S; Cerits--The Sunday Journal, First in News, Reviews, Features atid Fun-S Cents CITY EDITION f A ere and It' All True THE WEATHEU Fair tonight and Sat urday ; light frost Saturday morning. Minimum Temperature Thursday Portland S New Orleans.... 71 Pocatello SO New York. 46 Iioa Angeles 60 St. Paul 38 PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, VOL, XIX. NO. 39. Entered aa Bwond-CIau Matter Pcmtnffice, Portland. Oregon APRIL 23, 1920. TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. PRICE TWO CENT?. ON TRAINS AND Niwt STANDI riVt OK NT CITY EDITION fftlflil 1 flWHVlll St " I But Portland fa mora concerned fn th baaetwll ArrQK ( iTM l J jLx 'Vlf v! jJQilIf9 SL . lXJ l . rTmVV V kim um. Tb Journal, moreover, b better pre- I tV. M ' N. V T S sffZ. f"yE5j Vf? WNA. S. v X. Cy J :H ALL TURKISH DEFENSES TO BE DESTROYED Allied Council Decides to Wipe Out Fortifications Along. Dar danelles and Bosphorus and Internationalize Both Ports. ' San Remo. rtaly. April 23. (I. X. S.) The supreme council has de , elded to destroy all the Turkish for tifications along the Dardanelles and the Rosphorus and to international ize both of these Important and strategic waterways. It was an nounced today. Both will bo free to the navigation of the world. The Dardanelles and the Bos- phorue can only he blockaded In the i future by the league of Nations. A Dardanelles ' commission has been created to reprulato matters re lating to the straits. AMKRK'AX AMIAKK.Im IS ;ivi;n m:RTY wiomome San lt"un, April i3. (L'. P.) Robert Underwood .lohnxon, the American am baRKudor to Italy, arrived here today to atli'iul the confereiioes of the council of premiers as an unofficial observer. j .lohiiHon attendt-d the mornhiK confer- ; em;e. lie was heartily received by the. pieinierp. j In commentiriK on the allies' decision to allow the sultan to remain in Con stantinople, despite the wishes of Presi dent Wilson. Prime Minister Lloyd Georpe Haid lie would have preferred that the Tutted States accept a mandate over t 'oimta nt Inople. SO K It K A II . H.WS BRITAIN The British government does not con aider that (Sermany has violated the treaty of Versailles, or shown bad faith In its execution. Prime Minister Lloyd Oeorsje said in an interview here today. He Indicated Great Britain does not consider unreasonable the German re quest to 'increase her army from the '40'J.omi allowed by the treaty to double that number. ; Uoyd George's statement came less than 24 hours after Tremler Mlllerand of Franc had declared that Germany had repeatedly violated the treaty and Indicated French opposition to. the Ger man request for a largu army. GERMANY IS Slt'K "Germany Is a sick country." Llojd George said. "She may be compared to a, paralysed man, whose members no loncer 'M obey the. commands of his brain. Consequently, we cannot expect Of her what we would- demand 'of a healthy country." In a statement to the American corre spondents. Lloyd George said be regret ted the United States would not partici pate directly in the final drafting of the Turkish treaty. American cooperation would have aided the allies greatly, he said. The British leader characterised as "absurd" a report that American oil concessions in Turkey would be confis cated. Ho thought the German Ruhr situation would be settled satisfactorily. Lloyd George added. ALLIED COUNCIL IS BESET BY PLEAS OF SIX NATIONS Bj tamillo Clanfarra -San Remo, April 22. (Night.) (U. T.) The Egyptian nationalist delega tion, which arrived here late today, an nounced tonight it would present de mands for complete Independence to the council of premiers. Six delegations of peoples anxious to obtain favorable decisions from the peace conference arrived during the day. Representatives of Galicia said they would ask change of decision granting Poland a 25-year protectorate over part f Galicia. Montenegrins were to ask that -their nation be restored to Inde pendence. . Albanians were to protest that .partition which set up the inde pendent Georgtart nation. The council of premiers this after noon continued discussion of the terri torial classes of the treaty of peace with Turkey defining her European boundar ies and later resumed discussion of Ar- ( Concluded on Pare Tiro, Column Pour) Is Opal Diary Fictitious? at k . k n at j i ourna What ias the truth obout Opal White ly? There seems ample proof that this strange Oregon girl is a natural-born naturalist j Is she as well; a natural-born publi cist? Has she duped the editor of ' America's leading magazine of con - eervatism into publishing a fictitious "diary"? ; j Was this diary, supposedly begun .-. when she: was aj youngster toddling off to her first ;schol lesson, really writ ten when she was In her junior year at Mhe University ojf Oregon? . I Opali Whltely a megalomaniac? JOURNAL MAS INTE8TIOATES T To get af the truth of the circum H stances of the birth, childhood and ; ' young womanhood of Opal Whltely, that the reader may deduce his own Jon- rlusions, Fred Lockley of The Journal I has spent a number of days with rela- tlves, friends and classmates of Miss 1 . Whltely, tn her own familiar haunts in Oregon. He has talked with her grand - tJ mother ; with" her university teachers; Lyons Remarries Two Veeks After He Is Divorced; Court Is Puzzled County prosecutors are wondering ! just when a divorce la effective i when the papers are served on the defendant or when the decree is signed. That may make a differ ence as to the legal status of Wayne David Lyons, who was released from municipal court on bail Thursday and at once Bpeeded to Vancouver for a remarriage with Mrs. Effie Mendenhall. Deputy District Attorney Pich said he had been told of recent high court j decisions' alleged to have set aside the six months' probationary period of sin gle life following divorces. He has not read them and so proposes to go ahead with the prosecution of Lyons, who is charged with passing worthless checks. In the meantime, it is known that Ly ons was divorced only two weeks ago from Alma Ixis Lewis-Lyons, who charged him with cruelty. Deich said he 'had been told Lyons and Mrs. Mendenhall really had been t ! married somewhere a week before the . j divorce. Nobody told him where the j I marriage had taken place, but It was i not at Vancouver.. At any rate, the license Thursday was accomplished and (Concluded on Pie Two. Column Three) YANKS' Washington. April 23. (U. P.) The barracks of the American rail road Inspector at Hailar, Northwest ern Manchuria, were fired on dur ing fighting between Japanese, Czecho-Slovak and Chinese forces recently, according to a cablegram from military intelligence agents in Peking to the war department to day. The message said . the Japanese j did the firing, which was believed accidental. Major General Inouye. Japanese mili tary attache - .here, yesterday denied a newspaper report from Harbin that Americans had been fired On at Hailar. Today's war department dispatches ap parently referred to the same inident. Nothing was said about any Americans being in the barracks during the firing. The war department cable added that Japanese attacked a Czecho-Slovak troop train, killing one officer and wounding one officer and 12 men. Tbc situation was described as extremely critical." Mars Declines All Offers to Lift His Curtain of Mystery Gamer Ranch, Cedar Creek. Neh.. April 23. (I. N. S.) The bashful planet of Mars has again refused to flirt with this earth. This statement was given out here e.arly today by Dr. Frederick H. Milliner and Harvey L. Gamer, two figures in the world of wireless, who have been trying to attract the attention of the war planet since Wednesday night at a lab oratory which has been built by Gamer and Dr. Milliner on Gamer's ranch 25 miles southwest of Omaha. Their efforts to pierce the infinite was made during Wednesday night, and will be continued again from time to time. Crater Lake Will Open on Schedule Medford. April . 23. Superintendent Sparrow has received word from Ranger Brown at: Crater lake that on April 18 there was nine feet of snow at Crater Lake park, the same amount as last year at this time, indicating that the official opening of the tourist season at the lake will not be earlier than usual, July 1. JAPANESE EIRE ON BARRACKS Series Featured with her playmates and her most inti mate friends; he has recorded what they think of Tier ; their impressions of her early life and of her later activities bordering on the sensational, and in a series of articles, the first of which ap pears on The Journal editorial page Saturday, he sets forth lucidly the facts as they have been given to him. There will be another article Sunday, another Monday and daily thereafter until the series is complete. FEATURE ARTICLES PLANNED. The Opal Whitely article will be but one of a number of features incorpo rated in- next ..Sunday's Journal. The magazine, as usual, will include a num ber of well illustrated feature articles, one on science and the milk supply as it applies to Portland being of special interest. , A one-act problem play is another ! feature, and there are" the usual health vnd beauty hints, household hels and ; what-not. j ' The Sunday Journal star sella iu i I cents, the only Sunday newspane- 'u I Portland for that prlc SENATOR REED HUGE FRAUDS IS REPUDIATED ARE SCENTED ; ) N OWN PARTY N SHIPYARDS Turbulent Scenes Mark Missouri Democratic Convention Before Reed Is Rejected as District Delegate to San Francisco. Joplin. Mo.. April 23. (Lr. P.) Senator James A. Reed was further humiliated early today by the Mis-j souri Democratic convention whei it refused to accept him even as a district delegate to the national con vention. Because of Reed's fight on the League of Nations, pro-administration forces refused to let the senior senator go to the San Francisco convention, although the Fifth district had named him as one of its delegates. Opposition to Reed pre- viously had been so strong that his friends had not offered his name as a candidate for delegate at lartre. PRESIDENT INDORSED The indorsement of President Wilson's peace errorts last nignt was considered censuring the fight by Senator Reed against the league In the eenate. Shortly after midnight the conven tion named four delegates at large to the national convention. Their election marked a victory for the wets, as dry candidates were defeated. The 36 Mis souri delegates will go to San Fran cisco uniinstriicted. The rejection of Reed followed an all- night session of the stormiest conven- j tion of Democrats perhaps ever held in this turbulent political state. The en tire night was marked by an uproar and din. of shouting delegates men and women. FOI R WOMEN DELEGATES Governor Frederick D. Gardner. State Supreme Court Jurijje W. W. Graves, Judge J. S. Farrington of the Sprinp- I field court of appeals and Burns A. Jenkins of Kansas City were elected delegates at large, with four women. Mrs. J. W. McKnlght of Kansas City, chairman of the women's Democratic party of Missouri : Mrs. W. B. Harshe, Columbia ; Mrs. Martha Taafe, Carthage, and Mrs. James Shepherd Hach of the delegates at large will have half a vote, the number of au thorized delegates having been doubled in order to give the women voters rep resentation. Announcement of the election of WiJ- (C'onrluded on Page Two, Column Fire. ) 16 CENTS A QUART Milk distributors who deliver to east side homes today served notice on their customers that the price of raw milk would be 16 cents for quarts and 10 cents for pints after May 1. Pasteurized milk remains at 14 cents for quarts and 10 cents for pints. The recent compromise decision of the Portland milk commission fixed the price of milk, not specifying whether raw or pasteurized, at 14 cents. It was explained by the Fernwood dairy, one of those announcing the May price, that no increase whatever was shown in the price, although the ref erence to "raw milk" was made on the printed notices with rubber stamp. It was declared that producers who bottle milk on their farms were not willing to sell at the milk commission's figure, the. Fernwood company acting merely as dis tributor of a product whose price it could not control. Many producer-distributors have been receiving 16 cents for raw milk, regard less of the commission's fixed price, on the theory that customers would be willing to pay the extra amount for a guaranteed product. Certified milk has been selling for 21 cents a quart. Drivers for dairy companies." however, said they understood the general price for raw milk was to be 16 cents. This was denied by the dairy manager. Bond Purchase Quiz Body Takes Recess Salem. April 23. The Marion county grand jury recessed Thursday after noon to meet again Monday morning, when it will resume its investigation into the bond buying policies of State Treasurer Hoff. It is expected that the auditors employed by Governor- Olcott to check over the records of the treas ury department will be ready to sub mit their report 40 the Inquisitorial body at that time. Amundsen Icebound On His Way to Pole Washington, April 23. -(I. N. S,) Rao Id Amundsen, Arctic explorer, who is attempting an expedition to the North Pole, is still icebound along the Colima river in Siberia, according to wireless advices to the navy department. Landlord Sentenced To Jail and Fined No.- York. April 23. J. N. S.) Jacob Glickuuin. a landlord, was sentenced to dtrye 10 days in Jail and pay a fine of ,5.r.O ;oday Tor falling properly to heat - i . apartment . house which he owned. RAW MILK PRICE Duplication of Pay Checks and Questionable Vouchers Cited in Investigation of Department of Justice; Scope is Very Wide. Washington, April 23. (I. N. S.. -Attorney General Falmer an- nounced today investigation of war contracts by the department of jus tice had uncovered Illegal transac tions running into many millions of dollars. Palmer said the huge amounts in volved in these transactions will be saved the government through civil and criminal suits. Many of the cass originated on the Pacific coast and involve ship building firms in the North Pacific district. The frauds, according to attorney general, were perpe trated largely through duplication of pay checks and questionable vouch ers. SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR IN : CITY TO LOOK IP 11KCOUDS Action by the federal grand jury in the investigation of Portland shipyards was presaged today by the arrival from Seattle of Cen L. Moore, special assist- pears as prosecutor in the indictments now pending on Puget Sound against Kmergeney Fleet corporation officials and shipyard operators on charges' of collusion and fraud. Moore spent the morning with United States Attorney Lester W. Humphreys and with the special agents of the de partment of justice who have been working here for more than two weeks. He said Humphreys would have charge of any actions that may arise here, and that he would appear in the role of-special advisor. The greatest secrecy is being main tained in the investigations going on and Moore declined to say whether or not the federal grand jury now in ses sion would be presented with any of the information obtained to date. "While we plan to vigorously prose cute any cases of fraud or criminal ac tion in connection with the shipyard, ac tivities that may he found, we are not saying there is anything wrong in the Oregon district and we do not care to discuss the investigation with relation to any specific cases or individuals at this time," said he. On Monday morning, however. United (Concluded on Pae Two, Column Seres) REPORTED AT OUTS New York, April 23. (I. N. S.) Despite the denial from General Wood that there- had been any split between Frank H. Hitchcock, his field manager, and Colonel William Cooper Proctor, chairman of the Wood campaign committee, the . re port that Hitchcock and Proctor are flatly at odds persisted in political circles " ro today. Colonel Proctor was to leave for Chi cago, where he is scheduled for a con ference with General Wood. This con ference, it is reported, was called ' by General Wood, who wants t6 patch up the differences between his campaign managers. Hitchcock had nothing to say. Col onel Proctor contented himself with the announcement : "1 know nothing at all of Mr. Hitch cock's attitude except what I have seen in the newspapers." DENIES BREAK BETWEEN PROCTOR AND niTCHCOCK Marietta. Ohio. April 23. (I. N. S.) "Anv intimation that a break has oc curred between Colonel W. C. Proctor and Frank Hitchcock, my campaign managers, is unauthenlicated and may he characterized as enemv prooaeanda." WOOD MANAGERS said General Leonard Wood, when ques- j Duncan of Portland and James W. Dun tlT,ed about a rumored difference be-1 can of Regina, Saskatchewan. Funeral tween his two organization leaders. "Nothing in it at all," continued Wood. : "To my certain knowledge. Colonel ' Proctor and Hitchcock are united - in promoting my candidacy." j General Wood's speech here late yes terday concerned itself principally with J an answer challenging advertisements issued by local Harding supporters in 1 which they emphasize Wood's tendency! toward militarism Vood denied im- plication cast on him by the advertise- ments. and ; referred to his past writings , sponsored an army of 225,000 men. He added that he wanted the rest of the younff men of the nation to at least be able to shoot straight. Daughters of 76 Place Flowers on Washington's Grave Washington. April 23. (U. P.) The Daughters of the American Revolution, in convention here, journeyed to Mount Vernon today &nd laid wreaths on the tomb of . George Washington. Mrs. George M. .Minor of Connecticut has been elected president general of the D. A. R-, succeeding Mrs. Georve T. Guernsey.. . ' Meat Barons Hit In U. S. Charges Of Profiteering Guilty Face 5 Fine New York, April 23. (1. N. S.) Heads of the Brooklyn branches of Armour & Co., Swift & Co. and Wil son & Co., packers, were today in dicted by the federal grand Jury in Brooklyn on charges of profiteering in . the sale of meat. The Indictment against the head of the Armour company branch contained three counts, the one against the head of the Swift A Co. plant four counts and one indictment against the head of the Wilson & Co. branch. If the men are guilty thevjare a fine of J5000 on each count. Thyjrldictments Were returned Under the L?c act. L E OF Ontario, Or., April 23. Post 67 of the American Legion here does not take kindly to the attack being launched against the candidacy of United States Senator George E. Chamberlain by Frank S. Myers, Harvey Starkweather, Gilbert Ha maker of Portland and Will It. King and others. Resolutions to that ef fect were adopted by the unanimous vote of the legion at a meeting held on the evening of April 19, and coPics of tnem werp ordered sent to the press and to Senator Cham berlain. The text of the resolution follows : ATTACK IS RESENTEP "Whereas, there appears to be an ef fort on the part of certain persons and interests in the state of Oregon to cause the defeat of Senator George E. Cham berlain of Oregon, on account of the stand he took during the war in behalf of the enlisted and drafted soldiers, and to make It aprear that because of an apparent criticism of the war depart-1! enent for inefficiency during the early dAys of the w;ir Senator Chamberlain was not loyal to the administration or party of which he was member, frr which reason he should be discip lined by anfeat at the coming primaries and election ; COMMENDATION DESERVED "And whefefjs, it appears to the mem bers of the local post of the American Legion, regardless of party affiliation, hat Senator Chamberlain worked for the best interests of the rank and file of the soldiers during the war with Germany, and deserves commendation tit the highest character rather thin re buke for such efforts from the mem bers of the American Legion and their friends and relatives, and others who had the best interests of the great United States army at heart ; therefore, "Be it resolved, that we hereby pro claim our sincere thankfulness to Sen ator George E. Chamberlain for his work and efforts, both inside and out of congress, on behalf of the soldiers nt the Cntted Stales army and for his construct iv criticism of the war de partment', offered at a time when fie entire world was shaken by the mighty blows of the German, which resulted in cuttinc; of official red tape a.id a marked snd revolutionary increase in eiriciency oi me united states army and cf thr morals' of the mcr com posing the same ; POLITICAL MOTITF.S SCORED "And be it further resolved, that we condemn al! efforts of any individual or party of individuals to make political capital out of the patriotic efforts of Senator Chamberlain during the war in behalf of the American soldier ; and, "Be it further resolved, that a copy of these resolutions e sent to feenator George E. Chamberlain, and another copy or copies furnished to the press of the slate of Oregon." Newberg Business Man Passes Away Newberg. April 23. Thomas B. Dun can, for more than 20 years a business man of Newberg and a resident here since 1877. died early this morning. He was 62 years old. He is survived by his j wire anu six eniiaren, Mrs. ftiary Honey-j i well, Mrs. Mabel Winters. Xavier and j I Krnest Duncan of Newberg, Thomas B. 1 services will be held Sunday afternoon in Newberg. Local Yards Are 45 Per Cent of Normal Wjth severa, new crews of 8w)tchmen added in the loca, terminal ds Thuredav. about 45 per cent of the norma, number of 8witchmen are em ployed in the local yards. The only em bargo still remaining in the Northwest is on the S.. P. & S.. where a partial ban is keeping full carload shipments of freight from being accepted. Officials of the S.. P. & S. announce that as soon as the local terminal yards are cleared, this embargo will also be lifted. McNary Bill Will Hit Shoe Profiteers Washington. April 23. V. P.) Curb ing of shoe profiteers ' Is to be sought through a bill to be introduced lii the senate tomorrow by Senator McNary, Oregon, he said today. McNary's 'bill will provide that manufacturers of shoes shall stamp on the soles the price for which. shoes, are sold to retailers. EG ON N DEFENS CHAMBERLAN UGMTWO BITS LOOMS Record Price Is Set When Prod uct Jumps Up to $20.50 Per Hundred Pounds at Refineries; Jockeying Laid to Companies. In the face of government inves tigations, sugar refining interests have advanced their quotation to a new high record of $20.50 per hun dred pounds at refinery points. The extent of the advance may be ap preciated when it is shown that wholesalers are actually selling sugar here to retailers today at $18.40 per hundred pounds. The new quotation listed by the refiners means that retailers must pay $22 or possibly $22.50 per hundred pounds, the exact figures not yet being de termined. It will be perhaps 10 days or more be fore this sugar is received in Portland. Then retailers say they will be com pelled to charge at least 25 cents a pound in order to break even. This record advance, which is also a record price for sugar, has been made by the California & Hawaiian Sugar Refining company, which controls a large percentage of th sugar Industry of the islands. For some time the trade here has charged the two big refiners with "jockeying" the price. At one time the California & Hawaiian would name the price ; the next It would be named by the Western Sugar Refining company, a supposed competitor. Portland representatives of the Cali fornia & Hawaiian Sugar Refining com pany a few days ago made a statement that refiners were not fixing the price of sugar, but that it was made by the States Attorney Humphreys said the United States government has no control over the situation. Thin Is borne out by the fact that the United Stales attorney general has called., a conference of sugar refining company heads to help arrive at some means of combating high prices. PALMER HEARS CANDY MEN ARE HOARDING RAW SUGAR Washington. April 23. (I. N. S.) Sugar consumers have been given an other gleam of hope today. Attorney General Palmer, informed that candy and soft drink manufac turers, through a "corner" of fhe bulk of raw sugar, are responsible for im pending sugar shortages and ascending prices, is making plans for a survey of warehouse stocks. Palmer will follow a personal inter view with sugar refiners on Monday with a searching inquiry, designed to reveal where tlie stocks of sugar known to be in the country are being hidden. Department of justice agents have wired reports from various centers, in dicating possibly a concerted plan to hold back sugar supplies to get higher profits. Washington. April 23. (I. N. S.) The senate this afternoon passed the Fuller-McCumber civil war pen sion bill, providing for a pension for all veterans of the Civil war. The bill provides for a flat $.r0 a month pension for all veterans who served, ir respective of the length of service, and increases the pensions of widows of the Civil war from $25 to $30. The estimated increased cost for the first year is placed at $65,000,000. Council to Discuss Car Riders' Relief Plan on Monday Relief of car riders .by submitting three measures to the people at the com ing election which will care for the re moval of fixed charges, cost of new pav ing and maintenance and reconstruc tion of paving, will mean an additional tax levy of 2.6 mills for two years, ac cording to figures tentatively agreed upon this morning by the special coun cil committee. $ ' The first measure, which provides for relief from bridge tolls, cost of free rides, license fees and franchise taxes, will mean a tax levy of five-tenths of a mill. i Relief to car riders of the cost of nejw paving will be met with an addition levy of slx-tentiis of a mil). The third measure relieving the cost of maintenance and reconstruction of paving will be provided for by a tax levy of one and one half mills for two years. . Deputy City Attorney Tomlinson eir pects to have the charter amendment in final form on Monday, at which time the entire council will discuss the plan. Imbler Hero's Body Nears Home Shores ' Lat Grande, April 23. The body of Harry K. Larson, . Imbler boy killed while in service in France, will arrive in this country about Monday, and will be laid to rest In the National cemetery at Arlington, V. ' . . , i FOR PATRONS LARGER PENSIONS GRANTED VETERANS IN MEXICO! AS SPRING comes on everything warms up in America's neighboring republic afjiiin. Here are the leading figures, in the latest excitement President V. Car ranza whom rebels trifd to assassinate -but failed to get away with ; General Benjiman Hill, manager of Obregon's campaign for the presidency, who has fled from the capital, and at the bottom General Obregon Hmself, who de ft dares he is head of "Sonora republic." .;?K :.x:-.--:.-.i'.-:- i.-w-sy-'sw-,-! Pier Is Chosen Head Of Park Association Bellingham. Wash.. April 23. fl. N. S.) S. C. Pier 'of Portland was elected president of; the International Associa tion of Park: Commissioners of the Pa cific Coast here todny. Portland wan chosen as the nxt convention city. Assembly Repeals the! i0!1!!1 Law Albany. N.i Y.. April 23. ( I. N. S.) the - i 1 - AX 'ifS, . vf IfcjS J) Sky' yM i The 'assembly today passed the Fowler The smelt are late this year and the bill repealing the daylight saving law j fish commission had practically given by a vcte of ,78, to 58. up hopes of seeing the run this season. Fund Is Opened for Memorial Tablet to Mary Frances Isom Mary Kr'ances Isom gave her life to the people.; She spent rare tal ents without reserve in building the Portland library to a great educa tional center. : She went to war as truly as any soldier, giving her en ergy and ability and her health to library worjk among Uncle Sam's soldiers in France., She died In pub lie 'service. ! Her memory should be honored. The Journal a few evening ago suggested a memorial - tablet. L. B. Smith, well known Portiander, is first to approve the suggestion,; His approval came in the form of a check for $25. The "Jour nal . will : act en his suggestion v that V Uurough the ag,ncy of this paper others AMERICANS IN MEXICO CALL ' FOR WARSHIPS Representatives at Three Ports Ask State Department for Im mediate Protection of Craft; Flames of Revolt Spreading." Los Angeles, April S3. U. S. de stroyers Salem and McCawley will leave Ka.n Diego liarbnt at 1 o'clock this afternoon, bound for Mazatlan. Washington. April 23. (I. N. R) The state department this after noon requested the navy 'department to send two light draft gunboat to Mazatlan and Topolobampo on the west coast of Mexico. .... No action has been taken on th - request for sending of a warship to i Frontera on the eastern coast of Mexico. No untoward incident has occurred, it la understood, but reports have been received that a big battle between ths federal troops and the revolut lonists la: Impending at Moral Ian. Revolutionists are in control of Topolobampo- Americans in the vicinity of MaKatJan and Topolobampo live in the mine re-' glons back of these portH. but they havs come down to the port towns since th upriplng In Sonora In large numbers. It is understood that the light draft gunboats wlJl be ordered to sail imme diately from San Diego. Because of -the shallow waters about these porta, it j Is Impossible to send heavy draft ves sels. The Atlantic fleet is at Guantanamo bay In readiness should It be necessary to send warships to the Atlantic coast of Mexico. The warships Tacoma, and Niagara, from which marines were re cently landed, at Guatemala, are also In easy calling distance of the Atlantic coast of Mexico. Secretary of State Colby was ques tioned tliis- afternoon as to whether the United States had prepared any diplo matic program -4 ri -connection with the (Concluded on Pa Two. Column One) Chicago. April 23. ft. N. fi. I Fifteen thousand striking "outlaw" I switchmen, called to a huge peace j meeting' today by John Grunau, their I president, smashed the hopes of their 1 leaders that they amicably end the walkout, wtien, shouting a fierce re ; fusa.1 to return to work, they rose and unanimously voted to adjourn. ST. LOUIS STRIKERS INKIK ULTIMATUM TO RAILROADS St. I.011I8. Mo, April 23. (U. P.) -Fifteen hundred striking switchmen, meeting here today, voted to increase their demands $1 a day for e(jch week railroad officials continue to ignore de mands of the "outlaw" strikers, their leaders announced. The switchmen voted to flatly refuse to go back to work. Smelt, Though Late, Will Crowd Sandy, Say Game Wardens Smelt will probably be crowding Into the Sandy river by the millions before Sunday, according to a report made at the headquarters of the stnle fish and game commission this morning byKd Clsrk and Joe Craig, deruty game war dens. . Clark arjd Craig, who Iim" been working on the rivers for teveral nights looking for illegal net fishermen. Thurs- tap great schools of xmrlt, accoin ied by a flock of sea mill, running the Columbia sa few miles below the mouth of the Sandy river. who honor Mtet. Isoro's memory be given opportunity to subscribe. Contri butions to tlie Mary Frances Isom mem orial fund will he received by The Jour nal and wilt be turned over to the library' board to he fcpent under Its and The Journal's direction In erecting a Mary Frances Isem memorial in the Central library.. Io his letter to The Journal Mr. Smith says : "Your editorial suggestion that . a memorial tablet be erected in the library i in honor of Mary Frances Isom is one that every loya! cltisen of this city should warmly approve and Join In carrying Into effect at the earliest, pos sible date, j T "Your tribute to this -noble" woman, - iOe Deluded m Fas Tc Ootaaw Six) A DEFIED BY OUTLAW WORKERS J i