K VOL. LXI NO. 19,209 Entered at Portland fOreron) Poatofflce as Second-class Matter. 1 PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JJJNE 14, 1923. PRICE FIVE CENTS JOYOUS PARADE WOlSIAN IN POLITICS 300 PERSONS PERISH IN TORRENTIAL FLOOD BODIES. OF MEJJ, WOMEN AND CHILDREN RECOVERED. RICH CHINESE- NAVY YARDS TO LET MORE CIVILIANS GO WARNING OF INPENDING KE . DCCTIONS GIVEN. CHORUS WILL GIVE : RADIO PROGRAMME A. j aw Jk jY k. A A. MARINE SUBSIDY ACTION DEiNDED IS OLD AS POMPEII IS HELD IN 30 GIRLS FROM POLYTECH NIC SCHOOL TO SING. ELECTIONEERING REVEALED BY tNEARTHED WRITINGS. MOB GOES AFTER MALLETT KILLER Vengeance for' Slaying Oregon Woman Tried.; LEE PR1 1R V 1 V Shriners in San Francis co Defy Bad Weather. WET FAILS TO BE DAMPER Colorful Costumes Worn by Long Lines. ELECTION TO BE TODAY Only Contest Is for Grand Onter Guard, Which Is Lowest Posi tion in Imperial Divan. I SAN FRANCISCO, June 13. The imperial council of the Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic .Shrine, got down to business ses sions today, after the grand open ing parade to escort the imperial divan to the council chamber. Reading of the report of Ernest .Allen Cutts, imperial potentate, of Savannah, Ga., occupied most of the afternoon session, the morning be ing largely given' over to speeches of welcome. Tomorrow will come the election of officers, when James McCandless, deputy imperial poten tate, of Honolulu, is to be elevated to the highest office. 1 By custom the only contest for office is in that of grand outer guard, the lowest position in the imperial divan. The race is gen erally considered to be between John Fouche of Alhambra temple, Chattanooga, Tenn., and Earl Mills of Za Ga Zig temple of Des Moines, la. They are past potentates of their temples. Nine Cities Ask Charters. Washington so far is the chief applicant for the privilege of having the imperial council meet within its gates. The selection of the .meeting place will be made Thursday. Shriners in- nine cities -haw ap plied for charters for temples. They are Topeka and Kansas City, Kan.; Fort Dodge, Ottumwa and Council Bluffs, la.; Paris and Danville, 111.; Sacramento, Cal., and Covington, Ky. Decision on their petitions will be made tomorrow1 or Thursday. Tonight several official banquets were held. The imperial divan mem bers were the guests of honor at one, their wives at another, the association of recorders of Shrine temples at a third and Canadian temples at a fourth. Potentates' Bnll Held. The imperial potentates' ball fol Jowed the banquets. So that all could have an opportunity to dance, two other large halls were used besides the civic auditorium, where the democratic "national convention was held in 1920. Decked with gay banners, bunting and green boughs, and lightedby oriental lamps and with the floor crowded with bright ly costumed Shriners, the auditorium was a picturesque sight. California's climate, its best ad vertised attraction, was off schedule today, but the rain put no damper on the enthusiasm of three miles of resplendent Shriners nor on the crowds that packed the sidewalks, the downtown windows, the grand stands and electric ltght poles to watch the strange spectacle of a transplanted Arabia swing by to the most modern of tunes, s Sheiks Head Cararam, The weather bureau stood ready to swear to an affidavit that the weather was "unusual." Caravans headed by sheiks in red and yellow automobiles and pa trolled by Arab nobles riding in the side cars of sputtering motorcycles instead of on the traditional blooded stallions are very modernized ver sions of early levantine history, but so are brass bands, airplanes soaring overhead and the tunes, "Hair, Hail, the Gang's All Here and "There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight," for that matter. For numbers in the parade Medina!-, temple of Chicago, which boasts 22,000 members, easily stood first It had two bands, as well as patrol. Moslem temple of Detroit came next with many musicians and patrol members. Mohammed temple of Peoria, I1L, and Al Kalah temple of Pueblo, Colo., vied with each other for pic turesque appearance. The Moham medans wore long purple gowns and white tarbooshes wrapped around . their heads, apparently historically correct even to carrying a real live camel with them. The Coloradoans were dressed as Indians, wore feathers in their hair and brandished tomahawks. Nile temple of Seattle also was the proud possessor of a camel, .although smaller than the Illinois animal. At the head of El Zarlbah patrol of Phoenix, Aril., was a Moqui Indian holding a huge wrlg gling snake in his hand, while the rest of the group swung cactus , canes. , The Syrians of Philadelphia were among the visitors who engaged in good-natured joshing of the spec tators about the weather. "It hasn't rained for 40 years, but it rained like sin today," they ang, Fancy drills contributed much to iConcluUed on Page 4, Column 2.) 3Iany More Persons Are Missing as Result of Catastrophe In San Salvador. - SAN SALVADOR, Republic of Sal vador, June la. (By the Associated Press.) Three hundred persons are known to have been - drowned and many persons are missing following an abnormal rise in the Acelhuate and Arenal rivers, which over flowed their banks and joined to gether in one stream, inundating the Candelaria district of this city. Several houses were swept away y the raging torrent. The bodies of 300 men, women and children already have been found. The flood was caused by a two day torrential rainfall. The govern ment sent a relief expedition to succor people in distress. A large subscription list has been started for the relief of the sufferers. . TWO KILLEDJN BATTLE Farmer Barricades Himself and Defies Posse. ORIN JUNCTION, Wyo., June 13. Thomas E.aTubb and his wife are dead and three other persons, includ ing John McPherson, deputy sheriff, are seriously wounded as th.e result of a battle at 4 o'clock this after noon here between Tubb, officers and citizen . Mrs, Tubb was shot by her hus band, who is believed to have be come suddenly insane. Tubb was slain by an unidentified resident of Orln Junction. Before the shooting Tubb tele phoned Douglas (Wyo.) authorities from a nearby store that his farm was being taken away from him. Deputy Sheriff McPher son was dispatched. As McPherson entered the store Tubb opened fire. A posse of citizens hastily organ ized and surrounded the store. Tubb barricaded himself in the building. Citizens armed themselves and an exchange of shots took place. MISS NORMAND DEPARTS Screen Actress Will Not Talk About Taylor Murder. NEW YORK, June 13 Mabel Nor mand,, f Urn tar, departed for Lon don today on the Aquitania. - "Please don't discuss that,'' she said, when mention was made of the case of William Desmond Taylor, movie director, murdered in his Los Angeles home months ago, a few hours after Miss Normand had vis ited him. "I've been running away from it for months," she added. "That is one of the reasons I am going away to get a rest." In London Miss Normand expects to join her mother and then visit Paris and Berlin. FILM THEFTS CHARGED Two Arrested and $15,000 Worth of Pictures Recovered. NEW YORK, June 13. A plot by which thousands of dollars' worth of motion picture films are alleged to have been stolen from the plants of distributors, the police said, was cleared up tonight with the arrest of two men and the recovery of 169 alleged stolen reels valued at $15,000. One of the prisoners, Leopold Singer of Newark, N. J., is charged with bringing stolen property into the state of New York, while the other, William pizor, a film broker of Brooklyn is held on a charge of receiving stolen goods. AUTO DEAL IS FINISHED Mr. Ford to- Take Complete Con trol of Lindbln Company. DKTROIT, Mich., June 13. Man agement of the Lincoln Motor com pany, purchased recently at a re ceiver's sale by Henry Ford, will be transferred from Henry M. and Wil fred C. Leland to the combined Ford Motor company and Lincoln -organ izations, it was said here today. At I the time of the purchase it was an nounced that Henry M. Leland and his son would be retained in execu-1 tive capacities. Mr. Ford purchased the Lincoln company for $8,000,000. TOLL OF STORM GROWS Three More Dead and List May Reach 75 Victims. NEW YORK, June 13. Three more victims were added to the death toll I resulting from the storm whii-h I i crossed New York Sunday afternoon! with the fury of a hurricane. Two more bodies were tossed from the water and another victim died! from Injuries suffered in the col lapse of the Ferris wheel at Clasqn Point. ' rolice think that the total death I list will reach 75. TWO PUT ON SHIP BOARD Senate Confirms Meyer Lissner I and Admiral Benson in Jobs. WASHINGTON, D. C. June 13. Nominations of Meyer Lissner and Rear-Admiral William S. Benson, re tired, for reappointment as members of the shipping board were con firmed by the senate late today. Their present terms expire at mid night tonight. Dr. Sun Yat Sen's Army : Moves North. . KANGHOW Kl IS CAPTURED Chang's Armistice Plea Is Believed Ruse. WU'S TROOPS ON GUARD Third Division, Flower of Force, Is Ordered From Headquar- ters at Tangku. KINGIANG, Province of Kiangsi, June 13. (By the. Associated Press.) Wealthy Chinese with their fami lies and valuables are fleeing from Nanchang, caoitalOf Kiangsi prov ince, as the army of Dr. Sun Yat Set, the south China leader, advances northward. Looting at the hands of the southern troops is feared. -American missionaries at Nan chang also were prepared to leave if it becomes necessary, for. the forces of Wu Pel Fu, the military power of the Pekin government, to evacu ate Nanchang. The American gunboat Isabel Is stationed here, ready to protect American interests if the necessity arises. . The Japanese and British vessels Sumica and Cockshafer, re spectively, -are also there. Dr. Sun's army had captured Kanchow Ki, in the south of Kiangsi province. J Wn's Force in Retreat. A report from the south June 10 said the forces of Wu Fei Fu were retreating northward. TIENTSIN, June 13. (By the As sociated Press.) If Chang Tso-Lin's suit for an armistice last week was b ruse, as is believed here, to give his' defeated and retreating Man churtan army a chance to reorganize for a successful offensive, it missed its purpose. The commander of Wu Pel Fu's Chihli army, remembering Chang's early training as a bandit leader, was quite prepared for him. When Chang's troops attacked Sun day . morning they found a firm Chihli line strongly supported by machine guns end artillery. After an all-day battle Sunday the Man churians are again headed home ward. Right Flank Attacked. Chang's troops attacked the Chihli right flank, resting on Liao- tung gulf coast near Chinwangtao, but- were repulsed after severe fighting. A report last night said the Man churians were again withdrawing northward toward' Shanhaikwan with Wu's army pressing close be- ( Concluded on Page 2, Column tt.) HAROING: "HEY, THERE! YOU'RE GOING TO PULL UNCLE SAM OUT FIRST, AREN'T YOU?" I I - . - I it J$lv guess about . n e t l - . So fT "A r m I . . - o . h -y i i -. . i) . -ti . v i I -. I 1 Z- I if , yw&-JH IB UflET - -v : - f ill - y m mi-.. ' m o s.i v v,. j 'avx . -1 xs 4 f --77 i rO-Sx Wte-UrCLSJr!fr-: i Changes July 1 Are Declared Coming Because of Curtail ment in Appropriation. WASHINGTON, D. C, ' June 13. Warning of impending further re ductions in civilian personnel at navy yards and shore stations after July l next, because of curtailed ap propriation was given by Acting Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt in a notice telegraphed today to all yards and stations . ordered posted on bulletin boards. . While no official figures were made public, as to the number of employee to be affected, it was of ficially estimated that 10,000 men would be placed on leave without pay, as was done- a few months at various navy yards, unless original estimates are contained in the naval appropriation bill now before the -senate. . WILLAMETTE GOES DOWN River Now at 22.2 Feet Here, With Further Drop Predicted. The Willamette river, dropping two-tenths of a foot in 24 hours, showed a freshet stage of 22.2 feet yesterday, and while little additional change was noted in the afternoon, the weather bureau forecast is that it will recede to 22 feet today, 21.8 feet tomorrow and 21.6 feet Friday. There was a reduction reported from all points with the single ex ception of at Wenatchee, where a gain of four-tenths of a foot was recorded, but as the stream there is at the official flood stage ot 40 feet, the influence is not regarded as important as . to general conditions. With he stream actually on the de cline here, the outlook is said to be for a steady, though slow drop for the present. TAC0MA GETS HOSPITAL New Sanitarium for Mental Cases Located at Camp Lewis. WASHINGTON, D. C. June 13. New soldier hospitals are to be built near the Great lakes naval training station, Chicago, at a Cost of $3,000, 000, and at Camp Lewis, Tacoma, Wash., at a cost of $1,500,000, it was announced today by Director Forbes of the veterans' bureau. The new hospital at Camp Lewis, Director Forbes said, will be built on land obtained from the war de partment and will have accommoda tions for 500 mental cases. - JOINTIST SENT TO PRISON Owner of Inn Sentenced to Two - Years Tor Selling Liquor. SEATTLE, Wash., June 13. William-Perrin, part owner of the North End inn, near here,-today wag sen tenced to serve two years in the state penitentiary following his con viction under the jointist law in connection with the sale of liquor at the inn. The sentence was one of the heaviest in the history of the King county superior- court for liquor law violation? - J. J. Stack, Perrin's partner, was sentenced to serve one year for a similar offense. . ' - -o li , ...... ........... ,4 Vocal and Instrumental Solos to Be Rendered by Local and . Salem Artists. : . ' The chorus from the Girls' Poly technic high school, consisting of more than 30 voices, will be heard by radio tonisht between 8 and 10 o'clock, when a two-hour pro gramme will be broadcast from The Oregonian tower. The concert will be directed by Minnetta Magers and the accompaniments will be played by Eva Pittman. J. B. Weed, local manager "of the Shipowners' Radio service, will superintend the broad casting. Besides a. number of selections to be sung b- the entire chorus, there will be tenor solos by Frederick L. Boynton, piano solos by Ruth Bed ford of Salem, baritone solos by Leon Jennison of Salem, soprano solos by Laura Hudson1, duets by Florence Warmouth . and Frederick L. Boynton, a solo by Minnie Schel ler Dickman of Salem, coloratura soprano, with flute . obligato by Margaret Laughlin, piano solos hy Margaret Notz, several trio numbers and flute solos by Mildred Pratt and Margaret Laughlin. Of general interest to Portland radio listeners, the concert will also be something of special importance tj the Salem audience. Four or five of the contributing'artists will come from Salem to take part and all re ceiving stations in that city will be crowded with visitors to hear the programme. There are also two new stations opening up for' the first time tonight in that city and the concert will be used for the dedication performances. Tomorrow will see the end ' of school for the singers and the dis bandment of the Girls' Polytechnic chorus, They will give a public concert tomorrcw to finish .their year. The training of the chorus has been directed by Miss Minnetta Magers and its concert work is con sidered excellent. This is the third ch'orus programme broadcast in suc cession from The Oregonian tower and it is expected to prove one of the high lights of the service' from this station in the entertainment line. The complete programme to broadcast follows: Chorus "La Spagnola" and "Cra dle Song." Tenor solos, Frederick L, Boynton "Allah, Give Me Mine" and "A Lit tle Bit of Honey." Soprano solo, Laura Hudson "FromKthe Land of the Sky-blue Water." Chorus "Will o' the Wisp" and "Absent" - Baritone "solos." Leon - Jennison "Come to the Fair" and "Duna"; ac companiment played by Myrtle Knowland. Piano solos, Ruth Bedford "Fragment" and "Sequidilla." Soprano solos, Mildred Pratt "Ho, Mr. Piper" and "Take' All of Me." Duet, Florence Warmouth and Frederick L. Boynton "Home to Our Mountains," from 'U Trova tore." Chorus "Greetings to Spring" and ; "Moonlieht Boat Ride." from "Miserere." Solo, Minni-, 'Scheller Dickman (Concluded on Page 3, Column 2.) RAID ON JAIL IS FOILED Guardsmen Called Out; Tear Bombs Used. MURDER IS CONFESSED Thousands of Irate - Persons Gather at Jackson, Mich., Jail Seeking Vengeance. JACKSON, Mich., June 13. Au thorities announced tonight that John Straub, aged 49, had confessed the killing of Miss Alice Mallett, matron of the Florence Crittenton home here and formerly of On tario, Or. Straub ha? a prison record. A crowd began to gather about the jail soon after announcement that' Straub had confessed, . and within a short time several thou sand persons surrounded tjfi build ing. A number pf attempts were made to storm the doors, an aged woman leading the angry citizens, but they were repelled by the use of tear gas bombs in the hands of sheriff's deputies and state police. Appeal Hade to Crowd. Sheriff Larrabee appealed to the crowd to disperse,, but feeling had run high since the finding of Miss Mallett's body, with the head crushed and her throat slashed, and the officers were convinced the sit uation might get-rom under their control before national guardsmen ordered from Lansing could arrive. After Straub had been spirited away Sheriff Larrabee quieted the crowd by offering to show a com mittee through the jaikto convince them the prisoner was beyond their reach. The committee's report that Straub was not in the building caused many to go to their homes, but some -proposed thaJt a further Eearcft "be" made for the confessed slayer. Crowd Thronir Streets. Long after midnight crowds thronged the streets speculating as to where Straub might be found. There was no disorder, however, and the authorities declared they were confident those intent upon violence would be unable to locate the prisoner. The body of .Miss Mallett was found with the head crushed and throat slashed near the home last Friday. An as and razor had been used by her assailant and indica tions were that a long struggle had taken place. . ' The clothing had beentorn from the body, the woman having been gagged with a handkerchief. Miss Mallett, a large woman, ap parently had given her utmost strength in the fight. Strewn about the ground were fragments of her clothing, while parts of it "were wrapped , around : her feet. Her purse, lying a few feet away, had been rifled. ! Miss Alice Mallett, murdered at Jackson, Mich., was the daughter of a prominent pioneer family of Mai heur county. Her mother, Mrs. C. W. Mallett. and several sisters and brothers; reside at Ontario. The father died six months ago. She had been absent 'from Oregon for the greater part of six years. i P.OINDEXTER HELD UP Plans to Get Back to Home State Appear Upset. THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, D. C, June 13. Sen ator Poindexter's plans for getting back to Washington by July 1 ap pear to have been upset by opposi tion which has developed toward several paragraphs in the naval ap propriation bill as reported to the senate. A fight is in sight which may prevent passage of the bill be fore the close of the fiscal year, June 30, and other differences are foreseen when the measure .reaches conference. y , As Senator Poindexter is to be acting committee chairman in charge of the bili he will have to remain here until it is finally disposed of by agreement- of the two houses. - SCHOOL TEACHER SUICIDE J Woman Discharged on Disloyalty Charge Kills Self. MANILA, P. L, June 13. Miss Clara Gilmore. a school teacher who was dismissed during the war for alleged disloyal utterances, com mitted suicide today at Albay, prov ince of Albay, by taking poison. Miss Gilmore had been cleared by the governor-general of the charge of . disloyalty, Dut Vice-Governor Gilmore recently rejected her ap plication for reinstatement. "De spondency was believed to have caused her suicide., . Before coming to the Philippines Miss Gilmore had taught school in Nome and Fairbanks, Alaska. She was 44 years old. She formerly re sided in the Morgan Park district of Chicago. Recommendations of Chief ; of . City's League of Voters Ap parently Found. (Copyright. 192!!., by the New York woria. fUDUgnea by Arrangement.; NAPLES, June 13. (Special ca ble.) The women's vote 'is the new element in politics. So proclaim the sages. But 2000 years ago the wom an in politics was an old, old story. That is only one of the old, old stories that have been found by re cent excavations at Pompeii; others old when that ancient city was young, but hailed as original every time the metropolis of the new world holds a municipal election, also have been unearthed. PompeU's 'Tammany hall, her anti-vice socie 1 ties, her health organizations are dead; their posters and propaganda lives after them. The woman press agent was not unknown. The manifesto of Asellina, appar ently one of the chiefs of the Pom peii league of women voters, still shines red on the walls: 'Asellina. with her friend Zmvrina. recommends the candidature of Cajus Lollius Ruscus for mayor, be cause he will look after the streets. buildings and amusements for the sacred feasts." But even then woman could change her mind. Beneath the ap peal of Asellina traces of whose electioneering abound on the walls of the dead city, the diggers found: "Zmyrina objects to her name be ing used and instead recommends the candidature of Cajus Julius Polidius." The only traces of Pompeiian writings hitherto found have been of a political or obscene nature, but now the works of the universal, age-old reformer have been found where they hurled their sanctimo nious warnings and exhortations at the wicked. ' ' "Raise hot looks of desire on other men's wives, but cover thy face with modesty." "Try to avoid hateful quarrels and go home quietly." "See that clean sheets adorn thy bed." FREIGHT HOUSE IS HUGE Largest Railroad Structure of Kind Completed in Chicago. CHICAGO, June 13. Announce ment was made today that the Pennsylvania system has completed the largest railroad freight house in the world th Polk-street . sta tion in Chicago, covering seven acres of ground. About 475 in bound and outbound freight cars can. be unloaded and loaded there during a working day of eight hours. Electric tractors and trail ers are used to transfer cargoes from the street level to the storage section of the floors above to dis tribute outgoing freight to cars. J, Frank Ward of Seattle, Wash.. a civil engineer formerly with the Pennsylvania road, assisted in ere ating the designs of the project. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YEJSTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, - 76 degrees; minimum, 55 degrees. TODAY'S Fair; westerly winds. Foreign. Three hundred persons perish in flood. Page 1. 1 Rich Chinese flee from war. Page 1. Woman in politics is old as Pompeii. Page 1. The Hague conference declared doomed. Page 6. National. - Harding demands congressional action on marine subsidy. Fage 1. Public supports Hoover's course in limit ing coal price, fage 4. Harding for tariff before bonus bill. Page 2. Navy yards to let out more civilians. Page 1. Domestic Wine list on American boats stimalatea travel. Page 2. New York called U. S. . hicks' home. Page d. Murder, victim's widow arrested. Fage 8. Shriners hold joyous-parade in California rain. Page 1. Pacific Northwest. Seattle dairymen war on -prosecutor. Page 6. Sports. New baseball war appears In olf ing. , . Page 12. Klepper penalty is held too heavy. Page 12.. White Sox shut out Boston, S to 0. Page ; 12. At Sa-n Francisco, Portland game post poned; -t Sacramento 0, Vernon -4: at Salt Lake 8, Oakland 5; at Los Angeles, Seattle game postponed. Page 12. Challenge issued to island champ. Page 13. Commercial and Marine. Growers' and dealers' views differ on wheat smutting charges. Page 22. Chicago wheat market has decided rally. Page 23. Bond market has steadier tone. Page 23. Port record set by non-union gang. Page 14. May exports' take 110,000,000 drop. Page 23. Recovery is sharp in New York stock market. Page 22. Data on dock trucking given a hearing. . Page 46. Portland and Vicinity. Chorus to render radio programme. Page 1. Portland to honor American flag today. Page 11. Wemme heirs sue - Science churches. Page 10. - Mrs CharleB H. Caatner, Hood River, elected worthy grand matron of East ern Star. Page 5. Reserve bank governor testifies in Brook ings case. Page 7. Adventists flock to annual session here. Page 7. Five hundred Rotarians visit Portland. Page 4. Director Woodward makes appeal for funds to rehabilitate school system. Page 18. State Bank dividend petition to be 'filed soon. Page '18. Weather report, data and forecast. page 22. : Autos wanted to carry 10,000 Shriners. Page 5, Extra Session Warning Given Congress. HARDING STAND IS FIRM Speedy Consideration of Measure Is Asked. BILL IS PREPARED Views of President Set Forth In Letter Written Chairman Campbell on May 26. WASHINGTON, D. C, June 13.- Warning by President Harding that he would feel obliged to call con gress in special session if it failed to take up the ship subsidy1 bin prior to adjournment was supple mented today by a White Hoitse an nouncement that the administration was determined to press unremit tingly for action now. , The president's views on the ques tion of ah extraordinary session were set forth in a letter written May' 26 to Chairman Campbell of the house rules committee, express ing the hope that the committee in charge of legislative machinery wouia open the way. for speedy consideration of the measure. Bill Is Prepared. Copies were obtained meanwhile by the merchant marine committee framing the bill, which was ready tonight to introduce it Thursday, and republican committeemen de clared the notice served by the pres ident would rally many republicans to its support. It was disclosed at the White House that the president could suf fer no greater disappointment than that which would come- through failure to put the shipping bill to a vote. House leaders who have talked with him on the subject have stated that he has been most insistent that the measure be taken up, if neces sary as a straight party issue, be lieving its enactment of the great est vajue to the ,busines welfare of the country. minority Attack .Launched. While the merchant marine com mittee was working rapidly to have the bill in shape for the house to morrow. Representative Davis, Ten nessee, a democratic member, launched the first minority attack on- it, declaring it "vicious" in its provisions, and that it gave more power to the shipping board than "good men ought to want, or bad men ought to have." On the heels of this, Representa tive Gallivan, democrat, Massachu setts, attacked the board for allow ing the sale of liquor on vessels flying the' American flag, displaying a photostatic copy of the wine list on the steamship President Pierce, which he charged was printed out of money appropriated by the gov ernment. Considering the democratic oppo sition and republican "disaffection" one of the republican leaders as serted today that as matters stood it was extremely doubtful if a spe cial rule, giving the bill the right of way, could be passed in the house. The principal republican opposi tion was reported among members from Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin. ' Some Chances Explained. , On the eve of the introduction ot the revised bill, Representative Ed munds, republican, Pennsylvania, chairman of the, sub-committee on merchant marine, explained gome of the changes made in the first draft submitted to congress by the ship ping board. Declaring that it had elicited "the best brains that can be collected in the drafting," Mr. Edmunds predicted that if passed, it would mean "that 50 or 60 per cent of our foreign commerce will again" be traveling the seas under the American flag." Although recently . reported as' eliminated, the Edmunds sub committee placed a hew section in the bill providing that as nearly as practicable one-half of the number of immigrants admitted to this country should be transported on American ships. This section, how ever, would not take effect until a time fixed by the president, who also would he authorized to modify the regulation if found to be in con flict with treaties. . Special Pay Provided, As fiamed by the committee, ton nage compensation would be given to all power driven vessels of 1500 ton3 and over and sailing vessels of more than 1000 tons, with special compensation for ships of 12 knots or more, instead of 13 knots as orig inally proposed. ,An important change was the ad dition of a new paragraph requiring that one-half of the deck and en gine forces be Amtrican citizens. Tonnage constructed ebroad be fore passage of the act and "essen tial to the development of an Amer ican merchant marine" wouid be permitted to come within the com pensation allowance, in the view of the members of the board, within the next three years. Contracts for compensation are tContinued en Faga 1. Column 1.)