THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PO RTLAND, SATURDAY, MARCH 6, t 1620.
BIDS CALLED FOR
ROAD GRADING AND
SURFACING WORK
' Balam, March . In addition to
ths numsrous bridge an 4 culvsrts
for which contract will, be awarded
' - by the stats highway commission at
ttm meeting In Portland, March, 23.
. bid hare been called for on 48.S4
' . mils of surfacing-'and It. 1 4 miles
of gracing according to notices be-
tng forwarded to contractors. The
'- contract, for the construction of two
tunnels on th Columbia river hlgh
. way In Waeco county, one 1 feet
long and the other 107 feet hi length,
j will also be awarded at this meeting-
of the. oommlMlon. Highway
construction Involved are listed as
.' follows:
(Milam county Blalock-Arlington, 8.9
- - miles surfacing.
' ' Jefferson county -- Deschutes county
'line Madras, 17.44 mnee grsaing ana
' broken stone surfacing.
. . Umatilla county Echo-Pendleton. 2S
toilet surfsctnas. -Wallowa
county Wallowa canyon sec
J Hon, '.8.4 miles grading.
Wasco county 8eufert-Dechutes
u Hver. 18.8 miles grading.
The herd law passed by the special ses-
f ' si on of the legislature reguiaung catue
, running at large In Umatilla county is
unconstitutional. In the opinion of At
" torney General Brown, who so states in
5 an opinion written for R. L Keator, dls-
' . l . .. TTmaHII, iniintv Th
law as passed was an amendment to an
. old law which applied to only a few
townships In Umatilla county. In ex
tending the law to cover the entire
county, the attorney general points out,
: the legislature failed to extend the title
. .to cover the same territory and conse
quently the entire law Is unconstltutloni
al because of a faulty title. The law
had been referred to a vote of the peo
- pl of Umatilla county -for decision at
. the November election and already had
become a source of njiuah' contention.
pnPTI AM IUFTFR
- I UIUL-IUIL iU III 18.11
TRADE WITH JAPAN
(Cowfirwd frets Pate Oss.)
' "year and. keep a steady movement of
loaded box Cars Into this district.
Another point of great Important Is
; that the movement would bring a great
many ships here, and ships are bound to
brine Imoorts.
Moreover, crushed phosphate rock stows
1 In between 16 arid 17 cubic feet, neces-
gltatinr vessel to take only a part
T- "JSZ ' at
T"S!,;fSO,fM J accept 1000 tons
of rock, filling out the reat of the cargo
space with hum gooos eucn as lumoer
and general freight. For this reason
the movement is of considerable Interest
- to the lumber industry, as well as to
exporters of grain, flour or other freight.
', Realising the Importance of obtaining
this movement through the local harbor,
: W. t. B. Dodson, general secretary of ,
. the .chamber of commerce, has made
.'a special visit to Washington, IX. C,
' during his trip through Eastern d'Ues,
to obtain allocation of shipping board
. vessels to accommodate the rock.
SEATTLE IS COMFITIf OR
Shipment of even the 1920 order of j
the Japanese firm would necessitate the
, allocation of three vessels of the 8800
1 type per month for three months, mak
ing a total of nine vessels. It is planned
to have these vessels operated by the
Columbia-Pacific Shipping company, the I
newly organised Portland shipping firm.
Hardly did the Portland plans become
known until other Pacific -coast porta,
particularly Seattle, started a movement
to get this movement for themselves.
Seattle argues that better facilities will
be offered and the chamber of commerce
of the northern city is said to, have
agreed with the contracting firm to
have rates between Paris. Idaho and
, Seattle lowered to a par with rates
to Portland.
.-WILL FIGHT SEATTLF.
"Before w will relinquish the pref
erential rate on the movement to Port-
land w will fight our northern neigh
, bor, who has suddenly awakened to the
. fact that we are a rival port In the
' Pacific trade, to the last ditch, and that
will take so long that Japan will not
' v need the phosphate to fertilise her
. fields." said H..B. Van Duser, president
.of; the chamber of commerce. In com
menting on the Seattle Intentions Friday.
v "It cheap handling and lower rates
; mean anything," said Van Duser. "It
precludes beyond argument that Portland
will get the shipment. Dodson reports
from Washington that nrosnects for
ship allocations are good' and that is the
only other string needed to bind the
. shipment through Portland."
In addition to the question of ocean
. tonnage and rates another equally im
portant question is that of terminal
facilities. For several months the dock
fj. commission has had the movement un
der advisement. Full cooperation, was
, given the shippers In consideration of
; r the . movement . and modern facilities
. , have been authorised and are now
under construction. The commission
. guarantees completion of the docks by
" the time the first allocated vessel ar
rives here.
. ' " These facilities consist of bunkers
with loading arrangements which will
guarantee a discharge of from 2000 to
00S tons per eight hour day Into the
holds of waiting ahlpe. In addition to
this the commission established the
precedent for the Pacific Coast h mak
ing a very attractive terminal charge
- inciuuinsi a iimiioa exorage period.
.- Italy rates from the producing mining
points to Pacific porta are carried in
J domestic tariffs of the carriers, and
' terminal charges are not included in
those rates. It is therefore necessary
' that this charge be an additional trans
' - portation charge. The Port of Port
;iaod commission, however, has guaran-
teed to overcome this item.
7 ' POWELL BJEADT FOB TILT
George PowelU-presldent of the Ore-
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g on-Pacific company, and agent for sv
eral large steamship companies. Is also
endeavoring to have ships allocated to
this port for the rock movement. lie
has gone Into the question of rates and
facilities thoroughly, and says that he
wilt fight Interference wth the move
ment by either - Seattle or San Fran
Cisco companies. Powell reviews the
case as follows; -
-."J. N. Teal, while ' visiting la Salt
Lake City in November, 1819, met two
men also visiting In that city who were
negotiating for a large shipment of
phosphate rock to Japan. One man
represented the contracting firm and the
other the selling company.
"Teal cheeked up on ; tr e rail rates
from -the producing mines and found
that a 22 cent rate per hundred pounds
was in effect to San Francisco while
a ILfi cent rate applied to Portland. He
immediately called attention to the dls
crepency. Union Pacific officials ap
plied to the railroad administration for
an equal rate to Portland. This author
ity was granted.
DIFFEKEJTTtAIi IS; rjST
"At the sam time rates to Astoria
and Puget Soundswere established from
Paris at 27 cents.) which is in line with
the existing rate structure from the Salt
Lake City territory.
"It Is important to note that the 22
cent rate to PorHandyields a gross
revenue to the UnionPacif ic system of 1
6.1 mills per ton mile and that the 27
cent rate to Puget Sound yields ex
actly the sams revenue. Should a 22
cent rate be made effective to Puget
Sound, the gross revenue which would
be derived by the UnlonvP.aciflc system
for a haul 186 miles beyond Portland
would amount to only 4-1 mills per ton
mile.
"It is a matter of common knowledge
that rates even on mats line traffic
that yield less than 7.5 mills per ton
mile at the present time are not con
sidered ' renumeratlve. It would there
fore seem reasonable to expect that the
present differential in Portland's favor
of $1 per ton be maintained.
WOULD FILL BOX CABS
"There is another Important question
in this connection. For years the Union
Pacific has found it necessary to move
Into the Portland territory a large num
ber of box cars, many of which have
moved and are movtng empty. This rock
which is mined near the main line of
this railroad will provide loads for a
great number of these cars.
"The Union Pacific enjoys the shortest
haul possible and receives 100 per cent
of the revenue received for the service.
If the rock was exported through San
Francisco or Astoria, or if It should
move by the Short Line and the North
ern Pacific to Puget Sound, there would
be a two-line haul involved which would
mean that the Union Pacific, as orig
inating carrier, would be compelled to
supply empty equipment and not only
divide the revenue of the . traffic but
lose control of the equipment furnished.
SHIPS ABC LACKING
"Seattle contends that the rock should
movs through that city because it is
easier to secure ocean tonnage at Puget
Sound porta It Is a matter of common
knowledge that now there is not suf
ficient tonnage at any of the Pacific
Coast ports to accommodate the export
freight of other commodities. It alBO
is a matter of common knowledge that
when ocean tonnage is available. It
seeks cargo and cargo does not seek
tonnage.
, informat,on. movement of phos-
! phate to Japan will last a number of
j earB anJ nn approxlmately 300,000
( We are also confident
that wlth,n 8hort Ume 8ufflcient ocean
j tonna. wln be available and shipping
contracts will be closed for Portland
Van Duier In further discussing the
lumber cargo said that Portland has the
advantage over Seattle in this respect
in that mills are located rlfrht in the
city and local harbor, while, ships load
ing at Seattle, would have .to move to
ether Puget Sound ports tor this prod
uct. '
Women Tax Dodgers'
Very Rare, Asserts
Collector of Revenue
There are few tax dodgers among
women, declares Milton A. Miller, "col
lector of Internal revenue. And It isn't
because there are only a few women
Income taxpayers.
"No. Indeed," declares Miller. "Our
records show' a high percentage of
women among the taxpayers. Not only
do .they include "daughters of the rich,'
but thousands of working women. Many
of the 'working women are paying sub
stantial amounts, indicating excellent
business intelligence."
Miller warns that before March 16 an
unmarried woman, widow or a married
woman living apart from her husband
must file a return if her income dur
ing 1919 was $1000 or more. A mar
ried woman who has Income from a
separate source than her husband is
entitled to file a separate return. Ordi
narily, unless -the total net Income ex
ceeds $5000. husband and wife file a
joint return. But If the husband omits
the wife's income, she is required to
file her own return. .
Dean Fined and Rearrested
Thomas Dean was ftnri tKA In th
, federal court today for violating the
national prohibition act by possession
of a still. Immediately after paying
the fine he was arrested by a deputy
sheriff, and held for a state charge.
When arrested several weeks ago he
was found to possess . a complete set
of burglar's tools. It is said-
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By Sir Gilbert Parker's
. master romance of the
great Canadian woods
Columbia Orchestra
Afternoon and- Evening
ALL WEEK
Admission Two" ' Bits
CHURCH DAMAGED
BY $8000 BLAZE
Fire originating in the attic Of St.
Andrews Catholic church. East Ninth
between Alberts, and tVygant streets,
about 1 . o'clock this- mornlngi de
stroyed the' entire upper portion of
the building above, the first floor,
doing damage estimated at about
$8000.
Father ' T. P. Klernan, .head fflf the
St. Andrews congregation, discovered
the flames and attempted to get into
the building to save some of the sacred
vessels. He found doors locked In the
church which were not locked as a rule
and for this reason suspected Incen
diarism. Fire Marshal Orenfell, after conduct
ing an examination, declared he did not
believe the fire of incendiary origin as
it would be too difficult for a person
to get into th attic. One of the fire
inspectors who went through the struc
ture a few weeks ago reported not rub
bish in the attlo whereby flames could
be started. Orenfell said defective, wir
ing was the probable cause.
The building was constructed In 1908.
The first floor was occupied by schcol
rooms while the second floor was. used
as a chapel. The roof and second floor
were completely destroyed.
' Two engine companies responded to
the first alarm, but they found the
flames beyond control and called out
additional companies. Engines 8, 13.
14 and 29 and truck 4 were at the fire.
SORELY AFFLICTED :
BLESS HEALER'S NAME
(Cootimud Proa Pate One)
praises of rhe man whose hands had
rested upon her head as he prayed for
her release from rheumatism that had
so sapped her physical powers that she
had for years been unable to exercise
her muscles.
"Glory s to his name!" she cried. "That
man hos brought God to my heart; my
pains are going. Oh. I know I will be
well f
Such scenes were for the eyes of sev
eral thousand people crowd twice as
large as appeared to receive the healer'a'
blessing and mi n titrations on Frift&y.
They came In every form of. convey
ance the ambulance, the wheel chair,
the automobile, the buggy and on foot,
borne up by their hope and the stout
crutches that aid.
They packed the sidewalks that sur
rounded the little brown church Into
which Is taken So much of prayerful
hope and from which comes so much
of faith In the healing powers of the
man who claims God's richest gift Their
automobiles line the curbing for blocks
about the church.
SKEPTIC SCOFFS
Here and there a skeptic marked the
waiting mass. "How can he help by
the laying on of hands?" the doubter de
manded. But the faithful had an answer. "He
can Open your eyes to the blessing of
faith; he can: revitalise your body by
the gift the Man of Galilee gave to
his apostles 1000 years ago," one said.
He was a man of the. cloth, come from, a
neighboring city to see and hear the
miracle man.
None today dropped his crutches and
fled from the., church to spread false
hopes of a miraculous cure. None
thought or expected that to the. sightless
vision would be restored by the touch of
Hickson's hands, nor that the cancer
would be wiped out by prayer, j
"Ytt all who conceived the faith and
who felt the touch of the healer, with
out an exception . noted by an army of
questioners, were : emphatic in asserting
that they had' been benefited. , None, it
seemed, left the; little church without
the faith firmly : lnmplanted that they
would recover.
TO 00 TO SEATTLE
When he had completed hia ministra
tions to the thousands who had gath
ered to receive his touch this .morn
ing. Hlckson returned to his rooms to
rest completely and uninterruptedly
until Sunday noon, when he expects to
leave for Seattle.
Aside from the work at the church,
Hlckson will do no other work before
he leaves the city. He testified he
must have rest from the consistent and
widespread program of healing, and to
get that rest even the quarters he oc
cupies are unknown to more than a
few.
"Mr. Hlckson ' needs rest He posi
tively will see no one after; he com
pletes the work of the mission today,"
said Alex G. Flndlay, who is keeping
absolutely secret the Hlckson stopping
place, meanwhile quietly convoying the
miracle man to and from lys rooms.
TwA Days Without Fin Deaths
For the second successive day, no
deaths from Influenza were reported to
the city health bureau. Fifteen active
cases of "flu" were listed by the health
bureau this morning as against the re
lease of 60 patients from quarantine. :
T0DAY!
Fuheralof Local
Navy Boy Who Died
: January 17 Is Held
The funeral of Ar
thur Roy Urquhart.
y- as v wssjacses uaj sa ew s
f the Unltd Stati
j ses ti w mm uviu sa U4
f' Flnley chapel Thuxs-
: day forenoon followed
by Interment bt
- Greenwood cemetery.
': Urquhart died at the
' Naval hoeplftal, Can
acao, P. L, January
IT, and the body was
brought to San Fran
cisco on the trans
port Sherman, arriv
ing here Sunday,
February 29.-
Arthur Urquhart was the son of Mr.
and Mrs. F.-W. Urquhart, 881 Thurman
street. He was born' In Portland and
received his education in the Chapman
school. He enlisted in Use navy April
5. 1917, and in August of that year left
Bremerton havyyard for New York on
board the New Orleans, via Panama
During the German war Urquhart
served In convoy service between At
lantic ports and Europe. After the
signing of the armistice he was sent to
Mexican' waters and afterwaVd to
Japan. China. Siberia and other far
eastern countries, sailing an aggregate
of more than 100,000 miles In the New
Orleans.
The last letter received from Arthur
by his father Was 'written November 29
and announced that he was leaving
Vladivostok for Manila to take a trans
port for home. News of his death, was
received by his parents January 21. He
was 25 years old at the time of his death
and besides his parents leaves -two sis
ters, Mrs. B. O. Wohler, 818 East Burn
Bide street, and Mrs. F. C, Mcdary, 817
Thurman street.
Mrs. Sarah C. Petdt
Mrs. Sarah G. Pettit, aged 58. a native
of West Virginia and a resident of Ore
gon and Washington for a quarter of
a century,-died of influensa at Vancou
ver, Wash., Wednesday, following a few
days' Illness. Mrs. Pettit was well
known in Scio and Monmouth, In Which
towns she resided for a number of
years. She is survived by her' husband,
Thomas J. Pettit, six children and 12
grandchildren. - The children are Ros
coe C. of Scio, Thoprag J. of Corvallis,
Mrs. Grace M. Convert and-Mrs. Elisa
beth R. Buttleiytt Portland, Mrs. Frank
L. Taylor or Cloverdale, Mrs. Emma
Ollle Zh of Albany. Funeral services
were held today at the I. O. O. F.
.cemetery. In Independence,- Or.
RIMS WIN SUIT
(Continued From Pats Ons)
of the board Illegal. Later. Dittemore
brought suit, declaring the action of the
board illegal and asking .reinstatement
TROUBLE LONG STABfDIJSGF ? .
Judge Dodge found that the contro
versy began in the fall of 1918 regarding
the extent that the trustees of the pub
lishing society were subject to control
and supervision by the directors 14
became acute when the trustees refused
to sign an agreement whereby they were
made to declare their understanding with
the directors to be that the directors
had final authority in regard to the pub
lishing society. As the trustees refused
to do this the directors passed a resolu
tion dismissing .Rowlands. The Judge
found that this was done in pursuance
of a plan to bring about retirement of
all the trustees and to Install In thelr
places trustees who would admit the di
rectors' final authority.
' Rowlands was completely exonerated
from the charges contained In the reso
lution of dismissal. The judge found
that the .real reason for selection of
him for removal was that be had been
the last appointed of the three trus
tees, because he had no pupils in Chris
tian Science as had his co-trustees, and
because he had not so many Christian
Science friends who might be disturbed
by his removal as they had, and that
the directors who voted to remove him
were' induced to do so rather by their
purpose to carry through their plan to
obtain control of the publishing society
than by any of the reasons they re
cited in their resolution.
DEATH EHDED POWER
In passing upon the question of power
of the directors to dismiss a trustee of
the publishing ' society, Judge Dodge
found that Mrs. Eddy expressly gave
this power to the "first members" of
the church, but required also concur
rence of the trustees under the deed
of 1892, designated as the Christian
Science board of directors, and that this
power did not survive to the present di
rectors when the "first members" ren
dered themselves incapable of - exercis-
lng the power of removal given to them.
AGAINST CHURCH BOARD
PTl'l I t"i a r mVill A a A iTTTl 4 A sTTl s i I i iTTi iTTT
time
is 'welcome
ts ' if W
cious in flavor and so wholesome that it
should be used regularly and often.
; Booklet of Choice Recipes sent free j
WJLTER BAKER-& C0-I&
s&6imedi78O.V0WCHESlEfo'hiASS.
also found that the directors do
not
constitute a corporate f body " and
that they could not increase their num
ber to fire.. It wa further found that
by the provisions of-the trust deed of
1898, establishing; publishing society,
Mrs. Eddy reserved only a power to con
trol 'the trustee la the management of
their business, to be exercised at her
option ' by Mrs. Eddy . herself, and to
cease at her death. v;-
Judge - Dodge found 1 that Dittemore
Is a member of the board of directors
Instead of Mrs. Annie M. Knott, elected
in bis place both under the trust deed
of 1893, and the by-laws of the church.
CBTUCH KOI AFFECTED BT w
COURT ECISIOir, SAYS FREED
"While all Christian Scientists are
much interested in the case, the contro
versy In no way affects the church as
a wholeand has no bearing on -any
feature of churcE administration except
the relation of the trustees of the pub
lishing society with the mother church.
explained A. O. Free! of the Oregon com
mittee on publication, this morning.
- The whole controversy appeared to
arise from? a conflict between the terms
of aj trust' deed executed by Mrs. Eddy
and the, by-laws -of the mother church.
The trustees, Freel said, refused to exe
cute an order of the mother church, and
the discrepancy between th two docu
ments was discovered. It is"" this point
which the master In chancery ruled
upon, which ruling wjll have to be re
viewed m the court.
The publishing society has jurisdic
tion over the newspaper, magazine and
bulletin organs of the church and the
question of dictating the policy of the
Christian Science press was the cause
of the break.
E
CLAIM IS APPROVED
Wallace McCamant. attorney; Rich
ard Martin, architect, and Jay Smith of
the firm of Marshall Wells & Co, were
approved by the city council this morn
ing to act; as . a board of arbitration to
settle the claims advanced by bondsmen
of Hans Pederson, dontractor, for losses
alleged to have been sustained In con
structing The' Auditorium.
If any of the three men agreed upon
cannot serve a meeting will be held
next Monday .afternoon to fill their
places. Mayor Baker announced this
morning, Appointment of the commit
tee Is in line with the resolution recently
drawn up by Deputy City Attorney
Torhllnson.
Father and Son Die
From Flu Attacks
Vancouver, Wash., March 8. Fred'
ericfc W. Bramtton, 64 years old. and his
eldest son, Arthur, aged IS, died Fri
day from the influenza, and Mrs.
Bramtton and three other children are
at St Joseph's hospital here In a crit
ical condition with the disease. The
Braxnttons reside at Barberton. Bramt
ton died at home at 6 o'clock Friday
evening and, the son died at the hos
pital at 9 o'clock. The two sons and
two . daughters were taken to the hoe
prtal several days ago.
Delaware Lawmakers
Will Act on Suffrage
Dover, Del, March 6. (U. P.) A
special session of the Delaware legis
lature was called fcr March 22 by Gov
ernor Townsend today to act on the
woman suffrage amendment-
ThreevMore Nations
Join World League
Washington, March (U. P.) Nor
way, Denmark and Sweden have de
cided by executive action to loin the
League of Nations, the state depart'
ment wss informed today.'
S. P. Offices Moved
All Southern Pacific railway offices,
which have been located In the Wells-
Fargo building' during government con
tro'l, had been moved to new quarters on
the seventh and eighth floors of the Teon
building today, and will be arranged for
business by Monday.
Houser Will Speak
Max H. Houser will be the speaker be
fore the members forum of the Cham
ber of Commerce Monday noon, his sub
Ject, "Portland's Foreign Trade Policy,
With Particular Reference to the Na
tional Foreign Trade Convention in San
Francisco May 13-15."
Do not make die
mistake of think
ing dlat cocoa is
only an occasional
drink. It is so
valuable a food
beverage, so rich
in die elements of
nutrition so j deli
It
GOMMHIE
NAMED
ON THE AUDITORIUM
of day
P ?
r 5
RED CROSS GIVEN 7
USER'S PROFITS
Waahtngton. March 6. (WASH
INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUR
NAL) Before the house rales com
mittee) Friday Julius H. Barnes,' pres
ident of the .'Federal Grain corpora
tion, was questioned concerning
chargst made by ; Spokane grand
Jury against Max H. Houser. regional
grain .director at Portland.
Representative Rodenberg Of Illinois,
Republican, who led off, was told that
Houser. of hia own volition, gave all his
profits in the grain business over per
cent to the Red Cross and war activi
ties. . Being unable to retire absolutely
from the firm with which he was con
nected, Houser placed his capital invest
ment m trust zor tins purpose. '
"Do! you know how much he madeT"
asked . Representative Johnson. South
Dakota, Republican.
"I do not," said Barnes.
"How much did he give away?"
"I don't know.-
By request of the committee Barnes
said be would ask Houaer for this In
rormatlon, ana would also furnish a
statement showing all Grain corporation
officials who have retained any share
in farmer grain Interests, the. amount of
tneir jnveson ni, tneir prouis ana ui
share -given away,
As 825,000 in salaries were paid to
Houser and other vlee presidents, Barnes
said he would be glad to have them at
this salary in his own business. They
worked free, on war time salaries, be
ginning July 1 last
NO PLOT WAS HATCHED.
SAYS RED WISS
, 'Continued From Pit One.)
thing as to the occurrences at Centralis.
On crbss-examinatlon he said that Wes
ley had been drafted and that his serv
ice during the war had been In the
spruce production division.
WOCID USE JUDGE
In an offering of testimony made dur
ing the absence of the Jury. Vanderveer
offered to prove by Superior Judge John
M. Wilson, the magistrate who is con
ducting the trial, "with his honor aa the
witness," that he had spoken at one or
more places on the Armistice day occur
renoe; at Centralis, and that- he had de-
Uvered an Elks memorial address at
Centralla for Grtmm, MoElfreah and
Hubbard. The offering was objected to
by the prosecution and not allowed.
.Numerous testimonial offers were
made by the defense attorney during the
morning, obviously for the purpose of
getting them Into the record,' for there
was no chance of any of them getting
before the Jury as evidence. Itemised
briefly, they are :
To prove that Earl Craft, electrician
at the Centralla Electric Light plant,
had left the place for 15 minutes and.
returning, found the mayor and chief
electrician In the plant. During the in
terval of his absence, lights in the town
were turned out and Wesley Everest
was removed from the Jail.
CUT HIS OWIT EOPE
To prove that David A. Livingstone.
coroner of Lewis county, had reported
to the Elks that Everest broke from the
city Jail, had gone to the county bridge
two miles southwest of the city, hanged
himself, then shot himself, then cut the
rope and his body dropped into the river.
This ridiculous story actually was cir
culated In Centralla at the time of the
shooting, aa many who 'were there dur
ing the stirring events of last November
will remember. '
To prove that plans were laid before
Governor Lewis F. Hart looking toward
simultaneous prosecution of members of
the I. W. W. in all parts of the state In
order that the defendants would not be
able to employ counsel.
Important admission of shooting from
the Avalon was . made by Vanderveer
yesterday afternoon. While Milton
Sayre was on the witness stand Special
Prosecutor W. H. Abjl asked if he heard
any : shooting fro.n the Avalon.
"I' admit there was shooting from the
Avalon now, Mr. Abel," conceded the
defense head.
LETTER STARTLES COTTKT
Abel observed that this was some
thing new and Vanderveer replied that
he had found out a few new points since
his testimony was started. The court
room had not entirety recovered its com
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posure this afternoon from the surprise
that came in the statements of the Rev.
T. Edmonds on the witness stand,' earlier
in the day." His testimony was the most
sensational yet produced during the trial.
Just how the stats came In possession
of the letter from the minister to Vand
erveer, in which the former-outlined a
plan of defense that has been followed,
with only slight variation, by the de
fense attorney, remained a deep mys
tery until tonight, i
FOUKD UXDEJt PILLOW . ....-
Prosecutor Abel then explained "that tt
was found hidden in the pillow of a
hotel bed In Olympla by a chambermaid
and turned over to the clerk, who in turn
delivered it to agents of the state. Other
papers were also discovered in the pll
low, but they were! not discussed in Ed
monds' examination.
Ben Casagranda,! Who .was killed, and
John Earl Watt, ! aserlously wounded.
were not shot; whle they were seek
ing shelter on Second street from the1
gun fire in front of the halt, as prosecu
tion witnesses had; it. but In reality fell
before the murderous lead shower on
Tower avenue, according to Henry L
MoCleary. a strong defense witness, who
Illumined the shooting scene from a
new .angle. J
. Three youths who stood In front of the
cooperative store gt the northwest cor
ner of Second street and Tower offered
similar statements as to the shooting.
Gerald Gregersbn, 17 years old, said that
as the parade stopped at the intersection,
three men walked up to the hall, and
as one stepped Into the entrance, a burst
of shots followed, i
CLAIM WOMEJT THREATENED
Qregerson's companion told the same
story, but ' said on cross examination
that "quite a few guns were shooting at
the time." "'
Richard Buward, 18 years old; was the
third of the trio to testify. Testimony
as to a raid and to commands of "come
on, let's go," was given by Milton Sayre. 1
wno was standing at tne southwest cor
ner of the intersection.
Following the afternoon recess further
offer of testimony pras made by Vander
veer In the absence of the Jury. By the
witnesses Anna Campbell, Bertha Howe
and Anne Boylehe declared, it was de
sired to prove that uniformed men and
civilians, on numerous occasions follow
ing Armistice day. bad visited their
homes and accused- them of sheltering
members of the L W W. There visitors
had threatened the women, Vanderveer
stated, and, carrying arms, had searched
their homes on several occasions.
BAID FOLLOWED SHOOTRKk
A marcher in the fourth platoon of
the Centralis contingent was the next
witness George A. Peters said that his
comrade, Vernon Radcllffe, was In the
contingent, a little way ahead of him.
Peters heard Radcllffe say, ''Let's go,"
and the rush started, he said.
But on cross-examination. Abel asked :
"Was that yell of "Let's go,' after the
shooting started V
"Yes," Peters replied, "a minute or
two."
Dan Mohney viewed the parade from
the Randall hotel at Third street and
Tower avenue, and when the Centralla
contingent paused he told of seeing sol
diers rush across the parking strip
toward the 4, W. W, hall. Shots fol
lowed. UPHOLD DEFENSE CLAIM
Similar testimony was given of wit
nesses who followed. Walter Eddy,
clerk at the, Randall, was on the
street, walkmg toward the ball he
claimed, when the raid started. Twen
ty or 80 men were in the crowd and
probably 20 shots were fired, he de
clared. The witness said that he noticed
a wounded man walking down the street
holding his arm, and, following the
trail of blood left behind, found that
It came direct from the L W. W. halL
Eddy's companion that afternoon.
Frank Bertagnolli, a miner,' 22 years
old. -whose home Is at Mendota and
who is a member of the United Mine
workers of America, said that he was
In town because the miners' strike was
then on.
When the shooting started, the wit
ness said that he turned around and
"beat it" back toward the business dis
trict, s
"What did you do afterwards 7" Van
derveer asked.
I went to a show and stayed there."
"Well, did you go down there again V
asked the attorney, somewhat impa
tiently. "Yes, I went by on a streetcar."
A bloody trail 1 for a block from the
south led to the I. W. W. .hall, W. C.
Hawkins of Centralia testified,
BIDES PEE88EP 05 AHEAD
Despite the t&ct that he stood close
to the Avalon. the next wltness. J.
Parker, .sawmill nan, said he heard no
shots from "that rooming house during
the general battle. The rush of ex
service men and the shooting were de
scribed. Parker's companion and co-worker .In
the mill, Henry Escalller, 18 years old.
,rsve similar testimony. "The man on
horseback." he said,
"after the shoot-
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Weekly v.'-.- - Topics
APANESESHERS
STEEL PLANT
Tokio. March 1. (Delayed.) (U.
P.) Two thousand or mors strikers
attacked the Yawata government
steel works , plant here, practically
wrecking the huge plant. It was
necessary to call out police reserves
to repulse the attackersN The striks
Is growing. "
Siler Mill Must Show
Actual Loss in Suit
For Big Damages
Vancouver, Wash Marrh (. - That
the contract held by the Siler Mill com
pany tPeut-spxuceafor the United States
Spruce Prod ucti-yt. corporation was for
the efttire capaclt?of the mill and1 not
a definite amount and ran for It months
from November, 1917. was ths decision
of Judge Back of the superior court
today. Whether or not the company will
receive damages will depend on a show
ing -to be made from the company
books at a hearing In April. ' ' j
The company asked (420.000 damages
aa the result of the cancellation of Ha
contract following the signing of the
armistice. Under the ruling of Judge
Hack' damages will be allowed whan
the company can show -what j Us -expenses
were, what Its profits wooJd have
been for. the five months and II days
of life of the contract following' Its)
revocation and what profits or losses
nave resulted from commercial operas
tlnns since the government contract was
revoked. These figures, he ruled, must
be based on the policy as to price and
kind fixed by the Spruce corporation.
The case of the Hanlfy Lumber com
pany, which involved similar facta and
allegations and was for $14,000 damages.
will be decided en the same basis. Judge
Back ruled, end trial of the case was
postponed until the Slier mill case lsl
. - j
The sale of 'side cut" or that 00 ra
ms rci&l lumber not accepted by tha
government while, the contract was yet
in operation win atso De consiaereo,', aa
any profit made from It will detract
from the damages which they ask.
Policeman Answers t
Demands of Ouija;
Cuts Queer Capers
Oakland. Cal.. March . (TJ. P. Im
pelled by the demands of a ouija board.
Policeman Rimer H. Dean ran into the
street and started to disrobe.
-Dean said the ouija board had told
him that a-'man was his enemy and
would try to kill him. Then the ouija
board suddenly changed its suggestion
to one of clothing and Dean acted ac
cordingly. His sanity will be tested today. -
Martinex, CaL, March . (U. P.)
"Ouljamanla" claimed another victim
here when C. F. Forrs, Impelled, ha
said, by suggestions from a ouija board,
hurled a brick through the postofflce
window. i
Carlo Soldavinl, ens of the seven
whose sanity was tested, triumphantly
burned th ouija board which had
caused the Insanity of four women of
his family. Soldavinl and two men
were declared sane.
Arreetd Before StHI Operate)
Steve Pavolovich, Nineteenth and
Northrop streets, was surprised when
revenue agents visited him Friday
night They conflscateTI a still before
Pavolovich bad begun manufacture of
moonshine, the agents declare. .
Federal Agents Arrest Three Y
Eighty-nine pints of moonshine , were
found in the Columbia house Friday
night by federal revenue agents. They
arrested J. D. Adrian, J. T. Duman and
A. Cv Castoff for possession of liquor,
Portland Couple Licensed -ChehallS,
Wash.. MarcH CharUa A,
Piatt and Mrs. J. Stephens, Jboth of
Portland, Or., were Issued a marriage
license in Chehalts Friday.
ing started, rode forward rapidly to
catch the balance of the parade, which
had passed on. He psesently returned.:
MOB
The picture doesn't start out a
bit like this illustration but
after five perfectly good reels
of amusing situations, he finally
wins out and gets Toby's Bow.
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