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' , "t - ' ' , , ' ' ! . - - .' I . r. - . , - . - ' ' -' '. I The Editorial Page a- Lf I I Ll""! h I IK IJ lraffn s KJ I I r . , ''"""N the WEATHEai-TomBMan wedne I of The Journal every day offers a world f 1 W rV . I I VA 1 V J -Jv' J . V V TtlCVt liZi-E&fl )T. W JSsL TjvXjAiJ V. V VI VV V I ' day' ir: northeasterly winds. jt of Information tn itself. It is a com- 0 I V W VSV V V7 .V-V X AVvV VlfHrUWrtl0 v """V i A 3&y7x A y jrV f I - Minimum Temperatures Monday: ), pendlurn of newsy notes of Interest and of I CLSc? Aiki"" S .w Sort" !! ! ! 52 j timely discussions of current topics. jj Vr :. --"cHc . 1 Los Angeles 4 St. Paul.. Is I i. " ' 1TT YTY MO A Batrtwd u 8eoe4'cU Mtter. VUU A1A. W. O. Postofflc. Portland. Oncm PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY 1920. EIGHTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. OX TRAINS NO KIWI STANDS riVI OINTt EVENING MARCH 16, ETAX : MUST BE IN ; TODAY, EDICT One Portland Check Exceeds , $4,500,000; Outside Reports ' Are to Be Credited if Mailed . Before Midnight Tonight. Today is the last day of grace for the return of income tax question naires. Monday was tiie final day for filing returns, but for the ac commodation of people living in re mote ectlona of the state and others who have been unable to comply with the strict provisions of the law, 'Xtilton A. Miller, collector of Inter nal revenue, has ruled that returns Wailed before 12 o'clock tonight will -be filed. The largest tax paid by a Portland firm amounted to .over $4,500,000, ac cording to Miller, and there were sev eral firms and Individuals whose in come tax ran above the J 1,000,000 mark. BIO CHECKS CMEIlOl'S The number of big checks received by the Internal revenue collector In pay ment for income taxes for 1919 was larger thsn for any previous year and a surprisingly Urge number of local firms, were required to pay amounts in excess of 1 100.000. '4. Over 6000 letters were received at the office of the Internal revenue collector Jn the custom house Mopday and f'ol lector Miller and a large clerical staff were- kept busy until midnight filing returns. ; The report of the Portland Clearing Fouse association for Monday shown over $11,000,000 worth of checks passed through local banks, the normal volume being swelled by payment of income taxes. 1AW GENERALLY OBEYED v Comparatively few people in Oregon have failed to file their Income tax rer turns, according to Miller. The law re quires that every single person whose Income .during 1919 amounted to Jiooo hew more must file a return on blanks provided by the revenue collector. Mar ried people with Incomes of J 2 000 or more are required to file returns. ..' The penalty for failure to file returns is fixed at $1000 fine. and Sper cent of the amount of the ta which la found to be payable. Investigations wilt begin immediately Into all cases of delln eueney, Miller stated. Unusual publlc- ' ity has been given the requirements of the internal revenue department for the .1319- tax and delinquents will be more harshly dealt with than in former years, according to. the collector. V. S. CLERKS' AT tVASTIIXGTON HAVE BIG INCOME TAX JOB New York. March 16. L N. S.) Weary, harassed government clerks be gan today to dig themselves out of the avalanche of money which descended upon them during the last day of mak ing Income tax returns and initial pay ments here. , Millionaires and scrub women and opera stars and newsboys combined to make the night a weary one for the col lectors. Some of the nation's biggest finajielera paid theirs in person Includ ing Fercy Rockefeller, Thomas W. La- mont, Charles II. Sabln and others. ' John McCormack, the tenor, parted with $125,000 thus beating Enrioo Ca ruso, whose assessment was somewhat less. 4 "It's a penalty Tor singing so much," aald McCormack with a sigh. Galll-Curci paid "about" $75,000. Mme. Tstrasslnl paid over 14000 for the first quarter. !' The smallest check received was for erne cent; the largest for $9,000,000. Checks for more than $1,000,000 from cor porations were common.' A messenger boy paid $6500. and a telephone girl 17500. Sep arate Docket to Be Kept of Minor Traffic Violations Beginning today the police will keep a separate docket for persons arrested and charged with minor Infractions of 'the traffic law. In the past motorists' Barnes hare appeared on the same sheet With the names of vagrants, thieves, members of the underworld, etc. The work of the traffic department has be come so heavy that Municipal Judge Rossman cannot handle all their cases and attend to other police business. . Persons receiving red tags now ap pear before Patrolman P. R, Johnson, legal adviser of the traffic department They post a small ball, generally $1, with the court and forfeit this by not appearing in court the next morning. It the driver thinks he has been tagged unJuBtly by the police,. be may have his trial before the judge the following morning. Police Powers Are , Curtailed by Mayor t Persons said to have a "puir with certain police officers will no longer be aWe to "fix things" and gain their, free dom without having it known, accord- ' Ing to an order issued by the mayor to ; all . officers. Hereafter a detailed re port must be made by the captain and : the arresting officer covering the rc ' lease of any person arrested and. not taken .before the court. Prince of Wales 1 0ff for Australia London. March 18. U." P.) The Prince of Wales ' departed on bis- voy age to Australia : late today : NCOM World's Record For Getting Into Action Is Claimed For 0. AX. Cadets Corvallia, March 16. A new world's record for going into action is claimed by Battery A of the Ore gon Agricultural college cadets as a result of the military tournament held at the college Saturday. The students wen into action, set sights, quadrants and fuse setters and fired one shot in 20 seconds. The former record is said to have been held by Battery V, First Field artillery, United States army, of 23.5 seconds. To test the efficiency of the students the problem was made to approximate service conditions as nearly as possible, heavy penalties fn time being incurred for failure to perform any duties in the regulation manner. Colored lights were used as aiming points, with deflection 3:200, site 200, range 0000. American artillery training features rapidity with which it can get into ac tion, remarkable speed in firing and extraordinary mobility. After the Ger man line broke in the Argonne these qualities were 'aluable assets. the American artillery outstripping the French in pursuit of the enemy and often being in advance of its own in fantry. 2 HELD FOR FATAL AUTO ACCIDENTS F. C. Hall and Charles Wheatley, taxi drivers, will answer to the grand Jury for the deaths of Max Servis and Mrs. Amelia Newbury, killed in automobile accidents Sat urday night. The coroner's jury Monday night found that F. C. Hall was responsible for . the death of Max Servis and recommended that he be bound over to the grand Jury and his driver's license be revoked. A second JuHy found that Mrs. Amelia Newbury met her death through the careless driving of Charles Wheatley. recommended that he be held to the grand Jury, and that the driver of a second ma chine. Implicated in the accident, be apprehended and charged with con tributing to the death of Mrs. New bury. The verdict in the Hall case was signed by C L. Blakely, T. C. Keichel, Herbert Hull, Bert Groocock, L. P. W. Quimby and Joshua Penrod. so vrxwsrsa sottnded The only witness in the Hall case was Earl Adams, who. between parries with Attorney Frank Lonergan, testified that the streets were wet. It was dark, no horn was sounded to warn Servis of the danger and that Servis was knocked into the air then pushed approximately 25 feet In front of the wheels of the Hall ear. The machine had to be moved, he declared, to fgree Servis' body. Servis was crossing from Ella street to Morrison when he was struck down by the machine driven by Hall at 1 :30 a. m. Sunday. He died shortly after the accident. Two Jurors, Charles Bass and Harry Lance, refused to sign the verdict In the lWheatey case. Fred Wilson. Richard Lemon. G. B. Murray and It- Stipe voted for the verdict attaching responsibility to Wheatley. POLICEMEN TESTIFY Policemen Schimp and Burdick tes tified that Mrs. Newbury was crossing Sixth street diagonally Just before she reached Flanders, that the street was wet. and the machine skidded 25 feet after the accident. They declared that another car was on the left of the Wheatley machine and that the latter waa traveling at 20 miles an hour. Of ficer Bjirdick testified that he saw no reason why trie driver should have failed to see the woman, accompanied by a 9-year-old daughter, crossing the street C. N. Badger told the jury that Mrs. Newbury ran to pass a machine pro ceeding on the left of the car that hit her, and continued on until the wheat ley machine struck her down. The street was damp. Badger said, and be didn't believe Whet-tiey attempted to curb his speed. Mrs. Newbury was car rled into a nearby restaurant moaning with pain. H. J. Hanson's attention was arrested by the speed of the Wheatley machine. . he declared, and the speed was estimated at between 20 and 25 miles an hour. He saw no other machine. EVIDENCE DISREGARDED Olln P. Thompson, whose testimony Is known to have been' entirely disre garded by the Jury, stated that Mrs. Newbury failed to look in either direc tion, that she hesitated and then ran directly in front of the Wheatley car. The driver bad complete control of his machine, he waa proceeding at between 12 and 13 miles an hour, be skidded 10 or 11 feet' and the victim had a worried expression on her face while crossing the street, Thompson-Insisted tn answer to questions of Deputy District Attorney Dempsey. He admitted that he had seen Wheatlej around the fire station, but 1 aimed bad never met Mini William Ragan only saw the children run onto the sidewalk and cry "Oh, my mamma, and saw them cry for their mother, e told the juryj He had not actually seen the accident. Crew Is Saved as Boat Begins to Sink Boston, March 16. (I. N. S.) Rescued under thrilling conditions 66 miles south east of Cape Fear. Captain and Mrs. William A. Mann and 26 officers and crew of tho Chilean S. S. Toungai, New York for Havana, were brought here to day by the fruit steamer Port Limon. The rescue waa effected la a JiowUng gale when the Toungai, sinking rapidly, waa Hated at an angle -of ao degrees TlUi Her-dextt awash, . - - COMMUNIST IS OBJECTIVE IN FEDERAL QUERY Accused Witness Kept on Jump Answering Many Questions Hurled at Him in U. S. Hear ing; Some Go Unanswered. Although the constitution of the United States was too expensive an article to make circulating of it worth while, the constitution of Sb- vlet Russia, retailed at 5 cents a copy, went like a prairie fire. At least Victor Saulit. one of the formers of the Communist Labor party of America and an alien Russian, now held for deportation, admitted so in cross-examination at the hands of Dep- jjty District Attorney Earl Bernard to day, during the trial of three alleged memDers or inn xabor party. "Has the party ever circulated the constitution of the United States!" asked Bernard. -TOO EXFESIVE,W HE 8ATS "It is too expensive an article to cir culate," responded Saulit. Saulit did not attempt to explain why the party did not sell copies of the American constitution at 6 cents. Neither did he throw light on a situa tion whereby he claimed that all re forms which he wished to accomplish should come about through the ballot box yet, although he had been in America for 12 years, he had never be come a citizen, thus entitling himself to vote. However, he was strongly in favor of amending the constitution of the Vnited States to suit his owit purposes. The present amending powers, for example, he opposed. ATTORNEY PRESSES QTESTIOX "I believe there Is a movement on foot in this, country to do away with those provisions of the constitution," he remarked. "Yes. I understand there is quite a movement." answered Bernard. "You said that the Communist Labor party was not under the direction of (Concluded oa Pace Three. Column Four) IS GIVEN CITY Portland's park area is to be in creased by 206 acres of sightly land along the Canyon road, which was presented to the city this morning by the county commission. The property of old was used as a coun ty poor farm, but for years has been practically abandoned. The property wUl be beautified and made an integral part of the general park system, announced City Commis sioner S. C. Pier after conference with County Commissioners Hoyt, Muck and Holman and Mayor Baker and Com missioner Bigelow. Final details of the gift were not an nounced by Pier, because minor points are pending before the property is ac tually taken over. The property is only 6Q0 feet from Washington park. Pier announced that the intervening land could be acquired by the city which will assure the new tract In time of becoming a part of Washington park. It is Pier's intention as well as that of the city council to im prove a portion of the newly-acquired property each year until the entire acre age Is made into a beauty spot. v Editor's Right to Keep Trust to Be Tested on Appeal Chicago. March 16. (I. N. S.) One of the highest principles of the newspaper profession that of refusing to betray a confidence in revealing a source of in formation will be brought before the r.tghest court of the country as the re suit of the holding In contempt of court here of Hector H. ElweB, city editor of the Chicago American. Because Mr. El well refused to break his word, in declining to answer ques ttions concerning the source of a news story, put to him by a federal grand Jury Federal Judge George Carpenter fined him $500 and ordered that he be confined in jail until he answers them. On the request of Roy D. Keehn, Mr. Klwell's attorney, a stay order of 10 days, waa granted to perfect an appeal. "The point involved- la so Important tq newspapers generally that we intend to carry the case to the highest court," said Mr. Keehn. Cangress Concerned Regarding U, S. Army Now -on German Soil Washington, March 16. (V. P. ) Con gress may take ateps to determine wheta er the 15,000 United States troops now in Germany are, to be used against the revolutionists in the event that allied leaden order such action. Chairman Kahn of the house military affairs commtttee today is preparing resolution calling on Secretary Baker to Inform congress of "the exact status" of American soldiers on German soil. Under the state of war existing be tween the United States and Germany, Uw president can use the troops aa be sees fit, but some congressional leaders. it - Is understood, want It made plain that no such action should be taken by the president until congress baa passed aa &uuorlz)uoa resolution, j nniii.Tif innrmr i - ii iim i v nruLnrt SEA OF TEARS FLOODS TRIAL OF NEWBERRY Splashing Rivulet of Sympathy Flows as Attorneys Intercgj With Jury for U. S. Senator and Eighty-Four Codefendants. L Grand Rapids, Mich.,,March 16. (f. N. S.) The Newbeq-y trial al most floated away todayNpn a sea of strong men's tears. Xearly every lachrymal gland in the courtroom exuded a plashing rivulet of sympathy for Senator Newberry and his 8 codefendants charged with vote frauds and conspiracy as their attorneys threw a hearts-and-flowers tremolo Into their voices and begged the jurors to Bend them borne to their wives and chil dren with their virtue untarnished. Alleged adventures of the clinking Newberry "barrel" in rolling about the (Concluded on Put Three. Column FWe) $250,000 IN BILL Washington, March 16. (U. P.) The house naval bill aa reported to day from the committee caries $250,000 for preliminary work for the submarine destroyer base at Astoria. Washington, March IS. (I. N. S.) The big navy recommended by Secre tary Daniels will not be authorized this year by the bouse naval affairs com mittee. Carrying an appropriation of $424,- 450,000, the navy appropriation bill for the fiscal year 1921 will be reported to the house ' tomorrow from the house naval affairs committee. This appro priation Is over S200.000.000 less than for the year 1920, and $200,000,000 lees than estimated by the navy department as necessary for 1921. Provision for a permanent navy per sonnel of 142,984 is made by the bill. but pay appropriation Is made for an average of 120,000 personnal. Allies Submit Plan , For Clearing Up of Adriatic Question Washington. March 16. (I. N. S.) The allied governments have communi cated to this government the terms of a tentative settlement of the Turkish question, it was learned authoritatively late today. The chief provisions of the tentative settlement are: The sultan to remain at Constanti nople. - All Turkish military forces to be re moved from Constantinople. Recognition of the independence of Armenia without the fixation of bound aries. An interallied commission to main tain military control of Constantinople. Tennessee Senator Favors Becognitlon Of Irish Republic Washington, March 1C. (L.N. S.) Recognition -by the United States - of the "Irish republic" and of its right to self-determination under the League of Nations " covenant as a. condition of the senate's ratification of the peace I treaty, was proposed in the senate , this afternoon by Senator Shields, t Democrat, of .Tennessee,, a member of , the senate Xpjejga relation Vflmrnlttefr. -; , Vf2r UK J 1 1 MLMi-i?sv':?i ys'jO ? i Ms i . j : v ft ' s, v 1&7 W;V V-" i a Mil hsih. FOR ASTORIA BASE EBERT FORCES KAPP TO OFFER HIS RESmNA TION i ' i i i i i , i 1 i -i t . i BERLIN AGAIN TORN BY STREET FIGHTING rIESE pictures, taken during the last revolution in Berlin a year ago, are probably typical of what is going on in the German capital now with the monarchist revolt against the Ebert government. The upper photograph shows Ebert's soldiers taking a position ovjpr an en trance to the royal palace ready to repl an attack. Below is a street sceae showing people run ning to cover to escape firing between government troops and rebels. ,1 I , ... ... ' 1 - y's'L ff ft 11 AM 1 "" " I lull 'I I 1 ". I .i.l.llllllll.ltl "ljt K , Z Tj ill-' T- l'-:fMw X t m wmoeaoammmSmiu i1 Bill Aims to Loan Germany Billion as Business Stimulator Washington. March 16. (I. N. S.) A loan by the United States to Ger many of $1,000,000,000 is provided In a bill introduced in the house today by Representative Smith of New York. The bill proposes that the loan be used as a basis for reopening trade be tween the Unlttd States and Germany, and further provides that the ad-ministration of the loan shall be placed with the war finance corporation, Germany to pay Interest at the rates of S per cent per year. The bill provides that Germany may contract for the purchase of foodstuffs and raw materials and secure payment. Wood Is Granted 2 Months1 Leave by Secretary of War Washington, March 16. (I. N. S.) Major General Leonard Wood has asked for a 60 days' leave of absence and it has been granted. Secretary of War Baker announced this afternoon. Gen eral Wood sought the leave on grounds that he has not had any extended leave for three years. Asked if General wood would be re quired . to keep in uniform if he de votes his leave to political campaign ing. Secretary Baker said he would grant the general permission to adopt civilian garb if he sought It. Minnesota, Dakotas Are Torn by Worst Blizzard of Winter Minneapolis, Minn., March 16. (I. N. S.) Raging In from the northwest one of - the worst of the winter's .bllzsards today partially tied up rail transporta tion, seriously crippled telegraph serv ice, and caused many thousands of dol lars worth of damage In Minnesota and the Dakotas. The blizzard was driven by , a 80-mile gale. In Minneapolis . there was one death, scores of windows were smashed and many telephone poles were blown over. . : . Crane Nomination Favorably Reported . Washington, March if. (L X. S.) The. senate foreign relations committee today ordered a favorable report on the nomination of Charles r. Crane of Chi cago to be i ambassador to China. The senate- iw expected, to conftrea .the- nom- inajUn i!t. tptl.ttW j.. k -in ' ' Mil 1 t I - - - i mjmnf I- jJ " ,mT MWil i ui i n mspwiUM "Tl M witt i f K If ' 11 s O'-V.' W VA.,v..v,wv,v.Vfc,.,V,V,V .iV.'.'.V.' .VW.'V, .,.v.:::;: . . it I ) U a W 4J S G. 0. P. Minneapolis, Minn.. March 16. (I. N. S.) General Leonard Wood is the winner of the Republican preferential presidential caucus held throughout Minnesota on Monday. Latest returns indicate that he won in almost every section of the state, though the vote was extremely light everywhere. In Minneapolis, 20.000 votes were cast, about one third, of the normal number. 4 With 21 out of 166 precincts In the city still to be heard from, the vote was as follow: Wood. 6S19; Johnson, 5740; Hoover, 4113, and Low den, 2465. Many women voted. PARTY DELEGATES NAMED IX NORTH DAKOTA TODAY Bismarck. N. D., March 16. (U. P.) Interest in the North Dakota presidential primary today centered in the naming of delegates to the national conventions. Senator Hiram Johnson, Republican, and William Jennings Bryan, Demo crat, were the only presidential candi dates on the official ballots. There were two Republican and two Democratic states for national committeemen, na tional convention delegates and presi dential electors. One of the Republican tickets is indorsed by the national Non partisan league. 'Not Guilty Says Labor Jury About Trial at Montesano Tacoma, Wash., March 16.(U. P.) "Not guilty" was the unanimous verdict reached in the Tacoma labor temple Monday night by the "labor Jury" which attended the murder trial at Montesano. In which seven 1. W. W. were convicted oi second degree murder, two were acquitted and one man waa declared in sane. The 'labor jury" members voted that there was a conspiracy on the part of Central la business interests to raid the L W. W. hall ; that the hail was unlaw fully raided and the .defendants' had a right to defend it : that Warren - O. Grimm, the murdered legion man. was a party to the conspiracy and, that the defendants did not get a fair and im- nartial trial. The following men made up the "labor jury": Paul Mohr, Seattle Labor council ; John O. Craft, Seattle Metal -Trades council ; . Arthur Newman, Portland Cen tral Labor council ; Theodore Mayer, Everett Central Labor council ; William J, Beard, Tacoma Central Labor coun cil, and E. W. Thrall of Centralis, repre senting - Mount Tacoma, lodg . 2fo 40J, t. w z li b h iimi unuMim Sk 7 WOOD WN VOTE IN MINNESOTA if I . .. K II ' I -t I 1 i-fV",. II K Y liSiV. ,i II I i i i tta I II : 1 1 InniiTiiin ninonu i, II 1 MINIMI HIM Mil II IIIM 111 W W I 1 i-ll imw nrniiininiTr 1 IV AY K AN A J fl - - Major' William Gilbert of As- torisu , chaplain ,ots; the t old Sseojld tregon tn the j'KIllpplns -and; ef the Third? , Oregon. vln i ;Fraij cy ' ii lbl& talked of as a potential candidate for the Republican nomination for United States senator. That the1 thought has found some little. lodgment In the mind of the, fight ing parson is evidenced by the fact that when he was asked whether he Intend ed to. enter the contest he answered by saying that "he had nothing to say for publication," a phrase which more- often means "yea" than "no" in political circles. Word comes from Astoria that "friends of the major are urging hln to become a candidate", and it is further stated by those friends, or some of them, that if Major Gilbert comes to the conclusion "that his services are heeded by the people and that he would be the log ical Republican candidate: at this time," he will declare his candidacy and go out actively over the state In search (Of the votes necessary t give him the nomination. jt Up to the present time, R. N. Stan field is the only open and avowed can didate for the senatorial nomination on the Republican ticket. For a time there were rumors that Frederick W. Mulkey ould probably be. a candidate In the primaries, but that rumor has been deT nled by Senator Mulkey. i No other can didate has been mentioned! with any de gree of deflniteness except Major Gil bert Taft's Son Leads in Campaign to Swing G, 0. R for Hoover New Tork. March 1.-U. P.) The "Hoover Republicans club" has been organised here to coordinate the vari ous movements throughout the country to obtain the Republican presidential nomination for Hoover, j District caucuses will be held to morrow night in Denver, Minneapolis and Boston .as the first move in a national campaign. Robert H. Taft. son ot former Presi dent Taft, has been appointed tempo rary chairman of the campaign district embracing Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia, Horace Hlndry Is temporary chairman for the district of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico and' Colorado. S. A. Llndauer will le chairman of tne atstnet or wasrungron, uregon. Nevada, Ariaona and California. Loyal Legion Hit by Staite Lalior Chief Spokane.. Wash., Maxell IS. William Short, president of tbe Washington State Federation of Labor, rapped the purposes of the Loyal Legion of Log gers and Lumbermen In; an address be fore the board of delegates of the In ternational Timber Workers'- associa tion, declaring that the employers pro moting- the Legion havft but one pur pose to fight the uniorj. Reckless Driving Is Costly for Chinaman Ah Wong has3 fined tli this morning in the municipal court when found guilty of driving his auto past a street car that waa discharging' passengers at Fifth and Morrison streets. He was arrested by Motorcycle i Officer Ander sent Reckless driving cost -T. T. Car J9l fW-'flflsV'7"'' '' EBERT PM DECIDES TO E Meanwhile, Violent Fighting Is Reported in Berlin Streets; 15 Are Killed, Many Wounded; Revolutionary Group Weakens, By, United Ptcm The deponed German government. headed by President Ebert, has forced Dr. Wolfgang: von Kapj), chancellor of the counter revolu tionary administration, to offer hie resignation, according to unofficial dispatches today. The defiance of the Ebert cabinet, issued from Its provisional capital In Stuttgart, closed the door to any chance of a compromise agreement and declared that Kapp must re I sign unconditionally. Latest advices this afternoon indicated Kapp had tendered hjs resignation, apparently with the idea that this action would open tie way for . negotiation be tween his followers and the Ebert government. At . the same time, it was said Kapp's military leaders have 'de cided to continue their opposition regardless of his proposed resigna tion, and would fight to the end.? Reports were received that bloody " I fighting was still under way in Ber- lin and its environs. . London, March 16. (U. P.) Drr Wolfgang von Kapp, leader ot the n w; , Clef roan revolution., hag ofierad tw reslgw -eaihariieJJer,, ttras "Opening? the way fo negotiations with the Eb ert government, according to the Berlin correspondent of the Ex change Telegraph company. Washington, March 16. (U. P.)Offl- clal information from Berlin Is that the new revolutionary government of Von Kapp has "only a short time to last," It (Concluded m Pf Tea, Column fonr) LOOTED OF CASH Seattle, Wash., March 16..' (If; P.) Two unmasked men held up It. E. Stafford, cashier in thg Inter nal revenue collector's offlca. tn the Federal building at 7; 15 a. m. today, forcing him at the point of a gun to open the office safe, and robbed the strong- box of $20,000 In cur rency. and escaped. Tho money represented nearly all the cash returns from Monday's and lion day night's income tax collections for the Seattle district. COLLECTOIt TO INVESTIGATE ROBBERY OF REVENUE SAFE Tacoma, . Wash.. March 16. (U. P.) David J. Williams, collector of Internal revenue, left for Seattle this morning as soon as he learned of the robbery in the Seattle office, to make a check of the income tax accounts there. 35 Auto and Cycle Mishaps Occurred nr Portland Monday Thirty-fire automobile and motor cycle accidents took place tn Portland. Monday, according to reports on file in the traffic department. Eight of these were between streetcars and autos and one between a wagon and auto.( In a few cases the automobiles were badly' damaged, especially rhose which came in contact with streetcars. For the most part damage resulted id bent fenders and broken running boards. One pedestrian was slightly Injured. That was J. H. Brady of. Mountain View, who was hit at Third and Stark streets by a motorcycle In charge of IL IL Hlnes, route A, ! 257. Portland. IGNOR KAPP I INCOME TAX SAFE Committee Named To Draft Laws for vAmerioaaShippin 'Washington. March 10. (T. Vi. S- Senator Jones of Washington, chairman of the senate commerce committee, to day appointed s sub-committee Of rive " Republicans and four Democrats te , draft shipping legislation, the commit tee having conciuded Its hearings, wmchv-'V have extended through several weeks.-' The members of the sub-committee are Jones, Washington, chairman; Fer hald. Maine; Calder. New Yorkj Colt, . Rhode Island, and McKary, Oregon, Re pub! leans, and Fletcher, Florida : 1 tnamoeriaui, vrrpint, - ninnuiii,-, ti9iiiii , iana, and Simmons. . riortn - 4Jarollna 1 'J