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WASHINGTON, July ir ; AcUon nf the French chamber of depu ties In voting ratification today of the four power pact pacific trea- ty, eoapled with the fayorable vote last week on f toe nayal pact caused gratification' in official circles here today. although' some regret waa eridenced at the fore cast that the three otner vvaan Ington tr.eate.Woaid hot be put . tbrousb at pncei 7 '"'' .-' ' -; The fire Ueatiea pjegotlated at the Arms conference are aoepenu ent documenta, bu to ia certain de gre they ere designed, to buPt Dlement eacb other 'and to ex tend (he effectiveness of the gen eral plan contemplated by the con f erence for . remoTinf I probable causes of war. J Although there will be no barrier to be putting into effect the nayal treaty and . the Pacific pact, even though Frenca1 ratification of the other treatiea ia delayed, the result oi that "delay ' may be , to (develop a ..iiit iuniip aitnatlon. . WAUV y - w -, j,.. Chinese Pacta, VltaJU ' , The Chlnesepll'ea.ties,TTDne deal ing with, 'customs' "mattera . in China and the other with politi cal fluestlona there were worked out as a veo vital element In the wAo auniHnar nuirn In the Pacific. It was r tarougn wyse i pacts' that the t conference dele gates hoped to Iron t out causes of 1 International friction In China and to makfcleaa , likely elaahea of,t i terests in the fajr east that might feaoTtb' waA'TT.- "l".. " r This aspect of the situation is 'regarded aa of Importance Just at '. fcosditlOns ' In "China, "where the power of the Central government has been greatlf weakened the bandit outrages have become num erous. It la felt that presenta tion of the Washington treaties tolght have had some iffeet, to ward stabilising the situation. '. For a somewhat different rea son, the delay over thi'snbmarine and gas warfare treaty is; a cans? of regret to officials here. . It had been hoped at the- time of the Washington conference thit de mands laid down in- that treaty as binding upon . the. signatories cogld be extended - without delay to all other nations, adding' a new thapter to international law.' ." The submarine provisions of the treaty, prpbablr are of greater Im portance to Great Britain than to . the other signatories because of hit geographical sltoatlon. ' It la te be recalled that the British del egations at the conference sought to outlaw j submarines entirely. The Root resolutions embodied In the submarine' and gas warfare treaty were j written ; for the pur pose of finding' a' compromise ground in which naval operation t all the powers could, combine. 1 Affecte British interest. 1 ia the absence of the text of the French government's , pro posed reservation to' the subma rine clauses, officials here are jin willing to comment on the jrob ble effect, jj There has been some disposition among government ex perts to view the French proposal , ( ConUnued on page 6 ) THEWEATHED OREGON: Fair Tuesday. ; . h " ' '4, LOCAL, WEATHER i (Monday) Maximum temperature, 86. Minimum temperature, 55. Rirer, 24 feet. ' Rainfall.! none. I Atosphere. clear. Wind,, northy est. - . . t ; KSOURI'REHIER . TOTA1LY DESTR BY EfPLOSIOW, IRE Flames Spread Rapidly and Firemen Are Unable to Approach Close on Account of Heat; Thousands of Gallons of Oil Consumed at ;an: Estimatejl lbss of $2Q0.00D; 35 of 40 Employes Accounted for. KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 9.- Following an explosion late today fire rushed through the plant of the Interstate Refineries here, consuming a building and several tanks, the value of which was estimated by Ralph. Rangley, president pf the concern at $200,000. ' ,' . ; '.' I FIGHT f!PUKl , FOB 0B.FI0CE Lack of Confidence By De 1 positors and Not Promo- tion: Closed Door GREAT FALL$, .'Mont.;: July 9. Financing of the Dempsey-Gib-bons ' heavyweight championship fight: af "Shelby July 4, had ? no bearing upon the closing in Great Falls today of the Stanton Trust and . Savings bank, according to a statement made tonight t by G. H. Stanton, president and Q. Skelton, state ' "superintendent of banksj Mr, Stanton was associ ated with men Vbo raised the sec ond 1 f 100,000 - 'installment due Dempsey- on his $300,000 guar antee. ! r : ' l: r Mr. Stanton traced the failure of the bank - to conditions pre vailing f oUowing the ,war and lack of confidence on the part of the depositers following the failure of two other banks In Great Falte. The Stanton, bank, he declared, is solvent and entered voluntarily Into liquidation, and decided tn close then because of its inability to meet obligations at the local clearing house. England Is Told to Take Ac- i " r-u ! O! ! r. lion rouuYYiiig oigum i rr of Peace Treaty LAIJSANNE, July 9. (By The Associated Press.) Turkey wants Great Britain to remove her warships from Turkish waters simultaneously with her laud for ces, that is. within six weeks af ter tho railficatjon .of the peace treaty by the Angora government. tThe warships of France and Itaty must also go. ismet fasna ae clared, so tba,t Ottoman subjects may be freed of all this evidence of foreign : dominion. " The aUIed representatives nave referred, the question to their home governments. It Is presum ed that Great Britain will agree to a reduction in the number of ships, but will decline to dispense with all of, themi pending general ratification of the straights -convention, which fixes the number of warships which may pass through the Dardanelles and the BosphornsJ - - ' i The protocol on '? concessions, which will be attached to the treaty, provides that In case the Chester company abandons parts of its contracts and decides not to build the alloted railroads, Turkey will give an option to the British and French companies en joying pre-war rjghts. ' , "T f Astoria Camps Operating ; Afjtpr Mjdurnrner;s,Rest ASTORIA, 1 Or., Uuly 9. Dur ing Saturday :i and yesterday a large number of men xeturped to the logging camps In the -lower Columbia river district and today practicaUy, every camp in the .dis trict' resumed ' operations with complete ; crews after t th? i mid summer' yacation. " The demand for logs Is strong. "with only 'a limited supply In the river nd the camps will run tP their full capacity ns ' long m the condi tions will -permit.' The speed with which the flames spread and the intense heat -prevented firemen from approaching close enough to the plant to check th.e fire. --x -: 1 ;j. - All but .one of the 35 or 40 men. who were employed . at the refinery- were accounted for : to night - . -:- - ' ' f :i Hundreds of thousands of, gas- oil were consumed is tanks. - The fire ,tarte Ip jiplpe cpp- i'e-CtiQgiihe. tajif. rprkmn.,be lieve. . . ;" ; : 5th Annual Convention : in Session Nominating Committee Named PORTLAND,'., July :. Fifteen hundred women gathered, at the municipal ' auditorium tocfay for the first -regular session of the fifth' annual' ' convention of ; the national federation of business and professional 'cln-bs , meeting, in Portland this week., Mrs. Lena Lake Forrest of TDetroir, ' Mich.; national president, made' her an nual address to th.e convention during I the afternoon and reports were given by committee beads and national secretaries.! State delegates met' and elected members for' the nominating, com mittee. They also made plans for their own organization during the convention period. s ' ' Department of Agriculture Forecasts Year; Flax v Seed lis Largest , WASHINGTON, July 9. Small er Crops than last year were indi cated In the July forecasts of the department of agriculture,"' Issued today, for , wheat, corn, ye, white and sweet potatoes, rice,' hay, ap ples and peaches. "A tobacco crop 100 million pounds larger than last, year's' and a larger produc tion of oats barley and flex seed were indicated,' ." M ''i ' ' This year's corn crop, although growing on a slightly larger acre age than was planted last 'year, will be some 14,000,000 bushels smeller than the 1922 crop, ow iqg to a poorer condition on- June 1 than a' year agoj - ! j ' Production this year was fore cast at 2,877,000,000 bushels. Wiiiter wheat showed a slight improvement over, a month ago but. spring "wheat showed a deter iolation of 2.8 points tin the month. The combined production forecast however is four million bushels larger than the June fore cast with a total crop of .821,000, 00 bushels now indicated. " This year's ' potato crop prob ably will be 69.000,000 bushels less than; last ; year's record pro duction," this season's production being ' forecast at 382,000,000 bushels.- y i A tobacco crop of 1,425.000,000 pounds as forecast for this year would make It the fourth largest ever grown while a flaxseed pro duction of '18,060,000 bushels as forecast, would Wsk; it the larg est crop In 10 years, - immm FOB 15 sn AIRH WILL Lieufenant Maughan Not Dismayed With Forced Landing in Dawn-to-Dusk Transcontinental Trip . HEAVY FOG PREVENTS ; TAKING OF BEARINGS Army Aviator Says He Was Lost for 250 Miles But Didn't Slow Dowr STr JOSEPH,.Mo:. July 9. (By The Associated Preps) Dauntless and smiling. Lieutenant Russell L. Maughan, army aviator who was fprced to abandon his dawn to dusk New York to San Francisco flight near St. Joseph today, de clared tonight another flight would be attempted within a week. - Lieutenant- Maughan will' fly back to New York Wednesday or Thursday of this week, . he said. In the plane' which, broke down a Avenue Cityr about nine miles east of St. Joseph. The plane is un dergoing repairs and Maughan ex. pressed' belief it would be fn' con dition to use' by tonight. A dos ing In the gas line of hia 'engine caused Maughan's first trouble, he said." He was within five minutes flight of the St. Joseph municipal airfield, 15. miles away when' his engine went ' dead. Maughan dropped Into a pastnre ' byut in making a sharp turn to avoid striking a cow, two of the steel tubes of the landing , gear, of . his plane gave .way. i ' Considers Self , Lucky . : V - No extra parts will be needed, Maughan's two mechanics ' who had been in St. Joseph four days awaiting his coming, declared after they raced In a motorcar from the air field to the suburban town. A welding machine was taken from St. Joseph, this afternoon;" and all repairs will be made in the pasture and the gas line will be cleaned OUt,' :. :. -: :V .''" VT'-'' , "Am I discouraged? I should say I am not," declared Maughan as he gulped food and milk forced on him by his mechanic. '"I'm the ; luckiest man in the world. Why should I be downhearted? Could any aviator be luckier than I? Here I have an engine go dead above a pasture. Suppose It had gone dead in that' fog early this morning! above the Allegheny mountains, i I wouldn't be here to tell you about it" , i Appears Not Tired r Lleutehant " Maughan ' estimated he made approximately 1330 miles' In nine hours. Late today, walking the streets of St.' Joseph, he did not show as much fatigue as moat motorists exhibit when they have driven a motor car 25 miles. '.Maughan said that he was ab solutely lost in a fog for 250 miles. He feared he would swerve from his rroute but hated to; lose any time by slowing down. He made seyerar attempts to go above or around the fogi but it seemed to envelope him eompletely. Total of 2,814 Miles in State Is .Listed With New , ; Highway System WASHINGTON,' July 9-Defi-nlte designations of roads to com prise the federal aid ' highway sys tem have been made in 34 states by the department of agriculture. These Toads' and estimates In the 14 state? where the roads have not yet been approved aggregate 87, -406 mUes, connecting nearly every city fn the country haying a popu lation of 5,000 or more.. Indica tions, are that more than 90 per cent of the nation's populatiqn will live within 10 miles of a fed eral aid highway.. In some states It will be as high" as 98 per cent, according to department officials. Mileage by states where designa tions have been made Includes: , Idaho 2,772; Oregon 2,814; Washington 2,887. wmwm I 'FEDFJEiy IIOED - GERMAN BEES CANNOT BUZZ PARLEZ-VOUS Swarms, Delivered Un d e r Terms of Versailles Treaty, Fly Back To Rhineland BERLIN. July 9. German bees won't stay in .France. French apiarists are complain ing through 1 the French newspa pers that swarms; delivered to them by the Germans under" the Versailles treaty are rapidly fly ing back across the Rhine. Commenting, j on the French complaint the' Berlin Zwoei fuhrsh says: ' Undoubtedly these homing swarms of bees are act ing on orders from Berlin." DEFENDS CHIEF Makes Reply to Charges of Senator King in Recent Speech at Salt Lake BOISE. IdahoJuly 9. United States Senator William E. Borah, Republican of Idaho, . came to night to the defense of President Harding ' In a reply to United States Senator William ;H. King, Democrat of Utah who last Sat ujrday in a , speech at Salt Lake City, had called the nation's chief executive "insincere" ind declar ed thai, in his advocacy of th? world court" the president - "had deceived the, people In a statement made- publli here tonight Senator Borah asf serted Senator King's "deep and abiding affection" for the leagu of nations i may have "unconj sciously colored his judgment.' and declared "I t feel . athat the president has pointed the way for the creation of an - effective in ternational judicial tribunal instead : of weakening the court. His purpose, ' If realized, ; wiil strengthen the tribunal and make it far more effective and useful In the cause' of peace. , ' . Continuing, the Idaho . senator said: , ' ! . '' ' " : '. I '..'- "President Harding's speech at St. Louis, which bas caused and Is still causing 'eo much discus sion and to wnich Senator King adverts ' with some severity, dis closed 'one central thought and that was the, complete ..divorce ment of the world court from the league rto separate it from the influence, pressure, manipulation or control of International politics. Everyone ought to be in favor of this whether he is for the league or against it. ' He has simply de clared with unmistakable clarity tjiat It must be wholly free from relationship to, or dependent up on, ' an lnternatiohal "political In stitution. Certainly in this,' he is clearly right., Senator Borah ' declared "the court ought not to be connected with the' league or any other po litical Insjtiiutlon.' 1 V N ' "If it is to 'be a great ; Inter national judicial tribunal speak ing the voice of order and law; In international affairs, it should' be wholly divorced from the Inter national politics and disassociated as a counsellor or adviser in In ternational politics " Big League Box Receipts . Show Gain Over Last Year '. H " y' -: " ', NEW YORK. July 9. Paid 'at tendance at all : National league games ' for the first half of this season, ending last week, totalled $200,000 In ' excese of the same period In 1922, President John A. Heydler revealed today at the re gular mid-season meeting of the league Indications, he said, point ed; to the" greatest, season on re cord, in point of popular Interest. Cincipnati was r the' only; club not represented at ' the meeting. Magnates In attendance Included Emll Fuchs of New York,, repre sen'ting' Boston; Charles " H. ' Eb betts. Brooklyn ; William B. Ba ker Philadelphia; William L. Veeck, Chicago; Barney Dreyfuss, PU'tsburg; Sam , Breadon-j and Branch' Rickey, St. Louis, ' and J. J. TIerney, New, York. WIDOWS' SOXS DROWN '. BUTTE, Mont.;.' July 9. John Kelly, 14, and Francis Fagan 10, were ' drowned this afternoon when their canoe capsized 'on Lake Avoc, south of Butte. Both were sons of widows. .... SENATOR BDRAH Innrninrn urn I rntllllltn ILL CUSTO1E a mm Wm - a a a , - I III I II I I II I If 1 .. i. ! uiuinunaufl House of Commons to Defi nitely State Position on Reparations; Answer Is Awaited; By England DIPLOMATIC RETICENCE EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN Whole Subject Is Veiled and Probable Course of Na tion Is Unknown LONDON. July 9. (By The As sociated Press.) Prime Minister Baldwin's announcement in - the house of commons this afternoon that it might be possible for the government' to make a statement on reparations on Thursday eased British public opinion which has been,, manifesting increased Im patience and concern over the faU ure of the cabinet, to commit it self .to a definite policy. It Is anticipated that the pre mier's statement will' furnish par liament and ""Hie public with a clear cut, comprehensive analysis of the whole subject. This may afford - the opposition groups in the house opportunity for debate and it is considered likely that be fore the week is out the Ruhr controversy will j enter a new and a broader, phase. I Issue is Clouded h Whether this will Involve sub sequent action by Great Britain tn dealing with Germany, no one in authority would say. The whole subject of reparations and Britain's probable course is en veloped in thick mists of diplo matic reticence word apparently haying gone forth from foreign Secretary Curzon that neither France nor the public shall have any intimation aa to what the government will do. ' . - Germany has Reserve The opinion prevails in official circles that France is .playing for time believing that Germany will capitulate before England" can take independent action. France, according to these circles, fs con vinced that Germany is on the verge of collapse economically and that with her commercial disin tegration, the passive resestance, upon tho cessation, of which France has been so. Insistent will automatically disappear. . , Great Britain, however,; feels that Germany, although sorely I pressed oy jf'rance, still has an abundant reserve of vitality; and that she will ultimately weather tho present storm. ;'; Ask Use of Naval Planes To Sight Schools of Fish SAN . DIEGO, Cal., July 9. Of ficers of the local Xi3hermens' as sociations announced today that tomorrow they, will make formal application to the naval authori ties here, to have naval seaplanes assigned to join in the search for a great school of albacore which has been reported ' running - be tween San Diego, and Point Ban da, Mexico. Hundreds of fishing craft from the port of San Diego and San Pedro are out looking for the fish, which 'now command a price of 1300 and even more a ton at. the wharves. ; Several years ago naval sea planes assisted materially in spot ting a. large school of albacore south or Point Loma. Pilots fly ing 1,000 feet above the water are abla to see into the water for r. considerable depth. .; t Body of Balloonist Is i . Found By Fishing Boat PORT STANLEY", Ont.. July 9. (By The . Associated Press.) Lake Erie today yielded the body of Lieutenant L. J. Roth, pilot of the Ill-fated United States balloon A-6698.4 Strapped to the basket of the balloon and clad only in hfs underwear around, which had been tied a l!t preserver. Roth's body was foend in the basket this morning 14 mUes off here, by Cap tain George Wilson, master of a fishing boat. - - ' , . . s mm bom mm wmm Cashier Drnmm Confessed Jnree Weeks Ago Thnt!--stitution Was Short More Than Million and a Uzl!; State Department Has Had Charge Since Doers Vcrc Closed Last Month; New Loss Just Found. u WICHITA, Kas., July 9. More than $125,000 cf bonds, the private property of customers are missing from the safe-keeping vault of the American State bank, it was disclosed today, f The t bank has been in the hands of th state banking department gincet was cldsea JiinQ 18. OLPJISTHDILIB OF BU H Search Is Continued for Body of Lieut. Null, Ill Fated' Aviator INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., July 9. Finding of the body of Lieut, L.' J. Roth in Lake Erie today brought to a tragic close the na tional balloon . race, so far as the contest Itself Is concerned. The search, is. now centered on Lieut. T..B. Null, who accompanied Lieu tenant Roth In the Ill-fated navy aircraft. ' , Unofficial tabulations compiled by the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, sponsor for the race, show Lieut. R. S. Olm stead, army pilot, to. be the winner. His bal loon, traveled approximately 500 miles, landing at Marilla, N. Y. H. E. Honeywell of St. Louis was second, descending at Brockton, N. Y., about 430; miles from In dianapolis., ' ' The .balloon carrying Lieuten ants Roth and Null was the ninth, to be taken off here. It atracted unusual attention because of 'its rapid (tise .compared with? the other bags which hid preceded it. Lieutenant Roth was overheard to remark that on one other occa sion when he bore No. 9 in a race he had encountered electrical storms and much danger . Hard rains and thunder storms preceded the race and continued intermittently - throughout the time most of the balloons were in the . air. Practically every pilot reported having drifted Into or being, overtaken by severe wind and rain, storms. Several brought their craft to the ground because of the elements. ; " y r""v S F fl Coroner's Jury Investigates Accident;. Ramsey : Is Taken to Albany . EUGENE, Or., July 9. The jury at the inquest over the bod ies , -of 1 Miss . Lorena Degner of Winamac, Ind:, and Mrs. M. E. McDonald of Oakland, Cal., who were . killed Saturday ' when a Southern Pacific train struck . a passenger bus near Shedd. today recommended that the driver" of tbeu bus, F. H. Ramsey of - San Francisco,, be held for - prosecu tion. Ramsey was taken to Al bany 'where a charge will be placed. against him. , - . FJH n ACES PROSECUTID lrf Jl INIiiH Villi U lu i J!5,UJlll!lll ,vll:v ! TO MEVEM. SMMr GOEDFMD'vI ' GOLDFIELD, Nev., July 9 Fire has broken out afrc.:!i in the eastern part of Goldfield and is 'threatening vrhit i : left of the business district and theifmeresidential section. Some of the remaining structures !are beins 'dynamite! in an effort to check the new blaze, LJi j IRS'GMM Ml, This new development In the case became known after score of persons had called at the bank, today for their bonds and wero informed b deputy bank com missioners that they could not ba found.' " v' ' ' ";"' f ' The safe-keeping fault was ia charge of Philip A. Drumm, cash ier, who confessed three weeks ago' today that the bank was $1, 600,000 short. - Shbrtages of the v bank may reach a total of about 1 2,0 00,000 bank examiners said tonight. IBS REFUSE TO ETJTER fiGKI'T Ample Time to Work Out Plans Before September ; li Is Contention j 'rJ!;-.c.;f'': ' ' i ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., JU1J 9. The anthracite mine worker! of Pennsylvania today refusei la enter into an immediate under standing with the coal operators that the production of coal shall continue uninterruptedly after August 31, in the event that a new contract shall not have beea negotiated by that time with the understanding that the agree ment subsequently arrived shall be retroactive' to September 1. The miners contended that there was ample time to work out a a agreement If each side diligently applied itself to the task. The coal operators paralleled the announcement of the United States Steel corporation that they would make every effort to "elim inate.' the 12-hour day "as soon, as practicable ahd as far as prac ticable." This was one of the de mands of the miners. Seattle Liquor Sellers Handed Stiff Sentence: SEATTLE, July 9, Clarence Shiveley and Charles J.. Clark, former members of - the Seattle police department, were sentenc ed In federal court here today to two years each In; the penitenti ary at Leavenworth. Kansas, ana fines of 4,000 each. They were convicted of selling liquor In a:i apartment . bouse last February. Coblenz Area Deserted; C Last Americans Depart COBLENZ, . July 9.-(By the Associated Press.) The last of ficial party , of Americans left Coblenz,, former- headquarters cf the 'American army of occupation for .Bremen today and will call July ' li' for New York. The party consists of Col. W. W. Harts. IIa jor G. M. Peek and Major II. J. Weeks. 4 " " - FT) li