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Maximum yesterday 93
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TRIBUNE
D
W A
FINAL CALL
END STRIKE
t IS ISSUED
Prest. Harding Again Orders
Strikers to Return to Work
S and Railroads to Assign
Them to Work Leave
Seniority Rights Up to R. R.
Labor Board.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. The
strike leaders showing unmistakable
signs of dissatisfaction with the
president's new proposal were under-
stood to bo deliberating on whether
to lane iinai action on acceptance or
rejection immediately or to leave the
decision to the general strike com
mittee at a meeting in Chicago.
The executive representatives who
Joined Messrs. Jewell, Johnston and
Noonan in conference were H. E.
Wells, representing the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers; Paul
Stephens for the Brotherhood of
Ilailrond Trainmen and Arthur J.
I.ovoll of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen and Englnemen.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. Presi
dent Harding today called upon
striking railroad shopmen to return
to work, requesting the railroads to
assign them to work and asked both
the workmen and carriers to submit
the disputed question of seniority to
the railroad labor board.
The president sent telegrams to B.
M .Tp.wnll. hpnri nf the rnilrnnH nhnn.
fS men's union and T. Dowitt Cuyler,
cnairman oi tne Association or itaii
way Executives, outllnging the -plan
which he hoped .would result in
speedy termination of the strike;
The text of the telegram sent to
Mr. Jewell follows:
"I had your communication in
which you and your associates, speak
ing for the striking railway shopmen,
pledged your agreement to the pro
posals which I submitted to the rail
way executivos and your organiza
tions for the settlement of the pend
ing railroad strike. Inasmuch as I
was acting as a voluntry mediator,
seeking th.e earliest possible settle
ment, I confess .to you the same dis
appointment which I have conveyed
tu the executives that the terms
were not unanimously acepted. As
you are already aware, the execu
tives of the. carriers declared their
inability to restore seniority rights
unimpaired.
. Ilccogni'o R. R. Hoard
"It is exceedingly gratifying, how
ever, that in responding to the terms
? which were proposed, both tho
spokesmen for the carriers and the
spokesmen for the employes have
pledged that they 'will recognize tho
validity of all decisions by the rail
road labor board and to faithfully
carry out such decisions as contem
plated by the law.' Moreover,
spokesmen for the carriers and em
ployers have approved the second
paragraph of the proposal and in
ti-eir approval have agreed that 'rail
road labor board decisions which
have been Involved in the strike, may
be taken, in the exercise of recog
nized rights, by either party to the
rellroad labor board for rehearing.'
"Inasmuch as the employes have
agreed to all the terms proposod and
he executives have agreed to two r-f
the bases of 'settlement and rejected
thethlrd, there remains only the
question of seniority covered in par
agraph three in dispute to bar a set
tlement. Return to Work
. "Mindful of the pledge of both the
' (Continued on Page aix.l
BIG PACIFIC LINER JITS ROCK OFF
COAST, PASSENGERS ARE RESCUED
SEATTLE, Aug. 7. The steamship
H. P. Alexander of the Pacific Steam
ship company, which struck Cake rock
near the Washington coast in the
Pacific ocean shortly after midnight.
Is expected to arrive here tomorrow
morning. The Admiral Schley, sent
from this port soon after the accident,
was to meet the Alexander in the
Strait of Juan de Fuca this afternoon
snd take off the nearly 300 passengers,
none of whom are reported injured.
V The Alexander, after discharging
crgo here. Is expected to shift to a
( drydock for a survey.
The Alexander was off her course in
dense fruj when she hit the rock. The
Admiral Schley reported by wire this
Settlement of Coal
Strike Is Predicted
Wednesday Meeting
CLEVELAND, Aug. 7 (By As-
sociated Press). A definite pro-
gram for ending the coal strike
on a national basis, it was learned
today, will be proposed here Wed-
nesday when operators from all
parts of the country are expected
to join In conference with the
leaders of the striking miners.
Details of the plan for settle-
ment were not disclosed here
when the operators and union
men met for their first conference
which was scheduled to adjourn
until Wednesday to await new
arrivals among the operators.
The plan, it was said, had the
approval of enough operators to
insure settlement of the coul
strike.
f 4.
1001 DELAYS
IE PROBE
E
Utah Senator Blocks Demo
crats in Effort to Investi
gate Alleged Scandal Con
spiracy to Ruin Sugar
Growers, Smoot Charges.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. Denying!
charges that he had proposed curtail
ment of the Cuban sugar crop to
2,500,000 tons this year In return for a
reduced tariff on sugar, Senator Smoot
republican, Utah, read today , to tho
senute a statement from the president
of Cuba that no proposal for a limita
tion of the crop had come from the
American government officials.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. Efforts
to bring up the Harirson resolution
proposing in investigation that
American government officials sought
to have Cuban sugar producers cur
tail their crop this year in return
for a reduced tariff duty on sugar
were blocked today In the senate by
Senator Smoot, republican, Utah.
Senator Harrison asked unanimous
consent to call up the resolution but
Senator Smoot objected and then
Senator Olson, (republican, Colorado,
mado a motion that the sugar sched
ule be laid aside until there had been
an investigation. A point of order
tiy Senator Smoot that the motion
was out of order, wos upheld by Sen
ator Cummins, republican, Iowa, who
was presiding.
Senator Nicholson declared that
"very serious charges," had been
made in articles read to the senate
Saturday by Senator Harrison and
that he felt the senate should not
proceed with the consideration of the
sugar schedule until there had been
an Investigation.
Refiners' PrnpuKitndn
Senator Smoot said he wanted the
senate and the country to know "that
this propaganda that has been spread
from one end of the country to the
other is a continuation of the fight
against domestic sugar producers by
the sugar refiners."
"They have made up their minds,"
he added, "never to be content until
they destroy the sugar producers in.
the United States. If they succeed.
the American people will pay dearly,"
Declaring the reffners' profits un
conscionable, Senator Smoot said
they sought power to lower sugar
prices when the domestic crop comes
into the market. With the aid of a
Wall street banking group, they are
(Continued on Page six.l
afternoon from the strait that she had
encountered thick fog all the way out.
The Alexander struck at 12:25 a. m.
on Cake rock, Giants Graveyard, in
the Pacific ocean, about thirty miles
south of Cape Flattery. She stove a
I hole in number one hold, but within
half an hour backed off with numbers
12, 3 and 4 holds injured and took up
her Journey to Seattle. The holds arc
separated by strong bulkheads and the
slowness of the Alexander's speed is
understood here to have been set by
her captain, K. P. Flartlett, so as to
preserve hold number two intact.
The Alexander is carrying nearly
300 passengers and has a complement
of 225 officers and men.
SENA
SUGAR
CHARG
Latest Newlyweds of the Stage Jack
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Mr. and Mrs. Jack Pick ford, who were married at the homo of Mr. and
Hills, Cal. The little girl shown with them is Charlotte Mary Pick ford, da
Jack's Bister. This photo was snapped on the lawn of the Ambassador Jioi
Marilynn had stepped Irom the California Limited.
E DRIVE
IRELAND
DUBLIN, Auk. 7. (I3y the Asso
ciated Press) The national army
troops are pushing their campaign in
southwestern Ireland both from the
Limerick sector and from the region
of Tralee, where they landed Inst
week in a turning- movement, accord
ing to reports from th fighting front.
Tho flanking parties from tho
coast are pushing Inland and tho
fall of Ltstowell Saturday wns a re
sult. The irregulars rotreated thence
in a southerly direction to Abbeyfele,
county - Limerick. Boforo -leaving
Listowoll they burned the barracks,
the workhouse and the postoffice. In
the Limerick area the fall of Kilmal
lock, Adare and several other places
held by the irregulnrs seems to have
put thorn to rout in east and west
Limerick. Adare' was taken after a
few shells had struck tho head
quarters of the Irregulars in a local
hotel. Tho freo state troops had one
killed and three wounded.
In further fighting on Sunday, the
nationals, still advancing, took Kath
kcale, Bradford, Askealon and Bal
lingarry. 1
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. Indict
ments were returned today by the
special grand jury Investigating al
leged war . frauds against' Ernest C.
Morse, former director of sales of the
war department; Everly M. Davis,
president of tho E. M. Davis Chemical
company of New York and Aloxander
W. Phillips, associated with Davis.
The three men, all of whom lived in
New York, were charged In the indict
ment with having defrauded the gov
ernment out of more than a million
dollars in connection with the sale of
the war-built plant of the Old Hickory
Powder plant, near Nashville, Tenn.
FAILS AT THE START
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Aur. 7. A
soft spot in- the sand of Pablo beach
hero brought Lieutenant James TJoo
littlc's attempt to hop to San Diego,
Cal., with a single stop for fuel at
San Antonio to an abrupt end last
night within 550 yards of the start of
his 2000-mile ' trip. The specially
equipped plane did not get into the
air at all. It swerved from its course
along the beach at the gateway, nose
dived Into a roller and stopped with
a wing nnd the propeller wrecked.
The army flier was unhurt. Just
how badly the plane was damaged
had not been determined early today.
ST. LOOS WILL HAVE
KXPEXSIVK BIRD HOUSE
ST. LOUIS. Mo., Aug. By I. N. S.)
A nice steam-heated blrdhouse.
costing $140,000; will he built to
house birds at the fit. Louis Zoological
Gardens in this city. An artificial Ice
plant to "fool" the Arctic bears, also
will be constructed. Hi Polar bears
have been purchased to road on tho
Ice.
Old Mnn Passos Away.
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Aug. 7.
Philip Christie, aed 102, died at his
home nenr Custer todny. He had
lived In this country thirty years.
BASEBALL SCORES
ST. LOUIS, NAug. 7. Kenneth
Williams of tho St. Louis Browns to
day went into the lead among major
home run batters by knocking, out
his, 29th circuit drive of tho season
off M'ogridge with one man on base
In the sixth inning of today's game
between Washington and St. Louis.
Williams now is one homer ahead
of Rogers Hornsby of the St. Louis
Cardinals, champion home run slug
ger of the National league.
Williams hit his second homer in
tho sixth inning off Erickson, who
relieved iMogridge for Washington
after the Browns had batted around.
Jacobson was again on base. H was
William's 30th homer.
' National'
At Philadelphia. U. H. E.
Pittsburg 17 21 3
Philadelphia 10 15 2
Batteries: Cooper, Carlson, Glazner
and Schmidt; Weinert, Singleton, Hub
bell and Henline.
At Boston. R. H. E.
St. Louis 8 13 3
Boston 9 9 31
Batteries: Haines, Barfoot, Shordell !
and Ainsmith, Clemnns; Watson, Mc
Namara, Oeschger and O'Neill.
Chicago-Brooklyn postponed, rain.
Cincinnati-New York postponed rnln.
American
At Chicago. R. II. E.
Philadelphia 6 15 1
Chicago 12 17 0
Batteries: Rommel, Sullivan, Ketch
am, Yarrison and Perkins, Bruggy;
Levorette and Yaryan.
At Cleveland. . R. H. E.
Boston 0 7 0
Cleveland 7 9 1
Batteries: Forguson, Fullerton,
Plercy and Walters; Uhle and O'Neill.
At Detroit: n. II. E.
Now York 4 11 1
Detroit 3 5 1
Katteries: Jones and Schang; 1M1-
lette and Bassier.
A $50,000 FIRE
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 7. Fire,
believed to have been of incendiary
origin here early this morning de
stroyed the Hawthorn stables, three
houses and badly damaged a garage.
Adjacent apartment houses were set
on fire by the heat but the flames
were extinguished without serious
damage. The combined loss was es
timated at approximately $50,000.
WOMEN FIGHT TO WIN
MEN, DOCTOR DECLARES
(By International News Service).
LONDON, Aug. 7. "Men no
longer fight to win women, but
women fight to win men," said
Dr. Josiah Oldficld, well-known
doctor and lawyer, in a lecture to
the Eclectic club.
"Women put on bright colors
to win the favor of sober-hued and
coy man. Since woman cannot
imitate the supreme radiance of
a bird's plumage, she docs the
next best thing and dons jazz
jumpers, dazzling dresses and
scintillating silk stockings, sur
mounted by an Indefinite variety
of hats of every hue."
and Marilynn
Mrs. Douglas Fairbanks at lteverly
UKl'tfi of I-ottio Mary l'ickford,
tcl in Los Angeles, ten minutes after
SUN YAT CRAZY,
LONDON, Aug. 7. Dr. Sun Yat
Sen, former bead of the southern Chi
neae government, is suffering from
a mental troubio which has already
required the attendance of two for
eign brain speefaliKts, sayH a Hong
Kong dispatch to tho Daily Tele
graph;
The correspondent describes Dr.
Sun as exorcising Impotent authority
from tho cruiser Wingfung, anchored
off Shamlcn, in Canton harbor, but
depending not only for his restoration
to power, . but for his very cxlstonco
upon the succeHRful return of hi
northern expeditionary foi-rn, which
Chen-Chiung-Ming slowly is break
ing up.
The correspondent who has JUHt
completed a three months Journey of
observation from Peking to Canton
draws a hopeless picture of condi
tions, nnd say Sun Yat Sen's disap
pearance from tho nrena will avail
little. Predicting years of chaos and
Turmoil, he declares:
'"No thinking Chinese today sees
any ray of hope."
By David M. Church,
International News Servlco Staff
Correspondent.
LONDON, Aug. 7. Anglo-Ameri
can relations ure a bit strained, not
officially, but unofficially.
W. E. (Pussyfoot) Johnson is the
roason for the most recent public
outburst of antl-Amoricanlsm.
When "Pussyfoot" Johnson arriv
ed in England he attracted tho wid
est attention and probably his return
to this land of thirst has caused more
comment than thearrival of any
American pilgrim sinco the time
some years ago when the first contln
gent of American "Doughboy3" sol
foot on English soil.
"Pussyfoot" la decidedly an un
welcome visitor from American
shores. If tho newspapers Interpret
tho public opinion of England. In his
coming tho English pcoplo see a
forthcoming attack upon their liber
ties. They fear "Pussyfoot" and tho
newspapers have given long and blat
ant editorials that they will have
none of his "meddling," nnd there
have been some rather pointed re
marks with regard to American at
tempts 'to force American reforms
down those English throats, which
are now moistened by beverages of
alcoholic content. '
The English people don't want pro
hibition, nnd they aro loud in their
protest against it, but they seem to
fear that "Pussyfoot", has somo
magical charm which will sway the
people and bring about a reform
against tho will of the majority.
I-ItEXfI TROOPS REPLACE
YANKS ALONG KIIIM'.LAM)
PARIS, Aug. (By I. N. S.) A
regiment of French infantry and
another of artillery are on their way
to Coblenz from Upper Silesia, ac
cording to recent military advices.
These troops aro to replace American
units which havo already left Ger
many, and will bring the French gar
rison in the A. F. G. headquarters
city up to 3000.
BELLING HA M, Wash., , Aug. 7.
Floyd E, Dow, 30. of Clear Lake, was
killed late yesterday when his nuto-
mohllo went over a 30-foot embank
ment near Clear Iike.
PUSSYFOOT CAUSE
BRITISH UPROAR
ON SECONO VISIT
Pretty Tacoma Girl
Disappears, Believed
With Missing Banker
TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 7.
I Spencer Conrow, young assistant
manager of tho local branch of
the Bank of California, who dls-
appeared last week leaving his
accounts JH00O short is probably
fleeing In company with a Taco-
ma girl it was revealed today by
fedoral secret service operatives
and bonding company detectives
working on the case.
It was disclosed that a girl
bookkeeper of the bank, describ-
i cd as beautiful and from a prom!-
nent local family, vanished last
Friday, 3(1 hours after Conrow
disappeared.
Tho girl was questioned before
she disappeared. "I love Spenco
and he's crazy about mo," sho Is
alleged to have asserted.
4-
REACyiOOO
Desolation Hovers Over the
Ruined City and Horror
Haunts Its Streets Looting
, of Dead Is Stopped U. S
Consulate Damaged.
HONG KONG, Au. 7. (By Associ
ated Press). Casualties in the typhoon
and tidal wave which last Wednesday
swept tho port of Swatow, 260 miles
north of here, now are estimated at
10.000. '
( Another British steamer, in addition
I to tho two, previously reported ashore
1 was bound from Hong Kong to Sluing-
I hat when she met the fury of the
typhoon and wns wrocked, but her pas
sengers wero saved.
Desolation hovers over . the ruined
city and horror haunts its streets. As
detailed reports reach Hong Kong, the
full extent of the disaster is being re
vealed.
In the native city hundreds of
corpses nnd the carcasses of animals
are mingled with the debris. Human
remains protrude from the uncleared
wreckage. It is estimated that more
than 75 per cent of the city's buildings
were destroyed, including the silk knit
ting factories and the old Gorman con
sulate. Tho Amorlcan consulate and
the Standard Oil company's godown, or
warehouse, were slightly damaged.
Looting Is Stopped
Ghoul-like, some Chinese attempted
to loot tho wreckage, but the native
police stopped this promptly. A Swa
tow Chinese newspaper howovor, re
ports that lawless elomcnts raided the
houses of typhoon victims and held up
passers-by for plunder.
The. police frustrated an nttompt to
loot the offices of the llnnque Indus
triolle de Chinese, nrrestlng two men.
At midnight Wednesday fire broke
out In a Chinese hotel, gutting It and
adding to the terrifying experiences of
the Inhabitants.
Tho destruction was almost com
plete. With the exception of the Chi
nese postoffice, a new three story
building, no building escaped damage.
To all appearances Swatow presents
the scene of a war-ravaged town one
heap of ruins. The tidal wave which
swept the Bund, or road along tho har.
bor, at the height of the typhoon, in
fllcted considerable, damage to the
waterfront buildings. Losses wero
heavy in this district.
The British In Hong Kong have re
mitted $10,000 to tho British consul at
Swatow and are shipping rlo for dis
tribution among the homeless. The
Swatow municipality charitable ubbocI
atlon is raising subscriptions for a re
lief fund.
Three Catholic sisters In charge of
tho Ursiillno convent at Sawtow. one
of the British, the others French-Cana
dian, had narrow escapes from the
(Continued on Page six.!
T
INTO OLCQTT -
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 7 Will
E. Purdy, candidate for democratic
nominee for govenW nt tho recent
primaries, this morning threw a
monkey wrench Into tho recount
machinery Bet in motion by Charles
Hall, unsuccessful republican candi
date. Purdy. who somo time ago,
filed a petition asking that tho prl
mnry he declared void on grounds
that somo of his adherents had been
CASUALTIES
CHINA TYPHOON
KLAN TRIAL
LUS ANGELES
IS
37 Members of Ku Klux Klan
Go On Trial, Charged With
False Imprisonment, Kid
naping and Assault De
fense Claims Men Were
Called As Officers of Law.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 7. After ques
tioning by tho judge, u jury box of
sovon women and five men was turned
over to tho defense counsel for examin
ation today. Among questions asked
by the judge was whether the talesmen
wero members of the klan or had any
relatives or close friends In tho order.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 7. Tho Joint
trial of 37 members of tho Ku Klux
Klan on threo counts of a grand jury
indictment following (ho raid upon tho
Elduayen homo nnd bonded vinery at
lnglowood, a suburb, April 21! Inst,
opened today in tho Los Angeles coun
ty superior court before Judgo Fred
erick W, Ilouser.
Of tho defendants, tho three who
have attained the most prominence aro
W. S. Coburn, formerly grand goblin
or the Pacific domain of the Klan; G.
W. Price, present king klengle of tho
organization ill California and Nathan
A. Maker, kleagle, or organizer, who Is
said to have confessed having led the
raiders.
Tho remaining 34 represent as many
walks of liro.ln the little city of lngle
wood nnd Include men who follow such
callings as druggist, engineer, painter,
policeman, poultryniap,. undertaker
and motion picture theater manager.
they, are accused of false Imprison
ment, kidnaping nnd assault With a
deadly weapon with Intent to commit
murder all as the result of the Ingle
wood raid by a masked band of men,
estimated to have numbered as many
as 250, In the dark, on the home and
winery of Fidel nnd Mathias Elduayen,
brothers.
Girls Were Insulted
It was declared the women of the
Elduayen household were subjected to
indignities nnd that the brothers were
dragged from their homes, threatened
with death, maltreated and finally left
several miles from homo after the
offlcors In charge at police stations in
two small neighboring towns had re
fused to accept them as violators of
tho Volstead act, as their captors
asked.
While the raid waB In progress, a
report of It reached Frank Woerner,
marshal of lnglowood, who responded
on a motorcycle; was ordered to halt
by masked men whom hu bolloved to
be highwuyme wounded three in a
general exchange of bullets, nnd Identi
fied them ns M. II. Mosher, constable,
vio died from his wounds, his son,
Walter Mosher, a doputy constable,
and Leonard Ruegg, a doputy sheriff.
The latter two aro among the men who
wont on trial today. An Inquest over
Constable Moshor's body brought forth
testimony that the raid had been
planned nt a meeting attended by
members of the klan, and that Its al
leged object was to end the activities
of the Elduayen brothers as bootleg
gers, it having been asserted that
county, stato and federal officers had
failed to act. Against this, howovor,
it was proved the Elduaycns operated
a small winery under fedoral bond.
Defense Is Presented
Paul Ilarksdalo D'Orr, chief counsel
for tho defense has declared the men
who wero alleged to have participated
In the raid contendod thoy were
"called as -officers, or to assist officers
of tho law In guarding tho placo, ob
taining evidence and making arrests."
He further declared the defendants
said they wore "guilty of no moral or
legal wrong, their consciences wpro
clear and they believed they wero per
forming a lawful duty."
The stuto sums up its case briefly as
follows:
(Continued on Pago six.)
HALL RECOUNT VOTE
weaned away from the democratic
party nnd induced between the time
of the prlmnry and the campaign to
take a "republican diet," today asked
to intervene in tho recount.
Judge Bingham took tho situation
In liand, but announced he would
have no decision concerning them to
day. With 77 precincts in Multnomah
county recounted, Hall held a gain
over Olcott for the county of one vote.