C I T:Y ;; E D I T ION:
tern All Here and If AU True
- TODAY'S MARKET BASKETS Ther
are two market basket -In this issue of
The Journal and It will pay everyone who
does the Bandar marketing to took them
over carefully. Everything that la new in
the Portland market la to be found. - )
CITY 'EDITION
:ieK All Here and if All True
-THE WEATHERToulght and Saturday: -i
lair: easterly winds. , -. -Jt,
2. M aximun. temperatures. Thursday :
Portland -..i....: 64 New Orleans
'"Pocatello i.v... 80 .- New York .....v AS '
-Los Angeles,... 94 v &t--Paul ....... 64,
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VOL, XX. NO. 195:
; Catrnd aa Second Class Hatter
a Poatoffiea. Portland. Oicssa
PORTLAND, ; OREGON, FRipAY EVENING. 'OCTOBER 21. . 192LTWENTY-FOUR PAGES.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
iOH trams mt n .
STANDS FIVt Can I a
:;!. k(
1R-
STAND1FERT0
Matter on Way to Settlement on
' Basis of Not Over $2,791,000,
; Subject to. Audit; $10,000,-
000 Demand ' Is Disallowed.
. Washington, Oct 21. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
Claims of the G.'M. Standlfer' Construe,
Uon corporation of Portland and Van
couver. Wash- on account of cancelled
contracts and other losses crowing; out
of wartime and post warship construe-
.., tlon- are. on the way to settlement at- a
figure not exceeding; $2,791,000. This
- is the face amount of claims allowed by
the- shipping; board subject to an audit
which is in progress and which may
,; considerably reduce- the amount given.
The total of the Standlfer claims as
presented to' the board aggregate over
. $10,00(000. Many of the Items- were
ruled: out, adjustments made and the
maximum fixed as .above stated. -OFFICIALS
SATISFIED , ,
;, Surplus materials owned by the gov
ernment . in , the Standlfer yards were
closed out around 60 cents on the dollar,
which Is said to be higher than the av
erage by the government on such ma
terials. ' -v -
' The shipping board has no figures as
to a reported -sale of uncompleted ships
by Standlfer to the Nafra line, as that
' was a private transaction, but the Nafra
Una is involved - In serious difficulties
; and whether any-profit will , accrue to
Standlfer is unknown. . Snipping board
officials say. the Standlfer settlement Is
ln the clear" and they . regard It as
having been, well handled In the. govern
ment's, interest. . They - discount stories
. that any insidious influences - have in
fluenced the deal by reason of the em
ployment by the Standlfer - interests ot
an attorney formerly connected with the
board. , ; '-
- The attorney referred .to- who apt
peared for the Standlfer corporation
L after, employment by the shipping board
is .understood to be C. W. Cuthell, term
er chief counsel for the shipping board.
and who afterward appeared for Stan
dlfer In seeking a settlement of the cor
- poration's claims '-.against the , govern
XOSSZS ABB, CHAJIGEJ) XkS
, Newspaper articles published " this
cweek in Washington charged the ship--"
Ping : board had -lost millions through
(Coselnded oq Fags Tiraaty, Column Iar)
Bids for nearly 1130,000 worth of foodJ
i stuffs were awarded by the United States
. war department today to Portland firms
who underbid . both - Seattle and , San
Francisco on a contract for -supplies to
feed the army, : . . :",
The biggest order placed for flour by
the quartermaster's office In Portland
for many months Was given' to the Port
land Flouring Mills company,, which will
supply the army wh J.000,000 pounds
of floor, to be shipped to San Fran
cisco. An order for S60.000 worth of oats
went to Albers Brothers and one for
' $3486.60 went to Swifts for meat. Butter
will be purchased from the . Corvallis
creamery and 700,009 cans - of Oregon
- pears will go to feed the army.
According to Lieutenant Per, olds
- were advertised in both Seattle and San
Francisco but not ; in Portland, where
most of the contracts were awarded. ,.
Historical Society
To Hold 23d Yearly
Session on Saturday
" The twenty-third annual meeting of
. the Oregon Historical society will be
' held la room K, second floor ot The Au
ditorium, ' Saturday afternoon at J
o'clockw The business to be transacted
will be the presentation of commnnlca
, tlons, reports ot officers and commit
; tees,- elecUon.of otfioers, and attenUon
to such miscellaneous matters'' as may
be presented. Participation of the so
- clety In the meeting of the Pacific coast
branch of the American Historical asso
ciation, which will be held in this dry
" on November 2S-26, will be . discussed.
The membership of the " Pacific-coast
; branch la 170 California, 130 Washing,
ton, 21; Oregon, J9. . .
ets-to
. - By awreae.Marda ?
r Washington, Oct ZL (U. : P.) The
senate will shortly be asked to save
. hem brew. -, . ; - - .
-In response to a glamor raised about
Prohibitions. Commissioner Haynea re
cent order to end home brewing by
stopping the sale, of materials and Im
plements required by home brewere, sev
eral senators are considering measures
to get the issue settled. Among' these
are t - .---':' ..' vW;.' '-- il''
t . J A 'resolution calling on Haynes to
state by what construction of. the law
he feels himself empowered to enforce
this ruling. : it;. - r-t y "W
" J A set of amendments to the Vol
stead law defining more specifically and
-limiting more closely"-the prohibition
commissioner's powers..
J-Complete revision ot the law.wtth
a view to liberalizing it throughout .-
PORTLAND FIRMS :
1 .ARMY PS
nome Drew Dan K
irrr
Appeal
W
Wife Nearly .
Meets'Dmth
In Elevator
: Suspended in mid air In an elevator
shaft in the Board of Trade building.
With a few half broken Insulated -wires
between her and death from being;
dashed into, the basement this was the
experience eraly this afternoon of Mrs.
Edward Wright, ; I1S4 Gladstone street.
With her husband and other passen
gers she was riding on an elevator go
ing up. As her husband steped from the
car on the second floor Mrs. Wright fol
lowed, but i the operator,' Mrs. Alice B.
Wlneland. tried to close the 'door too
quickly and one of Mrs. Wright's feet
was caught. . The i operator - having
thrown on the power as she pulled the
door lever, i the car shot upwards, toss
ing Mrs. Wright under it into the shaft
Wires and cables suspended below the
car caught: her.- She lay, half hanging
and half enmeshed) In the tables, until
she was rescued through the door on
the first floor. ' . ' - j ,
Mrs.' Wright was taken to a physician
In the building. She was cut. shocked
and bruised, but her injuries are not
considered serious. . u .
OREGON WAR VH
Salem.'Oct 21. Oregon has a congres
sional medal of honor man and. although
he is 84 years of age and few people
know of him. he is' going to Washington
to attend the funeral of the unknown
dead American soldier on Armistice day.
The man la Colonel N. H. Edgerton.
Curry county rancher and former mili
tary, governor of North Carolina. . In a
letter from - him received today by
George A.! White, ' adjutant general of
the state, and a personal friend, the
rancher-warrior says he feels guite fit
to make the long trip and to hike with
the others from the capitol to Arlington
cemetery. .. ,.: ;-:..;'i
- He soerf as' a g-aest of the nation on
direct invitation of the secretary of war,
who is Inviting all medal of honor men.
In addition to quotas, allotted to the
states. 1 Colonel Edeerton is believed to
be - the nly ; congressional medal of
honor man now residing in Oregon, v5 ?
Colonel .Edgerton hag been living" on
his- Curry county, ranch for the pastil
years and during that time has not left
the district He, came to Oregon from
Pennsylvania., .;. ; ;, 4
! '':.. ,' 1 , .' i i i i . . .v. 'I
liirSfeSents, in:
i
Chicago, Oct, . JL (L ; W. &V The
bodies f four?T University of Chlcaa-a
students who were kilted while on their
way, to Prlneeton N. J; to. attend the
Chicago-Princeton football game tomor
row, when their automobile was struck
by an Elgin, Joliet .Eastern coal train
near : MilfordV lit, were brought back
here today. .' A fifth ' student whd was
seriously injured, is in a hospital at
WaiMU, IlL - " ,
The student killed . are:. - Thomas
Monllaw and Harold M. Skinner of Chi
cago; Stan wood Johnstone of Minneap
olis, and. Herschel Hopkins - of - Oregon,
I1L, Walter Reckless of Chicago was in
jured. : . '
The; only member of the party to es
cape .injury was xouls Roberts, Uy
the - members of the party were
memoers oi ueta xneta PI fraternity..
Says Britain Would
VJoin U. SJ to Fight
Menacei in Pacific
Manfla, P. t. Oct 21. U. P.)-lshould
war on the- Pacific follow any nossihla
failure of i the disarmament conference,
England and the United States - would
act as one nation. - Xiord Northcllff e.
British publisher, declared here today.
For that reason Lord NorthcDffe ad
vised the Philippine islands to remain
under . the American 'flag, for their own
good. -' I -. -.;; - ?A-j- -;
Northcllffe likened relations between
the Islands and the United States to the
relations between England and Canada.
He expressed aorprise at the absence
of poverty In the islaads and declared
Philippine schools and hospitals which
he had visited were equal to such Insti
tutions In the United States and Eng
land. . ! . .- ... . -' - -
Major, Mistaken tor
; Deer, Is Shot; Dies
Seattle, Oct 2L U. P.) Major
Francis J. Dunnlgaa of the Tenth field
artillery died at Camp Lewis last night,
xrom wounos receivea wnen a guide shot
him thinking he was a deer. In a forest
near Fairfax. "
aises
to 'Senators
On account0f the exlsUna lea-islaUve
situation, the effort to save homo brew
may be , deferred - until the December
session. - , - --.-
Proteetaat - first appeared to - come
principally from those business concerns
directly affected by the order. In the
last days, however, both congress and
Haynes office, have been swamped with
protests : from .individual eUtaensvv-:.
The protests Art not limited to the ef
fort to halt home brewing, but cover
the whole range of the prohibition en
forcement commissioner's - activities in
various localities. ,v
' -Wets In -congress declare the country
is In revolt against the present law, or,
at least against the manner of; its en
forcement. , ,
Many drys are willing; that the law
should be' liberalized. - r.
Noise
RAIL HEADS
Another Effort to Be Made Wed
nesday to Avert Strike; Each
, Must. Show Cause Why Viola
tion Should Not Be Punished.
,:. " Bj. Lather A. Hsstea t- :
Chicago, Oct tli il N. S.) r- The
United. States railway labor board, this
afternoon issued ao order citing the
railroad officials and leaders of the' "Big
Five brotherhoods to appear before the
board n Wednesday " morning kt 10
o'clock and give testimony as to whether
they have been or are violating decision
No. 147 the wage cut decision. AU
parties concerned were Instructed mean
while to maintain all wage schedules In
status quou ?.
v. The board will require the brotherhood
chiefs, it was announced, to show, cause
why they should -not be punished for
violating tne wage cut decision by call
ing a strike In protest against it
If the,; edict off the board that the
Status of the roads remain unchanged is
obeyed, it will postpone the strike until
the esse has been thoroughly , 'threshed
out and the question Of the legality or
Illegality- of the brotherhoods' , action in
calling a strike is definitely settled.
OIT STATUTORY ' GROUirps ,
The board announced that "it assumed
jurisdiction of the. dispute on statutory
grounds In that threatened to inter
rupt commerce. The citation is in two
parts, the cases to be heard simultane
ously. !; Vf .... j ,.:
One . part orders the 'executives of
the brotherhoods to appear for a hear
ing as to whether f they are violating
the law in calling a strike.. The other
orders the railroads and the union heads
before the board for a hearing of the
dispute over wages and working condi
tions which was i Inaugurated by the
conference between ., the brotherhood
(Oaacluded oS pace Twenty. Cotama Fbe)
BATHE FOUGHT 01!
llllERiSE
-INe Tork; Oct 2L (tT. P.) A quar
ter of a minion dollars worth, of drugs
and whiskey were selaed after a desper
ate pitched batttf, when the White Star
Uner Cretfc docked here today. '
' Three arrests were made by the cus
toms searching squaif which boarded the
yesseL A lively running tight with
some Italians, in which revolver shots
were exchanged and chairs and boots
were used as weapons, resulted in the
complete wrecking of the Interior of a
section of the liner and the discovery of
morphine, opium, heroin and cocaine and
a quantity of whiskey. , -'.
. The Cretic arrived here -from Italian
rts.4. The 1 illicit - cargo was found
stowed away behind . false panels And
60 bottles of whiskey were buried In
the coal hold. Ten bottles were said to
have been found in the captain's cabin.
' One hundred bird of paradise plumes
were -among the-loot seised by the cus
toms men. . j ' , ,
mission of Press
Arms Meet Request
- Honolulu. T. HUl Oct: 21. (I.'N. a)
At , the' closing business session of the
tress congress of the4 Wor Jd a resolu
tion was adopted petitioning President
Harding to admit; the press to the de
liberations 'Of the disarmament confer.
ence. Dean Walter Williams of the Unt-
vi aauwouri ecnoot oi journausm
was renamed -president of the congress
by acclamation and r Secretary Brown
was reelected. '. ., -.-';: '
Train. Time;
Cut is Due Oct. 30
The operating time of Northern Pa
cific tram No.. 408 between Portland and
Seattle wm b reduced. 15. minutes, ef
fective October 30, according to -- an
nouncement of A. IX Charlton, general
passenger agent of the N. P. today. The
train wui conunue to leave here at 8
a. xtu. but will arrive Seattle at 2:45
Admiral Beatty Is ;
Greeted in New York
New York, Oct 21. U.' P.V Admiral
Beatty, eommaader of the British fleet
during the war, landed from the liner
Aqultania ' shortly before noon . today.
He was greeted by a great crowd, i
Liquor Bahdita in ;
-SSOObTrain Loot
McCook..Til Oct. Jt I." N. S.) Two
armed bandits, held i up a- Santa Fe
freight train mear here today, robbed
the entire crew at ' the point of pistols
ana escaped with sooo worth of -whiskey.
- The -liquos was -being shipped as
-breakfast ood.- , ,
Widow of W. E. Cody
Is Dead in Wyoming
Cody. Wyol. Oct 2L (L N. &) -Mral
WUliamf F. Cody, widow of Buffalo Bill,
died at her home hers late last night
after a long illness.
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U. S. TROOPS
Movement,to .Begins in ,2 Weeks,
- Says White House; Harding' to
. Recall Men ' Gradually;' Flag
.-. and Few Men May Stay There.
Washington. Oct' 2L-KU. P.)--Wlth-drawal
' of American troops from: the
Rhine wfl start In aboat two weeks, -It
was learned at -the White House today.'
s It Is President i HardingVi . plan to
bring home the 15,000 men hr he little
army of occupation, gradually.
Tt was made plain, however,' that the
president has not yet decided definitely
Whether the American flag and anoml
nai number of troops will be kept on
the Rhine or whether the entire force
will be withdrawn, tf Administration
spokesmea. Including Secretary of War
Weeks, have repeatedly expressed the
belief that the American flag and a few
troops would be kept In Germany in
definitely. . I" r i
r Mrs. Phil Reynolds, whose husband -is
red-cap porter at the Union station,
was-attacked in .her home at 391 Rose-
lawn . avenue. ' Thursday night and
branded on her left cheek with-the let
ters K. K. iC Before the assailents fled
they turned the house topay-turvey bd
tote $28. lpr 6
.Reynolds, who works until midnight
was not at home, 'f When he arrived his
wife told Mm the following story :,
ii went to. bed about 10 :30 ' and an
f hour later Was awakened by the noise of
somebody entering the house.-;. I got out
ot bed - and started for the- children's
room. Before I could! get to the door
two- men, sprang at me. and hit me on
the head with a, -club. 1 Before. I fell. 1
heard one of them say, fHere Is another
nnmwn tout cViv t;; ! s-r"-. 1
.Whetf-MreC Reynoldal - recovered . con
sciousness , shortly .before, her Jiusband
arrived home she felt ait excruciating
pain la her cheek. The three Ks were
branded with. a solution of Iodine and
carbolic acid, .physicians say. - It will be
several months before the burn heaku- - -'
Reynolds : found A ' We wrttten on
small' notebook paper-1 in crude hand
writing pinned on the walL
"Show this - s'more bf you all that
wants to be white. Get out of this
neighborhood, j f I K K. K."
, .Whether the attack was the result of
a strong 'protest On the part of neigh
bors that colored people are not to be
permitted to live In tbe neighborhood,
or whether it i was by robbers - who
ought to give color hi their work,. was
not determined by the police.
XLAlTirOT BULKED J
; The theory that the Ku Klux Klan
was responsible -was given no credence.
: '.When ; the . Reynolds purchased, the
house other home owners in the neigh
borhood protested. ; They are , said to
have told the former (owner that it he
sold the house to the jiggers" he would
"get his like, the kaiser got It ' Similar
remarks were made I to the - Reynolds
when they moved In, they say.
Mrs. Reynolds -obtaUned a good de
scription , of her assailants. One, she
said, -was about JO years old, 5 feet 6
inches, weight About 135 and had a 10
day growth of heavy brown beard. - He
wore a Jersey sweater and a stag log
ger's shirt The other; was a tall young
man with unkempt pompadour hair.
Z. B. Calloway, king kleagle and or
ganiser of the Ku Klux Klan in Oregon,
stated that the klan would not tolerate
such action by its members and that the
.organization had nothing whatever to do
with the attack. .He first learned of it
today, ne said. ;:-r
l
$3,795,000 Total to
Treasurer's Vault
' The biggest , check! representing tax
collections in Multnomah county was
turned over by ; Sheriff Hurlburt - to
"Treasurer Lewis thlst morning. It w
for a total of 3,785,0(r0. This represents
collections since last spring. , ,--.. '
The money win. be kpsortlened as fol
lows: City of Portland. $t250,000;
state, 1765,000 ; county.- $444,000 ; rVoads,
$90,000; library, $70,000 ; Port of Port
land. $13.000 : , school .3 district No. 1,-
6850000; elementary schoolsr 6200,000.11
Women's Wage Cut
To $12 Is Proposed
Olympia, Wash, Oct il-CTJ. P.J
Upsetting the ' minimum ; wage recom
mendation of 31L20 for. -women in laun
dries, . mercantile and i other industries,
a minimum wags of $12. a week' was
recommended for women in - manufac
turing Industries Thursday by conferees
representing employes, employers and
the public The scafie had been decided
oa by the conferees by a vote of S to 4.
S torm Is Brewing 'i
. 4 inCar ibbean. Sea
-- . - ' "li" " -
, New Orleans. Oct 21 (L N. &-The
weather bureau today- issued the follow.
Ing' storm warnings v "Advisory 10 a.
m.; disturbance appears to bo forming
over West errj Caribbean, sea southwest
of Jamaica f. movement - uncertain but
probably northward,"
1 . . i ;ii t - it- ' '. .-. ' -.
COLORED WOMAN IS
BEATEN, BRANDED
SBSSSBWaWaSaWBWaaBSBSBSSaSBWaWSBr
iVENIZELOS ARRIVES . IN NEW YORK WITH BRIDE
sTHOTO show M. Venizelos. recentlv orime minister . of Greece, .with - his : bride, the , former
HaTsP w . " m " aMa
t- Helena dcniiuzzv ureeK rnuiionairess, sjust atterstney were mamea at oir uuwr vrv-
field's home in Hi-te; ; England. ' Although 57, the modern Ulysses," , as hesis called, is
as kittenish as a boy of ,3.They;are to spend their honeymoon" in 'America!. J , .
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DAUGHTEItfllEilDS
. " Byaek 'Borsadsy - .;
1 ,J5immgham; 'AiaOct Str-KyPO
and arguments begun. Mrs. Buth Steph-
enson-Gussman" today attended- the trial
of her father,' the Rev. Edwin R. Steph
enson. , .. .i,,tfi
He is being thled'for the klUlng ot the
Rev. James -K. Coyle, because the priest
married rRuth i-to " Pedro-Gussman,,a
Porto Rican. 7 i , v j V
. When . Ruth . entered the court room
aha ignored - her, parents. ' She was- ac
companied by a woman-friend and re
fused to explain her eleventh hour re
turn. ' ' ' -' t .
Three WomenrHurt
In Autbraslirei
k Reported .linproyed
! s - t -
V Three women Injured In an automobile
collision ' at , East ' Fifteenth - and Fre
mont streets Thursday -morning were
reported much better this morning. Mrs.
J. M. Taber, 60, of 61 Shaver, street who
was at first thought to have had a frac
tured t skull, was-not as'- seriously! In
jured as . at , first . reported. Nurses , at
the -Good'. Samaritan, hospital state she
is . recovering-' from . severe lacerations
on the skull and concussion of the .brain.
Mrs. . Herman A. Wenta, 42, recovered
sufficiently Thursday - night to - return
home. , - She was - treated at the Good
Samaritan hospital.' . - v" i . .
Mrs. N. C. Hlpsklnd is at the St Vin
cents hospital, where ltTs reported she
has a slight fracture at the base of the
squll.. Norses report she, is, recovering.
The . accident occurred at 7' o'clock, be
tween an automobile driven by , S. M.
Taber and another driven by G. C
Sapp,- 6SX - South avenue. - -
Huntley WiU Take ;
Internal Revenue.
Position on Nov. 1
. . . ' - - . - Ef
- Clyde G. Huntley druggist: of Oregon
City, appointee for the office of collector
of Internal revenue,, will officially, begin
his. duties November ;1- a . , '-.. '
X Milton . A. Miller1' received InformaUon
ihis morning that he-"would be threugh"
as collector of Internal revenue with the
close of the day's btrsinees October 81.
HJa presence' however, will be required
before office hours the next morning to
assist - in the ceremony -of "transferring
the flfflce-. .-: -- T
h In the meantimo Toutine of the office
will be checked over to preparation, for
the .new. coUector. -.. -z '
' "'. - . x" .. -'
Gov. Davis Backs-;i
McNary-Smitli Bill
' Governor ''Davis' of Idaho, who- spoke
before the'- Portland Realty board : at
luneheon today noon In. the Multno
mah hotel, - expressed - himself strongly
In favor of the afcNary-Smlth-. bill,
which provides -.-a - revolving fund ; of
fSSOkOOOj; for ' irrigation in North western
states. : Bishop Walter T. Sumner also
spoke, "On Saturday 'tie- club will-visit
the Portland Vegetable C-U .plant
f,lllllSTEI!'S TRIAL
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BpbdecZIair?
Minit$: Paint,:
Cfce0RigJit
v University- of Oregon, Eugene, Or, Oct
21-regon's dean pf women..- is an for
bobbed JuUr. Dean Pox agrees that it is
Justr the - thingwhen it is accompanied
with low- heeUt, woolen those and other
forms of sensible dress.-; But If ft is worn
only: because Jf.ls the style, and Is' ac
companied by high heels. , paint brick
throwing and-well you know the rest
it is very very foolish. - ' - - .
; 'Everything - that makes for. comfort
and: Is practical-has a reason for being,"
pean . Fox said ; "and bobbed - hair:, is
characteristic of Western freedom." -In
fafetshe la glad to 'see the girls wearing
"their hair bobbed she has a sister 'way
bacte;in New-'Tork who 'doesj.lt- ; The
girls- on the : campus do . dress sensibly,
and it was a relief to get back to a col
lege 'town, after being in New "York aU
summer, she-stated, . , . ." .
V i-1 , " 1 . -
Mary:6ardeii to Wed;
'0ertain0U Eng'
- TJew - York. ""Oct ' 21. (U. P.) Mary
Garden, wreathed in smiles and wrapped
in : silver'? fox . and ' squirrel skins, , re
turned today on the Aqultania with the
exclusive "announcement to the. United
Press '.that she is going to be married.
"Just say the bridegroom will be a cer
tain oil king," was all sheswould offer
la explanation, -Immediately-afterward
ahev denied that she has severed her con-
nection -with the Chicago Opera com
pany. , v S - v
I ' 1 1 1 " '.' 1 r ' . '-s.'
Training School for
- Boy Slayer Is Urged
. .v. mm ----rs,T'? -r.-:v-i
Chehalis. .Wash-, Oct tL County 'At
torney Allen said today he will reedm
mend to Judge Reynolds that: Herbert
Coleman,, the 6-year-old Handle boy who
shot Iynn Peters, a 9-yearld boy rof
Bandle, . be sent .to the' state training
school at Chehalis, tHe said the boy- is
too young to be arrested for- murder,
though the Peters boy died from' his
wounds, , ; ,' ' ' '
ArbuckleHas More y
j Parties, Says Brady
! Los Angeles. Oct (L'nI S.)
There was much comment here today, es
pecially in the motion picture' colony,
regarding "the -declaration of. District
Attorney Matthew Brady -of . San .Fran
cisco that he 'Has obtained evidence here
to .show, that Roscoel "Fatty! Arbuckle
has had at least boo "big party,; In Los
Angeles, and possibly two. since his re
lease from the San Francisco jail,
f ,.-- v ' ' -' -' " "' '" J - i
Briand Pleads for' ;
; Fuller Confidence
t - -. , - 'I Jf ,
1 Paris. Oct"?l-fU. P.V T win not" go
to Washington -with half your confidence,
er a small -majority.''-- Premier Arlatlde
Brlapd told the chamber ot "deputies to
day is his long awaited speech con
cerning Uie forthcoming limitation - of
arms conference. "I must be invested
with moral authority. 'I want sufficient
votes so they may know the whole of
France la spealiag." - - - -
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JLISBOII KILLED
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Madrid,, Oct' .I. N. S-An orgy
of assassination - took , place in Xlsbon
following' the ? overturn j of the r Granjo
government and at least four members
of. th old cabinet were' killed, according
to advices -received from the Portuguese
frontier today. 1 ' - ' v
The new ministry, headed by Manuello
Cuelho,, a vToyaltet iwaa'sworni In - at
Iiisbon. thla-morning.! The first official
act -of the premier", was to. annual the
last -election. - , ; . ..
Simdallietls
SOffillvBetSBy
. iithough. the' barometer .has - climbed
high in all sections of Oregon and .Wash
ington,' indicating fair weather tonight
and Saturday, it is barely an' even break
that suitable skies will allow' one more
Sunday excursion this fall, Rain Is be
ing predicted for' Western Washington
Saturday. ? Frank' Gfllam acting district
forecaster. Said today- that the northern
stations know that : there is a disturb
ance -in . the. North j Pacific ocean 5 but
they ;: have ; not been able , ta get a .line
on? it yet . s -riy:Zt
Astoonomer
Ahead of Time
London. Oct ' 3L IU." P.) The moon
is slightly- off ..its proper path and 13
miles ahead of itsvschedule, Astronomer
Crommelln 1 of Greenwich Observatory
announced today - A' study '. of : this
week's eclipse shows the moon to be out
of line, probably due to some magnetic,
unknown force, he said. -. '
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DENTiSTCUT
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Derrrcfuntlble Piece, Perhaps Mada
; by Brumfield Himself, Used fcy
- im In Suicide Attempt Talks
V in His Delirium of Bemg"Sh'ct.
By B. D. Mathews"
i-.. Joarttal, Correapoedeot ; ,r,
Roaeburg. Oct $1 WJth a'
sliort
idece ot demountable bridgework. ' taken
from his own mouth. Dr. Richard Mel-
vln Brum field attempfed 4.0 cheat the
gallows, Thursday , night by cutting his
throat. . - v ,. ; ' , , v f .
i Brumfleld's ; face ' and ' body were
twitching this afternoon and his tem
perature was 101 when examined by Dr.
Charles 3. Wade. When Wade entered '
the "cell Brumfield; said. ."Hold Up my
head, so I can turn over on my side and '
rest easier. 4H0. waa breathing heavily
and" his Hps were dry and hot . Doctors
declared : that he should not be -moved
until his fever subsides. , ,
Barring Infection , or possible reopen
ing . of the ' wounds by r Brumfield, ' the '
convicted slayer .of Dennis Russell is 1
expected to recover, although his life .
Is 'still considered in-danger. Passing -
of sentence of death, scheduled tor .Sat
urday" morning, will, depend.- however,
on an examination. to be ma.de by phy
sicians - to ' the morning. v Meanwhile
Brumfield is being closely guarded.
Lying on his cot. soaked' with- his own -blood,.
Brumfield . was V discovered,' un
conscious, by Sheriff Starmer and C L.
Hadley, night Jail guard, about 9 o'clock
Thursday night Physicians were rushed
to the Jail but it, was some time before
the . flow. of blood could be stopped. ;
rBBPABED l FOB BED . . . ' ('
, The condemned morderer had" .te .
moved - his clothing, . put on his night
shirt and was -either: sitting or lying
on his cot when the act was committed,
as no blood was found on , the floor. T: e
bed -clothing, however, and, hla plUo ,
were soaked. ( - i- , .? . s
When seen by a Journal representa
tive this morning, Brumfield, his face a.
deathly rwhte, wa,s lying on; the Jail
cot- murmuring incoherently. i:a
Lwounds - had lust been closed by Dr.'
Charles B.. Wade. ? Scattered on the f! r
was the blood-eoaked bed clothing, mi
evidence of the fact that. Brumfield 1. - J
done his best to" end it ail. Occasiona'.'y
his body would twitch 1 asSvthoush X
man - was suffering .untold -agony, '
1" "pain," ho murmured almost inauJI
bly: ' ' - l' ' ( ' ,
"Where is It "doctor?, asked the phy-
sician. ..::,,.;.";,
TElJSSkTO EEACH WOUKDS, -"
."Oh, all oyer,", and. with a quick eN'
fort he tried to -reach his wounds to
tear them open. n .;
An opiate- jwas administered -and '
Brumfield.': Who at 9 -o'clock .Saturday,
lOooclodsd , em Pat Tweatr., Column Three)
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Washington, Octr tlWar time pow
enuwill . not- be Invoked toy President
Harding to i deal 'with the 5 threatened
railroad strike. It was learned on highest
authority here today.:i y .v: .;: ; '
, Although the use of the war time pow-'
era was discussed at the cabinet meeting
today, Harding takes the position - that
the nation is at peace and he will -refuse'
war, time powers -even though this
were possible tecnically pending a final
nroclamatlon of peace, it was learned.-, ,
Tjree feii
In Mysterious Wreck
Vancouver, B. C' Oct. ZL (U. V.V-
Three tsalnmen and an unidentified man
are dead .and one trainman and an un
identified man -seriously Injured a a re
sult of a mysterious wreck, last night In .
the Palllser tunnel on, the main line of
the Canadian Pacific 1Z miles east of
Golden, B. G. The train, a double-head-
er freight "with a. long string of cars,
was- proceeding east when it struck an'
obstruction in the tunnel and was com
pletely wrecked. -
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