I '- . m m ' 1 ' : m " m
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CITY JED I TI ON
7fV AH Here and It's All True
LARDffER'LOOSE AGAIN This time It
is the Dempsey-Carpentler fight that will
invite the humorist's shafts. The first
article in this series will be published in
The Sunday Journal next Sunday.
jC X T Y EDI T I O N
'IT AH Here and It's All True
- THE. WEATHER- Tonight and Saturday, .
ivfalTn westerly winds.
Maximum. temperatures : '
Portland. 64 New Orleans ... 90 .
'Pocatello .j..... 68 New York 80
fjos .Angeles ..,. 68 i St. Paul .... 4 .... 90
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VOL. XX. NO. 87.
Entered m Second CUm Matter
t Pwtotfk. PortlaDd. Oresoa
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PRICE TWO CENTS
ON TRAINS AND fW1
STANDS riVI CENTS
GARDNER SAFE
BEHIND PRISON
BARS AT LAST
, Extraordinary Precaution to Be
Taken at McNeils Island to
Prevent His Escape; Loses
Jovial Air; Asks Squace Deal.
Tacoma. Wash June 17. (U. P.)
Roy Gardner, smiling mail robber
recaptured in Centralia yesterday,
was safely behind the walls of the
United States penitentiary at Mc
Neils island today.
He entered the doors of his island
'prison home at 8 o'clock last night
under the heaviest guard that ever es
corted a prisoner there.
ASKS "SQTJAHE DEAL"
llis stay may last for a period of 50
years, unless be seeks to break his
present record for escapes which have
kept officers up and down the coast on
the jump. : v' -s
The nervy bandit, who was twice
convicted of robbing Uncle Sam's mail
and who twice escaped from guards
bringing blm fromCallfornla. told his
captors that he Is "through" and that
all he wants from now on is a "square
deal." . :; :
But the guards at McNeil's island
said today they are going to take no
chances. , Gardner is to be treated the
same as other prisoners, but a closer
,watch will be placed on, his" movements
while "he Is about the prison yard.
UKDEB HEAVY GUARD
"Gardner will have to take a big
chance if he gets away from this
prison," said one of the guards. "He's
a bird that . will bear watching. But
we have got a high barbed wire fence
and lots of watch, towers,' and no man
yet has beat a Springfield bullet if it
; was headed in his direction. He may
get away,' but the chances are he'll go
in a coffin if he tries to. leave."
- When , asked about the securities sup
posed to be hidden In the park at Oak
land. Gardner told Marshal Holohan it
was all "bunk." , v
"You all seem to have connected me up
. with the robbery of the train at Sacra
mento," he explained ; "but J did not' do
ltr '-.v ' . , ;.;
. - Tne cache in the park was pure
myth. I persuaded the guards to take
me there hoping there would be a chance
to escap.. They were too fxjf for fffcj
' though, and by calling all the "bulls' in j
town made it impossible to' get away.
BENOUyCES GUARDS
"Honest, Jim," he said, turning to
Holohan r "and I hope to drop dead If I
(Concluded on Pte BU, Column One) .
PACKER CONTROL
PASSED BY SENATE
Washington, June 17. (TJ. P.)
The packer control bill, in substan
tially the same form as adopted by
the house, was passed by, the senate
late today.
' The vote was 45 to 21.
- The chief change in the . bill was an
amendment offered by Senator Kenyon,
Iowa, including the publicity feature of
the measure. - The administration of the
act will come under the secretary of ag
riculture. :.
The Sterling substitute was defeated
hy a vote of 33 to 31.
Boad Map in Colors
To Be Distributed
. ' The Oregon Tourist - and - Information
bureau has received 30,000 copies of a
state road map in colors which it ordered
printed recently, and will send them to
all sections of the state for distribution.
Sectional maps of various districts have
also been ordered by S. B. Vincent, man
ager of the bureau.
Major Gen. March
: Asks to Be Ketired
Washington, June 17. (I. N. S.)
Major General Peyton C. March, chief
. of staff of the United States army, has
elected to go on the retired list, and his
request has been granted, it was offi
cially announced this afternoon.
Baseball Results
3f ATIOJiAIi
At PitUbnrt: R. H X
Brooklyn. 002 O40 1 1A a i n
Pittbrr. OO0 010 00J 36 2
Btter Cdore and Iftiler; Ilunllton, Pon
der, Zinn and Schmidt
At Chieo 7,1 ' R. H R.
New York ........ 040 101 004 lo IS 3
' Chro ......... 400 141 10 11 IS 1
Battereia Rraa. Bailee. "Nehf and Snvder:
. Tytor. Checrea, Jonea and Q'FrrII. Maxtio.
At Cinriftnati ' . i R. H E.
Philadelphia ....i. 001 000 101 3 9 3
Cincinnati 024 230 OO 11 H I i
Battvrio Ketnu aad Brum; Brentoa sad
Har (rare :.. . ...
' ' AM ERICA X
'At Bortoa 10 innings) 1st raise: R. H. E.
Ttroit 104i 100 020 04 11 1
Boston 100 001 110 1 s 13 0
Batteries Perntt. Khmk and Aiiumitl) :
Pannork and Karl.
At Boston (Second iuw); ' H." R. K
TVtroit .., O0O HO 020 7 2
Botn . . 201 020 100 6 12 -1
Batterie Ebmke and Bassler; Bosh and
Walters.
At Philadelphia CleTPlAod-Philadelohss. niu
Postponed ; et sronnda. ; ,
At New Tock Chicao-New Tort caate post
poned; rain.
"Black Bear Has Arrived"
Code Tells Guide of Birth
Mrs. Stillman and "Black Bear
NEW and exclusive picture bf Mrs. Fifi Potter Stillman, wife
of James Stillman, mtUtiriaUlionaire banker of New York,
I and her son, Guy, whose birth she announced to Fred
Beauvais, Indian guide by the laconic message, "Black Bear
arrived, according to today's divorce suit testimony. ' f
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:' ! By -Dale Van Every . i : :
- ! United Pms ; gtaff Correspondent 4
Pougbkeepsle, N. VT June 17 A
telegram was sent by Mfrs. Stillman
to lYed Beauvais the day Guy Still
man was born,' reading: - - "
. "Black bear arrived." . - J
" This testimony was Introduced In
the Stillman case today, by Mrs. Mary
Olive Cilligan. nurse.: wno isald 'she
wrote the telegram' on the Tea uest of
Mrs.j Stillman. y , l . .. ; - . -
""lu ma vuru in .ew ion on
November 7, 1918, is alleged to' be the
eon Aira. buiiman ana Beauvais, a
French-Canadian guide. . .
Mrs. GiUigan was the "surprise wit
ness" Introduced, by Stillman's counsel
today, . - . . . .
, : By J.'Ii. O'Sullivan
! United Press Staff - Correspondent :
- Denver, Colo.,; x Juno5 17. trhe
American Federation of Labor today
considered labor. ' . . 5 :
Attempts f, to'f Infuse consideration of
outside topics Were made by some 'del
egates, but met ;with little success. ;The
Irish questlon.i prohibition and other
subjects brought up were' to be laid over
for consideration toward the close of the
annual convention here. ; -WAGE
CUTS CONSIDERED :
Unemployment, wage cuts and labor
organization had the right of way In to
day's discussions.
The attitude of the federation toward
the injection of foreign, topics was shown
In the quick, refusal to consider a resolu
tion condemning the Ku Klux Klan. Pre
sented by a delegation ef negroes, i the
resolution asked that federal and state
governments be urged to take action
against the Klan which was called an
'advocate of mob violence. -
Some expression of sympathy toward
Ireland 1 probably? will be made before
the edd of the" convention. . ..
Opponents of the proposal to boycott
1 (Concluded on Paae Two.. Column Two)
Affirmative Vote on -
iWpmari . Juror Bill
Is deduced to. 273
official returns from additional Ore
gon counties have reduced the affirma
tive majority? of - the woman juror
measure " to 273. I. These 1 figures are
based on the official returns from 34
Oregon counties as filed with the sec
retary of state and virtually complete
returns from Curry : and Harney coun
ties. Returns t thus far received from
those two counties give an affirmative
majority in the former and an adverse
majority in the , latter In about the
same proportion, : so it is hardly prob
able that the complete state-wide soffl
cial count wlllf , throw the measure into
the losing column. ; .
Former ILawPartner
Sues Senator Reed
For Fee - of $31,250
let' t. i. r. i . '
ou uim, jDu.,iauiiB la, IS. a. )
United States s Senator James A. Reed
of Missouri was made defendant in a
suit ' of 131,250 here today --when TCa-. c
Gabbert, defeated Democratic con
gressional nominee, filed .papers
against him. rThe suit is to recover
attorney's fees alleged to have been due
Gabbert m a ease- m tne Jackson eoua
ty circuit court four years ago when
he was a law partner of Keed and
Jacques I Harvey at Kansas City.
UNION CHIEFS TAKE
UP WAGE QUESTION
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The defense expected through cross
examination to show that identical tele
grams were sent to the other three Still
man children, Anne, "Bud" and Alexan
der, and that it was all part of a "game"
In . which , Beauvais was a. participant.
The words "Black Bear." it Vrb learned,
would be shown as part of a code to in-i
form Beauvais and the children of the
baby's sex. ' : . J ;
Cross-examination brought out - that
Stillman sent bis wife flowers every
day at the hospital and, after her re
turn to tlQ Park avenue, -and that on
Christmas he gave her a large oil
painting, entitled "Spring."
- En iHughRusoell, m ho followed Mrs.
Glliigah ' on the stand, Identified sev
eral letters Beauvais is alleged to have
written to Mrs. Stillman. He also tes
tified to having seen Stillman. at the
hospital. , i . . . ,
MUST FACE JURY
Twin Falls, Idaho, June 17. (I. N.
S.) Mrs. Lyda Eva- Southard, al
leged Bluebeardess, , accused of hav
ing caused the deaths of six., must
face trial on an Indictment charging
her with the murder of her fourth
husband, Edward Meyer, Blue Lakes
rancher. ' t:..' v 5;.; 'i-H's"..
Suddenly terminating the preliminary
hearing shortly before noon today when
the state had finished Its evidence. Pro
bate Judge O. P. Duvall bound Mrs.
Southard over to the district court for.
trial on the charge ot murder and re
manded her .to the custody of the sheriff.
The defense offered no testimony, but
Immediately following the court's action,
W. P. Guthrie, leading counsel for the
defense; announced he would make ap
plication late today for Mrs. Southard's
release on bond and this failing, would
demand 'n Immediate trial in district
court.;, ,;...;,;.- , A,. .-. . - j
TOVSH POISO?r IJT BODY
I The "state produced further testimony
tending to show that the cause of the
death of her fourth husband, Edward
Meyer, was caused by arsenical poison
ing. - - -i--r . ..
Corroborating the statements made by
Dr. Hal Bieler on the witness stand late
yesterday. Chemist E. R. Dooley today
testified he found arsenic in , the speci
mens of the -organs taken from the body
of Meyer. e , : .
The witness declared that In all of his
tests he had found one fourth of a grain
of arsenic and without doubt, in his
opinion, there, was more than a killing
dose of arsenic in the body of Meyer.
FLY PAPER5 AliALTZED ' ;
On cross examination Dooley was
asked whether or not he had made any
analysis of flypaper in connection with
the case.. He testified he had made such
tests for the county prosecutor and that
the flypaper was marked with the name
of Granville Haight and V. H. Ormsby.
The two samples analyzed, he testified,
showed arsesio, -one small shewt showing
four grains and the other seven. : ;;
; Paul Vincent Southard, fifth husband
of the defendant, arrived here this after
noon to remain with his bride during
her trouble-. He was met at the depot
by .W. Trueblood. Mrs. ;. Southard's
father, and went at once to the jail to
see his wife. From there he went to
consult attorneys. . ; . : :
League Asks Mieh ;
: v For Yap Decision
; -'' . .,-' .
. Paris. June 17. The league or Xatlons
today: asked allied powers to reach an
agreement with the United States on the
Yap and Mesopotamlan mandates before
the next meeting of the league council.
Gaston Da Cunha of Brazil, acting for
the league, made the request of France,
iiaiy. ureat Britain and Japan. j
MRS
SOUTHARD
HOLT FIRES
AT HARDING
"No Peace Yet, Campaign Pledges
Unredeemed and Public Knows
Nothing About -Your Associa
tion of Nations,1' Says Letter.
New York, June 17. (I. N. S.)
Hamilton Holt, editor of the Inde
pendent, . and one of .the 30 - pro
league Republicans, has made public
a letter to President m Harding In
which he takes the president to task,
for Mr, Harding's policy toward the
League of Nations. J
" Holt, In his letter, charges the presi
dent with inconsistency in his actions
and policy toward the league, ."whose
area comprises considerably more than
half the earth and whose population
numbers three-quarters of the human
earth."
RECALLS TAFT PLEDGE . . i
He reminds Mr. Harding of the fact
"that your secretary of state, . Mr.
Hughes, and your secretary of com
merce, Mr. Hoover." were among. the 31
republicans "who assured their fellow
countrymen that 'you would go into the
existing league, : while Senators . Borah
and Johnson and . the other lrreconclla
bles assured them you would, not."
"It is now six years that the League
of Nations - issue . has . been before the
country."- Holt declares in his letter.
"It is now two years that you, as sena
tor, presidential candidate, president
elect and president, have had the League
of Nations: Issue officially before you
for action.,- .:,' ,
Holt reminds the president of his
promise "to seek to establish an 'asso
ciation of nations' based on the applica
tion of justice and rights binding-us in
conference and cooperation . for the pre
vention of war and pointing the way to
a higher1- civilisation and international
fraternity in which all the world might
share."- .;- " : . ,: ' -
GIYES PUBLIC ST0TH1ITG
irhen Holt proceeds: "You have not
yet given the i American people the
slightest : inkling of the terms of. this
Harding association that you proposed
to supplant the Wilson league. Is not
the time come. I respectfully ask, for
you to do this? Surely you cannot ex
pect the AS members of the present
league to jgcrap ,M nd comevinto your
association unless two; "things ars per-
fectly clear. ; '..:-.-.t..'C.-.---
"First, that the new association is
substantially - as - good - as, or , better,
than the existing league, and. j -ASSTJEE
PEOPLE'S 8TJPPORT ' - V"
? "Second. "''that this' time the proposal
Of the . president of the United . States
will have the permanent and over
whelming support of the American peo
ple." .;
The letter then' urges President Hard
ing' to "take the people into his confi
dence the. quicker the better." : failing
which, ; Holt avers, ."you : cannot get
puhlic opinion behind your association."
"Mr. President," says the letter, "the
time has come for you to- redeem your
promise. The country : and ; the world
have watted long enough to know Just
what kind of an association ot nations
you have In mind."
WABX8 OF PEO-LE AGUE MOTE
Then follows the warning of a gi
gantic pro-league campaign, and the
capture of congress and the presi
dency. .. y ..
"This can be done," Holt adds, "for
the vast majority of the American peo
ple Republicans as well as Democrats
want the United States to enter some
sort of league ot association ' with
enough "peace in it' definitely to hasten
the day when, as - Victor Hugo put ' it.
the only , battlefield will be the mar
kets opening to commerce and the
minds opening to Ideas.' "
In -one passage Holt asserts -that
"the only - two great ' Ideals that have
come out of this war are - the world's
panacea of the League of Nations and
Bolshevism." .
HOLT SUPPORTED COX " "y -
, Holt Is . one - of the leaders of the
aggressive pro-league group. He worked
in the Interest of the league during the
peace conference in Paris and was one
of the 100 prominent Republicans who
announced their support of Cox on the
league issue during the campaign. -Holt
has formerly been associated with such
leading Republicans as Oscar Strauss
and , Former President Taft ; through
their connection' with the Lague to En
force Peace. - Just how .large a group
his letter may now be said to repre
sent Is problematical, but with the sen
ate and . house now entangled In the
Porter peace- resolution, publication of
the Holt letter just at this time is re
garded as creating an interesting situ
ation. : - j S. .
Mineral Eights Are
Termed Assessable
v Salem, Or., June 17. Mineral rights
which have -not been assessed - for the
past five years can be assessed by the
sheriff and should be assessed as real
property, according to an opinion pre
pared by Attorney General Va:.Wlnkle
for -the information of the state tax
commission. . Such mineral rights, the
opinion holds, can be assessed separ
ately from the land in case they are
owned apart fro i the -ownership of the
surface of the real estate.
Bandits Seize Truck
: . And Load of Tires
Chicago. June 17. (I. N. S.) A 110.
000 robbery,' the loot being an automo
bile truck and its load of new automobile
tires!, .was--staged In daring style this
aftemoon.-when four bandits in a small
motor car trailed the truck,' mounted it.
shoved guns at the head of Frank Cuccsi.
driver, and drove away. Cucci later was
thrown out of the truck In West Chicago.-
Airplane
R esumes
Beach Run
One hour and 10 minutes after he
had taken off In Portland this
morning, ' Victor Vernon, manager of
the O. W. ; I.Y Airplane company,
landed his hydroplane at Astoria.
He had With him as passenger David
H. Smith, circulation manager of The
Journal, i The airboat left Portland at
10:10 o'clock and . a landing was made
at Astoria at 11:2a.-
The i trip was made as a forerunner
of the dally airplane delivery to Sea
side 'and Astoria which the O. W. L
company will resume for The Journal
uus-BoiDmer.
' ast Season 75 nilMMlTa H a !!u sSralana
deliveries were made to Seaside for The
journal wunout mishap or undue delay.
It is s record unparalleled in the annals
of American newspaperdom.
Journal patrons at Seaside and As
toria will be served with the same dis
patch : this season and the ? date when
this airplane delivery will be resumed
will be -announced later, v
AT CAMPFIRE MEET
Oregon's pioneers, after a day of
happy recollections, sweet memories
and the renewal of : i, friendships,
brought their forty-ninth annual -reunion
to an end Thursday! night with
the singing of "America." As the
last notes of the familiar old song
echoed' through The Auditorium the
pioneers dispersed to meet again a
year hence.' , ':. ' - "
The 'night session of the reunion was
featured by a campfire meeting where
reminiscences were interspersed with
songs. These were later followed with
lantern slides in which were shown many
early-day scenes in the Oregon country
by Secretary George H. Himes. t
FIRST WOMAJT PRESIDENT
Prior to the campfire meeting the pio
neers elected Miss : Ellen i Chamberlain,
1857. president of their association. She
is the. first woman ever so honored. Her
election pleased the women, who, laugh
ing, said they had never been, recognized
in a world of men, although always
lauded at the pioneer meetings for their
sacrifices and bravery in the days when
prairio schooners were the only means
of .transportation. . t
Other officers elected at the business
session were t John W. Baker, Portland,
vice president ; George II. Hlmea, 1853,
secretary i W. M. Ladd. 1855, treasurer.
IX .teawjs855i Ji I.'CbXtwooant$9t
ana - John Wortman," 185H, .were chosen
members of the board of directors. ,
URGE MORE OREGON HISTORY" '
" In the course of the short talks by the
pioneers there developed a spirit of pa
triotism which resulted in a motion by
Robert A. Miller to the end that the state
be urged to teach more Oregon history In
the public schools of the state. Many
(Concluded en Page Six, Cohunn Four)
Packers Attacked,
.Chamberlain at the
Polls, Says Kenyon
Washington, June 17. (WASHING
TON. BUREAU: OF THE JOURNAL.)
Senator Kenyon of Iowa, Republican, In
reviewing the activities of. the five big
packers In debate on tha. packer bill,
touched upon their work to defeat Sen
ator Chamberlain last year, saying j
"The commfttee which investigated mat
ters in connection with the election was
dissolved after the election had taken
place, r I wish now it was in existence
to go into a few of i these questions. A
former senator from "the state of Oregon
who sat ; In this chamber,, as brave a
man as ever lived, had the audacity to
vote agaUnst the packers. , '
"He received a letter from them, in
solent in tone, calling on him to explain.
And he hit back in that American style
in which George Chamberlain always
hits. What did they do they got their
batteries to work in the state of Ore
gon. They- assailed him ; he struck back.
They brought ail the force they could
bear to defeat him. but he ran 50,000
ahead of his ticket I wish I could
ascertain what the packers have done in
congressional 'elections. Some disclos
ures along -that line came out in the
investigation of the agricultural commit
tee, but I hope the lobby committee will
turn on the light and find out - if in
congress there is ownership of paper
stock and whether there are dose con
nections with affiliated business on the
part of the men in the American con
gress and their families."
Eeichstag Adjourns:
Amid Rioting Amid
Opposing . Factions
Berlin,' June 17. (I. " If . ' S.) Rioting
forced adjournment of the relchstag ses
sion this afternoon. ' Communist depu
ties joined in a massed charge on their
nationalist colleagues and a battle royal
ensued, An Interpellation regarding the
recent i assassination at Munich of the
independent Socialist leader Garels, lad
to the fracaa -
Denby Tries to
Break Deadlock
On Naval Bill
Washington, ; June 17. (U, P.) Sec
retary Denby today, took a hand in
the deadlock between the house and
senate on the navy appropriation bilL
He wrote. Senator PoindexLer, acting
chairman of the senate naval commit
tee, that a personnel of 120,000 men for
the navy was essential.
This is the figure contended for by
th senate, while the house wanted only
100.000. ;
L
ELECTION OF
Welfare and Education of Young
.and Spending of Vast Sums of
Money Require Efficient and
. Broad-Visioned Group at Helm
Tomorrow, Saturday, commencing
at 12 o'clock noon, the voters of the
Portland ; school district will elect
four directors, and; in addition, will
sfcy whether they will authorize a
special tax i levy of 3 mills on the
dollar- for the ;: use of : the i public
schools in addition to the levy auth
orized . within the . taxing limitation
on the district. J
The election Is of particular import
ance to the patrons of the schools, the
fathers and mothers who have children
In them, as well as to the citizens and
taxpayers of the district generally. It
Involves not. only the question of addi
tional financing, but the selection of a
majority of the school board Into whose
hands will fall the conduct, directiona.nd
business management of the Portland
public school system.
FULL VOTE IS URGED
Because of these facts and of "the con
sequent desirability of having a broad
visioned, efficient, unbiased and well
balanced directorate in charge, those
who hold the welfare of the schools in
mind are urging that a full vote be cast.
Ten candidates are' on the ballot for
the four places to be filled Mrs James
Beggs, Judge E. . V. Ltttlefield. Charles
B. M cores, Edward C Sammons, James
C Caine. W. J. H. dark, James- E.
MarUn, . George P. Eisman; William E,
Klmsey: and George B. Thomas.
FOUR PARTICULARLY URGED V -;:
Four of these candidates,! one woman
and three men, are standing before the
voters for election, net on their own ini-
(Coocludad 'JU Pace Twenty, Column Fowl
. Salem. 'June IT. Appointments to
membership oa the state . board of
aeronautics," created by the last leg
islature, twere' announced by Gover
nor blcott this morning as follows:
' Archie F. Roth, Portland, for the five
year term ; Walter E. Lees, La Grande,
four year term ; Lv B. Hickman. Port
land, three year term ; Leo G. (Mike)
Devaney Rose burg, - two - year, term ;
Floyd Hart; Medford, one year term.
- The law creating , the board provides
that the members are to be, so far. as
possible, persons who have either been
commissioned. warranted or appointed
aviator pilots in either the army, navy
or marine corps of the United States.
CERTIFICATES REQUIRED'
The board Is required; to meet 'for the
purpose of -conducting examinations on.
the.second .Tuesday in April, May, June,
July, August and September of each
year at such places as the board shall
designate and at such Other places and
times as to the board shall deem neces
sary; '-. t ; ;
The law further provides that It shall
be unlawful for any person to operate or
fly aircraft of any kind In this state
unless he holds a certificate of registra
tion issued by. the Oregon state board ot
aeronautics or a federal board or depart
ment established by congress. ,
It Is believed that thia law will not
affect the forest patrol service, carried
on by the aviation department of the
United States government.
U. S. IS EXEMPT
It specifically states that its . provi
sions shall not apply to military or
nayal. aviators while in the service of
the United States or this state nor shall
it apply to aircraft owned by the United
States government or the state of Ore
gon or to unlicensed civilians when ac
companied by a. person! licensed under
the act or by a military1 aviator. -
The fee of 115 Is prescribed by the
act to be paid by each applicant who de
sires to take an examination for cer
tificate of registration r and an addi
tional fee of S10 shall be paid when the
certificate of registration is Issued. The
penalty of a fine of not: more than 1200
or Imprisonment of not more than M
days in the county Jail may be imposed
for violation of the provisions of the act.
Mills, May Resume;
; Rivers Are Falling
v Some of ' the lumber mills - along the
waterfront which abandoned operations
two weeks ago because of the .high
water should be able to resume opera
tion : within a short time as the back
water in the Willamette river Is falling
steadily. . Since- the : high , stage was
reached Sunday the river 1 has fallen
one foot to the 23.5 ; foot level. The
Snake river fell one foot at Lewiston
this morning and the Columbia .8 of a
foot at Wenatchee. A stage of 21.8 feet
is predicted for Monday.
Briand Gets Second
Vote of Confidence
Paris. June 17. (L K. r S.) Premier
Briand received a. mvunri unta et
r dence in the chamber of deputies today.
ue cnaxnoer py a vote, oc m to lis
decided to postpone Marcel Cachln'j in
terpellations upon Near East affairs.
This was . tantamount to affirmation of
the premier's policy. , - . i
SCHQO
BOARD
GREAT IMPORT
GOVERNOR NAMES
AERONAUTIC BOARD
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City : Flags
Pay Honor to
HeroFiretnan
-. All flags flying -over municipal
buildings in Portland were at half
mast today,. In honor of the memory
of Karl Gunster, hoseman of Engine
22, who gave his life .In liner of duty
Wednesday afternoon, while seeking
to save others from the flames which
swept through the May apartments.
; The funeral Will be.heldr at 10 "o'clock'
Monday mocntng ' at J The Auditorium,
where the body will lie in state between
9 and UL- Active pall bearers selected
this v morning : Include ; members of
the '? fire , marshal's office,, , , where
Gunster was detailed . Tor ': some
time. They are t Fire Marshal. Grenfell,
F.,. J. McFarlane. . A. L. Pullen. . E. , L.
Boatwrlght, Herman Bates and Jack
Carr. Honorary pall : bearers will be
chosen from engine 22, from i members
who worked with Gunster dally.
ft-A fire truck will be on verted into a
saisson, which will bear the casket to
Mt. Scott cemetery, t All firemen not on
duty 250 men will march In the pro
cession. ',!
Delegates from the , Central Labor
council will march with the firemen and
patrolmen and with these, members of
the Spanish War Veterans. Gunster
was a member of Scout Young camp of
the Spanish War Veterans and the Elks
lodge, of Scranton, Pa, He was presi
dent of: the Portland local of the Fire
fighters' association. -He was born in
Laramie. Wyo. ..;;'.'. .-j:. !..'
He is survived by bis widow. Mra Etta
M. Gunster, his father and mother. Dr.
and Mrs P. F. Gunster of McMinnvllle ;
a sister, Miss Helen Gunster of Porttand.
and a-brother. Dr. Francis Qunster of
Corvallis,
DISARM OR FIGHT,
DECLARES BRITON
.London, June 17. (L N. 8.) The
solemn warning that war will be in
evitable unless the arming of nations
ceases," was sounded today by Gen
eral Sir tJohn : Davidson In opening
debate in the house of commons this
afternoon on the forthcoming British
imperial conference. ''; ' : r .
Great Britain will not be a party to
an international alliance against America
nor will Great Britain join any alliance
by which she could be ,.caI!ed--pon to
at" against -the United States, Austen
Chamberlain official spokesman of the
British government, announced.
'Commander Carl Yon Bcllalres coaTl
tion Unionist member of parliament, de
clared in .s the house f of commons this
afternoon that Great 'Britain should not
renew the. treaty of alliance with JapanJ
Commander Belialrcs 1 atiacked the
treaty, saying, that he believed that the
British nation, after enduring the shock
of the great war, is averse to making
an alliance with a power pursuing
military ambitions.. . -' -
The alliance. Commander ' Belial resi
thought, would help , the Japanese mili
tary --party (...instead --of ; the- liberals. ,'
" Japan's navy personnef. it was point
ed out, is .now r 78,000 men and exceeds
the -personnel ; of 4 the German navy"
when the- World war troke upon the
world In 1914. ' ' - - ' . : ,
.' Various other speakers v demanded
that any renewal of. the treaty 4 should
be made . upon a basis satisfactory to
the United. States and China. ' i-
Paris to, Give High
Honors to Hackett
'".' (Br CnW Nil ' -f-. -
Paris. June 17. In recognition; of his
presentation of Macbeth in Paris, James
K. Hackett, the noted American actor,
will receive the Legion of Honor Satur
day In a ceremony at the offices -of -the
ministers of public Instruction, the first
Anglo-Saxon actor to be so honored. To
date but two foreign actors have re
ceived the order. . i '
Senate Passes Bill
To Protect U. S. Base
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Washington, June ' 17. (U. P.) The
senate today passed a bill providing for
the acquisition by the. United States of
private rights of fisheries in Peart Har
bor, Hawaii, to afford greater protec
tion to the naval base there. ' '
IW WITNESS
Prosecutor Tries to Find Woman
Who Is Said to Have, Remarked
That Couple Had Troubles and
That Mrs. Agee Wished Divorce
More . mystery, was added to the
circumstances of Harry Agee's real),
today, when search was Instituted
for a woman living In the neighbor-;
hood of '177Q Druid street, where
Agee was slain last Saturday morn
ing,' who Is said to have remarked
thaw she knew of family differences
between Mr. and Mrs. Agee and that
Mrs. Agee consulted an attorney a
few - months ago with the intention
of suing for a dlvorqe. ;
'Investigators were running down this
rumor in an effort to gain - whatever
evidence they could of quarrels between
the couple. The attorney said to nave
been consulted had not been found at
noon. ..
JURORS VIEW PREMISES'-;
. The Multnomah county grand jury,
which went with Deputy District Attor
ney Pierce and Inspector Tackaberry to
view the scene of the crime this morning,
returned to the courthouse just Leforw
noon to hear the remaining witnesses In
the case.
Aside from the widow, who is belncr
held in jail, the only witnesses not heard
from are J. H. Klecker, alleged to b
her lover, and a policeman or two,
"Mrs.' Agee will testify before the
grand Jury only over, my objection."
9ohn Collier, her attorney, who took ac
tive charge of the case today, told Chief
Deputy District Attorney Hammersly.
MAY KOT CALL HER
"If that stand is held to." Hammerely
stated, "we will not call Mrs. Akvo un
less we,- for some reason, become con
vinced of her innocence in the death of
her husband." .
Deputy District Attorney ' Tierce
(Concluded on Pat Two, Column Bui
HY EILERS MUST
i!EKI lii JiiL
Hy J. Eilers.' president of the Ore
gon Eilers Music company, will have
to either show his books in substan
tiation of his bankruptcy claims, or
remain in Jail, following a judgment
made; by Judge William B. Gilbert
of the United States circuit court of
appeals (his afternoon.;
Eilers, .who was ordered, to reveal hja
books In bankruptcy by thefedert
court, was sentenced to Jail by Ju'lga
Bean for contempt following refu.sal to
obey the order of the court.
He was Immediately confined to Mult
nomah county Jail during the attempt lo
appeal Judge Bean's decision. In an ef
fort to. obtain quick action In the canv
Circuit Judge Gilbert was asked to ho.ir
the appeal today.
Judge Gilbert ruled that the ' ord4 r
issued by Judge Bean was lawful under
the bankruptcy law and cited several
past rases : in substantiation. He held
that Eilers could not appeal to the cir
cuit court for relief from Judge Bean's
order. - .: .-. .,
Judge Gilbert says that his decision
will make It impossible to escape Judge
Bean's order to show the books of the
Eiler company.
Staiifield on Road
For Livestock Pool
Washington, June 17i--V WASHING
TON BUIIKAU OK TIIK JOUTINAU)
Word received at Senator Stanfield's of
fice Is. that be has gone from Chlcacro
to Denver and may be absent another
week -in the. promotion of plans for a
$30,000,000 banking pool to 'extend aid ta
the livestock industry. .
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