VOL. LTX NO. 18,534
Entered at Portland (Oregon)
Postoffice as cond-Cia!if Matter.
POItTJLAXD' OKIXJOX, 1UESDAV, APKIL, 20, 190
TRICE FIVK CENTS
RAIL LABOR BOARD
DEAF TO STRIKERS
HUNTER DIES AS GUN
WEST'S AIR PATROL
CLAUSE REINSERTED
HOUSE TO RECEIVE
' BONUS BILL MAY 1
CLOTHING PRICES UP
64 PER CENT IN YEAR
HANDS OFF ERIN,
IS FIRED BY FALL!
WALTER WEBER, EX-SOLU1EK,
, IS KILLED AEAR IikXD.
AMENDMENT IS ACCEPTED BY
SENATE COMMITTEE HEAD.
REPUBLICAN LEADERS DISCUSS
TAX ON GROSS SALES.
FOOD STAPLES DECLINE ONLY J
6.10 PER CENT.
COST. OF CONTROL
1511,129,000,000
Federal Loans to Jnes
Considered as '-s.
NDU5TRE5
DENIM GAWIPA1GN
SAYS AMBASSADOR
Only Plaints of Men at
Work to Be- Heard.
"REBELS" TO TRY AGAIN!
Written Demand for "Living
. Wage" to Be Made.
NEW BODY ORGANIZES
Rules of Procedure Are Adopted
and Formal Hearings of Pay
Controversy Start Today.
WASHINGTON', April 13. Unde
terred by refusal of the railroad labor
board to hear thein today, repre
sentatives of the railroad strikers an
nounced they would present written
complaints, together with demands
for a "living wage" to the lioard,
which tomorrow will begin formal
hearings on the big wage contro
versy. ' . .
The board flatly declined to "re
ceive, entertain or consider" com
plaints from strikers, declaring it
vtuld only hear 'those who were
adopting every reasonable means of
avoiding interruption of railroad
service.
The board's statement follows:
Henrine Is Denied Strikers.
"It is decided and ordered by the
board as one of the rules governing
its "procedure that, as the law unaer
which this board was created and or
ganized makes it the duty of both
carriers and their employes and sub
ordinate officials having differences
and disputes to have and hold confer
ences between representatives of the
different parties and interests, to
consider and if possible to decide such
disputes in conference, and where
such dispute is not decided in such
conference to refer it to this board
to hear and decide, and it is further
' contemplated anil provided by the law
that pending such conference, refer
once to and hearing by this board it
shall be the duty of all carriers, their
officers, employes and agents to exert
every reasonable effort and adopt
every available means to avoid any
interruption to the operation of any
vcarrier growing out of any such dis
putes therefore this board will not
receive, entertain or consider any ap
plication or complaint from or by any
party, parties, or their representa
tives, who have not complied with ot
who are not complying with the pro
visions of the law or who are not
exerting every reasonable effort and
adopting every available means to
'' avoid any interruption to the opera
tion of any carrier growing out of
any dispute between the carrier and
employes."
The board will proceed with the
wage dispute involving claims of
nearly 2.000,000 men, which failed of
adjustment when the bi-partisan
board ceased to function April 1.
Heads of the four brotherhoods and
the chairman of the Association of
Railway Kxecutives, all of whom
were present today, will attend.
Striker' Rrturn Kxpected
Timothy Shea
Brotherhood of Railway Firemen and
Englnemen, said tonight that SDeedv
settlement would be urged. Refusal
of the board to hear strikers, he said,
would have the effect of sendrtiii all
strikers back to work
Delegations claiming to represent
railroad men of all crafts in cities
w ho "have quit work" appeared at
the office of the board today demand
ing assurance of a substantial guar
antee of increased wages, which, they
said, would send strikers back to
work. They composed an unorgan
ized association, they said, known as
the railroad workers of America. In
sisting they still retained their mem
bership in the recognized unions,
since they had not struck, but had
"only gone on a vacation."
Rulrn Adoptril by Bonrd.
After adopting rules of procedure
for hearing disputes, the board ad
mitted several delegations.
Immediate protest was entered by
W. Nr. Doak, vice-president of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen,
who contended that the officers of the
18 railroad organizations present rep
resented the men unless they had quit
their jobs, in which case they were
no longer employes of the railroads
or members of the reeognized unions.
General dissatisfaction with the
board's action waa expressed by rail
road workers.
10,000 BOOKS 'BORROWED'
Seattle Decides to Keep Closer Eye
on Library Patrons.
SEATTLE, Wash., April 19. (Spe
cial.) Last year some 10.000 books
were "borrowed" from the Seattle
Fublic library and not retired.
Hence it has become necessary to
police" the library.
The "police" are the library attend
ants, who now "do police" in turns,
watching the thousands who come in
and out of the building and occasion
ally finding a home library collector.
Hundreds have been stopped within
the past month. Xo arrest has yet
been made, the "police" for the pres
ent accepting the alibis when accom
panied by tne return of a book to its
shelf.
Body of Millwright Discovered liy
Lad Returning From School.
Tripping Fatal.
BISND, Or.. April 19. j-CSpeeial.)
Walter Weber, ex-soldier and mill
wrigm in tne J
wright in the Brooks-Scanlon mill of
as killed shortly after
wo miles from Bend,
j while rabbit hunting, when the 22-
ca.ir.er automatic rifle he was car
rying was discharged as he tripped
while going through a barbed wire
fence. The bullet passed through
his head. .
The body was found at 4 o'clock
this afternoon by S-year-old . Floyd
Creson, as the boy - was returning
from school.-' Frightened, the boy ran
to his parents, who notified tire au
thorities. An fnquest was not deemed
necessary, as the position of the body,
the right foot still caught on the
bottom strand of wire, plainly
showed death to have been accidental.
A brother, F. W. Weber, is princi
pal of the Lapine school, and his par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. George Weber, re
side in Gresham. Percy A. Stephens
post of the American Legion will di
rect the funeral services.
$10,000 BALM IS SOUGHT
Woman ot Walla Walla Files Suit
Against Umatilla Farmer.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., April 19.
(Special.) Mrs. Alice Walker today
filed suit against Frank A. Wallace
for $10,000 heart balm, alleging that
Wallace lias "refused repeatedly" to
marry her. She said Wallace is "a
prosperous farmer of Umatilla county,
Oregon, reputed to be worth $7j,000."
Mrs. Walker also demanded pay
ment for "one male dog, one cow ard
calf, one saddle, 12 chickens, one
church, 100 acres of summer fallow
plowing, all to the value of $1154,"
With interes't from January 31, 1919,
to date. She charged that Wallace had
proposed repeatedly and had offered
to furnish her with a good hpme and
to educate her children. Wallace in
his answer denied the charges and
said he had paid all except $67 of his
indebtedness ior the articles listed.
TAX SUPPORT EXPECTED
Seliool Lev j- Measure Meets Favor
Willi Coast Voters.
SALKM, Or., April 18. (Special.)
The voters of Coos and Cury counties
are much interested in the campaign
for better schools and will support
both the' measure' providing for th
2-mill tax for the .elementary schools
and the higher educational bill at the
special election on May 21, according
to J. A. Churchill, state superintend
ent of schools who returned here to
day from the coast.
Mr. Churchill spoke before the
teachers of Curry county and also
conferred with the taxpayers of the
Langlois and Port Orford districts
with regard to the consolidation of
their schools. The proposed consolida
tion, Mr. Churchill says, is necessary
because of the lack of competent
teachers.
CABINET TO MEET TODAY
Session Likely to Be Devoted" to
Routine Problems.
WASHINGTON", April 19. President
Wilson today called his cabinet to
I meet with him tomorrow for the sec-
president of tholnd time since he was taken ill last
Septemoer. It was said that the meet
! ine- ulilte tha held last week to con
I sider the railroad strike, would be de-
j voted to romine problems.
11 was considered likely, however
that issues growing out of the strike
would come in for some discussion,
along with foreign and domestic
questions.
PORTLAND GIRL, 15, WINS
Margaret McAllister Leads PorP
land in Army Contest.
OR EG ON IAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, April 19. Margaret Mc
Allister, .15 years old, S63 Skidmoro
street, Portland, Or., submittedone of
the i6 best essays in the "come-back
essay contest conducted by the war
department on the subject, "What Are
the Benefits of an Enlistment in the
United States Army?"
The Portland girl's essay was se
lected as the best presented from the
Portland army recruiting district.
SUN WORSHIPER IS FREED
Charge or Misleading Child Is De
. clared Not Proved.
, LOS ANGELES, Cal.. April 19. Ot
toman Zar Adusht' Hanish. head of
the Mazdaznan cult of sun worshipers,
was acquitted today on a charge of
contributing to' the delinquency of a
child," by a jury in the Los Angeles
superior court. "
The verdict was directed by Judge
F. W. Houser on the ground of insuf
ficient evidence.
GASOLINE EXCISE UPSET
State Declared Without Power to
Tax In Original Container..
WASHINGTON, April 19. The su
preme court today held unconstitu
tional the New Mex-.r.o .state act of
1919, levying an excise tax upon the
sale and use of gasoline. j
The decision affects only gasoline
still in the original containers in
which it was shipped into the state,
HiNES' HWcl KNIFED
Donations to' Prevent Bank
ruptcies Not to Return.
LOSS NOW -$904,000,000
Committee Figures ou Shrinkage
in Bond Values and Guarantees
Given to Weak Lines.
WASHINGTON. April 19. Total
loss to the government growing out
of federal control of the railroads was
estimated today by the house ap
propriations committee at more than
$1,129,000,000. This includes the $225.
000,000 estimated as guarantees to the
roads under" the terms of the trans
portation act.
, . The . .actual, loss during the 26
months of active government control,
was "placed at $904,000,000. The com
mittee pointed out that the govern
meht'I'en't $862,000,000 to the railroads
and. said that since much of this went
to weaker lines to prevent receiver
ship during federal operation, all of
this sum probably would not" be re
covered. Knife (nil Off Million.
The committee was reporting on
the emergency deficiency appropria
tion measure, in which $300,000,000
was included for the railroad admin
istration. Director-General Mines has
asked for $420,000,000 to wind up the
administration's affairs, but the com
mittee cut the total $30,000,000. and
recommended that the treasury be in
structed to purchase $90,000,000 worth
of liberty bonds held by the railroad
administration, thus making available
that additional amount for winding
up the administration's affairs.
The committee explained that it had
made the reduction because the trans
portation act provided $20,000,000 for
settling claims against the govern
ment growing out of federal control.
Loans Also Counted.
Discussing the cost of federal opera
tion of the roads, the committee,, in
its report, said:
"Clearly it was not the purpose of
the director-general of the railroads
to give the impresssion that $904,000,
000 would cover total losses sus
tained by the government during
federal control, nor should it be In
ferred that $225,000,000 shown as the
additional loss the government will
suffer because of federal control, is
the only loss which the government
will sustain.
"Aside from the question of the
claims of under-maintenance made by
.(Concluded on Pajre 8, Column 2.)
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Move Is Regarded as Insuring
Adequate Protection for
Forests in XorllivC;-t.
. OREGON IAN NEWS BL'KEAL',
Washington. D.- C. April 19. A
complete air patioi of all the forest
areas of the -northwest and Pacific
c6ast states is made possible by an
amendment to the army reorganiza
tion biil offered by Senator Nugent
of Idaho and 'accepted by. Senator
Wadsworth, chairman of lie senate
military affairs committee, today.
The amendment authorizes the sec
retary of war, upon the request of the
secretary of agriculture, to detail tne
necessary officers and enlisted men
from the permanent or reserve per
sonnel of the air corps to carry on
the patrol. The acceptance of the
amendment by Chairman Wadsworth
appears to mean its adoption and
bodes well for the establishment of
the patrol with headquarters at
Mather field, Sacramento, Cal.. also
three main bases at Sacramento,
Camp Lewis, Wash., and Missoula,
Mont., and sub-bases, at Medford, Eu
gene and La Grande, Or.; Spokane,
Wash., and Boise. Idaho.
Under the patrol project as drawn
by Colonel Arnold of San Francisco,
the five squadrons would be manned
by 32 officers and 132 enlisted men.
POTATO DEMAND LESSENS
At Same Time Prices, Wholesale
and Retail, Remain Unchanged.
SEATTLE. Wash., April J9. (Spe
cial.) Whether the boycott did it is a
debatable question, but it is a fact
that potatoes are a slower seller on
the Seattle market. However, prices.
wholesale and retail, remain un
changed.
Commission men on Western ave
nue and corner groceries alike say
there is a decreased demand for the
erst.while humble spud.
L.oca i commission houses were
quoting potatoes today at $173 to lsAbe JuJ' 15 to stockholders of
a ton about the same as last week.
Retail prices ranged from 10 cents a
pound to 12i cents in the better
grocery stores.
MARS SIGNAL MAY WAIT
Failure of Government Sanction to
Arrive May Delay Ascension.
OMAHA, April 19. Failure of gov
ernment sanction to arrive from
Washington probably wtill delay the
proposed Todd-Stevens balloon expe
dition to signal Mars, it was stated at
Fort Omaha today.
The flight was to have been made
tiext Frldayv
NEW SPUD SALE RECORD
8 ?i Cents Paid for Texas Potatoes
Still in Ground.
BROWNSVILLE, Tex.. April 19.
Thirty-five thousand bushels of new
potatoes still th the ground were sold
here today for 83i cents a pound
f. o. b. .Brownsville.
It was said to be a record price
to growers in the lower Rio Grande
valley.
Proposal Is Made to Start Pay
ments January I and send
Tliem Quarterly.
WASHINGTON, April 19. Republi
can house leaders today tentatively
agreed to ' present a soldier relief
measure to the house about .May 1.
Besides carrying cash compensa
tion, the bill will include alternative
offers of priority in land settlement,
home-building and extension of voca
tional training. Two plans for ad
justed cash compensation have been
submitted by a sub-committee of the
house ways and means committee, one
granting $1 for each day's service and
the other authorizing payment of
$1.23 a day, with no payments for the
first two months of service. Ur-der
the latter plan, members said, those
exempted, because their service was
less than 60 days and those serving
would be treated Impartially.
It Is proposed to begin cash pay
ment January 1, 1921, continuing
quarterly. A tax on gross sales, mem
bers said, probably will be the plan
adopted by the committee to raise
revenues. Democrats, however, op
pose this, desiring to present some
legislation imposing further taxes on
excess war profits.
The sub-committee cor-sidering the
most adaptable method of raising
revenues to pay compensation has not
decided on any definite' plan. Two
alternatives are before the committee,
the first a tax on the sale from
retailers to consumers and the other
a tax on all "turn overs" that is,
a tax on each resale from the pro
ducer to the consumer.
DIVIDEND IS 40 PER CENT
Sears, Roehjick Slock Rises From
$20 at Start to $230 Share.
CHICAGO, April 19. Directors ot
Sears. Roebuck & Co., a mail order
house, voted a 10 per cent dividend to
The company's outstanding common
stock totals $75,000,000. The new
issue of $30,000,000 will have a value
in. excess of $60,000,000, as the stock is
quoted at $236 a share.
Sears, Roebuck stock sold at low as
$20 a share in 1907, when $30,000,000
was outstanding. With stock divi
dends paid the stock now has an ag
gregate market value of $6110.
ROBBERS KILL DEPUTY
Posse Slays One Desperado and
Wounds Second in Pursuit. -'
DKI2R LODGE, Mont.. April 19.
Deputy Sheriff George 'Warberton was
fatally shot in a battle with three
"hoboes," who were attempting to rob
a ranch home near Klliston, accord
ing to word reaching this city eanly
this evening. Deputy Warberton left
for Klliston to serve papers and en
countered the three men en route, ac
cording to the report. He died at 6
o'clock tonight.
A posse left Deer Lodge immediately-after
the report of the wound
ing of Warberton and killed one of
the robbers, captured another and is
In pursuk of the third.
Effects Indicated by At
tack on Move.
ALL NEW YORK DONS "TOGS"
Mayor and Judge in Near-by
Cities Join in Drive.
BIG PARADE IS PLANNED
Special Deitim Suits Dcing Pre
pared 'for Flcphants Many
Clubs Sign to March. N
NEW TOltiC. April 19. (Special.)
The .old clothes and overalls move
ment passed into the everyday life of
this and near-by cities today- with
the appearance of a mayor, a judge,
school teachers, business heads and
their employes and some women in
khaki or blue denim as a protest
against the high cost ot conventional
wearing appareL
An indication of the effect of the
movement was hown when the asso
ciated industries issued a statement
from Its headquarters calling it an
"absurd attempt to solve an economic
problem."
Here and there along Broadway and
Fifth avenue today white collar
gleamed above a blue denim coat, and
the passers-by greeted other wearers
of the uniform of protest wifh smiles
of approval. Columbia university and
several smaller institutions joined the
movement and the students pledged to
tefrain from buying ordinary clothes
until prices come down.
l:ronom Parade I'laiiard.
Ttie Cheese club, composed of writ
ers, theatrical men and others, who
started the movement in this city, an
nounced that plans for the "Economy
parade" were about completed andth at
thousands clad '11 overalls, khaki, old
clothes or gingham dresses would
march up the avenue at 11 o'clock
Sat urday forenoon. -
A committee has been appointed to
Invite Mayor Hyla"h to lead the parade
clad In the overalls if hestill has
them that he wort when he "oprrut
cd a train with one hand and studied
law with the other." Late reports from
tills committee were that the inter,
view hud not been obtained.
Pol:ce Commissioner Enright has
asked the parade committee to make
formal application to him for a pla
toon of overalled policemen to lead the
procession and has. led the committee
to understand that he looks with fa
vor upon the movement.
Klrphnl to Wrnr IJrnlm.
Among the organizations which
have signed up to march are: The
Cheese club. Dewitt Ci'nton high
school, Jamaica high school. the
school of the Coll-ege of the City of New
York, Overalls and Old Clothes club.
Holy Cross Lyceum, Treasurers' club
of America. Bronx Business Men's as
sociation. National Vaudeville artists,
with a membership of -rO.000; a club
of 1500 being ofrmed at the army b.--e
in South Brooklyn, the chorus of ev
ery musical show in the city, a dele
gation of protesters from nearby
towns and the Hippodrome elephants,
f'jr which special overalls are now be
ing made.
Walter Kingsley, chairman of the
parade committee, said today that Jl
o'clock had been selected for several
reasons, among them the fact that
Hie garment workers in the loft dis
trict will be coming away from their
places of business about the time
the parade passes and it is the de
sire f the marchers to carry the
fight into the enemy's country.
Commlt-tre to Vlnlt C.ompers.
A 'committee will soon wait on
Samuel Gompers. president of the
American Federation of Labor, Mr.
Kingsley said, to obtain his approval
of the movement, as it was rumored
he opposed it on he ground that
it might force up the price -of blue
denim to the laborers who wear it
regularly. Mr. Gompers and John D.
Rockefeller let the Cheese club know
fndirectly today that they wanted it
to show its strength before it
stepped out m support of the move
ment. The mayor and judge who appeared
in cheap clothes today were Mayor
John Pollock of Leonia, N. J.. and
Judge Bert J. Humphreys of Queens
county court. Long Island City. Mayor
Pollock wore the regulation blue
denim and called a meeting of the
city trustees ' for next Monday for
the purpose of voting on the ques
tion of city officials and employes
wearing either old clothes or over
alls for not less than three months,
during- which time they are not to
buy any clothes of other kinds.
MARQUARD'S WIFE SUES
Blossom Seeley Seeks Divorce From
Noted Ball Player.
CHICAGO. April 19. Mrs. Blossom
C. Arquard, known in vaudeville, as
Blofom Seeley. today filed suit for
divorce from Richard "Rube" Mar
guard, pitcher of the Brooklyn Na
tional league club. She charged de
sertion In 1918.
They were married in 1313 and have
one son.
Clothing shows Slight Drop l'roinj
Prices or February, While Lum
ler Prices' Go Higher.
WASHINGTON. April 9. March
clothing prices increased 64 per cent
over those a year ago. while prices of
"2 articles of food remained virtually
unchanged, the department of labor's
bureau of labor statistic? leported
today. Kig u res made pa Id ic show the
ruM vi iiit arm ies a unij
Ot 1 per cent below the cost in Jan
uary, when prices reached a high
water mark.
Wholesale prices of commodities
other than food, the statistics showed,
were higher in March. Lumber and
building: materials increased more
than S per cent over February. Cloth
Ins showed a small net decrease front
the month before.
SLAYER'S WIFE CAREFREE
Piano Play ins l.rrrt Policemen
ArrcMins tr. Aoolcok.
SAN FUANCISCO. April 19. Sounds
of piano playing: B reeled policemen
sent to arrest Mrs. Alice Harris
Woodcock on tho night that her hus
band, Kdgrar Woodcock, shot and mor
tally wounded Kd ward Kelly, news- j
paper employe, on her account, police i
testified here today in Mrs. Wood- I
r.n.Lr r- i - 1 i-h-irirA r f rmfillrv !
growing- out of her husbands trial
for murder. The prosecution closed
late today.
Thofficers testified that the piano
playing- stopped when they rans th
bell and Mrs. Woodcock admitted
them. They said she told them in
ma kmc a statement on the shoot inK
thut she believed there was a "psy
chology between men and women"
and that she knew she was "Rood
looking-," and these facts may have
been "relevant in the shootinp affray.
Airs. Woodcock had been molested
for two years by men who accosted
her on the streets, the officers testi
fied she told them, but she had failed
to notify the police department.
JOHNSON MAN IN TROUBLE
Fditor Arrested for Scattering
Campaign Leaflets l Airplane.
MOPISTO. Cal.. April 19. Cam
paign literature for Senator Hiram W.
Johnson, candidate for the presiden
tial nomination, was distributed from
an airplane that skirted over eight
towns of Stanislaus county today.
Walter H. Killam. managing edi
tor of tiie Modesto Slorning Herald,
was arrested after the flight on a
complaint charging him with viola
tion of an ordinance of tlie city of Mo
desto which prohibits distribution of
circulars on the streets.
ROOSEVELT BILL PASSES
.Mciiioi'ia I A-xH'iulioii Authorized.
Monument to lie Kreeied.
- WASHINGTON. April 19. A bill au
thorizing; incorporation of the Roose
velt Memorial association to perpetu
ate the memory of Theodore Roose
velt was passed today by the senate.
Krection of a monument here and
creation of a parV at Oyster Bay is
provided.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
Y ESTKRHA Y'S Maximum temperature,
55 deKrey ; minimum, 4 4 dfK reea.
TODA Y'S Showers : -winds piostly sout U
- eriy.
oreiir.
Gemnnn ancrv with. Kranf and. would
fit: ht agiiin if entente could be split.
Pafce
Sonora rebellion reported spreading. Papr 4.
LJritlsh financial outlook materially hriEnt-
er. says chancellor of exchequer. Puk? 4.
Intrr-nllied council meeting Indicates Turk
will remain in Kurope. Pace 3.
Natfnnnl.
Railway labor bard refuses to hear strik
ers' compliiints. Page I.
Iloue leaders a(fre to present bonus bi!!
about May 1. Page 1.
Prices of riothinic increase G4 per cent in
year. Pae 1
NortlwoM .xir patro! clause re-inserted In
armv bill. laie 1.
Rati road control costs covernmont $1.1 20. -
oou.tmti Pnce 1.
Thr fltites marked for desrnc tioi by
red ae-ordinir to iettcr rent to Senator
Poindexter. Page l'i.
Iomet
World should not m ddle with Irish af
fairs, says J-'ir Auckland Gedds. I'aje 1.
Wood and Lowden lead in three states.
Pace
Montana miners answer strike, cal i by
I. W. W. Pn?P 9.
Steel prices held down, Gary Informs cor
pora Hon stockholders. Page 5.
Nebraska to choose candidates tod a v.
Fa ice 2.
Xew'York Associated Industries rap Denim
i-ampaign. Pa;;e 1.
Grunau is arrested for breaking promise to
quit strike move. Pace 4.
Steel prices kepr down, declares CJbert H.
Gary. Pa ire .
Paclft Northwest.
Uend hunter kll'.ed w hen rifte is discharged
by fail Page I.
Hportn.
Beavers come home leading coast league.
Pace 14.
Tom O'Rourke makes estimate as to com
parative merits of living heavyweight
fighters. Paxe 14.
Huh r Gearin wins preliminary at
Waverly. making sii-th hole in one
stroke. Pace 14.
Commercial and Marine.
Apple exporting season comes to Clowe.
Page :t
Wet weather causes central advance in
cereal markets. Pace j:;.
Stock market unsettled by general sell
ing. Pag 2::.
Only three bids received for ways and
equipment offered for sale by emer
gency fleet corporation. Pace 22.
Portland and A'lclnity.
Two trolley company relief measures to
go to ballot. Page 1 i.
Two girls caught ransacking house.
Page 11.
joe 1-aundy. I. W. W., gts tw-o year in
prison. Pace I
Pub'.ic service commission expected to
recommend replacement of Bumsiilc
bridae and repair of Morrison-street
bridge. Page 12,.
L"entm dementia dies in Portland. Pace Id.
Outlaw switch men being replaced in Port-
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"Stand Aside'" Policy Is
Advocated.
DIPLOMAT REACHES GOTHAM
World -Asked -Not to ?.
With Irish Aff.v.s.
NATIONS CLOSE TOGETHER
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ton C ou nU'tl H ii;lto-i oT Ilouora
Peace li;ils ImlicuictL
NKW YOllK. April 1 9 . W i t h the
declaration that in this generation,
there is r.o quarrel between Ens
land and Ireland. ir Auckland
tJoddos, new Mritish ambassador to
the L'nited States, assorted on his
arrival today that the Irish in Ireland
should be allowed to grapple with,
t heir own political diff icuit ies with
out outside interference.
Asserting- that it takes two to make
a ijuarrel with Ireland, and that th
present generation of Knglishmtn
have refused tp quarrel with Ireland,
he said that when the new. home-rule
bill becomes operative it "will be the
duty of all British subjects not domi
ciled in Ireland to stand aside and,
leave those who live there to solve
their problems."
I venture to add." he continued,
"that it will also bo helpful if the
many in all parts of the world who
are not Hritish subjects but ii tr in
terested In Ireland likewise stand
aside and leave the Irish to grapple
with their own political difficulties."
atlons (lone Together.
Sir Auckland also referred to th
Russian situation, stating that not
until Kussia returns to the circle of
producing and trading nations would
economic condtions improve and the
cost of living be placed on a normal
fooling. He added that the United
States and Ureat Britain were In cor
dial consultation on tbe question of
reopening trade with that country.,
Accompanied by lidy tJciides, Sir
Auckland loft for Washington.
Sir Auckland, accompanied by Iady
Geddes. J. J. Broderick, commercial
counselor of the embassy, and Cap
tain C. J. Henry, A. P. Graves aud
V. K. Da w kins, c m has sy a 1 1 a oh c s,
were met at quarantine by Konald
Undsay, charge d'affaires of the
British embassy, and Consul-General
Armstrong of New York. They were
taken from their steamer, the Kaserin
August e Victoria, by a coast guard
cutter and landed at the Battery. Sir
Auckland was last here in 1914. and
hady Geddes, whn was born .in New
York, left in 1916. The new am
bassador's resemblance to President
Wilson was commented on.
IVui't Haiti Indicated.
His prepared statement, given out
on arrival, sad:
"On arrival I wish to say that I
look on my appointment as Rritisit
ambassador at Washington as the
highest honor and privilege which
could possibly have been granted me.
I believe that the main hope of the
world peace rests on the existence of
mutual respect and understanding be
tween the peoples of the United States
of America and the British community
of natiotis. It is my ambition to he.?
to develop such respect and under
standing. 'I do not suggest th:. r. : -.
were complete unden
d if f iculties of the on
other there would be,
try, complete agree
with the method of
ma v have received th-
th 1
t b
majority in the other, -i" if -should
. have got r; ' i i W-?n
breeding jnisconcepti n.
Caution Always ! c eu rj .
"For generations K " i ) ha.-- ;v
sanctuary to repree n . - if I'e
discon tuted and tho u.. ....... K , ue
oppressed and the downtrodden. We
have listened to harrowing talcs of
great wrongs and we have been
moved to action time and t ime again.
We have learned how difficult it is
to right a small wrong or even a
great and bitter wrong without creat
ing alnew, a greater and a still mora
bitter sense of wrong elsewhere. We
have learned that to keep peace for
that quarter of the human race which
owes allegiance to the British crown
imposes a heavy strain upon the ma
terial and moral resources of our
peoples..
"To avoid worse evihs than those we
seek to -remedy, it is often necessary
to move with slowness, always with
caution; but one thinr I can say posi
tively and without fear of informed
contradiction, the inspiration of Brit
ii' policy during the period I have
known it has been if r oible to bring
order out of chaos; to -extend the
bor- 'aries of freedom, to improve
the lot of the oppressed and to in
crease the material prosperity of the
world.
Britain Shoulder Burden.
"We are trying no v,-, as always, to
meet the legitimate aspirations of the
dependent peoples, such as those in
India and in Jgypt, so far as in our
judgment is possible without working
mischief where we seek to do good.
Similarly in Ireland, we are trying
to provide political machinery where
by antagonized sections of the Irish
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