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3 AMERICAN KILLED in his bed this morning. He was a ST. LOUIS MAY LOSE RANK AMGNG CITIES victim, apparently, of an attack of acute indigestion, from which he suf fered during the early part of the evening, put from which he seemed to have recovered before retiring. Colonel Newport was nearly 70 years old. He was born in Gal H polls. . Ind., in 1878. He was engaged in railroad construction work in North Dakota, where, because of the Indian wars r by Attempt to Escape From Wesel Prison Reported. which hampered his work and in which Rate of Growth in Last 10 Year's History Smallest. THE MOItXING OREGONIAN, AVEDXESDxVT, ATOTL 14, 1920 GUARD he was forced to take part, he gained the title of colonel. From his head quarters at Mandan, N. D., he built 1100 miles of .the Northern Pacific railroad, later coming to Umatilla county, where he built several mlies of railroad near Maxwell station and along the Pendleton-Echo route. He later turned his attention to irriga tion engineering and was builder of the Furnish irrigation ditches at Her miston. He had considerable property interests in that town and near by and had been a leader in the develop ment of the section. Mrs. Newport, a son, H. R. Newport, and daughter, Mrs. Pat Harwood of Chicago, survive. OREGON SENATOR ROUSED AID IN REVOLT CHARGED BOSTON MAY GO ' AHEAD aul It. de Mott of Patcrson, X. J.f Under Sentence of Death. Press Criticises Action. ) Interest Centers in Whether Fourth City or U. S. Will' Be Beaten by Massachusetts Metropolis. BERLIN. April 13. An official an nouncement made last night in the case of Paul Koome de Mott of Pater son, N. J., said to have been an American citizen, who was killed re cently at Wesel, near the Ruhr re ffion, stated that he wan shot dead while attempting to escape from mili tary arrest. De Mott, who was 22 years of age, was taken prisoner by government troops near Uislaken, southeast of "Wesel, early last week charged with being in possession of arms and aid ing in the rebellion. The killing of De Mott, shot re cently at Wesel, was caustically com mented upon today by the Indepen dent Socialist newspaper, Die Freiheit. It described the incident as a case of "murder by the soldiery, who ob viously were afraid the higher court would annul the death sentence." Reports stated that De Mott had been shot dead by a sentry while trying to escape from the prison at Wesel. where he was being held un der death sentence, the cause for which was not stated. An investiga tion was ordered by the foreign of fice immediately upon receipt of the report. LONDON, April 12. Verbal assur ances given by the French govern ment In answering the sixth note of Great Britain relative to the occupa tion of German cities by the French were discussed by the cabinet council today. They were expected, to be fol lowed by a formal note which would mean a satisfactory solution of the difficulty. France was said to have recognized that opposition to its action was based rather upon the maintenance of an important principle than upon tha merits of the immediate question involved. SUITOR SHOOTS WIDOW WILLIAM MEKCEIl KILLS SELF; WOM.VX MAY 1IK. Mrs. Irene Styles, Vineland, X. J., Waiting for Trolley, Shot Through Head. VINELAND, N. J., April 13. (Spe cial.) William Mercer made an at tempt to murder Mrs. Irene Styles yesterday morning about 8 o'clock as she was waiting for the trolley at the Main and Magnolia road station. .The passengers at the depot did not notice any trouble until they heard the' crack of a pistol. Then the screams of the woman were heard while several more shots were fired. Mercer started on a run for the woods about a half mile to the west ward, while he hid his smoking pis tol in his pocket. No one had the presence of mind to stop him and he was allowed to get' away. Mrs. Styles was carried to the home of her father, Henry E. Boyd. She was bleeding profusely and Dr. George Cunningham was . sent for. After & superficial examination he took the injured woman to the Vine land hospital. Inquiry among the excited people revealed the fact that Mercer was an Inmate of the Boyd home. He came from Wheeling, W. Va with the family in June, 1919, and did considerable of the work about the place. He became enamored of Mrs. Styles. Of late the man became jealous, but why it could not be learned, except that some other man had paid atten tion to Mrs. .Styles. It is supposed that Mercer was trying to exact some promise from her when he few into a rage and fired at her. Mr Styles is a widow, 30 years old, and lercer ia 28. . . J This afternoon at 4 o'clock the body of Mercer was found in the woods a mile from the scene of his crime. He had shot himself, the bullet going through his head entering at the right ear and coming out the left eye. exactly as he shot the woman. Mrs. Styles" still lives but no hopes are held for her recovery. THE DALLES AIDS DRIVE Third of 515 0 0 Xeedcd to Open Y. V. C. A. Already Donated.' THE DALLES, Or.. April 13. (Spe cial.) With more than one-third of the desired $4500 fund already pledged, teams of Y. W. O. A. solici tors took the field this morning at 9 o'clock in a drive to establish a Y. W. C. A. headquarters in this city. Speakers addressed theater audi ences here tonight. The need for a young women's club and community center has been manifest for many months. COLONEL NEWPORT DEAD I'ather of Ilcrmiston Was Oregon Reclamation Pioneer. PENDLETON, Or., April 13 .(Spe cial.) Colonel Horace Greeley New port, veteran railroad builder, con tractor and irrigationist, father of the town of Hermiston. was found dead Hood's Sarsaparilla Makes Food Taste Good Creates an appetite, aids diges tion, purifies the blood, promotes assimilation so as to secure full nutritive value of food, and to give strength to the -whole system. Nearly 50 years' phenomenal sales tell the story of the remarka ble merit and success of Hood's Sarsaparilla. It is just the medi cine jou need this gi'usoa. CHAMBERLAIN RAPS FOES . OP RIVER IMPROVEMENTS. Senator Protests Against Proposed Developments in This State Bring Prompt Response. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. April 13. Criticisms made by Senators Smoot of Utah and Thomas of Colorado of provisions in the pend ing rivers and harbors bill for cer tain preliminary surveys, which in clude Tillamook bay and the Tualatin river in Oregon, brought Senator Chamberlain to the defense of Ore gon's river "and harbor improvements in a senate speech this afternoon. It was charged by the senators that the improvement of many of the riv ers and harbors of the country had proved of no practical benefit because their improvement in many cases had developed no additional commerce. Senator Chamberlain replied that the opening of rivers and harbors so far as the northwest was concerned had been effective in holding down rail road freight rates. He said: "Along some points on the Colum bia river there has been somewhat of a falling off in the freight car ried on the river, and yet the con struction of two canals on the Colum bia river has been instrumental in saving to the producers of the Inland Empire more money than would be necessary to pay for the compara tively small expenditure of the gov ernment a hundred times. "In this day and generation, when there is congestion of railroad trans portation and it is physically impos sible to get- from some quarters of the country to the markets, we ought to stimulate and encourage the im provement of these rivers and har bors, no matter how small the traf fic may be on them temporarily. "Take this situation in Oregon: We have contributed fifty-fifty with the government for nearly every improve ment we have ever had. In other words, the people of Oregon have created port commissions at the city of Portland, at Nehalem. at Astoria, at Tillamook, at Newport, at Coos Bay and other places, and they have levied taxes upon themselves equal to appropriations made by congress. Small communities meet the govern ment appropriation every time and have contributed dollar for dollar when they have asked the government for appropriations. "In other words, the people have shown, by levying upon themselves high rates, of taxation, the confidence that they have in the development of their own country. It is hardly fair, from my viewpoint, that they should be asked to do it, because the traffic that goes down the Columbia river from Oregon harbors is not only na tional in importance, but international. "The wheat that goes down the Columbia river goes to Liverpool, and our lumber goes to the markets of the world. Oregon is contributing money for a benefit that comes to the United States by reason of increased international commerce.' DOCTOR BEQUEATHS BRAIN ANATOMIST' OPERATES OX BODY OF DEAD FHIEXD. Will and Agreement Gives Corpse of Dr. Joseph Sims to Dr.. E. A. Spitzka. NEW YORK, April 13. (Special.) Dr. Edward Anthony Spitzka, a well known anatomist, Monday removed the brain of Dr. Joseph Simms, phy sician, author and lecturer, who died at the Hotel Empire Sunday. This was in accordance with a provision of a will executed by Dr. Simms and an agreement with Dr. Spitzka when the latter was a demonstrator at the College of Physicians ajd Surgeons 17 years ago. "Dr. Simms believed in the scientific study of the brain and that he could aid science by giving his body for research." said Dr. Spitzka yesterday. "He was in accord with the theory that the brains of intellectual men differ from those of men of lesser intelligence and he wanted science to have his brain to advance its work in this field. "Seventeen years ago Dr. Simms told me he would give his body to the College of Physicians and Sur geons and asked me to use it in my work. He also provided that when he was at the point of death I was to be summoned immediately so I could remove his body." Dr. Simms lectured extensively here and abroad. While in London he met Charles Darwin. Professor Huxley, Sir Charles Lyall, Herbert Spencer and all the leading scientists of the day. He was 86 years old. H0USER INQUIRY DELAYED Committee Charged Wltli Probe Appears Little ' Interested. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, April - 13. The special subcommittee of the senate committee on manufacturers recently appointed to investigate charges of a Spokane federal grand jury against Max H. Houser, northwest administrator for the United States grain corporation, is manifesting no interest in the task ahead. Senator Reed of Missouri, author of the resolution of investigation, has returned to Washington, but three other members of the committee are still away. At the office of Senator Gronna of North Dakota, chairman of the subcommittee, it was said "today that no plans for a trip to the Pacific northwest will be made until the full subcommittee can be assembled. Phone your want ads to The Orego nian. Haia 7070. A 603i WASHINGTON. April 1?. St. Louis. fourth city of the country in 1910, had a populatio nof 773,000 January 1 this year, and showed an increase of 85,971, or 12.5 per cent over ten years ago. The rate of growth dur ing the last ten years was the small est of any decade since the found ing of the city, and the increase in number was smaller than in any dec ade since that ending in 1880, when the rate of increase was 12.8 per cent. Whether St. Louis or Boston will rank as the country's fourth largest city as a result of the 1920 census added interest to the announcement today of St. Louis' DODUlation. Bos ton's nnnnlation has via - Kaar made public. Bomtom May G Ahead. St. Louis ranked fourth in 1910. Since 1910 Boston has annexed the town of Hyde Park, having a popu lation in 1910 of 15,507. St. Louis and Boston were the only cities within the 600,000 class in 1910. Cleveland, Baltimore and Pittsburg, ranking sixth, seventh and eighth, were the only cities within the 500,000 class. A change in their ranking for lszo Is not improbable, and Detroit, Buffalo ani San Francisco, ranking 9th. 10th and 11th, the only cities within the 400.000 class, may advance Into different rank. The population of none of these has been announced. Census figures announced today fol low: St. Louis 773,000; increase. 85.971, or 12.5 per cent. Perth Amboy, N. J. 41,707 ; increase, 9586. or .29.8 per cent. Uniontown. Pa. 15,609; increase 2266. or 17 per cent. Massilon, O. 17,428; increase. 3549, or 25.6 per cent. Chillicothe. O. 15,831; increase, 1323. or 9.1 per cent. Vinita, Okla. (revised) 5010; In crease, 928. or 22.7 per cent. Watertown, N. T. 31.263; increase, 4533, or 17 per cent. Galesburg, 111. 23,785; increase, 1696, or 7.7 per cent. Charleston, W. Va. 39,608; increase, 16,612, or 72.2 per cent. HlattaburK Shown Drmaic, West Hobok;n, N. J., 40.068, in crease 4665 or 13.2 per cent. Duquesne. Pa., 19,011, Increase 3284 or 20.9 per cent. Be Hal re. O.. 15,061, increase 2115 or 16.3 per cent. Martins Ferry, O., 11,634. increase 2501 or 27.4 per cent. Tamaqua, Pa., 12,363, increase 2901 or 30.7 per cent. Williamsport. Pa., 36,198, increase 4338 or 13.6 per cent. East Liverpool, O., 21.411, increase 1024 or 5-per cent. Denieon. Tex., X7.C65. increase 3433 or 25.2per cent. Plattsburg. N. T., 10.909, decrease 229 or 2.1 per cent. Rahway, N. Y., 11,042, increase 1705 or 18.3 per cent. McKeesport Rocks. Pa., 16,713, in crease 2011 or 13.7 per cent. Salem, O., 10,305,. increase 1362 or 15.2 per cent. Bristol. Va.-Tenn., 14,776, increase 1381 or 10.3 per cent. Aiken. S. C, 4103, increase 192 or t.y per cent. Lebanon, Tenn., 408 increase 4425 or 11.6 per cent. Swissvale, Pa., 10,908, increase 3527 or 47.8 per cent. CHURCH MEN VISIT PASCO Ministers In Charge of Interchnrcb Movement Make Stop. PASCO, .Wash., Aprii 13. (Special.) Dr. William S. Beard of New York, who is in charge of the inter-church movement in several of the western states, ana Dr. c. H. Harrison, also of xew lorK, woo is assisting Dr. Beard, and Dr. L. O. Baird of Seattle, super intendent of Congregational churches in this state, were visitors at the local Congregational church Sunday morn ing. in the afternoon a conference of members of the local church was held with Dr. Baird. when matters of in terest to the church were discussed. The local Congregational church is enjoying prosperity, according to reports. CITY HALL IS ADVOCATED Merchants' Association Pronoe Expenditure of $40,000. HOOD RIVER, Or., April 13. (Spe cial.) The Hood River Merchants' as sociation last night endorsed a bond issue -of M0.Q00 to be submitted to the voters in May. This action was taken after an address by Mayor E. f .' g I itnal(tiuKiard,tomkeaB-i-t I '-?r-'s-f-. fe-'-Jf principle". an hnrelTm tone 1 :?Ss v l in the icloiuLi ulLwi of wol V '' ty. and to teach men to tbink: V 5 r tmeud liw trar iithrnittitr I ''0" tuk to which the ctranh ia I called. f ji Rrnnrrr Laimiii. Choan get. i. v !fr 'i j&i Ml a'uvVvSaA The only real .d per- 1 ; 'jtfli saanent solution of the fcll.SiJl.ll i.T .!' 4 vexingproblemswhich 4 Wl I'iL'I'Hl H vl bomb more acute than IW' Wfl i'llMMi' 1'U ever sinee the end of 1 11 l Mil l M the World War is the I. V WUni,f . Pf,.. application of the esaeeaaaaBeBaBssssBaasBttKfeaaiaasssai Golden Rale. Jossraus Durim, atrTa. t Good Old Fashioned Faith -That's What The .World Needs Most T T THAT is the euro for the world's present troubles for un V V rest and envy and covetousness and fear? Legislation ? Industrial compromises ? Political readjustments ? We've tried them all, and they do not satisfy. We're hungry and thirsty for Faith. "The world needs a genuine religious revival,' cabled the Lon don financial editor of the New York Evening Post recently. And he added: "This is the view of hard-headed business men." What business men are now proclaiming the churches have always proclaimed. You must touch the spirits of men if you are to change their lives : only to the extent of their faith in each other can they work together. All remedies are makeshifts ex cept the Golden Rule. Thirty denominations, knowing the need to be too great for any one denomination to meet alone, are cooperating in a nation wide campaign. It is a campaign for deepening the spiritual forces of men ; for enlisting their hearts, and their pocket-books too. And every man and woman who loves America will be glad of a chance to help. For the hope of America is Democracy and the Founder of Democracy was the Founder of the Church. It was He who first called men sons of God, and so made all men brothers. Not as employers and employees, not as members of parties or sects, but as sons of God and brothers all let us work out our problems together. To strengthen the Church is our first great task; out of the Church flows Faith. United Financial Campaign April 251 to iUr la The apii ilual sifle of man's mtvne hu be3i too much tiefrlerted.. ana we need a new birth of richteou. nem that will restore the troe re lation brtweenapirituai and mate erial thinn. W. B. Wrf, Secretary of Labor For oqt ewa sakea, for ear child ren's wiif for the natioe'a aake, i"t us business men get behind the churcheaand theirpreacbera! Let oa from thia very day give them more time, money and thoocht, for upon them the value of ail wa wa ultimately dependal toon W. INTERCHURCH WbrldL Movement of SMbrth America Tha ptABemHoa mtthim mi Uwmaat ra surfs ifrfo tfbOQft Aaa of thirty daooaiiaatlonm L. Scobee, who declared an absolute necessity the proposed construction of a city hall, containing facilities for visiting motorists and quarters for a motor truck fire engine, which the city plans to buy. The new merchants' organization also appointed a committee to work with the city council in effecting civic improvements and the advance ment of all public enterprises. Choral Practice Is Called. A community sing of the Xational Choral league (Portland chapter Ko. 1) for the promotion of patriotism will be held at central library tomor- "Self -Serve Stores" In the West and South are many "Self-Serve Stores" or grocerterias. In stores of this type a woman waits on herself, taking down from the shelves the goods wanted and, after paying as she leaves, carries the groceries home. There is no clerk, no salesman, and no one to "push the goods." Here, left to itself, the public always chooses advertised brands. Others can't compete without the aid of personal salesmanship. People want advertised goods. Each year an increasing percentage of dealers recognizes that there is little profit in argument and instead, quickly sell what the people want. Commercially, the public is Court of Final Appeal. The national advertiser pleads his case direct. Butteiick Publisher The Delineator ($2.50 a Year) Everybody's Magazine (?2.76 a Year) The Designer ($1.50 a Year) row at 8 P. M. A programme of patriotic songs will be rehearsed In preparation for the league's participa tion in the Hose festival. A. X. Pierce Goes to Salem. A. X. Pierce, who for the last three years has held the managership of the Seward hotel, will leave Portland to take charge of the Marion hotel In Salem on May 1. Mr. Pierce came here from Mount Clemens, Mich., and has been connected with the Seward for over nine years. As yet no steps have been taken to fill the vacancy at the Seward. Sheepmen Compromise for $500. BEND, Or., April 13. (Special.) The Deschutes grand Jury today re turned a true bill against Dick Seder, charged with passing fraudulent SINCE it costs no more to have the style and refinement Earl & Wilson qual ity, why not have it? checks. Seder left central Oregon several months ago, and his present domocile is unknown. In the suit by R. X. Stanfield. wealthy sheepman. seeking J9700 damages for alleged breach of contract from A. E. Hoss of Plainview, a compromise for $500 was effected. 11 sw .(hi (hilars flirts EARL. 6r WILSON TROY.N.Y. 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