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CITY EDITION The Last Fin? Check up ud W If you 4a not first find the latest new happenings of . Im portance in The Journal and the .find them elsewhere later. leading: the pro cession is The Journal's place. - i - CITY EDITION le All Htrm and It's All True THE WEATHER Tonight and Saturday, rata ; southwesterly winds. Minimum temperatures: Portland ....... .... New Orleans ... 50 Williston, N. D. '4 New York, 28 Los Angeles .... 50 ' Paul ... IS rrT VTY ' JO Oftt Entered as Second Claarf Matter ? V UU, - AAA. VtKJ. rfOO. poatoniea, t: Portland, Ore-oo RADICAL TALK BALKED FROM ; EVERY ANGLE "Steffens Can't Lecture From Local- Platform if I Can Pre- ; vent It," Says Mayor; School Board Denies Use of Building.. Lincoln Steffens. writer, traveler," lecturer and ; student of social and economic problems, will jiot appear on i a Portland platform if Mayor Baker can prevent It. -The mayor's attitude , was . finally and definitely announced this morning to a delega tion from the Centfal Labor caun cil, which called aV the city hall with samples of literature to be dis tributed at the proposed meeting. Application was also filed with school authorities to allow use of the Lincoln high school . auditorium for the lecture, but this was denied by Cleric R. Hj Thomas . after conference with Individ- ual members of the board, r Chaplain F. K. Howard of Good Sa maritan . hospital denied, today that he had been censured by Bishop W. T. fiumner because of statements made by. Howard at a meeting of the city coun cil Wednesday. , ; BISHOP BUSIES REPORT bishop Sumner also denied 'today that he had delivered the censure al leged to have been made by him In a morning paper. "Howard appeared be fore the mayor and ttfe council as a citizen, and made no claim that he represented the i Episcopal church or any church organization. Sumner stated.- ' He has a perfect right to go i before the council and- be heard on any public issue at any time. Every citi sen has this right and should not be censured by the mayor for exercising the privilege." The alleged censure, of Chaplain How ard by Bishop Sumner-was, said to have ! followed inquiries made by Howard' as to the legal right of the mayor and coun cil in denying the use of The Auditorium for a lecture? by Lincoln Steffens on . "Conditions in Russia." i v-i . . The mayor replied, according to How ard, that there, wm no law or ordinance "upon which the refusal could be based ; but that. "While I am mayor of this-city none of these radicals shall get a chance - to peddle their dangerous doctrines in ' this town," . ' HOWAR1) DE5IED B.IGIIT : The mayor then denied Howard's right to come before the council as a repre sentative of the Episcopal church or of the social service committee of the Ore gon diocese, of which he is chairman. Howard explained that he came only as a citizen and demanded to be heard as such. The council had previously granted the use of. The Auditorium for a lecture by Steffens and Irwin St John Tucker on February 7, and afterward decided at a secret meeting to withdraw this privi lege. ; ... , v "''-- ' B A. Green, attorney for the Steffens forces, has not perfected "his plans for a mapdamus action designed to force the mayor to allow use .of The Audi torium. '. ' '. . The veterans of . Company C, 162d In fantry. Company E. Fifth infantry, O. -J, p.. and band. Fifth-infantry, O. N. G., "adopted resolutions Thursday night assuring Mayor Baker of their approval and appreciation of his attitude in . re fusing to allow the use of The Audi torium "to those radicals who artf try ing to break down our constitutional " form of free and representative govern- .ment." ; Judge Landis Names . ; Baseball Secretary Chicago, Feb. 4. (L N. S.) Judge K. M. Landis. supreme head of organized baseball, "today announced the appoint ment of Leslie M. O'Conner, a Chicago ' attorney, as his secretary. O'Connor's salary will be $7500 per year. Federal Control of Coal Prices Is Urged Boston. Feb. 4.-fL N. S.) A resolu tion urging congress to create, a fed , eral agency to control ; the production, distribution" and prices of ccal was a&toted today by the Massachusetts senif-?l had been adopted by the house. Does Clean Advertising ; Pay? .:' For the months of December and January the gains. In adver tising volume of the three largest Portland daily newspapers over the corresponding period of -the year previous"were as follows: Journal ... . . , ... 1 1,782 Inches Telegram ......., 3,388 inches Oregonian 685 Inches The j December figures in inches: i, 1 . 1819. 120. Journal . ....66.085 .74.143 8,018 cairn TfOemm ....44.721 SO, 700 5.STS caia Ontoniut .. .88.121 . 8S. 135 0.014 sua The January figures in inches: J820. 1921. ' Jmirnal ... , .61,126 64,800 : 8,674 raia Telegram ..,.41,871 80.278 2.B83 tcm Ocetoniaa ...86,857 82.628 4,82 lew These f igiares coyer the first two months of the sectond year of. The Journal's ; policy of; ex cluding' from 'its columns all ob jectionable advertising. Is clean : advertising worth while? The figures set forth above provide adequate and affirmative answer. , '- t . Pastors Engage In Verbal Spat Over Address By Rabbi Wise The Dalles, Feb. 4.-y-"j consider it is none of your business what . I have in my church," said Rev. Ern est Goudge, pastor of ; the Congre gational : church, ' to Rev. John L. Bogue, Baptist minister, j Thursday when? the two entered into a heated discussion over the merits of an ad dress delivered here the eVening previously by Rabbi Jonah B Wise of Portland. j Bogue took exceptions to the rabbl'a exposition of the gospel - an9 prepared a statement for a' newspaper criticizing the Jewish leader's conclusions regard- ling; theology. j ;. - ; -j PASTOR TAKES EXCEPTION En route with i his statement he met Goudge. Goudg disclaimed responsi bility for , the utterances-of the guest of .his men's club, declaring that the meeting had been an open one and that Rabbi Wise had previously told his hearers that he was a Jew and his theories would probably be at variance with the beliefs of his Christian hearers. "Personally, I believe in the integrity of the Scriptures from the first chapter of Genesis to the jloee of the Revela tion," Bogu stated. "No one portion .is to be eliminated, he declared, from that belief. , r. "I believe in and have been present ing in our city for the past year the Bible as the divinely inspired word of God and .he gospel of Jesus Christ as the dominant factor in all true cltillza Uon building." j HAS KO QUARREL "I was not surprised to hear of my brethren in the ministry not 'agreeing with Rabbi Wise in his address' Goudge replied in his statement. "We do not expect a Protestant to agree with "a Jewish rabbi from every standpoint: We did not bring him here for that purpose. T was very glad to listen to his broad, sane interpretation of the Old Testament, and heartily agree with him in his interpretation of the first chap ters of Genesis, i Very few scholars of today in the . Protestant church inter- - ( . K. 1 1 - .' "I ., believe In ; the inspiration . of the holy scriptures, but I could not believe in" verbal.:, , literal inspiration i f the Bible. .The Bible, like any other book, mus) be interpreted in the light , of the age in, which. .H was written. "I have no quarreUfvith Pastor Bogus, but it is evident we differ." : i DONT CUT NAVY, . I By . George It. Holmes -', Washington,, Feb. 4. (I. N. S.) Rear Admiral William S. Sims, who commanded the American naval forces from the- White Sea- to the Adriatic during, ttie war, and came into intimate I contact with the world's great naval figures, appeared today before the house naval affairs committee, and set his face abso lutely against! any plan of naval abandonment as a. part of any dis armament understanding " between the nations of the world. FAVORS ARSIS ' , Admiral Sims, whose controversies with Secretary Daniels after the war gained him .wide., notoriety, recognized the need and desirability of an interna tional understanding to stop competitive arming. But, like General Pershing, lie considered that, n view of the unsettled condition of the 'world, it would be both unwise and unsafe to completely disarm. "A man may take his hand "off -his gun," said Admiral Sims "but ht should not necessarily take it. out of 'the house. " Admiral Sims thought . me world pow ers are ready and anxious to reach an armament understanding that will stop the terrific expenditure caused -by- com petitive building. "I came into contact with the- leading figures of the British, French, Italian and Japanese navies," said the admiral, and . we : frequently; discussed these things. : - EVADES QUESTION - "From my : intercourse on the other side I should say that sentiment is very strong to find ; a way to decrease the burden, of armaments. ? I believe; they would welcome an invitation to coater enee." ' - . i . r.V, ., - - : Members of the .committee, particu larly .-'Britten, Republican, . Illinois, and Padgett, Democrat. Tennessee, sought to draw Admiral Sims into expressing his views on the "biggest navy" ques tion, but the admiral proved an evasive witness. - , "What do you see on the horizon that necessitates' .a. -, building . program r" asked Britten. . s t -, . . DOE87fT? K2TOW POLICIES - !Only those who know. our policy and our- relations with other countries can answer - that," H answered Sims. "If you would tell me today what our relations with tbe rest of the world and who our. possible : enemies are, I could give you my views., But a naval of ficer is a military figure - and has no hand in the shaping of his government's policies. . i - "A t navy is built only k for one thing. The expression 'is frequently made that a navy is built for policing the seas. That ia untrue. A navy-is .built either for aggression j or defense against ag gression. 'There should be no 'pussy footing on this question. , "If you gentlemen have knowledge that conditions are . such as may lead to war between the United States- and Great Britain tor ? between the United States and an Anglo-Japanese combina tion, then we should have a great navy." . i Vote Against Suspension Washington. Feb. 4. (TJ. P.) An un favorable report on ' Senator Borah's plan for a six months suspension of naval, building. was .filed with the sen ate naval affairs committee today by a subcommittee - ' S SIS WARN m . PORTLAND, OREGON,". FRIDAY EVENING, SSSSBSSSSSSS'MSMMaSJS'SMSJS'aaSaMSSSSESSSWSaMS UPPER HOUSE WAY RECALL COAST ROAD Stage Set for Reconsideration of , Roosevelt Highway Bill ; Com promise Is Probable; Booth At tacks Proposition as Absurdity. State House, Salem, Feb. 4. The senate set tbe stage for a renewal ,of the Roosevelt highway fight this morning when Senator Vinton moved that the bill be recalled from the house for further consideration by the senate. .Upon motion of Joseph, Senator Vinton's motion was tabled because of the absence of Senator' Hall, one of the authors of the bill. The motions were made in order to re serve the right of reconsideration binder the senate rules, and the fight will be taken up as soon as Senator Hall re turns to the senate. ; ' -, Sentiment in the senate seems to be shifting' against the bill,-those members who voted for it in the belief that the house would kill it., having repented of their action In the face of their present fear that the bill might get through, the lower house. . : ; . ' FIRST RIPPLE APPEARS The first visible ripple on the appar ently peaceful waters on which the coast highway was launched Wednesday ap peared Thursday, when Senator Thomas made a bid for recognition of the high way needs of the Southern Oregon coun try with a bill providing for the con struction of the Crater lake highway and making available 81,000,000 from state highway funds for that purpose. The proposed coast highway is known to be anything but pleasing to the high way commissioners; who regard the move as an attempt to interfere with the state highway program, and it is altogether probable that the senate will reconsider its previous action and compromise by making the coast highway a part of the state program, to be improved at the dis cretion of the state commission. . .' Contending that5, the passage of the Roosevelt highway bill by : the 'present legislature? -would "cut the heart out of t h-road program- ef the state' -and that "if the legislature intended by this bill to dictate the amount to be spent upon that road, to belittle the highway commission and to throttle it in Its endeavor, you have no business with a highway com mission, R. A. Booth, chairman of the commission, swung himself and the com mission 4nto battle array against the Hall-Norblad bill at a hearing before the roads and highways committee of the house last night. 1 FIGHT IS BREWIHG " The Roosevelt highway, bill .has taken the center of the legislative stage, linked arm in arm with the reapportionment bill, and threatens to form one phase of the bitterest fight : now brewing for the closing days of .the session. Senators Hall and Norblad t put the - Concluded on Paav four. Column Three) , STILL CUSSING' Chicago, Fet. 4. (I. N. S.) Brig adier General Charles G. Dawes, president of the Central Trvst com pany.! was still profanely militant when he arrived in Chicago today from Washington, where he testified Wednesday and Thursday before the congressional committee concerning his activities as General Pershing's purchasing agent ; in France. General Dawes without hesitation con tinued the use of sky-blue words which characterized his statements yesterday before the Washington Investigating committee ; and submitted to newspaper men who met him that "I stand on every damned word I said." -' : - "I don't care to be interviewed," Gen eral Dawes said. "I have nothing to re tract from what I" said .yesterday in Washington not a damned word." Asked how the ' committee took hfs "square-toed" ; answers. General ' Dawes resorted again to his favorite expletives. "I . don't know and don't care," he said. - "I am -satisfied they have in jected politics into the hearing and I had a few things to tell them. I think it's a damned shame that partisan poll tics has been injected into the hearing, and I took my own good way of telling them. I was glad to get it off my chest." DAWES PICTURESQUE WORDS . TO BE EXPUNGED FOR PRINT Washington, Feb. 4. (I. N. S.) The testimony of General Charles G. Dawes, Chicago banker, before the ; Johnson committee Investigating war. " expendi tures, will be expurgated before it is printed for permanent record, it was learned today, j.. i . E Congressional . decorum was badly strained ? by .listening to Dawes' pictur esque vocabulary and it is felt that to have his burning words before them in permanent . form . would : crack it clear out of joint. Consequently all the "hells" and "damns" with which Dawes pictured his opinion of .'war investigating commit tees in general, will be cut out of . the record. - , . TJ. SuStands Firm on Island of -Tap Plan "s" . '1 t- : Washington, Feb. 4. (U. P.) The United States will not recognize Japan's mandate over the Island of Tap unless Japan agrees to accept this governmeat's contention that the- island should be in ternationalized insofar as the cable land ing station' feature is concerned, it was said today at .hastate department. - DAWES GOES HOWIE Nice Bear, Bad Bear,DeadBear, Is Tale Told in Ranger's Diary "All In a day's work" is the title accorded an extract from the dlafyf) of Ranger "Sunny" Allen received at Portland headquarters of the United States forest service and ent out by Forester Steele of the Tafg hee - national forest, St. Anthony, Idaho. The diary under date of No vember's, 1920 reads: . V 7:00 a. m. Left headquarters on , horseback for trip over my east end. 9 :00 a. m. Met bear hunter with pack of hounds. Fell in with hunter ; and hounds and continued on. 9 :30 a, m. Came . across , large, black track of a bear. Followed ' same to mouth of cave leading back into moon tain side, v ... . 10 :00 a. m. Entered caveon hands and knees, flashlight in mouth, bowle, knife in belt, automatic grasped , firmly in right hand. Pulse normal ; temperature normal ; heart action good ; followed by hunter and hounds ' In like manner. 10:02 a. fm. Entered long, high, ' narrow chamber, just wide enough to permit me -and my brave follow- -ers to proceed in single file. Fol lowed passage about fiO feet, came , to declivity 'In ceiling which re quired the - all-four method of pro cedure, i , - 10 :10 a. m. Entered second cham ber, about the size of first. - parked time here in single file. Flashlight beginning to show signs of weaken-, ing. Signs of deep breathing coming from regions to our left ; dogs be coming unmanageable. Pulse flighty : temperature subnormal ; heart action disgraceful ; strong impulse to about -face and beat it. 10:15 a. m. Sounds from chamber . to left beebming more pronounced, as if coming from a conscious and wakeful animal. Flashlight expires. Total darkness ; pulse racing ; tem perature down to freezing ; no heart action worth , mentioning. Hunter in . same condition only worse. Dogs squeeze by and tush in a foolhardy,. . headlone manner . inte chamber.'. Great commotion and sounds- of .. heavy blows striking soft bodies. . -10:17 a. m. Hunter and I facingjj north in single file: 'total darkness ? , -punctuated , by j sounds , of tumult.-.. Suddenly struck in solar i plexus by';i an all-impelling, large, black, growl-': ing, clawing; rapidly moving , force. t described force passes over us. .fol- lowed, by the hounds in hot and noisy; - pursuit, i Pulse shaky; temperature' s. below par ; ice cold perspiration ; hair standing at attention; heart on , strike. : - - " - ''" ; ' 10:20- a. - m. Regained reasoning ! faculties to. some extent, and. guided by instinct, "followed course taken by? bear and hounds. Proceeding - id to- ' tal darkness; ran into bear stuck in outer chamber, and, suddenly realia- ing our opportunity for revenge, we proceeded to pass over him in much the same, manner as he had passed' over us. . ' 5 10:21 a." m. Reached mouth of cave, closely followed by the bear -I thirsting for revenge. Daylight and " fresh air brought us back to nor malcy and a high regard for Hepub lican doctrines, especially those per- ;, " taming to protection and self-pres- 5 ervation. One, well aimed shot from my trusty automatic, which I found still grasped firmly in my right hand,'? sent Bruin to the mat for the count. 11 :30 a. m. Finished skinning the bear and started for home. S :00 p. m. Arrived at headquar- ters. . f ... ANOTHER RECKLESS DRIVER ESCAPES Police were searching today for the driver of a light motor truck who, according to witnesses of stri accident in which an old man ; was Injured at Union avenue and Burn side street, tracked the bystanders Thursday and got away before any one caught his license number. The trick employed, the witnesses de clared, was to pick up the injured man, P. L. Cox of 2 Union avenue, with the declaration that he would take him to the emergency hospital. Instead, the victim, who is 70 years bid, was der posited in the hallway of the lodging house where he liyed and left lying on the floor with a fractured collarbone and dislocated shoulder. Cox later was re moved to the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. I. Wllhelm, 309j Ross street. The driver has not been heard of. since. This is the' second case recently in, which the driver of an automobile es caped after serious accidents without his number ' being obtained. Captain Lewis of the traffic department said the workof the police in these cases would be helped very much If witnesses of accidents would immediately get the number of the participating machines and turn them over to the police. , Investigation by .f police officers all Thursday afternoon failed 'to reveal any new information leading toward the ar rest of the driver of the machine which ran down Nobel , D'xon at Sixth and Clay streets early Thursday morning: Billy Murray, local prizefighter, "who was questioned by The police at head quarters, . convinced his hearers that his original story was true rand, that he knew nothing more about the. case. . Iffle Is 'Shadow' ' Police Troubles End Sam Seals was adjudged Insane today by Special Agent Cameron and,- ordered committed to the Stats hospital at Salem. Seals was found on the street Thursday night by Police Inspector Collins labor ing under the hallucination that a xnaa by th name o Selling was to pay him $50,00. When Collins suggested that he mtrht be the "Shadow." Seals reDlied. I "Sure, I'm the Shadow 1 . . . J. . . - - FEBRUARY 4, 1921. EIGHTEEN PAGES TpoSd Liners,. Now Under Construction, Being. Made of Oregon Pine 4 and American Steel Will Carry v Passengers and Freight. t Constructed from' American? steel, Oregon pine and equipped with boil ers and engines of American manu facture, six steamships will be turned out in Japanese yards for,the Toyo Kisen -Kaisha during the year. Such ' is the statement made by It. Asano, managing director of ' the Toyo Kisen Kaisha, who is in Portland after an extensive tour of the United States in the interests of Oriental, West Coast and American trade. All these vessels will make Portland a port of call in both directions.' .Three of the steamships being' con structed for the Japanese line win be combination passenger and . freight and three will be for freight onjy. . The for mer will have accommodations for 60 first-class passengers, 50 second-class passengers and 450 steerage. Freight vessels will be 12,000 tons freight capa city. V. S. 8TEEL BEST f. "It is -strange that the Japanese should build vessels from Oregon pipe, Ameri can steel and Use boilers and engines constructed in America, but such is the case with my company," said Mr. Asano. "The Asano yards constructed boa)s for the United States during the war and now with, up-to-date American methods and products we are building craft to fly- the Japanese flag. , . "You ask why we use American steel. It is cheaper and plans and specifications are better., In the combination boats we wilt . use ; double reduction turbine en gines and in the boilers we wilt have mixed burners, capable , of using either oil or coal. In this way we will be ibje to handle. the cheaper fuel at all ports of, call.: , ... ,. -. . WIXI RtTJf - HERFT T- ' - " j Specifications tn Ihe combination boats call for a speed of f? sea miles anhour; It is the1 intention of the company to -Operate wthetn Wn-aveg-epeex-i.of 13 to 14 knots. The steampships will be placed; on the Oiental-Pacif ieWest Coast rup and Portland will be made a regular port of ' call for all vessels both' east and west-bound. : It is the intention of making-a 30-day schedule in both di rections.' - '' . ' ' R. Asano was the guest of the dock commission yesterday and went . over the . plant at terminal No. 4. He ex pressed himself as being well plefted and that the Portland plant excelled anything that he had seen in New York, Boston or, Philadelphia. On the Pacific side Portland is the coming port." he.be lieves. He 'stated that the operations on the Eastern coast were old and dilapidated and not, up to date like Tort land. .A '. . .; -A1 . SEEK OREG.OJT PRODUCTS With money' easier - and . the rate of exchange going up Asano looks for a big year. There is a demand for Oregon products in the Orient and the states are looking for Eastern commodities. - : Major George Powell, manager of the "Oregon-Pacific Steamship corporation, was host at a "luncheon at the Arlington club at noon today, in honor of the dis tinguished" visitor. Harry ; L. Hudson, traffic manage i of the port of Portland and the dock com mission, : acted as toastmaster, and re sponses were made by ii. B. Van Duzer, president of the Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Asano, Mayor George L. Baker, J. W. Ganong of Kerr-Gif ford & Co., 4 T." JSugimura, Japanese consul, and W. D. Wheelwright of the Pacific Export Lum ber Co. ) . . Carelessness Said To Have Caused 60 Per Cent of Mishaps i . Carelessness was the cause of more than 60 per cent of the 1071 street ac cidents in Portland during January and which resulted in.the killing of one and the injury ' of. 117 persons, according to a report filed' with Chief of Police Jen kins today by Captain Lewis of the traf fic, department. , . . ; Automobiles colliding with other mo tor cars were the 'cause of 782 of, the accidents aitf streetcars mixing up with automobiles were the cause of 115 ac cidents. 1 Pedestrians, wagons, bicycles, motorcycles and trains getting in the path of automobiles were the cause Of the remainder of the 1071 accidents. 1 For the 1071 accidents, 985 arrests Were made and fines amounting to (4139 were collected. - The complaint depart ment received 1906 reports of traffic vio lations and 707 of those reported put up bail, of which $13340 was forfeited. Arson Plot, AirJed at Auditorium, Halted; Many Lives paved Long Beach, CaL, Feb. 4. L N. S- An arson plot to destroy the Long Beach auditorium and which, if successful, night fiave caused the death of many persons who were attending the home products exhibition last night, was re vealed today by municipal authorities. - According to the police there were 2000 persons ia the building at the time the plot was discovered. ' Credit fqr preventing a disaster -which might have equalled that of 1913,; when sA overweighted section , of the audi torium colspsed during an Empire day celebration, is given to Robert Hamilton, a. watchman; "He discovered a fire burn-itMr"-briskly in a room in wich was a pile of chairs and kindling wood, over which an inflammable fluid had been poured. -' : ' : IDENTITY OF W1YSTERY W1AN STILL ELUDES Expert Doubts That Oakland Man With Lost M emory Is ' M issing Husband of Mrs. May Crawford, 11 House Mother of Hil Academy. Mrs. May Crawford,4 house mother of Hill Military academy; , had re ceived ho answer at 1:30 fh is after noon to her telegram - to Oakland, Cal., regarding-, the possibility of the "mystery . man' of. - that city being her husband. " ' "" ? The . latter, W. A- Crawford, lumber man and- merchant v of Threw Lakes,' Wash., disappeared nearly a year ago. A newspaper picture of ' the Oakland man who is reported to have lost his memory led .Mrs. Crawford to hope that a resemblance sshe detected might, ac count for , her missing husband., i ' : A United Press dispatch, received, this afternoon served to dampen1 - Mrs. Crawford's hope . by reporting" that psychologist, who had been engaged to study the case, had serious doubts, regarding- her partial ' identification. Alfred R. Pearson, an ex-service mani is .also believed by some to answer the description." ;He has been missing for two. months! '. ' ' . DROPS FROM SIGHT , ? . ... ' Crawford left Three Lakes March 20. 1920, "for Portland' to Join his 'Wife and son, who? was seriously ill ' at St. Vin cents hospital. - He . carried a.- suitcase belonging to a neighbor, Herman Krieck, marked with the intiatials "H. K." He never reached Portland.' Mrs. Crawford caused -a search to be made throughout Oregon and Washington, but no trace could be found of the missing man, Mrs. Crawford's son later died. - Mrs. Crawwford almost fainted after seeing the picture of "the mystery man in a newspaper Thursday evening"; be cause 4o the- great resemblance. Other details furnished by Oakland - coincide with her; husband's past. Although he was never an' instructor of mathematics. Crawford: was extremely well versed in higher mathematics.' : The mysterious IL K. solved some intricate problems when i the - observation nurse- was . testing his mentality " - - ,k - MAT HAVE BEES" SLUGGED . MrsI Crawford believes that her hus- ( band. who ,wasf supiipsed to have , con siderabls means, may have been slugged and so stunned by the blow as to be-, come 'temporarily deranged'- : Joseph W. Hill, president of the a cad- . (my, sent -further identification details to Oakland this morning. Cra.wford had a birth mark on ;one cheek. Hill , -said (Concluded on Page Three. Column Two) FLASH SEARS MAN; mm BE LOST ' Caught bv the searing flash of, a transformer, short circuited in the Electric building, Broadway and Al der streets, at.S: 30 o'clocfc.this morn ing, Vaughn H. Wells, 362 Parlt street, an " electrician employed .by the company,,, waa so severely burned that he may lose his. eyesight, . - Wells was working over , the trans former when it shortcirculted. No one was near him at the time. .The flash of the shortcircuit was over in an' instant and fellow employes saw that Wells was seriously injured. He was sent1 to St. Vincents hospital, where it Was reported that the electrician is badly burned about the eyes, face and chest, v Physi cians i are striving to save -the man's vision. Terminal Measure Asks Vacation of i Portland ! Streets . (- v: - . : - - -- ,y:t : ; State House, Salem. Feb. -4. In order to save the cost and delay of a special election and to hasten the "commence ment!! of the jglnt terminal development at Guilds Lake, a bill has been prepared and will be introduced by the Multnomah delegation to provide for street vacation and other action preliminary to the con-, structlon of the terminal. ' - - It is necessary to 'takethe cork out of the bottle" by the vacation of streets between the Guilds Lake district and the end of the present terminal yards. ; This under existing law, may be done either by ai special 'election or by legislative enactment, and it has ' been decided to ask' the legislature to act in order that the work of the- terminal construction may ; gain just that much head start. Sundry Civil Bill Provides 400,000 For Deschittes Plan Washington. rf-eb. 4. (WASHING TON BCHEAU OF THE JOURNAL.) The sundry civil bill as reported to the senate today, carries $400,000 for begin ning i the Deschutes project in Oregon, leaving the bouse provision unchanged. The senate has inserted $150,000 for con tinuing Improvement of Willapa river and harbor underthe present contract requirement. This is a new provision. The percapita allowance for Alaska in sane cared for at the Morningslde san atorium, Portland, ia increased o $30, making it $575 annually. The bill now carries-$127,000 for Alaska inaane. Increased hospital facilities at 'Fort McKenzle. "Wyo., and Walla Walla, Wash., are also provided for in the bUL PRICE TWO CENTS IS EITHER H. K.? X R. PEARSON, above. Z and' Walter A. Craw- ford, " both of . whom answer Iflescription of the mysterious stranger- in Oak land; who is suffering from loss of memory. I Both are, Portland, men, the former be ing a Legionnaire, The latter's wife " is 5 house mother at the Hill Military academy. They have been mysteriouslV miss ing for months. DISARMAMENT TALK . Washington. -Feb. 4. (U. P.) President-elect Harding will i call a disarmament cotifefence, Chairman Butler of'' the ; house naval affairs Committee said today during the tes timony of: Rear Admiral William Sims on-naval armament' reduction. Lower Idaho House For Direct Primary Boise. Idaho, Feb. .4.1 (I. .N.- S.) Thirty -one" members of. the lower "house signed the . bill Introduced this morning calling for the restoration of the direct primary, v There arj(6 members'" In the lower housed The passage -of ths meas ure is assui-edV The bill was introduced following "a two-day conference . of the Joint state affairs committee. , i . t, Take Look at s . . s Was It Made in By Marshall N. Dana Going ona visit? " Take a look at your suitcase or bag. Where was it made? 0 rid you know that Oregon has he beginning of a trunlC and trav eling bag industry that -is expected 0 cqVer a- national field? ' -' " Had it occurred to you-that the people if Oregon , buy in a year $1,600,000 forth of business trunks, suitcases and ! iags? . , " i ' , -': '. 1 That'- the. Oregon manufacturers en jpf half of the patronage, or a bust- Jess which totals $750,000? -'--The employes of : the . industry now umber 75. . With increased support at home and a broadening of their outside trade field, the manufacturers say they could - easily increase the number of workers to 150 and the payroll by $100, .000 a .yearvS'wi. ;' '0:-' - -..4 -V: BOOST FOB CEDAB l : ' . ' -s Indirectly the trunk and bag business represents - an even ' larger number ' of workers. The production of leather cre ates employment on the farm. , in" fhe packing plant and in ths tannery. ' Manufacture of cedar lined trunks in creases ' ths demand for Port : Orford cedar and thus helps stabilise the em ployment of men In the lumber industry. Trunk -lining was once made of cotton and ths mone for linings went south. S. E. Holcomb, head of the Muitno- ''? '-" ;':;"" ''"' - ;v----"'": "'--:' .'-", 11 1 11 ' ' 1 1 " . - .N' . I, . - w ? -ft .y I HARDING WILL CALL ON TSSIPIS AflO NEWS STANDS FIVE CENTS BUSINESS m Reports From ten States Show Widespread Optimism Where Pessimism,, Once Ruled; Employ ment Situation Improving Fast. By Harold D. Jacobs i , New York, Feb. 4. (U. P.) Bus iness throughout rthe country is on the upgrade. ' . " Governors of representative, states today wired the United Press that the industrial outlook In their "re spective territories is optimistic. The worst of the depresston is pust, they said, v "Just at present there Is much unem ployment In Pennsylvania due to the slowing down of industry, but there has . been some, improvement in the textile trade and lighter manufacturing." Gov ernor Ssproul of Pennsylvania tlecluri'tl. "I do not expect the depression to con tinue and feel that within the next few months we - will be going along In a sound and progressive way.' GOVEUSOKK OPTIMISTIC Governor Blaine. .Wisconsin,' said a number of factories thers have reopened , and the .state employment bureaus arn receiving more calls for help than tor several months. "Although Arizona has suffered from ' the depression,' said Governor Camp bell, 'I am sanguine that-the period of recovery has begun and that conditions will soon be norhal." Governor C. H. Cox, Massachusetts, stressed cooperation of. employers and! employes In solving the, situation, saying it is "one of the most healthful Indica tions of the future development of Indus try." He declared conditions In his stale were improving. ' - "The outlook In Colorado Is optimistic," said ' Governor' Shoup. "We expect a general revival of all industries within a short-time. There is, a general feellnjt of confidence among employers- and em ployes," . . South Carolina the outlook Is "en cograiring, ' . according to Governor Cooper. The vrinclpal manufacturing industry textiles is "rejuvenating ' steadily." . Oovernor Hartness, . Vermont, said that optimism, inltiauve and the indus trial spirit" of ths people In his state were carrying them through the pres- Mf "inliiKtrln I lllnaaa " Thi InHnatHol nituatlnn in Arkanfltui shows great improvement, declared Gov- , ernor McRae. ' -BtSIXESS AS VSrAL "Unemployment In Minnesota ' has reached its maximum," said Governor Preusse. . "The farms of the Northwest will absorb 'all the unemployed in this section." "Industrial depression hss never been a matter of deep concern in this state," said Oovernor Mabey of Utah. "With us it Is a ease of "business as usual.' " "Poat-war expenditures are now hav ing a reaction, but our people are de termined to economise and conduct this year's business oh a rigid economical scale," said Governor Kussell, Missis sippi. "The future looks bright for business." , Oovernor Olcott. Oregon, declared "the future holds nothing but optimism." Less Butter Fat, Better Ice Cream, t Is Cry Against Bill State" House, Salem, Feb. 4. Less.but terfat. better "ice cream. That was the theory expounded before the house com mutes on dairy -and food products Thurs day night by A.. Cotene of Ice Cream ' Manufacturers with J. K. Dunne as their spokesman. They opposed the houiwi bill that would raise the. milk fat' An tent of ice cream aivgt were backed In their contentions that sklinmed milk Is preferable 'for ics cream by the state ments of Professbr Chappell of tbe state agricultural college. '. Your Suitcase K H ' 9t Oregon Shop? manTrunk St Bag company, makes this comment: t "We realize that The Journal is dtlng a great work for the benefit of Oregon manufacturers, and It might bo well to bringout the fact-that any one indus try; that it has helped along this line hss as a direct result added stimulus to other lines." ! The response of official bodies to the "a O. 8." appeal for support of home Industry is gratifying. BO ABO FAVOBS CAMPAIGN The Multnomah . county commlficion has adopted, a resolution which reads: "Whereas, the board of county 'com missioners ' for Multnomah-county favor ths use and consumption of articles of home manufacture whenever they serve the purpose required and the price does hot , exceed the preferential permitted under the law, it Is hereby J '"Resolved, that the board again reiter ates this, its policy on this subject, and instructs ths county purchasing asent accordingly. It is -further "Ordered that the purchasing anent be directed to take such steps as may be necessary to provide Mmaelf with a complete list of those things manufac tured , locally, together with names and addresses of local manufacturers. "Ordered further, that the manager of the Associated Industries of Oregon be invited to. cooperate with the county purchasing agent in supplying Informa tion on this subject from time to tira,"