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PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRII25,i922-JrWENTYCPAGES.
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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
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(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
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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)
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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.
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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