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New Feature for Kiddies
The Sunday Journal will have a new
kiddles' feature Sunday. October 24. It
will be by and for Portland kiddles, that
la. they will make it all them selves for
themselves. It wtll have puzxlea and all
uch things.
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VOL. XIX. NO. 194. jaCSteT
PORTLAND; OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, lOCTOBER 22 IWO.-WENTY-FpUR PAGES
EUHU ROOT IS
DODGER, SAYS
GOVERNOR COX
Candidate Finds Apparent At
tempt to Becloud Issue and
Confuse Mind of Voters; He
Would Save Good in League.
By Harry L. Rogers
Route "With Governor Cox.
En
Trenton, N. J
Oct. 22. (I. N. S.)
Kllhu Root is again to be the target
of Governor James M. Cox, Demo
cratic presidential nominee, who
reached New Jersey today, carrying
the fight for' the League of Nations I
through President Wilson's home
BUte.
Oovernor Cox saw. In the morning
newspapers Mr. Root's reply to bis tele
gram of Tuesday demanding a retrac
tion of the assertion that he stands for
the League of Nations as President Wil
son' brought It hack from France. The
actual copy of Mr. Roofs message, how
ever, had not been received.
EVASIOJf'IS CHABGEI)
Based solely on the newspaper text,
(he governor's attitude In that Mr. Hoot
has evaded the question. He has riot
answered directly. Oovernor Cox con
tends, and he proposed to press the one
time secretary of state for a correction
of the statement he made In his speech
on Monday night In New Tprk city.
The governor believed that Mr. Root
is begging the question with many
words, going Into a lengthy discussion of
the league of Nations rather than doing
what had been asked of him simply to
correct a "mis-statement."
It Is the opinion of Governor Cox that
there has been on the part of the ene
mies of the League of Nations, a revival
of heckllnn on the subject of the Lodge
reservations, "in an attempt to becloud
the issue and thereby confuse the mind
of the voters." Several times during the
last two or three days hecklers have
questioned him regarding the Lodge-reservations.
Laet night at Baltimore the
governor aald a bit impatiently:
AJf TTHIJf fl GOOD
"If there is anything good in the
IjOdge reservations we will never carry
It into the League of Nations under that
- name. The Lodge reservations were
'never proposed in good faith. If they
had been Lodge would have Included
them In the Chicago platform.
"tMht child has been abandoned by
its own father," said Oovernor Cox em
phatically, "I shall not consider myself
In duty bound to be its own guardian."
Following hia speech here Governor
Cox was scheduled to speak at Prince
ton, Newark and Jersey City.
REWARD POSTED BY HARDING
' CLAIMED BY GOVERNOR COX
By Winder R. Harris
Baltimore, Oct. 22. Oovernor Cox last
night claimed the reward offered by
Senator Harding to anyone who would
show he has been inconsistent In his at
titude toward the league of Nations
and declared the Republican nominee
( Concliidtd on Pur Three, Column Four)
High
est Bid for
Spruce Buildings
By Seattle Firm
Vancouver. Wash., Oct. 22. A Seattle
firm, Knrrestell & McQuade, put in the
highest bid for 285 buildings left by the
Spruce Production corporation at Van
couver barracks, offering $18,776. The
award will probably be made in about
20 days. The buildings. It is said, will
be offered for nale In Vancouver. Clem
ent Scott represents the company.
The high Vancouver bid was submit
ted by F. M. Kettenrlng, who offered
$15,100. The Dolan Construction com
pany of Portland bid $15,050 and the In
terstate Product company bid $13,114.
Nineteen' individual bids were submit
ted by Vancouver people, all much
lower.
The buildings are wanted In Vancouver
to relieve th housing shortage and, it Is
said, can be made over Into comfortable
residences at little expense. The local
realty board had formed an organiza
tion to purchase the structures but the
bids were submitted by Individuals.
Mills Rejects the Port Bill
KKKKKKKKKKfetw
Measure Is Not a State Issue
A. L, Mills, president of the First
National' bank, finds from his exam
inationthat the Swan island or port
consolidation D1";
on the November : f"
ballot is not
proper subject to
submit to the
people of the
state.
He believes
that fh tltriomanf
of heavy taxpay-f
era such as W. B
Ayer and Max H.
Houser. the latter
a member 'and
formerly chairman oi uie pon cum
in ission, should be followed. These
men condemn both the proposed
port bill and the charter amendment
which will open the way for transfer
of -the ownership of Portland's pub
lic docks from the city to the state,
statement la as follows: '
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Judge Landis
To Be Offered
National Sport
' Chairmanship
Chicago, Oct. 22. (I. N. S.)
Judge Kenesaw M. Landis, of the
United States district court here, will
be offered the chairmanship of the
national baseball commission at a
salary of $25,000 per year, it was
admitted here today by Alfred Aus
trian, attorney for both the Chicago
American and Chicago National
league clubs.
Austrian declared that- the offer had
not been made to Judge Landis, but other
reports said the position had been ten
dered and accepted. This later rumor.
however, could not be confirmed.
"I will not deny," Austrian said, "that
an offer is contemplated. Judge Landis
has been mentioned frequently as an
Ideal man for the place."
Austrian's statement bears weight be
cause of hia position aa attorney for
leading baseball interests.
Judge Landis, If the offer is made and
accepted, would succeed Garry Herr
mann, president of the Cincinnati club.
Herrmann resigned several months ago,
and the position has been vacant since
then.
it Is regarded likely, however, that the
offer will not be definitely made to Judge
Landis until the dispute which threatens
to result In a new alignment of major
league clubs is settled.
The special grand jury investigating
alleged corruption In baseball resumed
its deliberations today. Reports were
current that Indictments would be voted
against several players formerly In the
major leagues and against several gam
blers. Most of the witnesses before the jury
today, however, were quizzed regarding
baseball pools.
JUDGE LANDIS NOT YET
OFFICIALLY INFORMED
Indianapolis, lnd.. Oct. 22. (1. N. S.)
"It is news to me." declared Judge K.
M. Landis here today when informed by
the International News Service that Al
fred Austrian had admitted in Chicago
that the federal jurist will be offered
the chairmanship of the national base
ball commission. .He stated he did not
care to forecast his probable action
when the post Is offered him. Judge
Landis grinned broadly as the J25.000
salary attached to the chairmanship job
was mentioned.
Judge Landis is here to address the
convention of the Indiana State Teach
ers' association.
WING TO CITY
James M. Rolph Jr., mayor of San
Francisco and head of the Rolph
Navigation company, announced to
day that arrangements have been
completed for the establishment of a
line of Bteamers between Portland
and San Francisco.
Mayor Rolph arrived here this morn
ing and spent the day In conference
with port officials. He will leave to
night for San Francisco.
Three steamers will be placed On the
Portland-San Francisco run as soon as
minor details have been worked out, ac
cording to Ihe head of the navigation
cosnpany. The Joan of Arc is one of
the' boats chosen for this service. All
three will be equipped for cargo and
passenger carrying.
Increasing demands for tonnage in
coastal carrying and prospective Indus
trial development of Portland are the
reasons given by Rolph for the estab
lishment of the new line.
Monkey Which Bit
King Alexander Had
Rabies Innoculation
Rome. Oct 22. (I. N. S.) Professor
Vldal, the French specialist, who was
called In to treat King Alexander of
Greece, was quoted in an Athens dis
patch to the newspaper Mesaagero, to
day, as saying that the monkey which
bit the king had evidently been prevt
cusly Innoculated with rabies. This in
noculation, the physician gtd, had been
done artificially.
MILLS GIVES REAS05S
"I am opposed to the Passage of tha
state-wide initiative measure known as
the 'Fort of Portland Dock Commission
Consolidation Bill' and shall vote '311
No.' I shall also vote '511 No which is
the charter amendment submitted to the
voters by the council, transferring to
the Port of Portland practically all the
property under control of the dock com
mission, for the following reasons :
"First, because I am in accord with
the views expressed by the Chamber of
Commerce, that the question of taxing
the residents of the Port of Portland is
not a proper subject to be submitted to
all the voters of the state. Those- who
have to pay the debt should be the only
ones to pass on the measure.
JCDOMEJTT HEEDED
"Second, because I have confidence in
the business judgment of heavy taxpay
ers who have studied the subject, and
who are opposed to the measure, for in
stance Max Houser and W. B. Ayer.
"Third, because, unless I am absolute
ly convinced of the necessity of the pass
age of the measure (as I am not) I am
unwilling to add an additional debt vari
ously estimated from $10,000,000 to $40,
000,000 to the heavy burden of debt al
ready borne by the taxpayers of Portland."
ROLPH STEAMERS
AYR
SHOWS
UP FALLACY
Inconsistencies of Attitude of
Committee of Fifteen Pointed
Out; Real Purpose of Taxing
$40,000,000 Is Clearly Shown
Charge that the Committee of 15,
retreating before public criticism,
completely re-ersed its representa
tions as to the Swan island project,
yet continued to ask the people to
pass the faulty port measure which
appears on the November ballot, is
contained in a statement issued to
day by W. B. Ayer, well known Port
land business man.
The Ayer statement exposes the true
character of the last attempt of the
Committee of 15, to justify Its contradic
tory position.
The bill is revolutionary and deprives
the people of Portland of the right to de
cide for fn em selves the amount of bonds
to be iiwued against their property, he
adds. The statement reads :
Referring to the report of the Com
mittee of 15, published October 20, I note
they say, "that these criticisms are the
result of misunderstandings of the scope
and purpose of the measure." If the
scope and purpose of the measure is
subject to such misunderstanding that
the large part of the voters cannot com
prehend it. does it not then become a
proper object of criticism?- The voters"
source of Information is the original re
port of the Committee of 15. filed with
the city, and the text of the bill itself
that Is to be voted upon at the coming
election, and the explanations and eluci-
Conclu44 on Par Two. Column Three)
Ty Cobb Bags Ducks,
Takes Swim and He
Gives His Advice
Colusa. Cal.. Oct. 22 (U. P.)i Ty
Cobb, baseballist. was adorned with
new laurels today.
He saved Dr. C. IL Ktrub, part own
er of the San Francisco Seals, from a
ducking in an icy pool while the two
were., hunting docks-- together - on the
Colusa marshes last night.
That . wasn't all Cobb did yesterday.
He bagged the limit of ducks 'and also
made a speech.
His talk was to 500 Colusa school
children on the benefits of honesty in
all forms of sport
Commercial Treaty
Made by Argentina
Washington, Oct 22. (I. N. S.) Sec
retary of Stat Colby and the Argentine
ambassador today signed a treaty gov
erning the reciprocal rights of commer
cial travelers in the United States and
Argentina.
Pietirrea show the wreck of tbe
dpdu' The cars mad helper
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Who
anese
s
en
Defies Threat
Berkeley, Cat, Oct. 23. (U. P.)
"I will tell the truth at any cost,"
said Professor Yoshl S. Kuno. of the
oriental department of the univer-
sity of California, today comment
ing on his receipt of a death -threat
supposedly from San Francisco be
cause of his alleged' utterances
against the Japanese cause in Cali
fornia. Kuno places the whole blame for anti
Japanese feeling on the California Jap
anese, "If the California Japanese association
would devote its energies to raising their
standards of living instead of spread
ing propaganda, the present situation
would not be as serious as it Is," said
Professor Kuno today .
"They are not worthy of the efforts
of the Tokio government to settle. the
matter justly."
Kuno claimed that the California Jap
anese are paying she salary of a pro
fessor at Stanford university. Kuno
himself has been approached and asked
to further their ' cause. When he re
fused, they made efforts to have him re
moved. "1 love Japan and I am working for
friendly telatlons between Japan and
this country, but' I will give both sides
of the question," said Kuno. who con
tinues to lecture to his classes on vari
ous phases of the Japanese problem.
Kuno admitted yesterday that his life
had been threatened if he did not desist
from his statements deemed derogatory
to the Japanese in California.
Girl Grabs Negro's
Coat Pocket as He
Tries to Rob House
Early this morning a sneak thief en
tered the home of 8. A. Heimer, 211
North Sixteenth street He was dis
covered by Miss Margaret Caldwell,
who lives with the Heimer family, and
she grabbed his coat as he attempted to
run.
.According to reports, the burglar, a
negro, turned and shot at Miss Cald
well, who persistently held on. She
was not struck by a bullet but the
negro broke loose, leaving .behind a
part of his coat pocket v
His loot was a nurse containing? only
$3, It was reporteit The piece of cloth
was turned over to the police.
Portland Men Plan
Extended Sea Trip
Richard O'Reilly, vice president of the
Diamond O Navigation company, and
Hugh Gearin. son of ex-Senator John
M. Gearin. left last week for New York,
from which place they were scheduled to
sail today on the Pdcific line steamer
Kssequibo for an extended pleasure trip
to South America. The Portlanders
planned going through the Panama
canal, landing at Valparaiso and then
go to Buenos Aires, where they will take
another vessel north bound.
Fight
Cause
OfCoumrym
CARS AND ENGINE
eaftae tm which
Balr
englae left the tracks
a fla&se
BuGHTIN
STRIKE CRISIS
fWar - Tifne Bill, Empowering Gov
ernment to Take Full Control
of Coal Situation, Introduced
in Parliament; Issue Grows.
By Webb Miller
London. Oct tS. (U. P.) An
emergency bill, giving the govern
ment wartime power with the right
to use military forces for any pur
pose, was today introduced by Home
Secretary Shortt in the British par
liament for passage Monday.
The bill; drafted to meet the threat
ened general strike In support of the
British miners, will give the govern
ment power to ration and control all
resources.
By Charles M. MrCans
London, Oct. 22. (U. P.) England
was drifting into an Industrial whirl
pool today.
Coal miners nUniied on strike, throw
ing thousands more workers out of em
ployment. The transport and railway
workers stood pat on their threats that
failure to make a quick settlement with
thd miners wtll mean war to the finish
between the working class and the gov
ernment Union and government representatives
admitted the gravity of the situation.
Th government took the view the
threatened strike of railway men was
a bluff to force reopening of the miners'
negotiations.
Officials professed themselves unim
pressed by the threats of Robert Wil
liams and other radical leaders of the
transport men and railroaders.
. At the same time Premier Lloyd
George conferred unofficially yesterday
afternoon with Frank Hodges, vice
president of the miners' federation ; Wil
liam Brace and Vernon .Hartshorn, labor
members . of parliament It was sup
posed they were attempting to find some
satisfactory way of reopening negotia
tions. The surprising decision of the railway
men . in ordering a strike and serving
tbe government with an ultimatum came
dramatically at the end of a long ses
sion of union heads. , . ,VJ
'Pointing out the. .seriousness ef the
situation which meant stoppage of the
nation's economic life with the original
issues lost in bigger disputes, John H.
Thomas, moderate,' said labor now was
committed to a 'finish fight if the gov
ernment "persisted in championing the
upper class."
Earthquake Shocks
In Alaska Eecorded
Victoria, B. C Oct 22. ( I. N. S.)
Earth tremors were recorded at Gon
zales observatory here this morning.
They lasted for 45 minutes. Superin
tendent Denlson opined that the dis
turbance was in the Alaskan peninsula,
probably among the Aleutian islands.
PILE UP IN FATAL
ef PorUanA loeg hia life at T o'clock
broke op a sondol IpaJd with ooal
GAR!
SPEAKS FOR
Voluntary Reductions in" Certain
Industries Sign of Healthful
Condition, Steel Magnate Ex
plains; Business Skies Clear.
New York, Oct. 22. (U. P.).
Further adjustment of Bteel prices
must be made,- E. H. Gary, chairman
of the board of directors of the
United States Steel corporation, told
the American Iron and Steel insti
tute here today.
Gary said he considered voluntary
reduction In selling prices and de
creases in orders in certain lines of
the industry as a healthful condi
tion. Judge Gary said also:
"Although this Is a time for courage,
composure and caution, business skies
are practically without clouds. H is up
to business men and women to maintain
certain and continuous business activity
tn sufficient volume with fair and rea
sonable profits. If there should be a
serious reaction and depression, which
now seems improbable. It will be the
fault of those who. by reason of offi
cial positions. Improperly interfere and
not because of any fundamental deficits
of our resources and opportunities."
"All. or nearly all. of us have for
months been unable to supply the de
mands of our customers as to quantity
or deliveries and our prices, considered
as a whole, have resulted in profits,"
Gary said.
"As a matter of course, some adjust
ments wilt have to be made. The aver
age of frie general scale ought to be re
duced equitably and relatively. Without
referring to individual cases or lines of
general business, I believe in many
In
stances, prices have been outrageously
high. This observation applies more es
pecially to middlemen, so-called, and to
smaller departments of industry. It also
included employes in certain trades, but
U does not pertain under present condi
tions to the masses of workrn.
"Labor questions are
alw:
vays under
(ConctBdad on PW Three. Cokuna Four)
London, Oct. 22. (I. N. S.) Ex
plosions and heavy firing broke out
in Dublin this morning, said a dis
patch from that city to the Evening
News. It was reported that an ar
mory had been raided and a quan
tity of arms and munitions were
seized.
LOWER PRCES
SHOTS STIR DUBLIN
IN ARMORY ATTACK
S. P. FREIGHT WRECK AT PARKPLACE
this morning 1 1 ParkpUce, sorth
ahead of the engine, Tbe wreck tore
Camel Fossil
Stums Desert
Beast Roamed
Oregon Field
Wheeler, Or . Oct. 22. During re
cent excavations made in following
a coal lead on the property of the
Wheer Lumber company, at Coal
creek, a short distance north of here,
some interesting specimens of petri
fied bone and wood have been found.
.i
Among the specimens moat clearly de
fined are a camel's foot and also the
upper jaw of a camel in which the nos
trils and tongue are very distinct.
There are also a number of fruits or
vegetables similar in size and contour
to our watermelon and in some of these
which have been broken tbe core is very
plain.
With a number of small bones, clams
and some curiosities in petrified and
coaiised wood one of these being a
Hemlock stump, knotted and gnarled
and partly coal I ted the collection con
sists of "about 50 specimens.
Profesaor L." E. Griffin, head of the
biology department of Heed college, ex
pressed no surprise today when Informed
of the discovery of bones supposed to
belong to a prehistoric 'camel In a coal
prospect vein near Wheeler.
"Science has proved that the camel
originated on the North American, con
tinent," said Griffin. He added that re
mains of the camel have been found in
cretaceous strata tn Wyoming, South
Dakota and Nebraska. He had not heard
of such fossils being found In Oregon.
According lo Ira A. Williams, geol
ogist of the Oregon state bur jau of
mines and geology, camels were com
mon In thi region a few million years
ago. Ancestors of; the horse. plg,
rhinoceros and the "cat also were com
mon. Fossil formations found in the
Coal creek district belong to the ter
tiary period, acrording to Williams.
CHARGES AGAINST
By Ralph Watson
Two years ago, when Robert N.
Stanfield was a candidate for nomi
nation as United States senator, it
was openly' charged and never ade
quately denied that he was too close
ly allied in his business dealings with
the Swift packing Interests to per
mit him to he chosen as a repre
sentative of the people of Oregon In
the United States senate.
It was then charged and never satis
factorily denied, that this circumstance
had been most potent in enabling him
to rise from a moderate level of success
in the sheep and wool business until he
ranked as the largest individual oper
ator In the country dealing in millions
of dollars every year.
As a result of these charges he was
overwhelmingly repudiated by his own
party in 1918.
These standing charges have not been
pforgotten now, either In Eastern or In
( (tonoiuded on Tt Thre. Column One)
S AN 0 REV VED
of Portland, and of the four can which telescoped aa they went Into to
ap tbe track for several hundred feet,
mil to
DEATH IN GAB
Oscar Bair Meets Tragic Death
When Cars Are Ditched on
Southern Pacific Line at Park
place; Fireman Thrown, Hurt.
Oregon City, Oct. 22. Engineer
Oscar Batr of Portland was scalded
to death Friday morning about T
o'clock when a Southern Pacific
freight train, southbound. was
wrecked at Park place, a few miles
south of Portland.
Balr was engineer nf a helper engine
in the middle of the train and Vaa killed
when a flange on a gondola car, two cars
ahead of his engine, broke, throwing
four cars and his engine into the ditch.
The cars telescoped and bursting at earn
pipes let out clouds of live steam that
enveloped the engine cab.
riKEMAK IS Hl'lir
Fireman B. A. McCull, also of Portland,
was thrown clear when the engine
tnmed over and suffered only minor In
juries He was cared for here. Hair's
body was brought to the morgue here
and will be turned over to Portland rel
atives. He was married and 4S years
old.
The wrerk tore the track up for a dis
tance of several hundred feet.
Bair was found pinned beneath the
cab. None of the rest of the train crew ,
wan injured.
According to members of the crew,
the train was proceeding at about lt
to 20 miles an hour, but Mrs. K. Zle
laakwski, an eye witness who resides
near by, said that it was going at a
swift rate of speed. She was looking
from her window at the time, watching
the train, and when opposite her house
she saw the cars ralseid up Into the air
and topple over on the side of the
track.
Then she saw the fireman thrown
out about 15 feet from his side of the
cab, and said that he Immediately got
up and rushed back to tne train in
an effort to shut off the steam which
was scalding the ill-fated engineer
pinned beneath the wreckage.
The truck of the gondola, was torn
: OnnaladaaW Pi Tm,' Ookiara JTt
San Francisco. Oct. 22. (U. P.)
Edward A. Yellowley today was
appointed California prohibition di
rector to fill the place which had
been filled by temporary appointees
since the death of Ioren A. Hand
ley, according to an announcement
at the federal building.
defaylnj: traffic on the main Uaey.
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