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SEVENTIETH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 27. 1920
PRICK: FIVE CENTS
TERRIFIC
STORM RAGES
ALONGCOAST
Worst Gale in Many Years
Threatens Steamers and
Drives Vessels Into Shel
tered Spots for Safety
GALE SWEEPS SEA AT
SEVENTY MILE RATE
Sista Rita Sends Distress
tions Are Cut
LEGISLATIVE SEATS
ASSIGNED BY KOZER
OSITNK OF DEIJEG.VTIOXS
ARE SHOWN' IX DIAGRAM
Marion County Members lrav
Rear Corner Action rnder
Resolution of 1010
Sam A. Kozer, secretary of
state, has prepared a diagram
showing how the . 60 members of
the lower house in the next leg
islature will be seated in the hall
of representatives. The seats are
assigned by the secretary of state
under a resolution adopted at the
session of 1919. No assignment of
-tenate members : is made, hold
over senators having the privilege
of choosing their seats, many do
ing this before they leave Salem
at the preceding session, and the
new members arranging their lo
cations after they reach Salem.
The seats are arranged in two
sections divided by a-center aisle.
Each section has five rows of .six
seats each. Here is the lineup for
the section at the speaker's right:
The 12 members of the Mult
nomah county delegation are as
signed all of the seats in the first
and second rows. The third row
is assigned, counting from the
wall to the aisle, one Clackamas
member, the Clackamas-Multno-
QUAKERS TO
SEND RELIEF
TO RUSSIANS
$100,000 Worth of Sup
plies Are Being Sent to
Russia for Distribution by
Miss Haines and Helpers
INQUIRY IS BEGUN
INTO WRECK CAUSE
Deposition Taken Krom Injured
Men in Hospital
Two Transient to be QiiImumI To
day -Service loiuiniMioners
Xot Participant ,
SANITARY SUPPLIES
ARE NEEDED MOST
Petrograd Has Lost 50 Per
Cent of Its Population
in Last Four Years
PHILADELPHIA. Nov
The American Friends' Service I
mah member, the two Clatsop and .committee has announced that it yesterday and will he continued
the two Douglas county members.
from aisle to wall the fourth row
PORTLAND, Nov. 2 6. W hat
ihipping men declared was the
wont storm in years was raging
off the northern Pacific coast to
.!m One coastwise steamer.
With a tOW, Was Calling mr mu iguw tu mi acawu-uuuiiu icy-
reseniaiives, ine jusepmue mem
ber, a Washington representative,
the Columbia member, with the
two joint Coos and Curry county
representatives occupying the two
seats next the wall.
In the front row of the .section
at the speaker's left the two Uma
tilla members are assigned the two
aisle seats. Next comes the Morrow-Umatilla
member, next the
Harney-Malheur members, next
the Union county member and In
the wall seat the Union-Wallowa
member. .
" The six seats of the second rows
are assigned, from aisle to wall,
to Lake-Jefferson. Crook-Grant-Deschutes
- Klamath. Gillian-Sherman-Wheeler
members in the next
two seats, and Hood River-Wasco
members the next two near the
wall.
In the third row the assignment
is to Benton. Yamhill, Polk, Lincoln-Polk,
and Baker.
In the fourth row the first three
seats counting from the aisle are
assigned to Linn county members,
the next to Tillamook-Yamhill and
the two next the wall to. Marion.
In the sixth row Lane cUunty gets
the first three seats counting
from the aisle and Marlon the last
three.
In the process of an official in
quiry into the cause of Ihe col
lision and wreck of two Southern
Pacific freight trains near Che
inawa early Wednesday morning,
depositions were taken at the Sa
lem hospital yesterday from all
of the injured trainmen with the
exception of A. F. Strange, the
conductor who lost a leg and who
is not yet in condition to be
questioned. The transient youth
named Conn of Newton. la., who
was stealing a ride on Ihe train
and who received a crushed foot,
also was questioned yesterday.
R. G. Henderson, postmaster
and storekeeper at Chemawa. and
Harwood Hall, superintendent of
the Indian school at Chemawa,
sat with the railroad officials as
a board of inquiry. H. H. Corey
and Fred A. Williams, members
of the public service commission,
attended the conference but did
26. !-,10t participate.
The inquiry was not completed
ACCIDDENTAL SHOT
KILLS 0KLAH0MAN
OIL MAGNATE'S DEATH
VEILED IX MYSTERY
IS
County Attorney Hays Ha turn Die
Without Knowledge of Charge
Filed Against Rim
early tonight and-outbound ves
sels were lying to in sneuervu
spots, insteadof making their
voyages as scheduled. ; -.
. Coast Town Flooded.
The storm, which headed- in
wheat the weather bureau de
scribed as the "semi-permanent
Aleutian low pressure area,"
caused gales that were reported
of as? great velocity as 70 miles
tn hour, banked up tides so that
low spots at Aberdeen and As
toria were flooded, cut off many
towns from wire communication,
and caused heavy rains all along
the coast section, from Mt Teha-.
chap! north through California;
Oregon and Washington. In a
few places sleet wa$ reported.
. The vessel reporting herself in
distress; was the Santa Rita, from :
Ticoma for Pacific South Ameri
ean ports with lumber. She had
la tow the barge W.j J. Pirrie. also
loaded with lumber. S. O. S.
messages picked up from the San
ta Rita at Tatoosh were wire
lessed to Seattle with the first
tews "of the vessel's distress.
Taese messages said the lives of
jt persons were In danger.
- Gale I" Increasing.
"Ti).oosh vrlrelesa fetation! Te-
pfirttlde gale there was increas
ing la violence. 5 ,,
Trees blown down across the
virei sad cut off communication
fetweea Portland and Astoria,
and is many districts fallen trees
Rocked the roads. Several plate
(late windows at Gray's Harbor,
Waah.. were blown in. The riv
ets la that region are running
bank fall and this fact, coupled
with the extraordinary high tide
experienced today, covered . some
low-lying roads with water. The
high tide at Aberdeen, Wash.,
forced several lumber mills which
He dose to the waterline, to shut
down for several hours. The
Kills were not damaged materi
ally. The high tide flooded the
treeta In the business section of
Aberdeen-.
FIREMAN IS
WRECK HERO
Mclver, With Foot Crushed,
Walks Nearly Mile to Save
Passenger Train
Banta Rita Sends Call.
A Start a nr 'n ?fi A ae
ries of S. 0. 8. calls received here
loaay told of a marine msasier m
hkh the lives of 35 people were
endangered. The calls were from
(Continued on page 4)
ACCIDENT UST
l S. E. Howard, a United
States mail driver, received
.night Injuries Wednesday,
I uhea his wagon collided
wltb'a truck driven by John
Van Lydengratf, 2350 Hazel
ienne. at .the intersection
t Court and Commercial
Greets. In giving his report
J to the police station yester
1 iay. Van Lydegraff said Mr.
Howard's right leg was
lightly Injured and the
! vagon somewhat damaged.
The lights on the truck were
j demolished. . y
. A collision occurred yea-
.iuy at me iniersecuou oi
jottrt street and the auey
;tw.een High and Liberty
greets, when an automoDiie
,4rivea bv Ed Stewart, routte
1 2. eolllded with an automo-
! one owned by Max Dixon.
"5 south Twenty-fifth St.,
hich was being lowed in
,'r repairs. In reporting
the accident to the police,
; Stewart said he did not see
the cable and collided with
Dixon car. Both cars
J "ere damaged, but no one
Injured.
J C. D. Huff of Harrisburg
t Ported to the police sta-.
"on yesterday that In at
i ;tmptlng to pass an auto-
Mobile truck, being driven
T C. E. lusher about rive
i!ea out on the Pacific
4 Wfihway, tne rear hub cap
the wheel of his machine
I cisht on the front wheel
i the truck, tearing the
otr. Huff 8aid when the
-.meni occurred he was at-
on the
passing the track.
Anprlfan rol taf arrt-V Idea
k i . a . I . . v n . ... mro iiaiurn
u ramer engineer anu - was sent in response to this call.
She Is a graduate of Bryn Mawr
college and for a time was en
gaged in social work In this city.
In 1917 she volunteered for re
lief work in Russia and was sta
tioned in Moscow. After the ov
erthrow of Kerensky, Miss Haines
fled with other refugees to Si
beria where she 'worked at Omsk.
Later she returned to America via
Vladivostok.
The men who were injured in
the .wreck of a Southern Pacific
train near Chemawa - Wednesday
are all recovering, and most of
them will soon be on duty again-
A. P. Strange, the conductor
who lost a leg below the knee,
stood the shock well, and is al
ready speculating on the new
wooden leg that will make him
look and. walk like other men.
H
E. Mclver, brakeman, had so far
recovered as to be removed toi
their homes in Portland. They
were joined by their wives In Sa
lem on the. morning of the wreck-
Mclver was a former service
man and member of the Third
Oregon infantry overseas. He was
popular with the men and was vis
ited at the hospital ny severa
former members of Company M
who served with him in France.
When it was seen that the
crash was inevitable the engineer
shnt off steam, set the brakes, and
iumned for his life. Mclrer, the
fireman, remained in nis can
shut off the flow of oil and to
quench the fire so as to avoid the
danger of fire. When the engine
landed In the ditcb. Mciver wa
still in the cab. but there waa no
a" spark of flame in the firebox
Some of the papers reported that
be jumped with the engineer, but
this was untrue. A fire broke out
from the stove In the caboose, de
stroying several cars.
Mclver was badly bruised and
stunned, with some bones in hi
fet broken, but as soon as he was
able he dragged himself clear of
the wreckage, and although suf
fering agonies, with one ot his
feet crushed, he went back near
ly a mile to Intercept tb- south
bound passenger train, due in
few minutes. In order to avoid
still a third and more disastrous
pile-up. Finding a brakeman on
duty there he collapsed, and
when brought to the hospital was
reported to be paralyzed from hip
down. This proved only tempo
rary, however, and when he left
for Portland, declared, he would
soon be on his regular run in a
day or two.
is beginning relief work in Rus
-sia. It has just been notified
that Miss Anna J. Haines of
Moorestown. N. J., an experienced
worker- who spent several years
in Russia in relief work under
the governments of the emperor
and Kerensley. will soon arrive
in Reval. She plans to go to Mos
cow where she will co-operate
with Arthur J. Watts, an English
Friend, wlir has been working in
Russia for the past six months.
Mis? Haines to Rring Relief.
Miss Haines will take $100.
000 worth of supplies, mostly
medical, into Russia and she and
her assistants will direct their
distribution. The committee says
the Friends will have complete
control of all supplies sent to
Russia and will allot them to in
stitutions and the most needy of
the civilian population. They will
begin by distributing condensed
milk, cod liver oil. chocolate, foap,
shoes, stockings and ' woolen
goods, in addition to medical sup
plies. t
Medical Supplies Xeeiled.
Russia's greatest need today is
reported "to be for medical and
sanitary supplies, and clothing.
The people oi the agricultural dis
tricts are in want only of the
medicines." Hospitals In Russia
are said to have had no ether
for five years and when oper
ations are performed the patients
are strapped to ihe operating ta
bles. - '- -
Owing to the complete break
down of the transport system in
Russia, the greatest suffering was
reiorted to the Friends to exist
in large cities like Moscow and
Fetrograd. where a huge indus
trial population cannot obtain
supplies. In those cities the dis
tress is reported to be acute
Petrograd has lost 50 per cent of
its population within the past four
years.
Arthur J. Watts, the English
Friend, moved about in Russia
without any restriction by the so
viet' government and it Is an
nounced that American Friends
will have the same nrivilere. Jn
October Mr. Watts cabled to the
American Friends Service com
mittee to send a representative
to establish a permanent Anglo
today. Among further depo
sitions to be received are those
cf two other transients who were
on one of the trains, but who
were not injured. Besides young
Conn, the men who were quizzel
vesterday at the hospital were H.
L. Parker, engineer; Barney Mc
lver, fireman, and W. . D. Smith,
brakeman. fill members of the
crew of freight train No. 221,
which crashed Into No. 227. .
The Inquiry will be completed
i some time today by the board
which is conducting its deliber
ations in the private car of Su
perintendent Buckley, which is
parked near ' the state fair
grounds. Early indications of the
cause of the wreck were that It
Was due to improper flag protec
tion for No. 227.
ARIMORE. Okla.. Nov. 2C
Jake L. Ilamnn. Republican na
tional committeeman Irom Okla
homa and reputed to have becom
a millionaire in the oil business
died in a hospital this moruinz.
His death, according to state
menu by Frank L. Ketch, his bus
iness manager, resulted from the
"accidental discharge of a revol
ver which Mr. llauion was clean
ing." last Sunday nicht.
Russell Hrown. county attorney
of Carter county, filed an infor
mation aealnst Miss Clara Smith
of Kindling. Okla.. Monday night
charging her with assault with
intent to kill in connection with
the wounding of llamon. An
other information he filed charged
Miss Smith and llamon with a
statutory offense.
The body of Mr. llamon will
lie in state in Convention hall
here Monday from 8 a. m. to 2
p. m. before the funeral Monday
artemoon.
According to attending physic
ians. Mr. llamon died without
knowledge of the information filed
against him or of the information
acainst Miss Smith.
No reports of the whereabouts
of Miss Smith had been received
tonight.
BOARD FAILS
TO CONTINUE
ITS INQUIRY
EARLE M. HUNT DIES
AT SHANGHAI, CHINA
SALEM MAX IX T. K. VAVY
HMTTMItH Til MEM.XGITl
Death Halls pla of reat fur
ltrMiti YVIm-w Two hoa
fehoakl l!e Unarmed.
Earle M. Hunt of jUlem. phar-
Rllrivi'. m.la firat .1... I IV.
Public Investigation Is De-'l",,''d SI,M iej Novem-
lf r . nt X"r 22 mt ,h Vletoiii. Narsing
Sire Ot lYleehan tO Llear home. Shanghai. China, a-eordlnz
Dlt! C n .fi1" teigrphe information recelv-
AJUUiug ur secure rroui ed hei yesterday by hi parents
of Alleged Guilt
B0LUNG BELIEVED
BLACKMAIL VICTIM
Downey Shipbuilding Cor
poration Not Visited for
Incriminating Data
MANDATE OF
ARMENIA IS
NATIONS JOB
Lord Robert Cecil Deckres
United States is Best Na
tion to Assume Mandate
Over Stricken Land
l Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Hunt. iS
i Marion street, from the navy de
partment at Washington. i. .
The death was due lo cerebral
incningitic. The young man tit
about 21 -ar o!d. It is UHieved
the UmIv will be sent to Ralem
for funeral services and burial. I
Mr. Hunts enlistment would' . -
hae expired early In Jannary. ""
when he would bate completed , . n t
a fonr-yar periot. having entered Hear Last UUeSllOn KC
it naty wnn ne waa 20 years;
old.
ItesiJes his parents, the young )
man leaves one brother, John
a i i a . . . .
iiaiwrj num. wno a iso i ra mm
$20,000,000 WOULD
BRING INDEPENDENCE
solves Into Who Will
Furnish Money
navv and is now Blat lnnH at
NEW YORK. Nov. C. John j Charleston. S. C. aad one slater.
T. Meehan. deputy chief of lb Mrs. Porter Heath, of Alberta.
snipping ooara s oureau or inves-i C anada,
tigation. testified before the, fnusnal
GOOD HARBORS
IS COAST NEED
I Jl IV III II ,
Senator Ball Declares That
Pacific Needs Greater"
Port Facilities
SAN DIEOO, Cal.. Nov. 26.
That an urgent necessity exists
for greater harbor facilities on
the Pacific coast was the asser
tion made at a banquet tonight
by Senator L. Heisler Hall of Del
aware. , chairman ot tne joint
naval affairs committee which has
spent two days in examining, the
local harbor and other points in
and about San Diego.
"The Atlantic coast is well
cared for in this respect," said
Senator Rail. "We must now
turn our attention to the Pacific.
Congressman Fred Dritten said
that the United States nary, in
1923 will have in first line fight
ing ships a force greater than
that or Great Britain.
"Admiral Rodman." he raid,
"now has under his command a
fleet valued at $430,000,000. ThU
fleet will be increased from time
to time, and the Pacific coast
must have facilities to take care
of these ships properly.
CANAL DEFENSE
IS CONSIDERED
Harding and Party Study
Problems Connected With
Waterway Fortification
ANCON. Canal Zone. Nor. 2.
Problems connected with the
defense of the Panama canal were
studied by Senator Harding to
day during a detailed Inspection
of the fortifications at the Pacific
terminus of the waterway and in
conferences with army and navy
officers In charge of the zone
forces. He spent several hours
making a round of the defenses
p company with Itria. Cen. Chase
W. Kennedy and Rear Admiral
Marbury Johnston, of whom he
asked many questions on the capa
bilities and needs of the estab
lichraent. The operation of the big guns
waa demonstrated to the president-elect,
and many problems of
strategic policy were laid before
him.
Walsh .committee today that
charges ot alleged division of
money by R. W. Rolling, presi
dent Wilson's brother-la-law: Les
ter SIsler. and Tucker K. Sands,
obtained from the Downey Ship
building corporation of New York
for a "favorable contract. were
not "thoroughly Investigated by
tne board. Sialer Is a former er
retary of the board and Sands, a
former Washington bank official.
He explained the department'
railure to go deeper Into the
charges aa due to hia opinion that
Mr. Rolling, now treasurer of the
shipping board, "was a victim C
attempted blackmail.
Meehaa Cilvee Testimony
Accompanying Senator Harding
were senator Frederick Hale, a
member of the senate naval com
mittee, and Senator Joseph S.
Frelinghuysen. chairman of the
coast defense committee.
Late this afternoon Senator
Harding returned by train to Cristobal.
sadness la attached to
the death for the reason that th
parents had planned a reunion
when the two bos should have
returned borne soon after the firs:
ot the year. The enlistment of
the son at Charleston expires nexi
moath. aad the boys would have
torn home at a boat the same
time.
STATESMEN OF
ALLIES LIEET b
d'vernrinsfr; WorId Questions and Near
East Problem Hold Diplo
mats Consideration
Pacific Conference
Meets at Berkeley
BERKELEY, Cal.. Nov. 26.
Athletic managers and coaches
of the Pacific coast conference
universities and colleges will meet
here Monday to draw up two ten
tative football schedules for next
season, one Including the Uni
versity of Southern California and
the other without it. Graduate
Manager Luther Nichols of the
University of California announc
ed today. These will be submit
ted the following day to a meet
ing of the entire Pacific coast
conference committee for action.
The University of Southern Cali
fornia will have a representative
in attendance at the conference.
Nicholas said. The institution
has a petition for admission to
the conference on file.
Coach Mathews of Willamette
university will be In attendance
to line up several coast basketball
games.
University of California
Chosen to Represent West
PASADENA. Cal.. Nov. 26. An
invitation was telegraphed tonight
to the University of California to
represent the west in the east vs
west football game here New
Year's day.
The football committee of the
Tournament of Roses association
said the conclusion bad been
reached that the University of
California eleven was the best in
the west and one of the best In
the country. .
The members stated the only
other western team which re
ceived recent consideration waa
that of the University of Southern
California.
The University of California
has Indicated its Intention to ac
cept ,tbe Invitation, it Is under
stood.
The Ohio state university has
accepted an' invitation to repre
sent the east.
President David narrows of the
University of California will un
doubtedly accept the Invitation to
have California represent the west
in the East vs West football game
New Year's day at Pasadena. Lu
ther Nichols, graduate manager,
said tonight.
T
'opting to get back
, -1 after passing tht
Marion County Court
is Granted Authority
The public service commission
has Issued an order ?
Marion county court authority to
construct a grade crossing over
.L. ., nr the Southern
Hie US'" " - . ty,- first
Pacific company at - the
ii.ili: Ast of Filverton on
theVpirtothe mill of the Silrer
Falls Timber company.
Lumbermen Consider
Big Wage Redaction
.MARSHFIELD. Or.. Nov. 26.
, mass meeting of the Loyal Le
gion of Loggers and Lumbermen
to consider a reduction In the
present wage scale, which Is now
.3(i per day minimum, resulted
in the adoption by the Coos coun
ty conference committee of the
4-L of the recommendation that
the present scale be reduced to
94.80 per day for mill employes
as a minimum base, it was an
nounced today, effective Decem
ber 1. The merchants of the
community, it was added, assured
the committee that the cost of
living -had come down at least
150 per cent, and offered their
full co-operation in lowering the
prices to meet the proposed cut
in wages.
MARSHFIELII IS FLOODED.
MARSHFIELD. Or.. Nov. 26.
A tide of 10 feet. 7 inches today
flooded a large portion of the
southern part of the city and put
several industries out of commis
sion. There were very heavy rain
and hail showers at intervals dur
ing the day and considerable
wind. .A temporary plank-street
on South Front street was floated
off, putting a highway oat of ser
vice. At North Rend the Willam
ette Pacific Lumber company
plant' was shnt down, the tide
having flooded the engine room.
- ;- -. - " -
-f
0i"ce Boy Escapes With
$4,500 in Pay Envelope
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 26. A
l.Vyear-old office boy disappeared
with nav envelopes containing
4S00 todav from the Baldwin
Locomotive works.
The lad is Elliott Micenora. and
a desire to see his father, said to
be dving in Spokane. Wash.. U
believed by detectives to have in
duced him to leave the city hur
riedly. The boy's mother started
across the country Sunday night
in an erfort to reach her husband
before he died, and the lad is be
lieved to be following.
The lad was assisting in dis
tributing the envelopes before he
disappeared.
STORY DIMS OK WOUND.
ALBANY. Or.. Nov. 26. M.
Story, pioneer resident of Sweet
Home. Or., who was seriously In
jured September 6 when as acting
'marshal of the town he was at
tempting to arrest James Ward,
died late last night. He was par
tially paralyzed since Ward is al
leged to hare attacked him and
had gradually failed. The eases
against Ward and Robert Bruce,
his companion in the right with
Sweet Home officers, who wer
bound over on charges of assault
with a dangerous weapon, will
come before the grand jury next
week.
Mr. Story was 7 years of age.
He had resided at Sweet Home
for many years and had held var
ious official positions there.
had
halt the investigation and that It
was still open.
. Meehan testified previously bat
he waa recalled by the committee
after Sands had repeated his alle
gation that Boiling, and SIsler
were involved In the division o
the money, the proceeds of notes
given to him by Wallace Downey.
The . extent of hla bureau's In
quiry. Meeban testified, was rf
talk to Boiling. Admiral Benson
Martin Cillen. special assistant to
former Chairman Payne, and to
ascertain If the department of Jus.
tice had Investigated the subject .
The invitation. Insofar as the
shipping board's men Into It. h
said, took place about June 1 t hi
year. Mehan added that bis
opinion that the charges were
without foundation was to a cer
tain extent Induced by the reputa
tion of the men from whom b
believed the charges emanated
He admitted that he did not ex
amine Sand's books and that h
did not go to the oDwney Ship
building corporation to ascertain
why it would be necessary fori
them to pay 140.000 to secure a
contract whn they had previously
been awarded one bv the board
for a much larger sura.
' Charge Came m nnary
Chairman Walsh asfed htm I'
he knew of a single Invitation
that the shipping board made pri
or to 120 and Meehan replied
that he did not.
Meehan said bis first know
ledge of the charge came to bins
in 1920 and Meehan replied that
he did not.
Meehan said his first knowledge
of the charge came to him in Jan
uary. 1920 when he was at Phil
adelphia. He went to Washing
ton, saw Alonxo Tweedale, comp
troller of the board, and told hire
of the reflection on Mr. Boiling's
character and standing.
"I was Informed by Mr. Twee-
dale." the witness said, "that I
had been investigated and that be.
Tweodal? was satisfied there was
nothing to It." He then said he
went to Boiling, and Boiling eas
ily agreed that his private books
should be examined, which Mee
han did. He said be saw an
anonymous letter addressed te
Secretary McAdoo. touching os
j the matter and he also ascer
I lalned that the department of Jus-
LONDON. Nov. 26. iAn official
communication Issued this even
ing concern lag the conference be
tween the allies statesmen on the
subject ot Greece aad other mat
ten says:
- "At a meeting this afternoon
between Premier Lloyd George.
Andrew Itonar Law. Earl Curxon.
M. Berthelot aad Ambassador
Camhon. there waa preliminary
exchanges of views pending the
arrival of Count Sforxa (the Ital
ian foreign mlaUter) upon a num
ber of questions interesting Great
Britain aad France. The met ling
was adjourned until tomorrow.
paking t the Associated
Press after two hoars of conver
sation with Premier Lloyd George
today, the French premier. M.
Leygwe. said that all ontstandlng
questions. Including' those con
cerning the er east, had been
touched upon, bat only In a pre
liminary way. He explained that
no definite decisions would be
possible until after the arrival of
Count Sforta. who la -expected
here Sunday.
NOOW COXCEALR STILL.
PORTLAND. Nov. 26. Three
revenue agents today reported
tbey had run down three men on
a scow on the Columbia river on
which was found a So-gallon still
and no gallons In mash. The
tbree alleged operators of the
floating still ware arrested and
put in Jail at Astoria, giving their
names as Roy Davis. James Paris
and Jamea Barns.
GENEVA. Nov. 26. That the
Vnlfd Htatea would be the beat
nation to accept the mandate of
Armenia is the opinion of lrd
Robert Cecil, who is acting as one
or South Africa's delegates to tfc
league of nations assembly aa ex
pressed to the American newspa
per correspondent tonight. T
United States, he addd. probably
woald have more influence with
Mastapha Kemai Pasha, the Turk
ish nationalist leader who Is con
ducting a campaign against tt
Armealana. than any other na
tion. Lrd Robert said I20.00a.009
would aapply the necessary tail fr
iary assistance to establlaa Ar-
laa Independence.
"The money could b regarded
loan to the Armenian state
wbkh would be repaid If. the Ar
menian economic position were es
tablished. be said.
Lord Robert stated It weild b
quite easy to obtain a volnateer
force composed of Armenians asA
the nationals ot aelaabortag
state.
"The Arm en la a qaesiloa. he
explained, "resolves Itself largtly
Into whether there Is any govera
meat or people In the world car
lag enough about Armeala to tar
nish the pVcewsary money for the
work" . ,
ThT BoTY African deUtats
avoided the qaettloa of possible
revision of the Tarklia treaty as
a naeaas for servlag Armenia, lis
believed that subject was belag
taken up by the assembly.
Assenbty is An Authority
After declaring that the wort
of tb assembly had been extra
ordinarily seeesafa Ldrd Rod.
ert continued:
"No one foresaw that the as
sembly would betoar a corporal
body with real life La It. Tht as
sembly above all. has a cenuio
belief la Its own utility and re
gards Itself and rightly so. as the
supreme lntemaUosal ataorUr
so far aa such authority can ex
ist. "I think fbe assembly will d
something of great raise. It will
accept the International court ct
jn slice: will pass on the admis
sion of members aad I hope it
will take a large aad generous
view of that subject aad Jt win
review the present International
situation and the work of tbs
council."
Lord Robert expressed the bop
thr would Ve one women mem
ber of each delegation, bat saIJ
this was not possible for the first
sessions. He Indicated that tt
assembly would make no change
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Gale Overturns Car
and Kills Occupant
RENO. Nev.. Nov. 26. A gale
so powerful that It overturned, an
automobile in which John Erhante
and Chris larsen were tiding,
killing the former, swept the vi
cinity of Reno this afternoon.
1 name's head was pinned to tne
ground by the running board.
Larsen escaped uninjured.
PORTLAND DRIVER KILLED.
PORTLAND. Nov. 26 Floyd
itirrii- aeed 2 1 . a driver for a
baki
eleva
tlce Investigation had disproved
the allegations.
The summing up of the matter
was. aa he slated, that Boiling to
his mind was an attempted victim
of blackmail on the part, of Sands-
He said he did not wish to sprea
the reports further which he was
satisfied were groundless, by car
rying it along as a "government
investigation." He explained In
vestigations worked great damage
to a person who was innocent.
"I felt," he aald. "that in view
of the character ot the m.n under
investigation, we had gone far
enough."
He also said he had talked
with Cillen and that he also
gathered from GUlen that the in
vestigation had gone far enougb
that Boiling was straight."
Meehan agreed with Chairman
Walsh that In view of the serious,
ness or the charges, it was "right
that they shonld'be publicly In-
vestigated and either proved or
the men against whom they wer
aimed cleared of all suspicion.
AMERICAN IS MIVSING
SALEM AND MARION .
COUNTY INTERESTED
I HOMELESS TOTS
PORTLAND. Or, Nov. 20 (Special to The States nun)
Salem and llarion county arc beirinninjr to hdw excellent
progress in the Oregon W. C T. U. children's farm home
drive since O. B. Gingrich, well known Salem business maa,
took over the county chairmanship, according to reports re
ceived at the office of John EL Wheeler, state chairman of the
campaign.
Reports from Salem show that Chairman Gingrich rsa
surrounded himself with a number of the most Influential
men of the capital city, who have given the farm home pro
ject their enthusiastic support, and who will devote their time
and energy toward obtaining the Marion county quota within
a short time.
Among the Salem men who have pledged their aid to
Chairman Gingrich are D. W. Eyre. Thomas B. Kay. C. P.
Bishop, M. L. Meyers, Paul Wallace and Frank T. Wrightman.
BERLIN. Nov. 26. An Ameri
can named Chase, en route to
Berlin with his family, baa disap
peared front the Dortmund rail
road station, the newspapers re
port. Two American acquaintances
also are mlssln?. Chae. a gold
smith. Is known to have had a
million marks In sit possession.
ng company, was killed by an i The police are searching on the
ttor.a' the plant today. assumption he was murdered."
Politic Give Way
.Complete organization of the
drive workers was not effected as
ranidlv as ft sorted. du In a lirn
I .il a ti p. a Ik. .m.M.biI.1 - - -
lion. But feith political questions
relegated to the background, the
rati of the orphan children ot
Oregon Is now being considered,
and state leaders of t h- campaign
drive are confident that each conn,
ty will now be-in to report the
fulfillment of Its quota.
Th campaign drive Is for a
fund ot fi:;.00o. whlca will be
used In the purchase and estab
lishment of a farm home for de
pendent and orphan children la
Ben i on county. That there is ur
gent need for such aa iastltiticn
is admitted by state officials as j
child welfare workers throughout
the state. The movement has the
strong endorsement of Governor
Olcott and every member of the
ttate child welfare corn mission.
RiaT Work ETferled Here
State Chairman John E. Wheel
er has high hopes that Ealen
and Marion county will make ere
of the best showings of the sta:
la view of the strong personnel cf
the men ot tbs eapitol city who
have pledged their support ar.i as
sistance to the cause of tte cr
i phaa children.
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