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.
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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 . . -; . .
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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.