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' Kotmd a fleeonil Class KittM t rtmtatOem. PvrUaad, Onm PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 2, 192L TWENTY PAGES., PRICE TWO CENTS. ON TKAIMt AND MtWl STANDS FIVI OCNTt VOL. XX. NO. 205. TONGmEN GAG. BEAT AND ROB CHINESE WIFE Mrs. Lee, Fong Endures Torture , of Thugs Rather Than Reveal ' Whereabouts of Husband; .Hair i' ' Clipped by Assailants, in Home , 'Suey stng marauders beat, robbed and disfigured Mrs. Lee Fong early this morning when she refused to reveal to them the hiding: place of her husband, a Hop Sins tongman. She endured the torture In alienee. At , 12:4$ o'clock Mrs. Fong; answered a knock at the family apartment door, 13 North Fourth street Two young Chinese, both strangers, demanded to see her husband.- As Mrs. Fong said he was' not at .home one of them shoved Ms foot Into the door, i When airs. Fong refused to tell them a second time where her husband was aieeping they grabbed her and pulled a gunny sack over her head, tied It t&ht with a rope, threw her on the bed and shook her up, the woman told - the po lice. victim's hair clipped v Then they took the sack off and asked , the same question again, but without re mit. Then the marauders tied Mrs. ' Pong's hand behind her back and forced a gag Into ber mouth, beat her and cut . off her hair, after which l another de- . mand was . made for Fong. Again they met with failure, after I which they roughly snatched and pulled , two valuable diamond rings off Mrs. Pong's fingers and stole $15 In green backs, but still -the woman held stead fast to her position of silence. Realising that further violence would i be useless, they replaced the gag In Mrs, Kong's mouth and tied ber up and left the apartment. Mrs, Fong finally worked the gag out of her mouth and called for help. Her. cries, soon awakened other Chinese sleeping In adjoining quarters. , MAT BE T05GME3T . The police were called Immediately but were unable to gather any evidence of value, as lira. Fong did not recognise her assailants. . The men wore gloves and did not leave any- fingerprints and made no noise, leedlaav airs. Fon to bo lleve they wore rubber soled shoes. Folic believe the men to be Suey Sings, rival tongmen, with orders to kill Fong. Failing to find Fong. the men thought It best to terrorise Mrs. Fong and obtain a much property as possible, the police declared. - Fong was Indicted with other Chinese recently by the Multnomah county grand jury i on a charge of being connected with .' the' recent tong war murder in 'Chinatown. SEATTLE T050ME5 TBT TO ASSASSIffATL IMPORTER 8eattle. Wash, Nov. U. P. Two Chinese were captured, one of them wounded, following an alleged second attempt within a few weeks. on the life of Harry Gong. Chinese Importer. Oong la believed to be the object of bitterness growing out of war between Hop Sing and Suey Sing tongs. v When a bullet fired In Gong's direc tion missed him last night, his body guard. C O. Plow, chased two Chinese and caught them after wounding George Wo, 11, waiter. Hong Tick. 37, waiter, Wo's companion, was found, to have a loaded gun except for one exploded shell. - Flows waa taken Into custody -with the two men. but was later ra- Tair. Given Boost; t Postal Business Is -;. . Criterion of , Gains " 8. O. & measures in behalf of the 1J25 exposition campaign and the sturdy . growth of the Portland post office vied - for attention at the meeting of the Port land Ad club at the Benson hotel this - afternoon. . j.i That people do not realise that If the exposition tax falls there will be no ex position and that the small Individual cat S3. 45, scattered ever three years, on -each tiooe of assessed valuation, is not understood, were assertions by Fred erick T. Jiyskell. The club at his sug geation voted the appointment of a com. , mlttee which will gather from Ad club- - pern a sura that may reach S400 for a city-wide advertising campaign. . David M. Botaford led off with $50 and H. II. Haynes miggeated that each man sub scribe tie. . The committee consists of George Hal), 8. B. Vincent, Botaford, "Hyekell and the club's regular advertis- 2- Ing committee. -jp - . Postmaster John M. Jones presided z ever the poetofflce section of the pro- .'. gram and Assistant Postmaster Robert I Russell called' attention to the fact . that" Portland's postal receipts are 300 . per cent greater than In 1906. the year or 1114 uwu and Clark exposition. .. , , ' 1 1 s 11. t. TiWoman Hurled Out i Of Auto and Is Bun u Over, in Collision ,'- Through the impact ef another car striking a machine la which Mr. and Mrs. X O. fcbeperd of lto Second street .were riding at .1 :X0 o'clock Tuesday night, Mrs. Sheperd waa thrown so that -the car driven by her husband passed over her. Her face was. cut and she Was bruised, but aot seriously hurt. The -wtachlae that participated la the coi- lis! on, which waa on Tarwllllgcr boule vard, did" not stop. , j G. M. Crocker of Eutreoe waa strode and knock down at East Seventeenth a and Schuyler streets, at o'clock last flight by a machine driven tyi. lL - Khaanon - of - HT Kast Twanty-foarth street north. , The ear passed over his 1 1 body. The extent of his injuries had f toot been determined last night. TELLS WEIRD STORY OF TRAGEDY P" ETE BEEBE, held in jail at Albany, accused! of killing John Painter and son, William Painter, on a farm near Lacomb in Linn county. Beebe maintains'! the elder Painter killed the son during a quarrel and committed suicide, but admits he buried the bodies. ! I ' 4 ;? f, V I t y ';,; t 7" " '' s T' r f I 4 i i m i By Wallace C Eakin ' . Joomal lOutteapuadsot Albany.. Or. Nov. . 2. Itds toward building np a case against Fete Beebe, charged with the murder lof John' Paint er and his 'son, William, 1 at their4 farm, near Lacomb, ..October 19, were 'taken by District Attorney L. Q. Lewelllng today. The district attorney submitted Beebe to. an examination that covered an hour,- cleaning , an explanation ot the J J calibre pistol by which the mur der victims were shot .. "Why didn't you 'tell us yesterday about the revolver? the district attor ney asked.. 1 . . ,: POSSIBLE MOTTTE FOrJfD Beebe had previously declared that a .32-20 . rifle i waa used. "You didn't ask me about any other guns,-, Beebe replied. Lewelilng declares that he questioned Beebe explicitly en this point Tuesday morning. : Whether or not Beebe Is the mar. derer is yet in doubt, for, excepting the alteration of details. . he related the same story of murder and suicide, which he claims were the work of the father. However, a charge of first degree mur der was lodged against Beebe today. The officials believe they have uncov ered a motive, which may connect Beebe with the crime. HORSES CAUSE. BREAK Bearing in mind that Beebe had. on the day after the killings, driven a team of fine gray horses by a roundabout way to the homo of his parwata, a few miles distant even prior to burying the bodies. District Attorney Lewelilng. In the presence of the prisoner, this morn ing Instructed the ; sheriff to procure the team and return It to the Painter farm. Beebe, who had showed no emotion when his brother, ; George, waa ordered to appear In Albany, became 'districted when the allusion was . made to the team. 'I ' "That's the way it goea," he said. "A fellow works hard; to buy property and then they take It away from him," and he burst into tears. According: to neighbors of . the Paint ers, Beebe's: employers bad seldom al lowed him to drive this team, though he bad indicated an attachment for it GATE G TJX FOR WATCH The sheriff returned to the scene ot the crime this morning to procure . the .33 calibre revolver, which Beebe today said be bad hidden. In the Painter gran ary, too prisoner reiaxea una morning that the .revolver waa formerly hia, but that be had hidden It because John Painter bad told him to throw it away, When aaked bow be came Into posses slon of Ute ran.. Beebe replied that he (OsraeiBdad :M ras Two, Cete 1 Tane) Eewardof $200 for Gardner Is Offered Tacoma, Waah..j Nov. 2. Roy Gard ner, California mall bandit, has a price or sxoe on .ma hesva.. according . to noaneaokant ' from ; McNail island pen! ten ciary, rrwn wnica no made hia sen satlonal escape on Labor dayr . The cus tomary reward for escaped federal pria- ooere is see. ut recent advices from the . department of Justice . authorize Warden Thomas Maloney to Increase the amount to lOO. i I'M I I ! ll MAnnin nAnrtini r? llinnl frr nirinn mm mm : i w im CAUSE OF MURDER FOR CHILDREN By A. O.tHayward .Washington. . Nov, 2.(I. . N. S.) Nearly 7,000,000, Russian children in the Volga, region tare' facing starvation. Sec retary of Commerce Hoover declared to day before the house' military' affairs committee. ". . Less "than 1.400,000" of these children can be cared for by American relief ef forts, the secretary- saw, although it is hoped . that , by January-the number can be increased to . 2,000,000. at will not bo possible to afford relief to adults. Declaring that' this situation holds a "danger to America' in the possibility of Spread of cholera and other diseases. the secretary urged that congress au thorise the' donation - of surplus army medicines and clothing for Russian re lief.- Young Wenatchee Man Is Crushed by Brick-Laden Wagon Wenatchee, Wash Nov. 2. Lester Hob8on, 29. son ot J. P. Hobson. a con tractor, waa badly crushed Saturday evening1 when a wagon, loaded with three tons of brick, passed over him. All ribs on his right side and his collar bone were broken, the latter In two places. Injuries to his lungs put one out of commission. . The accident occurred at the brick plant of lb Squaw Saddle Mining A Milling company. Hobson was on the driver's box of the loaded wagon. The bricks were being taken off for use in casing a kiln. .The , horses, startled by bricks falling on them, moved forward suddenly.- Hobson was thrown from the wagon. Both: wheels on one aide passed over him. He haa done heavy work for years and is a strong man. He haa a chance "to recover. He Is married and has one child six years old. He came jo Wenatchee 17 years ago. - Falls Between' Cars; i Both Legs 'Cut Off . Grants Pass.. Nor.' 2. Frank Scott. about 24 years old. of Placer county, California, lost both legs, cut off below the knees. Tuesday night In the local freight yarda, when he dropped between two freight cars. It Is presumed that Soott, who Wag beating bis way. had be come numbed with the cold and lost his footing while riding between two freight cars. - He was taken to the local hos pital, where' phystciana amputated hia legs. v , - ", "I Accident inr South , r: Delays Eose City " San Francisco. . Nov., 2-I. X. SO Tbo passenger, steamer Rose City of the San Francisco sk Portland Steamship company crashed into pier S3 this after noon after casting off to depart ' tor Portland. No one was injured, but it was reported that a front state had been broken. U was stated that the sailing alii be delayed tor a couple ot days to permit repairs. OF CHESS IS PLAY N CONFERENCE Adroit Moves Force Japan Into Disarmament Discussion and Let England Slip Out Grace fully From Embarrassing Pact. By DaVid Lawrence ( Copyriiht. 1921. by The Jonrnal) (In this, the third of series of sicnificnt dispatches, Ds,nd Lawrence, the famous Wash ingtoa ecrmpofideDt, tells why the United States considers the albaace between Japan and Great Britain as a menace to America c and Lho imude story of how the cominc confereoce on Armament happened to be called.) Washington, Nov. 2. The United States has never liked the Anglo-Japa nese alliance. Republican and Democratic adminis trations alike have felt, that alliances only lead to dangerous misunderstand ings. Europe has revealed the 'mischief which a system of alliances develops. The formation of an alliance In Central Europe ' between Germany, Austria Hungary and Italy was offset only by an entente cordiale between Great Brit ain, France and Russia. It led to war. But the objection to the Anglo-Japanese alliance has not been merely that it sets up England, the greatest naval power in the world, as a working part ner of Japan, with whom America has been having, in recent years, some trou blesome disputes. It is that spurred on by the knowledge of snch a partnership, the Japanese have assumed an attitude toward -China wherein American, French, British, German and Russian interests were likely to be permanently injured. Of course, for the moment, Germany and Russia are out of it. but essen tially It Is the grouping of Europe and America on the one hand and Japan on the ether. Would England stand by her European friends and her American kinsmen and would she bring Japan within the circle of international concord and compel her military leaders (Concluded on Pace Foot, Column Three) BOY. 6, ON TRIAL . Chehalis. Wash- Nov. 2. (TJ. P. Six-year-old Herbert Coleman went on trial here today, charged with being a delinquent boy for the reason that last month at Randle, In the "Big Bottom" country east of here, the state alleges, he shot and killed his .schoolmate, Lynn Peters, 9 years old. It was a sober little shaver, with a frightened look in bis big,- round eyes, who came to town' out of the wilderness yesterday to become the central figure in a spectacular melodrama to be tried, ostensibly, for murder in the first degree. With him and his father and mother were several Interesting characters : Hi Smith, a Texan, postmaster at Randle, in whose arms at different times three men have died of gunshot wounds ; Joe Hatfield of the famous family of that name In West Virginia and Kentucky, and backwoodsmen from far back In the Cascade foothills. They and several others from up the "Big Bottom" stood in a knot In the center of a hotel lobby, a large part of them conversing In whispers, with little Herbert, listening intently, clutching his mowers hand. The news had spread about Chehalis that the boy had arrived and neorjle came to look at him aa if he were .some weird curio. He shrank from their gaze and held closer to his mother's skirts. Herbert looked anything but a design ing murderer, despite the state's claim that he had shot the Peters bov In cold blood Just as he had threatened he would several hours before he did it. The group left the hotel, Herbert trudging along holding his mother tight John Peters, grim and determined te keep his promise to his dying boy that ne wui see justice aone, employ ea a I a coma lawyer to assist Prosecutor Her man Allen in the trial. Coleman's defense of his child is that the shooting was purely an accident He has employed Chehalis attorneys to de fend the boy. Chehalis people's view of the shootinsr is that it waa the climax of a boys' feud, a replica of the old nloody feud of West Virginia and Kentucky, where most of the settlers of the "Big Bottom" country cams from. Divorces Are Given To Portland Couples Astoria, Nov. 2. Desertion was charged In a suit for divorce filed by Emnia J. B. Kopp against Charles H. Kopp. George Hammond of Portland charged cruelty against Locelle D. Hammond. Divorces were granted to Anne IL Til ley from Thomas C Til ley of Portland ; Ernest Bach from Merle Bach ; Sarah B. Cole from Ray F, Cole of Portland ; F. O. Johnson of Portland from Doris M. Johnson; Margaret Erickson- from Edwin Erickson. and Anna L. Mortensen from Pete Mortensen. ' . 1 ' a S Senate Gives 0. K. Nov. 11 as Holiday Washington.. Nov. X. CL N. S.) The senate .today passed a resolution declar ing November 11. 1921. a public holiday. The house passed the resolution Monday and tt now goes to the president for his approval .. -. ,: r.. Majority Still Is Against Sales Tax - , . ; Washington, Nov. J. (U. P.) A ma jority of the senate still is against 'the tales tax, an official poll of Repubti .an senators today showed. : : 1 j. .. , ....... . . - . . Rev. Royston Is Sentenced Tol8Months Eighteen months in McXell Island federal prison was the sentence meted out to the Rev. Fred R. Royston, former Methodist pastor, this morning by Fed eral Judge R. S. Bean after Royston had, pleaded guilty to violating tbb Mann act . Royston was to have been tried today by a Jury, but retracted his former plea of not guilty at the opening of court and entered a plea of guilty. "There is no excuse for him, whether the girl was moral . or immoral. said the court in answer (to the argument of A. M. Crawford, former attorney general for Oregon, who appeared! with Edward J. Shinners as counsel for) the preacher. Crawford had previously stated that -the victim. Miss Fr ankle Edwards. 19 years of age, was not a chaste girl at the time Royston ran away with ber. The defendant's faithful wife, who nas not iorsaaen mra in ail nus irouoie, sat beside Royston in the court and took the - pronouncing of sentence calmly. The court's action had k more visible effect on the other Methodist ministers in the courtroom, some of whom could not refrain from shedding tears. The courtroom was as quiet - as a : death chamber after sentence was pronounced. Rovston was charged with transport' Ing Miss Edwards from her home in Salem to Centralla, Wash., about June 30 last The case was reviewed briefly by As sistant United State Attorney Kail Lusk. "Royston is 33 years old, has a wife. 11-year-old daughter and has been Methodist minister for nine years," Lusk (Cooclnded on Pui Fifteen, Column Eicht) OUTLAW STRIKE OF FUEL FAMI5E THREATENS On the verge of winter, America was threatened, with a fuel famine today. The growing "outlaw" strike of union miners, combined with the ex isting shortage in coal supplies, pro duced a situation, generally regarded as serious. Thousands of miners already have quit work In Ohio, Illinois and In diana, in protest against the federal injunction abolishing the check-off system of collecting union dues. The fact that officials of the Unit ed Mine Workers in Indianapolis had Instructed, i the-' 850,000 members of that : organization - to ' regard ' oper Ators compliance wit a the injunction s a. violation of - the present con tract which terminate In March, was looked upon as an invitation to a general walkout. , Terre Haute, Ind., Nov. i. (L N. S.) Practically all of the 200 mines in dis trict No. 11, comprising most of the Indiana coal fields and employing 28, 000 men, were idle today, according to reports reaching Terre Haute. No Strike order has yet been issued by district officials, however. The remaining mines will close tomorrow, reports indicated. in protest against Federal Judge An derson s injunction decree. . Bicknen. Ind., Nov. 2. (L N. S.) All 13 mines of the Knox county field In eluding the largest bituminous' coal mines In the world are idle today in protest against Judge Anderson's in junction decree forbidding operation ot the check-off system. Three thousand miners laid down their tools. Scranton, Pa., Nov. 2. (L N. S.) Five thousand miners, idle since August, re turned to work today when the Glen Alden Coal company reopened six col- ( Concluded on Pace Two, Column Two) Hospital Contract ; WUI Be Signed for Tubercular Soldiers Washington, Nov. 2. WASHING TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.) Assistant Director Patterson of the vet erans' bureau has explained to Senator McNary that steps will be taken to close a contract with the Pierce, sani tarium at Portland for tubercular sol diers. Use of this institution will be necessary for a time, he says, as the public health service hospital at. Walla Walla will not be ready until January and the Taooma hospital is full. In the near future the public health service will take over the homeopathic hospital at Portland, he says, for use as a gen eral hospital but one ward will , be available for cases of incipient tubercu losis. The bureau's purpose is to close an hospital contracts as rapidly as pos sible and concentrate patients in gov ernment Institutions. : Work on Hawthorne Bridge Is Resumed Work on the east approach to the Hawthorne bridge 1 was resumed this morning following settlement of the dif ficulties between the unions and the United States Construction company of Seattle, contractors. The men walked out Tuesday noon, giving a wage dis agreement and internal disputes over the powers of different unlbki as the rea son. No statement was -made by Alex ander Pearson, bead of the construction company, aa to what wage would be paid hereafter.. . ... . . - -i , Begin Saving Today The Journal Thrift campaign 'be gan a three days' . session at ! the Lumbermens ' Trust company bank, Broadway and Oak streets. . Tuesday afternoon. The Journal Thrift cou pon, which adds 91 to your initial de posit, .appears in this issue of the paper. Take advantage NOW of 'the opportunity offered. Begin - saving today. . The three day campaign closes .-' Thursday. - though j coupons clipped from Thursday's Journal will bo accepted at the bant, until closing time Friday. A . MINERS SPREADING Sn&fqr bonus move Convention Delegates Adopt Re port Which Also Scores Treas ury Secretary and Urges Pas sage of Compensatfon Bill. Kansas City. Nov. 2. (L N. S- Han ford MacNider of Mason City, Iowa, was elected national commander of the American Legion at the close of the an nual convention here late today. He was a "da rk horse" in the. election, but swept the delegates to his support after Roy Hoffman of Oklahoma City and John Williams of Joplin, Mo., withdrew from the race 'after being nominated. By Thomas Wrigley Inleraaiiooal News Senice Staff Oomspoodent Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 2. Criticising the opposition of President Harding and Secretary of the Treasury Mellon to the adjusted compensation bill now before congress, the American Legion conven tion adopted a report today to urge im mediate passage of the act The report was read by National Vice Commander James F. Scrugham of the com mi tee on legislation. . "The greatest opposition we have had haa been letters from Secretary of the Treasury Mellon and President Hard ing," he stated. "One of the greatest factors In the de feat of this law was a man who was the world's greatest war profiteer." Cries of "Mellon! Mellon!" were heard from delegations about the-haii. "The failure to pass this measure," Scrugham continued, "was the result of a small group controlling a majority. . "Let the American Legion show con gress it is disgusted with the back door politics to which it: has been subjected." The report urging the passage of the bill aa now before congress and without further delay .was then put to the vote and was . pasaed with one dissenting vote, that of J.- J. Harrison of Arkansas, member of the legislative committee In 1919 which voted against soldier bonus. s After bitter debate, a resolution brand ing Ambassador George Harvey aa. "un worthy of holding any office" and de manding his recall by President Hard ing. was tabled by a -vote of 57S to 440. A substitute resolution was -' . passed fOoocJsjrisd V".TJa- Tiro, (iJnaJj Stoft A cash offer of approximately $817,000, accompanied by a certified cashier's check for 340,000, has been made for the tangible securities and the ' bond ' ma turity .list of the bankrupt bond' house of Morris Brothers, Inc., by Robertson & Ewing, local bond brokers, according to an admission made this afternoon by Judge Earl C Bronaugh. trustee. The offer was made about two weeks ago, but the trustee and his attorney re fused to accept It Last Monday an amended offer was filed, . which will probably be presented to Referee A. M. Cannon Thursday. Judge Bronaugh said that he would present the contract which the Morris Brothers reorganization committee .have offered, and the bid: of Robertson & Ew Ing at the same time, and allow the court to decide which bid should be accepted. COKTBACT COHE OVER The trustee spent this afternoon with his attorney. John P. Winter, and with Ernest W. Hardy, counsel for the reor ganization committee, in an effort settle some of the provisions in the con tract which are not satisfactory. Frank Robertson of Robertson A Ew ing refused to -be quoted in the deal this afternoon, stating that he preferred to make no statements until the matter has oeenkpreseniea xonnaiiy io me court. AWumor that three local banklnrf in stitutions have formed a pool to buy the assets of the bond house in preference to seeing John L. Et&eridge again come into control of the bond house through the reorganization committee, could not be verified. ? LEASE HOT IHCLCDEB The reorganization committee is un derstood to be offering a little over one million i dollars. for ail the assets, but this offer does not mean spot cash, it is ex plained. The latest offer is not for all the assets, and probably does not include a bid on the 99-year lease which is held on thei site at 309 Stark street Complications are thrown into the deal by the large number of preferential claims: which have been filed with the Teferee by creditors. Pioneer Home Near McMinnville Burns McMinnvtDe, Nov. 2. The pioneer colonial mansion, erected 50 years ago on the Braly donation land claim, two miles northeast of Oils city In the sec tion cow known as: Riverside, was de stroyed by' fire of undetermined origin Tuesday evening. The buildings waa finished in California redwood and waa a notable landmark in Yamhill county. It- was owned and occupied by F. C Barnekoff. who carried $3500 insurance. Most of the contents were saved., .. Truck Goes Through Bridge;; Driver Hurt Hood River, Nov.' 2- W. Stoop, truck driver of this city, was seriously injured this morning, when his truck, carrying a big load of boxed apples, went through a . bridge at Lovers Lane.- near Oak Grove. In the fall a number of 40 Dound .boxes struck him. rendering him unconscious The extent ef his injuries 9H7JD0B OFFERED FOR MORRIS ASSET nas not, Dee n aeterminea. 9103 Killed By Autos in U.S. in 19201 Washington, Nov. 3. (I. N. S.) The national toll of dead' through accidents caused by automobiles and other motor vehicles, excluding motorcycles, in 1920, was 9103. the bureau of census aa nouioed today. ' This number represents a death rate of 10.4 per 100.000 population, as against " AVIS, All . . - " ft 1916 and 5.8 In 1915. Between 1915 and 1920. therefore, the death rate from mo-1 tor vehicle accidents and injuries in creased about four fifths. ;. .' New Tork city leads in number . of i deaths through accidents caused by au tomobiles with ' 773 in 1920 ; Chicago, i 472 J retroit, 175 ; Cleveland, 156 ; Los Angeles, 142 ; Buffalo and St Louis 104 each, "head the list among the cities.! Houston. Texas, among the larger towns, j shows the fewest deaths by motor acci dents, with a total of eight In 1920.- ' Denver. 37 : Kansas City, 66 : Oakland. Cat. 28 ; Portland, Or.. 34 : -Salt Lake ! City, 23; San Antqnio, 31; San Fran cisco, 38 and Seattle 41 are some of the reports made public by the bureau of the census. - i 1361 TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IX OCTOBER BREAK ALL RECORDS The total number of traffic accidents n Portland for October reached the 1 hisrh water mark. caoDinsr the hbrhest I total of any other month in the history I of the department by at least 100, ac-1 cording to figures compiled by the traffic I department today. Tn hi monthlv rnort to fthlef of Po- lice L. V. Jenkins, Captain H. A. Lewis, bead of the traffic department, lists I the total number of accidents at 1361. I Four persons were killed in the cityl limits during the month, and three oth-1 era Just outside of the city limit!. I One hundred and twenty-three per-1 sons were injured j In these accidents, Arrests made by members of the traffic I department ..totaled 1147. Serious ac-1 cldents investigated by special Invest!-1 gatora, headed by T. C Freiberg. reached 110. . . I In the municipal court, 34684.50 was! tntnmnhtlM ; nradftrntnatA " laAtft' fK I field with 992. , with accidents between streetcars and automobiles' folio win ar a slow second, with 156. Carelessness is given as the main cause of the accidents. Captain Moore, as chief Inspector of A total of 992 accidents are explained In police, will have charge of the detec thls way. Failure to give the right of tive department He will be on duty In way comes next, with a total ot 174. ' By Earl R. Goodwin . ' Soecial Cerraeooodent at The Journal Convention Hall. Kansas City,' Mo., Nov.- 2. Edward J. Elvers, Oregon state legion adjutant was elected ChetDe Chemln de Fer of Forty Hommes and Klfirht rhpvanr TfiA knnnal euimnHnn of the order goes to JS'ew Orleans lnl 19ZZ. ti. u. .McDonald or seatue and h. E. Cronkhite of San Francisco were elected to office. McDonald was made correspondent naUonale and Cronkhite hous chef. Each state was awarded an executive committeeman to be known as ! chemlnoC Ben. Dorr is of Eugene -is Ore gon a committeeman. Two resolutions were presented by the Oregon delega tion and. passed by this convention to. day. - They bear on reclamation ef arid lands for ex-service men and urge that money appropriated for this purpose be used for publicly owned rather than for private lands. Three Oregonlans attended the ban- quet in honor-of distinguished guests! and visitors last night , They -were George White, Salem; Harry L. Kuck, ienaieton, ana naxi it. uoodwin. Port land. Among, distinguished guests were: General Pershing.. Marshal Foch, Ad miral Beatty. Generals Le Jeune, Dlas and Jacques; Vice President Coolidge, Governor ' Hyde of Missouri and Na tional Commander Emery. It was the greatest assemblage of allied notables in the history of the country,. The majority of the Oregon delegates leave tonight for home. Walter L. Tooxe Jr. of Mc Minnville will go to the District of Co lumbia lor a conference. James M Vranizan, Portland,; and Kuck and Goodwin go to Chicago. Election of legion officers win be held later to day. The Oregon delegation's recom mendation that all aliens be excluded for a period of live years wsa adopted by the Americanization committee and later passed by the convention. . Moth ers, t fathers, sons and daughters of American citizens are permitted to enter by this resolution.. Hapshurg Abdication Demanded; Hungary Is Sent Ultimatum Paris, Nov. 2. (0. P.) -The council of ambassadors today: sent aa ultima tum to Hungary demanding that abdi cation of -the Hapsburgs be proclaimed by Monday. r, . ;: Former Emperor Karl, who made an unsuccessful effort to regain the throne for the Hapsburgs, is in custody and has been placed on a British warship until the allies decide what to do with hfan. The abdication proclamation is demanded so there win be no further at- tempts by. Karl to seize power aa king of Hungary. , LEGION ADOPTS - OREGON'S PLAN ...... . A COMBIiNED APPEAL CEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED persons axe out of work now la P Portland. A campaign to raise relief funds by gathering the salvage of tie city is being conducted this week. It Is, absolutely Imperative that the public support this campaign in order to avert eerlcms condi tions and hardships for hundreds of families during the coming; -winter months. Every citizen is urged to assemble all old clothes, shoes, rags, paper, bottles and other waste that has a market value and donate it to the relief cause. Deliver your donation to your nearest fire station or -acnoolhouse or give it to the driver of any delivery wagon of a de partment store.. : Or order a truck to call at your home by calling; Broad way 5J23. Do it, now! ' ,t ,,. " ' - PUBLIC WELFARE BUREAU.5 . ; ' -"". f SALVATION AKMY . - , . -4 --V'-s , AMERICAN' RED CROSS, ? ' MAYOR'S UNEMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE. 2! BIG SHIFT IN IN IDE BY '" . . v . -". ,' ' Al tv Captain MOOTO Promoted tO Chief - ... Inspector; Captain Circle; Re moved to Uniform Division; 6 Lieutenants Reduced in Rank. Duplication of the functions of the uniformed: police and . the detectives. petty Jealousies between police 'depart ments and . general inefficiencies com plained of in many lines, today led to a , reorganisation of the bureaus subordil nate to Chief of Police L.V. Jenkins. Under the new arrangement, which be- - comes effective November 7, - the chief announced the following major changes : . Promotion of Captain John T. Moor to chief inspector. xveuremeni oi iuex Inspector John Clark. Removal of Captain Harry Circle from the Inspectors division to the first day relief of uniformed officers. Consolidation of the traffic depart- ment, auto theft department and record bureau and license bureau under Cap- - jjowis. x lieutenants wui . be red need to their former ranks, They are Lleuten anU West, Robson. Wade, Moloney. Golta and Day. Thirty men now on special duty will be returned to unl form at visions ana be assignee to Deaf about the city, West. Robson and Wade will be re- duced to the rank of sergeant Ooltx, Moloney and Day return to the rank of Inspectors. I Tin!Si nvrrnva rr.iiir Chief of Inspectors John Clark, who 1" been incapacitated from services VL P""y dhjhuib ago, win pe reureu irera acuve service. the day time, with Lieutenant Harvey Thatcher, formerly of the auto theft bureau, in charge of the first night re lief of detectives. , .j.. 1 In a reorganization of the- east aide sub-station. Sergeant B. F. Sherwood i will be placed in charge of the day relief, working under command of Captain Clr- ( Concluded oe Pin Tvo, Cohuna Fife) . v jMother: Collapses," Greeting Condemned Son .in County Jail Mrs. Emma Cremmer,' aged and al- i oivsl. wum out uj ion uu m. b ouuci I ln- worked for months to get enough money to take her to Portland where her I son, Husted A. waiter, is imprisoned under death penalty for the murder of Patrolman Jerome Palmer. Her services as a house servant, the only ; work she could do. - were not In . great demand, for she was weak and a slow worker. - But her spirit was mighty, and it prevailed. After much saving and pinching she was able to buy a railroad ticket at the home sta tion In Dennlson. Texas. Her dream was brought to the point of realization this morning. Supported by Jailer Anderson, she was led to her boyS cell Her arms trembled to em brace him. But Instead they fell to her ; side. She collapsed. The great moment ' and oblivion arrived in one. The months of privation bxk their toll and the glad cry she had on her lips remained - un spoken until she waa revived by attend ants. She then spent two hours with ' her son. . Walters was convicted of having shot and killed Patrolman Palmer, following a holdup. An appeal to the supreme court is now pending. Philip S. Malcom, ' Scottish Rite Vet, ; Returns From East Philip 8. Maloom, Sovereign Grand Inspector General in Oregon, Scottish Rite Masons, arrived In Portland, Mon day afternoon, from attending the South-. ern Jurisdiction supreme council of the order recently concluded at Washing ton, D. C Malcom . left Portland Sep tember 20. lie was delayed on his re-, turn trip three days by floods In Can ada. Owing; to the illness of his wife he was not at his office in the Failing building Wednesday and. a mass of cor respondence awaiting him there is mute I evidence that the "grand old man" of the Scottish Rite in Oregon has not yet got back. on-the job., . .v President Harding 56 Years Old Today Washington. Nov. 2. (U. P.) Presi- dent Harding today Is observing his birthday and the anniversary of his election. This also is his father's blrth- day. The president is 68 years of age, '