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; jCITY EDITION If All Htre and fVA True X THE WEATHKR Tonight and Friday," fair ; gentle . southwesterly . winds. Minimum Temperatures Wednesday : '', Portland 43 New Or Inns...; SO. Boise . 82 - , -Newv York.. .... 88 ' Los Angeles 60 . St. Paul.. ...,' 88 . . .-. r r. " -on trains ano iwi STns r i v t pint VOL XIX; NO. 12 Eaterad aft tUcond-elmw Matter. Pastoffioe. Portland. Oregon. PORTLAND, OREGON, ' THURSDAY EVENING MARCH II. 1920. TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. PRICE TWO , CENTS. I menu. It's not perfect he because 'k 1 V Tl -' ' ; HE FUESlSWjafeW WURgl XL J JZ00 X c IX " K' h"Vjit In cOTDpftrlson with others : J ViCL- 'e n'n, .. fjgil . sV j'' i -X WOMAN ROBS BANK 10 GEf HER CHILDREN Divorced Husband Having Two Offspring, Mrs; Emma Winifree 1 Takes $6500 From Aurora Safe to Offer Him for Remarriage. ' Whep Emma Winifree looked n a Black of 96500 In bills March I In the1 Aurora State bank, where Bhe was' temporarily employed, ehe flaw tho faces, of her two small chil ?dren, given into' the custody of her tex-hub&nd, who divorced her nine months ago. ' ' L . Somehow or other she felt that pos- ; sesxion of the money would enable her to remarry her .children's father and nee again to feel little hands touching ,her face, fto he took It. This she told : poraUveS of the Wil liam J. Burns detective agency after t the was taken Into custody. i MTSBASIl At. HO ARKKHTKI) " Detectives eay that she admitted that ; she stole the money and that she gave Jt to her former husband In hope of effectlnc reconciliation. V. W. Winifree. the husband, was nrreated Wednesday ;iKht nnd. ,with Burns operatives and i Fherlff WUon of Clackamas county, left the Mulenomah county Jalt this morning to to find $1500, which, he said was burled near Bull Run Mrs. Winifree Is detained at the home of Sheriff WIlHon 'at Oregon City. " t Mrs. Winifree admitted to the de . tectlven, they said, that ehe was en Ijraged to marry another man. But J'when she learned that the only way she could Ret. pogKessIon of the children was :by remarriage, she approached her hus- band on the Subject. KO LOVK FOR HTSBAND "I didn't want' to buy Winifree's uf .fectton." the woman sobbed this morn ing Junt after he had completed a rest ; less night at the home of Sheriff Wll 'ison at Fifth and Monroe streets, Ore gon City. "1 don't care if I never see him, but , I do so" want my. babies." And the (little woman, overcome by the sorrow Ithat came wllh realisation of the enor mlty of her crime, gave way to"ncon I trolled tears.. -'Hr KaUlea are 8 and years ojd,- the elder belnpr born when the mother was but 14 years of age. The mother de Clares that Winifree got a divorce from her on false allegations of desertion. Their married life had not been pleas ant, she said, but she had never desert ed him. They did. at one, time, live apart for four months, f When Winifree flle.d his suit, his lawyers told the wife that to contest the case would be futile and expensive. "You . might never be able to pay and they might send you to jail," nhe nays he was told when the lawyers urged her not to appear in court. BABIES STOLEN, SHE SATS "That's how they got my babies they stole them. "And Winifree knew from the first that I had stolen the money I had . brought to Portland. He knew it and he was glad . to take that money and buy the things he wanted. For my part. " ,lt only boaght my Way back to my children." , ' Meanwhile the 23-year-old mother of the two little girls Is watched over by ' Mrs. W. J. Wilson at the sheriffs home, where she occupies a comfort able room and eats at the family table. "They can't prosecute this little girl she didn't know what .she was doing when she stole money." Mrs. Wilson said today. "Mother love will account fbr many mistakes." On Saturday night, after the robbery, aha remained with her former husband ftt their old home near Bull Run, the detectives stated. After the money was 1 delivered to the husband, a payment of 1S 00 was made on a 14-acre farm on (Concluded on Pftc Tuo. Column' On) SENATE ORDERS GRAIN INQUIRY Washington. March 11. (U. P.) -The senate today ordered an in vestigation of" the . United States Orain corporation on the basis of charges made by a federal grand jury at Spokaije, Wash. The grand jurors charged officials of the Grain corporation with speculat ing In wheat' Sharp opposition was aroused, during the debate on Senator Reed's resolution urging the inquiry, Aehurgt. Ariaona.., Democrat, charging that it was "camouflage- for an inves tigation of Herbert Hoover f or political purposes. fine Business, Eh? ' Policeman's Choiqe : Chickens Are Taken - Even a policeman's chicken coop is not Immune from the quick, grasping arms of a chicken thief. . . At least Police InspectoiCharles Hill of the- night shift will tesuTy that the hand At a thief found its way t his prise' hens. Just prior to leaving the station this morning for his home at Thirty-third and Wasco streets Hill re ceived a call from his wife telling him that a; thief had taken four White Leg horns and 12 Rhode Island Reds front their chicken house. V ' Hill harried home and' Vowed that he would catch the fellow who removed his pullets. ' - i She Stole to Regain Babes 'ft, v I - - f7 h lU-k 1 r - A w L" H?iv l " ft 1 . 1 h ' a- a ' 'a T IS "E Frank S. Grant contemplates be coming a cahdldate for the Republi can .nomination for justice Of thi supreme court' at the primary elec tion of May 21, according to politi cal rumor. . . There are tour vacancies to be filled on the supreme bench at the coming election. The terms of office of Chief Justice McBrlde, and of Associate Jus tices H. S. Benson, Lawrence. ,T. Harrta and Henry J. Bean, all expire by llmi- tatio with the close of December of this year. All are candidates for renomination and reelection and up to this time there have been no definite rumors of oppo sition to their candidacies. For a time there was some talk that Judge John S. Coke of Marsbfield would be a candidate, but word comes from friends of the judge that he has no. in tention of entering the contest Judge Percy Kelly of Albany has also been mentioned, but do word has come from him and It is not believed that he in tends to be a candidate at this time. Word has come to Portland that Sen ator Julian Hurley .of Vale, whr has been traveling extensively over the state in connection with fraternal lodge work In which he is concerned as an officer, has been planting the seeds of a Grant boom for the supreme judge ship as he has gone from place to place throughout the state. Grant was formerly deputy city at-1 torney and later held that office after Judge Kavanaugh . had been elected: to the circuit bench.'. He was also a can- d -.ate for circuit judge of Multnomah ! county and again for attorney ' general. Woman Painfully Burned Trying to , Extinguish Blaze Mrs. E. C. HollkUy, 1455 Mallory av enue, wag painfully burned about the bead and face late this morning when Bhe attempted to extinguish a fire thaf started from the explosion of an .incu bator in the basement of her home. When : the incubator lamp exploded flames spread over the basement room, doing- damage to trie room and the eggs estimated at $100. When Mrs,: Flortlday's efforts at fire fighting proved - futile .she calledenglne company 29.. v4 ". I ' 1 GRAN N SUPREME UDGESHP Mrs. Emma Winifree, who says she robbed Aurora State Bank of $6500 so that she might induce her former husband to remarry her and thereby again be with her two little girls WARD LIN ERGOES New York. March 11. (I. N. 3.) The Ward llntr Esperanza, with 45 passengers oh board, is aground on Madagascar reef, off Progresso, Mexico, according to a radiogram picked up today by the naval - com municating service. The Esperanza was en . route for New York for a cruize by way of Havana. Huber Is Acquitted Of Possessing Stolen Government Stamps Albert Huber. charged with posses sion of stolen government stamps, to day was acquitted when a jury in Fed eral Judge Wolverton's court returned a sealed verdict. Judge Wolverton instructed the jury Wednesday that even though Huber seemed to them to be implicated in bank robbery at Cathlamet. Wash., it must be shown the stamps he was found to possess some time later actually came from this bank. Huber protested his Innocence of com plicity in the ' robbery at Cathlamet, proving an alibi by friends- and rela tives in Portland who said they saw him here on the date the robbery oc curred. . - , . Oregon Resident 93 Years Old Stricken On Railroad Trip Redding, Cal.. March 11. (U. P.) Dased and exhausted, James Mclvoy. 93, en rout from La Grande, Or., to Madera, CaL, was taken from -a train here last night and placed in care of the sheriff, , . - . . The nortogenarian traveler dropped off into a sound' sleep a few minutes after being put to bed, .'--Travel' worn,, be evi dently had suffered a slight lapse of pnemory. He had with him $260. t Mclvoy . awoke ? today refreshed . and with a clear .mind.- A" son, William, wired that he was on his way to join bis AGROUND ON REEF aged fatber,,., , ..j WARRENTON BOND ISSUES ARE IN DOUBT Suit of Spokane, Portland & Seattle Road Raises Question as to Validity of $242,000 Block Purchased by the State. That the $242,000 bonds issued by the city of Warrenton, sold to Morris Brothers and subsequently to the state are of questionable va- lidity and that the entire matter! ... , - ,. t rests with the courts, in spite of the i election held at, Warrenton Tuesday, is the prevailing sentiment in Port land today. The election of Tues day had no bearing whatever on the validity of the bonds, say Portland attorneys, although O. B. Setters, city attorney of Warrenton, ex presses the belief - that ratification by the people validates the bonds regardless of whether the original proceedings in authorization were irregular. LEGAL STATUS PRESENTED Portland attorneys say the pond situ ation is in status quo. Specific proceed ings are laid down by law. they explain, for authorisation and issue of bonds. If they are authorized or issued other than in conformance with the stated proceed ings, the bonds are invalid, despite an election of ratification, is the position of the majority of Portland attorneys. If that be true, the election, in Warrenton would seem to have no bearing on the validity of the bonds reposing In the treasurer's office, and the entire ques tion will hang on the decision given by the courts in the Buit Instituted by the Spokane, Portland 4 Seattle railway to declare. the bonds invalid because of al leged irregular proceedings in their au thorization. DOCK BONDS AUTHORIZED Three hundred and fifty thousand dol lars in dock bonds were authorized by Warrenton. - Of this issue $100,000 was sold to Morris Brothers and by Mortis Brothers to the state treasurer. Al though that authorisation was ratified by the electorate of Warrenton. the en tire issue will be invalidated if the courts uphold the contention of 'the railroad company, lay. local ttorirey.;"etter takes the opposite view and declares his belief that the Court Will dismiss the (Concluded on race' Three; Colaran Two) Two women and a man are held for police . investigation today, fol lowing a thrilling story told by the women that their ' auto had been held up" at East Twenty-first and Division streets by two men, who at the point of guns forced them to drive, to Hillsboro, where they robbed the C. C. store of more than 40 pairs of shoes and escaped. The women are Margaret Baker, 17, and Mabel Lowry, 31, of 421V4 East Morrison street The man, charged by the police as being one of the men who stole the shoes, is Eugene Ellsworth Keller. He was arrested at noon. Inspector LaSalle, en route to police headquarters this morning from his home, saw an. overturned automobile on Terwtlliger boulevard- The .far had been abandoned, but more than? 40 pairs of shoes lay near by. Through the li cense number Inspectors La Salle and Scufpius found the women and arrested them. . According to their story, they were driving to Oreaham to 'visit a sick rela tive, when " accosted by armed men. They were forced to drive' the car to Hillsboro, they said, look on while the men robbed a shoe store, and then com pelled to return them to Portland. The Car skidded and overturned near the city, the occupants escaping. Kelley was sentenced to serve from ohe to seven years in the state peni tentiary for house robbery in Josephine county some time ago. On February 21, 1919, he was. sentenced to one year in the Multnomah county jail when found guilty of robbing a store. Three-other alleged thieves - are held by police following the night round-up. Fred SUva, 18, and Frank Ward, alias Montana Curly. 54, were picked up at Third and Burnside streets. Complete outfits of burglar tools are said to have been found on them. Police suspect the pair of robbing nearby towns. Fred Gaynor, 20, alleged to have robbed a logging camp at ftuxton. was arrested Wednesday- night at Broadway and Madison streets. - Hillsboro Store Robbed Hillsboro, March 1L The C. C. store, J. . H. Garrett proprietor, was entered Wednesday night by burglars. Twenty three suits, 60 pairs of Shoes and many pairs of mens dress, nose are missing. It . is supposed that the robbers made their getaway in a machine. - The automobile containing the goods stolen tipped over on the Terwtlliger boulevard and the- sheriff recovered California Is Over Top ii'Irisli Loan 'if V1'' " '" 1 v '- ' - f Bah Frenclsco, MareS"". 1L (u. -F. California has gone over the torV in the Irish republic loan 'campaign. It was announced--here that the state already has exceeded Its quota of Jl.BOO.eoo by about 1300,000 in the sale of Irish bond certificates. " i The drive' Is -.to"- end March 17; . , . " - WOINWORY CAUSE OF ARREST Births in 1920 Show an Increase In Portland and Other Sections Washington, ilarch 11. (U. P.) Vital statistics being givan out by the federal bureau for 1920 indi cate a uniform increase in births in all sections and a growing desire for adoption of children by childless couples. Births in Portland, Or., for January and February, .1920,' are fixed at 846 as against 712, for the same months last year. - - " ' Persons -adopting babies generally want them. extremely youhg. Girls appear to have a slightly bet ter chance than boys of obtaining fos ter parents. ew- iora reponea jz.o oirtns mw year, compared with 21,165 last year, 0thr ctles report,ng ,nciuded . Pittsburg. 1108 and 9S2 ( January only). Adoptions increased, mostly boys. Cleveland, 3276 and 3050. Very tew adoptions, but always more applications than children. Indianapolis. 550 and 540. Adoptions decreased ; preference for girls Milwaukee, 1744 and 1801. St. Louis, 2183 and 2121. Boys have slight advantage in adoptions. Dallas, Texas, 548 and 4S2. Adoptions decreased ; girls preferred. San Francisco, 1543 and 1872. Adop tions increased. Baby boys under 1 year have the call. Los Angeles, 918 and 725 (January only,). Seattle, 947 and 952. TREATY FATE LIES 2 Washington. March 11. (U. P.) Ratification of the-" treaty, now de pends on the votes of one or two senators, leaders in the efforts to arrange a compromise on Article X declared this afternoon. They asked Senator Lodge to give them a little more time to argue cer tain senators into line for the compro mise, and Lodge, agreed not to call up the treaty at all today. He took this step in spite of the fact that he announced - some time . ago ' he would . kep-Jth paat.-bf o ta senate without interruption until It was dis posed of. ' Return to the . senate of . Senator Swanson b "Virginia, who has .been ab sent some time, helped give impetus to the work of the compromisers. - I, m Palmer to Try Aqti- Trust Suits Despite U. S. teel Decision Washington, March -11. (I. N. S.) Attorney General Palmer announced late this afternoon that, irrespective of the supreme courts decision that the U. S. Steel corporation is not a trust, he will proceed with prosecution of all other anti-trust suits now pending. The attorney general declared that the court's decision does not apply to all anti-trust cases and he will take the cases through the courts. California -County's Wine Exhibit Seized San Jose. Cal.. March 11. (I. X. S.) A wine and charnpagne stock valued at $2000 reposes in v federal care today, having been seized from a county ex hibit at the Chamber of Commerce. The exhibit formerly told of one of the chief products of this county. Dr. Lo vejoy WITH SENATORS l . st t s at at 4 Pledges . Herself Dr. Esther Phol Lovejoy an nounced her candidacy for the Dem ocratic nomination to congress from the Third -district, Multnomah coun ty, today at the luncheon 1 given in her honor i'the Jackson club at the Hotel Benson. She had spoken of her work in Eu rope depicting the scenes of devastation in France. Belgium. Serbia, Armenia and other parts of the war stricken dis trict and had .concluded her address, when Mrs. Alice McXaught, chairman of the day, insisted that she tell the gather ing of her plans for the future. "I suppose I should be coy, as the men are when asked such questions. Dr. Lovejoy answered, "but I am going to tell you. I. did not make up my mind un til this morning, but I am going to run for congress. . I am going to win if I can. But whether I win-or not. I am scing to have a fine (Ipier running." "I have been talking to you about the children," she continued. "I think it is a woman's job to take care of the children, her own first, if she has them. If she has none, then of the children of other mothers. I have no children of my own, but I feel that out of what I bave done in Portland, I have taken care of the children of Portland in many ways. Since I have been away, I have teen doing what I Could for the children of the world. I want to continue to do that. , . ;-., '',.-','.V': "It has been said women should keep out of : poU.tlcsvtliat it;1 to a : sorry mess which they should not attempt' to touch, but I hold that if! it is so, then it Is the place of the women to get Into politics and help make it cleaa. That is woman's M HELD W. S. U 'Ren,. Attorney for Com munist Labor Party, Causes Surprise by Asserting Plat form Holds Sop for I. W. W. A veritable monkey wrench was dropped " into the machinery of whatever propaganda the Commun ist Labor party hoped to create in court, this morning, when W. S. IT Ren. attorney for Karl W. Oster, Claude Hurst and Kred Krye, the, three! defendants, let slip some per sonal1 observations on the aims of the party. "The dictatorship of the proletariat," he declared, "to my mind is the rankest nonsense, and all history proves it." In the course of argument over a legal question the counsel asserted that the "proletariat" not only includes the be whiskered gentry but, in its broadest sense, ; coHeg professors, lawyers, school teachers , and everyone who is not a millionaire. One! of the most Important legal de cisions handed down In the case was ; delivered by Judge Morrow when he al-1 lowed the state to introduce certain I. : W. W. literature. The literature was j identified by Elton Watklns, former as-1 slstant federal district attorney, who is j known an one of the greatest authorities in the country on the "Wobbly" propa- l ganda- Watkins was one of the main witnesses of the prosecution at the Chi cago trial where "Big Bill" Haywood was convicted. EXAMPLES ASKED FOR "What examples have the I. W. W. set before American working men?" District Attorney Evans asked of the witness. "Their alms have been curtailment of production, sabotage and any act to force I upon employers their demands, whether lawful ox unlawful. They threat en employers by telling them they had better grant their demands or suffer the consequences. They spread discontent," answered Watkins. Among the literature introduced was (Concluded on Pace Two, Column Three) HiinHTirr Stories k At Group of Allied Military Officers London. March 11, (L N. S.) An other . attack by Germans upon allied army; officers was reported from Ber lin' today. A group of British, French and Belgian officers were stoned while passing through Brandenburg, said a dispatch from Berlin. Reports are current in Berlin that France will demand Indemnity for the French soldier who was killed at Welnttz by a German policeman. Hert- Bauer, the German chancellor, has Issued an appeal to the German public to treat allied army officers politely and threatens severe measures to prevent further attacks against them. Chicago to Tackle Its Housing Problem Chicago, March 11. (I. N. S.) A plan to house long-suffering apartment tenants In portable houses, to be aban doned after a sufficient number of flat buildings are erected to meet the de mand and after rents go back to nor mal figures, was launched today by the Chicago Real Estate board. It is be lieved that thousands of families can be housed in this way. Is Out for Congress to Dr. E, P. Lovejoy v.ork. une ts tne greatest cleansing agent in the world.' . X Billy: Will Give Ha Sunday Main Job in the Cabinet If He Is Elected Syracuse, N. Y March 11. f L. P. To keep the "back-biting, grasping, thieving, degenerate Uunch of dirty politicians who are trying to double-cross thi eighteenth amendment from the presidential chair." Billy Sunday told the United Press today; he will run on a dry platform with William Jennings Bryan. Moreover, here is his cabinet, hand picked and ready for the approval of the public: Secretary of state, Henry Cabot Lodge or "Ma" Sunday. "I don't know which ; both of 'em are fine In any job,") Secretary of war. Leonard Wood. ("He had a raw deal and he's a great soldier.") Attorney general. Judge K. M. Landis. 'T1.'H am a a ih. Ha vM cK t a tlt rt ihm y ,.v . - i MS;?rv of the interior. Governor' (Henry Allen. ("He's another good one, ; believe me.") Postmaster general, Herbert Hoover. Secretary of agriculture. Professor ; Charles Curtis. ( "I used to go to school i to him when he was dean of the agri- i cultural college ajt Ames.") o , tK. nt. r-i.. ! sloner Curtis of BoPton. ("One of the j ablest men in the country.") "I don't know about anybody else, except that Pershing will be chief of Staff." STATE RESTS IN TOMBSTONE Tombstone, ,Arix March 11. (U. P.) The prosecution in the Bisbee ! deportation trial created a sensa- tion by announcing at 11 ;45 . this morning that it rested Its case. Soldier Aid Plans Will Cripple Nation, Houston's Warning Washington, March 11. U. P ) Ln actment of any of the soldier aid pro posals by congress would threaten seri ous consequences to the financial wel fare of the , nation. Secretary of the Treasury Houston today told the house ways and means committee. "In whatever wr you approach these proposals, they are certain to Increase the burdens of every man, woman and child In the United States," Houston said. Clark Refuses to Run for Presidency Washington. March 11. (U.. P.) Champ Clark, in a letter to Hiram L Gardner, secretary of the Georgia Democratic committee, made public to day, refused to sanction his name ln that state's presidential primaries. Foster Reappointed Lakeview Collector Washington. March 11. (U. P.) The president today sent to the senate the nomination bf Andrew J. Foster to be collector of domestic moneys at Lake view, Or, a reappointment. CASES Child Welfare "The country, does n6t need a political revolution." Dr. Lovejoy said, "It does not need a new party or new parties. The principles of the two major parties are sufficient to govern this country and lead it safely to peace and pros perity if the two major parties would only live up to theih. It is the part of i women to do what they can to see to it. each in her own sphere,, that these great parties live true to their principles and the promises they make." Mrs. Rose Schefflen. national commit tee oman for Oregon, who shared the luncheon as Jin honor, guest with Dr. Lovejoy. spoke during the luncheon. She spoke for a united party in the stale, saying this was the time for all Democrats to turn their attention to "the common enemy" and forget the1 little difficulties that might exist here and there between them. v It was announced, by Dr. J. W. Mor row, national committeeman, that there will be a meeting of Democratic woman at the Multnomah ' hotel Saturday,' March 13, at 2 :30 In the afternoon, for the purpose of considering a plan of organisation 'with Mrs. Schefflen and for the further purpose, of electing an organiser for the woman's "work to be done tn, Multnomah county 'during the coming ("primary and - general election campaigns. i ..- - - 0ne'Man's Income : ' Tax Is; $1,000,000 -s , m- ,e . , San Francisco, March 11. U. P.l The Income 4tax of one San "Franciscan i amounts to - i.ooo,wo. Mis return was included 4n 0,00O filed-here up to-today. LIE? SAYS PROSECUTION J. Huber, N. P. Fireman Who. Declared He Saw Hubbard in Centralis Day of Shooting, May . Be Taken for False Swearing. By Fred II. McNeil . (Orrr Tlx Jonriuvl'i Special Lauod Wirt) Montesano, Wash., March 11, John Huber, Northern Pacific rail road fireman, who went on tho wit" nH Htand for the defense in th Centralia murder trial for a few , minutes this morning in Ur-rebut tal, Is to be arrested or. perjury charges, according to official, of th prosecution. Hubej swore he had seen F. H. H(ib bard, president of the Eastern Railway. j & Lumber company. In Centralia onjthe l VT I n V . i.Ml.lln. ., T-l. ciKion offered witnesses from Portland a few nays to show that Hubbard was : ln Portland oil Armistice day and for , ,. . . . ., . a few hours the following day, attend tn,e ' th j Pacific Htates Kire insurance company ana staying at the iortland hotel. TAKEN FROM KNtSlNB Huber was taken from' his engine, which, attached to a freight train, was pulling through Montesano. east bound from Aberdeen, and brought to the courtroom to testify. The train was delayed for half an hour in the Inter- : ests of the murder trial. With the life of Eugene Harnett, al ; leged slayer of Warren Grimm, at stake, i his SO-monthe-old son, sitting with Mr a, ! Harnett, gaily played and prattled In the courtroom today. A few feet away sat Mrs. Verna Orimm, widow of the former soldier with her 14-months-old baby gtrl, also happily oblivious of the ttn nmiL bngnacted Tii two i little children tried to play- toatetherr i but their respective mothers turned 4eai ' ears on their appeals. When adjournment was taken after the defense testimony was completed, attorneys retired to the judge's cham bers and began a discussion of the re quested instructions submitted to the court. . ... ;.( lodge Wilson said he did not expect Concluded 00 Pact IlfhUtn, . Column Oat in BUILDING ; 3 K f LLED Nevada, Mo., March 11. ( I. N. S.) Three men were killed this afternoon when the roof and third floor of the Nevada Trust company building collapsed and fell on ' is adjoining two-story building during a tornado which swept the city and caused property damage estimated 1 at $60,000. The dead : Henry Brewer, 2f, dispatch er, Missouri Pacific railroad; William Bothwell. 25. chauffeur ; Paul Plerceal!, ' ' 24, clerk. . The three meti were in a shoe shining stand in the building crushed by- the collapse of the bank building. They' ' were burled under tons of debris. Twe ' of the bodies have been recovered. Mexican Bandits in Pierce Battle With - Posse Under Sheriff Nogales, Arls.. March 11, (I, N. A pitched battle between a sheriffs posse and the band of Mex4can bandit led by Ezequlel Lara, murderer of Alet-" ander and John Frazer, American mining engineers, is believed In progress today In the rugged mountain country It miles weat of here. Telephonic reports from Mrs. Sana Cason, ranch woman, declared repeated fusillades of rifle shots were clearly au dible . from a canyon Into whloh the bandits are said to have fled. The report that the outlaws bad been chased back across the American-Mexican line by Mexican troopers and that ex-Sheriff Ear hart had immediately dis patched a posse of cowboys In pursuit was confirmed here today. 14 - Year - Old Girl NeedsCompanionon ' San Francisco Trip Who is going to San Francisco within the neat 10 days with whom the daugh ter of a prominent citizen of Kennewtck, Wash., on her way to school may travel 1 The Oregon State Chamber of Com merce wants to know. Among the numerous inquiries coming - to George Quayle. secretary, is one from a Kennewlck resident asking if be could learn , of someone going to California with whom hie 14-year-old daughter might go. David Wood, Pioneer , Of 1853, Passes Oh " . i i Lebanon, -March' 11 David Wood, a pioneer of 't, died at his home In this . city Tuesday. ', His wife and" seven chil dren 'survive. ' He leaves also S0 grand children- and H great grandchildren.