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VOL. LX XO. 18,871
Entered at Portland (Oregon)
Postofflce ss 8eond-Class Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 16, 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
GERMANY
WARNED
NOT TO INTERFERE
France Acts Previous to
Lloyd George's Speech.
TROOPS IN SILESIA CAUSE
THREE-DAY-OLD GIRL
DESERTED BY MOTHER
INFANT IX BASKET IS LEFT ON
- FRONT PORCH.
BILLIONS BACK OF
NATION'S BUSINESS
i '
Much Still to Be Explained in
Premiers' Clash.
BRIAND IS STILL COLD
Renewal of Discussion of Situation
Remains Matter of Doubt, and
French Press Is Aroused.
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lished by Arrangement.)
PARIS. May 15. (Special.) It Is
bow admitted in official circles that
before Premier Lloyd George- deliv
ered his speech to the house -eom
mons Indicating his support of Ger
many as against the Poles. Premier
Briand had notified Germany that any
intervention on the part of her troops
in Upper Silesia would be regarded
by France as casus belli.
It Is evident there is much more
still to be revealed before the heated
cross talk between the two premiers
will be explicable. There is a sug
geation that Lloyd George's vehe
mence was partly due to the lack of
an immediate response to his invita
tion to M.- Briand to meet him this
week at Boulogne to discuss the
question.
Brtaad's Attltade Cold.
The French premier has since coldly
intimated he is not prepared to con'
fer with his British colleague until
a) he received a rerewal of his mandate
to handle the French policy from the
chamber of deputies.
This renewal he may not obtain,
according to information provided in
semi-official circles, but the shrewder
local observers consider Lloyd George's
brusque move has strengthened rather
than weakened Briand's position, for
the chamber is almost bound to give
him a vote of confidence as a retort
to the British premier.
When the deputies meet Thursday
the majority will certainly, as a mark
of . their anger at Lloyd George's ac
tion, give plain Instructions to M.
Briand that the slightest concession
on the upper Silesian issue means the
downfall of his ministry forthwith.
Lloyd George Criticised.
The Pari-; press is again full of
criticism Of Lloyd George. "Not since
Fashoda has there been such a dis
cussion between England and France."
said L'lnternationalc. the communist
organ, referring back to the incident
of 1S98, when the two nations almost
came to blows over the French occu
pation of that town on the upper
reaches of the Nile.
The usually vitriolic Fertinax in
the Echo de Paris was apparently
driven out of 'his ordinary course. by
the extent of his dismay and sought
to repress his bitterness merely by
ridiculing the British premier who,
he contended, has lost his head.
"Mr. Lloyd George needs leisure to
recover the balance of his best days,"
said the writer. "Quick, a game of
golf on a polished turf among some
pacific sheep."
Briand Declared Backed.
L'Homme Libre, Ex-Fremler Cle
menccau's organ, declared "The great
British nation has nothing in com
mon with the individual who be
trayed the liberal party for the bene
fit of the conversative in order to
take power, and who will now be
tray Poland and France in order to
keep it. Robert Cecil, Ex-Premier
Asquith and Mr. Clynes do not esteem
him. They will avenge us."
"The whole of France," said
L'Ouevre. "will be behind M. Briand
in making the response demanded by
our national honor. If Great Britain
pretends to subordinate our policy. to
her business it Is time to recall with
pride and precision that we also have
Interests to defend."
Socialist Side Pre Heated.
On the socialist side, Humanite
said: "The real significance of Lloyd
' George's speeches is that Great Brit
ain will not pern.it France to assume
the first place in Europe by depriving
Germany of almost all her industries
with French capitalists In the and
the Silesian basin in the hands of the
Polish vassal of the QAi d'Orsay."
The even moderate Philip Millet in
the Petit Parisien declared the best
way of removing misunderstandings
la to reach the quickest possible de
cision as to the Silesian frontier. He
gave what was apparently a fair full
summary of the note exchanges be
tween Premiere Lloyd George and
Briand concerning the Bologne con
ference. The British note mentioned
the report that the French govern
ment had decided to give the whole
of the coal fields to Poland by force
if necessary, and added that such ac- ,
tion would justify the use by Ger
many of means of constraint to safe
guard her rights.
GERMAN V IS VITAL FACTOR
Treaty Enforcement in Silesia May
Be Cp to Teutons. -
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. liphed by Arrangement.)
LONDON, May 14. (Special Cable.)
Just as mo treaty of Yersallles is
i about to celebrate its third birthday.
(Concluded uu a 3, Column L)
Family of J. B. Neubaner Informed
by Phone to Look Outside
Door Before Retiring.
Last night about 10 o'clock a 3
day-old waif. Miss Agnes, snuggle
cosily into a wicker basket, was
found upon the front porch of th
home of J. B. Neubauer, 333 East
Thirty-fifth street, after a tele
phone call had been received telling
the family to look on the porch be
for retiring.
Efforts were made to trace her
parentage last night, wjth no sue
cess. The only clew was contained
In a note, which read:
"Please take as good care of the
baby as I would. Have a doctor look
in her mouth."
The name Agnes had been hastily
printed upon a side of the basket in
green Ink. while the note was written
with black ink. As the infant was
found to be entirely normal by
physician, the meaning of the last
sentence could not be fathomed last
night.
Miss Agnes was sent to the Waverly
baby home, and efforts to ascertain
her parentage and the circumstances
which caused her desertion will be
continued today.
AUTO ACCIDENT IS FATAL
3Irs. S. O. Shirley, 66, Dies From
Fracture of Skull.
Mrs. S. O. Shirley, victim of an au
tomobile accident at East Seventeenth
and Morrison streets last Wednesday
morning, died early yesterday at Good
Samaritan hospital without having
regained consciousness since the ac
cident. Funeral arrangements have
not been completed.
Mrs. Shirley received a fracture at
the base of the skull when she was
struck by an automobile delivery
truck driven by Ben Toutfest She
was crossing the street intersection
at the time. Toutfest is alleged to
have passed another machine at the
ntersection in violation of the tramc
aws. He Is now held under bond.
It was announced at the coroner s
office yesterday that an inquest Into
the accident will be held either to
night or tomorrow In order to fix the
responsibility.
Mrs. Shirley was 66 years oia ana
lived at 181 East Seventeenth street.
She is survived by the widower and
daughter, Doris.
FLIER LEAPS TO DEATH
Tail Is Cut From Machine When
Two Planes Collide. .
OMAHA, Neb., May 15. Warren P.
Kite, air pilot, was instantly Kiuea
at Grand Island, Neb., today when
before several thousand spectators he
was forced to leap from his plane at
a height of 800 feet.
He had beh performing aerial
tunts with Pilot J. P. Smith for sev
ral minutes, when the two planes
uddenly crashed. Smith's propeller
ut the tail off Kite's machine. j
To spectators it appeared that Kite
misjudged the height at which he was
flying when he jumped. He rose In
his seat, poised himself for an In-
tant and leaped into space. Every
bone in his body was broken. Smith
was uninjured.
Potential Credit ' Almost
Beyond Grasp.
BANKS' SOUNDNESS PROVED
Showing Result of Federa
Reserve Policy, n
GOLD RECORD IS PASSED
Metal in System's Keeping Avail
able for Credit Xow Is Approxi
mately S810, 000,000.
' BY HARDEN COLFAX.
(rnvrf.M. 1921. by Tha Oregonlan.)
WASHINGTON, D. My 15"
(SDecial.) Ten billion dollars In po
tentlal credit for financing the legitl-
m. of business a tower i
fir.onii atreneth so huge that Its
dimensions stir the imagination to
w ii j ho been cum
through thirft, economy and sound
n w h hanks of the federal
Veserve system during the past 12
months.
That vast sum of credit capacity
stands untouched, an unanswerable
argument for the soundness of Amer
ican banks and for tne mi"
which they have weathered the storm.
On. vr aso the strengtn oi
j , .-,,. iit,m was at it
icuctabi i nivi j
lowest. On May 1, 1920. there wai
available in the keeping of the sys
tem free gold gold whicn coum u.
used as the Jsasls for credit amount
ing to only J201.000.000. It had nevei
fallen so low before. The-reserve
system at that time was oown n
42.2 per cent, but little more than two
points above the safety line of 4c
per cent.
1918 Record Eclipse.
Todav the amount of free gold is
the system's keeping available as th
foundation for credit, stands at ap
proximately. ,810.000.000. the . high
est figure ever reached.'topping tnf
record of 3804,000,000 attained Jun
1, 191s". And the reserve percentage
stands at 55.9, setting -a "new high
mark for the year.
Analysis of the statement Just Is
sued by the federal reserve board
shows, therefore, that the American
people have been practicing th!
homely virtue of economy for a year.
The system records show accurately
by the measure of the dollar mark an
applied to the amount of free gold,
that the recovery began from th
week of May 14, 1920. and that nation
wide economy was slow and haltinit
uring the first few months there
fter. By fall It was In more general
OREGON'S ARTILLERY
UNITS OFF TO TRAIN
PRELIMINARY INSTRUCTION
TO BE AT FORT STEVEXS.
. ..
Ashland, Marshfield, Newport and
Toledo Officers and Non-Commissioned
Officers Leave.
i.
SALEM, Or., May 15. (Special.)
Heavy artillery units of the Oregon
national guard began . moving . today
towards the coast defense .'forts at
the mouth of the Columbia river for
instruction in handling the big guns
at Fort Stevens, according to reports
received at the offices of Adjutant
General White.
' Officers and noncommissioned offi
cers from Ashland. Marshfield, New
port and Toledo departed during the
day. - The contingent from . Albany
will leave during the night-
The officers and noncommissioned
officers will receive preliminary train
ing for the general field camp bf
heavy artillery units next month. All
members of the Oregon coast artil
lery will attend the second ' camp,
which will continue for 15 days, be
ginning June 15. The preliminary
camp will end next Thursday.
Officers and noncommissioned offi
cers of other branches of the, service
will assemble at the Clackamas "mob
ilization camp, 12 miles south of Port
land, next Monday morning for pre
liminary instructions. Units to be
represented at the Clackamas camp
will be those froiit Portland, Salem,
McMinnville, Dallas, Independence.
Corvallis, Medford and Roseburg, in
cluding infantry, engineers, field ar
tillery staff corps and medical units.
All arrangements have been com
pleted for the summer's field Instruc
tion programme, according to Adju
tant-General White, who returnea
last nieht from Camp Lewis. He will
eo to Portland and on Tuesday win
go to Fort Stevens with members of
the general staff.
That the summer field camps win
be the largest and most successful
ever held by the Oregon national
guard was the prediction of the adju
tant-general, who reported a spienaia
spirit of co-operation among employ
ers in arranging to. let their men at
tend the camps.. Following maneu
vers at Camp Lewis and Fort Stevens
in June, a state rifle competition will
be held. A rifle team of 18 members
then will be selected to represent
Oregon in the national rifle matches
at Camp Perry. Ohio, in August.
PATROL PLANES COMING
Squudron to Leave Mather Field
Friday for Forest Areas.
SAN FRANCISCO, May' 15. Fifty
airplanes are to start from Mather
field, Sacramento, next Friday to start
the 1921' forest air patrol In California,
Oregon and Washington, army head-
Quarters announced today. The 91st
aero squadron of the army wilj make
up the patrol. "
A considerable portion of the patrol
will go to the Olympic peninsula in
Washington to patrol a wide forest
area that was , razed by a hurricane
early In the year. The airship base
will be at Camp Lewis. Oregon bases
will be located at Eugene and Med
ford, Or.
AURORA-STILL. HURTS
WIRE COMMUNICATION
CXrSUALLY "LARGE SCX . SPOT
... THOUGHT TO BE CAUSE.
Northern Lights Start "Earth Cur
rents," Which Interrupt
' Telegraphic Traffic.
VIOLENG
ERIN
E
WORST SINGE 1919
Fierce Fighting Sweeps
South of Ireland.
NEW TORK, May , 13. Electrical
Influences exerted by the aurora
borealis, ..or northern lights, believed
to be caused by an unusually large
sun spot or spots, continued. today to
play ' havoc with telegraph . traffic
throughout the United States. ' .
. Beginning Friday night, wire chiefs
reported this natural phenomenon
had injected extra voltage into their
wires, causing "earth currents" and
interrupting traffic. The same c6n-
ditions continued throughout Satur
day and became increasingly intense
Saturday night, causing one' of the
severest disturbances known in 30 MOTOR LORRIES BOMBED
For more than an hour before mid
night Saturday nearly every telegraph
wire leading .from New York and Chi
cago was out. of condition. Ocean SoIdler9 and Police Use .Machine
BARONET'S DAUGHTER SLAIN
Military Barracks Attacked
by Organized Mobs.
BATTLE OF MINERS
BREAKS OUT ANEW
HEAVY FIRING OX MERRIMAC,
AV. Va., IS REPORTED.
cables also were slightly affected.
Curiously, however, the. disturbance
seemed to strengthen . wireless sig
nals. Intensity of the disturbance
was lessened today.
WASHINGTON, D. C. May 15. In
terruption of telegraphic communi
cations by. electrical ln'.uences. If
due to the presence of spots on the
sun, will pass away , within 48 hours,
in toe belief of naval observatory officials.
The present spot, or group of spots,
estimated by naval observatory offi
cials as 94,000; miles in length and
21,000 miles In latitude, was nearest
the earth last night and today
through rotation of the sun was .mov
ing away. These officials said that
leaving out of consideration the de
creasing effect of the spots on elec
trical currents on the earth through
the usual breaking up of the spots,
the tegular rotation of the sun would
soon carry the spots so far from
earth as to make their influence
negligible.
The theory that the aurora borealis
results from, sun spots was advanced
by Dr J. A. Brashear, late Pittsburg
astronomer. The theory has never
been definitely accepted, naval ob
servatory officials asserted, but the
fact that spots in the sun usually are
accompanied By-Electrical disturb
ances has resulted in almost general
acceptance of the theory.
The spots now present on the sun
and which were visible to the naked
aye today with a smstked glass were
first photographed at the naval ob-
Guns in Battle Willi Rioters
in City' of Bandon.
. IRISH CONFLICT SPREADS.
Shooting in London and fires
in Liverpool blamed on Sinn
Fein.
-Daughter of Sir Charles Barring-ton,
with Inspector Biggs,
assassinated Jn Tipperary,
Nine policemen, two soldiers
and several others killed in
riots.
Machine guns used on mob at
Bandon.
Entrenchments dug in Cork
roads.
One hundred civilians attack
Clohakilty barracks, but are
repulsed.
Night of terror in Cork fol
lows raid on police, barracks at
Blackpool. Four killed, many
wounded.
BELFAST. May 15. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Miss Barrington, only
daughter of Sir Charles Barrlngton of
Glenstal castle, County Limerick, and
head of the Masonic order in North
Munster, and Police Inspector Biggs
were shot dead from ambush' Saturday
night by civilians while motoring
from Killosully to Newport, County
Tlnna.a.u CI. tH ..1 J i i
aervatorv laat.Mni.nnv. Th. . .. 1 lea s Ci-Ul6u
-- . t a a. vt VUl
then, according to Dr. G. H. Peters,
were about -one and -a half to two
days old. The following day ' the
photographs showed the spots to be
much agitated, the gaseous vapors of
which tney are composed resembling
a cyclonic storm. Dr. Peters said.
unty Limerick.
Nine policemen, two soldiers and
several other persons were killed Sat
urday and today in attacks and coun
ter attacks. t
For general and organized violence
Saturday and today probably were the
Truce Is Observed In Other Dis
turbed Sections on Tug River.
Firebugs Are' Busy.
WILLLiMSON. W. Va., May 15.
Heavy firing on Merrlmac, W. Va.,
from the Kentucky mountains oppo
site that village broke out tonight,
according to a report to Captain J. R
Brockus of the state police. The fir
ing; lasted for 30 minutes. All other
places in the trouble zone along th
Tug river were reported quiet.
A squad of troopers headed by
Captain Brockus left immediately for
the scene.
Before leaving Captain Brockus
communicated with the Kentucky na
tional guardsmen on duty at Sprigg
and requested that they move on the
attackers. He'was Informed, the cap
tain said, that the soldiers could not
leave Sprigg as they were watching
a body of men in the mountains
there. .
With Kentucky national guardsmen
on duty in the region along the Tug.
which was the scene of a three-day
mountain battle growing out of in
dustrial conditions, authorities here
believed the fighting would cease.
All day long the situation was
quiet. Captain Brockus had Just re
ported "all quiet" tonight when the
dispatch telling of hostilities at Mer
rlmac was received.
Seventy-five Kentucky national
guardsmen arrived here from Moore
head. Ky., today and were stationed
on the Kentucky side.
Reports from McCarr were that the
mountain fighters there were observ
nig the truce arrangement made last
night.
Reports here were that only one
shot was fired from the West Vir
ginia mountains during the day.
Two fires, which Harry Olmstead.
acting 'chairman of the labor com
mittee of the Williamson Coal Oper
ators' association, said had been
caused by incendiaries, occurred in
the region.
RANCHER AND SON
BATTLE TO DEATH
Younger Man's Wife Only
Witness of Duel.
FATHER IS REPORTED DRUNK
Yesterday's photograph., taken about I worst since January, 1919.
noon, showed the spots to be near the I s m..
solar meridian. .... ".". 8ee"e ,0,"
Naval observatory official. .m Au casualties except one occurred
presence of such a large groun of ,n tne area of the southern parlia-
Bpots at this time was most-unusual, ment. The exception was at Dromore,
Tyrone, where a Sinn Feiner was shot
Rye Valley Postmaster Named. dead. One constable was shot dead
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. ' !L' WOUnded Saturday at
Washington. D. C. Mav 15. Marv E. ! uiiiuiiasijcr. a party or ponce go-
AUR0RA SCARES INDIANS
Northern Lights Cause of Panic on
Colorado Desert.
SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., May 15.
ADDearance of the aurora borealis
Saturday night caused the Indians on
the Colorado desert to become panic-
stricken, according to reports brought
here today. The phenomenon as seen
from the desert was declared to be of
rare beauty. In Big Bear valley, in
the San Bernardino mountains, the
lights puzzled hundreds of people
spending the week end at the resorts.
The reflection of the lights on the
surface of the lake made the scene the
more spectacular.
The altitude in Bear valley is 8000
feet, the result being that the sky
there appeared half ablaze.
DRUG STORE IS ROBBED
Two Masked Men Obtain $130
From HospltSl Pharmacy.
Two masked robbers at 10:15 last
night held up the Hospital pharmacy.
231 North Twenty-third street, ob
taining $130. They are thought to be
the same pair which late Saturday
night robbed the Alnsworth garage.
One of the men, wearing a hand
kerchief mask, covered the clerk on
duty with an automatic pistol, forc
ing him to go into a back room and
lie down. The second robber then
entered the store, taking $90 from the
till and ftO from the postoffice sub
station.
12 DIE IN TRAIN WRECK
Express Trains Coming From Paris
lamp Track; 50 Injured.
TOULOUSE. France. May 15.
Twelve persons were killed and 50 in
jured when two express trains com
ing from Paris jumped the track last
night within a few miles of one an
other. The fact that in each case eight
coaches were derailed and the loco
motives and their tenders remained
on the track caused the ordering of
an Investigation. In each instance
the coupling between the tender and j
IheMirsl coach snapped.
(Concluded oo Page 2. Column 1.)
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Griffin has been appointed postmaster ln& to their relief Was fired on. and
at Rye Valley, Baker county, Oregon. I two policemen hurt.
Fierce fighting followed an attack
i on me oanaon ponce barracks. The
tary and police swept the streets
ith machine guns. About the same
ime armed civilians marched through
Dunmanway, County Cork. Being
followed by auxiliaries in motor lor
ries, they shot and killed several
horses in the streets to delay their
pursuers.
t Roads Are Entrenched.
All roads south and west of Cork
have be'en trenched at many points.
One hundred civilians were repulsed
in an attack on the Clonakilty bar-
latus wnn rmes ana machine guns
Saturday. Four attackers were seen
to fall.
Two gunners of the royal marine
artillery stationed at East Ferry,
County Cork, Were shot dead Saturday
night This was the first attack on
naval forces. At Castletown and
Berehaven, County Cork, today two
soldiers were killed by civilians.
Bombs were thrown at military lor
ries on three occasions in the Dublin
district today. Several occupants
were wounded.
Head Constable Killed.
Head Constable Benson was' shot
and killed at Stralee Saturday.
A party of men, according to a
Dublin castle report, entered Court
masherry, seven miles east of Bandon,
Saturday, and fired on soldiers who
were off duty. r The troops returrd
to oarracKS ana tne reDeis nred on
the barracks for 20 minutes. Two
soldiers were slightly wounded.
Tonight two constables were wound
ed near Hakibereen. It was believed
pne will die.
CORK HAS NIGHT OF TERROR
HARBORS BILL IGNORED
House Leaders -Turn Deaf Ear to
Pleas for Passage.
WASHINGTON. D. C, May 15.
House leaders have decided to turn
a deaf ear to pleas for passage at
this session of the rivers and har
bors bill.
Representative Mondell, republican
leader, announced that in the inter
ests of economy no new authorization
for river lmprovemen.ls would be
voted. ,
Quarrelsome Parent Makes
CaN, Revolver in Hand.
WOMAN CHARGES INSULTS
Fred Hiker, 30, Living on Little
Kulania River, Grabs Rifle and
Both lire at Once.
C0LIMA IS IN ERUPTION
Volcano in Jolisco Spits Smoke and
Ashes; Quake Recorded.
MEXICO C1TT, May 15. The vol
cano of Colima in Jalisco, long In
active, was in eruption today. Smoke
and ashes were coming from the
crater and the phenomenon was ac
companied by strong rumblings.
An earthquake of 20 seconds dura
tion was registered Saturday night
throughout Jalisco.
NOTED SPY IS ACQUITTED
Ignatius T. Lincoln Reported to
Intend Trip to America.
VIENNA, May 15. Ignatius T. Lin
coln, notorious as an international
spy," on trie-1 before the central court
of Vienna on ths charge of high
treason, has been acquitted.
It was reported he will sail for the
United States.
Priest, Civilian and Two Consta
bles Are Killed.
CORK, "May 15. (By the Associated
Press.) Saturday nfght was a night
of terror In Cork, following the
bombing of the police barracks at
Blackpool. v
The home of Liam Roislte, Sinn
Fein member of the British parlia
ment, was raided. He was absent,
but a priest, who was staying in the
house, was shot and later died. Pat
rick Sheehan, a republican, who was
newly married, was shot through the
heart.
. After the shooting a sergeant and
four policemen, while going for a
a priest, were fired upon. Two con
stables were killed and another
wounded.
The Roislte house occupies a se
cluded position In Janemount. The
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTKRDAT'S Maximum remperature.
74 decrees; minimum, A3 deKreea
TODAS'S Showcn; westerly wlnda
Foreign.
Labor extremists saining In England.
Page 4.
Ireland has worst days sine January, 1919.
Page 1.
France warns Germany not to interfere la
Silesia. Page 1.
Election conteatexcltea all Italy. Pegs 4.
3'atIonaL
Billions In hands of federal reserve sys
tem available for credit. Page 1.
Harding nearly breaks with Ohio repre
sentative. Page 2.
Anglo - Japanese alliance negotiations
watched. Page 4.
Western governors descend on capital to
urge reclamation. Page 6.
Domestic
Stillman divorce case to be resumed.
Page 2.
Aurora still hampers telegraph communi
cation. Page 1.
Waves of bigamy engulf'ng Gotham.
Page 8.
Battle of miners breaks out anew. Page 1.
Madame Curie gets homage everywhere.
Page 3- '
FaclHti Northwest.
Kelso, metropolis of Cowlita county, mak
ing good, says Addison Bennett. Page 5.
LKldnaper of son now prison tauor. rage 6.
n r..nn' heavv artillery units off to train.
Page 1. ,
Sport a.
Pacific Coast league results: At Portland
2-2, Vernon 4-6; at Los Angeles 10-t,
Sacramento 2-4; at Seattle -8, Oakland
Sacramente 2-4; at beattle 0-8, Oakland
8-S. Page 10.
Washington county meet big success.
Page,ll.
Overtime games staged In valley league.
Page 10.
Marine.
Steamers to get fruit shipments. Page 11.
Portland and Vicinity.
Northwest cattle take high honors.
Page 16.
Bankers' session at Newberr Wednesday.
Page IT.
Combination spray now in general nse.
Page 16.
Pay as you go! advice of bishop. Page 7.
Edwin Markham inasired by magic Ore
gon. Page .
Kightcen carpenters lose 1160 to bunco
man. Page 18.
Bishops to till mooted position. Page T.
K A LA MA. Wash. Muy 15. (Spe
cial.) Harvey Riker, 55-year-old
rancher residing on the Little Ka
lama river, was snot and killed In
stantly today and his son, Fred Riker,
30 years old. died two hours later
from a bullet wound, as a result of
a duel with firearms between the
two men.
According to reports received hers
tonight, the fatal battle took place
this morning at the home of Fred
Riker after the father, while under
the influence of liquor, had come to
visit the son.
It was said that the elder Riker
was In a quarrelsome mood and began
to make insulting remarks to his
son's wife. Myrtle. This caused the
two men to engage In a violent quar
rel, which culminated in the fatal
shooting.
Father Reported Warned.
Reports received here were that
young Riker told his father that he
would not allow his wife to be in
sulted and when the quarrel between '
the two men hud become heated both
resorted to firearms.
According to the yqung Mrs. Hiker's
story to Coroner W U. Johnson, who
returned here late tonight from the
scene of the double killing, her father-in-law
came to the son's house armed
with a revolver and at once started
quarreling and threatening all mem
bers of the family.
The father and son and the young
wife were In the living room of the
Riker home, she said, when the quar
rel began.
Father Draws Revolver.
The elder Riker, she testified at
the preliminary Investigation, drew a
revolver and pointed it first at his
son, but when she intervened ordered
her buck, pointing the revolver at her.
While the elder Hiker's attention
was momentarily diverted by the
wife's Interference. Mrs. Klkcr said
her husband seized his rifle, which
lay against tlio wall in the same
room.
The men faced one another at the
same instant, she said, and each one
pressed the trigger of his weapon at
the bamu time, so that the cra.-li of
revolver and rifle ranc out an one.
Father and son fell facing each
other, the former with a bullet
through his head and the latter with
a bullet through his breast. The
elder Riker was killed Inxtantly, and
the son died two hours later without
having regained connciousncxa.
Dorl Fousjht In llouae.
The duel to the death was fought
in a little, room of the Riker home,
with the two men only five feet apart,
and when they fell they lay almost
touching one another with the revol
ver and rifle lying between them.
According to testimony obtained by
Coroner Johnson at the scene of the
shooting from neighbors of the two
men, the eider Riker was of a quarrel
some disposition, especially when un
der the influence of liquor.
The Hiker ranch hou.se where the
killing took place -is on the Little
Kalama river, 15 miles east of Wood
land, Wash., in the muuntulns. Ad
joining the son's ranch is the ranch
of the father. The elder ltiker is sur
vived by a widow and his son by a
widow and two small children.
Earlier Tragedy Itreallrd.
The tragedy was the second com
mitted near' Woodland within the lust
few months. M. P. Whalen, a rancher,
76. was found dead In his home on
the outskirts of Woodland March 2U.
He had been killed by a blow on the
head, which crushed his skull.
Frank Dalton, ex-employo on the
Whalen farm, was suspected of the
crime. He disappeared from Wood
land about the time of the murder.
and was traced to Portland, Or., where
he was thought to have stowed away
on a'fchip and escaped to Australia.
Mr. WhaleL was a bachelor and
lived alone on bis farm. He was
quite wealthy.
raiders after surrounding the house Cnaln of schools' and hospitals In Mexico
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PARK MEN AT BALTIMORE
Zoning; of City Studied by C. II.
Clieney and C. P. Kcjscr.
BALTIMORE, Md., May 14. (Spe
cial.) Chanes H. Cheney and C. P.
Keyscr, oficials of the Portland city
park system, were guests yesterday
of John W. Shiriey, Baltimore's chief
engineer of the topographical surve
commission and chairman of the city
planning commission. Both visitors
are interested In zoning.
Mr. Cheney and Mr. Keyser are on
their way back to Portland from the
national conference on city planning
held in Pittsburg.
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