CITY EDITION ' f -AH ler aruf All True . .THE .WEATHER Tonight and Thura- day, rain i southwesterly- winds. ''- " Maximum temperatures Tuesday ',' : ," ' " - ' i ' ' I Vis ! ,-i ' VV ; . Portland ....... -,.,NeW Orleans ... 84 4 -Boise , New York 5 Los Angelas ;.. S- St. Paul it PORTLAND,, OREGON, WEDNESDAY: EVENING, OCTOBER 23 ;iS21. TWENTY-TWO PAGES. "PRXCE-TWO. CENTS. , SUET?.. P. cY-7. -CITY EDITION ' All Herm and f All True 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 cti-i- .4.- " - .- ' i v 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 f - - ., ' 's LEI; BIDS OPEIIED r "' ." !' - r-. .j v I'. ' ' ' '" ' " " 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 , " ---V -, J-- ' V -,- .'f 1-'t soo ni FOR UNITED STATES RAILWAY ' LABOR BOARD y r 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 1 - ' ,.: m . ' -. ;--y " 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' ' ... i ' ' i - -. 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 ' , - . - " ; y 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 4 j - i ; ; j. 1 . V, - Policeman Gives Up . Blood 'to Save Life; Of Mayor's Stepson l 4 -- V , . ,i . ''' 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 .... - . ; , .... , 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 " ' - ' ' " 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 n n ... - 1. T .. . r t . 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, , AYS - ! I 1 w