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VOL. LXI NO. 19,209
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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
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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.
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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
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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-
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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. . ' -
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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
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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.
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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
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