VOL,. LiIX- NO. ' 18..,546 Entered at Portland (Oregon)
1 n..HJ Postofflo- as Scr4-CI?8 Matter.
I'OKTLAXU .OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1920
PKIC13 FIVE CENTS
LEAD 2 T0 1
MAN BOARDING CAR
IS KILLED BY AUTO
MACHINE REPOIITKD TO HAVE
DRAGGED VICTIM OFF STEP.
WOOD
FARM EXPANSION IN
AMERICA HELD BACK
CONTEMPT COSTS
MARYLAND VOTE
CURTAIN CALLS GIVEN AMER
ICAN STAR, ONCE HOOTED.
INDUSTRY IS HAMPKRliD BY
LACK OF CAPITAL.
PEACE RESOLUTION
VETO IS EXPECTED
Treaty to Be Made Par a
, mount Issue.
MUSIC FOR DANCING
CONVEYED BY RADIO
MAGXAVOX AND TWO ELECTRIC
WIRES WORK WONDER.
BRITISH GIVE OVATION
& TO POSTPONED PLAY
1 KILLED, 1G HURT
AS TRAINS CRASH
Head-On Collision West
SHIPYARDS S000
f
General Wins 116 of 129
Convention Delegates.
COUNT IS NEARLY COMPLETE
Johnson Captures Only Two
Out of 23 Counties.
PRIMARY VOTE IS LIGHT
Jo Democratic Contest Held Del
egation to Go to San Fran
cisco XJninstructed.
BALTIMORE, May S.-omplete re
turns from Baltimore and practically
complete returns from the counties of
the state in today's presidential pref
erence primaries gave General Leon
ard Wood 15,900 votes to 8059 for Sen
ator Hiram Johnson, a majority of
7841 for the former.
General Wood carried Baltimore by
3557. He also carried 21 out of 23
counties and will have 116 out of
129 votes in the republican, state cen
vention, which will select 16 national
delegates. The other two counties.
Washing-ton and Allegany, went for
Johnson.
All these will be instructed to vote
for him as long as they "conscien
xor mm as i
jt'iously believ
r- ing nominati
the state prir
r TVi vnto
tiously believe" he has a chance of be
lted, in accordance with
imary election law.
The vote was one of the lightest
ever cast at a primary In Maryland.
The following incumbent represen
tatives in congress were renominated:
Democrats, Carville D. Benson, sec
ond district; Charles P. Coady, third
district; J Charles Linthicum, fourth
district.
Republicans, William X. Andrews,
first district; Sydney E. Mudd, fifth
district, and Frederick N. Zihlman,
sixth district.
There was no democratic contest
and the state's delegation will go to
San Francisco uninstructed.
United States Senator John Walter
Smith, democrat, incumbent, was un
opposed for renomination in the con
gressional primary, and Ovington E.
Weller ol Baltimore county, the re
publican senatorial candidate, also
bad no opposition.
CALIFORNIA TO VOTE TODAY
Registration of 1,111,102 Re
ported Breaking All Records.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., May 3.
California voters will go to the polls
tomorrow at the presidential primary
election to register their choices for
delegates to the republican, demo
cratic and prohibition party national
conventions. Interest in the election
centers almost entirely in the repub
lican contest between rival groups of
delegates pledged to the candidacies
of Senator Hiram W. Johnson And
Herbert C. Hoover. Vigorous cam
paigns in behalf of each group closed
tonight with liaders expressing con
fidence in tomorrow's outcome.
The registration broke records for
all previous primary elections, 1,111,
192 voters having signed the great
register. Of this number, 693,767 an
nounced their affiliation with the re
publican' party, 247,737 with the dem
ocratic, 18,124 with the prohibition
jparty.
The "declined to state" list totaled
125.30S and the remainder either were
listed as "scattering" or affiliated
with the socialist or progressive
parties which have no tickets in the
election.
The unpledged democratic ticket
has a list of 27 names from which the
voter will select ?6 delegates.
Henry H. Childers of Los Angeles,
who announced himself in favor of a
less drastic enforcement of the na
ide
bal-
sdged
seed-
Regardless of political affiliation.
voters may demand and receive at the
polls any party ballot they desire.
Campaign managers of the Johnson
and Hoover groups expressed the be
lief that this fact, widely advertised,
would result in bringing out a heavy
vote tomorrow. The polls will open
at 8 A. M. and close it 7 P. M.
INDIANA MAJORITY DOUBTED
Primary Today Not Expected to Re
suit in Instructions.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., May 3. (Spe
cial.) The spectacular primary cam
paign in Indiana was closed late to
night with Senator Johnson of Cali
fornia, and General Wood driving
home their final arguments to the
voters who will express their presi
dential preference at tba polls tomor
row. ,
The other two contestants. Governor
Lowden of Illinois, and Senator Hard
ing of Ohio, 'completed their cam
paigns last Saturday.
On the eve of the primary, it is evi
dent that no candidate will receive a
Majority of the votes cast which, un-
der the Indiana law !s required for
he 30 delegates to the national con
vention to be sent under an iron-clad
instructed to vote for the aspirant who
as long as his name appears before
the convention. Providing no candi
IConcludcd vn Pafu Column I.)
1 tional prohibition law, is the ii
pendent candidate on this party
lot. The prohibition ticket is pl
f to tne candidacy of Henry Clay I
I ham of Los' Angeles.
W. II. Blancy, 50, Struck While
Being Helped Aboard by Pas
sengers, Witnesses Declare.
W. H. Blancy, aged 50, of 3830 Sixty
third street southeast, was fatally in
jured at Grand and Hawthorne ave
nues at 2:15 o'clock yesterday after
noon when he was struck by an auto
mobile driven by A. R. Hudwell, 533
Johnson street. He was taken to St.
Vincent's hospital but died on the
way. The body was then removed to
the morgue.
Rudwell went to police headquar
ters an hour later and gave himself
up. He was held under $500 bonds
on a charge of reckless driving, perfd
ing a thorough investigation of the
accident. Dr. Earl Smith, coroner,
will conduct an inquest tonight.
Witnesses said Blaney had at
tempted to board a moving north
bound bridge transfer car on the
north side of the intersection of the
two avenues. He missed his footing
and was being dragged aboard the car
by passengers when Hudwell in the
automobile came up from behind the
street car and struck Blaney.
In his report to the police, Hudwell
insisted that the streetcar came to a
sudden stop, which made it impossible
for him to stop his machine in time.
Hudwell had purchased his automo
bile last Saturday and had procured a
temporary license at police headquar
ters an hour before the accident. He
gave his address as Salem when he
took out the temporary license, but
later explained that he divides his
time between his Portland address
and his farm near Salem.
SIX CONVICTIONS KNOWN
Jury Finds Ellsworth Boyle Guilty
of Being Habitual Criminal.
SEATTLE, " Wash., May 3. (Spe
cial.) Ellsworth Boyle, a former con
vict of the Oregon and Washington
penitentiaries, was found guilty of
being an habitual criminal by a jury In
the superior court this afternoon.
Boyle has a record of six convic
tions, all for forgery. Prosecutor
Brown had witnesses in attendance
from both the Washington and Ore
gon penitentiaries, where Boyle is
said to have served.
Brown told the jury that he would
prove that Boyle was convicted in
King county, December 10, 1902; in
Whatcom county in September 24,
1904; in Clarke county, December 16,
1908; in Multnomah county, Oregon,
June 28, 1911; in Lewis county, Sep
tember 10, 1915. and again, in "iing
county, March 1, 1920. The last con
viction followed the passing of a
forged check for $176 on -a Second-
avenue department store.
SHIPPING MEN INDICTED
C. W. Morse and . Captain W. S.
Mitchell Charged With Illegal Sale.
NEW YORK, May 3. An indictment
charging Charles W. Morse with vio
lating the shipping board act, which
prohibits the sale of American regis
tered vessels to foreigners, was re
turned by the federal gand Jury
today.
With Morse were indicted Captain
W. S. Mitchell, the United States
Steamship company and the J. G. Mc-
Collough company. Judge A. N. Hand
issued bench warrants upon request
of Assistant Federal District Attorney
Jerome Simmons, who has been, con
ducting an investigation lasting four
months.
The indictments charge that in Au
gust, 1917, the steamship John J.
McCullough was sold for $500,000 to
the government of Tunis, a French
protectorate.
ABERDEEN, WASH., GROWS
Population Increase of 12.3 Per
Cent Over 1810 Is Announced.
WASHINGTON, May 3.-r-Census re
ports announced today were:
Aberdeen, Wash. 15,337; increase,
1677, or 12.3 per cent.
Billings, Mont. 15,100; increase 5069
or 50.5 per cent.
Washington, Pa. 21,480; increase,
2702, or 14.4 per cent.
Frankfort, Ind. 11,585; increase,
2951, or 34.2 per cent.
Long Beach, Cal. 55,593; increase,
37,784. or 212.2 per cent.
Pomona, Cal. 13,505; increase, 3298,
or 32.3 per cent.
Durham, N. C. 21,719; increase 3478
or 19.1 per cent. ... . .
61 CHARTERS WITHDRAWN
Brotherhood Deals With 'Switch
men for Unauthorized Strike.
CLEVELAND, O., May 3. W. G. Lee,
president of the Brotherhood of Rail
way Trainmen, announced tonight
that 61 charters of local lodges have
been revoked because members par
ticipated in an unauthorized strike of
switchmen.
He also said that 11 new Brother
hood Railway Trammen lodges hav
been organized in lieu of 11 of those
canceled, including one each at San
Francisco. Salt Lake City and Los
Angeles.
DISPUTE ENDS IN KILLING
Survivor in Quarrel Alleges Threat
and Surrenders to Sheriff.
BILLINGS, Mont.. May 3. L. E.
Reed yesterday shot and killed Pete
Stimlikoff on the former's ranch near
Lavina, following a dispute over cat
tle, according to reports receivd here
today.
Reed notified the sheriff at Round
up and surrendered himself. He said
Stimlikoff had threatened him.
DEMOCRATIC CHIEFS GET TIP
Knox Proposal to Get Little
Opposition in Senate.
ADOPTION HELD ASSURED
White House Thought Also to Have
Picked Mr. McAdoo as Party
Standard-Bearer.
OREGON IAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, May Z. President Wil
son intends to veto the Knox peace
resolution and ttlereby make the
peace treaty and the league of na
tions the paramount issue of the
presidential campaign, in the opinion
of leading democrats here.
Democrats in some manner received
the intimation today that Mr. Wilson
welcomes the Knox resolution as the
surest and easiest method of getting
the poace treaty before the voters.
It Is expected that when the resolu
tion comes up in the senate Wednes
day the administration supporters
will put up only a desultory opposi
tion, to get their views into the record
for campaign purposes. . -
Adoption la Expected.
It is assumed that the resolution
will pass because so far only one re
publican appears to be opposing it.
Senator McCumber, republican of
North Dakota, will speak and vote
against it, but there are from three
to a half dozen democrats ready to
support it. These democrats include
Reed of Missouri, Gore of Oklahoma,
Shields of Tennessee, Wafsh of Mas
sachusetts and possibly Hoke Smith
of Georgia.
Having chosen the issue for the
campaign, there are also signs that
Mr. Wilson has chosen his son-in-law,
William Gibbs McAdoo, as the party
standard-bearer. At any rate, a sur
prisingly large number of democrats
declare this is true. -New -York demo
cratic leaders are so positive of it
that some of them already have begun
to show their teeth toward Mr. Mc
Adoo. Dictation Plans Unfolding.
Slowly the scheme of White House
dictation of the McAdoo nomination
is unfolding, political observers say.
As pn( unfailing evidence they assert
that among all the important nomi
nations made by Mr. Wilson in sev
eral weeks, only one is directly
trace.able to any influence outside
the executive mansion. This inter
esting appointment is that of Frank
Cooper, of Schenectady as judge of
the United States district court of
northern New ' York. In naming
Cooper, the president rejected the
advice of Attorney-General A. Mitchell
Palmer, who is supposed to have the
last word on judicial appointments.
Mr. Palmer was ignored and it is
learned that the appointment . was
made of the recommendation of
Bernard M. Baruch, campaign man
ager for Mr. McAdoo, and that Mr.
Baruch acted on the advice of George
R. Lumm, former socialist mayor of
Schenectady, who recently came out
for McAdoo for president.
Other tips as to the administration
(Concluded on Page 3, Column 1.)
OF COURSE THE AUTHORITIES WOULDN'T INTERFERE WITH
Only Shortcoming of Experiment at
Pittsburg Is That Jazz of
Drums Fails to Carry.
PITTSBURG, Pa., May 3. (Special.)
Music was transmitted half a mile by
radio here and was sufficiently loud
at the receiving end for .dancing, ac
cording to announcement today from
the University of Pittsburg, which
with the Carnegie Institute of Tech
nology conducted the experiment Sat
urday night.
The "Tech" orchestra sat in Central
hall and played a jazi tune, while the
Pittsburg university students gath
ered In Heinz' house, half a mile
away, and danced two numbers. Pro
fessor Edwin R. Rath at the experi
ment station of the university trans
ferred the music by the use of a mag
navox and two strings of electric
wires. '
The Pitt experiment station is near
ly a half mile from Tech hall and
Heinz" house is equally distant from
the experiment station and the hall.
In this roundabout way the music
was transmitted a distance of a mile.
The magnavox. Professor Rath ex-.
plained, is an instrument which was
used widely in military operations to
increase the sound from a radio re
ceiver. The only shortcoming of the ex
periment was that the jazz of the
drumc was missing, the receiver ap
parently being adjusted to take only
the sound waves of the horn and
stringed instruments.
Scores of radio students in the dis
trict reported today having "listened
in" on the music.
CANDY MAKER SUES SON
Case of H. R. Hoerier or Astoria on
Trial in San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 3. Trial of
a suit by Henry R. Hoefler "of As
toria, Or., to restrain his son, Harry
Hoefler, of San Francisco, from en
gaging in the manufacture of candy
on the ground that the son was us
ing a similar carton to that sold by
the father, was begun in the United
States district court here today. Louis
Hoefler, brother of the plainttff, ap
peared as attorney for his nephew.
Harry Hoefler set up the defense
that he formerly acted as agent here
for his father's candies, but that he
did not receive the commissions due
him, so started in business for him
self, using a dissimilar carton for
his product.
GERMANY MAY GET VOICE
Supreme Council Likely to Be In
ternational Body.
PARIS, May 3. A London dispatch
to the Temps today says that in su
preme council circles there is an in
clination to insure continuation of
the work of the supreme council by
making it an international govern
mental organization.
It is even probable, the dispatch de
clares, that the admission of German
delegates to the council will be con
sidered, Russian delegates also being
admitted sooner or later.
"MAID" TO BE SAINTED
Consistory to Canonize Joan of
Arc and Marie Alacoque.
ROME, May 3. Confirmation of re
ports that no cardinals will be created
at the coming consistory has been re
ceived from an official source at the
Vatican.
The consistory will concern Itself
entirely with the work of the canon
ization of Joan of Arc and Marie
Alacoque, a French mystic and nun,
who died in 1690.
1 .
Performance of "One Night in.
Rome" Well Received by En
thusiastic Londoners.
LONDON, May 3. An enthusiastic
audience packed the Garrick theater
tonight for the postponed perform
ance of "One" Night in Rome," which,
when it was presented here for the
first time last Thursday night, was
broken up by gallery demonstration.
At the start of the first act. when
each member of the cast took a sep
arate curtain call. Miss Lauretta
Taylor, the star, received an ova
tion. The performance went with the ut
most smoothness and there was no
sign of anything but good wilL
Among those present were Ambassa
dor and Mrs. Davis, whose box was
draped with the Anglo-American col
ors. A cablegram to Ambassador Davis
from the Irish pickets in Wash
ington, signed "Mary Walsh, captain
of the Washington pickets," says:
"Press reports say that Laurette
Taylor, American actress, was stoned
by the British in your presence. Do
you consider this an insult or as
sault to the American ambassador,
according to the law of nations?
Will you instruct the British foreign
office as the British ambassador in
structed the American secretary of
state ' to charge as felons American
women peacefully displaying the
truth about Ireland on Washington
sidewalks In the sacred precincts out
of the British embassy?"
The stage setting of the play vaa
changed tonight so that those in the
highest gallery were able to see per
fectly, thus removing the alleged
cause of complaint Thursday night.
The American embassy announced
that Mr. Davis saw nothing anti
American in Thursday's demonstra
tion. 'r
HOOVER IS ANTI-JAPANESE
Candidate Favors Exclusion in
Statement on Position.
LOS ANGELES. Cal.. May 3. Her
bert Hoover declared his position on
Asiatic problems in California today
in a telegram to the Hoover campaign
headquarters here. The telegram said:
"I have always been in favor of the
exclusion of Japanese immigration
and the prevention of Asiatic owner
ship of land and natural resources.
The antidote to aggressive action
action against us by any country is
eitil)r a league of nations to prevent
such things, or the alternative, gigan
tic armament and a militarism of our
own."
RED RIVER SEES PAGEANT
2 5 0th Anniversary Celebrated by
Hudson's Bay Company.
WINNIPEG, Man., May 3. A pic
turesque pageant, commemorating the
establishment of the Hudson's Bay
company, 250 years ago, took place
on the Red river today. It epito
mized in every possTble way the com
pany's activities.
Throngs of people witnessed the
formation and starting of the Indian
fur brigades and York boats on the
20-mile trip to lower Fort Garry.
WOMAN NAILED IN CLOSET
Burglars Take Revenge on House
wife Who Surprises Them.
YAKIMA, Wash., May 3. When
Mrs. G. F. Johnson today surprised
two burglars at work in her home
they thrust her into a closet and
nailed up the door before fleeing.
She was released some time after
ward by a jelephone employe.
A FELLOW MAKING A LITTLE HOME BREW OR WOULD THEY?
of Huron, Or., Fatal."
VICTIMS SENT TO LA GRANDE
Engineer Leaps to Safety
but Fireman Is Caught.
PASSENGERS ARE INJURED
Helper Engine Smashes Into Pas
senger Train Bound From
Umatilla Fast.
LA GRANDE, .Or., May 3. (Spe
cial.) Leonard Bickford, fireman of
La Grande, was rnstantly killed and
16 persons injured in a head-on col
lision west of Huron at 1:55 o'clock
this morning, when a local O.-W. R.
& N. railway passenger train east
bound from Umatilla smashed into a
helper engine running light and go
ing west. The Wreck was one of the
worst on the division for many years.
Engineer Symons saw the helper
engine coming and applied the air
brakes, calling to Fireman Bickford
as he did so. Symons jumped, but
Bickford was caught in Hie wreck.
Engineer Hamilton was said to have
misinterpreted orders.
PHMtten Are Injured.
The injured:
Aaron Theodore Peterson. 212 North
Washington street of Spokane, Wash.,
cut above left eye but not seriously
hurt. ,
Pete Bush, 1403 's Pacific avenue,
Tacoma, Wash., shoulder bruised arid
right arm skinned.
C. O. Rinehart, 312 South .Main
street, Pendleton, back sprained, but
not seriously.
W. T. Dumbleton, 206 Tacoma build
ing, Tacoma, Wash., shoulder bruised.
Milton S. Block, La Grande, arm and
ankle Injured. ...
George Mcilullers, Elgin and Selina,
Or., leg injured, slight abrasion.
Bailey Warner, Salem, Or., bruised
shoulder and limb, injuries about face.
Railway Employes Hurt.
Injured railroad employes all from
La Grande:
W. G. Symons, engineer, compound
fracure of lower right leg and other
injuries.
J. L. Hawes, fireman, fracture
right arm.
Leonard H. 1 Norton. conductor,
"deadheading," injured over right eye,
right hand injured and leg strained.
Mrs. L. H. Norton, wife of con
ductor, bruised on left leg and side,
slight injury to head.
- O. H. Anderson, fireman, "deadhead
ing," left knee injured.
Express Messenger Victim.
J. T. Light, express messenger,
seriously injured about 'head and
face, back and limbs.
J. D. Hamilton, . engineer, hands
badly burned, mouth crushed and
lacerations on body.
J. D. Sullivan, brakeman, fracture
of right hand.
All of the injured were brought to
La Grande for treatment.
Traffic was resumed late tonight
after the wreckage had been cleared
away. Conductor Fergus took charge
of the injured before hospital of ft
cials arrived at the scene.
Federal Bank Officials Deplore In
ability of System to Make
Further Advances Xow,
WASHINGTON, May 3. Farm loan
officials, meeting here today, agreed
that expansion of the agricultural in
dustry was being daily retarded
through inability of the system to
make further advances to farmers.
While this country awaits a rehear
ing of the suit testing the constitu
tionality of the act under which the
system operates it was said that thou
sands of farmers were compelled to
forego plans for extension or expan
sion of crop planting plans. Discus
sions will be continued tomorrow.
All members of the conference op
posed further offers of farm loan
bonds in the open market now. The
opinion was held that a "clould would
hang over bonds so long as the act
providing for their issue was- in
court." Officials believed, however,
that congress would adopt the Ferris
resolution empowering the treasury
to absorb the board's next bond is
sue and thereby avoid an entire sea
son of inactivity so far as loaning
operations are concerned. r,
HOARDER LOSES APPEAL
Hulctt C. Mcrritt Must Pay $5000
and Serve Five Months.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 3. The sen
tence of $5000 fine and five months'
imprisonment in the Los Angeles
county jail imposed by the United
States district court on Hulctt C. Mer
ritt, wealthy Pasadena resident, for
hoarding sugar in violation of the
food conservation act, was affirmed
by the United States circuit court of
appeals today.
Merritt was charged with keeping
500 pounds of sugar at his residence
from October, 1917, to July, 1918, with
out using it.
BEAVERS ATTACK PINES
Bend Trees Suffer From Opera
tions of Water Rodents.
BEND, Or., May 3. (Special.)
Pines on the cast bank of the Des
chutes river in Bend are suffering
from the attacks of beavers living in
the river, although these animals will
usually attack only deciduous trees.
So far, several trees have been com
pletely girdled, but on reaching the
pitchy, sap wood the water rodents
ceased their operations.
Beavers are frequently seen toward
evening on the west bank of the river,
where they leave the water to browse
on the tender spring grass. Their huts
have not been located.
LIGHTNING KILLS. GIRLS
Sclioolliousc in Nebraska Struck
by Bolt Destroyed.
DUNNING, Neb.. May 3. Ruth Tay
lor, aged. 8, and Ruby Moger, 7, school
girls, were struck by lightning and
killed this afternoon at a schoolhouse
near here.
The building was demolished but
none of the other occupants was in
jured. '
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature,
&2 decrees; minimum, 3S degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; westerly winds.
Tore. am.
CJoneral collapse and rebellion threatened
in Turkey over peace terms. Page 6.
British give ovation to American stars,
once hooted. Page 1.
National.
Legion undertakes new drive on congress
in interest of bonus legislation. Page '2.
President Wilson is expected to veto Knox
peace resolutions. Page 1.
Farmers held back by inability of federal
loan bank to make further advances.
Page 1.
American warships will go to
Page '2.
Dfniettic.
Wood leading in Maryland primary
Oklahoma tornado kills ul and
Mexico.
Page 1.
injures
100. Page 4.
Democrats being asked to vote for John
son in republican primaries. Page o.
Alleged murderer will assist authorities in
hunt for victim's body. Page -4.
Music loud enough for dancing transmitted
half milo by radio. Page 1.
Paciflfc Northwest.
One killed. 16 hurt in head-on collision
of passenger train and helper engine.
Page 1.
Third trial of Harold Howell, charged
with murdering girl, begun at Coquille.
Page S.
Polndextcr's name not to appear t'n Ore
gon primary election ballot. Page o.
Bourbon chief out for committeeman.
Pae 5.
State bond sale at low quotation opposed.
Page. 4.
Sports.
Brooklyn Nationals break another record
for consecutive inning play. Page H.
Fighting Irishman to head card May 12.
Page 10.
Manager McCredle bobs up serenely after
series of defeats. Page 14.
Commercial and Marine.
Strong premiums paid for wheat in north
west. Page '23.
Oats and corn sell at record prices- in Chi
cago market. Page '23.
Vigorous rally In Way street stock mar-
. ket. Page 23.
Steamer coming from orient Is to bring
big return freight cargo. Page 22.
Portland and Vicinity.
Nobody wants to be sacrificed so combine
can be formed to oeat Johnson. Page lo.
Man bearding moving streetcar is killed
by uuto. Pag 1.
Bread is available -in spile of baiters'
strike. Page li.
Philpot swindles alleged to involve $40,000.
Page 12.
Shipyards fined for contempt and presi
dents placed hi custody of marshal, but
stay of execution Is allowed. Page 1.
Airplane corporation offers to maintain
forest patrol under contract with gov
ernment. Page lrt.
New officers of Portland Legion poyt take
office. Page 6.
Shrine committee a 8k a Korum's help.
Page 1 1.
Small fruits pack may bt curtailed.
Fasa 1V
$2500 Fine Is Levied on
Each Corporation. '
APPEAL WILL BE TAKEN
Presidents Ordered Again to
Produce All Records.
BRIEF STAY ALLOWED
Prosecutor Calls for Jail Sentence
for Company Heads but Exe
cution Is Held TTp.
J. R. Bowles, president of the North,
west Steel company, and Alfred F.
Smith, president of the Columbia Riv
er Shipbuilding: company, each were
found guilty of contempt of court
yesterday and were remanded by Fed
eral Judge Bean to the custody of
United States Marshal Alexander until
such a time as they produced all their
corporation books, records and 'docu
ments before the federal grand jury.
A stay of execution for five days
was allowed by the court, pending: the
filing- of a bond of $10,000 by each
corporation executive.
Companies Kined 3HTM.
Judge. Bean likewise adjudged the
two shipbuilding corporations' in con
tempt of court and assessed fines of
$2500 each against the two concerns.
A similar stay of execution was al
lowed. Dan J. Malarkey and W. Lair
Thompson, attorneys for the corporations,-
assured the court that bonds
would be filed not later than today
and the preliminary work of prepar
ing an appeal direct to the United
States supreme court will be expe
dited as much as possible.
Through a misconception of the
court's ruling. Presidents Bowles and
Smith were in the custody of Chief
Deputy United States Marshal Mann
for a brief moment Immediately after
the hearing had concluded.
Irealdenta Get Iteleaae.
Mr. Mann was directed by United
States Attorney Humphreys and Ben
L. Moore, special assistant to Attorney-General
Palmer, to take the two
shipbuilding heads into custody until
the $10,000 bond demanded of each
had been filed with the court.
As the deputy marshal started to
lead Mr. Bowles and Mr. Smith into
the marshal's office. Attorney Ma
larkey rushed to the assistance of hia
clients and made strenuous objection
to their detention. Deputy Mann then
accompanied Mr. Malarkey back into
Judge Bean's courtroom, where the
jurist directed that the two shipyard
executives be released by virtue of the
five-day stay of execution.
The two shipyard officials waited
just outside the door of the marshal's
office until Mr. Mann return... and in
formed them that the court did not
order them held. They then left the
federal building in company with
their attorneys.
Procerdinga Are Brief.
The contempt of court proceedings
p of less than 20 minutes duration.
Defense Attorney Thompson raised
1 the point that the two shipyard pres
I idents could not be held guilty as in-
Idlviduals because the subpoena duces
tecum which they refusel to obey last
t week was directed against .the cor
porations.
Judge Bean, however, held that they
were responsible for the refusal of
the corporation to comply with his or
der, "and consequently were equally
as guilty as the corporation.
United States Attorney Humphreys,
in a brief statement to the court,
pleaded for the imposition of a jail
sentence against the shipyard offi
cials, and after the court had remand
ed them to the custody of the marshal
he again demanded the fixture of a
heavy bond pending an appeal.
The federal "prosecutor suggested a
bail of $10,000 for each president, and
Defense Attorney Thompson immedi
ately assented. Bonds for the corpor
ations also will be filed pending the
determination of the appeal to the
highest court of the land. '
Appeal to Be I'lfshrd.
That the shipbuilding in vesUgation
is now haited definitely for several
months is apparent from the culmi
nation of court proceedinga.yesterday.
Judge Bean was apprised by the d
fense that an appeal to the Unitatf
States supreme court would be per
fected immediately, and it was under
stood by the court that this appet
would be started when he fixed Ln.
bonds of Presidents Bowles and SmitS,
The contempt of court proceedings
were the result of the refusal of ti
two corporations lojobey a mandate o
Judge Bean, who ordered the issuance
of a subpoena duces tecum requiring
them to produce all their books and
records before the federal grand jury.
Disclosures which department of jus
tice operatives allege have been made
were cited in earlier court proceed
ings by United States Attorney Hum
phreys' to be of stftcient importance
and seriousness to warrant a compiet
probe of shipbuilding activities.
Prohibition Decision Waits.
WASHINGTON, May 3." The su
preme court recessed today until May
17 without handing down a decision
on the constitutionality of the prohi
bition amendment and the enforce
ment ant . .
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