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VOIi. LXI XO. 19,154 J",. PLrtln Oreoii PoBtofflrp aa Second-claps Matter. PORTLAND, OREGON,. TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1922 PRICE FIVE CENTS EXPLORER AMUNDSEN NEARLY MEETS DEATH ELOPING WIFE JAILED; HERBERT GOULD SINGS TO AEROPHONE CIRCLE TEMPLES OF NIKKO GRAND TO BEHOLD SNOW FALLS ALL DAY; LA GRANDE COVERED EFFORT TO OUST MANN ACT VIOLATED FIRE CHIEF E MOXOPLAXE, FORCED TO LAND, TUKS C03IPLETELY OVER. EX-SOCIAL LEADER IS SEN TENCED FOR 2 4-HOUR TERM. CONCERT IS SENT BROADCAST BY THE OREGONIAN PLANT. HEAVY FLAKES AND RAIN AL TERNATE AT HOOD RIVER. 9EMQA GATHERING OPENS WITH CLASH SPIRITS MARRIED, SAYS CONAN DOYLE MAD Wreck Is Threatened by Disarmament Tilt. SOVIET PROPOSAL IS CAUSE "Delegate Later Says Russia Will Fall in Line. PLEA MADE FOR PEACE Lloyd George Makes Powerful Ap peal to Delcgatecs to Work la Unison and on Equal Footing. GENOA, April 10. (By The Asso ciated Press.) A clash over a dis armament proposal by George Chit cherin. the Russian soviet foreign minister, which occurred between Chitcherin and M. Barthou, France, threatened to disrupt the internation al conference shortly after it opened here today. Russia, the status of which is one of the questions of supreme import ance to be decided by the conference, came to the forefront soon after the opening of the great assembly Speeches had been made by the pre siding officer. Premier Facta of Italy M. Barthou, representing France' Premitr Lloyd George of Great Brit ain; Dr. Wirth of Germany and spokesmen of Japan and Belgium, all of a conciliatory nature and voicing adherence to the Cannes resolutions, upon which the present gathering is based. Mr. Lloyd George had said that all j the Tleelgates met on a footing ol equality, provided they accepted thj conditions set forth, which briefly de clared that countries must not" re pudiate their contracts, that they must not engage In aggressive, opera tions against others and that the peo ple of one country should be entitled to justice in the courts of another. Arms Reduction Proposed. George Chitcherin, the Russian so. iet foreign minister, in speaking for his delegation, announced theii- adher. ence to the resolutions and then de clared that Russia was ready to sup port any proposals that would avoid war or lighten the burden of arma ment. Mr. Barthou immediately protested and declared with some heat that France would absolutely refuse to discuss the question of disarmament at this conference. Mr. Lloyd George hastened to in tervene, and in his contention that disarmament could not b'e taken up certainly not before a peace basis had been reached at Genoa, he was supported by Signor Facta. Eventually the discussion on this point ceased and Sir. Chitcherin said the Russian government would bow to the collective will of the confer ence. I narming ot on Asrnda. The clash between the Russian and French delegates disclosed the fact that disarmament is not on the agenda and that therefore this mat ter is not to be taken up for consid eration. The keynote of Lloyd George' speech was peace and he made a pow erful appeal to the delegates to work In unison for the restoration of good relations and normal economic condi tions throughout the world. He be lieved that if the conference was suc cessful in its achievements, the United States "would not merely come in, but come in gladly." The Italian premier, who was elected permanent chairman of the conference, was equally earnest in his desire for unanimity and promised the aid of Italy in carrying out any resolution likely to guarantee peace and stability among the nations. Loyal Support Pledged. Mr. Barthou pledged loyal support of France in whatever the conference might do to put into execution the tasks of reconstruction and good re lationship which it had mapped out. The BrP.'sh delegation professed to be pleased w'th lie progress of the conference. General acceptance of the definite principle of the Cannes res olution makes certain that the delib erations will continue, with every prospect cf success, it was said. Disappointment was felt at M. Chit cherin's pressure on questions re garded as outside the Cannes agenda. because France's opposition naturally was aroused and threatened the gath ering at the very outset. British, and allied diplomats admit that Mr. Lloyd George rose not a mo ment too soon to dissipate the menace by appealing to common sense. Appeal Is Kffeetlve. His appeal was all the more ef fective because he refused to take the head of the Russian delegation and the threatened deadlock seriously. His remarks entirely restored good humor and on returning to his villa he received the congratulations of dele gates of various nationalities. The Italian delegates went so far as to say that Mr. Lloyd George saved the conference and British delegation pays tribute to Premier Facta's tact and resolution which had a remarkable effect. After paying tribute to Signor Facta's address. Premier Lloyd George, in his speech, said: 'This Is the greatest gathering of Kuropean nations which has ever as- (Concluded oa Page a. Column 3 J First Lap of Transcontinental Voyage -to Seattle Cut Short by Overheated Motor. CLARION, Pa.. April 10. Captain Roald Amundsen, the Arctic explorer, nd four Hying companions narrowly escaped death at Miola, near here, this afternoon when the monoplane in which they were making a flight from New York to Cleveland, the first lap of a transcontinental journey, turned over when- It was forced to land in a field. All occupants of the machine were reported slightly bruised but other wise uninjured. Those with Captain Amundsen were H. T. Lewis of Belle- fonte. Pa., H. U. Wade of New York E. Ruhl and J. Omdal. Captain Amundsen is resting at a hotel hero tonight and intends, he said, to go to Cleveland by train to morrow morning. The plane will be repaired nere. Captain Amundsen attributed tlie mishap to an overheated motor which forced him to descend from an alti tude of 6000 feet. In making the landing the monoplane turned com pletely over. The monoplane left New York this morning and was expected to arrive in Cleveland late this after noon. CENTRAL PARK, N. Y.. April lti. Captain Raold Amundsen, Arctic ex plorer, hopped off in an all-metal monoplane today for Cleveland on the first lap of a transcontinental flight to Seattle, where he will leave June 1 for a drifting voyage in the North Polar region. He was accom panied .by Lieutenant Oscar Omdal Norwegian ace; H. T. Lewis, civilian pilot; Ernest Ruhl, mechanician, and H. U. Wade, member of a firm of bond broktrs. The monoplane left Larsen field at 8:18 A. M. and the explorer said he hoped to be in Cleveland in time to spend several hours visiting friends. GRESHAM HEN IS MARVEL White Leghorn Lays Two Eggs at Once, One Scrambled. A hen that can lay two eggs at once, one of them scrambled, is some hen, but that is what one in the flock of White Leghorns owned by Mrs. C. F. Kelltfm of Gresham, Or., did Sunday. Of course, the scrambled egg was not cooked, but no one would expect a hen to lay an egg and cook it, too. The Leghorn Is a small species, any way, and the double-action event of Sunday is all the more remarkable when it is explained that the shell of the outer egg was nearly double the size of an average egg. "This egg, or these eggs, whichever is correct, is, or are, the most re markable and interesting egg event I have ever known and I always read about anything unusual in this line and have seen many queer eggs," said Mrs. H. A. Dunkle, 499 East Twenty ninth street. Portland. "The space around the smaller egg within the large shell was filled with the scrambled egg and the inner egg was just the ordinary kind." WOMAN SURVIVES SHOTS Suicide Attempt Fails After Gun Is Discharged Accidentally. CHEHALIS, Wash.. April 10. (Spe cial.) Mrs. John Steinbrink, whose home is near Doty, made an unsuc cessful attempt at suicide today, fol lowing the accidental shooting of herself with a 32-caliber revolver. About 7 o'clock this morning she got the pistol with, which to shoot at a crow. While looking downward to ward the muzzle the gun was acci dentally discharged, the bullet hit ting her squarely in the center of the under portion of her chin, passing through her tongue and lodging at the base of the brain. Stunned by the pain and fearing that the wound wcoild cause her to suffejr, she suddenly decided to end her life and then placed the gun against the right side of her head above the ear and fired. The bul let glanced under the skin and was remoed from the top of Mrs. Stein brink's skull by Dr. H. L. Petit, as sisted -by Dr. Manning. Mrs. Stein brink was expected to recover. DAY IS NOT TO BE TRIED pil Man Who Killed Army Officer Free "Unless Something Develops." OKLAHOMA CITY, April 10. Jean P. Day, wealthy attorney and oil man, will not be prosecuted for the slaying of Lieutenant - Colonel Paul Ward Beck unless "something new de velops," County Attorney Hughes' an nounced today. The county attorney said he was satisfied with the recommendation of the coroner's jury which exonerated Day after he testified he killed the army officer accidentally in his home early last Tuesday when he returned and found Beck attempting to assault Mrs. Day. POLICEMAN IS INJURED Officer's Car Is Wrecked in Crash With Another Machine. R. A. Ripley, patrolman, was seri ously injured late last night when a car he wae driving toward the police station at Twentieth and Glisan streets was struck by a car driven by Edwin Hughes, 604 North Fourteenth street, Corvallis, Or. Ripley's right arm was fractured and he suffered internal injuries, Weddings in Next World Declared Childless. REAL AFFINITY THEN IS MATE "Paradise" Only Slightly Re moved From World. HEAVEN HARD TO ESCAPE Sir Arthur Says Any leccnt Person Cannot Help But Go to Higher Plane on Death. NEW YORK, April 10. (Special.) The latest news radioed to spirit land was transmitted to the newspaper re porters by Sir Arthur; Conan Doyle at his rooms in the Hotel Ambassador today. In response to numerous ques tions he revealed several unsuspected conditions in the nether world: Marriage is on a higher andi more spiritual plane than here, and in real ity is merely the' mating of affinities, who are always happy. No babies are born, but the spirits as they- go about their daily tasks keep a watchful eye on earthly mat ters and are extremely interested in the births here. There is a plane called "paradise," where normally respectable persons go upon death, and this plane is only slightly removed from our own mundane sphere. Sinners Reach Paradise. Bad people, when they die, are transported to a plane considerably lower than that tenanted) by respect able ones, and they continue to sink lower and lower unless they repent. Once a sinner becomes contrite for his earthly infractions, he or she, as the case may be, begins to ascend, and after a considerable probationary pe riod, climibs into paradise. On. the average the length of time spent in paradise is about 40 years, after which ne floats! to higher, higher and still higher planes. There is a very complex serial scale in the higher planes, further complicated by the fact that those above can descend at will to lower planes while those below haven't permission to go up whenever they wish. Everybody in the upper realms Is busily occupied, mostly doing good toward one another while "rest" is obtained by reading. The best sellers were not specified by Sir Arthur. ' Heaven Hard to Kucnpe. The celebrated English creator of "Sherlock Holmes," who has come to America to lecrue on matters psy chic, said that the great agreement among spirits of various nationali ties as to life in the spirit world will be one of the strongest proofs of the existence of 'such life. He added that the spirit world was all about us but that it was expressed (Concluded on Pase 2. Column 4.) SOME PEOPLE WOULD BE MORE INTERESTED IN Mrs. AVinifred 3Iullens of Xampa Is Censured by Court; Shame Brings Tears. BOISE, Idaho, April 10. (Special.) Convicted of violating the Mann white slave act when she left her hus band and family at Nampa and eloped with F. C. Eastabrook, also married and with a family, Mrs. Winifred Mul lins, ex-social leader of Nampa, was today sentenced to serve 24 hours in the Ada county jail by Judge Frank S. Dietrich of the federal district court. She started serving her sen tence this morning and will be re leased tomorrow. Estabrook was convicted at the same time with Mrs. Mullins and was sentenced to serve a term at Mc Neil's Island where he is at the pres ent time. The elopement of the couple six months ago created a sensation. Eastabrook was in the automobile business. Mullins, the husband of Mrs. Mullins, was an attorney. They were trailed to Salt Lake and later to Can ada, their arrest taking place at Cal gary. In nassinsr the shortest sentence he has imposed for violation of the Manri act, Judge Deitrich told Mrs. Mullins that it was harder for a woman to live down a wrong than for a man and he hoped the correcting sentence would lead her back to the paths of a wife and mother. She received the sentence with flushed face and later burst into tears. MORMON ELDER SHOCKED ShOFt Skirts Thing of Evil, Says Head of Church. SALT LAKE CITY, April 10. Short skirts, which show the knee, and make men blush for shame," were denounced by President Heber J. Grant of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at the closing session of the 92d annual Mormon conference here yesterday. "I can well remember the time, not so many years ago. when, if a young woman were seen on the streets in a dress that reached only just a little above her shoe tops, we were shocked," President Grant said. "Today I have seen many knees on. our temple grounds. Oh, fathers and mothers of Israel, I admonish you to keep your daughters from donning short skirts in their desire to keep up With styles." TWO BURNED TO DEATH War Veteran and Fellow Workman , Die in Tent Fire. FOREST GROVE. Or., April 10. (Special.) Thomas Olsen and Marcus Lavenstein, tunnel workmen at the Utah Construction camp No. 6 near Scofield, were burned to death in a tent Saturday night, according to word received in Forest Grove today. The men were called by the night watchman to arise for the second shift at 11:45. The tent took fire 10 minutes later. Three others in the tent narrowly escaped. Origin of the fire has not been determined. Lavenstein has a sister in Wash ington, D. C. His body will be sent for burial in Arlington cemetery, as he is a veteran of the world 'war. Nothing is known of Olsen's relatives. J usY over Ffcocn. tNCUAND AND f" SPECIftUST ON Yvrvcr aw -auction'.!! Dr. W. T, McElveen Adds Interest to Programme With Address on News Gathering. Perfect articulation and a voice splendid suited to the radio telephone made the broadcast concert of Her bert Gould, celebrated basso from Chicago, last night, one of the most successful of radiophone programmes so far conducted from The Oregonian tower. Mr. Gould was lent to The Orego nian for the qoncert by the Apollo club, under whose auspices, he is in Portland to sing at the municipal auditorium tonight. Combined witn him in the programme was Dr. W. T. McElveen, pastor of the First Con gregational church, who delivered an address on the development of news- gathering. -Unknown to The Oregonian, Mr. Gould and Dr. McElveen, whose of fers to serve came from entirely dif ferent sources, were old friends,, Mr. Gould having been the choir leader for Dr. McElveen in Chicago 20 years ago. That they were friends was not known until they met in The Ore gonian tower just before the broad casting and renewed acquaintance. The programme began with the four selections which Mr. Gould sang. These were "Thursday." by Molloy; "Gypsy Love Song," by Victor Her bert; "The Floral Dance," by Katie Moss, and "Homing," by Teresa Del Riego. He was accompanied on the piano by Mrs. Mary Van Dyke Hard wick, well-known Portland pianist. Mr. Gould's selections were hailed as perfect renditions as soon as he com pleted his part of the programme. He had scarcely turned away from the transmitter when the telephone began to ring. The first call was from Lieutenant Crane at the St. Johns police station. "Tell that man Herbert Gould," Crane said, "that his articulation is perfect. I heard every word he sang. His voice is splendid." This was fol lowed by a dozen other calls, which had to be directed to another tele phone so that Dr. McElveen's part of the programme could be carried out. "Gone is the day of the tallow dip and arrived is the day of the brilliant incandescent electric lamp,", said Dr. McElveen. "Gone is the day of the crude slow-moving ox cart; arrived is the day of the elegant and rapidly moving Pierce-Arrow auto. "It is not otherwise with the news paper. Journalism is .the youngest of the professions. Though it is the latest occupation to gain the rank of a profession, it has progressed so rapidly that it has passed all the older professions. The press has out stripped its old rivals, the pulpit and the platform. It is more Influential than the pulpit. It preaches more frequently and to larger audiences. "The press has one great advantage over the pulpit. It speaks every day, while the pulpit speaks but one day. The preacher produces a good Im pression by his Sunday sermons, but that impression is largely evaporated before Sunday comes round again. The daily newspaper repeats on Mon day the blow it delivered on Sunday, and if necessary it repeats the blow again on Tuesday and thus nails down the impression. "Then, too, a greater number of people regard the newspaper a neces sity than regard the pulpit a neces sity. And when one remembers how comprehensive and varied the con- (Concluded on Page 2, Column 1. ) T THE OTHER KIND. SET EXClTEb ' 'KIND SPVRVTS Japanese Spend Millions on Worshipers' Shrine. MOULDED FORMS SEEM ALIVE Daily Force of 6642 for 12 Years Used in Building. JING0R0 IS INSPIRATION Matting Paved With Offerings of Coin as Priests of Buddha Preach Monotonously. BY BEN HUR LAMPJIAX. (Concluded) NIKKO, Japan. March 20. (Mail.) To return to the village by the Daiya. Of this hill town and its temples there is a Japanese proverb, "Do not say magnificent until you have seen Nikko." It is well said, even to the western thought, for where the equiv alent of $10,000,000 gold has been lav ished, though this extravagance was more than three centuries ago, there is certain to arise the need for super latives. Splendidly scenic yes. So grandly simple are the tall cedars, eo titanic and impressive the rounded mighty mountains, so fraught with the unstudied perfection of nature, they form a setting almost reproach ful to the riot of color beneath lac quer and copper, bronze and carved wood where the tomb of the Shogun Iyeyasu rises from its blaze of attend ant temples. One must be mindful of the fact that these are holy precincts, that devotees trudge for days along the muddy roads to reach this goal of piety, sacred to Shinto and Buddha alike, If he would forget the toil and tears and treasure exacted f an im poverished people that thete might glow against the mountain?. Economy la Forgotten. The temples of the mausclea of the Shogun Iyeyasu, as was his tomb, were erected by his grandson lye mitsu, whose . sword completed the conquest of the grandsire. Kato and Tokugawa, statesmen of today, are grandsons of the same line. While these shrines were building and for many generations afterward the heirs to the Japanese throne were caged like foxes in a plain wooden building at Kyoto, forever promised moro splendid prisons and always put aside by the plea of national poverty. Pov erty there was, for she walks hand in hand with the ' people and hau throughout their history, but never a thought of thrift or sane economy perturbed Iyemitsu when h9 bade his governors and their workmen con struct such temples as should dazzle with wonder. Thither came, .360 years ago, the master craftsmen and artists of Ja pan, and for 12 years they toiled an average force of 6642 men each day Jingoro the left-handed, wnose skill as a sculptor has never been equaled in Asia, cast an ecstasy into r, is work. Here he wrought in a frenzy of fancy, designing the outre, the grotesque gross elephants contorted, fiend faces and snarling dragons; there he saw ! with the eye of nature and from the i teak evolved a frieze of waterfowl In I flight, goose and mallard and teal and I , , , I bridal-duck. I Above the great gate of red lacquer with its pillars of symbolic clouds he contrived the most contented fejine shape that ever snoozed fai from1 a hearthstone "The Sleeping Cat." The great and little gods he knew and drew them all in the yielding wood, while in the dim recesses of the shrines the coppersmiths made forms and faces- that flicker today from the shadow, as though alive and change ful. And lacquer since thst time the workmen of Nikko have borne fame for their skill in this lacquer they placed in carmine and emerald and blue and every color over the faces they conceived, over all save Buddha. That calm countenance, in copper or stone or good brown wood, by somo sound sense of values has never been defaced by pigment. Jingoro Is Inspiration. There is a play you will recall, if we may turn aside, that endeared itself to American audiences by its mystic romanticism a story of the sculptor's love for his lady. Jingori the left handed, who dreamed and carved at Nikko, was its inspiration. An old tale it is, such as the Nipponese cling to. Perhaps the shy schoolgirls from the country, taken by their teachers to the temples, as on a vacation, whis per it when they look with fond eyes upon the beauty of his thought Across the many years they pity the sadness of Jingoro. Jingoro the left-handed had no eye for any . woman other than his so beautiful wife, the lotus-like Hatoko. And as so often happens with such love, Buddha stilled the merely of her voice and closed her brjwn eyes against awakening. Such orrow as he had never known came then to Jin goro, who laid aside his chisels and walked in loneliness, refusing to be comforted. Men said that he would never carve again. It seemed the im mortal gift was quenched by weep ing. Yet through strong affection heaven designed that the left-handed one should far excel himself and night and day by his side was ever the I vision of Hatoko the lovely. The (Concluded on Page it. Column I.) - Astoria Reports White Blanket of Nearly Six Inches on Divide Between There and Jewell. LA GRANDE. Or., April 10 --(Special.) Snow fell here all day and the ground was entirely covered tonight The snow storm followed several dayi of springlike weather, but the tem perature dropped only to slightly be low freezing and no damage was expected. HOOD RIVER, Or., April 10. (Spe cial.) Alternate heavy downpours1 of rain and snow prevailed here today, the flakes melting as fast as they fell. At Cascade Locks, however, according to Columbia river highway motorists, the snow fell so fast that slush an Inch deep was formed. The snow stuck for a time on sur rounding high points', and fir forests were enshrouded in the wet, clinging blanket. ASTORIA. Or., April 10. (Special.) While Astoria has been visited dur ing the last two or three days with intermittent showers of hail and cold rain, considerable snow has fallen in the outlying districts. Fully an inch of snow fell last night In the Nehalem valley, while on the divide between here and Jewell the fall was in the neighborhood of six Inches and there Is now about a foot of snow in the road at points. As a result of the snow, operations at the logging camps located in the higher levels are being Interfered with. MONEY MYSTERY SOLVED Package of 2000 $5 Bills Taken From Bureau Year Ago. WASHINGTON', D. C, April 10 Solution of the mystery of the finding last Friday of the package of 2000 $5 treasury bills in the Potomac river near the bureau of engraving and printing was announced tonight by Chief Moran of the secret service, who said that the bills were a part of the bundle of 1000 sheets, each containing four io notes, stolen from the Bureau about a year ago. , Clayton C. Dunn of Potomac, Va., ex-watchman at the bureau, who wa arrested In February for passing Jl bills raised to io, Mr. Moran said, admitted burying a portion of the 1000 sheets in the swampy land near the river, and more of the bills were located there today by Samuel Shif lett of Potomac. SOLDIER FATALLY BURNED Philippinc Scout Perishes In At- tempt to Save Man. MANILA, April 10. Captain J. W. Briscoe of the Philippine scout was burned to death today in attempting to rescue an enlisted man surrounded In a forest fire near Baguio, province of Benguet. The soldier also perished ajid several others were severely burned. Captain Briscoe was leading a squad of the 43d infantry, formerly a Philippine scout regiment. In sn effort to check the fire, which threatened to destroy Camp John Hay. Three of the men were surrounded by a sudden shift of the wind and Captain Briscoe went to their rescue He saved two of the men but was fatally burned while trying to save the third. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum tomprraiure.no degree; minimum. oegree. TODAY'S Occasional rain; westerly winds, . TempiOS Or iIRKO tiianii un.i.nn-i. a i. One Is killed In battle for polica barracks. Pa ge 2. Genoa gathering opens with clash. Page 1 Odessa. Chicago of Russia, to see prosperity again. Page 6. National. House opens fight on naval hill. Page 2. Idle money stimulates trade In stock mar ket, says Maraen ionax. rage u. Domestic. Explorer Amundeen narrowly escapes death when monoplane, turns over. Page 1. Attorney-General Paugherty hopes to open way to end miners strike. Page 2. Spirit world has' weddings, says Conan Doyle. Page 1. Pacific Northwest. Seattle plans unity in building industry. Page 5. 23.000 apply for bonus law benefits. Page 4. Eleven counties of Oregon reduce 1022 taxes and 21 Increase. Page 0. Stewart's escape from ferry doubted by pilot. Page 3. Snow falls all day long at La Grande. Page 1. Eloping wife Jailed for violation of Mann act. Page 1. . Sport. Bank nines open ' league on April la. Page 12. Clubs of majors swing into action tomor row. Page 12. City amateurs put on bill of thrills. Page 33. Commercial and Marine. Port officials guests on steamer Portland. Page 14. Gold output likely to Improve In 1D22. Page 20. Wool market in northwest will be estab lished In few days. Page 20. New high records in stock and bond mar kets. Page 21. Chicago wheat follows Liverpool advances. Page 20. Activity in Wall-street market Indicates public Is buying stocks. Page 21. Portland ant! Vicinity. Kffort is made to oust Fire Chief Young. Page 1. United gospel crusaders ready for another week of strenuous effort. Page 7. White cross chapter launched to fight nar cotics evil. Page 13. Health institute told more general doc tors most In demand. Page 11. Income and mlllage taxes may be com bined in one measure. Page 7. Herbert Gould and Dr. McElveen entertain The Oregonian radio audience. Page 1. Local tongs plan to stamp out war. Page 10. Democrats split over Milt Miller. Page 4. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 20,' Charges Threatened Un less John Young Quits. BUREAU HEAD WILL FIGH1 Commissioner Bigelow Urges No Action Be Taken. OFFICIAL SCENTS PLOT Clique Is Dcclurcd to lime Done Fverjlhing to Handicap Chief and Drew Trouble. Demand for the resignation of John E. Young, fire chief, has been made by a group of men within the fire bureau, who threaten to file charge against the chief unless he quits the city's service. Notice was served on City Commissioner Bigelow by Milton It. Klepper, representing the men. that unless the resignation was sub mitted last night charges would he filed. The threat led to a confer ence In Mr. Illgelow's office, at which the men were urged not to take any action and none had been taken at a late hour last night. Neither had Fire Chief Young sub mitted his resignation, the) chief de claring that he preferred to fight the charges and to show that they were the underhanded work of a few disgruntled men In his bureau. ( bnriri Held I nlrar. Commissioner Bigelow wax reluc tant to discuss the situation, but did admit that some of the charges that were offered against the fire chlf had been read to him and that at least two of such charges, to his per sonal knowledge, were not based on fact. The threatened filing of the charges is the culmination of a campaign which Chief Young avers dajc-s from the time that he succeeded B. F. Dow ell as chief of the bureau. Conspiracy Is Heported. "Certain men who have quietly formed iu-a faction to oust me have been working with a deft cunning for two years to handicap nit," declared Chief Young. "These men, who ate In the bureau, had gone so far as to spread untrue stories about mo out side of the station houses, and Inside they have done all in their power to keep things In a constant turmoil. "The manner In which this cam paign bus been carried on tor months was, to say the leant, unique. One man whose duties In the bureau takes hint Into business houses of the city would begin by reporting to men of standing certain falHO reports con cerning me. A few days later an other man of the bureau would fol low. and verify the first man's state ment. Then to bo certain that the, poison' bad been spread effectively the third man. a few weeks later. would repeat. "This Is Just a part of a cHtnpa Ig n that has been carried on. My work has been arduous and 1 have not had time to take any steps to offset tin propaganda, but have Ignored It for months. But if these men are ready this fight will be brought out hit" the open where fair play is certain to rule." It has been common knowledge In the city hall for months that friction of a serious nature existed brtwten Fire Chief Young and number of a clique opposed to him. Peace l-'.f fnrlsj In nln. On several occasions t'ommlsnloner Bigelow has called various official of the bureau into conference in mi effort to brlng about peace and har mony, but to no avail. In fart, after Chief Young had been sent to the east with a delegation of fire clilcrs, the campaign against him In said to have been renewed with vigor and from that time up to the present day It is said to have been carried on actively and openly. Word was received a few days at" In the city hall that bets wero being offered by somo of the men In the bureau that the chief would bo ousted by a certain date. Commissioner Bigelow stated lata night that it was true that threat bad been made that charges would be filed against Chief Young. "An attorney representing the men (l uncluded on I'agn 2. Co.umn 3 STORIES OF MARRIED LIFE TO BE PRINTED. "The Married Life of Helen and Warren," a scries of short stories which are attracting wide attention in the east, will appear in The Oregonian as a regular weekly feature start ing Sunday. Each story is com plete in itself. Mabel Herbert Urner is the creator of these two famous characters, Helen and Warren, who have been called "the best known couple in America." The stories por tray the trials and tribulations of a super-sensitive young wife and her ultra-masculine husband.