CITY EDITION I
It's All Here and It's All True I
THE WEATHER Tonight and Tuesday,' I
CITY EDITION
Did You See Jigga Sunday ?
Jfggs outwitted Maggie and came off
with absolutely a clean score in The Jour
nal comics last Sunday. And the Katzen
jammers. Dubb and Jimmy were simply
great. If you idih these super-stars of
thecomie worid you miss something..
Maximum temperatures Sunday: ,
Fortland fi3 New Orleans.... M.
Boise 48 New York. 74
Los Angeles.. ; . . 68 4 St, Paul. ....... 44
VOL., XX, NO. 11.
Entered Second CUst Mtter
at PattoHicc. Parti nd. Urea on
Portland; Oregon,; Monday '.evening, march 21,7 1921. eighteen pages.
PRICElTWO cents
ON TRAINS ND NtWI
TAN DA flVt CIDT3
POLES LOSE
PLBSCIIE
OG
RMANS
Returns Indicate That- Upper Si-
lesjayotes Overwhelmingly to
Reii
fin Part of Germany; Fight-
ing Reported in Some Sections
Illy Frank E. Mason
;hl New BerrW Buff Correspondent
Berlin. March 21. (I. N. S.) Al
though the German press claimed
overwhelming victory for Germany
In ths Upper Sitesian plebiscite, of
ficial advices received during ' the
course of the lay showed that the
Poles were- successful in some dis
tricts; '
The German foreign office conceded
Tolish victories over the Germans in the
Pleas and Rytmlk districts in the south
ern part of Upper Silesia. , The inter
allied plebiscite commission, which made
a careful study of, racial condition had
previously forecast a Polish . victory in
those areas. An outbreak of shooting
was reported from KattoHvits, ''- ;
It wr difficult toget detailed infor
mation out of Upper Silesia. as the allied
military and plebiscite authorities had
ordered the telegraphs and telephones
scaled up until noon Monday except for
certain censored dispatches.
The International News Service corres
pondent In Upper Silesia1 succeded In get
ting information out by having It' taken
to Breslau from Kattowltx by -courier.
From Breslau !t was telephoned to Ber
lin. The correspondent reported ': that
gunfire was heard at certain points near
he Polish frontier for some time Satur
day night. At 9 o'clock Saturday night
General Leronde. the French commander
at Kattowitz. ordered the newspaper cor
' respondents to Ward t sleeping cars of
a special train to be tauten to Opncln. .;
CORRESPONDENTS DISAPPEAR
Many of the correspondents could not
be found so General Leronde then coun
termanded his original order and issued
a new one to deport all the correspond
ents Sunday morning. The Anglo-Amer
lean correspondents made such vigorous
protest it was cancelled. -' ' v '
According to advices received here at
noon today, the plebiscite resulted as
follows :
J For- Germans -tw.ioo ballots. -5,For.Xoln.d
469.000 ballot. -
, - The trend "was. shown by - the follow-
(t'ancluded on I'ltt Two. Column t'e)
BOLSHEVISM TRADE
BAR, SAYS HOOVER
"Washington, March 21. (U. P.)
Resumption of trade with Russia is
impossible pntil Bolshevism Is aban
doned of overthrown. Secretary of
Commerce Hoover stated today. The
return of economic stability In Eu-
rope depends on the repudiation of
Bolshevism by Russia, he added.
Hoover made his statement in confer
ence . with newspapermen. It was con-
.tsidered as significant, since he will prob
sbly play a large part in determining the
adminlbtration's Russian I trade policy.
Since the British resumed Russian trade,
demands that the United States do like
wise have increased. . k
"The question of trade with Russia is
far more a political question than an
economic one, so long as Russia is in
-control of the Bolshevikl."- Hoover said.
Under their economic system no matter
how much they moderate in name, there
. can be no real return to production In
Russia, and therefore . Russia will . have
no considerable commodities to export
and consequently no great ability to ob
tain imports."
Hoover estimates that the Bolshevik
government possesses gold, platinum and
Jewelry worth anywhere from $6,000,000
to J200.000.000. 1
He expressed the opinion that "if any
one Kuropean nation accepts the gold,
no doubt ajl of them will." 1 -
"Not Guilty," Says
Jury in Trial of
W. Virginia Miners
By S. 1. Wfjer ,
Courthouse, Williamson, W. Va.,
March 21(L N. S,) -Sid Hatfield and
his 15 codefendants in the trigger trial
were found not; guilty by the jury at
11 :21 o'clock this morning. - .
Three minutes 4ater Judge Bailey told
the defendants to go back to the county
Jail where they will give bond for their
appearance In court for the Indictments
charging murder of six other detectives.
Bailey arranged to allow the 16 men to
go back to Matewan on the noon train.
Man Weary of Life
Lies on Car Tracks;
Patrolmen Grab Him
Cheafied - Cuchiett, "Washington hotel.
Third and Flanders streets, grew weary
of life; Sunday afternoon he selected a
level place on the car tracks near the
hotel and stretched bimselfout on the
pavement to wait for the next streetcar.
He didn't have long to wait. An Alberta
car rounded the corner and headed
rtraight for him. The car was only 26
feet away.: The warning, bell clanked
The brakes screeched.- Still Cuchiett
defied fate and waited, i-
Patrolmen Hoff and Talbert appeared
at this moment. Cuchiett was Jerked
from the track and taken to headquar
ter, where he was booked for investiga-
tin. ' . "...
Juanita Cheats
Gives ' Laurels
S
Justice of Peace Ties Knot
FOUND SOUL-MATE IN TULIPS
JUANITA MILLER, daughter of Joaquin Miller; the "poet
of the Sierras," who nails stories that her red-haired affin
ity, Juan " Miller, itinerant photographer, had ; fled before
their wedding ' day by; announcing t she - married him last
December. 1 - "
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Oakland, Cal., March 21. iV. P. l
-T-he Joke seemed "tod,ay . to be oh
thevApril moon. ,' r
,For Juanita Miller, fair daughter t
Joaquin Miller late "poet of the Sierras,
has let it slip out that, although f she
aipunced she l was. going to be 'mari
ried to Juan Miller, her? pink ' tuplp
love." In the full , of the April moon, the
real truth, is that the December, moon
already has claimed the honor. Juanita
Xondon, March 21. (I. N. S.)
Austen . Chamberlain, chancellor of
the, 'exchequer'; In the British cabinet,
was today unanimously chosen leader
of the Unionist party. . : f V ;
Reports' that Winston-Churchill, secre
tary of state for colonies, may succeed
A. Bonar Law. as government leader ti
the house of Commons, were revived tor
day when it was learned by the Daily
Express that Premier Lloyd George has
wired to Mr. Churchill In Egypt to re
turn to England immediately.
Chamberlain ' was expected to resign
immediately. , He accepted leadership of
the party only on condition that the vote
be unanimous. ' v J '' ? : '' '
Bonar Law resigned the leadership
and with it his cabinet position as keeper
of the privy seal. : It was expected that
if Chamberlain resigns his present of
fice he will be awarded one similar to
that held by Bonar Law. ; .
Larch Peak Under
i Ten .Feet of Snow
Mazamas climbing , Larch , mountain
Sunday found the snow reaching a depth
of from eight to 10 feet' onr the summit,
and extending down for about-three
mi lea Nearly 125 persons made the
climb, about 95 of whom went up for the
sunrise. . Although Portland was cloudy
most of the day, it was clear on Larch
mountain.
40 Convictions of
I. W. W. Confirmed
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Washinston. March 21. (U. P. Con
victions of 40 I. W. W., who were rounded
up in Northern California on charges of
violating the -i espionage and selective
service acts, were sustained by the su
preme court today when 'it declined to
review the cases. ; The trial of these
I. W, .W, was held at Sacramento. CaU
Mexican Commander
On Way-to Europe
. - ' ; '
i Bj TnlweTnal Serrlr
Mexico City, March 21 General Man
uel Pelaes, military commander at Tarn
pico eft last night; for the United
States. He, will .go from Washington
to London, presumably ore a confidential
government mission, although he de
clares that his trip is of a private nature.
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CHAMBERLAIN TO
LEAD UNIONISTS
April Moon
to December
1
aod Juan awere .married, she. said,- about
Christmas,; time.', - ';' , ': - "V t.'r-.V. .. J -,
And Instead of a highly . symbolic - af
fair. wtthlantaltarand a fcaprine sac
rifice" , and, aU of that. it was rather
prosaic a '"trial marriage 'c bond," a
Justice " of the peace and .- that's about
all.'. - - i' r "-- -,' u---s-
tEJut, "Juanita 'promises, : the , April
moon isn't . going to be 4 entirely over
looked and 'there'll be a real marriage
festival over ' at the Miller house . on
The Heights," Aprils 23:
FENTON. BELIEVED
TO BE IN CITY
- Police inspectors searching for Dr.
Jefferson D. . Fenton, who ? disap
peared from ,. his ', home at 654 East
Broad w ay a , week ago Sunday, are
inclined to believe that the missing
physician is either still in Portland
or, has , wandered a short 1 way from
the city. i - '- & ' -4 r '
The police do not think the man seen
In Cape Horn by George Breslin Fri
day night could be Dr. Fenton. ' since
I O. - Ralston, 605 Market t street, a
personal friend of the , -physician, saw
Dr- Kenton at Chapman .and Jefferson
Streets either .; Thursday - or Wednesday
night. : -V , - -
Ralston stated he had not heard that
Dr. Fenton has been sought and thought
nothing. of seeing his friend away from
home - until he learned . that the family
was looking for. himl : " : . -' .
' The police say Ralston would be much
more likely to recognize, his rlend than
Breslin.-who -believed he recognized the
physician from the. description he read
in the papers. Breslin said he heard of
the affair only: Saturday night, : after
he had seen the stranger Friday. '
' Members of the . family stated this
.morning : that theyv hardly; thought it
possible Dr. Fenton ' had gone to t the
Washington town, since Ralston was
certain , he : recognised Fenton on ' the
street. : Ralston said - he was having
trouble . with his machine and failed to
call to Dr. Fenton, as was his custom.
The physician was on the opposite side
of the street.
Mother Attempts -Suicide
Because
' Bills Are Unpaid
Despondent over her failure to pay
$150 In bills, for which creditors are
pressing' her, Mrs. F. LeGrande. 1146
Denver avenue, attempted . asuicide at
noon today by wading . Into 'the slough
near Wabash avenue land Willamette
boulevard. -" . . - - r - -- . ,
' Patrolman G. A, Roberts of St. s Johns
substation, while : on his beat, looked
down the 200-foot embankment and saw
Mrs. La Grande wading Into the water.
She went in once to her knees and then
came out. She Went in the second . time
to her neck. Roberts hurried down the
bluff and reached the slouph Just as the
woman was going- under. He pulled her
Out and took her to St. Johns substation,
where she was put to bed. - - . ;
. Mrs. LeGrande said herhusband is in
Shanghai. Wyo., and that she is taking
care of her 14-year-old boy and was de
spondent -er inability to pay her billa.
$5 POLL TAX
BECOMES LAW
IN WASHINGTON
Governor Hart Signs New Meas
ure Which Strikes Each Person
Between Ages of 21 and 50;
Emergency Clause Is Attached.
? Olympia, Wash., ilarch 21. (U.
P.) Governor Hart today attached
his signature to ' the poll tax bill
passed by the legislature, assessing
each person, male and female be
tween-the ages of 21 and SO. SS a
year.
The bill contains an emergency clause
making the law? effective at once. This
clause also makes It Impossible to have
the measure submitted for referendum
action.
Approval of the bill, county officials
maintain, means that the county as
sessors will be obliged to engage a big
force of clerks to take a census of city
and county, from which to make up a
list of persons subject to tax. ,
RECALL MOVEMENT AIMED
AT HART CONSIDERED
. Seattle. March 21. (U. P.) A move
ment to recall Governor Hart because
of his activity in fathering and sign
ing the poll-tax bill was being consid
ered here today by Joseph R. Manning,
Seattle business man,, .who has been
leading the local fight on the tax. .
Others, however, advise a court at
tack on , the legality of the emergency
clause. If the .supreme court should
hold against the clause, it would then
be - possible - to - start a referendum
against the measure. It is confidently
believed by leaders of the anti-poll tax
movement that a referendum would win
easily. v
Manning has . been, besieged by hun
dreds of , people in all parts of the
state, during the past week, offering
their help in circulating referendum pe
titions and ' financing the undertaking. .
First degree murder charges were
waived in the case. of. Dr. Norman
Bo u diet, Portland .dentist,.' when his
trial opened with the selection of
Juror before Circuit Judge Staple
ton this morning. The state, through
Deputy District Attorney Hammers!;,
declared it had no evidence of pre
meditation or deliberation in ' the
crime that caused the death of Mrs
Ruth V. Richards at the hands of
Bouchet on August 7. . :
Judge Stapleton permitted the. waiver
and trial win proceed on a charge of
second degree murder, with Robert Me
Ouire and . John Logan defending the
accused man with .claims that he was
temporarily Insane .' at the time of , his
crime. , ' ;Jr " ' - '
Nine Jurors had . been temporarily ac
cepted when court recessed at noon.
Before Circuit . Judge McCourt the
state and defense counsel are : seeking
Jurors for the trial of Joseph Poeschl,
slayer of Charles J. Schnabel, on charges
of murder in the first degree. , FoeschI
shot . and killed ' the attorney in the
Multnomah county courthouse Febru
ary 4. - . ; . ;
Huddled in his courtroom chair.
Poeschl, whose defense . will . be insan
ity, was prominently displaying the
medals granted him by - the state legis
lature in recognition of his bravery in
connection with a train wreck. Poeschl
will be defended by John Collier, for
mer chief deputy district attorney, who
ill i oppose his former chief. District
Attorney Evans, who Is handling the
case personally. -
Only five jurors had been passed for
cause at noon. The killing Js still fresh
in the minds of most of those called.
Why Does Japan Put J
So Much Money m
Navv? Asks London
. ; (By UniTerul Serried) i
London, March 21. "What is Japan's
object in spending nearly 50 per cent of
her national Income this year in naval
and military armaments?" is the ques
tion of a London Daily Express message
from Tokio. The author of the dispatch
emphasised ' the sensational ' character
of the Eastern power's shipbuilding- pro
gram. ": :'" ' I-' ?'t -
The correspondent says that work has
begun on a program , which will give
Japan 16 of the latest and most powerful
battleships by 1927. Every slip in the
country capable of taking a super dread
nought will be fully occupied until' the
work is completed. ', - 4 "
Japan will have the world's most mod
em navy, which wiU then be far nearer
the American strength than the German
navy was to Great Britain in 1914.
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Tumulty Forms Law
Partnership With
Eepuhlican; Friend
(By United News) . '
.Washington, March 21. Announce
ment Is made by Joseph P. Tumult-,
former secretary to President Wilson,
that he has formed a . law partnership
with Randolph Perkins for the practice
of the professiop in Jersey City, N. J.
Perkins is a Republican, but , an old
friend of Tumulty, with whom he sat in
the New Jersey legislature some years
ago. He Is representative. of the Sixth
district of .New Jersey. i
CHARGE AGAINST .
DEIiTIST SOFTENED
Spring Comes
With Glitter
And Warmth
i - Spring has come with a glitter and
warmth .that makes its arrival tin
deniable. ','. -:
Calendars mean little to most peo
ple except as Indicators of the time
for buying the winter's wood supply
and for planning summer vacations,
but the calendar brought a change
of season this morning, i '
But even though the average citizen
forgot all about the 21st of March the
date of the vernal equinox, when night
and day are equal all over the earth
the clear blue of the morning skies, a
beaming sun and singing birds gave a
feeling of spring to everyone. -
Up -until the last minute winter held
on tenaciously. Rain fell even during
the first few hours ot the arrival of
spring and the weather man, calculat
ing only the arrival of the vernal equi
nox and accompanying phenomena, un
feelingly trampled the flowing thoughts
of the spring poet and predicted occa
sional i showers for this evening and
Tuesday. . : :
Violets, trilliums and all kinds of
little blue and white flowers, dear to
the heart of the hiker in the woods, are
In bloom on the hillsides. The hikers
found the flowers Sunday when warm
weather aent them to nearby hills, with
a cautious eye watching the overhang
ing clouds. ,c:. ., ;
City parks sprang into popularity
along with the store windows in the
downtown streets. The call of spring
was in the hearts of the cougars which
paced their cells at the soo and snarled
at each other to the edification of the
small children,' -
- Park benches -are filling,-spring furs
are becoming .more popular,' skirts are
growing longer, sassafras is in the drug
gists windows and soon the squeaking
of the front porch hammock as two
(Concluded on Pe Two, Colurau Three)
DESPONDENT WIFE
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
Despondent and discouraged with
life, Mrs. Mattie Neagle sent a bullet
crashing" through her' brain early
Sunday morning, while waiting at
her . apartment, 734 East .. Madison
Street, for her husband to return
from .work". Authorities at St. Vin-
ceitt hospltaf said this mornfpg that
her chance to live Is small . .
Mrs. Neagle left a note to her closest
friend. Mrs. J. E. Mahan, 6423 Sixty-
fifth avenue southeast. In -which she
begged forgiveness for her self -destruc
tion. In the note she said that the glor
ious sunshine of x the yesteryears was
hidden by the dark, shadows of her pres
ent existence that the future held only
emptiness for her. - I cannot live this
way any longer, "the note finished. '
In the note she bequeathed her Jewelry
and personal effects - to Mrs. Mahan.
Mrs. Neagle was alone in her apart
ment at the time that she attempted sui
cide, . her husband not having arrived
home from- work.. The shot was heard
by other- residents in the apartment
house and r medical' assistance was im
mediately summoned. Mrs. Neagle was
taken- first - to the city emergency hos
pital and later removed to St. Vincents.'
She had not regained consciousness at
a lata nour Sunday night. :
Clara Hamon Signs .
For Movies; Advance
Payment Is $25,000
By Mildred Morris
Ardmore, Okla., March 21. (L N. S.)
Clara Smith Hamon, acquitted Thurs
day of the alleged murder of Jake I
Hamon, oil millionaire and , political
power, today sighed a two-year contract
to enter the "movies." . .
She will appear on the silver screen
under the banner of the Oklahoma Mov
ing Picture company of Oklahoma City.
Under terms of the contract she will
receive J 25,000 in cash as advance pay
ment and 50 per cent of the profits
from the company, Charles A. Coakley,
her attorney, announced, this afternoon
to the International News Service
The company, capitalized - for $1,000,-
000, is owned by Oklahoma City and
local capital. ,
"Only pictures of great moral Influ
ence ' will be made, aeciarea t uara
Smith Hamon today, , after signing the
contract. "I will use the screen as a
medium for warning young girls against
the pitfalls of life'
Big Cougar Stalks
School Children in
Lewis County, Wash.
While neighbors are guarding the chil
dren on their way : to school with guns.
William Scalf.- government, trapper of
Vance. Lewis county, Washington, is hot
upon the trail of a big cougar, that has
been following the children, according
to word received today at the office of
the United States biological survey. -
Scalf reported he found the cougar's
trail which his hounds took up, but the.
rain poured down, so hard the scent was
lost. The next day he went back, but it
was raining and snowing so hard the
dogs could do nothing. Scalf caught four
cougars in this vicinity in January and
February. --..'
President Confers . .
With Gen. Martin
Washington. March 21. (U. P.) Adju
tant Ceneral C L Martin of Kansas, who
has been recommended by J 5 governors
for appointment as head of - the militia
bureau, held a brief . conference 'with
President Harding 'today. His appoint
ment has, been under consideration by
Secretary of War Weeks, but no decision
has been reached, it. was) said, , ;
FLOOR PIES
DR0P;EGGSQ0
TO 28 CENTS
Cut of 40 Cents Per Barrel Is
-Announced by Wholesalers Re
i tail Price Is to' Follow Suit,
Hens Break Record for Laying.
By Hyman II. Cohen
. Things happened well for the con
sumer bright and early on the first
4ay rof spring. There were price
reductions in . many lines, but chief
among them was a drop of 40 cents
a barrel . In the flour market at
wholesale, which means a similar
loss In the retail shops. A saving of
10 cents a sack for the consumer is
the real meaning of the day's drop
In the wholesale i price of patent
flour., r - r
Those who prefer soft wheat ? flour
will be able to purchase it much cheap
er ' than .. for a number of : years ' past.
It was quoted down to $7 a barrel at
the mills during the day, which means
17.20 delivered to the grocer. It means
a buying price for the consumer that
will be not, above 2 for a 49-poimd
sack. , - ': -: - -
' The hens are laying so rapidly that
there is the greatest output of.; eggs
ever known to the local as well as the
general American trade. Leaders of
the - trade assert that the present pro
duction is fully 25 per sent greater than
ever before. On the public market eggs
dropped to 28 cents a dozen for the
very, best . stock. This is the lowest
value known for many years. . Some are
rorecasung stiu lower , prices.
' Those who want ham and eggs or
bacon and eggs for their . breakfast
should not : crow too loudly. The : big'
packers are ; seeing i that , the - publlo is
not swept off its feet by the avalanche
of low prices. It has advanced the?
price of hams l cent a pound, wnue
bacon is up 2 cents. ;
Evanslon lit? March- 21. I. N.
S.) "We know; human mature too
well- for us. to ? begin 'a vain' fight
against the ' use of tobacco", in any
form or for the strict observance of
the Sabbath, Miss Bertha Bowman,
director of publicity f of the Women's
Christian Temperance; Union, de
dared foday in a. denial of published
"announcements" ' by Miss Anna A.
A. Gordon, president, that the or
ganization' was going on the "blue
law warpath. ,
"The W. C T. U. has never carried on
a fight; against the use of tobacco by
adults,"j Miss Bowman said, "and. it is
not our . intention to begin at - this late
day.- , i . ' . j . -
NOT AFTER ADULTS . 1
"All our 'erfi-tobacco' efforts are di
rected toward the education of children
to the evil' effects of tobacco."
"Likewise," Miss r Bowman ; said, "we
are not going to start any drive against
Sunday pleasures, automobiles, goir ana
other Sunday diversions next month. Our
drive at that time will be only the cus
tomary drive for membership."
' Information that the W. C T. U. was
going after Lady Nicotine, now that J.
Barleycorn's demise has been registered,
was contained in an issue of the. Union
Signal., official publication of the organ
ization,. . , , . ," .
GIYEX AS INFORMATION '
"The stories of Our campaign against
tobacco and for strict observance of the
Sabbath probably came about through a
misunderstanding of this article," Miss
Bowman said. r , "The article was not in
tended as an announcement of such a
campaign, but merely in the nature of
an Informative tract." "
Miss Bowman's interview was given
with authorization of Mrs. Frances T.
Parks,' national corresponding secretary
of the W.C T. U.
Gen. Liggett, Noted
Figure of Late War,
Is Retired at 64
San Francisco, March' 21. (I. N. S.)
There were no ceremonies today incident
to the passing . from the United States
army by. retirement , of one of the out
standing ' figures of the World war
Major General Hunter Liggett.
. The general spent the last day of his
long army, service in closing up affairs
of the Ninth army corps preparatory to
turning, over command of the area to
Brigadier General Richard M. Blatch
ford. ranking Officer, from Camp Lewis,
Wash.: General B latch ford will arrive
from Camp Lewis tonight, and though
his automatic retirement was effective
today. General Liggett will go to the of
fice tomorrow . to i officially - turn " over
command to General Blatchford. The
latter takes command as ranking officer
pending , appointment- of a permanent
corps head from Washington..-
General Liggett,' who -is 64, . rounded
out 40 years of service today.
Wage Cuts Found, to
Be Cause of Strikes
Boston,; March i ZL (I. N, S.) At
tempts to reduce wages and reestablish
the open shop are primarily responsible
for the majority of the 26 -strikes and
lockouts now existing in Massachusetts,
the-t state department -of labo- and In
dustries announced today..
FIGHT ON TOBACCO
NOT AIID AT MEN
New Home
Boom Hits
New' York
New Tork, March 21. (U. P.)
A boom in dwelling house' construc
tion is under way in New Tork city,
according to Henry H," Curran, pres
ident of the borough of Manhattan.
' Figures made public by Curran today
showed that during the first two weeks
of March, plans were approved for homes
for 107S families, compared with 410 dur
ing the corresponding period of 1920. or a
gain of 61 per cent. Curran said he be
lieved the i ordinance . exempting new
dwellings from taxation for 10 years w as
responsible for the Increase. 4j
HOME-BUILD IX G ACTIVITY
INCREASES IN" CHICAGO
Chicago. March 2 L U. F. A slight
increase in home-building ; in Chicago
was reported today by Peter C. Hoy,
secretary of the building : commission.
Hoy said March building permits will
reach 1300, an Increase of 100 over pre
vious months. Most of the permits were
for small homes. -. ... .
:Hoy anticipated a building boorn, soon.
Nazzareno Scatafi of 663. East
Seventeenth street, lies probably fa
tally wounded at St. Vincents hos
pital this morning as a result of an
argument with. Concerts Luccif f 1 of
724 East Twenty-first street, over
the payment of damages incurred in
an automobile accident. '
The quarrel ' ended in a shootlna Sun
day night that sent Scatafi to the hos
pital .with five bullets through his ab
domen and one through the leg. Ac
cording to hospital authorities, he has
little hope for recovery.
Scatafi came to Luciffl's house late
in the evening, according to the story
told by Luccif fi In very broken English,
and started talking about the payment
of damages that - had occurred in an
automobile accident. The shooting took
place In the kitchen.
. Staggering to the house of a neighbor,
A. Barcherina, 692 -Lafayette street.
Scatafi collapsed. : He was rushed to the
hospital by the interne from the Emer
gency hospital. Examination showed
that, the five shots in the abdomen had
pierced the walls twice and while' efforts
are- being made to save ,hls life. little
hope is held out. ,
J Jbeevr&in te, the police Scatafi . had
Deen, annaing. j-ie.: is a iaoorer at. me
Inman-Poulsen mill.
Lucciffi was arrested and Is held on
the charge'' of attempted murder pending
the outcome , of Scatafrs wounds.
Evidence Seized in
Illegal Dry Eaid e
Ordered Returned
Internal' revenue agents have no right
to break into a man's home without a
proper search warrant when they; think
the man has a small amount of liquor
on hand and then run off With anything
they find if they once succeed in locating
a small amount of unlawful beverage.
So held Federal Judge R. S. Bean this
morning when he ordered the internal
revenue ' department to return to -Joe
Lewis, alias Joe-"Springer,r all the prop
erty they took from . his place . several
weeks ago when they raided It.. : i
When. Lewis applied to the court sev
eral days ago for relief the! agents said
they -would : not; comply with- a court
order if the judge held they' were wrong
as they had broken up some of Lewis'
property. As a result of the court's
opinion - Lewis will probably - escape
charge of violating the prohibition law.
as the order makes It mandatory for the
officers to return all the. evidence they
have against the man. Lewis lives. In a
nouseboat near Ross island. v ;
Apartment Dwellers
Must Have Licenses
For Dogs, Says City
Apartment house ' dwellers who keep
dogs without licenses will be brought
before Municipal Judge : Rossman, ac
cording to Human Officer Churchill,
who has started a crusade to round up
the many violators of this city ordinance.
Mrs. M. Baker of the Westminster apart
ments was fined So this morning for
keeping a dog without a - license. J.
Simeon, 55 Montgomery street, was taken
before the court but released without
fine on condition that he. get a license
immediately.
MAN SHQTi 6 TIMES
IN AUTO QUARREL
"Clara Was Mental Spree;'
' 9t . K K s . K - n K K - K
Widow Willing to Forgive
'By Winifred Van Dozer
: t'nlvcrgal Serric Staff Cunpondeiit '
fCopyriaht. 12, b Urrfrrl Scrriee)
' Ardmore. Okla., March 2 1. -"If
piara Smith Hamon is truly penitent
she will come to me on i her knees
and beg my, forgiveness for thejnis
ery she has brought into my life.
"I am told she was baptized Into church
membership Sunday to 'cleanse herself of
sin." "But until-this woman who stole
m y, husband makes her peace with me
X do not believe that floods of baptismal
waters will assure her peace with God.
"Will I offer my heart and my help
if she does come? Of course, 'Forgive us
our trespasses as we forgive them that
trespass .against us." " "-'r;'" ; f
PL AH 8 QUIET LIFE IK ARDMORE
This i remarkable . revelation of a
woman's heart was .vouchsafed to me
when I ' obtained the first, and, I
1 believe, the only statement Mrs. George
Perkins Hamon has given the press since
her life's "other woman" was acquitted
.;0uUuiy
II LOOSE
Fred L Morris Is Not Guilty cf
Fraud in Connection. With Nat
uralization of J. L. Etheridge,
Is Opinion by Judge R. S. Bean
Fred B. Morris,1 former head of
the bankrupt bond house bearing hU
name, was freed from a charge of
fraud in connection with the natur
alization of - John L. Etherldge, in
an opinion rendered this morning by
Federal Judge' Robert 8. Bean.
Conviction for a felony is not' fixed bv
law as a bar to citizenship. Judge Bean
said, and from that he reasoned that
Morris did not assist Etherldge in ob
taining citizenship to which he was not
entitled, when he' failed to inform the
court regarding Etheridge's prison terms.
KO FURTHER ACTIOJT ,
No further action can be taken arainM
Morris in this phase of proceedings, aaid
United States Attorney Lester W. Hum
phreys. As soon as the $2000 bond Mor
ris posted is refunded the case will be
closed.
Judge Bean hinted in his opinion that
there might be sufficient ground for
canceling Etheridge's citizenship. Thjs
process is slow, Humphrey said. 'Natu
ralisation Examiner V. W. Tomllnson
has already given the department of
labor at Washington, . C, the facts in
the case and requested to have Kther-
idge's papers canceled. Should : the de
partment of labor concur with 'Tomlln
son, their recommendation will be sent
to the attorney general, who in turn
will instruct Humphreys. It -will prob
ably be several months before any defi
nite action will be . taken.
CAHSOT B$ DEPORTED ;
Etherldge cannot - be deported at- tne
present time under the revised naturali
sation law, federal officials stated, but
should he be convicted on the state grand
Jury Indictment recently returned arainat
him, the immigration officials might de
port him as an "undesirable," provided
the -naturalization departmentsuceeetta -In
cancelling his citizenship. "";
"It does not follow," said the court
after speaking of Ktherldge's New Jereey
piisOn record, "that because a man has
been convicted of a felony, he may not
thereafter reform and so conduct him
self as to satisfy a court that he had be
haved as a man of good moral character
Concluded M Pas Twtv'Oohfma Frmr)
NR1 FIGHT MADE
ONU.S.DRYUll'j
Washington, March 21.-(1. N. S.)
The constitutionality of the pro
hibition amendment ' was attacked
again in the United States supreme
court today, this time from an en
tirely new angle.
Attorneys defending J. J. Dillon, a Sah
Francisco drayman, who was convicted in
the federal courts of California for trans
porting liquor through the streets, filed
a petition today In the court In which they
contended that the condition In the pro
hibition amendment which required Its
ratification within eight years after sub--mission
to the states. In itself makes the
amendment Invalid.,- '
The eight years' condition was, oddly
enough, proposed by Senator Warren G.
Harding of Ohio, now president
The attorneys se,t forth the contention
that the ratification violated a provision
of the constitution governing ratifica
tion, of amendments.
City Employe Gets
Diphtheria at Work:
Dale Howard, an attache of the city
health bureau. Is seriously ill of diph
theria at St. Vincents hospital, but this
morning . it was believed . that the crisis
was passed and he would recover. How
ard had been engaged' in developing cul
tures from diphtheria suspects and con
tracted the disease while thus employed.
by a Jury of slaying Jake I. Hamon. '
I saw his widow in the home she has
bought out on Mala street and Intend
to occupy now that the "Hamon affair
Is over and she can live in the part of
the country where her girlhood was spent
and toward which her desire has turned
always.
It Is a pleasant, low-roofed bungalow,
and ' on ' the wall, in" the ' living room,
where it must be met by every turn of
the eye. Is the enlarged, tinted portrait
of the oil king and politician whose life
paid the price of 10 years' - association
with ' the slender, dark-eyed girl more
in the public eye today, serhaps, than
any other woman In the United States.
Mrs. Hamon was looking toward the
portrait as she sat under the lisrht in
her black dress. She shows the strain
of the past . week in crow's feet and
shadows, but even so, does not look her
42 years.
She went on: ,
"I know what they've said abont my
husband. But they knew only the o'jt.
(Concluded so Two, Cofcuna Ui