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-
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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
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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-
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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
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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.