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PORTLAND, OREGON. WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 28, 1920. TWENTY PAGES
WOODVICTORY
IN N. JERSEY IS
CLOSE SHAVE
Johnson's Lead in City Primaries
Is Wiped Out by Returns of
Rural Precincts; Democrats to
Support Edwards for President
New York, April 28. (U. P.)
Johnson headquarter here Issued a
statement shortly before 5 p, m., de
claring that with but 20 of the 2005
.election district to liear from Sena
tor Hiram Johnson was leading Ma
jor General Leonard Wood In the
New Jersey primary by Ovotcs. '
New York, April 28. (tf:t P)
Major General Leonard "Wood's
Eastern headquarters today claimed
2 of New Jersey's 28 delegates on
the basla of Incomplete returns.
New Tork. April 28. (U. P.)
Major Cenerii.. Leonard Wood was
leading Senator Hiram Johnson in
the New Jersey presidential prefer
ence primary by 553 votes with 166
precincts missing, according to fig
ures compiled by Republican head
quarters here late today.
These' figures showed the following
vote ;
Wood, 49,770.
Johnson. 49,237.
At Wood headquarters they conceded
three districts With six district delegates
to' Johnson, Wood claimed all four of the
delegates at large.
HARDING AND WOOD RUNNING
4DLOSE RACE IN OHIO PRIMARY
Columbus. Ohio. April 28. (U. P.)
Senator Warren O. Harding and Gen
eral' Leonard Wood were running a neck
(Concluded on Two, Column Two)
BY REBEL
Washington, April 28. (U." P.)
Mexican rebel forces Monday cap
tured the town' of Alvarado oh the
gulf coast, south of Vera Cruz, of
ficial -dispatches to the government
said today.
San Antonio, Texas. April 28. (U. P.)
Fighting between Carranslstas and
rebelB has broken out in Tamplco, Mex
ico, according to advices received here
today. Troops from the federal garrison
t Vera Crus were ordered rushed by
boat to Tampico to aid of General Fran
cisco Murgula, Carranza commander in
the oil district, reports here said. Mur
gula was reported hard pressed by the
revolutionists commanded by Generals
Armilfo Gomes and Manuel Pelaez.
OBREGON CAPTURES CUAUTLA;
CARRANZA GUARD IN REVOLT
San Antonio, Texas. April 28. (U. P.)
Rebels under the personal command of
General Obregon have captured Cuautla,
one of the largest cities In the state of
Morelos, according to advices here to
day, .The federal battalions supremos po
deres, Carranza's own guards, number
1000, under command of General Fran
cisco Urquizo, revolted while en route
to defend Cuautla, reports here said. The
federals had advanced as far as Cuerna
vaca and are now occupying that place,
the report added.
Clyde Jenkins Freed
Of Liquor Charge by
Federal Judge Bean
A directed verdict for acquittal on one
of the three counts and a Jury verdict
of not guilty on the remaining counts
freed Clyde Jenkjns from United States
district court penalties this morning, be
cause Federal Judge Bean, In a de
cision Tuesday afternoon, held that . a
man once tried In a state court cannot
be prosecuted for tbe same offense in
a federal court.
Jenkins had previously been acquitted
after a hearing before District Judge
Hawkins on a charge of having liquor
In bis possession at 91 Tenth street. He
was promptly indicted by the federal
grand jury; and the trial and acquittal
were the result
Judge Bean's decision Is held to be
highly Important to liquor law viola
tions, and means thai a violator who es
capes the municipal or state courts
canrfot be held to federal Jurisdiction.
Seattle Policemen
Fired for Grafting
Seattle. Wash., April 28. (U. P.)
First fruits of the mayor's probe of po
lice graft was the dismissal of Motor
cycle Officers R. B. Brightman and S.
E. Jennings. They are accused of ac
cepting $5 Tor tearing up a traffic vio
lation slip. ,,
ALVARADO TAKEN
CarService to Mtr
: Calvary to Resume
L Daily car service to Mount Calvary
lemetery will be resumed within the
viiext 10 days or two weeks, according to
-Commissioner Mann, in' charge of the
Peureau of public utilities. -
v , V v s -t 1 J t &
Memorial Fund
For Miss Isom
Should Appeal
To All Citizens
"Were you a friend of Mary Fran
ces Isom ?
, Did you value her great work for
Portland r
Then you will want your name in
the list of contributors to the Isom
memorial fund.
You will want to know that you helped
place ,the memorial tablet honoring the
late librarian of Portland in the great
library building which was in large part
a monument to her work and genius.
Send your contribution to The Journal.
Make your checks payable to the Mary
Frances Isom Memorial Fund. The
money will be turned over to the library
board when the fund is" complete and
will be spent under the direction of the
board for the memorial tablet.
The first contributor was L. B. Smith,
Portland business man. He Bent his
check for $25 and suggested that the me
morial fund be created. Others have
since contributed. No one shall give
more than $25. Pennies and dimes will
be valued as well as dollars. It isn't
the amount. It is the spirit of honor for
the service rendered Portland and her
country by Mary Frances Isom that
counts.
The Isom Memorial fund is waiting
for your contribuation to it. Send it,
care of The Journal, now.
AND SHIP DELAYED
Refusing to handle grain placed in
ship's slings by non-union grain
handlers, the entire crew of union
longshoremen employed to store
2500 tons of grain aboard the Isth
mian line steamer Steelmaker at Co
lumbia dock NjJ. 1, left their work
after adjusting the rigging on the
ship this morning.
The Steelmaker Is the first ship oper
ating in regular service of the Isthmian
line, between Portland and the United
Kingdom, to enter this port and docked
Just beloW the Broadway bridge at Co
lumbla No. 1 this morning.
MARCH INCIDENT REPEATED
Th walkout places the Waterfront
Employes' union in exactly the same po
sition as an identical refusal of the long
shoremen placed it while the steamer
Eel beck was loading grain at Montgom
ery dock No. 2 In March. Union long
shoremen were replaced by non-union
workers in' that instance and the ship
was loaded without trouble.
Refusal of the longshoremen to load
pralrt which, is placed aboard the vessel
by non-union grainhandlers who are em
ployed on the dock, assumes a more
serious aspect in regard to the Steel
maker, according to N. K. Titus, mem
ber of the Mann-Titus company, local
agents for the Isthmian line.
"We had Intended to load extra slse
lumber aboard the Steelmaker after the
grain had been loaded, but this cannot
be done without experienced men and if
the Waterfront Employers' union can
not gain a satisfactory settlement, the
vessel will have to sail to some other
port to load," said Titus.
LONGSHOREMEN FIRM
"The longshoremen will not go back
to work unless union grainhandlers are
employed on the dock," was the posi
tive declaration of J, W. Murphy, secre
tary of the longshoremen's union, this
morning. Officials of the Waterfront
Employers' union were not prepared to
make a statement
The grainhandlers at Columbia dock
No. 1 were employed during the winter
in response to a call by the mayor to
provide work for ex-service men. Port
land shippers declare that there is a
shortage of 800 longshoremen in the
local district owing to the sudden
growth of business in the local harbor
and that 200 longshoremen are trying
to handle the work of 1000 men, with a
resultant delay to all ships.
Ben Hur Lampman
And James Cassell
Have Narrow Escape
Lifting the anchor and pulling against
the current at the same time nearly cost
the . lives . of Ben - Hur Lampman and
James Cassell, Portland newspaper men,
in the rapids above Jennings Lodge
Tuesday. The men were fishing for
salmon. They, got no salmon, but de
clared today that they were lucky even
to be alive.
. They had anchored In the rapids JuBt
above a treacherous eddy. Having no
luck, they undertook to pull up and go
elsewhere. The current swept the boat
into the eddy, which caused a speedy
upset. Lampman and Cassell managed
to cling to the gunwale and got the
era It out of the eddy. They then swam
to shore, supported by the overturned
boat.
Mrs. Lampman was standing on the
bank, watching the fishermen.
Half-Billion Feet of
Timber in Klamath
. County Purchased
.- Klamath Falls, April 28. The last of
the' holdings of the Booth-Kelly Lumber
oompany of Eugene lying in Klamath
county have been purchased- by the
Algoma Lumber company, which operates-
a large mill a few ; miles from
Klamath Falls.
' The tract approximates 500,000,000 feet
of standing timber and Is considered one
of the finest pine timber areas' In this
county. An extension from the Stxa
horn railroad 15 or 20 miles In. length
will be built to tap the tract. Forty
uousana .acres is inciuaea in the .Bale,
WORKERS WALK OUT
JAPAN WARNS
ARMED
RUSS
TO WITHDRAW
Tokio Ultimatum Demands That
All Russian Warships, Muni
tions and Barracks in Siberia
Be Released to Japanese Force.
Washington, April 28. (I. N. S.)
Under eseor of the warships Mi
lt asa and Mishima, a contingent of
Japanese troops was landed at Alex
androfslti, in Siberia, on April 22,
and have taken over the district, ac
cording to advices received by the
state department from the Japanese
foreign office today.
By Henry W. Kinney
Tokio. April 23. (Delayed.) (U.
P.) Drastic regulations compelling
all armed Russians in Siberian ter
ritory occupied by Japanese troops
to withdraw from' those areas have
been; submitted to the Russian pro
visional government, according to the
war office communique issued today.
Al! Russian warships, arms, munitions
and barracks must be temporarily
turned over to the Japanese troops, the
ultimatum said- Communications must
be promptly restored.
The troop withdrawal order allows
only a small number of Prussian police
to remain within 30 kilometers of all
places where Japanese troops are sta
tioned, the communique said.
The demand also includes withdrawal
of armed Russians from certain strategic
points on the Trans-Siberian railroad.
JAPAN IS CHARGED WITH
DESIGNS AGAINST SIBERIA
By Herman Bernstein
San Remo. April 28. Vladimir Zlnzi-
noff, the noted Russian social revolu
tionist, : who is ltere representing Si
beria, charged today that Japan is now
carrying out the policy in Siberia for
which she has prepared for 15 years.
namely, absolute military occupation of
Vladivostok, Habarovsk and Mko.lsk.
In her preparations for this policy,
Japan stopped at nothing, resorting to
political intrigues, bribery and violence,
he says.
"During the last two years, saw
Zlnnlnoff, "Japan strove hard to weak
en any Russian government In Siberia.
She has been throughout guided by the
principle of 'divde et imperia' (divide
and rule).
"Japan is still the ally of England,
France and Italy. She cannot do any
thing without their consent. Yet the
military occupation of Siberia took
place, and was marked by character
istlc brutality.
"While the supreme council is making
its peace adjustments here, the news
from Siberia reveals that the military
occupation of Siberia by Japan is equiv
alent to war upon a democratically con
stituted government.
M. Zinsinoff, who was a member of
the democratic government overthrown
with the aid of the British General
Knox, who made General Kolchak dic
tator, further Baid to me :
"Officially, Japan declares her ag
gressive actions were taken in a strug
gle with the Bolsheviki, but the cities
which her troops have occupied had no
soviet governments.
"Bolshevism is used by Japan aa an
excuse only."
RUSSIAN LINE IS
: .
London, April 28. (I. N. S.)
Polish troops operating on a wide
front have driven deep into the Rus
sian lines between Volhynia and Po
dolia, capturing Jitomlr and taking
considerable booty,' according to a
news agency dispatch from Warsaw
todayv
Business Men Will
Sponsor Ballot Box
Contest With Labor
Atlantic City. N. J.. April 28. (U. P.)
'A ballot box contest with organized
labor at the coming congressional elec
tions was proposed here today to 3000
business men from all sections of the
country attending the annual conven
tion of the Chamber of Commerce of
the United States.
George A. Post of New Tork appealed
to the chamber to plunge into the No
vember elections in defense of the sen
ators and congressmen who voted for
passage of the Each-Cummins trans
portation law.
Post. .chairman of the chamber's trans
portation committee, warned the con
vention that organized labor Is working
to retire to private life all members of
congress who voted for the Esch-Cum-mlns
act.
LombardChildren
Reported Missing
Cecil and Marie Lombard, 12 and 10,
ran away from their home at 820 Sec
ond street, -about 2 o'clock Tuesday and
had not returned this morning, so the
mother asked the- police to hunt for
them. The children - are said to' have
runaway before, Cecil. was dressed in
a." brown , coat and blue trousers, while
Marie was wearing a pink coat when
last eeenf , . --.v-i.- "t V,Y'
BROKEN BY POLES
PORTLAND WOMAN
"TOTES" TWO GUNS
FOR RUSS' BANDITS
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Joseph P. Babcock, wife of the
head of the Standard Oil com
pany at Foo Chow, China, form
erly a Portland girl, who ar
rived on the Pacific Mail steam
ship Ecuador, accompanied by
her husband, : a' delegate to- the -foreign
trade! convention, has
discovered an "easy" way to es
cape from the clutches of Rus
sian or other bandits, she said.
According to Mrs. Babcock, It
Is only necessary to carry two
plstols-one in each hand and
when a bad man makes an atJ
FRANCE IS SAFE,
SAYS MILLERAND
Paris. April 28. (U. P.) "All
France's interests have been safe
guarded," Premier MUlerand told
the chamber of deputies today in
reporting on the work of the peace
conference at San Hemo.
All the allied decisions "conform to
the engagements made during the war
and since the war," Millerand said.
Frankfort and Darmstadt will be
evacuated as soon as German units are
withdrawn from the Ruhr and replaced
by police, Millerand continued.
Regarding the inviting of Chancellor
Mueller of Germany to. the inter-allied
conference at Spa, the premier said re
visions of the treaty of Versailles would
not be discussed. 1
"The Turks will be allowed to remain
in Constantinople," Millerand said.
"Rights of minorities, however, will be
respected.
" "We STppealed to President Wilson to
haxe the United States accept a man
date over Armenia. England received
the mandate over Palestine."
Jay
Is Nominated
Salvador Minister;
Was Consul at Rome
Washington, April 28. (I. N. S.)
President Wilson today nominated Peter
Augustus Jay of Rhode Island, now
counsellor of the embassy at Rome, to
be minister to Salvador, and Robert W.
Heimgartner, Canton, , Ohio, to be con
sul, class six..
The nomination of former Senator
Theodore E. Burton to be a member of
the United States tariff commission was
withdrawn at Burton's request.
Gigantic Merger in
Steel Is in Prospect
New Tork. April 28. (U. P.) A giant
steel merger, involving the Bethlehem,
Lackawanna. Midvale and other Inde
pendent steel companies, with a total
combined working capital . of close to
$200,000,000, was reported today by the
Dow Jones financial news agency to be
under consideration.
Chicago Bread at
18 Cents a Loaf
Chicago, April 28(L N. S.) Bread in
Chicago will go to 18 cents a loaf within
the next month, as the result of a wage
Increase .granted bakers, it " was an
nounced . today. - .
tack, one need only to tap him
on the head. She said:
"Three years ago when we
lived in Harbin the place was
filled with reds and other ban
dits. I carried two pistols and
it was dangerous to go out
alcute. One day a bandit tried
to pl? ni-itrom a vehicle aird
I tapped him real hard. He fell
over and that was all there wa
to it, but I never drove out alone
after that."
Before returning to the Ori
ent Mrs. Babcock will visit her
mother, Mrs. S. E. Noble In
East . Portland.
GOVERNMENT ASKS
STEEL REHEARING
Washington, April 28. (U. P.)
The government today asked the su
preme court for a rehearing of the
anti-trust case against the United
States Steel corporation, recently de
cided adversely to the government.
The request for the reopening of the
case was made by Solicitor General
King, representing the Justice depart
ment, shortly after the court convened
at noon.
The action will reopen the long fight
the federal government has made to dis
solve the Steel corporation and have it
declared a combination in restraint of
trade. The court absolved the corpora
tion from the charges of illegal combina
tion made by the government by a 4 to 8
vote.
Three-Ton Loads to
Be Barred on Bridge
Till Repaips Made
By order of the county commissioners
today, a recommendation of C. B. . Mc
Cullough, highway commission bridge
engineer, motor trucks , weighing more
than three tons are to be barred . from
the Morrison street bridge until the new
plank flooring is completed. Loads
drawn by more than two horses are
barred also. City ordinances regulating
general traffic are to be rigidly en
forced.
The commission asked the highway
commission to make a foamal report for
the Hawthorne bridge, especially the ap
proaches. Ttie highway body was also
asked to superintend the pending repairs
on the Morrison bridge.
Price of All Parisian
Newspapers Goes Up
Paris, April 28. The shortage of print
paper and the high cost of labor has
forced a general increase in the price
of Paris newspaper. All dailies now
charging two cents a copy -will be IB
creased to three cents beginning May
1, it was announced .today, while those
papers now charging three cent will
be raised to four.
Naval Bill Passed
By U. S. Senate
Washington, April kU. P.)
The navy - appropriation bill ras
passed by the senate today with ma
terial Increases over the house fig"
wea o $323,000,00. ' r
MARINE BILL IS
REPORTED
AS FAVORABLE
Jones Measure Provides for Gov
eminent Control of Merchant
Ships Operated Either Privately
or by U. S. Shipping Borad.
By J. Bart Campbell
Washington, April 28. (I. N. S.)
An American merchant marine
operated under a reorganized ship
ping board Is provided in a bill re
ported favorably to the. senate this
afternoon by Senator Jones, Repub
lican, of Washington, chairman of
the senate commerce committee.
The bill specifies that the board es
tablish steamship lines and trade routes
to the world markets, to promote and
develop American foreign commerce
"under private ownership or through
private enterprise, if possible, and
through government operation, if nec
essary," TO SHOW PREFERENCE
"Preference In the establishment of
such routes through sale of ships must
be given to citisens who are supported
by communities primarily interested in
these routes or by those who are already
maintaining a service in the general
direction of the port to be served with
the new route," it Is stated In the re
port accompanying the bill
This report is signed by Chairman
Jones and Senators McNary, Oregon ;
Fernald, Maine ; Calder, New York, and
Colt, Rhode Island, Republicans, and
Fletcher, Florida ; Chamberlain, Ore
gon ; Ransdell, Louisiana, and Sim
mons, North Carolina, Democrats.
BOARD PLAX STATED
Provision is made in the bill for the
reorganisation of the United States
shipping board with a membership of
seven,- two from Pacific states, two
from Atlantic states, one from a Gulf
state, one from a Great Lakes state and
one from an interior state, no two to be
appointed from the same state.
It is stipulated that American coast
wise shipping must be 100 per cent
American owned, and corporations and
associations engaged in foreign com
merce from American porta must b 75
Jper..jMn AmericaA'Jowpfd,. v.;
WUUllt I'VDJ'HUli BALE
While the board is permitted and au
thorised to dispose of vessels built, op
erated or taken , over by the United
States during the world war. It la re
quired to how good cause why they
should be sold, especially to aliens or
foreign interests.
The provisions of the house shipping
bill, which authorized and directed the
board to sell the ships of the United
States as soon as practicable, are modi
fled In the senate measure so as "to
make it clear that our ships are to be
sold, keeping, however, in mind, the ob
pects and purposes of the act and with
out any unnecessary sacrifice in price."
TREASURY INQUIRY
Salem, April 28. With the princi
pal figures in the state treasury in
vestigation summoned to appear be
fore the Marion county grand jury
today and Thursday, it is believed
here that the inquisitorial body is
summing up the testimony prepara
tory to concluding its labors.
Among those who have been called to
testify today are Alfred C. Reece, Port
land newspaper man, whose stories,
questioning the bond buying policies of
State Treasurer Hoff, led up to the of
ficial investigation now under way ;
John L. Etheridge, president of Morris
Bros., to whom the state treasurer is
alleged to have shown partiality in the
purchase of bonds with state funds ;
State Treasurer O. P. Hoff, and Joseph
G. Richardson, deputy treasurer, whose
conduct of the treasury department Is
under question. All four testified be
fore the grand jury earlier in the in
vestigation, and the fact that they have
been recalled at this time is taken as
an Indication of the near approach of
the end of the inquiry.
F. A. Elliott, state forester : Roy A.
Johnson, Oregon manager for Carston
& Earles, bond brokers, and C. K.
Knickerbocker, a bookkeeper In the
treasury department, have been sum
moned to testify before the jury today
and Thursday.
Royal Rosarians to
Provide Park Music
Despite a lower bid submitted by
Percy A. Campbell for furnishing band
concerts In city parka during the com.
Ing season, the city council, on recom
mendation of Commissioner Pier, this
morning awarded the contract to J. B
Ettinger, conductor of the Royal Ro-
sarian band. Deputy City Attorney H.
M. Tomlinson, in an i opinion read be
fore the council, stated that the service
rendered was of such a nature that the
council could award the contract to any
party it saw fit, notwithstanding bids.
Clark Is Given Four-
Tear Term in Prison
Eugene. April 28. XV. P.) Martin A.
Clark, convicted of murdering Charles
Taylor on July 25, 1919, was sentenced
by Judge G. F. Skip worth in the circuit
court this morning to serve four years
In- the state penitentiary. Under the
existing laws, granting time for good
behavior, Clark may be released at the
NEARLY
FINISHED
end of eight months. ;
Measure to Limit
Size of Papers Is
Advised to Meet
Newsprint Needs
Washington, April 28. Limitation
of the size of newspapers admitted
at second class mail rates was men
tioned as a possible means of fmeet
ing the print paper shortage, by Sen
ator Reed, Missouri, Democrat, who
today opened" hearings on the short
age. Reed explained that he was
not committing either himself or the
committee on the plan and that he
only 'sought views of the publishers
on the suggestion. Newspaper, pub
lishers testifying before the sub
committee of the commerce commit
tee declare there is a world wide
shortage of print paper. '
COKSTJMPTION IS GAnUXGi
Samuel M. Williams of the New Tork
World said his paper owns its own mills
and has plenty of paper. Consumption
of newsprint generally has increased
faster than production, Williams said.
"Do you agree that the situation Is
very critical and that we are likely to
see the educational value of smaller
papers removed because of it, or are we
only Imagining?" asked senator waisn,
Massachusetts. Democrat.
"Should we let-these papers go under
or should the publishers and the public
do something to relieve it?"
Williams replied that most publish
ers carry only a few days' supply and
that the railroad strikes have held up
the supply.
SHORTAGE IS REAL
. "Is there a real shortage of paper or
is it Just a transportation problem V
Reed asked.
"There is a real shortage," Williams
.reolied.
"It did not begin to be felt until last
summer," said .Frank P. Glass, Blrmlng
ham. Ala., until a few days ago presl
dent of the American Newspaper Pub
lishers' association.
Possibility of. the government giving
any aid toward the relief of the sltua
tton "is doubtful If at all possible at
this time," said Glass.
"Do you think the government ever
could have aided the situation," Senator
Reed, Democrat, of Missouri, chairman
of the committee, asaea.
LARGE PROFITS DENIED
"I told the senate postofflce commit
tee last December the' only ald would
be at result of the government taking
evaf the jirint paper.supply," Glass con-
Unued.
"Io you think the price of paper now
is excessive T' Reed asked.
"I do think paper 1 being sold on the
market on which large profits are being
made," Glass continued.
Glass said the actual shortage In
paper did not come until six months
ago. i .
"Prices increased but there was no
general shortage before that time, Glass
said.
LABOR COST FACTOR
"Increased cost of labor caused the in
crease in price along with other causes.
There were larger profits made than
necessary for a time. Before 1918 the
manufacturers made but little profit,
however." .
"What do you think of limiting the
size of papers?" Reed asked.
"I do not think it practical or possi
ble," Glass replied.
"Advertising: has Increased because of
the excess profits taxes, has It not?"
Senator McNary, Republican, of Oregon,
asked.
"Not as a general rule. It might have
in a few cases," Class said.
Rome, April 28. (I.- N. S.)- The
British, French and Italian premiers
at San Remo, decided upon a gen
eral resumption of relations with so
viet Russia, according to the Trl
buna today.
By Freak E. Maioa
Berlin, April 28. (I. N. S.) The new
allied note, formulated by the supreme
council at Sap Remo and charging the
German government with bad faith in
Its execution of the treaty of Versailles,
was the chief concern in governmental
circles today.
In upper Berlin ojrcles the note is
taken as an Indication of French 'will
ingness to permit Germany to increase
her armed forces beyond the set figure
of 100. 000. Unless France is willing that
this be done, government officials de
clared that the French militarists would
find it Impossible to explain the main
tenance of a French army of 700.000, as
Compared with Germany's 100.000.
The matter of reparations is a chief
topic olf discussion.- It Is pointed out
that Germany has paid 3.000,000,000
marks (normally $750,000,000) for for
eign occupation during 1919, and that
materials havg been delivered under the
terms of the peace treaty to value of
30,000,000,000 marks (normally $7,500,-
000,000).
Furthermore, officials declared, Ger
many made apology and punished .thoae
responsible for every insult to allied
representatives which has been called
to the government's attention.
, At the finance ministry it Is estimat
ed that the amount of reparation Ger
many will be called on to pay during
1920 will be 6,000,000,000 marks (normal
ly $1,250,000,000).
Mori itt Ranch Is
K; Sold for $150,000
- r i
Ontario, April 2$. Rutherford Broth
ers have purchased of the Stanfleld In
terests the 2400-acre ranch in the Mai-beur-Ironsids
district known as the Mor
fltt ranch. About 1400 bead of cattle
and over 200. horses go with the' land.
The reported consideration was $150,000.
SOWREUm
LOCAL YARDS
REFUSE BOOKS,
FOR INQUIRY
Northwest Steel Co. and Colum
bia River Corporation Face
Contempt Charge in Order to
Carry Case to Higher Tribunal.
United States Attorney Humphreys
went before the federal grand Jury ,
this afternoon with President J. IL
Bowles of the Northwest Steel com
pany and President Alfred IS. Smith
of the Colombia River Shipbuilding
corporation.
They were closeted with the grand
jury a few minutes, presumably sob
mittlng their refusal to torn over
books of their corporations as they
wcreA ordered to do by United State
District Judge Robert S. Bean Tues
day. No announcement of the gov
ernment's next move in the case was
made by Humphreys following the .
short conference In the grand Jury
room. -
1 The Northwest Steel company and '
the Columbia River Shipbuilding
corporation this afternoon refused to
comply with the subpena requiring
them to submit to the United States
grand jury their records and fl!e
for examination In connection with
the shipyard Investigation now be- -ing
made by the department of jus
tlce. . v
ITC CONTEMPT OF COURT
Agreement on this course of actios
was reached at a conference held earlier '
in the afternoon with the defendants.
Malarkey announced.
Ignoring the subpena, the shipyard
operators are thereby In contempt of .
court and subject to the penalty that .
may be imposed by Judge Robert 8.
Bean, who ordered the action.
Humphreys said be had not decided-1
this afternoon when the matter would -be
brought to the ceurt's attention. '
J. R, Bowles, president of the North
1 west Steel company, and Alfred 7.
Smith, president of the Columbia River
yards, appeared With their attorneys, -Dan,
J. Malarkey and .w. Lair Thomp
son, at 2 o'clock this afternoon, tot time '
set for return on w the subpenas, and'
notified United States Attorney Lester ,
W. Humphreys that they had decided to
ael err sa
Although no Individuals were sii
boenaed. service was made en-Bowles
for the Northwest Bteel company and
Smth for the Columbia River Ship- v
building corporation, as heads and
agents.
Just now, according to United States
Attorney Humphreys, the government Is
not so much interested 4n the testimony
of Individuals as in the records of the
companies.
Just what procedure was to be fol
lowed. In the event that the summons
were Ignored, Humphreys was not pre
pared to say at noon today. But In all
likelihood the government prosecutor
will go before Judge Bean late today
with showing that the witnesses were
In contempt of court.
ATTORNEYS 15 CONFERENCE
Attorneys Malarkey.. and Thompson
representing the shipyards, met wits
their clients this morning and again at '
noon.
Thompson, representing the shipyards,
met with their clients this morning and -'.
again at noon. ,
This meeting, Malarkey said, was for
the purpose of determining on the pro-
cedure to be followed this afternoon.
But during the morning, Thompson and
Malarkey professed ignorance of what
would be done in regard to the govern- ' '
ment's demands. Y
Humphreys said that "certain records"
had been ordered brought before tbe
grand jury today, and Indicated that
the number of them was comparatively .
small. Just what documents will be sub- C
mltted first were not mentioned.
"While to Ignore the subpoenas and
suffer the penalty of contempt of court,'
said Malarkey, "may seem in itself
criminal, yet It Is the only thing we can
do to get a higher ruling over Judge , ,. .
Bean's order. We have no other legal
recourse."
Should contempt proceedings ensue
with resultant penalty by the court, a
motion to arrest Judgment will be made,
Malarkey explained, and the case car
ried to the United States circuit court
of appeala
"If we decide to fight this matter,"
said he, "we will carry it to the United
States supreme court."
Possible prosecution of "the two lead- t
ing shipyards In Oregon on charges of
defrauding the United Statita Kmeraenev'
Fleet corporation over construction of
vessels during the war period has given ,
rise to much discussion, and It was
learned too ay tnat so-canea smpyara -Investigations
have been carried en by
the government ever since the inception
of the building program. "
REPORTS ABE MADE
During the war, according to Bert B.
Haney, ex-United States . attorney, a " f
great many reports were made off ship- ,
yard Irregularities, most having to do (
with the employment of excessive num- .
bers of men for whom there was little .
work in the yarda. Reports were made i
to the department of justice from .time
to time, but the war-time prosecutions '
and Investigations were of too pressing '
a nature for any shipyard inquisitions
then.
. ', , y .
Last of Siberian
Troops Back Home v
San Francisco, April 2$.- (I. N.' S.)-
Bringing the last detachment of Amer
ican soldiers from Siberia and a number
of Red Cross nurses and workers the
'. today, . -
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