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CITY EDITION The Journal's Editorials In helping- stlong the treat fight for right The Journal's editorials are a mental inspiration. They furnish you the food for thought that will enable you to be just to ail to others and to yourself. ; CITY EDITION If All Here and It's All True THE WEATHER Tonight and Tuesday, . rain: easterly winds. Minimum temperatures yesterday: Portland........ 43 New Orleans.... 44 Sheridan, Wyo... 2 New York....... 82 St Paul......... 16 Los Angeles. 68 rT YTV KT "' 014 I- Entwwd m Second -Claw Matter PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, ' NOVEMBER 15, 1920 SIXTEEN PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND NEWS STANDS FIVC CENTS ... roMofllea, Portland. Oracoa E WAS $1000, s,1 Was Fired When' I Refused to -Indorse Pillage Plan of Acting Rio Consul," Ship's Head Tells -Naval Investigating Committee By Floyd MacGrlff New York. Nov. IS. (I. N. .) A new sensational story of graft, bribe- offering and pillage was told to the congressional committee In vestigating the United States ship ping board activities today by Cap tal.i WlTliam Chambliss. former mas ter of the shipping board steamer Lake Elkwood, which, he testified, was "pillaged of Its supplies." When the Lake Elkwood put into Rio de Janeiro after losing three- "of her propellers, the American acting consul there, Armlntus Titus Haeberle, who was also the-- shipping board's agent. Insti tuted the repair work over the head of the captain, Chambliss testified. "There was an attempt by a Scotch man, who eventually had charge of the repair work, to bribe me," said Cham blinw.' "He came to my room and said : 'Why kick up such a bloody row? .Why not take these indicating 10 f 100 bills and be good? All the other captains do that and Mr. Haeberle sees that the record is kept clear.' " f 100.001 GRAFT ALLEGED Captain Chambliss says his vessel's cargo was shipped and sold and a $2000 repair job run up by "graft of an Amer ican official," so that it amounted to 1100,000. ' 1 The repair work and the "pMasrlng" of his ship were dvne. the captain testi fied, "in defiance of my written and poken protestations." He went on : "I even cabled Mr. Tumulty, secretary to the president, setting forth the facts, and also to the shipping board direct, but no action was taken. "After the Lake Elkwood had been 'stripped of 3500 tons of coal, $3000 worth of provisions and $1040- of the ship's funds," Chambltes testified, "I was put ashore and left stranded 6000 miles from home." Chambliss has had more than 2$ years' experience as commander of merchant ahipa. - "V ''" "All the repair companies at Rio de Janeiro dovetail into one another," said the witness. Other captains of ships taken' there were "fixed to O. - K. un necessary and extortionate repair bills." VESSEL HELD FOBTI-TWO PATS ' Chambliss said all the Lake, Elkwood needed when .she put into Rio de Ja neiro was one new propeller, which could have been installed in two days (Concluded oii Pace Two, Colamn Toar) COLLEGE GIRL'S Forest Grove,- Nov. IB. Investiga tion Into the death from chloroform of Edith "Bartow, 17-year-old ' stu dent at Pacific university, has failed , to disclose whether Miss Bartow, who was found dead in her room In Herrick Hall Sunday morning with a chloroform-soaked towel about' her head, committed suicide. Coroner Limber of HUlsboro conducted an Investigation Sunday and announced today the girl's death was caused by chloroform "due possibly to an effort to overcome earache." . j Miss Barstow entered Pacific univer sity from Portland this fall as a fresh man. Her schoolmates and the matron of the hall were unable to throw any light on the girl's death. Miss Bartow attended Lincoln high In Portland until February of this year. She was prominent in activities of the Girls' Glee club and the Trielle club. She was. graduated from the Raymond, Wash., high school. ... : ' A teacher at Lincoln high said Miss Bartow was apt In her studies but at times seemed to have melancholy spells. Miss Bartow was born in Anacortes, Wash. ; Mrs. E. V. S. Bartow of 461 Schuy ler street, the girl's mother, was notified, and left for Forest Grove this morning. The girl's father, K V. a Bartow, Is a druggist and lives in Washington state. Heavy Bids Stir f Growers of Apples Wehatchee. Nov. 15. Activities of H. G. Bohlke, warehouse man and shipper of Wenatchee, are causing an upheaval throughout the' fruit growing section o north centrar Wasntngton. Mr. Bohlke has sent out more apples this year than any other shipper and has outbid all others for the apple crop. - For the first time this season, a 'short age of cars Is being experienced. ; Ap ples are going out at the rate of a train load a day. " v . ; Machine Guns Guard Two Bandits on Trial Hot Springs. Ark.. Nov. 15. (I. v. S.) A detachment of machine gunners arrived here this morning and deployed - about the courthouse as the trial of Tom Slaughter and Fulton Green, al . leged members of a bandit gang, charged with ' the - murder of Deputy t Sheriff Brown, opened. . The court requested the troops because of fear efforts would be ! ipade by other members of the gang to rsecue the pair.. , On 1 0 unl I nil 1 ( . H . -1, DEATH A ram LEAGUE OF NATIONS OPENS M PAUL HYMANS, former premier of Belgium, elected I president of the League of Nations assembly, which convened today in the hall set aside for its use at Geneva, Switzerland. Every important nation excepting Ger many, Turkey, Mexico and the United States is a member and had delegations at the 'opening session. Below is shown the hew home of the league. . . : hUl 'ft. ' '" ! : $ I "w - ;v - , v.-t 1 'r- : -1 1 It- - f '7 V I I ;r v : f -1 r ? j - x 1 1 B ' ' a1' aliJ' " js fc 3 If : A 'T-, '-r ' " i I'. ' A f 1 , I 1 l , i i 1 1 1 i nTf 1 1 mi ii-irrni infill iiiitihjiiiii irii immm m 1 'wrtrtmnMvtwriiMM 'i - .' ,;. . ........... ...... .,. .... . .. ...... .. .:'-.--wt..'''--r'-, ' - .... - . I.w,rr3rsttaar ,v - , , f - - , -.U- l2lJLv- - ',' .u.i'Lii.r.'i. ?, a i -''MlJr-t -ft ' - 'J NAMED TO RR NG BATTLESHIP HERE Mayor George L. Baker has an nounced the appointment of : Adju tant General George A. White as chairman of the committee to secure the battleship Oregon for -the city of Portland. TO serve on the com mittee j with the adjutant general the mayor has . appointed John A. Beckwith, Charles F. Berg, Guy W. Talbot and Gus C. Moser. In his communication to the commit teemen, apprising them of their ap pointmlnt, which went forth today, Mayor Baker said: "We are advised that Portland can. by tho f display i of a little diplomatic ability, - finally gam possession of the battleship. Oregon as a training' vessel In Portland harbor, this advice coming from members of the national house and senate who were recently in Port land. ': f ! "Portland needs this ship, because It belongs , to Oregon and will be a won derful asset to our harbor." the com munication continues, and. itt conclusion the mayor adds: t , "The only report I expect from - the committee is a report of the date the battleship Oregon will sail Into Port land harbor under her own steam.'' MacSwmey's Widow ' Coming to America To Give Testimony Washington, Nov. 15. I. N. Mrs. Terence MacSwlney, widow of the late lord mayor of Cork, who died in Brixton prison after a hunger -strike lasting 73 days, will sail November 24 on trie Celtic for the United States, according to a cable from her received here today at headquarters of the "Committee of One Hundred." Soldier Weds While in Bed Vancouver, Wash., Nov. 15. While Abe Kinkade, soldier at Van couver barracks, lay in the post hos pital Saturday with a broken leg. Miss Maxine Staple, 19 years old, 8tood beside his cot, while they were married. Chaplain Berton Brown reading the ceremony. The young couple had named Satur day as their wedding day, and although Kinkade, in a recent fire at the post, fell through a burning roof and broke his leg, this Vas ' not allowed to inter fere with their plana. Miss Stamps drove to the auditor's office Saturday afternoon, taking Au ditor Garrett to the hospital to issue the license. 2 Wounded Police ' Die at Tipperary London, Nov. 15. L N. & Ireland has passed through another week-end of violence. Two of the British policemen who were wounded when a lorry with seven constables , were ambushed at Llsvernane, near Tipperary, on Satur day, are dead, the Irish office announced today. . The Irish office announced also that a policeman, who was attacked and wounded at Ballybrack. Is dead. - Beaverton Man Is Killed by Truck Beaverton, Nov. 15. Scott Allen. 66 years old and a resident of Washington county for several years, was run down and killed today when caught between a truck arit automobile near herto. WithBrokenLeg I WORLD LEAGU MEETS; FACES Paul Hymans, ex-Premier of Bel gium, Elected President of First Assembly at Geneva; Delegates Welcomed by Prominent Swiss. Geneva, Not. 15 (I. N.J S.) A meesago of homage to President Wil son was cabled by Iho assembly of Uie League of Nations today , upon motion of Mr. Barnes, one of Uie English ilelegatcf). By Xewton C. Parke Geneva, Ncrv. 15. (I. N. S.) De spite non-participation by the United States the delegates to the first meet ing of the assembly of the League of Nations today announced their readiness to take up at once the world problems of the future. The future policy of the league may. hinge upon the outcome of the present meeting. Paul Hymans, Belgian foreign minis ter, was chosen president of the session; The vote was; M. Hymans, 35 ; Presi dent Motta of Switzerland, 6 ; Leon Bourgeois of Prance, L Standing before a cheap, wooden desk, with a background of potted palms, Hymans rapped for order short ly after 11 o'clock and the meeting was under way. "The hopes Qf millions of peoples of all nations are upon us as we begin our labors here today," said M. Hymans. "The end of history's greatest conflict has left the world exhausted and full of doubts and fear. We commence a new world era In which men hope to settle sanely and in all reasonableness their differences and to end armed quar rels." , DELEGATES GATHER EAELT Most of the delegates of the 41 na tions represented were in their seats an hour or so before the meeting -was called to order. They; occupied plain wobden benches like those of an Ameri can school room. The meeting room Is a great barn-like 4CM)nsa. o tse twm, Cgtana Oat) TTT Mrs. E. V. Edgar, 434 Marguerite avenue, surprised burglars at work in her home -at l:3o! Sunday morn ing, frightening them; away from the house and firing a shot at them with a revolver as they j fled. A few minutes later she heard a ma chine start and speed down the deserted street. f Investigation revealed . tjhat the two men were at work with a jimmy on a rear window. The window had been raised a few inches. Mrs. S. Veshelle, 241 East Sixty-fifth street north, reported to the police that a velvet hand bag containing $20 was stolen from her room) sometime Sunday. Joe Schamus. who operates a grocery store at 798 Tacoma street, reported that his store was entered and $12 in cigar ettes and $5 in candy and gum taken. W. D, Vanderlip Is En Koute to States Stockholm, Nov. 15. (I. N. " S.) Washington D. Vanderlip, the-- Los Angeles, CaL, banker, who has just negotiated for the purchase of $1,000, 000.000 worth of ; American goods by soviet Russia, arrived here today en route home from Moscow; He denied rumors of an uprising at Moscow. . Street Crowds See Driver Shot Dead Kansas City. Mo., Nov. 15, (U. P.) In the midst of a traffic iam, with hun dreds looking on. Dewey Morgan, Jit ney driver, was shot to death today on Kansas City's busiest corner. V. P. Mil ler, jitney passenger, was arrested and admitted the shooting. : Morgan was shot five times in the back. . WOMAN WITH GUN ROUTS ROBBERS Machine Kills LI w- r7n Muiuaiiui iv She Stands on - Curb.at Eugene Eugene, Or., Nov. 15. Mrs. Au gusta Leader, 70, of this city, died Sunday . afternoon a iew hours after she had been run down by a car driven by Mrs. J. N. Crocker. The car passed over Mrs. Leader's, body. Concussion of the brain resulted. . Mrs. JLieader was about to cross the street when she saw a car coming rapidly toward her. She. stepped back to the curb. Either' being confused or unaccustomed to driving, Mrs. Crocker lost control of the machine and It plunged without letup upon Mrs. Lead er. The victim was dragged several feet before the car was stopped. I Mrs. Leader was the mother of Her bert Leader, a student at the univer sity. They came here from Portland not long ago. Besides the son, Mrs. Leader is survived by two daughters in California and a brother In Seattle. F, E By Hyman H. Cohen Tour breakfast foods will cost less today providing you eat the kinds that are more or less affected by market conditions. A general drop Of 60 cents a barrel in the price of rolled oats is noted. Pancakes, bright and crisp, will also cost you less money provided you make your own. Pancake flour is down 50 cents a case for the large packages in the wholesale market, and this will be reflected at retail. "While there have been enormous de clines In the price of com, corniood preparations' are selling at the aame price per package as when the grain itself was about double present values. Even the animals will benefit by the lower costs, for, besides a further drop of $2, a ton again in the price of mill feed, the dairymen will benefit by re duced prices for most of the feeds they need. "In the meantime the consumer Is buy ing flour today at 15 cents a sack less than last Saturday, and the market is weak at that. v tf- i"1';. -.w. fi . mm :o iriDune is To Cooperate With Large Press School Chicago, Nov. 14. Northwstern uni-, varsity. In cooperation with the (Jhicago Tribune, is to establish the largest school of journalism in the West, it is announced. The school is to be known as the Joseph Med ill School of Journalism, as a tribute to the builder of the Chicago Tribune. A departure from the path followed by moet university journalism departments is that it will include a four-year course for men now engaged In - newspaper work. These classes will be held In downtown Chicago and the subjects of study will be largely practical ones met in active newspaper work. In addition a two-year course will be established for beginners at the Evanston uni versity. All Chicago editors have pledged full support In furthering the interests of the school,' which is to start within a few months. , Branding Case Is , Postponed Because I Of Woman's Illness ' Vancouver. Washl, Nov. 15. Owing to the serious Illness of Mrs. Alvln Steiger wald, the so-called "branding case" pro secution of Alvln Steigerwald : and Homer Maulding was continued today until the January term of the superior court. L Mrs. Steigerwald, wife of a wealthy dairyman and one- of the principal wit nesses in the case, filed a deposition saying she was too ill to testify. Steigerwald and Maulding, his em ploye, are charged with assault and bat tery upon Dr. Walter Oroth, Washougal veterinary surgeon, whom they are said to tiave horsewhipped and then branded with' a hot Iron following an alleged at tack by Dr. Oroth on Mrs. Steigerwald. Dp. Groth is said to have left the' state. Benson Promises To Keep His Eye I On Barde Contract Washington, Nov. 15. (WASHING TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL Chairman Benson of the. shipping board today Informed Senator McNary he will personally supervise the Barde contract for the sale of Pacific .Coast surplus materials for which a. preliminary con tract was signed last week. Benson further says he has directed division heads to handle personally this contract for their respective divisions. Benson's statement was . in connection with re quests received by McNary from Port land that the Barde contract be given careful scrutiny. Advance Appeal of Newberry, Is Urged Washington, Nov. 15. (X. N. S.-The early review by the United States su preme court of the- corrupt election case against eenaior. JTUtnan t. xsewoerry land 11 other prominent Michigan men. as urged , by Solicitor General Fierson today in a motion to advance the case for hearing. . j BREAK AST FOOD PRICES DECLN FINE HORSES SHOW PRIZES Award of Ribbons and Cash Fea ture Third Day of Exposition; Huge Crowd on Hand j Horse Show Tonight Main Attraction. Fine horses won their laurels to day at the hands of Judges at the Pacific International' Livestock Ex position, the award of ribbons, and cash p sizes featuring the third day of this mammoth exposition" Good crowds inspected the thousands of Worses, cattle,- sheep, swine and goats that have transformed North Portland's huge pavilion Into' a great stock yard. i Indications this afternoon were that the crowd in attendance would exceed that of Sunday, when more, than 10,000 people passed through the gates. An unusual record is expected at the night horse show, which will be the social feature of the exposition. Two million dollars' worth bt j stock housed in eight acres of pavilions was the attraction Sunday for Portlanders, who took opportunity to give the prize winning porducts of the West's best farms the appraising once over. Sunday was a great day for the city folk. The sweet milchy odor of clean cattle and fresh hay took many a tired busi ness man back to the days of his youth, and the city bred-and-born reveled in tne variety from store - .show windows and vaudeville. , Among the exhibits, however, there was said to have been some dissension, Old timers among the extra fancy stock aristocrats, winners of awards at Pacific International shows of years gone by, were displeased in their rural way with the idea of displaying their, tricks and charms on the Sabbath. They rolled baleful eyes and swished wicked tails. Six days a week are sufficient, bawled they, to stand at attention be fore fickle judges and spectators. . The youngsters wer not so Bolshe vik and accepted the situation with eagerness of youth. They would per form nine day a week with -est and showed that they were glad - of the chance to horn In on a big time. WTI--piCS'''lolttf1Krtee4e(tvC'ass Not to be allowed one day's respite from perfuming, annolnting and primping was unbearable. And to prove it they spent the day shrieking. Only one other sound is more unmusical the attempted (Concluded on face Thirteen. Column Two) RESCUED BY AUTOS By Raymond Clapper Point Isabel, Texas, Nov. 15. (U. P.) President-elect Warren G. Harding 'and his party left here shortly after noon by motor for Brownsville after trying since Sun day morning to get out of Point Isabel. Several automobiles came out from Brownsville to rescue the party but reached here with great difficulty due to the miry roads. Part of the entourage was unable to get into the number of automobiles pro vided and were left behind at the point. They will go in by narrow gauge road. STORM WARNINGS OUT Although the sun appeared today for the first time in three days, a cold, raw wind was blowing and storm warnings were posted at the point. ' The little narrow- gauge road that offered he only chance of getting the senator out of here failed, to make good after taking four hours to run a mile beyond the village and back again. So senators, millionaires and baggage were .unloaded into the dark and the party tugged'across the patio by lantern light to the inn to spend the night, hoping for better luck today. Through it all Senator and Mrs. Hard ing joined in the general good humor with which the party took its predica ment. Mrs. Edward -B. McLean's famous Hope diamond, probably the most costly and famous gem in all the world, sparkled from her neck in the center of the most distinguished party that ever rode in either of the Rio Grande rail road's two passenger cars. EQUIPMENT ANTIQUATED The Rio Grande railroad equipment was brought from Belgium 50 years ago. It consisted of a small bo car for the trunks and a tiny coach mounted with out springs, several windows' missing, a little tin stove in the center of the floor, low bare benches running lengthwise on either side, rattly doors which re fused to stay shut most of the time, 'and a "locemotive" built of an automobile engine mounted on four wheels. , The Harding baggage was loaded In and as many of the party as' could, bundled , in sweaters or blankets, squeezed Into the' coach, the others stow ing away on tpp of trunks in the bag-' gage car,. ' -.-.y- :.--,'' Senator and Mrs. Harding, wrapped up to their necks, climbed aboard. . ENGINEER CRANKS UP The Mexican engineer got out and Lcranked up and after a few false starts tne "presidential special crawled away. It finally reached a speed of 10 miles an hour and the spirits of tthe, party went up accordingly with reservations. For queer sounds began to emit from the engine ahead. Then it came to a dead stop and all climbed out. . . Meanwhile. Senator Fred Hale had walked back to Point Isabel for sand wiches and coffee, Mrs. Harding, alt ting on an upturned suitcase, served the food as senators, the president-elect, their wives, secret service men and newspaper men lined up for handouts. HARDING PARTY IS Miss Goldman And Berkman Leave Russia For Ukraine Washington, Nov. 1$. Emma Goldman and Alexander Berk man, who were deported from the United States, have also made a hur- rled exit from Russia, after a disa greement with Lenin and TroUky. and arernow in Uk ran la, according to a letter from Miss Goldman, re ceived in Washington. A high government official. Intimately connected with the proceedings which resulted in the deportation of the two famous anarchists to Russia last spring, said today that they either are now at Odessa or Kief, in Ukrainla, and have no intention of returning to Russia, - Prior to the communication from Goldman recounting her differences with Lenin, the last word from the famous agitator was contained In the letter de scribing cold, hunger and misery in Petrograd, published by the New York American on Sunday.; ' In one of these communications Emma Goldman stated her intention of going to Moscow, the soviet capital, for a per sonal talk with Lenin. Describing Miss Goldman's personality-as "Nothing If not positive" gov ernment officials expressed the belief today that it was this interview which resulted in the breach and the hastened exit. . i , . DETECTIVE'S STORY Baker, Or., Nov. 15, (I. N. S.) Frank C. Oxman, local highway con tractoriand at 6ne time star witness for the prosecution in the Mooney and Billings trials at San Francisco, today denied the .; -alleged charges made by Draper Hand, a San Fran cisco police ' detective, who also played a prominent part in the trials. Oxman branded the charges "a news paper story." . .When told of what Hand had been reported as saying regarding the auto mobile from which Jhe defendants were supposed to have alighted near the scene of the bomb explosion, Oxman gave the following statement : "I never knew Hand and only have a slight - remembrance of. him during the trial. It was at Kansas City that I made my first statement relative to the crime, and that , was before a spe cial detective agency. The station agent at Huntington bad heard me mention the affair In a casual way and had sent word to the officials. "As far, as Hand and Flckert are concerned, I never saw either of them until the trial started. I have . nothing more to say In .regard to. the matter.." John T. Simpson of Sheridan Is Killed - In Auto Accident McMinnville, Or.. Nov. 15. -John T. Simpson, an .attorney of Sheridan, and step-brother of Sam L. Simpson, the Oregon poet, met his death Sunday eve ning in Sheridan by being struck by an auto. He was coming out of his office and had passed beside a loAd. of hay stand ing on the street. A light auto, driven by McMillan Bros, of Wlllamlna, was passing on the opposite side of the hay, and seeing Simpson, they swerved their car Into the hay wagon, but Simpson jumped back in front of the machine and was thrown to the pavement and ln Jured Internally. He lived about one hour, retaining consciousness, and exon erating the driver from blame. TJohn T. Simpson had been 4x resident of the Sheridan section since the days of the famous Phil Sheridan. He was the son of Ben Simpson,, former survey or general and Indian agent, and had crossed the plains to - Oregon In t4. He taught school fn the Grand Ronde district in early days. Besides his wife he is survived by Mrs. E. R.' fleely, daughter, whose husband Is a Portland physician :. Mrs. T. J. Scoggin of La Grande, daughter ; ; Frank Simpson and John Simpson of Albany, and Carl Simpson of Portland, sons. Milton Man, Hit Twice by Auto, Is Taken to Hospital Milton, Nov. a. A double automobile accident happened Saturday night on the hand surface road between Milton and Freewater.. T. M. Dealy. an old man who works in the Milton Box fa tory, was going home from his work on his bicycle when he was struck down by an automobile driven by W, For sythe. He wa picked up by L. L. Johnson, a rancher from the east aide, and as they moved on, taking the old man to a doctor, another automobile, driven ; by Mr. McEwen, struck the Johnson car. All were badly shaken up, but escaped serious Injury. Dealy was taken to the Walla Walla hospitals Japanese Plan Big Steamship Merger a"sa" mmm y. San Francisco, .Nov. 15. (U. P.) Four leading Japanese steamship com panies are planning a merger of their Interests, according to reports based on private advices from the Or iPnt, circulated-' here today, i The four companies said fo be involved are the Nippon Yu en Katsha. Osaka Shosen Kalsha, Toyo Ktnen Kalsha and the Kokasai Kisen Kaisha. : DENIED BY 01AN WRANGEL IF HE GIVES UP Soviet Offer for Complete Capit ulation Carries Leniency White Army Captives May Run as High as 150,000 or 200,000. London, Nov. 15. (U. P.)-A Moscow wireless dispatch said today, that the Russian government has demanded immediate surrender of General Wrt-ngel, leader of the Cri mean forces. I Amnesty was prom ised "Wrangel and his troops. Constantinople. Nov. 15. (L N. S.) The - Russian soviet army, under per sonal command of Leon TroUky, com missar for war, has overrun all of Crimea, following the crushing defeat of General Wrangel's anti-Bolshevlkl forces. POISON. GAS AND THOUSANDS .. SLAIN TKLli RED VICTORY Constantinople Nov. 15. (U. P.) Sebastopol was the center today of a wild debacle, j Its harbor was filled with water craft ranging from war vessels to rowboats, all Carrying human cargoes away from the rising Red wave. General Wrangel's army was in collapse and the conquer ing Bolshevik f troops swept southward upon the city, r The White troops were practically wiped out In their def ense of the narrow neck of the peninsula, where three di visions checked 23 assaults by. 28 divis ions of the enemy. The soviet army broke through the stubborn defense finally and spread unchecked over the areas behind the line. The soviet losses were said to mount Into the thousands after troops had been thrown time after time against the strong defenses. Dispatches here said the Bolshevik leaders admitted loss of 30,000 tn the hand-to-hand fighting at Perekop, where wave after wave of I attackers were driven back, u ! Poison gas was used, according to these reports. Five thousand wounded Wrangel men ' have arrived here. Thej Bolshevik! gave no quarter, these men -said. Once the, entry Into Crimea' had been forced," the ' Red troops engulfed the small defending army, they said, ignoring all signs of surrender. - The Russian coast of the Black Sea (Concluded on Pica Two, Cohittji Six) 12,000 TON TANKER New laurels in big; shipbuilding were won today when tha" O.' M. Standifer Construction Corporation of Vancouver, Wash., launched suc cessfully the oil tanker John' Worth-' ingtbn, 12,000 tons, one of the larg est steamships ver built in the Pa cific Northwest. The vessel is being built for the Stand ard Oil eompany, and in honor of the launching a delegation of representa tives of the builders from Pittsburg was on hand when the blocks were knocked away and the ship took her dip at noon. The ship was christened by Mrs. W. Terrill Johnson of Pittsburg, daughter of John Worthlngton, following a short program of speech making., - The Standifer plant has on the ways two other 12,000-ton tankers under con struction for Uie Imperial Oil company, of Canada. Says Manufacturer Causes Unsettled Labor Conditions Responsibility' for unsatisfactory labor conditions lies almost wholly at the door of the average manufacturer, according to a statement made by George W. Sis son Jr. of New York, president of the American Pulp & Paper association and member of the executive board of the National Industrial conference. "When production conditions are found to be unsatisfactory . the manufacturer analyses the causes and takes deliber ate action, but when labor conditions are found to be unsatisfactory the manufac turer Is liable to act too hastily," said Sisson. - '-s :- Siason then told of the organisation of the Industrial conference and out lined its value to American industry. ' Four Are Saved by Screams of Infant Muncie, Tnd.. Nov, IS (t N. S Screams of the 1-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Taughlnbaugh early today saved the lives of four the child, his parents and an uncle, Robert Harris. The father, aroused, telephoned for a a ambulance. When It arrived all feur were uncomcious from gas fumes. They probably will recover. ; D'Annunzio Captures .". Two More Islands London, Nov. 15. Gabriel D'Annun zio has seised the Islands of Arbe and Veglla, according to 1 dispatches ' from : Milan to the London Daily -News, a The Bersagliere are reported to have eke Sussak, adjoining Flume, and are march ing pn the town of Castoa, - - rUGED