NEXT SUNDAY .KlBg Lardner will begin Bxt Ssaday, Jsbs It, 1b The Ssaday Jearnat special letter giving toe "inside dope" ' on Sempsey aad Carpeatler. It goes with- ' eat saying, y wait to reaul them all. ..Asd, remember, the first .will be aext Bandar. - - THE WEATHER Oregon Bad Watklsgtos -gandsy, fair ad warmers aortaweaterly Minds Oregoa aad Yashlagtoa Ssnday, fair aad warmeri moderate westerly wlads. VOL. XIX. NO. 11. CITY EDITION PORTLAND. OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE ff. 1921 EIGHT SECTIONS PRICE FIVE CENT.: ARE DISCUSSEO Three-Minute Speeches by, Eight Seekers for Places on Board of Education Explain Views. Interests of Pupils Come First, Declare Two Aspirants; Affairs v of ' Taxpayers and Teachers. Candidates for school director took their first "civil service examina tion," as Charles B. Moores phrased It before the noon luncheon of the Civic League in the Crystal room at the Benson hotel Saturday. The large room warfil.ed to seating capacity wh'n !. eight, of the ' candidates re- uponaea to tne invitation extended by the league to be present and de liver three minute talks. " Those absent were E. C Gammons, who was in attendance at a bankers' convention ; at' Tacoma ; George i B. Thomas, whose absence was ; not ex plained, and B. S. Josselyn, who Is in the - East, and whose ' withdrawal as a candidate was filed with School Clerk Thomas Saturday morning. .C . Mrs. James Beggs was first present ed by Chairman Newill under the chi valrous rule of . "ladles first. She proved herself to ., be a good speaker. plunging immediately into a pleasing ana logical presentation of her position as a candidate. "Because I have seen in the schools a bigger edition of the home, and be cause I 5 believe woman : should have her active place in the school as in the home, I have become a candidate for director,'? shetsaid in beginning. "Never but once, in the history oft the school district has a woman been chosen as as member of the board.Tshe con tinued, "but I believe that, the women of the district should be;' represented in the management of the. schools. I have found men to, be ' open-minded when dealing- - wtfh vwnf in the' business- worlds and .-1 'trust they, will be "The management - of " the Portland school a : is s a big; business enterprise. (Concluded on Tase Ten. Column One) SOUGHT BY POLICE Gordon Lang and Mr. and Mrs. . W. LVaughn Held Up; 1 Saturday Night. i Special, details of police, aided by deputy sheriffs, were scouring the city late Saturday night for two hold up men who - relieved two citizens of, an, automobile and about $300 worth of personal property. " One of the victims was Gordon Lang, 349 East Forty-first street north, Ichief city" health Inspector, who was forced to give, up. his Cadillac automobile1 and jewelry and money amounting to 1250 in front of 651 Holly street, about 10 o'clock. - , - - I A short time later a call 'came 'from TV. T. Vaughn, attorney and formeif city councilman. Vaughn, accompanied by hia wife, were just entering their home at 1141 Matlory street and had their front, porch light turned on wheri the two robbers drove up in an automobile corresponding with that reported taken from Mr. Lang, and demanded that the porch light be turned off. The couple was covered - with army automatic pis tols, but Mrs. Vaughn .coolly walked back and Inrnn) lh, Urht fin. Rha alia threw her diamond rings Into the grass in front of the home. Nothing r daunted, the hold-up men forced Vaughn to give up his wallet containing a small sum of money. '', , Another holdup credited to the same pair occurred shortly before midnight when R. O. Bailey. 715 Hancock street. was held up at Thirty-first and Han- cock street by two men who drove up in the; same type of machine which was taken from Lang.- A watch and a dia mond -emblem pin was taken 'from Bailey. , : : I - ' Shortly after midnight the machine was found on Fourth street near Stark. Report was made at the same time that two men had been seen to drop a gun on the street at Third and Washington streets. " r . Newspaper Man Is Named Assistant in Internal Revenue Washington. June ll.-r-d. N. s iJ t, appointment of Francis O. Matson of Salt Lake City, to be deputy commis sioner of internal i revenue : was an ; Bounced by - Commissioner of Internal Revenue Blair. Matson is a newspaper man who has been iconneeted withj news papers in Chicago, Salt Lake, San i Fran cisco and Los 'Angeles, and is at present With the Washington Times. Commissioner Blair also announced appointments of three prohibition super visors as follows: ,i California E. F. Mitchell " of San Francisco, succeeding S. F. Rutter, with headquarters at San Francisco, t Wyoming Carl Jackson. Laramie, succeeding I.loyd C. Sampson, with head Quarters at Cheyenne. - " Porto Rico Mariano Pesquiera iof San Juan, succeeding D. Y. Donaldson, with headquarters at San Juan. , . IWOHIGH Mother, 111, Saves Tots From Fire Nearly All Possessions of Work man Are Wiped Out by Flames That Burn Home to Ground. t " Virtually everything In the world owned by James Riggs. 1700 Wil lamette boulevard, was swept away late Saturday i afternoon fwhen fire destroyed his home and endangered the. lives of his Invalid wife, and six small 1 children, who .narrowly escaped from the flames. - Mrs. Biggs was in bed on the second story of the frame house. She was un able to carry the youngest girl, S years Id, and was forced to roll the child before her, hurrying it down the stair way as the flames, and smoke spread rapidly through the upper rooms. . The fire started in the kitchen when a 9-year-old daughter, Ollie. attempted to start : a fire in the range. Grease spilled from a skillet and spread over the stove and floor, flaring up and caus ing a small explosion. . The child dashed from the room, screaming a warning to the other members of the family. A pet fox terrier was cremated in the flames when it became alarmed by the smoke aad could not find an exit. Engine company 22 responded to a fire . alarm - turned in , by neighbors,' but the fire had too much headway to be checked. ' The bouse was a complete loss, only the shell of charred wall remain ing. - ' 4 .;-.- - - - ,V., The loss, estimated by the fire depart ment, was placed at $2500 to house and contents. The house is owned by John Crouch and is covered by insurance. Riggs, who is a teamSter for the Pen insula Lumber; 'company, had only re cently moved into the house and carried no insurance on the furnishings. One hundred and ten dollars in bills, which were under r Mrs. Riggs' pillow, were destroyed. ; Riggs told city firemen he still has his cow, horse, a Canadian penny and a Mexican dollar, - all rescued from the flames. t , RGTARIANS MEET' IN EDINBURGH President Snedecor of Portland, Or., Is-Cheered by World " ' " - Delegates. ' by Clyde Beats " Wrtltrti -for Hx UniUd Ptw.) - ' , ' ' Edinburgh.; Scotland, June 11. Rotarians of the world, thousands strong, came to their feet and gave cheer upon cheef tonight when their International presidents Estea Sned ecor of Portland, .Or.," toid them that their convention f was " a "practical demonstration of Rotary as an in strument . for promoting - worldwide good will." , , . Then : they proceeded ' to further dem onstrate that the world, as represented at the convention, was on perfectly good terms, by sliding into Rotary's favorite song. "I'm as Wild as I Can Be." . President T, P. Hunter of the Edin burgh Rotary-' club formally opened the convention tonight with : an? address of welcome. Edinburgh, he declared, "con siders it her proudest honor-to be the first city outside of the United States to welcome an international . gathering of Rotary. . ,-;,. , " - President Snedecor.l in addressing the convention tonight, praised the "warmth of Edinburgh's reception.- seeing in . it an indication : that the spirit Of Rotary is gripping the world.- - "W are not a peace organisation, Snedecor declared,' "but the international character of Rotary and the ideal friend ship and mutual , helpfulness which it promotes cannot but make us strive for better relations; between the nations. I see In this gathering a practical demon stration, of Rotary's worth as an Instru ment for promoting and cementing last ing good will- through the world." ; - ; McArthur Circulates Call for a Caucus I oh House Membership Washington, June 11. WASHIXOTOH BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL) Mc Arthur and Barbour have circulated a call for- a Republican house caucus to consider reapportionment of representa tives and have obtained sufficienjt signa tures. The date has not been fixed. This move s resolved upon when they were convinced that Chairman Siege 1 and a majority of the house census committee are killing time and deliberately, de laying action in that hope that the house may ultimately be persuaded to Increase its number.'! ;-v - In the last congress the - house voted deceptively to keep its membership at 435, defeating the report of the census committee for a larger house. , Members opposed to . increase have 4 decided to force the fighting in view 'of the present tactics of Siegel's committee and secure early action ,- . House Immigration Committee Favors Johnson Resolution -Washington, June 11. The house im migration committee today ordered a favorable, report .on the Johnson resolu tion designed to correct the present im migration muddle. - . . - i The committee amended the resolution so, that in the form in which it was reported ; to the house It : permits ad mission of ; the more than 10,000 : im migrants now held at Ellis Island or on their way to the United States, but does not lift the quota of 20 per cent to which immigration Mas limited for the month of June under the recently enacted im migration la w. LABOR GIRDS ITSELF FOR STRUGGLE Momentous Problems Facing Fed eration as It Gathers at Den ver for Its Annual Session. Open Shop, Idleness of Four Mil lion, Wage Cutting and Graft ing Within Are to Be Fought By J. Ii. O'SuIUvan ' ; United Preie Staff Corrupoadent ' Denver, Colo., June 11. -Organized laobr stood tonight at its Armaged don. - , j : Battling with the most ,t menacing forces that ever assailed the labor move ment,' union leaders of the country gath ered here to outline their defensive and offensive campaigns. The annual convention of the Ameri can Federation of Labor, which opens on Monday,- will be faced by the most Difficult questions of vital Importance o union labor that have evef come to its attention.; The four most important problems to be taken' up are; The "American plan" campaign, de signed to force the open shop on every industry in the country. . rOUB MILLIOX UNEMPLOYED ' Unemployments of (approximately. 4, 000,000 men in the United States. The wage cutting movement. The fourth arises from the ranks of the unionists themselves the expose of grafting business . agents especially In the building trades industries in Chicago and New York. . -: i.; Leaders of the ' American Federation of Labor tonight claimed' that they had been victorious in the most bitter fight against labor the open shop campaign. They pointed to the membership fig ures of the federation as conclusive proof of the claim that the open shop movement had failed. ; The main hope of the open shop advocates was to alien ate union members from their organisa tions, according to the opinion pf labor leaders here. Figures of the executive council on membership, which will be made public on, Monday, will " show , an actual increase In ; membership of J$e American Federation of Labor, accord ing td advance reports tonight, "-. USEMTLOTMEST gbows wobse -r Coupled with the openstiop fight in the mina of union leaders Js the un- tCoBclurfed on Thirteen. Column Two V SIE-l FOUL PLAY FEARED Barney Martin Last Seen While Dock Gang Were Beating Him, ;: Declares Mess Boy. Clothing of Barney Martin, found Saturday afternoon on the-high bank back of the Globe mills, adds a new link in the chain' of mystery which surrounds. Martin's sudden disap pearance Friday night after he was attacked by a group of men on the bank back of "Victoria dolphins. Whether - Martin has fled or was thrown in the river is not known.. Martin was chief cook on the tanker SwlXtscout, loaded j with grain for- Eu rope and awaiting a crew that Is being supplied! through the sea service bureau of the-shipping Doa'rd. He left the ves sel, which is. moored below Broadway bridge on the east side of the river, Friday night with Adolph Julian, age 22, 710 East Eighteenth street, messboy on uie snip. : : - , Aa the two reached the top of the bank, .according to a story told I by Julian when he returned sto the ship Saturday, ; a ' gang of men jumped on them, i The messboy received a terrific blow in the Jaw and turned to run, when someone caught his coat, according to his story, i The messboy threw back his arms, allowing his coat to be pulled off, which enabled him to escape. When Julian reached the bottom f of the bank he reports another gang of men rushed at him, but an O-W. & N. freight train dashed - between , them. Setting his only avenue of escape the boy jumped the train and rode to the city. He spent the night uptown. : Julian reported ? that " after he climbed ; to the top of a box car he looked back and saw the . men beating Martin. The messboy thought Martin would be allowed to- go later and did not report the affair, when he returned to the ship. When Martin failed to show up several hours later he informed his superiors of the affair. " r ; Captain Fred F. Smith, port superin tendent for : the ( shipping board, took Julian to ' the office of United States Attorney Humphreys, where an affi davit was obtained covering the attack. Smith said Julian is In bad shape, and that the blow wrenched bis neck. . Julian was . unable - to furnish the names of the men who Attacked him and Martin.- ,4 Three Men Shot in -Race Riot in N.!J. (Br Universal Service) .? v Hoboken,-. N. J.. June 1L A small sised riot was precipitated on the water front tonight, in which three men rwere shot and- three negroes were arrested. Attempts were made by a crowd of 2000 whites to lynch a wounded negro, but he was rescued by the police, who charged the tr.tb with drawn clubs. - V SEA COOK GC HOUSE SURE TO APPROVE PORTER PLAN Vote of 208 to 105, Forbidding Amendment of Knox Substitute, Taken to Presage Its Passage. House Determined Porter Reso lution for Peace Shall Replace Knox Move; Deadlock Foreseen By Herbert W. Walker -' United Pren Staff Correspondent , Washington, June 11. Passage by the house of the Porter peace reso lution without amendment as at sub stitute for the Knox resolution, ap proved by the senate six weeks ago, was virtually assured tonight. i! r. By a vote of 208 to 105 the house Indi cated its approval of the Porter j reso lution in its present form by adopting a rule preventing any amendment to it. Under the rule a final vote will be taken at 4 :30 o'clock Monday afternoon. The apparent determination of the house not to accept the text of the reso lution aa passed by the senate,! prob ably presages a long fight and deadlock between- the two houses,, which j many members believe can be ended only by the intervention of President Harding. Senate leaders, somewhat incensed that the house should express divergent views from" those of the branch of congress particularly-charged .with foreign rela tions, say , the bouse substitute - never will be accepted and house leaders seem to be equally determined to insist upon their position." , v EXPECTS GEEM ASS TO ACCEPT V. Germany will accept -the' Republican peace resolution. Chairman Porter of the house foreign affairs committee told the house today in opening debate on his peace declaration as a substitute for the Knox plan. : c ) Porter, however, "iadmited that the allies could not . be expected to ; aid in the? , resolution's enforcement, I Assuming-that 3ermany should re fuse to concede our .extremely modest demands. We could not call upon the allies, to help os , to enforce hera, as Uiey . are at peace with that country, and w would be left i to - Set alone," said Porter, , "Fortunately, we are such a great . nauion that thLs situation will not arise.; ,.- , . BEXIE8 CBESEBTIOS OF ; ALLIES ' Porter vehemently denied the i Demo cratic assertion that the passage of the resolution Is a desertion of the allies. "If anyone . Is guilty of desertion, the allies left the United.. States in put ting the Versailles treaty into effect without the approval of this country," he. said."' .v ' ' r . '-'' Porter claimed that President Hard ing prefers the house resolution, to the Knox plan.' because it does not repeal the declaration of war and does not infringe upon his powers. : i . "Obviously the president, according to a speech before congress, does not desire a repeal' of the declaration of war," said Porter, Vas he expressly limits It to a declaration of a state of peace. Perhaps he felt, as many - of us do, that the solemn war declaration should remain on the -records of the republic forever to record the outraged conscience; of the American people at the wanton acts of the imperial German government. SEX ATE . US CUPS BIGHTS "Furthermore thesenate resolution fixes many terms and conditions of the treaty to be, made " with our enemies, thereby unmistakably invading the presi dent's prerogatives which vests with him the executive initiative. in the making of treaties. - .-, - - v.1.;:; "Senator Borah offers an explanation of these extraordinary provisions by stating they are only suggestions 'to the president by the senate of the terms of the treaty and which the president is free to ignore. . ; "We should scrupulously avoid any en croachment upon the prerogatives of the president and exact from him like respect for those of congress and thus perpetu ate the fundamental principles upon which our government is founded." . Dorothy B. Hill Transfers Divorce Suit to California (By United News) Los Angeles. June 11. The scene of the divorce battle in which Dorothy B. Hill Is suing Walter Hill, son of the late James J. Hill, multi-millionaire railroad man and . "empire . builder," has: been shifted from Ramsey county, Minnesota, to Los Angeles. - It became known today that Mrs. Hill had dropped her case against her hus band. "Walter Hill, in the Minnesota dis trict court and had instituted a similar action in' the Los Angeles county su perior court. . The divorce action follows a prop erty settlement by 'the Hills when they agreed to part in January, 1919. The amount of property which Mrs. Hill -received In settlement two years ago is not definitely known, but the amount is said to be well Into seven figures. - Walter Hill Inherited a large of hia father's great estate, valued . at 920, 000.000. His business Is chiefly in Mon tana where he conducts a number of large ranches. Pendleton Dentist' Takes State Post Salem, June 1L Dr., Idleman of Pen dleton has been employed, as resident dentist for the state institution' for the feeble ' minded, the state tuberculosis hospital, state training school and in dustrial school for girls. . He -will take ,up his new duties about July 10. Celilo Canal Damaged by High Water Stage of 42.4 Feet Is Reached; . Water in Basements of Build ings at The Dalles. ' " ; The Dalles, June 11. The Colum bia - river: apparently reached Its crest herei today, with a stage of 42.4 feet. This was the reading at 8 o'clock Saturday morning, and the river showed little change during the day. At this stage . backwater stands in the. basements of - Irtually every .bus iness establishment in Second' street Damage that may figure Into the thou sands of dollars has been done at the Celilo canal, according to the report of engineers, by the high water. Whole sections of the stone coping along the canal have been washed out, permitting water from the canal to seek new chan nels to the river. ! The canal has also been, filled in some places with sediment. Astoria. June 11. The flooded condi tion of the highway near Clatskanle is dependent on the state of the tide, ac cording to drivers who came over the road late today. At no time Is the water deep enough on the pavement to hinder motor traffic. ' During the periods of low tide the road is entirely dry, Portland Is experiencing the highest flood since the memorable "big flood' of 1894. - ; , - Saturday evening the Willamette river stood at a stage of 24.3 feet. This was .1 of a 'foot higher than the flood of 1899 and .3 of a foot higher than the flood of 1913? Weather bureau officials expected the flood to rise to a maximum height of 24.4 feet today. It is believed that this will be the high stage of the 1921 flood. . In Portland the brunt of . the flood damage has been borne by business men fn the lower sections through the flood ing of basements and the breaking up of old wharves and storehouses - along the waterfront. Some of the old water front structures have been torn apart by the rise in the river waters, accord ing to reports received by the dock com mission. . m ' News Index Today's 'Sunday Journal Is Complete in Eight Sections : - , Editorial ' -.' Section 2, Pace 4. V .;! ' ' . ' ferelfii Mimi-i For Boding Strike Seetioa 1.' Pace 1. Hotarian in Edinburgh Section .1. .Pace "-v Sima Is TJamoveoV Section X, Page 1. , fj"-- . - .V $ ;, Nsttoffa k , Porter P1b astured Sectios i. Pas 1. v , Commiuioiver of Internai , Berenue : Appoint Section 1. Page i. Berdinc Certain1 of K Cooperation Section ' 1. - Page- 2. . . Claim of Dntch Ignored Section 1. page 4. America Fought for Ideal Section 1, Page S. . Domeatie Uoioa tbor Girda Itaelf Section 1, Page 1. Fereignera DrlTta Fran Coal Field Sectioa 1. PagelS. ..f! ..i ConricU . Still at Trje Section 1, 'Page 1. CompenaatiDn Act Target Section 1.1 Page 1. Celilo Canal Damaged Section 1. Paga 1. i Woman Killed Near Hebo Section 1, Pag 1. ContiBCU to Sell Wheat Section 1. ' Page 2. Weman Juror Meaaare Winning Section 1, Page 1. (X A. C. Award Prize Section 1, Page 7. Oregon Pioneers to Ueet Section I, Page 8. Commencement Week at U. of Oj Section 1, Page S.: ,f. - 'v;-;' . Ak- ;-v Oregon Uermen Lose- Section 1, Page 13. .. ; Suit to Enjoin Highway Section 1. Page 14. - s-: ' ' Portland .. Mother gavea Tot Section 1. Page 1. Two Highwaymen Sought Section 1. Page 1. . Agee's Death CnaolTed Section 1, Page 1. Morris Bond Caao Section 1, Page 3. '-- -Looomotirea in : Duel Section 1. Page 3. Roee Festiral Piraiaed -Section 1, Page 6. v -Social Worker to Meet Section 1, Page 8. Albertina ' Kerr - Home - Opened Section . I. : -: Page 10. r : 700 High School Graduate Section 1. Page 11. AdvenUxU Hold! Meeting Sectioa 1. Page II. "Bock of Mama" Title Ei plained Section' 1. - Page 12. VA - Motorcyclist Hit by Ante Section 1, PagC 12. Nnrte Speak of Condition in' Chiri Section 1. Page 12. i:J r ; ;w - , Seed - Student GiTen Diploraaa Section 1. , Page 13. . -f ' Eaerciaea at Bill UiUtary Section 1, Page 13. Nurses to Assemble Section 1 . Page 15. Baal neat Jlewra Reel EeaUt n Boilding Sectioa 8, Facet 1-2. Market -Section 3, Page 14. Finance Section 1 , Page 14. Marine -Sectiora 1. Page 18. . Road Information . - - Section . Page fl. j , ) - ; Sport. --K .- i;'L --V ,? Section- 2, Page 8-7-8. v . . AmuaamafrU Section ft. Page 1-8. ' On the Finer Side -The Week in Society Sectioa 4, Page 3-5.' Women' Club Affair Section 4, Pag 8. In Portland School Section 4, Pag 7. -Fraternal Sectioa 4. Page 8. American Xegkm New Section 2. Pag 5. The Realm of Music Section 6, Page .' National Guard Section . Page 8. Feature Ring; Gardner's Letter Section 3, Page 3. Secretary Hay, by Loui Seibold Sectioa 1. Pag 4. ( Secretary . Ham (caricature)., by French Sec tioa 1. Page 4. The. Ktiona Capital Section 1. Page 15. Earopeaa New Comment Section 3. page 3. Boa Festival pictorial) Section 2. Page 2 8. Clatsop Beache .(pictorial) Section 8, Pag 8. Dream of Motor ami Seashore (poster) Sec ; tioa 6. Page 1. -- r Xew Star in Film Sky (pictorial) Section 8, Page 1. , Clatsop Beatjhe EroujUt Kearby Sectioa 8, Page 8. From "Brakie" to Magnate Section 8. Pag 3. Rialto Shop Gossip Section 5, Pag 1. BaMlegronnd Trip Delightful Section S. Page 1. Ius leada Bead Record Section S. Page 1. Oil Pamp Engine' Heart Section 6, -Fac I Eld Highwai of Signs Sectioa i. Fac - '"-- Magatine General New ; (pictorial) Section 7. Pace 1. Truth Impelling Drug Section 7, Page 2. -Sodoan end Gomorrah Section 7, Pag 3. We SheaJd IAe to 8 Section 7, Page 4. Tellow Faeer Germ Section 7, Pag S. . Dieese for the Bride ' Section 7. Pag 6. Health. Beauty - and Home Section 7, Pag 7. "The Last Laugh'' by King W. Lardner Bee tion 7. Page 8. I,, ': "OoMc ., ' Ji-g 'and Maeifie" Section 8. Pace 1. - ; , . "Jimmy" Section 8Paee 2. ".j" , - - " Mand" SeetioB ( Pag 3. " , "KaUenJammen' faction 8, Face 4. ER, CAUSE DELAY TO NEW BILL Proposed Ad.Yaloren Duty of 25 Per Cent on Finished Lumber Provokes Hot Fight in House. Western Pine . Manufacturers As ; sociation of Portland Says It Never Has Favored Such Tariff Washing-ton, June 11. (WASH INGTON BUREAU OB THE JOUR NALS.) Lumber and wool, chief products of jthe ..Pacific, Northwest, are rated the main "causes of the swirling waters that "surround the ways and means committee In draft ing, the new tariff bill, and wool has delayed the expected date of report ing the bill until near the first of July. , Congressmen from Mississippi val ley states, particularly Minnesota, have declared war on the proposed 25 per cent ad valorem duty on finished lum ber, and the Minnesotans today re solved to carry the united protest of their 10 members, all Republican, to President Harding next week. - Western pine interests have' Joined in' this protest,1 placing themselves in opposition to the West Coast lumber men's association, which advocates the tariff. Donald D. Conn, representing the pine producers, Quotes a letter from the Western Pine Manufacturers' as sociation of ; Portland ;j to Chairman Fordney, declaring , that this organisa tion, "covering the pine manufacturers of Montana, Washington,- Oregon and Idaho, has never expressed any , wish for a tariff On lumber, and our . rep resentatives " at the national . lumber trades congress "this month - in Chicago voted against It." . 0 Conn,, Jn his statements, asserts ' that 25. per cent duty would add 8250 to the cost of every $5000 house construct ed In the United States, and that this would "counteract all the- good which has been done' by local communities to revive the building" industry" . Another assault on the lumber tariff imom tie preaentntiv- Hickey -et' Indiana, who issues a statement de claring ; this duty will increase stagna tion in business. ,'-;...:. Representative Mc Arthur reports that petitions are reaching him from Oregon-for and against the lumber tariff, and a hot. contest is impending. ' The schedule committee hss agreed on calls for 25 per cent f ad valorem countervailing; . duty on ; finished ' lum ber, $1. per thousand on rough West ern fir. spruce and hemlock; -other lum ber free. ACT IS TARGET Casualty Insurance Firms Launch Drive- to Discredit and Elim inate Oregon Law, Salem, Or., June 11. Casualty in surance companies operating- in Ore gon are now engaged In the greatest organized drive against the work men's compensation law in this state that has been made since the com pensation law went into effect nearly eight years ago, according to a state ment given out by the state indus trial accident commission here today. In their efforts to 'break down,, the compensation act,, the statement of. the commission point oat. these Insurance companies have brought into Oregon some of their highest paid and - most effective organisers and solicitors and have laid their plans for a highly iateu sive campaign.- ; ---- The attack on the Oregon law at this time, the statement explains, is prompt ed by the fear that the record made by the Oregon compensation act might lead to its . adoption by other states.- This record,: it is pointed out, is shown by a report compiled by Carl Hookstadt. com pensation expert for the bureau of labor statistics for the United" States depart ment of labor, as placing the adminis tration of Oregon's exclusive state fund. 'Concluded on pace Thirteen. Column Three) Miners May Return In Britain; Strike Is Having Big Effect London, June 11. First return from the British coal miners vote on con tinuing the coal strike reached Here this afternoon. They indicate the miners will return to work on slightly improved wage scales proposed by colliery owners. The hope, slight as it was, came at a time when a British industry apparently was at its lowest ebb. Man, Woman Bandit; " Suspects Fire Shots Los Angeles. CaL June 11. (I. N. S.) Detect ed in the act of . breaking Into a store at Lennox, a Ixs Angeles suburb, early today, a bandit and a woman confederate fired several shots from re volvers when Deputy Marshal Evans' at tempted to arrest them. One of the bullets ripped Evans coat but did not wound him. The man and woman es caped, but left an automobile. - LUMB WOOL COMPENSATION Woman Juror Measure Is Winning Out With Virtually Entire Vote Count ed, the Figures Are: Yes, 57,727j No, 56,347. Oregon women may have the op portunity for Jury service after all as . provided in the measure on the special election ballot. :.:sr ; The woman juror measure Is credited with an affirmative majority of 1380 votes on complete and official returns from 17 Oregon counties and practically complete returns from ajl. other coun ties except Curry. The total vote as compiled is: Yea. 67.727; no, 6S.S47. The vote on the other measures follows:- 7 ;--'; ;w. r ' Legislative regulation Tes 41,484, no 69,621; majority against. 28,137. Soldiers' bonus Yes 65,113, no 35, 214; majority for, 48.899. - Emergency clause veto Yes 60,188, no 43,341; majority for.' 16.847. ' - Marriage examination Yes 66,768, no 3,502 ; . majority . against, 6734. HARRYAGEDEATH IS STILL UNSOLVED Murder and Suicide Theories . Mingle With Wife's Vague Story of Tragedy. After a day of investigation, police and county prosecutors were as much puzzled ; over the mysterious death of Harry Agee, 1770 Druid street, as they were at the beginning. 'Some still held that Agee, whose throat was cut early Saturday morning, had committed suicide. : The murder theory, however, found most adher ents, although opinions differed, as to whe'ther the killing was done by a burglar who had . been '. surprised at his work,! or .by some seeker after revenge. V .' It was agreed that If only the. words could be found which Agee apparently was trying, to say before he died on the way to Good Satnarltaii hosplUl, much of the " mystery would be cleared away. VTrth" hlat-wtadplpe Severed, however, he could make no sound, though his lips movea as lr trying- to shape syllables. WIFE HEARS CElIf tir - Mrs.' Agee stated, she was awakened by the sound of her husband calJng for help. The two were sleeping in a rear bedroom on the north side of the house. The room - has . two entrances, one from a bathroom, J which opens on a porch, and na Into the living room. ; Mrs. Agee. was sleeping. on the side farthest from the . door., She said . she saw her husband bleeding at the throat. She Jumped entirely over bis body and rushed Into the living room just In time to see ; a man running from the front door. -, She did not see in which direction the (Concluded on rase Thirteen, Colucaa Three) Mrs. Abram Cook Killed When Auto Plunges Into Ravine "- - ls-s-sssasJs)iss--I Mrs. Abram Cook, aged resident of Newberg is dead, and her husband, a Civil ' war veteran. Is Suffering severe injuries as a ; result of "in automobile accident near Hebo Friday night,' ac cording to advices received Saturday by Mrs. J. M. Shaw, 802 . Ivsnhoe street'' north, daughter of Mrs. Cook. ; Cook, In some unaccountable way, drove the machine in which the aged couple were graveling to Tillamook, over a 100 foot embankment. A small boy riding with ; the pair was uninjured. Cook was unable to explain the acci dent. He will recover. : Mra Cook is survived by Mr a Shaw, another daughter, Mrs, S. Forsy the of Dolph, and a son. Homer Hutchins. Her funeral will be held at Newberg Mon day. Farmer of Vida,' Poisoned, Reports $1800 Robbery Eugene, June 11 Whether , John Wilt, 35, a farmer of Vida, was robbed or 9i800,was ' he asserts, after being forced , to drink poison, or attempted suicide, is puzzling the Eugene police. Wilt was found in a room in -a local hotel this morning, unconscious. When he recovered consciousness this evening he asserted that . be had been robbed. In his pockets . was , but IS cents.,., He had, engaged passage on the stage for this, morning to return to Vida, 1 24 miles up the McKenzie river from Eugene. His condition ts serious, but his recovery is anticipated. - His only known relative is a sister In the East. ... Engineers Appeal . To President -to End The Marine Strike - (By "Universal Be-r-riee) ' Washington, June It. -Intervention by President Harding -to end the marine strike which .now has been In progress since May 1 was asked today by a. dele gation -representing the marine en gineers. - Secretary of Labor Davis ac companied the . delegates ' to the White House. - It is believed tha strikers asked' for the appointment of an arbitration com mission to be selected by the president, and promised to abide by its findings. I0ESCM0 CONVICTS ! IE All Efforts to Find Trace of Pris oners Who Leaped From Train Near Castlerock, j Wash., Fail. Cowlitz County Turns Out to Join ' Searchj Gardner Promises to Return Stolen Money to Marshal ; San Francisco, June 11. (U. r.) -George H. Austin, secret service agent of the postoff ice. department, who recognized and ! arrested Roy Gardner while the latter was play ing in a poker game at HosevIIle fol lowing the robbery of the Southern Pacific mall train for which he wa,i sentenced to 25 years in McNeil's Island, is en route to Castlerock to aid in , the search for the escapcl bandit: . Special 1 Agent Dan O'Connell cf the Southern Pacific, rushed seven secret service men' north tonight on the Shasta limited to aid in the chase. Kelso, Kash , June 11. Joining l i the search to. capture Roy Gardner, notorious mall train robber, and Frank Pyronr another prisoner who slipped from a train near Castlerock early this morning after" they ha 1 held up Deputy U. S. Marshal Thom as Mulhall, a guard, with a piste! Gardner, had concealed about him, all Cowliti county turned out today ready to follow any clue that might turn up. The. two men appear to have made a clean getaway.' Sheriff Hoggatt and scores-of iperi i deputies guarded every avenue of r capo closely today. FISH SO CLUB ! " Constant search failed to disclose a single clue. The officers believe Gardner and "Ty ron are stilt clone to Castlerock. hldln- f Womewhere m the heavy timber which t within a short distance from Cavetlero. . In all directions. . -Special Agent Coturrl of the Fouf -ern Facifc railway and special feder I officers joined the searching parties th morning. Gardner, It Is believed, may attemrt to steal an automobile,) if he has not al ready done so. He Is sn expert nr--chanlc Officers are keeping a watch r i automobile travel. Oardner told the two auards, aft" he had handcuffed thm. he would m ,1 them the money be stole from tkvam with in a few days. TOOK GUARDS' SHOES Sheriff Hoggatt of Kalama and others in the posses seeking the fugitives re turned to Castlerock this evening wit'i word, that t bey had found no trace r f the two men. The, country east rf Castlerock, where the men are thought (Cooehided oe Pass Tea, Column Four) SIMS IS UNMOVED BY DEHBY OHDEi. Declines to'Comment on His Rc- call Sails for U. S. Next . Wednesday. IBr TJnisarsal, Rerrtee) " London, June 11. Admiral Wil liam 8. Sims was unperturbed th!i evening when unofficially lnformol that Secretary of the Navy Deniy had recalled him. He declined to comment on the consequences of the secretary's move. Admiral Sims said that according t standing plans he will leave for New Tork on the Olympic next Wednesday. His list of engagements closed yesterday with the banquet of the America i Luncheon club. He will pay only private calls between now and the date of sail ing. Consequently no further public pro nouncement is expected. , SEVERE PUNISHMENT JS ' FORESEEN FOR AD3IIRAIj (By Universal Service) Wsshington, June 11. Kecretary ff the Navy Denny's cableuram today t Rear Admiral William & 81ms in don peremptorily revoking; the remalnc. r of his leave and ordering him home at once, makes it certain that severe punlt-b- ( Concluded oa Pace Thirteen. Column Six) Not Necessary to Sell U. S, Fleet, Says A. L. Laskc v (Bjr Unlrarnal gerrlte) Chicago. June 11. Albert D. Lask , recently appointed . chairman of V, United States "shipping board, sai l t . night the government fleet can bec; r ated at a profit and need not b 'sol .. Lasker closed up his business rrai' here today and will depart for Wj: -ins ton tomorrow, t ' ' "1 can operate the fleet at a profit." said Mr. Lasker.1 "1 am going to be a! . . to show the fleet can be put on a i -tying basis.