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.
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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
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PRESIDENT VETOES
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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
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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-
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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
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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.
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