OREGON STATE LTCRAir'
mar 1 7 1322
PRICE FIVE CENTS
VOL. TiXT NO 19.129 Entered at Portland fOresjonl
UJJ' liAl JW. Poslofflce as Second-clara Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1923
MOONSHINER HELD
ON MURDER CHARGE
AMERICAN LEGATION
IN SOFIA IS BOMBED
VIOLENT QUAKES
S BILL
2 STUDENTS INJURED
IN POWDER EXPLOSION
RUSSIAN CORPSES
BURIED 1 HEAPS
JIM JEFFRIES' GOSPEL
FAKE, AVERS PASTOR
TALK DECLARED JUST LIKE
"EX-Pt'G'S" FIGHT.
E
Tl
E OF CREDIT
FLASHLIGHT BOTTLE IGNITED
IN REED DORMITORY.
BUILDING IS DAMAGED, BUT
NO ONE IS HURT.
WALLA WALLA RESIDENT AC
CUSED OF JEPPSON KILLING.
NEW
ANY
I vl Q R
SLAIN
B0NU
RAND
RIO
DECLARED
CdlNG
ABUS
Secretary Mellon Makes
Attack on Measure.
DIRECT TAX IS PREFERRED
$1,200,000,000 Estimated
t as Cost in 3!2 Years.
BANK LOANS ALSO TARGET
Provision Said to Tend to Use Up
Cash Reserves and Substitute
, Non-Negotiable Paper.
WASHINGTON, D. C. March 12.
The new soldiers' bonus bill, as
drawn by house republicans, was at
tacked tonight by Secretary Mellon
as involving "a dangerous abuse of
government credit."
Replying to a request for the sec
retary's comment on the new bonus
bill, Mr. Mellon, in a letter to Chair
man Fordney of the house ways and
leans committee, made public to-
jiight by the treasury, sharply criti
cised the features of the proposed
measure providing for loans by banks
upon adjusted service certificates as
indirect and "forced"' borrowing by
the government. He suggested that
the "direct and regular way" to pro
vide for a paid-up endowment insur
ance feature would be to authorize
insurance certificates with provision
for direct policy loans to be financed
by the government.
Mr. Mellon contended that "It is
both dangerous and unwise" to at
tempt to avoid the cost of the bonus
tor the time being.
Tax Payment Unavoidable.
"There is no way," he said, "by
which the American taxpayer can
avoid , the burden, and if a bonus is
tv be imposed it is far better for j
Vail concerned that it be placed upon
s direct and definite basis and paid
for each year out ot current reve
nues. To do this at this time will
necessarily mean the: imposition Xl
additional taxes for the purpose."
The secretary estimated the cost of
the bonus under the bill, considering
each of the possible choices offered
to veterans, at more than 11,200,000.
90 by January 1, 1926. Whatever
form the bonus measure might take,
he asserted, would mean a cost to the
government of from $300,000,000 to
$400,000,000 for the next three or four
years and possibly continuing liabili
ties thereafter of more than $200,000,-
000 a year until 1943.
Accompanying his letter, Mr. Mel
lon transmitted statistical tables pre
pared by treasury experts showing
the varying cost of a bonus accord
ing to what percentage of veterans
might choose the different plans of
payment offered.
Revenue Source I'ndrclded. .
Mr. Mellon called attention to the
fact that the bill makes no provision
for raising additional revenue to
meet the cost of the bonus, and re
called to Mr. Fordney President
Harding's letter of February 16, in
which it was suggested that a gen
eral sales tax be enacted to provide j
the necessary funds or the bonus leg- 1
lslation be postponed." Secretary j
Mellon's letter, In part, follows: i
"The bill makes no provision what- I
ver for a sinking fund, amortization j
or otner reserves against either the
liability that would be thrown upon
the government in 1925, .or against
the liability on the certificate at the
end of 20 years, nor does it make any
provision for the payments which
would accrue in ordinary course from
year to year on account of the death
of veterans.
Katimate Declared Impossible.
"The direct cost to the government
of a bill carrying these provisions
for about 4,500,000 ex-service men is
almost impossible to estimate because
of the uncertainty as to which of the
plans will be chosen, and in what
proportions. But the government ac
tuary has prepared tables of esti
mated cost on the assumption that 71
per cent will choose the certificate
plan, 23 per cent the farm and home
aid plan, 5 per cent the vocational
training plan and 2 per cent the land
settlement plan. In the calculations
as to the cost of the certificate plan,
it is assumed that half of the vet
erans will borrow on their certifi
cates from the banks and default on
their loans, in view of the attractive
provisions for cash redemption ijj
case of default.
"It appears from these tables that J
on the basis assumed by the actuary
the total direct cost to the govern
ment in the fiscal year 1923 would
be $289,954,000; in the fiscal year
1924, $216,440,000; in the fiscal year
1925, $128,013,000, and in the fiscal
year 1926, for the most part by Oc
tober 15, 1925. when the adjusted
certificates issued as security for
bank loans would have to be re
deemed, $613,322,000.
Coat to Be 1.200,000,000.
"This would mean total payments
within about three and one-half years
of more than $1,200,000,000. These
estimates take no account of amorti
zation or other reserves against cer
tificates to remain outstanding after
the fiscal year 1926, which would add
at least $40,000,000 a year to the cur
rent eharees. or of possible additional
costs under the land settlement planj
(Concluded ea Paga 2. Comma X.)
John Hamilton Burned and Easton
Rothweu Hurt in Trying to
Take Picture as Prank.
John Hamilton, 21, was badly
burned about the face and chest, and
Easton RothwelL 19, was injured by
bits of glass when a bottle of flash
light powder exploded In house A,
Reed college, early yesterday during
preparations for a flashlight photo
graph. The injured boya were removed to
Good Samaritan; hospital, where
Hamilton's Injuries were pronounced
serious, although he was expected to
recover. Young Rothwell was not
burned.
As the story was told yesterday by
college boys, the flashlight explosion
came about as the result of a prank.
While Lewis Jones was absent from
his room, boys of the dormitory tied
some of his bedding into knots and
otherwise disarranged the room.
Those in on the plot, including Roth
well and Hamilton, who is the col
lege's official photographer, then sta
tioned themselves in the room to ob
tain a flashlight picture of Lewis as
he returned and discovered the
mussed-up condition of his room.
As Hamilton essayed to take the
picture he held a bottle of thte flash
light powder in his hand. It seems
that in some way flames from the
powder charge before the camera
were communicated to the bottled
powder and the explosion ensued.
Hamilton was cut by the flying glass
in addition to being singed by the
flames. Rothwell sustained little in
Jury other than being struck by bits
of glass. . ' .
It was at first thought that Hamil
ton's eyesight had been destroyed, but
attending surgeons at the hospital
said later in. the day that his sight
would be saved.
Rothwell is from Butte, Mont,
while young Hamilton's parents live
near Garden Home.
YEGGMEN DYNAMITE SAFE
$500 in Cash and Checks Obtained
From Eugene Market.
EUGENE, Or., March 12. The safe
in the Broders Bros, meat market in
this city was dynamited some time
last night and about $500 in cash and
checks was taken, according to
Ernest Broderr. manager of the mar
ket. The yeggmen let themselves
into the building through a skylight
and rolled the heavy safe, which was
standing in the front part of the sales
room, to a rear room, where both
doors were blown off and the safe
ruined by the charge. The cash box
was Jimmied open.
The officers investigating the case
said there must have been two or
three men on the job.
JUGGLER CUTS OFF TONGUE
Attempt to Conceal Razor In Mouth
May Cost 3Ian Power to Talk.
NEW YORK, March 12. (Special.)
Fred Marsh. 50, of Troy, N. Y., while
in a restaurant on Woodworth ave
nue, Yonkers, entertained patrons by
concealing an open knife, both blade
and handle, in his mouth as though
he had swallowed it.
He was so flattered by the applause
at this stunt, he decided to do an
even more thrilling one. He thrust
a razor blade into his mouth. In try
ing to make it appear he had swal
lowed it, he severed his? tongue.
He was rushed to St. John's hos
pital, where Dr. Thomas McGarry
treated him. The surgeons predicted
Marsh may recover his speech.
MEXICO TO QUELL RIOTS
Government to Use Heavy Hand in
Michoacan and Jalisco.
MEXICO CITY, March 12. (By the
Associated Press.) Disturbances, ac
companied by some bloodshed, which
have taken place in the states of
Michoacan and Jalisco during the
last few weeks, have caused the
central government here to assume
an energetic attitude in policing these
districts, although the activities do
not appear to have been directed
against President Obregon.
Morelia, capital of Michoacan, for
several days has been in a state of
panic, due to threats of rebels.
LIFE IS HELD RESTORED
Inventor Says Slacliino Revives
Apparently Dead Persons.
CHICAGO, March 12. George An
ston today asserted that his inven
tion, the "pneumaphone," can revive
apparently dead persons within a 72
hour period, if they have "died" of
pneumonia, asphyxia, heart disease,
or nervous exhaustion.
His invention, shaped much like a
bicycle pump, has revived persons
given up for dead as long as three
days, Anston declared, and offered to
appear before a scientific board to
demonstrate it.
MARY GARDEN IN CHICAGO
Opera Company to Start West
After Milwaukee Performance. "
CHICAGO, March 12. After .ts tour
of the east, the Chicago Opera asso
ciation returned home today and to
night gave Chicago a single perform
ance of "Lohengrin" here.
After a single performance of "Sa
lome" in Milwaukee tomorrow night,
the company will aepart on its west
ern tour, with California as the ulti
mate goal, where the season will be
closed.
i
Tangled Bodies Thrown
Into Great Excavations.
VOLGA VALLEY DEATH-RIDDLED
Pathetic Caravans Desert
Homes; Millions Dying.
BUSTLING VILLAGES FADE
Relief Expert Pictures Vast Fam
ine Area, .Where Bugs and
Bandits Vie WTith Disease.
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 12.
Tangled heaps of frozen corpses, some
attacked by starved dogs, sickness,
dirt and cold in the Volga valley are
described to Secretary Hoover in a
nightmare picture of the famine dis
tricts of soviet Russia drawn by Dr.
Thomas H. Dickinson, of the Amer
ican relief administration, in a special
report on conditions there.
Dr. Dickinson made a month's tour
of the Volga valley and the foothills
of the "Urals, traveling 4000 miles by
rail, auto and sledge, inspecting 150
villages on the snow-covered steppes.
In his report to Mr. Hoover, Dr. Dick
inson gave the bare and gruesome de
tails of his observations.
Homes Are Deserted.
"Losses from famine in soviet Rus
sia," he said, "come under the heads
of emigration, disease and death.
Emigration from the villages now
rises to about 30 per cent. Houses
are deserted, not a dog, cat or pig
left, with snow breaking through the
roofs and windows. Smoke comes
from the chimneys of not more than
half the houses. Traveling on the
roads one comes across pathetic
caravar.i, father, mother, grandpar
ents and samovar. When camel or
horse falls sick they leave him to
die on the opt. i plain. Sick-persons
sit . on top of the sledges and are
taken to town to die. ;
"On sidings everywhere, from' Po
land to the Urals, are freight cars
crowded with refugees. The govern
ment has not the locomotives to carry
them, so they are waiting.
Children Are Bitter.
"Disease is general. Swollen bel
lies of children are so comsnon as no
longer to excite remark. The char
acteristic expression of childhood in
Hussia is that of a person 'sore at
life.' I have learned to dread going
into a room full of children. They
all look up at me accusingly, bitterly.
as if I had done it. They are born
with resentment in their hearts.
"Diseases are well distributed be
tween summer and winter Last
summer cholera, this winter typhus.
Russia lost 6.000,000 dead of typhus
in 1919. One city of 200,000 lost 45,
000. This year will be as bad.
"So many are already dying that
(Concluded on Page 3, Column 1. )
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Ex-Saloonist Trying - to Convert
Guileless Into Brewers, Drug .
Vendors, Says Minister.
"The Ex-Pug and His Fake Gos
pel" was the subject of the sermon
yesterday morning by Reg. George H.
Bennett, pastor of the Patton Metho
dist Episcopal church.
"O, boy! But the rummies are
jubilant over the glad tidings of
great joy, for, stop, look, listen: The
'Rev Jim Jeffries, 'D. D.,' ex-pug and
ex-saloonist, is going to pull off a
new and stunning gospel," said the
pastor. .
"But don't get excited, for it is
only a phony gospel. Just a fake
gospel like the fake fight the big
bruiser put up, when the innocent
bystander dropped such wads of per
fectly good money in the lickin" Jack
Johnson handed him in 1908. Jeffries
was stiff, and hide - bound, and
couldn't hit a flock of barns when
li'l Ahthuh put him on the blink.
"And the 'Rev' Ex-Pug is going to
hand the unsuspecting public the old
hide-bound doctrine: 'It's nobody's
business if I want to swear, smoke
and drink so long as my heart is
right.' Wheel But what a big gob
of gladsomeness that is for the cot
ton spitters. Sure they now see
visions of suds; yes, suds, 'knee deep,
knee . deep go down, go down!'
(Apologies to the frogs.)
"We opine if the 'Rev. Ex-Pug
drinks booze, his heart is not right.
No, for it is prohibited by the 18th
amendment. And lawlessness is proof
the heart is wrong. Naw but the
'Rev.' Ex-Pug is going to show the
world it's not lawlessness to break
the 18th amendment so long as the
guzzler's heart is right.
"Now watch this gospel stampeder.
Huge tidal waves of bated breath
and staggering eloquence sweep in
sudsy swells over the bewildered
populace. Rifts in the smoke over
the sawdust trail reveal the propa
ganda of the liquor ring. And in the
final round-up when the 'reverend'
hits 'em for his free-will offering his
army of thirsty converts wilLbe seen
hitting the trail to the mahogany
bar. .
"And so this broken-down, popu
lar (?) ex-saloonist is to start an
overpowering revial of religion (?)
to convert the guileless American
people to the gospel of tlie brothel,
the brewer, the distiller, and the dope
peddler, and bring back the open
saloon. Doesn't her say: "It's no
body's business if I want to swear,
smoke and drink so long as my
heart is right'? ' Ab-so-lute-ly so.
And that is what all the tipplers and
topers believe. . So this is the latest
move of the saloon crowd to defeat
prohibition. Atta boy! But Whist
Sh Keep it dark!"
TRAIN HITS AUTO; 3 KILLED
Machine Bearing Arizona Workers
Struck at Grade Crossing.
DOUGLAS, Ariz., March 12. Three
men were killed today when an El
Paso and Southwestern train struck
their automobile at a grade crossing.
The men, Sam McDocovich, Carmelo
Estrada and Bert Hockett, were on
their way from theirhomes here to a
smelter west of here, where they were
employed.
None But Servants Reported to
Have Been in Building at
Time of Blast.
SOFIA, Bulgaria, March 12. (By
the Associated Press.) An explosion
occurred In the American legation
here last night. Nobody was injured,
but several of the windows were
shattered and some damage was done
to the building.
Charles S. "Wilson, the American
minister expressed the belief that
the explosion was due to a bomb.
The bomb landed in the garden
of the legation. The fact that this
part of the legation was without
lights and that no one was there at
the time seemed to indicate that the
perpetrator h'ad no intention of kill
lng anyone.
Thfi kins and cabinet have ex
pressed deep regrets to the Amer'
can minister and gratification that he
was not injured. Bulgarian public
opinion has strongly condemned the
act.
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 12.
The only official message reaching
the state department today regarding
the- explosion in the American lega
tion at Sofia was a cablegram sent at
10 o'clock last night by Minister
Wilson, coinciding with the informa
tion contained in Associated Press
dispatches.
The message said the explosion oc
curred in the chancery of the lega
tion at 8 o'clock in the evening,
breaking all the chancery windows
and doing some additional damage.
but that no one was injured. Except
for servants, it was said, no one was
in the legation at the time; The
cablegram added that the preliminary
nolice investigation indicated that
the explosion was caused by a bomb
LIQUOR BUYER GETS HAY
Newark Citizen Fails to Get Cargo
for Which He Paid $10,000.
NEWARK, N. J.. March 12. (Spe
eiaL) "The whisky curb" in New
ark is chuckling over a recent ex
perience in which one of its number
paid $10,000 cash for one carload of
hay, f. o. b. Newark. This man re
cently went to Canada to purchase
some "real stuff."
He left $10,000 with liquor dealers
and was told that the equivalent In
whisky would be shipped to him in a
carload of hay. Yesterday be-engaged
a, truck, went to the freight yards
and found his car. Inside he1 found
one carload of hay. That was all.
31 WAR BRIDES BROUGHT
8 Babies Born on Rhine Also Being
Taken Home "by Yanks.
BERLIN, March 12. Accompanying
the 5th American infantry regiment
for Antwerp last Friday on the first
stage of the voyage to the United
States were 31 German brides of sol
diers, and eight babies born under
the protection of the Stars and Stripes
on the Rhine.
It tias been reported here that the
town of Mayer, 15 miles west of Cob
lenz, in the American sector, will now
receive a garrison of 500 French
troops.
100 Deaths on Saturday
Alone Are Reported.
BOMBS RAINED ON REBELS
Shot Is Fired at Automobile
Carrying General Smuts.
FIGHTING MOSTLY SNIPING
Striking Miners Said to Have
Burned Police Station at Fords
burg j Troops Promised Soon.
JOHANNESBURG. Union of South
Africa. March 12. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) At least 100 persons
were believed to have beenkilled In
Saturday's fighting ' here, and the
wounded will reach a much larger
number. Desperate efforts were still
being made by the Commandos to
gain control of the town before the
forces under Major-General Sir J. L.
Van Deventer and Brigadier-General
Conrad Brits arrive.
A shot was fired at the automobile
containing General Jan Christian
Smuts, the premier, today as he was
being driven toward the Rand near
Potchefstroom. The premier was not
hurt, although the bullet struck the
car.
10OO Revolutionist Captured.
Troops have captured 1100 revolu
tionists at Sophiatown and Brixton
Ridge, besides clearing the neighbor
ing ridges, an important achievement
as the positions were strong and the
rebel occupation presented grave
menace.
The government issued a long com
munication this afternoon declaring
that the operations were proceeding
very satisfactorily and that strong
forces were rapidly converging.
General Smuts later issued a reas
suring statement predicting an early
restoration of peace. This prediction
seemed justifiable in' view 6f the eas
ing of the situation in some directions
and) the rapid concentration of th
government forces.
The fighting for the most part has
taken the form of sniping, there be
ing only occasional volleys. The only
government forces to be seen here
vere those guarding the city hall.
The striking miners were reported
to have burned the police station at
Fordsburg. .
Troops Promised Soon.
A communique from Pretoria said
large numbers of troops would be
available shortly and that recruiting
was going on at a satisfactory pace.
although many evidently failed to
realize the seriousness of the situa
tion.
Capetown dispatches asserted that
outside the Rand the general strike
had had a limited success.
PRETORIA, March 12. (By the
Associated Press.) Airplanes have
twice dropped bombs on revolution
ary commands, inflicting severe cas
ualties, and a large number of strik
ers have been killed or wounded in
an attack against cavalry at Ellis
Park, said a communcation issued to
day, giving a record of Saturday's
disturbances here' growing out of the
strike situation.
Revolutionaries Still Active.
"The revolutionaries still are very
active," says the communication.
'They have been burning houses at
Benonl and Boksburg, apparently in
retaliation for our bombings."
The communication then described
the successful resistance of 130
men or tne imperial jignnorse
against an attack of strikers at Ellis
Park, in which many of the strikers
were killed or wounded. Five of the
soldiers were killed and 15 wounded
75,000 AT CONEY ISLAND
Balmy Weather Causes Sudden
Descent Upon Resort. '
NEW YORK, March 12. Coney
Island hurriedly threw off winters
SDell today and made believe it was
summer, when more than 75,000 per
sons, drawn to the seashore by balmy
spring weather, suddenly aescenaea
on the resort.
The invasion started early, catch
ing the showmen unawares, but by
noon, when the throngs had increased
to 25,000, the streets and lanes echoed
with the cries of side-show barkers
and. "hot dog" merchants.
Bath houses were thrown open, sev
eral hundred venturing into the
chilly surf, while thousands enjoyed
the warm sunshine on the sands.
BELFAST POLICE ON JOB
Martial Law Declared Unlikely as
Result of Riots.
BELFAST, March 12. (By The
Associated Press.) The prospects of
a declaration of martial law grew
less today when the lord mayor an
nounced that the military authori
ties considered - the existing regula
tions sufficiently strong to take
care of rioters without curtailing the
l'berty of- law-abiding citizens. .
The 22d death uue to the disturb
ances of last week occurred today.
The city was quiet Saturday night
Charles Vanderahe Is Taken to
Pendleton and Quizzed as
to Umatilla Crime.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., March
(Special.) Charles Vanderahe.
resident of Walla Walla, was a-fsted
just over the Oregon line yetterday
afternoon, charged with the murder
of Matt Jeppson, a Umatilla county
farmer, who was found dead in a
well on his farm last August. Jepp
son was thought at the time to have
been killed by moonshiners, either out
of revenge for having put officers on
their trail or to prevent his giving
them away. Fred Patterson was ar
rested, charged with, the crime, but
after having been held in jail in
Pendleton for about 90 days was re
leased. Vanderahe, who was arrested by
Earl Mclnroe, city detective of Walla
Walla; J. M. West, constable of Mil
tcn, and two Burns detectives, was
taken at once to Pendleton, where he
was subjected to an exhaustive ex
amination, but denied all connection
with the crime. He was known, bow
ever, to have been operating a still
in that neighborhood, according to the
officers, and to have been warned by
Jeppson to leave. Vanderahe as also
found with a stlil In his possession, on
information furnished by Jeppson.
Jeppson, who was an ex-bartender
had, in his later days, become much
opposed to the liquor traffic and
helped the officers in many cases.
Vanderahe, according to the of
ficers, has been a consistent moon
shiner ever since the state went dry,
and has sometimes been a stool
pigeon. Vanderahe had been fined in Uma
tilla county a total of $400 for. viola
tions of the liquor law, according to
the officers.
OLD WEDDING TIE WORN
F. P. Nutting's 38-Y'ear Neckpiece
Donned at Daughter's Marriage.
ALBANY, Or., March 12. (Special.)
When Fred P. Nutting, editor of
the Albany Democrat for more than
30 years and now residing in Portland,
where he is connected with the United
States Internal revenue service, gave
away his daughter. Miss Violet, In
marriage here yesterday to Hubbejl
Young of this city, he wore the same
necktie which he wore at his own
wedding, September 10. 1883, and
which he has worn t nil waddings he
has attended in the intervening 38
years.
When Mr. Nutting was married a
friend presented the necktie to him
to be worn on the occasion. It was
decorated with some hand-painted
flowers.
FRENCH PLAN WINE WEEK
Cellars Declared Overflowing Since
Collapse of U. S. Market.
PARIS, March 12. "National wine
week" will open throughout France
tomorrow. Representatives of the
wine growers and merchants in all
parts of the country will assemble
here for a seven days' conference
under the presidency of M. Cheron,
minister of agriculture, to consider
ways and means of retrieving
France's former supremacy in the
wine industry.
Measures will be taken to facilitate
the disposal "of the enormous stocks
of champagne and red and white wines
which at the present time fill the
French cellars to overflowing owing
to the collapse of the American mar
ket." INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 46
degrees; minimum, 3U degrees.
Foreign.
Crisis after crisis taces Lloyd George.
Page 8.
Russian corpses burled in heaps. Page 1.
United states legation attacked; bombing
suspected. Page 1.
Many more are slain in Rand rioting.
Page 1.
Long rest advised for all politicians.
page o.
German payments called only trifle. Page
12.
Two persons killed in Indian rioting.
Page 0.
National. .
New bonus bill declared abuse ot United
States credit. Page J
Action on treaty this week urged. Page 2.
Business future declared bright. Page 3.
Domestic.
Carnegie teaching foundation pays out
SH,U20,8tll in 10 years. Page 2.
New York Is held full of suckers. Page 2.
Violent quakes declared coming. Page 1.
Unclean plays blamed- on taste of public.
Page IB.
Spook hunter perseveres. Page 4.
Car Jumps trestle; 7 killed, 18 Injured
Page a.
Drastic dance law asked in New York.
Page 4.
Pacific Northwest.
Moonshiner held on murder charge. Page 1.
Business o Seattle fights car fare cut.
Page 11.
Spanish studied by three slayers. Pago .
HpurtK.
Merchandise shoot attracts 40, despite
wind and rain. Page 10.
Little significance attached to abolition ot
free kick rule. Page 11.
Beavers hit snag in semi-pro team.
Page 10.
Olympic games mixed up in row again.
Page 10.
Commercial and 3Iarlne.
C. H. Stewart sees improved business.
Page IT.
Ninth craft clears for foreign port for
this month. Page 16.
Money conditions favoring market. Page 17.
Portland and Vicinity.
Weather retards lumber activity. Page 1.
Two Reed college students injured when
flashlight powder explodes. Page 1.
Jim Jeffries' gospel fane, avera Portland
pastor. Page 1.
Social ilia listed by pastor In sermon
Page 18.
Youth, 21, arrested as drug smuggler.
Page 4.
weather report, data and forecast. Face IT.
Submerging of Much of
Europe Predicted.
EQUATOR HELD CHANGEABLE
Earth Said to Have Tilted on
Axis Several Times.
MARCH IS MONTH SET
Dr. Milton Albert Nobles Says 1 hut
United States Will Be Shaken,
but Not Wiped Out.
OI.CAXO FORMED
AMTHIV
(RATER.
MEXICO CITY, March 12.
A small volcano, which Is show
ing some signs of activity, ha
been formed within the crater
of Popocatepetl, 26 miles west
of the city of Puebla.
Persons who have returned
from an exploration trip oa
PoDOcatenet 1 hav thA new vol.
t cano has all the characteristics
of its
parent.
BY J. OTI3 SWIFT.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. March 12
(Special). That the "Ides of March,"
March 15, and the Vernal equinox,
March 21. will usher In violent earth
quakes In the northern hemisphere is
the belief of Dr. Milton Albert Nobles
of 1627 Sansom stree this city. They
may even presage, he said, the ulti
mate submerging of a large part of
Europe.
Dr. Nobles, a physician and geolo
gist, has been a student of volcanic
disturbances since his graduation
from Syracuse in 1881. lie has de
veloped some original ideas concern
ing such phenomena, which are re
corded as they were given In an in
terview; because uiey are Interesting:
and not because they do or do not fall
in line with the theories of any of
the older schools of thought.
Quakes Are I'rrdiotrd.
Dr. Nobles wrote to the New York
World on March 1, that "there is
something coming In March." Oo
.March 5 the Associated Press corre
spondent at Naples reported: "Mount
Vesuvius again In eruption. The
phenomena began with two mild
earthquake shocks, which were fol
lowed by the collapse of the eruptive
cone, 200 fct high, which stood inside
the crater."
Then on March 9, violent quakes
were reported in southern California.
Dr. Nobles holds It to bu possible
to predict earthquake dlsturhunccs
by the direction of the winds. He
believes that the volcanic fins burn
ing under the crust of the earth heat
the surrounding surface and cause
columns of rising air. The vacuum
so created draws in the surrroundins
air and causes winds to blow In that
direction from far across Uio earth.
When a wind that has been blowing
toward Central America for days sud
denly sweeps around toward Alaska,
he looks for volcanio disturbances in
the northwest.
He alsc held to the theory that the
earth has several times tilted on ill
axis, throwing the previous equator
at right angles and forming a new
one. The last previous equator to
the present one, he said, is marked
by the Rocky mountain range from
Alaska down through North and
South America, across the Antarctic
continent and thence northward on
the other side of the world. This has
a bearing on his theory of the coming
destruction of the "old world."
Volcanic Activity Inspected.
"From March IS to 21 and there
after," Dr. Nobles said, "I expect ex
treme volcanic activity, especially in
the northern hemlsprere, where life
begins its awakening at the vernal
equinox northern Central America,
Canada, Alaska, and In what Is called
tl.j Italian area.
"I th'nk there is an unmarked vol
canic point near Disco, in Ureen
land. Few people know that south
of there the Canadian provinces. Is
the greatest' center of moderate
earthquake disturbance In North
America. The disturbances proceed
ing from Disco are all negative, the
falling in of an old area-off-sido ac
tivities of the zone of which Italy Is
the center.
"This is because the second equatoi
of Inhabited earth, the one following
the firBt tilt of earth, runs down from
Greenland and Iceland, through Italy,
southeastern Asia, the East Indies
and along tho eastern coast of Asia
northward into Alaska.
First Tilt Described.
"Bear In mind that when the earth
first existed that which is now our
Appalachian range was a portion
the then equatorial 'zone and the seat
of the first habitation ot mankind,
extending by an area, now destroyed
except for Great Britain, through
what Is now France, with pro'iaMy
one of Its polar regions showing Us
remnants in the Swiss aiea.
Undoubtedly the so-called Noahcti-
lan deluge was earth's first tilt. tN
destructive process accompanying the
submergence of what Is now the ea.v.-
(rn United States. Wlu-n a '-onlincr.;
(Concluded on Pag 2. Cuiuinu 2 )