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CITY EDITION
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day church par of Ttia Journal as other
events of the day, because it is handled
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CITY EDITION
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STaSDS CIVs C4.ST
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DIE AS RIOT
GUNS - BELCH
Mayor Orders Police to Shoot
When Textile Workers Refuse
to Disperse; Terror Replaces
Jeers' as Score Are Wounded.
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- Fawtuekst. R. L. Feb. 2L U. P
Two men were killed and a score injured
tn a pitched battle between textile work'
era and police here today.
- Joseph Assuncaa and an unidentified
striker were shot down and killed when
the police, led by Mayor Robert A. Ken
yon, opened fire with riot runs on a
crowd of strikers which refused to dis
perse. .
Firing by police Into the mass of strik
ers followed the letter's refused to dis
perse from the front of Jencka'a mill. ds.
splte orders from Mayor Kenyon. who
personally read the riot act Laughs
and Jeers greeted his order. The police
were then ordered, to aim their riot runs
Into the crowd, but the strikers still re
fused to move.
CITES OBDEE TO FIRE
c i rva oraer to nre was riven and a
volley poured Into the helpless strlkera
Four workers crumpled to the around.
. Jeers and laughter rare way to shriek
and shouts of terror, and the throng
scattered in a panic. The street was al
most deserted within a minute.
rouce ana noepitai authorities re
fused to make public the names of the
wounded. . .
Among those who lay on the ground
Joseph Assencan waa dead and others
suffering from bullet wounda
The scene of the shooting was near
the spot where trouble broke out yes
terday wnen strikers attacked alleged
strikebreaker.
unmen
Slip Into City
For New War
Extra details of patrolmen were as
signed to keep order and watch closely
In Chinatown this morning when Chief
of Police I V. Jenkins received . word
that 15 tong gunmen had arrived for
the purpose of reopening the feuo" be
tween local tongmen.'
Forty or more, members of the Hip
Sing tong left Portland early Monday
morning for. some unknown destination
in Eastern Oregon. "Police are expect
ing a resumption of hostilities here at
any moment. At present the score in
men killed is even between the Blng
Kung-Bow Leong tong and the Hip Sing
tons, but one of the men murdered was
the president of the Blng Kungs and a
very wealthy man.
BIDS ASKED
CUT IN PHONE
cnD nmiMTv datco nrMicn
I Ulv UUUIil I imiLO ULnlLU
ROAD WORK! INWARWHQQP
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' Over Score Lost With U. S. Dirigible
SREAT army dirigible Roma, which was destroyed near Norfolk, Val, today, with most of
lj. her crew. The Roma was built for the American army by the Italian government and
shipped piecemeal to this country. She was the second largest airship in existence.
DIRIGIBLE
Highway . Commission Initiates! No Basts for Reduction in Phone
Construction for 1922, Involv
ing Improvements to , Cost
$750,000, 8 Projects Planned.
Charges, Says Public Service i
Commission j Score Petitioners
for Causing Too Much Trouble
-jr ' v- X $ t V ..
State . highway construction for 1922
This makes It necessary for the Bin i'a Initiated today when the state hlgh-
Kungs.to effect a more sweeping ven
geance. Two men have been killed in
Seattle, one ln Butte and another in San
Jose recently. No actual warfare has
started yet in Portland.
It is not knom-n whether or not the
highbinders supposed to have arrived
nere armea ana preparea to kill are
way commission opened a large number
of proposals for grading and paving.
Bids were called for eight projects em
bracing 36 miles of grading, 12 miles of
paving and If miles of gravel surface.
The estimated cost approximates three
quarters of a million dollars.
The grading contracts mark the-com-
POISON IN SALTS IS i
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E
FOUND AT VARIANC
members of the Hip Sing or the Blng I pletion of the grade of the Coos Bay-
n.ung tonga i ftoseoarg nignway and the Mt. Hood
Loop highway except In Multnomah
county. The paving contract completes
continuous pavement on the Pacific
highway between Rose burg and Canyon.
vine.
It is the intention of the highway
commission to have this years construc
tion awarded by April, and counties ex
pecting work are advised by .the com
mission to have past indebtedness cleared
away by that time. Otherwise no con
tracts will be awarded in such counties.
uwing to ine tact mat were is now a
market for county bonds, the commis
sion feels as though it should carry the
counties no longer.
Projects for which bids were opened
today were as follows :
Douglas county, 10.5 miles paving, Can-
yonvule-Myrtle Creek section, - Pacific
highway ; 8.47 miles grading, Camas val
ley section, Roseburg-Coos Bay highway.
Gilliam county, 9.61 miles grading and
gravel surface Rock Creek-Shutler sec
tion John Day highway.
Chehalis. Waalu. Feb. 21- A second
sample, taken from the box of salts from
which Mrs. Ed Rhodes of Klaber gave
doses to her five children. February It
which caused their deaths within a few
moments, does not show as great a con
tent of strychnine, according to Dr. C
W. Johnson of Seattle, state chemist, in
a report received here this afternoon.
. This Is considered evidence that the
poison was not carefully mixed with the
salts. The second sample was taken from
the box immediately after the first aanv-
TkUKEBM ATTACK TKIX1S
. CaYALKYMCX OS flUAKD
Providence. R. I Feb. ll.(V. r.
State cavalrymen patrolled Pawtucket
valley today following attacks by strik
ing textile workers on cotton mills in
the district
-. The cavalry was ordered -when mill
operatives attacked the Knight mill at
i'ontlae. ':
Machlns- guns mill be brought to the
valley by ftattvry B. 103d field artillery
Oovrrnor baa 8oucl has ordered it to
be ready. Nearly looe workers carry
Ing elube and stones advanced on the
Pontine mill. Windows were smashed,
doors driven In and telephone wires cut
Boldlers cleared the streets,
. Strikers, Including many women, at
tacked the Knight company mills at
Natlck. Laborers were driven from
work and showered with coal.
Salem, Or., Feb. 21. The order of the
public service commission of February
2, 1921, carrying with It material in
creases ln rates to patrons of the Pa
cific Telephone Telegraph company,
is affirmed in every particular in an or
der handed down by the commission this
morning, based upon the rehearing into
the previous order conducted by the com
mission last July and August.
In affirming Its previous order, the
commission declares that "the evidence
produced at the rehearing on the part
of the petitioners is insufficient to jus'
f Iry any changes, alterations or modi
fications of any provisions' of the or
der under which the telephone company
is now operating.
Not only does the commission affirm
!ta, previous order in today's order, but
it mkes occasion to score attorneys and
experts representing the petitioners for
the rehearing for what it refers to as
the extraordinary manner in which they
nave imposed upon the people of the
state and wasted the time of state officials.
'Tn spite of positive assertions of error
in the findings of the commission not
a scintilla of evidence worthy of the
name was offered in support of the con
tentions of the petitioners,' the order
read.
In saying this we do not impugn the
motives or the intelligence of the wit
nesses in the least. The responsibility
for offering irrelevant testimony on mat
ters at issue or on subjects already fully
covered must rest on those conducting
the case.
Under the order of February, 1921.
telephone rates in Oregon were increased
from 30 per cent to as high as 200 per
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One Report Says 40 Killed When
Largest Aircraft of Kind in
Worid Blows Up Near Norfolk;
Fire Follows j Wire Is Cause.
NHRG FIREMEN
PAID
HIGH
HONORS
steVwirft TVraktP AAiinto O Kt mIUs tm Arer
pie was secured and , was in charge of (Booth Hill-Hood River section; 12.04
ut. j. in. tueicner, iirex pnysiciaa to visit j miles grading Booth Hill-Forest bound
ue noma aiier uu cnuaren aiea. . i. imry section Ml Hood Loop highway.
Dr. Johnson reported that the second j Malheur county, 6.24 miles gravel sur
sample contained 2.133 per cent of strych-1 face Brogan-Jamieson section John Day
nine, i ne nrst sample was reported to i highway,
contain approximately 10 per cent. - Union county, 1J1 miles paving through I cent In some classes of service.
The - poison, he reported, had $eehl"y of Union.
uorougniy jnixea with the salts ln the
ample and was powdered.
"The strychnine was extracted and
weighed as a free alkaloid." said Dr.
Johnson, strychnine is -always -dis
pensed and used as a soluble . salt,
usually strychnine sulnhatet A sntrhnt
la 2J time heavlei1 than -free, atkaioid.
When calculated as'the strychnine sul
phate the percentage is S.4s.,
Dr. Johnson said the stomach and
liver of one of the children are tinder
analysis but a report
for two days.
OREGON FA R PLEA
GIVEN BON VOYAG
E
By Bea Hir Lamvmsa
Hnmriml Oonsnmdafit sf Ths Jnamsl
Ban Francisco, Feb. JL When the
steamship Tayo Mara, bound for the
Orient, passes through the Oolden Oats
at noon today, the. prelected 192S world's
exposition, to be held ln Portland, will
have launched Its message to the na-Uo-.s.
Carrying credentials which in
' elude the formal approval of congress,
the Oregon commissioner and his party
be fin the long voyage, to visit during
the ensuing four months practically
every capital and commercial center tn
foreign lands, that each country may
receive at first bend the Invitation of
America and Oregon to participate ln
tlfe Atlantic-Pacific Highways and Elec
tric exposition.
BOLFH BACKS fair
Julius Li. Meier, chairman of the ex.-
position executive committee and spe
cial commissioner, was wished bon voy
age this morning by James Rotph, mayor
t Ban Francisco, whose ralth ln Ore
gon's purpose to hold an Internationa
as jmbly In celebration of peace and
development la matched by his belief
that the time Is ripe for such a project
On the Paclfio coast. Mayor Rolph was
most cordial In his expression of interest
and assurance of cooperation and cer
tain that the return of the Oregon com
. mlssluner would find the entire slope
awakened to the Importance and benefits
of the world s fair.
We have observed with great Inter
est. said Mayor Rolph. "the progress
of your plans for this International
fiesta. Not only have you our sincere
good wlsbea. but oor pledge of all poe-
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(Coociadwl on Pk Two, Cohzms One)
0. W. Purdin on
Trial Second Time.
Newberg, Feb. 21. All - Newberg is
taking a holiday today in honor of the
ceremonies attendant upon presentation
to the Newberg fire department of a
silk flag for its record in maintaining
the smallest fire loss for an Oregon city
in 1921 and one to the Newberg schools
for excellence in drills. "
The flag, waa. awarded at the North
west Fire Chiefs invention in Victoria,
B. C, last October. Newberg's loss waa
less than $600 for the year. Governor
Ben W. Olcott presented the flag, which I
McCormicks
Turn Down
'Cousin 'Emit
Chicago, Feb. 21. U. P.) -Cousin'
Emil Burgy rattled up to call on his
new ."relations" the family of Harold F.
McCormick but didn't get past the front
porch.
Emil, cousin of Max Oser, Swiss livery
stable proprietor whose engagement to
Mathilde McCormick, 16, has-been an
nounced. Just wanted to meet "Cousin
Mathilde" and welcome ' her " into - the
family, he' said today.
I didn't bring mamma along with me
was accepted by Chief Sherlock. Jay f because she is tied nn with tha famtlv
susveuB, i-mei th uie lire prevention du
reau of the national board of fire under-
will be Impossible
' Construction of the new erutine round
house for the Union freight terminal at
The Inquest scheduled for today has! Guilds lake has been started and filling
been postponed to Wednesday morninc at operations are being rushed so that com-
io:so o clock. Deputy Coroner Wels-1 pieuon or at least one unit Of the new
slncrer returned thfk raorninar f mm Ra. I terminal is in nroGDect for earlv cummer.
atue, where he took the liver and other I accoramg. to announcement made today
organs of Verda Rhodes for further I by B. E. Palmer, manager of the North-
analysis.
He asserts a statement that 10 per cent
strychnine was found, in the package of
cpeom salts was Incorrectly reported.
Chemist Dehn. -he said, reported 1 to 10
per cent strychnine.
A special effort will be made to de
termine If other poisons might be in the
sample.' Important7 witnesses at the in
quest wul include Dr. Sleicher, Dr.-tt
H. Dow, health officer, Mr. and Mrs.
Glenn Round tree and Mr. and Mrs.
James Moorcroft. neighbors of the
Rhodes at Klaber. -
era Pacific Terminal company.
"The new" roundhouse, which will be
an eight-etall semi-circular building, will
involve an Initial expenditure of $60,000.
Charles Wesley Pordln is today peine:
tried a second time for the murder of
his divorced wife, Alice Purdin, whom
he is alleged to have shot when he
caught her in company with Howard
Slgsby. Slgsby was also killed. The
case is before Circuit Judge Stapleton,
wno neara the rtrst trial, held last week.
The firsfe-lury disagreed, nine being; re
ported to have held out for acquittal and
three for manslaughter.
writers,; presented the school flag , to
School Superintendent A, C Stanbrough,
Mayor -Calkins - welcomed the - visitors.
F Hr.pveread. fbV department drtll-
roaster. Jumped from the roof of the
three-story school into a fire net as part
of the program, and the school children
staged a fire drill, A banquet and dance
will close the celebration.
Chief Graham of the Corvallis fire de
partment, former. Chief Biddy Dowel! of
Portland, head of the Pacific Coast Fire
Chiefs association, and Fire- Marshal
Grenfell of Portland are among the
visitors. The Whitney Boys' chorus and
Berrian band of Newberg furnished
w
i music
Purdin contends that he did not kill I MnTriOl a Tl ft Thron
;. J.UUUUU1 UOIU. J-i-li. JKJ
his former wife, and that he killed Slgs
by in self defense. H esaid he went to
Foundation work is being pushed by the home of his former wife the night of
crews of from 50 to 60 men on the high
ground of the Oregon-Washington &
Idaho airplane company landing field.
Superstructure of the building will be
hollow tile with plaster finish. Cinder
pits and turn tables wCl be completed
at the same time the building construo-
December 30, not knowing she had se
cured a divorce, but knowing a divorce
was pending. He was after his clothes.
He saw Mrs. Purdin and Slgsby inside
partly unrobed, he said, and in anger
Drone through the window.
Sigsby then attacked him with a gun.
Children Die in Fire;
Husband Helpless NrtuckV
washing, - Emil apologised to reporters
wben he fliwered .up to-. the McCor
mick mansion, . ; . - .:-.:
. He ran the fcelL , . . " 1 -
-pot er there i- exclaimed Emu as he
extended hla hand, when the door,. vas
pxneeVi.-. America knew how to ti
care of her war heroes." That v
Emirs first mistake. He " thought the
butler was a war hero because he was
dressed like a Balkan ereneral. '
I'm Cousin Emil," be said. f came
to pay my respects to my new relations.
By the old country , we . always make
these calls before the wedding."
Emil waited. ,
"A little paint here and there around
th;c place would go fine," Emil, a dec
orator, 'm used. "Maybe Mr. McCormick
wi'l give me a Job."
The butler brought out the tidinjrs
that "Mr. McCormick is not receiving
anyone today.
Emil cranked no.
"Perhaps another day," he said.
want 'em to feel welcome in our family.
us.
worfolk, Ta. Fee. tl At :M eleek
this afteraoea 26 boalet had beea re
core red from the wreckage ef the Beau,
giaat Aaierieaa dirigible, which exploded
here today. ,
Norfolk. Va, Feb. 2L The giant diri
gible Roma, largest ship of her type tn
the world and pride of the army air
service, exploded ' here this afternoon -during
practice, with a - heavy Ices of
life. ' , ,. .
At least 35 men aboard her. probably .
more, were killed ln the crash of the
big ship or were horribly burned to
death in the fire and explosion which
immediately followed the striking of
electric wires.
At S :45 o'clock only eight butt I tuts
had -been rescued from her complement .
of about fifty. . ,
At the same hour IS bodies had been
recovered, some of them so mutilated
and charred as to be unrecognizable.
EIGHT IS HOSPITAX
The following survivors from the dis
aster are at the army base hospital un
dergoing treatment :
Captain Reed, pilot. '
Walter A. McNair, bureau of stand
ards. Washington.
Marry A. Chapman, sergeant, -.
Charles Dworack.
Major J. D. Reardon. . i ,
" C. H. Welch. "''.
Ray Hurley. ' '
Sergeant Peek.
Sergeant Peek, one of the eight known
survivors, declared 40 men probably per
ished In the disaster.
. Peek, said he believed 41 men Toad as
cended tn the airship and that eight
severely injured were removed from the
wreck. One. Lieutenant Reilly, died an
hour later. . , - -.
REAL ESTATE MEN
GET BEHIND CHEST
Real estate' men wiU organize their
rants, today in preparation for their
share of the occupational recanvass pro-
Craa! -or the Community Cheat.
.Already the special committee hand
ling the recanvass among .doctors has
started about its work and according to
reports coming in to the chest campaign
headquarters, excellent results are be
ing, obtained in this profession The
doctors promise a . 100 per cent subscrip
tion list, for their profession.
Among the real estate men- a similar
campaign' within the -organisation waa
to have been outlined at a meeting ln
the offices cf Fred W. German at 4
o'clock -this afternoon. To assist ln ar
ranging .the solicitation- work the meet
ing was attended by Franklin T. Grif
fith, president of the chest organisation ;
Adjutant Dow; V. Walker and Execurire
Secretary .Hugh IL- Herdman. .;. v ,
WBAr . . -J -The Roma struck eleotric wiras
"Several small -subscriptions . Were re- l thekrmy base," said Peek. The air-
cetved Monday, .representative' of the &hln yrtui hnoet Immediately enveloped
cleanup by district -workers. - The total fl&mes and fell to the ground. . ..
amount aubscrtbed - was reported this "Two men Jumped." ' 11
morning aa $513,097.': ? , . - The bi ship, only recently christened
At the campaign headquarters - this nere with elaborate ceremonies, was
morning a conference waa held between made for the United States in Italy. It
General .- Robert E. Bmitb, Adjutant 1 assemntyed at Langley rteld, Vir
tlon is under way. Palmer said that It the. defendant asserts, and his wife was
was planned to have the roundhoustf shot when she stepped between them.
Aiken. & C Feb. 21. U. P.
Trapped by flames, Mrs. C. E. Monts
and three of her children burned to death
in their home today before the eyes of
MATHILDES RIDING FASTER
FIANCE Olff SECRET MISSION
(Special Cable to The Journal and Qiicaco
Daily News)
(Copyrieht, 1922)
Paris, Feb. 21. Max Oser. fiance of
CWrsUi sa rsse Blit. Colaaa Tars)
U. S. WiU Ratify
Pacts, Col. Harvey
Assures Britishers
(By TJaWenal Service)
London. Feb. 21. Positive assurance
to Great Britain that the United States
senate will ratify the Washington con
ference treaties was given by Ambas-
saaor Harvey at the Pilgrims' society
dinner in honor of A. J. Balfour.
"Peace oh the Pacific Is assured for
years to come, and probably for all
time," said Colonel Harvey. "When I
say assured, I .speak from information
the exactness of which Is beyond ques
tion, that the ratification of these com
pacts, all of them, by the British nar-
llament is no more certain than their
ratification by the senate of the United
States, and, that too,: much sooner than
is commonly anticipated.
Ambassador Harvey described the
American delegation
completed In 0 days. He declared that he took the gun from the husband and father, who made des- Miss Mathilde McCormick. told this cor-
The Port of, Portland dredges are SlgBby and killed the man. He did not Pe . . to nm himself through respondent over the telephone today that
pouring In black sand to fill the term- remember, he said, s-ettin the hatchet I wallof fire to rescue them.
inal site at the rate of 25,000 cubic yards I and hacking Sigsbys head. I MoritS was so seriously burned by his
he was on his way to French Switser-
a day. This means that the filling work
will be completed -within six weeks.
Immediately after the ground fill is
made rails will be laid since the black
send requires no extra time for settle
ment. With the completion, of one unit
of the terminal the freight tracks at the
present union station site can be made
available for passenger service and then
all passenger train service can be con
solidated at the Union station, including
the trains of the Spokane, Portland & Se
attle company which now operate out of
the North Bank station.
The state, on the other hand moln. I frantic attempts to pass the barrier of
tamed that Purdin, jealous, went to his I Ilwn "ar ne was taaen to a hospital
iue ucau are jure, monts, itt ; icugene.
15; Clarence. 14; Eugene Dubose
Monts, 3.
(Concluded on Pan Sixteen, Column Three)
Walker and Secretary Herdman, to dis
cuss deta&s of the occupational group
re-canvasa,- the preliminaries of which
are already under way.
. Campaign ; workers were Interested
Monday afternoon in a . subscription of
$1 paid by a man who made a wager on
the weather. This man was the loser
and the loser had agreed to pay the
cheat $1. - Before the man left, however,
he made a pledge of his own to the fund.
SUFFEBI5G Hf CITT
Numerous stories of the sufferings of
unfortunate families have been reported
to tne community Chest campaign head
quarters and these have been referred to
the Public Welfare bureau, which re
ports back that more sickness and suf
fering has been reported in the city at
this time than during the same season
of any year in the last decade.
Elevator Accident
Due to Fraying of
Cables, Keport Says
iormer wire s home, armed with a re
volver, deliberately seeking revenge.
Joseph LfiHammersly and Maurice E.
Crumpacker, deputy district attorneys, !
represent the state, and Tom Garland
and Charles Cos ton represent Purdin.
Flu Epidemic Hits
Coast Guard Crew
Newport, Feb. 21. An epidemic of
influenza has struck Newport and
vicinity. Several members of the coast
guard life saving crew are laid up.
Weather conditions have improved and
It Is confidently expected that sickness
will decrease.
scended directly and exclusively from
ssriuan stoca.-
Klng George honored Balfour by send
ing a long message to the Pilgrims'
banaquet ln.whlch he not merely singled
out Balfour for the highest praise, but
also paid eloquent tribute to President
Harding and Secretary Hughes.
Joint investigation of the Wells-Far-
AU four de-1 go building elevator accident, made by
Big Day for Princess Mary
. . . , at at
, She 1 Tries on Wedding Gown
"London. Feb. 11. (L N. & This is
Princess Marys bg day before the wed
ding. That most Important duty of all
the trying on of the wedding ' gown,
took place this morning. , If everything
Is satisfactory. It wUt be the last fitting
at the hands Of the modiste. The re
mainder of her trousseau has been ln
readiness for several, days.
The king and queen this afternoon
re giving the first of a aeries of wed
ding parties, to which everyone who
has the slightest claim to distinction tn
governmental affairs hopes to be in
vited, v t, ' '
The wedding rehearsal, a . pageant
which Is expected to nvah the actual
performance in splendor, will, take place
the la Iter part of the week. i..,- .
SrECML MtSIO
An elaborate program of special
tousle has been prepared by ? Sydney
Nicholson, organist" of "Westminster
Abbey, for the wedding of Princess
Mary and Viscount tasceDes on Febru
ary It. The princess has approved it
ana it. is oeing rehearsed.
representatives of the building company
and the O-W. R. A N, has disclosed that
the drop of an elevator from the second
to the first floor last Friday, with the
consequent injury of one person and the
shaking ap of a doen more, was due to
the fraying out of cables at the point
where they were fastened to the eleva
tor cage.
This report was made by I. Waring.
general agent of . the American Railway
Express company and manager of the
building. Waring said the cables had
been tn ' place for about nine years.
Where they were fastened to the ele
vator cage they were frayed out and
babbitted) in solid metal The ends had
pulled loose out of the metal and the
sudden stop last Friday evening pulled
the cables loose the remainder of the
way.
- Further investigation Is to be' made to
disclose whether . the cable had frayed
lint rjartisll-v Arrrlntr mvlnni An.Mtin
11 IS probable that the renttemen in' I or whether l it - twlWd Iaom all at nu
boys of his majesty's chapel royal. I time. Orders have been issued by the
dressed tn their scarlet coats, will halbuildina- comoanv to renew cables in
included in the abbey choir. I the elevator shaft every two years. The
Frees photographers will be admitted I 008 Eelevator company representatives
to a royal weddina- eeremuiv for th. I reported that this was the first case on
first time when Princess Mary is mu I record where arch a fraying had taken
necu tilth erto only artists have been I Pce-
permltted to depict the scenes of these
great . occasions, painting them upon
canvas. , . .. ,
KAJOR IS BEST KAK
The bridegroom to ! be has changed his
plans and Instead of having his brother
for the beet man. that office will be
filled by Major Sir) Victor MacKenzle,
bart, D. a 0 M. V.jfX 8coU Guards.
Forces of soldiers and police wm line
the roote between Bockingham palace
Golden Eagle to
Lose Its License
(Oosjetaaed om Pate Two. Cetaraa Fear)
Revocation of the license of Mrs. Gus-
sie uecKmas to conduct the Golden Eagle
hotel 924 North Sixth street, followed
testimony heard by the city council this
morning to the effect that she had been
conducting' disorderly house.
Senate Resolution
Puts Reservation
On 4-Power Treaty
Washington, Feb. 2L (X N. .)
Congress would have to give Its consent
to any future agreement made under
the four-power Pacific treaty before it
would become binding upon the United
atates, according to a reservation to the
pact tentatively agreed udod todav Tiv
the senate foreign relations committee.
RAISE BONUS MONEY BY TAXING BEER
AND VIES, CONGRESSMAN SUGGESTS
Banks, City Hall, .
Courthouse to Be
Closed. Wednesday
Banks, city halL -courthouse and fed
eral offices will be closed Wednesday,
Washington's birthday, while - in the
schools - some classes will be shortened
and programs substituted for others.
Stores will be open. .
The postoffice will be closed with the
exception of the stamp "window at the
main : postoffice - and central station,
which will be open from S a. m.' until
noon. There will be no carrier ' deliv
eries, but all perishable parcels received
will be delivered. Regular holiday col-
ections will be made and distribution of
all outgoing mail will be made as usuaL
Offices of the Union Pacific. -Southern
Pacific and Spokane, Portland sVSeaottle
will be closed all day, notices to this ei-
fect having been bulletined today.
Freezing Weather
Nips Portland Again
Freezing temperature was again re
corded today when the official weather
bureau thermometer showed a minimum
reading of 21 degrees- and still lower
records were taken in the outlying sec
tions. Rain clouds are rolling toward
Portland and. although temperatures
will continue low, the district weather
forecaster believes that the weather
hardly win be. cold enough for snow.
By David Lawrence j
(Copyrisht, 1822. by The Journal)
Washington. Feb. 21 Bootlener or '
bonus that's the question which is now
being propounded here.
Shall the government nut a tax . on
light wines and beer, or even on beer
only, and get more than enough money
wiui wnicn to pay the soldier bonus, or
shall the bootlegger continue to get
enormous profits which the government
is unable to reach either through the
income tax or through prohibition en
forcement? In desperation, congress is seeking a
method to raise $350,000,000 a year to
pay a soldier bonus. Vlrtuany every
"new method of taxation suggested has
enough foes to prevent adoption by both
houses of congress. .
LEGIOX 3SOT FUSST '&
The bond Issue has been rejected by
President Harding. , The revival of the
excess profits tax and -nuisance ' taxes
have also been taboo by Harding. And
now the agricultural bloc is fighting the
sales tax on the ground that it will in
crease the cost of Irvine to everybody.
. Is these circumstances, asks Represen
tative jonn rmuips or Maryland, as
author of a bill to tax light wines-and
beer why not gather in at least $600,-
ow.wu a year oy such taxes and save
more than enough to pay the soldiers
Donna T - -
"The American Legion has no objec
tion w any metnoa th&t may bo proposed
Insurance Official; ,
May Succeed U. S.
Judge K, M.'Landis
- , (Bv United ; Kevsl
Chicago, Feb, 2L Speculation on' the
possible successor of Federal Judge K.
M. : Landis has centered on two candi
dates, r--. -;..;
- If another federal Judge is to be
brought to the bench. vacated by lndls.
it Is rumored It will bo Judge A. B. An
derson of Indianapolis. If an "outsider"
is to be named political gossipers point
for raising revenue," said John Thomas
Taylor, chairman of the national legis
lative committee of the American Le
gion, who is conducting the fight for the
DW1IU.
COULD RAISE BIG SUM
"We believe the senate and hon
mittees are sufficiently competent' to
iino ways 10 xinance the bonus."
Speaking of the amounts which nnM
be raised by taxing light wines, ami heer
ncprcaeai&uvB aj.il una mis correspond
ent today that taking the figures of
1914 on the beer alone and imnndn a
tax of 20 cents a rallnn the total nnn I to Edwin A. Olson, prominent insurance
that would be raised would be $403,000,- Inofficial and Republican, said to have the
oac&uigT u xiiiiKJia senators.
: Landis refused to discuss his future to
newspaper reporters.
"The funeral's an over boys," he said.
"Let the dead be buried."
000.
If that was the consumption of beer in
the face of - competition riti, fiistfiixt
spirits, how much more there would be
consumed ii . distilled - spirits - were
wholly prohibited? At least $200,000,000
more taxes would be available, answered
Mr. Hill. This grand total of $603,000,
000 that might be available out of beer
taxes is confirmed by treasury depart
ment experts. .
CONGRESS HAS AtJTHOMTT
Most officials have so doubt that they
could raise at least $600,000,000 a year
this way. Whether or not light wines
should be Included and a tax of 40 cents
per gallon put on the latter is sot alto
gether as easy a problem to settle as
the beer question. The alcoholic content
(rUaded oa Pass Sixteen Catena- Three)
"Jlggs-i Delayed
in the Mails
The inimitable "Jlggs is miss
ing from his accustomed place on
The Journal " comic page today.
He has strayed among the delayed
mail, but it ia earnestly hoped
that he will arrive in ample time
to, ; keep- his - engagement with
Journal readers tomorrow. .
glnia. On its recent flight to Washing
ton for the christening ceremonies some -difficulties
with the engines were en
countered. The big ship did not seem to .
weather . strong winds very well and
some fears for Its durability were ex
pressed then. , -
The -dirigible was constructed st
Claroprno, Italy, and was the work of
these Italian balloon experts : Uselli,
Nibile. Praasone and Colonel Csoooo. -
Captain Dale Maybree, in command of
the ship, was burned to deaths
The explosion ,of the Roma was
caused by the bag striking electric wires
over the army base. While cruising
low the rudder became entangled ln the
wires carrying 2S0 volts and the Giant
bag ignited. .
A deafening explosion followed, and
the ship plunged to earth.
The rudder broke aa It circled over
the army base and the bag descended
slowly to earth.- As Its nose plowed
into the ground a tremendous explosion
shook the frame and the bag was en-J'
veloped in flames.
OIT TEST FLIGHT
Four bodies were picked up. The In
tense heat of the flames rendered rescue
work Impossible, and until the fire Is
extinguished it will not be known as to '
tne numoer or dead. - ,
The Roma was brought to this coon- "
(Concluded ea Face Two. Ootaaia File)
Gould's Decrjee of
Divorce Sustained
.
iff raivensl Berries) V. " ;-
New Tork. Feb. 2L Supreme Court
Justice Mullan has handed down a
lengthy decision denying, with 310 and
cosxB, ue application or Edith Kelly
Gould for an order vacatinr the iude-.
meat of divorce obtained by her bus- .
band, Frank J. Gould, and giving her
leave to serve an amended reply con- 1
taining allegations that assail and put '
in issue the regularity. Drevtousiv ad.
Urges America to
Care for Own Poor
Chico. ' Feb. 2! Declaring ; that We I
ney. Jr.. . named chairman i of the Near
East relief fund campaign in Chico dur
ing his absence from the city Sunday,
today- publicly announced thaWthe was
not In - sympathy with the work; and
would not serve as a jnember Of the mltted. of the French decree obtained by
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ils Menace Filmland
otL Attracted by Wealth
By Earl C Brewalee
' Jeerasl Staff Comnouodent -
Los Angeles. Feb. 18. Br MaizV-
Money with which to buy the. stuff
snappy cocktails are made of, and cer
tain motion picture producers -srhoee de
praved minds conceive a public demand
for unsavory films, axe the two weak
supports that threaten to give way mo
mentarily and precipitate the movie In
dustry of Los Angeles Into chaos.
Los Angeles gets Its cocktails too eas
ily, and it has too many producers who
think that the evil things tn their minds
were implanted - by public demand.
These two influences have worked havoc
with scores of fine young people who
have. Invaded their kaleidoscopic realm
of many marvels. -
The city's population, enhanced by
hundreds of thousands since the picture
indostry spread broadcast word of the
wonders of Southern California climate.
is a strange ana motley thing withal.
Tfcers are retired hardware merchants
from Dubuque, wealthy farmers from
Urbana, one-time merchant princes of
numberless crossroads villages, together
with big men and women from a
line of activity in every . part of the
country, .inese nave come to Los An
geles with lots of money and nothing to
do. Many of them build palatial homes
ana . setue oown to enjoy mis' and
luxury. - .
la the wake of these have come a less
prosperous multitude, some seeking
health, others seeking only to prey off
the wealthy and healthy, but- many in
fact, most of them ambitious to eclipse
the-, rich in aa orgy of spending that
has. even now. given Los Angeles more
homes than its people can etocupy, more
business blocks than their works can
fill and more easy life than they know
what to do with. ' - r
There is the setting. Everything that
money can buy is provided, with the
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