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PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING; SEPTEMBER 9, 1922-SIXTEEN PAGES.
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DR. WIAYO WIAY
OPERATE ON
MRS. HARDING
Famous Surgeon Speeding
' Toward White House, Where
President's Wife Is Seriously
III; Opiates Given Patient.
Washington, Sept. 9. I. N. S.)
At ,3:45 this afternoon it was an
nounced at .the White House that Mrs.
Hardi-ng was resting easier, with no
Improvement In jier condition.
Former President and Mrs. Woodrow
AVilson called at the White House this
afternoon to inquire about Mrs. Hard
ing's condition. They drove up to the
portico of the executive mansion,- made
an lnquirey and then left their cards
and drove away.
It was the former president's first
close-up view of the White House since
his retirement March 4. 1921.
Washington, Sept. 9. (U. P.) Mrs
Harding passed a fairly good night
and1 her condition is as favorable as
can b' expected at this time, an offi
cial bulletin from the White House
stated today.
The official statement said :
"9 a. m. Mrs. Kardtng had a fairly
good night.
"The complications of yesterday are
lesw prevalent thij morning.
"On the whole, her condition is as
favorable as can te expected a: this
time.
1 (Signed) "Sawyer."
This announcement was accomffSBnied
"iy an order closing the White Hise
and: grounds to -visitors and by the
cancellation of President Harding's en
gagements for the day.
BR. MAYO CALLED
General Sawyer came out of the sick
chamber at 12:35 p, m. and told news
paper men there was no change in
Mrs. Harding's condition. No further
official bulletins will be issued- until
8 p; m.'. he said.
T.lr. George T. Harding, brother of
the president, arrived this morning and
is itn attendance.
Hr. Charles Mayo of Rochester,
Minn., who has been called, will arrive
here at 7;40 Sunday morning. General
Sawyer said.
i Jro-nephroats, the malady from
which Mrs. Harding is suffering, is an
affection of the kidneys. In the pres
ent instance it is complicated by a se
vere told.
OPIATES ARE GITE!f
Opiates were administered to the
patient during the night to relieve the
paiti. Chairman Leaker of the shipping
. board said today. . Lasker said the
doctors expected the crisis within 24
hours and were exerting every effort
to prevent poisonous secretions from
accumulating. If tnese efforts are sue-
HToncluOed on Pass TwH.e. Column Thine)
SWEETZER IS NEW
Country Club, Brookllne. Mass.. Sept.
.(!. X. S ) The United States has a
new golf champion.
Jesse Sweetser, of Xew Tork, play
ing like a champion since a week ago.
whpn he was one of the number to plug
his way through the terrific qualifying
rounds, defeated the old master. Chick
Evans of Chicago, three and two to
day, the 36-hole final Over the country
club course.
; Sweetxer, 20-year-old Metropolitan
titfleholder. and one of the sensations
of. the tournament played against the
worlds finest golfers. The sky was
overcast thiB morning and' it felt a lit
tle like rain, but the course was in good
shape. N
At the end of the first seven holes
Sweetxer was one up on Evans. The
Metropolitan champion won the first
hale with a perfect four. The second
waa halved at par four. Both were off
on the third, which Sweetxer took with
a bad five on the par four hole. Evans
rallied at the fourth and won it with
a birdie three. The fifth was hotly
contested and was finally j halved In
th regular five. Sweetxer took the
sixth with a fine birdie three. They
went wild on the seventh, which Evans
took with a bad four.
The eighth and ninth holes were di
vided. Sweetxer won the eighth with
a, par four and Evans took the ninth
with a par four. This left Sweetxer
one up at the turn.
Jimmy Britt Hits
Shed a Hard Blow
San Francisco. Sept 9. U. P-
James K. Jimmy) Britt. former light
weight pugilist, was treated at a hos
pital here early today for severe cuts
and . bruises sustained when be drove
bis automobile into a tool shed at
Stockton and California streets. He
w6 arrested and released on $250 bail,
charged with reckless driving.
Plane Catches Fire
: In Fall; Pilot Hurt
'8agtnaw. Mich Sept. S. (I. X. S-
Whila attempting to make a landing
from a height of about 75 feet in an
army airplane from Selfridge field.
Sergeant Trace y W. Johnson and Cor
f)ftrai George Horning fell and their
plan caught, n re. Sergeant Johnson
was terribly burned and may die.
Horning was unhurt;' '
GOLF CHAMPION
Fighting for Her Life
MRS. WARREN G. HARDING, wife of the presi
dent, whok is critically ill at the White House. Below, at
the left, General Charles E. Sawyer, the Harding family phy
sician, and at the right. Dr. Charles Mayo, noted surgeon,
two of the five doctors who are trying to keep the Grim
Reaper away from the White House.
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SMYRNA REPORTED
AS SURRENDERED
London. Sept. . (I. 7T. 8.) A wire,
less message from Constantinople,
taj Smyrna ssrrendered.
By Conotantlae Brown
(Special Cabla to The Journal and tna Chicago
Daity News)
(Copyright, t822.)
Smyrna. Asia Minor. Sept. 9. Greek
authorities at 10 o'clock abandoned the
city. They turned, over administration
of affairs. to the allies, whose consuls
met and decided to send emissaries to
request the Turkish commander. Kemal,
not to attack since the Greek army had
evacuated Smyrna. American, British.
French and Italian officers will leave
tomorrow to meet Kemal's representa
tives and discuss conditions under
which there may be a peaceful occupa
tl&i of tha town by the Turkish forces.
TURKS SAT 89,800 GREEKS
KILLED, 4MH CAPTURED
London. Sept. 9. (L X. S.) Turkish
Nationalist military authorities at An
gora claim that 30,000 Greeks have
been killed and ' 40,000 captured since
the Turkish offensive opened on the
Anatolian battletront. said a Constanti
nople dispatch to the Iaily Mail. '
Turkish cavalry is approaching the
suburbs of Smyrna.
Greek soldtars are reported in flight
from the Asia "Minor -oaat in ships.
1 AMERICAN DESTROYERS
REPORTED AT SMYRNA
Washington, Sept. 9. (I. N. S.)
The arrival of the American destroyers
Litchfield and Simpson at Smyrna and
the return of the destroyer Parrott to
Constantinople "was reported to v the
navy department , today by Rear Ad
miral Mark . Bristol, Am'erican high
commissioner at .'Constantinople
ITALY SENDS NOTE
Rome, Sept. S.-'-O. X. S. Italy has
sent notes to Athens and Angora -asking
tha: Creeks " and Turks to discon
tinue hostilities pending the opening
of tha proposed peace conference at
Venice," it was learned today.
Chicago Heat Wave
Is Broken by Rain
Chicago, Sept.' 9. (L X. S. A week
of the hottest weather in September in
50 - years came to an end today when
showers v broke f the heat wave. Two
additional-deaths front-yesterday's heat
were reported, makinr a total of in tnr
the. record1 breaking period , ?
4
STEAMER BEARING
1000 IS SINKING
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I,ondon Sept. . (I. N. 8.) The
Hamburg-American User H ammonia,
bosad from Hamburg for Hnerta, Sftx
lco, with about 1(90 passengers on
board, is slaking at sea, areordlng to a
dispatch to Lloyds tonight " from
Oporto, Porto gal. A Greek ship Is go
lag to the Hammoaia'g assistance.
Window-Shopper
Struck iby Auto
Tacoma, Sept. 9. (U. P.) Struck
by an automobile driven by ' A. H.
Schutzman of Tacoma. as he waa
looking Into the window of a ' cigar
store on Pacific avenue here todav
Harold Ypungberg of 4424 West Mor
gan street, Seattle, suffered two
broken legs. ' severe cuts about the
head and other in juries. 'Schutxman
told the police that he drove onto the
sidewalk to avoid another machine.
Dry Navy Halts Rum Boats
Lake Champlain Is Blocked
By Leal F. Dew
(Ssecial THspatrh to Hi ' Journal) .
. t t Copyright. 1922) .
. Burlington. Vt... Sept.; 9. The , "dry
navy." flushed with its success n the
Atlantic coast and' alone, the . Great
Lakes, today established a blockade on
Lake Champlain which, officials, say
will dry up one of the 'greatest supply
sources of liquor for the United States.
That the navjr had . boat operating
became -known with the Jodgiag ? of
crews of two vessels in .the Plattsburg
jail charged with rom; running.
The methods ; in use are distinctly
up to date. The" new. patrol is one of
the famous Dixie type and, although
she - has - been kept oat of sight as
much as possible, she Is declared to
be capable of making; 40 knots. : " This
gives, her the edge in speed over any
thing else on ' the lake. In addition
her crew. has the assistance of an
aviator who scouts the, wooded shores
of the lake watching for suspicious
craft and keeping in touch with the
enforcement, ere w by wireless. ? -. v
. The ; first - boat captured : was - the
CONVENTION
'oiSGUSSiONS
Episcopalian Session Is Debat
ing Bishop Paddock's jResig
nation; Drastic Action bn Di
vorce Also Being Considered.
TODAT'S HIGHLIGHTS IS BOTH
HOUSES OF THE EPISCOPAL .
GENERAL Ct'VEXTI0N
Motion made in house of iishops
to accept resignation of tie Bt.
Rev. Robert L. Paddock, bishop of
Eastern Oregon. i
Resolutions introduced inf house
of deputies to admit women as del
egates to General Convention. ,
Commission' on healing trecom
mends church give fuller recogni
tion to divine neaiing. i
Bishops hear resolution forbid
ding divorced members to riemarry
as long as first mate lives.
Resolutions of sympathy iextend
ed to President Harding (on ill
ness of Mrs. Harding. i
Deputies start action to admit
women as lay readers.
Bishops decide to reconsider Jhe
resolution to give suffragan bishops
the right of franchisenext Jklonday
at 3 o'clock. &
Bishops decide revision fl prayer
book most important business of
convention, and refuse to give re
port of commission on relation to
other churches a place on the cal
endar. Suggestion made by ' Bishop
Gailor that Haiti be made; a mis
sionary diocese.
Xew alternate prayer for presi
dent of the United States' adopted
by bishops. j '
Bishops go into executive ses
sion to consider trouble Bishop of
Alabama has had with one of his
priests, the Rev. Richard; Wilkin
son. Lively debate over the resignation of
the'Rt. Rev. Robert I. Paddock, bishop
of Eastern Oregon : a resolution tor
bidding divorced members to remarry
as long as their first mate lii'es ; a mo
tion to give suffragan bishopis tho right
of franchise, and an attempt; to get the
house to lay . aside consideration of
proposed prayer book revision in favor
to-discussion of the denomination's re
lation to ether communions-fewured
this morning's session of the house j0f
bishops of the Eplocopal General Con
vention, assembled at The Auairorium.
The house also voted resolutions of
sympathy for Mi:.. Harding in her
illness. (
The report of the commission to In
vestigate the resignation pf Bishop
Paddock was presented by the Rt. Rev.
A. S. Lloyd, suffragan bishop of New
York. I
RECOMMEND ACCEPTANCE
The commission recommended that
the resignation be. accepted ias a med
ical specialist had advised Ithem that
"an invalid's chair Is ahead; of him If
he continues his work." They recom
mended, that the regisnatln be re
ceived with "profound regrej," after a
long resolution commending the bish
op's work had been read. Xhe motion
was put and the vote was about to be
taken, whe nthe "Rt. Rev. Ft P. John
son, bishop coadjutor of Missouri, said
he ' would refuse to vote unjtll he had
heard a full report, and especially a
report from the diocese. The sugges
tion was then made that the bishops
(Concluded on Pae Thre. Colfinin One)
James Henderson
Is Elected President
Postmasters League
"At the annual meeting of the Ore
gon branch of the National League of
Postmasters, held Friday in the Cham
ber of Commerce. James Henderson of
Cascade Locks was electedpresident,
Lenora Hemler of Mosier. Vice presi
dent, and W. A. Morand ;of Boring
was re-elected secretary-treasurer and
also as a delegate to the national con
vention in San Francisco ! September
18-19. .
Postmaster John M. Jones of Port
land gave, the address of welcome. In
the afternoon the postmasters visited
the Montgomery Ward plant and the
Portland postof fice. The organisation
is composed of third and fourth class
postmasters. I
Wave, an 18-ton craft, which, was over
hauled - Just as It was putting Into a
wooded oove to transfer a cargo of
3360 quarts of Canadian ale. Three
members of the crew, J pesette, for
whom enforcement officials! have been
searching a long time ; John Mack
and Henry Potvin, were ai)ed. the wet
goods confiscated and j the yacht
seized. En route to port with the
Wave in tow, the enforcement craft
sighted an unnamed 2$-foot cabin
cruiser two miles south of Cumberland
Head. apparenUy stopped 'because of
engine trouble.
.Letting the Wave drlftj, the fed
eral boat aped ahead to (investigate.
As the n eared the other yacht two men
jumped overboard and attempted to
swim to shore. They wreri halted by
a volley ef rifle shots and finally sur
rendered. . .
The yscht was searched and was
found laden with Canadian whiskey,
Scotch and beer. The two men cap
tured gave their name aa Thn Smith
and Barney Stone, and they', too, were
locked at Plattsnurg. -.. , t
5 Firms to
Get City's
Tire Orders
The city's purchasing department
was in the strong glare of the spot
light Friday afternoon, when the city
council held an adjourned session to
consider Commissioner Pier's recom
mendation on tire purchases. This was j
the "follow-up" of the Wednesday j
meeting, when the purchasing depart
ment had come In for severe criticism
on the part of Mayor Baker and Com
missioner Blgelow.
Commissioner Pier was absent, but
hurried back when re learned that the
department in his charge was to be
investigated by another commissioner
at the request of the council. He felt
deeply grieved, declaring he could have
been reached easily. Mayor Baker said
no discourtesy to P,ier had been in
tended, but that the city's business
must proceed regardless of the absence
of a commissioner.
SOMETHING EXPLODES
"I feel it Isn't exactly safe for a
commissioner to go on a vacation,"
said TMer. "When he does, something
explodes."
"Well, when you go away, leave
some one in your place to represent
you who can give us accurate informa
tion," came back Mayor Baker. "Mr.
Hooper absolutely failed us. I sup
posed he was purchasing agent and
familiar with the details of your office
affairs. There was no intention to be
unfair to you, Mr. Pier. If I want
to ' put you in the hole, I can do so
any time, but that is, not my purpose."
The mayor then explained what had
happened at the previous council meet
ing, where the methods of the pur
chasing department were criticised, and
told of the constant complaints he had
been receiving from business men who
claimed they could not get "a look in"
on any of the city'e business, although
( Concluded on Pace Two. Column Ktghfl
OFF FOR VERNONIA
A special train carrying nearly 400
business and professional men left
Xorth F.ank station at 8 :30 a. m. today
for a trip over the Portland. Astoria &
Pacific line to Vernonia. The new
road extends northwesterly from
Wilkesboro for a distance of 36 miles
and- taps immense areas of standing
timber in Columbia and Clatsop con-
Ternonia, hns een chosen as the site4
of new lumber'tnina to be erected by
the Central Coat A Coke company of
Kansas City, which acquired the Ec
effts interests in the rail line together
with timber holdings aggregating 27,
000 acres In the Xehalem valley. The
mills will have a daily capacity of,
500,000 feet, according to Charles Ss
Keith, president of the Central Coal &
Coke company.
The Portland delegation to the of
ficial opening of the town today was
organised by the Chamber of Com
merce. Similar delegations are sched
uled to attend from points along the
new rail line.
LARGE DELEGATION GOES TO
VERNONIA FROM ST. HELENS
St. Helens, Sept. 9. With Conductor
J. Mooney and Engineer K. Stuta on
duty, the St. Helens Chamber of Com
merce special, in charge of J. R. Gilby,
local agent, and with J76 passengers
aboard, pulled out of StHelens at 7 :30
o'clock this morning for Vernonia. The
special carried the officers of the St.
Helens Chamber of Commerce, who. ar
ranged for the train, and a number of
people from Rainier, Goble, Deer
Island, Warren and Sappoose. County
Commissioner Judson Weed Is the guest
of honor. He resided in the Xehalem
district for 46 years and it is his first
trip by train to 'that section. The St.
Helens special will be the first passen
ger train to reach Vernonia.
Sacramento Takes
Morning Game ; Score
Four in First Inning
Oakland. CaU Sept. 9. Pounding
Harry Krause for four runs in the first
inning. Sacramento copped the morning
game from Oakland1 by a count of 7
to i.
Score: R. H. E.
Sacramento 402 100 000 7 12 2
Oakland 000. 101 0024 8 1
Batteries Shea and Schang-; Krause,
Jones and Koehler, Mltze.,
Games Today
NATIONAL
AT PHILADELPHIA R. H. E.
New Tork 010 V0 020 8 7 2
Philadelphia OOO O00 JOl 2 8 1
Battariea McQuillan and Snyder; Rind and
Renhaa.
AT PrrSBCRG (Tint Gine) R. H. E.
Chteaco 001 0O0 03 4 10 0
Pittaimnr 201 103 OO 7 14 1
B&Ufrina Alexander, Cheerea, Jones and
O'FVrreH ; Glumr and Schmidt.
At Brooklyn (11 inainsx) : R. H. E.
Boston 0O1 01O 80O O0 5 IS 2
Brooklyn---- OOO 210 02O OOl 6 11 3
Batteries Miller and O'Neill; Crimea and
Miller. DeBerrj.
St. Louis at Cincinnati, clear, 3 p. m.
AMERICAN
At Boston Pint Cn: R.: H. E.
Philadelphia 019 001 O0I S T O
Boston ......... 000 000 001 1 O
BaUeriee 4dn and Perkins; Peaaock.
Pieroey and-CkapBa.
AT BOSTON (Second kn) R. JL E-
Philadelphia . .OOO 19 100 S T 1
Beaton OOO StO 002 3 8 O
Battris Boatmen and Perkaaa; - Quion.
Fenraaoa aad SQel. '
AT NEW TORK UO taainssl R. H. E.
WachinctoB ...100 OOO 100 02 H t
Sew Tork . .01O lOO OOO 18 10
Bateciea Mocridga and Ubarrtty; Joaea and
Schaac . . j,
At CMeaao: R. H. K.
CleTeiajMl OH OOO OfM 3 8 n
Ckiraao... . lei OOO 00 4 8 2
Batteries - Edwards, U&la sad Sewell;
Tlnm-hip and Xaxayaa. -
. Detroit at St. Louis, part cloudy, 3
3. HI. . . , 1 . ifi'V. '; r T.-.
400 PORTLAND MEN
TALK OVER
ND IV! DUAL
STRIKE PEACE
Shopmen and Executives of Sev
eral Roads Meet; Latter Are
Willing to Settle; Jewell Is
to Urge Acceptance Monday.
Chicago. Sept. u. Informal confer
ence between striking railroad shop
men's chiefs and executives of several
railroads to discuss a separate peace
was under way here today.
The union leaders were sounding out
the sentiment of the managers pending
the meeting of the policy committee of
the shopmen, to be held Monday, when
Bert M. Jewell, president of the work
ers' organization, will recommend ac
ceptance of offers of individual agree
ments to end the strike on a few roads.
These roads were reported to have
notified Jewell that they would make
separate agreement. They include the
Baltimore & Ohio the Chicago. Mil
waukee & St. Paul and other such lines
which were not prepaied to meet the
strike with new workers when It was
called July 1. and since have had little
success In efforts to break the walk
out. When JeweH recommends to his ad
visers making a separate peace it will
be a backdown from his original stand
that the strike was nationwide and
only a nationwide settlement would be
acceptable to the shopmen.
JEWELL IN CONFERENCE
Jewell was In conference most of Fri
day with the executive board of his
organization. A hard fight is in pros
pect, it waa admitted, but confidence
was expressed that the plan would be
approved.
The adoption of this plan. It was
said, would spell the end of the strike.
The setlement gives skilled mechan
ics, according to the information, 90
cents an hour, 20 cents over the rail
way labor board scale. Other labor in
machine shops are given lower rates
of pay.
The policy that is expected to be
pursued by those roads that 'decline to
make peace with Jewell's organization
was indicated today by tha Union
Pacific. This road recognized, its new
snop employes association composed, of
old shop- employes who did not strike
tConehidedon Pafcf Tbseav Coftnna
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SEEKING EQUALITY
Recommendations for an amendment
to the constitution of the Episcopal
church to permit the admission of
women as delegates to the house of
deputies, were, received this morning
and placed upon the calendar for set
tlement next week.
The proposed change is the altera
tion of Article 1. "Section 4 of the
constitution striking out the "man" in
"layman" to read "lay communicants
of this church, etc ; and also later In
the section to read "one lay commu
nicant." The report of the commis
sion on women's work in the church
was' unanimous, the personnel of the
commission including William Ford
Nichols, chairman : Herbert H. Powell,
secretary ; Bishop Harding of Wash
ington. D. C. Bishop Woodcock, Ken
tucky, Rev. Dr. Sedgwick of Caivary
church. New Tork, the Rev. Dr. Phil
lips of the Church of Our Savior, Phil
adelphia, Judge Philip A. Parker, Bos
ton, Mortimer Mathews of Cincinnati,
Warren Kearny of New Orleans.
The meeting was featured by two
messages of greeting and benediction
from the visiting prelates of the Near
East, his grace Pantelelmon, arch
bishop of Neapolis. and his grace
Gerassimos - Messara. archbishop of
Beirut. The latter spoke through the
medium of his archdeacon, Anthony
Bachir of Beltut, who accompanies
him. Each bishop stressed the. im
portance of unity in Christian faith.
A vote was taken in the house of
deputies as to the elimination of para
graph. 41 of the Gloria iA Excelsis of
evening prayer service, vV'hich reads,
"Thou takest away the sins of the
world, have mercy upon Pis." as a
repetition and therefore unnecessary.
After an eloquent plea In Vbehalf of
its retention in the present form of
the Book of Common Prayer by Judge
Bradford Prince of Xew Mexico, the
vote of the diocese was carried,. 47 for
elimination and 46 against it.
A resolution forbidding 'applause In
any session , of the house of deputies
was discharged from further consid
eration as Inexpedient and the com
mittee was released.
Nationalization Act
Now Up to Harding
Washington.- Sept. 9 (I. N. S ) The
right of married women to an Inde
pendent status as citizens of the United
States was established this afternoon
when the senate passed a new nation
alization act. The measure, already
passed by the house, now goes to the
president for his signature.
Sheriff Indicted
On Liquor Charge
Spokane. Wash.,'! Sept. 9. tL N. S.)
Sheriff Thomas Barker.' H. P. Car
penter, Great Northern- station agent
at Republic, and John Woods, farmer,
all of Ferry unty. today stand : In
dicted by a grand jury - charged with
conspiring. to aid in bringing liquor
EPUPA
WOMEN
League Held
By Speech
Of Haitien
By Edgar Ansel atowrer,
( Special Cable to The Jnnnul and tha Chicaco
Daily Ncr.
(CopyTtsbt. 1822)
Geneva, Sept. 9 Race prejudice re
ceived a severe blow Friday when the
league assembly listened to a brilliant
speech by' Bellegarde. tho negro dele
gate from Haiti, who In well chosen
moderate words discussed the league's
duties to mankind and especially the
duties of the mandatory powers to the
native populations under their control.
Referring to the reciLit reported mas
sacre of the Bondel4lottentots by a
South African expeditionary force, he
asked for a full investigation, declar
ing that the "massacre "of women and
children In the name of the League of
Nations is an abominable thing, which
we cannot admit." This was a refer
ence to the leaffue control over the
execution of the mandates.
The United States comptroller of
Haitien finances is said to have refused
to recommend the payment of the ex
penses of the Haitien delegate to the
assembly. Bellegarde ia living in a
modest hotel and avoiding ostentation.
The entire assembly followed the
Haitien's speech with attention and
many of the delegates congratulated
the orator on his command of ideas and
his courage in defending the Africans.
MINERS ALIVE, IS
GUST'S BELIEF
Jackaon, Cal., Sept. .9. (L N. S.)
That the .47 miners entombed at the
bottom of the mtne shaft of the Argo
naut gold mine nearly one mile under
ground are alive today, after 13 days
have elapsed since they were first
trapped by fire. Is the belief of Dr. L.
H. Duschak, consulting chemical engi
neer. He said that chemical tests made
in the Muldoon shaft established the
fact that there are no corpses in the
Argonaut.
To lend, further impetus to the rescue
work, the managements of the, Kennedy
and Argonaut mines have posted a
$5000 reward for the crew which first
reaches the unfortunate men.'
With the declaration of the engineer
came optimistic statements from mine
officials. They stated", it was their "be
lief the t men were alive, -basing this
belief on the chemical tests taken at
the 2408 foot level of the - Muldoon
shaft, v For- tho -first - time since the
beginning of the fire the non-presence
of , poisonous., gases-was,, noted by-ex
naustive chemieaV,.naiysis they said..
Rescue crews, working - on: the ' 8600
foot level of the adjoining Kennedy
shaft reported they had reached - an
uncharted bulkhead, presumably erect
ed during a previous fire. It is be
lieved this bulkhead served to check
theflood of water used in extinguish
ing this fire and that better progress
will be made beyond the bulkhead
toward the 75 foot wall of quarts sep
arating the two mines than has been
(Concluded on Pace Three. Column Poor)
Hills of Arkansas
Found Bee Hive
Of Moonshiners
Fort Smith, Ark.. Sept. 9. (U. P.)
Federal dry agents swept through the
hills of Northwest Arkansas today and
arrested 210 persons on moonshininl
cnarges. .
In one raid 143 were taken, and 140
of them immediately pleaded guilty
when arraigned before a United States
commissioner. j. -
More than 200 gallons of illicit liquor
and 2400 gallons of mash were seized.
War Food Seizure
Costs TJ. S. $620,623
Washington, Sept. 9. fl. N. 8.) A
claim of 1620,623 brought by Louis
Levitt of New Tork city against the
government for Illegal seizure of food
stuffs during the war, was ordered
paid this afternoon by the senate. It
was the largest claim yet acted upon
by congress.
QStK!t3?
By liendfik
Monday. s j
Whit is said about thi
more fasdrfating : thaa-fairyv
you o .to Hendrik Van
.. Detroit 4ii'."Pr. Vari:Loon.has gone through
the dusty files and brought out a great deal f lasci-
radnlt as it must be to boys and girls who5 ages range ;
; Loon ;cwweiMra
like a father's informing
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UNJUSUAYS
COMMISSI!
Public Service Board, in Reso
lution. Formally Calls for In
quiry Into Telephone 5 Rates;
Hearing to Begin Here Oct. 2
Salem, Sept. 9. The telephone rat
question in Oregon is to be reopened
In a formal investigation by the pubj
lie service commission.
A resolution providing for the !n
vest igat ion and setting the date for
the hearing as October 2 at the of
fices of the commission In the .-courthouse,
Portland, waa - unanimously
adopted by the commission 1n session
this morning. "' c '
The resolution, which was Introduced
by Commissioner McCoy, is almost
identical with one introduced by Com- -missioner
Corey several weeks v ago. .
upon which no action was taken. It
sets forth that a period of 18 months,
has elapsed since the adoption of the
present rates' by the Pacific Telephone
& Telegraph company in this state, in
which time' Imany changes have been -brought
.about In, conditions affecting
the rate, question. ' i-
Attention is also called to the "popu
lar disapproval' of the present tele
phone rates as voiced by the peopie of
the state in the recent recall election
when two of the commissioner' re
sponsible for the present telephone tar
iff Fred A. WUliams and Fred.G.
Buchtel were removed from offiiat and
replaced by Commissioners T. M. Ker
rigan and Newton McCoy. . .
HOLD RATES UN J 1ST - "
These two new members, the resolu- ,
tion sets out, have carefully examined
the records in the previous rate inquiry
and are of the opinion that the rates
in effect "are unreasonable and many
of them unjustly discriminatory.'.
Occasion " is also taken to point out.
that during the entire time ; the pres
ent rates, have been In effect "the serv
ice of the eaid telephone company has
been and still Is inadequate." -
While the members of the commis
sion are not in a position to Indicate
Just how long iho investigation will
requirj, it was stated that everything;
possible would be lone to-expedite he
inquiry with a "View to affording relief
to patrons of the telephone company
as oon as possible, if the investigation
should, show that present rates are not
justified.
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' The Investigation,- it - was explained
by a, member of the commission, would
have no effect one way or another oit
the progress, of the Duncan suit Insti
tuted in an' effort to set aside the pres
ent telephone ' rales and - reestablish
those in effect prior to Marcn 1, l;i.
St. Louis. Mo.. Sept . U. P.)
Ken Williams hit his 37th home run of
the year In the second inning of the
Detroit-SL louis game here today.
Sisler was on base and Pillette waa
pitching.
House Leaders Plan ;
Adjournment Early
In Week df Sept. 18.
Washington. Sept. 9. I. N. S.)
House leaders planned today for an
adjournment early in the week of Sep
tember 18. ' They will have cleared the
legislative program eo far as rests
with the house, during the coming
The date of adjournment" rests with
tho senate. Conferences today be
tween house and senate leader fild
to develop .a day certain on which aa
adjournment could be takew ' ; - -.-
It is expected that both the' tariff
and soldiers' bonus bills will pass con- .
gress finally during the coming: weekvv
.Vart Loon
iiwealhirei::
tales?No.casonri;
Loon to tell it to you.". T .:
tounds
talk with his young son.
J
WILLIAMS. HITS
37TH HOME RUN
into the United eta tea "from Canada.
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