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Senator Cummins Declares
'i Legislation Is Ready to Em-
power President to Take
,?. Over Railroads Embargo
f: On Santa Fe Declared
I Opposition Forces Meet.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11. Chair
man Cummins of the senate ' inter
state commerce committee conceded
today that legislation was under con
sideration wliich would cniixnver the
president to take over the railroads
if transportation became' seriously
paralyzed. .
Tho legislation under conside
ration ly certain republican sen
ators was said to provide for a
declaration of an emergency und
for authorization to the president
to take whatever ruilroads were
' deemed advisable. "The strike .
Is not settled mid the railroads
cannot operate,"- sjifld- Senator
. .Cummins, "then there is nothing
left to bo done by the - govern
ment but take them over and
0M?rato them." :
ABILHNE, Texas. Aug. 11. (By
the Associated Pre3S.) Congress
man Thomas L. Blnntou of Abilene,
today Bent out telegrams to numer
ous leaders throughout tho - country
assorting that President Harding had
summoned congros sto take over tho
railroads. This means national bank
ruptcy and weak truckling to auto
cratic unions far worse than when
they forced passage of the A dam son
law," the message said.
"This is exactly what the brother
hoods have planned. Remember how
they held the government up during
the war? Instead ofthe government
truckling, there must be a final show
down. We ' must make the labor
board's decision final and stop this
continuous tielng up of our nation's
industries. The republican admin
istration must he big and patriotic
enough for the good of the country
to forego the advantage of appoint
ing hundreds of incidental fat patron
age jobs.
"Loyal Americans must organize
and fight this menace."
1,08 ANGELES,, Aug. 11. East
bound passenger nervlce on Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fo system is tied
up and no through trains will leave
Los Angeles until the walkout situar
Hon of the bis four brotherhoods In
tho Arizona .division, centering at
Needles, Cal.; Is cleared up, It was an
nounced early today, by I. L. Hib
bard, general manager of the Santa
re coast lines." ' '-' '
"We do not want to send passen
gers out to be held tip in the desert,"
Mlbbnrd said. "There is no change
overnight, although' the walkout of
the trainmen seems to be confined to
the Arizona division, with the Cali
fornia and other divisions not af
fected." Conductors, firemen, engineers and
trainmen refused to answer calls in
the Arizona division last night, tying
up trains unexpectedly, and their rep
resentatives here indicated the mat
ter rested with brotherhood officials
In the east. The cause for the rail-
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PRESIDENT HARDING ENTERS TARIFF
FIGHT; INSISTS ON FLEXIBILITY
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A&HIXGTON',"-Aug. 11. Presi
dent ;Hardlng in . a letter today to
Chairman McCumber of the finance
committee read to the senate not only
urged that a flexible tariff be pro
vided for but that the tariff commis
sion be made the agency for Investi
gation and recommendation for
changes in tariff rates.
The executive wrote that the vary
ing conditions in the world made It
essential that there bo elasticity in
the tariff and declared that the flexi
ble plan proposed would be a "high
ly constructive and progressive step
in retaining the good and elimlniat
ing the abusps" In the present sys
tem ot tariff making. .
Truck Loaded With
$75,000 Worth of
Hooch Seized, S. F.
SA.N FRANCISCO, Aug. 11.
Two motor truck loads andT
an automobile load of whiskey
having a total value of $75,000
were seized by the police today
on a hay what in the Protrero
district here and six supposed
custodians of thol liquor were
arrested and charged with vio
lating the Volsteatl act. One
truck and two automobiles es
caped, according to Lieutenant
of Police H. Barnsfield, who
directed tho seizure.
One of the men arrested is
believed by S. F. Rutter, federal
prohibition enforcement officer
for California, to be'Whitey"
Alien, who is wanted In connec
tion with a big liquor seizure
at Monterey, Cal., -recently. The
manner in which the liquor was
landed wa3 similar in both in
stances, i
SEN. LA FOLLETTE
I
.. RACINE, Wis., Aug. 11. The seat
ing ot Senator NewberryT republican,
of Michigan, was attacked by Sena
tor La B'ollette in a speech here last
night, in which, .the senator from
Wisconsin heralded the acceptance
of Newberry as a signal - that the'
greatest danger menacing the life of
American democracy is corruption
from within;
"The only plea on which senators
can defend a vote to seat Senator
Newberry," said Senator La Follette.
"is that he did not know of the enor
mous funds expended In his bebalf
and was not a participant in his own
campaign. This : lame excuse, will
make no appeal to the common sense
of the American people. It is con
tradicted by the admitted facts in
the record. ---'
' "Newborry? himself suggested the
organization of the business men's
committee which was placed in
charge of his campaign.
"Every penny- of the $195,000
openly acknowledged to have been
spent was contributed by members
of the Newberry family and his busl
iness partners. Of the total amount,
John Newberry, brother of Truman,
admitted he had contributed $90,
000. .
"A few thousand dollars were
spent by Lorlmer's friends to pur
chase the votes of .half a dozen mem
bers of the Illinois legislature. Lori
mer was not active In the canvass;
it was shown by circumstantial evi
dence only that he had knowledge of
the acts and approved the plans of
his dishonest agents; he never ad
mitted the expenditure of a penny In
his behair, anly only a portion of
the $100,000 slush fund alleged to
have been raised was ever shown to
have been expended."
Baby Killed lly Ant Powder.
' SEATTLE, Aug. 11. The death
yesterday of Howard iXelson Smith,
Jr., 18 monthB old of this city, is at
tributed to a poisonous powder used
about the house by his mother to
kill ants. Dr. Thomas Morcom said
he found indications ot poison and
Coroner W. H. Corson is investigat
ing. WASHINGTON-, Aug. 11. presi
dent Harding intervened today in the
senate figh over tho flexible tariff
provisions, outlining to senators sum
moned to the White House the desir
ability of elasticity in tho tariff dur
ing the present shifting world condi
tions. The executive conferred first with
Senator Odie of Xevada. a leader of
the republican bloc, some members
of which are opposed to the flexible
plan in any form, and later saw Sen
ator Helfin, republican. New Jer-
sey, sponsor of the "scientific" tariff
plan.
ATTACKS SEA
SEN
NEWBERRY
GOBLIN MAY
GOBBLE IN
K. K. TRIAL
Arthur Perry, Attending Los
Angeles Trial, Declares
Goblin Coburn Is Peeved at
Lodge Mates Hollywood
Quiet As Jacksonville Pri
mary Arouses Interests.
By Arthur Perry.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8 (Special
Correspondence). They are trying
goblin, a king kleagle, a plain kleagle,
and 34 knights of the Invisible Empire
of the Ku Klux Klan, in the superior
court here, and two days were exhaust
ed in securing a Jury. It is an undra-
matic, unemotional proccedure, to date
but the air is full of rumors, as the air
generally is, when the Ku Klux Klan
is involved. Rumor, seems to be a
handmaid of- the secret organization,
of which half the population knows so
little, and the other half so much.
The thirty-four knights are ranged
in cane bottom chairs across the court
room from the ' prospective jurors.
Their counterparts could be found on
any Main street. They range from
boyish looking chaps, to gray-haired
men; some in. the fishnet ties and
Palm Beacli suits of the prosperous,
and some in suits that to the casual
observer have seen service only . on
Sundays. They nodded to friends and
acquaintances beforo'the opening, but
all took a keen Interest, in the.seleating
of a jury. ThertS Is not:-a mustache of
any kind, or a' baldhead in the lot.
Grand Goblin Peeved
By himself sits William S. Coburn,
former "Grand Goblin of the Realm of
the Pacific." He belies in appearance
his ex-grandlose title. After the raid
he went back to Atlanta, Ka., to report
to his superiors. He is no longer an
official of the Ku Klux Klan. The.
penny papers this evening carry a
story in big and glaring headlines, that
Coburn, peeved at the course of events
will "turn tail" against his co-defendants.
He has personal attorneys, but
told the world through the pres3 "they
would have to watch proceedings in
court" This is one of the big guns
that is predicted to rumble later on.
Kleagle Oversleeps
A momentary thrill was furnished
the spectators ttiis morning, at the
opening of court, when N. A. Baker, a
plain kleagle, mixed up in the "Ingle
wood raid", failed to- answer the roll
call of the defendants. He appeared
late, and called upon for an explana
tion told the court "that he had over
slept," owing to "spending the night
in the interests of the court." He
further explained "that If given ten
days he could prove it." The court
excused him with the admonishment
"not to let it happen again."
The day previous 'Kleagle Baker fig
ured in the headlines, by indulging In
a verbal argument with a "Times"
reporter over the merits and demerits
of a published article.
The defense, from the line of -Its
questioning of talesmen, expects to
prove that tho "Inglewood raid" was
a lawful raid, led by officers, that out
ot 200 in the "party," only 37, thought
or known to have Klan leanings are on
trial, and the entire proceeding is "a
plot of the state of California to crush
the Klari." Because of this last alle
gation, there is considerable interest
outside of Los Angeles and elongated
environs in the final result.
The prosecution contends that the
occurrence Is Just what It looks to bo,
regulation of community morals by un
official forces, and anti-Klan adherents
scoff at the socalled "defense" as an
eleventh hour alibi.
It seems to be generally agreed,
however, by both sides, that the trial
will be long. ;
Prlmry Interest Keen
Sharing public Interest with the
K. K. K. trial is the primary, August
26. A governor, police Judge, and oth
er minor officials will be elected, but
the main interest centers in the fate of
Hiram Johnson, who Is running for the
senate In the Sacramento valley and
north of Frisco, Johnson has friends,
vocal and journalistic, but after one
puffs by Stockton, in the San Joaquin
valley, It Is openly boasted that the
political kibosh will be slapped on the
gentleman.
And, Incidentally, it Is a poor tele
graph pole, along the right of way ot
the Espee, that does not have at least
the picture of one candidate upon It.
They run here with the same freedom
Harold McCormick Is Married to
Former Star, Chicago Grand Opera
X-pS, SI"
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Snown above are tne principals
in the Rockefeller-McCormick do
mestic tangle. Above, Mrs. Alex
ander Smith Cochran (Madame
Walska), married today to Mr.
McCormick; below, Mr. Harold
, McCormick and his former wife,
Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCormick
who secured a divorce last winter.
PARIS, Aug. 11. (By Associated
Press). Harold V. McCormick of Chi
cago and Mrs. Alexander Smith Coch
ran (Madame Walska) were married
today in the city hall of the sixteenth
ward here.
CHICAGO, Aug. 11; "Mrs. Edith
Rockefeller McCormick will have no
comment to make on Mr. MeCormick's
marriage."
That telephone message delivered by
Mrs. MeCormick's secretary, was the
only statement forthcoming this morn
ing when the Associated Press Inform
ed the former wife of the International
Harvester head of the latter's mar-
riage.in Paris to Mme. Ganna Walska,
the opera singer.
Mrs. McCormick, daughter of John
D. Rockefeller, has declined to com
ment, since her divorce last winter, on
either her former husband's activities
or the announced engagement of her
17-year old daughter Mathilde. to Max
Oser, elderly Swiss riding academy
proprietor. ,
Mme. Walska created a furore when
she came tv Chicago two years ago to
appear as one of the stars of the Chica
go opera company. Mr. McCormick
who with Mrs. Edith McCormick was
the principal guarantor of the company
had employed her while visiting Paris.
M'me Walska Temperamental
On the day before her announced
debut with tho Cl'lcago company. Mme.
Walska packed her bags and left for
New York. Gossips buzzed over the
Incident and it was generally reported
that Conductor Marinuzzo had publicly
criticized her ability as a singer before
the entire, cast at a dress rehearsal
Madame- Walska was the wife of
Alexander Smith Cochran, wealthy
manufacturer. Incompatibility divided
them and a divorce decree was issued
by a French court on May 31 last, to
become finally effective in sixty days.
Mrs. Mccormick obtained a divorce
last December after a married life of
twenty-six years. The decree was ob
tained on the ground of desertion.
Reports were frequent during the
spring and early summer that Mr.
McCormick Intended wedding Mme.
Walska when she. .had obtained her
final decree and these persisted de
ttje. t i
spite denials which were generally re
garded as" what international parllatice
terms "diplomatic."
Mr. McCormick sailed for Europe in
July and reiorts from Paris were that
he was frequently seen in Mme. Wals
ka's company. Friends of the couple
generally believed their marriage
would not be long delayed. The sailing
for Europe of the groom and today's
Paris wedding followed shortly his re
covory In Chicago from a glandular
operation. He was accompanied on
Ills voyage by his daughter, Mathilde,
whoso romantic attachment to Max
Oser has rivaled the paternal romanco
In public opinion.
The outcome of Mathllde's romance
Is not yet definitely apparent but Mr.
McCormick has declared he would not
Interfere in his daughter's affairs and
Miss McCormick only yesterday went
with her governess from Paris to a fe-
sort near Lucerne, where her fiance 1b
stopping.
Tho present is Mme. Waiska's third
marriage. Her first was to Aracide
d Elngorn, a Russian army officer Who
was killed early In the war.
Wedding Breakfast Served .
Announcement of the marriage was
made by the bride.
After tho wedding Mr. and Mrs. Mc
Cormick gave a luncheon at the Ritz
hotel at which Mr. and Mrs. Dudioy
Field Malone were guests. Mr. Malone
was counsel for Mme. Walska in the
proceedings which recently resulted in
(he divorce between her and Mr.
Cochran.
Mr. McCormick and his bride, after
the luncheon left for an automobile
tour. Their destination was not an
nounced. Mr. and Mrs. Malone were
the only witnesses at the marriage.
SUBPOENAE 162
IN HALL CONTEST
SALEM ,Orc., Aug. 11. One hun
dred and sixty-two citizens, Including
62 women of Marlon county have
been subpoenaed to appear Monday
morning, August 14 in the Olcott
Hail recount case. They ure cited to
answer charges of Illegal voting. The
list Includes 47 residents from twelve
precincts' in Snlom. The largest
number subpoenned from any one
precinct is forty from Mount Angel
2 Killed, 5 Injured
By Hold Explosion
On Liner Adriatic
NEW YORK. Aug. 11. (By
the Associated Press.) Two
members of the Adriatic's crew
were kiilod, five wore seriously
Injured and one is mlBsing as
the result of an explosion of un-
dotorinlned origin in her No. 3
hold, according to a wireless
message received toduy at tho
White Star line.
Tho moasago reported that
I the Adriatic was proceeding to
New York at half speed. Coal
was Btorod In the No. 3 hold
and officials of the lino, in the
absence of datulls, thought that
spontaneous combustion may ,
have caused the explosion. '
The men killed wore a fire-
man and a trimmer. Those In-
jured included an electrician
and other employes of the en-
4 glue room.
Although railroad Btrlke news to
day was not encouraging, J IJ. Mul
chay general freight agent of 'the
Southern Pacific Informed the Mai?
Tribune that he waj certain there
would be no tie up on the S. P. IIiicb
and he Is confident that tunre will he
no serious trouble on eastern rail
roads. "There are too many sane
heads on both sides of t-ila contro
versy," said he, "to mke i general
walkout possible, ; I look for a set
tlement in tho near future" -
U ,Mt. Mulchay has been in the valley
several, days looking over, tho-fruit
prospects frrom a tonnago standpoint
and he is very enthusiastic over the
situation.. M. Montgomery, (oral S.
P. Agent predicts there will be 1150
cars of pears shipped from the valley
this year, 'compared to 609 shipped
last year. This Is tho largest pear
crop ever produced In , Jackson
county and the credit for the increase
is universally attributed to Irriga
tion established, on a comprehensive
scale for the first time this year. '
BASEBALL SCORES
' . National
At Philadelphia R. H. E.
Boston 3 10 3
Philadelphia u 14 3
Batteries: Watson and O'Neill;
Hubbell and Henllne.
At Brooklyn ' R. H. E.
New York 8, 0 0
'Brooklyn 1 8 1
Batteries: J. Barnes and Snyder;
Smith and Millor.
At Pittsburg . R. II. E.
Cincinnati 15 0
Pittsburg 7 11 0
. Batteries: Luque, Merkle and liar
grave; Cooper and Schmidt.
American
At Boston R. 11. E
Washington 5 13 0
Boston 4 8 1
Battorles: Johnson and Plcinich;
Collins, Plcrcey and Ruol.
At New York R. H.E.
Philadelphia 2 4 2
New Yoik .3 8 2
Batteries: Rommel, Ketcham and
Perkins; Bush and Seining.
ItowhiirK P. M. Named.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11. Nomin
ations for postmasters today includ
ed: RoBelnirg, Ore., Charles S.
Holnllne.
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ALLOTTED BY
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (By the
Associated Press.) Final allotment
or (35,604,250 of the funds appro
priated by congresB for river and har
bor improvement work during the
fiscal year 1923 made by the chief of
army engineers, was announced to
day by the war department. Con
gress appropriated $42,213,000 of
which approximately (7,000,000 has
been reserved tor future emergency
expenditure.
Among 'Pacific coast allotments
are: - i(
BOMBS ARE
THROWN IN
RAIL STRIKE
Santa Fef Shops at San Ber
nardino Attacked in Early
Morning One Man Injured '
Violence Increases in
Many Sections-rCall Out
More Troops. .. : :
SAN BERNARDINO. Aug. ll.j '
(Dy.the Associated Press Deputy ,
United States Marshal Albcrtson was
seriously burned when a bomb ex
ploded in his hands early toduy
shortly after the explosion v of 23
bombs In the yards of the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe railroad system
hero, which is involved in tho strike
of railway shopmen. ,
Explosion of the bombs, starting at
1:30 o'clock and continuing to 3.45,
created terror In the vicinity of tho
shops, hurling fragments several
hundred feet, but doing no damage
other than tearing up eurth. Tho
bombs were ot cast iron pipe elbows
filled with a white powder and ac
cording to investigators were appar
ently thrown Into tho stockndc.
City Lights Extinguished. ;
Fifty officers wero rushed to the
scene but did not succeed in locating
the point from which the bombs
were thrown. Most of the : bombs
landed about 200 feet from ' the ' '
roundhouse and there was no ono In ..
tho Immediate vicinity. The set-en-tecnth
bomb sent a fragment throuirh
the high voltngB wires ancj cut off the ..
electric lighting supply, "plunging :
San Bernardino into darkness i and
adding to the fright of the inhabl-'
tantB. This was at 3 at m an hour
and a half aftor the first explosion.
Metal fragments from tho pipo
casing of the bombs were imbedded
an Inch in the stockade walls and
some struck nouses In the vicinity of
the yards. A large rock was hurled
200 feet by one of the explosions and
fell near one of the company guards.
The officers at daybreak found ono
unexploded bomb and were taking it
to a chemist in an automobile for ex
amination. Deputy United States
Marshal Albertson had .the bomb in ,
his hands and had opened one end ot
It revealing a white powdered sub
stance., It ignited and exploded, se
verely burning his hnnds. Ho was
rushed to the emergency hospital in
tho Santa Fe yards for treatment.
R. U. Gunrd Killed.
A large number of metal fragments
from tho bombs wero gathered by of
ficers and newspaper men. Snn Bor
nardlno has been the scene of con
siderable dlsordev Binco the beginning '
of tho railroad shopmen's strike. At
one time state troops were requested.
Rioting occurred on several. occasions. .
Ono fatality has occurred tp date, .
Roy E. Burton, a Santa Fe - guard,
having been shot and killed in tho .
railroad yards while on ' duty' on tho
night of July 27.' Sheriff .Walter A.
Hhay last week arrested B SUspoct In
'connection with the shooting. .,
San Bernardino Is a divisional
headquarters of the Santa Fe system.
CHICAGO, Aug. 11. (By the As
sociated Press) Serious threats . to
I irumc iiy reiuHai m iriiuiiueu m
. move trains at points where troops
are on gunrd: renewed outbreaks of
violence resulting in several . deaths
and the possibility of walkouts by .
maintenance of way men on various
ronds. marked the progress of the
rallHtrlke as railroad heads and union
( leaders gathered for conferences to
day to separately consider President
Harding's proposal for. ending tho .
strike.
. Members of the big four transpor- '
tatlon brotherhoods, upon whom train
movements depend, were" authorized
hy their chiefs to suspend' work; ,-.tf ,T
I they-, consider strike conditions- .hd:,J
j tho presence of soldiers' at terminals f
and Junction points "unbearable." ; 1
El
Coos Bay, Oregon, $150,000; Coos
river, 3,000; Qaquina bay and har
bor $300,000; Columbia, river and
tributaries. Celllo ' Fulls to Snake
river $12,500; Snake river $10,000;
Cltr.tskunle river $6,200; . Yamhill
river $27,300; Lewis river $17,700;
Cowlita river $11,000; Skamokawa
creek $2,000; Grays river $2,000;
Columbia and lower Willamette riv
ers' below Vancouver and Portland
$850,000; Wlllapa river and harbor
$265,000; Grays harbor and bar en
tiance $36,000.
(Continued on page eight)
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