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Entered at Portland (Oregon)
Postofflce an Second-Class Matter.
PORTLAND OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH
1920
rniCE rivi: ckxts
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(11 YIUIPIJ IF-rtlflHI '?i.5oao is paid
ULIIViriH GLGJIUIIij FOR KLAMATH TIMBER
SOUTH DAKOTA FOR
BENTON EX-SHERIFF
', SENTENCED, PAROLED
W. A. GELLATLY ADMITS TAKr
I"G $3000 COUNTY FU.VD.
PORTLAND GETS PEEK
I ASTORIA DIVER BASE Drn CDITC
FAVORED IN REP0RT,,LU Jl ,LJ
AT AURORA BOREALISi
RATIFIES SUFFRAGE
IS FORECAST
TO
40,000 ACRES .TAKEX OVER BY
SEMI-CIRCLE OF RADIANCE
HOUSE NAVAL COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS ACTION.
LOXG-BELL COM PAX V.
FLUNG' ACROSS HORIZON.
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ATTACK ON BRITISH
WORK
100
IS LAID TO BENSON
DISCQVEH
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Washington Legislature's
Action Is Unanimous.
SENATE PASSES SCHOOL BILL
"20-10" Relief Measure Put
Jhrough Upper House.
GENERAL LEVY IS LIFTED
Measure Increasing Limit From
to 4 Mills for One Year to
Go to Lower House.
OLTMPIA, Wash.. March 22. (Spe
cial.) Washington's duty to the wom
en of the nation was performed to
day, when without a dissenting vote
in either house the resolution ratity-
ing the federal woman suffrage
amendment was adopted at the spe-;
cial session of the legislature, which
convened here at noon.
After the suffrage resolution had
been disposed of at the joint session
the senate proceeded to its own work
and passed an amended bill late to
night raining the general fund tax
levy limit from 3 to 4 mills and limit
ing its operation to the 1920 levy.
The bill as originally introduced, pro
vided for raising the limit to 5 mills.
The senate then passed the bill for
the relief of the common schoofs, pro
viding for a payment by the state to
school districts of $20 for each census
school child instead of $10 as at pres
ent. County payments remain at m
under the measure.
' The galleries were crowded with
women visitors, many state and na
tional suffrage leaders attending the
legislative proceedings.
The honor o introducing the res
olution In the house was given to
Mrs. Frances M. Haskell, represents
tive from Pierce county, whose efforts
Lad been a strong factor in inducing
Governor Louis F. Hart to call the
special session.
Csur Members Take Oath.
The house was called to order at
noon by Representative Fred A. Ad
ams of Spokane, speaker of the last
cession. Rev. J. C Baker of Olympia
delivered the invocation. Following
the Invocation, the call for the spe
cial session was read and Representa
. tives Fulton and Colwell of Snohom
ish, Lockhart of Jefferson, and Happy
cf Spokane, elected at special elec
tions March 17 to fill vacancies oc
curring since the last session, were
(worn in as members of the house,
the oath being administered by Su
preme Court. Justice Bridges.
A resolution continuing the speaker
and chief clerk of the last session as
such officers for the special session
was adopted and the old rules were
adopted.
Representatives Happy, Coleman
nd Myers were named as a commit
tee to wait upon the senate and in
form that body that the house had
organized and was ready to meet in
joint session to receive the gover
nor's message.
Committee ttftcs Governor.
On the committee to notify the gov
ernor that the legislature was in
cession and ready to receive his mes
sage, were named Representatives
Hull of King. Gardner of Jefferson,
and Anderson of Spokane.
In the meantime, the senate had
organized with Senator P. H. Carlyon
of Thurston county as- president.
The invocation in the senate was
delivered by Rev. R. F. Hart of Olym
pia. Senators Clarence A. Sather of
Pierce county and Mack C. Gose of
Columbia, Garfield and Asotin, elected
to fill vacancies, were sworn in by
Chief Justice O. R. Holcomb.
On the committee to notify tha
governor were Senators Myers of Lin
coln, and Loomis of Grays Harbor.
Hart Addreases Joint Sesaioa.
Accompanied by tne committee on
notification Governor Luis F. Hart
appeared before- the Joint session of
house and senate and outlined the
emergencies Justifying the special
session and recommending legislation
designed to meet the situation.
Soon after the senate reconvened,
after hearing the governor's message,
insurgents led by Senator Lamping
of Kin?, supported by Senators Guy
Groff of Spokane, E. Ben Johnson of
Spokane, Senator Rockwell of King,
Fred Hastings of King, John H. Fer
ryman of Chelan and Kittitas and
K. A. Hutchinson of Spokane, renewed
the fight started yesterday in the
caucus for an explanation of the capi
tol building plans.
Comaa Motion Prevails.
A motion by Senator Coman pre
vailed that the chairman and secre
tary of the state capitol building
commission be invited to appear be
fore either the capitol building com
mittee or the senate for the purpose
'ot informing the senate on the plans
and expenditures in connection with
the construction ot the new capitol
group. . , .
Under the statutory designation,
the governor is the chairman of the
commission and tne state land com
missioner is secretary. In response
to the Invitation extended to Governor!
Hart fixing the appointment for 8
o'clock tonight the governor replied
that a previous engagement would
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Southern Concern Exercises Option
for 600,000,000 Feet of Pine
In Southern Oregon.
KLA MATH FALLS. Or., March 22.
(Special.) Forty thousand acres of
timber changed ownership today
when the Long-Bell Lumber company
of St. Louis, Mo., exercised its option
upon the holdings of the Western Pa
cific Land & Timber company in
Klamath and Jackson counties.
The tract is estimated to scale
about 600,000,000 feet of pine timber.
While the exact price has not . been
revealed, it is said to have been ap
proximately $1,500,000. An option was
obtained by the Long-Bell company
last fall. Most of the holding Is In
Klamath county.
By this purchase the Long-Bell
pcompany has increased its holdings
in this district to 127,000 acres, situ
ated in Klamath and Lake counties,
Oregon, and in Modoc county, Cali
fornia, ranking next to the. Weycr
hauser interests in the importance of
its timber tracts in the three coun
ties. The latter company owns 300,
000 acres.
The Long-Bell company, hitherto
operating in the southern pine belt,
entered the western field little more
than a year ago, by the purchase ot
the Booth-Kelly holdings in north
ern Klamath county, comprising
87,000 acres, estimated ' 'at one and
one-half billion feet of timber.
THREAT MAY RAISE WAGE
Umatilla County Likely to Offer
Teachers Higher Salary.
SALEM, Or., March 22. (Special. )J
unless the school districts of the
Willamette valley Increase the sal
aries of its teachers to meet those
paid in eastern Oregon, Umatilla
county has threatened to send a rep
resentative here and employ the most
efficient instructors available for the
term beginning next September, ac
cording to a telegram received by
the state superintendent of schools
today.
Umatilla teachers are paid a min
imum wage of $1200 a year, while
many instructors in this section are
paid as little as $900 per annum.
Because of the present scarcity of
instructors State Superintendent
Churchill says the threat of the Uma
tilla school directors cannot" be re
garded lightly, and may force other
districts to pay salaries in keeping
with the compensation received - In
the eastern Oregon county.
SOLDIERS RIOT; 2 KILLED
Boisterous Paraders In Dublin
Streets Precipitate Riot.
DUBLIN. March 22. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) There was a riot to
night in which two men were shot
dead and four seriously wounded.
The riot was precipitated by the
disorderly conduct of soldiers, about
300 of whom paraded the streets about
9 o'clock singing, jostling passers
by, hammering on doors and smash
ing windows.
After parading through Harcourt
street, the soldiers returned toward
their barracks followed by a crowd
of civilians. At the Porto Bcllo
bridge near the barracks a clash
seemed inevitable and a volley was
fired over the crowd.
The soldiers who started the dis
order eventually returned to their
barracks. Other soldiers not con
cerned in the rioting were roughly
handled by the populace.
NAVAL PAGEANT PLANNED
Supcrdreadnaughts to Take Part in
Naval Reservists' Parade.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 22. The
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Mexico and Texas are expected to ar- i J
rive in the harbor here tomorrow
preliminary to the pageant to be
staeed here Saturday in observance ;
OI naval reserve uajr. a. luiiiujt ui . .
six destroyers will accompany the ,
battleships. 'it
Naval reservists are to take part In ;
the pageant. Thousands of sailors, ; f
n.aMlnau r. 'I a IT V i , A TY1.I1 1 1 ttA T
in line.
A race between three hydro-aero-4
planes of the F-o-L type from San
Diego to San Francisco Thursday has
been arranged for as a feature of
the celebration. Lieutenants Sheridan i
B. Fry and J. H. Parent and Ensign '
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Van ntAcrn n r A in h. thA nllotfl.
MISSIONARY IS
SLAYER
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American Kills Major la India for
. Domestic Reasons. ,
LONDON, March 22. An American J
medical missionary, the Rev. Mr. j
Jac'kman. shot Major H. D. Cloete '
dead at Sadiya, Assam, British "ndia,
a northeast frontier - post, according
to a Calcutta dispatch to the Daily j
Mail, dated' March 15. !
Reasons for the .trage'dy were do-
nlestic. The missionary surrendered
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BISMARCK, N. D., LARGER
Population of Keokuk and Newton,
la., Also Increases.
WASHINGTON, March 22. Popula
tion statistics announced today by the
census bureau included: 1
Bismarck, N. D., 6951; Increase 150S,
or 27.7 per cent.
Keokuk, la., 14.423; Increase 415, or
Z per cent.
Newtonl la., 0627; increase 1011, or
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Choice of General at Pri
mary Today Predicted.
LOWDEN LOSES PUBLIC FAVOR
Hard, Fair and Even Fight Is
Brought to Close.
VICTORY IS" IMPORTANT
Ability to Repeat Achievement in
Oilier States Regarded as
Hinging on Outcome.
BY MARK SULLIVAN.
HURON. S. D.. March 22. '(Special.)
The most dependable prediction is
that Wood should carry South Dakota
in the republican presidential primary
tomorrow. Whoever is the winner will
have reason for satisfaction and will
be justified in assuming that what
he does here he will be able to do in
other states. Sot it has been a hard
fair and even fight.
The .two organizations within the.
state which have been behind Wood
and Lowden, respectively, are of ex
traordinarily even strength and have
fought with equal energy and equal
resources. The advantages in favor
of Wood are that he made a rather
more favorable personal impression
on the people of the state than Low
den made when he was here.
Wood Finishes in Whirlwind.
Also Wood spent twice as much
time in the state as Lowden. Finally,
Wood has spent the last week of the
campaign here, winding up with a
whirlwind finish in the Black Hills
tonight.
During the past eight days General
Wood must have personally spoken to
or shaken hands with fully a third
of all the (voters in the state. The
fortunes of the fight have gone back
and forth during fhe three- months it
has been on. Wood actually was the
first in the state, but the Lowden
forces, when they did come, came In
a formidable. way and were the first
to organize the state. There Is .no
doubt that -from four to eight weeks
ago the Lowden organization had the
fight won, but the Wood forces have
succeeded in. reversing the situation.
Lowden Campaign Disappoints, j
Personally, the people who heard
Lowden had a-sense of disappoint-
ment, which indicated universally and '
in a wholly friendly way that Low- j
den's ebb in strength started about '.
the time of his personal tour, of the ,
state. About the same time the Wood :
forces began a most energetic work j
of organization, which they have
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Weakness Rather .Than Criminal
Intent Held Responsible for
Defa leationj
' CORVALLIS. Or., March 22. (Spe
cial.) W. A. Gellatly, ex-sheriff, ap
peared before the district court aere
this afternoon and pleaded guilty to
a charge of defalcation of public
funds. He was Immediately sentenced
by Judge Skipworth to serve a five
year, term in the penitentiary, after
which he was paroled to his brother
Robert.
Mr. Gellatley's books were discov
ered a few months ago to show ap
proximately $6500 more than his bank
balance. He admitted taking about
$3000 of the money at various times.
Cut claimed to know nothing about
the remainder.'..
Portland accountants are working
on the books and the eact amount ot
the discrepancy will, be' known some
time this month. The district attor
ney advised leniency In the matter,
as it was his belief the former sher
iff was a victim of weakness rather
than criminal Intent. Brothers of the
defendant have made up the shortage.
The judge reviewed the case brief-
ly, told of his own long personal ac
quaintance with the defendant and
expressed the conviction that there
was no criminal intent, and then gave
his five-year -sentence with parole.
SHOE PRICES TO DECLINE
Reduction on Standard Grades
This Season Predicted.
NEW YORK, March 22. Prices of
standard shoes will be reduced dur
ing the spring and summer, 'John J.
Slatter, president of the Retail Shoe
Dealers' association, announced to
day in a communication to Arthur
Williams, federal food administrator.
Retailers at a recent meeting decided
to be content with a smaller margin
of profit, Mr. Slater said. Reductions,
however, will not applyto "all kinds
of fancy and ultra-fashionable foot
wear.'
The action of the retail shoe deal
ers, Mr. Williams said, probably
pressages the beginning of a .general
narrowing or present margins in otner
wearing apparel.
YAP ISLAND HELD VITAL
United States Wants Information
on -Reported Transfer. ""
WASHINGTON. March 22. A reso
lution asking President Wilson for
Information as to. the recent an
nouncement by the British foreign
minister that the Island of Tap in the
Pacific ocean was to be given to Japan
was adopted today . by the senate
without debate. '
It was offered by Senator Lodge,
who presented a letter from John
Foord. secretary of the. American
Asiatic association. The letter said
,hA isknH was the nnlnt from which
radiated three Pacific cables, vital to
American business interests in the
far east, and that its control was es-
Kotial to the conduct of much nf tha
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American commerce with the east.
Telegraph Communication in Many
- Parts of Country Interrupted
by Electrical Currents. ,
Aurora borealis, the mysterious
"northern lights, furnished a display
for Portland folk last night at 10
o'clock,, when a semicircle of radiance
was flung across the sky from hori
zon to horizon. The aurora had none
of the dancing proclivities so fre
quently manifest In its kind, but
glowed with a steady pallid bril
liancy. In the cold-weather country to the
east the aurora is a common sight-
but to Oregon Jt Is a singular one.
All over Portland last night ran the
question, "What Is it?"
"The aurora borealis, of course.'
Tet that didn't answer, for no one
yet ,has solved the mystery of the
aurora to the entire satisfaction of
the scientific world.
Western Union, Associated Press and
Postal telegraph wires were affected
by electric currents caused by the
aurora, a condition not common, but
quite vexatious when it occurs, ac
cording to wire chiefs of the big sys
tems. Transcontinental lines were "out"
at intermittent periods during the
night, and the Western Union's St
Paul-Spokane wire was among those
troubled. Two Chicago lines were
out of commission for a time. All
of the wires In western Washington
and Oregon were working.
NEW YORK, March' 22. Aurora
borealis tonight kicked up her heels,
danced all over the sky and put tele
graph wires out of commission.
,The wire chief at Western Union
headquarters reported the company
had no instrumants strong enough to
measure the voltage in the electrical
currents. Nature's skylarking in the
northland at times made telegraphy
an impossibility. "
The American Telephone & Tele
graph company, which also reported
its telegraph service was completely
demoralized, said the northern lights
had not interrupted its telephone
service. Cable terminals were hard
hit, as was wireless apparatus.
Crowds in the streets had an op
portunity to see an unusual electrical
display.
LEGION ASKS PAY BONUS
S 1.50. Per Diem "Wanted for Ev
' ery Service Day.
WASHINGTON, March 22.vThe ex
ecutive committee of the American
Legion tonight put up to congress the
proposal to pay adjusted compensa
tion to former service men and wo
men at $1.50 for every day in service.
This action reversed a previous vote
by the committee which recorded 37
state representatives for the legis
lative committee's plan for cash relief
at $1 a day, adopted as a substitute
for the original proposal of $50 a
month. The committee's determina
tion to boost relief followed a general
review of a composite bill which the
legion will present to the house ways
and means committee Wednesday, in
cluding privileged land settlement.
ome building aid and extension of
vocational training.
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GETTING OFF LUCKY.
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Sims Says Admiral Told
Him to Be Wary.
LITTLE WEIGHT GIVEN NOTICE
Commander Says Prejudice
of Superior Well Known.
SECRECY
.4
IS DESCRIBED
Few Instructions Given Before De
parture for Enemy Waters,
Witness Declares.
WASHINGTON, March 22. Rear
Admiral Sims told the senate inves
tigating committee today that Rear
Admiral Benson, chief of naval oper
ations during the war and now chair
man of the shipping board, was the
officer who told 'him "not to let the
British pull the wool over your eyes;
we would as soon fight them, as the
Germans."
This was not a formal instruction,
the admiral said, but was told to him
before other naval officers after Sec
retary Daniels had given him final
instructions previous to bis departure
overseas, where he became command
er of American naval forces. It was
repeated the following day, he de
clared, and six months later w,hen
Admiral Benson visited Paris.
Bennon'a Remark Iirnorrd.
Cross-examination by Senator Pitt-
man, democrat, Nevada,
developed
that Admiral Sims had shown his
letters criticising the navy depart
ment's conduct of the war to Henry
P. Davison of New York about Jan
uary 15. Admiral Sims conceded this
was "an indiscretion. "
Senator Plttman said he bad reason
to believe a copy of the letter had
reached a Washington newspaper cor
respondent, who pitfibably would be
called later.
Explaining his interpretation of
what Admiral Benson said, the wit
ness said he had not given the state
ment serious consideration then be
cause he had assumed it resulted
from what he described as an in
tensely anti-British feeling enter
tained by Admiral Benson. He added
that Admiral Benson was an "upright
and honest man."
Commenting briefly on SecretaryJ
xsanieis statements Deiore tne com
mlttee. Admiral Sims said "that in
his testimony on awards, the secre
tary stated he' had reminded me of
the indiscretion .in a speech I made
at Guild hall."
"The secretary's recollection Is
thoroughly mistaken," the witness
added, "no reference was made to that
occasion."
In reply to questions by Senator
Pittman calculated to bring out that
he made public his letter regarding
naval decorations before Secretary
Daniels received it. Admiral Sims de
clared neither he nor any of his Btaff
gave the matter any publicity.
"I am no spring chickerf," he said,
"and am not putting my head into
a noose unnecessarily. I even carrie
the only copy around in my pocket,
so I would know it did not get out
prematurely."
The witness was reluctant to give
the name of the officer who gave the
instructions to look out for the Brit
ish, but' Chairman Hale Insisted.
"Then I will tell you the whole
story," said Admiral Sims. "Early In
April, 1917, I was ordered from my
post at Newport to Washington. When
I arrived L, reported to the navy de
partment by telephone and was tofd
not to come to the department but to
get in touch with the chief of the
bureau of navigation. Rear-Admiral
Leigh C. Palmer.
Secrecy la Related.
"Everything was very secret, the
way they like it. 'J could not get in
touch with the chief of navigation
then and eo I reported to him later
at the department and 'then I had an
interview with the secretary o" the
navy In his office. No one else was
present, as I remember It.
"The Interview was very brief. I
was told that I was 'going abroad to
join the allied admiralties and that
Ambassador Page had recommended
that an officer of high rank be sent
there for that purpose. After leaving
Secretary Daniels' office, or just be
fore going there, I don't remember
which, I went to the bureau of navi
gation. The admiral was there, and
it was at that time that the remark
the chairman has asked me about was
made." -
Whom do you refer to as the ad
miral?" asked Chairman Hale.
Admiral Sims said he did not wish
to indulge in personalities, but when
pressed by Chairman Hale he said he
referred to Admiral Benson.
Admiral Sims said he included Ad
miral Benson's remark in his letter
to Secretary Daniels January 7 re
garding the navy's part In the war,
because "If a man has a prejudice
against men fighting alongside of him
it, has an unconscious influence on
him."
Credit Given Admiral.
The admiral told the committee he
had always regarded the admonition
as "a personal prejudice on the part
of Admiral Benson." ' He described the
former chief of operations as "an up
standing, honest man, who has strong
convictions," and added he believed
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Other Appropriations for Pacific
Coast Also Approved Avia
tion Increase Denied.
WASHINGTON. March 12. The
house naval committee today reported
favorably the following items of the
naval appropriation bill:
An appropriation of $250,000 for
beginning development of a subma
rine and destroyer base at the mouth
of the Columbia river on 115 acres
of land given by Astoria, Or., was
approved.
Other Pacific appropriations were
approved as follows:
For improvements at Pearl harbor,
Hawaii, $890,000; at Mare island, Cal.,
$175,000; at Puget sound. Wash.,
$320,000; ammunition depot. Pearl
harbor, $80,000; T. N. T. magazine
at Puget sound yard, $25,000; and
fuel-oil station, Cavite, Philippines,
$25,000. I
The house refused to increase the
appropriation ftir aviation from $15,
000,000 to $25,000,000.
Without discussion, appropriations
aggregating $4,000,000 for the de
velopment of Pacific coast shore fa
cilities were approved. Most ot the
money was for use at San Diego, Cal.,
the bill providing that the govern
ment accept from the city two plots
of ground.
America's navy will about equal
that of Great Britain In fighting
power by 1924, Chairman Butler of
the committee, told the house In de
fending the provision in the naval
appropriation bill for continuing
work on the 18 capital ships now
under construction.
"In the next four years," said Mr.
Butler, "the United States will put
out the most formidable armada the
world has ever seen produced in a
similar period."
In 1924, he said, Great Britain will
have SO battleships, the United States
47, France 26, Japan 15 and Italy 13.
While England will have more ships,
he added, those of the United States
will be about equal In power.
Representative Mondell, the re
publican leader, said that considering
foreign exchange values, the $125.
000,000 total of the proposed Amer
ican naval appropriation exceeded the
British estimate for the year by
$100,000,000.
"For the first time in many years,"
he said, "the only naval establish
ment and programme in the world at
all comparative with ours is that of
England. No other navy or naval
programme is of a size and strength
even remotely approaching oura. In
fact, since the practical wiping out
of the German navy, all the remain
ing navies and naval programmes of
the world, exclusive of England, do
not equal ours."
CHICAGO DRIVERS STRIKE
Chauffeurs and Teamsters De
mand $8 and $11 a Day.
CHICAGO,
March 22. The first
walkout in what
may be a general
strike of city employes occurred to
day when 500 teamsters and chauf
feurs quit work, tying up collection
of garbage and interfering with
street cleaning.
The strikers demanded an increase
of $2 a day. The chauffeurs receive
$( and the teamsters $9.
Officers of the clerks' and stenog
raphers' union notified the city coun
cil that a strike would be called
Thursday unless demands for a wa
Increase of $2j a month were granted.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S .Maximum tmiralur.
tiJ degrees: minimum, 41 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair and colder; nurtta eaterly
winds.
f'oreisa.
N'oska resigns as Kbert minister of de
fense. Page 1.
National.
Next step In treaty .Ituation puzzles
diplomats. Page S.
Sims says Admiral Benson gave him In
structions "not to let British pull wool
over your eyes." Page 1.
Astoria submarine base appropriation re
ported favorably to house. Page 1.
Republican liberals threaten to form new
political party, J'age 3.
Domestic.
Wood frst choice In poll of alaryland
county chairmen. Page 3.
Wood victory in South Dakota Is forecast
Page 1.
raelflc Northwest.
Washington ratifies suffrage. Page 1.
Long-Bell company buys 40.000 'acres of
Klamath timber for about f l.ivO.OoO.
Page 1.
Four Justices of atate supreme court
again caadidatea for office, rage 7,
Rigid economy urged upon special sea.
aion of Washington legislaluro by Gov.
ernor Hart. Pago 3.
Liquor raid near Seattle nets nine, in
cluding two police officers. Paga 4.
Kporta.
With 21 players now on squad, sorting
process begins. Page :!.
"Kid" Carson to fight Stanley Willis Fri
day night. Page 12.
Recruits turn out in large numbers at
Sunday'a semi-pro practice games. Page
12.
Commercial and Marine.
Eastern dealers and millers again In mar
ket for coast wheat. Page 21.
Corn advances at Chclago owing to poor
wheat conditlona. Pag 21.
Pools resume bullish operations in stock
market. Page SI.
Cansumset brings second direct cargo from
Europe, rage -'u.
Chamber of Commerce chief reports phe
nomenal gains In city a foreign trade.
Page -'U
Portland and Vicinity.
Wax figure proves riddle to crowds of
shoppers. Paga It.
Milk compromise hope of distributors de
clares A. M. Work. Pago 13.
I. W. W. spies seek to discredit 'Jurors In
Laundy case. Page 1.
Portland chamber of commerce Indorses
open shop for labor. Paga 6.
Noted moving picture producer to ba In
Portland in June. Page 10.
City civil aervlce employes dislike ' new
plan of conducting examinations. Pag
11.
"Roving marines" delight big audience at
auditorium. Page .
Portland gets peak at aurora borealis.
- Paga 1.
I. W. W. Agents Pry Into
Local Jury Panel.
VANDERVEER ADMITS ACTIVITY
Portland Homes Invaded by
Union Record Solicitors.
WORKERS ATTEND COURT
Laundy Trial Ttares Activities of
Men Who Mixed Prominently
in Montr.-ano Affairs.
Activities of lnve.tistors In tho
employ of the I. W. W. defense were
disclosed yesterday In the course of
the Jury selection for the trial o(
Joe Laundy, I. W. W. organizer, first
head of the communist labor party
in Oregon and active leader In the
defunct soldiers, sailors and work
men's council, for violation of the
criminal syndicalism act. The raso
opened In the court of Circuit Judge
Belt of Dallas, sitting in Portland.
That members of the March Jury
panel are approached by strangers
Intent on "casual" conversation or In
the guise of agents for the Seattle
Union Itecord a favorite cloak for
I. W. W, aaents shout Montesann
during the recent murder trial wis
admitted in the examination of at
leust three veniremen ) ester day. One
said that his wife had been ap
proached by an agent of the Union
Record Friday or Saturday; another
said he had been qucxlioncd by a
supposed Seattle newapaper solicitor;
a third was asked concerning an al
leged admission of prejudice made to
a man named Hull. Hall was In the
courtroom and recoaiiixcil aa bna
of the axenta of Attorney George F.
Vandervecr at Mnnlesano.
lateatlaalera Admitted.
"He probably was one of our in
vestigators," unexpectedly roncedod
Vandeveer when Albert II. Horton.
one of the Jurors finally accepted,
was being questioned concerning lug
solicitation by a Union Itnord rep
resentative. "And I challenge the
state to; show anything improper
about it."
By these Investigations the defense
hopes to uncover Mime bias In a Juror
which might not bo discloM'd in Ins
examination In the courtroom.
J.lstrlct Atttorney Kvana ai-erted
last night that aa long aa he had
been office he had never sent In
vestigators to question prospective
Jurymen. Occasionally his suenia
would inquire of neighbors or em
ployers concerning the fairness of
veniremen, but lie never xouglit to
trap the men themselves into admis
sion, he declared.
"Big Bill" Sliehan. one of t lie prin
cipal agents for the ucienre at
Montesano and son of Mike Miehan,
one of tne acienaaiua. in too uiuiuc.
case, was remm-o " t"
t.iora In the courtroom yesterday, aa
also was Kd Smith, said to have been
a Jury investigator at Montesano In
the role of a Union Itecord agent.
Hall was the third man known to ha
an agent of the defense
Tealallve Jury Passed.
After 11 Jurors had been excused
because of admitted prejudice against
the I. W. W. which in Ik lit. In a clone
question, make a doubt rcwolve Itsalf
in favor of the prosecution, and on
had been challenged pel ciiiptorlly by
the defense a tentative panel of 13
men was secured by 5 o'clock yester
day afternoon. The defense has fiva
peremplorles left, the prosecution,
three. The Jury, accepted ho far as
challenge for cause Is concerned. Is
composed of the following:
Albert B. Horton, grocer; Joseph M. Sic
Mahon, general hauling; Alrxauiler W.
Robertson. machinist; Hugh Hsyden.
building superintendent; William Wnn,
machinist; A. B. rUeinbach. merchant, re
tired: K. W. Kndlcott, sieelworker; Tst
rlck w Reynolds, mechanic; Frank L.
Dumas, automobile mechanic; Aba Kosen
atein, clothier; Alexander Thompson, re
tired carpenter, and John Q. Adams, rail
road conductor.
Though the defense sought to chal
lenge August Zahn, first juror called,
on grounds of Incompetence, Judge
Belt refused to excuse him. Vaiulor
veer asked Zahn If he had not, within
the past four days, remarked to a man
named Hall that the Hermans did
right in shooting Liebknecht, German
social revolutionist. .ahn aald he
had not and when the prosrcutlon
demanded that Hall stand up, Zahn
said he had never seen the man be
fore Jarsr Prejudiced A (a last t. W. W.
J. C. Douglass, second Juror called,
was, excused for cause. - He had sat
on the jury which convicted ths com
munist labor trio last eek and ad
mitted he had a prejudice against the
I. W. W.
Joseph M. McMahon, who gave Ms
occupation aa general hauling, aald
that he had little use for the I. W. W.,
that he had hired several at one time
nd that they tried to disrupt his
business, and mat ne aouutea mat na
felt fairly toward them. Vanderveer
did not attempt to challenge him,
however. The district attorney sug
gested thst In fairness to the defense
It might be beat to excuse the wit
ness, but Vanderveer appeared satis
fied. He grinned at tha district at-
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