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."
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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"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
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