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coming back? There Is possibility of It. and Lady Duff -Gordon in the" Magazine Section of next Sunday's Journal dts eusses the threatened return of the "Hour Glass Figure." PRICE TWO CENTS on Twain AND NlWt STANDS riVI CENTS VOL. XVIII. NO. 217 MS- SnHi.-B PORTLAND, OREGON. MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 17, 1919. SIXTEEN PAGES RIFLE FUSILLADE INDICA TES BA TTLE WITH i LIVESTOCK SHOW OPENS GATES TO FOURTEENTH LODGE RESERVA TION VOTED REDS; THOUSANDS: DO WN . I BIG PAW S OPENED TO Opening of Great Smwrn North Portland Today Proves Revela tion to Hundreds of Viewers. Formal Dedication of $300,000 Structure in Afternoon to Mark New Era in Stock Industry. With hundreds of people throng ing the great new pavilion, of the Pacific International Livestock ex- position at North Portland, viewing the herds of cattle, the bands of wooly aheep, the fat porkers and the sleek horses there on display, the ninth annual show openedMn its new housing with official ceremonies at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Practically all the exhibits were in place, and over Sunday all had been made ready for the formal opening. Mrs. Alan Green unlocked the great building Sunday afternoon with keys dropped from an airplane by Generaf Man ager Ov.M. Plummer, and the Infor mal eeremony was witnessed by fc. thousands. Tonight's horse show is being looked forward to with interest by society folk as weH as owners of fine horse flesh, and many bpx parties nave been ar ranged for the event. w ; The entries for the horse shew, an nounced this morning. Include the par ticipation of 22 members of the Portland Hunt club and their mounts. Other en tries are : Draft horsesBest pair weighing over 1600 pounds. ;Slx entries. Novice saddle horses Horses over 14.2 hands high. Barred If won blue ribbon before. Judged BO per cent on conforma- tlpn and quality snd 50 on paces and manners. Eighteen entries. Roadster class with four wheeled cart Judged on general appearance. Ladies' driver class Judged 85 . per cent, on horse and 15 on appointments. Saddle horses Judged on paces, man ners and general appearance. Heavyweight class : Heavy harness horse, with runabout Judged horse 60 per cent und appoint ments n. Ladles' saddle horses: Lightweight hunters To he ridden over four successive jumps. Three feet timber and one foot brush. The show will open at 7 :40 p. m. Memorial plates in honor of five lead ing supporters of the Pacific Northwest livestock Industry were unveiled today (Concluded or Pigu Tan. Column Two) Secretary Glass to Accept Senator ship Washington. Nov. 17. (I. N. S.) At the request of President Wilson, Secre tary of the Treasury .Glass will accept the appointment of Governor Davis of Virginia making him senator to succeed the late Senator Thomas Staples Mar tin. This announcement was made at the White House today. John S. Reed May Have Perished on Blockade Runner New York. Nov. 17. (I. N, S.) A ship financed by a Wall street mil lionaire and Chicago interests sailed from New York for Russia more than a month ago with the mission of breaking the British blockade to open trade relations between the United States and the soviet govern ment, it was learned today from au thoritative sources. It carried cre dentials to the soviet government. It's only passenger was a stowaway John S.' Reed, ' writer and revolutionist. Refused permission to go as a member of the crew. Reed smuggled himself on board. - The ship's fate is in doubt Whether it perished, was blown to "smithereens" by British torpedoes or safely landed at Its destination no one knows, as no word has been received from it since it em barked from New York. Millions were risked on the venture. The ship flew the American - flag, having received clearance papers as a . freighter bound for a Scandinavian port, and was manned by a picked .crew of men Who were willing to undertake the dangerous voyage for adventure. . - Bandit Robs Girl Who Gives Fight When an Insult Is Proffered Her Victim ' Gives Up $15 and Ring, and Is Severely Cut and Scratched in Tussle. Held up by a left-handed man di rectly in front of her home, Miss Fries, 438 Going street, was robbed of $16 and an opal ring was ripped from her finger by an unidentified assailant, with whom she was forced to scuffle to free herself at 1:40 o'clock this morning. Miss Fries, an usher at a downtown theatre, was returning home from her work when she was accosted. She sub mitted to the robbery until the thief's conduct aroused her fighting Instinct In the struggle she wasbadly scratched and cut. Motorcycle Policemen Stiles and Kee- gan learned that the robber was a short, heavy set man with a white handker chief over his face. Neighbors report seeing such a man in company with an other and larger man early Sunday eve ning. Several hours prior to Miss Fries' ex perience the same man is supposed to have accosted Mrs. J. G. Armstrong, 993 Mississippi avenue, at the corner of Hlandena street and Albina avenue. Mrs. Armstrong was stopped at 9 :30 p. m. by the robber, who wore a white mask and brandished a gun in his left hand. Mrs. Armstrong? was left unmo lested when she declared she had no money. When details- of the attacks were learned all available officers from the second night relief were sent to the scene In an effort to hem in, the robber and capture him. but the coup' was not successful. ,. In the meantime police headquarters received a call from "1238 Going street," and upon Investigation of an alleged robbery, patrolmen were unable to find any such number. Towey, Drunk While Driving Recklessly, Gets Fine and Jail T. J. Towey of 1380 Hawthorne ave nue, contractor, was fined ..1200 and sentenced to 30 days in the city jail this morning by Municipal Judge Ross man when found guilty of driving an automobile while intoxicated. Towey was arrested Sunday night ati'East Twelfth Btreet and Hawthorne avenue by Patrolman White, after he. had collided with a streetcar between Grand avenue and the Hawthorne bridge. White said Towey was under the influence of liquor. Towey blamed his accident to faulty brakes. Counsel for Towey served notice of appeal. Bond was fixed at 1500 by the court. Is Body Found That Of Portland Woman? Oakland, Cal.. Nov. 17. (I. N. &) Working on the possibility that the woman whose mutilated body was found In a ravine near Martinez in Contra Costa county is a Portland, Or., woman, the Oakland police today notified the Portland authorities to search for a Mrs. Holmes of that city. Records of the Portland police show no Mrs. Holmes who is unaccounted for. It was to land at the Scandinavian port to take on a cargo of foodstuffs stored in Norway and Sweden by Chi cago interests during the war. If It suceeded in avoiding the fire of British guns, the plan was to send other ships along tne route It had taken. John S. Reed, sent to Europe by a magazine, was in Russia at the out break of the revolution. He returned to the United States several-months ago with papers accrediting him as the first Bolshevist consul to the United States and was one of the organizers of the Communist Labor party. Kees ts a former Portland man who attained much note during the Russian revelution by his writings for Amer ican magazines. He is widely known nere. Hla brother. Harry Reed, connected with a Portland bond house, today said he had not heard from his brother' for Bevera! weeks, the last letter contain ing no allusions whatever to the block ade running expedition. Until informed by The Journal, Reed was unaware of the possible feat of hla- brother and expressed much Inter est, In details, so. far as known, of the expedition. , - r LODGE CROWD SUFFERS ITS FIRST LOSS Forty-One Republicans Line Up With Democrats in Voting on Senator's 14th Reservation. President in Hopes Senate Will Adjourn and Go Home and Find Out Views of Constituents. Senator's Last Reservation. Washington, Nov. 17. (U. P.) The Lodge reservation program re ceived Its first reverse In the senate today when reservation 14 was beat en 64 to 29. The defeated treaty reservation would have prevented acceptance by this coun try of any interest in the disposition of former German colonies. Forty-one Re publicans voted against the reservation. The fifteenth and last Lodge reserva tion was immediately 'taken up and was summarily defeated by the vote of 36 to K6. This reservation would have reserved to the United States full power to deter mine what questions affected its honor and vital interest. President Wilson doubts whether the treaty will be ratified at this session of congress, Hitchcock intimated. The president thought it might be a good plan to let congress adjourn with the treaty still pending, so certain sen ators could go back to their constituents and find out how the home folks felt about, rejection of the treaty," Hitch-1 Both he and the president are confi dent that a result "satisfactory to everybody" will be obtained in the end. .1. i CONTEST GAIT HIT Many Workers Mobilize for Sec ond Week in Event Staged by The Journal. The opening of the second week of The Journal's Sunday school contest was featured by the mobilization of workers, appointment of commit tees, election of Sunday school con test managers and the discussion of the campaign now under way. A. eommlttee of three, headed by George Henderson, formerly an employe of The Journal, was appointed by E. K. Bartmess, Sunday school superintendent of the First United Brethren church, to handle the campaign for that organiza tion. Henderson was later elected con test manager for the Sunday school, and he will take an active part in its cam paign. The contest manager of The Journal will deliver his first address in regard to the campaign at the First United Brethren church Tuesday evening. Leon S. Jackson of The Journal gave a brier talk to tne memoers oi me United Brethren (Cloverdale) church, on Jessup street, Sunday evening, in which he explained the points of The Journal's contest. This shows what two live Sunday schools think of The Journal's Sunday school contest. Each of them is very enthusiastic over the contest and will stage a snappy campaign. On December 22 The Journal will award three cash prizes $300, $150 and $50, respectively to three energetic Sunday schools. These' schools will have the largest number of votes In The Journal's Sunday school want ad con test. Inquiries about any detail of the con test will be cheerfully answered. Phone Main 7173 or A-6051 and ask for the Contest Managef. Senate Committee Favors Humphreys For U. S. Attorney Washington. Nov. 17. (WASHING TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.) The senate judiciary committee today authorized a favorable report on the nomination of Lester W. Humphreys as district attorney for Oregon, and it will be formally reported tomorrow. Disguised Germans Steal Across Border Washington, Nov. 17. (I. N. tL) Ger man subjects are attempting to enter the United States by way , of Mexico dis guised as Polish subjects, the state de partment announced today. . Steps have been taken to , prevent he entrance of the masqu trader a,, it was stated. SUNDAY SCHOOL CENTRALIA MURDER SUSPECTS AND MAP OF LATEST FIGHTING HERE arc eight of the reputed I. W. W. gunmen under arrest in Centralia and Chehalis and charged with the murder of Amer ican Legion members in the Armistice day shooting at Centralia. Reading from left to right, they are: T. C. Morgan, Eugene Barnette, J. H. Mclnerney, Bert Faulkner, O. C. Bland, J. H. Lamb, Britt Smith and Roy Becker. (Photographs by Ekman Studio, Centralia.) In the center is a map of the country north and east of Centralia, where the missing I. W. W. are believed to be hiding. A cabin in Pierce county, just over the Thurston county line, is the stronghold of the Reds and is now being besieged by a posse of American Legion members. Before this cabin Saturday afternoon John Haney, member of the posse, was killed when an attempt was made to rush the stronghold. The place is about 23 miles east and slightly north of Centralia, is in the heart of the Rainier national forest, and can be reached only by trails. viv " ' ' ' x 1ivn ,7 il . vjL ' V - ft Mi X. ! COUNTY A-VS-x, t j? - ' v. I s!!r " mi i ii I f i y . . FURTHER WAGE RISE WJ 3 -M &1 IMPOSSIBLE BY CITY k :A ff Mayor and Commissioners De clare Finances Will Not Per mit of Salary Increases. "The last cent in salary Increases has been given by the city council," asserted Mayor Baker this morning to Chief of Police Jenkins and Lieu tenant Fred West, who appeared be fore the council asking- for increases for sergeants and two lieutenants of the local department. "Our backs are against the financial wall we are absolutely blocked, as far as any additional ' increases are con cerned," declared the mayor. "We simply can't do it The last penny in raises has been spent. MAKE GOOD OR QUIT "Tell the men to go out and make a record tell them to show us that they deserve their present salaries," contin ued the mayor. "Let me say that we will go the limit for the members of the department But let them likewise re member that unless they demonstrate their worth they will have to hunt new Jobs." "As far as I'm concerned there will be no more salary increases," declared Commissioner Barbur. "We will have to cut rather than Increase. We can't raise another salary it's impossible without wrecking the city financially." Commissioner Pier declared himself forcibly against additional' raises, as did Commissioners Bigelow and Mann. "We won't even have $150,000 to meet all emergencies for the coming year," said Pier. "We have gone the limit If employes are not willing to work at their present pay, let them seek other jobs. It's their only alternative." . , WAGE DEMAND TURNED DOWN Commissioner Bigelow turned a deaf ear to a city employe this morning who asked foe an increase in salary and who threatened to quit his post unless his de mands were granted. - "As far as I am concerned, you can quit now," thundered Bigelow. We can't raise your salary a rul ont Uot' final. , General Menoher Is Coming to Inspect Spruce Properties Of Intensified Interest, because of the charges and counter charges flying about Washington concerning the spruce production division, is the announce ment that General Charles T. Menoher, head of the aircraft division, will ar rive in Portland at 7:45 p. m. Tuesday, via the Northern Pacific. The visit Is announced as part of an inspection trip. General Menoher will receive the re port of Lieutenant Colonel C. P. Stearns showing progress made in disposing of spruce production broperties aside from mills, railroads and timber tracts. House Will Close Labor With Action On Two Measures Washington, Nov. 17. (I. N. S. Ir respective of action by the senate, the house will discontinue all work for this session with the passage of the Esch railroad 1H1 and the Penrose resolution extending until January 15 the control of the war trade board over Importa tions of chemical dyes and dyestuffs, Republican Leader Mondell announced today. Frazier's Boom for President Launched Chicago, Nov. 17. L N. S.) A boom for Lynn J. Frazier, governor of North Dakota, for president of the United States was launched at today's-session of the Public Ownership league ' of America. I :-t bP'?; I, B i INHERITANCE TAX E Valuation of Emmeline Sweeny Estate Ordered Raised by Cir cuit Judge Tazwell. In circuit court today Judge Taz well upheld State Treasurer O. P. Hoffs contention that tbe appraisal of the estate of Emmeline A. Sweeny was too low and ordered the Valua tion raised from $398,080. to $773, 1?5. The protest of the state treas urer was based on bis own appraisal of the estate, from which he found that tbe stock in tbe Sweeny Invest ment company was listed at $374,955, when its value should have been, $750,000, Other properties appraised in the original report to the court were prop erly appraised, so far as the state treas urer could determine, and no protest was made to them. Two legal points were established by Judge Tazwell in his findings. The first Is that the federal tax does not consti tute an exemption. . The second is that each inheritance is entitled to a $5000 exemption but that this must be de ducted from the first $35,000 instead of from the entire inheritance. "These points are important," de clared Deputy State Treasurer Joseph D. Richardson, who assisted Assistant Attorney General Van W'.nkle In handling the case, "because of the large estates whose outcome is still pending." ft InMi... mMni Kskif? AAA J to the state Inheritance tax. INCREAS DM) "Defective Brakes" Is Not Good Excuse For Auto Fatality By Ward A. Irvine Many automobile drivers do not know that the brakes on which they are depending for helr own and the public's safety are defective until a killing or smashup has occurred. The brakes with which they expect to bring the car to a stop fall at the critical moment and another victim is carried away to the hospital or the morgue. The driver had not tested his brakes. Not long ago a machine with six oc cupants was traveling 25 miles an hour along Division street At Sixtieth a street car turned In. and was to cross the path of the automobile as it veered n-M.thwrd two blocks farther out Car and automobile were racing along at approximately the same speed. The autoist applied his brakes to avoid a collision, and it was only after cover ing 185 feet that the driver brought his machine to a stop, by sending it into a telephone pole. He had saved from in jury and possibly from death six per sons whose lives' were dangerously threatened by defective brakes. In another case an old man was seri ously Injured by an uncontrollable car. After the accident the machine sped along 120 feet before Jwo traffic offi cers, one at tbe foot and the other at the emergency brake, could bring It to a stop. It should have been halted In 39 feet. "First and foremost among the causes of accidents due to mechanical condi tion of the car, are brakes," comments Captain Lewis, chief of the traffic bu reau. "Scores of drivers start down town- with machines thinking the brakes are all right, only to find at the critical moment that they will not hold. This is one of the most common causes of acci dents, and Is very often the excuse given for collisions which end the life of an Innocent victim or mutilate a little girl for life." ' And we have the spectacle of drivers knowingly breaking the law anr all rules of safety by speeding about the city with full knowledge that thelr RIFLE FIRE HEARD NEAR REDS' CABIN Report to Centralia From Olym pia Says Decisive Battle Was Likely Fought at Dusk Sunday. Continuous Fusillade of Shots Is Heard at Mining Camp; Woods Swarming With- Armed Men. n Frod II. McNeil ' (JounuU Btaff Corrupondent) Chehalis, Wash., Nov. 17. A. de cisive battle between posses of armed citizens and pursued members of the I. W. VV. is believed to have taken place at dubk Sunday at a point near the cabin where John Haney le thought to have been killed Satur day afternoon. News to this effect came to the cen tral committee in Centralia t noon to day from H. B. Fultz. secretary of the Chamber of Commerce at Olympla, who In turn received It by Way of messenger from the scene of the battle. This messenger. Fults said over the telephone, brought word that heavy rifle firing had commenced at twilight Sun day and had continued for a long period. The messenger came from the copper mine country, six miles north of the cabin where Haney is supposed to have lost his life and the shack in which Bert -Bland and other I. W. W. outlaws are said to have fortified themselves. This Teflon Is on SKookumchuck rlv" 23 miles northeast of Centralia and 24 miles southeast of Olympls. Haney lived in this section, and all his friends have been roused to a point where they have sworn vengeance. The messenger told Kultz that the woods In -the neighborhood was literally alive with armed men and It Is taken for granted that a pitched and decisive battle has at last taken plaoe between the oltfiene and the assassins. In all likelihood the fight from which the rifle firing resulted was between posse of 23 men who left Centralia early , Sunday morning and who were due to reach the hunter's cabin somewhere near dusk. These 23 men were Joined by four other men from Thurston county. Direct news Is momentarlaly awaited here by courlT. Arrangements Jrave already been made to care for any who may have been wounded. An ambulance, with Coroner David (Conrludrd on ri Two, Column Two) brakes are defective. They deliberately place property and life In jeopardy. Only Thursday a truck was waiting at Broadway and Hoyt for a street car to pass. A machine traveling at moderate speed crashed into the truck. The driver of the car admitted that his view was unobstructed and that he had abundant time to stop, but gave as excuse that hla brake were faulty- The man wno drives with defective brakes, in case of accident. Is responsi ble therefor. A city ordinance expressly, states that persons shall not drive with such brakes, and In case of death ' from an accident the driver would be held for manslaughter, Captain Lewis explains, because of the condition of his brakes. Under ordinary conditions, they are prima facie evidence of guilt. The driver should know whether or not his brakes are faulty, Lewis asserts, and If he does know and drives his car under the cir cumstances, he Is amenable to law. Recognizing the terrible toll exacted on human life and limb In Portland by automobile accidents and realizing ne cessity of eliminating the causes, the' Portland Ad club will stage a safety first program at the regulsr meeting' Wednesday noon at the Benson hotel. "The Outlaw," a drama featuring King" Carelessness and Hla Imps, will depict the dangers through which the public must pass daily, and Indicate tbe cost of carelessness. Short talks on safety are other features of the Ad club pro gram. Other clubs are expected to hold si ml lar programs in a campaign of accident prevention. Miss Warren Admits She Killed Woman Mineola. L. L. Nov. 17. (L N. S.) The brutal murder of Mrs. Clara Branch. ' who was hacked to death wlth a hatchet ' In her home near Valley: Stream. L. IH was cleared up this morning when Mies Maria Warren confessed that she did It, according to an announcement by Die- trlct Attorney Charley R. Weeks pf Naw sau county s IT