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"T raasrx rrm r VOL. XIX NO. CITY EDITION PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 10, 1821. EIGHT SECTIONS PRICE FIVE CENTS 15. DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE From Authoritative Sources, It Is Learned That Japan and Great Britain Agree to Meet U. S. Secretary of State Hughes Con fers With President After Re ceiving Message From Harvey. , By A. Ij. Bradford v United Press Staff Correspondent Washington, ' July 9. A definite step toward disarmament may be expected shortly, it was understood tonight from high authorities. Pub lic pronouncement from President Harding or Secretary of State rtugnes may be a matter of only a few days, It was strongly indicated here. Already Secretary Hughes is under stood to have secured the consent of Great Britain and possibly of Japan to a disarmament conference between these two countries and the United States. SEES PRESIDENT Hughes is believed to have received this word from CoL George Harvey, American Ambassador to London, today. He went Immediately to the White House to confer with President Hard ing. Following the White House confer ences, it was stated Hughes may be dis patching notes to Great Britain and Japan in which he may be virtually call ing a conference in the name of Presi dent Harding. , The United Press was told on high authority that the favorable word which had been received from London upon the disarmament question must in no wise be considered a suggestion from the British government for a disarma ment conference, but that Great Britain Is simply expressing agreements with this country. CONFERENCE "REQUESTED" According to reports from London, Lord Curzon, the British secretary for foreign affairs, "requested" a disarma ment conference in interviews which he , OiwjefiKlcd o Pt Tea. Column Four) Clatsop Crest, on Columbia Highway, Donated as a Park Astoria, Jaly 9. Clatsop crest, the highest and most scenic point on the Lower Columbia river highway, will soon be the property of Clatsop county and the 20-acre tract crowning its sum mit will be known as Bradley park. H. L. Bradley of Cathlamet. Wash., has forwarded to the county court a letter and deed to the tract from his brother, Fred W. Bradley of Bay City, Mich., owner of the tract. The deed, which is blank, recites the conditions of the gift, all of which are wholly acceptable to the county. Ne gotiations have been under1 way for some months to secure the gift of the beauty spot to the county, which win be consummated formally with the transfer of the signed deed, expected soon. me terms or tne girt specify that a public park, to be known as Bradley park, shall be perpetually maintained on the 20 acres by the county: that a simple monument shall be erected near the Columlba river highway, stating that the park was donated by Fred W. Brad ley and the heirs of Elemar E. Bradley of Bay City, Mich. Rights to any sub surface minerals are retained by the donor, and reversion of the property to Bradley is provided in case the county fails to fulfill Its contract. Boy's Hand Crushed In Harvest Accident La Grande. July 9. The first harvest season accident in this section was re ported today, when 15-year-old Elmer Harris left- hand was mangled In a hay stacker. One finger was amputated. DRAWS NEAR Northwest Tourists' Retreat Easterner Sees Cooperative advertising would sell the Pacific Northwest to the world as a summer playground with out equal in the United States, ac cording to Richard W. Lawrence of New York City, publisher of Printers Ink, and an acknowledged authority on. publicity methods. Lawrence will leave today, accom panied by Mrs Lawrence and their two children, Richard Jr. and Bath, to continue their tour of national parks and other points of scenic interest in the ' Pacific Coast states. The next steps are the Rainier. Glacier and Yel lowstone parks. CHAS CES OVEBXOOKED The average business man of the Northwest has been so intent upon de veloping the industrial and commercial resources of this section that be has overlooked what appeals to me as his greatest asset." Lawrence stated. "No where in the country does the great out of doors offer more to the tourist and pleasure seeker man in Oregon. Washington and Idaho, but there are comparatively few people In the Bast' era states who have been apprised of this met, .-- Blaze Razes Damage Is seat atatatatatatatatatat S.P. & S. Station Burns, Journal photographer cw tehee action North Portland. Above General view of flaming storage yard adjacent to working plant. Below, at right Firemen at work saving trestle leading to railroad bridges over Oregon slough and Columbia, at left, shooting water under mill flooring. av 1 ' 11 I m 111 I vl L' - a I ! L Bap(e?llBBs! l rk 2aassBB&jBaaaBte S f w. ..m .jM w ' Kmm BBBanaw! Lb 1 mmmM F-j jgi ly I I ftfl BbIbv"LiI gfi flrJjtj' .,naev Wfmmm PwkH mm ' 1 s r HHmBi " rWrmLLBrmmmM' 1 ..fB;...---. ,,inwnn9saaaaaaaaa BH8Bn9K na B! l'i?iPBntBBBBli v ' mSmSSKtm S jg iff ' BPBSPBiPSfiri laa ' M mmW& SB!! I ' I mtmfM WmmmW las H m : a I HH I lr,w mm m 1 I mtm 4 'mW I I lilt I PI m 4. m I .BaarBar bb bs Ik 9 B mt t m waw ia"" ' I I :Z?-r "' wBSm a2rSmm4KmmmmL. ' m ml I COLUMBIA HARBOR tS BEST ON COAST U. S. Engineer's Office Reports 42 Feet of Water at Mouth of the River. Entrance conditions are improving so rapidly at the mouth of the Co lumbia river that Portland and other ports on the river channel will soon be safer to enter than any other har bor on the Pacific coast. This fact is set forth in the annual, re port on river entrance conditions issued this afternoon by Major Richard Park of the United States engineers' office In, this district, who has Just completed checking up the channel controlling depths. The investigation Just completed shows a controlling channel depth of 42 feet for a width of MO0 feet at the mouth ox the river this year, as against 40 feet depth for a width of 4500 feet last year.. The report likewise shows that the channel is 3 feet deeper for. a greater width than last year. Major Park found that there was a 43-foot depth . for width of one mile. When the engineers started their (Concluded oa -Pace f&sht. Tvo) Natural Asset toe Angeles, which may be ap proached by rail only by a long and tedious Journey over burning desert wastes, is spending this year $30.000 advertising Southern California as summer resort. In spite of the fact that 8outharn California has nothing to offer the summer tourist that can compare with the cool climate and won derful scenic grandeur of the North west, the bulk of the Pacific Coast passenger traffic goes to Los Anrnlas FAIB COMMON CAUSE With similar advertising methods, the streams of summer travel could be directed to Portland. Seattle and Van couver, B. C Promotion of the 1925 world's fair at Portland is drawing conflicting in terests of this section into a common purpose, Lawrence averred, and the exposition would do more toward plac ing the Pacific Northwest In a favor able light before the people of the East man any other movement In the history oi UuS section. The Lawrence party spent sevei days exploring Klamath lake and vis ited Crater lake and the eaves of Jack son county. They have driven over the upper and lower reaches of the Co lumbia river highway. the Little Monarch Mill Estimated of fire fighters at little Monarch Explosion of Torpedoes in Rail House j Gives rVotechmcsf Power Wires Dislodged. Fire thought to have been caused by friction; in a motor driven, lum ber conveyor swept through the Lit tle Monarch mill in North Portland Saturday afternoon, causing damage estimated at f 150,000. The mill was completely destroyed, together with a large quantity of lumber piled in the yards. Except that the wind was in exactly the right direction the Monarch mill, which is a much larger institution, would have been destroyed also. The sparks from the burning lumber ignited the station of the S. P. 4 S. in North Portland, burning It to the ground. ! TORPEDOES EXPLODED A large quantity of railway torpedoes stored In the station were ignited by the flames and caused a spectacular pyro technic display in the early stages of the fire. The Little Monarch mill was being op erated under lease by Edward Murphy and Percy Allen, who have offices in the Teon building. The plant Is cov ered by insurance. A can was sent to the Portland fire department and engines 13. 8. 14 and 30 (Concluded on Pass Eight. Column Oregon Shippers to Be Represented at U. S. Rate Hearing Salem, July 3. Fred A. Williams, chair man of the public service i iiiiiiiilsmiin. and Bat P. Wiggins, traffic expert of the commission, left tonight for San Francisco, where they will sppesr tn behalf of Oregon shippers and com mercial bodies, particularly these of Southern Oregon, at a hearing before the interstate commerce commission. Commissioner Altchison presiding The present rate structure as applied in Northern California creates a situa tion similar to the so-called Shrevepor cases, according to Commissioner Will lams, who declares present rates are unduly preferential to California and discriminatory to Oregon shipping and business interests. Conferences will be held with at Medford and Klamath Falls on the way to the San Francisco moottnc Pacific Fleet to Be Reviewed by Denby San Francisco, July J U. P.) The Pacific fleet, consisting In its entirety of 807 vessels, tncledlng tee new oil burn ing dread naughts Arizona, Oklahoma and Nevada, will be reviewed in San Francisco harbor in battle formation about September 1 by Secretary of the Navy Denby. This was the official an nouncement tats today made by Admiral E. W. of the "JX,I -iifcOC tu ujiuaf at $150,000 Loss $4,000 mill blase Saturday afternoon in WORK IN NINE COUNTIES HANDED Total of 72.8 Miles of Improve ment to Be Considered at Meeting on July 28. Salem. Or, July . A total of 72.8 miles of road improvement distrib uted over nine projects in ss many counties, will be up for consideration by-the state highway commission at its meeting in Portland on July 28, according to a summary prepared by Roy A. Klein, secretary to the com mission, today as follows: Clackamaa conntv P&visr of tiridrM on r-acinc man war at Tryoo Sucker creek and I MS Clatsoo countv Rerradiner anS rook ing of warren too cutoff, approximately two milea and construction of nrk should era along 18 foot pavement be tween east ena or warren ton cutoff and Miles crossing, distance of 2.5 milea Deschutea oounrv Tradin of Th uaiiea-caiifornia highway from Klamath-Deschutes county line north toward isena, distance of 17 miles. Lake countv Grading between Chand lers station and Chewaucan Narrow, on Lakeview-Paisley road. ICS milea Also grading of approaches to bridge over unewaucan river at raisiey. Lincoln countv Grading on Corvallls- Newport highway between Toledo sad Chitwood. eight miles. -Linn county Paving between Shedd and Halsay oa Pacific highway, 7.5 miles. Tillamook county Rock surfacing on Roosevelt highway between Wilson river and Riverdale, north of Tillamook city. Ls mues. Wheeler county Grading and rock rfacins between Fossil and Cummins Hill on John Day highway, 2.5 miles. Yamhill countv Gravel surraclnr on west aide highway between Amity and McMinnvule, miles. Youngster Missing; Hounds Will Be Used July . Two-year-old in waaoered away from Grange vine Friday, and wide- been instituted. He was accompanied by a small dog. which returned this morning. Bloodhounds being rushed here, win be seat oat Sun day. Fate Twists Things And Swimmer Drowns Seattle, Jury S By an odd twist of fate Frank PoUto, a s dead today, and (he hey. Thomas Herri n. who couldn't swim and whom Polito lis ad bis life to save from drowning. 4s alive, Beth were trying the water in the Green river yesterday. Harris wss caught la a whirlpool. Poll to Is to save him and was drifted out of the pool and ROAD CANADIAN RULE URGED FOR IRELAND Reports Indicate Ulster May Have Same Status as Quebec; Army to Be Reduced to Pre-war Size Question of Occupation of Ports, British Naval Establishment Feared as Stumbling Blocks By Dennis O'Connell Cm Terse Service Staff Comopoadeat Dublin. July 9. I am in a position to state that Canadian horns rule has been agreed upon as the form of government for Ireland. Ulster is to have the same status as Quebec. In the agreement as regards the army it Is to be reduced 25 per cent below the pre-war footing and it is to be recruited from the Irish. The only difficulty that remains. I am Informed. Is that regarding the occupation of the Irish ports and bow the British naval establishments stand regarding tonnage. LORD DERBY URGES PEOPLE TO SACRIFICE FOR PEACE (By Uatfwsat Service) London. July t. Lord Derby, m an address at South port today, declared the Britishers ought to be prepared, no matter how much they disliked the ef fort, to make sacrifices to secure a set tlement in Ireland. - He was, prepared, he declared, if nec essary, to go as far in concessions as to put Ireland in the position of a do minion. Having caused Ireland to stand on (Concluded on Paet'Twa. Column Tire) News Index Today's Sunday Journal Is Complete in Eight Sections: Pee . CeaadUa Bala for Ireland Section 1. Pas 1. Purport prove Nuiauee Sccuea 1. Pace 4. Alr-Btercl. Makes KSjfV geoUoa 1. Pae 11. Darid Lawreaoa oa Tit artlisi 1. ran 3 Herdias Win Boon Stand Sacuoa 1. Fas 4. D. a Support CabU Coaaaa? Soetioa 1 Para 4. Stv Missus ASTMd On Section 1. pass 4. Newt From the Capital Soctioa 1. Pas i. Open Doer PoUcj Stand Section 1. Fast 2. Hot Wave Brakes Section 1 Fat 1. Bryan Lead Banstoos P rasa 3. ' Storm Hits 1. Fare 8, 1 1. Don Tic Indaatry Puco to admit Circa -Seotton 1, ras t. Irene Campbell Win Section 1. Pas 10. l Ann K. Hares r 1 BwnVi 1. Pas 12. Berry Pete at Navbert Section 1. Fas 18. rue in Booauas Ho a Section 1. Pas 1. Contention Delegate Betara Section 1. Par 2. Eastern Bojera Comtnx Section 1. Pas Direct Wir to How Tack Section 1. Pas a BaoUesser Pined S200 Baattoa 1. Pas T. Smart Craft to Harbor Biftlaa 1. Pas 8. Girls Scale 1ft- Hood Sacttoa 1. Pas . PiadB Portland Different Section 1, Pas 11. T. M. C. A. Bora at Spirit Lake Section 1. Pas IB Paaa 10 Poster Bead fewer Hearias -Section 1. Pas 18. BaBat Director Baua Section 1. ras la Noted Pr nhar Hen Section 1. Pas 18. an Rehsert Crrad Section 1. rasa 14 Btetaaasta Appetatsd leatiea 1, Pas 14. Citv Charter Revision Section 1. Pas 14. 14. IS. Baal Batata sad Bufldinxa Section S. Pasa 1-2. Market Section 8. Pat 11. fwaeni liaWaa 8. Pas 18. Manns Section 8, Pas 18. Section . Paaa 4-5. l talis :"'pa 4-8-4 Section 4. Pas a Section a ras 8. Sacuoa S. Pases 1-4. Oa the Flaw SMS The Weak to naufcUf Batttoa 4 . 1 2-8. Secretarr Davia. a Secretarr Davis ( ). by Frank tioa 1. Fas S The Nation'i 8b. Tourist iant lb Joy at Al Movies Art or Portland. CUy at awpo. a Weaaaa'a dab affair Martini 4. Pass 4. riatsiaal action PJn Grand limy BisHne 2. ras a ' las Bean ot Matio Section 8. Fas a Fashion Sots Sacuoa 3. rasa a Btos Lardner a tafto aneVai a fas a rasa sTsltrmr"" Pans (pttftcuieO- Saetioa T. rage L BkvwMBa. r-Hv Preserves Bar Charms 4Saena?raa a""" aaaOstoaoaav-. Ptos sad MiarH fjaiiiirs. ras L unto 1"' ' 'tPaa" Journal First Airplane Delivery Scores Pilots Set Flight Records Jack Clensence, piloting great Seagull dettvery pN to which was duplicated Saturday by Archie Roth. piitwifta s, Mjri.fiiiijiiiiiiiinp iiiaamiiiwsni ill kiHS tin ruiiiiUHWlimH Bucking heavy head winds be tween Seaside and Astoria and ar riving in Portland 75 minutes after 'taking off" at the beach resort. Archie Roth, pilot of The Journal press delivery plane on tts trip Saturday, matched the record made by his co-pilot. Jack Clemence. Fri day. Despite the fact the flight from Sea side to Astoria took 25 minutes Roth made the up-river leg of the Journey in bo minutes, exactly the same time made by Clemence. B.ETUBX8 AT 8tSS In the afternoon reports from North Head indicated heavy northerly winds, sad Roth stated"-he was hampered by the gales that whipped the sand on the HOT WAVE BROKEN IN PARTS OF EAST Cooler Weather Prediction Gen erally for This Week, Says Bureau at Washington. Washington, July 9. (U. P.) Showers and generally cooler weath er next week will-put an end to the abnormally hot weather which dur ing the past few days exacted a toil of scores of lives, caused widespread suffering and inflicted much dam age on crops, the weather bureau stated tonight. A break in the heat wave already has been noticed in some parts of 'the coun try, the bureau stated. Beginning Mon day, temperatures will recede to nor mal in all parts of the country except In the Middle Atlantic states and the Ohio valley, where the heat may he somewhat above normal. There la little chance, however, for the temperature to climb to the peak of the last few days, the bureau said. In many parts of the Middle Atlantic states the heat poshed the mercury ap to 104 degrees, reports stated. Several cities la Ohio and Michigan reported tempera tures of -from 100 to 104 degrees for sev eral consecutive days. Cooling winds are coming from the north, the bureau said, and they will help to dissipate the blanket of super heated air which has been banging over the Interior states east of the M4saiasi ppL Rain will fall la many parts of the East era territory, the bureau said, and the area will be Urge enough to coot off practically the entire Eastern territory The forecast up to and Including Jury 18 Is tor temperatures many degrees lower than the lest few days. $400,000 Seattle Fire Starts from Locomotive Spark Seattle. July 8. Fire starting from a spark dropped from a railway lococno- tiwe caused a conflagration that resulted In a lees of approximately 8400,000 to the Harbor Island plant of the East Waterway warehouse A Dock company this afternoon. The less is entirely cov ered by insurance. Two million dollars worth of ptupeilj wss endangered by the ftasaeo, The ell tanks on the warehouse deck were empty st the time bet the wharf and ware- I were heavily eoaked sad tor It looked ss though the bras stow the flames Into nsisdnivg in Service hydroplane la The Jiish iial air- Clatsop benches, who bung op 100 cord in flight from Astoria to Portland Friday shore Into the air, making It Impossible to see the land st times The flight to Seaside wss made In 1 hour and 50 minutes Roth took off from The Journal sHp at 3:88, and landed In the Naoaaicum river at IA Twenty way back to Portland, arriving at the Lewis and Clark field at 8 Ml To eshsnee the spaed of. the newspaper distribution service on The Journal has been rerouted and here after the- big Seagull hydroplane will make Its first stop si Astoria instead of ME AS 8 BETTER SERTICE The change has been made so that the first afternoon edition of The Jour nal may -he denveied at Astoria to (Concluded aa Fas Twelve. firViw Tbal Six Chinese Pirates At Work Slain by California Students San Francisco, July 8. (U. P.) How three Chinese river brigands were warded off and slain on board a small Chinese river steamer near Canton by stz University of California .students after the pirates had subdued the offi cers and crew oC the steamer was told here today with the arrival from the Orient of the trans-Pacific steamer Co lombia. The college men were student officers upon the Colombia They had gained five days' leave while at Shanghai and took the river steamer to Canton. On the ' first night out. three pirates drew up In a small boat and boarded the easel. They lined up everyone aboard and bad started to go through their pockets when one of the. Americans shouted : "Give them the ax. boys" With that the six sprang st the pi rates Using the fire axes, fire hose noszles and belay i g pins aa weapons the Americans pressed the fight until the Chinese were killed. The fight was witnessed by two American school te chers. Miss May Manning and Miss Ruth Rideout, touring the Orient, whose jewelry the brigands were In the pro cess of removing when the Americans "broke loose. The college men were A D. ETb. W. L. Thscker. Leland No. James Vance, Jack Taylor and Robert Clarke, medical students at Berkeley. Walla Wallas at k m st at Wheat Yield By Hymen H. Co ben Walla Walla, July t. Walla Walla county will produce Its great est wheat crop this season. I say this without reservation. This crop is likely to stand ss a record for many years to coma It Is first of all a tell wheat crop. I have preached fan wheat la sad out of season as the only thing for the in terior. T8hs season's planting hi Walla Walla county will he fully 80 per cent fail sowing ; in fact. St is doubtful If 8 per cent of this year's in the Not only was the big hulk ef of WsJls Walla nLanlad ia v planted IHraaaa H. Costs, market adttsr ef Tea JoarnsJ. la oa kat aamaal tow ot BkaSwa Ore saaaad tas InfaEasjtoeto iaveeaeMaand Sylwr'jLek it in lOons wit tna rfc at SS&i GOV. SMALL INVOLVED IN GRAFT CASE Bitter Political Fight in lllinoft Waged by Thompson and Low den Factions Over Treasury Grand Jury Will Hear Charges Affecting Action State Treasur ers in Loaning People's Money, Springfield, 111., July 8. A grand jury Investigation probably without parallel in American history, Involv ing Governor Len Small and other high state officials, will get under way here on Monday. Records and books of the state ury's office, covering the last she were prepared tonight by a score of clerks for presentation to Jury. OCTGBOWTH OF FIGHT At a local bank two by the sheriff of Bansi watch ever a vault declared by nfTintoal to contain records of many shadv Seats with the state's finances la the last few year. The probe, resulting from the bitter it political fight in the state's experi ence, comes ss a climax to the row be tween Edward Brundase. attorney raft- era i, and Governor Small. The governor Mi a member of the nsaBaa leal clique headed by Mayor William Hale Thompson of Chicago. Brundase was an adherent of Governor Frank O. Lowden to his fight against Thompson. The investigation will center around the interest paid to the state treasury an funds to his care. CHARGES MARS Officials claimed that same state treasurers were able to get away with as high as 1 200,000 yearly through de voting the Interest to personal uses Governor Small was treasurer for two terms ; Fred E. Sterling, present HeiilesT sat governor, just completed one terra, and Andrew Russell, new state -'""m formerly was treasurer. During the pg" which i SmaB made for governor, allegations ware printed that more than 8100,000 which he iwswo wnue treasurer en interest FsDa auaaa was nee turned seer es state until several whr after his 8TBIXES BACK Leftdtng of 110.000.000 to Chicago era at aa interest rate or 3 per cent, according to some reports, although as high ss 8 or 7 per cent wss being 'paid for borrowed money, will also be In vestigated. The fight between Small and Bandage was brought into the open when the governor vetoed a large appreprlstisa for Bru adage's work In enforcing the prohibition law. Brundage retaliated today when he made public an opinion declaring increas ing salaries granted state employes ap pointed by Small, were nrTltTi tinsel He also declared aa appropriation eg 8800.000 to the elate department of fi nance for emergency uses wa Rooming House Is Damaged by Fire; Occupant Injured Fire which threatened the lives of tBS W. McVey rooming house st 870 First street, partially destroyed the structure shortly after gavidnlght this morning ant cause the Injury of one of the roomers. The flames broke out in the heseuierrl ot the structure end the occupants were forced to flee In their night clothes. One of the rooenera Paul Frank a laborer, was trapped on the esc and fleer, and ks jumping to the ground broke his leg. He wss taken to the emergency hoadtv and later to the Good Samaritan. The fire caused 81000 damage to the rooming house and 8400 damage to the dwelling house at 384 First street, which adjoined the rooming house. - - Harding and Family Start on Sea Tnl Wsahlngton, July . (L N. S.) The president, Mrs. Harding sad s smatl party of guests sailed from Washington at 4 25 o'clock this afternoon on a Trash end cruise on the yacht Mayflower. Crop Is Big at at" at at at m Breaks Record the fall month, but it looks every single kernel of seed took and end Its best to break all The stand of wheat Is behold. Eureka Flat fcs simply glrar wffh The "flat" has had seed wheat to other seasons, but It has never before seen or dreamed of a crop thp slss of the present one. While early harvest returns of sores of the poorer sections of the "flsg section Indicate that the wheat wffl asm weigh shove 88 pounds to the busheL snout two pounds below the No. J, this showing will not he sraaanal In the district. Up through Clyde aal on tne weaaswt view and to the rtvsr hill, the wheat crop en mi stands out ss supreme this aetv son. and average yields will perhaps key around 88 to 86 bosh Is per acre, whifir much ef the wheat of the section wfl go 40 titan lis, although there wOl be triages mat win net go i