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Section One Pages 1 to 24 106 Pages Eight Sections VOL,, xxxix o. 15 Entered &t Portland (Oregon) Postoffice as Scond-Claw Matter. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORMNG,, APRIL. 11, 1920 PRICE TEN CENTS E DISGRACE OF ARREST RESULTS IN SUICIDE BOYCOTT ON 'SPUDS' STARTS AT TAC0MA PRESIDENT OF YALE UNIVERSITY RESIGNS DEMOCRATS' LOSE- HOPE OF HOOVER SONORA REPUDIATES MEXICO GOVERNMENT DEMAND MAD 1 OVERTURN CONVICTED SLAYER OF HUSBAND WEDS Mrs. Anna Booth and Ex Convict Are Married. BY STRIKERS HERE HELD fSiE H. A. ESDRIP OF H1LGARD SHOOTS SELF AT EIGIX. RESTAURANTS URGE PEOPLE TO EAT RICE AND BEANS. A. T. HADLEY QUITS POST REBEL FORCES SEIZE AGUA AFTER 2 2 TEARS SERVICE. PRIETA CUSTOM HOUSE. 1 Switchmen's Walkout Ap pears Leaderless. FREIGHT TRAFFIC IS HALTED Company Officials Work to Get Passengers Out. ALL NORTH BANK MEN IDLE targe Portland Industries Arc Ex pected to Feel Kffects at Ouce. Supplies Tied Up. Portland passed through yesterday with a switchmen's strike, minus rec ognized local leadership, and which paralyzed freight traffic in the yards of the five roads centering here. Kour of the five regular crews at the Northern Pacific terminal yards reported for the day shift yesterday and two for the afternoon relief. The practically complete tie-up of the individual lines interrupted move ment of traffic within the switching zones. Branded by officials of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen as a "rump" strike and without any legal authorization. Some of the switchmen who refused to report for duty are men who hold membership cards in that organization. Others are mem bers of the- switchmen's union, but the leadership in the present storm Is not officially known to either the railroad chiefs of the operating de partments or to the spokesmen for the "bis four" of railroad unionism. All on North Hank Out. The Spokane, Portland & Seattle switchmen were out 100 per cent, and the Only switching done during the day was by crews, made up of the trainmaster, master mechanic, travel ing engineer and other officials of the company. Their attention was di rected to handling equipment for the passenger trains, shifting oil cars and nuch essential rolling stock to keep the locomotives supplied with fuel so as to continue passenger traffic. Only two switchmen went out at the Vancouver yards, and the North Bank trouble was confined to Portland, but it was effective. Two Freight Trains Sent Out. At the Albina yards of the Oregon Washington, IS switchmen showed up for the day work, out of 30 making the full crew. Only five crews of three men each were used. In the aft ernoon four crews were reported to have come on duty of the ten crews for that shift. The Oregon-Washington sent out two freight trains yesterday and Gen eral Superintendent Buckley reported that there Is no interruption on the main line east of The Dalles. The usual Saturday loading of livestock was reported and the trains will be brought through without delay and delivered at the North Portland yards today. The Southern Pacific had prac tically a complete tie-up at the Brooklyn yards, with crews made up of officials doing effective work in handling perishable freight and keep ing the tracks open for passenger trains. One" train, of perishable freight . was dispatched yesterday forenoon. Ilronkljn Crew Report. None of the switchmen at the Brooklyn yard reported for duty on the day shift. One crew reported at 4 o'clock. No official demands of any sort had been made upon officials of the rail roads centering at Portland yester day, and no grievances had been filed. W. J. Babe, national deputy vlee- president of the Brotherhood of Rail way Trainmen, was here when the (.'onclmieu n i'age o. Column 1.) V Dead Man Recently Accused of Burning His Hotel to Collect $1800 in Insurance. LA GRANDE, Or.,-April 10. (Spe cial.) H. A. Endrupof Hilgard killed himself in the Hotel Sommer at Elgin this morning because of disgrace in being arrested on the charge of burn ing his hotel building at Hilgard sev eral -weeks ago in order to collect $1800 insurance. Mr. Endrup left La Grande this morning for Elgin, presumably to visit with his stepdaughter, Mrs. Leonard Adams. He talked with dif ferent persons on the train and also after reaching Elgin, and apparently seemed all right. He took a room at the hotel, paid for it in advance and was not seen until the proprietress unlocked the door. She found him lying on the floor. He had shot the top of his head off with a rifle. He left a note stating that because of the disgrace caused by his arrest here several days ago by Deputy State Fire Marshal Pomeroy, he had killed himself. In the note he also notified the Elks, of which he is a member, of his act. Mrs. Endrup died about a year ago, and he had grieved very much over her loss, until his friends believe it had taken his reason. He was 47 years old. YAKIMA, WASH., INCREASES Rise or 4457 in Population Since 1910 Is Reported. WASHINGTON, April 10 Popula tion statistics announced today by the census bureau included: Yakima, Wash., 18,639; Increase 4457, or 31.7 per cent. Chico. Cal., 8722, increase 4972, or 132.6 per cent Nogales, Ariz., 5199, increase 1680, or 48 per cent. Minneapolis, 380,498, increase 79,090, or 26.2 per tent. Kansas City, Kan., 101,078, increase 18,748, or 22.8 per cent. Jackson, Miss., 22,679, increase 1417, or 6.7 per cent. Rome, Ga, 13,252, increase 1163, or 9.5 per cent. '., i Corning, N. Y., 15,820, an increase of 2090, or 15.2 per cent over 1910. St. Albans, Vt., 7682, increase 1201, or 18.8 per cent. Middletown, O., 23.694, increase 10, 442,. or 79.4 per cent. Cape Girardeau. Mo., 10,252, increase 1777. or 21 per cent. Norwalk, Conn.. 27.557, increase 3346, or 13.8 -per cent. Fond du Lac, Wis., 23.427, increase 630, or 24.6 per cent. La Porte. Itid., 15,158, increase 4633, or 44 per cent. ROADS WANT $600,000,000 Amount Declared Necessary to Uuy New Railway Equipment. CHICAGO, April 10. Six hundred million dollars will be needed by the railroads this year to finance the pur chase of new equipment, the Asso ciation of Railway Executives an nounced today. Presidents of 65 rail roads met here to discuss division of the $300,000,000 loan provided by the transportation act. The remaining $300,000,000 will be furnished by the stronger systems and through loans negotiated in he investment market, the executives stated. Equipment needs for this year, the presidents reported, include 100,000 freight cars, 3000 passenger cars and 2000 locomotives. KITCHIN GAINS STRENGTH Representative Reported Recover ing From Paralysis Stroke. WASHINGTON, April 10. Repre sentative Kitchin of North Carolina, democratic leader in the last congress, who suffered a stroke of paralysis yesterday, was considerably improved today. Mr. Kitchin's left side is paralyzed, his physicians said, and ten days must elapse before the extent of the at tack can be determined. . kuuical Organization De clared Object. OUTLAW WALKOUT EXTENDS Many More Cities Affected by Insurgent Break. U. S. ACTION IS FORECAST Barring Relief Soon, Uncle Sani Is Expected to Act ; Total of 4 0, 0 OO Men Are Jteported Out. CHICAGO, April 10. Several more railroad centers today were affected by the Insurgent strike of switchmen and passenger service was affected in some places, notably New York city, while strikers returned in small groups at several - places. Large areas of the country had not yet been invaded by the strike, which union officers declared, was an effort to overthrow the unions and make way for a new organization. The switchmen of New England, in all the southeastern states and in the upper Mississippi . and the Missouri valleys remained at work, those in Denver, St. Paul and Minneapolis for mally voting to remain at -work. Hun dreds of men in Cleveland, headquar ters of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, ' broke away from official restraint and quit" work. 40,000 Reported Out. Reports of the number of strikers were confused by the variance be tween the figures of union officers and strikers. Unofficial figures from the various railroad centers affected showed about 40,000 'men on strike. In addition thousands of persons were indirectly affected by the strike through the closing of steel mills, packing plants and other Industries dependent on the roads for coal and raw material. The insurgent forces were strength ened by nearly. S00O today,- when switchmen In 22 additional cities and towns struck, and further walkouts occurred in large railroad centers. Against this gain about 1000 strikers returned to work in a half dozen places. More than 4000 joined the strikers already out in Toledo, De troit, Columbus, Indianapolis, Fort Worth and other cities. Chicago Report Conflict. In the Chicago area claims of rail road heads and officers of the broth erhoods, who united to break the un authorized walkout, that strikers were returning to work and that freight traffic was gradually ap proaching normal, were met with de nials by officers of the Chicago Yard men's association, who asserted that the tie-up was complete. Federal intervention in the strike with the possible utilization of the Illinois guard to protect property, was forecast by the action of District Attorney Charles F. Clync, who, after an all-night conference with his staff and members of 'the - dep:atment of justice, summoned John Grunau, leader of the strikers, to his office. It was said that definite instruc tions were received by Mr. Clyne from Attorney-General Palmer in regard to the government's action in the strike situation. United State Action Forecast. Mr. Clyne would not discuss possi ble government action. "I will say, however," he stated, "that the United States is not entirely powerless in a situation that affects the food and fuel supply and that drastic action will be inevitable unless conditions are altered materially within the next 4S hours." It was learned that Mr. Clyne was (Concluded on Pare 2. Column 2.) CARTOONIST PERRY COMMENTS IN PICTURES ON Price Now $160 a Ton With Ex peeled Rise to $2 00 Dealers Say Market Still Strong. TACOMA, Wash., April 10. A boy cott on the use of potatoes is under way here today. They are selling for $165 a ton, and dealers were pre dicting that next week, they will touch the $200 .mark. Local restaurants today displayed such, signs as "potatoes are outrag eously high. Eat beans, rice and macaroni." "Boycott potatoes for 20 days and watch the price drop." Produce dealers said that house wives are refusing in many cases to buy potatoes, but that they are selling all they can obtain. SEATTLE, Wash., April 10. Po tatoes will be quoted at $200 a ton here Monday, a new record high level, jobbers saiif today. WALLA WALLA, Wcsh., April 10. (Special.) Potatoes went to $8.50 a hundred here today with prospects of $10 before the new crop is in. Eggs jumped from 35 to 45 cents a dozen. Manyrestaurants here have quit nerv ing potatoes except as extras. SPOKANE, Wash., April 10. Use of blue denim for policemen's uniforms here was being discussed today by members of the Spokane police force. Increase in the last five years from $22 and $27 to $70 and $100 for po licemen's uniforms, with a salary In crease only frorii $110 to $138 a month for patrolmen, was the reason as cribed for the proposed change, which was said to. jneet with favor on the part of - numerous members of the force. , Among the officers In favor of the Plan was Chief of Police Weir, who said he was willing to wear the over alls uniforms if the other members of the force indorsed the plan. MARINETTE, Wis., April 10. Fifty Marinette high school boys paraded yesterday In overalls as a protest against the high cost of clothing. They .carried banners appealing to men to wear oyeralls only and went through local stores. One walking' in a barrel led the procession, v ANTI-JAP ACTION TAKEN Movement Launched to Bar Ori ental Land Ownership. SAN FRANCISCO, April 10. Repre sentatives of the Native Sons of the Golden AyeHt lodge, California Orien tal Exclusion league and the San 1- rancisco Labor Council met here to day to perfect plans for launching an initiative movement aimed to prevent Japanese and other far eastern peo ples from holding land in the state. The meeting resolved to ask state wide civic bodies in all of the west ern states to ' join the campaign against such land proprietorship by these people in Oregon, Washington and California. - Miller Freeman of Seattle addressed the meeting. RED 'CROSS CHIEF BACK Henry P. Davison Returns From Congress at Geneva. NEW YORK, April 10. Henry P. Davison arrived here today on the White Star liner Baltic from Liver pool. Mr. Davison, who is chairman of the board of governors of the league of Red Cross societies, went abroad to attend the congress of Red Cross so cieties which convened at Geneva, March 2. FLIER UP 21,800 FEET New Pacific Coast Altitude Record Reported at San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, April 10. Wal ter T. Varney. local aviator, flew 21, 800 feet above San Francisco today. He established what is claimed to be a Pacific coast altitude record. Resignation Is Accepted and Com mittee Named lor Clioosing Successor. NEW HAVEN, Conn., April 10. The resignation of Arthur Twining Hadley, president of Yale university, has been accepted by the Yale corporation, it was announced tonight. The resigna tion w-ill be effective on June 30, 1921, when Dr. Hadley will have been president of Yale for 22 years. Ip. his letter of resignation. Presi dent Hadley said: "Early in 1921 I shall reach the age at which the statutes of the corporation permit its officers to retire. I rejoice that conditions are such th.-t I can honorably avail my self of this privilege and resume my studies and work as an economist. I am making this request more than a year in advance because I regard it as important for the continuity of Yale's progress that my successor should be chosen' next autumn and have at least six months in which to consider plans for the future, be fore assuming the active duties of his office." In accepting the resignation, the corporation adopted a resolution ex pressing regret over the announce ment of President Hadley's resigna tion, since it foreshadows "the termi nation of a relationship which has been of eminent service to Yale uni versity." The resolution further says: "The corporation would record its deep sense of Indebtedness to Presi dent Hadley for all that he has done personally and that has been accom plished under his leadership for a notable- growth in influence, equip ment and educational significance of Yale during the more than 20 years of his administration." The corporation appointed a com mittee to receive suggestions as to names of possible candidates for pres ident. It follows: Samuel Fisher, '89, New York; John B. Farwell. '79, Chicago; lidwin M. Herr, '84, Pittsburg; Henry B. Sargent, '71, New Haven, and Rev. Newman Smith, New Haven. President Hadley is 64 years old. He was graduated from Yale in 1876. SCOUTS SIMULATE POLICE Traffic Work Undertaken as Part - of ''Safety Week" Campaign.' SAN FRANCISCO. April 10. A large group of Boy . Scouts marched down Market street, the principal business thoroughfare, here today, no tified the traffic policemen that they could take a rest for three hours and then took possession of alt street crossings. The boys did everything from blowing the whistle to escorting timid pedestrians out of the path of street cars, the regular policemen disappearing entirely from view. The scouts' activity was a feature of the national "safety week" campaign, it was announced. The boys were empowered to make arrests for traffic violations and were busy keeping the "Jay walkers" in line. LINER BRINGS MORE GOLD 1920 Shipments From Britain to V. S. Total $78,800,000. NEW YORK, April 10. A shipment of approximately $800,000 in gold ar rived on the steamship Royal George today, making the total gold consign ments from Great Britain since the first of the year about $78,800,000. Among the passengers was Dr.- A. De Graces, Dutch ambassador to Japan. . PRISONERS' BIBLES TAKEN 123,000 Testaments Are Carried Away In Moving Van. CHICAGO, April 10. Chicago police today were searching for the "mean est thieves" who stole 123,000 Bibles, valued at $37,500, from- the Prison Bible society; -The Bibles were carried away in a moving van. SOME RECENT TOPICS IN THE NEWS Fantastic Contingency Very Remote. CURIOUS CLIMAX POSSIBLE Leader Would Like" to See Oregon Boy on Both Tickets. PARTY GOSSIP RELATED Contest for Presidency Narrows to Palmer and McAdoo; Wilson ' Unlikely to Run Again. BY MARK SULLIVAN. (Copyright. 1920. Dy X. T. Kvenlns Post. Inc. Published by Arrangement.) WASHINGTON. April 10. (Spe cial.) It is now possible to discuss the Democratic presidential situation In fairly definite terms. What is here said about it Is based chiefly upon familiarity with what is in the minds of the leaders, as they stand at this time, and with the motives that will govern the mass of the leaders. Hoover is probably eliminated as a democratic possibility. , The only chance of Hoover figuring in the democratic convention must now rest upon a fantastic contingency. That contingency would be a determination on the part of Mr. Wilson to do the unusual. A man who is one of the most powerful democratic leaders and is also among those in closest touch with President Wilson has long har bored the Idea that it would be a fine thing for President Wilson to end nis career with a magnificent climax Dy trying to bring about the nomlna tlon of Hoover on both the repub lican and democratic tickets. This leader spent the most of January traveling over the country seeing other leaders and laying his idea be fore the White House. The other leaders lent a willing ear to the idea of nominating Hoover as a democrat; but. the notion of sharing Hoover with the republicans as a bi-partisan seemed to them merely whimsical. Up to last week, when Mr. Hoover deiinitely put himself in the rer-ub lican party, he was decidedly a lead ing democratic candidate. But th - r . i . j wi..ui.o m ueinocrats nominating him now is most remote. It rests chiefly on the possibility of President Wilson determining to give bizarre exhibition of his power. For the nur pose of the present discussion it may be assumed that Mr. Hoover no longer iigures in the democratic situation. Some Others Also Eliminated. In order to clear the ground it can be said that certain others, who now figure in the situation, and who will have some delegates in the conven tion, are also out of it as serious pos sibilities. Senator Owen, for exam ple, will have the Oklahoma delega tion, but he will never go percepti bly beyond that. Governor Edwards of New Jersey will have a certain number of dele gates on the basis of his opposition to the prohibition amendment. But Governor Edwards Is not a serious possibility, if the democratic leaders determine to play the wet game, to nominate a wet candidate on a wet platform. Governor Edwards will not be the candidate. Similarly several other men who are frequently mentioned and who will have delegates in the convention are not serious possibilities. James W. Gerard will have the delegates from South Dakota, but he Is not a serious possibility. Governor Smith of New York will probably have a complimentary vote from the New York state delegation in the early ballots, but he is not a serious possi- (Concluded on Pase Column l. General Pins Declares Move Is Not Seccesslon by Rejection of Carranza Regime. NOGALES. Ariz., April 10. The state of ' Sonora withdrew from the republic of Mexico today. The state congress at Hermosillo in a secret ses sion which lasted all last night voted, according to reports reaching here. to resist with armed forces any at-1 tempt of the Carranza government of Mexico to send troops into the state. The action of Sonora was brought about by President Carranza ordering federal troops sent into the state. When the plan to send Mexican fed erals into Sonora became known, state authorities said the Carranza troops would be met with armed forces and civil war would result. President Car ranza was called upon by Governor Adolfo De La Huerta to explain the reason for the contemplated invasion. Carranza replied that if troops were ordered into Sonora It was for the general welfare of the country. The reply did not satisfy Governor De La Huerta and other .state leaders. Sonora political leaders declared President Carranza planned to set up a military dictatorship in Sonora and take over the state government. He was openly accused of plotting the maneuver to harm the presidential candidacy of General Alvaro Obregon, whose home is here. A delegation of leading citizens of Sonora will be sent to Washington to ask the United States government to Intercede in an effort to adjust dif ferences between the Sonora authori ties and the federal government. It was said, after a meeting of political leaders here late today. . Nogales officials said the consti tution of Mexico, with Its strong guar anties of state's rights, prohibits sending federal troops into a state without consent of that state. DOUGLAS. Ariz.. April 10. The customs house at Agua Prleta, across the line from Douglas, was seized late today In the name of the Sonora state government and tonight armed men were guarding the building. The Immigration office and the postoffice also were taken over by state au thorities. The employes of the customs office an'd of the other federal departments have declared their loyalty to the state government. Orders have been issued to arrest and imprison Jose M. A. Tostodo. federal customs in spector In charge, should he attempt to return to Agua Prleta. He left Tor Mexico two weeks ago. and a tele gram from him today stated he would return home tonight by way of El Paso and Douglas. All able-bodied men in Agua Prleta between the ages of 18 and 60 have been organized into state militia and were ready . onfc short notice to as semble to protect the town against Invading forces. General J. M. Pino was in command of these men and tonight in answer to a telephonic in quiry he said he had 2000 men at his call, with plenty of arms and ammu nition. He declared it would be Im possible for a Carranza force to cap ture the town unless federal troops were permitted to come through the United States. Trenches have been due on the eastern, western and southern out skirts of the town and there are 200 militiamen on watch in them. Last Thursday $150,000 in American gold was shipped from a Douglas bank to the credit of the Carranza government in New York City, the money having been accumulating since remittances were stopped by General Calles ten days ago, when he was in Agua Prleta. The custom of sending the money to the American side of the line will be abandoned by the state government, and hereafter the custom collections will be sent to Hermosillo. Agua Prleta was once the home of General Calles, and In his move against the federal government he has the allegiance of the town, the popu lation of which is approximately 4000. The action of the state of Sonora, ac cording to General Pino, Is in no sense secession from the republic, but is the severing of relations with the Car ranza government. ROMANCE STARTS IN PRISON Mate, C. 0. Ross, Sentenced for Obtaining Money. PAROLE NOT MADE PUBLIC Bronson, Alleged Accomplice ol Woman, still Confined Pair Wed In Vancouver. Another chapter in the chain of events surrounding and following the famous William Booth murder nearj Willamina in the fall of 1915 recently, enacted, came to light yesterday for" the first time, when it became known! that Mrs. Anna Booth, widow of the murdered man and recently paroled! from the state penitentiary at Salem, after serving nearly three years' im prisonment as an accomplice in the murder of her husband, was married) on April 1 to Claude O. Ross, also a' paroled convict from the state instil tution. The marriage was performed at Vancouver by Justice of the Peace, Cedric Miller, who, when he tied tha marital knot, had no inkling of tho unusual nature of the romance which was being thus culminated. i Mrs. Booth, it was learned yester day, had been quietly paroled on January 31 last from the state peni tentiary, following a term of nearly three years, during: which time her conduct was said to have been ex emplary. ' Parole Jfot Made Tulll. Following the custom of the parole board in giving no more publicity than necessary to the matter of pa roles, the release of Mrs. Booth did not become knwn to the public. Ross, who. It is said, was sentenced to the penitentiary .several years ago on a charge of obtaining money by false pretenses, was released on parole on October 15, 1919. The romance culminating in tho marriage at Vancouver April 1, found its beginning, apparently, behind the walls of the Salem Institution, where the two, as inmates, became acquainted and caught occasional glimpses of each other, as bright spots in. the drab days of prison life. Following his parole. lioss was employed at Sa lem, according to George Ross, a teamster living in St. Johns, foster father of Claude O. Ross. Shortly be fore the marriage, Ross came to Port land and on April 1 the couple, ac companied by George Ross, went to Vancouver where the license was pro cured and the marriage performed, the foster father .acting as witness. Immediately after the marriage, ac cording to George Ross, the couple went to Salem, where they are now residing. Wedding; Permission Reported. Although it is contrary to regula tions for paroled convicts to marry during the term of their parole, it was understood that the couple in this instance had the permission of the parole officer for the perform ing of the ceremony. Under a ruling of the state attorney-general, pro pounded about a year ago, it was held contrary to law for a paroled prisoner to enter into a legal contract, mar riage being considered as such. In this case, however, It was declared by George Ross last night, that the couple had obtained permission in ad vance from' the parole officer to marry and that, therefore, the con tract wouiu oe unuweu 10 snana. William Booth, first husband of the new Mrs. Ross, was murdered from ambush in a thicket about half a mil? (Concluded on Page 22. Column 1.) rA t