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.