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CITY EDITION It's Alt Here and if All True THE WEATHER Tonight nd Sunday, fair : westerly winds. ; Maximum temperatures I : Portland ....... .,78 New Orleans ... 83 Boise ........... 80 ' New ! Vork .. . .1 74 Los Angeles .... 66 St.-Paul .. ...... 68 CITY EDITION It's All Here and If a All True MARC ELLA IS PER3HINUS COUSINr Ceneral Pershing enjoys attending a pic-; ture theatre at which his pretty cousin, -Marcella Pershing, is appearing on the : screen. Marcel la is the subject of a beau tiful picture In The Sunday Journal. VOL. XX. NO. L 76. Entered J Second Clui Batta t yatVXiicm, For Hand. Omoe PORTLAND, OREGON, s SATUR DAY EVENING, ; JUNE i , 1921. SIXTEEN PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS gagg, ," .VS. WA TK AND FLAME BLOT PUEBLO FROM MA ALL FOOD SWEPT A V WIND P; K, THREE THOUSAND PERISH: WA 9 GRAND Mr RAPS POLICE Laxity in Alleged Failure to En force Laws on Gambling Com plained Of , Loose Plan of Auto Insurance Concerns Is Scored. , Loxness on the part of the Port land police department in enforcing the anti-gambling laws was charged by the Multnomah . county- grand jury, which . handed in its final re port to Presiding Circuit Judge Kav anaugh this morning. "From the cases of gambling brought to the attention of the grand jury," states the report. "It is our opinion that the police department should be criti cised.: for t riot enforcing the ordinances 1 against gambling. We believe, however, that since this has come to the attention of the head f the department such vio lations of the ordinances will be more strictly dealt with." WIFE SLATER IICDICTED . Among the indictments returned by the grand jury was one for murder in the first degree against James T. Ander son, who killed his wife with an ax aa she ' lay in bed on the 'morning of May 24.- Philip Lund was Indicted for forgery, B. E. Bennett for 'misdemeanor,-and a not ' true - bill was returned in ' the case of J. "A. Marshall and A. K. ' Stone, charged with robbing a store. -. Loose - methods of automobile insur anace and i financing companies was at tacked in a lengthy report. ' ' -, It : is" understood ,t that -two, -Portland banks recently lost about $10,000 through dealing with these, financing; companies and 'that theuonly reason for not return Ing Indictments against the officers of the companies was that-the bank offi ciate did not wish to admit publicly that they had lost the money. They felt that the reputations of the banking institu tions were at stake. ' SOLD TO BASKS " The system of the financing companies la to buy the automobile contract from " the auto dealers, then have the contract insured and sell it in turn to the banks. According to the grand jury, the deal ers know they can sell the contracts, so they pay little attention! to the "moral .and financial status" of the person to whonv. they sell the automobile. The ' 'iKw 1PTT company in turn pays no at tention to those who have purchased cars, the insurance company pays no at tention and the bank pays no attention to it. ! ' V "v As a result of the ease with which. con tracts are changed from, hand to hand a loose system 'has grown, up and un--trnetworthy financing companies have' bad a heyday, the report alleges. 3AUT01HS SHOT BY POLICE Chicago, June 4.r (U. P.) Three bandits were shot and probably mor tally wounded early today in a bat-, tie with police. A fourth escaped. The shooting followed a wild chase through, the fashionable North Shore district. The police car banged into . the bandit automobile and when the bandits attempted to flee they were shot. y;:--i":r V Two who have been identified at the , hospital have long criminal records. BUSINESS IS MOVING The " business serviee - of f The' Journal has, been broadened. Its , scope is not only country-wjde but now includes news of every important, commodity dealt In by merchants generally. These dis patches are hot derived from a ingle city or section. ; The value of the service lies in the fact that the trend of each commodity is reported simultaneously from all sections of the country. . - The business news service of The Journal, therefore, riot only surveys the general conditions of trade prevailing throughout the United States, but treats of spe cific lines of business daily. . The correspondents of the busi ness news service are men of wide experience. Impartiality and in tegrity. Their instructions and their efforts are to record actual conditions of business and to fore cast its trend from existing facts. Keep posted by reading the, daily business dispatches in The . . OREGON JOURNAL JUME. 3 - B - Career in Business Is Girls' Aim : By Panl R. Mallon ,.! New York. June 4. (U. P.) The sweet girl graduate is planning an onslaught on American business. An industrial career not matri mony is her ambition. ' i Moonlight and motor cars mean, noth ing to her for her romance she wants a desk in the swirl of the commercial world. " j Inquiries on aspirations of the gradu ating classes of Barnard college, one of the world's largest women's schools, to day revealed that at least SO per cent expect to make their mark in business. I "There is a drift from teaching and other special women's professions," Miss Katherine Doty, secretary, stated to the United Press. f ; ' "The new professions and occupations include: Efficiency engineering, bond selling, draftsmanship, farming, archi tecture,' sculpture, costume designing, law, medicine, psychological work, ex ecutive positions in department stores, buyers, newspaper work, volunteer so cial, civil and religious work." ROOWElNS; ; Another rise in the backwater flood In the Willamette river was re corded ; by the j weather bureau this morning. "The rise only amounted to .2 of a foot, but this brings the river 1 to a stage of 22.2 -,-feet and an ad ditional rise over the week - end is expected to bring the stage to the 2 3 -foot level, by Monday morning. ' Continued ; cool temperatures i in the Snake river territory are. still permitting a alow run off of the snow water. The cool weather caused the Snake river at Lewlston to drop .8 of a foot this morn- tng. At Wenatchee the Columbia rose .4 of a foot." " i In view of the chanced conditions E. L. Wells, -district ; weatber forecaster, pre- aictea mat tne river would fall slightly Tuesday. Whether the .fall continues Is dependent upon up-river temperatures, f Slightly cooler weather spread over the upper Columbia - drainage district but a steady warming tip seemed to be in pros pect for the Snake river country. Uma tilla reported a temperature of 92 and Lewlston 91 degrees Friday. - Boise re ported 10 and Pocatello 78 degrees. WASCO COUNTY STREAMS ' ARE HIGHEST FOR TEARS The. Dalles, June 4-The Columbia river is rising here again. In the 24 hours ending -at 8 o'clock this-morning the climb amounted to one foot. The stage at that hour was 38.5 feet and the river is going up today at such a rate that.it is believed the flood stage of 40 feet will be reached Sunday. . All the streams in Wasoo county are higher now than they have been at any time this year. - : . , . f Second Rise, In Progress . ' ? Vancouver, Wash., June 4. The Co lumbia river has begun a second rise here and it is expected that it will come up at least one (foot during, the next 24 houra Little damage U an ticipated here , from the; high water with the exception of the industrial road and fllL This road has been dynamited in one section and probably will not suffer any damage unless the water should rise to 25 feet. Man Who Was Hurt u. By Steam Shovel in - Critical Condition Nurses at St. Vincents hospital report that Henry Hlskkamh, 36, 1020 " Case street, who was seriously injured early Friday morning when a steam shovel crushed three workmen to the ground at Yncouver avenue and Hotman street, is stHI in a critical condiUon. ; Hizkkamh has a fractured skull, i, ; Arrangementa for the ; funeral of Ed die , Peterson, , who was killed ; by the shovel, are being completed by Dunning St McEntee. Chief Deputy Coroner Leo Goetsch announced do 'inquest would be held. Petersom ia 28 years old. He has a sister living in Michigan. ' The accident was caused when the boom became entangled in live power wires. , . ; . Oregon Delegation : Gives Reclamation ; Figures of Pall Washington. I June 4. (WASHING TON BUREAU- OF THE JOURNAL) Senators , McNary and Stanfleld and Representative Sinnott today consulted secretary of the Interior -Fall on rec lamation ; with i a view to obtaining a fair apportionment' of funds to Oregon in -estimates for the next ' reclamation budget. . i-y- i :h , : . K-':.-.r . Fall appeared to be impressed by the figures which were cited to show how Oregon has fallen behind neighboring states and agreed that ' this condition should be rectified so far as possible in future work. Sinnott afterward con ferre with Director Davis of : the rec lamation - service to the present the same facts for consideration when da- i partmental estimates are prepared. . R VER AT 222 FEET 1 -POITILAIO'S FOURTEENTH FiRELADDIES "00 POLITICS" BY REQUEST Pamphlets Urging. Support i for Bond Issue for Fire Apparatus Circulated by Precincts; Lead ings Taxpayers Score Method. Armed with pamphlets urging the public to support the 200,000 bond issue for fire apparatus, city firemen poured from the jclub $ooms of -the American Legion for more than an hour after noon today and scattered to their various home . districts ' to distribute the leaflets. , j ,i Practicatly every member of the night relief appeared in response to- the "re quest", of Commissioner -Blgelow and Fire Chief -Young, f Some of . the. men, were quite willing to help the cause for additional equipment but for the most part they gathered in groups ' and dis cussed' the tactics employed to impress the public with -the need.; f . A clerk was on hand to give each fire man a handful of the circulars, together with a bundle of cjrpulara supporting the proposed mea-sure providing stae aid for ex-service men j . ( PLAN ? MEETS DISFAVOR -- As each man received his batch of leaf lets his name was marked off with his precinct number so that an accurate check was taken of all the men who ap peared. .Most of them came In the belief that their appearance was ordered and not requested. We need the equipment, all right, but it's a poor way to get it," said one fireman, who Injected a few f ire fight ing words' for emphasis. ' , v - l - To this the group around .him agreed and a companion joined in the discussion by. saying: j ; j . : -:;: lit 'Guess if we had been requested ;to come-they wouldn't be bo careful check ing off our names." : f.': v i v - With this the groop passed on much as similar (croups stopped, discussed the iCoaclHded on Pace Two. Column One) RUN 4 STEAMERS " E. E. Johnson, temporarily 1 in charge of the local office of the Ad-T miral line steamships,' who '.returned to Portland Saturday morning from a business trip to Seattle, states that the Portland-California fleet of the Admiral ' line will be four vessels. ! The - Admiral Sebree will be placed on the freight run to relieve the news print paper situation in San Francisco and will operate opposite the Curacao. ' In the general passenger service the steamships Admiral Bvans and Senator will operate on regular schedule, sailing from Portland Friday of each week. The Admiral Evans will be the first to sail north from San Francisco, leaving that port Monday, and due in Portland Thursday morning. The Senator will sail on time to maintain the weekly schedule, both craft going as far south as San Diego. Magistrate Rules Against 'Frisking' Persons for Booze -" By ' t'ninnsl Serriee i; " New York, June 4. Policemen Burns and Welssman of the West One Hundred and Twenty-third street Btation received a lesson in constitutional law In , night court when they arraigned Joseph Clark of 114 East Forty-fifth street for an alleged liquor violation. . "How did you get the evidence 7" asked Magistrate Corrigah. - We frisked him and found this flask in his hip pocket,", replied one. : You- frisked V. said ' the magistrate. "Do you' not know that that Is a? viola tion of the constitution of the United States? It is a vlolatlpn of- personal liberty. I am In favor of . the law being enforced, but I cannot see why your superiors give such instructions as to stick your hands. In people's pockets. f ;I am in favor of laws being enforced, but not at such ridiculous lengths." ' . The magistrate held the defendant in $100 ball- for further -examination. ; ' t'-i: Home Run King Is Hauled in Again. , On Speed Charge New York, June 4. I. N." S.) Babe Ruth, heme Jrun king of the Yankees, faced the 'issibUtty of going to Jail today when he was arrested for speeding In his automobile dn Riverside Drive. He was summoned to appear in traffic court next Wednesday.; This was ; the Babe's second offense and It is custo mary among the traffic court-judges to Impose lall sentences for second offenses. m traffic policeman arrested the ballplayer on both occasions. . , ...... ADMIRAL LINE TO Fire Engine Of Heights Out of Show Fire Chief John E. Young threw a young bombshell into the ranks of the faithful supporters, of Engine 15, on Portland Heights, when he issued the order that .the engine was not to compete in the floral parade this year. ' ... , For the past six years society women on tne hill have, decora ted Captain Ker rigan's , engine, with the result that it has won first prize in its class. Downtown companies complained most bitterly against this and the chief said Kerrigan's outfit was not to participate in the event. The chief stated he would send his own machine up to be decorated pn the Heights. Now Mrs. J. C. Ains worth, Mrs. Walter T. Sumner, Mrs. K. L Fuller and others who have worked consistently for their district engine are at a loss to know what to do. They argue that they should-not decorate the chiefs automobile, but , then, on " the other hand, they are inclined to believe that policy would require them to do so. The question, is still undecided. . By Raymond Clapper ; ; Washington. June 4. (U. P.) President Harding was' off for a week-end rest at the farm of Sen ator Philander C. Knox at Valley Forge, Pa., today." The president and Mra Harding and a small party left the White House by motor shortly after 8 o'clock. A large hamper of food was carried along for the picnic luncheon which the party will eat somewhere along the banks of the Susquehanna .river,- They planned to reach Valley Forge in the afternoon and will remain over at the Knox es tate until Monday morning. ;.i.v".H'- The excursion is,yurety one v.of "rest and . the only, others in the immediate . partybealdeai iSeiiStor .ajld Mra Kaox will be Brigadier General C.-K. Sawyer, the president's physician, and George B Christian, secretary to : the president: Secret service and newspaper correspond ents trailed behind. . . : ; i r Sunday the president and Mrs. Hard ing will travel over the historic ground on which General Washington: and his men. spent their heroic winter ot priva tion during the Revolutionary war. J President Harding may make a brief address at the famous Valley. Forge chapel,, where several - presidents have spoken. ;'.;- -r ; , Although President Harding's inten tion is' to banish official cares while away, it is probable that -some of the time will be spent dlscusing foreign affairs with Senator Knox The snarl which has arisen between the house and senate over the form of the pending peace resolution Is one subject likely to be talked over informally. Byng Is Canadian Governor General London, June 4. (U. P.) Lord Byng. one of the most famous generals during the World war, has accepted the appoint ment of governor general of Canada, it was announced here today. Byng,! who Is 68 years old, was made a baron in 1919 in recognition of his war services. He had been' in' the British army since 1883. Baseball Results .. NATIONAL .- Giants Take Lead Pittsburg, June 4. (L N. " S.) The Giants, displaced the Pirates as leaders of the National league today when they trounced Pittsburg, 12 ito 0. , the third defeat in as many daya 'Douglas was in. rare form and. let the Pirates down with only one bit The Giants' cluggers started a . vigorous offensive against, Cooper In the second inning, ; scoring seven rung. Morrison, who relieved him. had little better luck, being nicked for four runs In .the sixth inning. The standing of the teams, after .v today's game is: , . " ' W. L. Pet New York .32 14 -.89 Pittsburg Jt29 14 .674 At Pitts burr R UK Vew Tork . 07 004 0t 12 14,. 1 Pittabur . . OOO 000 000 0 1 4 Batteries Ioaulu nd Snjder; Cooper. Mor rison and : Sehmkit, aWilaon. At Chieaao - , ' R. H. E. Braoklra 100 210 0004 0 2 Chicaco .......... 100 100 010 3 IS j2 Batteries Smith and Miller; Alextader, Tork sad Daly. O'FmtU. At CuudBBati R. H. E. Rftsten ...... . . . 000 210 003 5 10 0 Cincinnati ...... . . 000 000 000 0 T 1 Batteries McQuillan and O'Neill; Lmm aad tfinso. : : . . -J' AMERICAN ' - -At Booton ' R. H. B. r1eTlajd . , . . . . . . OO0 000 (Mfl J O Booton .:....... OOA 011 40 C ft S Batteries Bact7 and Tbosus; Jones and RaeL I . At New York B. H. E. St. . Leah 001 002 1004-1 1 0 New Tork 851 000 00 9 12 2 Batteries Bolaod, . Barn. v Palmero and Seweid,. Collin; Qmiui. Pargusoa and Sebans. - At PfciladelpDia 10 inninc) R. H. tL Detroit ...,., 031 000 OlO 2 7 IS O Philadelphia ... . 400 000 010 S 8 ' 2 - Batteries - Khmke and Basrier; Boameli, Hasty and Perkins. . At WahinUn R. H. E. Chicaco .......... OOO 0OO 40O 4 11 1 Wahintaa . 200 200 5 13 O Batteries - WilkiBson, Kert an Scnalk; Aeosta and Chamtj. HARDB SPEND OUTING ON FARM U. S. TO KEEP EYE ON BIG World i Interests of America Will Be Affected by Conference Be tween Llloyd George and Heads of Dominions This Month. , "By A. Ij.' Bradford Washington,.' June 4. (U. P,) Vital interests of -the United States are bound up In the deliberations to begin this month in London at the conference of the heads of the Brit ish dominions with Premier Lloyd George, high officials of this govern ment believed today. f 1 Outside of the strictly American Inter est Involved, it is also believed the future of the whole world, will be .affected In some degree by the deliberations and de cision of the imperial conference. ALLIAXCE INVOLVED The questions affecting vital American interests, which are expected to come up at the (imperial conference ares 1 Whether the- Anglo-Japanese alli ance a defensive pact to guarantee the interests of Great Britain and Japan in the Far East, obligating both nations to come to the aid of each other in case of a conflict between one of these contract ing . parties and a third power Aa . to be renewed before it automatically expires July. IS next" 2 Whether a major British fleet is to be created in the Pacific, for the benefit of such, of the dominions aa Australia, New .Zealand and Canada.. At ' present Great Britain only maintains - a battle cruiser squadron in the Pacific, , ' AB -BE(Si:Si,r AtROI, 4 : - 8 The broad question of policy as to whether--there can be any understanding lor "working entente" between the United Duiea ano . ureal .Dntain. to - ponce .uiv waters " of the - world," Great Britain to take care of the Atlantic ocean with the British ! Atlantic fleet ' and America the Pacific5 with the new fleet' proposed to be constituted on that coast 4 Disarmament -Great Britain must first consult : her dominions before she can announce . her - policy toward this question,, it is believed. ARTICLE X IS REFERRED TO JURIST COMMISSION By A. E. Johnsoa ' London, June 4. After a heated dis cussion Friday afternoon the amend ment commission of the League of Na tions decided to refer the amendment in troduced by Canada and eliminating Article X from the covenant to a com mittee of jurists, which will report to the assembly at Its next meeting. The 'committee will consist of Sciolojaj Sir Cecil Hurst, Fromageot of France, Strukkenof Holland and Bourquim of Belgium. ; - ; - ' ) Predictions are made in league-circles that Article X will. be. emasculated by the assembly.' but that It will not be" com pletely eliminated from the covenant - The committee is empowered merely to recommend action and its recommenda tions need not be followed by the league. Canadians, Australians and South Amer icans may be expected to renew flit fight against the article on the floor of the assembly next September. France, England and Italy may be ex pected to remain Indifferent to the fate of the article, while the smaller nations will unite in an endeavor to retain the article unimpaired, inasmuch as it means almost existence to some of them. The decision to refer the question to the jur ists was reached after Balfour eloquently portrayed the - political significance of the article In world politics, pointing to the world-wide debates over its meaning and interpretation, ' especially in the United States. rj-y; . . Noblemaire, the French delegate, de clared that Inasmuch as the decision un doubtedly would have la far-reaching ef fect the question deserved the most care ful scrutiny and pointed out that it Is highly necessary to ascertain Canada's viewpoint once more before final action is .taken. . Largest Dirigible , Being Prepared for Run Over Atlantic Cardington . Airship Station, England, June 4. It was announced here today that the world's largest rigid dirigible, the R-38, which has been rechristened the ZR-2, will fly : to America in Sep tember. The " trans-Atlantic flight will be made after two months' trial by Brit ish and American crews. ' : According to air ministry officials the great aerial liner will be completed witlj in three weeks and handed over to American Commander Maxfield not later than July 1, when the trial trips will begin. 5.':, - i ,..::: .-" . '' . Fifty American and British newspaper men were guests of the air . ministry to day and the. great ship was thoroughly inspected under the guidance "of C L Campbell, ' superintendent of airship design and construction of the British government.' ' Campbell and . General Maltland will be on the airship-when it sails for America. . -AMWAlLr School Boy Is j Drowned in Oswego Lake J Ernest Paulson, a Washington high school student, was drowned in Oswego lake about 12:30 o'clock this afternoon about 600 yards from the Dswego end of the lake. Paulson Was holding on to the rear end of a canoe in which three boys were rld Ing, and lost his hold. He could not swim and sank out of sight immedi ately.' .-":v-'v . y'; ' ,;::;-y . Ernest . Schaubet, an Oswego boy, re covered the body about an hour later and efforts : were made to resuscitate the lad with a plumotor obtained from the- Portland Railway. Light & Power company. Dr. Strickland of . Oregon ,City also assisted. - ! Paulson was at Oswego with Tthe senior class from - Washington for the class picnic. ' Principal Hugh Boyd was also present' and warned all the students not to say anything after the tragedy. He refused . to divulge the names of the three boys in the .canoe. . Boyd was clinging to the belief that Paulson was still alive, stating that there were signs of life, but the . prevailing opinion of others varied with his. . A call was sent to Portland for a pul moter and physician and City Grappler Hugh ; Brady, but - permission was not given early this afternoon for Brady to leave the city. ., E F . Joe Mozorosky, jeweler, who has been in jail since March 18 because of his refusal to pay la judgment of $1(00 awarded in the case brought against him by Sol - Swire, ' was re leased' at 1:20 this afternoon on $2000' bail-in .accordance with the decision of the supreme court Frl day that he should have his freedom pending appeal of his case. SoVSwtre eued Mozorosky for $800 -alleged to have been lost In a gambling game' and a 'jury -.in Circuit Judge Sta-pleton'4-court found in his favor. This sum , was" automatically doubled under the provisions of the state law on gam bling. When Mozorosky announced ; that he was a bankrupt an attachment was served on his body and he was thrown into jail. Bail of $2000 was posted for Mozoro sky by Harry , Hoi iman today and the bond, was signed before Circuit Judge McCouit The case has been appealed and Judge McCourt explained that if the supreme court upheld the decision of the circuit court Mozorosky would, have to pay the 81600 or go back to jail. If the decision is reversed, Mozorosky, of course, will be free. ;.,:. :',:.v,.."- . "The bond is good and we have no ob jections. to make," Henry McGinn, attor ney for Swire, stated this morning. ."We will fight the case through the higher court and hope to. win there aa we did here. . . Fair Weather Is Promised Festival Washington, June 4. (U. P.) Fore casts for period of June S to 11 inclusive : Pacific states : Normal temperature and generally fair. ' v UH COURT REES M0Z0R0SKY RUSSIAN MARKETS ARE AGAIN THROWN OPEN TO PEOPLE Coprrifht, 1821. bT TaUraationatKews Berries. '. Nota to read en : afiaa Bryant ia sow at Rica, after apendins a rear and a half in Rwaia aa eorraapondent of the International New Serrice.- She did not confine her raaidenea to Uaaeew. ; She tn Tried throach vt the- eonnby, viatung the detached mrabUcs of Knira and. Bokhara. She talked with peasant, leaden, shopkeepers and workers as well as witb officials of the soviet government. Her ftewa are a complete eeanbinatioa of all shade of Boaaian opinion. On account of recent reports circulated In Latria that the heads of the soviet at Moscow bad renounced cemmtuuma as "bank rupt." Mias Bryant was instructed to sivs to tha people of the United States bar own story of Rossi. . It follow: .By Louise Bryant Intematinnal News Service Staff Corraapoadent Ooeyrtsfat, 1021, International Newa Bfmcil Riga, June 4. (L N. S.) When I left Russia the street markets were in full swing and everything was for sale, from potatoes to Jewelry. There were great' crowds everywhere and there was noticeably good feeling; I saw. there for the . first time ; in months white bread and also fresh vegetables on sale. - In Moscow ; two markets were doing business Smolensk and the old historic Sukervska, both very large, extending down wide streets for half a mile. The general, appearance was like that at a country fair. . I do not feel competent to predict whether changes will bring about' a re turn to capitalism. I can only say that the changes which have been made are extremely popular' and they; were made ROSE. FESTII VAIL -- JOB3E PITILESS CALDROW OF Awed by Terror, Men, Women and Children Rush Through Streets and Implore: Succor; Starvati on and Plague Loom Like Spec ters; All Bridges Washed Out; Roads Impassable; Railroad Track? Under Water; Denver Prepares to Hasten Assistance. Pueblo, Colo., June 4. (I. N. S.) The terrible floods that have devas tated this section Of the country have brought the total dead to approxi mately 8000. .Men, women and children are frantically running through the water-soaked streets wailing for help. Special trains have been ordered from all railroads out of Denver with foodstuffs, clothing and" doctors and are now being made lup in the Denver yards. LASKER ACCEPTS SHIPBOARD POST (By Universal Berriea) - .Washington, June 4.- A. D. Lasker of Chicago will be the new chairman of the United States Shipping board. This was the ' word in Washington today, - 1 President Harding talked to Lasker over the long) distance telephone Friday and . later the president ' told Senator Medill McCbrmick of Illinois that Lasker had " accepted, the post . 1 ., TEAL SHIP VIEWS FAVOREJ . ... .. -lx DEBASE IN SENATE : Washington. June 4. - (WASHING TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL) While a member of the shipping board, Joseph' N. : Teal ' strikingly' condemned the . operating agreement under which the government ; takes all ; the risk of Operation and pays the Operator 2 to S per cent, on gross earnings, win or Ipse. His Indictment of this policy was quoted approvingly in the senate today in the debate on shipping opera tions hen Senator La Follette quoted from"; Teal's report ; and asked whether appropriations now ! being made wiU be used to continue such policies. . . "I hope not responded Senator Jones. (-Washington, In charge of the bill. J "I hope this will be one of the first things the new board will -deal with and that they will get rid of that policy. It is tremendously important I can see no justification for. it as' a' policy, though In some particular trade it may have been' wise for a time." "Why was it ever adopted?" inquired Senator Walsh,' Montana. ; "It probably grew out of abnormal conditions, when large profits were being made, and after conditions changed they did not get . rid of it" answered Jonea The senate adopted an amendment by Senator Lenroot Wisconsin, directing the board to' sell all wooden ships by Octo ber U - - ' "I reklire this means they win be sold as junk." said Lenroot' "but it will stop the spending of 830.000. or $40,000 a month to take care of them." because of poor distribution, lack', of bread and other demands of the peas ants. ..... . . Before me I. have the speeches made at the AlT-Russia ' communist congress Just held at Moscow, Lenin in his open ing address said : "Peasants constitute the majority of the Russian population. Therefore, our chief problem of policy in general and our economic policy In particular, is to establish as soon as possible definite re lations between the city workers and the peasants. During the civil war the chief factor which determined. the -form of policy and connection between peas ants and workers was military necessity. BASIS OF IC050SIT "Our second policy concerns thai de velopment of small Industries without fear of 'complete return to capitalism, it must be considered that the petty trade of the peasants cannot be stable to a de gree without some sort, of capitalistic re lations." , .. - -; M. Mllutin, who was appointed by' the society central committee to investigate and report upon, the present economic conditions,, said : ";i V. - "The question of free trade Is one of advocation of monopolies which hitherto had been placed on all prod ucts. The great nationalised Industries remain' the basis of the people's econ omy. By developing such industries aa leather, textile goods, etc., government will still have in its hands the main econotnio factors of production nun. ly; fuet transport and raw materials. . (Cone laded oa Pass Two, Column Six) A fleet of airplanes are tuning up at -Humphreys field at Denver. awaiting staff correspondents of local papers to be brought to the scene of the floods. All bridges leading Into the city have been washed away, roads are impas sable jand railroad tracks are from 4 to IS feet under water. BUSINESS SECTION WIPED OUT The entire business section hah beeea destroyed by fire caused by electrical storma - r Bodies are being transported to the morgues in wagons, many , being brought in on horseback. ItUIA BEYOND DESCRIPTION, t SAYS PUEBLO RAIL AGENT Colorado Springs, Colo., July 4. ( L N. S.) The agent of the Denver & Rio Grand railroad -at Pueblo arrived here at 2 o'clock from that city and reported that more than 2000 persons are? dead in the Pueblo flood and fires. The agent succeeded in' reaching .here In an auto mobile that he drove over the roadbed of the Rio Orande railroad. He sakl the situation in Pueblo beggared descrip tion. The property loss In the city will ap proximate $16,000,000. .The waters of the two rivers, the Ar kansas and Fountain, both flowing through the center of the city, have re ceded, but 'the populace is overwhelmed. Bodies are being hauled through tha streets." piled like cordwood, houae after house floats along with the current LhaA wlrls through the business streets. RANGERS TAKE COSTBOL State Rangers have taken over the city putting the flooded areas under martial law. Committees to. handle the work of clearing the debris are being formed. Ford C. Frlck, a local aviator, re turned here after an unsuccessful at tempt to land at Pueblcv He circled -about the Stricken city for nearly an hour, but said he was unable to make a landing because of continued wet .weather. He reported that he could see men, women and children rushing aim lessly through the water-filled streets Complete chaos reigned In the down town . section, i Virtually every building along the main street had been razed by flames, with water t ooslng over the smoldering ruins. DEBRIS FILLS AREA The 'flooded areas were filled with rafts, boats and all sorts of conveyances, but there appeared to be no organized plan of rescue. People were scurrying aimlessly through the residential sec tion where there Were here and there a few spots untouched by the swirling wa ters. . The southeastern section appeared to be the only part of. Pueblo that was not buried under water. The disaster had its origin In cloud bursts and heavy rains and the conse quent rampage of creeks and rivers. Dikes and dams, unable to bear the tre mendous pressure, were swept away, freeing- the imprisoned waters. Firrt Indications of the danger appeared Friday afternoon after a torrential rain. Noted Archaeologist Of London Makes Short Stop in City Henry V. Wellcome of London head of .thes Burroughs-Wellcome Chemical corporation, was a Portland visitor Thursday. ' Wellcome stopped in Port land one day to visit Thomas N. Strong, Mrs. A. L. Maxwell and other friends, eh route to Metlakatla, Alaska. , He- is Interested in the work of the Duncan Indian mission at Metlakatl and Is making ;a trip to become acquaint ed with the work. He will return to Portland on his way east in twe or three weeks.. ; - ' Wellcome Is a noted British archaeolo gist and at the outbreak of the World war was superintending excavations In the basin of the Nile. France Pleased by Conduct of Germany 'Paris, June 4. (I. N. S.) "If Ger many continues to show good faith it the execution of her pledges France Mi'A recall the class of 1919 before the end of the present month," War Minister Bar thou announced this afternoon.