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Entered tt Portland Orcjfon)
Vrtstoffic an Second-CIa? Matter.
PORTLAND OREGON, TUESDAY, 3IARCII 2,'. 1930
I'RICi: FIVE CENTS
LIQUOft, THIRST; ENVY
SET COURT IN FRENZY
ALL BEXD FORWARD, HANDS
TO EARS, EXPECTANT.
U.S.PLACES'O.K
TDCATV CIPUT TH PO !
SEATTLE TO
NEW JERSEY PASSES
BILL FOR 3.5 BEER
BLAIN INDICTMENT
FILM MEN TO GET
ORDERED DISMISSED
OVER TO CAMPAIGN
SENATORS WEARY OF AT
TEMPT TO BREAK DEADLOCK.
'STEEL TRUST
ITS COLORS TODAY
IS NEAR! END
GOVERNOR EDWARDS IS EX
PECTED TO SIGN TODAT. i
ACTION OX 2 OTHERS TAKEN
UNDER ADVISEMENT.
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WHAT T I T
Supreme Court Upholds
Combine by 4-3 Vote. "
FIGHT OF NINE YEARS WON
Predictions of End and Failure of
Debate Range From Three
Days to a Week.
Federal Action Against 20 1
lionaires Barred.
MINORITY OPPOSES STEP
Jlissrntinf Opinion Charges Open
and Continned Violation of Slier,
man Anti-Trust Law."
WASHINGTON, March 1. In a four-to-three
decision today the supreme
court refused to dissolve the United
. States Steel corporation and its sub
.. ' ddiaries comprising; the so-called
, 'steel trust."
' The government's long-fought suit
for dissolution of the iron and steel
trade combination for alleged viola
tion of the Sherman anti-trust law
nas dismissed, with absolution for
' tJ.e corporation from all charges.
Placing the high court's "O. K." on
the steel corporation were Chief Jus
tice White and Associate Justice Mc
Henna, who announced the majority
opinion. Holmes and Vandevanter.
Justice Day gave , the dissenting
opinion, joined by Justices Pitney and
Ciarke.
Till Justices Take no. Part, . . ,
Justices McReynolds and Brandeis
took no part, the former having been
attorney-general during the litigation
and the latter having expressed
opinions on it before appointment to
the bench.
Primarily the decree officially
brands the corporation as a "good"
combination with its legality estab
Further, .the court held that pre
ponderance in industry of corporate
Combinations is not alone sufficient
cause for their dissolution.
The court'also gave a new and far-
teaching judicial interpretation or ap
plication of the Sherman law, anal'
ogous of its famous "rule of reason'
In the Standard Oil and tobacco
trust" cases by declaring public in-
riest must be considered in applying
tiie law.
Minority IT rare Dissolution.
The public interest, it was held.
Would not be served and might be
injured by dissolving the steel con
cern. ,
Dissolution of the corporation and
j principal subsidiaries was urged
fei the dissenting opinion. The minor
ity declared that the anti-trust law
was violated; that there has been
open, notorious and continued viola
tion" of its provisions and that ap
proval of Illegally born combinations
would practically annul the Sher
Sian law by judicial decree."
Agreeing that mere size of a cor
poration, providing its genesis is
legal. Is not inhibited, the minority
vigorously disapproved the new Sher-
. ..' ar.an law ruling, requiring judicial
'.J. ' Consideration of the. public interest.
Such a conclusion, they declared,
"V." 'necessarily results in a practical
V Nullification of the act itself."
. Vi, Corporation Wins Victory.
. The decision was a complete vic-
tory for the corporation and its 180
subsidiaries, said to comDose the
rorld's greatest industrial combina
,t -" ion, with assets of more than $2,000,
tH'0,000. It also dismissed proceedings
against a score of Individual million
ri aire defendants, including Chairman
r ) Elbert H. Gary of the steel corpora
.' tion. Charles M. Schwab. John D.
. JSockefeller, the late J. P. Morgan,
Andrew Carnegie, Henry C. Frick
, j end others. Against these the gov-
. . Crnment bad asked injunctions
- w" against illegal acts.
Also the decree marked utter rout
V Jor the government in its suit, which
VC. was begun in 18". J in the New Jersey
".- federal court and which has been one
" f the longest, most voluminous and
most .costly proceedings in supreme
." court annals.
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. i Case Argued Twice Before.
-f
,-1 The case, records of which fill a
j small room, was twice argued In the
high court, in March, 1917, and again
' f ' last October. A truce, suspending !
V? action during the war, was agreed j
yM upon In 1918.
t- J Although today's decree leaves the
'. f government free to bring new pro
ceedings for specific and present
-I practices deemed in conflict with the
"Is, anti-trust law, department of justice
officials declared no thought had been
given to future action.
Competltioa Is Favored.
In its appeal, the government con
tended thai to sustain dismissal of
its suit by the New Jersey court
would result in licensing enormous
corporations which fell just short of
complete monopoly and would place
the court's stamp of approval on de
velopment of Industry by combination
Instead of competition.
To sustain its decree- that the steel
concern is a "good" combination, the
majority found it controls about half
f 'the American iron and steel trade,
Including mines, mills, railroads, ships
and ore fields. Monopoly, the opin
ion declared, has not been achieved,
tts power over prices, the majority
also declared, is unequal to its pro
portionate production
WASHINGTON". March 1. Convinced
tl.at for the present their labors to
break the peace treaty deadlock are
a waste of time, serate leaders moved
today to get the treaty out of the
w ay of pressing legislation -and to let
issues raised by the ratification fight
go into the political campaign.
Under the plan, compromise nego
tiations on tho reservation to arti
cle 10 are to be dropped, readoptlon of
the republican reservation programme
of last session Is to be completed as
a formality, and then a final vote is
to be taken to rit the treaty into the
campaign. ,
Some senators predicted tonight a
final vote, which it is conceded will
lecord another failure to ratify wculd
come within three days. Among most
leaders, however, the prediction was
that the smouldering debate would
take at least most of the week to
burn itself out.
The decision to hasten action was
teached when republican leaders, con
vinced that the democrats would
block ratification unless the article
10 reservation was modified, deter
mined to insist that the reservation
go in'o the ratification reservation
without change. In this reaffirma
tion they acceded tc a tiemand by re
publican irrr.concilables, who had1 in
timated that, they might adopt meth
ods of heir own to wreck the repub
lican programme.'
The coup of the irreconcilables, in
Sovletism Issue'ls Up-to
Voters of City.
TRIPLE ALLIANCE CONFIDENT
Betting Odds, However, Favor
Conservative Element..
LARGE VOTE IS EXPECTED
Nothing Calculated to Help Duncan
Cause Left Cndone by Workers
for Red Contingent.
SEATTLE. Wash., March 1. (Spe
cial.) Tomorrow Seattle will decide
at the polls if It wants sovietism.
With weather conditions forecast as
favorable this afternoon, betting odds
on the outcome of the contest were
in favor of the old-fashioned form of
citv government. The contest is one
conceded to be between a radical ele
ment that has gained considerable
But Each Exultant Souse Clings to Compromise Measure Not to Be-
thus bringing the treaty fight to a.' strength in the past few weeks, and
truce was a virtual repetition of the
move by which several weeks ago
they ended the bipartisan compromise
negotiations by bringing' pressure to
bear on republican leaders when an
agreemnt seemed imminent Holding
the balance of power, their votes have
to be counted on by republicans to
adopt any of the proposed reserva
tion's.' and in addition, tht-y are under
stood to have poir.t-d out th.it if their
counsels were dij-regartfed tbty tolled
take the treaty over into the cam-
raign.
The senate took no action on the
treaty today, the session being ad
journed because of the death of Sen
ator Bankhead.
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NORTHWEST TO GET CARS
Union Pacific Chief Proposes to
Take Care of Business Here.
OMAHA, Neb., March i. President
Carl Gray of the Union Pacific is
sued a statement today on the future
policy of that railroad. He said that
building and improvements must wait
until after the service had been re
stored to its former standard. The
first thing thy road plans is to secure
the return of its cars, now scattered
all over the United Sates. In this way
congestion all over the northwest
will be relieved, be said.
"There is a shortage of freight cars
in the northwest," he said. "In fact.
there is a real congestion of business
because of lack of cars. One of the
first items on our programme, now
that the railroad is back in the hands
of the stockholders, is to clean up
that trouble. We are going to rush
cars up there and take care of that
part of the ccyuntry."
RESALE PRICES FIXED
nti-Trust Law Held Inoperative
in Ohio Test . Case.
WASHINGTON, March 1. In inter
preting the Sherman anti-trust act to
day the supreme court reversed fed
eral court decrees which held that
the statute did not prohibit resale
price fixing unless there was inten
tion of creating a monopoly. .
The opinion was rendered in gov
ernment' appeals from dismissal in
Ohio of federal indictments charging
A. Schrader's Sons, Inc., manufac
turers of accessories for pneumatic
tires, with participation in a com
bination in restraint of trade through
calls by which resale -prices to re
tailers and consumers were fixed.
an old, but in the past, a more popu
lar conservatism.
The issue in the election is clear cut
and well understood throughout the
city, despite efforts on the part of the
triple alliance leaders to introduce Ex
traneous matters. The triple alliance
has the following slate on the.ticket:
For mayor, James A. Duncan; for
councilmen, three-year term, .Oliver
T. Erickson and W. D. Lane; for
councilman, two-year term, Charles
H. Gallant; for councilman, one-year
term, Ben F. Nauman.
Slate Strongly OppoMed.
Arrayed against this triple-alliance
slate are the following candidates
nominated at an open primary out of
a field of contenders:
For Mayor Hugh M. Caldwell; cor
poration counsel, Walter F. Meier;
councilmen, three-year term, three to
be elected, Robert B. Hesketh, A. Lou
Cohen, Carl H. Reees, Philip Tin
dall; two-year term, A. T. Drake;
one-year term, John E. Carroll.
In the three-year councilmanic race
the triple alliance trimmed down its
slate last Thursday so as to concen
trate its fight for the re-election of
Councilman Oliver T.' Erickson and
W. D. Lane. . Neither of these two is
a labor leader, but Erickson's council
manic career and political activities
have been satisfactory to the triple
alliance, while Councilman Lane
achieved notoriety while acting tem
porarily as mayor by appearing at a
farewell banquet tendered Hulet M.
Wells and conspirators who were un
der conviction' for seditious actions
' His Secret While Luckless
, Auditors Feel Deep Regret .
NEW .YORK. March 1. (Special.)
Scene West side police court. Char.
acters Magistrate Simpson and five
soused, citizens, arrested in various
parts of the tenderloin.
First S. C. Out last night, y'r honor.
Met some friends. Got some hooch.
Eighteen bucks a bottle. Great stuff
great. ' ' i '' .
The Judge Where did you get It?
(All in court bend forward, hands to
ears.) .
First S. C. Can't tell, .y'r honor.
(All fall back Into places.)
The Judge One dollar fine.. .
Second S. C. Had a-good time last
night, judge, an 'bull-lieve meI had
some licker, f
The Judge Where did you get it?
(Repetition of business by auditors.;
Second S. C. Ha, har I tor that to
judge onct. Now tiie place Ismail
sold out. (Nods of approval py on
ookers.) '.. , ' '
The Judge Sentence suspended.
Third S. C. I paid a buck, y'r honor,
for a cocktail. It knocked me for a
Bool.
Th Jnflec It should have been
worth One dollar fine.
Fourth and Fifth S. C. It ain't often
ya getta chanst, these days, judge. We
nicked seme red-eye while the nickin
was good ?o. we don't remember
where it was. .
The Judge Sentence suspended. But
I want to say right now that any
body else appearing before me will
have -to tell where they got it or
take a fine. It looks as though the
community was celebrating my ar
rival at this court.
ACCIDENT CAUSES DEATH
Young Clarence Moxlcy Is Killed by
Boy Companion.
CORVALLIS, March 1. (Special.)-
Clarence Moxley, 12-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Moxley of Glen-
brook, is dead as the result of being
accidentally shot yesterday by How
ard Knapp, son of Mr. and Mrs. E L.
Knapp Of Eugene.
The boys were playing in a tent
and managed to get hold of a -.38-caliber
revolver which they' supposed
to be unloaded. In some manner the
weapon was discharged, the ball en
tering the right lung of Clarence,
coming out near the small of his back.
He died 24 hours later.
come Effective Until After Of
ficial Peace Is Signed.
TRENTON, N. X, Varch 1. The
New Jersey senate late tonight passed,
12 to 9, the compromise beer bill pro
viding for manufacturing, selling and
transporting of beverages containing
not more than 3 per cent alcohol
by volume. The bill would not be
come effective until after peace has
been officially proclaimed.
The measure went through the sen
ate after reference had been made to
the state senate In 1863 condemning
President Lincoln for his emancipation
of the slaves after it had been stated
New Jersey would become a tritor
to a great cause; and after the Anti
Saloon league had been excoriated for
its lobbying in antagonism to - the
move to have a beer law in the state
so that the attorney-general could
fight for state rights on the question
before tne United States supreme
court.
The galleries were jammed and the
floors of the chamber packed.
Governor Edwards Is expected to
sign the bill tomorrow.
Six Defendants Tell of
Centralia Murders.
MILWAUKEE. March 1. Manufac
ture and sale of 2.5 beer in Wisconsin
was legalized in a decision handed
down today by Federal Judge Geiger
in the test case brought by the Mani
towoc Products company for an in
junction to halt enforcemeih of the
Volstead act. . . '
By his decision. Judge Geiger up
held the Mulberger law, thus assum
ing that state prohibition laws take
precedence over federal regulation.
The court held section 1, title 2 of
the Volstead act unconstitutional. The
court also held that inasmuch as the
constitutional amendment prohibited
not only intoxicating liquors, neither
congress nor the state legislature
has power to define the word "intox
(eating liquor so as to include bever
ages non-intoxicating in fact"
PLAN FOR KILLINGS DENIED
Vanderveer Sharply Rebuked
by Court for. Insistence.
BLAND ADMITS SHOOTING
Legionnaire Who Says He Heard of
Raid Admits That He Was Some
Distance From Hall.'
GUARD1 PLANS FOR CAMPS
Fifteen Days' Training Arranged
for This Year's Programme.
WASHINGTON, March 1. Fifteen
days' field training and not to exceed
four special instructions for officers
and selected enlisted men are pro
vided in this year's national guard
training prograTnme, made public to
day by Major-General "Carter, chief
of the militia bureau.
General Carter recommended that
encampments be held before July 1.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE. FAILS
West Virginia Legislature Rejects
National Measure.
CHARLESTOWN, W. Va., March 1.
Ratification of the national suf
frage amendment was refused by the
West Virginia senate this afternoon
the vote to ratify being 14 to It.
When It was announced, Senator
Harvey W. Hammer, who proposed the
resolution, changed his vote to no.
This was done, It was stated, in order
that be might move for re-considera
tion.
LOAN SHARKS USED' ROUGH
Profiteers and Their Kind Shamed
in Bulgaria.
BERNE, March 1. Usurers, black
mailers and profiteers are being pla
carded and marched in chains through
the streets of Bulgarian eitles, ac
cording to advices received here.
This exposure which recalls the
medieval pillory, is said to be pro
ducing good results.
Judge Nctcrcr Passes on Charges
of Fraud in . Connection
With Shipbuilding.
SEATTLE, March 1. Five officials
of the Grays Harbor Motorshlp cor
poration of Aberdeen, Wash., in fod-
I eral court here today, accepted ar
raignment and entered pleas of not
guilty to Indictments charging them
with having- fraudulently claimed
J750O from the government -for ad
vance delivery of a hull intended for
the United States dipping board.
Officials of the company named In
the Indictments were Bruce C. Shorts.
Monty Ward, A. S. Hoonan, Captain
W. A. Magco and A. B. Hunt Their
acceptance of arraignment came aa a
surprise, as they had previously noti
fied the court they would enter de
murrers and move to- quash the In
dictments. '
Federal Judge Jeremiah Nctcrcr
today heard arguments on demurrers
and motions to quash indictments
against C. N. Seaborn, Phillips Mor
rison and It. V. Ostrandcr, officers of
the Seaborn Shipyards company ot
Tai'oma, Wash., charging them with
having conspired to defraud the gov
ernment of J54.000 through false
claims for additional expenditures on
hulls, under construction for the ship
ping board. Judge Netercr did not
announce his decision.
An Indictment against Captain John
F. Blain, ex-north Pacific district
manager of the shipping board, in
which he was charged with accepting
secret commissions from the Steward
Davit & Equipment company. New
York, while shipping bonrd repre
sentative here, was ordered dismissed.
Judge Ncterer took the matter of dis
missing two other indictments against
Captain Blaln under advisement
G0MPERS VOICES PROTEST
Action of President in Signing Rall-
'Road Bill Regretted.
MIAMI, Fla March 1. Samuel
Gompers, who was here today with
other offijials of the executive coun
cil of the American Federation of
Labor, said that while organized labor
was much opposed to the railroad bill
as drafted no further action would be
taken in- regard to it
"I speak for them all," he said,
"when I say that the action of the
president in signing the bill is to be
regretted."
TURKS MASSACRE 16,000
Official Word Comes of Killings at
Marash, Cilicia.
LONDON, March 1. After the
French evacuated Marash, Cilicia. re
cently, the Turks massacred -16,000
Inhabitants.
Official statement Is made in an
exchange telegraph dispatch from
Athens today.
Good conduct of the corporation was
Concluded on Pace 2. Column 1.)
JOINT DEBATE ANNOUNCED
General Wood to Meet Senator
Polndexter at Pierre, S. D.
CHICAGO, March 1. General Leon
ard Wood and Senator Miles Poln
dexter will hold a joint debate at
Pierre, S. D., MArch 20, three days be
fore the South Dakota primary.
This was announced at Wood bead
quarters here today. -
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BY BEN HCI LAMFMAN.
MONTESANO, Wash., Marcn 1.
(Special.) By an abrupt reversal of
tactics today, 7lth the accused men
taking the witness stand in rapid se
quence in the Centralia Armistic-day
murder case, the defense apparently
had' indicated that it is nearing the
close of its testimony and is almost
ready to submit the issue to the jury.
Conjecture was current at the ad
journment of court this afternoon re
garding this latest move of the de
fense, taken by many to Indicate that
George F. Vanderveer, counsel for the
ten I. W. W. defendants, has aban
doned hope of proviig that Warren
O. Grimm, for whose murder the ac
cused are on trial, was - party to an
alleged plot of Centralia commercial
interests against the radicals.
Defendants Tell of Killings.
There testified today six of the ac
cused, relating with apparent frank
ness the incidents that led to the
tragedy and the events of Armistice
day but disclaiming with unanimity
all knowledge of any organised plan
by the I. W. W. to station riflemen
outside the ball, or knowledge of the
part their fellow defendants bore in
the shooting or the preliminary plans.
The" defendant witnesses asserted
that members of the American Legion
attacked the hall before the L W. W.
replied with rifle fire.
Bythe testimony of two defendants,
Bert and O. C. (Commodore) Bland,
brothers, and fellow, radicals, the de
fense has thrown down all barriers
of dispute and openly admitted that
riflemen were stationed outside the
hall, ready to shoot in defense of
the distant headquarters, and that
from Seminary hill, at least, ther
issued a stream of vengeful bullets. It
is the contention of the state that the
theory of defense admits of but one
construction and that decrees that
the defenders must be within the
premises defended.
Others to Be Cnlled.
Those who testified today were
Mike Sheehan, O. C. Bland, James ilc
Inerney, John Lamb, Bert Bland and
Elmer Smith, the Centralia attorney
who is charged with being an acces
sory. Those who have previously
testified are Britt Smith, former sec
retary of the Centralia I. W. W. local
and Eugene Barnett. Remaining to be
called is Roy Becker, alias "Rough
Ground Shorty." Loren Roberts, the
tenth defendant, will not be placed
on the stand as the defense alleges j
him to be ihsane. i
out in the day's court events. ' IIYUCA Ur IUUHI O IVCVVO
First was the reproof administered I
to Vanderveer by Judge John M. Wil- The Weather.
.... ... - TBWPP.RnjlT'S Maximum f .nm.rature.
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Mayor Plans to Revise
Censorship Ordinance.
EARLY PASSAGE IS EXPECTED
Suggestions From All Inter
ested Are Requested..'
BOARD CF THREE DESIRED
City Executive Holds Prcx-nl Ordi
nance Not Workable, Having
Too Many Provisions.
GEDDES IS ENVOY TO U. S.
Briton Favored by Wilson Is Ap
pointed Ambassador.
LONDON, March 1. Appointment of
Sir Auckicr.d Geddes aa British em
bassador to the United States was
officially announced today. The am
bassador will leave for America !n
about a month.
Th high cost of living at Wash
ington has btcn an obstacle to find
ing a suitable man willing to serve.
The salary will be raised, according
to reports
WASHINGTON. March 1. The Brit
ish government hsd been formally
notified by the state department that
the appointment of Sir Auckland
Geddes as British ambassador to the
United States would be agreeable to
President Wilson.
11 CHINESE DIE IN FIRE
New Year Celebration at Wallil
Walla Causes Fatalities.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., March 1.
Eleven bodies had been recovered late
tonight from a building in the Chi
nese quarter which caught fire earlier
In the evening. The bodies were those
of ten man and one woman. The
woman came from Pasco today.
The fire started from firecrackers
accidentally dropped by an aged
Chinaman who was helping to cele
brate the Chinese New Year. Five
bodies were found in one room. The
fire was confined to the second story
of the building. There were numer
ous exits, but the victims were caught
like rats in a trap. earch will be
continued tomorrow for addltiona
bodies.
sel that he would be punished for
contempt if he continued to Ignore
and evade the court's rulings.
Second was the testimony of Dr.
F. J. Bickford of Centralia, called by
the defense to prove the alleged raid
upon the hall.. A member of the
American Legion and one of those
who marched in the parade. Dr. Bick
ford testified that he did join three
comrades in an attempt to enter the
hall met by a volley of rifle fire
but that rear ranks had broken and
were running for cover before the
attack was made. The shots from
the hall, however, were the first he
heard. 1
Bland Admlta Finn.
Third was the open admission of
Bert Bland, defendant, that he, with
Loren Roberts and Ole Hanson, was
posted on the summit of Seminary
hill, a quarter mile from Tower ave
nue, and that from this distant
vantage point they opened fire upon
the paraders after they saw the rush
toward the hall.
Bland testified that the three had
conferred on plans to defend the halt
and that they agreed ' upon firing
from Seminary hill. They were cer-
tain that the legionaries would be
armed if the anticipated, raid ai
made.
"At first we decided to go to the
Queen rooming house," said Bland.
We went to Wesley Everett's room-
He had told, us we could use it. I
did. not tell him what we wanted to
go there for,- but I guess he knew.
We looked out the window, and did
not like the situation. We came to
the conclusion that the soldiers could
easily surround the building, so wt
decided we did not' want to face that
kind of a situation. ;
"Then we decided to go to Seminary
hill. We had discussed the hill be
fore." The three riflemen reacHed the hill
by circuitous routes, and stationed
themselves in a slight depression near
the summit Distant-Tower avenue
lay under command of their: rifles.
Concluded on Page 8, Cuiumo 1.)
5 degrees: minimum, 3' drxree..
TODAY'S Probable rain; moderate north
east winds.
Fiiriitn.
Head of third internatioimie telli how ov
. let propaganda is conducted. Tuge A.
National.
Treaty fight wiil ge over to campaign.
Page 1.
Return of rallrouda without Incident
Page 4.
Supreme court uphold" teel trust" after
nine years ot litigation. Page 1.
Ownership of railroads becomes campaign
iFSue for democrats when president
slgna bill. Page 3.
Houm pasees bill autnorE2lng two coast
highway bridges, rage 2.
Twenty-one Mates Join In suit to test 18th
amendment. Page 3.
Domestic.
New Jersey legislature parses bill for 3.5
per cent beer. Page 1.
raclfir Northwest.
Committee of legislators propose state
amendment for choice ot governor.
Page tt.
Seattle voters to pass on iuue of sovletism
today. Page 1.
Oregon Daughter of American Revolution
to meet in Albany Friday and Saturday.
Page 1.
I. W. W. defense In Montesano trial nears
end. Page 1.
Blaln indictment ordered dismissed.
Page 1.
Sports.
Five fights on card at Hetlig Wednesday
night. Page 14.
Commerce registers first victory of season
against James John. Page 14.
Beavers to meet Oregon Aggie nine at On
tario. Cal., March 24 und x:. Page 14
Commercial and Marine.
Linen shortage msy he relieved hy f.'ax
shipments from Russia. Page 23.
Farm reserves of corn throughout country
are large. Page M.
Steel corporation derision strengthens
stock list. Page i;.
Atlantic-Portland steamship service -proposed.
Page 2-.
Portland and Vicinity.
District attorney files protest against ran.
cellatiun of federal ffelcgraph service.
Page 13.
Transfer of railroads to' private control
made without hitch locally. Pare 1ft.
New fish and game commissions hold first
session and organise. Page 13.
Mayor to Introduce new ordinance on film
censorship. Tage 1.
Syndicalists are called for trial. Page 12
Petitions out for W. G. McAdoo. Page IS.
Ministerial association protests Turn Vsreln
use of auditorium. ( Psge .
Three thousand Legionnaires st meeting
here demand bonus iu some furm.
Declarations of the motion plclura
exhibitors r to be tnkrn at thrlr
face value, that they want censor
ship, but" that they want It adminis
tered through a board of three, onl
named by the city, one by themselves
and the other selective by the t.
George L. Baker, mayor and commis
sioner of public safely, yesterday an
nounced that he will introduce an or
dinance before the rouncll tomorrow,
embodying this) and other features.
The present system will thereby be
abolished. provided his proposed
measure is enacted Into law.
WTth the taking- effect of th
mayor's ordlnance-for thera l Hula
doubt of Its early passage the pres
ent board of censorship, around which
so many tempests have raged, will b
automatically eliminated. The mem
bers are: J. Fred Larson, chairman;
Mrs. II. L. Vorse, Mrs. Millie It. Trum
bull. Mrs. (5. '3. Frankcl, Frank Cof
flnberry, William Uracpcr and L.
Krause.
Mrs. t'olwell fader WI1 Jerri r.
Mrs. E. T. Colwell, who for manf
years has been secretary of the board.
Is under civil service and ordinarily
would continue In that position. Be
cause of the fact that she has been
virtually the executive officer In di
recting compliance wl(,h orders of tha
board, she has come In for no small
amount of criticism from motion pic
ture men, but the mayor, as commis
sioner of publlo saf.ly and having
supervision of tho censors as such,
has retained her in this capacity. Slia
was at first a volunteer for four
years and was then appointed of
ficially by 11. R. Albcc, when he a
mayor.
Whilo Mayor Baker did not say '
I; Is known that the dcclhion to make
over the present cenaorshlp ordinance,
which was passed during tha Albea
administration, was brought about by
numerous clashes with film men over
various provisions contained within
it, the last of which was regarding
the film which was stamped "Ap
proved" by one of the board's view
ers last December, which cunte up for
exhibition this week and against
which certain Chinese, made com
plaint. Mayor Talks of -New I'laa.
A protest went to tho board aKainst
the exhibition of tho Mm, four mem
ber viewed it; a vote was taken,
three members voting to condemn
and two to" pass It. Maor Baker,
who Is not a member, favored the ma
jority action. The caso was finally
taken into court.
"I am going to accept at face valua
the statements of the motion picture
people that they want censorship,"
said the mayor yesterday, "and am
going to act on their suKS"a"on that
a new board, consisting of tbrca mem
bers, be created.
"in making this announcement, I
cannot too strongly nipnair.n 11m
fact that I. too, want Censorship of
motion pictures and that 1 want It
to be of such a kind as to guard the
morals of the city, especially of tha
youthful element. Another thing
that should be as fully understood is
that my action In no wise reflects
discredit upon the men and women
now on the bolird who have given tha
municipality thejr services without
cost. I know they have given tha
best they have to this work and thr'
are entitled to the thanks of the peo
ple. Often misunderstood and aa fre
quently erroneously criticised, their
position has been unenviable.
I'rrsesK Law Weak.
"The fact Is. our ordinance Is not
workable. It has too many provisions
which tend to weaken it and to tusks
more difficult the work that Is sup
posed to b carried on under It
terms. Now, what I propone to do Is
to put through a measure that will
correct tha present defects, rr.uk a
more simple the requirements and at
the same time strengthen tho law so
that better results may be attained
without so many misunderstandings."
"My proposal. In brief. In to ron
tlnue censorship; to meet tho motion
picture people on their own sugges
tion and to have a man representing
the city whose known standing, Judg
ment and Integrity will cause him to
hold out for what Is right. Then,
when the film men name their choice.
It will bo up to the two to select the
third member and. with t:.e man I
have in mind for the city. I will guar
antee to the people of Portland that
ho will sec to It that the city's Hunts
are nt neglected In the choice."
Mayor Baker's proposed ordinance
is being put Into legal form by Stan
ley Myers, assistant city attorney. .
While It will be drafted for presenta
tion tomorrow, if at all possible, the
mayor has no Intention whatever of
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