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1,11 iT- ISil 94 Pages Eight Sections Section One Pages 1 to 20 VOL. XL NO. 43 Entered mt Portland rOrron) PoTof TSr an Pro-f.ngp Mutter PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 23, 1921 PRICE FIVE CENTS HOMES OWNED HERE 'LET'EM STRIKE' IS CYCLONE HITS VESSEL . OF JAPANESE ENVOYS JURY AWARDS $29,227 ON LUMBER CONTRACT 13, RAIL FUNDING BILL FAVORED IN SENATE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COM SUTTEE TAKES ACTIOX. RATE 44.4 PER CENT COP'S PROUD ROBBERY OF BANK HEATERS IX PORTLAND TOTAL HEAD OF ARMS DELEGATION CIVIL ACTIOX ALLEGING XOX- 55.1 PEIt CENT. HAS NARROW ESCAPE. Fl'LFI LLMEXT IS AVON. mm 1,11 REFUSE TO JOIN SIB BECOMES FARMER WIS INFESTD Half of Railworkers Re ject Proposal. 8 Order Calling Out Mainte nance of Way Employes Is to Be Withdrawn. TELEGRAPHERS TO QUIT Only Fourth of Railroad Men Will Go Out if Strike Is Executed as Planned. CHICAGO, Oct. 22. (By the As sociated Press.) Officials of unions with more than half of the rail em ployes of the nation in their mem bership tonight announced that their men will not be authorized to join the "big five" organizations in the strike called for October SO in pro test of wage cuts. Announcements that they would not join in a walkout came from eight of the 11 "standard" rail unions which for a week had been withholding final strike decisions, although in most of them the mem bers had voted overwhelmingly to quit work rather than accept a re cent 12 per cent wage reduction authorized by the railroad labor board. Only one of these 11 groups now is determined to stand by the "big five," it was announced, but two others have not yet taken final action. Telegraphers Left to Strike. Following announcement by heads of the six shop crafts organizations, controlling 600,000 men, that they would not sanction a walkout, lead ers of the 375,000 maintenance-of-way employes and of the 25,000 sta tionery firemen at an executive meeting voted to withdraw their au thorization of a walkout, leaving only the 75,000 railroad telegraphers positively with the "big five." Chiefs of the 350,000 clerks will make their decision tomorrow and the signal men, 35,000 strong, also are yet to ct. Officials of the clerks said tonight they probably would not authorize a strike at their meeting, scheduled tomorrow, thus indicating, union leaders said, that a strike, if it ma terialized, would affect less than one-fourth of the country's railroad employes, being confined to the switchmen, conductors, firemen, en gineers, trainmen and the teleg raphers. Another Vote Probable. The organizations which decided not to join an immediate walkout will take new strike votes after an expected labor board decision in re gard to the rules and working condi tions, it was said. Action of these organizations was eaid by labor leaders to be the most serious anti-strike blow yet given the "big five" unions, which have called a strike. It came with bomb- (Concluded on Page 2. Column 1.) r " i I : ; . ; 1 1 ; J. "if 5 ' ...................' Census Reports 67,045 Dwellings In City, 53.8 Per Cent Being Free From Incumbrance. THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Washington, D. C, Oct. 22. A pre liminary report made by the census bureau today shows that (7,045 homes were enumerated In Portland in Janu ary, 1920, of which number 44.4 per cent were owned by the occupants and 55.1 per cent were rented. OI the homes owned, 53.S per cent were free from incumbrance and 45.5 per cent were mortgaged. Of the 13.562 mort gaged homes enumerated, reports were secured from 74.2 per cent. The average market value of the mortgaged homes was 14024 and .the average mortgage $1676. Based on the above values, the estimated market value of the mortgaged homes was J55.000.000 and Xhi mortgage debt $23,000,000. The prevailing rate of Interest was 7 per cent, this being the rate for 52.6 per cent of the homes reported as mortgaged, and 96.5 per cent of the mortgages reported were bearing rates of Interest from 6 to 8 per cent. The average rate of Interest on all mortgages was 6.8 per cent. As a rule the greater the value of the home the smaller the propor tion which the incumbrance repre ss of the total market value. Where the home was valued at $25,000 or more the mortgage represented 29.4 per cent of the market value, and for homes valued at less than $2500 the Incumbrance represented 48.6 per cent of tn market value January 1, 1920. JAPAN SENDING MISSION Industrial and Business Leaders Coming for Trade Survey. CHICAGO, Oct. 22. Masanao Koba yachi, chairman of a New York com mittee on arrangements for the recep. tion of Japanese business leaders ar riving at Seattle October 28, left to night to meet the party. It includes 23 of the leading industrial and busi ness leaders of Japan, headed by Dr. Takuma Dan, who is said to parallel In Japan the position of J. Plerpont Morgan In this country. The Japanese delegation is purely commercial. It la stated. Its aim Is to foster commercial intercourse and friendliness between the two coun tries by a closer acquaintance. The party will spend three days on the Pacific coast, separating to visit Port land and Tacoma. It will leave Octo ber 31 for Chicago, putting in three days here, then going to New York. "$3000 GIRL" IS MARRIED Wedding Follows Rejection of Oil Man's Proposed Loan. JOL1ET. 111.. Oct. 22. Catherine Peterson. 19. the "$3000 girl." who several months ago offered to marry any man who would give her $3000 for an education, was married today to John Edward Miller of Shreveport, La. Her offer drew scores of re plies. Early in her campaign Mr. Miller, who is a wealthy oil man of Louisi ana, offered to lend the money to her, with no restrictions. . Her re fusal interested him and ten days ago he came here. . Upon meeting her he fell in love, he said, and the marriage was purely a -love match." Mr. Miller presented Miss Peterson a check for $3000 prior to the ceremony In a Justice ccurt. BRADY ADDS TO EVIDENCE New Material Gathered to Aid State in Arbuckle Prosecution. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 22. Matthew F. Brady, district attorney, returned from Los Angeles today with the an nouncement that he had "found much new evidence to aid the state" in the manslaughter case against Roscoe C ("Fatty") Arbuckle, in connection with the death of Miss Virginia Rappe. motion picture actress. A hearing on an application of the defense to take the deposition of wit nesses in Chicago and New York scheduled to be heard today before the presiding judge of the superior court was continued until Monday. People Are Standing Pat on Railroad Issue. CONSEQUENCES NOT FEARED Millions Now Jobless Ready to .Serve as Carriers. FARMER IS NOT STRIKING Sentiment Generally Seems to Be That This Would Be Good Time for Railroad Cleanup. THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, D. C, Oct 22. "Let 'em strike." This quotation, which is from a number of telegrams reaching gov ernment officials her. within the last few days, sums up the public attitude toward the threatened walkout of the railroad brotherhoods. Instead of being uneasy about the strike scare, the public at large ap pears to be suffering only from the fear that the railway men will not carry out their threat. In other words, the public Is standing pat ana is demanding that the government do the same thing. The feeling Is wide spread that almost everybody else has been deflated except the railroad workmen and that It is time for them to contribute something toward reduc- ton of the cost of living. Farmer Is Not Striking. An Iow.i farmer writes to remark that he does not Intend to strike be cause he can get only 18 cents a bushel for his corn, and suggests that If the trainmen Insist on taking a punitive vacation at this time their leave should be made permanent. He Is positive In his assertion that noth ing should be placed In the way of the strike, referring to his own losses In the last year in this good-natured style: . "I have had to take up my belt three holes, and Mary (that's my wife), ordinarily inclined to be stout, has taken the third reef in her cor set since this year's crops were har vested. It seems to me that what these railroad men need Is a chance to know what hard times mean. They have been petted and fondled and truckled to enough. Let them find out right now that McAdoo is not running the railroads any more and that the men who are in charge of the government now are onto them and know that their gun is not loaded." Millions Now Jobless . A new .factor also enters the con troversy to make matters different this time. On other occasions these walkouts have been staged under more favorable auspices for the rail road workmen. This time there are approximately 3.000.000 jobless men in this country of whom possibly two-thirds believe, in the present state of their appetite, that they could operate a train better than Warren S. Stone, B. M. Jewell or W. G. Lee. And the chances are that they could do it better, because Mr. Stone and Mr. Jewell and Mr. Lee have not been running trains for some time, but In stead have been running the brother hoods at fancy salaries. Stone, for example, receives $25,000 a year. These jobless men are applying for jobs by thousands and are ready to go to work October 30. They are not standing on any ceremony or shrink ing from employment because of any union rules. Eastern railroads have taken their employes at their word and are mak ing plans to fill their places. Ad vertisements in the daily newspapers In the last few days have brought more applications In many cases than there will be jobs if all the men walk out. as they threaten to do. Mail and telegrams reaching sen- (Concluded on Paso 3. Column l- PICTORIAL COMMENT BY CARTOONIST PERRY ON SOME NEWS TOPICS. Terrific Tempest Demolishes Fur niture and Tumbles Passengers Into Scuppers. ABOARD STEAMSHIP KASHIMA MARU. Oct. 22. (By Radio . to the Associated press.) A terrific cyclone characterized by the ship's command er. Captain Itsuno as the worst in his 10 years'. experience at sea. Thursday struck this ship, carrying among other passengers the principal dele gates of the Japanese mission to the Washington conference. Prince Tokugawa, head of the del egation, narrowly escaped injury when a tremendous wave smashed the door of hie room to splinters and hurled fragments of the broken mir ror In his bureau flying about the compartment. ' - Seas 120 feet high, towering 60 feet above the ship's flying bridge, swept aboard, demolished furniture in the saloon and cabins, sent trunks and other articles spinning across the decks, wrenched the chairs in the dining saloon from their fastenings and tumbled passengers into the scuppers. Captain Itsuno drove his ship al most Into the teeth of the wind in his effort to flee to safety from thj swirling storm that was dragging her toward the vortex of the disturb ance. Today the vessel finally broke from the cyclone's grip, 1665 miles out of Yokohama. With the danger passed. Captain Itsuno addressed the passengers In the saloon today. He declared that (Concluded on Page 2. Column 4.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 58 degrees: minimum, 45 decree. TODAY'S Fair. Departments. Churches. Sections 5. pace 3. Books. Section 5, page S. Schools. Sections R, page 6. Automobiles. Section 6. Editorial. Section S. page 8. Dramatic. Section 4. page Moving picture news. Section 4, page 1. Real estate and building news. Section 8, page 10. Music Section 4, page 6. Women's Feature. Fashions. Section 6. page 4. Miss Tingle's column. Section 0, page 4. Madame Richeta column. Section 5. page 4. Child welfare column. Section tt. page 6, Society. Section 8, page 1. Women's activities. Section 8, page 7. , Auction bridge. Section 4, page 8. Special Feature. Another millionaire for Peggy Joyce. Mag axine section, page 1. America's "Sea Lord" tells of fleet ia war. Magazine section, page 2. "The Soul and the Almanac" fiction fea ture. Magazine section, page 3. News of world aa seen by camera. Maga zine section, page 4. The drug traffic. Magazine section, page 5. Search for the lost I fie in the Pacific Magazine section page 6. "MIrs Lulu Bett," serial. Magazine sec tion, page 7. Hill's cartoons "Among Us Mortals.1 Mag azine sect ton, page 8. Japanese women are conservative. Sec tion ft, page 1. New school of dancing started. Section 6, page 7. Freh air important to health. Section S, page 7. Cooper's cartoons on topics of the day. Section ft, page 7. Chickadee is amusing. Section S, page 8. George Ade fable. Section 4. page 7. Jamra J. Montague feature. Section 4, page 7. Flag manufacture a big industry. Section 4, page 8. Foreign. Austrian x-tuler makes second dash for throne. Section 1, page 14. Era of private capitalism coming in Ger many, says Maximilian Harden. Sec tion 1, page 14. Fate of Napoleon threatens Greek troops In Anatolia. Section 1, page 8. Monroe doctrine puzzling Europe. Section 1. page 4. Problem of unemployed paramount In Great Britain. Section 1. page 6. Tlflls, Georgian capital, under soviet rule. No longer gay. Section page War In Asia Minor la for arms makers. Section 1, page 7. Cyclone hits vessel bearing Japanese en voys to arms conference. Section 1, page 1. National. Two United States departments take ac tion on strike. Section 1. page S. Distinguished harbingers of arms confer ence due In Washington. Section 1, page 6. Factions la democratic party far apart as ever, says Mark Sullivan. Section 1, page 6. Conareaa is likely to regulate auto bus traf fic. Section 1, page 5. I r.l Federal Court Allows Full Amount Which San Francisco Concern Demanded of Medford Mill. MED FORD, Or.. Oct. 22. (Special.) The southern Oregon term of. the United States district court, which has been held here for more than two weeks, ended this aftrenoon, and Judge C. E. Wolverton, Chief United States Deputy Marshal Mann and Deputy Clerk of Court Morton left for Portland tonight. A jury In the court today noon In the civil action of the McComber Savldge Lumber company of San Francisco, against the Big Pines Lum ber company of Medford, returned a verdict In favor of the plaintiff. The suit probably will be appealed to the United States court of appeals. The suit was for the collection of $29. 227.66. alleged to be due for non-fulfillment of contract, and this was the jury's award. By a decision handed down this morning by Judge Wolverton, it was held that Charles H. Owen of Salt Lake City could not be served with papers in a civil action, when brought into the state on extradition papers, growing out of his Indictment in the Bank of Jacksonville failure, and a civil suit filed by State Bank Superin tendent Bramwell. After he had been returned to the s'ate of-Oregon and was in the custody of the sheriff in Medford, Owen was served In the civil suit. National. Japan aks China to reopen Shantung dis cussion. Section 1, page 4. Rail funding bill reported favorably in senate. Section 1, page 1. Let the railroad workmen strike seems to be retort of public Section 1, page 1. Compromise income surtax plan Is passed by senate. Section 1, page 14. Domestic. Head of engineers expects men to walk out regardless of orders. Section .1. page 2. Half of railroad workers refuse to atrlke. Section 1. page 1. Pacific Northwest. Railway strike menace makes British Co lumbia market nervous. Section 1. page 0. Speaker of Idaho house looms aa candi date for governor. Section 1, page 8. Scenic highway as part of great 600-mile circuit in Washington proposed. Sec tion 1, page 8. War mother urge disarmament and world peace. Section 1. page 7. Jury awards full amount asked In alleged breach of- lumber contract. Section 1. page 1. Brurmfield's wound is found Infected. Section 1. page IS. Sport. Leonard training for last battle. Section 2, page ft. Winter wrostling season to start soon. Section 2. page 5. Portlanders kill about 100O deer. Section 2. page 4. Washington high In line for another championship. Section 2, page 4. Princeton beaten by Chicago. 0 to 0. Sec tion S, page 2. California eleven beats Oregon, 80 to 0. Section 2. page 2. WUlism H. Klepper of Seattle to buy Mc Credle's club. Section 2, page 1. Powerful Aggies crush Washington. 24 to 0. Section 2. page t. Low score of 70 turned In by Wilhelm. Section 2, page 8. Commercial and Marine. Wheat drops again to lowest point of year in local market. Section 1, psge 19. All grains lower at Chicago with lack of support. Section 1. page 19. Oils and equipments firmest features of stock market. Section 1. page 1. Refrigerated shlpa will move Oregon ap ples to foreign pons. Section 1, page IS. Portland and Vicinity. Highway commission to let contracts for 120.3 mllea of road work. Section 2, page 7. Great rail merger plan outlined by inter state commerce commission. Section 2, page 6. Rumors again heard to effect that governor will quit. Section 1, page 16. Wealthy Chinese from Panama on way back to China. Section 1, page 18. Genera) unemployment committee plans campaign te finance movement. Section 1, page 12. Campaign for exposition tax levy will be gin tomorrow. Section 1. .page 11. Survey shows many Oregon communities need industries. Section 1, page 10. Expenditure of exposition funds to be fully safeguarded Section 1. page 10. Roseway planting today to be gala. Sec tion 1. page 8. Farmer admits bank robbery. Section 1, page 1- Census returns show status of Portland homes. Section 1, page 1. Patrolman Burdick Idol of Little Red-Head. LAD FOUND AT UNION STATION Trip Made From Sheridan in Search of Fortune. WANDERER IS LUCKY And Just to Prove It, He Says His Birthday la Every Year an It Might a' Been Every 4 Years. Floyd E. Biggs, 13 red-headed and shy. arrived in Portland last night from Sheridan, Or., to seek his for tune. Within 20 minutes after arrival he had been picked up by Patrolman Endicott. of the Union station beat, and adopted by Patrolman Burdick of Sergeant Oelsner's narcotics squad. Floyd was born lucky. He was ushered into this world at 11:45 P. M . February 28, 1908. If the angel of luck had not been perched upon his right shoulder, he would have been born on February 29. Straightforward Story Told. "An' then I'd only have a birthday every four years," he Informed Bur dick. "Did you notl,ce jmy initials? I was born in February an' my initials are F. E. B." The boy was s'mple and straight forward in telling his story. He an swered cross-examination on his statements in such a manner as to convince auditors that he was telling the simple truth. Few boys who are brought to police headquarters tell the truth, but they are city bred and have two parents, whereas Floyd was born in the country and has had no parents for six years. "My father died when 1 was six years old. We lived in Selah, Wash., then. We had a hard time gettin' along, I tell you, but we did. and then, about a year after my 'father died, mamma died. Then we all scat tered everywhere. Brother la In Marines. "1 got a brother In the marines down in Panama he's a reg'lar ma rine and went over to France. Two of my sisters died and my littlest brother, but I got another brother In Bellingham. He's not very old. though. "I got a lot of aunts and things. Le' me see. they's five half-aunts, an' one real aunt, and I got six half uncles. I been livin' with one aunt at a time, but none of them got very much money. After 1 1 stayed with them a while they got hard up and then I went to live with another aunt. . - "All of this last year I been livin' with my aunt in Sheridan. She was good to me. an' I went to school an' Joined the Boy Scouts, but' they bust ed up like they always do in small places; I passed the tenderfoot ex amination, though. Uncle Is Carpenter. "My uncle, he's a carpenter. He doesn't get much work now. My aunt has got two children of her own, and she has a hard time getting along. They're wearing rags. You know, before I left Sheridan I sold my school books. She bought them second-hand for mo, but we sold them third-hand. She got $3.85 for them and she bought her kids some under clothes with the money. "She told me: 'Floyd, I don't see how I can keep you this winter, the way things are.' I says: "All right, I'll find work somewhere." "And here I am. I packed up all my things In that little grip, an' after breakfast I kissed my aunt good-bye and went downtown. I got a ride right in the middle of Sheridan in an automobile and he brung me all the way here. I got off over there by Washington street. I guess. Then I (Concluded on Page 11, Column 2.) rUr wE WAVE. .WOvjGV GOV SCOUTS patriotism, honor. clean sports. habits And mind If M Cummins Amendment Would Per ntit Marketing of Securities Held by Administration. WASHINGTON. D. C, Oct. 22. The administration bill for funding $500. 000,000 of railroad debts was reported favorably today by the senate inter state commerce committee. The bill included amendments by Senator Cummins, republican, Iowa, chairman, broadening the " financing operations. One amendment by Senator Cum mins adopted would permit market ing of railroad securities now in the hands of the railroad administration through private channels, in addition to through purchase by the War Fi nance corporation. This provision would operate to extend the sale pos sibly beyond the $500,000,000 limit fixed on the War Finance corpora tion. Another amendment by Senator Cummins would bar claims of a rail road against the government for "In efficiency of labor" should the car rier agree to settlement of their ac counts with the government. The committee acted on the bill passed by the house, deciding to press It with amendments rather than the original senate measure. REDS TO BE RESTRAINED Demonstration at V. S. Embassy in Iarls Forbidden. PARIS, Oct. 22. (By the Associated Press.). The French government to day prohibited the proposed com munist demonstration tomorrow out side the American embassy. It was reported that the communists would attempt to hold the demonstration anyway. The government decision was re ported at a cabinet council meeting presided over by I'resident Millerand. It was the first important official action following the throwing of a bomb last night at a communist meet ing, where 12 policemen and three or more civilians were reported wounded. 6500 TROOPS TO RETURN Army of Occupation In Germany to Ue Cut One-Half. WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 22. The gradual withdrawal of American troops from Germany, expected to start within two weeks, will involve a reduction of the American forces there' to about one-half of the pres ent strength of 13,600 officers and men. The reduction will be accomplished by the middle of next March. WEEK GENERALLY FAIR Occasional Italns Are Predicted With Normal Temperatures. . WASHINGTON, If. C, Oct. 22. Weather predictions for the week beginning Monday are: Rocky mountain and plateau re gions Normal temperatures and gen erally fair weather. Pacific states Normal tempera tures and generally fair, except for occasional rains along the north coast. BULGAR MINISTER SLAIN War Secretary Victim of Assassin anil Three Others Killed. SOFIA. Oct. 22. (By the Associated Press.) M. Demitroff, Bulgarian min ister of war, was assassinated today while motoring near Kosterdil, a re sort, 43 miles southwest of this city. His chauffeur and two companions also were killed. t X "Woodroxo Wilson as I I Knoro Him," fcij Joseph P. ! Tumulty, mill appear in The Oregonian. See an- nouncement,pagc 1 3, Sec. 1 noun V m 11 W. 0. Brinson Is Held for Holdup in Jefferson. $2940 LOOT IS OBTAINED Wish to Pay Off Fraudulent Mortgage Cause of Crime. FULL CONFESSION MADE Kenter Suys lie Had to Get $1900 to Return Money Borrowed by Practice of Fraud. SALEM, Or., Oct. 22. (Special.). Walter Brinson, Linn county rancher, tonight confessed to Sheriff Bower and other local officers that he held up Lester Howell, bookkeeper of the Jefferson State bank, September 27, and looted the institution of $2940. Brinson was arrested earlier in the day at Albany by Deputy SherlCf Morelock of Salem and Sheriff Ken dall of Linn county. Erlnson, accord'ng to the confes sion, said he had obtained $1900 from the First Savings bank of Albany by giving a mortgage on his stock and crops, which, he said, were already mortgaged to the Albany State bank for $1500. Fear that he would be sent to prison for fraud, he said, first led him to consider the robbery. Brinson was first suspected In con nection with the bank robbery a week ago when he paid to an Albany mer chant 81 silver dollars In settlement of an account. It had been reported to the officers that 441 silver dollars were taken from the bank and the In cident was telegraphed to Sheriff Bower of this city. Prisoner In Jnll. Deputy Sheriff Morelock was as signed to the case, and Brinson sub sequently was placed under surveil lance. Today, when Brinson arrived in Albany from his ranch, he was ar rested by Deputy Sheriff Morelock and Sheriff Kendall. He later was broutht to Salem In an automobile and lodged in. the county Jail. When questioned by the officers to night Brinson said he had been re siding on a rented ranch two miles south of Albany and was heavily In volved. Besides owing 11900 and three years' interest on two mort gages covering his personal property, he said he was delinquent in pay ments on his automobile and was con fronted with other financial obli gations. At the time Brinson made his plans tu loot the bank, he said, he sent his wife ami child to Meeiced, Cal., to visit with the former's mother. Hobbrry Is Described. on the day of the robbery Brinson the morning of the robbery Brinson said he arrived In Jefferson shortly before 9 o'clock and parked his auto mobile around the corner from the depository. Waiting an opportune time he said he walked Into the bank, pointed his revolver at the bookkeeper and demanded money. When Mr. Howell, who was tem porarily In charge of the' teller's window, Informed Brinson that only $500 was available on the counter, the latter ordered the bookkeeper to open the vault. After looting the vault of $2400, Brinson emerged, closed the heavy Iron door, and left the bookkeeper a prisoner. Brinson said he then walked out of the bank, Jumped Into his au tomobile and drove to his ranch. In the meantime Mr. Howell had gained his release and had reported the robbery. A few days later Brinson sent $2200 of the money taken from the bank to. his wife In Merced, with Instructions that she should purchase a draft at a depository '.here and return It to his address In Linn county. When the (Concluded on Page 4, Column 1.) 4 ! - f .....................