CITY EDITION
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. .THE .WEATHER Tonight and Thura-
day, rain i southwesterly- winds. ''- "
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-CITY EDITION
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THE JOURNAL'S t)U)K' WORK-A
, j wonderful example-of The Journal's su- .
., , jerb colorvwork will be the . pictorial
- feature of the drama section of The -"i
Sunday' Journal next Sunday, in design- -
'1 ing. The Journal ts In a Class by itself.
Mill
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Alabama City. Hearst President
' Urge Political, Business and
- Editcationafi J but Not? Social
. or Racial Equality. for. Negro.
, . aj wofjt m Mian ;-.' ! . v
- Birmingham." AI-" Oct tf.
3.) Straight into the heart of the Dem-
'groes, President' Harding' came ; today
,with a frank and stirring." message
'dealing- with the race; problem. ! ' '-.
Twenty-one guns boomed for the wel-
. -come to America's .chief executive as he
stepped from the presidential train.
Accompanying the president were Mrs.
Hardin-, -Senator Underwood of Al
bama, Secretary of 'War, Weeks, Secre-
ftary of the Interior Fall.; Secretary
George K Christian, Brigadier; General
Sawyer, the president's physician, mili
tary aides, secret service operative and
.newspapermen. ' j
67 CI$L8 GREET HIM., 4 ;
. . The 'flower of Alabama beauty ereeted
the president and - bis -party upon ; ar
' rival. : .Sixty-seven grlrls. representfnr
the (7 counties of the state, were drawn
up as s reception committee. ;
The president's, program- called ; for
three set speeches, the taking of a col
1? re descree. laytnsr f the cornerstone, of
a Maaonlo temple, brief visits to various
points of Unterest and shaking hand
'with thousands of people. v .
' - After his, reception the president was
driven to tie Tutweiler -hotel, for nt'few
minutes' rest before taking his place In a
jctvlc parade. The president moved with
"the pared until It reached the Southern
club, where 'fee left-the procession nd
took, the reviewing stand. -v . - . . ,
' , The president's first speech was sched
uled for 12 b'clock, in Capitol park; his
second at a luncheon, given In his honor
at lhehoteI atsl elock, and a third td
dress raa scheduled for late to the aft'
emoon'at the laying of the cornerstone
1 for thadasonlc temple. '..'v'f..' f-L'.-.VT.".
C010B XIJ( .XIG2AC8 ' ; :i a
Mr.- Harding spok in the park to a
great semi-circle of people who massed
around an k open air stand!," thousands
strong About tw tMrda of hls audl-
. ence. were -white: ''aha a. third colored.
separated , bjr ; visible . "color v line,"
which streaked " and Sigxagged through
, the crdiMS"rr'- i -'i'-.j -I
r H handled his questions straight from
the shoulder, and when he reached that
jtrt ot bis eddrets advocating eoonornic
- ' and political equality for the negrov he
departed, a, moment f ron his text and
said -h '-x'-.r ,
"What ' I ' sayX on this, t aay? to, all
America; north and south, white 'and
black. :-f :'.'i.tJ &:fi-H---- i'
TheJUma' fcag " passed, s the president
' said, when the problem of race la of con.
' ' United! . States.; It has 'now "become a
i world problem, .he said, and ne suggested
that licail be best dealt with by recog-
. -.WIM I1.W
.'.' '. 1. That the nerro be accorded equal
opportunities in politics, business and
' education aad. ,:.. ; .
, 2. That there be absolute divergence,
racially and socially, each, race with. Its
own traditions. Ideals, etc. , ; -
"SuriJy,'' said the president, "we shall
' aln nnthlnar Hv htlnkinff- at tVuk far-ta hv
refusing tp give thought to them. That
Is not the -American way of approaching
such Issues.. ,---,' '
ADDRESSES BIO AUDIENCE
, President-Harding .spoke to a great
audience . of Southerners gathered In
' Ingham's fiftieth birthday. It followed a
parade through the city and his speech
, dealt entirely, with the Industrial South
and Its problems. . . - v
- "Men of both races " continued the
-president. may well stand uncom pro-
iCooehaM cs Pass fcisbtaea, Cohun One)
2000 Slain Spanish
Soldiers Are Buried
" Madrid, Oct. 21 (L N. a) Two
thousand Spanish - soldiers have - been
. buried in the Monte-Arrult sector of the
.Moroccan battle front within two days.
according to Information I received from
MeliUa - today. The sotdiers were killed
. in tho siege conducted by the rebellious
Moors. A 'new native attack' against
Monte Arrult has been repulsed.' Fight
ing continues la the uomara aone. -
Edison Fears
tit
Will Civilization Collapse?
By Alias L. Besea '.;;;
SntekU CerrMOoadeat lataraatkiaal Xtw Setvic
'CspTricbt. ISSi. by lateraaUoaal b'ea Sexrlcc)
Orange, K, J4.Oct. H-!! one form
or other the thought is fcoming to men
all ever the world -that Ah is- civilisation
may be about. tQ,ollspse- i heard1, the
thought rwmblbig in. T,homaf tA Edison's
mind when 1 talked to- him in his lab
oratory and at first did not know what
it was. We had been talking about a
number of things. Pretty soon his brow
wrinkled, his face assumed, an aspect
almost of pain and. be explained v;
"Sverything Is becoming so complex
so complex,' h: ' "' ''
'- Then it occurred te me that be had
mad the same exclamation once or
twice before during the same conversa
tion. In a few minutes ha made it again
and X began to take irOttce and call for
particulars. - , . , ' , -, -
LAW BTJISS ITStLF' ' - f
- "Oh be aald.nife ta becoming so in
tricate so Involved, so mixed up that it
la difficult to tell -what will happen as
the result of -any ad.; Gover nnven U
finance and industry are dally beconH
Is0dissmg
i f
Anybody 1 wbo ; can prove - to the saU-
faction of Mrs. Ray f iske, Third
street, thiit her missing tiusband was one
of the victims of Mrs. Lyda ' Southard,
the Idaho-.Lady Bluebeard. wltr ; earn ,
Mrs. Fiske s graUtude.; Mrs. riske has
hopes ;that ,tbe mystery of her hus
band's' disappearance 'four yeajrs - ago
may"1e thus explained. -
Fiske. according to Mrg. Fiske, teft
her in Loon Lake. Wash., in July, 1917.
Supposedly be went to Billings. Mont,
but efforts on the part of Mrs. Fiske, to
locate him since then have proved un
availing. , , , f- " ' ' ; - .
, Thursday Mrs. Fiske saw In The Jour
nal a photograph of Mrs. Southard with
her third . husband. Harlan. C. Lewis,
whom she married In Montana in 1919.
and. according to th state's contention
in' her trial for- murder at Twin Falls.
Idaho, killed with arsenic shortly Uire-
', " , ,
i Struck by the resemblance , between
Lewis, ' Mrs. Southard's third husband.
and Fiske, Mrs, : Fiske brought ' pic
tures of the latter to The Journal of
fice today to compare the original with
the orlainal of the, Lewis photograph;
"I have, been hunting for trace -of
Fjske-for; fourr years and have spent
a lot of time and money trying to lo
cate him," said Mrs. Fiske, her black
eyes snapping. -When I saw this pic
ture I was struck by the resemblance
and it . would give me a good deal of
satisfaction to know that he and Lewis
were one and' the same. Names meant
nothing, to 'him. He would adopt 'any
that happened to suit him so you eah't
tell by that"f ; -
Mra 'Flake's 'pictures of her husband
show-him with a n-iuatache which she
believed . might have been shaved off.
He weighed 260 pounds when his' picture
was taken but not more than 190 when
he disappeared. - His hair was white.
Mrs. Fiske has written the prosecuting
attorney at Twin. Falls 'in an effort to
learn -more about the Harlan C. Lewis
in the .SoutbAr lease. ;? ; -
The improvement of v the i Sherman
county highway was begun today- with
the awarding f a contract by the stats
highway commission for the grading
and- graveling of the IS-miie section Be
tween 'Wrasco and Grasa , Valley. , 'Tbe
contract -was let ;to ? Baoers , ft. Eauers
or : tiayion. ,w asnv wnose pia waa tizs
15it The; project ) Is.-Si cooperative one
between the state and; county on a ie-M
The commission also let 'the contract
for grading- tho Canyon aection -of 1 .M
iiles Of TBe, Dalles-Californl hlgway
in Wasco- county -to McAultffe 4b Healer
of lrtlarid 'for 'f76.3?p. i-iff.
BIDS AEE driEJiiD'f ;iW"S1
Besides awarding the above contracU
tho commission opened bids for. a num
ber of new projects as follows ; :4
Baker county Baker-Cornucopia high
way. ' Love Vbridge-Blackbridge ; section.
13.2 roilea grading. -r-'t. i-)
Douglas, county Pacific highway,
Drain-Yon calls section, paving S.t miles.
Harney county Summit Springs mar'
ket road, .l miles grading.: - - ' -
Jefferson county The Dalles-Califor
nia highway; Madras-Wasco county
boundary; 11. t miles, grading and grav
eling. . . "
-a Wheeler county Ochoco -highway,
Mitcheil-Ochoco forest foundary, 2 mile
grading and rocking. - '
; Tamhill county--West Dayton-St. Jo
seph section, paving 4.2 miles.
In pursuance of its policy- to provide
winter employment so far aa practicable,
the state highway commission Tuesday
. tCoadadad ob Fas Two. Coloju Ob)
McArthuT; Leaves
Bill Urgent Call
' Congressman C. N. Mc Arthur leaves
today . for . Washington ; after a , visit
home of mote than month. He .re
turns at this time to be present in the
house: at the time the revenue bill is
taken up for consideration upon Its re
turn by the senate. i: - - ;
; Mr. McArthur believes that the reve
nue 'measure will be in the hands of the
president by the latter part of Novem
ber and that congress will then sd
journ the special session.' ' The regular.
session will commence-in December and
will be, in the opinion of 'McArthur. one
of the most Important in the history of
.the .country-.' , k , " " ! 1
Next 50 Years'
ing more mixed In a tnaxe that human
Ingenuity seems incapable of untangling,
Those fellows down at Washington pass
laws without any ' more knowledge of
what e fleets they will produce than they
mlghf have If they were children. They
pass a la w to do one thing- aad It does
thai reverse. They press a button here
and a totally unexpected explosion hap
pens , there. - . This is so because the
whole fabric of our civilisation is . be
coming so Intricate that nobody can fol
low us designs. . ,
LAWS OB POOB BAKMFCL
I began to notice this many - years
ago when a legislator out west passed
a law giving a bounty for the killing of
coyotes, only to discover V few years
later that, in the absence of coyotes. Jack
rabbits were multiplying so rapidly that
the law had to be repealed and a bounty
offered for the killing of rabbits. And
4t years ago ; Herbert Spencer wrote
some wonderfully illuminating chapters
on the complexity of civilisation- in his'
day. Spencer took up 14 laws enacted
by h British parliament for the relief
1 (Concluded a Pafe Etghteea, Cokuna Ftn)
MateAmong
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LEI; BIDS OPEIIED
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Masked Bandit Takes Registered
" Pouch: From Ferry Branch After
Murdering Frank B.Adams and
, Locking Another Clerk in'Safe.
, -an Francisco, Oct." 26.-iU. P,)
Frank. B. Adams,, guard at the San
Francisco 'ferry postoffice station,' was
hot and killed 'early-today by a -bndit
who held up the regltitry room at the
postoffice and escaped with' one tull
pouch of registered mail. .- ' '
- The , state registered-mail pouch was
found this afternoon pn Steuart street,
sear Market,- a few; blocks from the
scene, of the robbery. The pouch had
not been opened. The men who re
ported the finding of the pouch to the
police was -detained for qttestlOnlng. ' His
name was 'not given put.
; The robbery occurred about 4 a. m.
According' to preliminary reports to
the police only, one" bandit entered the
building and made Ms f way Into " the
registry room where he held up a. clerk
on duty; r . v. .... - ;, ' .s :
Adams, doing guard duty walked into
the room and challenged the robber who
opened fire on Adams, Inflicting wounds
which caused death soon afterwards.
The bandit then picked up a registered
mail pouch and fled.
Police believed confederates with an
automobile aided his escape. - -
This was the second postoffice robbery
here within the last -two weeks Several
days ago the Rialto postoffice station
was held up and robbed-of a considerabla
amount . -
W. H Needham1 was working alone
lit tne registry dtvisjon ox the postof.
fice when the lone bandit appeared: '
W. s. Fleming, tne 'Other clerk, had
Just stepped out of the room to get
some keys, a ' ,-
'I was typing," Keedham told the po
lice.. "I looked up and' there stood' the
masked bandit. - ' ' : .
Throw up your hands,, he ordered
Oft -;,v-' -i J j t ' 'J".
"He Uien backed 1 me into the vault
and attempted .to ? close, the-' door.'
shoved my. foot between the door an 4
the vault and he couldnt close the door.
frben ,1 iheard , a shot"' .- -'
Tey were fornisbett with a fairly good
description -of, the- bandit iby -KesdhAm.
JHoiwaS about ZS years old and about
ft feet . or 5 inches tall., - He. wa dark;
wprs a earls suit h, , black mass, r -i
Poetax authoriUes announoed "a ' re
ward pf . ISW-woufde paid ,-for- Jh
bandit p&a-ymr. alive.' i . -
tALCE OF.TLOOT I7f SEW TOK
c' BOBBEHT SETEBAL MILU058
New- TTorlt Oct.-H.-WL J. S.1 TBat
tho face value of loot, taken by thTee
aatomobua oanaits rrorn a motor truck
on lower Broadway i Monday night will
be v enormous, running' into several rnll-
lion-dollars, was the belief of authori
ties engaged in investigating the rob-
oery touay, - j
-''it - was -probably, the greatest robbery
of its kind 'in the history of the post-i
Office - department," declared one - In
etigator. , -,
TAMPA IS SWEPT
BY TIDAL WAVE
Jacksonville. Fla.1 -Oct." 21. iU. P.y
The city of Tampa is under water as a
result of a tidal wave caused,.' by the
tropical - hurricane .which swept through
nor Ida last night and early today, ac
cording to a train1 conductor reaching
here. ' - .
A considerable amount of property
damage was done throughout the state
as a result of the storm. - . . -
Thus far. no lives have been -reported
lost. All wires, both telephone and tele
graphy are down. 1 . -,
Many signs and roofs of buildings were
blown away during , the night In and
around Jacksonville, though no loss of
life was reported. - 1 - t
r At 10 a. ra. all efforts to communicate
with - Florida, cities ; south of here had
failed, r ."- -
Reports reaching here by mail early
today stated that all of Port Tampa was
under water and many of the streets of
the city of Tampa flooded, v . 4 -r
A' report from Tampa, reaching the
local Postal telegraph office." by mall
waa that it was the most severe storm
since 188?. ; . - -'
FLORIDA FLOOD DAMAGE 7 ;
s : ;v-iESTIMATE'AT'ia,see,aes
.Jacksonville. Fla, OcC.2s.--L, Jf. S.)
Damage done by the ; hurricane which
swept Florida yesterday will amount to
more thaa Jie.OOO.OOO, according to esti
mates made here today.
The Otrus - Growers' Exchange announced-that
damage to the Citrus crop
will total $5,006,000. Damage done ta the
city of Tampa ia wetimated in excess of
(S.060,000. -Wv t C1 t-f'Zyfgjt-jli
, Tampa Is still under two feet of water
and the new municipal terminals- have
been seriously damaged. , according; to
reports received here. : .'- i. " -
Titusvllle and Ocala suffered severely,
- The damage done - in this city was
slight - - ,
tf STOBX t S UTEEPIITO 1TOKTH
Atlanta. Ja.. Oct 2t(L S.) The
tropical storm raging in Florida; swept
with increasing fury into , the-northern
section of tne state early this mdrnlng.
Reports to telegraph companies were
that a.Se-mlle gale atlU was whistling
over the state. -..,-,
Bandit; Unmasked 'c
: By VictimV Flees
-The highwayman who attempted 'to
hold up Ernest Hugin at Forty-fifth and
Division streets lata Tuesday night
received, the surprise of his life when
the Victim snatched away the jobber's
black -mask as be raised -his arms tn
compliance wjth. , tha order ' "stick 'era
up." The, bandit turned and . tlsa-
DiSAllIT
IS URGED BY
Resolutions Favoring , Both Limi
. tatior ofc Arms and Open Diplo
macy passed; Legion- Member
Only One tor Voice Disapproval
Resolutions favoring -v limitation of
armament and - open diplomacy at the
conference to be held in Washington to
November , were , adopted 'it a meeUng
of representative . citixena of For U and
held Tuesday night la the council cham
bers of the city hall. The meeting was
called by , Mayor" Baker at" the behest of
the Portland Council of 'Churches, but
aue to tne accident to his stepson. tho
mayor was unable to preside. 1
Heads of the various .civic' and fra
ternal organizations attended,' but be
cause of lack of time In the majority,
of cases, stated they had been "unable
to get ' an expression of opinion ; from
their groups. The- resolutions were
adopted as the individual expression of
those present. ' 1
8ECBET PQLICT BECOBB
One of the issues discussed was nub-
liclty of the proceedings. William -F."
Woodward made the point that the day
of secret diplomacy was gone and that
anything - thatrr could not stand publlo
discussion . -was" not ' to , be - considered;
Others stated that the delegates should
in no way be hampered, but that tha
question of disarmament ' was of such
vital , importance that it should be at
tained whether by" open- diplomacy or
behind closed doors.
James B. Kerr was elected as chair
man or a steering committee to be com
posed of seven' members.' The selection
of the committee wlir be made by Kerr
and the mayor, j -r--.
With the exception of Walter Gleason
: (Concluded tm i Ta Calums Two)
A J3ft reward .for", tli capturs,.4ea4
of ftUve.. ot' the aitallanti , whoi branded
fra; Elsie JUynolds .left-cbeek J'wllh,?a
feist, andrTpbbe; ber oZ.Xit iu bet
home : last wk; has bee offered by d
group 'of 'friends of Ihle colored woman.'
The - check -was .'Presented to Acting
Mayor BIgetow this- morning by O.. S,
Thomas, with instructions that, it was to
be given to theicaptor, ; - .,'- 1
Thomas was willing even to give some,
opinion, as to 'who perpetrated the , atf
tack, but would not, he said, mention
any names. . -'" . 1
"I'have an idea as to the guilty' ones,
but I'm not going to name May organic
aation I suspect further than saying that
its name begins with Thomas
told .the council. 4 ,( ;. , . . i
- Police held that' the brand, made, by
Iodine and carbolic acid on Mrs. Ray-!
nolds' cheek, was the work of thugs who
sought to give, their raid a spectacular
aspect. , .
TerirCarididates in
. Contest for Salem
Postmaster Billet
' Washington. Oct. 28. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL,)
Candidates for postmoater at Salem are
10 in number. Usts were closed last
night when the following applications
had been entered under examination
rules .
Walter W. Tooxe Sr., Car! Abrams,
August Huckensteln. Herbert HakL Le
roy Hewlett. Herman Schellberr. John
H.. Farrar, Andrew; A. Lse, Thomas C
Smith jr.- and Arthur. E. GIbbard.
'1 The postoffice" department has asked
the civil service commission to prepare
Feeding Ponds: for:
Salmon to;Be Biiilt
I Contract: for the construction of feed
ing ponds for sockeyo salmon in Willows
county have been let by the state fish
commission, - according ' to announcement
of f Cart Shoemaker, secretary of the
commiasion, today,' The - work. ; which
will coat 86500. has been begun.- The
ponds will be fed by Spring creek, whiclf
is a warm stream, and Hurricane creek.
wnicn is a cold stream. , ' -
Chamber Selects '
; 'Committee of 100!
. i; ' J "i - ' . I , . ,''i
- SelecUon of a "committee of 10V'ths
members f which will officially repre
sent the Chamber of Commerce at all
functions, la being made by the chamber,
according to announcement today. Arm
bands are to be made for tha members
of this committee so that their designa
tion will be obvious at all public rather-
' ,"
33. Chinese Escape , ;
Frpiii "SKip to Shore
.. -. . 1 ,u 1 1 ,- ni 1- 1' " -' .i.-y-y -'"V"1'"
" SeatUo, Oct 28. (L N. S.) Thirty
three Chinese members of the Keystone
State crew, in port here, .are -being
souk h( today by federal immigratiaMi au
thorities! They escaped from the vessel
while U was in drydock Saturday. ; e ,
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soo ni FOR
UNITED STATES RAILWAY ' LABOR BOARD
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MILE" GALE
- .While the weather observatory ; on-the
point of North Head, at the mouth of the
Columbia, was phaken to its ' foundation
.Tuesday afternoon : by-' an ' intense - gala.
the observer "he 14 on to hiS shoes" while
he . watched the velocity recorder whirt
After he had caught his breath ' he re
ported to the district office, in Portland'
a maximum wind of tt miles, an hour. '
.The storm was the .most severe, to bit
the North. Pacific coast in many months,
Its 'hole force ' was -exerted off the
mouth of the Columbia "as Tatoosh sta
tion only" reported a gale' of .' M miles
velocity. ' ? ty. , . r - ' ' f ;
tAn ominous lull occurred in the storm
after 5 o'clock Tuesday and althouffll
the wind had .died oown;the district,' oft
flce-faa maintaining tne storm warning)
placed Tuesday ?mornlngc' At o'clock
new southwest -warnings 'were ordered
sent out for all Oregon and Wacrhingtes
coast, . points for " today - and - ,tpn ieHt,
jjinif -iLTUii!,.;-;!.ieiiniS'.iiitrKt ' ether
iotPcaier. saw "laat.tne storm was tm
central off Southern-Alaska. $i :-
Wi trouble prevented- communication
Willi Worthy Head .station, after 5 o'clock
this morning; ' - - - .
Speakers Will;B6bst 1
.Programilsjeaturq
The -lsSE-tixposltiOtf-wm famish the
oratorical : and .. the- Portland. Opera as
sociatioa .the musical .inspiration, of the
program at the ( Progressive - Bueinesa
Men's club; in the Benson1 hotel, Thurs
day "noon.' Frederick " V; I 'Fisher.1 'cam
paign manager, will speak on "Portland's
Part 4 in- the EpoaIton." and- Julius Xi
Meier, president pf the exposition on
The. MiHage - Tax foi-r the Exposition.';
The quartet Rlgeletto". ,WIU. bo sung by
Eloise Hall Cook,,Katherine .Corruccinij
Herman Hainer and iMarif Daniels; the
solo,? "Sjo, I Heart the,: Gentle vLark.r ,by
isioise Hau Cook. - ana . tho . sextette
Xuciar by Mrs. Mlacha Pelsv Katherine
Comicclni, - Harvey .Hudson, ; Blaine
Coles.Hark Daniels, and-Fred 'Crow
therewith; Evelyn Cheeley at1 the piano;
.The Opera Associaflon- 'will be the
subject of an address by Mrs. E.
Thompson,- president of the opera asso
ciation. ''.
Socialist Deputies
:Sell:Ojat;is;CKarge;
. In French Chamber
, Paris. Oct 2tW(U P.)Otarges thai
the-- socialist-' depuUts had oldtAemi
selvea to' a: foreign- government" were
tnaJe today In the chamber by Deputy
Flandrin. a j. ; s' --c-s '--
An unprecedented uproar -followed the
accusation and th? chamber 'was forced
to suspend its session, at which the def
bate on a vote of confidence for Premier
Brland -was to have been concluded. 1
The speakerf suspended" the meeting
and ; the" galleries were cleared, after
which the session .was resumed.,,. - - .
Senator Wadsworth
Proposes a;TailBill i
A For Beqf ; and f WiSri
-Washington,:. Oct- 26, (U. P.)--An
amendment to tho tax bill, designed to
give the government additional revenue
through the um' of beert and wine for
medicinal purposes, under the regula
tions just, issued by Secretary Mellon,
was introduced today, by Senator Wads
worth, New York.
The amendment proposed a' tax of 88
cents a gallon on .beer, 8L28 a gallon on
wine and .88.40 a gallon , on 'whiskey or
other liQuors.. - .
U. S. Trade With v !
.-Germany Increases
Washington, Oct. S. tU. P.) Ameri
ca's foreign trade with Germany and
Japan la increasing, the monthly foreign
trade figures of the department of commerce-
issued today show. The total for
eign trade, however, continues to show
a shrinkage, as compared with previous
lbonths and last year -i
HITS NORTH HEAD
BHOTOGRAPH taken a few days ago of thCmen who
met today in Chicago in an effort .to avert the rail
- road strike called for October SO. Jhey arc, left to
right, 'f Horace Bakeri representing1 the railroads ; Albert
Phillips, representing labor ; G. W. Hangar, representing
the. public; 0 O.. Wharton, representing labor; Ben W,
Hooper, representing the public ; Samuel Higgins, repre
senting the railroads, and R. M. Barton, chairman. , I j 5
Haitians Are
Slaughtered
Says Major
Waahlngtoiv" Oct. 2Sv L N. ; S . ) The
indiscriminate goilng-and ill treatment
of Haitians by native gendarmerie tin
der the - direct command of officers of
the .United States marine corps,, was
admitted, today by. Major T.: C. Turner,
U. S. M. C, before the senate committee
lu.cuiiauiiK ' WlflUUUlM Jit t JlftUI. , .
Turner- related ho-W' one enlisted man
of - the - marine - corps - was accused of
having 19 , Haitian- prisoners killed and
burled by a. firing .squad of native gear
darmerie. -.St h
Burglaisf :Cauglit iiV;:
Attempt.to Robt Are
onteiby. Gunshots
..' vroVler r-svasOtftrruWted vA-r-wrn-a
this'' Morning -at 1316 East: Caruthers
street when Orin Ci-Meyers .was awak
ened about g .o'clock- by the .sound, of
someone attempting to .brtas m.at.a
rear windows Myers turned on the back
porch. Tight -and flred, -several shots- at
the- Intruder, who: escaped around ' the
side of the house before a good descrip
Uon could be gotten.. . , st t,t
'T,r O: Milierl 1 147 ' Btandena strmh
caused' aurglar to, suddenly change his
mind early this morning whan he greet
od the- second story - man - with.- three
shots from a revolver. Miller heard a
noise and discovered the burglar In th
act of cllmbingilnto a second story win
dow, after climbing a ladder placed
against the. side . of - the bouse. , The
burglar, didn't, wait to move the ladder:
Portland. Ad Cliib1
IsvS61idly;Behind-
Proposed 1925 Fair
The Ad club cast its' unanimous vote
for' the 1925 . exposition, at its luncheon
In the Benaon, hotel this afternoon.- That
is almost: unanimous. C. C. Chapman,
who had been Invited 'as a apeaker in
behalf of the exposition, turned the suns
of the ""overburdened -Uxpayer" against
it To the surprise of ail. -he -argued
that- the exposition's appeal is to the
emotions but not to bueinesa Judgment
rnetf other speakers Frederick V. Fish
er, Dr. Edward -H. Pence and Marshall
N. Danabombarded . his arguments to
such effect that -the expression of favof ;
for .the exposition seemed to- be without
dissent' Chapman's, voice was not heardv
Julius' L. Meier, president of the! expc
Sition, presided at a program which was
marked4 by its cheering enthusiasms. ,y
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aAMffiBlieio 11
;811gnteSa
- 4sr. ' ' fi:'A:: j-,
i Roland ,Cosgrve, Charged with the
theft if a coat belonging to Miss Mable
Dahl. IU Eleventh street, -Waived -hearing
in the municipal court 'this morning
and was bound over COrraQdiury'exl
ami nation by Judge Rossman. Cosgrove
confessed to Inspectors Tackaberry and
Wright that be robbed eight houses, ac
cording to the poliee. -His ball was set
at 12380. '-V .'5 X'
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Geo;St;gPardbiiedi
; By Acting Goveriiof
OZympla. Waslu Oct fJ.' CU. P.)
George Stagg, former Tacoma and Seat
tle newspaper man. sentenced to from 10
to 15 years in prison for .kidnaping his
own cniia riere a year. ago. was pardoned
today by Acting I Governor "William J.
Coyle. . fitagg came here from the Walla
Walla prison-last night unaccompanied
and In civilian clothes. Stagg bad .served
10 months of his sentence.- t-1 j . , . .
Fined:S200 Each for :
' Violating. Dry " Law
. Lk Anderson was fined $200 this morn
ing by Municipal Judge Rossmau..on a
charge of vioiaUng.the: prohibition law.
Anderson was - arrested by t Lieutenant
Robson and Patrolmen Harms and Nut
ter; : Trefno Evenoff, 286 Couch street
was fined 8200 on a similar charge., A
pint bottle of-whiskey was! confiscated
by Sergeant Jack Keegaa and the mor
als squad.',. ,: ' - 9 '
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LOCAL RAIL OFFICES
ANTICIPATE STRIKE
' . Confidence that the majority of North
western -railroad, executives bave ;ex
prtseed ;that the national railway strlki
would-be -settled prior to October: SO,
appears to have been shaken in: view1 of
preparations.belng made, in the Portland
railway freight offices. 4 ; 'v " j
- -Embargoes became - effective on , the
Southern Pacific Tuesday, prohibiting the
acceptance for sblptnent , of , powder or
any, other high, esploalves until. further
notice.-, Soma freight officials arc known
to- have under -consideration tha fixing i
of waybilla o the railroads -will not be
responsible for loss - to .perishable good .
In case of a strike.- I V 1
-Last, week several embargoes were
issued, by - the: railroads' In this district -
but were immediately withdrawn- Re
issuance.' of.' thesd embargoes is asjald
being anticipated, i.j ' J
. Joiin M. . -Poott. ffenecaijiassepger
ageut. -and WK." MlUer, assistant gen
eral passenger agent bf the & P., re
turned from San anclco today, after
attending a - conference-"of executives.
The two IccaKofflelaJs are starting; im
mediately -tOi organise V the- local, execut
tlvol force .ln.t preparation.- for strike. i4
Confirmation that r, the, clerks, tfialn-
tenance of; way workers and shop, crafts
employes wiB-.ijofc go birt with the Big
Five brotherhoods October 30, have beed
received, by lecai, neaas -or .these organ
isationa, according to a statement made
by A. M. Arnold. chatrman 4f the pub
licity committee of the local rait unioni,
- To-,bring trams- into terminals -and to
register twice daily, are definite brother
hood rulings andfwin be applicable to
every' city. in t:ase-oT-a' strike, said A.
M. .-Arnold, .chairman . of the local - rail
unions', publicity ' committee. "Such
rulings'' automatically, become effective,"
Arnold said.., ' i
Morals. Sqnad Nets; :
41 Arrests ;iri;.Baid;!.
: :- GamlilihgCCharged
One -'of the Jargeat gambling raids' of
the, year' was made by police Tueedaji
evening o when 'the ? Internatlonai. , elub,
86, Sixth street, was Jnuaded-by 8er4
geant Keegan and bis morals squad and
41 arrests were made. 4 The house .was
running 'full blast fat " the time: and 18
persons were . found In - the , act 'l
gambling. , y.' . - ... - i
Besides. the gamblers, charges f.vlsitt
ing a : gambling house '.will b nad
against i 20 onlookerB. '' Gus Carmedaa,
Peter.' Apustolidas and George 'Oeorgian,
officers , ot the Otab were arrested on
the 'charge .maintaining a; gambling
bouse. The club is operated; tinder ' a
state charter, end la "not 'subject to'city
license : re gulatiofts. . '1 --;; ;y
: A' large amount of . gambling pa ra
pe rn alia, including dice, .-cards and two
tables, was confiscated.' 7: t
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Policeman Gives Up .
Blood 'to Save Life;
Of Mayor's Stepson
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The biood .' of stalwart ' M. ' Rekdahli
Portland policeman, today .; was -transfused
into the weakened body : of Brace
Calloway, 18-year-old step.aon bf "Mayor
Baker, who accidentally shot himself in
the thigh ami hip Tuesday while 'prepar
ing bis rifle for a hunting trip.-- - s
v: The lad bad tost so mucb blood that
physicians feared for ; his -recovry and
volunteers for blood ' transfusion were
called.-- A dosen or more responded, but
the husky patrolman was chosen. , The
boy has a good chance--for recovery, say
attendants, at Good Samaritan hospital,
where the transfusion took place.
Japanese Mission'
, . , To Visit Portland
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Official information was - received - by
the Chamber of Commerce today that 18
members of the Japanese business: mis
sion to America, which will arrive' at
Seattle- Sunday, will visit Portland Mon
day. Preparation: will be made, by the
local organisation for the entertainment
of the visitors. 1 The 10 visitors will ar
rive here at :i5 a. m end will leave in
the evening for-Tcoma to Join -10 other
members - of the party who will visit
there'-Monday." The party: will go as
from Tacoma Tuesday
0FU.S.B0ARD
VY;",G. Leef of: Railway Trainmeni
V I ndicates:v B rotherhoods . ; M ay
: TestCase An -Courts .Admits
v Strike Aims at July :Wage Cut. "
"P-'fif rii,.iS''Si'f:;y .s-.'fi'.,'- :'.'
! . ' Y By - Lather 'A. Hastoa ' ' " .
Coliseum. Chicago Oct, S8-(L N.1 S.)
A virtual challenge of the authority of
th. fTnitMl RtatMa r,llflv lahot hoard tn .
order the threatened railway rtrlke called
off, or evja to investigate tie strike, ,
was hurled. by W. G. Lee,' president of -
the Brotherhood "of Ralla-ay Trainmen.
at the first session of, the rail strike
"peace conference" here today. -'
Jjes Intimated that the . brotherhoods
were willing to have the authority of
the labor board ; to intervene in tns ,
preent controversy, tested In the courts.
LEE, EXFLA15S ATTITUDE . , ' ;
. "It-Js our understanding of the law," ,
Lee ; said, "that t. after ' the board . has
heard a dleput and made a decision, it
Is the privilege-of either party to accept
or reject : the decision. '- As . we .under- . '
stand it it was the prlvtlege'ef the msn '
to leave the service if they felt unwilling
to accept the board's wage cut decision.
- "A . test' 'in the courts might show
otherwise,' but .that 1 remains our 'under-.
standing until such ta tesfls made." -
Le was -questioned by Ben Wi Hooper,
public member-of th board, who made
it evident that--the board waa trying to
place, the brotherhoods - on record that
they had called the strike on-an issue
tnat had : not yet materialised and ' the
real issue was further Wage reductions
that had not yet come before, the .board.
. Lee' declared. that the original strike '
action of tho trainmen had. been . taken :
on the question of the wage puts ordered
by the labor "board 6n July 1, but, said
that' he would show later that the Hues-'
Hon of future wage cuts and tho Issue of
time- ahd one-half for overtime entered
mw vwnirwverry.-. ,-' .,.v. .v -., -.a -
While Questioning of Lee' was stiU In
progress, tha bearing adjourned until
t o'clock 4 ,l-, . ,,- '
RIGHT ,C8Sl03r ORDERED, i " , : "
Wfien'-the-aft'erbooft ' aesslon'convened.
Chairman Barton announced - that an
adjournment , would be taken- at f j:30
p'cjock.and tliat'a night -session woud
convene at 7, o'clock. --'.' ',, --
HeoDer ake Ijui wbn. at tMa tlm
aa auworitaru? JJL.off .,. strike,- -
mltte would have that authority, but
said that he could call off the strike by
notifying ihe members presenti that M;
sausxactory ad jusrmant - f .the, contro- -versybad
taeen reached. ' ,-,.. '
Xe. emphatically .declared that . bis
organization - had " voted , to strike -only
tConetadcd a' Pst Three, .Gqlsna'ThrM) i :
HEIIDERSOI! .
- ACTED AS IF CRAZY
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Two days .before- Joseph -"J. Henderson
stabbed his wife to death., he awakened
a friend at 8 o'clock in .the morning and
stood, in the middle of the bedroom pull
ing -his hair. -' a. .. ' . . -
. ."WhaTs the matter, Joe," asked the
friend. . "Are you crasy?"' f s ; i
'."Ho, not yet" was 'the answer.. . . '
-Robert "UacGehn, the' friend.- took the
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W.IVU.V .HUgl AMVAW. WUI T.
Just before nooq today. He was one of
the many witnesses Called by the defense
in . its--painstaking- attempt " to gather
every scrap of evidence tending to Show
that- during ' the Henderson divorce pro
ceedings last spring the young husband ,
changed from a peaceable to a tempo- -
" MacOenn said Henderson's 'eyes- were
"popping from hle ihead." . ;MacGenn's
testimony; was impaired, however, when:
the ..atate brought out that be was a
divorced manj that Mrs. Henderson bad
been ' a "witness against bun In the. di
vorce case and that be bad been i wil
ness for Henderson when tho latter was
sued for . divorcer 1 -
WOULD tr?jlTf KITES 7 ; "
" Clark La'wpaugh, long an acquainUnci
of Henderson, testif led that Henderson
said to him last spring: . v
- "J think I'd Jump latd the river if It
wasn't , Sot ? the children.1 This 'family
life is driving 'miiut.,rW- - -
On August tour days before: the
killing, Henderson talked incoherently
when they met according to Lawpaugh.
He admitted tmder cross-examinaUon,
however, that be didn't think Hender
son was inaano at the time. -
Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Weber, who Bved
at 411 Rodney avenue, in the, fiat above
-ICoorladed ea P,r EihUa, -Coiaraa Fits).
PriestiCalled' toK : j
: . :;; Sick BediiKilied
Leadr&'D Oct ?S.'-i-(L:N.l &)-r-Th'e
finding of the body of Father Belknap,
pastor, of St- Patricks. Roman Catholic
church - here. on the outskirts of the
city today with three bullet boles Jn it.
disclosed a crime parallel to the killing
Of Rev. Patrick E. Heslin, Colma-priest,
for ahose ; murder , William A. Hlgh-
J tower ;was recently -convicted.-In CaU-
loriua. ; f . . , - , "i '
Many -Killed in i w : !,
' v Fdrt Explosion
Rome.- Oct? 2. (L a) Many per
sons were killed and .wounded and a
large number of buildings were wrecked
when a fort blew up at Vado. in Genoa
province today. - Fire had broken out In
the town and, despite the-efforts of the
firemen spread to the fort-; The explo
sion was heard for 150 miles. Vado is
a seaside resort- and fortress town, ,
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