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PORTLAND OREGOX, MONDAY, MARCH 22, 1920
KILLED III
MONTESANO'S FAIREST
SURRENDER TO LEGION
LABOR'S ONE WEAPON
TRUTH, SAYS GOMPERS
LEADER PREDICTS DEFEAT OF
HOSTILE CANDIDATES.
EBERT, BACK ON JOB,
'WILL PUNISH GUILTY'
U. S. CLOTHING PRICE
STAGE IS SET FOR
CUT HALF IN NORWAY
LEIPSIG
Ml JOINT DEBATE
LACKS EFFICIENCY
MARKETS AT PRESENT ARE 50
PER CENT LESS THAN HERE.
33 ROMANCES RESULT DCRIXG
RECEXT I. W. W. TRIAD.
PRESIDENT AXD GERMAN" CABI
NET MEET IX BERLIN.
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WOOD
HONORS
RUSSIAN
INDUSTRY
ASESS ON
FIGHTING
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Ebert Troops Kill 2000,
Trapped in Volkshaus.
SHELLS SET BUILDING AFIRE
Workmen Are Defeated in
Fierce Street Combats.
REDS RULE RUHR CITIES
Government Forces Reported to Be
Preparing to Capture Seized
Towns From Radicals.
COBLEN'Z. March 21. (By the As
sociated Press.) Three thousand
persons were killed in the fighting at
Leipsic before the government troops
captured the town on Friday, accord-
lng to statements made by three
American business men who arrived
here tonight from Leipsic, which
place they left on Saturday night.
Up to Wednesday there was strike
agitation in Leipsic against the Kapp
regime, then anarchy and soviet con
trol until the government troops
shelled the Volkshaus and labor head
quarters Friday afternoon, the Amer
icans say.
Sheila Set llnllding Afire.
There were 2000 persons in the
building who were shot down as they
n.ade their exit. The shells finally
set fire to the building, killing hun
dreds of other persons.
There was a demonstration on
March 14 in which 3 persons were
killed. Then the workmen obtained
arms and street fighting was heavy
until an armistice was arranged on
Wednesday (March 17) at noon.
The armistice ran until noon on
Thursday. A Saxon aviator Hying
over the citv on Thursday was shot
down by rifle fire.
Trouble Gradually quirted
The fighting continued from Thurs
day between the workers, using rifles
and grenades, and the reichswehr and
loyal volunteers until the Volkshaus
affair Friday afternoon. Then the
trouble gradually quieted down.
The Americans who brought the de
tails of the lighting in Leipsic are
Javid S. Block of Washington; lrv
ing Gilter and Samuel T. Barron of
Js'ew York.
A number of Americans from Berlin
arrived in Coblenz today.
Among them were Frederick Sim
pich of the American consular serv
ice and his wife and son; Mrs. Daphne
Marquette, who was a clerk of the
American embassy at The Hague, but
who has been in Berlin since the
armistice was signed; Allen Goldsmith
of New Tork, representing the Amer
ican relief commission, and Mrs.
Goldsmith, the Misses Ellen and
Catherine Corbin of Washington, D. C,
clerks of the Berlin mission, and Miss
Mary L. Thompson, a clerk, of Anni
cton, Ala.
The Spartacans gained control of
the Ruhr district today The red army
took ' possession of Duisburg, Gan
buern, Mullheim and Mettman, west
of Elberfeld.
SoJabora; Soviet Srt I p.
A direct report from Suisburg says
a. soviet government has been set up
there. No private telephone conver
sations are permitted except for the
procuring of food and coaL
The red army in the Ruhr district
is reported to have available a force
estimated at 70,000 men, all of whom
probably are armed. The situation is
i considered extremely critical because
of the rapid growth of the red army
and its mobility, which was displayed
in the taking of Essen. There are
about 6000 troops in General von Wal
ter's command, but of these 1500 are
said to have been forced to retire
across the boundary into the British
occupied area.
However, there are no further re
ports of bloodshed and it is believed
the imminent march of the govern
ment forces now being concentrated
will quickly quiet the region.
LONDON. March 22. A dispatch to
the Daily Mail from Berlin says the
United States diplomatic representa
tive has informed the German gov
ernment that it will be impossible
for the United States to allow food
supplies from abroad to enter any
part of Germany where trouble pre
vails. Red I prising; Threatened.
The same correspondent says the
communists boast that a bolshevik
uprising Is imminent. One adds that
General von Seecht takes a serious
view of the situation and trenches are
being dug in the streets of each city
district.
A mob of workmen Saturday night
attacked an Isolated post of govern
ment troops in the industrial district
and killed officers and men with the
' greatest cruelty, the dispatch adds.
Reinforcements were sent and they
killed 20 workmen and captured 25
others, who were immediately stood
up against a wall and shot.
BERNE, Switzerland, March 21.
(By the Associated Prfss.) A veri
table bolshevist reign of terror is in
progress at Lelpsic. according to dis
patches received here. Pillaging and
excesses of all kinds by radicals are
reported there, as well as throughout
the Industrial centers of the Ruhr
oaciudedaPace S, Column 2.)
Coy Belles Yield to. Dashing Valor
of Gallant Guards and Will
Move to Hoquiam.
HOQUIAM, Wash., March 21. (Spe
cial.) While "wobblies" peered
through the bars of the county jail
at Montesano, or stood before stem
jurors, as prosecutors and defending
attorneys battled in the legal tug of
war, little Dan Cupid was busy in his
own inimitable way, and now there
are something like 35 romances to
prove it. These mean 17 weddings
and pending wedaings since the Mon
tesano trial started, with 18 more
engagements or near-engagements.
Seven marriages are announced for
Easter Sunday. The bridegrooms will
be Hoquiam men. 4
When the accused Centralia I. W.
W. defendants were taken to Mon
tesano a special guard of American
Legion veterans was detailed to ac
company them. That was seven
weeks ago. The ex-soldiers and sail
ors of the big war evidently lost no
time.
Impressed by the dashing valor of
the gallant guests, the unattached
matrons and belles coyly yielded to
the inevitable. In the number .are
j several of Montesano's fairest daugh-
ters. some buxom widows, includin
one landlady of mellowed charms, and
a score of so other fair belles, some
of them daughters of nearby ranchers.
The young men are from Hoquiam,
Centralia and other parts, but all are
members of the American Legion. The
Hoquiam post, through the energies
of Adjutant "Bob" La Roux, is plan
ning a rousing "Newly-Wed Night's
Jinks."
Fourteen of the romances will cul
minate in Hoquiam where the young
people will make their homes.
The American Legion here is pre
paring a full list of the happy couples
which is not yet complete. The first
bevy of engagements to be announced
follows:
Dan Mac and Elsie Starr, Walter
Brewster and Mary Summers, Sam
Irving and Ruth T. Thorns, Wilbur
Lewis and Gertie Wasley, Len Young
and Margaret L. Cummings, Fred
Owens and Mrs. Susan V. West, John
B. Totter and Virginia Fitzgerald.
POKER PLAYED lll COURT
Judge Sees How Cards Were Said
to Have Hcen Marked, Bet Won.
NEW YORK, March 21. A stud
poker game with marked cards was
reproduced in court today during the
trial of Louis Krohnbcrg. a shirt
manufacturer, who is charged with
obtaining money in a game of chance
by fraud.
J. M. Silverman, one of half a dozen
complainants, laid before the magis
trate two hands from a deck which
he said he took from Krohnberg's
borne. These proved to have shadings
in the fleur de lis design on the backs
which indicated the nature of the
cards.
Illustrating with the marked deck,
Silverman testified that Krohnberg
saw that the fifth oard of a stud
hand would make him have two pairs
against one pair for hs opponent, and
thereby won J5700.
BREAKFAST LAID ON BED
Hen Deposits Egg and Wakes Her
Owner Each Day at Noon.
BEND, Or., March 21 (Special.)
A hen which obligingly deposits an
absolutely fresh breakfast egg on her
owner.s bed and then wakes him at
the proper time to consume tile fruit
of her industry, is the prized posses
sion of J. A. McKenzie, local sawmill
employe.
McKenzie's working day ends at 3
o'ciock in the morning and shortly
alter he retires, leaving the window
at his beside open. Shortly before noon
Biddy flies in the window, hops to
the bed, nestles near her master's
shoulder, lays her egg and rising,
pecks the sleeper gently on the fore
head to inform him that breakfast
is ready.
DENTIST ASKING DAMAGES
Sequel to Assault by Mayor Com
milted Some Time Ago.
MARSH FIELD, Or., March 21.
(Special.) W. J. Phillips, North Bend
dentist, who hovered between life and
death for some time after an alterca
tion with Henry G. Kern, mayor of
North Bend, in which Phillips was
knocked down and sustained a frac
tured skull, has brought suit in the
Coos county circuit court for $15,000
damages against the mayor; alleging
loss of time, pain and heavy medical
and hospital expenses.
After Dr. Phillips' recovery. Mayor
Kern, at a preliminary hearing, was
bound over in a justice court for
grand Jury investigation, but the jury
did not indict him.
SUBSTATION' IS BURNED
Portland Railway, Light & Power
Co. Suffers Loss at St. Johns.
The Portland Railway, Light &
Power company's substation at Lom
bard and Lacrum streets caught fire
shortly before 2 o'clock this morning,
and, according to reports to Police
Captain Harms, was a total loss.
The cause had not been determined
at an early hour. Wires carrying
high voltage currents made it almost
impossible for firemen to combat the
flames successfully.
Lights in certain parts of the city
were extinguished temporarily as a
result of the fire.
Poindexter Incites Rival
to Spirited Retort.
FIGHTING STRAIN IS EVIDENT
General Defends America for
Relief in Europe,
SOUTH DAKOTA FIGHT ON
Louden Looked Upon as Serious
Contender, With Candidates
Lavish in Expenditures.
BY MARK SULLIVAN.
PIERRE, S. D., March 21. (Spe
cial.) In the joint political debate
between General Wood and Senator
Poindexter here last evening. Gen
eral Wood undoubtedly got the hon
ors, although Senator Poindexter got
as much satisfaction out of the oc
casion as any man ought to wa:it
The senator was known to the audi
ence as an uncompromising bitter
ender in opposition to the league of
nations, and in that role he again
and again got the approval of ap
plause. But it was General Wood
who had most reason to be grateful
that the debate took place. The give
and take of it brought out qualities
of bigness in him which had not been
called out in the set speeches that he
has, been making throughout the
state.
He gave every evidence of being
embarrassed and ill at ease at being
drawn into a debate at all, ana
suavely tried to. make it an occasion
where one republican candidate for
ni.aciAntl' m!lVpl One ITOOd fft-
publican speech and another repub
lican candidate for the presidency
makes another good republican
speech which doesn't at all disagreed
That was plainly the general's wish.
But Senator Poindexter was feeling
rather good, and wanted a row; and
in due course he got the row.
Senator Poindexter had just re
ceived a telegram from Washington
announcing that his position on the
league of nations had been vindicated
and that the league vas dead he felt,
and felt truly, that this gave him
justification for strutting a little;
but when he strutted too far over on
the general's territory, he got a real
come back. This one spontaneous in
cident of the evening was wholly and
conspicuouply to General Wood's
credit. It was not to the discredit of
Senator Poindexter at all; in fact, it
did not arise over any point acutely
at issue between the two men, but it
came about in such a way as to show
General Wood a big man and i
courageous man, a man with convic
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4 OUTSIDERS.
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"Xo Force but Force of Reason and
'Argument'' to Be Used in
"Appeal to Brain'' of U. S.
WASHINGTON, March 21. (By the
Associated Press.) Samuel Gompers,
writing in the current issue of the
American Federationist, asserts that
labor's non-partisan political fight
will be aimed particularly at "de
feat of those candidates who are
enemies of labor."
"The fight is on," the article said.
Labor has no weapon but the truth;
no force but the force of reason and
argument Its appeal is to the heart
and brain of America. Its aim. is the
welfare of the American nation; the
safeguarding of American democ
racy." Asserting that labor's right had
been "menaced by many present hold
ers of political places," Mr. Gompers
said the injunction process had been
"abused" until it "would scarcely be
recognized by its originators."
"Money greed, political greed, greed
for place and power, these have been
among us, undoing our will and strik
ing at our liberties," he said.
Declaring that labor "must contend
for fundamentals that apply to the
whole people," Mr. Gompers continued:
"Labor is not something impersonal.
It is not like a machine, nor is it like
a corporation. It is the sum total of
the lives of. all those who are useful
to the world.
"Therefore, the interest of labor in
legislation is not limited to interest
falling between two given points.
"Congress cannot do a single thing
in which labor is not interested."
DOLLS FULL OF BRANDY
Immigrant Women's Toys Found
to Conceal Liquor. '
BOSTON, March 21. An Italian im
migrant woman's eagerness to remove
from her trunk a large china doll led
to the discovery by the customs offi
cials of 300 quarts of brandy hidden
in various parts of the White Star
liner Cretic, from Mediterranean ports.
The officers saw a woman hastily
take a doll from her trunk and at
tempt to carry it away. They also
noticed that two other women on the
pier were cuddling dolls in their arms.
Upon investigation they found a gal
lon jug of brandy beneath the dress
of the first doll and a quart bottle
concealed in the clothing of each of
the others.
NUGGETS FOUND IN WELL
Analysis of Canadian 'Find Shows
Gold of Good Quality.
ALSASK, Sask., March 21. While
working in a shallow well ten miles
east of here George Egstead brought
up what appeared to be gold nuggets.
Analysis at Calgary is said to have
developed that the mineral was of
good quality. I
Friday he filed a claim at the
dominion land office here. The well
is located on the farm of W. Andre,
near a creek. It is said to be an ideal
place for placer mining and the dis-
i covery has created much excitement.
Kapp Officers and Leading Civil-
' ians in Revolt to Be Charged
With High Treason.
BERLIN, March 21. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The government of
President Ebert, which left Berlin
week ago, when Dr. Wolfgang Kapp
and his reactionary troops entered the
city, is again in power in the capital.
President Ebert and the members of
his ministry reached here at 11
o'clock this morning from Stuttgart
and soon afterward the order for a
state of intensified siege was with
drawn. Public services have in a measure
been re-established, and it is hoped
that Berlin will soon resume its nor
mal activities, though It will be a
long time before the damage, ma
terial and moral, will be repaired.
The immensity of the damage
caused in Germany by the revolution
and the consequent uprising and the
government's present determination
to prosecute the guilty were voiced by
President Ebert.
"I am optimistic enough to think
that the damage has not been catas
trophical and that Is also the opinion
of the cabinet." Mr. Ebert said. "I
am sorry the events of the last few
days have proved there are still cir
cles in Germany that think the dis
tress was not great enough. They
are the same groups that always de
sired war; they are the incitors of
the militarists and reactionaries."
Regarding punishment of the Kapp
leaders and the expectation by some
that the state of siege would make
necessary the execution of all the
guilty, the president declared:
"Those guilty shall feel the full
weight of the law. All officers of
responsible position and all leading
civilians who joined will be regarded
as guilty, be charged with high trea
son and may be punished with penal
servitude." ,
Regarding execution under martial
law, President Ebert said:
"The lawyers will determine. Per
haps some will be executed, besides
the confiscation of their property. We
want to punish the leaders, but to
spare those who were forced into the
movement or acted through igno
ranee."
A cabinet council deliberated
throughout the afternoon to deter
mine the steps necessary to bring
Germany back to her position prior to
the revolt. This, it is believed, will
require considerable maneuvering and
delicate handling, for the independent
socialists and workmen are making
heavy demands for concessions.
The situation in parts of the coun
try appears serious. From the group
of industrial centers on the Rhine and
the Ruhr district continue to come re
ports of spartacan agitation. In sev
eral places, particularly the Ruhr
district, the spartacans are said to be
in absolute control. Here their avail
able force Is estimated at 70.000 men.
Concentration of loyal government
forces, however, is taking place and
their arrival at the scenes of disorder
is expected to bring quiet.
While the resignation of Gustav
Noske, minister of defense, has been
demanded by the radicals, it is con-
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Cause Found in Scarcity
of Food for Workers.
14,000 MACHINES STAND IDLE
Harvester Factory, Not Na
tionalized, Handicapped.
MATERIAL IS LACKING
Soviet Government Unable to Pro
Tide KniTes, Either by Man
ufacture or Importation.
BY LINCOLN EYRE.
(Copyright by New York World. Published
. by arrangement.
PARIS, March. 21. (Special Cable.)
The most Interesting individual es
tablishment I inspected in soviet Rus
sia was from every point of view that
of the International Harvester com
pany outside of Moscow. It is not only
one of the very few plants that never
ceased to operate throughout .the rev
olution, but it is the sole big one to
the best of my belief that escaped na
tionalization. '
Both qualifications are due chiefly
to the indefatigable energy of the
manager of the factory, Croning, an
Americanized Russian. Back in 1918,
according to what was told me, he
got Raymond Robins to intercede
with Lenine to prevent the plant be
ing nationalized. When Lenine learned
that the company's profits wire
barely 10 per cent of the investment,
he agreed to forego its seizure and
has abided by that promise since.
Compared with the International
Harvester company's shops in Amer
ica, Its Moscow premises are far. be
low par from an efficient standpoint.
Externally the factory seems to be in
good shape, but when one investigates
deeper one finds that the personnel
has been reduced 50 per cent and that
of those remaining one-fourth are
always absent on one pretext or an
other, usually connected with food.
In 1913 the 2000 employes turned out
4000 machines in a given p'-riod. Now
1000 men turn out only 800 in the
same period.
Workeri Seem Contented.
The workers with whom 1 talked
seemed to be fairly contented, though
fhey complained that discipline was
far more severe here than In the
nationalized plants. An old English
foreman said Croning whom 1 failed
to meet, owing to his temporary ab
sence and the technical staff de
served great praise for their success
in maintaining order among the men
and enforcing at least a minimum of isuffrusc Right Urd for Flrt Time
obedience. I - , ,.rnary Klrt-llon.
"This ere bolshevism is a rotten
business, sir," he added. "These J MANILA, P. I.. March 21. Women
bloomin' Russians think they owns ' voted yesterday at the democratic
the 'ole works nowadays. We never : primaries in the Philippine Islands to
knew "ow long we were going to be j elect delegates to th territorial con
able to keep the factory running, , vention In April, nhen bIx delegates
what with the Soviets and this 'ere , lo the national convent ion will be
red army commandeering our fuel as
soon as we got any."
The Harvester company had con
tracted to supply the government
with its entire output of mowers and
reapers, but Croming warned the au-
thoritles that an essential though
small part of these machines name- j vpUpr, .m be' granted
i. .k. i.h, i.e H .lNew orker'''
j n". " o f " - - t .
they are technically termed would
be lacking. He suggested that these 1
pieces, which are about the size of a
pocketknife blade, should be smug
gled through from Sweden, but the
supreme economic council said it was
preferable to manufacture them In
Russia, This, however,- eventually
proved to be unfeasible, and in con
sequence some 14,000 harvesting ma
chines, complete in every other re
spect, and desperately needed for this
year's crop gathering, are standing
idle and useless in the company's
storehouses an extreme but no un
precedented instance of soviet ineffi
ciency. Production at Low Kbb.
A few days later I visited a nation
alized plant, that which had formerly
been the property of Bromley Broth
ers, one of the oldest metallurgic con
cerns in Russia. The original Broin-
leys were Knglish. Their establish
ment produced steel articles like axes,
hatchets, swords and bayonets, and
during the war Diesel motors, turn
ing lathes and stoves. After the na
tionalization of his property the de
scendent of the Bromley brothers,
who Is a trained executive familiar i
with
.11 th. manllfaeturlaT te.h- !
nlquo of his business, was obliged to
obtain a clerical Job In the supreme I
council of Public economy In order
to earn a living. He had been accused
of "sabotage," a charge launched
more or less justly by the bolshevik!
against most of the old-time manu
facturers. In Russia sabotage has
come to mean simply the failure to
do one's work properly in other
words, to lie down on the job. I
overheard an Isvostchik bitterly up
braiding his horse for sabotaging he
cause the jaded nag flatly refused to
go faster than a walk.
Bromley's place in his factory was
taken by a committee of three, of
whom two were elected from among
their number by the 2000 old em
ployes and the third appointed by
the Bupreme council. The commit
tee's chairman, who was the princi
pal executive, was an ordinary work
man, without experience even; as a
foreman. One of his colleagues was
Concluded on Page 3, Column 3.)
American Dealers Are Seeking Re
Export of Apparel to Tills Coun
try; Some Already Resold.
CHRISTIANA. Norway, March SI.
American representatives are trying
to repurchase drygoods and wearing
apparel bought from the United States
from 1911 to 1920 for re-export to
the United States, as the prices of
these commodities are 50 per cent
lower than those now prevailing In
the American markets.
Immediately after the war Norway
was flooded with American drygoods
and wearing apparel, and Norwegian
firms placed large orders in America
for future delivery.
The Norwegian embargo now In
force prohibits such export as de
manded by the American representa
tives. Much of the American goods
bought by Norwegian firms but not
not yet shipped from the United
States has been resold to Americans
there as the high dollar rate prevents
the marketing here.
SHIP NOT YET FLOATED
Admiral Evans, Stranded on Van
couver Island. Not Damaged.
SEATTLE, Wash.. March 21. Ef
forts to float the Pacific Steamship
company's Alaska passenger steamer
Admiral Evans, stranded near Sey
mour Narrows on the east shore of
Vancouver island early Saturday
morning, have proved futile and ar
rangements were made today to re
move freight from her forward hold
in the hope that she tan be pulled
into deep water.
Company officials believe the ves
sel will be able to free herself on the
first 'flood tide after the hold is
emptied.
Captain M. M. Jensen of the strand
ed liner informed company officials
today that the boat suffered no dam
age and Is not taking water. The
vessel is not in danger and will be
able to proceed on her voyaite to
Alaska as soon as floated, he stated.
The 170 passengers are In no danger
and are sufferlns no discomfort.
WILSON POSES FOR FILMS
President Caught ' Movie Men
Before Taking Hide.
WASHINGTON'. March 21. Presi
dent Wilson posed for more than five
minutes for moving-picture men to
day as he was leaving the White
House grounds for an automobile ride.
The pictures showed him somewhat
thinner than bffore his illness.
The president, taking advantane oT
the first balmy spring day of the
year, motored tnrougn me my s parnn
and nearby Maryland for four hours,
accompanied by Mrs. Wilson and
Rear-Admiral Grayson.
PHILIPPINE WOMEN VOTE
chosen.
It was the first time women
participated in a primary here.
had
Coney It-land Fare Cut.
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Jfa . t wa announced tonight,
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
I YESTKRDXT'S Maximum tmpertur. 0
1 "degrees; minimum. .IS dearies.
I TODAY'S Rain; southerly lnd.
. Korelso.
I ,...,-v larki rfflrirnrv due la
malnutrition of workers. fain 1.
Britain Is apathetic to treaty's defeat.
Pane 2.
Ebert. back In Berlin. Diana to Punlih all
auiltv of revolt. Page I.
Germany it'ima with bolahevlam; reila
loor and kill. Paae I.
Sinn Keln funeral cortega la two mllea
long. Page 3.
United fitatea clothing anld In Norway
50 per cent cheaper than here. Paga I.
Amerlra's treaty rejection awakena
France's far of Hun. Page 2.
Hunsaryto half of money In cir
culation aa national loan. Pago 4.
Grim British dreadnought evidence wane
of aullan'a power. Paga 4.
On mettle.
Gompera saya labor's only weapon la
"truth." Page 1.
Poindexter allra Wood out of habitual
i calm in jfxnt - - -
1 Standard OH defends Increase In prlca of
I fuel oil. Page 3.
Hero, held tnroiiKn rrrm , iV so
free iroin -
Poll '" '
n.ii 4.
rarlflr North wet.
caucus outtlnea work for apeetat aetaion
of Washington legislature which opens
today. e .
Polla In Washington show decided prefer-
erence for Wood. Page 11.
Monteaano'a falreet bellea surrender to
dashing Legion guarda. Page 1.
Hoort.
Boss MeCredle announces Beaver batting
order. Page
Mtlwaukie fight dateg changed to April T.
Page 8.
Briton, maintain golf superiority. Page 9.
Caxpentler to quit ring after Dempsey
fight.- Page
Commercial anil Marine.
Shipping man thinks Port of Portland fu
ture i bright. Page 12.
Portland and Vicinity.
Myaterv of Identity of 'Opal" Whlteley
enhanced by al.ter'i silence. Page 10.
Community church plan championed by
Rev. E. C. Hickman. Page 18.
Older boys' T. M. C. A. conference to be
held March 27. Page IS
Banka encourage agricultural develop
ment In Oregon. Page 17.
Bountiful crops foretaat for entire atata
ot Oregon. Page 11.
Dairymen to cut milk prica 10 per cent
April L Page 10.
Legislators in Caucus
Plan for Opening Today.
SENATORS IN SHARP TILT
Rivalry of Gubernatorial As
pirants Featured.
BOMB FAILS TO EXPLODE
sVnalor Lamping Attempts lo In
troduce Roolntlon Calling
for an Investigation.
OLYMPIA. Wash., March 21. (.pr
cial.) A general caucus of members
oTthe house this afternoon agreed to
the consideration by the special ses
sion when It convenes tomorrow of
two resolutions In addition to the
programme outlined and agreed upon
by the joint appropriation committee
at Its meeting last week. These are
proposals to submit a const Itullnnal
amendment to the voters at the elec
tion this fall relating to taxation and
to request the attorney-general to In
vestigate and prepare a civil admin
istrative rode vesting all executive
functions In a limited number of de
partments wlih a view to reducing
taxation.
A conference committee was ap
pointed by the senate caucus to meet
with a similar committee frnm tho
house and report Its rrMilt back t
the senate caucus.
This committee reported Immedi
ately upon reassembly of the senate
at the evening rcsflon rsurun and ap
proved the programme adopted by
the house caucus. The senate adopted
the report without opposition. The
house also adopted the report.
Work l ummarlr4.
As recommended by the. Joint ap
propriation committee the matters to
bo considered by the leslslators air,
first, the general tax levy limitation;
I second, the common school emer
gency; third, the soldiers' compensa
tion measure; fourth, tho national
women's suffrHSe amendment; fifth,
provision for a commission to be ap
pointed by the govei nor to make a
study and survey of the present com
mon school laws and to make a re
port of the conditions found and to
make report and such recommenda
tions as necessary to the iiKtilar ses
sion of the legislature. In January,
11121.
While the hoiie caU' tls completed
Its work late In the afternoon, the
senate caucus continued Its session
tonight after an adjournment at t
o'clock, following four hours of dts
cusslon of a programme to be car
ried out by the legislature whin it
convenes. Proceedings In the senate
were enlivened by a number of sharp
tilts, most of which had their origin
In the rivalry between Venator Toman
of Spokane county and Senator Lump
ing of King, both prospective candi
dates for governor and both appar
ently determined to take advantage
of the special session to advance po
litical chances. At the hour of recess
neither had made any
noticeable
,
progress, henator camping mane an
attempt to explode a political bomb
bv introduction of a resolution call-
Ing for an Invest igat inn of the pro
ceedings of the state capitol huildlrvc
commission, by a committee with In- .
structions to report to the next reg
ular session of the legislature.
Rnnih la Duel.
Whatever powder Lamping linns'
Ined was concealed In the resolution
failed to function when ricnator Car
lyon of Olymplu, resenting Insinua
tions contained in l.amplng's speech
In support ot ins resolution, lon-w
from the King county senator an em
phatlc denial of any purpose to re
ft curt on the menibera of the capitol
building commission, past or present,
and an emphatic declaration absolv
ing the commission from any suspi
cion of graft. Lamplng'a position was
weakened by his evident unfamlllar
ity.with the facts connected with the
entire capitol building programme.
His resolution was laid on lh labia
by a vote of 19 to 1. A motion by
Senator t'oman Inviting the capitol
commission to appear before the gen
eral caucus tomorrow morning lo In
form the membrra in regard lo the
work of the commission was adopted
with little opposition.
The senate caucus organized at i
o'clock by electing Senator 1. V.
Morthland of Yakima, chairman, and
Senator P. H. Sinclair of Wahkiakum,
secretary. Immediately after organi
zation was effected Senator Lamping
announced that ha did not propose to
be bound by the action of the caucus
so far as his vote was concerned when
the legislature took up consideration
of the several matters under discus
sion. Other senators expressed simi
lar Intention and a motion was paaard
declaring the discussion informal.
Senators freely criticised the manner
In which the extra session had been
called.
CrUlrlam Freel Made.
Senator Lamping declared that he
had received no notice or copy of the
proclamation Issued by the governor
calling tha session together and th
only way he knew there was to be
an extra session was through tha
press. It developed that Senator
Lamping for once was with the ma-
(Concluded oa l'a 3, Co.uwa a.)
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