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CITY vEDITLON CITY EDITION ! AI Here and If All True! THE WEATHER Showers tonight ; and "Wednesday 7 southerly -winds, i f U . Maximum temperatures Monday Portland ...7a Newt Orleans- .!-. ie All Here and If All True ALL RADIO PROGRAMS Headers of i The Journal will fiad on the. Town Topic page each- day the radio pro grams of ail Portland stations.-. The Journars general 'schedule of broad -casting- stations is on distribution at most places carrying radio- supplies. POCSAeilO 80! New Tork 82 Los Angeles. ... .74,St Paul .. .-. .-.." PRICE TWO CENTS ,7 VOL. XX. NO. 136. Entered u Seenod Class Matter st Poetoffjee. Portland, Oracoa PORTLAND, OREGON, ' TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 15, 1922. TWENTY PAGES. COAL STR1K E PACT SIGNED Temporary Wage Scale1 and Working Conditions Decided Upon by Both Operators and Union Heads; Struggle r0ver. Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 15. (TJ P.) Coal operators and officials Of the United Mine Workers late today signed the peace agreement decided upon by the policy committee of the disputants. : John L. Lewis, miner leader, signed for the strikers, and T. K. Maher, president of the Maher Collieries com pany and chairman of the conference, signed for the operators. The agreement provides for: 1 Acceptance of the 1921 wage schedule. Continuation of the check-off system. No renewal clauses. COMMITTEE TO MEET A meeting in Cleveland, October 2, at which .a general scale committee of operators iand miners will be ap pointed. - j i The scale committee will meet Janu ary 3 of next year to draft another wage scale to become effective at the expiration of the scale accepted by both sides today. : -. Appointment of a committee of in quiry, or a "fact-finding commission,' to be composed of one miner represen tative, one operator and a representa tive of the general public. President 'Harding is to name the third i member If the miners and operators! cannot agree. This committee will investigate mining conditions and report I for the benefit of all concerned. ORDERS EXPECTED Orders to soft coal miners tc resume work immediately in mines in six estates that have been idle for months were expected to be Issued laie today by John L. Lewis, miners' chief. The operators accepted the agree- ( Concluded on Pass Three, Column Two) 1 - Klan Report Letter Declared as Stolen From Prosecution -: --, Los Angeles, Aug. 15. (I. pj. S.) A bombshell surprise broke in! the Kir . Klux Klan case today when it twas dis covered that a highly important docu ment had been stolen from the files of the district attorneys office by a mysterious, woman, who turned it over to the defense lawyers In the) trial of the 38 klansmen , who participated in the Inglewood masked mob raid. The document was a report made by Major William B. Heinecke, a dep uty district attorney, two days after the Inglewood raid, to Chief Deputy District Attorney Doran. In it Hein ecke related a conversation he had with M. B. Mosher. slain during the raid, eight days before the ifiob vio- - lence. The document theft was revealed when defense attorneys gave it to Judge Houser with the statement that it had been left at their office by an unidentified woman. Chief j Deputy District Attorney Doran charged tMat the letter was stolen from the district attorney's office, which has been under guard night and day since the Ingle wood raid. i- Falls City Family Welcomes Triplets Dallas. Or., Ausj. 15. Mrs. Riex Ober son of Falls City surprised jier hus band Monday by presenting him with three daughters at one time. The trip lets, weighing about 2 1-13 pounds each, are all well formed and all are expect ed to live. Oberson Is a laborer and his wife was formerly Miss Pay Mott of .Dallas. They have no other chil dren, i Germany Unable to Pay Full. Amount Berlin. Aug. 16. (L N. S.) the Ger man cabinet decided today j that it could pay only' 500,000 pounds sterling on account of private debts owed to allied citizens Instead of 2.000.000 pounds demanded by Premier Poincare. This payment is to be made under the so-called ("clearing procedure' NDS Blanche Sweet on Film Jaunt ; - Star Shies at Divorce Inquiry Blanche Sweet, famous motion pic ture actress, left Portland this morning" after a "wonderful." albeit brief visit. She as rived without her raittjens and departed? the same way. having handed "era both to her husband, Marshall Nielan. just before she deserted movie j land's capital to make a picture In the j cold, cruel wastes of the North. ' Marshall may mark the mittena "Ex ! hiblt A" when he takes the matter to the divorce court soon." stories frem ' that hotbed of marital turbulence inti mate. ; j ' Miss Sweet (nee Mrs. Marshall a Neilan) arrived in Portland at jS some-: ; thing Monday evening in company with a number of professional friends routed for Northeastern Washington; They i enjoyed" th luxuries of a private Pull 1 wan. whose seductive hires proved suf ficient to overwhelm by blissful sleep I the wonders of Portland's environment. ' The party; therefore, departed at S :1S it this morning just as one or two of the i unimportant member a, ef the tror-p Electrical 1 . Bolts Bring Rain Storm ' The heaviest thunder storm In more than a year swept ovet; the Northeast ern corner of the city Monday night, bringing with it. torrents of rain which swept deltas of mud snd rock from hillsides onto paved street and kept the atmosphere reverberating with lightning shocks. The Woodlawn and Rose City Park districts were hit harder than any other sections of the city although the Monta villa and Moiwt Tabor districts were drenched with a heavy rain. The electrical disturbance centered a little to the east of the city and no bolts of lightning struck within the city so far as could be determined. The West Side received only an edge of the storm and the district weather office reported a rainfall of only .18 of an inch while fully a half-inch of rain was reported to have fallen within one and one-half hour on the East Side, The storm was confined to Portland and vicinity since Willamette valley points reported only traces of rain. The district weather office reported that the storm was caused by a sudden change to warmer weather during the day. A low pressure area has developed in the Northwest along with the storm disturbance and the district weather office changed Its forecast .from fair weather to showers today. STORM HITS VANCOUVER "Vancouver, Wash., Aug. IB. A thun der storm of unusual violence struck Vancouver last night at 7 :30 o'clock, flooding the streets and soaking those caught out, even automobile tops be ing no protection where cars were fac ing north. The lightning was vivid and almost continuous. No damage from the storm has been reported. . GROCER BEATEN, ROBBED OF $70 After he was brutally beaten over the head and shoulders by a lone assailant near his home late Monday night, Frank'Vlncent, 80, No. 1733, Sacramento street, was robbed of $70 and left lying unconscious in the center of a muddy street. Vincent is proprietor of a grocery store at East 72d street and Sandy' boulevard. Shortly after 6 o'clock his wife started - from the store to th home, which la near the corner of Sac- ramento and East 67th streets, but when a block from the bouse she saw a man .run Into the bushes a short dis tance in front of her. Fearing foul play, she went to the home of a neigh bor and told her husband of the inci dent over the telephone. She reViained at the neighbor's home until late in the evening, and her hus band, as was his custom, rode home on a bicycle. He was about to turn the corner of East 68th street,' a block from his house, when hid assailant set upon him with a piece of timber four feet long.- He was beaten bo severely that his shoulder blade was broken. The police stated they have a clue as to the identity of the person who as saulted the grocer. Dr.; Sun Yat Sen Is Now Dominant Factor in China Peking. Aug. 15. (I. N. S.) Dr. Sun Yat Sen, deposed president - of Southern China, has been invited to come to Peking and his support has been asked by every important north ern leader. Sun thus becomes a dom inating factor in the Chinese situation. President Li Yuan Hung said today that he was greatly disheartened and had been "betrayed by the militar ists." He expressed hope that the parliament would accept his resigna tion. Mr. and Mrs. Pike Of La Grande Hurt Seattle, Aug. 15. (I. N. S.) Mr, and Mrs. Frank Pike of La Grande, Or., were seriously injured today when the auto mobile in which they were riding; was struck by a truck. John Ryan, also of La Grande, driver of the car, and Miss Pike escaped injury. The body of the. touring car was torn from the chassis by the impact and Pike thrown violently to the pavement. . Mrs. Pike was, cAished against the side of the car. They were rushed to the city hos pital. were showing sufficient signs of life to permit them to. clamber out of their uppers without disturbing Miss Sweet's sweet dreams or those of Barbara La Marr, John Bowers. Director Clarence Badger and other celluloid notables in the party. Miss Sweet turned over oa the other ear long enough to express regret at being unable to see the far-famed Co lumbia rtvar highway and receive the floral key Mayer Baker' would have presented had h been in the city. Tou see we're going north to make a film -chronicle of "Qutncy Adams Sawyer, "the first picture in which I have been cast for two years. Tea-e pardon me, but I ' hadn't quite finished my sleep I've just come from Hollywood. Oh, no, I dent think all the things they say are just true, but Mr. Neilan? , Oh dear me . - ",J1 aboard., thunders the basso -of the conductor. "Toot,' toot,Vsays the engineer. . , - ' . . , -1 -... . . CONTEST OF ELECTION IS CALLED OF Court Ruling That Law Shields Voter Brings to End Con test Instituted by Hall; Costs to Be Determined. Salem. Aug. 1JL The Hall-Olcott re count contest "blew up" here Monday afternoon with Ben W. Olcott more firmly entrenched as the Republican gubernatorial nominee than when Charles Hall., his defeated opponent, started the move to wrest the nomina tion from him through recount pro ceedings. Olcott's net tangible gata in the con test is 31 votes as a rewlt of the re count in- the contested precincts in Marion, Multnomah and Clatsop coun ties. Monday's session, at which the con testant was to have shewn illegal vot ing in the interest of Olcott, was a clear victory for the nominee. The only thing which remains to be done in the controversy is the issu ance of an order of abandonment by the court, in which Olcott's nomina tion will be confirmed, and the fixing. of costs in the con teat, which will be done by the court following arguments by attorneys for the - opposing, sides, probably within the next week. The rock upon which the hope of the Hall forces was fmally wrecked after having floundered through ad verse seas throughout its three weeks' voyage, was the decision of Judges Bingham and Kelly, enunciated earlier in the contest but most emphatically reaffirmed during the examination of a witness at the opening of the ses sion here Monday. This ruling Held that until at least a prima facie showing of illegal vot ing had been made by attorneys for the contestant, no ' attempt could be made to pry Into the secrecy of the ballot- The ruling was made when, after Theodore Brentano, St. Paul Jus tice of the peace, had testified that he acted in good faith in changing his (Concluded, cb Fwt Two, Coiumu Four) STANDARD OIL CO. r " ';'yvt . Washington, Aug. IS. U. !. -Investigation of the , Standard ..Oil com pany win be made by the special sen ate committee probing the prevailing high gasoline prices, it was an nounced today by Senator McJCary of Oregon, acting chairman. In a letter to Mcls'ary, W. C. Teagle, head of the Standard Oil of New Jer sey, said he would be glad to appear before the committee when hearing are resumed this week. ' 9 - Husband's Charges Against Millionaire Publicly Retracted Atlanta, Ga Aug 15. (U. P.) at traction of statements charging Wal ter T. Candler, millionaire banker and horse fancier, with misconduct with Mrs. Sarah By field aboard the Cunard liner Beringia was contained in a pho tographic copy of an alleged letter from the woman s husband pumisnen here today.' Attorneys for Candler who has filed suit to prevent Clyde K. Byfield prom inent Atlanta automobile man, from disposing of a note for $25,000 alleged to have been secured by blackmail made public the document. Byfield was said to have found Candler in a state room with Mrs. Byfield and to have taken a check for $26,000, later ex changed for the disputed note, in, pay ment for silence. 1 "In regard to our misunderstanding, I wish to say to you that I withdraw the statements I made against you, accusing you of being intimate with my wife," the letter, alleged to have been written by Byfield, said. The let ter was written In -Paris. Games Today PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Portland at Seattle, 2:45 p. m. Vernon at San Francisco,' 2 ;45 p. -m. Oakland at Los Angeles, 2 :45 p. m. Salt Lake at Sacramento, 2:45 p. m. . 3f ATIOXAL Three games scheduled At Ptttsbor R. H. K. Nw Tors . ... OOO 01 01 3 5 0 Fittstmrr . k 210 10 02 12 1 Btttcrie Nehf, Janaara ana Snyder; Cooper sad-Schmidt. . At Chiesco (first rtn) R. H. E. Bocton . .. .i .... . 000 000 000 4 1 Chicaco Oil 20 01 5 10 ' Batteries Watson. Braxtoa and O'N'eiH. Gibaoa; Kaaffzaaa aad O'FarreB. . ( At Clacin&ati R. H. E. Philadelphia. . ... 00 000 00 A V 1 Cincinnati 00 00 00 3 10 : 3 Batteries Meadows and Heniine; Donoboe and Wiaso. AMERICA . At Waahinrton (first smase) K. H. B St Ixxoia OOO o 1 1 11 1 WashtactoB . . ..1 301 Oft 21 1 0 t B"ries Wria-h. Pntt aad Serened; chary es Pkanicn.-, - , At PMlsnehvna (Mrs rem) R. H. Jt CtereJand . . .... 13 OOO 11 11 It O FhUadeiphia . . . OOO OOO SI -4 10 S Batteries storfana aad 0"Xein; Master. Henaaca, Salliraa. Eckrt aad Pezktaa. At Ibuedeipete itmcooa cam) - U. 'H E, Cterelaad ...... SHtS 91 v-t-r 11; Philadelphia . . . . ilo 21 SO 7 14 I . Mattenes Boone, Lindsay KdmsadsoB sad ty.Neil; UommeU Bd BrncsT. .,-. At Boston" f V , ft. H. E. CkBcaa-o . . . .-., ' 2t 23T 19 1 Boston ...... , se 17 OOl 11 18 MWaOQUIZ tup aad Sehalk; 4MinV BtosU. PacsiMoa, LMiMck, tolnns and Kod. ' -v . " . Detroit at JSw York. . dear, 30 1 ' Colonel Furlong In City Colonel Charles W. Furlong, author of "Let Kr Buck." based upon the Pendleton Ronnd-Up, the third edition of which wiJI appear this fall, is in Portland, following a several months' lecture tour through the East. Fur long, in addition to his lectures on for eign situations, has been devoting con siderable time to talking- on Oregon and has induced 12 or 15 persons to come to Oregon for the RounA-Up this fall, among them, Philip Rollins, au thor of "The Cowboy." Furlong has also been cooperating with George Putnam in rounding up 10 or 12 ; prominent authors In the East to attend the Pendleton event in a group. Included m me party win oe Captain Traprock of the "Cruise of the Kawa" fame. MOKE BOOKS PLAA5ED Furlong will spend several months around Pendleton, revising his book, writing magazine articles and finish ing four other books, two on foreign subjects, one on South American ex plorations in Patagonia, and another book on the West. He expects to make a particular study of pioneer types in the John Day country. Especially interested in International questions,. Colonel . Fffrlong believes there has never been a time when1 there is greater neea ror uncompro mising Americanism. "I do not believe America .should be limited from doing her part In solving world problems," he said. "I feel she has already done a tremendous piece of work unequaled' in th history of the world In her relief work in the stricken nations. In this there Is a great difference between America's at titude of brotherly love as compared with the old imperialistic policies of the old world order of Europe. I feel (Continued on Pace fourteen. Column Six) FRUIT EMBARGO LIFTED BY S. P. Embargoes issued Monday against the acceptance of fruit, perishable iroods and livestock by the Southern Pacific lines for shipment through Ger- V ber and Roaeville, Cal., were with drawn at 10 o'clock today, according to an - announcement issued from the office of ; X ; Hw Mulchay ? general freight agent for the Oregon lines, '" -4- Return of switchmen at Gerber ana Rose ville permitted the opening of the Southern gateway and the embargo or der was annulled. MuVchay reported that the short embargo had not caused loss to the fruit growers because the harvest had just started. San Francisco, Aug. 15. The em bargo on fruits and other perishable freight laid on traffic east via the Og den route of the Southern Pacific rail road was expected to be lifted : today following announcement that an agree ment had been reached with striking "Big Four" workers at Roseville. The agreement fallowed an all-night confer ence and today trains were reported moving through RosevtHe as usual. The return to work of the men there released a large number of cars of fruit that had been tied up. This was the only, hopeful develop ment In the Pacific coast rail situation as California fruit growers met here today to devise ways and means of meeting the ruinous situation brought about by the railroad strike. -The meeting was called by State Di rector of Agriculture H. E. Hecke, who hopes to -find a way of pooling Interests so as to salvage as much as possible of the record crop, lack of transporta tion facilities for which, it is estimated, is costing the growers $1,000,000 a day. a Roseville. Cal., Aug. 16. (U. P.) Striking members' of the "big four brotherhoods and Pacific Fruit Ex press company employes went back to work at "2 o'clock this morning. An (Concluded on. Fkc .Three, Coin nan Three) Electrical Jolt Shot Through Key Hole, Says Rumor . If anyone can shoot a jolt of elec tricity through a keyhole. Inspectors Horack and Ham rick want to see it The two policemen were stumped, Monday night for clues, when O. C Shaw, guest at the Lilmer hotel. Fourth and Jefferson streets, reported shortly before midnight that someone had shot a jolt of electricity through the keyhole of his door and nearly put him out of commission. ' With police thoroughness they ex amined the keyhole in question, but could find nothing amiss Their ver dict was that Shaw had been dream ing, i . But dream or no dream, the ex perience was too vivid for Shaw to risk a recurrence. He packed up his things and sought another room. Traffic Officers Seek Speeder Who Failed to Report - Deputy sheriffs snd state traffic of ficers ar - today searching for Miles Coakley, manager of the daremont tavern., who failed to appear .lit the district court .to answer to charges of speeding. r State Traffic Officer Harry Griffith arrested "Coakley at Crown Point, Aug ust 1. Griffith, says he was going 49 miles an hot., After .the arrest, Coakley was told to report. He is al leged to have . Immediately "hit ber up" .again-'1 'Griffith 'gave -chase again, and only stopped Coakley after firms fiv shots at his tires. , The of ficers were informed today' Coakley was in a local sanitarium, bat wer Z nnabl to confirm the resort. - BUSY DAY IS MARKED OUT FOR COOLIDGE Vice President Is to Be Chief Figure in Several Affairs; Turns First Sod for Statue of Roosevelt; Speech Tonight. Public functions, political confer ences and private entertainments . oc cupied every moment today for Vice President Coolldge, who entered into the half dozen, affairs arranged for him with renewed vigor after two days of rest in Portland. Twice today the second executive of the Station, was scheduled to appear be fore the publip; the first time when he turns the sodfor the Roosevelt eques trian; statue on West Park street between- Madison and Jefferson streets, and the second time when he appears at The Auditorium tonight to deliver a message to the people of the state. As tribute to the visit of the din tingnished national officer, flags flew from all of the downtown buildings today and a band was pres ent at the ground breaking ceremony In the south Park blocks, to play the national airs. POLITICAL FTJKCTIOIT The first of the functions today was political, with the vice preeident and Frank W. Stearns, his guests on the trip,, honor guests of the Republican convention delegates who supported the nomination of Coolidge to his national office. Arrangements for the luncheon were made by Wallace McCamant, and there were- present at the luncheon, in ad dition to the distinguished visitors and McCamant. Charles H. Carey, Conrad P. Olson, Judge W. H. Brooks. Hamil ton Johnstone, Dow V. Walker, John L. Rand and the judges of the state supreme court. The luncheon was held in the Arlington club beginning at 12 :1S o'clock. Following the luncheon the party di verted its attention to an Informal dis cussion of politics, both in Oregon and t Concluded on Page Six. Column Two) CONTEMPT CHARG E T Fourteen striking railroad men. and others as well, were at the Albina shops on the morning of August 1 to get their pay for services rendered, and not to establish a picket line in defiance of Federal Judge Wolverton's restraining order of July 25, B. A. Green, attorney for the strikers, this morning told the court. j Judge Wolverton is hearing charges of contempt of court brought against 20 strikers, of whom 14 have been ar rested, and when thehearing was get ting under way this morning at the opening- session the indication was for a prolonged controversy. The 20 strikers are charged with de fiance of Judge Wolverton's order lim iting the strikers to one picket at each scene of activity. It is said they established a picket line at the Albina shops August 1. and that the pickets hurled vile names at the strikebreakers. Green opened his case by .demanding that the railroad company decide whether the case would be continued as a criminal or civil action. When the railroads declined to elect. Judge Wolrton denominated it a criminal action, pointing out his privilege of changing it to a civil action if the evidence warrants. The first, witness for the railroad company was D. P. Phalan. No. 356 Capital avenue, and a striker. Ques tion asked of Phalan made a com plete review of the strike action and its participants, but brought out noths Ing of importance otherwise. A hun dred or more strikers are In the court room as an' audience. Green's statement to the court in dicates that the alleged picket, line would defend itself on the ground that the strikers gathered to get their pay on the proper day and that they had no intention of picketing against 'the order of the court. Judge Wolverton held court only a, short time this afternoon, as be was to take part In the breaking of ground for the Roosevelt statue. ' Witnesses for the defense, who num bered about 100 and filled the court room, were excused until Wednesday morning. From the way In which the hearing progressed this morning it has the indications of being a long proceed ing. Senate Raises Rate On Aluminum Ware Washington, Aug. ' 15. (I. "S. S. A bitter attack on the so-called alumi num trust by Senator Jones, Demo crat, of New Mexico, was followed to day by senate action raising the ad valorem rate on aluminum kitchen and household utensils from 28 to 60 per cent. The senate, without a rec or vote, first reduced the rate, but when Republican ' leaders learned of the results they forced a reconsidera tion and voted 34 to 21 to increase the rate Officer Kills Negro In Revolver Battle Philadelphia, P-, Ans;. 15, (I. X. S.) Biasing away at each other at n dis tance of 10 feet. Police Sergeant Mc Micfcael today shot and killed Charles Jumbo, a negro, , who last night ran amaek and . shot two colored women. Jumbo was killed only after he had held uir policeman who was hunting for him. . McMlchael came, to, the zjscua. IS DENIED MR N KILLED HIS BED; WIFE HELD Finding of Love Letters in Home of Woman Reformer Causes Police to Doubt Her Claim That Burglar Sot' Mate. Lakehurst, X. J., Aug. 15, Mrs. Wil liam R. Giberson, 38 years old, and beautiful, a leading member of th Lake Wood Methodist church, and a staunch supporter of religious reforms. Is in Jail at Toms River today charged with the murder of her husband, while the police declare that a sensation will follow not devoid of romantic embel lishments. Prosecutor W. H. ' Jayne Jr., who ordered the woman's arrest. said he expected at least one more ar rest within 24 hours. LOTE LETTERS FOtTHD Love letters found in Mrs. Giber son's dressing table furnish the clue upon which the police ar now at worfc Mrs. Giberson took her arrest calmly. She claimed her husband had been killed by, burglar. She said She was aroused from her sleep and as she wemt to the kitchen to, investigate she was seized by two men who bound and gaggeo her with a handkerchief put in her mouth. One of the men, she said, entered her husband's bedroom and a moment later she heard a shot. The man in the kitchen exclaimed : "Why did you do that?" she said. The other man was alleged to have replied : "Because he was Just waking up." The woman's screams attracted the attention of people living pear, who notified the police. ' SHOT ITS HEAD Giberson. who owned the Lake wood Taxicab Service, was comfortably wealthy. He had drawn $700 from a bank to go to Philadelphia to buy a new motor car, and had this money in the house when the killing took place. Investigation revealed that Giberson was shot in the back of the head with a .38 caliber revolver. The muszle was so close to the head the hair was singed. . While detectives were searching the house they noted . that. Mrs. Giberson. mad frequent trips to an outhouse. Upon Investigation a .38 caliber re volver was found hidden under PH Of TObblSh!5....r This intensified the search of the house, and then the love letters ad' dressed to Mrs. Giberson were found. There were said to be about 7S of them, couched in terms of endearment. The writer is said to have had an ap pointment to meet Mrs. Giberson in a New York city hotel last night. - ALLEGED WBITEB FOF3TD New York. Aug. 15. (I. N. S.) The alleged author of the love notes found In ihe home of Mrs. AViUiam Giber son of Lakehurst, N. J., who is charged with the murder of her husband, was found in Brooklyn this afternoon. He Is Harold Ganun, 36, ' ot the Bronx, a construction engineer. He agreed to accompany the authori ties to Toms River. N. J., where Mrs. Giberson Is in jail. Menace to Dublin Seen in Advance of Irregular Troops Dublin, Aug. 15. (L N. S.) Repub lican irregulars are In control of moat of County' Louth today and a fur ther advance by them will menace Dublin on the north. Free State troops have evacuated Dunleer, half way between Drogheda and Dundalk. A battle is imminent at Drogheda. It was reported Monday that the irreg ulars had captured Drogheda, but this report is said to have been prematura. However, it is admitted that the rebels have Drogheda surrounded on the land side. . Free State troops ar preparing for an offensive against the. rebels holding the Dublin railway line running north ward into Louth. - ' Charlesville and Butlevant have been occupied by Free State troops.- Michael Collins is landing troops . near Ken mare (just south of the KJllarney lakes) to . occupy that town, and at tempt to clear all th northern part of County Kerry ot rebels. The Free Staters are meeting with success at various points along the western fronts. Grand Jury to Take Up Precinct . Case on Thursday Grand jury investigation of the dis crepancies between ' the first count of the precinct judges in precinct 201 and th count conducted under the super vision of . the circuit .court of Marion county will begin Thursday morning. The investigation was delayed be cause District Attorney Stanley Myers discovered two new witnesses who will be able to present vital testimony at the bearing, and because one of th jurors has been excused and it will be necessary to call another- to fill . th vacancy. It was found in the recount that IS votes bad not been credited to Governor Olcott in the Republican pri mary which were cast in- his favor, while 18. votes which did not show on th ballots had -been tallied in . favor of Charles Hall. ' British Premier-to j Take Rest in Wales Lndon, Aug. JE L-N. S. Premier Lloyd George, who has been engaged in the international negotiations on Ger man . Indemnity . for eight days, will leave for Wales tonight on a vacation 1 IN Davis Has Praise For Rose City "An interview?" John W. Davis, ambassador to the Court of St. James during President Wilson's second administration, form erly congressman from West Virginia, now one of the leading attorneys in New York and recently elected presi dent of the American Bar association, smiled In such a warm, personal man ner the customary formality or an occasion of this kind was instantly forgotten. i "What would vou like me to sav?" his eyes twinkled, he leaned slightly forward in his chair and turned his head Just a bit to on side. Politics of course had to be suggested, as a Starter. The convention bf the American Bar association in California was included In the preliminary suggestions, because that is what lured this distinguished visitor to the West and Portland, but Mr. Davis -was assured tactfully that the thing which would be of most in terest would be something about him self. "Let me tell you first what I think of your city." he interrupted deftly, after admitting to The Journal's repre sentative Monday evening that he had been interviewed a "few" times before land knew just about what was ex pected. 1 "Portland seems ' to be a city that was actually made to live in, and not just a place where you eat and sleep with more or less convenience merely for th sake of doing business there. To me It is very attractive, indeed. I suppose it is customary for visitors to praise the Northwest, but may- I be permitted to add just one word to what all of the others have said? No where that I have ever been have I seen a drive that so Impressed me as your Terwllllger boulevard," and the conversation reverted to politics, i "Politics ! That means the prospects of the Democratic party at the next presidential election, doesn't it? The outlook appears to me to be as good as we" hoped to have it. The country is profoundly discontented as a result of the poor , showing offered by the present congress, which would appear (Concluded oa Pace Three, Column One) Stefansson Will -; Go to Island for Base, Wire Says McMinnvllle, Aug. IS. J. I. Knight Of thsj city, has received a dispatch prove Vilhjalmur .Stefansson that, .his Arctic exploring party wnl leav Nome for-Wrangei Island about August 18 to 20, and the probability is that h will keep a permanent party 'there. This Is taken to mean that a possible .con test will ensue for possession of the island as a conveniently located base for airplane flight from Europe to the Orient, the distance being much short er by this course. England maintains a residence right, but Canada, Russia, Japan, Norway and: Sweden also pre fer claims. " ! Th exploring party consists of' E. Lome Knight of MeMihnville, Allen Crawford of Toronto, "Frederick . Mau rer of New Philadelphia, Ohio, and MUton Galle of New Braunfels, Texas. I . . : . ; , Large Still Raided And House Burned; Two Men Arrested Police and ' deputy sheriffs raided one of the largest distilleries in re cent months Monday evening eight miles .north of Linnton where a still capable of turning out 25 gallons of moonshine a day was confiscated. A specially constructed still house was burned and 2100 gallons of mash de stroyed. I Tony Dukick and Frank Suguro. al leged owners, were arrested. They aid they purchased the plant three weeks ago from Dick Rosick, who left for Austria. They said it had been In operation for more than a year. ! Dysatees Schrimer, Talley, Bailey and Beeman, and Patrolmen Harms and Nutter took part in th raid. Rolph Steamer Has Broken Tail Shaft LB an Francisco, Aug. 15. (I. N. S.) je steamer Georgina 1iplph, San Eancisco to Portland, was . reported the marine department of the amber of Commerce today tp have a brokea tail shaft A tug will prob ably be sent to her assistance from San - Francisco. Port Consolidation Palls n Public Shows Owing to 1 a,' lack of public' interest the cotnmltte appointed by the Cham ber of Commerce to hold public hear ings on the proposed consolidation of the Portland dock commission with the Port of Portland commission decided today to drop th subject. ! The committee, composed of A. L. Mills, Ben Selling. Nathan Strauss. W. JB. Ayer and J. W. Ganong. met in the green room of the Oregon building at jO a. m., but the pnblie was absent ex cept L. J. Goldsmith of th tax super vision - and conservation 1 commission and J. B. Ziegler. In an informal way these two expressed -themselves as not Jn favor of the consCTTSatlon. holding that, if th promised reduction of over head cost were realised it would be more than counterbalanced by th loss kt local control. - ' f After vainly waiting considerable Urn for others to appear and express themselves either for or against , the consolidation. Chairman Mills moved that the. committee- abandon the hear ing and th; motion was unanimously adopted, t ? : .-. ri':-'z ' :', ' . , .( k Neither the port nor dock commis sions were represented and in fact th dock commission went on record some HARDING TO MONGRESS Chief Executive Announces He Will Personally Explain , the Whole Industrial Dispute to Congressmen; Seeks Opinions Washington, Aug. 15. (I. N. S.V--r Another effort to settle the strike of railroad shopmen was made this after-' noon when the chiefs of the non-strlk- . ing train service brotherhoods joined in a telegramj to T. Dewltt Cuyler, head of the Association of Railway Execu tives, requesting an immediate con ference. " Washington, - Augi '15. (U. . P.)r President Harding will appear before congress within the next 48 hours to . deliver a message on the rail strike situation, it was announced at th White House today. . r' It . was officially stated that the ... president plans to place the entire strike situation before congress. At the same time, it is expected, he , will suggest th next move that muet.be made by the government to relieve the situation. .''! Jusv what recommendations the ex ecutive will make have not been de- -termined . upon, it was stated at th White House, but it was apparent that he has few alternatives left other than to ask approval for seizure of th railroads in the event of a more seri ous breakdown in the -transportation system. ,.' . PROPOSAL REJECTED Harding will make his message to congress in. a statement to th people ' outlining the principles Involved Jn th .. strike dispute and his efforts to bring ' about peace. - , In this manner he hopes that th full force ! of public opinion-may be brought to fore, an ending .to , th rail strike before th federal government is required . to take forceful measures -such as seizure of the roads. ; . Announcement that the president would go to congress within 48 hours ; cam shortly after th striking shop men mad public, their unanimous re jection of Harding's' latest proposal to end the strike, in which, they : charged -that -the railroads . have embarked on " a great open shop drive,, and: do not want to settle the dispute. ,, . , r It was Indicated that whil th pre ident will not interfere ' with the ef : forts of the Big. Four- brotherhood : leaders, to. mediate -the strike, he has planned no further peac moves before going .to congress. - (Concluded o Face Two, Colusa One Chief Deputy for ; Game Warden Has) Bad Luck Galore F. M. ' Brown, chief deputy gam warden. for Oregon, is looking for th left hind leg of a rabbit to take with him on his return trip into th wilds of the state after two disastrous 'trips which have left him crippled and sore of mind. . ' , " .. For 30 years Brown had roamed the wilds of the state- without suffering bodily injuryfrom game poachers or pirates or from accident while, hiking through the mountain and forest . dis tricts. But the jinx has found the trail of th game officer. Today Brown is back at his deslc at th gam commission -headquarters with a broken rib, battered shoulder and sprained arm, after his latest hard luck adventure. Brown reported that he fell off the front, porch of the Cas cadia hotel a few nights ago while he i was staying there. t On his trip just prior . to th Cas cadia jaunt. -Brown ran into hard luck in th Callapoola country. . On of the backwoods, residents posed at th roadside with a heavy fish basket to draw Brown's suspicion. Th ruse ? worked, and when Brown plunged his -hand into the basket he was clamped by a steel trap, which had nestled among some fern leaves and rocks. - A few skinned knuckles was the chief warden's total casualties on this venture, but h" admitted that his in juries might have been worse if discre tion had not prevented him from start ing a-fight. His reason for discretion was, eight stalwart mountaineers who bad gathered to give him the laugh" when he got caught in the trap. k 9t 1 tc V t No Interest ' days ago as against a. formal appa'r ance st the proposed hearing on th ground that it was not on trial. It was in the autumn of 1928 when th report of th Committee of 15 rec ommended th merging of these two bodies, th on a special corporation created by state enactment and th other a municipal body. Legal Obstacles had to be overcome before such consolidation could take place. Through popular vote and legis lative enactment th way. was paved. - -r The dock, commission' of fly mem bers, appointed ; by- the mayor, ir charged with the administration ef mu nicipal terminals and .dock properties In which upwards ef f 10.000,000 of pub- -lies-money -has .been invested.- .Th money has been paid by Portland tax payers and Its administration hag been solely a municipal function. ( . . Proponents of . consolidation urge that, since the Port of Portland com mission devotes its efforts to channel , improvement and .maintenance and kindred functions so closely alHsd with those exercised by th . dock:- onmlv -.1 (Onaciaeed eat rasa I wo. Cotauaa Xaasaf , 7 ' -