VOL. LX XO. 18,833
Entered at Portland (Oregon)
Pnatofflee aa Second-Clan Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 4, 1921
TRICE FIVE .CENTS
RANCHER IS HELD
FOB BANK FRAUD
AGED VADER BANKER
SUICIDE WITH RIFLE
GREEKS IN. BATTLE
ROUTED BY TURKS
EX-EMPEROR IS ILL;
TRICK IS SUSPECTED
SNOW AND ICY GUST
3 AUTOS PILE UP;
DRIVER, GIRL INJURED;
CHEST TO ENTER
HALT SPRING FROLICS
ROADSTER WRECKED
E
T
VEXERABLE WINTER THROWS
CHARLES REIDEL, 71, SHOOTS
SELF THROUGH HEART.
CHARLES' COMDI-nOX IS HELD
"DIPLOMATIC MOVE."
CAR GOES OVER BANK, LEAPS
SCARE IXTO B. V. D. CROWD,
DITCH, TURN'S TURTLE.
3 MEN AR
NEW HOUND TOOAY
C. H. Owen Is Arrested in
" Salt Lake City.
Xote Declares Pioneer Merchant J
Was Despondent Over Health
and Fear or Operation.
LOOT DECLARED $60,000
Participation in Swindle at
Jacksonville Charged.
BAIL FIXED AT $25,000
Sheriff Leaves for Farmer JSaid
to Have Induced Johnson to
Buy "cvada Land.
FALT LAKE CITY, Ctah. April 3.
(Special.) C. H. Owen, wanted In
Med ford. Or., on a charge of aiding
William H. Johnson, cashier and ex
president of the Bank of Jacksonville,
to defraud that institution of $21,000,
was arrested here today 'by Sherif
Emery and held for the Jackson coun
ty authorities.
The search for Owen has been kept
tip since last October, when he was
Indicted by the grand jury for his
alleged part in wrecking the bank.
which failed in August. The request
for his arrest came here Saturday.
Bow the Jackson county authorities
got his address has not been revealed.
Bail for Owen was fixed at 125,000
ty request of Rawles Moore, district
attorney at Medford, Or. Owen has
expressed bis willingness to return
to Oregon without fighting extradi
tion. He declared that the charge
against him was a mistake and that
he did not have anything to do with
the fraud. Aside from that, he de
clined to talk about the case.
Owen, is about SO years old. He
wore good clothes at the time of his
arrest and apparently is a man of
considerable education and accus
tomed to move in good society. He
lived on a ranch about three miles
from Medford during his stay in Ore
gon, which lasted two or three years.
. Word received by the officers here
was to the effect that Owen was ac
cused of defrauding the bank by a
direct overdraft. It was alleged that
l.e and Johnson, cashier in the bank,
. indulged in a joint speculation lit
land in Nevada. Johnson, it was said,
put up most of tlus money, while
Owen, according to the officers, pro
moted the scheme.
It was alleged that the total of the
overdraft was in the neighborhood of
160,000, although only $21,000 was in
cluded In the complaint against
Owen. The alleged overdraft was not
discovered until after the bank failed
and after Owen had been gone from
Oregon for several months.
The Medford sheriff went to Salem
for extradition papers Saturday night
snd was scheduled to leave for Utah
today. He had started on his Journey
before Owen telegraphed that he
would return without making a fight.
Owen was said to have been living
here under the name of C H. Brown,
and the dispatch from Oregon asked
for the arrest of a man of that name.
How. long Owen has been in this city
the police were unable to say.
OWES IS HELD MASTER MIXD
Rancher Understood to Have Lured
Banker Into Scheme.
MEDFORD, Or, April 3. (Special.)
C H. Owen, information of whose
arrest at Salt Lake City reached here
late Saturday, and for whom the
Jackson county authorities have con
ducted a search throughout the United
States ever since the failure of the
Bank of Jacksonville last August, was
generally credited with being the
"master mind" in involving William
H. Johnson, ex-president and cashier,
and precipitating the failure fit that
institution. Owen, ia about SO years
old and formerly conducted a ranch
near Medford. He disappeared from
this vicinity at the time of the bank
failure and had not been heard of
since until he was traced to Salt Lake
City, where his arrest followed Satur
day. It is understood that there are
several indictments against Owen and
that he. owes the bank altogether
about $60,000, including an overdraft
of $21,000 and promissory notes.
Owen was alleged to have interest
ed William H. Johnson in a Nevada
land promotion scheme, and to have
bilked him systematically.
It was understood that the banker.
sent him $750 a week for several
months and that a number of these
checks were cashed in Portland hotels.
On receiving word of Owen's arrest
Prosecutor Moore and Sheriff Terrill
called up the governor's office at
fcalem by telephone and made ar
rangements for the issuing of extra
dition papers quickly. Sheriff Terrill
left later for Salem with the under
standing that the papers would be
delivered to him at the station when
he passed through on the train to
Portland en route to Salt Lake City
to bring back Owen. The sheriff was
presumed to have left Portland for
Salt Lake City tonight.
WINLOCK, Wash., April 3. (Spe
cial.) Charles Reldel, "aged 74, pio
neer merchant of Vader and vice
president of the Little Falls State bank,
was found dead in his bed in a room
in his store building at Vader at 9
o'clock this morning. On his knees
was a 25.20 carbine rifle, v.ith which
he had shot himself in the heart dur
ing the night, and on the bed by his
side was a lengthy note giving de
spondency as the reason for suicide.
Mr. Reidel. who had been a resident
of Vader for more than 25 years, had
been in good health up to a few weeks
ago, when he was obliged to consult
a physician. Early this week he was
to have paid a visit to a physician in
Seattle who had advised him that an
operation would be necessary. For
some time Mr. Reidel had slept alone
lit a room In the back of his store.
When he failed to appear at the fam
ily home for breakfast this morn
ing his sonl Grover, knocked on the
door.
A note found on the bed stated:
"I have reached a period where my
usefulness is ended, and that is the
reason for what I am going to do."
Dr. R. H. Campbell, deputy county
coroner, upon examination, found that
Mr. Reidel had shot himself through
the heart and that he had been dead
for several hours.
Surviving are a widow, eight sons.
Arthur and Herman, who reside in
Eski-Shehr Victory Is Re
ported by Nationalists.
BOLSHEVIK GUNBOATS ASSIS
Transports Land Forces o
Kara Bekir at Ineboli.
THRACE MOVE IS BLOCKED
Nebraska; William of Seattle; Chris
and Roland, who are in business in
South-America: Ernest of Snoqualmle
Falls, Wash.; Grover and John of
Vader, and two daughters, Clara of
Seattle and Dora of Tacoma.
No inquest will be held. Funeral
arrangements await the arrival of
relativea.
aiiIm to Refuse Permission to
Transport Troops Via Constan
tinople or Ismid Railway.
CONSTANTINOPLE. April S. (By
the Associated Press.) The Greeks
have been defeated by the Turks In
the battle at Eski-Shehr, said a com
munication issued by the headquar
tersvof Mustapha Kemal Pasha, Turk
Ish nationalist leader.
Kiazim Kara Bekir, commander of
the Turkish nationalists in Armenia,
with his "army of salvation," wai
n earing Sivas,
SUSPENDED PAPER AIDED
North Da'kota Nou-Partisan Exec
utives Vote to Assist.
-FARGO, N. D., April J. The non
partisan league of North Dakota is
coming to the assistance of the Grand
Forks American, a newspaper friendly
to the league which recently sus
pended publication. A resolution
adopted here last night by the exec
utive committee of the league in
North Dakota was as follows:
'Resolved. That the executive com
mittee of the non-partisan, league of
North Dakota recognise the obliga
tion. of the non-partisan league to the
Gr-nd Forks American to the extent
of approximately $22,000 to pay off
outstanding accommodation notes and
further, the , executive committee'
pledges its moral assistance in re-establishing
publication of the Grand
Forks American and placirfg it on a
fim basis.
f A Turkish communique dated, April
1 said that the battle on the ski
Shehr frontier lasting nine days had
been concluded. Biledjilc being re
caDtured and the Greeks retreating
toward Brussa,
Bolshevik Gnnboats l ed.
Turkish transports, convoyed by
bolshevik gunboats, have landed part
of Kara Bekir's army at Ineboli.
Greeks declared that there has been
a renewal of the fighting on the
Eski-Shehr front.
The allies will refuse Greeks per
mission to transport their troops In
Thrace to the battle front. In Asia
Minor by way of Constantinople or to
use the Ismid railway. .
Italians Make Protest.-
The Italians have protested that a
Greek patrol has held up the steamer
Cleopatra in th Black sea. The al
lies have Informed the Greeks that
thev must not blockade the sea.
The Greeks have begun reinforc
ing their army.- Th Greek merchant
marine has been mobilised as trans
ports and It is expected the Greeks
can put an army of 200,000 in the
field. The size of this army is being
("viewed with alarm by the Serbians
and Bulgarians. ' .
WOUNDED SJfXT TO BRUSSA
Capture of Two Greek
4 PARDONED BY HARDING
Divisions
Xot Confirmed, However.
BRUSSA, Asia Minor, April 3.
Many hundreds of Greek wounded
were being brought here. It was not
Ex-Ruler Expected to Resist Re
moval From Steinamanger Un
til Parliament Meets.
STEINAMANGER. April 3. (By the
Associated Press.) Ex - Emperor
Charles today wac 11! with bronchitis.
He was suffering from fever and was
having nervous coughing attacks, ac
cording tda bulletin issued by bis
Budapest physicians.
: The bulletin said ' he was obliged
to rema'n in bed. . '
The belief prevailed in some quar
ters that Charles might start - for
Switzerland ton it-fit and that all mat
ters had bee'neettled. But this was
stiU contipent on the developments
at Steinamanger, where it was report
ed many members of the nobility were
arriving. The little town was crowd
ed with Hungarian notables. '
VIENNA, April 3. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Lx-Emperor Charles
today was ill at Steinamanger, ac
cording to reports reaching entente
diplomats. The report was coupled
with a request for an allied pro
tection.
There was some Inclination here
to regard the indisposition as "dip
lomatic illness," contracted to obtain
further delay in leaving Steina
manger, The postponement In the
departure of Charles was beginning
to cause irritation. ,
In foreign circles it was asserted
Charles would resist removal pend
ing Tuesday's meeting of parliament
Count Andrassy was . said to be
adroitly trying to save the day for
the Hapsburgs by inducing Charles
to abdicate In favor of - Archduke
Otto, his 9-year-old ' son. under a
regency. .
The 'difficulty of getting the. ex
king out of Hungary was said to be
due to differences between Interests
n charge of the situation. .
It was believed Charles would
travel through Bavaria.
The Salzburg diet has protested
against Charles having visited Aus
tria and demanded that the central
government prevent a recurrence of
the visit. ' . ,
Brief Flurries of Flakes Visit Many
Oregon Districts; Fruit Bios- .
'soms Are Uninjured.
" Old Man Winter made a desperate
effort to come back yesterday and
he' succeeded so well that church
goers and pleasure seekers were
startled with small flurries of snow
mixed with, the rain-several times.
It was - hard for those who had
changed to their summer B. V. D.s
and everyone made a rush to get on
overcoats -and furs and other warm
apparel, for the northwest wind had
a wintry kaynness about it.
The weather bureau reported that
the mercury got Bown to 35 degrees
about 6 o'clock "yesterday "morning.
I: also reported snow flurries at 2:15
yesterday morning and several times
yesterday afternoon.
Snow also fell at Baker yesterday
morning at 6 o'clock, according to
advices received by the weather bu
reau. At 5 O'clock last night the
weather bureau was advised . that
snow was falling: at Medford and
Boise.
Snow at this time of year is rather
unusual but, according to the weather
bureau, had occurred on various occa
sions and is consequently not a rec.
One Driver Flees After
Downtown Crash. '
BIG CAR HITS TWO OTHERS
Police Begin Search for Fugi
tive in . Accident.
ONE SERIOUSLY INJURED
D. W." Bowes, San Francisco Sales.
man, Sent to St. Vincent's; Eye
May Be Lost by Cash.
LEEDS TO WED PRINCESS
Xenia, Jflece of Constautine, En-
' gaged to Anastasla's Son, v
ATHENS, . April ,3.-r-Will lam ' B,
Leeda, son of Princess Anastasia of
Greece, who- arrived a few days ago
by afrplane to visit his ill mother, has
become engaged to Princess Xenia,
17 yearsold. second daughter- of
Grand Duchess Marie and niece of
King Constantine, it was learned to
day. The marriage will be held, in
June and the couple plan to reside in
America.
Leeds proposed the day after his
rrival,. It is understood. ' Princess
Anastasia opposed the unionist first,
on account of her son's youth, but
nally consented. ' " .
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Three men were injured, one seri
ously, early this morning in a -three-
cornered automobile collision at
uro. ine rainfall VPRtprHnv woo o I Twelfth And WnahincrlAi. cto.t.
light that It could not be measured. E. W. Cowell. emolove of the Pal
There was also occasional sunshine ace garage and driver of the coupe
iv aaa to me variety and keep up the In which all of the victims were rid-
eputation of the month of April for ir.g, was cut about the face and head
cnangeableness. . by the flylne aiass.
win De generally fair today, ac- T. J. McCord. salesman from San
cording to the prediction of the Francisco, was injured when a tieee
weather bureau. It will also be con- of glass was driven into the aid. of
tinued cold. However, Weatherman I his head.
vreus expressed the b'elief that Port-1 D. W. Bowes, real estate salesman
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most severe part of the cold wave and tained a deep gash that may result
' aays weather would be milder, in the loss of an eye. He was the
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. ,.voi,unu, vr .pni a. (special.) i st vhi'. v,n,i
Lcoiucuia ui mis city wno arose
early today were astonished to see
tne mus ago mountains, both east
and west, covered with a mantle of
snow. A light north wind was blow
ing,' and the air felt like winter. In
the valley there was no snow and no
frost of consequence. Throughout
the'eoumty aU sorts of fruit trees.
with the exception of apples, are In
full bloom, but ' no apprehension is
entertained for the safety of the crop,
as the cold appeared to confine itself
to the higher altitudes. By 10 o'clock
this morning most of the snow had
disappeared. " : -
EUGENE, Or., April 3. (Special. )-
The first April snowfall in Eugene
in 12 years occurred about 6 o'clock
this morning when roofs of buildings
Police Hunt Driver.
The police. Immediately after the
crash, began a search for the driver
of the big touring car which, while
proceeding east on Washington street,
crashed into the coupe, which was
going north on Twelfth street. Th
big car continued on its way an
smashed into an automobile drive
by W. D. Knapp and which had been
proceeding west on Washington
street but had stopped at tho corner
to let the coupe pass ".on dow
Twelfth street. if
The unidentified driver then aban
doned his machine and left the seen
of th accident. - The-car was listed,!
as belonging . rov,--OscarSu Lund,' ac-H
cording to the police.
The touring car was said by wit
were made white. The sunshine soon I nesses 'to have been traveling at
melted the snow but there were oc
casional light flurries and intermit
tent hall and rain showers through
out the day., The minimum tempera
ture was 31 degrees early this morn
ing, but fruit men said they thought
to 30 miles an hour when It hit th
coupe, -me coupe was thrown onto
the sidewalk by the Impact and the
touring car glanced off and hi
Knapp's machine which, according to
his report to the police, had stopped
no damage had been done to the early I at the corner to let the coupe pass
varieties of cherries and other fruits In front
in full blossom.
SALEM, Or., April 3. (Special.)
Brief flurries of snow here today sud
denly dampened the mild spring
2 1 Commutations of Sentences
Granted Since Inauguration.
WASHINGTON, D. C. April 3
Four pardons and 24 commutations of
sentences have been granted by
President Harding since his inaugu
ration. The majority of the com
mutations, it was learned today, were
for prisoners convicted of violations
of the prohibition laws and Illicit dis
tilling, but no prisoners were par
doned for such offenses.
Of the prisoners whose sentences
have been commutated nine were con-,
vlcted for violation of the prohibi
tion laws, six for illicit distilling and
the rest for use of the mails to de
fraud and violations of the' Mann act.
Pardons extended were for offenses
against the national bankruptcy act,
carrying concealed weapons and
forgery.
Tax Collection to Be Protested.
MEXICO CITT. April S-Collection
of United States income taxes from
Americans resident In Mexico will be
contested in the United States courts.
A committee representing Americans
here announced sufficient funds have
bees raised to start two test suits.
NOTED MINSTREL IS DEAD
Alfred Grirfin (Al G.) Field at Age
of 72 Succumbs at Columbus.
COLUMBUS. O.. April I. Alfred
Griffin ("Al G.") Field, premier of
American minstrels, died today from
Bright's disease, ,J3orn 72 years ago
in Leesburg, Va., Mr. Field entered
the theatrical business in 1886, or
ganizing a minstrel show which has
operated since.
The funeral will be held here Tuesday.
HOLDUP MAN CAPTURED
Outlaw, Ballet Rlddfed ia Fight
With Police, May Die.
OMAHA, April 3. Council Bluff's
police his morning went to Logan,
Ia., in answer to a telephone message
and returned Harry Bolden, Identified
as one of the outlaws who last night
held up C. P. Vanderloo. a toll man
on the Missouri river bridge, and es
caped in an automoDiie alter a gun
fight with police.
. Bolden has three bullet wounds
through his body and may die.
ST." MIHIEL IS DECORATED
Croix de Guerre Conferred on Town
In 3-Day American Battle.
ST. MIHIEL. France. April 3. The
croix,de guerre today was conferred
on St. Mihiel. scene of a successful
three days' action by the American
troops during the war.
The ceremony was attended by
prominent French and American citi
zens. Colonel R. John , West repre
sented the American embassy.
were beinar brought here. It was not fi
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Knapp said that the coupe was go
ing about 35 miles an hour and that
he did not see the other car until it
was almost upon him. He was dazed
for some time by the accident but
as not seriously hurt.
All three of the automobiles were
put out of commission by the ac
cident.
All of the victims were rushed to
the police emergency hospital, from
which Bowes was sent to St. Vin
cent's. One of the first persons to
reach the injured men was F. S. Black,
an employe of the Oregon Taxlcab
company, who extended first aid.
BERGDOLL .CHASERS BACK
t IXeuf and Zimmcr Return to Cob-
lenz After Imprisonment.
COBLENZ, April 3. Carl Neuf and
Franz Zimmer, Americans released
from prison in Baden, where they had
been confined for tleir part in the
attempt to arrest Grover C. Bergdoll.
American draft evader, arrived here
today.
. A Paris dispatch, which tells of the
arrival of Neuf and Zimmer at Cob
Ionz, said that, according to a Havas
message from Carlsruhe, It was un
derstood that the American govern
ment had agreed to pay indemnity
To the girl wounded by a shot fired
by one of the Americans in an effort
to stop Bergdoll's automobile..'
COUNTIES ENFORCE BAN
South Dakota "Blue Law" Enforce
ment Is Xot State-Wide.
PIERRE, S. J., April 3. Enforce
ment of South Dakota's "blue laws,"
recommended by Attorney-General
Payne at a recent conference with
state's ..attorneys, was started in a
few counties today. No state-wicTe
effort, however, was undertaken,
many prosecuting attorneys showing
an inclination to await the outcome
of the teat case against Allen Goethal,
Huron theater proprietor, arretted
Saturday, who appealed to the state
supreme court.
In most towns and cities
small shops were open and garages
and soda fountains were operating.
Arthur Luft, With Caroline Kruger
at Side, Swerves Machine Off
Road to Avoid Collision.
One man and a woman were In St.
Vincent's hospital last ' night with
severe Injuries and a roadster lay
wrecked at the bottom of a gulch on
the Newbjrg highway a short dis
tance-north of Tigard as the result
of an accident In which an automobile
went over an embankment In an ef
fort to avoid a collision with a motor
cycle about 2 o'clock yesterday after
noon. -
Caroline Kruger, 19 years old. 1065
Corbett street, sustained Injuries to
fhe choet and forearm, and was badly
'bruised and shaken. Arthur Luft, SI,
Portland fireman, driver of the. car.
suffered a dislocated shoulder, a bad
ly torn right ear and body bruises.
Neither were thought to have been
seriously injured, according to re
ports from St. Vincent's hospital.
Luft was driving to Newberg with
Miss Kruger as a companion. At the
time of the accident he was bending
over adjusting something under tho
dashboard and driving at a fair rate
of speed. He looked up suddenly and
saw a motorcycle approaching. To
avoid a collision he swerved his car
sharply and it left the highway,
plunging over the embankment for 25
or 30 feet, leaping a 12-foot ditch
and turning turtle in the soft earth.
Both occupants remained with the car
until thrown out.
Luft was dazed by the accident and
Miss Kruger was knocked uncon
scious for'a short time. Motorists on
the highway succeeded In getting
the girl back to the road. Luft was
carried up the embankment by an
Ambulance Service ""company driver
and taken directly to St. Vincent's
hospital. ,
Miss Kruger has resided In Port
land only a short time. She has been
employed at the Multnomah Box fac
tory. Her mother, Mrs. M. G. Kruger,
lives at. Centralia, Wash.
Luft is a boseman on engine 5 and
has been in the city fire service since
1910. His home is at 187 Hooker
street.
Solicitors Highly Keyed
for Second Week.
$425,000 YET TO BE RAISED
Leaders to Survey Task at
Big Noon Rally.
PLEA TO GIVE IS RENEWED
Foreign Corporations to lie Asked
to Contribute Sliurc in Curing
for Portland Charities.
With courage undaunted and niir-
lts keyed to high pitch, the com
munity chest crusaders will swing
into the second phase of the big
campaign this morning, determined
to redeem to the lust cent the cily's
pledge of 3850,000 for the 60 welfare,
relief and benevolent Institutions de
pendent upon the chetit' for their
finances for the coming year.
The appeal direct to the people
yesterday by the heads of these insti
tutions has energised the fighting
spirit of the community chest forcis
and given vigorous momentum to the
drive. New workers, new methods and
new courage have been Injected Into
the undertaking and everywhere the
sentiment that "Portland shall not
fall" has become the inspiring slogan
of those responsible for the success
of the task.
Last- week closed with just a few
dollars more than one-half f the
quota raised, the subscriptions .in
hand aggregating JI25.049.
- Tank Will Be Survrrd.
Picking up the Job with sevcrat Im
portant readjustments In the general
staff, the entire situation confronting
the city will be canvassed and dis
cussed at the second big workers'
rally to be held at the Portland hotel
at noon today. All hands huve been
culled to this rally colonels, cap
tains and ft -'Id solicitors, chairmrn of
the Parlous auxiliary coinmii tees
and several speakers will outline the
task immediately ahead.
A complete check on tho work so
fur accomplished will be niailo tnmie
of tho districts that have been cll
n:gh covered will be Bone over aliiumt
In their entirety, for tho reason that
hundreds of the contributions re
ceived uro not adequnlo and not in
keeping with tho resources and lu
comes of the donors. Other sections,
which were not thoroughly cunVHssed
because of their siso and insufficient
number of solicitors, will be gone
over atfaiu with increased manpower.
Namra of I'ontrlbulors l.lxlrtf.
Selticted lists containing the names
ol all those who have already con
tributed from S10 upward, have been
prepared and they will bo turned ovr
to the new executive committee of the
reselling organization, made up of
William M. Ladd, J. C. Ainsworth and
Emery Olmslcad, with Horace Meek
lem as sales manager. 1 11 this classi
fication, containing many hundreds of
the must prominent names In Port-
crashed Into a locomotive three miles J land, the community chest managers
above Deep river. The locomotive 1 are connucni me, mm ia-
wa waiting to take a train down I ficicnt number it public-spliltcd men
th. river. The trainmen Jumped I and women who will Increase their
when they saw the engine was unable I subscription to the point where the
to hold the cars. I success of tho drive will bo assured.
Th. reident took nlace Saturdav.il'- is Known at neauquaners u.m
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LONDON ON COAL RATION
Illuminated Street Signs Barred
Under Xcw Regulations.
LONDON,-. April The board of
trade Issued orders today rationing
and reducing coal. Illuminated street
signs are prohibited, the regulations
being virtually Identical with those
of the 1919 strike
Sunday was given up to meetings
of miners, railway men and transport
workers. These meetings were called
to give directions for the triple alli
ance conference Wednesday. Judging
by the resolutions adopted, a strong
feeling prevails In favor of a strike
of the railway men and transport
workers to support the miners.
TRAIN GOES WILD; 2 LEAP
Hngine, Unable to Hold Log Cars
on Hill, Runs Away.
ASTORIA, Or., April 3. (Special.)
Two men were slightly Injured here
Saturday when a Washington logging
engine, unable to noiu its cars loaaca
with logs while on a steep incline.
ran away with the train to camp and
the first day logging operations resumed.
many
FIRE LOSS IS $500,000
BLaze . Started by 'Engine Causes
Damage to Potash Plant.
OMAHA, April 3. Fire which
started by sparks from a passing lo
comotive, according to W. E. Sharp.
Lincoln, president of the company,
partially destroyed the American Pot
ash company, Antioch, Neb.. Saturday
afternoon.
There wss oetween $500,000 and
$700,000" damage.
NDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum ' temperature,
48 degrees; minimum, ao degree.
TODAY'S Generally fair and continued
cold; nortnwenteny winaa.
Foreign.
France feela certain of Harding's support.
Page 4.
Bergdoll chaaera return to Coblens after re
lease, rage l.
Greek routed by Turks in battle of Eskl-
ahehr. rage i.
Conditions in Erin declared on tne mend.
Page X.
Ex-Emperor Charles la ill; diplomatic trick
scented, rage l.
National.
Prealdent Harding expected to mould re
publican leglalauon in congrese. rage 2.
Domestic.
Plan to liquidate world'a debta auggeated.
Page 2.
Big auma pledged dry enforoemant. Page S.
C. H. Owen arreated In Jackaonvllle case.
Page 1.
Bebe Daniels, film 'tar. gets Jail sentence
(or apeeding. Page 3. j
Charles Reidel, Vader banker, commits aui.
cide. Page 1.
Rail- employes want district council.
Page .
Pacific Northwrat.
Hood River strawberry crop to be big.
Page 1. v
Sea crash laid to mlataken lights. Page 4.
Sports.
JJontana and Yokel aigned ' to 'grapple.
Page 11.
Denver Ed Martin training Anderson for
go with Herman. Page 10.
Chicago puts Portland off another week.
Page 10.
Portland and Vicinity.
Snow and icy guat halt spring frolics.
Page 1.
Portland tonnage la doubled in year.
Page 11.
Driver and girl hurt; roadster wrecked.
Page 1.
Dr. Hinaon begins fifth year In East Bap
tist church. Page 7. y
Oregon citiea mill booat bom products.
Page IT. '
Cheat drive ato enter second round .today.
Page 1. ,
Time for training here, aay bankera.
Page 17.
Strike of buying public eonttnuea. Page 17.
Grade Jersey win butter fat honors for
month. Page 10.
many of tho contributors who cava
from $10 to $25 each are willing to
increase these gifts substantially, and
It is also known that many others
can well afford to double or trvblu
their donations.
Dj A. l'attullo, chairman of the fly
ing squadron, Is also confident that
his conrmlltee will be able to turn in
a considerable number of new sub
scriptions running into four or five
figures during the coming week. The
Pattullo division has a largo list of
good prospects that have not . con
tributed anything as yet, but are try
ing to decide Just what they shall
give attd many of these contributors,
it is expected, will be closed up within
a day or two.
Forelan Firms Jicnore Appeal.
Vnusual stress will be laid on the
campaign among the fun it n cor
porations doing business in Portland.
Hundreds of these enterprises have
ignored the appeals of the community
chest so far and the new committee,
composed of H. U. Van Uu.er, prcl
dent of the Chamber of Commerce;
Mayor Baker and H. H. lilauvelt, will
issue a call for a conference of the
I local managers of these corporations
and endeavor to get them to do their
fair share In maintaining the import
ant relief and welfare work in the
city. Scarcely a score of the foreign
corporations, of which there are more
than 500 that are taking larg sums
of money In the form of dividends
and profits out of Portland every
year, have contributed to the fund go
far.
New plans Jiave been .adopted fur
this week in handling the great num
ber of industrial concerns and mer
cantile establishments of tho oily,
from which many thousands of small
donations have been pouring into th
chest from direct payroll sources, in
many of these concerns, it is de
clared, the pace set for individual
subscriptions has been entirely too
inadequate and many of these plant
are to be entirely reranvassod. Thi
particular fMd has been enlruyl'H to
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