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THE WEATHER Tonight, fair, with
trout at exposed place. i
.'- Maximum Temperatures Monday:
Portland ....... 64 New Orleans ... 83
Boise 60 New York 76
Los Angeles..... 64 St. Paul 60
Motors and Roads
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i Unnobtlea and other automotive vehicles would be
use). -- Koad conditions are reported regularly
to The Sunday Journal from a number of sources
in all parta of the Northwest. . The information! ia
'as accurate as it is possible to make it at time of
, (otoc to press. .. 1 -
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STANDS FIVI JINTI
Wilson Letter
Levelled at Hiram Johnson.
Oregon to be battleground.
Journal poll showed senti
"ment here. r
Most Oregon newspapers
For League
By DvI Iawrp ntC
,J tCopjrrictrted. latt . -
' Washington. May 11. President
Wilson has defiantly answered the
Demoecats of New York and Rhode
Island-who failed to go on record in
their respective conventions in favor
of the treaty of Versailles and the
covenant of the League of Nations.
1 The president, moreover, has antici
pated the Democratic national corrven-
' tion by asking Oregon , Democrats to
blase the way by a declaration in their
platform and by their votes in the ap
proaching primary. Wilson risks something-by
putting the Issue to a test in
advance of the convention, but Oregon
las show)) Itself heretofore so strongly
in favor of the president's position on
the treaty that, after all. Wilson would
appear, to be rather certain of indorse
ment. . .!-'.. - . .": : -ISSUE
IS M.4lK fcl.KAR
But it will be noted that, the president
asked the Democrats not merely to sup
port his own position on the treaty, but
"to condemn the- Lodge reservations."
Unquestionably the Republican conven
tion at Chicago will endeavor to do
the very opposite, namely," "to commend
the Lodge reservations." - j
' Wilson 1 considers that Senator Knox
spoke the truth the other day when he
frankly admitted that reservations "do
not - Americanize. The' Pennsylvania
senator made it easier for Wilson to
make a clear-cut issue.
But there is one weakness In Wilson's
course which did not escape comment
here today. While the president rejects
the Lodge reservations, he does not 'in
dicate that a . progaWm tike the Hitch
cock reservations would be accepted.-
STILL 15 COM PROMISING ,
Wilson leaves the inference that he
still wants the treaty, and covenant to
be Indorsed without the crossing of a
,"t" or the dotting of an "1". Notwith
standing : the advice and suggestion of
many ot his friends, the president has
throughout- the treaty fight permitted
that impression to go out to the country.
Even when he indorsed the Hitchcock
. reservations in the last moments of the
debate last March, he did not empha
sise the point, any too strongly.
The president had a reason that
seemed sound to him. , He feared that if
he allowed himself to be drawn into a
Quarrel about reservations," the issue
would be befogged by quibbles over
phraseology..- "He ; considered , that At-,
tk-'le . X was the . heart . of . the. whoje ,
business and "that the Lodge reserva
tion nullified that arilcle.
BEPIBL1CASS STUMPED
.Nevertheless, it is a matter of doubt
whether the president, will ask the Dem
ocratic national convention at San Fran
cisco to stand for an unqualified cov
enant, pressure will be brought to
bear upon him to consent to a plunk in
the platform, which will indorse the pro
gram tentatively agreed upon in the bi
partisan i conference which was broken
up when; Senator Johnson and Senator
Borah threatened to bolt the party if
Senator.! Lodge compromised , on , Ar
ticle X. .
With the -Hiram Johnson movement
growing stronger every day,4he Repub
licans have been In a quandary about
the treaty plank in their platform. They
cannot consistently Indorse the Califor
nia senatoV's position and at the same
time approve of the Lodge reservations.
WOrLD HOLD JOHWSOIT " 4 .
In a sense, Wilson makes it a bit
easier for the Republicans by his de
nouncement of "the Lodge reservations.
Had he waited until the Republican
convention was over, he might have
found the Republicans indorsing the
Johnson 1 viewpoint and retreating from
the leadership of Senator Lodge in or
der to face the president in the cam
paign with a solid Republican opposi
tion. :' i
The 'Republican leaders will be quick
to - seise upon the Lodge reservations
as the basis of their campaign with the
hope that Senator Johnson will not re
peat the' admission of Senator Knox and
, point out .that he doesn't want the treaty
even with these reservations.
OREGON FOR TREATY ; T
It is Senator Johnson against whom
the president's letter to the Oregon Dem
ocrats Is levelled for the time being.
Johnson! Just triumphed In his -native
state over Hoover, who stood for reser
vations.! The Oregon newspapers with
few exceptions have favored the League
of Nations from the start. The Oregon
- Journal I conducted a poll which showed
an overwhelming sentiment for the
treaty without any reservations what
soever. . j.
So far as a'test is concerned on the
unqualified '-adoption of the treaty, no
better battleground could have been se
lected by Wilson. '
But before the San Francisco conven
tion comes around there .will be another
pronouncement from Wilson.
RESERVATIONS FORESEEN 1
. 7 The letter to the Oregon Democrats
Is not the last word nor the kind of a
plank the Democrats will adopt. They'
will take their stand for some reserva
tions, notably those proposed by Sena
tor Hitchcock and. agreed upon by a
majority of the Democrats and indorsed
by Wilson himself. On the face of it,
the letter to the Oregon Democrats looks
like a reversal by Wilson, a return to
his original position of uncompromising
opposition to any change in the treaty
or league. Eventually, he will be found
supporting reservations "that do not
destroy the treaty" and condemning the
Ledge reservations on. the ground that
they are destructive. - " ' -
There is a noticeable renewal of con
fidence : and hope in White House quar
ters as" Senator Johnson., gains ground.
Senator' Knox's epeech really helped to
bring out the letter to the Oregon Dem
ocrats. 1 -
I. W; Hellman Dies
At: San Franciseo
' San Francisco,' May 11. (L N- S.) I.
W. Hellman Jr.. well known banker,
died Monday following a long illness. 14$ s
father, s I. W; . Hellman Sr., died a few
,'Meeks ago. : . .. . ...
WAR SECRETS
MARE PUBLIC
BY DANIELS
President
Chafed at Britain's
Time-vWorn Methods ! Asked
That Musty Traditions Be For
gotten, Says Naval Secretary.
Washingtonj May 11. (U. P.)
President Wilson was dissatisfied
with thej way Great Britain had man
aged the naval end of the war up to
the summer of 1917 and expressed
himself j em phatically; on this point
in a confidential address to the fleet
at the time, it was disclosed today by
Secretary Daniels before the senate
naval investigating committee.
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President Wilson, In his speech, made
shortly ftfterj America entered the war,
at a secret Rendezvous of the fleet at
Yorktown, declared: j
' 'Everyj time: we have suggested any
thing to the British admiralty the re-
ply ha
come back that virtually
amounted to
done in that
this, that it had never been
way. and I felt like saying :
" "Weill "nothing was ever done so
systematically as nothing is being done
now. "j : j ,
His speech was a plea for the officers
of the fleet to "throwj tradition to the
winds' and find new Ways of meeting
the submarine 'menace. :
"We are hunting hornets all over the
farm, and letting the nest alone." Wilson
said, according to Daniels. "I. am will
ing for my part, and il know you are
willing, for jl know theetxiff you are
made of.j We must crush that nest.'
Daniels said the policy of the navy, "to
be incomparably the most adequate navy
in the world,' was set in motion six
months before i Wilson 'publicly declared
It in February, 1916.
"This is conclusive evidence that the
navy department, long before the war.
was alive to the importance of prepared
ness and was taking every step toward
that end;" he said, relating to the deci
sion of the general board and himself.
Wilson, Daniels asserted, - "was the
first toj see jthe wisdom of the convoy
system.i which he suggested even before
we entered the war." i ; -- .-
Daniels declared it took six months to1
get; British approval of the North sea
mlnevparrage project, bt - that if Ad-
mlraj I Sims. I. bad favorably . urged..- theJ
proposition Instead of airing his own
objections. It would have been adopted
months earlier." -?' I ; '; ,
OF
LOWER TEST SOLD
Although state, : city and county
officials have Individually agreed not
to prosecute violators of the state
gasoline gravity test law during con
ferences ojt the last few days, no
lower test gasoline was being sold
in the state today as far as could be
ascertained.
The ! steamship Kl
Standard Oil fleet is
Segundo of the
reported to have
sailed from San Pedro Monday evening
for Portland. The EI Segunda carries
light :oils. including gasoline, and gen
erally tows! barge 93.! The tow is not
reportedl and it is believed that relief
from jthe gasoline, shortage is in sight.
Standard I officials today, declared the
El Segundo bound fori Puget Sound, but
Merchants' ! Exchange reports are that
it is j for the Columbia river, on its
usual run.' j 1 : '
, Oil companies, particularly the Stand
ard, have some little Washington gaso
line still in j their tanks', but are holding
off on Its I sale for fear some private
individual may bring j suit for violation
of the
statute. Deputy State Sealer
Dalziel conferred with State Treasurer
Hof f in Portland Monday but no agree
ment was reached to announce a virtual
suspension tf the law to cover the period
of emergency j
Pleasure icars In Portland were still
being 1 supplied with gasoline by the
Standard Oil company, although but one
fifth j of the normal supply allotted to
motorists is being given out.
The El Segundo carries about 52,000
barrels and makes the California-Portland
rpyte regularly. jThe manifest filed
at the. customs house in San Pedro gives
her destination as Portland. A 52.000
barrel cargo - would amount to "about
2,350,000 gallons of gasoline, which would
help; at the present time.
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GASOLIXE QUESTIOX IS TO BE
SECIOED DURING AFTERNOON
Salemi Of.. May ll.-i-The policy of the
state officials entrusted . with the en
forcement of the law' in the present
gasoline , emergency will be definitely
determined at a conference this after
noon between Governor Olcott, State
Treasurer Hoff and ! Attorney General
Brown. At that time the demand of
the Standard Oil company for a state-'
ment signed .by these three officials,
guaranteeing immunity from prosecu
tion fori violation of the 56 specific grav
ity test! law in the event gasoline of a
lower test its brought into the state to
tide j over !the, present emergency, will
be taken Under consideration.
Both Governor Olcott and State Treas
urer Hoff Stated this morning that they
appreciated the. gravity of the situation
and t the necessity for some action in
order to relieve the shortage of gasoline
which -exists in all parts of the state,
due, to thej inability of oil companies to
supply the I demand with gasoline of the
test reqjulred by the Oregon law. While
the officials realise that, the burden of
responsibility for thej situation lies with
the 1920 ; legislature jfor its failure to
provide) relief at that time, - they have
expressed themselves as. willing to go
to the limit of their authority in sup
plying ' the ' relief at this time and until
the situation eases up or the next legis
lature shall have had a chance to act in
the matter. : ' ' . j i.
BOGUS WAR
STAMPS ARE
PLENTIFUL
EUGENE, May 11. (Special)
Local holdera of War
Savings stamps l have , been
warned by Postmaster Campbell
of the appearance in . the conn
try of a dangerous counterfeit
of the bine : Savings stamps of
the 191 v issue. 'Postmasters are
ordered to select , special em-"
ployes of unusual ability n. the
Job of inspecting all stamps pre-
sented.' Holders of stamps are
warned against the transfer of
the stamps- through , any other
agency than the postoffice, as
thereby they not' only violate a
regulation of, the department,
bat take ; a ' chance on passing
bogus stamps. r i -
CARRANZA IS HELD:
MAY LEAVE MEXICO
Vera Cruz. Mexico. May 11. '
(.Noon) President Carranza was be
ing detained at Eaperanza today, ac
cording to word received here.
The Obregon government has sent
a commission from Mexico City to
take charge of Carranza and provide
safe conduct for him to Vera Cruz.
At Vera Cruz, ; it is understood.
Carranza! will embark for a foreign
port. . ' ' .
Washington, May 11. -(I. N. S.)
The navy department today received
the following message from Captain
B. A. Long," on board the destroyer
Putnam, at Tam pico, Mexico: "
"Situation at Tam pico all quiet.
No Americans or foreigners threat
ened. Immediate prospects Tampi.
co area peaceful.";
GENERAL A. FLORES TAKES :
MA Z A TLA N ON WAY SOUTH
By M. T. Tracy
- Agua Prieta, Sonora, May 11.
(U. P. Having captured Maxatlan,
one of the chief ports of Mexico, the
revolutionary Jarmy Nmfle? General
AfigeiTloreswlll' continue immedi"
ately its march southward, General
Calles, war chief of the revolution,
declared today.
. The capture of Mazatlan was reported
t- General Calles yesterday Just as he
was about to leave for Juares. This and
other reports caused Calles to postpone
his departure : until today, j
-Although there had been Bkirmishes of
an i unimportant . nature before Flores
reached Mazatlan, the city surrendered
without a struggle, according to the
(Concluded on Page Two, Colume Six)
FLAMES SWEEP FURNITURE PLANT
CENE showing fighting of fire this morning in building occupied by Healy Bros., furniture,
and Hexter ! Bros., hardware,! which caused death of John Kamps, aged cabinet maker, shut
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Evidence Tends ' to - ShOwr - In
bound Train Was Responsible
. for Crash Near4 Bertha: Prac
- tical Tests Made on Trial Riins
j Investigations conducted this
morning by the f Southern Pacific
wreck ' board, interstate' . commerce
commission inspectors and members
of the public service commission at
the scene of Sunday's electric train1
collision near. Bertha station, would,
tend to prove that the train crew of
No. .124 was "responsible . for the
crash and the death of nine people.
CONDUCTOR GIYES VERSIOX
The actual taking of testimony started
this; afternoon when O. O. Johnson, con
ductor of train 107,. outbound, was ex
amined. Johnson said that his train was going
between 20 and 25 miles an hour around
the i curve just east of where the col
lision occurred. The train was running
2 minutes late, he said. The emergency
air brakes were ' applied sharply a few
seconds before the collision occurred, the
speed of the traifS, slackening, in John
sen's opinion, to eight miles an hour be
fore the impact, t , . -
Replying to a request for expression of
opinion as to how far., the conductor's
responsibility extended when it came to
stopping the train in the event of viola
tion of train orders. Johnson said it
was equally the duty of the conductor
with the engineer to see that the orders
were carefully -"observed, and , that the
conductor on the Inbound train, realizing
tliat orders had been violated, should
have pulled the train down with the
emergency air devices within the cars.
This rule also applied to other trainmen
who might have been on the train, he
said.4' ;, --:-!- ,-Y-1
The railroad board, composed of H. P.
Coffin, chairman of the public safety
commission; Robert E. Smith,-president
of jthe Title & Trust company ; H.. M.
Lull, assistant . superintendent -of . the '
Southern Pacific ;' Dan. McLaughlin, mas
ter mechanic, and Superintendent A T.
Mercier .. went by . special .train to the
scene of the accident, spending: the en
tire meingahece as the first, jphasa o
the -Hrventigation. ' -i " , '-.. u "
G. B., Winters, inspector for the inter
state commerce commission ; Fred Buch
tel, chairman of the, public service com
mission ; Fred Rasch, engineer and ex
aminer of the public service commission,
and members of the train crews involved
in the accident accompanied the railroad
board. . .;'; . .' t . .
TEST RUSTS MADE ,.
Investigations showed that train No.'
124 (Portland bound), in charge of Silas
K.:Willett. engineer, and Austin Pharis,
conductor, had 300 feet from a possible
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RICH MAN
SAVES POOR
MSV-OLIFE
SAN ?lCANCIStO, May 11,
(U. P.J How H. F. Alexan
der millionaire president of the
Pacific, -' Steamship - ' company,
risked his life Sunday to save
Boatswain Andrew Petrie from
death - in the sea was related
when the Colonel David 3.
JackJUng yacht Aquilo arrived
here from Tacoma.
The . heroic . rescue was nar
rated by' Petrie. Aboard were
five prominent Tacomans, guests
of-Alexander, who were en route
to attend the foreign trade con-'
yentlon here. The . little " craft
was bucking a gale off Crescent
vClty ' when Petrie was swept off
the deck.. - Alexander . seized . a
life line and plunged overboard
after Petrie. ; T-:'r
A few moments later both
were pulled back aboard.
JAPAN AND SOVIET
ARE NOW AGREED
Washington, May 11. (0. P.)
Japan has begun to make peace with
the Bolsheviki " of , Siberia, 'it was
learned today.
An agreement which swlll probably lead
to a withdrawal of about 20.000 Japa
nese troops from the region of Vladivo
stok and pave the way for evacuation
of all- the Japanese . forces in Siberia,
bas been concluded between -Japanese
and soviet authorities at Vladivostok,
confidential advices to the Japanese em
bassy here today stated.
-The agreement is aimed expressly at
preventing conflicts between.-the Japa
nese and the Russians and is intended
to allow evacuation, of Japanese forces
from the city and region of Vladivostok,
it was stated rat the embassy.
By the agreement a neutral zone IS
created between - the forces,' 30 kilome
ters on each side of the Usuri railroad
from VTadivstok to Khabarovsk.' v
If this agreement works satisfactorily
the large force of Mikado troops will un
doubtedly be withdrawn, it was declared
at the embassy. ..
Latest military intelligence reports to
Washington estimate the number of Jap
anese, troops- in Vladivostok and Its vj-;
cmity'aiid ' north along the"Ujart rail
road to Khabarovsk at 20,000.
Soldiers 0verstay :
Shore Time Limit
San Francisco. May 1L (I. N.
Military and immigration authorities to
day were searching the city .for 100
Czeche-Slovak soldiers who, went "A. W.
O. . L." yesterday while off the . trains
port Mount Vernon to' bathe at the Pre
sidio military reservation.
y. 4
BLUEBEARD OF
FOLK LORE IS
FAR OUTDONE
J. P. Watsbnf Arch-Murderer and
Super-Bigamist, in Full Con
cession, Admits Killing Nine
Wives j Many More Missing,
WIFE XISSB8 BLUEBEARD
GOOD.BTE I
Los Angeles. Cal.,- May iL-(L N.
S.) Mrs. Elizabeth V. Williamson,
one of the wives of Joseph Gillam.
Bluebeard murderer and j bigamist,
visited him today at bis cell at the
county hospital. , !
Mrs. Williamson leaves tonight for
Sacramento and she said that , she
wanted to say good-bye to- the pris
oner. '' -'.
She and Gillam vere alone together
for several minutes and just before
leaving the cell Mrs. Williamson
kissed the man who had been her
husband.
During their conversation Mrs. Wil
liamson spoke to. Gillam in endearing
terms and inquired as to the state of
his health. i - .
i
Los Angeles, May 11. 'j 'HBlue
beard" James P. Watson now admits
that he murdered at least nine of
his many wives. . '
After he had been sentenced yes
terday - by Superior Judge Willis to
life imprisonment in San Quentln
penitentiary for the murder of Nina
Lee Deloney, it became known that
the bigamist and murderer had mads
a new confession in which he ad
mitted having murdered nine of the
women he married and promised to
reveal any further crimes he may
have! committed if he "can remem
ber them." ' - : - :
TCE XAJfE IS CITE1T . j
The man who was heretofore known
as Watson, Harvey, Huirt and many
ether aliases, now declares that his true
name is Joseph Gillman, and that his
home is near Parts. -Kan.,, where he be
lieves his father Jtres- ; ziZZ&v'ti,
' Tlewomeo Watson admits he kined ;
Mrs. M. A. Watt, married in Winni
peg ; drowned in ; Lake Coeur d'Alene,
Idaha . - ..;, ;, ,.- ;;,
Marie' Watson, married in Calgary ;
drowned in Lake Coeur d'Alene.
Eleanor Frazer, inarried in Vancou
ver; drowned in Spokane river.
Alice M. Ludvington, married In Port
Townsend. Wash. ; drowned in St. Joe
river, Idaho. - j ' -
Agnes Wilson, married In Vancouver,
191$ ; drowned in' Spokane river.
Beatrice Andreawartha, married In
Vancouver; drowned in Lake Washing
ton. -j
PLTJM STATION CASE rNCLVDED
Elizabeth Prior, murdered with ham
mer near Plum station. Washington, in
1919. Body recovered. j
Nina Lee Deloney. married In San
Francisco; killed, with hammer near
Long Beach, Cal. Body recovered, in
Borego Valley. I
The living and the missing: i
Marie Hollingsworth. married 16 years
ago at Coffeyville. Kan. Divorced him.
Missing. .
Olive Greenlee, no date as to marriage.
Divorced. ' Missing.
Alice Freeman, married in Alton, Ill
Divorced. -. Missing.
Mrs, Irene Hunt, married in Sacra
mento, March 18, 1919. Missing.
Bertha M. Lewis, married in Spokane,
April. 1918. Missing.
RECORD OF THESE -LOST
Mrs. Edith : Williamson,- married in
Spokane, August, 1919. - j
Mrs. Katherine Wombaqher, married
in Spokane, 1919. !
- Katherine Kruse, married in j Nelson,
B. a. June 13, 1913. ,
Mrs. Jack Hilton, married In. Little
Rock, Arkv June 21, 1913. !
Mrs. Irene Root, ' married in Sacra
mento. March, 1919. . p
Mrs. M. E. Goldensmlth, married in
Wallace. Idaho, July, 1919.
- Mrs. Minnie Bellen. 1248 Wilson ave
nue, Chicago, married October, 19H.
(Continued on Pace Bix, Column font.)
APPROPRIATION FOR
AIR PATROL SAVED
Washington. May 11. (WASH
INGTON BUREAU OF The ! JOURNAL)-
Conferees on the agricultur
al bill today reached an agreement
which saves the appropriation for
the forest air patrol at $50,000,' a re
duction of 10,000 under the senate
bill. The house conferees contested
any appropriation for forest patrol
and Senator . McNary, who cham
pioned this amendment on the sen
ate side, finally accepted the reduced
figures, coupled. with a proviso that
none of these moneys shall be used
for purchase of land or airplanes or
the erection of buildings. The air
planes' and aviators will be supplied
under the army reorganization bill,
and it will be possible this season to
carry out an old plan for Northwest
patrol, which includes bases at Med
ford, Eugene and LaGrande. The
conference also agreed on $125,000
for the protection of forests under
the Weeks' law. an increase of $50,
000 over the house figures, i
W. D. HOWELLS
FAMOUS editor and dean
of American authors, who
died today at age of 83.
Howells, . Henry James and
Mark Twain were the three
great leaders of the "Amer
ican school" of novelists.
- At.
jJi :'. 7
WM.DEAN HOWELLS
DIES AT: NEW YORK
New York, May 11. (1. N. f .)
Wiljfcun -IJtian'flowetlt.'i: fafttotue ftJr
thor and editor, died early today at
hls apartment "in t!e Hotel St. Hu
bert. He was 83 years of age. ,r Mr.
Howells-had recently returned frorn
Savannah, Ga., where he spent the
Winter. His 'death was hastened by
weakness following an attack of in
fluenza. , j. 't; r.
- Howells was born at Martin's Kerry,
Ohio.' and educated himself while work
ing in newspaper officer. His father
was the owner of a country newspaper
and the son began to set type when he
'was still so small that he had to stand
on a box to, reach the case. j
Howells began to write at an early
age and his contributions to newspapers
soon attracted attention. He ranked
in later years as one of the foremost
portrayers of American life. j
December 24, 1862. Mr. Howells was
married in Paris to Elinor G. Mead of
Brattleboro. Vt. '. lie was formerly ed
itor of the "Atlantic Monthly" and "Cosj
mopolitan" and at the time of his death
conducted "The Editor's Easy Chair" In
"Harper's. , ' . I
Degrees were conferred on Howells by,
Yale; Harvard, Adelbert college and Ox
ford. He wiis president of the. American
Academy of? Arts and Letters.
Howells, 'the dean of American litera
ture, published more than 70 books. His
works covered a wide range of subjects.
Including travels, novels, essays plays,
criticisms and poems. ;
He was born in Martin's Ferry, Ohio,
and was a self-taught man.
He started his writing as a newspa
perman, working on papers from 1858 to
1861, . when he.;Was appointed United
States consul at Venice. On his return
to the United -States In 1866 he was mads
editor of the Atlantic Monthly. He
served in that capacity 16 years. t
Some of 'Howells' best works were :
"The Landlord of. the Lion's Head,"
"The Rise of Silas Lapham," "The
Shadow of a Dream." . "The Leatherwood
God." "New Leaf Mills." ."Familiar
Spanish Travels,' and many other works
on travels;:" i 4--
BIDS FOR HIGHWAY
BONDS ARE LOWER
Salem, May 11. A still more seri
ous depression in the bond market
is Indicated In bids submitted today
for. the purchase of the ,$1,000,000
issue of Bean-Barrett bonds being
offered by the 'state board of control
at the request of the highway commission..'.-.
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High bid today was presented by the
Lumbermen Trust company of Portland,
which offered 89.09, or $890,900, for the
entire' issue . as against a high bid of
91.53 tendered for the Issue April 22,
which was rejected by the board as too
low for consideration. Other bids en
tered today were by Carsten EaYIen at
89.00,) Freeman, Smith 4- Camp at 88.30
and Henry Teal at 88.19. 1 ?
Faced by the prospect of future de
pressions in the bond market on the one
hand, involving, still further sacrifices
In the sale of highway bonds, and the
insistence of the highway commission
that the sale is absolutely imperative In
order to protect the credit of the state,
on the other hand, the board this ptorn
ing took' the .bids under advisement un
til Wednesday. It Is predicted here that,
as was the case before, the bids will all
be rejected again and the bonds adver
tised again in the hopes of a resurrec
tion of the bond market. , -
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FLAMES- KILL
John Kamps,; Cabinetmaker, Is
j Burned to Death at" 13th and
Hoytj Fireman Healy Suffo
j cated; Fire Escapes Blocked.
John Kamps,! 625 Perhliing utreet,
an elderly cabinet makrr, Is dend.'a
fireman was injured and more than
$60,000 damage was done by a fire
that consumed practically the entire
top story of a four story bundling at
Thirteenth and Hoyt streets this
morning. j
With fire escapes Mocked by furni
ture piled In front of them flrcmom were
forced to shatter windows and throw
from them the furniture thrjlr way.
The building, owned by William tindnby
tt Sons, was. occupied by Hexter & Co.,
wholesale hardware, and Healy Uros.,
wholesale furniture.
The destructive braxe anKiimrrl rprr.
tacular proportions and by 10::i0 o'clock
the entire upper structure was m mans
of flames.
Kamps. sn aged cabinet maker, was
suffocated in the smoke from the flamon.
He was found dead on the fourth floor
of the building by firemen. Apparently,
it Is said, the fire originated about
Kemp's bench, where he was unlng a
kerosene torch.
Frank Healy, a member of the Meiily
Bros.' firm, attempted lo get to Kamps.
but rescue was ImposHlble because of
the heat of the flames.
Fireman KM mar of truck No. 2, one
of the 19 companies that responded to
two alarms, was overcome by ( smoUo
after he broke his way Into the flamlnu
building. He was carried from the
third floor by comrades and was re
Stored by first aid measures.
Both firms occupying the building are
at least partly Inured, their mamijrer
declared. Hexter A Co. Is managed by
CVUna. Healy Bros. Is reprenrnted by
William A. and Frank 8. H-al-y. h
thus far have attributed no ca me for
the firs.
,- Flames, largely confined to the ton
floor, dropped down the elevator vtt
to the basement of the ntmotur, 1
1 of mill cunstmet ion, f.wed tvlti t,n.
The basement blase wan promptly liait-.d
by firemen.
An hour after the fire started firemen
announced the blase was under control.
Kamps, who was suffocated, had a
cabinetmaker's bench on, the thlr.l floor
of the burned building.
C. H. Dawson made a heroic attempt
to seek Kamps In the biasing bulldliiK.
but after entering the fourth floor wos
forced! back by the terrific heat.
. An Investigation made by Fire Marshal
'(Concluded on ! Thrm, Column ITimrJ
By Maraliall N. Dana
San Francisco. May 11. "Port
land, the Clearing House of All Na
tions." s j
It wasft4ls flaming ign that greet
ed world buMlneHS leaders as they
gathered this morning in the prelim
inary trade rodeo of all nations at
San Francisco's civic auditorium.
Below the talismanlc phrane was the
exhibit by which I'ortland expcrlally
prepared to show the men of tvinni.rce
from more than 20 nations the trade ad
vantages of the ports of Columbia.' It
Is placed almost at the entrance to the
main hall for the sessions of the national
foreign trade convention. Unusual pan
oramas picture the sweep of the Colum
bia from Its drainage basin of a quarur
million square miles to that distinctive
point where Portland has made a Kr-at
harbor at the meeting plsic5 of the
Columbia and the Willamette and thrn,
on leaving the Hose City and Vancou
ver, passing Astoria and looklr.g out
through Jthe sunset portal upon the Ori
ent, Alaska, Australia, South Atm-ri'ti
and.- through the canal, the At lane p
coast and Kurope.
The picturesque scene caught Portland
eyes as preparations for the ti forc-ln
trade convention opening Wndnewlay
morning went on apace. Japan dipped
colors to Australia as delegate xhltm
came 'in. Gallant preuviaim bowed
acknowledgement of introduction to
bluff Alaskans. The sgerts of exports
Sttd Imports that help feed, ilothe ari'l
add comfort to the lives of some 51 per
cent of the earth's population frlitlnn
the Faclflc, milled buxily but not aim
lessly, for they were getting remi!tully
acquainted. In ail this Portlarid;ra are
falntng experience worth much. They
are learning how. much demand for our
grain, lumber, fish, fruit and wool there
Is , elsewhere and figuring with what
profit the products Can be brought In a
return cargoes to feed our industries and
to provide transhipment material.
The fact that Portland has built more
water terminal facilities the past eischt
years than In all the previous history of
the city counte substantially. The fact,
that Portland steamship company will
have more than 30 vessels soon Is k
nlficant, as well as entry of port by Jep
enese and other steamships. And noth
ing is worth more in Impressing the de
sirability ot doing business with I'ort
land upon the minds of the men who
have the business to do than the $10,
000,000 port program now under con
struction. ;
Portlanders are beginning to eipe
rience the sensation of those who con
trol the destiny of. a world port.
Another "Oregon first". record lies In
the fact that our exhibit Is largest, firn
In place and, many say. the best; our
delegates the. largest in number, out
side of San Francisco, although Nev.
York's, Chicago's and Los Angeh v
foreign traders are in.
PORTLAND GREETED
AS CLEARING HOUSE