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section.
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Film Director Turns and Slays
Man HevAccused of Wronging
Wife as Couple Climbs Stairs
After Agreeing to Pistol Fight
New Tork, Aug. 26. (I. X. S.)
i John Bergen, a handsome picture
actor, lies dead today, the victim of
a tragedy with all the thrills and sen
sations of a film drama. He was re
ported to have refused to participate
in a duel with the husband of a woman
he was rumored to have wronged.
As he lay dying Bergen drew from
his pocket a slip of paper on which
were- the scrawled words :
"George Cline killed me."
Cline was arrested today and was a
prisoner in the Hackensack, N. J., jail,
charged with murder.
KILLED IX HOME
Cline insists that he shot In self
defense when Bergen attacked him.
: Bergen, It seems, had been summoned
unexpectedly to the Cline home, where
he was suddenly confronted by the
husband.
The tragedy took place in the Cline
home, a pretty, vine-clad place in
Edgewater, X. J., just across the Hud
son river from Grant's tomb on Riv
. erside drive.
Cline, directing motion pictures for
the William Fox company at Fort
Lee, in the presence of his wife and
her two brothers, accused Bergen of
wrecking his home.
Cline. following the shooting, told
the police he had sent for Bergen after
exacting from his wife details of an
incident which, he declared, she said
took place at Saranac Lake, N. Y., re
cently. At he time, Cline. said, his
Concluded on Page Three, Column Three)
TAMPICO SWEPT
BY FIRU.DEAD
h?4- - :
TafnpiCo, MexleoAug., 26. (1. N. &)
Fire wiped out a large section of Tam
plco today, doing damage estimated at
about 62,500,0(10. Twenty-six buildings
were destroyed. Three persons were
killed and rrlany injured.
An entire Wockj of business build
ings were among the structures con
sumed. The fire began in the back room of
a store, but the cause is not known.
Heavy insurance was carried on the
buildings with French, American and
British companies.
Delavan Smith of
Indianapolis Dead
Chicago, Aug. 26. (I. N. S.) Dela
van Smith, 61, millionaire philanthrop
ist and publisher of the Indianapolis
News, was dead today at his Lake
Forest summer home near here.
Acute anemia caused death last night,
after five blood transfusions had
failed to. benefit bis condition. He
was cousin of the late. Charles Warren
Fairbanks, vice president of the
United States 'Under the McKinley ad
ministration. Strikers Slighted
By Santa Fe Road
San Francisco. Aug. 26. U. P.)
The Santa Fe railroad had notices
posted on its property here today de
claring that "we will take back into
service only such striking employes as
there may be places for and as sew
men." The notice said that so many
places have been, filled by non-strikers
that it "is now impracticable" to take
: back all of its striking employes.
Circus Star Races With Time
;e t . ? . .. t ?
Beats Clock to See Highway
"Oh. my Gawd, what a wild ride
; I've had '-" exclaimed Miss Lillian Leit
zel. champion aerial 1st and star of
Kingling Bros.' circus. Friday night, as
she rounded a bale of hay and flopped
exhausted into a chair In her dressing
! tent just at the stage entrance door
of the big" top. where a line of oril
iltantly costumed circus 'folks and anl
' mala were ready to enter the grand
' ': march that was to open the show.
; "Oh, -my Gawd ! Give me a ciga
rette. Mabel, and see if they make it.
If they don't make 1U I'll be respon
sible." Mabel was Miss Cleminge. one-time
dancer with her, clown husband in
Barnard & Bailey's, who was inca
pacitated by suffering a fall in a pa
rade and is now serving as maid to
BUas LeitseL
CTTDDIiKSi WOBBLT KOO :
i "Oh. Buddy r and Miss LeiUal's at
tention was turned to a fat and wob
bly little dog that stood on his hind
legs and . put his front feet on her
knees. Miss Leitsel picked him up and
coddled him.
I "But. oh. such a wild ride!w said
Miss Lei del. ; ,"We were at Crown
Fotnt at. 19 minutes past 7. Z had
been rover the highway before." she
explained to The Journal reporter,
"but J wanted some of our folks front
Swops? to see it. -We couldn't, ret
Ford Is to -
; .
Shut Down;
Coal Short
(CcpirisbX, 1922, International Newt Service).
. Detroit, Mich., Aug. 26. Henry
Ford's - plants in and around Detroit
will shut down yon September it be
cause of the lack of. coal.
The closing of the great automobile
manufacturing establishments will
throw 60,000 men out of work right
here in Detroit. The ultimate result
of the shutdown will be to place 2,000,
000 men throughout the United States
in the position of seeking, jobs.
The Highland Park plant has been
made over for ollburners and could
continue to operate indeflniately on
that basis, but the very important
work of keeping the fir3 going In the
great forges cannot , be done except
with coal.
Back - of the work i that is done in
the forges are the Many industries
employing hundreds of thousands of
men throughout the country.
Since the coal and rail strikes hit the
shipment of coal, careful conservation
has been the order in the Ford plants.
Daily, almost hourly, the amount of
fuel product has been checked until
the officials almost knew to a shovel
ful how much coal was needed.
BAD CHECK SOWER
ES TO GRIEF
Smooth-mannered and suave, George
F. Miller, confessed bad check writer,
who arrived In Portland two days ago
from Salt Lake, managed to pass
checks for $100 or more each on the
First National bank, F. Friedlander
company, jewelers : Aronson, jeweler,
and Samuel Rosenblatt & Co., clothiers,
before he was arrested late Friday
night by Police Inspector Swenness in
a downXown hotel.
At Friedlander's store he purchased
a io watch giving a fictitious check
which was never questioned, according
to his confession He bought $110
worth of clothing at Rosenblatt'.,
leaving a suit and overcoat for alter
ations, and taking a number of small
articles. He1- bargained for a $142
watch, at Aronson's, where ,he left" it
for engraving. Before the cutting was
done, employes Investigated and found
Miller's check was , worthlass.
At the First- National bank with a
"cash" check for $100, he succeeded. In
getting the money without iever open
ing an account.
On a tip from Aronson, Inspector
Swenness located Miller, who con
fessed, according .o the detective.
Miller is also wanted in Denver,
Colo., for checks amounting to $1000,
in Salt Lake and Ogden, Utah, for
checks amounting to $200 In each place
Complaints against Miller have been
signed by representatives of Friedland
er and Rosenblatt.
C. T. Smith, charged with forgeries
amounting to nearly $150, was arrest
ed this morning at Fifth and Wash
ington streets by Inspector Tom Swen
nea on the complaint of C. S. Stowe of
the Meier & Frank company. He is
said to have confessed.
Congestion-Saving
Device Successful,
In Preliminary Test
A few hours" experiment with his
latest congestion-saving device for
street traffic, a safety zone at street
car stopping points, has lead Police
Captain II. A. Lewis of the traffic
bureau to comment favorably on the
plan, which was tried out for-the first
time at Broadway and Washington
street Friday afternoon.
Several more days of trial, however,
will be necessary before Lewis will
say whether he will urge its adoption
at an me aowntown. street corners
or not.
The device installed Friday consists
of a 50-foot chain, stretched parallel
with the street car track or Broadway,
at Washington street, where inbound
street cars on Broadway stop. Pedes
trians can stand with safety inside
the sone. while automobile traffic
moves by uninterrupted when street
cars' are loading and unloading.
away from town until after the mat
inee. It was after S and we went as
fast as we could, but I just couldn't
get them as far as I wanted to. I
wanted them to see Minnehaha falls,"
(Miss Leitzel mant Multnomah) "but
there wasn't time. And eight of them
had to be, in the opening number, and
it was such a wild ride ! I felt respon
sibleH and I had to get them back."
"And you weren't arrested V mar
veled the reporter. '
ESCAPES SPEED COP
"N'o. I don't know what we would
have done if we had been," said the
star. "It was wiloVenough aa it was."
Then she jumped. "Oh,' my Gawd !
They are starting in! See If they
made it, Mabel. I'm too tired."
They did. and Miss Leitael sank back
with a sigh of extreme relief. A
dashing blue-uniformed foreigner came
up and conversed with her in words
the reporter could not understand.
"Oh, my Gawd ! I took him on that
wild ride, and now he must-go in the
cage with the tigers i" Miss -Leitael
cried. And had the tiger tamer failed
to subdue the beasts .last night the
star would ever have considered her
self to blame. - -
- "How about your owa act?" queried !
tha reporter.- "Will your ride have I
.tConcinded ea Ta Tea, Colana nttj
FALL'S SALE
OF OIL SIS
WHITE HOUSE
Monopoly Granted Secretly to
Private Firm in Wyoming Area
Causes Administration Worry;
Harding Calls- Secretary in.
(By Uni renal SerrWa.)
Washington, Aug. 26. Revelations
of the secret agreement entered into
by Secretary of the Interior Fall and
the Sinclair Oil interests whereby the
latter were granted a monopoly in
supplying fuel oil to the navy, were,
the subject of a vviute House confer
ence Friday.
Publication of this agreement with
In the last week is understood to have
been responsible for Secretary .Fairs
rcrra In tn rlnMtAri with PMni(iiit
Harding for nearly an hour after the
other cabinet members had left the
White House.
Secretary Fall refused to comment
on bis conference wiejf- the president.
There was no statement forthcoming
from the White House as to the result
of the meeting to indicate whether the
administration contemplated any fur
ther action.
Publication of the Incidents leading
to the private agreement between Sec
retary Fall and Harry F. Sinclair are
understood to be causing grave con
cern to the administration. . Details
show that the negotiations between Fall
and Sinclair began in the tatter's
private car last January on a siding
near Fall's ranch at Three Rivers, N.
M. and continued throughout the sub
sequent trip to Kentucky and Wash
ington. At no time was there any competi
tive bidding, Sinclair being the only
negotiator for the valuable oil rights
on the Teapot Dome fields, In Wyo
ming. jtt hi charged that under the terms
of the contract signed by Fall and Sin
clair, the government win lose $15,000,
000 in addition to a possible $9,000,000
bonus, and that all oil developed from
the Tea Pot Dome reservation will be
sold to the navy at market prices arbi
trarily established by the Sinclair com
pany in agreement with the Standard
Oil Co. .
Tha contract has been -openly con
demned' by Governor Cares- o Wyom
ing and probably wllt.be the subject of
further attack In consresa (
s. P. TO SPEED UP
Uradual speeding up passenger
trains between Portland ' and San
Francisco is planned for the Southern
Pacific during the fall months.'accord
ing to Charles Fee, passenger traffic
manager of the Southern Pacific, who
arrived from the South today.
Fee has just completed an inspection
tour of the Oregon lines of the South
ern Pacifllc and wae met in Portland
todays by C- S. Fay, traffic manager
of the Atlantic system of the same
company, who came to Portland from
the East. Fay comes to study traffic
conditions in the Northwest after an
absence of 17 years from the Oregon
country.
The Southern Pacific had been plan
ning upon a general tightening up of
passenger train schedules on the Ore
gon and Northern California lines for
some time, but has been delayed in
making changes because of strike con
ditions, said Fee, who expressed the
belief that the new arrangements
would be in force within six months.
JTO TEAIXS CANCELED
The passenger traffic manager said
that the Strike of the shop crafts has
caused some letdown in tourist busi
ness, but that the falling-off of busi
ness had been scarcely appreciable be
cause of heavy excursion business
which had been handled by the com
pany this year. Fee said that the
Southern Pacific had not canceled a
train since the beginning of the strike
and that he had received a report
from J. H. Dyer, general manager,
that a record traffic was being han
dled east bound by the Southern Pa
cific at the present 'time.
Both of the visiting railroad offi
cials commented upon phases of rail
competition -which were destructive to
the traffic arteries of the country Fee
spoke of bus competition and its effect
upon passenger traffic, and Fay upon
the Panama canal and its effect upon
freight traffic
LEFT TO PCBLIC
In each instance, said these officials.'
public funds were being used - to de
velop the unfair competition to the
rail lines. Fee said that the Question
of bus competition -: would be left to
the public, which, he believed, was get
ting tired of paying heavy taxes for
roads, with the result that bus lines
reaped the profits. Fay said that the
public funds which built, the Panama
canal were being diverted to the in
terest of ship owners and that a great
amount -of transcontinental business
was being taken from the railroads
because of canal competition at rates j
which the railroads found it impos- j
siuie to oupucaie.
"ee will remain in the Portland dis
trict for a week and with Fay ' will
study the traffic conditions in the
Northwest. v, -
Eoad Tied Up by
Trainmen Strike
Springfield. 111.. Aug. 2I h(L N. S-
AU ; freight traffic on the Chicago
Alton railroad between here and Rood
house, divisional terminal, was at a
standstill today. Trainmen refused to
work because of "unsatisfactory work
ingr conditions." Additional United
States - marshals have .. been sent, to
Roodbouse to pre vest a renetition. of
Thursday night's bombis? . ; ; - r
PASSENGER RUNS
WHOLE THING
IS FRAME-UP
SAYS EMR1CK
Conspirators Gave Evidence to
Grand Jury and Tampered
With Ballot Boxes Asserts In
dicted Chairman Precinct 201
A group of conspirators, seeking to
get" him, "framed" the entire grand
jury investigation, presented the evi
dence and tampered with the ballot
boxes. This is reputed to be the only
statement made In the county jail by
William H. Emrlck, who was arrested
. Friday afternoon on warrants Issued
as a result of five grand jury indict
ments charging "willful neglect" and
"corrupt practices" in the discharge
of duties as chairman and judge of
the election board in precinct 201 at
the recent ' primary.
Kmriek remained in jail three hours
He was released shortly before S
o'clock on 12500 property bond pro
cured by K. W. Pierce, an electrical
engineer. No. 311 East 4Tth street, and
Robert Oster, city electrical inspector.
No. 809 Second street.
DECLINES STATEMENT
At the time of his arrest Em rick
declined to make any statement, say
ing he bad told his story to the grand
jury and had nothing more to say
until his attorney. Chester A. Shep
pard, returned to Portland from Puget
Sound.
"In the event that this grand jury
returns an indictment as a result of
its investigation . of alleged election
fraud in precinct 201, you may an
nounce for me that I will demand an
early trjal and direct a speedy prose
cution of any persons accused in the
indictments," said District Attorney
Stanley Myers, Friday, morning Just
before departing for the - beach- for a
brief vacation. The Indictments were
returned in a few hours after Myers
left
The grand jury investigation was
started at the request of Myers, who
took personal charge Of gathering evi
dence and interviewing ' witnesses.
Myers was assisted by Deputy Dis
trict Attorneys Jay Stockman - and
George Mowry.
IXDICTME2CT8 SIMILAR '..
. JW technical form rthe , . ft v indict.
mnta are very-much alike, each dif
fering: from ' the others only in the
specific details relating to a, particular-
candidate in the . primaries, ' These
indictments are a result of alleged dis
crepancies found in the following five '
ballots-: Both the Williams and the
Buchtel recall ballots, the Hall-Olcott
ballot, the -Dalzlel-Gram ballot and the
John B. Cof fee-Klrkwood and -. others
ballot. 1
Each indictment first establishes
that Emrick was chairman of the
board and election Judge In the pre
cinct mentioned on the date Of this
primary election, and then outlines
specifically his duties. It then con
tains a report on the grand jury count
for that ballot on which the indict
ment is based and compares this find
ing with the official report returned
to the ccmnty clerk under seal by Em
rick as chairman of the board.
The most unexpected and at the
same time most serious indictment re
turned by the grand jury was the
indictment based on the count of the
Dalziel-Gram vote for labor commis
sioner. In this indictment alone was
Concluded oa Paa Two, Column Four)
President and Wife
To Take Yacht Bide
Washington, Aug. 26. (X. N." S.)
The president and Mrs. Harding, ac
companied by a party of friends, plan
to leave Washington tonhrht on the
yacht Mayflower for a 24-hour cruise
In the Potomac river and Chesapeake
bay.
Generally Fair, Is
Forecast for Coast
Washington. Aug. 26. U. P.
Weather outlook for period August 2S
to September ' 2, Inclusive : Pacific
states, generally fair weather, j with
normal temperatures.
: PACIFIC COAST DEAGtTE
Portland versus Vernon at Los An
geles, 2 :30 p. m. ,
San Francisco at Salt Lake, 2 JO
Los Angeles at Sacramento, 1 p. m.
Seattle at Oakland. S p. m.
9ATIOKAX
New York at St. Louis, clear. J :15.
At Ptttsbwx t - ' : , R. H.; K.
Brooklyn 49A foo OO0 5 It 0
PlttatMMT. 11 100 22 7 14' 8
Batteries Dccatnr. Mmni and UiUer;
Morrj A Sehaaedt.
At Ciadnaati Sceond same B. H. E
Boatoet O90 OOO 100 1 it.
Cincinnati ...... 010 001 00 2 8 0
Battenea Oaacbacer. ' Braxton and ficxrdr
Giban; Donabae and Wince, Hanrrare; -
At - CTrteaso lamatt) R. H. K.
Pbiladelphfe . .tHM OOO 900 X O
Chicaao . . 000 OOO 00ft OO 0 4 2
Battai ka M gadget sad Hotoae: Aldiidce
and ttartaMtt. " - r
At CiBctnmu (lat earn) R..H. E.
Botrm. . . j. , ... 20 OOO 1K 1 ' l j
Clnrfonati. 203 800 10 S IT
Battenaa BosUbaa. . lfcXaaara and
ONeiU; Bixay and HargrtT.
f ' AMEBIC AX
' At-Sw,Trk . - ' R. Tt. E.
St. tenia. .000 U I
X Tort ..20.12ia2 8 IS1'-2
. Battartoa .Wright. Bayae., and Seteraid;
Xays-artd Schanc
At PhBadelphia f2d casie) ' R. H. E
Caiieasw. .-v...,- SOO SIS 101 & J .
Pkildlphla... .. OO OOO OOO O. 2
Battecns Faber and Schaia; Hfimach.
Harris. Eekert aad Perkiaa
At Waafaucto - - R. H- E.
Itrit -.. ' . Ml 113 0t l ... e
Washinctrm ..... 212 OrtO OOOt C 13 a
'-1 Bartcriea Iitua. limn, Ehaika sad Baaa
itr; ZaOuuy. BnUbeari and tihanitj. M
Games Today
Speed Victims
MRS. BEATRICE E.
n O W N S END
(above) and her mother,
Mrs. L. L. Smith, both of
Portland, who . were killed
while driving at . a mile-a-mimite
rate on the Pacific
highway.
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BETTING HEAVY ON
SPEEDBOAT RACE
Every speed boat from the Portland
Motorboat clule proved to be in ex
cellent shape this morning and all
made an early start for the Columbia
beach, where: the Pacific coast motor
boat sweepstakes .w. ill - be staged this
afternoon.
Fred'Vogler, owner of the Vogler Boy
IV, expressed - his desire to . put up a
elds purse that the champion would
retain Its title. This challenge was
immediately accepted by L. L. Adcox,
owner of Adcox Noil..
Rivalry was .running high at the
motorboat club this morning. Side
purses are said to have been put up on
every, race - listed on .the , program.
Prank Linneman, owner of the Tee-N-Tee
and director of -the-meet; stated
that the. starter's gun would be sounded
promptly at S o'clock. The Elusae, a
cruiser . owned by William Prier Jr.,
will be used as the official 1 boat' for
the judges, while the. Wisdom, owned
by Fred Vogler, will appear at the
races as the flagship! '
Six "events Jut ve been , listed on the
program. There 1 wilt-be' over 40 miles
of racing. - No event '.will: be shorter,
than six miles.- This -will be a real
test of -speedWoata. There w41W'le no
puttering around i short -course-as. is
usually seen in the " local races. The
Pacific Coast, championships call for
events not less -than,-sir miles.
Cooler Winds Ire w
Promised for City
More . moderate . temperatures . but
continued fair weather was forecast
by the district -weather -office?, today.
While the mercury climbed to 0 de
grees Friday and S2 degrees Thursday,
copier winds were expected to hold the
maximum 4 temperature : below - 85 de
grees today and again Sunday. A light
local- shower here and mist at North
Head station early this morning-does
not mean that rain is in sight for Port-
land, according to E. L. Wells, district
weather forecaster - -' - " .
New Warrants Out
For Jnimraists
! iSt.Joseph.rich-; Aug. 26. TL P")
Twenty-three - - additional 4 warrants,
calling for a total sof : 4ft arrests, in
cluding five - women, .were issued ' to
day in connection with the commu
nist .convention -raided Tuesday' by
federal- officers at Brtdgeman, Mich.
Twelve communist..."efage' rn hid
ing in New York, and.-Chicago. Cleve
land and other cittee, will be - taken
into custody, it was- announced today
by federal authorities. '
SOME DRINKS
ANTEDATED
Man in Auto Which Killed His
Fiancee and HerJMother Ad
mits Party Had Booze j He Was
Asleep at Time of Accident
Eugene, Aug. 26. L. G. Jordan of
Portland, survivor of the eeck which
cost the lives of two Portland "Women,
one his fiancee, told Deputy Sheriff
George , Croner this morning that be
and his companions had been drink
ing; prior to the accident He denied.
however, that they were under the In-
fluence of liquor. A half -filled betile
of moonshine was found in the c
by Croner. '
The women. Mrs. B. E. Townsend,
Jordan's fiancee, and her mother. Mrs.
L. L. Smith, were instantly killed
when the automobile, owned by Mrs.
Smith, and driven, according to Jor
dan, by Mrs. Townsend, left the Pa
ciflc highway shortly before C o'clock
last night 10 mtles north of Eugene,
apparently without cause, and was
wrecked, though the damage to the
machine is not great
Croner? said Jordan told him that
a friend" gave him the bottle of moon
shine In Oregon City as they went
through yesterday. x i
Marian Smith, daughter of Mrs.
Smith, Willi arrive in Eugene tomorrow.
HE WAS SOC5D ASLEEP
Jordan told Croner that he had
turned the wheel over to Mrs. Town
send only a few moments before the
wreck and that We had gone to sleep.
not waking up until- he arrived at the
hospital following the accident He
said Mrs. Townsend's heart was weak
and that possibly the accident might
have resulted during a fainting spell.
A party from Wendling in a car
driven by a day fireman at the Booth
Kelly mfFI, whose name has not been
learned, told people who gathered at
the scene of the accident that the
Smith car passed them at high speed
Their car, they said, was making 25
miles an hour at the time.
Member of the party said that
wheel on the - Smith car appeared to
give way. , They were about a hundred
feet; heind at .th-;timi and stopped
"rOonetwlad. on Pise Ten, Coin in a Four)
II. S. WILL MOVE
TO SEIZE MINES
Washington. Aug. 26 U. P. The
federal government will take Initial
steps Monday toward the seizure and
operation of the anthracite mines, un
less the hard coal scrike is settled by
that time.
This is the .determination of Presi
dent Harding, Senator Watson, In
diana, declared today alter a long con
ference with the executive.
The president lv;lieves a serious
crisis impends un'ess operation are
resumed immediately in the hard coal
mines, Watson ' declared.
The first step toward seizure will be
made in the senate be declared, with
presentation of a bill authorising the
president to assume full control of pro
duction.
"The president s hopeful that a set
tlement may be arranged today," Wat
son said, adding that if an agreement
was not found the president was pre
pared to press immediately (or legisla
tion by congress.
Seizure of railroads is not considered
by the president to be as necessary as
operation of the hard coal mines, Wat
eon said.- Action along this line is not
desired Immediately, he added.
Senator Pomerene. Ohio, led the ob
jection to reporting the bill until more
time had been given to study the pow
ers it grants the interestate commerce
commission in establishing priorities
and embargoes and In distributing-coal.
- No suggestion , respecting purchasing
or selling' of coal by the government ia
accordance with President Harding
message to congress was made or of
fered as an amendment 'to the bill.;
An unofficial poll of the committee
showed that -the concensus -was gener
ally in favor of the bill. ' 1
Meanwhile the senate went ahead
with discussion of the Borah bill, cre
ating a commission to investigate the
coal industry. j-
French Battleship
.Hits Rocks j Sinks
With Three Aboard
Paris,-Aug. 26. (L N. S.) The 24.-000-ton
French battleship France was
sunk in Quiberon bay with the loes of
three lives early today. The warship,
which was returning from naval
maneuvers. was1 . trying to enter
Quiberon harbor in a gale when the
wind drove her upon submerged rocks.
The ministry tt marine reported that
FATAL RIDE
there . were 25 officers and 9O0 men
on board at the time of the disaster.
The ship vu driven ashore at 10
o'clock ; Friday - night. Her hull was
pierced, but she did not sink until 4
o'clock this morning. "
Tha Bay of Quiberon is 100 miles
southeast of Brest and about 40 miles
from the Yort of-St-Nasaire. , j
The France was completed by France j
in June, ma, at a cost of 2,75,000
pounds sterling. She was a sister ship
of the Jean Bart the Corbett and the
Parts, ' was 544 feet long and had a
speed of 22.6 knots per hour.
The Mediterranean squadron was en
gaged - in . target practice when .the
Franc hit a rock in a dangerous pas
sage, turned turtle and sank- Admiral
Salun has not reported any loss of life
as yet. , t '-, , , . i
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K Tarn Claim
Vindication
By Verdict
Los Angeles. Aug.. 26. (U. P)-r"Vln.
dlcation for the klan." was the ay
fG.,W. Price today described the .ver
dict oT the Jury which last night as-J
quitted him and 34 others on all
charges in an indictment in connection
with the Inglewood masked raid. t
Price said he would remain as king
kleagle and chief klan official of the
Pacific, domain of the organisation.
"But as long as I hold off tee." -he
declared, "I want it understood that
the klan will not tolerate lawlessness
of any kind. .
The Jury rendered the verdict which
released the klanemen after a little
over three hours f actual deliberation.
Foreman Charles J, Reed of Holly
wood, said between 15 and 20 ballots
were taken, but that the Jury was prac
tically agreed at the outset on the ver
dict of not guilty on nearly all counts.
Former Grand Goblin William S. Co
bum said today:
-I am pleased at the verdict, which
is what I knew it would be."
Coburn said that his official connec
tion with the klan had been severed
and that he would return to Atlanta,
Ol, in about 10 days to resume the
practice of law.
BOOT LEG G-EBH WARNED TO
TAKE JtOTICE, IX ACQUITTAL
Atlanta. Ga.. Aug. 26. IV. P.) Ac
quittal of 26 persons alleged to have
been Implicated In the Inglewood, Cal.,
night riders raid will "serve to pwt
bootleggers and crooks in California
on notice that .they must cease busi
ness," Edward Young Clarke, acting
Imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan,
declared in a statement here today.
"An investigation into the Inglewood
affair conducted some months ago by
this organisation convinced me that It
was simply another, effort on the part
of our enemies to discredit the klan
through an incident with which it had
no connection," Clarke said.
Cox Says America
"Must Act to Save
Central Europe
London, Aug. 26.-MU. P.) America
must act to save the nations of Central
Europe from complete - dissolution.
James M. Cox declared in a statement
based upon his observations! on the
continent. Cox was honor 'guest "at a
breakfast given by, Lloyd George at his
official residence;: .No, 10 ! - Downing
streets v f -'v;tw; '
, He recommended that Herbert Hoov
er should be designated by the United
States to represent that country on
the reparations "commission, as he
holds the confidence of Europe. -Cox
conveyed a message f rorr Chan
cellor Wlrth of Germany to the people
of the United States given to him dur
ing a conference in Berlin. The mes
sage is :
"Unless the United States interests
herself in Europe's affairs within a
very shost time all In Germany is lost
and all in Central Europe, as well."
Cox said there are three - reasons
why it id expedient for America to
take a: hand "in European affairs:
1 Present conditions afford an op
portunity to relieve distress.
2 Europe must be rehabilitated to
provide a market for American prod
ucts. t
3 -If the world s debtors are per
mitted to go to ruin there will be no
payment of inter-allled debts.
Ex-Kaiser in New
Courtship Alliance
WithWidowofRank
London, Aug. 26. KU. P.) Former
Kaiser Wllhelm Is again reported to
be about to form a matrimonial alli
ance with "a widow of a German of
high birth." according; to the London
Times.
The - newspaper states that Wil-
helm's fiancee is almost of royal rank
and is the mother of three l children.
She was lately a guest at hist home.
It Is reported the marriage will .oc
cur early in t,he coming winter.
The Times says this is not the wo
man to whom the kaiser was rumored
to have become engaged to some' time
ego.
; novel of 4 Ainericah
year,
warded th&lulitzer prizSif ll M
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Beginniitg.
60 ILLEGAL
NAMES FOUND
ON PETITION
Enough Fraudulent . Signatures
Shown ..to Keep, Green vMeasr
ure Off BallQtSays Attorney?
Case to Be Resumed in Salem
With approximately 60 T the signs -Jures
on the petition of , the G. I O.
Green salmon fishing ' amendment
found invalidated beyond a legal aues .
t ion, in the opinion of Wi Lair Thomp
son, who has been prosecuting the in
vestigation, the taking off testimony in .
Multnomah' county was closed at noon
today. It Is Thompson's -contention
that only 43 eliminations are neces-
sary to keep the amendment off the4
November ballot. ' - .
- Next week, ""at ; the convenience " of
Judge Bingham of the Marion county
circuit court, the final session wlir do i '
Lheld at Salem. At this time. Fred Bar- --
ker, -general manager of the Columbia ...
River Packers' assoclatlosv and Ffank
Seufert, prominent -salmon packer , of ,."
Ths Dalles, will be called to testify V
in corroboration of the testimony of .
Frank M. Warreta concerning the offer
made by Green, first to Warren, and .
then to each of them, to sell informa
tion that would invalidate sufficient
signatures to keep the petition off the "
ballot This story i was told by Warren
during this morning's session before
the referee when Warren said that
Green came to his office with the offer .
to furnish this information for 15000
down in cash and another $5000 when
the petition had been invalidated and
nullified. j . '
"Green came toi me, eald Wiarren,
"with the proposal ' that the commer- 1
ciai fisheries of the state .buyhim, out '
He said that for S5000 cash down and
(Ceaehided on Has Ten. Column Thrael
Son of Famous .
Gambler Dies' of :
Poison; on Ship
Jjm Angeles, Aug. 46V (TJ. P Dlckv
Canfleld Jr.. son of ' th famous New
York; gambler, died" of poisoning eon
tracted aboard ship , en route to Hono
lulu, aeeordlnr to -word received by
his attorneys here.'' "! t -
No details of the; death of the young
man. whose - escapades tn Hollywood
recently attracted jvide . attention, had
been received herei early today.
Attorneys Verge; and .; Wilson, who
represented Canfleld. heir to millions,
said they understood the body was'
now in San Francisco and .that death
was the result of ptomaine poisoning.
Canfleld went to Honolulu after he -had
been sentenced to 30 days In Jail
for disturbing the ; peace t with alleged
gay 'midnight parities: la Hollywood.
He appealed this decision and. was at
liberty on ball. A second complaint
on the same charge was pending
against him. ; : . .).r;:
Creditors .bf Bend
Garage Stage Raid
Bend. Aug. 26. A raid, which looked
much like a run on -a bank, was con
ducted yesterday at a Bend garage. .
Employes left with tires hung about
their necks, while creditors drove or
dragged cars from ; fte building. Stock
holders stated today that they would
favor voluntary bankruptcy. .' -,1
Warning Is Sent ..
Of Gulf Hurricane
Houston, Texas. Aug. -26. U. P.
Warnings of a hurricane no raglng
In the Carribbean !sea and moving In
the direction of the ! Gulf of Mexico,'
were sent ' out by the weather bureau,
here today.. . ;,..
9 '-:'u IT r
ap-r
ana as sucn,-wasv
Monday