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j; , (V' aA AAA r EASTER T1i glad spirit ef Eutir win be ex-' pressed la a ttrftlsg pfeotogrsah that will be renrodaeed la color ea lbs treat v' ef The Saaday Jeraal M ataxia acit Saaday. THE WEATHER . J ."VI Jl 1 X-. SUNDAY v ' ! ; U i J j Pertlaad am 4 vlelalty Saaday falri erthwesterry wtads. - Oregon and Watatagtoa Saaeay ra--- erally fair, moderate westerly wlada. . v 1 FUEJ VOL. XIX. NO. 3 CITY EDITION PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, ' 'APRIL d, 1922. EIGHT: SECTIONS ' PRICE FIVE CENTS - DEFIES ALLIES AT GENOA MEETING i TRAQIH TflRV I War Finance innuiu uiuiu IS TOLD JURY BY BOTH DAYS Judge Recites How He Found His Wife Struggling in Beck's Em brace;' Disavows Intent to Kill. "Girl, Girl, You Have Swept Me Off My Feetl" Mrs. Day Said Beck Cried, as He Grabbed Her. Oklahoma City, Okla,, April t. (TT. P.) Judge Jean P. Day, millionaire political power of Oklahoma, wn ax onerated by coroner Jury following aa Inqu.it into tba death of Colonel rant Ward Beck, American aviation Idol. . The jury found that Back was aocl dentally slain by Day. , Day'a txoneratlon followed dramatic recital by the judre and hla wUa of Berk's attack on Mrs. Day. The Jury, sent to 1U deliberations with a prayer by Coroner A. 'W. Mc . Williams, waa out only about naif an ' hour. ' .'".'.' PROSECXTOS SCOftED ; " The verdict waa returned after Day had scored Attorney Forrest Hughes for alleged reflection caat atalnat lira. Day, and Day'a cbaractcrlaatloa of hla Wire aa a "aoddesa of purity. The verdict of the Jury, In part, waa aa , rojinwe: .. .. ' Trom. avldeaca aubmttted we con' cluda that Jean P. Day waa justified In defendtnaT hla wile and hlmseir even though the unfortunate affair resulted In the death of Lieutenant Colonel Paul Ward Back. "We reeommand and advise that no charges be filed or prosecution iaaU- tuted."'. . . ., -' " Judge Day axprasaed himself aa Vary gratified over tha decision. OBDSAL WAS ATTfX . i Tt'a only ray ood wlfa and daughter that I worry about," ha said. "It k been an awful ordeal tor taem." "If there aver waa a pure woman, it Finance M W RAPtf ; I I II I I I I I I a 1 1 rill II. IL 111 I ULII IUU I Chie ' . - . e R. St an field - i - Eugene Meyer Delivers Banquet Speech on Condition That Senator Be Absent ' Where r International Economic Conference Meets : ; nPHE economic rehabilitation of Europe, wiA its attendant siiificance, will be the major issue under consideration at the Genoa conference which opens tomorrow. Above. is a general view of the Italian' city, and below are interior and exterior .f l i i r . ...i : t A t 'ii u li j - . . a - t views oi me iuyai paiaxc ai vKuoa wucrc uic scmuay yi uic iahucjcuvc wiu uc uciu. .-; : . .f 6- M -MESSAGE II I II V , , wwiei dl- Wires N. Y. Jeffersonian Banquet I He Will Support Any Candidate ' Who Stands for U.S. Salvation While Eugene Meyer, manarlnar rector of the War Finance corporation, m telling; tna prominent bankers, busi- neaa men and llUsena generally of tha accompllshmenta and achievements of ! that organisation at tha Chamber of Commerce banquet an last Wednesday night, nis auditors, though . Derhapsl nrffl Jce to All Classes, His Defini- board, little dreamed that "plain words" naa pasaea between tna g-uest"Tr honor. and tha junior senator just before the I dinner hour plain words which had to do with tha absence of tha senator a that occasion. - IT8K9 PLAUT WOED8 ' Senator. SUnfleld admlU that Direc tor Meyer's attorney bora tha message to him that Meyer had aald "he would not sit at a banquet with Senator Stan- tion of Salvation ; , League ; Is to Be Issue at Fall Election New Tork, April a.-fU.. P.) Wood row Wilson tonight reentered ' politics when ha sent tha following message to I tha Jeffersonian banquet here: "Sav to tha Democrats of New Tork field where ha would be drawn Into that I am ready to support anyone who debate with him," or words to that af- I stands for tha salvaUon of America 'ct.,' , ' ? j and the salvation of America la justice Senator Stanfleld ' also agrees that! to all classes." , , "soma plain words" were spoken by him I ' Breaking his long alienee on political I to Director Meyer during a conference I subjects, the former president sent this I which followed tha recelnt of that noes-1 brief but significant message from his saga, bat tha senator Insists that thera home, in Washington to leading Demo was naught of rancor or personal feel- crata gathered at tha Commodore hotel Ina- In the iour narlera between himself In: their annual Jeffersonian banquet. and tha head of tha finance oornoration. I Tha message from Wilson.' read.- by .Xt Is Just, a way tha senators hava JfWj In Washington, ha says, where the mem- TSTVtSZ vt ZifL v fc ,hr 'Jt. ,, i long and oemonatratlva applause.- For bars of the upper branch of tha national . ,a.t. .;A ,-.- legislature do not use words of "hidden JZ.i". li Ti, ,(iK 1 cnairs ana waved their napkins in an diplomacy "In treating with, tha heads ,,hIon(sd rhmimxt ,, i. .vi . ... i. . .v.. I ' Tha banquet, glvn by tha Democratic .J: : - i. v -T v.. .' ,T.tT I CIub of New York, waa - attended by. vum.ivr t -"-"""" I IE OA including imh nromhral nmn. inn. or: It jTs- 'S ssjji L T 'STtsaelja-y , f r it 1 .4 w-- r sasMM OR 1THIHG Tchitchenn of Soviet Flares, Up, Opposes Program Outlined for Economic Parley Consideration. Allies' Hopeful of; Making Soma : Commercial Agreement With ' Russia Without Any Surrender. By Beery lfa4 UnftX Fkms Atsft Com i.eaeaa remarks to tha statement that ba would not sit through a banquet with tha sen ator, making no qualifications concern ing debate other 4han to assure a prom inent Portland banker friend that If tha senator were to b present at the feast h. Meyer; would not make a speech I tha very thing that tna gathered throng : had paid their admission to bear. It Is further related that tha senator. when thla dictum waa borna to blm, sought tha war finance director . at his hotel and told him, In substance, that ha had his official, aye. on him and. waa la my wife," Judge Day declared In his I thinking of making a few remarks con testimony, ( . .. Taming to Prosecutor Forrest Hughes, who had said there were "hidden angles" of the ease rewarding which the Jurist had not told tha truth. Judge Day, said - swm iKa aauttnaaaaa afsinH "Forrest, my boy, don't cast reflections on a pura woman aa you hava, God tn Heaven knows that statement you sent ut la not true." . Mra Day. looking Ilka . a marble crats aa George - White, Homer Cum mints, Hamilton Holt, James M. Cox; Joseph Tumulty, "John Wi Davla, Charles F.. Murphy and Wilton Lackay., - Prominent Democrats, In their speeches, i announced the League of Nations Issue as the keynote of tha coming congres-1 aionai campaign - -t "Tha Democratic party ' must - bring lorwara , ln . the .coming election only inose standard bearer who ar pledged to the program of the League of Na tional Hamilton Holt, former publisher. ueciarea in t nis aaaress. . wnicn was i largely an iulogy of Woodrow -Wilson i'- s 'V. -i s -? x (CoarhvM ea ce Seta Cohnaa rr and hi efforts in behalf of tha league. Six-Gent Tare Is Orderf in CKicago Chicago, AprlMv U. P.) Street car DHE AM TRANSLATED ,; ' "Tha -f League .if ' Nations,'- Holt de clared, "was tha first attempt in the annals bf history to translate the dreams oi tha poets, tie' propheU and the phil osopher for a federated world Into thel realm of practical statesmanship" Outlining tha events leadimr no to thai defeat of the league by tha "opposition! r atu-whlta. rigid. beauWul-took tha fare, in Chicago will ba cent. Instead par.-KHoTt "dacUred iSat stand. 8ha followed her husband's statements of the events of the evening. A black veil partly hid her face. She wore a brown tailored eult and a black sailor hat. Bhe aald aha took off tha shoe which aha wore aa soon as bar guests left because her feet wars tired. MADE LOTE TO HER " flirt girl, you hava swept me off my feet.' Colonel Beck said as Be seised of I after May 1, according to a ruling made today by tha Illinois commerce commission. It 'waa (Concluded oar Ftce Bm.. Column Faar) ' I i News Index Today's Sunday Journal Is Complete la ; i ' Eignt Sections. ' '.. , - -,; . gdRsrtei . ;';( - AaeUoa X. Pace 3. ' (CahiM ea Tm gonr. CMvsia On.) CYCLONE CAUSES Irish BabeU Attack Swtioa 1. Pate , Gaea U Quaial Cttj Saeuoa 1, Page . Si aator Mdary Has Eye erf Appeals Bench SMtioa 1. Pat . : Bill JUparls Cat Mavr BMtiaa 1. Page S.. y TAXPAYERS" LOAD k': A -TRIFLE LIGHTER W 1 f I. J. t -i m -" DEATH ADD RUIN Multnomah County Lops Off $1,-! 500,000 From ;Tax Needs for 'the Present Year, Anti-Bad Leader AecuMd (Wtioo 1. Pare 3. ! gparteaa ' Boose Stamps Salsad Bactloa 1. pat. 1. .- - i " WVlta -Tlalas- te TTawara gactlaa 1. Pare' . Salem. April S. Tha burden on tha shoulders of tha Oregon taxpayer la a I trma lighter in tha aggregate this year 4... Caa-A- Fifteen Kilted and 100 Injured In Storm Sweeping Oklahoma . - ' and Texas; Dallas. Ttzaa, April I. tJ. P. The death tool caused by tha eyclonaa which ewpt a 400 mil strip of Texaa and Oklahoma last night and today had rart4 IS tonight. Tha property damage will run Into handreds of thousands of dollars, though Una Expotltkw End Sectioa 1. page T, aa estimate can yet ba made. . riowena, a little Weet Texaa village, waa tha hardeet hit. Tha swirling storm which struck th town, claimed stx vic tim a Opttn, Texas, a abort distance from Balrd. reported foar rflead. ' This could not be verified aa communication In this section waa crippled. ' Two were killed at Lawton. Cltla-, and two at Kleotra, Texaa. Tha atoms claimed one ' at Claco. Taxaa. Tha twisters swept Into a score of Taxaa and Oklahoma towns and ntlea. They came cloaked tn a blanket of rain and hall, accompanied In soma Instance by blinding electrical displays. Hardly a community between' tha re mote villa go of Kowena and Oklahoma City "failed to feel tha effects of the ttortrv Over 100 dwellings and more than two ' score of buslnen houses were destroyed by the twisting winds. , , Baltlnger and Mills rushed aid to Itowena, Tha - Injured -will probably total mora than 100, I Tba storm area appeared te be made an of a aeries of small dleturbaneea TVIth a mahof rain It appeared to Jump her and thera At Rowena the real- danta were awakened by the thunderous driving r' at 1 o'clock this morning. They were forced to flea only partly clad. Tha story was much the same tn other communities. Cempbat Pleads tor D. of a aetioa ljata 10. 1 than It was last according to flguras compuea oy Tana k. loveii, state tax commissioner, : from reports : receive.1 from Oregon counties, k covering taxes for aU purposes within tha state. Tha total, tax this' year for all pur poses within tha state is approximately $40,430,000. representing a decrease of approximately 1687.009 from tha total of I41.117.S67 last year. . To Multnomah county largely goea tha credit of easing the burden.. A total of approximately S1.SOO.000 has been lopped off of . the - tax needs of that county and. Its subdivisions this year, as compared with .the needs of a year ago. Back Bits Tract - Bactica . Pa 10. Bot-i SanB Iraetand Baetiaai 1. Pat 10. Boad Cos tracts L Bctloo 1, Para 10, Hay Qasaa Nad Baetloo 1. Pata-10. Crtpeled Taaaraa Plas BarOoa 1. Pas 1. meant Balarka of Taaeban ratar -eUaa 1. Pat IS. bwraaaaa Fnaa Bate DateV 8Hlo 1. Pat 10. Portland Gambling Apparataa Bttrned -Saetio I. Pag 2. Ibirt aaay Jaty Fail Baetiaa 1, Pat 3. . Urv Thoaapisai Baaleetad Saetioa 1. Pat i. tUrdlot Are Inrtu Srtloo 1. Pat WatBMilaad Clab Orraaisva Saeooa LPageS. t . -I 1 i ,f 1 fl ' ' y ; ; , ' 1 -jli uu-etP-W irrm-t 4 : :' X"-eefcs .vlaaawa Oat aalli Jl-ft . 1 Hi gats Ml . a i.uii'aiwi.i.ai. sisvmaw ac. taai.,, asiaiiw.-i-. -. -J Genoa, April S. (U. P.) Russia to day defied the allies. On the eve ef the Genoa economic con ference, the nost ambitious Xuropean gathering . aloe Versa Ulea. George Tchltcherln, la an interview, announced unqualified opposition to the allied pro gram. ' i . - , .-Tchltcbertn. bead of the Knaaiaa dele gation to Genoa, declared that tha Bol shevik government must be recognised, fully and unconditionally, before she would conclude any International trans actions auch aa thoae n the program of the conference. . This may be prejudicial te the con ference," the Russian spokesman aald te the United Preaa, "but 1 ttroat an- nonncas to you inai n wry eeriw m our .program Is unqualified recocnl'Jon ot our government" ; , . CArBES FCKOKK This note ef defiance, sounded with the opening -of the conclave leu than It hours away, broke la en en optl tnistla buss of excitement with 004 dele gates awaiting Monday's opening ses sion. (;...,, The city waa s arming with repre- eentatlws of the.'eaat and waat, the old world and new; along the narrow streets prominent statesmen from all corners of Europe rubbed elbows with d eleggteg . from . th Orient . and , r-'taf EaL - XJoydrGeonra arrived today at the head of the British delegation, after an eleventh hoor conference with Premier Pol nc are la France, la which he agreed to the verr conditions of the conference which Tchltcherln baa defied. , WILL MAX OTTEB - - ( Recognition of '.Bussia, Lloyd George' declared,-is to be the crux of the eco nomic conference. Te win the support of France for the Senoa parley, he had agreed, be said, that recognition should be conditional upon (he soviet fulElUr.g certain . conditions , laid down by .' tha allies.--- - . - - Ue allowed It te be andersteed that the conference might make certain com mercial agreements with 'Russia which would not Involve Immediate recogni tion. ; . " ; ! GZM1X SKLEOATES ABE . - -, - PESSIMISTIC ABOUT MEET Berlin, April S. XJ. P. Leavetaklng of the German delegation to Genoa, which left Berlin today for Italy on a special train, was a pessimistic affair. The Germans hope for little from the Genoa conference, especially since word ef Polncare's conference . with Lloyd George at- Parla reached here. .- , - ; 'The German delegation inumbere-so. Including ; Chancellor Wlrth and - Herr Walter Rathenau. ' Hundreds of officials were on hand to witness the departure of the emissaries, -who are the first sine TO GO TO THE DALLES BIG TIE PLANT: Uemm Make Good Bhsvisa Sectioa 1. Pag T. EaMaaat HoapUal Kin) Saetfea 1. Pat It. atrrar AppaiBta CoauaJUaa Sectioa 1. Pag 1 1. Fcrvst Protaetloa V7k Saetioa I, Pile 11. tiaptorasMat Clab Electa Sactica 1. Pate 11. Tvaeasf Salaiia Scetiaev 1. Pate It rrcperty Chnur paj beaa SaeUaa 1, Pat IS. tnfaat Wtlfar W SmUoo 1. Faga'lS. . BmI Batat sad BaUdins Section S. Pag S. aUrketa--Satiaaa S. Pat - ! S, - Pt 14- Maria BaaUoa 1. Pat IS. 1 ; .. stag aja' -Saetiea S. - Pat If. - , 4. :.,' Saetioa. 1. Pag 14. . 1 ' - .,' Soeru ' fe ' ' SeetioaS. rata S-S. AsMMsaAMsTtt , . ' Saetiea t. Pata 1-4. ' ' " ' i . aMUt . '.'.'Saetioa 8, Pags 1-8. i ' On the Plner tie v7t la SoeWty Section 4. Paa 1-S. The reports for Klamath and Jeffer-1 Force at Wyeth tO Be Moved awn wunuei are suu missing ana com-1 -. n m' "en it pleU UbulaUon of taxes to be raised 1 Says J. P. UOHen - 0T " U-W.J for a week or more. . , s Payroll Means $150,000 Year. She Lost $50,000 at Put and Take in Tea .Room, Says Woman! The Dalles, April .8. At a luncheon given here tbjs afternoon to 0 business men, J. P. O'Brien, general manager ot the O-'W; R. t N. company, announced that the great tie treating plant at Wyeth, near : Cascade Locks, is to .be moved immediately to The .Dalles. ' Work on the plant will start withm SO Tas Ft Petersburg. FUt. April . U. P.V Mayor Frank Pulver made publlo, today the complaint of the wife of a wealthy 1 days. O'Brien said. An additional nay. Boston, tourist that she had lost - $50,000 1 roUof- between' $135,000 and $150.600 'm playtng "put and take" is a tt room ' ; K.ri(rhf . r... here. The mayoa said the woman camel .. brought here, he said. The to him several dare afo and told of the! Plant at Wyeth is the largest tie treating loan en condition that her name should! depot In the Northwest and it occupies We' Ctab Afnun Saetioa a. pat T. PaaaBi-TaaenT gactwa 4. Pat T. Tb Boalaa of Muaio etioa S. Page, 4. PiatmU-Sscaoa 4. Pat T. Asiarioaa T.aauo aoatloa.S. Pat t. . Is Portlaad Rchoola-HBtrtioa . Pit S. Car l Baby Saetioa, 4. Page . "-' Featarat . ' 1b ra." by Bay Staooari Bakap Saatlua - S. Pat t. .:',; V.v i, . . -Ping Lantner Latter Saetiott . Pace S. Ibrrets ef Waohlnf to Section 2. Pag 1 Uttar Tnm the Paopl Sectioa 2. Pat 7. not be made public- many acre of land . along the . O-W. tracks.. .u . r . I k i This activity, with Its crew of nearly 5o men.; varying according to the de mand, will be transferred to tha exten sive grounds owned by the company at terminals In the eastern por tion of the city. O'Rrteri- In makine- hla announcement. Detroit April T7. P.) Chief of I said that the comoanv expanded S547.O00 Detectlrea Edward K. Fox waa shot and J in payrolls here, -.last year and paid the Detective Chief Is -Shot by Bandito -aS v . Itkn of th Oklahoma City and Dallas, the two I Lot Ulxavay Dedkatsd-Saetioa . Pag 1 larg-at towns tn the storm area, suffered avtly tn property damage. PcrUaad Goad Plaea to Uak Pietore Sactkw Pas X probably - fatally wounded In the pres ence of his wife and young daughter, during the holdup ef a downtown meat market here tonight by four bandits. Bert Keno. 17. clerk, in the market was also shot by the bandita . county uses amounting t $107,717. 4. J. FajTell, vice jpreeldent f v the tjnxon Pacific system, and IL W. Hicks, travel in passenger agent represented the railroad company. In addition to i O'Brien. Liberty Bond t , ' oX Close Money " Frauds . - Factory 1 At: Capital; Says Report Washington, April 8. A tlemand, for aa explanation of , the order to close tha bureau of engraving and; printing developed the following quali fied statement from the treasury department today: 'a V . -( "The statements appearing in the newspapers to the effect that a vast volume of duplicate bonds "and; other securities have 1een fraudulently issued and are in circulation are wholly; without foundatidn.' s ' "There has been no evidence developed for any such situation either in the bu reau of engraving and printing or else where In the treasury; department," ; Unofficially It U admitted that evi dence of fraud In the duplication of Lib erty bonds, large notes and stamps has been discovered. - - - , FRAUDS DISCO TXBED . , The extent of these frauds is unknown,' Owinrte this, the point la made that the treasury statement. Issued to prevent undue alarm among Liberty bond hold ers, is entirely Justified. Every agency of. the government Including the secret service, tmreao. of . Investigation ef -the department of Justice and military tetel ligence, is at work, on the case. i - (The 'Original complaint against' the bureau of engraving and printing carried-only a hint that actual frauds had been committed. The investigation soon developed, however, that the Irrezulari ties seriously affected the money making plant , The first step taken by the treasury officials to "cheer up", waa to direct i the large federal reserve units through out the j country to -verify "i aa ; far as possible the Data of Liberty bonds held oymg estates and trust funda. ... i -This Investigation waa confined to tha rirst issue of Liberty bonds bearing XV. per cent which are not subject to the income tax. Reports on this angle of the investigation are hot yet all in. but sufficient has been learned., it is said, fully i to Justify tha drastic move made when the bureau of engraving' and print taS VM ordered, closed Friday nifht. ; , BIG ESTATE AFFECTED V I An Investigation of the boldlnga of the Marshall Field estate 'is said to have revealed the existence of frauds in Lib erty bonds, but the extent of the dupll. cation Is not disclosed. Beginning the preliminary Investiga tion , on Monday, government investi gators almost immediately struck "pay The facts disclosed In the brief period of four days were regarded of such im portance that word came to close . the bureau. This action is unprecedented (Caaclaaded ea Page Saves, Colssu Foer) SWIIOSEHEARS Strike Case to Be i Heard at Hamatli; ' : '.By Board Monday Klamath Falla; 1 April S. A formal bearing in the lumber strike controversy has been called here by the state eon-. eolation board for 10 o'clock Monday morning and the sheriff today was noti fied to tubpena about 40 witnesses. Members ot the board will arrive here Sunday, acceenpanied by W. S. Ei&bald of . the slat attorney general's office. . TV. K.rra' th.t fvo fimralnr w r. Feat Of Broadcasting NeWS That Importing strike breakers wu contained ordered ail men to quit "work who, by agreement had been serving as watch- ' 4 hw" rvnorte . ;--.'. :imen.and firemen, termed maintenance men,' and forbade their working in any rnar!t- for oonoerna not operetinr --..-V ' . t.' ..-1 throughout on an elghtnour basis. Tbe Far Considered - Remarkable by Experts.: radio telephone -transmitting set of the Hal lock A Watson station, which broad- ladnstry. casta The Journara news report was farther extended Friday, night when F. JT. Quement No. SI Pleasant street Sat Jose,' CaL. reported hearing the report and carried on an extended conversation with C H. Watson, who was broadcast - ing. ..Quement stated. that Watson was coming through strong and with excel lent modulation. - : . v ' San. Jose is SO miles south of San Francisco. -The set used at present Is a temporary one of five watt else, and the teat of broadcasting this distance with ft Utile power la a noteworthy feat according to radio experts. : , This report waa followed Saturday morning by the message ' from ; H. O. Ball of Hood River that The -Journal's report - had' been . received regularly.; every .evening during the pat week. As is well known to all radio men. Hood River is in a radio pocket so far as Portland la concerned, although that place haa been able to hear all other tatione up and -down the coast clearly. - There have been so many reqaeata for copies of The Journal's general radio ; Shoot3.Wife,"Kill3 1 1 ' rt a Vi rvi v 1 sen; six unuaren May Be Orphaned (Coacladai ea Pag EiM, Cwlaata Oa) Aberdeen. Wash-, April t-filx Utile children face the loes of both father and mother following a fatal shooting her early tonight when Roy Sellers, 4, shot and probably fatally wounded his wife, a year younger, according to a police re sort, and then killed himself with a bullet through his heart. According te neighbors reports to the police the couple had quarreled for mar.r years. - Sellers had been Jailed oa non support charges and had been r2easi Wednesday on his promise to care for hla family. Mrs. Sellers, desperately wounded, ran from the bouse when she saw her bus band fall, and after tottering for a bus dred yards, dropped unconscious vpen a neighbor's doorstep. li