EUGENE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUG. 21, 1923
NUMBER 112
Ne York Firo MWiiors
f b...II Rnnnnth Brick
vjDUiic" w,, ,TA
tf Burning Man oaves
EDDIES IDE 0US
lout Warning Roof and
Nail Collapsca on rvicn
STRESS CRIES HORRIFY
(ggHTlMl KNi'iin Am Alan
MrfDmtn lly "' (
I Jtato HfTOO l VM-wwl
I ; ,. Tta AuocUlM) I'rmal
W tOKK, All. II A half
,uiM early today when tho
tiai iwllon of a wnll of a
MM koiwli lh 'llu
i lull, UrooMlyn. collnpaed
rtitflrt.' A number of lu
ll nrlouilr MilnmKxl m from
.,D rould nol bo placed ac
attlr'u foil o'clock thin morn-
H. nlkMO. heralded by no
Mi; can ahorlly before S:0
-rt, siltr lironien n.,i i..,,,,.,.
bitibborn tlae "I'M mldnlithl
u k.j .ki-nKil (ho roofn mid
br tMr efforts lu got ul the
on in. lin.
Ml of lh Injured and killed
arhi between Inua "f bricks
Itsn-sm- ftthtlng Hie flnmi-a
n mm imv uii i ."...
(rttUW-Mory building. Seven
M who had been chopping at
nnlM on the roof woro ram.
M IdIO III mium nf wrerknga.
.pawn Nrvrral r'fil Iltwlt
k nimnted that about tt
mmn wire caught on llio
r fleon. UK oihor. ware an
run on tho aectlon of wnll
t otafi nd were preclpl
t Itlo tho hoart of the rulna.
udt a wpulehre several
MM and covering on ex
Id tall a block.
lint o'olock II bodies had
klai from tho ruin. Al
ia mm. wrro ntrparnntlydend.
mrmbtU (o bipllla J the
a tail . .urgency- tomlmcnl
w Ihslr Hvm.
aMtticta worn ruahed to tho
f lrem Brooklyn and Manhal
Mntlni dootora and Corfu
ana, who assisted In tho rca
tnti. "HfWmrn had rarrlod lino nf
la tho structure and worn
klif lh lira under tho glnre nf
(Mown powerful senrchllKhta.
nt earning tho riitlro roof
at of tho walla crashed,
"at ill those In tho hulldlnK. A
Wr of simclalnra oloao to tho
tin bollovod alao to have
tneUma.
' n Down Vhtimn
TantHs'iso nf tho roof carried
I I30 stoel Klrdora Intn tho
W ruin and theao nro bo
"(loot pinning duwn muny of
JnlBi, Crloa and Kronna of
kJot4 apurrod tho roacuo
i oa to irontor of forta. Tho
of kkuo waa hndly rmmp
t ty Itw hon t and tho dnnifor of-
ill the botnilhlllty of n col-
if tho roinalnlna wnlla.
' lUnM broko out nf roah n
'Wl ind roof onllnpaod and n
Urm of flro' broiiKht nddl-
pptrouia. Aflor IS mln-
tl Mporato work roactiora
"Bl oot ono body, Hint of n
JJ M4 flvo badly Injured
JWUfi, who woro aunt to hoa-
Jj moiildorino; rulna htillt n
"Wrt four foot hlah and cov-
"If block, Klrouinn, po-
H4 volunloor rlvlllnna nt
3"i" Pllo from ovory alilo In
w ortorU to t to tho vlotlina.
Jr of tho rraah, hoard for
J around, brought thou
il m,'n' w"inon anil children
..,' "". Tho horror of
hmJ.!0." ?'nyt womon Into
"J" mi tholr orloa worn linnrd
I iS? In lh rulna.
MZT ",,m ,, Mob
aZl formod, hold
"ln ohock and prnvontnd
Mivi" ,,hr"iiK thomaolvoa
JJ mini, from which Iho
thTiH" n iona of mnny
ibV. A""1 cnuM bo aoon In
S....VhJ fliiio,
wtad.-iT no'onlul onrrlod on
!" ' wi'Rona uml
Wm7.0.V" ''""crlptlona aoon
Cii.111! ",,rl ' roacuo,
ll5hun.?ln'h iMilldlnn tin-
i uim .?.v" "nm" "hanoo of
N"i. Thr.1,1""-9 tno "nmoa nro
?C Irk',hMl11 ""t none
frilfSPnZ n,,vo ,ro"'
"totrfnf M."h,,a llk0 Ottrdhonrd
" now h.??f Rml wn,, u
t ttS, wh"thor or not thny
t!1 'n tho ' Sovnrl hundred
I"" "wor in V1""1" ,,u,p n
?wi,wm .'.A0. '""I from tho
s.'a.kp of tho
ftHllo!; nonplinln lii a dying
S&, kW 0'Hr. who
5'llh.W?i ou,' tho build-
hMM i r '"op when tho
27 Wita.v'i" ,no mon
ilii;"''. thr .i y"ln nn "in
iZVhM?..',.l,0(,k "f mnoi
ir!bout ih.'"" thouannda
'"""oilon, 1 "c"' to add to
liaSSt ?W Cent
ays wr,""'. Th.
Trillion1' "ollHiK at 11
iJn ,n"1 lw, two
,.n uonia a mill nn
IN TODAY'H
MORNING REGISTER
Thn Wiviihcr
I'or Omiion Knlr Tuoadny oxonpt
ahnwuia auuihwoat innlliiii;
rniiirr wnai lixi ; (ii'lilli, Id
iiiiiiinriiin viirinoio wlmla.
Hundny'a woallmr In Mukono Mux-
Initim toniiioniiturK, 84 (Ickiucb
inlnlinutii, It,
Moiiduy'a wnlhr Miixliiium linn-
lioruturo, M doKiroa; niliilrnum.
03. HIiiNO of rlvnr, 1.0 fm.t,
l.iun-iKi uikl Vkdnliv
Throo Hirmtina (lot Two llundrnd
miy Tlioiirnnd Trout. I'uhx .
Hhowor of 1 In I ii (.'miii-a ua Hur-
prlao, 1'nua K,
Auction Mu!i of lila In HiK,i,,
V, '111 llo Hold. I'iiku .
'. Aro Vory Nuriicroua; Tuna
'v. at Canunry. I'naa I.
Moro will llo Kroclod In
Kuunnti. f, "mill larnivd for
Throo. rfife .
Htrnoi Work nn Wllluuiotin will
llo Hlnrlnd Thla Week, Ciiltn .
Tlnnl of Kiiiieno Hiiml nml tlmvel
'oinliuiiy to llo Improved. I'uko
Now Hnwmlll Near lnl Creek to
i pernio Hoou. Tnao H.
Child Wlluno Mother la WIIIIiik to
(llvo llor Away Will llo Adopted,
I'nKe ,
Vetch Heed la Khlpped by (ln"m
' era' KiiRcun Wurehouan. I'uko h.
N'ew (luurd Company la tlritod for
Kllltene. I'nKn .
Homl Julia In Houlh I Jinn Aro Clo-
Inir Ahead. I'iiko .
Adnina at Iteedapnrl InoporllnK
lliirlxir. I'iibo 1.
Wnlker Kllea Anawer In 1 Xi iiiok"
Hull HrotiKliI by I'lotia. I'uno K.
Umuer Krlnka Wood Alcohol und
Ilia IjHta Heem to llo rnrnlyaed.
I'nite a.
Itotnrlana Aro Iloata to Mnny at
I 'Inner nl Hotel oahurn. I'lmo .
KtiReno 4ntnpan,a Very Knvnmbly
with Oilier l Ml lea of Norlhwiiat,
Hnya Mayor I'nrka. I'nao I. I
IIiinterN llnvo four Uny Suva
I'eputy (lumo Wiirden Hawker.
Vngn a.
(ulf Courao llUcuaaod at MoetlnK
of Country Club, I'iiro .
latiwf 4tiinty mul trnonn
Klro Peatmya Kchnulliouno nt
.Mnple Creek lllatrlrt. I'll no 3.
Work on Chrlatlnn church lit
Hprlnefleld Hlurw. 1'iiae I.
lAvn N'ewa Kotoa and I'vraontila.
I'uan J,
KMirtil
lU-nvera Win Kerlea by Cnplurlu
Klvo of Hevon hiine. I'iikc 8.
Yankee Win Wild Onmo from
While Kox. ie to 6. I'iiko 8.
lnd Held by (llunta la Cut Pown
by IteiPa Wlna. Toko s.
Klrno Hoon to Hlnrt Tmlnliuf for
l iitr lioui. i'oko s.
PLAN FORMEXICAH
RELAT1SHEID
CommissionCarrics Proposal
ror ireaty Willi Obrogon
to American Officials
FREAK'S DEATH SOURCE
OF AMAZING DISCOVERY
III.I'K" WO.MIDK 1IAI,,VJTAI
OIKJA.VH Of KAMI', 'lfl
lli'iirt, Itmlu und Miim4c of Sldc
Kliow Mini ) Idi'iitloil II no a
Skin lly Chroiih' Nllvir I'olaon
DETAILS NOT YET LET OUT
Project Will Be Examined
With Great Care
AGREEMENT IS HOPED FOR
l'nMiit C.,i, Ihlici ii nil KitTrtnrr
ft Mull, HiikIh'm Will Hum Ktfi
I'nib-r AiUIm-iih-ii', ror Stvi-nil
Wu'lu) iwrom I hull IhlHloti
8 PERISH IN HOTEL FIRE
TWO MINKIM4. KtMK KATAM.V
1U!IT IN ONTAIUO Ill.K
HCNT8VII.I.I4 oiitnrlo. Auif. SO.
Iloillea of eiKht peraona. nil
wiiinoo. nail lioen rccovoreti iti.
nlKht from tho nahea of tho Wnwn
hotel In Muakokn. which wua do
alroyed by flro Hundny nlRht. Two
noraoua aro reporieu nn im.
Klvo peraona aurfen-d Injurleo from
which they may die, while twenty
who nro beliiK cured for In lioapl
tnla, aro anld to tio out of diuiRcr.
Tho hotel, which wna filled to
rapacity wllh oummer vnciiiion
i.i. . mulorltv from lho t.inllod
Hiatoa. Iinil Juat uuleted down nfier
Iho Hnturdny nlRht roaiiviiioa wiio
i he tiro ainrted. Tho cauno la no-
llevod to havo boon either a enro-
leaaly thrown clRiirctio or incuun
In an olovntor ahnft.
A. atronK wind quickly aprenu
(ho flume nnd by tho tlmo tno
uueatH worn awnKenoii me
Knlnod auch hcHdwny Hint atalr
wny and olovntor almfta woro cut
off.
PRICE-FIXING IS OPPOSED
KAlll AHIHTHAItV X)ST IIKI.I
TO HI. iMPOKSiiu.r;
tf Auiiivri'rnN Amr. 2u.
Wheal prlco-flxliiR by leKlHlnlloii la
(lectured unrenaonnblo by Jiiima
II. Ilnrnen, preameni oi i no
Imp of nomiiieife or tno nuiieu
HtutiMi kthIii corimviiTjiin. "
thn wnr, In nn nrllcle puhllBhed In
thn current number or lho Nation a
Ilualnoaa.
No htimnn iudRment could "UK-
Koat a price," Mr. iinrnea pom,"
out. "nt which thorn would tin nny
thlnR1 llkn unlveranl iicccilnncn by
tho fnrnii and tlm farm Hp'f
ahould lie lho Inat ono to eatubllali
Iho precedent or rmiiK iiinii
duota nt nny reliillona with n I heo
rotlcnl comniodliy Index, for that
procodont oatiitillHheu ny ino i"i"'
M,n t. i.Me.1 niiinv timea nii.'i-
wnpda to tholp dlallnct projudlco
nnd loan."
TONG FIGHTERS TO HANG
PITTITIOV Vtm HKIIKAIUXO IS
nr.Mi i) iiy t)iiHT
nwwn Vnv.. Auff. 20. l'cnylnR
for rclicnrlim
tho nppcal of Cloo Oon and H"h'
Mlnv. ('h neao ioiik i" "" "
awnlllnR oxocullon by lothnl jnui,
. V. - ............... n,til. HlLlinK III Vlli-
IMU .,..,.. ."".:- , ii.
mill V.lljr . ......
rulna doolarlnic thnt a ",on('
tltlon for rohonrltiK will not bo
.ontortulnod. ,
A further roiiann ror nenyi. a --i
,,i aiiva. Ilea 111 tho
fact that Mm Vmnfnnd un"unl
doath" point now ...cd whh
a- .1 I.trt nt I tin GOIirt Wll"
tho orlRlnal l-otlllon for hwM
w H ooa nro now
tmdop way to apponl to tho United
Htaton aupromo couri.
' HttfrnP Viol AbiiIii
nun l Wnah.. AllR.
.i .in..iiii in II . nrlce
the proaont. On Aimurd 18 Knr
dropped 5 onta a hiindpod l'0"i
and today took another tor
nrlce na quoted "' J;'"y ..YT,"
M.90 for onno and 8.70 fop boot.
On Fobpuarv I of thla yonp auRiir
wan aolllnir nt 111.811 wholcwilc per
hundred pouml" luir"
WAHIIINtlTO.V. AllR. 20. A
plan dealKtii'd na tho Ki-oundwork
of u new ali'UcLuru m rri,.M,lul,it,
nnd umlly beiwein tho Lniteo
Hlulea ami ,. !, waa laid formal
ly heforc l In. Ainerlcun Rovern-
iniiii muny uim tne return to
nuMtlllKlmt or tho two ciiiiiiiiI-
alonera anlMiliilril l,v I'r. l,l...,
HnldiliR lo ncKollate u raliliruncli.
ment wiih in,. Rovernment of tlen
oral (jbreRuu
lielnlla of thn plnn na workca
out by Cbarlea II. Warren and
John Ilariiui I'ayno wan their
Mexican colleiiKiiea un the Inn mil
lloiuii cuiiiiiiitiNlitii will imt Im rv
vi'ulcil for i hit )in rtciii nor will rt
MtonHilit(t nffirlnln miiko nny pro
illi'ttoim mm iu tho futuro rnurno of
tho WuHhinuinn iMltnlnlninitlnn un
til llHTn hut hot'n tt cari-ful Mtmly
tf tin- prilire project, N'Virt!n'ltrtn,
iho Mim nlrciMly laki'n luivn
uniiiriMl in iirfKlJil clri-h-n mi np
imrrm forllntf of roiifhltnru thul
the IrwK comltiiM-il hri'iirh brtwoi-n
tho two n-iniltllin of lho North
Amerif'tiri contlnciit miiy bo ulost'd
at litNt.
HiikIh'm rirvt "nihil On
Mr. Wiirn'ii iind Mr. l'nync
mllnl on Hct-rHury llotihi-H linnio
fllulcly nftor th'-lr nrrlvjtt from
Mux I co City unit left on hlri (itwk
t ht'lr report of t h notfot im lonn
it ml of iho tiKi''inihl r'iirhil In1
turi-n thp AmiTliuii nml Mexican
t'omntltilomrH for Hi'tili.-nirnt of
til? ninny htlm niitlonul c-lnltim
whlnh. hwvtf. fyMmillwllm o re
IntlonM bttiwvirn-tha -two cuiHn!i
wrro liroki'tt. Ijiit-r In tho dtiy (ho
two otnnmiwlonr with Jirrni'iilrrl
hy Mr. HkI''H to I'rmltlfnt rool
lil lf. Thiv will riMimin In Wiinh
InKton for tho prrttrnt to ronfrr nt
lho Ht(o uVpnrimcnt nnd tho
Whlto llounj ovor ilotiillM of tho
Mexico City !iTnpniont.
It In lho ifonornl rxpoctatlon that
(hlH Hluily of tho roport will ro
iiilro nt loimt two wookn. Tho
I'ri'fi'ili'nl. nn wnll nn Hforotiiry
llukhi'M nml nthor ofrichilH of lho
Hlnto ilrpnrtmriit nro rxpootrtt to
oxnmlno Iho nlan KUKKOHtoil with
Krontfut rnro brforo thoro Im any
nnnoiincoinont n lo whfthor It
provlilon, lo tho opinion of Uat.ii
Intrton. n ronl biwln for onilurlnir
frtcndNhlp bi'twoon lho two
connirh'H.
Iitirlntf' tholr illnrttHNlonn tho
roimnlHHloni'nt followod (jonornl
prlnclplrn liiltt down bofnre thoy
lofl Vnhlnton. but In tho main
ihov wro irlvon ft frro lm ml In tho
iirmnffetnoni of dntnllH with tho
NtCW YOltK.- Auir. 20. Kr?d
WllltOI'H, WllOHO til lull t IHtIO Hit in
hud inndu bin u Kood Uvlntf for
Miiuiy yenr m ultlf-Mhow-j, (llcil lo
dny In Jlollovuo hoKpltitl from tionrt
fiiHoriHin
i'hyHlclnnH at tho . InHtltutlon
inn do a vnroful oxiimluiitlon of
WnltorH' body nnd dliwovorod to
t hoi r uiniiKitrnotit that not only IiIm
Mkln, but nil biH orKanii nnd tlMMUc,
Ini'ltidliiK bniln, honrt nnd muHCles,
woro of tho Name brilliant color.-
"Thu coloring," tho doc torn nn
iiounocd, "whh duo lo 'Hfiryrlu' and
ithrouir nllvr polHonlnir. Home 40
yoai-H nuo WnltorH In wild to huvn
wirrkod in tt rnliui In Australia. If
IIiIh ronoit Ih corroct. It Ih prob
ablo ihut whllo lu tho ntino Wnl
torH breathed Into h)n body nltratu
oi m ivor wnion turned mm oiue.
Wiillom Ih Hurvlvod by hlH widow
nnd u Mlx-your-old dnuKhtor. Ht
wiih nn officer In the 17th tokI
morit, luko of CmnbrldKO'H (iwri
Ijinccru, und mtw hoivIoc In Indln.
In initneuverH bu wan thrown und
hlfl borne fM on blm. A theory px
preKHod hy Kuropean nolontlMH wiih
that thin fall whh roHporvlblo for
hlH oolorliiK. I'rofo.HHor Vornohor.
of Iterlln, after n thoroiish cxamy
Inutlon Hold ho belluvod tho color
ing wan ctiuHod by tho ouonInK of
Hiunll viitvn In tho heart, cuuHed by
ihork when Iho homo fell oa Will
terM' client. Tho vulvo.l known n
tho lot union ovalo. wan nld to be
datnaKed ho thnt circulation of
blood wiih linpedvl and tho venous
blood mixed with tho or tonal. , ,
PREHISTORIC CITY MAY
BE UNCOVERED IN STATE
IMXJK rOHMATKIN AT TIIOUN
I.AKK Ml TK TICSTIMONY
LOOTED BONDS REGAINED
ii7iixrivics imovriFy'.'wAT.
i;itKl.Ki:i MASH I.N tit ITyAril'.
(Onnllnned on Pneo 4. Column 31
bory.
OIL WASTE TO BE HALTED
OKLAHOMA CSOVKKN'OU WILL
I'OltCK CONSKUVATION
OKLAHOMA CITY. Okln.. Auk.
20. WiiHtairoH of Oklahoma h o"
wealth by haviiiu' It thrown at a
Iohh upon n market toniporarlly
flooded from other Hotirccn will not
ho permitted by tho Htato Rovern-mr-nt,
Covornor J. C. Walton do
dared In a statornont tonlKht.
"Tho Inflmnco nnd nuthorliy of
tho Htato will ho exercised to force
conservation of IIh petroleum sup-
pllon and noither Indivldunl pro
diicotH nor purchnRlmc -jompanlos
will bo permitted to encouraRo, cn
RaKO In, or abet wasteful and un
economic method of production
of oil or tho mnrkotlnpr of Its pro
ducts," tho Kovornor said.
L .. ' i .r
Party of Preliminary InTCKlbatlon
J'uxIxl) Tlioory JMmf? Hold by
Cuiitrul On ift m. People
HUsVKU LAKE, Ore. Auff. 20.
Kpeclu to the ItntflHtcr.) Do
(ho hulf-burlcd . walls ot utono
which blHoct tho bed of Thorn
lake Jn Hovornl directions with
Koornotrlcal precision t mark the
site of nomo prehUitorlc city, or aro
they tho work of nature?
ThlH quontlon which Cor 30 years
haw uKllutud the nilndH of residenU
of this remote Hection of Oregon,
may bo itiiHwored boforo long at)
tho result of a preliminary Inven
tlKatlon which wan in ado last week
by JtoproHentutivo N. J. Bin not, of
Tho Dalles; William Jlunloy, of
Horns, and Prof. John K. Horner,
of tho O. A. C. Accompanied by a
number of prominent residents of
Hllvor Lnko and ,lakcv1ew, Messrs.
Hlnnott, Hanley 'and Horner visit
ed tho slto of Thorn JUtke and in
spected tho ruins of tho "sunken
city." . ......
Ah a roHUlt of tho lmipcctlon the
InvestlKatorH returned here puas-Kb-d
and unahto to state with cer
tainty how the walls come to be
built. It wiih decided that further
exploration of the buried walls of
tho lako will bo inudu In the near
future. .
Kor more than 30 years there
has boon a 'belief In thla locality
that Thorn Lake located 12 miles,
oust of the town of HUver Luke,
Ih tho site of a sonken tlty. Id 1889
according to Mr. - Hanley, Emit
KkII built a fireplace of Hymmerl
cnl blocks of stono taken from a
wall at tho bottom of Thorn Lake.
Although no markn of pick nor
ohlzzlo were In evidence, -nome of
the stono appeared to have been
shaped beforehand by some pre
historic workman.
In further confirmation of tho
theory of a burled city titcre are
stone walls runnlmrSpurnlel nnd at
rlKht niiRlen through the bed of
tho lake Riving lho aspect of a
Pompeii which had been Hhowered
with: foiling HifheH and gathering
debrln until nil evidences of civil
isation had been concealed except
the rims of tho walls.
UH ANOKLKH. Aug. 20. Ap
proximately $150,000 worth of
hondtf. part of a watemonkod mnwi
found In a muUcxo In a bog nenf
hero butt week and oiii;inany in
loot of handllH who held, .up on4
killed Ham McGeo, First Kalionu
banlt mossonRor. Kobrmiry 13 luat
hiivo "been idontlflod. nroordlnff t
Ocoiro K. Homo, captain of do
toctlvc. "'.'
Tho total amount of bondH Idon
tlfled from tho sullen so cache an
recovered else where is $300,000;
leaving a HUo amount unaccovuitctt
i or.
Kino nrriHtH havo boon made In
connection with tho crime, .but thoii.TO today, according to tho Unlt
pollce udmlr thov havo bovn un-'f RtntiH weather bureau Htatlon;
ablo no far lo link any Hun-tec-
with the nctiml murder and rob
RAIN RECORD IS BROKEN
SI'OKAXK l'UX'l FIXATION'
l.5 INCHES IN WAY
IS
KPOKANK. WnKh., Auk. 50.
Two rainfall records wcro broken
rain, which began falllna: 8unday
nUht nnd contlnuoa until Into thla
of'ernoon waa tho heaviest preci
pitation In 24 lioura In Aumist re
corded In tho 42 yenra of tho Spo
knno wcnlher , htircnu. The totni
rplnfnll for tho month nloo exceed
ed the prevloua record of Auguat,
1907, by .04 Inch.
Id 21 hour. 1.66 Inches of rnln
foil nn eomonrcd with tho previ
ous .record ror 24 hpurs In Auinist
of 1.24 Inches. Aueust 30-31, 1913.
Whcnt nud pea crops In tho In
land Umpire were reported to bo
dninnKcd to the extent of r.nn.00n,
nccordlne to Wnltcr .1. llohlnaon,
of tho Wnahlnnton Wheat tlrow-
ors nwoclntion. ConMnmtien or
the rMn would cause ha"v losses
to wheat growers, Mr, Tlpblnson
said.
SALEM. Ore., Aitk. 20. Ilnln
wns faHlna1 here tonight for tho
rirst tlmo In more thnn n month,
tr will hove little h-nericlal or
dctrlmontnl effect on rnrm crops
IT'S STIt.N;r. WIIKRK SOMB l lll.KS OO TO AVOID TI1K 11KAT
BANKRUPTCY HELD
FARMER'S FUTURE
LIFE-CREW SAVES ALL
AIRPLANE PASSENGERS
OOMMKIltlAXi MACIOJTE DROPS
INTO OCKAN AT NEWPORT
Thousands Sure to Fail, Is
Prediction of Secretary of
:,. Agriculture Wallace
WHEAT PRICE IS RUINOUS
All Farm Products Too Low
In Comparison ;
RAILROADS MIGHT HELP
Wltcal Prtco bat a Symptom of
Vltktuw SajH Bcjrxotary; Eoc
1 alvo Vrk-u ot All Oilier Ciooda
Ir) IScllcvcd Ileal Ulfficultr
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WABHINOTON, D. C. Aug. 20.
Thousands of American farmers
will go bankrupt with wheat sell
ing at considerably leas, than cost
of production. Secretary Wallace
declared today, while thousanda of
others will he able to hold on only
by the moat grinding economy. If
he present plane of price, or com
modities other than agricultural
is to oe maintained, he added, then
to have general prosperity, pricoa
of farm products , must -be in
creased.
Knstern railroads could help by
making aubstantial reductions in
freight rate, on agricultural .pro-
ducets especially if destined for
export, Mr. Wallace - asserted.
pointing out, however, that until
agriculture. Industry and com
merce are brought into a more
noVmal relalonahipi acute agri
cultural problems will develop) one
after the other.
Not a Now Disease
'Tho ruinously low prices of
wheat Is not a new agricultural
disease" said tho secretary .In a
statement. "It is just one more
acute symptom of the general
trouble from which agriculture is
suffering. The disease itself is the
distorted relationship between pri
ces of farm products and prices of
other commodities.
Tho sooner the people engaged
In commerco and Industry frank
ly recognize- .the troubje the. bet
ter it win be ror an or us. Tne
farmer could get along fairly well
with present prices of which he
haa to sell If prices or what he
must buy woro down accordingly.
But prices of other things' remain
tilgh; that la what hurts.
"Wages In industry and on the
railroads are almost twice as high
as before the war. The taxes are
about twice as high. Freight rates
are from SO to 75 per cent higher.
Mela's, building materials of all
kinds nre from 60 to 100 per cent
above pre-war prices. All of theso
are items In the farmers' cost of
production. Until a fair relation
ship Is restored between agricul
ture and industry and commerce,
ngrlculture will be unset and wtli
have reason to complain.
Price Flxilur lTBxl
The pressing question is "what
can be done to help the wheat
growers get. more nearly the coot
of production for this years
crop?' Some urge that the gov
ernment ought to fix a fair price.
That could be done only hy the
government preparing to buy un
limited quantities at the price
rixea. others suggest that the gov
ernment go into the market and
buy 200.000.000 bushels of wheat
and storo It on tho theory that the
taking off the market of that
.quantity, would send up tho price
to a ratr riguro.
. "I am not hopoful of good re
sults from either of those p'.ans.
How could tho government dis
noso of the surplus accumulated?
What effect would either action
havo on wheat acreage? What ef
fect would it have on tho acreage
ndi price of other grains and of
livestock? Would tho same policy
, be adopted In case of ruinously
low prices for otb.r farm pro-
iductn? The wheat situation is bad
enough tn all conscience, and cor.
talnly tho majority of our people
would favor any practical method
of holptng, but wo ought to bo
reasonably, sure that tho remedy
attempted wilt do the farmer more
good thnn harm and will not mako
our situation worso instoad of better.
'Whether theso acuto conditions
might bo rolloved, if tho govorn
.mcnt ahould set up an agoncy with
largo authority to handto our sur
plus farm products In its discretion
land provido It with amplo funds.
V do not know, I do not believe
any one knows."
Situation Very nuhViilt
Tho low prlco of wheat this year
will bring some roductlon in acre
age. Mr, Wnllaco predlctnd, add
Ing thnt "It It a torrlbly hard sit
uation for the Indivldunl hut those
who remain will bo benefltod."
In reforence to tho export situa
tion, ho said:
"A. gradual decline tn our ex
ports Ot grains and moots Is to bo.
expected. Wo onnnot hopo to keep
, thorn at the high pato of rocont
years. But theso oxpoptn aro not
going to vanish ovornlght. . "Eu
rope will contlnuo to buy large
buantltloa of us for somo tlmo."
Three Men at First Thonsbt to Be
Drowned Bat When Been by
Plane, Rescue BegUM
NEWPORT. Ore., Ag. 20.
tHpecint to the Reglater.) The
airplane that has been operating
on the beach here all season, tak
ing paaaengers up In the air dally
at so much per head, fell Into tho
ocean here this afternoon at 3:30
o'clock and the pilot, G. Tronson
and two passengers, C. H. Olassfoot
and h. E. King, had a narrow
escape from drowning.
Glassfoot, King and three other
peraona had engaged paaaage on
tho plane for Waldport south of
here. These two men boarded the
machine with Tronson and a good
takeoff was made but soon after
the plane arouse there appeared
to be something wrong and it soon
dropped Into the sea beyond the
breakers. .
A large crowd on the beach wit
nessed the drop and It was first
thought, that all three men were
drowned but aoon they were seen
to climb out upon tne wings of the
airplane. '
The plane floated on the surface
and it was not long before the gov
ernment life-saving; crew was on
the scene.- The crew took the
pilot on board its boat and the two
passengers were taken ashore by
means of a life line.
C. H. Harwood. one of the men
who swam to the plane through
the surf, had a narrow escape
when the crew of the power boat
lauea to nee mm and left tne
scene. Harwood - was forced to
swim back through the heavy surf
to shore. He was nearly exhausted.
John Stockton and Laurence Mc-
Bride were the others who swam
to the plane. More than a thous
and persons watched the rescue
from the shore. .
The airplane will be saved. It la
believed. A line was attached to it
and It Is probable that It will be
hauled ashore tomorrow.
&SCH00L LAW IS SCORED
CATHOUC YOITH IN ORATION
DENOl'NCES KU KLITX ,
MILWAUKEE. Aug. 20. Carl
Becker, a Milwaukee youth, won
rirst place In the oratorical contest
of the Gonzaga union, an affiliated
nooy or tne central Catholic so
ciety, last night. In his address on
tne suDject rne Oregon school
Law," he denounced the Ku Klux
Klan, Charging it with "defama
tion, falsehood and malice toward
ma iainuiic cnurca. . .. .. ..:..,.',
The Oregon compulsory educa
tion .law, which requires all chil
dren between eight and 16. to at
tend a public school, will, Mr.
Becker declared, "destroy -millions
of dollars of private property with
no offer of compensation by the
state, will turn to naught the ef
forts of private charities, exile
hundreds of poor, afflicted chil
dren. Every orphanage, children's
home, asylums for deaf mutes and
defectives In Oregan, and above all,
every private and parochial school
would be closed.'
AMUNDSEN TO TRY AGAIN
FLIGHT OVER NORTH POLE IS
PLANNED FOR NEXT YEAR .
(By The Associated Press)
NOME, Alaska. Augr. 20. Cap
tnin Roald Amundsen, who arrived
here last night on the coast guard
cutter Bear, announced today that
he would try next year to fly over
the North Pole from Spitsbergen.
Captain Amundsen, who last
spring abandoned an attempt to
make a flight over the pole from
Walnwrlght, Alaska, because the
landing gear of hla plane broke In
a test hop off, said today that the
machine was unsuitable for. the
project. He declared that it had
not sufficient power to lift the two
persons and the fuel necessary
for a flight over the pole. Oscar
Omdal, captain Amundsen's ?. viator
who spent tho winter at Waln
wrlght caring for the plant came
In last year on the schooner from
Seattle, and C. S. Holmes Is going
to the states soon, Captain Amund
sen said.
BUY STRIKE INSURANCE
NEW YORK SHOW OWNERS
FEAR DAMAGE BY WORKERS
Tuitriata Killed nt Nice
Illy The Aflsnclaled Pi-ohs)
MHO. Aug, SO, Tho Hov. Hi
ram Grant Person and Mrs. Per
son of-Nowton, Mass.; Charlos H.
Gray, two women who have not
yoon been Identified and an auto
mobile bus driver were killed to
day when tho bus wont over the
parapet of the road loading from
Nice to Bvlnn and plunged throo
hundred feet Into the river Vat.
A number of other .persona wero
Injured.- Some ot thorn woro taken
to a hospital In Pugot Thenlers
nnd the remainder brought to
Nice, -j ;.. a .
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Aug. 20. The
tneator owners' chamber or com
merce announced today It had pur
chased a 31.000,000 policy to in
sure tho S40 motion picture houses
the chambor represents in greater
New (York against loss through
iproporty damage during a strike
which the Motion Picture Machine
Operators' union throatons to call
on September 1. .
The theatre owners said they
could not and would not grant the
inoreane in wages demanded by
tho operators or any Incroaso.
Operators In houses of 300 to
600 seats aro asking 375.20 a weca
Instoad of ISO. 16 and those in
houses of 1000 or over ask 188. DZ
instead of 159.28.
2 DIE IN AIRPLANE FALL
PLANE GOES INTO NOSE SPIN;
FIRE BURNS IT UP
POPE FIELD. CAMP BRAGG,
N. C, Aug. 20. Albert Demosqulta,
of Brook vn, -N, Y and Durham,
N, C. newspaper publisher, and an
army avlntor, named Reese, were
killed here lato thla . artornoon
whon an airplane crashed with
them. i
It was later learned that the
aviator killed waa Sergeant Ed
mund Reece. of New York City.
The nlane la said to have gone Into
a nose dive just artep taxing orr
tho ground. The men are said to
have been Instantly killed and the
plane was deatroyed by fire. The
plane was privately owned,. It Is
said, but a board of Inquiry haa
been appointed to investigate tne
accident,
VORK OH CUTOFF
s
Sproule, President of S. P.V
Says Permit. From Indian,
Board fs Now Only Bar
BUILDERS TO BID IT DIE
Completion By July 1,1 923,"
; Promised By Commission
ENGINEERSHARDATWORK
First Cbnjtnicon Will Begin at
Kirk and Proceed Northward aa ,.
Winter Will Not Interfere so
, Soon In that Locality . f- .
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PORTLAND, Ore.. Aug. 20. -v'
(Special to the Register) Con
struction of the' Eugone-Klamath
Falls Una ot the Southern Pacific,
which has been known aa the Nat
ron cutoff, will start within the
next few weeks, with completion
promised the interstate commerce
commission by July 1, 1323, de
clared William Bproule, president
tot the company, who came to Ore
gon today for a ten days visit He
Aearned of the commission's grant
ing of the certificate of public ne
cessity and convenience - for the
new construction when he reached
here In the early morning.
"Only , one thing remains, ' and
then all the required formalities
necenaary before starting work :
will have been completed," he said.
"Thla is the granting of permission .
of the commission of Indian af-
tfalrs to build through Indian land
of . the Klamath reservation, i we
had been granted thla right whe
construction waa under way be
fore, but It lapsed during the years
kf the litigation that are now hap-:
plly, concluded. ..
Delay Not AnUcipatnl -.f
"We do aot anticipate any. delay
on this account as there Is. no on-
Inosltion' that we are aware of to -
(thla grant being given. After the
necessary requirements of 'the In-' -
f oian i bureau have . beea . compiled
with -we have no doubt -that the
ueeearary permission will be given. '
" llieee lands' are north of Kit
throngh the Klamath Indian res-,
ervaton and ' we hope w win get .
permission within three .weeks or,
at most a month, as we are ready
to put up cash security, if that Is
necessary, to guarantee payment
to the Indiana
The Southern Pacific expects
to be ready to start the work of
grading almost Immediately after
kthe permit hi obtained for building
(through the Indian reservation; in.
fact . assembling of materials al- .
ready is In progress and contrac
tors will be asked within he next
few! days to submit their bids for
grading the first 30 miles north. of
KirkV
'Our engineers at present are
enraged In preparing papers to Iay
before the cont'.lctore to enable
them to bid on the stages of the
work.
We Intend to start work at the
southern hd and from Kirk work -
northward as operations can be
continued longer than on . the
northern end and a greater dia-
tance aocbmollshed before ' snow
shuts down the work. As soon aa
the snow permits, the work will bo
.resumed next soring.
: Will Work Diligently
'Tt la nor intention to carry on
the work diligently and In fulfill-,
ment of the publlo expectations.
Whether the new line can be fin
ished by the date fixed by the
commission. July 1, 12.- It Is as
vet too early to say. But our ef
forts will be directed to that end."
The Riiaene-Klamath Falls line
win he the only Oregon railroad
to surmount the Cascade range of
mnnrrtnlmt. The Union Pacino,
line does not climb over this bar-
Tier.- but follows the . Columbia
river through it ot no appreciable
elevation and lth an entire anr
sence of hill climbing.
Surveyors are in tne Tioin ai
nroeent ire-Socatlng the old line
nrlirlpn.1IV made, and the same
course will be followed, with such
minor ehanffos an are made neo- .
essary to provide an easy path for
morn modern and heavier railway
.equipment than was in use at the
time the first survoy was locaioa.
COMMISSION GIVES PERMIT
-.', i i in i i T
BaUrond Braird Hays Work on Nat
n I.lno MUM Ik-gln, by January 1
, - (Br Tho Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. Aug. 20. Tho
Central Pacific Railroad company
was authorized by the Interstate
oommorce commission today to
proceed with construction ot Its
"Natron cutoff" In Oregon.
Under the authorisation the .
work must be begun by January
1, 1024, and must bo comptoteu
within two yoars. The Contral
Pacific's request to retain excess
earnings as a part ot Its program
for flnanolng the construction was
denied.
By Its action today tho commis
sion disposed of an application
avhlnh huri hnen nn its docket SOV"
feral months. Previous notion had
boan consldorod lnadviaanio, com
Vnlaslon officials eald, because, of
the- litigation over tne aoumarn
Pacific's control of the Contral
Paclflo property. The new lino
will start at OakPldge, Oregon and
run 113 miles to a point near Kirk,
Oregon. The area to be served,
the commission found, will cover
a belt of about miles wide,
'Stations will be- established at Mc
Credle Hot Springs, Odell and
nraaeantj described In ' tho com-
'mlssion's itleolslon as having
population or , aooui iw.ni.
tCoatlRtMd oa Pae Col. )