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Newspaper Page TextTHE E mmm VOL. 63 EUGENE, OREGON, FRIDAY EVEXINXi, J UIA" 21, 1022 NO. 12 SHMSTIUE ".".:M!; (GENE H m mm m : m '" m : ' Fatal to T SEAT CRISIS Qwrml I . ". .'. Son S inausines oevommg I .1 I. TT n J Ttai BTIUyreui aat auu Xiigut lortaffe Near; Losses to life and Property Mounts. JOEDERS REPORTED FROM COAST TO COAST Vl Suffering Is Not Far listant If Strikes Continue; leports From, All Parts of onntry Today snow jrugnt. vriclit 11122,' by the United Press) isbiagton, July 21. Slowly paralyx he notion's industries, threatening nred shortage of light and beat 11 1 a few dnvs, causing increasing dis ., Ions of life and propertyvdamage ilv running into millions, the com I Vail aud coal strikes have brought i industrial erisis, the magnitude of i was revealed in exclusive reports e United Tress today from all parts m country. . ' r..,K- am wheels slowing on the try's transportation systems but. k' Utilities are elusion uvhh uim m- Isuffering because of shortage of (joul il far off. nilvices umicuie. Many Disorders Reported. . Urdprs are reported from coast to t. New Kngland curriers announce iiing sabotage on many lines, Pa teast roads report kidnapings aud 3e is feared in western Pennsyl i, West Virginia and Ohio, as mines reopening. State troops out in New lishire, Pennsylvania and Ohio. -rious fuel shortages, due in part to coal strike, but to the car; shortage ed by tlic rail shopmen's walkout as was reported from all parts o the try. . . '. : ' me atramship line on the Or cut ,s are down to four days' supply Kevehind has only three days' ration toil for lit light plant. .' Ifaraars Hsrg pressed, n fanners arc hard pressed fol io run threshuie machines aud pun- utliilin. Des Moines' water works it done in 15 days. 1 leaver haa been lilt due: to, curtnil lt of tourist traffic that ordinarily ua upwards of thirty .million dollars aiallv, ' . . .. riiools at Emporia, Kansas, are with- I niiy, wane si uanmnai, luo..- street Itinc has been -discontinued. ..Business and little throughout- tne country ten pim-n twlay. The .steel .industry at InfKtown, Ohio,, Vas-limping down to apings." . . - Mining, confiscation and emergency ures to Import coal were. announced many states. Wisconsin expects to a fuel.ahorlly., Ohio threatens to iwate private coal shipments. , i raia service curtailed. in aervite continued to feel morn ttlore the Tin of the strike. Trains io iff on practically all roads running yucigo. I'.usteru curriers were an- ICID2 further sntnw.nuinn flu , a'ure hern roads, while in the extreme I where the coal shortage had not made itself felt, many trains have i taken off imiiii,,v j7 iiu .-n,.ti,- lVifie. Strikebreakers have been as in Indianapolis,. Fort Wayuc, 'W CltV San .'mn,.i.n K, l'nnl m,nl. X. II. and several deaths di- 'uroe to the rail strike, occurred. led' representative states ''UKM-huuall., tltii. ..r ....... u, nun WI1IJ UUC'LUIU Ol miTssary coal supply for this time of '. Householders and ,manufacturer : ee a erisis in the bay state, with expected. Progress towards nl JjjjW rtage hampered by sabotage , Pennsylvania Mines Closed. 'nn5lrauia lias had eight deaths i several himririt it,!,, .i.,n tn !,., hined strikes: m ,n..ii fPews i, being mined iu the western r'.ot the state; the average weekly r '! production of c.ke in the Cou- -uie resrnn is stt.T.IO ton. .unol Will, n, ir....i i ti fc . "u nrmicHi iuhh ui I ,,ly tntc. Property damage ruiis P!"" figure. Trains still with plen of coal, are r,,; ....i.' i..t. 'T'',"" "hopmen's strike and ' oeen curtailed. STRIKERS READY TO TALK SINGLY WITH RAILROADS Shopmen Willing to Negoti ate With Individual Com panies In Effort to Reach ' , An Agreement, Says Jewell. Ietroit. inch.. July il. The board of grand lodge officers of the nmintenaiKv of way men today endorsed Ibe actions of President B. f. tirable. giving him their full approval' of his stnnd on the trike nuestion. This melius that limbic lias a free hand' to go ahead, keeping his nien in line and negointing a settlement of other striking unions' difficulties, aid ing in bringing peace between the rail roads and, men. ; Although voting' approval of the action of the president, the grand lodge in a resolution attacked the "urbitrary atti tude of some' railroad managements which were requiring their men to do work of strisoxs," and ordered the pres ident to use whatever methods necessary to strike or otherwise, which would force these roads to rescind their orders dis charging maintenance of way men who had refused to do such work. The attitude 'of other railroads was praised and the president was ordered to go ahead conducting separate nego tiations through the general chairman in order to briug about an agreement at once. - . . i Chicago, July 21. Striking shopmen are- ready to negotiate with individual roads. . Bert M. Jewell, president of the shop crafts, declarert Tsday that peace may- result from conferences with sep arate roads. - - "It is my belief, however, that sep arate agreements would not be as satis factory as a national agreement," Jewell said, "but our aim is co end the strike. We do not care in what manner it is ended as long as the roads agree to our demands." Several leading roads were reported rcAdy.tp'. iigotiats individual agreements Strike in Rut. - fY.tr.nlrrL Tln 91 TI,A rntt ntpitfo uf- tlcd into n rut today. Failure .of the Waulkinnfnn MinlaNniw r.f rfltl eTPCIlKveS to reach any basis for settlement ap parently cioseu tno las: ooor io a in- ,iAnnl ,a,.a tnr naana TIlA Mia trlimmei of hope was seen in se announcement of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad that it was ready to "cont,r with itB men" in an effort to reach an agreement This action held out the possibility of scttlo- Pronounced Dead, He Awakes to Talk With Barber. Effingham. 111. Andrew Kmns. after being pronounced dead by the doctor, suddenly opened his' eyes as the barber was trimming iis heard preparatory to burial. Kmas chatted with the tonsorial artist as he finished his Job, New Tork. "If I find you guilty of disorderly conduct. for smoking a ciruget, women of the nation will rise up in kuic crbokcrs and protest,"- declared Judge Okouzo McLaughlin in . discharging a woman prisoner. . New York. Pictro Nunzinla .insisted upon paying for his last meal before sit ting down in Sing Sing's' electric chair. Kciiucst granted. .. .-. , Boston. Thia is a big fish story. Fish ermen on the schooner Nyoda say a 3.ri0 pound . sword fish ' sawed a hole in the boat's hull. . . STRIKERS GUARDS F T Clash and Attempted Dyna miting Mark Troop Advent Into Disturbed Mine Area. (Continued on page three) POINTS EXCURSION MMITTEE FOR FAIR fTo i)r,ih;,n ti .' ' ... k-eimi i. T excursion to r'lor- imtr p '""""I'' the' western rine lamber V """'"'"tee of tlie Eugene for l'r. I "'n',, n"9 b"1" appoint Peoo,,,,';1''",' It ' The co nmlt h Wii, VI ' rl whb.irne. chair- i; , .,, " for the round Hn U Zn'T fnr th ! on Sep Ir of L.l" bl''n. Promised the Cham- exriirvi. " 1 11 mcy can organise 1 take rrr,P"rt'' of -:50' 't 1"P"1 fHn ,h "L?.J. """'tain with a big ke , lr "'" tiiat come on En- A,PM.ITS ROBBERIES 'hil, :a r "V 21. A stolen k tv. U'blry were cnnfe.s- Ticg hi. 'coroa negr-, 17. fol HMWr ' last night. Thomas ' 'WoS hT n '! stolen the " trwt t. " "uohanan. 3.W N. 1 hvii Vfoma. ,ni hld atiy. here nh. '"' of J. A. Troeh. trir.k",V r' f ' not un "nd i O.-E. Sub-Station Men Refuse to Walk Out The strike of electrical operators in the Oregon Electric sub-station at Las sen station scheduled by union headquar ters at Portland to start lait night, did not materialize duo to an agreement made a vcar ago between tho sub-station men and the railroad company. The men declare they have no griev ance as to overtime ns this was settled by them lost year. They also believe that interrupting the train service causing suffering to people who are helpless anil depend on their food supplies from the country would be unfair. The sub-station men are in sympathy with the men on strike and have voted to donate one day s pay each week to the support of their families. . , Seeking to restrain the union officials from putting them on the nnfiiii: list the local workers will probobly filo an in junction, it is snid. War Vet Injured By Boys With Torpedoes Seattle. Juiv 21. His nerves wrecked from a torpedo bombardment ; by rowdies on the Fourth of Jut. William BaHcy. Senttle world war veteran, is in a ser ious condition at Cushman Soldiers Hos pital, ij was learned today. BASEBALL FINALS NATIONAL LEAGUE leSI Tallin I'- '' Boston Ji St. Louis Batteries: Watson und Gibson; lak and Clemons. Pittsburgh, I'a July 21. A battle marked With ' shootings and attempted dynamitings -broke out fn Fayette county coal fields dodoy between striking min ers and guards as national' guardsmen converged on the disturbed area. Guards at the Dearth mine, owned by the H. C. Frick .Coko company ., opened fire on miners as they attempted to set fire to the tipple.- . r - Investigation showed that an attempt liad been made to dynamite the mine. . . .Detachments of tliu 11th national guardsmen, sent into five counties- in western Pennsylvania to preserve order, were:drawing near Fayetto 'comity when the battle -started. -The auardsmen were to make headquarters in West alorcland colinty wmcli ailjoine t ayctte, At tne iji mont mine, also owned by Frick. a bomb waa hurled at the tipple: The home of Pcputy Sheriff Lindser Miller, a guard nt the Bevere' mine, was burned to the ground. The family was absent when the fire broke out. - , , . i - V-V:' m j o Two OLD III SLAYS RANCHER;LATER WHIT TOW Jefferson HUdreth Killed On Ranch Nea, Redding By W. R. Rosof Age 80, Who Sheets Self? When Taken, , - jf . Bedding, Cel., Jury 21. Jefferson Hit- dreth of Redding, tlifornin, is dead and N. It. Hose of Oakland, California, dyiug as a result or a uuasrei octween tne two aged men at llildi-th's Coffee Creek, T;iii;aty county, ram-Q, early toitey. Ilildreth iwos agedj tti and Bosc 80. -Ilildreth was found shot to death nt the gate of his sumrtier ranch at Coffee Creek. Posses sturied .immediately to search for Bosc. Slayer If FounA ' They found him a fe' hours later near where he had beeil tuining on Coffee Creek, lie admitted, killing ilildreth, ac cording to a telephone message from the Trinity county. ahrlff, received here, saying be laid in wait for him five hours and killed him when, he started through tho gate. The two had bad trouble pre viously. - v . Asks to Set Drink. The posse started to Woavervllle with Rose. When they reat-hed Trining Center he asked permission) to get a drink of water, and then went to u faucet iu the rear of the hotel there ' - Officers, waiting for his return, heard a shot and found Hose on the ground', a bullet hole in his forehead and a smoking revolver in his hand. , ' Medical aid, wliich was summoned im mediately was of little avail and physi cians said he would die before night. ARRES E T STATUTE TEST Kansas Sage Not Angered At ,His Old Friend, the Gover i.nor, For Action; Klan Calls On Allen to Make Reforms. BLUE RIVER BURNS 1100 Guardsmen Equipped. Pittsburgh, Pa., July 21. Preparations to mine coul under the "Harding plan" wero under way today in western Penn sylvania by the coal fields. Eleven hun dred troops of the Pennsylvania national guard equipped for modern warfare, were rushed into five western counties to af ford protection to workers who would save the nation from a serious coal fam ine this winter. ' - The troops received verbal orders nt Hurrisburgh today for inimcdiatu - en trainment into parts of Washington. Fay ette, Somerset, Indiana aud Cambordia counties from which they can ho dis pntched tn scenes of possible Uln!?li!g3 of strikers. ' Flftv' men areflohtlna ararmt flr that i aiaiiw jrwiorwajf wnn nner Loage uurnou u Diue nivsr, ana wnicii it now sweeping over the ridge behind tile hotel, fanned by a northeast wind, according to Billy Price and Maurice Marquias, pro prietors of tho resort that burned, who arrived In Eugene this afternoon. The blaze Is In tho green -timber, they say, and they rtiust return Immediately to Blue River and go on the night flru fighting shift. - . They plan to rebuild as soon as pos sible. But have not picked the exact sit yet. Their place was well covered with insurance, they say. ' ,15, OF At Pittsburgh Philadelphia. . . . ; . Pittsburgh 0 4 fl Ji 8 ( u, ,,;,.. liin'i' t;. Smith aud Hvn- line; Morrison and tiooch. At Chicago rSrooklyo ..0 4 1 . ..1 0 Chicago ,,'.'" i. Hatteries: itiiiner ami uvvvir.n ander aud O'Farrell. e At Cincinnati New York I! J , Cincinnati , r Hutteries: Touey and !nyder; Couch and llargrave. AMERICAN LEAGUE Petmit '2 'I V w York :';.'.'' ; r v Itatteries: Olsen and Woodall; Hnsb, Hoyt and Schang. At Roston Chicago Itostnn. . . ...7 11 0 ... 15 2 At Philadelphia St. Louis Philadelphia . Batti-rie.: Wright and .severeul; Ilnr ris and Perkins. .10 15 0 i lit At Wahinc1nn Cleveland Washington . . . 1 R ": Moiitgnmery, Ala., July 21. A formal charge of murder today was placed against Miss Mildred Wills Ilrcwcr. 15, granddaughter of the iato Colonel Wills Hrewcr, former congressman from Ala bama, In connection with the death of A. Portis McKeithen. McKcithen, haggag j agent at the Vnion station, left Montgomery Into yesterday in an automobile driven by Henry Psyne, negro porter at the station, who told po lice that they stopped at a church six ,trd a half miles out of the city where Miss Brewer, attired in riding togs, met them. The couple, according to Payne, wan dered off into the woods and were gone fer some tune.- He sairt he neurit a re volver shot and a few minutes, later Miss Itrewer emerged from the woods and or dered him tn drive her tn town. " . - "He's dead,1' she told Payne. Arriving In Montgomery. Miss Brewer Immediately surrendered to police. She gave her age ss 15. and declared she is a cousin of McKeirhen's wife. Paine told police that lie hsd driven M.-Keithen to the spot where he was kill ed sii and a half miles from Montgomery several times and each time the girl met him. Salary of Film Prodigy Has Special Protection. Los Angeles, July 21. The big salary of little Jackie Coot-an hn special pro tection of the law. Parents of the voung screen prodigr appeered in Judge Hiver's probate court today, asking joint gnar dianhip over the film bad boy's earnings for Jiis protection in rase of their deaths and for their protection from idle gos- "PMr. Lillian It Coognn wm granted guardianship and John Congan was ap pointed a legal manager of the tiny star's business activities. It was the first instance on record where iiarents ve apjieared in such a case without dispnle between them and the firt instance where sor.'i anion was rirrmen necessary because of the child's large earning power. Jarkit declared I bit he would inwst that a Iirge "all dav sucker" fund be reserved from his py check. A heap of ashes today stands' whcre Antler Lodge, Ulne River's three-storv hotel, has stood for the past 19 years; and tho hotel annex, tho Sparks house and sc. mo timber back of the hotel aro also burned. Fire, starting presumably on, tho roof from a spark, completely de stroyed the hotel and surrounding build ings lust night about tho dinner hour. No word had reached Eugene at noon' today as to how tho fire In tho logged off land back of the hotel was progress ing, but it is thought that It will be put out before it reaches privately owned groen timber 'some three-quarters of a mile away. . The fire started shortlv before fire o'clock yesterday, when all the men wero away fishing, and the buildings wore a level of coals within an hour. No one was ut the hotel who could, even If they bad iiuie. man tne excellent lire-righting sys tem with which the ulacc was ermiunerl. AU that is standing now is the mammoth replace and the pump. ' Guests wvbo had rooms on the third floor were unable to save anv of tiieir belongings, except from one room. Those on t'le second floor saved all thM valuables, vimutrs who bad cars drove in to, Eugene ItNt night to find quarters here. Smith L. Taylor.. forest ranger at Mc Kensie bridge, with a force of men was battling, the flames iu the logged off area during the night. ' It is thought the lots would amount to t'ir,.(m. The Antlers hotel vns one of the best mountain hoslelrics In the otnte. It was built about llKM, during the boom days of tlia mines when Blue Hiver waa a typical western mining town. It was en larged about 15 years ago and at the time it was burned it was three stories high nnd had H6 rooms. J. W. Owen, who now lives at Illue Hirer, owned the build ing for a number of yekrs and it was taken over last spring by Maurice Mar quiss and Billy Price of thip city, who have expended $4000 or $50fX on im provements. The new owners rtmodeled the lobby, installed an immense fireplace, put in a water system, tapping a large spring on the mountainside, put In electric liuhts, shower baths and other improvements. Ther hsd contemplated putting in ap paratus for winter sports as thero Is usually conKHjeranie now mere in tne winter time. " Emporia. Kansas, July 21. Arrest of William Allen White. Kmporia sage, or dered by Governor Henry Allen for ex pressing sympathy with strikers, will leave their intimate friendship uusinirch ed, it was declared today, ' '"This is merely a test ease of the right of free apeech in Kansas." the author of MHenry and ine" declared today as he prepared for formal arrest on a charge of violating the nnti-pickctiug law of the Kansas industrial court. "There is no reason this Incident should interfcro with our personal matters nnd persoual friendship in the least," Gover nor Allen snid as a representative of the attorney-general's office was ordered here to serve a warrant on White. I - Percentage on Sign Increased. ' The placard in the window of the Em poria Gazette, which caused Governor Atlen to accept his friend's challenge for a "show down" was chnnged today to rend "Dl per cent" sympathy with tho striking railroad men. "I have not had breakfast yet and I make it n point never to 'feel' before breakfast," White said today when ask ed his attitude toward the threatened ar rest. ; "What I do depends on how my break fast goes. I am going to have, a talk with my luwyer lutor. . "I won't insist on going to jail unless my breakfast makes' uie und 1 hope it don't. . .:'' ; , . Friendship to Be Same. .! "This won't affect my friendship for Governor Allen in tho least. I feel this is just a friendly test case. I won't know just what I am going to do though until after I talk with my lawyers." Offloialu here believed White would be arrested and immediately released on his own recognizance. White apparently was greatly pleased with tho eitantion he hud created and anxiously awaited the new development his formal arrest. . . ' His staunch support of the industrial court would remniu uutiuged by tho ln; Fires Near Hood River Unchecked Hood lllver, July 21. With a new fire of largo maguitude reported south of Lookout mountain tills morning, tho fire situation In thia county vs nourly becom ing more serious. Tho new fire is in green timber in rough country aud a high u-in.l la m,,DlCT .,..wl .1 1.V firo gone,. . . . j Portland forestry offices reports to the contrary notwithstanding, the fires at Herman creek, llensnn flats nnd on Gor don creek are absolutely out of control, according to tho evidence of firefighters and rangers ou the spot, nnd all of the work dona by the firo fighting crews dur ing the past week has been completely nullified by crown fires In green timber from a distance of a quarter of a mile to rinrc new urea. , , Today it is reliebly reported -that tho fire is but one and a half miles from North lnko and great rolling masses of snu.-ke, carried in a southeasterly direc tion, testify to the truth of this state ment. ' . ' Urge Scout Removal. , . SInny local residents, wfio know tho Wahtum lake country and the possibility of rapid extension of tho fire on urge that the Boy Hcouts bo removed to safe ty nnd the pack trains used to carry in their food be tu ned over to tho more important task of feeding the ever-iu- crcuslr.g i.rco ot lire ngniers. In the Herman creek region the fire is in green timber and is Advancing rapid ly through the crowns before a very high wind. - ... - At Benson finis the fire Is swinging from west to entt and south, owing to the changing winds. An Insistent demand itr now being made hero tor enough men t3 mnk i n successful effort to check the big fires and prevent moro if this coun try being turned into blackened waste. - Residents, who have been -in tho f(ro gono, resent nil efforts o minimise tho seriousness ot the situation, for they aro in. daily communication 'with tho rangers and fire fightwa and are In a better pcrition to know the actual facts than people ies:uing ou mites awayoin luu il ru uiuv. PRES DENT TO i -j lad. J y 21. The I (Continued on pago thrcul MRS. PHILLIPSTBTABTS (, Alpha Delta Pi Leases House For Five Years Alpha Helta PI. national woman's fra ternity, will, for the next five years, live at 2041 TniveisIIi street. The sorority hsi leased the H T. House house and will move into it this fall. About t'.IKHI in Improvements will be made, it is re ported, to make this hanse one of the best fraternity honses In Eugene. It hss an eveellent locati'to, one that commands a wide view. House recentlr purchased It, through Robert W. Present, from W. W. Cal kins. H is the house formerly oernpfed by Itschelordon fraternity. 7os Angeles, July 21. As Mrs. Clara Phillips today began a two months' wait in jail, both defense and state Investi gators were adding tn the evideneo which will be presented at her trial September 18. ' Discovery that Mre Phillips purchased a pistol two days before the murder was announced by officers who clnim this is another indication that Mra. Phillips planned the murder of Mrs. Alberta Meadows who was later beaten to death with a hummer. - Officers hod in po-wesslon the dealers' record of the pistol salo signed with Mrs. Phillips signature. Another matter under investigation was n charge that Mrs. Phillips, was un der the Influence of liquor or drugs when she is alleged to have committed the brutal murder crime, which is regarded as a possible explanation of her apparent '"-'suit to recall anything relating to the act vTille Mrs. Phillips conferred at length with- her attorneys only unverified ru mors of the defense that is planned Were current and no announcement of any kind was authorised by the defense. The district attorney's office. . how ever, is making elaborate plans to com bat an insanity pica, it was learned. Eleven Injured In Avalanche On Trail Yosemlle. Cal.. July 21. One woman was seriously injured and ten others slightlv hurt by an avalanche which crashed in on tlie famous fdge trail in Yosemite national park today. - Sixty persons were on the trail when the slide started. Wildest excitement prevailed. . . . . Idaho Fires Bad, Cocur d'Alene. Ida.. July 21. The fire raging on Marble creek, which ha shown no improvement iu the last tew days, is now burning over a 100-mllo 'front, ac cording to raports hero, Nearly one thou sand men ace lighting tun-uamoK. An other fire1 is spreading dangerously on Homestead creek. 1 1 W W W W I 1 1 1 W :t S-l II CULL SESSION OF RJL HEADS Chairman' Hooper, pf: Ikor Board, Is - Summoned to Capital; Other Chiefs Are ; Expected to Be Sent For. Washington, July 21. President Har ding will shortly summon rnll executives and striking shopmen's leaders to Wash ington tot a conference it was indicated today' following a cabinet meeting,' ' Tho president summoned Ben " W. Hooper, chairmaii of the railroad lnbort' board, to come lo: tao wane xiuuse ui . once for a conference. This waa consid ered the first step of a move to bring about termination ot tho roll strike t Harding and Hooper had a long talk over tho long distance telephone today. Congress, which has been leaving the critical strike situation to President Har ding, today took steps to bring about a settlement ot two nationwide walkouts. Senate Supports President. Assurances wore given . to President Harding by republican scnato leaders that congress is ready to enact any legis lation that will point the way out of the crisis and bring permanent industrial peace. - a .. . Senator Kirg. Utah, i preparing a bill providing for the appointment of a com mittee of five members which would at tempt to settle the coal and rail strikes. The commission would be empowered to invite all parties to tho strikes to submit their grievances with a view to negotia tion and settlement. . ' "Creation of the commission as an emergency measure would put behind it -tho full force of the government's Influ ence and public opinion," said King. Sen ator. Borah is eager to push the Kenyon bill, providing for an industrial court to bring permanent pence in the coal indus try and to take steps to bring about a settlement of the present nispute.', -, -Further Parlays Plaanati. ' Cumtulna and other senate leaders will hold further conferences with rail exec utives and union leaders in the hope of finding a way oat of the railroad dead lock. ,,. , . i ', V The union men who conferred with Cummins today were H. B. WUls, of the Txicomotive Engineers; Arthur 3. Tjovell, of tho Firemen and Eiigincinen, William Poak of the trainmen and, F. A. Burgesg . of the contractors. ' ,. ........ The board which they seek to revive has not been functioning for. 'several -years, due to the discontinuance of its American Proposal .For Court to Adjust Disputes Growing; Out of War Is Agreed To. . - Berlin, July 21. Germany acreed to day to the American proposal fop estab lishment of an international court of ad justment to arbitrate disputes between tho two countries (rueh as Indemnity for sinking of the Luaitnnla and oilier ves sels in which there was loss of nronortv and life. Tho court will us comprised of repre sentatives of both the United States and (lermany, a neutral, observer probably s Hollander, anil win meet In either Hol land or Scandinavia. Onlv difficulties arising from the Versailles peace treaty will be threshed out. - i The plan of the United States took definito shape today whn the foreign relations committee of tho Reichstag au- provea iu The German foreign offlca and the American embassy ara tn work nut tha details. (Continued on page three) ; Hardin? Invited to Tr: t i; m ! join inaian. lnoe Washlnstnn. July 21. President Har ding was Invited today to become member of the Flathead Indian tribe of Montana and also was asked to consent to the naming of a mountain peak In Alontana after him, . The invitation was Tirought to the iWhlto House br Senator Myers, of Mon tana, on behalf of the community club of Ilonnn, Mont., where tbo tribe is now holding an annual celebration. More Than 300 Attend Annual Jersey Jubliee At Thompson Farm In appreciation of his efforts of build ing up a fine purebred herd which is about to capture world's honors, more than iMK breeders of tho Iano County Jersey Cattle club, members of their families and other stock enthusiasts, gathered for the annual Jersey Jubilee at the Owen A. Thompson farm near Tri angle hike Thursday. They came from fur and near, in Korda and expensive limou sines, with teams and sfont, to the little farm nestled In the mountain glen, to one of the backwood places in Ine. yet the brightest anwt on the Jersey breeders' map. The annual Jersey Jubilee was the most anocessf.il ever held in Ijne county and one which Ihe promoters of the pre hml animals believe is a land mark in the development of f.ane county t one of the foremost Jersey sections In the country. The aiiimals were arranged in a grove near the Thompson farm house and it was here they were, inspected by admirers of the Jersey breed, that the atw-k Judging contest waa held, a mam moth dinner served sod the afternoon upeechea listened to. Prominent Breeders Pretest. Rcores of people from Engene and ihe Willamette valley were present as well as other sections of the slate. Among those in attendance were Mr. and Mrs. McKer, of Independence, owner of the world's record Jersey cow, Lad's Iota; Clarence Brown, president of the I,inn County Jersey Cattle club; Professor N. C. Jnmleson, of O. A. C, Francis Addis, editor of the Oregon Parmer and F. B. Astroth, field man of the American Jer sey Cattle club. All of whom were on the program presided over by Ira P. Whit ney. Iane county agricultural agent. Four calf clubs and one pig club com peted with teams in a stock Judging con test looking over the calves as tbey were brought before them. The youngsters showed wonderful aptness iu judging the good points of the animnb). The Head-, wood Calf club won the contest with (IH points. Illachly took second with If, 7-S points. Cpper Willnmetto third with IK'j points and the Ijiurel Home Pig club fourth with 01 points. The Ada Calf club was fifth. Prindla and Taylor High. Hoy Prindle, of peadwood, and Boss Taylor, of Illschly, were the high ncor em.wilh 85 each. Other members of Ihe lleadwood club were Clayton Cauthorne, (Continued on page eight) Tho I.nndax Lumber company sawmill nt Hlgnal, on tho Oakrldge branch of the Hnuthern Pacific railroad, hag been pur chased by Have Burnett of Seattle, in a aeai completed tooay, Sidney Burnett, a brol her of the purchaser, will start op erating the mill at once under toe name . of the Burnett Stills and Timber com pany. y' .'. , ; '. The mill has a capacity of sbout'20, 000 board feet daily and is regarded as . one of the best situated of the smaller mills In the country, being both on tha Willamette river and the railroad. A smau piannr is operatea in connecaosi . with the sawmill. Logging la dona under contract from the forest reserve and a very good quality of old growth and yellow fir Is available for the Bill. t'. N. Guilford has been operating tbo mill lately. Tbe new company will put on a targe crew In the woods, improve and operate the mill continuously, It i re ported. , . . i . , . , . , , Dockage space' will be IneYeaeed) and ; the Southern Pacific has promised to put In a spur line to expedlto lumber -Band ung... V ' ..... ... V. i I KUlnoyV .Burnett, who has operated In ' Washington on an extensive i scale, Is known as a live and hustling thill man. He expects to hove the plant turning out 80,000 feet a day from the start, Vew Yorlrf Because. of fl wak hit- ling. Managdr Huggins lias. Dropped Babe Ituth from third to fourth place tn tie Yankee ' butting; order. ' i ; i : . - ' ; r 1 1 1 . . .. Ho msny Ingrnltia schemes t' git btisl nesa are be In' tried that th' Ides o' allow in' us t traits in a lust rear's strew bag on a new one la at least entitled t' con sideration. Vesper Wools pltnked Bo hit game yisterday. an' be hautt beta as college quite a yrsr. . , .