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NEW6ERG HAS.
FIRST OREGON
HOOVER RALLY
Town: Where Former Food Admin-J
istfator Went Barefoot as Boy
Plidges Support to His Candi
dacy to Its Fullest Strength.
Ne j-berg, Or., April 13. (U. P.)
The first Hoover rally In.Oregon was
'" held last night in Newberg where
Herbert Hoover went barefoot when
a boyiof 10. 11 and 12.
Ralph C. Bly. former food admin
istrator for the state of New Mexico,
who is on a speaking tour of the Pa
cific Northwest in the Interests of
the Hnover campaign was he
speaker.
Rather Kly wax one of many speak
ers. Several citizens of Newberg ad
dressed th meeting informally and re
called I Incidents in the early life of
"Bert"! Hoover, ss the former federal
food administrator Is known In the lit
tle Quaker community of Newberg.
N. Cl Marts told of giving Hoover his
first "jjob." "Bert" lived at the home
of Mafia, who paid the boy $1 a week
to do ihores.
"Thujt way seem like a small wage to
day," even for a boy," said Marls, "but
It Is 5J times more than what was paid
him when Uncle Sam gave him a Job."
A resolution which was adopted at the
rally fjere last night was today for
warded to Hoover. It pledges the pres
idential candidate as many votes In the
Republican primary at Newberg as were
cast ftr Huglne here al the general
electloft.
HOOVER NOT SKLF-AXXOUNCKD
OR SELF-PRAISED, SAYS ELY!
('ontjending that "the most striking'
thing I about the position of Herbert
Hoovot) is that he Is not a Belf-announced
and sf If-praised candidate." Ralph C.
Ely, former chairman of the Republican i
atjite enirai committee of New Mexico
and during the war food administrator
of that stnte, told the members and
guestsjof the Hoover Republican club of
the merits of their leader at noon to
day, j
The i occasion - was a noon luncheon
given, py the club at the Portland hotel
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ILLINOISVOTESHER
PREFERENCETODAY
By L. R. Blanohard
Chicago, April 13. (U. P.) Illi
nois was to indicate her preference
for th presidency today the choice
being between a favorite son as a
successor to Lincoln and Grant, and
a distinguished military officer with
a national record of achievement.
Interest in today's election was con
fined to the Republican party. General
Leonard Wood and Governor Prank O.
Lowden of the O. O. I, were the '
regularly named candidates for the pref
erence.; In the Democratic party there L
' were no presidential candidates. Inter
est' there was confined to the election
of ward and precinct committeemen to
run the party In the next four years,
and the naming of 68 delegates to' the
rational convention.
The polls opened at 6 a, m. and were
closed at 5 p. m.
xcelent weather brought tens of
thousands to the polls early today, in
dications were that a record vote would
be polled.
VOTE 1S NOT BINDING
t The ipreferential vote is not binding
upon delegates to the national conven
tion. Many candidates for the delega
tion are pledged to Governor Lowden
and are bound to vote for him If elected,
regardless of the popular choice. Gen
eral Wood had mo pledged candidates
for delegates.
Women voted for their presidential
candidate in Chicago and various locali
ties, the right being granted or denied
oy eieqnon aumoriiies' interpretation of
tpe prirnary law.
Because of a three-cornered fight in
vmcago ior control 01 tne ttepuDllcan
county committee. Interest was keen and
the possibility of a maximum vote of ;
800.000 was seen. Less bitter fights be- J
ing waged In down-state communities,
t W&f J,exVd tht VOtB Sl Cnica0
Thf i,hnt7lUCf w-m300;000- ,
u,I5 .wk 5 ., written"ln vot ""I
Isted lit both parties. , ,
DEFERS TO FAVORITE SOS 1
In the Republican primaries It was ex- I
pected jtbat Hiram Johnson would get
numerous votes in this way. Johnson
and other candidates deferred to Lowden j
as a favorite son by refusing to file !
petitions.
Governor Edwards, William G. Mc
Adoo and all other Democratic possi
bilities j were expected to receive votes,
but their value was small. No candi
dates for . the state delegation were
pledged,
Chicago also voted on Improvement
bond Issues of $34,500,000.
Jealous Wife Dumpsrj
Toupee in Garbage
Hubby Deserts Her
; -
Seattle. April 11 (U. P.) Justice
Otis Brlnker was still meditating to
day over the case of Harvey Donnell,
streetcar man, whose wife, Zorah. ac
cuses him of deserting -her.
"Whyi
did he leaver' asked the jus-
tlce.
"Well:
. replied Zora, "1 guess it was
I threw his toupee In the. tar
because
bag can after I heard hint making a
date over the phone with 1 another
woman.?" . 1
Wood Gives Up
Tour to Return
To Army Because
Of Rail Strike
Boston, April 13. (U. P.) Gen
eral Leonar Wood has given up his
ru.. i . ... .it
h,"pk,n engagements, it was
announced today at tne nood cam-
fpafgn headquarter here.
Genera! Wood will resume his du
ties as commander of the Central
department of the army.
General Wood -as given three months'
leave of absence In which to tout the
country, speaking in behalf of his candi
dacy for the Republfcn nomination for
president.
Tne leave of absence rae not ched-
uled to expire until early In June, just ;
before the national Republican conven
tion. General Wood haa given up hi
leave because of the crlt'tal situation
brought about by the rall.vay strike. It
was announced.
WOOD'S CHICAGO MANAGERS
ARE GREATLY SURPRISED
Chicago. April 12, (I. N. S.) Man
agers of General Wood's presidential
campaign were greatly surprised at the
announcement by the general of his
cancellation -of his eastern speaking tour
and express the beflef that he must have
acted In the matter on his own initia
tive, believing the strike situation here
to be as serious as it was in the East.
Wood Order Denied
Washington, April 13. (1. N. S.) The
war department announced today that
no orders had been Issued for Major
General Leonard Wood to end his leave
of absence, and if he bad returned
to duty It was of his own volition.
SENATORIAL RACE
lTarvey- G. Starkweather today
sprung a surprise on those not "In
side" when he announced both his
resignation from the office of chair
man of the Democratic state central
committee and hjs candidacy for
election as United: States senator
aiming at the scalp of George E.
Chamberlain,- senior senator from
priori. j , -
i - Starkweather s resignation . was ac
cepted at a quiet meeting of the execu
tive! committee of the state central com
mittee and J. D. Brown of Portland wns
selected chairman, j '
As state chairman. Starkweather be
came, a storm center when he declined,
with others of the committee, to. recog
nise! Dr. J. W. Morrow as a delegate to
the meeting of the national committee
and in the doctor's place sent Newton
McCoy. Morrow was seated at the con
vention, however,, and McCoy was not
recognized.
CANDIDACY EXPECTED
Starkweather's announcement of can
didacy was not entirely unexpected In
Democratic ranks. His partiality to tho
Frahk Stott, Myers side of the recent
wrangle that unseated Myers as post
niaster of Portland occasioned some 1it
sension and turned Starkweather and
Myers against Senator Chamberlain.
I In his announcement the candidate
' has prepared a campaign platfo.m ir.-
! volvimr the following nhtrm.nli TT.
ors adoption of peace treaty and League
of Nations covenant as proposed by
President Wilson. Opposes compulsory
universal military training. Favors
universal education, mental, moral and
physical. Favors liberal and prompt aid
for returned service men. Favors laws
for upbuilding of merchant marine. Im
mediate development of natural re
sources of Alaska. Adequate Pacific
navy and Columbia river submarine
base, Recognises right of labor to or
ganize for self-protection. Favors free
press and free speech. Favors rigid ex
clusion of Asiatic labor and alien land
ownership. Favors free press and free
speech as fundamental principles of
democracy. Favors national highway
system, square deal for Oregon in irri
gation" funds and reimbursement for sale
of public lands of Oregon. Favors clean
elections and strengthening of corrupt
practices bar.
I PAYORS PEACE TREATY
i My ballot slogan will be," Stark-
i weather says, " 'I favor ratification of
j the Versailles treaty as recommended
i by President Wilson.'
"I have submitted my candidacy to
the public, whose voice is nearer the
voice of God than any other human
decision "
Starkweather Is a native Oregonlan.
He was born near "Rankle. Clacka-
mas county. June 20. 1868. and has had
a very acUvtj care(M. especially along
educational lines. He was a member of
the commission which investigated
rural credits in foreign countries, which
was the basis for the rural credit acts
of the federal government
For 20 vMr stori,n,0tk'.. i.i. j "
terest has been in farming, although he
retains a wide interest In educational
affairs that had his Inception when, as
a young man. he was a school teacher,
county and city school superintendent.
He is a member of the school board of
his home district, a member of the edu
cational board for Clackamas county
and a regent of the Oregon State Nor
mal school.
Hej has been chairman of tho state
central committee during the past two
years and most of that time has been
active in business In Portland, where
he i an extensive owner In the Broad
way ) building at Broadway and Mor
rison street
Bill Would Permit
Making Light Beer
Bokon. April 18, iL N S. A bill
to permit th manufacture In Massa
chusetts of beer of 2.75 per cent alco
holic! strength was favorably 4 reported
by the legislative commit (m a t
(.affairs today, The rote was W
STARKWEATHER IN
WOMEN use
at
RY
J. P. Watson of Many Aliases
and 21 Wives, Sixof Whom Are
Believed Murdered, Had Inter
national Matrimonial Views:
Los Angeles, April 13. (I. N. S.)
Definite knowledge of the identity
of J. P. 'Bluebeard" Watson's 2t
wives, six of whom are strangely
missing with murder as the possible
cause, developed here today as thej
first positive phase of the exhaustive,
investigation being conducted by
county authorities in Watson's as-!
tounding criminal career. j
Here are the wives engulfed in the)
mystery which surrounds their .being!
listed as "missing" :
Mrs. Florence Sherred, Spokane,
Wash. ; Mrs. Agnes Wilson Harvey.
Vancouver and Alberta, Canada; Mrsj
Bertha Goodnlck Gordon.-Spokane ; Al
ice M. Ludvigson-Hllton, Seattle; Nina
Lee Ieloney-Harvey, 8an Francisco,'
and Gertrude Wilson Watson, Edmon
ton, Canada: -
Here are the "wives" identified and;
accounted for: .
Mrs. M. Briggs. Portland. Or. ; Mrsj
Sarah Durham, Spokane : Kathryn Wat-!
son, Portland : Alma Eatellf Snyder,
Spokane : Mrs. Ellxabeth S. Mllliken,
Milliken, Colo.: Mrs. Lillian Piphei.
Spokane ; Beatrice M. Lewis, address
unknown; Mrs. O. N. Andrews, address
unknown ; Mrs. H. G. Lawrence, Ranger,:
Texas : Mrs. Klizabelh C. Williamson,;
Sacramento, now here aiding in the in
quiry ; Mrs. James R. Hulrt. address un
known ; Emily J. Rose, address un
known, and the following others, Mhose;
addresses are yet undetermined :
Tax receipts, -bank pass books and
other personal papers belonging to these
(Concluded on Pm Thrca, Column Four)
Brother-in-Law Is
Charged With Plot
nst Man?s Life:
Walla Wallas Wash..' Xpry'iiBeT&3'
mm. viunoermm 01 nuesDorougn, Sas
katchewan; . narrowly, escaped, with hia
life here Sunday as a result of being
lured to tkHs . city by G. J. .Mellon,, his
brother-in-law, who shot at him on his
appearance here with a revolver, accord
ing to "Ounderson's , statement to the
police.
'Gunderson came here, he said, as the
result of a letter written by Melton's son
to a sister, In which the boy asked his
Bister to have their uncle, Gunderson,
come here with 1500 In cash and two
blankets to settle up his father's estate.
The letter further stated that Melton had
been killed in an automobile accident.
Follow ing its dispatch, the boy tried to
meet every i train arriving in Walla;
Walla, but missed the unole vhen ha
arrived Sunday because he did not meet
the one arriving here at 4 a. m.
G. J. Melton is under arrest by the
city police and the boy. Arnold, is being:
held by the county probation officer.--
Commissioners Are
In Dilemma"' Over
Low General Fund
City .commissioners are in a dilemma
as to what action can be taken to re-j
which has dwindled- down to $7000.
Outside of budget allowances com
piled last November, the J7000 must
care for city expenditures for the re
mainder of the fiscal year. From $300
to S400 is expended at each council
meeting to meet various contingencies.
Commissioner Pier, in charge of the
bureau of finance, has indicated that
he will recommend Wednesday that
Mayor Baker appoint a Bpecial commit
tee to devise ways and means , of rais
ing additional revenues. Budget ap
propriations ! in various departments
may be trimmed to assure additional
revenues.
Woman to Retract
Bribery Charge in
Pickf ord Proceeding
Carson City, N'ev.. April 13. L". P.)
a sworn statement retracting: th,
cnarges made by Mrs. Sadi Bro rn
Gardnerville, who said that Judge Frank
Langan and Sheriff Chris Xeilsuh of
Douglas county had received money In
connection with the Plckford divorce,
will be published here this afternoon by
the Carson City Appeal.
At the same time Attorney General
Fowler reiterated his previous an
nouncement that the suit to set aside 1
tne ficktord-Moore divorce will be filed
tti Douglas . county this week.
Japanese Troops Are
Stubbornly Resisted)
Russ Loss Is Heavy
By Heary W. Elsaey
Tokio, Aprl 8. Delayed. ) Japanese
troops encountered stubbarn resistance
In their activities In disarming- Russians
in the Habarovsk and Nlkolstc regions,
according to the war office communique
issued today. !
Japanese casualties were 237. Over
400 Russians, .were killed, while 1500
were arrested;, the statement said.
Conditions iln Vladivostok are unal
tered, according to dispatches from that
BLUEBEARD
CABINET IS
CALLED BY
PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON. April IS. (TJ.
P.) President Wilson has
called a meeting of his cabinet
ior 10 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing, It was announced today at
the White House.
This will be the first occasion
pn which the president has eat
with the departmental secre
taries since he left for big west
ern trip last August.
STRIKE TO END IF
NEW BOARD ACTS
Striking switchmen in the Port
land district woiild return to their
work Immediately If the new rail
road labor board appointed by Presi
dent Wilson this morning would
guarantee to take up the matter of
wage adjustment for the switchmen
immediately, and all men. involved
In the local walkout were taken back
to their old positons under the sen
iority that prevailed before the walk
out. This statement was made this after
noon by one of the leaders in the Port
land walkout. In making the statement
he said that his expression of opinion
could not be regarded as official with
out the matter being taken up and passed
on at a regular meeting of the strik
ers. He was reasonably certain that his
fellow-strikers held the same opinion..
"We have agreed not to go back to
work until every man involved in the
walkout has been placed in his former
position with his former seniority rights.
We will no doubt take up consideration
of this new phase at our meeting to
night. Striking switchmen, railroad officials
and Brotherhood leaders, were marking
tiroe this morning? in the Portland dis
trict, each watching the other carefully
for the first action that may end the
strike deadlock in the local yards. '
tlons were exactly the same as Monday.
Hope is high today in the ranks of
the railroad and union leaders. These
two factions Claim they can see the
light that means the end of the strike.
Strikers,, however, continue to hold an
unwavering front and. as--far, as action
f r -A them is concerned, the trianele
KiethTgHOtyy wEU recome "eterHiaL"-
' ' Tl . a, .
- ror; uie urnx urns iince me waiKoux
occurred Friday afternoon, the strik
ers and railroad officials agree on tho
number of men off duty. This seemed
to be the most unusual feature of the
day's Inactivity. .
AOREE OJT XtTMBEB OUT
The men Involved In the walkout an
nounced following a meeting Monday
night that of 343 switchmen normally
employed in the Portland yards, 292
were out, leaving a total of 61 on duty.
After a complete check by the railroads
this morning, officials announced thJU
the same number 51 were available
for duty.
The only favorable report this morn
ing was made by the Southern Pacific
railroad officials, who announced that
three full crews, or nine men. had been
signed for duty In the Brooklyn yards
on the first trick today.
TIECP COHTTIXCES COMPLETE
At the North Bank yards of the S., P.
& S. the strike remains 100 per cent ef
fective, but officials were hoping to
place one crew on duty this evening. At
the Alblna yards of the O-W. condi
tions were exactly the same as Monday,
with six crews on the first, one on the
second and one on the third trick.
(Concluded on Pace Three, Column' Three.)
Little Girl Loses
Life When Creek
Bank Gives Way
Walla Walla, April 13. Amy R.
Brundson, 7, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Brundson of Starbuck, while play
ing with other children near her home,
fell into a creek and was drowned when
the bank caved in.
D. C. Shaver, a prominent rancher
here for 25 years, died Monday, aged 69
years. He had been prominent in fra
ternal circles.
More than 250 members of Al Kindl
temple, Knights of Khorassan, will go
by special train Saturday to Yakima to
put on ceremonial work incidental to
the initiation of a large class in the
Yakima lodge of Dokkies.
Labor Peace Held
Near at Silverton
Salem. April 13. Hope for immediate
reconciliation of the grievances exist
ing between the employes and the man
agement of the Silver Falls Lumber
company at Silverton is' held out by G.
Y. Harry of Portland, federal commis
sioner of labor for the Oregon district,
who was In Salem this afternoon on his
way lome from a conference with the
warring factions. Some 200 men. who
are Involved In the strike, are still out,
but no disorder has marked the walkout
so far, Harry states.
Poindexter Writes
For Place on Ballot
Salem. April 13. Senator Miles Poin
dexter f Washington today filed with
the secretary of state's office a request
for a place on the Republican primary
ballot as a candidate for nomination as
president' of the United States. The re
quest came In a letter from Senator
Poindexter-and was accompanied by nf
aeciaauon or . statement r. principles.
SERVICE MEN
IN RUSH TO
Roseburg Thronged With Home
steaders and Squatters Who
. Desire Oregon k California
Grant Lands; Some Complain.
Roseburg, April 13a Hundreds of
ex-service men from all parts of the
United States, squatters and home-
steaders, thronged R.oseburg today
while the filings on Oregon & Cali
fornia grant lands were continued
! at the United States. land office. In
! this district 360,000 acres are being
(thrown open to settlement.
. Monday 110 applications for land were
made. Today there was still a large
number on hand waiting to file. The
crowds are being handled expeditiously
by the land office officials.
When the offices in the federal build
ing were thrown open Monday the cor
ridots'of the building and the sidewalks
adjacent to it were jartjmed. To facili
tate the handling of : applicants, who
were served in turn as jthcy appeared in
line, numbers up to 100; were issued and
applicants were cared for as rapidly as
clerks could answer their questions.
By far the greatest number of filings
are being made by ex-service men. All
such made Monday were listed as of
May 8, as also were those of squatters
who have resided on the lands the spec
ified time. Besides those actually filing
a great number merely , soxight informa
tion regarding available lands.
Many applicants from the East are
disposed to resent what they claim has
been misrepresentation of the character
of the land thrown open to entry. They
show clippings from eastern newspapers
to substantiate their stories that the
opportunities here had been misrepre
sented to them. These clippings all
carry a Washington dale line, and land
office officials hejleve ; they were part
of a publicity campaign carried on by
locators hoping to secure a large num
ber of applicants and thus Increase re
One soldier said : "When we read the
flowery descriptions of these tands it
took us just 15 minuses to pack our
grips and tart for Oregon. My partner
arfrt .1 came .from South Dakota. : Our
papers for months have been full -of
f 4Oro!ee4 w-Pw'TlCali.
ATSTATEHOSPITAL
Salem, April 13. Demanding tha
immediate discharge of John W.
(Happy) Gordon, a paroled man,
from the state prison, and the rein
statement of any employe discharged
Monday night as a labor agitator,
an ultimatum signed by 22 attend
ants at the state hospital for the in
sane was served on Superintendent
R. E. Lee Stein er this morning.
Superintendent Steiner instructed the
delegation that any employe of the in
stitution who might be dissatisfied with
his policies was at liberty to call for his
wages and leave his employ.
The petitioners signing the ultimatum
will carry their grievances before the
State board of control, which has agreed
to give them a hearing- at a special
meeting this afternoon. :
GORBOV IXEFFICIE2fT
Gordon, whe was serving time lit the
state prison for a minor offentse, was
paroled Saturday and was given em
ployment by Superintendent Steiner as
an attendant at the state hospital. It
has been the policy of Steiner heretofore
to give employment to -worthy paroled
men when opportunity offered. Gordon
has at all times been a model prisoner
and of a disposition which has earned
for him the nickname of "Happy" both
Inside and outside; the prison wail and
is regarded as a man of more than
usual desirability in the work involved
in the care of patients at the hospital.
His employment at the hospital, how
ever, was resented by a. number of rec
ognised labor agitators ' who found an
excuse in the fact that he was a "con
vict" to spread their doctrines of dis
content among their fellow attendants
to such good purpose that 22 signed the
petition demanding his discharge.
No member 'of the dissatisfied ele
ment could be found' who had other
fault to find with the employment of
Gordon except that' he was an "ex
convict." MASY ARE "FLOATERS"
Superintendent Steiner expressed
keen regret over the incident, but
declared that in spite of the diffi
culty in securing competent help at the
hospital, "the shortage would never be
serious enough to permit at the dicta
tion of the policies of the institution by
the employes."
Most of those signing the ultimatum. It
was explained, were of the class of at
tendants known as "floaters."
Buck Is Passed to
Wilson for Present
High Sugar Prices
Washington, April 13. r(L S.) Had
President Wilson bought the Cuban and
Louisiana sugar crops last Aufcust as he
was advised to do by a majority of the
ex gar equalization board, sugar would
now be selling at not more than 11 cents
a pound, George A. Zabriskie, chairman
of the board, today told the ..house
Judiciary subcommittee ihvestigatlaff the
action of Attorney General Palmer in al
lowing the Louisiana, sugar growers to
charge 17 and - IS . cents . per pound for
sugar.-, -i li'-'
NEAR STRKE SON
DOLLAR DAY
CASH BONUS
IS APPROVED
Plan Advised by Subcommittee
Calls for Extra Tax of; Half of
One Per Cent to Meet Service
Men's Needs; Exemptions.
By Herbert W.Valker
Washington, April 13. IV. P.)
A cash bonus of SI for each day's
service would be given to approxi-
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men in the army, navy and marine
corps during the war under a plan
that has been approved by the bonus
subcommittee of the house ways
and means committee, it was learned
today.
The program, which will be submitted
to the full committee for approval dur
ing this week, calls for an expenditure
fit slightly less than $1,000,000,000, which
is to be raised by a tax of H or 1 per
rent on all sales. It is considered very
likely that this plan will be one which
will be submitted to the house in the
near future.
CLASSES AHE ELIMINATED
With the purpose of limiting the bonus
to those who endured heavy financial
sacrifices during the war, the subcom
mittee has eliminated several classes of
service men from the groups entitled to
benefits, the total number eliminated be
ing estimated at 1,800,000.
Among these classes are :
Those who served less than 80 days,
because these mon already have re
ceived the original $80 bonus.
Men who were assigned to industrial
plants, such ns shipbuilding, and le
celved extra compensation therefor.
All officer..
Men in the regular army before the
declaration of war.
Men who, while serving In the army,
received compensation from their em
ployers or business interests.
REDUCTION IS EXPECTED ,
No man would be given the bonus
until he applied for It, and this, it Is be
lieved, would reduce the total expendi
ture, as many service men who have
weaKh are not expected to ask the extra
1 compensation. The application ls to
Foontaln an affidavit" that the soldier Is
not In any of the above classes.'.
The plan calls ior payment of the
bonus in four equal Installments and
the sales taxes are to be collected in
the corresponding periods.
The average service, the subcommit
tee has been informed, is 10 months,
making the average bonus about $300.
ESTIMATES ARE AWAITED
Men who were" promoted to be com
missioned officers would be paid only
for the time they served as enlisted men.
The committee is now waiting for es
timates from the treasury department
as to exactly how much can be raised
by the tax on sales, but preliminary es
timates place the amount at about
$1,500,000,000. The levying of this tax
also would be in -the nature of an ex
periment, as there is sentiment In con
gress for having it replace some of the
other taxes later. For the present, how
ever, it must be in addition to all other
taxe.
SMALL FARMERS EXEMPT
Under the house committee plan, ail
businesses with total sales of less than
$2500 a year an 1- all small farmers
should be exempted. The tax would net
be paid by stamps as in the caee of ?he
present consumption levies.
Its collection, it is believed, would be
simple. All business concerns at the
end of every three months after th pas
sage of the law would simply pay one
half of one per cent on their total sales.
The Advocates of the tax claim it would
not Increase the cost of living in any
considerable degree as it would amouut
to only 50 cents on every $100. All
transactions, wholesale, retail and real
estat. would be taxed.
ST. LOUIS GAINS
S.) Preliminary 1920 population
figures were announced by the cen
sus bureau today as follows:
St Louis, Mo-. 1920 population, 773,
000 : increase, 85,971. or 12.5 per cent ;
1910 population. 687.029.
Bly the, CaL. 1920 population 1622.
Vinita, Okla., 1920 population (cor
rected) 5010, Increase 928, or 22.7 per!
cent; 1910 population .4082.
Railroad Men Plan
Cooperative Store
Spokane, Wash., April 13. The affil
iated railroad crafts of Spokane, repre
senting a membership of 4200 people,
are making definite plans to start a co
operative store in Spokane, according to
C. C. Thrower, secretary. The plan In
cludes a $5 assessment of every rail
road employe to establish the store,
which. It, is estimated, will take a cap
ital of 340,000.
Inquiry by League
Declined by Soviet
Paris. April 13. Soviet Russia abso
lutely declines even te consider the idea
of a Leage of Nation commieslon' going
.to Moscow to investigate the Russian
government, except on the condition
that a definite agreement . is reached
with the allies permitting soylet Russia
to . membership, in, the league, , i ,
85,971 IN DECADE
Washington. April 13. (I. N.
C II A PLAIN
IS $OUGHT
by Legion
NOT a single theologian Is rep
resented In the membership
of Portland post of" the Ameri
can Lgion the largest post in
the United State.
Franklin tRorcll, preaent chap?
lain of the post, wants to resign.
He has entered the political race.
"We'll look in the index and
find out How many ministers
we've got,';&ald George Hoban,
assistant secretary, confidently.
Hoban M worrying now. lie
couldn't find even 'one.
"If any one would he chaplain,
let him eome forfh," quoth
George. . '
CONGRESS AGREES:
Washington April 13. (WASH
INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUR
NAL) The long battle in congress
over waterpower legislation appar
ently Is endedv Practical agreement
was reached Iln conference Monday
over the malrj questions in the con
troversy. Thi deciding vote which
brought an end to the deadlock came
with the rettirn to Washington of
Representative Sinnott of Oregon,
one of the house conferees.
The dispute in the conference has
gathered around three principal things:
Terms of recapture, federal charge and
distribution of;,funds collected by such
charges. j
Under the hoase bill the recapture pro
vision was to the effect that if the gov
ernment, at thji end of 50 years, does
not take over a plant at net Investment
not greater tlwin fair vauo, or fails to
tender a new. license on reasonable
termsf) the original license shall be
granted from jear to year.
The senate added to this qualifying
language that the new license shall be
one "which Is accepted." Lenroot and
others, during: the riebate, declared this
was equivalent; to perpetual grant and
predicted a presidential veto unless
changed. The Conferees have agreed to
Strike out Jhe qualifying language, which
was alleged, ap too liberal to water
power corporations. ' I -'"'""
The house "bill provided for a federal
charge fixed by. the federal commission
and the senate amended this to provide
it should not exceed 25 cents per devel
oped "horsepower. The agreement
reached is to limit the federal aharge to
a reasonable annual amount to reim
burse the government for the ;ost of
administration for occupancy cf govern
ment lands and property and for abeorp
tlon of excessive profits, or until the
period of amortisation is passed. The
commission is tp avoid in such Instances
overburdening the consumer. '
The purpose of this is to- allow suffi
cient discretion to equalise conditions
between plants serving -the same commu
nities where one. company's cost may be
much greater tpn another's. -.
Money collected from power developed
from sites on public lands, national for
ests and parks' Is to go 50 per cent to
reclamation funds, 87 ft to states from
which derived and 12 to federal gov
ernment. -'The receipts frbm states on navigable
streams will go half and half to Im
provement of navigation and to the na
tional treasury.;
Restitution Asked
From Germany for
Killing of Demott
Washington, April 18. The German
government mut make restritutlon for
the death of Paul R. Demott, In the
event that an investigation proves that
he was murdered.
Although the, state department was
without information that Demott, who
was arrested and sentenced to death for
having participated in the Ruhr revolu
tion, had been '.killed while trying to
that the Incident would be investigated
n h vrv hott-m Th.n if it rteveion-d
that Demott had been murdered, as un
official reports Indicate, sharp action
will be taken, j
The departnient today, instructed
American Commissioner Dresel at Ber
lin to make a thorough inquiry of the
case and to report to Washington as
soon as possible; This was before press
dispatches told of the death of the -American,
and Dresei was Instructed to ask
for postponement of the death sentence
imposed by a drumhead court martial
'pending establishment of all facts neo-
essary with a view to protection of Mr.
Demott's rights! as an American cltl
sen." ' f '
Owner of Store at
Boardnfan Admits
He Fired Building
Salem, April 413. William Haskin, a
merchant at Board man, Morrow county,
has confessed to burning his store on
March 19 ln order - to collect 36500 in
surance., according to a telegram re
ceived this morning .by A. C Barber,
state insurance 'commissioner,, from H.
H. Pomeroy, deputy.1 fire marshal, who
has been Investigating the fire. The
confession was; made before Sheriff
Taylor and Pomeroy, the telegram
states. !'
Haskin had a? fire at 819 Willamette
avenue, Portland, six years ago, when
his. residence was burned, according to
Pomeroy ' telegram. At that time he
gave out a story to - the effect that
burglars had entered his home, beaten
and shot him and left him unconscious,
overturning the stove in the struggle,'
and setting fire te the house." -
ON WATERPDWER
BOARD AID
IN RAIL BILL
Strikers May Be Forced Back to
Work Under Provision of Law
Requiring, Men 'to Remain on
Job While Board Investigates.
Washington, April 13. (U.
President Wilson today appointed
the railroad labor board Which tha
Esch-Cummins ibilj created as final
authority in railway wage dispute.
The men nanfecLare: .
Public representatives G. W. W.
Hanger, Washington; Henry Hunt,
ex-mayor of Cincinnati, and R. M.
Barton of Tennessee. .
Labor representatives Albert j
Phillips, A. O. Wharton and James
J. Forrester.
Managers' representatives Hor
ace Baker, J. H. Elliott and Wil
liam L. Park.
Under the terms of the Esch
Cummins law the board is a tri
partite body. !The railroad labor
and the managers appoint three rep
resentatives, each subject to the ap
proval of the president, who names
three members to represent tha
public.
The senate is expected to act on the
labor board nominations today unless'
some objection Is made to them.
Prompt senate action will enable the
board to take action immediately on the
"outlaw" strike of rail employes, which
Is tying up lines throughout the coun-Vt-
Under the Esch-Cummins law the rail
road employes must continue at work
while the board Is Investigating labor
dispute.
RAIL LABOR LEADERS RAIL
COMMISSION WITH PLEASURE!
. Chicago, April lI.-(U. P.) News of
the appointment of the members of the
railroad labor board was greeted with -satisfaction,
, by failroa .flabor leaders
hers .today.', "''" " r -
"The appointment of the membership
will have a very effective and beneficial
result throughout the country." said 8.
E. Heberling. president of the Switch
men's Union of North America. "It will
have a tendency to stop tha spread of
the strike and cause many to return to
work."
''The appointment will have a whole
some effect,'' said W. F. Whitney, vice
president of the Brotherhood of Rail
road Trainmen.
"I think It will have a tendency to get
the men back to work right away and
break the strike In a few days."
Whitney declared he had no fault to
find with the personnel of the board and
(Concluded en Pag Two, Column Fire.)
OF
FARM HELD LEGAL
Salem. April -13. 'The state fish
and game commission, as constituted
prior to the creation of the new com
mission by the legislature of 1920,
possessed full authority to purchase
the Reddish farm In Lane county
for the propagation of game birds
and to pay fors tho farm from the
funds known as tha "game protect
ive fund account."
This Is the finding of the Oregon su
preme court in an opinion written by
Justice Johns, handed down this morn
ing, in which the decree of Judge Oeefge
O. Blnghsm of the Marlon county cir
cuit court, granting an Injunction
! fKa1 nA ' c"lm." Incu"ed
, ln " purchase ot the firm. Is reversed
and the ease dismissed.
The purchase of the farm was au
thorised by the state fish and gams
commission In July, 1919, at a price of
17680. H. A, Holmes of Portland brought
suit as a taxpayer to restrain the secre
tary of state from Issuing a warrant
and the state treasurer from the pay
ment of any warrant for claims Incurred
in the purchase of the farm.
In reversing the decree of the low
, court,' the supreme court holds that the
state legislature "created a fish nd
game commission and vested it with
discretionary power to expend for the
protection, preservation and propaga
tion of fish and game all funds of the
state of Oregon acquired for the protec
tion, preservation or propagation of
fish and game., arising from state ap
propriations, licenses, gifts or otherwise,
and such commission shall have full
power and authority to use so much of
the state funds s may be necessary for
the acaulsltlon Of lakes, water rla-hls
1 and easements and other property."
The purchase of the farm In question
Is germane to and within the purview
of the law creating the commission and
defining Its authority, the opinion holda
Woman Charged1 With
Stealing j Electricity
A hairpin and- a "rubber, hand, . and
incidentally an i electric meter, got
Mrs. May flohult in trouble this mom- -lug.
Khe, was arrested at her room
ing house, 2424 Park street, by Dep
uty Constables Rennick and - Watktnds '
on complaint of (the Portland Railway,,
Light A Power company, charging the
theft of electricity, . and,, was released
oa fZfto.Dau.
BUYING