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CITY EDITION CITY EDITION . All Here and It's All True THE WEATHER Tonlrht and Wednes day, cloudy ; i westerly winds. Maximum, temperatures : Portland ....... 0 St Louis . ....... S3 Boise ........... 80 : New York ....... 78 Los Angeles .... ti st. Paul "82 ie s All Here and f All True TOUR ROAD INFORMATION The Journal provides you free road informa tion any time between 9 a. m. and 5 p. m. (except Sunday). Call The Journal and ask either for The Oregon Journal tourist bureau or for the road information bureau. VOL. ,XX. NO. 90. Entered as Second Class Matte at PostoCflca, Portland. Oregon PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 21, 1921. TWENTY PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND NEWS STANDS riVI CENTS CHARGE READ TO Crowd So Dense That Way Had to Be Cleared by Bailiffs for . WomarT Accused of "Cutting husband's Throat as He Slept. - With the courtroom jammed to the doora with morbid and curious people, Mrs. Ann Louise Agee ap peared before Presiding Circuit Judge Kavanaugh at 2 o'clock this afternoon to r hear formally the charge that she had murdered her husband, Harry Agree, in the early morning .of Juiy li by plashing his throat with a a?or. She will plead to the Indictment next Tuesday. - So dense was- tha, courtroom throng that bailiffs had to clear a way for Mrs. A see when she was led in to hear the reading . of the1 indictment. She was given a place with James T. Anderson, who is charged . with killing his aged wife with an ax. on one side, and her father, J. D. Swing, on the other. DRESSED IX BLACK Mrs. Ages was dressed in black, a heavy black veil obscuring her ' face, which no one could get a glimpse of de spite the craning of necks and the shift ing of position, ' : When Deputy District Attorney Joseph -Hemmersley read the document to her, she' meade perfunctory answers in ; a clear, steady voice,' identifying herself , as the person named in the indictment and jgtatsing that John Collier, who ac companied her, was her attorney. With this procedure over with, bailiffs Cleared another passage-way and she was led back to her cell in the county jail. , ; , r . .,r". : IN SAUITT HEARING SLATED ; Anderson, the other murder defendant in the courtroom' at the same time, was to have been arraigned, but on motion of his "son-in-law, Hugh Krum, discus sion . will first- be had on 'a preliminary insanity bearing. DR. OF. Favorites in the.Pacific Northwest Golf association championships at the Waverley Country club -ran true to form lit the 'flrSt elimination round this morning. .. i The biggest surprise of the first round was the- elimination of Jack Neville, former Coast and Northwest champion, by Df. O. F. Willing of Waverley. Will ing, after being 1 down at the turn, steadied and beat Neville, 4 up and 2. EAGAX BEATS BRAGG v Ellis J. Bragg of Waverley forced IT. Chandler Kgan jto the seventeenth green before going down to a 2 up and 1 de feat . . : ; -" Bon Stein of Seattle eliminated Blg gerstaff Wilson of Victoria, B. C, 4 up .and 3. Stein was even fours until tne match ended on the fifteenth. . Heinle Schmidt of Aberdeen and Guy M. Standifer were winners in easy matches.- Schmidt defeated Dr. J. L Mc Cool, T up and 5, while Straight was de feated by Standifer. 6 up and 5." ' Other first round results: Russell Smith, Waverley, beat Ercel Kay, Portland, 4 up and 2. SEATTLEITE WIXSEB ' " D. H. Houston, Jefferson Park. Se attle, won from Doug Nicol, Portland, 6 up and 4. !. ' - John Wall, Spokane, heat John H. Tuttle, Waverley, 2 up. Clare Grlswold, Portland, beat G. E. Martin. Walla Walla. 7 up and 6. Edwin Neustadter, Tualatin, beat Rob ert Bone. Vancouver, 2 ufi and 1. ; Jack Westland. Seattle, beat J. H. Ballinger. Seattle, 1 up. A. V. Macah. Victoria, beat C H. Fidgeon, 5 "up-and 4. t TV. A. PETTYCROVE DEFEATS . It'll." MARKLEY OP SEATTLE In the championship handicaps being ployed today atvthe Portland Golf club In the annual tournament of the Pacific Coast Golf association, W.. A Pettygrove ' of the Waverley course won over R- R. Markley of Seattle, one up, and O. H. Becker of the Portland club wan over H. B. Schofner. three and one. Petty- ( Concluded on Fe Two, Column Six) Baseball Results MRS AGEE NCOURTRQQwl WILLING DEFEATS NEVILLE . "XATIOJTAL At Brooklyn I i "KU H. E. Philadelphia ....... 100 010 000 2 11 2 Brooklyn t 000 201 01 4 8 1 Bttterics Hubbell and Brnsgy; Uiimet and Miller. . ; At New. Tork R- H. E. --'-Boston .......... 210 01T 410 16 1H 0 New Tork . -. 400 000 001 5 T 6 Batteries McQuillan, and Gowdy; Benton, t Barnes, NeJf and Smith. At St. Iooi First nne: R. H. E. Ceicaco . i i. 00-J 210 000 5 10 2 Bt. Iais .!. . 103 535 00 17 14 0 Batteries Martin, Freeman and Killifer; Parties, Goodwin and Clemona. AMERICA2T ' At Chicago i" - ! R. H. E.' Cleveland :..J... 130 000 020 10 1 Cbx-mo . . . ; Ill 000 000 S 10 1 -Batteries tJhle and Konamaker; McWsear, Ttllkinaoa and Subalk. r. - . r At Boston First gsme R H. E. New York ........ 020 000 010 3 10 I , Boton' . - - 240 010 10 8 13 0 V Batteries Shswkef. Sbeenan and Hoffman; Pennork and KueL At Boston Second ame: - R. H. E. : i New Tork . . . . . 100 000 000 1 5 3 -. Bonan w. ......... 020 013 00 6 10 0 ' Battens - Hoyt and Schang; Buah and ITalteTs. , ' . , : . f At .Detroit St. Louis-Detroit same post- . - - ... Harding Must Avoid Low Down and Send Regrets To Jack! and Geo. By Ring: Lardner Great Neck, N, T., Monday, Juno 1. -Before visiting the training camps of the1 2-;fighters and writing my reports of what I see. it might be well to exclaim where and when the.big event is going to be held and other statistics In regards to same so as my readers wilH know which fight it is that I am writing about. as up to date they seem to of been a kind .of a secret pack amongst the newspapers to treat this affair as they done the Stillman case and give it just a bare mention.' i Well then the data is July 2 and the place is Jersey City. The 3 main prin ciples is Jack Dempeey and Oeorges Carpentier and they will split 8500,000 as a reward . lor their efforts, which I want to say here that no 2 men ever so richlv deserved so luciua a . nlum nnleat- it was , the Smith Brothers. It must be-remembered however that more' than of Jack's $300,000 and a. similar mor sel of the Frenchman's 8200,000 will be cheerlessly turned over to their resp government in, taxes so that Jack won't only get more than $150,000 wile Geo's will have a Uttle under $100,000 to; spend if he, lives. I ' PBESIDEXT CAST GO ' It might be'mentloned at this pt. that wile tite U. S. treasury will make some wheres around i $300,000 to '$500,000 out of the fight, still it would be considered kind of low down for the president to attend a event in which 2 strong men is trying to knock each other for a ghoul, so Mr. Harding will be obliged to send regrets though there are occasions when he presents himself at sessions of our congress which many people thinks is a great deal more brutal. The original idear of the scrap, from a wordly pt. of view was to net a small Packard, the promoter, informed that the most profit to Tex but I am now of what is left over after Geo's and Jack is-paid off has all ready, been sub scribed to an involuntary fund known as the relief-of devastated New Jersey. AGREE JCST LIKE STOKES K The battle Will be staged In a specially built arena which the estimated cost of same was $100,000. but ; the estimated and actual cost Is said to agree like Mr. and Mrs. Stokes. f Prices of seats ! range from $50 to -,- 5 and the man that buys a $5 seat may have- the laugh on the $50 bird as the latter will half to make the trip to Jersey wile the former Is libel to be located In New York, r The trip to Jer sey and back! will; be some trip and J aek -Curley runs , past my heavily mortaged home every morning titbit Rub ber shirt getting in shape, for it. ' -. Last but sot lease it la f vs. the Jersey laws for a referee to give aedeelslon in a bout that goes the limit, so if this one don't end : In i a knockout, drop you will half to depend on the . newspapers to tell who win and personally I will try and give a impartial verdict and as for being competent to judge, why I was one . of the first to announce that Dempsey has a shade on Wlllard and within a wk after the last election I said in the presence of witnesses that things looked bad for Cox. WILL HOLD WATCH I may as well admit here that I turned down a suggestion from one of my chil dren 10 reieree tne fight myself. . How ever, I will hold the watch and I ad vise other spectators to do the same. As for a prediction On the outcome I have promised to- not commit myself. but would like to say that within prac ucauy ail the comical cartoonists In New Tork picking Dempsey to win, I still figure he has a chance. It may not be generally known, but Carpentier's training quarters Isn't only about a mile as the Ford flies from what I jokelngly call my home so it won't take me nowheres near as long as other experts to get -there, ; get re buffed and get : back. .. Newspapermen is au gratm at the Mathews farm acrost from the Sherry estate, and in fact the guy that guards the entrance is said to. be so hard boiled that the 2 neigh boring farms has been nicknamed "Sherry and Egg.- ; Laying that joke and all others to one side. I don't expect to get .turned down. Strategy kept me out of war and will get me into the j French camp, I had two plans but have past ip one of them which was to not go as a reporter at all but leave my mouth sag open and pretend like I was a Long Island coun try gentleman. My other plan, which I am going to -try I will tell you about in my next article. If it works. . I (Copyrisht. 1921, by the Bell Syndicate. Inc.) r r- . BUDGET DIRECTOR j Washington, June 21. -(U.'"P.) President Harding has named Charles O. Dawes . director of the budget, it was announced at the White House. h ' ' Up-to-Date Charts For Masters Need, Declares McArthur Washington, June TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL. ) Representative McArthur has asked the shipping board . to , require masters of foreign ships entering ports of the United States to provide themselves with the latest coast and ' geodetic charts., which he declares particularly .important for newer harbors of the Pacific coast. "My attention was recently called to' the case of two ships entering Portland harbor each with antiquated charts of the Columbia river," said McArthur. "Masters had purchased these in Tokio and Vladivostok; one showing 20 feeU and the' other? 17 feet of water at ;,the Columbia's mouth, whereas the actusl depth is over: 40 feet. I think that the latest charts ' should be obtainable at American - embassies and consulates obroad and they should be supplied to ship masters free or at nominal cost. The shipping board, I believe, is in a position toremedy .these condition-" - - GENERAL DAWES IS . - I''.- " t ",'-. , : NINE VESSELS VANISH LIKE SEA PHANTOM Strange Disappearance of Ships ' Off U. S. Coast in Calm Seas Startles Government; f Note Bares Capture by Ocean Raider SHIPS THAT SAILED BUT KETEB CAME I3f ; Seamer William O'Brien. 3143 tons, left New Tork April 14, 1920. t . Schooner Canadian Maid, 2940 tons, left Montecrist April 4, 1921. Italian steamer Montesan Michael, 4018 tons, left New York February 2, 1921, for Genoa, i . i . ;, Tanker Hewitt, 394 tons, left Sa bine. Texas, January 21, , 1921, , for Boston. Spanish steamer Yute. 2974. tons, left Baltimore for Dunkirk Novem ber 14. 1920. - , " Schooner General Horne, -sailed October 19, 1920. . Schooner Fylla, sailed from New Foundland September 14 1920. Bark Firlne left ; Hampton Roads November 25, 1920. Schooner -Esneranze De Larrinaga left Norfolk February 2. 1921. for , Washington, June 21. A deep sea mystery, offering speculation as wide as the widest" sweep of the imagina tion, today surrounds the fate of the nine ships which have recently dis appeared. " : " 1 What ports in the whole world's seven seas holds these missing vessels is an en igma which has navy officials at Wash ington and marine authorities in the At lantic ports completely puzzled.. GIG ASTIC PLOT FEARED Marine officials have begun to believe in the possibility that there is a gigantic conspiracy afoot for the seizure of freight ships. But how they are dis guised and how news of their seizure is hidden is a secret of the deep. There is a growing belief, however. (Concluded on. PM Two, Column Two) JAPAN IS SWEPT BY FATAL FLOODS . Tokio. June 21. (U. P. ) Terrific floods are sweeping large areas in Japan. Death, lists today approached 200. - - - : . - :. .- : , "Entire villages were submerged under 15 feet of water In the Hita district. At Kyusha more than 600 houses were washed - away. ; S . i - Heavy rains cr.used the floods. The district I of Kyusha was inundated so quickly ; that thousands had i narrow escapes. At least 180 persons drowned there. ' : The flood quickly swept hundreds of lightly constructed dwelling houses into the torrent, where tne.-. collapsed and were carried out to sea in a mass of debris. Bridges were torn out ; and swept away. In the Hita district the waters spread more slowly, filling the streets of many villages,, some of them to a depth of 15 feet. Twenty-three villages were known to be under water, their inhabi tants taking to boats, some living pre cariously in trees and others clinging to roofs of cottages which threatened mo mentarily to leave- their foundations. : Near Fukuoka, a city of almost 100,000 persons, great damage was done. 2000 Mine Strikers In Great Britain .Clash With Police London, June 21. (L N. S.)--Rloting broke out in the mine strike at Chester field today. Two thousand , strikers clashed with the police. 1 Several were wounded. --v- : The trouble started when strikers at tacked other strikers who were returning to work.- Riot calls were sent in to the police and when the police arrived a vio lent pitched battle ensued. Much prop erty was destroyed. V f ir Violence broke out also at Riply.f At this latter i place miners attacked men who were going back to work In defiance of the strike Order and a number of per sons were injured. , Flames Destroy -. Bombing Seaplane At Newport News Washington, June 2L (L N. S,) The naval seaplane NC-7. one of the planes 2J. (WASmjSQtLthat was to have participated in the bombing demonstration ox une v irgima capes today, caught fire and was de stroyed near Newport News this morn ing, according to a long-distance tele phone call received at the navy depart ment at 10 o'clock. j i The pilot and,, observer escaped unin jured, although the plane .was consumed, according to information received here. Japanese ill Hawaii Active; Says Planter ' V. ' i ". : ' K ' k: ', Washington, June 21. (I. ' X. S.) Japanese in Hawaii are making a drive to wrest control of - the . territory from its white population, Walter F. Dilling ham, representing white Hawaiian plant ers, testified before the house Immigra tion committee today. POLICE KILL GANG LEADER1 AT LUTON Four Patrolmen Frustrate What Is Thought Was Plot of Strik ers to Waylay Tanker's Crew; Seven Taken; Search for Guns. As if mistaking a posse of police men for a group of strikebreakers, eight men believed to be striking sailors participated In a point blank gun battle at the entrance to the docks of the Shell Oil company near Linnton Monday night with the; re sult that one was killed and the other seven are in the cityJalL The man shot and killed was John Dar rell or Daro, about 30 years old. The police were beating the brush In the vicinity of the gun battle this morn ing in search for .the weapons which they believed, the men had thrown away after the battle. r; ; DRIVES HEARS PLOT - ; 1 The "battle was the outgrowth ' pf a suDDOsed nlan to ambush strikebreaker Employed, aboard the tank steamer City or tteno, now aocK.ec at tne Shell ter minal. James Anderson. driver of a Linnton bus. told the police that he had overheard the eight strikers planning to waylay strikebreakers, as he i was driving, the party to Linnton. ; He rushed back to the police station and a posse composed of Patrolmen Burdick, naffer. Van Valkenburgh and Atkin- son rofcas hurried to the scene. As the posse was . walking over a small footbridge near the oiL dock about 10 o'clock, the members were met 1 with the command to hold up their hands. , Burdick was leading the posse and after raising one hand in the air he Informed the hold-up , men - that they were stopping policemen. Savagely the man - who gave the command said in abusive language that; he didn't j care whom he was holding up. ... ; At that point : the attention of the hold-up leader was distracted yi At kinson . and, Shaffer, who , were, follow ing Burdick. As the gangster turned from Burdick, the policeman dropped his flashlight and drew nis gun,' firing pointblank at th group. Fleeing to the. shelter of nearby "brush, th ambashersreturne th ire, but were driven out of their retreat. With their guns emptied, the police abandoned the chase and called for reserves. A riot (Concluded on Pss Three. Column Three) . IN FIVE MINUTES Washington, June 21. (I. N.1 S.) The ex -German submarine' U-117 was sunk today in five minutes by aerial bombs in , the practice tests off the Virginia capes, according to messages reaching the navy depart ment this afternoon. The destruction of the submarine target was carried out by the division of F-5-L seaplanes from a height of about 2000 feet. By A. Li. Bradford United Press Staff Correspondent On Board U. S. S. Henderson, off Hampton Roads, Va., June 21. "The navy that swims" and "the navy that flies" were set for their first test of strength today. Fifty miles off Cape Charles lightship lies the former German submarine tJ-1 17. - Circling over Hampton Roads, glisten ing in the sunlight, are 24 airplanes which will try to sink the submarine with bombs dropped on it. If they fail the army airplanes are ready at Langley field. Virginia, to finish the job. V At a safe distance from the German TJ boat Is the Henderson, carrying of fl cials, observers and newspaper men. FIRST TEST OF SERIES . Today's test will be the first' of a se ries arranged as an outcome of the con troversy over the relative merits of the ship and the airplane as naval fighters. Vice Admiral Hilary P. Jones, newly appointed commander-in-chief pf the At lantic fleet, was In these waters today with a formidable part of his fleet. Ad miral Jones is in supreme command of the entire maneuvers. , M Captain A. ; W. Johnson-, commander of the Atlantic fleet air force, was on the U. S. S. Shawmut, near the Ger man .target, directing the operations in the air. Brigadier General Mitchell was in command of the army air forces. -Destroyers . were - stationed every 10 tulles between the U-117 and Thimble Shoal light to be ready for the . rescue work In case o mishap. Rescue air planes also were held ready at Hamp ton Roads and Langley field bases, to take the air In case of an accident-' HOW THEY WILL ATTACK ; "The submarine IS to be attacked by the following divisions of naval planes : First division of three F-5-Ls, to use 12 bombs altogether. : Second division of three F-S-Ls, 12 bombs. - ' Third division ' of three - F-5-Ls. 12 bombs. , , Torpedo planes squadron of five Mar tins, 30 bombs. , First division of two NCs, eight bombs. Second division of two NCs. - eight bombs, and marine division of six DHs, 12 bombs. . ! Then, if the submarine still is not sunk, the army planes will attack as follows; Twelve Martin bombers in four di visions of three planes each to come one division at a time, each division to use 18 bombs ;.. then six DH-4s to . use 12 bombs, and finally five DH-4s to use 10 .bomb a . . . The army will attack with 250-pound bombs and the navy - with 163 pounders. PLANES SINK SUB BUILDING OWNERS ARRIVE FOR CONVENTION rxRAIN de luxe carrying 150 eastern members of the National Association of Building Owners I and Managers arrived here at 9 a. m. today oyer the Southern Pacific;. Left to right: F. I. Swetland of Cleveland- Ohio ; Mrs. F. Li S wetland ; Charles E: Doty of Cleveland; Mrs. E. M. Horrine of Atlanta, Ga.; E. M. Horrine of Atlanta; F. X. Monville.of Philadelphia. t , t W, ,ty v.r :: . :-v . .-.:-:-.-.. . -':o:.'i.a.vv. . - . . t - i . 'L ... -x a Breathing optimism " and wearing i the contented smile of prosperity, a group of 150 eastern business men breezed" into Portland at 9 a. m. today to attend the fourteenth an nual convention of the national as sociation of building . owners and managers. The Eastern delegates came on a spe cial train, reputed to be the finest that ever crossed the continent - They have been two-weeks on . the road covering points of Interest In Arizona' and Cali fornia. :" -OTOEf HtTJTDBJEfl)1 ARB-IVJEl " 7 More than 100 delegates to the conven tion reached the city Monday, and the total attendance is estimated at approx imately 300, representing nearly 60 cities in - the United States and Canada. A special train bearing 40 members from Seattle and. a number from Vancouver, B. C. arrived Monday night. Addresses of welcome by Governor 61 cott. Acting Mayor C A. Bigelow, Dean Vincent- convention chairman, and Charles ' S. Holbrook, president of the Portland Association of Building Owners and Managers, opened the initial session of the convention at 9 :30 o'clockl ' An invocation by Bishop Walter Taylor Sumner- added a touch of dignity to the exuberent mirth of the welcomers. EXPLAINS ZOimTG FLAX An explanation of . city planning and zoning by Charles H. Cheney, consultant engineer of the Portland city planning commission, was the principal feature of the forenoon session. The delegates lis tened with close attention to Cheney's address, in spite of their nervousness about hotel reservations and weariness from a long train Journey. " : High taxation is due to raise hob with land values, according to Albert A. Mc Caslin of "Cleveland.. Ohio, who is on the program for a paper on this subject at the afternoon session. Other members of the Cleveland delegation werei F. Ij. Swetland and Mrs. Swetland, T. M. Swet land, R. H. Swetland and Charles Doty. CONDITIONS BETTER F. L. and R. H. Swetland are broth ers of Liot Q.'Swetland of Portland, and T. M. Swetland; is the .local building Owner's father. They will be entertained (Concluded on Pe Three. Column .Two) Strike to Be Ended Today, Says Agent Of Local Organization The strike of the marine engineertr ort the Padf5c side will: be officially ended today, ' according to Barney Dionne, business agent for ilocal No--41, who Is .In Seattle in conference with the dele gates from locals on the , coast The coast locals refused to accept, the terms entered , info by President W. S. Brown and the "shipping board. " " ' National ' representatives of the Ma rine Engineers' Beneficiat association and the. shipping : board reached an agreement at "Washington more than a week ago. Engineers on the Atlantic side returned -to work. On. the Pacific side they did not and held that condi tions were the sametas on May 1. James W. Crlchton. in charge of the division of operations at Portland, was notified from headquarters that in case the coast - locals did not comply with the general order, sufficient engineers would be sent - from the .Atlantic sfde to man all craft under charter or awaiting crews, -v-. r Farm Loan Measure With Limitation on Interest Introduced Washington." June 21. (L N. S.) A bill providing for the loan of $20,000. 000. by the treasury to the federal farm loan ' board -. for loans ( to farmers was introduced in the . senate -today by Senator Harris t Dem.) of ' Georgia. The bill directs that no federal bank shall loan the money at a higher rate than 6 per cent, and that interest shall be paid to the treasury at. & per cent for- the sum borrowed, - ' BUILDING OWNERS IN SESSION HERE UfflfWitiMMIdtfli In ill rfTfraiyiWfraiaaM. U. S. Woman Kid nap e d By Cannibals San Francisco, Cal June 21.- (U. P.) Kidnaped by the cannibal na tives of one of the Solomon islands in the South seas and held arlsoner in a hut in the heart of a sandalwood forest for six hours, was the experi ence of Mrs. Helen Whatley of Den ver, r' She was' rescued by a. posse formed by her husband; Jesse "Whatley.- ' - j ' The Whstleys arrived Miere on the British' liner Tahiti after spending 13 months" in AnstraliaNew Zealand .And the South seas. ' ' -" -j - U. S. LISTENS TO PLAN TO DISARM "Washington. June 21. (I. N. S.) Congress will 'probably take ' the British premier, Lloyd George, at his word and provide Great Britain an opportunity to discuss;1 with Ameri can statesmen any proposal for lim itation of armaments, Representa tive Kelley (R., Mich.), chairman of the house conferees on the navy ap propriation bill indicated today. . . Adoption by the house of the . Borah proposal .for a disarmament conference between the United States, Great Brit ain and Japan may be .the answer of congress to Lloyd George's references to disarmament in bis speech at the .im perial conference 'at London on the pro posal of the renewal ; - of the - Anglo Japanese treaty, Kelly suggested. - , Committee Favors Bill for Addition -To Rainier Park Washington. June 21. (WASHINGTON BUREAU OF HTE JOURNAL). The house public - lands committee - has ' or dered a favorable report on xtepresen tative t Albert Johnson's bill to make exchanges Of land in Rainier National park which will permit an addition to the park, of two sections of timber near the highway entrance to the park, owned by a Tacoma lumber company, which intends to lok the land unless an exchange is made," and thus impair the beauty of the park approach. - John Stewart " of the special commit tee on postof floes said today that . the department strongly fa vers the adop tion of Representative Longworth's resolution to postpone increases i on second-class matter, which will be ef fectrve July 1 unless congress acts. Conditions have changed so much, ,he aid. that officials find it impossible to calculate the effect , and Justice of the present rates,' and believes the en tire field should be investigated before further changes are made. Proper in- vestigatlon will require $300,000, be es timated, but Bays It is worth the money In making complete adjustment of pos tal rates according to ' usefulness and COSt. , -- ,' . TJ. S. Jobs Increase In Last Five Years . Washington, June 21 The federal government will begin - the - fiscal year July 11 with approximately 600,000 em ployes on Its pay rolls.- This number compares with 439,798 five years ago. before. America entered the war. TJfoDs Divorce Suit When Twins Arrive ',rw:- Aurora. 11L. ' June 2L (L 'N. S.) Ed ward C. Petit, farmer,, was reconciled to married life today,' having dropped his divorce suit while in court upon news that his wife had given birth to twins. He rushed home posthaste. V- 'V 1 FIREARMS BILL HITS HARD BUMPS - Washington, June 21. (WASH INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUR NAL) Senator Shields' bill to sup press :the . sa!le'; of .revolvers. which was once reported to the . senate, but later pulled back Into the Judiciary committee upon request of Senator Brandagee of Connecticut, is Jikely to be "shot up" before it returns to the senate If. indeed, it escapes from the committee again. , ' - : When the. bill returned . to the ' com mittee it .was -referred to a sub-commit tee consisting, of Senator Brandegee, chairman ; Shields and Shorlrldge. The last named holds the balance bf( power in the, subcommittee, as Brandegee is opposed to the bill. - It is not "believed that ShortrldgS" will favor a- drastic law and the Shields idea of forbidding the interstate shipment of - pocket firearms is likely, to be trimmed down. .t, ; ' The pistol ' and cartridge manufac turers, who are especially well en trenched in Connecticut and neighboring states,' are pouring in . protests. So are dealers in revolvers In various parts of the country. They ' say it would Inter fere with business, that it would Inter fere with the right to carry arms and that, regulation should be left, to the states. x-:. --;. ':-'.! ..,' .,'..-':. - Consideration by the" subcommittee has been delayed because of the ab sence - from Washington of ! Senator Shields. Hearings have been asked for by. opponents of the -, bill, the pistol makers and dealers and allied interests in ammunition having given notice that they, will fight from the start- ! : , Increase pf . Speed Limit Is Asked by St. Helens People ... ,1 - ;.;v t ' ' 'An increase in the speed limit on the Columbia river highway .between the Forestry building -and. Linnton' is advo- cated by business men of St, Helens, who have asked the Portland Chamber of Commerce to cooperate dn urging the city council to permit 'a speeding up of travel. , ,- -. i'. 'v....' The St. Helens Chamber of. Commerce has taken action on this proposition and the president of the organization , has become . the spokesman,- for- the . St. Helens cttisens. He says that 20 miles an hour is too slow, a. maximum speed limit when there are, no crossing streets to take .Into .consideration. He believes that an increase in speed "on the high way i would not make travel any. more dangerous. - v- . ;, '; ' ' v . 1 1 ' ,- . . Carnival Is Giving Part of Proceeds to ( ; Veterans! Society ', All the concessions . common to 1 the street carnival have been established on the lot at East Second and Oregon street, where the .LeVltt-Brown-Huggine shows are appearing under the auspices of the Veterans of Foreign , Wars. The" vf act that the war veterans are -receiving a percentage on the receipts at the carnival Is causing the : shows . to : draw large crowds. A contest Is put on at the'grounds for the most popular glrL Resulu of votes cast are announced nightly. j Several war dogs carried by the car nival company are attracting much. at tention from the crowds. . pOne of the animals was gassed while In action in the Argonne. . - - Headless Body of Missionary Found Boston. .June 2L (L N. .S.) Consid erable mystery surrounds ths finding of the decapitated body of Miss Selina De Long, fomer Chinese missionary, on the Boston ' lc "Albany railroad tracks near, the Cottage Farm bridge today. An investigation revealed that Miss De Long disappeared from the home or friends in Brookllne after - It "was . thought . she i had retire . ' . - -. .-,. j . " POLICE CHIEF MAKES SHIF1 IN PERSONNEL Sergeant Jack Keegan Heads Mor als Squad; Sergeant Oelsner to . Have Charge of Plain Clothes Squad on First Night Relief. Changes in the personnel of the police department, with the idea of shifting the morals squad according to his idea tha such shifting should be frequent, were announced this morning by -Chief of Police Jenkins. The principal change is the transfer of Sergeant Jack Keegan, who has been as sistant to the chief, to head of the morals squad, vesting in him the responsibility for holding vice in check and restraining violators of the liquor Iswb. - In accomplishing the reorganization of the squad. Chief Jenkins made these shifts: Sergeant Oelsner. now head of morals squad, takes charge of plain clothes squad: for flrxt night relief and utility work -for Captain Inskeep. As signed to TOelsner-ar'e Patrolmen Burdick, Shaffer H. W. Smith and Jackson. Ser geant Schad takes the wet side district south of Washington street and Sergeant Clements the district north of Washing ton; Assigned to Keegan are : Patrolmen Travera and Nelson, transferred from auto theft division-; Gates, transferred from first night relief, and Gallagher, transferred from St. Johns substation : Patrolmen Knlskern, from second night relief, and F. L. Hatt from St. Johns. The squad is completed by transfer of Maxwell from St. Johna, Fair from first night relief and Florence from second night relief. Patrolman Willis la asnigned. to report to Captain Inskeep on first night relief. In j uniform ; Sergeant Epperson is as signed : to Lieutenant Crane, at St. Johns station : IL W. Greene, to report in -uniform to first night relief ; Meacham. assigned to auto theft squad; Pa trolman Drake, assigned to day relief, and Patrolmen J. R. Burkhardt and li. G. Smith, assigned to second night re lief. ' The changes become- effective Wednes day. - ' - '-'.. - .- '. VIS IN TEST VOTE Denver, Colo.; June 21, (U. P.) The strength of Samuel Gompers hold or the American Federation of Labor, despite the menace to his control by John L. Lewis, was clear ly demonstrated at the federation convention here today. : In 'two Important teat votes, the stand of the Gompers' administration for alow, considerate action, was upheld by nearly ( two to one vdte- over advocates of speedy movement.! GOMPERS WINS VOTE A resolution providing for Immediate action by the , federation in urging" congress to pass an old-age pension bill was referred to the executive committee for consideration after a long debate, as urged by the Gompers administration. - Machinists' delegates and others sup porting the Lewis campaign for presi dency of the federation, opposed turning the queatlon over to the executive com mittee, but asked that' -steps be taken immediately to obtain the legislation. In deciding a jurisdictional dispute in the organisation of metal, alate and mar ble polishers, the convention also upheld the stand advocated by the executive council of the Gompers administration. MAT CAUSE SPLIT The convention also defeated a pro posal by the machinists' union that the federation elect its officers by referen dum vote. Rumors were current on the conven tion floor that the machinists might (Concluded on rsgs Twj, Optima One Rumor That Summer Has Arriyed Fills Reporter With Poesy ;t ; ; - ' Father Time will flip another leaf on his calendar of seasons tonight when he offidalty makes ' the transition from spring to summer. ; . It is the sign of the summer solstice. The turning point, comes -along about 9 :30 o'clock, according to old Doc Jaynes almanac, although the average Tort lander, who lives in a climate -of per petual surprises, probably won't be able to mark the parsing. But nevertheless the season of sing ing birds, butterflres winging, doves coo ing, lovers wooing, akeeters humming, hoboes bumming, flowers blooming, busi ness booming. Iceman sweating, coal man fretting, seashore strutting, golfers put ting, breezes blowing, front yard mow ing, will remain until September 21. 1 Incidentally, today is the longest as tronomical day In the year, but hence forth, the sun, having reached his far thest point north." will begin bis journey southward and the days will gradually shorten accordingly. , Hoefler; and Gray - Win in School Vote Astoria, ,Or.. June 21. H. R. Hoefler, candy manufacturer, and E. E. Gray, former mayor of Astoria, were elected to the city school board Monday, de feating James L. Hope and Otto A. Owen in an exciting race. The candi dates received the following votes : Hoefler 852. Gray 880, Hope 421, Owea 37L "