CITY EDITION
:f f AU Here and If. All Trae
THE"WTHl"ni Tonhrht and Tuesday.,
r-ilo j iiK-reasmgty southeasterly winda..
'-Minimum temperature Senday:
Portland- 4- New Orleans.... '-.
-Boise v. ....... M . .' York....... M
'IiMvAiilM.. 8C Paul ........ 0
CITY EDITION
ied.AU llerm and If AU True
mOM EH A KESPKARH to Bn Turpln ,
la a far cry, but a preponderance of public
Interest U manifested in each. It la to
appeal to thl" Interest that th amusement
' auction of Th Sunday Journal strives
each week.
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Vftt TTT M H Katrrwl a 0trMd-Clns Matter
PORTLAND, OREGON,; MONDAY, EVENING, V MARCH 27, . 1922.- EIGHTEEN ' - PAGES.
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Spring Air
Lures Many
On Outings
The spring-time spirit of Portland's
populace ' was riven its first outlet of
the season Sunday when a warm sun
and dear aklea coaxed everyone into the
open.
' "The weather bureau recorded a maxi-
$OU000UiUUU btlll Ulie UtlZenSlthe sun was warm and the feeling of
WHO Lost Relatives On Sunken Ur the spell of fair weather Is past
. I a train - apAAirltna tHa -an tru- Kiaii
Liners All Germany's Assets Uwais who have sighted ram moving
-.", ta from the -southeast.
Appear MOrtgagea TO llieS I Every motorist who visited the Coliim-
whole population .was on that road.
Every fisherman along the Sandy river
thought that every other fisherman In
the city was alone the banks of that
stream. And the same status applied to
,. By Savl Lawreaee
(OmniaM. ItSS. or The Journal)
hunter, every boating enthusiast and
every stroller.
. Columbia Gorge hotel reported Its big
gest business day since before the storm
which blocked the highway and other
hotels and lodges alone - the highway
made similar reports. Heavy travel was
reported on the lower highway, with
throngs at Seaside and Astoria.
FEES SEEK IHf,
Washington. March 27. America's
difficulties vln collecting 'sums due her j every camper, every golfer, every house-
front Germany are growing. The effort
to- bum the $241,000,000 for the ex
penses of the United States army of oc
cupation on the Rhine now has drawn
attention to the complication with re
spect to another claim of approximately
1300.000, 0()0 due American cltlsens whose
relatives lost their lives In the Lusltanla
disaster, and Americans whose property
was -seised or destroyed by Germany
during the war. (
American - claimants have been pa
tiently watting for the Oermaa govern
ment to pay them.. But It Is apparent
that alt Germany's assets are mortgaged
to the allies, and even tho United States
government cannot get a priority on
money spent since the armistice In main
taining Its army. .The legal representa
tives of the host of American claimants,
who Include the ' stockholders of such
big concerns at -the American Radiator
ompany. standard . Oil company, Na
tional Cash Register company. Singer
Hewing machine company and Interna
tional Harvester company, are begin
ning to get anxious about their claims.
Most of these companies had properties
In Germany which were seised or liq
uidated by the German custodian of
Ilea property. .
HOT LOOK TO U51TED STATES
' If the German government cannot pay
the American claims because all funds
must first go to satisfy the allied gov
ernments, then the American - claim
ants must look to- the United States
' government for satisfaction. The Hard-
LOG C1TOK
Mfflf PROCESS 0 PUS
ASSURES OIL SPENDING OF
INDEFINITELY $5,000,000
' eaaeeaeBBBBB
Air Liners
Will Make
Calls Here
Mammoth air liners designed to carry
both freight and passengers will be in
! service " before long ' between Portland,
S&n Francisco, Chicago and New York,
as' the -result of the organisation of a
1 1250,000,000 corporation in Boston re
cently;;;, .,
This announcement was made today
After Two Years1 Work. Invention! Viaduct Over Columbia Fiver Be- by Mene Thorpe, editor f auons Assistant Marshal Fred Day and
, . . . , , 1 , ..... , j . I, . '.iBusmess, official -publication of .thel - . j. t
15 nilllUUIlWBU Ol UCIIVCi Iflllklll ivaccil fllioiu auu llGUG?f ai urawo aun vnraoer w; uinunerce, paiiailOn vniei UUiailO ral
UOSt Of $lfg0OQ0U Among! men on general conditions. He said that
Projects! TO BUild Many Cars, "but another indication that business is
Business is looking up' both literally
Ranks With Steam ' Engine,!
Telephone, Automobile, Radio.
Unconscious in Fighting Blaze
at 15th and Kearney Streets
' Port Angeles, Wash.. March 27. (U.
P.) Armed posses today were continu
ing their search for bandits who have
terrorised the logging camps of this dis
trict with murder and . robbery in the
last week., . t,
Ray Light 35. who served 23 months
In France, "went west" Saturday night
when he was shot in the back by bandits
Denver Colo., March 27. (U. P.y-Oll
to supply : the world for thousands of
years has been made available by an In
vention said to rank with the steam en
gine, the telephone, the automobile and
the wireless. .' i" ' r.1--
Engineers from all parts of the Coun
try returned here today after seeing the
machine' in operation 1 In the shale oil
fields 17 miles out of Debeque, Colo.,
Saturday and Sunday, j .
Dr. Victor Alderson, president of the
Colorado school of mines, ' says the in
vention will revolutionize the oil indus
try. s .! 4 -,,("'-.
The machine is a series of revolving
retorts which not only extract the oil at
the rate of 100 to 200 barrels a day, nut
also fractions the oil into gasoline, phe
nol and other products of commercial
value. i -
I) RAWS' OT7T AS GAS
The, oils are drawn out in the form of
gas by a vacuum system: and are carried
from tank to tank and condensed back
into oils which settle in various tanks.
The machine is ted at one end and
empties at the other, automatically.
Huge resolving fans carry the shale
through it. It comes out at the opposite
end in dust, with the oils and gaees re
moved, leaving only hydro-carbons.
- Henry L. Brown of New Tork, in
ventor, is the inventor of the new shale
oil machine. For two years he has been
who were holding up the Port Discovery
recreation hall, four, mile, from May: ""
Th. v.... mon.w.. rnrti f mm 1 srwup euifiiiecro, viwijubis ana iinan-
thd cmo to
truck, but died shortly afterwards.
Bridge construction and trackage
work costing $5,000,000 have been- ap
proved for this season on the O-W, R.
& N., according to announcement made
today by ' J. P." O'Brien,- general man
ager.. , . . 4 ; ' v .
This sum is independent of tht Union
Pacific budget expenditures for the y
which have not yet been approved and
which are reported to be $4,500,000.
The largest project under the expendi
ture program -announced by CRrien. la
the construction of a new steel railroad
bridge across the Columbia river be
tween Villara and Hedges. . This new
bridge will be started this year and will
cost 31,500,000, according to estimates.
The remainder of the $5,000,000 ex
penditure . will be placed in 'relaying
rails, ballasting road bed and construct
ing other new bridges; said O'Brien. -
TO BtJT MUCH XTJMBER .
In addition to these items of expendi
ture lumber costing many hundreds of
thousands of dollars , will be purchased
in Oregon and Washington for the con-.
Btruction of 4500 new I Union - Pacific
freight cars and SS0O new Pacific Fruit
Express refrigerator cars. This car-
building program : will cost $32,000,000:
The Union Pacific Is half owner of the
Pacific Fruit Express.
The new Columbia river bridge will
Two firemen.: unconscious from fumes
and smoke, were taken out of the Port'
land Van and Storage company ' fire
proof building,-where fire was dlscov'
ered at 7. o'clock this morning in furni
ture in one of the storage rooms. '
Fred Day.' fire captain and assistant
fire marshal, was overcome after be had
fidenee in conditions and indications of J climbed ? through one of the windows
progress which are being .made in this I from an . aerial ladder in an effort , to
find the flaraes. After a. futile effort
he' made his way to a fire escape, .where
he fell unconscious. . : ' " "
Numerous guards were, required to bold
and figuratively " said Thorpe, who con
tended that the results of bis survey so
far show; that business is muci better
ti'anit is supposed to be. v
C03TTBACTS XET
? "Organization of the new air transpor
tation company and the spread of radio
telephony are but indications of the con-
country," said Thorpe.
"The sew air company is headed by
Benedict Crowle and has associated with
it a, board of directors composed of the
leaders in the electrical, aerial and con
struction world. Contracts have already
been placed for the construction of two
giant lighter-than-alr fliers and the con
struction plans call for helium gas ma
chines capable - of carrying . 700 tons - of
freight, 500 passengers and a-minimum
speed of 110 miles per hour.
FIRST TWO FOB EAST
"These first two machlBeTtf-fcVill .be
placed in service between New Tork and
Chicago. Plans of the company call for
the . construction of nine other machines
for service between Chicago and San
Francisco .with feeders to Portland,
Houston. New Orleans and i St, Paul.
. Within It very'ishort time business will
have to adjust itself to look to the air,
for there are other p&ases of air devel-
Rickard 1 in . Court .
rpEXi RICKARD." sports
j 4 promotery as he appeared
in court in New York the first
day of his trial. -' '' : -'
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which has ben out of service for some
time. At th present time Spokane
a 1 . M AX TTT 'Wl. J.a.,u4
Maynard on a logging 1 -"" Northern Pacific and a P &
.r.v. ""- ' xT opment that are demanding attention.
uvi v uuv vm va m saw wiuo ti nvima gal VV1I 1
, (Concluded on Pace Two, Column, One.)
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SHIP'S COOK
George Miller Dies Immediately
After Taking1 Dose - Aboard
Freight Urier, Jacob ; Lucken
- bach; Stomach Being Examiner
(OsMatifMswd f Pa Two. Column Tbrao)
IIS RADIO
CARRIES TO BOISE
. Boise.' Idaho, la the most distant point
which reported today that it heard The
Journal's radiophone '. news broadcast,
lordan valley Is another distant point
jo receive the irelees news reports, ac
cording to a letter received today.
A Pasco banker. In making inquiries I rlve batUe
as to me coai ot a.rwcBiYin ki. ' I darkness.
tnat Tne journal s report is coming so
append Idly that a set of Instruments is
wanted tnat win . enaote more
ti hear It at one time. a-
. J A boy at Dallas is entertaining his
. family nightly with The Journal report
and with music, over a receiving set
that he made himself. His father la
rapidly becoming a radio enthusiast and
compliments The Journal on its enter
" prise.' the excellence of its service and
the clearness with whkh the news is
transmitted over the Instruments of the
Northwestern Radio? Manufacturing
company. j ,
Tonight the report will be broadcasted
as soon as the- radiograms of The Jour
nal of Electricity and 'Western Industry
are concluded. These radiograms start
.at f:30 o'clock and last for five to 10
minutes.
Between t and o'clock tonight the
regular triweekly listening in period for
California concerts takes . place.
The two bandits escaped Into the
heavily wooded country They are be
lieved to be the same couple who held
up and robbed: the bank at Sequlm of
S30.000 last week. i ' "
Thirty loggers who were playing cards !
In the hall of the camp were ordered to
stick 'em up by the masked bandits.
The men were ranged aTong the walls-of
the cabin with their backs to the wall.- ,
Charl Cartoon, sC logger who was
outside the building, saw the" holdup and
fired' "thnni zti mjwmdow'tomurnjng
the fire. UieiaHe!"-e Tthefcandlta shot
Light, who was standing beside the wln
dowL v ? 'r''c'' i' r- U7, -'
The bandits let the dying1 man 'lay on
the floor while. they conunuea meir ays
on a huge tract of shale oil land ac
quired by the financiers; and its success
proven, was the invention made known
to the world. It is owned exclusively
by tne inventor ana nia assistants.
DETELOPS US PEOPUCTS fT i
Thomas - Dwyer. Philadelphia, for
year chemist for the DuPont company.
is the chemist in charge Of the anatytical
work.'; So far e has developed 155 prod-
S. over the Steel bridge at Pasco.
Included in the 33,500,000 improvement
item, numerous steel bridges will be con
structed along the system lines in both
Oregon and Washington. Definite plans
for the pew. bridges have not yet been
drafted, said O'Brien.'
riAir wo extensions,
No new railroad extensions r double
tracking is contemplated and outside of
FIST FIGHT STAGED
IliCOURTCORRIDOR
him .during his : delirium In the ambu
lance on the. way .to -the emergency hos
pital.' He recovered " rapidly, however,
and returned,: over protest," to direct the
fighting, s..", '
B ATTAUpSt XHIEP , OTEECOH Ej
1 About the same. time'. Day was taken
unconscious to the emergency koapitai
to be revived from the effects of smoke
and uroes. Battalion JFire -Chief Dillane
BEACH. TESTIFIES
J lMil MMIbi v ;rtfJ,.:.t
Cineaiincludlng aspirin.
'.. He believes h has developed perfumes
and other necessities.-;. ,
STonf -the. - tailings;. Dwyer. has 'made
aa a auard azainst the men on the out
side of the building who had gathered to
The bandits escapea in uie
temstlc search of the loggers. After 20 1 synthetic rubber.
minutes they made their, exit from the! Among the scientists present at the
building, driving three men before them I demonstration yesterday were Frank
Sneppard or tne Jenver engineering
company, G. R. Debeque, mining; engi
neer, Denver; Chester W. Church, Chi
cago ; . Frederick M. Browning, oilcloth
manufacturer, New York: David Dodge,
mining engineer ; William T. Mack, Den
ver oil man; Courtland R. Jones. F. E.
McLaughlin, Joe D. Freman, John s.
oil expert who has repre-
Engllsh interests, and others. In
cluding newspapermen, j
iKgoiliu present
ttiakinrthla mfiouncemeirt. O'Erleft
summarised Jth , Expenditures ex , the
0-W. Jn Oregon and ' Washington for
192t. These expenditures amounted to
330,023,000. In addition the Union Pa
cific made purchases in the Northwest
amounting to $7,500,000 last year. -;,
The . total "; operating expense of the
railroad was announced as $26,677,000 In
mi and the expense of relaying rails.
aber--ot
PossibUity that George Miner, cook V
aboard the ocean .freighter -Jacob Luck
enbach. died . Sunday morning froaa
Its poisoning im being Investigated
today -by Coroner arl Smith, - -
Miller died at : 30 o'clock Sunday
morning, a short time after he took a
dose of 'supposed falts. The--crystals
were given him by Charles Bervler. chef
on the steamer, after Miller complained
of severe cramps. Instead of getting
better, his condition became worse, and
finally First Mate Jorgenson - ordered
Miller sent to the hospital. - - -
. Miller was put In a laundry truck, the
handiest conveyance, aa the mat did
not want to wait for an ambulance and -rushed
to the United States Pabllo -
Health Service hospital at East Second
and Multnomah streets. : Dr. ' W. W. .
Frank, receiving physician, pronounced
Miller dead when he arrived; .,
EXAMINE STOMACH , - . ' c-
Dr.vFrank notified the coroner lnune-
dlately and within a short time an
autopsy was performed by Dr. Robert ,
I. Benson, who gave acute dilation of
the heart as the immediate cause of
death. He" was not able from the an- '
topsy. to determine the contributory .
cause of death. Dr. Benson removed
the stomach and the coroner seat It and
the package .of salts to the medical ,
school, where an- exhaustive examlrva-
tlon is being conducted by Dr. a. o. My
era.'- v '"5 " ' ' ' -': ' " r :'
' The analysU will take at least a day.
the coroner said, so a report Is not ex '
pec ted before Tuesday. 1 - -
Chief Deputy Coroner - Leo Goetach,
who tasted a crystal ' out of the same
package from which Miller was 'given
salts.- said the crystal tasted like salts
all . right."- . He said it was possible,
however, that oxalic acid was mixed In
the salts. . - - j
SEARCH EELATITZS v -
This acid' is used to dean brass, and
when )H crystal form resembles njls. '-'
; MJller wan colored and-32, years id.
the.brWgea the entjre appropriation will I i wremce :Klrkada1kt anrry . ex i 8nv'edn serious condltioil I'rScJwL n'k'iu 'ri-ii.Jk
H h! Unhand wtMey VlUBJatit.--l f T -ii--r :nZ..mw nAn.-n.rlIIe resided in Brooklyn. N. and is
AprtraC .fiirerUf JgewJv?UttlSeH
ox vm tareB, t'-aiaj xne corrraoref . tne
courthouse "thjs- mornings and. while
choking hjm threatened- dire things.
.LitUefleld'- dumped This, books and
swung- with ,his right hand, knocking
KirkendaU . against , the wall. '-. He fol
lowed up- his advantage. ; striking the
other man several times before he could
recover, himself. Then he aimed a blow
that might have ended the fight if it had
ballasting and replacing bridges during J found Kh-kendaU's jaw. y But It missed
Young Swift, Son bf
Packer, Is Arrested s,r
Jov Being Drunk
the year was 32,033,000.
During 1921 a total of 9391. cars of
fruit were loaded on the O-W. and 16,315
cars of fruit were handled. The season
also saw the movement of 110,000 car
loads of perishable goods over the lines
In the two Northwest states.
Chicago, March 27, (I. N. S.) Louis
F. Swift Jr.. son of the millionaire pack
er, must appear in court Friday to an
swer charges of driving an automobile
while Intoxicated. Young Swift- spent
several hours tin a cell at the Bvanston
police station until he could arrange re
lease on ball of $200. He was arrested
after his automobile had collided with
another car containing lour young men. i . hvr o.. ....
Lw,.0LTln.iI?.C..Tl)in8 8lMa" Lodtoe Pipubl ieader. proposed
0 W 11 V UQU1CU g-0 wvemes w .a-w
LODGE HAS IT
WITH HITCHCOCK
ASSERT CHRIST'S
Little Centralia Girl
18 Die in Week-End
Automobile Mishaps
to the senate today that: when it ratifies
the supplemental agreement taking the
Japanese homeland out of tne lour
sower Japanese treaty that it ratify at
. - . i ina am m x imn a-iits unuauauuu a couuv uiia
Klllpn hl7 St'TPPtr.fl'rUotnestic Issues and i mandatory fights I nathy, chaplain of the conference, that
xxxAxyM kij mv vrwwwvK iwhlci, accompanied the pact, i Jhe was "reminded that the conference
senator XjOQKG susKesiea -mw. jouuiwu aoi a jotu mj m,.
ratification of the- two i supplements i to I further fuel to the fires of controversy
Special Dis-iateh to The Joomat
rnnoTrifht. 1822. br ffaa JoomalV
Washington, March 22. A charge on
the : floors of . the. United States senate
that the name of Jesus Christ purposely
was -"deleted", from the opening prayer
of the Washington arms conference, and
an admission by the Rev. W. S. Aber-
and Littlefield fell to the floor from his
own momentum. ; Ktrkendall was just
pouncing on the attorney -when Count
M. Senosky -rushed -up and dragged bim
off. ; . -;''
UtUefield, and KifkendaU lad, lust
emerged from Circuit Judge s: Tucker's
court, where -Littlefield -nd Clarence
Gilbert, attorney for the ex-husband, had
been arguing' a motion' asking for a
modification of Mrs. Kirkendalrs di
vorce decree by which she was awarded
$50 a month alimony. ' Statements made
by Littlefield rpiled the ex-husband and
he followed the attorney into the corri
dor. The motion . was set over - until
afternoon for final arguments. -KirkendaU
Is a conductor for the S. P.
aV."S. railway. ' ' -;v ..- ., ,
Grand-Opera Here-
Next' Year Promised, j
doAmtscap byttro.; 4 t feS; 39r.'wert-Taile3'aIlb7ui
stetelwdBt the--k4ira trliJVf -r-rex- 1 coroner is . endeavortn: r la Tsacli.'-rehif -
iew muHiiM xire-; aian ne i F;ickard.U the supreme court: oo aTaveluves.. . -
fresb air DHlapo trecovered. . . r I charges made by HUle girls. . 1 This Is the eighth, death recently' la
,, Captain Robert, assistant fire mar-1 .The Orst of these wimeseses waa Rexl0 Northwest attributed -to salt. Five
ehal, who was. caUed -sHea..Day..wasl Beach, the writer.; who 'aald he had I children of Mr. and Mrs. Erne at Rhodes
overcome., said it would be - lmnoaibl I known : Rickard for 2 veara. H said I of KJaber, , Waatu . died .after their
to estimate the loss since the nrooertv I he had 'met him vin Alaska' and had I mother gave them salts In which strych-
burned was all la crates and belona-ed I known him there for" tour years when I nine had been accidentally mixed, and
toa number of different persona who I hoth 'werec enlaced b gold mining.! two women at the-state Insane, asylum
would first, have to. be- Interviewed. All I Ricrd. he said, bore an excellent repu-J died about 10 days ago-after they were
of .the lost- property: -wis household I as. to veracity ana morality. . I given salts. . - h
goods. . ' .' j . f:.r?',. -v -.-,1 -.Cross-examined by Assistant District I
The Are brUda W the contento o
a tiM i7hur ?s t H,d. ,oon- mnd Saaabling ? house
by. 9 feet, hat because ofithe tlreproef
rails, it did not spread to any other
compartment. " .
COMBUSTION BLAMED -
; Since the fire started in this, one place
and ' remained there all the- time and
since no one had been in that compart
ment for over a month, Roberts, says' it
is clearly evident that fire -was caused
oy spontaneous comnusuon.- -lne - pacK'
In Alaska and. had done no -mmlni. :
Do you regard gambling as aa honor
able, profession? Mr. Beach- was askedl
rWeH,". he repUed,' "it might be; that
aepenas on sow it is conducted.
Charles E. Herron proprietor of .two
, newspapers published -in- Alaska, said
that he had known Rickard for 22 years.
that they, had met in Nome, and that
Rickard ran a' gambling, bouse and
GOMPERS INDORSES
VI SON FUliD PLA'I
. .
New Tork. March 27. -The AmeHcan
people owe it to the country to see to
it that this honor to Woodrow WOsoa
sliall be successful." declared Samuel .
Gompers, president of. the Americaa
Federation of Labor.' In an address be-.
fore working men and representatives
a Q Q OTt O iTllT,DfTnT1l The firemen were finally forced to. cut
aOOCl IO ULL LUX j a hole through the tile wan in order to
reah the compartment-whre the fire
Promise of a return visit of the Chi- I waa slowly, smouwermg. . .
cago-Grand Opera company was made 1 , The storage building Is of six floors
Penny iyear-ld daughter of Mr. and the treaty offered a solution of the tan- j in church and official circles regarding J by Samuel Insull. chairman of the board J and occupies about a euarter of a block. I nils, saloons and gambling boaaes. with 1 through Justtee.
loon there. He said Rtckard'a zramblinr
ing cases were all closely packed In-the 1 house had a very bgn reputation.
room, which contained much inflamable 1 : Major A. J.- Drexel-Biddle of - Phila-
materlaL' . . -y'. . . 1 delphia. who said he was the leader of
ti.. i. Lu..lt Bible 'class movement. tMifil tK
V" ZrTZ T,; rZZJZrZSLrZ " i7;" Rickard bore a rood ren,,t.fion 7i .S,., lore woriung men and repre-entaUvi
vwu vii I . ... , . . . I or the woodrow Wilson Foundation
is owned by -A.f M- Moores or saiem. I ":"--. " ,nof iac Sunday. The meeting was called to d la-
Roberts made no estimate of the dam-1 "is. . : I plans for helping the Woodrow Wll
age to the building, but' said some re-1 - J a me wimesw sxano in nia i ton Foundation campaign -which. Goto-
...yacuKUBuwrnowi..- . -. - , I . ulil hanVl km
nicKara. speaaung in an .almost, Inar-1 m rv. .rrw t- AmmiT
tlculate tone, at once launched into the I to -vnr. a fim Ar ii onn nna M
story of Its-remarkaMe career, beginning from the Income of which awards will
xrom me time or nis earlier lite, on the I be made from time to time by av nation
great ranches of Texas.-where be was I ally constituted Jury to group er ta--born.
and sketching scenes of gold rush I dividual . rendering conspicuous service
days in Alaska, the old Western dance I to democracy or the cause of peace
work" would be necessary 'as a I
the smoke and water damage.-'
Kew Tork. March
teea persons were killed and Injured
In automobile accidents over the 'week
end, according-to figures gathered by
the United press today from all parts of
the country. ;'
Coast Power company streetcar. Ac
cording to eye-witnesses, the little girl
ran directly in front oi tne car at a
corner where eh was playing. The mo
tor-man stopped within a car length.-
- : 1 7 Mra Benjamin R. Penny, waa Instantly irtVoiving the declaration occasioned thtt invocation which brought the
ST m T vih. I w,,,! fci, B..lrHv nio-ht hv & Nnrih I by the senates failure to act upon ltlfnca 1,,,-.
... i '- ---""- : lwh.n th. rmtv itself u ratmed JtTi- I . i -
" ; S . 1 Jr. AOcrn&lUf BUI. WHUU1CB wv.
dy ' '!' ,'r' 1 . Z. " ; .r . I gponsibility tor the omission of Christ' s
Senator BltdieEk of ebill nCe, but senators who have been col-
foreign ! relations . committee, atl -once
raised the point ; that i tber declaration
was no longer m the possession t the
senate, because it was -returned to the
White House when the official engrossed
copy of the four-power pact was sent
back after its ratification. f
Lodge and Hitchcock got into another
hot verbal exchange as the wrangle over
annJoT mtchcock sorted ithat "T as lb charge being that the four-power
S?evMeS taSSlonTft ai Pw a !J2?
tion force to use strong arm metnoas to I iva v
iSSe Sr Ofour-wer treaty, t no ted at test to filter onto the senate floor,
matter what doubts. incowcTuiUes or in- but threat now are -pending to give the
He vras lauding his bcoxe to the sltieal consistencies might tot attached to, !t subject a thorough iWrj't s
rauiiuiuuii . i .. r -..-..,. " . - -
January 3 last to a ieuow cipusi in
BalUmore, is the basis of the newest
phase of the controversy. ; Dr. Aber-
nathy's letter was in answer to a ccm-
g tne xaii
Chrlst and
Brook Babbles on,
it h . h n . ' :- h
Moonshine and Still
Man in Jail
Seized
con-
lecUng "evidence" in the case are de
termined to place the responsibility
: 'gher up" if possible.
3TOT CHRI8T1A3T TRKATT .
It has developed that in the cloak
rooms of the senate .there was serious
discussion of making the failure to men
tion Christ an issue in the light tor tne
ratification of the conference treaties.
Babble, babble, babble went the little
woodland creek aa It gurgled through
the wood near Wauna, the home of J.
IV Stone, hapless owner of a still, who,
today sits with a headache of the morn
ing after and hears not the sweet twit
tering of the forest birds at bis verdant
' home but the clank of a prison door.' He
Is in Maltnomsh county JaiL" " ;
Stone heeded too - well the murmur
Ings of the creek. It was all toa pleas
ant rnuaks to him. especially ' when he
Imbibed from a bottle Of his own drs
tining. -1 was a -hypnotism these
dulcet murmurtnga of babble,, babble,
babble. ; , - y , : ; ' . : '--,.
. Soon Stone began to babble himself.
II wit seated with a proj-pecllve
customer on a log near hi home. ' The
tog wa near the road. ,' -,;.''"''','
trrtCT IS KLKCTEIFIISU J
The prospective purchaser was dubi
ous of Stone's liquor, with all these
wood alcohol, ether, formaldehyde, and
what-not concoctions going around. He
. asked foe a demonstration, Stone com
plied from a quart bottle.
After the first drlnK Stone's "liquor
- waa th beat moon In the country. After
te more drinks it was better than or
dinar commercial blend.' Two more and
tt equalled finest stock. - Another sam
ple and Stone's Kpirlts had Halg Halg
and Johnny Walker backed out of the
liauof eatalocuc - . 1
Federal prohibition agents drove along
the road, returning from Wauna, where
they had raided a Japanese vessel. They
were Oeorge Hurlbwrt. N. P. Burnett and
Frank Mitchell, ever -on the alert, for
constitution violator. 'But - Stoue was
o far lost In the dlsxy words of his
praise and the dixsier fume of his liq
uor that they might as well have been a
thousand miles away, so far a he was
concerned. r
FALLS DEAD DBCSK - - '
The agent alighted and approached
the pair seated on the log. -
-Were officers.- they said. v V "
And the dim thought entered Stone's
mind that he was about to lose, his cher
ished fluid, so be Teached again for the
bottle, while the law-enforcing trio de
10,000 Employes of
' Textile Firm StrikebTmSe fl?ass
Lawrence, Mass., March 2. iVi P.
Lawrence, scene '- of bitter - battles In
previous industrial wars, was: plunged
Into another etirke today when jl(MKe
textile operators walked oat rather than
accept a 50 per cent wage alash. -Textile
strikes are already In . progress in
Lowell and Fitchburgj Mass., and in
cities in . New Hampshire and Rhode
Island. With the walkout here today
New' Kn eland was confronted with one
scendod. and took ; another ; drink. He of the most widespread strikes in its hls-
fell dead drunk. ;.-!--.. - I tory
- The . agent i oonriscated a la-xallon
still and ! gallons of moonshine "whteh
they found under a. nearby log
rested Stone. The customer" slaved in
tuck this time. 'He had not a yet Vio
lated the law. ( r.-r. i." -
Stone was dragged Into the automobile
and brought to the county. Jail here.
When he awoke today, the. big a u tlon
In his mind was, 'Where am I and how
did I get herer -.Z
Assistant 17nlted Suite Attorney .'By-
no has charged him with manufactur
ing iquor, having a still in his posses-
bton and having liquor in his possession.
asking for light as to why this omis
sion had been made. The minister was
asked If this was not a "new cruciflx
lon of the cause of Christ.
- Or Abernathy'a reply was very earnest.--
" - -; - '
"Had I ben left to my-jown initiative.
of directors In Chicago, in a wire re
ceived . today by , Mayor Baker. Insula i
said Portland ha demonstrated Its abil
ity to make the opera pay, and ' that In
the future this city would receive con
sideration when making the itinerary of !
the annual tours. ! ' . - :
Mayor Baker pointed out that the suc
cess . of the opera established Portland
as the musical center of the Northwest.
Cities like Pittsburg. Milwaukee and St.
Paul, with populations two to four times
as large as Portland, were able to get
but three performances, while five were
played here. - ; ? ' ' ' - ;
Landlord Who Did .
NotPurnisli'Hbat'
:e
New Tork, March 27 (L N. a For
the first time in American history, a ver
dict for damages, based on the failure of
a landlord to supply-hi "tenants with
heat.' waa rendered here today. ;
James F. D.; Ctochenour was awarded
$2500 damages tor the death of his son.
William, aged four month, by. av jury
before Justice Cropsey in the supreme
court, Brooklyn. The ' verdict was
all . the ' charges. -
a- '-.
Virtually the "whole construction of the
building J concrete. No damage, It was
said., resulted to the building. . - -.
1 TfT.r, onrl
iuai ouoi u UAAA vj axxu. m Tn .ti -tw. V ;
TTv'c; W,P WfiUnrn A f aill ill UJVCU 111
:UIiSP llwo; Killed!
. '. : 1 , - - - - '! I Dallas. ' Texa." March ' 27.-D. P.J I
Victoria, B. C March J7.-i-(L N. S.) Three men were killed and four serious-
Marshal Joseph Joffre. one of France's ! V injured today when Katy freight train
outstanding military figure, wlwee tac-1 7 in wa ner Royae aty, .
tics at .the Marae halted the German
offensive In the early days of the World
war' - and -sent - his -name - resounding
around the globe, set 'his foot on Pacific
coast soil for the first time today. -After
a trip from .Yokohama be . landed here
from, the steamer Silver. State, v
Speaking through an ' interpreter, ' the
visitor aaM rv . -C v-'"!' -::--
'1 am looking forward with, much de
light to ny second visif to the 'United
States. Of conrse, I do not want to ad
dress' any' banquets, ; because'' I do not
all--of which he was intimately . ac- I "We are living today In th spirit
qualnted. . y I Wilson," continued the leader of Amer-
- Ktcxara made an. emphatic, denial of 1 " worKingmen, -ana ear enoru is uv
future will be directed toward mohfllxa-.
tlon of the public - sentiment of Oil
republic to his work In order that his
principles may become daily rules for
the conduct of our lives. . . . , - -.
The idea, th hope, the activities ef
right-thinking men today will be ex
pended In aa effort to mak the world
understand, not merely for today, that
he principle and ideal for which Wood
row Wilson lived and still lives will go
on and on and r time will be recognised
as spirits guiding the whole world.
ttrr
AY
oman
mes
ana
. '
lree
Dei
ies
All; Night
7 ri'M ;
roiiee
"-Washington. .March Vts K fi.)-
After being, perched precariously In the
speak your language. ' During my trip I topmost branches jof. a tall pine' tree Yor
he wrote. "I am very sure that I Jwould j against George H. Jackson, owner of the
have offered the prayer that i owTa.ine
name of Cbrist-it least that im th way
i always do in my i prayer. ;-. I was rel
i i
(Condaded oa Pags Two, Column Tee)
TS NewPostal Savings;
; Station. Will Open
- r ' , . ! . I, . .i '
A new postal savincrs . station- win be
opened at Station E. In the building of
Montgomery Ward Co., on April Tu
Poatmaster" John M. ? Jones announced
today: ' Postal savings-' durins the Mast
month have showed a; gain of Joj.dS,
according to Joncts. About three-fourths
of the doosltors are .foreigners. v
. 1..-.-. .--: --- -f'..-:
apartment bouse t in - which 'Xochemoar
lived. Cochenonr claimed -that the ab
sence of heat in the apartment last Jaaw
uary resulted tn the death, of hia son. -
rCochenour- testified that when he 'in
vestigated he found no coal in the cel
lar and was told by the Janitor that th
furnace could sot be lighted. - ;
to the Orient l did. not make any ad-
Is will be f happy-, tt "you vrfll
excuse -xnd from maxjng; . addressea. i 1
am-on a holiday. . -' '-
'"The f amfftf FrrWK" srrHr Is aeeom
i panled by Mm, i Joffre and Sans Hill,
hla 'personal t adviser,.' -.- -. . - c , ...
Wmiam Phillips Is ;
Under Secot State Appropriationsfot
Ha,rbbrs Increased
TaCdMTnistS
kIndicffientsBfongTit
Washington. March 2L (U. r. Wil
liam Phillips, of Massachusetts, at pres
ent minister , to j Holland, , today was
named nnder secretary of state by. Pres
ident " Harding- to succeed ; Henry -i P.
Fletcher, who- has been selected as am
bassador to Belgium.. Leland Harrison
of Illinois was named, assistant secre
tary of state. .,...-,; -
It hour, defy tne- all attempt to reach
her and "threatening; -cotrtinnally to .Jump
to her Oeatht In , a deeji- ravine,' below.
Annie- Lymboroplas. an'- inmate' of: th
St. Elizabeth insane asriaBi,r was finally
rescued thi .afternoon. . , i
i It. took th "combined :ffoTt of' the
Waehlngtott: fire department, the police
department -and 'the ; attendants of -the
government Ixuratuoon to get neroown.
y.Th)'a-na-ta' -roosted 4a -her waylag
aerial Iperch? aS - night.- dad -only, lay a
flnwy -wtfKg" and -defytag-. thn n
tha ground to get neav-tm LBreauntxj
to.; Jtmrn everjr -tuna ? v&boeTt-vnta a
H . i - "
' After ran mean or Inducing ner to
Washington, March.: 23. CC P.) The
hotiBe late today .adopted an amendment
to. the army appropriation bill increasing
from $r7,635,:C0 to 142.815.661 tlie appro
priation for rivers And harbors In the
next fiscal year. ..'
tli3cago March r-.--I. Il, k-tnSSdb-
menta rwr- returned by - tha t ederal
grand Jury today naming even leading
manufacturer and seven hlrh .officials
as" defendants In an alleged "terra cotta J com - down were exhausted, -a, caf
trnsL" ;,TThe " indictment : charges " an 1 foldinr with a large -platform was built
agreement In' violation of the Sherman I up to w lthtn' Dve feet of her perch. Then
anti-trust act: .among "members of the
Central Terracotta association and the
Central! Terra Cotta association w here
by, competition waa wilfully eliminated, i
tacked tb guard and a brief battle to U
lowed In the tree top. Holding the to: .
tight, the guard forced her down to ti '
platform, where she was o-rerpe-wered.
She is Zl years old and th wtx of tg -'
Polish laborer. She ha been a patta&V -at
the Institution for. year, tollowlatt
birth of a child, ' . . . . , .
SISGS AXL XIGXT . .-' ' .-
i Thtorurhoti the night ter crcaiaa an9 -
staging kept; th -other Inmate of th
govcimineart asylum In ta tumooiL Wnert '
dawn cam this mora Ing ah wa mta
perched on a swaying limb a feet abov
tha ground, snaking faces at tha boo
plnaatrl otTleer below.-- .
At S o'clock this taortiinr she bad' bee n
on bar pi-crioo roost for nearly 14
boars, and the nerpiexBd leeoueia sn
fearful that hetr tRrtmgtJi snicht -wane
and aba would be dashed to the ground. .
The woman escaped from th arylum
proper after o'clock last night by .
breaklnr th glaas in a bathroom win
an attendant climbed on a ladder near I dow. V With th guards la full p-rout
her, and while she was cursing the she scrambled through the ground and
workmen building the scaffold- threw j climbed the tree; wher she crjnilaed,
a- rope around her- feci. Eh then at-1 until bar capture was tiacU , ,,
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