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r T"' CITY: EDITION CITY EDITION If All Here and If All True FINANCE BoaiueBB is of vital con cern to every reader. Thus It is that The Journal's business news pages are the most comprehensive of any pub lished in Portland. - If a All Here and All True WEjLifHJCR' Tonight v Had v Wednes-' day. far, northwesterly winds,' " MaxJraulm temperatures Monday t ' Portland- j. .. . , ...5iNew.- Orleans 3 Boise ..i. ...... S4I New York ......4 Los Angeles. . ..78JSt. .Paul . , VQjL. XX. NO. 123. t Pfwtofflf , Portland. Orein Entered a Second-dais Matter PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 1, 1922. TWENTY-TWO' PAGES. , PRICE TWO CENTS TKftlNS SNA KIWI TM0 fJVK CCNT3 ft KING BRINGS LOSS TO HALL SIDE Olcott Gets Additional Ballot i in East Gervais Precinct, Only Error Found in Recount of Votes in 10 Precincts Named Salem. Aug-. 1. Governor Olcott this morning profited by the first error found in the primary election recount of ballots for MariOn eounty precincts, When the court ordered one ballot which had been marked for both Hall and White thrown out and admitted a ballot evidently rejected by the elec tion board which had been doubly marked for' Olcott. The revised figures for the precinct, East Gervais, grave Olcott 53, Hall 1-C The election board's figures gave Olcott 62, Hall 15. The error was one of only two which have been found in the 10 ..precincts counted since yesterday. Nine of the 142 irregularities alleged by the Hall forces in these precincts have been re vealed by the check, and the feeling that the whole contest proceeding will fizzle out is hourly recoraing stronger. The charges of Illegal; voting In each of the precincts, which' will necessitate the calling of -witnesses, yet remain to come, .but the irregularities in the count of election boards have not been proven, unless the action of the elec tion judges in counting one ballot : tlttown out by the court this morning ' may be classed as one of the alleged irregularities. OSE TOTE THROWS OCT In East Mt Angel precinct one vote was thrown out because Olcott's name and ballot number had been written in but no cross marked between either the printed or written names and numbers. At the noon recess the figures of the recount showed Olcott had gained one and lost one. while Hall had lost one without evening up by a 'single gain. Confusion among the attorneys and members of the counting board and assistants resulted ' in an extra count or two for Halt while the Englewood precinct was being recounted, but - a comparison with the official tally sheet and a private recheck by Attor neys Bowerman and Collier revealed . the mistake and the official result was 'sustained. OLCOTT GAISS ONE In East Gervais, where it was al , fceged two votes had been erroneously - counted, for Olcott, one had. been cast " for Olcott on a. Democratic ballot and where seven votes had been tallied for Olcott in excess of the number of bal lots cast, the recount gave Olcott a sain of one and Hall a loss of one by an - order Of the court admitting a ballot which had been doubly marked tor Olcott, and the elimination of the ballot of one voter who had voted for both Hall and White. The ' recounted total for the precinct gave Olcott 63, Hall 14. As the ballot box was being repealed. Attorney C'Ren gave notice that it would again be required when te charges of illegal .voting in that precinct were entered (into. He an- ( Concluded on Pare Two iColnm:. Three.) RE WAVE OF WATER , ENGULFS MACHINE Bend. . Aug. 1. A wave- of water 4 three feet deep and SO feet long com pletely covering the road and eoctend- tag Into the timber on either side, fol lowing a cloudburst Monday evening, ' , almost engulfed James Smith and three passengers in Smith's .car on their way from La Pine to BeJ"d on The Dalles- California highway. f - , The car s progress was halted and it J Was badly soaked. Deep holes were corn in liic lugjiway auu iiucu wim debris. There was very little rainfall In Bend. D emocratic Solon Terms- Tariff Bill 'Damnable Measure' Washington. Aug. 1. (L ??. S.)-f Parliamentary reserve that usually characterizes senate, debate was cast to the winds this afternoon in a slash ing Democratic attack upon the pend ing tariff MIL ? Senator ' Simmons, Democrat, of North Carolina, in an unusually ve- hement attack on the measure, de scribed if as "a profiteering plunder bund, damnable measure," The de bate hmged upon Bilk 'schedules. Administration' leaders swept aside all opposition, . however, on the first - vote, defeating by 23 to 35, an attempt to reduce the rate on thrown silk, not more advanced than singles. The com- . mtttee'rate of 25 per cent ad valorem, was then adopted without a record yote. j Liquor Car Driver - Shot by Federal Officer at Baker - Baker, Or.. Aug. L T.. R. Wilson is In the hospital here today with a bul let wound in the left lest and about a fifty-fifty chance of undergoing am putation. Wilson was stopped by of- V -fleers on the street at tHO last eve ' ning in bis car. He struck two of the ! officers as he jumped from the car . apd ran down the street. A., special federal ffkjer, one of the men whom he struck, followed Wilson, firing two shots; i the air, and,. when .he refused to stopj with the third shot . hit' him in the tefij leg. t . In Wilson's car 200 bottles of liquor ,1, were found, , said to be high-grade goods from over the. Canadian border. 3 States' Selecting Candidates Kansas City, Mo, Aug. 1. (U. P.) Voters swarmSed to the polls today to decide important questions in the state primaries in Missouri. Kansas and Oklahoma. Early balloting was especially heavy, according to first reports, and indica tions were that an unusually large vote would be cast in the three states. The day dawned clear and"bright anfi predictions were for fair weather. k Attention of the country centered on the senatorial fight in Missouri where Senator James A. Reed and Brecken ridge Long are seeking the Democratic nomination. The voters' verdict was expected to show whether a revolt, sim- ilar to the Iowa, Pennsylvania and In diana upsets, is on in the Democratic party. The industrial court law was an is sue in the Republican gubernatorial rrtmary in Kansas. Pred Knapp open ly opposed the court and was backed by labor. W. Y. Morgan governor Al len's favorite, was the only aspirant giving the law unqualified indorsement. Other candiadtest were pledged to make modifications. Democrats were inter ested only in local issues.. BITTER FIGHT WAGES OKLAHOMA FOR GOVERNOR ( By L'litTenal Serrlee) Oklahoma City, Okla., Aug. L The hottest political campaign in the his tory of the state came to a whirlwind finish last night, with all candidates claiming a majority of the 600,000 votes expected to be cast at today's pri maries. The; three-cornered fight for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination between R. H. Wilson, superintendent of public instruction, Mayor J. C. Wal ton of Oklahoma City and Judge Thomas C. Owen has completely over shadowed all other developments of the campaign. , Wilson hias the indorsement of the Ku Klux Klan. In pamphlets distrib uted over the state Sunday, and in newspaper advertisements today, the klan, addressing a message to "all lov ers of . law and order," indorsed 29 Democratic candidates for the state offices, with Wilson heading the list. Catholics are taking the klan ticket seriously, as evidenced by the vigor with which they denounce, theklan's nominees. They claim that there are more' voters outside the klan organiza tion than within, and that they can de feat the klan ticket. They are strong ly supporting Walton. Walton is also the candidate of the Farmer-Labor Re construction league and has the sup port of union labor. 8WA5BOK LEADS SATIS Richmond, Va., Aug. 1. (U. P.) Senator Claude A. Swanson is leading Governor Westmoreland Davis for the Democratic nomination to be United States senator, according to indications founded c-n reports of early voting In a dozen counties. Strikebreakers Attacked, Beaten At Grants Pass Grants Pass. Aug. 1. Strikers and strikebreakers have been , mixing In combat here. Friday night Charles Higins, a strikebreaker at the South ern Pacific roundhouse, was beaten Inio mconsciousneas by three men A short time later Franz arnes was blackjacked by unknown persons while walking with his mother. He was unconscious for some time. Late Mon day afternoon another strikebreaker was attacked by three men in River side park, but he proved his fighting abi'ity by knocking out two of his op ponents and putting the other to flight. Cha'les Droulette and Joe Gorman were plftced under 3500 bonds Mon day to Insure their appearance at the September term of the grand jury, charged with assault and battery upon Charles Higgins, roundhouse employe of the Southern Pacific' Gorman Is well known In Portland, having appeared in many boxing con tests in the coast cities, and recently returned from New York, where he appeared at Madison Square Garden. Woman Put Off of Train, Guard Held La Grande. Or.. Aug. 1. J. S. Mar tinson, a railroad guard, has been bound over to the grand jury on charges of assault and battery brought by Mrs. Group of Wallowa. Martin son is alleged to have put her off a train without provocation. The local strike committee has hired special counsel to assist the prosecuting attorney. Flivvers Used to Drive Cows t ib. tt at a t Honks Displacing Dog's Bark (Special THateh to The Journal) (Coprnsbt, 1921') Burlington, Vt, Aug. 1. The honk of the flivver horn is rapidly supplant ing the bark of the dog in driving home the cows through Northern New England. Most of the farmers who work the soil tn this northern sec tion have abandoned the old-time, method of bringing the cattle in from pasture. No longer do they walk miles across the lota accompanied by their well trained collies. , Instead they ride back and forth from the barns to the pasture lots. . - Many f the farmers have equipped the gates leading from the pasty res to the lanes and into the barnyards with a system of counter-weights so that the gates open . automatically when they reach the proper distance - with KLEPPER IN NEAR FIGHT Portland Team Owner and San Francisco Men ATmost Come to Blows Over Tie Vote on Barring4 Former From League. San Francisco, Aug. 1. Verbal fire works and a partial victory for W. H. Klepper, owner of the Portland Coast league ball club, were the principal features of the Coast league meeting here today. Klepper became involved in heated arguments with Charles Graham and Dr. C. H. Straub of the San Francisco club, but they were called to order by President W. H. McCarthy before . they could come tp blows. Klepper victory came in the vote on a resolution introduced by Graham calling upon the league to remove Klepper from any connection, official or otherwise, from the Portland club. The fe solution failed to pass, 4 to 4, those opposing it being Los Angeles, Portland, Salt Lake and Oakland di rectors. GRAHAM STARTS SOW The Graham-Klepper and Klepper Strub imbroglios were the result : of Graham's resolution. Graham Btarted the row by saying to Klepper . that if he were a man he would get out ' of the league. Klepper retorted hotly, but before he could get very far Strub Jumped into the fray with a reflection on Klepper's reputation.' "I'll stake mine against yours," re plied Klepper, and then President Mc Carthy interfered. In the open meeting President Mc Carthy stated that the directors would be foolish to give Klepper favorable consideration, "because Landls wants him out of organized baseball, and he will have to get out." THOSE AT MEETIICG Those present at the meeting were : W. J. Steinert, Seattle ; Charles Lock- hart, Los Angeles ; Ed Maier, Vernon ; Lou Moreing, Sacramento ; Charles Graham, San Francisco ; William Lane. Salt Lake ; Gus Moser, Portland ; J. C. Ewing, Oakland ; Harry Stafford, legal representative of the league, and Bresl dent McCarthy. f. i Moeer announced that If ' action . Is taken, barring the two men he has le gal papers prepared in readiness to start action, to prevent thsAeaguo. car-i-viar out its r-roerataJT. HarrvStif . ford, league attorney, admitted that the resolution barring Klepper and Brewster might' not be; upheld in the courts, but its adoption was urged by Graham and others As being necessary to put the league on record as willing to carry out Judge Landls decisions in full. A telegram was dispatched to Judge Landis asking his advice. An immedi ate reply is expected and the meeting adjourned after three hours' delibera tion to meet again tomorrow at 10 o clock. 40 PILGRIMS OIF Paris Aug. 1. (L N. S.) Forty re ligious pilgrims bound from the famous shrine of the Grotto de Lourdes were killed today ifx a collision of two trains. Fifty others were injured. The disaster occurred near Tarbes. The shrine of Lourdes, a Catholic institution, is the most famous of Its kind in the world and is daily visited by pilgrims from all parts of the world. The train containing the pilgrims was unable to climb a grade between Mil lau and Villecomtal. It began sliding backward gaining great speed as it whirled down the incline. It crashed Into another train that was ascending the, same grade. The disaster occurred about 3 o'clock this morning. Immediately after the crash assistance was rushed to the scene. Some of the victims were crippled and ill and were on their way to the shrine in hopes of obtaining physical as Well as spiritual relief. A high official of the Midi railway told International News- Service this afternoon that there were no Amer icans on the wrecked train. Later details said that some of the pilgrims were blind, others deaf and dumb and still others were so crippled they had to be carried. Priests among the crowd helped in thei rescue work. . IN TRAIN WRECK their automobile. This simplifies the work very much. . It is a common Bight along the roads of La Mottle county to see herds of from 60 to 60 cows being driven from pasture by the farmer or his hired man seated In their lightweight flivver, the machine darting from one side to the other bonking warnings to the cows as they amble slowly along their dusty way. t j - Occasionally a faithful old dog will be seated on the running board or even in the car Itself. They forget once in a while and Jump out to head a par ticularly obstreperous cow. desirous of breaking np the procession. Bat. for the most part they are content to leave the entire performance to their1 mas ters who seem to hava the cows edu cated to understand the tooting signals of their horns. . , - - ;;v - ij- "- ' f A - ; CHICAGO IS TIED UP BY CAR TR Twenty Thousand Surface? and Elevated Carmen Walk Out; Traffic Blocked and Col lisions Occur; Workers Hike. Chicago, Aug. 1. Traffic was Hope lessly confused and congested in Chi cago's Loop district today as a result of a strike of street car and elevated line employes. ' Automobiles and trucks, honking and tooting, were lined up for blocks with no prospect of moving for hours! Some machines moved a block in an hour. Many accidents were reported. Two trucks loaded with many workers crashed in a head-on collision- and three were taken to hospitals. large number of business houses failed to open tip, employes being un able to reach their working places. Sleam roads put on many extra trains, fiut were unable to handle the crowds which swarmed the stations. ALL CARS IDLE Twenty thousand conductors and motormen of surface lines and elevated roads walked out. Not a wheel turned on the traction rails after 4 a. m. Three million persons, who normally use the traction- systems duririg the day.- were forced to use improvised methods of transportation. Thousands of patrons of the trac- (Concluded on Page Two, Coluinn Two) MEDFORD GRAND JURY ENDS TASK By Ralph Watson Journal Staff Comssoodent Medford, Or., Aug. 1. Testimony has been completed in thee three .so called night rider hanging cases that have een nder investigation by 'the Jackson, county grand -Jpy here for thejlast week, and theJury has re turned tf 2 acksonville f ssonslder the question -if "indlctraefltsf It is ex pected that Its : report wfll- be In the hands of the circuit coirt by this afternoon late. The indictments, if returned will be secret until such time as the oou'nty clerk can make out the warrants for arrest, place" them in the hands at : the sheriff and they are by him served and arrests made. There are three statutes under which these indictments could be framed, the riot statute, the one against extortion and the assault with a dangerous weapon statute. MAY USE RIOT STATUTE Lawyers of Medford who have been following the course of the Investiga tion, in so far as that is possible' in a grand jury Investigation, are of the ppinion that the most probable course for the jury to adopt, 'should iit in dict, would be to use the riot statute, which is broad in its terms and could cover practically every phase of the three hanging parties here, supposed ly, under the auspices of the Jackson county Klu Klux Klan in March last. Testa-day afternoon one member of the Medford klan went before the grand jury to tell of his connection with the klan activities, and It Is be lieved 'that his testimony was of much importance' in checking up and supply ing missing links in the circumstantial evidence which has" been piling into the jury for the last week. . This klansman. whose name has not been disclosed, is said, nevertheless, to have been one of the members of the "trial court" of the klan which met In the office of a prominent professional man of Medford during February, Where the ' Hale, Johnson and Burr ( Concluded on Pace Two, Column Elcbt) Julian Eltinge Has Operation Buffalo. N. T., Aug. 1. (U. P.) Julian Eltinge, famous female .Imper sonator, underwent an operation for appendicitis at a hospital here today. Games Today PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Oakland at Portland. 2 :45 pv m. Vernon at Seattle, "postpoined ; teams traveling. Sacramento at San Francisco. 2 :45 p. m. Salt Lake at Los Angeles, 2 :45 p. m. NATIONAL St- Louis at Brooklyn Postponed ; rain. Chicago at Philadelphia Postponed; rain. At Boston R. H. E. Cincinnati . 000 020 OflO 2 9 1 Boston . . . . . . . 003 OOO 00 3 8 0 Batteries Donohae. . Keck and Hinrnn: Mlrquard and Gowdy. At ."Sew lor K. H E. Pfttsbors . ..... 200 7H 10010 13 2 New York too 100 000 2 11 2 Batteries Cooper and tiooch. Mattn: Bras, Jenaard. Bcou and gnyderT AMERICAN At Clrieaco (four innincs) New Trk -. . . . 1O0 O Chiraio 104 0 Batteries Jones. Man. Hort and Krnans: Fiber and Schalk. Called off acconnt of rain. At Ietroil R. ! IT. E. Fhiiadrlphia 000 201 1 100 4i. 0 Detrmt .914 300 0 11 M S Battn Narlor. Hast. Hmark : : nctlan sad Perkis. Brossr. Bauss and M anion. At -VJereland . s. H. -K Wasbtnston . ....S00 0OO 001-5- $ 19 1 Clereland SOT S20 60 17 21 1 atcrie I raocis. Zarhary. Ertrksea and Picimrk; Bagbj and 0"NeiU, tihinaalt. . e. - Boston atu Xaonis, clear. 3 p. m. NATRON RAIL LINE ASSURED, IKE GRAY ASSERTS Natron Cut-off Will Be Com pleted as Result of Railroad Divorce Squabble, in- Opin ion of Union Pacific Chief. Completion of the Natron cut-off, liakirg Portland and the Willamette valley with South ''Central Oregon, is the one thing absolutely assured in the controversy which rages about the unmerglng of the Southern and Central Pacific. Carl R. Gray, president of the Union Pacific system, is authority for this statement, presented entirely without qualification. President Gray arrived In Portland this morning. He will spend the week here going into the Oregon situation. In the office of General Manager J. P, O'Brien of the Union Pacific hi said. that :ie will reserve his definite state ment until he has completed his in-' quiry. "I -may have no promises to make them, but I will have a statement,.' he commented with the famlMar Carl Gray smile lighting his features. "The Union Pacific looks upon prom ises as things not to bi lightly offered, but as notes that will fall due and must be paid." "If the Central Pacific is unmerged from the Southern Pacific and made an independent railroad," said Mr. Gray. t must complete the Natron cutoff. rt the Southern Pacific retains control, it has categorically promised to com plete the Natron cutoff. And we. the Union Pacific, have categorically prom ised that if weJbbtain the Central Pa cific we will complete the Natron cut off." 7 As to other railroad construction by the Union Pacific, particularly ths; ex tension of the line from Crane across interior Oregon to connect with the Natron cutoff, in the event that Union Pacific plans are successful, Mr. Gray preferred to reserve statement TELLS OF PLAN President Gray contented himself with tihe observation that " it Is the Union Pacific's interest in and sen sitiveness -far- .the . public, interest i Oregon, that has taken him on one of the quickest trips known, .from the Pacific coast to- New i'ork and from the. Atlantic back to the Pacific Sffaln. He was equally non-committal rela tive to the rreater - terminal plans of, the Union Pacific the reported plan which exerts so powerful an appeal J on the lay fnintl or spreading Union Pacific terminals like the fingers of a vast hand to connect more closely with (Concluded on Pace KiT, Column Two) COAL CONFERENCE IS CALLED BY LEWIS Philadelphia, Aug. l.-A call to a conference between operators and min ers in the central competitive coal fields, to be held In Cleveland on Aug ust 7, was issued this morning by John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America. Commenting on the issuance of the call, Mr. Lewis said. In part: "In issuing an invitation to the coal operators of the central competitive field to assemble in joint .conference at Cleveland on August t, l ira actuated by the highest considerations of public welfare and the impelling necessity for an estrly adjudication of the issues Involved. In the bituminous and anthra cite coal fields. "This strike, wnparallelled in Its magnitude, is now in Its 18th week, and constitutes an industrial convul sion which menaces the financial and social fabric of our nation. Aside from the tremendous personal sacrifices so bravely endured by the mine workers, the strike is exacting . penalties from every citizen of our land, and is clog ging ths channels of commerce and disturbing the : realms of finance and credit throughout the civilised world. Its effect will continue to be felt long after its termination, and the burden will fall heaviest upon those . least able to bear it. "Those' who block the success of such a conference by refusal to partic ipate, should therefore be held respon sible for the continuance of the strike." PLAN FOR ROCTINO COAL COMPLETED AT CAPITAL (By Uniersal Serriee) Washington, Aug. 1. Working plans under which government coal distribu tion will! operate were completed Mon day afternoon at a conference of the president's coal committee of produc ing operators and other government agencies; The plans as formulated were sub mitted to Secretary . of Commerce Hoover. chairman of the president's coal committee, for review and approv al and will be made public by htm. The coal distribution is concerned primarily with the interstate movement of coaj. Local distribution within the states j is a matter of state control. One : development of the conference was he shaping up of district com mittees in each coal producing field. These committees will be composed of a representative coal distributor.- a representative of L C. C. a represen tative of the railroad or railroads serv ing each field and representatives of ths operators producing In the district. : tNTrrj.Tiojr bejected - Pittsburg,; ;Aug. L L N. 8. The Pittsburg cool Producers' association, dominant factor in the Western Penn sylvania bituminous coal fields today telegraphed iohn L. Lewis, president of the Unites Mine Workers, a refusal to attend the convention called for Cleveland on August 7. Portland Man GivenPlace; RALPH MOODY M Pordandwho has bnV ap pofnted by." Attorney-General Daugherty as assistant attorney, in the war fraud section of the department of justice. This photograph has just been taken in, Washington; .' " I"-' 1 -. .1 U.i.-,., -iH)-" .SiJM., . 4 MOTORISTS ROBBED BYU MASKED MEN . ! - - : . Graihs 'Paas'. Aug. . 1. Highwaymen baW; anstltuted a relsT ' of terror; for motorists in.' Cow Crfcelt canyon' where sevej-aji , robberies .took place Sunday. Members of pne party lost everything valtie they had wtthHhem. Another party fwae "'sent' to' Hbseburg while reports- have '.it' .that several . other holdups were staged in the same vicin ity.' . I , The highwaymen wore rpd bandana handkerchiefs over their faces except one, waio appeared to be leader, hid his fade behind a white' handkerchief. There were four of the highwaymen. The only thing; overlooked by the robbers in one party was a small gold watch, 'worn' by "Mrs." Lama JDolbro. wife of - the driver--of . the car. Mr. and Mrs. 'Polbto pwere driving' from Portland to , their- home t at Bidding when the holdup took place,- about 10 miles cm , the, other side of Glendale. The robbers ?then threw a sheet over the heads of the lr victims,', got in the car and drove it to a point on this side of the mountain. They took them up .a. secluded side 'read and then, proceeded to help themselves to every thing -of value'. After robbing them, j the , highwaymen , cut the wiring In the automobile' and left them. Dol bro managed to get the wiring together o that they could proceed to Grants Pass. - .'-; Local of fleers - are certain that they will -be 'able tor Identify the robbers and r-are now, at'vwork - on the case, victihia of the holdup and -the descrip tion appears to tally with a number of men wanted ; by the officers for cer tain other-offenses. -- - - ' Klan Propaganda Is Dropped From Plane Okhoma City. Ok! Aogv L (IT N. & jCards beeHi;:"tt? picture of a Wooded Shiga i and toe initials K. K- K. were1 "dropped 'ifrora airplanes over the negro district here today. Up to short ly before J. o'c4olt this' afternoon Voti inir ttf these- districts;, was extremely light.' "t viot attempt to vote unless you are legally registered and can vote for; c!ean law enforcement.'' the 'cards read.- ' w ".' - - , . f J V' v. - f P 4- STOCK SALE RATE Washington Aug. . L-r-(L N. : 8.) Charges of maintaining unjust, unrea sbnable 'and 'discriniinatory r rates ;Xor the sale-and purchase of liyestock have been filed against, the livestock, ex changes of Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha, St. Paul and Portland, Of., by the American National Livestock asso ciation, ithe NaUonal Wool Growers' associatibn'and 13 state livestock asso ciations, the department of agriculture announced this ' afternoon. The; complaints have been sent by Secretary of Agriculture Wallace to eachof the defendants, who are given until September 1, 1S22 tof He an answer to satisfy the complaints. Com plaintwas also made against individual commission agencies, in Port Worth, Texas. The producers'-organisation .making thecom plaints represented that the live stock commission charges "are substan tially 100 per cent higher than those prevailing on - these markets in . 1905, They ask for an award- of damages against the defendants for the amount of charges collected 'over and above what may' be determined) to be 'just and reasonable. "Portland livestock .commission . men todtfy charge a lower selling commis sion on livestock than any of the es tablished stockyard markets of the country," 'says Arthur Benson of the Benson Commission company at North Portland and president of the Port land Livestock Exchange. '. ; "We feel that the complaints against this market are unjustified for the very good reason- that our charges arenow and .have all along been,, lower than other markets. "During the warf when the Eastern ' markets advanced their commission charges for . cattle selling to $30 a car. North Portland continued to sell at ,$18.75, the pre-war charges. Which --are still -effective." -t "This is a one-day market. ' We have practically only one day of real, sell ing here,, but rare put to ;the expense of maintaining help for the remainder of the. week." ....... J Ken WiUianij3 Gets' His 27th Home Eun St. Louis, Mo.". Aug. jTilN1) Ken Williams, Brown's outfleider, ran bis string of borne runs for the season up to 27 this afternoon when, he hit for the circuit in. the sixth, inning of today s game wita Boston, "fttp' Coi lins'was pitching for the Ked Sox. . UNJUST, IS PLEA REJECTED BY RAIL CHIEFS Executive! Turn Down Proposal Affecting Seniority of Shop -Strikers, but All Peace Ne- , gotiations Are . Not Off. ' New Tork, Aug 1. The railroad, presidents have sent to Washington their reply to President Harding's pro-' fposals to end the shopmen's strike, L. F. Loree, chairman of the meet ing, announced that, the efecutlves had unanimously rejected the president's proposals regarding restoration of seniority rights to strikers. Loree, ' official spokesman for ' the executives, would not say what action was taken - on Harding's .other pro posals. Later Lbree said that there had been "qualified rejection" of the president's other proposals. . ; ' SENIOBITT BEAB ''-. He said the presidents had' consid ered Harding's letter (to T. EHtWitt Cuylgr, which 'was' read at the meet ing today, as an ultimatum confirming -earlier reports by an unofficial spokes man. Unlike the" first spokesman,; however, Loree said the roads bad .re jected the "ultimatum." The 'point of view of the presidents was put into shape by a committee of five. . . - "Seniority is dead," Loree said, "as far as we (the Eastern railroad presi dents) are concerned. We have noth ing to add to our previous statements." J1EETISO BKEAK8 UP w As far as could be ascertained, art effort is made to treat' the president's proposals with courtesy and considers-. tion and not to close the door- vig orously. , The drafting committee had been In session nearly an hour . when it ' re- -ported to the main body, and its draft was adopted by acclamation. c The meeting broke up immediately, the various rail heads indicating their intentions of returning to their various headquarters.. ! TheTeply, drafted with extreme care, ts said to be seven or eight typewritten pares long. , .-- s -&.-; ?. ;'N:OTrra5resident Hard ',, Img'S) plan for-; adjustment -of . the rail way Shopmen's strike was presented t the presidents of the 14. railroads ot the country hers this afternoon by Herbert I Hoover, secretary r of com merce. 1 . .-j' ' - Admitted to. the great high ceilinged board room of the . New Haven . rail road In Grand Central Terminal build ing after the executives, had been in session ajbare half hour the secretary, is understood to have spent 20 minutes in an outline of the Harding formula for strike settlement A burst of ap plause greeted " the Conclusion Of Hoo ver's brief business-like talk. He left the board rootAlnjinedlately. i x PLAN RECEMNED j ".rf '. A few minutes later, at 12 :J5 o'clock, the executives themselves came out. The text of the president's .proposals follows : . ? - " "I am hereby Conveying to you the terms of agreement upon '' which the railroad managements and shop work ers are to unite preliminary to calling off the existing strike. s ,1 ' i"Flrst : Railway managers and workmen are to agree to recognise the validity of all decisions of the railway labor board and to faithfully carry out; such decisions as contemplated by the law. ' i ' "Second : The carriers will withdraw all lawsuits growing out of the" strike and' railroad' labor ' board decisions which have been involved In the striae (Conelndod oa Pass Tea. Column Jfnwl , Gun Play Marks J Man's Effort to-See Wife Who Left Him Quick action by Charles Bruce-and his wife, who live on Foster road a. quarter of j a mile east of Buckley; avenue, may have prevented their, son-in-law,- W. A. Leets, from shooting . someone, Monday night, according to charges that "led to his arrest, r-j . Leets and his. wife are separated,, she making her home with Jher. parents. Monday night, acocrdlng to the old folk, Leets knocked at the door and demanded admittance. Bruce is said to have refused'. ' r , y Then, according' to the story told T deputy Sheriffs; Leets pulled a revolver and threatened to shoot his way In. Bruce grabbed the younger man ! while his. wife jumped - around behind and . twisted the gun out "of Leets' hand, throwing-it out the window..- Mrs. Bruce then ran out, slamming : the door behind her and picking -up the , gun as she ran. 'From a neighbors. house she -called the sheriffs- of flee. Deputies. Chrlstof fersen, Schlrmer snd; Rex appeared at the-scene 'posthaste.. When they arrived they found Leets x and his wife sitting on the front porch quietly talking things over. y ' , However,; lets was arrested, on a charge of assault with weapons, pre- . ferred . by thetnld folk. He was re . leased from the Vounty Jajl this after noort on $1300 baif sMPplied by his own ' mother. t.A"4.-'-;: Pasco Boy Dies of Rattlesnake s Bite asco. Wasn- A4r i-Nels, the 4-- yertr-old son of "Mm amt Mrs. Conrad Nelson of Cornell, was brought to- the local hospital Sunday, suffering from -t the .effects of a1" bitefrom a rattle- ', snake, and died about o'clock the, same evening, -. 'The "little-fellow was bitten by .the - reptile' about t 'deck t Jujiday morning. f :4 . .; - ' If. f " i hi