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AT YOUR SIZHVICE a , Tse Joarsal's aaar itwl resevreee are Us reader esperior service 4ariaa . the Bepabllcas ess DemeeraUc satloaal," eenTeatlo.s. Faar -leased wire reports, fljipatebes from David Uwrtao and , staff eorreapeadeats ul Ui lala<able . Msg Urlur U year service. II .VOUi XVIII. NO. 7." : CITY EDITION PORTLAND, OHEGON; SUNDAY J. MORNINGlMAV ltV -1820. PRICE FIVE CENT: :---ir i 1ki: V - rsW'-'.Ti 3r:" .. .im.wuA.ihbK C VV ; yyOC VNOIN Wa.hl.rtoSa.day, lalri , TJ ' : .Sy Ufe? -H .. ' ' . i ' S " i xaoderaU aorthweaterly winds. . : , 7 . - "" ' -' ; URbran:Deregate$jWi!l Hold Balance of Power in -Naming t Candidates for Presidency Women Delegates to Be Notable y Feature of" Great National Gathering of ; Both Parties :. By Harold Du Jacobs . 3Cw.Yrlc Maywjtf. P.-f-Se-lection' -:j delegates to- Ahe-natjonal conventions the- two; major par ties has progressed (to a" point, where it is evideMt that mavericks will fig tire morel prominently than" at- any time since the period Just-following the civil 'war. " "Maverick" Jhaa the same meaning in politics as on the range uibranded. . . ... i - : Party leaders estimate that the num ber f ! "naverick". delegates attending their first convention this year will run from 20 to--25 per. cent, bf the total mem bership off the , Chicago and San Fran cisco conferences. A large ; proportion of these delegates will be women or former service men. ;:, : j FALL HEBDraG TKOBLEM One of the problems confronting party . leaders and ; their lieutenants is to keep these "mavericks properly herded, see that-"rustlers" do not "cut them out" and generally guide them safely through -their political novitiate. ... Women delegates, of course, Willi pro vide one of the, most Interesting features of. the contentions. They are admittedly less susceptible to party Influence and tradition than men. Their strength will lie in the if act that they Will speak for At least lT.000,000 women voters.- - i-, Former service men. representing an other large element of the voting ponu- . lation. are expected to leave thelrj Im print on the party platforms, both as re gards domestic' and foreign politics,' EXPECT FRUITLESS FIEST BAT; , Politicians look for two ballots on the first day of voting at Chicago, with llt ti 'relative' change Jn the ltneup. On the second: day they look for the Jbreak to come. .-'(': '---'."..' . instructed ' delegates are how distrlb uted as follows: Wood lift. Senator Hiram Johnsonil03, Oovemor Frank O. Lowden 95. Senator Warren Gi, Harding 38,. Senator Miles Polndexter 14. ' Figures on claims to uninstmcted dele ' gates, corrected so as to include develop ments up4; to tonight, would make the . standing : ' ' ' I ' : ' Wood 2J3, ohneon 145, Lbwden! 143, Nicholas Murray Butler 88, Harding 42, Governor Calvin Coolldge 29, Judge J. C. Pritchard 32, Poindexter 14. . TWO PRIM ABIES Tt'ESDAT i The - RespubHcans virttially conclude their pre-election campaign f next J week. Primaries will he held in. Vermont and Pennsylvania on Tuesday. , h J The Oregon primary, three days pater, will , find jWood, Lowden, Harding and Herbert Hoover competing for lOidele gates. Hoover sought to withdraw .but It was .learned tonight .that lie would not be permitted to do this. ." Th j last; Republican delegates will be .chosen, May 23, when 23 will be picked at the Tekas convention and 2C in the West Virginia primary. In the latter state. Wood will oppose Senator Howard Sutherland, a ! 'favorite son." ; ? Democratic , instructed delegates to date are distributed: i j , Governor Cox J5. Hoover 3S, Governor Edward 1 1 pd ward a 28. Senator Robert Owen 20, ISenator Gilbert Hitchcock 18, W. J .Bryan 10, James W. Gerard 10. H'ADOO ,4AINI3fO . 1 . . " William ; C. McAdoo continues to gain in states I choosing . uninstructed dele gates, acdording to more or less well authenticated claims of his backers. On . the s basis of claims the standing .shows : " l-i- : : McAdooi 221, Edwards 130, Cox 100, Champ Clark 88, Hoover 83, Attorney General Palmer 28,. Secretary of Agri culture Meredith 26, Senator S. F. Sim mons 24. Owen 20. Bryan 18, Hitchcock J, Homer! G. Cummings 14, Gerard 110. - The txemocratlc program nex week provides for ' state . conventions in i Col orado and." Washington .Monday ; Penn sylvania primary and Michigan conven tion Tuesday, state convention in Indi anan and Virginia Wednesday. Oregon Primary i Friday and convention in Hawaii Saturday. . . j 1 Passengers Badly Frightened When Ferry Beam Breaks San Francisco, May lS.-r-(lT. v Nearly a .thousand persons aboard the ferryboat Sausalito were thrown Into excitement this afternoon when one of the huge j walking beams snapped, rip ping through a section of - the vessel. . Distress signals ' brought the i ferry Ukiah.to ner side and frightened women and children, many of whom had donned life preservers, were .taken , from the crippled craft, which was abandoned off AlCatras island. Soldier Bonus Bill Eeivision Complete Washington, May IS: TJ. P.) -Revision of the, soldier bonus bill was com pleted today by the Republican members of the house ways and means committee. In its present form the bill carries bene fits of $1.400,000)00, j ' A discussion of tlie State Ele mentary School fund Tax Will be found on Page 12 of this issue of The Journal. 2 0IN1NS Fur? Prices Take Drop of 30 Per Cent Decline Said to Be' Due to Reac C' tion of Prices 'During ! Winter Season, 'Milwaukee, Wis., May- 15. (U. P.) Women's furs have fallen 30 per cent in price since February, ac cording to Ideal furriers today. : "The decline is the reaction caused by the stupendous high prices reached In February " said Herman Reel; head of a big fur store' here.' " ' Reel predicted prices will go lower, but will remain at least ' SO per cent higher than - they . were a year ago. "Big Four" Increase Profits as High as 400 Per Cent, Says : r Trade Commissioni r ' ":,:i.'- : :.. - Washington, May. 15. (U.; P.)- Profits of the big four packers since 191T ' have ' "doubled,; trebled . and quadrupled," the federal trade com mission announced today. The com mission made public part of Its' re port covering operations of Armour, Swift. Wilson and Cudahy. These corporations, the report said, showed in round numbers at the begin ning of the fiscal year 1919 total com binedasseU of 11,800,000,000, total com bined net. worth (capital stock and. eur lus) of 8535,000.000; and sold -during the year 1318,' 33,200, 000. GOOtof goods and that the several companies have grown to these ' proportions principally from profits retained In the business after de ducting dividends paid to stockholders. "These profits retained in the business have been generally capitalised: by the issuing of stock- dividends to that of the present capital 'stock outstanding of the great companies, only about 40 per cent represents direct cash contributions on the part of stockholders," the report said. . j , ' Father Dies on Way To Claim SdnVBody Chleaarol May 15. -I T. Walton of St. JiMinh. TWrt.. atner -ftf . ttorae tierov Walton, the youthfuf bandit killed in a battle - with the police yesterday after he .bad robbed a cnail car or 8100,000, died today While coming to Chicago to claim the body of hit son. He suffered a paralytic stroke. v r- News Index " i ' . Todaya Saaday, Jaornal b Complete - ia Eight : S f rarta ' : . 'I " - Editorial ' ...- Saetidu'S, Page 8. .. , ?( - 1. rsrajte ,-. ." Rcda lorn HmtUt 8cctioa 1, Pasa 6. Britain Has Ka Dbpate-TrSectioa l.; Pace 14. Nitti la Blmd Section 1, Paae 14.j - - r FVcncli Tirea ot Vifcerorhip--Setioa Ir Paa 14. Kaakad Maa Murder aent Section 1, Pace 1. ' Ratlenal - --" U. 8. Control la Soocbt Section 1, Pace 1. President la Getting Back -Section 1, Pace 0. redcnliution Of National Guard Section 1, . Pase 8'. .... Senate Vote Favora Kabx Plan Section 1, rw 1. ., r- . , -.-" ' ' " '' " Pamartta ' Trad Meet! 1 Goal Section 1. Pace 1. Lumbeanea to Come Wart flection 1, Pace 1. Mrs. Hoover Talented Section 1, 'Face 10. Southern .-Baptiats Shew Orowth Section 1, Pace 10. ' , ' - ' - - ,,' j... . ,;- ' ' ' " . Howell ?iry Out -Section 1,-Pace 1."-. - Medford i Centraeta Sicned Section 1, Pace 6. Fcreat Grora Mill ..Sold- Section 1, Pace ft. Miminc Woman Pound Sectioa 1. Paga 8. ThieTfrt at Ashland Section 1," Pace . KHcaped Conricta Captured Section 1, -Pace 6. Cost of Plombinc to IIU Section J, Pace 8. Htm SUop at O. A. C- Section 1, Pace 11. l:. f j-.'-'" Wuasai'-:,,::.- Veaaurea to Be Voted On Sectioa 1, Pace 12. rjnifia:tion of Unaa Adrocated Section 1, . . Pace 12. - 'J : '',;' TerwiUlcer Extenaion "Approred Section ' 1, Paso s. .- :-. : - r Touriata Spend Iarce Same Sectioa 1, Pace 14. Vaar Seek . CUizenahip Section 1. Page 11. Car Shortage Aente Bectiori ' 1. Pace 11. und for Memorial Day Section 1, Pace 11. Joaeph Aaawera , Attack Section ' 1, Pace 4. Johnson Packer Hurls Challenge Sectioa 1, Page 4. 7. . T- , -Clucaga ' gn n'nnaa Hen Coming Section 1, . , - Page 4. . ' .... Ray Project in Court Section 1. Pace S. Children in Serbia in MeedSection 1, Page S. - t ' Bualnea Market Section 2, page 1U ' " F-in Dee Section 2, Page 12. Marine "-Section 2, Page 12. Baal Batata and Building Section 8, Page 1. Section 2, Pages S-O-IO. ,, .. autamottae - . Sectioa V Pagea 1-11. On the Finer Side ' The Week ta Society Section 4. Pagea 4-T. Woaaea'a Club Affaiia Bection 4, Page" 8. Fraternal- Section 4, Page 9. i National Gnard- SeeUon 4. Page 8.. ' Irma and Photoplay- Sectioa 5, Pages 1-8. The Realm e Muaic Section 5, Page 8. Sing Lard&er'a Lrttee Section 5. Page 4. For Boya and Girl Section 4, Page 1 . ; Candldataa at Prim ariea Section 6. Page 12. ' ' : . atesaalne MeCord Creek FkSa Section 7, Page 1. ; Turks' New Slave Mart Section 7. Page' 8. ' ' Prenistorie : Portland Section 7. Page 8.. la Mary Pickfoid Perjurer r Section 1, page 4-8 Leeeon of Markoe'a Murder Section 7, pica 6. Health. Beauty. Home Section T; Page 7. Long -and fibort Gowns 8ection 1, Page g. -'" 1 -Section 8 Pagea 1-4 - BARE HUGE GAMS I : "SSsSBassmaBsBSsaasasaa- ... SEIIE VOTE FAVORS KiK Resolution . Passes 43 to 38 , in " Face of Almost Inevitable Yeto When It Reaches President Measure Is, Republican Scheme ' to Shift Responsibility for - .Treaty Failure, Says Hitchcock:. .Washington, May, 15. In the face of almost certain. presldentiaPveto, the senate today approved the peace making plan; proposed by Republi can leaders s a temporary substi tute for a formal treaty." ," "V., . :By a vote of . 43 to JS, it adopted the resolution proposed ' by Senator Knox, Pennsylvania, repealing war declarations bn Austria and Germany and declaring a state of peace exists. . .. . .Within a few days, a composite meas ure' made up front the Knox resolution and the Porter resolution that passed the house in April, is expected to be framed, passed by both senate and house and sent to President Wilson, who will veto it. according: to" repeated statements of leading Democrats. : The humbei . of " votes " mustered by backers of the resolution In the senate today would not be sufficient to pass it over a veto. ,-. -J, .. .; - . i -; '. UEMOCKATS STJPPOKT WI1VSOX Today's vote showed senate Iemocrats supporting .Wilson's stand against the resolution. ' ' - ; , ; . . Throughout She closing hours ; of -debate, - Democratic leaders,. principally Senator Underwood of Alabama and Senator Hitchcock of . Nebraska, de nounced the resolution as a Republican partisan ' schema for shifting responsi bility for failure of treaty ratification. They- promised' a veto by President WilSOn. HABDnro c&mciZES fkesidexx On : the Republican side the debate was closed with Senator Harding votf Ohio declaring that passage of the reso lution would be notice to i the K world' that no man was blg enough to run the rCVmcfoded on Page Two,' Coimnn One) - PHiNSYLVANIA BIG .o:p. Primary Fight for Presidency Is to Close Friday With i Oregon Election. By Harold Tt.j, Jacobs ' Jfew ' Tork' May 15. (TJ. P.) Pennsylvania; with the second larg est . delegation, ' is the big - enigma among the states still to choose their representatives at the Chicago con vention. ' i4 - ! There Is a general belief that Governor William Sproule will set practically a unanimous vote from his home state on the first ballot, but it is what Pennsyl vania will do on. the second, and subse quent ballot that is bothering the poli ticians. - ' ; 1 KNOX FAVORITE SOW i Unlike the - situation : in most states where he has sought support. Major General Leonard Wood will be opposing the ' Republican' organisation, as : he will have the entire strength,of Senator Boies Penrose, state leader and dominant fac tor among the part-conservatives against him. Although the Wood , people are claiming . an alliance the governor will be put in the position of having to throw what personal strength ; he may possess to Knox, a : "favorite son." i Vermont also will select eight dele gates in a primary Tuesday but they are conceded to Wood. : OREGOir CLOSES FIGHT , On54iday, Senator- Hiram Johnson, Governor Frank O. Lowden and Wood will battle for Oregon's 10 delegates in the last of the Republican "free-for all" primaries., v. ( The Republican pre -convention cam paign winds up May 25 with a primary In West Virginia and a state convention. Moscow-to-London Wireless Eesumed; First Since May 9 London, May 15. - CU. . P.) -British wireless stations were in communication with the Moscow tonight after, an inter ruption lasting since May . .f " No message was received from the sov iet capital explaining the silence of the wireless station, which has been vari ously attributed to; uprisings by the Rus sian - people and the Russian govern ment's desire to cloak alleged negotia tions with, German militarists. -i Woman's Dormitory -To Be luilt atEeed ," v r ; -, ; :;v 1 , Mrs. ElHott R- Cprbett of the board of regents of Reed college announced Sat urday night that the Mann homesite had been sold far 822,000 and that this sum would be used for the construction Of a woman's .dormitory ", at the college and that work would begin within the next 30 days. The property alluded to is that part of the estate of Mrs. P. J. Mann which was ' directed by her to be sold and the proceeds turned over to Reed college. This -consisted of the block in South Portland . on which the family home was located. , . -1 PIEZLEFOR G S, WI10L IS ASKED BY 23 Executives rjf Lines Request ; .; Inlerstate' Commerce Comfnis - sion - to Handle Acute Crisis. Move Asked to Prevent Possible ; Breakdown in Distribution of Foods. Due Jto Car Shortage, .."Washington, Tdajr 15. m. P.) -Government control "ol the nation's transportation equipment, its move ment and distribution was proposed to the Interstate commerce commis sion by the railroads themselves to, day:-1 , - '.:.:t :. y- 7y0 " Kxecutives of "23 railroads ' Informed the commission they - were asking - this step to prevent a poeeible breakdown In " the ' distribution of food- and other vital necessities, due to a shortage of cars and other equipment -and the out law 'switchmen's strike. ' POWER tTBTDEB ESCH BILL ) The : railroads formal petition asks the commission to assume its emereencv fpowert under the. :Ec-Cum which j rives it -powr to supervise dis tribution of cars and' motive equipment, curtail passenger service and issue pri ority orders.,, , . Immediately kfter the executives filed their (petition, the interstate commerce commission .authorized the statement that : the ' commission is ' proceeding ac tively i with steps toward the effective exercise of the powers and duties cast upon-it in such emergencies, to afford such relief as may be possible in the present situation. ; ESSENTIALS GET PREFERENCE Under the plan proposed by the ex ecutives the movement of alt - freight wouldj be refused unless It fell in the class of essential commodities like food, fuel, newsprint paper, etc ? , All istate and local regulations would be , subordinate to orders of - the com naissicm. -.- . "Shortage of. equipment, and labor and a tremendous increase fat traffic are dally contributing," the petition stated, "to the growing public distress on account of delay , in movement of necessary products-. and, awj materjaia of the commerce of the country. ' ' . . "Urider" these conditi one, ' which prom ise to ! continue for somej3eriod of lime, the public interest requires and the car riers are entitled to ask the exercise ef emergency-powers....' ;;-""-;., ;j--,'!;: - . "Necessary food, fuel and Other Sltal commodities directly affecting, the cost (Continued on Pace Twe, Column Fire) Grand Army Forces Join in Opposition To Alters' Pardon Force collecting ' behind the fight against a pardon for . Henry Albera, wealthy miller convicted for .espionage a year ago, . has brought the George Wrighjt poatL Grand Army of the Re public forward' with a resolution con demning the pardon proposal and urging that Albers be required to 1 serve ; his three years at McNeil's Island and pay a finO of 810.000. " The 1 resolutions, signed by Commander C, A: Lamar and Adjutant A. C. Sloan, say, - in part:'- Z":" . ', ..'v " i "George Wright post deprecates un qualifiedly ' any - attempt to secure a -pardon for Henry Albers, convicted of treasonable conduct against thia govern ment during our late war, believing as we do that to pardon .a man convicted by fair and impartial trial in the federal courtsi is a dangerous use of the par doning power, subversive of, good cltlr senshiip, law and order." , Similar resolutions have been passed by Scout Young camp, Spanish War Veterans. : Woman Burned in Gasoline Accident; . Seller Is 'Accused The! first complaint under the new municipal gasoline law-was filed in the municipal court Saturday by Deputy Fire Marshal Fred Reberts, following a fire Friday evening at 173 East Sixth street, in which Mrs. H. G, Wiehold was slightly burned. Roberts says Richard Hughes, operator at thel Associated Oil company filling sta tion ait East Sixth and Belmont streets, sold Mrs. Wiebond a half gallon of gaso line in a class jar. ' Mrs. Wiebold cleaned a dress at home. While- pressing the dress j later with an electric iron the garment caught on fire. Mrs. Wiebold's handsj were burned, and the house- was damaged." ' Roberts declared It against the law to: sell 'more than one quart of gasoline in anything but' a. prescribed standard container. Roberts secured a warrant - for the arrest of Hughes. . Chicago Takes, Last Look at Dead Czar Of Its Underworld Chicago, May, 15. L K. S.) Blg Jlm"jj Coloslmo, ; Chicago's underworld czar.lmurdered In his -cabaret resort in the Old Levee district, last Tuesday, was buried today with all the pomp and cere mony j attending the obsequies of an Ori ental potentate. - j- . -.- ' Thoaisands of persons filed by the 82500 bronze casket in which his body reposed ; dignified judges mingled with berouged women, and city aldermen rub bing shoulders with pickpockets' and seer ond-etory workers to pay a final tribute to the slain chieftain of the city's "shadow interests." . . CANONIZED JOAN OF ARC, the im mortal maid ; of Orleans, who will be declared a saint and - protectress , of France at the .Vatican today. 5 . A-i. X lwt rw-i.i4 0O.V -V il?.WnW HOWELL JURY OUT; T Srcuhtlon, Is Heard as ,tbr": siDility of rourtn trial ,For,A--used Youth. .,yt , - wBy;A. E. Guton . -. ; Marshfield, .May 15. After being out eev" t". hours, the- jury in the Harold 'Howell murder case jlad not arrived at a verdict and a disagree ment is considered likely. The jury reported -16 the court that it could not agree , but was sent back to , de liberate further." '": .:.y.--" Two . ballots were - taken, and, it is understood , that seven were for convic tion and five for acquittal. - Judge Cake will keep the jury, out a -long 'time be fore he-, will dismiss it on disagree-, ment. ''--' a - . '. , t ' - Speculation is rife as to what will be done It the jury does not agree. The law will permit a continuation of trials until a conclusion! is reached and District At torney Hall haa intimated that he will try the case sgain 4f- the jury dis agrees. " The matter WiH be :up to the judge and district attorney.. If a verdict of guilty is returned the case in .all probability would . be taken to the .su preme court. . - c Joe Day. Portland ' detective,' has lis tened to the evidence In the case,, .sent here. It Is said, by a rich Portland man, formerly-of Eastern Oregon, who , seeks an -ppinion.. regardless-of the'. Jury .-verdict, as to whether the boy. Is deserving of -help. It Is said that if -Day's report is favorable, the. man who employed him Will help- Howell - take the case to the supreme court in the event of conviction, Those connected witfe, the case. this eve ning have little hope-of 'an agreement Telephone Girl Is ; Dead;;, C6nditionsL ) Suggest Murder v -" i . , . -. . .' '.Santa Rosa, CaL; "May-15. (IX P.i Miss Evelyn Anderson,' 20, night ' tele phone operator at SebastopoV near here, died today at her switchboard, under cir cumstances Indicating, a possibility, of murder. ': r ' - " " " ' ;" , A- tumbler which had mnLnlned -for maldehyde was near her-overturned chair when she was found writhing on the floor. - She - was alone, and a rear door, usually kept locked, was ajar. . Attempt Is Made on Life : of - Erzberger ' Berlin.'- May 15-CtT. P.) An unsuc cessful attempt. on- the life of Mathias Erzberger, former : vie chancellor ' and minister of finance, was made at En slingen, near. Sturrart, - today. - An, un identified man threw a bomb In the as sembly hall where' Erzberger was speak ing. Ersberger was - not Injured. Confederate Pension i Advocated in House Washington. May 15. L M. S.) Fed eral pensions for ex-Confederate soldiers were advocated in the house today by Representative Upshaw (Democrat) of Georgia He urged that the ' task of national reconciliation be completed by wiping out the "unfeeling discrimina tion' ; evidenced by the pensions to ex- federal - soldiers VEIC UillEY LUMBER 1VIEN raRTHEWEST " " . ' V"- J - - - 1 '' R.' A. Long Says Timber Supply in Southern States Will ; Run Out 1 During Next Efght. Years. ; -. ", ,.: "' ''i ;.v " '! Shortage of Houses in Cities Will .Make i Brisk .Demand for All . , Kinds of Lumber . Long Time. :,Many of the ' large lumber con cerps now operating in the Southern states are laying their " lines - for gradual withdrawal from that region to center their activities in the Pa cific NorthweBt, "according to R. A. Long, one of the notable figures in the lumber -industry bf-tho United States.? who is at the Benson. . Long is president of " the Long-Bell Lumber company, -operating extensively, with its subsidiary companies, in Ar kansas,. Louisiana and Mississippi. He is chairman of the board of directors of 24 subsidiary companies under the con trol of the Long-Bell corporation, own ing 12 j mills -and operating 108 retail lumber yards. He is also president of the R. A. Long Real Estate & Invest ment company of Kansas City, which is his home place. - ; He errived in Portland . Friday, . In company with J. D. Tenant, vice presi dent and general, manager of. the mill and manufacturing department of these companies. They were met here- by lmer Cox. president and general man ager of the Weed Lumber company- of Weed and San Francisco, in which Long holds a controlling interest, TO INSPECT LAEGE TRACTS The particular purpose - of the visit, said Long, is the inspection of large tracts of timber land in Southern Wash ington. His party will leave tonight for this : Inspection trip, and will be ab sent several days. They will return to Portland and be in this vicinity for a week or more. - ":- Comparatively- recently the Long-Bell company has acquired two large tracts of timber land in Oregon. One of these, a body of 40,000 acres, is located In Kla math county,-and was purchased from the ... Western Pacifism Timber company. The Other is a tract, of 87,000 acres of untouched Umber lands in the Southern part of this state. Tttonk9vtruti&ptnQ fr S ."Our . present1 visa -does'' nor- portend any. immediate, big development of tim ber industries on our part, said Long, 'but we, like many other concerns how operating extensively in the South; are shaping our lines" for' the gradual with drawal from that field. I estimate that the worth-while timber of i the South will be exhausted within the next eight yeara . The " natural result will be a constant . increase -of activities In the lumber Industry of Oregon and. Wash ington. It may be a year or two be fore our own concerns will show any marked . developments In this section, but we are looking forward jto general development here." I 1 Discussing the general scarcity of housing and the prevailing high prices of all commodities, -Long said he looks for no marked decline in lumber for some time, but believes that there will be a gradual recession of prices on com modities and wages .tor labor until a more normal- condition is reached. "I do believe, however that this will have the effect of curtailing building activities. " All over the - United States there is an1 abnormal- condition. The lack of buildipg during the war has brought about a condition that demands continued construction for a. consider able time ahead. : in order to house the people. All towns and cities seem to be in the same condition of a shortage of houses; . ' 1 . " "Thousands of young men who were In rural life", before ' the war have en tered the cities; they have married and require homes ; and at the ! same time there is the normal growth of cities to be cared for. so that the builders have a big job ahead, and the lumber inter ests have their work cut out for them for an indefinite period." i Trumped Tip Cases . Will Be Frowned on By Judge Eossman "Trumped up" cases will not be tol erated in the- municipal court. Judge Rotaman announced Saturday when' he addressed five policemen in . regard to their duty. He declared : that "traps" set simply to make a "good case" In court will be frowned upon. Cases Involving the charge of driving while" intoxicated 5 caused these state ments. Edward H. James Was arrested at Fifth and Oak streets. Officers Tur ley and Taylor said they watched the man stagger down the street, but waited until they, actually saw. him start his automobile before . they made the ar rest. They were informed - that they should have acted when they first saw his condition.- 1 i ' James was fined $50 for being drunk. A ; similar Instance was that of R. E. Memlield, arrested by Patrolmen Miller and Traver. Merrl field also was fined ISO. - Patrolman McCutcheon was censured because, it, is said, he hit Paul Wittche with handcuffs and then arrested - the man Who was protecting a crippled brother whose name . the officer was trying to secure, in an endeavor to help settle a damage suit Involving a broken window, . . , Communism Reported Rampant in Saxony Berlin, May 13. Communism is ram pant again in Saxony. A revolution has occurred in the town Sangershausen, where a .; soviet government has ' been set up. Masked Men Murder Vgent Of De Valera g;;-tv&y"l.-'" - jl''-y Prominent Member of Sinn Fein Is Shot Down; Assassins Escape Arrest. - .Limerick, Ireland, May 18 (Sun day), (TJ.. , P, Joseph Dalton, prominent member of the Sinn Fein and De Valera's election agent, was killed' while leaving a saloon last night. Kine masked men, heavily armed, fired two volleys at him. No arrests have been made. BRITAIN TO TAKE SEVERE STEPS TO , CONTROL. IRISH London, .May X3. (U. P.) In terest, in the Irish situation here to day centered in the reports of stern repressive measures planned by the government ""through itjr new of ficials for" Irish affaira. '; -. Latest estimates ' placed the number of police barracks burned since Wednes day at' 100. ' More than 400 have been burned since Easter, 4 r Newspapers were unanimous in their belief: that rigorous action . might be expected. All diviuions In Ireland will be brought up tofull strength, it was claimed. - Cavalry - already has been stationed in' ' some parts of the Island. Forty constables have ' been shot in the last 17. months, the Telegraph pointed out, asserting . that "Britain's policy toward . the militant Sinn Fein and murder Societies should be ruthless application of the Iron heel." . The - Times supported the govern ment's .determination. SEME CENSUS SHOWS 315,652 Pop ul atio n Figu res G i ve C h eh alis 4558 -and Centralia, . Wash., 7549. ; Washington, May 15. (TJ. P.) The census bureau today made pub lic the following 1920 populations: .' Seattle,- Wash.. 315,652 1 "increase since 1910. 78.453, or 33.1 per cent. - Trenton, N.J 119,289 ; increase, 22,474, or 23.2 per cent. : . Centralia, Wa8tt.fT?i Unerase, 238. or 8.3 per cent. . .- . . ; v ; - : Chehalfs; Wash.. 4358 ; Incriee, 61, or 1.56 per cent , ,j , "' Mobile', Afabama, 60,124; Incrase, 8603, or 18.7 per cent, , Raleigh, N. C, 24,418 ; incrase 6200, or 27.1 per cent. - Lincoln, Neb., 54,934; Increase 10,981, or 24.S per cent' . . - ? ' l Seattle's Mayor Is Sore at Hanson's Public Utterances 'Seattle, May 15.--(U. P.) "Ole Han son is traveling around the country giv ing Seattle a lot of unfavorable publicity by misrepresenting conditions," declares Mayor Hugh. M. Caldwell. On the mayor's desk lies a copy of a speech made by Hanson before the New England Association . of Gas Engineers, scoring municipal ownership of , public Utilities. : ;-: V . "It is unfortunate for the city," said the mayor. ' "Hanson helped to unload the street- car system on us at a fabu lous price, and is using his own act as an illustration of . the failure of munici pal ownership." - Hanson Is touring the country lectur ing on the failure of the Seattle munici pal ownership - of railways - and other utilities. ." Million Increase in , Wages Is Promised Boston, May 15. (L N. a Wage In creases amounting to 81.000,000 a week and affecting many thousand cotton and woolen. mill operatives in New England textile centers have-' been announced. The raises average IS per cent and be come effective May 81. $ . ee-seaw aM House Bill Is Aimed At Dealers in Sugar Washington, May 1S (XT. P.)--Sugar dealers would be required to sell their holdings, -according to uniform 'prices filed with the Federal Trade commis sion orl pay a tax of two cents a pound on all ' sugar sold, ; under a bill Intro duced in the house today by Repre sentative Steenerson, Minnesota. Baby Buffalo Added , To Herd in City Zoo "' i . - .Another bullafo was added to the herd of four at the roo in Washington park with the arrival of a new born on Thurs day night. "Kate." a resident of the soo for 10 years, is the mother, and "Charlie," a buffalo brought from Montana, the father. Joe Burtis, keeper of the soo, states that the latest addition is doing nicely and is a. most welcome addition to the, herd. . - -; .. - i . .1 i i. i i. , House Passes Report On Fortifications Washington. May 15. (V. Pi) The house today passed the conference re port on the fortifications bill ... : ' ': ... . "(' . '.' . ' 'i TRADE wlEET 1922 GOAL "Movement of Commerce From Atlantic to Pacific" Foreseen As Big Spur to Oregon 12ns. - . . Whole Gamut of Foreign Trade Covered in Constructive Pro rgram Prefer Products to Gold. - . : By Marshall X. Dana . San Francisco, May 15. rortland, with' fair, prospect of success, will seek the national foreign trade con vention In 1822. This was the con cluding determination of Portland's big J delegation as the convention drew to a close Saturday.", ' ' , Though no formal selection was an nounced ' Cleveland is understood to be the virtual : selection for a convention city next year, but in formulating a for eign trade policy declaration for the nation, the convention In reality record ed the conviction of its heads, American leaders In world trade: . - PACIFIC COAST CEXTEE , That the theatre of international com merce is to move from the Atlantic to the. Pacific; : That the commerce of Pacific ports is to be greater than ever has been recorded in the East ; And that powerful Interests in tltan'.c struggle - for buHiness supremacy a ill give impetus to all Pacific coast port da velopment. Portlanders who came to the -national trade convention feeling quite important because . of local achievements found themselves suddenly dwarfed, not no much in construction -elsewhere as in contemplation of the demand which will be made upon our facilities if we seek in any large way to be a port of the Impending development. PRODrCT SHIP POPCLAB No little significance is attached to the Portland originated plans for the ex hibit ship to all Oriental ports. It will be like carrying a Pacific show, window to Japan, China, Siberia and the straits settlements. Plans for the voyara wer worked . out in more complete iurra I y representatives of all coast port and commercial interests Saturday. ' "Follow-ups" of the conventions will fee' campaigns to secure enactment of fAdoral incorporation law in China (thu means putting American capital InveHte'i In the Orient under the American, rather than -the British flag), for immediate laying Of new trans-Pacific cable; and also wireless equipment ; to secure allo cation of freight and passenger venaela by the shipping board, adequate In num- (Coticluded on Paae Tljree, Column Thr. ) Schooner Rosamond Picked Up Off Coast After Hard Battle San Francisco, May 13. (U. P.) The story of a dexperate fight against the sea became known tonight when the four-masted schooner IlOHamond, bat tered and leaking badly, was towed into San Francisco bay. - For weeks the exhausted crew, living on' scanty rations, had manned the pumps with day and night shifts in a game struggle, to keep the waterlogged craft above the waves. The Rosamond left Port Angeles, Wash ! days ago, bound for Capo Town, South Africa, with a cargo of 1.000,000 feet of lumber. The Pacific Freighters company, which owns the vessel, . supposed she was well on her way and was rounding Cape Horn, when word came today that the schooner was in. a sinking condition off Moss Beach, 13 miles south of here. She had been Swept thousands of miles off her court- in a giant circle by a hurricane and had drifted, luckily, almost within lght of her home port. Lacking wireless equip ment, she was unable to make known her plight. Methodist General Conference Select s Three New Bishop Des' Moines, Iowa, May 15. (V. P.) Three bishops were elected by the Meth odist general conference on the second ballot cast today, according to-results announced tonight. The new bit hops are : ; Dr. Fred B. Fisher, North Indiana conference ; Dr. E. L. Waldorf, Cleve land, and Dr. Charles Lock, Los Angeles. Immediately; following the announce ment of the vote the conference again balloted for bishop. : Tonight's vote will be announced Monday. Dr. Fisher received 639 votes; Dr. Waldorf, 692 votes, and Dr. Locke, 63 votea Five hundred and forty-two votes were necessary to elect. . Calling League of Nations Meeting to Devolve on Wilson Rome. May 14. (Night) (V. P.) The council of the League of Nations, at Its session opening here today, will consider two questions of major import ance, it was indicated here. They are: A" reply to the message of Nikolai Lenin, Russian soviet premier, who re fused to allow the league's propose 1 investigating commission to enter r.i.' sia, and calling of a meeting of t' league's general assembly, which, urc' - r article five of the league covenant, t -volves upon President Wllcon. 4.