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S hi MONDAY. APRIL 18; 1921. THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL; PORTLAND, OREGON COMMITTEE URGES ONE-WAY TRAFFIC, ANGLE PARKING One-way traffic and angle parkins are proponed by the Chamber of Com me roe committee on traffic as means of relieving the down-town congestion problems, according to a report sub mitted to the members' forum at noon today ' by Dr. A. j E. Rockey, chairman of the committee.: . - . The traffic committee of the cham- ber was appointed by the forum and the board of directors and decided upon the suggestions outlined as a result of a conference with the committees of the park board and the city planning commission. Request was made that the plans be Incorporated In the traffic or dinance of the city. A resolution to this, effect was read and approved. '. The plan provides for a central con gested district around which there will bo. a zone of one-way traffic. Angle parking for certain periods is provided for. - ' E. T. Gooch of II. S. . Immigration Bureau Dies at Ase of 40 . E. T. Gooch, Inspector for the United States Immigration service at Astoria since 1914,' died' Saturday night -at the age of 40 years, following an illness of several weeks. His mother survives. The body will be sent to Missoula, Mont., his . birthplace, for burial. R. P. Bonham. head of the Immigra tion service tn this district, spoke highly of Gooch's work. "He was a very popu lar, officer," said Bonham, "and his place will ; be hard to fill. He made a splendid record during the ' war, was energetic, fair In his decisions and was possessed : with an intense patriotism. He was courageous and would 'go into meetings of suspected Reds and radicals of all sorts and oftentimes bring out one of the leaders." . Bonham went to Astoria Sunday. LIXJAI, OPINION UPSETS AliBKRTA CLUB'S PliANS Although the city council was de sirous of granting to the Alberta Com mercial club a permit that would en able it to beautify certain streets on the east side bjt maintaining tubs filled ' with rose bushes on certain sidewalk area, it has struck a snag in an opin ion given by City Attorney - Grant. This opinion is to the effect that the council could not grant a special per mit for one Bection of the city, and that if tubs of this' character are al lowed they would have to be permitted in any portion of the city where prop erty owners desired them, and that their occupancy of sidewalk area would create a menace so that the city might be liable for accidents caused by pe destrians colliding with them. MORE TIIANjeOOO LOTS " IN DELAY STREET ASSESSED More than 6000 lots are included In the proposed assessment district for the opening up: of Delay street by the ' purchase of the Fisher brick block, which would open into Goldsmith ave nue to through traffic from Greeley street extension and Interstate avenue and other important crpsstown streets. Notices of the proposed assessment have been sent out to property owners within the district and April 20 Is set at the last day for the filing of pro tests. - The total amount to be raised by as Bessment is $34,900. Because of pro tests which have been received at the city. hall, which declare the time for protest too short, it is expected that the city council at Wednesday's session will extend this time two weeks. Engine Suit Dismissed Suit brought by the Willamette Iron & . Steel works' against the Smith & Watson Iron works to restrain the latter from manufacturing a certain type of two speed logging engines was dismissed Sat urday in the federal court with prejudice. The case was to have been tried today. -This action will forbid the filing of an other suit covering the controversy. ; Three Heavily Fined For; Having Liquor La Grande. Or., April 18. Because they could not pay fines aggregating $750 for having liquor in their posses sion, three men. , giving their names as Joe Smith. Joe Bird and Tony Torlich, are in the county Jail toaay. smiin was fined $350 and costs, and the oth ers $200 each and costs. When the po lice arrived at the house tne u-gauon conner still was still warm and 10 gal lons of freshly distilled moonshine was found. J 'Hoe Alloy" Target In Sanitary Crusade "Hog alley" is the term Dr. Frederick B. Strieker, state health officer, applies to the stretch of highway leading to Reaverton at the end of Terwilliger. Here, savs Dr. Strieker, are a row of hoe ranches who use the 'creek for sewer. The health officer plans this week to obtain the names of the of fenders and to require them to clean up. Democrats Removed From Committees FREEING WEATHER CONTINUES IN EAST Chicago April 18. (I. N. S.) Il linois and Indiana were the heaviest sufferers from Saturday's storm and j the freezing weather that still pre- i vails, of any states of the Middle West, reports received here today in dicate. Crops in many sections of these states were virtually destroyed. Gardens and fruits in Illinois, to gether with some growing crops, were badly damaged and in some places re planting will be necessary. A blanket of snow and ice covered large areas where crops already were considerably advanced. In Indiana practically the entire fruit crop and much of the clover and wheat was destroyed in several counties, ac cording to reports. The heaviest loss was in the northern sections of the state. Crop damage in Indiana will run into hundreds of thousands of dollars, ex perts estimate. A blanket of snow 15 Inches deep that covered Southern Wisconsin is .believed to have prevented extensive damage in that state. The wheat crop, It la be lieved, will be benefited by the moisture. . Considerable snow and freezing tem perature is reported from Iowa,, but it Is not believed that field crops -In tha state were badly damaged. Some dam age was done to early fruit, however. by. frost and high winds. Fruit trees beginning to - bloom are said to have been damaged in the cen tral and northern sections of Michigan, but crop damage on the whole in that etate is reported not to have been ex tensive. Insists She Noted Mrs. W. E. D. Stokes I n Wallace's R oom New York, April 18. (U. P.) Mrs. Mabel Matteosain reiterated her state ment today that Mrs. Helen Stokes was the woman she saw combing her hair in the bachelor apartment of Bdgar T. Wallace here. I couldn't see whether she was fat or thin," the witness said, "but I know it was Mrs. Stokes." Mrs. Matteosain was on the rtand for the second time In the divorce suit brought by W. E. D. Stokes. She and her husband had testified that they saw Mrs. Stokes, carelessly draped, in Wal lace's bedroom. , lira. Matteosain later stated she was not sure Mrs. Stokes was the woman. Confronted with plans of the apartment showing she could not have seen the dresser and other furniture mentioned In her testimony. Mrs. . Matteosain said she had visited the rooms in Wallace's absence and knew their arrangement Names of three co-respondents were eliminated today from the divorce suit. Justice Finch upheld the motion or the defense which stated that no evi dence had been presented against Ro land Miller, stepbrother of the defend ant S. Montgomery Roosevelt, an ar tist, now dead, and WjU H. Meyers, who knew Mrs. Stokes as a little girl. JAPANESE AND WHITES IN CLASH Washington. April 18. (I. N. S.) Fol lowing objections by the Republican ma jority in the house today, the names of Representatives Daniel J. Riorden, New York. Democrat, and Adolph J. Sabath, Democrat. Illinois, were withdrawn from the major committees to which they had been previously assigned. Water Main Floods Business District Wheeling. W. Va., April 18. (I. N. S.) A SO-inch water main broke here today, flooding the business district with more than 1.000,000 gallons of water. The torrent flooded cellars and first floors of business houses, wrecked the sewage system and paralyzed street traffic. The damage will reach into; the thousands of dollars, i WRECKAGE BEING CLEARED IN STORM STRICKEN SECTIONS Hope, Ark., April 18. (I. N. S.) With grim determination and aid of Red Cross workers citizens of Hempstead and Mil ler counties, devastated by last Friday's tornado, which took a toll of 62 lives, to day began building back. Wreckage is being removed from farms in the two stricken counties and the injured are being cared for, with pyramidical army tents' furnished by the national guard serving as impromptu hospitals. Property damage and crop losses in the two counties swept by the twister will be in excess of $2,000,000, it' was es timated by county commissioners today. On the Texas side of the border, at At lanta, O'Farrell and Avinger, where the damage probably will reach $80,000 the work of building back: also was begun today. Eighty trees, uprooted by the fury of the mighty galea, are sprawled across the Bankhead highway at Sheppard, a little town near here, where the Missouri Pacific railroad suffered a heavy wash out. Train schedules north of Texarkana continue behind time and it will be at least a week before the roadbeds, made soggy by the heavy rains which accom panied the winds, will be in shape for normal resumption of traffic : Robb Will Be Paid After All for Trip With Oregons' Vote Washington. April 18. (WASHING TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL) The last chapters are being written in the story of Walter L. Robb's trip to Washington as the messenger bearing the electoral vote of Oregon. Because of his late arrival, he was not paid with the others, and- after a special act had been passed to pay some . of the tardy messengers, and after' former Vice President Marshall had quit of fice and gone on a speaking tour, word I came from Mr. Robb that he was still unpaid. Senator McNary thereupon reached Mr. Marshall in Texas, . and Marshall has at last certified the performance of Mr. Robb's mission. Robb is to re ceive $773.25, which is computed on the basis of traveling 3093 miles at 25 cents per mile. Mazamas Moving Pictures Ma$amas will have ah opportunity to see motion pictures taken of their an nual outing of 1916 at the Three Sisters, by Robert Bruce. Wednesday night, following the close of the regular per formance at the Columbia theatre. The pictures will be shown at ; about 11 o'clock. U.S. Stands Pat on Panama Boundary, Costa Rica Is Told Washington. April 18. (I. N. S.) The United States has informed Costa Rica that this government will insist on the maintenance of the Costa Rica-Panama boundary as fixed by the award of Chief Justice White, it was learned at the state department this afternoon. The United States has also informally notified Panama that this government will stand by the treaty with Panama to act as her guarantor, but will rec ognize the boundaries as fixed by the White award. In view of - these facts, officials of the state department did not place much credence in reports that Central Amerl can' countries are planning to support Costa Rica in an attack on Panama. San Francisco, Cal., April 18. (U. P. ) Friction between ; Japanese and whites on the T. K. K. liner Siberia Maru all the way across the Pacific ocean culminated in a fight on board between P. S. Crawley, San Fran cisco tobacco salesman, and a Jap anese cabin boy. The boat came into the harbor today with the police flag flying and open warfare ready to break out between the Japanese and American officers. YANK BEATS JAPANESE According to Crawley, who was placed under arrest by the Japanese officers of the boat after the fight, he went on deck today carrying his 4-year-old child in his arms. A Japanese cabin boy deliberately tripped him, he said, causing him to fall on his child. ; He engaged in a' fight with the cabin boy and came out the victor. He was then arrested. ! According to A. J. Clark of Manches ter, England, the trouble arose on the first day out, when the white passen gers refused to contribute to a fund for prizes for games aboard the ship when they learned that 10 per cent of it was to go to the Japanese crew. WHITES SIDETRACKED As a result the Japanese conducted a systematic campaign or annoyance against the whites, he said. Japanese were given preference to tne movie show and whites forced to stana he said. Dancing was stopped on or ders of the Japanese officers. . As a result 36 passengers signed protest to the shipping company against the conduct of the crew. This only ac centuated the feeling, which resulted in the deck fight today. Life or a Living? Queries Dr. Bowman "While we are making a living are we making a life?". This query was placed before the -luncheon group o business men gathered at- the. members' forum of the Chamber of Commerce at noon today by Dr. Harold L. Bowman. The salient feature of Dr. Bowman's ad dress was a contrast of "money or morals first," and the question of whether a venture pays or whether, a venture is right." Emphasis was placed on the fact that too many business men are placing the dollar mark before everything else they do. Controversy Over Marsh Land Lease Question Develops Washington, April 18. WASHING TON .BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL) An ecno oi uie controversy over maxsn land leases at Klamath Falls comes in the form of a letter received by Senator McNary, written by Director A. P. Davis of the reclamation service, in connection with a report from the American Legion post at .Klamath Kalis aa vising mat J. F. Adams be reimbursed for expendi tures made by him on lands embraced in a proposed lease for about 1000 acres of land on Upper Klamath .lake,, which was never executed. Director Davis says that so far as he knows, there is no prospect that the Adams contract will be revived, nor Is there any authority for reimbursing Adams, who had no contract, and is in the position of a trespasser if he entered on the lands and placed improvements there. Davis adverts to criticisms of the 're clamation service by the Klamath post for matters connected with the adminls tration of Secretary , Lane, who, he de clares, is surely recognized as a friend of the soldier and entitled to a large measure of credit for the soldier land settlement plan which he advanced and tried to have enacted. The reclamation service is a friend of the service man. Davis says, and regrets that its judg ment does not always agree with the Klamath post of veterans. Victory Medals for Ex-navy Men Arrive Three hundred additional Victory medals were received at the Portland navy recruiting station this morning. The medals are issued to ex-navy men upon presentation of discharge papers. Claspa, however, do not accompany the medals, for, according to a letter from the bureau of navigation, there has been trouble in selection of suitable material. The contract has - been awarded, the letter goes on to state and it is expected that the clasps, indi catlve of foreign service, will soon be ready for issue. Wasco Youngsters Picnic Maupin, Or., April 18. The seventh annual Wasco county school children's picnic was held at Tygh valley Satur day. : WCH FOOD COST 'IN 1 PER GENT bov Washington. "April 18. (I. N. S.) The cost of food tothe average family declined 1 per" cent In March, as. com pared with February, accord ing to a report by the bureau of lab Dr statistics today:: The report shews that 29 food- commodities out of 5 which are used as the basis of computation by the bureau showed a decrease in price.- The greatest de cline was T 3 per cent . in the price of eggs. '. The decrease -in .wholesale prices which began a year ago has started to slow down, said another report issued by the bureau. Of 326 articles, which are used as a basi$'for' computation. a de crease was shown In 178 commodities and an Increase in 6 commodities. Oth ers showed no. change. " Wholesale prices in March, compared with, the same month in 1920, showed a decline' of 39 per cent in food prices. 48 per cent in cloth and clothing and 48 per cent In farm products; Wants Appeal Dismissed Washington, April . 18. (U. P.) The state of Kansas today asked the supreme court to dismiss the appeal of Alexander Hawat. state mine leader, attackine the constitutionality of the Kansas court of industrial relations. . . Girl's Love Dream Fades; Sweetheart Arrested as Thief Cleveland, Ohio, April, 18. (I. N. S.) With . the arrest of Robert Canfieid. alias C. A. Brocks, 21, allt-sed by police to be a "gentleman thief." the dreams of Dorothy Sentner, daughter of a' wealthy St. Louis clothing merchant, of unalloyed happiness In a "bungalow love nest" here, ended today.. The arrest was made by Bliiss Norton, agent of the department of justice, and Canfieid Is held on a charge of jumping a $5000 bail bond at Chit ago. . whpre he was awaiting trial on a charge of belnK implicated in the theft of furs valued at 3900. An additional charge of vio lating the Mann white nlave act was also sworn out against htm here. Police assert that Canfieid left a wife in St- Louis, whom he married in Alton. 111., three years ago. Frost Is Predicted . For Eastern Oregon - k ' Another heavy frost will visit fcast crn Oregon and Washington tonight, was the prediction of the weather bu reau this morning, which also predicted that Oregon would have fair weather to day despite early lowering clouds and the southwesterly wind. Reports were received by the local office that a blan ket of enow covers Western Pennsyl vania and that freezing temperatures have visited New Mexico. II II v I The young man finds at this store the clothesv he likes to wear the clothes you like to see him wear clothes of character, faultlessly put together. $25 to $60 Second Floor for Young Men. BEN SELLING Leading Clothier Morrison Street at Fourth T7 Y R Steed Jlccuracif ce SerVi r PLANT N22 BRIDGEPORT Make YOUR Business Grow THE Public is buying Underwood Typewriters in anticipation of better business. Make the Underwood a part of your business plan. To fill the demand for Underwood Typewriters two factories have become necessary r It's Not woo late Start Now MORE Underwood Typewrite re were sold in the United States in January, February and March, 1921, S5" Si A J-PT AXTT- TO 1 than in the same three months of an previous year. Mis.