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VOL. L.VIII. NO. 17,937.
PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1918.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
THREE SLAIN WHILE
SLEEPING IN TENT
SHOE MACHINERY
TRUST HELD LEGAL
OREGON PIONEER,
AGED 103, IS DEAD
MRS. MARY M. FAILRXER SUC
CUMBS NEAR ALBANY.
SCARLET SYMBOL
LOOMS OVER CITY
LANE DEDICATES
NORTHWEST STEEL
TO ENLARGE PLANT
POWELL MEMORIAL
C. S. SUPREME COtJRT DECISION
FAVORS BIG BUSINESS.
SECRETARY OF INTERIOR GOES
TO GRAND CANYON.
JOHNS' NOMINATION
CLEARLY INDICATED
Portland Man Leads in
State by 2000.
.Woman and Two Chil
dren Murdered.
BOY MAKES GRUESOME FIND
Bodies at Kelso Morgue Not
Yet Identified.
AUTO NOTICED NEAR SCENE
rtpllcf Is That Man Slew Wife and
Children and Then Fled in Ma
chineSearch for Clews
So Far Unavailing.
".ELSO, Wash., May 20. (Special.)
Inside a small tent not 100 feet from
the Pacific. Highway, two miles south
of Kelso, within the past 48 hours was
committed one of the coldest-blooded
murders in Cowlitz County's history.
Within this tent late this afternoon a
small boy, whose home is on a nearby
ranch, discovered the bodies of a wom
an, about 35, a girl, 13, and a boy, about
11. All the victims of the fiendish mur
derer had been shot as they slept. The
woman and boy had been shot once,
the girl twice. They are preijmably
a mother and children.
Although Sheriff Clark Studebaker,
of Cowlitz County: Marshal Hull, of
Kelso, and Prosecuting Attorney Delos
Hpauldlng, who were called to the
scene immediately, have made a thor
ough search of the belongings, no
means of identification of the victims
nor any clew to the murderer's iden
tity has been found. The spot where
the crime was committed is a favorite
night camping ground for tourists,
and hundreds of cars have passed since
the murder. In fact, several cars
stopped within a few yards of the tent
today for dinner.
Revolver and Rifle Fennd.
Beside the' woman's body was an old,
rusty revolver containing one loaded
shell and blanks. A high-powered rifle
also was found in the tent, but neither
of these weapons was used to commit
the crime. The position of the bodies
precludes any suicide theory.
Several Kelso people say they eaw
the woman and children in a Ford
automobile with a man and dog Satur
day afternoon. Some road workers
who pass the spot every day also say
the party camped there Saturday. The
man is thought to have committed the
murder some time at night while his
companions were sleeping and driven
away In his Ford after removing all
means of identification. There were
no signs of struggle about the tent.
Opinions differ as to whether the vie
Urns have been dead since last night or
Saturday night.
Some articles found among their be
longings indicate that they had been
at tinoqualmie, and Seattle, Wash., re
cently. A notation on a slip of paper
showed that they had traveled 132
miles Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day, but had not traveled Saturday
Husband Believed Murderer.
Sheriff Studebaker and Prosecutor
Spaulding hold to the theory that the
murder was committed by the woman's
husband or traveling companion after
they had quarreled, and that after
committing the crime the man gathered
up his belongings and left in the auto.
Persons who say they saw the
party in an auto say the man was about
6 feet 4 inches in height and weighed
about 140 pounds. The man was
roughly dressed. The Ford auto was
an old-style machine.
Officials have attempted by telegraph
to get trace of someone in Snoqualmie
who answers the description of the
man seen driving the auto, but their
efforts have been unavailing so far.
Meanwhile the bodies were brought to
Kelso and are held at the morgue
awaiting identification. "Who the mur
dered woman and children are and who
committed the terrible crime is the
question Cowlitz County officials are
attempting to solve.
FIRE DESTROYS HOSPITAL
Seven Patients Carried Safely Out of
Burning Structure.
ELLENSBURG. Wash.. May 20.
(Special.) Fire which broke out in the
General Hospital this afternoon about
1:30 o'clock practically destroyed the
building. Seven patients were brought
out safely and put temporarily in the
home of A. M. Wright, owner of the
hospital building. Nobody connected
with the hospital would estimate the
loss. It is thought the fire was due
tc a defective flue.
Bystanders helped carry out the
patients and furniture. This is the
third hospital fire In Ellensburg and
vicinity in a month.
CANTALOUPE! MARKET UP
Crate Sells for $10,200, but Red
Cross Receives Proceeds.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 10. The first
box of cantaloupes to appear here was
auctioned at a luncheon of campaign
workers today for the benefit of the
Red Cross. The melons brought $10,200.
It was announced that $281,345 of
the city's $1,000,000 quota was subscribed.
Growth of Bis Combination Declared
Due lo Efficient Manage
ment, Not Oppression.
WASHINGTON. May 20. Through an
opinion which some construed as indi
cating a new attitude toward big busi
ness and on which the court divided
four to three, the Supreme Court today
refused to order the dissolution of the
United Shoe Machinery Company of
Massachusetts and its subsidiaries,
forming the so-called "shoe machinery
trust."
While admitting the magnitude of
the combination, the court declared Its
growth resulted from efficient manage
ment and not oppression, and held that
the breaking up of such a concern un
der a dissolution order would be prac
tically impossible.
This suit, instituted by the Govern
ment in 1911, is the first under the
Sherman anti-trust act to be decided
by the Supreme Court in a number of
years and for the first time in recent
history a complete victory has been
won by an organization attacked by
the Government.
In the proceedings the Government
not only sought the dissolution of the
company, which it contended to be an
organization in restraint of trade, but
also the abolishment of the so-called
"tying leases" by which the company
retained control over shoe machinery
leased to shoe manufacturers.
ENGINE KILLS AUTO PILOT
Lawrence Middleton Meets Death
and Boy Is Badly Injured.
GRANTS PASS, Or.. May 20. (Spe
cial.) Lawrence Middleton, 20, was in
stantly killed tonight when the work
truck he was driving was struck by a
passenger train at & crossing about a
mile west of Merlin. Jack Beears, 9,
who was riding with Middleton, was
badly hurt, but It Is believed he will
recover.
Middleton was going to Hells Gate,
about 15 miles down Rogue River. The
locomotive struck the truck near the
seat and Middleton was thrown some
distance, his skull being crushed and
a leg broken.
It is the custom of the Grants Pass
fishermen to leave the city at night
and drift down the river to Hells Gate,'
beyond which it Is unsafe to go in a
boat. The boats are hauled back on
trucks In the morning, each truck
hauling two boats, the fish and Wie
fishermen.
ONE VOTE DECIDES PRIMARY
M. D. Clifford Wins Democratic
Nomination for Judge in Baker.
BAKER. Or.. May 20. (Special).
Final complete returns in primary
election shows M. D. Clifford winner
over J. B. Messick for Democratic
nomination for Circuit Judge by a
single vote, the winner polling E67 and
loser G66. Both candidates watched
the official -count and when the result
was announced Messick congratulated
Clifford and told him he would give
him full support in the general
election.
The defeated candidate is the re
called County Judge who is now con
testing the vote of the recall election.
Judge Clifford was for many years
on the bench in the Ninth Judicial Dis
trict. comprising Grant and Harney
counties. He will oppose In the Ken
eral election next fall Gustav Ander
son, incumbent, who was unopposed for
the Republican nomination.
RELIEF TAX TO BE LEVIED
San Francisco Will Raise $100,000
for Dependents of Men in War.
SAX FRANCISCO. May 20. The Board
of Supervisors today adopted a measure
Incorporating an additional 2 cents In
the tax rate to provide a fund of $100,
000 for the relief of dependent families
of men in the Army, Navy or Marine
Corps resident here.
STATE TO GO WHEATLESS
Montana Food Officials Propose Six
Weeks of Abstinence.
HELENA, May 20. A wheatless diet
for Montana until July 1 was proposed
in a resolution passed today by a state
wide conference of food administrators.
The resolution for six wheatless
weeks, it Is understood, will have the
practical e-fect of an order.
PIONEER SHOWMAN IS DEAD
George W. Hall Introduced Circus to
Sontb American Public.
JANESVILLE. Wis., May 20. George
Washington Hall, said to have been the
oldest active circus proprietor, is dead
at Evansville. aged 83.
He began his showman's career at
the age of 13, and was the first to
take an American circus to South
America.
PRICE FOR STEERS RECORD
Cudahy Plant at Sioux City Pays
$17.75 a Hundred by Carload.
SIOUX CITY, la-. May 20. A new top
price for cattle was established at the
Sioux City Stockyards today when the
Cudahy Packing Company paid C. H.
TT.i.qlA nf Parker S. TV- 117 7R a hun
dred pounds for a carload of steers. '
KELLY SECOND IN CONTEST
Upstate Counties Cut Into
Multnomah Lead.
TREASURER RACE IS CLOSE
Thomas F. Ryan Has Lead of Only
39 Votes Over O. I. Hoff F.
J. Miller Defeats Fred Will
iams for Commissioner.
Additional county returns received
yesterday clearly Indicate the nomina
tion of Charles A. Johns of Multnomah
County as Justice of the Supreme "ourt.
It is apparent that Mr. Johns will have
a plurality of about 2000, with second
place closely contested by John B.
Coke "and Percy R. Kelly.
The additional figures received yes
terday, which aggregated several thou
sand, reduced Mr. Johns' plurality only
43 votes. Probably not more than 7000
or 8000 votes are yet to hear from and
for either Coke or Kelly to overtake
him seems out of the question.
Kelly and Coke Close.
The figures for the vote outside of
Multnomah County include returns on
this office from 17 counties and all but
a few precincts from several others.
Returns from several counties were
favorable to Judge Coke, who has been
listed as third, and brought his total to
within a few hundred of that of Judge
Kelly.
The vote outside of Multnomah Coun
ty stands at present as follows:
Kelly, 16.680.
Coke. 16,937.
Johns. 10.697.
Kelly's lead, 6983.
Jeans Leads by 20OO.
Including tbe-complete vote of Mult
nomah County, the figures stand:
Johns, 25.141. r-T" . , .
Kelly, 22.796.
Coke, 22,431.
Johns' lead, 2346.
The later returns, however, failed to
clear up the doubt as to the nomination
for State Treasurer. The latest com
pilation gives Thomas F. Ryan a lead
of only 269 over O. P. Hoff, counting
the votes from all counties, including
Multnomah.
Treasurer Race In Doubt.
The incomplete returns from up-state
counties give the following totals:
Adams, 3561.
Cusick, 8662.
Hoff. 9655.
Plummer. 3604.
Ryan, 13,316.
West, 8296.
Ryan's up-state lead. 3660.
The addition of the complete Multno
mah figures gives the following re
(Concluded on Pare 4. Column 2.)
Deceased Believed to Have Been
' Oldest in Slate Seven Chil
dren, One 8 3, Survive.
ALBANY, Or., May 20. (Special.)
Mrs. Mary Magdalene Faulkner, prob
ably the oldest person in Oregon, died
last night at jcr home, 19 miles south
east of Albany, aged 103 years and 14
days. She had lived on the farm on
which she died contlnuou...,,- for al
most 67 years.
She was born in Ohio and crossed the
plains with hen husband, T. J. Faulk
ner, in 1851. Mr. Faulkner died about
0 years ago.
Mrs. Faulkner is survived by seven
children, the oldest of whom is 85
years of age. The children are: Eliaa
Faulkner, M. B. Faulkner, Solomon W.
Faulkner and J. S. Faulkner, all re
siding in Linn County, and John Faulk
ner, G. W. Faulkner, and Mro. Mary
Foster, living in Eastern Oregon.
OREGON TO BID ON WOOL
Two Pounds of Clip of White House
Sheep to Be Sold Here.
SALEM, Or.. May 20. (Special.) H.
P. Davidson, of the National Red Cross,
today advised Governor Withyconibe by
wire that President and Mrs. Wilson
have donated the shearing from the
White House sheep to the Red Cross,
about two- pounds of the wool to be
Oregon's portion to be sold to the high
est bidder and the wool is to be for
warded to the Governor probably to
reach here In time for presentation to
the best bidder after the auction.
Bids will be received by telegraph or
mail. The Governor joins in accord
with the plan, inasmuch as the proceeds
are for the Red Cross.
VICTORIA RECORDS TREMOR
Quake Thought to Have Occurred in
Pacific Ocean.
VICTORIA. B. C, May 20. Instru
ments at the Victoria Observatory to
day recorded an earthquake, which of
ficials estimated occurred about 6000
miles away, probably In the Paclflo
Ocean. The record was pronounced, and
the tremor lasted over an hour.
SEATTLE, May 20. The needle of
the seismograph of the University of
Washington was thrown out of posi
tion today, probably by the earthquake
shock registered at "Victoria." Univer
sity instructors said only a severe
shock would throw the needle from its
position.
GERMAN PAPERS SUSPEND
Spokane Tferold and Associated
Publications Assert Patriotism.
SPOKANE. May 20. The Spokane
Herold, with its associated publications
in Seattle, Everett and Belllngham, has
suspended publication. This includes
the well-known German-American pub
lication, the Washington Staats-Zeltung
of Seattle.
The editor of the Herold. In a fare
well announcement, explains that the
reasons for discontinuing the paper are
entirely patriotic and based on a de
sire to remove all misunderstandings.
THE ENTIRE WEIGHT OF THE NATION, IF
Affairs of Business Are
Eclipsed.
OREGON'S PLEDGE IS GIVEN
State's Sons in France Are
Not to Be Forgotten.
RED CROSS MERCY'S GUIDON V
Portland Has Fixed Purpose to
Raise Its Quota in Two Days Pa
triotic Enthusiasm Evidenced
Greater Than Ever Before.
GIVE RBD CROSS FX'SiDS TO
OVE SAVR AUTHORIZED
SOLICITORS.
Contributors to the Red Cross
war fund are requested in each
Instance of cash payment to de
mand receipt therefor and to
make no payments'to anyone not
wearing the official solicitors'
badge of the Red Cross.
Solicitors have been Issued
these official badges, by which
they may be known to the pub
lic The badges are of white
ribbon, bearing the Red Cross
emblem and a caption in blue let
tering, "Second war fund, official
solicitor." C C. COLT.
Portland Chapter War Fund
Chairman.
Over all Portland today, eclipsing
the lesser affairs of business and com
merce, looms the scarlet syrnbol of
the American Red Cross as the guidon
of the second War Fund campaign.
LA.nd in every city and town of Oregon
the pledge is given ror eacn oi tnese
has sent its sons to France.
Late last night the total of returns
from outer state conntles had reached
$107,276, or approximately one-third of
the quota, exclusive of Portland, with
but one-third of the counties report
ing.
Within the week Portland is asked
to bring 8250,000 to the Red Cross, and
the outer state to bring 8350,000 mow
This Is the task set for Oregon in the
Nation's gift of $100.000,000 and the
state that answered first in volunteers,
and in the patriotic calls that followed,
will not fail to answer as before.
Crusaders Meet at Nooi.
Captains and team members of the
downtown soliciting divisions are or
dered by their colonels to report today
at noon, 12:16, at luncheon at the Hotel
Portland, when progress will be re
viewed and instructions issued.
Final instructions were given last
night to the two divisions of Portland
workers for the Red Cross cause, when
(Concluded on Pace 8, Column 1.)
NEED BE.
Arizona Stale Officials Vnlc in
Ceremony Monument to Ex
plorer on Rim of Gorge.
GRAND CANTON. Ariz.. May 20. ;
Franklin K. Lane. Secretary of the In
terior, today dedicated at a point about
mile west of 1"1 Tower Hotel, on
Maricopa Point, a monument to the
memory of Major John Wesley Towel
first director of the Geological Survey
and the explorer who in 1869 conducted
he first expedition through this world-
famous gorge.
A number of officials and other Ari
zona notables were present. Among
hem weie:
Governor George W. 1. Hunt and
staff. Bishop Julius W. A. Wood, o!
he Episcopal Church of Arizona;
tarry K. Trittle', son of ex-Governor
F. A Trittle. Mr. Trittle acted as mas
ter of ceremonies.
The monument is on the rim of the
canyon, on a promontory 7000 feet
above sea level. The promontory pro
jects Into the 15-inile-wide gorge of
the Colorado River and is 000 feet
above its waters.
The monument is a massive pile oi
native undressed rock. On It is a
bronze tablet with a portrait in relief
of Major Powell. The names of his
party also are Inscribed there, and this
simple Inscription:
Erected by the Congress of the
United Stater to Major John Wesley
Powell, first explorer of the Colorado
River, who descended the river with
his party In rowboats. traversing the
gorge beneath this point August 17.
1869, and again September 1. 1872.'"
BALDWIN TALKED ENLI.ST
Escaped Convict Said He Wanted to
Join Canadians.
SALEM. Or.. May 20. (Special.) Jeff
Baldwin, who escaped from the State
Penitentiary Sunday. May 12. made
strong efforts to secure an enlistment
In the Canadian array Just before his
escape.
Baldwin expressed himself as ex
tremely desirous of seeing service on
the western front, and Warden Murphy
took the matter up with a Canadian re
cruiting officer, but Baldwin evidently
reared be had no chance and fled.
CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS ILL
Physicians Report ex-Vlce-Presldent
May Not RecoTer.
INDIANAPOLIS. May 20. Charles W.
Fairbanks, former vice-president of the
United States. Is critically ill at his
home here with Bright's disease.
His condition was better today than
for a few days past, it was reported,
but physicians stated tonight that he
may not recover.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTERDATS Maximum temperature. B8
decrees; minimum temperature. 45 de
gree.
TODAY'S Fair; westerly winds.
War.
Full military runeral given Major Raoul
Lufbery. American ace, killed in Tout
sector, rage z.
French advance on two-mile front near
I.ocre. and allies make good gains In
Macedonia. Page 7.
Foreign.
Thirty-seven persons perish in biggest Ger
man air raid ever made in London.
Page 2.
Attempted 81nn Fein revolt said to have
been financed by Germany. Pace 2.
TJ-boats start unrestricted warfare on IS'or
wclan fishing fleet in Arctic Pace 3.
Bolshevlki protest to Germany against Turk
ish outrages In Caucasus. Page 8.
National.
President takes aircraft production out of
hands of Slcnal Corps. Page 4.
Shoe Machinery trust wins In United States
Supreme Court. Page 1.
President Issues draft call for men of age
Inc June S. 1917. Pago 6
Portland, through. War Board ruling, be
comes wool center of 'entire West. Page 6.
Domestic
Schwab practically closes deal for conttrai
tion of 8100.000.000 worth of new ships
Page S.
Trial of Miss Lusk halted while court
initiates action against Dr. Roberts.
Page 1
Secretary Lane dedicates monument to Major
John W. Powell, first explorer of Grand
Canyon. Page 1.
Sports.
Good scores made In state trap hooters'
tournament. Pag ft.
Kopp steals home and wins for Athletics la
14th- Pace 8.
First round In Multnomah Club's women's
handicap tennis tournament played.
Page 8.
Portland defeats Tacoma la first road game,
6 to 2. Pag 6.
ractrle Northwest.
Mary M. Faulkner, oldest woman ta Oregon,
dies; acd 103. Pag 1.
Justice Wallace McCamant. ef Oregon
Supreme Court, announces Intention te
resign. Pace T.
Republicans te predominate In Legislature.
Pag 8.
Woman and two children murdered while
aleplnc In tent. Pac 1.
Seaside host to more than 1000 Oddfellows.
Page 4.
Los Angeles literati spend entire Winter In
Oriran mountains and nar1y perish.
Pas .
Commercial and Marine.
Local strawberry crop lighter than year
aco. Pace 17.
Delay In corn planting oauses higher
market at Chicago. Page 17.
Cheyenne and 8alt Lake to furnish 800
laborers for shipyards In Portland
. Pag IS.
Portland and Vicinity.
Northwest Steel Company to nlarg plant.
Pag 1-
Scarlet symbol of Red Cross looms over
Portland. Page 1.
Marquam Guloh playground sees first earth
turned for big improvmnt Pag 7.
City employe to receive rife In salaries.
Pac 12.
Portland boards announce names of men
called for serrte. - Pac 11.
Columbia Slough darning project Is opposed.
Pag 18.
Big raisin brandy still seized In raid. Pag 4.
John's nomlnetien for Supreme Justice clear
ly Indicated. Page 1.
Wobtr report, eats and forecast, Fi 13,
Auxiliary Shipyard
Cover 40 Acres.
to
FOUR WAYS TO BE PROVIDED
Site Selected Lies South of
Present Location.
DUPLICATE YARD PLANNED
Complete Facilities lo Be Added for
Outfitting BIr Steel Vescls.'
Other I .oval Companies
Kxpct-lcd to Imitate.
Establishment of a steel .shipbuild
ing plant, covering 40 acres, to bo lo
cated south of Woods street, on the
west bank of the Willamette River, Is
the latest maritime enterprise . the
Northwest Steel Company is fosteNng
to provide additional totinace in back
ing the Emergency Fleet Corporation
to span the Atlantic with the bridge of
ships General Pershing has akd for.
The tract selected, which is owned
by the O.-W. R, x.. lies beyond the
plant of the Coast Shipbuilding Com
pany, and extends from the river back
to the right-of-way of the Southern
Pacific. It is not utilized at present,
save a portion of it provides moorings
ton a few river vessels, and It will only
be necessary to shift them and build
bulkheads to be prepared for a fill.
The lease Is now being negotiated.
Fear Ways Be Bwllt.
Material taken from the river will
serve the double purpose of affording
deeper water and filling the tract at
the same time. It la understood that
the plan under consideration Is for a
total of four ways to be maintained,
the same number as at the present
yard of the Northwest Steel Company,
and there will be a duplicate plant in
stalled, but adding to it all tools and
gear for completely outfitting the bis
steel vessels.
The Northwest Steel Con utir has
about 15 acres In the property now in
usj, at the foot of Sheridan street and
the Columbia River Shipbuilding Cor
poration, adjoining the Northwest's
yard on the south, tiaa more then 20
acres, so the new yard being arranged
for will be almost as large as the
combined Northwest and Columbia
River properties as now maintained.
Elgat Contracts Received.
Recently the Northwest Steel Com
pany closed with the Emergency
Fleet Corporation for eight steamers,
each of 8800 tons, deadweight, while
nine have been launched for the Gov
ernment and IS others are yet to be
launched before the last contracted
fop are started. The acceptance r
Charles M- Schwab of the responsibil
ities as Director-General of the Emer
gency Fleet Corporation is said to
have brought about the most striking
impetus the Government's shipbuilding
programme has experienced since It
was inaugurated. It is assured that
all wooden , ship yards will keep their
ways full for months to come and.
with Mr. Schwab's knowledge of steel,
it is felt that he will expand the plants
for that class of construction to the
extreme limit.
Company Looks te Fsture.
That is believed to be the reason be
hind the new move of the Northwest
Steel Company. Its yard at the foot
of Sheridan, the first steel plant in
Portland for ship construction since
the revival of marine building, has
much more machine-shop capacity than
la required, and when the first con
tracts were undertaken the manage
ment looked Into the future, so pro
vided auxiliary facilities for making
rivets, bolts and nuts, then added to
them the manufacture of spikes for
wooden ships. The result is those ac
cessories are being supplied other
yards on the Coast, while the company
haa more rivets, bolts and nuts than
are needed In the yard now.
Two Wars te Be BsUt
The Columbia River Shipbuilding
Corporation, which has three sets of
ways, will have two mora ways short
ly, they to be built as soon as more
contracts are closed for. which are
now under negotiation. There la space
for them on the present property. In
laying out that plant all facilities for
completing ships were included, that
meaning Scotch marine boilers also.
The boilerehlp output haa Increased to
the extent that the company ha sold
to other yards and recently took on
contracts for SO boilers for the Emer
gency Fleet Corporation.
Under the system now followed by
the Northwest Steel Company, only
hulls are built there, the veseels be
ing towed to the plant of the Willam
ette Iron c Steel Works for machin
ery Installation afterward, the Wil
lamette building the boilers and auxil
iary machinery. In the case of all
ISOO-ton steamers built here, the main
engines are turbines and come from
the East.
The work of the two yards haa done
much to draw attention to Portland,
the Emergency Fleet Corporation re
garding them as among the best in
the United States, though there are
some other plants with more ways. At
the same time the percentage of out
put has been such that it compares
with the others in the West.
Without making any special effort,
at least not to the extent of striving
for records, the Northwest Steel Com-
j,Couciuaed en t, Co.uum L
Fill 107.0