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Naval Demonstration by British,
French and Italian Squadrons
And Landing of Marines Made
': Necessary by Fresh Outrages.
' London. March 1 (L N. R.) The
toaoOTtoa; "Fjrhnnge Tefetraph" dla-
pntch waa reoetvewl from Athens thia
afumoon: . - : -
' "It fa learned from an aottiorlta-
Ut aouroo lhAt - the eracnatkiR of
Abranch bjr th French wm followed
by av renewal of atrocities In which
16,000 peraons were maasacred.
; Maranch Is in ClUcla, Turkey. Be
rentljr ,. the French , were attacked
near there by Turks and Arabs and
)bout .100 eaaualtles resulted.
London, March 1. (I. N. S.) A
naval demonstration by the British,
French and Italian squadrons in
Turkish waters and the landing: of
marines in Ciliclar and at Constan
tinople, was ordered by the supreme
oouncil ,oday as a result of eontln
tued reports of Turkish outrages
against Christians. -
WAsnlnijton, March 1. The moat bru
tal of alt Turkish atrocities the mas
aaere of 10,000 Armenians and the mur
der of 75 Armenian (Iris who were under
the direct protection of an American
'.mission house at Marash. In Clllcla.
Turkey was reported today to the state
department
The massacre took place after fearful
. fighting between French and Turkish
forces. 1
The . French were compelled to with
draw and the Turks descended on the
. unprotected city and be pan their butch
err. : Americans In the American college
at Marash were fired upon when they
. offered to meditate between the Turks
and the French. They were told It was
a national and. hot a local affair.
It ta believed here that all Americana
are out of danger and they are under
stood to have. ; left- Marash with the
r French forces, i ;;-y k ' ; i i
All the-American government ean do
5 ' tmder Uta clrcumjitancea Is to forward
(Cono hided ea Pu Tim, OgrhuBB Fire)
SIXTY MILLIONS
New Tork, March -1 U. P.)
The net earnings of the American
f Telephone & Telegraph company for
,; Jtf "were 960,000,000, according to
4 -me annual reDort. maae dud ic 10-
U t Dividends amounted to $35,000,000 and
"'t ' J Interest charges $15,000,000. Of the bal-
' 1 AAA fWUl r mAAmJt .U. ... -
, ;' plus and $5,000,000 to the reserve for
s I eontingencles.
: l ne reporx uown ini uio company
and Its predecessors paid dividends at
the rate of ateast $7.60 a share a year
.'" for the last $8 years and that In the
. last IS years the rate was uniformly $.
The number of shareholders on. Decem-
her II, 1919, was 120,40. an increase of
i 1000 for the year.
The total income of the whole Bell
; System during 191 was $79,650,188. from
which $39,000,000 was paid in dividends
1 and $27,000,000 In interest, leaving more
' than $12,000,000 surplus. The capital,
stocks, bonds and notes payable to the
Bell telephone system in the hands of
: the public at the end of year amounted
;, to $1,060,000,000, while the net assets,
devoted to earnlnra returned on these
Mtt.t.nilln aAiir4tlMi Atl mAM fk.n
jf . tl.44S.S00.0od.
-. vm veeemoer k, we numoer oi tele
phones stationed In tha United States,
eonstltutlng the Bell system, was 11,
796.747, an Increase of 129,748 during the
year.!' There were 309,880 employes in
the associated Bell companies, who are
.operating 24,162,939 miles of wire,
i The report showed 11.000 separate tel
ephone companies in the United States.
of which 3 were associated with the
Bell (ystem and 9Q4S have stations con
nectd with the Bell system.
" - H.JB. 'Thayer, president of. the Amer
yj i'ican Telephone - Telegraph company,
'recommended that authorised share
' capital of tha company1 be increased
41 from $500,000,000 to $750,000,000.
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IjSeyentHM of
f II Sleeping Sickness
o Die m Portland
iingvsicKnees. claimed its sev-
enth
icttm- In Portland with the re-
pout
elved at the health, bureau thia
morning , that Clarence J. Cose, aged
30, bkd ; died at the Good Samaritan
hosptfU Sunday. , . , (i ,
Cost had . been sick for some time.
althoi gh his case was' not believed to
be se ious." His home was in Raymond,
Wash ,
Suif rage Rejected
By. West Virginia
Chirleston. W. Ta-' March L re. J1
Bya vote or 18 to II, the state senate
late mis aiternoon rejected the "national
suffrage amendment'
Oklahoma Italifies , -
Oklahoma City, OMav March Lrn.
p. cvernor iiohertson late Saturday
elgrnel the resolution ratifying the fed
eral 4 oman suifrage' amendment. .
1'K 'Slein
Three Portland
Babies Born on
February 29; Vffl
Miss Birthdays
Three Portland babies who jar-
rived in the city on Sunday morn
ing, February 29, will be out of luck
on birthday , parties and red candled
birthday eakes all the rest of their
Uvea except for an occasional op
portunity to celebrate every four
years. : .
David ' Arnold Bloomer, son of Mr.
and Mm Julian Bloomer of 341 Gra
ham ' avenue, arrived at St Vincents
hospital at 1 :30 Sunday morning. A
leap-year box was born to Mr. and
Mm. H- W. Roth of the Cambrian
apartments at the Woman's hospital
at 8 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Pugh
of 107 East Thirty-seventh street are
the parent of a leap-year airl born
at their home.
And .what of the census man, when
be comes around next time to ask those
embarrassing questions to fill the big
white blanks ? The little lady whose first
birthday fell 'On February 29 will have
all the excuse in the world for smil
ing coyly -and forgetting' some 10 or
15 years in the age statement Even
the recording angel will be helpless,
for - at 6 she can still be fair and fat
and 14.
WOOD AND LOWDEN
General Leonard Wood and Gov
ernor Frank O. Lowden will both be
officially entered candidates for the
presidency on the Oregon ballot by
the last of this week or the first of
next. ' ' . v
Wood petitions are now in circulation
throughout the state, and. according to
Dow Walker, will be in and ready for
filing with the secretary of state not
later than Monday or Tuesday of next
week.
The Low den headquarters have re
ceived word that the declaration-of can'
didacy of Governor Lowden has been
mailed from Chicago unde special de
livery, and ougjit to be in Portland
within the next two or three days. . It
will be tiled at Salem as soon as re
ceived, f . -:,h,:: ;
woov extras organized '
Manager Walker says that he will
have to Wood for president clubs or
ganlsed and In working trim by the
close of the week, notices to that effect
having been received at the Portland
headquarters within the past few days.
Incidentally, the battle , lines are be
ginning to be drawn between the various
candidates. Back In Illinois Governor
Lowden is facing the onslaught of school
teachers, because, as governor, he op
posed some proposal to Increase their
salaries. This, according to news arti
cles from Chicago, has been taken up
by officials of the National Education
association, who. are getting ready to
get out after the governor's scalp, not
only as to his presidential aspirations,
but generally.
WOOD SIDES WITH TEACHERS
General : Wood, on the other . hand.i
whether he sensed this condition or just
had a hunch, has come out strong for
more pay for school teachers, adopting
the aphoristic question of President Eliot
of Harvard of "Which shall we pay the
most those who train the minds or
those who mind the trains?"
Senator Johnson, of course, is meet
ing the opposition of those who disagree
with him in his attitude on the peace
treaty and the League of Nations cove
nant, so that, all around, there promises
to oe more or less sharp fighting, so
far as Oregon is concerned, before the
primary campaign has been, closed and
the votes have been cast on May 21.
Girl Speeder Given
Liberty Only After
Sentence Is Ended
Oakland. Cat. March t fl. N. S.)
Executive clemency stretched its long
arm from the state capital to this city
to release Lucye Krause. pretty college
eo-ed speeder, from a three days sen-,
tepee .in the Alameda copnty jail, but
its purport was defeated. Miss Krause,
who was serving the second day of her
sentence, could not be released when
Governor William D. Stephns requested
her freedom, because . the jail matron,
having her In charge, was visiting her
brother.
No women prisoners- are released un
til the matron signs the proper papers.
And, with the matron spending a Sun
day . holiday, Miss Krause spent the
night in jail. She was released today,
but today alao marked the end of her
sentence. ' -
Miss Krause was sentenced, to three
days for driving the car of a friend 35
miles an hour. "
Hawleyto Pay $3500
To Wife's Attorneys
Oregon City. March 1. Wlllard P;
Hawley Jr., resident, manager of the
IN OREGON PRIMARY
assessed 350O for attorney's feforP0?1 lat Pnts the escape of the
Mrs. Marjorie Hawley, in her divorce
suit in an order handed down by Cir
cuit ' Judge Bagley of Hillsboro this
morning. Hawley baa already paid $500
Of the amount The decision in the case
is expected this week.
Rockefeller Schools
V Given $3,457,350
Kew Torkv March L rU. P.) Appro
priation aggregating; - $5.457450 - wen
made daring the past year to unlversi
tlea.veotlesea and other educational In
stitutions by v the v general .education
board, founded by John D. Bockefeller.
The annual report has Just been made
ROADS UlGiU
FACILITIES OF
Public Should Be Patient While
i Lines Are Trying to Do 1920
Business With Equipment Had
During 1914, Declares Gilman.
"Old railroad officers are' return
ing to their etatiorte with the de
termination to give the public, to the
extent of their ability, what thy
need and desire, that is,' good serv
ice, but it should be borne1 in mind
that the railroads are doing a 1920
business with 19 H facilities, and the
public aapuld therefore be patient"
This statement was made this morn
ing by L. C Gilman, president of the
a. P. 4 S., and embodies the general
expression that may be heard among
officials of all other railroad systems
in this district this morning.
Unmarked' by any special changes, the
operation of all railroads in this district
went into the hands of their owners this
morning after 26 months of operation by
the government
OFFICIALS AT DESKS
Officials and employes of the Union
Pacific Southern Pacific. S., P. b S..
Northern Pacific and Great Northern
were at their desks this morning feeling
that new responsibilities were on their
shoulders to make good in the eyes of
the public and prove that corporate op
eration of the railroads will be more
satisfactory than that given under gov
ernment control.
Traffic officials on the Union Pacific
system were officially announced this
morning by H. M. Adams, vice president
in 'Charge of operation. Appointments
affecting the 0-Wv R. A N. were an
nounced as follows; i
H. E. Lounsbury, general freight
agent; A. Kelllng aad J. W. Mount as
sistant general freight agents; William
MeMurray, general passenger agent; A.
C. Martin, assistant general passenger
agent; J. H. Regal, general baggage
agent ; C LT Smith, agriculturist, and W.
H. OHni assistant general freight and
passenger agent at Seattle. .
ACDITdB IS COMIWQ
Announcement was also made this
morning that F. W. Sercombe, newly
appointed anditor for the: O-vr., would
(Concluded w hit Two, titkuaa Two)
RAIL MEN CALLED
Detroit. March 1. (I. N. S.) Al
len Barker this afternoon announced
that he had called a meeting of gen
eral chairmen, and executive officers
of the United Brotherhood of Main
tenance of Way Employes and Rail
way Shop Laborers, iof which he is
grand president, to meet in Chicago
Thursday morning, to take final ac
tion on the strike issue.
WSman's Leap Saves
Her Life, But Two
Others Are Killed
Seattle. Wash.. March 1. (U." P.)
Leaping from a fast moving automobile
as it was about, to cross the Tacoma
interurban tracks at Duwamish avenue
and Kenyon street about '4 o'clock Sun
day afternoon, Mrs. Betty Fleming, 34,
saved herself from death, but saw her
husband and sister-in-law instantly
killed and their machine demolished
when a limited passenger electric-train
crashed Into the car with brakes set
but going 50 miles an hour. ...
Albert Fleming, the husband, 62, and
Mrs. Clara Fleming, 34, unable to es
cape, were dashed to death against a
telephone pole, against which their auto
was smashed. ,
Urges That Beaver
Be Allowed; to Dam
Creek for Irrigation
Preseniifthe beaver dams" is the far
cry from Willow j creek in Malheur
county. A farmer from Ironsides has
written to Carl Shoemaker, state game
warden, urging that the beaver be per
mitted to remain In Willow creek be
cause the dams ard a necessary means of
obtaining water for irrigation purposes.
If the dams are removed, says the writer,
the protection will be destroyed and the
water will sink into the gravel and dis
appear. I While the beaver are permitted
to operate they keep the floor of the
creek bed plugged up with a sumy. de-
wa
ijer.
he said.
Military Prisoner,
-Accused of Taking
I ; Payroll, "Escapes
Louisville. Ky March X U Jt. S.)
Search is being made today for Lieu
tenant John C Gottenkelne and another
military prisoner who escaped jfrora the
guardhouse at Camp Taylor. k Gotten
keine Is 'charged with embezzling $40.
000 from the payroll of a First Division
regiment ,ol which he was paymaster
lavGerrnany."and running away with a
German V woman , with : whom he
said to have been tn love.
ACT UN STRIK
S.STEEL1S
COURT HOLDS
Supreme Court Holds Greatest
Corporation in World Does Not
Violate Sherman Law and need
Not Dissolve.
-
Washington, March 1. 4U. P.)
The United State Steel corporation.
the world's most gigantic industrial
concern, is not a trust witnm tne
meaning of the Sherman law, the
supreme court held today.
The court also held that the cor
poration need not dissolve.
The vote of the court was 4 to 3.
Chief Justice White, Justices HcKenna,
Holmes and Vandevanter were in the
majority. Justices Pitney, Day and
Clarke dissented. Justices McReynolds
and Brandels took no part In the de
cision. The decision was a defeat for the
government which brought suit several
years ago, in which many of the biggest
figures in financial and industrial life
were named.
New Jersey courts dismissed the gov
ernment's suit and the supreme court
today affirmed this action.
Among the names brought into the
suit were Roosevelt, Harrirnan, J. P.
Morgan Sr. and Jr., John D.- Rocke
feller Sr. and Jr., Andrew Carnegie,
Charles M. Schwab. George W- Perkins,
James J, and Louis W. Hill and H. C
Frlck.
Justice McKenna read the opinion of
the court
MAST DEFEND AITTS INCLUDED
Included 'also in the list of defend
ants were the following corporations:
The United States Steel corporation,
the Carnegie Steel company, Federal
Steel company, American Steel & Wire
company of New Jersey, National Tube
company, American Sheet & Tin Plate
company, American Tin Plate company,
American Bridge company. Lake Supe
rior Consolidated Iron Mines company,
H. C. Frlck, Coke company, Shelby Steel
Tube company. Union, Steel company,
Clairton Steel company. Tennessee Coal.
Iron A Railroad company, and the
Great Western Mining" company,
Corporations and ' individuals named
defendants in the government's suits
were charged with .constituting or caus
ing an illegal combination to further a
monopoly. The alleged, "monopoly"
started 19 years ago, when some of the
big financial minds of the country c
celved (Be idea of forming a gigan
steel company to eliminate Individual
control and merge the principal steel
companies of the country into the one
great corporation. It was charged.
NINE COMPANIE8 MERGED
Between 1898 and 1900 nine big com
panies principally the Carnegie lorn'
pany, valued at 1320,000,000 were
merged. Their stocks totaled $800,000,
000. Out of them was formed the United
States Steel corporation, with a capital
stock of $1,100,000,000 and bonds of
$303,000,000. The American Bridge com
pany, with a capital of $60.000.000, . was
added shortly afterward. In 1901, the
Bessemer Steamship company, owning
66 Great Lakes vessels, was acquired
Merger upon merger followed steel
companies, mines and ore leasee. In
eluded In the ore properties were the
Lake Superior Consolidated Iron Mines.
embracing the Mesaba range . and the
Great Western Mining company, whose
lease since has been canceled.
SE
OF ALABAMA DIES
Washington. March 1. I. N. S.)
United States Senator John H.
Bankhead, of Alabama, died here
today at the age of 78.
Senator Bankhead died shortly before
1 o'clock this afternoon at his residence
on Columbia road. He bad heen ill for
several weeks and his Illness weakened
his heart, which caused death. He had
apparently been very comfortable for
the last few days, and the end was
unexpected.
Senator Bankhead was born at Mos
cow. Ala., April 12, 1847. He was grad
uated from the University of Alabama
and from Georgetown.
He was elected from the Tenth Ala
bama district, and was a member of
the Sixty-first and the present congress.
He was a Democrat His home was at
Jasper. Ala.
Policeman Stopped
Noise,- How, That's
His Own Business
Bogey man tactics must have been
used Sunday night by Patrolman I
Thorp. This is. a report he turned In
to headquarters after his tour of duty:
- "1 was aent to the foot of Iowa street
on .complaint of a Mrs. Nelson thai the
neighbors were disturbing the slumbers
of-her husband. They stopped and are
Stopped yet" the report. ends ominously.
Thorp didn't mention his system for
silence, ,:
Palmer Doesn't Want
Presidency, He Says
i Philadelphia, March L The presidency
of the United States has no lure for
Attorney :f General A. Mitchell ' Palmer.
He made this clear today in the first
public statement ' be has made - regard
ing the subject since he was first talked
of ax a possible -candidate. My. antDi
tion was satisfied when I became attor
ney general said Mr. Palmer. X have
positively: no presidential aspirations.
NATOR BANKHEAD
O'BRIEN AGAIN
j:
P. 03RIEN, former federal
gon, photographed ,1y The
desk today when he resumed
ager of the OregofrWashihgton Railroad & Navigation Co.
Brought up as a railroad official under the guiding, hand of the
late E- H. Harrirnan, he is regarded as one of the most efficient
executives on the coast. .
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SIP
BRINGS
CARGO
OF SIBERIAN FURS
Siberian furs valued at $80.000
arrived in. the Portland harbor Sat
urday, evening aboard the Admiral
line steamer Waban, according to
an announcement made by Pacific
Steamship company officials this
morning. The Waban brought a
cargo of 5000 tons of freight valued
at nearly $2,000,000 from Vladivl-
stok, in the first direct sailing from
Siberia to Portland in many years.
Walrus tucks, seeds, coffee and wool
were some of the other commodities
aboard the vessel. Numerous Interest
ing 'stories were told Sunday by mem
bers of the crew concerning conditions
in the Russian port.
For over two weeks the Waban was
held behind an ice barrier which formed
with intense cold of late January. . The
crew was kept busy constantly breaking
ice away from sides of the vessel and
at one time the ice was thick enough
for the pilot to walk to and from shore
four miles away.
During the stay of the Waban in the
Siberian port the government changed
hands, from the Kolchak to the soviet
form, without the firing of a shot
Sailors on the Waban said the citlxens
of Vladivostok carried guns with them
all the time but they were treated with
the utmost courtesy by members of both
regimes.
Thief es Grab $1000
In e weir y After
Smashing Window
Approximately $1000 worth of jewelry
was stolen from the display window of
the store of H. Morton, 102 Grand ave
nue, at an early ; hour ' this morning,
when thieves smashed the glass and
took : every thing In sight police report.
The burglars apparently, parked an
automobile around the corner from the
store.. Then -they broke the window
with a sack of' bricks and loaded their,
car. Small articles of jewelry dropped
by the thieves left a trail from, the win
dow to the automobile. ' ' - k -
Everything in the window was taken,
even to an easel upon which a display
had been placed, n Police believe the
theft occurred between :30 and a. m..
although late this morning no clew had
been obtained. -
Man Wounded' by
Mexicans Is Dead
Phoenix, Aria.. March 1. (L Iff. RV
John " A.,jFraser. who was bot Friday
when Mexican bandits raided the United
States postotflce at Arivaca, Arht, mur
dering his brother died at the army base
hospital at Kogales today, according to
telegraphic advioee,i-eceived here,
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HEADS "O-W." ;
manager of railroads in Ore
Journal photographer at his
the position of general man
REPUBLICANS
IN NEW YORK
WANT HOOVER
N1
EW YORK, March 1 (C.
P.) Republicans in the
Seventeenth congressional , dis
trict were circulating petitions
today to place Herbert Hoover's
name on the party ballot In the
April presidential primary. This
was Hoover's home district when
he lived' in Xew York city.
PRICE FIXING AT
RE-SALE ILLEGAL
Washington. March 1. (U. P.)
Resale price fixing by manufactur
ers la illegal, the supreme court
ruled today.
64 Passengers on
Grounded Steamship
Saved in Snowstorm
' Boston. March 1. I. N. 8.) The 4
passengers on the Jyland , liner Bohe
mian, stranded on Cape Sambro.'NL 8.,
near Halifax, were taken off by rescue
tugs, and steamers in .a blinding snow
storm, according to a radio received
here by the Leyland line today. The
transfer was effected without a mishap,
the message stated.
The Bohemian, carrying 4 passengers
and a crew of ISO from Boston to Julver
pooU went ashore off Cape Sambro, N. 8.
thia .morning. : y
The Bohemian left Boston Saturday.
The passengers were taken to Halifax,
20 miles front the scene. . Captain, Hta
ooe and the crew of UO men remained
aboard.
The spot where the Bohemian grounded
In 'the snowstorm is a particularly ex
posed part of . the bleak Nova Scotia
coast. High seas were pounding against
the liner's Sides this forenoon, messages
said. The Bohemian carried a cargo
valued at $2,000,000. .
21 "Dry" States in.,
. Fight Against Wets
Was h I n gt e n. March tX P.)
Twenty-one - prohibition : states, - repre
sented by. Charles EL Hughes, today an
nounced to the supreme court their in
tention of fighting, the efforts of Rhode
Island to have the eighteenth, amend
ment and the Volstead, enforcement law
declared Invalid. '
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FaUen Off Cliff
Are Rescued by
Boy Scout Troop
Tw boys, playing on Rocky Butte
Sunday afternoon, Were saved from
almost certain death ' by the quick
action of Troop 11 of the local Boy
Scouts under the leadership of As
sistant Scoutmaster E. S. Heyden-
" , &
burk.
The Scouts had visited the summit of
the butte and were Just about to leave
when they heard the cries of the two
boys. They had been playing near the
edge of the cliff ana botn naa toppiea
over, one falling to a slight ledge 10 feet
below while the other had been wedged
between a rock, and a. tree. 10 feet down.
A ' rope t was figged (up and Scout
Stephen Buehnell was lowered to the
first ledge, where he rescued One of the
i boys. Then, by lowering the rope down
to the ledge and bracing htmseir against
the tree, Bushnell managed to pull the
other boy to his owni position, from
which point he was hauled to the top of
the cliff. '
The boy who had fallen 30 feet had a
deep gash in his scalp where he nan
been hit by a falling rock, but otherwise
the lads were not Injured.
As the canyon is about 75 feet 4eup
at the spot and as they could not have
held out much longer, it Is almost cer
tain that they would have been dashed
tq death on, the rocks below had not the
Scouts come to the rescue.
Federation "Drops
Action on R. R. Law
Miami. Fla.. March 1. (U. P.) The
American Federation of Labor will take
no further action on the railroad bill,
which was signed by President Wilson
on Saturday, Samuel Compere, presi
dent, stated here today.
SUGAR BEET PLANT
Klamath Falls, March 1.; D. P.
foak, a millionaire of San Francisco,
has purchased the Weed ranch, con
sisting of 30,000 acres of marsh
lands on Upper Klamath lake. In
this county, and intends to spend
$3,000,000 in developing the vast
area for the production of sugar
beets. .'
A large portion of this expense will
go .nto a beet sugar factory on the
ranch. It is understood that John D.
and A- B. Sprecklea of Ran Francisco
will make a deal with Doak for the
erection of a factory to cost approxi
mately $1,000,000.
Express Employes
Threaten to Strike
If Eise Is Not Giiren
Chicago, March 1. (U. P.) Employes
of the American- Express company
threatened to strike today unless their
demands for a flat increase in wages
of $35 a month are granted, Similar
demands will be presented by employes
In other cities, union officials here said.
No dissatisfaction 'has been expressed
by local employes, according to I. War
ing, manager of the American Railway
Kxpress company, with headquarters in
the Wells-Fargo building. Demands of
the men go before a wage arbitration
board at Washington, and Waring
states that no cases originating here
are now pending before that body.
The strike will be confined to a few
Eastern cities. .
Permits Issued for
Number of Fine New
Homes in Portland
Building permits were Issued Satur
day for the erection of a residence for
J, I Karnopp, 17t Kingston avenue.
between Fairview boulevard and. Bee
street at a cost of $11,000. E. C.
Heidtbrtnk will build, at 190 East Flan.
ders, the permit calling for an expendi
ture of $4300.
W. M Thompsons waa. granted a per
mit to butld a $350 house at 9 East
Seventy -seventh street, between Siski
you and Klickitat- and ; Charles W.
Scott wilt spend $3600 fof a. new resi
dence at; 128 East, Thirty-first street,
between Alnsworth and Holman. ,
Montana U. & Marshal Resppointed
Washington, March 1. (17 P.) Presi
dent Wilson today sent .to the ' senate
the nomlnatfon of Joseph L. Ashbridge
of Helena, Mont, to be United States
marshal, district f ef Montana, a reappointment.
KLAMATH GETS GIG
Dr.-F. J. Bickford, Vanderveer's
Supposed Star,' Backs ' State's
Contention That Grimm ; Was
Shot 100 Feet From Halt.
V
Grays Harbor Court House,. Mon-
tesano. Wash., March I. -The tee
timony of Dr. K. J. Bickf ord, ip'
poned star wttnceg for the defense,,
corroborated the prosecution'e con
tention that Warren" ' "Grimm . was
murdered a hundred feet from the
I. W. W. halt in the Centralla mur
der trial today. , -,
Blckford, w&ose aenaallonal testimony
at the coroner's inquest following the :
shooting on Armistice day contradicted
the statements 'of other witnesses : that
the li W., W. had fired on the soldiers
without provocation, said he had run. ,
up to the I. W. W. hall from the street v
oorner when he saw a commotion among. '
the soldiers in. front of the hall. '
"Just before I got to the hall I looked
back, but no one was following ' jna."
Blckford said. V.. , ,
"Where was Grimm at that timer", '
asked Prosecutor Abel.
"Why, up ahead of my platoon," the ;
witness said. . v, i
Bickford's testimony was highly
dramatic in that It acted as a boomerang
for the. defense.
Dismissing the Jury from the court
room shortly before noon ; today, Bu- .i
perior Judge John M. Wllaon, presiding i
at the Centralla murder trial, turned
upon Defense Attorney George P. Van -derveer
and warned htm that the last k
reprimand for the later's criticisms of 5
the court's decisions had been made.
"1 warn yon now for the last time .
that the next time you tmake a- state
ment of that kind with reference to the
court's rulings, you shall suffer the
consequences which the law provides
for decent orderly procedure,' the Judge .
declared. '
'Almost invariably throughout the
iWal, when Judge Wilson h ruled ad
vertely to the defense, Vanderveer has
argued, the matter and on aaveral ocea-
onoiudd on PM Tbrw. Column 'Three.)
GRONNA TAKES UP
Washington. ' March Mt'X B.)
"The agriculture committee of the
senate will investigate the charges
made by tfje Spokane-grand jury In -
Its findings;" Senator Oronna,-chair
man of the agriculture committee,
said today. "We have had the facts '
and the committee went Into the
matter before reporting my bill to
dissolve this private corporation s
acting under government sanction!
and directed by Julius 1L Barnes
and Herbert Hoover." -
The Spokane grand Jury returned a '
report February 7 criticising the i con
duct of the North -Pacific i he grain '
corporation under Max HTiftouscr of
Portland. Houser. asked the department
of justice for a full investigation and
United States Attorney Lester Humph
reys of the district of Oregon is at pre-
ent conducting art Inquiry into the re
port of the federal grand jury tn the
Eastern Washington district i-
Report Sinn Feiners
Will Compromise Is
'Denied by'Leaders
London. March 1. As a result of pri
vate, conferences, the Sinn Felners have,
decided to accept a compromise settle-,
men .of the Irish question on a basis ef
-dominion home rule, the Sunday Pic
torial announces. - '
Twenty -lx of the 02 counties will be
included In this solution, leaving Ulster ,
the six counties provided for In Premier
Lloyd George's new bill.
The Sinn - Felners themselves em
phatically deny tha Sunday Pictorial's
story, saying they were not weakening .
la their demand for absolute Indepee-
dence and separation from Britain.
SPOKANE CHARGES
Naval Tug Reported
To -Be in Distress
(Off Cape San incas
San Diego, Cat. March ly CU.r !.
The United States naval tugs Iroquot
and Sclotla are today - steaming fun
speed for Cape San Lucas, Lower Ca'l
fornta. wh;re. according to. a wireless '
message . received here, the . naval tug .
Iread naught is in distress, , -
The Preadnaught is not in grave dan-,
ger as far as. could be learned, but is ,
crippled, due to engine trouble and wilt-.,
probably have to be towed to this' port.
The vessel is en route to Ban Diego - : .
from Hampton Roads. '
Steamship Hilton
Signals for Help
. w y . , ?
Boston. March 1. I. y. .) A die-v
tress call from the American S3. Hil- -ton.',
drifting helpless without coal In i
gale off Nantucket Shoals, was picked
up by the naval radio here today. A ,
coast guard cutter' waa sent to the 11.1
ton's assistance. The Hilton was bound
t-ova i Rotterdam to Baltimore. -