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CITY ; EDITION
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iTHB WEATHER-Fair tonight and
. . .Tuesday ; winds mostly westerly.
; - Maximum temperatures. Sunday :
T Portland 811 New Orleans. . 88
-Boise J New York...... ,,70
Los Angeles;...? 84 St. '?aul,, !....'. 'SO
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RAIL BOMB
j THREATS OF
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TjOne of Trotsky-Lenin Students
Under Arrest Confesses to
Plan to Wreck N ew York Cen
tral Flyer to Kill Enginemen.
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to cmcago, Aug. o. vi- r. ts-t lcn
men were under arrest today and one
had made' an amasing confession of
11 death and destruction In the rail strike,
'according; to Lieutenant Michael Grady,
"f"ace" of the detective bureau.
I A number of those under arrest were
said to be "red" students of the Lenln-
Trotsky reign of terror in Russia. '
According- to the police, four of the
i men who were first arrested are im
t plicated by the confession In the
wrecking of the "Million Dollar Ex
t press" of the Michigan Central rail-
!road at Gary. Ind., a week ago.
PLOT REVEALED
1 An amazing ' plot of the terrorists
tto bomb the shopa and Bleeping quar
ters or the -workers in the New York
'Central yards at Elkhart, Ind.. and the
wrecking of a New York Central flyer
near this city was told, following the
confession. The wrecking and bomb-
ing were to have been carried out this
'week. The man who confessed is said
to have given the name of Charles
.Husolls. He and the other three are
being held In the Gary police head-
quarters. All four are said to be form
;er employes of the New York Central
,' railroad.
The arrests were made secretly.
Two of the men : were minor officials
In the railroad shop workers union,
It was said by the police.
Neither local nor International execu
tives of .the union .had knowledge of
the plot which was fostered by & ring
of - half a dosen fanatle ; zealots who
spread the j"red" doctrine among v the
workers. ' .L v
SPIKES DRAW3T
The arch -conspirator, taken by de-J
tectives to the spot of the wreck near
Gary, pointed out the exact spot where
spikes were drawn from a rail. ,
"Did you try to wreck a - passenger
train to kill passengers?" he was
asked.
"We didn't care, , hi declared In
broken English. "Didn't make no dif
ference, passengers . or, freight,- "W
wanted to kill the fireman and en
gineer. If there were others, what's
the differences What did we care?
"We wanted, the fireman and en
gineer. We wanted to make the rest
of the train crews afraid to run trains.
(Continued ea Pace reurtaao. Column One) .
Mayor Baker Issued instructions to
Chief of Police Jenkins- this morning
that if any permission has been given
to policemen to serve private concerns
after their official hours of duty, such
permission must be canceled at once.
- "If police officers have been In serv
ice as private police for-railroad com
panies or any other concerns." said
Mayor Baker, "it 'has been without
my knowledge, fwlll not .tolerate any
such situation. A police office? must
serve the city exclusively. His "allegi
ance Is entirely to the city and must
not be, tied up to, any private concern.
"I have issued emphatic Orders to
day, and any police officers who have
been giving their service to private
parties will be notified ' Immediately
that -such connection must . cease at
once if they expect to continue to hold
their municipal positions." .'
River Jordan to
The turbulent River Jordan, storm
center of the fighting nations of an
tiquity, will be dammed and its waters
will he made to run great -hydro-electric
plants that will build up industries
to support 4.000.000 or 5,000.000 Jewish
pilgrims returning to their ancestral
home. If the '. areata explained, this
morning by Rabbi A. H. Silver. . fiery,
young minister of The Temple of Cleve
land. Ohio, is realised. J -
Rabbi Silver, '29 years old; minister
of one of the. largest temples in the
TJnited States, and known as perhaps
the most eloquent of Jewish speakers,
is touring the West Coast T to help
finance the project. - .
TO BOX VV PAlESTimS - (
"It Is our dream," he said, in Ben
Selling's office ? this ramming, "that
Jewish colonists shall build up Palest.
ttn. prom which they were cast out
some 1850 or ,1900 years ago when
they, lost their freedom. . -
"A few weeks ago Great Britain was
given a mandate over Palestine, : and
in this mandate, was the. famous Bal
tfeur proviso that the Intention of the
League of Nations was that the Jcoun
try should ulUmatety be madefii ;f ree
state as the home land of the' Jews.
" "Rutenberg. th famous European
engineer, soeing that Industrtea- that
will raise thpeopi to a higher level
and permit of a greater, population
are absolutely necessary, has secured
from the British : sw .concession to
utilise all tha .waters'of Palestine,
These ; consist .primarily of th Rtvr
Jordan "and : Its tributaries, "; the Yarn-ink
and Attja. A corporation, to be
capitalized at 1.000.000. 1 now being
formed to takeover this concession and
operate It. . - - x. -
fThera ar bow 1.000,000 peopl In
PRIVATE WORK BY
RabbrMeadsiowT
Lightner Fights Removal
DAVID .LIGHTNER, alleged narcotics .smuggler and
long known as an informer in criminal cases here, who ts
fighting extradition from California to Oregon. This photo
graph was taken in jail at Los Angeles, where Lightner ; is
being, closely guarded. He recently ' escaped from . prison in
Shanghai, China, affjer jumping his bonds here.
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F. S. AI(I!J, LOCAL .
PUEER, IS DEAD
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' ; Eighty years of life full of 'helpful
ness to his fellow men were ' 'closed'
for -IV S,; Akin at 4 o'clock this morn-;
ing when he passed to his last sleep
at the home of his granddaughter, Mrs.
Charles E. Petheram, No. S East 17th
street. Just three hours after his daughter,-
Mrs. Clarence True Wilson, had
arrived from Washingtoh,- D. C-, to be
at the bedsides th- his last hours.
4 Widely ;vkn'ewip throughout;- Oregon
waJ:Mx. iAktn-; is1 aa pioneer, devoted'
churchman and. phHanthropjst; He was.
bits? ofV the ifounders -of the.j'Waverly
Baby Home, and served as- its secre
tary for.nearly - 32-, years, .-dropping :
the active work of this institution only
a few months ago. ,
He came, across the plains , with his
father and mother from Iowa when he,
was but 10 years old. On the trip his
mother and sister, died, and his father
passed away within eight : days after
they reached Portland. - The lad grew
vtov. manhood here and spent his- loin;
Continued oo P&s Koartcen. (Mimn -PJr)
Be Harnessefj
ewis
Palestine, about : 80 per ?cent of thenri
Arabs, but under proper development
the country would .easily support four
or five million, . ... . ' - '
IRBIGATIOTT. KEEItEB : ' " . . . ' ,
t "Wine - making. -printing,.fruit can
ning and tobacco .factories ar among
the imJuu tries that can b developed
Imrriediately. Tbe ' principal crops are
dates, figs, pomegranates, lemons and
the like, with onskleralrie. truck, farm
ing. The country is tfeout tha size of
Rhode Island,, with richness -of -possi-bi
11 ties such as its found in. Southern
California. 'lake California, "irrigation
is needed in many places. . . N.
When I was there two; years ago.
I - found numerous communities of
Jews. The -Arabs were . in destitute
condition, the-victims of absentee landlords.-!
But whene the Jews, established
Colonies; prosperity immediately devel
oped, apd the Arabs who lived in
the& communities were comnaratlvelv
wealthy, the envied pf all t the other
Araos. . - r '
- ';Moet f tha cotontsts ' already in
Palestine, mnd those expected L to come
under the. new projects are from East
ern 'Europe. r .
T .; found; 'that . hv Jerusalem : fins
school system had been built, up. A
aaw -university is to be erected .soon .on
the Mount -of Olives."!.
Rabbi Bilver was guest at a luncheon
arranged for prominent Jews of Port
land at the Hotel Portland at nooo to-"
ay.'fH - wilt speak, tonight at ithe
Temple Beth Israel. His plans ' for
Tuesday are as yet indefinite, 5 Wed
nesday morning he will proceed to- SanH
iTancisco. y Jtie stoppea 'at St. Paul.
Minneapolis, and on the sound on the
wayhere.- His aim ts to sett 11.000,300
la stock on the Pacific coast and la the
mountain states $ . 1 - - - -
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LOCAL. MERCHANT
ApparentTy-tIespondent over business
reverses. ( Louis f Bergman, snanufac
turer and "p'rdprletdr of, a chain of re
tail women's; ready-to-wear stores,
hanged-himself In a wasjroom at his
store at. No. 1S2 Third street this morning.-
He -was- found about-' iff o'clock
crouched at the end of a rope attached
to a pipe which was not ' high enough
to allow' the body to swing free;. '
ThV; body was discovered by Frank
WalHftg4-6f 'the Lewis Investment com
pany', owner of Hhe building, who had
called to supervise some projected re
pairs.', - ' ; :
"-Bergman was about 50 years old. He
came here from. New York in 1918.
Surviving him are his" wife, who lives
at the.lamily home. First and Colum
bia streets.- two daughters,. Mrs. Oscar
Louri and Mrs. , Ed Seigel. and; one son.
Harry Bergman, -who has been asso
ciated -with his1 father. In the business.
One, factor in - Bergman's , business
troubles is said to have been a damage
suit for 110.000 brought - against him
by a woman who claimed to have been
Injured by a. falling awning. ? . y
4 Bergman's stores are. at No. ' 132
Third street. No.' 2S3 Alder street, and
at Walla Walla. UJUs factory Js at
No. 85 Fifth street, r. - -v . . - . -;
The body- was taken r in' charge by
the coroner and . placed'- in' the public
morgue pending ' a more thorough in
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OregioffilsStliaii
Motor Reffistrationi
Salem. . :Or.. Aug.- 2$. Oregon . ranks
twenty-eighth among the states of the
union in point ot total registration- of
automobiles' and trucks.' according, to
data compiled by '.Secretary of State
Koser. 'New York .leads with JSIZ.IU
automobiles and trucks with Ohio seek
ond: and California third. Tha-'total
for the nation ia shown as 10,508,127
automobilisahd 'trucks. - Oregon is
wH down ..the 41s.t in percentage of
gains tn registration f or . the . year,
with onlyit.4 per cant more cars reg
istered on June 0. : this ; year . than
were registered on July l, !1821." .
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Brooklj-a ..... 00 S0 OtO ID lli -1
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BattorJ Tsaee -and . Ds Bitrry. - Killer:
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Behans. - ,- .. .
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Chic ........ 100 Ml OOrt - 11 0
hUadelhpia, . I ; i . 021 0 3 a 1
Bttuns Bohertioa aad Sehatt; Hutm and
Pwaiaa, - - . - - , ,
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ciitcaeo ,.....4.100 090 looj ii a
rhiladelphia j. 02 000 03 J Jl o
Btteria MJt. Cnnrtnaj. . and Seaalk.
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BILL FOUGHT
IN LAWSUIT
Action in Marion County Court
-Based on Charge That In
come Measure Carries Insuf
ficient Number Vaifd Names.
The Grange income tax .bill is at
tacked as . to sufficiency of signatures
upon the initiative petition submitting
it, in a complaint filed in the circuit
coSirt - of Maron county at Salem this
afternoon. McCamant Sc. Thompson are
the .attorneys who have prepared the
complaisitarind will conduct the investi
gation into the sufficiency of the peti
tion. - s
Under the law it is required that the
Grange petition have 13.2S1 yalid sig
natures to entitle the income tax bill
to a place upon' the November ballot.
Secretary of State Koser accepted 12,
TSC signatures as prima facie valid;
or 495 more than the number required.
QCESTIOIT SIGNATURES
It Vis the contention of " W. Lair
Thompson, who has taken tho leading
part in the preparation of the com
plaint and the necessary preliminary
investigations, that among the signa
tures given on the petition are those of
large numbers of aliens, minors, per
sons who have not resided in the state
or in Multnomah county for a time
sufficient to entitle them to sign under
the law,' and he asserts that there are
hundreds of non-existant addresses
given.
Some of the signers, Thompson says,
would have been compelled to live 'in
the middle of the- Willamette river,
were they to be residents of the locali
ties given opposite their names upon'
the petition. . ; . -
The law requires that the county
clerk shall compare the signatures
upon an initiative petition with the
signatures' upon the registration rec
ords of -the county in which the signi-
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DENIES SEPARATE
.RECOUNT FOR 5
An . attempt to hava .a- - separata . re
count for each, of the five Republican
nominees -.to the ' legislature whose
votes are contested by John B. Coffey,
failed today when Circuit Judge
Knowles overruled a demurrer filed by
L. E. Schmidt, attorney for Louis
Keuhn and R- Campbell.
Campbell and Keuhn contended that
the . allegation .of inaccuracy included
different precincts for the different
nominees, and argued that in fact each
recount should be a separate proceed
ing. The court decided the expense
and loss of time would be too great to
warrant a separate recount, sinca. the
work could be done as easily all at
once. ' . '
BECOTJ5T IS BEGCS - V
Actual work ot recounting: the bal
lots - was scheduled to . begin at 2
o'clock in room 520 in, the courthouse.
Circuit Judge Knowles of La Grande
Is presiding.
. Judge Knowles . allowed a 1 motion
made by W. W. Banks, who asked
that all precincts in Multnomah county
be recounted In his contest against the
vote received by W. J. H. Clark for
nominee as state senator from Co
lumbia, Multnomah and Clackamas
counties. Banks made the motion as
aa .amendment to his -original com
plain, which asked for a count in only
a part of .the precincts. In allowing
the motion, the court ordered prepara
tion to be made for the entire 42S
ballot boxes for the precincts in the
county to be presented In Court; '
,;Charges of illegal voting were
dropped, according to an announce
ment made by Judge Kavanaugh, at
torney for Coffey and Banks, Kava
naugh stated that since Circuit Judge
Bingham had ruled it would be neces
sary to supply the names of the alleged
illegal votes in' each precinct if such
charges were, pressed, that particular
part of the contest wouid be dropped.
motioks argued"' r
- The entire morning session was con
sumed, by the argument for the two
motions and a .discussion of the ruling
of y Judge Bingham with regard to il
legal voting which he handed' down
in. the Hall-Olcott contest. , . -
Coffey is contesting the votes re
ceived by the four successful nominees
to . the legislature. R. S. Klrkwood,
Louis Keuhn,- E. R Campbell and Her
bert Gordon.; :t .
c- On account -ef the large number of
names which : it will be .necessary to
check. It is estimated the recount will
take a week or more, to complete.
Boyi Summer Lost,
Despite Attempts
5 J Made to:Save Him
Vancouver. V ash.. Aug. 28. Conrad
Wiley. 18, step-aon of WUllam" C. WI1-'
Hams, a rancher living two miles south
of Ridgefleld, was drowned ' la Lake
river Sunday afternoon at 1 :30 o'clock.
The youth, in company with two small
er boys. Harold and .Howard Xmnlap,
rowed out n tha T rtyer In a t. boat
Wiley, diving' from th. craft. -was evi
dently seised, .with -cramps. ; : ' v-
, SeeMig his distress i the 'small 'beys
tried to help him but tn their ' excite
ment rowed around., in . circleunable
to get hear the drowning boy. . Adolph
and Herman Theil. brothers. , on Tof
them a brother-in-law of Wiley, heard
bis erief, but were helpless to aid.
Fred Bowman end Clyde Lieser, divers,
called from Vancouver, - recovered the
body at: 0 o'clock.' 20 mtnutea after ar
riving at the place. The body is at
the ;w.; H. Hamilton. "Son funeral
parlors. -' .
BISHOP URGES
U. S. TO GIVE
EUROPE HELP
High Episcopal jChurchman, Who
Arrives From Overseas to At
tend Convention, Tells' How
Suffering tJan fie Prevented.
' America must participate, in interna
tional affairs to a much greater extent
than it has in the past if it intends
to prevent suffering in this country in
the future, in the opinion . of Bishop
G. Mott Williams, head of the Epis
copal church of Europe.
Bishop Williams is just 16 days out
of Paris, and, being a recognised stu
dent of .foreign affairs, brought; a
freshness of viewpoint on affairs across
the Atlantic that makes his opinions
of particular value. He is the first
of the Episcopal church officials to ar
rive fpr the church convention to.be
held here next week.
Included , in the territory", over which
Bishop Williams has charge for the
Episcopal denomination is ' France,
England, -Germany, Italy, Switzerland,
the Balkan states, Spain, Holland and
Belgium or practically all countries
east of Constantinople.
TRADE SEEDED
"So much has been said of repara
tions that this might be " considered
the outstanding feature of internation
al affairs, but restoration of trade is a
much more imporant feature," said
Bishop Williams.
, "The United States has felt that she
is not responsible for European affairs,
but this country must be responsible.
This country must take a keener inter
est in the affairs of Europe and it
would be good business for this coun
try to be as liberal as business judg
ment will allow in the matter of
reparations and debts. ' ,
s'The world is too closely knit " to
gether for America to . overlook this
vital question. No European country
can meet disaster or. bankruptcy with
out' America sufferings. The world-is
small as can well be attested by the
fact that it has taken me only 16 days
to come from Paris.
"Devastated - areas . of - France may
seem to need reparations as a means
of repairing damages, .but the whole
people of France need trade restoration
mora badly. ,v
SEEK FAT OS ,
"The peace of Europe dependupon
keeping Germany a republic- If Ger
many . dees remain a republic - there
will be no more Var from that country,
for the people are sick of its terrors.
But the - easiest way to ruin the re
public is to demand reparations from
it. I speak nothing of justice when I
make this statement, but assume a
business standpoint only." -
Bishop Williams made an automobile
tour of Germany and France , less than
a month ago. He found tho country
places showing no evidence of the war,
but said that all city, people look bank
rupt and sad with business of all kinds
being conducted , on a losing basis..
The visiting Bishop said that anyone
who thinks the peasantry of either
France or Germany can be called to
war again, has another think coming.
CH1CKESS SCARCE ' "
During his automobile tour the bishop
said he saw an average of . not more
than one automobile to every 60 miles
traveled and during . his entire 'stay in
Germany saw but one chicken, which
he viewed as such a veteran that its
life was safe, even in that hungry land.
Bishop Williams is a native of North
ern Michigan and following the con
vention here will visit a Jew days at
his former home before returning to
Europe. The visitor spake at the Mem
bers Forum-luncheon at the Chamber
of Commerce at noon today. '
Steamer Nika of
; Nelson Line Goes
: AsHore on Isldnd
Port Angeles, Wash., Aug. 28. Go
ing ashore In a heavy fog, the wooden
steamer Nika of the Charles Nelson
Una was high and dry today oh Wad
dah island to, the strait of Juan de
Faca, .
Her position is not considered dan
gerous, and it is expected that she will
be floated at high tide. The revenue
cutter,. Snohomish, however, was sent
to her rescue and ts standing by. .
The Nika left Seattle August 19 for
San Francisco and San Pedro by way
f Vancouver, B. C. and Port Angeles.
2000 Sailors Join
In Riot ; Blackjacks
AndKnives Wielded
" Tacoma, v Aug. iS. (TJ. , P.) One
United States sailor. lies at the point
of death in the sick bay of the XT. S. S.
New ; y ork two others are suffering
from serious knife t and blackjack
wounds,: scores are booked for disor
derly conduct, the St." Charles hotel is
partially ; wrecked and John Seiottl is
held la the city jail today as a result
ef a riot that- raged' through the
downtown streets, for hours last-night
and - early ; this morning. . Two ; thou
sand sailors participated. "V J
EussianTTapanese
Meet Opens Sent. 1 4
' Toklo, Aug., 28. (I- K- a)' The
Russo-Japanese conference, at which
the puKhaae of Northern Sagahlien is
likely to come up, wilL open at Chang
Chun September 4. The Russian so
viet is expected to seek Japanese, rec
ognition. . Although the conference is
nominally with the Chita, or Far
Eastern . republic, , the .soviet- ffovero
meat will be represented. .
ONE KILLED,
5 HURT IN
AUTO DIVE
Edward M. Hill of Dufur Loses
Life; Wife May Die,' Four
Children Injured; Passing Car
- Hurls Auto Off Bank; 2 Held.
The i Dalles, '.Aug. ' 28.A warrant
charging Frank G. Gilchrist of Pasa
dena, CaL, and A. Stanley Pullen of
CarmeU Cal., with manslaughter in
causing the death of Edward M. Hill
of Dufur on the Columbia river high-
was Sunday was filed today by District
Attorney Francis; V. Galloway.
The two Californians, beth - young-
and evidently well supplied ;. with
money, were driving a high-powered
roadster headed for Lewis ton, Idaho,,
Sunday afternoon when -they are said
to have side-swiped Hill's car, which
was occupied by Hill, his wife and four
children. . . . ' -
Mr. Hill was fatally injured, dying
just as he ws.s placed on the operating
table at the local hospital.
Mrs. Hill suffered a fractured pelvis
and other serious injuries, but is ex
pected to live. ;
The - four children were severely
bruised and cut, and are confined - to
the hospital.
The car that struck them hurried
on, the driver not slowing up to see
what had happened. JDriving at ter
rific speed, the occupants rushed on
through The Dalles and east on the
highway to Arlington, 60 miles distant.
There less than two hours afterwards
they were arrested by the town marshal
and beld for Sheriff Levi Chrlkman,
who reached Arlington about 8 o'clock.'
The men gave their names as Frank
G. Gilchrist, 183 Bellfontaine irtTeet,
Pasadena, CaL, and A. Stanley ullln,
Carmel, Cal . . - -
Chrisman was notified of the accident
a few minutes after it occurred, and
he . immediately wired k description of
the car to towns - all,, along the road.
The Arlington marshal awaited at .a
point where the highway . enters the
city, and as the car slowed up for a
turn he ran ' out and jumped on the
running board. The two men In the
car, a high speed roadster model, hear
ing a California , license, were too
frightened- and nervous-at first even
to tell their names; They did not deny
having struck an automobile rtear The
Dalles, but their physical condition wi
such that they, could scarcely utter a
word, the marshal reported to Sheriff
unrisman. , - - ... --: t -.
. Hill ran a blacksmith ehop at Dufur
and was 47 years old.' He was just re
turning from a vacation spent at Mount
Hood. He had visited with his parents.
Mr. and, Mrs. Marshall Hill, at Hood
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, Chicago,Aug. 28.TJ. P.) The first
step for a general , increase -of wages
for all railroad employes was taken
here today before the United States
Railroad Labor board. J -' -
Four -hundred thousand maintenance
of way men asked their minimum wage
be fixed at 48 cents an hour. The
present minimum is 23 cents. -.
If the labor board grants a wags
Increase to the maintenance men. Other
rail unions will Immediately ask for a
rehearing of their wage scales.
Grable's opening statement was a
severe jolt to the railroad representa
tives who had assembled for the open-
ing of the hearing. No such demands!
had previously been made and. It fore
casts another ; bitter fight on the part
of the roads,' who had expressed ho
objection to giving the maintenance of
way men a raise above the last cut.
The hearing from the start took on
a political atmosphere which had not
been expected, Grable launched at once
into a discussion of the "livlng wage"
doctrine, laying the .foundation appar
ently for the claims of labor which will
be urged upon Senator -Cummins' atti
tude of the act. as the basis for amendment.-
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Senator, Cummins ' has publicly de
clared that it lathe Intent of the law
to give the humblest worker a right to
a living wage,; and. In order to, avoid
any possible' misunderstandings or in
terpretations he had prepared and
would submit an amendment to the
law clearly setting forth : this purpose
of the law for the guidance of the labor
board, said Grable. -
Mayf ield Majority;
Over Ferguson for
Senator Is ,59,991
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Dallas. Texas.. Aug. 28. (I. N. 8.1
Although late returns had slightly re
duced his lead.. figures compiled up to
8 o'clock this morning- Indicate certain
victory, for Earl B- May field, reputed
Ku Klux Klan candidate for- the Dem
ocratic nomination for United States
senator. . - ' - -
, - Mayfie1rs 5 opponent in Saturday's
election .was. former Governor James
E, Ferguson, advocate of light wines
and beer., ( '
The . vote . so far tabulated by. the
Texas election bureau showed that 215
counties.' including- 49 complete out of
a total or Z4- nthe state, -gave- May
field 282,043 yotes as against 222.062
for, Ferguson, a
majority r of 69J1
votes. . - ,
Prohibition Voted -
f 1 Down in Sweden
' Stockholm, Aur. ? 28. O. P. V Swe
den todays had, apparently Voted' down.
national prohibition. The following re-
sutts were made public at z p. m.: For
prohibition, 859,000 i against, 853,000.
RAIL WAYMEN ASK
NEW WAGE SCALE
PrideMade
Him Thief;
Sleek and well . groomed - as Beau
Brummel, and, too proud ef stay- ex
cept at - the best- hotels. Benjamin
Spencer, . 19-year-old -;Indlan. "whd
stopped In Portland en - route to Se
attle, where ' he planned to attend the
University of Washington, will go to
Kelly Butte far a CO-day course in the
county . "preparatory schoor Instead.
Tm to - proud," declared Spencer
in municipal court this morntog. ' "I'd
rather steal than beg," he f said . in
pleading guilty to the theft ef S3. -
Judge Ekwall wayned him that pride
always goes before a falL v
Spencer, came to Portland from The
Dalles Saturday. He stopped at the
Imperial hotel. But one day tn the
city exhausted his resources. So Sam
uel Dunwoody, a youthful acquaint
ance, took him to his lodgings In more
modest quarters. ; .(
RIFLES HIS POCKETS
Sunday night,' while Dunwoody was
asleep, Spencer rifled his pockets of S3,
according to hl own statements. Then
waking his. benefactor, the Indian said :
"This place Isn't good enough for
me. I'm going back to .the Imperial."
Dunwoody let his companion go. but
later discovered his loss.- Police whom
he summoned arrested Spencer In his
expensive room. . '-i-Y',-. '
"I meant to pay It back, Spencer
said tn court. "You'd better let me go.
for I want to enter the University f
Washington. It starts before long." .
"W9 have a nice preparatory school
out at Kelly Butte, suggested Deputy
District Attorney Brown to the court.
0 BATS HIS FATE '
'. Judge Ekwall sentenced . Spencer to
SO days, v , .":-.?) : x
. "Fine clothes and surronndlngs and
appearances aren't everything in this
world," he said. : "If you can learn to
swallow , some "of your pride while
working at the ock pile, you will, get
more out of these SO days than you
could from a, whole year in the r.ni
verslty.! . ,-'- . ; '
IN BILL
' Washington, Aug. 28. WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL,)
Senator McNary occupied the floor for
an hour this morning in .explaining
his reclamation amendment to -the bo
nus bill, rpart ef this time being -occupied
iti answering questions'; which
came In rapid -succession .as soon aa
he had concluded his 1 prepared . -re
marks. Hif statement of the case for
reclamation, including both irrigation
and -drainage, was received with at
tention end heaad by a larger number
of senators than ' usually remain- for
discussion -of amendments, fe w r- :
c Questions addressed to him Indicated
interst, particularly fa the exact, pref
erence rights which soldiers would re
ceive, the arrangement' for taking over
excess lands of private owners lnl an
Irrigation, or drainage district, and the
total ara which may be ' reclaimed
under the bill, which McNary estimat
ed at 126,000,000 acres.
.. Dial of South Carolina said , he ex
pected to offer an amendment to In
clude waste land of any kind which
might be purchased under an organ
ised district for development..'
McNary explained . that it. was
thought wise J to limit the legislation
to ; Irrigation ; and ; drainage because
there is . no experience to guide the
extension of the . idea,, and the. appre
ciation of Irrigated and drained land
Is rapid, enabling bonds to be sold
without difficulty, while inclusion -of
other lands would- be expensive . and
experimental.
Trammell of Florida '.offered an
amendment to - allow ' a .project -to -be
started when the secretary of, the in
terior is able to sign up 40 per cent
of excess private acreage at approved
prices after fixing: the farm unit. - The
McNary. plan requires: the signing of
80 per cent, following in this, respect
the present reclamation law. ;
Sacramental Wine
Rules" Liberalized
Washington, Aug. 28. (I. K.VS.)
New . regulations - greatly liberalising
the restrictions under which rabbis and
other ministers obtain - sacramental
wines were issued .this -afternoon by
J&?JPaivere
ferstfcH a
fcharming
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48: MINERS ,
FIERY PITS
Little Hope Held for Safety of
tMert Imprisoned at s 3000-
- Foot Level w in . Jackson, Cat.,
Mine; Three Escape Inferno.
. Jackson. Cal Aug. 28. (I. N. S.
Forty-eight miners re trapped 4500
feet below the surface of the earth in
the Argonaut mine, where a. terrific'
blase ts burning at the 8000-foot level.
All hut two. of the victim are for- :
signers. -': .'
Among the men known entrapped" in
the burning- mine are James Blayton
and Earl Fltsgerald, single; Early.
Miller. A. Wobert and George Stetn
man, married two Serbian brothers by '
the " name of Purtia, both married ; -William
Meusel and Mike Severeltt, . ;
" ThS company has issued no list of the
missing aa yet. ' - .- -:- '
LltUe hope' is held out for the safety
of the trapped miners.. Three Hen
came through the flames to safety, hut
the fire has cUT -off the others beyond ,
hope, of early rescue ! " "
The fire was discovered shortly after
midnight when .Clarence Bradshaw and
two other miners left, their compan
ions on the 4500-foot level and started
for the surface. When they, reached
the 3000-foot level they found it bias-'
Ing..' They made a mad dash through'
the flames and arrived at the surface..
Ail available help from surrounding
mines .has been secured, but little : can
be done in the way of combating the -flames,
which may burn fiercely for
days. ... 1 ' -' '
The one hope entertained of getting
the trapped miners out alive Is through ;
the Kennedy mine, which tuna parallel
to the Incline shaftvof the Argonaut
mine. .
..There Is a bulkhead separating 'the
two mines. This must be blown out
and no man knows how much debris,
will be encountered between the' bulk-
head. It might require days to tun
nel through. ; . ; -;. 4. J..i-:..-'. .
It was reported an effort . would-he ;
made to run - a new air sha ft to. Che
lower levels ef the mine If this can
be accomplished some hope is held out
for the-saving ef the men if they, are
not .already 'dead.";."' .-v ',;.v
':TReschrs. have ' penetrated the - pol-i
,Wamtimm& tm Page Itowrtana, Uo)tunn Hit I
A special . insurance committee ". bt
the school board, composed of Direct
ors Woodward, Eisman and Pickering, .
at a conference ' this morning -vofed to . ' -resist
the payment of the minimum '; '
of $6500 premium for short-rate cancel- -r
l&tlon of the 10-day binders In force
at the time of the Holladay school fire, "
as demanded by the fire Insurance ex-
change of Portland before, the addi- j ',
tional 939,000 due on the Holladay fire - .
is paid. This report will be made ' to : -the
school board Wednesday night.
.We shall definitely and without any
qhalification whatever," said Director
Woodward, "Insist first upon - settle
ment of our claim for the Holladay "
fire, ov0r which there Is no possible
argument concerning the amount, and. ' .
second, that the blanket policy which -wo
have taken out. covering the prop- -erties
of this district, shall be carried t
through, and the premium , paid as-
stipulated therein, without a penalty V
which has been asked' of the 'board by
certain agents because their tempo
rary binders were not used as a basis ;
for allocating the insurance of the dis-'
trict - " --' --;
"We shall insist that the fire insur.
anc- of this district be evenly, alio- ' .:
cated among the agents of 'this district
as -was ' originally set out - by the
board's resolution, unanimously 'adopt- :
ed. W , will resist; the payment of V
any premium or charge in excess of v .
the "rate established by the- blanket,
policy prorata 00 these cancelled bind. ;,
era". . . ' - ', . .::.-- ;
- Director. Eisman stated that o ar- J
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