3 TIIE MORNING OREGONTAN, SATURDAY, MARCFI 11, 1923 : V DECEIT IS CHARGED i TO II. S. DELEGATES Attack on Four-Power Pact Pressed in Senate. LODGE ANSWERS CHARGE Denials by Secretary or State as to Negotiations Are Held Inconceivable. WASHINGTON, D. C, March 10. Opponents of the four-power treaty, pressing- their attack on the manner in which the treaty was negotiated. declared on the senate floor today that the American delegation to the arms conference not only concealed knowledge of the negotiations from the public, but was responsible for the dissemination of misleading reports concerning them. At the time when the treaty's con elusion was imminent,' Secretary Hughes, it was asserted by Senator Robinson, democrat, Arkansas, told newspaper correspondents that he had no knowledge of any such project. As a result, the Arkansas senator de clared, the press not only was in accurately Informed, but newspaper men assigned to the conference suf fered professionally because they placed reliance on what Mr. Hughes told them. Denials Held Inconceivable. That the secretary of state had made such, denials was characterized bv Senator Lodge, republican. Mass a chusetts, another member of the American delegation, "as inconceiv able." Mr. Lodge declared that the project for a Pacific concord had been discussed by him with Mr. Hughes before the conference began. &en ator Robinson's charge was made dur ine- a brief flurry of debate Just be fore the treaty was laid aside for the day to give right of way to a Judiciary bill. At first the administration leaders had opposed interruption of the treaty discussion to take up the bill, but so many senators asked for more time to prepare their speeches that a truce was agreed to. Senator Lodge an nounced, however, that tomorrow he would insist that the senate reach a vote on the first of the proposed reser vations. Underwood to Make Address. The democratic leader. Senator Un derwood of Alabama, also a member of the arms delegation. Is to make a prepared address on the treaty as soon as tomorrow's session begins. Several of the "irreconcilaoles" op posing the treaty have been waiting to hear Mr. Underwood s speech be fore preparing their own. The first reply to the minority lead er is expected to be made Monday by Senator Johnson, republican, California. latter arrived here. Kennedy refused to do eo, she said, believing the man she wanted him to meet was Oben chain, she said. In answer to the question whether she had ever been in Burch's room, standing at the win dow with him, her reply was "No." It was following her cross-ezamina tion with reference to Burch that counsel for the state suddenly pro pounded his questions as to whether a marriage between Kennedy and Mrs, Obenchain had ever been performed by the captain of a ship while out on the ocean. Mrs. Obenchain testified that she Jiad no recollection of being In the district attorney's office on August 6, 1921, the day following the killing. She said she could not recall making a statement to officers at that time, but would not deny making one Asked when it was that she lost her recollection of events on the night of the killing, she replied: "When I touched Betton." She testified yesterday that she EXPULSION CASE ARGUED Lawyer Seeks Restraining Order to Stay in Church. NEW YORK. March 10. Supreme Court Justice Newburger today heard arguments in an action brought by Walter Fairchild, a lawyer, to com pel trustees of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, to show cause why they should not be restrained from ex pelling him from membership in the church. The justice reserved decision. Fairchild, who was counsel for Mrs. Augusta Stetson in the long litigation that followed her expulsion for "her esy," la accused of violating the laws of the church in adhering to Mrs. .Stetson. MRS. OBENCHAIN GRILLED (Continued From First Page.) October 4, 1919, to obtain a divorce. She recited again that Kennedy ex pected to come to her there as soon as the divorce was obtained and that their marriage was to follow. When 'ie did not arrive when the divorce was granted, she said she then gave ip expecting him. "I knew Belton's nind was being poisoned against me at home," she said. Health Sought In California. Her reason for coming to California 'n January, 1921, as testified to yes terday, was on account of her health :vnd to visit friends. She had no in tention of ever resuming her former relations with Kennedy, she said, but about April 1 they came to another agreement to be married. On May 6 they were to take sep arate trains to San Francisco, she said, and the marriage was to take iiace there. She then told of remem bering her promise to Obenchain '.hat she would consult him before narrying anyone and of telephoning TCennedy just before she boarded' the train for Chicago. At this point in her testimony the irosecution brought out the fact that ihe expected Kennedy to follow her Chicago and marry her there. Ken nedy's telegrams to her, received . hortly after her arrival in Chicago, In which he gave sickness as his excuse for not coming, were read to ihe Jury. She testified that they then tgreed she was to go to San Fran uisco, and he was to join her there. Marriage Hopes Given Up. On arriving in San Francisco and being told by her friend, Mrs. Mabel Demond, that Kennedy's mother had "attacked her character," she testified she then gave up all hope of ever marrying Kennedy. In answer to the prosecution's ques tions. Mrs. Obenchain again went over in detail her relations with Burch. Hhe told again of meeting him at the train, when he arrived here last July, and that he did not have a gun case as a part of his hand baggage. It is the claim of the state that Burch carried with him on his trip west the gun with which, it asserts, Kennedy was killed. She said that she was "surprised" when Burch told her later that hf. had obtained a room at a hotel across the street from Ken nedy's office, though she testified yes terday that she mentioned the hotel to him. She again asserted that her rela tionship with Burch was nothing more than friendship. Love for Arthur Denied "I know I never loved Arthur," she said, referring to Burch. "Was Burch in love with you?" she was asked. "No, I don't believe he was," she replied. . She again told of her automobile rides with Burch the first week he was here, of her conversations with him In which she told him of her relations with Kennedy, and of Burch's promise to see Kennedy in her behalf. She denied that she had sent for Burch to come west. "Did you at any time ask Burch to watch Kennedy's movements?" she was asked. Her answer was "No." She told of her efforts to get Ken nedy to meet Burch shortly after the WHAT CONGRESS DID AS ITS " DAY'S WORK, Senate. Notice was given by Lodge that he will begin pressing treaty today following brief de bate on authorship of four power pact. Heflin discusses Muscle Shpala and the federal reserve system. Bill to create 19 additional federal judges is considered, but no action taken. - Anti-Saloon league is accused by Shields of interfering In se lection of federal judges. House. ' Bilt to lend $1,000,000 for pur chase of seed by farm-era passe Agricultural appropriation bill is debated. Members of ways and means committee claim loans in bonus bill would take but 1 per cent of outstanding credits 'of the federal reserve system. touched him after the shooting occurred. The prosecution did not cross- examine Mrs. Obenchain' today on events Immediately preceding . the slaying of Kennedy. Court adjourned until Monday morning before they could be reached. PRESIDENT ON HOUSEBOAT PARTY EXPECTS TO VISIT SEA BREEZE RESORT TODAY. Round of Golf to Be Played and Then It Is Planned to Continue Trip Down Coast. ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., March 10. President Harding was resting to night aboard the houseboat of E. B. McLean of Washington, which was anchored in Mantanzas inlet, near Summer Haven, 18 miles south of here. Accompanied by Mrs. Harding and his party, the president went aboard shortly after noon and the boat immediately started for a cruise along the Florida coast. Tomorrow morning the party ex pects to pass through the east coast canal and stop at Sea Breeze, a beach resort near Daytona, for a round of golf, after which it is planned to con tinue down the coast. Stops are scheduled where golfing is good. The party will return . to St. Augustine about the middle of next week for a stay of a day or two before leav ing for Washington. The president and Secretary Chris tian worked on official correspond ence during the afternoon. Mr. Harding is enjoying absolute: relaxation on the cruise, for the boat is without wireless, although within easy reach of land in case communi cation is desired. The president played two rounds of golf during his stay nere ana aireaay aa.9 developed, a healthy tan. HOUSE TO CONSIDER BUS BILL MONDAY Postponement Not to Affect Republican Programme.. VOTE MARCH 20 LIKELY Ways and Means Committee Said to Have Majority to Insure Favorable Report. 'DEAD' SLAYER IS REVIVED Bill Resuscitating Oft-Condemned Murderer Is Passed. TRENTON, N. J.. March 10. A measure by Senator Allen of Salem county, which, In effect, would le gally resuscitate a legally dead mur derer, was passed by the legislature today. For 1 years Archibald Herron of Middlesex county, convicted slayer of the Rev. S. B. D. Prickett of Metuchen, and sentenced to death for his crime. has lived in the shadow of the death chair on the contention of his coun sel that if Heron was not insane at the time of the crime he became In sane immediately afterward and the state could not execute an' insance man. The electrocution was stayed sev eral times and ultimately the final date set for his execution passed. His attorney then fought off Heron's exe cution on the ground that he was 'legally dead." The matter was referred to Attor ney-General McCream, who had the Allen, bill drawn. BABY CARRIED ON HIKE War Veteran and Wife Reacb New Jersey in Search of Work. HOBOKBN, N. J., March 10. Trudg ing across the continent from San Francisco with a 10-pound baby in his arms, Percy K. Hanton, a Cana dian war veteran, arrived here today with his wife. Hanton, a swimming. Instructor and house painter, said he had sought in vain for a job that would enable him to settle down somewhere along the road. He had only 15 cents when he left San Francisco, he said, but managed to get enough odd jobs to keep the family in food on the trip and leave $1 in the family purse when they reached Hoboken. Automobilists gave the family a few lifts, he said, but most of the distance was covered on foot. DRENCHING DUE ON COAST WASHINGTON, D. C. March 10. Announcement by Chairman Fordney that the house ways and means com mitter would meet Monday, instead of tomorrow, to consider the compromise soldier bonus bill, was the chief de velopment today In the bonus situa tion. Inability of several committee mem bers to be on hand tomorrow prompt ed postponement of the meeting, ac cording to the chairman, who de clared, however, that the delay in ob taining committee action on the bill would In no way affect the pro gramme which calls for a vote in the house within ten days. 1 Favorable report Monday by the committee of the revised bill, which provides for issuance of adjusted com pensation certificates to war veterans is assured, republican and democratic committee members agreed. They generally were of the opinion that no further changes of consequence would be made in the measure. Majority for Bill. Several committee members are ex pected to vote against reporting the bill to the house, but a safe majority is said to feel that the measure is a satisfactory" compromise. Mr. Fordney on his return late today from a western trip, refused to comment on the announced inten tion of Controller of the Currency Crisslnger to advise national banks, in the event the bill is enacted with out material change, not to accept certificates as security for loans to former service men. Mr. Fordney declared, however, he was certain loans to war veterans would in no way seriously affect the credit of banks making the loans. Governor Harding, of the federal re serve board, he added, had expressed approval of the loan provisions, and offered no objection to the measure on the ground that loans would re sult in "frozen credits," as contended by Mr. Crisslnger. . Vote March 20 Likely. Representative Mondell, republican leader, said today that plans for a house vote on the bill under suspen sion of the rules March 20, were un changed. As this programme would bar - amendments, leaders expressed the opinion that there was no possi bility of a tax-raising provision being attached. With debate limited to less than an hour under the suspension of the rules programme, various members of the house are expected to take ad vantage of lulls in debate on other measures during the coming week to air their views on the bonus ques tions. Several members- are said to be planning to comment on the stand taken by Controller Crissinger. ' .' Amendment of"tho bill to provide for the issuance- of adjusted compen sation certificates to the heirs or estates of service men who died dur- ng the war or who may die before the act becomes effective, was advo cated today by Representative An drew, republican, Massachusetts. In a letter addressed to all members of the house. Amendment Is Urged. ' Omission from the bill of such a provision, Mr. Andrew contended, "in volves injustice, has no warrant in logic and ought to be rectified before the bill is presented to a vote- of the house." ' "The bill provides," Mr. Andrew's letter stated, "that in case a veteran applies for adjusted compensation and dies before receiving it, the compen sation to which he was entitled, but which he had not received, shall be paid to a designated beneficiary or failing that, to his estate; but on the other hand, if he died during the war or since the war and before the act goes into effect, and so never had a chance to file an application, no pro vision is made to pay his adjusted compensation to his heirs or estate." war and for a number of years there was a period of under-building. With Jow prices and with plenty of labor at hand the moment has arrived to open up. I do not believe the prices of materials and labor will go any lower and this belief is borne out by the willingness of banks to back building programmes. ' "In addition the war took- the young blood out of the country and there is a shortage of apprentice labor. A building revival is sure to come sooner or later, but if it comes too suddenly and the' present condi tions are not taken advantage of, a labor shortage will result and labor costs will again soar." I. JT. Day of Portland Speaks. ' In the afternoon I. N. Day of Port land spoke, substantiating the opin ions of previous speakers on public building and declared against the so called public official contractors and said that building by the public with out reference to the bits of private contractors was usurpation of public funds and the forerunner of socialism. The election committee reported yesterday on Its selection of the board of directors, whose names fol low: Natt McDougall, Portland; R. M. Miller, Seattle; JD. G. Munroe, Spo kane; J. M. Clifton, Spokane; T. A. Huetter, Spokane; I. N. Day, Portland; G. W. Gauntlett, Hoquiam; H. T. Johnson, Portland; J. L. Quinn, Port land; A. S. Downey, Seattle; F. J. Walsh, Tacoma; H. W. Morrison, Boise; J. B. Warrack, Seattle; G. A. Carlson, Spokane, and J. M. Dugan of Portland. The second and last day of the con vention will be today. The morning will be given over to three addresses, one by L. H. Lloyd on bonds and in surance, another by O. G. Hughson on public official contractors and the third by R. P. Duncan of Olympia, Wash, on safety. The afternoon will be devoted to general business and committee reports and the conven tion will end with the annual banquet at the Multnomah hotel in the evening. SELF-IDE YANKEE SCORNS EARL'S TITLE WRECKED SAILORS HOME CREWS OF TWO VESSELS AR RIVE IN CANADA. Men From Schooner Eileen Lake Tell of Tossing 80 Hours on Atlantic in Lifeboat. ST. JOHNS, N. B., March 10. Eighty hours of hunger and exposure in a storm-tossed lifeboat on the Atlantic were recounted today by the skipper and crew of the 200-ton schooner Eileen Lake, which sprang a leak off the Newfoundland coast January 19, and was abandoned. The captain G. H. Hornsworthy, and his men were picked up by the Belgian steamer Persier and taken to Antwerp. Today they were brought back by the Corsican. , "After leaving the distressed schoon er it was a hard fight to keep the frail craft from being swamped by the high . waves, the skipper said. George Foresew, the cook, dropped dead among his companions and was buried at sea. ' On the second day a ship passed without seeing the frantic signals of the men. The succeeding night the Belgian steamer Persier was signaled and took them aboard. The Corsican also brought from Antwerp the ship wrecked captain and crew ol the three-masted schooner Optimist, of Newfoundland, which lost her sails and began leaking January 26, while en route hera from Spain with a cargo of salt. Drifting helplessly and with life boats smashed, the Optimist was sighted by the steamer , Ampetico January 28. Captain John Evans of the Optimist decided his vessel would not remain afloat many more hours, whereupon he and his crew boarded the Ampetico and arrived in Antwerp February 7. Lawyer Doesn't Care to Be Called "His Grace." HEIR FOUND IN CHICAGO Fight to Win Success as American Citizen Is . Related Family ' lief t When Mere Boy. STRIKE VOTE COMPLETED TABULATION OF MINERS' BAL LOTS STARTS THURSDAY. Officials of Union Believe That Nine-Tenths or More or Work ers Favor Walkout. SUiCIDE HELD MYSTERY AUTO MAN SAYS HE CAN'T EX PLAIN GIRL'S ACT. Son , of Assemblyman Reproached in Death Note Written by Port land Woman's Daughter. SACRAMENTO, Cal., March 10. H. E. Parker, automobile salesman of this city, today told newspaper men and the police that he could not account for the suicide of Miss Per dita Oreilly of San Francisco, who took poison and died in a hotel here last night. - In a note written before she took the poison the young woman re proached Parker, who is a son of Assemblyman Parker of Auburn. , Parker, in his statement today, de clared he met the young woman a year ago, and that he had received several letters from her of an af fectionate nature. He asserted she was of a melancholy disposition. The girl's note said: "You are a coward and everything is bad and false. You know you were lying when you say I did not try to forget. Those little hands and perhaps several pairs will be before you when you die and you will never have good luck." Miss Oreilly's mother was said to live in Portland, Or. Downpour of Rain Is Predicted for Today by Weather Man. BAN FRANCICO. March 10. Pacifio coast states are due for a drencning Saturday and the downpour scheduled for Idaho and Nevada may have a touch of snow mixed in, according to tonight's forecast of the weather bureau. A moderate storm was reported central over southwestern Oregon to night and storm warnings were or dered as far south as San Francisco. Rain was the forecast for all Cali fornia, Washington and Oregon and rain and snow for Idaho and Nevada. Headaches From Slmht Colds. Laxative BROMO QUININE Tablets relievo the Headache by curing the Cold. A tonio laxative and term destroyer. The genuine bears the signature of E. W. Grove, sure you et BBOilO.) 30a Adv. CONTRACTORS SEEK BIDS (Continued From First Page.) stimulate construction at the present time," he continued, "and has been Instrumental in getting the federal re serve banking system to start a number of large buildings. The rail ways are also responding to our re quests and this year will see many miles of needed new track and sev eral large terminals." i Coats Held Low JVott. A. Gerbel, financial manager of the Great Northern Construction company of Seattle, in an interview said that a more favorable time than the pres ent for the introduction of building programmes could not exist. "Costs are now 30 per cent below the recent peak, and the business world is con fident that the period of general de pression is over. "Building was restricted during the INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 10. The strike vote of soft coal miners was completed tonight by local unions scattered throughout the country. Al though the exact returns will not be known for a week, officials of the United Mine Workers of America here believed that nine-tenths or more of the workers cast their ballots for a walkout on April 1, unless a new wage agreement is made in the mean time. Chances of getting a wage confer ence with the operators of the central competitive field, comprising western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illi nois, seemed remote to the union chiefs, for no change in the attitude of operators opposing an interstate conference resulted from the appeal of Secretary of Labor Davis asking the two sides to get together. The only possibility of a conference as viewed by union officials was for the government calling both operators and miners to Washington, but no one at union headquarters had any infor mation that such a call was contem plated. What may happen in the Pennsyl vania anthracite field depends on the outcome between the union officials and operators at New York next Wednesday. - 'Tabulation of the strike vote will be begun next Thursday. EVOLUTION STILL TAUGHT Defeat of Kentucky Bill Thought to Have Settled Fight. FRANKFORT, Ky., March 10: The dfeat of the Ellis evolution bill by the Kentucky house of representa tives yesterday is considered by lead ers as having finally disposed of the evolution question at this session. A similar bill was in the senate re cently and the rules committee thus far has refused to allow it to be re ported. The Ellis bill would have forbidden the teaching in the university of Kentucky, the normal schools and the public schools of "Darwinism, atheism, agnostics and evolution, as it pertains to the origin of man." . Montesano to Be Active. MONTESANO, Wash., March 10. (Special.) Montesano is anticipating a large amount of building this spring. Many projects are assured and others are contemplated. The most' import ant project will be the erection of a two-story reinforced concrete build ing. The lower floor will house three mercantile establishments and the upper floor will be given over to of fices. Clint Winters Is owner of the property. New houses are going up in several sections of Montesano and there is the usual spring - rush of minor improvements. CHICAGO, March 10. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Cyril Woodward Club ley Armstrong, self-made Chicago lawyer, whose struggle for a living has been only moderately successful, today was informed that he is sole heir to an English earldom, but the news had little effect on him, for he calmly informed newspaper reporters that he already possessed the great est title in the world that of Amer ican citizen and desired no other. Mr. Armstrong received a communi cation which had been sent to friends of his by the consular department in Washington in response to queries from relatives in India, asking that he be located. He produced many letters and documents to prove that he was the man eought, but said he knew nothing of the title he is supposed to have inherited, for he became sep arted from his family when a child and had worked his way up to mem bership in the bar through night schools. Newspapers Previously Sold. Previously he sold newspaper sub scriptions for a living, worked on Ca nadian farms and finally became a re porter on the Quincy, 111., Whig Jour nal. The letter asking that Mr. Arm strong be traced was written by Orran Phoenson. British vice-consul in charge at Nairobi, East Africa, to the state department at Washington. It stated that the Armstrongs recently had fallen heir to an earldom, that Cyril was the immediate heir and that his younger brother, Captain St. John Shelverton, was seeking Cyril. The letter was forwarded by Washington to Mayor P. J. O'Brien of Quincy, who located Armstrong in Chicago. Nothing Known of Title. " "I know nothing of the title," said Mr. Armstrong today, "but I do know that I am the Armstrong sought. If the reports of a title prove correct well, I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. I came to this country, j became an American citizen, fought my way up to a position of respect in this community, and it will always be foremost in my mind that I hold the greatest title in the world that of American citizen. This is a bad day for any other title and I have no desire to change. "Mv father's name was, I think William George Armstrong. He died when I was so young that I don't remember. I had two younger brothers William Lawrence and Captain St- John Shelverton. My mother remarried and St. John took his stepfather's name. . Birthplace In' India. "When I was about 9 years of age my uncle, Lawrence Hennessy Club ley Armstrong, a noted civil engineer, took ' me to - England from India, where I was born about 1880. I went to school at St. .Marks, Windsor, England, and Quernmore House, at Bromley. I didn t muke much prog ress in my Btudies, so my uncle sent me to Canada when I was 16. I worked on a farm near Norwich, Ont. for two years, and later became sub scription solicitor for a newspaper. I came to the United States then, go ing to work as a cub reporter In Quincy when I was about 21. 'I determined. to do better and went to night school, finally being ad mitted to the bar in 1908. I came to Chicago in 1913 and have been practicing law here since. Brother's Death Learned. Mr. Armstrong learned of his sec ond brother's death in France in the war, through the communications re ceived today. Mr. Armstrong tried twice to enlist in the American army in the war and once in the Canadian army, butwas rejected. , Mr. Armstrong denied his identity when he found a dozen newspaper re porters waiting in his office, but when they refused to leave he finally said: Well, let's have It over with, boys. I'm Armstrong." "Your grace," began a reporter. "Can the grace business," he broke in. "I just told you I was Armstrong, didn't I? Maybe I will be 'his grace," but not yet." ; Realty Board Formed. THE DALLES, Or., March 10. (Spe cial.) A realty board, made up of all real estate dealers in the city, was formed at a meeting held this morn ing at the chamber of commerce. E. C. Merrifield was chosen temporary chairman and H. C. Hurley temporary secretary.. The purpose of the new organization is to formulate plans for the relief of the existing housing shortage here and generally co-operate with the agricultural and horti cultural bureau of the chamber of commerce in its campaign for In creased production in the county. Milwaukie Debaters Win. GRESHAM, Or., March 10. (Spe cial.) In the triangular debate con sisting of Milwaukie, Estacada and Union high schools Milwaukie won from both Estacada and Union high. 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Officers to take charge on the first Thursday in April. The officers are: Harper Jamison, exalted ruler; Homer Ross, esteemed leading knight; Howard C. Gildea, esteemed loyal knight; Alec Cellars, esteemed lec turing knight; Dan Feely, secretary; Ralph Wortman, treasurer; D. P. Humphrey, tiller; V. R. Dennis, trus tee; William J. Llljequlst, delegate to the grand lodge and William Macy, alternate. , FIUME PEACE IS SOUGHT WASHINGTON. D. C March 10 j jUgo-Slav Government Conciliatory Army oraers coaay euwwcu mo i drawal of seven officers from their I In Trying Settlement. posts as military attaches in capitaisi Rr.n.np M...h ' ,0,R, ,h in European or Latin-American coun- BELGRADE, March 10.(By the riM it was understood that while ! Associated Press.) The Jugo-Blay the officers named. will continue to be accredited to thevarious govern ments. the war department has de termined as a matter of economy virtually to abandon these posts for the.nresent and six of the seven or firA,a war., directed to return to Wishinrton for duty. The seventh, Lieutenant-Colonel John R. Thomas Tr nnw military attache to Belgium was ordered to Paris for duty at the embassy there. other officers under "home" orders today were: Lieutenant-Colonel E. R. Warner MeCabe. Czecho - Slovakia M-aim- nvederir.k A. Holmer, Sweden Norway and Denmark; Major Janies B. Ord, The Netherlands; Major Ivens Jones, Switzerland; Major &awm Hardy, Ecuador and Cuba, and Lieu tenant-Colonel cnaries j. aubu, Egypt, Abyssinia, Arabia and Syria. The work of military observation In t-hcae. enuntries. it was explained, will be carried on when necessary under direction of the military attaches on duty at the major capitals in Europe and in Latin America. Philomath Man Candidate. rnnVAT.I.TS. Or. March 10. (Spe ijlrrank Burnap of Philomath v,oa announced his candidacy for county commissioner to succeed R. C. Von Lehe, whose term expires in January. Mr. Von Lehe has not yei announced whether or not he will be a candidate. Aside from county com missioner, the district attorney is the nr.lv other county office to be nnea this year. No announcements for this place have been maae. Minneapolis Brokers Fail. MINNEAPOLIS. March 10. With claims of J28.563 against two New York .brokerage firms which have re cently failed. L N. Colby & Co., deal ers in stocks and bonds, filed a volun tary petition in bankruptcy in United States district court nere toaay. McMinnvllle Elk9 Elect. McMINNVILLE, Or., March 10. fSpecial.) A large number of the Mo Minnville Elk lodge members met Thursday evening and elected of' 'ST JJ Hoch 4.28 F!toiila& St. ' . ' New shipment? oFAo supptfoi' a MiriPi-AlVrfpi Read The Oregonian classified ads. government intends to approach a settlement of the Fiume situation in a conciliatory attitude, but with tl intention of obtaining asurau' that thero will bo no further asitrf sions against the government thrr Particular insistence will bo mart on the complete execution of tl terms of the Kapallo treaty. It was statl today that there w be no concent ration of Juro-.SIh troops at Flume, the government action In this respect being limit to certain measures necessary to s curity. Salein to Decide Ilond Issue. SALEM. Or., March 10. (Special ) Salem voters, at a upecial election May, will pass upon the question authorizing bonds in the amount ii5,000 for sewer construction. S. H. green stamps Tor cash. Bel man Fuel Co., coal and wood. Broad war 63K3. fifiO-zl A dr. Limited Trains To Spokane DAY OR NIGHT THE NORTH BANK ROAD Every day two fast trains, furnishing all the present day features for comfort and pleasure in travel, are run between Portland and Spokane, via the North Bank Road. The day train carries observation parlor car, standard sleeping car, dining car and coaches. The night train carries observation, standard and tour ist sleeping cars and coaches. Dining car for dinner. Sleepers occupied until 8 A. II. at Spokane. Both trains use Union Station. Inland f mtim. Kmplre Portland 9:15 A.M. Arrive Spokane 9:00 P.M. North Hank Limited 7:10 P.M. 6:50 A. M. Rail and Keeping far Tlrkrta. and Kail Information May He Had all CONSOLIDATED TICKET OFFICE, 3d and Wa.h. UNION PASSENGER STATION 111 11 ! S. & H. GREEN STAMPS. I 4&?5Simm SUMMER PRICES ON MILL WOOD DELIVERY AT ONCE ANYWHERE IN CITY DRY FIR BLOCKS AND SHORT SLAB UNDER COVER H0LMAN FUEL CO. pi Broadway 3S3. Automatle 5BO-21. 1 !