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The Wither Circulation Average for 120, SIM Population of Salem KM, 4MS; 110, 14,094; 1920, 17,T Marlon county, 1920, 41,117; Polk county, 14,181 Member of Audit Bureau of Cir our ad I W ..vilillHU t". """ 50' Ni culation. Associated Leased Wire br Speech to Have Demo- Ltic Nominee Visit fley Towns is An- unced Today Lror James M. Cor, aemo- nomlnee for president, who on a speaking tour o the Instates next week will apeak ,m Monday afternoon. Sep- r 13, If Plans announced by Morrow, state democratic (teeman, do not miscarry. (rnor Cox is scheduled to ar ! Portland early In the morn 'Sunday, September 12, and rlglnal schedule made ar or him to leave that city im- fety after an address Monday eon. Here In Afternoon. i to the fact that many would able to hear him in an after address In Portland, an at is being made to stage the n the evening. In case this inged Governor Cox will be over the Columbia highway 1 morning and In the after will be taken to Eug?.t, he will spend the night am. r an address Monday morn- m Eugene Governor will i. ht down the valley by auto j and the party will make for talkf in Corvallis at noon t Salem and one other valley probably McMinnvllle in the loon. By Ward A. Irvine. tland, Or., Sept. 1 The wires It between Portland and New Washington and Columbus, They have been heated by ted telegrams dispatched by Smith, democratic state chair in an effort to arrange for a meeting for Governor Cox in n. Within a few hours, it is ed the time and place for a Cox meeting, one of the st in the history of the state, e definitely established, finally, Governor Cox was ulej to arrive in Portland at i. Sunday, speak at the audi i Monday noon and leave at ock that night for Nevada, arrangement which denied of the workers a chance to the governor, was unaccept and it is hoped to have the an so changed as to lallow o speak in Portland Monday Ig, and at Eugene and Salem g the day. Special Bates Sought. I'effort will also be made to especial rates from the rail Mipanies to every ctiy in Ore rhere the Ohio governor talks. its have arrived at Democra sadquarters to send the gov 'to many localities of the state B.licu of the impossible, the 'committee in endeavoring to it means, through special for as many as possible to the vigorous Ohioan during ijourn in Oregon, iple in Portland are already ig application for seats at the iddress. it is not believed that the big Portland auditor- Iwliich will accommodate more r(l. persons, will be able to the crowd that will seek to Cox. The furore that ho has led in the ,. ,.t k, ,i. - of his campaign and the of his Speeches has filled inds with a desire to see him n. Since his vitriolic sneech- I Pittsburgh and New York- ho Pn likened bv manv newsna- correspondonts t ik. dnpo r. ... ,. """"en, ana the en he has instilled intr. his laces would seem lo the worth of the oomnari- Gre;it Interest Shown. sudden growth of ox as a PW and as a political figure 'Of the most notable develop ' the campaign. His charge 0 lush fund, and it ia a " general comment in ; ' ha "scd the opposluon U Hav7mem thrUSh iv. ' -s announcement Quota Is $3,000,000, where- uier t ptKim r.l:.,l c,wuo,uty. Salem, Oregon, Wdtaesday, September T, 1920 Price Two Real Estate Dealer Of Opinion Suicide Was Montana Man Was the man who entered the real estate office of D. M. Wilson, in the D'Arcy building Monday af ternoon, ostensibly to get particu lars concerning a stock ranch in this vicinity, and who said he had 10,000 in ready money to put in to a deal, the same person who '.s believed to have committed sui cide here Monday night in the City view cemetery. Mr. Wilson is positive that he was one and the same man, and expressed the opinion this morn ing that the man, who said he was W. M. Orln of Montana, met with foul play. This theory Salem po lice refused to accept. Mr. Wilson, who arrived at the Webb and Clough chapel this morn ing too late to identify the remains declared that the alleged suicide's description tallies exactly with that of the man who visited his omce. tie round the man s suit to have been the same, and he says that the dead man's hair, partly turned gray, his weight and his features, fit in perfectly with those of the individual with whom he talked Monday. Orln Never Returned After spending some time in his office, Orin left with the promise to return later Monday afternoon, Wilson said this morning. That w;is the last the teal estate man ever saw of him. Orin was evidently a stockman, as he talked easily and intelligent ly of cattle, horses and stock ranches, Mr. Wilson said. The Montana man declared that he haJ $10,000 ready to put Into a ranch here, and that if more money were necessary that he would get it in Montana. Up until late this morning when Mr. Wilson volunteered his infor-1 motion. Salem police, working tire I lessly with a view to solving the! anything, were discovered this morning in one of the sleeves of the dead man's coat. Officers are of the opinion that the letters may be a cleaner's mark. A wid. divergence of the trials followed by officers in running down clews had served to make a solution of the mystery even far ther removed than ever, until Mr. Wilson appeared on the scene. Wor dfrom McMdnnviile has been received by Constable ! Walter De Long stating that a man answer ing to the description of the al leged suicide, was believed to have stolen a suit of ciothes there la:-t week, rurther deta'.s w given. I'o.ie? are positive that the man came to Salem fur the express purpose of killin.j himself. Hk snoes, ,vhlch were rather new, were of e make not at present sold m tnis city. Dtr. jer? found. Chie' of Police W ) h s.ill th 3 morn ni that he loa sot suspect foul r s'v . i h i ........ i . . ,. ...n.uusu a ne-).-y, mm (hat L'.S lis oasis nas been advanced. not Political 'Urge' Was Not Felt by Hall Mile Here That Professor John O tiaii who has been graved hv the torial investigating committee's spotlight at Chicago, and who was formerly head of the department of economics and sociology at Willam ette university, had no right to em ploy school stationery in his exten sively conducted search for a. polit ical job with some kind of a party, was the statement today of Dr. Carl fj Ilnni.v I, ...l.l p v. i , . . mra, o-..,n , ' . " lucai 1I1SU- luwiKjw.s me limit tution. dea'h, admitted that no enlighten- j ' Hall severed 'connections with .is imiuuuuni nuu oeen nrougnt Willamette in the summer of 1918 tonn. .Numerous clews, picked un : Dr. Doney said, "when he handed in many places and tr-ailcd in ev- j in his resignation." ery dlrecoion, gave no hope of ; vvnite in Salem Professor Hall eventually learning the man's iden j never appeared, to feel the political tity. "urge," Dr. Doney said. He seemed U. S. Rider, who has charge of t0 be Interested in state institutions thp general deliverv window at the ! onl' whe'"e they related to his own Si.lem nnst offW v,i i department of work in school. Hall mornlmr. nfter viowlnir th m.ln. i Ie" .Salem. Jtr. Doney .stated, to en ,i, k. y, M .,, , .... tor tne employ of the government is statistician at Washington, W. C. that he had seen the alleged sui cide in the post office on a few occasions. He was, however, un able to give the man's name. Initials Found In Coat The initials "C. T." which, po lice say, may or may not mean Questioned as to whether he was surprised at the results of the Chi cago investigation, .Dr. Doney re plied that he would rather not an swer the question. Professor Hall, he said, was a very brilliant man. $2,000,000 Enough For Campaign, White Tells the Investigators Chicago, Sept. 1. George White San Francisco and Washington. it at between n, "7. Mthehe mSt. i.mI)ortant offi- I tow , T " nas since r"!' statements from k . has been collected ip whereas Ralph W-llliam Ifrom thi 7 coueeied ind "Is state at $20,000 Th. a teru.on and comment Five t governor Cox'f l" hve . 1 " n' o-v.u UUUOl, trnor Sifms Contract For Exchange chairman of the democratic na tional committee today told the senatorial committee investigating campaign expenditures that he thought a $2,000,000 fund for na tional committee purposes would provide an adequate presidential campaign this year. The demo cratic leader was careful to im press upon the committee that this estimate was a personal opin ion. "I have not yet appointed our campaign fund committee," he ex plained. "I intend to do it this week but was delayed by the call to appear at this hearing. Conse quently my estimate is made as an individual." The democratic organttzation has not made up a budget. Mr. White said, but he added that the vari ous bureaus were pressing him to appoint the campaign fund com mittee so that they might be in formed of their allotments. Senator Spencer, who presided at the opening of today's session in the absence of Senator Kenyon. brought out that national head quarters of the committee are the Grand Central palace in New j $i 00,000 by the speakers bureau, so York with branches in Chicago. ! far. "Do you know of millions being given to the campaign fund of the republican party with sinister in tent?" "So far as what I myself know, no, nothing. I am not prepared to say that I know it myself." "And you don't know what evi dence the governor has, if he hau any?" "That is true." Senator Spencer questioned Mr. White about the relation of W. D. Jamieson to the democratic nation al committee and the truth of news paper reports, that Mr. Jamieson, then democratic financial director, had stated last year that $10,000,- 000 would be needed for the demo cratic campaign fund this year. "Is that your judgment?" 'the senator asked. "It is not." Mr. Spencer asked the demo--cratic chairman to produce a list of all employes of the democratic national committee and their salar ies which he promised to do. No speakers are being paid salaries, the witness said and he does not plan to pay any. He added he nt authorized the expenditure of Sinn Fein Routed By Soldiers Renewed Rioting In Belfast Results In Serious Battle In Streets Today Belfast. Sept. 1. Fighting was resumed here this morning bstween rationalists, unionist shipyard work ers from the Shankhill district and troops. Heavy firing continued nearly half an hour, and it is fear ed the casualty list is heavy. North street was thronged witn shipyard workers at 8 o'clock. Sud denly there was a series of revolver shots apparently coming from- Mill field which is the center of the nationalist streets abutting on North street. Nearby military pick ets rushed to the scene, took shel ter ibehind walls and poured in a fierce fire, which was returned by snipers. The battle was accom panied by the shrieking of mill and foundry sirens. Matters finally became too hot for the Sinn Feiners and they were dislodged with the aid of an ar mored car. The shipyard workers in their zeal to help the soldiers became a nuisance and the com manding officer asked them to with draw. Tram cars caught between the opposing forces ran a gauntret of bullets, the drivers cowenmg over their wheels and the passeng ers lying on the floors. It is definitely known that one man was killed in the North street encounter. There was another bitter fight at the docks between shipyard work ers and union dock workers, the docksters firing on the shipyard employes. The latter used sticKs and stones and a fierce battle waged until police and soldiers with a machine gun ended the conflict. One docker was killed by the mis directed fire of his own party. The total number of serious fires Belfast since Wednesday last reached 214 this morning. Court Places Lid On Late 'Jazz' In Bohemian Halls New York, Sept. 1. Quaint Greenwich village. New York's Bohemian quarter, famous in sohg and story as the home of New " Thought, has something new to occupy its attention a jizz curfew at 11 o'clock ..ight lv. .This ultra modern idea was not of the village's own initia ; ivet it will be . decreed by . a matter of fact magistrate in iefferson Market court who or dered the clanking of cow bells anij 'the moaning saxophone to cease their jangle in "a tea room an hour before midnight, in or der that complaining nearby tenants might sleep. Colver Resigns Chairmanship of Federal Board Washington. Sept. 1. Chairman W. B. Colver of the federal trade commission notified President Wil son today he did not wish his name considered for re-appointment to the commission at the expiration of his term September 25. In his letter to the president Mr. Colver said he desired to engage in pri vate business. Governor Cox Knows What He's Doing Democratic National Chairman Says On Stand Before Senate Committee White Denies Knowledge of Proof in Hands of Nominet but Declares Confidence in Au thority for Charges; Former Willamette Professor Dismissed for Double Dealing AU-Metal Mail Plane Burned; Pilots Killed! Morristown, N. J., Sept. 1. ,Two men were burned to death in a government all-metal mail air plane which went down here this morning. The plane was flying at a low altitude and the pilots seem ed to be experiencing trouble with the engine. Farmers saw the plane take a sudden dive and burst in to flames. It hit the ground with a thud and a tremendous explos ion occurred, throwing mail bags hundreds of feet in every direct ion. Although the bodies were not charred beyond recognition, their clothes were burned nearly off and it wap impossible to identify them through this means. A notebook found In the wreck age contained the name of T. T. Miller and a collar was marked T. R. Li. A great portion of the mall was completely destroyed. Pilot's Record Good. . i. i , . ,. , annt 1 Thp nost- of fie denartment received a urtef . running second on ear.y r. urn. w reonrt from Morristown, N. J., on Oregon People Warned Against Oil Stock Men Oregon investors are warned to beware of oil companies who are soliciting business through the mails. The warning is sounded by Albert E. Geghardt, examiner in the state corporation department here, who has just returned from a trip to Houston, Galveston, Dal las, Fort Worth, Wichita Falls and other points in the Texas oil fields investigating numerous oil com panies which have applied for per mission to operate in Oregon. Texas. Gebhardt states, is full of oil companies many of them pure ly fake concerhs organized under the common law trust act of that state. The holdings of many of these concerns, hed eclares, are lim ited Ho a box in the postoSfice through which they receive their mail and the government fs hot on the trail of many of these com panies on charges of using the mails to defraud. There are many reputable oil companies in Texas, Gebhardt states, but these are to a large ex tent organized under the corpora tion laws of the state. Many of these concerns have, after careful investigation bv the Oregon cor poration department, been granted permits to operate in '-this state while so i far no permit has ever been issued to a common trust oil company. Chicago, Sept. 1. George White, chairman of the democratic nation al committee, said on the stand to day before the senate committee in vestigating campaign expenditures that he had no evidence to sustain iny one of the charges made by Governor Cox, his party's presi dential nominee, as to republican campaign funds and quotas or the alleged desire of contributors "to have back of them in industrial centers the bayonets of their pup pets in office." He told Chairman Kenyon he be lieves the charges were true be cause he had confidence in Gov ernor Cox but he had not discussed them in detail with the nominee and brought nothing from him to aid thl committee in sifting them. Talked With Cox. "I talked with Governor Cox lam, Sunday for a few minutes," said Mr. White. "I asked: 'Are you sure of your ground?' He said he was and I told him: 'You're the boss and you run it.' " Mr. White said the committee had reserved six rooms in the Murray Hill hotel in New York in which he had planned to install a "foreign voters league." He said the rooms were not yet occupied. Senator New, head of the repub lican speakers bureau, testified yesterday that Professor ' John O. Hall of Willamette university, Sa lem, Or., who had offered to work for the republican campaign pro dded Its managers met or raised a democratic offer of $7500 for his services, was in the Murray Hill hotels quarters as head of the Scan- I dlnavian bureau. Answer Refused. Senator Kenyon asked if Mr. Late Returns Show Farmer Choice Beaten Detroit, Mich., Sept. 1. After White did not consider It the "duty of the men who have this evidence, if it exists, to give it to us whethet they are presidential candidates or not,' and when the wtiness did not reply the chairman said he realized the query might be embarrassing and he would not press it out of respect to Mr. White's relations with Governor Cox. Senator Kenyon read to the wit ness telegrams from Governor wx to the committee and to Senator Reed, a member, promising to fur nish the investigators with informa tion. The latter message told the Missouri senator that the candi date would "get some matters Into your hands soon." Pressed by his questioners, Mr. White said he was willing to abide by the judgment of Governor Cox as to when the material should be furnished the committee. "But you have a speaking trip -arranged for Governor Cox next week and you would not wish us to interfere with that," argued Sena tor Kenyon. "In fact we have no desire to interfere with it." "The committee has jurisdiction over its own affairs," said Mr. White. "Year Book" Cited. Mr. White, under questioning by Senators Spencer and Kenyon, said the only example of a "sinister in fluence" backing the republican party, which he knew of personally waB the republican year book be ing published by William Barnes. Discussion of the Barnes book disclosed that photographic copies of pledges of "moral and financial" support to the book, signed by prominent eastern men, including heot- the Rockefellers, had disappemMA from the records, in which were introduced Monday. A ed c.lnsh between Senator Read nmM Senator Kenyon followed wfeMt Senator Reed insisted on an Iniw tigation of the disappearance of th Papers. "Do you understand that till pledges related only to the support for the book," Senator Kenyon i ed Mr. White. "They could mean anything," witness answered. "Do you think they relate to I port for the republican campaign! "Yes, through republican propa ganda." "Do you think the Barnes book is a more sinister influence tbaa the circulation through country newspapers of propaganda favor ing the league of nations, such a this story 'Uncle Sam of FreotfMBt Eidge,' and having it paid for hjr particular political party and ban ing the man who reads it not kHM that it is political propagandttC Which is the more sinister?" ill nil tor Kenyon asked. Professor Hall Scored. "I don't apologize for wantlnbt circulate that story," Mr. WMta 'Mr- joined. "The editor of the is responsible if he uses it. He I paid to print' it." Mr. White said he had not mm the Barnes book. Senator Kenyon then question the witness about salaries speakers or other campaign ers and inquired particularly about. Professor John O. Hall, head of tin Scandinavian bureau of the dooMr- , cratic national committee, who shown in letters read by New vesterday as negotiating both the democratic and republics committees for his servicea. The Inquiry developed that Mr. While had dismissed ProfeaaMt Hall last night, following disclosure of the New letters. How about this professor? (Continued on Page Six.) Murdered Man Insulted Girl. Witness Says Prisoners Freed on Court Order A court order signed by Judge George Tazwell of the Multnomah county circuit court releasing Jos eph Laundy and Carl W. Oster from the state prison was received yesterday by Warden L. H. Comp- the accident which resulted in the destruction of a mail plane there and thed eath of Pilot Max Miller and Mechanician Gustave Rierson. The plane was en route to Cleve land and Chicago from New lorn. Rierson s home was in Troy, Ida ho. Postoffice officials said Miller was regarded as one of the most effitient pilots in the service. He had a similar accident in which his plane took fire some time ago, they said, but extinguished the flames while still in the air. The at Morristown was the fourth case of a mail plane taking exestsonal contests was fire, it was added, in 950,000 miles i for the nomination in I district. Mrs. nMrii Mio D. Campbell, candidate of the Farmers organizations, Attor ney General Alex J. Groesbeck ear ly today jumped into the lead of the nine pointed race for the re publican gubernatorial nomination in Tuesday's state wide primary. Returns from 1237 precincts out of 2453 in the state gave: Groesbeck 44,131; Campbell 37, 050. In the democratic ticket, form er Governor Woodbridge I. Ferris waa unopposed for nomiinatlon for Americans May Feed Children In White Russia Warsaw, Sept. 1. Maurice Pate and Hershell Walker, members of the American relief organization here, have gone to Moscow from Minsk to confer with sovlei offi cials regarding the carrying on of Pthe feeding of children begun in white Russia during the Polish regime. They will also obtain first hand information as to conditions in Central Russia with a view to planning the feeding of mothers and children with American Ited Cross supplies. The two Americans went to Minsk with the Polish peace mis sion but when they arrived there were made virtually prisoners, the same as the Poles. They told the correspondent of the Associated rPess that while In that city they had encountered dlfWculty on ev ery hand in convincing soviet au thorities they had no ulterior mo tives toward Russia. Efforts to reach Moscow appeared hopeless, but finally George Tchitcherin, Russian bolshevlkl foreign minis ter, sent a delegation to Minsk for the purpose of meeting them. The delegation admitted that more than 300,000 babies and young children were in danger of starv ing in white Russia. They wanted control of the distribution of sup plies and seemed to desire to make the work a Russian affair. Mr. Pate who has Just recover ed from Illness, said that when word was received he could go to Crickets Eat Twine LaCrosse, Wis., Sept. 1. Farmers near this city complain that harvesting is being serious ly hampered by crickets eating binder twine. Farmers who soak the twine in poison declare the crickets eat it quicker than the untreated twine. of flying. Huns Damp Poor Goods Into U. S. Under Fake Label eovernor. An ineresting feature of the con mOBCOw under escort he had about the fight decide dto give up the attempt but the third wanted to do all that was humane Curtenlus v DOB8ble to give aid to the starv- Statler of Kalamazoo was giving lng cnildren of Russia. her two male competitors tne ug liest sort of race, 135 precincts out og 178 iln the district placing Elton R. Eaton In the lead with s?23. Mrs. Statler was next with 4859. , Jost-nh W. ey of the Eighth district apparent- Chicago. Sept. 1. How Gerald A. Stack, wealthy oil operator and I broker of Lander, -Wyo., and St. Louis, shot and killed Paul Brown in a road house Monday night was ton. A technical error in the order told today, at the coroner. ...oesi neiaved compliance therewith by James F. Kirk, a member of tne slain man's party. penning coriect.o.. u. "Stack and a woman member or out tne prisoners . cv. his Dartv were standing in the depart from tne penitentiary oe-i ; lobby of the inn when Brown and ( nesday. The order sets forth th r .' r ....r - ' m - a-ext somp rim- f-az-t f-h.ir i.iundv and Oster have to coverine the nro-' rettes. Kirk said. "Brown made a rtpnosited bond in the sum of 1. N bZ.P,nf 5ft-00 acres of j remark to the woman and she 00rj each pending action on their Mfe. 1 ls "V 'he state ! slapped hiiu. appeal to the suprerute court. fciit ,nuTrhr of acres jf "Stack drew a pistol and, ester.- Tandy's appeal being filed here i5 nam oi uruuu, .-.nw, -- Tuesday. ral times on th? head. Brown nster was serving a sentence of nroke away and ran. Stick fired.' ...or. od faundr was doing two years on conviction on a Ford- Washir.Kton, Sept. 1. Ger many is dumping its surplus ui , - red of renomlnation. ferior goods In the United 'iX.n Esrl C. Bichener of ports to Great Britain maoe m Congress- and its exports m n.- - - -- . ... official aU- mpn James mi Vinth were also leading stronely their rpsnective districts, while Muskogee Gains Congressman W. Frank James In Washington, Sept. 1. Musko- , ,he Twelfth had a lead of about Oklahoma, 30,277, increase i jonO over Martin Macuonougn in 66 out of 190 precincts. America S. 'made in England vices here today slated. gee. 4993 or 19.8 per cent. I sinuJ "I national fo.-- W;"" Goreraor Ol- l ;'.J4,n OH compact It aKri ' wh'i'h th I i ' frr "? St,,e fed Ms. r.ts ii.i. ia !o thj farmai exchange w:V Stick fired.' Kir's admitted members of their arty had been drinking. Mrs. Stack was at the inquest. Phiaip Dayle, a waiter at the road house, substantiated Kirks -tory and also said Brown had an noved otherwomen at the inn. He ind another waiter had forcibly jected Biown from the inn. charge of criminal syndicalism. They were received at the peniten tiary last May. Restrictions have been placed on water users at Baker owing to a shortage of water. $10.00 REWARD Is offered by the Capital Journal for stories of the best returns received by an advertiser from a Capital Journal Want Ad, during the present year. First prize $5, second prize $3, third prize $2. Results, not words wanted. Make stories brief and to the point. Contest closes September L CONTEST DEPARTMENT Capital Journaly Salem, Oregon Rowe Becomes Pan-American Union Leader Washington, Sept. 1. Dr. L. S. Rowe today assumed the director ship of the Pan-American Union, succeeding John Barrett, who re tired after fifteen years service is directing head of the union. The transfer of directorship took pla"o In the presence of members of the Latin-American diplomatic corps. Secretary of State Colby and oth er high officials. Dr. Rowe enters upon the duties of director general of the union with an intimate knowledge 3f Latin -American affalra having served as head of the state depart ments division of Latln-Americ.-tn affairs. He has received degrees from number of South American universities. Gravel Royalty Case is Settled Finis was written on the at tempt of the sand and gravel com panies of the state to disrupt tho state's authority over sand and gravel found in the ued3 of navi gable streams of the state, Tuesday afternoon, when a contract was signed by the Salem Sand and Gravel company on the one hand and George G. Brown, secretary of the state land board on the other hand. Shortridge is Given Big Lead in California San Francisco, Sept. 1. Tabulav tions of returns from yesterday' primary election from mora ttuu half of the state's 6129 precinoft showed at noon today that Samoa M. Shortridge beyond all reaaw able tioubt had won the republi can nomination for United 8tMM senator. The noon figures were: Kent 63,163. Shortridge 89,645. Walace 40,532. Justice Sloan also maintained a. steadily increasing rescr over Judgav York, his only opopnent, tor tho short term on the supreme beach. San Francisco, Sept. 1. Samuel M. shortridge. prominent member of the San Francisco bar, on tho face of returns .from yesterday's state primary election compile The contract calls for the pay- , eary today frorn J0S2 of the to ment of royalty to the state at the ( tlU of 818. p,eclneta, had a lead rate of ten cents per cubic yard j of more than' 20,000 votes ovar for all sand and gravel taken from j wmjam Kent, his nearest rival for the republican nomination for United State senator. Supporter refused to the bed of the Willamette river at Salem. This is the minimum roy alty figure fixed by the state land of Mr- Kent, however, board and is the figure at which : concede defeat. the Salem Sand and Gravel balk-1 ed when it went Into the supreme) J CIiimir court with a mandamus proceed- 111 CLTyiClHtl OfWWo ing in an eirort to compel me siuw land board to accept their bid of three cents per cubic yard. In this proceeding the state's right to fix the minimum price for Its com modity was upheld by the court, and this decree Is accepted as fin al by the Salem company in en tering into the contract Tuesday. The contract calls for the excava tion of at least 6000 cubic yards of sand and gravel each year, for a period of five years. Census Growth Washington, Sept. 1. State of Maryland 1, 449,610; increase of 154,264 or 11.9 percent. State of Massachusetts! 3,8Gl,91ti; Increase 485,199 or 14.4 per cent. Suffolk county, Mass., contain ing Boston 835,522; increase 104 134 or 14.2 per cent. Bexar county, Texas, containing: San Antonio, 202,096; Increase of 8? 420 or 68.9 ner cent. - Poles Answer Note; America Satisfied Wisconsin Town Burning, Report Janesville. Wis., Sept. 1 The town of Holla ndale. Wis., near Blanchardville. is reported to lx burning. The fire department fron; Mineral Point has been sent there The vill, ie out off from com-munieaftea. Washington, Sept. 1 Poland has inswered the admonition f 'he I'pited States that the Polish arm ies halt at the .ethnographic fron tier of Poland with the statement that strategic consideration must govern Poland's course. The reply was delivered yester day by Prince Lubormirskl, Polish minister, and followed an informal mswer last week transmitted through the American ctiarge at vVarsaw which has been character zed by officials ax "not disappoint ing." Comment was reserved today on ihe formal communication. Warsaw, Sept. 1. George Tchit cherin, Russian soviet foreign min ister, in a wireless message today said he is pleased to note the Pol ish government hag declared itself in favor of peace, but threatens a n-w offensive If the Poles "do noi conform their acts to their prom- isea" M. Tchitcherin asserts that .the fighting power of the soviet arm ies has not diminished in the least. London, Sept. 1. Polish forces have attacked Lithuanian troops near Auguxtowo, about 30 miles northwest of Grodno, wording to j, . .-ri, from Kovno to the Li thuanian representative In London. Recent advices from Lithuania have referred to a boundary dis pute between that country and Pol Japanese Give Financial rAid 5 Tn Industries Washington, Sept. 1. Financial assistance ia being offered by the Japanese government to certain in dustrles with a view to preventing a serious business depression. Com mercial Attache James F. Abbott at Tokio today reported to tho department of commerce. Considerable sum of money have been deposited with private banks by the Bank of Japan for the use of silk, cot'on and wm ear manufacturers, the attneb said, enabling the payment of a better price for raw material. According to the latest state ment of Japan's department of fi nance. 20T2 banks were operating In that country with a combined capitalization of approximately $900,000,009.
