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LEAGUE! COUtt
Body to Assume Control of
Stipulations in Hungary-
" . .Rumania Treaty
GENEVA Aug. 30. -(By The
Associated lress) By a resolu
tion adopted by tbe League of Na
tions council today, that body will
assume control of stipulations in
the treaties kith Hungary and Ru
mania regarding the lights of mi
norities in territories which
changed their sovereignty.
This was khe only definite work
accomplished today, and the coun
cil adjourned until Thursday to
give members time to study the
Silesi-an situation and exchange
views i
f The meeting of ; the disarma
ment committee also has been de
ferred untill Thursday. .
' Chiefs injierest in the work of
the council bow centers on the In
ternational court or Justice, which
la regarded a promising better re-
salts than siny other action of the
league. Speculation has begun as
; to 'the prcjbable cholcef by tho
council and assembly of tuo 11
hundred names submitted.
As geographical considerations
will enter Into the election, it .
generally issumed the western
hemisphere! will get two and per-
.a - r i t
uaps tnree,i judges, one paui
. speaking' fom South or Central
America and one each from the
United States and Canada.
Great Britain is granted one for
the United! Kingdom and another
for tbe colonies besides Canada.
' Cnnca will receive one. the
- Scandinavian countries one the
Slav countries one, and tbe Ger
man speaking states one, whllo
provisions must also be made for
the Asiatic states, China, Japan
and Slam each have nominated
two candidates.
South Americans thus far nomi
nated are:
, , 8enor Aljres, Chile; Ruy Bar
bofti and Dr. Rodrlgo Octavio,
Brasil; Seoor Ortonez, Uruguay,
and Sen or Goncales, Argentina.
Cuba has nominated Dr. Antonio
S. De Bustamente; Haiti' nominat
ed Konomy and Verono, while
Pan-Amerlca'a candidate Is Senor
Oroll. 5 !
The British candidates are Lord
Flnlaw, Baron Phlllimore and Sir
Henry Erie -Richards. From Can
ada there are Charles J. Doherty,
the minister of Justice and former
Premier Sir Robert L. Borden;
South Africa and India also have
named caadidates..-
Ureece baa nominated Nicholas
Polltis, former foreign minister
and Oeorgwios Streit. legal adviser
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TOE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM, OREGON
to the foreign office; Italy, Slgnorl
Anzllotti and Slgnor Cassetur
France, former President Poln
care, M. Fromageot, counsellor to
the French foreign office, profes
sor Ferdinand Larnaude. deau- of
the Paris law faeulty. Dr. O. De
iapradelle, of the I'niversily of
Paris, Leon Bourgeois, president
of the senate and M. Dupuis;
Spain, Professor Rafael Altamlra
Crevea and Senor Honoria; Por
tugal, Senor Spares; Switzerland,
Dr. Eugene Borel and Max Huber.
Bulgaria, Kumanli and Norway
have two candidate each. F'oljnJ
and Denmark have one each, while
Sweden has four.
McMlnnville "Nuts" is
Myth, It Now Appears
The .report that tbe McMlnn
ville boosters had adopted th"
name of "McMinnville Nuts"' now
appears to tx all wrong. For r
nrirt frtrn that tlirivinc city are
that Just at present there s no
organization similar to the Halem .
unerrians. aunougn me ruy u
an active Rotary club and a 'lonir
mercial club that i? getting reaav
to do real things.
However, it is probable that a
number of real boosters from Mc
Minnville will attend the stat" fair
on Tuesday. September 27, Boos
ters day, just to get a l'ne on
how the Cherrians, Huharians.
Radiators and such clubs do
things when they get awriy 'rom
home and frolie around at th
state fair grounds.
Training School Boys
Entertain West Salem
WEST 1ALEM, Aug. 30.
(SiMcifti to Th Statesman)-
Billy McAdams and William Bag
nel with a truckload of boys from
the state training school, all ot
them under 14 years of age. gavo
a delightful program Sunday eve
ring before a packed house. Mr.
McAdams, who Is a fine solo st
himself, led th3 chorus of boys
while Mr. "Bagnel gave the address
of the evening. The remainder
ot the program was made up o'
chorus singing and individual
numbers by the boys.
Uncle Joe Cannon Not
To Be Candidate Again
CHICAGO, Aug. 30. Congress
man W. A. Rodenberg. of East St.
Louis, while pasing through the
city informed newspapermen thai
Joseph O. "Uncle Joe"- Cannon
would not be a candidate for re
nomination and re-election to con
gress from the Danville, 111., dis
trict. According to Congressman Ro
denberg, the services of "Uncle
Joe'' Cannon will terminate at his
own wish at the end of the present
congress. Congressman Cannon is
serving bis 23rd term.
You Start
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URGE HAUL OF
BOH IS MADE
Columbia County Officers
Seize Still and Hund
reds of Gallons
ST. HELENS. Ore.. Aug. 30.
Sheriff Wellington today reported
be raided the farm of A. Afaracci
and his partner, named Cazzolin,
Tour miles west of here, and seized
COO gallons or wine. This was re
ported concealed In a room in the
Lam covered with hay.
Maracci was brought before
Judge Hazen and fined SS00.
Lat-r Sheriff Wellington and
County Judge White returned,
made a further examination of
the premises and reported they
found a still conceaieu in a dug
out in a ravine.
They said they found a distil
lery with water piped from a
spring, running through the dug
out where it cooled the coils, and
from there ran into a cruek.
They reported seizure of 280
bottles of moonshine whiskey and
2 CO gallons in the vats which had
been run through for the first
time.
Chief Black Cap Writes
Of Newberg Booster Plans
R. A. Butts, Chief Black Cap o'
the Berrians, the boosting crgan
ization of Newberg, wrltej that
the Berr'ans will be on hand at
the state fair in a goodly number
to represent that city, but that as
vet. they have not adopted a uni
form. But the lack of a uniform will
not prevent them coming to theh
state fair. Just wait until tbe year
1922, and then the Berriam will
show the other boosting organi
zations something worth while,
Mr. Butt wr'tes.
The Berrians appreciate the
visit made them this season bv
the Cherrians and just as soon
as the organization gets It.? new
uniforms, it will do some vis'ting
and has Salem on its ,eehedule,
the Chief Black Cap of the organ
ization writes.
HARDING ACTS TO
STOP MINERS' WAR
(Continued from page 1.)
the president to return to their
homes would do so. and that
Thursday noon would see a res
toration of order, which would
nake the presence of troops un
necessary. At the same lime.
however, there was a firm deter
mination by the administration to
meet any serious situation that
might arise.
Armed Men Assemble
LOGAN, W. Va., Aug. 30. Ex-
tradordinary precautions contin
ued tonight following reports of a
gathering of armed men at Jef
fery, in the adjacent county of
Boone. Reported estimates of the
number vary from hundreds to
thousands.
Fearing that the men would
cross to Logan county, companies
of ex-service men were being
formed today to reinforce detach
ments of deputy sheriffs and state
oolice guarding the border. Ad
ditional forces of former soldiers
were reported to be coming here
from Welch and MsDowell.
Munitions Itecelved
A special train, one coach of
which was loaded with arms and
ammunition, arrived tonight from
Charleston.
The munitions were taken to
the court house, where the men
began cleaning the weapons. In
the meantime, armed guards were
thrown around the building
The approach of nightfall
brought with it increased tense
ness and additional men were sent
from here to the hills to rein
force the border patrol.
ar Hongs Heard
Hixciiemem was caused near
midnight when a volunteer at
tempting to unload his rifle dis
charged the weapon. The bullet
struck a stone step. Fragments
were scattered in the crowd and
several women were struck by
flying pieces. Bruises were the
only wounds suffered.
T A f A I- . P . .
uunng tne nignt iuuy one
thousand men, mostly reinforce
ments from outside the county,
rested under arms about the court
house. They were fully equipped
for field service. A fleet of motor
cars entirely surrounded the
building, drivers at the wheels.
ready to start eastward on a mo
ment's notice. Many of the men
were legionaires and they amused
themselves singing old army and
war day songs.
Proclamation Published
CHARLESTON W. Va.. Aug.
30. President's Harding's proc
tarnation calling upon the armed
bands in Boone county and on the
border of Logan county to disband
by noon Thursday under threat of
martial law, will be distributed in
the camps of the men by airplane
through the cooperative efforts of
Governor Morgan and Sheriff Don
Chafin of Logan county, the gov
ernor announced tonight.
Print shops in Logan were re
ported to be turning ont copies of
the proclamation by the thous
ands tonight and the first copies
will be distributed soon after day
break tomorrow. It was stated.
Train raptured
Armed men tonight comman
deered the regular Chesapeake &
Ohio passenger train running
from Saint Albans to Clothier, ac
cording to information received at
the office of Governor Morgan to
night. . Tbe men first ran the
train up the Pond fork branch
bringing back a number of armed
men ' an 'then took the . tram-to
Danville, where another body of
men boarded it and proceeded to
Clothier, the governor waa in
formed.. There were only a few
passengers on the train and they
were not moKsted the governor
was told.-: .
Every effort was being made
this evening, the governor r sau,
to disseminate the news of Presi
dent Harding's proclamation.
Gon to Trouble Zone
CHARLESTON, W. Va.. Aug.
30. Major C. F. Thompson ot the
war department, who has been
here for several "days conferring
with Governor Morgan and other
state officials. Wit here tonight
for the trouble zone.
A. C. Porter and R. P. Toney.
representatives of District 17, l"n
ited Mine Workers, accompanied
them. The party traveled on a
special train.
MANY SUCCEED-
IN BAR TESTS
(Continued from page 1.)
Dilard, St. Helens; James E. Dow
ney, Astoria.
C. O. Fenlason. 889 Michigan
evenue, Portland; Ben G. Fieiseh
men, 31 Yacht club, Portland;
Johanna H. Ceijsbeck. 1002 Glad
stone avenue. Portland; K. G.
Harlan, Y.M.C.A., Portland; Ethel
C. Hoffman. Central library, Port
land; Josephine Howe. r01 East
29th street. Portland; Ben C. lvey.
1001 Alameda Drive, Portland:
Ralph H. King, 926 Northwestern
bank building, Portland: t'leo W.
Kirk. 68 2 State street. Portland.
Walter R. Knaack, 334 Larra
bee street, Portland; David A.
Uedom, 4 27 Rodney avenue.
Portland; Marion P. Lindsley.
1500 East Yamhill street, Port
land; Herbert W. Lombard, Eu
gene; Lyle McCroskey. Salem;
Fred Mcllenry, Corvallis; Henry J.
MMlie. .17 North Capitol street,
Salem; Russell C, Morgan. Hills
boro; Donard R. Newbury, Eu
gene; Theodore Opsund, 344 Hal
sey street, Portland; Lyle J. Pase,
Salem; Victor V. Pendergra-ss. 641
Pittock building, Portland; Wen
dell K. Phillips. 575 East 15th
street north, Portland.
A. W. Robertson, C98 East
Ninth street south, Portland:
Orover A. Sammuels, 1654 East
15th street north, Portland; Ru
dolph John Scholz, 1410 Yeon
building, Portland; O. L. Shea,
389 Weldler street, Portland;
Frank B. Soreghan, 1601 East
16th street. Portland: Alys L.
Sutton, 668 13th avenue east, Eu-
eene; Lamar Tooze, Salem; W. C.
VanDerson, 809 East Lincoln
street, Portland; Metta D. Waiker,
Porland; Jesse G. Warrington,
Portland and G. S. Wells, Cres-
weli.
Woodburn Youth Drowned
In Snake River Accident
LEWISTON, Idaho. Aug. 29.
Two unknown young men and a
third, Earl Stevens, of Pasco,
were drowned In Granite Point
rapids, about 25 miles below Lew
iston in Snake river at 7 o'clock
last night when a rowboat in
which they, and two companions
who made their way safely to
shore, were making their way
down the river, capsized.
The only fact known f the two
unidentified victims is that the
home of one of them Is in Wood-
burn, Or.
Inquiry made at Woodburn by
telephone last night failed to asr,
certain the name of the young
man from there who was drowned
in the Snake river accident. Ap
parently the youth. is not gener
ally known in that vicinity.
Plentitude of Bids is
Received on Road Work
PORTLAND, Or., Aug. 30. So
many bids were received by the
state highway commission here to
day for work on approximately 80
miles of highways, that the com
mission postponed awarding of
contracts pending tabulation of
the different proposals. It was
expected that the awards would be
made tomorrow.
Offers for $2,500,000 of high
way bonds were not acted upon
eltner. the commission taking the
best bid under advisement until
tomorrow. The best offer was by
a syndicate of Chicago and Port
land houses. This offer was a
premium of $1750 for the-entire
Issue bearing 5 per cent inter
est. It was intimated that the
commission might sell only a part
of the $2,500,000 issue today.
Rapid Work is Done in
Paving Riverside Drive
Aided by faVirable weather con
ditions, the county paving crew
working on the surfacing of River
side drive, south of Salem, Is
making remarkable progress, ac
cording to a report made by the
Marion county commissioners.
The crew, in charge of William
Mcllwain, on Saturday laid over
800 feet of asphalt combination
pavement, which is considered a
record for county work this sea
son. At the present time fully
one-half of the two mile stretch
has been paved, the work having
been started from the Hall farm,
two miles out and progressing
north toward the city's south
boundary.
This piece of work will com
plete Marion county's program
for 20 mile's of paving during thi3
season.
White Man Who Beat His
Wife Severely Whipped
TEXARKANA, Tex.. Aug. 30.-
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nnnpfon, wntte. was
dumped out In front of the off'ce
of the Pour States Press, a morn
ing newspaper here, tonight.
h nn -id sagged, after having
been taken to the country bv
masked men and severely whip
ped. Thompson had been held
nndr bond to anoear in court to
morrow on a charg? of beating
M wife. He was warned to
leave town.
IJXIIOXERS WILL SAIL
LONDON. Aug. 30. Seventy
hree members of the American
legion delegation came here to
day from Ostend for a few days'
sightseeing and shopping. The
legionnaires will sail from Havre
for home Friday.
AND SCHOONERS AT NASSAU PILED WITH LIQUOR FOR
PIERS
Coincident with the exposure
of gigantic liquor smufgling
operations between the Ba
hamas and the United States,
the Department of Justice offi
cials state that there Is no way
for the Government to reach
the smugglers outside a twelve
mile zone off American shores.
Liquor ships, they said, were
at liberty to transfer their
cargoes or sell them at will
without danger of interference
from customs or prohibition
authorities. Power boat fleets
IS STYEARS OLD
Rev, Robert Booth, of Rose
burg, is One of Thirty
Near Century Mark
CHICAGO, July 25. There are
30 ministers over 90 years of age
in the Methodist Episcopal church
There is "on;e minister over !S
years of age, one nearly 97 years,
and three about 6 years Of age,
according to a statement issued
by Dt. Oliver S. Baketel, .ew
York, editor or tne aievnoaisi
"Year Book. ,
. The oldest patriarch of the
Methodist Episcopal church is the
Rev. Seth Reed, 98 years of age,
born June 2. 1823 at Hartwick.
N. Y. He now lives at Flint,
Mich., and Is a member of the
Detroit conference. His entire
ministry has been in Michigan
where he has been active for over
70 years, and has now a retired
relation. It is said he is the old
est living minister and has the
longest ministerial record of ser
vice in the pastorate. Most of
these ministers are on the re
tired list and are pensioners.
Rev. Edward S. Best, Maiden,
Mass., member New England con
ference, was born ini 1825; Rev.
L. Haney, Pasadena, born Rich
land county, Ohio; Rev. Ammi B.
Hyde, Denver, born Oxford, N. Y.;
Rev. James B. Lathrop, Greens
ESsrg, lnd., born Greensburg, Ind.
, Those born in 182Ciare: Rev.
John II. Vance, Chautauqua, . N.
Y., born Beaver county, Pa.; Rev.
William S. Turner, Spokane, born
Jersey Shore, Pa
Those born iii IS 27 are Rev.
John R. Cooper, Eldorado, Kan.,
born Knoxville, Ohio; Rev.
Creighton Springer, Yakima,
Wash., born Zanesville, Ohio;
Rev. James H. Hawxhurst, Ocean
Grove, N. J.. born Ellenville, N.
Y.; Rev. Joseph C. Dana, Pasa
dena, born Oswego, N. Y.
Those born in 1828 are: Rev.
Micciah C. Dean, Dundee. N. Y.,
born Barrington. N. Y.; Rev. Jo
seph Hoberg, McMlnnville, Or.,
born Germany; Rev. B. D. Jones,
Greenwich, Ohio, born Cadiz,
Ohio; Rev. Joseph R. Wheeler.
Reistertown. Md., born Alexan
dria, Va.
Those born in 1829 are: Rev.
Isaac R. Vandewater, Long Beach.
Cal.. born Flskhill, N. Y.; Rev.
Edward II. Durell, Woodbury, N.
J., born Moorestown, N. J.; Rev.
James H. Moore, Polo, HI., born
Halcottville, N. Y.; Rev. J. W.
Thompson. Lakewood. Ohio, born
Upper Sandusky, Ohio.
Those born in 1830 are: Rev.
T. Morris Terry, Brooklyn. N. Y.,
bcrn Southampton, N. Y.; Rev.
William, S. fJones, Bath, Maine,
born Bristol; England; Rev. Ed
ward Wasmdth. Glen Ellyn. 111.,
born Germany Rev. Robert Booth,
Roseburg, Or., born Lancashire,
England; Rev. Levi S. Walker,
Richview.Ill., Rev. Robert II.
Rhodes, Denver, born Milltown,
Ind.; Rev. Edward L. Bray. South
ington. Conn., born Bridgeport,
Conn.; Rev. Nathaniel B. C. Love,
Perrysburg, Ohio, borti East Rush
well, Ohio: Rev. James Stanton.
Ormond, Fla., born New Wood
stock, N. Y.; Rev. William F,
King, Mt. Vernon, la., born
Zanesville. Ohio; Rev. Samuel C.
Miller, Peru, lnd., born Conners
ville, Ind. t
OREGON TE.:.I ARRIVES.
CAMP PERRY, Ohio, Aug. 3f.
Keen Interest, is being' shown
by entrants in. the preliminary
contests of the National Rifle as
sociation now being held here.
An advance detail, of Oregon Ag
ricultural college team has ar
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OREGON Min
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
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Largs illustration above shows sailing vessels at Nassau just loaded
with cases of liquor from British sources for transfer at some outlying
Bahama island to mystery ships bound for United States. Lower picture
is of American booze in cases and barrels on a pier ready to start back
to this country.
Woman's Conscience Impels'
Her to Repay for Untruth
NEW YORK, Aug. 27. Acon-science-stricken
mother who, in
191C, traveled from New York to
Chicago with a child between 5
and 12 years old for whom she
paid no fare, has just sent a mon
ey order for $9.55 to J. F. Shinn,
general passenger, agent of the
Erie railroad here.
Desiring to clear her mind of
"the wrongful act," the woman
told her pastor, the Rev. W. S.
Hichcock of Neeaunee. Mich., and
asked him to ascertain the amount '
due the railroad, with interest.
This was done and the amount
was forwarded and acknowledged
by W.' J. Moody, treasurer of the
company.
BANK ROBBED.
MINNEAPOLIS. Aug. 30. Two
bandits broke through a screen
door in the rear of the Chicago
Lake State bank in an outlying
residence district today, lined up
five men and two women employ
es and escaped with obout $4500
in cash.
Mc;itKW APPOINTED.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 30. Ap
pointment of Dallas D. L. Mc
Grew. formerly of the Interna
tional .Banking corporation, as
American secretary to the Japan
ese embassy here, was announced
today.
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LIFE EXISTS III
Salton Sea Sinks Swiftly,
Heat Hatches Eggs, Fish
Lose Freshness
BRAWLEY, Cal., Aug. 10.
The Eulton Sea, California's great
cink in the upper Imperial val
ley, 30 miles Trom the Mexican
border, is shrinking by evapora
tion at the rate of two inches a
week, according to observers at
Hell's Kitchen, a point on the
shore of the sea. The sea Is now
more than 330 feet below sea
level and Is considered one of the
most unique formations In the
country.
Epicureans of the Pacific coast,
particularly in San Francisco.andJ
Seattle, it is said, may read of
the shrinking of the Salton sea
with horror, for the waters of the
basin are the haunts of the mul
let, and summer cruises in quest
of these denizens of the Imperial
waters are baid to be quite dif
ferent than ordinary fishing
Fish liaml in Freezer.
Burning rays of the sun not
only make It a torrid experience
for the fisher, but exposure of
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in the Bahamas toad up with
cordials, jwhiskey, j champagne
and the Lest of wines which
they tell to waiting ships alone
various parts of the coast and
which eventually find their way
to the ynited States. The
liquor runners see no harm in
slaying dry spies and call their
murders trifling. Bacardi run
is being sold for $20 case
and in some instances Gordon
gin is being sold at $1 a bottle.
The best lot Canadian, Scotch
and British whiskies sell at a
price between $25 and 140
case. i ,; .
the mullet to the rays! soon robs
and the power launches of tha
lishermen aie equipped with re
frigerators, into which the mul
let are h 1 1 ;. whipped fronr. the
fishline. to uard them from the
sun. . !
Th- icon hing Fhores of the
sand islands within th Salton sr.
furnish isomr unusual roena!j
of nature in habits of birds fre
quenting the$e island. The birds
do not go hear their eggs in the
hot summer day, but let the sun
do their work ot batching. As
soon as the shells crack and the
feathered bit emerge into a hot
life, the motjier bird must be on
constant watth and shelter them
under its wings to prevent the
sun from incinerating them.
Natural Phenomena,
Mud geysers and -steak springs
nearby and bubbles I arising
through tbe surface ot the Salton
sea indicate pome powerful sub
teranean pressure beneath the
surface of tfils Inland, lowland
body and geologists recently ex
ploring the regions declare gases
from mineral oils are the causs
of (pressure which, resulted ' in
seismic disturbances recently la
this region.
IAXl
RESULTS.
KINGSTON Jamaica, Aug." 30.
Financial depression approach
ing a panic has been caused among
Jamaican planters by the decline
In sugar prices. I
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of Oregon
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