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VOL. XIX, r NO. K 59.
Entered aa Seeond-CUa MatUr
Fostoffiec, Portland. Orecoa
PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 18, 1920. TWENTY PAGES
PRICE TWO CENTS.
OH TWAINS AND ixrwi
STANDS CI V t Cent -
U. S. TOURISTS
SPONGING UP
PAR
Saloons Drained bx Newly Rich
Travelers on Their Way to
Sacred Battlefields, Where
War's Grimness Softens Them.
By Kdwln Hullinger '
U'niteil Nw Staff Correinndeot. )
Paris. .May .' 18. Newly rich,
watchful of their purse strings, and
middle-aged pilgrims," constitute the
bulk of the first postwar American
tourist wave .which has begun to
sweep France. It is swelling now
at the rate of, from 2000 to 4000 a
week, and Is a conspicuously differ
ent class from the fashionable
wealthy and school teacher vaca
tloners ot pre-war days. .. '
fll'T THKT ARE THIBSTT
But what the newcomers may lack
In .. coin and academic perspective, they
more than make up In the aggregate
might of their thirst, f Bartenders de
clare , the present-day tourists are the
greatest -drinkers America-; ever pro
duced. And there Is some alarm at the
posvible adequuey of summer supplies
to meet . the demand. " , ' ' , , "
The harbinger of the summer tourist
season Is the vast' activity about the
tourist - agencies, elaborate transporta
tion systems including a network over
the ' battlefields and all - devastated
areas have been formed and, in a man
ner undreamed of before the war, mon
ster - limousine omnibuses ' enable the
traveler to complete great sightseeing
circuits without suffering the tribula
tions of railroad accommodations in the
country. ", "
And in Paris' once jnore the "rubber
neck" automobiles are a common sight
It is evident that the war for the
Americans! -back home" at least if
their present objectives are any Indica
tion centered largely' about Chateau
Thierry and Verdun, for thus far few
American tourists have expressed great
desire to visit any of the other fighting
tones than these. ' - ! ' - - . 4
FRIYOLOrs BECOME SERIOUS 4' 4
I talked with One of the4 tourist guides
today to - ascertain hi reaction to , the
unusual wants and attitudes of mind
revealed by the first American visitors.
"One of the most interesting features
of the present tourist movement to me."
the guide replied, "is the psychological
evolution of the sightseers into veritable
tellgtous pilgrims. During the tour of
the battlefields I have watched hundreds
go around an Identical cycle. They start
xit more or less carefree , and thought
lessly , as they were going to a show.
Then, gradually, their attitude changes
aa If an Influence of almost sacred en
vlrortment had begun to work upon them.
Their faces become more grave, their
conversation drifts rapidly away from
the frivolous and a majority, end up In
the frame of mind of regular pilgrims." j
But the gravity of the battle sone tours
ends for the most part upon return to
the boulevard districts. There the cafes
are doing a great business in all things
liquid. It would appear that fathers were
.attempting to outdo their soldier eons In
the matter of testing the potency of all
French concoctions. Their tastes event
ually gravitate back, however, to the
cocktails, other gin 1 mixtures and
whiskies - that featured; the American
bars before the drouth struck America.
PAYNE NAB II. S.
RAILROAD DIRECTOR
Wash ington, May . 18. ( U. . P.)
John Barton Paynej ' secretary of
the Interior, was appointed director
general of railroads, It was an
nounced at the White House today.
At the same time the White House
announced through a 'presidential proc-
- lamation that Director- General Hines
resignation had been effective May 15.
- Payne will continue as secretary of the
interior, it was also made known.
Phil Friedman, Rich
Tacoma Jeweler, Is
Killed by Stepson
Tacoma, May 18. (L N. S. Robert
- Friedman; 23. is In jail here today as
the result of shooting; and killing his
stepfather. Phil B. Friedman, wealthy
Jeweler, sportsman, backer of the Ta
coma baseball team - and prominently
identified with . civic , activities in the
Northwest. - j ,
Toung Friedman says he killed "his
stepfather In self-defense. The elder
Friedman had - attacked him for up
braiding him for abusing the young
man's mother. 1 .
Tour Women Are
Hurled Out of Their
.. 'Auto and Injured
St. John. Wash.. May 18. (U. P.)
Four women were thrown from an auto
and Injured here when Mrs. Hush Ter-
hune swerved .wildly to avoid hitting a
en water was warning calmly across the
road. - ----- -'--(--- -r;
A discussion of the three proposed-"
amendments to" the Port
land city, charter, known as the
car riders measures will be found
on page 11 of this issue. . - , .
Lack of Gasoline
May Interfere
Vith Horse Shov
Billed for Burns
Salem, May1 18. So dependent la
the world today on gasoline that not
even , a , horse show can . properly
function without an adequate supply
of the precious fluid which has done
so much to put old Dobbin out of
the running as a beast of burden.
Declaring' that the success of the an
nual convention of the Oregon ' Horse
and Cattle Raisers association at Burns.
May: 24 and ?5, Is jeopardized by the
lack 'Of gasoline; ; Charles M. " Faulkner,
manager of the convention, . has tele
graphed Governor Olcott asking his aid
in relieving the situation. tJ; ,.''"
Governor Olcott -has, forwarded to
Faulkner a copy of the statements is
sued by ' himself and State' Treasurer
Hcff last week declaring their stand in
the - emergency, which, he declares, is
the limit of his power and authority in
the situation.. -
U Spokane, May 18. CU. P.) The
extent ,to which the' "regular fac
tion of 1 the Democratic party has
triumphed over .the "federal fac
tion was demonstrated today on the
floor of the Democratic state con
vention,' when the report of the com
mittee.: on credentials was adopted
in toto over two proposed amend
ments by the minority, by the over
whelming vote of 576' to 219." ' ,
The King county regulars seated by
the committee refused o- vote when : a
Question as to the constitutionality of
the delegation voting on the - matter of
their own seating was brought Up. The
equally divided Pierce county, delega
tion refused to vote. .,
Had -both King - and Pierce counties
voted, the majority of -theJ regulars
would have been increased. ,268.. ;
Permanent organisation, with -Guy O.
Shumate of Yakima as chairman, was
effected . with the - adoption of the re-"
port : of- the committee on rules and
order. An amendment to this report
which 1 would have j sent 14 -i delegates,
each armed with a full vote. In place
of Zi with : a halt vote eacb, toi the
national convention was . defeated - and
the temporary secretaries of the state
machine were madej permanent,
f For' a time -following'" ther -opening of
the convention today and the reading
of the report of the committee on cre
dentials . pandemonium. . reigned ; in .the
armory. ' The federals demanded debate
on the question before ' the report was
given ; to the convention .for ratification,
and the defeated faction from King
county, : made up largely of ex-service
men, clamored for a t hearing. . r- ,.
Unless the women's .caucus, scheduled
for today, brings forth a woman candi
date Of strength,. Mrs. Elisabeth Chris
tian of Spokane will be selected na
tional commit teewoman. To date no op
ponent for Mrs. Christian has been put
(Continued on Page Two, Column Three)
Man Who Altered
War Stamps Given
Term of One Year
Pleading guilty to a charge of having
altered war savings stamps in his pos
session. Fred Peterson was - sentenced
to one year m jail by Judge Bean In
the federal court. today.
Peterson was one' of the group ar
rested in connection with the robbing of
the State bank at Sclo. With John Roe,
alias Johnny the Bull, and Lee Gordon
of -Twin Falls, ; Idaho, Peterson ' still
awaits trial on the bank robbing charge.
When arrested, according to Assistant
United States Attorney; John i Veatch,
Peterson's bed was found to contain a
quantity of rwar savings stamps, the
numbers so mutilated that they could
not be identified. " .
Russel Shawhan, who was arrested
with : the same crowd, is to be released
today, - Veatch said, his innocence' of
complicity having been established. --
Unconscious Woman
Dies; Autopsy Will
Determine the C&use
Without once regaining consciousness,
Miss Katherlne Paul died at Gbod Sa
maritan hospital at .6 :25 a. m. today
from the effects of an unidentified poi
son. Miss-Paul was found unconscious
in her room at 412 Larrabee street early
Sunday morning. - . 4 ;
An autopsy will be. performed to as
certain the cause of Miss Paul's death,
although no one identified with a study
of the ease suspects suicide. It Is as
sumed that some poisonous . food or an
overdose of medicine caused the young
woman's condition.
Miss Paul leaves parents at Wester
ville. Ohio, and Mrs. Paul D. Shoemaker
of Portland Is a relative. The young
woman was 29 yean old and had been
employed here, as a clerk in the Stand
ard ,011 company offices. "x
Town in Illinois
; Loses Population
:i -- : j:': j i ' , . ,-, ---;' ' ,
Washington. May 18. (L N. :S.) Pre
liminary population figures were an
nounced today by the census bureau as
follows; '
Soranton, Pa.. 120 population 13T.T8S; In
ereaM aince 1910, T1 or 6.1 tier cent. -
J-ehirti, Okla .1820 population. 188$: in
crease, ainre 1810. 18. or 1 per eenL
Shamrock Okla., 1920 populatioa, 1408.'
Galena. Ill, 1920 population, 4742; Aa.
create sine 1810. 93 or 1.9 per cent.
REPUBLICANS
MAKE REPORT
ON PLATFORM
Advisory Committee Presents
4 Data to Guide the Chicago
Convention in Shaping ! Its
roii ci es for uoming campaign.
4 Washington, Mai 18. (U. P.)
The Republican i advisory committee
on platform and policies today made
its report to its executive commit
tee. , The report consisted Of 20 sep
arate reports ; on reconstruction
problems, following four months
work by as many sub-committees.
The executive committee. meeting in
Senator Lodge's office, was expected 'to
approve the report and to pass it on to
the resolutions committee- of the Repub
lican national committee when that body
is named at Chicago. -
The data presented today is expected
to ' guide the resolutions committee In
writing the Republican platform, , .
HATS ELATED OTEB WORK
The reports presented today form a
"monumental achievement," accordlng.to
Will Hays, chairman of the Republican
national committee, and "present a crqjss
section of public opinion" on all the Im
portant questions of the day. Hays and
Ogden L. Mills, chairman of the execu
tive ' committee, in " announcing today
that the report was ready, emphasised
the remarkable - unanimity of ail shades
of opinion in the Republican party . on
the vital questions, ' There was but one
minority report on all of the 20 subjects
covered, they-said.
Hays and Mills also emphasized the
fact that the reports submitted today do
not commit or bind the Republican na
tional convention or its resolutions com
mittee. They are merely - data to be
used in guiding the resolutions committee.--'-;.---
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The following were the principal re
ports Submitted by the chairman of each
sub-committee, whose names are given;
CJflOIC 3IF.MBEBS DISSEXT ' !
: v In the railroad report the labor- union
members filed , a minority opinion rec-
. emmending government ownership. -: -
Immigration. Frederick H. Gillett; in
dustrial relations. R. J. Caldwell'; Indus
try -' and f commerce.. George . . Wharton
Pepper ; insular i possessions, John M.
Swlizer : international trade and credits,
Frank A. Vanderlip ; law and order, A.
J. Beveridge; merchant marine. General
Goethais; national economic. James W.
Good postal service. George B.- Lock
wood railroads, - Senator Cummins ; so
cial problems, William i Allen: White;
taxation. - Ogden L. Mills, and war risk
insurance, Frederick Frelinghuysen.
NITRATE FAILURE
IN WAR ATTACKED
Washington, May t 18 (U. P.)
Charging that the war ! department
spent $116,194,974.37 on plants
which produced no nitrate prior to
the. signing of the armistice, the ' Re
publicans of the house war depart
ment expenditures committee in a
report made public today "declared
the "whole nitrate program was one
of misdirected effort." t V'
The alleged failure of the prograrn "is
directly traceable - to Bernard M.4 Ba
ruch, who admits that he was the mov
ing spirit in the plans of the govern
ment, the report stated. ; .
The Republican charges were " denied
flatly In a minority report filed by Rep
resentative Garrett,; Tennessee, who as
serted that if it was a mistake to em
bark on the nitrate program, it was also
an error to -call to arms 3,000,000 men
who never left the .United States.
Hot Air Prosperity
Is Bound to Cease,
Declares financier
By. Ralph F. Coack : -
Washington, May 18. (U. P.) "Price
reductions by retail dealers throughout
the country constitute one more sound
guarantee that "the present hot-air
prosperity" Is bound ; to cease, R. C
LeffingweU," assistant secretary of the
treasury, said today.
j.vDealer are cutting prices In the
mercantile trade for two reasons only,"
Lefif ngwell said. ' "The reasons are :
"First People : have stopped buying
because prices are. too high.
"Second Banks are pressing the mer
chants to take up their loans.
r "Present -high prices are bound to be
reduced generally, because neither the
United States nor .the world can con
tinue long to' do business on the pres
ent basis. ' , '
Woman Jailed for 4
Driving Automobile
While Intoxicated
Oakland. CaL. May 18. (U. P.) Mrs.
Agnes Lord, Stockton society woman, is
in the Alameda county- jail this morning,
commencing a six months sentence fol
lowing her plea of guilty to a charge of
driving an. automobile while intoxicated.
: Whether Mrs. 3"Lord. who Is. the wife
of William Lord, general agent of the
American Express company, will appeal
to Governor Stephens for her freedom,
had not been decided upon this morning.
That course, or proof that confinement
is injurious to her health, is the only
means by which, she might obtain her
release, it Is said. ' Credit . for good be
havior would enable her to go free in a
little mare than three months.
Lee Roy E. Keeley
Denied Admission
To Practice Lav
At Bar of Oregon
-Salem, May 18. Lee Roy E. Keel
ey, Portland attorney, was denied
admission to the Oregon bar by the
supreme court this morning in an
opinion written by Justice Bennett.
In view of the fact that Keeley has
been practicing law in this state un
der a .temporary permit, however,
the court: grants an extension of
this permit in order to enable - him
to complete the cases which he has
pending in the courts but does not
permit him to engage in any -new
litigation. ;
The action . of the court today is based
on objections to Keeley's admission to
tha practice of law in Oregon, filed by
the board of examiners of the State Bar
association..-' 1,' : - ,-
Waiving aside the charges of im
proper, immoral ahd .unprofessional
conduct contained in the objections to
Keeley's admission, the court bases its
refusal this morning on Keeley's "gen
eral disposition as disclosed by his own
evidence and bis conduct and expres
sions at the itfeBtigation," which, the
court holds, ."fully . justify the conclu
sion of the examiners that they . could
not consistently recommend him for ad
mission to the bar." , i i
: In granting the extension to his tem
porary permit to practice law In Ore
gon In order that he may complete cases
now pending, the court makes extension
conditional .'"upon his conducting such
litigation with reasonable courtesy and
respect toward the courts and members
of the bar-with whom he may come in
contact in- disposing of such cases." :
"Ship - by - "Truck - Good Roads
week was officially Introduced to
the people of the northern section
of the Willamette valley and to. the
city of vBalem , Monday when . the
truck . caravan, - composed of , com
mercial - carriers : from - Portland,
made a. record run down the Pacific
Highway to the- capital and "staged
a' parade through the business sec
tion. - 1
The run from Portland was marked
by., a smooth - and efficient handling of
the IB trucks composing the tram by
Trainmaster M. O. Wilklns and Jlobert
El"; Magner, field secretary of the Na
tional Automobile Dealers' association.
Leaving Portland at 9 :S0 the caravan
made stops at Oregon City and in a
few. of . the smaller towns along - the
Oregon City-SaJem sector of the-highway,
reaching Hubbard at 1-:10, where
lunch was .served by the Commercial
club. - . -
The big army truck bearing the great
searchlight was the main feature of the
parade, at Salem, sharing honors with
the floats manned' by recruiting parties
from the navy "and marine corps of
fices. -r Monday night Was spent in
Salem, and., this , morning - the trucks
moved on to Eugene, where they will
camp tonight together with the Ad club
caravan which- left Portland today.
From Eugene the trucks will turn north
again through the Tualatin and Yamhill
valleys. ,
Truck Parade Held'" j
Salem, May 18. The ,16 trucks par
ucipaung m the -snip rjy truck" 'cara
van headed south from here this morn'
ing after spending the night in Salem.
The' caravan . arrived ' here between ' 8
and 9 o'clock Monday night and parad
ed the streets of the .capital.
Two. Kansas Banks
Close With Small,
Loss to Depositors
Topeka, Kan., May 18. (U. T.)
Tightening of the money market was
indirectly held today to be responsible
for the failure of two Kansas banks
yesterday, with ' slight losses to depos
itors. -- ...
The Hanover State bank closed its
doors voluntarily yesterday. Officials
said the suspension was due to carry
ing - overdue wheat loans because . of
failure of. farmers to get cars to ship
their crops. ;-i";;.;-:V,;... v. -i, ;
Z. O. Johnson, cashier of the Aulne
bank." is said to have confessed that he
borrowed $86,000 of the bank's funds
to build up a stock, farm.
High cost of labor and food made the
farm a "white elephant. - -
Runaway. Girl Found
With Movie Workers
New York. May 18. I. N. R Pretty
15-year-old Henrietta Bulte, who dis
appeared in this city April 12 while on
her-way to a bank to deposit S265 and
for whom a nation-wide search has7!
yccu ninuc, itM-o utoi iuu;iu in xos An
geles, the - mother , was notified - by the
police today. According to information
received by the police, the girl was
found living in the moving picture col
ony ; at Los Angeles. , .
Would Buy Big Block
Of Farm Loan Bonds
; Washington. May 18. (TJ. P.) The
house today passed a joint resolution au
thorizing the secretary of the treasury to
purchase farm loan, bonds to the extent
of $100,000,000. - . . , .- ., . .
A postponement of the supreme court's
decision on the constitutionality of the
farm Joan act has made safe to private
industries, impossible -
TRUCK CARAVAN
AWAKENS VALLEY
IOWA CARER
OF HAMMER
IS UNSAVORY
Multnomah County Democratic
Chairman Indicted and Pleaded
' Guilty to, "Crime of Nuisance"
in Iowa Court in 1898.
Webster City, Iowa.' May, 18. Gil
bert E. Hamaker, chairman of the
Democratic central- committee of
Multnomah county; Oregon, leader
of the fight In Oregon - against the,
renomination of Senator Chamber
lain. and recent ?reclpient ' of a
League of Nations telegram from
President : Wilson,- was indicted,
twice tried and after the second trial
pleaded guilty to "the crime of nui
sance" in :: Hamilton county, this
state. . '. .
, Here in . Hamakers old home county
are many people who remember "Gil"
Hamaker's plea of guilty to a charge of
Illegal liquor selling 22 years ago. while
engaged in the drug store business in
the little town of Stanhope in the pro
hibition state of Iowa. " Not many : of
them recall the details of the fight he
made to escape the penalty of what, un
der the Iowa law, was "Che crime of
nuisance." ,
RECORDS SHOW CASE
1 The chief actors In the trial have
moved away or have died. The circuit
court records at Webster City, however.
supply the details. They show that because-
the prosecutor In the Hamaker
case was not careful enough in his ad
dress to the jury in referring to the al
leged disappearance of witnesses in
druggist liquor cases, a second trial was
ordered In which the jury disagreed.
Subsequently Hamaker came into court
with a plea of guilty and was fined 8300,
Later the governor of Iowa 'cut the
fine in half "for good, and sufficient
reasons to me appearing. .-The rea
sons otherwise are not stated. Hamaker
was . assessed - full costs, however, and
despite the reduced fine, he paid prac
tically $400. or nearly $100 more than
the net figures of the original fine. -4
ETDICTED XS 18ts -" " . ' 1.L? - :a '
' The court 'records show that Hamaker
was indicted for this "crime of nuisance"
September 28. 1898. He. waived arraign
ment Octobep r and. bail, fixed at $1000,
was given. He pleaded not guilty Oc
tober- 7. He was tried October 13 and
14 and a verdict of guilty entered Octo-
oer 1 15. - .
This verdict was set aside November
30 because of language .. used by the
(Concluded es Pas Two, Column Fire.)
Structure Is Fired
By Electric Toaster
An - electric toaster, put . away In a
small closet while the power was shut
off the city - Monday morning, became
heated later in the day when the power
was turned on and set fire to the house
of C P. Nelson, 10 East Eighty-first
street north. Damage was about $300.
Mrs. . Nelson was shopping in - the city
when the fire occurred. Nelson is post
master at the Monta villa sub-station.
Returns on Friday
Will Be Expedited
That the public may have Information
at the earliest moment about the trend
of early returns in Friday's voting elec
tion, judges and clerks In all precincts
ending in a cipher (precincts 10, 20, 30,
etc.), have been Instructed . by County
Clerk ; Beveridge to count the state
measures and Democratic ballots first.
In all other precincts, they are requested
to count the Republican ballots first.
Bluebeard Gillam
Begins Life Term
San Rafael. CaL. May 18. (L N. S.)
Multimurderer Joseph Gillam, alias
Watson, today started his lifelong ex
piation for bis many crimes. At 10 :02
Gillam ceased to be "Bluebeard" and
became plain convict No. 33755 at San
Quentin prison. ; ;
Missouri Democrat
; Seated by House
Washington. May 18. (L N. S.)
Without debate the house today adopted
a report from election committee No. X.
seating Samuel C Major (Democrat) as
representative of the Seventh Missouri
district over James D. Salts, (Republi
can) who contested the election. .
Speeder Believed
Of His; Motorcycle
Ray Edwards will have no motorcycle
to ride for 80 days, Caught traveling
48 miles an Jjour on Mississippi avenue,
Edwards was called before Judge Ross
man, who ordered him to surrender the
machine for three months. , ' '
Wilson to Eeceive
Two Ambassadors
Washington.' May 18'. (L ti. S.)
President Wilson - will receive Baron
Avezzena, the Italian ambassador, at 2
o'clock this afternoon and immediately
thereafter ..will ' receive Senor rPexet,
GUS MOSER'S
OFFICE OASIS
IN DRY SALEM
Some High Lights in Candidate's
Record Upon Which He Bases
His Appeal to Be Returned
to the Oregon State Senate.
By Ralph Watson
Gus C. Moser, as a candidate for
renomination and reelection to the
state senate from Multnomah coun
ty, says in his platform that "I will
continue to perform the duties of
state senator, to the best of my abil
ity, just as i have In the past."
Therefore it is fit and proper that
the voters of Multnomah county
should refresh their memories as to
how Senator Moser has performed
his duties, as senator, to the best of
his ability in the past.
Senator Moser; in the closing hours
of the 1915 session of the legislature,
was assistant engineer of the steam
roller which jammed the "midnight res
olution" through . the legislature. In
1907 the legislature ; had memorialized
congress to force the Southern Pacific
Railroad company to loose its grip upon
the millions of acres locked up in the
Oregon & California land grant and to
throw: them open to entry and settle
ment for the benefit of the land hungry
people of the state, and the country.
Congress ' had . heeded . the memorial of
the Oregon legislature and Its prayer
was about to be answered. The South
ern Pacific company was protesting, in.
court and out. .
rri .1 . I 1 A. - ....I .
4.ucn liio xaiunigu rauiuuun - wan
slipped into the sleepy legislature,, long
past the hour of midnight and in the
midst of the glut ' and turmoil of the
( Concluded on Pas Two, CSjlumn One)
'nil Tn OTnniTfiii
Uii lU dlUulVIUH
i "Here they come, and they must
have stepped on it to make the ran
in an hour"; said a man at Oregon
City; as - the tAd club 'on-to-Stock-.
ton caravan hove into . sight around
a turn in the road. And this is just
what they did. for the pace-making
car,- driven by , Fred Vo'gler of the
Northwest Auto company, and bear
ing the officials of the caravan -left
Fifth and Oak, streets at 8:35. Phil
Jennings of the Portland Ad club
was the oficial starter. " .
The Seattle. Spokane and Vancouver,
B. C, contingents, reached ; -Portland
Monday night, 32 cars making the trip
from Seattle in an actual running-time
of" 10 hours.' Douglas Shelor of the
Automobile Club of Western Washing
ton, piloted , the northern contingent
Governor Hart accompanying the . cara
van to Chehaiis. . i-
This morning 20 Portland cars gath
ered at the starting point, fell In line
ahead of the visitors and led the,, long
trin down the ' Pacific highways 'At
Stockton the Associated Ad Clubs ,of the
Pacific Coast will stage . a , convention
May "23 to 25. "'-,. i ' -.4
- Heading the caravan; was the car
bearing ; ' Chief of Police Jenkins - and
other police officers, the official escort
to Oregon City. Then came the pace
making . car, " followed by the caravan
cars in rotation. The caravan Is carry
ing its own entertainers and plans to
make each stop the time for get-together
meetings in the towns along the
route. . ' , - i ---:... ..C -i - I
Governor Olcott ' may accompany ' the
procession from Salenj to Eugene, and,
according to advice from officials of the
caravan, will make an address there to
night. Whether he will go. on to the
California line depends uponhls duties
elsewhere. "
GOVERNOR JOINS AJ CXiUB
CARAVAN FOR CALIFORNIA
'". Salem, Or : May 18- The Ad club
caravan swung through Salem on its
caravan swung through - Salem on Its
hesitating only long enough for the
stragglers to catch up before continu
ing on to Albany for lunch. ? i -j
Governor Olcott, who joined the cara
van at Portland this morning, expects
to continue through to the Caliof rnia
line. ,
The caravan was joined here by
George Gr9ves and Hal Patton, Cher
rians. Mr, and Mrs., W. F. Buckner
and Mr. and Mrs. E. C Miller.
Seek Relationship
Of High Prices to; .
Centralized Riches
Washington, May 18. (TT. P.) A res
olution to investigate the relation be
tween high prices of necessities and con
centration of wealth was Introduced: In
the senate today by Senator David. L
Walsh of Massachusetts.- ; !
The - investigation -- under the resolu
tion would be made by a committee' of
five senators and the president would: be
requested to give the committee access
to income tax returns of corporations.
Seattle Banker's
v' Condition Serious
Treks, Cat., May -1 8. (tf. P.) Ralph
S. Stacy, president of the Scandinavian
American bank, Seattle, who was. taken
from' a train and operated on here for
appendicitis, is still in a serious condi
tion, attPftflanf announced, .
AD CLUB CARAVAN
GERMANS ARE
READY TO PAY
UP INDEMNITY
PARIS, May 18 (I. N. &)
According to a Berlin dis
patch to Ii'Informacion today,
Germany is ready to pay the al
lies 1 00,000,000,000 gold ma rks
Indemnity (approximately $24,
000,000,000). ;.
r (Notei It Is , understood that
this was the same amount of
fered by Germany daring , the
peace negotiations.)
4 A series of economic confer
ences will be held here at the
end of this week, nerr Deutsch,
a German' electric expert, al
ready has arrived and other ex
perts will follow.
' With wardens held in defiance
and contempt, gigging, foul hook
ing and netting of salmon are prac
ticed nightly in the Willamette river,
below the falls at Oregon City where
the law forbids commercial fishing,
according to a statement this morn
ing by J. A. Harris, who is In busi
ness at 120 'Fifth street and is a
member of the Multnomah Angler's
club. - -..: ":. v; v': " . '
"I .heard the nets go over the boats
just below the falls last night," said he,
"I saw men using heavy-lines and big
hooks, without the suspicion of a spinner,-
in', the ' pockets where the salmon
congregate.- They were snagging the
fish. : They had two sentinels posted on
the rocks looking for fish wardens. They
have been taking out, I am told, one to
two tons of fish every night.
DEPUTIES ATTACKED
X "Captain A. E. Burghduff, state game
warden, told me several of his deputies
had been attacked by the law breakers.
Their blackened eyes were evidence. He
had: been struck with an oar by one of
the poachers. -He said it was almost
impossible to -control the situation; that
men, when caught snagging, cut their
lines.; and when detected in illegal net
ting, throw, their, fish . overboard. Ore
gon City, courts - uniformly acquit all
who: are caught in the act of poaching
because ' the sympathy there is all in
'-favor of the 'law Ureakers., ,f "': '
"This looks to m like defiance, not
of : wardens, but of . the governor and
of the state of Oregon as a whole. I
think." it merits extreme measures. At
least,' the wardens, defeated in enforc-
Inar the lawf could maintain a motor
boat patrol. If they merely kept cir
cling through the forbidden -waters, the
lawbreakers would not Save time for
their "depredationa" - ,
FIVE POACUEBS ABBE8TED .
Charles Gates, ' president of the Ore
gon City Fishermen's union, and Her
bert Doughit.. Oregon City, were ar
rested Sunday night by W. W. Green
and F. A. McDaniel for Illegal drift net
fishing below the falls at Oregon. City.
Gates and Doughit objected to being
caught and cut their nets In an effort
to escape. They will be given a hearing
at Oak Grove Wednesday afternoon.
Other arrests made Sunday night by
Clackamas county deputies' were Henry
Imler and Jess Mumpower of Oregon
City for operating a drift net In the
Clackamas river at night, and M. Older-man-of
AstoriaJ who went trolling for
salmon : Monday afternoon above the
first, fish ladder- over the falls. All
three will - be given a hearing Wednes
day at Oak Grove.
Mexican Railroad
Service "Restored;
Conditions Normal
Vera Crux, Mexico. May 18-(L N. 8.)
Railway, communication . between this
city and Mexico" City was restored to
day after having . been cut . for more
than a week as a result of fighting be
tween the Carransistas and revolution
ists along the. line. - ;
Venustanlo Carranza, the . fugitive
president, is still at large, but is be
ing pursued In. the mountains by three
regiments; of revolutionary cavalry.
Conditions ; in this city are normal.
Business Is going on as usual. The tele
graph office' and postoffice are conduct
ing affairs as formerly. Steamships in
the coastwise and foreign trade are ar
riving and departing and there is much
activity at , the custom houses.
Crowds Attracted '
To Stores in Omaha
When Prices Drop
Omaha, Neb., May It (U. P.) To
day was a field day for Omaha shoppers.
Following announcement of reductions
In prices In big dejmrtment stores of
from 20 to 30 per cent, the stores this
morning were besieged by eager throngs
of purchasers..
The price war, started Saturday with
a 20 per cent cut by one big department
store, was followed yesterday by cuts
of 30 per cent by other stores.
Forest Offices to Be
v Moved to Pendleton
Walla Walla, Wash., May 18. Ac
cording to John Ci Kuhns, supervisor
of the- Wenaha national forest, the of
fice for that reserve will be moved from
here and. established permanently at
Pendleton. The step was made neces
sary, Kuhns states, when he was placed
In charge of the Umatilla forest this
spring, in addition to his work on the
Wenaha forest, because of lack of funds
and shortage of men to handle super
visory positions in the 3 forest service.
Walla Walla merchants are ready to
protest against the change.
LAW TU PROTECT
SALMON VIOLATED
REPUBLIK
ILL REOPE
ni irv nn
ullo r
Senator Borah-to Introduce Bill
Providing No Tribute Shall E:
Exacted of Vessels Engs- -
in Coastwise' Trade of U. S.
. Washington. May 18. (WASH
INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUR
NAD -Republican leaders have de
cided to reopen the Panama canal
tolls fight.
Senator Borah, Idaho, chairman of
the Interoceanlcs canals committee, wl I
introduce a bill today providing th.-it
"hereafter no tolls shall be levied uport
vessels passing through the Panama
canal engaged In coastwise trade of tl.
United States.
- The' bill will be sent to Borah's con
mlttee and he, as chairman expects t
get it reported, to the senate promptly.
Senator Knox, Pennsylvania, to whom
the, Johnson-Borah forces are reprd i
as likely to turn in Chicago should it
become apparent that Senator Johnson
cannot be nominated, la reported to V
actively backing the Borah "free tolls"
move. .- .
Repeal of free tolls, -requested 1 v
President Wilson in his firm term, aft. r
he had declared, during the campai -a.
In favor of them, caused one of the wri
est breaks in Democratic ranks. Ob
servers . here believe the move at ti.' i
time is largely a Republican attempt t i
reopen the breach.
Senator Chamberlain parted oomtnr.r
with President Wlson on the issue, an I
on the house side such Democratic i
ers as Underwood, now senator; Clark,
former speaker, and Kitchln, forri'-r
floor leader, opposed the president.
Republicans contend free tolls 1 1
American coastwise shippers shouii 1
restored now to develop the American
merchant marine, and to cheapen c-" i
of living by providing cheaper traner- r
tatlon between Atlantio and Pat:.'
coasts.
400 RED TROOPS
UaUiililiiliLliiLi..
Washington, May 18. (I. I.
S.) - Four .hundred men of the
armies of soviet Russia were drive a
into the Dnieper river and drown :
during a battle launched by the Lcl
shevlsts at Glibow in an effort 1 1
retake Kiev, according to a dispute i
received here today from Wars-.w,
Heavily reinforced, the soviet trr-.t
attacked, but were met with a coum r
attack by Polish troops led by I'iL : I
ski. Forced back Into the river, (
dispatch declares, the soviet tro ; t
broke and fled, leaving many dead 1 -sides
those drowned.
Embargo on Sugar
. Shipments Urged,
To Regulate Cost
New York. May 18. (I. N. S.) An
Immediate embargo on all sugar ship
ments from the United States was urp'- i
Upon Attorney General Palmer today ly
Arnlm W. Riley, special asslntant at
torney general, In charge of profiteering
Investigation. Riley telegraphed the at
torney general that an tembargo - .
necessary to conserve domestic supp!;
and t'keep . prices within reasonable
bounds."
He also suggested that congress b
asked to pass legislation permitting tin
department of justice to restrict unneces
sary, sales of sugar for use in lujurk j
such as candy and soft drinks.
Normal Restoration
Of Freight Traffic
Is Declared Far On
Washingtohj-May 18. (U.-P.) Month
must pass before normal movement f
freight can be restored, members of th
Interstate Commerce commission warned
today.
"Halting traffic is not thV way to
keep It moving." said Conrvminsioner
Clyde B. Aitchison. The commiKMon
may use priority orders to a limited n
tefit to clear congestion of freight cars
at Important terminals.
BONUS TAX IS
HELD MENACE
TO GRAIN r.IEis
WAS1UNGTON, May 18. (I.
N. S.) The grain market
would be thrown into a chaot!-;
condition worse than now con
fronting the sugar supply shou! 1
a tax of 2 cents on $10 of future
sales in grain be imposed by t' ;
house ways and means con invi
tee as contemplated in the sol
dier bonus legislation, C'liarl -H.
Canby, former prcfcl.Irnt t
the Chicago Board of Tr ' .
testified today before an f -
tive rneetins of the Rrju'
members of the comn'ti' .