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ZD CITY EDITION Neighborhood News ' Happenings of more or leu importance In the several neighborhoods of Portland are chronicled on pages 4 and t of today's Journal. , " . - - . " ' ' CITY EDITION s All Here and It's All True r THE WEATHER Tonight and Sunday, fair; northerly winds. . , v . ,., Minimum temperatures Friday: Portland ....... 89 , New Orleans ... hi . - Helena 24 . New York 44 Los Angeles .... 0 St. Paul ........ a . VOL. XIX. NO. 207. Eatared aa Sveond CIm liatter Paatoffiea, Portland, Oraso PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 6, 1920. SIXTEEN PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS on trains ana niws STANDS riVI CENT v . V TIGERS HOLD i " jCrowd of 46,000 Sees Brilliantly Played ... Struggle; Crimson Spurt in Ebbing Minutes Staves Off "Certain Defeat By Jack Tetock ;v International VfW grrfce Spcfts Editor , Harvard Stadium, Cambridge, ; Mass., Nov. 6. With a- crowd of 46.000 wildly .enthusiastic football ; fans looking on. Harvard and Prlnce ton played a tie game here this afternoon. The score was 14 to T4. Harvard drew first blood. The Crim son steam roller went over Princeton's goal line in the first quarter when Hor ween, Owen and Churchill, fresh and full of ginger, hammered their way .to . the coveted goal in the first seven min utes of play. There was no more scor ing after Horween's touchdown in the first qnarter. - PASS X3TABLES SCORE The second period was scoreless. -1 in the third quarter the Tigers evened up the count, a beautiful forward pass, Murrey to Ixurle, netting them a score. Late in the third quarter a blocked punt and a recovery by Legendre of the Tigers on Harvard's five-yard line put the invaders In a position to score. This they did in the first minute of play in .the fourth quarter when Carrity touched the Crimson line in two places for the score that put Princeton in the lead. It appeared as the final period wore on that Harvard was doomed to defeat, but the Crimson, fighting gamely, worked the ball down to Princeton's 35-yard line, from, which point a series of plays . ending . iq a forward pass, - Buell to Crocker, gave a tie score. ... Perfect weather prevailed, f The day was clear with just enough fall sting in the air to make overcoats comfortable and to put "pep" into the players. . yo.wnr iic kihi tears ' ' As the hour of the Harvard-Princeton game approached it was recalled that ' Princeton has not defeated Harvard in a iiiccwii liSM uufc utovou a a cat v u an nine years. It was iin 1911 that Sam White picked up a fumbled ' ball and raced over Harvard's goal for a touch- down, dragging the Crimson in the dust behind him. - Small wonder the Tiger is hungry." . ,;;J; - Princeton and Harvard have played 22 games. The Tigers have won 10 against eight Harvard victories and two tie games. But nine years Is a long stretch. The Tiger craves a change of diet and he went out to get it today. Washington, Nov. . (I. N. S.) Two Americans named Mills and MacLaughlin are in serious danger as a result of an attack by armed Russians, Bariats and Mongola in the town of Urga, Mongolia, ac cording to reports to the" state de partment from the American lega tion at Peking. American friends of the' two men are organizing ' a rescue party to bring them out of the danger gone. . 4 . . California Editor Offered Position on ing Board ' San Francisco, Nov.- 6. (L N. S.) Chester 1L, Rowell, former Fresno edi tor and prominent California progres sive, has been offered an appointment to the sew United States Shipping board M1IANS BESIEGED IN CHINA by President Wilson and will accept the V- appointment , Rowell, here to attend a meeting of the regents of the University of Cali . fornta, -admitted on Friday that he 0 had been offered the post, but declined j to state that he had accepted it "I would rather that the announee- - ment would come from Washington, he - said. "It was learned, however, that he will accept the appointment ; Woman Is Beheaded When Auto Crashes Through Rail Fence San Jose. CaL, Nov. . (U.. P.) Mrs. Harold Thompson, 25, wife of a well ' ' known San Jose man, was beheaded in an automobile accident near here early "today.- - She was driving with her1 husband , along the county road outside the city when the car, in the darkness, plunged into a rail fence, A flying rail crashed through the windshield- of the auto ; mobile and glass severed Mrs. Thomp son's head from her body. , Thompson was severely hurt, sustain ing fractures of both arms. Unlawful Combine In Rice Is Charged Little Rock. Ark.. Nov. t-(t w s . Charges of an unlawful combination to keep up prices of rice were laid before United States District Attorney Woolen by officers and members of the Southern Rice Growers' association and rice mill wners In a conference here today. :v ', ; ' . Seattle Legion Wires Protest To State Dept. Regarding Japan Seattle, Wash., Nov. .(U. P.) Over the signature of Thomas H. Swale, department commander, of the American Legion here, the fol lowing telegram protesting against tl-e United. States granting equal rights to the Japanese in this coun try was dispatched today to Secre tary of State '.Colby: ' Joint meeting of four Seattle posts of the American Legion representing 6000 members, notes with alarm a press dispatch of this dte announc-. ing the purpose of the state depart ment to conclude at Once a treaty granting to Japanese In this country equal rights with other nationalities, i Such a treaty would be a calamity. It is contrary to the recommenda tions of the Washington convention of the American Legion and to the overwhelming opinion of the veter ans of the United States. We de mand no further steps be taken along these lines, i We particularly protest against any ; secret clauses therein and demand that all provi sions relative to restriction of Jap anese immigration ,be made public. A copy of the protest was sent to the national headquarters of the American Legion at Indianapolis and the resolu tions were passed by -unanimous vote" at a meeting of the four 'local posts here last night , , . t SALE SHOWS GAIN Active bidding.reflecting an ! up ward tendency In the bond market. featured the sale of state road bonds today by the state highway com mission. Among the eight bids re ceived for an . issue of $1,500,000 the highest bid, which' was accepted by the commission, was that of Henry Teal for 11,418.700. 'This was at the rate Of .194.58. or total rlia. - " - - . 1 count of $81,300. Com oared with the last nrinn. j,., . " ,af Prvs today's sale showed k vi nine over ? points. The second high bid was that of a syndicate headed by Kissel Kennicutt company. $1,413,900. v ROAD BIDS OPENED The highway commission also opened bids on , a number . of , road projects. embracing five bridges on the Crater lake highway, 24 miles of paving. 17 miles of grading and lTnlles of gravel ing."'"., ; ' . .; The total estimated cost is $1,14249. In general the bids ran under the en gineer's estimates slightly. Awards will be made after tabulations are completed. The projects included pavement In Ben ton county from Corvallia south on the Pacific highway. Skipanon to Seaside in Clatsop county and from Newberg to West Dayton in Yamhill county ; grad ing 14 miles of the. Crater lake highway in Jackson county between Trail and Agate and graveling 17 miles irr Mal heur county between Jamieson and Vale. LOCATION SETTLED 1 ' The long . deferred location of the John Day highway in Gilliam county has, finally been disposed of by the commissibn, which has unanimously chosen the route from Condon to Arl ington where conection with the Colum bia river highway is to be Vnade.; This route was taken in preference to the one suggested, by way Of Cottonwood, thence across the i. John Day ; canyon through Sherman county to Blgga As compensation the commission will prob ably designate aa a state road in Sher man county the main north and south road through the county from - the northern boundary to the southern lead ing to Shaniko. ' Announcement is made by the com mission that an effort will be made to keep the Pacific highway open all winter. . .. ' The highway when work is suspended this fall will be paved and macadam ised its full length. Machinery will be placed in Jackson county to dispose of snow in the Sisklyous. Swift's Daughter Is Dead at London .-1 1 1 ,mm ( a Chicago, Nov. .(1. N. S.) Word of the death of Mrs. Bessie Swift Fer nald. daughter of Louis F. Swift the packer, at the Mercy hospital in London, was received here today. ; Mra Fernald had been in London since May and succumbed to double pneumonia after an illness of 3 hours.' $1,500,000 BOND Aida Sung, to New Lines k ; n Police in Final Ensemble New York.- Not. . (U. P.) Alda" was sung in a new way at the Lexington , theatre here last night, and today the ' doors were locked. It was something like this: Scene Court of the king of Memphis. King (fortissimo) "I won't sing a note till . I get my money." (Removes false whiskers and hangs them up on a .coat hook). ; .'..'"; Manager (pianissimo) "Hush, the au dience will hear." t , : -"..,;:.;. Queen o Memphis (conamore) "My rent is due. nl money, no music." (Shies her crown Into the wings.) . Manager (andante) "For the love of UPSTATE VOTE ATVANCOUVER Latest Returns Show Bill to Be 1658 Ballots Behind; 60-Day Session of Legislature Also Beaten; Harding Lead, 61,109. complete returns irom Z5 coun ties of the state, including Multno mah, together with practically com plete returns from the remaining 11 counties of the state, show Harding with a ; plurality of 61,109 , votes. Stanfield has atplurality of 18,638 votes over Senator Chamberlain. The constitutional amendment provid ing for a 60-day session of the legislature has gone down to defeat' on the face of the present returns, by a negative majority of 3243 votes, while the port consolidation measure is 1658 votes be hind. . . : Harding's plurality is the largest ever given a presidential nominee in Oregon, the 1 nearest approach to it being the Roosevelt plurality of 42,924 given in 1904. The Harding lead is, however, not in proportion to that given Roosevelt because of the great increase in the votipg population of the state since 1904. Tito votes for president senator and the two measures follow: Harding. 138,187 ; Cox, 77,078. " Stanfield. 112.752; Chamberlain. 96,087. Sixty-day session amendment yes, 71, 922 i, no. 75,235. Port consolidation measure, yes, 75, 087; no, 76,745. ..- .... :- r j .' BASEBALL IS GIVEN ' CLEAN HEALTH BILL Chicago, Nov. 6. (t N. S.) "General demoralization does not exist - in 'organized baseball, and the American public may have confi dence In "the honesty; and" Integrity ef a great.? majority of professional ball players. . : With these words the special grand jury which investigated the 1919 world's series scandal gave organised baseball a clean bill of health today in its final report to Chief Justice Charles A. Mc Donald of the criminal court The grand Jury declared that "a few players had conspired to have games thrown," but declared 'that these , were a "miserable minority."; The Jury also recommended the en actment of a federal law against offer" ing or accepting a bribe. " The report was accompanied by the indictment of six men for conducting baseball pools. These are : Ralph and Peter Hansen, Charles Hass, William Chelius and Fred C Walters and Martin J. Carlin. The six were held in bonds of $1500 each. Cupid Intervenes; Indictment Against - Watson Dismissed !--. r--. - 1 J:v . .'. San Francisco. Nov. 6. (L N. S.) The federal indictment charging William Byrd Watson of Portland with violation of the Mann act was today dismissed in federal I court here. Watson was tried once and, the Jury disagreed.' - It was alleged that he had brought Ruth Akers, 18, sister of his wife, by automobile into California from Oregon. At the time of the first trial the de fense was offered that the young woman had; walked across the Oregon line. Wat son's wife divorced him and he married the : girl. Because of this the case was dismissed today. ; i . i Congressman Will Oppose Cruise of 200 TJ. S. Warships Washington. Nov. 6.OJ. P.) Repre sentative Thomas L. Blanton. Demo crat today In a letter served notice on Secretary Daniels he will fight the pro posed a round-the-world cruise of, 200 of America's biggest warships planned as an aid to recruiting. - Blanton attacked the plan aa need lessly extravagant the recruiting ad vertisements exaggerated and declared the i trip win cause international Jeal ousy which might end in war. Mike, be reasonable. We're counting the house nog" Chorus of soldiers, couriers and statesmen (staccato) "No pay. no warb llngs. We gotu eat 1 Do-re-mL dead beatol When do we put on the nose bags? Ah me!" . j. Manager "Sh-h-h-h! Be a hot sport, king, and give. us the show." Audience (crescendo) "What's the de lay? Give us the show. Let's go. Money back. Let's start something." Enter police. - - Police (con muy furioso and paprika) 'lOutsldel Take the air !" Finale: , - ' The finale was staged at the promot er's office today when the audience lined up to cash in on its- ticket stub . Claude Miller Goes to Laundry Where Spouse.ls Working and Plunges Knife Into Her Body 4 Times; Wound May Be Fatal. Vancouver, Wash., Nov. 6. Pearl B. Miller J 29. was seriously if not fatally wounded Saturday morning when stabbed by her husband, Claude Miller, who is held In jail h.ere oh a federal charge of at tempted murder pending the out come of his wif e's injuries. The federal authorities have taken charge of the case ; as the stabbing occurred on the military reserva tion, v ; : Mrs. Miller was workfng in the Post laundry when her husband, who had come from Oregon City, entered and plunged a knife with' a six inch blade into her . body many times. Miller ran from the laundry and was picked up by a passing automobile. In Vancou ver he boarded a Portland-bound car. Chief of Police McCurdy took up the chase and folowed the car to Portland, taking Miller in custody after the streetcar had reached Union avenue. ' BROTHER IS BLAMED Miller said bia wife, whom he mar ried about five years ago, had left him. Miller is said to be a logger and to have worked in the Bend district Mrs. Miller and a child. 13 years old. are said to have left him and come to Vancouver at the Instigation of the brother. Miller blames a strange infatuation between the brother and sister for the trouble In his own family affairs. He said he stabbed her because he felt she would be better off dead. Miller admitted that he had been liv ing under an assumed name for 14 years. saying his real name is Charles Class, and that he served several years in Com pany E, Twenty-first engineers, at Van couver Barracks. The military authori ties are checking up the service record. CHAWCE FOR LIFE ? rv ..,.. Mrs. "Miller was taken to 'tlwr-post hospital for an operation and surgeons there reported that unless one of the wounds had reached her lungs she might live. ... . ..- Mrs. Miller was wounded three times in the chest once each in the abdomen and back and suffered 10 minor cuts. Laundry workers said that Miller de manded Mra Miller's address and when1 she told him she had none, they had words. Witnesses said Miller struck her several times with .his hand before he stabbed her. Mrs. Miller has been living at the home of her brother. Private William Seits of the commissary department at the barracka DIPHTHERIA IN CITY Sixty-three cases of diphtheria had been reported to the city health de- partment at its closing hour today. Two deaths in. the last week, one Fri day night are the first fatalities of the epidemic It is most malignant in the southeast and southwest sections of the city. Mra W. V. Loomis, 1923 Multno mah street was the second person to die, the other victim being an infant Reports received by City Health Of ficer Parrish show that the epidemic was brought to Portland from the East where a number of cases have been re ported to date, occurring during the past 30 days. Dr. Parrish issued a statement today in which he called attention to the disease and urged precaution on the part of citizens. "Deaths from diphtheria are absolutely preventable," he declared, "but the peo ple must take immediate action and summon a physician. It cannot be too strongly impressed upon the minds of any persons who contract the disease to use anti-toxin immediately. The use of anti-toxin will prevent 95 . per cent of the deaths," . The department of health - today ar ranged to provide anti-toxin to the va rious physicians of the city. ' Unless care is exercised. Dr. Parrish added, the number of cases might ap proach those of the flu, without- how ever, as many deaths. Health officers were making a survey of the district today where the disease first manifested itself and are endeavoring' to check its spread. ' ' ;'..' '" - - ." , Dr. Parrish prepared to swear to war rants for the arrest of two physicians who are alleged to have failed in prop erly reporting cases. In one Instance, 1 according to Lr. Farrtsn. a physician al lowed a diphtheria case to go unreported for 10 days. Tacoma Shipbuilder Sued by Attorney For Fee of $21,000 ' . -- i ' " ; Tacoma, Wash Nov, t (U. P.) De claring that through his services at Washington, D. C as an attorney for George P. Wright Tacoma wood ship builder, he saved Wright 148,000 on can celed contracts after the signing of the armistice, A R. Titlow, Democratic na tional ; committeeman - for Washington state, brought suit today against Wright for 121.000 attorney's fees.' Titlow al leges Wright refused to- pay even the $1000. for expenses of a trip to Wash ington. ." : . ... . " . NEAR EPIDEMIC 0 Costly Salute To Sound" for V New President At Texas Posts Washington, Nov. 6.. (U. P.) The booming of cannon j will greet President - elect Harding whenever he appears at army posts' along the Rio Grande during his vacation ' at Point Isabel. Texas. ' ; The army posts wilP fire the 21-gun presidential salute for Harding under special orders of Secretary Baker. The presidential salute is an impos ing and costly affair. It requires nearly a half hour to ' go through with and burns up nearly $100 In ammunition. There; are opier military) ceremonies that go with it Army officers here 40 day were speculating on how busy Rio Grande army posts will be if Harding elects to inspect any of them during his vacation. ; . Baker's orders to accord the presiden tial salute was telegraphed, from here following an exchange of telegrams be tween Harding and Secretary Daniels, who, at the direction of President Wil son, offered to put a battleship and the presidential yacht Mayflower at Harding's -disposal for his proposed trio to Panama. m.-: . Harding declined the proffer, saying he had already obtained ordinary com mercial passage to Panama. California Field, Berkeley. Nov. 6. (I. N. S.) The Bears and the Cougars of the University of Cali fornia and Washington State college rushed at each other here today to settle, the championship of the far West, the winner to claim the honor of representing the West against the East on New Year's day at Pasa dena.. '. . . ' A beaming California sky, a windless day and. a hard, fast field were on hand when the two teams clashed. The odds were 10 to 8 on California but there were no takers. - .' '-. ... i Evenly matched n -wetghf aWlltr and experience the California and Washing ton teams entered the -game la top form. "' " . ; -. A great shout went up from 8000 stu dents of the University of California as the bears ran out on the field at 2 : 15 o'clock. A cheer swept the field. A crowd of over 20,000 was on hand to witness . the contest ; The stands filled early. ' ;-;(' At 2:18 the Washington State Cougars came on the field and practiced signals. Sheriff's Slayer Before Execution Denied Death Plot : - - j Salem, Nov. 6. In a statement made to Rev. H. N. Aldrich. prison chaplain, and Ensign Rows of the Salvation Army, who attended him in his cell 'just prior to his execution Friday, Emmett Ban croft alias Neil Hart, declared . that there had been a plot to : escape from the jail at Pendleton, but reiterated his denial of a plot to shoot their way out The killing of Sheriff Taylor was not premeditated but was committed on the impulse of the moment he Is reported by the Rev. Mr. Aldrich as stating' in his final confession. ' Hart also denied that he had taken $28,000 or any other sum of money from an Idaho rancher, as has been charged since his arrest for the killing of Sheriff Taylor. "If, we had found the money we would not have taken the other things." Ban croft is quoted as stating. ; . Bancroft also said to the chaplain and ensign that he harbored no ill feel ing toward Jim Owen and Jack Rathie, who are now under sentence to hang for the same crime for which Hart paid the Supreme penalty, and also expressed to prison officials his appreciation of the treatment accorded him since his incar ceration In the penitentiary. Derailed; Freight Delays Traffic on Main Line of S. P. Grants Pass. Or, Nov. . (U. P.) Passenger traffic on the Southern Pa cific main line was delayed Saturday as the result ' of the derailment of six freight cars at Hugo, U miles north of here. , . t ...... . . ; i James Ryan, a hobo, who was rid ing on the freight train, was slightly Injured when the cars went Into the ditch. :; . .:. ri . It was expected that traffic would be resumed Saturday afternoon, AH passenger traffic to and from Portland was delayed from 1 to 10 hours by the accident which occurred at 6:15 a." m. . Admiral Line Will : Divide Its Fleet on. Oriental Schedule , Tacoma. Wash, Nov, TJ. P.)-- PresidentH. F. Alexander of the Pacific Steamship company announced at a con ference of bankers, manufacturers and shipping men. who met J..N. Teal , of Portland, newly-appointed - member of the United States shipping board, here that the Admiral line would divide its fleet and make direct sailings c from Tacoma to the Orient " -. . The new service will be Inaugurated when the port commission's 'docks axe completed." t .: BRUINS FAVORITES OVER WASHINGTON IS AFTER FREE t Proposed Trip of President-Eject i to Panama Is Significant of Action After His: Inauguration and Recalls Platform Pledge. By David Lawrence .1 (CoBTrisbt. 1920. bT Tba lnnrn.nl ; Marion. Ohio, Nov. ., -Presidentelect Harding has a special purpose in wanting to vis.t the Panama canal. The full significance of khis trip will not scome. apparent intil March 4. But the truth is, Harking is in earnest " about reviving the He ex- Panama canal tolls', controversy wants to see Amev can ships empted from the payment of itoiis and will press for that exemption when he is inaugurated. President Wilson found himself 1 con fronted with the same question when he took office in March, 1913. The Demo cratic platform, written at Baltimore in July, 1912. had gone on record in I sup port of the action of the Democratic congress in voting to exemot American ships from the payment of tolls. But Great Britain insisted that this piece of legislation was,in effect, a discrimina tion against British ship and a jplain violation of the " terms of the Hay Pauncefote treaty. -v-v. , j - THET MADE AGREEMENT j That compact between England' and the United States was made as Street result of a surrender of certain rights Kngland had to another interooeanio canal in Nicaragua and the understand ing was that if Britain relinquished her rights . America would not discriminate against her. There has been much, debate as to whether , the treaty actually promised that America would not discriminate .(Concluded on Pa Two, Column Kir) Washington. Npv. 6.-(U. ,) There is : a growing doubt among both Republicans and Democrats here that Herbert - Hoover wfllj be one of the members of President elect Harding's cabinet Hoover has been mentioned for three portfolios, the state, interior and commerce de partments. - ' ' , No Republican will speak for Publica tion and Democrats hold it would be discourteous for them to do so, but it was learned in authoritative quarters there are two reasons why Hoover is likely to remain in private life, j , One reason is many Republicans are known to be opposed to Hoover, and an other is said 'to be that Hooover him self is inclined to believe he can be of more service outside official life One prominent Republican said to be opposed to Hoover, is Senator Hiram Johnson of California, against whom Hoover ran in the California presidential primaries. Senator Boies : Penrose of Pennsylvania is said r not to be ' en thusiastic about Hoover. Canadian Wheat Men May Hold for Advance Winnipeg, Man., Nov. . I. H S.) Farmers' organisations of Western Can ada have called a conference to insure cooperation in holding wheat from sale to grain dealers and millers unt.il the price goes up or the government takes action to guarantee the farmers a fixed price for their wheat W. M. Woods, president of the United Graingrowers of Western Canada, declared today that the fight against the grain exchange would be waged to a finish. j Peanut Growers Ire Warned by 'Riders' ' V.- ' ! Montgomery, Ala, Nov. . Ctt P.) The peanut growers of this section are in for terror now. Governor KUby has received reports that 'night riders" have warned farmers "not to get any peanuts out of the ground until the price goes to $85 a ton." The warnings were posted in the Wine Grass district 1- Both Parties HARDING USE OF CIA JOHNSON, PENROSE. DISLIKE HOOVER Fair Treatment Appreciated New York. Nov. . (U. P.) The United Press, today received from the directors of publicity of tjie Re publican and Democratic national committees the ' following letters: ' Mr. W. W. Hawkins, president the United : Press Dear Hawkins : Before closing my desk , here at Republican headquarters I wish to express to you my, very great appreciation of the uni formly fair and generous treatment we have had at the hands of the j United Press. , It has been all and mote than that and the memory of it on my part will endure. You have a fine staff and it was a genuine, pleasure to be brought into contact with such men as Mit. Keen, my. old friend, and others. They are men after my own newspaper heart, i DR. E. F. LADD ; NEWLY elected United .States senator from North -Dakota and first Non-Partisan I league repre sentative in that body. i- ' t LIBEL SUIT JOKE TO SOLON-ELECT By "United Nwa .Chicago, Nov. . Dr. E. F. Ladd, newly elected United States senator from North Dakota,' was served with the papers in a $ 100,000 libel suit on his arrival In Chicago lata Fri day. He a charged with having libeled food manufacturers' In call ing products . impure. t w" Dr. Ladd, the first Non-partisan league' senator, laughed. ..''' "I have not gone to bed a single night for nearly 25. years without a libel suit hanging over my head," he said. ' He explained that when he went to the . North Dakota Agricultural college nearly 25 years ago as a chemistry in structor he made it a practice to analyse food products sold in the state ' and to publish his findings. Since that time, he said, he has been sued chronically and unsuccessfully...--r "I bought three cans " of .strawberry jam . In a . country store one day and found it was artificially colored apple pulp, through which timothy seeds had been scattered to give a lifelike straw berry appearance. X planted those seeds and they grew into healthy hay in my laboratory." .i Ladd Is president of the North Dakota Agricultural college. . ; Coxlto Reorganize Clan; Talk of New Party Rot, He Says Columbus. Ohio. Nov. . CU. P. Governor James M. Cox. apparently, un dismayed by the rout of the Democratic forces at the polls Tuesday, indicated today that he will attempt to reorganise the party of which he is the head for political combats of the future. - His first step along this line was to make it plain that he does not believe the Democratic party will cease to, ex ist as the result I of Its overwhelming defeat -.. ... Talk of a new party is absurd," he tersely said. '-.'- , .- The governor characterized the elec tion aa a "defeat" but not a "surrender." Chicago Choir Girl Is Shot by Masher :. Chicago. Nov. . (L N.' a Police to day are searching t the South Side for two mashers who, rebuffed by three pretty choir girls on their way to prac tice, shot one of the girls and frightened the other two to the verge of hysterica Miss Grace Phillips, 17, was shot in the right leg by one of the men. - Wilson Doesn't Aim To Set Debs Free Washington. Nov. . (L N. S.) Presi dent Wilson has no intention of pardon ing Eugene V. Debs, Socialist candidate for 'president i now in Atlanta ' prison, during- the' remainder of his term in office, it was . authoritatively learned from official sources today. Thank U. P. at "Please accept for yourself and extend to your associate my heartiest thanks and good wlshea Very sincerely yours, "Scott C. Bone,- Director of publicity. The Republican National Committee." ., -S. "Mr. W. W. Hawkins, President the United Press Dear Mr. Hawkins : : I cannot leave New; York without sending you a personal word of thanks for the fair, and impartial manner in which the news of the presidential contest. Just closed was bandied by your organisation to the credit of yourself, your represen tatives and correspondents. Z think it only. right for me to say that the tradi tions of the United Press were lived up to 1 With personal ; regards aad best wishes, I am, yours sincerely , - W. J. Cochrane. - Director of publicity. Democratic Na tional Committee." - FISHING AND SMCKl Campaign Memories and Cares of Coming Duties Cast Aside as President-Elect and Wife and Friends Start on Month's Rest. By David M. Church En Route With President-elect Harding. Nov, 6, (I, N. S.) War ren G. HaveVng, president-elect of they United States, in off today rn the last vacation he will have be fore he turns his attention to the work of bringing this nation back to a peace basis. j". With the campaign worries behind hhn and the work of chief executive before him. President-elect Harding left his home at Marion early today for a vaca tion in Texas and Panama He will seek a complete rest before returning to Ma rion to begin his efforts to bring about a peace that will . be acceptable to the entire United Statea On the eve of his vacation trip Sen ator Harding made formal announce ment of a-series of individual confer ences which he will hold upon his re turn to Marlon which will be used aa the basis for action when he takes office, in bringing about peace. The senator let it be known that these conferences will be wholly non-partisan and that every shade of opinion will be sought upon the question of peace treaty. He will seek to determine upon what basts the people of the United Statea can ': completely, agree with regard to peace, a fraternity of nations, and the future l'oreirn rela tions of the nation. ' JtAJrT ARB IXTITED . While no list -of those who have been invited to "participate in these confer ences has been made public, it is known that members of all parties and leaders in every walk of life and of every school of diplomatic thought will be invited to come to Marlon to discuss the question of peace and foreign relations, in order that the president-elect may sift out the various views and determine what the people want - - . . ' J ' It was made very plain at the Hard ing headquarters that Senator -Harding Intends to conduct these conferences without -4nnseenriy anticipation' and tit (Concluded on Pit Two, Column four) ARMY ESCAPE REDS By Sir t-erdval .Phillip (CorraipondMit of th International Niwi SerHee and Uw Umdoa Daily Kspma.) Constantinople, Novr 6, Via Lon don, Nov. 6. General Wrangel'a anti-Bolshevik army In South Bus- ' sia has escaped into Crimea, frus trating the desperate effort of the soviet "army -to outflank and encir cle It, according to Information from Sebastopol . today. ; " ' " The anti-Red army was extricated by clever generalship, despite the fact that It was outnumbered nearly five to one. Sebastopol dispatches (from Wr an gel's headquarters) said that the losses of the Cntl-Red forces were not heavy in euner men or materials. It is re ported from Zankesur that the A rms : nians have revolted, , killing the Red . garrison. American forces deny the sensational rumor that 10.000 Armenians were massacred by Turks at Hediln. This information came through the American relief agency.. Demurrage Tariff . Increases Held Up Until Hearing Held - Salem, Of., 'Nov. . The public service ' commission Saturday morning ordered tne suspension of Increased demurrage tariffs, which were to have become ef fective December 1. pending a. formal' hearing into the reasonableness of the proposed new rates. Under the new tariff, as filed with the commission, the demurrage is increased from $2 to 93 per day on the first five days and, whereas the present tariff provides ror a charge Of $5 per day for each succeeding day. me new larirx increases this rate to l per day for the first three days and 119 per day .thereafter. U. S. to Quiz British Expulsion of Editor ;S yl :f - -t-'. X-' ' Washington, Nov. U. ' P.) Secre tary of State Colby announced that the state department has started an inves tigation of the recent deportation from England o( B. J. Costello, managing editor of the Federated Press. Football Result Swarthmore, 21; Columbia, 7. . Dartmouth, 14 ; Cornell, 1. - Tale,-10 ; Brown, a. , - Harvard, 14; Princeton, 14.. Union, 9 ; New York, 7. Pittsburg. 27; Penn, 31. Stevena 48; Delaware, 9. , Syracuse, 14 i W. and . v Wesley an, 0 ; Amherst, a. Boston college, 34 ; Boston U., . . Wisconsin, t i Minnesota, 0. Penn State, 80; Nebraska, 0. v Blinola t ; Chicago, 0. Trinity, 23 ; Springfield, 0. lews, 70 ; North westerav . e -