TilU OIUXOIJ. DAILY . JO'JKiiAL, POT-O-AliD.- Cll-COIJ.
1, UviUuui
ARE REGARDED AS
DOUBTFUL STATES
By David Lawrsnce
(CnprrlsM. 1129, by The Jirn
Indianapolis. Ind., Oct. 83. 1111
nois may be dismissed fn a single
sentence overwhelmingly Republi
can. Not much harm has, been done
the national ticket by the factional
fights insid the state. As for In
diana, the situation ia far moro In
teresting. Three weeks ago the Democrats them
selves would have conceded defeat But
a Democratic drift hss started. Repub
licans admit It is a League of Nations
sentiment become articulate. While the
Democrats are uncertain as to the ulti
mate sice of the drift, the Republicans
confidently say that they will parry the
slate by 60.000, perhaps a more conserva
tive estimate would be 40.000. This may
teem a huge -majority compared to the
(000 which Indiana gave Hughes In 1916,
but the country must be prepared for
unusual figures both In Democratic and
Republican states this year, as In many
Instances' the women vote amounts to
-10 per cent of the male vote. Majorities
of 40.000 (his year really would be about
10,000 in other years.
ISSlVlS ABSTRACT
Indiana, which is so close to Ohio
that It ought to tell offhand which one
of its two next door neighbors in Ohio is
the better man, is voting on entirely ab
stract issues this year; The personality
of Cox or Harding is not a factor. Here
are some things that do count:
First Fully 80,000 negroes will vote
the Republican ticket this year. Some
.well Informed political reporters tell the
-writer that the Democrats would have a
majority of the white vote in ordinary
elections.
Second The Germans of the state,
and large numbers of them are normally
Republican, are voting for Harding al
most to a man. e
Some leading editors insist that the
Republican campaign has systematically
cultivated the German vote for the last
year. The fact is, it need not to hare
been sought. It is naturally resentful o(
Wilson because he did not keep America
from fighting Germany.
Third The Irish vote Isn't going to
leave the Democratic party ia such large
proportions as was believed at the out
set of this campaign, but the IrlsH have
been the backbone of the party and the
Democrats never can afford defections
In Indiana, as the strength of the two
parties is normally about even.
Fourth The desire for a change In
administration in Washington is an ef
fective influence where the. League of
Nations as an Issue has not penetrated
the electorate.
LOOKS DEMOCRATIC
On the surface Indiana ought to go
Democratic this year. The bulk of the
press is staunchly fighting for the pres
ent League of Nations. The Indian
apolis News, as Influential as any news
paper In the state and a Republican
newspaper besides, a strong advocate of
the nomination of Leonard Wood, a
supporter of Hughes in 19161. is fighting
Harding on the league Issue and saying
very little about the? rest of his cam
paign. It so happens that the majority
of stock In the News" is owned by some
of the relatives of the late Charles W.
Fairbanks, Republican vice president,
and the Fairbanks boys are campaign
ing for Harding, but "under the law of
the state and claunes of the will, the
surviving partners even though minor
ity stockholders have been for the
league from the start, and are continuing
to wage a fight for the covenant, advo
cating, as they always have, proper res
ervations). Now the "Schaffer newspapers ihe
Indianapolis Star, Muncie Star and
Terre Haute Star have similarly been
for the league, although Republican on
other questions. All these newspapers
look at the league Issue as hardly an
ephemeral thing and they are just as
likely to bring their Influence after
election to persuade Harding to go into
the league with reservations as firmly
as they have urged him to favor such
a proposal in the past
STATE ISSUES HELP
State issues have helped the Demo
crats, too. The state Republican admin
istration is not excessively populsr.
Senator Jim Watson is opposed by union
labor and has managed, to pile up plenty
of other enmities. If everybody voted
as -he or she talks, Watson woId lose j
his seat to Thomas Taggart, the, Demo
cratic nominee. That easily would be
the case If this was an off year and it
would surely be true if the Democratic
nominee were somewhat more inspiring
tha'n Taggart, though the latter, is fairly
popular and has a good organisation
behind him. Watson may creep into of
fice by a bare majority, but It will take
a , Harding landslide to carry him In.
He Is at least 25,000 votes weaker than
"the top of the ticket.
WATSON IS FREIGHTAGE
If the presidential ticket wins by 50,000
to f0?000. iim Watson will resume his
, place tn the United States senate. In
diana has not been In the habit of
scratching tickets with a 50,000. diverg
ence between the two parties. Moreover,
the Republicans are making quite a
drive for a straight ticket, using the age
. old argument that Democrats and Re
publicans have so often employed, name,
ly, that there Is danger of losing one's
vot. for president If a ticket Is
scratched. Of course, this applies to the
Ignorant voter and Is frequently an ef
fective argument.
The Democrats, by ihe way, will get a
big labor vote. McAdoo's visit has
helped to bring many railroad workers
Into line. It is. of course, a useless com-
' parlson, but many people In the Demo
cratic camp Insist that McAdoo would
. . have been a stronger candidate In In
diana than Cox. This would seem to
square with the wavering which Taggart
himself exhibited, in throwing; the In
diana delegation at San ' Francisco, first
to Cox, then to McAdoo and finally to
Cox.
Indiana was by no means a hopeless
proposition for the Democrats at the
opening of the campaign. The press
was voluntarily or involuntarily help
ful to the Democratic cause, but the de
Sire to elect Taggart has filled the minds
Of. the party workers and the Cox cam
paign Itself has, with the exception of
the league issue, done utile to win votes
on domestic Issues.
Indiana will go Republican on the
presidential ticket.
(Tomorrow's dispatch win deal with
.' e situation; in neniucay).
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Rains Are Predicted
. During Coming Week
Washington. Oct 8 J. - (U. P.)
- Weather forecast for period October 25
t to 30. Inclusive: , Pacific states Gener
ally fair In California and unsettled and
; rains In Washington and Oregon during
' the coming week, ".normal temperatures.
Patrolman Bitten
ByMan Taken by
Vagrancy Charge
William Gibbons. 20, when recaptured
after an attempt to escape , Patrolman
Davie of the auto theft department Fri
day night, bit Davis in the leg. He la
held on charge of vagrancy and may
hem. Davis reported he first arrested Gib
bons at Third and Oak streets on the
vagrancy charge and that while walk
ing to headquarters, ' Gibbons Jerked
away and attempted to escape. Davis
caught up with Gibbons at Third and
Oak and tripped the man. When be
fell, his head was close to Davis let
and his teeth closed on the flesh before
he could get out of reach. The leg waa
treated at the Emergency hospital.
DENTON SLAYER
TO BE ARRESTED,
SAYS ATTORNEY
Los Angeles, Oct 23. Final plans
for the Indictment and arrest of
the alleged slayer of Jacob C.
Denton were made today at a conference
between District Attorney Thomas Lee
Woolwine. who took personal charge of
the case. Chief Deputy W. C. Doran and
Deputy Raymond L Turoey.
The evidence accumulated In the entire
investigation waa placed before Wool
wine and the progress of the case out
lined to him.
Doran and Turney, who are satisfied
that the murder mystery has been
solved, have been awaiting Woolwine's
return to the city from New York for
his approval of their plan to indict and
arrest the suspected slayer.
The county grand Jury has adjourned
to meet again Monday rooming, when it
will hear the concluding chapters of the
chain of circumstantial evidence against
the alleged slayer. 1
Delay in calling Mrs. Richard C.
Peete, central figure in the Jacob C.
Denton murder probe before the county
grand Jury waa today attributed to a
searching Investigation of Mrs. Peete's
past life in Louisiana, Texas and Colo
rado, it was learned from officials in
charge of the murder CaSs.
Although the gran-i Jury will resume
Its probe on Monday, Mrs. Peete will
not be called until Tuesday or Wednes
day. It was learned. At that time au
thorities will have in their possession a
complete report of Mrs. Peete's reported
first marriage to L. R. Bosley. who se
cured a divorce in Dallas, Texas, March
13, 1912. and reports on her girlhood
and early life near Shreveport, La.
Fourteen witnesses were called before
the grand jury yesterday. Among them
were two women employes in a local
department store who are believed to
have testified regarding the purchase
of several gowns valued at 1500, made
by a woman representing herself to be
"Mrs. J. C. Denton." These purchases
in August were made five months after
the death of Denton's wife.
California Writer
Dies at Glen Ellen;
Brother Lives Here
K. E. Wickham, a member of The
Journal's composing room staff, has re
ceived word Of the death of his brother.
Ransom Qulgley Wickham, author of
"Pepigrams and Poemettes," at Glen
Ellen, Cal., on October 20. The poet was
well known in Portland, having been a
visitor here. He was born in Indiana In
1855. At the age of It he was a school
teacher in Iowa. He was an active or
ganiser of the Good Templars. He
moved to California in 1885 and was ac
tive in the political affairs of that state
for many years. For 20 years he was
secretary of the California State Home
for Feeble Minded. He is survived by
his wife, a daughter, Laura and two
sons, lldon and George. Also by the
following brothers and sisters: Mrs.
Kittle Barnes. Liscomb, Ja. ; Effie Jones,
Hubbard. Ia. ; j. W. Wickham. Des
Moines, and E. E. Wickham, Portland.
Charles R. Ford
The body of Charles R. Ford, who
died Monday at Good Samaritan hos
pital, following an operation, has been
sent to Sioux City, la., for Interment
rs. L. J. Saddler, 688 East Washington
street, at whose house Ford was re
siding, is accompanying the body east.
Ford was a clone friend of Motorcycle
Policeman Shaylor.
Berkeley Students
Revive Soap Box m
Support of League
San Francisco. Oct. 23. Heckled by
spectators, compelled to shout above the
noise of the street cars to make them
selves heard, told to move on by the
police, youthful political enthusiasts
from the University of California have
invaded this city to preach the doctrine
of democracy and do their bit to help
elect Cox and put across the League of
Nations.
They have adopted the soap-box toieth-
ods of the old-time politicians and re
vived the cornet solo of the medicine
man to attract a crowd. They shout
their political epigrams with an Intens
ity that has broken the general apathy
of the campaign.
The orators are led by Miles Ham
mond. K. A. Morton, George Hickman
and Julian Pardinl and are members of
what they claim is the largest student
political organisation in the country,
1500 members being enrolled.
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Professor Malcolm,
Peace League Man,
Declares for Cox
Los Angeles. Oct. 2J. Rov Malcolm.
professor of political science in the Uni
versity of Southern California and execu
tive secretary of the Los Angeles county
unit of the League to Enforce Peace,
has announced his intention to support
Governor Cox because of Ala stand tor
the League of Nations, j '
"l am voting the Democratic ticket,"
said Malcolm, "because I believe it has
a clearer vision of the twentieth cen
tury place of the United States in the
family of nations. It is foolish to talk
about isolation when there is no Isola
tion and has not been for a generation.
especially since 1898. I take this stand
upon my individual responsibility and
not as representing the institution with
which I am connected." 1
PROPOSED STRIKE
I OE BRITISH RAIL
WORKERS PITT OFF
London, Oct. 2. (U. ' P.) The
nation-wide railway striker sched
uled '.to start at midnight Sunday as
a sympathetic demonstration with
the miners' walkout, 'Was postponed
this evening:.
Representatives of the striking miner
had askePthe railway workers to sus
pend their sympathetic strike, it was
officially announced this evening.
The request was made at a Joint con
ference of the miners' and rallwaymea's
executive boards, it was understood, i
The reason assigned by the miners for
their request was that Premier Lloyd
George has invited them to participate
in a conference to attempt a settlement
of the strike and they did not wish to
be embarrassed In their negotiations by
threat of a railway strike.
Lloyd George sent a letter to the min
ers, inviting them to an Immediate con
ference. Frank Hodges, secretary, ac
cepted for the federation and arranged
for a deputation of miners to meet the
premier in Downing street at 10 o'clock
tomorrow morning.
FIGHT PORT BILL
The rising tide of opposition to
the Swan Island port measure in
cludes the owners of steamers and
towboats operating on the Columbia
river.
The names of all such concerns are
signed to a Joint protest against enact
ment of the measure made public today.
The list includes the Diamond O Naviga
tion company, Drake C. O'Reilly ; Shaver
Transportation company, Delman Shaver
and George M. Shaver : Hosford Trans
portation company, O. W. Hosford ; Wil
lamette & Columbia River Towing com
pany, F. B. Jones. The statement
reads:
"We, whose names are hereto signed,
being the owners of passenger steamers
and towboats operating on the Willam
ette and Columbia rivers, desire to ex
press our acquiescence In and commen
dation of the Chamber of Commerce and
other civic bodies, prominent citizens
and shipping men in their stand against
the Swan island scheme which is to be
voted on at the November election. The
project as contemplated to our minds is
wholly unnecessary and practically a
Taste of $40,000,000 to $50,000,000 of the
taxpayers' money."
Gompers- Makes His
First Contribution
To a Political Party
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, has
made his first contribution to the cam
paign fund of a political party, ac
cording to his own statement, in the
check which he sent to Chairman
George White of the Democratic na
tional commitee,
Mr. Gompers, In the letter accom
panying his check for $25 as his con
tribution toward the expenses of Gov
ernor Cox' campaign, said - that while
he had made a contribution to the
Non-partisan political campaign com
mittee of the American Federation of
Labor which Investigated the records
of the two presidential candidates, this
was the first occasion on which he
ever had contributed to a political
party.
He said that he was not a member
of the Democratic party or any other
political party, but was endeavoring to
present to the citlsenshlp of the United
States the great issues involved in this
campaign. His conviction, he wrote,
was that it is the duty of American
manhood and womanhood to give their
support to the fullest to the candidacy
of Governor Cox.
Prohibition Agent .
At Los Angeles Sets
Threatening Letter
Los Angeles, Oct 23. (I. N. S.)
The life of Arthur O. Krlele, chief
deputy prohibition director for South
ern California, has been threatened In
an anonymous letter.
He has" been warned that unless he
discontinues his vigorous activities in
unearthing Information and witnesses
In the whiskey, brandy and wine with
drawal permit scandal, involving court
politicians and petty federal office-holders,
he will meet death at the hands
of the author of the threatening letter.
Boise Chosen for
Synod's Next Meet
Albany. Or.. Oct. 21. The next annual
session of the synod ofthe Columbia
will be held at Boise, Idaho, it was de
cided at the 1920 synod, held at Oak-
ville, where Dr. H. -F. Olven, pastor of
the First Presbyterian church at Port
land, was elected moderator and Rev.
8. E. DuBols of Portland, clerk. The
synod received the plan of Joint control
submitted by the officials of Albany
college and Will In turn submit the plan
for .approval to the general assembly of
the United Presbyterian' church.
Albany Pioneer Dies
From Heart Trouble
Albany. Or.. Oct 28i Heart; disease
caused the sudden death of William
Howell, pioneer of 1852. and a native
of Illinois, in Albany Friday. HeweU
was a resident of Benton county. His Is
survived by his wife and three children.
Jury Was Willing to
Pay $50,000 More
Vew York. Oct U. P.) Mrs.
Laura Wilson could have received more
but aha didn't. A Jury awarded her
$300,009 for the loss of her - husband's
love, adding they would nave maae n
1250,000 If she bad askea iu
STEAMER OWNERS
CYCLE. RIDERS 'HURT IN CRASH
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A. . '"WWftjta- " 'V
Three persons were Injured and a reckless driver was arrested an a re
sult of ihe collision of a small automobile and a motorcycle on Wil
lamette boulevard Friday afternoon. Above Wrecked machine into
which motorcycle dashed. Below the cycle.
BOYS WHO ENTERED
Four Washington high school
boys arrested on Larch mountain for
breaking into the Crown-Willamette
Paper company's cabin by W. M.
Arrington, were fined the costs,
amounting to $15, by Judge Jacob'
Kanzler In the court of domestic re
lations. Arrington has been em
ployed to patrol the mountain for
vandals, under cooperative arrange
ments between the forest service, the
sheriff's office and the paper com
pany. Since it was shown the boys had done
no actual damage beyond prying open
the window and had not shown van
dal ic intentions they were compelled to
pay only for the sheriff's time, amount
ing to $3.75 each. The boys werrf Judd
Griffith. 1142 East Main street ; H. Hof
mann, room 262 Medical building ; W.
E. Hollo way, 6 East Eleventh street,
and M. M. McGrath, 445 East Fourteenth
street
Arrington began work October 11 and
on his first trip up the mountain ar
rested the four boys who had broken
Into the cabin and brought them to Port
land. Decision to patrol the mountain dur
ing the winter resulted from the devas
tation to which this famous recreation
center has been subjected In winters
past by unscrupulous persons. Burning
of the Trails club cabin for firewood,
cutting down some or the finest trees
and breaking into the government cabin
are among the acts of vandalism. Ar
rington has been authorised to arrest
any person committing any act of van
dalism on the mountain. He will make
his headquarters at The Hazelwood at
the base of Multnomah falls and work
on the trail to prevent its being washed
out, during the times he is not making
.his periodical visits to the summit
Arrest Is Expected
In Murder Case of
Mrs. Ruby Allen
San Francisco, Oct 23. (I. N. S.) An
early arrest tn the murder case of Mrs.
Ruby Allen, found strangled to death
in a local hotel, was promised by the
police today. The signature of the man
who registered at the hotel, a finger
print left upon a water glass and in
formation secured from a woman who'
knew the Allen girl were the clues on
which the police were basing their case.
Identification of the "mystery man"
found dead on Thornton Beach as George
Fletcher, alias Lopes, served to deepen
the mystery of his death. Police today
were searching for a woman that he had
planned to marry.
Schedule Is Changed
For Two Passenger
Trains of S., P. & S.
Passenger trains Nos. 21' and 24 of
the Spokane. Portland Seattle rail
way, operating between Portland and
Astoria, will be withdrawn from serv
ice Sunday, October II. because of
the rapid decrease in business Incident
to the close of the summer beach sea
son. These trains had been withdrawn
during the winter season every year
except last year. Trains Nos. 29 and
30 will make the stops Nos. Zl and 24
made, and a slight change will be
made in the leaving time of the new
consolidated tralna
King of Greece Has
Relapse; Is Delirious
London, Oct 21. (L N. S- King Al
exander of Greece, who contracted blood
poisoning ; from . the . bit of a monkey,
suffered a relapse and became delirious
on Friday, said a dispatch from Athene
today. The king -had a temperature
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LARCH
CABIN
FINED
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Motorcycle Strikes
Auto; Three Injured
And One Arrested
Three men suffered slight injuries and
one ia under arrest as result of an auto
mobile and motorcycle collision on Wil
lamette boulevard late Friday afternoon.
M. B. Rowe, 1682 Macrum street. St
Johns, driver of the cycle, suffered pos
sible internal injuries, and is charged
by the police with reckless driving. G.
Marlett 134 Swenson street, who was
riding on the tandem of the motorcycle,
suffered bruises and cuts on the head
and shoulders. Both cyclists were thrown
several feet.
E. Blackwood of Tacoma, who was
driving the machine said to have been
struck' by the motorcycle, suffered a
severe laceration on the leg. The men
were all treated by a nearby physician.
Mrs. Blackwood and a 7-year-old daugh
ter, riding with Blackwood, escaped with
out Injury.
According to the police, Blackwood
was delving into Willamette boulevard
from the extension of Greeley street He
told the police that Rowe, who was rid
ing In the direction of Greeley street
on Willamette boulevard appeared to in
tend to turn into Greeley street but sud
denly swerving his cycle, Rowe crashed
into the rear end of the Blackwood ma
chine. The two local men went to their homes
after being attended by the physician
and Blackwood and hla family will re
main in St Johns until their machine is
repaired.
15 SHOT:
TAKENFOR BURGLAR
(Continued From Pas On)
nights ago and we were all anxious
about burglars.
"When my wife and I had listened to
the noise at the door for a few seconds.
I went and got my revolver and threw
the door open. I saw a dark form in
the hallway.
"'Who are you? I demanded. There
was no answer. I shot once and the
body fell to the floor and rolled down
the stairs to the first landing. As the
body was rolling I caught A glimpee of
the man's face and it was then that I
realised who I had shot."
Police were unable to find a logical
explanation of why Rev. Mr. Ruff had
gone to the second floor instead of stop
ping at his own apartment. The theory
was advanced that he might have
absent-mindedly walked past his own
door.
BEST QUARREL DENIED
Sextro denied he had quarreled with
the pastor over rents.
Following his preliminary examination
police held Sextro, for further question
ing. Mrs. Hiram White, Interviewed by the
United Press, gave added weight to the
story told by Sextro.
Mrs. White, who occupies the apart
ment just above the Sextros, said she
was tn bed. She said she had been awake
some time and her mind was perfectly
clear so that she remembered distinctly
what she heard.
"I heard Sextro yell. "Who is there?
Who is there? several times," Mrs.
White said. "I could hear no answer.
Suddenly there was a shot"
Mrs. White said the hallway was dark
and the face of anyone standing there
could not be recognised at that time of
the day. This was confirmed by in
vestigators. ,
Mrs. White also confirmed the state
ment made by Sextro that her apart
ment had been robbed recently.
Hokussi Print Show
To Close Thursday
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The Japanese prints by Hokussi now
on exhibition at the Museum of Art
will "be shown for the tost time next
Thursday. These prints are from the
"Hundred Poems," "Bridge,' "Water
falls and "Fuji" series; The exhibition
to follow will be of drawings, water-
color and 'oil paintings. The regular
hours of the museum are: Weekdays
t to S o'clock. Sundays 2 to & free
the afternoons of . Tuesday, Thursday,
Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
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LANDLORD
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AS ONLY HOPE
Bj'Xud A. Irvine
There is every indication that the
Irish vote in Oregon ia breaking to
Governor Cox. Formerly, almost
solid for Harding, the Irish vote is
now divided and many Irishmen de
clare that those Interested in Irish
freedom will ultimately line up. for
Cox.
The reasons are many. First is Sen
ator Harding's declaration on September
XI. that the Irish question "is not a
question for official America, America
has already meddled excessively abroad
without Invitation." ' Many an Irishman
saw in that statement the Quashing of
all hope of American aid to Ireland la
the event of Harding election.
Following immediately upon Harding's
action in turning his back on the Irish
came Cox's declaration that he would
take the Irish question before the
League of Nations.
There) can b nn ahMlnr nlav In
the world so long as the peoples of the
smaller weak nations are held in politi
cal peonage by powerful or imperialistic
governments," Cox declared.
RECORD BROUGHT OUT
Another reason for the switch of the
Irish ' vote is the damaging record of
Senator Harding in the senate which
has recently been brought to light
He voted against a senate resolution
expressing the hope that England would
exercise clemency .. in the treatment of
Irish political prisoners. He voted
against self-determination whenever It
appeared. He voted against political
autonomy for the Philippines. He voted
against an amendment to the peace
treaty providing that Article 11 "shall
not deny the right of revolution to the
people of Ireland" and other peoples
governea wunout meir own consents
He voted against a reservation piovid
lng for withdrawal from the league if
any member makes forcible seizure of
the territory of weaker peoples. The
following resolution by Gerry was
placed before the senate:
GERRY'S RESERVATION
"In consenting to the ratification of
the treaty with' Germany the United
States adheres to the principle of self
determination -and to the resolution of
sympathy for the Irish people for a
government of their own choice adaopted
by the -senate June 6. 1919."
Harding voted to lay the resolution
on the table, killing it without the nec
essity for a direct vote.
The motion was lost and he then
voted for an amendment striking out
the principle of self-determination,'
thus committing the senate against that
principle.
The amendment was lost, and Senator
Harding finally voted against the Gerry
resolution Itself, thus squarely opposing
self-determination for the people of Ire
land or any other country.
These facts are becoming known to
the Irish in Portland. As a result they
are rapidly jumping to Cox.
BOGUS CLAIMS
Moreover, they are learning of the
bogus claims of the opponents of the
League of Nations relative to the effect
of that document on Irish independence,
They are learning that Article 11 pro
vides that the Irish question can be
brought before the league try a mem
ber, that the other nations cannot unite
with England against Ireland uder Ar
ticle X, which deals etlrely with ex
ternal aggression, and that the league
and Cox offers far more opportunity
lor Irish freedom than Senator Hard
lng and his . separate peace.
Moreover, one Irishman pointed out
today, "Ireland certainly cannot be
worse off under the .league than she
would be under present conditions with
Harding as president"
The marked change in Irish sentiment
and the drift to Cox that Is unquestioned,
has led Or. E. T. Hedlund, chairman of
the Cox committee In Multnomah coun
ty, to declare his belief that Multnomah
county will roll up a plurality for Cox
in Novert-er.
DR.
LOVEJOY PLEDGES
SELF TO WHOLE PEOPLE
Addressing a meeting of voters hi the
Gilbert school auditorium last night. Dr.
Esther Pohl Lovejoy, candidate for con
gress, declared she Is determined, if
elected, to go to Washington and fight
for the rights of the whole people and
that she will be hampered by no al
legiance to any faction or group, but will
be free to assist as she believes best in
the promotion of the general welfare, as
provided by the constitution of the Unit
ed States.
"If I go to Washington." said Dr.
Lovejoy, "I will go to represent every
honest voter, every legitimate business
and every honorable worker. It Is my
ambition to help work out the great
Xroblems now confronting the people of
merlca and of the world. There is a
big work to be done and I am hopeful
that I shall have a part in it.
"I will stand for fair play and honest
dealing and shall fight for those meas
ures which will bring to the greet masses
of the people a more pleasurable ex
istence." SELLWOOD CITIZENS HEAR
CANDIDATES DISCUSS ISSUES
Two hundred people, or more, gathered
at the Sellwood community hall last
night to hear W. D. Bennett Dan Kella
her, Fred Jerman. Herbert Gordon and
Norman S. Richards discuss their rela
tive positions in the campaign.
Bennett spoke in behalf of his can
didacy for election as public service com
missioner, attacking the S-cent street
car fare and the record of the Portland
Railway, Light Power company In
general. He contended that the 8-cent
fare ought not to have been fastened
upon . the public of Portland by the pub
lic service commission, arguing that the
commission did not, in reality, have Jur
isdiction or power to change the written
terms of the franchise under which the
company had contracted with the city
to furnish streetcar rides for S cents.
Dan Kellaher. Norman S. Richards and
Herbert Gordon, all candidates for
mayor, presented their cases, while Fred
German spoke against the soning ordi
nance, which ir to be approved or re
jected by the people of the city at the
coming election.
OREGONIAN KILLS AD IN
BEHALF OP DR. LOVEJOY
Leaders of the Lovejoy compalgn are
complaining of unfair treatment ac
corded them by the Oregonlan through
Its refusal to print a series of display
advertisements setting out the official
record of Congressman C N. MeArthur,
even after the first of the series of Ave
had been printed and after the copy for '
the remaining- lour had been accepted
and the money paid by the Lovejoy com
mittee. . B. A. Green, one of the leaders of the
Lovejoy committee, states he took the
copy of the five advertisements to the
Oregonlan which agreed to publish the
first one on Thursday, which was done,
while the others were to be printed in
sequence; the second m this morning's
edition, the third on Monday of jtezt
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REDS TO GIVE
PUBLIC BURIAL
TO JOHN REED
By Karl H. von Wiegand
Berlin, Oct. 2S. A tolenux pub
lio funeral will be held In Mos
cow, probably on Saturday, for
John Reed, the American writer,
member of the Third Interna
ttonale, who died Sunday of ty
phus, according to wireless dis
patch received today from Mos
cow. The wireless was signed
MHnortsa,w and reported that
Reed had but recently returned
from Baku, .accompanied by his
wife. Ionise Bryant, who waa
with him at the time of his
death.
week, the fourth on Tuesday and the
fifth on Wednesday. The price asked,
and paid, was $201.60. Mr. Green has
now been notified that orders were
given to "kill" the advertisements and
that he can get his money back.
Mr. Green and the other members of
the Lovejoy committee feel that they
are being unfairly treated, particularly
In view of the fact that the matter con
tained in thefive advertisements merely
consisted or a relation of McArthur's
official record during his service in
congress.
CHAMBERIiAIN AND OTHERS
TO ADDRESS RAILROAD MEN
Railway employes, their families and
friends will hold a meeting Sunday,
October 24, at 2 p. m. at Modern Wood
men of America hall. 8 Eleventh
street north. The -League of Nations.
record of respective candidates toward
labor and other national Issues will be
discussed.
Speakers will be Senator George E.
Chamberlain, Dr. Esther Johl Lovejoy,
Mark W. Hearn and others.
Miss Mary F. N'eely and Miss Isa Bot-
ten will give a musical program.
Says Gas Rates to Jump
At a meeting called by the Car Riders'
committee of Kenton, held at Kenton
school auditorium Thursday night Wil
liam IX. Bennett candidate for public
service commissioner, warned the public
against a raise in gas rates. He charged
that the gas companies now have en
gineers and accountants at work pre
paring data In support of an application
for Increase In rates which they propose
to make as soon as the election Is over.
Miss Monroe to Speak
Miss Anne Shannon Monroe will speak
under the auspices of the Cox-Roosevelt
club of Oregon at Rainier, Or., on
the eveenlng of October 29, in the Inter
est of the League of Nations and the
Democratic presidential candidates. Dr.
W. E. Welch of "Rainier, and former
Democratic county chairman of Colum
bia county, reports a monster rally has
been arranged.
To Debate Carfare
The 8-eent streetcar fare will be dis
cussed tonight at S o'clock before a
meeting under the auspices of the Better
Transportation league at the 8t Johns
library. Kellogg and Charleston streets.
W. D. Bennett candidate for . public
service commissioner, and Dan Kella
her, candidate for mayor of Portland,
will speak.
Debs Speaker Announced
Lena Morrow Lewis, national organ
izer for the Socialist party, will speak at
the Debs meeting Sunday evening In
Machinists' hall, 128 V, Fourth street.
Pictures of the educational work of
soviet Russia will be shown.
Swedish King Takes
Cabinet Resignation
Washington. Oct. 28. (I. X. 8.) The
king of Sweden has accepted the resigna
tion of HJalmar Brantlng, and the Swed
ish cabinet, the state department was ad
vised today. The resignations were at
first refused. A new ministry will be
formed, the dispatch stated. The resig
nations are attributed to refusal of the
Liberal party to cooperate with the cab
inet in desired changes. -
L.inch Fire Expensive
New Bedford, Mass.. Oct 23. (I. N.
S.) A general alarm fire, which started
from an overheated range In a lunch
room In the center of the city today,
wiped out a dozen concerns and caused
a loss estimated at between M 69,000 and
$800,000.
Nature
Responds
Nature is on
your side
every time
you
Grape-Npt s
&r this sturdy blend of wheatzod
malted barley- supplies body and
brain with just the elements of
nutrition that Nature demands
for Health and vigor
- GrapeNute is a Sugar Saver
"There's a ReasorC!
MlaJU r Postum Ctir4d CaI'ACMBevlili Gretlc,Mick
DR. ZIEGLER IS :
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STAND OF PAPER
Dr. J. B. Ziegler, long recognized
as an authority on matters pertain
ing to port control, takes issue with
an assertion in a local morning pa
per that the reply of the Committee "
of Fifteen, author of the Swan island '
port legislation. Is "crushing in lta
conclusiveness." No fabricating of -words.
Dr. Ziegler jtays in a state "
ment today, can hide the fact that
the port bill on the November ballot
proposes by vote of the state at
large, but , at the expense of Port
land, a huge addition to bonded
debt. His Bt&tement follows:
"The Oregoniaa says, The reply of
the committee of IS to the objections of
the directors of the Chamber of Com- .
mere to the port consolidation plan Is
crushing in its conclusiveness.'
"Here are some of those 'crushing'
refutations : Home rule The -act Is said
to be a home rule act because the city
votes on a measure divesting itself of
all control of harbor matters.
"If -it refuses by said vote, then in
the event the9 state gives a majority p
for the act, the port district is saddled
with a possible aggregate of 161.000,000 .
bond and tax burdens, against Its will,
and the port commission goes on with
its scheme without consolidation.
"The Oregonlan avoids such contin
gency by calling attention to the sug
gestion of somebody that In such cass
the port commission will 'doubtless'
agree not to lsaue bonds tor purchase
of lands without a referendum to a port
election.
VEBT IJrTERESTIKG
"Very interesting ! It seems we have
authorities whose suggestions and pos
sible agreements are of more Interest
and force than the legal acts we are In
vited to establish.
"The dock and port commissions nd
the city have pledged 110.000 each to
the committee of 15 to Inaugurate and
mature their plan.
"The ballot measure Vnultlnir- con
firms the bonding powers of 6 per cent
. mil 1 n,r Mnf ,Imb1v vmUiI hv thm
.... in th. Mmnllnlon. authorises
an additional bonding power, exclusive
of the S10.560.000 of dock bonds to be
assumed, of 5 per cent on bonds out
standing. This last power Is continuing
and can be used to keep such 6 per
cent (on present tax roll yielding fit,
500,000V of Indebtedness.
PAPF.B CONTRADICTED
'The power would not be -exhausted,
as the OreRonlan states It would, by the
issue of that amount The proponents
admit that In private but not tn public,
so the admission would reach the voter.
If s strange that being financed to the
extent they are, the committee Is unable
to get all the provisions" of the act
squarely before the voters.
'The only real limitation to the bond
ing and taxing power sought In the bill
is the capacity of the property of the
city to carry the burden. So that In
view of powers vested by the act, the
state of the bond market and declining
values of property, It certainly behooves
the voter to be wary of voting away the,
home rule power as proposed by the
powerful Interests back of this bill."
Reading of Law Is
Sentence of Court
B. H. Barnes spent an hour's sentence
reading traffic laws In Municipal Judge
Kouman'i court Friday when he ap
peared to answer a charge of driving his
car with only one light. When the court
asked Barnes the law, he confessed
ignorance. Judge Rossman provided a
copy of the traffic ordinances and
Barnes concentrated the full hour. He
was then ready and willing to tell the
court all about lights and signals.
Colby Refuses to
Discuss Yap Matter
Washington, Oct 23. (I. N. S.) Sec
retary of State Colby declined to dis
cuss today reports that the mikado had
loiiued a formal statement declaring
Japan would decline to accept Joint con
tra) of the Yap cable lines with the
United Staffs. Secretary Colby Indicated
that with the deliberation of the com
munications conference as yet undevel
oped, he did not believe It would be time
ly for him to discuss It
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