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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. OREGON SATURDAY, JUNE 18, .1921. GREELEY STREET PROJECT SET FOR HEARING JUNE 22 Tha city council will have before it next Wednesday the matter of ..- confirming the assessment for open- -"Ing and paving Greeley street, be "'tween - KHlingeworth1 avenue and ' "Willamette boulevard -a section " that has provided ' a direct connec tion '"with the St. Johns river road ri extension, giving '-a, direct outlet for the Peninsula and St. Johns district. i This improvement cost $7000. . The cost was assessed to property-owners along Greeley street, extending northerly about, half a mile. They slept on their rights and made no formal protest dur . lng the period provided for such ac Uon, '-'hut they are now asking the city . council to increase the assessment dis trict , Commissioner Barbur, in charge of 1 "public works, will recommend to the 'council for the second time that the '.'assessment ' stand - as apportioned. ' 'j . Claim was made by some of the per "'sons assessed, at the session of the eity council last Wednesday, that they f - had never received notice of the pro posed assessment, and therefore were ;,.,not in a position to make protest, but affidavits will be presented to the council next Wednesday declaring that notices were mailed to the 80 property owners coming under this assessment -".Commissioner Barbur contends that it 5, would be Improper to Include other t-, property -owners In this ' assessment after the work Is completed and In use, as they would thus forfeit all their rights to protest a.-. . ' . i - :'. JIEPAIR OF BRIDGES SPANNING c' MARQTJAM GULCII IS PLANNED i A resolution will be introduced in the .city council Wednesday by Commls ,csloner Barbur authorizing City Engineer Laurgaard to prepare plans and proceed wlth the general repairs of the Front street and the First street bridges over o" Marquam gulch. These bridges have de teriorated considerably during the .year v5; and the large volume of traffic over f,thera makes it desirable that "they re-.,"ceive- Immediate attention, although no budget provision was made for this -.: work. . tr CHINESE LEPER SCHEDULED TO BE TAKEN SOUTH MONDAY ? .' Members of, the city health bureau 'are breathing sighs of relief over the prospect Of the imminent departure of Louie Poy, the Chinese leper, for the government leper colony at Carville, J Louisiana, after his 'more than two .years' sojourn in Portland. 5-, . .Present plans are that the' Chinese will n depart. Monday or Tuesday for Louis ,., iana, in charge of Dr. James Walsh, city Quarantine officer. They will go by rail ,.to San Gabriel, La., thence by private . , conveyance to Carville. Soon after .Louie Poy came to Port land from Idaho his case was diagnosed by Dr. Thomas Watts, a specialist in 'skin diseases, and was declared to be leprosy. The government method of r. treatment with Injections of chaumool gra oil, used at the Island leper colonies, was made, but without any marked sue-jTt-esfl, It is believed that Poy's disease ' .has bo far advanced that it is not sus- - ceptlble to treatment . .jet--- ; f Fire Prevention Installed Fire Marshal Edward - Grenfell and Captain F. W. Roberts have been in- stalling a fire prevention system for the Crown-Willamette paper mills at Camas and similar work will be done at Oregon I City soon. A fire department is organ ised among the employe and instruc tions are eiven for the elimination of fire hazards. Blgelow Foots Bill 1 City Commissioner Blgelow, under J "-whose supervision is the fire depart- ment. filed with" Clty - Auditor Funk Friday his statement of expenses for -"the fire department' bond campaign. This shows that the sole expense was 355 for printing handbills and that this was paid personally "by Bigelow, '$ Irrigationists Plan To Unite in Screen Improvement Work Captain A. E. Burghduff. state game warden, with Blaln Hallock. state game ' commissioner, will meet with Irrigation- lsts of Grant county at Canyon City :- Tuesday to devise ways and means of gaining cooperation in the work of screening the irrigation ditches of that district It is anticipated that- a pro gram of cooperation will be worked out at the meeting. - .Reports have been received, by Burgh i duff from the Southern Oregon district which indicate that the attitude of irrl j gationists toward ditch screening has changed appreciably. The reports say that screening work is proceeding satis ii factorlly and that at least SO per cent of the ditches are properly protected. 2 Burglar Suspects Taken Into Custody, r t onowmg not Jtcun 2j O. W. Lovegren and' F. C. Burley were X: arrested early this morning on a charge - of burglary, after a lively chase from - T- the Alaska Junk company establlsh- ment, 181 Front street, where they are alleged to. have stolen a small amount 2 of loot The two men broke into several other buildings in the neighborhood, the kI police were -informed. Henry Kertley saw them In the Junk shop and gave 'ii chase, overtaking Lovegren near Front v and Tamhill streets. The police were called and a squad headed by Sergeant v . Breunnlng, captured Burley on a house- boat at the foot of Yamhill street Woman Dies in Portland Store Mrs. Mary S. Clendemen, 74, of Med ford died of heart failure In a soft drink palace at 49 Washington street early this morning. - She was returning from Pendleton, where she had attended the : G. A. K. convention. Deputy Coroner Falk took charge of the body. DANCE TONIGHT and Sunday Night Open Air Boat SWAN TAYLOR ST 8: 4i TICKETS 55 MAIS 4748 , No Discrimination Is Shown Shippers,' Says S. P. Official Oregon shippers have hot been discrim inated against by the Southern Pacific Railway company through the recent publication of lower rates on dried fruits moving from Pacific coast terminals to Eastern ports for export according - to L A. Hinshaw, general freight agent for the S. P. lines in Oregon, , i Accusation was made by members of the public service commission fallowing the publication 'of tha new tariffs that lower rates on dried fruit shipments had been granted California than Oregon. Hinshaw says: i r "For the information of the shipping public the rate on 'dried fruits Is the same from Oregon as from California at the present time.; It is proposed to make application for ' authority to publish a line of rates from Oregon and California lower than the present rates, but on the same relative basis as that existing prior to Uune 25. 1918.'? ;.- Since 1 the proposed rates have not been published or even authorised by the Interstate commerce " commission, Hinshaw contends that there ; could be noi discrimination claimed justly. LKmmi ;teo FOR MURDER OP AGEE ( Continued From Pas One) band in . bed beaide her with his throat CUti V '-J -- ,r - t i ": ' :' 1 i " tier musk; teacher. 3. H. Klecker, had tpld Investigators, the Investigators re port, ' that he , was very : intimate with hen A motive for some wild plot was thus alleged. i Mrs. A gee declared that her husband cfied out "Help, help !" Physicians said there was. not one chance In a thousand of his being able to utter an Intelligible word with his windpipe cut as it was. : The silence maintained by the widow. while not proving anything in a court of law, has had a bad effect on public opinion. Those whose sympathies were with her In the beginning have grown doubtful. They point out that she should have been the one most - interested In bringing the criminal to justice but that instead of assisting the officers she kept silent and hired attorneys for her own protection, i The Indictment was, returned oeiore Acting Presiding Circuit Judge Taxwell at 11 :20 this morning, after two days and a half of investigation into the hus band's mysterloua death. . OUTRIGHT MUB.DE B CHARGED The indictment alleges that Mrs. Agee on June 11, "did then and there, un lawfully and feloniously, purposely and of deliberate and premeditated malice, kill and murder one Harry Agee by then and there cutting him with a sharp In strument,, to-wit: a raxor. i - . At noon Mrs. LAgee, who is In . the county Jail, placed Xhere as a material witness under $5000 bond while the in vestigation went on, had not been noti fied; of the formal charge against her. ; She was calmly ; eating lunch when newspaper reporters asked her for an Interview, ."; She said she would see no one but her attorneys. ' John Collier, chief counsel for the de fense, stated after the return of the In dictment, that he would talk with Mrs. Agee of the charge against her this afternoon. - " have only M this to say," Collier, stated, "that a web of circumstantial ev idence has been thrown about the widow of Harry Agee and that we must proceed carefully because of the difficulty of re futing circumstantial evidence. "The fact that she is under suspicion is due simply to f the fact that' she has refused to explain certain circumstances that ahe could explain," ; KLECKER'S STORT CONFIRMED Mrs. Josephine Korten, Bister oT J. H. Klecker, confessed admirer of Mrs. Agee, was the only witness called before the grand jury this morning. She was sum moned to corroborate the testimony of Klecker in regard to his movements on the i night of the murder. It is under stood that her story fitted In with the Story told by .her brother. She was weeping when she left the jury room. Mrs. Korten and Klecker live at 1138 East Harrison . street ' It is said that he described his movements the night before the killing as Tollows : He played in the band early In the evening, then went to the Henry building where he Is a janitor. Later be went to his home and after reading and smoking for -half an hour went to bed. His sister, he said, was with relatives In Gresham that night" . 1 Because his sister was not at home, he was unable jto prove that he was not at the Agee home. His frankness in telling of hla relations with Mrs. Agee, however, has Impressed detectives andt deputy district attorneys, so that he has not been Suspected of any part in the slaying of . Agee. ; -BAIL IS BEDTTCED" - Ih fact so confident is the district at torney's office that his intentions are right that It was announced after the return of the indictment this morning that his bail, which was set at $5000 when he was jailed aa a material wit ness, had been reduced to $500 cash or $1000 bond. It was expected that, he would secure his nelease this afternoon. Other witnesses ; examined by the grand jury were M. W. Gailaher. M. T. Fleming,- O. A. Powell, John H. Schum, John A. Goltz and J. M. Tackaberry, de tectives : Frank It Menne and Clyde C B. Van.Vlerah, physicians; June Nelson, Rosa A. Green, Edward A. Moss. E. C. Densmore and Nellie Toung, neighbors of the Agees. and Vernon Agee, 6-year-old son of the Agees. " The Indictment was signed by Sam uel Pierce, deputy district attorney, who conducted the' investigation by the grand Jury. i PROSECUTORS' DEDUCTIONS Deputy District Attorneys Hammers ley and Pierce outlined today the theory under which they will . ask the trial jury to find Mrs. Agee ' guilty of the murder. The prosecutors declared - they have established a motive in the statement of Klecker that he and Mrs. Agee were more "than : friendly. -They said other witnesses have said the Agees' domestic life was far from: happy, that Mrs. Agee remained out at night and that she contemplated divorce proceedings. They asserted that Klecker's revelations that he intended to marry a California girl pointed to Mrs. Agee what may have appeared to her f the only . way of .re moving an obstacle to the winning of Klecker's favor. ; With these salient points the prose cutors have followed with an elaborate theory of what must have been Mrs. Agee'a state of mind assuming she was the "guilty person which prompted the fatal stroke. i ' '" -;."-: - The prosecutors point, also, to several discrepancies in the story of the murder as related Immediately afterward by Mrs, Agee. ; i a j . J : v -.-- CR M WIDOW lill - j , Beavers Construct Dams ' Goldendale. Wash., June 18. Forest rangers report the appearance pt seven beaver darns at the headwaters of the Little Klickitat river, near the summit of the Simcoe mountains, this year. I COURT WILL SHOW NO LENIENCY FOR OVERSEAS DUTY , Overseas service cannot be held up as a plea for leniency in the federal court by a defendant guilty of vio lating, the- criminal ' code. Federal Judge Tl. S. Bean- told William Olsen, overseas veteran, this morning that it Is a serious offense 'to be guilty of altering government currency and that the court could not" consider the crime lightly. , . ; s Olsen was sentenced to serve 13 months at the McNeils island prison, Olsen was arrested here " several " weeks ago while passing a $5 bill raised to $20. ADMITS CHARGE Forest Haines, robber of the postoffice at Dixonville and of a forest; ranger's cabin on the slope of Mount Hood, was sent to the federal prison for two years and ordered to pay a $5 fine this morn ing by Judge Bean. Acccyding to As sistant : united states Attorney Flegel. Haines has been traveling about the Northwest for many months as a 'va grant, living off the things he could steal. .- - Haines made no denial of the- charges. He was arrested while in the act of robbing the Dixonville postoffice, after having escaped from the jail at Hood River several months ago, where he was held for robbing the cabin. Haines ap peared In court in dirty, tattered clothes. STOLE FROST IJTDIAIT Grant Adams admitted to Judge Bean that he stole about $50 worth of cloth ing and blankets from a Warm Springs reservation Indian- to satisfy' an old grudge. Adams claimed the Indian did not pay him for some work. The court sentenced him ; to serve six months in the county jaiL He has been waiting 38 days in jail for action of the grand Jury. u- s , -, Trial, for Charles Brumfield and John Elson of Roaeburg, who were indicted Friday by the federal grand jury for operating a still near Rose burg, was set for July 1. TWO PUT UNDER BOND TO ; KEEP PEACE, FOLLOWING BOW F. L. Fisher and Mike Perry of Mult, nomah station were each put under $250 bond to keep the peace, following a hear ing on a neighborhood row which was aired before District Judge Deich Friday. Perry was fined $10 and J. Godfrey, a neighbor who sided in with one of the principals, was also placed under bond. - Fisher and his son Edward were cut ting grass for their. rabbits, in front'of Perry's place, witnesses stated, when Perry objected. Heated talk followed and there was some ' brandishing of sickles and knives. No one was injured. Woman Is Sentenced i Christine Neumann pleaded guilty in district court Friday to larceny from a store and was sentenced to 30 days in the county JaiL The judge remitted 25 days of .the sentence, however. : She ad mitted theft of a woman's hat. Divorce Suits Filed Suits Tiled: fDr Percival Wellington Richards against Mary Edna Richards, Mabel against Russell S. Jennings, Harry P. against Minnie Borders . and . Glen against Lucille McMullen. ALL RELIEF SHUT . OFF FROM EILERS ' (Continued From Pas One) edy, but said he could not help him out of that difficulty. Asked as to the pos sibility of Eilera being released on bond by the circuit court. Judge Gilbert said: "I doubt very much if a single circuit judge could release a man on ball on a petition for revision. The matter must be done in open court." The court told Mannix he was trying to accomplish an impossible . thing by seeking a revision of law in this case, to which he has no right. Defeated in all his endeavor, Mannix then requested advice, from Judge - Gilbert, who said the only way he saw out of the dilemma would be for Eilers to apply for a writ of habeas corpus, which if denied by J udge Bean could be appealed to the circuit court of appeals. Mannix asked if this - would release Eilers on bond, which question the court declined to answer. , : ' - TOLD TO GET WITNESSES: Gilbert advised Mannix to bring : the witnesses who, had signed the affidavits before Judge Bean and have a public hearing. He predicted that this method would produce better results than bj contlnuously appealing to the appellate court for-aid. Judge Bean kept the same firm po sition -he assumed last Monday when he ordered Eilers' committed. He told Mannix during the argument that "I have been on the bench for 39 years, and this is the first time I have ever had anyone continuously defy me, and it' is the first time I have ever had to find anyone guilty of contempt-" ; Mannix atempted to have Eilers re leased on the pretext that he was needed to help straighten out the ' ac counts, as he is the only person -i fa miliar with the books, r Judge Bean said he did not think Eilers was need ed, aa it was merely a matter of book keeping, which any good accountant could handle. "We don't want an - ac count made up by him (Eilers),". said the judge. "We want an account from the ' record." ' . .: . i ; ' ;..-r . : f- -.. h . JUDGE STANDS FIRM i t i Judge Bean asked Mannix what his client had done with the. four " original entry sheets, which bis clerk i testified In court were in Eilers possession a shqrt time ago. Aianmx said tney had been lost. '- ' ' i r ; When Mannix "admitted that his ef forts at present ' were directed j mainly at securing a stay of execution,-Judge Bean made the following statement and adjourned the court - until . Monday morning ' before Mannix. bad time to answer : "As long as you're proceed ing to obtain a stay of execution, I'll let this order stand." $1,000,000 Loss in Eef inery Plant Fire Casper, Wyo., June IS. (I. N. S.) The loss In the "tank farm" fire of the Midwest Refining company . here was estimated today by officials at $1,000,000. The fire broke out late yesterday after noon from a bolt of lightning. Seven storage tanks wtth a capacity of 55.000 gallons each were ablaze throughout the night. Nearly half a million gallons of oil was consumed In the flames and three tanks were completely destroyed. The fire was under' control today. Moonshine Adds to General Melee in Triangular Affair - Moonshine and - st .family feud - be tweei Joe Colich and Matilda and An drew Super were, held by the police to have ' been responsible for ' a fight at 83 North Second street Friday night, as a result of which Matilda Super Is in St. Vincents hospital with a freer tured and slashed ankle, and Couch is also at ; the hospital with tendons -cut In his right wrisC .-Colich la . also held on a charge of being drunk and disor derly,. ... , . According to the. stof y told by Super, his wife was Injured when Colich broke through ' three doors and a window to get to; her and take her away. .This story was denied by bath Colich - and Mrs. Super, who said a fourth person tried to break into the -Super rooms at 85 North Second street, and Couch an swered Mrs. Super's cries for .help and broke through the doors to give her aid. ... The police are only sure that moon shine had been indulged In by all hands round and are basing, their charges on that fact. The family troubles will re ceive : an ' airing In Judge Rossman's court when the Injured are released from the hospital. U. S. IS UPHELD ON 2 MANDATES By Henry Wood Geneva, June 18. ;(U. P.) The Mesopotamia, and Yap questions Have been tentatively settled in favor of the United States. While final disposition -of these prob lems must be arranged in conference be tween the United States . and the allies. American diplomacy carried its Initial point when the League of Nations coun cil decided that American approval was necessary in the allocation of mandates. Dr. Gastoa Da Cunha. In turning over the presidency to Viscount Ishil of Japan, pointed out that the United States had sent a note to . the league that It would recognize no mandate to which it had not given consent. In addition, he said the United States had not replied to the league's invitation to send a representative to discuss man dates. In view of this, he said, it would be Impossible for the council to proceed with the question, although it was urg ent. . ; The retiring president said he would send a note to the. allies and the United States, urging them to reach ,an agree ment which would enable the council to approve the mandates before September, when the league assembly would finally approve the plans. " Herbert Fisher for Great Britain re plied that his government would take up the matter with the United States imme diately. TWO ARE HELD FOR MURDER OF PHILLIPS 4- (Continued From Pass Om) : back the' blankets on the bed they found a .38 calibre revolver. Morak then pulled the bed out from the wall and as he did so, saw a hand clutch at the corner post. Five revolvers were immediately pointed at the man, who threw his hands over bis head and was dragged from under the bed. It was Casey and it was found that he was badly wounded. v At the emergency hospital, where Casey was later examined, it was found that one shot had oenetrated his right wrist, passing from the outside of the arm and fracturing the bone. There was another - wound on his chest, but doctors concluded it must have been made by a spent or a deflected bullet, aa it was not deep. A third wound on his left shoulder tip was caused by the breaking open of an old scar where his shoulder had been crushed in an accident. When they were taken to police head quarters, Harry Patterson, laborer who was at the scene of the murder, immedi ately Identified the men. They were also known to Lieutenant. Golts as men who have been fugitives from United States authorities at Mountain Home, Idaho, where they were Involved in a liquor scrape. As further evidence of the identity of the men it is pointed out that the re volvers recovered in the Russell street house bore exactly the same kind of bul let that was picked up at the scene of the shooting Tuesday night. In the room where Casey was found, the police re covered a coat which had Just been washed, " presumably to remove blood stains, and was hung up "to dry. ; Burns had been managing the room ing house in Russell street with his wife since last April. It Is thought that Casey came down from Idaho about the same time and has been living with Burns. Both men are known to the railway of ficials as "outlaws," having worked for railways In the Northwest and been dis missed. The men are also suspected of being members of a gang of thieves who have been breaking into freight cars and stealing cases of cigarettes. A part of a case of cigarettes was found in Burns room when searched by the police. Neither Burns nor Casey would talk when taken to tha nolice station exceDt td deny knowledge of the crime. ; Casey i claimed that no doctor had treated him for his wounds, but that he had done all the dressing himself. The police found a basket of bandages and adhesive tape in his room, and also a bottle of iodine. Asserting that she could prove an alibi for her husband, Mrs. Burns appeared before Captain Harry Circle this morn ing with her two young children. Mrs.- Burns said she had three wit nesses who could prove that Burns was in bed ' at home at the time of the shooting. ' Big Carp Is Caught Through PrisomBars Osinning, N. T.. June 18. -John Mont ford, Sing Sing Inmate, fishing through the prison bars, caught a 17-pound carp. Guards -had to open a gate and help Montford land the fish. ' Inman-Poulson Solo Camp Will Eesume With the waters' of the Columbia re ceedlng steadily, the logging camp of the Inman-Poulsen Lumber company at Mount Solo,- Wash., will reopen Wednes day. From 200 to 22S men are employed at the camp, which has been closed down for 10 days due to flood conditions. RAIL UNIONS URGE U.S; OWNERSHIP . ' - By Mildred MorrU V I , , Denver. - June ' 18. The ' most sweeping program ever yet proposed hy organized labor, calling for sgov eminent ownership s,nd, control of the steel industry, the coal mines and alt other, besic industries Is de deraned by the railroad, unions. . Delegates of the railroad workers to the convention of the American Federa tion of Labor, meeting in 'caucus last night, took action, it was learned today, that binds them to stand as a unit be hind a resolution, providing that the executive council of the Federation shall draft Sad publish a. program of legisla tive action . applying the principle of government ownership and democratic control to all basic Industries. OPPOSE PROVISION There Is intimation that the majority of the resolutions committee, headed, by James Duncan, first vice president of the Federation and John F. Frye. editor of the Iron Moulders' Journal, who led the opposition to the Plumb plan last year, do not look : with favor on this provision of the. resolution. ;;.:",-.; -The railroad unions now threaten a fight ' in i the , convention, that ; according to predictions, will parallel last year's contest which resulted. In an overwhelm ing victory for - government ownership and democratic control of the railroads over the Gompers opposition. They again expect to have the support of the coal miners, who already have declared for the nationalization of the coal mines. ."Notice was served on labor that it could not get Its rights from the inter ests controlling Industry when Judge E. H. Gary, by his refusal to accept collective , bargaining, f reed j. Samuel Gompers and, other members ; of the labor delegation, to withdraw from Pres ident -Wilson's first industrial confer ence," said Frear Hewitt, representing W, H. Johnston, president of the Inter national Association of Machinists, and one of the leaders of the rail union dele gates.;.. 4., - ; s ,: ';f - v ,-: ,l "The present war on labor 'shows it can never secure" these rights - until It has . a voice In the control of the baei industries. ; The time has come. In our opinion, ; to demand a program -of in dustrial -democracy that will apply-the principle of . government ownership and democratic- control ; not only to the railroads, but to the steel industry, the coal miners and all other industries classed as basic" ; PLUMB TO SPEAK Glen E. Plumb, father of the Plumb plan, will "arrive in Denver early next week to address the convention at its Invitation. He Is expected to presen a new program that will be the kernel of the Idea on which the program de manded by the rail unions will be based. ;'v: ' ' ' . A "stripping" resolution, which would compel every male delegate attending future. American Federation of Labor conventions to submit to an examina tion for a required number of union labels on his clothes before he took, his seat, aroused spirited discussion in the convention Friday. "Why are the women excluded T' one delegate rose to inquire, complaining that thousands of women were now represented in the labor movement and should participate in .all law9 govern ing the convention. "I wish to say," responded President Gompers, "that I feel the resolution as drawn Is an unjust discrimination against : our women membership." BESOLUTIOSr FAILS ' " . "At; least, an unjust discrimination against those who are to make the ex amination," chimed in a delegate from the floor. ; - ' - The resolution was modified to eliminate the necessity of examining the clothing of either sex. Supporters of John I Lewis are con fidently predicting his election as presi dent of the federation and announce ment of retirement by Sam pel i Gom pers. ' A statement from Lewis announcing whether he will , be a candidate or . not is expected Monday. - According to present indications the rail unions will support him. It Is con ceded that he has the votes of the Car penters, which, next to his own, has the largest voting delegation in the federa tion. -" ". PROPAGANDA ALLEGED With the railroad unions and the car penterse. Lewis' supporters claim to have enough other votes pledged that will give the miners' head overwhelming victory In a contest with Gompers. and some of the most conservative leaders are joining the forecasters who see Lewis the next head pf the Federation. ' A resolution which charges that the Hearst newspapers are engaged in prop aganda which has for Its purpose "the destruction of the American labor move ment." will lead to an attack on William Randolph Hearst from the floor of the convention, it was learned today. j From the Gompers enthusiasts comes charges that Hearst has a representative here with $100,000 tp defeat Gompers and elect John L. Lewis. The basis of the resolution before the convention is a re port published In the Chicago Examiner Herald of a meeting of the Chicago Fed eration of Labor in which some one is alleged to nave criea : "Throw Sam Gompers out V John Fitzpatrick, president of the Chi cago Federation, in a letter to Gompers, denied that such an incident took place. Return of conditions in the packer in dustry as pictured in "The jungle," un less steps are taken to prevent further wage cuts, was forecase before the con vention. . . ; . The convention ordered the executive council of the federation to take every Ten for 10 cents. Handy' size. Dealers carry both. 10 for 10c; 20 for 20c. It's toasted. CI GAR ETTE step possible to halt any further cuts. The labor leaders appealed to President Harding, secretaries of labor,1 commerce and agriculture and members of . con gress to assist in fighting the imposition of "a degrading state of poverty., on one million workers and; their depend- ents." ..'-..- .. -i ,'.v---. :. The case. of. employes of the big five packers -- was pleaded -'before.;1 the labor convention by - Dennis K. Lane, repre senting ther union of 1 packing employes. AID FOE TARDS 5IEIT ASKED. 'The big. five packers are again ready to take advantage of the business de pression by forcing down wages of their employes. said Lane ' in a resolution adopted by ' the convention.' i ' - ' ' -' - "They are now receiving a wage which furnishes' them a bare existence, "far below: the cost of-- living. The - packer employes will soon be returned to a basis of pre-war conditions."! -v ? ' Under the' guise of company unions, the resolution declared, packers - were getting a new hold on their i employes. These unions. Lane declared, worked In the interests of the packers only,, -i "The harmful effects of further wage cuts of padfers will, reduce the work ers to an -unbearable state of poverty and impede the progress of the nation," the resolution said. ' BOYCOTT DISCUSSED. FURTHER c Most of the session - oti ' Friday , was devoted to discussion of further spread of the campaign .against purchasing of goods not bearing union labels and boy cotting merchants who did not handle union made goods or hire union em ployes. . - Four million . members of the federa tion were pledged by their representa tives at the convention to purchase only goods wbicn bear-union labels. ' FARMERS WHO WERE 'ST (Continued From Pass On) profits for ' these institutions and their anger is increased. ; " J COSTLY BASKJ DOORS AROUSE Perhaps a little incident which has just occurred out here might illustrate this feeling. The news wasf sent out from JCansas. City the other? day that the federal reserve bank was; about to build a fine new building. ' j The Item added that the : huge bronzed .floors on the new building would cost $25,000. In the farm sections the small news papers Immediately-. snatched 'this item for editorial attacks to the effect that while farmers struggled vainly for credit from the banks those banks were installing $25,000 bronze doors. "The credit issue is the biggest thing to the farmer in this country nd yet, he has planted more wheat! than - he did a year ago, is living as well as be ever did-and, except , for the money be has tied up in his unsold crops, would be able to meet his notes at the banks as usual. - . The situation has not yet reacted against the administration. There. Is a very marked tendency In these parts to give President -Harding a chance to get under way. r. There is more and more talk, of course, that the time is about here for some concrete results. ' TARIFF JF AILS TO CHEER f The farmers . don't expect much out of the emergency tariff measure. It is criticised both for its commissions as well as its omissions. - , -j : Secretary J, H. Mercer of the Kan sas Livestock association, already baa sent out requests to all - members to write .their representatives im congress to see that items omitted in the emerg ency bill are included in the general tariff law. - ' U The restlveness 'of farmers generally Is not directed at any one thing other than credit There is no doubting their attitude toward the banks, ( however. and this has developed to the point where one hears more and more talk among them of concerted political ao- tlon. They don't know exactly what they want. They do know they are not satisfied with what they are getting. A strong political leader who could es tablish the confidence of the farmers, could cause more than a ripple now on the surface of American politics. They are In the attitude of - awaiting such leadership. Not that a socialistic move ment Is developing in the agricultural industry, but. dissatisfaction if increaa- s;iy criaeni. . ij NORTHWEST WHEAT HEX TO BORROW 10 MILLION The Dalles. June 18. Ten million dol lars or more is to be borrowed from New York financiers to assist wbeat growers of the Northwest in salvaging their crop this season, if negotiations now being conducted by George C. Jewett. presi dent of the ' Northwest Grain i Growers association, who is now in New York conferring with Bernard Baruch, banker. are successful. Financing from the Kast is necessary because farmers who have been in the habit of borrowing from the banks with? their wheat as security, and who now belong to the cooperative growers organ ization, have conveyed title in the wheat to the association. i ' As Individuals have no Crop security on which to get the money, it Is planned for the association to borrow a large part of the money necessary for financ ing -from the banks and from an .eastern syndicate, and the loans to the growers will be made by - the association. This and other facts about plans of the cooperatives- for wheat marketing came out at the meeting here Friday of delegates from all parts of Oregon who gathered to- elect officers of the Oregon Grain Growers' Cooperative association. The delegates reelected A. R. Shum w.ay of Milton as president of the board and V. H. Smith of Wasco secretary. Howard Anderson of Heppner,! Herbert Olden of lone and Charles Harth of The Dalles were reelected as directors, and new directors are II. B. Dovidhiser of Joseph, George H. Brown of New Era and W. J. Edwards of Mayvllle. J. E. Reynolds of La Grande was chosen chairman of the board of district dele gates. -' :.-:";)'-r.; - p The finance corporation of the United State Grain Growers, Inc., will be un able to assist the Northwestern; associa tion this year in marketing, it i was un derstood at the meeting, and the latter association will have , to handle its own selling. Because of this, the local or ganlatation will be in no hurry to sign a contract with the national association, although It is understood that a form of contract satisfactory to the northwestern operators will be considered at, the na tional meeting In July. . i The league directors will meet In Portland Tuesday to decide upon - the appointment of a state - manager, ac cording to announcement made today Several men are in line for, the position and at the Portland meeting their quali fications will be considered. j Navy Recruits for Citizens1 Training . -v;; : . I- - - The navy recruiting office In Portland has been named a registration bureau for those who wish to enter the citizens' training Camps this summer, according to advices from Washington today. The camps - are to- be conducted hi several central posts about the United . States from July 6 to i, that for the Oregon district being at Camp LewisWash. UNG ARE CHAMPING OTHERS DECLARED DR. A. A. MORRISON Other members of the board of school trustees of the Episcopal dio cese were Just as .responsible for the purchase of j Oak H11K farm as. was Dr. A. A. Morrison, declared Pan J. Maiarkey, attorney for Dr. Morri son, during cross-examination of 3. OT. Ganohg In Circuit JudgrfSatens court .Friday afternoon. The board i3 seeking to force . Dr. Morrison to make ' restitution on the land purchase.-- ,,;"'-.-!vj -'f',-:;v'"-"-V-:-:-?':i,j ? . Drr Morrison should not bear ! all the blame on "his own shoulders, if there was reason for . blaming anyone. Mat lar key said. The other members were as well acquainted with the land deal as Morrison 'was. according to the at torney. . " v J - 1 '" "Why did you vote to sue Dr. Morrison and not vote jto sue yourself and the other members of the board?" Maiarkey asked. Ganong was - a member i of the board In 1908 jat the time the purchase was made which the present board asks to have canceled. j- T Charles - Cochran of counsel for the plaintiff objected to the question- as "not fair." . j , . -. ' .- ;' "The, men who originated this suit should be ashamed of themselves," Ma iarkey replied. I "They talk of profits, but do they . find any member of the board who says he made anything, by the purchase. There was no profit," Maiarkey said Dr. Morrison was wilf- ing to cancel the 1908 deal if the board would pay him: back his money i with 6 per cent Interest. - . ' Coehran hotly retorted that "it will take more than sophistries ofthe de fense to set aside this charge," Following the taking of Ganong's tes timony In the afternoon, court was ad journed until 9 ;30 Monday morning. S. H. Gruber wsa the only other, witness called during the day, " , ' i ; - Will Eoss Captures Honors Ivin Realtor Oratorical Contest r .-V. - J j Will H. Ross'iwas awarded first prize in an oratorical contest at a banquet of the Portland hotel. Friday night,- In competition with five other members of the Portland Realty Board." The banquet was given In-honof of F. K, Taylor, president of .the National Asso ciation of Real Estate Boards, and was attended by more than 250 realtors. Speakers in the contest were allowed five minutes each in which to describe the beauties and advantages of Portland as a residence and industrial city. First prize entitles Ross to represent the Port land board in a similar contest at the annual convention of the national asso ciation at Chicago in July, his expenses being paid by the board. Other contest ants were Carlos iMarsters, who took sec ond place, T. W. Zimmerman, J. A. Wickman, John Mariels and E. E. Swen son of Beaverton; -' : " .Harold jungcKj was toastmaster ana speeches were made by President Taylor. Coe'A. McKenna, Frederick Strong and others. Special music was rendered by a quartette. I" 'As You Like It' Play Is Called Off Because of Rain After watching the weather and making 'and unmaking numerous plans to thwart It, officers of the Drama league this afternoon, decided finally to postpone - tonight's - presentation- of Shakespeare's .''As You Like It" until Monday night "at. the country home of Mrs. Henry Ladd Corbett at Rivera. During the day it was tentatively de cided' to hold the entertainment tonight at the. Little theater, but this involved so much last-minute preparation and upset so-many-out-of-door arrangements that the Monday postponement was agreed upon. Should the weather re main unpropitious Monday, further an nouncement will be made then, j . Brothers Are Fined Cathlamet, Wash., June 18. The Buhakka brothers of the lower end of the county .pleaded guilty to the manu facture of 'moonshine whiskey and were fined $150 and costs by Justice of the Peace' Harold F. Bradley. ICotll Pay Ho More But you get better coin flakes when you specify ST byname, and make sure that the grocer gives them to you. Never were such flavor and crisp ness sealed up in corn flakes as you obtain from every package of Post Toasties Sold by grocers everjahere! t Madety Rnrm Cereal GalncBattle OreekMich. Kotarians to Urge Calling of World I IIKM I'lllU IIIUTir 1 J I LilX i v tuwi UiWUXUU U iUWU U By Clyde Reals ', (Written for th VnileA Proa.) Edinburgh, Scotland, June 17.Unl versal peace has been rromoted by the International Rotary convention here, according to American delegates prepar ing to leave Edinburgh today. All delegates were pledged to have their clubs memorialize their governments for the calling of an international dis armament congress. The closing speeches of the convention dwelt on the claim that the convention has advanced the cause of peace by giv ing "a practical demonstration of the strength of -friendliness." The cloeing spectacle of the convention was the, greet parade yesterday in which rpore than a thousand Rotarlans marched down ancfrnt Scottish-streets under a forest of American and British flags. There were princes and princesses, mythological characters and symbolical floats. Robert Cameron of Billings. Mont, treated wide-eyed Scotch children w me pigm oi a real cowDoy, complete to the last spangle and the" notches on a revolver. COLLECTORS ARE E M. E. Moss and Edwin Moss, man agers of the Federal Collection Agency In Portland prior to Febru ary'22, but now said to be residents of Connecticut, were indicted this morning by the federal grand Jury on a charge of having forms printed for collecting bills which resembled forms used by courts. Bail was set at $1000 each and bench warrants were issued. ' The indictments followed the Investi gation the government conducted while working on the case of Dr. Taul G. Olsen; who was reindicted this morning on a Charge of using one of these forms In air alleged effort to coerce Miss Gina BratbVrg to pay a $35 bill a second time. Dr. Olsen was indicted several weeks ago by the grand Jury, but the first In dictment has been found defective. The grand jury returned seven gen eral and three secret Indictments In Its final report, after which it was dis charged by the court, Other indictments are: Cecil Wfthart, charged with stealing 22,500 cigarettes in Uortland from an Interstate shipment booked for Walla Walla. R. W, Dawson, alias R. W."" Long, charged with bringing a stolen auto mobile into Portland from Rodondo, Cal, Herman -Rohr, alias Spokane White, of Pendleton, charged with, having mor phine and cocaine in bis possession. Bail set at $1500. Shakespeare S. Walker, charged with possessing and on two counts with sell ing morphine and cocaine. Bait set at $i6oo. . . Paul L. Chambers, who was recently senienceci 10 vu uny in jbu uu a, wjun slave indictment, charged with misuee of a railroad pass. Ball set at tt00. Indictments returned late Friday In cluded : Lester lilxon, charged with larceny ; Jesse Turner, John -Nolan and Lawrence Miller, charged with violation of the national prohibition act ; Irfe Chung and "Jim" Chong, charged with haying opium in their possession ; L, Perry, charged with violation of the national prohibition act; Forest Haines, charged with robbing the postoffice at Dixonville in Douglas county ; Fred Jackson, Thurmond Jacks and Bybee Butler, Klamath Indians, charged with horse stealing; E. K. Bardwtll. alleged violation of the Mann white slave act in transporting Daisy Nichols from Yakima to Portland, and fromPortland to San Francisco; Grant Adams, steal ing blankets on the Warm River Indian reservation; John. Elson, 8. M. Weiloek and Charles Brunjfleld, violation of the national prohibition act ; C. H. Thomas, sending unmailable matter through the mails, and Lazar. Leftlch, alias Louis George, ana u. i. nomas, wun viuia.uuu of the iiqtior laws. Occasional Showers Forecast in Oregon Washington, June 18. (U. P.) Weekly weather forecast : Generally fair weather In California and occasional showers In Oregon end Washington. Temperature normal or slightly below normal. INDICTED 1S0S OF FORMS CHAR