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VOL. -XIX. NO. 47. CITY EDITION PORTLAND. OREGON. ' SUNDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 19, 1922 EIGHT. SECTIONS PRICE FIVE CENTS FARMERS TO HAVE CANDIDATE FOR- PRESIDENT; OREGON SUES FOR LAND WORTH FOUR l MILLION i i . . .. - . ' - ' . . . ' i NEWTWOYIO- MAKE BID IN 1 924 ELECTION United Farmers' National Bloc, in Convention at Chicago, De cides to Enter Political Field. Full List of Candidates Is to Be Put Forth in 1924 A. C. Town ley Reported as Behind Move. Chicago. Feb. .18. (U. P.) -- The Cntud Farmer' National Bloc made iU bid tonight, (or a position with the po litical parti of America. Farmers' representatives meeting here determined to place a new political party In the field with a full list of candidates. in thes presidential election of 1924. Arthur C Townley. president of the National Nonpartisan league, secretly present at the formation of the new political organisation, was reported hold ing the whip hand of the party. , MEMBERSHIP Organisers declare the bloc will have a . membership of 225,000 by the end of this year and more than 1.000.000 by 1824. Townley. who came to Chicago from Washington after conferring with lead ers In the farm political move at the capital, was understood to be prepared to scrip the Nonpartisan league and' merge nis rol lowers in It with the new , party. F. B. Woods, -dirt" farmer of North Dakota and vice president, was at the conference and backed Townley's posi tion. Opponent- of Townl-r within ' he league may decide to coWinue the Non partisan organisation, but Townley Is r porta , to feel he- ear swing . large portion of tta membership in the bloc . The farrriari believe that In- their ac tion' In determining on a new political party and getting their organisation under way, they are In a position to dictate decisions of the farm-labor-lib-erat meeting to be held here next week. TO FORM COALITIOX A coalition will be formed with the labor group, according to the opinion of farmers' representatives. The labor dele gates, however, are not expected to Join a third party but will perfect an organ isation which will work more or less in conjunction with the farm bloc Socialist delegates to attend next ( O.nrltxWd o r.n T.'.mn. Column Two) Old Buck Deer Slips Down Gorge Cliff to Death Over the upper Columbia river gorge hovers the mystery of another tragedy of wild life the towering- cliffs that line the river have claimed another victim. Such waa the report made to Captain A. K. Bur-hduff. state tame wardon hv Senator John Nlckelaen of Hood Hlver caunty, t-natiM-er In charge of the upper Columbia river highway. The latest victim an old burk ilr- waa found badly mangled at the base of Shell rock cliff which towers 1000 feet above the Columbia river. Whether the buck committed suicide, lost Its footing on the Ice clad rocks or was chasej to th brink of the precipice by a cougar will never be determined. Senator Mrhelsen reported that he set to traps by the carcass and already has caught one. bob -cat tie expects to Iran some more predatory animals during the Best week. Landis t St t Quits Bows " " Bench Chicago, Feb. m.ur P)K.nw ?o$.y,wn.T,u' r1 ,o iW? ".w" nult ,h 'al bench. ir,. .KCih.'wyouth h"d vanished, and with It the ritallty noeary to work all the way around the" clock, caused the resignation of the famed Jurist V"" tor. th rst time in my life In. -."U 1 onr young.- said Lan cia "I find it difficult to arise at S the morning and work past In lan If nt. Th tlldfftV WhOM FMltTi. fectlve March 1. will devote all hi time - w as nign commissioner baseball. of The dominant will of the fiery Judge forced him to continue his strenuous life long after nature overruled him, close associates said tonight lie waa deter mined Beyer to quit the bench "under fire." 1 i Laodis.' It waa known, waa ready to realgn several months ago when im peachment proceedings were started In congress against him following his ac cepts no of the position of baseball com missioner at a salary of 850.000 a year but he decided, to stick until he had routed his enemies, "There aren't enough Jtours in the day for me to handle the courtroom and the various other Jobs I have taken on." Landis .aw. i am, going to devote my attention in the future entirely to base- Up" Boys and Pay Own Way Great Week for Social Lions at Oregon When Senior Co-eds Play They're the Beaux. University of Oreg&n, Eapene, Or.. Feb. 18. (U. P.) Senior boys and girls at this institution are patting themselves on the back for the successful conclusion of an event perhaps unequalled In American collegiate annals. During ;this past week "Senior Leap Week" the rirls have been making ail the dates and have been digging down Into the old sock for their snare or all expenses on a 50-50 basis. Dinners, movies, real "shows" and all the other items on the amusement blli-of-fare have been attended by co-eds and male students, of the graduating class with the explicit understanding from the first that the girls were going to pay for their own share of the fun. And no boy in the class went with the girl who had not invited him. It was un derstood that senior boys were not to seek dates with girls from other classes. Some of the more prominent social lions, not caring to be bothered by tele phone calls to their fraternity house, posted at conspicuous spots on the cam pus their schedules. Open hours were left blank ; and many the maid there was who penciled her initials and phone number in the proper place. Some of the sorority houses made a wholesale affair of it, giving teas to all the men of the senior class. The idea started some two or three weeks ago when a reporter on the Ore gon Emerald, student dally publication. at a, time when copy was scarce, wrote a letter, to the editor" and suggested the event Ills name Is now honored by we male memoers or the 1922 class. SEVEN THEATRES VyashingtonKjpv C.,)f lay Houses Fou nd ' U risaf e Action ' Follows' Fatal Film House;; Collapse. " Washington. Feb. 18. (TJ. P. Seven theatres of the nation's capital were ordered1 closed tonght by the District of Columbia commissioners, as a con sequence of the Knickerbocker theatre disaster here three weeks ago, which took a toll of 97 Uvea : The action was taken after a rieid in spection - by building Inspectors. who found that the play houses both movies and stage were unsafe as at present constructed. Parade Planned for t Feb. 22 at Olympia Olympia, Wash., Feb. 18. Initial pa rade In uniform and under arms of the 491st company, coast artillerv pnrnL will Lbe given Washington's birthday, accord ing to captain i-i. c. nohm. commander of the newly organised junlt of the na tions 1 guard. Other commissioned offi cers are W. W. Itogers, first lieutenant, and Nell McKay, second lieutenant Of the 78 enlisted men, 35 saw service in the World war. . Mann Act Charge Put Against Nampa Pair Boise. Idaho. Feb. 18. Four IniHot. menta were brought in by the federal grand Jury Friday against H. E. Eaata brook. former automobile dealer of Nampa, under the Mann act. One Joint ly charges Mrs. Winifred Mulllns, Nampa society woman. The disappearance of the pair last summer caused a sensation. i- to Father Time ' K . for Baseball The fairness and frt.an.. t dis made htm In great drmsnA .. . vKI r . i . " " uiiii.ui in manv dfimnra u i recenUy brought peace to Chicago's bu Whig Industry after cbntractors and unions were deadlocked for months. The federal court loses, through the resignation, one of the most feared and respected" Jurists in the country. APPOIXTID BT BOOSEYEIT ' He would frequently take cases ot of the. hands of lawyers and examine witnesses and defendants himself. If he thought attorneys- were deviating from the truth he would bluntly tell them so, President Roosevelt appointed Landis IS! . ,bnch to 190S- He h n he prfbhc view since 1907 when he fined ue Standard Oil company $29,000 000. The fine was never paid, as a higher court reversed the Judge. -uu popularity and his love of vauwo magnates to offer him the high commissionershlp of baseball tn it V ?lT ftep charges .were made rlT-ff of the Chicago White Sox team threw-a world's series game. The most famous ruling of the Judge as baseball commissioner was when he fined Babe Ruth $3000 and suspended h.m a month for playing baseball on a "'" wnsing tour in violation of his contract, after participating In the viiui aeries. i ORDERED CLOSED MYSTERY POISON SALTS General View Is That Some Per son Was Guilty of Criminal Act, but No Clue Is found. Examination of Stomach of One of 5 Poisoned Children Shows Strychnine; Inquest Ordered. Centralia. Wash, Feb. IS. The mys tery of the poisoning and death at Klaber of the five Rhodes children from supposedly harmless doses of salts seems to be growing deeper as the tragedy takes its place among' the un solved riddles of Borrowful history. Many see in the deed a fiendish and diabolical piece of criminality, yet no one can conceive of a person being so brutal and inhuman as to plot the de struction of five Innocent children. Sen timent shudders at this thought, but, despite this, the fact remains that strychnine was found in the salts which was administered to the children. It was undoubtedly put la the salts by some 'unidentified person, but whether by Tin tent or carelessness is the stumb ling block. Other salts purchased from the same store and from the same box are apparently harmless. Oniy the pack age sold the Rhodes family, eo far as public knowledge goes, contained the deadly strychnine. WHAT HAPPENED TO SALTS! Official Inquiry pauses in the attempt to analyze what happened to this soli tary package of salts from the time it was wrapped up In a local store until the mother gave it to the children one Latter another. Many theories are ad vanced, but they offer no due ana ao nothing except excite further curiosity, Merman Allen. Lewi county prose cutor, frankly admits that he la com pletely baffled. He -said tonight there waa ao basis for the rumor that an early tConclmled on Pq Thne. Corama Two) News Index Today'. Sunday Journal la- Complete In Eight Sectlops: Editorial Section 2, Fas Portion Jmntnne Uenace to Siberia Section 1. Pate 8 French A tUck ToUtead Act Section 1. Pace 8. Pricceu Chooses Honeymoon Beaort Section 1 Pace 8. Huge Gmft Allecrd Section 1, Fit 8. i'ricn Panport Agents Boo mi Section 1 Pate 8. Lore in Palaoe la Myth Section 1, Pace 8. National Hardins May Help Pondexter Section 1 Page 11. Oomeitle Taylor Cue Remain Mjmtery Section 1. Page 8 Priaoned Liquor Kills Stctioa 1, Page 8. Hollywood Scandal-i-Section 1. Page 8. " ' Hartliwert.. ' " Midnight Liquor Bakt Section 1, Page 2. ancoarer Resident Killed Section 1. Pace Interstate Spaa Earning Section 1, Page 8. Little Boy Drowns Section 1. Pag 8. Legend of Indian Fight Section 1,. Page 7. Skiing .on Mount Hood Section 1, Page 10. Purse Sein Ban Upheld Section 1, Page 10. Idiho Republicans Split Section 1. Page 11 Gcrge Hotel to- Remain Open Section Page IS. ' Portland Pythian Lodge to Celebrate Section 1. Page 4 I-aanberaun to Vint Portland Section 1, Page 4. RpUrian to Celebrate Section 1. Page 4. liocete Prepares for Se&rioo Section 1, Page 5, Two Shoplifters Sentenced Section 1. Page Scelpture Class Section 1. Page 6. Britain Honors Hero Section 1, Page 6. l Un for Belay Meet Section 1, Page 6. Homecoming to Be Observed Section 1. Page 7 Applications (or Water Meters Section 1, Page 7 Says Bank yill Pay in Full Section 1. Page 10, Company Buys Property Section 1. Page 10. Hall' Indorsement Starts Trouble Section rage 12. Flan to Extend Crater Lake Park Section Page 12. Patriotic Rally Planned Section 1. Page 12. Nelanborhoad Hew Section S, Page 14. Business Newt Ral Estate and BuiWine-Sec tion 3, Pages 1-3. Markets Seeticn 3. Pag 13. i iiuacv Mcuun o, rage i. g Marine Section 1, Page 13. Automethre Section . Pages 1-4. Oa the Finer Sloe The .Week in Society Section 4. Pages 1-4, 8. Women's Club Affairs Section 4. Pag 5. Iartnt-Teacber Section 4, Pag 5. ' The Realm of Music Section S. Pag 2. -i'rK-msl Section 4. Pag 7. American Veteran Section 2, Pag 3. In Portland Schools Seeticn 4. Pag 8. National Guard Section 2. Page 3. The Ladies and the Jury Section 2, Pag 2. Section 2, Faces e-. amusements Section 5, Page 1-6. Feature iregoa Maids 2ortb Bend Section 7. Pare J -Tb resee, by Bay Buanan) Baker Sec tion 2, Page L. .. Ring Lardnw's Lettr -Seetioa. 2. Pas T. Mirrors of WasaiaaMs Section 2. Page U -lb National Capita Seruoo 2, Page . i. vnsw Fran." pi . c Johnson gee. ttoa s, Pag 1. , v Author mad PubhstT -gectioa a, fag 5. Walt? A art rati. a Virtue- Sectloa J. Pag J Mag win , Section 7, Pag .18. Sactraa 8. Pages 1-4 HAS DEEPENED NO IS OPPOSED BY ROCKEFELLER Oil King Would Prevent Grand - daughter, Mathilda McCormick, From Marrying a .Foreigner. Reported Engagement of 'Baby Heiress' to Be Subject of Fam ily Conference for Purpose. Chicago, Feb. 18. (U. P.) Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCormick, on. advice of her father, world's richest man. 'tonight was understood by family friends to be bit terly opposed to the marriage of her daughter Mathllde, 16, td a Swiss groom three times her age. j Close friends of the McCormick house hold revealed that John D. Rockefeller had taken a hand in the love affair of his granddaughter. Rockefeller, it waa reported, does not oppose the marriage on the grounds that Max Oser,' the Swiss groom, is a poor man, but because he is foreign born. The master financier, it was stated, has alwayi pointed with pride to the fact that his. family was : free from foreign entanglements. Mrs. McCormick will express the views of her father when she, her divorced husband and other daughter. Muriel, confer on the tempest raised by the re ported engagement of Mathllde. JJarold P. McCormick, president of the International Harvester company, ar rived from New York tonight and went to the home of Cyrus McCormick, where Mathllde has been in seclusion. JC ATHEB with daughter , Reporters were received by McQor xnick. He said he did not care to com ment on the reported engagement of the baby heiress. , McCormick was understood, however, to be ready to carry on the fight for Mathilda against the Rockefeller Inter ests la the family. He believes lr sue loves the groom and wants to marry htm she should be allowed to go ahead, and has already given his consent to the wedding, friends stated. McCormick, since his divorce, has been reported engaged to marry Mary Garden or Ganna Walska, opera stars. Mathllde's elder sister, Muriel, who characterized reports of the engagement of Mathllde as 'ridiculous," did not ac company her father from Kew York, as had been expected. SOT DISAPPOINTED Mathilde was not disappointed, ac cording to a general understanding around the McCormick households She had feared what her sister might say regarding the engagement McCormick's general attitude in his Interview was that his only thought was the happiness of his daughter, and her wishes were his. Howard Colby, close friend of the Mc Cormick fargily and "adopted uncle" of the McCormick girls, spoke in the high est terms of Oser. "Oser is an unusually fine man," said Colby. Mathllde's account of her friendship with Oser Is a beautiful story. The girl is older than her 16 years. In deed, she seems more mature than her sister Muriel, three years, her senior." Soldier Bill May Not Be Reached for Two or Three Months, Is Present Prediction. Washington. Feb. 18. (U. P.) Final passage by congress -of a soldier bonus will not come for two or three months at the earliest, it appeared certain to- n'gnt The situation still remains so confused that it is impossible to make an accurate prediction whether the measure wHi be passed at this session. But ' the . fact stands out that there is no hope of pass ing the bill within the next few weeks. President Harding Invited to Portland Washington. Feb. 18. (WASHING TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL) Senator McNary today extended formal invitation ' to President Harding to at tend the Portland. May festival when the Whitney i boys' .chorus wm sing pre senting a handsomely engraved . invita tion from Governor Olcott, Mayor-Baker and Julius It, . Meier, president of - the 1925 fair. The president said he be lieved it will be impossible to go, but will send a personal representative and will make a written reply to the invita tion. Body of Young Man Discovered onBeach Aberdeen.- Wash.. Feb. 18. -The body vl m max. ewui s .years via was xouna on South beach this morning and brought here. ' He is believed to have been a member of the crew of the Milkmaid, the British Columbia launch which went -n- weeks ago near where the Wdy was found. . EARLY ACTION ON BONUS UNLIKELY Woman Flees, Hikes for 45 Miles in Cold Mental Patient Taken in Custody at Pendleton After Long Walk While Half Clad. Walla Walla, Wash., Feb. 18. Hav ing walked the entire 45 miles from here to Pendleton, dressed only in a skirt and sweater jacket over her nightgown, Mrs. F. C. Woods reached the Eastern Oregon city at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Authorities here were notified she had been found there and was being cared for by the sheriffs office. Mrs. 1 F. C. Woods, who is about years old, while under detention and treatment at a local hospital for mental disorder, leaped from the window of her second story room Friday night Mrs. Woods is a sister of Mrs. J. L. Elam, wife of a prominent merchant She was seen at 9 o'clock Friday night and about 2 o'clock this morning short distance from Freewater, Or., about 12 miles away. It waa believed she was trying to' reach her home at Athena, 30 miles south of here. Mrs. Woods was brought to the hos pital here by her husband about 'a week ago and until her escape had been under cfcse surveillance by a nurse, Miss Val entine. The nurse had temporarily left her patient alone and when she returned in a few moments found the room empty, the raised window betraying the means of escape. ON 4fOWER PACI If Harding Declines to Give Infor mation, Hitchcock Will Query . Secretary of State. Washington, FeblS. TJ, P.) Secre tary Hughes' personal testimony regard ing the negotiation- of the four-power Pacific pact will be demanded next week President Harding's answer to the Hitchcock resolution is unsatisfactory, Senatory Hitchcock declared tonight mtchcoca is author of the resolution which requests information as to the negotiations which led to the Pacific treaty. The resolution has been adopted by the' senate and it was announced Harding will reply to it Monday. JOHSSOS ASKS QUESTIONS ABOUT 4-POWEB T BE ATT (By TJniTersal Service). Washington, Feb. 18. An indication nf searchinc probe to be made by the sraat to determine the underlying motiTee out of which were evolied the" treaties formulated by the armaments conference la shown in the follow ing signed statement: By Hiram Johnson United States Senator from California. Under our constitution .there ar two different and distinct steps In treaty making. The president in the first in stance, may negotiate a treaty, but whatever agreement he may make is wnouy inoperative until the senate rati fiea The theory of treaty making by our government is that the Judgment of me senate ana tne president shall be independently exercised and ultimately concur. Some senators are now seeking infor mation upon which they may. as the constitution requires, render an !ntl ijgent and an IndeDendent tnle-mont ... aucn natural queries occur to them as: wno first suggested the new alii ance, and when? Who wrote the siniru- (Concluded on Psga Three, Comma One) Democrats to Make Fight in Iowa for Seat in U. S. Senate wasmngton, Feb, 18. m. P v .An. Dointment of f A a senatof from Iowa until a successor to senator Kenyon can be Belected next November, has added that slat to th numerous oatqe grounds where Repub licans and Democrats wQl fight It out for control of the senate. Representative Towner is considered one of the strongest aspirants for the Republican nomination. Rawson. who will take his place In me senate soon after Kenyon leaves next week, is a wealthy manufacturer. He is not expected to loin th fa nr. or wnich Kenyon was the head. The Journal 'First 'iff: V Business News An important feature In The Journal's new financial news service is a complete list of the sales for the preceding week on the New York Stock Exchange, showing the high, low and clos ing prices and the advance- or loss on each stock. - , This table la an unfailing ba rometer, of business, ;"The Jour nal is the only newspaper in the Paclfleorthwest to carry, this feature, one tf man- that makes ; it preeminent " In market and financial news. Read this table - today on Page 12 of Section t. MAY QUIZ HUB Strike Order Issued in .Indianap olis Is Puf Up to Vote of Min ers in All Parts of Country. All Mines in Nation Would Be Tied Up by Walkout; Unions Out line Demands They Stand For. Indianapolis, Feb. 18. (U. P.) A strike of 500,000 American coal miners April 1. tying un all union mines in the nation, was ordered by the TJnjted Mine Workers convention here late today sub ject to a referendum, unless mine own era meet demands formulated la the convention. Other demands formulated by the con vention, which the operators must meet to avert a strike vote, call for: A 8-hour day and 5 -day week. Time and a half pay for overtime, with double time for work on Sundays and legal holidays.' Weekly pay for miners. Abolition of the automatic penalty clause from wage agreements with the operators. Demands of anthracite miners for 20 per cent wage increase and other policies outlined at the Shamokln, Pa meeting were approved. The convention adjourned amid a wild Uproar after formulating these demands, and left the Impending wage fight in the hands of President John I Lewis and other international officers. Box Company Buys Four-Acre Tract South of Linnton A four-acre tract lust south of Linn ton and extending from the Linnton road to the harbor line was purchased last week by the American Box & Crate company for a cash consideration of 520,000. The site is occupied by build ings formerly used by the Oregon Wood Distillation company. Repairs on the structures are under way and machin ery valued at $40,000 is being Installed ior tne manufacture of box ehooks. A veneer plant also will be Installed at an early date. Officials of the company are J. W., J., J. J. and Mrs. Selma Harriwn The concern started operations in 1918 with a capitalization of S1500 and con sumed 3000 feet of lumber dally. Pres ent daily consumption Is 40,000 feet and this will be increased to 60,000 when the new plant is installed. The factorv will employ 75 operatives. The new site was purchased from Campbell & Swi gert and the deal was handled by R. P Bryan. Allen.by.Is to Have Full Power to Make Egyptian Agreement London, Feb. 18.- (I N. SUPfrirt Marshal Aiienby, high commissioner to &yvu will return with full powers to negotiate a settlement of the Dolitical troubles that have been threatening open revolt. It was learned in official Down ing street circles this afternoon. The government has informed the field mart. shal, however, that any settlement must impose the condition that the British shall have the right to keep all lines, of communication open to maintain order. Sinn Fein Splits Over New Regime In South Ireland Dublin, Feb. - IS. (TJ.' P.) The Mid Limerick brigade of the Irish Republican army is reported to nave issued a proc lamation refusing to recognize the South- ern provisional government or the army cnex wno stand with Collins and Grif fith. The brigade is said to have "sworn allegiance to the existing Irish republic.'' This waa the first sign of disaffection in the Sinn Fein ranks as the time for the important convention of February 21 C.E. International Meet for Portland In 1925 Is Sought Salem, Feb. 18 A move to' secure the za international Christian Endeavor convention lor Portland waa launched today by Endeavorers of Oregon, who are assembled sere in, annual eonvenJ um. u is planned to begin at once a campaign la behalf of Portland, which, it is believed, will swing the interna tional meeting to the convention dtv. Delegates to the convention, number ing approximately too, - representing every corner of the state, spent a part of this afternoon inspecting state insti tutions here. The delegates were ban queted inCve churches of the city this The convention, which 'opened Thurs day night, will sr sMBday night, Chest Plans Reorganized; $510,000 In Doctors Rally to Plea and Will Do Own Soliciting! Other , Professions Canvassed. otal t be raised.... 7,TT7 S10.897 Total subscription Saturday nicot. . Yet to b isisad. S38T.8S0 Complete rearrangement of Commun ity Chest campaign tactoca waa made at the conclusion of the third week of the drive Saturday- afternoon. Soon after the final afternoon reports of the district leaders were turned In st the Multnomah hotel quarters, work was started to move the headquarters of the campaign committee to the Lumr bermen'a Trust Company bank at Broad way and Oak streets. From these new quarters tbe plan .of working througn trade classification lists will be carried on. next week. Wlndup of the district drives found the Chest subscription totaling approxi mately SilO.OOO. The quota 1 $791,777. The hope of the workers, without pro tracting the drive for a long period, is that the members of trades and profes sions will heed the re-canvass call. That tbe professions will shoulder this task was indicated In an encouraging message received by the Chest workers from Dr. Alan Welch Smith, head of the special doctors committee. Dr. Smith promised a thorough canvass of all physicians for Chest subscriptions. "Just give us complete Information on what you want done and when you want It," said Dr. Smith. "Then you can go away and forget that part of the campaign that has to do with the doctors. We will accomplish the rest. Many doctors reported that they were out of tnelr offices when solicitors for the Chest called, and they have asked Instructions as to whether to send in their subscription or hold them in an. ticipation of another call by re-canvassers." ' General Robert E. Smith, leader of the Chest drive, expressed appreciation for the cooperation promise by the physi cians and predicted that there would be no doubt about raising the budget re quired if all professions and trades cooperate- in a similar manner. v The comlnr week should aea a reisnimsh. tlon of Chest campaign activity without spectacular 'features, but, nevertheless, marked by consistent gains In money sing, .in the opinion f the workers. T ffiSSENGERldl wo Colorado Bandits Escape to Swamp linds After Looting Car and Passengers. Denver. ColO Feb- 18. Two hnnrftr. boarded train No. 1H of the Denver & Rio Grande at Alamosa, Colo., tonight, entered the express car, shot down Ex press saessenzer Gomez, relieving of his guns, ransacked the car, and went through the passenger coaches robbing the passengers of many thousands of dollars and other valuables. fe topping the train two miles out. the uktu escapea m we swamp lands. vrwiuea waa uuten to a hospital at Aiamosa, wnere it is expected he will uie. - Elevator Accident Inquiry Will Await Experts1 Testimony Causes of the elevator avtin. in Wells-Fargo building Friday night in one man received a fracture of uie rignt leg and several other persons were injured, will not be investigated until Inspectors for the elevator com. pany arrive here Monday, according to L nanus, srenerai aa-ent at th Anurinn Railway Express company, and manager of the Wells-Fargo' building. Diaiementa from several employes of the O-W. who were in the elevator haw been received, but in no case did tbe vic tims or tne accident have any under standing of . the cause. -All of the .in lured persons were back at work tnA- wim uie exception or George Emery, wno was taken to St. Vincent's hos pital wiut a fractured leg. Will Unveil rat IS ROBBED ft K H tt K if st t t s. V et To Honor Pioneer (iirthoiise The Dalles, Feb. 1S.-A ororram of notable historic, significance to Oregon will be given here tomorrow' afternoon, when a bronse tablet, marking the loca tion of the first courthouse to be erected oetween the Cascade and the . Rocky Mountains,' will be unveiled. The tablet has been presented to the dty 'y Qinett chapter. Daughters of the. American Revolution- and haa been placed upon the wall of the city hall, which stands on the property 'formerly occupied by the court house. The building waa erected in 185S-, when Oregon included the present territorial limits of Washington, Idaho and parts of Montana. , - The guests of hosior at the ceremonies will He 18 residents of the countr who were here when the court: house was built. The building was moved from the city hall sit and .la now j-'nr used 39.351 ACRES AFFECTED BY; FRAUD CHARGE Three Suits Filed Against Cali fornia Cattle Company nad 0ns Against Livestock Interests. It Is Charged Land Commission ers Issued Deeds Illegally to Acreage Involved in Lake Co. Salem, Feb. 18. Four suit to regain title to SS.J51.08 acres of land in Lake county, estimated to be worth' ap proximately 14.000.000. were filed by the state of Oregon in the circuit court ef Lake county today, according to At torney General I. H. Van Winkle. . Three of the suits are directed at the Chewaucan Land & Cattle, company,, a California corporation, with beadquar-' ters In Ban Francisco, and the fourth brought against the Lake County Land k. Livestock company. Investigation of tbe state's riartits to the land Involved was instituted by At torney General' Brown soon after ths' legislature of 1918 ordered a probe, into the title of swamp lands, appropriatinr $25,000 to carry on the work, and the evidence gathered by the state In these cases represents two years work on the part or Is, A. Uljeqvist and Miliar Mo GUchrist. deputies in the office of the, attorney general. . , FBATTD ALLEGED All four of the suits alleea fraud on the part of the applicant for deeds to the land and charge that the elate boarJ of land commissioners acted illegally in . issuing ute deeds to the land in viola- tlon of; the act of J878 which limited sales of swamp lands to 820 acres to each applicant - One of the suit atralnst ts Cbewsvo- can Land and Cattle company seeks to recover title to 6177.40 seres of land In Paulina marsh and AlilM acres of land. In Sycaa marsh, deeds to whiak were issued by the state board of land com mlseloners to James VI. Allen, on Sep tember 28. 1888, based on certificates of sale issued to H. C, Owen. -v ' Another suit against the California corporation seeks to recover 287X.S4 . acres of land in Sycan marsh deeded to - James M. Allen, on September 28, -1888. A third suit against this same com- " pany -seeks to recover title to 19JSS.42 acres of land in Chewaucan marsh deeded to James D. Fay, on July IV 1883, and 1922.68 acres of land in Chew aucan marsh deeded to A. N. King 'on November L 1S81 LAW WAS REPEALED The suit against the Lake County Land Sc. Livestock company seeks to recover title to 6340.51 acres of land In Warner valley. Lake county, deeded to Jerome C and J. A. Wilson on December 28, 1894. - - ; In commenting on the four suits this afternoon MoGilchrist. who is associated with Lujearlst in land fraud litigation- work in the attorney general's office, ' pointed out that the act of 1870, which - permitted the unlimited sale of land under certain Conditions was repealed by tbe act of 1278 under which swamp land sales were limited to Z20. acres to an applicant. 1 All of the land Involved in the four suits filed today. McGIlchrist points eut. were sold by the state subsequent to the passage of the act of 1878, and the sales t are therefore illegal, according to the ' contentions of . the .state. . A fifth suit for the recovery of swamp land by the state is pending in the dr' cult court of Klamath county. In this " suit the state seeks to recover 209 . acres from A. C Marsters of Roseburg.. alleging the use of dummy entryxoea pa securing title to the land. Italian Premier and c His Cabinet Eesign- Rome, Feb. 18. (L N. B.) The resig cation of Premier Bonomt and his cabi net is In the hands of King Victor Emmanuel today for the second time In less than three weeks, as a result of the' defeat inflicted upon the government in' the chamber of deputies Friday. The ' Bonomt ministry failed to get a vote of confidence. Historic Tablet i a private residence. It Is a frame structure and within its halls, several executions took place in the old daya - ueorge ii- I lime, curator of 4he Ore gon Historical society, and Judge M. C George of Portland win attend thewdedi cation. Joseph, the five-year-old son of Circuit Judge Fred W. Wilson, and grandson of Joseph G. Wilson, the first incumbent of the Wasco county beach, -will unveil the tablet. -. Miss Anne M. Lang. regent of Quinett chapter, will present 'the tablet to- the . city, and it will be accepted by Mayor P. J. Stadelman. , . - . Wasco county in 1859 was the only or ganized government of Its kind east of ' the Cascades, and the Judge, sheriff and . ether county, officials transacted busi ness which originated la points which are now states removed trace Ths Dalles. ' , . . . - ' -A is i0..