Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, April 03, 1920, Page 14, Image 14

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THE MORNING OREGONTAN, SATURDAY, APRIL. I?, 1920
URGE-SUM NEEDED
BY SALVAT1DW ARMY
Business Men Preparing
Co-operate in Drive.
to
$142,000 TO BE RAISED
AdTisory Board Appointed at
Meeting and Citizens Asked to
Support May Campaign.
Some twenty-five of the leading
business and professional men of the
city members of the Multnomah
county advisory board for the Salva
tion Army met last night at the
Multnomah hotel to discuss prelim
inary plans and pledge their support
In the $142,000 Salvation Army drive
to be held here May 1-10. John I
Etherldge, who presided over the
meeting, called for the co-operative
efforts of all the members.
Loyal Support Deserved.
"The Salvation Army," Mr. Ether
idge said, "is our loyal agent in car
ing for the weaker and lens fortunate
members of society and as such de
serves our loyal support. No organ
ization comes nearer to giving 100
cents worth or service for every
dollar given its support. We must
remember that this is our drive; the
money raised is to be used right here
in Portland. Therefore it is up to
the oeoDle of Portland to come
through generously."
William H. Raymond outlined the
purposes of the drive, touching upon
the work of the White Shield home
and the proposed purchase of the
Bishop Scott school and farm to be
used as an industrial and agricultural
school for boys.
Equipment Is Outff rovrn.
"The Salvation Armys present
equipment, however efficiently it has
served in the past," said Mr. Ray
mond, "is long since outgrown, and
thft a t- m r f 1 u nurfa in that tha non.
pie of Portalnd are ready and will
ing to give to the modest extent
which it asks, that its work may be
carried on as before, and all that we
ask in the coming drive is co-operation."
The Press club has been chosen" as
' headquarters for the members of the
.m inwi J uJO. L A. X lie 1U11U W tlln Ul 11-
prs wrn Alert fri at tho rnontlnir
last night: John L. Etheridge, presi
dent: William H. Raymond, secretary.
and Colonel C. C. Hammond of the
Broadway Bank, treasurer.
the corporation will be located In
Lake county.
O. C. Tichenor, F. A. Waldele and
F. W. Ortman of Portland have In-!
corporated by the Pacific Planing
Mill company, with a capital stock
of $25,000.
The Bolt-Chase Canning company
Inc. of Myrtle Point has been incor
porated by J. O. Holt, O. N. Kaldor
and A. C Chase. The capital stock
was given as $15,000.
The Astoria-Warrenton Planing Mill
company has filed articles of incor
poration. The capital stock was given
as $15,000 and the incorporators were:
S. T. Sanford, W. A. Lynels and H.
T. PraeL
R. A. Volhelm, M. J. -Volhelm and
A. H. Marshall have incorporated
Vol's Candy company. The capital
stock was given as $25,000 and head
quarters will be established in Port
land. Graves Canning company Inc. of
Sheridan has increased its capital
stock from $100,000 to $250,000.
GARAGE STRIPPED;
AGENT DISAPPEARS
Thirteen Trucks Found
Vancouver; 5 Men Held.
in
AUGUST JUNGE WANTED
STAR PREDICTS CHANGES
MRS. KOLB THINKS REFORM
WILL COME TS DANCES.
Head of Agency, Whose House Also
Void of Valuables, Said to Be
in Bad Way Financially.-
Headllner of "Wet and Dry Pats
In Most of Her Time Here at
Home of Her Mother.
BY LEONE CASS BAEH.
Mrs. William Kolb hasn't given np
her dancing, but sne says there is no
place for an esthetic dance in "Wet
and Dry" and, says the charming
Mrs. Kolb, "the only dancing I care
for on the stage is interpretative, cre
ative. If you choose. Not that I dis
approve of the other kinds; certainly
not. At parties and "balls I am very
happy dancing every modern dance,
but I believe I dance them more for
sociability or to maintain my part In
TAX AID HELD IT NEEDED
COLORADO PROJECT'S MERITS
SUFFICIENT, SAYS SENATOR.
Convention of League of South
west Expected to Take Definite
Action on Scheme.
LOS ANGELES, CaU April 2. The
Colorado river project, expected to
take definite form as the result of
the annual convention here of the
league of the southwest, can be ac
complished, United States Senator
Owen of Oklahoma, told the conven
tion today "without the imposition
by congress of a further tax on the
American people."
"The merits of the prolect," he said,
epeak eloquently for themselves."
He declared the federal reserve and
the federal farm loan acts had made
million of dollars for the government
without costing the government any
thing. The same principles of co
operation between the government
and the citizens could be utilized in
the Colorado river project, he said.
Miss Helen Taft, acting president of
Bryn Mawr college, spoke on "educa
tional problems." She said the short
age of 140,000 teachers in the schools
of the United States had brought
about "an immediate crisis." She
blamed "the high cost of living," say
ing salaries of educators had virtu
ally been cut in half, as thev re
mained at the same' figures as before
nigh prices prevailed.
"We must do everything in our
power to make teaching attractive,'
she said. "We must see that educa
tion is the last thing to be sacrificed
ior our cnuaren.
William Jennings Bryan, who vis
ited the convention, was called to the
platrorm and entertained the dele
gates with anecdotes about national
characters.
C. W. Butterworth. director of the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States, said the federal trade com
mission should be taken out of poli
tics. He also said "if there were one
ciass 01 persons he would like to
throw into the Pacific ocean it was
tne parlor bolsheviki."
At tonight's meeting Governor
Davis ot Idaho, spoke on "irrigation."
ik- A
pilfer'
May Cloy.
Thirty-five machines valued at $36,-
000 mysteriously disappeared from the
garage of the Portland salee agency
of the Diamond T Truck company
and August Junge. head of the agency.
is sougnt by operatives of the Burns
agency as the result of doubtful
financial transactions In which he is
declared to have become - involved.
Junge's disappearance was announced
yesterday following the arrest of five
men In Vancouver, Wash., yesterday
morning charged with grand larceny
in connection with the disappearance
of some of the machines.
The machines included no less than
19 valuable motor trucks. They disap
peared about 3 o'clock Sunday morn
ing. Since that time representatives
of the newly organized auto theft bu
reau, private detectives and deputy
sheriffs have been scouring the coun
try in search of them.
Men Under Bond.
The men arrested in Vancouver are
Frank L. Waller, Ben F. Walling,
D. G. Lebb and J. S. Lebb. Portland
loan brokers, and David A. Pepp, man
ager of the Daniels Sales agency. All
were released on bonds of $1500 each.
According to advlcea received in
Portland following the arrest, the
men arrested told the authorities that
they held equities in the machines and
for that reason tiey took them to
insure their getting their money.
xn alL a total of 13 machines were
located in Vancouver, according to
Harvey Thatcher, head of the aoto
theft bureau, and it was after the lo
cation of these machines that the ar
rests took place.
Charges against the five men were
preferred by Frank E. Myers, man
ager of the H. M. H. Electric company,
who is said to own one of the ma
chines taken from the garage.
Harvey Thatcher said last night
that rive other machines had bee
located at Cushman's garage and two
at the Fourth-street garage, making
a total of 22 so far located.
Senator Lodge, after a conference
today with other senate republicans,
as to future legislation in the senate.
said he thought this would Include a
0111 io give a money Donus to lormer
I service men, with provisions for a
special tax to raise me necessary
funds. The programme approved by
the house committee declares against
any bond issue. It is understood to
have been submitted by Representa
tive Longworth, republican. Ohio, ana
was discussed at great length in ex
ecutive session.
While the exact form of the legis
lation was not decided upon, commit
tee discussion was said to have indi
cated approval of a plan of extending
vocational education as an alternative
to the cash bonus. These two plana
are a part of the American Legion's
programme. Its other selected plan
of government aid to soldiers and
sailors for building homes or obtain
ing ownership of farms were said by
some committee members to involve
too many difficulties to be worked
out by legislation before the recess.
Spokesmen for the committee said
it was planned to have the final draft
of the legislation ready for submis
sion to the house within a fortnight.
It was said that there had been no
decision as to whether the bonus
would be paid in a lump sum or be
graduated according to the length
of service.
MARION EXCESS TAX
IS NOT COLLECTIBLE
Six Per Cent Limitation Up
held by Judges.
RESTRAINING ORDER MADE
Salt Brought by Taxpayers' League
Cuts Out School Fund
and Armory.
WAGE BASIS IS DEVISED
NEW PKIjrCIPLES BUILT
SHARES OF PROFITS.
ON
the party rather than because I am
particularly fond of stepping.
The dance I really love is one
founded on the principles of beauty,
purity, sincerity and harmony. You
will agree with me that most of the
ballroom dances are founded on none
of these.
"I am of the opinion that dancing
must undergo an upheaval, a com
plete regeneration. Dancers, to my
way of thinking, must have an in
tensive appreciation for good music,
even a love of music, but by that
do not mean they should be actual
musicians, able to play an instrument,
"A dancer should feel every shade
of tone music and express it muscu
Iarly." Mrs. Kolb, who is May Cloy on the
programme, delivered these opinions
while seated on a trunk in her dress
ing room, which she shares with her
good friend and co-worker, Marie
Rich. Both are blondes.
While she is In Portland May Cloy
is spending every minute she isn't at
the theater with her mother, -who
lives here. She is just like all of the
rest of us who see our mothers grow
ing old, touched at the changes a few
months can make, treasuring mem
ories, talking over other days, gossip
ing of family doings and just being
"mothered."
CHURCH SELECTS PASTOR
DR. II . L. BOWMAN MAT COME
TO FIRST PRESBYTERIAN.
Formal Call Will Probably Be Ex
tended After Meeting of Congre
gation Expresses Approval.
While no official call has gone
from the First Presbyterian church
of Portland to Dr. Harold L- Bow
man, now pastor in Chicago of the
Woodlawn Presbyterian church, it is
understood that he is the choice of
the committee on obtaining a new
minister and that he, in turn, has
signified hie willingness to accept,
should he be offered the position by
the congregation.
Members of the First Presbyterian
church will be summoned for a spe
cial meeting early next week, ac
cording to an announcement which
will be made at the public services
"tomorrow.
J. J. Ross, chairman of the com
mittee on choosing a new minister,
interviewed Dr. Bowman on a recent
trip east. Dr. Bowman has never ap
peared before the First Presbyterian
congregation. Other men on Mr. Ross'
committee ane A. S. Pattullo, Miller
Murdock and R. H. Crozier.
MEAT PRICES MAY GO UP
Packers See Danger In Refrigerator
Car Restrictions.
CHICAGO, April 2. Meat prices
will advance if the United States in
terstate commerce commission re
stricts the free use of refrigerator
cars to shipments of strictly packing
house products. Richard O'Hara of
Swift & Co. told that body today.
The National Wholesale Grocers"
association is petitioning for such
restriction of the packers' shipments.
W. P. Jones, car route manager for
Swift & Co., testified that the peddler
car system was established to supply
packing products to small towns and
villages. More than 9000 towns were
supplied at present, he said, but. If
cars were restricted to fresh meats,
the number would be reduced to 1200
W. E. Mallory, traffic manager for
Kingan & Co., meat packers, said
that the exclusion of packing house
products from cars would disrupt the
present system of distribution and
cause an increase in the price of
meats.
No Warrant Out.
As yet no action has been started
in Portland courts as a result of the
disappearance of the trucks and the
alleged involved finances surround
ing the matter. It is considered like
ly, however, that the entire matter
will ultimately be settled by a civil
act'on or civil actions, according to
announcement yesterday of parties
interested.
No warrant for the arrest of Junge
has yet been issued in Portland.
However. In case he Is located it was
declared that he would immediately
be taken into custody by the Burns
operatives. It is believed that some
effort would be made to untangle
the financial deals in which be is
said to have been Involved before any
definite action was taken against him.
Those who are said to have had deal
ings with him are more interested in
the recovery of their money than In
his prosecution, it was said.
Burns operatives declared that their
search for Junge was based on the
discount of an alleged duplicate sale
contract for a truck which the' man
is declared to have passed at a local
bank. The truck had already been
previously sold, they declare.
Junge is said to have not been Been
since last Sunday.
E. V. Littlef ield, attorney for Junge,
eaid last night that. Junge's affairs
were badly involved in a financial
way. He said that up until Saturday
night he had been meeting nightly
with Junge and going over various
propositions of a business character.
Gtraxc Is Stripped.
The sales garage of the concern
which Junge headed is believed to
have been entered and stripped of its
cars, of the estimated value of at
least $36,000, by the use of a key,
which is said to have been given
to one of the Lebb brothers. Ac
cording to Mr. Littlefield. one of the
Lebb brothers was to have acted as
a sales agent and a key to the place
was turned over to him.
The house--'which was occupied by
Junge at 351 East Forty-eighth street
south, was also reported yesterday to
have been stripped of its furniture.
The landlord reported that he dis
covered yesterday that the furniture
was missing.
Whether Junge had any consider
able amount of money on him at the
time of his disappearance waa not
known by officials yesterday. He is
said, however, to have received large
sums the preceding day as the result
of sales. and other transactions.
The agency had just moved into Its
new quarters the first of the year.
Junge was president and general man
ager of the agency and his wife acted
as vice-president.
Management Vnnatiafaetory.
The company is declared to have
been dissatisfied with Junge's man
agement of the agency and a repre
sentative had only arrived in the city
to cancel his agency. A reorganiza
tion of the agency will be carried out,
it was announced.
The disappearance of Junge and
that of the machines in the sales
rooms waa not the first mystery in
the history of the agency. On August
22 John T. Meldrum, partner with
Junge, was found dead in the Canyon
road below the Ford-street bridge.
irom which it was thought he 'had
jumped. A post mortem showed that
death was due to acute dilation of
the heart.
Industrial Engineers Representing
Garment Workers and Employ
ers Devise Method.
CLEVELAND, O., April 2. In an
effort to devise a method of wage
payment which will satisfy workers.
owners, managers and consumers.
firm of New York industrial engi
neers, employed jointly by unionized
employes and associated employers in
the Cleveland women's garment in
dustry, today announced a set of ten
principles of wage payment.
These principles are based upon
the Industrial experts' definition of
wages as a share In the fruits of in
dustry and not a payment made by
the employer.
"The wage is not paid by the em
ployer; he merely markets the prod
uct and acts as an agent to pay the
worker for the part he has done,
the wage and labor experts assert.
The principles of wage payment
comprise part of the Industrial engi
neers' first report to the Cleveland
Garment Manufacturers' association
and the International Women's Gar
ment Workers' union and the union's
Cleveland locals, affecting about 6000
workers.
Upon the methods suggested in the
experts' report and the decision of
the two parties to the plan will be
based the work of the industrial en
gineers in devising standards and
methods of payment.
HOPS TO BRING 35 CENTS
Contract for Independence Covers
Four-Tear Period.
AURORA, Or, April 2. (Special.)
Henry L. Bents, representing Strauss
& Co. of London, yesterday wrote a
contract at Independence for 340,000
pounds of hops on a four-year basis
at 35 cents straight for the period
The growers are Sloper Bros. The
contract involves $120,000. Even baby
hops are included in the contract at
the same figure.
Mr. Bents has probably written
more contracts the last year than
any other individual dealer In Oregon.
He will this year run 20 yards of his
own, aggregating 500 acres.
CHURCH ART SALE BARRED
Spanish Priests Ordered to Pre
serve Articles of Value.
MADRID, April 21. The papal nun
cio here has issued a circular ad
dressed to the priests of Spain for
bidding the sale by ecclesiastics of
obejets of artistic value belonging to
the churches. The nuncio's attention
had been called to the fact that many
priests had sold ancient tapestries
paintings and other objects belong
ing to parish churches and replaced
them with modern works of art.
The circular forbids the sale of any
articles belonging to churches with
out authorization of the pope.
NEW FIRMS ORGANIZED
Underwood Lumber Company of
Lake-view Is Incorporated.
SALEM. Or., April 2. (Special.)
The Underwood Lumber company of
Lakeview has been incorporated by
I. A. Underwood, Andrew Johnson and
EXILES IN GERMANY LOST
Armenians Sent to Hunland Dur
ing War Disappear.
NEW YORK, April 2. From 1000
to 1200 Armenian children and colle
gians sent to Germany during the
war to work in mines and factories
and 1500 to 2000 sent by the Turkish
ministry of public instruction to
study cannot be found.
This information was received by
the near east relief committee here
from its representatives in Constan
tinople. -
Hoover Petitions at Albany.
ALBANY, Or., April 2. (Special.)
Portland solicitors circulated peti
tions in Albany today asking that the
name of Herbert Hoover be placed
on the ballot at the republican pri
maries as a candidate for president.
A number of signatures were secured.
Petitions for the nomination of former
VINEGAR TAKEN FOR WINE
Home in Southeast Portland Ran'
sacked by Thieves.
In quest of a quantity of wine from
the basement of the home of Fran
D'Angelo. 6015 Fifty-first street,
southeast, early yesterday morning
thieves also took a 20-gallon barre
of vinegar, according to a report
made to Inspector Joe Morak yester
day.
Besides the vinegar, the thieves are
said to have taken 20 gallons of wine.
The barrels, it Is said, were rolled
through a fence to the main road and
taken away in a machine.
publicity purposes by self-advertisers
can sign the petitions at the business
orTice. The petitions are for Multno
mah county. Petitions are now being
sent to various parts of the state, as
1000 names must be secured, from
seven different counties.
The purpose, in placing Senator
Lodge's name on the ballot is to head
off the three unknowns, Washington,
Adams and Webster, who are asking
the republican electorate of Oregon to
instruct the 10' Oregon delegates' to
vote for them for vice-president. If
the voters are to indicate a prefer
ence for vice-president, it is argued
by the republicans back of the Lodge
petitions, that they should at least
have the opportunity to vote for a
national figure, and not Instruct the
delegation to support a Washington,
Webster or Adams, who are unknown
to the people of this state.
Senator Lodge's name was selected
for the reason that it is possibly bet
ter known to a larger number of re
publican voters than that of most
other national leaders 'and that it will
attract thej voter when printed on the
same ballot with Adams, Washington
and Webster.
SALEM. Or., April 2. (Special.)
Circuit Judges Kelly and Bingham, In
an order Issued here tonight, perma
nently restrained W. I. Needham and
other local officials from collecting
any taxes levied in Marlon county
for the year 1920 in excess of the 6
per cent limitation.
As a result of the order levies In
tended to raise $26,000 for common
school purposes, $12,000 with which
to provide a high school tuition fund
and $10,000 toward the construction of
the proposed Sllverton armory will
have to be eliminated from the tax
rolls. The order of the court refers
especially to chapters 156. 171 and 172
of the Oregon laws, enacted at the
919 session of the legislature.
Action to forestall the collection
of all tax levies In Marlon county In
excess of the 6 per cent limitation
was authorized at a recent meeting
of the local taxpayers' league. At a
later date legal proceedings were
instituted in the circuit court here
by Edward Jory, who under the
terms of the complaint would have
been affected to the amount of $156.
District Attorney Gehlhar filed a
demurrer to the complaint last week,
but this was- overruled by Judge
Kelley and the case was considered
on its merits.
Because local attorneys declare the
decision of Judge Kelley and Judge
singnam win arcect the collection of
taxes in practically every county In
Oregon the action probably will be
carried to the supreme court for final
determination.
Mr. Jory is a member of the Marlon
County Taxpayers' league and was
among those present at the recent
meeting of the organization who voted
to oppose any and all of the mlllage
tax levies to be submitted to the
voters of the state at the special elec
tion to be held on May 21.
bherirr Needham announced tonight
that in compliance with the order he
would immediately cease collecting
the taxes levied under chapters 251,
271 and 272. which furnished the basis
for the suit.
.
EVIDENCE HPT REMOVED
HOUSE COMMITTEE INTER
VIEWS ACTING SEC. POST.
MRS. TABOR REARRESTED
AGED ALLEGED MURDERER TO
- BE TRIED AGAIN.
Pathologist Asserts Woman Alone
Could Not Have Caused Death
of Daughter.
PAW PAW. Mich., April 2. Mrs.
Sarah Tabor rnuld not alone have
been responsible for the death of her
daughter. Maud Tabor Virgo, accord
ing to testimony given today at her
preliminary hearing on a charge of
murder by Dr. A. S. Warthin, Uni
versity of Michigan pathologist.
Or. artMn l.ertormed an autopsy
over Mrs. Virgo's body shortly after
it was found in the woman s hope
chest" in the basement of her Law
ton home, and found, he - testified,
that death was due to illegal sur
gery. The operation, he believed, could
not have been performed by Mrs. Ta
bor unassisted.
Mrs. Tabor, who is 80 years old.
was rearrested this morning on a new
charge, the original proceedings hav
ing been dismissed when the supreme
court found the evidence insufficient
ALCAZAR THEATRE
Six Nights Commencing Mon., Apr. C
Matinees Wednesday and Saturday
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WOOD HONORS M'KINLEY
Dissatisfaction Expressed Wltb
Labor Department's Method of
Handling Communist Cases.
Wreath Placed on Tomb of Mar
tyred President. 1
CANTON, O., April 2. Major-Gen-eral
Leonard Wood late this after
noon viewed for the first time the
McKinley monument and placed a
large wreath of roses on the tomb of
the martyred president.
General Wood in an address later
paid tribute to President McKinley in
opening a two-hour discussion of na
tional issues, emphasizing universal
military training and the benefits
which, he id, would accrue by its
adoption.
General Wood declared that the na
tion needed a budget system and rec
ommended as one means of improving
the present system that every cabi
net member should be permitted to
appear on the floor of either house of
congress to defend the policy of his
department.
"The budget system is the surest
means of bringing about general na
tional retrenchment." he declared.
PLEA MADE FOR BOGHE
NITTI SAYS GERMAN KLLEItS
ARE TO BLAME.
deals were made in the region to be
traversed during the last few months
is taken to indicate that the Southern
Pacific has promised rail outlet for
lumbering operations. If the line is
built it will tap the big undeveloped
agricultural region of Big Valley, this
county.
BONUS WINS APPROVAL
HOUSE WAYS AXD MEANS COM.
MITTEE INDORSES PLAN.
S. O. Cressler. The capital stock was President Taft also appeared in AI
Slven aa 30,000 and headquarters of,bany today.
Proposal Is to Raise Cash Instead
of Creating Another Bond Issue
. Measure to Be Submitted.
WASHINGTON, April 2. Soldier re
lief legislation, with probable provi
sion for a cash bonus, funds for which
would be raised by sales luxuries
taxes, was approved today by the
house ways and means committee by
a vote of 15 to 6. Details of the bill
to be recommended will be worked
out by subcommittees to be appointed
Monday.
Members of the committee hope for
final action by the house .before the
contemplated recess for the national
political conventions, but they express
doubt as to whether action by the
senate could be had at this session.
ICE IMPRISONS VESSELS
Lake Ships Battle in Blizzard
Driven by 4 0-Mile Gale.
LUDINGTON, Mich., April 2. Six
lake vessels. Fere Marquette car fer
ries 15, 17, 18, 19 and 20 and Pert Mar
quette line steamer No. 4, were im
prisoned tonight in one of the largest
ice packs of the winter just on tnts
port and battling to free themselves
in a blinding snow storm driven Dy a
40-mile gale.
Marine men expressed fear for the
safety of the vessels, owing to their
proximity to shore and the high wind.
Many Norwegians Arrive.
SALEM. Or, April 2. (SpeclaL
Many Norwegians from Minnesota
and other eastern and middle west
ern states are arriving in the Silver
ton district of Marion county where
they are purchasing ranches ranging
from 10 to 30 acres. Because of the
recent influx of the Scandinavian
population many of the Silverton
stares have employed Norwegian
clerks to care for the wants of their
countrymen.
Polk Candidates in Race.
DALLAS. Or., Aprtl 2. (Special)
Three prominent republicans of Polk
county have cast their hats into the
ring for offices at the primary 'elec
tion. Ezra Hart, Salt Creek farmer,
and O. A. Wolverton of Monmouth,
are out after the commissioners' of
fice, while D. E. Fletcher of Inde
pendence, an attorney, seeks the nom
ination for joint representative for
Polt and Lincoln counties.
Indian's Sanity Questioned.
Frank James, an Indian, was ar
rested for investigation relative to
his sanity yesterday at the American
hotel. Third and Flanders streets. The
man, it is said, broke the furniture in
his room, broke down the door and
attempted to sleep in the hall.
WASHINGTON, April 2. (By the
Associated Press.) Acting Secretary
Post denied today that the house im
migration committee had taken pos
session of evidence in the case of a
number of aliens recently ordered de
ported and subsequently released, as
announced yesterday by Chairman
Johnson of the house committee.
Mr. Post said that without making
any previous request, the committee.
accompanied by the house sergeant at
arms, appeared at the department
yesterday and asked to see the evid
ence. He told them, he said, that the
department would co-operate with
them in their examination of the
documents relating to the aliens. The
secretary added that to confirm this
verbal statement he had written a
formal letter to Representative John
son. The committee chairman. In his
announcement . yesterday, said the
evidence had not been removed from
the department's files, but that it
had been placed in the charge of a
sub-committee composed of himself
and Representatives Vaile of Colo
rado and Raker of California.
Chairman Johnson in a statement
issued toJay, said It was the hope of
the committee that In view of the
facilities offered by Acting Secretary
Post it would not be necessary to
remove from the department of labor
any' files relative td deportation mat'
ters.
Secretary Post said: "The com
mittee Is In the position of a man
who goes Into a library to read
books."
The committee, which is investigat
ing radical agitation is represented
as being dissatisfied with the manner
in which the department of labor has
handled the cases of several hundred
of the 2000 or more persons arrested
in the recent raids by the department
of justice on the headquarters and
locals of the Russian communist
party.
Chairman Johnson has announced
that evidence has been obtained which
convinces the committee that the
I. W. W. are allied with the Com
munists and that they should be de
ported, since Secretary of Labor Wil
son has ruled that the Communist
organization is one that advocates, the
overthrow of the United States gov
ernment by force. The department
of justice is also known to be dis
satisfied with the manner in which
I the department of labor has pro
ceeded on the deportation warrants.
U. S. NOT IN COMMISSION
America Will Not Participate in
Russian Investigation.
LONDON, April 2. A reply has been
received through the American em
bassy in London that it will not be
possible for the United States to be
represented in any capacity on the
special commission which the council
of the league of nations recently de
cided to send to Russia. This an
nouncement was made by the league
of nations here today.
At a recent meeting of the league
of nations council in Paris it was
decided that the government of the
United States be informed of the
resolution to send a commission of
investigation to Russia and that the
nomination of an American citizen as
a member of the commission would
be welcomed.
WOMAN IN AUTO SHOT
Child Sees Murder; Slayer Drives
to Pond and Then Drowns Self.
MIDDLETOWN, N. Y., April 2 R.
Edward Leary of Hopakus, N. J., to
day .shot and killed Mrs. Harold J.
Grayson of Paterson, N. J., while they
were riding in an automobile near
Tuxedo, N. Y.
W 1th the body of Mrs. Grayson s
12-year-old daughter in the automo
bile, Leary drove on for two miles
and then drowned himself in a pond
near the Bear mountain road.
The child notified a farmer of the
tragedy.
Premier Seeks Belter Relations
With Jugo-Slavia and Ot
. toman Nation.
ROME, April 2. Premier Nittl.
speaking to the senate today, urged a
more humane conception of interna
tional relations and advocated a
measure of leniency toward the Ger
man people. A bad interpretation of
international relations had caused
German militarism, Russian bolshe
vlsm and Mussulman fanaticism to
join forces against western civiliza
tion, he declared, but Italy must be
the standard-bearer of the message of
humanity and sincerity, showing her
self not exacting.
The imperial government of Ger
many had committed many sins, Sig
nor Nltti continued, but the patient,
laborious and intelligent German peo
ple must not bear all the punishment
for them. He urged that Germany be
allowed raw materials to enable her
industries to flourish and permit her
to fulfill her engagements.
Premier Nittl declared respect for
the fundamental laws of civilization
must be demanded from the Russian
government in exchange for entering
into economic relations with Russia.
He said good relations with Turkey
were indispensable because of the
commercial opportunities.
Signor Nltti reiterated his deter
mination that the friendly relations
with the Jugo-Slavs be followed by a
commercial treaty between Italy and
Jugo-Slavla, asserting that this feel
ing was reciprocated by the Belgrade
government, as had been proved by
the Serbian premier's new year tele
gram expressing his hope for friend
ship between the two countries.
PLANK ADVISERS NAMED
Washington Democratic Platform
Committee Is Chosen.
SEATTLE. Wash., April 2. George
F. Christensen, democratic state chair
man, has named an advisory platform
committee to suggest planks to the
regular platform committee of the
democratic state convention at Spo
kane May 17.
Preston M. Troy, Olympia, is chair
man. W. M. Short, Seattle: Robert
Bridges. Orilla, and Robert Montgom
ery, Puyallup. all of whom have been
mentioned for governor, are among
the members.
Among the other members from
west of the mountains are Rev. Mark
A. Matthews. C. D. Fullen. George F.
Cotterill and Mrs. Alice V. Robinson.
Seattle: A. R. Titlow, Tacoma, and
W. H. Hornibrook. Vancouver.
Members from eastern sections of
the state include Guy Walters, Cou
lee City; Goy "O. Shumate and H. C.
Lavis, Yakima; W. E. McCroskey and
M. J. Maloney, Colfax; C. L. Holcomb.
Kennewlck; W. A. White. Walla
Walla; J. Oscar Adams, Ritzville, and
John M. Cannon. George Turner.
Charles Levy, C. C. Dill, Leslie P.
Edge, Mrs. J. M. Simpson, Miss Mary
A. Monroe, Mrs. E. Christian and P. C
Shine, all of Spokane.
LABOR STARTS AGITATION
GENERAL STRIKE TALKED OK
IN CANADA AS PROTEST.
TRAFFIC DELAYED BY FOG
Trans-Atlantic Liners Compelled
to Anchor at Quarantine.
NEW YORK, April 2. A thick fog
which settled suddenly over New
York harbor late today caused incom
ing tranB-Atlantic liners to cast an
chor at quarantine for the night, held
all but one outbound steamer to the
piers and confused and delayed ferry
service, already crippled by a strike.
A ferry boat crashed into a pier,
and two men and two horses were
thrown overboard. The horses were
drqwned.
ISLAND JUDGE NOMINATED
Flipino Named for Chief Justice of
Supreme Court.
WASHINGTON. April 2. Victorino
Mapa of the Philippine Islands was
nominated today by President Wilson
to be chief justice of the supreme
court of the Philippine Islands.
Hugh T. Rippeto of Salt Lake City
was nominated to be assayer in
charge of the United States assay of
fice at that city.
Resolutions Condemn Attitude of
Government Toward Con-
victcd Leaders.
WINNIPEG, April 2. Probability of
a general strike in Canada as a pro
test against the recent conviction of
seven leaders In the Winnipeg strike
last summer, was expressed by union
labor leaders, here today who ad
dressed a meeting. A dominion-wide
agitation for the release of the con
victed men already had begun, the
speakers declared, and a ballot may
be taken on a general strike. lollow
Ing the lead of the Montreal trades
union.
Resolutions condemning the attitude
of the government in the case of strike
leaders and pledging support to any
legitimate means to secure their re
lease, were adopted unanimously.
Four thousand persona attended the
meeting.
W. A. Hoop said labor would vote
solidly in the next provincial election
and that it would make an eftort to
elect a majority of the members of
the legislature who would be ex
pected to secure the release of the
convicted men.
Stains Declared Human Blood.
DEAD WOOD, S. D., April 2. Dr. A.
L. Bennett, Denver criminologist, took
the stand as a state witness today in
the trial of Mr. and Mrs. George
Searle, charged with the murder of
Mrs. Hilda Neamy, mother- of Mrs.
Searle. Dr. Bennett said he had ex
amined the clothing worn by Mrs.
Neamy when her partly burned body
was found In a furnace in Lead, S. D.,
December 7. He said red stains on
the clothing had been tested aad had
been shown to be human blood.
LODGE PETITIONS READY
Protection of Primary Against Ex
ploitation Is Urged.
Petitions to place the name of
Henry Cabot Lodge on the republican
preferential presidential primary bal
lot for vice-president are available at
the business office of The Oregonian
Republican voters who wish to pre
vent the primary from being used for
Robbers Raid Seattle Store.
SEATTLE. Wash., April 2. Two
armed men late today entered the
grocery store of Omar W. James,
an outlying residence section, knocked
Mr. James unconscious with a blow
from a gun and escaped with the
contents of the cash register, approxi
mately J100. Police were unable to
find any trace of tbe robbers. James
was not seriously Injured.
Big Moonshine Outfit Seized.
NEW YORK. April 2. Two fully
equipped 60-gallon stills, three vats
with a capacity of 500 gallons each,
two tons of mash and 15 barrels of
whisky were seized by Captain Will-
lam E. Allen Jr., federal prohibition
director for Brooklyn, and a squad of
six men In a raid on a house in tha
borough of Queens today.
Tuscarawas Miners Out..
NEW PHILADELPHIA. O.. April 2.
Two hundred Tuscarawas county
coal miners walked out today and
as a result eight mines were idle. The
men said they were dissatisfied with
the manner In which the 27 per cent
wage increase was applied.
PLUMBERS LOCKED OUT
Boycott Declared When Wage ot
$12 Daily Is Asked.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala., April 2.
Twenty-four Of the plumbing es
tablishments in Birmingham -today
declared a lockout against union
plumbers, who are demanding $12 a
day, with double pay for overtime,
Sundays and holidays.
The eight shops which refused to
Join in the lockout have contracts of
a nature which would not permit sus
pension 'c' work.
The Journeymen say 110 a d,ay, the
rate under which they have been
working, is -not enough to meet the
Increased cost of living.
PRIEST IS EXONERATED
Rev. Father. G. F. Tliomp.-on Held
Not to Blame for Crush.
Rev. Father George F. Thompson,
East Twenly-fourth and Siskiyou
streets, who was arrested Thursday
on a charge of reckless driving after
a collision with a machine driven by
Albert A. Pawson of Milwaukie at
East Seventh and Holladay avenue,
was discharged by Municipal Judge
Rossman yesterday.
Judge Rossman said that Father
Thompson had the right of way at
the time of the accident and so could
not be held responsible.
ALIENS GRANTED PAROLE
Liberated Men AH From Pacific
Coast Points..
SALT LAKE CITY. Utah, April 2.
Ten aliens, all arrested at California
and Pacific coast pionts, who have
been interned at Fort Douglas here,
were granted paroles today. Those
released are John Resho, Joe ivoioucn,
William Jess. Albert Thumass. Harry
Sulk, Paul Doench. Charles Schoen-
berg, Louis Tynlk, Edwin Oden and
Carl Koessmler. All were interned
for openly antagonizing the unitea
States, according to Floyd T. Jackson,
acting chief of the local department
of Justice bureau.
Few aliens, wltn tne exception oi
the 21 who have refused parole and
who may be deported, are still held
at the fort, Mr. Jackson says.
IRISH TRAIN IS HELD UP
Robbers Get Away With 3000 In
tended for Workmen.
DUBLIN, April 2. Fifty armed men
today held up a train at Killonan,
near Limerick, and escaped with
3000.
The money was to have been used
to pay off workmen.
LINE MAY J3E EXTENDED
Report Circulates Southern Pacific
Is Going to Klamath Falls.
ALTURAS. Cal.. April 2. (Special.)
Reports reaching here from San
Francisco are that the Southern Pa
cifie is planning to extend its line
from Westwood, Lassen county, to
Klamath Falls at an early day, and
that preliminary arrangements are
already under way.
The fact that several big timber
$50,000 in Platinum Found.
NEW YORK. April 2. Platinum
valued at $30,000 was found toniirht
by the police, by the arrest of two
men who described themselves as
Robert E. Carter, a miner of New
York, and Joseph Frederich, an actor
ot SU Louis, Mo. The two were found
in the downtown Jewelry district.
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