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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."
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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!
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Albany. N.i Y.. April 23. ( I. N. S.)
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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
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