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Newspaper Page Text4- "fr-..". v:--- -"yt-.V'' CITY EDITION If All Here and ie All True S THE WEATHER Probably rain, warmer. . Wind becoming southerly;' :i ' Maximum Temperatures Sunday;'- Portland ,..... 33- New Orleans Los Angeles. ...;.50 New TorH-....,..58 Billings, Mont.... 10 St Paul 88 CITY EDITION j Way President Collapsed The Inside story of the Parts Peace will be told In The Journal by Ray Stannard , Baker, In a series of six articles, beginning November 6.- - rT : 'vtrTTT ; '). 'Kin 1QO EsUred at rtwnd-Ci Matter PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY ; EVENING; OCTOBER 27 1919. EIGHTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS OH "" ako KIWI VrbiVJ.0 tTD riVI OK NTS IWi :Aim., , iw,; VK t PMtoffW. - Portend. fM if. DEFEATED .California Senator's Much Dis cussed Textual Change Wiped , Out by a Vote of 40 to 38. . Eight Republicans, Inclusive of i ' McNary, Line Up With Demo- cratsj; Gore Yotes With Lodge. Washington. Oct. 27. CU. P.) By a. vote of 38 to 40 the senate to .day defeated the Johnson amend ment to the peace treaty to equalize voting strength within the League of Nations. The vote came unexpectedly- at the request of Senator Lodge after Senator Hitchcock, administration leader, an nounced he-would ask for unanimous consent fo vote at 1:30 p. ro. : : -1 "I see no reason why we cannot have a vote right how," Lodge declared, and the roll was called without further de- ,. lay. ' CORE WITH JOHNSON Republicans voting against the amend ment were: Colt. Edge. Kellpgg, Keyes, McCumber. McNary Nelson. Sterling. Gore was the only Democrat who voted for the amendment. v The yea vote on the Johnson amend i ment was as follows : Senators Ball, Borah, Brandegee, Cummins,: Capper, Curtis, , Dillingham, . Fall, France, Frelinghuysen. r Gore, Gronna, Harding, Johnson (California),' j ones i Washington;, Kenyon, Knox, J-a- Foliette, Lenroot, Lodge, McCormick, Mc Lean, Moses. New. Newberry, Nor r is, - Page, Penrose, Pblpps, Folndexter. Sher man. Shields, Smoot, Spencer, Suther land, Townsend, Wadsworth and War- .-. ren. , i- The nays: . ,. , . Bankhead,- Chamberlain., Colt. Culber . son. Dial,- JCdge, .Fletcheri 'Gay,1 Gerry, Hale. Harris. Harrison. , Henderson. HKohcock, Jones ,'.New - MexicoL Kel logg, Keyes, King, Kirbay, MoC umber, McKellar, McNary, Nelson, Nugent. Ov erman, . Fomarene, Ransdell, Robinson, ' Fheppard, Simmons, Smith (Arlsona) Smith " (Maryland), Smith (South Caro lina), Sterling, j Swanson, u Thomas.- Trammell, ' Underwood, Walsh (Mon- tana), wiuiama.' . . " Immediately aftefKhe defeat Senator Johnson, California, 1 introduced a sec- ond amendment , which seeks to accom- - plish the same object as his first one. . A number of senators were absent when the' roll was called, no advance notice, of the vote having been issued. The final result, however, would not have been changed, as all absentees - were, paired with senators taking oppo site positions. ' MOSES AMENDME5T TP The Johnson amendment would have given the United States a number of ' votes In the league equal to that held by any other power. "The senate is now preparing to vote on the Moses' amendment. ,. The Moses amendment would bar any colonies or dominions of Great Britain - voting when a dispute In which Eng land is concerned Is before the league. . Several Democratic senators. Includ ing Phelan. California ; Smith, Georgia, and Ashurst. Arizona, , entered the . chamber after the vote on the Johnson amendment was taken and protested . that they had been taken unawares by the sudden vote and asked permission to state their attitude on the question. At least half a dosen senators were attending a Roosevelt memorial meet ing in another part of .the city , when '; the vote was taken. E Man Whose Report Caused Clos ing of Fargo Bank Is Sum marily Dismissed. Bismarck,1 N. D-Y Oct. 27. (U. P.) B. E. Haldorsen, deputy bank ex aminer, whose reports caused clos ing of. the Scandinavian-American bank at Fargo, was asked not to re port for work today, His dismissal followed immediate reopening of the bank by his chief, State Bank Exam iner Lbftbtis. , i . - 8t Paul. Minn.. Oct' 87. (U. P.) V The National Non-Partisan league Is - recovering from what looked like the most serious flank movement ever di rected against the farmers' organization. ; The league's largest banking house held aolvept by the supreme court after It had been closed by the state banking ...J board was reopened Saturday and con- . ducted a land agent's business in one hour and is minutes of freedom. f Farmers, according to league leaders , and officials of the bank, will place the , institution the Scandinavian - American r .Bank of Fargo on a firmer financial bnsls than before In a Short space of . time,' bank officials ' said. . deposits of , ' $25,000 were made and only $16 checked Out. '"-: -.. r The bank was closed by Attorney Gen eral " William Langar and , Secretary of State Thomas Hall, forming a majority oz the bankinr board, of which Governor Lynn Frailer Is the third member. The . board held that post-dated 'farmers' t checks given the league for member- - ships-were not proper -collateral. DAKOTA XAMINER WIESON VETOES DOUBLE PROHIBITION LAW Explaining Action to Senate, Executive Says Recent Law Passed by Congress Has to Do With Enforcement of Act Adopted Only by Reason of Emergencies Arisingrom War. Washington, Oct. 27. U. P.) President Wilson today vetoed the national prohibition act passed by congress to enforce both wartime and constitutional prohibition. The president vetoed the bill because of that part of the legislation which refers to war-time prohibition. "I object to and cannot approve that part of the legislation with ' reference to -war-time prohibition," said the presi dent in a statement addressed to the house explaining his veto. "It has .to do with the enforcement of an act which was passed by reason of the emergencies of the war and whose objects have been satisfied In the demobilization of the army, the navy, and whose repeal I have already sought at the hands .of congress." CAUSE OF VETO EXPLAINED The president, in his veto message, Bald: The subject matter treated in this measure deals' with two dis tinct phases of the prohibition ' leg islation. One part of the act un der consideration seems to force ' war-Ume prohibition. The other provides for the enforcement which was made necessary by the adoption of the, constitutional amendment. I Object to and cannot approve that part of this legislation with refer ence to war-time prohibition. It . has to do with the enforcement of. an act which was passed by reason ' of the emergencies of the war and whose objects have been satisfied In the demobilization of the army and the navy and whose repeal I have already sought at the hands of con gress Where the purposes of par ticular, legislation arising out of war emergency have been satisfied, sound public policy makes clear the reason and necessity for repeal. SEPARATE TWO QUESTIONS It will not be difficult for congress In considering this important mat National: Trades' 'Unions anil In ternational CongFess of Wom en to Meet at Washington. Washington Oct. . 27. (U. P.) Failure of many foreign delegates to reach Washington today caused post ponement of the meeting of the Na tional Federation of Trades unions until tomorrow. . J. Oumdegey, delegate from Holland, was one of die few delegates on hand for the meeting, today. ,W. A. Attleton, Qrit)sh, delegate, js expected to preside at tomorrow's meeting. The conference of the international congress of working women is n also scheduled to open tomorrow. The International Labor conference of the League of Nations is scheduled to hold Its first session .Wednesday. Through these three conclaves, organ-, ized labor throughout the world is pre pared to collect Its full Influence and direct it' along a single line to impress governments, public sentiment and cap ital with the neceasity for the immedi ate reform df social and economic legis lation and procedure. Some subjects on which action will come are : . The eight hour day, women and chil dren in industry, unemployment, insur ance, arbitration and mediation, collec tive bargaining, strikes and lockouts and the sharing of management . and profits of industry with the workers. The national federation of trade un ions' meeting, a preliminary to the in ternational labor conference, is a con tinuance to the convention held , In July in Amsterdam. It was in this organi sation that President Samuel Gompers of the- American Federation of Labor and Daniel Tobin, representing. America, combined with the British delegates. In a fight to reduce the influence of Ger many in the labor world. ..'Germany, with more than 6,000,000 or ganized workers, has the most extensive union" labor force of any nation. -. Working women of the world win or ganise as a single force for the first time tomorrow, when their convention assembles, with Mrs. Raymond Robbing of Chicago as the directing head. Indicted Doctors May Fight Charges That Portland doctors recently In dicted by the federal grand Jury on charges of violating the Harrison nar cotics act may fight the government's case, was indicated today when Dr. H. F. Fleckensteln pleaded not , guilty be fore Federal Judge Wolverton. He asked that his case be held over, but trial was set for December X. Lovett Is Coming t For Railroad Survey Judge Robert 8. Lovett, chairman of the board of directors of the Union Pa cific system, will arrive In Portland late Wednesday afternoon, according to the best information obtainable at local rail road offices this morning. . - ' Lovett Is making an extensive survey of the Union Pacific properties, the first since he returned from railroad admin istration work v to i bead -. tha - corporate office. - - n ". nni uriirrn iron aw UUNVmtlUDOUMT JOINTED ter to sepafaje these two questions and effectively to legislate regarding them ; making the proper distinc tion between temporary causes which arose out of wartime emergencies and those like the constitutional amendment of prohibition, which is now part of the fundamental law of the country. In all matters having to do with the personal habits and customs of large numbers of our people, we must be certain that the established processes of legal change are followed. In no -other way . can the salutary object ; sought to be accomplished by great reforms of this- character be made satisfactory and permanent WOODBOW WILSON. The White House, 27 October. 1919. BAW TO BE LIFTED " President Wilson's veto brought but one conclusion here, and that was that the war time prohibition ban Will be lifted immediately upon the ratifica tion of the peace treaty. His message expressing his attitude toward war time prohibition was taken as positive evidence that he will remove the ban as soon as the peace treaty is ratified. Representative. Volstead, chairman of the house judiciary committee and one of the trainers of the bill, declared that he would call a meeting of the judiciary committee of the house at the first op portunity to consider the president's veto. "Until we receive the veto message I cannot say what" we will do," said Representative Volstead, "but the bill passed the house by a vote of 287 to 100, sufficient to carry It over the presi dent's veto, if the committee decides on Such a course." "I am In favor of passing the bill over the president's veto, declared Senator Sheppard of Texas, leader of the dry faction in the senate. Senator Sterling of South Dakota, who ushered the bill through the .senate, declared that he would urge the passage of the bill over the president's veto. ' - or They Will. Fight 'for It, Says Bunji Suzuki. By Joseph Timxnlna Tokio, Oct 24.(By Man.). "Un less the Japanese are given the right of free migration, the time will come when tney must starve or fight," said Bunji Suzuki, the "Gompers of Japan," today. And he added most fiercely, "If I know my people, they will fight, not starve!" . Thus In primitive, direct fashion Su zuki expressed what seems to be firmly fixed in the mind of every Japanese who can be said to think at all. To assume that Japan's demand for race equality at the peace conference was only a subterfuge to conceal her real primary, object of getting Shan tung is an error ; it helped to secure the lesser prize when the greater one was denied them, it is true, but all Japanese are aggrieved and more or less deeply resentful that the immigration ban was not wiped off the slate by the peace conference. HERE'S THE PARADOX Now this is the more striking because Suzuki is a warm friend of organized labor in America and admits the valid ltv nt the resistance of American labor. especially the unions, to Japanese ifn mtgratlon. Organized labor in Japan understands the position of organised labor in the United States, he said. "No nation has the right vo disturb the economic situ ation of another nation Pt overrunning It with cheaper labor. " We have no spirit of antagonism towards the United States on that score. We would be disturbed If our hope for better con ditions was destroyed by the influx of cheaper labor from Korea and China. But the - day is eagerly awaited by us when our standards of living and wages shall reach the leyel of those of Amer ica and restrictions against us shall be withdrawn." IMMIGRATION IS ONLY WAT "Possibly America will have no ob jection to removing the ban if the time comes when the Japanese working men are so well off at home that they will have no desire to flock to tho Pacific coast" I suggested. Ts . that empty right what you demand?" "The essential tact is that Japan is too small and too poor in resources to keep Within her island limits her dense population, which is increasing at the rate of 600,000 to 800,000 a. year." was Susukl's reply. "Japan has the densest population in the world and it is rapidly increasing in density. , . , ? "America, Canada, ' Australia are sparsely populated. They have plenty of room for us and it Is not right that we should be excluded if our standard of living reaches equality , with theirs.- drewBonar;! In Political Coup London, Oct' 27. (U. P.) Andrew Bonar Law. government leader, lntro .duced in the bouse of commons this afternoon the revised amendment to the alien bill, presaging a settlement of the controversy which threatened the sta bility of the Lloyd George adminlstra tion-last veek.- Commons agreed to the amendment -i : - : - , JAPANESE LABOR ; : i rnrn nrrimiT SUSPECT Of TRIAL Crowd Goes to Coquille toHear Murder Case Against 15-Year-Old Harold Howell of Bandon. Indictment Charges Him With Slaying 17-Year-0Id Lillian nknown Leuthold; Motive Yet U Coquille, Oct. 27. Peoplei f rom all adjacent points have flocked to the circuit courthousf here for the trial today of 15-year-old Harold Howell of Bandon, charged with th murder of '17-year-old Lillian Leuithold at Bandon on July 27. ' i . It is the first time In the history of Coos county that a crime so perious has been charged against so yoUng a de fendant, and that fact is lending the case more color and is an incentive for larger throngs of the curious' than are usually drawn to even murder! trials. The case Is being heard before Judge John S. Coke. District Attorney John F. Hall Is being assisted in the prose cution by Attorney A. J. Sherwood of Coquille, who has been employed by the parents of the murdered girl. The boy is being defended by Attorney. C. F. Mc Knlght of Marshfield. The trial f the case after the Jury is chosen will probably occupy three or four days. The prosecution' j has more than 20 witnesses to examine and the defense will likely have as 'many more. It is admitted by the prosecution that the evidence is entirely circumstantial, but the district attorney claims that it Is strong. i The Howell boy has been la Jail since his arrest and has never talked much and has never given up . the cheerful manner which he exhibited When first .Imprisoned,- t&y. , ' " The" boy's, mother ' ahdste pfather- re-slde-hear Bandon. The murdered girl's parents aiso t live .near Bandon. . The ,4j.famjr'.hsksy that-far - long time It waa eareL.ehe . tCooehaUd oa Pass Two, Colmma Thrr ASSESSOR Lower Valuation of City! Property Follows Decline on Public Service Holdings. Decrease in assessments on oper ated properties of railroads and public service compyiies was large ly responsible for the decline in as sessed valuation of city property of approximately $10,000,000 between 1914 and 1919, Assessor Henry E. Reed told Commissioner jBarbur in a letter received this morning. De creases in real estate and personal property assessments are- responsible for the remainder. j The question has been raised by tax payers in connection with ; the special city election called for November 12. "The -total net decrease in the as sessed value of Portland, including St Johns and Linnton, between! the roll of 1914 and 1918. was $9,918,600." Reed states in his - letter. "Of this amount $6,237,585 .represents the decrease in the assessments of the operated properties of the railroads and public service com panies. "The decrease shown in 1915 com pared with 1914 was due largely to the general readjustment of assessments upon building improvements occasioned by the adoption by this office In 1915 of factors of value of buildings for the purpose of assessment. The drop in 1918 was due to a general decrease in real estate assessments. ; : It ranged from 3 to 10 and averaged about 5.5 per cent. The largest percentage of de crease was In the outlying districts. "Decrease in assessment of personal property in 1915 compared with 1914 was caused by . business ! depression, which was especially acute in 1914 and 1915. The loss in 191$ was! due almost entirely to prohibition, which eliminated I from the assessment roll the personal property oi wnoiesaie ana retail liquor dealers." ; .-. -.'.'. I. .Healthy increases in personal prop erty appeared tn 1817, Reed explains. It increased $20,000,000 In 1918, and $7,000. 000 more will be added in 11919. Priest BacK From Serving in France At His Birthplace - Astoria, Oct '87- Rev. Bv Langlard, for six years parish priest of the Ca tholic church at Seaside, ' has returned from service overseas. He Witt leave at once for Berkeley, CaX, where he will become instructor of French In the Uni versity of California. H r 3 : Father Langlard spent It months in France,, Upon hla arrival in that coun try he was assigned as French Inter preter at the officers itrainibg school, at Vaunei. his birthplace, where 13,000 officer-students were trained. .At the conclusion of bis services Father Lang lard was decorated by the French gov ernment -and made a - member of - the French Academy ... COUNTY EXPLAINS DECREASE Armistiqe Day in Oregon Is Legal Holiday Declares Governor Olcott State's Chief Executive Issues Proclamation Fixing Nov. 11 as Day of Observance. Salem, Oct 27. Tuesday, Novem ber 11, the first anniversary of the signing of the arnfistice. is declared to be a legal holiday in Oregon in a proclamation issued by Governor Ol cott today, in which the people of the state are urged to "observe this day in a manner best suited to dem onstrate our appreciation and grati tude for the services rendered by the men of 'our army and navy in the preservation of our civilization and of our liberties." ."On November 11. JVIS, the order to 'cease firing marked the cessation of hostilities in the bloodiest and most far reaching struggle recounted in history,' the . proclamation roads. "That . the stnuggle ended victoriously for the arms of the entente allies was due in a mighty measure to the magnificent courage and patriotism of the men of the army and navy of the United States of America, and -to the unfaltering and unflagging efforts of the American people in aiding and sustaining these fighting men, both on land and on sea. "We may never hope to amply repay the debt we owe our service men for the maintenance of our liberties and of our national and domestic blessings. "But from time to time tokens of ap preciation may be given which I am certain will be accepted by them as coming deep from the hearts of a grate ful people. "That we may more vividly keep be fore us the debt that we owe. I believe that we should lay aside our accustomed tasks for tho celebration' of Armistice day on November 11. 1819.' PORTLAND WILL CELEBRATE FIRST PEACE ANNIVERSARY Armistice -day will be worthily cele brated November 11 as the first anni versary of peace. Plans today forecast & big .victorr parade, presentation of war medals to Oregon heroes, dose of the coming Bed Cross .drive, presentation' to Portland of ther-governmentm; wa l wm,-. .thUHr l .Be tnroed-' service-men will be guests of honor, of the city on Armistice day. The American Legion is . taking a big part Mh-organizing attractions, and a section of ex-service men will be a fea ture of the big parade. Women war workers will have a large part in Armistice day. Mrs. William C. Alvord, chairman of the woman's committee, today issued a call for all women war workers to meet with her Tuesday at 11 a. m. at the Portland hotel. Plans will be discussed then. A big parade will Include three sec tions. The first will be the military di vision with the National Guard In uni form and in the lead, the ex-service men, and all other organized war work ers. Mayor George L. Baker and city and county, officials will head the second section, which will be devoted to fra ternal organizations. Manufacturers and labor organisations have been in vited to compose the third big division. Final preparations for Armistice day will be made Wednesday noon when the sub-committees meets at the Chamber of Commerce. t Approval of having November 11 de clared an official holiday was voted this morning by the Multnomah county com missioners. It was brought before the board by Commissioner Holman, who said he had been requested to have the board put Its official sanction to the movement to have all the public offices Closed on that day. RESUMED TODAY Prominent Local Business Men May Be Called to Testify in Federal Cases. With resumption today of federal grand Jury sessions, investigation of recently arrested alleged bootleggers was promised by United States fed eral authorities. One possibility expressed is that prominent Portland men, whose names we a found on a lis of supposed cus tomers of . Mr. and Mra Richard La Posse, will be eubpenaea to appear be fore the federal grand Jury to tell what they know. It la recalled that two years ago. nearly 40 Portland business men were haled before the . grand Jury tn connection with liquor cases. Although confessions before the grand Jury may not be used by the govern ment against the business men Assist ant United - States Attorney Barnett Goldstein "declared he" could see no rea son why they should not , be .used in state . prosecutions. . . That police moral squad Officers have believed for some time that a bootleg ging ring, extending from California to Oregon, existed, har been known for some . time. & Special Agent -- William Bryoa of the departraep.tr of Justice, It is said, is also working in the belief that California bootleggers ' are . directing work of the gang. - Red Troops Again Lose Krasnoe-Selo .'London. Oct 27. U.'' P.V-A dispatch from Reval .today reported that General Yudenitch," leader, of thet anti-Bolshevik forces.' had recaptured Krasnoe-Salo. f one of Petrograd's principal defenses. LIQUOR INQUIRY Damage Is Estimated at From 5 to 10 Per Cent .by Authorities; Churches Used to. Store Fpuit. Drop of Mercury to Below 20 De grees, Followed by Brilliant Sunshine, Puts' End to Hope. . Hood River, Oct. 27. As a result of a sudden onset of frost, together with lack of storage facilities, the fruit growers of Hood River valley will probably euffer a severe loss this year. On Friday evneing the mercury, com menced to drop and by midnight was down to 17 degrees. Saturday ' was cloudy and although the fruit on the trees and in the orchards in boxes had been frosted, there were prospects that a gradual thawout would save them. On Saturday night heavy snow' fell to a depth of several Inches and hopes ran algher among fruit growers. Unfortunately the sky cleared' Sun day, night and the mercury again dropped to below 20, again freezing the apples. Today, brilliant sunshine puts an end to all hopes of saying the fruit still unpicked and In boxes, and the loss is estimated by different, authorities from to 10 per cent of the entire crop. Today the churches are being requisi tioned for Btorage purposes, the short age of cars having caused unprecedented demand on storage space. TEMPERATURE 30 ABOVE; OCTOBER RECORD BROKEN Woe, is- the; lot of the ' unprotected geranium! ' :. - -" , ' Portland temperature made history thlsmornlng when the mercury dropped Lark Evans, Paroled Convict, Re ported, to Be in Custody aT" Klamath Falls. Medford, Oct. 27. According to telegrams received here Sunday night by the sheriff. Lark Evans, paroled convict, whom the' police of Oregon and Washington had been seeking for weeks, is under arrest in Klamath Falls. Sheriff Terrell left this morning to bring the prisoner here. If the man under arrest Is Evans it is expected not only the Grants Pass Jacksonville' sensational robbery case of September 13 will be cleared up, but also the Jacksonville mountain murder mystery case of last spring, the burled remains of the victim of which were found on a lonely mountain south of the county, t seat with the skull crushed in. The identity of the bandit, who, with a young woman companion, kidnaped W. G. White, Grants Pass Jitney owner, the evening of September 1. having hired him to drive them to a camp near that city, and then holding revolvers at his back and compelling him to drive them to a lonely place up an isolated mountain road near Jacksonville, where they robbed him. bound him and left him. has been established as Lark Evans, according to the police. Shortly af r this robbery. Evans was traced by a deputy sheriff to plympia, Wash., where track of him was lost. Two weeks later, a Jitney driver was robbed under similar circumstances near Spok ane. Circumstantial evidence points that Evans and an elderly man. enroute to look over and purchase a mining pros pect near Ruch. not far from the Jack sonville mountain where the murder oc curred, stopped over night last spring at Ruch. Since this time the old man has not been seen, but the younger man was seen next day in .Medford. Both were to return in a day or so- to look over another mine prospect. Evans, whose mother lives in Coos county and whose father is a resident of La Grande, is a paroled convict from the Oregon penitentiary. - He was ar rested for alleged burglary in Portland on January 24. Great Britain Has Eiiornious .Deficit : For Fiscal Tear London, Oct. 27, (L If.- 8.) Great Britain's national deficit for the fiscal year, of 1919-1920 Is estimated at 47. C4$,000 podnds sterling under . the re vised budget, the main figures of which were announced today by Austen Cham berlain, chancellor of the - exchequer. The revenue Is put at 1.168,650.000 pounds, and the expenditures at 1,642, 295,000 pounds. The chancellor stated that'. Great Britain owes the United States 9842,000.000. ; '- - -.f , v. . t (According to the present rate of ex ehanra' the Enrllsh sound ; sterline Is worth about 94.19 in 'American money. He -normal -pre-war value was Z4XS.) ARREST EXPECTED TO CLEAR MURDER Dr. Marie Eqni's Conviction Under Espionage Law Is in Portland Woman Must Serve Three Years and Pay $500 " Fine for Seditious Talk. Dr. Marie Equi. convicted of sedi tious utterances in violation of the j espionage law, must serve three years In McNeill federal prison and pay a $500 fine, the United States circuit court of appeals at San Fran cisco today decided. Dr. Equi was sentenced by Federal Judge Bean December 31, 1918. but she carried an appeal which was ar gued last June at San Francisco. A telegram to United States Attorney Bert E. Haneyj foday announced that Judge Bean's Sentence was. sustained. Dr. Equl was declared guilty by a Jury November 21 after a sensational trial. She was defended by George Vandeveer. attorney for the I. W. W., and E. E. Heckbert. She must serve her sentence unlena an appeal Is carried to the United States supreme court. Dr. Equl was indicted in Portland on eight counts ; growing out" of a speech he made June 27. 1918. before an Tu W. W. meeting.': Tne government alleged that she declared the "I. W. W. were not fighting for the flag containing the red. white and blue, nor the British flag, nor . a ' flfcg of any country, but that they stood for the red banner de noting the red blood of the industrial workers." i ' ,, She is said to have declared that the ruling class had been in power long enough ' and f that they pulled fellow workers, into the army to fight their eWn brothers and relatives. Members of the army and navy were "dirty, corruptible scum" was another alleged statement made by the woman. Pointing' (o ! the Irish revolutionists fighting Great Britain while that coun try was busy against the central powers, sho Js declared to have asserted that similarly the industrial workers should demand their '"rights." Dr. EojA was prominent befoRe the war in cannery strikes in Oregon and during a preparedness parade In Port land In' 19ls refused to carry an Amer- Llcan flag. - Colonel C E. 6. Wood of Portland represented Dt1. Equi, in the appeal case at San Francisco. -' Council; Prepares to Discuss New Public Market Ordinance The amended marltet ordinance as ap proved by the committee from the house wives of the 1 city which provided for daily closing at' 2 p. m. and Saturday closing at 6 p. m., elimination of maxi mum price charges, weekly alphabetical rotation of stalls, one agent to represent one producer,! and allowing agents to sell on commission, is now in Mayor Baker hands and will be presented to the city council W ednesday afternoon. In addition to these changes all those who sell on the market agree not to enter Into combinations to affect prices on the market Members of the council will discuss the amended ordinance as drawn up by Deputy City Attorney . Stanley Meyers, following &e recent Joint meeting of the council with the committee from the housewives. Decision as to a date for public hearing on the amended ordinance will follow Wednesday's discussion by the council.'; : Eoundhouse Burns; . ThreeT Engines Are Damaged by Fire Bend.. Oct. 27. Three locomotives used In logging operations were badly damaged and; the roundhouse of the Brooks-Scanlon Lumber company was burned to the ground in an early morn ing fire Sunday. The cause of the fire Is believed to have been combustion 'of oil. Owing to the ab sence of wind and a eavy fall of snow on the around and on lumbar nit n-o- by, the flames were kept within, the Duuomg. i ne ctiy ure department aided u sawmill xorce in noiaing tne names in check. The loss is. estimated at $15,000. p.; 4 I ' Publisher Who Made False Affidavits Now Out on $10,000 Bail . Indtananolia. Ina "kt 7"T Ml o t Pelaven Smith, publisher of the Indian- apous xsews, was arrested and later freed under f 10,000 bond today, for al leged violation of tha notital lw fnl.' lowing Indictment by the federal grand Jury sitting here. The arrest of the publisher follows the revelation that Charles Warren Fairbanks,' farmer vice president of the United States, waa own. er of three; fourths interest in the' In dianapolis News, whereas statements of OWnerShiD filed With tha Tntnffna Am. partment gave Smith as sole owner. flit.byin Auto, Man, DiessFromlnjunes M. W. Cleveland, aged 74, 274 Margin street, died : at S :S0 o'clock Sunday - eve ning in St Vincent's hospital from in juries received last Friday noon when he was run down by an auto althe corner of Brbadway and Glisan street. M. H. NewvUle, of Carlton, Or driver of the machine, was not to blame for the accident.! witnesses . told the police, and he was not arrested Deputr Cor oner Leo GoetschT announced 'thlsjmorn ing that ao Inquest would be oonduoted. Upheld Appeal 5 Portland Head of Grain Corpora tion Says There Is No Justifi cation for Increase in Price.. Following Sunday's Advance in, Bread Cost, City Begins In vestigation of Master Bakers. That every effort will be made by ; the government through the Port- -land office of the Grain corporation to stop any further advance in the price of flour until millers costs are increased, was announced today by Ma H. Houser, second 'vice prei ; dent of the Grain corporation for tha - ' Pacific Northwest. At the same time. Mayor Baker has started' municipal machinery at work on the Sunday advance In the price of bread, with the determination to prose-' cute guilty persons should evidence dls close that the Increase Is not Justifiable. "I find that millers are getting 'all ' their flour is worth on the basis of the cost to them of wheat," announced Houser, "and" I will fight any further . advance in the price as long as th cost to the millers is no higher than at , present. 5 ADVANCE IS COVERED v "I find that while there have been . ' ' advances of approximately 40c a bushel over the government basis for hard wheat, the average cost of wheat now held by millers' of this district is but 20 to 25 per cent over the government price. This advance is covered by the previous advances aggregating $1 a barrel- , . . ' "Soft wheat flour prices at this time . scarcely call for any advance in the wheat cost, the rise being principally to Offset the higher cost of manufacture and - cotton bags. , , s -rrweare'' etili l:offerlngv "to - sell 7 straight flour to the public at $10 per barrel In Jute bags of 140 pounds, while , (he millers are asking but $10.20 a bar, ret ' , . -, P&ICES ABE COMPARED 'While I . have made no full canvass of the situation, I am of the ' opinion 1 that either the bakera of Portland, are selling bread too cheaply or that Seattle la getting too much. The bakers' price here la 8 cents a loaf, while the Seattle' price Is 10 cents wholesale. That the higher price Is Justified Is Indicated by the fact that the department of Justice ; has investigated the Seattle prices and- has made nocom plaint. . . 1 "It costs Just as much for flour in -Portland as it does at Seattle and labor costs are practically the same,, .while y Seattle bakers are getting 2 cents a loaf - -more than Portland bakers are aUowed : to charge." ..' COMMITTEE IS APPOINTED " , ' Simultaneously with the announced rise of bread, the city rolled up , its ' sleeves this morning and started ma- -chinery that will determine - whether, or not the rise Is Justified..: ' ; V? A committee of five representative business men will be appointed . by Mayor Baker to start an Immediate liv vestigation. Every angle of the. situa tion will be peered Inter. Stanley Myera, deputy city attorney, will work in con junction with the mayor and the com- ' mlttee. Whether the rise was the out come of an agreement between members ; of the Master Bakers association will beohe of the main facts that the Inves tigators will sift out If so, the city will' prosecute. . . ,;. "We'll meet the bakers at their own , game," declared Mayor Baker. "The -committee appointed . will r. present . the people of Portland. No partisan Interest, will have a voice in the affair. We will tackle the problem we wlU find out tha facta In the case. If the bakers are guilty of boosting the price without Jus tification, then the law will fall and fall hard." .. : , . - ' , RECREANT CANTON : MAYOR REMOVED Governor Cox of Ohio Charges That Officer Failed to Pre-i: serve Order. . . Columbus, OhiOr Oct. 27. (L-- N. 6.)- Mayor Charles E. Poormaa of Canton was suspended front office by Governor Cox at noon .tofay tor alleged failure to preserve order in connection with the steel strike; lit Canton. ; r " ;' -. The suspension Is to continue for 30 days, effective immediately. . " During the suspension H. A. Schrantz, president i of the Canton city, council, will be acting mayor. ,.. t Judge, Mistaken for Burglar Is yyouride:' . vMM.aarrrsMBt . . p Fort Smith. Ark.; Oct. 27-(I. N. F .1 Judge Paul Little of the Twelfth ju ; court was i shot ; and probably u t wounded early . today by. Guy .Wi:: his brother-in-law who claims he look Judge Little for a burjrlar. 'lams waa placed under a JOO'j') 1 a charge of assault to fcf.i.