VOL. LXI 0. 19,318
Entered at Portland" Oregon
Postoffice fts Second-cajs Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1932
30 PAGES'
PRICE FIVE CENTS
DOCTORS TRY TO ADD
20 YEARS TO LIFE
WIS CRIES
WILLAMETTE STARTS
DRIVE WITH $205,000
THREE PERSONS. GIFTS ADD
IMPETUS TO CAMPAIGN.
STUDENT AT COLLEGE
SHOT WHILE HUNTING
OR CITES
nDV I aui urn I CTAV 1350 REGS JAILED
urvi Lnw will oini i
OF TRIAL
FOR HELP HEARD
RECORD
E
HEALTH OFFICERS SET GOAL
FOR NEXT HALF CENTURY.
KNEE SHATTERED AS RESULT
COUNTRY SHOULD DO ITS
BEST FOR WORLD, VIEW.
OF ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE.
FARMERS
HOUR
OVER
1
DOCK STRIK
Secretary Points Out Aid
. Given by Harding.
MUCH IS YET TO BE DONE
Administration Planning to
Bolster Markets. ,
PARTY RECORD IS CITED
Eight Acts of Major Importance
Are Related by Mr. Wallace as
of Benefit to Producer.
WASHINGTON COURTHOUSE. C,
Oct. 18. What the Harding admin
istration and the republican con
gress has done for the farmer was
reviewed In a speech here today by
Secretary 'Wallace of the department
of agrioulture, who declared that
for the past 18 months the energies
of the federal government has been
so directed as to give the fullest
possible measure of relief from the
previous period of agricultural de
pression.
Much remains to be done, the sec
retary said, including the attain
ment of higher prices and lower
freight rates for farm" products, but
he asserted that the worst of the
farmer's 'hour of trial was over and
that conditions everywhere are
bound to continue looking up.
Eight Acts-Are Cited.
Among the legislative enactments
of the last congress, the speaker
enumerated these eight as of "major
importance" ( to the farming in
dustry: I
The emergency tariff.
The war finance corporation act.
Increased capital of .the farm land
tanks.,
Modified interest rate on bonds of
Joint stock land banks.
Agricultural representation
federal reserve board.
Packers and stockyards act
Grain futures act.
The act to protect farmers' co
operative associations from im.
proper prosecution.
Rates to Be Considered.
Among the things which remain to
be accomplished, Mr. Wallace said,
are readjustment of freight rates
and some arrangement by which the
necessary industries will not be in
terrupted by disputes between labor
and capital.
BETTER TIMES PREDICTED
Fanner to Get Benefit of New
Era, Says President.
WASHINGTON D. C, Oct. 18.
Belief that the farmer will be
among the first to get substantial
recognition in a "new era of activ
ity and prosperity," now on the
way, was expressed by President
Harding in a letter written to Sec
retary Wallace of the agriculture
department and made public today
at the White House. It was for
warded to the secretary to be read
late today at a meeting of repub
licans at Washington courthouse.
"Agricultural production is very
nearly restored, taking the world
as a whole; but agricultural prices
are so low that it is apparent to
all of us that the farmer Is not be
ing compensated," the president
said. "The Washington administra
tion has recognized this condition
and has done' everything in its
power to restore a normal balance
between prices and costs of produc
tion." The executive further deelared s
great deal already had been accom-
pllshed toward that end and added
that the trend was "strongly toward
better conditions for the farmer.'
The farmer was described, by the
presfdent as a "captain of industry,
the letter adding that elimination of
competition among farmers would
be impossible without sacrifice of
the individualism "that still keeps
the farm the real reservoir from
which the nation draws so many of
the finest elements of Its citizen
ship." The nreslrlent tnnV nranlnn nln
to deplore any movement by the
farmers looking toward decrease of
production, and said the natural
result of such a movement would
be famine prices. He commended
Mr. Wallace for the administration
of the department of agriculture.,
and said the department "in the
last two years had rendered a par
ticularly notable service along a
somewhat new line."
"There was a time," the letter'
continued, "when the department of
agriculture was looked upon as an
instrumentality for inducing con
stantly larger and larger production
from the farmers, rather regardless
of the question of markets and
marketing, of transportation, of
financing and other things of that
eort. Latterly, we have come upon
a time when these other questions
demand attention, and I think the
country owes a great deal to the
fact that we have had a new direc
tion given to Important activities
of the department. I mean that
these broad questions have been
given a consideration and attention
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State Convention In Cleveland
Declares Ambition Is Not
at All Impractical.
CLEVELAND, Oct. 18. (By the
Associated Press.) The-ambition of
the American Public Health associa
tion to prolong the expectancy of
life which now prevails throughout
the United States at least 20 years
within the next 50 years was set as
the goal of the association in a reso
lution adopted at the annual con
vention here tonight. The resolution
stated:
We, the health officers of- our
communities, are confident that
there is nothing Impracticable .or
extravagant In the proposal we
make that many nations may attain
such knowledge of the laws of
health, appropriate to each age and
occupation, to such climate and race.
that this may be accomplished."
The resolution was passed as a
"message to the public." It was
pointed out that "within the past 75
years the average duration of hu
man life has been extended by not
less than 15 years in many of the
great nations of the world," and
that "gains in length of life have
been greater in the past 20 years
than in the previous 50.
"The Improvement in the prospect
of long life is not only continuing,
but at an accelerated rate," the res
olution said. "Nor is there reason
to doubt that certainty of still fur
ther great additions to the expected
span of life may be expected for
those peoples who read aright dur
ing the next 50 years.
'It Is the opinion of the American
Public Health association that the
maximum life expectation la far
from having been, attained even
with no further additions to our
knowledge of the causes and means
of preventing disease."
JAPANESE,JNDIAN WED
Two Ministers and One Judge Are
Called on in Vain.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Oct. 18.
(Special.) Shinschichi Miyagawa,
Japanese, and Miss Reglna A. R.
Freeman, who said she was a Cher
okee Indian, arrived her.e today from
Salt Lake City, obtained a marriage
license and started out to find some
one to perform the ceremony.
They applied to Rev. C. C. Curtis,
Superior Judge Simpson and Rev.
Mr. Swartz, who refused to perform
the ceremony. It was in vain that
the girl pleaded that she was not
white and that she came of a race
that were originally Mongolians.
Finally, J. L. Garrett, auditor,
called Justice Vaughan and persuad
ed him to marry the couple.
IS ANDREW GUMP REAL?
Woman of North Bend Asks Ques
tion of Secretary of State.
SALEM, Or., Oct. 18. (Special.)
Is Andrew Gump, who professes a
particular aversion to other men's
collars, a real person?
Freda Johnson of North Bend
wants to know the facts. A letter
from her, in which she requests in
formation concerning Mr. Gump's
identity, was filed away in the sec-
r-etaary of state's office thfs after
noon. "
"Will you kidly give me some in
formation concerning 'Andrew Gump
for Congress? " the letter asks. "Is
he ficticious or real?"
Secretary of State Kozer will fur
nish such information as he has con
cerning Mr. Gump.
PRICES TEND DOWNWARD
September Iievel Slightly Under
That of August.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 18.
The average level of wholesale
prices in September, the department
of labor reported today, was about
1 1-3 per cent lower than in August.
The index number, representing
comparative price levels of 404 dlf
ferent commodities, dropped from
155; as determined in August, to 153
In September.
Fuel and light," materials were
chiefly responsible for the reduc
tion, the estimate said, having
dropped 10 per cent during the
month. Farm products, building
materials, textiles and clothing all
showed small declines.
COUPLE SPOON IN TREE
Cupid Tries Unique Way to Avoid
Law at Long Beach.
LONG BEACH, Cal., Oct. 18.
Cupid, taking on a merry chase the
minions of the law here who. seek
to enforce the anti-spoonlng ordi
nance, led policemen up a tree last
night.
Asta result there appear on the
police blotter the names of a young
couple with the charge "tree-spoon-ers"
registered against them. Of
ficers are leaving no public spots
unseen in their energy to make
Long Beach loveless, at least pub
licly. CHILD BURNED TO DEATH
Dress Takes Fire When Girl,
Aged Four, Is at Play.
YAKIMA, Wash., Oct. 18. While
Rosa Yamowat, aged 4, was playing
about the family home today her
dress caught fire.
She was burned so severely that
he died shortly afterward. .
Shrieks of Victim Are
Described by Men
PLEA IS N0T4r.RED
Motorists Tell of Seeing
Woman Whizz By in Car.
SCENE PLACED IN SHED
Rector and Mrs. Mills Said to
Have Been Killed Some Dis
tance From Death Farm.
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Oct. 18.
(By the Associated Press.) Affi
davits have been obtained from two
men whose Identity the authorities
refuse to divulge, county prosecutors
said tonight, which set forth that
the double murder of Rev. Edward
Wheeler Hall and Mrs. Eleanor
Reinhardt Mills did not occur in the
orchard where the bodies were
found, but in a barn on the southern
outskirts of New Brunswick.
Investigation which followed the
filing of the affidavits, the authori
ties said, led to the discovery by
the police of the two handkerchiefs
one a.. man's and the other a
woman s held to be important
clews in the case. Two combs also
are said to have been found in the
barn. These combs Charlotte Mills
is reported to have identified as
having belonged to her mother.
Murder Cries Are Heard.
The statement which the authori
ties allege they have obtained from
the two men is said to declare that
they were driving from Red Bank,
N. J., about 12 o'clock on the night
of September 14. Two miles out from
New Brunswick, they ' said, they
passed the barn, a deserted; dilapl
dated structure, plastered with ad
vertising posters, which stands in a
field close to the highway.
From this barn, the men are re
ported to have said, they heard
screams issuing, pleas for mercy,
and one long shriek, "Murder:
police."
The men drove through New
Brunswick without reporting the
occurrence, and an hour later were
on Eason avenue, when they were
passed by a sedan going toward the
Phillips farm. In the machine, they
said, was a woman wearing a gray
coat, and a man.
The love notes of the rector and
Mrs. Mill', which were made pub
lic today, frhed an entirely new light
on certain phases of the case, the
authorities said. The "Minnie" of
these notes, Mrs. Addison T. Clarke,
has been questioned regarding her
movements, particularly on the day
the bodies of the rector and the
choir singer were found. She was
asked whether she had ever taken
any pastry to Mr. Hall.
This" she is said to have denied,
but has admitted, according to the
authorities, to carrying a package
into the church of St John the
Evangoiist the day on which the
crime became public. The authori-
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F ds of University Inaugurate
Effort to Raise $900,000
for Salem School.
Two hundred and five thousand
dollars toward the $1,250,000 endow
ment campaign for Willamette uni
versity was subscribed by three men
yesterday when a meeting of all
Methodist ministers of the district
held at the First Methodist
Episcopal church to lay plans for
the drive. The donors of large
amounts were R. A. Booth and E. S.
Collins, each of whom gave $100,
000, and J. W. Day of Portland,
who subscribed J5000. All are
trustees of Willamette university.-
Mr. Booth, who has been actively
interested in Willamette university
for many years, is vice-president of
the Booth-Kelly Lumber company,
of Eugene. He has pledged all of
his time to the campaign' until it
closes in December. Mr. Collins is
a Portland capitalist, and Mr. Day
is widely known in business circles.
The drive, which will be actively
conducted from November 20 to De
cern oer zo, .. is expected to net
$900,000, whereupon the remaining
$350,000 of the entire sum will be
bestowed as a gift from the Rocke
feller foundation. The pledges are
to cover a five-year, period and pay
ments will be made semi-annually.
The purpose of the campaign will
be presented In all churches in the
Oregon conference when pastors ex
change pulpits to bring the message
of the Willamette university for
ward movement. Plans were made
yesterday afternoon for sub-district
meetings to be conducted all next
week, when ministers of each sub
district will meet for round-table
discussion with the national officers.
Dr. John W. Hancher, counsellor
In finance of the board of education
of the church, was the principal
speaker yesterday and outlined the
difficulties to be faced in the cam
paign, urging a united leadership.
Mr. Booth presented the question
from the layman's point of view.
He has been interested in the school
for many- years and emphasized in
his speech the high standards it has
always maintained.
Dr. Carl Gregg Doney, president
of Willamette, told of the needs
of the school both in equipment
and in faculty. Other speakers
during the day. were Bishop Will
iam O. Shepard, Dr. A. L. Howarth,
Portland area secretary for the
committee on conservation and ad
vance; W. Arthur Smith of Salem,
director of the campaign; Dr. C. P.
Laughlin, Dr. H. C. Burkholder, Dr.
J. Andrew Arnett and Miss Lorena
Pask. Miss Pask is in charge of
publicity. Dr. E. E. Gilbert, super
intends of the Salem district, and
Dr. D. H. Leech, superintendent of
the eastern district, also spoke.
Sub-district meetings will begin
Monday, October 23, at 2:30 o'clock,
at the First church, Portland. Rev
B. Earle Parker, pastor of First
church, will preside. Churches which
are members of the group are: First,
Epworth, Caruthers-street, Sellwood,
Westmoreland, Garden Home, Metz
ger, Tigard, Wilsonville, Tualatin,
Beaverton, Carson Heights.
Group two will meet Tuesday, Oc
tober ?4, at 9:30 A. M.. at Centenary
Wilbur church and Rev. Charles W.
MacCaughey will preside. Members
of the group are Centenary-Wilbur,
Rose City Park, Montavilla, Bennett
chapel, Mount Tabor and Woodstock.
The third sub-district group will
meet Tuesday, October- 24, in the
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WHERE THE RUB COMES.
Heppner Boy, 1 5, Seeking Pheas
ants, Loses Muscle of Arm in
Another Field Casualty.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, .Corvallis, Oct. 18. (Special.)
Chester V. Nutting, student -in
horticulture and poultry husbandry,
tonight was in the Corvallis general
hospital with a shattered knee, the
result of an accidental discharge of
a .22 caliber rifle. Nutting and a
15-year-old boy, J. Stuber of Cor
vallls, were pheasant hunting, and
the boy dropped the fifle,. which
discharged a bullet less than six
feet from Nutting, who told of the
accident while lying in bed.
Nutting is married, living with
his family at Twentieth and A
streets. He is a disabled veteran
of . the world war, having been
gassed while in France with the
Twenty-eighth division. He is at
tending college under the federal
boaid of rehabilitation for disabled
veterans.
HEPPNER. Or., " Oct. 18. (Spe
cial.) Phillip Mahoney, 15-year-old
son of W. P. Mahoney, cashier of
the First National bank of Heppner,
received serious injuries today
while hunting pheasants. His gun
was discharged accidentaly and the
charge tore away the muscle of his
right arm and a few shots pene
trated his ear.
Two other boys who were with
him, applied' first-aid treatment to
stop the flow of blood and brought
him to town where the wound was
dressed.
BAKER, Or., Oct. 18. (Special.)
The condition of Henry Leonnig, 21
years old, of Haines, who was shot
In the right lung Monday by Lee
Fee in a hunting accident, is satis
factory, hospital attendants here
said today. Leonnig and his chum,
Ed Weisner, also of Haines, were
mistaken for a deer by Fee, who
fired a shot that killed Weisner in
stantly and which passed Into young
Leonnig's body.
REINSCH CRITICALLY ILL
Counselor to Chinese Government
in Shanghai Hospital.
SHANGHAI, Oct. 18. (By the
Associated Press.) Dr. Paul S.
Reinsch, counselor to the Chinese
government at Pekin, arrived here
today on a steamer from Hankow,
critically ill. Dr. Reinsch, .who is
suffering from neurasthenia, has
been placed in a Shanghai hospital.
A dispatch of the same date as
the above, received last night from
Pekin, said Dr. Reinsch, while at
Hankow, became subject to the
hallucination that Japanese were
attempting to harm him.
GIRL UNDER CAR UNHURT
Child Run Over by Train Goes to
School as Usual.
MORRISON, 111., Oct. 18. Bernice
Witt, 6 years old, of Fulton, 111., was
riln over by a Chicago & Northwest
ern passenger train today, but at
tended school as usual.
' The little girl was on her way to
school when she fell in front of the
train. The engine and five cars
passed over her." The trainmen
pulled her out from under the
trucks of the last car and found She
was uninjured.
She didn't cry, but hurried away
to school. i
State Run as Cheaply as
Possible, Says Olcott.
EXPENSE ITEMS DETAILED
Cost of Running Institutions
of State Is Explained.
TAX INCREASES AVOIDED
New Buildings Declared Erected
Without Adding Dollar to '
Levy for Oregon.
LA GRANDE, Or.. Oct. 18. (Spe
cial.) Oregon's state institutions
are being conducted as economically
and efficiently as is possible, con
sistent with the policy of the state
In providing adequate care and pro
tection for its charges.
This was the statement made by
Governor Olcott in a public address
here tonight in reply to political
critics who have charged that the
institutions are being conducted ex
travagantly and not in the best in
terests of the taxpayers.
"The chief items of state expense
and by far the most Important are
the li eleemosynary and corrective
institutions," said Governor Olcott.
"These are located at Salem with
the exception of the eastern Oregon
state hospital at Pendleton, the sol
diers' home at Roseburg and the
Oregon employment institution for
the adult blind in Portland."
Board of Control in Charge.
Of these 11 institutions but one is
directly under the governor. This
is the state penitentiary. The other
institutions are under the state
board of control, including the gov
ernor, state treasurer and secretary
of state.
"At the 1921 session of the legis
lature a total of $3,078,455 was ap
propriated for these institutions for
the two years or $1,539,227 annually.
In addition to the legislative appro
priations, the people voted about
$41,000 for the new adult school for
the blind in Portland."
'"Something more than $500,000
was provided by the legislature for
new buildings for these institutions,
including $160,00.0 for a new wing
at the Pendleton asylum, $50,000 for
a new building at the institution for
the feeble-minded, $50,000 for a new
dormitory at the industrial school
for girls and $280,000 for a new
boys' training school.
Tax Increase Avoided.
"All of this money was provided
without adding a single dollar to
the tax rolls of the state. At my
.suggestion on old levy of one quar
ter of a mill for road purposes was
diverted temporarily to be expended
on buildings for the institutions.
Please remember that for all the
years, during the war, when con
struction costs were at their peak.
the building programme was at a
standstill. We refused to use the
labor needed for other lines of in
dustry. But the time had come
when new buildings were essential
and we merely obtained them bj
diverting this old road levy for two
years for that purpose.
"You have , not been told by the
democratic central committee that
there is a long waiting list at many
of the institutions, that there have
been commitmentsr to these institu
tions that we could not receive be
cause of lack of room.1
Good Treatment Needed.
"I cannot conceive that the people
of Oregon would ask for anything
but the best treatment for their
helpless insane, for the mentally
and physically sick who must be
restrained from society against
their will and maintained by the
state. Perhaps some of you here
tonight have relatives or friends so
restrained. Would you ask for any
thing but the most careful care,
medical assistance, good food, de
cent clothing and clean, healthy
surroundings. That Is what they
are getting from the state, and
that is what they always will get
as long as I am governor.
"Not one cent will be spent reck
lessly at these Institutions, if hu
man limitations can prevent it. As
long as the responsibility is mine,
or partially mine, these helpless
men, women and children will not
suffer for their just wants nor their
just dues. To take from them what
they might need, to deprive them
of proper care, to cut down on their
medical attention or their food or
clothing would be a crime I could
not tolerate against them any more
than I could see my family robbed
of its essentials.
Visits Are Invited.
"I wish that each and every citizen
of Oregon would visit these institu
tions. We are building permanent
institutions, not makeshifts, and
every dollar that has gone into these
buildings has gone into something
for the future. I am not boasting,
but my administration has been at
tacked. I am willing and anxious
that anyone shall conduct an hon
est investigation of any figures on
construction work, that the white
searchlight be turned on to any ex
penses of my administration, and I
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Christian Societies Told of Diffi
culties in Law Enforcement
Faced by Administration.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 18.
President Harding was quoted by
delegates to the conference of al
lied Christian societies who called
upon him at the White House to
night just before the close of their
two-day meeting as declaring that
the nation,' In bis opinion, would
never depart from the 18th amend
ment. The president, the delegates
said, expressed his further belief
that the country in Its international
relations should do its utmost for
the rest of the world.
The president greeted the dele
gates In his study and listened to
an address made on their behalf by
Fred B. Smith, chairman of the con
ference. Who .said the conference
was interested in two things en
forcement of the 18th amendment
and the exercise of America's full
duty to the rest of the world.
These two subjects were said to
have been the basis of the presi
dent's response. He was quoted as
saying that it had been foundi diffi
cult to carry out the provisions of
the 18th amendment and the prohi
bition enforcement act in some of
its minor details, inasmuch as it
was the administration's opinion
that the law followed in every re
spect the flag. However, he added,
progress was being made along
lines of enforcement and the coun
try, he was sure, would never de
part from the policy In this respect
that it had embarked upon.
' Speaking of the international plea
made by the delegates, the president
was said to have told them It was
exceedingly difficult for the govern
ment to do all that it would like.
He emphasized, members of the con
ference delegation said, that this
country ought never to make a
threat it was not prepared' and will
ing to back up, and assured them
that such would ever be his policy
as the chief executive.
Previous to the call at the White
House the conference was warned
by Hugh S. Magill. secretary of the
International Sunday school council
of religious education, that the Sun
day schools of the country were fall
ing short of their possibilities and
that the standard must be raised if
their work ie to be crowned with
full success.
$25,000 LIQUORS SEIZED
Woolen Mills Use Whisky to
Entertain Buyers.
NEW YORK, Oct. 18. Federal
prohibition enforcement agents to
day swooped down on the Rose
dale mills, woolen dealers in Union
Square, and seized Scotch liquors,
valued at $25,000. John Rosenberg,
partner with his son, Abram. in the
business, protested against the raid,
asserting- that the liquors found
were used solely for entertainment
of out-of-town buyers.
The pair were served with federal
court summons.
NORTH NEW YORK WHITE
Snow Reported Falling Through
out Part of State.
WATERTOWN, N. Y., Oct. IS.
Snow fell today throughout north
era New York.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature,
B7 degrees; minimum, 62 degrees.
TODAY'S Probably rain; winds mostly
southerly.
Foreign.
Kemalista anchor vessel at Constanti
nople. Page 17.
Rescue of missionary asked sy America.
Page 6.
National.
Republicans end ora-y of Wilson waste,
says Senator McCormick. Pae 4. .
Domestic.
Ex-Bcndlt Morrell tells Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle of prison spiritism. Page 6.
Bricks fly as they never did before in
Missouri political campaign. Page 6.
Wilson and .two pals are captured.
Page 8.
Ten thousand veterans tn parade of
legion at New Orleans. Page 2.
Doctors try to add 20 years to life.
Page 1.
Cries of. woman for help related by mur
der witnesses. Page 1.
Farmers' hour of trial over, declares
Secretary Wallace. Page 1.
Mrs1. Ivy Giberson gets life for murder
of husband; two other women face
murder trials. Page 3.
Diplomats fear loss of liquor. Page 27.
New York literacy test is easy one. Page
- 27. .
Pacific Northwest.
Car shortage holds up Douglas county
prune crop. Page 4.
Olcott claims economy record. Page 1.
College student shot while hunting.
Page 1. v
Mother drowns two babies, tries suicide.
Page IS. '
Campaign drive begun at Medford by
Hawley.aPage 15.
, Sports.
Spectacular game is. won by Commerce.
Page 16.
Thye to test out his defi tonight. Page 16.
Commercial and Marine.
Wheat buying slower owing to strike.
Page. 27.
Liberty bonds irregular in -. New York
market. Page 29.
New York market turns reactionary.
Page 28. -Business
improves In New England.
Page 28.
Grain profit-taking results in sharp re
action. Page 28.
Grain handlers join I. W. W. dock strike.
Page 14.
Portland and Vicinity. .
City council orders health survey of St.
Vincent's hospital. Page 19.
Senator Vinton attacks Pierce's senate
record. Page 20.
Andy Gump is wet If people i say so.
Page .
Police arrest hundreds In dock strike.
Page 1.
Willamette university seta big donations,
Fag 1.
Mayor Begins War Upon
I. W. W. Union.
'POLICE RAID NORTH END
AH Resources of City to Be
Used on Waterfront. x
25,000 RADICALS COMING
Move Is Branded as Attempt to
Promote Soviet Government
in Portland!
Every member of Marine Trims
port Workers' Industrial anion No.
510, Industrial Workers of the
World, who could be found wni ar
retted by police lust night and
lodged in the city jail on a charge
of vagrancy. Between 800 and 350
men, it was estimated, had been
taken to headquarters by 8 o'clock.
William Ford, who ia head of the
organization here and -who is con
ducting the strike, vrau nmong the
number.
With a threatened invasion of
thousands of members of the I. W. W.
to participate in the waterfront strike
already well under way, Portland
has thrown down the gage of bat
tle, and Mayor Baker, with the co
operation of various law enforce
ment officers, yesterday organized
to cope with the situation in a
forcible manner.
Reports in the hands of the of
ficials were . said to show that
I. W. W. papers in various parts
of the country have adopted the
s'ogan "On to Portland," and that
plans call for the immediate march
of more than 25,000 members of the
organization to Portland and other
points on the Pacific coast.
It was said that leaders of th
I W. W. feel that Portland has
the weakest defense and plan to
concentrate forces here "to show
Portland and other cities Just how
a strike should be conducted."
$10,000 I Appropriated.
But official Portland is not con
tent to sit by and allow this or
ganization to gain as much as a
foothold. During the conference
held yesterday In the mayor's of
fice, word was sent to the city
council concerning the situation and
an ordinance appropriating $10,000
for the immediate hire of 74 special
officers to aid in combatting the
I. W. W. was passed as an emer
gency act. ,
Within an hour after the confer
ence had ended police officers and
men from the sheriff's office were
busy combing the north end for
members of the I. W. W. who are
known to be active in the present
waterfront strike and also in meet
ing freight trains that are said
to be loaded with "wobblies."
Scores of alleged "wobblies" were
arrested before 8 o'clock last night,
two two patrol wagons having been
kept on the constant run from the
time that the word to "bring in the
1. W. W.s," was issued by Chief of
Police Jenkins.
Fifty Found on Train.
One incoming freight train was
said to have harbored more than
50 members of the organization,
eome of whom were arrested.
Mayor Baker announced last night
that he would ask railway officials
to co-operate in the present move
and prevent as far as possible the
entrance into the city of the "bftks
beam" riders, the majority of whom
are. said to be I. W. W. headed for
Portland under orders.
Officials declared that many in
the Invading "army" are many noto
rious crooks and yegg men wh:
have supplied themselves witu
overalls and a "red" card as the
means of operating without fear of
punishment more severe than a few
days in jail on a vagrancy charge.
Men Held as Vagrants.
As fast as the arrested men were
taken to the police station late
yesterday afternoon and throughout
the evening they were booked on
charges of vagrancy and held for
trial.
It was announced following tho
conference that if the" arrests be
come so numerous as to clog tho
municipal court District Judga
Deich would "move" his court to
the police headquarters and aid
Judge Ekwall in disposing of thes-;
cases.
Mayor Baker in a statement, ap
proved by District Attorney Myers
and other officials gathered at tho
conference, made it plain that tho
officials were not taking up the
stXndard of the employers in the
present water front strike, but in
stead were waging war on the
I. W. W. Prominent Portland labor
leaders have informed Mayor Baker
that the present water front striki
is not authorized by legitimate or
ganized labor, according to the
mayor.
"The real issue is that of the
I. W. W. attempting to take control
of Portland."
Air of Mystery Adopted.
Officials at the conference wero
not r?ady to divulge all the infor
mation that had been gathered con-
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