oaBar state
VOL. LXI NO. 19.1T1
Entered at Portland (Oregon
Postoffice as Second-class Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, 3IAY 1, 1923
PRICE FIVE CENTS
CHINA TERRIFIED
SIX AIDS PROPOSED
WAR THREAT AGAIN
SWERVE OF SPEEDER
COSTS WOMAN'S LIFE
rSS" OF STRIKERS
PERCY GRAINGER'S
MOTHER IS KILLED
FOR FARM CREDITS
AS ARMIES CLASH!"
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E
BEATS 2 WORKERS
AND LEFT IN MUD
MANAGER OI WAK FINANCE
MKS.
HARRY CAMARAS DIKS
OF IN JFK EES.
SERMON AM) MUSIC SENT OVT
TO MANY HOMES.
13-STORY KILL IS BV
SUICIDE JIMP.
CORPORATION KF.PORTS.
MINISTER
BOUND
HEARD IN
City of Pekin Is Placed
Under Martial Law.
U, S. WARSHIP IS REQUESTED
American Legation Asks for
Another at Tientsin.
3 PROCLAMATIONS ISSUED
President Hsu Sliili Chans Points
to Serious Consequences if For
eign Interests Are Hurt.
LONTON", May L An airplane used
by the Clli I forces flying; from Pao
tingfu to Fengtai. dropped a bomb,
but withoirt much damage, near a
train enrrying a detachment of Amer
ican marines to Pekin, says a dispatch
to the London Times-irom Pekin.
PEKIN, April 30. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Martial law was de
clared in Pekin today.
The armies of General Chang Tso
Lin and General Wu Pei-Fu fought
con'inuously throughout the day. The
fighting centered around Changsin
tien. 12 miles distant. A government
communique sa'd Chang Tso-Lin was
victorious In the fighting at Machang.
The American legation has re
quested Washington to send another
warship to Tientsin.
Buttle Viewed By American.
Commander Charles T. Hutchins,
American naval attache at the lega
tion here, returned today from tho
battlefield. The automobile he usea
flew the American flag.
He reported that' firing had not
ceased during the last 36 hours. From
a hillside ovelooking the Hun river
he witnessed the operations of both
armies, with Chang Tso-Lin's troops
holding the village of Changsintien
and the Wu Pei-Fu forces two miles
southward fighting desperately to ad
' vance.
Smoke from the cannon enveloped
the hillside; shells were bursting in
the trenches; camels were to be seen
transporting guns to various puuno
and refugees were observed running
from their homes. A vivid picture
of the seriousness of the struggle
was obtained.
lOOO Dead or Wounded.
About 1000 dead or wounded were
observed by Commander Hutchins.
Botll sides appeared to be shelling
wide areas. The relative position
of the contending forces did not
seem to have changed materially
Bince the battle began.
The opinion expressed by
Com-
Blander Hutchins was
"Fu's object was to pus
canturc Pekin, with a
Lt Wu Pei
rward and
bw to con
trolling affairs from the capita..
Chans Tso-Lin asserted that Wu
Pei-Fu was ambitious to become a
Chinese Napoleon. He declared that
peace would not be possible until
Wu Pei-Fu was captured and ban
ished like Napoleon. When Wu -Pei-Ku
was captured, Chang Tso-Lin
said he was willing to resign and
assist in abolishing the Chinese sys
tem of military dictators.
Three Proclamations Issued.
President Hsu Shift Chang, in con
sequence of the hostilities, today
issued three proclamations, calling
attention to the serious consequences
to China which might result from the
jeopardizing of foreign interests.
The first proclamation said the
Chinese people were terrified, that
merchants were suffering losses and
the industry of tho nation was de
moralized. Therefore.
was de- I
Banded that Chang Tso-I.in and Wu j
Fti-Ku immediately withdraw their j
armies. .
The second proclamation declared !
that as I'ekin was the capital of tho
nation, peace and order must prevail,
Foreign Treaties Are Cited. ,
Emphasis was laid in the third proc-
lamation on the necessity t protect
the lives and property of foreigners .
and for compliance with treaties with j
the powers. It was added that the I
Chinese railroad administration had !
gent a protest to the government as-
S that the
try face bankruptcy in consequence of
the suspension of traffic, am- this fact
involves ioreign ounga none.
The fighting Sunday was sporadic
throughout the war area. There were
no signal gains by either .ide The
most persistent conflict appeared to '
be centered around Changsintien
southwest of the Pekin wall, where
Wu Pei-Fu is concent rat ing for a
drive in an attempt to turn Chang
Tso-JLin'a western front toward Tien
tsin. Changsintieu lm Occupied.
Chang Tso-Iin's forces occupy the i
village of Changsintien, where
wounded have been ta! , u Into the
houses of natives. The dead were
left on the battlefield. Reliable de- i
tails as to the casual
w ere not (
obtainable.
The military situation t
fathered from legation attac
was as follows:
Chang Tso-Lin and Wu Pel
ay, as
s here, j
'u each I
had 50,698 men un . r f r or in posi
non. Wu Pei-Fu was bringing up ' more than a year beginning in May.
reinforcements from the Yang - Tse f HHS, as successor to Major-General
provinces. Chang Tse-Lia was send- ; Harbord, died at Walter Reed hos
ing forces from Mukden which soon . pitai tonight.
uM increase the tota' effectives to He had been ill more than two
tCvcciuded uii Pa.sc tf. Column l years.
Rediscount Organization for Live
stock Paper Is Advised by
Eugene Meyer Jr.
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 30.
Legislation to provide six permanent
remedies for defects in the agricul
tural credit system of the country
was recommended to President Hard
ing today by Lugene Meyer Jr., man
aging director of the war finance
corporation, in a reoort based upon
his recent survey of conditions in
the west.
Pending enactment of the proposed
legislation and the erection of re
quired machinery for its adminis
tration, Mr. Meyer recommended that
the period during which the corpora
tion might make loans be extended
to January 1, 1923.
Mr. Meyer reported that on his
western trip, undertaken at the sug
gestion of the president, he found
marked improvement and that "every
where hope and confidence are tak
ing the place of the despair which
six months ago was so wid-ely pre
valent." As remedial measures he recom
mended: "Enactment of legislation specific
ally authorized the organization of
institutions to rediscount the paper
of livestock loan companies, and
the establishment of. a system for
the more adequate supervision and
inspection of the livestock which
furnishes security for the paper.
"Frank recognition of the need for
the orderly marketing of agricultural
products in a more gradual way and
over a longer period, and the adjust
ment of existing banking laws and
regulations with this end in view.
".Establishment of a rediscount fa
cility to make it possible at all times
for co-operative marketing organiza
tions to obtain adequate funds for
their operations.
'Kxtension of powers of the fed
eral reserve banks to include the
purchase in the open market of
eligible paper secured by non-perish
able agricultural commodities, prop
erly warehoused.
"Encouragement of state non-member
banks to enter the federal re
serve system and reduction of the
minimum capital required for ad
mission to the system admission in
such cases to be conditioned upon
an undertaking to increase the capital
to the present minimum of $25,000
within a definite time.
"Amendment of the national bank
ing act to permit a limited amount
of branch banking within a limited
radius of the parent institution."
Pending the provision of these im
provements to the national credit ma
chinery, Mr. Meyer suggested exten
sion until January 1, 1923, of the
period during which the war finance
corporation may make loans to (1)
co-operative marketing organizations
and livestock loan companies, where
it appears that they are unable to
obtain adequate financing at reason
able rates through other channels;
and (2) to banking institutions on
agricultural and livestock papers in
exceptional cases and where it ap
pears that the public interest will
be served by such action.
In certain parts of the west, Mr.
Meyer reported, the need for land
mortgage money was not being ade
quately met by the federal farm loan
system, of the limitation preventing
a land bank from lending more than
$10,000 to any one borrower. He had
already suggested, he said, the forma
tion of a joint stock land bank au
thorized to make loans up to a min
imum of from $37,500 to $50,000 in
Montana. Idaho, Colorado and other
states, to meet this situation.
G. 0. P. FOUNDER IS DEAD
E. A. Yc;-t Succumbs at Chicago at
Age of 9 Years.
CHICAGO, April 30. Kdmund Ab
bott West, one of the founders nf
the republican party, who ceU brated
his 99th birthday Kriday, died here
today of pneumonia.
Mr. West was born in Elyria. O.,
April US. 1$?3,
from Ohio he went to Wisconsin,
served in the state legislature and
was one of the group that held the
celebrated meeting in Ripon, Wis.,
at whieli it is claimed by some, the
republican party was born. He came
to this city in 1S65 and practiced
jaw for man
years.
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ROBBERS KIDNAP WOMAN
;Ci1. stolen ami Holdup
Staged
Before Victim Released.
A OKA M E X TO, Cal.. April 30. A
squad of police officers, armed with
sawed - off
hot guns were scouring
the country east of here today trying
to capture two men who held up a carl
driven by John l.aureun, early today,
forced his companion, Mrs. Alma
Trtmioureaux, to accompany them
with the car and after staging
series ot noidups, msuittd the woman I
and released her.
r- pijCC f)C QTAPP IliCC
A. t. r. UM I tr Ur Olrtrr Ul Co
Major - General McAndrew
i n nibs at Y nh i nu'toii .
S no-
W A SH I NU TUN. D. C April 30.
wno served as chief of staff of the
i American expeditionary forces for
New Talk Is Held Not Ir
, responsible Gossip.
SITUATION CALLED DELICATE
Clash Expected if France Ad
vances Into Germany.
HUMAN PATIENCE EBBS
''How Long Wift It Be?-' Is Ques
tion That Is Asked Every
where, Says William Bird.
BY WILLIAM BIRD.
(Copyright, 1922, by The Oregonlan.)
PARIS, April 30. (Special Cable.)
War and rumors of war fill the air.
From the Danube, where the writer
was a few days ago, to the Seine,
where he is today, hard practical men,
the kind known as safe and sane,
talk nhnut ni.i
only a matter of time. They declare
i
that Rurnnp in Ita i-h-..yi ,-t,.(.. in
untenable and that there is doubt as
to how long human patience, which
notably is long suffering, will hold
out. How long will it be? Some say
a few years, others a few months.
It will not be localized, they say,
but will be a general European free-for-all,
since every region in Em-ope
will eagerly seize anything resembling
the opportunity to repair what they
consider the injustice of the various
treaties of peace.
French Invasion Expected.
One man, who is called the best in
formed man in Hungary, declared to
the correspondent that it would not
surprise him were war to break out
this summer. He believes that France
will be compelled to invade Germany
to get reparation satisfaction and that
this time Germany will not submit
meekly to fresh seizures of territory.
Though anti-German himself, he be
lieves that Germany would "smear
France in short order" through sheer
weight of numbers and superior ma
chine equipment were England to re
main neutral. This would be the sig
nal for Hungary to take the field in
the hepe of regaining the provinces
lost to Czecho-Slovakia, Rumanian
and Serbia, which are called Hung
ary's thiee Alsace-Lorraines in posters
prominently displayed in Hungarian
government offices. Moreover Hung
ary, although intensely anti-Russian,
is far from sympathetic toward the
allies, holding that they betrayed her
by handing her richest mining and
manufacturing districts to neighbor
ing states.
Many Facts Are UfKcovered.
It must be confessed that this yarn
sound. d fantastic in Budapest but re
turning westward one found many
facts to dovetail with it. France is
not bellicose, but officially she con
siders that the occupation of further
German territory, even thoygh un
authorized specifically by the treaty,
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ITS
1 OF Vt .CANDlDrYrrLS
m tf- miarK frA (' f 7r
Automanlae. to Avoid Collision,
Crowds Another Machine Into
Ditch, Striking Pedestrian.
A speed maniac was directly re
sponsible for an automobile accident
late yesterday afternoon which cost
Mrs. Harry Camaras of Multnomah
her life, according to a report made
to the police by F. L. Benedict, 353
Hall street, who was also in the acci
dent. She died at 7:15 P. M.
Mr. and Mrs. Camaras were walk
ing together along the Capital high
way between west Portland and Mult
nomah. Mr. and Mrs. Benedict, a
daughter and Mrs. Elizabeth Dickey,
353 Hall street, were traveling in the
Benedict car away from Portland and
the speeder came up behind them. It
was estimated that he was traveling
about 35 miles an hour. Just as he
tried to pass Mr. Benedict he met a
car coming in the opposite direction
and to avoid a collision with It he
swung Mr. Benedict s machine over
into the ditch, striking Mrs. Camaras
and knock ing her down.
Mrs. Camaras was brought to Port
land in another machine and taken to
the Good Samaritan hospital.
DR. EARL G00DE IS DEAD
Gassing Wliile Serving at Front
Fatal to Portland Man.
As a result of being gassed at the
front while fighting against the Ger
mans in 1918, Dr.. Earle Goode, 27,
died at the home of his parents, the
Rev. and Mrs. John A. Goode, 7412
Fifty-fifth avenue Southeast, yester
day afternoon. Dr. Goode was a mem
ber of the state legislature from
Multnomah county in 1917, being one
of the youngest men ever elected to
such a position in Oregon.
When the war broke out, he en
listed and was soon at the front.
Since his injury he had been a victim
of the lingering illness.
Dr. Goode is survived by his par
ents, a brother, Hubert A. Goode,
secretary to Commissioner Mann, and
a sister, Mrs. Herbert R. Tyler. Ar
rangements for the funeral have not
been announced.
2 DIE IN NEW YORK FIRE
Many Others Are Injured When
Frame Tenement Is Burned.
XEW YORK, April 20. Trapped in
a smoke-filled hallway in a fire that
later destroyed a four-story tenement
in Richmond hill, an aged woman and
a child were burned to death tonight.
Many other tenants among the 30
families in the building were injured.
More than a dozen firemen were hurt
as they sealed fire escapes to rescue
women and children and aged men
from perilous positions on window
ledges.
EXPLOSION KILLS 100
Bodies of 50 Victims Are Carbon
ized in Mine.
BUCHAREST, Roumania, April 30.
(By the Associated Press.) Up
ward of 100 persons were killed to
day in a mine explosion in the Lupeni
district of Transylvania.
The bodies of 50 victims were com
pletely carbonized while those of the
others were blown to pieces.
GOING TO BE A LONG SESSION,
Rev. Thomas Jenkins Tells Throngs
Church-Going Essential to Main
tain High Standard of Life.
"Why men should go to church was
the subject of a sermon sent broad
cast by radio from Th Oregonian
tower last, night in connection with
a complete service of choral evensong
by the choir of St. David's Episcopal
church. The sermon was delivered
by Rev. Thomas Jenkins, rector, and
the music was directed by Tom G.
Taylor, organist and choirmaster.
The service, which was exceed
ingly beautiful and which was heard
by thousands of churchgoers who re
mained in their homes to listen, was
opened with a hymn, "Softly Now the
Light of Day" and. Versicles, by the
choir of 20 voices. It was followed
by an Easter psalm, "Christ Our Pass
over" (Humphrey) and "Magnificat"
(Beethoven). After this came the
intonation of the creed with versicles
and another hymn by the choir,
"Christ for the World "We Sing."
In his sermon, which followed the
second hymn, the Rev. Mr. Jenkins
said:
"A man should go to church for the
same reason that he goes home to
his family. Fellowship in the family
is created and maintained by the
meeting together of the members of
the family. A group of individuals
related by blood, but never meeting
together or speaking to each other,
or cultivating each other's company
and fellowship would not be a family.
And. an individual who takes no in
terest in the welfare and activities
of the home is not under normal con
ditions, a very laudable member of
the family. The very idea of the
family involves a participation in its
Interests. Family life is a communion
and fellowship among the members
of the family group.
"People should go to church be
cause the head of the church desires
his children to meet with him. He
wants to know their needs and ex
periences. He wants them to hold
converse with him. He wants them
to remember that in him they live
and move and have their being. He
knows too well how they fail, apart
from him and from one another.
"And people 3hould go to church
that they may be honest. God has
given men six days in which to work,
and one day for worship and rest.
The man who pays no attention to
God's ordering of time would be
shocked if his business associates
paid no regard to honesty. And yet
it is just as much a sin to rob God
of time as it is to rob man of money
or property. To give short measure
in time is a sin of like character
as giving short weight in trade. And
when men and women come to see
that they belong to God and that hia
claim upon them covers all they have
and are, they will see that honesty
requires them to gather in the family
circle and around the family board.
"And then people should go to
church for the sake of the good in
going. Man cannot live by bread
alone. This we are learning to the
world's sorrow today. Faith is as
essential to a man's life as bread.
And faith is to be cultivated spir
itual! y. We work hard to cultivate
thought, and faith requires effort for
its cultivation. The freedom of the
.oul is attained by keeping the eye
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lilli'K j
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Warfare Breaks Out on
Waterfront Again.
SHOTGUN SQUAD IS GALLED
Union Sympathizers Flock to
Dock After Fight.
POLICE DISPERSE CROWD
Operators to Ask Injunction Today
Against Ijabor Men Interfering
Vitli Longshore Work.
A mob of about 20 striking long
shoremen or sympathizers last night
attacked two men from the steamer
T. J. Totter, moored near municipal
terminal Xo. 1 as a temporary home
for strikebreakers, and one of them
was severely beaten. The cook
on the Potter made his escape from
the mob and disappeared, and for a
time it was believed that he had been
kidnaped. I.ater he made his way to
the steamer and crept aboard. He
was not badly hurt.
The two men had been away from
the Potter and were returning when
they were pounced upon by the mob
about 7 o'clock. Blows were rained
upon them and the cook's companion,
who failed to escape, was badly
beat in, although not seriously in
jured. Following the fight a crowd of
between 150 and 300 strikers and
sympathizers gathered at municipal
terminal Xo. 1. All the available po
lice, innluding the "shotgun squad."
were rushed to the place. The crowd
was dispersed without further trou
ble. Xo arrests were made.
Injunction to Be Asked.
Injunction proceedings, with a view
to restraining striking longshoremen
from interfering with non-union men
hired to work vessels in the harbor,
and from Int erf ering with the prog
ress of loading or unloading such
vessels with non-union crews, will be
started today, according to announce
ment by a committee representing
the employers last night. It was said
that the employers would also ask
that the strikers be restrained from
picketing in such numbers as to in
timidate men working vessels.
Arrangements for starting these
proceedings were declared to. be in
preparation and it was expected to be
ready to take it up today. A tem
porary restraining order will be
asked for first, pending the argu
ment and the decision on the grant
ing of a permanent injunction.
Shipboard Official Kxpected.
J. C. Jenkins, director of the indus
trial relations division of the ship
ping board, is expected to arrive in
the city today in connection with
telegraphic advices received by the
Longshoremen's union that were to
handle cargoes on shipping board
vessels. The telegram received last
week wss to the effect that he WOUd (
arrive this morning. Xo further in
formation relative to tho time of his
arrival had been received by the
union men or by J. W. Crichon, divi
sion head of operations of the ship
ping board, yesterday.
The arrival of Mr. Jenkins is ex
pected by the union men to uphold
them in their contention that they be
given the work on shipping board
vessels. On the contrary the conten
tion of the employers is that the ship
ping board has no right to dictate
as to the loading of vessels which
are under allocation to private opera
tors. Kiglit VesHelfi Worked.
Kight vessels were worked yester
day with crews of men sent out in
busses from the employers' headquar
ters at Columbia hall, supplementing
the men housed at the steamer T. J.
Potter, moored at Terminal No. 1 .
The vessels on which work was in
progress included the Columbia-Pacific
steamer Minnesotan, at the Globe
mills; the Luck en bach line steamer
Hattie Luckenbach, at the Portland
Pouring mills dock; the Johnson line
niotorship Valparaiso at the Irving
dock; the San Francisco & Portland
steamer Rose City, at the Ainsworth
dock; the Norway Pacific steamer
George Washington, and the North
west Shipping company's steamer
Thomas P. Beal, at Terminal Xo. 4;
the General Steamship corporation
steamer Jcptha and the Suzuki
steamer Hakushika Maru, at the
Clark and Wilson mill.
Some Crews Small.
The employers eaid that they had
no trouble in taking care of all the
vessels on which it was desired to
push work yesterday, although some
of the crews were small. A crew of
70 men was sent to the Ainsworth
dock to take care of the steamer Rose
City in order that she might be able
to get away on schedule time This
is In line with the policy to give the
passenger steamers preference in
quick dispatch.
It was reported at the employers
headquarters yesterday that the reg
istration of workmen to take the
place of the striking longshoremen
was going forward in good shape,
and that it was expected in a few
days that all the men needed would
be available, especially if it is pos-
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Kewfl of Death Concealed From Son
Until Concert in Los An
geles Is Finished.
XEW YORK, April 30. Mrs. Rose
Grainger of White Plains, N. Y.,
mother of Percy A. Grainger, the Aus
tralian composer and pianist, was .
killed today by a fall from an 18th-
story window in the Aeolian hall
building. Word was immediately
sent to the son, who is said to be In
Los Angeles on a concert tour.
Mrs. Grainger, who was 60 years
old and wealthy, was spending the
(Jay with Mrs. Antonla Sawyer in
Aeolian hall.
Mrs. Sawyer, who said sh was
Percy Grainger's manager, told the
police that Mrs. Grainger telephoned
her from White Plains that she was
not well and asked permission to
visit her. Mrs. Sawyer motored out
to White Plains after her.
Shortly after their arrival at the
Sawyer suite Mrs. Grainger asked for
medicine and Mrs. Sawyer stepped out
to obtain it. When she returned her
guest was missing. She discovered
her body on the roof of an adjoining
building, 13 stories below. Mrs.
Grainger was dead when she reached
the hospital.
Mrs. Grainger was the widow of
John II. Grainger, an engineer and
architect. Before her marriage she
was a music teacher and the son re
ceived his first instruction from his
mother. She came to the United
States about two years ago.
IOS ANG ETE3, Cal., April 30.
(Special.) Xews of the death in Xew
York of Mrs. Rose Grainger, mother
of Percy A. Grainger, reached Los
Angeles this afternoon while tho Aus
tralian composer and pianist was con
ducting a concert of his compositions
by the Los Angeles philharmonic or
chestra. He was not notified of the accident
wh Ich cost his mother's life until
after the concert, when he said he
would leave immediately for Xew
York. He had only one more concert
engagement before June. That was
here tomorrow and It was canceled
After first reporting the case a sui
cide, the police recorded that Mrs.
Grainger "either fell or Jumped."
Henry T. Finck, music critic for
the Xew York Evening Post, later
issued a statement explaining that
Mrs. Grainger had gone to a window
for fresh air, was overcome with
dizziness and had fallen.
Benjamin M. Vance, assistant med
ical director, later announced that
his office had registered Mrs. Grain
ger's death as duo to suicide.
MISSING BOY IS LOCATED
Mare Mart in s Mot her Overjoyed
to Learn Hoy Is Alive.
CHKHA LIS, Wash., April 30.
(Specio I. ) Marc Martin, son of Mr,
and Mrs. M. B. Martin of Chehalis, is
alive and well at Prineville, Or., ac
cording to word received here today
by hi.? parents. For the last week a
search has been made in the north
west in an effort to locate the 16
year-old lad whose body, it was
thought, was the one that was seen
to be carried over Celilo falls last
Sunday
The body of a man and that of a
saddled horse disappeared in a whirl
pool below the falls.
Mrs. Thomas Pollson of Portland
sister of the mi.ssinir vouth. hurried
to The Dalles and after throe or four
days' inquiry learned that her brother
had gone to Prineville, where it was
found he was at work. Mr. Martin
has gone to Portland and Mrs. Martin
who has suffered untold grief the last
week is rejoicing that her boy is alive.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S -Maximum temperature, GS
degrees ; minimum. a agrees.
TODAY'S Pair; westerly winds.
Foreign.
Threat of war again heard in Europe
Page L
All China terrified as armies clash. Pago 1
American tourists flock to England. Page 5
Mystery murders occur In Berlin. 'Page 5.
Allies prepare new ultimatum for Russia.
Page
National.
Debutantes of capital give subscription
ball. Page 3.
Six aids proposed for farm credits. Page L
AD DOMESTIC
Domestic
Percy Grainger's mother Is suicide. Page L
Drys ruining art, says noted illustrator.
Page 3.
Gompers warns against soviet recognition.
Page
Raiders in klan party to surrender. Page
Bryan asks for L". S. representation at
Genoa. Page 6.
Hundreds labor to stops breaks in Missis
sippi levees. Page lii.
Minister, involved in church fight. Is
bound, gagged and left by roadside.
Page 1.
Fswifie Northwest.
Columbia fishing season opens today.
Page
Spurts.
Standard is urged in golf scoring cards
Page 11.
Pacific coast league results: At Portland
6-n, Vernon 5-8; at Seattle 10-3. Oak
land 0-5; at Los Angeles 3-. Sacra
mento 11-5; at San Francisco 10-0. Salt
Lake 7-4. Page 10.
Charley Robertson pitches no -hit, no-run
game. Page 10.
Commerriul and Marinr.
Genoa unsettles securities market. Page 17.
Nation feels financially secure. Page 17.
Portland and Vicinity.
Samson is compared to modern man.
Page 18.
Kadio church service heard by thousands.
Pagel.
Rose Festival to be brilliant event. Page la
Runaway lumber market forecast.
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Rev. C. C. Rarick due In city Thursday.
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Weather report, data and forecast. Page 17.
Speed maniac causes death of woman.
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Pastor Centering Church
Fight Is Attacked.
VICTIM THROWN INTO ROAD
Intent to Kill Is Discussed by
Three Captors.
SEVERAL REFUSE TO AID
Motor Parties Reported to llaxo
Driven On After Learning Iden
tity of Church Leader.
LAWTOX, Okla., April 30. (By the
Associated Press.) Rev. Thomas Ir
win, pastor ot the First Presbyterian
church here, who several days affo
was ordered tried by his presbytery
on charges of conduct unbecoming a
minister, was found bound and gagged
lying in a ditch near the Medicine
park gate, 12 miles east of here, by
a party of motorists early today.
Tho minister was in semfconsctoun
condition and said he believed he had
been chloroformed by three men who
attacked him while he was walking.
Threat Charged hy l'sntor.
Tho pastor, who became involved
with one faction of tho church, which
is seeking his removal, over marry Ing
a couple In a bathing pool, exhibiting
motion pictures In his church and
preaching the funeral sermon at Ard
more, over Jake I. Hamon, who was
fatally wounded by Clara Smith
Hamon, more than a year ago, an
nounced several months ago that cer
tain persons were attempting to drive
him out of town.
At the home of Senator J. R.
Thomas, nearby where Mr. Irwin was
taken for first aid, the minister said
that he was on his way to the home
of a member of his congregation hero
last night about 8 o'clock when he
was stopped by three- men whom h
did not recognize. A moment later,
he said, he felt a blow on the hemd
and when he regained his Menses, he
found himself securely tied and
gagged with the three men In wn
automobile which was in motion. One
of the men was sitting on him, he
said.
Killing DfeMMMl hy Men.
During the ride, he said he heard
one of the men say:
"Let's do away with him now,'
while another member of the trio in
terceded for him with the words:
"DonX kill him now. (Jive him one
more chance to get out of town."
A few minutes later Rev. Mr. Irwin
said ho wn thrown out of the car into
a rnudhole at the side of the road.
There he said he managed to remove
the gag. There ho said ho lay for
three or four hours, during which
time several persons in motorcars an
swered his calls for aid. but drove
away without helping him when they
learned his identity. He was found
by his rescuers ubout 1 o'clock thli
morning.
V 111 Kffert Suffered.
Rev. Mr. Irwin apparently suffered
no ill effects from the experience.
The Kl Reno prebytcry held a ses
sion In Mr. Irwin's church here last
Wednesday and after hearing a report
of a committee which in vest i gated
charges against the pan tor, ordered
that he be tried May 9. Several men
were appointed to conduct the trial.
A feature of the presbytery session
was the presence of a policeman.
Four formal charges were preferred
against the pastor. It whs alleged
that he had outlived his usefulness
as a minister by being responsible
for alleged "disorder and deplorable
conditions" in his church ; that he
distributed a pamphlet "Low Twelve"
reviewing the history of the contro
versy which, it was charged, con
tained material "unbecoming a min
ister;" that members of his church
had been suspended without trial and
that he performed a marriage at a
public bathing pool in which the
principals were clad in bathing suits.
casting "disrespect" upon the Presby
terian church.
hurt'h Pounded HO Yearn Ago.
Mr. Irwin founded tho First Pres
byterian church here 20 years ago
and since that time has filled the
pulpit.
The bathing-pool wedding had Uh
climax in Oklahoma Pity yesterday
when Helen Bralnsf ield, 17, the girl
bride, received a divorce.
It was brought out at the hearing
that sne was married to Frank I-
Wells. 10. by Reverend Mr. Irwin at
the Medicine Park bathing pool lant
summer during a pleasure party. It
was testified that the girl and Wella
wore bathing suits and that they be
came united in a spirit of revelry. The
spirit lasted only 30 days, however.
and they separated.
The big storm that has split the
Uwton church came after Mr. Irwin
preached the Hamon funeral aermon.
lake Hamon was eulogized by the
pastor for many good qualities, "es.
pecially'his generosity."
MrAeral Member lthdrnn.
Several members of the pastor'
church withdrew over the Incident.
About a week ago a fire was dis
covered In an annex of the church
which had been built by Hamon. Rev.
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