VOL,. LIX XO. 18,547
Entered at Portland (Oregon)
Po.toffice as Second-Clans Matter.
PORTLAND OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAJT 5, 19SO
PRICE FIVE CENTS
88 REPRESENTATIVES j
WOOD 4985 AHEAD
IN INDIANA RACE
Majority Needed to In
struct Held Unlikely.
CONVICT MURDERED
BY FELLOW-PRISONER
WILLIAM WILD VICTIM OF
BLOW FROM HEAVY PLANK.
J
LODGE SLATED FOR
CONVENTION CHAIR
HUGE FUND WANTED
TO COVER WIRE LOSS
G RAVE YIELDS UP
BLUEBEARD VICTIM
Watson Guides Party to
Desert Sepulcher.
ODN
WINS
BILLION
REQUIRED
PROTEST TO ENGLAND
CALIFORNIA VOTE
BY U. S .
CHOICE BY LEADERS IX CON
GRESS ALMOST rXAXIMOCS.
BCRLESOX INFORMS CONGRESS
AMERICANS ASK PREMIER FOR
TRIALS FOR IRISH.
OF $14,005,385 DEFICIT.
RUTS
J
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JOHNSON IS RUNNING SECOND
Lowden Third, Harding Last
With Count Half Made.
CONVENTION CAN DECIDE
State Gathering Has Power to De
liver Charge to Delegates to
National Session.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. May 4,-Ma
jor-General Leonard Wood had a lead
of 4985 votes in the contest for the
Indiana republican presidential pref
erence vote whert 1713 out of 3387
precincts in the state in today's state
wide primary had been tabulated to
night. Senator ' Hiram Johnson of
California was running second, with
Governor Lowden of Illinois third and
Senator Warren G. Harding of Ohio
fourth.
The vote for the 1713 precincts was:
Wood. 41,111; Johnson. 36.126; Low
den, 19.321; Harding. 10,823.
Majority Vote la Needed.
Unless one of the candidates ob
tains a majority of the votes cast,
which on the face of the early returns
seemed highly improbable, Indiana's
delegation to the republican national
convention in Chicago will go without
instructions, unless instructed by the
etate convention.
The delegates to the national con
vention will be chosen at the- state
convention, delegates to which were
elected today.
There were- no candidates for the
democratic presidential preference.
Dr. Carlton B. McCulloch. of Indian
apolis, with 11,446, had a lead in the
race for the democratic nomination
for governor when 724 precincts had
been tabulated.
Tlnnaora Man Second.
Mason Niblack of Vincennes was
second with 6101, John Isinborger of
North Manchester was third with 4791
and J. Kirby Risk of Lafayette, who
made his campaign as an avowed pro
hibitionist and was indorsed by Will
iam Jennings Bryan, was fourth with
3574.
With 1258 precincts tabulated in the
republican gubernatorial contest.
Warren T. McCray of Kentland had a
commanding lead with 36,958, while
James W. Fesler of Indianapolis had
23,202 for second place and Edgar C.
Loner of Anderson was third with
14,697.
"WOOD 2 TO 1 IX MARYLAND
Few Missing Precincts Not
Ex-
pected to Alter Results.
BALTIMORE, May 4. Major-Gen
eral Wood defeated Senator Hiram W.
Johnson of California, in an unusually
light vote yesterday in the primaries
for Maryland's preference for the re-
a majority of 7841, according to vir-1
tually complete returns .today. The J
few missing precincts are scattered 1
and are not expected materially to
alter the results.
The vote was Wood 15,900, Johnson
8059.
General Wood carried all four legis
lative districts in Baltimore and all
but two of the 23 counties Allegany,
in the mining district and Washing
ton. Johnson's majority in Allegany
was 801 and .in Washington 50. Ac
cording to the returns General Wood
will have 116 of the 129 delegates to
the etate convention, which will name
16 delegates to the national conven
tion. These will be instructed, in ac
cordance with the state election laws,
to vote as a unit for Wood as long
as in their "conscientious judgment"
he has a reasonable chance of winning
the nomination.
United States Senator John Walter
Smith, democrat, was unopposed for
renomination. His republican opponent
is Ovington E. Weller of Baltimore
county.
NEW JERSEY MARGIN IS 1225
Returns Complete Except lor Esti
mate for One Small precinct.
NEWARK, N. J.. May 4. Official
figures in the New Jersey preferential
presidential primary contest with es
timated returns from only one small
district in one county, gave Major
General Leonard Wood aT margin of
1225 over Senator Hiram W. Johnson.
The totals were:
Wood, 52,901; Johnson, 51,676.
Candidate in Indiana Dies.
NEW ALBANY, Ind., May 4. Re
turning from the polls, where he had
worked all day in the interest of his
candidacy for the democratic nomina
tion for congress from the third con
gressional district of Indiana, Jacob
L. O'Bannon, aged 60, died of heart
disease at his home here tonight.
Colorado Delegates Named.
DENVER, May 4. Republicans of
the First Congressional district to
day named two uninstructed delegates
to the republican national convention.
Tragedy Occurs In Idaho Peniten
tiary J. C. McDonald Held
In Solitary Cell.
BOISE, Idaho. May 4. (Special.
William Wild, a prisoner at the etate
penitentiary, is dead as the result of
a blow delivered from a 2x4 plank
in the hands of J. C. McDonald, also
an inmate otf the prison. The body of
Wild Is in the hands of Coroner Sum
mers, who has summoned an inquest
to be held Wednesday morning at 9
o'clock at the penitentiary. McDon
ald is in solitary confinement, await
ing further developments. He will
likely be arraigned later on the charge
of manslaughter.
Wild was sentenced to the peniten
tiary from Canyon county to from 5
to 14 years on conviction of grand
larceny, or horse stealing. He was
received in 1915. McDonald was sen
tenced from Clark county to from 1
to 14 years for second degree bur
glary, having broken into a drug
store at Dubois to steal cocaine. He
was received last July.
Both were prison barbers. Monday
afternoon they quarreled. McDonald
stepped into the prison blrcksmith
shop, next door to the barber shop,
picked up a 2x4 plank, returned and
struck Wild across the forehead and
knocking him unconscious. He never
recovered, McDonald is 37 years old
and has. served terms in several state
prisons. He has no known relatives.
Wild is said to have a mother, Mrs.
S. J. Wild, living In Albany. Or.
FORT WAYNE, IND., GROWS
Population Increase of 35.4 Per
Cent Over 1910 Reported.
WASHINGTON, May 4. Census fig
ures announced today were:
. Fort Wayne, Ind. 86,549; increase.
22,616, or 35.4 per cent.
Morgantown, W. Va. 12,117; In
crease, 2967, or 32.4 per cent.
Oneonta, N. Y. 11,582; increase.
2091, or 22.0 per cent.
Alliance, O. 21,603; Increase. 6520,
or 43.2 per cent.
Elkhart, In,d. 24,277; increase, 4995,
or 25.9 per cent.
eru, in. 6so; increase, 885, or
11.1 per cent.
Winfield, Kan. 7933; increase, 1232,
or 18.4 per cent.
. Houiton, Me. 6191; increase, 346, or
5.9 per cent.
Orange, N. J. 33,23f: increase. 3609.
or 12.2 per cent.
.West Orange, N. J. 15,573; increase,
4593, or 41.8 per cent. , ,
La Salle, 111. 13,050; increase, 1513
or 13.1 per cent.
,
"GAINS" MAY PROVE LOSS
Millions in Shipping ' Board Rev
enue Do Xot Mean Profit.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, May 4. In a report made
to the commerce committee of the
senate today and given out by Sen
ator Jones the shipping board shows
total gross revenues over operating
expenses since the beginning of op
erations to March 31 this year of
f 132,783,781.
It wa said, however, that this
showing of profits did not Include in
terest, insurance or depreciation
which might turn the profits into
loss. The total gross revenues on req
uisitioned ships were shown to "be
1182,443,42$ and on government owned
j gnip
J440.234.042, making a grand
total of gross revenues of $622,667,
470.
The total operating expenses amount
to 8489.883,683. of which 8122,594.271
was on requisitioned ships and S367-
289,418 was on owned ships.
LOGANS TO BRING $40,500
L.
H. Vincent, Salem, Contracts
150 Tons at 13 Cents.
SALEM, Or.. May 4. (Special.) Al
though the majority of Marion county
loganberry growers are demanding
from 14 to 15 cents a pound for their
1920 crop, L. H. Vincent yesterday
contracted to sell his entire yield
from 70 t acres to trie Albany can
nery at a stipulated price of 13 H
cents.
Mr. Vincent estimates that he will
have 150 tons of berries, for which
he will receive approximately $40,500.
Out of this sum, however, the grower
will be compelled to expend about
$9000 for pickers, while $5000 more
must be deducted for training, cul
tivating, yard help and transporta
tion. A few days ago an effort was made
to develop a 14-cent market for lo
gans, but 'as yet the buyers have re
fused to make any contracts at this
figure.
POLES CELEBRATE DAY
Anniversary of Constitution Is Ob
served With Parades.
WARSAW. May .4. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The first anniversary
of Poland's democratic constitution
Monday brought out the greatest pa
rade in the history of the country.
The people took advantage of the
occasion to manifest their joy over
the Polish successes in the advance
into the Ukraine. Great posters an
nounced tne triumphs of the army
in its drive toward the Dnieper.
Thousands of soldiers took part in
the procession Uhlans who led In
the. drive toward Kiev were every
where. A hundred patriotic organ!
zations which for years met secretly
under the Russian administration of
Poland paraded for the first time.
Hoover Leader Concedes
Rival's Victory.
SENATOR IS 100,000 AHEAD
More Than Half of Stated
- Precincts Counted.
RACE IN SOUTH CLOSE
Ex-Food Administrator Closely
Contested Even in Home Dis
trict With Result in Doubt.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 4. The re-
Dublican croup of delegates pieageu
suDDort Senator Hiram w. jonnson
rr the nresidency at tne nauonni
convention at Chicago has over
whelmingly defeated the Herbert -Hoover
errouo on the same ballot, on
the face of returns late tonight from
3427 complete precincts out of 6729 in
Th vote at that hour
showed:
.Tnhnson 246.328. Hoover 138,060.
In Los Angeles county, 606 precincts
out of 1275 gave Hoover 39,709, Jonn-
on 30.528. In San Francisco county
KO r.omolete precincts gave Johnson
25,734 and Hoover bi. Aiamcu-.
county with 223 complete pretiiw
.Tnhnnnn 26.305 and xioover
1.009.
Ttalnh P. Merrltt. campaign man
ager of the Hoover republican club
f CaVtornla, tonight conceaea im
lnrtinn of. the senator oonnauu
e-roiin of reDubllcan delegates.
T.iWo e-ood soortsmen we conceoo
the victory and congratulate the win
ner." he said.
The Issues represented by Hoover
will continue to command the atten
tion of the country and eventually at
h -riihlica.n convention Hoover
will be nominated for the presidency,'
Mr. Merritt said.
OAKLAND. Cal.. May 4. Two hun
dred and twenty-three precincts out
of 430 in Alameda county gave: John
son 26,305, Hoover 11.009. -
LOS ANGELES, May 4. Six hun
dred and six city and county precincts
give: Hoover 39,709, Johnson 30,528.
Hoover headquarters here -an
nounced these figures for 4bo cny
precincts and an unknoyn number of
county -precincts: Hoover 39,0o4
Johnson 32,110.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., May 14. One
hundred and eleven . city precincts
complete out of 119 gave: Johnson
11,500, Hoover 337o.
PALO ALTO, Cal.. May 4. Six pre
cints in Palo Alto, the home of Her
bert Hoover, gave: Johnson 473,
Hoover 372.
In Santa Clara county. Hoover'
home county, 67 out of 192 precincts
gave: Johnson 4422, Hoover 2370.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 4. H.
Carnahan, western campaign man
ager for United States Senator Hiram
W. Johnson, in a statement tonight,
said:
"Hiram Johnson is outdoing every
record he ever established In Call
fornia. The results of today's pri
mary will be more than 65.00X) in ex
cess of any plurality Johnson has
ever had before in California in
primary election. At the present
time we are carrying even Los An
geles county, which was claimed by
Mr. Hoover by 75,000 majority. It ie
the greatest sweep In the history o
California politics in a primary
election."
Temporary Head of Republican
Session Expected to Deliver
Keynote Address.
WASHINGTON, D. C. May 4. Sena
tor Lodge of Massachusetts, will be
temporary chairman' of the - repub
lican national convention at 'Chicago
and will deliver the keynote speech.
according to republican leaders in con
gress who have conferred recently
with Chairman Hays of the repub
lican national committee.
Republicans in congress are eald to
ave been virtually unanimous in urg
ing the selection of Senator Lodge by
the committee on arrangements which
will meet at Chicago, May 10. No
contest over the chairmanship Is an
ticipated, although some friends of
Senator Hiram Johnson have been
urging substitution of Senator Borah
f Idaho and reports have reached
ere that ex-Senator Beverjdge of In
diana, also aspires to the chairman
ship. v
Republican platform pronouncements
will be considered here May 23 by
the general platform committee ap
pointed by Chairman Hays. Many
questionnaires on paramount issues
have been turned in by the platform
committee and others. At the confer
ence here, it is expected to outline
some of the general principles, at least
to be recommended to the Chicago
committee on resolutions.
Although May 23 also has been set
for a meeting of the republican na
tional committee at Chicago to take
up the contests of delegates for a
number of states. Chairman Hays was
urged while here this week to post
pone the meeting. Prominent repub
licans here said ' they felt confident
the meeting would be put over until
about June 1.
VOLCANIC PEAK SMOKING
Old Pirates' Lair in Caribbean
Showing Signs of Eruption.
NEW TORK, May 4. Indications
that volcanic eruption is taking place
on the island of Old Providence in
the Caribbean sea were reported here
today by the United Fruit company
steamer Calamares. A wireless message-from
the ship said that volumes
of white smoke were observed ascend
ing from one of its tallest peaks- late
yesterday afternoon. .
Old Providence belongs to Colombia
and is about 120 miles off the coast.
It is 4 miles long and on its north
erly side is the village of Isabel". Early
in the 17th century Old Providence
was the haunt of pirate crews.
SUGAR PROBE IS ORDERED
Utah Official Told to Find Out if
Refinery Rise Justified.
SALT LAKE CITT. Utah, May 4.
A telegram was received here late
today by United States District At
torney Isaac B. Evans from Attorney
General Palmer at Washington, di
recting him to conduct an immediate
investigation to ascertain if the in
crease in wholesale prices of beet
sugar declared Saturday by the Utah
Idaho Sugar company, with headquar
ters in Salt Lake City, was warranted.
On Saturday the company an
nounced increases from 13 to 23
cents per pound.
NOTED PUBLISHER DIES
J. Belford, Who "Discovered" Ella
'Wheeler Wilcox, Passes. .
LOS ANGELES. May 4. Robert J.
Belford, 70, died here today. Mr.
Belford was nationally known in
publishing circles. He brought out
the early works of Ella Wheeler Wil
cox, Gertrude Atherton and many
others.
He was for year a close friend of
Robert Ingersoll.
GEE-WHIZ DOES WILLIAM
Loss Because Rate Increase Halted
Temporarily by Courts Declares
Postmaster-General.
WASHINGTON, May 4. Operation of
the telegraph and telephone .come
panies during the war cost the gov
ernment $14,005,565, Postmaster-General
Burleson informed congress to
day In asking immediate appropria
tion of that amount to liquidate the
affairs of the federal wire adminis
tration. "The deficit," wrote Mr. Burleson,
"Is the outcome of operations Involv
ing gross revenues of over $600,000,
000 and therefore represents less than
2 per cent of the total gross rev-J
enues."
The postmaster-general said that
when taken oyer by the government
many of the companies were not earn
ing operating expenses and a fair re
turn on the Investment because Of in
creased labpr and materials cost.
Mr. Burleson disclosed that no
agreement has yet been reached wltn
the M'ackay companies for the use of
their land lines, forming the Postal
Telegraph system. He said the Postal
earnings daring federal control were
$2,123,392 more than the compensation
awarded by him and that suit for this
sum would be filed by the govern
ment.
-Mr. Burleson said that no loss
would have been suffered had the
government retained operation of the
lines "a few months longer, or had
rate Increases not been temporarily
halted by court injunctions."
Workers expel ebert
German President Voted Out by
Saddlers' Union.
BERLIN, May 4. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) President Ebert, who,
before he became president of Ger
many, was a harness maker, has been
expelled from the saddlers' union of
Berlin by a vote of 1200 to 5. The
ground taken by his opponents was
that he .signed the death warrant of
a man named Kopp, who had been
convicted of murder. The resolution
calling' for' the expulsion of Ebert
said:
"This assembly no longer recog
mzes me president ot tne empire as a
colleague., inasmuch as he violated all
socialistic principles, which do not
admit of punishment by death."
FIRST AIR LETTER MAILED
Missive. Sent Throuch . Sookane
Postoffice to Walla Walla.
SPOKANE, Wash., May 4. What
was believed by the sender to be the
first airplane letter ever mailed
through the local postoffice was sen
today by Henry A. Wise, manager of
the local American Legion post, to
Howard S. Root, adjutant of the Amer
lean Legion post at Walla Walla. It
was to be carried by an aviator for a
local cornmercial aviation company.
The letter contained a resolution
passed by the local post asking that
an ex-service man serving a term in
the state penitentiary for an. alleged
offense committed before the war b
pardoned. '
MRS. FIELD IS . MARRIED
Niece of Lady Astor Becomes Bride
of A. R. L. F. Tree.
LONDON, May 4. Nancy Perkin
Field, widow of Henry Marshall Fiel
of Chicago, was married today to
Arthur Ronald Lambert Field Tree
The- bride, who is a niece of Lady
Astor, was given away by Viscoun
Astor. i .
Mr. Tree is a son of Lady Beatty
wife of Admiral Viscount Beatty, by
a former marriage, and therefore
eousin by marriage of the bride. M
XMelri rtlort In Npw VnrL- in 1017 fnl
I lowing an operation.
GET ALL , THE BEDCLOTHES?
Roads' Needs Submitted
by Executives.
HEIGHT LIFT IS PROPOSED
Figures Mark Formal- Open-
ing of Rate Case.
EXPENSES PASS REVENUE
Action by Commission to Bring In
come of Carriers to Six Per
cent Basis Advocated.
WASHINGTON, May 4. (By the
Associated Press.) The nation's rail
roads will need an additional $.1,017.
C00.000 to bring their income to the
6 per cent basis provided in the trans
portation act.
Through the association of railway
executives the roads proposed to the
nterstate commerce commission to
day that this sum be realized through
ncreased freight charges, leaving the
passenger rates at the present level.
The advances in freight rates pro
posed were:
Eastern roads. 30.4 per cent to yield
an advance in al'. revenues of 21.1
per cent.
Southern roads, 30.9 per cent to pro
vide 20.7 per cent larger revenue.
Western roads, 23.9 per cent to ad
vance all revenues 17 per cent. .
Roads' '?t Income Falla.
Presentation of the figures marked
the formal . opening of the railroad
rate case. While detailed statements
submitted to the commission today
covered only the eastern lines, est!
mates of the needed increase of the
western and southern groups accom
panied the initial suggestions upon
which the commission is to determine
an entire new rate structure.
Net incomeof all the country's rail
roads fell from $1,056,000,000 in 1916 to
$510,000,000 last year, the railroads
claim, while their Investment has in
creased more than $2,000,000,000. These'
figures were given to serve as a basis
from, which the commission could
work in developing a scale of rates to
meet the government guarantee.
Ex pease Faun Revenues.
An estimated valuation of $20,616,-
000.000 was placed on the transporta
tion systems of the country o-y Daniel
Willard, president of the Baltimore &
Ohio jailway. While there has been
an increase in operating expenses of
99.1 per cent since 1916, .the roads'
basis of revenue for thg same period
has been increased only 36.37 per cent,
the executive statement declared, and
the operating expenses of the lines
now are 99 per cent of the revenue
against 69 per cent in 1916.
This year and next the eastern lines
alone face the renewal of nearly $250,
000.000 in maturing obligations, Mr.
Willard said in discussing the prob
lem of financing the roads.
Problem Difficult One.
Some of these loans and bonds have
been bearing an interest rate as low
as 3 per cent and Mr, Willard de
clared that in taking care of this
amount of obligations at the current
rate of interest necessitated the most
careful study of the revenue produc
tion question in order that the roads'
credit be kept unimpaired.
"Further, the European markets,
heretofore available for American
railroad issues, are now closed to us,"
he said, "and in fact are absorbing
our surplus funds, and this applies
(Concluded on Page 2, Coiumn 2.
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Imprisonment of Political Offend
ers Without Hearing Held
to Violate Justice. .
WASHINGTON. May 4. A cable
gram signed by SS members of the
house, protesting against imprison
ment without arraignment or trial of
persons arrested in Ireland for po
litical offenses, was sent today to
Premier Lloyd George and the Brit
lsh parliament.
The message said:
"With the profound conviction that
further wars and acts of war should
be avoided, and believing that whole
sale arrests without arraignment or
trial disturb the peace and tranquil
lity of a people," are destructive of
human rights and are" at variance
with that principle of liberty which
is embodied in the United States con
stitution In the provision that no
person shall be 'deprived of life, lib
erty or property without due process
of law. the undersigned members of
congress of the United States -of
America protest against further im
prisonment without arraignment or
trial of persons residing in Ireland
arrested for acts of a political na
ture; and we ask in the spirit of
American freedom and love of jus
tice, out of our friendliness to the
peoples of England and Ireland, and
in the name of international peace,
that hereafter, if- arrests based upon
acts of a political nature are made
in Ireland by any form of authority,
the right of trial ehall without un
reasonable delay be accorded the ac
cused." EX-KAISER SEEKS FUNDS
Former Emperor's Slate Carriage
Is Offered for Sale.
THE HAGUE. May 4. (By the As
sociated Press.) Horses,, carriages
and harness belonging to the former
German emperor, including a set of
gold-mounted harness presented him
by the pope, are offered for sale in a
display advertisement In tonight's
Handelsblad. .
So far as the Associated Press is
able to learn, no doubt exists that it
is Count Hohenzollern himself who is
disposing of the goods. For some
time past rumor at Amerongen has
had it that the former emperor's
financial condition has not been
thriving. Emphasis is laid upon the
historical value of the articles in the
advertsement, which -declares that
documents will be furnished to prove
they are genuine.
STEP CLIMBER WINS BET
Broker Ascends 4 7 Stories in 9
Minutes for $1600 Wager.
NEW YORK, May 4. Howard de C.
Roome, a real estate broker, who
years ago was a star halfback and
pole vaulter ' at Yale, today won a
wager of $1600 from J. Ford Johnson.
another broker, by climbing 940 steps
in the Equitable building, 47 stories.
from boiler" room to flagpole, in the
record time of 8 minutes 51 2-5 sec
onds. Several thousand dollars were
said to have changed hands.
The recent elevator operators' strike
was responsible for the odd contest.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature.
61 decree': minimum, 40 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; westerly winds.
Foreign. '
Biff steel combine la Canada debated In
house ot commons. Paso 16.
Xationul.
Huge fund asked by Burleson to cover wire
loss. Paso 1-
Railroads need billion to bring; thdlr income
to 6 per cent basis. Page 1.
Peace resolution on schedule today. Page 6,
88 representatives in congress, in message
to British premier, protest Irish policy.
Page 1.
Bonus legislation In behalf of ex-servlca
men now believed unlikely. Page 2.
Harding believed to be out of race. Page 3.
Problem of disarmament proceedings to be
taken up by league council at Rome.
Page 4.
Republican leaders In congress slate Sen
ator Lodge for temparary chairmanship
of party convention. Page 1.
Democrat In house says SSS.000.0OO needed
annually to enforce prohibition. Page 2.
Domestic.
Railroad strikers lose right of seniority.
Page 2.
Alleged bigamist-murderer witnesses ex
humation of woman victim. Page 1.
Methodists hear report of work in foreign
fields. Page 4.
Wood holds lead in Indiana with Johnson
second. Page 1.
Johnson defeats Hoover in California pri
mary. Page 1.
Plucky New York woman fights burglar on
roof ot nome. rage t.
Pacific Northwest.
Bourbon factions In Washington alt .assert
victory. Page 5.
State board of control urged to sell $2,500,-
00O of road bonds. Page 5.
Progress being made towards getting Na
tional uuara of Oregon into good shape.
Page 7.
Idaho convict murdered by fellow prisoner.
Page 1.
8 port.
Washington high hoVds league lead by de
feating Franklin. Page 14.
Coast league results: Salt Lake 5. Sacra
mento 0; San Francisco 2. Los Angeles
5: Vernon 5. Oakland 4; .Seattle 0,
Portland 4. Page 14.
Class AA nines to play double header
Sunday. Page 15.
Commercial and Marine.
Higher premiums paid for wheat In north
west. Pase 23.
Corn and oats continue to advance at Chi
cago. Page 23.
Stock market reverse its recent course.
Page 23.
Fuel oil shortage hits coast ships. Page 22.
Portland and Vicinity.
Law limiting rents depends on attitude of
apartment house operators. Page 8.
Bakeries manage to provide bread despite
strike, Page 12. '
Marked Increase in city building shown by
report of Inspector Plummer. Page 13.
Records of various Oregon legislative can
didates scrutinized. Page 8.
Railway chieftains gather In Portland.
Pa 14. ..
WOMAN'S BODY IS EXHUMED
Accused, Haggard, White
Faced, Yet Composed.
MURDER CHARGE FOLLOWS
Formal Accusation Preferred Atteff
Inquest Following Successful
Search in Hills.
EL CENTRO; Cal.. May 4. As th
hour approached for the officers to
place Watson on the train for hi3 re
turn to Los Angeles tonight, after ha
had located the grave of Nina Le
Deloney and calmly testified at the
inquest that he had killed her, a
growing mob gathered at 'the rail
road Station and threats of lynching
grew so loud that Sheriff Applestill
and the Los Angeles deputies spirited
their prisoner to another station by;
automobile, concealing their destina
tion. The mob had not learned of the
change of plans and was still waiting
at the depot at 9 o'clock.
EL. CENTRO. Cal., May 4. Walter
Andrew Watson, alleged bigamist
murderer, was formally charged with
murder here late today when a cor
oner's Jury which held an inquest
over the body of Nina Lee Deloney,
which was recovered this morning:
from its hidden burial spot in west
ern Imperial county, returned a ver
dict that "death was caused by a
blow on the head by James Watson."
The latter Is another name by whictt
the prisoner is known.
The verdict also recounted the long
period which the body had lain in the)
lonely spot near Coyote Wells, where
Watson piloted a party of official
searchers from Los Angeles and add
ed that the blow which caused death;
had been by a "blunt instrument, pre
sumably a hammer, and by Watson,
he- having admitted it."
Watson, Identifies Body.
Watson was the principal witness
at the Inquest. He Identified the
body as that of "my wife. Mrs. De
loney." He also told the jury he had
killed Her and had buried the body
in the lonely grave in a gulch in the
mountains 30 miles west of EI Centro.
Watson had said he "could find
the body with his eyes shut," but
it was with his eyes wide open and
staring, as if afraid to see it and
still afraid not to see it, officers said,
that he pointed out the small sepul
chre in the sands
Watson's snow of strength from the
time he left his cot in the L'os An
geles county hospital last night to
board the train for the- Imperial Val
ley was maintained until the body
was actually found. Then, physicians
in the party said, he suffered both,
mental and physical reactions from
the ordeal through which he had
passed to prove he had told the truth
in his alleged confession.
Bis; Crowd Attracted.
From the time he arrived in El
Centro early today until his departure
tonight he proved of great interest
to the people of Imperial Valley.
Many neglected their opportunity to
vote at the presidential primaries in
order to see the alleged murderer-bigamist.
Five hundred or more in au
tomobiles formed a procession behind
the ambulance which bore him across
the hot desert stretches of western
Imperial county to learn whether he
could make good his claim that he
could prove his alleged guilt.
The crowd at the railroad station
was so large and almost sinister in its
silence that it frightened him, but he
was reassured when officers told him
it had no purpose other than to see
him. t
Within ten minutes after arriving
at a point opposite Sugarloaf. or at
10:10 o'clock this morning. Watson,
helped from the ambulance by Sheriff
Charles Applestill of Imperial county
and Deputy Sheriff Harvey Bell of
Los Angeles, had pointed out a spot
not far from the side of the boulevard
to San Diego, where he said the grave
would be found. He stood on a small
pateau and surveyed the mountain
side. Bnrlai Piece Indicated.
"Where have you been digging?"
he asked.
When told, he looked a little to the
left and said:
"You will find it right up there in
the gully."
He dropped to his hands and knees
and in the sand drew a diagram of a
small shelf he said would be found
In the gulch, and described how three,
rocks marked the head of the grave.
"Call out when you find it," he
begged, "and I'll go back to the am
bulance." As he spoke he pointed, (and as he
pointed the crowd of searchers and
those who had followed started up
the mountainside.
Within two minutes Mayor O. M.
Ohmstede of El Centro cried out:
-Hero it is." ,
Body Finally Found.
A small shelf upon wnich water
formed after running down the side
of the gulch In the rainy season was
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