CITY EDITION ies All Here and JiV All True1 ' AT THE " BEACHES Who's t wh at '. beach and Inland resorts. The Sunday , Journal resort columns : constitute a competent directory of vacationists. .' CITY EDITION If All Here and If All True THE .WEATHER Tonight and' Tues day, fair ; northwesterly ' winds. . Portland ;-.... 5New Orleans... 84 Boise.:.'.. 96iN"ew York.,.,. . 80 Los Angeles... 30'St. Paul........ 80 VOL. XX. NO. 122. at Poatoffice. Portland. Orecoa . iuntrod as Secood-Claaa Milter PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, . JULY . 31, ,1922. EIGHTEEN PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS OH TRAINS AND Nrwi STANDS FIVE CKNTS & a --"N. . "fc. 1 .aw I I aa I ky " ' ff V mn '. - IH BOOTBLACK AT WiEDFORD ELS TALE Negro Chased Out of Town, by . Night Riders Is Last' Wit ' ness Before Grand Jury; -Story of Hanging Reviewed. By Balph Watson Journal Staff Correspondent. .Medford. Or.. . July 3 1. The story that Arthur Burr, last witness of major importance to ber called - before' the Jackson county grand Jury In Its in vestigation of the hanging outrages .which took place here In March last, told the Jury when he appeared before it this morning . is supposed to run something; like this; . .--.,. 'He had served his" sentence for boot legging and the time for his liberation had expired during the middle of the afternoon of March 14. He was not released, - however, ..: until - later and after; darkness had settled 'down -over the JaU. Then Bert Moses, the Jailer, came to him and asked him if he would like to ride to .Medford. Jacksonville and - the Jail being about' five miles from this city.- ... TWO ME3T 15 CAE ..... -! Burr found an automobile standing by the side of the jail, with two men in the front seat He was directed to it and clambered into- the back? seat and the journey toward Medford' was commenced, The;:two white men in the front seat held no conversation with -their .colored passenger- behind them,' and conversed between' them selves In low tones or in whispers. J. short distance out of Jacksonville awniacluiie that -had been following there passed the one . in which Burr wa: riding and then stopped, i ;The driver - of the Burr "machine also stopped.' Then tour men from the nther car came back to where Burr sat and demanded of the two men in the Burr machine what they . were doing with that nigger in' the back seat. . rtfT ON HANDCUFFS ;; - Burr was then taken out of the ma chine, his hands cuffed behind him, a Concluded on Paca T-wo, Column Oaa) 7-Year and 2-Year-"' ! Terms,: Are; Giyenv To Counterfeiters Violation of the counterfeiting laws is a "grave offense," and. men found guilty of It need not expect leniency at the hands of the Oregon - federal court. Judge C. K. Wolverton told SarqJ jr. uweng anu miuiain v. rsrown toaay, when he sentenced them to seven years and. two -years, respectively, at the federal . penitentiary at' Leavenworth, Kan. - - . . The men ; were "convicted "last week. Owens of counterfeiting and "both with having counterfeit coins in their pos session.' ' . Judge Wolverton sentenced Owens to pay a-fine, of $5 and to a, term of seven years for counterfeiting, amd im posed a $5 fine and a two-yea r term on the second charge. The sentences were allowed to run concurrently. Brown, who .is 18 years of age, was also given m nominal fine- of $5 in addition r TiisS Jail sentence, an fh -law prescribes both fine And imprison ment. , Medical Board Issues Licenses The Oregon state board of medical examiners at its. last meeting can vassed the grades of aU applicants for license" to practice medicine who took the last examination. The following received passing . grades - and ; ."were given: licenses to 'prictica r-TCSeorge K Armen. 'Edmund H. Padden. "William Stryker, E. R, Huckleberry. Stephen T. Parker Grace Young, John W. Huston, Albert T. Morrison,. Wilfred H.i.Bel knap, Charles Ferguson.'. Charles C. Newcastle Jr. and eon A. Goldsmiths: Joe Walsh , Quits Gongress Don t Know Him? ReadThis ' , y Carl Kmlth -v r . Josnai Staff Oomapcmaent. Washington, July 3 L WASHING TON, BUREAU OF, THE JOURNAL) Joe- Walsh has resigned. "This -refers v . n MINI of Maseachysetts, -4 J at various . times f during' thS ; last : J few years speak J er - of the house . ' i pro tern, ajid at rf all times active on the floor, one of the buriest lit- tie : fellows who i ever sat in that 5 body.- Th little refers to bts body, hot' to his .4 brain. "Never heard of hlm.'t the average reader will say. Perhaps. few Joe also - ? - newspapers ' out- M of Massachusetts, New fork and Washington even recorded the . fart that he is leaving the house to accept appointment ott the supreme court of Massachusetts. But all members of congress know Joe Walsh and - the unique place he has made for him self in Washington.. Walsh is- one of the . few men who enter congress who have the dispoei- Threatened E insteih Quits at U. (Special Cabla to Tha Journal and the Chlcaf o Copjnght. 1922) Berlin, July 31. According to an an nouncement by r the; faculty. Professor Einstein , has discontinued his lectures at the' University of Berlin. Although no reason is given, it is understood that lack of serious interest in the lec tures is . the , cause of . their abandon ment " ; - , At on of : his recent lectures, the audience was composed mostly of for eigners, : including . three . American students, and several Knlish speaking women who drooped in during an in terval between a shopping tour and a visit to a theatre. They displayed far more interest in the personality of the famous professor then in the .learned exposition of bis theories. Professor Einstein did not like being a target for the opera glasses of curious cas ual visitors. Malicious persons say, too, ;that the attendance at . the lec tures was considerably larger on rainy days tnan wftjen line weather -. pre vailed and the tourists had other op portunities for sight seeing. . It is reported that Professor Eln-- stein. recently received a threatening letter from -German : reactionaries warning , him1, not : to J i-continue .:his course at the university on pain of suffering the fate of Dr. Heffenrich, HARRY W. TREAT - DIES IN ACCIDENT Chllliwack, B. C, July Jl. tT. P.) iiarry Whitney 'Teat, Seattle million aire, was Instantly: killed. last night when his automobile slid over a 40 foot embankment on a highway, a few miles out of .this town. . - v ---;. - Accompanied by Mrs. Thomas Green- how, Mr. Treat was returning from the Kultus lake camp of Captain w. Dixon-Hbpcraft, former commander of the Empress of Japan, about 1.0 o'clock Sunday night. He took a wrong turn in the road and Mrs. Greenhow got out of the machine while Mr. Treat attempted to turn around. He Backed, too near the edge of the embankment and car and driver - were" precipitated down "- the steep slopes. An' inquest was held ; this morning and a 'verdict of accidental death re turned. His neck, was broken. . f-v..i' I i,i' a . , Hafry'LS Bradleji r; Lumberman, Drops ; Dead While Pishing - . - .f - ' Harry 1m Bradley, prominent lum berman, was found dead Sunday , aft ernoon near the edge of a stream at Cathlamet. Waah.. by; searchers who went to look for him-when he failed to return to bis home at the logging oarifp. Peath is ascribed to heart dls- .se. The position or the ooay when found indicated ' Bradley had -.fallen over dead while fishing. ' '- : Bradley was associated with his father. J. S. Bradley, in the Bradley IjOgging company, being secretary- treasurer of the firm. Before going to Cathlamet about two , years ago, he was for many . years engaged in . the timber business here. He was 48 years old..,.:- ' . ' ' Immediate relatives who survive are the wife, Mrs. Jane ' Bradley ;-. two sons, .Roderick and John two daugh ters, Elizabeth and Julia, and .the father, J. S. Bradley. s : : The body 'has been brought to Port land,, and is at the Holman" undertak ing establishment. Funeral - arrange ments have not been completed. Cochran Divorced From Ganna Walska Paris. July 31. U, P.l Alexander Smith Cochran, millionaire clubman, was "eligible" again today and Ganna Walska is Vfree.' The sportsman who was hailed New .York's most eligible bachelor before he married Ganna Walska. Polish opera singer, obtained a ' final divorce decree as of May 31. it was learned today., r ... . tion and energy to devote themselves to naintaklng study of legislation, lit tle or big. and to equip themselves for vrT parliamentary emergency by mastering the rules of the bouse. This require a prodigious degree of pa tience, an analytical mind and a con siderabe' amount of courage. It Is much easier to let a fellow member's pet bill go through than It is to search down to the roots and then object to it, because it may set a bad precedent, or is unnecessary.' . or appropriates money that might properly be saved. AtWATS OX DUTY " Walsh was nearly always' on duty In the house. Especially was he there on unanimous consent days, , when measures not objected to ars passed. The average member cares nothing about bills on the unanimous consent calendar except his own. He Is will- ingr.! tak thm ms come, espe cially the ones he has presented.-and he Is disinclined to object to the others because this may bring retaliation against nimself. , i. Experience shows, however, that In every house there are it wo or three members who -wilt conceive it their duty to make v a study of the incon spicuous bills, study what may be behind.-them and -how they may fit 'in with general policy or with other leg lalatlon. . These members are "self ap- tCoaciodad eat Tf Tin, Colvuna Saa) AU 1 0 BACKS OFF FERRY: 3DR0WNED Six In Car, Five From One Fam- . ily, Plunged Into St. Johns Slip When Car Reverses Man Risks Life and Saves 3. . With ; the recovery at 7 this morn ing of the body of Peter Alex, aged 5, youngest of the three sons of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Alex, who were drowned at 8 :40 Sunday night when the. auto mobile In which they were riding was backed off the county ferryboat Lionel R. Webster at the St. Johns slip, the bodies of all. of the children had been taken from the waters of the Willam ette. i-'V'' "' r:j.H : ' City Grappler Brady, who recovered the other two bodies last night, was on the scene and at work again this morn ing- at daylight. , The body of the youngest. who was affectionately known "to. his parents as "Mischievous Peter,'-was located , off the slip, some distance out.; ;v ;.... THREE ABE RESCUED Mr. and Mrs. Alex, No. 121 Russell street, ana. -the driver oi tne car, 1'aui Mesgl, who lives with the Alexes, were in the machine when it plunged into the ' river, but they' were fished out alive. The dead are ; FRANK ALEX, . TEDDY ALEX. 8. . I PETER ALEX, 4. ' Ren Kartell. No. 1233 East 19th street- north, is today atWned the hero of the tragedy. ; Thos on the ferry stood stunned - when the car backed of f. Then the heads of the two men and the woman bobbed above the surface of the river. One of. the men paddled desperately and managed to catch hold of the edge of the ferry. Bartell' grabbed him by tha coat and dragged him aboard, f :- s ' - Then Bartell threw off his coat and (Cooelndad on Taae Two. Column Six) U.S. COAL SYSTEM READY FOR WORK 'rWashinstonr-July 3t."-C- P.) -The gigantic - fuel . distribution . system of the' government and Individual states- designed to save necessary industries from full? effect- of the fuel famine will be in -, full . operation within ' 43 hours. Secretary "of Commerce Hoover announced today. The first action.wnl.be to convey sufficient coal from producing mines to public .utilities throughout the nation. Hoover said.. '.:.' i '.r The rationing board, however, cannot hope to meet ail needs. Hoover esti mated between 3,259,000 and 8.500,000 tons of bituminous' coal must be pro duced each, week to satisfy the neces sary demands for the remainder of the year. This cannot possibly be done un less the strike is settled. : The average production a : week; now is less than 4,000,000 tons. . X s ; HARDING MAT SAME COAL , COMMISSION THIS WEEK (Br Uni-renal Berrlee) i Washington, July 81.- With the na tion1 practically on a war ration" of coal. President Harding this week is expected to appoint a commission to probe the whole industry. According to- reports at the White House, the commission will represent neither side in the strike controversy. Its membership will be picked from prominent men equipped- to suggest a cure lor the basic ills of the coal Industry and the prevention of future strikes. ..-?: : ;-- ; Appointment , of the commission is expected at tha , Whita House within the next two days. Its members, after receiving final instructions from Pres ident Harding will, leave Washington immediately for personal survey of tne : central competitive coal :. fields. which are now paralyzed by the strike. TO STTJBY' CONDITIONS An exhaustive report on wages, con ditions and hours of labor in the In dustry will be onty a minor portion of the report' expected from the Investi gators. - The principal result hoped for by the administration will be the working out of a detailed and practical plan for modernising tha tndttstry. in the view of President- Harding and his advisors, customs and prece dents have played too large a part in the operation--of the: national coal fields, v. The employment of efficient business methods, it is believed.' would result .in the production - of sufficient coal with; considerably less labor and reduced expense to the consumer. TOO- MANY. MINERS - President Harding recently has been advised . that there are at , least- 150,004 more- miners " than . are necessary in producing tha nation's fuel supply. This results in intermittent work and duties of the coal commission will be to ascertain whether elimination of .un profitable mtnea; increasing' the num ber of . working days and . putting the industry on a' wholesale competitive basis wouldl not practically eliminate the possibility of future strikes. Suit .Against City ; Of Salem. Dismissed . . . w v km. 4,v jui inticuwi In the suits ef Juliet M. Lord. Mon tague Lord, Daniel J.-FVy and- HetUe K. Fry against the Citv of KaIptt. .n Montague . O'Reilly, ' paving can- tractors. Federal Judge Wolverton held this morning. H sustained a motion of defendants to dismiss the suits. i- mgr to laclc or jurisdiction. The suits grew out of charges levied against the property ef the plaintiffs for paving the streets adjacent to their property. Plaintiffs are said to have neglected to .pay the charges, with the result that the city levied against, the ororv- erty. .... ... -.' ' , ALLOWS H PE OF; ES Court Extends Recanvass to 4 'Other Counties, but Declines , to Invalidate Entire Vote in 7 Marion County Precincts. Salem, Or, July Sl.The amended petition filed last week by counsel for Charles Hall in the gubernatorial re count case was . allowed with certain Qualifications In: a "decision rendered this morning by Judges Bingham and Kelly sitting en banc In the Marion county circuit court. : ' Under the court's ruling the Hall forces are fallowed to extend the re count into' Baker, Klamath, Sherman and Wasco, the four additional coun ties enumeratedln the petitions where in Irregularities also are charged. A total' of 1895 votes are involved In Hall's amended complaint, y: ; The court, however,;', denied the ap plication, advanced - on- behalf -of Hall that the entire vote in the seven enu merated Marion county precincts t be thrown out because Of , influence al leged to have' been exercised -In thee precincts by the Catholic church and its agents. . The Hall people contended that in the precincts of -East Mount Angel, West Mount Angel, bt raui, Sublimity, West Oervals, McKee and Scollard, OJcott ' had received a total of 843 votes and Hall 23 votes, which overwhelming majority they attribute to the; influence ef the cnurcn wrong fully exercised. ' ,, The court's view, however, was to the effect : that- in such a case, ' even though certain votes had been wrong fully . influenced,, it was improper to cast aside the vote- of an entire pre cinct and' thus invalidate such votes as had been properly cast. It Is com petent for .the contestant, ' said the court, . to attempt to establish is charges of irregulariies in individual cases.:. .....J .'',. ' . In the matter of ' re-registration, on election day, the court ruled that here again the contestant must prove, each and every case of alleged registration for zrauduienv.purposea.. . ; : Then the ' court - recessed to " permit counsel for Oicott to prepare an ap plication for an amended answer in which It is learned that the Ku Klux Klan will be charged with having ex erted undue Influence similar: to that charged "by , tha Hall forces f to the Catholic church --and , .demand wiU 'be mad.: of counsel for HaH, to specify Individual cases in the seven Marion county precincts In which tha church influence was , exercised. It is probable: that the greater part ef tha legal- questions will be removed in the Marion recount which will be gin soon, V. OkBoyer, county clerk of Marion, will represent the court on the county board i O. K. DeWitt of Portland, the. contestant, and J. L Barr of Pprtland, the conteetee. DENBY BELIEVES - JAPAN IS SINCERE Manila, P. - L, July 31. (tT, P.) Confidence that Japan is making a sin cere effort to liva up to the treaties and agreements made at the Washing ton arms limitation: conference, and a belief that strong leadership is the pressing need of China, were expressed today by Secretary of the Navy Denby In an interview discussing Oriental af fairs, i. -. The secretary arrived early today at Menmores, near -here, -to rest- a -short time from bis strenuous Oriental trip. Denby declared, however, that Pa cific conditions were not yet sufficient ly stabilized to permit granting inde pendence to the Philippines. "If I -were a FllipinoC. knowing what ! do,. I would probably be unwilling -to lose the protection . of the United States," he said, r i He expressed the opinion that inde pendence for the islands was not a prospect for the immediate future. Discussing Chinese affairs. Denby declared tha need of that country is a strong man to hold the militarists 'In check. Wu Pet,Fu, who recently came out victorious in the Chinese revolu tion, "was Characterized, as the strong est of - the ' present Chinese' leaders. , Denny was given an enthusiastic wel come hre. Governor General Leonard S. Wood and high naval, . military and native officials participating. GamesTpday - NATIONAL -at Btwoklis " Ji v - --. Tt W.-1C. St. lyonia ....... 1S 010 1006 0 0 Bmoaijtn ....... 000 0(T1 eoi 2 12 2 Battenea BhwrteU aad Aiiumltli "Km. ther. UamaaaaSc Bhnr. Sraitk sad Do -Bmtt. At New Tort n. W.!! PitUrtHtTS -. . -i i . 02 -60S- O00---I2 IT 1 New Tork t..,. 200-100 lie 5 8 a T." Barnea, Jonnard and Sninier. At fbiladelrhia-' n w " Chirac . 630 00 004 IS IT-- J PhjiadolTikia. ... . 00S 001 004 5 5 0 Battones Stenlaad amt n'ir,mli w;-rh. HubbaU. CSsutk and Ueoiiae. ' , At BotoB J R H H Ciurfnnati - , i... 01 201 Oil s 12, 1 Bontnn . ....... 000 20l'e00 3 10 S Battariaa Lam and Winn,- u;ti Gewdy. . ' . . " ' 'ahebican - : ; . At IXrrit ' ' . Phi'ii.!phia .... 01 0 000-l t T . 4 Defrost . . T. . ; 104 111-12 11 is It Baittn-.Rettir. Heniarh. Etkort' RnlH. ran ami rrkiaa; Oldlias aad Uarioau Xw Tork. ., , lOO fMS oie la 6 o Vhmga. ... . . . . 000 O03 OOO 3 5 o - Batwriaa Khawkey. UtrrrtT -mo -Schahc; BotwruoB, .Levaretta and fccaalk. -. .-, JIV .KJWtmjM . . K. Wtshinatnn . . . .200 1 01 10n s' a Cleeiaa . . . . . 423 110 If 14 18 3 lUttms Zarharr. Br.aiwart. TmjnpbTnod and Picinich. Ghacntyr' Kortoa aad O'Neill. .Boston at bu ifouiw, clear. 3 d. m. mm HALL FOR Home Economics Authdrities Portland Guests lC'XPERTS in the art and science of home economics from all sections of the country gath ercd this morning in Portland on their way" to the annual convention of the American Home .Economics association, which opens Tuesday in Corvallis. The visitors include Dr. Isabel Bevier. one of the organizer of the association (above, left) ;Miss Margaret Fedde, director, of home economics of the University jof Nebraska (aboveirht) ;rMrs.?J4G; Wil liams, head of the department of home economics of the University of Arizona (center, left; MissXenna F." Copper, superintending dietitian of the:United ;States ajrmy; during the war (center; right) ; Miss Winifred S. Gettemy of Michigan Agricultural college (below). V r . "'":,.;V-:':: j i -' r v , by - : - ' .V::V::::--5-y-:-::y'. jF .: 'V"--; i ; I i:-:-"-l':-':-: k y V f J r I ' :.' i-''y.::-:;0:-'- ? f I x - , ) - : y - f - -t-jJ - . v X , j. - uiiiiu Lri mi rv llUIIILLUUhUIIIIUO I EXPERTS "Professionalizing home-making and training for parenthood by. the correla tion or ail phases- or- home economics wiH.be .the dominant note .of the con vention this year said Miss Mary E, Sweeny ,presldent ;of the American Home Economics association,' who with more ' than . 300. of ; that organisation from all sections of the United States, tarried for a few hours in Portland to day, before going to-Corvallis, where the convention will open Tuesday afternoon for a five-day session. . Miss Sweeny, a vivacious and alto gether charming little Kentucklan, pro claims, with a merry twinkle In . her eye, that she is now "Just a regular human being," having resigned.' two weeks ago from the deanship of th Michigan Agricultural college at' Bast Lansing. Prior to holding that- posi tion Miss Sweeny was head' of the de partment '' of home economics In -the University of . Kentucky. V" - .. The Home Economics . association. which was organized, 15 years ago. was up to last year purely a national- or ganisation, bat at the jast convention we voted to have, state and regional CoaeIaded t Faca Twa. Cahtaw Tbiac) Portland Man- Saves Boy; From Drowning Salem. July 31. Bud Dimick, an en gineer, residing at No."21&4. Eaat Gli- san street. Portland, made himself a hero in the eyes of -scores of Boectators yesterday when. he. savedtan unidenti fied Silverton lad. 1Z years of age,' from drowning in the Willamette river near here. , , The youth, had started to go under for the . third , time when Dimic. without . stopping, to disrobe, dived into, the water , and brought him to shore. . . HERE DE VALERA'S AIDE IS FATALLY SHOT Dublin, July 3L (U. P.) Harry Bo land, , former ;envpy of , tbe flrimh J re public", to the -United States,: and, sec retary, to President. Kamonn De Valera, was. - shot :-this " morning and- probably fatally ; wounded while resisting . arrest at Skerries - hotel. .- 5.- . FYee State, troops, captured: Bo land and .took him to a hospitaidn a dying condition.,.- , . La" Grande Woman Killed in Accident La Grande, July 31. As the result of an automobile accident Sunday, Mrs. J. C. ' Austin of Elgin died last nlKht ; The accident -occurred - on- the Old' Oregon trail, several- mi lea east of ttum city, Her son was driving the car. ASH BLAST 'Chicago, ,July. 81.t-U. . P.)r-Forty persons 'twere .injured,': many., seriously, her today s when a huge gas tank of the People's 'Light : ' X3as' company exploded -The. -blast rocked, the 'earth, broke windows and caused other dam age. It was felt over a radius ef .many milas.-iMoat of the; injured -were em ployes and children playing in 'Streets near. by. i; Theys were burned. " All are expected . t. recover. ? , , , Twenty -six persons were : taken to hospitals, r The tank was not wrecked, but large boles, through which sheets of flame , shot, were - torn. . f . : -, :. Hobo Has-; His Day at Last Strike Like Picnic to Him , ' By Jo 1.' Pplk tntcmaUDal !ei Serrfoe Staff CorrapmMiaBt ,Cop7iUht, 122, bjr Interaatioisal. Nrw : ' ' Srrkw) :. ' - Escatiaha.-Mich... July 31. The rail road strike has' brought paralysis to the hobo. Time, was when, 'financially embarrassed', "tourists and1 impover ished gentlemen' of the road accom plished ' tHeir ' dut of seeing ' A metica first ,by stealthy rides ' on freights. Time was when ' these gentlemen shrank before : the 'advancing bob nailed 'boots " of the' brakeman.'- and sometimes even' -made- haaty? undigni fied exits from tha train .assisted -by vigorous propulsionr'rom the -foresaid footgear, But th was nime was.", Today the railroads have 'suffered a change of neart., and "Weary Willies are no longer- kicked off trains. - In stead, they are received , with ' open arma by tha railroads, their every RAIL STRIKE IS NEAR END, Member of; Harding's Cabinet . Says the i New Compromisa .Worked on Seniority Question Is Agreeable " to Both Sides Washington, 'July, 31. (U. P.)-i-Th . rail, strike will be Settled tomorrow, a member of President Harding's cabinet confidently asserted today. -i' He stated a compromise has been ' worked' out on the 'seniority Question which both sides In meetings at New ' Tork and Chicago would accept. New York. July 31 (I. I S.) The Association of Eastern Railway Execu tlvea, a body of railroad presidents who are said to hold the scales which will determine the swing to peace or war in the shopmen's strike, went into secret executive" session at the exclu sive Metropolitan club today. , ., - 1T F.-'Loree, president of the Dela ware A Hudson,, who on Saturday pub licly .chlded President Harding on the form' of his - intervention, was in' the phair.' t. J;: -' - - ". , ' . x '-? t Bail executives from all parts of the country , were speeding toward' New . York for the meeting tomorrow of the national, association' of the executives, ' which is to hear from its chairman, i T, Dewitt Cuyler. the president's peace formula. The forecast obtained today from officials-holding highly responsible posi tions is that neither the'.Eaatarn execu. tlves today nor the national body to-: morrow-will be able to reach unanim ity on ' any compromise. ; ; 1 ."From the advices which. I received from various railroads, I . see . abso- -, lutely nothing to Indicate that a com promise is likely," one prominent rail road man declared. : "I am not in a position ; to speak authoritatively for the Eastern and national association, . but I know what is solng on under the surface.". ..'; HABBINO'S PLANS TIBTCALLT . - ACCEPTED BY BAIL UNIOUg Washington, July 81. (U. P.) The confident prediction that 400,000 strik ing railway shopmen will be back at their posts before the end ef. the week, posaibly. before, was made today by government .officials who Tiave been handling the- critical situation caused, by tha twin -coal and. rail strikes. ; Messages to the White House during the last 24 hours show. that a majority of the 148 railroad executives who will iCoselnded on. Faa Two. Ooloma.riva) "Perk tap, ladles' and - gentlemen. Business is picking up and maybe you can afford to buy silk hose this win ter - instead of . woolens, such as - you wore last winter." ' : i-:-v: This is not a dispatch from the na tional convention of hosiers in Atlan tic City.but quotation from a speech that , the ; Enraptured : Reporter would make If asked to speak before a noon lunchon somewhere after an. investiga tion today. -Here la what was found: The bank clearings during July, up until noon - today, were 3132.318,278.90. Bank : clearings are the checks can-. called through tha clearing house here: July a year ago the clearings were only 3107,852,881.14. t And the balance at the end of this month Is 327.683.887. as compared with 319,886,452 last July. BriLDINO INCREASES . ' The building Inspector In the " city hall reportvthat this July. 1248 build-. Ing permits "were issued, the buildings to be valued at ' about 82,105, 21S, as compared to 1118 permits last July, the buildings being worth 31,446.324. , The biggest structures in this year's pro gram are the Meier Sc. Frank ware- . tCoaehtdad oa Pace Four, Colnmn Thraa) Race to Complete ; Dams Before Snow Bend, July 31. In. a desperate race to complete the Crane pr air la- and Crescent: lake dams before snow ' flies, the" United Contracting company will start Ita work for the Tumalo" district and the ' Noifh Canal - company Tues day. : Will EJlis, superintendent,' start ed the roachmery and actual construo tion moving today. ,, . , wish accorded, and their all too often " wrinkled ... stomachs are given the -wherewithal to take out the creases, CHUM .WITH BOSSES No longer do they ride on freights. ' for- Pullmans are at their service, with porters to -minister to their wants. No longer do they feed on scraps, but eat of-substantial meals in diners, and most fantastic .dreams - coma true they, chum around with high railroad officials, call them "Bill" and "Jack." w hlle all unite to produce honest per spiration aad little results. ; Out of mora than y-100 -men with whom tha writer- associated as a shop employe, only one man '.was found who anew hie job, i He was an electrician and: admittedly out to get all the money he' could during the prosperity wages in - his line resulting from tha Concluded am Fag a govt Cchma roar). jhoKmr