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Readjustment is coming?
Fool the profiteers.
A good tip. ,
Cut extravagances, buy cheap
government securities.
-By David Lawrnw
Covri(ht. lftO.)
Waf.hington, April 20. Economic
conditlunti in the United States, In
cluding the "whole range of factors
from "the high' cost of living tp the
unrest livjhe ranks of labor and the
tremendous financial burdens left by,
the waf, are showing a distinct ten
dency toward improvement. They
are not changing rapidly, but such
changes as have been noted are for
the better.
This In KUbBlaiire id the 'underlying
thought of the responses that have been
given tho writer In the inquiry just
.completed among officials of different
branches of the government an to the
business outlook Jn the United States.
BESULTH OF WAR
The railway strike served to crystallize
opinion. There seems unanimous agree
ment that while mischievous parties
have taken advantage of labor troubles
to project their own ambitions and doc
trines, tho outlaw strike was but an
other manifestation of the economic
troubles brought by the war.
Searching beneath the surface, con
servative and thoughtful men in the
government find that what alls America
In all ills that follow in the
vake of '. ar. .nl where political prom
ise and partisan -lefense is not Involved,
but the viewpoint Is broad, there Is an
admission that time alone can bring
relief. An important readjustment can
fee expected. As one member of the
cabinet expressed it, the price of human
liberty was worth paying and she Is
now suffering the pain and feeling the
effects of her sacrifices in the war.
SviLSOIf MAT tTSK VETO
Both in congress and In the execu
tive branch of the government there is
a recognition of and respect for facts.
Congress Is wrestling with heavy gov
ernmental expenditures, some of them
from the war and some of them too
delicate to be cut out because of the
fears of political disaster that may at
tend the party that performs the sur
gical operation.
All sides seem to he agreed that the
UnlteJ States is carrying a heavy, bur
den of financial credits and that to
strain the load with a bonus to the ex
service men would be to Impose a weight
that might bring a crash In the status
of our credits, but, on the other hand,
the votes of the soldiers cannot be ig
nored by many members of congress.
, Therefore, the; treasury department is
, watching almost with bated breath to
see what congress will do. And It goes
without saying that President Wilson
himself will probably veto the measure.
If congress doesn't see fit to kill it
BOTH SIDES WORRIED
For of one thing the 'vpublic may rest
assured, the financial situation of the
United States has given folks at the
executive end of the avenue, in Wash
ington, many days of worry and sleep
less nights.
If the truth be known, the Republican
' lenders of congress and the Democratic
members of the executive departments
have been working more closely in har
mony on thl phase of government than
anything else, this political year. They
can't help It. Neither side wants the
responsibility for the prolongation of
((Concluded on Vng Two, Column Three)
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Salem, April 20. Upholding the
right of the state legislature to adopt
reasonable classification of streams
for the. protection of the fishing in
dustry and drawing a hair line dis
tinction between local legislation
and legislation which, though appar
ently of a local nature, is not to be
so classed, the supreme court today.
In an opinion written by Chief Jus
tice McBride, affirms the decision
Of Judge George R. Bagley of the
Tillamook county court in the case
of the state vs. Vern Blanchard.
The opinion is regarded as upholding
the entire fish and game code of the
state and Is said to establish the right
of the state legislature to enact legisla
tion for the protection of fish in any
. stream In any county in the state or
birds In any tree if so minded.
. Blanchard was found guilty In Judge
Bagley's court for a violation of the
state law prohibiting the use of set
iets extending for more than one third
Of the distance across Hoquarton slough,
a tributary of Tillamook bay. He ap
pealed to the supreme court on the
ground that the act under which he was
convicted "is void and unconstitutional
(n that It Is local and special, applying
to only a limited number of streams and
arms of the sea."
; "To hold that a law providing a
classification thus based is a local law
would be to destroy our whole system
enacted for the protection of migrat
ing fish," Chief Justice McBride de
clares in upholding the constitutional
ity of the' act and the right, of the leg
islature to enact legislation applicable
to certain specified streams only, in
order to protect the fishing industry
in , this state.
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Old Books at Reed
. Bring Good Prices
Old books were at a premium at Reed
college yesterday. A buyer of second
hand school books - passed out green
backs in exchange tor disused Caesars,
antique grammars, dusty English books
and even Moss military manuals. About
a hundred dollars was realized by . Reed
students. Pr.-'Wi C, Morgan, whose stu
dent days ended' In 189. disposed of 25
college, texts ' that had not seen ; the
light for the last 20 years, and the buyer
left the Reed campus with about a' ton
of old literature. .
RIGHT TO CONTROL
FISHING IS UPHELD
JOHNSONVOTE
PREDICTED 10
Unusual Percentage of German
and Other Anti-War Elements
Held to Be Against Wood and
Pershing in Today's Primaries.
Lincoln. Neb., April 20. (U. P.)
Clear skies today greeted the voters
in most : ect ons of the state, but im
passable roads in some districts will
interfere with the rural vote. A
very favorable registration had been
reported from all parts of the state.
The polls opened at 8 a. m.,-and will
close at 8 p. m.
Washington, April 20. ( WASH
INGTON BUREAU OF' THE JOUR
NAL) The Nebraska primaries
come today and the best opinion
here is that the vote of the state will
register these presidential prefer
ences: Republican, Senator Hiram W. John
son. Democratic, Senator Gilbert M. Hitch
cock. The probability that the Republican
vote will jfo to Johnson Is based on sev
eral considerations. The backbone of
his Bupport is the same as elsewhere, the
elements which opposed the waf1 and
war measures, plus the radical strength
and the left-over sentiment of the Roose
velt movement which his friends attach
to him.
Nebraska is largely aft agricultural
state, but on Its farms is an unusual
proportion of population of German.
Russian and Scandinavian parentage.
It Is the home state of Senator George
W. Norris, who voted against war and
was highly critical of war measures, and
was able to "get away with it." He was
reelected in 1918. while the war was on.
(Concluded ca r Ten, Column Three)
MEXICAN VOLCANO
SPOUTING FLAMES
Mexico City, April 19. (I. N. S.)
(Delayed) A severe earthquake
shock was felt here at 2:30 o'clock
this afternoon.
Telegrams from Orizaba and Jalapa
stated shocks were felt in those towns
and elsewhere in the state of Vera Crus
simultaneously.
Residents of this city were greatly
alarmed and reports became current the
volcano Popocatepetl had become active.
Smoke and flames had been pouring from
the crater of the volcano in increasing
volume during the last few days.
It was feared the earthquake had
caused serious damage and perhaps
great loss of life in the same district of
Vera Cruz that was visited several
months ago, but it was impossible to get
definite and detailed information because
of the interruption of telegraphic com
munication. Private J. J. Egan
Asleep for 61 Days
San Francisco, April 20. (I. N. S.)
Victim of a mysterious malady. Private
John J. Egan, Company F, Twenty-seventh
infantry, entered on his sixty
first day of sleep at Letterman hospital.
Egan fell a victim to the sleeping sick
ness in Siberia and was brought to this
country. Here all known medical de
vices have failed to awaken him.
Clemenceau Returns
From Trip to. Egypt
Paris, April 20. (I. N. S.) Former
Premier Clemenceau. who has been on
a vacation trip in Egypt, arrived at Mar
seilles on his way home to Paris. He
was welcomed at Marseilles by a com
mittee of city officials.
WINN
BRASKA
Ruse of Brothers Is Foiled
Resemblance Is Used as Tool
With the aid of a brother who is
said to be almost the double of the
prisoner in appearance, W. D. Ly
ons, 27 years old and marrie4, made
an unsuccessful attempt to escape
from the detention box of the mu
nicipal court at noon today.
Lyons is held on a charge of passing
checks without sufficient funds, and of
driving an unlicensed automobile. His
brother, M. D. Lyons, was arrested on
a charge of aiding and abetting a pris
oner to eecape.
The brother had gone into the prison
er's box to see the defendant in regard
to his bail. It is said: A few minutes
later, while Bailiff Carr was In the
courtroom. W. D. Lyons walked from
the detention box into the courtroom
and ' then out ' the - door.; "Patrolmen
Ferry and Abbott were at the door, and
knowing' that Lyons bad not furnished
ball, seised , him. Hearings on all of the
charges will occur Thursday morning.
Another episode , of .the excitement
Ghost of Winter
Returns to Nip
Peach Bloom, But
It Is Too Wise
The ghost of Old Man Winter,
who was supposed to be gathered
to his fathers a mojjth ago, stole
back on Portland Monday night and
again for a few minutes Tuesday
morning, hoping to catch unawares
the foolish peach bud.
But said peach bud and most of his
kind are still sleeping, and the few
snowflakes that accompanied the cold
rainfall did little harm. Those living
in ' the higher places experienced the
novel sensation of seeing snow on April
20. the big flakes coming down for 10
minutes or more. There were also a
few snow flurries between 11 and 12
o'clock Monday night.
The latest snow of which the weather
bureau has any record for Portland
fell April 23, 1904. so today's demon
stration was hardly a record. Snow
flurries are recorded for that day as
they were this morning.
During the sudden downpour at noon
Monday the temperature suddenly
dropped from 52 degrees above to 44.
At 8 o'clock this morning, when it
was snowing, the temperature was 36
above, but an hour later it stood at 40.
Edward L. Wells, district meteor
ologist for the weather bureau, has
just returned from an inspection trip
up the Willamette valley and to the
California line. He visited rain sta
tions. Although the rainfall for the
year Is still 6.41 inches below normal,
the late snows have established good
water reserves in the mountains, ind
danger of a shortage tor irrigation
projects seems past.
Chinook salmon have started their
annual run up the Willamette river
in numbers that promise, to rival
all up-river migration of salmon
for several years.
This information was received Monday
afternoon at - the beadq-jartera of the
state fish and game commission from
several of the depqty game wardens who
have beeir grrarriing-aim illegal lsb
tn the headwaters of the rivers.
Each year the salmon move- up tbe
Cumbia and into its vinous tributaries
in vast schools seeking spawning grounds
in the headwaters of the rivers.
Earlier this year the salmon had been
reported in unusually large schools in
the Columbia and from-time to time a
few scouts of the big run have been
noticed attempting to leap over the falls
at Oregon City.
Because of high and muddy water in
the Willamette lor the last few weeks
the upward migration has been concealed
to a large extent, but during the week
end deputy game wardens caught several
illegal drift ret fishermen with large
catches which indicated the extent of the
run this year.
Saturday night T. J. Craig and several
other wardens caught a drift net fisher
man just as he was releasing his net
and before the meshes could be pulled
aboard the patrol boat over 300 pounds
of salmon had become ensnared.
Another man was found hauling in a
net with about 600 pounds of salmon
caught in its meshes.
The high water will prevent much
angling for the big pink-meated fish,
but game authorities claim this will be
a good thing for salmon propagation, as
more fish will get to the upper waters to
spawn. Commercial or net fishing for
salmon does not open in the Willamette
until May 1.
Senate Passes Bill
Providing for Army
Of 280,000 Regulars
Washington, April 20. (I. N. S.
The senate late today passed the army
reorganization bill providing for" a
standing army of 280,000 men and 16,
993 officers.
Voluntary military training and the
creation of a reserve army Is provided
in the bill.
The Chamberlain amendment provid
ing for "the reform of the courtmartial
system" is included in the bill. The
vote on the passage of the bill was 46
to 10.
had occurred a few minutes previously
when Mrs. Effie Lyons, wife of the de
fendaht. fainted in the detention box
as she was talking to her husband. She
was taken to the emergency hospital.
Her brother was with her. and they
asked several times if M. D. Lyons had
appeared. In the meantime he arrived
at police headquarters, and was taken
in to see the prisoner. The unsuccess
ful attempt at Jail delivery was made
soon afterward.
Lyons was arrested at the Universal
Car Exchange, Grand avenue and Stark
street. He is accused of tendering a
check for $180 in payment for an auto
mobile. The check was on the East filde
bank, and according , to the police,
Lyons deposit there was $1.60. In ex
amining the license on the machine he
had purchased, the police found that it
was for a truck belonging to the Olympic
Oyster" company. Lyons Is also ac
cused of passing a check for $150 at the
University- Drug company, on which he
pcured.$30 in cash, the balance being
paid for merchandise. This check was
also on .the East Side bank, the police
ROYAL CHINOOK
RUN COMMENCES
REBEL STRIKE
10 END, SAY
RINGLEADERS
Claiming Victory Over Roads
and Brotherhoods, Switchmen
Chiefs Declare Their Loyalty
Forbids Fight on Government.
Chicago, April 20. (I. N. S.)
The strike of Chicago switchmen,
which started in this city nearly
three weeks ago and spread
throughout the country, will be
called off Wednesday, it was an
nounced today.
This decision was arrived at by the
strike leaders this morning. They
claimed a victory over tho railroads and
the brotherhoods, but said they would
not fight the government in order to
maintain the strike.
"As long as we were fighting the
lailroads and the brotherhoods we stood
teady to sacrifice our all for our cause,"
said a member of the executive com
mittee of the Yardmen's association, the
strikers' .organization "But as every
member of the Yardmen's association is
a true-blooded American, we refuse to
take a stand against our government."
Every effort will be made . by the
strike leaders, including their head,
John Grunau, to induce the strikers to
return to work and a mass meeting for
this purpose will be held Wednesday
morning. Federal Judge Landis and
United States District Attorney Clyne
will be among the speakers who will ad
dress the strikers.
ADDITIONAL STRIKE LEADERS
ARE PUT UNDER ARREST
. Los Angeles, Cal.. April 20. (I. N.
S.) Announcement that the "outlaw"
strike of switchmen and yardmen was
fully organised at Us Inception through
out the United States, possibility of fur
ther indictments by the federal grand
jury here and a round-up of 27 strike
leaders by United States deputy mar
shals, were the outstanding develop
ments today in the local strike situa
tion. .'
. Strike - leaders arrested by the United
States officers early today JnclWdedVR.
C4 SerfV O. T. Lefrvre A. N- Miner,: JTC.
Rhodes, Henry Barnes, Hejiry :jW. Crurn'-,
rine, uors XL, uuiiKum, j . n., ftiun in,
Norman Scott, Clyde Isrig, Lon Linney,
M; N, Monahan, and W. G. Farman, all
leaders in the local strike.
The men were taken to the office of
United States Marshal Tom Walter,
where each sought to obtain $5000 bond
fixed late yesterday by Federal Judge
Benjamin F. Bledsoe.
IMMEDIATE IIEARIXG ON
OUTLAW STRIKE IS ASKED
Washington, April 20. (I. N. S.)
Declaring that the railway strike situa
tion constitutes a national emergency,
W, E. Robinson of the Chicago Yard
men's association and James Eubanks
of the St. Louis Yardmen's association
this afternoon filed "emergency" briefs
with the railroad labor board asking an
Immediate hearing for tho "outlaw"
strikers. ,
The board adjourned until tomorrow
without taking action on the requests
for "emergency" hearings, which de
clared that transportatjon is In serious
difficulty and that conditions will not
be bettered until steps are taken to ad
just the wages of the "illegal" strik
ers. Procuring an option on all lands
included in the $10,000,000 Swan
Island project, or assessment
against property owners of benefits
derived from dredged materials be
ing dumped on their land, are means
suggested by Commisioner Barbur
to solve the problem of land acquisi
tion that confronts the city council
and the committee of 15 toward the
carrying out of the project.
Before the project is submitted to
the people, Barbur believes the exact
price which owners would be willing
to accept for the land should be made
public.
Barbur favors the retention of the
present personnel of the Port of Port
land commission and the commission
of public docks as the future consoli
dated body. The law should be so
framed, he says, that the present
members should be retained In office.
When their tenure of office has ex
pired, Barbur believes the people
should elect successors. Voters out
side Multnomah county, yet included
within the confines of the port, could
easily hold their own election, in Bar
bur's optnion, to vote on the consoli
dated port commission.
The second public hearing on the
project is scheduled for 10 a. m. Mon
day morning, April 26, in the coun
cil chambers of the city hall. Mem-'
bers of the industrial committee of fif
teen are expected to place their views
on land acquisition before the council.
North Dakota City
Loses-17 People in
Population Totals
Washington, April 20. (I. N. S.)--Preliminary
population figures were
announced? today by the census bureau
as follows: . .i i; r: -.
Devil's Lake, N. D., 1920 : population
S140 ; decrease since 1910, IT, or .3 per
cent. - - - '
BARBUR HAS PLANS
OR
WAN
ISLAND
Let Bygones. Be
Bygones, Assert
Winfrees When
They Wed Again
'For the sake of the babies," the
Winfrees have made up.
The babies are the ones for whom
Mrs. Effie Winfree stole $6500 from
the bank at Aurora while she was
temporarily employed there to help
get out the monthly statements of
balances. She took the money so
that her husband would come back
to her.
Now P. W. Winfree has done so. In
the chambers of District Judge J. W.
Bell Monday, afternoon, the ceremony
was performed which upset the old-time
divorce which had so stricken the
young mother.
MARRIED AT 14
Mrs. Winfree had first married Win
free in Texas. She was then leas than
14 years old, she said. The children
came. Her husband was much older
than she. Their life was not prosperous
nor was it happy. Then the divorce
took her husband and babies.
The father and children were living
on a ranch near Bull Run when the de
tectives arrested Mrs. Winfree for the
theft of bank notes. He was seised,
also, and took the officers to the ranch
where he had hidden some $3000 in a
fruit jar., Bit by bit, all the money was
Kestored, save for a few dollars that
ad been spent for luxuries that could
not be realized upon. New clothes had
been bought with some of the money
nd elaborate plans for the restoration
of their home had been laid, on the
basis of this vast windfall.
SEW CLOTHES 8EKT BACK
So the new clothes were sent back to
the store. The unspent money was re
turned to the bank, with the other odds
and ends of salvage from the big theft.
Charges were dropped because the bank
officials realized' the sorry romance and
saw no reason for adding further to the
young woman's burden of woe.
Now it will be life all over again for
the Winfrees, Judge Bell said. It will
be reunion for mother and children and
the father. The simple legal ceremony
was witnessed by attaches of the court
and Mrs. Winfree's mother.
Winfree told the Judge after the new
ceremony that he was willing Jo over
look the things that he alleged in his
divorce suit for the children's sake,
realizing that the wife had Already
paid dearly for hr fatuous chance in
bringing about a , reconciliation.
ON ITS LAST LEGS
Signs of a permanent breaking of
the switchmen's strike, which has
held. Portland In its grasp for 11
days,, were numerous this morning
when Beven additional crews of 21
men were reported back at work at
various local terminal yards and
freight embargoes continued to lift
to the north, east and. south.
Embargoes were declared lifted on the
Southern Pacific system as far south as
Rosevllle, Cal., and east from that point
to Ogden. Utah. An embargo is still in
effect to San Francisco, but local of
ficials of the S. P. are anticipating a
lifting of the bay ity .embargo within
24 hours.
On the O-W. R. & N.; embargoes have
been lifted as far east as Pocatello and
for through shipments to Ogden proper.
Officials of this line expect the Pocatello
embargo lifted by Wednesday and this
will permit a free movement of all
freight East.
Embargoes placed in effect 10 datys
ago by the O-W., prohibiting accept
ance of freight Intended for shipment
to Portland or the Albina yards and
through these points, were lifted this
morning.
The S., P. & S. continues to accept
shipments north, subject to delay. Nor
mal service has been resumed on the
Astoria line.
Three additional crews of switchmen
were put at work at the Brooklyn
yards of the S. P. Monday afternoon,
bringing the total number of crews
employed to 10. Two new crews were
added at the North Pacific terminal,
bringing the total to eight. One new
crew was added to the nine employed
at the Albina yards of the O-W. Monr
day, and one was added to the five
employed at the North Bank yards of
the S-, P. S.
A total of 34 crews, or 102 men, are
now; employed In the local yards. The
number of switchmen normally em
ployed by the four local terminal yards
is 342.
FREIGHT SHIPMENTS REACH
ALBANY DESPITE STRIKE
Albany. April 20. Five carloads of
merchandise reached ' Albany over the
Southern Pacific Monday morning and
several others in the afternoon. The
local effect of the railroad yards tie-up
has been slight. No local switchmen are
off duty.
A shortage at gasoline is the chief ef
fect of the strike. Only a two-days'
supply is "held by the Standard Oil com
pany here. A thousand gallons was
hauled to Lebanon Sunday and Monday
the company hauled gasoline here from
its Harrisburg tanks. The Highway
garage is 'getting gasoline from Salem
and the Union Oil company is employing
tank wagons in transporting its supply
from Portland.
Dee, Or.. April 20. Shortage of cars
is Interfering with shipments from the
mill of the Oregon Lumber company
here.
Butte Mines Tied Up
As Result of Strike
Butte, 3font, April 20. Mines in the
Butte district-' have been practically
halted as a result of the strike of the
mine workers for a, six hour day with
wages of $7. . '
RAIL STRIKE IS
MISSISSIPPI
TOWN ERASED
BY TORNADO
Hay Springs Is Wiped From Map;
Known Dead May Be 15; Prin
cipal Business Houses Razed;
People Trapped in Houses.
Hay Springs, Miss., April 20. (I.
N. S.) This town wa practically
wiped off the map by a tornado this
morning. Between seven and 15
were killed and the principal busi
ness houses wrecked by the force of
the wind. Help has been asked from
Hazel hurst, Jackson and Crystal
Springs. Many were trapped in
houses which were wrecked as if
they were cardboard. With wreck
age piled high, it is impossible now
to tell how many were killed or In
jured. SIX COUNTIES IN ARKANSAS
REPORT GREAT LOSS OF LIFE
Fort Smith, Ark., April 20. (U. P.)
Twenty-five known dead, from '75 to 125
injured and the casualty list growing
as communication was being restored
with isolated districts, was reported to
day from the wind-wrecked parts of
Logan, Franklin, Scott, Yell, Johnson
and Boone counties. Arkansas.
Communication with some parts of
the hill country hit by the Sunday night
series or gales probably will not be es
tablished for a day. Reports continued
to filter through of small villages and
crossroads hamlets being wrecked.
Eighteen deaths were reported in Yell
county, four In Johnson and from three
to 15 in Logan county. Harkey's Val
ley, Cabin Creek, Howes Creek, Hickey
town, Blaine and Belleville were re
ported the towns hardest hit. '
Property damage was reported to run
into the tens of thousands of dollars.
CHICAGO IS DRENCHED BY
CLOUDBURST; MANY SUFFER
Chicago, April 20. (I. N. S.) A
cloudburst drenched Chicago early to
dayand. caused damage of thousands
cr ' dollars.-Xlie-dok-npour we- . wps-;
cially severe on the north side of the
city, where cellars and hotel lobbies
were flooded. In some ' sections the
ensuing floods reached a depth of
three feet
Victims, of the recent tornado were
among the greatest sufferers, the rain
pouring through gaps in their wind
damaged homes and drenching their
household effects.
25 KILLED BY CYCLONE AND
OTHERS HURT AT MERIDIAN
Meridian, Miss April 20. (I. N. S.)
Reports from the southern and eastern
outskirts of the city, where a cyclone
struck shortly before noon, say 10 to 25
persons were killed and an equal num
ber injured and property damaged to
the extent of several thousand dollars.
Reports coming in late said the storm
swept Philadelphia, Miss., In Nehoba
county, doing great property damage
and killing several people.
Owing to demoralized wire communi
cation it has been impossible to verify
these reports.
From the suburbs of Meridian up to t
o'clock this, afternoon there had been
brought to city morgues the bodies of
10 women and children and about 40 In
jured taken to hospitals.
Council Will- Vote
On Appointment of
Committee on Rents
With tenants complaining dally to
Deputy City Attorney Lionel C. Mackay
against exorbitant rents charged " by
landlords, the city council Wednesday
will vote on Mayor Baker's ordinance
empowering the mayor to appoint a
fair rental committee of three members
to investigate all complaints.
The committee would sit continuously j
and investigate the books or landlords
against whom tenants have complained
with the idea of determining if owners
are making more than a fair return on
their investment. The city can prose
cute landlords who are- profiteering,
says Mackay, by exercise of Its police
power. Refusal of landlords to con
form to the committee's requests will
be fought in the courts, says Mayor
Baker. .
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Is Made Defendant
In Suit for Divorce
New York, April 2a Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw was served last night with papers
in a di vol ce action started by Jack Clif
ford, her husband, who names an actor.
Clifford and his wife formerly were
vaudeville . trancing partners. Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw, and her son, Russell Thaw,
have been acting in the movies sipce the
Evelyn Nesblt-Jack Clifford vaudeville
team dissolved.
In her West Fifty-fourth street home
the former wife of Harry K. Thaw ad
mitted that Jack Clifford had caused
divorce papers to be served on her. She
declared she was entirely guiltless, and
would fight the action.
Imports in March
Highest in History
Washington. April 20. (U. P.)
United States imports during March
totaled 1484.000,000. the highest in his
tory, according to commerce depart
ment ' announcement today.,- The last
previous record, January, : 1920, was
exceeded by $10,000,000. "
RESOLUTION
FOR PEACE IS
ON THE ROCKS
By J. Bart Campbell
TPTASHINGTON, April 20. (I.
N. S.) Restoration of peace
between the United Suites and
both Germany and Austria waa
considered by tbe senate foreign
relations committee In executive
session this afternoon.
The only conclusion reached
was that the resolution passed by
the house to end the technical
state of war existing between
the United States and 'Germany
ought not to be reported to the
senate In its present form. - It
was proposed the house resolu
tion be rewritten so as to irj
clnde Austria In any peace
measure presented to the sen
ate. It was stated by Senator
Lodge of Massachusetts, tbe
chairman, that a peace resolu
tion ln some form" will be
eventually reported to the sen
ate. TREBIZOND 10 BE
LEFT WITH TURKS
San Remo Italy, April 20. (I. N.
S.) The financial clauses of the
Turkish settlement have been ap
proved by the inter-allied supreme
council, it was officially announced
today. The borders of new Ar
menia and the future Of Batum
were discussed.
(Batum in in Russia on the Black
sea coast, a short distance north of
the" present Armenian line. It is an
important snipping point for the
vast quantities of oil produced in
the nearby fields,)
By Cumlilo Ctanrarra
San Remo, April 19. -(Night)
(U. P.) Trebiscond will remain
Turkish and will not ba awarded to
Armenlen-tr' was 4carn& iuth.orita
tlvely tonight. !
The allied communication to Pres
ident Wilson on the Turkiarl treaty
will be divided into two parts, it
was learned. The first section will
deal with the general principles in
spiring the treaty, while the second
will give specific reasons for each
decision and reply to the American
president's observations, particular
ly as to why tbe allied leaders have
decided Trebizond must remain
Turkish.
The council of premiers late today took
up the financial": clauses of the Turkish
pact and called tn experts to get advice
on some sections. The last part of the
sitting was devoted to disposition of
Kurdistan, which was considered diffi
cult because of the divergence of opin
ion among the population.
SETTLED Bf MANDATE
The question probably will be settled
by mandate over the district being
awarded to one or more powers.
Th Turkish . treaty will be presented
to the . Ottoman delegates In Paris May
10, It was announced officially.
Vittorio Scialola, the Italian foreign
minister, and Premier Venlzelos of
Greece had a long conference today.
After the meeting Venlzelos said definite
settlement of all the phases of the Turk
ish treaty probably would not.be accom
plished at the present session, because of
the impossibility of enforcement under
the present arrangement
The principle of equality of the great
powers in Turkey, however, should be
disposed of before the conference ad
journs, Veniselos said.
MILLERASD GETS Ay GET
The early meeting of the premiers and
foreign ministers jwas somewhat stormy.
it was learned. Premier Millerand of
France was reported to have voiced his
country's demand for complete solidarity
among the alliles In execution of the
treaty of peace with Germany, while
Premier Nittl of Italy maintained his
position In favor of economic ressurrec
tlon of the former enemy power.
The session came to an abrupt end
after two hours, Lloyd George having
requested Millerand to assume a more
conciliatory attitude on interpretation
of the Versailles pact.
Millerand was described as greatly
disappointed with the attitude of the
other leaders.
Balfour Summoned
London, April :20. (I. N. 8.) Former
Foreign Secretary A. J. Balfour was to
day summoned to San Remo by Pre
mier Lloyd-George. He will take part
in the deliberations of the Inter-Allied
supreme council. '
Portland; Soldier
Is to Marry Girl
He Met in Siberia
Romance fresh, from the frozen steppes
of Siberia blossomed today when Er
nest FIshburn, 4620 Seventy-first street
southeast, left Portland for Vancouver.
B. C, there to claim Miss Julia Boone
kamp, Vladivostok belle. She arrived
Monday on the steamer Empress of
Japan in company with a number of
Red Cross nurses.
FIshburn for many months was part
of the A. E. F. in Siberia. There he be
came acquainted with Miss Boonekamp.
He tried once before to have her come
to America, but passport difficulties in
tervened. The - Red Cross In Vladivos
tok, however, arranged transportation,
and not until notified today by Immigra
tion officials did FIshburn know of bis
fiancee's arrival. He left Immediately
for Vancouver.
MEXICO GETS
Governor of State of Zacatecas
Announces j Withdrawal From
Government pbregon Admits
He Heads Revolutionary Move.
By Ralph II. Turner .
Mexico City, April 19. (Night)
(TJ. F.) Nine rebels were killed in
a clash between government troop
and Obregon rebels under General
Benjamin Hill, it was announced
officially here onight.
The engagement occurred in the fed
eral district surrounding Mexico City,
the statement said. H s ...
General Hill, the statement said, sent
a note to the federal commander, an
nouncing he had entered the field
against the Carranta government and
asking the troops to Join the move
ment. ' :.
The commander answered by march
ing on the rebels immediately. It was
the first clash In the district around
Mexico City and was the first official
Information confirming reports that
General Obregon 'has started active or
ganization of a rebel movement.
Obregon, who was a candidate for the
presidency, recently fled from the capi
tal with General 11111. after he had been
accused of plotting against the govern
ment. General Jules Barragan, chief of
staff, also announced tonight that Gen
eral Enrique Kslrada, governor of the
state of Zacatecas, had withdrawn his
support from the government and left
the state capital with a regiment of
soldiers. . -
The government of Mlchoacan was
reported unofficially to. have taken the 1
same action.
Attempts were mttde early today
to arrange fori the release on. ball
of August Junge, who spent Monday
night In the county jail after arriv
ing at 7:45 o'clock that evening. In
charge of Deputy Sheriff Schirraer, ;
from Bonhomme county. South Da
kota, j
Junge said today that, contrary to the
report that he had alarge. sum of money
with him oh his trip, he had less than 7i -when
he was arrested. He declared be '
had started with about $250.
"A cloud seemed to pajis In .front of
my face when f discovered that the
trucks had been taken out of thesshow- '
room," he said. t"lxould not bear to
face bankruptcy 'and yet I knew that
If given a chance-1 could straighten ev
erything out. I don't know why I ran
away. I realized as soon as I had ..
quieted down a little at the home of my
wife's parents that I had made a mis- '
take."
Junge, who disappeared from Portland
the morning of March 29 and went to the
home of his wife parents at Scotland,
S. D., was taken into custody soon after
arriving there. Jt is charged that he",
carried on fraudulent deals in auto
trucks In Portland.and that his t ran sac-
tions of this character will total about -
$100,000. ;
WILLING TO RITURX
The deputy sheriff of Bonhomme court- ,
ty at Scotland Informed Sheriff Hurl
burt here that Junge would fight extra
dition, but Junge' immediately after his
arrival here Monday night declared at
no time after his arrest liv. South Da
kota did he Indicate that he would make
such a contest, ner did be authorise the
officials back there to give any such In
dication. He said that he was perfectly
willing to return to Portland with the'
deputy sheriff, and that when he so sud
denly disappeared from Portland he hadi
lost his head over the Involved condi
tion of his affairs.
DECLARES HIS 15 SOCEKCE
He declares he Is innocent of criminal,,
acts, and lays his troubles to high rates,
of Interest he was compelled to pay on
loans to obtain money with which to
carry on his business affairs. He denies
he had knowledge of the removal o( 35
trucks from the salesroom of the Die-mond-T
auto truck agency until the
morning following their disappearance,
and that he and his attorney spent
some time trying to locate them. Event-
ually.after Junge had departed, most -of
the trucks were recovered at Van
couver, Wash., and this was followed by :
the arrest of Frank L. Walling. Ben K.v
Walling. D. O. Lebb and J. 8. Lebb. loan
brokers of thin city, and David A. Pepp,
a truck dealer, on charges of grand lar-.
ceny. - ' .
Junge declares.' when his affairs are
Straightened out., ha believes he will
have assets amounting to about $25,000;
that he had not defaulted on notes given
to money lenders and that there was
no legal authority for the-taking of the .
trucks from the Mlesroom or his own
possession. 1
Deputy Sheriff Schlrmer said Junge's :
conduct as prisoner In his charge dur- "
Ing the trip from South Dakota to Port
land was ideal asd he made absolutely
no trouble. "He seemed as anxious" to ,
get borne as I was," said the depoty
sheriff. f ,,
& ::kZ.
Dublin Detective . ;
Shot by Assissih
Dublin, April 2. (L N. 8.)
An ' at
tempt was made te assassinate Detective
Dal ton at the Brpadstone railway sta
tion today.; Six ballets were fired. He
was removed to tae hospital in a dying
condition. A woman was wounded tn
tke fusillade -..j -
FRESHSUPPORT
JUNGE DECLARES