;CITY . EDITION
CITY EDITION ;
It'm All Hmrm and If All Tru '(
THE WEATHER Tonight and Friday,
. occasion rain; winds mostly, south west,' -
Minimum Temperatures Wednesday:
Portland ....... 41 New Orleans. ... '(4
Havre, Mont.... 10 . New tiork ,. if-
Los Angeles..... 11 St. PaMl II
' Great Weather for Duckt
And think of the sport the hunters of a
few million year ago mutt have bad when
they hunted dueka that were JO feet long
and weighed five tons. Thoee were the
happy day. The Sunday Journal will con
tain an Illustrated article on these ducks.
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RACE STIRS
Doubt": Expressed . as to
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hich,' if Any, Party the General I
Member; His Candidacy for;
President May Affect Wood's.
: - By' rj. (X' Martin , 1
Washington. April 16. TJ. P.) V
General Pershing's entry Into the !
presidential race was an absorbing t
topic twtth, ppllticians of all parties :
I
I ,here today. i
'Pershhjg's virtual announcement,!
at the dinner of the Nebraska so
ciety !here last night that he would
accept the nomination for president ;
if that service were demanded of
him Created considerable discussion. I
After one of the speakers i had men- i
tloned Pershing In connection with the
. presidency, the general, in replying,
said:
vrortD seroifi) to call
, "t feel 'that no patriotic American
could decline to serve in that hl-h posi
tion if called upon to do so by the
people'V ;
' The questions heard In the capital to--day
were; - " .
. , What party does Pershing ! belong to,
or Is He running as bi-partisan, non-par
tisan 6r Independent candidate? !
, ,What affect will Pershing's ' entry I
: have pn General Wood's chances and
what effect with Wood's candidacy have
on' Pershing's chances of landing a 1
nomination? )
The! answer to 'the. first question was j
generally assumed here to be that Per-i
siting Is a Republican and : that he ;
meant; the. Republican nomination for :
president - There were some who .
thought, however, that the general and j
his supporters might have In mind the
possibility that he could get either nom- I
Instton as being a national figure above
party. ... ' ' v -,; . . ' -
The answer' to the - second queillon
was not so easy, politicians said. -' They
Aitfava vrtlt " ks
ing tlmed'hla entry so thafj In his pin
ion, ltl would hit Wood's chances Bard-
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No matter what party or faction they
belonged .to, the .politicians. who todayl.
discussed the. Pershing oandidacy -did
so with respect. They said the man
who successfully led the A. E. F. in the
war undoubtedly would have a-strong
popular appeal, v They declared that, In
spite Of stories that Pershing was not
popular with the soldiers, he .could get
a big share of the soldier vote, and
there are . elements In his ' candidacy
which may make him the "dark, horse"
ip the. race.
DISTRICT ATTORXEY EVANS
J CANDIDATE FOR REEIiECTlON
, .Walter H. Erans announced his can
didacyj for reelection as district attorney
for Multnomah county Wednesday.
"In offering myself as a candidate
for reelection," his statement says, "I
do sojin -the belief that the conduct of
my administration . has Justified me In
asking from the public the continuance
of their confidence. I believe that the
office has been conducted efficiently
and to the best of my knowledge It
has never been said or insinuated that
any of Its official -acts has been done
from corrupt or selfish motives.
: "In the - present unrestful state of
society ; I consider the office . of the
district attorney second to none In Im
portance and I believe the public knows
what to expect from me In these cir
cumstances on the one hand a proper
regard! for the natural and constitutional
rights of each cltixen, on the other,
stern i repression of anything that
threatens' the safety of our institutions.
"In addition, to taking the best possible
care of the ordinary criminal1 business
of the county I have endeavored to take
the Initiative and to do .constructive
: work by . striking at the base of some
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QUESTION RAISED
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Kaleiui, April 15. Whether or not
the Dentocratio central committee
of Oregon will be able to "pass the
buck"! ort the national commlttee
manship fight back to the rank and
file of the" party will tfepend upon
the construction which Attorney
General Brown may place upon the
state jaw covernlng the selection of
this pffrUcular official. ,
: ln a j letter received by the ! secretary
of state's office this morning, J. D.
Brown, present chairman of the Demo
cratic Central committee. 'calls attention
to the fact that under the terms of a
resolution adopted by the national com
mittee,! in session at St. Louis last June,
the term of the present Democratic na
tional committeeman for Oregon will ex
pire with the adjournment of the Demo
cratic national convention at San Fran
cisco June 28. next .
ELECTION 1 POTIDEl
: 'In order that the Democrats of Ore
gon may take an opportunity to select
their national committeeman , by popu
lar' vote It will be necessary for candi
dates for that office to file and have
their names on the primary ballot for
the primary election, which will be hold
on May 21, 1M0," Brown's letter reada
rx . - . -i -
- voiiiucraiB wnu uefm iu 1.11 lor wino-
crtlc national committeeman 'should be
, (Concluded ca Pace Three. Coitus One)
COMMITTEESHIP
ynited ; NewoV
Ester' as fleoad-Claw Mute
Feetefftee. Portln4,
MARY FRANCES ISOM
PORTLAND'S city librarian, whose passing takes from the
ranks of America's uplifting agencies one of the most
noted workers the country has produced. Under her
guidance, Portland's institution has' been developed from a
poorly supported and inadequate private venture into a mod
ern educational system with branches in all parts of the city,
each a center for cultural activity for its community, with a
magnificent central building which ranks among the best ar
ranged in America,
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Los Angeles, April, 15. Death
may seal the lips of- Charles Newton
Hirvey, alias Watson, super-blga-mist
. and : suspected modern, blue
beard, and forever shroud in mystery
the fate of setfen missing "wives"
for'whdm the police of the Pacific
coast are, searching. ,
"Bluebeard" has taken a sudden turn
for the worse in his guarded cell ward
at the eoiitlty hospital, and his two at
tempts at suicide may prove success
ful. Meanwhile accumulating evidence is
said to be slowly weaving a net about
Harvey from which It will be Impos
sible for. him to escape, and murder
looms largest In the circumstantial ac
cusations being drawn from new-found
facts, detectives assert.
TWO DENT MARRIAGE
While the list of "wives' had not
grown today in. fact, had shrunk
when two women denied marrying the
man the "murder evidence" Toeing ac
cumulated today centered on Nina Lee
Deloney of Ban Francisco, missing
since January 28. She married Harvey
December 8. 1919. in San Francisco.
Police found her baggage stored here.
Having discovered Harvey's true
identity, the police today began the
task of tracing his movements since
his first marriage, ela years ago. The
police declare his true name Is Charles
Newton Harvey of Shelbourne Falls,
Mass.
J. F. Warren, chief of police of Se
attle., wired Sheriff Cllne that he be
lieves the body of a woman found at
Plum, station.- Wash., on July . 9 last
wUl I' prove to be that of Mra Bertha
Qoodnick, who is said to have married
Harvey June 19 last year while he was
(Concluded on Pe Two. Colamn Three)
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Salem, Aprty 15 George A.
White, who was granted a leave of
absence as adjutant general of Ore
gon; In September, 1917, in order
to enter the United States army in
the , war with Germany, returned
today to resume that position, dis
placing Adjutant General Conrad
Stafrln . of Dallas, wh, has been
serving pending White's returns
White was first appointed . adjutant
general by .Governor f Withycombe in
1915., In June. 19 H. he resigned to go
to the Mexican border In command of
Trootf A, Oregon 'cavalry. He resumed
the iadjutancy February '22, 1917, and
served until September.- 1917. . when he
was granted a cleave of absence to ro
overseas as a major in the Forty-first
division. After IS months' service over
seas the returned, to the' United States
last July and has been engaged tn or
ganisation work in connection with the
American Legion since that time. '; ' -
White holds a commission as colonel
In the reserve corps. United States army.
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ADJUTANT GENERA
PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 15, 1020. TWENTY-FOUR PAGES.,
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. Miss Mary Frances Isom, whose
Influence . perhaps more than any
other .single agency was responsible
for the development of Portland's
library, system to the point where it
takes eminent place among Institu
tions of its kind in the country, died
at 1:30 o'clock this morning at her
home, 815 Overton street. The end
was not unexpected, for Miss Isom
has been in failing health for
months, but the suddenness of the
climax was a shock to her many
friends and associates In vthe library.
Miss Isom had been unconscious since
Saturday morning.
Funeral services will be held at Trin
ity Episcopal church Friday at 3". m..
Dean Hicks officiating, It was announced
today. Central library and all the branch
libraries will be closed between the
hours of 1 and s o'clock to allow the
staffs to attend. Services at the Port
, land Crematorium will be jwlvate.
She had been working at her desk In
the Central library office almost as
usual until 10 days ago. She had not
spent all her time there, usually riding
from her home in a taxicab and attend
ing to such administrative duties as
were necessary and then returning .home
by the same way. But, as Is attested
by correspondence signed with her own
hand but a few days ago, she was In
tensely in touch with the dally routine
of the big Institution and Us branches.
5ATITI OF TE5JJE8SEE .
I Mary Frances Isom was born in Nash
ville, Tenn.. February 27, 1865. She was
H student at Wellesley college for one"
year and later attended the library
school of .Pratt institute. Intending to
take up private library work, perhaps
In a college. When she finished, the
call came from Portland for someone to
come out and catalogue the John Wil
son library, i which is the basis of the
reference library of Portland. She came
and has been here ever since. That
was 20 years ago. After she -had com
pleted, this task, the library which had
hitherto been a subscription library, was
made a public Institution and she wss
tendered the' post, of librarian.
tThe library; was then located, .at
Broadway and Stark and it had about
6.000 volumes. The 1919 annual report
shows the institution has grown until
It now contains 294,000. volumes, avail
able to the public through 17 branches
and numerous schools .and industrial
centers.
' Miss Isom was intensely Interested' in
patriotic work of all kinds, taking an
'active part In the assembling and dis
tributing of books fof the soldiers in
the camps adjacent to1 . Portland. When
(Conelnded on Pste Two, Column Beves)
U. S. to Prosecute !
Paper Profiteers
Waahlngton Aprlt J5. (L N. a--The
attorney general Is directed to in
vestigate manufacturers of print paper
with a view to prosecution' for profiteer
ing If there is evidence of excessive
prices, under: the provisions of a resolu
tion Introduced In the house this after
noon by Representative Cbrlstopherson
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Service
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Eastern Oregon Ranges Snow
bound, Cattle and Sheep Have
No Hay; Many Reported Dying;
Situation Seems Little Changed
While railroads radiating from
Portland are using every available
switchman to facilitate the move
ment of food and necessities to in
terior Oregon cities and towns, live
stock men in Eastern Oregon and
Idaho are pleading for shipments of
grain and hay to keep their cattle
and sheep alive.
Despite the growing want of interior
communities, where railroads are the
only source" of supply, the striking
switchmen In the Portland territory and
Brotherhood leaders' continue to main
tain an immovable front. Railroad of
ficials are beginning to assume a more
defiant attitude but the entire problem
seems to be beyond their control.
BAILROADS HELPLESS
Officers of the Vollmer-Clearwater
company Informed the railroad manage
ments In Portland this morning, that
the lack of feed for cattle, and sheep In
Oregon and Idaho Is beginning to be
come critical.
.''Because of a dry fall which pre
vented the cutting of much hay, and the
recent heavy snowfalls which have cov
ered all pasturage, cattle and sheep are
tn bad shape," said the manager of the
Vollmer company this morning. "We
have no feed ior horses eliner. and will
be prevented from doing spring work.
The i railroads have offered to supply a
few cars but this will bring little relief."
Officials of the railroads said that it
was .a matter . of starving the cattle or
starving the people of Oregon and that
they could do little as long as the strike
remained unyielding. The officials said
that many cars of loaded hay are stand
ing along sidings awaiting shipment but
that little relief could be promised .until
men could be found to make up trains.
Conditions were j unchanged in the
local railroad ro this morotag. 'E4
actry - the same number of men 60
were working today that were working
Wednesday. . The Southern Pacifio
claimed the hiring of a few additional
switchmen but no new crews were
placed at work today.
FREIGHT EMBARGO 0
Ttalltroads are only accepting relief
merchandise in less than carload lots
and have not let down the bars of the
freight embargo In, out of or through
Portland.
Questioned as to whether they be
lieved the "rebel" strike was being led
by WllHam Z. Foster, revolutionary
head of the recent steel strike, W. J.
Babe, deputy national vice president
of the Brotherhood of Railroad Train
men, said he could not comment on
the ,possiblllty, but expressed- the opin
ion j that the strike was being led by
someone besides Orunau of ' Chicago,
while one of the striking switchmen
merely declared the report was non
sense end a , blinder to prevent the
public from seeing the real Issue.
Babe said this morning that the
brotherhoods were .still working on
drastic measures to bring relief from
the strike.
The ultimatum delivered striking
switchmen of the S., P. a 8. by L C.
Oilman, president of the road, Wednes
day, had no effect on the local sltua
tlona except to Increase the determina
tion of the strikers, Not a man ap
peared in response to the ultimatum,
which expired at noon today. Oilman
asked the men to return to work under
penalty of losing their positions and
seniority rights. A similar ultimatum
became effective en the Southern Pa
cific Saturday with the same results.
City Attorney Will
Make Disclosures
On Profits in Kent
Disclosures of rent profiteering may
be made within a few days, according
to Deputy City Attorney Lionel C.
Mackay, who started an exhaustive In
vestigation this morning.
More than 20 complaints were put be
fore Mackay showing rent increases
since 1917 from 75 to 200 per cent. J. K.
Brown complains that F. F. Thorn,
owner of a flat at 5(4 Couch, street,
rented him a flat for $27.60 "a month in
1917. He is now forced to pay $62.60. M.
C. Hill states that Frank J. De Lano,
manager of the Montgomery apart
ments, charges J40 a month for apart
ments which rented for $2.7.0 1n 191$.
Hill tlso pays extra for his telephone.
Humphreys Gets Ho Instructions
Neither United States Attorney
Humphreys nor Special Agent William
R. Byron had received Instructions to
interfere in the switchmen's strike late
this afternoon. Their only Intimation
that such arrests were being ordered by
the department of justice was newspaper
account.
U.S. to Trade With
Russia; Allies Delay
Washington. April 18. (U. P.) the
United States soon will take independ
ent action and lift , all restrictions
against trade with Russia if. the allies
delay much longer in reaching a decision
on the proposal of this government for
commerce with Russia at the risk of the
ukuwv v w no vm wiiivfaiiy I OQ ay.
Coffee Prices Hit
Down Grade Fast
And Speculators
Face Big Losses
Tour breakfast coffee will cost
you less hereafter, Aut if you use
sugar to sweeten, the advance In
the latter will offset the drop in the
former.
Coffee prices are dropping rapidly.
Speculators are panic-stricken, and they
have good reason to be. The prof its
which "they had figured so nicely on
paper have not only disappeared, but
in their place, the manipulators face
some very severe losses that will take
them a year or two to recover from.
MANIPULATORS ARE CAUGHT -
That there was n excuse for the
previous high price of coffee has been
told and retold by experts for some
time. Only through manipulation did
values reach the high point.
Speculators now find, to their dis
may, that the , untold wealth they fig
ured on when Germany could again be
free to buy was the rankest sort of de
ception. Qermany has no money to
buy coffee with. Speculators, as a re
sult, find themselves In an embarrass
ing situation
DROP SIX TO EIGHT CENTS
Coffee prices have dropped on the
average of about 6 to 8 cents a pound
recently. The 5-cent cup of coffee In
the restaurants is again possible.
The, extreme scarcity of sugar, due
to speculative interests, is keeping; the
trade here worried. Portland is by no
means ; the only sufferer, for Belling
ham. Wash., and other parts of the
Evergreen Btate are trying to buy here.
Orders are coming from as far -off as
Montana. None of these can be filled,
because wholesalers are taking care of
the home trade first.
New Tork, April 15. I. N. S.)
The' first arrest on charges of prof
iteering on food, products during tha
shortage caused . by the railroad
strilte .was made .here today when
federal agents took into custody M.
J, i Esdierttrenil AT". Vice tu-eaident ,
the firm of Lewis Mears & Co., Coal
ers in produce. He was charged
with violating ' tha Lever act. - Tho
firth's, headquarters axe In Boston.
The government agents charged
Kschenbrenner with ' making a profit of
10 cents a pound on butter sold since the
strike.
Kschenbrenner was arrested as he
emerged from the produce exchange. He
wan hurried to the federal building.
' Spuds Are Sidetracked
Chicago, April 15. (I. N. S. With
dealers obtaining unprecedented prices
for potatoes here, claiming scarcity and
the railroad strike as responsible, 85
carloads of "spuds" have been kept on
sidetracks since April 2 in order to keep
up the high price, it was disclosed here
today.
John Reed May Be
Held to Deport, Is
Message to McNary
, Washington, April" 15. (I. N. a)
The state department today informed
Senator McNary that It Is believed John
Reed, an American writer, Is being held
by Ihe Finnish authorities awaiting in
structions for his deportation to the
United States.
The department stated it was waiting
word from the American consul at Hel
slngfors before taking further action.
McNary is acting at the request of
Reed's family, who live In Portland, Or.
Lrry O. Reed, brother of the radical
wrror and organiser, said to have been
killed In Finland recently, knows noth
ing of any request of "Reed's family"
that Senator McNary ascertain the
whereabouts of the missing man.
The Portland brother declares that
had the family made any effort to se
cure information about John he would
know of it, and he is confident that If
the family has been urging Senator
McNary to action it Is only through the
work of someone the family knows
nothing about.
In the meantime the opinion has been
expressed that some of Reed's radical
sympathizers in Portland are the Ones
who have sought McNary 's help and
have used the ' family" to obtain the
senator's Interest
Minister Yields to
6000 Members of
Local Legion Post
Who says there Isn't a preacher
among the 8000 and more members of
Portland post of the American Legion?
John W. Byrd. pastor of the First
Methodist Episcopal church. South, 280
Union avenue north, today stands ready
to act as chaplain of the post.
Byrd was a first lieutenant chaplain
In the artxr and had overseas orders
from Camp Mead when the armistice
signed.
Rail Labor Board Is
Confirmed in Senate
. Washington, April IS. L N. a The
railroad board was confirmed . late this
afternoon by the senate. The senate
was in session -four hours, f -
Will . Be; Added;
HIGHER-UP HELD
AS FDOD-GOUGER
U S. SHIPS TO
Figures Submitted by Admiral
Benson Show Merchant Marine
Has Made Total Net Profit of
$193,000,000 for Government.
Washington, April 16. (I. N. S.)
The American merchant marine
will be sold only to American cor
porations, to be operated under
American registry, Admiral Benson,
chairman of the shipping board, an
nounced today to the conference of
business men called to discuss means
of disposing of the merchant fleet.
Admiral Benson offered three proposed
plans for the sale of ships owned by
the shipping board as follows:
Cash payment plan, 2 per cent dis
count allowed for cash.
Deferred payment plan -calling for 26
per cent payment at once, 12 per cent
In six months, 12 & In 12 months and the
balance in 6& per cent semi-annual pay
ments. Charter ' purchase plan. - providing for
2V pea cent on submittal of proposal
and a payment of $5 per deadweight ton
per month until 40 per cent of tho pur
chase price Is paid, the balance to be
paid In semi-annual Installments, in
terest of 8 per cent to be added.
Prices at which the shipping board
might dispose of the vessels were ten
tatively submitted to the conference by
Admiral Benson. The prices were based
on deadweight ton.iage, ranging from
$200 per deadweight ton on the Lake
type coal carrying vessel to $225 for
the 10.000 ton ship provided with Scotch
boilers and reciprocating engines.'
Immediate disposition of the woolen
vessels of the shipping board at the
best ' price obtainable was urged.
Total profits of . the whipping board
are approximately ' $191,000,000. accord
ing to a financial report to March 31,
submitted to the conference by Admiral
Benson. . .
The net revenue derived from requhri-
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the net revenue from owned vessels, $440,
2J4,042ar making total' of 2a.67
470.BI., ;.:., - !: :-.;H -
'The disbursements jsf . the shipping
rboajtf--r?t)eew t89.8tM9.7 and
leaving a margin from net . revenue of
l3J,7SJ,7ii.x. xne estimated accounts
t receivable Is $80,000,000, which, makes a
total net profit of about 8192.000.00a
The balance of net profits from owned
vessels for the period from November.
1917, to April. 1920, is $72,944,824.07, with
a net profit after deducting receipts
from appropriations, and without making
any deduction for depreciation of $112,
944.824.07. 150 ARE ARRESTED;
THREE ARE SLAIN
Dublin, April 16. (U. P.) Three
civilians were killed and nine
wounded in clashes today between
police and citizens at Mlllton and
Malkay, County Clare.
At Relska, near Thurjes, police
fired into many houses. More than
150 persons were arrested In raids
in Dublin.
One hundred and four hunger
striking Sinn Feiners had been re
leased from Mount Joy prison, up to
4 p. m.
London. April 16. (I. N. S.)
Serious rioting occurred throughout
the night at Londonderry, Ireland,
according to advices from Dublin
today. The crowd threatened to at
tack the Londonderry prison but
quieted by priests after British
troops made bayonet charges and
maneuvered with tanks. '
Damage done is rioting at -Londonderry
was heavy.
Vaccination Being
Enforced on Pupils
At Lincoln School
Many protests are arising among
teachers and pupils over the wholesale
vaccination procedure at Lincoln high
school.
"'.Yes, they are vaccinating them by the
bushel," replied Superintendent D. A.
Grout to an Inquiry as to whether en
forced vaccination was being carried on.
A case of smallpox broke out at Lin
coln a few days ago. The school was
not closed, but an order from the health
department required everyone to be vac
cinated or to go home.
Measure Urged to
Halt Paper Famine
New Tork. April 15. L N. &)
Warning against ; an Increased paper
famine. President George W. Slsson Jr.
today urged aa Immediate national leg
islative policy of forest protection m an
address before the annual convention of
the American Paper A Pulp association.
He declared prodigal methods In the for
ests and mills had brought the industry
face te. face with an alarming condition.
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PRICE TWO CENTS,!
Jupiter PIavins!()(jS ft
Keeps Floodgate n... 0Tmii.
Open to Pay for KAIL lOlKllvt
Loafingjm Duty ADf ADDfQTCn .
Rainfall deficiency of 19 SO Is slow
ly but surely being made up as a
result of the continuous downpour
this month. So far, since January
l, 12.64 Inches of rain has descended
on Portland, but to be up to the
normal, there should have been at
least 19.1 inches. - This leaves a
deficiency of 1.47 Inches, but the
gap Is being rapidly closed, as 10
days ago the9 deficiency was mors
than 10 Inches.
Portland's April record Is a little more
than an inch over the average. For the
first IS days 'of the month, the normal
precipitation Is 180 Inches. The fall
Wednesday amounted to .98 Inches and
this, added to the .12 of an Inch over
normal existing at midnight Tuesday
gives a margin of a little better than
an Inch.
Thus far the rainfall has been cold,
with much snow In the mountains, and
the rise in the Willamette has not been
so great as might be expected.
At Portland today the river was 7.8
feet above zero, a rise of .1 of a foot
since 8 o'clock Wednesday morning. The
stage at Oregon City today was 7.7 fest.
a rise of .4: Salem, 8.8 feet, a rise of
.4 ; Albany, 9.6 feet, a rise of .4 ; and Eu
gene. 8.7 feet, a drop of .8.
The Columbia tr also rising slowly,
6.8 feet being recorded at Umatilla to
day as compared with 6.1 feet Wednes
day. The rainfall at Umatilla for the
24 hours was .07 of an Inch ; Eugene,
.20 of an Inch; Albany, .12 of an Inch;
Salem. .80 ot ah inch; Oregon City. .79
et an Inch, and Portland, .92 of an inch.
The river will Mse slowly for the next
two or Vbree 4ys, according to the fore
cast of Acting District Meteorologist
Frank Olllam . of the weather bureau.
Occasional rains are looked for tonight
and Friday with southwesterly winds.
MEUlELS
Agua Prleta, Mexico, April 18-(I.
N. . S.-rSonor secessionists ? troops
;wontsp
rania" force under General .Carraec
at El Fuerte, It was reported here
today. , The Carranziatas were forced
to quit the field, leaving 23 dead
and 60 wounded behind them, offi
cial reports from the scene of the
fighting declare.
Captain yon Pabst
Reported Missing
With Kapp Money
Berlin, April IS. Captain von Pabst,
who played an important role In the
KapprLuettwits militarist ' reign of five
days in Berlin, and who Is charged
with being one of the chief conspira
tors In that insurrection. Is alleged to
have disappeared with the balance of
the treasury of that movement.
The government Is seeking Pabst
with a warrant for rebellion. The
"Kappists" are looking for both him
and their treasury.
According to persons in close contact
with these : circles, Pabst Is said to
have disappeared with 1,250.000 marks
(normally $312,500);
WIN FIRST BATTLE
President's Return
After Eight Months
Brings Confidence
By David Jjawrcnoe
(Coprrtchted. lV'iO)
Washington, April IB. President
Wilson's meeting with the cabinet,
for the first time in nearly eight
months, has had a favorable effect,
entirely apart from the confidence it
has thstllled that the government Is
taking hold of the menacing situa
tion caused by the "outlaw" strike of
railroad employes.
The mere fact that the chief executive
was able to confer with the ; heads of
the 10 departments of the government
served to brush aside for a moment at
least thoughts of physical incapacity of
the president. .
MORE HEBIOTjSJ CaTSES
More important than-the outcropping
of the industrial revolt 'Is the return to
a realisation here that in the last seven
or eight months the government, both
in Its legislative and executive branches,
has done nothing to cure the economic
Ills of the country, thus allowing a
strike among so many railway em
ployes. True enough, the cabinet Is consider
ing repressive measures, proposals by
which the power of the law shall be in
voked against those who have conspired
to Interrupt the transportation of food
for the American people ; but thai Is
imply a surface . expedient, destined
for moral effect, to prevent the growth
of- Industrial lawlessnesa , ; .
HIGH COST OF tlTIXO
'.Every member Of the " cabinet Is
aware, as Is the. president himself, that
Industrial disturbances far the i United
States are not alone due U manipulation
of radicals; but that a cure must ' be
found for the system which makes It
ion raaiNs an ft Ntws
i STANDS SIVK OBNTS
I II less) I II II llasW I Issfcaf
19 Taken at Chicago; 15 Ai'di- '
tional Warrant Are Outj Lever
Act Is I nvokedi Unseen Rad
ical Element . Behind ?Troublef '
Chicago, April 16. U. P.) ThS
United States government struck to- '
day at the radical element backing
the "outlaw" Railroad at r Ike which
resulted In partial paralyatlo!. of
the nation's Industries and ..threat
ened industrial centers with starv'
tlon. j '.'',"
Deputy United States marshals, act '
ing on Instructions of United States, -District
Attorney C. F. dyne, arrested
19 of the strikers leadera here and ex
pected to take 19 mors, into custody this . -afternoon.
, . . ,
The men arreaSed Included John Oru
nau, president of! the Chloago Tardmen's ,
association, the original of the "outlaw ,
union. Grunau called the first strike. .
The warrants j charged violation of
the Lever law and officials said crimi
nal prosecution will be sought.
United States (Commissioner Lewi T.
Mason, brother of Congressman William
Mason of Illinois. Issued the warrants.
BAIL IS I19,999;XACH
The 19 prisoners were taken before
Commissioner Mason, where dyne urged
that ball be fixed at $20,000 each.
Mason said h would set the ball at
$10,000 now, and t If the facts later war
ranted it he would raise the bell.
Among those arrested with Orunau
were Elmer Bldwell and James J. Pod- -glon,
whom Attorney General Palmer
was reported to. have termed "danger
ou men." ; - . - ;
The warrants en which they were ar , v
rested charged "snlawful conspiracy and
combining, with arranging among them '
selves and other persons to limit the fa
cilities for transportation and production
of fuel. food, wearing apparel and other
necessities. . i
The evidence ob wfjkh the government
bases Its ease it was said,' consisted of
TCoashMiad o - rf Twe, OliUSS
yi.r J . T. ; . 4" ' '" )'' nihil '
Liberty Bonds at -v
Low Tide; Severe
Losses Sustained;
j i I. .
New York, April 15. (I. N. S.) -The
Liberty bond market was acutely weak '
today and suffered severe losses, lib
erty fourth 4Hs; sold down to $88.80.
ths lowest point ever touched by a Lib
erty bond Issues, j The second M bands
also sold below ; $87. being auoted at
$89.80. The Victory Issues sold at $98.28.
May 16-22 Is Set
As Clean-Up Week ,
May 18 to 22 : wss formally set as . v
clean-up week In Portland, the campaign
to include the entire city according to
Fire Marshal Edward Orenfell. who has
worked out complete details of the plan,
which will be conducted by the fire -department.
Saturday, May 22. will be
"burn-up" day. Fires will be started In
all parts of the city under direction of
the fire department. School children and
members of the Boy Scouts will coop
erate. possible for radicals and demagogues
to harangue workmen and obtain their
support for strike tactics and rebellion
afcalnst the veteran leaders of organised
lanor. .
It all gets back to the high cost of
living, with which the government has
wrestled In vain, i The executive points
a blaming finger at the legislative
branch, where foremost proposals for the
t president to curb profiteering and cut
I out the abuses of certain Immediate pro
cesses between producer and consumer
have not been acted on any more than :
hsve the suggestion of the secretary of
the treasury that some bad features Of
the present revenue laws be wiped off
the statute books..
COM PEES PHOTOS POUT
More and more "is official Washington
coming to the belief that the excess
profits tax Is the foundation stbne of
the high cost of living. And now on top
of it all congress is proposing to add a
billion dollars In costs In order to satisfy
the soldier vote and to meet that In
crease it is seriossly urged that a tax
of one and one-half per cent on all sales
shall be added, to the confusion of the
present taxation system, without reliev-
ing the iniquity of the tax provisions
that already exist.
- The- railroad striae has accentuated
the ' relationship between the high cost
of living and Indsstrlal chaos Samuel
Ooniper and the Veteran leaders of the
railroad brotherhoods are emphatic In
their claims that j ths executive branch
of the government Ignored their warn
ings about the demands of employes and
that congress gave evidence In the rail
road legislation that it would net heed
the .warnings against radicalism which '
Oompers and his associates feared- -"Lately
the' government finds Itself
Concluded oa rase Twe. Co Hi ma give.)
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