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VOL. XIX. NO. 48.
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pocroffh. PortUad. Orccos
PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 5. 1920. TWENTY-PAGgS v
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PEACE DEBATE !
VERBAL fURY
In Tirade' Against Wilson, Penn-:
sylvania Senator Says Execu-
tive M ust Be Held to Peace
time Powers and Prerogatives.
Washington May 5. (U .P.)--rDe-claring'
that President : Wilson pre
ferred to "keep the country tjn: an
alleged state of war' rather than,
abate one jot or tittle 'of -the fuTi
measurchls isolated, will has' set, for
the nation," Senator Knox Pennsyl
vania... today opened debate . in jthe
senate, on: his peace; resolptioij.ff t..m
"The welfare and safety of. the ivatfon
lmperatlvel' demand that; we know , we
have peace' .declared' Knox. f "T'he whole
w orld , seethe w ith revolution. Our .own
nation is ii ferment and iurmblU Force
. and strife are .rampant. 'and threaten the
destruction not. only of our property, but
of our -r? n Mtlona, and even of our
. very livt ' ,' '' '' -A' '. ' y,'
THAT JtU U Dl: Hi.KJSS ,SIP AOAI3T
. "And yet we stand; and have stood for
. months, as a rudderlless ship, flounder
ing ,hv the trough of tremendous jeeas.
We' must not dare longer to delay a re
turn to' the ordered government of peae i
we must not hazard a furtner postpone?
ment In turning our undivided delibera-tionn-to
our-iome proWeni" -They are
great enough to tzx1 the utmost wisdom
we pousea. Aa a preliminary- step; the
executive must be 'returned to his peace
. lime powers and prerogatives. j
1 "Internationally we are at fJeace Our
fiatronat ebtecuttve with' a -stubborn tlrre
!onslbillty continues, to declare ws are
at war. put as a practical matter the
only -warj-which we wage is against
American ('citizens and American; indus
try. The situation is so anomalous and
ho iniquitous, so fraught with InjuSticeJ
and with possibility of disaster, that one
cannot rconcile It hith the opreations
of eaije statesmanship. ; .'."-' ' ' " -rOMCT
C-tllKD t;SSQtSI ;
, lt is not only 'legally unsound, but
economically, morally and patriotically
nocetsaryi and Indispensable that we at
OHce repeal the declaration of war and
po immediately end the despotic powers
with which a power-maddened adminis
tration continues to misrule this; great
people. i v ' 1
-KnOKmdieatad lhat the-supreme eourt
WIH-be asked to rule on the power. Of.
congress to declare peace by resolution.
Knox said lie was sorry it was neces
i5rv for 'him 'to. make -observations.
"vthich I wish . were not needful; .to
advert to 'certain conditions and . eltua
lions which it were Infinitely pieasanter
to blink at or lirwore, for It Is an unwel
come task to Judge-one who has galled
in the public estimate. But the time
'i has come whw--we must' speak plainly,
Hr: BXTE1 STMPATHT !
v "t entertain only sympathy, for the
inf!ident in hH IHneBs and sympathy for
'he country Which must suffer undea plnV
because of it. - , "
We. must proceed now in the rescue
of the people from their present unhappy
state, leaving the weight of censure and
responsibility for past errorsand misad
ventures to fall where it may" :
BIG CONFERENCE
- Four railroad presidents, repre
i seating all but one of the railroads
radiating from Portland, will be in
, the city tliis evening, probably to
' confer on local subjects of mutual
interest to the railroads represented.
Ralph Budd. president of the Great
Northern railroad, will arrive here this
evening at 7 :45 o'clock from SU Paul
Csri R. Gray, president of the Union Pa
' cific system, arrived In the city Monday
noon and William Sproule. president of
.the Southern Pacific system. Tuesday
noon. t. C. Gilman, "president of the
8.J P. & S.. has Vetwrned frorti an ex
tensive trio over the" lines. , s r
It is believed that-these viaiHihg of
ficials, all of whom intend to remain in
Portland for the remainder of the; week,
will hold conferences for the discussion
ot matters pertaining to the Union sta
tion and North Pacific terminal yards.
Decision probably will ' be made j as td
whether the Great Northern passenger
trains will continue to operate Into the
- Union station. , -- ' ; :t
Man Believed to ; Be
Dying From; Alcohol
Walks From Hospital
- Kdward lieonard, found in St Johns in
a serious condition? after drinking de-
natured alcohol, go? up from His bed at
St. Vincents hospital Tuesday and left
the institution, to, the-surprise of nurses
and doctors. . ., T i ;
p From . appearances he had . J"ecovered
from the- effects of the liquor? "Before
Leonard reached the hospital in the
ambulance his face started to turn blue.
City physicians did not believe his life
could be saved. . " ' i
Plans for Electric. .
, Depot Being Drawn
; Plans for the new Southern Pacific
electric station, which is to occupy the
site of the Lyrio theatre at Fourth and
Stark streets, are. being prepared by
J."-M. Christie of San Francisco, archi
tect for the Southern Pacific company.
The Southern Pacific holds' a lease on
he corner . running for a period of 18
years from September 1. 1920. . Rocon
utruction of the building will require
several months. -
18 BILLION IS
SUM ASKED
OF GERMANS
LOXDON, May 5. (U. P,)-
r Premier Millerand, - in ) the
coming allied-German economic
conference at Kpa,' Belgium,' will
propose to Prime Minister Lloyd
George that Grea Britain sanc
tion a proposal to hare Germany
pay the allies a fixed annuity of
$600,000,000 for a period of 30
years,- special . despatches from
Paris! today forecast. i
APPEAL IS GRANTED
TWO i SHIPBUILDERS
,n older permitting appeal direct ;
to the ynited States supreme court
was signed today by" Federal Judge
Bean in the contempt cases against
J IV Bowles, president of the North
west Steel company, and Alfred F.
Smith; president of the! Columbia
R i v e r' , Shipbuilding corporation,
growing out of the shipyard investi
gation being conducted bytheigov
emment'. I "'-)". " ':
i Bowles and. Smith were remanded . to
the custody f the United -States mar
shal Monday and the corporations which
they head were each fined 12500 On the
showing that they were in contempt of
thefedera!eourt- in refusal to comply
With a subpena duces tecum directing
submission o the; grand jury of records
on f construction of steamers for A the
government. - Action of the subpena
order Is suspended while the appeal is
pending. ; . - ...,-.
In the petition for writ of error filed
by Attorneys Dan J. Malarkey and ,W.
Lair Thompson t for the defendants
Tuesday evening, the contention is set
up that the court erred in holding that
the subpena did J not constitute an un
reasonable search i and ; seizure s- against
rthe corporatlon4 under - the fourth
antendmem of' he federal constitution.
f,The court also erred, ""it is contended;
in holding that the .subpena applied to
Bowles and Smith as' individuals, when
it was addressed only to the corpora
tion s. Tbe subpena was not limited to
records and r documents of the corpora
tions, it "is, charged." but : was ;so broad"
asto include the private records and
papers of Bowles and Smith.
. This," the petition continues to Tepite.'
meaps that the defendants, in case of
surrendering, would in effect compel
thamute be witnesses against Uiemselves
in a criminal Investigation, thus Infring
ing their rights under the fifth consti
tutional " amendment ' s -; -,
r Accompanying the. petition was; the
bond order, providing; $i,00 surety- for
each '- defendant, , with y tbe -' Fidelity -
Deposit ; Trust company of Maryland
named as surety, -i - '. . - j , .
A hearing before (fie "supreme court.
Is pot looked for ra several months.
Drunken Driver Is
jEned S250; Jail
v Sentence Suspended
R. C. Stepp, convicted of driving an
automobile while drunk, was today fined
$290 and. given a 30 days suspended jail
sentence. "
v Arthur Kdmunds of Pacific City, ac
cused of - reckless driving, was fined
$7.V ' Edmunds automobile ' struck Mrs.
Agnes Brown, 454 Broadway, at Fourth
hand- Washington streets Saturday eve
ning. -. i i
Donneil Johnson, driver of . a ! milk
track. - was fined $25 tor cutting the
corner at East Twenty-ffrst and Knott-l
streets Tuesday, even.ng. , ' His machine
struck the car of Marguerite H. Rich
ards, 650 East 'Twentieth' street-Tnorth. " '
i George B. Lewis, 422 Tillamook street,
was fined $25 on a reckless driving
charge." His machine collided" with " the
car of J. P. White at East Seventh and
Sacramento streets. ' ;.'-
The speeding fines for the morning
session are: E. A. Simmons, $10 : M.
Glickman. $5; F. - C. . Antonseb. $10 ;
Cario Zmmi).5; H. Israel, $25 ; George
Boes. $10; J. EX Feoff. $5; W. D. Con
nolly, $10: R. O." St. Clair, $10. G. M.
Standifer; failed to appear, so a bench
warrant was 4 Issued for his rearrest.
W.;. P. ; Pollock was fined $2.50 for park
ing improperly i In . the congested dis
trict. - 1
Big English Firm to
Build Warehouses in1
. Eacif ic Northwest
The Dan Wuille company, an Knglish
concern with - headquarters at London
snd a branch house at; Hood River." has
contracted with Sutton j Whitney for
the erection of fruit storage warehouses
at Hood River, Odeli, Newberg and Um
derwood. Wash. ; -' ; 7'; i ;; i: H'
r The Hood River warehouse ' will ; be
three stories in height, while each ef the
others will be one story and 60 by 100
feet in dimensions. All will be of tile
construction and equipped with all mod
ern devices for the storage and. handling
of aplpee, pears and other fruits destined
for Kastem and European markets: i
50-Tip of Plant 'fat
Qityf Hall Is Topped
With Gorgeous Bloom
t.v-'i i r--; i.v-' v4:;- ;t
A bloom ? at the tip .of the 60! foot
Phyllodendron plant that climbs a! waH
in the light eourt of -the city halt is be
lieved by employes of the city to be the
first blossom that has appeared on the
plant In 20 years.. ?
The Tslant resembles a" vine" and has
four sturdy trunks about half an inch
Ih diameter. Its leaves are similar to
the English - walnut. The blossom : is
white,, slightly tinged with green on the
edges and resembles that of an Easter
lily. The plant is a native 0?. India.
mm
IlLLIlitl
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,Government Expenditures for Ship
f Plants in North Pacific Reached
$2,061,118 inj19t9 $450,000
Went Into Columbia, River Co.
' Washington, May S. ("WASH
INGTON BUREAU OF; THE JOUR
NAlfc) Government i expenditures
for shipyard: plants in the Pacific
Northwest amounted to 12,061,118
at the close of 1919, which are the
jlatest! compiled figures shown by
records of the Emergency Fleet cor
poration.' " :
1 Of this sum $450,000 was invested
in the plant' extension of the Colum
bia River .Shipbuilding corporation.
which is the only steel plant repre
sented. , 1 i ' , : . ; ; . '
There, was also a government investj
ment of $141,233 in the wood plant of
the Grant Smith-Porter company at Ab4
erdeen and of 999.833 at St. Johns.' While
Sanderson & Porter. , operating on Wil-j
lapa harbor in construction of "wooden
vessels,.had 46?,000rof direct govern
ment investment, ' In Some districts there
were Idirect government loans to ad
vance ; the shipbuilding program, but
loans Of this kind are carried in the re
ords in the Northwest
I Substantial advances were ; made oh
ship contracts, however the - payments
being arranged in a variety "of ways ae
eo'rding to the changing policies of -ttye
board and the clrcumstancea of the ship
builder, tin the beginning the rules weife
much
later
tracts
less stringent than they becarrfe,
on. In a general way, the con
dated after July.JSIT, were much
..11 V.
nkore-tcarefully guarded, "from the gov
go-
.'
for
ernment stand point.
H The first big steel ship contract
the Columbia river. yards was one of the
Northwest Steel 'company.' under ; date
of December 27, 1917. This 3wasa'.eo-
tract for eight 8800-ton ships, : all .of
which .were delivered." The first; coa-.
tract to the Columbia Shipbuilding cor
poration was dated rApril 27i 1918, and
was for six ships of the. same sixe. This
contract was also fisly completed. The
(Concluded Vs Vs Fifteen, Column 8eYea)j
DEBATE Oil DANCING
STIRS. CONFERENCE
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Des Moines, Iowa, May 5. (U. P.)
-t Delegates to the Methodist' general
conference favoring repeal of the fa
mous 'article 280, which j prohibits
dancing, card playing and other
forms of amusement,' lost in the first
skirmish, with conservative today .j v
;! A resolution was introduced by Frank
A." Arterj Cleveland,, providing that , the
Judiciary .committee report on the con
stitutionality of article 280. Objection
to the resolution was immediately made
by. Dr.; E. P.. Dennett of California, and
finally," after a spirited debate, the reso
lution was referred to the committee on
the state of.sthe church.-
Three Accused of
Robbing Warehouse
Of Wool Are Tried
Trial of .Harry Nudelman, 'Jack Him
me! farm and Harry Hafter, : growing
out of the thefts of government owned
wool from the .warehouse of Theodore
Bernheim & Co. at Thirteenth and Irv
ing-streets last summer, opened today
before Federal Judge. Bean. 1 .....
; Six men were arrested-and indicted
on charges of - stealing wool On four
separate occasions, from the warehouse.
Robert ? Campbell,. ; Abe Weinstein and
Harry Shulman pleaded guilty, ; and
Campbell " Is now serving " a sentence of
nine 'months in the county jail. : Wein
stein was the - government's first wit
ness! today, - turning, state's evidence
against his former associates. J , , ; ? -
: Before the trial ; opened this morning,
Shulman entered a plea ot guilty. He
probably will be called upon to testify
for ' the ' government before being sentenced.-
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Hoover Big Favorite
Among Golle;JMen!
;For the i Presidency
- Princeton. N. J.; May 5. L N. S-
Herbert- Hoover, is overwhelmingly the
college man's favorite for president de
spit his primary defeats, according to
the results of a stra .vote taken simul
taneously -at Princeton and Harvard an
nounced here today, k -r -. ; .
"Approximately 3000 votes were cast at
the two universities, of which but 615
were Democratic ' " The combined poll
aside from scattering votes showed :
Hoover, 1817; Wood.' 1009;" Johnson,
136; McAdoo. 7$ ; Lowden, 56. -
DeValera Denounces
Methodists1 Action
Washington. May 5. U. P.) Edward
d Valera, president of the "Irish re
public,'
issued a statement here today,
denouncing a conference of the Metho
dist church at Des Moines for adopting a
resolution opposing American interfer
ence in f'te Irish, question.
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decreased;
: production
impending
-tvf ' i i ' ' ' , I ' i' .v. J :
Weather and Crop Conditions and
Shortage of Labor, Combined
With Other Shortcomings, May
Bring Want, Statistics jShow,
' , By John Gleissner
(t'nited News Staff Corrospondisnt. )
Washington, May 5. A. decline in
the production of the principal food
crops during the present season im
pends, according to specialists at
the department oti agriculture.
The result it is held, will be a ten
dency toward high prices and scarcities.
A shortage of labor as acute as in the
year of 1918 ; Is primarily ' responsible.
Reports show the supply of hired farm
labor is 72 per cent of normal and 15 per
cent less than last year. This is In spite
of wage, increases of 15 to 2a per cent
in a year. . , ; .
WHEAT CHOP CALLS ME3T
The. situation Is further complicated
by the fact that wheat harvesting is only
a little more than a month away in the
central grain belt. Thousands of tran
sient workers will be required'
and . federal authorities are
ways to obtain them.
and stats
(devising
While it is expected acreages will be
cut down because of labor scarcity, these
reductions will not be in as great pro
portion as the reduction In labor supply.
Reports show farmers and their! families
are doing their utmost to overcome the
difficulty. It is certain cultivation will
be less Intense this year than formerly.
that more land will be planted o crops
requiring a minimum of labor. such as
grass, and that tilled fields wi(lt get less
attention. ' l . . I i ,
CALAMITY MIGHT DEVELOP : '
. Whether the reduced prodtJction will
approach the point of calamity, officials
decline to predict. They pointed ut that
favorable growing; conditions might off
set the labor situation. Conversely, it w
held that bad weather coupled with
pests, and with labor scarcity blight cre
ate a troublesome j situation. , y
W"f3rTt;B;'WHEAt -SHOKT 'I I j:' 4
F It has already been ascertS-ineft; that
the winter f wheat yield will be jlow and
that with a normal spring wheat plant
ing and unusual conditions, the crop jof
the-principal grain will be little if any
larger thart necessary to satisfy ordinary
domestic, needs. - A backward spring , is
influencing all crops. ... -j ' ;
I Air! reports and correspondence that
eome to thej flertment emphasize -the
farm labor shortage.- and J Its probable
effect on farm operations tni
year, ac-
cording to Secretary Meredit
,;f t,i,
farmers
"More t than: 2.000,000 you
went into the military service
ealdMe-
rdith.
t "Besides. ' laborers . were lured iawSy
from farms by ";the , high wages .and
shorter hours of city , employment;, '
BOYS. BEHAIK IK CiTs -':'.?;.V
-"When the farnier soldiers wer must
ered " out many if ound employment ;i in
cities. ' ;' j- ,. -' : r : K
iFarmers are repeatedly;aspuredrom
ohe source or another that prices of all
commodities, especially farm: prices, will
be lower this year than last. "This may
or may . not prove to be true,- but the
farmers know "that the slump; In live
stock prices since last July lias cost them
several hundred million dollars.
LOWER PRICES FEABED ' v
' " "They are now. faced with the problem
of deciding whether to pay high prices
for all those things they have to buy
farm labor, equipment, : seed. fertiliser
clothing j and . suppliesand- - the: invest
ment of a' large part of the cost of pro
duction in 'the early spring months,-with
the prospect that after harvest, when
they come to : market their crepe, ; they
will be compelled to accept lower prices
for v everything they have to sell, or
whether , they shall cut down the initial
expense of production by Investing less
capital in equipment.' supplies and hired
labor,, by reducing acreage and" numbers
of , livestock.' The latter course means
smaller production.
DELAWARE SENATE
RATIFIES SUFFRAGE
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Dover, Del., May 5. f-(U-. P.) The
Delaware senate this afternoon rati
fied , the suffrage amendment by. a
vote of li to 6 The 'measure goes
to the house, which defeated a simi
lar measure several wefeks ago. It
is now said the house favors; the bill
by:a safe! margin and; will ratify it
tomorrow,' . . ... ,.J
Explosion Destroys
Military Barracks
:': I 'A KKT-
London. May 5. (I. N. $.) The mil
itary . barracks at Ballydehob (Ireland)
were- blown up today, according ' to a
press dispatch from Dublin. -. The coun
tryside was rocked by the explosion, the
dispatch added. . 1. ' ; .. j , i "
Paris Sends Letter
On Hungarian Peace
Paris. May 5. I. N.I S.) The Hun -
i garicn peace delegation 1 will be handed
in at a o'clock this evening, the text of
the letter covering the Hungarian treaty.
A reply to the letter is .requested In 10
days.
Fatal Accident Is
Blamed onBriver;
Car Crash Could
HaveS22nDodg
r w. Hi Rlaney met his death at
Grand and J-fawthorne avenues Mon
day In an automobile accident "that
could have been avoided had A. R.
Hudnell been a competent driver."
That is the decision reached by the
coroner's jury last night after de
scriptions of the manner in" which
the 80-year-old man was crushed to
death between a streetcar and an
automobile driven by Hudnell. The
car company was absolved from all
blame for the killing. ? ..
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L. D. Coulter told of Blaney's attempt
to swing on the moving streetcar, how he
missed his footing and was dragging -by
the rear of the car when the automobile
crashed' Into . him and. pinned - him be
tween the car and machine. . He declared
the automobile was traveling six or eight
miles ait hour a few feet from the car.
and that , he didn't think the driver at
tempted to swerve his machine to avoid
the collision. -. ' .' -- ,
SAW PASSE JTGEB FAIKT ;
P. R. Bauer told the Jury that he ar
rived in time to see Blaney carried away
and a man faint in tbe streetcar. ; j
1 D. J. Cole, who testified thai he was
holding Blaney to keep him from fall
ing .under the ear, Insisted that the au
tomobile,., which be thought was travel
ing between 20v and 30 miles an hour,
struck the man and, car at such speed
that it bounced, back six feet. He asi
serted that the driver made no attempt
to swerve to. one side, and that the ma
chine would have been wrecked hadttbe
victim not been used as a cushion
tween the car and automobile.
' C C. Hurley, who had difficulty with
his story under questioning of George
Mowry, t district "! attorney, - maintained
that Hudnell's machine was proceeding
at. a speed of approximately five miles
an hour at a distance of 15 to 20 feet
from the car, that the latter stopped sud
denly.i and that the driver couldn't very
well - have swerved either way because
there "seemed to be some obstructions.!
CONDUCTOR GIVES TESTIMONY .
Floyd James didn't see the" collision,
but he testified that he looked up when
someone shouted in time to see the aged
man pinned between streetcar and auto
mobile. I ' .: .. .
T. S. Craig, the conductor of the street
car, told of holding Blaney so he would
not fall -under the car when. the automo
bile-hit! the victim, as well as the con
duct or. 1 He didn t see the .machine be
fore the collision. -HddneU;
on the'sJand In his own de
fense, admitted that he had never driven
the . particular automobile- before, and
had not driven for a year. - although ; he
had previously operated other- machines.
He. testified in answer to Mowry's quesV
tions that he had not driven in" Portland
to any extent for several years. He said
he had j seen the streetcar when he was
half: a 1 block distant ; that he slowed
down expecting the car to pass on, and
that hei had applted the brakes when he
saw it stop - . . i, 1
BLAMES IT OK THE CAR .
' The accident occurred. Hudnell test!
fied, because the streetcar baited sud
denly. I He : insisted that he could not
stop under the conditions, nor could he
turn. His - brakes had been applied ' 10
feet from the car, be said,' when he was
proceeding about five miles an hour.
- Lieutenant Ervln of the .polibe bureau
had previously explained traffic regula
tions at that' intersection to the Jury,
composed of Fred Wilson, L. Van Bibber,
Theodore and Louis Emig, T. Bowen and
D. E. Hoffman. .The verdict was unani
mous. !
Former Policeman
Is Under Arrest;
:; U. S. Charge Pends
' Hugh L. Watson, age 25, ; former mem
ber of; the police force, was arrested
early this morning by Sergeant Bruening
at 469 Jefferson street ; and will be
turned! over to the . federal - authorities
for alleged violation of the Mann white
slave act. ' ' .
Twenty-two-year-old Grace Lee was
also found at the same place and is
being held by the police as a witness.
The girl contends that she married Wat
son in Everett, Wash., a short time ago,
on his pretense that he was a single
man. "She later discovered that he bad
a wife living in Seattle, Watson brought
her to ; Portland, she asserted, and Wat
son had been living off her earnings,
she said. i. t I
- Watson was temporarily appointed pa
trolman December J6, 1919, and was
dismissed on -March 15.
Eise of Additional
Cent , in Price of
Sugar Is Predicted
: A possible rise of another cent in the
cost of a pound of sugar can be charged
to prohibition on no less an authority
than Attorney : General Palmer. . Men
are eating more candy. - 3 i !
; In 'spite of the .. fact that one enter
prising retailer ' has been able ' to ad
vertise sugar at "100 pounds, only $23,"
and realize a. profit, many retailers are
Claiming a loss. - -
I Alt ot which leads to the statement
made Tuesday by Hall S. Lusk, assistant
United States attorney, acting fair price
commissioner, that an additional cent a
pound; will: be allowed on showing of
retailers that they are not profiting nor
mally. - . . ' '' . :f :
- Lnak is investigating to determine if
sugar; under, tbe present 2-cent margin,
is being sold at a loss. 1
Screen Ordinance Is
Adopted by Council
' The city council this morning passed
the screen ordinance, which provides
that all perishable foodstuffs offered for
sale must be protected with wire screens
between the months of .May and Sep
tember.'' .- ' j '
WOOD M L
TO STOP ROW
Frisink Hitchcock, It Is Predicted,
Will Be Made Chief of the
General's; Campaign Forces
and Proctor Given Minor Role.
New Tork, May S. (I. N. S.)
General Leonard "Wood came to town
today to settle the j Hitchcock-Proctor
row which his supporters claim
is injuring his chances of gaining
the Republican nomination at Chi
cago. . The general went straight to
his Eastern headquarters upon ar
rival. He declined to, discuss the
matter "at present."
T am : verv 'well nleased ' with results
of the primaries In Maryland land 'Indi
ana, though," be said. ;
Lie
In circles close to the Wood movement
today it was confidently predicted that
Frank Hitchcock! .will take) . supreme
charge of ' the general's fortunes very
soon and that Colonel William Proctor,
the Cincinnati soap manufacturer, who
has been "in the saddle" will be rele
gated to the background. j
HITCHCOCK A'GAINST PENROSE
IS BITTER FIGHT PROMISED
By Robert J. Bender
United. Pnm Staff Corrapoiident
New York, May 6. Is it-to! be Frank
Hitchcock versus Boise ' Penrose to a
knockout? -.ii-"':- .(-' -'-;; V.-: ' '"; .
This political battle extraordinary with
ail of its delicious possibilities appears to
be hanging on a-conference of war to
be held here during the. next few-days
between General Wood and his Eastern
Southern and Western managers and In
fluent ial backers.) v" j
- For, If Wood agrees to place his whole
campaign, from now on In direct charge
of .Hitchcock, it will be Hitchcock with
Wood against. the field,; which field, at
Chicago, promises to' be pretty much
under the generalship of Senator ' Fen
rose.k '; : .. '. - . 't , . I;: -; ;:"A;;t:;
The long political careers. Of Penrose
and Hitchcock which have . netted each
of .them notable victories ovei the-other.
leave virtually nothing beyond, which the
, t Continued on-Jr-M Two Ccluna Fire) :
6 DESTROYERS ARE
SENT TO KEY WEST
"i r ' -.- .- K',-..- ... :?'j ";. . ..."
i Washington, May 6.j-(Li N. S.)
Six; destroyers and one' tender have
been ordered from the Atlantic fleet
in, New: Tork to Key West Fla., the
navy ; department , announced today,
The vessels will be. held in readiness
at Key West to proceed to the east
coast of Mexico.
- Captain B. A. Long of ' "the Black
Hawk was senior officer of the squad
ron and will act, as " its - commander.
The Black Hawk was scheduled to sail
an hour after the destroyers got under
way.. I. : i ' t : , i:
i The destroyer squadron 'arrived; here
last Saturday with the AtianOe fleet,
which returned at that time from winter
maneuvers in Guantanamo bay. -V
Bluebeard Declared :
Guilty, of Murder
By Coroner's Jury;
El Centro, Cal.. May 6. (U. P.)
"Bluebeard" Charles N. Harvey, arch
bigamist and murderer, is today
formally charged with the murder
of Nina Lee Deloney, whose, body
was -yesterday .recovered, from its
burial place 1 in the mountains 30
miles east of this city. -,
The verdict of a coroner's Jury, re
turned late yesterday afternoon, charges
her "death was caused by a blow" on
the head by James Watson.-' Harvey
testified to the killing and details of
hiding the body of .his former "wife."
Watson is one of Harvey's many, as
sumed names.) ;
The body of Mrs. Deloney will be re
turned to Los Angeles county, it is be
lieved. , , ' .
Plea for Battleship
' For Fiesta Denied
-Washington, May E. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF .THE JOURNAL?
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roose
velt reported to Senator McNary today
that he; has Conferred with - the com
mander r of r the ' Pacific , fleet now in
Washington regarding" the request from
Portland for a battleship at Rose 'Festi
val time. The admiral says that many
of the vessels In the Pacific are under
going repairs and that furthermore the
fleet will be engaged in gunnery prac
tice, and therefore the request cannot be
complied with. - - ;
Stocking Dye Cause
: ; Of Operators' Death
- Miss Lily Stack, night telephone oper
ator at Hotel Portland for-eight years,
died Tuesday morning at Sell wood hos
pital of blood poisoning developed from
Infection spreading from a dyed stocking
to a sore spot on hern foot. She had
worked as . usual - Saturday - and was
taken to the hospital Sunday. .
OFIIAGERS
HooverSufprised,
He SayCverSo
Large a Vote He
Got in California
:"--';!A:::--i.v., : ' 1 ' . v.' ,.:
New York, May.B.i (I. N. S.)
Herbert Hoover today issued a state
ment in which he declared he was
surprised that ho had polled so large
a vote in he California primaries
yesterday against Senator Johnson.
'I am surprised that under the cir
cumstances so large a vote should have
been cast In : California for the dele
gates favoring m nomination," said his
statement. I , ...
"My friends, InrpenteriBg my name, in
troduced no personal Issue,- but asked
an: opportunity-. to regtster- a protest
at .Senator Johnson's extreme opposition
to any League ef Nations) to prevent
war and reduce armaments.-
"With a group ?of amateur clubs only
a month old,-theyrwere, of course, handi
capped in opposing the regular party or
ganisation, but the real situation is that
the people of California have been much
torn between their loyaltyt and friend
ship for the California Senator for his
able rescue of the state during his gov
ernorshlp from vicious corporation con
trol, and his too parrow vision on inter
national - necessities. '-,-" ,-.';?- j .;
- ."The fact 'that in these circumstances
more than a thjrd "of the party pro
tested agajnet this latter j view should
strengthen the support of the Hepubll
can majority in the senate, .
"HERBERT HOOVER.
SUPPLE TO BUILD
1 1
NIAR1ME RAILWAY
Plans were announced this morn
ig by Joseph JSupple of a "marine
railway to be constructed at; the
plant of Supple& Martin at Linnton
for: the speedy repair of . ships that
ordinarily go into drydock. The sys
tem s to ; haul the ship from the
water and make repairs on land.
fhis new plan4 of drydock lng is f
be substituted for the one announced
by' Supple maijiy months . ago soon
after his retirement from the 8upple
& Ballin shipyso-d. That Its comple
tion will add to the convenience, of
ship repair augment tbe present
facilities is the-belief of shipping
men.
PLAKS ITEABL COMPLETE - i
Kstimatea and 'specifications are about
complete and blie prints are expected to
be forwarded within v,a few weeks, . As
soon as these arrive - preliminary work
will begin." Thej original survey of the
Linnton plant was made by Mr. Cran
dall of the engineering firm of Crandall
& Co. of Boston.! Crandall. took in every
angle of the Supple & Martin plant and
pronounced the location, depth of water
and land grade ideal for jthe construc
tion of . a marin railway. He was au
thorised to procred with plans and, spec
ifications. S ; 'j - :'..; ... - : , ...
Vessels not to. exceed 321 feet between
uprights will be4 accommodated and the
plant, will be able, to handle three, craft
at the same tlm'. . ! " i
- Specifications will call, for laterals on
either side of tie main cradle lift and
in case an emecrency exists a boat can
be shunted to tither side. This might
happen In a case . where two or I three
weeks' work areshecessaryv , j i
LIFT SHIP IK it MIKCTES .j
' "Our marine Railway will be 'able to
lift a ship in 30 minutes," said Supple.
"Instead of catling material and tools
from; the shop to the ship in dock we
will be able to haul the ship to the shop.
Saving in time 'twill in itself mean t sav
ing to the ownjTC and charterers, j We
will be prepare, 'to perform all neces
sary repair woik. engine and hull."
" , The plan jof operation jof a marine
railway is to llfi the ship by means of a
cradle. .The cradle is dropped Into deep
water on the tracks. The craft is placed
In position and by " electric hoists Is
hauled out to position on land. She
will then be in,', position to be shunted
pon : the, later! tracks if ; necessary.
Shops, band sas and Umbers are within
immediate reacS and work can be start
ed within the i hour after the vessel
leaves the water. ' , M
CONDITIOHS ABE IDEAL
At the Supple & Ballln plant there is
an easy incline, and in the channel op
posite the site fhere is 80 feet of water
at sero. Conditions are ideal for the han
dling ef,vesselsi For a beginning it is
the intention ?o handle only wooden
t ships, but plans are so drawn, that the
plant can be enlarged to handle the
largest steel craft entering the river.
"Joe" Supple Is one of the best known
shipbuilders onf the coast. During the
war he was on, of the leading spirits of
the Supple tc aJUn plant, which con
structed wooded vessels for the govern
ment under a type designed by his part
ner, F. A. Balf in. Prior to that time
SuppleT was the "pioneer" boat builder
of Portland and for speedy craft he
fmade 'em." -.'. ' -;v A: ; -
i Dan Martin. Was formerly president of
the Hesse-Martin Iron works, a big fac
tor in machine work during tbe war.
Metschan Estate Is
Valued at 5265,343
By the Appraisers
i -s -
; Inventory and appraisal of the estate
of the late Phil Metschan, former stale
treasurer of Oregon and. principal owner
of the Imperial hotel, was filed today
by the appraisers, Charles Burckhardt,
A. "A. Lindsey and George IL Kelly. The
executors are s,ins of the deceased, Philip
I, Otto W. and Henry Anton Metschan.
: The total vaJ.ue of the estate is fixed
at $265,343.17, elf which $221,448.17 is per
sonal property jand $43,895 is real estate.
The property includes $130,560 In Liberty
bonds snd U, f S. War Savings Stamps
and . 1280 shares of the - Irrfperial- Hotel
company,, valued at $130,560.' :
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i'j califor;::
GROWS IIOIl
Latest Returns Show Los Angeles
County Rolled Up Big Majority
for the Senator Where It Vn:
Expected Hoover Would Win.
San Fran Cisco, May 5. (U. P.)
Additional reports from nine coun
ties late today .brought Johnson's
lead over Hoover to 149.371. The?
figures were on the basis of 4331
precincts complete but unofficial.
These , precincts gave Johnson 318.-
06; Hoover 169, 635.
j By Dan Beebe
j Sari Francisco, May 5. (U. r.)
Hiram Johnson's lead over Herbert
Hoover at 9 a. m. today was 146, 33S
as the count proceeded of ballots
Cast in yesterday's primary election.
( The corf ected totals at that time
from 3880 precincts complete out of
8729 in the state, were: Johnson
299,611, Hoover 153,273.
j The feature 'of the morning's de
velopments was the gaUif Johnson
Obtained over- Hoover in Los Ange
les county, where he led -by 6 318
votes in 636 precincts,
I Ih the most sweeping primary victory
ever won by him. Senator Hiram John
son has snowed Herbert Hoover under in
the California presidential primaries.
MAT EXCEED 140,000
! On i the - basis of returns from two
thirds of the state's 6729 precincts, it
was evident today that Johnson s ma
jority will reach 140,000 and possibly
150,000. The senator's greatest primary
majority In the state heretofore had
been 46.000.
San Francisco was carried by f .D00 ;
Alameda county by 27.000; Sacramento
county by 10,000, and San Joaquin coun
ty by 8000. Other smaller nortllurn
counties were from two to four to one
for Johnson. , .
Three counties are still In dnbt Ii
4 Angeles, Ventura and Kinrs. Thr
Hoover .strength" was mom pronoun-' i.
Ths complete . unofficial vote In i
F'ranciecO gave Johnson 89,67, Hoover
26,07, -.::-.i.-, ."'',..'
I.0.1E9 OSI,T THREE COCNTI1 4
Johnson csrried 53 of ihe C8 counn
of the tate, and early today the John
son forces refused to concede defeat in
a ! single county.
Karly returns available from half of
the 6729 precincts of the state ttave John
son 262,443 votes and Hoover 113.643
(Concluded en Pig Two, Colnron Oar)
JOHIISOil FORGES
made mm:
San Francisco, May 6. (I. N. S.)
AVith the California delegation of
26 safely salted away, Senator John
son's Western headquarters today
was busy with plan for an intensive
campaign in Oregon, which will hold
its primaries May 21.
Raymond Jtobblns, former Progressive,
today was on his way to Oregon e-the.
advance guard of several Johnson Brok
ers' who will invade that state in behalf
of the California candidate.
Colonel Harris Wlnstock, B. B. Mufk
and Charles Neumlller are scheduled to
go there later on speaking tours.
The Oregon primaries will be a four
cornered fight with Johnson. Hoover,
Lowden and Harding. contesting.
Many Americans Arc
i StrandeH at Havre
By Strike on DocI:
Taris, May 6. The port city of nvr
Is today Jammed with indignant Amer
icans, some of whom are In a desperate
plight, as a. result of the refusal of th
French line to allow them to stay aboard
their ,' steamers or insure them hoiel
accommodations whert the dock work
ers' strike held up the departure of the
liner, La France.
A deputation o'f passengers came to
Paris In "automobiles this morning ni
besieged the main offices of the French
line with requests of relief for their fal
low Americans, not a few of whom have
neither night lodgings nor baggage nor
sufficient money to tide over the crini.
The deputation was unable to get the
slightest information from the steam
ship lines officials, who cooly responded :
"If your, friends haven't enough ca.-h,
they 'ahouldn't have come'- to Frsnrn.
Don't blame us, but blame the strikers."
The passengers even were refused per
mission to remove their barrage from
the liner, so that they might sail for
England.
Some whO'Can afford It. are r-ayST
$200 for an automobile that will tuke
them to Paris. Passengers who arrive 1
on the White Star Liner Adriatic m
Cherbourg last night are already in l'ar:i
with their baggage, in the unloading cf
which they helped the ship's crew.
Judge Back Hears
' Red Arraignment
.
Chehalls, Wash., May 5. Jurtji? r
of Clarke r-ounty heard the arrai,-'-,-ef
Mike Sheehan and Elmtr
charged with the murder cf Arthur
Elfresh in the Centr&lia armi ' -
cases, this afternoon. ..-
Smith were acquitted in the :
tri.l.