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Discussion Lasts Hour and Half;
Conclusion Reached, but Not
i Given Out; President in Fine
Spirits; Tells Humorous Story.
! "Bjr Ralph F. Conch
I Washington, April 14. U. P.)
President Wilaon and his cabinet to
'day heard Attorney General Pal
mer's report on the railroad strike.
cUscussed the strike and reached
some conclusions. Palmer said, fol
lowing the cabinet meeting. What
the conclusions were Palmer would
. not say.
However, Palmer, It was learned
. authoritatively, reported that the de
partment of Justice had evidence that
the" communist party was behind the
strike; and steps to deal with this In
fluence were authorized. Arrests may
be made before the end of the day.
Other cabinet members said the strike
situation was practically the sole topic
of discussion.
" Thej cabinet meeting lasted for an
hour jand a half. All the secretaries
declared W(lon seemed In the best of
health. It was his first cabinet meeting
in eight months.
"The spirit of the president was fine,"
' said Secretary Daniels. "He laughed
- frequently and related several humorous
torles."
-j- 4The president was attired In a cuta
way coat and grey troupers,, which he
Si wont to wear on ell simitar occasions,
members nuld.
The study In which the gathering took
place was fitted with a long table sim
ilar to that of the regular cabinet room
In the executive offices and 'the mem-
bei'S aat around it. -
There were foar new members at to
days session Secretaries Colby, Alex-
ander, Payne and Meredith,
t Soon after the cabinet meeting the
''president telegraphed members of the
railroad labor board, appointed, yester
. day, to come to Washington at once.
prepared to take up tha wage contro--
versyi as soon as their nominations were
confirmed by the senate.
i At the same. Ume the senate interstate
commerce committee announced it had
ordered the' nominations reported favor
, ably and rhe senate went Into executive
session presumably to discuss them.
Washlnilari, ApJll U. (Vti. S.) Set
tlement Of the nationwide railroad strike
now rests with, the railroad labor board,
appointed 1y President Wilson under
the Cummlns-Rech bill.
President Wilson today telegraphed
to the members to come to Washington
immediately.
3 ! It lis understood that the cabinet pro
posed a plan, for an Immediate meeting
of the board with Secretary of Labor
Wilson and Attorney General Palmer to
agree on the temporary wage adjust
ments which shall be effected Immedi
ately.; . 8uch an adjustment, it is declared.
Would allay unrest and would result In
many of the strikers returning to their
workM .
' The senate met to confirm the nom-
(Concluded on ra Fourtern, Column Two)
TWo Alleged Chicken
! Thieves Are Taken
i ' 1 1
Richard, White and C. C. Beck were
arrested early this morning by Motor
cyclemen Wiles and Mathews on charges
of stealing chickens from a farm house
.long; the .Linn ton road. Both men were
taken! to the police station, where they
are said to have Confessed the larceny
Of several chickens. Police believe the
men have been implicated in several
pcultry escapades In the suburbs during
the last few weeks, although they stout
ly denied mny previous thefts.
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WINS ILLINOIS PRIMARIES
jryi OVERNOR FRANK O. LOWDEN, who won first place
Ii I in the presidential primaries' in Illinois Tuesday by a large
vote. Governor Lowderi jhas long been conceded to be
Illinois' favorite son in the Republican race; and is one of the
strong contenders for national honors. i
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Washington.' AprUi4. It' N. S.)
The -senate foreign relations com
mlttecjtefused this afternoon to sus
tain the charge of Attorney General
A. ; Mltche 11 Pajmer thatr Jjudvig. C.
A. 1 K. Martens, American represen
tatlve of - the Russian sWriet repub
lic, was attempting to overthrow the
United States '.government, by force
or violence.
The committee also declined to accept
the report , of Senator Moses, Republican
of ; New Hampshire chairman of the
sub-committee which Investigated Mar
tens' activities In this .country as Moses
submitted . it to the committee.
The committee rewrote and modified
the report before' agreeing to report it
favorably to the senate.
Senate Confirms Two
Nearby-Postmasters
Washington. April 14. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL)
The senate today confirmed Ernest J.
Schneider . as postmaster at Myrtle
Point, Or., and Charles P. Robbins at
Vaider. Wash.
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observations of people and events In the
Oregon country, etc.
The Sunday Journal includes a maga
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feature to be had and Ring Lardner's
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Discussion 6f the gigantic $10,
000,000 pbtt Improvement project
recently submitted by the Industrial
committee of 15 will be held Thurs
day morning at 10 o'clock In a pub
lic hearing In. the council chamber
of the city hall. The plan provides
for the acquisition of Swan Island,
Mocks bottom and Guilds lake to
ward the development of a deep
water harbor.
This is the first hearing on the project
and Mayor Baker Is extremely anxious
to have all interested parties present
that various features of the plan may be
discussed. .
Controversy over the appointment of
the members of the consolidated dock
commission and port of Portland com
mission by the legislature looms up- as
certain to come before Thursday's hear
ing. .
The Industrial committee's report pro
vides that members of both bodies shall
be appointed by the legislature.
Commissioner Barbur and others are
known to favor the appointment of the
consolidated ' commission ' by the gov
ernor in order to remove any chance of
political log rolling which might come
out of legislative selection..
It is understood that amendments to
the plan that are necessary will be
made by the city council following pub
lic hearings. Steps will be taken later
to submit the project to the electorate at
the November election. The plan already
has the approval of the city council, the
Port of Portland commission and com
mission of public docks.
Alien Ban Lifted
To Aid Harvesting
Of Sugar Beet Crop
Wash In a-ton. Anrll 14 it v s i
Pendlne action bv conn-Ma nr Kit v.
secretary of labor regarding the admis
sion oi laborers for agricultural pur
poses. Assistant Secretary of Labor
Post this aftel-nnnn inBtriKtrf ftiM.
mlssfoner general of Immigration to ad
mit temporarily during the beet sugar
season of 1920 . agricultural- laborers
from Mexico and Canada fni th
,slve purpose of cultivating and harvest
ing oeet sugar crops in Colorado, Wyo
ming, Utah and Nebraska. .At the saml
time nrovision wa mari fnr tTia.4unt
of 'such laborers at the conclusion of
tne narveatmg oi crops.
Washington' Veterans
Demand Y. M. 0. A. to
Return War Profits
Yakima, Wash.. April 14. (U. P.)-U
Posts of the American Legion and Vet
erans of Foreign Wars throughout the
state have been asked to Join in a cam
paign to demand from the Y. M. C. A. a
return of 117,000.000 alleged "war
profits." t-.'.
. The Initial resolution was passed here
by Wharton post. V. F. W. It recites
that people who donated to the Y. dar
ing the war did not expect It to make a
profit out of the A. K. F. and states
that such profits should be returned, to
ttrvlc' organisations.
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CHICAGO SPLIT
Remarkable Feature of Primaries
in Lowden's Home State Is Big
Vote Written in for Johnson,
Whose Name Is Not on Ballot.
Chicago, April 14. (I. N. S.)
Governor Frank O. Lowden today is
the winner of the presidential In
dorsement of the Republicans of II- J
linois, his home state. His plural
ity in Tuesday's, preferential prima
ries is more than 80,000, according
to the latest returns.
His victory over General Leonard A.
Wood, his nearest competitor. Is not a
clean-cut one, however. The latter swept
Chicago and the rest of Cook county by
a plurality of 27,533 votes, surging into
victory In this section of the state in the
heat of one of the mot bitterly-fought
contests ever staged in Chicago.
WRITE ITS JOHNSON'S NAME
Despite the number of votes polled by
Lowden and Wood, however. Senator
Hiram Johnson supplied a sensation.
With his name absent from the ballots,
no less than 40,000 voters in Cook coun
ty's, ten congressional districts wrote It
in as their choice for president, a result
unparalleled in the history of Illinois
politics.
In the Democratic primaries latest re
turns Indicate that Herbert Hoover will
win by a small" margin, with Governor
Edwards, Attorney General Palmer, W.
G. McAdoo, William Jennings Bryan and
James Hamilton Lewis receiving most of
the remainder of the votes.
In the Republican primaries, the re
turns from 5?48 precincts out of a total
of 6690 precincts in the entire state
show that Governor Lowden polled 222,
982 votes. General Wood 157,868 and
Senator Johnson .43.826. . This gives Low
den a plurality of S5.ll 4 votes and with
this . as a basis it is figured that com
plete returns will show him a winner
by more than 80,000.
The following are complete returns
from Cook county's 10 congressional dis
tricts, which include Lake county :
Men. Wn. Total.
Wood . i. 8T.BU 18.866 105,877
Lowden ,i. 84,245 1 4.099 78.144
Johiwcn 33,518 5.365 40,811
Wood's plurality In oook county, 27.583. '
DELEGATION DIVIDED
Governor Lowden's victory means that
the Illinois delegation of St to the Re
publican convention will be divided about
as follows, if all the delegates follow the
preferential vote cast:
i For Lowden, 40 for Wood, 17 ; for
Johnson, 1. :
' Eight delegates-at-large remain to be
Concluded ob Page Two, Column Four)
la. .weeping iavesi.iga.uun oy mayor
! Baker to determine if Portland land
lords are collecting exorbitant rents.
was authorized this morning in a
resolution submitted by the mayor
and passed unanimously by the city
council. The resolution was drawn
by Deputy City Attorney Stanley
Myers.
Deputy City Attorney Lionel C.
Mackay will work directly under Mayor
Baker and investigate conditions over
the entire city. Numerous complaints
have been placed before the mayor dur
ing the last few months and he Is-determined
to Investigate fully with the
idea of punishing offenders.
All measures and remedies for the re
lief of tenants, will be exercised, ac
cording to provisions of the resolution.
If necessary headquarters w-ill be pro
vided in the city hall where tenants may
bring their complaints for investigation.
Several city employes will, be placed at
Mackay s command If needed.
"We are not Jumping at conclusions.
said Mayor Baker, "but simply taking It
on ourselves to verify numerous com
plaints that have come to us. High rents
alleged to be charged in various parts of
the city are positively crlminaj. The
press has called our attention to the
matter time after time I say the hour
has arrived w-hen we must act."
II. S. Army on Rhine
Costs $1,200,000 a
Day, Asserts Kahn
Washington. April 14. (ti N. S.) The
American army of occupation along the
Rhine, Germany, consisting of 18,000
troops, is costing about $1,200,000 a day.
Representative KeJin, chairman of the
house military affairs committee, today
told the house.
"While it was arranged that this ex
pense should be borne by the German
government I fear that much of it will
fall ultimately upon the American taxpayer,"-
said Kajpti. Germany has paid
483,000,000 marks on account; he s&id. He
expressed the view also that the United
States would get little by way of repar
ation from Germany. '
Paper Consumption
Exceeds Production
New York. April 14. (U. P.) Amer
ica's production of paper of all kinds
during 1919 was 35,543 tons under "the
total consumption, President George W.
Sisson of the American Pulp and Paper
association declared today in addressing
the Technical Paper Manufacturing as
sociation,' meeting here today. . .
LANDLORDS WILL
REINVESTIGATED
25th Wife of Reputed Bigamist,
Murderer and Bunko Operator
Said to Be Katheriqe Kruse;
9 of His Wives Are Missing.
Los Angeles, April 14. The twenty-fifth
wife of Andrew Watson, al
leged "modern Bluebeard," appeared
today.
A telegram from J. P. Welch, chief
of police of Nelson, B. C, said Wat
son married Miss Katherine Kruse
there in 1913. An accurate descrip
tion of the prisoner now being held
here on a charge of bigamy, was
contained in the telegram.
The latest Mrs. Watson, whose home
is at Salem, Or., is said to be on her
way to Los Angeles and is expected
to arrive here Friday.
Sheriff John C. Cllne declares that
evidence which will corroborate his
murder theory in the mysterious dis
appearance of at least nirte of Watson's
wives was uncovered in . a Santa
Monica hotel today.
ETIDENCE ACCUMULATES
With the discovery of the additional
wives" came also today a mass of evi
dence regarded as the most important
since investigation was started of the
sinister case. A woman's blood-stained
fur collar and Bilk shirt were found
among "Bluebeard's" effects in a newly
discovered rendervous where he was reg
istered as "James Lawrence, Oakland,
Jan. 21. 1920l" - The articles showed at
tempts had been made to remove the
spots. Photographs of a number of his
"wives" and pictures of several children
were aiso among items regaraea as im
portant evidence.
Also found in Watson's trunk was a
stained silk handkerchief marked with
the embroidered initial, "B." This was
believed to have belonged to Bertha
Goodnlck, one of the missing, women.
MAT BE ORIGINAL WIFE
The first and original wife was be
lieved to have been disclosed, by this
(Concluded am Pass Fonrtaen; Colama One)
AT STREET CURB
C. B. Smith, aged 77, was almost
Instantly killed at 9 o'clock Tues
day n4ght at Sandy road and Cast
Sixtieth street, when he was struck
by an automobile driven "by L. W.
Thompson, 63 Eighteenth street
north. The body was dragged sev
eral feet by the automobile.
Smith, who was the father of O. M.
Smith, 777 East Salmon street, also
manager of Nlcoll'a tailor shop, was
stepping out from the curb to board a
Rose City Park car. The automobile
was traveling just ahead of the car, and
the driver failed to see Smith, according
to his report.
INQUEST IS PLANNED
Patrolmen Russell and Smythe inves
tigated the accident and took Thompson
and his wife, who was In the automo
bile with him when the accident oc
curred, to the police station, where they
were released pending the coroner's in
vestigation. An inquest probably will
be held tonight.
Smith's right leg was broken, his
right cheek torn and there were body
bruises. The coroner ascribes death due
to shock. The body was first taken to
the residence of R. H. Tucker, 1564
Sandy boulevard, by the car crew and
L. C. Nero. r. W. R. Laldlaw, 1614
Sandy boulevard, responded at once but
was unable to do anything for Smith.
BRAKES FOUND PERFECT
Investigation of the , patrolmen
showed that the automobile was travel
ing west on Sandy road, and there were
no skid marks In the street. Smith ap
parently was about four and a half
feet from the curb when he was struck
and the automobile proceeded about 30
feet before It was stopped. The patrol
men tested the brakes and found them
in good working order, 'i Thompson
claims he was not traveling faster than
10 miles an hour.
Mrs. F. M. Conway, residing at the
Cornelius hotel, told traffic officials
that she saw the automobile before
and after the accident. She denies wit
nessing the accident. Mrs. Conway es
timated the speed of the automobile
at 10 miles per hour.
Thompson said in his report that he
has driven automobiles for 10 years
and this Darticular machine for eitrht
j months. He carries no Insurance, has
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never ru me roivino iramc oral nance
and says he has never had an accident
before.
Smith had been visiting A- L. Strom
berg, 1584 Sandy boulevard, and was
returning to his apartment at 422 Sec
ond street when the fatal accident hap
pened. He was carrying a cane and
umbrella.
Blossom Day Put
Off for Week Due
To Bloom Shortage
Salem, April 14. Because of the
backward season and the lack of sun
shine and warm weather necessary to
bring out the blossoms in the prune or
chards of this section of the Willamette
valley. It has been found necessary to
postpone BIossom day" until April 25.
Just one week from the date originally
set. A Yew days of sunshine, it is ex
plained, would be sufficient to bring out
the petals in their uii glory, v a. ,
AUTO KILLS MAN
Potato Boycott
Launched; local
Housewives Join
In Cost Campaign
Boycott on potatoes until prices
become reasonable today became ef
fective in several hundred Portland
households, following action taken
Tuesday afternoon by the Portland
Housewives' Council at a meeting In
the Central library.
Dr. Nina Wood, named to handle the
campaign, will appear before civic
organisations all over the city and ask
housewives to quit using potatoes. The
housewives asserted that they believed
gouging is responsible for abnormal
quotations.
CALIFORNIA BOYCOTT ON
Mrs. J. C. Stewart, recently returned
from Los Angeles, sponsored the boy
cott move. She declared that an abso
lute boycott is effective In the Southern
California metropolis. A Japanese, she
maintained, is holding the return on his
6000 acres to raise prices artificially.
Rather than submit, consumers are sub
stituting macaroni, rice and other
dishes for the potato.
Sugar Is one of the cheapest commodi
ties produced, declared John Campbell,
Java sugar grower, in a speech to the
housewives. American syndicates, he
maintained, cause high sugar prices be
cause of the big margins they absorb.
JAVA MAS BIO STOCK
Java has sugar aplenty. Why Amer
ica doesn't get It, he said, must be ac
counted for by shippers.. Refining. is In
expensive, de declared, and he expressed
a wish to see American cities establish
refineries for local use.
The cost of refining sugar Is cent
a pound. Campbell said, contradicting
popular belief that It is refining which
causes prices to aviate.
SUPPLY Iff VALLEY
Interior Oregon communities, par
ticularly the cities and towns In the
southern part of the Willamette val
ley were beginning to feel the full
stress of the Portland switchmen's
strike this morning, "with only a
few pcal freight trains moving to
supply their needA,
Although the "rebel" walkout has
been directed primarily against Port
land, little affect has been felt here
because of the vast supplies of food at
hand and river steamer service, but It
is being felt In the Willamette valley.
Practically all the Southern Oregon
towns are running out of perishable
goods and meat, according to reports
received in Portland.
Strike clouds permit a glint of light
locally, but for the general situation
the clouds are lowering. Reports were
received by the local offices of the
Southern Pacific this morning that the
entire force of switchmen at Ashland
walked out Tuesday evening.
The walkout at Ashland brings addi
tional difficulties, as It ties up all
emergency local shipments either north
or south at that point. Shipments of
local freight, except perishables, are
being received subject to Indefinite de
lay by the S. P., and several stub local
trains were dispatched to Willamette
valley points Tuesday, but not suffi
cient for entire relief. One carload of
l'vestock and one of meat was shipped
today for the first time since Saturday.
(Concluded on Pace Two, Column Bix)
Sir Oliver Lodge Is
Here; Is Certain the
Dead Live and Speak
Sir Oliver Lodge, noted English scient
ist and one of the foremost believers In
spiritualism, arrived shortly after noon
today from San Francisco. Thursday
night he will lecture at The Auditorium
on "The Evidences for Survival."
With Sir Oliver Is Lady Lodge and
their business manager. They are regis
tered from London.
Latest developments in psychical re
search are dealt with by Sir Oliver. He
is lecturing In almost every important
city in the United States and Canada
during his American tour.
Mere Clocks? Bunk!
Set Your Watches
By Noon Airplane
Mere clocks? Bunk ! Set your watch
by airplane.
Every noon, hereafter, an airplane
from the Oregon. Washington at Idaho
Airplane Co.'s airdrome will soar. over
Portland's downtown district. The
pilots will try to be directly over Broad
way and Washington- streets at 12 noon.
Pilot F. S. McClurg. former captain
in the British air force, set the time
today. He was up 15 minutes, the
lowest altitude being 600 feet and his
highest. 1500 feet
Efficiency Records
Are to Be Destroyed
Disposal of efficiency records estab
lished in 1914 by the New York bureau
of municipal research at a cost of
$4000 was authorised this morning by
vote of the city council. Commissioners
Barbur and Bigelow. appointed some
time ago to investigate the reports,
urged the council to do away with the
records. They were installed to stimu
late efficiency' among employes and
have rested in the office of the civil
service board for the last -few years
unused. The board recommended some
ttma ago. that they be destroy td,
STRIKE CUTS FOOD
AS A 1ES
Refineries Boost Prices Again,
Forcing Portland to Pay 19
and 20 Cents Retail to "Dis
courage Consumption."
Portland consumers must pay
from 19 cents to 20 cents a pound
for sugar as a result of new boosts
In price by "refineries. Frankly ad
mitting that 10 cents a pound gives
them reasonable returns, the refin
ers have raised prices In what they
claim is an attempt to decrease con
sumption and conserve sugar sup
plies. Taking the ! figures bf the refiners
themselves, at! the present rate of con
sumption the American people will pay
11,000,000,000 a year in excess profits
to the refiners for the privilege of re
ducing consumption.
Portland wholesalers said today a re
tail price of 25 cents a pound is not an
improbability.
One big refinery, the Western Sugar
Refining company, has notified the
Portland trade from its California head
quarters of art advance of $1.25 per 100
pounds. This; places the refinery price
at $17 per 100 pounds, the highest figure
eyer known on . the Pacific coast.
While only one refinery had notified
the trade of the advance, others are ex
pected to follow with still greater rises.
In order to ! tteep down the price of
sugar here as long as possible, Port
land wholesale grocers have been sell
ing their product 20 cents per 100
pounds below the price asked at other
points where the freight rate from the
refineries Is th same as that to Port
land. Seattle and Tacoma consumers
have paid that much more than Port
land. Portland consumers have been
getting their sugar at the same, price
as 'those in San Francisco where no
freight tate is Dara.
Now It is declared by wholesalers (hat
because of the higher price they must
pay for sugar, they are unable to sell
supplies and pay the freight by adding
only 1 cent to the refinery price. They
propose that they be given the extra 20
cents per 100 ; pounds as charged by
other cities.
Pacific coast refiners have seemingly
been able to sifiure -all- the eugar4hey
neeaea. xney got raw mock irom tne
(Concluded on ue Eight, Column Tire)
REAL MAN'S MAN
"Herbert Hoover is a mere roan,
but he is a man's man," Ralph C.
Ely told his audience at the Central
library hall Tuesday night when he
gave the first public address in be
half of the Hoover candidacy for
president in Multnomah county.
"The women of the United States are
Interested In his candidacy," he con
tinued, "because they helped him feed
the world."
In his address Ely discussed the his
tory of our country, and Its relation to
world affairs, showing the continual
march of progress forward and the par
ttclpatlon of this country In that march.
WASHINGTON 18 lAUDED
"I nave often wondered, he said,
"that George Washington seemed to
"have just happened to be there' in the
early days of this nation. He was the
one man, by training and by tempera
ment, needed to guide the infant nation
upward. I have had the same thought
about Lincoln, and of how be stood
ready to take his place In world history
when the great need lor him and his
genius confronted us. We have con
tended that these great men belonged
to us, but it seems to me that they be
long to the world. They are not our
leaders alone but are ' world leaders
raised by providence to help worjc out
the destiny of the world."
The speaker then traced world condi
tions prior to and during the great war,
the overthrow of ancient dynasties and
governments and the establishment of
new ones.
"What," he said, "are the problems of
the future? It is a bold man who will
tell them or who will predict the future.
It is a new world, and its problems are
new," he contended.
NEW HEADS NEEDED
"The men who are to solve them must
be new men, trained to the new prob
lems and the new thought. The old
problems are behind us. We need now,
(Concluded on Pace Two. Column Three)
American Navy to
Be Supreme in 1923,
House Members Tald
Washington, April 14. The American
navy will be supreme on the seas by
the end of 1923.
Representative Brltton of Illinois,
ranking Republican on the house naval
affairs committee, made this prediction
today and backed it up with .charts
which he exhibited to members of the
house In the t peakers lobby.
Comparisons ihown on the chart were :
Total weight (Of broad sAe projectiles
from American fleet, 688.C2S pounds as
against 414,080; pounds for the British
first line ships, a superiority of 22 per
cent. i v ' r
1000 Switchmen Out ,
San Franclscj, April .14. (U. , P.)
Approximately 1000 railway .'switchmen
were reported to be on strike in the
San JTxaacisce district . today. '
SON
II! CONSUMER
IIS
ARE RELEASED
FROM PRISON
Great Demonstration Is Staged,
at Mount JoyJail'When Order-
Is Received; Bonar Law Urges
More Ameliorative Treatment
Dublin. April 14. All the Sinn " :
Fein prisoners In Mount Joy Jail ...
whose imprisonment caused a gen- ;
eral strike to be declared through-"
out. Ireland, were released from
prison today by the Brltsh govern-
ment.
The Kreenrnan's Journal announced
this afternoon that the Irish general
strike Is officially ended, "as a result -of
the surrender of the British govern '
ment." -
There was a great demonstration at
Dublin today with' thousands of per
sons parading through the streets. There
were fears of a collision between the " -
crowds end troops. Crowds gathered
outside of the Mount Joy Jail, but were
urged by Archbishop Walsh to return
home. t;
A. Bonar Law announced In common "
that tha lord lieutenant of Ireland has , -directed
the prison board that all per
sons arrested under the defense of the
realm act should "receive ameliorative "
treatment from the state untn they are . , -convinced
of the charges against them."
This means that the government will not
treat political prisoners as criminals. It ' -was
such treatment that the Sinn Fein
era protested against. A hunger strike -was
begun by the Sinn Fein prisoners
to compel the govenment to treat them
as political offenders.
A number of jthe hunger strikers may (
die. It was reported this afternoon. Four '
of them were said to have collapsed en
tirely and others were In the last stages
of exhaustion.
The first Irish soviet has been formed
at Oalway. The workers who joined the
Irish general strike formed a local coun- .'
ell and announced they would control
the city for the duration of the strike.
According to the fDslly Herald, the
official organ of the Labor party, the
Council of the Federation of Railway
men had demanded that a meeting of
the "triple alliance" be held to support
the Irish general strike. - -
The "triple alliance" Js the most '
powerfal -taber ' ci gsmletlenr n 'lf set ;
Britain. It is composed of the railway ...
M et kers the coal miners and the trans . !
port workers, t , -
A report was circulated here that the ;
Irish strikers. had cut the telephone end
telegraph wire -connecting Northern
and Southern Ireland, but this was de- ,
nled by the postofflce department The
(Concluded on'Ptse Three,' Column Two)
GILL COJ TO ERECT
10-STORY BUILDING
The J. K. GQ1 company proposes to
erect a 10 story building costing In ex- , j
cess of $300,000 on the . quarter block at
the southeast earner of Stark and Fifth
streets. Negotiations for a long term
lease of the property are being closed
today and it Is understood that building .
operations- will begin immediately. . -V-
The property being leased belongs to
the King estate and has a frontage of
100 feet on Stark and 100 feet on Fifth
street. The ground Is occupied by a Vi
threo story brick building. The owners
are understood to have placed a vslue
of f 400,000 on the property a few months
ago during tentative negotiations for
its purchase by outside capital. Rec
ords of the county assessor show an as
sessed value of. $201,000 on the ground
and $16,660 on the building, heing on a
basis of 76 per cent of the actual value
of the ground and 60 per cent of the
actual value of the building.
The Seeley-Dresser store occupies half .
of the ground floor of the building with
a frontage on Stark street and also a
portion of the i second and sll of the
third floor. Clark, Kendall & Co. has
a three year lease on a 25 by 60 foot
room at the corner and other tenants
are Leonard's cigar store, the Smith
McCoy Electric company, the Foley
VanDyke company and the Fred A.
Jacobs company.
The QUI company proposes to occupy
the major portion of the new building.
Passing Bad Checks
Admitted by Youths,
Detectives Declare
- Said to have donfeesed 60 illegal check
passings since January, Lawrence War
ren, 11, and LeBoy Crohn, 13. today are
In police custody while detectives check
up their activities. .
The boys, according to their alleged
confession, "worked" grocers and small
merchants all over Portland. One boy
would enter a store and purchase about
$1 worth of groceries, In payment ten
dering a $S or $6.60 check. The second
boy would enter the store while the first V
was making his purchase, and identity
the customer aa a new neighbor.
Warren's father Is William Warren,
??S2 Foster road; Le Roy's father Is S.
& Crohn of 1084 East Alder street.
Salesmen Indorse
State Millage Tax-
Salem. April The measure on the
May primary ballot involving Increased
tax levies for the Support of elementary
schools, the three (State schools and the
Increase of stata indebtedness for road
purposes were indorsed , by the 8alem
Salesmen's club, Monday nig oV -,
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