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Play ToecdaBiiy -The 'i Jdumv Sporta Egarways ; jBecfcX Is- Here! Beavero 4: I X rflT V f E n T Ttnw CITY EDITION It'$ All Here and f AliTrue - THB WEATHER-- Tonight and Friday . occasional rein ; -westerly winds. , ' Minimum Temperatures Wednesday : Portland .."..,;,. New Orleans..,. .70 ' The Non-Partisan League From day to day, the story of the rise of the Non-Partisan league . In North Dakota la being told on the editorial page of The Journal. The narrative la printed In antici pation of the drive by the league in Ore- ' son, announced to begin tn about 80 days. layre, Mont-.v;.rU New York. . r.... . LoS Angeles,. ,...4S St. Paul... 3S tfrtt ''VTVi- Mn -J nt- Entered Brtuma-clum Mt, PORTtAlDv OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL , 1,: 1920. TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. JDVT, vT oV, Y WW t , V J. at V. Iwtoffio. Portland. Of son. HOOVER ball . ' ' 1 ' 1 1 r .1 ,, ' ' . . . . . " ' ' . , ,r.i . 1 - - u ' ' " I, u ; "I TV T TTl VTT T "tY jT TTh ITT' ' jfK TT A HT TTT fTTf IT TTV sTV TT fX TT A FIT sT TTh -Of jT 7T TaOT 7T 77 7T AND A Third Party Hir move logical. Reactionaries ridicule him. Kation , tired of polticians. The , way the wind blows. i I.. Hy David Lawrence ' ' . ' . (Copyrtghted. W20.) s .Washington;', MircW Htrfeert Hoover- hmi disclosed ' the conditions : vnoer wnicn se wouia support tns tances; uhier . which ;ho would ac 9jqepthe pfesldentiil nomination .'If ' jOf ferod to feim. This- is not a ' sur- prlso but ailosical first' move toward 'v'tha jeffectlvt tjse of tho name and V.: persdnalltyi of. Herbert Hoover to rvvcrusH . not; nerely the prof eustonal rtlticlan lii bpthKepubHcan and a .Democratic partlWi but to prevent ine two parties rrom aaopunjr eitner an extreme; reactionary or extreme radical viewpoint in their respective ' platf orra.,ii-; - t?JA vv. ' MATBOtT PARTT There is another 'move coming. It :rbbat)l'pWyt.niake It clear Just why ' Herbert Hooer -could not accept the Democratic nomination li offered. After Jh at may . come another step an an nouncement that the choices of the two "political parUe.l do not satisfy the liberal thought of the country and a willingness - rWUl not support the Republican ticket, t ' to support a third and independent ticket. . i 2.Thls.partsoX the program Is not yet admitted ; by Hoover supportere, but In the event that the Republican convention , does'; not adopt a "forward looking, lib- erat, constructive platform on the treatv and on our economic issues.", or if . it falls- to' irno measures for sound tbuainekH administration of the country" 'and J either reaotlonary. or radical m ,1U approach to, our great domestic prob lems, dr If It Is not "backed by men who - undoubtedly axsure the consummation of , thea' policies - and measures," Hoover HAS REEDOM OF CHOICE K.H says nobody pas a right to dictate -what a party shall do. but an Individual has a tight to say what ticket and plat "form ha will support. 1 So Ifoover has paved the way for a Judgment of the Republican convention pon Its: merits and not by reason of ' any- previous obligation to surport a Tjarty-wlth whloluhe is "naturally mftfll--ated," jl He Is free to accept or reject the Republican platform-or .nominee so 1 , fr as his Individual support .is .con p " WiuJd;;tat. Aroaft ihs -selectloV'jbf jioover a ween met- oy ine uemocrauc convention at Ban ;. Francisco? -The -chances are against' l, as -Hoover is not a Democrat. ven though 'he sup ported Wilson's appeal in, 1918 for a democratic congress. He will apply to .the Democratic platform and nominee the same test he. has outlined for the Republican platform. BUKLE80K STILL KEICfXS ,; The: Democrats already have been in power for seven . years; and those who are in a position - to know' Herbert Hoover's mind - intimately say he Is 'somewhat disappointed - with "the way the Democrats have " administered ; the government in Owe -seven years, i ' .He5 refers to incompetency in JUgh Quarter! and is unable to understand hW the Democrats have any right to caH themselves forward .looking or pro gressive when President Wilson has re peatedly Ignored not merely; the over whelming sentiment of the Democrats of the country,-expressed to him by the Democratloi chairman, Homer Cummings, but the demand ,of - non-partisans also, that Postmaster General .Burleson be removed from office, ;. - v HOOTEB FOB TBOHIBlTlOX Another - fhing..: Hoovep'-la .a 'dry. a thorough dry.. He look askance, at the wet , Inclination s; of the f Democrats. Though, he may bays views upon -certain amendments to the Volstead act. which would make that law- less offensive to individual liberty he hasnt any: lean ings toward the -wet side of the argu ment. He thinks prohibition is - a good thing and that national efficiency will foe promoted by its enforcement.' Hoovers declarations on the treaty jehow thaf, he doeent approve of Preal- (Coochided on Pass, Two, Column Thm) Kerr Upholds Suggestions Urged By Committee of 15 Ait importanilcontingency of tfie 10,000,000 port program proposed y th committee of IB is the subject f art opinion" by rJ' B. Kerr, mem- faito f t ho committee, which was V llven;t TV3 IThe eo to-- The Journal today. committee of If recommends that i i ... .... -. . e port commission; absorb thei dock innmlsslon andrthat ie merged body ther ' than the city ; It proposes that dock commission transfer to the port mmtsTion .title to dock properties forth many millions of dollars and built public expense, 1 sug-gesta that the. tire -personnel' f both commissions nstltute the new port commission for -i period; or one year, at which time e merged commission would reduce its I -e. ' vnberi M 1 ,cor ;xV,.-,?.lleti mbershlp from 12. .to nine members, vacancies occurred In. the new commission these would be fiHed lection by Ih.e state legislature, .a P08ITI03T . DEVELOPS ach ; fpVncHnation to this - procedure LVdeveloped. It has' been stated that coramlt Portland's port" lsollcy ' and arre to e commission created by the isiature would be as unwelcome as h further project to divest the city , of I tiue to port terminal properties, fCerr takes the rami Hon. hovemr. that : legally necessary to proceed approxU tely as recommended by the commit of tlS. ' His opinion "reads : . V jReferenceto .the plan of consolida- New York Legislature Makes Quick Work of Unseating Five Members Who Opposed Gov ernment During World War. Albany, N. Y.. April 1. U. P.) The five suspended SoclaJist mem bers of the New York assembly were expelled today on charges of dis loyalty, following an all night "de bate. An Individual vote of expul sion was taken on each member. The five Socialists are : . August Claessens, Louis Waldmah, Charles Solomon, Samuel Orr and Sam uel A. Dewltt. v Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roose velt led the fight for re-seatlng thPns. One of the two women members. Miss Marparet L. Smith, spoke in favor of exptrfslon. Speaker Thaddeus Sweet also took the floor to urge ousting of the So cialists. The vote on Solomon and Claessens was 116 to 28. The vote on Waldmaiv was 115 to 28 and the vote on Dewltt and Orr was 104 to 40. EXPLL8I0N BRINGS CHEERS As the final vote was taken, a fire of applause spread . over the assembly chamber. . 'The crowd in the galilery cheered announcement of the' result. The assemblymen, worn from the night of bitter debate, roused themselves for. a final cheer. v The vote cai" immediately after Speaker Sweet completed bis ad dress The. speakv. Mounted the rostrum and.:caJled:;for a vote on, Waldman, tho first -of the men to be. balloted, on, . - A-mlsh fell over thO'. chamber- as' lb ' A buzz of conversation started on the floor- of , the house' and In the galleries as the roll call proceeded. VERDICT MTST STAND. The first cheer ime when the Bpeaker declared that the seat of Orr was vacant. Thei cheering lasted several minutes. Speaker Sweet refused to make any .statement on the result, except to say : "The result speaks for itself." unless a special session of the legisla ture is called the governor cannot call a special election to fill the vacancies cre ated by expelling the five Socialists. The constitution prohibits calling of a speoialelection to fill vacancies in the legislature. after AprU 1, unless there is an extraordinary session. 3v. Multnomah's Rudder Damaged; Steamer Is Towed to Portland Astoria, April 1. The steamer . Mult nomah, which encountered trouble off the mouth Of the river Wednesday morning, started for Portland Wednes day night under ijr own power. When eh arrived in the harbor here at 7 :30 p. m.. in tow Of the Oneonta, tt was learned, that the trouble was in con nection with the rudder, but not in directly. ., The tiller .or handle on the rudder head, through which the cables run back, and forth, became twisted, making it Impossible to steer the boat. The Multnomah arrived . In the local harbor early this morning,-berthing at the American Exchange dock. ition proposed will show that it content- platesj the submission to the voters of the state at the November.,' 1820, elec tion of an initiative bill which will ; (a) Codify the .existing acts of the leg islature creating and defining the pow ers of the Port of Portland. (b) Amend the existing acta so as to empower the Port of Portland to ac quire from the city of Portland the docks and terminal faculties now under the jurisdiction of the commission of public docks. - (c) Authorise "the port to issue bonds to provide funds for the proposed phys ical development of the harbor and In d ust rial areas, and- ? d Name as commissioners of the port the present -personnel with provi sion for adding the present members of the dock commission tn the event that the port shall acquire the docks and ter minal facilities from the City and e) Provide that the successors of the commissioners of tho Port of Portland shall be chosen by the legislature. POLICY CALLED UKWISB . ."It is of the utmost importance to ob serve that one of the necessary- functions of the reorganised Port of Portland com mission; win br the power to levy .taxes on the - propertykwlthln ' the1 territorial boundaries nf th inrtrt T TB4t1A Ka awl tremely unwise to Undertake to vest' this power in a body created In such a ay that h ererclse of the power o taxation shouidbe in any degree douht ful. By : the decision of the ; sunrems court of Oregon In Cook versus Port of . (Concluded an Fas wu. Column One) Port THIRD PARTY- Panama Girl Wins rrinc Favor e s Heir Democratic; Panama, April 1. (I. N- S.) The Prince of Wales sailed for San Diego, Cal., on therBriUsh battleship Re nown today with pleasant memories of his visit to: the Canal Zone. Miss '""aro'lne flnTberrv. drk in he Canal Zone store at Balboa, and daugh ter of an electrician, won the devoted attention of the prince while he was here. The attraction, of Miss Granberry, an unusually beautiful girl, upset part of the cut-and-dried program. At 'the dance s;,v',"ii honor 'r hp Yankees Pleased prince, by the British minister to Pan-!1"18 j ama the royal gutti luaccd six nines with Miss Granberry, while the beauties of official families looked on with ill- concealed chagrin. When the prince gave a luncheon on board the Renown he made certain that Miss Granberry was among the guests. The fair charmer of the royal prince was a "special guest" at the reception and dance given in honor of the prince at the exclusive Union club. She at tended, accompanied by her little sister. who gave an exhibition of shadow danc- ing which won applause from the prince j cept the finding of the commission under Illinois, fled his declaration of can and other. protest and at loss to the dairymen, be-; dldacy for the Republican nomlna- Although not an "official guest." Miss I cause of a pledge made to the mayor. , 3 Granberry was singled out by the prince j The milk dealers in conference were i tlo a president wtfh the secretary when the dancing began. considering an appeal from the finding. ! of state of Oregon today. His dec- Miss Cranberry's father is employed! Under the recommendation of the com- j iaration was taken to Salem by by the Canal Zone telephone system. i miesion the producers- price will be re-1 . . manager of the The youthful hair to the British throne made a tremendous hit with the people, especially the Americans, by his democratic and independent manners. If City Attorney La Roche believes it is unconstitutional for the city to purchase a.id maintain the rails of the Portland Railway, Light & Power company and enter into an agreement with the corporation to operate cars thereon, why did he not raise the same point when the dock commission, acting for the city, pro posed to lay a track to the St. Johns terminal and enter into agreement with the company to operate cars '.hereon? t If the city council desires to follow the lead of the city attorney and Ignore the recommendations of the public serv ice commission made in behalf of the car riders of Portland, time and energy will be saved to all Dy quickly baying so. The alternative is higher fares. The recommendations of the public service commission contemplate neither tribute nor subsidy to the company nor the advancing of moneys for its benefit. If-the city council follows La Roche's fctfldance, 1tmieht present a solution to ime voters of the city in May in lieu cf ne recommendations of tt public serv- oe commission. These are salient points in the answer of Commissioners Buchtel and Wil liams of the public service commission tothe opinion given by Attorney La Roche that ownership and maintenance of the rails of the Portland Railway, Light & Power Is unconstitutional If the corporation Is permitted to operate cars on- the tracks. The commissioners j point out that La Roche. asattornev for the r-itv nnri dock commission, suggested that the commission lay ' tracks to : the St. Johns terminal and enter into an agreement with the railway company to operate cars to the terminal. f Although it is understood the! dock commission has not yet made ad ap propriation for the extension, it is known that plans -for laying the track i rapidly maturing. His opinion In the recent case came "as a distinct surprise," the commissioners say. They quote rrom La Roche's testimony In the bearing on the St. Johns case. Tn which he took the stand that the city could lay tracks on which cars of the utility were to operated . (.- Their statement follows: "The commission have .as yet not had I the benefit of a copy of La Roche's opin ion on tne city ownership of rails, .nor do we know on what oases he relys to support his -contention however, we were fully advised of the constitutional provision referred I to In the press re ports, and had, proceeding the issuance of our opinion, given the matter con siderable thdught "Commissioner Williams, an attorney and a resident of Grants Pass, had ex- (OoBclodod en Paw Two. Column One) Oregon Senator Is ved Washington, Aprl 1. (WASH INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUR NAL.) The operation undergone by Senator Chamberlain yesterday for removal of an abscess from his car was reported today to have left no ill effecta v.The operation waa fully successful., although. I the senator probablyj ; wlUbe : detamed at ; his j apartments for severaf days. ' LA ROCHE DECISION ninTrin 5151 mi LED TWO GENTS Recommendation of Committee of states- president wiison today in- O n Fee ' e formed the house of representa- '3 tO Be tffeCtlVe aS OOOn aStives in respqnse to a resolution Producers and Distributors Cant Adjust Selves to the Change. A reduction of 2 cents a. quart in the price of milk was recommended morning In a report presented j to Mayor Baker by the commission of three miembers selected recently to sift the entire controversy exist ing between producers and distrib uters of milk in Portland. The new change in price is expected to take effect as soon as producers and distributors ean adjust themselves to the commission's recommendations, which is ; expected within the next day or two. j.uo icuutcu puce remain cuecuve until July I. PAIRTMFS ACCKPT The Oregon Dairymen's league an nounced this afternoon that it would ac- uucafl iu cents a nunarea pounas irom 3.90 to 13.20 a hundred pounds gross. The price received from consumers by the dealers will be reduced from 15 to 13 cents a quart, the reduction of 3 cents a quart being equivalent to reduction- of 93 eents a hundred pounds. LOSS IS ALLEGED - ' , Tha milk commission is asklnjr the prw ducers tO furnish milk toPortlsnd at kst; - than- th ' cot- of "production,. ald F ill . . 0 TV V 1-1 m .L.A . Dairymen's league. "The commission Is asking the dairymen to; face, during the three months that the finding will be in effect, a serious loss. But the dairymen, who are members of the league, will dp so because a pledge was given by Mayor Bakek that we would abide by the find ing of the commission. At the same time attention must be called to the fact that the, commission did not con sider the format. evidence relative to our position which we are in process of pre paring for it. The commission merely heard us Informally. I believe the com mission's action is hasty, ill advised and not in accord with the facts. It will have the effect of hastening the reor ganization of the league dairymen under the plan which will, In the future, give them a control they now lack of their own Interests and assure them of re ceiving for milk the cost ofproduction." DOWN TO IS CESTS According to the commission's report, which producers and distributors agreed to accept at the time of appointment, the price will fall to 13 cents to the con sumer. The report was signed by Dr. Ei H. Pence, chairman. John T. Rich ardson and William Cornfoot "Reduction in the price of milk will encourage and enable the consumer to use more milk, which will compensate the producer and dealer for the lower price," says the report. Price of milk to distributors will be $3.20 gross, the commission recommend ing that producer and distributor each care for matters of surplus for which the public has no concern. In establish ing the new rate the commission points out that the price to condenseries lo cated out of the state is 12.60 a hun dred pounds while the price to Portland distributors is $3.60 a hundred pounds. HOW IT IS DOSE "Difference of $130 a hundred pounds can easily absorb a reduction of 70 cents a hundred pounds to the consumer," states the report in fixing the rate at $3.20. Ease of improvement in the method of dlstnbutlon as well as the promise of an. enlarged market in June owing to therjnflux of . visitors are telling fac tor? says the report, in making the reduction in prices. The commission feels that the Dairymen's league had not yet reached the point of efficiency in handling the dairyman's problem as evi denced by the low percentage of purity of the surplus product passing through the plant. . Arguments In the trial of Joseph Laundy Portland radical labor lead-, er charged with criminal syndical ism, were begun before Circuit Judge H. H. Belt this .morning by Deputy District ' Attorney Earl C. Bernard. As Bernard a reading most , of the documents introduced m evidence, he la expected to take up most of the .. afternoon. Defense Attorney George .Vanderveer will follow. 'The case will probably go ' to ;the Jury Friday. . . , , " Ruling that a resolution of the exec utive board of the L W. W. favoring the so-called Third 'Internationale agree ment with the Russian Bolshevists; did not represent an expression of the eV tire. I. W. W Judge Belt this morning refused to permit the state to Introduce Hie .resolution as evidence, TRIAL OF LAUNDY APPROACHING END BY U. S. Controls All Troops in Germany, Is Wilson's Reply Washington, April 1. (I. N. S.) American troops in Germany are controlled solely by the United pf?ea the house asking the Kiaiu ui me Aiiici iud.ii iiuupo i Germany. General Koch has no authority to direct the United States troops In the Iiliineland territory," President Wilson wrote. Hi: declared that General Allen, in ftnmmotiH rt ttiA fnraa in fTat.mBnv has fuli poWer to police that territory and his only superior Is the president of the United States, the president de clared. LOiEN FILES FOR Frank O. Lowden, governor of ' " Lowden campaign headquarters. The Lowden platform, consisting of 13 planks. Is as follows : "Immefliate- return to an efficient, economical- and. business administration of pubH affairs. , k . v - . Reduction: in taxetLj ' '' 4 'Aftjfjou- of,, n jnierpu'agm&es Jot war purposes which have been continued at enormous expanse in times of peace. "A protective tariff measured by the difference in cost of production at home and abroad. "Rigid insistence Upon government by all the people and not by any class. "Ratification of the peace treaty with reservations substantially as proposed by the foreign relations committee of the senate. '"Encouragement of agriculture and recognition that it is, and must remain, our most Important industry. "Exclusion or deportation of aliens who place the red flag above our own. "Stalwart, uncompromising American- fism which puts., this country's interests first. , "International friendships, not inter national partnerships. "Fearless enforcement of law and order. "A speedy return to normal relations. : "Justice to all." i Governor Lowden Is the second of the list of active candidates to place his candidacy officially on record at the state capitol. Senator Johnson entered the list some weeks ago. General Wood's petitions have been in circula tion for three weeks and the tag ends of the Multnomah county work are now being gathered together preparatory to placing the Wood petitions on file dur ing the 'next few days. Seemingly the Wood managers are seeking to file a pe tition containing a long list of names, many In excess of the 1000 required by law, for whatever psychological effect It may have on the voters of the state. Senator .Poindexter will file his declar ation in person when he comes to Ore gon for the extended tour of the state which is contemplated by him. The Hoover petitions are now tn circu lation and will be sent to Salem within a short time. WEBSTER AGAIN SEEKS TO BE VICE PRESIDENT Salem. April 1. William Grant Web- I ster of New York city, who was nomi- nated by the Oregon Republicans as their - choice for vice president of the United States in the primaries four years ago, niea toaay ior tne same Office. Webster was the only vice presidential candidate on. the Repub lican ballot in this state four years ago, and Oregon was the only state which he carried, according to his own admission. In a letter accompanying his nomi- Lnating petition received by Sam A. Kozer, deputy secretary of state, this morning, , Webster declares his opposi tion to ttie . League of Nations, with or without reservations. He also de clares himself as, favorable to forcible intervention1! In Mexico If necessary, for freedom of speech and of the press, and for universal military training. Other candidates filing today were: T. L. Davidson, Salem, Republican, candidate for state representative - from Marion-county , v TjV, :-; Burleigh, Enterprise, Demo crat candidate for district: attorney for Wallowa county. House Committee . Votes for Peace ' Washington, April 1 L N". S.) The -house foreign affairs commit tee this afternoon reported out fa vorably the r?soflution, introduced In the house yestprday by Chairman Porter,, providing for termtnation of the war with Germany J t : The committee voted.12 to f to report the resolution.' j The vote was along party lines. ' . .-.. K OREGON MIES HOOVER PR. OLD GUARD" WOULD DROP - - Opposition of Penrose and Anti League of Nations Elements May Compel Hoover to Form Third Party, Say Wiseacres. By William Philip Simms Internationa) Xew 8ericr Staff t'onvaponilent Washington, April 1. (I. N. S.) Republican opposition to the candi dacy of Herbert Hoover for the pres idential nomination at Chicago has risen to such a pitch here that it was freely predicted today around political headquarters that 1912 will be repeated with the former food administrator playing the role of Theodore Roosevelt In a rump con vention. The Republican "old Bruard" Insist em phatically that Hoover can never be nominated on any ticket that they have anything to do with. The Johnson Borah faction of the party is Just as violently opposed to his candidacy be cause of his stand on the League of Nations, while the Wood crowd fairly snorted their derision when the, name of Hoover waa mentioned in their presence. MAT SPLIT PARTY In short..' the combined cohorts of the Republican party are preparing for a descent upon -Hpover, which will make the ; avalanche ; which .struck , Colonel Roosevelt at Chicago In 1912 look like child's play. , That much Is admitted. She question politicians ; are - asking Uiemlves is how will Hoover. meet the onshacfghtand what form will his counter-attack take. ne of the answer given is. byjplft - Ung the party and holding a rump vention. Some, Republicans profess to believe that Hoover is already aware he cannot win the nomination and that his reil aim Is a party division with him self as leader of the seceding faction, counting upon, the Democratic party to furnish him with sufficient votes to win the election in a three-cornered fight. HOOTER CAUSES CONSTERNATION The formation of a third party. Vith Hoover at Its head. Is receiving serious consideration here, by both Republicans and Democrats. Such a party, it is ad mitted, would be at the expense of both, as the latest votes conclusively proved. The entry of Hoover Into the fight ror the nomination has caused 'consternation in the ranks of Republicans and. Demo crats alike. The Democrats, like the Republicans, are facing a split at their convention. Twenty-one Democratic senators de serted the administration and voted for the ratification of the treaty of Ver sailles as amended by the Lodge reser vations. But 23 Democrats remained steadfast, so today the spectre of a convention split along the same lines will not down. "BONE HEAD PLAY,' M'NARY COMMENTS ON HOOVER By James K. Nonrse Washington. April 1. Some senators who were Inclined to be lukewarm In the matter of Hoover's candidacy, now be lieve he has made a mistake by coming into the open as a candidate.- Senator McNary of Oregon, for instance, a fel low alumnus of Hoer at Stanford uni versity, characterized Hoover's an nouncement as a "bone head play." He said Hoover would have been in a more advantageous position If he had delayed his announcement for six weeks-loager. His announcement makes him the tar get for all the Other contenders and epds the possibility of his being a "dark horse" in the event that the Chicago convention gets into a hopeless squabble over the other candidates. The old line Republicans, headed by Senator Jim Watson of Indiana in the senate and Representative Fess of Ohio in the house, utterly refuse to forget the fact that Hoover urged the election of a Democratic congress in the fall of 1918. Hoover's letter sent broadcast to the vote rs, -urging them to return a congress that would sustain the presi dent, was regarded5 byj the Republican leaders as an insult, at the time -and. It Is not forgotten now. Mr. Fess gave ou a statement today in which he said: ' "The Republican party cannot accept an internationalist as its standard bearer. . tt will demand a leader whose Americanism is not in question nor whose political views are, a matter of speculation. We cannot go to the coun try to contest the fallacies pf the-Wilson administration with an. internation alist a our leader. Hoover must be greatly embarrassed In seek tag- - the nomination at the hands of the party against which, he conspired to . bring about its-defeat In 191ft. He compli ments the' Republicans - by his j unwill ingness - to stand for the leadership which he said In - HIS was alone " the supreme demand.- He evidently desires be with the winner m- the -race." Danes' King Confers ; With Trade Unions -London,1 April 1t ft.. M. " fi.V-Klng Christian X was In conference through out the- night at Copenhagen with' the new' ministry and -representatives i of the trades unions, skid a Central News dispatch ' from Copenhagen .today. --.The Danish sailors. ' firemen - and Socialist winters have Joined the general strike. DANIELS HAS TALK ABOUT COAST i NAVY WASHJNGTON, April 1 I. N. S.) Secretary , of the Navy Daniels appeared before the senate naval affairs commit tee In executive sosHion this aft ernoon. The session, it is under stood, was called at the request of Secretary Daniels ami was in reference to I be naval Httuatlon on the Pacific cbnNt. Members of the committee, being pledged, to neerecy, rO fused to discuss the object of Secretary Daniels', appearance before them, but It was learned in otber quarters tliat tlic dts- cusMlon was upon matter Invoh- ing Japanese activities in Pacific waters. Daniels later denied that his appearance before the commit tee had anything to do witli In volving Japanese activities in tfie Pacific. jf'l went before the commit tee," he said, "to urge immedi ate acceptance by the commit tee of my recommendations for a naval base in San Francisco harbor, a submarine base at San Pedro and , other important naval developments on the Pa cific coast. MANIFESTO RULED Effort of the, proeeestlon in the trial pf Joseph Lau ndy, 'charged AGAINST BY JUDGE - - aaaaBSSaBBaBaaB.sBBS. . , l .., - cott-faUce the third international "manf- festo," were overruled by ."Circuit Judge H. H. Belt this morning. The "manifesto" Jiad elicited the pledge of allegiance of American radical organizations to the Russian soviet. The "manifesto" had been recom mended for L W. W. adoption by the general executive committee of the or ganisation, but Judge Belt held that, since no final action had been taken by the I. W. W. as a whole; the ."manifesto" could not be received in evidence. Skull Cracked When Foe Wields Gas Pipe Hit on the head with a piece of gas pipe, Ernest Roeckel. Swift packing plant employe. Is In St. Vincents hosultal, possibly with a fractured skull. Roeckel, 1:9, living at 1l8 Kilpatrlck street, in Kenton, got in an argument with a man, according to police. His opponent for got diplomacy and used force. Now deputy sheriffs are searching for the assailant. Japanese Losses Heavy in Siberia London, April I. (I. N. , S.) Heavy Japanese losses were sustained In skir mishes between Russians and Japanese at Nikolaivlk, - Siberia, said a news agency dispatch from Osaka, Japan, consulate was today. The Japanese burned and the consul is missing. i ' '; Barnum's Ghost Lives Fools Are "A ham sandwich for John D. Rockefeller," he told the waitress. She curveytd him with a glance. "We ain't showln' 0 partiality here not I this April Fool's day," she sniffed. This cuckoo got Just what he deserved, Webster so declares;. He qualifies under rule 1. which de fines a. fool as "a person . deficient In Judgment"" -v . s "FOOLS ABE ABROAD - There are many of bis kind. : A special day has to be appointed for their pranks. Spring weather causes their foolish ness, iflstory says, so, and points to the ancient Hindu frolics held about the time vernal equinox arriijei. - The custom of playing practical Jokes on friends and sending them on fool er rands feems certainly to have been linked with tbe spring festivals of old, which began on the old New Tear's day, March 36. and- continued until April It - April-fooling . Is an tmmemoria) cus tom in India, where on the last day ef the festival March 1. the chief amuse ment Is befooling of people by sending them' en fruitless errands.', s. , , FRENCH IN SriRE IDEA .1 - It has also been suggested that Eu rope ? derived - April fooling from the Freach, who first adopted the reformed calender, changing New Tear; to Janu ary 1 begtnnlng 15 Thus New Tear's gifts and visits of felicitation hlch BULLETS KILL IIS Poolroom Tragedy in Which Sev eral Shots Were Fired Hal Element of Mystery Slayer Flees, and Later Gives Self Up. George Gomoff, 21, Is dead; and , IZaray Saskleff. 25, is probably dyfiig at at. Vincents hospital as the re-: suit of a shooting affray at noon -today at 287 First street, where Vandatta conducts a pool halLTobb 5 Saboff 1 in the county Jail, haying's surrendered himself, to the Sheriff with tht announcement that he had ' "killed two men.; He had fled from ft the scene after the shooting. Saskleff is. shot in the left chest and .also through the kidney. - SLATER MAKES STATEMENT ' Saboff declared to the sheriff that hs hae known the two men for two years and that he has had much trouble with them, because of accusations, he said, rV they had made against hjm. Sabofji . said he had entered the pool room and ' 'r : found Gomoff and Sasklef. the former - starting to shoot. The slayer declared !?? three or four shots had been tired be-'. -fore he drew out his automatic pistol ' and began firing In return. ' . ' -, : All the men involved In the killing were; Russian ditch workers, employed--r en a sewer Job in Woodstock. Baboff Is a Mohammedan Cossaok. i v f A. R. Edwards, who told the police"' 5 he witnessed the whole affair, said he saw gaboff enter the pool ball aad begin s shooting without any preliminaries': The . weapon surrendered td the sheriff, how-,, ever, showed but three shots fired from -the chamber. Four bullet beles were found In the walls of the pool hall tas : sides those In the bodies of the victims, 'f John Karaeff. who said he was a . friend of both victims, declared to his , knowledge neither even knew the slayer. Gomoff resided at 319 East Eighth.1 t street and Saskleff at the Pacific hotel, 1 Parents of both men live In i Russia. ' ' Questioning through an Interpreter in ' the county jail by Deputy District At-, ; torney F. M. Dempsey elicited little in- f formation as the prisoner and hl in- i terpreter did not talk the same Russian dialect Later Saboff was taken to his room at First arid Columbia streets' by Dp- t tity Sheriffs Chrlstofferson and Bchlrmer. , A box of cartridges and a passport i showing that he had left . Russia - in " March. 1914, were found. i l Saboff, speaking broken 1-iiallsh. sali ". he was employed as a concrWditch laborer. Gomoff shot at him first In the pool hall, he declared, btjt the other man did not shoot He had known the pair in Seattle! the prisoner said, and they had abused and subjected him to physical violence. On of his victims, he said, had shot at him in Seattle several months ago. The-prlsoner who Is 22 fears old and unmarried, said that he came to Port land about Christmas time and the men who were shot followed. shortly after wards. Saboffs. brother resides In Oakland- He expressed little concern over what he had done. u Ireland's Chief Secretary 'to Quit London, April 1. Jan MacPhersen. ichlef secretary for Ireland, la about to resign, the Daily Expresit learns. Sir j Kamar Greenwood, a Canadian. Is elated 1 to succeed him. Perennial had been the feature of April 1 became ' saociaiea witn January 1, and those who disliked the chaffge were butts for the wits who amused themsel vei by sending mock presents and paying calls Pt pretended ceretaony on April U One tiring eertaln, there will be no money nailed to pavements this yesr.. Nor. will there be "Any -silk hats lying around with bricks underneath to In- N. Jure feet .which ktck the hats out of the way. Hats cost too much. MIOSES KEPT iBEST , Someone will leave telephone call - Lf or Main II. The county coroner la In for a busy dsy answerlna Phone calls. Someone. else will waste time he rdU , narily wouldn't sell for less than fl an hour, counting "profitable the moments f before some victim reaches for the empty purse tied to the end of a string, ; ready to be. hauled out of sight-; : The day's. oldest and most precious "jokef will again come trickling over ; the - wire -to every newspaper in 'the . land. It will read: ' j Philadelphia, Aprtl 1 John Jones i v ,saw a pooketbook lying In the street; .'- J He stooped to-pick it. tip. - . f He stralgntened with a Jerk. , '' ,'. "Another April fool Joke," he said, r , . ,J But tt wasn't James Doe, who -; came along a 'minute later,' picked -" ! vp the purse -and. found, flOQ.- r ;. ' ' This Is regarded among eopyreaders !4 ana . great , pun. It never wears- out. Tliy always rurt'lt on April Fool's day,' It" has, become tscrel '- to ,thtx :. ! I 4 I- . i if I 'it J 1