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PORTLAND OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 2G, 102O
PRICE FIVE CENTS
INTERNATIONAL SPAN 1
A MM EN
A MANDATE
SONORA CAPTURES
WEST COAST PORT
No Shot Fired as Rebels
500 FRENCH TROOPS
WIPED OUT AT URFA
TWO SALEM GIRLS
FLY TO PORTLAND
THOUSANDS SEE
SALEM BLOSSOMS
Beauties of Orchards En
thrall Guests.
MAN AND WIFE DEAD
FOLLOWING QUARREL
MR. AND MRS. TILL STRATTOX
VICTIMS IX SHOOTING.
POINDEXTER BUSES
HOPE ON "BREAKS"
Rupture in Chicago Con
vention Expected. '
TO MEXICO IS BURNED
LAREDO, TEX., COM MUX IC A
TIOX TO SOUTH CUT OFF.
OFFERED TP U. S.
Council to Ask Wilson to
' Arbitrate Boundaries.
PAIR FIRST WOMEN TO MAKE
TRIP IX HYDRO AIRPLANE.
V
FRANCE TO CONTROL SYRIA
Mesopotamia and Palestine
, Awarded to Britain.
TURKS' CLAIMS VIEWED
Erzcrum Is Center or Reported
Differences Formal Request
v rorwarded to President.
SAX REMO, April 23. (By the As
sociated Press.) The supreme coun
cil today decided to ask President
Wilson to arbitrate the boundaries of
the new republic of Armenia. The
council awarded a man'date for Mes
opotamia and Palestine to Great
Britain and a mandate for Syria to
France.
The supreme council also has gent
a formal request to President Wilson
that the United States government
teke the mandate for Armenia.
There seems to be division on the
part of the council as to whether the
region of Erzerum and its vicinity
should be included in the territory of
the Armenian republic. The Turkish
nationalists are strongly claiming
Erzerum for themselves.
Jwi Home" Established.
In placing Palestine under a Brit
ish mandate the council established
within the ancient limits of the Holy
Land what is called, "the national
home of the Jews."
The terms of the mandate protect
the national rights of Jewish citizens
of other countries. That is to say. a
Jew of American, British, French or
other nationality may retain his na
tionality, although he is also a citizen
of the state of Palestine., The rights
of Arabs also are protected, there be
ing 600,000 in Palestine and 100.000
Jews.
, Mandate Is Limited.
The mandate is limited generally by
what ia known as the Balfour decla
ration. British forces have been in
y oecupauun ol Palestine since tne ae-
ieat or me xurmsn iorces by the
British field marshal. Viscount Al--lenby.
France has been the protector of the
Christian in Syria since the middle
Ages, having been designated for the
purpose by the Holy See. The ques
tion with regard to Syria has been in
serious controversy between the
French and British governments since
the armistice was signed, particularly
i over me point wnetner F rance shall
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have all of what
outlined as Syria
parts.
or only certain
Boundaries to Be Negotiated.
The boundaries of Syria and Meso
potamia will bo determined by nego
tiation later between France and
Great Britain. The Mesopotamia man
date is given subject to friendly ar
rangement with the Italian govern
ment over economic rights.
The Turkish treaty is what is offi
cially called practically finished. The
Turkish plenipotentiaries, after re
ceiving it in Paris about May 10, will
have three weeks to consider it. The
allies after receiving the Turkish re
ply will take a few days to examine
it, men the Turks will be allowed a
final ten days in which to make up
: their minds to sign the treaty or not.
Dispatches from San Remo on Fri
day last, announcing the decision of
the supreme council to make Ar
menia an independent state, said that
the boundaries of the new republic
had not yet been denned. The new
republic, the dispatches acid, would
probably be contracted, owing to the
belief that the smaller the country
the more easily it could protect it
self and the fear that if too many
Turks were left within Armenia they
might overthrow the government.
ADRIATIC ISSUE TAKEN CP
Council Refuses to Limit Charac
ter of New State.
SAN REMO, April 25. (By the As
sociated Press.) The Adriatic ques
tion was brought before the supreme
council this afternoon. The Italian
premier, Signor Nitti, proposed a set
tlement that followed generally Presi
dent Wilson's note of December 9. It
varies, however, to include a constitu
tion for the buffer state of Flume, to
which both the French and British
premiers objected on the ground that
it limited too greatly the character of
the new state.
They declared that Italy should
either take President Wilson's plan or
abide by that of the pact of London,
which gives Flume to the Jugo-Slavs.
Premier Nitti promised to give his
decision tomorrow. The general belief
is that he will prefer President Wil
son's settlement to the pact of Lon
don. Montana Count Still Incomplete.
HELENA, Mont., April 25. No ad
r ditional returns on the primary of
Friday had been received here tonight
and it became evident that the gen
v eral result is not likely to be known
i -until the official count.
Loss in Destruction of Bridge Is
Estimated at $300,000 Tele
phone Lines Destroyed.
LAREDq, Tex., April 25. Fire late
today destroyed the international foot
bridge here connecting the United
States and Mexico.
All communication,- including tele
phone service, was cut off as a result
of the fire.
The loss was estimated at $300,000.
PIONEER STOCKMAN DIES
Lute B. Lindsey, 88, Passes at
Home of Son at Spokane.
SPOKANE, Wash., April 25.T-(Spe-cial.)
Lute B. Lindsey, 88. who 'came
to Portland. Or., in 1852 and to Spo
kane in 1888, died iate yesterday at
the Samaritan sanitarium here. In
him the. northwest loses its best
known early-day horseman and stock
breeder. In all the northwest, it is
said, there was not a fair up to the
time of Mr. Lindsey's retirement to
private lllfe 10 years ago, that did not
kilow him as a promoter of horsedom
and good racing. He had been mak
ing his home with a son, A. C. Lind
sey. here.
He went to Portland in his 20th
year and shortly afterwards engaged
in mining in Jackson .county. Or.,
later joining the gold rush to .Idaho
City. Idaho. Iurlng the Civil war
he was sheriff of Ada county, of
which Boise. Idaho, is the county
seat." In. 1871 he returned to Port
land and took the management of the
stock farm founded by the late Mr.
Tilton and the late Sim Reed. - It is
said he broke and drove the first
horse to make better than 2:20 on a
northwestern track, also the horse
that made better than 2:15.'
LEWIS WOMEN TO ATTEND
Annual Convention Attracts Large
Delegation From County.
CENTRALIA, Wash., April 25.
(Special.) Lewis county will be well
represented this week at the annual
convention of the Women's Legislative
Council of Washington in Yakima.
Miss Myrtle Cotrill, president of the
Lewis county council and treasurer
of the state organlzaton, left today
Others to attend are Mrs. George
.Reynolds. Mrs. P. A. Tilmont, state
superintendent of Americanization,
who will address tne convention on
Thursday, Mrs. Katherine Robinson
secretary of the Centralia chamber of
commerce: Miss Z. May Meighen, coun
ty . superintendent of schools; Mrs.
W. E. Brown of Vader and Mrs. Ida
McQueston, superintendent of the
state industrial school for girls- at
Grand Mound.
INQUEST FOR 3 WAIVED
Relatives Blame None for Boiler
Explosion at AVendling. '
BJL'GENE. Or., April 25. (Special.)
No Inquest will be held over the
bodies of Oscar Parrish, engineer;
Charles L. Schultz, fireman, and
Chauncey W. Meacnam, brakeman on
the Booth-Kelly Logging train, who
were killed as a result of the ex
plosion of the locomotive boiler near
Wendling Fridayaf ternoon. Coroner
Branstetter said yesterday that the
company is willing that an inquest
be held but the relatives of the three
men did not care to have one, as they
blame no one for the accident.
A. C. Dixon, manager of the com
pany, and a boiler inspector went to
Wendling today and will make
thorough investigation of the .ex
plosion and its cause.
HOOD TO GRADUATE 26
Ten Boys and 16 Girls in Grad
uating Class of High School.
HOOD RIVER Or., April 25. (Spe
cial.) Twenty-six students, 10 boys
16 girls, have been listed for gradua
tion from the Hood River high school
this year. The roll of the class fol
lows: Adah Laraway, Florence Coop
er, Evi Annala. Helen Plfer, Teddy
Hackett. loss Collie. Thomas Scott.
Dorothy Cram, Kent Marshall, Tony
Hanigsman, Lillian Lofts, Chauncey
Angus, Claude Gorton, Helen Dark
Alice Pifer, Esther Krussow, Alberta
Carson. Beatrice Angus, Daisy David
son, Hallie Puddy, Lindsey Spight
Laura Folts, Bernard Page, Andy
Walter, Burteena Woodard and Doro
thy Carnine.
Commencement will be the second
week in May.
WOUNDED RIOTER DIES
Thomas Manning, 2 5, Victim of
Mine Trouble at Butte.
- BUTTE, Mont., April 25. Thomas
Manning, 25, one of the men wounded
'n the miners' strike rioting on Ana
conda road near the Neversweat mine
last Wednesday evening, died at 1:40
o'clock this morning in a local hos
pital.
Lf Ait operation was penormea v naay
in nope oi saving nis me. a ne conai
tlon of the other 15 men wounded in
the rioting is reported 'as much im
proved.
FIUME AGAIN ISOLATED
Land and Sea Blockade Is Punish
ment for Theft of Horses.
FIUME, April 24. (By the Associ
ated Press.) Flume Is again severely
blocked by land and by sea, follow
ing a raid by d'Annunzio's soldiers
on Abbazia, west of this city, where
45 horses were stolen from the regu
lar troops.
The blockade is intended, as punish
ment by General Ferrario against the
military command of Fiume.
Official of Alberta, Can., Dies.
EDMONTON, Alta., April 25. A. O.
McKay, minister of municipal affairs
in the Alberta provincial government,
died today of pneumonia.
Take Guaymas.
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MANZANILLO IS IN mA
Force Moves on Second Port
on Pacific.
CARRANZA MEN DESERT
Federal
Marines Join in
When California
City - la Occupied.
Revolu
Gulf tion
LOS ANGELES. Cal., April 25. The
city of Guaymas, on the Gulf of Cali
fornia was captured April 12 with
out a shot being fired by five thous
and Sonora state troops commanded
by General Angel Flores. The report
was brought by Captain N. K. Jacob-
son- of the Gulf Mall steamer Neha-
em, bound from Corinto to San
Francisco, which arrived at San
Pedro today.
According to Captain Jacobson, the
Carranzistas in Guaymas made no at
tempt at defense, and . the customs
house, railroads and warehouses, con
taining large quantities of foodstuffs,
were immediately commandeered by
the Sonoralstas.
The only move toward defending
the city, it was said, came when 250
marines were sent ashore from the
Mexican gunboat Guerrero, but they,
it- was declared, joined- the revolu
tionists as soon as the Sonora cav
alry entered Guaymas. Customs of
ficials in charge of the port imme
diately took oaths of allegiance to the
new government, it was said, and
operation:: at the port were unham
pered.
The Nehalem "put into Guaymas to
unload .a cargo of coffee on the
morning of April 13. Captain Jacob-
son said there were no signs of dis
order. The revolutionists also took over
the gunboat Guerrero, which had
been riding at anchor in the Gulf.
Finding it in bad-shape the revolu
tionists are said to have requisitioned
a tug which towed it off Mazatlan.
There her engines were to be repaired
and preparation made, it was report
ed, for an attack on Mazatlan, which
was said to be strongly defended and
fortified. '
Captain Jacobson said General Flores
on the afternoon of April 13 made up
several trainloads . of troops and sent
them in the direction of Topolobampo,
which later was said to have been
captured.
Manzanillo Is in Danger.
ACUA PRIETA, Sonora, April 25.
(Concluded on Page 2. Column 4.1
AND SO YOU SEE THERE IS
EVACUATION" OF MESOPOTAMIA
rROVES DISASTROUS.
t eg ' '
A ? .can Relief Workers, Among
noni Are Mrs. Richard Mans
field, Reported Safe.
CONSTANTINOPLE April 25. (By
the Associated Press.) Five hundred
French troops are reported to have
been wiped out In the evacuation of f
Urfa, in the norwest part of Mesopo
tamia. Details are lacking.
American relief workers, among
whom was Mrs. Richard Mansfield,
are all reported safe.
CABINET MEN ARE CHOSEN
Student Y. M. C. A. Head at Uni
versity Makes Selection.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eu
gene, April 25. (Special.) Appoint
ments to the campus Y. M. C. A. cabi
net have been announced by Roy
Veatch of Eugene, newly-elected
president.
They, are as follows:
Education, Kenneth Hendricks of
Eugene, William Coleman of Port
land, and Wesley Frater of Riddle;
membership, Wilbur Carl of Portland;
meetings, Lyle Bartholomew of Sa
lem; student volunteers, Randall Scott
of Springfield; publicity, Robert
Boetticher of Albany; conference. Joe
Ingram of Portland; social service,
Carlton Savage of Waconda; new
students, Don Davis of Nyssa; Jim
Lyman fund, John Gamble of Port
land; church relations, Wayne Akers
of Wasco; house committee, Francis
Wade of Eugene; exchange secretary,
Raymond Osborne of Eugene; finance.
Elston Ireland of Pasadena, Cal.
IRISH ON HUNGER STRIKE
Protest Made Against Imprison
ment Without Charge. 1
LONDON, April 25. Among the 150
Irish prisoners in Wormwood Scrubbs
prison a large number have been on
a hunger str.ke since Wednesday as
a protest against detention without
charge or trial. One of the men was
released unconditionally Friday night
in a state of collapse.
The London branches of the Irish
Self-Determination league today hast
ily organized a big demonstration
outside the prison. Thousands re
spended and tonight indulged in,
manifestations similar to those re
cently carried out at Mount Joy
prison, Dublin. The crowd sang
patriotic songs and burned flares.
SYNOD THANKS EX-KAISER
"Last Temporal Head Of Protestant
State Church" Is Tribute.
BERLIN, April 24. (By the Associ
ated Press.) A vote of thanks to ex
Emperor William as a "last temporal
head of the Protestant stae church."
was given at the closing session of
the general synod. The synod also
paid a tribute totlie ex-monarc.h and
his consort for having "in many ways
testified to their practical Christian
spirit by works of love toward their
brethren."
The synod adopted a resolution to
the effect that the future path of the
church lay in the direction of a state
free church embracing all the Ger
man peoples. '
NOT MUCH LEFT FOR THE EDUCATION OF OUR CHILDREN.
Journey by Air Safer Than in Auto
on Crowded Highway, Assert
v
Both on Arrival.
Miss Ruth Lenore Fisher, society
editor of a Salem newspaper, and Miss
Elizabeth Bayne, daughter of a Salem
attorney, have the distinction of being
the first two women to fly together
from Salem to Portland and are the
first to make the trip in a hydro-airplane.
They left Salem yesterday at
5 P. M. in the Sea Gull, a hydro-air
plane piloted by Walter E. Lees of
Portland, and arrived in Portland ex
actly one hour later. The flight fol
lowed the course of the river, making
the distance approximately 60 miles.
The average height attained waa 3000
feet, but at times 3500 feet waa
reached. ,
At one point the passengers could
see six Willamette valley cities and
nine snow-clad mountain peaks. The
weather at 3500 feet waa described aa
being, ideal and sufficiently warm for
comfort at the easy cruising speed at
which the flight was made.
"It was wonderful,' exclaimed the
young women lrv unison, "and we
weren't a bit cold. The rapidly-shifting
views were a succession of beauty
and all enhanced by the violet-gold
light of the setting sun.
"And safe," they declared with one
voice. "W-Ky. I felt ever so much safer
than I would have in making the trip
in an automobile on the crowded high
way. Oh, we're going fb do it again
every chance we get."
Miss Fisher had made previous
flights in airplanes, having takenhort
trips when the forestry airplane pa
trol machines were stationed in Salem
last summer.
The hydro-airplane was In Salem to
attend the festiivtles incidental to
Blossom day and carried many pas
sengers during the day.
COUNTY JUDGE RESIGNS
Hood River Official Refuses to Re
consider Move.
HOOD RIVER. Or., April 23. (Spe
cial.) So successful has been the ad
ministration of. County Judge Blow
ers that a committee endeavored to
secure his reconsideration of a re
cent resignation tendered to Gover
nor Olcott. Judge Blowers, however,
declared that his action had pro
ceeded to such a point that he could
not gracefully withdraw the resigna
tion. Two Republican candidates have
announced themselves aa spirants for
the nomination to succeed him.
SCORES KILLED BY FIRE
Forest Disaster Reported ia Ca
blegram From Tokio'.
HONOLULU. T. H.. April 25. Scores
of persons were killed and 25.000
acres, of valuable timber have been
destroyed by forest fires In the Kamo
district, Hiroshima prefecture.
This was made known in a cable
gram from Toklo received today by
Nippu Jiji, a Japanese language
newspaper.
CHERRIANS ACT AS GUIDES
Perfect Weather Adds to
Success of Day.
PLANE SCATTERS BLOOMS
Citizens Exert Selves to Provide
Varied Entertainment, for
Visiting- Throngs. '
BT W. A. PETT1T.
- SALEM. Or., April 25. (Special.)
Is it in the province of human hands
and brains to excel in beauty nature's
achievements? It is 'not if the almost
unanimous opinion of more than 5000
people from Portland and other sec
tions of the stare after visiting Marion
county's orchard district in blossom
dress Is to be accepted at its face
value.
Today's observance of the blossom
period here exceeded the most opti
mistic expectations of those in charge
of the occasion and the crowds that
assembled along the .highways and
on the higher elevations overlooking
the orchards pronounced the sight un
equaled for beauty and grandeur. In
the language .of a Portland man.
neither Switzerland nor Italy, with all
their natural advantages and artifi
cial handiwork, ever produced a pic
ture more charming to the human eye
than that which greeted the throngs
of recreation seekerl here today.
When Salem awakened early this
morning Old Sol had driven Jupiter
into oblivion and the skies were un
clouded. As the day advanced the
warmth increased, and with the ar
rival of the first delegation of visitors
from Portland at 10 o'clock, nature's
elements had combined to make the
setting tor a perfect day. Tonight
Salem Is tired, but happy, and the
recollection of Its first attempt to
commercialize and advertise its cli
matic conditions, rural advantages and
naturaj resources long will linger In
the minds of the sponsors as one of
the most pleasant and satisfactory
achievements of its career.
C'aerrlano CWnlde Ylnitora.
That no visitor, regardless of his
station in life, or from whence he
came, would be deprived of the op
portunity to look upon the blossoms,
more than 100 Cherrlans were on hand
to safely guide the throngs to places
of vantage, explain why Marion coun
ty prunes lead the world, and answer
the thousand and one. questions ad
dressed to them, by the more inquis
itive. And because of their responsibility
It was only natural hat these men
should "doll up" and thereby fill their
proper niche in the proceedings while
dispensing true Marion county hos
pitality. Attired in their attractive
white suits, with prune blossoms in
the lapels of their coats, these stal
wart Cherrlans met the incoming
trains and with a spirit of thankful
ness for nature's blessings, welcomed
their visitors. But this was not all.
Salem people had responded heartily
to the appeal for assistance and hun
dreds of flower-bedecked automobiles
were in waiting for the excursionists.
As fast as the trains arrived the
guests were ushered' into the cars
and driven to the country, where.
With countenances expressing sur
prise, many of them viewed for the
first time in their lives the thousands
of trees draped in their prettiest blos
som attire.
Itoardale and Liberty Visited.
Although Marlon county's prune
orchards are not confined to any par
ticular district, the Rosedale and Lib
erty sections were selected by the
Cherrians as the logical show places
because of their convenience and
nearness to the capital city. These or
chards, which cover more than 12,000
acres and which In the last few days
had been transformed from their
typical green to a caxpet of blossoms,
attested in no uncertain terms that
nature's handiwork makes life worth
living. Standing at places of vantage
on the hills overlooking the fertile
and productive valleys, the visitors
observed, took notes, clicked their
cameras and were outspoken in the
assertion that nowhere had they ever
witnessed a sight more beautiful and
more In harmony with the idea that
those who live in the crowded cities
merely exist, while those of the coun
try see life as the Creator had in
tended. Not content with confining their
hospitality to the orchard trip, many
Cherrians took their -guests to the
summit of the ridges dividing Marion
and Polk counties. . From there the
half-bewildered strangers looked
down upon a score of beckoning
streams, fields, valleys, towns, cities
and wooded regions. Blending" under
the rays of beautiful sunshine, the
picture was perfect .and proved be
yond doubt the oft-repeated assertion
that what has been said and printed
regarding Oregon's loveliness is nota
maze of untruths, - but cold facts
based on nature's-accomplishments.
While it is estimated that more
than 500 Portlanders came to Salem
by train, twice that numoer made
Couple Meet In Baker After Month
of Separation; Murder and
Suicide Ensues.
BAKER. Or.. April 25. (Special.)
Till Stratton. 4 4. well known in the
John Day district, and his wife, 32.
are dead as a result of a murder and
suicide committed in a hotel here at
5 P. M. today. The tragedy Is believed
to have been caused by domestic trou
ble and followed several hours of
quarreling.
About a month ago the couple sep
arated, it being alleged at the time
that Stratton beat his wife. Today
an automobile ride. Returning to the
they met here and together went for
hotel they went to Mrs. Stratton's
rooms and were heard to quarrel for
several hours. There were sounds in
dicating a struggle. Shots were heard
by Mrs. Emma Warfield. who con
ducts the hotel, and she at once noti
f iecf the poace.
When the officers entered the room
they found Mrs. Stratton dead with
a bullet hole through- her head and
her husband lying a few feet away
In 'an unconscious condition and with
a bullet wound in the head. He had
a 32-calibre automatic pistol in his
hand. He died on the way to the hos
pital. The couple are survived by three
sons and two daughters ranging in
age from 4 to 16 years.
The children. It is said, "did not
like" their father an dsaid he was
"afraid Of mother because she always
carried a revolver."
Mrs. Stratton was the sister of Mrs.
John Hudson and Mrs. J. S. Hunsaker.
well known In Baker county.
KNIGHTS SECRETARY DUE
William McGinley to Inspect Sol
diers' Aid Acitvltles. '
'william J. McGinley. supreme sec
retary of the Knights of Columbus
and In charge of tne soldiers' aid ac
tivites of the order, is expected in
Portland on Thursday for a brief visit
and Inspection of the evening school
maintained here for ex-service men
at -'0 Grand avenue North. Mr. Mc
Ginley will arrive here from Salt
Lake, being on a tour of the Pacific
coast In the interests of soldiers' aid
work, and will be accompanied by J.
J. Gorman, northwest supervisor, who
recently went from Seattle, his head
quarters, to Salt Lake to Investigate
the advisability of establishing a free
evening school for service men there.
While here it is expected that Mr.
McGinley will spend most of his time
visiting the free evening school at 2i0
Grand avenue North, and also the
free employment bureau maintained
by the Knights for the former service
men at room 205 Beck building. Plans
for enlarging the school and the em
ployment bureau to still further serve
the" Interests of the former soldiers,
sailors and marines throughout Port
land and piotnity will be taken up
with J. P. O'Hara. principal of the
evening school, and Secretary M
loney of the employment bureau.
WAVE DESTROYS COFFEE
Chaniperico. Guatemala. Wharf 1
Swept: Six Persons Killed.
SAN SALVADOR. Republic of Salva
dor. April 25. A huge wave swept
over a wharf at Champerico. Guate
mala, killing six persons and destroy
ing more than 6000 bags of coffee and
many bales of merchandise.
The coffee was ready for shipment
to San Francisco.
TEACHER PAY RISE PASSED
New York Assembly Concurs With
Senate on Salary Bill.
ALB ANT, N. Y., April 25. The as
sembly yesterday concurred with the
senate in the passage of the Donahue
Lock wood bill.
The bill is intended to give salary
increases to the teachers of the state.
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum tempera lure. 71
degrees; minimum, 43 deerees.
TODAY'S Fair and pleasant weather:
wealerly winds.
Foreign.
Supreme council ftKks United States to
take Armenia mandate. Page 1.
300 French troops wiped out at L'r.'a.
Page 1.
Sonora rebH army reported making new
gains. Page S.
Supreme council to send atiff note to Ger
many. Page. 4.
Sonora rebels capture port of Guaymas.
Page 1.
National.
Gompers char-es labor to defeat "veto"
congressmen who betray trust. Page 2.
Less tax for poor than for rich is advo
cated by McAdoo. Page 7.
Iometic.
International bridge from Laredo, Tex., to
Mexico Is burned. Page 1.
Hoover bar-Vers in California claim gains
by desertions from Johnson &upporters.
Page 2.
Clews to slayer of eight discovered.
Page 4.
Paelfie Northwest.
University of Oregon student po'-lUcs is
booming. Page 5.
Poindexter bases hope on "breaks" In con
vention. Page 1.
Family quarrel ends In double tragedy.
Page 1.
Thousand see orchards bloofei at Salem.
Page 1.
Sporta.
Canada eliminates America by 2-to-0 score
In Olympic hockey. Page 10.
Coast league results: Portland 2. I-os An
geles 1; Oakland 3-7. Sait Lake JO:
Vernon 14-3. Sacramento 3-1; Seattle.
6. San Francisco. 3. Page 10.
"Tinv" Hyman has canny opponent 1n
Farmer tor Wednesday nisht. Page 11.
r&rttand and Vk-lnlty.
Ship probe is likened to fishing expedi
tion. Page II.
Nine measures to be voted on May CI
Page IS.
Kentucky Klick splits on senator. Page 7.
Thousands scoop smelt from Sandy river
Page 18.
Home Industries week scheduled for June
20 to llti. Page IS.
Railroad bond issues reveal need
jnouv.- Pass lu
CHANCES ARE BELIEVED SLIM
Admirers in Washington Are
Dubious but Wish Him Well.
COMMITTEE IS AT WORK
In Support of Expectation Sena
tor Leads Body Seeking Elec
tion of Choice Candidates.
BT R. . CALLVEUT.
SEATTLE, Wash., April 23. (Staff
Correspondent.) For the last two
days Seattle has had added to its
many distinctions that of being a
pre-conventton city. The effort ever
attendant upon political conventions
of cutting and drying everything be
forehand has centered here. Here the
various steering committees have
gathered and discussed procedure and
policies.
To an open-mTnded onlooker from
another state there is something in
congruous In the situation. Whereas
10S3 delegates will gather in Belling
ham Tuesday, with apparently no
other thought than to indorse the
candidacy of Senator Miles Poindex
ter for president, political gossip
around hotel lobbies among delegates,
so far as the presidential situation
is concerned. Is of chances and avail
ability of Wood and Johnson and
Hoover.
Poiudexter'a Support Not Confident.
Seemingly, this is not true because
the delegates do not admire their own
candidate, Poindexter, or wish hltn
welt, though there are exceptions;
but the feeling prevails that he has
a slim chance. Poindexter himself.
I gather from men who are sincere
Poindexter supporters, considers him
self at this time only a possible con
tender. He is a sort of lightrilng
rod candidate. He believes that there
will ultimately at Chicago be a break
up of the combinations that will be
there In force for other candidates
and that the lightning may strike
htm if be has the indorsement of hi
own state.
In support of this chance it is said
that a committee, of which Senator
Poindexter is chairman and which is
interesting Itself In securing the
election of republicans In the senate,
has learned that the only weak spots
In the senatorial elections are in the
west. It Is argued that the nomina
tion of a western man for president
will help carry these doubtful sena
torial states and it is thought that the
leaders In the Chicago convention will
come around to that point of view.
Poindexter Said l.rad'Jaksna.
Senator Johnson, while a westerner
and strong in the west, is not. it is
said, in as high favor aa Poindexter
in the east. It is also pointed out
that the democrats have recognized
the Importance of the west by naming
San Francisco as the convention city.
So why should not the hopes of the
republicans be finally fixed on Poin
dexter? So runs tho Poindexter ar
gument. The character of the Instructions
for Poindexter that shall be given
by the convention comes in for dis
cussion also. The senator, it has been
understood for some time, has no de
sire so to control the Washington
state delegation that he can throw it
to whomever he may wish. Undoubt
edly he would like to have the dele-
I gation instructed to stay with him
until he releases it, but I am in
formed by one man close to the sen
ator that he will not insist on that
if it is likely to cause a controversy
at Bellingham. If the personnel of
the delegation is such that its mem-
' hara i-an h t r1 q( ,il tn citfP Vi i m ttP -
cere support he will be satlsfiedv
The convention bears .out the in
congruity heretofore mentioned by
being stronger for its second choice
than for its first. According to pop
ular estimate, it stands about 70 per
cent for Wood and 30 per cent for
Hoover. So real roof-raising enthusi
asm for the favorite son is not to be
expected in these Sahara times. Only
an Influx of forbidden waters would
turn the trick.
Wet Hsnors Current.
There is a rumor among some dele
gates apparently folndcd more on
hope than on expectation that each
have been provided. The rumor ia
probably that of wicked scandal
mongers. Though Bellingham is close
to' the British Columbia line, where
blockade running sometimes occurs,
this is a woman suffrage- and there
are a number of women delegates on
the way to Bellingham.
The purifying influence of women
in politics is not to be treated lightly.
As for true choice among presiden
tial aspirants by the populace-at-large
it is clear that the delegates
run fairly true to form. I am in
formed that if a presidential poll were
conducted in Seattle or in any other
city in the state the results would be
quite similar to'those of The Orego
nian's poll in Portland. In other words,
among the factories the lead would
go to Johnson; in stores or office
buildings, where many women are em
Dloved. or In places where men take n
passive part in politics the lead would
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