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CITY EDITION It'u All Here and It' All True THE WKATHKH Tonifht and Saturday, probably showers; southerly winds. Minimum Temperatures Thursday : Portland 66 New Orleans.... 8S Boise 80 New York....... 7 Los Angeles...!. 88 St. Paul......... 68 CITY EDITION Mechanical Life Savers' - How Portland makes good on the elo- ;an. 'Safety First." by devices of her own Invention will be told In The Sunday Journal Magazine next Sunday. ; I VOL. XIX. NO. 68. Entere-l u Sccond-Claa Hatter PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 28, 1920. TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. St JSi'"!0 Postoff fee. Portlaad, . EMBARGO ON SUGAR EXPORT FINDS FAVOR Senate Agriculture Committee Approves McNary Measure by Vote of 6 to 3 as Means of Keeping Down Exorbitant Cost. Washington, May 28. (I. N. S.) An embargo on the 'export of sugar Is provided in the McNary sugar bill favorably reported today by the senate agricultural, commit tee by a vote of 6 to 3.. The embargo will not affect raw ;sugar sent to the United States for refining. The bill is aimed to, re duce the high cost of sugar. . PRESIDENT'S VETO Washington. May 28. (U. P.) The Knox peace resolution was killed today . by the action of the house In refusing to override Presi dent Wilson's veto of the measure. The vote 'was 219 for overriding and 1S2 against, or 28 less than the neces sary, two' thirds. The vote was virtually the same, as far as political lineup is concerned, as when the - resolution first passed the house.' " ' Only two Republicans, Representative Kelley and . Representative Fuller of Massachusetts, voted against overrid- in. Seventeen '.Democrats voted against the president. They were: Ashnrook and Sherwood,, Ohio ; Galli vin, Olney and Tague, Massachusetts; Caldwell. Carew. Cullen. Doolihg. Oanty, Goldfogle, Mclnry, Maher, Mead, O'Con nell, all of New" York ; O'Connor of Louisiana, and McLane, Pennsylvania. Communists turned r Loose on Order of Secretary of Labor AH members of Ihe Communist lAbor party - arrested nearly in the year -and held on the charge of being members of a revolutionary society, have ' been 1 released, following the decision of the secretary of labor that the society was not revolutionary. Warrants have been canceled in the cases of W. G. Kievel, Henry Eggers. Herman Nelndorf, Victor and , Jkilia 8auHt. - George Haverlock, Augustus ; Uney and Max Schmidt. Inspector R. P. Bohham of the immigration service said this morning. The cases of the few other Labor Communists will probably take the same course, t : The Communist Labor party is com- josed of the radical element of the So cialist party in Oregon. Logging Railroad ; y To Tap California Redwood Planned Marsirfield, May. 28. The C. A O. . Lumber company " of Brookings. In " Curry county, has ' a crew of men at work surveying a railroad right of way from the Chetco river south to the red wood timber owned by the company In Del Norte county. California, and It is said that the company will build a log ging railroad to -tap this timber and bring the logs to Brookings for manu - facture. , The C. &.O. company owns a large tract of redwood In Del Norte county and the Owen interests, part owners In the company, also own redwood in the same district. It is said to be likely that the company will build another mill when the road is ready to bring out red wood, as the present mill at Brookings -is designed for cutting, fir. Scenic Rides UPHELD IN HOUSE MIKI UN Rosy Treat Awaiting Shriners ? Portland will play host next month to more visitors than it has been her pleasure heretofore to entertain within a given period. The T. P. A. and Kiwanis conventions will be forerunners of ihe grand Shrine meeting which will bring thousands of visitors to the city. , ' j : ( . These visitors have been told that Portland and environs hold much of In terest and accordingly they must be given the opportunity of sightseeing at the best advantage. To this end the Shrine committee has arranged three automobile trips, which it is their desire that every visiting Shriner. shall enjoy. Tho Columbia river highway, of course, will be the major attraction. The other two routes are within the city, one on , the east side and one on the west side, both selected in view of giving the strangers the best opportunity of seeing the city. . STARTING POINT "AMED ' The " starting . point of all the tours will be the vacant property at the south west corner of Sixth and Yamhill streets, adjoining The Journal build ins. NORTHWEST REALTY DEALERS OFF : TO KANSAS CITY TWO special cars loaded with members of the Portland Realty board and delegates from other Northwest. cities left Union sta ition at 9 o'clock this morning for Kansas City to attend the annual convention of the national association. From leftH. G. Beckwith. Harold Tunrck. M. T. Edwards. C. V. Johnson of Salem. Fred German. V." LI Lambuth of Seattle, Coe A. McKenna, J. ii Richards, Paul C. Murphy, Brockman, E. B. Arthaud of ik PresWential Boom Inquiry Fails to Fasten Anything on Ex J Treasurer of the U. S. Washington; May 28.-U. P.) Angus W. McLean, director of the war finance, corporation,, was ques tioned today in the "senate campaign expenditures investigation in an ef fort toT learn something about the presidential boom of W. G. McAdoo. As, far as McLean knew, he .said, there was ttoe McAfloo boom - and no McAdoo organization.' McAdoo, according to Mc Lean, gave the impression that even If there were a great popular demand for hiih, he would "have to be dragged into It." . McLean - related a conversation with McAdoo regarding instruction of North Carolina delegates. .McAdoo told Mc Lean that he was neither an active nor a receptive candidate, the witness said. McLean said he had discussed the Mc Adoo candidacy - with Jouett. S. , Shouse, assistant secretary of the treasury; sev eral times with Daniel C. Roper and Commissioner Wooley of the Interstate commerce commission, but that McAdoo told them all he wanted nothing done. McLean said his state delegation was Instructed for Senator Simmons and that "I am for him as against McAdoo, as long as he can be nominated." . Harry Daugherty, Senator Harding's manager, was recalled to tell how the Wolfe newspapers in Columbus. Ohio, switched from Senator Harding to Gen eral Wood. Daugherty said he could ' not 'explain Wolfe's intentions. Frank A. Harrison. Lincoln. Neb.; manager of the Johnson campaign in that state, said he got 1800 from John son's California headquarters and local contributions, ; bringing' the - total' to $1913. He spent $2000, making up the deficiency out of his own pocket. Johnson carried : Nebraska by 20,800, "What would you have done if you had bad a $300,000 campaign : fund? asked Senator Pomerene v ''I'd have done just : as other cam paign managers - did divided it up among my friends," said Harrison.; Yeoman Beheaded by Propeller of Plane San Pedro. CaL. May 28. (U. P.) Henry Peiper., yeoman first class of the seaplane detachment -of the Pacific fleet, was beheaded when struck by the pro peller of an airplane, as It. was being tuned: up tn uie outer harbor here last night.: - , v ! ; ; N -.. . ' Promise ThriUs Their success will depend upon the cooperation , of Portland - motor car owners, who have pledged their serv ices. ' I That these good folk may have an opportunity of. familiarising them selves with the routes selected by the Shrine committee, the same .will be dis played In The. Sunday Journal automo tive section next Sunday. ' Portland enjoys an enviable reputa tion as the place of origin' of a number of features that have made the "Safety I'lrsi - idea a -success the country ; over, An engaging account of this worth while i endeavor will be included in The Sunday Journal Magaxine. ; ; : The front cover : of next : Sunday's Magaxine contains a full page reproduc tion of a photograph or an irrigation ditch east of the mountains, situated In the most fascinating environment. The back cover contains three attractive dinner gowns reproduced in color. Ring Lardner gives notice of what he proposes to do at the Republican national convention. But let Lardner tell It in his own way in next Sunday's journal. The Sunday Journal, comprising eight sections of news, reviews, photographs. features and fun. Is sold everywhere for b cents the copy. Frank L. McGuire, L. E. Omer, Hoqmam, Wash. J$ a& L 332 NOITY DOMES! PROBLEM ARISES When Oscar Dowler , and Edith Dowler were , divorced several years ago, the court awarded the boy to the "father and. the girl to the mother. ! )' ' , ' Then both parents remarried. ' Re cently Dowler was killed in a logging camp accident. Circuit Judge McCourt Is now facing the Solomonic problem of deciding whether death breaks the ruling of the earlier court or whether the boy's stepmother may retain him as her own. In court this morning the two widows sat and looked daggers at each other. The real mother is Mr. Edith MohaupLi The stepmother is Mrs. Cora Dowler; She was dressed in mourning. The boy was not there, greatly to the: displeasure of the judge. . - ! . The"itua tlon developed from Mrs. Mo haupt's motion to -modify the divorce de cree that' separated"', her 1 from Dowler; to the extent of restoring the boy to her Custody. , Process servers sought high and low for the hew Mrs. -Dowler and the boy, .but It was 'not until a Wash ington county court -discovered her and ordered her appearance tn the Multno mah court that any action resulted. Mrs. Cora Dowler was -ordered by Judge Mc Court to have the boy with her when the case is called again next Tuesday. Judge MeCourt-set the-case after at torneys had said the questions of law could not be met successfully unless some time were granted for preparation. The Judge cited the general law prin cipal that the " natural mother has first claim upon the children and that the burden rests upon any other claimants to show the natural mother -infiC Governor! Declares 1 Rhode Island j Town To Be in Insurrection Bristol, R. I..- May 28.-d. "N. S.) The town of Bristol was declared to be tn a state of insurrection by Gov ernor . Beeckman. . today. . .and . state troops commanded . by - Major C L. Wells were : placed ' in ; control as a result of strike riots. . ; , The governor's action ; was . taken In response to -an appeal by Sheriff Philo B. Cady,. who feared " reprisals because of the snooting, of 'three men, one of them mortally.. The Fourth company corps of coast artillery and . two troops of -cavalry Were here, this afternoon. Curses and Frowns Given Bluebeard by , ' Fellow Prisoners San Quentin. CaL. May 28. (U. P.) Dark- looks and : corsea are directed at "Bluebeard" James P., Watson by the criminals in San Quentin" prison: For this reason "Bluebeard" is still shielded from them. He remains' in the hospital. - - - i- . - - "We want to wait until the excite ment dies' down," the United Press was told today by. one who has control -of "Bluebeard's" present movements. "The prisoner's - swear at him. ; They ' don't like him. He - hasn't been well , re ceived." - j .. ; Ex-Judge Accuised . . Of Aiding Bergdoli ' In Avoiding Draft .' v . - 4 7 Baltimore. Md. May 28.--CL : N. S.) The federal grand jury here today re turned 'an indictment against James E. Romig, a former magistrate - of Phila delphia, charging - Romig . with aiding G rover C Bergdoli to evade ihe selec tive draft. .; ' i . '' . According to advices from Philadel phia, Romig was arrested' there yester day on a federal warrant issued in Bal timore and released on $5000 bail. Soviet Commission , Arrives in London London. May 28. (U. P.) Gregory Krassnine,'' Bolshevist commissioner of ways and communications, arrived here last night, ostensibly to discuss resump tion of . trade between Great Britain and soviet tissla. t - ' ' ' "F. E. Taylor, Geor'ge M. Elliott ., 4 n ?: ) w r-jiiwiiijjuiiiMi.ffrii'iOTi(rfiywfi,wgi'W Portland Delegation, Primed and Loaded for Convention .Honors, ; Joins in Kansas City Trip. Occupying two special cars, a large delegation , of Oregon and Washington real estate : dealers left Union station at 9 o'clock this morn ing over the Unibn Pacific to attend the annual convention of the Nation al, Association of Real Estate Boards at Kansas City, June. 2 to 5.- The Portland Realty board is represented at the convention by 23 members' and liberal delegations -have been sent from Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma. Victoria and Vancouver, B. C : The : convention at; Kansas City this year is heralded as the largest gather ing of real estate men In the history of the country' and : the Portland delega tion Is prepared to , advertise the invest ment opportunities ef Oregon and the Northwest. Representatives will be ..present from communities of every state In the Union and every province in the Dominion of Canada. ' OEEGOS EXHIBITS FLANKED Exhibits of Oregon lumber and other products will be displayed in the con vention hall and the Phez company of Salem will furnish loganberry juice and other beverages produced from Oregon fruits without charge to the realty men attending the convention. A special ef fort will be inaugurated at the conven tion to direct the attention of Eastern realty men to the wonderful' opportuni ties offered in Oregon farm lands. W. H. Ross will represent Portland in a five minute oratorical contest par ticipated in by the best talent afforded by realty boards in all the large cities of the. United States and Canada. Each contestant will exploit the advantages of his home town. Frank "L McGuire is scheduled for an. address on home salesmanship and other members of the Portland delegation appear on the pro gram. ' - -; , - . ; j ' PORTLAND DELEGATION 3TAMED j Portland realty men "attending the convention are: F. E. Taylor, Paul C Murphy -accompanied y Mrs. -Murphy. Fred W. German, F. O. Brockman. W. W. , Ferguson, H. G. Beckwith, Coe A. McKenna. Paul O. Cowgill, M. J. Ed wards, W.- H. Roes. Frank . Lt McGuire, A. R. Ritter, J. W. Walker. J. M. Healey, J.--L. Richardson, M E. Lee, Harold Jungck, J. P..Parker, H. W. Fries. J. O. El rod. R. T. Street, George T. Moore and F. B. Upshaw; From Seattle, E. S. Goodwin and Mrs. Goodwin; V. lj 'Lambuth. John 'Elliott, George Spencer and C C , Bennett. Vic toria, B. C, Charles Cross and Captain Istel Andre. . Vancouver, B. tX.; Frank Hoole and R. Kerr Houl prate. Spokane, Pr A. Shedler and J. G; McCormlck. Ho quiam, Wash, E. B. Arthaud. president of the Interstate Realty association. Sa lem. C. V. Johnson ajd - J. Neimyer, Idaho boards will be represented by Ira E. High of Boise and A. L. Murphy and M. L. Walker of Caldwell. Delegates from several other North western towns will join the Portland special en ' route... , ' TO' STOP AT DE5TEB . ' ' The Northwest delegates are scheduled to . arrive , at Denver Sunday morning and will, spend , the day sightseeing 'as guests of the Denver Realty board. They will" leave Denver,. JJonday morning and arrive at Kansas City in time for the opening of the convention Wednesday. On , the return trip stops will be made at Billings, Butte and ' several . other towns in Montana for the purpose of organizing realty boards. The Portland delegation plans to leave Kansas City. Saturday, June 5, arriving here June 12. Filibuster to Force Action on Bonus Bill Washington, May 28. OTJ. -P.) A filibuster to- force action on - the sol dier bonus bill . was started the ' mo ment the house met .today. Represen tative Munsey of Ohio refused to' allow the chaplain's prayer until a quorum had , been obtained. Other members said they would '.block action on. the budget bill if the bonus measure' was not brought up. ., . , j of Tacoma, W. H. Ross, F. O. jf""" WjS 1 1 R BILL GOES TO PRESIDENT i, Washington. May 28.- (U. P.) Ending a 12-year .fight, the senate today passed the waterpower bill as it came from conference. The house already having agreed oh the meas ure, it goes to the president for his signature. . " The bill provides for a federal power commission to supervise development of h waterpower sites on government con trolled streams. The commission would be given power to issue leases, prescribe rates and otherwise control capital In vested in waterpower projects. !; , , The vote was 50 to 12. . . . vf WATER POWER COMPANIES PLEASED BY NEW MEASURE Officials of local power . companies were pleased with the action of .congress In .nasiner the Water ' cower MIL . Under I . . . . .... '. : . -i--a;--4 us provisions, wnn oi teases are ui" nitely fixed and rates prescribed, ana capital invested in power projects is now protected. In the past, officials maintained, the leases might be termi nated abruptly and Invested money jeopardized. No new projects are im mediately contemplated In this terri tory it was said. ' Arbitration to Be Used in Settlement Of Cook Controversy Settlement of " the wage controversy between the Cooks' and Waiters' unions and the Caterers' association waits upon action -of 'the association. - Late Thurs day afternoon a joint - committee of the Cooks and Assistants'. Waiters and Waitresses' and Soft .Drink Dispensers' unions called on Secretary Beach of the Caterers' association and asked that a committee of employers be appointed to confer with them. The executive committee of the asso ciation will meet at the Chamber of Commerce this afternoon. Beach said h favored appointment of a committee to confer with the unions and would In troduce a motion to that effect. : There will be no strike in the res taurants and eating houses of - Portland, bo far as ' the unions" are concerned," said Harley M. Johnson, representative of the International organization. "Our contract with the 220 eating houses provides for - arbitration and ' we - shall abide strictly by this agreement." , . Near! Panic Caused By High Loans to ; . Japanese oh Silk '-- By - Tve Gsyos . " ; Paris. May 28. The financial crisis which has brought the entire world to the verge of the worst panic in history has been directly caused by , the action -of New York banks in suddenly calllrg in huge loans which had been granted to Japanese- exporters in Tokio . be cause of the rapid advance . in the price of silk. ',. -. ..' -: ', . " ' ' The bankers were aghast when they discovered the immense total sums thus loaned to . Japan.; The results of this calling-in . of loans arei - I -.LA drop in the price of silk from $18 to $9 a pound. 2. Inevitable bank failures In, Tokio. 3. - Equally . Inevitable reaction on the New York, Paris and London markets, and a consequent drop in every aecui-r list to the danger, mark. , Mandamus Action To Test River Bed Leasing Promised - j.i,:" " ' .j -. ; Salem. May 28. Rejection by the state land board - this morning of a bid of 3 cents - per -s cubic . . yard . for . sand and gravel' to be taken from the bed of the Willamette river here, submitted by the Salem Sand & Gravel company, . will form the basis for a mandamus suit to test out the right of the board to fix a minimum ' royalty price,' of this com modity r It was stated. - Under the 1920 act, which provides for the leasing of sand and gravel rights in the beds of navigable streams, the pro ceeds to go to the credit of the state's Irreducible, school fund, the - state ; land board has .fixed a minimum price of 10 cents per cubic yad. . 1 , -vm WATEkPOWE ( BEFORE MEET Scores of Contested ' Delegate Seats to Be Settled in - Time . for Chicago Convention to Open; Advance Guard Arrives. By George R. JIoImes Chicago, May 28.- I. N. S.) A veritable mountain of work, some trivial and some extremely import ant, is piling up here for the Re publican convention- handlers : to clear away before the real business of nominating a presidential candi date can be undertaken. - This will be tackled, starting next Mon day, when the committee on credentials meets to consider the large number .of contests now pending. Estimates vary as to the number of seats contested. The preliminary, convention roll of delegates, : with but few states missing, shows that 1 JO contests already have been filed;! unofficial estimates place the number as high as 145. Clarence B. Miller of Minnesota, sec retary to the national committee, is ex pected to arrive here today to get things started. Alvin T. Hert, chairman of the convection committee and western cam paign manager In 1916, has arrived. - Most of the contests already filed are from Southern ' states. " Arkansas has 7, Florida 8. Georgia 17, Louisiana 12, Mis sissippi 12, Missouri 4, North Carolina 22. Oklahoma 6,' South Carolina 12, Tennes see 2, Texas 9, Virginia 15, . District of Columbia 2 and Minnesota 2. ' ; In addition there are 47 seats involv ing fractional votes which the commit tee will have to rule on in view of the recent decision to do away with the fractional voting system. Delegations involved in these cases - are Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Mississippi, Nevada, Okla homa, Tennessee and Texas. Claims by the Lowden camp that Ken tucky's delegation -of 26 will line up be hind the Illinois trovernor were strength ened today by National Committeeman Hert. . . f : "While. the delegation Is not Instruct ed,", he said, "there Is a strong senti ment for Governor Lowden. In fact, I (CotwlniVwi tmTmu f.'t;olma Tiiree. SHEEP PLAN! SOLD Pendleton, May 28. Fred W. Fal coner of Enterprise today completed the purchase; of the Cunningham Sheep -.& Land company's plant for a consideration exceeding $500,000. The deal was announced by J. M. Keeney of Portland, vice . president of the company. 1 ' : Fourteen thousand sheep and 25.000 acres of land are Included in the deal, which is the largest ever consummated in Umatilla county. The Cunningham Sheep &. Land company is one. of the State's largest sheep and wool concerns and was headed by the late J. N. Bur gess, former state senator and highway commissioner.. - The new owner, ' who " Is an extensive operator tn sheep and wool in "Wallowa county, takes possession July 1. Donald Cameron, foreman of the ranch and one of the owners, will ; be retained. Dr. S. W. McClure, manager since- the death of Burgess, probably will return to his interests in Idaho. The land in the deal was purchased in 1905 by Burgess, Keeney. Dan J. Malar key and R. A. Kelsey of Portland for $250,000. The Burgess, estate and Keeney are chief stokholders now. - The prop erty lies in the south of Umatilla county and in Morrow county and ""the home ranch is near Pilot Rock. . Airmen Hop Off in Dash to Marshfield To Inspect Region Pilot F. E. Harding of the Oregon, Washington Sc. Idaho Airplane company, with Lieutenant Greto as a passenger, took off at noon today in an Oriole from Guild's lake field for Marshfield. A few minutes later Pilot L. Merle Briggs took of f in a JN-4 D-68 for the same destination. . The aviators will .make a three-day visit in the Coos Bay city, inspecting the region to link the city with a regular air line to Eugene, Corvallis, Salem and Portland. An air route would bring it within two hours of Portland. Victor Vernon flew with two passen gers to Astoria this morning on a sim ilar mission. , At both places arrange ments will be discussed for permanent landing flelds.- Hawley; Figures in Unlucky thirteen: Is Fined for Speeding His, thirteenth year of automobile driving proved unlucky for Willard P. Hawley Jr. of Oregon City, who was fined $10 this morning by Municipal Judge Rossman for driving his car 30 miles an - hour Thursday " evening at Mllwaukie avenue and . Mitchell street. Other violators of traffic rules fined by Judge Rossman this morning in cluded : - C. A. Schroder, speeding $7.50; Roy Law, speeding, 85 ; G. R- Browssard, cutting corner, $1: Otto Neiberg. speed ing, $10; H. C. Harding, speeding, $10; R. ' Preece, speeding.; $5 : C. : E. Allison, speeding. $5 ; O. S. Brown, speeding. $5; L. I. Locke, speeding, $3. FACES G O, P. This Is the Cat mat luuea me Rat Tkt Haunted The Model Store is tile -cat ' that caught the This rat. 3 ; .The other are her descendants. - Grandmothers cousins, aunts, broth ers and sisters, they perch on the raft ers, the barrels and ash cans and hiss and spit at ;any intruder who enters the basement of the .Model Shoe company- at 813 Washington street.- The proprietor of the store was both ered with ra,s, so he got a .cat to kill the rats. The , rats have now disap peared and the shoe man is now met with the problem of ' getting rid -of the cats. They have multiplied rapidly and the succeeding generations have had families of their own. And the cat family doesn't take kind ly to strangers. When the garbage man came t make his call, Tom Cat took after h;m and -chased him away. It Isn't safe to enter the basement be cause of the! furry forms draped overf the beams, rwady to spring, The shoe 'company has appealed to the Oregon Humane society to get rid of .the cats., i " - ' SCHULDERMAN OUT; OFFICE IS VACANT Salem, My 28. Oregon is today without a Jlegally constituted - cor- poration cefnmissloner. The resig nation of Henry J. Schulderman, demanded by Governor Olcott Tues day, becoming effective at that time, no document can be legally signed in the corporation department until SchulderrnatTs successor. Senator T. B. Handleyj of Tillamook, is sworn in and qualifies for the office, which is expected to be some : time Mon day. ,- : In the . meantime Schulderman will continue-HO supervise the work of the office but documents requiring the sig nature of thje corporation commissioner must' await Ithe arrival of the new of ficial. :-..--.v.. ' ' -. Schulderman had no , statement to make-this morning on the action of the gerwwirs" request for his resignation. Tlerei i -iwrthtng for we., te say and nothing left ijfor me to do but to vacate." he declared.':' - 'v Olcott'e move at this time, as predicted ' Wednesday, . is the result of the . anti Olcott attltiide of Schulderman,. which ! found em phl.tio expression In numerous forms during.' Schulderman's recent cam paign for this Republican nomination as a candidate! for secretary of. state. , SEED'S HI51 KL8EWHEBE . "Whenf-I "entered Into, the duties of the governor's office I made it plain that there would be no change In the ap pointees of governor Withycombe unless the good of Jhe public service demanded it," said Governor Olcott, in explaining his announcement. " v : A "It plainly! would be detrimental to the public serv&e to allow Mr. Schulder man to serAfe longer 4n the capacity of corporation pommissioner. He has pub- 4 licly expressed himself as being opposed to the present administration and its policies. andhas also sanctioned publica tion of statsments in the press to the same effect j Inasmuch as the policies of this admiinlstration are for the great est efficiency In public office that It is possible to attain I am certain it will be beneficial td-the state as a whole for Mr.. Schulderman to seek employment elsewhere." LOXG 'PCItLIC RECORD -Handley If one of the best known at torneys of jthe state. ' He is a native of Washington county, Oregon, but for many years j resided in Tillamook, where he has been state land board attorney since May 6, 1913, city recorder of the city of Tillamook for five terms and has served several years In the legisla ture, includng two terms in the lower house and bne In the state senate, his term in the senate expiring with his acceptance bf the corporation commis si onsh I p. I - . - Handley ilso formerly served several years as' deputy district attorney for Tillamook county. He Is a son of prom inent Oregoil pioneers, and has for many years been j prominently Identified with the' affairs iot the' state.- Schulderman was appointed corpora tion commissioner by Governor Withy combe. May 1, 1916. succeeding Ralph Watson, a West appointee. He was re appointed tc- the office in January. 1917, for a four jtar term, which would have expired thef first Monday in Jnuarv, "1 192L Council of Farmers WantisTJ. S. Control Of Ships and Roads Washington. May 28. (U. P.)-Gov- ernment ownership of - railroads and merchant marine was demanded today by the Farmers National council in a -letter add; reused by George P. Hamp ton, director : of the councIL to the Democratic 1 and Republican national committees.! Other planks he said the farmers wanted were:- --' Legislation to control the packers. Taxes on j lands and other natural re sources held for speculation. Adequate j and cheap credit for farm era and . protection of farmers' cooper ative societies from prosecution under anti-trust laws. Princfi Is in Bad On Grarid Larceny Case New York. May 28. Prince Michael Murat was -indicted, charged with grand larceny,' yesterday by a state grand jury. A bench warrant was issued. The prince Is in Paris. He Is alleged to have -given a fur dealer a check for $1500 In payment for a sable neckpiece when there fwere no founds in the bank on which the check was drawn. The offense is extraditable BY tAZWELL Suit to Break Henry L Pittoek Testament Ends When Court Decides That Daughter, as Con testant, Has. Shown No Causs. Contest of the will of Henry L. Pittoek, publisher of the Oregonlan. brought by his daughter, Mrs. Car oline P. Leadbetter, on th.e ground that he was subjected to undue in fluence in making the document, was Virtually thrown out . of court by Probate Judge Tarwell today. Arguments, followed the unexpected termination of -testimony Thursday aft ernoon and this morning ad whenhe last word had been spoken by the attor neys. Judge Taiwell, without hesitation, delivered an opinion in which he over ruled the charges set forth In the Lcad betfer petition - without exception or qualification. . Taiwell'a decision also admitted the Pittoek' will to probate afler it had re mained practically inactive for more than a year. Pittoc-k died January 28. 1919. TAZWELL CONGHATULATED As the drift of Judge Tasweil s opin- lon became apparent, a broad smile ap- peered on the face of C. A. Morden. manager of the Oregonlan, who sat in close communion with Edgar B. Piper, editor, and O. L. Price. Morden was the first to reach Judre Taswell as he descended from1 the bench and. taking his hand with both of his own. congratulated him in a voice that could be heard over the courtroom. Piper and Price also congratulated and thanked the,, judge. Piper placing one hand on Taswell's shoulder as he grasped and shook the judge's hand. While disposing of the charges of un due influence having been exercised on Pittoek, another contest case stitj pends In the circuit court, brought by th heirs, disputing the legality of the trust clauses of the will which put the Pit toek properties, Including the Oregonian Publishing company. In a long time trust, leaving the heirs with only com paratively 'small incomes from the es tate. FI-fTDIKOS OP THE COURT The'court finds that the contest-nl has not sustained the allegations of tier petJtlon," said Judge Tazwell in deny ing the suit. "That as to all matters of f act presented to the court she has not sustained them, and the court finds against all of these allegations in loio. There Is no reason now why the court should disturb in any way the flndlnsrn and the -decision that it held some time ago In the motion to strike and the same is adhered to. "The second will which has been pre sented here as the last will snd testa ment of Mr. Pittoek la "there fore received as such last will and teatamenl and an (Concluded on P Two, Column Fir) HOUSE 10 ACT Oil Washington, May 28. (U. P.) A resolution expressing the "sympa thy of the public" with the "aspira tion of the Irish people for a gov ernment of their own choice" was favorably reported by the , foreign affairs committee today by a vote of 11 to 7. Plans are to ask action on the resolution In the house next week. Wartime Insurance Ruling Beneficial To Men Concerned Lieutenant Commander Klder of th Portland navy recruiting office today re ceived information that government life Insurance, or converted Insurance, may ' now be paid In one sum to ben-flciarie. That this deDartment ruling means (much -to men now in service as well as. former service men, was declared by. Klder as an inducement for the rein statement of insurance. The , new ruling allows "reinstatement wlthin'three months after the month of discharge by mailing two months' pre mium without written application or statement of health. Rcardieaa of the time elapsed, war risk or term insur ance may be reinstated at any time be fore July 1. 1920, or within 18 month after discharge. Director Cbolmeiy Jones announced also, Klder stated, that former service men who were Injured or contracted disease during service shotil'l apply to the war risk bureau for certifi cate of Injury within, a year from' dig charge as a means of protecting them selves and dependents against possible aggravation of the trouble hereafter. American Part in Peace League Falls Flat, London Viev; " T ... ... . London. May 28. I. N. -S.) "Th- scheme for American participation it world affairs has fallen to the ground," said the Chronicle today In commentiri.; upon the American senate foreign rel t flons committee's rejection of Pre-1-dent Wilson's request for authority t accept : a mandate.. for Armenia. T' Chronicle added; . ""America thus withdraws herself ar 1 senders negative all the efforts she m- iS the world war." IRISH ey 1 1.111
