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FESTIVAL PHOTOS V : THE .WEATHER - , r- i - '. - ' Portias aid vicinity Suiij fair, eeattaeed mrat aortneriy winds. - .- Oregon and Wukliftoi Sudar fair, eea tinned war at; node rat northerly triads. . - . - Tkree sages ef photographs shewing he major, rent of Portland's Bom Festival will be foaad oi PtKtt 1, I aid J of Seetioa Two today. . - VOL. XIX. NO. 14. CITY .EDITION PORTLAND, i 1 OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 25, . 1922. NINE SECTIONS PRICE FIVE CENTS U.S. BOARD MO VES TO S 'L ST. mMaiK' - -' .- .. " - V :S.-.- " w. TOOZErJM -- , - i-'S-" ' ' ASKS ROADS NOT TO LET CONTRACTS It Is Generally Understood That . Rail Magnates May Comply With Order to Prevent Strike Unions Objected to Practiced Letting Outwork to Escape ! Jarisdiction of Railroad f Board Chicago, Jvo 24. tf. more i to foreaU.Il the strike of 1,200.000 rall 1 road employes tfereaUned for f July 1, waa made by the United States rail i. road labor board tonight. ; . : j , The . board handed down a decision denoanclne the letting out of various classes of railroad -work under con tract, in order to escape Jurisdiction of the board. . . Following- Issuance ot the order." it waa ceneraUy understood in railroad labor circles' here that railroads would abide by the board's wishes and not let out any, further contract, work in case the men do not strike. 1- . - Opposition to contract, labor was one C three point on which a strike has been voted, by the union employes. h6opeb hopeful I'-'yir The board deckled seven cases which had been brotttrht before It bv union in Wiilcli contracts had ; been : let f or work and, the employers were; ordered to pay the scale of wages and follow working- rules as handed, down by the - boaro, . , i ' : ' "I still believe that the carriers win all ret in line with the board's deci sion on this question and it Is my pur pose tor preas the matter on; their at-J tentlon," Ben Hooper, chairman of the j board,- said,. , : , r ;---.' r' --. j-' i .The decision was significant in view f the fact that uniort heads will gaiher here Monday to officiality canvass the vote oa the strike and decide on what .action, will bt taken..,',:;N.;, .:;; -r SATS 8T8TEJI WBOSO : CTjp Hooper. ' in explaining' the decUiont said:;. . viV i- "Th decisions involve no difference from those embraced in previous rul ing or the boajwt,. They do, however, cover several classes of . employes. Some of the carriers have . proceeded upon the assumption that because they con- . tracted -various kinds of labor before the transportation act became - effect ive this practice is still legal: . ""To my mind that seems oo -unjust and unfair to the employes end so violative of the spirit of the ttanspor tation act that public sentiment cannot uphold it, i Of course the board , has mot held that, the carrier may not contract their work, bat simply has held that such contracts cannot have the effect' of removing ; the railroad employes, from -under the effects Of the -transportation act.". ,-:: r -.J;'. UOXDS MAT AGREE :3 The first decision of the board -on contract work was handed down in the case of the Pennsylvania -railroad, or dertnc it to cease letting ut shori -work.,-' "- .--: snx'v : :f Ths Pennsylvania brought suit in : the federal court asking an injunction : to prevent the board's announcement from being made public. " - A temporary decision was rendered upholding- the Pennsylvania's stand, but the matter has not been' pressed and this gave added strength tonight to rumors that thu railroads wtould agree to the board's ruling. Olcott to Be Asked ; To Fight Bootlegger Brownsville, Or - June 2i. Resolu tions will come before the congregation ' of - the Methodist church . tomorrow J morning' asking Governor - Olcott to clean out the - bootleggers In Linn county aa a result of tle ehoouncr . Wednesday by Dave "West of Sheriff Kendall and . Kev.- Roy. Hesley .nd West's suicide, during a raid on West's ranch where a still was located, Old Plug Hats They Will Be Chicago, June 24. Plug .hats, 'the . pet white elephant) of the wealthy resi dents of Lake Forest, Chicago's ex clusive suburb, "-were -trotted;, ovu. to day and given their spring jdring.-y .. aooraeq wiui gom taca, coverea WIUI ' bright toolored silks, ,; they- are - going; 10 alien a tne summer opera at jRa , vlnla Park. ; A . - -; -ii: .,. -.-. Mrs, George H. Taylor announced . the plan, which it -eeems wia . be a fancy : dress ball style in operatic headgear. But her plan Is much more utilitarian. "Tou know the very latest things in. opera, glass bags are now made from f old plug hats," Mrs. Taylor said, hold ing op tee piug nai mat once aaornea . the bald pate of one of Chicago's most renowned -cltlsens. - ? . -., ',,,..','.. I . "Tou make them like 4hisi strip off the silk, cover wttll colored, silk, bag like, - and trim they ; with gold lace. They make the loveliest bags. - - "1 Everyone's - petting them ffr- the sujrusier cera ttis ar.. ':,. ' . i- Ford Offer ? Backed- by 'Minority , , Mill 1 ,. - , Eliraination :-. of Gorgas .Plant Might Block Deal j Ford Wants AlUof Muscle Srroals.. . ... . By Carl Smith ' i , Joorail BUH Cornepoodent. . Washington, aane 24. WASHINO TO BUREAU OB" THE JOURNAL) Between the majority and ' minority views of the house military affairs committee on the , Henry Ford offer for Muscle ShoaU there , seems to be at most a, differ- 3 ence ,of $2,500,000 j in the value of the property proposed to be transferred 4 to irora. , That measures 1 the offer that the f .AJaDama. fo we r company has made p for the . Goreas i steam olant. built I with ! .- government I money on property sMMassaBSBaapasi er company, which : Heary Ford it claims an op tion to. purchase,, but which the pres ent attorney general of, the' United States has advised is not a legal or binding option, , FOBD WA5TS AH,' J . - ' Ford maintains that the Oorgas plant is a necessary and essential part of the Muscle- Shoals . property, so regarded up to this time. He has consistently refused to bid foe less f than all the property. He wants the entire govern ment investment, there, and not a part of it, ; The -power company wants to split Jth property' and threatens liti- giuoa under; its claim that the gov ernment "has no right to sell the Oor gas investment to anyone but itself.. The minority of the committee, com. prising two Repablicans and six Demo- crats, in tneir report ask if it is not a fair conclusion from all the circum stances ytaat -: :th ,Alabam ; Power company 1- but the enosen agency of the"; interests opposed te the accept ance of the ford proposal In an effort to-defeat its acceptance ? . :, : r TPOWEU COMPACT WAITED . The- report points out that the power company- could not foe induced to say what Jt would -pay the. government for the Oorgas power plant until long after the Ford offer I had been -made and it had become. apparent 'that Ford's offer , would be accepted, unless 'some thing could be pleaded as new argu ment or new obstacle: Then the power company -came forward and dragged the Oorgas red -, herring 1 across the trail. , : It is pointed out that Ford does not : (Concluded on Pace Eleran, Column One) Compulsory; Public School Education Js '" S c ored by : Synod -,v m . ' - " ' ; t f Salem, June 2i. The compulsory public school attendance bill, sponsored by the Masonic order in this state, was roundly condemned by the Evangelical Lutheran Synod ef the Washington' Oregon , district in convention here. Knacttnent of the measure into, law, it was -declared, -would rob the people of this - state . of the liberty guaranteed under the' constitution- of tht United Statesthat of exercising and teach ing religion without government inter ference. - s : " - "We Lutherans are -within our con stitutional rights in maintaining our religious day school and will oppose any; movement, endangering the - re ligious education of our children," cne speaker said. - Japanese to Leave' , Siberian Province ' Tokio, June 24. (U. P.)- -Evacuation by Japanese military and civil authori ties of the Siberian maritime provinces will . begin immediately. . according ; to a government order, issued tonight. ;; in New Debut at Next Opera A roundup of plug hats .was-made for the. rummage sale conducted an nually by society for charity.-la jor. mer years, plug hats were taboo- as donations,' . v'...-$: . -;V.' J ffot t single old fashioned plug hat will be left in the attics of the aristo cratic mansions, Mrs. Mark Cummings, chairman of the rummage sale, prophe sied. ' , . . . - "Men, you ... know, . cherish "their ' old hats - so." she : observed.- ; i "A woman gets tired of having plug hats lying around from - year to year, so . some thing had to be done. - . .. '.- ' - The first night audience of Chicago's new municipal opera next winter, it was said, would find its male contin gent wearing new plug hats, Derbies, , too, will k serve their, pur pose as opera glass- receptables. They are just a little more bourgeoise, it was admitted, but theyH do, jjst the same. The rejuvenation treatment of der bies is the same as for rlug tats. ' s ft i ' CRISIS SEEN Gravest Political Consequences, ; Radical in Scope, r Expected to Follow Slaying of Rathenau Reichstag Scene of Turmoil ,So- cialists Attack: Nationalists With 'You-Are the Murderers' " By Karl voa . Wlegaad Staff Comspoodent of TjniVcnal Serrio Speelfti Cable ? Piiiwtch i V j ' Berlin, June 24. With the murder of Dr.; Walter Rathenatv German foreign minister, who was shot ' down atl0:45 this morning by uncaptured and s un identified assassins, ; political -conae-quences, radical in their scope, are forecast. '" - .;. Turbulent scenes were enacted" in the reichstag following the assassination. Socialist members - attacking Nation alist members, trying to drive them from the . chamber. - It took the president of the chamber half an hour to. restore order. , - Socialists this afternoon began agita tion "of a general strike ; in protest against the "outrage of assassination. BITTEB3TESS INTENSIFIED' - . The shooting down of Ur. Rathenau to so short an interval after the recent attempt to murder the Socialist Demo cratic "- leader,- Scheidemann, has aroused excitement to the highest pitch and is expected to bring the. bitter fight between the political factions, to aw climax. - - - t- ' Chancellor Wlrth revealed that Dr. Rathenau knew his life was menaced. He saidr - . t- ' r j ; ; ", The foreign secretary was 'warned weeks ago. X believe, this outrage was due to the unscrupulous propaganda' or reactionaries and also to France's .hat red and suppression . which is driving the Germans to desperation, - I expect my turn will come next." ; s Dr, Rathenau j and Hugo Stinnes, Oermanys "Industrial King," were the guests last night of United StaUs Am- (Concluded oa page EleTen, Uolama Three) Jealous Husband Interrupts Wife's Ride WitlTAnother Jealous -when he saw; his wife rid ing with another man, X L. Miller, 43-year-old salesman, sprang on the run ning board Of an automobile at Fifth and Morrison streets Saturday after noon; and began administering a beat ing to the object of his anger, accord ing to police. He was prevented from further carrying; out ; his ; purpose by the - timely; interruption of Patrolman' Larson, who arrested the three while a large crowd of afternoon shoppers looked curiously' on. ' - T - The victim of the attack gave "his name as W. L. Duvall. 87;' another salesman. He and Miller were charged with disorderly conduct, and Mrs. Olive Miller; 40, was booked i as a witness. She was allowed to gt on her own rec ognisance, while her husband furnished $50 ball. ' . . . , . Duvall was unable to put up 220 bail. He was held in jail several hours until Mrs.. Miller put in an appearance with the . necessary amount.. -The latter; move, police believe, has complicated matters." Miller ' declared Duvall has paid attentions to. his. wife for some time. .;...?-;'' ;";-.'-" Fess to Quit as . G. 0. P. Chairman - v ' Washington,1 June - 24. Reresenta tive Simon D. Fess of Ohio announced today that-, he . would , resign', next Wednesday as chairman of-the national Republican . congressional ..." campaign committee. He is' lated to be suc ceeded by Representative William R. Wood of Indiana. Mr. Fess resigna tion Was-made .necessary by 'his own campaign for the Republican senatorial nomination in Ohio- . .. ; - ; Bridge Sought Over Eiver and Eailroad Salem, June 24. Application for per mission to construct . a bridge over the tracks Of the Taquina branch Of the . Southern Pacific railroad arid Mary river near Blodgett in Benton e-wnty,i baa been filed, wirth' the public i vice commission by. the state high Jsvy department. The cost of the pro posed overhead : crossing la estimated at el3,00Q. - - " . . Stork Visits ;Woman ' Taking Skiff Eide EvansviUe. Ind-t June 24-toid "Doc Stock waded right out into the middle of the Ohio, river and brourhta baby girl to Mrs. John -Bees, while she was akiff riding. Mrs.- Bees and, the baby were rowed back to the ehanty boat rhere she ana her hubmd make their horn INITIATIVE PETITIONS FOR SALE? Portland Bankers :Get ;- Word 'Proposed Interest Rate Bill .Xan Be Quashedfor Price. Measure Sponsored by John ' F. Albright Qf Oregon City, Who v Once Profited by Such Scheme - Oregon financial interests can keep a proposed constitutional amendment designed to reduce the legal' and con tract rates of interest ' in this state off the November, ballot. If they win pay 120.000 Or $30,000 for the initiative petitions for which the requisite' signa-. tures are tald to have been secured but which have not yet been filed, ;. Or it. is Intimated ; a. lesser; amount will buy the. petitions. ' "The measure would establish ' per cent as '.the maximum - legal interest rate in Oregon and 7 per cent - as the maximum contract - interest rate. It is sponsored by John F, Albright, Ore gon City laborer and former turbulent member of ' the city . council of -that place. " . ' .!-;'' . . This information has been presented for the consideration of the Portland Clearing House association by Robert iX Smith, president of the Lumbermen! Trust Company bank of Portland, to whose - attention has corne the activi ties of an alleged Intermediary in sub mitting a proposition to "sell out" the petitions. . , . - 2. However; before Smith presented the matter to the clearing house he re vived memories of a similar interest rate bill with which Albright was identified two years ago, and the word ' ( Concluded on Face Konr, Column Una) ir Charge of Election I Irregularities Is Made in a Protest - Klamath - Falls, June 24. Protest filed here today, with-the county; school board, charging irregularities in , the recent school election, - when five ; di rectors were to be chosen for the school board created under the -county unit plan adopted in a special election dur- Lhe primaries, - resulted in. the election being .declared void. - A member of the board'' said tonight the - protest was filed by C. R. Spink of Chiloquin, who alleged -that -candidates for election to the- board had served on the election boards. ' - - . : ...,:.;.... ;. It was also said that other Irregulari ties of more serious nature occurred. This will .result; It waa said in the temporary ;; board . appointed by the county board continuing to serve until another election is called, - " - . Woman Disappears After Leaving Note Threatening Suicide - : - At a late : hour Saturday- -night all efforts to locate Mrs. Flora--V. Smith, who left a note Saturday morning threatening suicide, had proved in vain. (Mrs. Smith spent Friday night at the home of Mrs, C Rogers, No. 230 Larrabee , street ..... Saturday . morning Mrs. Rogers- found a note from Mrs. Smith saying : ' ,-- . ' ? r. F"I am done with this world. Good bye. , The- river for- mine.'. - .,,. . ' 1 According to Mrs. - Rogers, . -Mrs. Smith was despondent because of un happy domestic .-relations as well as financial difficulties. Her husband, Mrs. Rogers said, had left her several weeks ago.- Until 'Friday Mrs- 8mith waa relief cook on the steamer Hustler. McCormick Is Held j, Back by: Operation; ; May Delay His Trip ? . l J , " ' ' Chteago, June 24. (XI. P.) Harold F. McCormick, harvester king, wasn't so well tonightand it was understood that plans- for his hurried departure to Europe had been postponed. . Dr. Victor Lespinasse, gland - spe cialist and attending surgeon, declared he. expected - McCormick. would leave the hospital next 'week,, barring un foreseen complications. . The physician did not - comment on the . condition which caused McCormick' s plana to be changed. ' - It baa been. 12 days since the gland operation was performed. - ., Vhisey Runner Is ; :Killed in;Wreck ' Canby, Minn.. June S4. V, Tp.) One whiskey runner was killed and his partner, arrested when their car over turned near nere.J Joe TVellon, Omaha, died instantly- of ' a broken , neck. He was the dri ver of a, big eight-cylinder car. August Arnt, said to be also from Omaha, was slig-htly injured. The pair was driving from Canada, coming by way c t Orr..i- , - . King, Queen Dine With Coh Harvey Chief Justice arid Mrs. Jaft Are Among. Guests, Who Sit at Unprecedented Function. London. . June 24.--The king and queen conferred ah unprecedented, hon or on the American embassy tonight when they attended a dinner given by Ambassador Harvey at the tatter's of ficial 'residence. : Chief Justice iTaft and Mrs. Taft were the leading Amer ican guests. " . ' -. ,-' . It was ' the most - notable gathering at a private function ever given by an American ambassador. ' , Others - present Included - Premier Lloyd George and his daughter Mar garet, Lord Chancellor and Viscountess Birkenhead,: Karl Balfour, .- Countess Airlle, . Viscount Valentine, Viscount and. Viscountess Asior. Lord and Lady Lee of Fareham. Lady St. Heller, Sir John and Lady Lester Kays, Sir, Maur ice and Lady De Bunsen. Colonel Krs kine and Mr. and Mrs. St. Jo Strachey. ,s Besides the T"afts; i the American guests included Solicitor General and Mrs. Beck, Mrs. Whitelaw Reid,1 Mr. and Mrs. James vW.1 Gerard Mr. an Mrs. Post Wheeler, Frank A. Munsey, Paul D. Cravath and Mr. and Mrs. Marshal Field. ';.; rj-- Following -. the dinner, Marcle - Van Dresser, American - prima donna, -who is giving a series of concerts -in Europe, sang at the special request of the king and queen.. ., FilibusterForces .; ' Grain MeasureOver . Washington, June 24. The Capper Tincher grain exchange bill again was forced over today when Representative Volght of Wisconsin continued his one man - filibuster; Representative ' Tin cher said he. would all - it Up Monday. News Index Today's Sunday Journal la Complete In Nine Sections. ; - 'cdnerfal v - fieoUon 2, Pise 9. " ' - Foreign AmerWa Diet ia Pane Seotioo 1.- Vun S. Soviet Policy at, The Ku Section 1. Pk 6. New' Arrests, in WIkh 'Ciii . Section I. Txt 8. . .' . . ' .' , j ' ' lletlenel . ' "' ' -Guards Blamed for Mine EioU Section 1, Veterans Seek Charter Section' I, Pace . -Maxin Goafereoee A.ked-r-Seetion . 1, Pace 8 Anna Olesoa OnUiasj. Isaac Seetioa 1, Pace 9. Gmper Wins -Fight Sectiea 1, Pae 2. r William Bocketeller Dies Seetum 1, Page 8. Say Amundsen Is PoootedStctiaD 1, Pace 3, Gorernor Small SJreed Section 1, Pace 8. ; "i - " .. North west ' BoadJContraet' Awarded Sectkm . J , Pace 2. Vtajr Kertre Coo. Bar Road Section 1. face 4. EvendaB Funeral . Held Section 1, Pace 4. Widow ef Joatice akio Dead Section -. 1. - - Pace 4. - -' S - " r s, - - . Baker Arnngtnf Paceaat--Seettoa 1, Pace 4, Pioneer Merchant Die Section . 1. Pate It. Klamath falls Baa Bemored Section , X, - Pace . . ;" --'i Child lrownJ Section 1, Pace 8,' ? t Eocine Smaahse Brick -Wall Section 1, - Pace 9. ,' , : ., -' . -Sljer Widow, Tells of Txacedy--Seetioa 1, Face 10, ' ' 220 .Students Beoeire Drre -Section , . Pace . t . . Paealtjt Chaoses AnnoniKied- 8ectAoo 8. Pace 8. O rearm Pioneer Pi nans Hoction 3, Pace S.- . Puree Snatchera Caurht BectJoo I, Pace 2. Gh-l Eloper Betnrlu Section 1, Pace- &i - - AdrenUata to End Ceaip Meetinc -Poctioa 'X. Pace 4. " - .. -t . Bobbery - Confeeeed Section 1, Pace ,' 4- . ; : ; Kera io Fue Caere Seetioa J,- pace . Al Sadet Thanks Portland Section 1. Pace 8. BooaeTelt Hich :- School - Oeiaeistoee Seetioa , 1, Pace . -New Telephone Directoriea Seetioa 1, Pace 8. Swiausing Boon Anaoonoed Bectiop 1, Pag 10. ... , - t Whitner Boys -Cfaoroa--Sectkm 1. Pace XI. . . Bsaines . New Baal ' Estate od . Building - L Section 2. Paces' X - - -- 'iAi'zf i.'V Kazketa SecUoo 8, Tc'l8.- C ' Finance Section 8, 'Pace 14. v" , Marine- Seetioa 8. Page14l '.;:-- y C - Wle fcew -".'" ' " '"' Sunday BjhS: ProrJam Section - 2, Pace . Sunday Radio Department Section 8, Pace 18. - ;..;'- Hetghhai heee Mews -v " '- Section-2, Page T. ' ' ' , ImMie. Ilaeon - " '; ' Seetioa 8. Paces 8-7.' v ' '.' ' Ain4Mcnt9nt4T ... .- ? . " Seetioa 0, Pares X-4. J ? .' .JtntomeUve - , . , Sectiea 8. Pages 1-8. - ' -f ', , . - Sports y ' ' Section 7. Pvrea 1-4. . 'J- -On the PlnepM The Week in Society Section 4, Pages 1-4-Womea's Clnb Affairs Seetioa 4t' Page 0. The Bealm of Maie Seetioa 8. Page 4. FraternaJSectioja 3. Pace ?. ,-.,.. Aaaencaa Veteran'' Seetioa- 2, Pace T. . Anthor and Publisher Seedoa 2, Pace ,8. , - FsaSwres . Bos FeatiTsJ ia Picture -Section 2, Paces' 1-8. Nature's Totem. Poster and Poem tj Anthony j - Euwe- Sectiosi 8. Face 1. - . .;? ;.....,. Stilortnea " Spm . Wild Tama Seetioa - 8. Pace 18. : - s ' v . -: Sixtieth Aanivenary ef MrKearie Bond See- - tion 8, Pace 1, " Old Oregon Trail 'Section 8, Pag ! ; Siberian Trad Frosem Seetioa 8, Pace 8." Th Pese. by Bay Stannard 'Baker Seo- tion', 3. Face 8. v--.-. . ; Bing Lacdner's letter -Section 8, Pace- 6. National Capital Section 2. Pace - ' : Magazln : -.. ..- ,, : '.. :. Section 8..-; f . Cornice . ecUon 8. ' " HARVEST IS ON; LABOR PLENTIFUL Mid-West's ) Half-Billion Dolfar : Wheat , Crop Falling Over Reapers to U. S. Bread Basket Conditions Favorablej:flenty;of - Cars rt Promised . Reports of - Kansas Damage Overdrawn Chicago, June 24. The Middle West's half - billion wheat . crop .- was falling over reapers toward the world's bread basket today under the most favorable conditions of a decade. ' . - .; -. , .With the ' crop v virtually .harvested in , Texas . and Oklahoma,-; and ' under fulr-swinr in Kansas, harvest machin ery beg-an - humming: in Southern Ne braska and other ndrthem states. .Dry weather throughout the wheat belt, plenty of - labor and promise of railroad officials that any car short are this year would be at a minimum, presaged nearly every, bushel of grain reaching ' millers with expediency .and in the best-of condition. ', i. Reports from Western Kansas that dry weather had harmed the arrain in that section were declared i exagger ated by both farmers and thetats agricultural departments Absence of rain merely has facilitated cutting, it was aeciarea - Less than 100,000 men from outside the wheat belt are needed by all grain states this : year, according . to . calls Issued by various employment agencies handling the labor. - Kansas, greatest of wheat producing states, reoorted labor plentiful with wages at $2.50 to aauy, tne lowest, farmers have had to pay la years. About 25,000 outside men are being employed in Kansas fields. Enlarged storage) 'and levator fa cllities la the Southwest . ar being added to the favorable outlook for carmg ror tne crop. ... , : , . . - v Temperature of 88 Is Summer Sizzler: Shipperlls Warned .. --'-- ... .- . .., ,",r..- v ; "j - :-"-.A Heat waves piled up so rapidly Sat urday afternoon under the - encour agement -of a glaring sun and a. dry Northwest ;. wind - that, the mercurv pushed .Its way up the thermometer tube tt the district . weather - office from the lower 60s to a maximum of 88 degrees, by mid-afternoon. . ;. With ; continuance of the north and east ' winds the district -weather bureau office : predicts mors hot weather for Sunday,. Shippers were informed to , protect ' goods -. in transit for a maximum temperature of 88 de grees in the Willamette valley ...This high a temperature Is unlikely - for Jfortiana, nowever. Th hottest, day of the season was - early . this month when a. maximum temperature of 94 aegrees . wa recorded. v - " - - WreckinglCrew in ; Control of Elans, Declares Member Atlanta, Ga... June '24,-1, N. . a Charging thatthe affairs of the Ku Klux. Klan are being controlled by a wrecking crew " consisting ; of a fi nance committee under the control of Edward Toung . Clarke, f former - Im perial kleagle, ' now acting - imperial wizard in- the absence of :W-J. Sim mons, and that he had been -discharged by Clarke without cause, aa Imperial kli graph, XW. D. Wade made a state ment. revealing . national dissension among the hooded hosts. ; - c " Wade : declared he - was discharged by . Clarke for personal reasons . and assert that "it is most unfortunate f or-the 'order that Clarke has been given the power vested in the imperial wistard. - - Clarke is empowered,, he declared, to discharge without- notice ; any-- im perial officer on any pretext regard less, of their loyalty or efficiency, x' .i . . .: . ... , - Promotion Fees ' to ; Be Denied toBanks " r " - i. : Washington. June 24.-tL SJ Comptroller ' of - the - Currency Cris stin ger announced today he would . refuse, any .- application for a- national bank charter that contemplates or provides for any promotion fees or sets apart money collected from subscribers for the payment of such fees for the sale of stock. The organisation division of the comptroller's office was' ordered to see that the regulation was rigidly enforced. The order applies - to all pending applications for. national bank charters. . - " ; ' Plant at Salem Is Destroyed by Fire - , .. ..- - -r .., ;. Salem, June .24. The plant of the W. . W, Rosebrough Furnace & Boiler WorkB here' was completely destroyed by fire late this afternoon with a loss estimated at between $5C00,and IX C03. It has not been determined how the blaze originated - : . . .; : Sermons of Small-Need - To, Thieves " " - t . ... - - t - Clatskanie ; PastoHs S ultcases Given -Up N Wh'eVSpi ritual CojitentsfeOiscdYeredf Probably the thieves ho stole two suitcases ' from the automobile : of the Rev. John H. Kbert, Methodist minis ter of foatsfcanle, didnt feel conscience stricken when - they found r a set , ef sermon . book in them, but at . any rats the Rev. Mr. Ebert is going to get l,is booais ana euitcases back, n , Saturday evening-: J- H. Brown, rep resentative of a firuit growing associa tion of Newberg, took , the suitcases lata polic headquarters here. . Brown found them in his . automobile which he had left parked while he appeared In- the Rose Festival parade Friday. Thinking they belonged to some New berg ,; friend, who . recognised - his ma chine, he took, them home Friday eve ning,, but:, when nobody claimed, them he returned them to Portland police, sThey pwere "soon v-Identified'; aci the propertyiof "the Rev. .Mr, Ebert, who had besieged police with his appeals for the recovery f; him property, 'as the suitcases also contained bJa--family's -clothingi -j? ; -jt-.i 4. i,i -f Evidently the thieves found the eon- tents f the suitcase of no great val ue.; -according to police,' and threw them , in i. the - first ' automobile they came to. n " ij-- ' i - ? Two Detours for ' HoSebiirg-Wilbur J Section Provided - -;-"-z i : 1 ' 'u'"1 t - Roseburg,-June 2; The county has experienced considerable difficulty over the matter- of a detour between Rose burg, and ; Wilbur; while- the Pacific highway Is being paved between, these two -points- and - a concrete highway bridge Is built at Winchester. The road in . use is narrow . and dangerous in places and will hot bear up under the tourist traffic To solve the difficulty two. detours have 1 been provided. - ' - Southbound travel will leave the Pa cific "highway at Wilbur and : go by what is known a the Lee Loyo road into Roseburg. - Northbound travel will go from Roseburg; through Gar den Valley to Umpqua, striking the Pacific highway again at Sutherlin. Both roada. are In fair condition 'and detour signs .have been placed, " 'r -, " ,:' -' Farmer HI, Without HelpI Ends His Life Eugene, June - 24.--.Andrcw Jackson Cruran, 60, Cloverdale farmer, com mitted suicide at 8 o'clock this morning by hanging himself In his granary. His body was found at noon and Coroner Branstetter was notified. Cruian had for some tim been sick and . was un able to find herp to run his 500-acre farm."-' He is survived by his wife and three- sisters, Mrs. I:rM, Woo ten of Cloverdale, Mrs.- Xaura Carr of Cres--Well And Mrs. . Kate Hyland f Dexter. He was a member of the W, O. W,i , 3iiri3ts Banks: Mexicans Homeless Mexico City, -June Itr-a K; SiV Houses and livestock . were: destroyed and persons living near the banks of the Jamapa river, 'which supplies Vera Crux with water, were forced to flee when the river overflowed today due to .heavy rains.' -.An appeal has been made for food, and clothing. : v- 8;Tederal, 55Eebel : Mexicans Are Slain . v. ' , ; -- "v.' Mexico City. June 2! (L N. S.") Eight federals and five-- rebels' - were killed in a battle in the mountain dis trict of the -state . of Tabasco, said a dispatch to the war office today. o Dear.Me, the te r :-' It?s ough std - By PhiHp H Parrlsh ' ? The tnmult and' the ahonUnc die, . "'And 4 oar merry friends depirt i Acatn we work and sadlr alca. - ' - - In batklmcs br tbe silent ntart. : " . Which is the wistful ..sentiment sf the city now that , the 15th - annual Rose Festival is a part of history and the inhabitants of the erstwhile capital- ot Roaaria settle-themselves down with a conscious effort to those quaint, daily little tasks-that earn. shoes for baby; and cigarette money for .the wife's brother who is-in "college; ' Down flutter the flags., off comes the tinsel, along come the street clean era; and away in the distance, to the north;, and south and the - east; race the trains and automobiles that carry awa from ' us the guests of our one week of -heartfree' gaiety and spring time abandon. " -, ; .. - - - ' VANISHES FROST KOSABXA- V -. In ; short and irt, brief, the celebra tion -ef the flowers ia over. Queen Harriets who ruled for four . magnifi cent days over the mystic land of Ro sa r: a. a land without a boundary which extend .to every nook in the wor'J where 'ii-.ere is a mars or woman (Li FORCE ARE OUSTED AT MEETIKG Election of McMinnville Man Is Overwhelming Victory for R. " Wtlliams-Thos. Tongue . Men A. H. Lea,; Candidate - Against Tooze, and Stan field Faction GoTDown to' DefeaV30 to 6.: :rr-. i - By Ralph . Watsoa ; - 1 , SValter Toose Jr. of McMinnville was elected . chairman of the Republi can state central committee for the comin ; two years at- Its jneettng ' at the Imperial hotel yesterday afternoon, defeating A, H. Ijea, put in nomination by Committeeman A. A, Bailey of Multnomah county by a vote of SO to 6. ' The election of Toose and the defeat of a mark the triumph of the Williams-Tongue segment of the party and the decisive defeat of the attempted amalgamation of ; the Stanfiell grou p with the Ku Klux Klan and Federated Societies Influences centered in Mult nomah county and ramified through- ' out the state..;j -,v -ft'i J -MEAXSFIGHT . '-.t,' ... ' It means as : a certainty. In the be lief of political - leaders from, different " sections of the state, the injsctiuu of -the independent candidacy of Charles Hall of of Charles E. Gates of Med ford, for the governorship lata the coming campaign, or that faltinsy the adoption of the candidacy of Walter M. .Pierce, - the Democratio nominee, by the defeated faction, ; That means, whichever horn of the dilemmn Chair man Toose and his organization may face, a fight from now until Novem-. ber, 'deeper in its bitterness and more vindictive In its effort than any which ' has enlivened the politics of Oregon fcr years gone by. -,;; 4 :- ; ; : .. L KlAX SOUGHT PAVOB r' For days past the Stenfleld-Kuicrux-Federa ted ., .Societies forces had been working to organise the newly elected t state committeemen to follow their pro gram."'' The Stanfield people -were after Ralph Williams, the national commit teeman whom they attempted to dc- - (Concluded on Pag Six, Column Pour) : Harrison Returns !lTo Pirid Chicago r ; : Mayoralty B6om Chicago, June" 24 (Tli P.) Met by -crowds of friends. Carter H. Harrison. " former jnayor; of -Chicago, and Mrs. Harrison returned today from a 14 tnonths trip abroad, J Harrison is : already i being boomed by friends as the ; next mayor of the city.?: -'.'"- yy'-fr": " As party-Headers and friends stormed the train today Harrison declared he would not .talk politics,? -1 - - "Wait until X have a Chance to con- , fer with my friends, he said. : They have cautioned me to keep qulet, . Doyle WSuld Submit Ward. Case to Spirit - New fork. June 24. TJ. P.) Sir ' Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sher lock Holmes, offered a solution of the Ward murder my stery -today as he -sailed from America on the Adriatic f An attempt should be made to es-' tablish - communication with , Peters," said. Doyle, who. has. just finibhed a lecture touf on ; spiritualism. "Peters should be asked whether- Ward Is tell- t lng the truth." ; ' - - The author and spiritualist said he would, return .to , America: next year and-lecture again, - Fun's All Over . n at a. r. r. -Work Again or- little - child that loves flowers Queen Harriet has not been heard of since Friday at midnights- - .-;-. - v It is whispered about that she has gone away bir a strange . barge that came in' the light of the moon, flying against the breeze but with sails bel lied out, and that she is now in seclu sion -in her'storied domain- "somewhere on the ' Willamette,"- from which she or her successor will "noT" again emerge until onee more: the inewrblown. roses nod over-the garden wall against the. cottage window: and the flowers of an other, June scent the . countryside. PBGX ' FAB . A3ri73rEAB ; - v But however that may be, her people retain' the-: inspiration- of her gentie -presence, c and . though perhaps , some ,o. them will forget themselves and do." wrong before a new queen comes the most of them "will remember- her in-, ctructlons to cherish beautiful tilings and t rejoice with mankind. . ; - : From jthe hour that'-' Harriet came down the river Tuesday ruorr.irig- at 11 o'clock, between batiks black v.- . i f o- (Concludsd on Pje Bn, Volar:: 3 " . )