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I CITY EDITION CITY EDITION All Mere and 7f All True (. THE WBATHEK Tonight,- fair: Sunday, fair and warmer: northwesterly winds. ' Maximum temperatures: , - ; Portland ....... 67 New Orleans ... 86 , Boise New York , 74 , Los Angeles 7i ,-4St. Paul 86 It's All Here and if All Trum SUNDAY FEATURE ,- RKADINU The -wealth of superior feature which will be found In T)m Sunday Journal is a gold mine of enjoyment. Gardner and Jielbold, David Lawrence, the Magazine and the Cornice are all Sunday Journal features, , VOL. XX. NO. 82. Estmd e Second C1m Matte t Poetorffiee, Portland, Oresaa : PORTLAND, v OREGONrtSATURDATfiEVENING, JUNE 11, 1921.FOURTEEN PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND NW STANDS I V I CaNTt .7- Wfi&XKKZ-l TO MOTHER, IS Case of Frances Allen, 3,' Given to Couple in Alaska, Provokes . ' Judge : Wilson to Voice .Criti cism of Carelessness of Home. COURT ORDER "fin tearing a child from its mother' ' breast, at . least as much care should be taken as in foreclos ing 'a mortgage for a" few hundred , dollars, declared Circuit Judge Fred "W7 Wilson this morning in ordering the Waverly Baby Home to bring Frances Allen, aged 2, from Alaska and. restore her to the arms of her . ; .mother, iMrs. Florence Schuller ,of " Seattlei:--.1.,' -l 4: IK, : . - - The decision . came at the end of a hearing; on a writ of habeas corpus, ap plied for by the mother for the return of the child by the Baby home, to which It was committed by Judge Jacob Kam ler and which subsequently gave it into ' the keplng of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Datsdn of Chtchacoff. Alaska, aDtson is a mln ing engineer. .4 -,; '. J "It appears .from the evidence,' said the judge, f "that when Mrs. Schuller'a child came -Into the custody of the court it Was With Mrs. Schullers mother, who t had gone insane. f -' J MOTHER COMES TCT AItt ' " VWhen Mrs. " Schuller learned of this she came to Portland to see the child : .' and help her mother. She -took her mother out of the asylum and to Seattle to Hye with her.. She left her address with the court of domestic relations.. ' h "When- it came time to do something with the child, a letter was sent by the court to Mrs. Schuller, but it did not reach her. Why, even in foreclosing a mortgage, it is required that publication be made and that -the effort made to reach the parties -be set forth In detail. "Here is a little human being whose whole life 'is being changed because no . effort Is made to find her parents. Judge Wilson said he had no wish' to ' criticise the baby home, - however,' ,inas- mucn as it am much gooa in comparl son with the few mistakes it made, BEPTTATIOX BLACKENED V ' ' " "But the reputation of . -this- little i mother has been blackened -by the pub-' "... itafied - charges against her," he said. "The baby : home in its answer to the. '"" Twrit of 'habeas corpus conipiamt stated there was reason to believe "that both k her children .were illegitimate .whereas, - according to all the evidence I have ' heard, ' she e was legally married to Mr. Alien and the children have a Tight to their name and to moral 'respectability. ( Coocluded on Paw Two, Cohuan Poor) : JURY SERVICE BILL The seesaw In the state-wide count on the woman juror .measure' con tinues. It will require the official count to determine the issue. Complete yturns from - Coos county materially increase the vote on the woman juror measure and give it a lead of 126 votes . The Coos county vote was yes 1964, no Hit, a majority of. 672. r The total vote on the measure as it now stands, is yes $6,269, no 66,143. af firmative majority 126. Complete returns, have, been" received from"-ll The counties except Curry, Deschutes .Grant, Harney. Jackson. Mal heur and Union, Douglas and Lane- In most of these 'counties only a few pre cincts are missing. L. W. Hill Reported As Fully Recovered From Injury to Eye San Francisco. June 11. Louis W. Hill. chairman of the board of director of the , Great Northern railroad, was on his way east today following his re lease from the Lane hospital here, where he had. been confined for over a month because of an injury to his eye. ' Hill, a great- outdoor man and ama teur artist, was sketching at Monterey on a windy day when a branch blew in his face, one of the twigs severely In juring his right eye. HiU came quietly , to San Francisco and went to the Lane hospital. ,The in jury to his eye was found to be severe. an it was thought for a time that it might be necessary -to remove the eye. His brother, Walter Hill, hurried here from Canada, planning to remove his brother ; to the Mayo Brothers hospital at Rochester, Minri., if necessary in an effort to save his sight. By the - time Hill's brother arrived, however, he was . well on , the road to recovery. ; , Hill's sight was virtually normal and complete recovery is assured, it was said at the hospital today. . , i Soviet Troops Will Be. Used in Action ': Against Greek Army . London. June li. (I. .X. 4SJ A new agreement calling Ifor military coopera tion against the Greeks has been signed between: representatives of. the Russian soviet and Mu staph Kemal, the Turkish nationalist leader at Baku, according to a Central.. News dispatch from Athens today.; -' sv.f. ,-v-4':-;: ; The soviet, the dispatch said, " agreed to send ; troops to Armenia and Angora and to supply war .material to Kemal'a forces. : Cossacks " are reported to have already crossed the Turkish frontier and, to have entered the Important fortified harbor city of Trebtxond. SEESAWS N COUNT WomenKeep Close (Ta b on: Luxury Tax By Univcraal Karrie Chicago, June 11. Income tax collectors will learn something- about Chicago , worn en j next spring when they ; get returns of hundreds 1 of women who pay individual Income taxes. 'They are' keeping account of the jrar. taxes and luxury taxes, it was revealed today. Such taxes 'are deductable under the Income tax law. Mrs. Jacob Bauer, . organiser " of a financial . class for women, . said ' today that - women who drees well,', travel widely, go to the .theatre often and are fond of soft drinks, may easily spend as much as $1000 a year in luxury taxes. Taxes are attached to the following : Telephone tolls,: Pullman fares, soda fountain drinks, perfumes and powders, theatre and opera tickets, corsets, hats, shoes, silk stockings.' and underwear the list Is endles&c , One pays a tax on almost everything purchased. ". The tax may seem email,, but when a hundred items hare been added they make a sizeable deduction from taxable income. And the women are adding them up and will be ready for the Income tax man, according to Mrs. Bauer. FOR STOCKRAISERS Washington, jjune 11. (WASH INGTON BUREAU OF TkE JOUR NAL. ) -Mobilization of big: banking interests to aid the livestock indus try tof the West by means of a. $50,-- 000,000 pool, was planned-at a meet ing at the treasury today. It was participated , in , by Secretary of the ! Treasury Mellon, J. P. Morgan. 4 Governor ' Strong ; of the Federal . Reserve bank ; of , New York,- Eugene Meyer of the War Fi nance corporation, members of fed eral ' reserve board - and . Senators Stanfleld, Gooding , and Kendrlck. The three senators spoke . for the livestock Interests. ' . "Mr. Morgan manifested the liveliest Interest in our 1 plan." eaid Stanfield. after the conference, "and believes- it en tirely feasible . . i; , II OBG A3 I5TEKESTED r ' ' V ' i ' :"H -expressed the eplhlon that half he f 50,000.000 needed Will; be provided' by New yorR hanks, -leaving -..Philadelphia. Bdstotr!Weae'Otlrcitles tn fue nish the other. baUV: t ; -:. It was" also announced that there should' be a supervising committee Of Western bankers, along with representa tives of New .fork interests, to take charge of, the loans which will be ex tended to livestock loan companies, and others in direct touch with this busmeas. ' "Mr. Morgan was especially interested In statistics I presented which show the decline of the livestock industry, and ups and downs in connection with the panic of 1907," said .Senator Stanfleld. HAT iKCtCDE PO&TLAXD It was announced there will be a meet ing for preliminary organisation at Chi cago next Wednesday, t which. Mor gans representative will be present. . The tentative plan will Include at least three Western bankers on. the committee in charge, probably A. L. Mills of Port land. T. A. Martow of Helena and John Mitchell of Denver. -'r ( - tf : ' It was announced today that a short investigation to be undertaken by treas ury . officials will indicate . whether or not adequate financial . relief for the livestock industry may be .. obtained through private financing channels. Secretary Mellon is of the opinion. It was stated, that congressional action might involve too long a delay in credit extension. .'The present legal limits on federal reserve loans of six months, it. is pointed out, are not sufficient for the livestock grojvera, who require terms ranging from one to two years because of the peculiar l conditions of their in dustry.: ! . Canadian Warcraf t And Ui S. Fleet of - Destroyers Depart At two bells in the morning watch, o'clock by the town timepiece, the Cana dian destroyers Patrician and ' Patriot got under way for Astoria to Join up with the light cruiser Aurora. Bidding farewell to Portland, the little craft will continue on their way to the Canadian naval base at Halifax, N. S. ? t . Later in the morning, about t o'clock, the ' ships of destroyer division SS be gan "unpeellngf from their nest of three and stood down the river. One by one they unmoored and turned In midstream. leaving down the river as soon as their bows : pointed fair. By noon the only representative of. the navy left In the harbor was the cruiser Frederick, flag ship of Rear Admiral H. A. Fields. The Frederick will remain in port until Mon day forenoon, when she will sail for her home port. - San Pedro. CaL f The ship wilt be open to visitors each afternoon from 1 to S. ,. . Camas Valley Road r Inspected by Booth Of Highway Board .1 . . . Rose bu re. . June - 11. li. A ' Rm chairman of the state highway commis sion, ana otner orriciais of the highway department Fridav inanected th r-mma. Valley road.. They announced that the trip was preliminary to starting road construction work tn the highway to Marahfield and tho fVuwt Rbv-aa.ikv Work will be started in the near future! iney saia. ana enough money is available to insure completion. ' , ,.- r " m.v . JJk WSIUB at Tuesday's election, road work In ijougias .county , win . take, a decided spurt and an . era of nminrrltv .inn. bonding lines is anticipated. An opti mistic spirit prevails: throughout the county. . , , -, - . , : VAST FUND URGED IS CURTLY ORDERED TO "Your Leave Is Revoked at Once and You ;Wili Report to Me; in Person," Secretary Denby Ca bles Chattering U. S.' Admiral. -Washington. June 11. (I. N. 8.) Secretary of the Navy Denby sent a cablegram ' today to, Rear Admiral William S. Sims at London, perempt orlly ordering. him home as a result of the series of speeches which the head of the naval war- college has made In England.' "The following cablegram' was sent to Admiral Sims: "Remainder of . your leave revoked. Tou will return to the United States at once and report in person to the secre tary of the. navy." - y - Signed) ' "DENBT. SH.EHCK AiriTOTS DElfBT . ' 1 ; The secretary took this action with out having received a reply to his cabled demand for an explanation of "Admiral Sims utterances. While the ' reason for today s peremptory summons home was not revealed, it is believed that annoy ance at Admiral Sims' slowness in re plying was in the main responsible. ! Secretary Denby's demand for an' ex planation -was cabled to Admiral Sims early Thursday following the speech of the. admiral before the English-speaking union; in which he - advised Britons to pay no attention to resolutions on the Irish question which were "forced - by jacaass votes.- , MAKES SECOND SPEECH Aomirai btms received the ' message promptly, according to cabled advices to the press; .but. notwithstanding the urgency, .of s the secretary's cable, he had not replied up to noon today. Even after the admiral was apprised through : the Denby cable that his ut terances abroad were looked upon here as ' constituting grave misdemeanor. he ' contmued in "additional speeches .to voice similar sentinienta Sims-is in England on leave secured at his own request in order that , be might go abroad to receive an honor ary aejrro irora a cnusn university. Leaves are granted and revoked at the discretion -of the. secretary of th naw.- and- the secretary 4xsed Tthis latter? pre rogatlve-. today tn summarily - ordering the voHi&te acnetraj to return to the Unifdrstatea,:'-.'. '--..':: v , ' Admiral ' 'Sims" tia been quoted -"ln press dispatches as saying that he has booked passage to return June 15. and it was doubted here today whether he would be able to start his return. be fore that date.. T" SIMS HAS NOTHIXG TO SAY, I t. -A 'f. nog, TELLS CORRESPONDENT London, June-11. L N. S.) I haven't received the rder as yet and bave noth ing to say," said Rear Admiral William S. Sims when informed by the . Inter national News Service this evening that Secretary of the Navy Denby had ca bled him peremptorily ordering him to i turn to. the United States immediately. the balance of his leave being officially revoked. "? - v-. - . f J , ' .,--. ' "They i know in f Washington - that I asked leave for , a certain period . and that - I am , leaving on the Olympic Wednesday,; anyway, so this, does not change my plans, added 'the admiral. SINNOH WINS FOR MOTHERS OF VETS Washington, ; June 111. (WASH INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUR NAL.) Representatives Slnnott ' of Oregon and ' Elliott of Indiana, : to gether led a victorious - fight . in the house Friday for amendment to the Sweet soldier compensation bill which 4 allows the widow or mother of a soldier to claim the compensa tion of husband or son who has died without making formal claim to pro tect his rights and has permitted his war Insurance to lapse. f T - Elliott offered the - amendment and Slnnott su ported it in a spirited speech. Four times the house voted the amend ment in various stages of the proceed ings before it was finally adopted. Once the vote was a tie and only on the last vote was a- substantial ; majority . re corded for it, the committee in charge of the bill opposing it to the end. Slnnott cited the case of Harold J. Taylor, vet eran of Lake view. Or., .who suffered temporary total disability and died at San Francisco, who from some oversight did not apply for compensation' and per mitted his Insurance to lapse." ; ; r ' Sinnott told the bouse the governor should not take advantage of technical default by a soldier, but express in law its moral obligation to his dependents. . Insurance should be reinstated and compensation allowed to men wasted by war. be contended., despite their, over sight, in such circumstances. - He quoted from Joaquin Miller's - -T others . of Men," which some of the members later told him won the fight. 4 .-. if ; i '. 1 ' ", i. 4 . ' Naval Lieutenant ; Misses ; Boat, but Gets It by Airplane So engaging did -Lieutenant V. ' De Camps, U. S. N., find Portland's Rose Festival that he missed his 'boat.'' de stroyer Stansbury 180. when she sailed down rtver this morning. 1 , t Summoning a taxicab. De Camps was hurriedly driven to the O. W. L airplane field,' where he chartered a flyer piloted by Archie Roth. :, The destroyer. wasv overtaken near the Standard Oir -plant j aqa.ine lieutenant was nepoaiteor jonj board SHIP BOARD cook n MYSTERIOUSLY Barney, Martin Disappears After Alleged f Beating by Striking ; Seamen, U. SJ Attorney Told j Full Investigation Is Ordered. t Foul play. against Barney Martin, cook on the shipping board . vessel Swif tscout. is suspected j by local shipping board officials following the report this morning to United States Attorney. Humphreys from Harold C. Jones of the sea service bureau of the shipping board that Martin had mysteriously disappeared . following a terrible beating he is said to have re ceived Friday night at the hands of striking seamen. . Department of justice agents were, in structed this morning by Humphreys to make a" thorough investigation of the re port that ' Martin ' had probably been thrown into the river: after the assault. Should the government - agents find the. report' correct; the assault will be a direct violation of the 'permanent ln-1 Junction -order issued Friday afternoon by Federal Judge C , E. Wolverton against Jhe striking seamen, . forbidding mem 10 use violence in connecuon. wttn the strike. , . . COURT HEARS ARGUMENT y -The greater part of Friday was spent by the court In listening to an argument as ; to whether; or not ; the temporary Injunction should be made' permanent or- dismissed. 1 While r Humphreys was making his argument on ' behalf of the government, the, Judge interrupted him and said it was needless for him toi.go, further. 4 ;j -, f:; , xns--: i . "I have already made up mr mind. the judge said, and ordered .the clerk tf declare the temporary, order perma nent. .. . . v W. S. URen, counsel - for the "six seamen's organisations affected by the strike, ? protested ' Vigorously- -to the court's ruling, but to no avail. . - MAST WITKESSES CALLED : At .times? the hearing developed the proportions of .. a criminal proceeding, aa tnanyt agents -of the government, ht ctodlng the postoffice department. mhip plftg:;,)soaTa,"'partment-n JwsUbe . an others, were charged with- a conspiracy against the seamed and with ' "Snaking" evidence for the purpose of " the- trial. Fred F. Smith, port superintendent, was charged in a seamen's affidavit ' with having" fanned to assist In' the smug gling of whiskey ashore. ".:'.-. ; Oovernment ! agents with ' the '. co operation ,of the Portland police - are making particular efforts to .apprehend any. person ,who commits . an act of violence from the time' the permanent order was issued, as persons now guilty of assault on seamen are in contempt of court. -. Jit.--vwv.rj4Y'-' WATER IS COVERING LOWER HIGHWAY . Astoria. June 11. Motorists arriving from Portland today reported that the Columbia river has flooded the lower Columbia river highway near Clatskanie to a depth of about six Inches for a dis tance of .approximately 100 yards. ' The flool is from backwater and -without current, so no damage is anticipated. Those reporting the flood said no dif-i flculty was i encountered . in driving through. They also reported that near Deer - Island the water . is . within six inches of the pavement. ; Flood Crest Will; : Reach 24.4 Feet by j , Sunday, Prediction 1 , ', "' r Another slight rise. in the Willamette wer , flood brought the stage of - the stream at Portland ; to 24.3 feet this morning. : The flood will continue to rise slowly until Sunday when it will reach a stage of 24.4 feet which 'the weather bureau .officials believe will be the peak of the flood this year. - - Weather continues , warm in the Snake river watershed but still the Snake con tinues to fall. A drop of .3 ef a foot was reported 'this morning from Lewis ton. - At" Wenatchee the 'Columbia - river climbed .2 of a foot higher. The weather bureau reports that the Snake will prob ably drop enough during the -next two weeks to offset any rise that may come In the upper Columbia river. - : -Flood ; waters ;f rom the 1 Willamette river seeped In ' the basement of t the Jones - Cash 'Store at - East First and Morrison streets Friday night and necessitated "the removal of $30,000 worth of merchandise, r .Trouble began when the river reached the 23-foot stage. The building was, completed recently and the basement was designed to be water proof. Officers of the company stated that the , damage to, stock was slight and' that the situation was well in hand today. ,' -. , , , Steamship on Fire; Eescue Vessel on ; Way to Assist Her ;. -,' 4.r: S. j, 1 1 " ' 4-44:t:' -:T':;i Jacksonville, 11 a.. June 11. (U. P.l The , steamship , Hico . from Norfolk, bound, to JacksonviUe.,is on fire 'off Fry ing Pan shoals. 2 J7 miles northeast of Jacksonville, according i,to . a wireless messageecelved , by ' the .Tampa . Inter Ocean company, agent for the .vessel'.. , The , Garibaldi of the Paragon .Ship ping company) n route to Jacksonville, . ieL MiDKi-nv -A fhsk Utt'a, aeeef'nnna Kansas to Tackle Big Wheat Job -, By J. lu O'SnlUvan Salina, Kan., June 11.- TJ. P.) Kansas today mobilized a great of fensive on the eve of the. opening of the wheat harvest. ' .Thirty-five thousand- men from 'out side df the state will be given work for a month in taking care of the crop of approximately $,00,000 acres. ' ' . Sufficient labor is : now in sight to handle the crop with a minimum delay. Hundreds of harvest hands who started with cutting of wheat crops in 'Texas and Oklahoma the first of June are working northward and will' furnish a large proportion of men needed to ' fill demands of fanners in this greatest of wheat producing states. t I, The day of the prairie schooner has come back ; to ' transport this -'army of wheat hands. ' Due - to ; increased rail-, road passenger" rates and - to i the fact that roads have' not made any "special rates : for harvest hands, the majority are moving overland in covered wagons to the wheat sections. Most harvest hands begin the season in the Southwest and find employment throughout ; .'the - summer by working northward to Dakota and Minnesota and even up into Canada. J., C. Mohler, secretary of -the- state board of agriculture, told me in T.opeka yesterday that' Kansas expects . to har vest a crop , of 115,000,000 bushels of wheat .this year,, -4.- s'vy.a'- rAt': Because of the low - price of .wheat. farmers are, not going to pay the large wages of other years. At a conference of wheat ; producers held in various 'sec tions of the state it was " agreed .'that the pay 'should "be $3 , for a 10-hour day, with , the , usual board. . "- ; AS BLUEBEARDESS Twin Falls." Idaho, June. 11. (L N. S. Arraigned In probate court before Judge O. P. Duvall today, Mrs. LydaV &va Southard. . alleged Blue- beardess, accused of the: slaying of six persons, entered 4a plea of not guilty to an indictment charging her with the murder of her fourth hus band. Ed Meyers, local rancher. Her preliminary hearing -was get for JMon day at 1 a-,TO . ' The tlefense will at the Searing, en deavor to force,, the - state., to disclose the nature of -the evidence-upon which itexpectf to convict the .womrth.- No indication .has as ye been given f , the ueiense puui .. .v- . -. ... - t- :-.-.. , Following an Interview wlih . W ' P. Cuthrie, her chief , counsel Mrs. '.South ard announced today she would demand an early, trial, . : - - . ' ... IMMEDIATE TB-IAL ASXED' ' ' "I cannot ten- you much,' she said to an -International News Service represen-f tative. - "as I cannot : talk specifically about my case, but I can say that I will insist uporwian" immediate triaL I feel that Jit, would be horrid for m to have to lay in this Jail . all .summer until', the next term of court .when court is in ses sion now and' we can meet every ques tion' without delay; I am so confident -of the outcome that I want an immediate hearing. P . :s ;'-S -4 , .J.U.?.-. y-1 - , -. "I want that vindication .which can pnly come from an open hearing of all the facta.'" I know there can be no real harm come to me from such a trial and so I will face it With cenfidence. My Only 4 concern is 4 that 1 it may come quickly,-:..- -' - .-v.'" i-'''', -y ' CAMEBAS ,4BE 9 BEADED ' 4 " 41 am weary, but will soon be stronger: I stood the. long trip from Honolulu to San Francisco well, indeed, and the train ride jUr .Wells, Nevada. did not overly fatigue me. But, the ride in an automo bile in the terrific heat 120 miles across the desert was very hard. I dreaded facing the cameras and the rnovie men in Twin Falls., but I really . believe, that the desert trip was worse on me than that ordeal wrouWl have been. '-The' sun was frightfully hot all the way to the little mining .camp at Contact. Nev where we stopped . for dinner, and the trip from .there, to Twin Falls was so rough that I am still tired and dlssy." - Josselyii's Name Is ; Taken Froin List of School - Candidates ;4':- fi --r - " - - - School Clerk R. H Thomas received a telegram - from B. S. -Josselyn. who is traveling along the Atlantic coast, ask ing that Thomas withdraw his name as candidate for school director at the com ing school election. The message reads as follows:. - . ' s -. "Please withdraw my name as a can didate for school director and -notify the press." To test the authenticity of the mes sage, which was -dated at -Richmond, Vswi Thomas 'called up Mrs. Joseetyn, who Informed him that her husband was at : Boston when she last .- heard from him and was starting, for a trip toward the ): South, r He , then consulted District Attorney Evans, who advised Thomas that this Was sufficient authority for leaving Josselyn's name from the ballot. Mrs. Josselyn ; also Informed Thomas, the clerk1- said, that her husband had never authorized use of his name as a candidate and had signed no papers In connection with bis candidacy. i -This leaves 10 candidates whose names will be on the school ballot, Thomas announced. Parade Prizes to '.Be Given Monday '- - Winners of prizes in Thursday's grand floral parade will , receive , their awards uMonday noon at the members' forum luncheon of the Chamber of Commerce, according to arrangements made .'with the chamber by p. W. Mielke. president of the Festival association. There' will be 70 prises for jpreaentation and Lllelke will have charge or th WOMAN ARRAIGNED ME'SIEftTH POLICE SURE Absence of Theft Adds Mystery to Case of Man Whose Throat v Was Cut as He Slept Beside Wife; Latter Js Incoherent. Whoever murdered Harry Agee. 1770 Druid street, early today, did not do so as a side issue to a burg lary raid was the : theory of police detectives this afternoon following a morning spent at the scene of one of the most brutal and baffling murders In recent year.s The killer, : however, had apparently made a pretense of thieving, though ir;uwii7 au ine ioot was found out side the house. Just below a Ionic Hn. dow on the side opposite the family bed room wnere Agee was slaughtered as he slept. .. His, throat had - been cut .with a rasor, the weapon 'being found outside me nouse near the street. -- . - 1 TIFE SEES MCHDEBEB Mrs. Ageefc- who was sleeping- beside ner nusoana wnen his throat was slashed, was awakened by his moans. Clambering over his bodv. she reached an adjoining-room in timer she said, to see uie muraerer fleeing from the house. At ' Itrst she said he was short and aquaL .This afternoon , sher said he was tau ana . slim. Hysterical and rrief- stricken, she could give no further de scription.-- She - said - she- .then rushed from the house and f del to the borne of Mrs.' R. E. Greene. 1732 Hoover street. nearoy, and the v women returned, to gether to the Agee home. As -they neared me house they aw Agee stagger from the front door and collapse on the porch. He died it flood Samaritan hospital later tn the night-"t-;-''';-'-'"':.-i;-xv: police; hate: After 12 hours' of Investigation, policet u pec tors admitted this afternoon they had - no ; definite-; theory regarding the crime. . Several posibilltles . appeared, non sufficiently tangible 4 to warrant more than passing 'consideration One was that the murder was committed by a ; Mexican ' who had s lately ' been re leased -from a penitentiary where Agee. as town marshal! f Worland. Wyo., rour .- years ago; . had ;-been- .responsible for- sending i him.' Mrs. Agee declared. however1.! that about -th only -persons Uher.hueao-Aad -arrested i daring hi year as . marhalv-were drunks''- and such offenders.. None waa-.sent to ' pM: son. , she - asserted. ,f and certainly no plain drunk would carry his grudge so ar as to travel half way-- across , a continent., to. commit , murder. . f .,, SO EVIDESCE 'OF BUJrOLB! : " Another: thought suggested to 'the' po lice was that of the "triangle." .Lieuten ant -Jack Goltx declared, however, that fbe!7 could find "no evidence -to support, this. ' '..,. , -v -. , , 'AU the neighbors interviewed (by the police , declared'1 the f couple ' appeared happily; mated., -They, have two, cbildrenj Both .husband ' and wife, were : active in fraternal circles and , frequently attended lodge functions together or separately; - , Deputy Coroner Ooetsch at first ex-! pressed, the opinion that the case might be one of suicide, but the position of .the dying man and the -fact that the, razor found was not bis, tended, to disprove that theory almost at once. - . . A burglary " was committed sometime during the night' at the; home of F. tij Lyons, -1765 Fiske - street, - close by the Agee home, a izo bill and some mis ceilaneous trinkets were taken. Police believed this to be merely a coincidence and, to bave nothing to do With the greater crime. ... . Mrs, Agee -is - being, detained . at the home of Mrs. Greene, : while the Agee home is locked and under guard; Police Captain Harms set, out a dragnet im mediately after the report of the murder,' but, nq suspicious characters were .found. ySSyer Roseburg. -. June- . 11. Guilty . of murder in the' first degree is the verdict of the 'jury which tried Floyd Romalne, 18 ..years 1 old, who. .con fessed he killed Abe Givens, a home steader in ; his cabin, a , few;, miles from this city," recently, following a quarrel .over,, some , land, ...The ver dict was returned Friday night. Romaine offered a plea of insanity as his. defense. -v... ,'. .- The jury recommended to - the court that the youth be sentenced for life and not given the death penalty. -- Romalne was in the courtroom when the Jury returned and arose from his chair as the verdict was read. .His face flushed and then turned pale. He sank to - his chair and . shook with, emotion, the first change in his demeanor yet no ticed.' He will be sentenced on Tuesday morning. .-,- Belated Immigrants To Be Admitted, If Amendment Passes 'i Washington. June - 11. (U. P.--Tbe amendment to the immigration restric tion law allowing the entrance, despite the prohibitions of the law, of all aliens who sailed from foreign porta on or. be fore June t was approved by the house Immigration committee today. - . The rush to beat, the enactment of the law exhausted the June quota of immi grants. An amendment to the amend ment - provides that ' the excess to ; be granted admission during June shall not be deducted from, the - July quota, but from'those of later months. . : BOTH ESCAPE ROY GARDNER (t o p) Frank Pyron, two con victs "who escaped from a: train at Castlerock, Wash., early, this morning while be ing taken to McNeil's . island to serve terms. - Gardner, who once before escaped in a sim ilar manner, held a deputy marsfial up with a gun. f U.i,.-Jlijii.. i iir " i 'V' - I 'C .' .' -i ' 4 '4 3(4 -:::::;: ' '- " ' 4 11' UOOR PLS '.'MR. urn ---':r7.v,,ByMJJdW!d'- Morris 't . . Denver, Colo., June ll.(I. N. S.) Publicity and boycott "are' two of the weapons. to- be,4 used, by "organixed lahor to war on. th 'open shop," ac cording to a program to be su bmitted to j the 'convention' .of . the American Federationf -oftLabpr,- next ; weiek, union leaders announced today. ;Astringy of -cooperative newspapers will be urged, as well as a $2,600,000 pub licity campaign- in. the newspapers and magazines. - '-4-is 'F" -4" - .4' 4 ' Agnation-wide . campaign to boycott all except Union-made goods is planned un der the - direction .'.of ; the union label trades department of the federation. .'Labor's purchasing power amounts to $4,000,000,000 a year, according to J. H. Manning secretary of the department ; and to use this against the "open shop" employers will be- "striking the most tre mendous blow labor., has,, ever .adminis tered In, its war. against the ., interests," Manning declared today.; All departments In the federation have plans 'for. a closer amalgamation- of crafts in each industry to enable them to operate, in effect, as, "one big. union in movements to reduce wages or working standards. -:- - . . Although the metal trades department yesterday turned down the resolution of the International Association of Ma chinists for, "one compact' union" in the metal trades, following charges that "the one big union advocated by the Reds" was intended, the department adopted another resolution which is similar in ef fect, providing ffor a conference to be held within the next two months to draft a permanent -proclamation- i for ' closer amalgamation of the metal .trades for united action on wage reductions and other matters affecting the whole indus try. . . . . ;";;;;., - II. P. President and -Philip Jackson Call OnPremier-Briand - raris. June 11. U. P.) W. W. Haw kins, president of the United Press as sociation - had a conference late yesterday--with Premier Briand. . , Hawkins was accompanied by Philip L, Jackson, associate publisher of the Portland Oregon) - Journal. . " Occasional Showers, ; Prediction on Coast 'Washington. June 11. (U. P.) Fore cast for period June 12 to 1 1, Inclusive : Pacific states Indications are for nor mal stem peratures and occasional show ers In the North Pacific rtates and gen erally fair and temperature, above nor mal in California. House Will Vote on Peace Issue Monday Washington. June 11. (I. N S.) The house late this afternoon voted, 208 to 105. In favor of a rule bringing out the Porter peace resolution with an agree ment that it should be voted upon not later than 4:30 Monday afternoon. i f 7 t - T - ' i - V .... .-.--.'i i ' 0 i I 0 P t ii' ' ' "" " - . Smi, ESCAPES AGnli ! Holds Up Deputy Marshal on Train Near Castlerock With Gun, Puts Oregon Boot on Him and Guard; Two Dash Away. After holding up one of his two guards with a revolver concealed "ba his person, Roy Gardner, mail train robber 4, who . was being taken from Sacramento, Cal.. to , Mc Neils island to serve two 25-year terms, escaped from a train near Castlerock, Wash., at an early hour this morning'and is still at large. He. was accompanied by Norrls H. Py ron, another- prisoner to whom he was handcuffed. ' This is the second time Gardner has escaped ' from the custody of officers since he was arrested for robbing the mails at San Diego, Cal., In 1920. and in escaping this morning he made good his boast that "they will never take me to McNeil'a , y PBISOSEB WELL' GUARDED ' Gardner left ; San Francisco on Wednesday In custody of Dtputy United States Marshal Thomas Mulhall of San Francisco and Guard D. W. Rinckel. At Dunsmulr, Cal.,. the officers picked up Pyron, as he had been arrested near that point. As a precaution sgainrt an escape W. G. Chandler, special sgent for the Southern Pacific at Portland, Joined the party at Dunsmulr as nn extra guard. In Southern Oregon Chief Special Agent Maurice Coturri. also or the. Southern Pacific force, Joined the party as a guard, as he did not want Gardner to make good his bopst and escape within his territory In Oregon. The four guards accompanied the pris oners to -Portland. The prisoners did not' change cars at the Union station at 11 o'clock Friday night, , The car was transferred from the California train to the Seattle train. Before.' the train left Coturri ordered "Pete" Kelly, one of his agents, to ac company Mulhall to McNeil's Island and See that Gardner did not escape. Local federal officials are at a loss to account for Gardner being able to escape with three guards on duty. ; pclls heyolveb . According to a member of the pome and to Fred Tastor, nleht nwctt CastTerock railway sUlioh,' Gardner arid Pyron escaped without outside aid. Tastor said that ' Gardner, Tyron and two guards were occupying a stateroom In a sleeper and that, when the train slowed up for Castlerock . at 1:5$ this morning, Gardner stepped to the wash room. j -. -.-.. . ' . , .. . . j While he was turned away from the guards. ' Tastor said, Gardner palled a gun which he had strapped tightly about his stomsch and which had been ( Concluded on rui Two, Column Five) BANK IS ROBBED; CASHIER UNWED Spokane, Wash., June 11. (U. P.) ' Two . hrmed ( automobile bandits shortly before noon today entered the bank at Addy, Wash., 60 miles north . of .Spokane, scooped up all the money In . sight, kidnaped the cashier and fled south, in their cat with him as a prisoner. Buth Scores 2 Men With 18th Home Run New Tork, June 11. (I. N. k Babe Ruth knocked his eighteenth home run this afternoon in the seventh Inning of the game with the Tigera He scored Pecklnpaugh and Hawkes ahead of him. Mlddleton was pitching for Detroit. The Babe's clout tied the score, and . Isthmus Inlet Dike Measure Is Passed Washington, June 11 (WASHING TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.) Hawley's bill, authorizing H. H. Haynen to construct a dike across Mud slough. Isthmus Inlet, Or., was passed by the senate and goes to the 'president for ap proval. - ' , . 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