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CITY EDITION
The Sun Shine
emewner today. Cheer up. It'll be our
turn next. What If the baseball aeaeon la
delayed? Think of the fun there la in
waiting for the thrills of the "opener."
And In the meantime, how's your next
winter's fuel holding out?
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OFSETTLFJENT
Unidentified Stranger Is Cause
Of Rail Strikers Bolting Ses
sion Called by Leaders to Get
Them to Return to Their Jobs,
Chicago, April 21. (I. N. S.)
Hope for a settlement today of the
switchmen's strike In the Chicago
district, center of the nation-wide
walkout, went eltmmerlnj? when a
tnas meeting; of the strikers, called
to hear pleas of the strike leaders
that the men return to work, was
broken up by one man a tall, lanky
Individual who arose In the gather
ing and persuaded the strikers to
disperse.
shouts of "walk out, boys, and
keep on striking," were taken up by
other radicals . In the crowd and toon
the meeting, which began peacefully,
was stampeded.
Llohn Gninau, chief of the strikers,
, was "not present and his absence Rave
' the radical leader his opportunity. Fed
eral agents arc on the trail of the latter.
Chicago, April 21. (V. P.) Another
effort to officially end the "outlaw"
switchmen's strike was made today
when President John Orunau was rushed
here from the Jollet, 111., jail to appeal
to his followers.
BROTHERHOODS AND STRIKERS
IX HARMONY AT WASHINGTON
Hy Mllilred Morris
Washington. April 21. (I. N. S.)
Peace was declared tiere today between
the "outlaw" railroad strikers and the
railroad brotherhoods.
PMuard McHugh. representing the
strikers of New York and New Jersey,
announced he had reached an agree
ment wit() brotherhood chiefs and that
all of the strikers will return to their
. work.
Representatives of "outlaws" in other
sections of the country are expected to
follow the; lead of Mcilugh, who effect
ed the agreement for the New York and
. .Jersey Mtrtkers; ., James Eubanas
of the St. Louis Yardmen's 'association
(t'onclihlei) Vst r'ourtcrn. Column fnbur)
Dublin. April 21. 1. N. S. ) Re
inforcements of British cavalry be
gan pouring into Ireland today. The
landing of the new military forces
was carried out under the protection
of warships.
GOVERNMENT AND SINN I'ELN
MAY AGREE ON TRUCE TERMS'
London, April 21. (I. N..S.) The
government Is considering a truce with
the Sinn Fein pending the enactment
of a new Irish home rule bill, the Eve
ning Standard stated today. The gov
ernment, is said to be willing to dis
continue' raids, arrests and deportations
If the Sinn Felners will strive to end
Irish outrages.
Safety First School
Is Opened in Yakima
Yakima. Wash.. April 21. Yakima's
safety and first aid school, conducted
by the atate safety board, opened a
week's session with 100 enrolled from
the industrial workers of the city.
Seattle Milk Price
Takes Another Leap
Seattle, Wash.. April 21. (U. P.)
Milk prices were due to take another
' step upward today. The retail price
will be 11 cents a quart at the store
and 13 cents delivered.
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President May Force
Congress to Sit All
Summer to Pass Bills
By David Lawrence
(Copyrighted. 1929)
Washington, April 21. President
Wilson is beginning ,to dominate'
: congress. Hints have come from the
White House that while Wils-n has
no desire to keep congress continu
ously In session during the hot sum
mer and most of the campaign, nev
ertheless he may consider such a
course tif ,the legislative branch of
the government endeavor:, to ad
journ Without enacting laws on the
several subjects relating to the high
cost of - living and governmental.
economy recommended by the chief
executive.
' Congress does not want to work here
: this summer. Individual members are
anxious to be In their districts helping
x themselves. Democrats are equally eater
with Republicans to be in the campaign,
byt Wilson U a 'hard task master and
Jhas managed throughout bis administra
Stray Cat to Go;
Felines Exempted
The hour of doom has sounded for
the alley cat.
He is to be exterminated.
Cat fur hunters are after him to
make milady a fuzzy neckpiece to
j wear during the hot summer months.
The Audobon society has long been
his enemy because of his fondness
for juicy young robihs and other
birds.
Finally, the Oregon Humane society
has decreed' the Btray cat must go. An
average of 400 cats are pirked up in a
month toy the humane society.
TO DESTROY FKMAI.KK
Hence, at tli cat pound, all the fe
male Ktrayw will be humanely put to
sleep and all the males will be neutoreri.
Rv these measures It Is honed every
body will be happy from the bird lover
to the seeker of slumber at
midnight. ,
The cats were the only ones not con
Suited. Furriers are paying all the way from
$2.."0 to 20 for a single cat hide, and
a Portland firm Is negotiating with the
humane society for the hides of all the
cats killed at the pound. So widespread
ha become the craze for fur even cat
fur that household pets are disappear
ing mysteriously.
HOtJSKHOl.D PET EXEMPT
The war on cats does not include the
household pet, except that he must be
protected from fur hunters. Pet cats,
well fed and cared for, do not as a rule,
fob birds' nests, agree both societies,
and it te the poor half-starved stray that
is blamed for the destruction of . bird
life. And even If plump Tabby should
develop a keen desire to explore that
branch of the cherry tree where a young
family of robins is lustily crying for
worms, a piece of tin around the trunk
will serve as a barrier, says the hu
mane society.
ANOTHER SLUMP
New York. April 21. I. N. S.)
Liberty bonds continued to slump In
valu on the bond market today and
new low records were made in a
number of issues.
Liberty second 4s fell 80 cents to 85.30,
the second. 4s, 76 cents to S5.46 ; the
third 4 tig, SO cents to 90.70, and the
fourth 4 Us. 74 cents to 85.60, the lowest
prices these issues have ever touched.
Liberty first 4s opened $2.80 lower
at 187.
CORN AND OAT PRICES ON
SLUMP AT CHICAGO MAI IK ITT
Chicago. April 21. (U. P.) Startling
price drops were recorded on the Chi
cago board of trade today when May
Corn dropped 8 cents from an opening
of 81.72V4. Slightly smaller drops fol
lowed in July and September corn. Oats
fell two to three cents. Most of the
activity occurred within a half hour.
"Bad financial news," particularly for
eign, was the cause assigned by Chicago
traders.
Man Beaten Up in
Mysterious Attack
Claiming that four men accosted him
in front of his home at 120 Russell street
about 8 o'clock Tuesday evening and
administered a severe beating, Edward
Gains,. who claims to be an employe of
the Albina yards of the O. W.. is at St.
Vincents hospital under treatment for
bad cuts on the face and head, body
truiscs and a sprained left leg. Officials
of the'O. W. say they have no record
that shows Gains was employed by them.
Sinking U. S. Ship
Signals for Help
Queenstown, April 21. (I. N. S.) Tho
British steamship Anglo-Saxon reported
by wireless today she is rushing to the
assistance of an unnamed American
Ftdamship that was said to be sinking.
Tue Anglo-Saxon is en route from Brit
ish for Italian ports.
tion to keep congress longer at work than
any other president in recent years.
FRE8IDEXT SEEKS QUIET
But it is significant that the White
House is beginning to ask questions
what, for instance, has congress done
about tariff legislation, excess profit
taxes, help for the. returned soldiers and
sundry other measures?
Of course, congress noted very prop
erly the other day that the president
himself was looking for a summer home
and was preparing to betake himself
from the national capital to somewhere
on the sea coast. And some members
of congress thought it meant an armis
tice and that both branches of the gov
ernment could concentrate all their time
and attention on politics instead of part
of the time, as heretofore.
STILL A SICK MAN
Other members of the congress thought
it was a good time to take a sea trip
and scores of them have signed up to
Japan. Hawaii and the Philippines at a
coat of 81.25 per day en ' some govern-
(CoochxUd oa Vt Tw, Colnma rirc)
LIBERTY BOND ON
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AT
Ambassador Robert U. Johnson Is
Told to Attend Conference of
Premiers at San Remo, but
Only From Observer's Viewpoint
Washington, April 21. (I. N. S.)
Robert Underwood Johnson,
United States ambassador to Italy,
has been instructed to attend the
conference of the allied premiers at
Kxn Reio. the ta.te department an
nounced today.
Although Italy invited the United
States to send a representative to
participate in the conference,
In the conference, Am
bassador Johnson has been given
definite instructions to take part
only as an observer.
LONDON GOSSIP REGARDING
MEKTING IS rKSSlMISTIC
London, April 21. (I. N. S.) "The
preliminary conversations of the pre
miers at San Remo so far have been
without result." said a dispatch from
San Remo to the Daily Telegraph to
day. "The standpoints of the British,
French and Italians are still wide apart.
The French are still undisposed to mod
ify the peace treaty and it is unlikely
they will yield. Howtver, they may
agree to give a time limit trial to the
Anglo-Italian view and yield temporary
concessions regarding Germany.
"The Belgians will probably seek an
alliance with France and Kngland both
before they sign any pact of alliance
with France alone."
The Exchange Telegraph correspond
ent at San Remo reported that Premier
Nitti and Premier Lloyd George would
favor a reduction of the area of allied
occupation or Germany, and also a
shortening of the period of time that
allied troops are to remain in Germany.
The Chronicle takes a pessimistic view
of the supreme council meeting as far
as it has gone.
"Is the conference a failure?" asks the
Chronicle.
The Daily News took a similar atti
tude. ' The secrecy of the conference renders
talk of open diplomacy a mockery," eaid
t'le Daily News.
BREECH BETWEEN FRANCE
AND BRITAIN MAY WIDEN
Paris, April 20. (Night) (U. P.)
Dispatches from correspondents at San
Remo indicate the breach between
Great Britain and France, brought
about by divergent views over enforce
ment or tne treaty or Versailles, may
be widened during the present confer
enceo of the council of premiers.
Some of the correspondents under
stand that Lloyd-George and Nftti pro
pose to demand . that Germany fulfill
the financial clauses of the treaty im
mediately. This demand would be ac
companied by certain concessions, in
cluding reduction of the allied occupied
zone, although the reduced area would
be held longer than the time originally
fixed.
The French premier, according to
these dispatches, opposes any conces
sions, and will hold out for strict en
forcement of the treaty as written.
IS DESPAIRED OF
By Henry W. Kinney
Tokio, April 15. (Delayed.) (U.
P.) Foreign Minister Uchida re
ported to a meeting of the cabinet
today that the success of the Thomas
Lamont financial mission to China is
now almost despaired of, owing to
the serious opposition to the inter
national financial consortium headed
by the American banker.
Lamonts negotiations in China are
progressing very tardily, the foreign
minister said.
The mission headed by Thomas W.
Lamont, New York banker, recently
went to China to make a financial, com
mercial and political survey of that
country. Lamont heads an international
consortium of bankers, formed In Paris
In May, 1919, for the purpose of aiding
the Chinese government financially.
Previous reports from the Orient have
said that Japan had withdraws her ob
jections to the activities' of he con
sortium and that matters were progress
Irg very favorably.
The Lamont mission will return to this
country in June.
Rhode Island Bill
Legalizes Sale of
Four Per Cent Beer
Providence, R. I.. April 21. CL N.
S.) Four per cent beer was legalized in
Rhode Island today when the general
assembly passed a law defining that
quality of beer as non-Intoxicating and
therefore salable in the atate. Those
who framed the measure claimed the
state has the right to define what is not
intoxicating under the second section of
the eighteenth constitutional amend
ment. Boston Passes Beer Bill
Boston. April 21. (J. N. & The 2.75
per cent beer and light wines initiative
and referendum bill, introduced on peti
tion of the officers and members of the
state branch : American Federation of
Iabor, parsed tha senate today by a vote
of 21 to l" ' ,-. . r. ' . ; " . ;
NO
COUNCL
M'SMDR
Marconi Listens
In Vain for Word
From Inhabitants
Of Planet Mars
London, April 21. (I. N. S.)
Despite the vigilance of Marconi
wireless stations in Great Britain.
America and Australia, who have
been "listening in" for 24 hours to
catch a possible message from Mars,
no signals from the neighbor planet
had been received up to noon.
As a result of mysterious signals,
which have been picked up from time
to time and which wre believed by
some scientists to come from the in
habitants of Mars, the wireless ' opera
tors were under special orders last
night and today to listen for mes
sages from the outer void, as Mars is
now nearer to this planet than at
other times In years. The operators
are under orders to report them to
headquarters at once if any mysterious
wireless rays are picked up.
At various points around the 25.Q0O
mile circumference of the earth men
with snug headpieces are listening for
the possible message from another
world. Somewhere in the Mediterran
ean, possibly just south of Spain, pie
master listener of them all William
Marconi, inventor of the wireless tele
graph is at work on his yacht Elet
tra, surrounded by the most wonder
ful wireless apparatus known to sci
ence. Marconi went on the Mediterranean
voyage for the purpose of perfecting
the wireless telephone. Such a tele
phone doubtless stands at his elbow
as he listens intently for wireless
waves from the outer ether. If he
picks up any message that may lead
him to believe it originated on an
other planet, he can instantly commu
nicate news of it to land by wireless
telephone.
The talk of buying less potatoes
has created a much weaker tone for
potatoes and some of the wholesalers
are offering supplies below their
actual cost.
Few potatoes are being held by spec
ulators heifc and the small remaining
supply Is owned by farmers. Some of
these have become scared during the
last day or so and are offering to sell
supplies down to 85 to 86 per hundred
pounds to the wholesaler, this being
81.60 to 82 less than was actually paid
for similar quality a week or ten days
ago.
Some'of the wholesalers have cut their
price as low as 7 to 87-25 per hundred
pounds for local stock and are taking a
loss, but Others say they realize that
there wilt be no potatoes at all within
a short time, therefore are inclined to
let the other fellow take the loss.
Retailers have not cut the price of
potatoes, therefore neither side has
benefited the public
Wholesalers say that with the reopen
ing of railroad transportation to Cali
fornia the few remaining cars of old
stock here will be shipped to the south,
where prices are higher than in Port
land. Some profess to see in the extreme
price of old potatoes a scheme on the
part of Japanese Interests of California
to create still bigger profits on the new
crop, which Is now coming on the mar
ket at record values.
William Farre of
Burns New Judge
Of Harney County
Salem, April 21. Governor Olcott to
day announced the appointment of Wil
liam Farre of Burns as county judge qf
Harney county to mi the vacancy
caused by the death in Portland last
week of Judge H. C. Levens.
Judge Farre has been a resident of
Eastern Oregon for 35 years, the greater
part of that time being spent in Harney
county. He was for 18 years register
of the land office at Burns, being ap
pointed by President Roosevelt in 1902,
serving through both of Roosevelt's
terms and three years during the Wilson
administration. Recently he has been
engaged in the real estate business at
Burns.
Divorce Is Obtained
Hour After Marriage
Sioux City, Iowa, April 21. (U. P.)
A new world record for speed in divorce
actions was established here yesterday,
when Mrs. Gladys F. Benton started
action for divorce and alimony, for de
sertion one hour after her marriage to
Marion Benton. The divorce was grant
ed in the local. district court for deser
tion, and non-support.
Publishers Discuss
Newsprint Shortage
New York. April 21. (U. P.) The
print paper ' shortage waa the main
subject before the annual convention of
the American Newspaper Publishers'
association, in session here today. Five
hundred publishers were here for the
meeting.
Print Paper Short,
Advertising Banned
Des Moines. Iowa, April 2L U. P.)
The Des Moines Tribune today published
an eight-paje edition.' without display
advertising. " Owners of the paper ex
plained -they were forced to limit tha
size of -the paper and to omit advertis
ing because of print paper sbortage, ; m
BOYCOTT BRINGS
POTATOES DIN
SPFFIIY RIVAI 9 MisTabor Ama3.Gouit RBVAM ARQ
MET WE
Passenger raft Georgian and As
torian Dash Nearly "Nose and
Nose" in 110-Mile Run to As
toria; Race Back Is Staged.
With officials of both companies
aboard their boats, a wild race to
establish river supremacy between
Portland and Astoria is on today be
tween the steamers Georgians of
the Harkins line and the Astorian
of the Qlympia-Tacoma Navigation
line.
, Despite the fact that she made more
stops than her rival, the Georgians
maintained the slight advantage gained
as she left Portland this morning and
steamed into Astoria about 500 yards
ahead of the Astorian.
The boats docked in Astoria at about
the same time, 1 o'clock, the Georgians
tying up at the Sanborn wharf and the
Astorian at the Callender wharf.
At'Cathlamet the Georgiana also led.
docking three minutes ahead of her
rival and leaving with an additional
two minutes of grace.
The return trip this evening la ex
pected to develop an even more exciting
race as it is said the Astorian will
utilize reserve power not used In the
down river speed contest.
"It will be some race back tonight.
for the Astorian will use reserve power
that was untouched going down this
morning," Bruce Rowan, agent for the
Astorian said.
With engine room forces working at
the top notch of energy, both vessels
under huge smoke plumes put out from
their docks at exactly 7 o'clock this
morning, the Georgiana getting a little
advantage on the start by virtue of be
ing four blocks farther down the river.
with one less bridge to pause for, start
Ing as she did from Alder street while
the Astorian left Taylor , street, above
the Morrison bridge.
Old-timers watching the passing of
the two passenger steamers were re-
minded of other days along the water
front, when river boat competition was
keen and bitter, when the Telephone and
the - Bailey Gatzert used - to race "and
when either of these boats would en
ter tha . lists against the Charles R.
Spencer, all. in the upper river service.
On Sundays these boats, with holiday
crowds, would rush to Cascade Locks
and back again, while passengers bet
(Co Deluded on Pica Fourteen, Column Two)
G. 0. P. TO DECIDE
Washington, April 21. (I. N. 3.)
The fate of bonus legislation for ex-
service men hangs on the decision
of a caucus of house Republican
members to be held tomorrow night.
Insurgency has developed in Repub
lican ranks over the form of bonus to
be granted and the character of spe
cial taxes necessary to raise the re
quired money.
Majority leaders favor raising the
money by levying a gross sales tax on
resales or "turn overs," as well as on
the final sale. The charge is made
that the proposed gross sales tax Is the
first move of big business to wipe out
the surtax on big incomes and excess
profits tax. Otto .Kahn, New York
financier, expressed the belief that the
proposed tax would be-- sufficient to
eliminate others.
-Republican leaders, say, however, that
should a gross sales tax be decided on
in the caucus, it will be in addition to
all existing taxes, and would be suffi
cient only to meet the bonus demand
and will be repealed at the end of the
year in which the bonus la paid.
Drunken Man Finds
Happiness Sitting
In Rain Downpour
Jim McLoud, 45. had a "happy Jag.
He was arrested this afternoon at Thir
teenth and Madison streets, where for
more than an hour he had reclined in
the center of the street amid a pour
ing rain.
Soaked inside and out. McLoud's
antics proved interesting to many spec
tators before the police were notified
The intoxicated man reclined in the
street until an automobile approached.
Then he would sit up and happily mo
tion the driver to pass around him.
McLoud is said to live at St. Helens.
Medford Chamber
Selects Officers
Medford, April 21. The newly elected
directors of Medford s rejuvenated Cham
ber of Commerce have chosen the follow
ing officers : President, H.' L. Walther ;
vice president, Vernon W. Vawter ; treas
urer, C W. McDonald, and secretary. H.
O. Frobach. recently brought here from
Three Forks. Mont., for the post.
Dramatic Critic Is
Dead at Age of 64
Toledo. Ohio. April 21.-i-tJ. P.)
Robinson Locke, aged 84, editor, of the
Toledo Blade and a nationally known
d ramatle critic, who wrote ' under the
nam of Rodney- Lee. died in St. Vin
cents, hospital here lest night, follow
ing aa operatic foe) appendicitis.
BONUS BILL FIGHT
She Identifies Bloody Exhibits
p.
What Are You?
GRANDMOTHER ON i TRIAL
V,v sl -' rr N i-teMtis I
(By rntted Km
Paw Paw, Mich, - April 21. A'
grandmother, and dressed the part
in a quaint old rusty silk dress arid
lace cap, Mrs. Sarah Tabor, V 8 P,
rocked contentedly in her favorite
chair and listened with an amused
expression on her wrinkled old face
today as Prosecutor Glenn H. War
ner pictured her a scheming mur
deress.
The chair in which she rocked so
complacently is the one in which she
sat. she says, the night her daughter.
Maude Tabor Virgo, died. The body
was found in the Tabor cellar, Jammed
into an old trunk, and the mother is
facing a manslaughter charge.
It was the chair,, according to the
first testimony of the aged mother. In
which she held her daughter for many
hours while life ebbed away and she
died murmuring, "I am down by the
brook, mother, dear down by the
brook, and the water is so beautiful."
TELLS OF F1NDIKG TEU5K
Warner told or the finding -of the
body of Maude Tabor In the battered
old trunk. He called another .daughter,
Mrs. Florence Tabor Critchlow, to the
stand, and she told how she had gone
to the cellar and found the trunk hid
den in the refuse. .
"Mother had forbidden me to go into
the cellar," she testified. "I had spoken
of the unpleasant odor many times and
she told me not to go down there."
The old woman smiled and rocked in
her chair as she listened.
Then Warner declared that Mrs.
Tabor had profited greatly by the death
of her daughter by realizing on mort
gages in Maude Tabor's name. He told
of the pursuit of Mrs. Tabor from
Michigan to Freawater, 6r., through
Oregon and of her arrest in California.
"This woman, who brought Maude
Tabor into the world, is guilty of send
ing her out of it," he biased, pointing
an accusing finger at the aged woman.
SHOWS SO EMOTION
The aged defendant looked back af
the prosecutor with the shrewd eyes
that have baffled her prosecutors, with
out a flicker of emotion.
The grewsome exhibits connected with
the case, were then Introduced.
The trunk in which the body was
found, covered with bloodstalna. and of
evil appearance ; the rotted garments
in which the body was found ; the rusty
lock ; the wisps of hair found on the
steel clasps.
Barge Leonard, Bootlegger
. .
Gracious, No; He Is a Lawyer
Barge Leonard was so nearly ar
rested as a bootlegger Tuesday even
ing, that this morning he Is thor
oughly and energetically mad.
Police Tuesday night received a "Up'i
that booze was due In Portland on a
late train. Sergeant Sherwood, who, by
virtue of the time he spent as a , Ken
tucky Justice of the peace, can scent
whiskey at long distance, undertook
the case.
Sherwood eyed Leonard when the at
torney greeted an arriving friend. The
Portland man waa ever -cordial, ha de
manded his friend's grip, grasped the
traveler arm and started away,
The policeman stepped up. - : -'
-Here you r he hailed the pair. Speak
ing te Leonard. Sherwood asked j
"Hate Ton boots in" that-wltcaser '
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CriesjLa wyer
Prosecutor Warner shied at handling
Tnem, ahdie&lted the venerable defend
ant to identify them.
She walked over to the exhibits,
picked them up and leisurely identified
each, one. . , -
IDENTIFIES BLOODY TBUJIK
"This Is the' trunk in which Maude's
body was found," ' she said. "This is
some of her hair. This is the garment
in wnicn sne was vTappea.
So deliberate waa her action, and so
calm her demeanor; that even the prose
cution was chilled.
"What kind of a woman are you?" de
manded Warner. Mrs. Tabor made no
answer. t
Joseph Virgo, this undertaker whose
secret marriage to Maud Tabor waa one
of the early mysteries of the case, la to
be called today.
Constantinople, sjLpril 20. (Night.)
(L N. S.) Thi French embassy
announced today French column
of troops has relieved Aintab, in An
atolia, where a nujmber of American
relief workers wee imperilled. The
Americans naa sem wora inai ins
city was surrounded by Turks and
their position wa critical.
Love Frenzy Drives
Desneratfe Man to
Murder ind Suicide
Seattle. Waah. Aril 21. (U. P.)
Side by side in the public morgue today
lav the bodies of Mrs. urace fticcomos,
:6. and Arthur Willkms, 89, following a
double tragedy at thi McCombs home at
Lake Forest Park late yesterday after
noon In which Williams played th role
of slayer and self destructlonisu
Infatuation for the woman, the wife of
R. D. McCombs. a logging engineer who
was absent In the city, is believed to
have prompted William' 4eed.
Leonard's response was indignant.
"What's this, stopping a reputable
lawyer in a public, place. Don't you
know I'm a candidate for public office?"
But the recently arrived companion
was no friend in time of need. He
piped up in his most serious vein:
"Of course, you've got boose with
you."
Leonard boiled over when Sherwood
took charge of the suitcase and exam
ined it, to find it barren of liquor.
Sherwood and Leonard had a heated
argument in which Leonard spoke Of
appeal to Mayor Baker.'' - ' z
. A few minutes later, the incident waa
closed, the traveler! who waa received
by Leonard registered at the Portland
hotel as "John Boos;. Chicago, and the
mystery . waa revealed. - The source of
the "Up" ; on 4 incoming "boose" Is not
known, '- fjf j-'p, ?.-;i -, ';"-!'
FRENCH TROOPS TO
RESCUE OFYANKEES
IN NEBRASKA'S
PRIMARY VOTE
Johnson Continues to Lead Wood
as G. 0. P. Presidential Choice'
in Nebraska; Latest Reports
Show Pershing's Vote Is Low.
Lincoln. Neh,. April 21. (I, N. 8.)
Figures compiled from 261 pre- .
cincts out of 1849 up to 1 p. m. to
day in the Nebraska presidential pri
maries, give the Republicans: ,
Johnson, 10,321; Wood, 7293 and
Pershing, 3592.
In the same number of precincta
for Democratic delegate at large
Bryan is leading his opponents by a '
substantial plurality and will lead ;
in the final vote by a majority of
6000 to 8000.
Out of 233 precincts Hitchcock '
has received 670 votes as the Dem- ',
oc rats' presidential choice.
Lincoln, Neb., April 21. (U. P.) "
Complete returns from 223 precincts
of the state's 1849 precincts show
the Republican presidential vote aa
follows:
Johnson, 8111;. Wood, 6127; fer -
thfng, 3080.
If further returns bear out these
figures, Johnson will carry the state
by from 20,000 to 30.000 votes.
Bryan ia running third aa delegate to 1
the convention. The vote from 115 pre
cincts outside Douglas county (Omaha) v
shows Shallenberger and Neville lead-
Ing him. .
In the Republican gubernatorial eon- .
test, MeKelvle ia leading. The vote In
223 precincts is:
MeKelvle, 491 S: McMuIlen, J458 ; Pol- :
lard. 2275 ; Hall. 1205 ; McLaughlin, '
1430.
Tha same precincts on Democratic ;
governor show :
Morehead. 1174 ; -Clark, 1324 ; Jack
eon, 863; Taylor. 0Q4 ; Shumwey, 436.
col. vj&oxT-AKXya. r.'-v
SWKEP DELAWARE CATJCTJ8
Dover, De!., April 21. General T,
Coleman Dupont and the Q. O. P. or
ganisation awept in the leadership of
the Republican party of Delaware at
the state convention held here, success
fully defeating all efforts of the former
followers of Alfred L Dupont. hta cousin,
(Coooluded oa Pit Two, Column Thrw)
PORTLAND TO OE
L
Wool clipped in the' Northwest
during 1920 will practically all be
shipped to Portland for sale at pub
lic auction and the practice of hold
ing country sales will be abandoned,
according to plans approved Tues
day afternoon at ia meeting of the
Oregon State Wool Growers' associa
tion in the Oregon building.
Concentration of Northwestern wool In
Portland will Increase the prestige of
this city aa a wool center, and probably
will bring 35,000,000 pounds of the ma
terial to this city fer disposal. Already
the city stands second only to Boston aa
a wool center.
Adoption of the plan to concentrate
the majority of the Northwestern wool
in Portland cornea aa a result of plana
which have long been discussed. During
the war the government, as an emer
gency measure, concentrated practically
all wool In Portland, and this system
worked so wett that the growers hsve
been anxious to adopt the plan as a per
manent policy.
Representatives of the local woolen
mills and wool warehouses were in at
tendance at the meeting, and a mini
mum storage charge was agreed upon
by the warehouse men to help Increase
the city's prestige as a wool center.
No transfer charges will be made at
Portland. A storage charge of D8 cents
a bag will be made for the first month
and 20 cents a month thereafter. A
charge of cent a pound will be made
for bailing.
Present at the meeting were the fol
lowing sheepmen : Dan P. Smj the, i'en
dleton ; Jay Dobbin, Joseph ; Mac
Hoke, Joseph ; R. N. Stanfield, Stan
field : S. W. McClure, Pendleton ; K. G.
Warner, Pilot Rock;: Jack Hynd. Hepp
ner; L. A. Hunt, county agricultural
agent for Morrow ; R. A. Ward, Bend,
and J. C. Henry, county agent of Doug
las. E. L Thompson; Thomas Kay and
A. R. Jacobs, represented the woolen
mills, and representatives were present
from' the principal warehouses of the
city. ;
Impassioned Speech
Made by Caillaux in
Defense of Himself
a .
Paris, April 2L (I. N. S.) The trea
son trial of former Premier Joseph Cail
laux reached a dramatic climax this aft
ernoon when the accused statesman .
made an eloquent plea in hla own be
half. He began the speech aa soon as ,
his attorneys had completed their sum
ming up for the defense. Caillaux aald
he would be brief "because his Jnno-
cense had already been established A.
great erowd fined the; galleries.
Applause came from the galleries as
M. Caillaux finished.
It was announced the verdict would be ,
rendered tomorrow.,; : l, " - -
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