VOL. LVIII. NO. 18,4G7
Entered at Portlnd (Oregon)
Potoff)e fts Second-Class Matter.
PORTLAND OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2,
1920
PRICK FIVE CKNTS
VOICES FROM
36 1. W. W. CONVICTED
EN RESCUED
FLIERS CAPTURED BY
AMNESIA CONQUERED
BY 'MAN OF MYSTERY'
TREASURY TO CUT
STREET CARS COLLIDE;
TWO PERSONS INJURED
PROSPECT IS FOR
IN SYNDICALISM CASE
MEXICANS RETURNED
STARTLE
IN NEW YORK FIRE
RANKS FROM LIST
TACOMA JURY BRINGS IX VER
LIKUTEXAXTS DAVIS, GRIMES
GEORGE E. RAVMOXD REGAIXS
MEMORY AT SPOKAXE.
SStASII IS AT TWENTY-THIRD
AXD XORTHRCP STREETS.
DICT A ITER 58 HOURS.
RECROSS RIO GRANDE.
I'll
KEYMEN
POSTOFF CE GLASH
New York Man Talks on
Long-Distance Phone.
OHIO TOWN GETS MESSAGE
Apparatus Used During War
Is Further Developed.
POSSIBILITIES ARE TOLD
Experimenter Says Commercial
Stage Is Reached; Static Dis
turbances Disregarded.
SEW YORK, Feb. 1. (Special.)
!"he possibility of carrying on wire- syndicalism
I
less telephone conversations at any
distance is believed to have been
brought within reach by experiments
conducted by Robert F. Gowen, engi-
Clemency Recommended on Pica
That Organization Rather Than
Individuals " Was on Trial.
TACOMA, Wash., Feb. L After be
ing out for 68 hertirs, the jury in the
case of 36 alleged I. W. W. charged
with criminal syndicalism returned a
verdict of guilty tonight at 10:30.
In the recommendation returned
with the verdict It was asked that the
court exercise as much clemency as
possible, as it was the organization
rather than the individuals which had
been on trial.
Judge Fletcher reached the court
room shortly before 11 o'clock and as
the verdict was read the 36 men took
the announcement with but little dem
onstration in the courtroom. As they
passed out, however, and filed back
to their cells, someone raised his
voice in a radical song. The others
immediately joined and the march
back to the jail was made with appar
ently the entire 36 singing lustily.
Attorney Ralph Pierce, counsel for
the defense, was not present, having
left Saturday for Montesano, Wash.,
to help defend other alleged L W. W.
in jail, charged also with criminal
From statements which
ne made during the trial, however, it
s believed here that an appeal will
be sought
The defendants were arrested in Ta-
Policemen and Firemen
Save Five Lives.
RESCUES ARE SPECTACULAR
Fashionable Residence
Writers Is Burned.
of
THREE ARE UNCONSCIOUS
Residents Flee in Sight Clothes
Through Flaming Halls to
Streets Below.
neer in charge of the De Forest Radio coma shortly after the Centralia
company station on Overton road.
Ossining, the results of which were
made public today. Employing a
mall aerial, a wave length of only
375 meters and one-third kilowatt of
power, Mr. Gowen has talked to cni-
oreak last Armistice day. The time
taken by the jury in reaching a de
cision is the longest on record
Pierce county.
cago and other western cities in or- JWQ SPIES TO DIE TODAY
Dinary tones una Dtco utuuu. wiiuwu.
difficulty.
His apparatus is a development of
that used during the war, but his
achievement goes far ahead of any
thing accomplished then. During the
war conversations were engaged in
between airplanes and the ground or
by chips a few miles distant from one
another. In Mr. Gowen's experiments
which have been carried on during
the last 30 days, he has talked over
a distance of 90 miles.
Commercial Stage' Reached.
"We have reached the commercial
development of the wireless telephone
I should say," he stated today, "for
a distance of at least 300 mile
service that is Identical with the
long-distance telephone."
An Important phase of the work, is
t'V progressed during great
sta7a,. """liheric disturbance
and intcrTwi'om other station.
-tn spite of all this," said Mr
Gowen, "when I. picked up the tele.
phone transmitting apparatus at Os
sining and spoke into it, just as any
one might speak into the ordinary
telephone, I discovered that my voice
was being distinctly heard, first of
all. in the. little town of St. Mary's, O.
The radio amateur at St. Mary's, it
seems, was at that time picking up
the local dots and dashes, and when
he heard this voice from out of the
air, the sending locator of which was
reported to be Ossining, N. Y., he
was, to say the least, 'somewhat
a ta riled.
Ainver la Given.
"He immediately answered by send
ing me a telegraph inquiry which I
Funck and Guaspare, Famed Gcr
man Agents, to Pay Penalty.
fAKib, t'eo. 1. Two spies tomor
row morning are to pay the death
penalty. They are a former Austria
orrtcer named Funck and a German
agent named Louis Guaspare.
Funck was a major in Austrian in
fantry regiment 54. He was a German
spy before the war. His release papers
asserted that he was an Irishman,
which enabled him to remain in Paris,
in the employ of a bank until July,
1918. when he left suddenly for Bar
celona, where he met Baron von Ro
land, head of the German spy sen-ice
tn fapain. His sudden disinr"rnr
from Paris aroused suspicion and in
vestigation proved that he always had
been a spy. It was proved that Funck
gave the Germans information uf to
the points where the shells from the
Germans' "big Bertha" fell in Paris
and enabled the Germans to mk
rectifications in their aim. He was
captured as he crossed the bridge at
vidaeso, on the Spanish frontier, go
ing to Hendaye in France to get a
parcel. He was court-martialed and
condemned to death In June, 1919. .
uu as pa re was a pupil in a school
for spying at Freiburg. Grand Duchy
oi .Baden.
REDS TO TRY KOLCHAK
Formation of Tribunal by Soviet of
Irkutsk Is Reported..
LONDON. Feb. 2. Formation of
distinctly heard in my own receiving tribunal by the soviet of Irkutsk to
apparatus. I then repeated my con- try Admiral Kolchak, ex-head of the
versation to him and asked him to all-Russian government in Siberia.
confirm the conversation Immediately was reported in a dispatch to the
by letter. This be did. Daily Mail from the town of Man
way on other eve- churia. near the border between Si
bcria and northern China.
."In the same way on
nings following this initial perform
ance my wireless telephone voice, it
appeared, thrown into the bottle at
Ossining, was immediately picked up
at Columbus City, IntL, and afterward
by other amateur stations at Salem,
O., Gaffney. S. C Wakefield, Mass.,
and Chicago. In each case the local
1 operator, as one of them has written
l me, 'nearly tumbled out of his chair
when in his ordinary local radio work
ho suddenly heard a voice from the
wilderness of New York.
In no case was any advance infor
mation given that I was to talk by
wireless, so that those receiving the
message were not on the lookout for
the messages.
"Talking in an ordinary tone of
voice, I said, for example: This is
Ossining, N". Y. If you get this mes-
xi was sam mat Deuel exists in
the far east that Kolchak will be
sent to Mosco to be tried by a higher
court.
The despatch stated that the situ
ation in eastern Siberia had quieted
down under martial law.
FRENCH HONOR WAR DEAD
Certificates to Be Given by Legion
- to Xext of Kin.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Feb. 1. Hon
orary certificates will be presented
to the next of kin of the American
soldiers, sailors and marines who died
in the war, by the French govern
ment, through the posts of the Amerl-
sage kindly let me know by letter, can Legion on Washington's birthday.
Aaaress your letter to H. t uowen, it was announced at legion headquar
ters here.
NEW YORK. ' Feb. 1. (Special.)
By the prompt action of three fire
men and two policemen five women
were rescued from certain death in a
fire early today when the blaze de
stroyed the four-story fashionable
boarding house conducted by Mrs.
William Steele, at 57 West Twelfth
street. I
Besides the five women rescued, at
least 20 more men and women were i
taken from the burning building by
the police and fire fighters. Forty
men and women, all of whom were
writers and professional folk, occu
pied the 23-room house.
One of the most spectacular res
cues that has ever been witnessed in
this city were there made by Firemen
Robert Tierney, Matthew Crawley, a
probationary member of the depart
ment, and Charles Amato. They
scaled the facade of the building to
the second floor, crossed to the ad
joining building' at No. 65, ascended
the fire escape of that building to the
top floor and there passed the three
women from one to the ether. -
Mimtep Means Death.
The slightest miscalculation on the
part of any one of the men would
have meant certain death.
Policemen Dowling and Abramson
of the Mercer-street station saved the
lives of two women held prisoners in
lie narrow passage leading to the
roof of the burning building. They
were found unconscious on the ladder,
where they suceumbed to the smoke
after ineffectual attempts to raise
the covering of the exit. . - '
Shortly after 3 o'clock Mrs. Martha
Shuey, poetess and writer, detected
the odor of smoke. She went to the
doer and upon opening it a sheet of
flame, followed by a dense cloud of
smoke, drove her back into the room.
Her screams attracted Mrs. William
Steele..
By this time the entire house was
Action of Americans Forced to
, Land Sooth of Border Found
JTo Offense After All.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex Feb. 1. Lieu
tenants E. F. Davis and G. B. Grimes,
United States aviators who have been
held by Mexican authorities since
Wednesday last, when they made a
forced landing near Guerrero, were re
leased at Nuevo Laredo this afternoon,
They crossed the R40 Grande to La
redo, Tex., Colonel J. E. Fechet
southern department air service offi
cer. announced here tonight
'The aviators were released by order
of General Reynaldo Garza, com
mander of the garrison at Nuevo La
redo, after a conference with Major
Julian F. Saenz, commander at Mata
moras, who accompanied the aviators
to Nuevo Laredo.
General Garza and Major Saen
called at the American consulate and
informed -Randolph Robertson, United
States consul, who had accompanied
the aviators from Guerrero, where h
naa gone to look into the circum
stances of their detention, that
would now be necessary to take them
before General Murguia at Monterey,
according to reports to Colonel Fechet
from Laredo.
Lieutenant Stoner, an aviator sta
tionf 4 at Laredo, was sent to San
fae"Ias Tortillas, 30 miles west of
Guerrero, and late today returned
with the airplane of Lieutenants Da
vis and Grimes, Colonel Fechet an
nounced.
it
(Concluded on Paffcv 4, Column 4.)
i
REDS HELD WORLD1 PERIL
Overturn Declared Aims of Efforts
to Engage in Trade.
HARTFORD, Conn.,: Feb. 1. Edwin
Davis Schoonmaker of New York
who returned recently from Siberia,
where he investigated conditions for
the United States government .- and
wnicn ne maae tne subject or a re
port submitted to the state depart
ment, in a statement published today
warns business men of this country
not to aid the bolshevists of Russia.
Mr. Schoonmaker declared that the
bolshevists are "attempting to open
trade relations with America simply
as a cloak to carry on their plans for
a world revolution."
"American business men who listen
for one moment to Martens' siren
song are courting the dangers of
financing their own" overthrow,"' he
declared.
BRITISH SHIP, IS WRECKED
Only Five Men Out of Crew of 20
Reported to Have Landed.
BREST, Feb. 1. (Havas.) The
British ship Nero was wrecked near
Molene island in a storm which swept
the English channel yesterday.
The crew of 20 left the ship In two
lifeboats. One of these, carrying five
men, has landed.
Entering Bank In Portland Last
Act Recalled by Man Prior
to .Mental Lapse.
SPOKANE, Wash-. Feb. J. (Spe
cial.) The "man of mystery" whom
Spokane has been endeavoring to
shake into mental consciousness for
three or four days is a man of myst
ery no longer. He regained complete
possession of his faculties tonight and
told the officers at the county jail that
his name is George E. Raymond, age
39, for the .last year employed on
"Win" Copeland's place, on Sauvles
island, on the Columbia, river below
Portland.
Raymond began to get a glimmer
of his real self about two days ago,
but then could not remember his
name or recent residence. When at
last he conquered . the baffling am
nesia, he related that the last act he
remembered previous to two days ago
was going into a national bank in
Portland to cash a check. That was
about September 29.
Officers here have been led to be
lieve that he went from Portland to
Seattle and drifted across the state
to Spokane.
His hands show no evidence of his
having done labor in several months.
and how he existed is another mys
tery. Raymond told of a similar lapse
of memory a.t Walla Walla four or
five years ago. . ,
Raymond expects his half brother
from Boise to arrive here tomorrow
and probably will go with him to
Idaho.
Reduction in Number of
Depositories Plan.
400 MAY ESCAPE KNIFE
Inactive Accounts Scheduled
to Be Discontinued.
NATION TO SAVE INTEREST
Change Said to Indicate Further
Leaning Upon Federal Re
serve Institutions.
ACTION ON REDS URGED
Deportation or Release of Men
Held at Ellis to Be Asked.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1. A demand for
the immediate deportation with their
families of the extremists held at
Ellis island or their release in order
to support their dependents, will be
made by a committee of the American
women's committee which will go to
Washington shortly, it was announced
here tonight.
The demand will be placed before
the departments of justice and labor,
it was stated, in an effort to relieve
deplorable" conditions both on the
island and among the families of the
men held or deported on the' "soviet
ark" Buford.
OLE MUTINY REPORTED
Siberian Division Kills Officers and
Joins Bolsheviki.
LONDON, Feb. 1. A Moscow wire
less dispatch reports that the Estbo-
ian authorities have arrested Gen
eral Balakovitch, ex-officer of the
Russian northwest army, who is said
to have been tbe captor of General
Yudenitch.
The dispatch says a Polish division
Siberia has mutinied and mur
dered its officers and joined the boi-
heviki. 'It also asserts that General
Semenoff's. troops have joined the
I reds.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. Drastic
reduction In the number of national
batiks designated as government de-
puBiiunes is Deiug made by tn
treasury department with the resul
that less than 400 of 1341 such lnsti
tutions holding federal funds on Jun
so. 1919, are expected to escape the
pruning knife.
Changes in the government's finan
cial situation, brought about by war's
fiscal operations, it was said offi
cially today, have made it necessary
to abolish hundreds of the deposi
tories and revise the plan for dis
triDution of government monies
among banks employed since prior to
1912.
Balances to Be Rednced.
While the treasury is cutting off
the inactive accounts, it also is re
ducing 'the balances carried by many
other banks in all, in fact, where
government transactions do not re
quire the use of large sums.
scientific apportionments," it is
said, willj be the basis in the future
for disposition of surplus funds." Of
ficials explained the new policy as to
depositories would operate so that
each bank would be able to realize
equal returns on the basis of business
done for the government.
inciuaea jn the list of national
banks already ' struck off are 566
Danics - wnicn had accounts of only
Tiuuu ana which were designated as
government depositories during the
administration of Franklin Mt-vh
secretary of the treasurv under
president Tart.
Practically half of the banks to he
deprived of government balances al-
reaay nave been eliminated from the
rolls and outstanding balances thus
have been reduced from 152,000,000
to $27,000,000. Officials v,r..ti...
ftoday as to the geographical location
of the depositories canceled.
Derailment Throws Passengers to
' Floor; Cause of Accident
Remains Unknown.
At least two persons were injured
and scores were shaken up badly
early last night by collision of the
Depot - Morrison and Twenty - third-
street cars at Twenty-third and
Northrup streets. The force of the
collision threw the Depot - Morrison
car from the track and skidded it 15
feet to the curbing on the southeast
corner of tho intersection.
ine Twenty-third-street car was
headed south on Twenty-third street
and the Depot-Morrison east on
Northrup street. Both were crowded
with passengers.
Myers Determined to Go
On With Duties.
BARCLAY NO LESS RESOLUTE
Inspector Declares He Will
Take Possession.
The Twenty-third street car hi the ( PREPARATIONS MADE
ar end of the other car after the
THERE'S LIABLE TO BE A LOT OF EXTRA WORK FOR THE MEMBERSHIP CLERK OF THE
SOVIET SOCIETY WHEN THE NEWS GETS AROUND.
Ossining, N. Y.
Kxrentioa Is Announced.
As a climax to the experiments, Mr.
uowen last xnursaay nignt, by ar
rangement with Dr. Amos O. Squire,
prison physician at Sing Sing, sent
phone of the execution of Hamby: U. S. STEAMER IS AGROUND
"Hamby, notorius murderer, who shot
two Brooklyn bank employes, was The Lambs, Off Savannah, Ga., In
electrocuted bere at Sing Sing prison
tonight. Dr. Amos O. Squire, phy
sician announced him dead at 11.13 NEW YORK, Feb. 1. The United
P. M. Hamby went to the chair boldly 1 States shipping board steamer The
Arrangements have been made for
the distribution of 118.409 of the cer
tificates which are an expression of
appreciation.
Xeed of Assistance.
smoking a cigarette, making a few
remarks just before the current was
turned on. R. F. Gowen, Ossining,
N. Y. stations receiving these signals.
please notify by mail and oblige.'
Two elements make possible this
advance in wireless telephony, accord
ing to Mr. Gowen. One is a new type
Lambs is aground on Cumberland is
land, off Savannah, Ga., and is in
need of immediate assistance, accord
ing to a wireless message received
here tonight.
The Lambs is a vessel of 4972 tons
net and was last reported at Charles
ton, S. C. She has been engaered In
of modulating circuit and the other coastwise traffic between Charleston I
a new type of glass in the manufac- and Savannah. I
ture of the wireless tube or audlon
The effect of the new circuit is to
VICE-PRESIDENT SOUGHT
render voice transmission mu
dearer, while use of the new type of Chicago Editor Is Candidate for
glass permits, of much greater input
circuit in the development of the
wireless power. ,
IJncoln Votes Teacher Pay Rise.
Republican Xoniination.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Feb. 1.
Samuel Adams of Chicago, editor
of the American Fruit Grower, to
day announced bis candidacy for the
republican nomination for vice-president.
He announced that he favored en-
LI.VCOLN. Neb.. Feb. 1. By a prac
tically unanimous vote, Lincoln tax
payers at a special election Saturday
authorized the school hnarri tn prant
uniform increase of $400 a year to sctmeni oi urastic legislation to check
teachers in the public schools. Pres- profiteering and development of Det
ent salaries range from 97 in the ter marketing facilities to reduce iiv
grades to fllOt) in the hih school. ing costs.
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Reserve Banks Lard.
The new policy of the treasury does
not contemplate disturbance of the
esent system of special depositories
created as an emergency measure dur
ing the war. There was a total of
9550 of these institutions at the first
of the year. Such depositories auto
matically will cease to function when
the period of their usefulness termi
nates. With the establishment of the fed
eral reserve banks and branches, gov
ernment payments have been made
more and more through them and thus
abolishment of the national bank de
positories represents a further lean
ing of the treasury on the reserve
banks in carrying on the nation's
business.
Deposits in the national banks pay
the government only 2 per cent, but
while there was a surplus of money
in the treasury, a wide distribution
of government funds proved an in
vestment With the war nam. tha
great bond and indebtedness certifi-
rea
Depot-Morrison had nearly crooecd
the intersection.
The force of the collision threw
passengers off their balance and pent
broken glass flying. At least one man
was injured by the glass, although
he told street car officials that his
hurt was too slight to be heeded
Others probably suffered slight cuts.
The motorman on the Twenty-third
street car suffered an injured knee.
Portland Railway, Light & Power
company officials said they had been
unable to determine the cause of the
accident at a late hour. Motorman
Robb, in charge of the Twenty-tlilrd
street car and the carman who was
injured, has been working for the
the company for one year. Motor
man Droke. in Charge of the Dcpot
Morrlsort car, has worked there for
18 months.
Showdown of Some Kind l.'xpcrlrd
This .Morning, When the Two
Reach Federal Building.
There in possibility of a dirort
clash of authority at th-i Portland
postoffleo this morning and it In
practically certain to como If Krank
S Myers carries out Ills avowed In
tention of appearing at the office to
conduit its affairs aa uual in the
capacity of postmaster.
'I expect to he at my office and at
tend to my duties as postmanter a
usual." he said lust night. In further
confirmation of his statement Satur
day night that he was still postmas
ter and was determined not to ro-
POPE PRAISES MR. HOOVER "nq,1"'h thn off.lrn un'" th8 pr"-
urm Him mo cnueu sjiaies senate
dismissed him.
narrlay Kqually Iteaolnte.
"I am acting postmaster In charge
of the Portland office and (111 be at
the office to carry on the work," was
the announcement last night of Rob
ert H. Barclay, chief postoffice In
spector of this district, who whs
placed in charge, of the office yes
terday morning by Postmaster-Gen
eral Burleson.
"But Mr. Myers says he will bo at
his office to carry on his duties; will
you permit him to do this?" Mr. Bar
clay wus asked.
'I will not," was his Instant reply.
"Will you permit Mr. Myers In the
postmaster's prlvato office tomor
row?" he was asked.
If he comes to make a social rail
T -hell InJnl.kl.lfl!,, .1... ......
PLANET SIGNAL PRIZE UP K Barclay's answer. ,
.Somethlntr Mlakt Happen.
High Rank In History of C hristian I
Charity Accorded.
ROME, Feb. 1. Herbert Hoover's
work in aiding children of war enti
tles, him "to a very high rank in the
history of Christian charity and gives
him a unique place in the gratitude
of peoples.'' says a letter addressed to
Mr. Hoover by Pope Benedict on Jan
uary 9 and sent to the chairman of!
the inter-allied food organization
through Cardinal Gibbons of Balti
more.
After recalling that more than
three million children in different
states of Europe await relief, the popo
appeals to "the generosity of all
American citizens, without distinc
tion of faith or party."
I rench Academy of Kc.lem-es lie
Ileves Communication Possible.
PARIS, Feb. 1. The academy of
Just what might hnpnen In case Mr.
Myers should Insist upon functioning
as postmaster Mr. Hh relay did not
care to predict, although he empha
sized the fact that he is siting post
master and will not permit Mr. Myers
to perform any of tho work of ilia
office.
Mr. Barclny will take over the pri
vate office of the postmaster on the'
ground floor of Din building thla
morning an, will direct tho activities
of the office from the desk which .Mr.
Myers has occupied since the new
building was creeled. Ho was ald to
be prepared for this move despite the
fact that Mr. Myers had not turned
over the keys of tho office to him.
Rubber stamps hearing the name of
'Robert II. Barclay, ailing poM mas
ter, " have been made and are In readi
ness at Iho different departments of
the office when the service opens to the
pvblic this morning. AM money order
and other postal mailers will bear his
signature, he Maid last night.
Miowdown Moo l.lkely.
Mr. Barclay took over the office as
acting postmaster after midnight Sat
urday night under authority of the
postmaster-general. Mr. Myers U
being thus displaced because he re
fused to submit his resicnatlon be.
INDEX OF. TODAY'S NEWS fr ,h0 cl0"0 of bus'1"'"" jM,,u,iry ,l-
The latter. In addition to announcing
sciences evidently considers commu
nication between the earth and the
planets as among the possibilities
for it has undertaken to act as judge
for a prize of 100.000 francs to be
given for the best means of making
a sign to any heavenly body and the
receipt of a reply.-
It has been the custom of the acad
my always to refuse to handle prizes
for any feat which it considers a mere
waste of time. In presenting the
prize for competition the academy
makes the provision that "the planet
Mars is included as being sufficiently
near."
GABY DESLYS AGAIN ILL
Actress Suffers Relapse and An
other Operation Is Performed.
PARIS. Feb. 1. Gaby Deslys. the
actress, again is in a serious condition.
She has suffered a further relapse
and another operation hat been neces
sary.
Tbe Weather.
TESTRRDAT'5 Maximum temp-rature. 49
n pr...! minimum. .1! (lorri...
cate issues on which the government I TODAY'S Fair, cooler, northerly winds.
is pacing irom i Ife to 4 per cent
interest. In withdrawing the deno.
ts from inactive account and in re
ducing the balance in all banks, in
order to meet actual requirements; the
government, officials pointed out, is
saving the difference in interest.
Since the treasury began analysing
the question of depositories and since
government accounts have been with
drawn one by one, officials have
begun to receive many inquiries and
naturally some protests concerning I
tbe new policy, There still are in
congress many senators and repre- I
Foreign.
Grey defends U. 8. attitude on treaty.
Page 2.
Bolshevist foriere Red Cross pasaes as cre
dentials. Paffe 3
National.
Unions demand cut in high cost of living.
Page 4.
England denies seeking further loans In
United States. I'age 4.
Federal treasury to reduce number of de
positories. Page 1.
Domestic.
American fliers, raptured hy Mexicans after
forced landing, released. Page 1.
Women rescued from fire In New York
home of writers. Page 1.
aentatives unon .hnu j I l-roim..n .r.a.i ...ui.i r,uuun ai vraw-
. ,,c,,uit-! ford meetlng. pages.
tions the depositors were desiernat- I c......h ,hh.r'. .,i,j j..
ed, and these are very solicitous about ' Voices from air by wlrelesa phone atartle
the banks "back home," treasury offi- ' radio keymen. Page 1.
cials said. ' ' Pacific Northwest.
i Selection of Jury In Centralia murder de
I veiops into legal duel. Page 2.
YEAR'S PLANS ARE MADEj''M.m8iaMT.rge'i.,t ,Spok,ne cow,u'r'
M I. W. W. convicted on syndicalism
charge by Tacoma Jury after being out
i8 hours. Page 1.
Sport.
Criticism on proposed tennis changes'an
swered. Page 8.
California to have eight baseball training
camps. Page 8.
Coast league's burglary organization taking
shape. Page 8.
Wlnged-M to enter water polo team In na
tional championships. Page 8.
Portland and Vicinity.
Union Pacific head to be honor guest at
. Chamber of Commerce luncheon. Page .4
Two hurt in streetcar collision. Page 1.
Clash of authority at Portland postoffice
this morning possible. Page 1.
All roast banks show uniform Increase.
Page 15.
Burglars break Into church and cripple big
pipe organ. Page It.
Permanent exhibit ef Oregon products
urged by H. C. Huntington. Page 10.
Portland's traffic vigilance committee will
start work today. Page IS.
Nelson Blackhall. Portland pressman,
killed by electric vibrator. Fage IS.
Strife of churches held foundation of
trouble In Ireland. Pace 3.
kane has been endeavoring to shake
Brownsville Chamber of Commerce
Holds Enjoyable Meeting.
BROWNSVILLE, Or., Feb. l.(Spe
cial.) The newly r e o r g a n I z e d
Brownsville chamber of commerce at
a meeting held here Friday, laid out
plans for the new '"year. .After the
chicken supper the following officers
for the year were elected:-President,
Harry Thompson; vice-president, I
Charles Sterling; secretary, A. B. i
Miller; and treasurer, W. J. Shelton.
A committee with C. E. Stanard as
chairman was appointed to see that
the roads leading from the various
sawmills into Brownsville are im
proved. Representatives of the saw
mills explained to the members of
the chamber that the roads are al
most impassable, and that the lum
ber industry is threatened thereby.
A Good Road day for Brownsville
and vicinity probably will be put on
the -chamber of commerce soon.- '
his refusal to give up the office, an
nounced ho had employed counsel and
wouid fight his dltunU.-al to the last
ditch.
Whether Mr. Myers will Insist upon
attending to the duties of postmawtter
this morning or will merely present
himself at the office In readiness to
do so Is a matter of conjecture. Mr.
Barclay said lust night that ho did
not anticipate serious, trouble, al
though he Indicated that ho would be
prepared to meet any emergency.
The fact that yesterday was Sun
day and Mr. Myers usual m holiday
mado it impossible to attach signifi
cance to the fact that he did not ap
pear at the postoffice. Mr. Barclay
spent much of the day in the building.
Myer. Terkairally Chief.
Some were Inclined to question lout
night whether Mr. Myers actually
would carry out his threat of appear.
Ing on the Job this morning with In
tent to perform the functions of post
master. It was bclievej that he wa
ready to recognize the authority with
which Inspector Barclay Is clothed
and be content to retain his title and
draw the salary until officially oust
ed by the Washington authorities. It
was conceived as possible, however,
that Mr. Myers might act on legal
advice which urges him to stay right
on the Job, inasumch as he Is still
technically postmaster of Portlnu,v
which even his enemies do not dispute.
Martin L. Pipes was named as one
of the attorneys from whom Mr.
Myers sought legal advice Saturday.
An angle of the present postmaster,
ship situation which was a trifle dis-
quieting to those -who have labored
to hav Mr. Myers removed Is the
fact that since Assistant Postmaster
Durand resigned as requested and Is
out, Mr. Myers may make capital out
of the situation. Krirllou between the
two men helped bring about thn torn-
aCootiuucd au I'age 3, Cutuutu l.J
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