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Maximum temperatures Wednesday;
.Portland 7 New .Orleans.-...
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' Loa Angeles. -83 " St. PauU S
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ZrV All Here and ' AM True
HERBERT HOOVER, in an exclusive ,-
Interview with The Journal, sets up his '
observations on the railroad problem and
J is relation to the iarmeri This interview
will be published in The Sunday Journai
, next sunaay. - i
PORTLAND, OREGON, 1 THURS PAY,. EVENING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1821.-1 TWENTY-TWO PAGES.
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Highway ComrnissLon, Disposes' of
Blotk. of $1,500,000; Booth 1
Hill Hood Loop Contract fietH
P. Danger Signals to. Be Tried.
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i ;: Stat bonds to the amount of. $100,-
t'J. ( ere old "today by the sUte hih-
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i 'fay. commission, to a syndicate headed
ll ' : . . ,
if White. Weld Co.. for r $1,501,056.
tie. price paid Is t:'th rate' of. $100.07
r each $100,-The bonds ara to bear
ijfc per cent Interest
-, The tommlBalon aslced for bids on an
issue of $2,500,000. but in view of the !
Mde received decided to dlsDose of onlv
I ; 1,600,000 at this- time. The remalnlns
Vll.000.000 . will be readvestised - for sale
September zo, the next meeting of the
commission, i f ;
ORADINGXOXTttACT TLVS "
The s contract tor- grading the' Booth
hill section jot the Mount Hood -loop
hlsrhwav In nood River vmntv hna hri
9 awarded to : Joplin ' A ' Kldon " on their
' , bid of $54.S4. . ; i . , - -
in uie matter or reducing- the Hazard
ol danger on the. hrchwaya the com-
. mission decided to purchase on trial two
Jlashinfr alenala to be installed at. some
place., to be designated. , These signals
kt an acetylene light constructed ; on
the same principal of marine lights and
-are practically f land lighthouses. The
lighta coat at the factory $250 each. The
' manufacturer" has proposed to install
them and if they do not prove satisfac-
t tory take them out and refund the
money. " t " , ,
WOC,D 8HABE COST
- A resolution wu adopted by the com-
.mloaion Agreeing; to share half the cost
of A frrv dAiniif TirVivMorl hv Tflamath
Cblihty this summer during grading work ;
4 on the shore of Klamath lake. The total
', ,ost was approximately $2000. -;
Beyond one or two smalt lobs the com-
mission wi)l. let no additional contracts
r: 'before. October. Among ihe pejpjects to
- be brought up then will ptpbebly be two
. or three on The Dallea,Ck3fornla hlrh-
i. vsy including a stretca" between' The :
oaiies and Dufur.Ja-o-8ftftern part
f- Jefferson county, - and : . lSmUe-see
tton between the Deschutes ar$ Klamath
.counties, boundary south to the national
v. rorest.
i -'In the matter of slgnlnr the " state
n ,1 roads Ute cotnmiselon xve assurance to
a delegation representinsr the Oregon
ttate Motor aasoctaUon and Dealers' as
teciatibn that this-work would go for
Jward during the winter and, that by
next season there would be leas cause
I ior corrroiaint from .travelers. - in the 1
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f Suggested, that" this was up to obanUesr
-Und that missionary work might be done
ipwarua geiuug a unuorm ; system 01
1 signing. .. ;. ' T ,
I a proposition to set un at dangerous
points on the highways : an acetyelene
lizht on the order of marine lirhthouses.
It is. claimed thai these slngala are
being introduced in the ast with good
reaulte The manufacturers' -'-offer to
itner ecu in iigni ouinsnc or wui erect 1
ana maintain it free 01 charge in con-
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(Conchidad an Pact Thne. Cohuos Oaer
EBEM'S ORDER IS
LIKE MORE FUEL
1 ...jMunictC.Sept, 1. (L N. S.)Presldent
,Ebert'- proclamation suspending,' Bava
rian newspapers as a result of the po--
, Ihtcalfurore which follqyed the assassi
nation of Mathias Erzberger is adding 1
fuel to the fires of hatred between South
: Germany and Prusaia.
. rj Tha Bavarian . cabinet.: at a special
i ..meeting today expressed strong disap
proval of - the proclamation and it is
doubtful tf.1t will be enforced.
' The separatist movement has become
much stronger the last few days. . Ad.
herents of the movement to place Crown 1
-Prince Rupprecht on the Bavarian throne
u. viKiu; uvijui w uoiuuviata. : . -
Hiissian Mothers Get Advice
eatres Provided for Tots
;l: Ry Loatue Bryaat mi,r
ymer . FortUsd : Wobiii Jot- Betsraed ' tD
v . , AawHca Tram SorWt Baals. - '.,
j jTW fa the iit!Bth of a serin ef rtk!
nib coeditioai la Buai as they txiii today.
(Capyrifht by CniTenwl Service - '
rNw- York, Sept L Before t went to
Riusia I heard of the children's colonies
etablished by the Soviets all over -Russia
and I had also-heard that the idea
-thai lay back; of .these .schools was to
- smash family life., The first prominent
- educator X questioned gave men thia ex
planation; . . . . ; : , . .'i . v.,'-; i-y V
f "In the first place,r he : said, "this
. regime inherited from former govern
"rnents the burden the responsibility
jf hundreds, of thousands ,of orphans.
-' We had to put them in homes and we
didn't believe in isolating them Just be
cause they were orphans.' ''',
,'rOOtt PEOPLH IGJTOBAJIT t . . '. .
' "We were also faced by the fact that
fth majority of poor families were so
it
ped in - ignorance that it was really
bles.ting to the children to, take them
t of their own. homes during the school
rma. .."There was only Qne wsv for the
.Idren of , inferior .; parents to have
same chance as the chiliiren of stt
rior ones and that was to send the
dren to boarding schools.?-"
I ie stopped - and thought Then - be
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MINERS'. WAR
f INE fit march followed by
I . armjr" of- West Virginia
Kanawha county, to match
toward Mingo. The fighting
is near Logan. , .
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ATTEMPT TO mriOXUK COAL. ,
FIELDS 8TABTED MIEKSWAB
Tiran.- XV vL Rent, ti-.il. Ni tt.
The pictub today in Boon county
is One of violent unrest. AU train
service has been suspended and many
of the natives have fled their homes.;
.There automobiles are- ehoo ting- ev
erywhere . gathering- reinforcement
while commandeered trains also car-
ry miners toward the front " . 4
The trouble between the Logan
au tMri ties and . union miners Is of
long standing. . . In the , autuma of
191t miners assembled in Kanawha
county and started march to Logan.
Their purpoee, was. grenerally speak-
ingr. toTtnionize the field.- They hoped
the demonstration "would .cause the
Logan fields to yield I from -their PC
aition- of .-opposition- ta t he . janiTOxa
tion of -the Guy &A Vawfey section..
'W1tt,.m riT3Ti-w.dii.- W
WItWa Ue Miners' Lles, Ma41iom, vr.
Va ; Sept. . 1 (L If. S.) FUty "talners
are rnnrtS kill fw hadlv wonndl la
- . -
j. ,-t
- ''wl - : - 0"ht - '," - ?m ?
j front by two Menbotk weaaded. The
1 astaenmett u said to have attacked a
I aeilae Best a Blair saoaataisw f
: I11 i ,tk . Pos
I or nt two. uauaf the report, said 10
tare been wiped ont or taken-prlaoaer..
Logan, W. . Va!., Sept 1. Reports
from ' the; Logan-Boone , battle - line
received i'here . indicate 4 that three
deputies and from one to 20 miners were
killed or wounded in the fighting .yester
day and last nights - - - ' -- ;
The fighting is continuing this morn
ing, . according to reports Teaching the
governor s office. . ,v : ' ; -
Daybreak found dose to $000 men in
Ix gam's . first -Une. Reinforcements
have' been x rushed forward -during the
night in anticipation of a concerted at
tack -this morning." -
Scouts Tiad, : ' reported 4000 j. miners
massed in-frotit of -the JO-miles -of de-
(Cotieladed on raca Two, Cebinia Four) ,
Postal Eeceiots ; ; '
'ShpwlBig Growth
r Postal receipts for the month, of Au
guat ahow ' a gain of 6.3 per cent over
August 1920, according to announcement
made this morning by Postmaster John
M. Jones. The number of pieces that
went through the' cancelling mach We
shows gain of - t2S.534 over . August
14A Vt- tm TwrAmA Vw Tnfi.. ,.,1,.
j an excellent indication - of the upward
trend 01 puainess vuiiuuiuna
"Ahd the 'only reason . seems wild
and, unsocial to. establish boarding
schools is because everything in Russia
is iconsidered wild . and ansociar lit
England the wealthy families for gen
erauons have sent their children to
boarding schools. - We only tried here to
give all the children of the nation what
has already proved to be of great bene
fit, and -which Was before now" only , to
enjoyed by the fortunate few. -YlSITDrO
BOARDUrO SCHOOL
"No child was ever compelled to at
tend these schools. . I know of no m-
stance. where the parents were unwn
Ung.- v ; - . .
I si-- a day at "a model "boarding
school In Moscow.' They were using the
vet modern methods of "ion, Mon
tessort and FroebeL : There were about
100 youngsters boys and girls ranging
from to 14 years. The children es
corted me over the buildings and proud
ly exhibited the departments. "
'EvenvMng was ' clean. although
threadbare. I saw the f's'-vwii, labo
ratories and dormatoriea a splendid
little exhibition of colored drawings.
Of the draw intra, I. came away with
precious handful sUmed and presented
by the small artists themselves.'..? -.
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IK MOWED 1 ;
( Concluded oa Fate 1
IVhma Foot) .
1 piSi
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0 'oill" IIlO
Packed Courtroom Surprised When
V Dentist Himself Makes' Reply
iTi Firm Voice;. No .Change of
Yenue Is to Be Petitioned For.
Roeeburg. Or Sept 1. (U. P.) Pale
but bearing himself Jauntily, Dr. Richard
Melvin Brumfield, charged! with the mur
der of Dennis Russell, faced his accusers
here at i ;19 this afternoon and denied
any connection, with the murder of the
hermit laborer the night of July IS.
"Mot - guilty. " Brumfield- answered
tersely.', his voice clear and firm when
arraigned - before Circuit Judge Hamil
ton. , : 1 " f :.' . v
Brumfield sprang "a surprise on the
courtroom packed, with "murder fans'
as his clear-voice pronounced the words
disclaiming connection: with the crane.
It was his first distinct statement con
cerning the 'crime.
Reports . from the jail' had pictured
him as a caged animal. His Jaunty ap
pearance as he passed before: the faun
dreds of eyes 'fixed on him sent a. wave
of incredulity- through the packed mass
of humanity. - --" '?
. He faced Judge. Hamilton with com
posure and his voice, as he entered. his
plea, could -be-heard to every corner f
the courtroom. ' Mrs. 'Brumfield, waa not
prwent - "-' -
Kq petltfon for a change of venue was
presented. V Attorneys ; for the defense
announced, however, that they would re
quest a Judge other than Judge Hamilton
to hear' the case.' v .; .a: . t
No date was set for the trial. '
STATE MEETS IMPENETRABLE
"WHTS" IX BBtrMFUEiD CASE
" " By X C. Ktolee
Why? '.Why? - Why? -
- With all in readgiess for- the trial at
Roseburg of Dr. Richard M. Brumfield,
this perplexing ad verb still goes un
answered in relation to some of the most
important features surrounding the mur
der of Dennis RusseU.'. . . . f -.
:. There is one man. perhaps, who could
dispose of all the "whys" in a half hour
of pregnant conversation.' But that man
has baffled an Inquisitive world with
a ' single, unanswerable -. statement'
can't remember. - .
some BEHtxir pepinysi' 7 ?t-'
They are important too, these "whys''
Some of them will- form the- foundation
of the defense .In Its attempt to prove
that 'Brumfield. was not sane when the
muror was committed Others, if they
could be , answered, would probably
strengthen the state s case rmmeasura
bly, : They might provide additional mo
tive deeper premeditation.- But they re
main unsolved cryptic barriers across
the trail of investigation which no inge
nuity has Succeeded in removing, v
WHAT THEY MIGHT A3SWES
;"- -Here are some of them:' 1 i
,1 : Why. did '-. Brumfield express a
,-, package of women's clothing to Seat
tle on the day ofthe murder? -.;
Why did Brumfield virtually dis
" 6lose hl whereabouts by writing the
--express agent in Seattle to hold the
i. package? .
Why. was an open stretch on the
Pacific highway, selected for the
killing of Dennis Russell?
: - Why-were- letters certain to Ident
ify Russell left on the body of the
. murdered man?. .
-Why baa investigation failed to
.-disclose any- traee of - tbe route by
' which Brumfield fled 'Roseburg after
(Caaehtded ea Page Two, Column. -On.)
. San Francisco, Sept. 1. L N. S.) A
wa-e-- cut of . 4 -eenta an hour., effective
Sunday and affecting 2200 platform men.
was,, announced - today by the ' Market
Street Railway company. The new scale
will run from - 4$ cents to $2 cents an
hour,- according to the length of em
ployment 2 Portland Mexi and
GM.in Smashup:
Near. Camp - Lewis
... -u'AS- -
..Taconuv Sept.. L-KTX. PO 'Two Port
land men and a girt are in a Camp Lewis
hospital today : with - injuries sustained
late yesterday . wtien the automobile in
which they were1 riding skidded on the
highway near the army camp and ever
turned. ' - J . -;
The injured : Fred Knott theatre me
chanic, concussion of the brain,' right arm
fractured ; John O'Neill, cuts and bruises
about head; Mary O'Neill, severe nerv
ous shock and bruises.-, - - -
The party was-en route to Vancouver,
B. Cy at the time of the accident - s
Japan Concedes to
5 Clear Her: Way at;
;: Parley,; Js Eeport
Tokio. Aug. $L (U. P.) The Japanese
cabinet has outlined Its disarmament
conference program, according to papers
here; - .-
Considerable concessions to China re
garding Shantung, according to the local
press, have been decided on for the pur
pose of keeping that question out of the
Washington conference. c
These concessions were reported to in
elude establishment " of -Tsingtau- as. a
free port and tbe working of the German
mines as Joint Chi no-Japanese enter
prises; -
It is expected here that the conference
will discuss the S&gkalien occupation.
Elopement :
Of Oriental -'
Belle Nipped
Charming and demure Annie Chan,
beautiful little Chinese belle of some
H years. Answered the "call of heart
and came -to Portland to be with her
lover. Sam Lee. well known member of
the local Oriental, quarter, only to find
that her mother bad also adopted Amer
ican methods and, prevented -the culmi
nation of the romance by wiring the
women's protective division . to keep
her upon arrival. ; Meanwhile Annie is
denied sight of her lover.' - , - -:
Excited 'w ith the '. thought1 of once
again meeting her .lover, whom e bad
met in Oakland. Annie descended from
the train at: tbe Union station Tuesday
night but . Instead of meeting' Sam Lee.
was , taken in custody by representa
tives tf the division.-r'
LIKES TO TBATEL , . '
Born in Oakland. Annie - had been to
China with her parents . and admitted
she likes to travel. That and her love
was the cause' of her leaving- home, she
said this morning. . - -.
.J ri like to go about she said in per
fect English as she smiled at Miss Ran
dall of the division, "and Came to Port
land to be on a trip.' Maybe sometime I
will go to New York, but now I must
a-ait for my mother.
: That there Is a possibility of convert
ing her mother to her plane, is the belief
of the little maiden, t Once she can $alk
w ner.ne saia an irouoies wm ne-.ex- L
plained. She-hopes to be allowed to sUyiyv.-, -r 'IT"
in the Rose City.
8ATES JBONET FOB PARK '
Annie Chan had been working for some
time - in Oakland and -unknown to her
mother had saved enough money to make
the Journey north to Join her lover. Mrs.
Chan'vpon learning of her departure,
wired " "the Portland ; Office requesting
them to take charge of her until she
uld come. - '
Annie philosophieally waits the com
ing of the mother and hopes she will be
able to once again take up the search for
happiness. - , ....
Mrs. Chan Is expected to arrive the lat
ter part of the week. . .
COI TO HIS AID
A storm of protest is pouring into
Wartilngton- against, the order of the at
torney general, or of William J. Burns,
new chief of the bureau of Investigation
of tlit Uepartxnent.of Justk. against the'
removal, of William R.Bryon, superin.
tendent of the Jforthweet district of that
bureao. ,
- From Portland numerous prqtests have
been ' forwarded. ' A. L. Mills. Emery
Ohnstead,.. ' District ' : Attorney .. Evans,
Mayor Baker, Ralph E. Williams and
many others have ' sent- their notes of
disapproval eastward. Wallace McCam
antv jH-esldent of the Sons of the Amer
ican Revolution, -has joined in the pro
test and asked Burns to reconsider :his
order. .. i, ; J"v '-i '
J XJ A, WAU VViA JICOl vaBMMMJMJ: :..:
Over la Idaho the . friends of sBryon
have- begun to get active and Senator
t u. ... 1. .... ...klut,.. n, I ,V,
the attorney general, while Senator Reed
Smoot of Utah has been appealed to in
his behalf, and has gone to bat for him.
according to reports received - in Port
land today.- - - '
' Down in California, appeal has-been
made to Rudolph 8pncklea, a patron ef
Burns, and to Francis . Hen ey. to whose
assistance Burns was-, assigned during
Heney's activities In the land fraud in
vestigations and prosecutions of 905.
A new angle to. the case Is that Bryoa'p
misfortune 'Springs from his having -en
gendered the personal enmity of Burns
and. of the Burns -Detective agency dur
ing the war. .
WILL HOLD 03T '. ' , ,
VBryon Is said to have collaborated with
the Pinkerton service and passed up the
Burns people in some of his work, much
to the displeasure f -Burns, who is now
in position to "get him" for that course
of action. .-- - - '
i No word hasbeen received in Port
land, so far as at present reported, from
the. attorney general, or from Burns, In
response to the protests that have been
showered upon them. , '
. In the meantime Bryon has assumed
the position: that the action of Burn is
an injustice to him, and that heawill not
relinquish his office until forced not by
direct- action of the department r
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Leaps Off Bridge;
li Second Attempt to
"Drown Successful
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v Ak. unldentiTied man committed sui
cide ' at; noon today by Jumping from
the east approach to the Morrison street
bridge' into,' the ; Willamette rlveft, v'The
act was witnessed by a number of pe
destrians on the bridge, who were help
less to effect a rescue. The body was
not recovered but a search is being
made by the harbor patrol. - 1
; The first attempt ' at drowning was
made ax the . Merrill boathouse at the
foot of Taylor street Just as the fac
tory whistles -were blowing at soon.
Emploes of the boathouse say the man
spring from-the float into the water
and rescued -him before he had lost
consciousness. He was landed on the
west side of the river and crossed Mor
rison staeet bridge to the east approach.
where he had a second attempt at self
destruction with successful results.
" . Frank Merril. - who- rescued the sui
cide -victim from. the river fallowing his
first attempt i described him as a for
elgner about 40 years old, dark com
plexion. weight ' about i;.0 pounds.
height 5 feet or ? inches. He wore a.
brown .suit white collar and black fie.
When rescued the man made no com
merit on his rash act according to Mer
ril, but had . apparently ,;ven up the
Idea of suicide when he reached the
street - , ;
BRYONS FRIENDS
STANFIELO IN MOTHER ASKS
GITV- PRAISES GOVERNOR TO
Expresses - Surprise at Protests
on 'Dr.; linville , and " Qeorgel
U. Piper; Says He Is Prpud of
AVprk So Far Done by Congress
-. Senator R. N., . Staafleld, , is- home
again, feteling fine and contented, fcon
vinced that the present . congress has
spent-- a period - of particularly con-
structlve effort and that the Oregon ap- I
pointments -made . by - Senator McKary
and hlmself are : good - ones, . agalnBt
which ' no inveighing ought to be cast
He will 'remain 'in Oregon ' until called
back to Washington by the reconven
tion rtf MnvMM An SAntmTwr 1 '
, .The senator says that the. aenae does
not know what Is in the German peace
treaty, or did not at the time of its
recess. . but he predicts that the long
expected document will be put at the
.a -V -. .L-j.
ful -and minute inspection and ratified
without much, delay. He insists that
politics is adjourned In the senate now.
that the minority party ' members are
wonting for constructive advances in
much needed legislation and- he .does
not believe that there will bet any ma
terial effort 'made --to delay the peace
treaty ratification . for partisan or po
litical reasons. Thatdoes not mean.
howerver. he .contends, that the .-treaty
will not be given, very careful consider
ation, but it does mean that the senate
win not nprmit th ratififlatina of i th I
treaty to get In the- way ot the tariff
and revenue bills and block their ad-
vane to passage, r - '? -v-' r
imATrn1 nv -wnva- nm - I
The senator sayg.he la proud of the
. M . . a I
wots oone py vne wiisrea w ir, ri
tleulariy for. its -work toward.-, agricul
tural relief .. and the -readjustment of
tariff and revenue. r - 1
SenatoricKary v agricultural, relief
act is a, broad gauge and highly .con
structive niece of legJaladon,. the sen
ator, contends. Jt ,wIU give financial aid
to "the basic agricultural .Industries of
the nation, he says, and through that
strengthen... the , tone of . buaineas every
where, v its assistance to the cattle grow
ers, sheep raisers and fanners generally
will enable them to conduct their opera
tionts without having" to force their prort-
uct on the -markets and thus bring
themselves to the edge .of financial ruin
as has' been the case in the recent past
r The tariff and revenue bills are com
ing forward side by sidd and on the re
(Osactaoed oa Pas Two. Column Thnel
ADEQUATE HIGHWAY
Adequate enforcement of the
motor vehicle act by an organised troop
of state highway police is the solution
otjthi difficulties, of the road law, ac
cording to Captain Lewis of the Port
land police- traffic department '
Captain Lewis in company wlth"T..-A.-
Rafferty. chief inspector of the present
state highway police, has Just completed
asurvey -of . road ' conditions and law
enforcement covering the entire . sum'
mer'
i Tourists sfcominff to - the statu In in
Creased numbers form: their opinions of
Oregon bom til way thV hgrhway,
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protected, Lewis ! stated. .' At present
there is considerable petty bickering by
the various communlUes over traffic
law enforcements and to make, the en
forcement uniform throughout the state
an adequate state police must bo-or
ganized, he said. i .( t.i j ' ... '-j
LIST. OF CATJSES ,l . ' ...,-.'.....'...
traveling over the . state and in
conversation with tourists." Lewis went
on to say. 1 find. the main causes ot
complaint 4o be the lack of uniform en.
forcement ol the law, lack of road
signs, failure : to . provide suitable . de
tours around . construction - work, care
lessness In placing ' lights on road b-
structions. and on horse drawn vehicles
and motor trucks on. the country high
ways.
s "There Is- a great deal of petty bick
ering between neighboring : communities
in ; regard to law enforcement . Bach
applies its own-' interpretation -of the
law and Its neighbor immediately com-,
plains against discrimination. . The . only
solution is to put the enforcement in
the hands of' an . adequate highway po
lice, thereby relieving-local authorities
of - the responsibility. - -(Tho present
force, consisting of eight men, has done
..is
tnent" ' : ; -
LAW 03T TRUCKS
if Particular enforcement of the law In i
regard to trucks is of prime Import
ance. Lewis stated. . The prevention of
heavily laden trucks from exceeding the
speed limit is essential to the preserva I
tion of the highways, he pointed out
"-As soon as weighing equipment can be
seat to Portland and vicinity, a cam
paign1 will be started against overload
ing,. At present Captain Lewis stated
there were no weighing Jacks available, j
but that they would be ready for fa
In a-few weeks.
"The state i law is adequate for the j
protection of r the pavement but over-
loading of. trucks is going to tear it
down," be said. "It seems the only de-!
partment so far'which has made any i
effort along this llae is the j;Ut ntgii-
way police and while they r ve been I
working hard the force is entirely too
small to be effective throughout the
entire state ;
' "The proper : enforcement of the law i
with a clause permitting the . governor
to limit the speed of trucks will do
more to keep the highways in condition
POLICE AD V Q CATED
state
Heart Plea Made; in - Behalf ' of
; John Rathie, Under : Sentence
for, Killing of Sheriff Taylor
of Pendleton; Faith' Unshaken.
, Salem, Oi. Sept lT There Is no one
to take careof the truck garden. ' The
people who- buy. the ice cream will for
get 'And. on the truck garden and the
ice cream, there Spends so much how.
For these reasons.' Mrs. Louisa Lef
felbein. who is the owner of the truck
garden and of considerably .mora ' than
rer rightful share of tragedy, reluctant
ly prepared today to return from here
to her home in Idaho Falls, Idaho.
Mrs. Leffelbeln is the mother of John
Rathie. who is sentenced to hang for his
part in the killing; of Sheriff Tin Taylor
lit Pendleton.
She saw John yesterday, for the first
time since he left: Idaho Falls, a month
before - the killing. She also saw Gov.
ernor Olcott,- and pleaded with him to
Intervene In the event that the court re
affirms the sentence of death which has
been passed, against her son. .
CUSTOMERS COME FIRST V
"I would like to stay longer," she said
today. "It is- that X may not see my
boy again., perhaps. -That- la terrible.
But I have seen him. and I have talked
to the governor, Jt is all I can da .'Now,
I must go home because the children will
not be taking good care of the garden,
and 1 will lose my ice cream customers."
It would not do: to lose the Ice cream
customers. With the garden.; they, must
. reat deal. , They must pay for
the long trip from - Idaho Falls and
back.- ' .They must provide -the .money
ier .tne- legal -xign o Keep jooq irom
-.,.-. . iu.fc. tiM ttkIi-
awt uuiu es la I svVet eui Ot -a.a,va&s en iiw
the seven children, who . are stUl at
home who must be kept at home -now
at any-cost lest their feet too, stray in
dangerous .ways. - -
StJrrOHTS HER FAMILY
Mrs. , Lef felbein has made the- living
for the family since her second husband
j dropped out of life ome years ago. By
day she-tends the garden and by night
i aha sells ice cream. She baa a wagon
and dispenses the ice cream over a reg
ular route. .That is why - she -must
hurry,,back lest, r.,. cUrtom?rs forget
her. . .
She is 6. years bid's, this. indomitable
representative of motherhood. Her fade
is wrinkled and hardened from much age
and outdoor labor. . Her eye are faded
from the sun, and, perhaps, from much
socrow. Her thin lips are compressed in
tight- austere lines which waver ever so
little, when she speaks of her -struggle
to save her son from death on the gal
Iowa, Her . English is full of strange
constructions for it was only 15 years
ago that she came here from Southern
Russia.' . ,,--,; i
: Two days after John left honia for the
. .(Concluded en- Fart Three, Column Two)
IDE IS FEARED
Lieutenant Henri Aballe, French war
hero, has disappeared, , - . .
-i In the belief that despondency over
disabilities Incurred In the war ' may
have i led to suicide, the French society
today.started a city-wide search for the
1 IM fCrSIl Tltf ; A tt rl .y--. -.
missing man.
f AhallA 1 a tinhiW hf fjnrnl 7hr!
Mangin,' one of, the . famous figures of
the French' army, and was formerly- a
member of ' the faculties of the Uni
versity of Rome, and the Sorbonne. He
was gased during the war and received
the Legion of Honor medal. He also
received disabUtties which . have kept
him searching ever since for & climate
In which a gas-crippled heart could op
erate successfully.
Last week he arrived Jn Portland. He
was staying at the . home of 1 Re
mond, 366 Fast Twenty-sixth street un
til Jast Monday morning. . He told Mrs.
Remond be was . going to a physician
who was treating him, and walked out
of the houses He has not been seen
since. '
. The missing man la described as of
medium height - 'and dark. . He , was
wearing a dark blue, suit and a gray
hat when he disappeared.
"Lieutenant Aballe .was despondent
because be had been unable to recover
his -health, . said Mr. .Remand , -today.
and we are afraid he may have taken
his life."
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Live Wire Contact
Patal;- One .Burned
Attempting Rescue
, . .T n i , ' - -' -' ! .'
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Sept L CL N.
S- John S. McKlroy, president of the
Vinton Truck & Manufacturing ' com
pany, was electrocuted here early today
when Ills hand came In contact with a
live wire. W. C Ralsey, who attempted
to rescue him, was severely- burned.
- McElroy .was on his way home .during
a storm when he came in contact with, a
high voltage wire which had dropped
from a pole.-..; .
Socialist Leader, -
Gets Letter! Threat
Berlin. Sept. 1.- (L ' N. 8.) .Philip
Scheldemann, independent SociayBt lead
er. today recei ved a ' black hand letter
threatening him with death, which said
"Yoer fate will be the same as Ers
berger'a." ; -;
VAR HERD MISSING
;A HIGH BRIDE
7VIISS len ore al-
1 VI LAIN,- who is . to be.
married on; siirnmit : of.
Mount Rainier; : She lives iff
Auburn, ' Wash., and 1 is to
marry E. -J. Hamilton tot
Buckley, Wash.',. ,
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Paradise Inn,-, Rainier National . Park,
Sept L The higher, the better when It
comes- to -"weddings, ; la the ' ''opinion of
Miss Lenore Allalo' of Auburn, who bi
elected to be married on the summit of
Mount ' Rainier Presumably . she has
beard: tM old saw about weddings be
ing made In Heaven and wants to start
her wedding from "Paradise Valley and
finish it on a peak that Is nearer- Heaven
than any . other . -place- in : the ' state Jot
Washington.-, ' ; - ' 3
Edward J. Hamilton of Buckley Is the
lue ty' mart .
The party is to leave the Inn Tuesday
afternoon, September 6, for Camp Mulr,
remaining there '.during the night and
going on. to the top he next day.t .' '
tugn- noon wm oe xne nour. ror , me
ceremony. Hana Fuhrer, the .parlrs fa
mous - Swiss guide, is to take- the party
up and play the wedding -march on his
mouth organ.'"-; - '- v " - -?-
Dead;Banditfs Pal v 4
Indicted; Prisonfor,
Lifei'May Resjilt
Assault with intent to rob ,1a-. charged
In . the indictment .- by . the ; Multnomah
county grand jury of 'Harry Betlington,
alias Thomas - H. Brown,' alias Harry
Brown. . The- crime' Is punishable by a
maximum sentence' of life imprisonment
- Belllngton was a companion of George
Decker,, the highwayman -who held up
autoists on, the Oswego roadj The' two
fell Into A trap laid by. deputies of the
sheriff i. office on the night; of August
13, when two deputies sat in a standing
automobile, on the, roadside-, and Deputy
Sheriffs Kendall and Mollenhour lay con
cealed in the brush nearby,' . When the
robbery was attempted the deputy sher
iffs called to the highwaymen to throw
up their hands. Belllngton did so, but
Decker shot at Mollenhour and both dep
uty sheriffs returned the .fire ' with
sawed-off . shotguns and Decker- died
from his wound the following day;..
- A second indictment against Belllngton
charges the robbing of Verna Sullivan,
who was held up in the vicinity of the
shooting a few nights before the men
were taken. ' ' -'
The grand jury also returned indict
ments against Arthur Kingsley, charg
ing larceny of three army -pistols and a
uniform from the national guard; Bes
sie Hayden, charged . with - forgery, and
O. W. Lovegren. charged with burglary
of two-junk shops on Front street .'. ".
Baseball Results
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Brooklrs .' 021 001 "el -5 12 -2
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Bntariea PerUea and Atnwaith; Hamiltoa.
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Phiiadeipbia . 02 001 0104 8 0
BonUn ........... 000 200 000 3 7 1
Batteries . Bomaell aad Perkiu; Joaw aad
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At Chicago ' ' Jt H . E.
8t Lnna 000 O20 2T0 5 II 1
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1L III V IM II 1 1 'J
Kiiouutu; dL
Eleven ofCanadiani Importers
: ; Crew Who Started for Shore
bSeveraKDays Ago Cannot Be
: Found Freighter to Be Towed.
V North Head,' Sept 1. Wireless mes
sages from the Canadian Observer re
port the rescue of .the disabled Canadian
government t freighter, Canadian Im
porter. - and - 34 members of the crew
remaining aboard. No word of the life- -boat
with 11 other members of tbe crewf
has been received.";".
; The Observer has - a line ; to the Im
porter and is attempting to tow the eraft
to a coast port Ail members of the
crew tot the Importer appear to be in
good, health' and several sent ' private
wireless messages from the Observer.' v
The Importer was : picked up In lati- .
tude 39:20 north, longitude 137:25 west.
The Observer reports that - the Im
porter has a "little list" but - does not .
otherwise specify the condition ; of the
disabled vessel. - : ...
The-United States revenue cutter Sno
homish, which had been seeking the Im
porter, was forced to give up the search
temporarily -due- to dwindling coal sup
plies and has gone to Eureka for coat .
She is expected to return to the search
for the missing lifeboat Other ships in -
the vicinity which are expected to turn
their attention to the latter search are -the
-salvage ship-Algerlne, the Canadian -
Winner and another salvage ship.
DlSABtED SHIP ABOUT, $00
JflLES WEST OF SAK FRAXCISCO
San Francisco. Sept lw L N. S.). ..
The Canadian Importer, - believed lost
with her crew of 40 officers and men. has
been found.
A' wireless message-intercepted - early
today by the United States naval radio ,
station at Yerba Buena island, declared
the missing ship had been located in
laUtuSe 39 :137 west' -
' According, to the -latitude, and long!'
tude given Jy. the Canadian Observer,
the Importer is approximately 5 00 miles
off the coast of California, west and
sliKhtly north of San Francisco.
v. The - position, if correct " would mat--:
cat that the Importer had drifted, south
from the jspot where. Jt, was -originally
Uisaoieu. -
; Th position is slightly .off the tr.ain
Une of commerc- between Vancouver
and Honolulu. - .,
-Assumption that f all orr" board were
safe -was' taken from the statement in
the message that nothing, but a Tower
ful tug is necessary 'to carry outTthe
resau- work.-...-. ., . .
The message was sent by one of the
several Canadian . vessels 'standing by
In' the' search - for . the ship - and. sug
Rested that she continue in her posi
tion in order to relay wireless messages.
' The Canadian Importer' met with acci- -dent
August -19. Her wireless went; dead.
For 10 days she was adrift without being
able to communicate her plight to other
ships or to land. By chance the steamer
Cordova passed and was advised of the
mishap. At that time the Canadian Im
porter's" decks were Awash, she had Jet-,
tisoned much of her lumber cargo and
there was 17 feet of water in her hold
and engine- room. , . Captain Blsset, how
ever, refused aid. . :- - ' - .
Fotfr Canadian vessels and the United
States- revenue cutter -Snohomish went
out to search for-, the -vessel .and only -
a mass of wreckage had greeted them
Concluded oa Ptfl Three, Colums To)
BELFAST IS QUIET,
" Belfast Sept 1. UI." P.) A V noon to- ,
day Belfast was quiet The 'fierce sec
tarian warfare that flared up Tuesday,
despite the truce; had - apparently died
away, leaving the city. to face a death
roll 'of 1, with!, more than 1,00 In hos
pitals," and V bill for damages amount
ing to many thousands of pounds..
Armed patrola kept order in the main
streets and the city was still under mili '
tary control. "
More troops arrived in Belfast today,
Tbe "no man's , land" areas between
Catholic and Protestant sections and the
streetcar lines along which the shipyard
workers -traveled .were heavily guarded.,
Barbeil Wire entanglements were erected,
along Tork street .. -..
Explosion.of Still
n.Causes.TwoDeatiis
"i Olympla," Wash., Sept 1 tL N. 8.)
Mrs. Elva Mooneyand her .little niece,
Oeraldlne Goad,vdled Wednesday nig-ht
as a result of burns sustained In a fire
which followed an explosion , of moon
shine distilling on a gas stove In the
Mooney home, v Roy Bmlth, - burned
about te bead and arms while rescuing
the little girl from the burning houae,
will recover.; .Complete moonshine and
homo Jbrew outfits, taken from the
house after the fire, are -held by the
police. 1 ' - .
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