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De Valera Says: Republicans , ;vVi! Demand Absolute ' 'Independence!: LLOYD CEORGE OPPOSED British Cabinet Said to Have u Spurned Proposals Made i By Premier r DUBLIN,. Aug; It. - Complete Independence for Ireland "till re taains the demand of the leaden ; of !the Sinn Fein; t J . r At the opening of the Uriah Re - publican parliament ' today Ea rn onnD Valera, Republican lead' er, in an address to the members declared that for Ireland he and his colleagues stood for the ideals embodied - in the American Dec laration of Independence. He re iterated Ireland's claim to aepa. ,. ration .front the British empire and . asserted that 'the cabinet . of the Republican parliament was the sole government the Irish people .' recognized. ' Claims peace Motive Referring to the peace negotia tions with David Lloyd George. Mr. De Valera said there were peo ple wno desired to negotiate to save their faces.- The Sinn Fein, however, would negotiate only to save : possible bloodshed and , for right and principle. He declared that 'the cabinet, in refusing the proffer of a dominion form of government by Mr.. Lloyd George, had taken this step because it considered . his proposals nujust. . Will Outline Plan Mr. De Valera 's address was lis. tened to attenticely . by the 120 members of the ' Dail EIreann gathered fro mall mparts of Ire land. It was delivered after Pro cessor John McNeill had been cho sen as speaker of the parliament. Mr. De Valera promised that at ithe session tomorrow he would 'outline the negotiations carried von with Mr. Lloyd George, and afterwards the parliament might consider the situation behind ; closed doors. ! Oath Is Taken ! ' Notwithstanding the attitude of the members of the Dail Eire ann In taking the' oath of alle-' glance to the Irish1 Republic an oath which in, former days would . have teen termed high : treason and De Valera's reiterated demand for the freedom of Ireland. Brit ish civil officials In Dublin, many of . whom ' assert v tlat they "nave channels . of communication with the inner workings . of the Sinn Fein,-are still hopeful of a settle, ment of the Irish problem. Vv , HIGHTOWER IDENTIFIED (Continued from.page 1.) J. , only try to hang me again if I . should do such a thing. . r "I am convinced that !i "iron ia be given a fair trial as far as the Judge and prosecutor are concern- ' J?'. 1 do not b"T alr Jury vuuiu ue iouua to try me." v : - SALEM WOMAN $ : H E AR D : AT i (4 E A R I N G (Continued from par 1.) ?: ershad. been shown all thrnnrh the exchanges aad expressed sur. prise at the amount of work neces. sary for an operator in handifng a can., i aose kickers, she said, mb ceasea to KICK. ... ' Dartriln Dar RmllMf Bhe drew an analogy ! between the work Of the telenhnna nnra. tors and the clerks In Salem stores on m. recent bargain day. ine people could see the clerks In the. stores. 'knew how busy they were and wur. i..h..i with them,!', the witness said. ,?If they could have seen the telephone operators too that dr M 00ld hTe b m0r P- ua xney .were. . . Ha lent Farmer Traffl it.-l On i cross-examination by E. M. ii I r . r---"oiungaworth said that eight 10-nartv lln. .PA eted out of the Salem exchange and 118 farmer-lines, the latter : ercsaung iio7 atatlons. 1 Stronger feehne that, hum hAAn , manifested at any other time dur- i mi uear;y lire weeks of the telephone rate rehearlnr wn mn. - ifested yesterday when Attorney onaw oi tne-telephone company . and E4 M. Constn, rep resenting; the Oregon Telephone federation, engaged in an alter cation over the nature of Shaw's examination', of , Miss .Frances t'ounstone, central office instrue . tor -from Portland. ' f- y V Vatnie, Sara Shaw. Shaw waa asking-the witness . questions as to efforts of th tel. : ephone operators to give good ser- vice, . I ; .. "-, f - - ' , "I object," interrupted Cousin. "There has . been no-effort here to show that the girl are not do ing their best." . , u$lt down,"anapped4:Show: "yon are the very man who was trying- to -get their ! wages, re- uced." . ..- 1 ,- v i "Nothing has been, said About wages," replied Cousin That Isn't so." Shaw wrathily declared..'. .;".- , i. fv: 'I Khawr Obfttrewrfttis. . Chairman -Williams endeavored to bring Shaw to order, but the telephone attorney waa in obstrep Tous mood and rejoined with "That Isn t so," tq each of several ; suceesslve assertions. by Cousin On cross-examination ' Cousin j. endeavored to draw some com- ; ment from Miss Pounstone- rcla- live to a portion of a report made by Cousin to the Portland city council. Shaw objected that the witness was not testifying on the f Cousin report and that it was not proper cross-examinations Chair. d rTlIE OREGOjrSTATESirANTSACESrr OEEGONT man . Williams sharply i took Issue with Cousin on' the 'same pdnt. , Repartee Exchanged. ' ' "I; have been proceeding aa- swered Cousin, "on the that this is not a criminal theory prose- cutlon, but an investigation of telephone rates and service," said Cousin. "It isn't a criminal prosecution but it's going to be if you keep on," retorted Williams. "well, I guess someone has been kidding me," Cousin re- plied. You have been kidding your- self for four weeks, Williams re turned, "and now you are irying to. kid the rest of us along for tnree weeks more." Everyone Invited. . Miss Pounstone extended n in vitation to , all men In the ing. . particularly newspaper bear- men, to visit the Broadway exchange and be enlightened a to actual conditions and methods of tele phone operation. Attorney H. M. Tomlinson wanted to know if she would show visitors through alone or whether 'some of the company's Officials would accom pany the party. "I will take you through alone," replied Miss Pounstone. "I will let you wear a 'set' and show you just how the work is done.' Miss Pounstone estimated that more than half of the public ap preciates the service of the tele phone operators. The others, she said, do not know the meaning of appreciation. On the Broad way exchange, she said, are busi ness men who make hundreds of calls every day and who! never complain. Some difficulties in service she attributed to private branch exchanges as having no relation to the central office. ImprrMion Resent. Miss Pounstone expressed the resentment of the telephone op erators of the fact that many girls who get Into "scrapes" say they are telephone operators, re sulting In erroneous Impressions reaching the public. She declared that the girls neither chew gum nor read books while at their work. The service since the war she declared has been good, and the girls have pleasant surround ings In the exchanges and like their work. - BRUMFIELD MAY BE : KEPT ?IN PORTLAND (Continued from page 1.) was. .-, ClaJuaa fJnd ' Blank. But I remember nothlnar for a week before the day you say Den nis Russell was killed," he told the sheriff. "My mind Is a! blank. I have only a hazy remembrance of the officera coming for me at the ranch where I was working near Calgary,' '; - - r-i .. His only statement tonight was: "I don't remember." p ov1 As the party debarked ftom the train and walked across the platform. to the; waiting Portland train,1 Dr. Brumfield, tall.'dressed in aaric clothes, a dust stained couar ana felt hat. annaered oblivious of his surroundings.' A crowa oi ponce prricers and re porters were t gathered to meet mm. . .-: ; Questions Limited. On the advice of the . eitv hv. slcian of Calgary, Sheriff, Star mer and Deputy. Webb - guarded their' prisoner carefully iand hur ried him into a stateroom on the waiting train.; - Sheriff f 8tarmr saia tne physician .had warned them their prisoner was in a rt. ons physical and mental coaiitinn ana ne aouDtem ir: bis removal to Roseburg could be accomplished without a stretcher the latter tart vi me mp. Tne dentist refused io ana , enerllf , t Btarmer, fearing a complete breakdown. fused to have., him "questioned closely. . wr;. r1. '( The prisoner's hsnds still hor. the marks of the week's labor had performed on the fsrm. To night they -were - dlrtv anil th naiU discolored. His clothes were wnuay goa he had every aDoear ance of an ejtremely commonplace inaiTtanai. . his eyes behind his spectacles . stared atralght 'ahead Actions May be Shown. ' That the man is Dlavlnc .n. nannea game or is mentally an uaiancea, was they opinion ex pressed by th- officera fiardinr m. t - J aim. "We almost bad to walk Oil I or Canada," Sheriff Starmersaid Mwwr m ... ve naa our ocrtbs arranged wbra an article appeared In caigary cewspaper sayna Brum field was to be chained lo an dd. per Derm. . 4 ne railroad officials men cancelled our' acsommoda tions and we had to rid in the smoker. , We have had no aleen. "Tne report that Brum field was shackled hand and foot and to one Of us.' is not croc. A man acle from his wHsl to fthat of tcruiy webb is a-.l the irons we fiav? cad on him. ; iH has elven no trouble and remained quiet and taciturn throughout the trip. . PrUoner Xot FAtiniP. "We have tried to induce him of to eat, but he has refused since Friday. He says he wants noth ing. He i was in rery bad shape when we! left, but appears to be Improving- Perhaps the thouaht of getting back home, even under any conditions, is comforting him, aitnouga ne does not say so. . i'.T?Tle now says he had no kn owl edge of how-hQ ,got to Canada, does not remember distinctly any thing in Roseburg. and professes complete Ignorance of any of the events that led np to the finding of Russell's body. When asked why he sent back the dress to Mrs. Norman ' Whitney In Rose burg,-ne says be-does not remem ber -doing so. It waa this that led to his capture on the obscure Canadian ranch- where he was working under, the name of Nor. man Whitney, tne same name as a Roseburg 'merchant." . ! After the party had transferred to the Portland train they with drew from prying: eyes , into stateroom. The sun never sets on 'the ef forts of the English salesman, to get a market for his goods. 'He sets an example that Americans - might -with profit follow. SEEIJT ClifU T Memorial to Louis H, Turner To Be Erected in Twin OaksCemetery A monument to cost 3,000 will soon be erected at the Twin Oak cemetery at Turner in memory of Louis H. Turner, who died about a year ago. In an order issued yesterday by the county court, S. M. Endlcoft, executor of the estate of Louis H. Turner, was gjyen permission to expend this amount from the funds of the estate for the erec tion of the monument. Cordelia A. Davis, the sole surviving heir. filed with the county -court her pproval of the expenditure of the 13.000. The Louis H. Turner estate was ppraised as valued at I79.1S2.50 in real estate and $48,695.23 worth of personal property. State Game Commission is Unable to Comply With .Sheridan Request SHERIDAN, Or., Aug. 16. (Special to The Statesman) No change in the present statu game law relative to the season on bob white quail will be made despite a petition to that effect circulat ed here by E. O. Huddleson and sent to the commission at Port land. A letter received from A. E. Burghduff, state game com missioner, says that he does not believe tv- closed season would aid ' materially in increasing ' the number of quail. The petition circulated by Huddleson and signed by a large number of resi dents In this vicinity asked that the season be totally closed. "It would be preferable," says Game Warden Uurghdnff in his reasons for failing to comply with the request. of the petition, "to allow shooting of bob-white quail without shortened season anu limited bag and thereby profit by the -experience of other states which by experience have evolved system allowing a reasonaoiy open season on bob-white quail, which results in more real pro tection than could a permanent closed season." STATE EMERGENCY BOARD IS CALLED (Continued from page 1.) rected to the attention of the board at that time. In the esti mates of the requirements of tne state department for the biennium 1921-1922. no amounts were in cluded to meet the additional ex pense which the bonus law win impose upon the department ot state fin the administration oi such act.", ; . Mr. Kozer said that he naa made no estimate of the amount of additional money that would be needed fcr. the administration Of the bonus act or to care tor the additional duties imposed up on his office. Willamina-Sheridan Route Improved Rapidly By Trent & Cummings SHERIDAN. Ore., Ang. 16. (Special to The Statesman) Work is progressing rapidly on the Willamina-Sheridan highway according to reports current here. Elliott & Porter of Portland, who were the first holders of the state contract for the work have sub leased the construction of the road to Trent & Cummings, Willa mlna contractors. The road will be improved for a distance of about four and one half miles. All preliminary grad ing is completed and crushed rock Is said to have been laid as far as two miles east of Willa mina. Two rock crushers and a force of 25 men are being employed at the Lee Rowell quarry to furnish material for the highway. . SCOTTS HILLS XEW8 SCOTTS MILLS. Aug. 16.--Miss Mary Komyake and August Semolke were -married in Mt. An gel Tuesday morning. A wedding aance was given at Mr. Semoi ke's old home at' Noble Tuesday evening r attended by large crowd."-"!- '.'w:i Vii . Miss 'Prelda Hicks . IS Ylstttng ber sister Mrs. Byron Maine at Oregon City. . Misses Frances and Pauline Semolke of Portland attended the Semolke-Komyate wedding Tues day and returned to Portland Wednesday. Miss Henrietta Plas returned home Tuesda aftyer visiting witn her sister In Portland. f Mr. and 'Mrs. Merle Matlock aad family of Portland are visit ing at the Allan Bellinger home. Mrs. Lolo Bellinger of Salem visited Mrs. Lena Bellinger over the week-end. ..Henry Piatt who has "been working In '.Portland, the last few weeks returned homefHOday. Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Shafer and sons. Earl and Prank, Mrs. T. Maplefhorpe and Mrs. v Emma Shields of Salem visited W, T. 1 Ml n on qui TO BE COIilTINUED RAPID PROeRESS MMDN HIGHWAY Hogg and family on Sunday. Master Frank remaining to visit a week at the Hogg residence. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hettwr of Mt. Angel visited relatives -rr Crooked iFnger Sunday. John and Gerhart PI as and Loo Hettwer visited friends at Sul limity Sunday. Miss t'mma Larson of Sitverton visited Mrs. W. T. Hogg over the wek-end. Mrs. L. S. Rice and children visited relatives in Woodburn du'ngr thV week. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Brougher and her son Ira, Mr. and Mrs. U. H. Brougher and daughter Wan da. Mr. and Mrs. John Barnes and family. Mrs. Grace Dart and children made np a party that went to the coast Thursday for a week's vacation. L SHERIDAN NOTES SHERIDAN. Ore., Aug. 16. (Special ,'to The Statesman) Victor Fink and family are visit ing here for a short time from their home in Los Angeles. Mr. Fink was formerly owner of a large fruit ranch east of here, selling out his holdings within the past year. New cement constructed on as far west as walks are being West Mill street water street, in compliance with an ordinance passed by the city council at its last regular meeting. Board walks are in process of construction as far west as the grist mill. . P. McLoughlln of Silverton came last night to visit his niece, Mrs. William Dinsmoore of this city. Mr. McLoughlln was a resi dent of Sheridan for about 20 years being at one time proprie tor of the Sheridan hotel. He left here about 10 years ago. Funeral Is Held For Victim of Lightning SHERIDAN, Or., Aug. ,16. (Special to the Statesman) John Park, 66 years old. who was killed Saturday morning when a bolt of lightning struck his - house on Mill creek, was buried at Har mony yesterday, funeral services being conducted by Ksv. J. K. Jeffrey of this "city. Mr. Park was born in Coke county, Tenn., In 1855, moving to this vicinity in 1886. He is survived by two sons. Robert Park, who escaped uninjured from the stricken housa and Horace Park of Carol, Wash. Fisher Brothers ,and Purdy File Complaint With County Court W. G. Fisher and J. B. Fisher, and Will F. Purdy, have brought suit niaagst The Citizen's Invest ment company, Oleson Motor Car company, Olaf Oleson, O. D.. Bow er, as . sheriff, Q. D. Bower 1 as agent, G. G. Quackenbush and C. P. Hall. The suit involves the sale of a Day-Alder truck to Fisher Broth ers by the Oleson Motor Car com pany for $3,485, according to the complaint, .which alleges that 1870 has been paid, leaving a balance due of $2,615. That Fisher Broth ers paid to J. B. Way, the $870 that hd been paid on the truck is asserted. Fisher Brothers allege they made various payments on the truck until there was left unpaid only $485.85. But they were no tified by Olaf Oleson and C. C Hall, that there whs still due $1127 and rather than lose the truck, they gave their promis sory note and chattel mortgage for the 1127, in favor of the Ole son Motor Car company. It Is further lleged that' In or der to defraud Fisher Brothers this note was assigned to the Citi zen's Investment company that it might claim to be an innocent pur chaser. That a suit was brought against tone of the Fishers nd the truck held on attachment by thte sheriff on the claim of G. G. Quacken bush and that the sheriff had ad vertised to sell the truck at public auction, Salem, August 18, is an other allegation. The plaintiffs ask that a re straining order be issued to pre vent the sheriff from eslling thei truca, a return or tne nrm s $1, 127 note, that the note be de clared null and void and that Judgment for $485.85, amd $20 a day be allowed for the time the Fisher Brothers had been deprived of the use of the truck. Judee Bushey issued the re straining order asked for, settins forth that the truck was not to be sold on the attachment, until the case had come up for hearing and proper disposition had been made. HOSPITAL MAY BE WON OVER UNIONS HOPE (Continued from page 1.) those who wished to promote a non-union situation. Will Attend Judication J. O. .Humphreys and .ludson N, Gainiard were . named ty the council as members of a commit tee to make transportation ar rangements for Salem labor union members who plan to attend the dedication or the Portland Laoor temple, September 5. Officers' Action is Declared Justified PORTLAND, Or., Aug. 16. Jesse Isard, al'as George Decker, alian Fred Wilson, .alleged road bandit was shot and killd by Deputy Sheriffs Kendall and Mol- lenhour In performance of their duty and his killing was j-Jst fria ble. In the opinion of members of a coroner's jury who investigated the case, It became known' today. TRUCK LEADS TO INTRICATE SUIT flifilTsflilP American Crew Anxious Lest Bad Weather Delay Trans-Atlantic Cruise STORM SEASON IS NEAR Much at Stake as Huge Craft is Prepared for Voyage to America HOWDEN. England, Aug. 16. By The Associated Press The American crew of the airship ZR-2 is chafing t the prolonged delay by the British builders inthe final tryout of the airship, which, it was stated authoritatively tonight, would be impossible for another 36 hours at least. Fears that unforseen contingen cies may prevent the start of the ZR-2 on her trans-oceanic voyage to the United States until" the storms of the changing season set in, making navigation of the At lantic ocean airways eitremely hazardous, have increased the im patience of the Americans. ProTinji Flight Delayed. " Cancellation of the plans for the final proving flight trtfm day to day are announced due to "ground puffs" but wht the air men say they fear most are "lows," which to them means at mospheric low pressure areas. General Maitland of the air min istry, asked today why the weath er was unsuitable. Tragedy Is' JJecalled. . "We are taking every precau tion against a repetition of that," he pointed to the charred, twisted skelton of the ZR-2's famous sis ter ship, the R-34, which lies wrecked a few hundred yards from the hangar as a result ot a severe pounding by a high wind during an attempted landing. Some American officers say the keen interest they are showing is due to fears that a death blow would , be dealt British heavier- Lthan-ai'r exponents should ! tho American ship share the fate of the R-34. CURSES ARE HURLED AJ TELEPHONE GIRLS (Continued from page 1.) surprised at you, a prominent church worker . "He had hung up and we never have had any trouble with him since.'' Ice Wagon Wanted Mrs. Norton fbld of a woman who called Information and asked the number of "the ice wa gon that drives down TillamooK street.' ' "What Is the name of the com pany?" asked the operator. . "Why, I don't know," flared back the woman, "you ought to Know, it has been driving down Tillamook street for the last 15 years." i On cross-examination Attorney Tomlinson reminded Mrs. Norton that the operators have access to police protection from persons ot abusive character and asked jf she had ever appealed to the police. The witness replied that she had not. Tbs witness testllied, how ever, that the company some times retaliates by removing the telephone from the homes or places of business of profane sub scribers. Stop Watch Used Testifying as to the quality oi service. Miss Felecla Leete, sen ior supervisor at the Main ex change, said she had used a stop watch to time the response to calls and that the average was from three to five seconds. She told the Instance of a woman who asked fcr a number. The operator not understanding it, asked for a repetition, which was given. "Thank you, replied the oper ator. "Don't mention it, you 1 fool." the woman flared. "It has been said," Miss Leete commented, "that, the work cf the telephone operators is nerve- racking. The work Is not, ou-. these little troubles that they have to contend with are nerve racking." Referring back t& his cross examination of Miss Francos Pounstone, E. M. Cousin asked Miss Leete if she agreed with Miss Pounstone in all her answers to the questions he had propound ed. - "That is totally an unfair ques tion." interrupted Attorney J. T. Shaw. "The idea sof asking the witness if- she remembers such a string of nonsense as he asked Miss Poundstone." Mrs. L. Johnson, a supervisor in the Broadway office, told ot the frequency with which sub scribers call wrong number? and then blame the operators. With considerable enthusiasm sne -told Major Babcock of the rivalry that exists among thet exchanges in competing every month for the highest efficiency rating. High Katinjc Is 1 "Do you try to beat each oth er?" asked the major. "You bet we do and we tak? pride in attaining a high rating," answered Mrs. Johnson. Other girl. who testified -were Miss Myrtle Sullivan, supervisor In the East exchange; Miss M. Holtberg. supervisor at the Wood lawn exchange; Mrs. R. E. Halli day, supervisor at the Main of fice, and Miss Alice' Davoren, an operator In the Main office, In the course of her testimony Miss Florence SmUh read an ex cerpt from tn address given the girls by one of their superiors in which they were urged to conduct themselves In the most exemplary manner, both inside and outside the offices, so their influence over WEDNESDAY' MORNING, new girts coming in would to ot the best. Statistics Presented "And we try to do that." said Miss Smith. The last witness to take the stand for the day, and who wilt "continue his testimony today, was Lieutenant Colonel C. T. Blanck. special engineer for the company with headquarters in San Francisco. He introduced a number o! technical exhibits deal ing with . comparative costs of manufactured articles. Chemawa and Pacific to Play Football October 15 PACIFIC UNIVERSITY, Forest Grove, Or., Aug. 13. (Special to The Statesman) Four games of a possible eight already have been arranged by. Director ot Athletics Frank for the football season of Pacific university. T-he games scheduled to date follow: Mt. Angel at Forest Grove, Oc tober 1. Chemawa Indians at Forest Grove, October 15. Albany College at Albany, Oc tober' 21i University of Puget Sound at Forest Grove, November 11. This leaves a few open dates for the university team in which to get In games with Willamette university and Whitman college and one or two others which Mr. Frank is expecting to arrange. Frank said yesterday that Pac ific university would have what appeared like a winning team tbis tall, as there is a nucleus ot old men returning, and already several prominent high school athletes .from over the state and in Washington have signified their intention to attend Pacific "university. Director Frank has Just come to Forest Grove from the Univer sity of Oregon, where he was in structor "in physical culture last spring and already has put the gymnasium, swimming pool and indoor track in A-l condition for the coming football and basket ball seasons. The gridiron is next to be put In , good condition. The fence has. been repaired and the old. grandstand will pass Into history very shortly. New goal posts will go up this week and other things will be done to the gridiron to make it one of the best in the valley. SETS RECORD United Evangelical Session Session at Quinaby Beats Past Efforts QUINABY, Or.. Aug. 16 (Special to the Statesman) With every day adding to th? attend ance at the United Evanprelical camp meeting at Quinaby park the convention promises to eclipse past endeavors. The boardinsr house is at times at full capacity. while practically all the cottagea are filled and many tents are on the grounds. On Sunday there was a record attendance and from 7 a. m., when an eatly meeting was held, until near midnight, services were continuous. The Rev. J. W. Thompson ot Lock haven. Pa., delivered two sermons during the day, assisted by local ministers, while Rev. Chester P. Gates had charge of the afternoon meeting. Sunday evening is fixed as the closing date. Open Cut-Out Causes Grief, Finds Permit C. Ridgeway, of Salem, Route No. 4, was arrested by Traffic Officer Miller Hayden. last night and reported at the police station on a charge of leaving his cut out open-. i Mr. Ridgeway deposited $5 for his appearance In police court at 11-a. m. today. When a'Tested he had no driver's permit vith him, but later brought the- bit of card board to the station In support of his statement that he was the ac tual possessor Of a permit but had neglected to have it with him on this occasion. Portland .Leaguers Win From Boise Semi-Pros .. BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 16. Portland's Pacific coast league club won from Boise's semi-professionals here today by a score of 9 to 2. The coast team's pit ching staff, augmented by good support, was responsible for the final result. Three twirlers were used by the visitors while the Boise team confined itself to one pitcher, a Boise patrolman. R. H. E Portland 9 10 2 Boise 2 8 4 Macy and .Pdpe Return From Mountain Outing B. W. Macy and Carl Pope have returned from an outing in the mountains above- Elkhorn. They drove to Elkhorn and then hiked up the Little North Fork of the Santiam to Elk Lake, a distance of 22 miles of hiking, Mr. Macy said. While in the mountains they played snowball August 10 and the following day climbed Battle Axe mountain, officially with an altitude of 6500 feeU On their return they stopped atthe Lotz-Larscn Mining com pany's camp above the mouth of Gold creek. Mr. Macy says the company is employing six men In running a tunnel and that the road has been completed to within 100 yards of the river. As soon as the road reaches tho riverrthe com pany will bridge the river, Mr. Macy said. MEETING AUGUST 17, 1921 THE ARE DEAD AT AUGUSTA. GA.' Negro Runs Amuck, Appar ently Crazed and Fatal Shooting is Result" AUGUSTA. Ga., Aug. 16.- Three persona are dead and 'eight are known to have been wounded in a clash, here today betwesa whites and negroes. The disturbance began with the killing of Ben Hightower, mana ger ot a local wagon works, by Walter Smalley. negro chauffeur, who latsr ran amuck, firing in discriminately at white persons Kofnra hlnr slain nimseil. n known wounded are all -wnue men. althoush two negroes are ronArififi tn nave urru nuuuum . w .Mwdrrtul and an unidentified white woman is Hid to have been shot. w. w. Moore, policeman, was tho third victim of the shooting. The police at a late nour to night be-.leved they had the sit uation under- control, wanas ui armed whites quickly gatnerea when reoorts spread of Smaltey'fl outbreak, but threatened violence aeainst, other negroes capiurea u the streets was prevented oy tne nniire. Smalley Is said to ha hnt Hiehtower to death with- a shotgun after being atrucit Dy latter during a dispute. 1 0,000 Persons Record For Summer at Spong's More than 10.000 people have visited Spong's landing, north of Salem, during the past rummer months, according to Captain A. J. Spong. owner of Salem's fam ous bathing resort.. One week ago Sunday broke all records when 300 cars were admitted to the grounds, the cap tain said. Business has been es pecially good this season, possibly; twice that of "one year arpi. ; In order to niaice me grounas pleasant for campers, the captain has put in this season tables for 200 people in addition to those already on the grounds. He ex pects to make additional improve ments next year. Unemployment is Big Cloud Over Portland PORTLAND,-Or., Aug. 1. Unemployment in Portland is community problem and the peo ple must realize it is their duty and obligation to see that worK is provided for residents of the1 city during the winter. This was the.expressioh of opln-t Ion in a conference of the unem plovment committee in Mayor Baker's office .today in which report of the- sub-committee waa presented outlining steps to meet a condition .ot unemployment which threatens this winter. . Id-1 lers and floaters who plan td come to the city to find soJt job' will receive scant .consider at'on and win be ordered t3 move on accordlngvto notice served' by Mayor Baker and the committee.; When Man Who Sold Gun Recognized Purchaser is Not Made Known LOS ANGELES. Aug., 16. E. A. Rosenthal, pawnshop proprie tor, who yesterday identified, a shotgun stock found on the beach near Santa Monica shortly after the killing pf J. Belton Kennedy, broker, August 5, as part of a gun had sold to a customer entering his shop late in July, today was given an opportunity to see and talk with Artuur C..Burch, young college man, jolnty indicted here v 1th Mrs, Madalynne Obenchain. a college friend, in connection with the mysterious slaying! After the meeting, behind closed doors, Rosenthal said he had been told not to give out any interviews, It was not . known whether he identified Burch as the purchaser of the gun or not From photographs shown him yesterday he was unable to do so. PISTOLS WATCHED Efforts Continue in Investi gation of Death of .. Major Cronkhite TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 1C Orders to investigate the dispo sition of .all army pistols issued to the 213th engineers at Camp Lewis prior to the regiment's de parture for overseas, have been given Major Lyons of the 57th coast artillery at Camp Lewis, it was learned here tonight, mark ing another step In the investi gation of the death of Maj. Alex ander ' P. Cronkhite, son of Maj. Gen. Adelbert Cronkhite. The major jdicd from a. pistol wound on October 23, 1918. which as originally reported officially as self-inflicted through accident byt which has Rince involved an ex-captain and an cx-noncoinmist sioncd officer.. . All thrco mca were members of the 213th en gineers. - ' . - ; The orders appointing Major Lyons came directly from ninth corps headquarters at Ban Fran- PMBHiJD'i BURCH TOGETHER IF cisco ajdeording, to Lieut, Cor..A "t.i W. Bradbury, acting I camp adju-V tanL - v - ' , I r . : ? DeUufe of the r Investigations W were not disclosed, .but It 1 fin. V derstoo! that the purpose of the , ' checlc or pistols is tp determine not onlyj whether all the weap. ons haie been satisfactorily ac- -counted j for, but whejther or not V tney were turned back to ; the -, governments by the sime tempor- f ary owners to whonij they were issued. 1 - v-" --'' This action is the first taken f by federal authorities since At- s torney General Daugherty turned over the case to the PSerce county prosecutor here on the ground ' that thej death occurred on terrl- tory not owned by the govern- ment at that time. 4 The- local Vt : prosecutor who was recently asked by General Cronkhlte for an at- i counting as to the status ot the case, ha been withholding action, X mation from Washington. D.C . v, ,; Vl Secretary Fall Will vf - Be Oregon's Guest - v - KLAMATH FALLS, ' Or.; Aug, 16. Secretary A. Bj Fall of the department of. the interior, will a. cross the Oregon-California line and reafh Klamath Falls Friday, it was learned here ;(oday. Plans for rece vlng him hei-e are being laid by ocal officials' and reclam ation department - Interests, i i i ..y--: Red Cross Offers Aid j To Starving Soviets RIGA Aug. 16. Tbs Interna tional Red Cross has offered to assist iii llusslan famine relief workr in! memorandum jpresent- ed to Maxim Litviaoff. rpecUl i envoy here of the soviet govern ment, bv a-delegation, including representatives of tho lied Cross, the league of nations -and tho inter-allied credits association, Dt vlnoff said today he had the au thorization of . Nikolai. Xen:ne,. to deal witji the proposal.- ,,,, ' cno nurrr niiiicr iuii imu UHUULV - V I L- . - Toilers I Will Jrumpn,, He.; Assents, bcores Radicals .' And Trouble Makers TORONTO, Ont.,! Aug. 15. Samuel (lompers, president of thoif American Federation ot Labor, to-. ',. day addressed' the 'conveatlon ofi international T ; photo-engravers ii union on the common goal. of democratic process 'and the mod- i em'. labot- movement, z 2lJ .'"The ladvance of thft i toiling; i masses ' olf , the Americas shalT be f triumphant." he cried.' " We shall advance flaunting our banners iat j them do their - worst I ' , ; v DerrieM 'Bolshevlinn i,', ,. 1 Speaktiig later to local 'labor A leaders ait a conference, on unem ploymenti Mr. Oompers told then that, .oratory, tinged. with boishev ' ism wouM get labor nothing, of any lvaliiir JHe referred : to ad 1 dresses at a meeting of nnemploy ' ed here last night at which direct , , mass action was urged. Flam- i buoyant talk of that character,;' Mr. Gompers said, would not v bring work to the unemployed.? ' ' New Normal School Head Arrives I for Conference': - j ..VS......" J: Dr. Fred C. Ayre, who on JMan- i day was elected president of Ore gon Norjnal school to succeed J. II. Ackertnan arrived in Balem yets terday. - He will pass a few .days. 4 here con erring with J. A. Church ill, state $uperint"ehdent ot public"'! instruction, and members of the' board of regents of the normal school. tf , ! - t DK Ayre has been connected Ith the Jniverslty: of Washington ' for the past three; years, lie cx- J pects to locate In Monmouth . aa, soon as he, can complete' his coa- :i ferenccs Ingalem. I i Johns Notto Resign . Until Early October, 1 Charles A: Johns, of the Oregon, ouyicMie court, wno recently wa Philippine isiasda, arrived in sa-'J5f' lem Monday nfeht from Portland. ft' lie . leit yesterday lor Newport 1 J where he will remain ? until Sep- u tember 1. . . ;-: U Although bavins .formally ac- j cepted the federal office,, Justlco y ! Johns said he would not resign as. f I i . i M irinrii i it- r ,ii i.iim i i r i ii h ii iiriiiiiu t fcourt until about October ii -Mr. i RJchn's daughtfer has not yet de- jcweti wnemerjsne win accompany, mer father ,to his foreign .post. - ' Oregon Reaps Fines': Fort Food Violations' PORTLAND;, Aug. 16.-fTher9 were 114 prossecntlons for viola tion of the djalty and food laws' of, the state last quarter, accord--ing to the bulletin ot the Oregont Dairy and Forfd commission issued! today. The fines imposed totaled' 220. Seizures consisted of 3620 cans of blackberries, I860 poundi ot lard and 2 1 8 pounds ot butter, Portland Wjllpend - . Nearly Four Miilibn PORTLANri, Aug. 16. Stmt Improvemeals arid newer w6rk in- acguratedUhik year., will call f6r an expenditurp or about 11,000. 000, aecotding to City Kninctr Laurgaard.-tfae largest outlay for Improvement tn the city's history. Sewer" work f ill . rcq u ire 2,2 0, 000 and' street! Improveements 5 0 0,0 00 ot i the . total um. 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