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VOL XIX. NO. 216.
Entered aa 8Rond Cltai Matter
Poatottice, Portland, Oregon
PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING,' NOVEMBER 17, 1 9201 1WE NT Y-T WO PAGES
PRICE TWO CENTS
ON TRAINS A NO NEW
STANDS FIVB CENTS
RAN
WRE
DAM: $30,000
Rushing Water of Rogue River
Swamps Workmen at Savage
Rapids; Temporary Work Car
ried Avay; Project Delayed.
Grants Pass, Or., Nov. 17. Tor
rential rams, and warm winds here
for the past ;two days and nights
brought Rogue river up by leaps and
bounds last night, t The workers at
the new $300,000 irrigation dam at
Savage rapids were - overwhelmed
this morning and at about 7 o'clock
the river swept over them, washing
out all the temporary works and
causing a loss of at least $30,000. -
The concrete1 work of the main dam,
however, will not be lost, although it is
now under many feet of water. Although
this will probably cause some delay in
the finishing; of this great project, it is
'believed that water will be in the ditches
before tfnothen Irrigation season opens.
Owing to the nature of the contract with
the Shattuck Construction company, the
Grants Pass irrigation district must
withstand all the loss. AH indications
potnt to a continued rainfall for this
section of the state. Many small creeks
are this morning raging torrents, ow
ing to the extremely heavy and continu
ous rainfall. !
HEAVY RAINSTORM COMES
CLOSE TO BREAKING RECORD
Portland was swept during the night
by one of the heaviest rains of the year,
1.29 inches having, fallen between 5 p.
rri. Tuesday and about 8 o'clock this
rrforning, when i the fall ceased. For the
12 hours ending at 5 a. m., .78 Inch fell,
while in the three hours that followed,
.53 inch was recorded, which means, ac
cording to Meteorologist E. L. Wells,
that the record was approached.
As far as could be noted today no
damage had been done locally the only
appreciable effect having been a rise of
.4 of a foot in the stage of the river. The
rainfall sit' Oregon City was J. 14 Inches,
at Salem .67 inch, a Albany .32 inch
and ,at Kugen .25. The river stage at
Eugene rose 1.5 feet.
Wells anticipates that more rain will
come tonight and Thursdays
JERSEY ; HERD IS
After the award had been .made
for the best herd of five . Jersey
milk cows at the Pacific Interna
tional Stock Show this morning,
Judge George V. Sisson of Potsdam,
N, Y., said in regard to the winning
h,erd: "The best herd, of five cows
I have ever seen on the show ring.
This show has produced some won
derful Jersey cattle." ' "'. ..
The winning herd was that" of Frank
Loughary & Sons of Monmouth, The
herd of Congressman C. N.u McArthur
. of Rickreall took second place. Third
place was given to J. M. Dickson &
Sons of Shedd, Or., and fourth to F. E.
. Lynn of Perrydale. -
Championships were also awarded for
Guernseys this morning. The grand and
junior champion bull was awarded to
Jolly Fermain, owned ' by Watson St
Jiunter of Tillamook. The senior cham
pion bull was awarded to Veda s May
' King of Edgemoor, owned by Winsor
Ranch of Bonita, Cal.
i The awards for the Holstein cows were
'also announced. The grand and senior
award was made, to Mutual ClothfiHde
Secis Walker, owned by the Carnation
Stock farms of Seattle. The junior award
W to Wlnnifred Hengerveld Wajker,
from the same farm. : j.
RIBBOSS EXHAUSTED . j
t Fifty-nine purple ribbons were award
ed to the champion ana grana champion
. cattle Tuesday. The blue bloods came
s6 fast that the supply of purple rib
tKMis Manager O. -M. Plummer had on
hand for the day was exhausted long
before nightfall, so "decoration cere
monies" are scheduled for today in a
large number of stalls. ;
Today's interest In Judging will center
' 8 round the Jersey bull, Holstein cow.
and Guernsey bull and cow grand cham
pions, with the Holstein cow class prob
sbltaking the lead in general Interest.
Today is Washington and Seattle day
at the fair, and livestock men have
(Concluded on Paefl Two. Column One)
Reds Threaten to
Hurl New Attack
Upon Polish Force
Riga, Nov. .17. (I. N. S,) Charging
that the Poles are giving support to the
forces under General Balahovitch, Gen
. eraLSavinkoff and General Petlura that
; are. advancing Into Russian territory,
Soviet Russia is threatening to send an
rmy to clear all Russian soil and the
neutral zone between Soviet Russia and
Poland of hostile troops.
This threat was made by M. Joffe.
head of the sovle Russian peace dele
gation, at a meeting of the Russo-Polish
envoys in this, city.
The Polish envoys promised to wlth-
draw at once the Polish factions that
are with General Balahovitch, General
Savlnkoff and General Petlura:
There are "White" Russian, Polish
' and Ukrainian troops fighting under
General Balahovitch, General Savlnkoff
nd General Petlura. According to ad
vices received on Saturday some of these
troops were advancing into White Rus
sia in the region of Minsk and others
were advancing through Ukralnia.
DAMAGE DONE
DECLARED FINEST
i .
SIMON BENSON
r&. F: '
DR. C.E. CLINE IS
INJURED BY AUTO
Following . an X-ray examination
this morning at ; Good Samaritan
hospital, it was reported that Dr. C.
E. Cline, veteran of the Civil war
and .one of the best known minis
ters of Methodism in the Northwest,
was resting easy after his experi
ence Tuesday in being knocked down
by an automobile. It is believed his
shoulder is fractured, the extent of
the injury not having been determ
ined. Dr, Cline was struck at East Twen
tieth and Belmont streets. His home is
at 709 East Salmon.
Upon report of the accident. Patrol
man J. D. Wright went to the scene and
arrested Harold Oldham on charges of
reckless driving and having no driver's
license. 'Oldham is an employe of the
Columbia Tent & Awning company. He
Is out on $50 bail.
W. H. Burton. 23 years old, 205 Whit-'
taker street, was badly cut in the right
arm from flying glass Tuesday after
noon when he and his father, J. H. Bur
ton, while trying to dodge another ma-
chine at .Twenty-seventh and East
TwentY-seventh
Aakeny street; ran. into' a ' curb and
struck a telephone pole. Burton was
taken to Good Samaritan hospital.
C. Zimmerman, 471 Flint street, while
working on a ladder at 692 Commer
cial street, fell when the ladder broke
and fractured his shoulder and possibly
his skurL The accident occurred at
15 p. m. Tuesday. He was removed. to
Good Samaritan hospital.
Just as she was stepping to the curb
at East .Eleventh and Divisipn streets
Tuesday night, Mlas Margaret Hayes,
19 year old neice of W. P. Hayes. 410
EastSixth street north, was struck by
a speeding automobile. ' She suffered
severe cuts about the face and a frac
tured ankle.- The driver of the machine,
which was racing with another, failed
to slow up or offer assistance. Miss
Hayes was picked up by Roy Phillips,
Third and Pine streets, and taken to
her home. Police are searching for the
speeding driver. ,
Widow Is Awarded
$1500; Ex-Husband
Wouldn't Marry Her
Roseburg, Nov. 17. The circuit court
was crowded with spectators Tuesday
when the breach of promise suit was
called In which Mrs. Beulah Bovlngdon
of Oakland, Or., sued her divorced hus
band, James C. Bbvingdon, cashier of
the Commercial bank of Oakland, for
$10,000. Mr. and Mrs. Bovingdon were
divorced July 11. 1919. Mrs. Bovingdon
going to Los 'Angeles to reside and Mr.
Bovingdon having the care and custody
of their daughter, Anna Elizabeth. Mrs.
Bovingdon Was awarded $1500 damages
by the Jury. ,
Mrs. Bovingdon testified that Boving
don had promised to re-marry her, hav
ing called upon her while om his vaca
tion at Los Angeles. She returned to
Oakland, and claims to have succeeded
in making a reconciliation with' her for
mer husband.' She testified that in the
month of August she had secured his
promise of re-marrying, but Mr. Bov
ingdon denies ever making such a prom
ise and was married to Miriam Under
wood in September. Shortly after the
marriage the euit 'was filed by Mrs.
Beulah Bovingdon, she also asking for
the custody of their daughter.
Man Convicted In
Portland Escapes
McNeil's Island
Tacoma. Wash.. Nov. 17. (U. P.)
Search was being continued here today
by federal officers for James E. Watson,
convicted at Portland of white slavery,
who escaped from McNeils island peni
tentiary Sunday morning. ,
; Watson was, a trusty at the prison and
had been employed as a teamster. His
escape was not noticed at the time and
his departure was not made public until
today. He evidently made his way in
a rowboat t the mainland during the
early morning darkness.
- Watson had served one year of a three
year sentence. .
Senator Poindexter
To Seek Reelection
: Walla Walla, Wash., Nov. 17.--Senator
Miles C. Poindexter will be a candidate
to succeed himself in the general elec
tion in 1 1922, according to a statement
made by the senator here Tuesday morn
ing just as he was leaving Walla Walla,
his former home, where he spent two
days visiting old friends.
BENSON QUITS ALL 'WIIDDIES'
AS MEMBER OE IGNORE ROLES,
COMMISSION SAYS BAKER
In Letter to Governor Olcott He
Says Differences of Opinion
Between Him and Other Mem
bers of Roacj Board Is Reason.
.Salem, Or., Nov. 17. Simon Ben
son, chairman of the State Highway
commission, has resigned as the re
sult f differences with other mem
bers of 'the commission. Governor
Olcott, in giving out the news of
Benson's resignation, said his suc
cessor had not yet been selected.
Benson'B formal letter of resignation
said :
LongBeaclf Cal., Nov. 13. 1920. Hon.
Ben W. Olcott. Governor of Oregon,' Sa
lem, Or. My Dear Sir : Herewith"! ten
der my resignation, to take effect imme
diately, as a member of the Oregon gtate
highway commission, and in so doing I
wish to expres my appreciation for the
confidence you have reposed 0 me, the
uniform courtesy, the many kindly acts
I have received at your hands and to
sincerely wish for your continued success
and happiness. Very truly yours,
. Hotel Virginia, a BENSON.
The letter, of explanation follows:
EXPLAINS HIS ACTION
Long'Beach, Cal.,' Nov. 13, 1920. Hon.
Ben W. Olcott, Governor of Oregon, Sa
lem, Or. My Dear Governor : Enclosed
please find my resignation as a member
of the state highway commission. I am
impelled to his action by finding myself
in total variance of opinion with Messrs.
Booth and Kiddle regarding- policy and
administration of the highway depart
ment. "
Less than one year ago the concrete
pavement between Portland and Hills
boro was thrown open for traffic and
in this short time it has so deteriorated
and worn that to save and preserve it,
it is imperative that a .surface must be
provided for. With this practical ex
perience and illustration in mind I am
opposed to laying this character of sur
face In Western Oregon. Even if the
initial cost is less, I am convinced the
cost of maintenance will be prohibitive.
At-the meeting of the commission a con
tract was awarded for laying 7.96 miles
of concrete pavement to which I pro
tested but was overruled by the other
members of the commission.
OVERHEAD EXPENSE MOUNTS
The i administrative engineering and
overhead expense account of the depart
ment Is approximately ninety thousand
dollars X $90,000) per month, and unless
contracts for work are awarded this
(Concluded on Pago Three, Column One)
JAPANESE GENERAL
By Charles Edward Hogue
Peking, China, Nov. 17. (U. P.)
Anti-Bolshevist forces in Siberia
have been drtVen across the Man-
churian border at Manchuli. accord
ing to official Crfrnese reports to
day. !
Dispatches from Harbin said General
Semenoff. anti-Bolshevls leader,, had
been routed and that his troops had fled
in disorder. General Izome, JapaneM
commander, was said to have warned the
Bo'jhevist troops-they must not follow
the defeated army.
The Japanese are rushing- troops to
Manchuli to enforce order.
'Bolshevik troops have occupied
Kaikhta and seized all private prop
erty.
Express Revenues '
And Expenses Are
Under Examination
Detailing the growing difference be
tween operating expenses and revenue
in handling dairy products and Ice cream
In Oregon, graphic charts submitted by
the American Railway Express company
Were being considered by the public serv
ice commission today.
- The hearing is to determine whether
the . increase recently granted by the
Interstate Commerce commission on
shipment of dairy products and ice cream
over railways of the nation should be
made applicable to Oregon.
Nine charts illustrating the loss Of
the express company in handling these
products In the country were submitted
through Superintendent Lockwood, who
has charge of express transportation
service in the West. Two other charts
were i submitted to show conditions as
applying to Oregon.
The hearing will be continued this
afternoon.
Sends Proof That
Vanderlip Posed as
Agent for Harding
Washington, Nov. 1. (U. P.) Amer
ican Commissioner Toung at Riga ad
vised the state department that he is
mailing what he- claims is complete proof
of -his recent dispatch that Washington
D. Vanderlip had secured vast conces
sions in Siberia while posing as the
representative of President-elect Hard
ing, it was stated at the department
today. . - - -
30 Per Cent Cut In
! Shoes Is Forecast
St. Louis. Mo.. Nov. 17.-4 U. P
ufacturera of shoes here today i
a decrease in price of 10 per, cen
spring in practically all grades o:
WARNS
RED
ARMY
-Alan-?redicted
tbefore
f foot-
Seattle Man, Expelled at Annap
olis for Hazing, Declares Acad
emy Would Close if Every
Guilty One Were Dismissed.
Baltimore, Md.,'Nov. 17 (TJ. P.)
If Secretary Daniels dismisses all
Annapolis naval academy midship
men who are guilty of violating the
rules he will have to close the acad
emy altogether, Samuel G. Baker 'Jr.
of Seattle, Wash., a former midship
man, declared in a statement made
public today. - '
Baker, who was expelled from the
academy on a azinig charge, today said
he defied Daniels or. Admiral Scales,
commandant of the academy, to disprove
his allegations. Baker referred to the
naval academy as "worse than a kinder
garten." Every man in it, he asserted,
could' tell the same story he did if they
did not fear dismissal. .
Baker named a number of midshipmen
In connection with his hazing "revelar
tions." "
Baker said he was cismtssed for haz
ing T. W. Floyd of Peoria, 111., who re
signed. All other midshipmen resigned
after accusing upper classmen of hazing,
according, to Baker's story.
During 1918 and 1919, Baker said, some
'plebes" were so hazed they were barely
able to walk. Later, he said, two plebes
attempted suicide to escape hazing.
Worthy. Bagley Daniels, son of the
secretary of the navy, - xa the most fre
quently hazed h ember of ; his class and
he resigned after the armistice was
signed. Baker said.
MIDSHIPMEN PEAR WHOLESALE
EXPULSION AT NAVAL SCHOOL
Annapolis. Md.. Nov. 17. (U. P.)
Fear of wholesale expulsion of upper
classmen guilty of hazing caused a feel
ing of tension and apprehension among
the midshipmen at the United States
naval academy here today. The investi
gation of hazing, it was understood, was
being quietly and Informally conducted
and those believed guilty were being
marked for punishment, i Notice served
on 83 midshipmen that they must re
main in the academy while the navy is
playing the arrrryhere November 27 and
a complete exoneration of the football
players were the developments today.
It is purely a military matter, one j
oi me disciplinary onicers said. i ne
commanding officer forbade basing, and
when his orders were ignored he sep
arated the plebes from the upper class
men. The midshipmen resented-this and
took various means of showing . their
disapproval. In military matters a su
perior officer's orders must be carried
out and they will be at all times."
Eddie Ewin, captain of the navy foot
ball team, issued a statement today de
nying that any member of the squad
was implicated in the trouble or had
taken any part in any of the affairs
leading up to the present situation.
HAZING. SITUATION IN HAND
AT ANNAPOLIS, SAYS DANIELS
Washington, Nov. 17. (U. P.) Rear
Admiral Scales, commandant of the
United States naval academy at Annap
olis, has the hazing situation there in
hand. Secretary of the ' Navy Daniels
said today.
"Admiral Scales is as determined to
prevent hazing at Annapolis as I am,"
Daniels said, adding that he is trust
ing the authorities at thephool to break
up the practice. 1 1
Daniels declared he; would order ex
pelled from the academy all midshipmen
guilty of hazing,, no matter how great
the number. , .
"The United States is, snendins- too
much money to allow the' students to
violate rules," Daniels said.
Daniels refused to comment on the
statement of Samuel G. Baker of Seat
tle," third year student, who was ex
pelled from the academy, beyond saying
that some of the young man's state
ments were true and some were not
Erskine Wood Will
Quit Shipping Board
At End of Ndvember
Washington. Nov. 17.--(U. P.) Ers
kine Wood of Portland, Or., admiralty
counsel of the United States shipping
board,. has resigned effective . 15 ovember
30, it was announced today.
The new shipping, board recently ap
pointed by President Wilson will: be
called together December 1, Admiral
Benson, board chairman, announced to
day.' The duties of the members will be
discussed at the first meeting.-
Erskine Wood was appointed . as a
counsel for the shipping board last win
ter. ;He later was made admiralty coun
sel for the board. He Is a son of C. E.
S. Wood and was a member of the law
firm of Wood, Montague &Matthiessen
of Portland. '
Chief Jenkins and
His Wife Consider
Adoption of Waif
Chief of Police Jenkins has; an
nounced that if the mother of the waif
found on a door step several .days ago
is not found, he and Mrs. Jenkins are
considering adopting the child. The chief
said he and his wife had become so at
tached to the baby -gift that they want
to keep her. i
An effort is still being made to find
the moher. Two inspectors have been
detailed to follow- up every clew. An
offer was made to .Jenkins of $20 a
month for seven years for the child pro
vided the mother would claim it. Jenkins
said if the mother would communicate
with him be would not reveal ber name
or whereabouts.
MayLeagueAid
WholeCivilized
World, I Wilson
CablesHymans
Washington. Nov. 17. (U. P.)
president Wilson, in a message to
Paul Hymans, president of the
League of Nations; assembly, today
expressed "the hope that the labors
of the assembly will be of immense
value to the whole civilized world."
The president's message was in reply
to one from Hymans in behalf of the
assembly "praising Wilson's work
toward the establishment of the league."
The president's message follows :
"The greetings so graciously sent me
by the assembly, of the League of Na
tions through you have ratified me very
deeply, indeed. I am indeed proud to be
considered to have played any part in
promoting the concord of nations with
the establishment of such an instru
mentality as the league to whose in
creasing influence and success I look
forward with increasing, confidence.
Permit me to extend my personal greet
ings to the assembly if they will be
gracious enough to ; receive them, to
gether with an expression of my . hope
and belief that their labors will be of
immense 'alue to the whole - civilized
world." ,t
The message of Hymans to President
Wilson follows :
"The assembly of the League of Na
tions by unanimous vote has instructed
me to send you its ! warmest greetings
and to express Its earnest wisjjes that
you may be speedily restored io com
plete health. The assembly recognizes
that you have done perhaps more than
any other man to lay the foundations
of the league. It feels confident that
the present meeting will greatly advance
those principles of cooperation between
all nations which you have done so
much to promote."
By Raymond Clapper
With President-elect Harding, En
Route to New Orleans, N.ov. 17.
(U. P.) The Harding special, car
rying the president-elect and . his
party, left Frownsville at 10 o'clock
this morninc for I New Orleans to
embark, for a .10 -day cruise to the
Panama canal zone.
The special travels today over the
plains of Texas, skirting the gulf.
A few rear platform speeches will be
made, although Senator Harding is hold
ing the number to rock-bottom, so as
to get the most relaxation possible.
Arriving at New Orleans- tomorrow,
Harding goes to the Chamber of Com
merce for a luncheon speech and an
overflow talk later. ;
HARDING URGED TO ACCEPT
INVITATION OF OBREGON
By David M. Charch
Brownsville. Texas, Nov. 17. (I. N.
S. President-elect ' Harding today is
considering a most urgent invitation -to
visit Mexico to confer with General Ob
regon, president-elect of the Mexican
republic, but thus far he has given no
Intimation of his intentions with regard
to the proposed Mexican visit.
Conjecture ran high here today con
cerning the proposed visit and most of
the sentiment along the border was that
it would be very desirable If Senator
.Harding could . see his way clear to ac
cept the invitation extended yesterday
by Ellas Torres, representative of Gen
eral Obregon. Border folks feel that
any .friendliness evidenced by President
elect Harding would lend stability to the
present regime in Mexico and might off
set a reported undercurrent of opposition
to the present government.
Pressure being brought to bear upon
Senator Harding to accept the Mexican
invitation is very strong. Senator Al
bert Fall of New Mexico had Indorsed
the invitation and he is a close friend
of the president-elect The suggested stop!
in Mexico if the president-elect should ac
cept depends also upon the ability of the
steamBhlp company to arrange such a
stop and reach Norfolk on December 4,
for it is necessary for the president-elect
tp be in that port on that date in order
to keep a speaking engagement on De
cember 5.
Both President-elect and Mrs. Harding
today declared that they had benefited
greatly from their visit In Texas and
both gained much needed rest...
Governor Hobby of Texas, R. B. Crea-
ger and F. E. Scobey, hosts of the president-elect,
-were planning to leave
Brownsville on the special train today.
The latter two will probably complete
the trip to Panama.
OBREGON INVTTES DELEGATION
TO INVITE SENATOR, HARDING
By T'nited Newj
Brownsville, Texas, Nov. 16. Presi
dent-elect Harding was Monday invited
to attend the inauguration of General
Obregon as president of (Mexico. The
inaugural will take place in Mexico City,
November 30. ,
The Invitation was extended by Ellas
L. Terres, delegated to represent the
Mexican government and President-elect
Obregon.
Alleged Bad Check
Man and Burglars
Nabbed by Police
Frank Hardesty was arrested Tuesday
night by Inspectors Coleman and Collins-
after an investigation of the burglary of
the home of E. T. Ellingsworth, 1923
Hodge street, several days ago. Hard
esty is , said to have confessed to the
robbery of the house. He will be charged
with- burglary and forgery, police say.
Two checks are alleged. to have been
passed ' by . Hardesty, one on Jimmy
Dunn, clothier, for $50 and one on Brad
ford Clothing company, 485 Washington
: street, for $50. The , Ellingsworth home
HARK ON WAY
TO NEW; ORLEANS
was robbed November 9. Two watches
which were in the loot have been, re
covered. A
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SHIPS EARNED
$400,000,000,
SAYS WITNESS
Receipts So Large and Methods
. of Keeping Accounts So Loose
That Item of $120,000,000
Becomes "Lost," Is Testimony.
. By Floyd MacGriff
New Tork, Nov. ,17. r(I. N. S.)
The United States shipping board
expended nearly $4,000,000,000 on
America's shipbuilding program and
earned nearly $400,000,000 by its
operation of government owned ves
sels, but it had no system of ac
counting for these stupendous sums
and up to February 7, 1920, never
knew where it stood financially, ac
cording to the testimony offered the
congressional investigating commit
tee today by Martirr J.. Gillen of Ra
cine, Wis. Gillen ! was' formerly as
sociated with the war industries
board and was special assistant to
John .Barton Payne when he was
head of the shipping board.
l!0.000,0e0 IS "LOST"
Gillen cited one Instance where private
shipping companies derived $120,000,000
from the operation of government
owned ships, which he said, "became
lost" so that there was no record of it
at Washington. Private shipping com
panies so tangled their accounts that
the shipping board had no accurate idea
of whether there : had been a profit or
loss on the operation of its ships, Gillen
testified.
"On October 8, 1919," he continued,
"we started a drive to ascertain whers
the shipping board stood. Some 900
clerks - were put to work disentangling
government accounts from private ship
ping firms' book. j
"There was no record at Washington
of the excess moneys received by private
ship operations from government ships,
amounting, we ascertained, to $120,000,
000. "There was no system of accounting at
Washington October. 1. 1919, to show
where the money was and no system
whereby Information regarding this
money could be traced."
LAX METHODS ALLEGED .
; Startling testimony as to the lax
methods ' of handling huge sums was
placed before the committee by GlUen.
"We found." he ! continued, "that of
8000 voyages made by government ships,
there had been audits on only eight of
these. -
'We knew there were vast sums from
thesd voyages belonging to the govern-
(Concluded on Pe Two, Column Three)
New York, Nov. 17. (I. N. S.)
Robert P. Brindell, head of the
building trades council and accused
by many witnesses in the housing
scandal inquiry of having taken
enormous' bribes,, was indicted this
afternoon by the grand jury on the
charge of attempted extortion. He
pleaded not guilty and waa held in
$100,000 bail.
Homes and Stores
Are Plundered of
Cash and Edibles
Over $500 in mechanic's tools, jewelry
and clothing were stolen from the room
of John Reed at 170 Twelfth street Tues
day night. Entrance was gained through
a window from which the screen had
been torn.
Hungry thieves took $20 worth of
meat and $3 In cash from a meat mar
ket operated by I. Friedman at 654 First
street Tuesday night The thieves tam
pered with the safe, but evidently they
were satisfied with the meat, for the
safe was unopened. Entrance was gained
through the front door.
Miss eatherine Parker, 930 Klrby
street, reported to the police that her
purse containing 120 was snatched while
she waa shopping in a stordown town.
Mike Rodely, Globe 'hotel, left $470 in
postal money orders in his room. To-
Uday somebody else has Mike's money or
ders. There were three orders on Spo
kane for $100 and six on Los Angeles for
$J70. .
While Charles Wagner was at work
in a front room at. 74 Russell street, a'
thief entered a rear room and stole his
watch and J54 from his street trousers,
which were left hanging on a hook dur
ing working hours.
P. E. Dottschalk waa working in an
automobile repair shop at 340 East Sev
enth street when a thief took $95 from
his coat left hanging in a room at the
rear of the shop.
B. C. Euling Favors
Japanese Employes
Vancouver B. C, Nor. 17. (U. P.)
British .Columbia's highest court Tues
day decided that it was improper and
illegal for the, British Columbia legisla
ture to pass laws especially against em
ployment of Japanese. . The Canadian
government at Ottawa took the stand
that such legislation, was against the
spirit of the friendly treaty - between
Great Britain and Japan. The court
of appeal decided that this view moat
be upheld, as an 'Imperial treaty la law
throughout the empire.- ,
BRINDELL HELD
FOR EXTORTION
Heavy Gale and
ing
Damage Great
New York, Nov. 17.; (I, N. S.)
A terrific gale of wind, accompanied
by heavy rain, swept the entire east
ern coast early today, driving ships
to shelter and causing much dam
age to property.
Wireless appeals for help were re
ceived from four steamships. One of the
vessels, the Spanish cargo liner Tute.
reported she was sinking 100 miles off
Nantucket. "SOS calls came also from
the 1761-ton Brench freighter Oeunua.
in distress off Baltimore; from the 3500
ton tanker Hlsko and an unidentified
ship off Cape Henry.
Early" In the day the marine division
of the police department reported the
receipt of, a help call from the Allen-
State liner Madagascar off the Rhode
Island coast, but a nothing more was
heard, it was assumed that a garbled
radiogram had been picked up and that
the Madagascar was In no danger.
One person was killed and many In
jured as a result of the storm in this
city. A man was blown to death from
an elevated platform !.. Brooklyn. Plate
glass windows were blown in and street
car service was crippled.
SNOWSTORM HALTS OHIO'S
RAIL AND WIRE SERVICE
Chicago, Nov. 17. lT. P.) Railroad
and electric railway traffic and telephone
and telegraph service suffered in Ohio
today, due to a heavy fall of snow.
The weather bureau reported a depth
of seven inches of snow in Akron at
o'clock. Trains were from a half hour
to two hours behind time and street car
Bervice was practically demoralized. The
fall of snow was heavy in Columbus.
A foot of snow was reported in Char
don, Ohio. In Cleveland the snow, melted
quickly and flooded several streets.
In some parts of the state the snow
reached blizzard "proportions.
MUCH DAMAGE IS DONE BY
WINDSTORM AT SCRANTON
Scranton, Pa., Nov. 17. I. N. S.)
Much damage -was caused early today
when a severe wind storm swept through
the city and county. Telegraph and tel
ephone poles were knocked down and
many small towns were cut off from
communication. Trolley wires were aUo
blown down and street car service is
badly crippled. Much damage was also
reported in outlying districts.
The Lackawanna railroad reports $0
telegraph poles and thousands of feet
of wire blown - down in the Poeono
mountains. There Is no communication
between this city aad the mountain dis
tricts.
Four-Master Ashore
Mobile, Ala., Nov. 17. (I. N. 8.)
News from Fort Morgan at th4ower en
trance, of Mobile bay, aayahe four-
masted auxiliary schooner Guanacaste
is ashore on the beach, but is in no dan
ger - so far. The vessel was en route
here from NeW York.
Woman Bent With
Age Kills Herself;
Leaves Love Note
Los Angeles Nov. 17. (U. P.) A ro
mantic soul that craved love and com
panionship had left a body shriveled and
bent with 82- years when Mrs. Eliza
Barnes, widow of a Civil war veteran,
was found dead today, a suicide.
One wrinkled hand clutched a bottle
that had 'contained polxon and in the
other was a note in handwriting
cramped with age. It read :
"Frank. . I love you. Good bye."
Frank Lamasky, an inmate of the sol
diers' home here, was Mrs. Barnes" only
friend.
Attell Is Questioned
. In Baseball Scandal
New York. Nov. 17.-"-(I. X". 8.) Abe
Attell, former pugilist, -who is under in
dictment in Chicago in connection with
the world's series scandal, appeared at
the district attorney's office here Of his
own accord Tuesday, After some ques
tioning he was allowed to go. Attell
declined to divulge what happened In
his questioning, but said he "didn't in
tend to be the goat" In the affair, .
Freezing Weather
Hits North Georgia
-Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 17. .(I. N. S.)
Freezing and temperatures of 25 to Z8
degrees prevailed this morning in North
Georgia, with clear skies.
RainSweep
Eastern Coast
Santa to Treat Sam Right
Christmas Buying Boom On
By Alexander F. Jonea -Cnited
Vtwi Buff CorTMpondent.
Chicago, Nov. 17. -Santa Claus
should fill Uncle Sam's stocking to
th9 very top this year. Sam has
been a fairly decent sort of kid
the whole 110,000,000 of him. 1
He has quit running around with the
Bolshevik boys; he has hopped aboard
the wagon and gone back to work; he
has juit kicking about .everything and
is sobering up. after bis spending orgy.
Santa will notice quite an Improve
ment in the lad, according to those who
have been watching him since last Yule
tide. Right now there are those who
say he is going to have to pay for his
recent shortcomings, but a number of
the old gentleman's right hand men In
Chicago, speaking for the West in gen
eral, disagree with this sentiment In the
main, , if not in toto. They seem to feel
the boy has a little score coming to
make him better than ever as be should
be Just before Christmas.
G.C.
LINDAUER
SCHOONER, ISA
TOTAL WRECK
Rope Tangles in Propeller and
Vessel Is Blown Ashore Off
California Coast; . Boat and
Cargo of Lumber Total Loss.
San Francisco. Nov. 17. (I..N. S.V
The steam schooner G. C. Lln
dauer, laden with 300.000 feet of
lumber, went ashore early today off
the California coast at Albion, Men
docino county, according to advices
to the Marine Exchange. The crew
is safe. '
According to advices received here the
ship was disabled when a rope caught in
her propeller and this, coupled with -the
rough weather encountered, caused her..
to go ashore. '
First reports Indicated the schooner
will be a total loss. She was owned by
Andrew F. Mahoney of San Francisco ,
and was en route here. .
The steam schooner G. C. Llndauer, 287
tons, sailed from Astoria for San Fran
cisco. November 7. She was reported out
from the Bay Cltx November 13 for
Albion. The latter is an outside port in
Mendocino county and about half way
between Point Arena and Fort Bragg.
She probably loaded redwood or tanbark
at Albion and struck the heavy blow
which has prevailed off the, coast during
the past week.
EXTENT OF DAMAGES TO SHIP
OFF .PORT ORFORD UNKNOWN
Marshfield, Nov. i7. Captal Michel
son of the steamer Joan of Arc left this
morning with five men for Port Orford
in hopes of getting aboard the stranded
vessel and saving some of the personal
effects of the crew. None of the men
raved anything except the clothes they
wore when they left the ship.
A message from Port Orford late last
night stated that the vessel was resting
well In shallow water 'directly in front
of the town of Port Orford and south of
Bottle-Rock. The tug Storm King from
Eureka was expected to reach Port Or
ford some time today and Captain Mlcb
elson was in hopes that the vessel might
be pulled off and floated and towed to
San Francisco. The extent of the dam
age, however, has, so far, not been aseer
talned. If a storm should come up, the
(Concluded on P Two. Column r"i
TOTAL $7,000,000
Omaha, Neb.,, Nov, vi7.r-(U. P.)
That the loss in the robbery of a
Burlington mail tfaln at Council
Bluffs Saturday is the greatest in
the history of crime in this coun
try was the intimation of a federal
officer working on the case today
when he intimated that newspaper
guesses of the loss,, thus far were
too conservative. He was referring
to an estimate of $3,500,000 made by
a Council Bluffs newspaper. r
It is officially known that one of the
pouches contained - I7&0.O0O in bonds,
end unofficially that another held 1800,
000 also In bonds. Tflere were 10
pouches altogether and if this ratio
were upheld the loss would exceed
$7,000,000. .
Merle Phillips, the 20-year-old boy
who confessed to his share 1(1 the rob
bery, continued to baffle authorities
today who questioned him In an effort
to learn who his confederates were. The
boy has been under the "third, degree"
for over 48 hours.
Spokane Attorney
To Protect Kates
Spokane, Wash., Nov. 17. J. B. Camp
bell, attorney for the Spokane Mer
chants' - association, left last night for
York and Washington to attend the
New York and Washington to attend
Interstate commerce hearings and -to
protest on behalf of the association and
fruitgrowers against a new tariff set
to go into effect December L
When Mr. Claus hits the Central West
he will find; -
1That this territory ia busy making
conservative money, with the exception
of those industrial cities centered around
specialized industry.
c 2 That the "buying strike" brought
about by high retail prices is thawing
out and retail business is booming la
what Is expected to be the best Christ
mas season In years.
. t That commodity prices are lower
in almost every line by from 10 to 60
per cent under 1919 -prices.
4 That the food market, led by a to
bogganing of the livestock market-and
In a lesser degree the grain market, la
headed towards "normalcy" at breakneck
speed.-;": ''.; v .V ' .;-.''
One of the managers of the largest
retail mercantile firm In the West Tues
day declared that the "buying strike"
which a few weeks ago threatened seri
ous consequences, was about over. He
showed figures to prove that a buying
1 (Concluded on Pace Two, Column Four;
TRAIN THEFT MAY
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wear.
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