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CITY EDITION it's All Here dnd It's All True THE WEATHER -Tonight and Saturday, fair; northwesterly winds. 7 Maximum Temperatures Thursday :: Portland 68 New Orleans...! 84 CITY EDITION 1 Election Returns . as compiled and totaled up to the hour of going to press will be featured in all editions of The Journal tonight and to morrow. Particularly complete results will be available In The Sunday Journal, i .-- Boise 82 New York 73 Los Angeles.. 74 .St. Paul. 70 VOL. XIX. NO. M Entered u Smsd-Clus MtU Putofftce, PortlDd. Oretos PORTLAND, II OREGON, FRI DAY EVENING MAY 21. 1920. TWENTY-TWO PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. ON TRAINS AND RtWt STANDS rll CENTS BRISK VOTING IS FEATURE OF PRIMARY Issues Are Keenly Drawn,' Some Offices Are Sharply Contested and Thousands of Men and Women Register Their Choice. The drift of the early voting: over the city leads election, officials and the county clerk's office to believe that Portland and Multnomah coun ty will cast a . 60 per cent vote, or better. ' - The voting, as indicated from scat tering precincts over the city, started off briskly with the opening of the polls, something that demonstrates more than usual public interest in the various is sues to be determined by the ballot to day. The "nine o'clock .voters," those who' usually reach, their. offices or places7 of employment at 9 o'clock, were .well represented at the booths when the doors were opened this morning at A ' clock. Shortly . after that time, 'and during the mid-morning period, when the main lull of the day usually comes, the women voters began vto-put 'in-their " appearance, nil pointing to more than a normally ncavy ballot by the time the polls close at 8 o'clock this evening. INTEREST ABOVE SORMAL , In the nature of things there is'more than usual Interest in the result of to day's primary and special elections. The presidential Isnue, over which such a strenuous campaign has leen conducted by the - headquarters of the different candidates, the Johnson and anti-Johnson combat ; - the League of Nations problem as reflected in the election of delegates to the ' two national conven tlons, all have tended to get the voters out. ,' - - ' The anti-Chamberlain contest and the Love joy.-Thompson congressional race have aroused the Democratic voters of the county to a greater degree than for several years and lead to the belief that there will be much more than a normal Democratic vote : cast - during the day. WART II IT It 18 OPPOSED Then, too, there Is the congressional battle between" McArithur, Sweeney and ' Smith,, in the ; Republican camp, which j also has 'stirred up more than" normal interest due not only .to the quiet but Insistent campaigns conducted for. and against the various candidates, but also to the issues Involved in the fight from the national slant because of the con centrated attack made upon McArthur by the organised' labor group. - i But more than any of . these, "in all Conclude on Pase Two. Cohan Six) CAMPAIGN HEADS -Washington, May 21. (I. N. Si) Managers of the campaigns of; the Various presidential candidates were summoned by telegraph today to at tend the opening on Monday of the senatorial investigation! of campaign expenditures provided by the Borah resolution passed yesterday by ' the senate. 7 -' ': . The summoning of the campaign- man agers was decided upen at a meeting of the Republican-controlled senate com mittee on privileges and elections. It was also agreed hearings of, the sub-committee of five, three Republicans : and two Democrats, should be public Downward Trend of Market Demoralizing On Hide and Wool Complete demoralization of the hide and wool markets is shownyin Portland as a result of the general downward trend of values, elsewhere, -' While most local buyers are scarcely anxious to purchase stock at any price, the purchases they are compelled to make are at reductions of nearly 15 cents a pound in wool. Hide prices are nom inal, but the trade is figuring on a cut of about SO per cent here next week. CALLED TOTESTI If Cupid Shoots : Bon Mot n Chocolate Soldier Is Hit Cupid,' the little god of love, is a good shot. :. " This fact has been attested for many centuries, and his victims are just as numerous as ever. - But Instead ' of the proverbial arrow, the weapon .vith which artists and poets have armed him, isn't a small cake -of chocolate candy rather a strange sub stitute? Sweet, to be sure, but never theless somewhat unusual. - - However, it was a piece of chocolate candy that Miss Mabel Lester threw to ward the crcjwd of returning soldiers on the i deck of an American transport, and as luck and 'Miss Lester's marksman- ship would, have it, the chocolate BtruckrK si.,nt wrtnn whh in th. v . .. ; EOMA5CE IS STARTED " m - That started a romance that has re sulted In the marrtage of Sergeant Webb and Miss Lester. The fascinating story is told in Illustrated form in The Sunday Journal Magazine, issued as a part of - the regular Sunday Journal. -v yy the same section is the second in Permanent Cure Of ICancer May Be ; Developed in X-Ray Treatment j By Gordon Stiles Special Cble to The Journal and tbe Chicago Itaily New. (Copyright. 1920, by Chicaso Daily New Co..) Berlin, May 21. The development of cancer treatment will be one of the most important matters dis cussed by the German gyneocological society: at its meeting in Berlin May 26. Scientists I throughout Germany expect :, enlightening ; information from Professor Dr. Bumm, whose experiments in connection with can cer cure in the university women's clinic have attracted wide attention. j Dr. Bumm, who Is to be president of the coming congress, told me today that, while the X-Ray treatment of can cer was in Its . infancy, a short time would see permanent cures effected, by this method, thus doing away with op erations.' , . -:- - ' - j ' . "I have made many experiments i as to the effects of the ray, treatment with radio as well as. Roentgen tubes," i he said. '"These cover a period of eightf years ana consequently permit a cer tain amount of Judgment regarding the healing: of cancer through radium and Roentgen radiancy. My colleagues ; in this work have been Professor Warne kros and Professor Schaefer, and we have come to the- conclusion that the ray treatment is the only system promising-complete success. ' "We have had under observation numbers of women who have been freed from cancer and whj have remained perfectly healthy for - a. period of five years, s I believe that when the tech nique of the Roentgen ray advances a little more we will be able to heal can- j cer which has ; spread into the deeper f lying growths and which, until now, ' have not been healed and cannot be handled surgically. Individual cases where the operative treatment has been of no avail are now being subjected to the ray treatment with highly satis factory results." - ; Dr.' Bumm? said - that, owing -to 'the impetus given by the warl American surgery had reached the same degree of efficiency as that in Germany. Eng land, he declared, .was far behind both. Portland physicians recognize the X ray treatment for cancer and if Is one in renerai use. they declare. In ; such teases as are not available to surgical science. However the practice has not been . employed . In America unless sur gical correction falls, it is said. ' ; The name of; Prof cssor Dr. Bumm of Berlin Is familiar in pre-war science, but his works have not beetWMely heralded since the war eclipsed German studies, local surgeons aver. . . - R. H. Hughes Elected Publishing Agent ; of Methodist Church Des Moines,- Iowa, May 21. TT. P.) R. H. Hughes, Portland, Or., was elect ed publishing agent by the Methodist gen eral conference here today. Hughes de feated H. L. Jacobs in a contest for this office by 61 votes, A j " Election of editors for the church pub lications will be held late today. V Until his designation as one of the three general agents of the, publishing end of the church today, Hughes i was editor -of the Pacific Christian Advo cate, a position which he had occupied for about 34 years, although he ' was accorded the I title only nine years ago, succeeding Dr. Rader. flashes will leave Portland and make his headquarters In either New York, Chicago or Cincinnati, . the three cen tral points of the publishing concern of the church. , ? Aviators Say, They Ran Into Snowstorm Los Angeles, May 21. (U. P.) A snowstorm ; struck Los Angeles 1 last night, I but only three men knew it. Three aviators ! declare they ran into the storm 15,000 feet in the air. Rats Destroy $375 Hoarded by Miser lay 23 75 in P.) Patrick Hazeen hid $375 in an old mat tress. (When he went to get it he found rats had mutilated it beyond redemp tion, i . . -; . . - i stallment of the Mary Pickford-Owen Moore divorce story. . There's an illustrated local article on early hotels in Portland a tale, that will stir old memories in the thoughts of pioneer Oregonians, and prove scarcely less Interesting to the younger generation. ..) , V ; ;t -The 'question of whether or not the socially, famous American widow, Mrs. William B. Leeds, was cheated out of her title of princess" is considered in an interesting way, with pictures, and there are the usual departments of health, beauty and the home and a page of summer traveling suits in color. ELECTION , RETCBXS FEATURED I t...i j... . The Sunday Journal, in addition to I If a arha rtra ani4 : fMaoatMa ... mi wwaa iiv r a waa , imbm"UC iCttlUI CS, will carry the latest available election returns, carefully tabulated to assist in this compilation, and -will work with the regular Journal organisation day and night, to matte the totals as complete as possible. ' - The Sunday Journal still sells for E cents the copy.. QUICK RELIEF OROIzlll.O i FOR CAR SHORTAGE Government . Board i? Authorizes $125,000,000 for i Immediate Purchase of 'Tho'usatids of Engines . and Freight Cars. Washington, May 21.: (U. P.) As a step to permanently relieve car shortage, which threatens to disrupt transportation,; the interstate com merce commission has decided that $125,000,000 of the i30b,00,000 re volving fund provided by the Esch Cummins law be made available quickly for purchase of railroad roll ing stock.; :j This announcement ; was j made by the commerce commission today , while its orders for re-routing of freight cars to break up the congestion Were being put into effect.' " " .- ' . . t In taking this action, the commission accepted the recommendations of the Association of Railway Executives, re cently made, that 1125,000,000 be Set aside for purchase of rolHflfe stock. "The minimum needs," said the com mission's statement. are 2000 locomo tives and-100,000 freight cars, including 20.000. refrigerator car. j i "Some of this equipment j is already being constructed or has been contracted for. but $125,000,000 - is probably less than 25 per cent of the cost of the remainder-which has not been ordered." "It is evident that the. equipment re quired properly 'to meet jthe transpor tation needs of the public cannot be se cured unless the carriers, with the aid of the 25 per cent to be 'advanced by the government,, themselves assume the burden I of financing the remaining 75 per-cent" i , ) ; .The commission stated it will not follow-any arbitrary method in allocating the fund. : The commission suggested that the fund could be administered best through a national equipment corpora-' tion, in which tthe carriers could take stock for 25 per cent of the, cost of the equipment, the .United States furnishing the cash forcth stock up to, $125,000,000 and 'the remaiaing 75 per jcent being financed through a car trust -.. Acting -under' autworityj of the Esch- (Concluiled o Page Two, Column Three) BONDS SENT UP BY HEAVY BUYING . New York, May; 8 if (U. P.) Practically all Liberty bonds went to new high levels for thk day at the close today! the fourtli 4 Ws reach ing 84.80, up $2.10. Heavy buying by the public was given as the cause for the bond rally. - . ; The stock .market also i showed a seady tendency on a good volume of trading. J '."' Today's rise in Liberty bonds was es pecially notable following - the sharp downward swing of all issues yester day, when a precipitate break occurred in government securities. - Financial circles believed today's rally to be a natural reaction ; to the pessi mistic . rumors which have operated to cause heavy selling of Liberty bonds. The fact that improvement .was sub stantial in all issues today was pointed to as evidence that the rise was not sporadic, but 'was the! result of con sistent jheavy buying by private invest ors and many country banks. The ! balance of the bond market showed a strong undertone, with prices inclined to rise. - Large orders for all the-' better class railroad and industrial bonds were reported by financial houses. Christian Church Of f Dallas; Burned; Polls !Arp Rescued Dallas, Or. May 21. The local Chris tian church, largest In Dallas, was gut ted by fire this morning. The fire started from a defective flue. The dam age will be about $2000, covered by in surance. . ' ' ' i ' The polling place of the Fourth Dal las precinct .was located In the base ment, but the ballot boxes and sup plies were rescued,; moved to a residence across the street 'and voting resumed. Leslie Wells and Lee Clements, fire men, and Clyde Getchel, bystander, were severely cut by falling glass from the large ornamental windows, i Winner Would Take HisKJffice at Once ' ' .; ."3 - ' ' .- Salem, May 21. The winning Republi can nominee for the secretary of state ship today will in all probability become secretary of state at once, in accordance with the announcement of Governor Ol cott to that effect, i made ; last January. The appointment is expected, however, to hinge on whether the winner is so far ahead of all' competitors that no ques tion of his victory is raised. ; American Warships May Take Carranza ; : ' " '--.j;.,'.: ' Vera Cruz, Mexico, May 21.-U. P.) American . warships lying in Vera Cruz harbor have orders to take Presi dent Carranza on board should he re Quest the American government to take him to friendly territory, it was re ported 'in revolutionary circles here to day. - WOMAN TRIES VAINLY TO RESCUE MAN OSS. BEACH, Cal., May 21 U.,P. Charles A. Gilchrist of Oakland, amotion picture cam era man, is. dead today, despite the heroic efforts of his cousin, Mrs. II. S. Heck, to save him from drowning. :.:jv - . - . Gilchrist '. fell - from, a boulder while photographing big waves about four miles from here." Mrs. Heck, scrambled down a steep cliff,, tore off he leggings and fastened them together and held them - out . to him. ' He grasped them ' and as she dragged him partly out of the water, the make shift lifeline parted and .he sank. TWO CENTS PROFIT ALLOWED IN SUGAR Profit greater , than 2 cents a pound on the., sale of sugar will not be al lowed, and dealers violating this rul ing will be subject to indictment un der the Lever act, according to a" statement issued today by Hall Lusk, assistant United States attorney and acting food controller. Lusk speaks in reply to numerous de mands made from merchants that the profit margin be increased. In so doing he comments that ; dealers are known to. be violating the injunction of the de partment of Justice ; as to sugar prof its and are being watched. "The margin of 2 cents a pound profit, fixed by' the attorney general as the only profit which the government recognizes as lawful, is : the' . largest margin that grocers . have ever in the history of the business charged, and it is utterly unjustifiable in any merchant to take advantage of the recent ad vances to exact a , profit based on a market price which has not been paid," Lusk Baid. . I "I wish to repeat the announcement, therefore, that dealers who exact a profit greater than 2 cents a pound on sugaf, based upon replacement cost of the commodity, are considered by the department of justice to . be profiteering and liable to indictment under the Lever act. f T: "" r5"!;':-'; "The - occasion " for repeating this an-: notlncement is that two complaints have recently been made to this office against grocers who have engaged in jthis prac- lsugar at $18.45 -a sack and- sold it for $25. He asserted that he bad the right to do this because, the. wholesale market price had In-the - meantime advanced to $22." ",: . . . REPLIES GIVEN TO JI'VARY QUERY OS SUGAR SITUATIOJr Washington, May 21. (WASHING TON ' BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL) Senator McNary today made public the first of the replies to his telegrams of Inquiry sent , yesterday ; on the -sugar situation. The National Sugar Refining company said it paid yesterday 22V& cents lor. 96 degree .Cuban sugar ; Ar buckles, . 23.57 cents ; American Sugar Refining company same as Arbuckles. Numerous telegrams showed refiners are now paying more for sugar than they are charging for refined sugar. : SUGAR PRICES .CAN BE CUT 50 PER CENT, SAYS M'LAUIUN Washington. May 2L (U. P.) Retail sugar prices can be reduced 60 per cent, J. IL McLaurln announced here today following a conference which he and a delegation of the Southern Wholesale Grocers' association held with Attorney General Palmer.'1 -..i ' "The trouble with the sugar situation, .said McLaurin, "is hoarding ; and inter ference by brokers. They have cor nered the supply." Ex-President Taft ! To Be Over-Sunday ! Visitor in Portland William Howard Taft will be a Port land visitor Sunday in addition to his lec ture engagement next Thursday i at The Auditorium. - Taft will arrive - Sunday morning from Walla Walla and rest for the day at the Multnomah hotel, Sunday night he. will leave for Belling ham. Wash., returning later for his Thursday engagement. .. - ; , The University club of Portland and the Yale Alumni association of Oregon will entertain Taft Thursday evening at a formal dinner at the University club. The dinner will commence at t :15 and will be open only to men members of the club and to all Tale men. Reserva tions will be limited" to 200, In the order applications are received. The dinner will precede Taft's lecture. i BALLOTS LONG, COMPLICATED; VOTE EARLY! "DOLLS - will ; be -open until 8 JL o'clock this evening. - Bat do not delay .voting until late afternoon. Vote as early as possible and avoid tbe last minute rush that always swamps polling places at the closing hour, f It was taking the average voter from 15 to 20 minutes to fin out the three ballots early today. Tbe ballots are so complicated and so many measures should be acted upon that the earlier yon vote tbe betrer for all concerned. But whether yon vote late or early, vote. ' - " .- E VOTE PEACE PLAN Resolution Js Passed by 228 to ' 139, Indicating. It Cannot Be Put Through Over Presidential Veto; Debate Stormy for Hour. Washington, May 21. (U. P.) The house today passed the Knox peace resolution and sent it to Pres ident Wilson. It has already been passed by. the senate.' The vote was 228 to 139. It indi cates the resolution cannot be passed over" a presidential veto as the ma jority is less than the . necesary two thirds. ' MASON IS HISSED ' Hissing by the Democrats broke out when Representative Mason, Illinois, Republican, declared that he "would rather take the judgment of the senate than that of a sick man at the other end of the avenue." , ; Mason claimed that the president has no right to keep American troops in Germany. After a stormy hour's debate on mo tion of Chairman Porter of. the, foreign affairs committee, the house adopted the resolution as . a substitute for the one it passed more than a month ago. The resolution probably will reach the White House late today or. tomorrow and the president is expected to veto it with a sharp message to congress. : ' Nlneteerf Democrats bolted the party leadership ani voted for the resolution, including most of the Tammany men from New York. Two Republ leans Fuller, Massachu setts, and Kelly, Michigan voted "No."" DEMOCRATS VOTIJTG YES Democrats voting for . the resolution were:;:-.: .:-: ,r:t ;.-i- :.V:.-.- , ',,..:-., . Ashbrook, Ohio ; Caldwell, New York; Care w. New York; Cullen, New York; Dooling, . New York ; Kvans, .Nevada ; Gallivan, - Massachusetts ; Ganty, New York; Goldfogle, New Yprk ; Hamlin, New Jersey; Maher,-New York; Mead, New York ; O'Connell, New York Olney, Massachusetts : Sullivan, New York, and Teague, Massachusetts. ; , .''' ' Summarized, ttW peace resolution pro vides; .':.:' ' "'" ',-; ' A congressional ' declaration of the termination of the' war by repealing the resolutions of April 6. 1917, and Decem ber 1. 1917, which declared war against Germany and Austria-Hungary, respec tively, j . . : -. . Repeal of the war legislation. ; A reservation of all rights accruing to the United States under the armistice and the treaty of Versailles. - Oregon Men Favorable": Wuthlnirtoii. Miv 21. fWASHINO. TON BUREAU OF jTHK JOURNAL.) Oregon's three representatives in con gress today voted in favor off adopting the senate resolution for termination of the world war, which carried, 238 to 139. Grain Futures Are Again on Toboggan, With Corn Leading Chicago. May 2L (U. P.) Grain futures struck the toboggan on the Chi cago Board of Trade today. The con tinued., spread of price reductions, in creased receipts, favorable weather and more cars for grain shipments caused a drop of from 3 to 11 cents in all grains. t The biggest drop was i recorded ' In July corn,. which fell 11. Traders scrambled wildly as the market fell. All ; reports were . of a . bearish . nature and the market became more and more sensitive, falling one and two points on every new report. A; buying spurt at one time 'steadied prices for a few min utes, but this gave way. before ani on slaught of selling. ! fyrttand Youth on ( Ijnior Committee -University of Washington. Seattle, MaJ21. On the Junior day committee in cnarge of the program of aquatic sports, night canoe parade and banquet to the alumni, features of the home coming week celebration, In progress here, are Eugene McClung of Portland, a junior ; Glenn Conkey of La Grande, Elmer Gordon Poole of McMinnvllle and Herbert Hunsaker of White Salmon, Wash. recently elected to the student board of control.- Hot Contest Waged For Regatta Queen Newberg, May . 21. A. hot contest for queen of the Portland Motor boat club's annual regatta, which will be held bere June 4 and 5, is being- conducted by the women of the .Civic Improvement club and American Legion auxiliary. Miss Inez Dodge, favorite for the Moose club, leads. Votes are being sold at. 1 cent each, 10 per cent of the gross proceeds going to the winning organization. - Publidity Held to Be Object of Suit Astoria. May 21. Intimation that the recent suit filed by Prael Eigner against the city,' the mayor, council and other city officials, to restrain them from pay ing warrants issued to automobile' com panies in which Councilman Staples is a stockholder, was not filed to stop payment, but only to . arouse prejudice through publicity, is contained in the wording of an answer filed by Norris Staples through his attorney, James L. IHope. '" j' f -'.": ' HOUS FAVORS K Nil OFllGAlN Preliminary Investigation of tfje Project to Reclaim; 2,000,000 Acres in Big Bend Country Discussed; Portland Interested. Plans for financing preliminary in vestigation work on the Columbia Basin Irrigation district project, com prising about 2,000,000 acres in the Big Bend country in , Eastern Wash ington, were discussed by financiers and business men! of Seattle, Spo kane, Tacoma and Portland at the Benson hotel at. noon today. The ' territory which the organizers plan to irrigate is boundedV on the west by the Columbia river, on 'the south by the Snake river and takes in practically all of Franklin, Grant and Adams counties. It has also been proposed to take in part of Walla Walla county and districts In Northwestern Oregon if feasible. . , PROJECT IS GIG AS TIC " This project is one of the most gigan tic In. the West. Prior to the war plans. had practically been completed for start ing work on the territory but . these were dropped during the .war emer gency.' : . '-;' -.--.' : '' ' The land in the Columbia basin dis trict is said to be more fertile even than the famous Yakima section - and tbe lope of the entire territory will make irrigation simple. It is planned to bring the water from the Pend d'Oreille "dis trict in -Idaho, the canal to ' originate near the Washington state line. Those at the meeting were : 'Spokane Nl W. Durham, Spokesman-Review ; T. S. Griffith, vice presi dent Spokane Chamber f Commerce ; T. S. Ramage, vice president Spokane chamber ; F, H. Lloyd, Haywood-Lar-ken company ; John H.' Roberts, man ager Union Stockyards, Spokane, " and J. A- Ford, managing secretary of Spo kane chamber. - - ' ' !. , Seattle E. F, Blain, chairman state development - bureaji ; George Boole; merchant; Winlock Miller, capitalist; Hervey Lindley, banker; Joseph Ja cobs, . engineer and G. S. Coatello, , Se attle chamber. . , -TACOUA. AXI POUTLAH D ' ' .''- Tacoma George M. Elliott. Tacoma Commercial Club ; E. F. . Oregory, - Ta coma ; Commercial : .club ; 1 Frank Mc Candless. insurance, and A. V. . Love; 'wholesale dry goods. Portland Whitney! I Boise, Julius L. Meier, C. E. Smith, Will Thompson, Emery Olmstead. dwrd Cookingham, J. C. Ains worth. "'John F. Daly, Jay Smlth David Honeyman, L. Allen Lewis, H. B. Van Duxer, . Eric Hauser, John L. Etheridge, H. L. Corbett, Percy Cupper and J. H. Lewis. ' Portland Woman Killed by Auto in Wenatchee, Wash. Wenatchee, Wash., May 21. Mrs. Esther Anderson, 35 years old, who came here from Portland three weeks ago, was struck down and instantly killed fcy an automobile , driven by W. -H. Crutchfield at 9 o'clock Thursday night The fatality occurred ' on the principal stteet of the city. Crutchfield declares , that he was blinded by the glare from the lights of an approaching automobile and did not see the woman. The driver of the other car did not stop and police are bunting for bim. ' ;. :" j , Mrs. Esther .Anderson went to Wenat chee three . weeks ago . to work In a restaurant, her husband said today. She is survived by ber husband, Harold An derson, and one son, Harold Jr., 14 years old. Anderson is employed as assistant steward of the Multnomah hotetT and will leave tonight for Wenatchee to bring the, body to Portland. They had lived in Portland about a year, Ander ron said. The family home has been at 261 Thirteenth street. Nicotine Poisoning . Blamed for Death Of Chicago Broker Chicago, May 21. L N. S,) Some of the city's best detectives were' called on today in an effort to solve a mystery arising in the discovery of enough nico tine to kill 52 men in the vital organs of the late George Speer, Chicago broker who died on 'May 6 at his Oak Park mansion, supposedly of natural causes. The mystery was deepened by the fact that no trace can be found of the con tainer which -held. the fatal mixture, in dicating that it was disposed of by some one having knowledge of the true cause of Speers death. Villa Wants British Ransom of $50,000 Washington, May 21. (U. P.) Fran cisco Villa, rebel chieftain, is holding for $50,000 ransom George Miller, a British citizen and ' superintendent of the Alvarado Mining k. Milling com pany, the state department was advised today. . - . a , Portland's Census To Be Out Tomorrow Washington. May 21. (WASHING TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL. )- Portland's population will be. given out tomorrow night at 9 o'clock, according to an official announcement made at tbe census bureau today.. ... JOURNAL WILL FLASH EARLY VOTE RETURNS AS FAST as election returns arc available) tonight, they will be posted in bulletin frm in the win dow's of Th4 Journal business of fice on the Yamhill street side of Tlie . Journal building. . Because of the great 'number of candidates and measures, the count neces sarily will be Blow and early re turns meager. The Journal, how ever, wpl announce, the count In a' series of window bulletins as fast as . It progresses. Its late night edition", will be on the street at :45 o'clock! with the statewide count to tha hour. Washington and California gaso line will be sold in Portland begin ning .this morning ,at 25 M cents a gallon, by the'.Standard Oil company, according to. An announcement made Thursday by J, E. Balsiey, , district Baies manager or tne company. Sale " of gasoline of lower test than required by state law is in line with an acute shortage, of gasoline felt by other oil companies as well as the Standard, according to statements of their repre sentatives at recent ' hearings . before Deputy State Sealer of Weights and Measures Dal?lel. Governor Olcott and State Treasurer Hoff, who in charged with enforcement of the law.; recently agreed, in view of the gasoline short age, to - refuse prosecutions for . viola lion, of the gravity test lawr Fifty per ceint of tank capacity has been' allotted "to pleasure - cars by the Standard and 1 100 per cent to commer cial vehicles, i Whether - or not present allocation to . pleasure . cars will be in creased depends entirely on the size of cargoes consigned to Portland within the next few weeks, Balsiey announces. He has written officials of the company in San. Francisco asking for additional supply owing' Jto the conventions sched uled here duripg June. Him Star Injured i JBy. HorsWhile:in. .Thrilling Chase Act . Los . Anitlti Mav ' 21. a. ; N. S i fWUliam S. Hart, celebrated film star of the Western pictures, is suffering from severe feijurles, today as the re sult of an argument With a vicious horse during 'jthe -filming of a movie scene. He has broken ribs, bruises and lacerations. i, ' Hart was rbllng "double" behind an other' actor lit a thrilling chase scene when the limb of a tree -struck him In the face, knocking him from the horse. The animal, frightened as Hart dropped off behind, sthick out with both iron shod feet ,andf kicked the star into un consciousness. Mexican Embargo Cuts Food Prices Washington May 21. (L N. 8.) By placing a strict embargo on the ex portation of ffodstuffs, hides and other commodities, gthe provisional govern ment of Mexico has within a period of a few days materially reduced the cost of living, according to advices reaching the state department through official channels. Thjij price of the best cuts of beeff It was . stated, naa xauen ap proximately 2f cents a pound. Junior Teek-End in Progress at 0, A. C. ?! Oregon Agricultural College, Corvallls, May 21. Junior week-end festivities opened today, with baseball and a track meet wjith the University of Ore gon this afternoon and a junior vaude ville 'show inf. the evening. Stunts are to be put on ; by each class. Two per formances will be given in order to ac commodate tbje- Crowds. , Lumbel Cut Prices - Are to Be Extended Spokane, Wash., May 21. The 10 to 0 per cent reduction in lumber prices announced February J4 by the Weyer haeuser lumber Interests, to be effec tive until Jun 1 bas been extended un til September ill, according to announce ment by J. N. Tate, assistant general manager - of , the Weyerhaeuser Sales company. " . Sanitarium Damaged By Fire at Roseburg Roseburg, May 21, The Rosemirg sanitarium was damaged by fire at 8 :30 o'clock this morning. The entire roof was burned, seriously endangering 15 patients. . All were rescued without injury. Heroic work by firemen saved the lower part I of the building. Rose burg has no hospital available at pres- ment, both being damaged by fire. 300 Lightermen on Strike in New York " New York. May 2l-(L N. S.) Three hundred lightermen went on strike In the harbor today, adding to the already serious freight congestion in New York. The1 lightermen struck In sympathy with the coastwise; longshoremen, who have been out for Weeks. . - 'i - TSKsT' E- KILLS MATE, THEN SHOOTS SELF A Bjorkland Dead from Bullet Wound in Templej Would-Ba . Suicide Very Low; Estrange ment Laid'to Brother-in-Law. "Why coilldn't he then be sutiwfled and have left youto me?'' This plaintive sentence In a letter left by Mrs. Frankle Bjorkhind sts upon Ernest Bjorkland the blame for an estrangement that caused her to kill August Bjorkland, her husband, and Inflict probably fatal Injuries on herself a the Bjorkland apart ments over their .store! at .876 Tliur- man street, this morning. Ernent Is tho: brother of the husband and Is now on his way to Sweden, the trip being financed, the wife declared, by August, ' ! MAY HAVE IlEKN JKAI.Ot'ft The distressed wom.in may have been actuated partially by Jealousy, accord ing to olher passages In the note. She had evidently Intended to kill only her self, but it appeared that Ihe humnd was away from home during the nlKht, returning this morning, i AUhouRh the police have no Information ns to tli Incidents leading to the shooting. It Is believed that an. alternation tfuddonly prompted her to' change her suicide plan, so that she fired hi bullet Into her husband's temple, turning the weapon on herself and firing a bullet Into her own breast, .. , DIES AT HOSPITAL ' Bjorkland died at noon today at t. Vlnoenta hospital. The shooting oc curred at 10 :15 o'clock. ! Bjorkland and his brother had been conducting the grocery store. A picture, of Bjorkland was found over the heart of his wife after she wus taken to the hospital. Two letters writ ten by, her were found. Tersons who had some knowledge of the life of this couple believed .that Mrs. UJorkland was Jealous of Mrs... L. King, who had (Concluded on ! Thre, Column Tw LARCH MOUilTI SAVED TO PUBLIC Scenic Larch mountain has been saved for the public. Beautiful Multnomah' falls will! not be de stroyed. Despoliation jof timber on the slopes above the Cblurnbln high way will cease. Oneonta creek will be protected and It may be possible now to construct a j runway sus pended from the rocky sides of One ontat gorge to the pltturosque but seldom seen falls of Oneonta creek. All tTiese attainments were made cer tain when the president signed thi Larch ' mountain bill Thursday, as re ported In a dispatch to Tbe Journal. News that he had done so was received locally with gratification. tMN ACAEN IJTVOLVKD Under the terms of the bill the north slope of Larch mountain,! from the high way to the lookout at the summit, 4U00 feet higher, has been made a part of the Oregon national forest.' The area involved covers some 20 sections, . or 12,000 acres of land. ! It was announced from the United States forest service office this morn ing that exchange of privately owned lands within the tract for equally good lands elsewhere In the ownership of the government will proneed promptly. Thomas fiherrard, supervisor of the Ore gon national forest, has already secured most of the data necessary to make the exchange on even terms. The effect of the enactment Is to save for public pleasure and re-r atlon a total of 21,000 acres along the Columbia "river highway, 14.000 acres having al ready been set aside aaj a playground within what is known j as Columbia Gorge park.' ! TREES ARE PREMEIIVF.D The preseervation of the north sloje of Larch mountain, Including the water sheds of Multnomah and Oneonti creaks, has been agitated for a number of year a Lumbering operations were In a fair way to -destroy the distinctive scenic beauty of the district. A bill bad been Introduced in congress arid had ex pired because of failure to report It from committee. Two other measure were subsequently introduced and had the support of the Chamber of Com merce and . other civic organisations. But these ' measures, also, were found to be buried with little hope of restitu-i-Lation when The Journal began Inquiry a few weeks, ago. Appeal from this newspaper and from the Presidents' council, representing the .business and civic organisations, resulted In prompt action by congress. Poles Announce 500 Bolsheviki Taken in :'; Victorious Thrust London, May 21. (I, N. 8.) A'coun ter thrust by the Poles near Krzyze7.ot forced the Il'issian Bolshvlk troops back 12 miles, said a Polish war office com munique transmitted from Warsaw by a news agency today. The Polish war1' office announced the capture of 600 . prisoners north of the Beresina river, where the third Bol shevik division was repuUed. Attempts by. the Rusttlans to force a crossing of the Beresina river alonrr the center failed, the communique sail.