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THE WEATHER Tonight and Tuesday, .
rain: easterly winds.
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New York....... 82
St Paul......... 16
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PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, ' NOVEMBER 15, 1920 SIXTEEN PAGES
PRICE TWO CENTS
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-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. "
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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
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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.
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: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, - -
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