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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 16, 1920)
7V O fl rtt uPF.rON: Tv;Uht a "d Thursday borate rewferiy winds. LOCAL: Min. temperature 4., max. f9 mean 7. No rainfall. River 2.6 five, rising. Average foe Months e . March SI, I9ia 5259 Member of Audit Bureau of Ctrevriatjati Associated Press Full Leased V. Lre ; iThfl a y i -'0 5rTY-THI2DYEAR Ng 144.. Labor Asks Exclusion Of Japanese . Montreal Jon 16, The Americas Federation of Laber in -convention er - today called upon the congress of the! An addrea of welcome waa deliv Untted States to cancel the "gentle-, ere(1 M the opening session by Gov men's agreement" with Japan and ab- rnor Ben W. Otcott. Mayor George lutely exclude Japanese and other Asiatic immigration inio mis country, The exclusion of "picture brides" also ai demanaeu. Federation departments and inter natoinal unions were instructed to "co- ooerate and press" this legislation. Declaring that a ban d of "Irres ponsible agitators are attempting to discredit the "recognised . organisa tions in the railway service," the fed eration unanimously condemned the eessatlonist movement" which resulted 1 in the recent railroad strike. New View Discussed. The convention also instructed Its affiliated organisations to "refrain from giving moral or financial sup port or assistance of any kind, to any secessionist movement." And federa tion organization giving uch assist ance is threatened with having its charter revoked. The executive council was instruct ed to investigate the , desirability of forming an international union of building service employes of America, to include all workers known as Jan! tors, janitresses, scrub women, window workers and watchmen. The convention adopted a resolution urging the Panama canal commission to employ only American citizens In the operation and mechanical depart ment in the canal zone. Legal Department Defeated. The convention rejected a resolu tion that would have established a legal department to serve as clearing house for the defense of all labor or ganisations, against who the use of in- junction is directed In the course of their legitimate trade union activities. The plan proposed by E. L. Edgerton of Schenectdy, N. T., to have organized labor form with the employers and business interests of the country a. "voluntary arbitration body" to "settle labor's grievances In the future1' was rejected. Other 1 legislation along this line will be brought before the conven tion later, it was announced. The federation declared war on the Kanaas court of industrial relations in adopting a resolution which condemn ed such legislation as "confiscatory of the liberty and property and a denial of the human rights, or organized la hor." . The federation Instructed ita execu tive council to take, such steps as are necessary to support organized labor in Kansas, Nebraska, and Colorado in "fighting anti-strike legislation to a finish." -' The non-partisan political policy of Samuel GomperB, president of the fed eration was unanimously Indorsed. $385,000 Given Willamette From Rockefeller Fund Willamette university is now a mil lion dollar school. The general board of education of the Rockefeller Foun dation has offered to the institution 350,000 towards an additional endow ment of 11.000.000. This became known Tuesday when the Willamette board of trustees held its annual meeting. An offer has also been made of $17, $00 each year for two years for the salaries of professors and for their current expenses. The board of trustees instructed President C. G. Doney to accept the of fer. As soon as the present campaign ior $100,000 for the rebuilding of Wal ler hall and completion of the new Lausanne hall is finished a formal ac eeptance of the additional $350,000 gift Will he taken tin. it is said, and plans will be made for the $650,600 cam - Palgn to meet the million dollar en dowment. It WfiB tftarna t,strrifiv that MIssL Freda Campbell, a student of the uni-(treaty with Viscount Grey, aid that "versify, I, the recipient of a scholar-1 both thought the United State, should hip from the French republic. Mlsslbe specifically mentioned, but that Camnbell. the' daughter of Mr. andfthe Tokio government preferred not Mrs. Willamette F. Campbell, 560 N. list street, will aait from New-York with 1 1 other fortunate American stu dents September IB. Three new members will be added a assistant Instructors In various de partments for next fall and Instructor' salaries were raised. Five thousand dollars will be the salary of the presi dent In the future, the dean will re vive $3000 and those members of the faculty whose salaries are now $16t ill get $2200. Those now drawing 1'00 will receive $2400". " ' Missionary Is Slain by Chinese Peking. June 16. The American legation here was informed today that general Chang-Ching-Tao's northern rops In their retreat from Chang aa. capital of Hu-Nan province, at tacked the reform church mission nt Jo-Chow, fifty miles north of Charg h and killed the Rev. Mr. W. A. "eimert. , Liling, on the, Wu-Chang-Chang-ha railway southwest of Chang-had M attacked. The foreigners in the lnn escaped to Plrgslang. Louisiana Defeats Suffrage Baton Roiito t. tn. 15 Th. onosai to ratify the woman BUffrxre Heral amendment was defeated by 'he lo toda , c asrniu-y dr i ,S The ia-,s 'rek "ed the ratification reoluiln. International kiwanis Clubs Open Convention Portland. Or., June IS. Interaa Uonat Kiwanis opened iu fourth an nual convention here today. Close to IS 00 delegates have been registered at convention headquarters and poli tics within the organization already have been the subject of much dis cussion. Milwaukee and Cleveland are ,contMtanU for. the 1921 convention. jw Baker, who recently suffered a i ta. was unaoie to per- K,u"' welcome the gathering. The Kiwanis spirit, a world need- was the subject of today's principal !ddress, delivered by M. A. McDon- aid. Vancouver, B. C. Liquor Crazed Student Kills College "Pal" Hanover, N. H., June 1. Henry E. Maroney, of West Medford, Mass., a senior at Dartmouth College, was shot and killed during a quarrel at his rooms In the Theta Delta Chi fraternity house early today by Rob ert T. Meads of LaGrange, III., a Jun ior. Meads, after being arrested on a Boston-bound train, admitted the shooting, said he had been drinking and claimed he fired In self defense. He wired his father, A. H. Meads, to como here and defend him. Federal Bureaus Co-Operate For' Traffic Solution Washington, June 18. Department of Justice and Interstate commerce commission officials began working together today to relieve freight con gestion on the nation's railroads and to restore coast wise shipping to nor mal through settlement of strikes of marine workers. Failing thsough these methods tu alleviate serious coal shortages, consideration will be given an embargo on coal exports. Reports compiled by the railroad car service commission today snowed continued improvement in car sup ply. Only 125,606 cars were being held on sidings during the week end ing June 4 as compared with 159,606 idle cars reported the previous week. When the freight Jam was at its height 290,000 cars were tied up. Woman Nearly Shot By Robin Hunter; Salemites Warned Several- complaints, one of which was by a man who said his wife nar rowly missed being shot, have been made that Salem people are shooting robins, and the law, which makes the act punishable by fine will be rigid ly enforced, Chief of Police Jack Welsh stated Wednesday. "It is against the law both to dis charge a gun within the city limits or to kill robins," Chief Welsh point ed out. "I realize that robins are very aggravating, especially at cherry time, but it is too dangerous to have peo ple using guns when and as they choose." England Not To Aid Japan by Terms Of Alliance Sags Kato Tokio, June 16. Japan Inserted an article in the Anglo-Japanese alli ance pact of 1911 to remove the risk of England becoming Involved in any disnute between the United States and Japan, it was declared today by Viscount Kato, former foreign min- ister, in an interview urging renewal df the treaty. Viscount Kato, who negotiated the to use the name. The article in question of the Anglo Japanese alliance of 1911 is as fol lows: "Article IV Should either of the high contracting parties conclude a treaty of general arbitration with a third power, it is agreed that noth ing in this agreement shall impose upon such contracting party an obli gation to go to war with the power with whom such arbitration treaty i3 in force." Recent, dispatches from Tokio re ported that the Japanese cabinet de cided to open negotiation with Great Britain for a renewal and re vision of the alliance. Nitti Abandons Plan To Visit United States Rome. June H Former Premier Nitti has abandoned his- intended vis.t to Spain and America, but proposes to go to Switzerland for an extended sojourn, says the Gornale D'ltalla. The same newspaper quotes a friend of Premier Gloiitti as saying parlia ment would be convened June 22. Cabinet Takes Office Rome, June 16. Premier Giovanni Oiolitti's newly formed cabinet nae taken the oath of office. An initiative petition abolishing cig arette has been filed with the secre tary of stats to be put on the bai.ot in November. SALEM. Fear Is Felt For Negroes 3 Lynched Duluth, Minn., June It A report nere early today from Vir ginia was to the effect that ten negroes were being rushed In automobiles to Ist- Paul to be Placed in the Ramsey county jati for protection. A score of automobiles carying members of last night's mob had been reported on the way to Virginia from Duluth in an ef fort to seize other negroes employed by a circus, whom they believed mUrht have participated in the attack on .! white girl here, Duluth Quiet Today. Duluth, Minn., Jr.ne 18. Virtually normal conditions prevailed today on the Duluth business streets whica mob of 5000 persons surged last night, sweeping the police from power and seizing and lynching three negroes held in connection with an attack on a 17-year-old white girl. When two companies of Minnesota, national guardsmen reached here at an early hour after a special train trip from St. Paul, they found only a dam aged police station and littered screen as visual evidences of the mob's activ ity. The 124 men and. six officers went into temporary camp, preparing to patrol the streets. ' Polios Overpowered. Last night's lynching were accom plished after the city's police force had been overpowered by bricks and streams from fire hose in an attack on police headquarters on the principal thoroughfare. For at least two hours the mob ruled, relinquishing its pow er only after the negroes had been lynched. - Six negroes had been arrested in connection wtih the attack on the girl which occurred on a circus ground Monday night. The negroes were clr- j cus roustabouts. The mob held a mock trial, declared three 6f the negroes guilty and acquitted the other threo. ! who today still were in the hands of the police. Rope Breaks Twice. The three "convicted" negroes were hung within a block and a half of the police station, the mob hooting down pleas of two priests that the law be permitted to take Its course. It won three starts to hang the first negro, as the rope broke the first two times. After the mob had dlspersedthe po lice cut down the bodies of the ne groes, which had not been mutilated. The injuries suffered by eight po licemen and one newspaperman fn the brick battlnd fire hose attack on the police station were said to be triv ial today. , . An Investigation of the action of the mob will be made, it was understood today. Loneliness Leads Man To Suicide The Dalles, Or., June 16. Protract ed loneliness caused Edward Whipple, 47, prosperous bachelor farming the Rowland A. Douglas ranch at Eight Mile, to commit suicide yesterday morning, according to the coroner. He put the muzzle of a .22 caliber rifle between his eyes and pulled the trigger. Death was instantaneous. Required Salem Backward In Offering Cars For hYrurftintl IlltlP. 2.1 41 . that Mr. Butler's action was an "at Wlth outside communities offering! t( ,ngratlate hlmgelf wlth cer. most of their available cars, Salem taln eiements which exercised a de ls still lagging behind In volunteering termlnng influence at the conven automobiles for the Portland-Salem . . . excursion of Shnners June ii. ana only one-fourth of the necessary ma chines have been registered at the Commercial club. "Salem is about .the only city which Isn't coming through," an official said Wednesday morning. "Cars even have been volunteered irora tugene. were defeate(i n their Insolent at Everybody who ha an automobile tmpt to buv tne nomination repre and can possibly make the trip is K-mti a that is worst In American ed to regUter his car immediately b0l,lnei, ana political life, and let us know whether he would! ,,he rfatem(,nt in a vicious and ma- like us to make arrangements ror nis accommodations Automobile while In Portland.' ill also be properly, taken care of in Portland it was Mat ed. Drys Seek Plank In Platform Of Democrat Party Washington, June 16. Prohibition advocates wll ask the democratic na tional convention at San Francisco to adopt a plank declaring for rigid en forcement of the eighteenth - amend ment and will present "a solid front, a?,i'.nst Governor Cox of Ohio," Wayne B. Wheler, general counsel for the Antl-a!oon league declared today in a formal statement. "The resolutions committee at Chi cago." ild Mr- Wheeler, "adopted a law enforcement plank and lost It be tween the committee room and the convention. Mr. Bryan will act as a! bodyguard far It if it is adopted by the . . . 1 , ' resolution (amnr.iw mi m -Cisco.": OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE fo Sfe Wins High Honors Chicago, June 16. Three years ago Mrs. Howard Van 8. Tracy of Ella- jston took her baby daughter to col j lege with her and today ahe was grad juated from Northwestern, university jat the head of a class of 16 with (the degree of Bachelor of Arts and nonorrJr membership-In a scholar- Besides - completing- her college course in three years and earing for her baby ahe did all her own house work. During the day ahe aaid a pro fessor frequently held the baby wnue she attended classes. Mrs. Tracy entered Northwestern university In the fall of 1917. Four months later her baby was born and while In the hospital she made up a semester ef French and returned to classes In three months. Her husband is in business in Chicago. "I Intend to return next year to study for a master's degree," she said today. "Instead of spending my afternoons playing bridge whist at so cial affairs I study. But do not sup pose I am a grind, for my husband and I run down to the city frequently to see the shows and attend dances. "In the evening while rocking my baby to sleep I teill mother gaose stor ies and think out my philosophy les son. , Soldiers Sought As Suspects In Death of Woman Rockford," III., ' June 16. Five sol diers pf Camp Grant, near here, were sought today In connection with the shooting, to death early today of Mrs. Maude Lucille Moss, wife of Captain LeRoy H. Sloaa. camp utilities offi cer and daughter of Colonel Bion J. Arnold, pioneer t electrical engineer. The entire camp military Intelligence force waa seeking to establish wheth er Mrs. Moss was murdered or acci- dently killed. 1 That Mrs. Moss had been shot was not known until the automobile In which she was fidlng with her hus band and friends had gone a half mile. The partn'just Passed the small group of soldiers, It was said, when a sharp report was heard. It was then thought that the motor had misfired. Striking a bump In the road, Mrs. Moss, who had been asleep on the rear seat between Mr. and Mrs. Wtl Ham V. McCrelght, slumped forward. Mr. and Mrs, McCrelght, believing her still asleep,, reached forward to aid her and then It waa found she had been wound Captain Moss, who was driving, rushed to the camp base hospital but Mrs. Moss died a short time after Captain Moss said he believed the shooting was accidental. In November 19D4 Mrs. Moss was luni lur At nuurs uu niiei reus, aim with hei" brother and a friend was rescued from freezing only after frantic search. Wood Denounces Butler as "Liar" Chicago, June 16. Major General Leonard Wood in a signed statement last night characterised a "a vicious and malicious falsehood" a declara tion by Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler of New York that a "motely group of stock gamblers, oil and mining pro motors, munitions makers and other like persons" backed the general's campaign for the republican "presi dential nomination. General Wood said that he regret ted to make the atatement, but that it was necessary to "brand a faker and to denounce a lie." The general, de claring that the men who managed his campaign were of "extraordinar ily. 1.1.1. -.1 ... ... . tack upon them "Is Infamous" and statement follows: "I have Just read the statement is sued in New York by Nicholas Mur ray Butler to the effect that a motely group of stock gamblers and others tried to buy the presidential nomlna- tIon for me ana that th. forces who cl0Ui fai,.hood. I would Ignore It if ; wer. directed at m. alone, but I ..,, ,,, .. mv iovai friends and supporters are vilified. Astoria Logging . Camps Shut Down Astoria, Or., June 16. Practically all logging camp in this vicinity will close Saturday for a 30 day period, according to a atatement made by loggers here. The reason for the shut down. It 1 stated, is because of ac cumulated stock of red fir logs at the mill. There is no surplus of yel low fir logs, according to reports and camps logging yellow fir may not be affected by the shut dewn. Salmon Run Heavy Astoria. Or., June 16. Salmon fluh Ing Inside the river which has been below par since the season opened, took a decided turn Sunday night, when the catch wa good In all parts of the river. Hauls of from 800 to 600 pounds to the boat were common. The fish were of fine quality and av eraged larger than previous catches, finhermen reported. . 16, 1920. One Killed, Two Hurt When Freight T I- IVi-L-J J F i ram is uucneu ana Durnea Hiier Running Wild for Seventeen Miles Constantinople Mag he Internationalized and Ruled by Commission Washington, June l. Limited in ternationalization of the port of Con stantinople and its inclusion within the 'zone of the straits" is provided for In the provisional terms of the Turkte treaty. This is disclosed by an official summary received here today of the Jurisdiction provided for tin Inter allied commission of control. Granted its own flag, budget and separate organization, the commission, by the lines of the boundaries fixed for the "zone of the straits" will have au thority over a territory considerably greater than some of the smaller na tions of Europe. Stipulation Is expressly made that should the commission find liberty of passage of the straits Interfered with, it shall take such measures as may be deemed necessary to preserve the free dom of the straits. Regulations laid down for enforce ment by the Inter-allied commission provide that: No belligerent warships may remain within ports of the zone longer than 24 hours to take on food, stores or re cruits. The Dardanelles, sea of Marmora and the Bosphorus are to be open In peace and war to every vessel of com merce and war. The straits are not subject to block ade. No belligerent right to be exercoed and no act of hostility committed with in the zone except upon special author lzttlon of the league of nations. All military works and fortifications to he demolished and no roads or rail roads to be constructed within the zone for movements of mobile batteries. Greece and Turkey are prohiblteu from constructing any new wlreieaa stations within the zone: a'l present oner to be taken over by the altd powers. JV. These regulations are to be enforced chiefly with naval forces and a force of special police recruited within the zone and- commanded by foreign offi oers, a well as such military and na val air forces and guard ships of their own as Great Britain, France and Italy may deem necessary, , AmeriCanS In Kiev Area 'All Safe Is Report Warsaw,- June 14. (By the Asso ciated Press.) All the Americans who were In the Kiev region, over which the bolehevtki have swept in their westward drive, have safely emerged from that sector, according to word from the front, but several of them had narorw escapes. j Two American aviator! were chased by the bolshevlkl after their airplanes had been lost. They made an emer gency landing In a field, where they were discovered by General Budeney'a raiding cavalry. The airmen used their the airplanes, escaped. ran for the wood and Seattle Voters Approve Heavy School Tax Bill Seattle. Wash., June 16. A special tax levy of 6.6 mills for school pur poses was approved by the tax pay ers of Seattle Tuesday by a vote of nearly two to one. Only 14 percent of those registered cast their ballots. The levy will add approximately $1,600,000 to the school revenues and assures practically the entire force of teachers an annual Increase In sal ary of $360 each. Balarle of prlncl pal will each be advanced $960 an nually. . Concert To Open Branch Library Wednesday Night There wilt be a band concert and reception at the Highland school Wed- .l.ht a,h..i hMflfh nfthlC f, ' - learned definitely Wednesday morning. Th concert will commence at 7:10. Salem residents Interested are urged to be present. Ice cream and cake will be served. The Highland school branch I be open each Wednenday night. to Toledo Becomes Third Largest City In Ohio Washington, June 16. Columbus has lout to Toledo It place as third largest city in Ohio, but It ha out stripped Louisville and St. Paul In rank among the large cltle of the country. Th population of Columbus was. announced today by the census bu reau as 237.021, sn Increase of 65,620 or J0.6 per cent. Toledo showed an In crease of 74,611 or 44.1 percent dur ing the lac decade and now ha a population of 242,109. Columbus ranked a 29th most po pulous of the country In 1910. Ten Cent Fares For Tacoma Are Held Probable Tacoma, Wash., June 16. A ten cent car fare for Tacoma waa deemed certain roaay aner tn city council had discussed the question. The city has been given until July 1 to prepare ita argument against the higher fare before the state publlo service com mlsison. H. Roy Harrison, commission er of public works to day said: "I can not forsee anything but a ten cent fare." The local street railway has been charging seven cents. Negotiations have been in. progress between City and the traction company for a new franchise. Thus far no agreement has been reached toward putting the "Cleveland plan" Into effect here, as suggested by Mayor C M. Rlddoll. . Oregon Fifth in School Ranking Oregon ranks second among the states of the union In the five educa tional elements involved In the recent comparative study of the school sys tems of the United States by the Rue- sell Sage Foundation, according to in formation just received by J. A Churchill, state superintendent of pub lic instruction. Lack of adequate sup port of the schools of the state, how ever, places Oregon twenty-sixth in the list in the five financial elements entering into the study. Superintend ent Churchill Is satisfied, however that the additional state aid extended to the schools through the recently voted two-mill tax will place Oregon near the top of the list. The study further shows that Oregon has advanced ten points In relative atandlng among the states In the twenty-eight years from 1890 to 1918. Turtle Liberated , Nine Years Ago Stays Where Freed Monmouth, Or,, June 16. Ira Wil liams, who visited hi brother at Lew isvllle last Sunday, relate quite a coin cident In connection with his visit. June 14, nil, he say, his brother, Kenneth, found a turtle near his place, and with a knife cut hi name and the date on the shell. The tortoise was given Its liberty and nothing more was thought of the circumstance until Sun- age t,om 17 to .19 years, were que day when the boy were walking tioned by Balem polio Tuesday night around th farm and discovered the "We're looking for work." the (old : same turtle not more than' a quarter'offtcer at headquarters years previous. It was about on and Salem, they explained that they had one-half Inches larger across the top. "beat" their way. of the shell. Mr. Williams cut the "Guess we'd better put your name figures "1920" under th date matte on the register," an officer said, and nine yenrs ago lacking one day and the youths were booked free beds In again gave the shelled reptile Its free- the city Jail, They wr released by dom. 'Chief Welsh Wednesday morning. Jack Dempsey and Carpentier Reach Agreement to Battle for Heavyweight Title; Fight Sometime After Oct. 10 Wichita, Kan., Jun 16. Georges Carpentier, who is here today, Issued a challenge to Jack Dempsey, heavy weight champion of the world, to meet him after October 1 at any time m place Dempsey will nam. Carpentier I heavyweight ch (rn pion of Europe. He will return to Franc In July and return to America In a few week "I am glad Dempsey wa acquitted of th charge of having dodgfcd the mlltiary draft," said Carpentier. K cants Accept. San Francisco, June 16. Jack Kearns, manager of Jack Dempsey. heavyweight champion ef the world, accepted today th Wichita, Kan., challenge of George Carpentier, Eu ropean champion, for a fight anytime after October 10. "After two week w will take on all comers. Carpentier preferred" Kearns said. "W will fight Carpentier on or after October 10 at any place where a derision Is possible and where a suffi cient number of rounds to satisfy the public are guaranteed. We ar ready to hear from Billy Miske, Bill Bren nan or anybody under the sun who thinks he has a chance with Dempsey but of course Carpentier Is the big ob jective. "Carpentier can punch hard and so can r-mpey. It ought to be a great fight." Kearns announced he would leave for the east with Dempsey within a week. Dempsey Now Free. San Francisco, June 16. An Indict ment charging William Harrison (Jack) Dempsey, world champion heavyweight pugilist, and Jack Kea,nt hi manager, with conspiracy to vad4 PRICE TWO CSNT3 1 A . . Ellensburg, Wash., June 16. One man was killed, two injured, forty eight loaded freight cars were totally destroyed by fire and extensive dam age to main line and switches resulted when eastbound freight train No. 74 on the Chicago, Milwaukee A St. Paid railroad got beyond control of Ita creir early today near Boylston tannel an4 ran wild tor 17 miles toward the Co lumbia river. The accident la attrte uted by railway offioial to over gen eration of current on the electrle loco motive. The dead: C. F. Washburn, br&keman, . Cle Elum, Wash. The Injured: Arthur Reams, brakeman, Cle Elum. An unidentified man who was steal ing a ride. Train Long One. The tratn of 66 loaded freight r was made up at Kittitas with the elec tric locomotive ahead and the regular Mallot engine in front of the caboose at the rear. . Shortly after passing through Boyl ston tunnel the engineer of the electrto locomotive, Howard Baughman of Kit titas, tried hlB motor generator and! found U was generating too much e rent, the heavy train having acquired a speed on the down grade In excess of the generating limit of 20 miles turn hour. The airbrakee wr tried n4 failed to function. Current Fires Cars. '.- Graining momentum every cr length, the train reached the west en4 of Borrls switch, where the Mallot en gin, water car and eabooee left the track. The safety fuse at Borrls w. blown out by the excessive current. Onward plunged the heavy train to ward the Columbia river. At the pass ing track one and one-half miles be yond Borrls U cars Jumped the rail, plied up and took fire from contact with the high power wires being cu lumed in a short time. The remainder of the train aped o to Cohasset, west bridge where the safety fuse blew out and when tea more cars hurtled from the track. These cars missed the power lines and wore not fired. Patsed Two Trains. At, the east bridge. Cohasset, the re- maln'.sz cars left the rails, eraahedl against the power wires and were soon, a mass of smoldering ruins. Freed from its load the wild engine rolled on to Bsveriy where It wua got ten under control.' on Its unchecked, race It passed two trains, on on the lllllng ftt Rye anathe other at Bever. The damage, railroad officials esti mate, will run into hundred of thou sands of dollar as the oars which were burned carried valuable loads; many yards of main line and sidetrack were torn up and the power -line were knocked down and burned up In many placet. 4 .. , 3 Portland Youths Here Tuesday Pass Night In City Jail Three young men who named Port- anA as thnir home townt ranging; in the selective draft act, was dismkwedl In the federal court her today. The federal Judge said that since th evi dence was the same a adduced la the case resulting in an acquittal ystet day he would diamuu the charge. Mexicans Seek To Settle Old Oil Controversy Mexico City, June 16. Valentino It. Garcia will leave for New York to day for the purpose of conferring with United tttate petroleum inter ests as the unofficial representative of th defacto government of Mexico. Uarclas hopes to find a middle ground for an agreement which will settle the troublesome oil problem. It Is understood the United State oil producer association ha a repre sentative en route to this city on similar mission. Rain Big Help To Cereal Crops Portland, Or., June 16. The !aat two weeks have been of great benefit to cereal crops In Oregon, according to the weekly summary of crop con ditions of the local weather bureau. In all principal wheat growing count e 1 fair to good yield of winter wheat 1 inured says the report. Frequent show ers were of much benefit in some sec tions, while heavy rains in th Willam ette valay wer of grett atiUnc t the growing crop. Fruit a-'so were much benefitted, j i