m. as m
TIIK WEATHERi
mm
The Statesman receives the leased
wlro report of lha AwocUUd Pre,
the greatest and BMt reliable preaa
association In tb world.
a
Friday, unsettled; probably thunder
storms in mountains; moderate '
westerly winds.
SEVENTIETH YKAH
kalk.m. oitraox. ritii.v Mouxixt;. ahust a. htjo.
Wmim
SITUATION"
WORRYING
OFFICALS
Polish Problem Subject of
Diplomatic , Exchanges ,. Be
tween United States and
, Allied Governments -:
SILENCE MAINTAINED
BY STATE DEPARTMENT
White, Charge D'Aff aires in
Poland May Leave War
saw Immediately,
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5. The Pol
Ish situation, described at the state
department today as one of "confus
ion and contention", is understood
to hare become the subject of diplo
matic exchanges between the at' led
owers and the United States.
The trend of the exchange was
. not disclosed here, and siltrce was
"maintained by officials (.eneially as
to International aspects of the Pol
ish debacle. '
i Official reports woo said to be aa
disquieting on ir?s dispatches and
authorization was sen; by the stale
department today to the American
location at Warsaw for its ren.oal
with allied diplomatic representative.!
from the capital endangered by the
llcltthevikt. , .
John C. White, cbagj d'affaires
r.f the American legation during the
absence of Hugh Gibson, the mini Her
who is in this country, was infon-itd
to use his own discretion In leaving
Warsaw. It was raid that if neves
eary. as seems aertcln, the foreign
diplomatic . .representatives progahly
wonld go to Graudenz, about iOJ
miles toward Danzig.
-, Announcement was made that Min
ister Gibson was en route here frora
California and -that hn would oo
' leave for. his. post,, lie has been in
. the United Sjpates several rnontas on
leave. '.";.; ;; k '..t'-.
. Official dispatches gfving " various
lights on the Polisn situation were
received today. One said Krwich mil
itary representatives bt Warsaw ra
tified Poland last weet that France
would be unable to i'u.nlsh a y com
bat troops for use against the Bol
shevist. Use 6f additional officer.
however, was offered. , ., V i
GUARDSMEN TO HELP
CLEAN OREGON CROPS
ALL DRILLS ARE KISPKNDKI
1)1 HINtJ HARVEST SEASON
Authority til-ante! by Adjutant fun
eral After Coniiuunieatinjc With
, Department
Hundreds of men who are enlisted
in the National Guard of Oregon are
at liberty to work in the harvest
fields curing the present sea.son and
yet not lose their army pay, through
arrangements made with the western
department of the army. This- was
announced yesterday by Adjutant
General George A. White.
Labor shortage in the state is the
reason for the move. The adjutant
genera) has notified all organiza
tion commanders of the guard that
the men may be1 released during the
harvest season, the exact ieriod of
time to be determined locally. Hun
dreds of men already, are taking ad
vantage of the opportunity.
To make up the army pay an 'in
creased number of drills will be held
npon the return of the men in Sep
tember and October. , Over 1000 men
in Ashland. Med ford, , Marxhfleld.
Newport, Salem, Independen-e, .41
verton, Woodburn and Portland are
affected. - , i
NEW HEAD
NAMED FOR
HOSPITAL
Miss Gladys Steele Appointed
, Successor to Miss McNary
andMcKinley School Serves
for Another Year
REOPENING DATED FOR
MONDAY, AUGUST 16
RADICAL HEAD
UNDER'ARREST
Man Wanted by Allied Gov
5 - ernments for 5 VYears :t
Inventor of Code
Nurses' Training School to be
Developed in Connection
; With Work ' -
OFFICIALS UNEARTH
BIG STILLAT NEWBERG
LARGEST OXK VET DISCOVERED
IX OREGON
Hum Ihiildiag Which Mill Wa
IxK-aird and Kehte 150 il
loon of IJtpior
PORTLAND. Or.. Aug. 's'.Fai
agents last night found near Ntw
berg. Or., the largest Illicit Mtlil yet
unearthed in Oregon." according to
Johnson S. Smith, state prohibition
enforcement director, who dl.-ecr.,t
tne rata. A bunaing 40 by 101 ftet.
In which the still was "located, was
burned by the ofHcers and ail the
equipment. . About 800 gallons or
corn mash and 150 gallons of whis
key were seized. , Today W. L. Halt,
son of the owner of tho ranch wl re
the still was found, and two other
men were arretted charged with Lav
ing operated tne still. Smith de
clared be was confident he had act
ed within the law when he burned
the building. , .
CAR STRIKE
ASSUMING
RIOT ASPECT
. 4 1 1 '
Between 30 and 35 Persons
Injured Seriously in Fight
ing Between Striking Work
, men and Strike Breakers
CHICAGO. Aug. 5. .- Alexander
Jaunniksa. said to be an Internation
al anarchist sought by the allied gov
ernments for five years was arretted
today and. with him was taken docu
mentary evidence said by police to
show be was the head of an "under
ground" system of : communication
between radicals in this country and
abroad. Questioning of Jaunuiksaj
revealed be had used the name 01
John Alexander. - - -
Terming, the arrest "the most Im
portant since the war." officials said
Jaunuiksa appeared to be the head
Of. radicals in America, that he bad
Joined the German radical socialists
at the age of 18 and fled from En
gland to escape conscription and that
he was wanted for evading the draft
in the United States. . He was born
in Russia 2 G years ago.
He was the editor of "Der Klass-!
en kamps" (Class Struggles), said to
be a radical paper which advocated
destruction of all government.
His secretary, Carl Broekmiller,
and Charles Plahan, alleged I. W. W.
organizer also were arrested.
Jaunniksa. according to the police,
was the inventor of a code used by
10.000 radicals in this country and
rnurroiea oyr i rejnmciilt possiDle for one to write an ap-
. . . lnarently personal letter, wmcn, wnen
tKisi. u. t,.. Aug. &. -nai is coded contained secret instructions
believed by railroad officials to have i Qd anarchl8tlc teachings.
uvea in timnpi in wrec& v.duauiiu
Pacific passenger train No. 8. near
'Sentinel, a short distance from the
scene of last Monday's holdup of
passenger train No. 63, was frustrat
ed late tonight when the conductor
of a freight, train preceding the' pas
senger, saw the rail Obstruction on
the tracks and stopped bis train in
time to prevent a wreck.
Attempt to tFrecfc Train
Miss Gladys Steele lias Deen ap
pointed by the Salem Hospital board
as superintendent of the Salem hos
pital to succeed Miss Lillian McNary.
resigned. The Salem hospital, which
was closed August 1. will reopen
August IS in the McKinley school
building which will serve another
year for hospital purposes.
This is the latest development in
the Salem hospital situation. In the
meantime. It is understood plana will
go ahead toward a new hospital
building, but the most recent ar-
ranemnt wilt vtv vaar'a Itwvi V
for completing the fund and doins I
other preliminary work.
Record N SncreNsful
Miss Steele, the new superintend
ent, is a registered nurse and is a
graduate of the Minneapolis city hos
pital. She was superintendent of the
Willamette eanitarinra for six yearn.
and when- the World war came on
went into the service. After leaving
I the service she took special work in
the- Bellevue hospital of New York
City, and institution of 2690 beds,
and one of the biggest hospitals in
the wor?d.
The Salem hospital will again be
ready to receive patients as soon as
It reopens and reorganizes, and will
have the backing of the leading phy
sicians of the city, A nurses' train
ing school will be developed In con
nection with the hospitaL -
: Iloa.nl Plans Oiange
Until a short lime ago the Salem
school board believed It would be
necessary to take back the McKin
ley school .building tor acnooi pur
poses in September, and it was ap
parent that the Salem hospital would
have to be discontinued until com
pletion of the proposed new bnildirr.
Several months ago when Miss Mc
Nary let it be known that she ex
pected to resign the coming fall be
cause of arrangements made to goi
east it was tentatively planned mac
her leaving would mark the tempo
rary discontinuance of the hospital
until the r.iw home could bi built.
500 FIRES IN
WEST;
MONTANA
Tents and-Other Equipment
for. Workers Sent to
.. :V Missoula .'.
m'TTK. MonU 'Aug. i. Tenia.
mesa equipment and. other ncesai
ties were rushed to Missoula tt is
evening to be dispatched in turn to
fire patrol crews working despeiate-
ly to check 500 blazes which have
started in the woods of wsstjn
.Montana and northern Idaho.
Tie equipment was sent in re
sponse to a plea for aid received by
the officials of Deer IxMlge forest
from Mioula headquarters. Calls
for 2 additional men to act as pa
trols were also received, and 15 men
were sent at once, Nearly SO men
have been sent sine the first appeal
was received last Thursday, accord
ng to J. C. Kelt ridge, forest exam
iner In charge of patrol recruit lag.
MISSOULA. Mont.. Aug. -5. Two
new Tires were reported In the Kan
iksn forest In northern Idaho. One
in Leclere Creek country, is in a dis-
5 STREET CARS WRECKED
POST PLANT DAMAGED
OS'!
Mob Opens Fire on Crowds,
-Killing Several Persons
CaU Troops, ,
DENVER, Colo, Aue. 6. Fol
lowing a lengthy conference with
Corernor Hhotip, Mayor Dailey
early today Usueil a prwelamation
calling for 2,000 civilian volnn
teera to assirt the police in main
taining order during the strike. It
waa htated no call would tie made
for troops at present. .
"Rank and File" Will
Support Christensen
ROBERTS LEADS
OVER CRABTREE
Tejmessean Estimates Gover
nor's Lead at 5,000 Votes ,
in Primary
WASHINGTON. Aug. , 5.
was given tonight by the Rank and
File Veterans' association, a nation
al organization Of service men. 'with
headquarters here, . that it had en
dorsed Parley P. Christensen and
Max Hayes, presidential and vice
presidential candidates, respectively.
of the farmer-labor party for elec
tion this fall.
vaHVILLE. Tenn.. Aug. 5.In-
Nptls I complete and scattering returns from
DENVER. Colo. Aug. 6. Between
30 and Zi person. Including Chief
of Police Hamilton Armstrong and
eight or ten other policemen. ere
Injure,!, several seriously. la rioting
between striking street car men.
their sympathizers and strlkn break
ers tonight. Five street caa were
wrecked and the plant of the Denver
Post was damaged by the crowd. '.
The mob al 10:30 p. ni. gathered
in front or the Tramway bnllding
where the strike breakers ar housed
but had attempted no vKlcrce.
The rioting started this at'ernoon
when two cars manned by. strike
breakers -were forced to stop by a mo
tor truck on the track. While the
cars were halted, a parade of strik
ers and sympathizers who bad been
conducting a demonstration at the
OREGON AUTOMOBILES
WOULD TAKE EVERYONE
uiioi.k unruLATiox ctirfj rk
.CCXMMOnATKO OX TRIP
nn Flamfr and Motor VrKlrlo
Regitratiuu Sri Mr. t orh rmm
A-FlggwHac
With Just a little crow din a Orecon
has enough automobiles to carry the
entire population of the state on an
excursion trip over the Columbia
River highway, or aay other highway
provided there were room for the
cars to travel.
Dispatches from Washington yes
terday gave the population of Oregon
as 73.285. John W. Cochran, dep
uty secretary of state, figures that
there is one automobile in the state
for every eight persons, for the pres
ent registration of cars now is about
j.000 to be exact, it was 94.770 on
July 31.
Mr. Cochran's figures further show
that if during the remalng five
months of the year the same ratio
of increase over last year Is main
tained as Is shows for the first sev
en months of the year as Is compared
with the first seven months of 191.
the registration of motor vehicles by
the end of this year will be in the
neighborhood of lOi.lMJO. The reg
istration on July 31. last year, was
75.044. During the entire 13 months
of the year the number was 83.333.
The registration of motor vehicles
for July, this year, was 6597. Last
year it was 2198. While the total
registration for 1919 was 83.332. for
191 a it was 43.325.
The total In fees collected for the
whole of 1919 was $(02,239. .For
this year. p to July 31. the total Is
81.9C0.404.50. The fee are for reg
istration of motor vehicles, motor
cycles, dealers and chauffeurs.
SOVIET WILL
NOT ACCEPT
.,,.. - r
NOTE TERMS
London Times Says Reply to
Great Britain's Call for Hilt
of Red Advance Into' Po
land Is Refusal
WILL CEASE FIGHTING
ON SIGNING ARMISTICE
ISERVICEHEU)
FORNEILHART
Herald Says North Sea Suad-
ron Was Ordered to Bat
tic Blockade
LONDON. AaavT. The Raaslaa
Soviet's reply to Great Rrftala'a call
for a halt or the Bolshevik advance .
ia Poland la a refasaL according; to
the London Times. The .newspaper
says' the ground taken Is that the
armies would not obey an 'order to
halt and-will ony be content wbea
they reach Warsaw, which has beea
promised to them for loot.
The T fines say the not was re-
reived by M. Kamenefr. a BolshWik
delegate here. Thursday wight and
will be banded Premier Lloyd George
this morning. .
According' to 'the Times the note
says the Uolahevik are entitled by
military and international law to
continue their advance until an arm
istice Is concluded. They are. how- '
ever, prepared to alga ah armistice
and cease hostilities immediately
the Polish delegates return to the
j f C C I rouna unrgaies return to tne
Leader Days men deem oo j appointed . puce with power to ar-
trict where the Diamond Match andcitr hall while the committee from
trie Pannandle Lumber companies the trades and labor assembly con
have big !neresti. and these eorpbr- ferred with the mayor, reached the
atlons are helping combat the flames corner. There were 1.000 In the pa
which have spread over 300 acres, rade. Fighting Immediately become
The other new fire ia on Fish river, I general .and continued almost rtead
ont 10 miles below Priest creek.
Contrary Jo rtports the 'XX
abont
Deer
Lodge forest has no fires. No re
ports were received at the district
office of developments in the St. Joe.
Itlackfoot or Kootenai forests, o it
is assumed that the fires la those
districts are under control, or at
least are no worse than on Wednes
day.
SENATOR GORE
; ADMITS DEFEAT
Curtis Has Big Majority Over
Others in Kansas
, Primary .
is counties tabulated tonight by the
Nashville Tennessean and Memphic
Commercial Appeal show Governor
Roberts to have a lead of approxi
mately &000 votes over W. B. Crab-
i,i man d
tree tor tne emcr. .c continue to sleep In
for governor in me w.u v- Sore4nej wh,cb s on
ary. . i , - - -
The Tennesson estimatea mat
Governor Roberts "bad carried 13
middle Tennessee counties by ma
jorities of from 25 to 400, while
the Commercial Appeal placed the
governor's lead in three,, west Ten
nessee counties at more than 1000.
A commanding lead was reported
by the, Tennessean for Jesse Little
ton, candidate Tor the Republican
gubernatorial nomination over his
two opponents. Judge C. R. Evans
and Alfred Taylor.
Compilations by the Jackson Sun
rive Cantain tGordnn Browning a
lead of 1500 votes over Representa
tive Sims lor the Democratic hom-
OKLAHOMA f!ITY- Okla.. Ana-' S.
With the exception of the contest! inatnoi for representative from the
for the Democratic nomination for I elgtuh concessional district.
JL'nited States senator, in which Rep
resentative Scott Ferris defeated
Senator Thomas P. Gore for ronom
ination, none of the more important
races In Tuesday's primary had been
t oeflnitely, decided tonight.
The Ferris-Gore contest was de
cided late today when, after returns
: gave Ferris a lead of 24,679, Senator
yore conceded his defeat.
- TOPEKA. Kan.. Aug. 5. The only
change in the scattering returns from
A few returns were received on
elections to fill the 13 vacancies in
the state legislature. Much .interest
: was displayed in the outcome, as
suffrage and anti-suffrase leaders
tad stated 4hat on the elections de
pended the result of the fight to be
launched at a special session of the
legislature next week .to obtain ratlt
ficaticn by Tennessee of the federal
suffrage amendment.
American Cemetairy in
France It Preserved
PARIS. Aug. S.In order to pre
Tent . any commercial encroachment
upon Romagne cemetery, where 23.
000 American soldiers are hurried,
the French ' government has been
asked by the American Army Graves
Registration Service authorities to
purchase the gentle slope facing the
front of the cemetery, and the entire
crest of the hill occupied in part by
the cemetery, as well as plots at both
sides.
The Romagne. Suresnes. and Bel
leau Woods cemeteries have been ap
proved by the secretary of war as the
permanent restinr nlaces of more
'than 30.000 soldier dead who will
French soil,
the slope of
Mont Valerien. one of the forts built
to defend Paris, is already protected
against encroachment of any .sort,
and the same is nearly true of Bel
leau Voods.-
, The extra ground to be purchased
at Romagne will not only safeguard
the cemetery against any encroach
mentbut will provide areas which
will be used by American horticul
tural experts to surround the hal
lowed spot with trees and shrubbery.
At the present time the cemetery Is
surrounded only with a long wau.
and there is no available space for
planting. .
The beautification ot tne cemetery
will not begin for some months as
most of the bodief in the cemetery
now are to be removed to America.
and this work - will not start until
mid-September and cannot be fin
ished until sometime next year. After
this work is finished bodies from
other cemeteries will be moved in.
ily ever since in varto'is portions of
the city: .:r"..t"
The first two" cam flopped were
badly damaged, windows broken, in
teriors wrecked and holes torn ' in
roors but they were a bis to proceed
to the barns under their own power.
A third car waa attacked near the
down town barns and two others
were turned on their tides In front
of the cathedral of Immaculate Conception.
Strike breakers who manned toe
last two cars took refuge inside the
cathedral and remained there urtil
rescued by the police, .
The mnb gathered In front of the
Post building just after attacking the
first cars. ; It was dispersed that time
without having done more than take
copies of the afternoon edition of
the paper away from newsboys and
litter the streets with them.
The Post has opposed the strike.
At 8 o'clock tonight the crowd
again gathered In front of the Post.
Nearly all the windows in the pres
ent plant and fn a new one being
built next door wee broken. When
the Post employes hoisted an Am
erican flag over the building, the
rioting subsided slightly but was re
newed a few minutes later with
greater vigor.
The mob then entered the build
ing. Hammers and npikes were
thrown Into the linotype machines.
paper rools were moved into the
was pourej on the
COX WANTS TAFT
HELP ON LEAGUE
Hopes Ex-President Will
Use Influence With
Republicans
DAYTON. O.. Aug. 3'. Hope that
former. President Taft wen Id aid to
ward electing a senate favoring the
league of. nations was expressed to
day by Governor Cox.
"We have every expectation." he
said in a statement, "that Judge
Tatt will, urge republicans to sup
port the man or men who favor the
league of nations. Dy so doing, he
can consistently remain a republican
In the face of his statement that the! streets, water
position of his presidential candidate I Presses and the presses were dam-
on this question is wrong." isgea oy naramers.
Covernnr Cox's statement wasl uoi were urea several urrvs ana
nromnted bv Tenorts of success In the number of persons were wounded
Hardened That She Doubts
, Its Value
PENDLETON. Or.. Aug. . With
a cigaret in one hand and a service
book In the other. Nell Hart, mur
derer of Sheriff Til Taylor. Jim
range an armistice and Dcsce.
im answer saya It V ren tals ac
tion la necessary becaase the Uol
shevikl fear that without such an
undertaking .armistice negotiations
might be proioaged merely to en-
ble Poland to receive reinforce
ments. . a
V1U Offer Good Trrwts
The answer further points out.
Owens. Jack Rathle. Richard Pat
terson. Louis Anderson and Albert I Ts the Times., that the. soviet gov
Lindcrea. bandits who- led almost I ernraent Is prepared to offer Poland
the entire male population of Pen
dleton tipo? a man hant for six days
and nights, listened to services held j
'for them by the local Salvation
Army in Jail tonight.
Captain Jennie Conrad stated that
after the services that tho men seem
to hardened ' that she doubted
whether they will take the effort
of the Salvationists seriously. An
other service will be . held Sunday.
It was said. - - -
All but Llndgren were confined to
individual tells, wearing the Oregon
boot, even through the services.
ERE
Missouri and Oklahoma democratic
senatorial" primaries -of pro-league
democratic victory in New Hamp-1 of i inj"! Z
shire.
Others were injured on account ft
being struck by' flying brick " aid
other missiles. No accurate account
There was no abatement Ic tbj
rioting at 10:30 p. m.
MAIL PLANE IX RKXO.
"auge in toe scattering iciui. , r f Iv
Tuesday's primary reaching Topeka flJoflQn 10 Reject MSll
today was to increase sUght'y fuel M W.H ri-li-J
trmie oiu ueieuieu
lead held bv E. T Thompson of Bel
lalre for state treasurer and to add
to the majority of the othor Repub
lican candidates known to have been
aominated. '
Little change is shown in tha Dem
ocratic contest for nomination Jor
pvernor, few of the returns show
ln the Democratic ' vote. Litest
vIlable figures show:
.vis 4,967: Wood 3963; Fotts
Hyatt 1867. -figures
on United States senator
ana governor,. all Republican are: ;
, Cortiss 64,822; Edwards 30,i23;
AHea 67.725; JSnqw. 26.482,
LONDON. Aug., 5,- After.a debate
which" developed heat 'and a per
sonal scene. between Premier Lloyd
George and Herbert H. Asnulfli, the
government tonight defeated the mo
tion of John Robert Clynea tlabor
ite) for rejection of the. new Irish
crimes bill, and the measure passed
second reading. 2S9 to 71. The vot
ing was carried out under a motion
made In the house today by Andrew
Bonar Law," providing for passage
of the bill by 6 p. m- tomorrow. -
RENO. Nev.. Aug.. 5. The aerial
mail plane, piloted by B. Acosta.
reached the Reno municipal aviation
field at 5:45 p. m.. having taken
two hours and 52 minutes to fly
from, Elko. Ner.. the only stop made
between Salt Lake City and Reno.
According to Acosta the plane will
remain here, until Saturday morn
ing and then will make a non-stop
-flight to San Francisco.
r ROBBERS LOOT BANK.
CALEDONIA. Mo.. Aug. 5. Two
armed men held up the Bank of
Caledonia today, escaping with about
S3 100 in cash, after locking L. B.
Coghill. the cashier., in the vault.
. CoghJH was alone when the hold
up occurred. .... n ,
KIDNAPPER IS
APPREHENDED
Authorities Convinced ' That
Man Held Abducted Baby
for Ransom
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 5. Pos
tal Inspectors and police tonight ex
pressed conviction that 'The Crank hMUe a paper from their own plant
At 9:25 troops were com In to
Dehver from Fort Ioran. Ai that
hour a mob was marching tor-aid the
city hall. There were cries of
Wreck the ball.
One man was killed and three oth
ers seriously wounded at the aontn
side car barns at 11:15 p. m. The
dead man has not been identified.
The trrjnred are A. G. Smith and
Ralph W. Darling, both of Denver.
boh shot through lung.
Russell Wrtllshan or Salida. Olo .
shot through the neck.
The publishers of the Denver Post
after examining their plant follow
ing the mob's attaek. announced
they believed they wonld be able to
D'OLIER WILL
BE GUEST H
National Commander ' of
American Legion .Visits .
Salem Next Monday .
(Franklin D'Oiier.' national com
mander of the American legion, will
be In Oregon Satarday, Sunday and
Monday. August 7. 8 and 9. .His
party will -leave Portland by auto
for a visit to Salem and -will be en
tertalned while In Salem by Capital
post No. 9. American legion.
The committee In charge has ar
ranged for a luncheon tn be served
at the Marion hotel to the national
commander and his party. Guests
representing the state, city and the
county. aUo fraternal aad civic or-
terms. including independence, anl
wider boundaries than provided la
me treaty or versainea. ,
The sotUL. government- declares.
that its delegates la London are cm-
powered to sign a peace treaty wit
Great Britain or aay other entente
power, but that a separate .peace with
roiand la insisted npon.
The soviet government repeats Its
Ulingness to ioin the nmoosad Tmv.
'don conference, but refuses to agree
to the admission to It of any of Oea
eral Wrangel'a . representatives or
other Russians fighting the soviet.
Tn Blockade Baltic
LONDON. Aug. 5. Tho Herald.
the laborite organs says today that'
the British North Sea squadron has
been ordered to the Baltic sea and
that lastraetleaa bars been Issued to
reimpose the blockada against Rus
sia. ' . -
A statement oa the Russo-Pollih
situation made In the house of com
mons today by Premier Lloyd George -
showed that the report that Great .
Britain had sent an oltimatam to th
soviet government la Moscow waa n-
rounded. It showed tiro that tb
real situation la that the - British
government ia still pi-wlnr the so
viet government to eonelade aa arm
istice with Poland oa fair terms and
agree to negotiate for pescv at the
conference proposed by the allies to
be he I a here.
Win Art If Xecessarj
Mr. Lloyd George was closely
pressed by questioners with a View
to obtaining assurance that Crest
Britain will not become Involved in '
war with Russia without consent ot
parliament, but be could be drowa
no farther than to promls a foil
statement Monday.
He added the hope that It would
not be necessary to act. hat said that
identified as Augusto PascoL and
known to the authorities as Fas
quale. .Is not only the man who se
cured the $12,000 from George H
Coughlin. father of the kidnaped
Norristown baby, but is the abductor
of the 13-monthS old child
A development today was the Iden
tification of Pascol as Augusto Pes
ouale '.with' a police reYcord. police
asserting that . fingerprints of Pas-
quale and those ot the , kidnaper
found in the Coughlin home agree
sufficiently to convince them that
they were made by the aame man
According to George A. Leonard,
chief postal inspector. Pascol said he
did not know anything about the kid
napping but that he was hired by a
man to hang the white sheet along
the railroad as a signal for Coughlin
ito throw a box containing . 812.000
out of a train window.
tomorrow, afternoon. Tbe engraving
room was demolished. -
ganlzations will be present.
Due to the fact that the officers I the government certalilv wowld take
or Capital post o. 9 were not aa-1 action if found necessary.
vised or coramanaer DTJiiers inner-
tiary nntil late Wednesday afternoon
the matter was not "presented for
Consideration of the post until after
the regular monthly meeting Tu
day. It was necessary to appoint
a special committee on rhojt notice
In order that arracements might
be made.
A luncheon will be served at the
Marion hotel at 12:30 Monday, and AntboriftVa Riiv 10 Men
the committee urges every ex-service A"m0nUC 1U rlca
Arrested Were Attending
I. W. W. HELD
IN SPOKANE
MDL-W DjL U:m 9fliL.
t ... Home Run of Season
DETROIT. Aug. 5.-r"Babe" Ruth
bits his 39tb home run of the season
In the second inning of tbe New
York-Detroit American leagna same
oday. . ,
Reichstag Passes .
. Disarmament Bui
' LONDON. Aug. . The German
telahstag today passed ihe disarm
ament bill and adjourned until tho
middle of October, says a wireless
dispatch tonight from Berlin.
man In the city to be present and
take advantage of the opportunity
to mee the national commander and
hear him speak on questions that
are vital to the service man at the
present time.
Reservations should be made not
later than 6 p. m. Sunday evening
August 9. with Robert McM array.
post adjutant, phone 1427 or 1&28.
Contention
Japs Deny Existence of
"Underground Channel"
PORTLAND. Or.. Aug. 5. Denial
of knowledge of existence of an un
derground channel" by which Japan-1 leglng violation of b
ese are unlawfully brought into the
United States as chargeJ by Con
gressman Albert Johnson of Wash
ington at the hoase committee immi
gration Investigation, at Ta !.
Wash., recently made ia a statement
issued today by I. Oyama. secretary,
and T. Abe. an official of tbe Japan
ese association of Oregon. Tbe Jap
anese declared that .tn Its IS years
existence In Oregon their organiza
tion had done nothing In violation ct
the immigration laws of the country.
SPOKANE. Aug. i. Tea alleged
members of the I. W. W arrested
eail of the city by federal, county
and city officials and lodged in the
county jail, are to btf a. r signed to
morrow morning on charges ot vio
lating an injunction issued List win
ter in superior court here, forbidding
I. W. W. organization activities.
A charge of violating tbe state
riinrnal syndicalism law upon which
the tr.t-n -were booked for Jalt was
withdrawn this afternoon and bench
war4iit from tin- superior court. aU
Injnnctlep.
were served upoa be prisoners.
Membership cards la the I. V. W.
wer-t found in the possesion of ail
the ten men. who were arrestM near
the hfhway dsrins; lb progress of
wbat officials hel'evel was a con
vention of I. W. W. Tprcm:atlva
from Oregon. Washington and Idaho
loca is of tbe organisation.
- Officials aanonncsd tbefr deter
mination to continue arrests ef any
members of the organization apprehend-!
here.
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