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16 TIIE MORNING OTIEG ONI AN, SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1920 TREATY WILL BRING WAR AVERS ROBINS Johnson Booster Says Wilson Betraved Ideals. RUSSIA POLICY RAPPED American Intervention Is Declared .Responsible, for Red Army of 8,000,000 Men. The treaty of Versailles -will be one of the issues ot the presidential cam paign; this treaty will bring on the next war: American Intervention in Kusaia is responsible lor tue red army of 3,000,000 men; President Wil son surrendered, abandoned and be trayed everything he taught the peo ple to believe in when be went to Versailles. Such are some of the hteh points in the speech of Raymond Robins at the auditorium last night. While the mass meeting was pri marily in behalf of the candidacy of Senator Johnson, Mr. Robins devoted most of his time to a discussion of the treaty and criticism of the pres ent administration. C. A. A. McGee, who was also pro grammed to deliver an address, limit ed his remarks to a few apt stories " illustrating his own predicament, for when Mr. Robins was finished speaking- the hour was so late that a large part of the audience departed. Dr. W. T. McBlveen acted as chairman of .the meeting. Hoover Called Stalking Horse. Hoover is a stalking horse for Gen eral Wood; Lowden has been too long associated with "privilege," and as for Wood, the people have almost had enough of bayonets, ruthlessness and ". war, declared Mr. Robins in his sum mary of the opposing candidates. The issues of the coming campaign, according to Mr. Robins, will be: The Versailles treaty and league of na tions; free speech and free press; the high cost of living and American ism. "I believe," said Mr. Robins, "that the league of nations and the treaty of Versailles shall be an issue in this campaign. The issues involved i in the league and the enforcement Jof that treaty are so far-reaching, touching intimately every home and , the future of the nation's life, that , nothing else than the deliberate .'judgment of the whole American peo ple is sufficient on the league of na tions. Both Are Now Opposed. " "I was eager to support both the treaty and the league, but after much "reading and thorough analysis of the treaty of Versailles in 'all its pro visions, and its numberless pages, I am unqualifiedly opposed to both the treaty and the league. I denounce those instruments as instruments of violence and force, promoting war rather than peace, and I believe that ' the pledge under the league of nations would mean to bind the nanhood and the money of America to the sup port of imperialistic purposes and bankrupt nations of Europe, rather than to the service that needs a place In this land. "And I declare here that the treaty of Versailles is going to bring the next war that is to come, out of the oriental world. I refer, .of course, to Shantung. Take 30,000,0;0 of Chinese and one of the most valuable por tions of the Chinese empire, and their most valuable port, and turn it over arbitrarily to another nation, and you' have laid the seed of another war. I ask, in obedience to what principle of self-determination, in obedience to what principle of making the world safe for democracy, in obedience of what interpretation of self-deter mination, were these 30,000,000 Chinese in Shantung turned over to be exploited by the Japanese. Japan's Ambitions Attacked. "Japan today Is seeking to do In the Orient exactly what the Germans sought to do In the west and that by exactly the same methods, the will to power, the idea that might makes right, the. development of ruthless force that has been her method in ripnliti? with tnren in Hftalintr with Formosa; that has been her method in dealing' with Manchuria, and is her method in dealing, tonight as we are gathered here, with Shantung-, "Ask any American officer or sol dier who served in Siberia as to what was the attitude of Japan to .America, the attitude of the Rus sian people, and they will tell you a long story of intrigue, imperialistic purposes, ruthless force, seeking to dominate the Oriental world. And now tonight the imperialistic group in japan can Justlty their imperial ism in the terms of the rich province that has been brought to them by their sword and their demands at the council of Versailles. Risrnt Rnla Recalled. "In Russia for 400 years white Christian Slavic Russia has had to fight for her life against the Mongol, the Tartar and the Japanese that they lave struggled through genera tions and they have thrown the Mongol back, they have been defeated by the Japanese, but the whole cul ture of the land is one of present fear of the yellow peril which was a real peril to them through their past history with a frontier of 600 miles. "And then, in the supreme absurd ity of history, we take our boys and our flag and our bayonets and we put them behind a Japanese general and a Japanese flag with a Japanese commander-in-chief, and then go into , Russia to establish democracy under the imperial ensign of the mikado, Free Speech Declared Iaaue. "There will be another Issue in this campaign, the issue of free speech and free press. In times of stress and strain, there are not wanting those wno reel mat rucniessness is more satisfactory than a reasonable action of public law. We are in such a time today. There was a ruthless period created by the world war. The spirit or men dealing witn lire wholly on th basis of force has tended to increas ruthlessness and lessen respect for - the orders or tne law. "But as soon as imperialism wa beaten, as soon as war had again be come peace, l was willing that-th contentions of free speech and press should be again Inaugurated and that we should not have the very evil that we seek to destroy. Bayonets against ideas is the oldest failure of history." Free Jadgmeat I pheld. Speaking of the "Americanism" la.ue, Mr. Robins declared there is . genuine Americanism, "something that came out of the working and the suffering throughout the war, and the spirit that has made the nation great. Here you are tonight, free men and women of a great city. You have the right to your own free judg ment, the right not to be driven, not to be whipped into line. You have the right not to be lied to by Inter ested newspapers. You have the right to the honest Judgment of free men, and not to be subject to the man who seeks to whip you by fear of economlo need, or betray you by giving you false facts as news. That man can shout Americanism until he Is black In the face, but. he Is the enemy of genuine Americanism. "Economic liberty, religious liberty, political liberty, that Is the American ism that is worth your while, and that is the Americanism that we are fight ing for here tonight. Those are the issues in my judgment that will be the' foundation of this campaign." To Senator Johnson Mr. Robins gave the credit for having the American soldiers withdrawn from Siberia. And the speaker called attention to Sen ator Johnson's swing around the cir cle on the trail of President Wilson, when the latter 'was making his ap peal to the people last year, and how the senator gradually caused the pub lic 'to think on the Versailles treaty and its terms until sentiment has swung away from that document. World Exploitation Charged. One- of .iihe main Indictments brought by Mr. Robins was that the American soldiers were used to enable the international Imperialists to ex ploit the rest of the world. The audi ence was responsive particularly when the treaty was . being assailed, and when the speaker charged the men at the peace -council with tricking President Wilson and the president, himself, making an abject surrender. There Is no hope of any president, irrespective of party, being able to bring down the- high cost of living, gloomily predicted the. speaker. Mr. McGee referred to by Colonel Roosevelt as "a typical American," was called on too late to make an extended speech, but won applause by telling a few stories in which he sandwiched a number of telling points. It was announced that Mr. McGee and Eugene E. Smith would hold a debate at the auditorium Mon- ay night, M. McGee representing ohnson and Mr. Smith appearing for Wood. CHORUS APPEARS TONIGHT Singers Who Gave "Creation" to Give Concert at Auditorium. In view of the success achieved Thursday night by the musical festi val chorus in presenting Haydn's laam-asn . aaaaaaaaaaparaa ' 4s- .- , Jt r Si - T'i - l hsr - an itwt'&jP J .- " ' SOCIALISTS HOLD TO T IT IT 1 L Party Reserves Right to Fix Own National Policy. OTHER PROPOSALS BEATEN Attempt of Berger to HaTe Con vention Renounce Communists Is Rejected. Martha Atwood. aoprano, to ap pear at auditorium tonight. Creation," the programme for to night's festival will be anticipated with interest. The chorus will appear n a number of miscellaneous selec tions, while two soloists. Miss Martha Atwood, soprano, and E. Graham Mor gan, tenor, will each give several groups of solos. Complete programme follows: 'Oh Italia, Italia, Beloved." from Lu- cretia (Donizetti), chorus; "II est doux 11 ebt bon," in French, from opera "Herodi ade" (Masaanct); (a) "Dance the Roraal- ka" (Harriet Ware), (b) "Wait Till Ah Put on Man Crown" (negro spiritual ar ranged by Keddick), (c) "Daybreak" (Ma bel Daniels), Miss Atwood; "The God of Abra'am Praije" (Finley), chorus; (a) Vainement. ma bien aimee" (Eaouaxd Lalo), (b) "1'ultlma Canzone" (Tosti), E. Graham Morgan; "Barcarolle, from "Tales of Hoffman" (Offenbach), chorus. with oblig-ato by Miss Atwood. Intermis sion. The Lons Day YJlosea (Sullivan), chorus; (a) ' "Apres un Keve." After a Dream, in French iFatire); (b) "Fanchon ette" (Clarke), (c) "Boats of Mine" (Mil ler), (d) "Heart Call". (Vanderpool), Miss Martha Atwood; "The Bells of St. Mary's (Adams), chorus: (a) "Eleanore" (Col- eridre-.Taylor), (b) "Thy Wonderful Eyes" (Richaril Strauss), E. Graham Morgan; Be Not Atraid," from "Elijah" (Mendels sohn), chorus. GAS RISE IS PROTESTED Yakima Valley Towns Affected by Proposed Increases. YAKIMA, Wash., May 14. Protests against the proposed increase of bout 20 per cent in the gas rates of the Pacific Power & Light company will be heard before the public serv ice commission on June 14 here, ac cording to the notice received today from J. H. Brown, secretary of the commission. All the commissioners, it is expected, will be here for the hearing, which will be followed by a day-long session during which the electric light rates in which a simi lar advance is asked will be consid ered. Thirteen Yakima Valley towns are affected, by the increase In elec tric light service, Yakima being the only one to suffer from the Increased price of gas. Similar hearings are to be held at Kennewick on June 17, at Walla Walla June 18. and at White Salmon on June 19. In each case the hear Ings will allow time for Informal complaints regarding the service be ing given by the company.. P0RTLANDERS TAKE LEAD (Continued From First Paire.) pursuit of an aggressive . policy in going into ' foreign trade will be adopted. F. J. "Koster has called a conference for tomorrow morning, at which the proposal for the formation of a fed eration of Pacific ports export interests will be considered. It will be held at a breakfast meeting and may lead to recommendations - for some action by the council as to the relationship of such organizations to the national body. . X?W YORK. May 14. The socialist party of America at its national con vention here today-voted to reaffirm its allegiance to the third (Moscow) Internationale, with reservations, in cluding that of determining Its own national policy. By a vote of 90 to 40 it rejected a proposal by J. Louis Kngdahl of Chi cago to pledge without reservation its allegiance to the Third Interna tionale, which was attacked during the socialist investigation in Albany as the organization that, at the bid ding of Lenlne and Trotzky, had is sued a call for violent world-wide revolution. Berber's Proposal Defeated. A proposal by Victor L. Berger of Milwaukee, who assailed the third In ternationale as the organization " of communists and not socialists, to pledge faith to the old second Inter nationale, composed chiefly of the ma jority socialist party in Germany, also was defeated. The party at its national conven tion last year had expressed sympa thy with the third Internationale and this year Its committee on Interna tional relations, . headed by Morris Hillquit, returned a majority report urging a pledge of allegiance to the Moscow Internationale with reserva tions, especially concerning the dlc tat'ortirilp of the proletariat, which Hillquit denounced. The minority re ports submitted by Kngdahl and Ber ger, however, . precipitated debate which lasted most of the day. The majority report declared that: World Union Is Favored. "The socialist party of the United States, while retaining adherence to the third Internationale, instructs its executive committee, its International secretary and Its international dele gates to be elected: "1 To insist that no formula euch as 'the dictatorship of the proletariat In the form of the Soviets' or any other special formula for the obtaln ment of the socialist commonwealth be imposed or exacted as condition of affiliation with the third. Interna tionale; "2 To participate In movements looking to the union of all true so cialist forces In the world into one International and to unite and fur ther such movements whenever the opportunity Is presented." Delegates Are Elected. Morris Hillquit was elected Inter national secretary of the party, Three International delegates elected were Algernon Lee, New York; James ONeal, Brooklyn, and Joseph E Cohn, Philadelphia, The convention voted by acclama tion to expunge from its records all matters pertaining to a resolution in troduced in behalf of certain Cook county. IHnois, delegates, which Hill quit said cast aspersions on the defense of the five socialist members expelled from the New York assembly. The "wet and dry" issue threatened to bring down an avalanche of de bate, until motion by Cameron H. King, San Francisco, brought a vote to table a resolution to put the party on record as against "prohibitory amendments to the United States con stitution." RELEASE OF DEBS IS ASKED Socialist Committee Presents Peti tlon to Attorney-General Palmer. WASHINGTON, May 14. Release of Eugene V. Debs, the socialist party's nominee for president, and all othem political prisoners, was asked in a pe tition presented to Attorney-General Palmer today by a committee appoint ed at the socialist convention In New York with Seymour Stedman, the par ty's vice-president nominee, as chair man. The committee will see Secretary Tumulty at the Whte House tomorrow to present a similar petition to Presi dent Wilson and on Monday another committee will call on Secretary Baker. A joint decision on the three petitions Is expected. Mr. Stedman said he delegation did not believe that Mr. Palmer had been favorably Impressed by the appeal for general amnesty. He added that the attorney-general had told them that he would take under advisement the matter of releasing Debs. The memorial presented to the attorney-general said that the practice of prosecuting citizens for holding and expressing political views opposed to those of the administration In power, or for participating in working class movements and struggles not favored by it, "is deeply- repugnant to the genius of democracy." "When It is resorted to in times of war," continued the memorial, "it Is inwardly done upon the justification that the critical emergencies of war dinary measures." time conditions necessitate extraor The memorial said that all sowers participating m the war with the ex ceptlon of the United States had granted amnesty., to their political prisoners, ana continued: "To say that the United States 1 still at war is to reply to a demand for justice by an unworthy quibble and tecnnicaiity. the speaker who has come from Los Angelep to take part - In the Oregon campaign. A caravan of three automobiles will leave Albany this morning, a pic turesque touch being added -by a brass band quartet. Independence will be reached at 8:30 A. M., Mon mouth 9:45 A. M., Dallas 11 A. M., Sheridan 12:30 P. M., Amity 2 P. M-, Whlteson 2:45 P. M. rayton 3:45 P. M.. Newberg 4:45 P. M., McMlnn vllle 6 P. M. Brief talks will, be made at each point and at McMinnville an evening meeting will be held. Mr. Flowers will speak at Salem Monday night, at Corvallis Tuesday night, while he will pass Wednesday and Thursday in Portland, on Wednesday and Thursday in Portland, Wednesday evening - addressing the women voters of Portland on "The American Woman In Politics." Thurs day night he will close the Oregon campaign at the municipal audito-. rium with a personal message from Leonard Wood to the people of Ore gon. His subject will be.' "Leonard Wood.- the Man of the Hour." BISHOP REPORT IS READY COMMITTEE XOT TO FAVOR LIMIT OA TERM. cllers on Ballot Xot Xcar End of Task. 9 7 64 Votes to ' Be Counted. DES MOINES. Ia.. May 14. The committee on episcopacy has decided to recommend to the Methodist Episcopal general conference non-concurrence in the proposed plan or limiting me terms of office of the bishops of the church, according to reports tonight. Various plans were submitted to the committee, the majority asking that the bishons be elected for eight years, at the expiration of which they should gain become pastors unless re-elect ed. This report will be Brought pe for'e the general conference the first oT next week for action. Another plan submitted to the same committee was that the bishop pre ding over an annual conierence should not appoint any pastor to any charge without the consent of a ma- ority of the district superintendents of the congregation. The committee will .also recommend non-concurrence in this memorial. Tellers, after working five hours on, the first ballot for bishops, were not near the end of their task. A total of 822 ballots were cast, each bearing the name of 12 candidates. making a total of 9764 individual votes to be recorded before the re sult could be known. The balloting today to select bish ops or general superintendents for the places of the missionary bishops whose offices were abolished by the conference resulted In the election of former missionary bishors. Frank W. Warne and John W. Robinson, both of India, and Eben S. Johnson, of Africa. Taking ot Ransom Charged. SPOKANE, Wash.. May 14. James D. Neaville, 42, employe of a local magazine reading club, was arrested today after. It is alleged, he had taken from its depository a letter contain ing $3000 placed In the hiding place In reply to a letter sent to L. Porter. secretary of the Western Retail Lum bermen's association, threatening to kidnap Mr. Porter's 9-year-old son if the money was not forthcoming-. Church Site Is Bought. CHEHALIS, Wash., May 14. (Spe Cial.) The Methodist Episcopal church yesterday closed a deal for the purchase of the corner opposite the Cbehalis high school building at the southeast corner of Market and Main streets as a site for the $30,000 chu,rch to be erected. C. W. Maynard of Olympla owned the property. GASOLINE SHORTAGE FELT Limitation on Pleasure Cars Ex tended to Commercial Vehicles. KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. May 14. (Special.) bhortage of gasoline is be coming acute here and may result in the closing down or all sawmills which are supplied with logs direct from the woods by motor truck. Most of the large mills have a reserve sup ply of logs. Both local distributing stations are virtually out of gasoline and neither expects immediate con signment. Pleasure cars have been limited to two gallons all week, but today com mercial vehicles were included. Man agers of both distributing plants stated that it might be eix days be fore the situation was relieved. HOOVER MEN SHIFT E TO LEAGUE RiV State Organization Takes Up -Campaign Slogan. NEW COURSE OUTLINED ACKER DENIES CHARGE E. II. Stanton Says Armours Did Not Try to Buy Plant. SPOKANE, Wash., May 14. That he never had been approached by the Armour &. Co. interests with a view to selling his plant and that the Armour company was one of his strongest competitors was testimony given today by E. H. Stanton, the purchase of whose packing plant in 1917 by the Armour company is charged by the government to have violated the Clayton anti-trust act. Stanton, who had been summoned as a government witness, testified on cross-examination that Armour & Co. had never undersold him in the Spo kane territory. Later he admitted that he "might have" made the state ment to a federal trade commission examiner that if the Armour inter ests did not stop their price-cutting he would compain to the trade com mission. The witness testified that he never had been approached by the Armour interests until he had made a previ ous effort to sell to other interests. The government expects to conclude presentation of its case tomorrow. Allegiance to Candidate Is De clared Unchanged Attitude ot Candidates Watched. While the campaign for votes fori Herbert Hoover In the republican I primary conducted by the Hoover Republican Club of Oregon ceased I yesterday, the activities of the Hoover I state organization did not cease. I They merely took the new angle of a campaign in Oregon in behalf of the adoption of a league of nations plank with the republican senate reservations by the republican na tional convention. In outlining the new activities of the Hoover Republican club. Chair man Murphy and Secretary Leiter last I night issued the following statement: Mr. Hoover places the prompt! ratification of the treaty and the league of nations with reservations I supported by the majority of the re publican senators as of greater im portance to the national welfare than a mere complimentary vote for hlml in the Oregon republican primary. Candidates' Attitude Tested. "Following out our interpretation of Mr. Hoover's wishes and his re quest that we keep to the front 'the right alignment of the republican party on the many issues and espe cially that we use our influence that the republican platform shall in dorse the prompt ratification of the treaty and approve the reservations,' we will request each candidate for lection as delegate to the repub lican national convention to express! his position definitely upon this great issue of the campaign. This I action, we believe, is rendered neces-1 sary by the fact that the slogans of practically all the candidates rinted on the official ballot are silent with regard to their stand on the I leatrue of nations Issue. "With th end in view of obtaining expressions from the candidates fori delegates, letters and telegrams Willi be addressed to them asking their definite positions on this issue and I their replies .will be made public! hrough the press and disseminated to the Hoover supporters throughout tne state. Allegiance Ia Unchanged. To the many Hoover supporters I throughout the state we wish to say that while our active campaign for votes for Mr. Hoover In the Oregon republican primary has ceased our allegiance to him as a candidate at the republican national convention has not been changed. We continue I to advocate his nomination at the! Chicago convention where his name will be strongly presented. Leaders of the republican party! are turning to him as the strongest candidate to lead the republican party I on the paramount issue of the cam paign, the league of nations issue. Mr. Hoover s statement to us shows that he places the national Interest above self and again demonstrates! his supreme fitness for the presi dency." STUDENTS "EGG TEACHER Voungsters Enraged Because of Low Examination Grades. ST. LOtlS. Mo.. May 14. Students showered eggs at Franklin J. Vines. ranking instructor in a suburban high school, as he was leaving today at the end of the scholastic year. The students were enraged because they received low grades. Mr. Vines told the police he was compelled to flourish a revolver to rout the youth ful assailants. Three I. W. W. Sentenced. -WALLA WALLA. Wash.. May 14. (Special.) Three men convicted this week of being I. W. W. were sen tenced today to six months to ten years in the penitentiary. They are Dan Stewart, O. Kowalchuk and Joe McCaskil. MAY'TIME FESTIVAL AND FAIR OPKXS TONIGHT. A ... - 1 1 ' -V U , 'A' - . S f aH kv d - "'tiirTnr. yMiriaV"" I BREW PLOT. DISCOVERED LARGE AMOUNT OF MALT AXD HOPS SEIZED IX RAID. Authorities in Xew Orleans find Names of Persons Buying Brewing Outfits. . NEW ORLEANS. May 14. Evidence which the authorities say involves more than 10,000 persons In New Orleans and the gulf coast states in violation of the national prohibition law was gathered in a raid today on the Tropical Food Products company. Hundreds of cases of malt, several barrels of hops and thousands of pre scriptions said to give instructions In how to make home brew with high alcoholic percentage were con fiscated by prohibition enforcement officers. Books of the company in which are I said to be recorded the names of thousands of persons who have pur chased home brew outfits also were taken. HELD OVER THE SUPER PHOTOPLAY 66 LAST DAY TODAY ONLY 99- LAST DAY IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIil STARTING SUNDAY l , imii mm . in mi a mit ii m A WONDER PHOTOPLAY o STAGED UNDER XVTi:R IN A BEWILDERING BACKGROUND OF TROPICAL VERDURE A -t'. INlfl?- -NOTE:- We can tratafnlly say, wot fear at ancreaafnl contradiction, tht tbia la the moat darinK and first perfect photoplay ever at a Bed on the ocean bed a novelty which will Intereat. thrill and aattafy. THE MANAGEMENT. MIS - 3 V a. . V ' lr OUR SPECIAL FEATURE MISS PHYLLIS WOLFE AMERICAN PREVIA DONNA LATE OF MILAN, ITALY "KINOGRAM" COMEDY A. Mi - - ' A. r 81 STARTS TOMORROW Cgurso ; WASH INGTON STREET, CORNER WEST PARK MISCHA GUTERSON Director General J. C. STILLE Manager RIVOLf nTEBT ORCHESTRA Pcraonally Ulrectrd by MISHV GITTERSON Flunoua Rnaatan Conductor SPECIAL Sl'XDAY CO.NTKBT 12::t0 Noon, Slay 16, Midsummer Night's Dream.. Mendelssohn My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice Saint-Saens Mile. Modiste Herbert Musetta Waltz from La Boheme Puccini Introducing Miss Phyllis Wolfe Jolly Fellows R. Vollstedt WEEKDAY CONCERTS Mile. Modiste Herbert Musetta Waltz from L.a Boheme l'uccini Introducing Miss Phyllis Wolfe riH-gi- laiin-r'- i' i IMil terest in his literary effort but de ferred final consideration pending- a translation into English. Mr. Photos plans an immediate English scenario. Mr. Photos expects to pass a week in Portland. 2 YEARS OF HIDING ENDS Ex-Soldier, AVho Overstayed His Iieave, Gives Self Up. CHILLICOTHE. O.. May 14. After nearly two years of hiding: in the caves of Hocking; valley near Adel- I phla, O., In the fear that he would face a firing; squad If discovered, Carl Amerine. 24, who overstayed a leave ot absence and became a deserter from the 84th division, late yesterday afternoon gave himself up to military authorities at Camp Sherman, near here, it became known today. While In hiding- Amerine was fur nished food by his wife. KAISER GIVES OWN BUST Former Emperor Expresses Thanks to Count for Hospitality. AMERONGEN, Holland. May 14. (By the Associated Press.) Former Emperor William at a dinner Tuesday night thanked Count von Bentinck for his hospitality and for- all the trouble and inconvenience he suffered for his Bake.- As a keepsake he presented a mar ble bust of himself to the count. issue (45,000 in. bonds for the pur chase of a motor-driven fire truek and the construction of a comfort station. Simultaneously, electors vot ed a charter amendment that will per mit the expenditure of funds for the purchase of park property. This will give the council power to buy addi tional ground for a free automobile campinp- park. Xon-Support Fugitive Caught. Police last night arrested Sherman Pet h ley, who Is wanted at Montesano, Wash., on a charge of non-support. Pethley was taken into custody at Broadway and Taylor street. He waives extradition. BOND DEALER IS SUICIDE Shooting Follows Arrest on Charge of $30,000 Theft. MONTREAL. May 14. William Gra ham Browne, head of the bond firm of W. Graham Browne & Co., committed suicide bx shooting here tonight a few hours after his arrest on charge of the theft of $50,000 from the Royal bank of Canada. -The shooting was In a room adjoin ing his lawyer's office. - $45,000 of Bonds Authorized. HOOD RIVER, Or.. May 14. (Spe cial.) By a vote of 139 to 64, electors today authorized the ci council to WOOD SPEAKER ON TOUR Montavlllo Flowers Cover Valley by Auto-Caravan. ' . All the enthusiasm of an old-time political rally is being brought Into the Leonard Wood campaign In Ore gon by Montaville Flowers, who is touring the state for the general. The Willamette valley will be covered by Del Monte H rot arm. vrho have aerial act. The Maytime festival and fair given by the drill team. Multnomah camp. No. 77, Woodmen of the World, opens tonight at Williams avenue and Stan ton street, and the fairgrounds are filled with tents, paraphernalia, con cessions and riggings for all the free attractions. The "Donnybrook Fair Shows" have been engaged by the drill team to furnish all shows and free attractions for the Maytime fes tival and fair. The Del Monte Broth ers, In a senational aerial act, will be one of the main free attractions ap pearing tonight. The fair will con tinue until Sunday night. May 23. PRESERVED FOOD KILLS 1 Four Critically 111 at Florence, Ariz., 'From Vegetables. PHOENIX, Ariz., May 14. One man Is dead and four are critically ill at Florence after having eaten preserved string beans and preserved beets. County Physician Randall of Flor ence made the announcement. Greek Editor Here. George N. Photos, editor of Evzonos a Greek newspaper of Salt Lake City. arrived in Portland last night from Los Angeles, where he has been en deavoring to interest motion picture producers in the movie presentation of his novel, "The Immortal Pure Grecian Love of Immigration." Mr. Photos said that the motion picture producers expressed the greatest in A 1-Ton Ford Truck, oversize pneumatic tires and two spares, all in good condi tion; well-built ex press body; mechan ically in good shape throughout. The price is below its ac tual value. Northwest Auto Co. Alder at 18th Thru Sleeping Car Service Between Portland and Cdos Bay Points TRI-WEEKLY EFFECTIVE MAY 16 From Portland, Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday Evenings. From Coos Bay, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Evenings. Sleeping: cars will be handled to and from Portland in trains 13 and 54. 8:00 P. M. 1:00 A. M. 3:56 4:30 5:38 5:45 7:00 7:15 A. M. Lv. Portland Ar. Eugene Mapleton Cushman Gardiner Reedsport North Bend Ar. MarsMield Lv. 7:20 A. M. 2:25 A. M. 10:57 10:27 9:28 9:25 8:15 8:00 P. M. Coaches will be handled between Eugene and Coos Bay. Trains 13 and 54 carry coaches and sleeping cars. Day coach passengers will change cars at . Eugene. Train from Coos Bay connects at Eugene with 2d train No.'lS (sleeping cars only) for Cali fornia points. . (For further particulars, inquire of agents, JOHN M. SCOTT, General Passenger Agent. Wanted Chairs to Cane by School for Blind FOR PARTICULARS CALL ?::.'MR:J.F,Myers Estab. 20 Years in Portland C. Gee Wo Root and Herb Remedies 162 Yz First St., Portland, Or. A N1 J