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THE WEATHER-Tnlght nd Friday,
occaalonal rains; southerly wtnda. -Maximum
Temperatures Wednesday:
Portland 81 . New Orleans ... M
Boise .......... 7 New York 7
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FIRE SWEEPS
WATERFRONT
AT
Wharves of Gulf City Are Raging
Furnace for 9 Hours; Pier, One
Ship and Cotton Warehouse
Destroyedj 8 Firemen Overcome
Galveston. Texas. .Sept. 30. (U.
P.) Fire awept a portion of the
Galveston waterfront early today,
causing a loss estimated at $2,
090.000. ' The blaze raged uncontrolled for
nearly nine hours. It was brought under
control by the heroic work of firemen
and allowed to "bum Itself out" The
firemen concentrated their efforts on
keeping the flames from spreading.
The fire was first discovered in the
plant of the Texas Gulf Sulphur com
pany at 2 a. m. A blgh wind fanned
the flames and sent flying sparks along
the waterfront and Into the residence
district. Burning chemicals made the
fire especially difficult to fl&ht. Klfht
firemen were overcome by fumes from
tha sulphur company's pier.
PIER STILL BURNIStt
The pl'r and plant, a mass of ruins,
were still burning at noon.
Sparks carried the fire to the cotton
concentration plant containing thou
sands of bales of cotton. The plant and
all of Us contents was destroyed.
The fire centered in what Is known
as Galveston's west end at the foot of
Thirty-sixth street.
The Italian steamer Etna, loaded with
253,000 bushels of wheat, was gutted.
The fire was still burning, and It ap
peared she will be a complete loss. The
Italian steamer Oceana was also partly
burned.
THREE SHIPS SATED
The steamships Ancon, Gloria de Lar
rlnaga and Hornby Castle, the latter two
Britishers, were saved, but not without
rigging and top decks being charred and
badly damaged,
For a time It appeared i
they would be lost.
A string of box cars loaded with grain
also burned. The Shlpslde cotton com
press was ab&ut one third destroyed.
Tbe Anchor Milling company's plant
was aUto damaged and may be a total
loss.
The firemen overcome were victims of
tha dense clouds of smoke from the sul
phur plant, which swept spectacularly
ur ui tu. . .
FIRE , ftf ft?. X W'CforvOCtS
over the city
Th fire spread Ji ehWbl&W 'Sf f
building near the waterfront. Most of
the structures were shacks and sheds
occupied by negroes and the monetary
loss there will be slight, compared with
the shipping and wharf damage.
Fighting flames aboard ship was dif
ficult and spectacular. The crews
worked feverishly on all vessels to keep
the fire from catching the Inflammable
cargoes on the decks.
The Etna lay alongside a pier of cot
ton which became a blazing maaa. Ef
forts were concentrated on attempts to
save the ship. Great clouds of steam
arose from the decks of the vessel as
streams of water were played from
every point. The crew finally was
driven off.
4 NAVY MEN HURT
Los Angeles, Cal., Bept. 30. (U.
P.) Five men narrowly escaped
deatli when , navy dirigible C-8, on
its way from San Diego to San Pedro,
became lost in a dense fog and
crashed Into the side of a hill in
Laurel canyon, near Hollywood, to
day. Chief Pi'iOt Lleutejuint Gordon G. Mc
Donald. 28, of SanT)lego, was aald to
have been severely hurt. Both legs were
injured.
Eugene Fry, 22, chief machinist's
mate, was cut over th,e eye and sus
tained other-injuries.
Rosa - Hartman, 26, coxswain. Coro
na do, suffered a strained back and cuts
about the mouth.
Lieutenant, A- G. Pope, 25. second
pilot, back strained.
Ensign Joseph H. Gowan, 28, was un
injured, i . .
According: to McDonald the C- left
San Diego at a. m. for San Pedro,
where the airship was to have partici
pated in Pacific fleet maneuvera
Halfway between San Diego and Los
Angeles they encountered a heavy ,fog
and went
up to a nigh
altitude to
avoid It
McDonald said he dropped down to an
altitude of 1000 feet to get hla bearings
When he thought he was nearlng Los
. Angeles and again encountered a heavy
fog. While maneuvering in the fog
tjie dirigible crashed into the mountaln
tfde. The car came loose and fell 200 feet
to the bottom of the canyon with the
five men In it.
Stage
All Set for
Second Court Act
'In Pickford Divorce
(Br United Nawi)
Carson 1 City. Nev., Sept. 30. Mlnden.
Nev., a tows that Mary Pickford made
famous, has Its community broom at
work in its little courtroom shining up
for the second act of the Pickford-Moore-Falrbankg
drama of married life.
October la the day set for the cur
tain to go up again.
On that date attorneys wilfargue the
question of the right of Mlnden's su
perior court to decide whether the queen
of. movie comediennes waa properly di
vorced 'from' Owen - Moore, her former
nusbaBd.
GALV
SIN
BALLOON HITS HILL;
ENIGMA WOMAN
MRS. R. C. PEETE of
Denver, whose name
-.keeps bobbing up' in
the Charles Denton murder
mystery m Los Angeles and
who had disappeared today.
If
DENTON LAST SEEN
RIDING IN PARK
Lrfis Angeles, Cal., Sept. 30.
Jacob C. Denton, wealthy broker,
recently found dead in his home
here, drove to Griffith park the night
before his disappearance, in company
with Mrs. R. C. Peete of Denver,
her daughter, J. E. Metcalf, an in
timate friend of Denton's, and B.
Collins, Sheriff John C. Cline de
clared today.
Recently Cline learned that MetcaU
was In Gallup, N. M., and requested J. H,
MrCummant, sheriff of Callup. to locate
and interview him. In the interview, ac
cording to a wire from McCammant,
Metcalf said that Denton was worrying
about death and planning to take a long
trip to the East the night before his
murder.
Sheriff Cline requested that McCam
mant send more details. Today a sec
end message was received front McCaro-
y mant, wnreu giioce Aieicaii as saying
nhf h accompanied Denton. Mra Peete,
maftt whft-to quote Metcalf as saying
f af "BnT'wf w . 'in " an KU?
ride tha night before he disappeared
that Denton said he was going to Ivansaa
City and had bought his railroad ticket
that Denton asked Metcalf to go to New
York with him and that Mra Peete that
night told Metcalf she was going to sell
Denton's home for a commission.
Three letters, one of them written by
Mrs R. C Peete of Denver, disclosed
by Sheriff fVHUam MacKay of Mojave
county, Arlsona, today, presented a new
angle for investigation. Two of the
letters were written by H. IL Woods of
Los Angeles, who formerly lived , at
Arch Beach and who waa a frierM of
Denton.
These letters bring out several more
apparent discrepancies In the state
ments of Mrs. Peete. Denton's former
housekeeper and "enigma woman" in
the case.
The first letter, written by Woods
and dated August 9, was addressed to
his cousin, H. Ray Woods, Old Trails,
Aria. It told of Denton having lost
his right arm. and also stated Den-'
ton "turned over your rental checks to
Mra Peete, who is 'In charge of the
place in Los Angeles, but could not In
dorse same. Please make out new
checks to Mrs. Peete and I will be re
sponsible for the change."
The second letter, written by Woods
on August 9. was to Mrs. Peete. giv
ing her the contents of the letter to
the Arizona resident.
The third letter waa written by Mrs.
Peete September 12 to R. " Ray Woods.
It told of sending htm two checks for
$7 each and one for $4.65. which she
said had been turned over to her by
Denton to pay a gardener.
Woods is ill at his home here, but
Mrs. Woods explained that her hus
band's statement in the first letter that
Denton had met with an accident incur
ring the loss of his right arm waa based
on information given him by Mra Peete.
Mra. Peete Js reported aa having given
four different accounts of how Den-
ton'a arm was ' injured. She has been
quoted as saying that he hurt it crank
ing an automobile, that the arm had
been stabbed, that Denton had been shot
and that he had "lost" his arm.
The Body, now completely identified as
that of Denton, has both arms.
Hoquiam, Wash., Is
Given 10,058 by
Revised Estimate
Washington. Sept. 30. (U. P.) The
census bureau today announced the fol
lowing 1920 population figures :
Hoquiam, Wash., 10.058, an Increase
since 1910 of 1887, or 23.1 per cent.
Hoquiam, Wash., figures revised, pre
viously announced as 9885.
State of Kentucky. 2,418,013 ; increase
128.108, or 5.5 per cent.
State of North Dakota, 645,730; in
crease 68,674, or 1L9 per cent
R. H. Smith Held on
Telegraphic Order
Robert H. Smith, 80, who haa been
living at the Clayton hotel, waa ar
rested Wednesday on, telegraphic order
from the authorities -at , Uuluth, Minn.
He told the police who. arrested him at
Fourth and TamhtU ft tree U that he
believes he la wanted for non-support
of his wife and daughter. Smith is a
meatcutter and" aald he had left Du
luth seven weeks ago in quest of work.
He had quarreled with his wife prior
to leaving, he said. Smith ' haa a
daughter about 4 years old.
msmAi a .'-'"' ad
1 M NOT
forme;
says harding
"Make No Mistake About It; If
Elected, I Will Not Go In; I
Do Not Really Know What I'll
Do," Is Front Porch Statement
By Raymond Clapper
Marlon, Ohio, Sept. 0. (U. P.)
Warren G. Harding was back on
his front porch today for a short
breathing spell before swinging into
his second campaign trip into the
Southwest October 6.
Harding his just finished three of the
roost strenuous days of his entire politi
cal career, making over J0 speeches in
three statea The candidate was eorae
H'hat hoarse from constant open air
speaking, but otherwise he and Mrs.
Harding, who was nearly as active as
her husband throughout, appeared to be
none the worse for their exhausting
schedule.
HAROI3G MAKES REPLY.
Until yestereday Harding had re
frained almost entirely from direct re
plies to Governor Cox and Franklin D.
Roosevelt, Democratic presidential and
vice-presidential candidates. But twice
yesterday Harding showed fight, once re
plying to the criticism of his America
first slogan and later answering the
charge that he is dodging on the League
of Nations issue.
"When I become president I will be
the party to negotiate treaties," Harding-
said. "I'ym very sure I'll negotiate
something different from that which
was handed to the senate by the pres
ent president. I know one thing very
definitely. The Democratic nominee,
who says he Is in perfect accord with
the president, wants America to go
into the League of Nations negotiated
at Versailles, I say to yoa I am not
ia favor of golag la. I hope there is
no mistake about that.
"I am frank to say I do not know
precisely what sort of an association
of nations we will negotiate, because
our powers of negotiation are several
months in advance. , I do know that I
favor an international court, and I
favor a new world relationship, but I
do not favor creating a super-government
of the world. I would create a
new international relationship which
would turn the . light of world public
opinion on International differences. ".
ES
CENTER IN SALEM
Salem and the state fair Wednes
day afternoon became a concentra
tion camfi for airplanes and pjlots
when two of The Journal's fleet of
airplane express delivery machines
and a passenger carrying plane from
Lewis & Clark field were In sight
at one time.
Pilot F. E. Harding, his plane loaded
with last minute news of the world as
resented In tbe afternoon edition of The
Journal, arrived at the fair grounds and
landed where thousands of visitors could
f see at 1 :03 p. m. in a JN plane.
Jack Clemence, pilot who carried The
Journal, was still in Salem, where he
remained to spend a day at the fair, was
on hand to greet his fellow pilot, and to
gether they witnessed the arrival of Vic
tor Vernon, general manager of the Ore
Kon. Washington ft Idaho Airplane Co.,
In a Curtiss Oriole, carrying two pas
sengers. Vernon's passengers were George
Gage, manager of The Journal garage,
and Larry Hlckam, an O. W. I. pilot
and veteran of the army air service.
Vernon, Clemence and Harding re
turned to Portland and the home field
Wednesday afternoon.
Today PUot Archie Roth, flying a
Curtis JN, carried The Journal cargo
to readers at Salem, to whom Tbe "Jour
nal Is the first metropolitan newspaper
delivered each day Roth left Lewis
and Clark field at 12 :42 p. m.
Harding's flight Wednesday was espe
cially speedy, and. as usual, highly suc
cessful. He hopped off from the home
field at 12 :25 p. m., and just 38 minutes
later had landed at the state fair
grounds.
Counter Reprisals
Are Made Against
Police by Sinn Fein
'Dublin. Sept 30. (U. P.) Counter re
prisals against "black and tan" police
were threatened by County Galway resi
dents today.
More deaths in the warfare between
Sinn Felnera and police were reported
throughout Ireland today.
At Templemore two policemen were
killed and another dangerously wounded.
At Dundrum an officer was aald -to
have been wounded when a military pa
trol waa ambushed. At Clough Jordan
a police sergeant was kidnaped.
Farmer Is. Silled
Under 8-Horse Disc
Moscow, Idaho, Sept. 3a James O.
Canham, pioneer farmer, was killed
near Genesee Wednesday, when he fell
under a heavy disc , drawn by eight bis
horses. The body waa not found mutil
at night when the family and a neUBi
bor searqlied the field. -'
The eight big horses Bad stood four
hours without moving. It is supposed
Canham called "Whoa" as he fjatf and
the team stopped, but not until fh disc
had been drawn upon him.
THREE AIRPI AN
ltetailers Do Not
Follow Price of
Livestock in
Sharp Declines
By II y man II. Cohen
Consumers will reap the benefits
of the present sharp declines In the
price of fresh meats If packers fol
low the livestock price and retailers
folow the packers.
During the last few. days there have
been declines of approximately 4 cents
a pound in the price of dressed pork at
wholesale with loss on a similar basis
in the livestock trade.
The markets are today glutted with
fresn pork and all over the country a
similar condition is shown. Values are
today the lowest for several years, but
the iretail price is standing at the ex
treme high point, although here and
there some butcher Is making a special
drive on pork to grab trade.
Pork chops were quoted a few days
ago up to 50 cents a pound at retail and
many shops are still asking that price
deRpite the shap drop In both live and
dressed stock.
What happened to the price of pork
at wholesale has likewise been shown in
veal. Here, too, the retail price has by
no means followed the extreme declines
of the wholesale frade, retailers being
content to say that the present weakness
will not last long and, therefore, if they
dropped prices today, the public would
expect them nt to advance them when
wholesale prices ascended.
Be'ef prices at wholesale, for the price
of live cattle show the lowest range for
years, but good beef at retail is within
a mere fraction or two of the highest
records in the traae.
Mutton is also cheap at wholesale and
the trade is looking for a further de
cline, but retail prices still talk of war
conditions.
WILLYS PLANT IS
Toledo. Ohio, Sept. 30. (I. N.
S.) Plants of the Willys Overland
company, automobile manufacturers,
are closed today throwing 4500 men
fcnd women out of employment.
Employes' were instructed to report
next Monday when It will be definitely
known whether the plant is so operate
on a three-day basis or remain -"Toeed
until conditions improve.
In normal - times J 4. 000 persons ere
employed at the Overland plant, but the
number has been gradually reduced. A
falling off in the demand for auto
mobiles caused the shutdown.
CliOTHIXG, PLUMBING AND
PLNO PRICES DROPPED
Chicago. Sept. 30. (I. N. S) Cloth
ing, pianos and pli'mbing supplies are
the latest commodities to join in the
downward movement of prices here.
Maurice L Rothschild, owner of a
large retail clothing house, announced
that a reduction of from 20 to 25 per
cent had been made in the price of
men's clothing and that further reduc
tions are probable.
Lyon A Healy today advertised a gen
eral average reduction of $100 in price
of all, styles of pianos.
The Goetz Brass company, extensive
dealers in plumbing supplies, announced
a reduction of from 10 to 25 per cent
in the price of brass goods, effective
October 1. t
But cigar store owners declared today
that "smokes" will not be reduced In
frice for at least two years. Increases
n prices of approximately 15 per cent
were announced by dealers recently and
these prices, the dealers assert, will
stand.
CLEVELAND AND CHANDLER
CARS DOWN; FOOD FOLLOWS
Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 30. (I. N. S.)
Prices of two Cleveland cars, the Cleve
land and Chandler, have been reduced,
it was announced today. The Chandler
will now sell at 8200 less than formerly
and the Cleveland at 8150 less.
Price reductions of 10 per cent on all
entrees and 15 per cent on all vegetable
orders go into effect in Cleveland res
taurants tomorrow; restaurant owners
today announcing their acceptance of
the new schedule of the fair price com
mission. CLOTHES MAY NOT TUMBLE
TILL SPRING, SAYS N. Y.
New York, Sept. 30. (I. N. S.) Are
the retail prices of men's clothing about
to tumble?
"Not till spring," is the unanimous
answer of those "in the know" at New
York's leading men's clothes emporiums.
Hopes of a radical decline of the costs
of suits of clothes have been raised by
the action of wholesale manufacturers
in Rochester, N. Y., and other places in
slashing their prices from 10 to 30 per
cent, the general inference being that the
retailers would have to follow suit.
KANSAS CITY HOTELS MAKE
. REDUCTION OF 35 PER CENT
Kansas City. Mo.. Sept 30. (L N.
S.) Food prices careened today In this
city's most fashionable hotels. The Bal
timore and the Muehlbach managements
announced cuts of from 15 to 35 per
cent in all food prices, except meats.
Restaurant men were said to be con
templating similar reductions as a re
sult of the hotel's men's lead.
Toledo Restaurant Cats
Toledo, Ohio, Sept. 80. (I. n. S.)
Food prices in a string of Toledo res
taurants owned by J. H. Tepper were
cut from 10 to 50 per cent today.
Steaks were cut from 50 and, 75 cents
to 25 and 35 cents. Other restaurants
are expected to follow bis lead.
Potatoes on Toboggan
Indianapolis, Sept. JO. -(U. P.) Po
tatoes hit the price toboggan here to
day. The wholesale price of potatoes
was quoted at 60 cents a, bushel, a re
duction of II.
I.
Track Drop 9393
Lincoln. Neb.. Sept. JO. (U. P. The
Patriot Motor company has announced
a reduction of from $200 to $395 ia the
price of Its truck, effective today.
0 IDLE
PORTLAND DAY LODGE SILL
DRAWS CROWD BORED BIGOT,
TO STATE FAIR
Repetition of Wednesday's Record
Breaking Attendance Is Antici
pated; Roads Are Lined With
Automobiles in All Directions.
Salem. Sept. 30. All previous Ore
gon state fair attendance records
were shattered Wednesday, when
more than 48,000 people passed
through the gates to view the great
est array of exhibits ever gathered
together at an exhibition in Oregon.
The previous record, established last
year, was slightly in excess of 41,000.
The exact figures will not be known
until later in the week.
Although Wednesday's attendance ex
ceeded the fondest hopes of the most
optimistic fair officials, preparations
are being made to handle just as large,
if not a larger, crowd Thursday. Tele
Phone reports received by Secretary Lea
are to the effect that the roads In all
directions are lined with automobiles
headed toward Salem and two special
trains from Portland brought hundreds
from the state's Ynetropolis. for this is
Portland day at the state fair.
The judging of the county exhibits,
twice postponed, began Thursday, with
announcement of awards scheduled for
Friday.
TOCXG8TER8 WIX TRIP
Boys and girls here as members of
the industrial clubs were guests of the
state fair board in the morning on a
tour of inspection -of the state institu
tions and at noon listened to an ad
dress by Governor Olcott. who com
plimented them upon the enterprise
which had won for them the honor of
a trip to the state fair.
The eugenlca clinics in the educational
building under the auspices of the Ma
rion county children's bureau will con
tinue in the afternoon from 1 to 3
o'clock, with demonstration's of home
nursing from 3 to 4.
At 4 o'clock Mrs. W. P. Lord of Salem
will speak on the possibilities of flax
raising in Oregon, illustrating her ad
dress by exhibiting examples jf. Linens
manufactured from Oregon grown prod
ucts. Mra Lord's address will be given
la the ert.department.
CA55I50 BKA1T8 WOMEJ
The canning contests conducted by
girls of the industrial clubs were again
a feature of the program, with the Hood
River team on duty in the morning and
the Douglas county team scheduled for
a demonstration in the afternoon. This
demonstration is the center of much In
terest on the part of housewives.
At night, as an additional attraction,
the Salem Boy Scouts will stage a
series of chariot races In the stadium
(Concluded on Ptc Istateen. Column One)
POLES TAKE 10
CITIES, 15.000 REDS
"Warsaw, Sept. 29. via London.
Sept. 30. (I. N. S.) The capture of
15,000 Russian prisoners and occupa
tion of the important cities of Lida
and Pinsk by Polish troops was an
nounced by the Polish general staff
tonight.
The Russian Red troops were said
by the Polish general staff to be
"retreating in panic" all along the
northern end of the Polish battle
front. Bank Clearings for
September Increase
More Than 8 Million
Bank clearings for Portland for Sep
tember show an increase of S8.941.
250.94 over September, 1915?, according
to the monthly statement of the Port
land Clearing House association. Tbe
bank clearings for September. ll,
were $171,405,240.44. The month Just
Closing showa S1&0.346,4U.3S.
The value of building, electrical and
plumbing permits issued by the city
during the present month is $942,15,
according to the estimate made by the
building department. This Is a ede
ereaae of 1305.290 from the August fig
ures, but is accounted for by the fact
that the winter months are approach
ing. There .were 1038 building permits,
having a valuation of $774,345 : plumb
ing permits numbered 421 and repre
sented i outlay of $77,455, and there
were 863 electrical permits, represent
ing $90,385.
Bobbers Get $510
From Salem Home '
Salem. Sept. 30. Money to the amount
of $519, a watch and several pieces of
jewelry, to be worth several hun
dred dollars, were taken when the home
of Mark Bailey. In Frost street, waa
robbed Wednesday night while members
of the family were at tha state fair.
Major League Games ,
Are Postponed; Earn
r, - 111!
New York, Sept. $0, U. P. All ma
jor . league baseball games were post
poned oa acctant of rain today... - .,
X
Senator Termed "Arch Conspira
tor of World," and Author of
Hymn of Hate Against Presi
dent Wilson; Kansans Cheer.
Hutchinson. Kan., Sept. 30.
Governor Cox, speaking here today,
characterized Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge as "the arch conspirator of
the world, a narrow-minded bigot
and the man who wrote the hymn
of hate against President Wilson."
His Kansas audience, which fliied the
big municipal auditorium, cheered snd j
applauded every attack on Lodge, while
mention of Wilson waa given a demon
stration lasting nearly a minute.
GIVES FARMERS PLEDGE
Cox devoted pirt of his speech to
pledging that, if elected, he would give
farmers greater representation in the
government.
Greater development of the St. Law
rence waterway was advocated by Cox.
who told his farmer audience wheat
sold at Liverpool will net farmers 5 to
9 cents a bushel more if shipped to the
Atlantic Coast by water instead. of ralL
Though Republican newspapers have
freely predicted the state will go for
Harding and Coolldge by at least 100,000,
Governor Cox was jubilant following the
meetings yesterday when his league ut
terances found tumultous response and
his doctrines as to progresslvism and
government were enthusiastically re
ceived. PEACE ISSUE HOPE
President Wilson carried Kansas in
1916 on the issue of peace, and Governor
Cox is convinced that if the state la to
be won this year it will be on the same
Issue.
Believing that the agricultural popula
tion ia essentially religious and natu
rally friendly toward the league, the
governor will continue to drive home the
fact that practically every religious or
ganization has indorsed the idea of a
peace league and will reiterate his
charges that Senator Harding haa no
substitute for the Versailles covenant.
Governor Cox will also make use of the
Armenian Issue, which he believes to be
especially popular in Kansas.
Arriving at Hutchinson early this
morhfnc the governor.' attended- break
fast given by the First Voters' league.
His set speech at the auditorium fol
lowed. From Hutchinson he goes to
Newton, where he is scheduled to make
two speeches, one at a Chamber of
Commerce luncheon and another at the
auditorium this afternoon. The main
speech of the day will be delivered at
Wichita tonight. Shortly after midnight
the party will leave for Enid. Okla.
Singh Goes Out in
Search of Chinaman
Who Shot Him in Leg
For seven months and 10 daya Ram
Singh, citizen of India, has harbored
revengeful memory of the Chinese whose
bullets sent Singh to the Multnomah
county hospital with a triple fracture
of the right leg.
Released from treatment today, Singh
sought and won a warrant for the ar
rest of the unidentified chinaman who
figures in the story of the shooting of
which police have no record.
"I don't know hla name," Singh told
Deputy District Attorney Deich. "but
I knew where he lives and I know, his
face." Assault with a dangerous
weapon is the charge under which Singh
prays his assailant may be found among
the scores of Chinese in the north end.
$250,000,000 Loss
Must Be Borne, Says
High Sugar Official
Boston. Sept- 30. (L N. S.) That the
fall in raw sugar prices between July 1
and September IS this jear means an
actual loss of $250,000,000 which "some
one must stand" was among the utter
ances of Edwin F. Atkins, factor In five
big Cuban sugar plantations anoV re
cently director of the American Sugar
Refining company, testifying today be
fore Attorney General Allen's sugar sit
uation. "We were nearer a panic in business
generally than most people know about
and we were saved by the wise action of
the federal reserve bank." he declared.
"There is a great overhauling now going
on. Stocks must be disposed of prices
are going down. Tbe ulUmate consumer
is going. to get the benefit"
Dismissal of Post
Demanded by Legion
Cleveland, Ohio, Sept 10. TJ. p.)
The dismissal of Louis F. Post, assist
ant secretary of the department of
labor, was asked by the executive com
mittee of the American Legion here
today. The committee charged Post
Is obstructing the deportation of ene
mies of the United States and his con
tinuance in office is menace to tbe
country. - , '
Option on Big Tract
Of Timber Is Taken
Klamath Palls. Sept $0. Kelly A Bell
man, focal timber brokers, have secured
for Chicago clients an option on 1.10,
000,000 feet of redwood . in Humboldt
county, California, - The price paid for
the option was $2500.. The prospective
buyers will pay $2.25 if the deal goes
through. .-
Irving Cobb Has
No License to
Kill Antelope,
Says Game Head
Irvln S. Cobb, noted heavyweight
author, who left Bend for Eastern
Oregon this week purportedly to go
antelope hunting, has no permit to
kill an antelope In Oregon, according
to state game officials. Further
more, if he kills one, he will be liable
to prosecution, say officials.
Cobb's companion, Norman Jacob
son, former supervisor of the Des
chutes national forest, who quit his
government Job to go with Cobb, haa
such a permit, however.
Reports first stated the State game
commission had issued a permit to Cobb.
Protests immediately arose from hun
dreds of Oregon citizens interetited in
the preservation of the few remaining
animals of the almost extinct species,
and indignation was expressed from
many law-abiding residents of Lake
county who have always wanted an
antelope themselves, that an outsider
should be permitted to. have one. K. A.
Berghduff, state game warden, was out
of the city.
A later report that the U. S. biological
survey has Issued the permit brought
forth an indignant denial from the sur
vey offices and the assertion that the
survey could not Issue such a permit
If it wished, since the antelopes are
owned by the state. .
"Irvln S. Cobb has no permission
whatever to kill antelope or any other
game out of season In Oreggi," aald
State Game Warden E. A. Berghduff.
"Permission, however, waa granted to
Norman Jacobson, supervisor of the
Deschutes national forest, at the time, to
kill one male antelope for' the Smith
sonian Instltuttlon and one male and
one female antelope for the collection of
the state game department. This per
mit is good until December 11."
Jacobson is no longer connected with
the forest service, having resigned in
August, but this makes no difference
in the legality of the permit. Bergduff
Bays. .
The only persona allowed to kill ante
lope, says Berghduff. are professors of
universities or colleges or employes of
some branch of federal service, for the
purposes of mounting in museums. Since
Jacobson haa left the government serv
ice he comes under neither of these
heads at present although his permit is
still good.
The Central Oregon herd is one of the
last remaining banda of antelope. It ia
estimated to contain from 250 te 500 ani
mals in scattered, bunchea of from 25
to 50.
STOOP, HENDERSON
GIVEN LIFE TERMS
Pendleton. Sept. 30. Life imprla
onment was the sentence passed on
Irvln Leroy Stoop ajid Floyd Hender
son at 9 o'clock Thursday morning
by Judge O. W. Phelps before a
rapidly filling courtroom. Murder In
the first degree was the verdict.
Stoop and Henderson were held guilty
of participating In the murder of Sheriff
Til Taylor in a jailbreak July 25.
The jury retired . Wednesday after
noon at 3:15 and returned at 7:30 for
instructions. This required about 40
minutes. At 10 o'clock the Jury again
filed Into the courtroom and the ver
dict waa pronounced by B. F. Trom-
bley. foreman of the jury, aa follows:
"Guilty of murder In the first de
gree, aa charged In the Indictment.
After deliberating . on the evidence the
jury, recommended life imprisonment to
the judge Instead of capital punish
ment, due to the extenuating circum
stances of the case.
TWO MORE OX TRIAL
Subpoenas were served on H men
Wednesday to appear for examination
for the Jury to try John Leffenbear,
alias John L. Rathle. and Elvln D.
Kerby, alias Jim Owens, who went on
trial at once on a similar charge.
Further details of the murder are ex
pected to be revealed, aa the last two
men to be tried were present at the
time the fatal shot waa fired.
Emmett Bancroft, alias Neil Halt,
brought from his death cell In Salem,
will testify in the trial of Rathle. and
Owena It Is predicted around the
courthouse that their case will not be
so speedily settled as that Of Stoop and
Henderson. Owens was with Hart td.
the time of his capture and was the
most desperate of the men Indicted
with the exception of Hart, It Is . be
lieved by all who have seen and talked
with Owens that he Is a brilliant man.
but has used his efforts in the wrong
way. He is a well-built man, and
when dressed in good clothes makes a
respectable appearance.
Jack Marine, deputy sheriff. In bis
testimony Wednesday said that it waa
Owena who returned to the cage after
the shooting and aald. "Come en ; let's
go." Then poshing open the door, be
got Stoop out. holding Marine in and
locking the door again. -
J. J. Lavln, attorney for the two
young prisoners, denounced laws that
permitted imprisoning of youths conv
victed of minor offenses with. such men
aa Hart. . , .-, -i-.-.w
Parents of the two men and the sis
ter of one were In Pendleton through
out the trial and were in the court
room all ttft-ee days. , -
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Lost King Returned
To Mrs.-Sullivan;
Man Then Vanishes
Seattle. Wastu,Sept. JO. Mrs. Pauline
C. Sullivan, divorced wife of F. W. Sul
livan of the Western Sales Co Portland,
lost a $6000 ring hers Tuesday. Today
a man rapped at the door, handed her a
package and atd ; i - .- ;-.
"Don't - say anything to the papers
about this. I found the ring in the
grass, saw in the papers where you had
lost it, and here it la." . : . -v
11 vanished -; r. - .
FOREMAN OF
GRAND JURY
Chicago District Attorney's Re
quest, From N. Y., to Await
His Return Before Proceeding
Further, Brings Sharp Retort
By Luthor A Huston
Chicago. Sept. 30. (I. N. S.)
Henry H. Brlgham, foreman of ther
grand Jury investigating crookedness
In baseball today, threw down the
gauntlet to State's Attorney Maclay
Hoyne, who ordered that the Investl-
gatlon by the grand Jury be held up
until Hoyne's return from New York.
Brlgham declared that the probe will
go on, despite Hoyne's instructions.
Following this, Chief Justice Charles
A. McDonald of the criminal court em
phatically asserted that the inquiry into
alleged crookedness in organised base ,
ball, which has resulted In the indict-'
ment of eight famous ballplayers and
two gamblers, will continue, regardless
of the opinion of State's Attorney Mad
lay Hoyne that there Is doubt aa to the
validity of the proceedings.
IJIDICTMEJfTS HELD LEGAL
"The investigations Into efforts to
fix organised baseball ia to be con
tinued without interruption." said Judge
McDonald. "The Indictmenta ao far
voted will be returned in the regular
way. Kvery Indictment has a legal
basis. There is no question about the
law."
Judge McDonald declared that the
grand jury haa ita atatutory powers
and that no one can Interfere with
them. He declared that the grand Jury, -which
would ceaae aa a regular Jury
with the end of today, will becofee a,
special grana jury tomorrow ana t will
continue ita sessions until the entire
matter Is cleared up,
"LET OTHEBS COME IX"
"Other players may come in If they
choose," Judge McDonald said, "but
they must waive Immunity and be ,
prosecuted the same as the others. The '
men who testified . expressly waived
immunity. There has been absolutely
no Immunity .offered, but If tbey help
the state in the trial of these cases
It Is only natural that ' their help wiil
be taken bite eonsideratlon 4n' senteno','
Ing them It they are . found ' guilty.- ,
What we are after ts the cleaning up
of the national game." 1 r-
Judge McDonald said he could not
aay Just when the Indictments, would
be formally returned In court, as the
jury is now working on the gamblers'
end of the Inquiry and hoped to be
able to return one conspiracy 'indict
ment that will cover all of tha men "
involved.
Hoyne .had Instructed his assistants-
not to complete the grand Jury Inquiry
until he returned from New York; had
expressed doubt that the White-Box',
players who confessed to "throwing"
games of the 1911 world's series were
liable to criminal prosecution and had :
declared that the Indictmenta voted by
the grand Jury were not really ' indict
menu aa yet, because they have not been
returned in court. '
Hoyne Is declared today to have called -a
halt (n .the grand Jury's work because
he suspected that the entire exposure
of the 1919 world's series scandal had
been brought about by persons antagon
istic to Charles A. Comlskey, owner of
the White Sox. It Is admitted that tbe
Indictment of seven present members of .
the White Sox team haa virtually killed
the team's chances for the 1920 pent. ant
, Hoyne also Is doubtful If any evidence
sufficiently binding to establish exist-,
ence of "a confidence game" haa. been
uncovered. , '
"I am not certain that a crime has .
ICrmrluHid on Pars Two, Column Thr) i
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Chicago. ; Sept. JO. (U. P.) "
WWeat futures dropped 9 cents on '
the . Chicago board of trade today.
Other grains also declined. Heavy ,
liquidation; du to. the' continued de
cline ln,"pricjjs of various commodi- '
ties, was th principal factor. . De
cember, wheat was off I cents and
March waa down t 4 cents.' Decern- -ber
corn waa off. S' cents."..: ' t ' "
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