- .-to 4 .1 " : ? 1" ' 3 CITY E DITI 6 N CITY EDITION ; Sunday Journal Comic This Is Um superior fun sheet of them alt "Bringing UP rather.- -Kataeajaro- mer Kids, - "Little Jtmnry- and "Mr. Dubb." Bee them la new antics next Banday. -. te All Her. and It's All Tram THR WEATHER TnnHrht and Saturday, rain t aoothrrly wlmta . Mulmum Tam praturB Thursday ; s Ctitcag-e ...... 4 Nw Orleaaa.... 0 Loa Ancelea.....' 70 New York.. 78 rortland ....... 0 Bt. Paul 11 " tr-T '' VTV UA 1ft Ktrf o!-CU Matter PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 24., 1920. TWENTY-FOUR PAGES w a w STAN Da FlVa , vIRTI - -; - - - . .v , . . ...... :1 : - ... 1 . - ' ' I 1 III ' L F,'. - I " " ' T I I l ' ! I .if. Scan be PORT RESORT Channel Work Funds Can Be Had From Special Taxes, Says Mul- keyj Voters Can Meet Dredg ing Needs, if State Bill Fails. The Port of Portland commission need not Subject tha fata of next year's' channel work to the success or failure of the general port bill on the November state ballot. On the same ballot the commission. If It acta before September 27, can aub- mlt an alternate measure, says ex -Senator Frederick. W. Mulkey, for mer chairman of the commission of publio docks. The opinion gives legml confirmation to an editorial suggestion In The Jour nal Friday. It la, however, contested by a statement from James B. Kerr. The general port bill 'proposes that the port oommisel on b authorised to Uu more than 136.000.000 In bonds; that the commlsRlon'i powers to ruffl clently broadened to buy Swan Island Mock' bottom and Oullda take district and rail terminal and nubile Industrial sites, and that In the event the city by I cnartcr amendment arranges to ex change title to Ita publio docks for re funding bonds, the port and dock com missions, can be merged. YAILITRE MEA5I DEFICIT The commission ' has announced that If the bill falls it will have only $38.- 000 for dredging next year. Sentiment has been growing that es sential port work should not be defeat ed by the possible defeat of the general port bill, and that tha port commission owes it to tha- port district to submit an alternate measure. Frank M. Warren, chairman of the Port of Portland commission, said this morning that before September 27 he will givt the port commission opportu nity to decide whether or not it de sires to adopt a resolution submitting an alternate measure. "We will -heed $1,500,000 if , the gen eral port bill fails, and that seems -a j large amount 1 to r ask from a current 1 tajr levy when our receipts from taxa- I Above to register at tha special registra tion are- now only about . $6J,00 a tlon . booths, ss all such registrations ysar. said $w.iaAi,.lkt to be rechecked at the courthouse. X'RGES SPECIAL, LCTIOtf . s-r j.i -a . i AJvembe? "U mlht be desirable special election after the election, or. even to took to 'the leal lature. We can submit the extra tax measure if we deem It proper." Senator Mulkey's opinion is as fol lows: "If the Port of Portland Is desirous of (Coaehoded cm Pace Clgh Cohuaa Fin) 3 KILLED, 7 HURT Detroit, Sept. 24. (I. N. S.) Three were killed and seven serious ly Injured in a rear-end collision between a construction tear and a gravel train near Ortonvllle on the Flint division of the Detroit Union railway. Two Men Shocked By Broken Power .Wire, One Burned Eugene. Sept 24. J. R. Wllburn, while riding his bicycle along Fourth avenue, rode over a live power wire. The shock hurled him from his wheel and his body fell across the wire. He lay for some minutes with the current passing through his body. A passing Jitney driver noticed the lifeless form and stopped to Investigate. In attempting to turn Wllburn over he waa knocked down by the current With the aid ,of two other men he finally piied the unconscious man from tha wire and hurried him to tha Mercy hospital. Wllburn. on regaining consciousness, was driven ao frantic with pain that at tendants were compelled to put hand cuffs on him. His recovery Is expected, though he Is seriously burned. -ad Clothing Prices to Gome Down . 'It " H ' a Plants Reported Overstocked By Lee Ellmaker Washington. Sept. 34. i. N. a) A general decline In commodity prices was forecast today y Secie- tary of Commerce Alexander as a result of the announcement of prict reductions by Henry Ford, the Franklin Automobile company and the cotton goods manufacturers. ' Alexander believes that the sharp cut made in these commodities Is only a forerunner to a general decline In price. The people of the United States have the money and are willing to spend it but they have reached the place where they are demanding full value for the money they spend," the secretary de clared. t ... A drop In woolen goods, clothing and shoe prices is forecast for the Immediate future. With cuts In two of the larg IJbat industries-already at hand, other in-' RUTH CLOUTS 2 HOMERS tiN POLO GROUNDS TVTEW YORK, Sept. N. S.) Babe Ruth foFJlla fifti eth and fifty-first home runs of the 1920 season at the Polo grounds today, Tilttlng for the cir cuit In the first Inning of each game of a doable header with Waahlngton. Acosta was the first victim, with none on baocs. Jim Shaw was pitching when Rath landed for the second time. The fiftieth circuit clout had been awaited eagerly by hundreds of fans who had bet on the num ber of borne runs the famous slug- ger would get. Willie La-win, for mer middleweight, will collect $10,000 on a bet. He wagered $1000 to $10,000 that Rath would hit 50 times for the circuit. In compliance with the order of the county commissioners, the fol lowing special stations for the regis tration of voters or Muitnoman county will be opened today and Sat urday, and Monday and Tuesday of next week, fiom 10 o'clock a. m. to T o'clock p. m.: St. Johns dlitrlct 107 North Jeresey street, building oed by Prank A. Rice. Llnnton district Building owned by J. B.. Schaefer at Second and D streets, opposite the First National bank. - Lents district The Leirta Pharmacy. 201 Poster road. Wood lawn district The Woodlawn Grocery, 427 'Durham street Montavllla district W. E. Fowlers Drug store, 2003 East Ollsan avenue. Sellwood district Berlin IS. JJavis' store. 170 East Thirteenth street. Albina district Kllllngsworth Avenue Drug company's store, 131 Kllllngsworth avenue.. - . . Cltlsens may register at the court house, first floor. Fifth street, side, up to. October X. when the registration closes . for the general eleotlon. They win have but tha four days meationed 1 Picketing of Movie Houses Halted by Cdurt Temporarily just before court adjournment Thurs day evening. Presiding Judge Tazwell. on application of the People's Amuse ment company, through Attorneys John F. Logan and Dan Malarkey, signed temporary restraining" order directed against the Moving Picture Machine Operators' Protective union, local No. 19V, ana naer unions conocciea wun Uie picketing or local tneatrea. The injunction restrains these persons and organisations from congregating In front of the theatres and using insulting language toward- agents snd officers of the theatres and the patrons, from tak ing phategrsphs of the patrons In front of the theatres ; from distributing hand bills on the streets or from airplanes, or from accosting patrons of the theatres as they enter or emerge from theatres. A hearing on the matter of making this a permanent' order is set for 2 o'clock next Wednesday afternoon be fore Circuit Judge Tucker. Restaurants Slash Prices 5 to 10 Cents Greenville, S. C, Sept 24. (L N. S) Local restaurant proprietors here have announced general reduction in food prices averaging S to 10 cents per Item They contend this is possible because of aeclines In wholesale prices. Baseball Ticket Scalpers Arrested Cleveland. Ohio, Sept 24. (U. P.) Four men, caught scalping on tickets to the Indians-White Sox baseball games here, were arrested today by federal officials. Tickets which ordinarily cost $1.10 were sold for $10 and $15, officers said. d u tries will follow, is the claim made by the secretary. Failure of tha federal reserve board to extend credit for the storing of food stuffs Is expected to bring down prices in the sale of the crops from the pres ent harvest Prices have begun to hit the toboggan and gradual recessions will be extended to , many fields., according to reports which reached the treasury department and federal reserve board today. Reports from reserve bank ' agents show manufacturing plants In the Urger producing centers are greatly over stocked aa a result of cancellations of oraers and the slowness of merchants to put In new orders. LTJKCII BUCKETS FIGHT HIGH , CHICAGO RESTAURANT COSTS umcago, Sept 14. (L N. 8.) Chl- cagoaaa , are dragging the old-time (Concluded ea race Tone, Cehuaa row) OPENED FOR REGISTRATION MAILS KEEPS INDIANS! FIRST PLACE Coast Southpaw Is Hero of Game at .Cleveland- by Holding Sox Down to 3 Hits; Gets Himself Out of Tight Place; Score 2-0. Cleveland. Sept. 24. (I. N. 8.) There's a new hero in Cleveland this afternoon. His name la Walter Malls, southpaw, just fresh from the Pacific Coast league. Malls stopped the clocks of the White Sox sluggers In the second game of 1920' hottest series and shut the men of Qleason out. It was the rookie's fifth straight victory since he joined the In dians. KEEPS TEAM FIRST More than that Malls kept Cleveland In first place in the pennant race and vastly enhanced the chances of the Speakerites for winning the pennant Had the White Sox triumphed today, they would have been leading the league by half a rame and the Indians would have had a fight on their bands to re gain the leadership. Malls was master of the Sox in every Inning and was in danger only once. In the sixth Inning he struck out Ris- berg and then walk-id three men. filling the bases. Manager Speaker was wor ried and scurried in from center field to find out what was the matter with his youthful southpaw. Mails proved there was nothing the matter by put ting on steam and striking out Weaver and Eddie Collins. CITES OXLT THREE HITS Malls limited the Sox. who accumu lated 15 hits off Cleveland pitchers yes terday, to three hits. Cleveland's scoring annals are short and simple. In the first inning Jamle- son singled and Wamby sacrificed. Smith put the run across with a single. In the second Inning Bewell led off with a hit and stole second. Steve O Nell punched the run across with a one-base clout After the second inning Red Faber was good enough to keep the Indiana away from the plate, although, they reached him for four hits, but with Mails mowing down the Sox with' machine gun regularity, the t two runs scored in the. (CoachKlad ob Pas TbnM, Oohuaa Five) 3-YEAR-OLD BOY In some unexplained manner the front wheel of an ice truck passed over 3-year-old William Poindexter, 562 Northrup street, about noon to day, while the lad was playing in the street. Internal injuries, which are considered serious, are reported from Good Samaritan -hospital. H. J. Joy. 615 Marshal street driver for the National Coal and Ice company was reversing the direction of his truck when be looked down and saw the prone body of the youth on the pavement. No one knows how the child got under the front wneei. Joy tooK the lad to a nearby doctor and to the hospital im mediately. , Traffic officials did not arrest Joy, but are Investigating a report that he was turning around in the middle of the block. Oregon Committee To Meet for Choice Of Rhodes Scholars The Oregon committee for the selection of Rhode scholars will meet Saturday at 9 :30 a. m. at the University club. The candidates are : Orlando Romig of Pa cifio university; Norman Byrne and Kirby Miller of University of Oregon Paul Doner, Willamette university Lloyd Haberly, Red college ; Allen Mo- Comb, William Teutsch and Emll Set bert of Oregon Agricultural college. The committee consists of President P. L. Campbell and Professor W. C. Barnes of the University of Oregon ; A. C. Newill of the Portland school board ; Professor A. B. Harrison of the Uni versity of Washington and Professor C. H. Gray of Reed college. . , Oregon students now at Oxford are Paul Homan of Willamette university and Frank Flint and Stephenson Smith of Reed college. State Printer Quits Position Account of "Strife" in Office Sacramento. CaL. Sept 24. tU. P." The resignation of State Printer Robert Telfer was handed to Governor Stephens this afternoon. : In his resignation Telfer . gave "ill health, brought on by continual strife in the state printing office as the rea on for hia resignation. He denied the charges of sensational happenings In the "bin room" of tha state capltot Collar Prices Cut By the Wholesalers New York, Sept 14. U: P. Reduc tions of from 10 to SO per cent on the wholesale prices of soft collars were announced by EL H. Belts, president of Earl Wilson Collar company of Troy. X. T. The announcement . stated this reduction would enable retail dealers to sell high grades of collars of pique or maoxas z cents. TRUCK CRUSHES Clerks Locked In Vault; $6000 Is Taken From Salt Lake Bank Salt Lake, Utah, Sept. 24. (U. P.) With employes at the institu tion lined up against the wall and then marched into the vault three armgd bandits robbed' the bank of the Sugar Banking company here shortly before noon of (6000. There were no customers in the bank at the time. The bandit in the lead, according to story told by the bank's employes. pointed a revolver at them and the next moment commanded them to face the walL The four employes, two men and two women, complied. They were then ordered to inarch into the vault, which they did. Washington. Sept. 24. (U. P.) Papers published for veterans of the world war were brought Into the investigation of the senate expendi tures committee today. Joseph Heffeman, secretary of the company which publishes the Stars and Stripes, charged efforts had been made to wreck the paper, and Senator Edge, a member of the committee, was "In on the plan." He also charged Rich ard H. Waldo, representing "the Du Ponts." and leaders of the American Legion, including Theodore Roosevelt Jr.. wanted to see the paper fail. AIDER EXFLAIX TKIP Assistants to Attorney General Pal mer today asked the senate campaign I fund Investigating committee to allow them to explain trips they took to San j Francisco at government expense at the time of the Democratic national convention. Vouchers showing that their expense were paid were presented at yesterday's hearing. R. P. Stewart aasistant attorney gen eral, said he made a trip to Chicago and Seattle in June in connection with Se attle shipyard cases and to consult local agents of the development In Chicago concerning the outlaw railroad strike. rTEJTT FOR COXSULTATIOW He went to San Franc Uce. he said, be cause some of the department's agents he wished to consult there could not go to Seattle. Stewart named Robert Scott Palmer's private secretary'; John Laskey, United States attorney in the District of Co lumbia ; F. K- Nebker. assistant attor ney general ; Thomas Spellacy, assistant attorney general ; J. H. Crelghton, an employe of the department, aid George Montrose, another employe, as members of Palmer's Washirgton staff who at tended the convention. Frank Nebker, assistant attorney gen eral, in charge of public lands, next on the stand, said oil litigation involving 25 cases and $22,000,000' took htm to California. He also wanted to go Into a case involving ownership of an island off Coronado beach, he said. ADMITS HE DELATED "I admit candidly that I delayed my trip somewhat" said Nebker, "so that I could attend the Democratic conven tion." All the time I was in San Francisco I doubt if there was a day when I was not engaged In official business," said Nebeker. "I did attend the convention and worked for Palmer." Joseph Heffernan. secretary of "Stars and Stripes," next took the stand. Senator Reed inquired whether any effort had been made to wrest control of the newspaper from its present own ers. Heffernan said constant efforts were made to prevent the success of the paper. He said Secretary of War Baker "was used as the Instrument" to pre vent the use of the name "Stars and Stripes." Leaders of the American Le gion and particularly Theodore Roose velt Jr., tried to get control of the paper. Heffeman declared. DTJPONTS WOULD BTJT He said Richard H. Waldo, an em ploye of The DuPonta," tried to get the papers owners to sell. Heffernan didn't know which branch of the DuPont family Waldo represented, but said he understood those for whom Waldo spoke were interested In foreign laiuruace newspapers in tne united states. Hefzernan demanded that Senator Edge, New Jersey, retire from the com mittee while he testified. "He is , sit ting here both as judge and prosecutor," said Heffernan. "I have information that Senator Edge la in on the plan to wreck our paper. Edge and Senator Kenyon demanded that Heffernan tell them at once the source of his confidential information. Heffeman said Richard 8. Jones, his aa sistant. told him about the matter and that Jones had learned of it from some employe of the American Legion Weekly. jones was at once subpoenaed. Edge emphatically denied Heffernan's statements and said he knew none of the men Heffernan named. Gasoline Price War Begins in.Ft, Worth When Cost Is Cut Fort Worth. Texas. Sept. I. (I. N. S.) A gasoline price war began here today when two of the big refineries and filling stations' owners reduced the price of gasoline two cents a gallon, while two competitors refused to meet the cut Some filling stations today are selling gasoline for SO cents cash and 31 cants credit, while others have maintained the price at tl and 12 cents, respectively. Taxicab Drivers of Boston on Strike Boston, Sept. 24. L N. S.) More than 125 Boston taxicab drivers went on strike this afternoon. . Scarcely . s taxi HEAR NG TURNS ON VETERANS PAPER was to.be seen on the Street ? .- TIES PLAGE AT Morning Competition Inaugurated to Reduce Number of Contest ants; 15,000 Attend Opener; Journal Special Is on Hand. Pendleton, Sept, 24. An extra at traction waa staged at Round-Up park Friday morning- In order that the iarge number of entries might be reduced. Beginning at 9:30 o'clock, contestants viedfor honors in steer roping, steer bulldogging and bueking contests, the best features of the morning tryouts to be staged at the afternoon perform ance. Contesting in eteer roping are R J. Burke. Walter Sterling, RayBell, Wilkina Wiliams. Philip Geyer, Ed McCartv. Joe Hayes. E. V. Graham and Bill Klngham. Steer bull-dogging competitors are Buck Lucas, Benny Oakes. Ray McCar roll. Sam J. Garrett Bill Kingham. Or vllle Banks. John Maggert, Jimmle Grangrow, Frank Cable. YETS AM050 RIDERS Cowboys In the bucking contests are : Charles Runyan, an ex-service man. on Whiatling Annie, famous bronk for buck ing ; Frank Cable, another of the Bat tery B. 148 field artillery, on Corbtt ; Dave Meyers, on 1-B-Dam ; John Mag gert. on Bill McAdoo, Charles Johnson on Corkscrew ; Don Brownell, on You-Tell-Km : Yakima Canutt champion of last year, with sea-going legs acquired during the late war. on Lena ; I. W. Terry, on the famous No Name : J. H. Strickland, on Speedball ; Norman Cow an, on Pomery ; Jack Marr. on Lou ; Happy Burmister. on Rlmrock ; Bill Kingham, on Casey Jones. In the wild horse race wild, rearing and pawing the air cayuses will be pro vided for I. R. Nelson, Roy Kivett Ray Bell. Bill Mullens, Wade West 'John French, Gordon E. Bates, Benny Oakes, Joseph Wildbill. Clyde Hoyt, John Mag gert, Dave Myers. Leslie Wing,' Happy Jack, Erwln Grange. Mitchell Thomp son. Jack Mayhew, Gilbert Pavano. In bulldogging are entered Sergeant (Conclndrd on Pit Two, Column One) PLANE AND STAGE Transportation of pioneer, days In Eastern Oregon will meet ti.a trans porta tlon of lo'ay in comi-etitlon at the Pendleton Round-Up this afternoon. While stage coaches and hard riding mail carriers, depicting the conditions of a period now long since past re racing In the arena below, ' there will fly overhead, engaged in the actual oom- merce of the present day world, one of the latest types of airplane. It will be carrying copies of the early afternoon editions of The Journal in the first demonstration of the aerial delivery pervlce for eastern Oregon which worked out so , successfully be tween Portland and the beach resorts last summer. THERE IX THREE HOURS In Jess than three hours after the papers come from the big presses at Yamhill street and Broadway, copies of The Journal, bearing all the news of the day, will be in. the hands of the Round- Up patrons. Piloting an Oriole plane. Jack Cle- mence, one of the veterans of the Ore gon, Washington & Idaho airplane com pany s service, will .fly from Lewis and Clark field about 1 o'clock today in the initial delivery of a service which is to be extended to Pendleton Saturday afternoon aJso. Clemence will make no stops between Portland and the Round-Up city and la expected to make the flight in a little more than two hours. The estimate of time is based on the flight between Portland and Pendleton accomplished by pilot A rem noth Thursday. With good wind behind him Roth shoved hia Oriole over the 230 miles in two hours. live minutes. FA88E5GEB OH TS.IF Roth had a passenger and mads stop of several hours at The Dalles, He left Lewis and Clark field at 10:10 and reached . Pendleton Just before o'clock- Air students at the aviation field were craning their necks at the sky this morn ing, hoping for clear weather that the flight up the Columbia river gorge may be made with aa little delay aa possible. The gorge is notorious for its cloud and fog, and these conditions may make It necessary for the pilot to detour. Once past tha Cascades, clear sailing to Uma tilla county Is exnected. - A special bundle of Journals for The Journal's Round-Up special, which reached Pendleton Friday morning, will be carried In the plane and ,they. will be delivered to the passengers aa soon a possible sfter the plane descends on Bittner. field. Pilot Clemence will remain at Pendle ton until Sunday, giving exhibition flights and carrying passengers. Pilot Fred DuPuy will carry The Journals to Pendleton Saturday. Mexico May Form Big National Bank Mexico City. Sept 24. (L N. 8 A bill has been prepared for consideration of tha Mexican congress providing for the creation of a Mexican national bank with $100,000,000 capital. . The bank. If established, will be empowered to issue correncx.. , No actionahaa yet been taken .to lift the moratoriuW . - i-P MEETATHD-UP ARREST MADE IN OF J James D. Crowhurst, 32, Under Arrest as Suspect, Confesses He Nailed Door of Basement 'Death Chamber1 Police State. Los Angeles, Sept. 24. (I. N. S.) Arrested as a anapect In the sciuut- tlonal murder of Jacob C Denton, rich retired mining man, a man giving the name of James Crowhurst, 32, was reported to have confessed this afternoon to the police that lie nailed up the door of tlie nccrct base ment "death chamber" In Denton's palatial home in which the body was found. Los Angeles, Sept. 24. The arrest of a man as the murderer of Denton was planned today by the police. Two police detectives hurried away from Central 'station, and it was an nounced they could arrest this man as the actual slayer. The suspect, it was declared, is a plumber and was said to have been a friend of Mrs." R. C. Peete, who had acted as a housekeeper at the Denton honte. Poison and not external violence. police today believed, caused the death of Jacob Charles Denton. wealthy Los Angeles broker, the dis covery of whose body Thursday ap parently revealed a baffling murder mystery. An examination of the body, they said. failed to reveal either a gunshot wound or evidence of other violence. The vital organs of the dead man were being examined today by Professor Ar thur Mass, coroners assistant, ror trace of poison. An Inquest will be held to morrow, when Professor Mass will make his report S in Denver, Mrs. k. v. reeve was w on interviewed by authorities there, local police said. . According to T. T. Miller, who occu pied Denton's house. In the basement of which the body waa found hidden, Mrs. Peete had control of renting thtwhouse and wai understood to have had busi ness dealings with Denton. BEE PRETTT SE50R1TA A pretty Spanish girl, whom the po lice said they believed they would locate today, was to be questioned with re gard to Denton's movements and friend ships, detectives said. She, according to the police, was seen in Denton's com pany shortly before his disappearance. Two other women will be questioned ir located, It was stated. Evidence that Denton had a premoni tion of Impending trouble, police thought was given by the disclosure that he had made a will two weeks prior to June 2. which,, according to aome reports, waa the last day he was seen, ponce aiso are Investigating a statement brought to them that Denton was here August 29. PACKED SUITCASE FOUJtD Denton was to have left this city June 2 for, a trip Bast. He had made business engagements to be In Phoenix, Ariz.. June 3 and -Kansas City June 6. Apparently he never left here, since his (Cooeladed ea Pass Two. Column FIt) AT CRATER LAKE Med ford, Sept. 14. There three feet of snow at Crater lake Thursday noon, when the stage left for Medford with 10 paasengets, and it was snowing hard. Therefore, it Is thought; that by Ftlday morning the depth of snow must be fruiii fit to 10 feet The management -urged all the lodge guest to leave, in forming them that If It continued snowing there was no knowing when they could get away. The stage had to be pulled with teams from the lodge, 7000- feet eleva tion; to the government camp, a mile away, 1000 feet lower, where the snow was 17 Inches deep Seven private cars started away but wer4 unable to move in the snow, and Crater National park teams bad to pull them down to where the snow was leaa deep, several miles away. Because of the deep snow, the daily stage did not leave Medford for the lake Friday, prospective paasengers being urged not to take the trip.. The snow extends all the way from the lake to Silver camp. 20 miles this aide, where it is aeveral mches deep. It is stm raining in Mea ford, with snow in the high foothills. City For-Hire-Car ' Ordinance Held to Be Unf air by Court Holding Portland's for-hire eay regu latory ordinance an unreasonable re striction upon private business, Circuit Judge Morrow today 1 dismissed the charge against George Kaaa, f 4 Tenth Street, which waa before htm on appeal from tha municipal court . Kaaa waa charged tinder the ordinance 'of May 1, 191f. with renting an automobile to Oatlnl Bevseln, -without having posted the $1000 Indemnity bond required by the ortinsnea -; ' ' a- , '.: The dty has, the power to paaai rega latory ordinances. Morrow pointed out tn rendering hia - decision, but in this cms tb detail wen- wholly, wlUioot reason . . -, ,-"-, 1 DENTON NOW ROUTS CARS Mrs.Spreckles Admits Giving Necklace to Capt Barrett London, Sept 54. (U, P.) Brit ish officials were undecided today whether -they would ask extradition from the United Ptatcs of Captain William N. Barrett, formerly of the American army, for whom a : war rant has been Issued, charging him with appropriating Jewels belonging to; lira John D. Sprockets Jr. of California. Barrett disappeared before -the war rant could be served. -Word has been received here of his temporary detention in txs Angeles. He waa not arrested. Mra Spreckels, dsughter-ln-law of Claus Spreckels. American susar nut nate, said she cave a diamond and pearl necklace valued at $125,000 to Barrett to be cleaned and insured. The warrant charged Barrett who I the husband of Alice Gordon Drexel of Philadelphia, oii me necaiace ana Kept the money Mrs. Spreckels said she first met Bar rett about eight years ago. While tour ing the world with her husband, she met nim in Europe again a few months ago, she said. Spreckels was called bock to the United States by business In March, she said, but she remained here. She often accompanied Barrett to the races, she said. Following the application f0r a war rant for Barrett, his creditors insti tuted bankruptcy proceedings here. Hia liabilities were reported to be $13.2(3 and his assets nothing. His creditors include aeveral dealers In antiques. Mrs. J. D. Spreckles Jr. of Son. Fran elsco today gave her version 'of the dis appearance of her Jewels valued at $130,000 In connection with which a warrant waa Issued for Captain Wil liam Barrett, former member of the Vu a c . r . . ""l,r of Mr. and Mra John R. Drexel of New York and granddaughter of the late Anthony Drexel of Philadelphia, who left an estate valued at $30,000,000. "William Ba Tett" she said. "Is one ef the greatest crooks ii. the world. He deliberately took my Jewels valued at $130,000. He left England. Insisting that he was Innocent of any intention of theft I gave him the Jewels, trusting Mm as a friend and honorable gentleman. He promised to insure the Jewelry, ye all tne tune he was making preparations to leave Europe after disposing of the gems. i am not tha only person he has mulcted. Bankruptcy proceedings have already been started against him." Mra ' Spreckles related the story this afternoon as she was going -to the coun try for a rest She will aall ' for the United States an J. her home Saturday on the Kaiserin Augusta Victoria. CAPT. WILLIAM BARRETT RELEASED AFTER 24 HOURS Los Angeles, Sept. t4. (U. P.) Cap tain William Barrett, son-in-law of J. R. Drexel of Philadelphia, was at lib erty here today after being kept under technical arrest" for more than 24 hours while authorities were waiting for confirmation - of press reports that a warrant for Barrett's arrest had been issued in London. No word had been received here, fed eral agents and police said. Washington, Sept. 24. (I. N. S. Tlfe American Railway Express today was awarded an increase In rates of 13.6 per cent by the Inter state Commerce commission to covet1 Increases In salaries granted express company employea by the railroad labor board award. Large Quantity of Liquor Seized From Former Alderman Billings. Mont, Sept. 14. (I. fi. 8.) Federal officers today raided the home of Herman Sc.hwanx. former alderman, and seized BOO quarts of whiskey, )000 quarts of beer, several barrels of moon shine and a large quantity of mash, all valued at $15,000. Schwana, Fred Smith and Sam Bowers, the latter two on their way from the Schwana house with sev eral casea of whiskey, were placed un der arrest AMERICAN EXPRESS AWARDED INCREASE Bennett Is Facing inquiry Bank Crash Salem, Sept 24. Will 1L Bennett, state superintendent . of bankn, will be called upon to explain to the state banking . board the apparent laxity In tha vigilance of hia depart ment which' permitted of the alleged systematic robbery' of the Bank o Jacksonville by Jte president, Wil liam Johnson, who- la In the Jackson County Jail facing numereua counts of forgryi larceny, pefjury and em besxlement, following one of the most complete bank failures In the history of the state.4 ' i -,-:Vf' . Tha announcement of the board's in tention to ask Bennett for a statement of the banking department's, knowledge of tha oondit on of the Jacksonville In stitution, both before and since Its col lapse, waa made following a conference between Governor Olcott and Secretary of State JSosar, members of .the board. LAID TO HAYS 'G. 0. P. Agents Paid From Cor rupt Fund to Trail Me Across Country and Falsify My Posi tion Cox Says at Trinidad. Dy Hurry Ii lingers Trinidad. Colo., Sept. 24. (I. N. S.) Governor James M. Cox, In his first speech in Colorado here this ' morning, directly charged that Will H. Hays, Republican national chair man, la using money to deceive the s people and corrupt newspapers. "Traveling eapenses of Mr. Hays two agents 'sent out Just ahead of me to urge editors to suppress or publish un true reports of my campaign speeches . are being paid from money raised for corrupt purposes," the governor said. "It la a deliberate attempt to deceive people by withholding from them one side of the case. All we ask Is that our case be fairly presented to the people. "Information backing my charges if sp reliable that even Will Hays will not attempt to deny them." Governor Cox said he received at Trinidad original copies of questions which Hays' agents had aent to news papers of this state with Instructions that inquiries be printed today. "All through Oregon. Washington and California," the governor said, "I have encountered the same phenomena,' newspapers' printing a series of ques- tlons just ss I arrive in their city, ttuei- tlons all bearing the same earmarks and all designed to befog the real Issues ef this campaign." Klghteen supposedly Democratic news papers of Arlsona, Governor James M. Cox charged today, have been purr chased with the funds of the , Repub lican national committee and be be lieves similar operations on even a larger scale are being carried out la a number of western and northwestern states. Nevertheless the governor en tered Colorada today, eastward -bound. (Ceschided oa Pat Two, CeluatS fstu) ' London, Sept. ' 2. (U. P,)--A communique from General Wrangel'i forces In the. Crimean region todsy claimed 10,000 prisoners had been taken In she days of. offensive fight ing. , '..'. .v - The. twenty-third soviet division surrendered, the statement said. k .Moscow wireless, admitted Wranget had occupied Alexandrovak. SOVIET TROOPS ARK FLUNG ' j BACK ACROSS TUG DNKIPETt Paris. Sept. 24. I. N. S.)The soviet troops on tha Crimean batllefront have been driven from Alexandrovsk, . HO miles northeast of Odessa, and have been flung back across the Dnieper river to the western bank. It Is ad mitted In a soviet war office commu nique wirelessed from Moscow today. The communique says : "We have lost Alexandrovsk on the Crimean front after a violent battle. We now occupy positions on tha west bank of the Dnieper river. ,. "On the Polish frost a battle rages In the sectors of Volkovysk. Pruehany and Volotrhlsk. The enemy has been driven back." . ;. , , BY GOV. COX CRIMEAN DEFEAT avaBBsaBBtaBawaBBssBMsasBBSBBSBSBasBsm Two Citations Won T By Man in Mosier : Mosler. Or.. Sept. 24. James M. Wil son haa received a communication from ' his home in Cumberland. Md, advising' him of the receipt of a citation from the French government for bravery and an -flinching courage . In conducting ' French artillery officer to the front tine ' under heavy enemy firs, during, the bat tle of St Mthlel. This Is the second ci tation Wilson has received, the first . from the American government through General Pershing.- Wilson served With -the Sixth marines. " Stihcrs Boar State Treasurer Hoff, the third member of the banking oard, la absent from the cty. , . v - -v. . v- , -. Member of the board were , not pre pared to say what kind of a report would fee expected of the' state banking' superintendent but - declared that he would be' expected to make a "very spa' elfie and detailed report as to the de-': partment's examination of the bank in question.'1' Neither . was - tt determined whether a formal hearing would ba held, at which Bennett would be given aa op portunity to explain his department's ao tlTities in safeguarding the depositors tn tha defunct institution or whether a. written report would be requested. 'The people" the state look to the state banking department to protect , them against loose or crooked banking ' methods." , reads a 'sternest given "out by the banking board. - . : f." . ; . . -The basking boards. necessarily must' depend -"-tipon the ' sepertntendent of oodsda oa Tt Bbt Cetaea, Oas) , -. - . v'.