THE MORXIXfi OKEGOXIAX, SATURDAY, APRIL 21, ll)t
STRIKE CHIEF HOPES
: TO CLEAR SITUATION
Important Conference to Be
Held in Chicago.
ALL. INTERESTS INVITED
Yardmen of St. Louis, After De
ciding to Return to 'Work, Re
voke Vote Taken. N
CHICAGO, April 23. John Graunau.
president of the Chicago Yardmen's
association, Thursday afternoon called
a meeting: for thia afternoon to "clear
up the entire situation."
Members of his organization and of
the other "outlaw" union, the united
enginemen, were iavited to attend,
along with Judge K. M. Landis, John
M. Glenn, representing Illinois manu
facturers, and general managers of
the railroads.
Asked concerning his present atti
tude otv.the strike, Grunau said:
"I don't want to decide until after
the men have voted. The majority
rules."
PITTSBURG, Pa.. April 23. Two ar
rests in connection with the unau
thorized strike of railroad workers
in this region were made yesterday by
department of Justice agents, who took
into custody Paul Kluvo and William
Scarvlll, the latter a negro, and
charged them with violation of the
Lever food and fuel control act.
The two men, according to R. B.
Spencer, chief of the department of
justice here, arranged and conspired
with others "to limit the facilities of
transportation by calling and causing
strikes , and maintaining strikes
among railroad employes of railroad
lines running to and from Pittsburg.
The three most important railroads,
operating in the Pittsburg district, the
Pennsylvania, Baltimore & Ohio and
the Pittsburg & Lake Erie, reported
tonight that large numbers of strikers
bad returned to work today and that
movements of freight had increased.
ST LOUIS, April 2i. Striking yard
men in the St. Louis district, who
voted Thursday afternoon to return to
work pending decision of their wage
demands by the railroad labor board
provided their seniority rights were
not denied, early tonignt reconsidered
and revoked the vote, deferring action
until tomorrow.
PITTSBURG, Pa., April 23. More
than 300 strikers on the Allegheny
division of the Pennsylvania railroad,
who did not return to work as the
ionipilny ha.! stipulated, were paid off
Thursd-ayIAie Baltimore & Ohio took
similar action. V-TA
NEW YORK, ApriP23. Approxi
mutely 6000 railroad strikers, meet-
.inir In .Taruev Citv today, were r
ported unofficially to have) voted not
to return to work, but to) appeal to
men on all lines who have not walked
out to do so in their support.
LOS ANGELES. Cal., April 23.
Freight embargoes established here
as the result of the switchmen's strike
were lifted today. Southern Pacific
Santa Fe and Salt Lake road offi
cials announcing that shipments
would be received for all points on
their lines, "subject to delay."
CHICAGO, April 23. Manufacturers
of railroad ties in the United States
yesterday discussed the unauthorized
railroad strike. E. H. Blake of San
Francisco declared that the industry
bas been -seriously affected by the
atrike.
93 THEATERS IN STRING
fix More douses In New York Ac
squired by Marcus Locw.
Through a telegram received here
Thursday by William Ely, resident
manager of the Hippodrome, it was
learned that Marcus Loew has just
obtained possession of six more the
aters, making a string of 43 which he
owns in Greater New York. This
gives him a grand total in coast-to-coast
circuits of 93. Those now taken
over comprise the- David Pickers
tring.
The New York theaters just pur
chased are the Rio. Victory, Mckin
ley Square, Elsmere, Bronx Garden
and Spooner. The telegram to Mr.
Ely stated that Mr. Loewe will take
Immediate possession of his new
houses and will remodel them.
While the considerations, either in
aggregate or detail, were not an
nounced, it . was said that several
millions of dollars changed hands in
the transaction.
WILLIAM . D." FENTON ILL
Attorney Improves Following Op
eration for Appendicitis.
William D. Fenton, attorney with
offices In the Fenton building, un
derwent an operation for appendicitis
at St. Vincent's hospital Thursday
right. He became seriously sick
Thursday at his office, following sev
eral days of poor health. The opera,
tion was pronounced successful, and
Mr. Fenton was improved Thursday
night.
Mr. Fenton first complained of
feeling badly at Seaside, Or., last
week. He returned to Portland Sat
urday, and Thursday went to his of
fice for work. He went home in the
afternoon, and physicians ordered him
to the hospital immediately. The op
eration was performed by jrs. George
Norman Pease and T. M. Joyce.
WIFE WRITES DEATH HINT
Husband Asks Police to Find Mrs.
Mary Speed, Aged 2 0.
Mrs. Mary Speed, 20, disappeared
from the Dewey hotel, 245 Burnside
street, last night, leaving a note to
her husband intimating that she in
tended to commit suicide after she
had found a home for her 3-year-old
baby. The police said she -had
fluarreled with her husband and was
in poor health as a result of over
worn, -M.s. Speed, who 'was married five
years ago, has been superintending
the hotel while her husband worked
in! a shipyard at Vancouver, Wash
Mr. Speed asked the police to find
her.
! Taxpayers' Meeting Called.
At the Russellvllle grange hall to
day at 8 P. M. there will bea meet
ing of special interest to the res
idents and, taxpayers of that dis
trict. Discussion of the proposed
tax measures by W. C. Alderson w-ill
be followed by an illustrated lecture
by County Agent Hall. Judge Kan
zler of the domestic relations court
will speak upon the good work being
done.
NEW BILLS AT THE THEATERS
Heilig.
"BY LEONB CASS BAER.
CASTING around in what I call my
memory for words adequate to
tell about Nora Bayes, for a few dazzling-
adjectives and any unusual odds
and ends of speech whereby to do her
Justice, my eyes fell upon Miss Bales'
own. very clever description of her
act, printed in the. programme. She
begins it "Dear Mister and Missus
Audience," and signs it "Your loving
son, Nora Bayes." which le quite a
keynote in itself to the very different
way she has of doing every little
thing. The description, being apt and
pertinent and timely, also time-saving
and brain-conserving, I am giv
ing it to you just as "Your loving son,
Nora Bayes," wrote it, with only oc
casional asterisks, so there will be
left room to add the cast:
"I, Nora Bayes. being of sound mind
and legal age. do hereby swear that
I. with 'the valuable assistance of
Frank -Smithson, have done my
darnedest to. give you a play, entitled
'Ladies First,' that will entertain you.
That well-known author, Harry B.
Smith, took the famous play of Char
lie Host s caled..A Contented Woman,'
and brought the same woman right
up to the minute. If you enjoy our
play, we will be sure to know it be
cause you will laugh right out. But
the o-nly way we will know that you
want to hear any song over and over
again must come from applause from
each of you. Don't you hate to go to
a show and hear encore after encore
forced on you all without the slight
est encouragement on your part?
Well, thia won't happen to you at this
performance. We want to please you
and' make you forget the little wor
ries of your day. So go to it. And
you know how actors are. they'll work
their fool heads off if you let them
know you like them. It's all up to
you."
Here follows addresses of modistes
who made the gowns, hatters, hoot
ers, scene painters, even the corsetier
of the extremely stout lady In the
play, whose supports the lady's, not
the play's were made by some tent
and awning construction company, ac
cording to Miss Bayes. Before sign
ing herself ."Your loving son, etc.,"
I.W.MECTORY SEIZED
POLICE HOLD LIST OF MORE
THAN" 12,000 NAMES.
Three Persons Allied to Be Radicals-
Pliiced Under Arrest Dur
ing Raid on Seattle Office.
SEATTLE, Wash., April 23. A list
of more than 12,000 names, believed
by police to be a membership directory
of northwest Industrial Workers of
the World, was seized and three per
sons, alleged to be radicals, were ar
rested In a raid yesterday on a
suite of offices in the Globe building
here. The offices, police declared,
were northwest headquarters of the
I. W. W.
Those arrested were Alice Rose, be
lieved by - officers to be Alicia O.
Rosenbaum, said to be wanted by fed
eral officers in the east; W. E. Spear,
alleged to be in charge of I. W. W.
activities in this district, and Ed
Burns, 31. Burns was said to have
been Spear's chief assistant.
Records of organizers and individ
ual members of the I. W. W., blank
warrants granting delegates authori
ty to issue charters and to collect
dues, charters made out for lodges in
different parts of Washington state
and vast quantities of alleged radical
literature and posters were among
the papers taken, police said.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 23. Five
men were arrested and a quantity of
literature seized in a raid by the po
lice neutrality squad last night on a
room, declared by the police to have
been used as headquarters of the San
Francisco branch of the I. W. W. or
the one big union. The. prisoners
were turned over to the federal au
thorities for investigation.
"BURGLAR' ONLY BOY
Air Rifle Barrage Keeps Suspect on
Roof for Police.
Barrage from an air rifle and a
garden hose Thursday night kept a
supposed burglar hiding on the roof of
the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Schulz,
674 East Fifty-seventh street North
until the police arrived and discov
ered that the "burglar" was a boy
who had hidden behind the chimney
during a game of hide-and-seek.
The boy was Don Kuhlman, 672
East Fifty-eighth street North. He
climbed, up a tree and hid behind the
chimney about 9 P. M. Mr. and Mrs.
Schulz heard him, and telephoned the
police that a burglar was tearing the
shingles from the roof.
Then Mr. Schulz began bombard
ing the roof with an air rule, wniie
Mrs. Schulz squirted water from a
garden hose on the shingles. They
called to the intruder to surrender,
but he kept silent. When Patrolman
Forken and Abbott arrived the house
holders ran into the front yard to
tell them about the burglar, and the
boy, who is 14 years old, climbed
down and introduced himself. The
barrage had not struck him.
NEWSBOY, 8, RUN DOWN
Car Driven by George Bronaugli
Inflicts Injuries on Lad.
Emerson White. 8, of 518 Taylor
street, was injured severely at 6
o'clock Thursday night at Sixteenth
and Washington by an automobile
driven Dy George Bronaugli, C50 North
Thirty-second street. Pnysicians at
Good Samaritan ' hospital, where the
lad was taken, reported that ho had
a fracture of the right leg, a scalp
wound and cuts about the face.
The boy was selling papers on the
south side of Washington street and
ran across the street to get more
copies from his sister, Barbara White.
The automobile, in which Mr. Bron
augh and Miss Eleanor Hodgins of
Trinity riace apartments were rid
ing, was traveling west on Washing
ton street. Mr. Bronaugh is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. J, E. Bronaugh.
BANQUET. GIVEN
BARNES
Hoover One f Those Who
Pays
Tribute to War Work.
NEW YORK, April 23. More than
1100 business men from all sections
of the country and distinguished rep
resentatives of foreign governments
last night attended a testimonial din
ner here in honor of Julius H. Barnes,
United States wheat director and
president of the United States grain
corporation, who soon will retire from
public service.
Herbert Hoover paid a high tribute
to Mr. Barnes, saying that the sacri
fice of hie business to serve his coun
try is one "of the brightest spots in
the history of Amercan patriotism."
"The fixing of $2.26 as the price for
' wheat by the government has been
Miss Bayes suggests "Check your
brains with your hats and enjoy your
selves." That is exactly what we all did, ad
hering also to other of her sugges
tions, as, for Instance, applauding the
songs when we wanted more Miss
Bayes is the belle of the party. She
is a Jewfsb Mitzi Hajos, of Interest
ing, magnetic personality, of perky,
whimsical moments and subtle moods,
varying with out-and-out clowning of
an artistic sort and a great deal of
spontaneous funmakin'g. She sings in
a. big, vibrant voice that makes pic
tures for. us while she sings the
words. One of her songs, a Gypsy
love ballad, she sang over and over
for us, to our great joy.
There's sufficient plot to hold in
terest, but words, deeds, songs, all
center In Miss Bayes.. Her entrances
mean more happiness, her exits less
happiness. She has a Mrs. Sheba
wardrobe, a fascinating smile, a Pe-trova-
carriage and a sense of hu
mor. In the last act she gave us a
regular vaudeville act made up of her
best songs. Her supporting cast is
good sfnd makes much of the many
bright lines and farcical situations.
Al Roberts, a diminutive man, is de
lightfully humorous as the hen
pecked husband of a domineering suf
fragist, played by a superfluously
large comedienne, Florence Morrison,
whose "lines" were inspirations for
many of the comedy lines.
The same bill will continue the rest
of the week, with a matinee Sat
urday. ,
The cast follows:
Uncle Tody Al Rrbrts
Bsnny Arthur llordonl
Aunt Jim ............. Florence Morrison
Brother Larry Arthur Stuart Hull
Mr. Belts Jerome Bruner
McQnrk j. w. AsUley
D. C. Washington Harrison Creen
A policeman George Torrence
Mrs. KbbumJlh Alemeda Fowler
Mandy, the maid Catherine Murker
GiAee Grace Kusaei;
Polly Pally Bow nan
Henriette Henriette Wilson
Florence Florence Lee
Ellizitbcth . ., Bettv Clark
Dorothy Dorothy Orth
Laurie LBurie LorlnB
PiH Flfi Johnson
Asthma Florence Parham
And 1 Play Betty Burt
criticised," said Mr. Hoover, "but the
farmer could have gotten $5 a bushel
if the open market had continued.
Had the farmer accepted any such
price he would have seen the strcats
of our industrial centers run with
blood. It would have meant the loss
of the war."
Mr. Hoover declared no man can
charge there has been" "an atom of
speculation or profiteering" in bread
stuffs due to the grain corporation's
control of wheat.
AMUNDSEN SENDS REPORT
EXPLORER REACHES FAR
- NORTH SIBERIAN POINT.
Intrepid Traveler Last Reported as
Making Dash for Aorlli Pole
Over Croat Ice Fields.
NOME, Alaska, April 23. A wire
less flash from Anadir, Siberia, an
nounces the presence there of Roald
Amundsen, the explorer. The details
and manner of his arrival were not
given. A message from Anadir sug
gests the explorer may have reached
that point with a vessel.
Captain Roald Amundsen, discov
erer of the south pole, was reported
in dispatches from Christlanla on
March 26 of this year to be making
a dash for the tnorth pole. He was
said to hav left his exploration ship
Maude on his trip across the polar
icefields accompanied by two men.
The steamship Maude, with Captain
Amundsen's party aboard, left Chris
tiania on June 28, 1918, but Amundsen
did not board her until she reached
Tromsoe. The explorer planned t
follow the Siberian coast eastward
from North Cape through the Arctic
seas. In September of last year re
ports filtered in from the north that
the Maude was ice-locked somewhere
north of western Siberia. That was
the first- heard from the vessel in
about a year. Amundsen intended to
drift from the White sea with the ice
to the new Siberian islands, which
lie in the Arctic sea.
In the Maude's equipment were two
airplanes which Amundsen, who Is an
expert aviator, purposed using if
practicable. He hoped to be able to
drift within 100 miles of the pole in
the Maude, and the drift, as he cal
culated before starting on his voyage,
would eventually carry him to a point
somewhere between Spitzbergen and
Greenland. The latest . reports from
the Maude, however, would indicate
that she might be expected to ap
proach that portion of the Siberian
coast to which Anadir is the neares
civilized outpost.
WOMAN. IS HIT BY AUTO
Mrs. George K. Hall Ran Down by
Machine on Milwaukie Road.
Mrs. George K. Hall of Oak Grove,
suffered) a fracture of the right leg
Thursday night when she was knocked
dcrwn by an automobile driven by M.
Sommerfeield, 704 Hoyt street, on the
Milwaukie road near the city limits.
She was taken to Sellwood hospital.
Mr. Sommerfeield reported to the
police that his machine hit the woman
while she was walking with two men
who carried her into a house after
the accident. He failed to get her
name, and the police did not learn
her identity until the hospital re
ported the accident.
FLIER DROWNS IN WRECK
Attempt to Fly Cmler Bridge ou
Colorado River Is I'ata'l.
YUMA, Ariz., April 3. Lieutenant
C F. Bell, army aviator, was drowned
in the Colorado river here carl last
night when a government airplane be
longing to the border patrol, in which
he was attempting to fly underneath
the ocean-to-ocean hicrhway bridge,
struck a high tension wire suspended
below tge structure and fell into the
stream.
Corporal Cabbie, who wad flying
with Lieutenant Bell, freed himself
from the wreckage when the airplane
stjruck the water and was rescued.
, , ,
Dairy Council to Hold Luncheon.
In honor of M. D- Munn. "president
of the National Dairy council,- and
of the American Jersey Cattle club,
who will be in Portland for the Jer
sey Jubilee, the Oregon Dairy council
will give a luncheon Monday, May 3,
at 12 o'clock at the Benson hotel.
Men who are interested in the dairy
industry in Oregon, and prominent
breeders and agriculturalists 'will be
welcomed at the luncheon. Reserva
tions may be made by application to
the council headquarters. 1006 Broad
way building, Portland.
Read The Oregonian classified ads.
DELAY IN FREIGHT ENDS
RETURN TO NORMAL EXPECT.
ED IN 48 HOERS.
Crews Added Daily to Keplace Loss
Sustained When Switchmen
Walked Out.
No loaded cars are now being de
layed in transit In the local terminals
of the Oregon-Washington or South
ern Pacific, according to Information
from railway officials, and. the gen
eral situation, in regard to traffic Is
such that return to normal in -keeping
freight moving is promised with
in the next 4S hours on all the lines.
The North Bank had the same num
ber of switch engines manned Thurs
day as on Tuesday, but had made
considerable progress in clearing the
yards of freight tied up as a result of
the switchmen's strike.
One valuable cargo of unusual
freight - was a car load of Scotch
whiskey that arrived in Portland Just
when the walkout took place and was
set on the housing track in front
of the North Bank station, where it
was under the eye of employes of ths
company in the depot during the day
light hours and during the night was
under guard of a special agent of the
company. The car now. has been de
livered to the Southern Pacific and
is speeding southward over that line.
It was shipped from Vancouver, B. C.,
and Is destined for- Mexicall, Mexico,
just over the southern boundary, and
was under the seal of the customs
service for transportation across the
United States between two foreign
countries.
There was one additional crew
added in. the Alblna yard of the Ore
gon-Washington, making a total of
14. Two more crews were added yes
terday. Nino men also were employed
yesterday to make up three more
crews today for the Northern Pacific
terminal company in the union station
yards. With these additions the
prompt handling of all transfers is
assured, say the officials, and there
will be no further delays in transit
on this account.
The Southern Pacific had good re
ports from all points, with a number
of new men employed that will en
able additional crews to be put on as
fast as needed. All traffic offered
was moved and there is noobstacle
to a free movement of traffic.
WOMEN ACTIVE IN KANSAS
Democratic State Convention Held
and Delegates Xamcd.
WICHITA, Kn., April 23. Women
had a large part in the state demo
cratic convention yesterday. Not
only were a woman delegate and a
woman alternate elected on the "big
four"' delegates-at-large, but two
women were among the 16 delegates'
elected by the district and confirmed
by the convention, and three were
among the alternates. The resolutions
adopted also made mention of the
woman suffrage amendment and pre
diction was made on the floor that
national suffrage would be a reality
shortly.
In addition to commendation of the
record of the democratic party In con
structive legislation and indorsement
of the league of nations, the resolu
tions make special reference to the
democratic policy of a bonus for serv
ice men; commend the amendment of
the constitution to prohibit liquor;
condemn compulsory military . train
ing; condemn legislation abrogating
the right of labor to bargain col
lectively; condemn the administration
of Governor Allen as being "self-advertising"
and instruct the delegates
to the aational convention to vote ae
a unit on all material questions.'
Delegates to the national conven
tion go uninstructed as to presiden
tial candidates.
PALMER CHOICK OF GEORGIA
liiofricial Returns Give Plurality
but Not Majority.
.ATLANTA. Ga..' April 23. On the
face of complete unofficial returns
from the democratic presidential pri
mary compiled by the Atlanta Con
stitution showing Attorney-General
Palmer in the lead. Chairman Flynt,
of the state democratic executive com
mittee, announced last night that un
der primariy rules he would appoint
Palmer delegates from Williamson,
the only county in which the poles
were not opened.
The Constitution returns gave
Palmer 142 votes. Thomas Watson 132
and Senator Hoke Smith 110. The two
additional votes would give Palmer
144, according to these returns, a
plurality but not a majority in the
convention, which has 384 votes. M.
Blactburn. representing Watson, de
clared In a statement today that It
"would be utterly unfair and ridicu
lous for a minority to control the con
vention." Blackburn said that Watson
supporters would not concede, pending
the official count, that Palmer even
had a plurality. -
Palmer supporters declared that un
der primary regulations the candidate
receiving the highest county vote
should be given the Georgia delegate
vote at the national convention. Sen
ator Smith made no comment on this
phase.
LODGE RESERVATION RAPPED
Governor Gardner Opens Missouri
Democratic Convention.
JOPLIN, Mo.. April 23. Governor
Gardner delivered the keynote address
here yesterday at the democratic
state convention, of which he was
chosen temporary chairman. Gov
ernor Gardner indorsed the national
admiptstration, made a plea for adop
tion of the peace treaty and th cove
nant of the league of nations with
out substantial alteration, declared
for a small army and opposition to
universal military training, con
demned industrial courts, and ex
tolled the -record of the democratic
state administration in Missouri.
He suggested that the democratic
national convention at San Fran
cisco take action indorsing the league
of nations, "not objecting to any rea
sonable interpretation or reservation,
but opposing a. reservation (the Lodge
reservation of article 10) that de
stroys the very keystone of the cov
enant.
He also advocated establishment of
the budget system and other financial
reforms -
Governor Gardner denounced tlf
Lodge reservation to article 10 of
the covenant of the league of nations
as "cowardly." ,
2 6 Iowa Delegates Pledged Lowdcn
DES MOINES. Ia., April 22. Iowa's
delegation, with 28 votes, will go to
the republican national convention In
June either instructed to vote for
Frank O. Lowden for president or
with the indorsement of his candidacy
from their respective districts. The
state convention unanimously passed
resolutions instructing the delegates-at-large,
eight in number, with one
half vote each, for Lowden. All con
gressional districts but the fourth
end) flflh . instructed for Lowden.
These two indorsed him.
What 1
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Every phase of the great strike that has extended across the country during the past two
weeks is covered in the leading article in THE LITERARY DIGEST for April 24th. In the
opinion of the Jersey Journal (Jersey City) "the outlaw strike is trying either to put union
labor out of business or to put the country out of business," and the Evening Past (Chicago)
declares that it is "a test of organized labor's ability to controlits own affairs. If unionism can
not control its forces and can not prove its value as a respectable co-operating factor in the
great task of doing the country's work and producing the country's wealth, the verdict will go
against it." While Attorney-General Palmer affirms that the strike was the result of I. W. W.
leadership, and of the working out of an international Communist programme, Samuel Gompers,
head of the American Federation of Labor, blames "men like Senator Cummins and Governor
Allen of Kansas with their legislation to. deny a man the right to quit work td enforce a legiti
mate claim or redress an injury" for the "wave of uncontrollable resentment" which found
expression in this strike. The Evening Public Ledger (Philadelphia) declares that "the pres
sure that greed and stupid opportunism have put upon all wage-earners is almost intolerable. To
be. promised relief, yet to see the cost of necessities rising steadily about twice as fast as your
.wageSj to see a day approaching when shoes and shelter may be master of doubt, is to be ready
material in the hands of blind agitators."
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THE DIGEST is taking;, eleven million voters are
being; asked to name their choices for the presidency,
it will be seen that the results of this poll will give
a very accurate idea of the man that the American
public wants for president. The second week's re
turns are published in THE DIGEST for April 24th.
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ONE IN MOB IS SHOT
FIFTEEN' MEN ARRESTED IX
ATTEMPT TO LYNCH NEGRO.
Blacks Reported to Be Marching
on Kansas Town Where One
Was Killed Last Monday.
. INDIANAPOLIS, lnd.. Aprl 13.
One negro was shot and 15 men ar
rested in the attempt of a mob of 2000
men to take William "Uy, nejro, 19
years old, from the Marion county
Jail, where he is held without bond
tor the murder of 14-year-old Martha
Huff, a white girl.
PITTSBURG, Kan.. Aprl 2J. Ne
groes from Croweburg, Kan., a small
mining: camp in this district, last night
were reportel to be marching to Mul
berry, Kan., where a negro was
lynched last Monday following an at
tack on a whit girl.
M. F. Brandenburg;, son of W. A.
Brandenburg-, president of the Pltts
burg State normal school, in company
with students of the school, went to
Mulberry last night to present a play.
Young Brandenburg returned with the
report that the play was stopped at
the end of the first act following a
report that the negroes were march
ing on the town.
A Mulberry business man reported
over long-distance telephone late last
night that the .hardware stores had
been thrown open to the public so
that arms and ammunition could be
secured to properly arm the Mulberry
citizens accinst the arrival of the
mob.
It was l.-ter reported that some of
the citixens considered the report only
a wild rumor, but guards have been
thrown around the town.
. Magazine Lauds Portland.
Portland ts receiving a lot of pub-
The Time Has Come
When every business man
and every business woman
absolutely needs a watch.
Wrist watcfies are no longer
worn for ornaments but ar
a necessity.
Our stock o f e r s you the
largest assortment of reliable
watches in Portland from
which to choose.
Our watchmaking depart
ment ts equipped so as to
insure satisfaction and serv
ice from every watch we
sell.
Came la and look mm over.
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The
licity ln connection with the plans
for the international Ktwania con
vention which i to be held here
June It to lit. The Kiwanis maga
zine for April. Issued from Washing
ton. D. C, is devoted largely to con
vention matters and la replete with
test and illustration. .
One page is devoted to an article
contributed by Sydney B. Vincent,
publicity director of the Chamber
of Commerce, captioned "Portland.
City of the West." The illustrations
Include a birdseye view of Portland,
with views of the municipal auditor
ium and other public buildings and
the Portland hotel, headquarters for
the convention.
FARMERS PLAN COMBINE
Wheat Growers Would Org-anUe
to Control Cereal Products.
KANSAS CITY, April 23. Repre
sentatives of virtually every wheat
raising community In the United
States, attending the annual conven
tion of the National Wheat Growers'
association, last night voted unani
mously to form a national combine for
the control of cereal products.
Agricultural experts In attendance
said the organisation would be, the
largest combine of farmers ever at
tempted. Klimlnation of the middleman 'a
one of the first purposes enumerated
in the resolution.
A committee of seven was ap
pointed to outline the organisation
Members of the committee are Mau
rice Aullfee, Salina, Kan.: John-Fa-venkost,
Nebraska: C. H. Hyde. Okla
homa; A. V. Swift, Oregon: A. D.
Cross. Washington: J. W. Batcheller.
South Liakota. and" George Baker,
Iowa.
Pliosphorus Fire Threatens Shlp.
HONOLULU. T. H. Shipping board
freighter -West Inskip, operated by
the Pacific Mail, came into port here
recently en route to the far east after
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Strife
mail in this poll, and many thousands of votes are
being; received daily. From now on up to the
presidential convention in June the DIGEST will
print a weekly tabulation of this monster vote and
it is not too much to say that it will be carefully and
eagerly scanned by the public, and in all likelihood
will have a considerable influence upon the selection
of the candidates at the conventions of the two
great parties. -
the Famou. NEW Standard Dictionary). NEW YORK
extinguishing a prosphorua fire
aboard that threatened at one time
to sweep the vessel. The fire started
in a shipment of 20 tons of phos
phorus, stowed Immediately above a
heavy cotton consignment. Prompt
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