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PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1021
PRICE FIVE CENTS
WOMAN, 4 OTHERS
HOSTAGES TAKEN ON
FLIGHT FROM PRISON
MYSTERIOUS FIRES
GERMANS OBDURATE,
MILLERAND ASSERTS
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3 BRIDGES, ORCHARDS
$100,000 FIRE NEARLY
fftZES STELLA, WASH.
HOTEL, WAREHOUSE AXD LC3I
,BER VARDS BCRSED.
DAMAGED BY FLOOD
IT
CREW FORCED OFF
COXVICT COMMITS SUICIDE
FORCE HELD OXLY COURSE IXJ
WEXATCHEE SWEPT BY TOR
WHEN" CAPTURE IS SEAR.
EXACTING JUSTICE.
RENTIAL RAIX STORM.
MTRIESI
STEAMER
RAIDED
RELAND
TRACED TO AURORA
NEW
I
Inspector's Wife Is One
- Ambush Victim.
BOMB IS THROWN AT LORRY
Attack Made on Cork Prison,
But Is Repulsed.
IRISH SOLDIER EXECUTED
Effort to Snip Prison Gnard "Re
sults in Signals to Military
and Use of Machine Guns.
DUBLIN, Mar 18. (Br the Asso
ciated Press.) Four persons, one a
-woman, were killed in County Galway
last night br men lying in ambush at
Tiallvtiirfi
Those killed were District Inspector f" ,the automobile passedjbe
Blake and Mrs. Blake, Captain Corn
Warden 'Held Up, Physclan Made
, Prisoner and Their Car Used
to Further Escape.'- -
t RAWLINS. Wyo, May 18. Al Bls
cardo, 35, serving a term' of IS years
for automobile theft in the Wyoming:
penitentiary here, shot and killed
himself on a prairie near Rawlins to
day after making: one of the most
daring escapes on record from the
Wyoming prison.
After forcing Frank O. Haskell,
warden, to unlock the door- of his
cell, while with drawn revolver he
forced the prison physician. Dr. Ray
mond Baker, and R. C Magorwho
had come to attend Biscardo, believ
ing he was ill, to line up against the
wall, he entered into an agreement
with the warden to hold the two men
as hostages until he made his escape.
Leaving the prison with the three
men covered, Biscardo took posses
sion of the physician's automobile,
ordering him to drive the machine,
with-Magor in he front seat with
him. The convict sat in the rear, his
revolver pointed at the two men. The
warden was given instructions not
to follow until they had proceeded
three blocks under penalty of death
of the hostages.
The chase was taken up by the
warden and Deputy Warden Keefe
line indicated by Biscardo. Three
miles from Rawlins Magor leaped
from the machine. He was uninjured
and Biscardo. made no attempt to re
capture him.
The first automobile gradually
The party had been playing tennis unU, wM .q 8tQp Jf
wallis. a son of Colonel F. S. Corn
w all is, in whose automobile the party
was riding, and Lieutenant McCreery,
Mrs. Gregory, the only other person
in the car, was not injured.
Flare of Flame Is Spit at
Telegrapher.
NEW YORK BUILDING IGNITED
Telephone Exchange in Swe
dish Town Destroyed. ..
ATLANTIC CABLES HURT
Communication Between' England
and United States Affected by
Electrical Disturbances. ":
at the residence of Magistrate Bagot
of Ballyturn house and were return
ing home at Gort. Reaching the end
of the avenue leading to Ballyturn
house and finding the gate closed.
Captain Oornwallis got out to open the
gate.
Captalm Is Saot Dead.
Shots were immediately fired from
the shrubbery and he fell dead.
Armed masked men said to have
numbered about 40 then surrounded
the- car and ordered the women to
leave. Mrs. Blake refused, saying she
would die by the side of her husband.
Mrs. Gregory was led away.
Shortly afterward the four bodies QRAWLERS OffJJDE OAKS
veil iimua uc iu -
After the shooting several men went
to Ballyturn house and handed In a
notice threatening to burn the house
'IX there were reprisals.
Constable Is Waaadea.
Military and police reinforcements
were sent to the scene and were fired
on and one constable was seriously
wounded.
Lieutenant McCreery was only 1
miles from Rawlins owing to engine
trouble. Fearing a plan to trap him,
the convict abandoned the car.
Leaving the physician, he ran
short distance to hide himself from
the pursuing party. The convict took
refuge in heavy timbers. When the
warden's car drew up a shot was
heard and Biscardo was found dead,
one bullet having passed into his
brain.
Prison authorities believe the re
volver was smuggled to Biscardo yes
terday.
Caterpillars so Far Have Hot Dam-
N aged . Fruit Trees."
ROSEBURG, Or, .May IS. (Spe
cial.) While there is some uneasi
ness over the caterpillar menace In
this county. Fruit Inspector Arm
strong said today that there was no
occasion for alarm, as the pest ap
nears to be diaanDearins. While mvr-
years old. Mrs. Gregory is a daugh- iads of the crawlers are found every.
ter-in-law of Lady Augusta Gregory. where. 8eemlngly moving to some ob-
aa Irish playwright. I jective, it is said that they are mere-
Attacks on the poi.ee and military ly seeding places in which to undergo
occurred last night and today. Al the change into moths. These moths.
conetable was killed and a sergeant Armstrong savs. will then denn.lt
and another constable wounded as
they were leaving a church in Dan-
sna. Countr Tipperary, last night.
A bomb was thrown at a military
eggs that will produce caterpillars
next season.
Along the highway between Dll-
lard and Myrtle Creek, it is said, the
lorry in crowded Frederick street here oak trees f or mlleB hava been atrlppti
today. In the shooting which fol
lowed several civilians were wounded.
Ambuscades Are Reported.
Reports of ambuscades and other
attacks on the military, police and
civilians Saturday and Sunday showed
there were 33 deaths from violence.
this being the highest number re
corded for such a period.
Military reports say three prison
ers attempted to escape from an
escort at Carrantuohill, -County
Kerry, Sunday. Two were shot and
killed and the other wounded. The
escort waa fired at from a house
which they bombed. The occupants
of the house while running away
were fired on and the owner was
killed.
Because occupants of houses were
alleged to be active supporters of the
republicans, the military destroyed
several residences in the Tipperary
and Cashel districts. One hour was
permitted for the removal of food
stuffs. Occupants were not permit
ted to take out the furniture.
Since the attempted release of
Arthur Griffith from Mouhtjoy pris
on, no visitors have been permitted.
CORK PRISO.V IS ATTACKED
1
Attempts Made to Snipe Guards
" and Machine Guns Are Used.
CORK, May 16. (By the Associated
Press.) An attack was made on the
Cork prison at midnight last night.
It took the form of attempts to snipe
the guard. The guard replied with
machine guns and sent up signal
lights, which brought a strong mili
tary force from the barracks and the
attacking party was dispersed.
This was the third attack within
two months. -
Daniel O'Brien of Knockandbane,
Liscarrol, County Cork, was tried by
drumhead courtmartial Saturday and
executed in the Cork detention bar
racks this morning. x
O'Brien met death bravely, main
taining the same attitude that he dis
played at his trial when, in answer
ing the request to plead, he replied:
"I have no defense; I was caught as
a soldier and you can try me."
of foliage. The pests have not ma
terially damaged any fruit - trees in
this county.
BREWSTER, N. T., May 18. A fire
which destroyed the Central New
England railway station here Satur
day night was caused by the aurora
boreallis, in the opinion of railway of-
liciais.
Teiepraph Operator Hatch said
he was driven away from his instru
ment by a flare -of flame which en
veloped the switchboard and Ignited
the building.
LONDON, May IS. Telegraph and
telephone lines in the British isle
and throughout all northern Europe
have been seriously interrupted by
the great magnetic storm which vir.
tually paralyzed wire transmission in
the United States Saturday night and
Sunday. Cables between England
and the United States were affected
early this morning and transmission
was badly delayed.
The disturbance was believed to
have caused a fire which destroyed a
telephone exchange at Karlstad, a
Swedish town about 160 miles west
of Stockholm. The building was de
stroyed. NEW YORK, May 18- Damage to
the Western Union Telegraph com
pany's trans-Atlantic cables by the
electrical disturbance accompanying
the aurora borealls Saturday and
Sunday nights may necessitate rais
ing of the cables for repairs, New-
comb Carlton, its president, an-1
nounced tonight.
Traffic on the cables was inter
rupted from time to time during the
disturbance, he said, and serious
damage caused by the stray electrical
currents.
The magnetic disturbance." he
said, "was much the worst ever ex
perienced. A great many fuses were
blown out on our land lines and we,
had great difficulty with the sub
marine cables.
"The oceanic currents accompany
ing the aurora searched out the weak
snots in the cable insulation, aggra
vating them and interrupting service.''
SEATTLE, Wash., May 16. Disturb
ances caused by the aurora borealls
GOVERNOR IS PRAISED
American Automobile Association
Lauds Scenic Advertisements.
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, D. C May 16. (Spe
cial.) By a unanimous vote the na
tional convention of the American
Automobile association directed
George C. DiehL its president, to send
the following telegram to Governor
Olcott of Oregon:
Tour splendid activity on behalf
of the scenic resources of Oregon and
particularly the protection of timber
along the state highways means much
to the motorist of the country visiting
the state, and on behalf of the mem
bership of the American Automobile
association now in annual meeting
assembled, I wish to congratulate you
on your foresight in impressing upon
the citizens of Oregon at the last
legislative session, the great scenic
value of these natural resources."
Real Peace Declared Impossible as
Long as Teutons Deny Re-
- sponsibility for War.
LILLE, France, May 16 With Ger
many still disclaiming responsibility
for the war, there Is no other course
than to deal with her aa one who
must be compelled to make good her
misdeeds, declared President Miller-
and in an address delivered today in
the presence of King Albert of Bel
glum. . -' '
"If the citizens of Lille and northern
France and Belgium are too generous
to claim revenge," he said, "they
nevertheless. In accordance with tee
remainder of the people" of France and
the allies, demand justice against the
government and .the nation which
brought on the war, and which
throughout the hostilities, pursued a
systematic course of ruin and devas
tation toward the mines and indus
tries, employing pillage 'and arson
as a means of insuring their own in
dustrial and economic ascendancy
upon the coming of peace.
As long- as Germany continues to
deny the responsibility which her
plenipotentiary acknowledged at Ver
sailles there can be no real peace.
It is not to the democracies, eager
for work and peace, that , one . must
look for Imperialism. We cherish no
ambition other than to assure to fu
ture eeneratinnH lihertv. fraternity
and peace. In which individuatfhappi-
ness shall be the fruit of disinterested
devotion to the right and the ideals."
Replying to President Millerand,
King Albert said:
Your words will find among my
compatriots in Belgium a sympathetic
echo." ...
M. Millerand today opened an ex
hibition of social welfare work. He
Inspected the American Red Cross and
complimented Lieutenant-Colonel -R. E.
Olds' of St. Paul. Minn., Red Cross
commissioner for Europe, and also the
American, Red Cross nurses.
Hi,
(Concluded on Pare Z, Column 4.
DR. YATES IS ARRESTED
Maintenance of Street Sign With-
out Permit Is Charged.'
Dr. Paul Yates was arrested yes
terday on charges of maintaining ' a
street sign without a permit. The
warrant for the arrest of Dr. Yates
was signed by Deputy Building In
spector Thornton.
The sign has been the cause of
trouble between Dr. Yates and mem
bers of the city council for more than
year. One legal action is now be
fore the state supreme court.
Dr. Yates was, released upon his
own recognizance.
RAIL MAIL RUNS STAND
Routes That Divide at Baker, Or.,
Will "ot Be Combined.
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, D. C. May 16. The
postoffice department declined today
to combine the two railway mall runs
between Pocatello, Idaho, and Port
land, Or., which divide at Baker. '
The department said its policy was
to shorten rather than to lengthen the
runs of railway mail clerks.
Makers of Extracts and
. Perfumes Aroused.
USE OF BEER IS OPPOSE
Patent Medicine Concerns
Also Join in Protest.
RUIN DECLARED FACED
;h Line Canal Supplying Water
i lor Major Irrigation Pur
poses Is Threatened.
SEATTLE, Wash., May 16. (Spe
cial.) Destruction of three river
bridges, heavy damage to hundreds
of acres of apple orchards and other
property, approximating upwards of
100.000, along with serious threaten
ing this afternoon of the high line
canal which supplies water for major
irrigation purposes in Wenatchee and
the surrounding territory, was the
report by long distance telephone to
day.
A heavy rainfall. In progress from
midnight until noon continuously,
took place above Wenatchee towards
the north. This rain and melting
snows caused a veritable torrent to
tear for two miles down through
canyon No. 2 towards that city.
Hundreds of acres of orchard land
were in the path of the rushing
waters while Sprlngwater avenue, a
city street more than a mile long.
lined with residences and orchards.
received the brunt of the torrential
attack. By 13 o'clock the water was
uearea 10 oe snouiaer nign in tnese extremes to which some men go to
orcnaras, with the stream running Uatisfv tha erivinr for .ronr drink
! threatening to uproot me since the country went dry shocked
treeS. thA knna. 4iii1lnl..v I.--
ceiore aawn three bridges spanning I h-arin- on rh. Vnlt.rf hin in
the Wenatchee river were reDorted L.i,. v. .',.i,ikitu. ......... i..
more drastic.
Representatives of manufacturers
of flavoring extracts, patent medicln
and perfumes, in protesting against
added restrictions which they declared
would interfere seriously with thel
Business were outspoken In oppo
sition to medical beer and the sale
Extremes to Which Some Men Go
to Satisfy Craving for Drink
Shocks Honse Committee.
WASHINGTON. D. C, May 18. The
washed out, although considerable
salvage will take place, it is said
No lives were reported lost, and no
residences were destroyed, so far as
could be learned.
The major damage was being in
fueled in the northwestern part of
Wenatc-hee, the business section not
feeling the effect of the great wash Lf concoctIon8 masquerading as medi
cine but actually used as beverages.
The story of the man who became
drunk after drinking hair tonic, Ja
maica ginger and similar things crept
in continually.
Clashes Are Frequent.
In a list of more than 100 products,
branded as "booze medicine," some old
bottles that had their place on the
shelves of country drug stores for
more than half a century were pa
raded In full view of the committee
and denounced by spokesmen for pro
SOLDIER'S BODY ARRIVES declared they had Begun medicating
alcohol used In all their preparations
Fun-era I of Arthur E. Schwerln to long before the 18th amendment swept
out the bars. There were frequent
That which gave everybody in the
city the greatest cause for alarm at
noon was the report that the high-
line canal, on which the valley de
pends chiefly for its irrigation sup
ply, was in danger. The waters were
encroaching on it, it was said and,
unless there was a quick subsidence
of the flood, damage of almost In
calculable extent would be done.
The waters were emptying into the
Columbia.
Be Held Tomorrow.
OREGON CITY. Or, May 18. (Spe
cial.) The body of Private Arthur E.
Schwerln, killed in action in France
November 7, 1918, arrived In Oregon
City today. Sohwerin, whose home
was at Willamette, was well known
in Clackamas county and was one of
the most popular young men of his
company. He is survived by his
mother, Mrs. Samuel J. Schwerln of
Willamette; two brothers, Frank
Schwerln. of Burlington, la., and Al
bert Schwerln of Sellwood, and two
sisters, Mrs. Mahlon Snidow of Wil
lamette and Mrs. L. Bradley of Wil
lamette.
i-unerai services win ne held on
Wednesday afternon at 2 o'clock. In
charge of Willamette lodge, American
Legion, of this city, with Rev. W. T.
Millikin of Salem officiating.
LOOKS AS IF UNCLE SAM WOULD HAVE TO GO OVER AND PULL 'EM OUT.
BIGGER ARMY FAVORED
Senate Sub-Committee Decides on
Force of 175,000.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 16. An
army of 175,000 was decided on today
by the senate military affairs sub
committee considering the army ap
propriation bill. The measure ' as
passed by the house provided for an
army of 150,000.
In fixing the army strength at
175,000 men, the sub-committee ac
ceded to the request of Secretary
Weeks that such minimum be pro
vided, even lf other items have to be
decreased. The bill to be laid before
the full committee would carry J339.
859,000 as compared with 8320,765.000
in the house measure and 8346,040,000
in the bill vetoed by President Wilson.
WILLIAMS HARDING GUEST
RAIDERS INTIMIDATE WOMEX
.' .. -
Veteran Hnrls Sewing Machine at
Party; Dog Sbtcs His Master.
' LIVERPOOL, May 16. Six houses
in widely separated parts of this city
were raided and set afire by uniden
tified persons last night. The -occupants
of every house thus visited
have relatives serving in the Royal
Irish constabulary. The Inmates
were In some cases gagged and bound,
the furniture was drenched with
ICoaduded oa Fas 2, Column 1.)
Committeeman and Wife Enter
tained at White' House.
THE QREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, j
Washington, D. C, May 16. Ralph E.
Williams, republican national commit
teeman for Oregon, and Mrs. Williams
took luncheon with President and
Mrs. Harding at the White House to
day. Mrs Williams 'was a guest of
Mrs. Harding at a circus box party
in the afternoon.
Other members of the party were
Mrs. Harry New, wife of the Indiana
senator, and Mrs. Harlan, social sec
retary to Mrs. Harding.
.
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clashes.
Nobody said a word In favor of beer.
Patent medicine men told Mr. iVolstead
that so far as they were concerned
he could go as far as he liked with
beer, but they did not agree with bis
announcement that he would fight to
prevent the use of wine as an alco
holic base for any remedy.
Extract Makers Aronsed.
Extract manufacturers were more
pronounced In their opposition to the
new tightening- up measure, one wit
ness reminding the chairman that his
enforcement act had been amended in
the house to give them a chance to
live.
Charles D. Joyce, president of a fla
vorlng extract association, declared no
man had ever been able to drink
emon extract "in sufficient quantities
to make hlni drunk and live.
The only man who ever tried to
do it, to nry knowledge," he said, "had
to line his mouth and throat with tal
cum powder before taking the first
swallow."
Defiling Is Discussed.
The witness was asked if he knew
anything of the practice of taking the
fire out of extracts through a piece
of bread, which soaked it up like a
About 60 Persons Left Homeless.
Help Is Called From Rainier
and Other arby Towns.
RAINIER. Or., May 16. (Special.)
Fire practically wiped out the
town of Stella, Wash., shortly after
1 o'clock today, left about 60 persons
homeless and did damage estimated
tonight at 1100,000..
The Stella hotel, the warehSuse and
lumber yards of the Stockmeyer Log
ging & Lumber company and more
than a block of the docks belonging
to the same- concern were burned.
Five - residences and 25,000 feet of
ties on the docks were destroyed.
Help was called from Rainier and
other nearby towns and crews from
the logging camps and mill manned
the hose while the steamers Diamond
O and Service acted as fireboats In
the effort to extinguish the flames.
The fire started in the residence of
Ed Andersonr foreman of the dock.
Fanned by a high wind, the flames
soon enveloped the house, spread to a
nearby shed and then, to the ware
house of the lumber company where
cans of fruit, melting in the flames,
furnished miniature explosions
throughout the fire. Ties, gasoline.
automobiles and other articles on the
docks were dropped into the river to
keep the flames from them. Within
few minutes after the fire started
in the Anderson house, the dock,
warehouse, hotel and residences were
aflame and efforts of the crews of
the steamers and mill proved unavail
ing.
Tonight those who were burned out
of their homes were being cared for
at the remaining hotel In the town
and In the old dance hall which was
untouched.
First Serious Disorder
Marks Walkout Here.
ATTACK LAID TO STRIKERS
Captain on Swiftscout
Manhandled by Party.
Is
FISTS FLY
BATTLE
Two Members of Xon union Work
Are Reported to Have
ers
Been Severely Beaten.
The first serious disorder here In
connection with the nation-wide
strike of marine workers took place
yesterday morning at the Eautern ti
Western Lumber company's mill,
when a group of men, supposed to be
strikers, raided the steamer Swift
scout, engaged members of her non
union crew in a fistic battlo on the
deck and finally induced the entire
force of men aboard to leave the
vessel.
Captain George E. Brldgett, marine
superintendent for the Swiftsure Oil
Transport company, owners of the
vessel, was supervising operations
aboard the steamer and was man
handled during the scuffle and his
GLOOM GRIPS EX-KAISER clothing was torn. Two member, of
wio nonuiiiun crew wcro rcyunvu iv
Exile Receives Fewer Visitors and have been severely beaten.
. , c i I Seeosd Deck Crew Obtalse.
Continues Wood Snwlng.
A second deck crew was Dlaced
DOORN, Holland, May 16. (By the b d ln th. .fternoon
Associated Press.) The death of ex- b y.,he Be service bureau of the ship-
Empress Augusta Victoria has
wrought 'no radical change ln ex-
Emperor William's routine. He con
tinues his wood-sawing, reading and
Inspection of the Doom estite. Fre
quently he takes short strolls through
the village.
He receives fewer visitors than pre
viously, however, and suffers spells
of melancholia, during which be flees
from company.
BISHOPS GET SALARY RISE
High Officers of United Brethren
Church Receive Increases.
INDIANAPOLIS. May 16. A 40 per
ping board to enable her to move to
the North Bank dock, where she will
load, and this crew was still with her
last night, with no further violence
reported.
Police protection was asked by the
shipping board as soon as the first
report of the fighting was received.
and a detail under Sergeant Bunn
was rushed to the Eastern & Western
mill dock. No rioters were to be
found by the time the police arrived,
though Captain Brldgett said he was
acquainted with a number of the
raiders and would swear out war
rants for their arrest.
Police were guarding the North
Bank dock yesterday afternoon to
cent increase of salaries was gfanted; prevent a recurrence of th. dlordtr.
- ' " "
today to the principal officers of the
United Brethren church by delegates
to the quadrennial conference. - Thirty
officers will receive the advances.
Under the new salary scale' bishops
receive 84500 annually and the secre
taries of numerous boards and com
mittees 83300.
proceedings from the Pacific Coast
coal dock which adjoins this dock on
the south.
Swiftscout I'sdcr Charter.
The Swiftscout is a 12,000-ton tank
er, built by tne isormwesi uriage m
Iron company for the Swiftsure Oil
Transport company and chartered last
-..if flft.f Ivlnir tills hers for more
CAREY SLATED FOR POST than a month, by the Northern Grain
&. Warehouse company, to carry . a
Portland Man Decided On for cargo of wheat to Europe.
South American Commission.
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, D. C, May 16. Judge
Charles H. Carey of Portland has
been decided upon by the state, de-
The vessel went to the Eastern 4s
Western mill to take on lumber for
lining.
Other local developments of the
marine strike yesterday were the
movement of one steamer to and one
from the shipping boards mooring
partment for appointment to one of
the international commissions dealing ground at the Victoria dolphins be
with South American affairs. I low the Broadway bridge, where ship-
Judtre Carey was considered at one I hoard steamers are tied uo when
sponge, but he never heard of It. Nor ' time for a diplomatic post, but failed . a reason they are obllg'ld to be
k-i v, . v A t .. .1.... , .mr,.. hi- interest in such an an- I
Idle for a lew days.
polntmeni. v.l to leava the moorlnrs
was the Admiral line steamer Coaxet,
had he ever heard of Jamaica ginger
drinking "fiends," he added.
Well, I've seen droves of them,"
said Chairman Volstead.
Representative ' Hill, republican
Maryland, who has introduced a bill
to repeal the Volstead law, urged an
amendment which would put prohibi
tion ln the hands of the attorney-
general.
If you are trying to repeal the Vol
stead act, why so solicitous about its
enforcement?" asked Representative
Tillman, democrat, Arkansas.
Enforcement Held Duty.
Aa long as we have the law it
ought to be enforced," he declared.
"But when you have a law that Is s
national joke because of non-enforcement,
it is calculated to bring "all the
laws ln contempt.1
While the Volstead law was being
shot at and defended, members of the
committee declared It was not nearly
so drastic as Illinois and Maine pro
hibition statutes.
Representative Hersey, republican,
Maine, referring to 60 years of prohi
bition ln his state, told how it had
worked.
"AH I have to say about the Maine
prohibition law,' replied Mr. Hill, "was
that my great uncle helped to frame
it and he died regretting it."
WOMEN BOYCOTT MEAT
Strike to Bring Down Retail Prices
Declared in Milwaukee.
MILWAUKEE, Wis., May 16. Mil
waukee women who are determined
to do without meat three days a week
until retail prices come. down in con
formity with wholesale prices 'began
their strike today, according to Mrs.
F. E. Howe, president ol tne women s
Fair Price league.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 16.
Wholesale prices for April showed a
decline of 5 per cent from March
and 42 per cent from April, 1920,
according to figures made public by
the department of labor. A decline
of 43 Mi per cent was shown from the
high peak prices of last May.
Farm products showed the largest
decrease in April, with a drop of 8
per cent.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS which shifted to the Southern Paclflo
-, " siding below the Burnside bridge to
The Weather.
TBSTBRDAT'8 Maximum temperature
l degree.; minimum, SO drcees,
TODAT'S Showers: westerly winds,
Foreign.
Woman and four other- shot ln Irish
troubles. Page 1.
start loading lumber for the orient
West Mlvarla Is Loaded.
Moving to the dolphins was the
steamer West Nlvarla, of the Colum
bia-Pacific Shipping company s North
China line. The West Nivarla fin-
Force only course for allies In dealing l8hed loading at municipal terminal
Page j"""""' no. 1 yesterday afternoon, took
National. aboard a considerable quantity of
Blr navy programme encounters strenu- mall Bnd moved to the dolphins to
enforcement. Page 1. officer list. Except for a licensed en
Supreme court sends par .collection of glneer or two her personnel la com-
checks case oaca tor inai. x-ag. . . , d -he ig ready to go.
Western governors plead for reclamation.
Page 14.
Estate tax upheld by supreme court.
Pa
Domestic.
Labor makes final rebuttal of railways'
wage-cut arguments, rage a.
Hostages taken by convict on fight from
prison, rage 1.
nlete
The steamer EelbecK, tuny laaea
with a cargo of wheat for Lurope,
which moved to the dolphins Satur
day, was still there yesterday, and the
steam schooner Willamette, of the
McCormlck line was still at her own
ers' dock at St- Helens, unable to pro-
Mysterious fires blamed on aurora. Pag i. CMd to ,ea because of the strike.
Wenatchee swept Dy oestrucuv. nooa. nn. tha .hortaae of en-
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Pacific Northwest. gineers for Portland ships, the Port-
Stella, Wash., has bad fire. Pags 1. land office of the sea service pureau
Military order of Oddfellows electa Page 4. waa able yesterday to supply an en-
Hports. I -ineer to complete the officer list of
Detroit win send imieiaer Hals to Fort-
r..,w.'., r..r".' Carnenti.r arrive. f, chartered by the shipping board to
bout, rage rj. I make ner usual ruu i uuiuctci
Commercial and Marin. I nd southwestern Alaska ports after
English bop buyers Insist on cleaner pick- the failure of her owners, the Alaska
inc by Paclflo coast hop growers
Page XI.
Chicago wheat bullishly affected by Win
nipeg advance, rage zi..
Liberty bonds rally alter early Irregu
larities, rag 2i.
Seafarers' strike ties up 143 ships May
1-15. Page 3.
Willamette river to pass flood stag to
night. Page .'U.
Portland and Vicinity.
Steamer Swiftscout raided br marine
strikers ln Portland harbor. Page 1.
Six lumber companies fined for breaking
wage contract. Page 10.
Council to hold traffic bearing today.
Page 10. v
Assignments of bishops mad for fall con
ferences Pag 7.
Federal Judge, Bean censures Attorney
Goldstein at Hedderly trial. Page 13.
Candidates gather to discuss chsncsa
Pag 11.
City welcome Priscllla Dean. Pag .
Banks await reserve board decision on
credits. Page 2-'.
General Brice P. deque says audit shows
no loss in wax-time sprues operations.
Pas 14.
Steampship company, to dispatch her
to the north, where a food shortage
threatens.
RANGER, AMUCK, FUGITIVE
Man Drives Family Front Home,
Then Disappears.
KALAMA, Wash, May 16. (Spe
cial.) F. F. Miles, aged 60, a ranger.
living 12 miles east of Woodland,
armed with a gun, drove his -vifs n
two children out of the house at
o'clock this morning and later fled
into the mountains. Sheriff Hogget,
who was notified, left with four depu.
ties to search for Miles. Several hours
later the sheriff sent word to Kalsma
that he bad not yet found the ranger.
Miles' attack on his family was
aid to have been due to desponduncy.
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