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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.
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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. , ' . , : .
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At .Detroit St. Louis-Detroit same post-
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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.)
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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
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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.
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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.-
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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-
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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- . ;,
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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 .
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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
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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 "