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... WEATHER: I - j iad warmer; gentle north- Th Statesman nHfM the IftMd wlr report of the As sociated Press, th greatest' aad ruort rellabl press a- . ociatloa la ta world. f i SAI.K.H. OKI (.UN. Till IISIA MDIIMMi, .SKlTKMUtat 1H. 19l! PRICE: MVK CKXTS. mm TEXAS CITY DEATH LIST GOES TO 300 Downpour Adds to Desolation e( Stricken Corpus Christ! 'Identification of Bodies . Found Impossible BONFIRES CAST WIERD CLOW OVER WRECKAGE Food Situation Takes Acute r Terns WhenTrairis Are, Delayed j CORPrS CHRISTI. Tex., Sept. 17 Darkness, fell., over, jthe storm stricken .city of Corpus,; Christl and environs tonight with the list of. dead trim Sunday's hurricane hoverin around . the 300 mark and with heavy rain which fell almost contin uously throughout the day hamper- tag tie work, ot clearing the debris aad Increasing the" suf ferings of thousands of homeless. All attempt at Identifying the bodies had been abandoned because of their decom posed condition, i Dead Cattle Barled The bay, front tonight i3 lighted! fcy a score of huge bonfires wntcn casta sickly, light over the wrecked portion of Corpus Christl. adding strange "pallor to the scene of deso utkm left by wind and wave. Into these fires are being cast the car casses of cattle drowned when the tidal vrave swept OTer jMustang Is land; which lies across the moutn of Corpus Christi bay. Hmtt rainfall to the east of Cor pus Christl was threatening to ston relief trains hurrying mere. Food Sitaation Critical The food situation, serious from the outset, took ftmore acute ton taAa with the arrival of several hundred refugees fronvthe surround Ing country. Fear waa eatprewed to- wtht that when the limttea ; iooo stocks In surrounding towns Is ex hausted more than 30.000 person? would become entirely: dependent soon relief, supplies now being brought here. !..'' aUBCAMGN ; TEAMS CHOSEN Full Force of. Commercial Drive for Members to Be Felt Today The city was districted and teams were chosen for - the membership drive of the Commercial club at a luncheon held in the club rooms at noon yesterday. Some of the teams secured a few new members yester- ( day but the mil force or tne anve wOl 'be felt today and tomorrow. Following are the teams and their respective districts: V Tea ml. A. C. Bohrnstedt, work ing with Frank Daven and others. Territory between State and Belle voe,. High and Church streets, includ ing Cherry City bakery. Team 2 A J. Rahn. captain, working with Harry Hawkins and others: territory between High vand Commercial, from . Ferry to Mill . streets. ' Team 3 T. B. Kay, captain, work- leg with Homer H. S. Smith. D. W. Eyre. Fred Thlelsen. Joseph Haum gartner and - J. C. Perry: territory ; High to Commercial streets and State to Ferry. Team 4 Xf. M. Hamilton, captain working with W- A. Wiest, W. I. Sta lky. B. A. Shaver. , Charles B. Ar- eherd. Max Buren. John Bayne W. C. Dyer, G.-W. Laflar and U. G Shipley.' Team S Frederick W. Schmidt. working from Court to State street tetveen Liberty and High streets. Team 6 Hal D. Patton. assisted hr E. Greenba ira. George Waters and others. TIeIr territory is re tween State and Chemeketa and Lib erty and Court etieets. Team 7 F. G. Deckebach. cap tain, with a territory running from Commercial street to the river and Chemeketa to state. Team 8 William Gahlsdorf. cap tain, with Max Gahlhar and others. Their working district is Llnerty Mreet to the river between Marion ando Chemeketa streets. Team 9 Bea F. West, captain voelated with J. B. Littler. A. A. Kne and others. Their worjc win Liberty to Church street, oetween Chemtkela and Court. - Team to panl Wallace, captain "Is ter-itory will include the state house, sipreme court building. Ore Jon, state hospital and the peniten- uary. Team 11 Captain !, Roy Wise of the Cherry City BrkeiT has been as lsned to the unclassified, with the wnrae b will fin.i plenty of wcrk for himself and assistants. 3-FLAG RECORD BROKEN . TWO HOURS CUT OFF RUN . PORTLAND MAN WINNER SAN DIEGO. Cal. R.ept. 17. Finishing at Tijuana. Lower Cali fornia, this afternoon. Walter Hadfield of Portland, Or., broke the Thrc Flag motorcycle course record, it was announced. His time was al hours, 22 minutes and he cut two hours and six min utes off the best previous record made by Weils Bennett. The course is from Maine. Wash., on the Caladian border, to Tijuana, and the distance is 1,716 miles. LEGION CHEERS FOR T. R. JUNIOR State .Convention of , Service - Men Opens First Session in Portland PORTLAND, Or.. Sept. 17. Lieu tenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt presided here today at the opening of the first state convention of the American: Legion of Oregon. He was given a vociferous welcome and in his response urged the men of the Legion to realiifj their power and ' also their responsibilities and never allow the legion to be .swayed from Its national patriotic purpose by self-seekers. Governor Ben W. Oleott, in Intro ducing Colonel Roosevelt, spoke In serious vein of the menace of radi calism which he said was now much in evidence everywhere. At x re cent national governors conference hich he attended, said Governor Oleott, only 20 state executives were present, the governors of the other states being kept at home by Indus trial troubles. The convention will continue Its sessions tomorrow. CHENOWETHIS Former Representative Ac-i quitted of Murder of " George Sydnam. GOLD BEACH. Or., Sept. 17. George Chenoweth. former represen tative in the Oregon legislature, was acquitted by a jury in the cir cuit court here today of the charge of having slain George Sydnam, a yon th who was shot and killed at a dance two months ago. The killing or Sydnam by Cheno weth was admitted and the defense was bSsed on a claim of emotional temporary insanity on the part of the slayer. Chenoweth paid he had returned to his home after an ab sence of several months, to be told ly his young daughter a story Im plicating fiydnam. whieh enraged and crazed him. While in this condition he said, he bad sought and shot his daughter's alleged betrayer. Rmns Prove Boon to Ranges Throughout Eastern Oregon PRINEVILLE. Or., Sept. 17. Frequent showers daring the past two weeks have greatly improved the condition of ranges throughout the country- Bright warm days are rapixT helping the growth of the grass, which will serve as pasturage for several weeks yet this fall and will aid greatly In saving the hay supply. Stockmen are optimistic oyer the outlook regarding fall feed ing- FREED BY JURY PRESIDENTIAL PUBLIC NAMES OF 22 MEN;WHO:VILL REPRESENT PUBLIC IN LABOR CONFERENCE SAX FRANCISCO, Cal.? Sept 17. President Wilson made pub lic here tonight the names of the twenty-two men who will repre sent the general public in the national conference which is to begin in Washington on October 6 to consider plans for a new. relationship between employer and employe. Twenty-two representatives to sit in the conference will be selected later by organized labor, the leading agricultural associations, investment bankers and manufacturers. Two Socialist CTiosrn On the president's list of those who will represent the public are Bernard M. Barnch of X.-jw York, former chairman of the war Indus tries boad; Robert S. Brookings of St. Louis, former chairman of the price-fixing committee of that ar ganizatlon; John D. Rockefeller, J.: Judge Elbert H. Gary, of New York; Dr. Charles Eliot, president emeritus of Harvard: Charles Edward Russell of New York and John Spaigo of Vermont. The last two persons aic Socialist leaders. ' Personnel YaneI The others on Ihe list are: J. E Bradfnt. Exnia, Ohio, president of Ohio Farm Bureau federation; Ward Burgess. Nebraska." Fuller P. Calla- tway. La Grange. Ga.. extensive cot- (Continued on page 2) STEEL MEN OUT MONDAY ULTIMATUM Chairman of National Com mittee Says Walkout Will Go as Planned Statement To Be Made Public Today FISHING WILL TAKE PLACE OF PICKETING Companies Give Reasons for Refusing to Grant De mands of Workers . PITTSBURGH, Sept. 17. When the national committee for t Ioniz ing iron and steel workers adjourned tonight until tomorrow morning- John Fitzpatrick, chairman of the committee, made the unequivocal statement that the proposed walk out of the steel workers would take place next Monday morning as al ready decided upon. He said a state ment would be issued tomorrow af ternoon. The meeting, primarily called to consider strike plans, discussed the question of postponing walkout until after the ndustriI conference in Washington beginning October . a requested by President Wilson. Ar guments were ma.de against, post ponement on the ground that the steel workers, having gone fai in their campaign for settlement m grievances by collective bargaining cannot now turn back. Meeting is Secret Few details of the 'meeting wen? permitted to leak out and newspaper men were kept away from the meet ing room in the Monongohela hoose Whether the 24fonIons represented in the meeting were canvassed to ascertain the sentiment on the mat ter of deferring the strike could not be learned. When Chairman Fitzpatrick made the positive statement that the strike would go Into ef feet next Monday morning, he was asked If the strik ers would picket the steel plants. "No. there will be no picketing' the men will go fishing," he said "We will leave the mill gnards and professional gnnmen to ran the plants." Companies Make Statement A letter from E- H. Gary, chair man of the United States Steel cor poration, to the presidents of of nb- sidiary companies, made public Here todav. gives the reason of the cor poration for refusing to meet with the union leaders to discuss the af fairs of its employes. These reas ons are along the line given the ua- f Continued on page 2) No Action to Be Taken to . Fix Wilson Accident Blame PORTLAND, Or., Sent. 17. The district attorney's office today through Deputy District Attorney Fred Dempsey, announced that uo action would be taken to fix the re sponsibility for the automobile acci dent Monday, which caused the death of Ben F. Allen of Cleveland. O., a newspaper; correspondent traveling with the presidential par ty, and James R. Patterson, a retired Portland realty dealer. Airording to Dempsey a thorough investigation of the accident failed to show that the blame could be definitely fixed. Conductor, Held for Murder, Freed for Lack of Evidence PORTLAND, Sept. 17 H. E Johnson, railway conductor sor the Southern Pacific, who was ar sted on suspicion of having murdered Mike Apostolou. a dishwasher at restaurant here, will be released Deputy District Attorney Dellch de clared today. "Circumstantial evidence points to him as thfl entity man but he has an alibi which the police Ae unable to dispute nnle.es someone is found who saw Johnson either in Portland or on the way to Salem between the hours of t and 9 o'clock Monday morning." Deitch said. Knotty Question h Up ! Before Supreme Court Whether Austrian Consul Won-d-rle of Portland has euthority tc grai.t an attorney the right to ue the names of two women In Austria as plaintiffs in actions for damages against the Western Cooperage com pany because of 'the accidental death of their sons in a logging camp ac cident in Clatsop county is the main question aMssue in a bearing before the ruprerae court yesterday.; The name of one of the womec, Marja Kjacicb, does not. now appear as -0 plaintiff, a Mr. Garvin, govern ment custodian of property having been substituted in her place. Ia the other case, that of Yoze Ljubieh.j vs. tne western i.ooperaxe com pun , the contention of the defense as sustained in the lower court for Multnomah county and the case was dismissed. In the Rjacich case, however, a jury rendered a verdict allowing damages. The men killed In the accident were Yure Ljublch and Mjo Itjacich. The cases were tried In the lower court before the war. Because the plaintiffs were alien enemies the su preme court suspended action on the rases during the, war. ; DIRECTORS OF SALETil ROTARY CLUB ELECTED - $- ; Delegation of Portland Repar ians Guests of Local Or ganization BODY SECOND IN STATE Roth, Deckebach, ThTelsen, Ciancey, and Gile Are Selected The Salem Rotary elnb. the sec ond in Oregon, was officially organ ized and directors were elected at a meeting and luncheon held cl the Marion hotel at noon yesterday at which a group of Portland Rotarians ead by Nelson Pike and Harry levee, were special guests. Directors chosen, thiii com pie t-n.-: the Salem" organization."" were Theodore Roth. F. B..Thielen. F. G Deckebach. C. B. Ciancey, "and II. S Gile. . Caet Given Ride The Portland Rotarians were met at the train by local members of the -lub and were taken for a drive over he city and vicinity. The luncheon and meeting followed at which th Portland men were the principal speakers. The state fcir ground was then visited and the various exhib its which have leen received wer shown the guests. Thev returned to Portland late in the afternoon. monc those In the party were Al- oert Grill-y and Fred Rail, both for nierly of Salem and P. G. Schwerdt man. AUSTRALIAN IS OBSERVING HOPS M. R. Shoobridge of Taxma nia Visits Big Yards of Willamette Valley M. R. Shoobridge. of Ilobart. Tasmania, the garden state of the Australian commonwealth. ' is in Salem for a three weeks tsay durius which time he will give Salem and vicinity a thorough "once-over" from a hop-growers point of vl.w. Mr. Shoob:idge Is finishing serv ice with the expeditionary force from the Australian oinmoa wealth and is on his way honie,. being in the Aussie" uniform at the presort lime. He reports that it is exceed ingly difficult to secure boat pas- saee to the commonwealth irom Pacific ports, due to thet uock strides In Sydney. Before the war the Australian jDldier was engaged in the bop irrowing industry in Taiamnia. which Is the enly state of Aes'.ralfa which is generally adaptable to hops. Mr. shoobndce is intereiiei in tne mecnanicat ga'permg u-js. having spent two weeks inspecting ih- Horst brothers nop piciunt; machines at their Sacrament y-rd and also muVing a visit to v-e the work of the machine at the T A Llrcly hop yards. He says that ihe Ho:ft toppUking machipe was tried out in Tasmania about 12 years ago. By fking the apparatus to Tasmania the inventor of the marr-hf was s.ble to secure the benefit. of the double M-ason as the Tainarian hops are picked in sked as to th" !a.or - situation in his coi.itry. Mr. Shoo'indgi; stated that condition and ' prices PhS-1 to hf-p pickers are aoou: ?he same as in Oregon He expressed the opinion that th.? ptvsent high price or bops wilt not be n aiatained for mere nun another season, as both Germany and I-ngland will be back in the production lists again, and that hops will then fail to com mand the premium they ar? br us ing at the prti-'nl tinv!. UPROARIOUS CROWD.HEARS ' MR. WILSON President at San Francisco Declares People Bound to Decide Treaty Issue Rightly and Not Selfishly ALL EFFORTS TO 0U1ET CHEERING ARE FUTILE Opponents Discredit But Of fer No Substitute for League SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 17. To an uproarious crowd in the Civic auditorium here tonight. President Wilson declared that in his trip across the continent he had become convinced that the treaty issue would be decided righ )y by the people and "not by any private purpose of their own." He repeated his declaration that the league of nations was not the work of the Versailles conft fence, but grew out of years of thought ty men who did not devote any portion of their consideration to politics. some of the most conservative minds of both parties, he asserted.' had been devoted to the project for a gener ation. Dfrorder prevail There was much disorder in the hall during the address and the pres ident spoke with apparent difficulty against a hum of talk in the diftant galleries. Once he stopped to ask for closer attention, but the crowd did not quiet down. Earlier in the day the president had been welcomed by crowded streets and when he left the hotel for the auditorium he was cheered by a crowd which had blocked the street for more than an hour. On the way he passed along in a contin uous roar of applause and when he and Mrs. Wilson entered the auditor ium the crowd stood np and shouted itself hoarse. When the cheering had been In progress for more than 13 minutes "The Star Spangled Ban ner" was played on a pine organ but it failed to quiet the crowd. Republican Prrweats President Mayor Rolph .at last introduced Chester Rowell, editor of the Fres no Republican and Republican na tional committeeman In. 1916. who presented the president while the crowd kept op Ita shouting. When Mr. Wilson took the plat form and held np his band, for si lence yells continued for more than five minles in the galleries while some in the' audience shouted "put them ont" and others hissed. There wns still much noise when he began speaking and It continued while the address proceeded. (Yowd (Her 12.0O0 It wa one of the largest halls In which the president has rpoken. seating 12.000. It was packed, many standing. The address was the recond delivered here bv. the presi dent during the day. 1600 women having listened to a luncheon speech at a San Francisco hotel. Declaring the agne opponents had offered no substitute. Mr. Wilson discussed at length the objections made, repeating many of his pre vious arguments against rbanes Virtually all of the feature tinder j - . . .... Z a ' . apc,area- caa oeenjbe e. All commpnlcatlon with v-R uu- ai0nK Ine une Cr uc- gestions oy tne senate foreign rela- wua ivuiuiiue. : BELGIAN ROYAL FAMILY ABOARD GEORGE WASHINGTON BOUND FOR AMERICAN TO H AVE YANK ESCORT BUI SSEI-S Sept. When Kintr Albert, Queen Elizabeth and t rown I nnee Leopold, accompanied by a numerous party, lardcd the steamer Ct-orge Wahin,rtoti at CKtend for their vov'ape to the Lnited State, they will have as an exort a retrimen .It a.; l. . i . i. in. vem atKari tne transport at Hrest todav. The takine along of the troops was-due to the urgent request f the kintr. Gervais-Aurora Road Goes On At 1000 Feet Each Day AURORA. Or.. Sept, 17 It is de clared that the completion of the Pacific Highway paving under the Huber contract, between Aurora and Gervais. is certain If the weather normal the remainder of the fall. The base and surfacing is now being laid at a rate approaching lout feet a day. The entire work should be finished by the middle of November. It Is expected that paving through Aurora will be the last to be laid. It has been intimated that unless the city shows a disiot.lt ion to co operate to the extent of its ability, the paving may e.nd at the 'city boundary, but this Is not believed to be the attitude of the state highway i commission. BANDIT GETS OVER $600 j HAS GUNS BUT NO MASK POSSES SEARCH " HILLS LEWISTOX. Mont.. Sept. 17. A bandit, wearing no mask, but with a big gun in either hand, this morning held up the cashier and tlokkeeper at the Buffalo State bank, of Buffalo. Mont near here, getting away with all the cash back of the counter es timated at something over $i00. He then left but whether be '.-eat out of town on horseback, automo bile or waiked. is unknown. The sheriff and several posres are now Fearrhing the countryside for the outlaw. GOVERNOR; ASKS -HELP FOR TEXAS Maxor. Baker of , Portland Named to Head Relief Com mittee in Oregon To head an emergency movement in Oregon for the contribution of financial relief to the stricken peo ple of Corpus Christl and other Tex as cities that have suffered from a devastating hurricane and tidal wave Governor Oleott yesterday ap pointed Mayor George L. Baker of Portland, and W. B. Ayer and Max Hanser. also of Portland as a spec ial comirjttee. The action is taken in response to an appeal telegraphed to the governor Tuesday from Mayor Boone of Corpus Christl and Clerk Peas, chairman of a financial cora mlttee at that place. A statement by the governor today asks the peo ple to respond liberally to the ap peal for help. "An appeal for aid has come to Oregon from the stricken people of Texas. Hundreds of lives have been lost, millions of dollars la property values have been wiped oat and thoa sands of families are destitute." aays the rovernor's statement. :We. who are blessed with a cli mate and a state virtually Immune from such calamities as this, can have no idea of the horror and suf fering which must be attendant an on hurricanes and tidal waves snch as have swept a portion of the larg est state la the anion. "I am certain the people of Ore gon will respond liberally to the ap- tal for aid which has come from the southland. "In order fo centralize the relief work in Oregon I am asking Mayor George 1 Baker of Portland, to act as chairman of a committee of three for that purpose. 1 am also ask In c W. B. Ayer and Max Hanser. both or Port la nd. to act with him. These men will have full charge of the de tails. "Oregon has never reew dereli-t in its duty In assisting the africted and the destitute. I am confident that It will heed the present cal!." PERU PRESIDENT REPORTED KILLED Censorship of Communication Prevents Confirmation of Rumor SANTIAGO. Chile. Sept. 17 Persistent rumors are In circnlatla here that Angusto B. Lerula. presi dent of Pern. w.n astasia ted Tues day. Dispatches received by the :-r eign ministry from Iqniqne say that in Iquique the rumor is belTeved to pern Is under censorship and con flrmation of the rumor therefore Is j lacking AlWrt refuej to take naut on the Oorge Washington if by doing it oum interfere In any way with the return of American soldiers homeward. Kin Albert has let It be knowp that be Is going to Ihe I n i ted State for three things first, to repay the visit or President Wilson to Bel glum: second, to thank the Ameri cans for what they have done for Belgium and all the allies and third, "to learn something." King Want Cfcmil Time The kin Is enthusiastic oer the prospects of having a good time, but says be hopes the haniuets to be riven in hla honor will be kept to the smallest possible aoraber he dre not like functions of this kind In this connection he quoted Her bert Hoover as saying that Europe needed the food, and said therefore that food should not be wasted. FIRST, LEAD BY PERSHING, IS. CHEERED Washington Snouts Self Hoarse in Paying Tribute to Go Over and Last to Come Home From Late War SOLDIERS PASS F0FL . 4 1 OVER: THREE HOURS Great Guns, and All Equip ment in line Wounded Ride is Autos WASHINGTON. . pt." 17. Hoarse with cheering; Washington rested to night satisfied that It had paid fall honor to General J. J. Pershing and the fighting men of the First divts. lon. The nation's victory parade was over. For nearly three boars a roll- lag flood of soldiers,, of guns and horses, of tasks and motor tracks. bad poured np Pennsylvania arena without check or halt to pasa the re viewing stand where stood Vice Pres ident Marshall, representing ' Presi dent Wilson. The wide strKt ran bank fall with Its grim, llvl- g tide of fighting power and orrai'.setloa: and as th great pageant was un rolled before their eyes, the hundreds of thousands of people who formed those banks roared aad shrieked with prid and approval, th aoaad of their cheering slowly dwiadllnc at. lae end. hat only from physical ex haustion. Ptrrahiac Heads Colsnwn. Riding at the head of the mighty column. General Pershing was car- lied forward along the whole line of march, as though on a wave of sound as the nation and city gave him hit formal greetiag. To no American since Admiral George Dewey came home in triumph from Manila has such aa ovation been tendered. Nor has the end yet coTbe; for tomorrow congress will formally add Its tribute to that of the city and th nation, and with business potato on aide. tender the expeditionary commander a formal reception at th capitoL Never has Washlnrtoa witnessed snch a military pageant as that which today flooded its great Victory Way. Men la greater ambers have march ed there la review bat never has th fall pomp and panoply of war been thus given to the public. All Artillery In Ua. Fresh from the loyal tribute paid them In New York, the men of th First division marched with fall fighting equipment. From the pon derous six-inch howitzer of the ar tillery to the diminutive one pounders and , grotesque trench' mortars, the fall strenrth of the divisional artil lery was there. From th thick clus tered bayonets of the Infantry masse to th grim lice of machine guns mounted on motor trucks, th small arms of this great fighting unit were on display; and from the lumbering mills of hooded snppty and ammuni tion truck to a roartac. clattering cavalcade of whippet tanks, the tools of every phase ot modern warfare were represented. In addition to the division's own equipment, special service detach, raents from th engineers, a pontoon bridge section, a motorized machine shop with its planes and drills In mo tion and even a mobile-laundry unit were in line. As the thousands tramped by below their comrade of the air dipped and circled la dozens of airplane above or marked th progress of the column from a great observation balloon riding high above the White House. ; WosuMk-d Rid. To men wounded In battle and not yet able to march, special tribute was given as they rode by la motor cars. And to the group la Irvalld chairs . under the trees of a park Just beyond the reviewing stand, or. lying fall lensth in their stretchers along th curb with nurse hovering about them, there flowed a strong current of sympathy aad pride from th thousands grouped about. They wer sightseers from the military hospital, men who wounds will kee them long from civil life. The flars of th msrchiBK reaimeats were dipped to them In passinc. Cerrasosiles Vmd Today. In winding up the ceren n!es or reception to General Pershing tomor row, congress will meet In joint ses- ' si on. the members of the sen at marching In a body to the nous chamber, for the purpose. Senator Cummins, president pro tem of th senate, and Speaker Gillette a ill de liver the addresses of welcome while former Speaker Champ Clark a 111 extend the formal thanks of congress to Geaeral Pershing and his men as expressed In the joint resolution al ready adopted. ' With his own reply. General Per shing will close the ceremony and all the formal functioas connected with his return from Francq.