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CITY EDITION CITY. EDITION It's All Here and 7f All True O RANTS PASS I OIRLS-In The Jour nal'S series of - photographic studies of Oregon's fair daughters th full page col lection of pictures of Grant Pass maidens to appear next Sunday will be Interesting. fst All cr and ! AH Trite THE WEATHER Tonight sad -Tuesday unsettled ; southerly winds. Maximum temperatures Sundey : - Portland M New Orleans..'.". t . Pocsteilo New Tor a. . 44 Los Angeles.... ti bX PauL... 44 VOL. XX. NO ' 209. ?"U.I " J cia .tt.t PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 7, 192L EIGHTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. ) TaiRt "0 Rtwi STAN ciX at PostofHes. ponlssd. Orts-oa GET $8000 AT LIBERTY VICTIMS OF DARING DAYLIGHT BANDITS FOUR members of the Jensen & Von Herberg theatres staff who were bound and gagged in spectacular looting at 9 :20 o'clock this morning by trio of bandits who escaped with between $7000 and $8000 brushed from office safe into black net shopping bag and paper sack. Above, left Miss Myrtle Forbes; right Miss Elsie Rotramel, bookkeeper. Below, left Harry Bar ney, night watchman, who grappled with bandit; right R." E. Charles, auditor, who had just opened safe when robbers covered him with guns. Auditor, Watchman and 2 Women Employes of Picture Theatre Are Bound and Gagged in Most Spectacular Daylight Robbery. In on of lha moat apectacular and sue reaaful daylight robberies aver staged In Portland, three bandits, presumably aided by a fourth who waited In an auto mobile, looted the safa In the office of the Liberty theatre, escaping with be tween 17000 and IS000 after they had bound and gagged four persons, as saulting on of them and escaping with out leaving a trace. . , Richard K. Charles, auditor for the Jensen A Von Herber company, oper ating five first run motion picture the atres In Portland, of which the Liberty U the largest, had just' opened a large of fit safs at 9 :20 o'clock this morning, vhen an armed handle rousrhlv dressed siid wearing a dirty rag over his face, Jrrked open a door opening into the omen's rent room inaide the theatre . and thrust a gun Into Charles' face. AIDITOR IS, ALOME The auditor waa alone In the room here the safe standsthe private of fice of the Liberty theatre manager, awl Mine K. Hotramel. 921 Gladstone ' avenue, bookkeeper, waa In the auditor's office, adjoining. In the same room was Harry Barney, nlghtwatchman at the Liberty. Barney rushed out when he heard a commotion and attempted to grapple with the robber. Immediately another stepped Into the room and struck him with the butt of a gun or a blackjack. A third man entered the room and Charles and Barney were tied hand and foot and gagged. Charlea with a rag over hla eyes. Mtaa Rotramel. unaware of the intent of the visitors, who had not spoken a word, was at work on her books when one of the men aetsed her and after binding and gagging her. put her on ths floor beside the other victims. The first bandit scooped silver from the safe Into black net shopping bag. Into which had been put a paper sack. Mt!t rOBBES ALSO B0t5D As the thieves were making their haul. Miss Myrtle Forbes, resident at. the from well apartments, secretary - to C S. Jensen entered the office from the hall opposite the entrywayof the ban dits. One of the men greeted .hee. and she, -thinking the matter a hoax because of the muli the man wore, exclaimed merrily. 1 , . fine waa promptly bound and dragged Into the room with the others, but in their hsste the bandits had not mads nerure their fastenings and while Miss Rotramel was crawling Into the audi tor's office, where, while shs waa still I Concluded on rw Two,' Column One) TWO WOMEN ARE KILLED BY AUTOS Two women, one the mother of seven small children, loat their Uvea Sunday after being struck by automobiles while walking on Portland highways. Mrs. Charlea H. Spencer of Linnton died at the Oood Samaritan hospital late Sunday night as the result of a frac tured skull received when an automobile knocked her down on -the Linnton road Saturday and drove away without giving aid. Mrs. Luella K. Wright. Et, the wlfa of Fred W. Wright of 740 Kearney street. wss Instantly killed Sunday by an au tomobile, driven by R. T. White of La fayette, while arte waa walking" along the road near Tlgard. - Police Inspectors -have found no clue which might lead to the arrest of the driver of the automobile or light truck which ran over Mrs. Spencer. Dr. Earl Smith, county coroner. Is conducting an Investigation and will announce the date f an Irrrjaest later. ' BUYER DISA.FrEJH The circumstances of the two accidents are almost identical, lira. Spencer waa walking on the gravel part of the Linn ton road with her 11-year-old daughter, Carrie, when the automobile dashed up behind them, knocking her down and dragging her several feet. The driver of the automobile set hla brakes and lowed up a bit after the. accident, but then applied the power and disappeared in the darkness. The child was unable to get the number of the automobile. She called for help and neighbors came. They took the mother to the hospital. Mrs. Spencer never regained conscious ness. J ' Mrs. Wright waa walking along the; road near Tlgard with her husband. Both were knocked down by White's automo bile. Wrlghssld three automobiles were approaching them as they walked to ward Tlgard. White's automobile ran Into them when ha turned It to one aide to pass the three automobiles coming from Tlgard. LEAVES SKVEX CH1LDRE Ilia Hjrht had been dimmed and he did not see the couple walking along the edge of ths road. White stopped to rtnder assistance, and followed the automobile which brought Mr a. Wright's body to Will I l!f I (I'll tit) i;f-l 1 il-W & f IJJJiLtUriFfFi'ti : '-if! ; -..lLU- "v! Ml Hi I i M S J- X' - 4 V-'" ?' 'r X - ' :-!-:v, ;y ' x ..,:::.:.; x x" ' - 1 ' ' 1 1. rVU s.y, ' '-x ' iY . yJ, . iJ-f sjtjl-jcl. 1 Sifi mrs sniiTHlSif LTinnTiNR FniiS I? .-i I ;-V - iiiiivi vvviiiiiny iv unvviiiiu i vmvnv ! -:: PllTM inU tcDM UAI-I nUfClTM DDAMk7' UIVLIi Lull I LlllVI HnLLUIILLIi I linltlV .'I.- ?! I : : . II J " g : II Twin Falls, Idaho, Nov.-' 7. (I. N. S.) I I '.' f I I I . Vfc ' r X 5 1 ii.w-i !uv..vlul.-i.lr.r?JMi,M.. I I - RGHT AGAINST HIGH CftR FARE IN U. S. GOURT Principal Point Involved Is Whether Charter Provisions Restricting Companies to Fare Limitation Can Be Overridden. WAR'S GREATEST HERO . WRITES OF ARGONNE DEEDS STANDARD FOR rSerceant Sim Woodill. TT. S. A., has re cently come to liht one of the wr- rte heroes. General Perhinc diMorered tluit Wocxv f ill. while first liratenant in Ui Fifth di Tiiuon. A. E. T.. performed irti of biery in the Arfonne (oret that entfled him to the highest honor. Sincle handed. Woodfill ent into "X Man's Land" and cleaned up German machine nn neat after machine fin nt, kil'. in 19 Germans, in two hoars. WoodfiU. in Washinxtoa fo. represent the Infantry at the burial of an unknown dead reteran on Armis tice day has for the first Urn written the story of his courageous feat ( By Universal Serriee) Washington, Nov. 7. The issue of the five-cent street railway fare will be raised today In the United States su preme eourt Developing1 overnight from a case in which only the city of Chicago was pri marily interested, the litigation which will open tomorrow will present a aues tion of such import that New York city and other large municipalities of that L state will join forces with the battle ar tay from Illinois. As viewed by a conference of city legal officers held here today the ques tion even goes beyond the New York and Illinois application and affects in its possible decision all cities of the country where fares have been raised by authority of public service commis sions. WANTS MORE TIME On this ground Senator Johnson of California, who is acting as special counsel for the City of New York, will ask that that city be given the right to Intervene through the filing of a brief He will further ask that the supreme court granl an extension of time for the hearing in order that all aspects of the case as it affects New fork and other cities be given opportunity for presen tation. Briefly, the case raises the question whether charter provisions restricting private traction companies to a fare limitation may be overridden by subse quently created public service commissions. It will be contended by the city of Chicago that fares raised above the 5 cent limitation through orders of the commission constitute an impairment of the obligations of contracts and thus are unconstitutional. CASE CARRIED VP In this point support will be given by the briefs to be filed by New York and the allied municipalities. Styled as the city of Chicago against the Chicago Railways company et al. the case arose when the state utilities commission of Illinois increased from t to .7, cents fares of companies holding franchises which stipulated against any ! . i , y . . i increase. By Sam eel Mood fill (Written for the International News Serncel Washington, Nov. 7. (I. N. S.) As a first lieutenant I was sent to the six tieth infantry, fifth division, late in 1918. ' Late in August. 1918. the regiment waa relieved in Alsace and started march ing to the St. Mihiel sector. Our mis sion having been completed, we pro ceeded to Blercourt arriving there Octo ber 4. In the Argonne, while we were ad vancing, enemy machine gunners anJ artillery concentrated a beay fire on Sgt. Woodfill Wffl FOUGHT us. Some ("ropped into shell hole. ' I was forced to take cover in a dummy trench, not deep enough to hide the pack n my back. They kept up a heavy string of fire, knocking dirt and rock over me and puncturing my rain coat. WRITES FAREWELL 50TE I wrote a farewell ncte on the back of a little photograph of a dear kved one. my wife. However. - the enemy being pushed by Yatik troops, suddenly ctased firing. At daylipht. Oclober 12, we were ordereU over the top f-r com bat reconnaissance. A terrible barrage forced us to dig in The enemy was entrerched and shrouded by a heav-v fog. I taw the necessity for quick action and. signaling sjveral men to follow me, I crept, by detouring, on a machine gun position. I slid my rifle forward, raised on my elbow and killed five gunners in the pit. One enemy gunner attempted to retreat. I killed him witn my pistol. KILLS GERMAN OFFICER I dashed to a cover of brush and ran into a German officer in hiding. He at tempted to disarm me. I killed him with my automatic. There was continuous firing. The en emy had been creeping through and was sweeping the woods with fire. Hav ing lost control of my company in the dense wilderness, I continued to ad vance by taking cover. I located another machine gun after a short distance. Crawling to a flank position, I sniped five of the crew and silenced the gun. I crept closer to it and encountered three Germans carry ing ammunition to the gun I had just silenced. We saw each other at the same time. They yelled "kamerad and dropped their equipment. I capture! and sent them to the rear. CLKAS8 ASOTHER NEHT I advanced but a short distance when t ; V - r BY PRODUCERS Northwest Growers Declare at In quiry They Are Losers Under ' Present Marketing Conditions; Exporters Favor the Plan. iS ItJLdoanty .couttbe. PoaiUojij-erMwteresl ' third" -rrrachmer-jrrni -xnd. the citjsthst such cnatges were uncon stitufional was upheld. This decision was reversed, however, bjr the court of appeals, which sustained the. position of the utilities commission. . Appeal has now been taken to the supreme court of the United States. AN H E R MEASURE ORDERED TO KILL HAITiENS. HE SAYS Washington, Nor. 7. ( L N. S.) Tes timony .that wounded Haitien "cacoa" were killed In the field by United States marines 'and; that, marine officers had orders to "kill off. ths "cacoa." and "the quicker the better," was given today by P. L. Spear, a former, lieutenant of ma rines In Haiti, before the senate commit tee investigating Haitien affairs. Sinn Fein Tries To Hang Prisoner; . Saved by Police (Cowrtwded a rns Colssta Foar) Homes Where Stills Found to Be Seized St.. Louis. Nov. 7-(t,N. & Mors than 100 'local residences and saloons where stills and lUlcll liquor have been Confiscated will be seised by deputy In ternal revenue collectors within the next few days. It was officially announced Iter late today. ' , . Belfast. Nov. 7. (I. N. S.) The police raided a Sinn Fein prison today and liberated a prisoner who was about to be executed by Sinn Feiners. The prison guards .were arrested. They are said to have admitted that they were mem bers of tha Irish Republican army. The police seised a complete wireess appara tus and a set or signal flags. The Sinn Feiners have established reiruari mlltary ' training grounds and prison a In parts of Ulster. -Prisoners tried by Sinn Fein courts are detained la these prisons. Twin Falls, Idaho. Nov. 7. (I. N. S.) Her eyes sunken, her face blanched, but with self-control apparent In every move ment. Mrs. Lyda Southard this morning stood and heard Judge Babcock pro nounce the Fentence which will deprive her of her liberty "for from 10 years to her natural "life for the murder of her fourth husband, Edward F. Meyer. The sentence was imposed under find ing of the Jury last Friday, in which second degree murder was determined. Long before the hour for "the sentence of the alleged female bluebeard, the court room was packed. Ftm all over the country people flocked to Twin Falls to be present when Judge Babcock should fix the penalty. - Neither of the parents of the convicted woman was on hand when the hour ar rived ; nor were any of her sisters or brothers. Alone, with but her counsel at ! her side, she appeared deserted in the hour of her distress. Asked if she had any legal reason to say why Judgment should not be pro nounced, William P. Guthrie, her lawyer, said : "Your honor. we have nothing further to offer." The court thereupon fixed the penalty as incarceration in the state penitentiary for an indeterminate term of from 10 years to the rest of her natural life, the minimum under the statutes of the state. Counsel for the accused asked for time for conference, .which was granted, and with her lawers, Mrs. Southard retired while court took recess. Following consultation, Mrs. -South ard's attorneys filed motion for new trial and notice of appeal to the supreme court, but did not ask for stay of exe cutlon. Sheriff Sherman said, following this action, that he will start for Boise with the prisoner Wednesday morning. FOR BONUS BEATEN using the same methods I had before applied. I worked my way to a flank and killed five of the gunners as they took .their . placea at the gun. Heavy overhead fire forced me to Jump into an enemy trench for cover. As I dashed into it, I nearly Jumped on two crouching Germans. One of them reached for his Luger. I fired first. He doubled up. The second was reaching for his rifle. I aqueesed the trigger, but my automatic failed to go off. I seized an entrenching tobl and dealt a crushing blow on his head. As turned I saw the other had regained his pistol. He was dispatched in. the same manner. That's all there was to it. T-- Hasina.! J RUBY S HORSES WIN MAIN HONOR STOCK SHOW PROGRAM Wheat producers of the North sveet found themselves placed in the position , of being the loser if present marketing methods are continued and still being the loeer If the methods are to be changed. ' according to testimony taken by federal ' representatives on Northwestern grain standards In the Green room of ths Chamber of Commerce today. For mora than JO years the majority of wheat produced in the Northwest has been exported under the standard type set up by the Chamber of Commerc, The federal representatlvee were hers touay to question whether this method should be continued under Called - States grain standards. Leading the Inquiry were Chester "tier; rill, assistant to the secretary of ths de partment of agriculture, and H- S. Beas ley, chief of the department bureau of grain standards. On the defensive wars the heads of Kerr-Gifford V Co.. Balfour-Guthrie. Northern Grain Ware house company and the M. H. Hosier company. AxsorscE. rmroE On the offensive were represefitauives of farm bureaus, the Oregon experiment station. Susuki V Co.. and ou ths aide lines were representatives of the Gray- ., Rosenbaum company and Fred Williams, chairman of the Oregon public service commission. i As chairman of the meeting Merrill announced that the purpose of ths In quiry by the government wss not to de termine whether exporters of the North west had lived up to their contracts, bot to find out whether the Portland cham ber of commerce methods of marketing should be continued any longer In cost- . diet with the United States grain, stan dards. The chamber of eommerre classifies- ttons are known as while Walla, whits Pacific, red Pacific, hard Pacific and sprinc Pacific. Ths federal classifica tions are. ran rea apring wnsn. aurwn wheat, hard red winter wheal, sort red winter wheat common white wheat and while club wheat. A Re IE AGA15ST CHAXOE In behalf of the export Interest, and the Chamber of Commerce method of marketing wheat. M. H. Houaer. Thomas j Contest between Sofa' and rirts hrertOcS judging trerms. Thirtj-ti'e handle aaimals oa sahibstsos all dar and a-witnf. Rand concert is sftersaoa. -'7:40 p. vs., pasads sf prias wlBflsas. draft FRENCH PREMIER Marshfield, Nov. 7. Wallace Crouch, aged 50, a bachelor living on a ranch on Haynes inlet, came to Marshfield today and gave himself up after having shot Roscoe Hart, aged . 21, a neighbor, Sunday evening. Crouch was charged with assault with intent to kill and his bail fixed at $2000. The two menhad sorne words Sunday afternoon and in the evening when Hart, in company- with a friend. George Goodie, passed Crouch's gate, a further argument took place. It is alleged that Crouch shot three times, at Hart with a 38-calibre revolver. The first bullet missed. Hart fell when struck by the second bullet and Crouch fired at him again after he had fallen. One bullet passed through both leg8 and the other lodged in the left leg. District Attorney Ben Fisher says he cannot learn that Hart attempted to at tack Crouch. Hart was not armed. It is thought the trouble started over pranks played . on Crouch Halloween night and that he believed Hart was one of the young men who annoyed him. Hart resides on a ranch with his mother, Mrs. W. K. Hart. A brother, Glen Hart, resides In North Bend. He ia a young man of first class reputation and well known. The wounds are serious but re covery Is expected if no complication arises. Washington, Nov. 7. (I. X. S.) At the end of more than four hours' acri monious debate on the soldiers' bonus and the $11,000,000,000 foreign indebted ness to the United States, the amend ment to the pending tax bill proposed by Senators Simmons (D., N. C), and "Walsh (D., Mass), to provide compen sation for former service men from in terest collected on the foreign debt to the United States, was rejected in the senate today, 29 to 42. Six Republicans voted for the Simmons-Walsh proposal. They were : Capper, Kansas ; Johnson, California ; Kenyon, Iowa; Ladd, North Dakota; La Follette. Wisconsin, and Norris, Ne braska. One Democrat, Meyers of Montana, voted against it. The McKeller amendment providing for the conversion of $2, 000,000,000 of the foreign debt owed by the United States into bonds for distribution among ex Bervice men was defeated by a vote of 25 to 44. Senator Watson (D., Ga.) demanded that "the United States send the British ambassador home and recall its own am bassador at London, if necessary, to compel the payment of the British in debtedness to the American people." Watson used the debate on the Sim mons-Walsh amendment as a vehicle for introducing more letters and telegrams he eaid he had received from former service 'men, and which he declared "of fered additional proof of his charges that American soldiers were illegally hanged and shot in France, "and other wise maltreated." BRITISH USER PREMIERS CONFER London. Nov. 7. Premiers Lloyd George of Oreat Britain and Craig of Ulster met In conference late today. They resumed discussion of the proposed compromise settlement for Ulster, a deadlock over which had forced tem porary adjournment of the Irish peace negotiations. Premier Craig was expected to face the entire British caDlnet today in tne first phase of an -effort to effect an Irish peace and preserve the Lloyd George government. An . attempt was to be made to in duce Craig to accept the proposed com promise settlement. If this was suc cessful, Lloyd George would then be confronted with the task of persuading the Sinn Fein to recognise Ulster's right to full participation In the peace con ference. I City Gas Plant Wins .High Court Decision Washington, Nov. 7. (L N. & The right of the. city of Springfield, 111..- to operate its, municipal gaa plant and sell Its .product, without a report to the Illi nois public utilities commission was up held today "by the supreme court of the United States Wholesale Price of Beef Is Back to 12 Cents, Cost in 1914 Chicago, Nov. 7. (L N. S.) Whole sale prices of beef have dropped to the 1914 level The institute of American Meat Pack ers, la a bulletin made public today'. stated that carcass beef at the end of October, 1921. was selling for lift to 12 cents a pound. In October, 1911, the av erage wholesale price was 12 cents. " Retail beef prices, however, are not reflecting the decline in wholesale prices. Rovaft dealers do not see anv price drop in ue imnieaiate ruiure. Mine Dynamited in Kansas Coal Field Mulberry. Kan., Nov. 7. (U. P.) A second coal mine was dynamited today, supposedly in connection ' with Southern Kansas mine strike troubles. A shaft belonging to the Burgess company, south of here, svas wrecked by two blasts. It was operated by miners who refused to Join the protest strike against the Jail ing of Alexander xiowat, suspended dis trict union Chief. Shipping Experts To Visit Washington W. D. B. Dodson, general manager of the Chamber of Commerce, J. C. Ains worth, president of the Columbia-Pacific Shipping company and James Polhemus of the Port of Portland were scheduled to leave late today for Washington, D. C, where they will make Portland's presentation before the shipping board for the allocation of combination passenger-cargo steamers for this port. Several other prominent Portland citi zens will join these three at the national capital. Check-0ff System Will Be Restored; Miners Returning Terre Haute, Ind., Nov. 7. (I. N. S.) Most of the 30,000 Indiana coal miners who went on strike last week in protest against Federal Judge Anderson's in junction decree abolishing the check-off system, mainstay of the union structure, were reported back at work today. In structions from John L. Lewis, inter national president, transmitted by Dls trict President Hessler, coupled with as surances from the operators that the check-off system would be restored caused the resumption of work. No interruption or operations is an ticipated. It was stated by union offi clals, pending outcome of the rehearing on Judge Anderson's decree by the United States court of sppeals at Chi cago. S iv a.. nitbt hers shew, feawjriM wa ter lump, red cost tandna drill by Baat club nra att ponr bHe ree. tucsoat kvkntb Poors opes 8:0 a. ia. livestock, pet stark, land product and industrial exhibitions opes all day sad ere- runc- Morainc jodcinf Rhort herns. Hereforda. Jersey. Haisteins, sbeep- end rwiar, sad carload lota ot -fat breed jot cattle. - 2 p. m., band . ewocert and aililn saai by (lotfrwt Y O sidia M luiawss, Uos ernor 1. E- H-irt of WaahinftaB sad Cio ernor Ken V OlcoU of Ureson. 7:40 p. n., parade ot prise wiaaias Shorthorns and lfaistrtna. 8 p. m . niht borse sbow, fcatarlnf the irafton tons jump with IS entries, tandem driving, Roman riding and Hunt club drill- Wise veterans from the cow country and experts from agricultural colleges were busy this morning with their pen cils and pads at the. Pacific International Livestock exposition. It was a day of stock Judging. The show took on the proportions of an eight-ring circus. There were eight divisions of Judging, two sections of horses, two of swine, two of sheep, one of goats and one of animals entered in the boys' and girls' contest. Breeders from Washington arrived early on the Post-Intelligencer special train from Seattle. They were from Spokane, Yakima and the Puget Sound country. RUBY GETS HOSOHS All the purple ribbons, except one. awarded this morning In the heavy draft horse classes were captured by A. C Ruby of Portland. Competition was ex tremely keen. The only champion ribbon Ruby lost was Junior champion stallion, which went to W. A. Clark of Latah. Wash. Ruby took the senior, grand and Junior champions on stallions In the Percheron and Belgian classes, and senior and grand championship on Shire stallions and senior and grand champion Shirs mare. Awards made this morning on heavy draft horses : . Percherons, senior and grand champion stallion A. C. Ruby, Portland ; Junior champion stallion, A. C. Ruby. Mares not Judged yet. Belgians, Junior and grand champion stallion A. C. Ruby ; senior champion stallion. A. C. Ruby. Mares not Judged et. Shires, senior and grand champion stallion A. C. Ruby. Efforts to Float Destroyer Futile San Francisco, Nov. 7. CV,. P,) Ef forts to float the United States destroyer Wood, which went aground on - Angel Island during a fog this morning, were unavailing tip to an early hour this aft ernoon. The naval authorities hope to be able to float the vessel off at high tide. HERE FOR PARLEY By K. M. EIHs New York. Nov. 1. (I N. S.5 France . is ready to Join any movement to avert new world conflicts and will approach the forthcoming conference at Wash ington in the most favorable spirit for the maintenance of peace, aorording to Aristide Briatid. premier of France and chief of the French armament limita tion delegation, arriving here today. "Between France and the United States there is no room for sny dif ference however slight," Brtand said in a statement to the American people. "Both our countries endeavor only to lead the men and peoples of good will to peaceful and fruitful work and to reduce more and more the risks of war. HOPES FOR PEACE "Today the world, which is In such need of safety and rest, wants not only soothing words, but realities."" ssld ths French premier. "I earnestly trust ths Washington meeting will give us an op portunity In this respect. Francs and America, united on the battle fields, will thus continue to plsy their benefi cent part in deriving from their com mon victory such results as will con form with the Idealism that has ever -animated them." Aside from the official welcoming party which went down the bay in as army tug to greet Brtand, only a small knot of persons was at the pier to meet him. This wss In accords nee, with ktia expressed wish that there be no cere monies of welcome when he arrived here. WILLISO TO TIELD Accompanying Brtand waa Rens VI- " viahi, also s member of the French del- egatlon to Washington and a former premier of France. Brtand baought with him French doc uments for use at Washington, together with records of the VeraaUUs pesos conference. Ths premier proceeded immediately to the Pennsylvania railway station, where he took a train for Washington. Fellow passengers of the KreocS pre mier said Brtand and Vlvlanl mads no secret of the fart that ths delegation would probably prove to be radicals at - the snrament conference. T -r9Vi W Blh ' ."vt ' - irei "VUinil ars SUII wrcvtuig, uii, uiuci WUIIU aoo mil loos, part In the war are rapidly recovering. These passengers also said Brtand hoped ths Washington deliberations would b short. From conversations) with the members of the French delega tion they beMeved France's program would be wining to yield on a number of points if shs can socompliab redwe-' tion of military and naval expenditures and still safeguard the fruits of victory. Immigration Head Is Asked to Resign Seattle. Wash., Nov. 7. (L N. S.) The resignation of Henry M. White, commissioner of immigration, has been Washington, according to advices re ceived here today. Scandal developing out of the escape of 33 Chinese members of the steamship Keystone State's crew is held as the immediate reason for 'the resignation demanded, ; - - - . : Grain Exchange Law Test Suit Dismissed . Chicago, Nov. 7. (U. P.) Federal Judge K. M. Landis today dismissed a suit testing the validity of the Capper Tlncher law for the regulation of grain exchanges. Landis' action was taken on consent of attorneys for both parties in order to allow the matter to - be brought before the United - States . su- prems court immediately. Senior champion mare A. C. Ruby. Best two animals, W. A. Clark. 0RE60X IS FIRST With the highest a vera ire for five ex hibits at the Western Dairy Products show of the exposition, Oregon won the state trophy for butter, with a score of 94.09. 'Washington placed second with i.5Z. and California third with 9S.1S. The highest individual score went to the Lewis cooperative creamery at Chehalis. Wash. Announcement of tnese awards wss made Sunday- after the Judges had fin ished a close scoring. Competition was keen in the dairy products exhibit, according to judges. An entire carload of produce was sent by Southern California exhibitors, who succeeded in carrying away a substantial share of the honors. .California won first award In four classes of dairy products: raw milk, pasteurised milk. . certified milk and guaranteed milk. Oregon won three first plsoes; psstuertsed cream, cheese . i Cost haled oa Pic Seven, Gets One) Stock Memberships.;.. Are Held Taxable Washington. Nov. 7. (C. P.) States and municipalities can impose a prop- " erty tax on membership in the JS'ew York . stock exchange, the supreme court today held. The court affirmed decisions of lower courts holding that the officials of Hamilton county. Ohio, can tax the. membership of John M. Anderson. Cin cinnati, on the New York stock ex change , , u .