr
terms they were trying to enforr i-pm
Concluded nn ra Two, (!oliima Ttirre)
HOTEL HEADS ARE
FINED $100 EACH
Six hotel ani rooming house own
er Tuesday afternoon were fined
$100 each., one was continued until
Saturday, and ! the other whs dis
charged , by Judge rtossman in mu
nicipal court Wednesday morning.
The proprietors, were fined for the
violation of the fire hazard ordinance
of the building! code, which provides
that doors muatt not be locked on th
inside and that red lights for fire escape
exits must be k-pt burning among othur
specifications. j . :. .. ,
Those who appeared In court Wednes
day-were : - t
A. Hauserman, proprietor of the Hel
vetia hotel, 24 Kalmon street; fined
$100, charged with having the back door
locked. . ' t- ' ' '
3. S. Kajlkawa. 6 North Third flreft,
proprietor - of building containing v 190
rooms. He was fined $100. Two back
doors were locked, according to the
charge. The manager.- Mrs. M. Kyle.
testified that she had kept the doors
locked, thus compelling her guests to
enter the building through the main en
trance, so she could keep a cleer watch
and run an orderly house. . The court
declared that the - ordinance must be
complied with. )
George Takios, 63 North Third street,
proprietor : of a three story rooming
house with 40 rooms, fined $100 for not
having red fire escape lights burning on
second floor. He offered the excuse for
his infraction of the law by saying that
he was remodeling the building and put
ting In new fire escapes, cutting out
rooms to do so.
T. Sumida, 264 Front street proprietor
of the Ohio hotel, five story .structure, -
charged -with having rear exit locked",
fined $100. Lieutenant McFarland told
the 'court that he had been warned sev
eral times not to' have the door locked.
O. Cardano, 29 North Ninth street.
owner and proprietor of a rooming house.
cnargea with navmg no lire alarm gong.
bad his case continued to Saturday,- on
which day he must report to the court
whether his place is properly equipped.
' Frank Kuramlskl. 243 Second streetr
proprletor of a four story rooming house,
in which tights on the fourth .floor were
found out, bad his case dismissed after
explaining to the court that the lijrht
had accldently gone Out during the nijtfit.
He, promised to. keep a closer vigilance.
Cox and Rooseveltpr
Certificates Filed
' Salem. Aug. 25 The formal nomina
tion certificates" of James M. tox f
Dayton, Ohio, and Franklin 1. Roose
velt of New York city. Democratic i-an-dldates
for president and vice president"
of the United Btates, were filed with the
secretary of state's office here this morn
ing In conformity with the Oregon law
requiring this certification to Insure a
place on the November ballot,. The Dem
ocrats are the first to make formal fil
ing of certificates of nomination for
national o flees. .
Whatcom County's
Gain Is 2 Per Cent
Washington; Aug. 26. (V. r.l What
com county, Washington, has gaiii;l 1 1
per cent in population In the pt H
years, according to figures made put ,
today ty the census "bureau. The p"r
lalon now is 60.SS5. a sain cf 1074.
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