-. :;" ; . ;;:H:,' - hi-.. Mi:-' .. P.r-P XP -J -ii -W. t-v;.;- "a.-':, J !:?v.: .; v.-t- V;; 'V PP" f. ? --."M'-.? o;.:;t- j-f .:,''iv -' 'v; : -"..XVv f;--c tPpp:-- : TP'? . ,:i?v."'t.w' .--":-" '-i'v''-- ; ' ' l.':P--' - w'-- :-;i ' -.; -. LEAGUE OF NATIONS ' The complete tax of the Ceveaaat of Pari win be resabllaned la next .Sea day's Josrsal i for the eosveslesee of readers who would refresh their memo I.. .JU khitIiIaII. I ! I : THE WEATHER Portlaad aad Tldalty Kaaday, prob ably saowersi teats, westerly wind. Oregon ass 'Wasalagtoa Fair aad warmer la east portion moderate sontn, wsiteriy wlads. - 8n' VOL: XVIII. NO. 22. CITY EDITI PORTLAND, OREGON. - SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 29, 1920. 8 PAGES. -PRICE FIVE CENTS f PI WITH " HUM CARGO TAKES PLUNGE Cjirtiss Seagull Loses Balance Alcove Willamette jRiver' and Dives Nose First Into t Water. ! . PiloS Frejl Dupuy and Two Pas sengers, Dr. Joseph Pettit and Joseph Ehrman Escape Unhurt T I A j big Curtlss Seagull' airplane "With. Pilot red uupuy i in marge, and aoneph Ehrrnan, of Mason,' Khr rnanj & , Co.. and Dr. Joseph A. jfettftj -well known! Portland physi cian J as passengers, lost Its balance Saturday afternoon when Jt ran Into blum$y air currents and dived, nose frstUnto the Willamette river with Its Ijiiman freight from an i original altiflido of 250 feet. i !' i, f (plane and pilot and occupants went dpwnj rto a great depth, i Dupuy j clung lf bin ship and hla passengers: bung oh fpf dear- life to the wings, and whenj t the . plane came up i again all tRrel persons were safe and sound. In the dip Dr. PettiCs nose and lips were slightly bruised. : i- --,n i .1 I 1 'i; "')':' BOC.SD fob SEASIDE 1 , j I Klkhjian and Pettit had arranged with the Oregon. Washington & Idaho Airplane company for an air trip to Seaside. Fjiloti !-Dupuy was assigned hy Manager "Victor; Vernon to drive j the big plane, and 'the aerial equipage took off from Ijewlji- and Clark, field at 1 :S0. jDupuy at trnee encountered a, Btrong south westerly wind, which; made difficult an ascent In the usual manner, and so he headrd into the Willamette from Guilds littciand started up Stream for sUrt. tlradiually lifting from tlie ! water; the plane ; reached an altitude of, 2S0 feet wheij Dupuy started i to make tne turn so ap to head down stream - and .then etawBrd. . " A IR j CVRB.KNTS BUMPT' jllipi air currents sweeping overf the trillions and whippiiifir the high build ii3,i developed many "bumps," as Da poy iiepoedlly discovered.. ;He found one wIiirI lilted too much because of j this condition and, felt the craft--slipping." Finding It Impossible; to right, the plana, he ret on all speed possible, hoping that th fitted momentum would lift, the ldvre ! plane, lut this failed ; and the l.fj?. started dropping. All the time ihe "fillot was? working rudder and side ma chine -was too far : down by ( C included on F Eif ht. Column , Thrcal fT7-T- " l . AMERICAN GIRL BTeibtrev Wins 300- Meter Free Stroke in 4 Min :: utes 34 Seconds. ? i J j By Henry Xi. Farrell Antwerp. "Aug. 28. Miss; Ethelda feleibtrey of America set new Olympic record in winning the 300- meter free stroke swim for women thisj- afternoon. Her time was 4 rnln Utep 34 seconds, compared with (he trefvious mark of 4 minutes, 43 sec indjs, made by Miss Fanny Durack of 'Australia. t fdlftm Woodbridce of America, who fin- shd second, also broke the record.; Her ime was 4 minutes n s- seconas. ; . Iiss Scroth of America, was third, iss James of England fourth and Miss htiof America fifth. 1 Norman Ross of Portland won the 400 mefer free-style swim in 5 minutes 26 4-5 seconds. Ludy Larger of America was iecond, Vernot of Canada third and Ka fiele; of America fourth. ' j " The Mfsses Riggia ) and Grimes of America finished fifth and sixth respec tively in the final of the women's ordl fiaity diving, s The event was won by il 14s Fryiand of Denmark, ftllss Arm- string of Enulandi was second, ' Miss Oliver of Sweden third and Miss White f England fourth. THnkston, Bulbach and Priest qualified n ihe trials of the fancy high diving. Jh the semi-finals of the 200 . meter breast stroke swim, Howell of America qualified but McDermott of America was eliminated. . 1 "The United -States team defeated Spain sat water polo. 6 to 0. 1 The Philadelphia Barge club, Norway land bwitzeriand qualified for the finals in jthe Olympic four oar rowing cham pknship. "i . i .it.: . :;-;t In the semi-finals of the slnfele sculls. Jack Kelly of America defeated Hadfield of INew Zealand and Beresford of Eag larid beat Eyken of Holland, i ' i - i proffered Whiskey : Kesented by Indian; i . He Beats Up Agent The . Dalles, Aug. ZS. "Injun' Peter Johnson relented the Insult when Sym- rilr Mikeloff, a Russian who was pass ng through 'the city, attempted to Bell him a pint of liquid alleged to be de- kiafured aiconoi. jonnson smashed the bottle over the .bead of the Russian, and. assisted by his squaw, proceeded Hoi -clean up" the "tourist" Chief iFrank Heater arrived on, the scene and SPeter waa fined $10 this morning. The IRusslati was allowed to :: depart. The alcohol was i found to j be a harmlessSC. DDCA fCCI MM TIM C UILHI00l i miiuiL 2d Pickford Girl! Given ; Separation Lottie, Sister of Mary, ' Granted Divorce From Alfred Rupp j for Ion-Support, t : i '!!' "' , Ixs Angeles; Aug.. 28. (U. P.) Mrs. Charlotte' Rupp, better known as Lottie Pickford, actress and sis ter of i Maryi: Pickford-Fairbanks, won a 'divorce! here today from Al fred -O. Rupp; New York broker. ' Desertion t and non-support were the grounds. Rupp did ; not contest the ac tion, up" :!:.;? t,r-.'--k'.'ll i- ' ') , "My husband! left; me and our little 4-year-old daurhter i afld has refused to return," Mrs. Rupp testified. "X had written him asking him to return, but without avail.' i j Mrs. Charlotte Smith, mother of Mrs. Rupp, testified in corroboration of her daughter's statement. ."-. Custody of Mrs.; Rupp's 4-year-old daughter was decided some weeks ago. when she wu adopted by; Mrs. Rupp's mother and her name was changed to Mary Charlotte Pickford. il - jt BROOKLYN CARMEN VOTE FOR STRIKE '! -":':!." rs-'l - . -'i . h ;-:- '""MP- -;: , . Thirteen Thousand Employes Are Affected by I Action Taken t "at. Secret Meeting. New York, I Aug. 29. (Sunday) A strike of the, 13,000 employes of the Brooklyn was ybted at Rapid Transit system 3:15: a. m!. today at a secret meeting held during the night! of j 2500 ;;menibers of the Amalgamated! Association of Street and EJectriQ Railway employes. Earlier ia the evening efforts of P. j. Shea," organiser to avert a strike ap peared to have been' successful, and It was announced, at jthe end of 'a Btormy session that a strike had been indefinite ly postponed. After adjournment, how ever, about 2300 men , remained 4- about the hall and at S a.' m. today went into session again, .j;-" -t..,: , :i ? :; , f -f , s: ;j . Shea was present at the; meeting, and as hei mounted' thai platform there was a tumult of eries of ;:"Strike. strike. i Shea announced he had been - in com munication i with William D. Mahon, in ternational: organiser, and that Mahon had authorised the strike. . r . There wei cries of "Make it right off"- and the hour of a. m, today was decided on, ' ' The men had demanded unlimited ar bitration s and increase in - wages and change in working conditions. For weeks a strike has seemed imminent 'and com mittees from both s the employes -union and the company" had' endeavored to reach an agreement. - Receiver Llndley M.' Garrison had refused - to grant the demands, but agreed to meet, the com mittees to diBCusa a way out pf the dif ficulties. , Ex-Kaisef donates . Hospital to Town -: "'-:': (? I i ; 1 , 'I--'- :: : : .'- Berlin. Aug. 28. (I. K. S.) The ex kalser has given a hospital to the Dutch town! of Amerongen, where he lived for. many months after fleeing from- Ger many, according to a Doom dispatch to tha Deutsche Zeitung today. News Index Todj Sund&jr Journal Is CompleU in Eiffct i. j ' :; Stctions . 'f i ' ,.::; '. , J ';;. . Editorial 'i- . ,'f : : J Sectioo 2. r 4. ftj: I ' i-.': Foraisn !.!. , American Girl Sets Be cord Section .1,. Pace. 1. CT. S.- Altera Pahfth VolicjM Seetktil 1. Fu 3. Appeals Mad for MaoSwcney Section 1, Paco 1. ' I ' z ioiio ' ' ; Cox Speak ia New Tort Section: 1 ." Paso 1. New Tork Women Faror Uox Section 1, Pat 1. Money Kings Contribute to G. O. P. Section 1, : Pasa-1. S. iillv-'---1-:. ! :.;'" J y i ' Harding Denounces tmgue -Section 1 . Pag S. At Hepublican Beadoaartcn Section 1. Pag 8. :! '?;' DomattlO: it ;'.T-';. Protiteera Vlij Hard Section 1, Page 1. Brooklyn Carmen Strike Section ,1.- Page : 1. Chicaao Prieea Investigated- Sectios 1; Pago 1. Troops Sent to Coat Fields Section 1. Pago S. ;. . i ' Pacffie Noethwatt 'll -: Tribnte to Td. Taylor Section 1. Par 10. Injtho Lumber Field Section 1. Pag 4. To Honor Simon Benson Section ;!. Pago 10. Negro Attempts Assault Section l.( Pag 10. . i ' "' Vf : Portland i!J-.-;--' Suffrage Victory Oiebri tad Beetion 8, Pars 1. Plane Falls in EiTer Section 1. Pag 1. Librarians Meet This Week Section 2, Page 2. Pricsi Reiterates Chanel Section I, Pago 6. Still In Dugout Raided Section 1,! Pago 1. - j Business Newt j Heal Estate aad Building Section; 3, Finaneo Section 3, Pac 3. r 4 Marino Section hi. Pag V. I Pag 1. Markets Section 3. Pago 12. 'i-rai1!-;:!"?'!! porta:'-: ! Section 2, Pages 8-T-8 . j -v : Automotive ; Section O. Pages 1-5,1 : On th rinse Bid , j . ; Tha Week in Society Section 6, Pages 2T-3. Nw of the Beacbea Section 4 Pages 6-7-8. Women's Club Affairs Section 4,! Pag 8. -Fraternal Section S. Pag . Drama and Photoplay Section 5. Paces 1-4. Tb Realm of Music Section 8, Pag' B- i " feature ;";H-: .':!'s j.;-..'f Ring Lardner's Letter Section 5,! Page t. ; ! For Boy and Girls Section 5, Pag 6. Foreeasticc Floods Section 2, Pag 2. . Ia Klamath and , Lake Section 2, Pag 8. . i " Magazine-1 j '. i . White River Falls (Pfctorial) Section T, Pas 1. Hop Diamond Mystery Section T, Pag 2. Laurel Mooataia Mysteries Section 7. Pag 3. Was Cain Forgivoa f Sectioo 7. Page 8. -Too Many BusbaBds Present Section 7, Pag 6. Health.. Beauty and Borne Section 7. Pag 7. Terrace Wraps-ScUoa 7,v Pag' 8. ' - ; - Oornie , I : Decuoa a, t ages I- 1IY KINGS HEAD G. 0. P. SLUSH FUND Names of Men Whose Wealth ' Totals Many Hundred Millions Pledged to Help Republicans. Governor Saves, Most Sensational Evidence About Big Funds For New York City. Audience. ! By David I Awren.ee i . ! J ' . (Copyright, 1920. by Tlie Journal) i ' New Tork, Aug. 2S. Governor Cox saved up ; for his: New-' York: speeches some of his most sensa tional testimony concerning Repub lican finances. - He had in his pos session an original riubscrinition ist with the signatures on It of some of the wealthiest men in America who pledged their "moral and financial support" to William Barnes, the Re- publican! state leader, "'and -promised sums for the advancement! of Re pujblica ndoctrine. It Is ; Oatimated that the ag'gTegate wealth of jthe; men whose names appear! on the subscription list totals hundreds of millions of dollars. ' f j. The Ohio-governor purposely saved this revelation for New York city be cause of the Instructions contained! in! the official bulletin from the Republican treasurer's office that the quotas or amounts raised or contributors' "names must not be s divulged locally." The Democratic nominee charges that this is convincing evidence in itself jof the 11 il- legitimacy of the transaction ; -CHARGE EMITE58 CAMPAIGN" . Undoubtedly: Governor Coi'S speeches on Republican finances .have iput heart into, an otherwise dropping Democratic campaign. When, the governor first made his charges many of Ibis friends were worried concerning .the nature of the proof he had to offer. Ion reading1 his Pittsburg 4 speech, - several of the Democratic leaders said that! it : might easily be the case that fifteen millions was less, than- the:' amount planned. i Disinterested' ehservera analyzed whole , : case of : Governor Co to rest upon the authenticity of the 'typewritten list of Quotas whlcis he read atPitta burg as well as upon the possible pro duction 6f a secret list Of; Quotas not covered"tn the first installment Fred W. Upham, the Republieain j treasurer, while refusing lo say jusf how much the -total quotas were. Insisted that a quota is a hope and an optimistic es timate rather; than an actual fund, Governor Cox Insists that; the - official bulletin of i the Republican committee speaks again and -again of jquotaa being over-subscribed, - particularly . that . ' of Boston, which waa ' oversubscribed 250 per cent,: v ' i . - :- t -. y , ;. .-.-J.. . .1 . COMMITTEE tTO SECIDB . ; ;k rOn the other hand, the senatorial com mittee which is to investigate! the affair will seek to discover whether the list of quotas produced by Governor Cox is "phoney'f or whether 1 it ; Was, as some (Concluded cn Pag Four, Cblumn One.) Coolidge Opens His Massachusetts Fight By Attacking I Wilson - . . - qkh.ai' Boston, Aug. 28. I. jN.P &) 1G0V ernor Coolidge, Republican vice presi dential, nominee, : in an! ' address at Braves field today, opening the presi dential campaign in Massachusetts, - at tacked - the Wilson - administration in peace and war. Coolidge Ideclared faith in American - honor abroad was : de stroyed, that ; the League of Nations would not stop i wars noW raging and could not be ratified, aid f that Gov ernor Cox would be defeated as a re pudiation of the 1 Wilson - administra tion, v i s ' .;;:. .: , " 1 ,.-r j-.- i- Cox was nominated as; a; rebuke to Wilson. Coolidge declared but at once went to Wasahington andj assumed the burdens of the Wilson regime, includ ing the league pact Coolidge scored the . keeping of , American ;. troops In Russia. J ' - : "We: have had a victory, hut -without peace." he concluded. ( :' i . 1 Mob Storjns Jpil, j Capturea Prisoner , And Lynch'es Hiin Tulsa, Okla., Aug. 29 ' (Sunday). (IT. P.) Tom Owen, 24, alleged alayer of Homer Nidi, "taxi cab driver, who was taken from a Jail here Saturday night by a mob of 200 citizens, rwas found dead, hanging to a billboard, on the ! state highway, three miles west of Ihere, short ly after midnight. The body waa found by police who had pursued, the mob.- ! . When the mob leaders Went Into the Jail after Owens he calmly lt a cigarette, according to one of the guarda r. "What do you guys intend; to do?" he asked. . . IV'-,!' r : - -: ! - " - -TWell do a-plenty," he waa informed. Balloon Races 1 to Be Held at Birmingham Birmingham,' Ala, Aug. 28. (I. N. S.) The annual international, balloon races, under auspices of the Aero Club of America, will be held ' In Birmingham October 23, according to an announce ment today by the aviation committee of the Birmingham chamber 'of commerce.' Balloons from almost every Country in Europe and America will j participate i in the races. Last year's races were held in Antwerp. - COX IS GIVEN BIG WELCOME ' . "" - . ' --4 y.--: ,;; V A-, "-.-- Hundreds of Thousands Hear and Cheer Democratic Candidate, ' Who Addresses Four Meetings. Candidate Declares Donators to G. 0. P. Fund Intended to Use Bayonet in Industrial Fights. Ay nerbcrt W.: Walker United Press Staff Correspondent New. York, Aug. 28. -Governor James U; Coi waged hia stump bat tle for eight hours In New York city today and was given" thi greatest welcome of his campaign tour. . Four speeches, in which he continued his-attack' on the Republican campaign fund and urged a sound industrial - re adjustment, more extensive - Americani zation work and the. ratification of the peace treaty, were made during the day.- '".i- - i:-v. !:. .... . Thousands lined every street along which Cox ; passed and cheered him. At the Gravesend Taqetrack he spoke before , a 1 crowd estimated . at 1 200.000. ' The governor wound up his strenu ous day by attending a ! dinner of - party leaders given by former Representative John . J. Fitzgerald in j Brooklyn. -: To morrow he expects to: attend- church. and then confer with Democratic chief tains here. ; i j;' ; . i'- f COX PLEDGE CHEERED i The crowd at the police games cheered Cox's pledge to enter the League of Na tions and his charge that contributors to the ' Republican campaign fund In tended to use the bayonet in bringing about an industrial readjustment in America.-:-"-" ::"'"' --It "-v The - crowd was so huge . that ,many could not hear, so the !: speech was cut to 20 minutes. r The greatest ovation came at a, ban quet of New York . Democrats .- at ' the Commodore hotel, where there was- a demonstration lasting nearly five min utes.: Cox, answering denials by Re publicans of his "slush": fund" charge, reiterated his allegations and said : -. . :.VWe have not yet -ibegun to- make revelations of the Republican financial plana. , , u - jf-f'i.- K--, i REPUBLICANS ATTACKED ' " He ' said that - the Republicans had taken William . G. McAdoo'a Iihc loan system as the basia of their cam paign, r ... - - - On hia . way : to Gravesend, Cox topped in front of the New York library to roaKe an old-fashioned stump speech to a large crowd that had gath ered . there. ' His . fourth speeeh-: was made before a group of New York suf frage leaders. - The governor predicted to them that the vas majority of "the mother 'Vote' of the country would sup port the League of .Nations, ' r ? With many business .men In - his au dience. Cox warned them that av real industrial readjustment must be ef fected. ' " ...' ' . . . "The ' force of then- government- as expressed in the bayonets of soldiers must not be used in . industrial .dis putes to give . preference to . labor t and capital," he said. . . , -TBtrSTS PUBLIC VIEW ' "This practice, is the, very factor of Bolshevism. - .i; ; ; "Public Opinion will settle strikes, but ithe-moment: government interferes to aid one side or the other, the con fidence of tire great mass of the people in the government la"! shaken. " . . "I also want to say1' to you business men . that the Republican senatorial oligarchy has deliberately blocked ' any modifications in war i taxes, with the hope of discrediting the Democratic ad ministration." - -Cox's attack on .the'; Republican cam paign fund was praised by William G. McAdoo, speaking; at the banquet. "In your -. Pittsburg i speech you -directed a terrific barrage at the Repub lican stronghold," he said to Cox, "and you . have blown up their gold reserves. These Gold Dust Twins, Chairman Hays and Treasurer Upham. will find it much - harder sledding i tow,' . Governor Cox said tonight that in his speeches at Columbus. Ohio. and other Middle Western cities next week he will answer Senator Harding's proposal to "scrap"" the League of Nations and "put teeth in" The Hague tribunal. - He declined to comment, on Senator Harding's speech. Cox will attend St. ; Paul's Episcopal church in ' Brooklyn !:. tomorrow with George White, chairman of the Demo cratic national - committee. Prettiest Girl in -Prance Shocked at : Nude Role Offered ' Paris, Aug. 28. (I. !; N. S.) Twenty-year-old Agnes Souret who was recently selected as the most j beautiful girl ; la France, has indignantly refused an offer to star in rHenry Battalies' ' new play, "Man and Rose." Her refusal came when she learned"- that she was. to be carried upon the' stage nude,- on a large plate, at a dinner orgy. - v .The part probably will be played by Mile D'Herlys, former wife of Tod Sloan, the jockey, or Mile Suy Beryl. .' The play promises to be the sensation of tha forthcoming -theatrical season.- - , Dying Mother Would Save Unborn, Infant Evansville. Ind Aug. : 28. (I. N. S).- Knowing her death was only a mat ter of hours because of burns received in an oil explosion, Mra : John .File, 17, to day insisted upon a Caesarian operation In the hope of saving the life-of her unborn child. The operation was per formed ar few momenta after the young woman's death, but the child was bora dead.- The mother was burned attempt ing, to start a fire with oiL Noses Detect Liquor Odor; Still Raided Still Located in Dugout, Large Quantity. of Moonshine Is ; Seized; Two Arrested. Favorable winds and a. keen sense of smell enabled Federal Prohibition Agents E. R. Wolfe and M, T. Bur nett to discover late Saturday after noon the largest illicit whiskey, still found bo far in the state. The still, which has a, capacity of ilSO gallons, wag discovered in a dugout . located on the right fork of Bear creek, near Cotterell eta'lion in the! Boring dis trict. . j - . . a The dugout was located on the premises of Stillman Andrews and he, together with his son, MeMn Andrews, and Lester Talmadge, an j adopted son, were arrested and brought to Portland at 7 :30. Saturday nlghtr ' Deputy Sheriff M. "M.r Squires accompanied the federal officers on their search for the rendez vous of the bootleggers and assisted in the arrest. - - , I. GALLONS POUND " . Contents of the dugout ! included, be sides the still,, "a. heating stove, six. bar rels of corn mash and one 60-gallon bar rel of corn whiskey. iv. '. ... " Andrews denied any knowledge- of the still at the time of his arrest, the agents reported, but they followed, a trail from the hidden still to a slaughter house operated by the accused man and found here a quart battle1 of the same brand of spirits contained In the barrel.J In a barn on the place they found ' a dozen packages of hope and a quantity of caramel 'dye, as a coloring for corn whiskey. There -was also a blow torch and a-large piece of solder, presumably used In repairing the still- , .- . ' Andrews ostensibly conducted a slaugh ter house and sold fresh meat to farm ers and settlers through aj wide district in : the vicinity. -' Neighbors complained some time ago. that Andrews . and his son - had sold whiskey in ithe neighbor hood of Gresham. and : frequent visits to i the Andrews home by automobile parties confirmed " their suspicions that the liquor was manufactured by him. The agents had. made two - previous trips in search of the Andrews still, following both the right and left forks of Bear creek to their sources. : NOSES GET "SiCEKT j Saturday afternoon they1 went to May berry station: on : the Estacada electric line and started up the right fork . of the creek from that ; place. A . light breeze was blowing and when the party had proceeded about 400 yards they de tected in the wind an unmistakable odor of sour jiash. ' . , t - '. :: officers followed the soent to the vlefnity of the Andrews place and finally located its source in the dugout. A can vas tent covered the opening" Xo the still room and this was so cleverly camou flaged , with ; fir bosughs that the" place was discovered only ater - a - prolonged sefctu -: --'S'-a. ' .'":' i v- : Andrews with ' his son and . adopted son were lodged in the county jail and will be arraigned before United States Commissioner- Drake; Monday morning. Members of ;the; Sheriffs staff believe Andrews was formerly associated in the bootlegging game with' Nettie Connett, recently ? convicted of , prohlhition ? law violations, . , , . v . - . EDUCATIONAL ACT IS Some 4300 . Oregon Ex-Service Men Share in $529,087 Dis tributions Says Report. Salem, ; Aug., 28. Approximately 4300 Oregon ex-service men partici pated : in the distribution - of the $529,087.09 disbursed under the provisions of the - soldiers ' educa tional act up to August 25, accord ing to figures -on file in the secre tary of state's office here. Of the approximately 9673.000 which haa been provided for the education of Oregon men who served in the army, navy and marine corps in the late war, only 1144,000 remains to carry, the ad ministration of the act over until the next tax - money , becomes available In January, ' when approximately : $ 400.000 more wilt be available under the special levy of four-tenths- of a. mill authorized for this purpose. ; -r Under the provisions of the original act, taxes to the amount of $198,037.09 were made available, for the administra tion of the act last January. To this the special legislative session added an ap propriation of 1250,000. -Last July the state emergency board waa. called upon to augment this fund by a deficiency appropriation of 1225,000. "-1 Whether the four-tenths of a mill levy provided. by this act will be sufficient to administer the act ' during - the coming year will depend altogether upon' the response of ex-service men to the call of the schools. ' Sub for Bird Man ;. Who Lost Life. ; Is Also Death Victim : Santa Rosa, Cal., Aug. 28. -(U. P.)- Leon Ferguson, aviator, substituting for Lieutenant Omer Locklear, -who was killed at Los Angeles a few .weeks ago, was killed here late today when an ahr plane piloted by Jfi R. Schmidt crashed to the ground.. ' ' ! ' ' Ferguson was hanging by his toes' from a wing of the plane- as part -of-hia exhi bition before, a crowd - of 6900 people at the Sonoma-county lair, - y j - - His, "weight, , experts thought, caused the machine to go into a tailspln,. from which it did not recover. - " Schmitt. although painfully cut, aston ished the crowd by walking frofn the wreckage and making his way unaided to an amDuiance. BOON FOR SOLDIERS Mandel Bros, a'nd Marshall Field & Co. Called on to Produce Books; Profiteering Suspected. Inquiry Expected : to - Be Fore-'-!.. runner of Similar Investiga i tions tn Other Large Cities. . By jDon E. Chamberlain v r - United Press Staff Correspondent - 1 ,- Chicago Aug. 28.Wholesale in vestigation of alleged ' profiteering by? big retail merchandise stores here,' which has been, proceeding for several days, was believed tonight to be the forerunner ot similar probes in (Other important. cities. The Investigation, which was taken up by a federal grand jury here with the issuance of a . subpena for the books - of jMandel Bros., a big State street . department store.: yesterday, was followed today by another subpena call ing on the officials of Marshall Field & Co. to produce their books. . Ten ex pert government accountants arrived here today to audit the books and fig ure the difference between the purchase and selling prices of various articles. , According to United States Attorney Charles F. .: Clyne. some State street stores are, demanding ; fabulous prices for wearing . appare as compared with the cost. I He expected - revelations of huge profits. . , Clyne stated that" a profit of 60 was being made on some suits of clothes andj $ ton some pairs . of shoes. At present Clyne Is concentrating his ' in quiry intoj, profiteering on .wearing ap parel. Neji t week he expects : to take up oal profiteering. j THe Investigation here followed a n an nouncement several days ago by Clyne that Attorney General Palmer had' been secretly Investigating 7 reports . of prof iteering irt . various parts of the coun try, j and that as a result of the reports he had issued, instructions . to all United States attorneys to start an lin vestiga Uoni .' ; - - . 7. ; : dyne's Investigation' is also expected to include! alleged profiteering in furs, furniture i and -other Jllnes - handled by State -street, stores. ' On the outcome of hiavfnrjulfy' may -depend - the fate of similar -' investigations . planned In other cltle8- i . . f ! Monday i Clyne win question coal dealers on recent increases in retail coal prices.'". - , i He plans to ask them what justified their increase of 1 the price' of soft coal 60 . cents a ' ton and 'hard coal $1.25 a Portland Factories r Gain 14 Per Cent in i Number in 5 Years j-: - "::! V -- . . .1. . 1 11 . . "-. i An Increase of 14 per cent during the past five years in the number' of manu facturing concerns operating In Portland Is shown by reports prepared for the bureau of the census. United States de partment of commerce, by Special Agent A. L. "Haley. - - , a There are now more than 2000 manu facturing plants operating in the city, ac cording to Haley. Lumber manufactur ing leads' -the . list; closely followed by flouring mills, ' electrical power plants, fuel producers,- fish canneries, butcher ing and packing establishments, manu facturers of merchandise, tools, optical goods and electrical appliances. : Haley was one of -five special agents who began gathering statistics relative td ' Portland Industries for the census bureau on - May 7 ,- under -direction of George Fi .Fairfield of Indianapolis, Ind. The work was completed last week and reports forwarded to Washington. 1 Statute Licensing Aiitot Drivers Will Be Enforced on Sept. 15 ;,i -Salem, I Aug. '; 28. With the total of drivers' licenses issued up to closing time Saturday: afternoon exceeding the 81.000 mark, indications are that the secretary of Btate's office will be ready for the rigid enforcement of the drivers'' license law, by the middle of September. A careful check of applications on file shows a ttotal of approximately 120.000 received t6. date, instead of the more than lfO.OOff roughly estimated a week ago. TWs leaves less than 40.000 appli cations, for licenses unfilled, frith 1 from 2500 to, 8000 licenses going ojit of Ihe department every day. ,i: v The department has been considerably" handicapped tn. its work of issuing the licenses through the carelessness of Ap plicants in omitting essential data, ne cessitating the return of the application and a duplication ef effort.' Many f the applications are almost, if not alto gether, illegible. ' - Wife Sues Milliner Who Purchased Fine Clothes for Husband r - - - . Seattle, Aug. 28. (L N. S.) Because she. is alleged to: have bought Donald H Booth -valuable suits -ol clothes, silk pajamas; silk :ose, silk nighties., costly hats, expensive shoes, silk shirts, elegant ties and a Packard automobile for his own use.t Mrs. Booth believes she should have $50,000 from Mrs. Valaria Dwyer. a milliner.. Mrs. Booth also recites in her complaint on file in the superior court here today that her husband-was "un used to the ways ef the world,' and that Mrs. Dwyer took advantage of his un sophistication. ' . r Pair Is Lost Four Days in Deep Forests Portland Man - and Son Have Thrilling Experience in Hills- boro Mountain District, i Ilillsboro, Or.. Aug. 28. A tin smith by the name of Nelson, ' resid ing at - Portland,;, was lost In t the woods from Monday, morning until Friday i afternoon at" 1:30, when he wandered " to the! " Sam Johnson ranch, 10 miles north of this city. Js'elson;went Into the timber to go to a homestead on" which he has located. With hlro waj his 10-year-old soh. The two -had Just enough i provisions for-two days and Nelson' conserved on the food from Monday night. y After he discov ered that he was lost h and the boy wandered through the dense forest until 9 o'clock Friday morning, when the! boy became too weak to travel. The father was. unable to carry! him. 'He told the lad to remain where he was a!nd not to make a move until someone came to him. Nelson started down . a small stream and finally reached the Johnson farm. He was eo weak -from hunger and his travels that he collapsed as soon as be told Otto Johnson of the circum stance. .:--. '..-,! -.- , . i Johnson took him to the farm house, gave him dry clothing and something to eat,, then in company- with Fay Mills started the search for the boy. lie was found at 5 o'clock in the afternoon and taken to the Johnson ranch. . i QUEEN APPEALED TO FOR MACSVINEY Her Majesty Askled to Intercede to Save Lord Mayor Who; Is --'I - Dying on Hunger Strike London, Aug. . 28. (U. P.) -As Terrance MacSarlney, lord mayor of Cork, ley. near death from voluntary- starvation in ' Brixton' prison tonig'it, thousands of. sympathizers anxiously awaited word from; Bal moral castle,, where appeal for his release was to bi made, to. Queen 'Mary.; v-''-A'U'-' 4:pP- P-J-r P ' Redmond Howard,' nephew of the late John Redmond, who had appealed unsucceHsfully to the king, sent a message- to the - queen i late - today,, asking for an audience at - Balmoral tonight that he might appeal to .her : personally for i MacSwlney.:'-.-- 'ii.-y.-t r p- . !:! t Appetising food was placed before MacSwiney this afternoon in an-attempt to. get him to eat He did not touch It. MtcSwiney was still conscious but was growing steadily weaker. ,' His! wife visited hira twice today. ' I - After spending the afternoon at the prison she said that he had tost power of speech and that She made no attempt to talk to him. . ;. . - . : "It is unbearable she cried. ' c 'The lady- mayoress was , indignant at reports that her husband .was secretly being fed proteids by members of his family Redmond Howard tonight sent a. mes sage to the lord chancellor in behalf of MacSwiney urging I immediate clemency "to prevent British law - becoming the laughing stock of the world." Howard announced ha would try to see the king very soon at Balmoral castle to Intercede for MacSwiney.- Missouri Farmer la Kidnaped by Booze j Banditslin Own Car 7 Brookfleld, Mo... Aug. 28.--(L N. 8.) Kidnaped in his own 83000 motor car by a band of booze bandits. Otto Swltz er. I wealthy young! farmer, returned - to his! home late today. ' Switzer - told po lice- he has escaped ,gy. leaping i from the machine amid a shower1 of bullets and fleeing into underbrush along a lonely : road where tne Danaits naa driven his car. He said he had .hidden In s the ' underbrush until f his captors save up the - searth and t drove on , In hi - car.. r : P ' :-' ' !! ''-'" -''i The kidnaping occurred during-, tha night while- Swlteer was ' homeward bound : from Chllllcothe, Mo. ; While driving up a steep hill, four men leaped , from the roadside and halted hire with revolvers. . They bound his hands and . one 'drove the machine, heading . toward ' the Kansas state line. . It. is, believed the men were . fleeing after having robbed the wine cellar of Mrsl? Mary Garrlty here earlier in the night.; Police j in I near-by - cities have been . notified. Joe Bailey Defeated-SInTexas- Primaries p y';p;-ppP-:.- j ,. .-v --'i--;:-f-:-.;- ? Dallas, Texas. Aug. 29. JU. P. -The Texas 'election , bureau, which , shortly after midnight had accounted for 323.735 votes In the Texas! Democratic jrubema torial primary, declared Senator Joseph W-Bailey "decisively defeated." Latest returns give Neff lSi,129, Bailey 129,606, a majority of 64,326.'; The returns were about two thirds complete, it was stated. , Today's primary climaxed One : of the most bitterly fought campaigns in Texas since the Clark-Hogg contest. Forces supporting Neff attacked Bailey's . war record, declaring he did not" support the administration by word or action. - Cyclone Reported In Ft,; Scott, Kan. Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 29 fSunday). U. P.) Reports received ' here .after midnijrht stated that a cyclone struck Fort Scott. Kan., late last night. Ef forts to get into telephonic Communica tion, with Fort Scott was met with the statement that the "wires are out of order." - POLLflG N.Y.W0W FAVORS C0) Evening Telegram's Straw Veto j From Newly Enfranchised Sex Puts Harding in Second Place. Balloting Done , in Metropolitan1" District and h Believed to r Be Representative of Country. Copjrijht. lO-'O. b the New Tork HrrsM om psny, New York f-niri Telrsram New York, Aug. 28. The Even ing Telegram's presidential! poll in the metropolitan district, taken ex clusively among women, newly en franchised voters, -shows the opin ion of 158 representative women. They vote ai follows: Cox 72, Hard ing 69, Debs 7, and undecided 2. ' No effort. was madn to obtain a poll that would, be unuaual becaunn of the number of voters. But an effort van made to obtain a representative vote In asmuch as experience has shown that polls are important as indicating- politi cal trends only to the degrre that thfy are representative of tlie voting elements In the country. A surprising feature of the poll mrng women was the apparent lark or Inter est which, moat of them show In the prohibition Issue. Fach woman waa asked to state her renidential prefer ence and her reasons. Out of 1.18 women who voted only five indicated that they were influenced by tlio prohibition lasues. On the League of Nations Ixmie the opinion Is more decided. Forty-lx voters expressed th intention of voting for 'the candidate of their pchoicn -because of bis stand either for er againnt tha league. Of this numbnr, :J are for the leaftue and 17 against it. Practically all of those who favor the league are gointr lo vote for Governor Cos. regardless of former political associations. Thone who are opposed to the league am with Haun ter Harding regardless of former politi cal association. Pin- this renpect the women take' the same attilude as Die men. - ' The high cost of living is an import ant isuue with a considerable boly cf women. Many of ' these In this poll who are undecided. In their choice nay' they intend to vote for the man whom thev think will be able to lower tho tout of. efforta of the old parties to ncomplinh this end is reeponslble largely fur Urn Intention of three democrats, two irido peadents and one He publican to vote for Deba la the coming ejection. This is un issue in which housewives are greatly interested. In ;. general, ' the women who are tn- (Concluded on IMsA Throe, Column Two) iSSOlEH! INDULGES THREAT Woman Who Visited Portland Re cently Says Irish Guerilla War Will Be Brought to U.S. Washington, Aug. 28. IV. P.) "We will bring, to this country ths guerilla warfare that we have prac ticed against the -.'English In Ire land," said , Kathlcn O'Drtnnan, Irish agitator, who has been in thia country some time In the ineri-Kt of an Irish republic. - Miss O'Brennan's remark was In spired by the. statement that the at tention of the department of Justice had been called formally to threats of Irish women sympathizers to inspire strikes n this country to prevent move-, ment of British goodn. . Leaders of the women here today de clared they had caused the strike "l longshoremen Mho. refuned to handle British shipping at New York and that they planned to organize a complete boycott against Brttibh goods as a pro test again t the imprisonment of lxrd ' MaySr MacSwiney of Cork, who is dy inir from a hunger strike. Department . of justice officials point ed out that strikes which Interfee with production of necessities are llleg.il under the Lever act and that it Is al:.j illegal to conspire to Interfere with inter state commerce. .It was also estimated here that immigration authorities might act against some of the women if tlicy are not naturalized or native born Americans-! , x ' : . V Miss Kathleen O Brennan was a Tort land visitor for a long time and was a constant eompanlon of Dr, Marie liul. particularly during the latter'g trial and conviction for violation of the espionage act. Miss.. O'Brennan's activities were believed so pernicious at one time that she was the subject of a hearing before Immigration Inspector Bonham for de portation. She is said to have left here for - Washington to invoke- influences against .her deportation. Decision iu her case has not been made public. Pardon Board 7111 DecidaBoy's Fat Sacramento, CaL, Aug. U. U. 1'.) The state advisory board will act Mon day on a report to them by alieni.sts who have Just completed examination ot Roy Wolff, 17-year-old boy sentence! to rang October S3 for the murtlcr of Jtoy Greer. " Although officials at tite rov ernor's office refused to make a t' ment concerning the case, thf y nd-mtu I that C. C .Young-, acting g-vvn-nor, v.. i attend the meetiBsr of the portion L-j r ! in San Francisco i.Ionday. i