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CITY EDITION It's All Here and It's All True . RING AND HOTKL; CLERKS You re member how Ring Lardner poked fun at the artists? Well, it is hotel clerks and managers who will be the butts of his humor in The Sunday Journal next Sun day. It will amuse you. CITY EDITION If s All Here and I ft All True THE WEATHER Tonight and Thursday, probably showers ; westerly winds. Maximum temperature : 1 t Portland 67 New Orleans ...88 Pocatello 68 New York 88 Loa Angeles .... 63 St. Paul 68 irAT ' W "Ktr CI Entered s Second Oaa Matter PORTLAND,; OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 18, 1921. TWENTY PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND NEW STANDS FlVi CKNTI : V w w. Poctnffie. Portland Ornrnii BRITISH REPLY ABOOT SILESIA RAPS FRANCE "Children of Peace Treaty Can ' not Be Allowed to - Break Up Crockery of Europe With Im punity," Says Lloyd George. By Earle C. Reeves London. May 18. (I. N. S.) Great Britain will not stand aside and see the peace treaty trampled upon, declared Premier Lloyd George today in serving a "new warning on Poland. ' "Having gone through a great war. in which we sustained . gigantic losses, in defense Of the old treaty, whereunto this country was a party. Great Britain can not consent to stand by whilst the peace treaty which our representatives signed less than two years ago is being tram pled upon, said the premier. The warning was directed not only to Poland but to other small trouble mak ing countries. CALLS THEM CHItDRET The children of the peace treaty can not be allowed to break up the crockery of Europe with impunity," continued Lloyd George. "Someone must put out a restraining hand. Otherwise there would be continued trouble. The mists that lie ahead right now are more than usually dense." The premier's speech was regarded as his rejoinder to the declarations made by Premier Briand of France last Satur day, in which he said that .France would not remain neutral if war developed be tween Germany and Poland. CRITICIZES FRENCH PRESS Lloyd George paid his respects to the French press in the following words: MWith all due respect. I would say to the French press that the habit of treat ing eVery expression of allied opinion which does not coincide with their own as impertinent, is fraught with mischief This attitude, if persisted in, would be fatal to any entente. ' - . The peace treaty binds us together. , Those who treat its provisions as If they were sport of fashion may not have to. live very ; long before they regret their hot-headedness." Premier Lloyd George declared that (Concluded on Ps Two. Column Fif) Five Governors Are Among Those .Urging Passing McNary Bill . Washington, May 18. (I. N. S.) Rep resentatives of 12 states, among them the governors of five, united here today in urging the passage of the Smith-Mc-Nary bill under which the .government would expend a quarter of a billion dol lars for reclamation and irrigation in Far Western states. They will remain here this week, conferring with govern ment officials on various projects. Among those here are Governor E. D. Boyle of Nevada ; Governor C. R. Mabey of Utah, Governor D. W. Davis of Idaho, Governor T. VE. Campbell of Arizona, Governor L. F. Hart of Washington, William Hanley of Oregon, E. D. Davis of New Mexico, F. C. Brimmer of Wyo ming. R. H. Willis of Nebraska "and D. E. Carpenter of Colorado. I Grain Bill Passed By Illinois Senate Springfield, 111., May 18. (I. N. S.) The Lantz grain ill by which the de partment of agriculture would license and regulate the grain exchanges in the state, passed the senate this afternoon by a vote of 26 to 22. Local Physician Is a Buttinski . K X Visiting Bishop Lets Out Story A story which involves a Portland physician and which evoked round after round of applause from the Rotary club Tuesday, was told, by Bishop : Francis J. McConnell ' of Pittsburg In the course of an address " on the "New American Spirit. It was his illustration of the topic. "Have you resident In Portland a very proficient specialist in children's diseases, named Lab be?" he questioned. "Yes, yes Dr. 11 J. Labbe, was the chorused answer from various parts of re Benson's dining room. ' "That is the man, I am sure," Bishop McConnell rejoined. STORY IS RELATED "It was during the World war. I. had been in the war zone and was aboard ship on my return to America. Looking down upon the steerage tone day,' I noted a Belgian soldier, in uniform, lying : on his back, his arms outspread. "I thought nothing of it, assuming merely that the man ' was 'asleep in the sunshine. But, presently, one of. his fellow passengers leaned over and shook - him. There was no response. -. . "The ship's doctor was called. He bent over and put, his ear down to listen to the soldier's heart beats. Then he stood up, shrugged his shoulders signi ficantly, lit a cigarette and Went away, , smoking it. ... . v - "Dr. Labbe came up in time to note the indifferent act of the ship's doctor. He ran down the companion way. lis tened to see if the man's heart was still beating and then came back to where I ' Stood. HE K5EW SOLDIER "I know that soldier! he exclaimed! "He told me his story when he first came Policeman 's Nose Nipped Ey Rabbit Patrolman Charles Jj. Vinson was once fond of rabbits, j Today he is nursing a sore nose and readjusting his opinions j about the harmless, playful little pets. i For Vinson was' attacked by a fero cious "man-eating" rabbit -attacked in a tender spot: and completely routed after three hurried nibbles. ...... While patroling his , beat, Vinson stopped in the "Yamhill ''market to in spect a - crate of rabbits on the back of a farmer's wagon. The same curiosity, which prompted Vinson to project his nose close to the crate, caused one of the rabbits to' investigate the luscious looking proboscis parked within a few inches of the crate. - . ;. The trembling nose of the rabbit reached out of the bars. Vinson grinned. The rabbit was friendly. It wanted to caress him. j . .Three quick nibbles and Vinson , was vanquished. He rushed to , a nearby drug store, where a generous application of iodine increased his distaste for rab bits. - :i. j Vinson said he wasn't going to take a chance on having rabies.' MRS HEDDERLY AWARDED Mrs. Lena A. Hedderly, widow of Robert W. Hedderly. suspected boot legger who was killed by one of five prohibition agents last September while resisting arrest, won her civil suit agairt the three federal agents this morning in the United States court, when the jury .returned a ver dict in her favor for $1500. The verdict is against Agents W. R. Wood, James J. Biggins and Delazon C Smith.' The other agents involved in a similar suit in the state circuit court are Patrolmen William 13. Morris and E. Ml Jackson. ; Mrs. Hedderly sought $7500 damages, the maximum allowed under the law. Assistant United States Attorney John Veatch, who defended the government agents -on instruction of the attorney general, was not in the courtroom when the verdict was read. Assistant United States Attorney Flegel asked the court to allow Veatch until May 30 to file a motion f or " a i new trial. The request was granted, f Flegel announced that the government ' would appeal the case if a new trial is not granted. The jurors received the case Tuesday morning and deliberated all day. Shortly after court adjourned Tuesday evening they arrived at a verdict which was sealed and returned in open court this morning. ( . ; ' ; ; The following statement of the court made during the instruction to the jury is considered significant in view of the verdict : "If you jurymen believe from the testimony! that these three defend ants entered into an unlawful agreement to take Hedderly's life, then each officer is responsible for the act or conduct of another. . . Kotary Club Rejects Pledge Launched on Increase . in iTaxes The Portland Rotary club Tuesday rejected the, recommendation instigated- by the rRealty board that pub lic officials pledge themselves not to increase the -tax levy In the next three years except i to meet the charges of bonded debt. I A committee headed by Win throp . Hammond presented a resolu tion, which was adopted, recommending instead that public officials bind them selves to the utmost economy. The need of a new-international spirit of service to other nations, without loss of national identity was the subject of an address by Bishop Francis J. Mc Conneil. i ' aboard. He has served throughout the war in the thick of action. He has gone over the top many times. He has felt the effects of gassing. And during all this time he has not been away from duty a minute. He has been saving' up his days of leave until he has accumu lated. I think; 43, eo that he might visit, briefly., dear ones in America. "The man lis exhausted, failing. He will be kicked overboard before the end of this voyage unless we can get him a stateroom and give him care and good food. That will cost $40. Your share will be 85. . "I gave him the $5. He had the total amount in a few minutes. . Then he went down to the steerage- deck, picked up the Belgian soldier and carried him in hie arms to the state room and put him to bed. He watched over him, cared for him and saved his life. That Belgian walked off the ship as chipper as any one when we landed. ? SHIP'S DOCTOR PROTESTS "But In the mean timer the ship's doc tor protested.: He said the Belgian was his patient. I He didn't speak English very clearly, but he made It understood that the American doctor had "bu-ut-ted in. ' j - ; "Dr. Labbe, I understand. Is a good Presbyterian.? He used no profane terms. He didn't tell him where to get off. But he did, most distinctly, tell him his ultimate destination. :-' Your Portland physician win prob ably have forgotten this incident. He joilght say it was a figment of the cler ical imagination. But I will never for get it. It typifies to me the fine, brave, unselfish American spirit just being helpful to all men and all nations, with out standing on ceremony, asking per mission or fearing to bu-ut in.' - IS FLOOD ED; FRAUD CHARGE TENANTS FLEE IN LAND SUIT Rainfall Sends Catherine Creek Out of Banks at Town of Union and Junction With Grand Ronde River; 5000 Acres Under Water La Grande, Or., May 18. Heavy rains swelled Catherine creek, be tween the town of Union and its junction with the Grand Ronde river, so that probably , more than 5000 acres of farm land are under water and indications are that more than 10,000 will be inundated. The flood is declared to be the worst in many years in the Inundated sections. : Families are reported fleeing from their flooded farms to higher places and a force of 200 men was busy Tues day night ; fighting the rising waters. - Several ' families abandoned their homes Tuesday. Many houses are to be reached only by means of planks laid across saw horses. Reports of several bridges j being washed out were received this morning, but the amount of damage is not known. The lower part of the town of Union. Is partly under water, according to reports, but no appreciable damage has been dene in the town.; . ; .The land under water is mostly wheat and alfalfa land and the crops on this land will probably be ruined, unless the river subsides immediately, which seems improbable. The water is more than two feet deep in the roadway in places. " , ; ' W ILLAMETTK REACHES FLOOD STAGE; RISE CONTINUING Flood stage along the Willamette river was reached during the early morning hours today, the crest of the stream standing at 15.8 feet this morning, or .8 of a foot above the point uhere lower river docks are covered. The river will rise at least three feet more this week. ' The prediction of the weather bureau that 18 feet would be the high mark the flood waters would reach was changed to 18.9 feet for Saturday and possibly higher after that point is reached." The Wenatchee river Is continuing to pour a turbulent flood into the Columbia, the Yakima Is adding an unusually large flood tide. the Columbia river Is rising all along its course and is backing up Continued on Pass Thre. Oohuon Fin) BABY SALMON IS SOLD AS TROUT Tons of baby salmon shipped from Puget Sound are being sold on the local markets as trout and grayling while the fish and game and com mercial fish commissions stand pow erless to prevent the destruction of th salmon and deception of the pub lic because of the loopholes in the Oregon laws which permit the sale of the fish. Shipping of the baby salmon from Washington is illegal, however, and the authorities of that state have been noti fied and will begin, an investigation im mediately to determine the source of the shipments. ' -. ; Knowledge that the baby salmon were being shipped Into this state was re ceived by deputy game wardens who tagged consignments of the fish upon receipt here. Tagging Is necessary to permit the sale of the baby salmon and the game commission is compelled to tag the shipments because of the laws. CALLED "TROCT Under the Oregon laws trout caught in this state cannot be sold. But there is no provision prohibiting the sale of trout which are caught in other states. To make the sale legal the trout from outside , points must be tagged : by the game commission. i -; Although the fish are really salmon they are nevertheless legally "trout in this state. The fish code says that any salmon under 15 inches is a trout and may be caught as such. Yet the same laws say that a salmon under 20 inches is immature and it is Illegal to sell an Immature salmon in the state. Legally the fish markets can call the baby salmon trout, .but the fact still remains that the trout are really salmon and are called trout only in law. . The state fish and game commission has : taken a keen Interest in the ship ment, not only because it is believed that the public is being duped but. be cause the Puget Sound district and con sequently the Northwest - salmon in dustry is. being -destroyed. COMMISSION POWERLESS The fish, and game commission found itself powerless to handle the matter from a game standpoint and the com mercial fish commission says it should have no band in the matter because the fish in question is a game fish and it is interested only in the . commercial fieh or salmon over 15 inches.' Captain A. E. Burghduff, - state -game warden, has sent the details of the case to the Washington authorities who will start an. immediate investigation. Captain Burghduff says that , it is essential to the Puget Sound salmon in dustry, which Is already nearly extinct, that the baby salmon be left in the water until maturity. The salmon un der 15 inches weigh only; about one and one-haft pounds and have a 98 per cent chance of living' until they are 2 years older when they will weigh from 20 to 40. pounds. i ; The price of the baby, salmon has been high in relation, to the name of the fish, the public being willing to pay a high price when it thinks it is getting trout. t t Alva C. Marsters Alleged in Ac tion Filed at Klamath' Falls to Have Secured 7000 Acres Through Illegal Agreements. Klamath Falls, Or.. May 18. That title to the Marsters; tract of land comprising 7000 acres along the up per Klamath and Agency lakes, in township ,35 south range IVk, east Willamette meridian, was secured by fraud on the part of (Alva C. Mars ters, fs one of the sensational alle gations contained in a suit filed in the circuit c6urt here Tuesday by Attorney General Van j Winkle for the state of Qregn, asking that all the deeds of the ! state on this tract be cancelled and that title be vested again in the state. j t The action i is against Alva C. Marsters, Ida F. Marsters, his wife, and the Fort Klamath Meadows company. The company, i according to the com plaint, was organized and has acted as selling agents for . the land, holding an interest in it. j . ) The allegation of fraud Is contained in the claim that Marsters, during 1903 and 1904, made; agreements with persons to file applications on the land and. after securing j title, to deed the land to Marsters or to persons designated by him. The list of persons named as entering-Into these agreements, accord ing to the complaint,) is as follows: William A. Simmonds, Alice B. Souser, R. J. Marsters, D. P. j Bartrum. E. C. Buzzell, L. C. Fraley, J Anna Bushnell, A. S. Bushnell, W. R. Buzzell, Forrest W. Fraley; Maude G. Bartrum, Reuben W. Marsters, Andrew B. Carswell, Katie B. Marsters, Melancthon McCoy, A. Fraley. Martha J. Staley. Hettle Flor ence Van Winkle, William E. Marsters, Frank II. Rogers, Clara A. McCoy, Anna McCoy. Forest L. Dillard. Fred F. Brown and Archibald O. Rose. These agreements, according to the complaint,) were made with the knowl edge on the part of Marsters that such agreements were contrary to the law under which applications for the land might be filed and title given to them by the state. The complaint recites that Concluded a T3 Tkr, Ohnaa J"s- Penile tbri Eanch Owner's Death at Farm Home Sudden , Pendleton, May 18. Al Despaln. 53, Pendleton rancher, died at his home near the city suddenly -Tuesday night. Mr. Despain had been complaining for sev eral days.; but! did not consider himself ill. A heart attack caused his death a few minutes after he was stricken. He came to this "section with his parents before there . was a town of Pendleton . an dlived for a number of years on the ranch at Birch creek. Later the family mvoed to Pendleton, where they resided for many years. Recently Mr.v Despain has been engaged 'in farm ing on McKay . creek, i He is survived by his mother, Mrs. M. E. Eespain of Portland, and four sistsers, Mrs. : Norbome Berkeley and Mrs. Constance Isaacs of Pendleton, Mrs. C. C. Berkeley of Haycreek, Mrs. Eleanor : Vander of Portland. He was a memberkof the Masonic order. Daugherty fs Office Resents Oregon Bar Action on Albers Washington. May 18. WASHING TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.) Sena'tor McNary finds the department of justice strongly opposed to the motion in behalf of the Oregon Bar association to reinstate the Albers1 case in the su preme court docket. The disposition is to regard .this as a reflection on the de partment and it is argued that the effect of the refusal to entertain the motion which the department seems to think will be the result, will be to- render a successful! retrial of Albers still more difficult. j f " . f ... y. v McNary. says his plans for presenting the case are unchanged. He is awaiting documents to support the motion from Oregon. . i . '!'.-' Baseball Results AMERICAN , At Detroit J::: i- 1 R. IT O00 20O 000 2 6 1 000 000 000 0 R O Boston Detroit . . Batteries Jones and Ruel: Diiuil Ifiibfla- ton and Busier, i i Umpire Wilson and Dinecn. At CleTelnd - 3 R. H. E. Philadelphia ...... 020 000 000 2 9 0 CteTeland 012 10O O0 8 1 BatteriM Bommell and Walkw; CoTelasftia and O'NeilL Umpire Connolly and Moriarity. At Chicago New Tork . . Chicago ...... R. R 7 000 000 200 2 2 .. 011 040 06 13 12 2 Qointi, Sheehan, Collin and Batteries: Sonant: Taber and Schalk. Umpire Hildebrand A Erana. ' JfATIOSTAL At New Tork -R. H. E. CThicairo .......... 000 100 001 2 10 1 New York . . . i . . 000 000 021 S 6 0 Batteries Freeman. Tork. Martin and O'Far Ifd. Daley: Benton, Douglas, Salle and Smith. Umpire- O'Day and Qoigley. v !' ;f I'- - t At Boston i R. H. E. Cincinnati . ...... 100 000 00 1 8-2 Boston 004 100 01 11 1 Batteries Lugoe, Bogge and Wiago; Tii CngtHB and Oowdy. Umpires McCormk-k and Hart. At Brooklyn - ; R. K. E. Pittsburg ...... 320 031 11011 14 0 Brooklyn ..... L .. v000 001 010 2 5-2 Batteries Cooper and Skiff; Raether, Bailey, Mohart and Krueger. Umpire A&oraa. a&dmglec TWO OUTSTANDING AJUERICANS FADING JI T THE left, Franklin K. Lane, secretary of the interior under President Wilson and one of the foremost figures in American public life, 'who died suddenly today at Rochester, Minn. At the right, Chief Justice Edward Douglas White of the United States supreme court, who is dying in a Washington hospital. White is head of what has been termed the most powerful body in the world; - , ' "4 f ' f ' ' ' . , s- t ' S r " - -X "I ' i.-h -r s 4 -v i Y"H ? ' ' - " - 1 3 " j.xC'' if - , V "I f? , - ' " " ' " , i'J T i- v'? 4 - -' - J v i nji y J . . t i ABANDONED BABY FOUND IN PANS1ES Unshehered f romlhi tftiiztTag rain which oozed, from low-hanging clouds, a 10-day-old baby girl lay in a pansy: bed in front of the home of C. S. McGeehon, ST4 -East Thirty fifth street for i more than three hoars Tuesday, night until members of the family discovered the found ling shortly after midnight this morning. " ' .. ;.' .. , - About 8 o'clock, the ; telephone at the M6Geehon home rang. A woman's voice sounded and then , the telephone -was hungup.- ' FI3TDS INFAST ! j Thinking nothing unusual was taking place, the McGeehon family retired for the night. At midnight came another, call. The same voice informed the fam ily that burglars were about the resi dence. . ' I ."..' McGeehon made an investigation, both inside and outside the house. - Still noth ing was found. Again, shortly before 1 o'clock, the telephone rang and the same voice told McGeehon-to look in the pansy bed in front of his house. ; . McGeehon found an ,; infant lying- In a market basket, well; dressed in clean clothing, but very hungry and very damp. ' . , j- WANT TO KEEP BABT tf ; At 3 o'clock a woman called1 the police station and asked if the finding of an infant had been reported. The inquirer then said that, an infant had been found at the McGeehon j home. Motorcycle police went to the Thirty-fifth street home and found the - McGeehon family hustling about tryingo clothe and feed the baby. The McGeehons had been contemplat ing the adoption of a baby from one of the homes in Portland - and i have - ex pressed the wish to keep the foundling. America Armada May Concentrate On Pacific Coast By A. Im Bradford "Washington, May "18. The Atlantic and Pacific fleets are to be joined into one American - armada if present plans of the navy department are carried out, it was learned authoritatively today. The question of bringing the two fleets together is understood now to be before President -Harding and - a decision by the president and Secretary of the Navy Denby is expected shortly. Naval officers believe that the new fleet should be assigned at first to the Pacific ocean. Though It is denied that this would be any evidence of unfriend liness toward Japan, these officers think that the international situation is such that It would be better that the main American fleet be stationed in the Pa cific . ..... . y. .. .; . . Naturalization Cases Go Over to June 16 The naturalization bearing regularly set for Thursday in the federal court will not be held this month owing to the state election June 7. It is against the federal law to give out naturalization or first papers in a state 80 days prior to an election. About 100 persons ap peared on the May list for naturaliza tion: Their cases will be postponed un til the next hearing, on June 16, when about 200 will apply for admission. First papers will to Issued again.-com- gwnrjng J una &. t WHAT THE FLAG SAID From an address by Franklin K. Lane before the employes of the department of the Interior In 1U. .--i X- am not the flag; not at all. I am but- its shadow. .- : 'I am whatever you make . me ;' " nothing more. '- I am ; your belief In yourselves, your dream of what a people may become.;' ; I live a changing life, a life of "moods and passions, of heartbreaks and tired muscles. " Sometimes I am strong with pride, when men do an honest work, fitting . the rails together truly. Sometimes I droop, for then pur pose has gone from me, and cynic ; ally I play, the co-ard. - Sometimes 'I am loud.' garish, and full of that ego that blasts judgment, : but always I am all that you hope to be and have the courage to try : for. '. . '.'--;. . . : i ; : J ' ;I am song and fear, "struggle and panic and ennobling hope. . I am the day's work of the weak est man" and the largest dream of the ' most daring. . v I I am the constitution and the courts, statutes and the' statute makers, soldier and , dreadnaught, drayman and. street sweep, cook, counsellor and clerk. I am the battle of yesterday and ' the mistake of tomorrow. I am the mystery of the men who ' ' do without knowing why. I am the clutch of an idea and the i reasoned purpose of resolution. I am no more than what you be - lieve me to be and I am all that you believe I can be. " I am what you make me ; nothing i swing oerore your eyes as. a I bright gleam of color, a symbol of j yourself, the pictured suggestion of that big thing which makes this nation. . My stars and my stripes are : your dream and your labors. Tbey are bright with cheer, brilliant with "? courage, firm with faith, because you have made them so out of your i t heart; : you are the makers of the r flag, and it is well that you glory in the making. ; , ' British Coal Mine Strikers Relax on Single Scale Issue London. May 18. L N. S.) The first sign of a break in the great British coal strike came today. It Vras learned from an "authoritative source that the. Feder ation of Miners has decided to give up the fight for a settlement on the princi ple of a national wage pool and is will ing to treat with the operators and gov ernment on the basis of district agree ments. - . If the miners' union gives formal no tice of this decision it will reduce the so lution to a question of wage adjustment In the various mining areas instead of attempting a settlement on a single scale for all miners. - : , i . - ' t j - Harding Coast Trip Depends on Congress . Washington. May 18. (I. N. &) If congress finishes up its work by August 1. President Harding will favorably con sider a trip to the Pacific coast and perhaps to Alaska, be Informed a com mittee of Pacific coast representatives who called on. him today, with-an iavi ton : . , , .... ...... JUSTICE WHITE ON BRINK OF DEATH i By Herbert W. Walker - Washington, JMay It. (U. P.) The chief justice of the United States supreme court is dying. Edward Douglas .White, former Con federate soldier, one-time United States senator and a member of the most pow erful judicial body in the world long enough to see a1 generation of famous lawyers rise and pass, cannot recover from the effects of an -. operation, his physicians say.- j - . A bulletin Issued by attending physi cians shortly after 10 o'clock this morn ing definitely stated that hope for White's recovery was abandoned. It read : - i . "Chief Justice White was operated on .f-rlclay last. Although in a serious con dition for some months past, he post poned the operation as he felt his pres ence at trie court was imperative. His progress was satisfactory with normal pulse and temperature until Tuesday aft ernoon, when acute palpitation of the heart occurred. He has not rallied from this condition and his recovery is not expect ea." . . I - Only three weeks ago ' Justice White delivered a vigorous partial dissent from nt opinion or nis colleagues in tne gov. ernment's prosecution of Senator Tru man II. Newberry of Michigan. The chief justice has been-' uncon scious since 8 o'clock last night. Mrs. White .was still at his bedside this morning after ah all-night vigil. Asso ciate Justice McKenna remained until long after, midnight. Late yesterday afternoon the patient i (Concluded on fa Two. Column Four) Women Appeal to President Against I U.S. Disarmament :.v .. .. . Washington, May 18. A dramatic ap peal that the United States - make no move to disarm at this time, was deliv ered directly to President Harding to day by American women who lost loved owes in the World war. r "These women! believe that It Is bet ter to risk the real, or fancied dangers of an army and; navy composed of our own citizens than to lay ourselves open to dangers from the military and naval forces of other powers." . ' This was the keynote of the resolution presented to the! president In the name of; the women's auxiliary-of the' Amer ican Legion, department of New Jersey. Dr. Edward H. Hume To Address Forum After. 15 years in the Orient Dr. Ed-" ward Hicks Hume has returned to America and has been programmed by the Chamber of Commerce to deliver an address before the members' forum luncheon of . the organization Monday noon. 4 The subject of the address will be "Tfle in China." Pauline Dustan Bel den will deliver: an address on "Busi ness Personality and What. It Means to the Business! Man. Cable Situation Put In President's Hands Washington, May 18. (I, N. S.) Without a roll call and without debate the house late today passed the bill giv ing the president authority over the landing or exclusion from landing of all cables oa American shores,, ' f - ' - ' ; -l HEARTDISEASE CAUSES DEATH OFF. Ill Secretary of. Interior in Wilson's ! Cabinet Apparently Recovering Following an Operation When Death Comes Suddenly. Rochester, Minn., May 18. (U. P.) Succumbing to a sudden heart attack. Franklin K. Lane, 57 years old, secretary of the interior under President Wllaojn, died at St. Mary's hospital here today. .-.''. Steady improvement had been noted by attending physicians since Lane un derwent an operation two week ago. He-had gained strength and wan ap parently well on the road to recovery. HEART FAH-S At an early hour today the attending nurse noticed a Weakening of the heart. She called physicians. Word was hur ried to Mrs. Lane and George Lane, a brother of the former secretary, who , were staying near by. Lane weakened rapidly and at no time showed ny response to treatment by the - physicians. He punned nwiy, shortly after 6 a. m a few minute before Mrs. Lane and her brother-in-law reached the room, Df. W. J. Mayo, who performed the operation, said Lano had Buffered from angina, pectoris, ja disease of the. heart, for about two years. He had had num erous severe attacks during the last six months. ! BOBS IS CANADA Dr. Mayo said the former secretary was recovering rapidly from the opera tion and was "up and around.". He ex pressed a belief that the operation had nothing to do with the caux of death. Mr. and Mrs. ; Franklin K'. Lane Jr. had also been staying here ainca Mr. Lane came from the operation. Franklin K. Lane wai. born near Charlottetown. Canada. July 15, 151. His family moved to California during his childhood. ! ' . - He attended the University of Cali fornia, graduating with the clans of 1888. In 1893 he married, Anne Winter mute of Tacoma, Wash. He-engaged In rewnpaper work early In life as a reporter, as New York cor respondent for western newspapers and as publisher and editor of the Tacoma Daily News. He was admitted to the California -bar in 1889 and practiced lav in San Francisco for many years. BESIGKZD FROM CAB1XKT He was democratic candidal for jo ernor of California In 1902 and received his party vote in the legislature for United States senator in 1903. He was a member of the . interstate 4 Concluded on rasa Two. Column Two) JAPANESE WILL By Henry W. Kinney Tokid. May 18. Withdrawal of Japanese troops from the Vladivo stok region, but not from the Amur district or Saghalien, Is underetood to have been favored at a conference of Japanese government representa tives In Asia now in session here. All members of the cabinet; the gov ernors of Korea and Shantung ajjd the Japanese mlnlKter to Pekln. as well as other high officials stationed on the Asi atic continent, are attending the confer ence. It opened May 18 and will last about a week, j Kfltablishment of hsrmony and coop eration between the civil and military representatives of Japan in Aula was given as the chief purpose of the con ference. Thejfovernment is denlrous of eliminating present conditions under which the foreign offloe and the war of fice sometimes work at cross purponcs. Proceedings at the conference are se cret, i It was understood that in addition to the withdrawal of troops from Vladivos tok, control of Korean maJcontf-ntx and. readjustment of the Japanese policy In China are being considered. The conference Is. looked on as of ex ceptional importance. j japAnesk siiantuxo bFFi:n IS DECLARED IMPOSSIBLE By Bansell Browning Washington. May 18. (U. P.) The ransom demanded of China by Japan for the return of Hhantung is submlnnlon to the 21 demands presented In 1913, ac cording to Ma Soo, epvoy of Dr. Sun Yat Ben, president Of ttf rebel republic of South China, in an interview with the United Tress today. Ma Boo declared that Japan had noti fied both the Pekln and southern gov ernments of China that she is ready to "negotiate. ! "No government In China would enter tain such n offer for one minute, de clared Ma Soo. ! Harding Will Sign Immigration Bill Washington, May 18. (U. P.) Presi dent Harding will 6lgn the immigration restriction bill recently sent to him by congress. Representatives Albert John son, Washington, said today, after a call at the White Houm. Bread Price Is Cut ; In Topeka, Kansas Topeka, Kanj May 18. (I. N. &) Three of the larger bakeries in this rity cut the price of the 13 cent loaf, of bread to . 10 cents beginning today. AN VVITHDRAWTROOPS 'i