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THE WEATHER Fortlaat and lirlaity KaBday. occa sional raloi roolcrj winds mostly wru erly. Oregoa Sandaj, orrakional ruin; roeler, west portion; mod t rote wind, mostly northwesterly. VOL. XIX NO. 3. CITY EDITION PORTLAND, OREGON,- SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 17, 1821. SIXTY-EIGHT PAGES. , PRICE FIVE CENTS The Blark Heart of Murray Broome, a : - L' I l I ) I C yillt TiH H tf Xl j lJ I ' y J tT" i '-A faactsatlB atery k; Wllllini Almoa. j r SN V" . VL I K J X I .flVflU-LLRl" .X N 2- C jl VVn V CT v S W.1 V VI ; Wolff, wilt be Ute fletloa featare of The j ( V W iiCVX V NTy Cs3V y --AVvV ''.'' VVOHrUNOtfrVJO A . N. , xyyXYX A W WxyW J 7. 61 KILLED IS Leaving Death and Ruin in Wake in Southwest, Terrific Gale Heads for the : Great : Lakes. Property Worth Millions Damaged in Several States Jn Central West, Cold Snap Grips Chicago TOLIi OF THE OILE' Dead : Sixty-one,; Injured : Two hundred. Property loss: Several millions. " Hundreds of families homeless. Many acres of fruit trees uprooted and crops destroyed. Ttailro&d traffic demoralized. Telephone and i.lcgraph communi cation crippled. Loral streetcar, and interurban traffic impaired.-' , By Carl Victor little United Freaa Staff Comqynident Chicago, April 16. Freer ing weather followed tonight In the wake of the blizzard and ' tornado which sw.ept many persons to death and left debris In its wide path east of the Rocky .mountains. " ' . The rale was surging over the Great lakes tonight endangering shipping; and lushing small craft which were unable to reach havens. ! ' -MORE THAN DEAD Relief expeditions dug out four coun ties in Northeastern Texas and Western Arkansas from the wreckage, gathering tho bodies of the dead, administering aid to hundreds of homeless and in jured, i ..' .- J . Later report "corning over badly crip pled wires from the devastated regions of Texas and Arkansas said that more than 60 were dead, hundreds were in jured and the property damage will run ln( millions. , ! . . The Red Crops has. arranged to take : charge of the relief wort and has or-dc-red experts Into the region hit by the , loniado. ' STATES SNOWBOUND Colorado. Wisconsin, Iowa, and' Ne braska were snowbound. reep snows made railroads virtually Impassable, tied up interurbans and local street cars and , demoralized ' telegraph communication. Snow, rairi and sleet were BWept in the path of the blizzard. The wind velocity in Illinois where the storm centered on Saturday ap proached, 70 miles an hour. Rain fell in torrents. Buildings were blown down and trees uprooted. It was the worst storm in Chicago's, history, according to gov ernment weather experts. The southern portion of. the storm swept over Mississippi, portions of Ten nessee, Louisiana and Missouri. The wind blew a. gale and rain fell in sheets. Injured persons were reported from many cities in the path of the heavy storm. MAY HELP WHEAT; Crops in southern states were leveled- ' by the wind. Reports reaching crop . experts here tonight were that the winter (Concluded on Pace Four. Column Thrte) Human Torch, in Wild Ride, Takes ',v Smoke, Then Dies . . " Brea. CaC April 16. 0. P.) Samuel Passameneck, 36. a cafe proprietor, kissed his wife and. three tots today and .went forth to kill himself. - Ha saturated his clothing with gaso line, climbed into his' automobile, set fire to his garments and sped off on his tlvath ride. The wind fanned the flames and in a minute he was a human torch. Several hundred feet down the road, Passameneck, screaming In j agony, brought the car. to a halt. . , Persons who had seen he wild ride extinguished the fire by wrapping Passameneck. In blankets. Passameneck mumbled to" doctors that life held -no charms "for an unsuccess ful Russian," smoked six cigarettes and died.- Speed Cops Deny Commission t - s V k n i ,. i K Wi K Wt ' t Say They Get Straight Pay The charge that Scappoose and Columbia county speed patrolmen operate on commission is emphatic-ally.-denled by those men themselves, who offer testimony to tho effect that the money taken from motorists who persist in going above the speed limit on certain; sections of the lower Columbia river highway is turned Into either municipal or county cof fers and that no "rake off" is salted away in the Jeans of the patrolmen themselves.-- H. W. Weigle, motorcycle constable In Scappoose, who has "about one mile of highway within the corporate limits of that town to patrol, says no fees or com missions are enjoyed by him, and that he draws down a straight salary of $130 per month. Deputy Sheriff Irwin Abbott, patroling roads tn Columbia county, is paid a similar amount, and enjoys no commission, he said. . These men charge that - those who do Berlin Would Take Allied Debt to U. S. Secret Negotitaions Beingtar ried On With UncIe'Sam's. Mission in Germany. ' By Carl T." Groat - Vnited Prea Staff Correspondent Berlin,, April 16, Germany Is con tinuing J her negotiations - towards taking over a portion of the allied debts to the United States as the solution of the reparations question, the United Press is a.ble to state on the highest authority. As explained previously, ' America would bo expected to grant Germany a 'temporary loan as the means of en abling her to begin recreation of wcaltn through -"quickening of her industries. These negotiations naturally are sub rosa and are conducted through govern ment agents approaching th-s American mission. The mission says the "German government" has not approached It. The government likewise is silent and this enables both sides to say truthfully that no "official" negotiations have been un dertaken. ; ' However, from unimpeachable sources it is learned that these negotiations are actually under way. There will be little result, as America undoubted.y wil hold it is inadvisable to shift tha allied debts to Gerrm-ny, since collection later might be difficult. If this carne ebcut the United States illicit be cor fronted with tho task rf exactingihe penalties herself, necessi tating an1 increase of her forces on the Rhine. France also is expected to hold he proposition to be objectionable, doubt less thinking America may later ancel tho debts ar.vway. $600,005 GIVEN IN CHEST DRIVE intensive Campaign Ends; Fail ure Due to Many Causes; Di rectors to Keep Up Work. : With a total subscription of $600, 005 of the $850,000 needed to fill the Community Chest, the Intensive campaign which. .has been waged during the last three weeks on be half of Portland's philanthropic in stitutions and agencies, came to a close Saturday night. - Many theories are advanced as to the cause of the failure of Portland to fill the Chest. Lack of proper preliminary organization, racial and religious prej udices, scarcity of money, failure on the part of the workers to sense the size of the project these are some of the things to which the failure is attributed. However.; there i? much to be said in commendation of the long hours of labor put in by scores of. volunteer workers. "I wish to express my deepest appre ciation to all who have in any way con tributed to the partial success of the campaign," said Mayor Baker. "We cas all look back and see our mistakes and these we . hope to rectify in the future, and I also want to say that we are not downhearted. We are sorry we didn't reach the quota, but we did the best we knew how and 1 want further to add that the Chest committee will continue its efforts until the necessary amount is subscribed. Portland has never yet failed on a job and we are not going to fail on this one." - The board of directors of the Chest will take over the work of continuing the campaign Monday afternoon, relieving the present campaign committee, which has had charge of the drive for the last four weeks. The board is to meet Mon day afternoon "to formulate plans for parrying on to completion our obligations to the subscribers and the beneficiaries (Concluded oa Paca Six. Colunln Four) Joseph Hardy Young Reported Rail Head i ... i- Denver, Colo., April 16. Joseph Hardy Young,' president of the Norfolk South ern railway, will be head of the reor ganized, Denver & Riro Grande railway, to be known as the Denver & JRio Grande Western.- This was the rumor in railroad circles here today. The belief was strengthened by the report that George R. Loyal, vice president of the Southern railroad, ' had been chosen as Young's successor on the Norfolk Southern. the greatest amount of speeding also do the loudest yelling when haled before a court.! They declare that the 20 mile speed limit in Scappoose is advertised at both ends of the highway leading into the town and that the highway itself forms the main street of the place. A school is near the side of the road and on school days the highway is the princi pal means of travel for children. Eighty-seven arrests have been made in Scappoose since the campaign against speeding started, totaling some $720.50 in fines, from which the town derives a net profit of $222.50. The town is assessed a 20 mill tax and all town ex pense ia taken from this sum. Fines are not depended upon, it is said. Only five sentences have been imposed ; for more than $10, one being for $25, and - four for $15. j The majority of motorists fined pay $10 and under.. Columbia county and the - town of Scappoose are making no attempt to be come rich from motor travel, nor are they allowing patrolmen to do so, they claim. "When motorists persist In speed ing they must pay and that Is all there is to it, say the officials. '' ... POURS IN FOR SOVIET'S USE Millions Being Cached in U. S. for Leaders in Case Counter Revolt Drives Them From Home Money Being Forwarded in Great Quantities Through Both Scan dinavian Countries and France By Lloyd Allen I'nited Ptsm Staff Correspondent London, April 16.- Russian, gold amounting to millions of dollars is being cached in the United States for the use of Russian leaders if they are driven from the country by counter revolution. Information here tonight showed the gold is pouring in not only through the Scandinavian countries, but by ..the way of Bolshevism's harshest critic- France. Figures here showed gold imports to the United States during March exceeded her exports by $105,000,000. Of this, France contributed $45,800,000. France is believed incapable of dis patching that gold herself. The infer ence was that the money reaches her rom Russia, perhaps by way of the Balkan states. The Bolshevik line Of communication lies through the Balkans and gold in transit could be so changed that signs of its Russian origin would be effaced. It has been suspected , for some time that much Russian gold poured through the Scandinavian countries, the Russian stamps being removed when , coins and tiara were melted into ingots. Bolshevik leaders, threatened seriously with the collapse of their regime if other nations will not recognize them, were preparing for an economic future. SOVIET TO BE IGNORED AS LONG AS YANKEES ARE HELD Washinton. April 16. (I. N.' S.) The United States will show no hospitality for any proposals; from soviet Russia with regard to recognition of trade while Americans are still held pris oners in Russia, It was learned at the state t department today,' - . i ' ; ' v- The state department. ! it ' was said, is making every possible- effort to procure the release of Captain Eramett KLUpa trick and' 'Mrs. Ruth Harrison; and otbeje. Americans who ! are now held in prison taiilttaaia."- These negotiations are made more difficult because this government has no representative in Russia. SHIP TAKES FIRE; FOUR OVERCOME Chief Mantor, Seattle, and 3 of Men Endangered in Blaze on Japanese Craft. ( B VniTersal Srice) Seattle, April 16. Fire in the for ward hold of the 10,000-ton freighter Tatsuno Maru here tonight resulted in Fire Chief George M. Mantor and three firemen being ! overcome by smoke. After being revived the men insisted on returning to their posts. Mike Morgan, one of the firemen, was sent to a hospital. The blaze i'was discovered shortly be fore 7 o'clock and at 9 o'clock the fire men believed they had It under control. The fire developed in a cargo of 136 bales of cotton and several thousand feet of lumber. The Tatsuno is operated by the Nip pon Yusen Kaisha, a Japanese concern. She was scheduled to sail for the Orient Tuesday. The loss is estimated at $130,000. . Alleged Organizer Of I. W. W.Is Under Arrest in Centralia Cerrtralia. Wash.. April 16. Tom Nash, alleged I. W. W. organizer, was arrested here this afternoon on a warrant charg ing criminal syndicalism and is held in the county jail, Nash had a pocket full of copies of the Industrial Worker, al leged radical organ, which he is charged with distributing. He ' has been under police surveillance here for a month, during which, he is alleged to have preached radical doctrines and solicited membership in the I. W. W. Tom Lassiter. whose sentence of six months to 10 years in the state peni tentiary for criminal syndicalism was recently affirmed by the supreme cotirt, was arrested here today On a bench war rant. Lassiter has been out under bonds. A bench warrant also was Issued for Tom Brown, convicted and sentenced with Lassiter, but he has not been ap prehended. - Senate Committee To Consider Tariff Approved by House Washington, April 16. A call for a meeting of the senate finance committee Monday to begin consideration of the emergency tariff bill passed by the house last night, was issued today by Senator Penrose. Republican, of Pennsylvania, the committee chairman. Penrose Indicated i opposition to the anti-dumping and equalization of ex change provisions of the bill probably would djelay its passage by the senate. Pupils Can't Play Hookey On Flunk Day Albany Instructors Tire of Facing Empty Seats; New Order Will Knock Out Country Frolics. Albany, Or., April 16. Instead of silently slipping away and leaving the teachers to face rows of empty seats, Albany high school students this year not only may but must take part in "flunk day" activities or; lose regular school credits. This was the announcement of Professor E. A. Hudson of-senior high school today. For years the students have secretly chosen a day in the spring on which to have a "hookey" frolic fn the country, and all efforts of the principals to stop the practice failed. Taking the position of good losers, the;' have now ordained flunk day an annual institution in which students must participate. Indications exist, it is said, that the day will not be half as enjoyable now that no rules are broken in staging it. Reckless Driving Charged to Man Who Hit Another Machine .Charles Spang,- 605 Sixth street, was arrested on a charge of reckless driving Saturday .afternoon after his automobile had struck another automobile driven by Frank Smiley. 9316 Woodstock ave rue. on the east approach to the Broad way bridge. Spang's automobile was turned over and badly damaged. Srr.iley's automobile was also badly damaged. Spang is said to nave swerved his automobile suddenly while , proceeding west along the bridge approach, strik ing the other automobile, which was coming eat-t. News Index Today's Sunday Journal Is Complete Eight Sections : Editorial Section 2. Page 4. Foreifln in Berlin Wonld Take Allied Iebt to C s.- Section 1. Page 1.: Russian Oold Poura Into l. S. Section Pub 1. Country Judged hf Tourist Section 1, Pae 1 '-'k" '-".V national.;:: -V if. A. Miher Secure in Job Seetion I, Page New. rBrAmerica I'Uxjied -Section i. Page .-p'..-' . x&-p?i"&. . , . ik" UaJft Many Vlytitn .' Hw-tian r Pag Attempt to Oust Lot Hiil -Heetion t. Page Samurl Tiompera ; parries Sectioa , 1, Page Human Torch Dtes Section 1. Page 1. Alleged Sinn Fein Knvoy Held Section . Page1 3. Sunday Theatre to Run Section .1. Pago Einstein Willing to Stake All Section Page 10. Northwest Cold-Blooded Tlot Hatched Section 1, Tage Ship Takes Fire Section I. Pg 1. Karmera Wanted for Oregon Section 1, Page John Hailejr, Pioneer. Is Head Section rage 4 . , w Co-Eda Trepare for Froli? Section 1, rage Aahland Show Is Model Section 1. rage I). S. Farm Board Condemned -j Section Tage 6. Bwterhood Holds Celebration Section 1, Page Strawberry Fete Doubtful Section 1, Page Apple Growers Klect Officers Section 1 , Page rasco Bridge Opened Section 1, Ptge 11. E!e?en Finish Training Course Section 1, Page 12. Ex-CODTict SaTes Bank Section 1, Page 13. Portland Oil Filling Station Bobbed Section I, Page 1. Admiral Line's New Serrice Section 1, Page 1. Emergency IHwter Injured Section 1 Page 1. S60O.0O0 tiiTen in Chest TriTe Section 1. Page 1. Reckless DrWing Charged Section 1. Page 1. Council to Guard Retreats Section 1, Page 4. Stork ruts One 0er Section 1, Page 4. Ian C. Freeman Appointed Section 1, Page o. Site for Fair AdTanced Section 1. Page 5. Oregon Crops E ihibited Section 1 , Page 6. rhone Case Appeal Section 1, Page 8. Boilers Declared Unfit Section 1. Page 8. Pigeon in Race Returns Section 1, Page Portland Calls Traveler Section 1, Page 10. Great Chorus Planned Section 1, Page 1 1. Tenant Beats Up Landlord Section 1. Page 11. To Commemorate Reformation Section 1, Page 12. Coronation at Rose Festival Section 1. Page 12. Camp Fire Activities Planned Section 1, Tage 13. Business News Real Estate nd Buildings Section 3, Ptge 1. Markets Section 3. Tage 13. Fihanee Section S, Page 14. Marine Section 3. Page 14. Sport' Section 2. rages 6-7-8. Drama . Section S. Pages 1-B. Automotive Section 6, Pages 1-6. On tha Finer Side The Week in Society Section 4, Pages 2 3-4-5. Women's Club Affairs Section 4, Pag 6. In Portland Schools Section 4, Face 8. . Fraternal Section 4. Page S. , American Legion Srw Section 2, Jage 5. The Grand Army Section 4, Page 8. The Realm of alusic Section 4, Page 7. Feature " Ring Lardner's Letter Section 4, Page 8. European Press Comment Section 2. Page 3. National Capita Section 1, Pago 8. Gasoline Price Inconsistent Section 6, Page 1. How Is the Road? Section 6, Page 3. "Spirit of TraasporUtioB' (pictorial) Sec tion 6, Page 1. Salem. Blossom Day Today Section 2, Page 8. Oregon's Capital ( pictorial ) -Section 2. Page 3. Neighbors of Woodcraft Section 2. Pago 4. Little Girl in Big World Section 5, Page 1. Public Blamed for Pictures- Section 5, Page 2. Exploitation Valnes Weighe Section 5. Pag 3. Priscilla Dean Feature to Bo Filmed Here Section 5. Pag 1. Progress of Paving (chart) Section 6, Page 5. Mount Hood Loop Inspected Section 6. Pag 6. "Lay of the Lam Back" Section 1, Pag 18. Maoazln General News (pictorial) -Boction 7. Pag 1. 100-Passenger Air Liner Section 7. Tag 2. . What Might Have Been Section 7. Page 3. The Most Interesting Individual Section 7, rage 4. " Leonard Thomas Weds Again Section 7. Page 5. Oddity Gowns Section 7, Page 6. - ' , , Health, Beauty and Home Section 7, Pag 7. "The Eclipse Handicap"- Section 7. Page 8. Cam lea . . - Section 8. Pag 1-4. CHOICEST OF FEDERAL JOBS, PLOT HATCHED IS UNFILLED FOR GR0NKH1TE Confllctirtg Groups Are Staging Spectacular Contest for Com missioner of Internal Revenue. Both Wets an d Drys Are Violent ly Active; Need of Office Is Man of Administrative Ability. By David Lawrence (Copyright, 1921. by The Journal) Washington, April 16. The big gest job in the government service still unfilled is the commissionership of internal revenue. And the vari ous influences fighting for and against various candidates constitute the most spectacular ' contest for a government post that ; the national capital has witnessed in a long time. Judging by the activities of the wets and drys, . one would suppose that the commissioner of internal revenue has the power to make the i country moist or arid, according to his own thirst or the desires of his friends. A.TI-SALOO' LEAGUE BUSY The Anti-Saloon league Is on the job working in its usual effective way to prevent the appointment of anyone who is in the least degree unfriendly to the enforcement of the prohibition- laws. Politicians ' who imagine that " a "stand in" with the 'commissioner of internal revenue will be a powerful lever in local politics, and especially since there will be so many collectors of internal reve nue. f to appoint, are displaying more. In terest in the selection of a commissioner than they did over the secretaryship f the treasury itself. i But the thing which nobody seems to be, stressing, indeed, one! hearsxvery lit tle about it from any quarter, is . that the commissioner of internal revenue must be an administrative officer of executive- talents and fnu6t really .collect the taxes, for the nation practically all. of 14.000,000,000 a year tnust-fco through his office in one form or another. . ; PUBLIC UE8IBE8 SPEKT- v v f y ; - The public generally j has been "irri tated over the income tax law and! has demanded not merely' that taxes shall (Concluded on Ig Nine. Column One). ADMIRAL LINE IS TO BEGIN NEW SERVICE Passenge and Freght Service Be tween Portland, San Francisco and San Diego Arranged. further recognition of the increas ing importance of the Port, of Port land comes with an announcement made Saturday by the Pacific Steam ship company, familiarly known as the Admiral line, tf (the inaugura tion of a new passenger and freight service between this city and San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego, effective with the first south bound sailing of Mayi 6. " ' In the announcement of the new Serv ice. A. F. Haines, vice president and general manager of the Admiral line, states that the two coastwise liners Senator and Admiral j Evans will be placed in this service with sailings from Portland every Friday at 9 'p. m. This will be in addition, to the present serv ice which the; company maintains with the Curacao, which sails every 11 days from this city for San Franciscxi via Astoria, Coos Bay and Eureka. This new service gives Portland its first direct service' as . far south as San Diego and will enable this city to secure a share of the tourist traffic to and from that district which now moves largely either in one direction or an other through, San -Francisco or Seattle. The steamships Senator and Admiral Evans are both well known to coast wise travelers on the . Pacific. The Senator is a steel vessel of 2432 gross tons. 292 feet long, and has ,a capacity of i'66 passengers, while the Admiral Evans is also of steel, 2140 gross tons, 253 feet long and has : a passenger ca pacity of 252. Both have been in serv ice In the coastwise routes of the Ad miral line , for several years. Ehe Admiral Evans, which is at pres ent in the Puget Sound-California serv ice. will leave San Francisco May 2 for this city, arriving May 5. She will sail from Portland on: her first -southbound trip in the' new service" on May 6. The Senator, - which is at present op erating on the Mexico-Central American route, will leave San Diego May 20 and arrive here 'May 26, stopping over at Los Angeles and San Francisco. She is scheduled ; to sail on her first south bound trip May 27. ' With both vessels in the service, a schedule providing for sailings i from Portland every day will be maintained. Leaving Fridays at 9 p. m., the ves sels will arrive at San Francisco at 5 p. m. Mondays. North-bound, the ves sels will leave San Francisco at ? p. m. every Monday, arriving at Portland at 7 a. m. Thursday. Stops will be made at Astoria in each direction. .The Admiral line is represented lo cally by Frank J. -O'Connor as general agent. Both Hi F, Alexander and A. F. Haines, respectively president and vice presidenut and general manager of the company, are Well known in this city and spend much J.ime here in the interests of their Portland-Oriental serv- ice- - . Captain Robert Rosenbluth Care fully Laid Plan to Kill Camp Lewis Major, Asserts Pothier. "Wanted Him Put Out of Way",; Slayer's - Signed Confession Is Given Out by Prosecutor. Taconia, Wash., April 16. L P.) Further details of the confession of Roland R. Pothier.-ch'arged with the- murder of Major Alexander p. Cronkhite at Camp Lewis in 1318, which was first made public by the department of justice in- the East several weeks ago, were given out here today by County Prosecutor if, W. Seldqn, to whom the case has been referred by the federaj.authori ties. - ' Pothier's confession declares he was ordered by . Captain Robert-Rosenbluth, also under first degree murder charges, to kill Major Cronkhite. as stated in dis patches from Providence; R. I., follow ing the arrest of the two ex-service men. PI OT IS COSCOCTETJ : Rosenbluth is alleged to have asked Pothier at Camp Lewis,, four or five days before the killing, if he could use a pistol. Pothier says he told the captain he could. On the next night, the con fession states, Rosenbluth asked Ser geant Pothier to attend target practice with the school of reconnaissance. " be cause he wanted him (Pothier) to "get" Major Cronkhite. . "I asked him what he meant." the signed confession relates, "and he re plied, 'I want you to kill him." When asked for a reason. Captain Rosenbluth is alleged to have said ; '"Be cause we want to get him out of the way." . ; DETAILS ARE DISCUSSED The confession then recites "how tiv men discussed all Die details of the pr posed shooting and how Rosenbluth was alleged to have . furnished Pothier protection.- ':,-..::- . - - -': V -. "I asked him vheTe he wanted me to shoot' him."- the purported confession ays. "He said 'get him about here,' pointing to a spot even with his heart. I asked him what I was going to do afjter I shot i him . and he said: 'You never mind. I will be somewhere around and when I see him fall I will-run' up and grab him. Then 1 will yell for a' doctor and get him down there and we will go about it just as if he had shot himself accidentallj'.' " -Everything happened much as planned, according to the alleged confession. Emergency Doctor Thrown Off Cycle And Painfully Hurt While answering an emergency call at East Thirteenth and Knott streets". Dr. Martin Rose of the emergency hospital was severely injured when the motor cycle side car be was riding in turned over. ' . - ' . Piloted by Motorcycle Patrolman At kinson, the machine had almost reached its destination when it was forced" to Swerve to avoid an obstacle In th street. The brakes locked, toppling the motorcycle and side car over. -Atkinson was thrown clear, but Dr. Rose was caught under the car. He suffered sprains of Che ankle and wrist, an in jured knee cap and was bruised and eat about the body. He returned to the hos pital and, with the aid of,-an interne, administered first aid. ' ,v .. Dr. Rose was hurrying to the scene of an accident at East .Thirteenth, and Knott streets, where Mrs. Ben Rieslarjd of 1218 East Ftanders had been thrown out of an automobile when the driver attempted to dodge a car driven by Dr. Fred J. Ziegler. .'The driver. M. J. Wal ther, and the four -other occupants of the car were unhurt, but the machine sideswlped the curb and lost two wheels, bringing up against a post Mrs. Riea land was treated for forehead injuries by Dr. Ziegler before the police motor cycle tipped over. Skmuel Gompers and Mrs. Neuscheler Are Married on Saturday New York. April 1.TJ. P. Samuel Gompers has organized a new union. The union was the marriage - today of the American Federation of Labor pres ident and Mrs. Oertrude Ainslee Cleaves Neuscheler. , Gompers, who is 71, left here on his honeymoon, 'figuratively in his .overalls. He isn't going to let his marriage inter fere with his work. even temporarily The couple went to Toronto, Ont, where he will speak -before the Empire club. They will go from there direct to Wash ington, where he win resume his work in the federation's executive offices The bride is a pretty blonde of 38..Her divorce from her former husband- was made final three days ago. Employers Discuss Waterfront Wages Astoria, April 18. General discussion of working conditions and wages fea tured the quarterly meeting : of the Northwest Waterfront Employers union, which was held here this afternoon. A. F. Haines - of Seattle, president, pre sided. - Sixty delegates from Portland, Tacoma. Vancouver and Victorians. C. and Astoria were in attendance.1 -The local union was represented by Presi-' dent i. A. Rankin and Frank M. Sweet, secretary. .. Old Swmimin9 APP To President Writes Boy He Wants to Buy . Tickets for Benefit of Fund for Pool. Washington, April 16. U: P. President Harding today officially indorsed the "old swimm.in hole." John '.P. Waltcrman,' 12, look up his lead 'pencil and wrote the president a note about the campaign of Washington boys-"to1 raise funds for a swimming pool. . ". "I told the boys that" I did not believe any 'president would let " the boys go without a Bwrmming pool when he could IetJiis have" It by paying 60 cents to 75 cents-for a' ticket to a ball," wrote Johni inviting the president to - con tribute to the ' affair . to raise . money for" the pool. "Rlcase write me a 'letter and Jlet me know. . The fellows are so discouraged to think we can't have a pool.!' . . "1 iam exceedingly glad you wrote me about this. John," the president replied, 'because I do not want the boys to think I am not "interested In. their get ting j a swimming pool. "I have used swimming pools myself In- roy time, and there are one or two swimming pools In the ' creek out near Caledonia, Ohio, that I would like to get Into right new, if it was possible. "You will telC'the boys j that 1 hope the ball will raise all the! money that is needed to provide" the pool and that If some- of you will come around to the White . House -with some tickets, 1 will-j buy some w hether -I can attend or" not. - . . I .-yours for the swimming pool. ! ' "Warren Harding." BRITONS TRY TO T Foreign -Stockholders of Great Northern Aided in Plan by American Interests. financial interests of Great Brit ain and America are pulling together in an . effort to place the Great Northern railway system on a pay ing basis jand some of this pulling is of 'strings" which may disrupt thej present organization of stock holders." . . Such. In substance, are the re porta which have been trickling; into Portland to rail and financial heads for two days from New 'York. . INTERESTS AGREE Private wires have conveyed informa tion that British and American capital interests ' have "differed on many sub ject in. the past,-but in jegard to the Qreat Northern they agree. The purpose of the combined efforts of American and British stockholders in the company seems to be to oust Louis W. HiU and bis interests from the company. Pbrtlandera .who have heard reports concerning the Great Northern financial troubles recently placed their "ears to . (Concluded n Page Si,. Column Four) Driver Turns for Look at Pup; Oars Crash; Asks Damages - Chicago. April J .!." N. S.) Miss Florence : Walton, the dancer and for mer wife. of Maurice Mouvet. named in the divorce suit, against Peggy Hopkins Joyce,. Was made defendant today in a suit for 85000 -filed by E. H. Younglove. Younglove charges that while Miss Walton was taking her pet dog riding in (her automobile she was "patting the pup and talking to her chauffeur." with the result that she distracted the driv er's . attention and the Walton car crashed into Younglove's automobile, standing at the curb. The car was smashed and Mr. and Mrs.. Younglove slightly injured. " " , QMS LOUIS Griffith Is Back From East Talks of Water Power Act ljjeveloprrient of immense electri cal horsepower through .harness ing the streams on the public do main in the Northwestern states wtfeld b -made possible by modi fication of the -rules of the fed eral iower commission, making ef fective the . water power act passed a. .the, last session of congress, ac cording .to Franklin T. Griffith, pres ident of the Portland Railway. Light & Power tompaiy, who returned Saturday "night from the East. . ! Griffith has been at Washington for several weeks attending a conference of the .National Electric Light association with the power . commission, and acted as,- chairman of the association's com mittee on water power development. He was accompanied by Guy W. Talbot, president of the Pacific Power aV Light company," who aUso was a member of the committee. CpX FEKKJtCB IS SATISFACTORY : 'The conference was satisfactory in every way to the officials of the na tional association." Talbot stated. "The executive secretaryof the federal power commission agreed to modification of rules asked by the committee and there is every reason to believe that the com mission will take favorable action at an early 'date ( The new water power act grants pri vate corporations the privilege of de- i. M. A. MILLER SECURE IN JOB UNTIL AUGUST Tax Collector's Office Too Busy to Be Disorganized by Induc tion of an Inexperienced Man. Jones to Retain Postmastership; F.S. Meyer Gets No Sympathy; All Pie Hunters Held in Leash. Washington, April 16. (WASH INGTON BL'UKAU OK THH JOUR NAL.) Oregon's two Republican senators have signed no. protocol and reached no definite agreement on distribution of federal patronage in Oregon. It is- known that parleys are going forward at interims of more important business, but they are incomplete. Strange as it may seem to office seekers, the senators seem to regard many other thing of more pressing Importance, and, are taking their time for it. One reason for this attitude, It wfms, is that there are precious few placf now open, unless incumbents are shoved out before their terms end. and the tsen atora have decided that thin phould not be done. The term of the register of the land office at. I -a Grande lias ex pired, but appointment Is delayed, it is understood, until fuller agreement i reached on several other placeo. so there will be a. harmonious and well, rounded slate. MILLER SECI'IIE TIM, AffSTST Milton A.-Miller, collector of internal revenue, might seem to be in a special position. This office is not filled for. a definite term, but anaylHis shows that Miller's bond does not expire until Auu just. He Is now In the mid.it of the bufy season of tax colfection, which might tie disorganized by sudden change. All In dications are that Miller will remain until August drifts around. There are no indications that the plan for action upon patronace by the full delegation suggested by StanfU-ld will be carried 'any further. Objection ly McNary. and MeAfUuir, made on dif ferent" grounds but equally viaoroua, brings that project to a full -stop. JONES TO HOLD JOB - ' -- ' There is no change in the Vorllanci postmaster's situation. The appointment (t'onchidcd on Pais Mix. Column Knur.) MANAGER IS GONE ANP TILL LOOTED Filling Station Doors Are Left Open; Fear E. H. Lewis Was Slugged by Robbers. - The doors of the gasoline filling station at "--West Park and Glisan Streets were found wide open at 9 o'clock Saturday night, with the cah register looted-and with K. 11. Lewi, the manager, vanished. ' C L. Tostevln, asnlxtant manager ef the Union Oil company, wan called by Lewis' family when Lewis did not ar rive at his home, 1110 Kast Morrison street, by 8:30, his .usual hour, and Tox tevln reported to the police, after a hasty-trip to the fitlinir mat Ion. Lewi Is an old and trunted employe, said Tostlvin, and he f-lt certain he had been robbed and spirited away. Part of Lewis' uniform was found in the filling station, as though he had been , Interrupted while preparing to leave. All his civilian clothes were missing. : Police had started an extensive In vestifratlon late Saturday night in an attempt to locate Iwis. veloping electrical , power from streams on the public domain and provides for leases on hydro-electric power sites and water rights for a 50-year period. Old rules of the federal power commlf i n provided for the revocation of. water rights at the will of the secretary rt the interior and . proposed amendments to these rules will place regulatory power of corporations in the hands c f state authorities, according to Talbot. APPLICATIONS FOIl RIOHTf Many applications have been mad? for water rights by private corporation under the new power atft, Talbot said, and with the federal power commission's approval of rules agreed upon at th Washington conference, capital woul 1 be available for the development of new electric power projects. At present the Pacific Power & Lirr' t company purchases the bulk of its el tricaJ power for its Washington plat-rt at wholesale from the Washington Water Power company of Spokane. i,4 vestigation of power sites and -at-righta has been made by the company's engineers. Talbot stated, with a view of meeting future industrial needs. While the P. II. L. & P. company N enlarging its steam plant on the L"a?-t Side water -front to meet demands for electrical . power, it has made tentative plans for the development of new hydro electric projects In the neighborhood r Portland, Griffith stated, and would tak advantage of favorable action on t . part of the federal power commission. Mrs. Griffith accompanied her 1, . . band on the Eastern trip.