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REPUBLICANS
ARE AT WAR
IN MINNESOTA
"Nominee for Governor and i Na-
, trbrral . Committeeman Split
When Former Is Not Invited to
Be Present at Harding4 Visit.
' Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. ,30. (L
N. 8.) Minnesota is likely to be a
second, California as a result of a
factional fight which has broken
out in the state between the J. A.
O. Preus and , Irving Caswell fac
tions, which today threatens to split
the Republican - party, wide open.
Preus is a candidate for governor
and Caswell is national committee
man. :
Senator Harding is about to wander
off bis front porch direct into the face
of the very thins which he has tried to
avoid by his adoption Of the "porch
campaign.' .
Unless the fight now being waged be
tween the Preus and Caswell factions
is settled amicably within the next two
or .three days, the open breach in the
stale G. O. P. ranks is sure- to - come.
Republicans fear. .
t'aswell. the national committeeman.
harj submitted a list of members of the
"retention" committee at the state fair.
which will officially welcome Harding
when he comes here next week to speak
at the fair. Preus' name does not ap-
. pear on it. ''
FALLS INTO RIVER
Missing his footing on the gang
plank leading from municipal' dock
No. 1 to the deck of the West Mo
mentum, rank Carlson, boatswain's
mate, fell into the river early Mon
day morning and was drowned. City
Qrappler Hugh Brady recovered the
body at : 9 0. tu. man.d Jt was take
to the morgue.
'-It' Is believed Carlson was under the
Influence of liquor when he and a com
Pinion, whose name had not. been ascer
tained, started aboard, at 4 a, m. Al
though far. from sober himself, the com
panion set up an outcry when Carlson
fell and roused members of the crew on
board who made futile efforts to save
the drowning man. .
The harbor patrol was summoned and
after grappling for some time, managed
to find the body.- . ;,: 1 --3
Carlson had been on the dock and
was going on board the vessel with
another sailor when he stumbled on the
edge of the dock and tumbled Into the
river. A bruise on the forehead in
dicates that he struck a ballast log or
some other object in the water; ''-...
Carlson Joined the steamer three days
ago and he was a member of the Sailors
union. His family is understood to be
In San Francisco. :
Utah's Population
Given as 449,446:
. Helena Decreases
Washington. Aug. S0 TJ. P.) The
census bureau today announced the fol
lowing 1920 population. results: .
State of Utah, 449,446. Increase since
1910. 76.095. or' 20.4 per cent. Helena.
Mont., 12.0S? ; decrease 478, or 3.8 per
cent. Glasgow, . Mont., 2059; Increase
901, or 77.8 per cent.
Railroad Earnings
Show Big Increase
Washington, . Aug. SO. (U. P.) Rail
road operation revenues for the five
months ending with the month of May
were $2,243,088,258, - as compared with
81,929.300,531 for the same period last
year, the Interstate commerce commis-
i bion announced today. r
Alaska Cannery Fire
Causes $250,000 Loss
Seattle. Aug. 30. (U. P.) Flames
were reported here this afternoon to
have'- destroyed early today the " can
nery, and 43,000 cases of salmon at
Nakat, south of Ketchikan. Alaska.
The loss to George W. Hume A Co.,
Seattle owners, is said to be 2S0,000.
Maeterlinck Plans
To Get by Censor
Tarts, Aug. 29. Maurice Maeterlinck,
the Belgian dramatist. Is leaving for
Spain to make some changes In "The
Miracle of Saint Antoinne," the clay
. which was forbidden by the censor In
France but performed with, much suc
cess In Belgium during the war.
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Cloudburst Floods
Spokane Basements
Spokane, Aug." 30. (U. P. Scores of
basements in the downtown district were
flooded last night, when a cloudburst
hit the city. Damage amounts to about
8-0.000. mostly to store stocks. No persons-were
injured. .,
Trace; Found of
Oregon Citizens
140,OOOYearsin
Advance of Bible
By S. S. Harralaon
, Editor Bentoa County Courier
That activities of the human race
In Oregon I antedate ;j the Christian
Bible' by rnoreUhanll45,000 years,
may be proven by anyone with a
desire for knowledge, and this proof
lies burled j In the, shell -mounds of
Lincoln county, along the coast in
the vicinity of Yachats.5' There more
than -150,00' years ago : mankind
gathered in great ; numbers . and
erected temples of shell, the pur
pose of which may always remain
a; matter of conjecture. But the
fact remains that they built and that
these same buildings remain monu
ments to the -primal instincts of
man to memorialize- his .existence.
- Millions upon millions of tons of shells
were carried .from t the beach to the
mainland, in some-instances miles from
the sand, and there deposited Un cir
cular piles. Every kind of clam and
mussel shell known to . man is to be
found in these-, mounds, ranging In size
from the diminutive rock oyster to the
long : slender quahog. Today the only
clam to be found on 2he Yachats beach
is the razor clam. r " -t
COMMUNIST I2T HABIT .
On opening these unbound volumes of
shell, the reader, may decipher at will
the story of -a prehistoric man and,
among other .things related, are the
facts that he was a communist In habit.
lived upon a diet of meat only, possessed,
r.ouung outer xor a - weapon man a
sharpened stick, understood the value
of fire for preparing food and ate flesh
or any kind. He was a giant in stature.
but a pigmy in Intellect. His predom
inating Instinct was to kill and he leaves
nothing which might be construed as
symbolical of any religious Ideas.
These storehouses of information.
these temples , of shell, these prehistoric
tablets, are rapidly being destroyed, for
Lincoln - county is improving her roads
and tons of shell are being hauled from
the mounds and made a surface-for the
highways, linking the past with the
present. , - .
SKULL IS PROOF
You ask for proof of these "wild
statements?
I need offer only one at this time
which Is sufficient to establish the date.
This proof I found in the lowest strata
of one of the larger mounds, and was a
human skulL. Unfortunate for the fur
thering of scientific research, the skull
hadjjoVbeeft treated to heat.' an in
,e.sThan ii hours after being exposed
to the , air it crumbled into dust and
la lost to ' fvrther examination. X did
succeed in taking measurements and In
mailing i close examination ox lis
shape and structure. There were but
three sutures in the entire cranium.
and this fact alone establishes the es
timated age In which the owner lived.
The- measurement at the base of the
skull was nine inches across and, with
the neck muscles attached, this man
would undoubtedly have required about
a 30-lnch i collar. Borne- idea , of the
height of these men may be drawn from
the fact that many femurs were found
measuring from 26 to 32 Inches. There
are many of these bones, as the shell
builders were -cannibalistic and ate the
meaty portions of the body, and all
bones from which or upon which the
meat was burned or cooked, remain in
an excellent state of preservation.
MEW MTDSE GIAiTTS
If proportionate with the present man
these early men would Jiave worn, be
sides a 30-inch collar, a coat about 90
Inches chest measure, and pants with
an inseam measurement of about 60
inches, while a No. 6 hat would easily
have covered the peak of the skull.
t For .two weeks the writer spent his
time systematically excavating these
mounds and, so ' far. as be knows, has
made the only extensive investigation
ever' attempted by anyone.- On many
matters - he , baa -i consulted . with Prof.
J. : B. Horner,' historian of the , Oregon
Agricultural college, who agrees with
his deductions in every instance.
The first man might not have crawled
up out of the sea onto an Oregon beach.
but-certain it is that in Oregon the very
early man left the first traces of his
handiwork as a builder. The earth
mounds in Linn county are no older
than those of shell 'in Lincoln.
irawsviFE
IS NEAR COLLAPSE
London.- Aug. 30. (U. P.) Mu
riel MacSwiney, young wife of the
lord mayor of Cork, who- has been
almost constantly by the side of her
husband since his condition became
critical fas the ' result of a hunger
strike, r was herself "on the verge of
a break-down today. .
After spending three hours with the
lord mayor in Brixton prison ' today,
the lady mayoress was pale and weak
when she - left the institution - and ap
peared to be nearing a physical col
lapse. She said that, following his . re
lapse last night, MacSwiney recovered
consciousness this . morning and recog
nised her, though he .was ' unable to
speak. MacSwiney collapsed again irr
Brixton prison this afternoon. : Physi
cians expressed the ' belief that he had
but few hours to live. This was , the
eighteenth day of his hunger strike.
FOUR MORE FATALITIES ARE
RESULT OF BELFAST RIOTS
London, Aug. SO. (L N. S.) Four
persons,; three men and one .woman,
were killed In a fresh outbreak of vio
lent fighting at Belfast today, bring
ing the total - deaths up to 15 since
Saturday night. . ' -:-;:- ' .
More than 50 persons were wounded.
A dispatch from Belfast at 2 o'clock
this . afternoon said that the Belfast
police, assisted by heavy reinforce
ments of troops, have succeeded in re
storing order. . v
HARD NG
IS
no
ALL INQUIRY
Republican Nominee Refuses to
Answer Questions Put Regard
ing Cox's ; Charges j Plans to
Come as Far,VVest as Spokane.
. By Raymcmd Clapper '
Marion, Ohio, Aug. 30. (U. P.)
Despite continued questioning from
newspaper men. Senator Harding
was still preserving complete silence
on the question of campaign contri
butions today. He intends i to let
Will H. Hays, national committee
chairman, and Fred Upham, nation
al treasurer, answer for the party
today before the seriate committee
at Chicago. , It was intimated he
may have something to say after
their testimony has been given.
Preparations for the fall drive of the
Republican presidential - campaign to
come in October are under considera
tion between Senator Harding and his
advisers, it was learned here.
Although Harding will c not get out
on the stump before October 1. except
for his speech at the Minnesota state
fair, consideration Is being ' given to
the localities in which f the nominee
should go during the heat of .the cam
paign. Among cities which Harding is
considering in his itinerary are New
York and Chicago, which are virtually
certain. . -
Speeches at New York and Chicago are
practically certain, it was learned. Other
cities under consideration are Philadel
phla, Indianapolis, St - Louis, Kansas
City, .Denver. Salt Lake City and Spo
kane. Wash. Advisers differ over the
matter of touching the Pacific coast and
the majority opinion at present appears
against going further west than Spokane.
Two big dates are on Harding's sched
ule this week. Tomorrow he talks on
reclamation and related topics to a
group of western governors here. -Governors
expected are Davis of , Idaho,
Campbell, Arizona ; McKelvie, Nebras
ka : Carey, : Wyoming, and Stephens.
California.. Other governors will send
representatives.
NATIONAL CHAIRMAN HATS .
DENIES ALL COX'S CHARGES
Chicago. - Aug.' 80. "Governor Cox's
charges are false in what they say and
libelous In their purpose," Will H. Hays,
chairman of ' the Republican ' national
committee, declared today when he took
the stand as the first witness in the
senatorial . committee's campaign fund
investigation here. , .
Organized liquor interests in the
United States have set out to elect
Governor Cox of Ohio president and
are raising campaign funds for the pur
pose, Hays testified. f
Hays, in a long prepared statement
to the committee, said the national com-
( Concluded on Pace Two." Column Two)
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WITH CAP'S BRIDE
San Francisco, , Aug. 30. (!!. . P.)
With 73 ? persons, Including .the
captain's - bride., aboard, the Dutch
steamer Arakan- was still fast on the
rocks and mud near Abbott's lagoon.
30 miles north - of San - Francisco,
early today, according to wireless re
ports received here. I f
Indications at 10:15 this morning
were that the' Arakan was destined
to remain - ashore until late this
afternoon, according to reports to
coast guard and other officers here
in touch with the situation.
Highwayman Kills
Peace Officers
In Gun Battle
- SL Lou'a, Mo., Aug. 30. L N. S.)
Eugene S. Conrey, 42 years old. night
sheriff at .Clayton, and Benjamin Corner,
city marshal, were shot and killed dur
ing a revolver battle with a highwayman
In Clayton at 12:30 o'clock this morning
(Monday). The bandit escaped and po
lice and detectives of Clayton and St,
Louis are scouring ; the city - and sur
rounding country in an attempt to effect
a capture. ... .-.,
Kidnaped Americans
v Escape Mexicans
Mexico City, Aug. 30. A private mes
sage was received by President De La
Huerta today stating that the American
and British citizens who were held by
Pedro Zamora escaped when the bandit
was defeated in a battle with federal
troops Saturday. r
Bones Discovered;
Murder Suggested
: Seattle, " Aug. 30 (TJ. P.) Discovery
of a skull and several bones of a man's
skeleton , in a. shallow grave late last
night in West ' Seattle leads : the - police
to believe a murder has been un
earthed. ,Jt is estimated the bones have
been boiled from three to ten years.
ADAMAN
STEAMER ASHOR
GOaSARWIOR
DONNED FOR
DRIVE WEST
Democratic Candidate's Machine,
Thoroughly Overhauled on
.Eastern Trip, in Tip-Top Fight
ing Form; to Answer Harding.
B Herbert W. Walker
Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 30. (U P.)
Governor Cox, traveling by spe
cial train from Pittsburg,, arrived
here at 3:10 today and. went im
mediately to the Ohio ' executive
mansion. " ' -
Governor Cox, fresh from his tri
umphant Invasion of New York, is
confident that a a result of nu
merous conferences he .has been in
strumental in welding the , Demo
cratic groups into one big fighting
piece Of machinery. ,
The candidate declared ! today that
while In New York he was assured of
unqualified support by the -s leaders , of
all tiie so-called party factions, suchvas
the Wilson administration, Tammany,
the' McAdoo backers and the Palmer
forces, and that all are "on their toes
for the big fight. -
Believing that a strong party organi
zation is essential to success. Cox spent
most of yesterday seeing to It that the
work of the national committee is per
fected down the last detail.
In all his conferences Cox emphasised
that the Democratic cause must be car
ried to the people In a most aggressive
manner.' s.-.-: rr-H i ;- .,- :;.
W. G. McAdoo promised the governor
he would be one of the most active cam
paigners. . The - governor today was
watching closely , developments or the
senate campaign expenditures commit
tee investigation in Chicago and has
sent H. A. Reed, a committee member.
copy of his Pittsburg speech, which
will be formally presented to the sena
torial body.
New speaking date on the League of
Nations was given the governor In his
conferences and he indicated he will re
ply to Senator "Harding's proposal to
"abandon the league and put teeth In
The Hague tribunal" when be speaks
at the - Ohio state - fair tomorrow.
BEATEN BY THUGS
Antwerp, Aug. SO. (U. P.)
Morris F. KIrksey, sprinter of San
Francisco, , was painfully beaten by
three gendarmes today as he ' .was
trying to enter the Olympic stadium
to receive the medal b,e won in rep
resenting the American team in the
sprints. : , "
The gendarme knocked Kirksey out
with a blow in the stomach with the
butt of a rifle. His wrists were cut
by the handcuffs they slipped on him.
He was formally placed under arrest,
but was later released.
Charles Paddock of Los Angeles, an
other sprinter, was with Kirksey.. He
and Colonel Jackson, -trainer of the
British runners, who was also an eye
witness, -said the gendarmes were un
justified in their attacks-
Sunshine in Order, .
Says Weather Man
Portlanders who have been shivering
over : the week end can take, comfort.
Fair and warmer, says the weather bu
reau. Not yet over is the summer and
the cool, damp spell has been Just
enough to refresh the drooping spirits of
heat-weary persons as it has refreshed
the lawns and gardens. Umbrella and
rubbers may be .again put away, for
sunshine is the bill for the next
few days. - ' .
Prince Arrives in
Honolulu Quietly
Honolulu. Aug. 30.' The j Prince of
Wales , arrived here today ' from Aus
tralia, en route to England. No cere
monies attended his arrival.
Klamath Lake
By Action of
Senator Chamberlain, received an an
swer from Secretary of . the Interior
Payne this afternoon,' saying : "I have
served notice in reference to the Klam
ath project." This : makes positive the
assumption that - the protests filed by
the senator and by Congressman Sin
nott have resulted in stopping the California-Oregon
Power company's proj
ect. .
The practical elimination of some
15,000 acres of valuable public land
about: the margin of Klamath lake and
the di verso in of the waters of that lake
needed for the Irrigation of Klamath
county lands to the : plains of Shasta
county, CjL, has been stopped, for the
time, if "not permanently, by the joint
action of Senator George E. Chamber
lain and;. Congressman N. J. Slnnott,
through their Individual and joint pro
tests to the secretary of the interior,
John Barton Payne. - ... -
' In February, 1917. Franklin K. Lane',
then secretary of, the interior, entered
Into a . contract with . the -California-Oregon-
Power company, a California
corporation, - giving the company the
Bottom Drops
Out of Sugar
Market; $3 Is
Day's Decrease
Sugar prices have gone -coasting
again, and from indications the sled
has not reached the bottom.' Early
this morning the priced dropped $1
per hundred pounds, and i within a
few hours another drop of U- was
announced, thus -lowering the price
of the comtnodiaty $3 per sack. :
The sugar rlnarketr has literally ' gone
to pieces, speaking in words ' of whole
salers. Eastern speculators got. hold
of the crop last fall and boosted prices
until a 827 market was reached. The
speculators made all kinds cj money.
Then the bottom fell out andnoow the
speculators have ' .been caught . with - a
lot of high priced sugar on their hands.
a sugar quotations on the new xoric
market today were 817 to 817.10 per
sack. kThe Portland ' price on the next
shipment, received will be 818.25, which
means that the Western market will
still have to drop over a dollar to be
in line with New York. -
The new price-will not take effect in
Portland beore next Monday, : as the
present supply was : purchased at the
821.25 figure.; : The next boatload of
sugar is due. to arrive in the city next
week.. , r-'i- - : ,-j:
Housewives all over the country who
have quietly boycotted sugar , can thank
themselves for- the drop in price. The
sugar market ' was dull because noth
ing could be sold, so speculators were
simply forced . to lower their prices in
order to unload their stock. In many
homes very little fruit-canning has been
done this year, owing to the high price
of sugar. Wholesale frultmen say there
has not been nearly the call for fruit
this - season which they have- expert
enoed in ' former years, i -A few thrifty
women preserved their fruit without
sugar, thinking they could get cheaper
sugar next winter when they had need
for the fruit.
BEND-LAVA LAKE
The new road. 40 miles in length,
leading from Bend to Lava lake will
be completed about the middle, of
September, says Cecil A. Lord of the
engineering office ' of the forest
service .who has' just returned from
an inspection trip over tn proju:v
This road, which is strictly' a forest
service road . built for - recreational and
administrative1 purposes, will open a
series of about 10 lakes, including
Lava, Elk and Lost lakes, some of the
most . beautiful mountain water , bodies
In the state. Hitherto Lava lake could
only, be . reached from the south: and
Lost lake and Elk lake were entirely
inaccessible except on. foot over - poor
trails. .
Young Man Sought,
Following Attack
On Aged Veteran
.i 1 ..;a-' if.; " .":av 'tni
Marshfield, Aug. 30. The police -are
looking : for a young man who Sunday
night made a murderous assault on E.
O. Mays, a Civil war veteran and -well
known resident.. Mays was seated to his
house, reading, when an unidentified
man entered by a back door and beat
him over the head with a broken shovel
handle. Severe scalp wounds were . in
flicted. The authorities are at a loss to
find a motive, - unless the act was that
of an insane man. v The attacker was
frightened away from the . house by
Mays 14-year-old grandson. The police
are making a' roundup and arrested one
young man, but ,he was not the right
one.
Engineer Is Killed ,
; In Soo Line Wreck
.Fond.Du Lac, Wia, Aug. 30 (L N.
S.) Soo Line train No. 3. from Chicago
to Minneapolis, was derailed two and a
half miles south of Neenah, Wis... at
12:35 this ' morning. - The ' engine .and
every ear in the train except the sleeper
and one coach ' toppled over. -Engineer
James Doliard of Fond Du Lac was
killed and Paul Jaffke, his fireman, in
jured. ' Two baggage cars, a 'buffet car
and extra diner caught fire and were
totally destroyed. Only one passenger,
-a woman in the "sleeper, was injured.
May Be Saved
Chamberlain
right to construct a power dam across
Link river, raise the elevation of. the
upper Klamath . lake several feet, and
use the. power so ' developed for the
creation of electric energy. This con
tract . was opposed by. the people of
Klamath county, led by "the' local post
of the American Legion, who have con
tended that the elevation of the lake
level ' would, inundate ,15,000 .' acres, or
more, of land Immensely valuable for
agricultural purposes once it was put
under irrigation - and - which, under - the
recent act of congress, would be avail
able for settlement by ex-service men.
It was : contended - by the service men
that the construction of the dam by
the California-Oregon Power company
would cover, this land with several feet
of water and . destroy its use unless U
were to be diked and reclaimed at great
expense, after -which power awl water
for irrigation would have.' to be pur
cnaaeo or me company.
It was also - discovered by the people
of Klamath county, that the power com
pany was entering into contracts with
ROAD NEARSFINISH
, iCoocluded oa Pace Two, Column Three) ,
REPORT OF
COAL BOARD i
' ... ,.- .
IS ACCEPTED
Majority Recommendation for 17
Per , Cent Rise for Anthracite
Workers Approved by Wilson,
Minority Favors 27 Per Cent.
. -: By David M. Church ".
Washington, Aug. 30. (I. N. S,
-President Wilson today accepted
the majority report of the anthracite-
coal ' commission, - providing for
an average Increase , of 17 per cent
in the ' wages of anthracite ' coal
miners. ' - ,
"I accept the conclusion ,of the ma
jority," said -. the - president in making
the announcement of his action, "with
the limits of its jurisdiction under the
terms of the submission, as being the
award of the commission." is '-C
Reports have been circulated that the
miners,' in the anthracite coal . industry
would go on an unauthorized : strike if
the ; majority report was accepted. A
minority report providing for a 27 per
cent increase had ! been filed by the
miners' . representatives on- the : com'
mission, . - ' t ' .. s , , ..
"This award, 'while . providing .condl
tions for the employes, offers -nq Justi
fication for any advance in the retail
prices of coaL but on the other hand
is consistent with a decline in prices,"
declared ' the report of the commission.
"The award has not passed a great
burden along to the consumer of coal.
Any sharp advance in the retail price
of coal culd not be charged to the
operators, the miner or the award."
Secretary of Labor Wilson this - aft
ernoon telegraphed to James A. Gor
man, secretary of, the anthracite - joint
scale committee, at Haxelton, pa., di
recting him to call . the ; scale commit
tees of districts 1., 7 x and i 9 of the
"United Mine workers and the anthracite.
operators' 1 scale committee to meet in
Scrantotv Par on September 2, to enter
into a. new working, contract in accord
ance with . the award - accepted by, the
president today. ,
400 J TROOPS 1 ARE SE3JT TO -
- ,3I1NE IX WEST TTRGIMA
Williamson, .W, . Vaw- Aug.' 30. More
than 400 troops of the United States
Hiiamry toaay were assigned to tne
mine district from . Kertnit to Detorme,
following sporadic fighting In the Wil
liamson field between, union miners and
mine guards.
The district was quiet today and
officials feared - no " new outbreaks.
Muchf.-.apprehenslon has been felt,- by
residents of - towns in the ;; Mate wan
and Williamson districts.; : The ' ap
proaching trial of Matewan miners and
Baldwin Felts "i detectives for the al
leged -1 killing';- of Mayor Tester man.
seven private mine guards , and . two
others,-. May 19, was generally regarded
as a signal fpr new- uprisings.;
Mayor Baker Monday , morning di
rected Chief of Police ' Jenkins . to
appoint a "weed" squad for the pur-
poti) Of having vacant, unsightly lota
about the city cleaned up.
'In the eyes of the ; city '; administra
tion,' the weed nuisance has " passed in
Importance . the earwig , plague , In the
Walnut Park district. Not for many
years, according to . Mayor Baker, ! has
tHe city: been so unsightly f rom ; the
enormous stands ot,weeas. . . .
Prisoners from the city jail are to be
used In .cleaning 'up some of the worst
spots, especially' those dangerous ones
around ' the schools' that might harbor
degenerates who . would ' frighten and
harm children. - Crowds . of prisoners
will be taken out by the weed squad
and given some healthy exercise with
scythes and sickles, .v.
-The f mayor is also asking tor the
cooperation of the various j community
Clubs about the city to aid in the clean
up. The i realty ; ? board IS being a p.
pealed to, with a request that' property
in the control of its members be glvetv
a little scythe treatment where neces-
urv .
The police weed squad, : in v addition
to supervising the efforts of ' the, pris
oners, will also visit property owners
where conditions are bad and ask them
to harvest their weed crops. T - .
Journal Plane Is
Piloted by Harding
Trie Journal's weekday distribute ; n of
early afternoon editions to 'Astoria and
the Seaside beaches- was resumed Mon-.
day afternoon with Pilot F. E. Harding
of the Oregon, Washington and .Idaho
Airplane company at the controls of the
F-boat - scheduled to . leave Lewis and
Clark field about 1 o'clock, i Pilot 'L. M.
Briggs, who made the lower river "flight
Saturday, carrying The" Journals and a
passenger, returned to Portland from the
beaches Monday -jnornir.sv 'jriK
Congressman Tver$
K And Wifo rei
Congressman James ..Frear of Wis
consin, 4 accompanied '-- t v Mrs. Frear,
reached Portland Sunu-y, en . route
borne from a Junket taken to the PhU
ippines and China. They left for Wis
consin By way of Epokar ; Frear was
chairman of - the congressional "smell
ing committee" tent out to make aa
invesUgation into the spruce production
work carried ori during J.iae war. ..
'WEED SQUAD' IS
NAMED BY BAKER
OaMialin Island
Is Hit By Tidal
Wave; 200 Are
Reported Lost
London, Aug. . 30. (I. "-N. S.)
Two hundred persons have been
killed upon ; Sakhalin island by a
tidal wave, according to 'a cable
gram from Toklo today.
Sakhalin, or Saghaliea, as it Is often
times spelled. Is an Island in Asia on the
sea of Okhotsk! The' northern part be
longs to Russia ' and . the southern to
Japan.. Its population is given as 29,936.
has attracted attention recently be
cause of s Ileged Japanese aggressions. .
E FROM TOUR
United States Senator George
E. Chamberlain, after . four , weeks
spent - in an inspection tour pf -the
various public . development projects
of . the coast ' and -Central Oregon
counties, is back at his desk in the
Chamber ' of . Commerce bullding,
buried under an accumulated ava
lanche of official maiL -
The senator reached The Dalles Sat
urday ; evening,. - having - driven . , from
Madras,; where he went over the north
unit irrigation y project : Friday .4 after
noon, and after spending Saturday night
at The Dalles drove over the Columbia
highway Sunday, reaching his home In
the evening, ,
It is ; the senators Intention' to re
main - in Portland until be has been
able to catch up with the accumulation
of work - that has piled - his . desk high
during the " past - four weeks, after
which he plans to make a journey
through the eastern section of the state
included in the district , from Burns to
the . eastern boundary. After that he
desires to visit the northern coast coun
ties from Newport to Astoria.
Seven Streetcar
Strikers Arrested
In New York Clash
New Tork, Aug. 80. L N. S) Fol
lowing a clash between . strikers and
strikebreakers at the East New York
carbarns of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
company this : afternoon, seven of the
strikers were arrested as , alleged i ring
leaders of .the riot. ' " ' -
Police . reserves were called when 4
crowd of hundreds of . persons gathered
around the policemen- making the ar
rests and threatened to liberate the pris
oners. - :-
The arrests brought the total for the
day to . nine. In 1 connection with the
B. R. T. strike. - 1 - -
Union, leaders directing the striks to
day declared ; they . would endeavor to
completely tie up the elevated roads and
subway lines In Brooklyn by a sympa
thetic strike of mo tonne n on those
routes. '
Officials Of the B. R. T. company were
rushing preparations ' for a - long fight.
Sleeping quarters were being provided
for policemen and employes; stations
were being guarded and all cars were
being fitted with wire screens to pro
tect passengers.
Burglars Enter
Two Residences
; On Sunday Night
J - :. ": , .sp-- -i- -v "-' -
Burglars who used pass keys on back
doors . robbed two Portland residences
on the west side Sunday night
? At the home of C. A. Clow. lSS Seven
teenth street, north,- the Intruders got
away with a Liberty bond worth $ 100
and &5 in cash. The back of the bond
was indorsed with the name II. V. Clow,
The home of A. D. , Arthur, 661 First
street, was enetred In the same manner
between 7 . and 8 o'clock Sunday night
and a camera,, flash light and gold ring
stolen. - j , .- i- r " -
Burglars also climbed . through the
rear window of the Sell wood meat mar
ket. 1655 .East Thirteenth street. Sun-
day and took some small change. Boys
"are suspected. ,:- -
Sarah4-Bernhardt
V ' Hlj Trip Canceled
' Paris. ? Aug.' 80. MI. - N. S.) Mme.
fUrah Bernhardt; most famous actress
in the world, is sick in. bed with a severe
cold and has been compelled to cancel
ber contemplated - trip to England. A
specialist was called In today consult
40 Steamship Firms
- Indicted as Trusts
New 1 Tork, Aug. 30. I. N. 8. )
More than' 40 trans-Atlantic steamship
companies . and freight brokers were
named in an indictment returned here to
day: by the federal grand Jury charging
violation of the Sherman anti-trust law.
Cobh at The Dalles
On His Way to Bend
The Dalles,' Aug. 30. Irving S. Cobb,
writer, lecturer and humorist, accom
panied by Boseman Bulger, will arrive
In The Dalles Tuesday afternoon at 3
o'clock from the east, en route to Bend
on a hunting, fishing and camping trip.
Cobb's personal physician and a movie
CHAMBERLAIN BACK
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LABOR HEA
vmm
faith i co::
Unqualified Indorsement Is Given
Democratic Candidate as Proved
. Friend of Working Man Hard
ring Fails .to Make Grade.
Washington. Aug. 30.- (U. P.)
Heads of the American Federation
of Labor, who have gone on record
as favoring the election of Governor
Cox, today planned a campaign for
the Democratic candidate.
An atten.pt has been made to get
into hands of working men the rec
ords - of congressional candidates
who have voted against., measures
favorable to labor. Special state and
district labor conventions have been
called to" accomplish this. , 4
NON-PARTISAN CO13irrTEE
"OF LABOR APPKOVlS COX
Washington, Aug. 30. (United News.)
Definite preference for-, Governor Cox
over Senator Harding Is shown in the
pointed conclusion prestented by the
national - non-partisan political cam
paign committee of the American Fed
eratlon of Labor, Just made public.
The committee report of actions- and .
declarations of the two candidates, pre
pared by President Oompem, Vice
President Woll and Secretary .Morrison,
practically "goes the limit" . In its in
dorsement, although It insists there is
iio intention to depart from the non
partisan political policy of the federa
tion :. ' S .
LA BOB SEEDS GRANTED
The committee's, report declares that
Governor Cox has shown himself pos
sessed of a fuller understanding of the
needs of the working people, a rearlkr
response to their needs and to their rt c-
( Concluded oa I'm Two, Column Kin)
POLISH REPLY TO
II. S. IS AWAITED
- Washington,, Aug. JO. (t. S.)
Poland has not made any formal
reply to the warning of the United
States that Polish forces shuld not
go beyond Poland's ethnological
boundaries in warring against Rus
sia, Under Secretary of State Davis
anounced this afternoon.
The state department announced -offi
cially last week that a formal reply had
been received.
Under-Secretary Davis stated .that
there has been an Informal exchange of
views with Poland, but that no formal
reply has yet been received. - He ex- v
pressed the opinion, however, that the
views of Poland and this nation will be
found in accord when the answer la
made. '
ITALY IN ACCORD WITH
. : , V. S. ON RUSSIAN POLICY
' Washington, Aug. 30. (I. N. S.)
Italy is In accord with the RuKxlan policy
of the United States, as stated in Secre
tary Colby's recent note to the Italian
ambassador, according to a verbal reply
to the not made to the state depart
ment today by Councillor Brambilla of
the Italy embassy.
Premier GlolitU will later make a
formal reply for Italy, but Councillor
Brarabllla informed the state depart
ment that his government stands In ac
cord with this government in declar
ing for the independence of Polanl
and against the -dismemberment of
Russia. 1 - -
FRANCE AND VItANGi:L
: IN DEFENSIVE ALLIANCE
London. Oct. 30. L N. S.) A 20
year defensive and" offensive alliance
has been arranged between France and
the antl-Bolshevlk de facto government
In Southern Russia, headed by General
Wrangel, according to a Stockholm dis
patch printed today by the Daily Her
ald, the official organ of the 13ritu:i
Labor party.
SOME OP ARMISTICE TALK
" IS TRANSFERRED TO IlIGA
Warsaw, Aug. 20. (U. P.) Prepara
tions were under way to transfer the
Rueso-Follsh.. armltloe negotiations
from Minsk to Riga, in Latvia, following
agreement between, the two governments.
Death Toll Mounts
To Four in Series
Accidents at Fair
Santa Rosa, Cal Aug. 30. Three
more are dead today as a result of the
second accident to mar the Sonoma
county ifair - within two days. Ario
Beattie of Hanford, Cal.. piloting a
Ie Sousa special and leading the fieii
at the nineteenth , mile of the 60 mile
automobile race, his mechanician. Del
bert Walker of Hanford, and a 7-jear-old
boy were killed yesterday afternoon
when the speeding car crashed into some
trees -after a tire had exploded. -
sLeon Ferguson, aerial la re-devil, fll
to his death Saturday while ptrforrr.inj
at the fair. -
Navy Lieutenant's
Vife Kills Hereeir
Santa Ana, Cal., Aug. 50. (V. r
Mrs. Sue Mary Haley, widow of I.;
tenant James Haley, formerly f ir
at the.Pugct Sound navy jar i,
coastruction corps, commute i t
shooUng herself la tie Lratij L.r i
cameraman are also In the party.
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