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TO CHICAGO
Northwestern Appeal for Read
justment of Rates Fails to Get
"Rise" Out of Local Rail
Chiefs; Counter Claim Given.
The campaign for adjustments in
transcontinental lumber rates fa
voring the lumber Industry of the
West will move from Portland 'to
Chicago and open there again on
October 6.
At that time not only West Coast
lumbermen but Southern pine shippers
and all other Interests having concern In
Hdjustmni 'designed to modify, or at
least Interpret, the rate Increase order
of August 28 by the Interstate Com
merce commission will be Included In Uie
hearing.
Heyond this point the petition or the
West Coast lumbermen's association for
rate reductions that will permit them to
enter eastern markets In competition
with southern, pine was not resultfuL
The hearing was held in Portland be
tween the lumbermen and the traffic
heads of five transcontinental railroads
Monday and Tuesday.
The lumbermen did not auk for rates
as low as were in effect before the Inter
stale commerce commission order of Au
gust 26V They sak for rates which will
permit Douglas fir to compete with
Houthern plna in Chicago. Omaha. De
troit. New York and other markets.
HTATEMF.NT OK OPERATORS
No statement was Issued by the lum
bermen at the conclusion of the hearing;.
A joint statement was issued by the
representatives of the railroads, these
Including, 11. M. Adams, vice-president
of the l'nlon Taciflc; W. P. Kenney.
vice-president of the Oreat Northern; J.
(I. Wood worth, vice-president of the
Northern Taciflc ! U. M. Calkins, vice
president of the Chicago. Milwaukee A
St. Paul ; O. W. Luce, traffic manager
of the Southern Pacific; W. D. Skinner,
traffic manager of the 8. P. A S. ; H. K.
I Concluded on Tac Two, Column Three)
march IN PARADE
Indianapolis. Ind., Sept. 22. (I.
N. 8.) Dwindled from a host of
tens of thousands to a band number
ing a scant 1 R.000. the Grand Army
of the Republic veterans today re
kindled the spirit of the sixties and
"carried on" In national encamp
ment parade.
With banners flying and the beat of fife
and drum corps quickening their step,
this remnant of the Union army passed
between congested ranks of spectators.
Congestion along the line of march was
vnprecedented. the route having been
cut down to one mile, so that the
strength of the aged marchers might not
be overtaxed. Disabled veterans rode In
automobiles.
Price Slashing for
Second Hand Autos
Follows Ford Cut
Tos Angeles. Cal., Sept 22. (U. P.)
Slashing of prices of second hand auto
mobiles was begun by dealers' here to
day following price reduction of Ford
automobiles announced yesterday. At
the same time dealers predicted the cut
In price would have far-reaching effect
on the automobile market, including
both cheaper and better grade new auto
mobiles.
While price drops were not etensively
press-agented. dealers declared the value
of second hand cars had dropped from
$100 to $150 over night.
New car prices must be readjusted to
meet the drop, they admitted. "It surely
win knock the bottom out of advances
lxlrK contemplated by some manufac
turrrs," was the consensus of opinion
along automobile row.
"One of the ultimate effects will be
to drive out of the market tome of the
newest manufacturers." said II. J. Hll
gen. sales manager for Medium Priced
Car agency.
Fight Millerand for.
French Presidency
r.rt. Sept. 22. I. N. Sw) Strong
opposition to the election of Premier
Millerand to the presidency of France
developed today. The Lft (democratic)
faction of the senate and the Radical
Socialist 'faction of the chamber of dep
uties held a caucus and decided to
work against M. Millerand. Two hun
dred members of the national assembly
have signified their Intention of voting
r ivaoui r eret. apeaker of the chamber,
Ring Lardner to Cover
the World's Series
for The Journal
You know what that means!
A laugh out of every Boner. A
laug-h out o: the crowd. A laugh
out of the Umpe. It doesn't mat
ter who i pitching. Lardner al
ways hits 1.000 In the Laugh
League. His atories on the series
will set the telegraph wires
tittering;.
A! ARMY MEN
U. S. ASSAY OFFICE DAMAGED BY EXPLOSION
SOLDIERS and police on guard at the entrance to the United States assay office in Wall street
.following the great explosion. The building was badly damaged, haying the appearance of
, having been sprayed by machine gun fire. Every window was shattered and many workers
were cut by flying glass. Much of the damage to the stone structure is supposed to have been
done by the heavy cast iron slugs, broken window weights, of which many were picked up by the
police from the debris at the scene of the explosion.
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BEEN ACCIDENTAL
New York. Bept; 22. (I. N. S.)
There was a sudden reversal of the
policy of investigation of the Wall
street explosion this afternoon when
the police were informed that Ray
Clark, employed as a foreman of
excavation work being done at Broad
and Wall streets, had made a state
ment that dynamite was being moved
in Wall street last Thursday for use
In blasting rock.
A description of the man who, Clark
avers, appeared as the driver, has been
given to the police. When last seen,
according to the foreman, he was walk
ing in the direction of the assay office.
The explosion occurred within a few
seconds.
If this story turns out to be as de
scribed the remarkable circumstances
of the finding of the "anarchist fight
ers" threatening note In the mall box
at Pine street, nearby, will have to be
explained by Chief Flynn of the De
partment of Justice or the postal author
ities. The story led the police to search
again on the theory that criminal negli
gence and not a preconceived bomb plot
might be the explanation of the tragic
affair.
A "bomb warning" was received at
the Brooklyn postofflce today. While it
was believed to be the work of a crank,
inspired to activity by the Wall street
outrage, federal officials immediately
took steps to put a strong guard about
the Brooklyn postofflce building.
The warning was written on a post
card which was dropped into the chute
of the Brooklyn postofflce about 1 a. m.
It read :
"Clear the building at 12:15 a. m.,
Saturday. T. N. T. Thank you."
The warning was not signed.
Branch Registration
Boqth to Be Opened
Provision was made' today by the
county commissioners for the immediate
opening of branch, registration booths for
the accommodation of stolen of Multno
mah' county In seven localities. The
branch, registration booths will be lo
cated at 8t. Johns, Albina, Lenta, Llnnv
ton, Sellwood and Wood lawn. 1
Daniels Asks Inquiry
Into Samoan Status
Washington. Sept.-22. (I. N. &) Sec
retary of the Navy Daniels today or
dered a complete investigation of con
ditions In Samoa and the naval admin
istration of the hdand.
Ed Wills Is Named
On Eeserve Board
Washington, Sept 22. Ed Wills of
Cleveland. .Ohio, today was named, a
member of the federal reserve board by
President Wilson
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Man Who Offered
To Solve House
Problem Missing
S. Sims, said to be head of the
Bungalow' Builders, 230 Stark street,
is sought by the combined member
ships of the Portland Realty board
and the Portland Ad club, following
complaints of operations in which
Sims has been engaged. Meanwhile
Sims, it is said, has been absent since
last Friday.
Sims presented himself to Portland.
according to Fred Brockman. secretary
of the Realty board, and Charles W.
English of the Better Business bureau
of the Ad club, as the personal element
in the solution of the housing problem
that has been troubling the renter.
He offered money for construction of
small homes at 6 per cent Interest and
payable at the rate of from $10 to $20
a month, under sucn an agreement, it
is said, he may have collected a consid
erable amount.
While other dues are being asked to
keep an eye open for Sims, H. Present,
3S3 Cable street, foreman In the freight
department of the O-W. R. ft N. Co., is
prepared to sign a complaint that win
cause the arrest of the head of the
Bungalow Builders, Realty board mem
bers say.
Present, he has told the board, paid
Sims $200 and secured from him a con
tract that promised the consjruction
within 60 days of a three room bunga
low valued at $1(75, which Present was
to pay for at the rate of $14.75 a month.
Constructionvtas not been started. Pres
ent said 1 "
Sims fiaaWTiot violated his contracts.
Districts Attorney Evans pointed out to
day. He is not here, as far as Realty
board members have been able to learn.
but he still baa a time latitude before
he can be said to have failed to meet
his agreements.
Man Declared to Be
Captain Wm. Barrett
Is Quizzed by Police
Los Angeles, Sept 22. (U. P.) A man
declared by police to be Captain William
Barrett, son-in-law of John R- Drexel
of Philadelphia, was being questioned at
police headquarters here this afternoon
in connection with the alleged theft of
Jewels worth $125,000 from Mrs. William
Spreckels. as reported in news dispatches
from London.
Barrett was not under arrest. He
agreed to accompany officers when
found in a down-town hotel.
Questioned by Deputy District Attor
ney W. C Doran, Barrett admitted his
identity, according to Detective Cllne.
7000 Barrels Liquor
Destroyed in Fire
Lawrenceburg, Ky., Sept. 22. (L N.
S.) Seven thousand barrels of whiskey,
valued at $4,000,000, were destroyed to
day when the Cedarbrook warehouses,
near here, were wiped out by fire.
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CUBS HUMBLED
,7 TO 2
Isew York, Sept. 22. (I. N. S.)
The Giants handed the Cuba a .7
to 2 beating this afternoon, but
failed to gain in the pennant race,
as the Dodgers trimmed the Boston
Braves at Ebbets' field.
The big inning was the fourth, when
Snyder, Burns. Bancroft, Young and
Frisch punched out hits and Snyder,
Burns and Bancroft scored.
The Cuds got a run in the first on hits
by Flack and Robertson and picked up
another In the second when O'Farrell
slugged one into the left field bleachers
for a homer.
Tyler started for the Cubs but was
batted out In the second Inning. Bailey
lasted until the fourth, when Martin re
placed him.
Bancroft, with four hits, was the bat
ting star.
The line-up:
CHICAGO
Flack, rf.
Leathers, ss.
Robertson, If.
Barber, lb.
Paskert, cf.
O'Farrell, c
Deal, 3b.
Marion, 2b.
Tyler, p.
NEW YORK
Burns, If.
Bancroft, ss.
Young, rf.
Frisch, 3b.
Kelly, lb.
King, cf.
Crimes, 2b.
Snyder, c.
Douglas, p.
Umpires Klem and Emslle.
FIRST IXIO
Chicago Flack doubled to left. Leath
ers sacrificed, Snyder to Kelly. Robert
son singled, scoring Flack. Barber hit
Into a double play, Douglas to Bancroft
to Kelly. One run, two hits, no errors.
New York Bums singled to left. Ban
croft doubled to left. Burns taking third.
Young beat out a hit to Tyler, scoring
Bums and sending Bancroft to third.
Frisch flied to Flack. Bancroft scored
on Kelly's sacrifice fly to Paskert. King
out to Barber unassisted. Two runs,
three hits, no errors.
8EC05 D INITIKO
" Chicago Paskert flied to King. O'Far
rell hit a home run into the left field
bleachers. Deal out, Bancroft to Kelly.
Marriot out, Frisch to Kelly. One run,
one hit, no errors.
New York Grimes popped to Barber.
(Concluded on Pace Three. Column Three)
Fish Is Mouthless,
But It Secures Its
Meals Nevertheless
The latest freak discovered Is a mouth
lew fish.
Columbia slough was its home until a
seine of the fish and game commission
dragged it up from Its watery haunts
this morning.
John Gill, who is authority on fish
science, declares the fish to be a hybrid
between a sucker and a carp. The slough
has long been the home of small, freak
ish fish, but never before waa one found
without a mouth. A smalf opening be
low the eyes evidently served to suck
nourishment through. The fish la too
slender for a carp, being more the shape
of a sucker. The fins are characteristic
of the carp and the markings and color
are like the carp.
The eyes are neither carplike nor
suckereaque, but are sunken inward. The
natural eyea of both carp and sucker,
eays GUI, bulge outward.
BY GIANTS
JOHNSON MAY
SPILL BEANS,
G. 0. P. FEARS
"Keep Hiram Out of Southern
California and Don't Let Him
Try to Puncture League There,"
Is Cry Heard by Lawrence.
By David Lawrence
(Copyrighted, 1920. by Tba Journal)
Santa Barbara, Cal.. Sept. 22.
California furnished a surprise four
years ago. It may furnish another
this year If Senator Johnson chooses
to upset a situation which today
looks like a majority of at least
100,000 for.Scnator Harding.
To understand the mlxup. it must
first be stated that normally Southern
California furnishes the heavy Repub
lican vote to overcome the Democratic
strength In San Francisco and Northern
California. But this year Northern
California, especially with its Irish vote
in San Francisco, has listened to the
arguments of Hiram Johnson and a
press' friendly to his viewpoint on the
League of Nations, while Southern
California has been strongly in favor of
the league and the majority of the news
papers of Influence have taken that at
titude. Thus Senator Johnson, who has
always been popular in Southern Cali
fornia, lost It ? decisively to Herbert
Hoover in the May primaries because
Southern California is for the league.
HOOTER WAS CHOICE
When Senator Harding was nominated.
Southern California was disappointed. It
wanted Hoover. - When Senator Hard
ing first announced his views on the
league and men like Taft and Hoover
expressed themselves as satisfied, the
friends of the League of Nations in Los
Angeles and vicinity also were satisfied.
When Senator Harding began to. show
signs of accepting Senator Johnson's
ideas on the league question, an under
current of dissatisfaction developed, but
the Republican newspapers accepted the
situation with evidences of discomfort
and restiveneaa. They are for the time
being submerging the issue, but are
hopeful that Senator Harding will yet
take a more sympathetic attitude to
wards the league. All would be well If
the situation ran on without the raising
of new causes for controversy inside
the Republican party. But Senator
Johnson la not disposed to let well
enough alone. Either he balleve that
Southern California can be converted to
his viewpoint on the league or he sin
cerely believes he should campaign
throughout California and drive home the
Interpretation of Senator Harding's po
sition which he himself holds.
Anyway, they say they do not want
(Concluded on Pate Two, Column Four)
. STE1GER, 63,
ON WITNESS SIAND
Salem, Sept. 22. Gray haired and
wrinkled of face, Mrs. Lena Stelger.
63 years of age, went on the witness
stand In the circuit court here Wed
nesday in her own defense against
the charge of complicity in an as
sault with intent to kill her husband,
Theo. W. Steiger, committed b,y Jesse
Mullinix last March. Mulllnlx, who
is serving a sentence of eight years
in the state prison here for the
crime to which he confessed, im
plicated Mrs. Steiger.
Allegations made by Mullinix In his
confession to the effect that he had been
hired by Mrs. Steiger to kill her hus
band were indignantly denied by Mrs.
Steiger, as also was Mullinix' testimony
to the effect that they had agreed to
divide Steiger's property after he had
been gotten out of the way.
"I never dreamed that Mullinix had
murder in his heart." she declared, add
ing a wish that she had never met him.
She, however, admitted meeting Mul
linix in local roaming houses on more
than 20 occasions and declared she la
heartily ashamed of her relations with
him.
Mrs. Steiger broke down repeatedly as
she recounted ill treatment which, she
said, she has suffered at the hands of
her husband since August, 1918, when
Steiger is said to have Ordered Mullinix,
an employe of the farm, to stay off the
place. At one time, she said, Steiger
choked her and she testified he repeated
ly called her names.
Mrs. Steiger also admitted the author
ship of a letter written to Mullinix from
Leeburg, signed "Mrs. L. S. imith." in
which she had addressed Mullinix as
"dear old Kid."
The courtroom was packed, many be
ing turned away.
Poland and Lithuania
Break; War Resumed
Washington. Sept. 22. TJ. P.) Po
land and Lithuania have broken peace
negotiations and fighting has been re
sumed between the two countries, de
spite intervention of the League of Na
tions, the state department was advised
today.
McAdoo May Follow
Cox Tour on Coast
Washington, Sept 21 William G. Mc
Adoo today announced he would spend
the entire month of October campaign
ing for Governor Cox. going to th Pa
cific Coast. McAdoo's tour la to be In
the nature of a follow-up on the tour
of Cox.
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DEMOCRATIC
SPEAKERS TO
COMB NATION
Seibold Finds Chances for Cox
Victory Greatly Improved;
With Smaller Fund. Party
Sets Fast Pace for G. 0. P.
Tiiroof h an arransemeat with thm . New Vrk
World. Ths Journal will publish Uirw article
a weak by Ixxlia Seibold on different pliaora of
the nitionil campairn as they derelop between
now and election day. KeiboM la one of the
nation's foremost correspondents and a fart shoot
him of local interest is that mora than 30 yean
ao, at the outset of bis newspaper career, be
conducted a paper for a time in Pendleton.
By Louis Seibold
Coprrisbt, 1020. by The Press Pnblishinf Co.
(The New York World)
New vork, Sept. 22. The men
who are running the Democratic
campaign are confirmed optimists.
They not only believe that Governor
Cox will be elected president of the
United States during the six weeks
of fighting that intervenes before
the election, but predict that the
Republicans will be on the defen
sive in half of that time.
While admitting that the momentary
advantage favors the Republican oppo
sition, the Democratic managers are
planning to inaugurate an offensive that
In their Judgment will lack nothing in
the way of intelligence and effective
execution. Discouraging as has been une
recent developments in the presidential
campaign which they admit the com
bined effect of these "unfavorable
straws" has served as a stimulant and
inspiration to a greater determination
to win a battle that now seems lost
to them.
81S BEHIND CLOCDS
So they have swept aside post
mortems over the Maine state election,
the confiscation of their organisation
by the radical Watson forces in Georgia
and the conquest of it by the Non
partisan league group of farmers' or
ganizations in Colorado, and are taking
a new grip on the Job in hand.
The Democratic managerial view is
the philosophical one that there is no
sense in lamenting water that has gone
over the political dam. Consequently
they find much encouragement in thel
reaction from their Increased energies!
oirccieu ujwsni lumjiub isn Miirciii uc-
feat Into ultimate victory. The smug
confidence of .the Republican leaders
fwhts lire -quite-' sore; there is to be a
"Harding landslide"for which there Is
substantial Justification is serving as
an Incentive to renewed Democratic ac
tivities rather than as a argury of
gloom
For one thing there has been a de
cided improvement in the financial ut-
( Concluded on Pate Two, Colnain Ona)
SPEHT
KITS NEW ORLEANS
New Orleans. La., Sept. 22. (I.
N. S.) The tail end of the tropical
storm sweeping inland between New
Orleans and Mobile early today
caused damage estimated at between
$100,000 and $200,000. The first
victim reported is John McFaull, a
plumber's helper, killed here by a
live wire blown down by the high
winds.
Bay St. Louis. Maveland, Biloxl, Pass
Christian and many other points which
are supposed to have borne the brunt of
the storm are cut from communication.
The Louisville & Nashville railroad
trains are being detoured because the
railroad bridges at Rlgolets and Chef
menteur were badly damaged. A train
load of people was marooned at Chef
menteur all night.
TELEGRAPH WIRES INTO
MOBILE CXT BY STORM
Mobile. Ala.. Sept. 22. (I. N. S.)
Virtually all telegraph wires west Of
Oulfport, Miss., were down today and
trains on the Louisville A Nashville rail
way line were detouring by way of Hat
tiesburg. Miss. The crashing of a vessel,
blinded by the storm. Into a bridge at
Pearl river made the detour necessary.
Although danger of a hurricane ap
proaching the velocity of those of last
fall and spring was believed past, a
slight fall In barometer readings was re
ported this morning. The barometer reg
istered 29.84 early today.
Storm's Force Spent
Washington. Sept. 22. (I. N. S.) The
tropical hurricane which haa been trav
eling toward the gulf states for two
days, haa spent the worst of Its force,
according to the weather bureau. The
bureau etatea, that the storm Is now
moving west of the Mississippi 'river
and at 9 :0 a. m. was central over
Northern Louisiana, It will diminish in
intensity from now on, the bureau de
clared. Gordon Can Retain
Legislative Post
Salem, Or Sept. . 22. Election to a
municipal office In Portland, which does
not become effective until July 1 next,
would not Jeopardise Herbert Gordon's
seat In the forthcoming legislature, ac
cording to an opinion rendered by At
torney General Brown. Gordon, In bis
letter to the attorney general, had in
timated that he waa contemplating en
tering the race for a municipal office
and was desirous of knowing if such
action would Interfere -with his rights
to a seat in the legislature, of which
he la already a member. '
HURRICANE
Oriole Plane
Will Scatter
Journals Over
Round-Up Field
Round-Up visitors at . Pendleton
are to be afforded another instance
of Journal service when on Friday
and Saturday afternoons a big Oriole
airplane of the Oregon, Washington
& Idaho company will fly over the
field and distribute early afternoon
editions of The Journal of those days.
Arrangements have been concluded
with Manager Victor Vernon of the air
plane company to carry papers Just as
was done during the summer to the Clat
sop beach resorts. The Oriole plane has
been selected because of Its larger car
rying capacity and because It is the only
plane In the Northwest that can make
the distance between Portland and Pen
dleton In one "hop."
Manager Vernon has figured that the
distance to Pendleton can be covered in
about two hours and a half. That should
take the plane to the Round-Up city
between 4 and S o'clock, with the latest
Portland. Northwest and world news
many hours ahead of any other Portland
paper. The service is designed for vis
itors who use ' The Journal's Round-Up
special train leaving Portland Thursday
night as well as for regular subscribers.
After leaving Lewis and Clark field,
the pjane will speed eastward and the
pilot will circle the big stadium where
the wild west contests are held before
making his landing. Carriers will be
wailing to take the papers to the field
and supply the regular subscribers.
ADMIRAL RODMAN, TOM MIX,
OTHERS PENDLETON -BOUND
Pendleton. Sept. 22. Admiral Hugh
Rodman, commander of the Pacific fleet,
is reported on his way to the Hound-Up
from San Diego. Others are Pauline
Frederic Tom Mix and Will Rogers,
en route here to imbibe a bit of
real pep from the range.
Kntries are being made and contest
ants are receiving their numbers. The
entry books close at & o'clock Wednesday
evening. One of the main events will be
the women's relay race, for which Donna
Card, Mable Strickland, Fannie iJelong,
Ixrraine Frlckey and Kitty Canutt have
entered. All have good strings and
promise to be thrillers.
The wild old stage coach race will be
driven by two teams of whites against
a team of reds. This spectacular event
will furnish new material to Tom Mix
and Bill Rogers for future pictures.
GIVES NO CLUE
With admittedly small hope of
success, deputy sheriffs Wednesday
continued their Investigation ot the
circumstances surrounding recovery
of an automobile from the deptha
of the Sandy river Tuesday after
noon. Deputy Sheriff Clarence Beckman and
Joe Keller, Investigator for the Pacific
Coast Automobile conference, found II.
B. Watt, owner of the machine, at work
in the Stand If er shipyards at Vancouver
Tuesday evening. Watt, who resides
In Woodstock, reported to th police that
his car had been stolen the morning of
August 11.
To the officers Tuesday he said that
no effort had been made to collect In
surance on the automobile. It was pur
chased from C. L. Boas A Co.. April
17. The purchase price waa $48C. and
of this he still owes $140. The machine
was Insured for $400.
The sheriffs deputies Tuesday sus
pected that the car had been dumped
in the river that the owner might col
lect the insurance, but so far no evidence
to support this has been obtained.
Watt said he used the automobile for
pleasure trlpa, occasionally driving. It
to work and collecting amall fares from
fellow workers. He could shed no light
on the circumstances of the theft, save
that it had been stolen from his garage1
sometime during the night previous to
his report to the police.
0. A. C. Registration
Reaches High Mrk
Oregon Agricultural College. Corval
lls. Sept. 22. Registration Of students
at the end of the second day totalled
24el. a material Increase over last year's
record. Engineering leads with 607 stu
dents. Class work began Wednesday
morning.
SUBMERGED
Did Mt. Hood Hit the Pipe?
t. it H.
Smoke Dispute - Waxes Hot
If Mount Hood were a flower and
the icy") fingers of her glaciers the
petals, someone, ere now this week;
would have pulled It to pieces in
the old lovers game "she loves me
she loves me not,"
Only tha player would have been ray
ing, "she smokes, she smoketh not," or
something of the sort, leaving ft to the
laat petal to tell the story whether or
not the old volcano haa been showing;
signs of life.
At least. If al". the reports that haw
been coming Into The : Journal office
count for anything, this sort of a thing
might have happened. A furious con
troversy is boiling, not only In Portland
but In other places where Mount Hood
Is visible.
CONTROVERSY RAGES
The yeas are shouting strenuously that
the Mount Hood pot la a-boillng again
and that Itg sulphurous brew la emitting
black fumes through the vents on -Crater
Rock. , Tha nays protest that tha sup
posed smoke pillars are only great puffs
of tine snow blown up by the .high
TWO MILLION
HIGH ENOUGH,
i . . .
SAYS TOO
Former Ambassador to Germany,
As Chairman of Democratic
National Committee, States
$128,821 Contributed So Far.
Washington, Sept. S2. James W.
Gerard, former ambassador to Oer
many, told the senate investigating
committee today that he could not,
as chairman of the Democratic na
tional committee, accept a campaign
fund of 1 16,000,000, because jt would
shock the public conscience and
mean certain defeat of the Demo
cratic party.
Gerard's statement was In direct re
ply lo a question from Senator Kenyon.
Gerard even balked when asked If he
would accept five million, lie retorted
that he would take two million, but
thought he would have to be satisfied
If he got as much as one million. Ro
far he has raised only $121,821, he said.
Colonel William Boyce Thompson,
chairman of the Republican ways and
means committee, preceded Oerard on
the stand and characterized the rhargea
made by Governor Coa aa "bunk stuff."
ThompHon tried to insinuate that . Gov
ernor Cox In "close to Wall street" and
that Wall street waa aiding the Demo
cratic and not the Republican campaign.
U F. II A II I) MAIN WITNESS
Oerard's testimony was the meat of
the morning session of the committee.
Kfforts are being made to form Dem
ocratic fund raising organisations all
over the country, Oerard testified, and
said he would furnish a list of state or
ganisers. Isador B. Dockweller Is in charge In
California, Oerard said.
The proposed national organisation,
Gerard said, works Independently of tha
money-raising organisation headed by
W. r. Jamteaon, Democratic finance di
rector, who is conducting a letter writing
campaign.
Kenyon asked about Tammany's ac- .
tlvttles. Oerard said, "Tammany la un
doubtedly raising money, but has not
yet contribute to the national fund."
"Rich Democrats are as scarce ss
hens' teeth." Gerard said. 'Thank
heaven, we have a few. The Democratic
party is poor. It is the party ot the
working man and the humble."
"Still there are some rich men In tha
party T' Kenyon Inquired, "rich men like
yourself V
-I am not so rich," Oerard replied.
(Concluded on Ps These, Column. Two)
POLES ANTICIPATE
E:
By Lucien Jonea
Warsaw, Sept. 21, via London,
Sept. 22.- (I. N. S.) Anticipating
a new Russian offensive on tha
northen. end of the Polfsh battle
front, the Polea have delivered a
strong attack north of the Prlpet
district, capturing 1000 Red pris
oners and 13 machine guns, said
dispatches from the battle sone to
day. Violent fighting was still In progress
In the I'ruahany sector of the line at last
report.
Polish successes on the southern end
of the front are being extended.
The Russo-Pollsh peace conference,
which was resumed at Riga on Tuesday,
was marked by a more friendly ton
than existed at Minsk, It waa reported
from Riga.
RVKKIAK CHIEF SAYS AIM
IS PEACE WITHOUT VICTORY
Riga. Sept. 22. (V. P.) Russia wants
complete peace, Adolph J of fe, head of
the soviet commission, told the Polish
delegation at the opening of their con
ferences here.
"Russia wants a peace without vic
tory." Joffe said. He said It was hoped
a direct peace- could be negotiated with
Poland and that a separate agreement
could be reached with the allies.
Johs Dombskl. head of the Polish
delegation, declared Poland was tired
of warfare aod greatly desired peaoe.
equinoxlal winds raging around
summit at this time of the year.
the
DRV
SMAU
REDS
V. L. Hansen, ranger at Zlg Zag
ranger station, located at the southwest
base of Mt. Hood and the controlling
station for the forest service workers in
that vicinity, claims that at daybreak
Saturday be waa on Wildcat mountain,
at an elevation of 4500 feet and saw t
plllar.of smoke as black as though U
came from Coal.
But Host Pridemore of Government
Camp hotel, who baa been the closest ob
server of Mount Hood for a number of
years, who sits oa hut porch every day
and watches the varying moods of Ihm
peak In hie front yard,' declares nothing
of the sort haa occurred. i '
SMOKE TIVXK 8EE5 ; J "v
A communication ' received by The
Journal from Sandy aald that resident
of that vicinity had noticed the "smoke
plum Friday and Saturday and . were
confident that volcanio activity .. was
manlfeia. .. v''
. Andfrom Just as veracious a aouree
a member of The Journal staff reoalvwd
(Concluded ea rasa. Two, Cohuaa I"ie) ;
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