THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1917.
H. C VORTMAN, HOME
FROM EAST, REPORTS
E
BUSINESS PROSP
ROUS
Despite War, Country Is En
: tering Era of Industrial
C. Activity Unequaled.
LIBERTY LOAN IN FAVOR
treats Are Crowded With soldiers and
Buds An flaying ZToxywnara
Is Eastern Cities.
Returning from a two months' busi
ness visit in the east, H. C. Wortman,
; of, Olds, Wortman & King, Is convinced
that the United States, despite the de
vastation of war, is entering upon an
era Of business prosperity unequalled
in tho nation's Industrial history.
"Conditions In the east are fairly
good," Mr. Wortman said. "There Is
some complaint of business In the re
tail way, occasioned somewhat by the
excessive amount of war talk and war
preparation, but in the main I think
the slowing up of retail business la
due to untoward weather conditions
Throughout the east they have had to
contend with a good deal of the same
'Adverse weather conditions that havo
oeen experienced here, and which has
been, of course, more or less depress
ing to the buying public. But with
the advent of good weather I think
' business conditions will Improve and
get back to normal.
Tactorles Are Swamped.
"So far as manufacturing and Job
bing are concerned, war conditions af
fect business favorably, and to such
.n extent that It Is difficult to get
manufacturers to promise delivery of
orders placed with them. The gov
ernment is taking all the manufactured
product in sight In certain lines, and
the manufacturer naturally has diffi
culty in fulfilling his obligations to
the merchants who have placed orders
With him.
"The financial situation is entirely
normal, and for all legitimate pur
poses, money can be had in plentiful
supply. Of course, it must be under
stood mat the great demand occa-
DeWittl. Harry Is
In Shorncliffe Camp
DeWItt I Harry, son of Mr. and
Mrs. O. Y.. Harry of 343 Sherman
street, has Just written a letter to
his parent from the Shorncliffe train
ing camp at Kent, Bngland. about 12
miles from Dover. He writes that he
is enjoying the camp work and ex
pects to be in the trenches soon. The
camp is about a 48 hours' trip from
the front.
Draft Registrants
May Parade July 4
San Francisco. June 9. (U. P.)
San Krancitco selective service regis
trants will stage a great patriotic
demonstration and parade on July 4. if
Washington officials indorse a plan
started today by Mayor Roiph and a
committee of citixens.
It la proposed to use this plan to
bring personally before the public the
men who offered their services for the
nation's defense on registration day.
PAT I M
1 BE
BASIS OF CONTROL OF
FOOD HOOVER PLANS
Regulating Powers Needed,
He Says, to Force "Slack
ers" or "Skunks" in Line,
By Robert J. Bender.
"Washington. June 9. (U. P.) Patri
otlsm will be made the basis of food
control during the war at the start.
Autocratic measures, such as absolute
price fixing and requisition, will not
be utilized except as a last resort.
From the farm to the kitchen, the
regulation of prices and supply will
be administered through voluntary
agreement, according to the plans of
Food Adminictrator Herbert Hoover.
"Slackers" and "skunks," as Hoover
terms those who might refuse to enter
the proposed agreement, will be taken
care of by powers to be authorised by
congress. Hoover proposes to have
Hon hv thm T.ihortw iAn mi .rh.n. controlling body, in charge of each
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Wiake money temporarily scarce, tut 1"'uuutVu'V, . , ""r
ttn f , partment. This body will be com
Wds from private sources will be out Pse of representatives of every link
Of circulation only briefly, and will be ln the cm fr,,m Proiuce- to ?on
lnimMiotw Tit h.rv inn ti,. .h.nn.i. sumer. They will work out a volun-
NIN
E FILE NAMES AS
CANDIDATES AT POLLS
FOR SCHOOL DIRECTOR
0,
M. Plummer, Retiring
Member of Board, Enters
List for Reelection,
THREE WOMEN IN RACE
Clerk Thomas Will Bend Ballot Copy
to Printer Some Time Iff oa day,
Xst Bay of X-Ulaf. .
Of trade through the medium of the
great purchases being made by the
government In nearly every line,
t Btreets Tilled With Soldiers.
"The Liberty loan is meeting with
. greater favor In the east than in the
.west and middle west, stfeminrlv.
tary arrangement designed to conserve
the food supply and greatiy reduce
prices.
Powers Heeded for "Slackers"
There are certain to be a few ob
jectors, but 75 per cent of those to be
called upon will respond on patriotic
grounds. Hoover believes. Powers to
This Is to be accounted for, I think, rc(,ulsition must be given the govern-
"Vl "cvuac ,i tty umerence in i ne ment therefore, to force the other 25
degree or spirit or loyalty, but be- per cent to follow the leaders. Here
cause of the fact that ln the east the (s the Hoover plan, worked out from
people are in the very midst of hustle, the farmer to the housewife, with
' bustle and spirit of war preparations, wheat as an example:
They are in c1ob proximity, you miht Reach an agreement on a price of
.say, to--the war Itself, and they feel wheat, say $1.50 a bushel, based on
. at least that they are on the very a 10 year average pre-war price with
v border. Streets are crowded with sol- I allowance for increased production
Olers, bands are playing and the mar- cost.
tlal spirit Is everywhere. That, of 1 Simultaneously determine a price for
course, ha a big Influence ln arousing every other cereal so as to prevent
- spirit. suDsutution.
"After the war conditions? It is Government to Aid With Money
confidently expected that the enormous Call the elevator owners of the coun
uemana lor manufactured products and try together and say to them: "Tho
foodstuffs occasioned by the war, and farmers are willing to give you wheat
the outfitting of the army and navy is at $150. The government will arrange
going ln a short time to make for to loan you money necessary to pay
greater prosperity in our country. In the price and relieve you. of going to
fact, by some of the very best. finan- the Chicago auction market to pro-
"a Dullness minas in the coun- tect yourself."
- try n is preaictea tnat wp nro nn tho I foil tho miiUn mho.
eve of a business prosperity unequalled them the elevators have wheat at a
In the history of our nation. There is basic price to the farmer, to which
seemingly every reason to have faith they added a legitimate charge, agreed
"TL. -""l,uc"l-e ie correctness ol upon for storage, grading and the like.
. and are now ready to sell it to the
wi slump. I think miller at a price to be stipulated.
""" re ai me lowest ebb right
now."
Five more candidates for director at
the coming school election. June IS,
filed applications this morning with
the clerk of the school district At
noon nine names had been received al
together, to be placed on the ballot.
O. M. Plummer, present director re
tiring under the new law, and who. it
had bean understood, would not under
any circumstances be a candidate for
reelection, nnn'ounced that he had re
considered and Instructed that his
name be placed among the list of can
didates.
Oren R. Richards. 1175 East Main
street, a member of the law firm of
Rlchardn & Richards; W. B. Streeter, a
real estate man, with offices at 303
Concord building; Clarence D. Porter,
400 Bast Forty-ninth street north, and
W. 1a. Rickman, 86 Broadway, are
the other new applicants.
Three Women la Baca
Mrs. Ferdinand E. Reed, wife of th
president of the Laurelhurst club, and
Dolph R. Norton, 411 East Twenty
fourth street north, are the candidates
whose names appear third and fourth
on the ballot. Their applications were
filed late Friday afternoon.
Mrs. M.' Ia T. Hidden will file today
as candidate.
The two other candidates besides
those mentioned are Mrs. Ina Coleman,
whose name comes first on the ticket,
and U. DeWitt Maxson, who has second
place.
The ballots will he sent to the
printers some time Monday morning.
Clerk Thomas announced. All those
who wish to file are requested to get
their applications ln as early as pos
sible. Mr. Thomas has promised that
any name presented Monday will be
put on the ballot, but to avald con
fusion, he prefers to have them before
the copy goes to the printer.
ramilia With Board's Work
Mr. Porter, who filed today, is man
ager of the surety bond department of
the James Mcl. Wood company. Mr.
Porter was born ln Gaston. Or., and
came to Portland in 190a.
In announcing his candidacy he
promises a strict business administra
tion and, above all, economy wherever
possible. His work in the under
writing and surety business have
brought him considerably In contact
with school work, in looking up the
records and characters of teachers. In
this connection he has also attended
many school meetings and has become
familiar with the work of the board.
Forty Men Needed
For Ambulance Unit
... .
Vo Saflnlta Bats Set for Mustering- la.
But It win Probahly Be 1m
About Two Weeks.
Forty men are still needed for the
Portland ambulance unit which is
being recruited by Captain H. M.
Green and Lieutenant J. Guy Strohm
at 602 Medical building. The unit was
originally filled to its maximum, but
orders came to take ln 60 more men.
Up to this morning about 10 of these
had enlisted, and it was expected that i
the unit will be complete by Monday, j
xo Qtiinuo lniormauon ou cumtj is
to when the unit will be mustered Into
service, but Indications are that it
will be ln about two weeks. It la
probable that a short perlpd of train
ing will be given the men, and that
they will be "rfomewhere in France",
within two months.
The unit includes, besides the com
missioned officers, two sergeants of
the first class, 11 under sergeants, six
corporals, three cooks, one mechanic
and 96 privates of the first class.
SENATOR C LM'NARY
IS FIFTH NATIVE BORN
ORECONIAN TO SERVE
Also Fourth Member of Up
per House of Congress to
Come From State Capital,
MOST OF THEM LAWYERS
Solonm Representing This Common
wealth Kara Been Eminent and
Efficient Ltwyin for Most Part
CHARLES
ICOTT
A. El
IN JAIL BECAUSE HE
CAN'T PAY HIS DEBTS
Club for Killing of
. "Squealers" Found
All Would Be Protected
The miller will then be urged to
mill a straight flour and to agree on
a fixed charge for so doing bo that
the consumer will get the flour at
practically a flat rate with some varia
tion for transportation
Following J1.D0 wheat through the
course. Hoover says, would result in
flour to the consumer at $6.60 or $7
a barrel about the half the present
price.
'In other words," xaoover has de
clared, "here lies the protection of
the consumer, and at the same time
protection and inducement to the
farmer and the elimination of specu-
FLAMES SWEEP
MONTANA MINE;
DEATH LIST BIG
Washington, June 9. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
Senator Charles L. McNary Is the
lifth native born Oregonlan to achieve
a seat ln the United States senate from
that state. He is the fourth senator
to be elected or appointed from Salem.
The other native born senators were
George W. McBj-lde, .John M. Gearta,
Fred W. Mulkey and Harry Lane. Not
for 36 years after Oregon became a
state did one of its native sons,
George W. McBride, find a place In
the senate.
The other senators credited to Salem
are James W. Nesmlth, who servod
six years from 1881; Benjamin F.
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Sheriff UnWllling tO Make fll the vacancy caused by the death
i ii .m i-m 'rr n ' Edward D. Baker, and served two
ArreSI Until riainUlT TUTS and one half years, and La Fayette
.. . r . Grover, who served one term, begin-
Up Bond of $5000. nIns wim m?.
Oregon has sent almost an unbroken
Charles A. Endicott. 1183 Mil- ; "'.
waukle avenue, is ln the Multnomah
county Jail for a Judgment debt owing S? two h" Vr w m'
H. S. Stephenson, a commission man '.n 1 S. ' !' Xii i
with offices at 234 Front street. .nd.f tixa- ?I01UIP Uoe.d
.j, r am h. ,vely into th Practice of lav
Aviators Will Be
Becrnited in Oregon
Z J. Whitake aad B. J. Ajraold. Port,
laad Towf Ken, Arrive Proa PSmsa
oola with Oomxnlssioms to Enroll 83.
Blrdmen are to be recruited ln Ore
gon. 1. J. Whltaker and R. J. Arnold,
government aviators, will open recruit
ing offices at 106 Fifth street next
Monday morning for the aviation sec
tion of the Oregon Naval Militia, sec
ond section. Twenty-three men are
wanted. They must be over 21 years
of age and not over 170 pounds ln
weight. Men are wanted who know
gasoline engine motors, carpenters
mates, electricians and a. hospital ap
prentice. Whitaker and Arnold are both Port
land boys. Three months ago they left
this city for the aviation school at
Pensacola, Florida. In the interval
they have learned how to fly. have re
ceived certificates as qualified airmen
and have been honored with the re
cruiting assignment.
BATTLE FOR CUSTODY
OF LIEUT. MARHOFF'S
IS
and no money to satisfy the debt. He
Joseph Lane, grandfather of the
disputed claim arising out of some holder ri.voti hi- tf.n.
ousLnesa imosacuon ana -" ton offtimes to farming and
siepnenson secureu judgment in me m tne Mexican war.
circuit court of Linn county.
g and service
Henry W. Cor-
hAtt urn -1 hlicln man onil Uflrrv
Stephenson insists that Endicott be ,.. iiv.lf.ian with tha Mntinn
held ln Jail and declares his entire of tncse three and McBride and Bourne.
willingness to pay the cost of keeping wno did not entcr lnto law aa a pro.
him there. As evidence of this he resslon lor anv inffth of tfm all
furnished a J5000 bond demanded by tho others ara listed aa lAwverm
Sheriff Hurlburt, who was unwilling Delazon S'mith. who drew lots with
to arrest the debtor even on a court General Joseph Lane to decide who
order, unless he was so protected. would serve the short term when they
"I have engaged an attorney," said vere eiected as first senators from
Stephenson, -and I am going to keep lthe new state in 1S59, was a preacher
Endicott in Jail indefinitely if pos- pir.d an editor as well as a lawyer
sible. I want my money." when he was not holdlne office lie
When asked ho-ar he expected to get I served ln the senate Just 18 days when
his money from a man wno was neia nls term expired. He was a Demo
in Jail and deprived of any possibility crat, and the new legislature sent Ed
of earning any, he replied: ward D. Baker as his successor.
"I don't know and I don t care, all Baker Beslgns to Enter War
I know is that he is going to stay
there, no matter what I have to pay
for It.'
According to the district attorney"
office, it is possible to hold a man
Baker entered the senate at the be
ginning of the regular term in 18C0,
but soon after accepted a commission
in the aimy and fell at the battle of
Ball's Bluff ln the following year.
in Jail only 10 days for debt. The Oregon has the right to place two
law provides ln certain cases for Etatucs of its greatest dead ln statuary
execution of a Judgment to be made hail ln the capltol, but Baker's is the
upon the body of the person against only one it has ever placed there.
whom it has been rendered. - Besides Smith, who holds the short
The Judgment ln this case Is for term record as an 18-day senator, two
$1539.33 and Interest accruing from other Oregon members have remained
the time It was rendered.
(Continued From Page One.)
St. XiOnls Crooks Have Organisation,
Police tray, as Bsult of Investiga
tion of Murders of Two Xx-Convlcts
St. Louis. June 9. (I. N. S.) St.
Louts has a gunmen's death club, or
. faulted by crooks for the express
purpose of murdering stool pigeons lation.'
ana squealers, according to the po- A similar course would he pursued
, lice today, investigating the murder along the channels of produce devel-
of Frank J. Newman, an ex-convict, opment in other necessaries. Many
Newman was shot and killed on a elevator men have already responded
crowded downtown street last night, to the idea and will be prepared to
Before the crowd could stop the mar- start work along" this line as soon as
derers they Jumped in an automobile congress creates the penalty measures
and were whisked away. which will eliminate the possibility
in muraer is me second nere In oi slackers.
a, week. Richard Walsh, another ex
convlct and known to the police as a
"squealer," was shot and killed on the
street near his home a week ago
Friday night His assailants escaped.
War Budget Delay; Is
Uailed Unwarranted
Alleged Plotters Deny Guilt
vnicr june . i u. f.) tlustav wasninrton. Junn S ft- itf
Jacobsen and Albert Wehde, Indicted Because he considered the action of
last week with Baron von Reiswlts. .v. f , , , " , n ot
former German vIpa ni r-K' tna senate in delaying final approval
eag-o, and others for alleged con- of the 3.000.000.000 war budget bill
piracy to foment a re-olntlon ln unwarranted. Minoritv Leader- Mr,n
I,dla, Pjde nt guilty :n the house this afternoon, " blocked
ISJIJ0".?- F-dei;al Ju.dge Volution Immediately to make avaU-
fiii a uaja in which aoie ail army aDDroDriations in tho
ormy appropriation bill.
, to file demurrers.
Home Guards Get Old Rifles
' Washington, June 9. (I. N. S.)
The senate finally approved this after-
' noon the bill authorising the war de-i
partment to issue obsolete rifles and
t ammunition to home guards "organisa
tions, and., the measure now goes to
4 the president for his signature.
mis is chicken feed." ma rnn
"and I decline unanimous consent whn
greater matters of vital interest to
me nation are held ud bv th n
New and Wonderful
Hair Removing Secret
mow to ot Kid of Boots and All.
Oarranza Garrison
At Torreon Revolts
so Aas. June 9. (U. P.)
The Carranza garrison at Tnrr.nn h..
mutinied, sacrificed houses and stores
ui iown, ana shot several soldiers
and civilians, according to arrivals
. . . . . i u;i iiuiii inn. nririn rrt a -r
xno secret is outs Any woman both- Th mi.H.. 1 v "'"1 "J
' red with superfluous hair can now reports say. and Vu thrMS ?
. rid herself of this troubU Lbot.ti " . -V.,..a M the result of the
not only the surface torrr""" ""ur
j toots as wen by what is known as
th "phelactlne process." The new
method does away with numerous and
- expensive visits to the electrolysis ex-
pert. Does away with depilatories or
- shaving at frequent intervals. Noth
.ing like it ever known before. Got
; a stick of phelactlne. follow the easy
instructions, and if not entirely sat-
isfled tne druggist will refund your
American Vessel
Has Narrow Escape
You do the worV ln a few seconds m
J your own home, without the least n-
jury. in nair-roois come out before
eyes, ieavms
yowr ve
emoo
airless.
aving the skin soft.
Phelaotlne Is odor-
iessv non-irritatinx, and mo harnUeas
fVli WUU1 Mifc lb.
Washington Orders '
Knispel Interned
men on lower levels were cut off en
tirely from escape. Great clouds of
smoke poured from the shaft, retarding
the rescue work.
Miners working an adjoining prop
erty who were ordered to the surface
immediately extended their efforts to
the rescue of the imprisoned men.
Men on the upper levels were able
to escape before the deadly smoke
fumes reached them. They formed
rescue parties and attempted to go
down into the depths, but were forced
back by the smoke, many of them
being overcome.
Men Accounted for
, The first statement regarding the
disaster was given an hour after the
holocaust started. L, D. Frlnk, superin
tendent; N. D. Brawley, general mana
ger of the shaft, and M. D. Conners,
foreman of the Spectacular, said they
could account for 213 out of 415 men
who were ln the shaft when the fire
started.
When the fire cut off escape from
the lower levels, between 40 and 60
men managed to escape by working
their way through pitch dark under
ground passages into the BaJger mine.
adjoining, and coming out through its
shaft.
Scenes about the month of the
wrecked mine were heartrending.
Woman and Children Weep
Groups of women and children had
rushed down the hillside, many of
them half clad, when the first news
of the holocaust was brought to the
surface. Guards prevented entrance to
the gates at the mouth of the mine,
and they collected outside, where they
stood weeping all morning, while the
rescuers worked.
A long procession of emergency am
bulances and hearses filed up the hill
from Butte and filled the yards of the
Speculator. The supply house was
turned Into a morgue, and presented a
grewsome spectacle, aa bodies were
brought up from the smoke blackened
pit and laid in long rows on benches.
Where evidences of life were pres
ent, rescue workers worked frantically
to resuscitate the victims.
Manager Braley personally headed a
rescue -party which descended to the
700-foot level and assisted ln removing
a number of bodies.
Ulnar Saves Close Prlend.
The most pathetic scenes attended
the rescue work.
Tears came to the eyes of onlookers
when a miner who had escaped the
fire, and arming himself with a hel
met had joined the rescue forces,
b rough the body of his partner and
closest friend to the surface. His at
tempts to resuscitate the man were
in vain.
The engineer lowered the care to
the 2200 foot level, and left it stand
ing; ln the hope that imprisoned men
might reach It Receiving no signal.
he brought it through the fire to the
surface. The bodies of two miners,
burned to a crisp, were found on top
of the cage when it reached the top.
Two Trapped ln Cage
An appalling sight was the crema
tion of two men, Mike Conway and
Pete Sheriden,- station tenders, who
were trapped ln a double decked cage
about 20 feet above the collar of the
shaft. The flames were flying from
the shaft like a gigantic torch around
the cage, hung up when the fire dis
arranged the hoisting machinery. It
was within sight of rescue workers
powerless to help and the unconscious
men were charred to a crisp.
These men had Just been lowered
when the engineer received hurried
I signals to hoist, and the lifting ef the
Agitator Caught Carrying Bis; Revolver nine Democrat a
senators for less than a year. Fred
W. Mulkey, chosen by the people to fill
out the term of John W. Mitchell, oc
cupied the seat for 40 days. Benjamin
Stark, who was appointed after Baker's
death, served almost a year.
Counting Senator McNary, Oregon
has sent 21 senators to Washington
Twelve have been Republicans and
With Every Chamber Pally Xioaded;
In Violation of Allen Proclamation.
For the duration of the war, Julius
Knispel, Portland agitator and street
speaker, will be kept within the bounds
of an internement camp at San Fran
cisco. Telegraphic warrant for his de
tention was received this morning
from Attorney General Gregory by
United States Attorney Reames.
Knispel, who has crossed swords
Democrats &ong ln Control
Democratic senators have held seats
for an aggregate period of 35 years,
Kepublicans for an aggregate of "9
years, while for two years the state
was represented by only one senator
John H. Mitchell, who served Ions
est, was a senator for over 22 years
though his service was not con tin u
ous. Joseph N. Dolph came next, with
12 years, and Senator Chamberlain
ranks third with eight years served
and four more to go to fill out his
DAUGHTER
OPENED
ortland Aunt Named Guard
ian; Girl Inherited Some
Money From Grandmother.
JURORS CANT AGE
CASE OF lE
OF
Beals Successor . "
Arrives in Portland
ACCUSED
MURDER
Alfred H. Thiessen. who is to rellevt
Edward A. Beals in the local office tA
the weather bureau, arrived from SaM
Lake City last night with his wife an4
young son, Arthur. Mr. Thiessen has
had charge of the office at halt LaJU
City for eight years, and has been 11
the weather bureau since his gra.lus
tion from Cornell unlverrlty. It year
ago. Previous to bin going to Ball
Lake City, he was ln charge of th
district of North Carolina. Thit
change is snother promotion for htnv
Mr. Beais expects to leave next Wed
nesday for San Francisco, to be la
Tlmri- fT-Mt-rtr iiiriawh r""" "l l"c inun mere, wnicn II
THREE OTHERS INDICTED also a Pwwouon. ha. been la
-nrst ui iue luvai u.sinci lor II
years, and in the weather bureau foi
85. No other changes in the staff ol
the local office aie to be made at
present.
Jurors Have Been Out Since
8:40 o'Clock, Friday, but
Reach No Verdict,
Orana Jnry would Try nan Arrested
Saturday jn1it After Tons;
Battle ln Vorth End.
San Francisco, June fl. (P. N. S.)
Lieutenant William Morhof f, U. S. N.,
now at sea on the Marblehead, and
lis wife Ucraldine, began today a fight
for tho custody of his 8-year-old
daughter, Eleanor, by his first wife.
The child is in Portland with her
aunt. Her own mother died at her
birth, and since then she has lived
with her grandmother. Some months
ago the grandmother died, and the
aunt, a Mrs. Garrell, with her husband
came here and secured the child's cus
tody from Superior Judge Thomas
Graham.
Today Mrs. Morhoff filed a petition.
signed by her husbandflto have the
letters of guardianship granted to the
aunt last February revoked.
In the petition the lieutenant and his
wife allege the custody was secured
by the aunt through fraud, and with
out their knowledge or consent.
The child inherited some money from
the grandmother, a fact which has
recently come to light.
Mrs. Morhoff Is the woman who was
accused by the police three weeks ago
of having shot her husband in the
foot in order that he could not be sent
to sea. This she denied today on the
witness stand, declaring she had never
admitted to the police that she shot
her husband.
Judge Graham put the guardianship
matter over two weeks, to give the
lieutenant a chance to appear ln court
Americans Not to Be
Interned in Turkey
Stockholm, June t. (TJ. P.) Turkey
will not intern Americans and is will
lng to grant them permission to leave
her borders, even If they are of mill
tary age, according to a formal com
munication from the Ottoman empire,
received today by the Swedish foreign
office. Sweden s good offices In con
veying this information to the Amerl
can government was solicits v.
The same communication asserted
that the American school at Beirut had
been reopered, and asked that Amerl
man Minister Morris be acquainted
with the protection afforded Ameri
cans throughout Turkey.
Jury returned a verdict of not
tnttty at 8:30 o'clock this afternoon.
At noon today there seemed to be
no Indication of an early agreement
among tne jurors ln the case of
Charles Lee Yin, accused of murdering
Ham Quong Fong last February
rne jury retired at 8:40 Friday
night, following the instructions which
were given Dy circuit Judre Blsas
At 11 o'clock they reported that ther
was no possibility of their reaching an
lmmeaiaie veraict and were ordered
locked up ror the night.
At the conclusion of the testimony
on both sides shortly after court con-
...... .S TT.J A a a
vcuou i riumj anerooon, a snort pre
sentation oi me state s case was made
oy deputy district Attorney John Col
ller. Attorney Robert Maguira for the
aetense waived his right to make any
closing address to the Jury and the
court delivered his final Instructions.
PROBABLY
LA ROCHE
WILL BE RETAINED
AS CTY ATTORNEY
Mayor-Elect Baker, -Bigelow
and Mann Are Said to Fa
vor Present Official,
W. P. TiTtoche. city attorney, prob
ably will re retained under the new
city administration.
Georpe I Baker, mayor-elect, favors
the. rfnntlr,n nf tha rit v itlnrnv a nA
The action of the defense ln walv- hits let it he known that at le&jit two
lng its right to address the Jury pre- other members of the council have
vented the main arraignment for the pledged their support. It 1 thought
state which was to have been made these two are Commissioner Bigelow
by Special Prosecutor Dan A. Ma- and Commissioner-elect Msnn.
larkey. Ex-City Attorney Frank 8. Grant la
The grand Jury Friday afternoon I looked upon with favor. It is said, by
returned Indictments a rains t Yea Commlseloner-elect Barbur. The name
Guck, Shea Fong and Low Ju, charg- of several others have been mentioned
lngthem with the murder of Chin for the place, but with Mayor-elect
Hong at Broadway and Flanders Baker's stand, it is believed LaRooh
street last Saturday. The three men "111 b? r,,aln"l
were
the
ll arrested shortly after
participant!
APPEAL COMMISSION KArKD
shooting and have been identified as the P,ace ot clty auditor, to be left
vacant oy commissioner-elect isarDur,
has narrowed down to James OUL
deputy auditor; C. F. Wlegandt. chief
clerk ln the department of public utili
ties, and John Y. Richardson, a publlo.
accountant.
with the Portland police many times. tefrm- These .tnre f,re Ba
was arrested Thursday for carrying .., v...... UJ
a firearm, ln violation of the presi- ln econd term.
dents proclamation. A big revolver.
with a cartridge in every chamber was liraln Mast He DouDle-sackea
iouna on mm. Washington, May 9. Double sack
lhe attorney generals order to Mr. lng of grain used by the army in
neames iouows: Hawaii and th. Philippines has bee
"By the order of the president of found necessary by experience, and th
the United States, acting under the cost of the sacks Is expected to be ln
proclamation and regulations as to eluded ln the price of oats for which
alien enemies, issued April 6, 1917, bids have Just been received, says the
you are ordered to arrest and detain, war department in a letter to Senator
through the United States marshal, at Chamberlain, answering criticisms
the usual place of confinement in from George A. Westgate of Portland
your district, the following German as to the methods used by the depart-
allen enemy, on the ground that his ment ln calling for bids,
presence in your district at large is The sacks are afterward used for
to the danger of the publlo peace and military purposes, it is stated. Aa to
safety of the United States: Julius W. waiting for new crop oats, which was
Knlanel. Such neraon hall h hoM suesrested: the denartment iivi old
' until further order of the president." crop oats are called for only for the
insular possessions, ana old or new
may be delivered for the western de
partment. As for the 60 days' time
reserved by the government ln which
to accept or reject bids, it Is ex
plained that a less period may be
needed, but sufficient time must be
allowed for samples to be tested by the
Department of agriculture.
Hunger Striker Is
Fed Eggs With Tube
Kansas City, June t. (L N. 8.)
Dr. Allen Porter, government physi
cian, ajid attaches of the county Jall "AmbtUancler" Want Commission
forcibly broke the hunger strike of
Utr ttSlSnEr VSSr from
pher, arrested for his part ln the antl- T w i.i ...vin ,.,, k-
draft agitation, by feeding him three American ambulance hospital in Paris,
eggs and a pint of milk through a Eeeklng a commission ln the medical
tube last night. LubOShes resisted nennrtment of tha American rmv
Birvngix at lii oi, uui ituer pecamil I AOrf ad
peaceful and took the food.
TTT-. t .
nwmojion, jane 9. (U. P.) The
state department announat
has been Informed that an Amer-
was nred on by an enemy
submarine, the torpedo passing within
" rrB.-M: ln B1P. The periscope
was plain, y n.fr t, -
submarine, but it Is not known I cage was speeded up, with tha flames
wnetacr a xut was aoored, chn&lns; IU The flames overtook tha
burgeon General Gorgas, to whom
tho matter was referred, has advised
that it is not the policy of the gov
ernment to remove men from service
with the allied armies, and any ap
plication of this kind should be made
through the ordinary channels of the
French army, so the wishes of the
commanding officer may appear.
An application coming through these
be
gov
special car, in response to a call for
aid. A northbound double headed lim
ited collided with a southbound local
car about 2 o'clock.
Six Eeported Dead in
Wreck in Michigan
Port Huron, Mich., June 1. (I. N.
B )rf,'X P"0"9 reported dead channei . eays General Gorgas. will
and 21 are seriously Injured ih a wreck rnHr,mn wk.n .hi. -
l" f'?, "wfr, l '.r1"" o1",1 ernment decides to use Americans now
St. Clair Mich. All available physi- Bervlng with the armies of the allies.
i;ioiis auiii uuibcb loiv iicrts uu a 1
1
Classification to Be Rushed
"Washington, June 9. Commlssioaar
rallman of the general land office,
having ordered classification of the
lands of the Oregon and California
grant to be resumed and rushed to a
conclusion, has done about all that
is in his power t j speed matters until
the department of Justice makes a report.
To that department has been re
ferred for final opinion all questions
as to tho amount of taxes that should
be paid by the government, Including
tne question or paying penalties and
interest to date. When this opinion is
tecelved the adjustment of taxes will
be in order as the move preliminary
to opening the agricultural lands to
settlement.
Mike Moore Found Guilty
St. Paul. Minn.. June a. (IT. Pi
Mike Moore alleged go-between in the
iJunn ; murder Case, was .found guilty
ibis Munwmi, sentence was . with'
held. -. . - aV' . . ... - .
cage. Signals to hoist wero repeated
again and cgain violently. Finally they
ceased,, and a sense of terrible dread
seised the spectators. The signalling
was the last act of the entrapped men
ln frantic effort to convey word of
their plight before they succumbed to
the fire and gas.
Bureau of Mines Informed
Washington June" . (I. X. S.)
"Probably 100 were killed by fire in
the Granite Mountain North Butte
mine," said an official telegram re
ceived by the bureau of mines today
from one' of Its field engineers t
Butte.
Two mine rescue cars have been or
oared ' to Butte by telegraph, the
bureau of mines announced, one of
the cars Is ln .Colorado, tha other near
Butta, . , . ' , ' .
Rumor has It that the contest fol
Board Will Hear All Dismissals of
School Teachers.
Judge Kavanaush Frldav f.,-r, I FILM ORDINANCE PREPARED
ipomna me roiiowing to act on the
newly established commission on nn. filnram nt Motion PlrtnrA V-nn1n
'v.u.o iui iokuoii. juage tiuy c. II.
monies, j. u. t an anil '
Benson Beach. The new state law em- ' A new orlnance regulating tha
powers the presiding judr of th oi. storage of motion picture films is tc
tun court to make the appointments I De consiaerea Dy ine ciiy council next
to continue for one year. The com- I wel1- The ordinance was prepared bj
mission win hear all matter rnn.n.. I the city's bureau of bulldlns and la
ma uemouons ana dismissals of teach- I aimed to safeguard human life and
vra. crODfftr
The measure prohibits the storing ol
films ln baaements, . ln buildings ol
frame construction, ln buildings ex
ceeding two stories, ln buildings used
for lodging. It provides that wher
two story buildings are used the film,
shall be stored on the firt floor. Th
ordinance also contains many othel
technical provisions.
Cocaine Dose Fatal
To Doctor's Patient
airs. Mary noag or Astoria died at
the Good Samaritan hospital Friday
morning at 10:i0 as a result of cocaine
poisoning. She .was undergoing a
minor operation on her noso and was
given cocaJne and morphine.
Acting Coroner Smith took the body
e.nd an inquest will be held Monday.
The doctor attending her is not held.
Mrs. Hoag Is survived by her hus
band, W. H. Hoag of Astoria, and her
father. A, W. Jurhs of 716 North Kel
logg street.
Eleven Arrested as
Anti-Draft Plotters
Grand Rapids, Mich., June 9. (U.
P.) Eleven Socialists and sympathis
ers, who are alleged to have partlcl
pated ln the antl-conscrlptlon cam
paign carried on here. wer arrested
here today, and are held on $10,000
bail each by Federal Judge Sessions.
Among those arrested are Rev. Dan
lei Roy Freeman, pastor of All Souls'
Unitarian church, and Charles G. Tay
lor, member of the board of education.
One of the two still to be arrested is
a Socialist nationally known.
New Fortifications
For Coast Are Asked
Washington, June 9 (I. N. S.) Al
though he admitted that San Francisco,
San Diego and San Pedro harbors are
'fairly well defended," Representative
Osborne of California this afternoon
declared the balance of the Pacific
coast is Improperly defended. He
asked for new fortificatloi.e for all
exposed points along the Pacific ln
Washington, Oregon and California.
Chicago in lead at
End of Seven Events
6tagg Field. Chicago. June 9. (U.
P.) Chicago led ln the Big Nine con
ference here this afternoon at the end
of seevn events with a score of t3.
Illinois was second with 17 and Mis
souri third, with 11.
One of Southland's
Boats Is Picked Up
Washington. June 9. fU. P.) Or-
of the two missing boats of the tor
pedoed British steamer Southland has
been picked up, a state department
cable said, late today. It contained
16 men. The other containing 28 men
is still unaccounted for. It Is not
known whether the missing American.
Rigney. is In the boat picked up.
Frank L. Stearns
Frank I Stearns, an electrical engi
neer, who was killed by Inhalation of
gaa and smoke in a tunnel of the C,
M. & S. P. railway June 3, at Bast
Portal, Mont,, wa a resident of this
city, his home being at E33 Belmont
street. He was born ln Boulder, Colo.,
March 17, 1890. and was educated in
Boise. In 1910 he came to Portland.
He married Miss Jessie Miller of Bel
grade, Mont.. May 24, 10 days before
his death- Funeral services ware held
at the Miller & Tracey parlors Friday
afternoon, and interment wa ln Mount
Scott Park cemetery.
Argentine Schooner
Shelled and Bombed
Washington, June 9. (U. P.) The
state department is advised that the
Argentine schooner Orlano was shelled
and then sunk by a bomb on June (.
The crew was saved and landed.
AUTOGRAPH GIVEN MAIDR
City Officials and Employes Pre
sent Album to Mr. Albee.
City officials and employes thU
this morning presented Mayor Albe
with a beautiful album containing th
signatures of every employe In the
city hall The album was given ln ap
preciation of Mr. A 1 bee's interest ln
the employes during tho four yearl
he served as mayor.
Professor E. F. Pernot, city bao
tcriologlot, and Mrs. Sarah Cvana
market Inspector, had the honor of
handing It to tho mayor.
"It's the best thing I've received
since I've been mayor of Portland,"
was Mr Albee's comment.
Councilman Elect
May Lose Office
Los Angeles, June 9. (P. N. 8.)
With the citlsenshlp councllman-elec
John B. Reeves, a matter of specula
t.on, nine defeated candidates for citl
council today were hot on tha trail
of a presumptive vacancy in the new
body. Reeves was born ln Canada
After taking out his first pspers, ha
tetuined to Canada and lived 10 yearn,
then coming back to the United ertatea
Reeves fainted when asked about tha
status of his citlsenshlp, and was un
conscious for half an hour, it is said
BAKER
THEATRE
Broadway and Xonisoa
rnona acaln I, A-ftgao.
French Flyers Drop
Bombs on U-Boats
Paris. June 9. (I. N. S.) French
aeroplanes, attached to the Bologne
station, bombarded German submarines
on June 2 and 4, It was officially an
nounced today.
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POLICY
WEEK SUNDAY
JUNE lOth
WED. MAT.
BEST SEATS
$1.00
First of the Big Road Attractions Coming to This Theatre
mmm mm mm mm mm
(mm
wun anotner jonn cort cast of Broadway Favorites, including
ELEANOR HENRY, GUY SAMPSEL. IRVING BROOKS,
LILY LEONARD, ADOLPH LINK, MORTIMER
WELDON, ROBERT O'CONNOR, GILBERT CLAYTON,
KATE STOUT, GRANT AND WING. ;
Most fascmatint chorus coearsd from the "Great Waits Way in yaara
Beats now selling- at Baker Theatre son effloe. Arises xrirfcts, lower naor.
-2.0O and f LM. Balromy, S1.SO, fLOO. . OaUary, reserved SOe and ss!
Wednesday matiasa srt aaaia, 9L0O, - Batasday anatlaea. tM to tua.
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