CITY EDITION
ten All Here and If All True
THE WEATHER -Tonight and Thursday,
generally fair : -winds mostly westerly.
Maximum temperatures Tuesday :
Chicago .., 44 New Orleans ... 70
Los Angeles .... 64 , New York 3
Portland 6 St. Paul D3-
CITY EDITION
tea All Here and All True
NEW OLD BOY SCOUTS Ring Lardner
proposes to form tha oldsters J a to a Man ,
Scout organisation. According to King's
outline it ought to be a "knockout" This
will be a feature of The Sunday Journal
next Sunday.
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PORTLAND. OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 4, 1921 TWENTY PAGES.
PRICE TWO CENTS
ON TRAINS AND NEW
STANDS rlVI CfcNTS
SiYls
ALLIED PLAN
Acceptance or Rejection of New
$33,750,000,000 Indemnity Is
to Be Made Ijy Certain Date
Or Further Sums Be Added.
By Ed Ii. Keen
London. May 4. (U. P.) The
al-ies today prepared to submit a
final proposal to Germany for settle
ment of the world war. :
With a demand that Germany 1 pay
$33,750,000,000 to the allied countries, the
supreme council notified Berlin that pen
el ties will be exacted if the terms are
not accepted by . midnight of a certain
day, believed to be May 12.
The supreme council's note, providing
for payment of the debt by bond issues
and exacting an export tax, was to be
transmitted to Berlin by the allied repar
a lions commission which conferred with
the supreme council today.
5W OFfEB BU1IOSED
.4- It was reported that Germany had
submitted a new offer approximating the
allied demand. This was denied by the
foreign office. The report was charac
terised as a, "German invention."
Berlin, it was statedrealizes that the
new allied terms are more favorable than
those proposed at the first Paris confer'
ence on reparations.
It was believed by attaches that Ger
many started the rumor of a new offer
to conceal what satisfaction she feels in
the new allied proposals.
COPT FOB WASHINGTON
A copy of the allied ultimatum will be
sent to Washington simultaneously with
its dispatch to Berlin.
The supreme council's labors were re
ported to have been completed except for
a decision on naval action in case of
Germany's rejection of the ultimatum.
It was. stated that Washington will be
consulted before war' craft are sent to
blockade German ports.
BERLIN'S PROCRASTINATION
ADDS TO GERMAN BURDENS
By A. E. Johnston
London. May 4. Germany's refusal
to Bubmit to the reparation terms laid
down first at Versailles . and subse-
auently by the conferences of Brussels,
Sp4 Paris and London will cost her ap
proximately. 1,000,000,000 gold marks a
year,
' Under the terms of the supreme coun
cil's -final demand upon Berlin, details
of which were officially confirmed by a
Statement to the United News Tuesday
afternoon, the annuities, wnlch ' were
(Cootinncd on Pie Two, Column Three)
ASHORE IN SOUND
Seattle, Wash., May 4 (U. P.)
Wireless calls " for assistance were
sent out shortly after 2:30 a. m, to
day by the W. It. "Grace steamship
Santa Alicia. The" vessel is reported
aground and in distress at Marrow
stone point near Port Townsend. The
Santa Alicia was inbound San Fran
cisco to Seattle. ;
-'. The Santa Alicia was one of the res
cue vessels that responded to the calls
of the burning Tokuyo Maru. She was
bound for Seattle with a heavy cargo
of copper oce from South America.
It was planned to lighter at least 1000
tons of her 3000 ton cargo preparatory
lo endeavoring to pull her into deep
water.'
' Reports to her owners Indicated that
breaking of her steering gear caused
the Santa Alicia to run aground.
"steering gear TRorroiiE .
MAY HAVE GROUNDED SHIP
San Francisco, May 4. (U. P.)
Trouble with the steering gear caused
the steamer Santa Alicia to run aground
on Marrowstone Point early today, ac
cording to advices-: to the marine . de
partment of the San Francisco Cham
ber of Commerce. :
Advices here gave the impression that
the crew was in little danger.
The message said that lighters would
be drawn alongside- the vessel today
and her cargo taken off, after which it
was believed she could be floated. ;
The Santa Alicia had aboard 3000 tons
of ore for smelters. - sr
Sinn Fein Attacks
Spread to Scotland;
Police Official Killed
Glasgow, Scotland, May 4. L N. s!)
The most spectacular attack yet at
tempted by the Sinn Fein outside of
Ireland occurred here today when a band
of armed men ambushed a patrol wagon
in Cathedral square and killed Police
Inspector Johnstone.
The patrol wagon was carrying con
vlcted Sinn Fein prisoners to prison.
When the attack began the driver put
on all speed and raced away, preventing
'delivery of the prisoners. ,.
Alberts Estate Is
. Valued at $180,036
: Salem, Or., May 4. An estate valued
at $180,036.11 was left by J. H. Alberts.
: Salem banker, who -died last December,
according to an inventory and appraisal
filed with the county clerk here Tuesday.
The estate consists of personal property
' valued at $91,236.11 and real property
-valued at 183.700.
GRACE LINER
UN
FRENCH DISCUSS INVASION
AN INTERESTING, photograph of the supreme military
chiefs of France continuing their discussion of plans for
the invasion of the Ruhr district of Germany outside the
Elysee palace invParis after a conference with President Miller
and, Premier Briand and other cabinet members. They are,
from left to right, General Degoutte, commander of the French
forces in Germany; Marshal Foch and General Weygand,
Foch's "right hand man." . : : j ; 1: J ; :f--.:
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Baseball Results
J-. NATIONAL, AGUE
Philadelphia !, Boston 5
Boston, May 4. (I. N. S.) Overcom
ing a two run lead, the Braves won out
over the Phillies here today, 5 to 2.
Meadows for Philadelphia and Fillingim
for the Braves were hit hard. The Braves
made their bingles count, scoring two
runs in the sixth and three in the eighth.
Philadelphia made two in the second by
bunching hits. South worth led the hit
ters, getting two singles -and a ( double.
The score :", -..Iv. '
' -.. ..-., i -r It.' H. X.
Philadelphia 020 OOo 000 3 1!'2
Boston ' , V . . . .". 000 002 W 5
Batteries Meadows, KeettaB and Bucsy f tTl
Ucgtia and Gowdy. -.. ; -. .... -. ;. ,
! Cisis'satl I, Cbtcage : '
. Chicago, May 4.--(r. Jf. S.) The Cubs
trimmed " Pat Moran's - Iteda here this
afternoon by a score of 3 to 1 with .Alex
ander Freeman, a recruit pitcher, on the
mound. After allowing no hits until the
fourth inning, Freeman was touched for
three singles and a double in the fifth,
but yielded only one run. In the second
half of the fifth the Cubs scored three
runs with the aid of three hits, two sacri
fices and Daubert's errors Klxey started
for the Reds but was replaced by
Napier. Score : -j . s-. '
CineinnaU .1..;.,. 000 00 000 1 9 2
Chicago .. L ..... . O00 030 00 3 10 0
Batteries Rixey, Napier and HarraTe; Fra
maa and O'tarrell. Umpires Bicter and Moran.
Brooklyn 8, Kew Terk I
New York. May 4. (I. N. S.) The
New. Tork Giants broke the Brooklyn
winning streak - when they won today's
game, 3 to 6. The Dodgers had won
11 consecutive games. Trailing by two
runs, the Giants came up in the eighth
and hammered out four hits for : three
markets. King -, doubled and Rapp sin
gled. Gaston. was sent in to pinch hit
for Nehf : and came through; with a
triple, scoring King and Rapp. Burns'
single accounted for the third tally.
. Score : . . .. .,- '
At New York R.' H. E.
BrooklTn .. . ....i 000 020 000 2 8 0
New York .. .. 000 000 03 3,13- 2
Batteries Renther and Miller: Ryan.- Nehf.
Barcea and Snyder. Umpire Brenaaa aud
Emalic.., . . -
At rittbiir St. louia-Pittsburs came ixist
poned; rain. '
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Chleago Vetrott II
rJetroit. May 4. v T. SO The White
Sox and the Tigers stXiggled through a
batting and scoring field-day here this
afternoon and the Tigers won, 11 to 8,
Kid Gleason's crew garnered four more
hits than the Tigers did. but Ty Cobb's
minions hit tnmore opportune fashion
After the-Sox had scored, five runs In
the first inning Detroit came back with
three counters and took the lead in. the
third, when they crowded over five runs.
Both teams scored in the later innings.
but the Tigers held their advantage. Ty
Cobb, with four straight hits, was .the
batting star. Score:
At Ttotroit: , R. H. E
rhlraao ....... MO 100 100 IS
Uetmit ....... S0n 012 00 11 14 1
Battpriei Hodtte. Kerr and Bchalk: tklthrr-
land, Khmks - and Aincworth. Cmpues. Chill
and Owen. i
At Philadelphia-Boston, poetposed. rain.
At WaahiBfton-New York, pestpmied, raia.
H. B; Van Duzer is
Reelected Head of
Commerce Chamber
H.-B. Van Duser was reelected presi
dent of the Portland Chamber of Com
merce at the first regular meeting of the
new board of directors of the organiza
tion this afternoon.! Peter Kerr was
elected first vice president to succeed
A, J. Bale, whose term expired.' Other
officers were reelected. "They are Max
S. IIirsch secretary, and E. G. Crawford,
treasurer. ' . . i :r .- ; - - - - . ..
Since the election of new directors
Saturday the hamber has been practi
cally headless. Van Duser had declared
that he was, unable to consider reelec
tion because of the press of personal
business.! Members of the chamber were
so; determined to have him remain, at
tha head of the organization that , they
threatened to pass a petition and '.Van
Duser asked- for time' to. consider the
matter. .
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LINER IS TIED UP
Complete tie-up of passenger
steamship service out! of Portland
is in prospect as a result of the na
tional marine strike,: announcement
of the first abandonment of service
being made this 'morning' when the
sailinrjof the-Alaska from SarfTrao'
Cisco wae postponed. . ,
PASSEKGER TIED UP f .: '.
' The steamer Alaska has been operat
ing in the service of the San Francisco
& Portland Steamship company between
Portland and San Francisco. ;
Postponement of service was author
ised by J. P. O'Brien, general manager
of the steamship company. It has been
impossible to obtain engineers and fire
men for the passenger steamer.
Sailing of. the Alaska is scheduled for
Thursday from-San Fraacisco and more
than 100 passengers will have to take
other accommodations or delay their
trips north. The Rose City leaves Fort-
land Thursday for San Francisco and it
is believed that this vessel will also tie
up upon her return to San Francisco.
CAIfT GET ENGISEEKS
The Admiral Evans of . the Admiral
line was the only eraft which the Fa
ctfkv Steamship company got out of San
Francisco prior to the .ctrike. She will
leeve Portland Thursday, as. her crew
is signed for the 'round trip, but will
probably tie up upon her return to the
south. The Curacao, in ire local cosst
wise service of the Admiral line, will
be tied p, together with : the steamer
Senator, which was soon to inaugurate
a new service between this port and
San " Francisco.
, In almost every case the abandonment
of service is due to the : lack of en
gineers and other highly technical men.
Other crew members are readily avail
able in every port. : s
SHIP BEADY TO LEATE
- According to J.-V- Crichton of the op
erating division of the shipping board.
the I2astern Guide, now moored at Vic
toria dolphins, will clear for sea this
afternoon.,. Laden with wheat by Bal
four-Guthrie j & Co., . she, will proceed
down the river to deep water as soon
as two . marine : engineers frcm Seattle
(Concluded on Pass Two. Cohtmn Four.)
Oil-Soaked Waste
Cause of Explosion
OnEagleboatNo.38
' Fire started early this morning in the
boiler room of the Kagleboat No. 38, the
new : government training vessel, when
firemen ; threw : a ' wad of oil-saturated
waste into tne burner i nox, causing a
small explosion , which ignited , oil col
lected in the bilge under the steel floor
lng. . The fire was put out before the
arrival of city firemen. , ;U
; According to an investigation con
ducted by Captain Day of the fire mar
shal's office, F. T. Arnold, a fireman,
threw the waste" Into the burner box.
The explosion hurled the burning waste
from he box into a hole in the steel
flooring. No one was injured-and the
damage was slight, r
A. A. Elmore Quits
As President of
Farmers' Union
Spokane. Wash., May 4. (L N. S.)
A. ' A, Elmore has resigned the presi
dency of the Washington Farmers
union, it was announced at the direct
ors meeting of that organization here
today.- Walter J. Robinson of Pomeroy
succeeds him.
: Elmore 'will go to ' Chicago' as or
ganlzer for the United States Grain
Growers' association or . to Georgia as
cotton growers organiser. ' ;
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OCAL PASSENGER
$11431010
GO IN PLANS
OF P R. 1.8 P.
All Departments of Vast System
to Be Affected by Improve
ment Projects; Largest Items
for Extension of Power, tight
Announcement was made this
morning by officials of, the Portland
Railway, Light & Power company
that the improvement projects, ex
tensions, reconstruction work and
other items of expenditures already
under way or authorized for this
year, will aggregate 91,043,000, witn
several other undertakings of con
siderable size that may be included
before the year is over.
These would bring the total up around
$2,000,000 the largest improvement pro
gram the company has carried out in
many years. -
SI XIXES AFFECTED
Company officials called attention to
the fact that these expenditures would
be greatly in excess of the proceeds se
cured from the recent sale of $1,000,000
worth of gold notes to its patrons, em
ployes and the public.
The program includes betterments In
almost every department and branch of
service. The bulk of the expenditures
will go directly into Improving the fa
cilities of the light, power and trans
portation departments.
projects running into the hundreds of
thousands of dollars cover the 32 car
lines in the city street railway system.
the four interurban lines, Oregon City.
Estacada, Bull Run and Troutdale, new
bridges and buildings, overhead construc
tion repairs, track construction ana pav
ing items.
TWO ITEMS BIG
Two large items involving extension
of service in the light and power de
partment will cost about SS50.000; one
for S400.000 being the 12.600-ld) -watt
(Concluded on Page Two. Column Five)
93 MOROS FALL
IN SULU BATTLE
Manila.' P. I., May 4. (I. N. S.)
Ninety-three Moros were killed Sun
day in a battle with the Philippine
constabulary in the province of Sulu,
according to word reaching here this
afternoon.
The clash followed the Killing of a
lieutenant and three members of the
constabulary on patrol duty by the Mo
ms under leadership of a religious fa
natic.
i As soon as word was received at the
provincial constabulary, headquarters all
available constabulary were rushed in
search of the bandit band. The Moham
medans made a stand. Tinder the lead
ership of Maharajah Untong and the bat.
tie followed. The constabulary had six
machine guns.
Besides the dead three Moros and one
member of the constabulary were
wounded.
Harding Is Granted
Delay by House in
Disarmament Plan
Washington, May 4. U. P.) Presi
dent Harding today won the consent of
house leaders to delay action on disarma
ment proposals pending in congress.
Proposed hearings on the Rogers res
olution which proposed an international
disarmament conference will.be called
off as a result of the agreement between
the president and sponsors of the reso
lution who will make no attempt to push
It until the president indicates he is
ready. ;
' Despite the announcement of Hard
ing's position. Senator Borah of Idaho
today offered in the senate his resolu
tion authorizing and directing the pres
ident to call a naval disarmament con
ference to be participated in by the
United States, Great Britain and Japan.
Fortune
e ae t
But Negress Is
By Harry O. Cajrlor
United Praas Staff Correspondent
Dallas, Tex., May 4. A ; negress
sat in a tumbledown shack in the
negro quarter on Hill street here to
day and stoically refused to get ex
cited over the battle involving mil
lions attorneys are waging about her
claims to oil lands.
Lillie Gussie Taylor, the negress, who
explains to visitors that ber ."health, is
poorly and Ah ain't no great hand to
talk nohow, merely shrugged her shoul
ders when reporters told her she had
won her suit in the Louisiana state su
preme court and established- her- title,
insofar as . state courts are concerned,
to what her attorneys declared is the
biggest producing lease in the ? Great
Homer, L- oil fielda .'.;-:
LAND PRODUCES FOBTU2IE
The land, about three miles from the
town of Homer, has ' already produced
about $5,500,000 worth of oil. '.'
1 A. suit pending, in the -circuit court of
appeals at .Kew .Orleans win complete
New Rate to
Be Effective
A boutJune20
"Am preparing to publish modi
fied tariffs under decision of the Co
lumbia rate case and expect to make
tariffs effective about June 20."" :
This! message received from Sam J.
Henryi manager 1 of the North Pacific
freight bureau at Seattle, by The Jour
nal, answers the question as to when
Portland, Vancouver and the 4200-square
mile zone south of Snake river will be
gin enjoying, the benefits of the 10 per
cent rate preferential ordered by the in
terstate commerce commission, i
It also shows conclusively that so far
as thei railroads are concerned the Co
lumbia basin rate case is settled and that
they intend to make, the new rates ef-
fectl'VA' rpp-ari11"K of :uit entrari Ret
on foot by Seattle attempt to .annul
the effect of the interstate commerce
commission's decision. .
"June 20 is about as early as the mod
ified tariffs could be I made effective,"
commented John H. Lothrop, manager of
the Portland Traffic & Transportation
bureau j
"The new rates reduce .the rate 10 per
cent on all class and commodity freight
movement between Portland, Vancouver
and the zone south of Snake river. There
are many items to adjust.
"Manufactured products, merchandise.
early fruit, vegetables and the remainder
of the wheat. In the, producing districts
will be first to feel the effects of the
modified rates. Later will come the
movement of . the 1921 grain crop. The
information conveyed by , Mr. Henry
shows that the railroads intend to Install
the pew rates. In fact, I think they
would have been willing to do so without
regard to the petitions for : rehearing
which were submitted to ' the interstate
commerce commission by Puget Sound
and later denied by the commission.
ALLIED TROOPS
AND POLES CLASH
Berlin. 3ay 4. (I. Ji. S.) Allied
troops in Upper Silesia have become
embroiled in battle with; armed
bands of Poles following the declara
tion of martial law, according to
advices received hejre this afternoon
The Poles occupied Pless and Ryb-
nik, but Italian troops later recap
tured the former city, , It is reported
that the Italian casualties were three
oficers and 12 men.
The French troops at Kattowits are
fortifying the principal theatre and mar
ket plaoe....-- - n '- -K-
Fighting is. reported between French
and Poles. near Glewnts. ' ' . .
Strikes are spreading..; The Poles are
reported to be seising the mayors of
towns and cities as hostages.
Roving bands -of guerillas are doing
much damage to property. Five railroad
bridges were Iblown up near the Polish
frontier. Mohs attacked and wrecked
German -language' newspapers at Katto
wits and Beuthen. -
Clashes have broken out In the coal
fields where many of the striking miners
have secured arms.
Eighteten - policemen are reported to
have been killed in a clash near' Katto
wits. . ! .
Eathie-Kerby Appeal
To Be Heard May 17
Pendleton, Or., May. 4. Argument be
fore the state supreme court on the ap
peal of Jack Rathie and Klvio D. Kerby
from the death sentence for their share
in the murder of Sheriff T. D. Taylor
of Umatilla county last summer will be
heard In Salem, May.17. A motion for
further time was granted J. A. Bolln,
attorney for-the appellants, this morning
at the court- session here., Bolin em
bodies in his appeal an attack on the
legality of the capital punishment law.
The court will probably complete its
dockets for the May term in the East
ern Oregon district Thursday morning.
Boy Cyclist Injured :
By Auto Is Better
Edward Noland. 12-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. K. F. Xoland, 611 North
Twenty-first street, who was seriously
Injured Tuesday morning when he was
knocked from his bicycle and run over
by an automobile driven by John H.
McGregor at Twenty-fourth and Vaughn
streets, was reported slightly better this
morning at the Good Samaritan hospital.
Nurses report he has injuries about the
head and chest and a fractured ankle.
ingers at Shack
Not Excited
establishment of her title If she : wins
it, her lawyers said, and will probably
make her one of the richest negress es in
the world. - . . . j
"Ah ain't got this money ylt, she
reminded friends today who sought to
plan for her what to do with "all that
money. She punctuatedr the remark
with a cough and drew a ragged shawl
about her shoulders and huddled closer
to the dim flame of the oil lamp that,
behind drawn blinds, .flickered its rays
about the darkened, room and reflected
from what once was a red rug
THOUGHT; IT WORTHLESS -
The woman's fight for fortuneenters
about land in Claiborne parish. Louisi
ana, that she once abandoned as worth
less, lawyers declared. - s .
j, The exact amount of money Lillle will
realize if she wln will be hard to esti
mate. The lands are variously esti
mated worth from IS.OOO.OOft to ! $13,
000,000. Her lafryers, finding her in pov
erty, accepted the suit on a 60-50 basis
getting half the winnings. She has
also disposed of a part of her share In
the claims. It was announced.
Group of Women in Mourning and
Wearing Gold Siars Hear For
mer Judge Advocate General Say
He Did Little to Prevent Escape
Washington, May 4. (I. N. S.)
Although he was under a "moral ob
ligation" to- Adjutant General Peter
C. Harris to see that Grover Cleve
land Bergdoll, notorious Philadel
phia millionaire draft evader, did
not escape when he started on his
supposed hunt for a mythical pot of
gold, Brigadier General Samuel T.
Ansell, former judge advocate gen
eral, admitted today he personally
had taken no precautions to prevent
Bergdoll from eluding hia captors.
GRILLING IS SEVEKE
Ansell's admission ; was made while
he was subjected to a severe grilling
by Representative John A, Peters (R.,
Maine), chairman of the special con
gressional committee investigating Berg
doll's escape to Germany, and Brigadier
General John H. Sherburn of Boston,
the committee counsel.
As Ansell. with face flushed, met the
sharp questioning of his cross exam
iners, he was confronted by a row of
women, some of them gray haired, all
attired In deep mourning, who wore the
"&old star" insignia which told of sons
who died fighting under the American
flap In the World1 wan'
PAID 15160 AS COUNSEL
Ansell said he had received S5100 as
one of the counsel who persuaded the
war department to permit Bergdoll to
leave Fort Jay, Governors Island, N. Y,
the day before he disappeared from his
Philadelphia home.
Ansell placed the blame for Bergdoll'a
escape on Gibboney, who was drowned
in Mexican waters some time ago.
"It is almost unbelievable that Gib-'
boney could have failed to carry out our
plans for Bergdoll'a safe custody as he
did," .Ansell declared.
"I believe Gibboneys action in permit
ting Bergdoll to go to his home was due
to vanity and a desire-' to impress the
(Conolnded on. Paa,Two, Colusa Two)
BENCH IN JUNE
Chicago. May . U. P.) Kene
saw Mountain Land is will give up his
job as judge of the federal court
here in order to devote all of his time
to his position as high baseball com
missioner. His .resignation, accord
ing to present Indications, will take
effect early in June.
It has long been known among Judge
Landis friends that he would give up the
bench.
Since the attack was made upon him
in congress because of the fact that he
held two positions the judge has planned
to quit the court. He would not quit
under fire, however, and would not leave
while the impeachment proceedings were
pending. : "
With the resignation of Judge Land Is
the federal court will lose one of its most
picturesque characters. His ready wit,
his broad spoken humor, his vigorous
out-spoken method of dealing with at
torneys, witnesses, court attaches and
those on trial before him, made him na
tionally known.
The judge in leaving the bench gives
up a salary of $7500 a year. His pay as
baseball high commissioner is $42,500
year.
Landis has been setting dates on all
cases for decision ahead, not later than
June 15. He has started making ar
rangements to obtain a few mementos
from his court room. They include his
desk, a chair and a few trinkets.
Judge Landis said today he had not
resigned yet.
New Sensation Is
Promised by Two
Stillman Witnesses
New Tork. Mar 4. (L N. S.) Two
important witnesses, one of them a phy
sician, were waiting to testify In behalf
of James A. Stillman, former president
of the National City bank, when the
hearings in the divorce suit brought by
the multi-millionaire against "Flfi
Potter Stillman were resumed before
Referee Daniel J. Gleason at the Bar
association . today.
Their' testimony was said to be of
highly sensational character.' Neither
has figured In the case before.
; The physician Is Dr. B. X. Russell of
Buffalo. It Is understood that Ms tes
timony relates to the paternity of Guy
Stillman, youngest child in the Stillman
household. It was reported that the
doctor's testimony would be of vital in
terest to the banker's claim that Fred
Beauvais, a Canadian Indian guide, is
father of Guy. Beauvais was named as
corespondent by the banker.
The other new witness Is a woman.
Her. name and residence were . kept
secret. , . - . ..
House Authorizes
Plans of Farmers
Washington. May 4. (I.. N. S.) The
bouse this afternoon passed a bill au
thorlzing farmers cooperative market
ing association under regulations to be
prescribed by the Secretary, of Agricui
tore.
LANDIS TO LEAVE
Will Tunnel
Elk Rock 011
Oswego Line
Construction of a tunnel through
Elk rock on the Oswego line of the
Southern Paclflo electric railway
has been authorized at a cost of
$265,000, according: to announce
ment of S. P.. officials today.
The new tunnel is planned to elim
inate the dangerous trestle work which
has carried the Oswego line around the
base of Elk rock since the construction
of the line. The rock. Is 6.8 miles from
Portland and is, one of the most im
posing landmarks on the upper Willam
ette.- - ; . .. ' .;. .
Bids for the construction of the tun
nel are being asked for by the southern
Pacific officials and the closing date
will be determined positively later, will
probably be about June 15.
Provision is made for the completion
of the tunnel within six months after
construction work starts, which should
guarantee completion of the project be
fore the end of the year.
Details of the construction call for
the building of a single track tunnel
1400 feet in length, with concrete portals
and timbered interior. Through the
center of the rock the total distance
would probably not be more than 1000
feet. .
T
Seattle. Wash.,' May 4.- (U. P.)
The victim, he believes, of leaders
of a dope ring in Seattle jwhose en
mity he has incurred by his activi
ties against them as a special in
vestigator for the "White Cross,"
Thomas J. Killman, 60, is in a seri
ous condition today at his home here
following an attack Monday night by
three men who stripped and burned
him on the bead and . body with a
torch after luring him to the Out
skirts of; the city in an automobile.
The police blotter showed no report
of the fiendish attack and word did not
become known until late yesterday aft
ernoon.
BODY BUSSED
, Killman accepted a proffered "lift" In
a seven passenger automobile shortly
after. 11 p. m. Monday night on his way
home after visiting a friend,
"One of the men pulled a gun' en me,"
Killman said, "and threatened to kill
me if I made a move. 1 think I know
who he ia,r Then the two of them be
gan to beat me up."
After, what seemed several hours'
Hde the automobile stopped In the coun
try and Killman, gagged, was laid on
the ground and stripped, he says.
"Then they lighted a torch" of some
kind," said Killman. "First they ap
plied it to my head, partly blinding me.
Next they burned my body by degrees.
They tried to make me ask for mercy,
but I didn't." '
CLOTHES TAKE -
"Now you'll know enough to leave us
alone, won't your Killman says the
men said. .
Killman became unconscious. Then
he came to. as he was riding in the car
again with only his trousers and. coat
on. He was dumped out of the car in
the northeast part of town. He made
his way to a garage where a policeman
was called and the victim of the out
rage was taken to an emergency sta
tion.;,. ..
Earwig Makes Its
Reappearance, Says
City Arborculturist
The earwig has renewed Its attacks
on Portland. It has reappeared In the
Walnut Park and Piedmont districts,
according to the statements of Walter
Gerke, city arborculturist, and will do
serious damage to roses, dahlias and
other, growing things unless soon
checked. Last year these districts suf
fer! seriously from these peets.
Gerke will go to the Oregon Agricul
tural college the latter part of this week
to confer with Professor Lovett on
methods of fighting Jhe earwig invasion
and he will ank that an entomologist be
assigned to Portland to make a close
study of the depredations and the best
methods of exterminating the Insects.
East With Portland,
Says Fair Director
People of the East are "rarln' to go"
and the 1923 exposition gives Portland
her opportunity to show her natural re
sources in waterpower and her raw ma
terials as well as the scenic grandeur,
according to the statements made by
John K. Gratke, director of the exploita
tion division of the fair, at the Kiwanls
club luncheon Tuesday noon at the
Multnomah hotel. "Portland was first
to bring relief In the San Francisco
disaster, he said, "and now she is to
be first in bringing an era of prosperity
and normality after 'the great,. World
war. We will be first, for from "the In
formation we have Boston, our only
rival. Is not seriously contemplating -the
fair. We are."
Williams Talks to
Solons, But Denies
Patronage Is Issue
Washington, May 4. WASHINGTON
BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.) Ralph
B. Williams, Republican national com
mitteeman for Oregon, called at the cap
itol today and chatted with Kenators Mo
nary and Stanfield. He declared his
visit has no political significance and
nothing io do with distribution of pat
ronage. He agrees with the diagnosis of
the senators that little patronage i
really ripe and that there is no occasion
for placing cards on the table until the
situation is further developed.
GANG
ORTURES
MAN W T TORCH
KEELEY LOSES
THE JOURNAL
Jurors Return Verdict Awarding
Newspaper Absolute Victory in
Case of Attorney for Alleged
Libel; $1 ,.,000 Was Demand.
An absolute victory for The Jour
nal Publishing company was re
turned in Circuit Judgo Tucker's
court at 1:50 p. m. today when a
Jury reported a verdict for the de
fendant and against Lee Hoy K.
K-eley in the latter'a suit to recover
$168,000 for allegel llbeL
Signed by II. S. Mitchell, foreman, and
bearing the signatures of all but one
juror, the verdict says: "Wo the Jury,
sworn and impanelled to try the above
enUtled cause, find for the defendant."
The Keeley suit against The Journal
had been before Judge Tucker slnce
April 24, during which time Keeley ap
peared as his own attorney. Arguments
were concluded this morning, and the
jury retired at 11:25 a. in. Its return at
1:50 p. m. found Keeley absent from the
court room. '
The verdict was signed by the fore
man and the following Jurors: John A.
MacKenxie, X. V. P. Conklln, E. J. Huf
ford, John A, Townsend, R. L. Zeller,
R. McAllister, II. 8. Boatman, C. E. Mor
rison, If. W. Barker and K. L. McKay,
A. Muckle, the other juror did not sign
the verdict-
SUED JOB ALLEGED LI DEL
Lee Roy E. Keeley sued The Journal
for allegel libel and aket damages for
loss of reputation and Injury to his prac
tice as a lawyer in the aggregate amount,
of $16,000, together with the cowls and
disbursements of the suit. .
He based his allegations of libel upon
seven news and editorial articles printed
In The Journal during 1919. In which
were discussed attacks made by lilm
upon the Industrial accident comnilnslon
and its administration of the compensa
tion law, and also his activities in con
nection with the A. G. Dlbbcrn accident
case. i '
DAMAGE ; SLIT fiTAUTS IT
The circumstances out of which the
ease sprang really had their Inception in
Keeley's connection with the IMbbern
case. A.' G. Dlbbern. a ehlpworker for
the Grant Smith-Porter company, wih
killed by-falling through an open hatch
of a vessel under construction at the
company's plant, after the vosfel had
been launched and was floating in Iho
river. ; , ' :
Keeley; soon after the'deslh of Dlb
bern, made an arrangement with Mrs.
Dlbbern , to repreitent her In obtaining
an award from the compensation com
mission, or from the ship company
through suit In admiralty, to compenfi
the widow for the death of her huBhand.
SOUGHT $4000 AWARD
t Kelley's request Mrs. Dlbbern
signed a contract with Kelley by which
she agreed to give him 40 per cent of the
gross amount of any sum which ml ah",
be awarded heSr, with the reservation
that should her compensation la the (30
monthly award of the compensation com
mission he was lo receive not less than
$250,
OLCOTT INVESTIGATE
Keeley, as a rnsult of all this, fell out
with the commission and filed various
charges against the commissioners an'l
their administration of the law with tho
governor, and kept at his attacks ft
persistently that finally, at the re'iuct
of William A. Marshall, chairman of th
commission Ihn governor appointed a.
committee of nine to make a complete
Investigation of the manner In which,
the department was being administered.
Keeley, alto, brought suit through a
plaintiff named Kenn,"" Hi I lie circuit
court of Marlon county, to mandamus thn
commission to recover the $4000 award
which had. been msde to Mrs. Dlbbern.
This eult was dismissed by ,the court."
Keeley first; sought to secure a HOOI
award from the compensation commis
sion in a lump sum, but falling In this
he brought suit on Mrs. Dlbbern'a be
half in the federal o&urt sgainst the
Emergency Fleet corporation -and the
Grtnt-Smilh company " for damages , in
the sum of $50,000. While this icaae whs
ptndlng tho industrial accident1 commis
sion finally made an award of $4000 to
Mrs.' Dlbbern, which was later recalled,
one result of which was to " defeat
Keeley's action In the federal court.
Out of 'allthese transactions and th
news reports and editorial comment
printed by The Journal grew the bal
for Keeley's allegations of libel and.
damage.
' The trial of the ease started April 20
and. probably holds the record for length
so far as any previous libel case In thN
county is concerned. The verdict of the
Jury completely exonerates The Journal
from all . allegations made by th)
plaintiff.
Jury Disagrees in
Case of Boy Held
For $772,000 Theft
-
Chicago, May 4. U, P.) -The Jury In
the cane of William Dalton, 17-year-old
employe of the Northern Trust company,
who walked out of the bank with $7,72.000
In Liberty bonds, reported a disagree
ment today and was discharged.
Tho jury had been out since 1 p. m.
Tuesday.- 4
-The Jury was evenly divided.
Rabbi Jacob Gordon
Accepts Local Call
Rabbi Jacob B. Gordon of Tempi
SlnaJ. Miami, t'la., wired I'r. Cforz
Rubenslein, secretary of Congregstii"
Neveh-Zcdek Talmud Torah, his accept
ance of the call, to the local synagogue.
The rabbi is expected to arrive h'-re in
time to deliver the sermon at Friday
evening's and Saturday's service.