5250 ORCDLATION i
(25 000 EBADEES DAILY)
Only Circulation in Salem Guar-
anteed by the Audit Bureau of , 4c
Circulations. -
t FULL LEASED WIRE J
DISPATCHES
SPECIAL WILLAMETTE
VALLEY NT2WS SERVICE ,
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$ ft
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Oregon: Tonight and Thurs
day fair; gentle northeasterly
winds. . , . ': . . -' " ,'
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For the 24 hour ending; at 8V
. o'clock this morning: .. Maii
imum temperature 84, minimum
49. No rainfall; river .6 foot
below sere, stationary. . ,
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FORTY- SECOND YEAR N(j . TEN PAGES.
SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPT., 24; 1919.
PRICE TWO CENTS
,WT9AIHB ASH I-" X
RIOTING
IN STEEL
EIGHT MEN SENT TO
HOSPITAL BY FIRST
! FIGHTS IN CHICAGO
State Constabulary And Strik-
ers Gash When Mob In Buf
; falo Refuses To ,' Disperse
: As. Ordered V .
Chicago, Sept.. 24. (United Press.)
The first violence of tho steel strike in
Chicago district today resulted in extra
guards being thrown about the plant of
the Marks Manufacturing company at
Indiana Hurborr Ind.. Eight men, badly
beaten, when a mob of 400 strikers sur
rounded a changing shift, were taken to
an emergency hospital. ; :
. .The men attacked said they had juflt
completed drawing all fires with the
intention of remaining away from the
plant thereafter. The trouble occurred
at 6 p.- m.. -The strikers, after jeering
the men, began throwing brickst A few
shots were exchanged. ;
Buffulo, ' N. Y., Sept. r.-CUnW"
Press.). State constabulary and strik
ing steel workers clashed here todav
when the latter ignored a command to
disperse.
The strikers began congregating on
sti'eet corners in large numbers. The
troop commander ordered them to move
on. The strikers responded with a vol
ley of stones. The troopers then chargoa,
wielding their clubs'.-! Many of the strik
ers sought refuge in saloons, but were
fololwed and chased out.
1 In rioting Inst nighfosa mtirr was jittl
'ed and a number injured. - -,, -.
The principal disturbance , Inst night
" began- when the plant guards of the
Lackawanna Steel company made a
sortie from a gate preparatory to let
ting out n few workers. The guards
were received by a shower of stones and
bricks from 8000 men, women and chil
dren. The guards opened fire with shot
guns, At the same time the other pr-
police were stationed on an embankment
in side the fence began firing their shot
guns directly into the crowds. Witness
es estimated' that r.t least fifty shots
were fired. v .
Sharon. Pa., Sept. 24. (United Pregs)
With the swearing in of scores of dep-
nty sheriffs and the placing of the
strike zone", practically under material
law, the stato constabulary and local
police authorities were this morning pre
pared for any emergency that may arise
in connecton with the steel strike in the
. Shenango valley .
The record of disorders at Farrell now
stands at three killed and ten wounded
bv gunshot and scores by clubbing. .
' The second fatal rioting started last
nirrht when a member of a mob fired on
state troopers who returned six volleys,
killing John Bnndznk. is, who was snot
through the head, and wounding six oth
ers. ..', -
Albany, N. Y., Sept. 24 (United
Prnsa.) Governor Smith has ordered :i
pnmnanv of state constabulary to Lack
awanna, where disorders have occurred
in connection witn tne steei suikk.
The detail left here at midnight and
was joined by detachments from another
company in the western part of the state
early today.
Mexico Cancels Exhibits At
Texas Fair Because Of
Hobby's Intervention Idea
Dallas, Texas, Sept. 24. Mexico has
cancelled her exhibit at the Texas
etate fair, to be held here next month,
because of the stand of Governor W.
i Hobby, favoring armed intervention
in Mexico, Colonel John 'A. Simpson
announced today.
Mexican Consul Laureano Flores, in
a letter to Colonel Simpson yesterday,
gave ttie decision of Leon Salinas, act
ing secretary of industry and com-
merco for Mexico. Extensive plans for
the ilesUau exhibit had been made.
Great Britain Threatened
By
General Railway Strike
London, Sept. 24.-Great Britain to-
dav wni tbreatened with a nation wide
' ..rike
After a meeting of the executives
of (he. .'National I'nion of Railway
in..,, t.ntav .lames Henry Thomas, gen-
eral secretary, issued a" statement an -
nouncing that an ultimatum had been
seut the government rejee'.in? its of -
fer of wage and working conditions.
Thomas intimated that unlew a fav-
orahle reply was" received by noon to -
uinrrcw, the nun would lie ordered to
cease work.
IT
STRIKE CENTERS TODAY
. (By United Press.) ;
' The third day of the nation-wide
striko of steel workers showed the dead
lock continuing, with little, visible ad
Vantage occuring to either, side. - - .-
Both the operators and the strikers
claimed gains in the Pittsburg and Gary
districts, with police estimr.tes favoring
the operators. . .The strikers apparently
were winning over more workers -in Ohio
while in Colorado .and Alabama the sit-.
uatioh was unchanged, the strikers con
tinuing' their" advantage in the former
area and the operators maintaining their
hold in the latter. ,
Rioting broke out near the Lacka
wanna mills In the Buffalo district to
day but was quickly suppressed by state
constabulary. There was some'disorders
in Farrell, Pa., and Indiana Harbo
Ind., last night. , , .- .
Strike leaders, meeting in Pittsburgh,
continued their session well into the aft
ernoon. No statement came from the
meeting regarding' their deliberations.
Senator Kenyon at Washington an
nounced Unit John Fitzpatrick, strike
leader, and Judge E. H. Gary, head oi
tho United States Steel , Corporation,
were the only witnesses yet decided upon
for the senate labor committee's strike
investigation, starting tomorrow.
The UniterT Press correspondent with
President Wilson's party said tho chief
executive was expected soon to make
known in a speech his attitude in the
steel strike.
342,000 Steel
Workers Strike
Leaders Assert
. Pittsburgh,, Pa,, Sept. .24. A
complete canvass of the 24. uu-
ioniuuiv4)4 i the steel strike,--
based 'on reports from all sec-
tions shows that a total of 342,
000 men are out, Secretary Fos-,
ter,-of the steel workers' com
mute, announced thiB afternoon.
His statement was made follow
ing a three and a half hour con
ference of the c ommlttce ' at
which all of the twenty-four un;
ions were represented. 1
Foster declnTed that the latest
figures showed 25,000 out in
Pittsburgh and 15,000 out In
Braddock und Rankin. This is
an iucrease of 7000 over yester
day's estimate. The number out
in Youngstown district was
placed at 65,000. Figures for the
other points remain unchanged.
Walking Disease Re-Appears
1 Among Eastern Oregon Stock
Another epidemic of walking disease
has .mnde its appearance among the.
horses of the wheat district of eastern
Oregon, according to Stato Veterinarian
Lytle. So far only a few animals have
been lost from the disease this year and
Dr. Lytle believes that a successful
scrum has been discovered with whlcli
to combat the disease which heretofore
lies baffled veterinarians. . -
Canadian Wheat Yield To
Be 248,000,000 Bushels
Montreal. Que.. Sept. 24. The yield
of wheat this year in Canada will bo
248,000.000 bushels, compared with IStt,
075,:)SO0 last year. On -the ibasis of last
year's prices," the value of the chief
cereal produ. ts wheat, oats and bar-
. . . . . ,
lev is $32.",4;,to0, eompaied with
$790,413,772 last year.
Wilson Expected to Express
Attitude on Steel Strike In
Speech Within Next Few Days
, 6jr Hugh BailUe
Aboard Prcsideut Wilson ' Train,
Eawins, Wyo., Sept. 24. President Wil
son attitude in regard fo the steel
strike probably will be made known in
a speech verv soon. He has already es
tablished
a precedent for such an ut -
!. . eo-demning the Boston po
,c " . " ' " " .. ?K
When he takes up the steel strike, the
president is expected to declare tanvjlii special train, preserved their atti-
when any faction refuses to submit its
cause to aroitranon, io sit aown wun
the other fellow and talk it over, that 'declined to hazard any prediction as to
I case is defective. He also is expected to I what the president might or might not
.'condemn violence, but will point out! do. - '
jtnat the basie eauses which produce j Vi!son slept late toduy. His train
homiitious leading to strikes and vio-iwas crossing sparsely settled territory
. ioaee cannot be eliminated mitil penes and there were but few people out to
-a established by treaty ratification. j see it pass,
' '
AFRESH
STRIKERS SETTLE
DOWN TO PROSPECT I
OF LEKGTHY FIGHF
'' aaMa
Free Spending In Calumet Dis
trict Halts With Long Period
Of Idleness Forecasted By
Leaders. I
! By J. L. O'SulliTan .
, (United Press gtaff correspondent) '
Gary, Ind Sept. 24. Strikers in the
Calume-t steel .district for the first
time since they walked out, seemed to
realize teday the seriousness of the
business at hand. G-arr streets no long
er gave the appearance of a festival
day, as during the irsjt, two days of
the strike, t ; . .
Although ;' streets were, crowded aU
most constantly, there was littlo - of
the surity that was noticeable previ
ously,." The" men were not .spending in
the free fashion which has- long 'been a
characteristic of the city's population.
iney were saving it for the long pull
wnich. they -Oeneve is ahead.
The average Kiary steel worker is
well heeled." according to financial
institutions. Bank officials, the major
ity of whom are openly "with" the
steel companies, declare that $300 is
the average bank account of the steel
worker. They say that without outside
aid the average, striker should 'to able
to live comfortably until December 1
without work. Union headquarters to
dav sent workers, to homes of -the
strikors to kcep.up, tho; morale of the
familios and to urge saving of funds
in every . wy" possible o-,tliVi" they
would bB roaijr.iie meet a long strike,
if necessary. : , . ( .. , s
Rollers employed toy "the American
Nieet and Tin Plate company, who vot
ed to return to :work, were able to
bring back with them only a small
number of their crews, company offi'
cials admitted today. The- plants are
still inactive. Pickets declared less
than 100 men went to woTk. .
Hope of a greater opportunity to en
joy the pleasures and . comforts of
home life is the one big factor which
causes wives aud . daughters of steel
workers here to back them to, the limit
. That was the answer given today, by
women pickets at tho .gates of the
Gary "Screw and. Bolt " plant to the
question .of what they hoped to gain
Irom the strikp, Tho majority of the
pickets were former employes at the
plant. Others Were wives and daugh
ters of men strikers.
"No other class of workers know as
little of the joys of the home as those
in the steel mills,"-said Miss Helen
iiaase, 'leader of tho pickets.
Crowding To Gst Near
President. Salt Lake Man
Has Fatal Hemorrhage
' Salt Lake City,. Utah, Sept. 24. E.
It. Fondall, 54, a caterer, died today of
eereibal hemorrhage after an unsucccsst
ful attempt to push hi way through
the crowd that welcomed President
Wilson ytsterday.
Margaret Beattie, 28, was swept oft
her feet 'by tho crowd that pushed thru
the south gate to the Monuou temple
grounds. She sustained a broken collar
bone
CHANCELLOR BAUER ILL
Berlin, .Sept. 21. Chancellor Bauer
has fallen ill, having suffered an at-
. .
tack of heart trouble. He. is unable to
perforin hi3 official duties.
Wilson probably will voice his belief
that a getting-together of capital ana
labor at the forthcoming industrial con
ference would lead to settlement of the
steel dispute. And be probably will
hint that if both -parties signify a desire
to have him act, he will arrange an
armistice in the. strike until the confer
ence meets.
Officials close to the president abocrd
j tude of silence with regard to the strike.
- iney reluseui any comment on it and
Crazed Mo ther
Kills S e If a nd
Cuts Daughter
: Alameda, Cal Sept. 24. (United
Press) Mrs.. .Martha Beis, 39, went
suddenly . insame early today, slashed
her own. throat, and then attacked her
daughter Margaret, 1 17, .inflicting a
deep wound in the girl's throat with a
razor. -. . ... ,
Police -discovered the -woman , had
poured coal oil over: the .beds of her
four younger , children .and in differ
ent parts of the house. It is believed
she cut herself and attacked her daugh
ter only after., she failed ,to find , a
match to start tne nre.
Margaret, who is a high school girl,.
was awakened by the attack -and grap
pled with her mother, She obtained the
razor. She is at the emergency hospital
with her mother. Both axe in a, seriou
condition. ;. --. , ;.'. . !'' "
Her father was wakened and helped
subdue the woman. He tried first ,to
light the gas, fent could not., 'find a
match. .-'"'r'- , "i 5
mm mu 10
T. G BEgh Purchases Corner
At High And State For New
Show House.
A modern theatre, one that will com
pare favorably with the finest in Port
land, with, a seating capacity of 1500,
will be erected within a year on the Sa
lem hotel corner, opposite the Oregon
Electric depot. . -
T. G. Bligh, who purchased the prop
erty yesterday for $40,000 from Grace
Barnes and I.. 8. Barnes, is already busy
outlining his plans and preparing to
build what he sayB will be one of the
finest playhouses in he state.
I For the past year- Mr. Bligh has been
looking over available real estate loca-
lioaain.,tho bu8iiesdtrict of the city
for the erection of .a ipluy house thaH
would do justice to a, growing city of
the size of Salem. In securing tho Sa
lem hotel corner, he feels he has no
the ideal location for a building of four
btorie covering tho width of the SalesA
hotel Jot, which extends back from State
rtreet incfuding-tho two frame building!
just south of the hotel. : -
The Salem hotel as well as the corner
and the building to be erected win it.
known as the Bligh. The business of
the present Bligh theatre, which has out
grown its present seating capacity, will
bo transferred to the. new .theatre. THo
present theatre location will be used bj
Mr. Bligh for some business purpostl
ho has in view. .' '
In stating that his new theatre will
seat 1500, Mr. Bfigh says this compares
favorably with Portland theatres. Ptn
tages seats 1200, the Hippodrome 1300,
and the Hcilig 1300, Mr. Bligh says.
- The Salem hotel corner was brought
bv L. S. Barnes ten years ago for 24,
000. ,Abot a month ago an effort' wi,
inr.de to buy the property of Mr. Barnes
for $35,000 but negotiations finally fell
through.
Military Guard Reduced
In Oldahoma Town Today
Drumright, Okla.. Sept. 24. Reduc-
lion of the troops brought here last
iTglit to restore quiet agfter Monday
night's radical agitation and rioting
1. tvi. nrninw.
wns Wun this morning.
About fifty troopers will remain, ac-
cording to the plan announced this
i u;..tont flnnoml Barrett.
iiiutuui . ... .
1'olonel Mnrkham will remain in com
mand. r , ,
A .m-tip into the oil fields to round
u. radical suspects and preclude any ,
fnitlier ncitation was tho task ahead."
' tlle troopers today. All guards win
v . J 4AMnnnl ft it i Ar 1 a Wl Hill
tairicd.
-550,000 Prize For Flight
Across Pacific Is Posted
Vnncouvcr, B. C, Sept. 24. Norman
1 arrow, a Victoria ship builder, lias
offered a "u rince of Wales" price ot
$.,000 for an airplane flight from Van
couver Island to Japan some time with
in two venrs. The airnlano must be
built in Canada of Canadian materials
Announcement of the prize was made
last night at a banquet siven by Lieu
tenant Governor Bernard to the Prince
of Wales. One of the objects of the
project is to promote good feeling be
tween Canada and Japan.
Ckdience Pledge Causes
Strike Of School Punils
Kl Paso, Texas. Sept. 2 More than
300 high school students were on strike
here todav. following orders from Prin
cipal B. W. Fowler that students sign
an obedience pledge or quit school.
Students paraded yesterday, wear
ing red emblems. Red has been adopted
mnrnm
as the strikers color.. The school board ou, jjji waVj an th' pchple cool
has backed Fowler in his stand. nn-ldown bit Ma; Carrier Leslie Tim
nouncing schools will .be closed if the ,,- wuz cruhcd by fallin' bacon
students refuse to ftive in. t'day
PilEZ COMPAUY
TO BUILD -
mmnm
BisMsng Costisg S165f000 To
Rise At South Commercial
Ad Trade.
ONsraj
V BEGIN AT EARLY DATE
loPort-
lacd For Storage Will Be
uusmated.
The Phez company announces today
the completion ef its plans" for the erec
tion of a cold storage plant ill Salem on
its property ' jnst south of the armory
and adjoining the Phez plant on South
Commercial and Trade streets. The es
timated cost is $165,000. ,
" The building, which is to. bo of three
stories and of re-inforcod concrete ant,
fireproof will take in the bottling de
partment of the Phez plant, extend eaBt
to Liberty street and north on Liberty.
to within a few feet of the armory. It
will, be one of the largest cold storage
plants in the state. i '
Work on the plant will begin just as
soon as materials can be collected. Due
to the present stoel strike and the slow
ness with whieh freight is delivered,
Frederick W. Schmidt said, it was im
possible to state the exact time when
the storage plant would be under head
way. However, he felt confident every
thing would be in working order by next
spring, or sooner, with, lavornpio conni
tions.. . ' .
: Heretofore theThea company has
beeft; obliged to. send-to portluntt much
of its fruit for cold storage at an annual
cost of from $35,000 to $40,000. With
the completion of the plant before the
next berry season, it wjllfbe possible
for thn company to store here the fresh
fruit and manufacture it into the, Phez
nroducts,
Not only the fruits and vberrieB for
the use of the Phoz company jc
handled, but the plant will be available
for the canneries here for storage wnen
supplies brought in are in excesB of the
capacity for canning. In this one re
spect alone Mr..Schmidt said the plant
would be of great benefit to Salem in
dustries. .
rt ia a!o nlnnncd to carry a supply of
ice of from 1500 to 2000 tons and thus
avoid the shortage of ice wiucn wus e.
;npeJ in the city last summer. Af
cork is an important factor in tho eree
: e nlH .toraire plants, Mr. bchmidt
estimated that fully 40,000 vonm or
about 10 -carloads would be used.
, Next January 1, the Phez company
.i ;t fifth venr. The logan-
Will UtlK'W- lLcl ti j
berry juice business wns first organized
in the city with the Pheasant Irmt
Juice company, with a capital ot $10,
000 and tC Northwest Fruit Products
company with a capital of $. .5,000.
Within the five years the business has
t. thf. the two
crown to aucn n v -
companies have joii Ja Phe
business under the namo oi i no
company, requiring a eapitel of $1,500,
000. Five years ago ti e two p
LmninvMl 25. Today tho number is ue
employed 2 lousy
,twee, 250 and 300.
The phe!. company has recently 1V'-
. i .l. !. form company, it win
, lzea ine .
plant loganberries and develop a tract
whereby a farmer who has funds enough
i U..-.U LimaoH ft house, may purchase
0 producing loganberry .tract
u .. ' .i,. noftsesRion.
11 1 from the time he takes possession.
ABB MARTIN
Our opinion is that tV girls uliould
runt WAfLrin ' nweater 'till th' League is
Wilson Invading
Strikers Haunts
For First Time
Denver, Colo., Sopt.- 24. President
Wilson, in Colorado tofomrow,will face
his first audience of steel strikers. At
Pueblo, where the president delivers
an address Thursday afternoon, strikers
from the Rockefeller Steel Works there
will attend in a 'body. Banners-will
confront the presidont, telling of the
workers' demands.' . i.
The tiprosidentinl rtirtv arrive ia
Denver, from Cheyenne at 11 o'clock
tonight. Despite the lateness of the
hour, I'dig crowd is expected to greet
the 'president.- Lights and flags have
been draped across the street . leading
from the station to the Brown Palace
hotelr where the the chief executive
will occupy the. presidential .suite. Wil
son will speak -in the city auditorium
at 9:30 Thursday morning, following a
short parade- through the downtown
streets. A -municipal holiday has been
proclaimed and prepaitions' have been
made to handle -an enormous crowd.
CALIFORNIA FOREST
Water Supply Sources Of
Many Towns Swept By
Flames Today.
Los Angeles, (.'1 Sept., 24. More
than a thousand fire fighters up to
noon today had .been unable to stem
the sea of flame sweeping through' the
Angeles and Santa Barbara forest re
serves. . :. -'' ."j: !','-
After receiving reports . from air
planes flying over the fire zones and
from fire lookout stations Forest Sup
ervisor a. H. Charlton declared the
fires still far beyond control and that
he saw no prospect of controlling them.
The watersheds ot every city and
town between Saugus and San Bernar
dino are in danger. The destruction or
these watersheds would .seriously im
pair and might destroy the water snp
ply of more than ft score of towns, in
cluding Pomona, Ontario, Monrovia,
Glandora and Pasadena.
In the San Gaibriel Canyoti' region the
fire wns within' three miles of Glendora
and four mlleB of San Dimas shortly
before noon. It had driven the forest
rangors from tho San Dimas fire look
out. '! -
Camps Bonita and Cold Water are
enoircled and it Is not known who ther
thoir inhabitants hare escaped,
In Los Angolfts the sun is all but ob
scured by the pall of smoke which
hangs over thu city. sho-sare falling
in the city streets. A similar condition
is reported from as far north as Santa
Barbara and tho weather .bureau de
clares heat, from the fire is responsi
ble for high temperatures recorded la
a scoro of cities and towns.
Hope Entertained For
Recovery Of Fred Boalt
" Portland, Or., Sept. 24, Fred L.
Boalt, editor of the Portland News,
who was seriously injured while doing
a gymnastic stunt Monday afternoon,
is reported to be. "holding his own
by his doctors today.
The physicians, who announced, yes
terday he had no chance for recovery,
entertain some hope today that he will
get well. -.-;
Two Men Drown Trying To .
Save Girl; Third Succeeds
Sacr'uerr.to, Cal., Sept. 24'. After
two men had drowned in their efforts
to save Miss Edna Longton from the
swift current of the Sacramento riv
er, Goorgo Snillman finally rescued the
girl after a bitter struggle. .
Fred W. Htrader, 26 and Henry
Swetinich, 19, were drowned. All were
omployes of the California National
bank and wcro picnicking.
Mine Workers Determined
To Call Strike November 1
Unless Wage Demands Met
Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 24. (United
Press) The United Mine Workers of
America convention delegate wore
scattering to all parts of the country
today, determined to call a nation wide
coal strike on November 1, unless a
satisfactory wage and working agree
ment is reached with the coal opera
tors on or ibefore-that date, ,
The convention adjourned late yes
terday after endorsing the wage and
hour scale and clothing their officials
with the povvcr to call the strike. A flat
increase of 60 per cent in wages for all
classes of work, time and a half for ov
ertime; a six hour -day and a five day
week will be demanded at the confer
ence of miners and' operators in Buf
falo tomorrow,
International officer were bound by!
the action of the convention to nego- Acting President .John L, Lewia ,
tiatc, but not to sign any wage orjsaid 'our work is done f or , the -pre-,
working agreemi-st. If the 'officers de-jent. It is' now np to the operators."
SALET-1
ETI MASSE TO
F1GD
Attendance Today Expcdtd
To Break AU Records C;i;
: State Fair Eisisry.. .
CROWDS 0MRLY AID ,
: ; GOOD IIATURED ALV7AYS
Band Concerts Of Hlzrzzzi
And Evenir Draw r.I:sy
Tote
fmiui),
fcalem day! . i v ..
As if- to prove-, that she ean eo
tribute er bit toward making every
day of this year's fair a record smash
er, Salem is. today moving en mane
toward the state fair grounds. Vehicle .
ranging from limousines .' ttr: bieyelnt
line the roads to the big' show. 'Every
body and his Trie'ndS, regardlesa af
race, color' or previous condition ef
servitude, seem bent on making tha
day one to be ronicmbored. With Mon
day and Tuesday's pat receipt far
larger than like, days in any of the
previous 4S years,' officials are antic.il
pating three more (fays which, .iitdivjd- ;
ually and collectvely, will far surpass
anything ever seen in the state. .
If aught may be told from appear
ances and late ' statistics, Salem day
is to be the biggest single day. ever .
known in the history of the Oregon
state fair. As early as nine o'clock:
this morning the road immediately in
front of the gates to the grounds waa .
jammed v.-ith automobiles extending op
pavement, for a', quartcr-mlle, waiting
rot an opportunity to be allowed to
pass in; AH day long 'this line has eon.
tinned And up to a late hour this after
noon the, ticket selfers ot the pedca
trians' gates have been handling a lino
extending for blocks.
, The' grounds spacious as they are,
are jammed with good-natured, order
ly . Salemites and visitors, il id tho
inobs, ever curious, are apparently m bas
ing nothing. Those in charge beltovo
nothing can stop today from being tho
greatest of itsv Vixd in Oregon history.
This afternoon it was impossible to es
timate the size of the crowd as heav
ly laden street cars and many machines
were still bulging visitors to tho
grounds.
At'the race this afternoon the largo
stsnds proved inadeqnute and the over
flow stationed itself where best it
might. With, the races' handled in a
satisfactory mamner, onlookers showed
their appreciation by cheers anil good-
nut u red bantering.
Like yesterday, tho crowd has been
orderly and no disturbances have bwit
reported, according to Major William
White, i'M chnrge of the SO members of
the Oregon National Gunrd who ar
patrolling the grounds. Police havo kept .
a sharp outlook with a view to pre
venting accidents, and none has as yet
been reported.
At nine o'clock this morning stock
judging commenced in the livestock col
iseum aid a good sized crowd was in
attendance. Hundreds of music loven
heard the concert of Tommasino's Ital
ian band. Between events nt the races)
this afternoon, Judge C. H. Carey of
Portland, addressed the spectators in
the grandstand on the leugao of na
tions. With crowds serpentining between
the machines in the ante show, cluster
ed about the muchincAvtn. the commci-
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clare themselves satisfied with tha
agreement offered 'by the operators
they must reconvene the convention in"
Indianapolis for ratification' of the
new scale. The scale endorsed by tha-,
convention also calls for thn abolition,
of all automatic penalty clauses.
The agreement negotiated (tot tin'
central competitive district shall apply
to other 'bituminous districts, the eon--vent
ion specified. An'thracito miners
arc provded for in . tho , resolution,
which promises support of the whole :
organization for the demands framed
by the tri-state convention.
While nationalization of railroads
was not written into the scale, the eon-f
vention voted to have their represent
atives reflect the demnnds of the min-
ers on that point at the conference.
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