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'Story That He Was Caught in
Hotel Raid Is "Damnable,"
. Says County Commissioner
COUNTER CHARGE MADE
Commissioner Bolmaa Calls Colleague
"Wily Politician, Without Single
': Constructive Achievement."
' "If the practices In the administra
tion Of the Multnomah county goveni
1 ment were reported .from Russia or
Turkey, you would hold up your hands
in holy horror," declared County Com
mlssioner Rufus C. Holman, In a spir
ited address before the Oregon Civlo
league luncheon In the Chamber of
.Commerce yesterday afternoon.
: ' "But here," he continued, "you per
tn It abuses to continue rtgnt under your
fnoses. and men to continue In office
'whose only motive is political."
Specifically, he referred to W. L..
I.ightner, chairman of the county com
mission, aa "a wily politician, who can
" r.ot point to a single constructive
achievement during his long tenure of
public office."
Llghtner Is a candidate for re-elec-itlon
to an office he has now held more
than a decade.
Xdghtnar Termed Extravagant. ,
Commissioner Holman declared that,
s a minority member of the board, he
not only Is frustrated in any plans for
:: betterment, but no record is allowed to
be made In the county's official mln
utes of his motions.
- He charged Llghtner with the "eX
' travagance of wasteful and political
methods" In public office, and held him
responsible for the circulation of false
reports calculated to Injure Holman's-
Integrity and destroy his standing In
: the community.
With this preliminary. Holman said,
"I charge no less a person than W. U.
Llghtner, chairman of the county com
mission, with circulating a report that
I, a friend and two women were caught
in a raid on a hotel and taken to the
police station, where, because of my
position, I was released.
Calls It a "Lie."
"That Is damnable! It Is a "lie!"
Holman said that Llghtner went to
Roadmaster Yeon and told him the
story, and then said, "Coovert's office
. (Coovert Is attorney for S. Benson and
J. B. Yeon) is against me, and I want
you to tell them this."
"You "wouldn't use such a thing
"against Holman, would you?" Holman
'quoted Yeon as asking Llghtner.
I "'I might have to," Llghtner an
swered Yeon, with an inference that he
wouid be silent if Coovert. his clients
and myself would cease to oppose his,
Llghtner's, candidacy for county com
missioner," Holman continued: then:
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Bays Disorder Prevailed.
; Holman declared that a condition
of the utmost disorder prevailed when
he entered the office in which he is
now serving a second term. There
were no adequate records. The clerk
of the former board left hastily for
4"a stay abroad. The employment of a
: . purchasing agent was opposed by
Llghtner. Conditions at the county
.farm were Indescribable. There were,
Holman related, on the occasion of
t an initial visit, five dogs in fhe chick
en yard. The bogs were dying of
. cholera and were kept in a pen on
the slope of a hill where many springs
bubbled out of the ground. In a hole
back of the buildings rags and sputum
.from tubercular indigents were placed;
, this hole was alive with rats which
fccampered all over the place. The
cows were in a pitiable condition. The
superintendent of the poor farm did
,not iujow how many acres it con
stained, how many head of livestock
or what was the property on hand.
-Other Conditions Referred To.
Holman said an effort was made
to build a county hospital on the wet
ground on the north slope of a hill
-when, a free site can be obtained on
the hill above Terwllliger boulevard.
He said he had prevented the pay
ment of S 4 000 for hospital blue prints
.,by a firm bf architects, which, he
said, had never supervised the con
struction of any kind of a hospital.
He said that when he proposed that
the older girls from the Detention
home should be given training as
nurses, Llghtner circulated a story
' that Holoman wanted" prostitutes sent
from the city jail to care for patients
in the hospital.
' He declared that he, his home and
family have been spaed upon; that
plots have been made to get him Into
compromising positions, and that all
the persecution has been visited upon
v- him because he dared publicly voice
his protest against the Llghtner meth-
- od of -county administration.
j "And now yon will hear it said,"
Holman declared, "that Llghtner be-
John C. McCue
For
District Attorney
'Primary Election May 19, 19is"
'Strict law enforcement , impartial
and economical administration." -
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lieve ln the- practices , of old-fash-
jonea economy and t&at be is put to it
to resist innovations.'
The county commissioner said that
when he visited the Detention home
he : found ft indescribably filthy as
to kitchen and toilet facilities, but
that -, when i be induced an architect,
without charge,: to make recommenda
tions for putting the structure in sani
tary condition, he was hooted at.
And yet, he concluded, the, of flee of
county commissioner couiu pe maae
one of the, greatest public benefit.
The county commissioners are mem
bers of the - public - library ' board and
of the Interstate bridge oommlsaion.
They constitute the relief board and
the boundary board.; ; f
BERNST0RFF IS
CONVINCED OF
1 GERMAN GUILT
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reichstag. To stop it entirely In com
pliance with President Wilson's de
mands will be a difficult task. It is
admitted, but one way is seen to do It
That lies in assurance to the people
Of Germany that It is stopped only to
seek a. basis upon which it may be
continued with the official stamp of
neutral (American) approval. Hope
prevails here that the foreign office
may thus extricate Itself from its di
lemma In a settlement not only satis
factory to the United States but to the
German people.
newspapers Xiess Antagonistic.
Unofficial advices are that a num
ber of newspapers which have been
for an unfaltering continuance of the
strongest possible sea warfare, are
now assuming the attitude that per
haps Germany has gone a little too
far. This is taken as a mpst favorable
indication.
It is known positively that Ambas
sador von Bernstorff is working vigor
ously to avoid a rupture. He does not
wish a break between the two coun
tries. It Is said, however great the
sacrifice.
GERMAN PUBLIC CALM
AND DISPOSED TO TRY
TO AVERT A RUPTURE
Berlin, April 22. (U. P.) The Ger
man public was brought face to face
tonight with the possibility of an
early rupture between Germany and
the United States.
President Wilson's demand that
Germany abandon her present subma
rine methods under penalty of a diplo
matic break was on every lip. The
text of the American note was pub
lished for the first time in the after
noun papers and came as a rude shock
In the midst of the Eastertide observ
ances. Angry comments were heard In some
quarters. Publication of the presi
dent's threat to break off relations in
creased the inxiety of the American
colony.
People Mostly Calm.
But the vast majority of the people
of Berlin remained calm, apparently
awaiting word from grand headquar
ters of the army, where the kaiser and
Chancellor von Betbmann-Hollwegg
are deciding the course Germany will
pursue in the most serious crisis that
has threatened the friendly relations
of the two nations. This spirit of re
straint was shown today by two of the
most influential of the German papers.
the Tageblatt and the Lokal Anzeiger.
in discussing the German-American
crisis. Anticipating possible outbursts
by that portion of the press which has
indulged in caustic criticism of Amer
ica In the past, they gave warning that
It was folly to hold the United States
lightly as a possible enemy and urged
that the German leaders do everything
consistent with honor to prevent a
rupture.
Majority Oppose War.
"The overwhelming majority of Ger
mans do not want war with America,"
wrote Theodore Wolff, editor of the
Tageblatt.
"Only light-headed politicians and
writers posing as powerful will under
estimate such an addition. to the ranks
of the enemies of Germany, but Ger
mans will bear even the hardest, if the
hardest Is unavoidable. The people de
sire that the leaders themselves find
the right way."
The Berlin Lokal Anzeiger, with per
haps the largest circulation of any
newspaper In Germany, insisted on the
right of Germany to "hit our foes in
the weakest spot," but added:
"Nevertheless, we want peace with
the great people across the water, just
as we have not wanted war with our
present foes.
Agreement Zs Possible.
"An agreement with the United
States Is possible even across the
ocean. We emphasize here that we may
have overstepped our right to safe
guard our vital interests and honor "
It is quite probable that Monday
will see the arrival In Berlin of a
large number of Americans, come in
from interior cities of Germany in the
belief that a break is imminent. Con
sular officials and the embassy here
have been beselged all day for lnforl
matlon, and many Americans have ap
plied in advance for transportation to
neutral countries should a break come.
Consul-General Lay cabled Wash
ington this afternoon after a confer
ence with Ambassador Gerard that
some arrangements should be made at
dnce to care for Americans who may
be stranded in Germany without funds
If diplomatic relations are severed. Of
about 1000 Americans in Germany, Lay
estimated that at least half are with
out sufficient funds to carry them to
neutral countries in the event of a
break.
Gerard Sees Von Jagow.
Berlin, via Amsterdam, April 22.
(U. P.) Ambassador Gerard eon for rH
tonight with Foreign Minister von Ja
gow regarding the American submarine
note. The conference 'was- a brief one.
Preparedness Bills
Are to Be Put Aside
Washington, April 22. (TJ. P.) Lay
ing aside preparedness measures, con
gress will begin consideration Monday
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the house, and of the Hollis rural cred
its measure in xne senate, ix) ng fights
are expected on both, although the rural
credits measure will find considerable
support among Progressive .Repub
licans. : ,
Luncheon at Cornelias.
Corvallis, Or., April 22. Friday aft
ernoon Mrs. Easterday, Mrs. Tedron
and Mrs. Jackson gave a silver lunch
eon at the home of Mrs. Eaaterday for
the benefit of the scholarship loan
fund, at which time $10 was taken In.
8,000,000 Cossack Boots.
London, April 22 I.: N., s.) Three
hundred thousand steers will yield
up their hides to make the 8,000,000
Cossack boots jnst ordered here. Each
pair of legs takes nine feet of leather
and each pair of fronts two feet.
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MEREST WILL , BE :
CHARGED ON UNPAID
FIRST HALF OF TAXES
Second Half Will Not Become
Delinquent Until October 5,
Says -the Law.
CONDITIONS ARE NAMED
Action Can Be Commenced to Collect
Taxes on Personal Property
October 5; Uta Provided for.
Those who did not pay the first half
of their taxes on or before . April 5
will be required to pay Interest on the
first half at the rate of one per cent
a month or fraction thereof.
This has no . effect on the second
half of the taxes', which will not be
come delinquent until October 5.
if the first hair is paid berore May
5 one per cent interest will be col
lected also. If not paid until after
May S, but before June 5, two per cent
interest will be collected, and so on
through the months until October 5.
before which date the fcecond half is
also due.
Becomes Delinquent October 5.
If the second half is not paid by
October 5 it becomes delinquent and
Immediately begins to draw interest
at the rate of one per cent a month.
On November 5 an additional penalty
of 5 per cent will be added to all
taxes not paid prior to that date.
If a person waits until October 6,
for instance, to pay his taxes, he will
be required to,pay seven per cent inter
est on the first half and one per cent
on the second half, according to XX S.
Huckabay, head of the tax depart
ment under Sheriff Hurlburt.
If the taxpayer waits until Novem-
ber 5 to pay his taxes he will be re I
quired to pay eight per cent penalty
on the first half, two per cent on the
second half and a five per cent penal
ty on both first and second halves.
To Advertise Idst.
Four months from date of delin
quency, which Is October 5, the delin
quent taxes will be advertised. The
delinquent taxes will be advertised
February 5. Sixty days later the tax
certificates will be sold.. Thereafter
property owners will have three years
In which to redeem the certificates.
Action can be taken to collect taxes
on personal property on October 5. As !
soon as the tax becomes delinquent it
has the same standing as a judgment
lien and the personal property may be
slezed and sold for the amount of the
tax.
Mr. Huckabay says that wherever
possible the personal tax is charged
up to the real estate, and in that way
it becomes as secure as the tax on the
real property. This is done in cases
where the property owner has real
property as well as personal property
subject to taxation.
PLOT TO KILL MORGAN
FRUSTRATED BY MAN
OF GERMAN DESCENT
(Con tinned From Page One.)
to carry the plan to a successful con
tusion. According to a statement made by
Captain Barnltz, in charge of the bomb
and arson squad, Oalley went to po
lice headquarters and made known the
offer to him by Newton. Galley told
the police he promised Newton he
would place him in touch with Ger
man authorities wtio would aid him
in carrying out the secheme.
Detective Sempfs was assigned to
the case. He posed as the German
official. Sempfs, in his affivadlt, says
that he and Galley went to the branch
of the Phoenix & Chatham bank at
the Bowery and Grand street, where
they met Newton. Sempfs says he
was Introduced as the German agent.
Bad Two Proposals.
Newton, it is alleged, then went over
his plans for killing the' financier.
Newton said he could commit the crime
in either one or two ways, the first
was to gain access to Mr. Morgan's
office and there shoot him.
The second and best plan, according
to Newton's Idea, would be to hire an
automobile. He would follow Mr. Mor
gan's auto when It took him to his
home In Glenn tove, I I.
Newton's plan, says the affMavit,
was to shoot ahead of the Morgan
machine while on a country road and
there "stall" the engine of his vehicle.
He said this would effectively stop
the Morgan auto and It would be an
easy matter for him to shoot Mr. Mor
gan or throw a bomb Into his niacbine.
Further explaining the plan to kill
Mr. Morgan in his office, Newton,
it is set forth, showed Galley and De
tective Sempfs a badge upon which
was inscribed "In his Majesty's Serv
ice." This had been given to hlrrr
while he was employed in a muni
tions plant In Canada.
Newton said that he would show
the badge to the guard on duty at
the Morgan offices and could easily
enter the place and accomplish what
he desired.
Newton, it Is alleged, told the two
men that they could demand him to
do anything by which he could dem
onstrate that he was working only in
the interest of the German govern
ment. Newton said he preferred to be
sent to Canada before taking any ac
tion against Mr. Morgan's life.
Wanted to Blow Up Plant.
He said he wanted to show them that
he was not afraid to carry out any task
assigned. Newton desired to blow .up
a munitions plant. '
He further told Detective Sempfs,
the tatter's affidavit says, that this
would take but a day or two and he
could then return to this city and carry
out his plans to kill Mr. Morgan.
Newton repeated In , the detective's
presence his previous assertion that he
would demand no money until after
Mr. Morgan had been killed.
The affidavits containing the start
ling facts were read to Magistrate
Handy in the coarse of Newton's ar
raignment. - The court ordered that
Newton be returned to jail under $5000
to await further examination Monday.
Newton was arrested In a saloon at
University Place and Thirteenth street
on April 18. Not until ' several days
later did the - police make : the fact
known,'; -; : :' '". '- '-''?''.
Newton - told 'the .police, they say,
that he had brought with him from
Canada a suitcase In which was a
bomb with a time fuse. He left this
in the railroad station at Buffalo. The
police immediately communicated with
the Buffalo authorities With : the re
sult.: that the suitcase and . explosivo
were .found. ; Newton i agreed, accord
ing to the police, to blow up the
Brooks locomotive works at Dunkirk,
N. T., with the explosives he had in
bis possession.
List to Start on Long Walk
n t . . m K S K s
Lecture on Life Under Sea
At left- Carl Frank List, who spe
At tight William Edward, Itingler.
I
Carl Frank List proposes to live
again through the stirring 17 days
he spent under the sea as a virtual
prisoner on board the German sub
marine U-39. He is starting Tuesday
morning for San Francisco, afoot. He
will lecture on the way and, from the
proceeds of these lectures, defray his
expenses. Accompanying him will be
his cousin, William Edward Ringler,
a well known young Portland man.
They hope to traverse the entire -con-
inent, sleeping under the stars In the
long reaches and telling the story of
German submarine warfare in every
village, hamlet and town en route.
The boys will make their start from
The Journal building, Broadway and
Yamhill street, at 9 o'clock Tuesday
morning. They will only have enough
money with them to cover their eat
inr expenses for one day. After that
their regularity of meal tlme'wlll de-
pend upon the Interest they arouse In
the romance of the under-sea.
List had shipped as a sailor on the
Norwegian ship Cambuskenneth at
Portland. The craft was ldbded with
wheat for the United Kingdom. About
20 miles off the south coast ' of Ire
land the submarine met up with the
Cambuskenneth and sent her to tne
LAW ENFORCEMENT,
ECONOMY, PLEDGES
OF JOHN M'CUE
Candidate for District Attor
ney Addresses Republicans
at Sellwood Yesterday,
John C. McCue, candidate for the
nomination for district attorney, told
members of the Sellwood branch of the
Oregon Republican club of his position
on strict and impartial law enforce
ment and an economical and efficient
administration of the district attor
ney's office yesterday afternoon. He
declared that the incumbent, "Walter
Evans, by the employment of unneces
sary deputies and hired counsel had
administered the office at a big ex
pense to the taxpayers. He said that
although the duties of the office had
not Increased since the administration
of Evans' predecessor, Mr. Evans had
seen fit to employ a number of addi
tional deputies and other officers. The
system that Evans Inaugurated, he
said, increased the expenditures of the
office "more than two and one-half
times over the expenses when Cameron
was in office.
"It will be my purpose If- nominated
and elected to conduct the office on as
economical and efficient a basis as
possible," said Mr. McCue. "I will per
sonally direct the trial of all import
ant cases, and will not shift my duties
to deputies as Mr. Evans has dona ever
since he has been In the office. I will
handle all matters with justice, fair
ness and Impartiality to all.
"Because I defended George Schultx
and secured his acquittal, I have been
accused of being a friend of the liquor
interests. Nothing Is further from the
truth. I simply did my duty for my
client. I say right here that If I am
elected district attorney I will prose
cute any violation of the prohibition
law just as strongly as I defended
Schultx and will do all I possibly can
to bring about a conviction. I am
pledged to a strict enforcement of the
law and an Impartial and" economical
administration of the office and In no
event will X deviate from such a
policy."
Mr. McCue appeared before the vot
ers of the Pleasant Home district last
night.
Mary Antin Will
Appear Wednesday
Announcements of Her Address Very
Modestly Made This Tear, Because of
Xdmited Capacity of Theatre.
Mary Antin, the Interpreter of the
Immigrant, Is to appear at the Little
theatre next Wednesday evening. "When
Mary Antin was In Portland a year ago,
her personality and her lecture charmed
Portlanders. This time announcements
of her address are very modestly made,
because of the limitations in seating
capacity of the auditorium j where she
is- to speak. ; -
Name of English
Bard Is Honored
Elaborate Shakespearean Festival Hv
en by Shakespeare Study Club and
Monday Musical Clnb. -
An - elaborate Shakespearean - festi
val, commemorating the tercentenary
of the death of the English bard, was
given by the " Portland Shakespeare
Study club, " assisted j by the t Monday
Musical club chorus, in the Lincoln
high school auditorium last night. Lu
clen E. Becker directed the chorus.
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ne 17 days on German submarine.
bottom with solid shot fro... u uvk
guns.
All the members of the crew except
those who happened to be Germans
were given a chance to escape by the
ship's boats, the Germans being taken
into the submarine. List, however,
though a native born American,
passed himself off as a German and
thus learned the secrets of the sea
diver.
During the time he remained on
board the U-39 sank 11 ships. List
even helped with the guns and the
torpedoes. He kept up his bluff of
being a German until he was landed
safely on German soil. Then he ob
tained passage to New Tork through
the American consul and worked
his way back to Portland through" the
Panama canal on the American
Hawaiian steamer Honolulan.
It Will be this story that List will
tell his audiences on the long walk.
He has a numtor of lantern slides il
lustrative of submarine warfare which
he expects to use to make his story
more graphic.
The story of List's adventures was
told In a series of articles in The
Journal published early last Septem
ber, after -his return from the war
POSES PLACED ON
IN VIOLATION OF LAW
Prosecution of Alleged Of
fender, Who Is Candidate
for Office, May Follow. ,
According to a law passed by the
legislature last year. It Is unlawful to
post placards along public highways
in Oregon.
Testerday afternoon Amos S. Ben
son took a spin In his auto along the
Columbia river highway and was as
tonished to see a great number of
election placards bearing the name of
"Littlefield" nailed to posts and trees
in conspicuous places all the way to
Warrendale. E. V. Littlefield is a can
didate for the Republican nomination
for congress.
Mr. Benson tore down as many of
the placards as be could reach and
his attorney, E. E. Coovert, stated
last night that he plans to take steps
immediately to prosecute Mr. Little
field. "If I remember -correctly," said Mr,
Coovert, "Mr. Littlefield was a mem
ber of the legislature that passed the
law. One thing certain, we are not
going to permit ' the highway to be
made unsightly with a lot of adver
tising signs and placards. Any Infrac
tion of the law will be prosecuted
vigorously." '
Ford and Cummins
Enroute for the TJ. S.
Kate Keturns In Hebraska Presidential
Preference Primary Show Cummins
Sunning Strong.
Lincoln. Neb., April 22. (U. P.)
Henry Ford and Senator Cummins are
running neck and neck in the Nebraska
presidential preference primary. Both
have In the neighborhood of 18,000
votes, with 60 per cent of the state
heard from. Cummins, however, is
running strong in late returns, and may
pull out ahead.
With Ford and Cummins running so
close. It Is difficult and hardly safe to
make predictions on the final result;
however, the fact that the Cummins
vote is showing an Increase Is believed
to augur well for the Iowa senator, for
It is said to Indicate that the country
districts are giv'ng him some advan
tage. It was claimed at the Bryan head
quarters that, out of the 16 delegates
to the national convention, 9 will be
pronounced Bryan men. All hope has
been abandoned, however, for W. J.
Bryan, who is a poor sixth In the race
for delegate-at-large.
Commercial Club
At Gresham Elects
Mayor George "W. Stapletoa Is Presi
dent; Organisation "Will Kara "Wider
: Scope.
Gresham, Or., April 22. At a meet
ing of prominent business men of
Gresham on Friday night, the Com
mercial club was 'reorganised and new
officers elected.
The new officers are: Mayor George
W. Stapleton, president; D. B. Towle,
vice president; O. A.. Eastman, cor
responding secretary; H. L. t. Clair,
recording secretary, and Max Schnei
der, treasurer. .
; The new organization will .have .a
broader scope than the old commercial
body. Five members were elected to
act with the officers as a board of
managers. - Those elected werei Frank
Jones, K. A. Miller, George T. Honey,
3. Cannon and Charles Cleveland.
COLUMBIA
HIGHWAY
ORGANIZATION OF ,
IS
MADE PERMANENT
international: Body Is Expect
ed to Bring Closer Together
Pan-American Countries,
MUCH IS ACCOMPLISHED
Selerates . BigHly Pleased at Pro.
ress Made at Buenos Aires 17 ext
aseetwo; la Chile.
, Washington.. April 22. The Inter
national high commission meeting in
Buenos Aires for the purpose of cre
ating stronger and closer financial
and commercial relations among the
republics of the western hemisphere,
has perfected a permanent organiza
tion. William G. McAdoo, secretary of the
treasury, was elected president of the
commission, Professor John Bossett
Moore of Columbia university, vice
prosicent, ana ur. s. Rowe of the
University of Pennsylvania, secretary
general.
Permanent headquarters of the com
mission win be established in Wash
ington. The commission is composed
of nine members from each of the
American republics, the secretary of
the treasury or minister of finance
acting as chairman of the respective
sections, and the creation of a perma
nent organization was regarded by
the delegates from every county rep
resented at the conference as a dis
tinct step toward the realization of a
greater and wider Pan-Americanism.
According to advices received by
the treasury department, the dele
gates to the conference are enthusias
tic over the Important results accom
plished and the bright prospects for
the future. The meeting has greatly
strengthened Pan-American programs
and sentiment. Subjects of vital con
cern to every American republic have
Deen considered by the conference,
which has crystalized its conclusions
in resolutions which will be submit
ted to the participating governments.
These resolutions reveal the obsta
cles which retard the development of
Pan-American finance and trade and.
point out the remedies.
The commission adopted resolutions
declaring the creation of an American
merchant marine to be of paramount
importance. Strong sentiment devel
oped at the meeting in favor of coop
eration between the leading South
American governments and the "United
States to secure results. Delegates
from Argentina, Brazil and Chile drew
particular attention to the seriousness
of the transportation problem.
Minister of Finance Calogeras of
Brazil declared that Brazil strongly
supports the efforts or the United
States to solve this pressing problem.
Speakers at the meeting declared that
Latin America looked to the United
States to meet the situation and the
belief was expressed that full develop
ment of Inter-American relations was
Impossible without an adequate Amer
ican merchant marine.
As a Pan-American unit of money
of account, the conference adopted the
franc of .33437 gramme gold 900 fine,
which is exactlv one fifth of the value
of the United States gold dollar. This
is regarded as of fundamental import
ance, because it creates an established
basis which ultimately, like the Latin
union of Europe, will provide inter
changeability of gold coins among all
American republics, as each country
becomes prepared to establish its gold
circulation unit. This new Pan-American
unit was recommended by the
conference for uniform use in connec
tion with custom statistics.
The conference urged the comple
tion of an intercontinental railway
system, and the improvement of tele
graph and cable facilities In order to
bring the American republics Into the
closer union which their community
of interest invites.
Government control of all wireless
communication was recommended by
the conference. It was realized that
a most desirable step in the promo
tion of closer financial and trade rela
tions was the creation of freer and
cheaper means of communication. For
this reason Is was pointed but that
it was most important to improve
telegraph and cable facilities.
It was proposed that an early con
ference of wireless experts be held at
Washington and that all countries
represented at the Buenos Aires meet
ing take steps to coordinate the devel
opment of the science of wireless
telegraphy.
All of the many reservations made
by various countries in The Hague
convention In 1912 in connection with
the adoption of a uniform law for
bills of exchange were unified and
agreed-upon at Buenos Aires with one
exception. This brings the proposed
uniformity of law regarding bills of
exchange nearer to realization than
ever before.
Recommendations for clarifying In
ternational conventions on trademarks
and copyrights were also approved by
the commission.
The American delegates left Buenos
Aires April 14 , for Chile, to be ' the
guests of the government of Chile.
Business Men Visit Sooth America.
Washington, April 22. As another
practical step In the program of Sec
retary McAdoo to carry out the pur
pose of the Pan American financial
conference, a committee of citizens
of the United States sailed from New
Tork Apiil15, for Bolivia, Chile and
Peru to return the visit of the emi
nent bankers and business men of
those countries who attended the con
ference. ' The trip Is being made In response
to a resolution Inviting bankers and
business men of the United States to
visit the Latin American countries.
A Cough May Lead
to Tuberculosis
Distressing and dangerous compli
cations may follow if you neglect it.
Even when so serious a stage is
reached. Eckmin'g Alterative may
bring relief. For more than 20 years
It has been widely used In such cases
with beneficial results.
As with any medication employed
In this trouble, the best results are ob
tained when the patient pays strict
attention to diet and . gets plenty of
rest .and. fresh air. .
Because of its easily assimilable
content of calcium chlorid. this prepa
ration la effective where a tonic up
builder is indicated. As a corrective
of nlghtsweats it has proved most
useful.- It may be tried with absolute
safety, since it contains no harmful
or habit-forming drugs of any sort.
Sold by The Owl Drug Co. and lead
ing druggist.
Cckmaa laboratory, Philadelphia.
HIGH COMMISSION
which was Introduced ; by Senor Dr.
Pedro CosiQ, dnalrman of ' the. Uruga
yaaw . delegation, i and unanimously
adopted : by the pan-American financial.-
conference, v Secretary McAdoo,
in pursuance of that resolution, ap
pointed a committee to- arrange the
return visits, of p- which James A.
Farrell, president of the United States
Steel corporation, ;; Is chairman. . The
party which sailed was organised by
Mr.iFarrell's committee.
1 A. similar 1 committee has just re
turned from a visit to Central Amer
ica, and committees to visit . Argen
tina and-Brazil, which are now being
organized, expect to sail from New
Tork on April 29. Like committees
will be formed to visit the other coun
tries of Latin America.
The committee which sailed April
15 is composed of the following mem
bers: O. M. Clark. Portland Or.: A.
W. McLellan. New Orleans; Ernest II. 1
wanas, New York..
24,000 Coal Miners
Given Strike Order
Refusal of Pittsburg Coal Company to
Abide by Agreement to Pay Increased
Wage Xiea&s to Issuance of Order.
Pittsburg, Pa., April 22. Twenty
four thousand coal miners in the bi
tuminous coal fields of this section
were tonight ordered to strike by Pres.
ident Van Blttner and other union offi
cials of District No. 6.
" This action followed refusal of the
operators of the Pittsburg Coal com
pany to abide by the agreement re
cently reached In New York.
It was not learned that any other
district will be immediately affected.
Simultaneous with the announcement
from the union's headquarters, it be
came known that representatives of
the operators and miners have been in
conference for several days on the sit
uation. The operators refused to rec
ognize the validity of the New York
agreement.
When the men were paid late this
afternoon, those on yardage and dead
work were not given the 6 per cent in
crease fixed by the joint scale com
mittee in New York. The order to
Btrlke came immediately.
Decision of Chicago
Judge Brings Laugh
University of California Professors
Scoff at Idea That Pranols Bacon
Wrote Works Credited to Shakespeare.
Berkeley, CaL, Anril 22. (U. P.)
Professors at the University of Cali
fornia tonight scoffed at the decision
of Judge Richard S. Tuthill, of Chica
go, in a legal opinion, declared the
works of Shakespeare were written by
Francis Bacon.
"What does It matter what a Chica
go judge thinks?" said Professor Leon
ard Bacon, professor of English. "Tha
whole thing Is absurd. The Bacon
theory sprang from a woman who died
In the madhouse."
The "code theory" upon which Judge
Tuthill based his opinion was laughed
to scorn by Dr. Herbert E. Corey, of the
English department.
"By the same method," he said, "a
Harvard man recently proved Shakes
peare to be the author -of" aJfclay writ
ten in Rhode Island. .How can any one
take such an opinion seriously?"
Professor Walter M. Hart, assistant
professor in philology, - said the story"
was a hoax. He said that by the same
method it could be easily proved that
Shakespeare wrote the Bible.
Cabinet Will Govern
Affairs of Chinese
President Yuan Authorises Vtw Sys
tem to Replace Present Presidential
System; Ministers B sponsible.
Washington. April 22. U. P.)
President Yuan Shi Kal has authorized
the organization of a cabinet govern
ment to take the nlace of the present
presidential system in China, accord
ing to a dispatch to the Chinese lega
tion today. According to the new sys
tem, the heads of various ministries
will assume joint responsibility for the
conduct of national affairs.
Recall Petition Filed.
Oakland, CaL, April 22. (U. P.)
Charging that he had deserted Mayor
Davie in a campaign of promised re
form, the Taxpayers" league this noon
filed papers asking that an election
be called for the recall of F. F. Jack
son, commissioner of health and
safety. The paper has several hundred
names more than the necessary 6600
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tailoring.
I have the best cutters and tailors.
They know how to build-in my patented flax can
vas and real haircloth front. That is why the
clothes I build never lose their shape.
jl personally look after every order. If it don't
suit me you can't have it.
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Luke Dillard, Married, Father
of Two Children, Convicted
in Circuit Court.
ACCUSED CLAIMED ALIBI
Convicted Man One of 10 Men and
Boys Implicated by Girl; to Be
Sentenced Heat Week.
Luke Dillard, 40 years old and mar
ried and the father of . two children,
was found guilty of the charge of con
tributing to the delinquency of a 1ft
year old girl. The Jury in Judge Mor
row's court, which took the case at
11:20 Friday night, returned a sealed,
veraici i wo nours ana 4 b minutes later.
The verdict was opened and read by
Judge Morrow yesterday morning.
For his defense, Dillard endeavored
to establish an alibi, testifying that he
was stalled In the snow with his au
tomobile on the night of January 18.
when the girl testified the crime was
committed in a downtown hotel.
Dillard is one of eight or 10 men
and boys who were implicated by the
girl. Seven of the boys pleaded guilty
In juvenile court. Dillard will be sen
tenced next week.
INJUNCTION SUIT IS UP
Question Affecting Peanut Vendors'
to lie Arjrued.
The question of whether a permanent
Injunction shall be issued restraining
the city from enforcing Its ordinance
prohibiting peanut and popcorn vendors
from standing their wagons longer
than 30 minutes in any one spot on
the streets in the congested district
will be argued before Circuit Judge
Davis ' next Tuesday morning. , .
On application of several vendors n
temporary injunction has been issued
by Judge Davis. Time for arguing
the question of making the injunction
permanent was set for yesterday morn
ing, but other cases took up the time
of th court. In the meantirae the city
la restrained from enforcing the ordi
nance. City officials expressed. In
dignation yesterday because' the tem
porary Injunction was issued without
giving the city authorities an oppor
tunity to be beard. .
Divorce Mill Busy.
Divorces were granted -yesterday a
follows: Ida Burchfleld vs. C. S.
Burchfleld; Klla McKenn., vs. Tom Mc
Kenna: EL K. Lott va. Hattl M. Lott.
jSuit for divorce was filed by It. L.
I Moore against Bertha M. Moore. They
'were married in Portland In 1912. lie
charged cruelly.
Palmer Is to Enlist 1
In American Legion
Porta er Worth western Z,eogne Umpire,
and Washington Guardsman Will
Enter Hospital Corps and Oo to War.
Seattle, April 22. (U, P. Carl fc.
G. Palmen, formerly a member of First,
company C. A. C, National Guard of
Washington, and well known in Seat-
lie as a isormwesiern league oaaeoaii
umpire two years ago, will leave this
evening for Vancouver, B. C, where be
will join the hospital corps of the Two
Hundred and Kleventh regiment,
American legion. After several month
of preparation at Vancouver, he ex
pects to leave for the European front,
Portland Company ;
Is Next to Lowest
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st ruction of Wireless Towers at Cor.
dova, Alaska.
Washington, April 22. (U. P.)
Bids for the construction of new wire
less towers at Cordova, Alaska, were
opened.at the navy department today,
Nichols Flelnness. Seattle, was the
lowest bidder at $31,350. The North-
west Steel company, Portland,- Or.,',
was the nest at approximately ?40,
000. There were 10 bids, the high
est $52,000.
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