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' , , 'lw .' ' ' . . . - ....... ... . - . , . c' .'. ..." . 'ill'. f1 :sV ' ': ' i ' . - I 4 3V4 V - Tho UtesmsB rTrett6i2 wire report of tbe t re Press, the greatest "'I . liable press association la m t- world. ;. ; SEVENTIETH YEAR SALEM. OREUON, FRIDAY UOKXlNd, SEITEMBER '24, 1920 PRICE: FIVE CENTS COMMITTEE HEARS COX Declared He Urged Draft I : Exemption of - Scripp's Son and That Public Mon ey Was Used for Travel WILLIAM BARNES MUST PRODUCE COPY OF LISTS Alleged That Officials Have Been Solicited for Cox Campaign Fund v WASHINGTON. Sept. 23 Charges that Governor Cox urged draft exemption for one of the two tons of E. W. Scripps, head of a chain of newspapers and that gov eminent employes went to San Francisco at public expense at the time of the Democratic national convention were inquired into to day by the senate committee in vestigating campaign expenses. i Robert Scripps, one of the two brothers mentioned in the draft exemption charges, told the com mittee that beyond recently pub lished reports he knew nothing of any interest shown by Governor Cox in behalf of himself or his brother during operation of the draft. He acknowledged that the newspaper enterprise association, which he said was an "allied or ganization'' of the United Press 'News service, in which he said his father owned the majority stock, had sent out Cox propaganda sheets along with its news matter to 70 newspapers. The interest shown by himself, as editor of 21 Scripps newspapers, and- by his family in bringing : about ' Gover nor Cox's election, be said, was purely "public Interest." . Officials Travel Free. Inquiry into alleged travel of u'"8U4eu' "r3 i Jil I ment expense to San Francisco will be pursued by the committee which called for records' from the de partments of justice and agricul ture to show-. what employes bad gone to San Francisco and had bad their expenses paid by the government. Several voucher showing such trips were examined today and Chairman Kenyon Indi cated that all departments of the government might be called tor ; information of this character ' , "Do you know of any trips by .officials of other departments, the navy for instance?" the chairman asked Don C. Fees, an employe of the department of Justice who had presented vouchers of Frank K. Nebeker and R. L. Stewart, assis tant, attorneys . general; E. J. Hoover, assistant to the attorney general and -George M. Montrose, an examiner of titles whose expense-account showed he had traveled "with the attorney gen- 1 eral." "Were there any official meet ing held on battleships?" Cenator Kenyon continued, anad the wit ness answered that he did not know. ' Fees was directed to supply by Saturday list of all employes of the department of justice who had turned in vouchers covering trips to San Francisco during the con vention period, and alto any voucher submitted by Attorney General Palmer , himself. ? What About Movie? From Harry Levy, a New York motion picture producer, the com mittee learned that B .M. Baruch had advanced him 925,000 to cov er production of the motion pic ture "Uncle Sam of Freedom Ridge" which has been mentioned in the hearings as Democratic campaign material. The total cost would be 10.000. he said. "Mr. Baruch contributed his money io a business enterprise which he entered because of his Interest in the league of nations?' asuea benator Reed. ; "That is about it," said Levy. Another phase of alleged fed eral I government , political , activi ties taken up was that involving charges that postmasters and other officials had been solicited for funds by the Democratic na tional committee. , Loren C. Talbot, who described himself as a letter writer for the committee, denied use of any spe cial form of letter for postmaas- ters. "If they got letters,; it was just as other Democrats got them," he said, anad added that because of postal regulations, 'letters of soli citation addressed to federal offi cers bad been marked for delivery to home addresses. 91000 Was Largeat. ; The maximum sum asked in any - letter was $1000, Talbot said. And he thoucht about 1200.000 . Bad been subscribed as a result of wis solicitation. The committee's guns were also , "fought to bear on charges that leaeral publications had been used "r Democratic political propagan Pnrposes. II .11. CJax ton-.head "e federal bureau of educa- r Insisted that the bureau's r"-monthlv naner "Srhnnl IJfe" beB conducted In a non-par- tio p 11 under J'8 administra- iIe "declared, however, that vip Piering in ocnooi orr larger publicatioa Inherit- CHARGES (Continocd oa page 6) MAIL ORDER HOUSES MAKE BIG PRICE CUTS KEDIXTIOXS MA LOWER ALL LI VINO COSTS Announcement Made by Sears. Roebuck & wmi MontRom- ' ery & Ward CHICAGO. Sept. 23. Price cuts were announced ini,. Sears Roebuck Co. and Mont- hn, mra. iwo or the largest mail order houses in tha country Sears Roebuck's reduction range from 20 to 0 per cent and those . Pni3omery ard are from Id w vvr rem. Some of the Sara rwh.i-v cuts: Sheeting 43 per cent: mus- im 60 per cent; automobile tires -J per cent: women's shoes 20 per cent. Prlcas of sugar, roiled oats, prunes and a few othsr ar ticles of food were reduced from to iu per cent. In disCUSStarr I he ret Julius Rosen w Id. ttrAMnt r Sears Roebuck said: "The material reductions which manufacturers have made within the last week or so, we are pass ing on to our customers. We Ha this gladly because it may be (he means ox towering living costs all aiong me line. ' LAUDS ACTIONS OF SENATOR Those Who Think of Hard ing as Reactionary Have Clouded Vision MARION. Ohio. Sept. 23.- Set ting forth his views on the Irish problem for the first time since his nomination. Senator Harding declared in a statement today that-"it was not a question for official America" and would be classed as "internal and domes tic. under the league of nations. " He did not state specifically what his policy would be it elect ed president, but he suggested" tnat the nation already ad "med dled abroad excessively and that official action by the Washington government would be quite a different thins from ernrenainn of I w w - I sympathy, such as dPted more than a year ago. cenaior naratng toaay neld a series of conferences on financial and other issues and made a front porch speech asking- for the co operation of business executives and social reformers to promote social welfare. Among his callers were Otto H. Kahn the New York financier: Representative James W. Good of Iowa, chairman, of the house ap propriation committee: Represen tative C. Bascomb Selmp of Vir ginia, and James M. Beck of New York. ,-, '.: Mr. Kahn issued a statement declaring he was greatly pleased at the senator's "calm judgment" on national policies, and adding that "anyone who thinks in Sen ator HarCing will find a stand patter, a man in sympathy with reactionary views, will make a great mistake In voting for him." A statement also was Issued by Mr. Beck praising the candidate's ability to - grasp -. International problems, and predicted that he would be a commanding figure in world affairs the next few years. The senator's front porch ad dress was delivered before a gath ering composed of Republicans from Crawford county, Ohio, and ali. j : of members of the Ohio dental as sociation. The crowd cheered him repeatedly, saving, its great est outburst of applause for a di gression In which he declared he could not understand how any one "could prefer, to stand under a conglomerate flag of the league of nations to the Stars and Stripes." ' To set at rest reports that he might soon resign his place In the senate. Senator Harding to day reiterated that he had no In tention of retiring, at 'least as long as a Democratic governor re mains in power in this state. Prices of Franklin Automobiles Are Cut SYRACUSE. N. Y.. Seot. 23. Price redactions ranging from 17! 1-2 to 21 1-2 ter cent In all models of Franklin automobiles. effective at once, were announced ioaay by H. H. Franklin, presi dent of the company making these cars, irom a minimum of $3050 and a maximum of $4,350. prices are cut to $2400 and $300. Wages will not be reduced, the announcement said. Rate Increases Are Suspended SEATTLE. Sep. 23.Increases in! western Washington freight rates. ' recently proposed, have been suspended until December 23, it was announced todav by the North Pacific coast rate bureau. The suspension, which covers the proposed increases in distributive rates in this section was made In the face of protests to the public service commission and. the call ing of a hearing to be held at Olympla. Wash.. October IT, af which shippers will be given op portunity to present thefr case. The. proposed ? new tariff would further advance the rates which were increased 2a per cent on August 6. PRUNE LOSS VARIES IN I LOCALITIES Growers Report Most of General Crop Still on Trees and Uninjured Not withstanding Heavy Ram SITUATION CRITICAL, SUNSHINE NEEDED Orchardists Find Difficulty Getting Fruit to Driers, Due to Rain An exceptionally heavy prone crop in those orchards that were not injured by the frost last win ter has beon marred by the recent heavy rains which have caused losses due to cracking that range from a small percentage in some orchards to a third or more of the crop in others. Most of the general crop Is still on the tress ana uninjured. Should rain continue until Oc tober 1 It Is said the 'general prune crop would be cut down about half and thequality of the omer nair would be injured to some extent. Buyers and experts who , have Inspected Marion and Polk county orchards express sur prise that the fruit has stood up as well as it has under the heavy precipitation of rain in the last two weeks. . Critical Stair- Reached The Ions varies with orchards and localities. In some places the loss already is severe. In others the fruit is just reaching a criti cal stage. It Is estimated that from 25 to 33 1-3 per rent of the general crop has cracked. When the first fruit cracks It Is not damaged for canning purposes, and if handled Immediately, it Is not damaged for drying. The growers, in an emergency. such as the present, howevsr. are nandteapped by lack of sufficient driers. Further there has been difficulty this season in obtaining enough pickers, and because of the excessive amount of rain trucks have been unable to oper ate in the orchards. The result is that many of the driers are not running to ; full capacity, but handling about half the amount of fruit they are prepared to ac commodate. Under present con ditions this means that the other half is a loss. One Picking Completed The greater portion of the Willamette valley prunes are still on the trees, are hard and hare not cracked Most orchards al ready have been picked over once, and that picking Is in good con dition. Another picking has fall en to the ground and is in bad condition.- - The weather report of this morning is that the rainy spell is on the wane. If the rain stops now it is said the greater part of the crop can be saved; but every rainy day now means a loss. Growers are crowding drying I n Derations as fast a nossible. It Is said they are not worrying about the condition of tha fruit as much as the buyers are worry ing. '' Hill Crops Heavy An Inspection of the hills south of Salem and of the' Polk county hills shows a very large crop or prunes of fine quality, the sizes running larger than In previous years. In the greater part of the orchards north and east of Salem the crop is a total loss due to the freesing weather of last winter. The cold did not affect the entire flat section ot the country, but a certain belt where the frost hit hardest, ; POLK HIT HARD DALIJVS. Or.. Sept. 23. ('Spe cial to The Statesman The con, tinued hard rains of the past sev eral days have caused a loss of thousands of dollars to prune growers in this county and unless the weather clears up within ths next few days the; loss will run into" the hundreds of thousands. . In spme of the orchards wnere the fruit is more matured the rains have cracked tha fruit until the seed shows whicb makes it unmarketable. Thousands ot bushels ot prunes have also been blown from tne trees by the winds of the past few ntffht and unless these are gath ered within a day or two they are a total loss. Prune growers state that this is the rainiest season they have experienced for a num ber of years. Search Made for Three l.W.W. Demons ASTORIA. Sept. 23. Effort of Chief of Tolice Carlson to find trace of the men who branded tbe letters "I. W. W." on the abdo men of Georga H. Goetx here Monday night were of no avail today. Goeta was taken on a tour of local garages In an effort to rind the car from which the three m on ten oed to attack-him. - Sev eral machines of the same mak-s wer- closely scrutinised, but no definite clew was obtained, the police announced. . ; BUTCHERS HAVE TO M a m m mm www wm wm THEY SKUVK OX JlltlES Jlsr MKK OTHER CITIZENS Xcw Vork Woman Want In Know . ami Write in lirtnvn lndon Sieech Start Inquiry lltiichers have no special privi leges in the way of exemption from Jury duty in Oregon. Attorney General Drown so In- forms Sue M. Farrell of 117 East: Twenty - first street. Gramercy Tark. N. Y., 'n a personal letter written in reply to aa inquiry from her. The Gramercy Park woman mentioned a letter recently re ceived from a distlns:ilhed wo man in England, who said that in a recent ieech in Ixndon the statement vis made that one of the United States had a law ex empting butchers from Jury duty. Apparently the letter of in quiry has lee 'addressed to the ptlomey general of each of the states. WEEKS SEARCH REVEALS LITTLE Policeman Takes Dynamiie Charge in Elevated Sta-j tion Mystery j NEW YORK. Sept. 23. After a week had passed without inves tigators beina; able to solve the mystery of the Wall street explos ion, they were presented today with another mystery who placed a package of dynamite m the R?id avenue elevated station In Brooklyn today? The package was found by policeman who soaked it In a bucket of water. At a laboratory it was said two pipe cleaners im pregnated with nitrate were found when analysis was mad' i. Thess pipe cleaners. It wai sale could have served as fuses, but t had -ot been established wheth r either had been lighted. Autho -ities had agreed that no percui -sion caps had been found. Meanwihle detectives invest -gating the Wall street explosTw i reported they had bean able to identify the tag found near the horse attached to the death cart wtch is believed to have been tha center of the blast. . - This tag had been issued In 19 IS to a Brooklyn concern to certify that one ot Its horses was not afflicted with glanders, out since then the horse had been sold three times. Tha name ot the latest owner, it known, was not made public. New York and vicinity were subjected to more bomb scares to day. An anonymous warning that the Grand Central station would be blown up at 2 p. m. caused da- tectives to be rushed to the ter minal and also to the Pennsyl vania station and postorfice Kothinz happened. . In Brooklyn, seizure of a rlck - caused a little excitement. .The bujegy. which drew up alongside the federal building, was found, however, to contain 12 bottles of whiskey and not bombs. In Bogata. N. J two doxen sus picious looking tubes were found In a freight car. An investigation was started to determine whether they were bombs or bomb casings. Seigel Kessler and Dulchin, hardware dealers, testifying be fore the grand Jury, described the man who they said had appeared at their store asking for nine pound window weights, which they were unable to furnish him. Sawed-up weights ot this nature were found after the explosion. COUNTYTOGET AGRICULTURIST Seventeen Representatives Endorse Proposal of State At a meeting of the Marion County Community federation held at the Commercial clab last night. 17 representatives took fa vorabia action toward a county agriculturist. Plans have been afloat for some time with the purpose of securing for Marlon county a proficient ag riculturist. Already the quota pf SfiOOft had been pledged by the various county banks. However. t last night's meeting it was an nounced that the state would co operate through the Oregon a ricultural college and If the .coun ty would raise $400 the state wonld fufnlsh the other $2000. The proposal was accepted and the nine bankers present assured the association of their quoias. The remaining banks will be seen i a few days. This action prac tically assures for the county, next year, a competent agTlcul ttVist. - A discussion of the nH?d of cer tified potatoes revealed the fact that last year there were no ore rertlMed and this year out of 4.S3H acres planted only SO acres have b?en certified. It is hoped that. next year enough Interest can bo aroused so that this num ber can be Increased to several hundred. j The next meeting of the f?d eratlonwlll be held at ML Angel some time in October. BABE" RUTH MAKES NEW SORT OF "HOMER" j STHIKKS OI T AT PLATE IX HIS OWX HOME TOWN Rt ;ive His Cheek for 2..100 to Rebuild Industrial School Structures BALTIMORE. Md.. Sept. 23. "Babe" Ruth, returning to his home town today where 10.000 fans hoped to see him produce at least one rirriil Mnnt mv out twlre th ti- ',. .v- T - "- a a a a. is 1. 41 baes full. The Bo Orilies beat the New York Yankees 1 to 0 jsck itentley Tanned "Babe" In the third inning. The next time ne was out on an easy grounder. and then drew a pass, and in the eighth with the bases occuoled and "Babe's" home town crowd tense with excitement. Harrv Frank slipped over a third strike Tonight, however. "Babe" Dro- dnced another sort of "homer." At a mars meetinc for the bene fit of St. Mary's industrial school, where Ruth learned baseball, he made a speech and wrote his check for $2500 to help replace buildings destroyed by fire. FiIILLERAND IS NOW PRESIDENT Receives Greatest Ovation Paris Ever Gave a President VERSAILLES.. Sept. 23. Al exandre Mlllerand was invested with the executive powers of the eleventh president ot the third re public today -before the assembled Versailles congress, ten minutes after Leon Bourgeois, president of the senate, had proclaimed him elected, without the usual formal ities ot receiving the powers from the hands of the retiring presl- The Illness of M. Deschanel. made Impossible the customary I ceremony at Paris, but M. Miller-! and received the greatest ovation at Versailles ever given a presi dent. The tenth congress gave vent to all the pent up enthusiasm of the past five days and cheered for several minutes. M. Mlllerand. surrounded by deputies and senators, was great ly moved. He replied to the con gratulations of M. Bourgeois with the assurance that he would dis charge the duties of his post in ac cordance with the constitution. "Victorious France must re build its ruins and repair Its wounds." he said. "We must con tinue a foreign policy worthy our victory and our dead. The Repub lican whom congress has just des ignated as president will bring to the discharge of his duties ail his Intelligence and energy and try to be worthy the confidence of the people's privileges." M. Millerand insisted upon Bhakl handg wlth al, the d ties and senators. He then caught sight of a group of French and foreign correspondents and walk ed over and spoke to each in turn, shaking hands with all. To a query, as to the state of his health, he replied: "Splendid; I am not the least bit tired or downhearted." MR. STANFIELD GIVEN SUPPORT McNary, Coolidge and; Poindexter Endorse Him i and Urge Voters Charles L. McNary. United States senator from Oregon; Cal vin Coolidge. Republican nominee for vice president of the I'nited States, and Miles Poindexter, I'nited States senator from Wash ington, each have rent telegrams to Thomas II. Tongue, chairman of the Republican state central committee of Oregon, unqualified ly endorsing the candidacy of Robert N. Stanfleld for the Unit ed States senate and urging Ore gon Republicans to vote for him. The telegram follows: Senator McNary I am glad ot the opportunity to endorse the candidacy or Robert N. StanHeld. Republican candidate for United States senator, and I believe that the election of a Republican con gress will promote good govern ment. Governor CoolIdge--The suc cess of the Republican ticket In Oregon is earne5tly to be desired. More than that, my own desire to preside over a Republican senate leads me to hope for and reccom- mend the election of Robert N. Stanfleld to represent your great state In that honorable body. ' Senator Poindexter From the standpoint of national interest as veil as the Pacific northwest. I ftrongly recommend and urge the eection of Robert N. Stanfleld as United States senator from Ore gon. Tariff on wool, meats, farm products, lumber and the protection- or American Interests against Cortisol Ida tion with an European league are at stake. A similar telegram ' recently was received from Warren G Harding. Republican nominee for president of the United States. - The endorsements will be printed In StanHcld's space in the voter's pamphleL BOARD ASKS BENNETT TO REPORT ALL Statement Says' Activity of Department Prior to Jacksonville Failure Will be Sifted to Bottom PUBLIC PROTECTION IS HELD FIRST DUTY Whether Hearing Will be Called Not Yet Deter, mined by Officials Will 11. Bennett, state super intendent ot banks, will be re quested by the state banking hoard to report in the minutest detail what efforts were made by him to determine the status of the Bank of Jacksonville during the periodic examinations prior to the failure ot the bank and its being closed by order of the su perintendent. The members of the banking board are the governor, the sec retary of state and the state treasurer. O. P. Hoft. state treasurer, was not here yester day and the determination to call upon the superintendent for a frank report was reached at a conference between Governor Ol cott and Secretary of State Ko ter. Hearing May He Called. George Roberts, district attor ney for Jackson county, was a caller at the governor's office yesterday, but It was said his " a no oeanng on me acuon OI oanamg ooara The governor and the secretary ot state were not prepared to say exactly what will be the nature ot the questions to be asked Mr Bennett or whether ai hearing will be' called relative to tbe banking department's activities in connec tion with the Insolvent deposi tory. but it is said tbe Inform a tion asked will be specific in the extreme. "The people of the state look to the banking department to pro tect them against loss or crooked banking methods. says a state ment by the banking board. "Tbe banking board essentially must depend upon the superintendent of banks and his subordinates to give the adequate degree ot pro tection demanded by the people and the law. Probe, to Re Deep. "The board feels that the situ ation in connection with the Jack sonvllle bank is one which mer its the board's closest attention In fixing the degree of responsibility which may rest, if any there is, with the superintendent of banks and those under him. For that reason we feel, as members of the board, that a complete and specific report should be made to such board by the superintendent of banks covering the steps that were taken by the department to protect the depositors of the in rolvent institution, and such re port will be asked tor forth with." RESERVATIONS ARE SENT IN More Rooms Are Needed for Vistors Coming to State Fair A number of letters have al ready been received by the Com mercial club from people living outside of Salem, asking room reservations dnring the state fair. All indications point to the fact that this year's fair will not only be the greatest In the history of the state but will be the largest attended. The Commercial club. In co operation with Salem residents, is making rapid progress In prepar ing for the bousing of visitors However, it is urged that the several hundred other residents who are going to co-operate should list their rooms with the clnb either today or tomorrow. The chief work of the special room committee next week will be the assigning of room, so it Is urged that all listings be made before Monday. The office at the Commercial club will be open from S to 12 In the morning, and 1 to 5 in the afternoon the re mainder of this week, and from 8 a. m. to 10 p. m. every day dur ing the fair. Bridges Part of Roads, Says Attorney General Steel bridges are part of the public highway, according to an opinion prepared by Attorney General Brown for J. J. Barrett district attorney for Clatsop coun ty. Mr. Barrett wanted to know if tbe county has authority to vote bonds for the construction o a road, the main part ot which is a steer bridge.. , BIG PRUNE DRYER BURNS AT DALLAS ONK OF LARGEST TLAXTii IX NORTHWEST DESTROYED Evaa Evans Suffer Heavy Los and DUaMer Felt by llaay Grower- In Community DALLAS. Or.. Sept. 23. (Spe cial to The Statesman.) The big prune dryer of 'Evan Evans, one of the largest and most up-to-date dryers in this part ot the Pacific northwest, was destroyed by fire about S o'clock this morn ing, together with about 6000 bushels of fruit. The dryer was located eaat of Dallas just outside tbe city limits, and although an alarm was turned in and the fire department responded.: no help could be ren dered on account of the distance to the tire hydrants, and every' thing about the building with the exception of a few cords ot wood was consumed by the tire. j The -origin ot the rire is un known, but It Is thought to have teen caused by a pitch seam in one of the drying trays catching fire while in one of the tunnels. The names when first discovered were nearly in the center of a tunnel and 'Just out of reach ot both water and a stream from a fire extiagulsher. The dryer was built by Mr. Evans last year at a cost of ap proximately 116.000. About 12000 additional expense was put on the plant this year. The total amount of Insurance on the building was 18000. Mr. Evans was drying fruit for ether persons besides himself and only yesterday morning, E. C. Klrkpatrick. one of these growers. Insured his fruit for $1500. Mr. Evans could not state this morn ing whether any of the other pa trons carried Insurance. The loss, while felt most by Mr. Evans, is one of considerable ex tent to the prune growers In this community this year as it will necessitate the finding of other places to care for the prunes when other dryers are crowded to their utmost capacity la endeav oring to care for the prunes be fore they are all spoiled by the heavy rainfall that has been gen eral over this section for the past several days. SPEED DEVILS HERE TWO DAYS First Two Days of , State Fair Promise Unusual Thrill for Spectator! Monday and Tuesday ot next week, the opening days of the Ore gon state fair, will be turned over to the exponents ot gasoline sports when halt a score of dirt track speed kings compete in the auto races scheduled on the two-day program and two auto polo teams stage a three-game series for ti tular honors. Six events have , been arranged for each, of the two opening days. Secretary A. H. Lea has announc ed. The speed events will Include match races, free-tor-all competi tions. Australian , pursuits and other numbers that promise to sa tiate the appetites of the fans who gather here to be thrilled. Officials Now Here. Officials of the International Motor Contest association have ar rived in Salem to make the final preparations and If weather condi tions are favorable. Indications point to one of the most Interest ing speed programs ever staged In the west. Famous drivers and cars. Including the Essex racing combination, are being brought to Salem to participate. Auto polo will be one otthe fea tures of the first two days. This sport has been declared the acme of dangerous pastimes and fair of ficials who inspected the game be fore booking It declare that It will provide more thrills per minute than any other attraction avail able for expositions. The Ail- American team and Canadian ag gregation win clash in tbe series scheduled for this city with four of the members of the original polo team included among the ros ter of players. Many Cars Wrecked. During the course ot a polo game cars are repeatedly wrecked and sometimes entirely demolish ed in head on collisions and crashes through the fence. Ma chines are repeatedly turned en tirely over. Imperiling the lives of the driver and mallet men who are forced to leap. OREGON HOPS REPORTED SAFE Ninety Per Cent of CTouPorilan Woman To Harvested and Remain der in No Danger Willamette valley hop growers report that the Oregon crop is abont 90 per cent harvested and saved, notwithstanding exceeding ly heavy rains in the last two weeks. It is believed there will b scarcely any loss In -the remaining io per cent In the yards. The clusters have been free from lice and mold. - i ... ma ur?ron eroo tnis seaaon will aggregate about 50.C00 bales. DRY SQUADS BRANDED AS DEFICIENT Coler Says Unless Workers Take Hold of Wet Sitna tion Another Old Whisky Ring Scandal Will Come TALKS TO WORLD-WIDE ALCOHOLIC CONGRESS LifSnor Laws Are Violated Candidates Refuse to : Hake Stand WASHINGTON. Sept 13. Pro- ' hlbltion enforcement officials, the New York branch of the anil-' Salooa league and Its superinten dent, William II. Anderson, snared alike a Titrolie attack made today y Bird 8. Coler. New Tork com missioner or publie welfa're. In a speech before the International congress against alcoholism. - Mr. Colers sddress. although censored by officials of the con gress, charred "open violation of prohibition laws and accused Mr. Anderson of attempting to In cite race and religious hatred. Kramer Answers Coler. Prohibition Commissioner Kra mer answered the attack on his bureau and Mr. Anderson, who was absent, replied in a statement accusing Mr. Coier of injecting "Tammany politics" into aa in ternational meeting- Mr. Coler explained as a preface to his speech that when he reached tbe convention hall he was Informed by Chairman Dinwiddle that he would not be permitted to 'deal with personalities. He levelled a bitter attack oa the mass of dry workers, particularly those asso ciated with the anti-Saloon league by saying they were "buck pass ers' and had not forced the can didates ot either ot the major parties to take a definite stand as to retention and enforcement cf tha prohibition laws. As for ' federal enforcement of prohibi tion, the speaker demanded that "something be done right now." Scaadal Predicted. Tf the prohibition enforcement officials don't 'take bold or this situation quickly Mr. Coler con tinued, "there'll be a worse scan-v dal when this administration goes out than there was with the old whiskey ring 25 years ago. I'm tired of going after the poor, lit tle deviL I want the enforce ment corps to be a body that count even among their' own numbers In the very heart ot the government. .... Laws Are Violated, 'I could give yon many names right now myself but they (those named) would know before I left this platform that they would be sought the leaks are Just that close here In the government. "The prohibition commissioner, if he wanted to. could take one . or two men and could round up senators, government officials and scores of others for violation ot the liquor laws. New York could be cleaned up in CO days. - But the department of justice and Mr, Kramer's bureau and the other government departments have got to work together. As It Is, every body's ducked. Even Cox and Harding have ducked excepting when heckled, and that's not a satisfactory way to get assur ances. Replying to Mr. Colers charges Mr. Kramer said that, to a eon-' ciderable extent they were true, but he insisted the New York commissioner should provide a "bill or particulars' In order that tbe small force of the bureau might know where to go on tbe trail of the bootleggers. He tolJ the congress he was doing his "level best" to enforce the lawi. After officials ot tbe congress had declined to permit delivery" or that part of his speech referr ing to Mr. Anderson. Mr. Coler gave it out in the form of m pub lic statement. Mr. Anderson in his reply said: "Any statement that I have made, any attack upon any church Is utterly untrue. But fear ot misrepresentation has deterred m from exposing and thwarting the Tammany scheme to capitalize politically against prohibition the influence of a great church many ot whose clergy and lay members have been noted leaders la the fight to destroy the liquor traf fic." be Tried Jor Murder PORTLAND. Sept. 25. Trial of Mrs. Frankle Hart RJorklund on a charge of second degree murder beran In circuit court today. Opening statement of the prose cution Indicated an attempt would be made to prove that she killed her husband. Arrgust BJorklnnd May 21. at their home In a fit of Jealousy, and then turned - th gun on, herself, while the defense Indicated It will be shown she attempted to commit suicide and knew nothing of how her husband came to his death. i : 1 I