CITY EDITION te All Herm and All Tni BOMEBODTS TO BUMS-U ntwi of your church do not appear on the 8tur- day church par of The Journal. It' be , rtuM no on In the church take enough Interest In, the institution to mail th o tte to tn church editor by Thursday of - - each week, . . , r v v " r ' CITY EDITION Y All HerW ukd f AU Trum -THE WEATHER Tonight aad wada ' .day. fair; northwesterly .winda. Minimum teinpereutr Monday r " Portland..,. .4 Js'ew Orleans,,., l ' Roia . 14: New York....... 44 -Los Angeles .... 2 Su Paus. ....,..' at VOL. XXL NO. 33. Eaterad M lw C11 hTattaf at Pewsfflee. Portias. Oreew. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRII25,i922-JrWENTYCPAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS ffSSSTftVSt 1- RAID IS LAID Organization Planned Nifcht At tack Which Brought Death . to One and Wounding of 2 Others, Says Man Claiming Membership Los Angeles, April 2S. The Inglawood masked mob outrag waa . definitely linked a ith th Ku Klux KJan by a wit ww al tha Inquest held today over th txxir of Constable Medford MMhcr, alaln miring n rioting at inglawood Satur day nia;ht. ..'. B. E. Hhambeau. a deputy aheriff. deo- uty marabal and traffic officer at Ingle wood, created a sensation whn ho all. pounced from th witness stand that the raid which ended In th shooting waa planned by members of the Ku Klux Xlan the night before In Inclewood. BATS HE IS MEXBE& , Shambeau said ha Was a member of the klan and that a meetltng was held In the room wher tha Inquest was being connect!. This meeting was held Fri day night. I la said thai th raid waa planned there by 0 membera of tha klan. At this point an attorney named Owen Jumped, to his feet and shouted that the wltaea had not bean Informed of his conatltutlonal rlchfs. - "Hit down ; not another word out of yos." ordered Chief Deputy District At- tomey w. c Doran. . ., CROWD CHEEBH T Th crowd filling the undertaking- . taoiisnmem where the Inquest waa In pmareaa cheered for Doran. . Hhambeau then tesUfled that the so mm who met Friday night flrat went through' the regular ceremonlea of the Km Klux Klan before planning the raid. lie aald be joined the ktan that night. rrior to this, ionaid rarker. nwa- paper phntotgrapher who. witnessed tha raid, testified he had been a member of the klan until two days ago and that myaterloua man "tipped him" to the raid Saturday. - Wintam S. Cohurn, grand goblin of tha Pacific realm. Knight of the Ku Klux Klan, waa- the second witness called. UK HEMES IT lis denied emphatically his organisa tion Ha4 any eon nection .with the raid ltd by permission, read what be aald wa th Initiatory, oath of tha Ku Klux Ulan t uphold .law and not angagg in ymienas. -Vlutlonel by Deputy Dlntrlct Attor now W. C. Doran. t:oburn admitted some kiananven tnight have beea present $at in ram. J ,,,. ' "Hut If they were. thy wera actlna aa Indieiduals,' and not as members of tlie ku Klua Klan." he declared.! ' . W. C ITlce, king kteagla of th klan. testified to th aam effect 1 11 said both he and Coburn were at th scene of th raid ahortly after tb batUa. "W were Informed that a raid waa In progrea., and that the Ku Klux KJan wa being blamed for It." be said, ex plaJnlng hla preeanc. W deal red to Inveatlgata," ; Mary and McCormick To Wed End of June - r ' 4 (RpMUl UWa U Tha jaarnal aad th Chlrat TfMilv Hiwt . . tCepmabt. 13X) 1 Parle. April a. AllisUr McCormick ; announced today that he and Miss Mary Lgdon Baker hare definitely decided to be married In London at that end of June this year. o further details of th wedding have been worked out. it la said. 'Th coop! will llv either In Chicago or on th continent of Europe. Industrial Court . Eaises Women's Pay TAn.ka V.n A.ll KT vr o v ' 1 " ,- Hw. . . O' Tb Kansas Industrial court today. In a tentative order, directed an average tnrreas of 17. per cent In minimum wages for girls and women in a number of occupations. Final hearing on the tentative award will b held May t. TQ'KtANS n Mrs. Grimdy Packs Her Tnirik Irate Hubby Squelches Gossip (liel MaeaioH a T Jsaraal) ' ' (OoMrnsM. Caney. Kia, April 25-Mrs. Grundy has moved out of Caney. Hr whlaper Ing. innuendo, suggestion, and eyelid llfhtirg. probably has bean ban la bad for all ttm. Aad 8. R. SatUrfleld. local tnerchant, today, is th hero of the v li lac as a result. The goaelpa had been very busy at the sawing cirri and almllar gathering for aom .tints. Mr. and Mrs. - atterfteld had bee th chief subjects. Suggestions bad bn mad that ther was a "flaw "In their marriage : And tb extremely prim elanvant In Cny, a typical South western town, raised their eyebrows and drew "their sk!rts-waat there was of tbam doe to their limb wbnvr they paaad lb happy pair. Finally SatUrfleld, who has a repu tation aa a battler for his rights, com- WMncad an Investigation, If located th source of th rumors. His wlf was , vary keenly hurt. - II wanted to start something But a b told hla eloeest friend. "One cannot smash a woman" . Trsitcrrr or.a tric-c. "Why not try publlcltjrr asked th man. "twd idea, but how f. waa th re- Banna.' - ; '-. - Teatarday every family In th town received a tUkrt for a. performs nc In th moving picture theatre In Caney, Thay wondered l)l sort of a fre show waa't be given. Tbey eame alngty, by aouplea. In flocks and dreveb last eve- Lady Astor Goes Out to Do (Her Shopping TT'7: i TV - T -. . TT. yvimouirowaeringM v I -::' :;::vX : ' : N . .. . : .-'-v. . : -: ; I , v 1 , r- . $ I. - . ' e I ' s ' ' J . v fc . ...... jf : -. . ' - V - s - r ' f' - f IV' ; ' ' - - . . . 4V - 'fer f, t ' 1- " '' . Ni v . - - 1 ' rr -4 - 5. ' V ; J. " 1..-,. ,( ... ' 1 -ir 1 iwinaSiiMiUiij mr ' . awa- '"sb iiriliiimi . .iiigisuV. " ' ' ' Hi sji fli . ' ' iff61 'T J J"- iHl'vlT' I ' - .'jLm., J i Jfi4imm "i i'"'Xi"J 'lie "''"'iii ' 1 .'""''T"' v,BaUlTO0re, Md Aprft 55.-EaUtmore' JTotkB. manjr.of whom 'recall theUwm Nancy .Langhdrae" of other days. have:been tegardina this noted nerson- v age, the Viscountess Ajrrtor, wlf of a British peer.Iand first wbnwvn member of th British honMAf rnmmon with 'nmw . cni ; w naa renewed, her acQuaintanceahip familiar' figure. And rradually they have reached. tb inevitable conclusion that Lady . Astor, after, all,, la "Juat folks," Uke everybody Is, Sh has not lost,. In the stress of politics, a single ounce ot the charm of self -possession and femininity that waa a characteristic ot Nancy Lng horne in the old days. : - ' GOES A-8Horpnto ' -, Forgetting, for example, that aha might b the center of attraction at the League of Women Voters' convention. Lady Astor deserted - the ' crowds ot women who wanted to ask her opinion on every question they could think ot and went on a shopping tour looking for hats. "Mother used to do her best shopping in Baltimore when w lived In Virginia," ah told her friends, "and a shopping trip to Baltimore was always the occa sion for much "delight and excitement. Of course, such a trip had to be included ill my. program here." So after an enthusiastic, afternoon In th . shops, where she .proved, that, an Mj P could also be Interested in styles, she went, back to her .task ; of being a noted woman politician once more. -a, JCST OLD-FA8HIOKED ' ; Lady Astor .has been ' described by those who have met' her' as "old fash ioned. 'Everywhere she and Viscount Astor have gone . they, have been; trailed by the sam comment. "What a good. old-fashioned coupl they ar r By 'that they don't: mean that either the viscountess or her husband Is lack' Ing In style, and to speak of such a pro- ning. Krery" seat; was soon filled. So was tns available, standing room." . Th " sudienc "was" not . kept' waiting ne, curtain went up. -4 From th very top of the house, a "spotlight" waa trained on a framed document, on th stag. , It carried the duly certified ; Information that S. "3t SatUrfleld and Kmma J. Bonebrak had baa married at CUremont. Ok la., end the name of the officiatlna-.elaravnan and.witnsesses.wer very plainly to be seen ana read.. ; . v GOSSIfERS SCORED'.-, ' ". Then SatUr Held came. forward. But lea him fall hu own atorr:as ha did standing in front of his store here, to- uay. wearing -in emu that won't ooaa oil." - - .-. ., ' , . 7..- "1 told that bunch that it waa too bad a man and his wlf 'attending strictly to their own business in a town a rood as Caney could not escape .th rossls ot wak-mlndd man and-women," he said. -And they took .their medicine. ' After It ' waa air over they cam up to th aUg and shook hands with Mrs. Sat- terfield and myself. A few had the de cency to admit .they wer sorry they had repeated tb gossip. - , . - -. . "I dont believe w will have any more trouble.' I am no reformer but I believe that if people would eeek a little legiti mate publicity at th right time they wouia sv tnemseive trouble. My wife is happy today and X am a triOe pleased mysu.. . .- , - Right( with..BalUinore, where ahe was once a gresflve figure aa -oid fashioned"' may seem paradoxical,- but it is a decided compliment, ; for -it Implies wholesome ness. genuineness, faithfulness to ideals. She doesn't rouge or powder or use lip-i stick. ;She doesn't smoke or drink. 4And neitner does her husband.. She doesn't wear advanced, theatrical styles. 1 She naan't forgotten th elements of good taste in everything she wears or does or And. ah ' wfars a rood old-fashioned plain gold wedding band Instead of the -- ...uwu. . v.i .Aia wiuo in style in the teat decade. That la why Baltimore, which la, old- fashioned In spit of itself, has taken (Conciudad aa Pace Two, Ostoaui Twa) L 1; Dublin.' Anril,2S. Brldadier n-nral Adams., commanding a brigade bf I Free State, troops at -Athlone. was held . up mere jast nigntand - shot to death- ; A party or , mutineer orxicers arrived at Athlon after the 'murder and took over the headquarters of the loyal forces, JPublln passed quietly thrbuxh its c-en eral strike Monday. n-alarminr S IncU a ems occurring, nut last night's murder has stirred up loyal adherents 'against the rebels. Jt was estimated today that 1U.VW wer concerned - m th general axriae. - r - v . r---- The only untoward incident was the posting by ; persons unknown of .a man - ixesu .aj"ng; upon - labor" to "seise Ireland." , As labor was very busy - idem - onstrating its loyalty to established gov- iSml'-tK?i,HlSSPr?i1 ?f xj5wn- I1.T' , i" iuut;si went unanswered. v - " HOIST RED FLAG KILL FE STATE : BRIGADE GENERA ST-'?1?? 25. (LN. & Workers by curioua misfortune he shot an ar Z.T'.v8 t crrIa flvo- row into the air ind it landed Juat aa the 1 u accoroins; i to dispatches reaching Xondon late tbisj Terminal; Station iSafeblowers -Send U Documents B ack ;;.If the adjective "considerate" msv be applied to thieves, then the safe-blowers who carried oft the contents of the Co lumbia (Stags company's atrone- boi Sun. day .night may adopt tha adjective; This morning's mail-brought to the terminal office a ' large package, ? wrapped in brown paper, with, a: two cent, stamp, and- addressed in penciled letlerine. which was found' to hold valuable pa pers or the terminal company., Natural- Ixatlon papers of A. Jaloff, office rec- nrt r.fn " m"S r.ir 7 i , i'i i . ' i ft " 8 not e to deter. mT .tb oompany a exact Iwn' .. t - v A'er or the papers, were -. . . v "" u iwunu - to ne. oiooa stains. ; rxHice are inclined to believe that at least one of the - thieves may have beea . Injured when' working ou we sai. I f$ " . V DO NOT CUT iFORT WORTH ii. ras FLoiiiES TELLS SENATE LIS OF 16 Chaotic State of World Affairs Trinity River Overflows Sweep Makes preparedness,, Essential, ing ;Houses . Away, Rendering Says Secretary of War? VYeak- ness Would Invite Aggression. L ' SAT PEACE CAKT LAST . ' London, April 25.4I; N, &)Fleld Marshal Sir, Henry "Wilson, chief of the Imperial -general staff of Great Brtta'n, in a speech here today da ciared : " "No reflecting person, see ing the state of the world today, can belie V that we: are In for i long period, of -peaceVf .r .iJrf .': :: Washington, April 25. (U. ' P.) The chaotic atate of world affaire and the creation of new balances of power, such aa the new treaty between Germany and Russia, . were cited by Secretary .Weeks today to Show the necessity of preserv ing an adeqpate American army.'. Weeks declared In concluding his. tes timony before th senate, appropriation committee that , he "could not think of greater folly" than the reduction of the army below 150,000 men. , '., - . For th United States no remain weak and unprepared In th face of such a situation as exists in the . world today. Is to invite aggression. Weeks said. - 1 am aware of no .issue that at the present time threatens to involve us in international complicatlona, he said. .- "Our relations with alt the great pow ers of the world are normal. There Is no evidence of foreign designs against m We must, however,' recognise that throughout the greater part of the world a condition of Instability prevails which renders the permanence of world peace very uncertain. :r-, -v-"-? i. ; JXVW BALANCES BOTJGHT In Europe, nations are seeking to strike a new balance of power and new combinations - are being formed which will have a far reaching effect on. world relations, but "whose ultimate importance no man can foresee. t" " L . IV .W--i-.;- -i2i I Jll UVflfl VI. U1CBTI VAluriMH.l7i gaaatqr 1 f America any direct interest. r " 1 Tfn that from thnVWrndT i not to recognlte that from them .condi-l tions may evolve which would VltZTMZtnZZ'MT. atfect our national security, we ;oo not i anow nwww. r .r m wnau..- ner. preaSUr may. be brought -to pear against us.. But it is. certain that-to re - , L T..& 4 lib M. A Ih.t , A . main weak and unprepared In the face of such a situation ia to invite assres- sion. K .": . , . 1. ''""'. Cf "it is. moreover. essenUal not only that I maintain a reaaonabi state of pre-I Iparedness. but that it should , be a mat- ter, of international knowledge that , we are so prepared. There should be no I miaapprehension as to America's ability 1 or .-her intention to defend herseiii against aggression or infringement . of I hr Just rights." r '. 1 ; Weeks indicated a continuance or tnc I chemical war service of the army, when I he . stated that while the Washington I treaty., banning the use; of poison gas in I future wars, may (abolish chemical war-1 fare, "the us of chemical establishments R. J. Hecker. the aocused's father, -wno and the ease wlth which they can be u purported to have obtained a confes transformed into! the production of de- gion, and Pete Moench and John Feur strucUve gases is so well known that stein, who pulled Bowker's body from I think It would be fatal" to abandon t the experiments and investigations of the, army along this line. PREPAREDNESS WOULD HAVE PRETESTED "WAR PJSKHlSti Washington. April 25. L N. 8.) With " adequate ; military preparedness, the United States, under strong leader ship, could have prevented the World war. General John J,.- Pershing, who commanded the American expeditionary force in France, today told the senate appropriations committee. The American army, rersning saia. should be in keeping with the position of the United States among nations, and her responsibility in the world. fa . . Aider's Arrow Tails' on Golfer Who Broke Window (B Cnitad Saws) -" Evanston, 111., April 25. R. F. Gloede, owner or. extensive, greennousea nere, complained last fair that golfers on the , ik ii,v. aiwnina ki, nUnt" hA hrnken I40QO worth of rlaas bv wild 1 drives during th season. Mr. Gloede tendered sympathy, but nothing 1 more. t - " s I rw. r r m.ir. i,,nwi th nn.ninr of his golf season with a magnificent i drive from the tee Into the greenhouse or vtm ine iiorist a young son was practicing archery as Or. Blake came -alter nis ban physician stooped for hi baa The arrow was extricated with diffi- police, -'- r a- f-K-: 'It was not my sort's fault." Gloede ex. plained. ."He wasn't trying to hit Dr. Blake any more than the doctor tried to break 910 worth of -glass in my green house. , My boy's aim isn't very good. like some of the Cillers . "The deuce his aim lent good!" pro tested or; Blake h Golfers likely ter slice to the left are i passing the greenhouse hole. TwapeUiurf WhenAirplane Falls Klamath, Falls, April 2S.--Shortly after ; leaving the ground for a flight from here to Bend at 1430 o'clock thiar morning, a T,; . . " ZZ:","'Z " , bv ArvaDegarmo. crashedLfrom a height lot aa-teet ana was aemousned, xegarmo ,d his mechanician escaping unhurt. Degarmo attributed the accident to a I change ef propellers saying th. plane i seemed unable to- rise, r The plane, feu 1 between two line of telephone wires and 1 narrowlr: escaped etriklnz a residence. I jt had been, carrying passengers here for J t-irea day a. 1500lf People Homeless and Causing $1,000,000 Damage Fort' Worth,' Texas. April 25 Sixteen are dead, and property . damage will amount to $1,000,000. as the result of the flood which swept Fort W orth today. The flood waters were reported reced- . The Trinity river jumped 26 ,fet. In less than. 12 hours to a flood stag of S3.S feet, and swept this city with the worst" flood In Its history today . . Shortly after 10 o'clock thts morning flood waters cut off telephone cables and wire communication with the out side world. . The flood was caused by a seven and one-halt inch rainfall, which began at 10 o'clock last night and was still con- tinuing today: - lArge'-areas' of the city' were under water and families were being rescued by boats. - : ' " ' -. , It Is estimated by the police that 1500 are homeless, v ; -' - , ' The Cameron Lumber company's plant was destroyed by fire with a loss esti mated at over $200,000, the -firemen be ing vunatda: to reach the plant because of the flood. --y - - - . . Interurban .traffic with Dallas was cut off and a number. of street car lines (CinelnacaWoa Pas Tw. Column Thre) With th municipal courtroom packed wltbj cutIoub people, Russell Heckor was . l.jLasln.u a- a nV.a.A . Mawa , eh BVML il. Frank Bowker, Portland . ' mmA atjrc ui aaa uisd urjiu wi vii'o U' ot tfc w. Th- R, Qal, y; Hiu; tarroer?y- district attorney ,,n tmatvs . of the Hecker . . ' ' - . - r family. At the prosecution's- table sat District Attorney Stanley Myers of Mult nomah and Uvy Stlpp,,dltrtct attorney of Clackamas, and John Mowry, Myers' aeputy.. , et ! ... Albert Bowker,' 'brother of .the-" mur- dered man whosflf body waa found la a hop sack at the bottom of the Calapoola (river near Albany, waa the first witness. telling of the disappearance of Frank Bowker i as . summarised in the news- papers at the time. Other witnesses present were : i II. C O'Neill of Horse- shoe park, near Woodland, who said h saw Hecker with blood on his hands and on '.the running board of his automobile shortly afterthe murder supposedly was committed ;. Nell Lainhart, -with whom Hecker lived in the Lillian apartments; the river. Defunct State Bank' Depositors to Meet 5lKHey;T(migW Regardless of the decision of Frank C Bramwell, state superintendeut or DanKs, who Monday rejected the plan submitted to him by the depositor committee for organising a new bank, the -mass meet ing for depositors called for tonight will be held "as originally planned at the Labor temple, Fourth and Jefferson streets.' The meeting -will-be called at 7 :30 and will be presided over by E. B. Barthrop, chairman of the committee. Members of the commitee were some what surprised at Brawell's decision and take exception to his stateent that the proposed new" organisation was origi nated to-relieve the banks' stockholders of their double liability. Committeemen contend that through the holding com pany of the proposed institution more can be realised for the depositors than it forced jiauidatioR ; is - carried , on I through the state banking-department. - it. is expectea inac a targe nuniDer oi depositors will atend the meeting tonight and that the affairs of the bank will be widly discussed. - -: - Boy 20 Months Old Is Killed1 by -Tram Hood River. Or., April 25. William and Mrs. C V- Sunday ot Sonny, was in stantly killed Monday evening when struck by th cowcatcher of a freight en gine. - The child, whose home t witbia a few yards f the track, at MltcbelTa Point, was playing with another child and had laid down alongside the rails. The funeral waa held this afternoon. Xk- PACIFIC-COAST; LE AGrE. - X V, Vernon at Portland, 2 :45 p. mv -r - Oakland at Seattle. 2:45 p. m..'-:. " .:" - Salt Lake at San Francisco, 2 :45 p.m. : Sacramento at Los Angeles 2 :4S p. m. - S . KATIOIfAI. LEAGUE - . New Tork at Philadelphia, clear. 2 JO a m. -St.Xou!a at CindnnatL;. postponed ; rain, - - 5, . - - . Pittsburg at Chicago, postponed; wet grounds.- ' ' Asf ERICATf LF-sGCE - " Philadelphia at New Tork, clear, 2 :20 p. TO.-. . - .T .Chicago at Cleveland, postponed ; rain. : ITetroit at St. Louis, deari 2 p. m. - . HECKER IS GIVEN MERIT TO BE CLAIM GUIDE In Replying to Auditor's' Charge About Losses, to U.'S., Ship Board'Chairman ays Standifer Contract to Be Yiewed Fairly. .: '-- By Carl Satltk 'r ' Jouraal Btaft Comapondeat ! ' Washington. April 25. WASHIXO TON BUREAU OF THE JQURN A Li Declaration that the Standifer claims growing out of can' celed ship .contracts will b handled "coldly on . Its roer Its," was made by Chairman Lasker of the -shipping board in a statement late Monday, following complaint of a ship, ping board auditor. Stiles E. Dodge, that no. action had been taken on audits he has made In that and other Pacific coast cases. 1 "Because of the wide Interest In the Standifer affair, said Lasker, "the entire claims com mission Is elttinr on A. D. Xaaker the case, though usually only one mem ber sits on a case and then reports to hla colleagues.' In addition, stenographic re ports are being taken; qf the entire hear ings, .ana ine press wag lonnajiy wrerea the same daily when the hearings began. FrLlr SURVEY PROMISED "After the claims commission hears the case it wilt make its recommenda tions to the . shipping board and the board will. In turn pass on It, so that for any rinding unjust .to the govern ment to , be '-forthcoming, there would have to-be-lack of Judgment or some thing worse on the part of the claims commission and the shipping board. -rne record ot tn sniDDina board up to date is the most eloquent tastl mony that the Standifer ease, like all others, w 111 b ;' bandied coldly on . its :The whole Standifer cae arose be fore , tbJ preaent ; ord cam a ; into' of- fice. and, the board ia mitttng without urejuaice to ascertara ma xacts. Mr. uodga attended ,tha aeasions of the claims eommisslon 'or a . part of on morning;, then disappeared .and has not (Concluded OB Pace Three.-Coluaja Fear) JAPAN MAY JOIN E '-r-?!By-R-att "H. Va Wlegaad . '- Coivanal Barrica Staff tJorrannodaat - Genoa. ' April 25. Tb subtle and far- seeing Russian, diplomacy of the soviet school Is "prepared to make another horn Strike that will again make the world sit-up a.nd take notice-of the new force that has entered the world of statecraft. Japan i in a fair way to become third member of the Russo-German en tente, if .confidential reports circulating here ia certain Inner circles of the con ference may be relied -upon as having value. ' '- 1 " That is the extreme of Russian, diplo macy, at this time, and its achievement Will ' mean the . completion . of a solid league stretching clear across the hemi sphere ' from the Pacific to tha North a.-, forming what ia 'potentially prob ably the most powerful' constellation of nations history ever recorded. This is both, because the vastness of natural resources ahd population and the geographical , situation would combine approximately 250,000,000 people, thanks to the' lack of wisdom shown at Ver sailles by statesmen who undertook to remake, the map of the world. I avowedly sav-that Ruaaian dttrio- macy is In a fair way of achieving that aim. but as yet it is unattalned. Con- ' ( Concluded on Pace Two. Colana Fire) Sumnier Sun Makes '- Amends j Open Car s - Carry Ball Crowds - Summer : weather, was -ushered " into Portland today with a temperature of M degrees at 2 o'clock the highest stage to which 'the mercury has climbed in more thair seven " months. .s f -t ' -.. For the first time since the beetrtninr of .'the winter season not ' one' overcoat was to "be seen on the downtown streets and spring and summer suits were on parade even to a. greater degree than Easter Sunday.' ' - - The street railway company made the day the official opening ot summer 1e son 'when-they brought, out open cars to take baseball fans to th Vaughn street-parkv-,Vf , "-.,h ;,.:.". -. i Woman Held Up on Street -and; S2.05 Taken From Pocket , Mra, J. P. Erhart; No.. $4 Taylor Street, .waa held up and robbed Monday night at Ncl- 45ft. Taylor afreet . by . a well-dressed man; who stole 22.05 from pockets in her -clothinar vj - - ". Mra. Erhart, according to her story to police, was - walking along the. street wnen ,xne man seixea ner m . nis arms, hurriedly, searched her pockets and took the loose change.- He ran east on Tay lor .- street.'.'. The woman saw n ; guni Her assailant overlooked $30 which she carried in a stocking."- Airs., Erhart said the robber was about six feet tall and weighed JSO pounds He vera . a . dark cult and overcoat, ! -, , , -, ...r - s. .-. J: wm Knew Her AsWifeof: ; Descamps .Ernest Descant p wa-called "papa" by tb two Sons of Mrs. Jeans Grtvota, according te " th tastimony In Circuit Judge Taswell'a - court this morning . of B. L. Oriffltha, . farmer, whoa ranch adjoins .th Descarop plac .wst ' of Beaverton.-. Mrs. Gitvois. pretty French woman... ha suing for th $79,000 estate of Descamps on the ground that oh was his common law wife, Descamps disap peared February 4. 1120, - aad . la sup posed., to hava beea uurdered..'. Maurice .and John, th two sons ct Mrs. Grivote. born of a first niarriag before Mrs. Grtvola left France, Joined their mother during th years Deacampa and Mrs. Grtvola wer together here, -ac cording to Griffith. . - Griffiths said . Descamps ' and th woman lived In Portland, but visited th ranch, nearly every Sunday and holiday. He frequently made deliveries of produce to their town residence. . Sometimes tt waa ordered by one and .sometimes by the other, according to -the witness. Ha said - h saw them frequently together between 1910 and lilt. - ' - t The defense represents eight cousins In France who are the helrs-at-law. They are represented by C Henri Lsvbbe, French consul. Hector Moumal Is ad ministrator of the estate, s The., defense denies that' Deacampa and" Mrs Grlvois were ever married ' or that she ever be came hla common law 'wife. . L. Sommerer. a barber, took the stand this morning, and under direct examina tion of James L. Conley, associated with Pipes aV pipes as counsel for petitioner, testified to visits made to" his shop-by (CoBctsded ea Pat Two, Oohnaa Six) LLOYD GEORGE London. April -2S. The. Central News correspondent , telegraphed-, that Lloyd George called the British press repre sentatives together today and authorised them to transmit the following appeal to the British people : . v "Do not accept statements appearing in the Time and th Daily MeuYILord Northcliffe'a papers) ' regarding Genoa Until I bave had an opportunity of deal ing with them in parliament. A - London, -April 2S. L N. S.) Premier Poincar has instructed f M. .Barthou. bead ot tb yrancli. dlaaton at Oenoa. to insist on the term. of his Bar le Due speech1 and demand a 42-hour ultimatum to Rasala. saya a Centrai News dispatch from Gno-,thJs afternoon. - . . - . .,. . f- Genoa, April- 25. L R ' a) Prime Mmurter Lloyd George of England to day, challenged French policy regarding treatment of Russia and Germany outlined by the French premier,- M. Foln care. ia hia speech at Bar le Duo yester. day."-" ! ' ''''.'- '. ,''.--' :' "We win have"' nothlng to do with policy of that kind." said a statement authorised bp the British prsmlar, issued her this afternoon. "We ar not afraid pf a German or Russian menace, bat we will do our utmost, to prevent Europe from being made a shambles. . ' - "If peace is not made, if Russia and Germany are left In isolation and mis ery, the inevitable result will be the con clualon .between these 'two of a fierce friendship" directed ' against the entire west ot Europe." : ' . The statement further widens the gulf tCaecludad aa Pas Tee, Oatoam Ona) Veterans Virtually Accept 20-Year Ide Tor Defraying Bonus Washington, April 25. U. P.) Rep resentatives ot veterans' organlaatlona today virtually accepted the new Smoot McCumber soldier bonus plan; in a con ference with Republican members of the committee. This means if the plan proves acceptable to a majority of the Repub licans in the senate the bonus will con sist primarily of a . 20-year Insurance plan - probably with .a provision under which the ex-eervlce ' men can borrow from a bank after three to five ye are. ;' By Robert J. Beaaer roitad Kew SuUf ConaapondeBt) " Boston,' April J5.tf ' Senator Lodge i beaten, for re-election this faH., ac cording to Republican leaders her, and many Democratic observers also. It win b 'through th : Independent candidacy ot Governor Samael H. McCalL- - v Lodge, ot course, ,wtll be renominated by the Republican, party in th prima ries. He has not yet announced hia can didacy, but that doesn't' make any difference No other Republican has an nounced his candidacy, and anyone who does, .realiser In advance that he will merely step forward te be sacrificed.' ' McCall will not enter the Republican primaries against Lodge. ' If. ha makes the senatorial race,, it will be aa an in dependent.''! Whether he makes 1t or not" is the. most absorbing1" question - before Massachusetts .' Republicans, ; even ' as whether, Sherman L, Whipple will enter the Democratic primary race is th most absorbing problem 'before hla party. . ; McCall is now in 'Europe. He returns In July. " He will Immediately be' con fronted by the appeals of hi. Republi can friends and the warning-of influ ential, political leaders generally that if he enters the race the Republicans will annihilate him and make bia retirement from twlities immediate and conrmlet. McCall has a score to settle with both Lodge and Secretary. f .War Weeks, who opposed his nomination by . Presi dent Wilson to s federal office .. some years ago. McCall Is getting on In years, bnt the story, goes that he recently told friends i "1 am not yet, too old to make CAUTIONS PEOPLE Lodge Has Fight to Keep Job Bay State Govembr Key; Log, Mi BEATEN E. .L Winters, Strikebreaker, At tacked - Ity :; Crowd i of Union Pickets Removed to Hospital f One 'i ofi Assailants . Arrested.' One non-union cargo - worker." badly brulaed and bleeding, went to the mr- fancy hospital this afternoon and on. union longshoreman was arrested as th - result of first rioUng in tb 'waterfront strike which went Into effect la th '. port of Portland Sunday noon, v ' - K. u. Winter and two other stria breakere were followed by a crowd of union picket, according to police, when - they lea the' Georglne Rolph, -Couch street dock, for lunch. At 8eon4 and , uavm streeu taunts aad noetile words flung by both aldea brought about a rough and tumble f raeaa., FIGHT STABTS V - t :- '"'' A crowd of more than 100. most of them strikers, swarmed about the seen of th f!ghtj which resolved into a bat tle between the three non-union men And three who had been en picket duty. - W inters, who was th moat badly bat- . tered. and Jack O'Brien, a striker, who lingered -fori a-few porting blows after police arrived, were taken te the sta tion. O'Brien was locked up on a charge ef assault. Hla was th only arrest.- Others who; engaged 'In the snele ea-. ' caped. i . The employers hiring hall at Second . and Oak atreeta has proved to be only . partially successful as a means to ob tain cargo crews. rPickets . on duty at the ball succeeded in either Intlmldat- ; ing or persuading so many strikebrbak era not to sign for work that the era-' players' urged them, to apply for work at acerea of ahipplng. , - Meanwhile picket wer at all dock. No effort to. Interfere wtghcargo work was reported. j.. - ' y A third effort to reach agreement probably wCl be made Wednesday, when another . meeting of employer - and strikers. will be held, aocording te lead- . era. following their session today. Tha point to settle U whether For In land harbor will be a closed or open shop. Employers have taken th stand '- that' they will hire whom they pleas and at what- wagag they can get work- era Jor. whjle the union InalaU tn fcav- . Ing a hand. Id setlXrig wages and in se lectlng workers. - ; .. .- "Th watertront atrik situation cn changed.' i ;.'-' . ; 1 , This was the announcement ef repre sentatives ot th Waterfront Employers" -association r and ' longshoreroen - union leaders who met this afternoon la a session, closed, to newspapermen, EM PLOTTERS IT TOP .V " ' i "By situation unchanged". the em ploy -era. meant to convey the thought that the. longshoremen's union was not a ne cessity, to Portland ahipplng, -thaf. all cargoea on boats in the -harbor were "be ing .worked- and that no transportation schedules would be effected . - By the sam two words th union lead- '. rs hoped to Indicate that Inexperienced workers would noon bungle thinga and i that sooner or later th employ era would be forced- to recognise the union ta ob-1 talning crews. ; '-. However, a canvass of th waterfront by an unbiased observer ascertained be yond doubt, that the employers hold th upper hand, - '"" - - , . . Clinching; evidanc of this is the fact tCoettaatd as Paa Two, Coiaata rear) Eeclamation -Plans ; Backed by Harding , )';- 5- ' ' i ; Washington. April 2S-OT. P.) Tha administration "is heartily and sincerely pledged" to, the fathering ot reclamation projects as! proposed In the Smith-Mc-Nary bill now before congrees. it was said at the White House today. Jt ia hoped, it was stated, that congress will be favorable to Justifiabl methods of reclamation. - ' '- ne'mor fight a fight to beat Lodge for re-election to the senat." . - It is estimated by Republican leaders that McCall would not poll more than -0.000 or 70,000 votes if he ran aa mi In dependent This number, however, they, oeneve migm prove euxxicient t send the Democratic candidate, particularly It ne were Whipple, to the senate. - So the situation as it shapes up ta Massachusetts revolves principally about', two men Whipple and McCall. On alt , sides it is generally conceded that Whip ple, it be won the primaries, would make the best rara of any Democrat in th stat against Lodge. It Ir further quite generally conceded that if McCall entered the , race., the. odds would-be at least' even that Lodge would be defeated by. Whipple through . a split Republics a vote. And leaders both fear and believe, that McCall , will . go . through with, his , threat. - , - - ".. .- . If McCaU stays out the outlook Is not. rosy for the Democrats. . As the Demo eratic party: stands now In the state ft' le without leadership or. rather, la con fused by too many seeking leadership.. This situation may be improved at the big Democratic pow-wow to be he id her '. the end of this month. All factions are hoping to nnite at that time. - ' ... ' But even With united -leadership the chances are none too bright. One ef the hardest blows the Democrats wil have 'to bear win be th art ire eurport of Lodze by the Boston Tost, one of the largest Democrstic newspapers In tb country, which for reaanre of Its own, will lay its partisanship aside and bar tha Republican candidate tooih and