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Deputy Dist. Attorney Doran
of Los Angeles Requested to
Appear, Before Grand . Jury
Which Is Called for Monday
Next Has Evidence On
'I r -
. Local Outrages.
, The special grand jury for the Inves-
tlgatiori of outrages committed in this
county last spring is scheduled for
' next Monday, and Deputy District At-
torney Doran of Los Angeles has been
'j subpoenaed to appear as a witness be
fore the body Doran had charge of
the records of the Ku Klux Klan seized
in the raid on the office of Grand
Goblin Coburn following the Inglewood
shooting, and has been requested to
bring with him tetters and data bear
ing on the local situation.
The Associated Press today carries
a dispatch that the Jackson county
authorities had requested Doran to ap
pear before the grand jury next Mon
day. ; .
The state will be represented by a
representative from the attorney gen
eral's office, and District Attorney
Rawles Moore. It is now reported that
Assistant Attorney General Liljeqvist
will not handle the cases, as first
thought, and it is not known who will
be selected.
The sheriffs office has Issued sub
poenas for a number of witnesses the
names of which are kept Becret.
The cases to be investigated by the
grand jury are necktie parties in which
J. F, Hale ot this city, Arthur Burr, a
colored porter, and Henry Johnson of
Jacksonville were the hosts, hanging
and threats ot hanging being used, It is
alleged.
The special session of the grand
jury, which is expected to last a month
is the result of orders issued two
weeks ago by Governor Ben W. Olcott,
Instructing the state atorney general
to investigate local ... disorders last
spring, following a six weeks probe by
U. S. department of justice officials
and other agencies.
National Ix-ugur.
. -v W." L. PC.
New York . v i . V .'. . . . . Bl 30 .630
St. Louis . ... ..63 35 .002
At Cincinnati:- !', R. H. E,
New York ...6 9 0
Cincinnati .2 10 ' 2
Nehf and Snyder; ' Luque, Markle
and Hargravc. ,
. At Chicago: ' ' ft. ,H. E.
Brooklyn 6 10 4
CIiIchko ..... .8 110
Cadore, Smith, Mammajux, Doca
ttr and Deberry; : Checves, Osborne
and O'Farrcll.
V. At Pittsburg: . H. H. B.
Philadelphia , i..,,0 G 0
Pittsburg ...... -..2 8 1
-.Huhbell, Smith and Henline; Coop
er and Gooch.
American '
At Boston. ;- ' R. H. E.
Chicago 8 13 0
Boston '. 0 7 1
Batteries: Leverott and Schalk; Fer
guson, Karr and Rue!. .
At Philadelphia. . ' " ", R. H. B.
St. Louis J......... 3 9 0
Philadelphia 6 12 2
' Batteries: Shocker and Severeid;
Rettlgan and Perkins.
: At New York. R. H. E.
Detroit I........,."....'..;. 5 10 1
New York 1 ! 10 2
i Batteries: Plllette f-atid Woodall;
1 Jones. Murray and Scbang.
U. S. GOVERNMENT
FURTHER INCREASE WHOLESALE PRICES
WASHINGTON, July 19. Further
Increase in the general ' level of
wholesale prices for June as com
pared with May,. Is shown by infor
mation gathered by the department
of labor through the bureau of labor
statistics in representative markets
of the country- This Increase, it was
said, measures 1 1-2 per cent which
compares with nn Increase-: of 8
from April to May.
' The largest price gains were re
ported for fuel and. building mate
Portland Prisoner
In Chinese Jail
Makes a Getaway
SHANGHAI, China, July 19.
(By the Associated Press.)
David Lightner, alias D. L. Hibs-
4 man, who was arrested here a
few days ago on charges lodged
in Portland, Ore., that he had
violated the federal narcotics
laws today cut his way through
the ceiling and roof of the
American consular prison and
escaped.
The arrest of Lightner on his
arrival aboard a iNorwelglan
steamer was expected to settle
the question ot whether extra-
Vlitlon from China is possible
- and whether the United States
court for China is a regularly
constituted district coui;t or
merely an extra territorial trl-
bunal.
.
Candidate in Favor of Farm
Bloc and Opposed to Ship
Subsidy Leads By Large
Plurality for Senate Ex-
, Bull Mooser. Also Wins.
OMAHA, Neb., July 19. (By the
Associated Press.) Charles W.
Bryan of Lincoln, democratic candi
date for gubernatorial nomination in
yesterday's primaries and brother ot
William Jennings Bryan was cutting
the lead of his opponent, Dan B. But
ter of Omaha, as returns came in this
afternoon. In 969 precincts' Butter
had 17,969 and Bryan 16,537 by un
official count.
Charles H. Randall of Randolph,
unofficial returns showed, had 31,
43 compared to 29,739 for Adam Mo
Mullen for the. republican governor
ship monination, with 1,089 precincts
reported.
R. B.. Howell, progressive repub
lican candidate for the republican
nomination for the United States sen
atorship, continued to gain as later
returns were received.
In 1033 precincts out of 1913 in
the state Howell had increased his
lead over Congressman Albert W.
Jefferis of Omaha to nearly 6500.
The vote: Howell 24482; Jefferles
18,020; Attorney General Davis 15,
785. OMAHA, Nob., July 19. (By the
Associated Press) The lead . by
which R. B. Howell of Omaha, pro
gressive republican, apparently was
nominated in yesterday's state-wide
primary as the party's candidate for
united' States senator over Congress
man Albert W. Jeffers, rated as a
conservative, was increased as - be
lated returns were reported to. the
Associated Press today.
Mr. Howell, who declared himself
in favor "of a farm bloc In congress
and in opposition to the proposed
ship subsidy bill sponsored by Presi
dent Harding, had received 21.643
j votes when 831 of the state's 1913
i precincts had reported at ten o'clock
1 this morning, compared to 15,506 for
, Mr. Jeffers who -campigned as a
"consistent and earnest republican
1 worker."
I These returns, which represented
j 81 of the state's 93 counties, gave At
i torney General Clarence M. Davis,
whose platform was also referred to
as "one of progressive principles, 12,
. 979, while C. H. Oustafson, head of
. . (Continued on page eight)
REPORT SHOWS A'o
rials In each of which groups the
June level was over four per cent
higher than that of May. Food
articles averaged nearly lMi per cent
higher and clothes and clothing over
2 per cent higher.
Of 404 commodities for which
comparable data for May and June
were obtained, increases were said
to have been found to have occurred
for 143 commodities and decreases
for 106 commodities. In the case of
166 commodities, no change in aver
age prices was reported.
PROGRESSIVES
WN
PRIMARY
NEBRASKA
COAl STRIKE
SITUATION IS
CLEARINGUP
Many Miners Resume Opera
tions Following President's
Proclamation Governors
Pledge Aid to President
Conference Held in Wash
ington With Gompers.
WASHINGTON, July 19. After a
conference today in which President
Gompers of the American Federation
of Labor, Chairman Borah of the
senate committee and Senators Walsh,
democrat, Massachusetts and King,
democrat, Utah, participated, it was
announced that "there were no results
and no conclusions," but that Mr. Gom
pers and Senator Borah were "Hope
ful" of a settlement of the coal and
railroad strikes in due course of time.
OLYMPIA, Wash., July 19. There
is less serious cause for alarm in the
present status of the coal strike situa
tion than probably at any time since
the strike began, according to the be
lief expressed by Director Edward Clif
ford of the department of labor and in
dustries here today. "I think there is
more of a likelihood now of the miners
and operators getting together in the
varioup districts of the country for the
purpose of arriving at district settle
ments," said Mr. Clifford.
It was IndicatedUhat an -agreement
in this state is probably close to reali
zation. ' Governor Louis F. Hart issued a
statement last night in answer to the
telegram of President Harding in
which he stated no trouble is being ex
perienced in this state and he felt no
necessity would arise for state or fed
eral interference.
WASHINGTON, July 19. Secretary
Weeks expressed full approval today
of the reported threat of Governor
Shoup of Colorado to withdraw state
troops from Colorado, coal mines if
prices of coal from those mines were
advanceu.
DENVER, Colo., July 19. More coal
is being mined in Colorado at the pres
ent time than ever before at this sea
son of the year," it was stated today by
Governor Shoup In a telegram dl
patched to President Harding replying
to the president's request for protec
tion for the mines In the state.
"I will most earnestly co-operate
with any move you make toward the
settlement of the coal Btrlke situation
the governor's message stated.
. Carolina Governor Objects
RALEIGH, N. C, July 19. "Your po-
sltion is practically to use the power
of the government against the strik
ers," Governor Morrison said today in
a telegram replying to President Hard
ings message on re-opening the coal
mines, "and in the enforcement of
police regulations and the upholding of
the law the strikers " will naturally
have little confidence in the Imparti
ality or fairness of soldiers or other
agencies of force directed by a govern
ment which has taken a decided stand
against them, however good the reason
tor such a stand may be."
WASHINGTON, July 19. Replies
from governors of coal producing
states who were called on yesterday
by President Harding to co-operaU
with the federal government in pro
tecting mines at which operators re
sumed operations, began today to pour
into the White House.
Most ot the governors said that they
would support the federal policy in any
emergency and outlined their plan for
doing bo.
PITTSBUHO, July 19. Coal mines
in the Pittsburg district, shut down
since the strike was called April 1 last
will resume operations "to the greatest
possible extent," at the scale of "wages
in effect November 1919." .
This announcement was made after
a meeting of the Pittsburg Coal Pro
ducers association here today.
MISSOULA, Mont., July 19. Gover
nor Joseph M. Dixon when asked as to
what action would be taken regarding
President Harding's message urging
the re-opening of the coal mines, re
plied that "there has been no disorder
in Montana and I do not expect there
will he any." He declined to comment
on his position as to state troops
(Continued on page eight)
Daughter! of Former Chinese Premier
to Crusade for Bobbed Hair in China
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Ik! I
Miss Nora and Rose Hsuing, as they
liner President Jackson for their home In
Mass. Both of our ladies are thoroughly
American flapper attire.
OLYMPIA, Wash., July . 19. !
Orders huve boen issued by - State
ForcBtor Fred E. Pape to all fire I
wardens to arrest immediately any j
persons starting flreH for any pur
pose in or dangerously near a forest
until after sufficient rain has de
creased the forest fire hazard. Seve
ral fires said to have been started by j
berry pickers have necessitated strict 1
enforcement of regulations since the :
suspension of fire permits July 3.
One- fire of this nature in the
works of the Mason County Logging
company in tho western . part of
Thurston county last night was
threatening the company mill which
is on the edge of the town of Bor
deaux. The company had a large
force of men out fighting the blaze
from last reports.
A telegram was received from the
warden at Stevenson in Skamania
county today that a fire was raging
acrosH the Columbia river on the Ore
gon side over a seven mile front and
ashes and sparks were blowing across
the river so that it was necessary to
put on a patrol.
The general situation, however,
shows improvement and a slight
prospect of rain if weather predic
tions are corfect, Mr. Pape said to
day. A now firo developed today in an
old logging woritfl between Gate and
Oakvillo In this county and two
others in the North Hiver country of
Oray's Harbor country,' Tho Mc
Cormlck Lumber company blaze in
western Lewis county and tho East
ern and Western Lumber company
blaze In western Lewis county and
tho Eastern and Western Lumber
company fire in western Cowlitz aro
now reported under control.
A fire In broken down timber on
Gibson creek, Grays Harbor county is
spreading becauHe of the difficulties
encountered In fighting it. Another
new fire in reported west of Oakvllle
in this county in tho Balch Logging
company's works.
The Sevens county situation In
eastern Washington shows no Im
provement from latest reports. Men
are virtually being drafted to fight
the flames which aro enveloping the
timbered area throughout tho coun
ty. Efforts are -being concentrated
on saving green timber. Tho evident
desire of some ranchers to burn over
the country to Improve tho pasture Is
also causing difficulty.-
HIRAM OFF FRIDAY
TO
WASHINGTON, July 19 Announce
ment of his departure next t riday fop
California to open hla primary election
campaign was made today by Senator
Hiram Johnson, republican, California,
who said that disposal of California
items in the pending tarirf hill now
made it possible for him to: leave
Washington. In California Johnson
will be opposed for the republican
nomination by C. Ci Moore, a San Fran
cisco businessman.
FIRES SPREAD
TO OREGON SIDE
COLUMBIA RIVER
: krf j
left Seattle aboard the Admiral
China, after studying at Holyoke,
modern and have taken on tlio
CLOSE CALL IN
PLANE SMASH
PEKING, July 19. (Dy the Asso
elated Press.) Secretary Edwin
Denby of the American navy narrow
1y escaped' death here this afternoon
in an airplane accident. Ho was fly
ing at a height ot 4,000 teet over the
great wall when the engine of the
plane broke down. The machine was
demolished In landing, but Mr. Den
by was-unln)ured.
The plane which was wrecked he-
longed to the Chinese government
and had seen service in the recent
fighting between Generals Wu Pol
Fu and Chang Tso-Lln. Secretary
Denby emphasized, however, that he
made the fight at his own suggestion
and that he did not go as the guest of
the Peking administration.
The party took off from the cap
ital at noon.. In the plane, besides
the head of the American navy wero
Captain Robert IJruco and Command
er George Simpson of the American
navy, and Charles Dolan of Boston,
who piloted tho machine.
After circling over Peking Mr. Den
by suggested that they proceed to the
reat wall of China.
The plane was turned along the
course of the wall when suddenly the
gasoline feed cloggod und the pistons
stopped, leaving the party, 4, 000 feet
up with a series of jagged peaks and
crags below. '
Realizing his danger, Pilot Dolan
commenced to , volplane downward
seeking a, landing place. Finally he
located what appeared to be a com
paratively clear space In tho widst of
the procession of hills. Here the
plane, was brought to earth only to
be wrecked against the rocks that
strewed the ground.
Secretary Denby was the flrBt man
to clear the machine as It struck, and
ho and his companions all'escupod
unhurt.
The party walked to Nankow sta
tion, where they telephoned their
plight to Peking and a special train
was bent to bring them back to the
capital.
A $75,000 FIRE
WENATCIIEE, Wash., July 19.
Sixteen buildings In the town of
Mansfield, including- the Cross and
Leahy hotels, were destroyed by fire
Tuesday afternoon, causing a loss es
timated at $75,000.
Working feverishly to prevent the
spread of the fire which originated
in an old unused livery stable, every
available man In the town and crews
of fire fighters from neighboring
communities, battled the blaze In the
face of the high wind all afternoon
and until 10 o'clock at night, when
the fire was brought under control.
SEC Y NAVY HAS
Hubby Is Late for
Dinner, Wifey Is
Granted a Divorce
AKRON, Ohio, July 19. I i. N.
S.l After- witnesses testified
that her husband, Carl S. Glovor,
fr was so late in arriving at his wed-
ding anniversary dinner that
there was danger the meal would
spoil, Judge H. C. Spicer granted
Mrs. Glover a divorce and author-
izod her to resume use ot her
maiden name.
' Witnesses declared that, after
dinner was finally served to the
guests, Glovor entered late, ate
hurriedly, seemingly paid no nt-
teution to Mrs. Glover nor to the
guests and departed, explaining
that he was "very busy."
Mrs. Glovor, daughter of W. B.
Mlllor, former local capitalist,
now living In Now York, charged
gross neglect and said slie wns 4
compelled to llvo on her personal
Income. fr
Tho couplo have no children.
They wero married in October,
1910.
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ELECTION EIGHT
Salem Judges Decide Against
W. S. U'Ren, Hall's Attor
ney, Who Attacks Motion of
Olcott's Lawyers to Strike
Out Portions of Petition.
SALEM, Ore, July 1H. First blood
was drawn by tho Olcott -forces' In
the heating today of tho Hall con
tent election suit hero when the at
torneys for Hall utacked tho motion
filed by Olcott to strike out of the
potltlon filed by Charles Hall thoHo
portions attacking the right of a
voter to change IiIh registration at the
pools and the right of a voter regis
tered In one precinct to cast his vote
In another precinct for a candidate
for a state office on the grounds that
the only legal action to be taken at
this timo was tho filing of an anHwer.
Judges Kelly and Bingham held
that the motion to strike out what
Was in order If there wns any irrole
vent material in tho petition for a re
count.
W. 8. UTten, attorney for Hall
made the statement that his sldo was
prepared to bring into court 1000 per
sons who wero affiliated with other
purlloH who had on tho day of the
primaries obtained republican hullots
by ono method or another and voted
for Olcott which ho held to be Illegal.
DlscuHsionH of whether or not a
voter has tho right to change his
registration or not was taken up by
Jay Howerman, attorney for Olcott
and took up nearly tho entire morn
fug session.
CALL FOR BRIEFS
E
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore, July 19.
Briefs from both sides In the dispute
over tho two rival court houses hore
wero called for by. Judge Skipworth
fqllowlng the completion of testimony
in the case yesterday. Each side will
have thirty days to file tho briefs after
tho expiration of the weeks allowed for
completion of the transcript.
MISSOULA, Mont., July 19. Al
lied veterans,' a mllion of them, mem
bers of the American Legion, through
their organizations have started an
International movement for peace,
Han ford MacNIder, national com
mander of the American Legion, told
the National Kdltorlal association at
Its thirty-seventh ' annual meeting
here today.
"Wo believe," said Mr. MacNIder,
"It Is going to become a dominant
International force.
"Our war was a war to end all
wars. We are not pacifists. We be
lieve in adequate defense tor our
country. Hut our eyes were opened
V
RNOR WINS
BLOOD
ill LABOR '
ORDERED TO
AID STRIKE
American Federation Issues
Appeal to All Workers
Everywhere to Support Rail
road Strike Possibility of
Walkout of 400,000 Main
tenance Way Men Dwindles
WASHINGTON, July 19. An appeal
was issued today by the executive
council of the American Federation of
Labop "to all workers everywhoro to
stipimrt the railroad workers in their
oli'orts to secure a just settlement of
the railroad shops trades dispute.
Organized labor Is asked specifically
in the appeal to retrain from doing any
work formerly done by men now on
strike while the workers on strlko are
urged to conduct themselves In a law
abiding manner.
The appeal, which was issued by
unanimous vote of the executive coun
cil and over the signature of ail mem
bers of tiie council including Samuel
Gompers, - federation president, has
been forwarded to every labor organi
zation in the United States, to every
labor publication, and to, all organizers
of the federation, it was announced at
federation headquarters.
Peace Hope Revives'
.CHICAGO, july 9 (By, Associated -Press).
Railway parleys-assumed iW"
and more lmpdrtant'proportlons today.
with possibility of the walkout of 400,-
000 maintenance of way men virtually
removed by the action ot the, railroad
lauor board In Indicating that it would
grant new wage hearings for these
crafts.
Senator Cummins' announcement at
Washington that he would hold hear
ings on the transportation act to ascer
tain how the law may be amended so
that the living wage principle would be
made clear, was received as decidedly
favorable to peace, both by rail heads
and strike leaders.
With the wage question thus elimin
ated from the dispute, only certain
rules affecting overtime of the shop
men and the question of restoration of
seniority rights to men now on strike
were left as about the only Issues. It
was not believed that the latter ques
tion would prove a stumbling block in
the way of settlement of the strike)
SIOUX FALLS, S. D July 19. An
injunction, issued Monday by Fedora!
Judge James D. Elliott and served this
morning on striking railroad shopmen
was characterized by United States
Attorney S. W. Clark as ' "thBl' most
sweeping, ever issued in Spu,tb ( pa
kola." . ' ' ,- '
v The injunction not only forbids strik
ers from molesting workers, in any way
and-from in any mannor Interfering
with the conduct of theraiiroad's' busi
ness but also forbids them visiting the
homes of tho workers and tholr .fam
ilies. The order Is effective at Brookings,
Pierre and Huron.
CHICAGO, July 19. Judge Georgo
T. Page today issued a tompornry in
junction restraining striking railroad
shopmen from picketing tho property
of the Atchison, Topeka and Hautu Fo
railroad.
Trains CunoelhMl
WALLA WALLA, Wash., July 19.
-u,., ,'-:;;r1'.
through hard experlenqe. Ve know
what war nidans and to the best of
our ability through all the coming
years we Intend to see that such
things do not happen again. To this
end there has boen formed a great Inter-allied
veterans'- association La
Federation Des Anclena Combattans,
made up of all the great vetorans' or
ganizations in all the allied coun
tries. It includes in its membership
the British legion which followed our
own plan of development and is
headed- by Marshal Halg, the consoli
dation of all the French organizations
and others in Africa, Italy, Jugosla
via In tact every allied country."
MOVEMENT FOR WORLD PEACE