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SCRAP LEAGUE
!5S
Put Teeth Into Hague Tribunal
So That International Associa
tion Will - Become1 Powerful
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World Force, Advises Candidate
1. Marion,. Ohio, Aug. 28.- (U. P.)
Hope of world peace "lies in put-
ting teeth ; in The Hague tribunal.
not ins the League of Nations, which
has undoubtedly passed beyond the
possibility of restoration," Warren
i G. Harding: declared in his speech
to a' delegation! from Indiana today
The Republican candidate; came out
flatly for scrapping the lea rue, which
he says has proved "utterly Impotent"
as a preventive for war and for prov
ing: any of its merits In court, of inter
national justice animated by considera-
: tions of right and justice Instead of
might and self-interest.. ;1 i i ' h ..
This court, he believes, might well be
i supplemented by a world association for
conference.-.'' ' : r : I '"'if fj n.ri
His speech today, devoted exclusively
. to the league issue,- was. the result of
many conferences with party : I leaders.
A delegation from Minnesota came down
to hear it. Governor Cox, Harding said,
is In favor of f olng to the league on
the basis announced by President Wil
son. . ",. ) . '- --' MM : i f.:;.i.,i
- CONTRAST IS BBAW5 i
. "l am not." he added sharply. ii'That
is the whole difference between us but
it is a most vrtal one, because it in
volves the disparity between a j world
court of justice supplemented by a world
association for conference ; on the ; one
hand, and the council of the league on
.-. the other." : ! ' !. !! j ii : t !
. Drawing a contrast between his court
plan . and the' league council, ; Harding
continued:" i : -r a . !M vr; I
"The one is a judicial tribunal to be
governed by fixed and definite principles
of law administered without passion or
: prejudice. 'The other is an association
i of diplomats and politicians whose de-
terminations are sure to be influenced
: by considerations expediency and na
tional selfishness. ! - ; y, ;
IDEA NOT SEW
, Harding said he is proposing no new
thine-: ' ' I ... ': ml !i "t! S ! : :
"This country is already Aa , member i
of such a Bociety. The Hague tribunal,
; which, unlike the league of Versailles,
-Is still f uncUouiag-and. , -within a few
weeks will resume its committee sessions
Ooneludcd un Pas Two, Cohunn Four)
ALBERT L I
' Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 28. f I. N.
a ) Albert L. j Ivins. 82, oi Red
Bank,--N. J.; today I won the grand
.American handicap, the greatest
honor in the trapshooting world, at
i the closing", session iof the Interna
tional tournament i at ! Kdgewater
park, breaking" 99 targents out of
; 100 shots at the 19-yard line.
National Traffic :
Code Will Require
Year to Complete
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San Francisco, i Aug. 2. (L !N." S.)
A uniform code to govern traffic in all
of the cities of the, country will not be
i come a reality for another year. The
third annual convention of the National
Traffic Officers! association .failed to
i agree on all of the details of the code.
A committee of nine was named before
the conveiitlon adjourned to work on
; the code and report, to a meeting of the
executive committee to be held In Cleve
land in December. - Final action j will be
taken on the code at the next ; annual
jmeetingin Chicago' hvl92j.; '; j.j
Chief of Police Jenkins, Captain Lewis
jof the Police bureau and; H. P. Coffin,
secretary-manager of the Public Safety
commission, attended the ) convenUon.
They are expected to; return; to their
-offices . Monday, j
Passenger Service
To Eastern Oregon
Added to Mail Train
Through addition of a passenger coach
i to the equipment of O-W.i -snail train
i NO. &, direct passenger: service from
I Kaetern Oregon is being made possible,
i according to an announcement by of
ficials Saturday.' The extra coach will
I be picked up at Huntington and stops
jwill be made at Baker, La Grande and
i Pendleton only, f . . i n u .
Snake river , points will ! be able to
, connect with No. 5 by taking the Boise
I pony train to Huntington.: Towns of
I Eastern Oregon are still dissatisfied over
i local 'service of; the O-W.; but officials
i of the road announce a change will be
! made soon which will make possible the
desired accommodations.
Marshall Field; & Co.
Must Produce Books
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Chicago. Aug. 28.-U. P.)-Federal
i Investigation of : alleged profiteering i by
I big State street' depajftment stores was
renewed here today wihen it was learned
J.ha.t the federal . grajnd jury issued a
subpoena Ordering Marshall ; i Field &
Co., big department
store, to produce
its book.
VNS
WINNER IN SHOOT
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Bolshevik Reply
To Ultimatum
Is Regarded as
British insult
! By Webb Miller
London, ( Aug, ?8. (U. P.) The
time limit for Russia's "satisfactory"
reply to the Anglo-Italian : ultima
tum having expired ) last night, in
terest centered today in indication
by the British government as to
whether the answer' Thursday ful
filled the Requirements.
; The Bolshevik note was being studied
in the foreign ! office and a copy had
been forwarded to Premier Lloyd George
In Lucerne.,; jit was ' assumed i that an
identical note had been sent to Italy.
I Although the Russians withdrew their
demand for establishment-- of ; a "civil
militia", in Poland as parti of the peace
agreement with that country the prin
cipal cause , of the entente ultimatum
there was a disposition in some quar
ters to regard the Bolshevik communi
cation In the light of a studied Insult to
Kngland and Italy, j In the more impor
tant matter of re-establishing peace,
however; it was believed this would be
passed over and that the British govern
ment would lend its influence to bring
ing about 'Complete f cessation of hostil
ities between Russia and Poland.
Latest advices from the war zone in
dicated, the Red right flank had been
withdrawn 'until it I rested on i the east
Prussian frontier west of j Augustof (40
miles west of Grodno ; and 140 miles
northeast of Warsaw). : The principal
Russian defense was being made on the
line between Augustof and Grodno,
where the Beds had the j advantage of
marshy, broken ground, an ideal terrain
upon which to halt : the Polish rush
Sporadic fighting continued on the rest
of the front, , '
BRITISH 'AND FRENCH SEND
SEC CRTJISKRS TO DANTZIG
London, Aug. 28. (L i N. S.) Four
British cruisers and two French cruisers
have arrived at Dantzig, according to
advices from Berlin this afternoon, .
I Trouble, has been; threatened; at Dant
zig by i German j wbrklngmen, I who re
fused to allow the landing of Polish war
Supplies. ji r '
YANKEE CRUISER
SENT TO DANTZIG
Washington, Aug. 28. (I. N. S.
At the request df the state depart
ment. Secretary of the Navy Daniels
today ordered Admiral Huse, in
command of the American naval
vessels; In Baltic waters, to send the
cruiser ; Pittsburg j from Reval to
Dantzig for the protection of Amer
icans, : a considerable i number of
whom are now In Dantzigy Secretary
Daniels said. He declared! there is
nothing ""alarming in the situation at
Dantzig, but that the state depart
ment believed; It advisable for a war
ship to be ; there, jj f "H
Troops Burn Homes
Of Irish Following
Attack Upon Lorry
I London, Aug. 28. TJ. P.)-rCivl! strife
in Ireland has spread to Queenstown,
where , serious i rioting- : occurred last
night.'.: : U k':; , ' -
British soldiers, in reprisal for an at
tack 6n a motor lorry near Castle Mar
tyr yesterday afternoon. In j .which a
Cameron Highlander was killed and a
lieutenant wounded, left their barracks
and began to burn the homes and bus
iness places of Irish republicans.
; Sudden collapse of; Terence McSwiney.
lord mayor of j Cork, near death from a
hunger strike, I was expected hourly to
day. At least one member of his family
will be constantly with him in his cell at
Brixton prison from how on. His
brother. " Sean MacSwiney, said he did
not expect , Terence to "last much
longer." i -.-t .. . t 'j ii (;
6 An effort td enlist the aid;! of Queen
Mary in obtaining i the release from
prison of the: hunger-striking -Terence
MacSwiney, lord mayor ; of Cork, will
be made tonight. ' ; i
Man Is Held Up at -'
Point of Gun and
Robbed of Wallet
George Jali reported to the police early
Saturday that he had been accosted at
Park and .Oak streets sometime after
midnight and compelled to deliver over
his S38 at the point of a gun. He de
scribed his assailant as about SO years
old. wearing a dark suit and cap and
about S feet 8 inches tall. J . ,
j Mrs. A. iW. j Montgomery, landlady of
a rooming house at 167 Eleventh street,
complained that her bedroom door was
forced during the night, the thief taking
her pusse containing $150 in bills and a
bank book.- She said she was awakened
to find ber i room in disorder and dis
covered the loss. !;!.-;. ji -
The police are also working on a re
port from Charles Tyler that 1100 was
taken from his room at the Monte Carlo
hotel August 2C. :
Man Fatally Shot
As Result of Feud
Sacramento. Ca.,1 Aug. 28.-r-(tT. P.)
Victor Sulli. barber. Is being held tn the
city ; jail, and : a man ( believed to be
John O'Reilly t of Los Angeles, is lying
at the point of death in a local hospital
as the result;: of a ; two-year feud be
tween the two. Sail! is said to have
shot O'Reilly, when the latter' entered,
bis shoo. ; . . j
CROWD WILD ,
AS COX GIVES
HIS EVIDENCE
Demonstration Accorded as Dem
ocratic Nominee Points to Slush
Fund Is Likened to Ovations
, Which Greeted Teddy Roosevelt
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By David Lawrence
(Copyright, 1920, by TW Journal) i
Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 2 8. ---Political
meetings may come . and f go. but
there have been few like that which
Governor Cox addressed ; herer
Thousands of people listened eager
ly to the charges made by the Demo
cratic .nominee of a huge und. '"to
purchase the presidency," and liter
ally went into a frenzjf of enthus
iasm as the governor produced doc
uments from .Republican headquar
ters tending to show that at least
$,000,000 is being raised in 27
states ; from ' communities totalling
25,000,000 population, ind that ef
forts are being made to raise on the
side sums other than j these men
tioned In the S8.000.00f.
Sensation after sensatien
duced by Governor Cox, and
pror
the crow4
gave him a demonstration of approval
that was' more like the demonstrations
Theodore Roosevelt used j to i get. more
like the enthusiasm Hiram ! Johnson
commanded and more like the spirit of
joy that one witnesses tn an athletic
contest as the bleachers i rise to eheer
a piece ot good play. This is a Repub
lican stronghold, but it made no differ
ence. the crowd just "raised the roof.' I
There's no doubt about lit, the Ameri
can people love a contest, they like to
hear candidates swat each other with
hot shots and sarcastic threats. Gov
ernor Cox, got more real enthusiasm out
of the crowd at Pittsburg than Wood row
Wilson got here in all hit speeches put
together. Perhaps it was j the extraordi
nary character of the occasion, it had
been well advertised in advance because
(Concluded on Pace Two, Cbhunn Three)
t
U. S. Declines to i
Pay $70 for 1000 1
Gallons Best Liquor
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Is 1000 gallons of the very best brand
of whiskey worth. $70? j j ! I
J The United States department ' of
health. says no. -' i ' u
Thus, while individuals are paying
fabulous ; sums for inferior brands of
moonshine when they can get them at
all. Uncle Sam has refused a gift of
1000 gallons because it i will cost $70
to pack and ship the goods.; I
It was recently decided to turn over
to the United States health bureau the
large cache of whiskey I stored in the
old postof flee building, instead of de
stroying it; But the warehouse of the
health service is located at I Perryville,
Md., 'and when the health officials
learned the shipping bill would be $70.
they declined the gift. i : I
Unless some other legal, bidder is will
ing to pay the packing costs, the liquor
will be destroyed, Assistant United
States Attorney Flegel said. ;
Hundreds of Dry
Agents Found Guilty
Of Accepting Bribe
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Washington, Aug 28.-i-Hundreds of
prohibtion agents in New York and other
cities have been found guilty of taking
bribes from local saloon keepers for pro
tection. . This was admitted today at
the office of Prohibition; Commissioner
Kramer.1 ' 4- J.' ' I :-
We have adopted a plan of shifting
agents from one zone to another," said
one official. In this way no agent will
be hi a, district long enough' to form
dangerous affiliations. - Also we have
organized a "special . intelligence unit
whose duty it is to oversee the work of
apents, Just as inspectors in the post
office look out for dishonesty on the part
of its employes. . - j 'h'-'l j. 1
"If agents sometimes accept bribes. If
is worth remembering that the best sal
ary we can pay them is $1500 a year.
Our appropriation for enforcing prohibi
tion throughout the United; States Is
only $4,500,000. ' i i' .
Workmen Blown Two
Blocks in Big Detroit
Explosion; 1 5 jHu r jt
Detroit, Mich, Aug. 28. (L N. S.)
More than a score of workmen were In
jured, - two so 'seriously that " they may
die. when an acetylene tank ! at the De
troit Pressed Steel company in the
northeastern part Of the city blew up
early today. One man. Kent Sorenson,
30, was blown two 'blocks from the fac
tory and will die, --,' ! - ) :
- The explosion occurred Just as the men
were going to work.- The force of -the
explosion blew in the walls, injuring
many Inside the building and broke win
dows three to five blocks away. ,
Longshoremen Who
Struck Back on Job
New York, Aug. 28. CU. P.-A ma
jority of longshoremen who struck late
yesterday because of the Imprisonment
of Lord Mayor Terence ; MacSwiney pf
Cork, returned to work today, according
to union and steamship Officials. None
of the nine liners due to clear today for
Kitrpean ports will Im held up, it was
staled. . i , ji- - j I----,
Airplane Rides
Out Hard Wind
And Rainstorm
On Seaside Run
i Flying under the worst possible
conditions of storm and head wind.
Pilot Jack Clemence of the O.. W. &
I. . Airplane company, carried the
first' afternoon editions of The Jour
nal to Seaside as usual Friday and
after many visissitudes and buffet
fags brought his flying boat to the
comparatively placid waters of the
Necanicum" river ; five hours after
leaving Lewis and Clark field.
Because of the high Iwind prevailing
at Portland, Manager Victor Vernon of
the airplane company1 debated long
whether to send the plane at all,
PltOT EI8KS JOCBKET v
: He . finally put the question up to
Clemence. and the pilot announced he
would risk it. Taking off soon after I
o'clock, he started for the shore but Im
mediately rah Into a heavy rain.' He
tried to get above it but found he could
cot keep his bearings. So he descended
again and tried to fly close to the water
of the Columbia. Even at that he was
forced to drop Into the: river twice but
managed to keep going between down
pours and eventually reached Astoria
at 3:50. -:
Th water of Young's bay was choppy
and it took more than an hour to get the
papers unloaded into a skiff. In the
midst of another downpour, Clemence
started for Seaside but lost his way be
cause of the wind and rain. ;
HITS BAI5STOEM i
Before he f ound his directions he had
been In the air more than an hour on a
Journey that ordinarily requires but a
few minutes. He dropped into the Ne
canicum in a terrific rainstorm. In the
meantime, his non-arirval caused great
anxiety. After unloading his papers and
"gassing up" Clemence started back for
Portland at 5:45 and reached -the home
field about 7 :30. Flying on the return
was a little better than the down trip
because -the wind was quartered from
the southwest, but the same rain condi
tions prevailed. M , i
The trip was the acid test of flying,"
commented Manager Vernon. "It shows
what can be done if the pilot has enough
confidence and courage," j .(
CLOUDBURST TAKES
Carlisle, Ky., Aug. '28. (I. N. S.)
-Many persons are homeless today
and damage estimated at $250,000
has resulted from a cloudburst
which swept ; over;. Carlisle late last
night. There was no loss of .life.
Thirty houses were washed away, two
lumber yards were destroyed, 15 bridges
were inundated and damaged ana tne
Louisville As Nashville railroad electric
light plant was-covered under 20 feet of
water. One bouse was strsca oy ugm
nihg and destroyed. , k
All the concessions of a carnival com
pany were swept away except the Ferns
wheel, on which a number of people were
marooned. A steam road roller weighing
two and a half tons was carried a block
and a garage housing 40 automobiles
still is entirely under water.
Republicans Fea red
Run on Bulletins if
They Were Published
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B thm United New)
Chicago, Aug. 28. "The official bulle
tin- of the treasurer's office of tne re
publican national committee is -not a
secret publication. We are having 2500
copies printed eacn ween. ? it n avail
able to anyone and goes through the
mall.. I- - -I'' -
Henry M. Blair, in charge of " the
treasurer's offices of I the .Republican
party and assistant to Treasurer Fred
W. Upham. made this answer to the
charges of Governor Cox that "the pub
lication was the organ only of the secret
society of money diggers."
"There is nothing In this publication
that the newspapers cannot have," said
Blair. "The reason we requested in the
August number that its contents be not
made public was tbat li it oecame wiaeiy
known we would have to have 25,000
printed instead of 2500."
Woman Submerged
8 Minutes Is Alive
Los Angeles, Aug. 28.I, N. S.)
Imprisoned eight minutes in an auto
mobile completely submerged in water,
Mrs. Warner Scheis is alive today be
cause of an air pocket that formed
against the top, of the machine. Her
rescue from drowning, considered the
most remarkable in local accident records,
was effected by a passing motorist, who
dived Into . the bay where the car had
plunged and dragged Mrs. Scheis out.
Brothers Tug Over
Gunj One Is Killed
Yakima. Wash,, , Aug. 28.': While
scuffling, William Saar, age 10, shot and
killed his brother, Fred, two years older,
at their home, two miles from Mabton.
The boys thought the rifle they were
playing with was not loaded.
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Republican Editors
Of California Meet
San Francisco. Cal., Aug. 28 (I. N. S.)
More than three score California edi
tors and publishers met today . to or
ganise the California Republican Edi
torial association- for .-the coming cam-
paign. . ',.
TOVH KENTUGIvY
PLANEDIVES
NTO RIVER;
Spectators Thrilled When Occu
pants - of Plunging Airplane
Leap to Safety in Water -: at
Foot of Fifteenth Street.
Plunging from midair ' into the
Willamette river,, an airplane Satur
day afternoon afforded thrills for
hundreds of people along the Port
land waterfront. - The harbor patrol
rushed a launch to the rescue, the
plane having alighted opposite Muni
cipal Terminal No. 1, and almost di
rectly in front of Montgomery dock
No. 2.,: i :, :M)
Two . passengers were- reported to
have jumped Just before -the craft
struck the water. Neither appeared
to have been Injured..
One of . the passengers was seen
clinging to the floating plane. It was
being towed to Municipal dock No. 1.
JONES' SELECTION
FADES POLITICIANS
Washington, Aug. 28. (WASH
INGTON BUREAU OF THE j JOUR
NAL) The appointment ot John M.
Jones as postmaster at Portland, 6r
signifies final passage - of the day
when political pull named postmas
ters at all the large postoffices; It
confirms predictions made in ? this
correspondence that - civil service
would ; govern and that politicians
who were-trying to bring Influence
to bear were wasting their time.- '
.Jones is believed to owe his ! appoint
ment to the record he has made in
handling " mall as . superintendent, t rein
forced by the good opinion among.-business
.men of Portland, as reported by
inspectors: , " - ' ' -
Both Oregon senators favor the merit
system- in appointment, and it is be
lieved Jones will have easly sailing in
confirmation action by the senate, unless
something new develops to , his detri
ment. f ; :.!'- -
The appointment was announced from
the postof flee department instead -of the
usual White House channel, but the re
cess commission for Jones - has been
signed by the president. . p' r
Sunday to Be Fa,ir
And Warm, Forecast
By Weather Bureau
The "rain is over. While there may be
an occasional feeble little shower today,
the weather bureau promises fair
weather Saturday night and fair and
warmer for Sunday.
In." Portland, .38 of an Inch felL Al
bany and Oregon City had the most rain
with .55 inert; saiem was aneaa or 1'ori
land with .40 inch, while Marshfield had
.33 and. Roseburg and Medford I each .20.
Eastern Oregon was not so fortunate,
official-- records showing only ,Q2 of an
inch at Baker.
jonnson uecunes to
Make Comment on
Harding Peace
Plan
L Bt th United Pi
Ban t Francisco, Aug. 2S.t Senator
Hiram Johnson, when seen at :hls home
here today by the United Press, refused
to comment on Senator Harding's speech
urging; The "Hague tribunal as against
the League of Nations. -
I understood he would come out to
day with his most flat-footed statement
against the league,' Johnson 1 said.
He may- make a statement later
7; Passengers Hurt -'
In Streetcar Crash
Kansas City; Aug. 28. (L N. S.)
Seven passengers were severely injured
and a: score shaken up when two street
cars crashed at a downtown intersection
today.. A small "one-man safety car"
descending a hill struck a heavier car.
crowded witn : passengers enroute -10
nrnrir nniT. in - the ecntetvs The
smaller car was practically demolished.
All the injured were, on uj owner
car.s t - "S'-Vi'r ;:;' v--;"1; l ".- ?:':;':
Tennessee's Growth
Fixed at 7 Per
Cent
Washington, Aug. 28. (U. P. The
state of Tennessee has Increased 7 per
cent in population in the last 10 years,
according to figures made public today
by the census bureau. The population
now ts 2 J37.459. a gain of 152,(70.
Bandit Zamora and
; . His Army in Flight
' Mexico City, Aug. 28. (U P.) Pedro
Zamora, bandit, was reported! to be in
flight today, pursued b two detachments
of government cavalry- following -defeat
of hris "army late yesterday tn western
ICalisctx .' ,
Twojywip
mm
t
E IS
Italian Speed King Covers 250
Miles in 3:09:54, lor 79i50
; Miles an Hour T. Milton Sec
ond and Jimmy Murphy Third.
Elgin, 111., Aug. 28. (I. N. S.)
Ralph De Palma, Italian speed king.
added another jewel to his crown
this afternoon by a brilliant victory
In the annual auto j race , here; this
afternoon. His time for the 20 miles
was 3:09:54, or 79.50 miles an hour
-a record for the course. .
Tommy Milton was second, ' a little
more than a minute behind, with Jummy
Murphy a close third, in 3 :12 :47. , ;
LEADS ALL WAY i. U;.k'y2 .s-'vi"
The winner led from the Start. Though
maintaining ' a record pace, he was
never more than a minute and a half
ahead at any -.stage of the race. The
race was the most sensational in his
career. f-;'y-':'Jr- ,;'h- V";-U'--.'!.-
Not a stop was made by any of the
leaders, either for gas or tires. But
two halts were made by any of the
eight contenders tn the race and one
of these -was for a switch of drivers. -
Race officials declare the race to be
the most remarkable, run ion any track
since the sport began. j t
! Ralph Mulford threatened the leader
during the early stages of the race, but
the oace ' oroved too hotl and he was
compelled to yield to both Milton and
Jimmy Murphy of,! the Duesenberg out
fit He took fourth place handily, a
third member of the Ehiesenberg stable,
Eddie CDonnell, coming in fifth.
1 For three hours less than three min
utes separated the first five cars. A stop
meant almost sure elimination - for ' a
place of honor,- but none occurred. At
the finish U Donnell wae only siigntiy
more than " five minutes behind the
Italian. !
i Officials of the Chicago Motor club.
which conducted the race, estimated the
crowd to exceed 75,000 persons. -
NEGRO AND TWO
DEPUTIES KILLED
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Oklahoma City, Ok;Ja., Aug.. 28.
TJ. " P.)- Two -deputy sheriffs' and
a negro were killed and one person
wounded in a revolver battle at Ar
cadia, Okla., 18 miles north of here,
todar.;-.'-:
: The shooting is isaidj to have oc
curred when the deputies attempted
to arrest the negro on an alleged
charge of moonshiningj i , , .
Children Rescued .
When Farmj Home .
: Goes Up in Flames
' Sandy. Or., Aug.. fes. John Burmels-ter.-a
farmer, living about three miles
south of Sandy, lost his house and con
tents by fire Thursday. . Mrs. Burmels
ter had been cannlngjfruit and left some
cooking on the stove while she went out
to the barn to look after the stock. The
house wa sin flames when she returned
and she had barely time
dren out. r'f- -
to get the chU-
Two loaded trucks hauling wood to
Portland from- the (upper Firwood vi
cinity were burned Tfhursday. A bridge
gave way with the first truck and as it
went down the gas tank exploded. The
truck following rushed up to give assist
ance and caught fire. The trucks were
owned by a Portland man named Oslln.
M.' Steelheimer of ! Portlands who'' was
spending the week-end with the E. L.
Power family on Waespie hill, while try
ing to put a fledgling back into its nest,
fell from a tree, when a limb broke and
tore the ligaments loose from his ankle,
A . water 'tank belonging to Wl F.
St rack overturned In a ditch, landing
bottom side up. .Breaking ot the pole
and barnerw , saved Strack's blooded
horses, "Queenie and Troy," 5 widely
known. - strack's separator ' recently
caved In an old welL
rtiariv fCrfYi hnrned in the-Zorar fire
I in
last week, is. still under the doctor's care,
i iB TMinhaiw another senarator and
hired George ; Epperson to finish . his
threshing contracts.
3 Russian Columns ;
At Bre s t-Litovsk ;
t Repulsed by Poles
Warsaw, Aug. 27. (U. P.) Three
Russian columns attacking Brest-Litovsk
have been routed and 630 men . taken
prisoners, the Polish communique today
stated. ,The battle on the north front is
nearing' an end,, the . communique ' said.
The Russian communique August 26
announced the Bolshevlki had attacked
Brest-Litovsk. . I
Pupils Will Wear.
' Uniforni Dresses
- . i i .--
Roseburg, August 2S. The uniform
dress, adopted by the student body of
the Roseburg high schobl, wil be worn
by ail - students when School starts in
September. The ruling roawes It com
pulsory. The garmenul are white nid
dies with blue cuffs and collars, and
blue, black or white skirts are required.
RAC
WON
200,000 IN
N. Y. CROWD.
TO HEAR COX
Gravcsend, ,N.I Y., Aug. 28
(U. P.) kvcrnor James M. Cox
delivered a 20 minute addresa this
afternoon to thou.iands of persons
Who attended the New York police
department games here. He paid
a tribute to the; j police of New
York and the country and made a
plea for Americanization of New
York's great foreign population.
The great noise caused by the
clamor of thousands who could
not , bear the speaker, and the
drone of airplane : overhead
caused the crowd to drift away to
watch the games.' ."- J
: "I am just as anxious to see the
games as yon . are," Cox shouted
as he concluded,;
The greatest j audience of his
stump campaign; thus far greeted
the governor. Estimates were that
200,000 people1 were crowded Into
the stands and the racetrack en
closure.
H
TEXTBOOKS IS UP
v Vancouver, Wash Aug. 28.-Vancouver9
Voters win be given an op
portunity :, Septenber 8 v to decide
whether 'school 'books shall -be3 fur
nished to pupils jdf the city schools
without cost. Involving a tax of 812,
000 in addition jto the regular 10
mlll levy, and a proposal to tax the
Vancouver district $12,500 addition
al for1 general j purposes.
'. The decision to submit the matter was
reached Friday night, when the school
board met with Central Labor Council
representatives, who urged the free text
books. Many smaller communities have
adopted the plan, - ; m ,
Vancouver schools will open Septem
ber .13 with a full corps of teachers,
it : was announced.) Textbooks will be
furnished this year - if the measure Is
adopted. . .-. .. . ;
County Official Is
Anxious as .to Fate,
Of Salary Quizzers
rSalem, Aug. 28.4-What has become of
the legislative, committee named, to in
vestigate. salaries) of state and! county
officials with a view to commending a
course of action to; the next session of
the. Oregon lawmakers? That Is the
question which is uppermost in the mind
of . Otto Feetz. assessor for Sherman
county, who has j written Governor Ol
cott for .information as to any progress
that may have been reported by this,
to him, important question.
Peets would like a word with the com
mittee before they conclude their in
vestigation and prepare their report and
does not want to! be overlooked. Gov
ernor Olcott is Unable to provide any
information as to
ary quir at this
is composed of
the status of the sal
time. - The committee
Senators Bell and
Strayer and Representatives Haines and
Wheeler. - . j I - !
Slashings Will Be ,
Burned 1 pn Tract.
At Lale Keechelus
'TakIma,.Wash. Aug. 28. The recla
mation service is preparing to burn sev
eral acres of slashings and dead timber
on the Lake , Keechelus reservoir site
this fall as soon sis danger of forest fires
Is over, a E. Conover is directing a
force of 110 men, 160 teams and two don
key engines in pUlng the waste in piles
for the conflagration. The piles in, some
places are 80 and 100 feet high and cover
an acre or more.) j ,:.:' .
Records of the reclamation service
show that tne natural now or me xax
ima and N aches rivers is the lowest
known in the history of irrigation In the
valley,' ;; "fpj '" t ' ; ; ": -l -' f
Russian Losses on
Polish Front So Far
Fixed at 187,000
Warsaw, Aug,. I 28. (U. P.) Total
Russian losses on the polish front from
all causes tod ate are 187,000, according
to an official -communique Issued here
today.., . -; I I -' ." , ' '
"The total . Bolshevik losses are 107,
000 "prisoners. 10,000 killed and wounded
and 80,d00 Interned," the statement said.
Advices from German sources stated
that 60,000 Russians bad been interned
in East Prussia.) -1
Demobilization of
Villa Men Completed
Mexico City. Aug. 28. (U. P. De
mobilization of Francisco Villa's forces
has been completed, it was officially
announced today. The former bandit
will leave at once fo his ranch at Canu
tillo. 1 f
Secretary of War
To Speak for Cox
maulumf. O.: Anar. 28; "TJ. P.V New
ton D, Baker, secretary of war, will take
the stump for Governor Cox for presi
dent in - about- three weeks, . he - an
nounced here today. r : .
QUESTIO
OF FREE
LOT MORE IS
COMING, COll
lELLSGOTli
Ohioan Given Tremendous Recep
tion When He Tells New York
Lincoln's Party Has Lost Its
Idealism and Is Money Mad.
By Herbert W. Walker
New York. Aug. 28. (TJ. P
"We have not yet started in mak
ing revelations in connection with
the Republican finances," Governor
James M. Cox, Democratic presiden
tial candidate, declared today, in a
speech at a luncheon In a New York
hotel. ' . - ; t
Three thousand Democrats cheered the
Ohio ' governor repeatedly . during -his
speech, which was preliminary to a
second address he was to deliver this
afternoon at the Gravesend race track.
Cox further declared that the Repub
lican party had formep Secretary of
the "Treasury McAdoo's system of col
lecting Liberty loan funds in their cam
paign collections.
Mention of Senator Lodge's name dur
ing the speech caused hissing among
some of the audience..
William O. AfcAdoo. introducing Cox,"
challenged the Republican national com
mittee to make public the names of Its
campaign contributors, "and the dum
mies back of the big contributions."
M'ADOO HITS HABDISO
"I believe," j -Mc Ado declared, "the
country will choose a dynamic, not a
statia statesman, and his name la
James M. Cox.
"If It were ; not -that the documents
presented came from the very Inside of
Republican headquarters,'" Governor Cox
declared, "then the country mtRht look
with some doubt upon the wr-jjle- thing,
for the simple reason that It is difficult
to believe .that political generals can
either be so bold, brazen or foolish and
yet the very thing that has Just been
exposed is simply a repetition of the
follies of the year."
HOCSIWO RECEPTION GIVE
Governor Cox was given a rousing re
ception as he marched down Fifth ave
nue from the' Democratic club to the
Commodore at the head of a mlle-lonc
. Concluded on I'M Two, Column Two)
IRMAII BIB
400-METER SWIM
Antwerp, Aug. .28. (I. N. B.J
Norman Ross of Portland won the
400-meter free style swimming race
in 6 minutes, 28 4-5 seconds. Ludy
Langer, of Honolulu and Los Ange
les, was second, and Vernor, of
Canada, third.
The Americans were shut out In the
finals of the ladles' diving .contorts,
which were .won by Frytand of Denmark.-
Armstrong of England was n-c-ond.
Oliver of Sweden, third, and While
of Kngland fourth. ajt '
In the semi-finals of the eight-oarded
crew races, the United States navy crew
beat France and the English crew won
from Norway. The Americans" are the
favorites over the Kngllsh for the finals,
which will be. staged Sunday. :
SWEDEN'S TOTAL LARGEST
American athletes won several events
in today's three-cornered 'meet between
teams representing the United States,
Sweden and France, but failed to pits
up the most points. At the end of the
afternoon the point standing was as fol
lows .
Sweden, 68; United States," 44;
France, 28.
II. E. Barron of the Meadowbrook
club of Philadelphia won the handicap
meter hurdles in 15 3-5 seconds.
. O. Anderson of. Los Angeles won fifth
place. . . r " . -
Carl Johnson of Michigan won the
hop, step and Jump with a mark of
16.9. meters. ,.-
The American' team captured the
1800-meter relay race in 3 minutes,
22 8-5 seconds. .
Pope of" Sweden won the discus
throw.
A. B.'Sprott of Los Angeles won the
800-meter run in 1. minute, t6 2-5 sec
onds. -
Ilatton. an Englishman, won the 8000
meter race, which wa open to athletes
of every nationality. ,
SPAIN DEFEATED IJT POLO
The' American water polo team" de
feated Spain's team today; 6 to 0.
(Conchidad on Vf Thrw. Cohimn Two)
Two Men Are Killed
When U. S. Destroyer
Backs Into fLaunch
San Francisco, Aug. 2$. (I. -N. S-)
Two men were killed this afternoon when
the United States destroyer Kennedy,
backing out of its slip at the Union Iron
works, crashed Into a Crowley launch,
reducing it to kindling wood.
The two men. Captain J. I'. Portr and
CC A. Newman, both of Oakland, were
torn to pieces by the huge propellers of
the destroyer.
Eastern Galicia Is
: Under Soviet Eulo
London. Aug. 28. (I. N. 3 ) A bovS t
republic has been n-t vn i- j. -(.
Galicia. said an I"-hat T
dispatch from Ajl...1' i. U.a . -noon.
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