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CITY ' EDITION 5 frV AH ere and It', All True THE .' WEATHrTR TonlRht and Friday. fair; northeasterly winds. Maximum Temperatures Wednesday: Portland 64 New Orleans.... 88 Boise V...'t 70 New York....... 68 Los Angeles 66 St. Paul 60 CITY EDITION ' The Story of Mary , , i as toM'by herself on the witness stand In her divorce case, will be one of a number of features of The Sunday journal Maga-. sine. It is an intensely, human story. ' Read it Sunday. VflT ""'"' VTY TSI CY " 55 - KBt" " 8conJ-CljB Matter PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING. MAY .13, 1920. TWENTY-TWO PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. ON TRAINS AND NFWff STANDS riVI CENTS i M S III IT-O Ill I l I I If ii II I J. , i m '. 1 k I V r . II I I -"At 1 hJ I t Ringleaders favor Governor over Wood. Mc Adoo likeliest ' Demo crat. Johnson may "head" own party. Chances are daily-brighter For Lowden By David Ijiwrcnce (Copyrighted 1020.) "Washington, May 13. Political events of the last 24 hours have emphasised the improbability of a reconciliation between the various factions in both the Democratic and Republican parties who have taken their respective attitudes toward. the peace treaty and League of Nations during the past year. . Three divisions exist in each party, and by virtue of their ' similarity they appear now to be the nucli of three po litical parties, i LOWDEX AHEAD OF WOOD President Wilson's letter to the Ore gon Democrats,, asking for the unquali fied Indorsement , of the treaty and league, followed, as it was. by the an nouncement "of Republican leaders in Chicago that they would, stand on the Lodge reservations, has now, "been at tacked by the so-called "irreconcll ables led by Senators Johnson and ' Borah, who hint at a bolt from the Re publican party unless reservations, league, treaty and all are condemned. .The outlook at present for the presi dential nominations, therefore, would ap pear to, be ! this: Republican Lowden, Wood or Hoover, en a platform of Lodge reservations, and their chances about in the order named. BRTAS MES MAT BOLT Democratic McAdoo, Cox or Palmer, on a platform written by President Wil son advocating' unqualified adoption of the treaty but accepting interpretative reservations such as those of the Hltch- cock resolution. Independent or third party Senator Hiram Johnson or Senator LaFollette, on a platform, opposing the entire treaty, league and reservations. Support for the third party will come from friends of William Jennings Bryan, who will probably , wage an unsuccessful fight in the San Francisco platform against the Wilson platform, though Bryan himself would be prevented from supporting a third party which condemned the treaty and the league inasmuch as he himself is ready to accept the Lodge reservations in the interest of a start toward peace. RKPITBMCASS CONFIDENT Support for the third party would also come from those Democrats, particularly f Irish extraction, who think Article X of the covenant -Interferes with the prospect 01 inn jneauin, .! ukj lining up solidly behind Hiram John son - -: Of course Republicans fond ?oJ'j John son will Join a third party If he or someone of his viewpoint heads a third ticket. The i new party will acquire strength from the so-called liberal or radical wines of the-two big parties. The readjustment, or realignment of political forces is causing no little con cern to both -Republicans and Democrats. The Republicans are supremely confi dent that the defections will not be con siderable. M'ADOO BEST BET " i The Democrats think the departure of ular- Republican party will make the Lodge reseryationist program easy to attack, and that the real friends or tne league will see the Democratic platform as the only means of bringing about an early partnership of the United States in the present League of Naftons. But irrespective of the treaty issues the personal questions in each party are retting more and more vital.-William Gibbs McAdoo has the edge on the Dem ocratic nomination. By insisting on un instructed delegations and keeping him self out of the office-seeking class by maneuvers of receptiveness only he has impressed Democrats in the capital here as- a shrewd, politician. HAS JiASt ESEMIES , Mitchell Palmer 'Is well liked, and probably has more strength among the members of the Democratic national committee than has McAdoo, but the latter was in the game (before Palmer ;, began...-' ';' .,: i ' - "" - : .V i Delegates were tied to the McAdoo band wagon when . that , individual was secretary of ; the treasury and director general of railroads. Added to this are the mistakes made by Palmer, or, rather, the group he has rightly or wrongly an tagonized. He is under attack for fall- (Contained on Pmt Two, Column t'iTeX London, May 13. (U. P.) Con tinued silence of the Moscow wire less . station , caused ; considerable speculation 'here today on what may be happening in, the Russian soviet capital. . ! - Officials were inclined to give credence to this report because of the silence of the Moscow radio station. " The last message was received here at 2 :30 p. m.. May 9, when a call intended for all sta tions was interrupted suddenly. An unconfirmed Eixchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen, quoting- the . newspaper Politiken, said private ad vices had been received that a great re bellion was under way in Moscow. There were many fires, the advices said. POLES FIND EVIDENCE OF MASSACRE BY REDS 'Washington. May 13. (I. N. S.) . Polish troops have formed a bridgehead at Kiev, 15 kilometers In depth, prevent ing further j bombardment of that city, according to a dispatch received here today from I Warsaw. The dispatch re ports the capture of Karalick and Bsysesnow on the Dneiper south. of Kiev, together with thousands of prisoners and valuable material. The dispatch states that Polish troops have found ! evidence of massacres by me KoisneviKi or bourgeois and counter revolution in towns which have been captured. It declares that in Dyte- miers tv nutcnered bodies were' found in one cellar. MOSCOW S SILENCE AY 000 El R EVP 1T FORGED IRE SAYS DANIELS American 4 Admiral Tried to For ; tify " His Attitude by, Use of Bogus Message About Convoys, Declares Secretary of Navy. Washington,; May 13. (U. P.) Secretary. Daniels today - charged Rear Admiral 81ms with introducing a forged ! cablegram as evidence in the senate naval Investigation. The ; cable, as offered by Sims, bore the signature of "Daniels," but the secretary today offered the original copy of the cable and: denied it bore his name. The dispatch in question related to the convoy system and held that vessels hav ing armed guards were safer sailing in dependently. Daniels said the original bore the signature of A. F. Carter of the bureau of "naval operations. DANIELS WANTS AFOLOGT "The Instigator of this attempt to fix upon the civilian secretary a telegram signed by; another' official ought to be produced by Admiral Sims. ' who pro duced: this altered telegram and who owes an apology to me and to the coun try for the impression undertaken to be made by his testimony based upon a false signature," Daniels told the com mittee, i This shows that somewhere somebody was guilty of signing my name to an official dispatch; which the original here produced shows! I never signed, or of altering a dispatch by erasing the real signature 'and substituting 'Daniels, .: 8E3TT BY BRITISH EMBASSY . "I knew that I . had never sent such a telegram. I knew that if my name appeared on such ' a telegram, , it. would be' because, somebody had forged my name! to it. The dispatch had been sent to London through the British embassy. The sentence in - the ; cable to ' Which Daniels took exception read : i , "In regard to convoy, I consider that American ; vessels having armed guards are safer whenj sailing, independently. WHIT SISS ADTICE BID Daniels also fold the committee that Sims also (opposed using .the Leviathan as a troop transport, for the- reason that it offered too large a target. Later he insisted that it toe sent to a British port. asserting no French ports were suitable. The department accepted this advice and on,- her .first trip she stuck In the mud in Liverpool and had to wait a month until the Lunar tide came in before she could be floatedi Daniels said. ! ; ' i Daniels went into his charge previously made that Sims ; was more solicitous about safety of merchant ships than of troop transports, r. SIMS' IDEA OF VALUES' "If I had believed that Admiral Sims cherished any such idea," Daniels said : "that he valued ; supplies more than th lives of American soldiers ; that he was willing to: endanger troop transports in order to save cargo ships, he would have been instantly removed from command." He quoted Sims' as writing to Admiral Bayly, British commander at Queens town, that Daniels' insistence on safety of troops i was "largely political." t Daniels i told of a warning sent from Washington that the German submarines were aiming to attack the United States convoy and the denial of the fact by Sims. "The convoy was attacked that night," Daniels i declared. PRICE FOR WHEAT 'Washington,! May 13. (U. P.) A conference of government officials, congressmen and railroad execu tives to discussj the possible necessity of . continuing the guaranteed wheat price after June 1,. when ,lt expires according to present laws, has been. called by JuliusH. Barnes, director of the United States Grairt corpora- tion, to meet in Washington May 19. In a telegram; to congressmen, Barnes expresses; grave concern over the re suits that may follow the discontinuance of the Grain corporation's stabilizing of the wheat price at about f2.26 a bushel Barnes,; in his- telegram calling the conference, ;, warns .that "agricultural demoralization" may follow unless- some other action is taken. Conditions in Europe and the car shortage has caused the grain corpora tion to believe that it would be unwise xor tne government to step out of the wheat, market entirely, Barnes indicated. 360,000 More Jews Conning This Year ' Paris, May 13. If the present immi gration Into America of Polish Jews, continues for a year at its present rate, there win be, according to dispatches from Poland to - Paris journals, more than 360.000 more Jews in America by the end of the year. Legion Heads Would Force Through Bonus Washington,. May 13. (U, P.) The executive committee of the American Legion. has been called to Washington next week in an effort to foEce through congress a soldier bonus bill before the convention recesses. If the bill fails a delegation will ' be sent to each conven tion to obtain approval of the bonus in the party platform, it was learned. MAY BE GONT NUED Price of Sugar Should Be at 11 Cents, Railroad Labor Board Told Washington, May 13. (TJ. P.) Sugar should sell, for 11 cents a pound and present prices, ranging from 20 to 25 cents, are due to profiteering, W." Jett Lauck, consult ing economist of the railroad broth erhood, told the railroad r labor board today. - , . Sugar "gougers" will exact a total of $600,000,000 from the American people this year, Lauck, who f is urging the board to grant railroad men 'Increases, said. Income taxes for 1917 show that sugar producers had - earned 528-per cent on tlie capital stock, 59.2 on capital - in vested and 45.53 on their capital; actu ally invested after all taxes were de ducted, he said. " Cane producers earned 27.28 per een on capital stock, 238.34 on capital actual ly Invested and 1.91.04 on capital after deducting taxes, according to Lauck, who said sugar was then selling for 7.7 cents a pound. i ... "If the producers showed such' amaz ing earnings then," said Lauck, "what must be their earnings today with sugar hovering about 25 cents a pound?" LTJSK GOES SOUTH FOTt INVESTIGATION OF SUGAR For -'further investigation of the sugar situation. Hall Lusk, assistant United States attorney, left Wednesday night for San Francisco and probably will be in the south for a week. Lusk is acting food controller in the state. " Most of the sugar; used in Oregon comes from the California refiners, and Lusk will inquire into production 'costs to see whether- or not ' the wholesalers of this district are not being ; required to pay an exorbitant . price. A tele gram was received by his office Tues day from Washington, fixing a 2-cent margin of profit for retailers and 1 cent for wholesalers.. Merchants of both lines assert that they cannot break even on such a profit. " f f i If it is found that Oregon wholesalers are subjected to-excessive charges, the United States attorney will ask, under the Lever act, for adjustment of . the condition. ;. . . s. - ; CHICAGO PICTURE i ASSURES . .. DROP IN SUGAR PRICES Chicago, May 13. (I. N. S.) Sugar dealers in Chicago, who have been hold ing up the price, of that' necessity to 32 centa a pound, were guests at a little picture : entertainment given them here late Wednesday by United State Dis trict Attorney Charles F.-Clyne. k.-'.rT The most novel feature of the i enter tainment consisted in the exhibiting by Mr. dyne of photographs showing many carloads of sugar ; standing idle in the Chicago railroad yards, sold and i resold and Mien sold some more to pile, up thou sands of dollars in profits for the deal ers. This is a violation of the Lever act. As the result of Mr. Clyne's "party" it was" announced today that the price of sugar, retail, soon will drop to 20 cents a pound and will stay there. ; 500,000 GALLONS E Ten thousand barrels totaling 500,000 gallons of Standard Oil gas oline which conforms to the Oregon gravity test law, will arrive at Will bridge,' the local Standard branch, aboard the tanker EI Segundo, May 21. The same tanker will bring 40,000 barrels of boiling test gaso line for delivery at Seattle. The nromised sunnlv. accord In r to J. D. Balsley, district sales manager for Standard Oil, will be. a temporary guarantee against an Oregon ; gasoline drouth pending the complete analysis by company executives of Governor Olcott's agreement to suspend fines and punishments for violation of the grav ity test law. - i 't' The next move, as far as the Stand ard- is concerned, is up to the com pany,? to whose San Francisco offices Balsley Wednesday transmitted Gov ernor Olcotts statement. PLEASURE VEHICLES LIMITED In the meantime, which probably will be several days,- Standard i Oil filling stations will continue to supply pleas ure vehicles with ; 20 per cent of their total tank capacity and wiH allow all classes of commercial f automotive equipment 100 per cent capacity. Motor cars operated by physicians, fire de partments, food venders and others are included in the 100 per cent classiflca tion. Today Associated, - Union and Shell filling stations are selling 100 per - cent of tank capacity to ail patrons for. com mercial and pleasure cars alike. Distillate has been almost completely (Continued on Pace Two, Column Three) Friday Morning, to Bring Drop of Two Cents for Butter Consumers will buy butter Friday morning at 2 cents a pound less than previous values. ' , ; City creameries, announce a cut of that amount in the price, effective at the opening of i Friday's, business. '.This means a selling price of 54 centa a pound wholesale and at retail 6061, cents a pound. , ' ' j ; - Butter men believe the market will be no lower this season as the present price is about 4 to 5 cents below that of a year ago. i Pbe proposed , constitutional amendment to provide a succes sor to the governor is dicussccL on Page 8 of today's Journal. GASOLN conic FAR EASTERN TRADE VISION GRIPS OREGON Sixty-Five ; Billion Dollar Far Eastern Magnet! Draws Port landers to Realization of Vast Possibilities; Adopt Slogan. By Marshall N. Dana San Francisco, May 13.- Portland the abutment of the - Pacific and bridge of ships, a terminal of the Trans-Pacific highway. ; . The most phlegmatic of the Rose City's big delegation r began "seeing things" this morning, as the main purposes of the National Foreign Trade convention became apparent. Foreign traders "from America, and abroad have opened the eyes of the men from ports of the Columbia wider than ever before ' i ' There is In prospect; a $65,000,000,000 annual commerce with j the Orient. To build it calls first for allocation of an adequate number , of Uncle Sam's 1500 merchant ships. The merchant marine is to be Increased to 1944 ships by the end of the year. ,-; .. -j. ...:,;,.. PQB.T DEVELOPMEXT JTEEDEB? To be an abutment of this "bridge of .ships" calls for improvements for port facilities of the largest extent and high est, service. i k, . That is why the 310,000,000 port pro gram proposed for Portland became V a factor in the national foreign trade con vention, i America must also maintain facilities abroad. There should be American owned ; docks at Shanghai. Manila should be the distributive port and the enterprise of . Manilans in spending $4,000,000 and the authorization of $6,000,000 more for port facilities should be encouraged. ; i American incorporations bulks big. At present American cash in Oriental trade sails under the British flag. American income and excess profits taxes make Americans Incorporate under English laws in order to meet British competition to the orient. I Now comes the British rule requiring active British managers for such cor porations, practically throwing America out of the race. i Enhanced ; communication is another issue developed by the i convention. The Atlantic s has 17 cables, the Pacific two. and the latter have leaks inform ing trade, enemies of America. - Impetus has been given the movement for an other cable. SUBMARINE ROAD URGED ' Julian Arnold, commercial attache of the American legation at Peking, ad vocates a railroad connecting the two continents between Alaska - and Siberia. He says it can be done by building a submarine railroad upon the interven ing islands. ; i , (Concluded on Pace Two. Column Two) Ruttfi Carey, and Dot Powers are in the hosnita.1 ward at th ennntv jail and Thomas McNeff and Felix Isaacson are under arrest as the re sult of a wild "joy ride" in the early hours this morning,. The young women are sightly injured from what they allege were vicious attacks of the men who took them in an automobile for a drive up the Columbia river highway, after a ca rousal In a Portland restaurant. The girls declare that after the troubje they were thrown out of the auto mobile and left on the highway near Latourelle. J Miss Carey said she has been a tele phone operator in Portland. The girls said they met the two men and 'were in vited to go to a restaurant, where they dined and had several drinks, and that the men then proposed an automobile ride,; which they; accepted. About 4 o'clock, according " to the story of the girls, came their quarrel with the men. The Carey girl was struck over the head and has a scalp wound. Both are hys terical from nervous shock. They were discovered on ; the highway, after hav ing been put out of the automobile, by J. F. Thompson, a special deputy sheriff at the Bridal Veil Lumber company's plant, and he ;. took them to the emer gency hospital there for treatment. The sheriffs office was at once noti fied, and Motorcycle Officers Jack La Monte and Lee - Maulheauer started in chase of the men. They were overtaken at the Locks ferry and were brought to Portland. l , . ' McNeff Is in the hop business, with of fice in the Pittock block and resides at 776 Johnson streejt. Isaacson is an em ploye of McNeff and resides at 709 East Thirty-sixth avenue southeast. Personal Ambition . Is Laid to Wilson By Senator Kellogg Washington, May 13. (I. 1. S "To gratify his personal ambition. President Wilson, standing practically alone in his insistence on unconditional ratification of the . peace treaty and the League of Nations, is willing to sacrifice the peace of this country,' to injure our commerce, to jeopardize, the stability of Europe," Senator Kellogg, Republican of Minne sota, charged in the senate this af ter- GIRLS JOYRDE ENDS IN DISASTER , Boon,- - - All of Carranza's Former Leaders Have Deserted Him for Rebels Washington,. May 13.- (I. N. S.) Former ' Carranzlsta leaders 'have practically all declared for the revo lution in Mexico, according , to ; re ports to the revolutionary agency here today. The reports declared that there is little indication of fur ther ; opposition - from Carranzlstas. Reports that Salfillo had been recap tured by . Carransistas were ,not cred ited by the . revolutionary " agency, Nq. reports had been . received today as to the whereabouts of President. Car- rana..--.v . REVOLUTION IS ENDED AS s FAR AS BORDER CONCERNED B; M. B. Tracy S Agua Prieta, Sonora, May 13. (U. P.) With the Mexican revolutionists claim ing control of Nuevo Leon and Tamauli pas. in addition to Sonora and Chihua hua, . the revolution seemed today to be practically over as far as the border- is concerned.-.,-" . That General Calles, rebel war minis ter, ' held this belief was evidenced by reports that he was heading for Chihua hua City and probably will not stop at Juarez or other border points as he had planned. i: Revolutionary . headquarters in Agua Prieta are all but closed. ' Only the nec essary officers of the small garrison re main. i Announcement was made today that the Chinese club, chief gaming conces sion would be permitted to reopen for American patrons only. - ' . Another , announcement was the ap pointment of Alfonso Vasquez, now com mercial agent of the revolution, as revo lutionary,. vice consul at El Paso! Alfonse Pesquiera will succeed, Vas quez as commercial agent here. TB0LTG.0.P. Senator Hiram Johnson, who has had "bolting" inclination . in ; the past, and who put them into active effect In l912when he boomeranged out of the Chicago national conven tion" and defeated Taft, has re formed,, so he says tn a telegram to Sanfield Macdonald, his manager tn Oregon. Various political prophets and prog nosticates, both of local and of na tional jurisdiction, have seen fit to predict in the days past and ' passing that the California senator - would take his . doll rags and delegates - out of the wigwam; or the. coliseum, or -wherever his present ' Republican playmates in tend setting up housekeeping, on June 8, and stage a little war dance all his own- unless they let him .be the head of the household right off the bat. WIRESL TO MACDOSALD This supposition, has stirred the ire of Senator Johnson to the point where he has taken his fountain pen in hand to say as follows to Macdonald; - . ; "Your statement that charges . are being, made in Oregon ; that I would refuse to abide by the decision of the Republican convention at Chicago in the event of the selection ; of a-, can: didate other -than myself is before me. I have stated in many, many speeches that this contest is within' the party and that the selection of the candidate at Chicago will be final, and after that selection. : we will all .go forward this year to an overwhelming Republican victory. ? ' This telegram was signed, sealed and delivered at Washington, D. C, on the twelfth day of May. as the lawyers Would say, and Macdonald contends in an appended statement that it, ought "to smother" the false statements that have ' been "maliciously Circulated in Oregon"; about his chief. OLD GUARD "ASSURED E Incidentally and along .the same line of discussion the - Johnson statement brings back to mind with a great deal of -vividness the story which has Ira migrated here -through the Oolden Gate to the effect that Senator Johnson, be fore he llned - things up" in Call for nia. also -"signed, sealed and delivered' a "certain s token In writing," as the legal fraternity , might again remark, as a condition precedent lo tne sup port of certain old-guard gentlemen of the Bear State whose support was much desired and somewhat important to success down - there. According to ; this story these big men of California, lured on by the vision of a "favorite son" In the .White House were also troubled by the mental movie of the' Johnson exodus of 1912. So they put It up to him, or so it is told, and ex acted from mm a written promise tnat he would "stick," no matter what hap pened to him at the Chicago convention. On that condition they got behind him and are still there. - There are many who have heard this story and who are inclined to the study Of political ' chess," who argue that if he hag so signed up, Hiram has got him (Concluded on Pace Two. Column - Four) Catholic Leader to Be Italian Premier Rome, May 13. A (L N: SL) Signer Meda, leader of the Catholic party, may succeed Signor Nitti as premier of Italy, King Victor Emmanuel gave an audi ence to Signor Meda today. . White Salmon Ships First Strawherries " White Salmon,. Wash., ; May 13. The White Salmon . strawberry season v. as ushered . in Wednesday when the 'first Shipment was made from the J. A. Hen derson ranch by J. Tanska, who runs the JOHNSON V RES HE WON place. - ' " - ON JOHNSON BANDWAGON Senator Reverses Former Posi tion ; Issues .Statement Saying v He "Should Like to See Ore gon Join California, Montana. Washington, May 13. (WASH INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUR NAL. ) --Senator McNary today re versed his position as a neutral in the - Republican presidential contest and issued a statement declaring for Senator - Johnson, saying he hopes that Oregon will declare for the Cal ifornia senator . at the primaries. Heretofore McNary has stoutly maintained he would indorse no one and those who seek an explanation of the "present,. turn of affairs be lieve that it lies in the personal friendship existing between McNary, Johnson and Borah'. Since Johnson returned here, from hi recent campaign tour he and Borah have sought conferences with McNary, and it is believed they recalled that they "went to the bat"' for him when he was engaged in a struggle' with Rob ert N. Stanfleld at the Oregon primaries two years ago. McNary's statement was . handed to Johnson 'for use today and it is ex pected will ; be used extensively in the final days of the campaign in Oregon. In. it he said : "Rooted to the West .by birth and knowledge of its destiny, I feel justi fied in stating my preference for a far western man who, by environment and sympathy, is of the West and devoted to . its ( development. - Senator Hiram Johnson of California, in my, judgment. fulfills the measure of our hopes. His personal views on foreign affairs,-! whether we agree or differ, must, yield to the overpowering- force of - public opinion. I entertain no fear of his boldness. I have an abiding faith in his innate desire to serve the public Under the conditions ' that ' prevail 1 1 should like to see Oregon join with Cali fornia and Montana and other western states in giving Senator Johnson its support, as that result' will demonstrate to the country that the West stands for a man who knows - her possibilities of achievement" and who ill give assist ance to her ambitions." VICTORY FOR 'LIBERALS" AT SPOKANE IS PREDICTED Spokane, Wrish., May 13. A double delegation to the national Democratic convention.' at; San Francisco from this state, with the bare possibility of a dual state convention in, Spokane, , Monday, and victory, for the . "liberal" wing of the state Democracy, was predicted by State. Chairman . George F. Christensen of Stevenson. . INDIANA G. O. P. CONVENTION INSTRUCTS BIG 4 FOR WOOD Indianapolis. May 13 (I. M. S.) In diana's big four to the Republican con vemion will go instructed . to vote for Major General Leonard Wood. The Republican state convention, after a hot fight this afternoon, adopted a res olution to instruct the delegation to vote for General Wood "as long as he has a (Concluded on Page Three, Column 8ix) PRESIDENT VETOES E Washington, May 13. (I. N.S.) President Wilson this afternoon vetoed the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill. . -The' president, stated that he objected to section 8 of the bill, which provided that no government department shall is sue a journal or magazine or newspaper unless authorized : by the joint commit tee on printing, the same extending to mimeographed journals. The president stated the effect of such a provision would be to establish power in , the joint committee on printing to determine what 'Information - the execu tive departments shall give to the country. . ,. ' Population Figures Show Increases for 3 Eastern Cities Washington. May 13 I. N. S.J -Preliminary population t figures ;. were an nounced today by the census bureau follows: - - ' i - Panons. Kan.. 1920 population, l,028;-in-ereaaes atnee 1A10. S56S. or 28.6 per cent.. Sterling. 111., 1920 population, 8182; In crease since 1910, 71ft, or 9.S per eent. Sterling- township, Whiteside county, Illinois 1920 population. , 9268; inereaae aincc 1910, 9Z. or ll.l per-eent . Camden. N. J.. 1920 population, -116,309 incraaae aiace 1910, 21,711. at 23 per cent. Warship, to Guard Americans Living in Armenia, Is Asked - K' ,. v' - - Washington, May, 13.-(I. N. S.) The president is requested to send an Amer ican warship and a force of marines to nraiwt A rrwri9.n liven and orODertV in Armenia In . a resolution passed without a roll call by tne.senaie mis ariernoon. Tii on!iitlmi altr. Ttends the sen ate's congrafUlations to the Armenian people upon the attainment of their in 3 JOINTED MEASUR dependence. Open Shop Letter To Gary Admitted By Association of Seattle Citizens Seattle, May 13. (U. P.) The Associated Industries -did not. spon sor the letter to B. H. -Gary of the steel corporation, asking his support in an effort to keep David Rodgers from reopening the Skinner & Eddy shipyard No; 2,. In Seattle. That was made clear today at noon. following a disclaimer from the asso ciated industries. ; The writer of the let ter , sent a: copy of it to the Seattle Star and made a statement. The writer is IL E. Luby, an office employe of the American Association of Craftsmen and Workmen. - f. The credit; ad ' responsibility -for the letter : belongs- entirely to the American Association of Craftsmen and Workmen, an organization of some 3000 American citizens, who 'defend the right of, every American to. - work, : regardless of whether or not he is a union member," said Luby. OTHER LETTtES SENT. "The letter wasr nbt written with any wish or intention of preventing Mr. Rodgers from engaging in the ship building business, but In the hot hat influence could be brought to bear upon him to allow equal opportunity for ail American citizens to obtain employment In his yard when it opened. Similar tet ters were sent - to t others ' whom we thought might have influence with Mr, Rodgers. . There was no thought of blocking him in the financing of his project , cr in obtaining material." The ' association which Luby repre sents maintains an office here. It was organized last October in Seattle. Some of its organizers say they are union members, . or ' have been. "We are for the open shop principle, through and through," said J. W, McDaniel, its sec retary.1 - " - - - .- Inability to obtain financial support and opposition by Judge 12. 11. Gary, chairman of the United States Steel- cor poration, were: given by David Rogers, veteran shipbuilder, as the ; reasons for abandoning his project to reopen the old Skinner &. Kddy corporation shipyard. tecently bought from the government. A letter purporting to have been re ceived by Judge Gary - says Seattle is ' turning to the ; open shop plan, but there - is - one obstacle in the way, and that is -Rogers. ' The writer of the let ter is not named. , ' CLOSED SHOP FACTOR For some time it has been rumored that Rogers would . be . forced to give up his project because v the steel com panies would not - sell him material 'if he operated a closed plant. Rogers is a brother-in-law of the head , of the boilermakers union here and has strong union af filiations. - Another development in the shipbuild ing industry here is the report that the Skinner A. Eddy Shipbuilding company has given up its contract for building a 12,00o-ton oil tanker for European in terests. The reason assigned is 1 that the United States shipping board will not allow construction of--vessels for a foreign country. In explanation .of his present position Rogers published . an advertisement in Seattle newspapers in which he said : . COSTBACT8 ABE BEJECTED On account , of my Inability to ob tain assistance . from some of the bankers and other interests of Seattle in financing the purchase s of a ship yard, resulting also in my j Inability to provide satisf atory performance, bonds, I have been obliged to reject contracts approximating -JM6,wOO,000, which, would have brought to Seattle employment for nearly (000 men. , with an annual, pay roll of 110,000,000. I have spent a very large amount of my own money in an endeavor' to put this deal over, and I have not only been unable to get financial assistance, but 1 have been very strongly blocked by certain business interests and con- (Concluded on Pace Eicbt, Column Tbree) SHOT, EXPERT SAYS, Fl By A. K. Guy ton Marshfleld, May 13. That the bul let taken from the head of the mur dered Bandon girl could only have been fired from the gun owned by Harold Howell, the defendant charged with the crime", waa the opinion expressed t Wednesday by Sam Whetstone, on the stand for the prosecution. ' Whetstone Is a , run smith of Coquille. He claimed that the bullet bore the marks of the re boring. Howell's gun was originally of .22 calibre and had been changed to shoot a .25 calibre bullet which was the sjze of bullet that killed the girl. . i O. W. Tribbey, street superintendent of Marshfleld, who testified as a gun expert -told how guns which had been rebored marked the bullets differently from other guns. . . . ,.. HOWELL TQ TE8TIFT.' Policeman Craddock of Portland will testify about the gun and the bullets. The - procecution, may complete its case today. Over 40 witnesses have been called and the evidence will not be all in be fore the end of the week. The greatest interest' centers : in the testimony off Harold Howell, who will be put en the stand to testify In his own behalf and deny hie guilt of the murder. - , Snow at Crater Lake More Than Five Feet Medford. May. -U.Snow at Anna Springs camp at Crater Da ke park is five and one half feet deep and about a foot deeper near the lake rim, accord ing to Superintendent Sparrow, m HOWELL GUN REPORT WILL SHOW HOUSER Result of Extended Inquiry Into Affairs of United States Grain - Corporation About to Be Made Public Gives Him Clean Bill. Max II. Houser, second vice presi dent of the United States grain cor poration, has " been exonerated of charges of manipulation of the grain market during his term of office as an official of the federal grain cor poration. The investigation into the conduct of the Orain corporation's affairs. in the Pacific Northwest has been conducted by the department of justice at the re quest of Houaer' himself. It followed a report by a United State grand jury at Spokane criticising the Orain corpora- tion for alleged price manipulating and suggesting that Houser, who Is presi dent of the" Port land' Flouring Mills company,,- had profited, with other m.iUsrs, as a result of his government position. United States Attorney Humphreys, who has been conducting the investiga tion into the Grain - corporation's af fairs, refused to give out Information on the department of I Justice report un til be is authorized to make an official announcement from .; Washington, but there Is believed to jbe no doubt of the nature of the government's findings. HOtSEE IS 8A5 FRAXCIKCO Mr. Houser himself Is in San Fran cisco, attending . the sessions of the na tional trade convention. Two special investigators for the de partment of justice working under United States Attorney Humphreys, have : been examining wltnewses loth here and in Spokane and the Inland Empire ; country for the past two months, so as to cover every angta. of tne ' cnarges involving liouser ana tne grain corporation's affairs. Added interest to the findings of the Spokane grand jury was given by the' belief in some circles that the report was political in character and wa aimed at the administration heads of the food administration, particularly Herbert Hoover, .Color was lent to this by. the publicity 'given the charges In anti-administration papers,, notably those ' supporting Hiram' Johnson .for the . presidency. ; , : v . Charges were made last February by the Spokane grand Jufy, although no in dictments were re'-rnd. thnt ly all the wheat, in Oregon and- WaaV ington had been cornered tiiruugh manipulation of the grain markets at Minneapolis. Houser, was specifically named as having been able to manipulate and operate various grain concern to an immense : profit to himself and as sociates. ' .-. .. t - ! , WHEAT COHNEK CHARGED "Eighty-five per cent of the 1919 wheat J croi of the state of Washington," the report said, "estimated at 42,000.000 bushels, went Into the hands of half a dozen grain companies. Having bought practically all the wheat in the states of Oregon and Washington, these grain companies jtve been able to advance, the pric by sales to each . other and throbgh manipulation of the grain mar ket , centered at Minneapolis and by other methods." The majority of the mills In the Northwest. It was charged,"; we re owned by half a doaen men. Each of these men In turn, it was alleged,! had a grain buy Irg . company officer and operated by men owning" the milling concerns. The Pacific grain company successor to the if. H. Houser grain- company, the Port land Flouring Mills, iwned by Mwim-.T and 'various subsidiaries centered in Portland were "all mentioned as figuring In these activities, the report setting forth the alleged conditions at great length.", ' . j " . SELLING PRICE EEpOMMETTDED The grand jury recommended that President Wilson issue a proclamation under the' wheat guarantee act, fixing i selling price for all j wheat held ire. the United States at the i price paid to the farmer, plus a " reasonable handling . (Concluded on Put Three. Column Two) TIE SET TO VOTE KI10X RESOLUTION Washington., Ma 13. fU. P.) The senate today agreed to vote on the Knox peace resolution , at 4 p. m. Saturday. The agreement was reached by unanimous connent at the, request of 8enator Lodge, Re publican 1 leader. i Before agreeing to the vole, the sen ate by unanimous consent struck from the resolution a provision "requesting" President Wilson to open diplomatic ne gotiations with Germany. "You Know Me Ar And-You Know 1 1 always Want the Best So Tou Know I'm Going to Read ',. - .-"';- ' - Ring W. Lardner On the National Con l ventions ' i,- - "- j . , DAIIiY TELEGRAPHIC IU PORTS 1TIOM CHICAGO S AND SAN. FRANCISCO - IN The Oregon Journzl IS INNOCENT