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day, fair; winds northeasterly.
Minimum temperatures Monday:
Portland 16 New Orleans.. . . 6.
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-Los Angeles 44 St. Paul
An Illustrated article by Rene Bache In
next Sunday's Journal goes Into detailed
explanation of why the bodies of Amer
ican soldiers who fall in France should be
left In French solL It'a rather grew some,
but It'a true and startling.
VOL. XVIII. NO.
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PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 10, . 1920. EIGHTEEN PAGES.
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LIQUOR TRADE
Royal Speech From Throne Con-
vening Parliament Says Peace
Time Regulation Is Necessary.
Monarch Makes Appeal for Peace
in Eastern Europe and Russia;
Much Concerned Over Ireland.
Tondon. Feb. 10. (I. S. S.)
Premier Lloyd George, addressing
the house of commons late this aft
ernnon, declared British forces
would not be withdrawn from Ire
land until "an alternative machin
ery" ha been set up.
The premier said that it was lm
ponslble to make peace with the Bol
shevik government in Russia.
By Floyd Macgriff
London, Feb. 10. (I. N. S.)
That Great Britain Is preparing to
curb her liquor traffic was revealed
by King George tolay In his speech
from the throne convening parlia
ment. - "The war showed the danger of
excessive drinking, and a bill suit
able -for peace time regulation of al
coholic beverages Is forthcoming,"
said the king.
'King George appealed for peace In
Eastern Kurope and Russia, saying
"So long as these vast regions withhold
their full contribution of the world's
commodities the. coet of living cannot
be. reduced, nor general prosperity re
Stored throughout the world."
WORRIED ABOUT IRELAND
Touching on the acute Irish situation,
King George declared that "conditions
in Ireland cause me grave concern." He
continued :
"But proposals will soon be laid be
fore you for a better government In that
country, such as were outlined at the
end of the last session. Also some bill
containing further provisions for educa
tion In Ireland will be submitted."
King George expressed the hope that
peace would soon be effected with Hun
gary and Turkey and that the Adriatic
controversy will be settled. He said
that excellent relations prevail among
the allien.
"I believe the British empire is mak
ing rapid strides towards stability and
prosperity, but it Is essential for all
classes to throw themselves Into, the
work of reconstruction," said the king.
"The adverse exchange rates are
menacing our food supplies. Therefore
bills should be considered to stimulate
production and develop the fishing In
dustry." The king's constructive recommenda
tions Included :
CONSTRUCTIVE PROGRAM
1. An enduring settlement of the coal
miners' controversy.
1. Alleviation of unemployment, mini
mum wage, hours of employment and
Insurance.
t. Health Insurance.
4. An antl-dumptng measure to pro
tect British goods.
5. Utilization of waterpower.
6. Reform In the house of lords.
Parliament, which reconvened today,
after nearly two months' recess, began
a session which some political observers
predict may end In a general election.
The old pre-war pomp and splendor
marked the opening session, and the
scene In the house of lords was given a
vivid dash of color by the jewels and
gowns of the peeresses In the royal gal
lery and the uniforms of the men.
King George and Queen Mary, attired
In royal robes, drove In state to the par
liament building, accompanied by the
Prince of Wales.
Demand for 1920 Expected to
Exceed the Supply by 150,
000,000 Gallons.
San Francisco, Feb. 10. (I. N.
B.) An Increase In the price of gaa
olfne and naptha because of an ex
treme shortage is Indicated here to
day in a statement issued by K. R.
Kingsbury, president of the Stand
ard Oil Company of California.
The statement points out that the de
mand for gasoline during 120 will prob
t bly exceed the supply of 1SO.000.000 gal
lons. While Kingsbury - does not state
that the Standard Oil Company of Cal
ifornia plana an Immediate Increase, he
points out that the gasoline Imported
from mid-continent fields would sell on
the Pacific coast at from 2B to 10 cents
per gallon.
Unf illed Tonnage in
January More Than
That for February
New Torkv Feb. 10. (V. P.) Unfilled
tonnage of the United States Steel cor
. poration totaled 9.S85.441 on January SI.
an increase of 1.020,075 over that of the
previous month, it was announced to-
day..; - ..; ' '
" Unfilled tonnage on December II. 1919,
r was I.26M6S, and on November 10, mi.
ic .-was i.iza,iau,
GASOLINE SHORT;
PRICE MAY RISE
Did You See This Man Thursday Noon?
ERNEST DESCAMPS, wealthy Portland Frenchman, who
mysteriously disappeared at 10:30 o'clock last Thursday,
February 5, and who, his friends fear, may have been the
man. portions of whose body were picked up Saturday in Sulli
van's gulch, wrapped in Newspapers, one of which was dated
February 2. The picture is a snapshot taken of Descamps at
Rhododendron."
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OFFICIALS TO TELL
WHAT SIMS SAID
Senator Glass and Congressmen
Byrnes and Whaley Called
Before Committee.
Washington. Feb. 10. U. P.)
Senator Carter Glass. Virginia, Con
gressmen Byrnes, South Carolina,
and Whaley, South Carolina, all
Democrats, were asked to testify
before the senate naval affairs sub
committee this afternoon regarding
the statements Rear Admiral Sims
Is charged with having made to
them while they were visiting Eu
rope during the war.
Sims today flatly denied the state
ments attributed to him by Byrnes In a
recent speech in the house.
Senator Pittman. Democrat requested
that the congressmen be called to state
their recollection of what Sims said.
Byrnes In his speech quoted Sims as
having declared that the armistice had
to be signed because Pershing a sup
plies failed, that Great Britain carried
two thirds of the American troops to
France and that the United States
ought to abandon hopes of a. world-wide
merchant marine and Heave the seas to
Great Britain."
Senator Glass and the two congress
men will testify at 2:30 today.
"I consider these very serious
charges," 8enator Pittman said in mak
ing his request.
Sure, replied Aamlral alms indif
ferently, bringing a titter from the
audience.
New York Is Swept
By Second Blizzard
New York. Feb. 10. (I. N. SO With
traffic conditions already at a standstill
as a result of the recent bllssard, an
other heavy snowstorm struck New
York city early today. The snowfall
was accompanied by a high wind which
began' to pile up new drifts in streets
that already resembled scenes from the
Swiss Alps. The thermometer regis
tered 30 degrees above zero.
JAPANESE
FEAR R ED
I JN V ASION
SAN FRANCIfiCO, Feb. 10. (L
N. S.) AJexandrooak, capi
tal of the island of Sakhalin, has
been captured by Siberian Bol
aberlkl and the Japanese fear
Invasion, declares a special cable
dispatch via Honolulu, received
here today by the Japanese)
World, daily paper.
Fear was expressed that , the
BolsheTikl would next Invade
Japan.
The dispatch was dated' Tokio
and was forwarded from there
to IJonoIulu and thence here.
The southern portion of the
Island of Sakhalin was ceded to
Japan by the treaty of Ports
mouth, September ft, 1905..
TOTAL 2 BILLION
Rail Workers Tell Hines Strike
Is Certain Unless Full De
mands Are Granted.
Washington. Feb. 10. (U. P.)
Leaders' of two million railroad
workers threatening strike today .
disagreed on methods of conducting ;
further negotiations with Rail Dl
rector Hines.
"Washington. Feb. 10. U. P.)
Leaders of two million closely or
ganized union railroad workers were
to go into conference with Rail Di
rector Hines here today to receive
a direct answer to their demands for
immediate wage increases totalling
$2,000,000,000 a year.
Hines promised to give them his an
swer In writing, leaders said.
"If It Isn't what we want, well
strike." said President W. G. Lee of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. "The
time for dickering is past."
Hines will tell the delegation the full
Increase Is Impossible at this time. It
was plainly Indicated, although the rail
director has made no statement of his
decision. It Is well understood, how
ever, that he plans to admit the rail
workers are entitled to some Increases.
He Is expected to propose some form of
Investigation and settlement through an
Independent agency, probably a com
mission to be named by President
Wilson.
Mother Tells How
And Why She Killed
12-Year-01d Child
New York. Feb. 10. (1. N. S.) Dry
eyed and without any show of emotion,
Mrs. Kmily May Favre, 34 years old,
told today how she had killed her 12-year-old
daughter, Emily Margaret,
while she was asleep.
'Margaret was asleep," she said. "I
watched her a long time before I did it.
Then I felt for her heart and pointed
the pistol there. I watched to be sure
she was dead. Then I crawled into bed
with her. Several times I decided to
kill myself, but the determination al
ways left me."
The tragedy occurred last Saturday
and the mother stayed In bed with her
dead child until yesterday, when the
murder was discovered.
"What did I do all that time?" she
repeated after a question. "Why. I was
just thinking all the time. Indeed I did
love her, but I was tired of life, just
tired."
The mother said she killed her child
because she was sickly and medicines
seemed to do her no good. Mrs. Favre
and her daughter came here from New
Orleans several months ago. She had
sought work as a motion picture actress,
but was unsuccessful. She will be ar
raigned today on a charge of murder.
Wife Alleges Her
Husband 'Prefers'
Sleeping on Floor
Hlllsboro. Feb. 10. Helen H. Cudllpp,
who was married to Dr. John H. Cud-,
lipp, Portland dentist. April 21. 1915, has
sued for divorce. She charges that her
husband often boasted that he could eas
ily secure another wife and that he
sleeps on the floor.
The wedding of Dr. and Mrs. Cudllpp
five years ago was a surprise to Port
land society. Mrs. Cudllpp was Miss
Helen Hall, daughter of prominent Irv
ington residents.
Netherlands Seeks
Peace Protection
Washington. Feb. 10. (U. P.) The
government of the Netherlands has
called a conference of neutral states to
be held at The Hague. February 18. to
consider a plan for protection of their
interests under the international court
to be created by the Xjeague of Nations,
the state department was advised to
day. 16 to 1 Ratio Urged
To Stabilize Rates
Washington, Feb. 10. (I. N. S.) "Ke-
establlshment of the ancient ratio be
tween silver and gold." as a means of
stabilising the rates of International ex
change, was urged in the senate this
afternoon! by Senator Thomas, Demo
crat). Colorado. .
MISSING LINKS
HINDER QUEST
OF MURDERER
Police and Sheriff's Offices Con
tinue to Seek Clues Which
Might Explain Gulch Mystery,
No Trace of Ernest Descamps,
Missing From Beaverton, Yet
Found; He May Be' Victim?
Police were Informed this after
noon that other portions of the body
had been found somewhere In the
Peninsula district.
Wrflle police grasp at every straw
of evidence tending to prove that
the anatomical fragments of a man
found In Sullivan's Gulch Saturday
afternoon are parts of the body of
Ernest Descamps, Beaverton farm
er, former Portland wholesale liquor
dealer and unique character in the
night life of a few years; ago, the
disappearance of Descamps today
remained absolute.
Descamps has not been seen by any
known friend since W :30 o'clock last
Thursday morning. Meanwhile those
who know the man declare the limbs
found wrapped In packages and tossed
Into the gulch under the Grnd avenue
viaduct fit in perfectly with the genaral
physical description of the missing man.
A dark gray fedora hat and pair of
gray overalls found near the mysterious
packages In the gulch on Thursday were
not worn by Descamps, according to the
positive assertion of B. L. Griffith,
whose Beaverton farm adjoins the Des
camps property. ,
The effort to identify the parts :f a
body with the disappearance of Des
camps remains a maze of questions,
wjth all friends of the missing man
agreeing that Descamps might have
been murdered for the money he was
known to possess. It has been pointed
out today that. Instead of being shipped
to Portland for disposition or even
dropped over the viaduct railing to tfce
rocks below, the packages containing
the lower limbs of a man could have
been hurled from a moving train upon
( Concluded en Pas Two. Column Three.)
CASTLE IS TAKEN
Police Station at Cork and Arms
and Ammunition Fall Into
Hands of Rebels.
London. Feb. 10. (I. N. S.)
Two hundred Sinn Feiners attacked
and captured the castle Martyr po
lice station in Cork, seizing a large
quantity of arms and ammunition,
said a Central News dispatch from
Cork today. Five Sinn Fein prison
ers were being detained at the police
station when the attack was made.
The British military authorltes at
Cork have begun a vigorous search
for the raiders.
Dr. Boyd Likely to
Occupy Old Pulpit
From May to August
Unless a permanent minister should
be appointed. Dr. John H. Boyd, for
merly pastor of the First Presbyterian
church of Portland, and now professor
of homilettcs In McCormick theological
seminary, Chicago, will replace Dr.
Howard Agnew Johnston May 1 and
serve temporarily until August 1.
rr. Johnston, who has been filling the
pulpit. Is on temporary leave of ab
sence from his church in Chicago, to
which he returns the first of May. Dr.
Boyd was for many years pastor of the
First Presbyterian church here, but left
last year for his present work in Chi
cago. Accessory Dealers
Admitted to Coming
Automobile Exhibit
At a meeting of the Dealers' Motor
Car association of Oregon, Monday night
at the Benson hotel, reports from vari
ous committees appointed to attend to
the coming automobile show were heard,
and further plans were laid to take care
of the throngs of visitors who are ex
pected during the week of February 22.
Among other Important moves was the
decision to admit the accessory dealers
to the show, and space for 36 exhibits
authorised.
Army Regiments
To Be Allocated
Washington, Feb. 10. (I. N. S.)
Regiments of the United States army
will be allocated to every state In the 4
union for "recruiting purposes" and to
create "a bond cf sympathetic Interest
between the people and the new army,"
according- to a statement received from
Secretary of War Baker today by
bars of congress. '
BY SINN FEB
ARRESTS OF
JEN NEAR IN
SHIP INQUIRY
W. A. Magee, Successor to Cap
tain Blain, Included in Those
for Whom Warrants Issued.
Employes of Ship Plants on the
Sound, and Attorneys, Named;
Blain Now Faces New Charge.
Seattle. Wash.. Feb. 10. (U. P.)
Warrants for the arrest of ten men
prominent in northwest shipbuilding
circles were Issued today following
their Indictment by the federal grand
Jury for alleged shipbuilding Irregu
larities. BLAIN'8 SUCCESSOR ACCC8EI
Those indicted are :
W. A. Magee. who succeeded Captain
John F. Blain as Northwest district
manager for the Emergency Fleet cor
poration. H. F. Ostrander, export and Import
snipper, hm unices ui urn y uulu- ,
ln"' I
Albert Schubach, president of ' the '
Grays Harbor Motorship corporation,
financed by the Slcjan Brothers.
C. N. Seaborn, president of the Sea
born Shipbuilding company, Tacoma.
Phillip Morrison, also of the Seaborn
company.
TOOK EXTRAS IS CHARGE
Bruce Shorts, affiliated with the law
firm of Ballinger, Battle. Hurlbert & !
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Shorts, and. with the Grays Harbor cor-
poratT T . T, t
A. H. Hoonan, of the Grays Harbor
corporation.
A. B. SffSy. A. Bfc Hunt and Montey
Ward, all of the Grays Harbor corpora-
Uon.
Collection of $o4.000 charged as "ex-
tras" on ships, but alleged to have never
been installed, is the count against Mor
rison, Ostrander and Seaborn. Their
bail was fixed at $5000.
The other seven indicted are all affil
iated with the Sloan concern. They are
alleged to have accepted a bonus of
810,600 for early delivery of a ship when
they were only entitled to $3000.
BONDS ARE ALLOWED
Bonds for th Grays Harbor men was
fixed at $2500 each.
A new Indictment was also returned
against Captain John F. Blain, former
North Pacific district manager of the
Emergency Fleet corporation. The new
indictment cites six similar alleged
transactions with the Stuart Davit A
Equipment company and covers 169
typewritten pages.
Original Bean-Barrett Bill Lim
ited State, Court Holds;
$3,789,731 Involved.
Salem, Feb. 10. Only the enact
ment into law by the special legisla
tive session of House Bill No. 74,
enlarging the powers of the state
board of control aa conferred under
th Bean-Barrett bill of 1917 to
cover all available federal post and
forest road funds, has saved to the
state of Oregon the $3,789,731.77 al
lotted to this state for post and for
est roads under the federal act of
1919.
In an opinion, written by Justice Har
ris and handed down by the Oregon su
preme court this morning. It is held,
under the provisions of the original
Bean-Barrett act that the state board
of control was limited In the Issuance
of state bonds to meet federal appro
priations to the $1,820,386.50 made avail
able under the provisions of the Shack
leford bill, the terms of which the Bean
Barrett act were intended to cover.
The case was before the supreme
court on a mandamus proceeding by
which the state highway commission
was seeking to compel the state board
of control to Issue an additional $1,000,-
000 worth of bonds under the provisions
of the Bean-Barrett act. The board of
control had refused to comply with the
request of the highway commission, be
cause of the fact that there had already
been Issued $1,200,000 in Bean-Barrett
bonds, leaving only $620,886,50 more
available of the Shackleford fund.
The highway commission, however,
contended that the Bean-Barrett act
was sufficiently elastic in its construc-
(CoDohided on Par Three. Column Three)
German Chancellor,
Without Dress Suit,
Attends Press Ball
Berlin. Feb. 10. Oustav Bauer, So
cial Democratio chancellor of Germany,
does not possess a swallow tall dress
suit. He has the unique distinction of
being the first German chancellor and
possibly the only premier in Europe not
owning such a garment.
Herr Bauer received an Invitation
from the Berlin Press association to
attend a bail. Across the card -was
printed the underlined notice:
"Guests must appear In full dress."
Herr Bauer answered: ;
"1 will, come , with . pleasure, but X
notice I must com In fun evening- 4:
I do not possess watai a thing.1
He came In a outkwajr. . ,
NEW LEGISLATION
SAVES ROAD FUND
EXCEPTIONS IN
RATE FINDINGS
ARE SENT ON
Arguments of Portland and Van
couver for Preferential Are
Submitted to Commerce Body.
Astoria's Counter Claim Answered
by Citation of Prior Ruling of
United States Supreme Court.
Portland and Vancouver's excep
tions to the tentative findings by
Chief Examiner Henry Thurtell In
the Columbia basin rate caso went
forward to the interstate commerce
commission at Washington, D. C,
today.
Examiner Thurtfll recommended
that rates between the zone south of
the Snake river and Portland-Vancouver
should not be tnore than 90
per cent of the rates between this
rone and Puget Sound or Astoria.
The Portland-Vancouver argument In
thg dooument of exceptons Is that the
same set of facts which were convlnc-
ing in respect to the none south of the
Snake river apply with equal force to
the eone immediately north of the Snake
river.
That the rates north of the Snake
should be lowered as well as south of
the Snake Is the Portland-Vancouver
contention. But it Is also urged that the
evidence in the record warrants lower
rates between Portland-Vancouver and
Z . f ' -I.-V,i i. -.--
The statement 01 exceptions la si fried
by w p LaRocne for commission
of public docks, Gus C. Moser for the
Port of portand. Joseph N. Teal. Wll-
liam C. McCulloch and Rogers Mac-
Veagh for the Portland Chamber of
Commerce and the Portland Traffic A
Transportation association; W. B. Yates
for Clarke county. Washington; A. It.
Miller for .the Port of Vancouver; Wil
liam C. Bates for the city of Vancou
ver, and E. N. Livermore for the Van-
(Concluded on Fas Thre. Column Four.)
TREATY TO COME
UP NEXT MONDAY
Lodge Lets It Go Over Few Days
Because of Absence of
Many Senators.
Washington. Feb. 10. (U. P.)
Senator Lodge today reported the
peace treaty to the senate from the
foreign relations committee. He
gave notice that he will ask that the
treaty be taken up next Monday for
consideration.
"I let the matter He over for these
few days because , so many senators on
both sides are absent. About 35 In all
aro away and others are about to go
a way," said Lodge.
There was no discussion of the treaty
and the senate at once returned to Its
regular legislative business.
Ex-Mayor Harley
Declares There's
No Such Animal1
Salt Lake. Utah. Feb. 10. echoing
the now famous statement, "The pick
and shovel gang, where Is it? There
ain't no such animal." F. C. Harley,
chairman of the Western States agri
cultural development committee, is In
Salt Lake Interesting local ' citizens In
the question of importation of Chinese
labor.
Harley makes a plea on the grounds.
that the war has taken away the Amer
ican laborer and made htm a skilled
artisan. The education of farmers'
children has turned them away from
the pick and shovel and plow and kitch
en, and today he states America is
practically without the laborer, upon
whom the nation must depend if she Is
to keep up her standard of being one of
the greatest agricultural and indus
trial countries In the world.
Harley was former mayor of Astoria.
Oil Leasing Bill,
Approved in House,
Ready for Senate
Washington. Feb. 10. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
Prior to adoption of the oil leasing con
ference report by the house today, El
ston of California complimented Repre
sentative Slnnott, who headed the house
conferees, on his accomplishment In get
ting for once an agreement largely In
accord with views the house has long
held about the protection of nubile re
sources from private and monopolistic
interests. Only 13 votes were mustered
against the measure which now goes to
the senate for approval.
Taxpayers Receive
Glimmer of Hope
Washington. Feb. 10. it N'. S.)
Losses by taxpayers through fires,
storms, shipwreck or other casualty, or
theft, today were held by Commissioner
of Internal Revenue Roper to be fully
deductible. If suets load during the tax-
year.
1868 Oregon Men
Were Killed in
Action in War,
Summary Shows
Dead From Other Causes Was
512; One Was Shot by Firing
Squad; Wounded, 1054.
Washington. Feb. 10. (WASH
INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUR
NAL) The official revised sum
mary of casualties by states issued
by the adjutant general show the
following for Oregon:
Killed in action, 1868. of whom 81
were officers; died from wounds, 79, In
cluding 6 officers; died of disease, 181,
Including t officers; died from accident.
15, Including 3 officers; drowned. 4;
committed suicide, 3 ; executed by order
of courtmartlal, 1 ; other known cases,
S5 ; cause undetermined, 13
presumed
dead, 5, Including 1 officer : total dead.
612, including 29 officers; taken prison- I
ated except 1 man, who died; wounded f
slightly. 469 : severely, 407 ; degree un-
determined, 188; total wounded. 1054,
Including 68 officers; missing In action,
none.
Former Food Administrator Gets
More Votes Than Johnson and
Wood Put Together.
Features of the straw vote on
presidential candidates are the sur
prising strength of McAdoo. the
wide range of scattering candidates
for whom votes are being cast and
the very large number of Republi-
cans and Democrats who are vot-
ing for Hoover. So far more Hoover
votes have been cast by Republican
than for both Johnson and Wood
combined.
A few voters are not marking their
party registration. The registration
should be marked on the ballot, not for
publication, as the vote Is being con
ducted strictly on the secret Australian
ballot 'system, but to show the source of
sentiment, which Is one object of the
straw vote.
STRONG FOR JOHNSON
I am for Hiram Johnson, an Amer
ican through and through and a fighter
all the time." writes a Roosevelt Re
publican. "He iwas the running mate
of the late Colonel Roosevelt, and that
Is another reason why I cast my vote
for Johnson."
I send you two votes for Tumulty,"
writes "one of the old boys of 1861-2."
enclosing two ballots. He adds: "We
are opposed to the League of Nations.
That is a matter of opinion. Tumulty
stands head and shoulders above any
man named."
A Yamhill county Democrat and a Re
publican from the same county, both
send In votes for Henry Ford. The
Democrat says he Is sgalnst Hoover be
cause "he has made enough money out
of the American people," and the Re
publican says, "I am a Republican, but
not one of the I. W.-W. -bunch that Is.
the Lodge-Johnson-Polndexter group, I
think." He thinks 'the Newberry case
Is enough to turn any man away from
anything that flavors of the Michigan
scandal."
BRYAN, THEN MeADOO
A Merltn Democrat writes: "My
choice is W. J. Bryan, but as he la not
on the list, I favor McAdoo."
A Portland Independent votes for Ben
Llndsey and says: T hope you will
afford apace In the straw ballot for my
choice for president, a Christian man
for a Christian nationBen Llndiey."
A Frances, Pacific county, Washing
ton. Democrat, encloses four votes for
Hoover and writes: "Hoover would be
In a position to organise his adminis
tration for the good of the people and
not for the advantage of any particular
party. What has con arena done the
past year but to spar for position in the
coming campaign T"
"We need a strong man of strong
mind In the presidency, and for that
reason my vote Is " cast for General
Wood," writes a Portland Republican.
HUGHES IS FAVORED
"Enclosed find my vote for Charles
Evans Hug-hes," writes a Vancouver Re
publican. He adds: "From my knowl
edge of our men of ability, Judge
Hushes is among our eligible."
The total vote up to 11 o'clock today
was :
Gerard 16 ' Palmer
Harding. ,- srersning n
Hoover 407
Johnson 64
Polndexter 2
Pomerene 66
flproul
Wood 14
iLowden 12
-. . . , a
MCAODO
Owen
British Boat Goes
Down; Twenty-One
Of Crew Are Lost
Halifax. N. &. Feb. 10. (U. P.)
Twenty-one men have perished as a re
sult of the sinking off Newfoundland of
the British steamer Brad borne, former
ly tha War Panther, according to ad
vices received at the marine and fish
eries bureau hare today. -
A lifeboat from tha' steamship Oxon
ian, attempting to rescue the crew of
the Bradboyne. was swamped with loss
of the' second officer and five members
of the crew. Fifteen men perished when
the Bradboyne sank.- j
Captain G. D. Reea and Second Offl-1
cer Bellas of tha Bradboyne were picked J
up by . the- steamer Monmouth. . The f
Oxonian wirelessed tfhe was returning i
with St members at tha Bradboyna's j
erew. - - . . I
HOOVER
LEADING
MA
RIFLE WHICH
SHOT GRIMM
UNIDENTIFIED
Two Hours' Examination of Wit
nesses Fails to Point Out tha
Owner of Winchester Exhibited
Gun in Question Was Found Hid
den Under Board North of Ceri
tralia 2 Weeks After Tragedy.
By Fred H. McNeil
OTr Th JlMimil i Special txiMd WttO
Montesano, Wash.. Feb. 10. The
big Winchester rifle In the court-
room bere. which the prosecution
says was used in the killing of War
ren O. Grimm at Centralia on Ar-
ay. remained unidentified
after more than two hours' -of" ex-
aminatlon of witnesses had failed to)
establish Its ownership.
All other guns submitted by ths pros
ecutlon as exhibits have been admlttea
without contest by the defense.
OCN FOUND UNDER BOARD
The gun in question was found by TO.
J. Llndley, an advertising man, under
a billboard, three quarters of a mil
north of Centralia, along the Northern
Pacific right of way, Llndley testified
today.
The find occurred two weeks after
the shooting. Llndley said.
With the Wlnceater rifle were a hand
kerchief contalnlnc a number of car
tridges, the soft lead noses of which
had been chipped off, and two boxes
filled with cartridges. These articles
were slbmltted by the state In evidence.
The gun and other effects were admit
ted by Judge Wilson, subject to the
prosecution's promise of conclusively
connecting them with the case later.
JURYMEN SMILE
On cross examination of the witness.
Vanderveer attempted to prove that the
ends of the soft nosed bullets may have
lht dipped off by passing through tha
rifle magazine. The effort brought
; smiles from the men In tha jury box.
many of whom apparently are familiar
with firearms, aa shown by their critical
examination of the exhibits.
Llndley said the rifle, which Is of 31-
65 calibre, was rusted. Indicating that it
had been hidden under the bill board for
some time.
The examination of Chief of Police A.
C. Hughes, Centralis, continued when
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E
WOULD BE 'GOAT
Kaiser's Son Cables President
Wilson He Would Answer on
War Guilt Charge.
Washington, Feb. 10. President
Wilson today received a cablegram
from the former Crown Prlnca WIN
Ham of Germany announcing that
he is willing to stand trial instead of
some of the German officers who
were called for by the allies.
The cablegram was dispatched from
Wlerepgen and declared that If the al
lies demanded a "victim," ths crown
prince was willing to be the victim
rather than many of the former German
officers, whose names were mentioned
in the allied list of war guilty.
The tone of the cablegram was en
tirely -one of martyrdom. It was learned.
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