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CITY EDITION It's All Here and It's All True THHj WEATHER- Tonight and Wednes CITY! EDITION Lest You Should Forget . Ring Lardner's feature In The Sunday i Journal this coming Sunday will be some comments on "Comical Agists." Don't fail to laugh with. Lardner. day, rain.; southwesterly winds. Maxlmur in temperature Monday : i . Portland . . , Boise ....... Los Angeles, 64 New Orleans.., 6t 44 6S ... 4 New York... ...66 St. Paul., i i . VOL. XX. NO. 36. Entered ss Second C Matter t Postrffice, Portland. Orssoe PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 19, . ,1921 TWENTY PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AMD NCW STAND riVI CftNTI HARDINGBACKS M0NROEPOL1CY TO WAR LIMIT United States Willing, Ready to i Defend Weaker Nations of South, Says President at Un . veiling of Bolivar Statue. By George K. Holm New York. April 19. (I. N. S.) Gotham gone wild greeted Warren G. Harding this afternoon on his first visit to the city as president of the United States, j . V. Pandemonium of cheers and music rose from the sea of humanity that surged around the Pennsylvania station as the president and his party emerged and stepped into waiting machines, and "all along: the way to the Waldorf -Astoria there was the same continuous, tumultuous greeting, j WELCOME IS JO.XJOTED It was as if the president had come to "shake hands' with New York and nothing else, though his true . mission was to officiate at the unveiling of. the statue of General Simon Bolivar, pre sented to this city by Venezuela Mr. Harding thoroughly enjoyed the ) welcome extended him by the metropolis. The smile that came !to his feature's with - the first thunderous shout that went up from, the multitude never left him and unceasingly he waved his. silk hat and v nodded cordially to the right and left and up to the myriad beflagged wln- " lo, black with cheering spectators. . Standing in the shadow of the statue of Simon Bolivar, the great South Amer ican liberator, President-Harding, in an address late today, reasserted his faith " in the doctrine laid down by' Monroe a century ago and stated plainly that the United States stands ready at any time to fight, if necessary, to preserve that doctrine and to protect the young democ- m racies of the new world against oppres sion and tyranny. '. Diplomats from all over the South and Latin American countries and many from the countries of the old " world; were in the audience" which heard the i president's simple -utterance of faith in 1 the destiny of t-hei two Americas, and the warning which accompanied it that the United States is the "big brother bf the smaller republics in fact as well as in theory . f ' ... MISSION TO PERFORM . The republics of 'the new world have a great mission to perform aa well, the prestdent declared. He cited a world , torn 'by war and; conflict and strife J turning to the two rich young conti nents of the western world In hope of aid. . : ' "Herein- lie for us both duty and op portunity, said the president. "Duty to those whom we may help, opportunity in helping others to help themselves. President Harding's reassertion of his faith in the Monroe doctrine and his in tent Ion to preserve it was vigorous. The doctrine proclaimed under More roe," he said, ."which, ever since has been Jealously guarded as a fundamental (Concluded em Pae Two. Column One) PRICES TO RISE Seattle, Wash;. April 19. (I. N. K.) Increasing demand for lumber from the Pacific Northwest indicates Ktiffening prices, according to lum bermen here today who have made a study of the situation. It is be lieved prices have hit the bottom.' Reports from the Grays Harbor coun try say 80 per cent of the camps and 90 per cent of the mills are now operating. Plants at Doty. South Bend and Ray mond are preparing to resume opera tions, after being closed several months. Mills in the Northwestern part of the state also are opening after a period of ' idleness. '-.: Prices are about 60 per cent lower than In April a year ago. The one pos sibility of lower prices now is through lower wages. But it is expected wages will not be decreased. Most lumbermen believe the buyers' strike is over and that a revival of l building in the Middle West and East has started... Will Wed in i j Bride to Whirl Oakland. CaU April 19. U. P.) Juanita Miller, j daughter of the late Joaquin Miller," poet, today sat sew ing eucalyptus; caps on her bridal gown of burlap and told of her wedding plans. ' Next Saturday night Juanita, gowned in the knee length burlap bridal robe, will dance a wedding dance with Juan Miller, her husband, at what she terms a pagan wedding festival. The groom will wear a crimson: cloak over white flan : nels. . . I 3CDEB LILY WHITE MOOX- " , Juan and Juanita 'were actually mar ried last December, ' but Juanita found that the cycle of her life dictated that she be wed beneath the lily light of the full April moon. So that is why on Saturday there l will be another cere mony, f - i .. Saturday's festival will be an all-day affair. During ; the daylight hours the 1 bride will appear in a gown of white chiffon heavily covered with seed pearls. "I will wear that gown until the early evening,- Juanita explained. "Then I .will change to this simpler costume." - MILLS RESUMING ENDS HER LIFE MRS. 1 JESSIE HARDY STUBBS MACKAYE, former leader of the congressional union for wo man suffrage, who met tragic death in New 'York. '- ! -. - . .-. .-.v:-Jr.?I-x;-vy-'f m -. 1 --ft r . ; ..... r V K u-; " -v - . NOTED SUFFRAGIST. ENDS LIFE IN RIVER New York, April 19. (I. N. S.) The body of Mrs. Jessire Hardy Stubbs Mackaye, noted suffragist and wife; of Benton Mackaye, for estry expert, -was found in the East river off Long Island City last night and positively identified by- Charles Whitaker and Mabel Irwin, friends of the woman. ' Before breaking away from her hus band at Grand Central station yester day, prior to departura to- the country for her health. Mrs. Mackaye was said to have threatened to throw herself in the river. , MADE St'ICIDE THEEAT Mackaye, the woman's husband, was notified immediately. The identification was made at a morgue in Long Island City. Mrs. Mackaye had been under severe mental train for several weeks, accord ing to friends, and a trip to the coun try Was arranged in the belief that the change -would be of benefit. ; After talking excitedly at the railroad station she suddenly walked into the crowd with the remark : - "I am going to kill myself." LEU Bia MOVEMENTS Mackaye was some distance away, buying tickets, and when he returned his wife had disappeared in the throng. He promptly asked police to aid him in his search for her. Airs. Mackaye was 45 years old, born in Chicago, and became widely known as Jessie Stubbs, militant suffragist. She was responsible for the famous "suffrage hike" i from New York to Albany In 1912. when the suffragists presented . a petition to Governor Sul zer , asking for : the ballot. She .was also a leader of the great mass meet ing of suffragists at Washington in 1914. She was an eloquent speaker and writer on the subject of "votes for women." i Need $400,000000 To Meet Rail Losses Washington, April 19. (U. P.) -An, additional appropriation or 9400.000,000 is needed ' to meet losses sustained by the government in ' operating the rail roads, Director, General of Railroads Davis today : informed Representative Good, Iowa, chairman of the house ap propriations) committee. Light of Moon M r. i r. 15 in New Dance The "simpler costume was the bur lap and eucalyptus gown. "In it I will dance a wedding dance Invented for the occasion." she added, and then told of the red and white garb of the groom. "The combination of colors," Juanita went on, "symbolises the cycle which our marriage has completed. It Is the anion cf material red and spiritual white." The ceremony will take place at "The Heights," the old home of the Millers in the hills back of Oakland, and, of course,! will be out of .doors. Scores of guests .will attend. TO SEBTE EOIST KID We;will serve roast kid. grape juice and bread and butter," the bride an nounced. , Juanita's plans for married life after the "pagan festival were admittedly rather vague. , -My ! husband hasn't a red cent, she said. "But we are going to work to gether. He is a photographer. But if that profession fails why. Juan has a guitar which he plays and I can sing. "We will become troubadors, singing for our supper,, - HANDCUFFED YOUTHS LEAP T Two Prisoners Enjoy Brief 'Lib erty, Both -Being Captured Near Siskiyou, Cal.j Wanted in Portland for Stealing Auto. Naked,' handcuffed and legironed together " James Milner and IJarry Hoffee both 16 years old., escaped from Southern Pacific trainll4 early this morning between Dunsmulr and Siskiyou, Cal-t according to tele graphic information received by United States Marshal George F." Alexander. i . The boys were capture dat Siskiyou, Cal., at 1 :15 o'clock this afternoon, ac cording to word received here. They will arrive in Portland at 7 :10 Wednes day morning. : i The boys were being returned to Port land from Los Angeles by Deputy TJ. S. Marshal D. S. Bassett of Los Angeles to face a charge here in the federal court of violating the national motor vehicle theft act ,, ESCAPE COTJUTY JAIL Mllnerand Hoffee escaped from the county jail here on the night of March 1 with Richard Haas and Charles Shep herd, after kicking a hole through a thin plastered wall. Haas and Shepherd were captured in Albany the following day. Milner and Hoffee were arrested here February 28, along with Howard Hud son, 16, and John Hoffee, 17; by. Dep uty Sheriff Bert and charged with stealing a high-priced automobile in Seattle and driving-it to Portland. The boys are said to have bragged that they would kill any officer who attempted to arrest them. After Bert arrested' the quartet he ordered them to drive the . stolen au tomobile to the courthouse, he riding alongside in his motorcycle. Bert ex perienced a little traffic trouble and the boys managed to dodge him. TABBED IX LOS ANGELES Bert received help quickly V from the sheriffs office and succeeded in cap turing the four lads a short- time later in the east side railroad yards. Two of this our escaper with two others the same night. On March 24 Milner and Harry Hoffee were arrested in Los Angeles by a ser- ( Coarlntied on Fags Two. Column SU) Woman Auto Victim In Serious Condition : Mrs: A. J. Bradeley, 69. 107 East Eighteenth street, has been in a semi conscious condition at the Emanuel hos pital ever since she was carried there Saturday night after being struck by an automobile driven by J. V. Flynn of 1120 Woodward avenue, at East Thir- Ltieth and Alberta streets. Mrs. Bradeley has a fractured skull and broken arm. She is considered in a very critical con dition. Buyers1 Week Date Sent to Newspapers . . Notices are being sent out today to 1200 newspapers in the Northwest call ing, attention to the dates of the ninth annual Buyers" week, ; which will be hejd in Portland August 1 to 6. An nouncement of the dates is being sent broadcast, so that buyers may arrange their trips to this city at that time. Results in Majors AMERICA Washington, April 19. The Griffs had on batting clothes today, knocking Ed Romell out of the box in the first inning and Naylor in the third. Rice hit a home run to left field in the third, scoring Judge and Milan ahead 'of him. The Griffs were leading by a score of 13 to 5 at the end of the fifth inning. At uhincton: B. H. J2. Philadelphia. . -. . . . .120 200 001 6 10 3 Washinston 426 100 01-j-14 13 3 Batteries BommeU, Naylor, Koeft.and Per kins; Srhaoht and Oharrity. Gmpirea Moruvrity and Connolly. At Detroit IX N. 8. ) : R. H. E. Cleveland .. .. 000 010 820 12 14 O Detroit . . 000 010 020 3 ' 9 3 Batteries-t-CoTeleakia and O'Neill; Hollings and Baaaler. Umpire Owens and Chill. Boston-New Tork came at New York post poned; rain, t . NATIONAL Boston, April 19. (I. N &) Mickey O'Neil, catcher, .was chased from the Braves-Giants game today In the sixth inning when be protested too strenu ously against the umpire's decision on balls and strikes. Hank Gowdy replaced him, going behind the bat for. the first time iii a league game this season. The Giants scored two in the first inning. ; Burns -popped, Bancroft walked. Frisch singled. Bancroft gping to third. Walker doubled, scoring Bancroft. Frisch stopped at third. McQuillan deflected Kelly's hard hit and Ford. threw Kelly out at first, but Frisch scored on the play. Boecker threw out Brown. Score: (Seoood came) First postponed.' - R. B Kew Tork ..2 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 09 8.2 Boston . .0O0 1O0 0 0 0 1 - ! 1 Bat Ties Douglas amd Smith, Gaston, Me Qmllm.n. Soott. Cooney and OKeil. Gowdy; Bmina and Endie . . it At Philadelphia (I. N. ; R. H. K. Brooklyn .. 000 OOO 20 2 8a Philadelphia ..... 109 0 11 S 8 Batteries Boethef . adore and Miller; Bins and Brncgy. ' Batteries Hart and McCormicli. At Chk-eo (I. N. S.: : R- H. K. Pittsburg .... 004 010 00914 19 Chiraco ,.t,... .. 000 00 1 001 2 13 Batteries Hamilton and Schmidt; Mart and OTarrelL Umpires Qniflry and 0Day.r First cam New Tork at Boston called off iwetj. . , : ? . FROM RAN Another Ray Shines for Beer Lovers Washington, April 19. L N. S.) Advocates of beer and wine as a medicinal need ' had another ray of hope today. The treasury prepared to ' clear v the way for beer- and wine regulations. The deadlock over the revenue com missionership, the chief delay in pro mulgating the new rules, is about broken. Secretary Mellon said. President Harding, it was said, prob ably will announce on his return from New York tomorrow the name of the new commissioner. The new commissioner must pass on the regulations." It will probably be among his first official acts. Renewed pressure is being exerted to have the regulations authorizing fnan ufacture and sale of "beer with ajkick" as well as vinous wines, of varying alcoholic strength, issued without delay. Secretary Mellon, as a result, lias given word to speed up the regulations and have them in fairly definite shape for the O. K. of the incoming commis sioner. DIG ISSUE RACIAL, SAYS DR. SGHOLZ The big world problem is not geo graphical, political nor economic but racial, and its solution demands an f understanding not only of peoples and their historical background but tbeir habits of mind, declared Dr. Richard F. Scholz, president of Reed college, in a dinner address at the University club Monday evening. As a newcomer tp Portland and as the new president of Reed college Dr. Scholz was welcomed by a dinner com pany that comprised 150 representative business and professonal men to whom he expressed a desire to make Reed col lege occupy its proper place in commu nity life, not: through expression of in tellectual arrogance but by genuine com munity service. AIMS ABE STATED In relating the function of the liberal arts college as 'a joint occupant of the field of higher learning with the state university and thv technical institution. Dr. Scholz pointed out the opportunity that close contact between teacher and student made for the development and training for leadership. The major portion of his address was devoted to a graphic word picture of world development And world conditions from an historical point of view. For purposes of illustration he Tepeately cited his own experiences in iravel and study abroad. Dr." Scholz emphasized the signifiance of the racial problem by calling atten tion to the fact that the twentieth cen tury had witnessed the occupation by one national group or another of the en tire world so that territorial aggrandize ment now can be accomplished by one nation only at the expense of another. Thus it is impossible, he declared, for America to plead disinterestedness in what goes on either across the Atlantic or across the Pacific AMERICA'S PROBLEM He pointed out that America's prob lem can be solved only by an under standing of its relationship with the rest of the world ; that a consideration of immigration demands a knowledge of emigration ; that a survey of large scale industry at home compels a realization of the development of the capacity for large scale industry abroad. The Declaration .of Independence de clared individual political equality a re ality; the Civil war established the pos sibility of a union of states; the world war developed the necessity of a world wide appreciation of racial facts, as serted Dr. Scholz. The function of the college in this relationship, he declared to be the training of young people to teach, inquire and mediate, that they may play their full part in the afairs of life. Dr. Scholz was introduced by James B. Kerr, chaifmkn of the" board of trus tees of Reed college and former presi dent of the University club. R, H. Cro zler, president of the club, presided. Let U. S. Lead in World Peace, Says Sir Auckland Geddes IRt rrniTersal fterrice) Washington, April 19. "Leadership towards world peace lies in the hands of America, The opportunity is there. Every nation would welcome the seizure of that leadership by America now. These were the closing words of an address by Sir Auckland Geddes, Brit ish ambassador, at the thirtieth conti nental congress of the Daughters of the- American Revolution here last night. It was the first time in the history of the organization that a British official, had spoken from its platform. Sir , Auckland made a plea for unity among the nations which fought together against Germany and .declared that a "subtle propaganda is being waged In America "to loosen the joints between these nations." . - Vice President Coolidge made his first appearance as a public speaker in Wash ington and brought to the congress the greetings of President Harding.- The thought of Concord and Bunker Hill," he said, "brings to mind historic scenes in the struggle ror liberty. It is out of sacrifices suchf as these that Americans bought liberty which we pro pose to treasure forever. California Solon For Colombia Pact Washington, April 19. (L N. S.) Taking issue with his colleague. Sena tor Hiram Johnson, Senator Shortridge, new Republican senator from. California, today urged ratification of the pending Colombian -treaty in the senate and ex pressed the opinion-President Harding is justi tied in - requesting - favorable , action on iu Ip5 Hearing Being Held on Railroads' Application ; for Permission to Cut : Incomes of Employes; Case Based on Lower Prices. Chicago, April 19. Settlement o4 the railroad wage question may be reasonably , expected by June 1, it was stated by G. W. W. Hangar,, member of the railroad labor board, Monday. "At the speed- the wage hearing Is proceeding, it is reasonable to anticipate a decision by June 1," be said. . The wage hearing. Involving the ap plications of 93 railroads for permission to cut wages, was expedited at a dizzy rate Monday. WANT TO FIX SCALE The roads are, basing their case on the contention that labor and living costs have declined sufficiently in the past year to entitle them to a cut of from S to 18 cents per hour on common labor and a proportionate rate on skilled shop labor, . Judge Barton Interrupted Mr. Walber's jority of the Eastern lines, opened the case for the roads. . He declared that they sought' to reduce wages generally to the level prevailing before the award of July 20, 1920, and that each road wanted authority to fixe ; wage scales in accordance to local labor markets. He unloaded a huge pile of statistcal matter with the explanation that . it contained the result of surveys of the cost of living and prevailing wages in industry in the entire territory covered by each carrier. BIG WAGE INCREASE i "Wages of railway employes,- Mr. Walber said,' "have increased on the average 100 per cent since 1917. The cost, of living now is far below" the peak, being only 30 per , cent higher than it was in 1917, and about 60,,per cent higher than in 1914. Wages in industry for the same class of bervice as as is being considered here for me chanics and laborers j are very much lower than they were ; in 1920. and are on the decline." Judge Barton Interrupted Mr, Wlaber's review of cost decreases with, the ques tion : . . . ;' "When you compiled that table of? de creases in the -cost of living did you take into consideration Increases in rents?" POIKTS TO COMBINE v. J. m , "Yes, sir," Mr. Walber said. "Our sta tistics show that the greatest increase in i Cour.'uded ou Pace Two. Column Four) LLOYD GEORGE AND Paris, April 19. (I. N. ST.) The Frencji foreign office today con firmed the report that Premiers Lloyd George and Briand will hold a conference at Hythe, England, Sat urday. It will be preliminary to the session of the supreme council. V. S. NOT TO LET GERMANY TAKE OVER ALLIED DKBT By Earle C. Beeves - London, April 19. (I. '-N. S.) The United States has given emphatic in timation to the allies that It will not even consider the Idea of letting Ger many take , over the debts which the allies-owe America. The International News Service corre spondent learns authoritatively that this is the substance of the Washington gov ernments so far Informal reply to the suggestions that have emanated from Berlin lately, Belgium to Be There London. April 19. (L N. S.) Italy and Belgium will be represented at the con ference at Hythe Saturday, it was learned today. . The Italian foreign min ister. Count Sforza, is expected to at tend in person. Company Pays for Damaging City Fire Apparatus in Crash. City Commissioner Bigelow, who has supervision of the fire department, an nounced today that he has secured a settlement with the Portland Railway. Light & Power company for damages to fire apparatus In collision with' street cars and the total amount of $8570 has been paid by the company. This in no manner releases the company for liabil ity for personal injuries caused to fire men m these collisions. The first of these was en April 1. when a streetcar collided with a triple com bination pumping -engine No. 17 at Twenty-third and Kearney streets and for which damage $3070 was paid by 'the company. .The second waA the following day when a streetcar ran into truck No. S at Twenty-third and Glisan streets, for which damages $5500 was paid by the company. ; - .a : Holman toLeave ; : Hospital Shortly Authorities - at the Good ' Samaritan hospital reported that Frederick V. Hol- Tnan, who has been , recovering slowly BR AND TO CONFER from a serious illness following an op eration for appendicitis, .was greatly improved this morning. He is gaining strength daily, and will . be out of bed in a short while, the attending nurses report. - . . . E TO HALT ALL Deputy; Wardens, Will Do Sentry Duty Through Night to Curb Organized Salmon Poaching, Declares State Game Warden. Emergency measures of near-mil itary character to curb organized salmon ( poaching on the Willamette river were announced this morning by Captain A. E. Burghduff. state game warden. 'Deputy wardens will do sentry duty at frequent intervals every night, he stated. "A high power speed boat will patrol the river passing up and down every few minutes. Lights will flood the stream with illumination. A set of signals will be arranged so that any large attempt to violate the law will permit bringing up reserves immediately. "When the 'salmon pirates start to-do business ' they will find game wardens there waiting for them. - This salmon poaching out of season and looting of waters ; closed entirely to commercial fishing i at any time, has got to stop and will stop." : SHOEMAKER ALSO ACTS Similar announcements of closer watch against "gigging" with large hooka for salmon just below the falls of the Wil lamette or at the fish ladder emanated from the office of State Fish Warden Carl Shoemaker of the commercial fish commission. It was also stated that more stringent enforcement of the law against commercial fishing out of sea son, might be expected." . , . Captain Burghduff called attention to the fact that under agreement with the commercial fish commission the game commission was to furnish not more than four men for Willamette river pa trol.- "But we have seven wardens' on the job and the fish commission has had three, he said. ; WARDENS TO CONFER Walter F. Backus, president of the Multnomah Anglers' club, announced that arrangements would be made for a conference between two master wardens and officers of the club, with a view to cooperative measures against salmon poaching some time this week. Wt are all aiming at Jaw enforcement, he said, "but I believe the present scarcity of fish at Oregon City Is due to the tardi ness of the run more than to illegal net ting and . gigging. . Warden patrol has been better this year than ever before. "A thousand anglers . were grateful to The Journal for. its - Monday expose of Willamette river saimon poaching," said A. Lemig of ; the Majestic theatre a salmon "trolling, enthusiast. 8A1MOS PIRATES- BRAZE - "The salmon pirates have been put ting the 'mockV in democracy. I found a net . at Jennings Lodge a few - days ago with a live steelhead in it. The net has been lying on the bank ever since. Another angler and . myself found : a second net weighted under the surface, so that we could -not pull it up. We told the deputy wardens, but they said little could be done, because the poach ers have a set of signals which enables them to dodge the officers. We "used to pay $1 for a fishing license. Now we pay $3. There ought to be money enough to hire all the deputy wardens necessary to s- patrol the river. Why wouldn't it be a ' good idea to hire a few ex-service men who' are looking, for work T . - That only the smaller run of Salmon has reached the Willamette, and "that excellent fishing can be expected "later on with protection from the poachers,' was. predicted this morning. TODAY'S BASEBALL E CALLED OFF Pdrtland's opening baseball eon test scheduled for this afternoon with the Salt Lake club was called off shortly before noon by Judge McCredie. -;'.y -- The opening day ceremonies scheduled for today will be held be fore the start of Wednesday's game, weather permitting. Floods Following r Rains in Mexico Endanger People San Juan Bautista, Mexico, April 19, iu. F.J una re i of lives were report ed hi danger today in floods caused by heavy rains all through the state of Ta basco. . - r Tugs and naval vessels are standing off the coast to pick up refugees and light boats have .been-sent up swollen streams to rescue those who have been marooned. 1 ; The . loss to property ' will reach" mil lions. It Includes the- destruction of buildings, bridges and ruin of planta tions. 'j- l -. v. , Harding Nominates Two Doctors to Be Assistant Surgeons Washington, April 19. (I. N. S.) TheJ president sent the' following nominations to the senate today: Doctors to be assistant surgeons, pub lic health -service, Ralph D. Lille and Thomas S, Love. , To be United States attorney; District of Columbia, John Foster Symea. - MOV TAKEN FISH GAM Storm With 'Kick' From CanadaDne It has been Ithe custfoni of the weather bureau to anticipate storms of the I "home brew" variety on the Oregon and Washington coast for so long tliat how with a storm labeled "Canadian? bound for the coast the weather officials are at a,. loss to know tjust how much "kick" is be hind it."" i ,- Storm warnings are flying at-all Ore gon, Washington f and Northern Califor nia coast points this morning, having been ordered up during "the night. 5. A storm that iseems to be quite ex tensive is sweeping - down the coast. but the officials of the local weather bureau) do not' know just how severe it is. J The center of- the disturbance rose off the coast of British Columbia Past experiences are that the storms usually originate in Alaska, a part of our - own country, and therefore are brewed at home.: But this storm comes sneakihg .over the boundary from Can ada, and the -chances - are that, it car ries a wicked punch. During the night a wind velocity of 48 miies. was recorded at the North Head , station at the mouth of the Co lumbia river. , At 8 o'clock ' tjils morn ing -the wind had tapered -to 18 miles an hour, but was again gaining velocity and Was .predicted to "come up again. T 10 UUUIIUIL 0. 0 WAGE CUT ken per cent' cut in -wages, af fecting 6000 men emplod in build ing construction", work In Portland, was authorized by ; the building trades council; at a meeting Monday night. The cut was recommended by an arbitration board representing the workers, the contractors and the public and already has been accept ed by the contractors in lieu of their original demand for a 124 per cent wage reduction. ' " . ' i - i - - The new . wage scale becomes effec tive May 1 and, will continue to January 1, li22. The! building, trades council, representing it unions, -has entered into negotiations'-with the building contrac tors'! association for a "renewal of the agreement" made by -the two organiza tion May L 1919, for a two-year period. Acceptance of the wage reduction will be.- followed by a decrease of building material prices, according to officials Of the j contractors association, and will stimulate buHfling construction activity in the city Construction costs will be stabilised on a level 15 per cent below existing costs' when the new wage, scale and! material price schedule become op erative, according to the contractors, and a great deal of construction work held in. abeyance during the period of market uncertainty will be undertaken. Tfie arbitration committee which rec ommended the new scale consisted of Dr. W. IT. MeKTveien, chairman, representing the) public; Otto Hartwig, representing the labor unions, and C. J. Parker, rep resenting the contractors' association. Two Kidnapers Seize, Gag Wrong Girl and Tlh en R e lease Her acorn a. Wash.". April 19. Police to day were searching the city for two men who kidnaped-Verda Brown, 13-yedr-old daughter- of "Mr. and 'Mrs. M. &t Brown, yesterday afternoon,, took her to Camp Lewis and then, realizing they had the wrong girt returned her to within a block - of. her home and re leased her. I ? The girl wis on her way home from school when fche was seized from behind, gagged and hustled into an automobile. The police believe the Lbductors thought Miss Browrt was the daughter of a wealthy family. i RAD o nn Mr Plan Flight Across Pacific Navy Building Giant Plane COMPARATIVE S1Z OF THE NC-4: ','-' Four. . .- . i40 Motors .... Four:. .1,..; ... .. . i Propellers .. ..Three 1660. . ..w . . Horsepower.. .........3600 to miles an hour, i . Speed. .............. :.f .... 110 miles an hour 20,000 pounds . , . . . .Lifting capacity.'". ................ 30,000 pounds 1900 miles. ...... .i,. . Cruising radius.... ? 3000 miles Five.. -v. . Crew. Twelve By j Harohjt D. Jacobs . TJnit ' Press K"T Oryrrespoodent (Cot -icht, .1931. or United Pi New York, April 19. The United Stages 'navy, first to make a,trans- Atlantic flight, will send a giant sea plane winging, across the Pacific late this summer or early next epring. iThe tri-plane which will be known as e "Giant .boat, has been under de sign, and construction for more than a year. The S wings and "hull" are being made at the naval aircraft factory, Phil adelphia. The motors and nacelles, or bodies, are-being turned out by the Gal landet Aircraft corporation at East Greenwich, t Conn. The propellers are being built' In Baltimore by the Ameri can Propeller company. TO BE ASSEMBLED IX JUJTK The time of the flight will depend on when the craft Is completed and. on the results of the exhaustive tests, to which the j "Giant boat" will be sub jected.' Ill is planned to begin assem bling the plane in June or July. . The -tentative route is: San ' Diego. Cal., to Honolulu, Ha waiian islands, 2100 miles. - - Honolulu to Wake islands. 1800 miles. Wake island to Guam, 1100 miles. Guam to; Manila, P. L, 1200 miles. ' JAPANESE WiAY ENTIRELY LOSE YAP MA1AT i Tokio's Present Drastic Stand and Former Rejection of "Open Door" Proposal for Isle Said to Give Hughes Winning Hand. By A. L. Ilradfnrd Washington,-April 19. (U. P.) Japan may lose outright her man date ovet the Island .of Yap because of the drastic stand she has taken in the negotiations -with the United States, Itj developed here today. The correspondence over Tap aa given out by the state department shows that the proposal that the open door" be applied to Yap was first made in a note from this gov ernment on December 6. Had Japan agreed to this, the Wilson administra tion might' reluctantly have agreed to the Japanese mandate. Japan, however,-summarily rejected it. Now . Secretary of State . Hughes has taken the. position that -Yap is one of the territories taken from Germany ; that the United States, as one ef tha victors, must have a choice in disposal of such territories, and that she has had no voice in the. Yap matter. Hughes will not recede from thin stand, which disposes of all compro mise proposals.. , ? Hughes, it is known, has been : as sured of the senate's support tn hi stand.' . . The American position is strengthened by the fact that the allies want America to participate in some of the featured of the treaty of Versailles, the German reparations question being one. This government will not participate, how ever, until the contentions, of tha Hughes mandate note are met. LOSS OF YAH WOULD BK CniMi; DraLARKS TOKIO Tokio. April 19. I. N. S.) The Jap. anese government today made public tor the first time the United States' note regarding the Island of Yap. Official comment was withheld. It is understood that Japan" will rt ject the American claims and that in its reply it will hold that if the treaty of Versailles contains a mistake, then it is up to all its signatories to rectify it. Thus Japan would invite a reopen ing of the discussion of mandatories by all the powers that signed the treaty. Professor Hayasht, councillor of the Concluded oe Pice Fourteen, t'nlumn Hi.-) HOPE TO SETTLE BRITISH STRIKE By I'jd L. Keen London, April 19. (IT. P.) -Renewed hope of a final settlement ot the British strike situation arose to day when a meeting of colliery own ers was. called. . Following the triumph last night of Premier Lloyd George when he was given a vote of confidence on his han dling of the situation, it was believed he would arrange a new wage offer by the owners. . This offer then would bf debated by the miners, who will hol l a special session Ki ilay. Meanwhile the fight acainnt industrial paralysis' continued. Although much of the- machinery for fighting a general strike had been dispensed with, the special ' army of defense w as recruited to full strength. The lines of unemployed lengthened today. "GIANT BOAT AND THE NC-4 - GIANT BOAT: - ... ---. Nine This is a total of 6200 miles. Whet! -i the plane would continue to the Am a -mainland has not yet been determine i The longest single "hop" of the hJtors NC-4. in 1919, was from Nova boot;., to the Azores, a distance of 1100 mile WIJIO SPREAD OF 117 FEET The "Giant boat" will have a wr spread of .167 feet and will have thr-. propellers, each driven by three 4 , horsepower motors developing a total 3600 horsepower. Each of the thrr nacelles will contain the Gallaudet gc. drive, making possible the connection t : three motors with each propeller. Ar , motor may be disengaged without inu r. ferlng with the operation of the it peller. The motors will be placed In an en closed area, giving the mechanics r portunity to make any repairs witho danger or inconvenience. i A trial seaplane driven by a sir motor under this new type of const n: tion recently made 132.3 miles an v It was driven by Lieutenant K. F. y.ir,--. one of NC-4 pilots. The plane climb 7700 feet in 10 minutes. The "G:, boat" probably will be able- to rns 110 miles aq hour. It will have a 1 ing capacity of 30,000 pounds ar i cruising radius of 3000 miles wt: fuel replenishment. The crew proba: will consist of at least 12 men..