Paee 8 OKLCON CITY ENTERPRISE FRIDAY, MARCH 21. 1 91 9. I (4 m r. i I SOW, -' 1 . wr HABPFH AND BROTHERS. CHAPTER II. Spanish Gold. The twins were seven years old when Donna Isabel's schemes bore their first bitter fruit, and the occasion was particularly uproarious night when Don Esteban entertained s crowd of bis Castillan friends. Little Rosa was wakened at a late hour by the laugh ter and shouts of her father's guests. She was afraid, for there was some thing strange about the voices, some quality to them which was foreign to the child's experience. Creeping Into her brother's room, she awoke hlra, and together they listened. Boss began to whimper, and when Esteban tried to reassure her his own voice was thin and reedy from fright In the midst of their agitation they beard some one weeping ; there came s rush of feet down the hallway, and the next Instant Evangeline flung herself Into the room. I She fell upon her knees before them. "Little master t Little mistress I" she j sobbed. "Ton will save me, won't you! ; We love each other, eh? See then, what a crime this 1st Say that yon j will save me I" j The children were frightened, but they managed to quaver: "What has j happened T Who has harmed your "Don Pablo Pesa," wept the negress. "Your father has sold me to him lost . me at cards. Oh, I shall die 1 Sebas-. tlan won't believe It He is praying. t "Your Father Has Sold Me to Him!" And Asenslo But what can they do to help me? Ton alone can save me. Ton won't let Don Pablo take me away? It would kill me," I "Wait!" Esteban scrambled out of bed and stood before his dusky nurse and playmate. "Don't cry any more. Til tell papa that you don't like Don Pablo." Bosa followed. "Tea. come along, brother," she cried, shrilly. "We'll tell 1 Don Pablo to go home and leave our Evangellna." j "Uy blessed doves I Bat will they , listen to you?" moaned the slave. I "Papa does whatever we ask," they assured her, gravely. "If he should growl well oome back and hide you In 1 the big wardrobe where nobody will ever find you." Then hand In hand, with their long nightgowns lifted to I their knees, they pattered out Into the hall and down toward the living room, , whence came the shouting and the ' laughter. Don Mario de Castano, who was fac ing the door, stopped In the midst of a ribald song to cry: "God be praised ! i Whafs this I see?" I The others looked and then burst Into merriment, for across the Utter of cards and dice and empty glasses they aaw a dimpled gtri and boy, as like as two peas. They were just out of bed ; they were peering through the smoke, apdbljnklng like two little owls. SoT Ton awaken the household with your songs," some one chlded Don Mario. "Two cherubs from heaven," another exclaimed. But the father lurched forward, a frown upon his face. "What is this, my dearer he inquired, thickly. "Bun back to your beds. This is no place for you." "We love Evangeline," piped the twins. "You must not let Don Pablo have her If you please." "Evangeline?" They codded. "We love her. . . . flngers. Although the Spaniard was a strong man, he ottered a cry of pain. At this indignity to a guest Esteban flew into a fury. "Paacho I" he cried. ""Hoi Pancho!" When die manager came running, Esteban explained: This fool is dangerous. He raised his hand to me and to Don Pablo." Sebastian's protests were drowned by the angry voices of the others. "Tie him to yonder grating," di rected Esteban, who was still In the grip of a senseless rage. "Flog him well and make haste about it" Sebastian, who had no time in which to recover himself, made but a weak tWsUmee when Pancho Cut; to locked his wrists Into a pair of clumsy, old fashioned manacles, first passing the ctuiln around one, of the. bars.px the I I! Ill M I ; 'i 1 1 imuii ll.i I i ! A iiiiiii $ I J ; '"'iMiiiiiili.Mi...!t,.'i,j)'4 fron window grating which Esteban had indicated. Cueto swung a heavy lash; the sound of his blows echoed through the quiuta, and they summoned, among others. Donna Isabel, who watched the scene from behind her shutter with much satisfaction. The guests looked on approvingly. Sebastian made no outcry. The whip bit deep; It drew blood and raised welts the thickness of one's thumb; nevertheless, for the first few moments the victim suffered less In body than In spirit Ills brain was so benumbed, so shocked, alih, ether excitations thai She plays with us every day. , . . We want her to stay here, ... She belongs to us." Accustomed as they were to prompt compliance with their demands, they spoke Imperiously ; but they had never seen a frown like this upon their fa ther's face. "Go to your rooms, my sweethearts,' Don Esteban directed "We want Evangellna. She belongs to us." they chorused, stubbornly. Don Pablo shook with laughter. "So! She belongs to yon, eh? And Tm to be robbed of my winnings. Very well, then, come and give me a kiss, both of you, and I'll see what can be done." But the children saw that Don Pab lo's face was strangely flushed, that his eyes were wild and his magnificent beard was wet with wine; therefore they hung back. "Ton won your bet fairly," Esteban growled at him. "Pay no heed to these babies." "Evangellna Is ours," the little ones bravely repeated. Then their father exploded: "The devil! Am I dreaming? Where have you learned to oppose me? Back to your beds, both of you." Seeing them hesitate, he shouted for his wife. Ho, there 1 Isabel, my love! Come put these Imps to rest Or must I teach them manners with my palm? A fine thing, truly! Are they to be allowed to roam the house at will and get a fever?" Mere mention of their stepmother's name was enough for Rosa and Este ban; they scuttled away as fast as they could go, and when Donna Isabel came to their rooms, a few moments later, she found them In their beds, with their eyes deceitfully squeezed shut Evangellna was cowering in a corner. Isabel had overheard the wager, and her soul was evilly alight; she Jerked the slave girl to her feet and with a blow of her palm sent her to her quarters. Then she turned her at tention to the twins. When she left them they were weeping silently, both for themselves and for Evangellna, whom they dearly loved. Day was breaking when Esteban Tarona bade his guests good-by at the door of his house. As he stood there Sebastian came to him out of the mists of the dawn. lie was half crazed from apprehension, and now cast him self prone before his master, begging for Evangellna. Don Pablo, In whom the liquor was dying, cursed Impatiently: "Caramba! Have I won the treasure of your whole establishment?" he Inquired. "Per haps you value this wench at more than a thousand pesos ; If so, yon will say that I cheated you." "No! She's only an ordinary girl. My wife doesn't like her, and so I de termined to get rid of her. She is yours, fairly enough," Varona told him. "Then send her to my house. Ill breed her to Salvador, my cocbero. He's the strongest man I have." Sebastian uttered a strangled cry and rose to his feet "Master! Ton must not " "Silence!" ordered Esteban. "Oo about your business. What do you mean by this, anyhow?" But Sebastian, dazed of mind and sick of soul, went on, unheeding. "She Is my glrL Tou promised me her free dom. I warn you " "Eh?" The planter swayed forward and with blazing eyes surveyed his slave. "Ton warn me? Of what?" he growled. At this moment neither master nor man knew exactly what he said or did. Sebastian raised his hand on high. In reality the gesture was meant to call heaven as a witness to his years of faithful service, but, misconstruing his intent Pablo Peza brought his rldlng whlp down across the old man's back, crying: "Ho! None of that" A shudder ran through Sebastian's frame. Whirling, be seized Don Pab lfiawrlsLand. tore, the, whla from, bjs he was well-nigh Insensible to physical pain. That Evangelina, flesh of his flesh, had been sold, that his lifelong faithfulness had brought such reward as this, that Esteban, light of his soul, had turned against him all this was simply astounding. Gradually he be gan to repent the shrieking Injustice of it all, and unsuspected forces gathered inside of him. They grew until his frame was shaken by primitive savage Impulses. After a time Don Esteban cried: "That will do, Cueto ! Leave him now Finnish Monarchy Is On Decline WASHINGTON, March 17. The monarchist constitution of Finland Is doomed to fall ultimately, according to Swedish press reports made pub lic by the state department Monday. Election of 80 Socialists show the de feat of the monarchist principles for al ltime, it was added. for the files to punish. They will re mind him of his Insolence." . Then the guests departed, and Kate ban staggered Into the house and went to bed. All that morning Sebastian stood with his hands chained high over his head. The sun grew hotter and ever hotter upon his lacerated back; the blood dried and clotted there ; a cloud of flies gathered, swarming over the raw gashes left by Cueto's whip. Since Don Esteban's nerves, or per haps It was his conscience, did not permit him to sleep, he arose about noontime and dressed himself. He was still drunk, and the mad rage of the early morning still possessed him; therefore, when he mounted his horse he pretended not to see the figure chained to the window grating. Sebas tian's affection for his master was dog like and he had taken his punishment as a dog takes his, more In surprise than In anger, but nt this proof of cal lous Indifference a fire kindled in the old fellow's breast, hotter by far than the fever from bis fly blown sores. He was thirsty, too, but that was the least of his sufferings. Some time during the afternoon the negro heard himself addressed through the window against the bars of which he leaned. The speaker was Donna Isabel "Do you suffer, Sebastian?" she be gan In a tone of gentleness and TIty. "Yes, mistress," The speaker's tongue was thick and swollen, "Can I help you?" The negro raised his head ; ho shook his body to rid himself of the Insects which were devouring him. "Give me a drink of water," he said, hoarsely. "Surely, a great gourdful, all cool and dripping from the well. But first 1 want you to tell me something." "A drink, for the love of heaven," panted the old man, and Donna Isabel saw how cracked and dry were his thick lips, bow near the torture had come to prostrating him. "HI do more," she promised, and her voice was like honey. "I'll tell Pancho Cueto to unloek you. even If I risk Es teban's anger by so doing. Will you be my friend? Will you tell me some thing?" "What can I tell your "Oh, you know very well ! Tve asked It often enough, but you have lied, just as my husband has lied to me. He Is a miser; he has no heart; he cares for nobody, as you can see. Tou must bate him now, even as I hate him. Tell me Is there really a treasure, or T "Tell Me Is There Really a Trees ure, or?" The woman gasped; she choked; she could scarcely force the question for fear of disappointment "Tell me there is, Sebastian. I've heard so many lies that I begin to doubt" The old man nodded. "Oh, yes, there is a treasure," said be. "Oh! Tou have seen It?" Isabel was trembling as if with an ague. "What is It like? How much Is there? Good Sebastian, I'll give you water; TO have you set free if you tell me." "How much? I don't know. But there Is much pieces of Spanish gold, sliver coins in casks and In little boxes the boxes are bound with Iron and have hasps and staples; bars of precious metal and little paper pack ages of gems, all tied up and hidden in leather bags." "Tea! Goon." "There are ornaments, too. God knows they must have come from heaven, they are so beautiful; and pearls from the Caribbean as large as plums." "Are you speaking the truth?" "Did I not make the hiding-place all alone? Senora, everything Is there just as I tell you and more. The grants of title from the crown for this qulnta aB.4 the. sugar, alaatfitjons,, thez. a. thTrertoorTJon"EsteBan used to fear the government officials, so he bid bis papers securely. Without them the lands belong to no one. Tou under stand r "Of course ! Yes, yes I But the Jew els Where are they hidden?" "Tou would never guess I" Sebas tian's voice gathered strength. "Ten thousand men In ten thousand years would never find the place, and nobody knows the secret but Don Esteban and me." German General Is Clubbed to Death COPENHAGEN, March 17. Gener al von Arnim, former commander of the German armies In Flanders, was clubbed to death by a mob of infuri ated peasants in Aech, Bohemia, it was reported in dispatches received here today. The murder of von Am Ira followed his firing shots at peas ants who trespassed on his grounds Afterward the peasants " pillaged the castle. "I believe yon. I knew all the time It was here. Well? W here is It?" Sebastian hesitated and said, plte ously, "I am dying" Isabel could scarcely contain herself. "I'll give you water, but first tell me where where! God In heaven! Can't yon see that I, too, am perishing?" "I must have a driuk." "Toll me first" Sebastian lifted his head and, meet ing the speaker's eyes, laughed hoarse lj. At the souud of hit unnatural merri ment Isabel recoiled as If stung. She stared at the slave's face In amusement and then In fury. She stammered, In coherently, "You you have boon lying 1" "Oh no! The treasure Is there, the greatest treasure In all Culm, but you shall never know where It Is. I'll see to that It was you who sold my girl; it was you who brought me to this; It was your hand that whipped me. Well, I'll tell Don Esteban how you tried to bribe his secret from me! What do you think he'll do then? Eh? You'll feel the lash on your white back" "You fool!" Donna Isabel looked murder. "I'll puulsh you for this; I'll make you speak If I have to rub your wounds with salt" But Sebastian closed his eyes wearily. "You can't make me suffer more than I have suffered," he said. "And now I curse you. May that treasure be the death of you. May you live In torture like mine the rest of your days; may your beauty turn to ugliness such that men wilt spit at you ; may you never know peace again until you die In poverty and want" But Donna Isabel, being supersti tious, fled with her fingers In her ears; nor did she undertake to make good her barbarous threat, realising oppor tunely that It would only serve to be tray her desperate Intentions and put her husband further on his guard. As the sun was sinking beyond the farther rim of the Yuiuurt and the val ley was beglnulng to fill with shadows Esteban Varona rode up the hill. His temper was more evil than evqr. If that were possible, for he had drunk again In an effort to drown the memory of his earlier actions. With him were Pablo Peza. and Mario de Castuno, Col. Men doza y Linares, old Pedro Mlron, the advocate, and others of less conse quence, whom Esteban had gathered from the Spanish club. The host dis mounted and lurched across the court yard to Sebastian. "So, my fine fellow," be began. "Have you had enough of rebellion by this time?" Sebastian's face was working as he turned upon his master to say: "I would be lying if I told you that I am sorry for what I did. It Is you who have done wrong. Your soul Is black with this crime. Where Is my girl?" "The devil! To hear you talk one would think you were a free man." The planter's eyes were bleared and he brandished bis rlding-whlp threaten ingly. "I do ss I please with my slaves. I tolerate no Insolence. Tour girl? Well, she's In the house of Salvador, Don Pablo's cochero, where she be longs." Sebastian had bung sick and limp against the grating, but at these words he suddenly roused. He strained at his manacles and the bars groaned un der his weight His eyes began to roll, his Hps drew back over his blue gums. Noting his expression of ferocity, Este ban cut at his naked back with the rlding-whlp, crying: "Hot Not subdued yet eh? Tou need another flogging." "Curse you and all that Is yours," roared the maddened slave. "May you know the misery you have put upon me. May you rot for a million years In hell. May your children's bodies grow filthy with disease; may they starve; may they " Sebastian was yelling, though his voice was hoarse with pain. The lash drew blood with every blow. Mean while, he wrenched and tugged at his bonds with the fury of a manjac. "Pablo I Your machete, quick!" panted the slaveowner. "I'll make an end of this black fiend, once for all." Esteban Varonn's guests had looked on at the scene with the same mild In terest they would display at the whip ping of a balky horse; and, now that the animal threatened to become dan gerous, It was In their view quite the proper thing to put it out of the way. Don Pablo Peza stepped toward his mare to draw the machete from its scabbard. But he did not hand It to his friend. He heard a shout, and turned in time to see a wonderful and a terrible thing. Sebastian had braced his naked feet against the wall ; he had bowed his back and bent his massive shoulders a back' and a pair of shoulders that looked as bony and muscular as those of an ox and he was heaving with every ounce of strength In his enor mous body. As Pablo stared he saw the heavy grating ccme away from Its anchorage in the solid masonry, as a shrub Is uprooted from soft ground. The rods bent and twisted ; there wus a clank and rattle and clash of metal upon the flags; and then Sebastian turned upon his tormentor, a free man, save only for the wide Iron bracelets and their connecting chain, ne was quite insane. Ills face was frightful to behold; It was apelike In Its animal rage, and he towered above his master Uka soma fublcd. cecal urfl. out of the African jungle of his forefathers. Sebastian's fhts alone would have been formidable weapons, but they were armored and weighted with the old-fashioned, hand-wrought . irons which Pancho Cueto had locked upon them. Wrapping the chain In his fin gers, the clave leaped at Esteban and struck, once. The sound of the blow was sickening, for the whole bony structure of Kuteban Varona's head gave way. Col. D. II. Scott Dies In New York Monday NEW YORK, March 18. Lieuten ant Colonel David Hunter Scott, as sistant chief of staff of the Twenty seventh division, died here Monday from pneumonia. Colonel Scott, a son of Major General Hugh L. Scott commander at Camp Dix, N. J., was ill when he arrived her on the Levia than on March 6. He was a native of North Dakota. There was horrified cry from the other white men. Don Pablo Posa ran forward, shouting, Ue swung his machete, but Sebastian met him before the blow could descend, and they went down together upon the hard stouts, Again Sebastian smote, with bis mas sive hutids wrapped In the chain and The Slave Lisped at Esteban, and Struck, Once. his wrists encased In steel, and this time It was ss If Don Pablo's head had been caught between a hammer and an anvil. The negro's strength, exceptional st all times, was multiplied tenfold; he had run amuck. When he arose the machete was In his grasp and Don Pablo's brains were on his knuckles. It all happened In far less time than it takes to tell. The onlookers had not yet recovered from their first conster nation; In fact they were still fumbling and tugwJng at whatever weapons they carried, when Sebastian came toward them, brandishing the blade on high. Pedro Mlron, the advocate, was the third to fall. lie tried to scramble out of the negro's path, but being an old man, his limbs were too stiff to serve him and he went down shrieking. By now the horses had caught the scent of hot blood and were plunging furiously, the clatter of their hoofs mingling with the blasphemies of the riders, while Sebastian's bestial roar ing made the commotion even more hideous. Esteban's guests fought ss much for their lives as for vengeance 'upon the slayer, for Sebastian was like a gorilla ; he seemed Intent upon killing them all. ne vented his fury upon whatever came within his reach; he struck at men and animals alike, and the shrieks of wounded horses added to the din. It was a frightful combat It seemed Incredible that one man could work such dreadful havoc In so short a time, Tarona and two of his friends were dead; two more were badly wounded,' and a Peruvian stallion lay kicking on the flagging when Cot Mendoxa y Lin ares finally managed to get a bullet home In the black man's brain. Those who came running to learn the cause of the hubbub turned away sick and pallid, for the paved yard was s shambles. Pancho Cueto called upon the slaves to help him, but they slunk back to their quarters, dumb with ter ror and dismay. All that night poople from the town below came and went and the qulnta resounded to sobs and lamentations, but of all the relatives of the dead and wounded. Donna Isabel took her be reavement hardest 8trange to say, she could not be comforted. Now, when It was too late, she realized that she bad overreached herself, having caused the death of the only two who knew the secret of the treasure. She remem bered, also, Sebostlan's statement that even the deeds of patent for the land were hidden with the rest where ten thousand men In ten thousand years could never find them. (Continued In next Issue). Explosion Causes Death of Two PORTLAND, March 13. James Asher, 422 Roselawn avenue, and George Udy, 6415 Sixty-fourth avenue Southeast, are dead, and Claude 11. Hoffman, 18S East Sixty-ninth street North, is in Good Samaritan hospital expected to die at any moment, at a result of an Internal explosion of a Scotch marine boiler In the basement of the Corbott building, Fifth and Mor rison streets, at 11 o'clock this .morn ing. James Red was slightly burned, but not seriously enounh to necessitate his removal to the hospital. Lower Rates On Postage to Return SAN FRANCISCO, March 13. In structions were received by the San Francisco postmaster yesterday from Washington to dispose of his stocks of three-cent stamped envelopes, two cent postal cards and throe-cent ad hesive stamps, preparatory to a re turn on July 1 of pre-war postage rates. Three-cent stamps will be used after June 30 on third- and fourth class mall. After Ju'y 1 letters will re quire a two-cent stamp, postal cards one-cent stamps. BIG TRANSPORT SUNK BY MINE NINE ARE LOST . JLuNDON, March 15. Nine sailors are reported drowned In the sinking of the American naval transport Ysol haven, which struck a mine at 1:35 o'clock Friday morning, according to a report io Lloyd's. The Yse'haveri was oound from Baltimore to Copen hagen. Thirty-five survivors have been landed at Hartlepool by a British steamer. ROLL t)F HONOR Died from Wounds Prlvato AlhOrt j. Hamilton, Hell Ingham, WohIi. Died of Dlssase Corporal George F. Moats, lO.igone, Or. Private llonry Handala, Taoomn, WohIi. Private Leonard J. Shako, Bpukann, Wash. Died from Accident and Other Causes Private Albert Schart, Portland, Or, Private Samuel V. Austin, Hpokane, Wash, ( Dld of DIicsik Corporal l.eo Kenneth MoCormuck, Republic, Wash. Returned to Duty, Previously Report ed Woundod Private Lester Patterson, Seattle. Wash. Lcnroot Attacks League Constitution WASHINGTON. March iSV-lf President Wilson does not negotiate it peace treaty satisfactory to tint sen ate. Senator lcnroot of Wisconsin, re publican, said In a address on the league of nations before tho Wash Ington Commercial club hero tonight congress may pass n joint resolution summarily ending the war with Ger many without tt treaty, '.eavliw American participation In the league of nations to future determination. Senator I .enroot declared ho fuv ored tho general plan of tho league as proponed, but would not bu coerc ed Into voting for tho constitution as now drawn without amendment, OIGIICOURTTO TEST AUTHORITY OF BURLESON WASHINGTON, March 17.--Authority of Postmaster tleneral Hurlonoii to Increase telephone rates through out the country Is to bo determined by tho supremo court, which today granted the stute of Kaunas permis sion to liistltutH original proceedings against tho poKtmuster general, ques tioning tho validity of his order of December i t last establishing now toll rates. Tho court ordered that tt return bo imulo In tho case at tho next term In October. Bill On Capital Punishment Passes OLYMPIA, Wash.. March 12. Capi tal punishment for first degree mur der, If the jury so wills In an Individ ual case, was apparentlymadc certain of restoration to WasliliiKton's crltr Innl laws late yesterday when the low er house passed the bill. Tho measure had already passed the senate and Is now up to Acting Governor Hart. SPARTACAN PRISONERS HKHLIN, March 14.-More than a hundred Spartacana, chained togeth er In the prtson court yard, were shot down by machino guns this afternoon. War Minister Noske hos ordorod that all Spartacun prisoners shall be exe cuted similarly. Government troops completed the capture of the suburb of Lluhtenborg today. The railway station, where the insurgonts had made their final stand was taken by storm.. The Spartacans suffered 200 casualties In tho attack. El LONDON, March 13. The JluBslau soviet government, with a view to promoting a plan for a world-wide communist revolution, has appointed a new minister, to be known as "In ternational commlssarie," according to a Helslngfors dispatch to tho Mall, quoting advices from Moscow. The new minister Is a Swiss named Moor, who was a friend of Nikolai Lenlno, the Bolshevik premier, and Loon Trotsky, the Bolshevik minister of war and marine, when they lived In Switzerland. Moor Is said to have been given unlimited financial and po litical powers at Moscow. Clyde J. Rupert Makes Escape GOLD HILL, Or., March 17 An alleged extensive plan of escape among the honor men from the Ore gon penitentiary employed at the state lime plant at Gold Hill culmi nated In the flight last night of Jack Hardy and Clyde J. Rupert, prisoners, who were in the hills west of Gold Hill today pursued by a posse led by one of the guards from the peniten tiary and tho prison bloodhounds. Salem Prospects ' excellent for es tablishment of another canery and potato mill here soon. Brownsville Old yoolon mill here to be turndd Into box factory. POLK'S GAZETTEER in n iinsunra inrattOfT VT earn vlrr, Towa nd ViHme Orero anil VVa.lilnjtna, giving IXnorlptlvo HkKtfh of es'-h pitu-e. Lorn don, milppla FacUitbw and CImmU .3 """'toiT ef cecls MmUmm sm rrofcMioo, B I Iomc, tO las, Sesttle, Waiih. J SUNK BY PAIM3. March IT The Onraian submarine IMS, while attempting to escape from roirol, Spain, last night, was chased by a destroyer eud sunk, according to a llavu dispute!) from Madrid. Tho IMS took refuge at Ferrol lit Match, 19I.S, and was Interned. The attempted flight of tliii 17 boat was observed and tho ti'rpednboat destroy, er Antalo pursued her. Tho Goriimn boat was s ink outside the l errol roads. The crew was saved. I E ARRIVAL IN PARIS PAWS, March H. President Wil son arrived hero from Hrest at li!:0il P. M. today, i President nml Madame Polcare greeted the president and Mrs. Wil son tit thu lavulldes stulloii. Whllo their wives rlmtted on tlm rl carpet, od platform, tho two presidents In spected the guard of honor, A band played tho American nation al anthem as the train drew Into the station uml tho "Miinietllaiau" as tint Wl'sotis started for their new resi dence In the I'luce )e Ktats i'nls, accompanied by an oncort of cavalry. CLASH 1H POLICE I.AWKK.WK, Mass.. March U When tho police were trylim to break up a parade of textile workers today, shots were fired from tenement hous es, officers were stoned and person In tho crowd flubbed. Many arrests were made. It was tho most violent disturbance that had occurred since thu strike began six weeks ago. SEATTLE, March H. Seattle and Tnromu metul trades rouncllii will hold a Joint moeUiig In Tucoma Satur day night, H was announced today, to discuss grievances of approximately 1000 riveters and helpers who have again walked out of tho steel ship yards, since their return to work fol lowing tho dnchirlng off of the recent strike. The workers charge that the employers have discriminated ngulns' the men ami have not lived up to the conditions that were In force prior to January 21, when tho shipyard strike was called. One cause of dlnsatlsfac. Hon was said to be thut the employers had abolished the bonus system which had been In effect during the war. Protests from tho men who have struck were considered tonight at a meeting of tho bollermakors' Iron shipbuilders' and helpers' union. ILL PATHS, March 18. President Wll son today directed all American transport officials to mako good their promises to speed up the return of Americun soldiers to the United States. Heglnnlng next month they will be sent Uick at the rate of 300, 000 monthly, WASI1NIOTON, March 18. Nearly 17,000 more American troops are homeward bound from France on sev. cn transports and one United States cruiser, tho wur department an nounced this aftornoon. PORTLAND, March 17. Three years In prison and a $10,000 fine was imposed on Henry Albors by Judge Wolverton toduy for violation of the espionage act. Itofore passing sentence, Judge Wolverton denied the motion for a now trial, argued by Henry B. McGinn and John McCourt, counsel for Albors. Dr. Marie Equl, wTio was convicted of violating the espionage act several months ago was sentenced to serve three years and a fine of $G00 also was Imposed. WASHINGTON, March 17. Wholh er or not Champ Clark is elected minority leader of tho house in the next congress It is already apparent that the result will disclose a serious split In the Democratic party on the question of support of the president. Tho administration hus sot out to defeat Clurk because nf hu v'fwoi- tlon to the president and his policies, and the former speaker is up against a bitter fight. SHIPYARD RIVETERS WALK OUT ON STRIKE REIN OF SOLDIERS SENTENCE OF 3 YEARS DEMOCRATS MAY DIVIDE ON SUPPORT OF WILSON I