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.rUirrerne Court Reverses. Opinion
Wf JudgeVoIverton in Astoria
) Marine lroh : Works -'Case and
X'cnds Issue Back for Hearinff.
t
.ViPhinjEton, May 1 Ls 'fWASHING
4 rj.V Bl'BEAU, OF THE JOURNAU)
jFUprem court' todsty handed tone,
H 'thnfoo reversing the opinion of Ihe
se" federal district court In th case
Astoria Marin Iron Work,3 ap.
riht, v-hjfh brought uuU rains t thjB
t,,V'-',nSf- rard .flet corporation. The
i., l court dismissed the cese for lack
J
iOrisciiotion. . Today a opinion sends
(fK for trial, - . -
rJ ice. I lolmee, who wrote the court'
, . t: -ten,. aerta the fleet corporation
.iti" fh itved in tta own person and -the
- v "rr is ot forced to git into- the
- . c of ciaims. Chief , Justice Taft and
,!toj 4;e vande venter and Clarke- dle-
'cei'T1-' A' tilmilar-opinion wa ren
4 t il" CRSe of the Sloan shipyard of
li1 and Anacortes, tn whichj Sloan
i ;,fo repossse the. property takeh
jrepr X JMe fleet corporation and for
,ri-.i deciBion of the . supreme court
WT : II . . 1 r' .
- m i!mn:a'a invoiymff several nuil-
Luiuuini uuimrs win m reiurnea
,1 court here for trial." said United
"T.-w Attorney lester W. Humphreys
:m i I nornmg when. Informed by.; The
' -a ! 'I of the appellate court's action.
corporation for alleged violation
contractst
toit opinion of the supreme court Is a
gtirti& of the findings of Federal Judge
roI 4 Wotverton. who sustained a de
Ise r brou8hf by" the government "in
-y tttoria . Marine Iron works, case.
! r 5 'dge . held that the Emergency
Mi poration. was, . branch of- the
menr-'-md could not b ui In
cnurfc vrM-r
' 7Tl,lT" - . - -
, -ttrit , Wut. involved was - greater than,
. A ; ;ad,. would have, to bep re
"4 .'" to jhe federal court of claims.
- this decision -tit plaintiff took: a
- j,f-,rror direct to the supreme court.
"M"' opinion win arrect seven cases
j according to records in Humphreys'
Bad- The Astoria Marine Iron Works
. of & ' fr 44i5.nS 7-- " fc- ". - ults
t.hfj yy the isrrJ-t .ri shlpbuild
iftj rtfrai Ion are for ,,,3,733.55,. J13.,
nl i and ?309.872.2. .. The othr three
... A! were brought by ' the Pacific Ma-
J Iron "Works of J'ortland.. but' two
JjJ ia are not afectf3 tn opinion,
. fy are for, less than JiO.800. The
"- 'I i involved -in. these cases : are
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ashington. May WASHINGTON
,8tiU OF THE J O C RXALl There
considerable amusement arnonjr the
colleagues oC Sen.
ator.. Hiram W.
Johnson over his
recent- '; Interviews
demanding a. high
tariff, .jparUoularly
for the products of
California. " This is
un d e rstood to
mean -that Senator
Johnson regards
the tariff, as. the
ma..t plank-.upon
which he Is to rjn
for ,re-elaction, --
Until retenUy
Johnson has iot
been kMwn in the
domain of the
tariff. 'e Jia
- been as- the
-ia T'. Jo&asOB ,Ijeague . . ,. i!ons
1 We four-power pact. Jle 1., r' - - :&
be- muc-i dowppolnted -over t: . it
"!ng out of opposition to the 1 r.
treaty, f He made several X
ia& -ana ,is saia to . have ii.;o; i
r league of Nations battle, w;i
1 4ppeal to the country if It was
;.'!. 1 fc
ad of bccorniiig the hero of a new
, e 1 to the people,-" "however. John
traded ifto the unherolc figure, of
iooy v
.
- Tasingthe Han'
i this " "issue", iord
""rife , t.!-- "se-stor's n
a 1 .i ti. . t i walnuts,
' and lilies Quickly
; ' -s horlson. ,
- Johnson .should favor a
. -y high one, wiU. occa-
'. fine that Is the doc
'.', and he has always
favor it. Il-f t1- " ?
tilist. a
-M's ;
. unj.e i
iu.ad i
ret f i
7'it it i'
re, ' a'
- lleagnes-was h.s e
uon xor it as a jrn
the - ouiiajise of t. z
fi r 5 '
i v-aty bul
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jlwith tl
d tin issue mil cause n
a b " .-linistrtion. and i 1
)-..- t . ; il3rn orjy a Cal.ro-1 x.
..v"; . :s T'l soing around t...t
f i.a- r f- - to or'xi'ja the Lr.:
Mm cs ft --jt everyt.-,ir..r t-at cs..r,e
1 "-, I. a Jc; son usually-a. j f "-iven
I -rspicy, he seems to be ..- j
i ; -t in a f-r-i that wi.i r.'-t c'a-
i .r.e rt j . . . s. f
Lf, WVv
loi by Aclrs Clore ;
for
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1
ID
Kidnaped
Boy Found
At Bucoda
Centralia, TTaah.; May 1 Jack Caujfh-
lin. - -yer-oId eon et Mr. and Mrs. C.
W-. Cauffhlin efl Tenino,- who was kid
naped from in front of the pool hall at
Tentno at 9' o'clock - Sunday nijrht,- was
found by Aia parent this morning' .at
19 :S9 o'clock, wandering""'- about the
streets -of Buooda. four miles from . his
home. J - -
The boy was waiting tor his uncle in
front of the pool hall when a man In a
Bulck ear stopped ' and ; grasped ' the
youngster, .putting him- in . his car and
racing through the streets -toward Cen
tralis., according to persons in the. tele
phone office across the street..! The par
ents were gVlefHetrfcken and: started in
the search, that located. ' the boy- this
morning. ','!
Vtt is thought that the boy -raised such
a. rumpus with his captor thrfthe man
became alarmed and left hi min Bucoda,
coming on to Cemtfalia. j Witnesses were
enable to give iany description except
that the was was tail and pf dark com
plexion. -'- ; ' . s . i .
From informal ion said to have; been
f-eent from the Seattle police to Mrs. 1.
Hubbard, wife of a Tenino banker, , the
men were after her son and. took: little
Jack, by mistake. - Mr a, jCaughlin said
over the phone. Finding; their mistake,
Jack was dropped -off at Bucoda, where
he was turned over to his parents by the
police authorities. No reasons, for kid
naping the banker's son. could be given.
RECOGNIZE DEBTS
Genoa, May -lj U. P.) Russia must
unconditionally recoirnise' Its war debts
before allied assistance will be granted,
according to the jfinal text of article one
of the ' allied note - to the . soviet delega
tion. : -r ' , ;
London, May I. (L N. S.1;. Great
Britain . Is ! not committed to -cooperate
with France. In any military 'measures
against. Germany In 'the event ' Germany
falls down on her payment ef repara
tiona. Austen Chamberlain, government
spokesman, announced in the house of
commons 'this afternoon. -
This means Jthat if France undertakes
any further military steps against Ger
many, sh must act atone. - - -
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I Genoa,. May "1. (U. P.) -The Genoa
conference may' break 'up -Immediately
after IrVednesday'e plenary . session tin
less the Russians indicate some quick;
solution of their rroblem Is possible.
'The -jfliticsJ e j'o-commission met ' to
day to attempt to complete tt policies
regarding Russia., but with no indication
that the soviet delegation was disposed
to accept the allied note the question of
advisability of . continuing the "confer
ence beyond Wednesday arose. -
. 3 he allies, toaay naa succeeded in
agreeing among-. themselves wi but; one
point the jtmouul of financial aid to be
off er&S Russtav nd the conditions. The
conditions are mild and acceptable to the
Bolsheviki, hut- the jqnt' agreed -upon,
20,000,000 pounds,, is described by Tchit-
cherin, as "utterly inadequate." . - -
; The chief point of dispute among the
allidk " is restitution " of foreign-owned
ICenelBdeA on Pas Fifteen.: Col ansa Two)
JfldicatioBs of Rich : :.
OilFieiaAreTound;
-""In. Central Oregon
i- .i s , '. a, ri -1. t
Indications that Oregon , posse ses an
bil field similar' to the famous Tampico
have been found by Professor Herschel
C. Parker known as one of the best .ge
ologists, engineers' and ""scientist of the
present day. ' ,
Professor. 'Parker made the announce
ment of a most promising field between
SO and 100 mile hp the Crooked river In
Central Oregon during- an adflress at the
members' forum of the Chamber of Com
merce at noon today. For several weeks
h - has - been, making investigations
throughout' Central Oregon and plan to
return Immediately to continue his work.
Grants Pass Views ;
; r Blazing Klan Sign
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Grants' Pass, Or., May 1. For half ar
hour last night, between' 9 ,and 9 : JO
o'clock, all Grants Pass stood In wonder
ment and gazed upon a giant biasing red'
cross .which appeared on the southwest
horizonthe emblem , of the K. . K. t K.
The spectacle. was one of great beauty,
and for a time the people were at a lose
to account for-it.- Developments. . how
ever, proved it to be a demonstration by
t he klan upon the aide of Mount Baldy.
a abort distance southwest of the city.
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tSpecit.1 rsrleh to The JaurPkl)
Leesburg, V, May. 1. Aristocratic
Louden county. Virginia, lays claim to
day to Its first real modern "coop trap."
It is on the country estate of John Bas
sett's old Columbus friends who stopped
off here on a motor trip to New York. --
The visit was marked by a luncheon
fit for th gods. Virginia Ham, chic, en
a la Maryland, diamond hack, terrapin,
corn fritters, wafriee, peach brandy and
honey,-carried the -visitors, who were no
mean erk".irears ' themselves, into the
O'ilan Fie1 Is ct ll-e cuM'arv art.- .
OlE&TS KP2ISEU '
aturairy t; y rrarv-:
ner in whivh t: e fc : -ss
served; niar i t
sisv.ry c'-vs i t?
cr . i t -: a i. .
Cf 5 " k - . -5.
t c 'V trs-.'
the ma-irV
r- red a; el
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Misston, Composed of 4Q .Pef
sons, Leaves Manila for U. S.
' to " Put' Demand for Indepeij
, dence to CongressjjRap Wood.
Manila. P, I.;' May l.'tU. .J-Trnty-f
our - years- from the - day A
mirat Dewey -routed: the Spanish in the
battle of Manila Bay, and won for the
United , States possession of the" Philip
pine Islands, the Filipino Independence
inissfon left for Washington t wage fa
fight for autonomy. ,-, i : . ,, - .
The .mission,, headed - by President
Quezon of the native senate, and Oppo
sition . Leader s Osemna, departed - la(e
yesterday on th steamer .KeyBtone State
for Seattle, whence It will journey by
special train to "Washington rand there
attempt to prove to congress and the
president that the islands are ready for
complete self government , j
FOBTT' W THE PAUfT j -'?t h
' The mission Is composed of about 40
members, including seven native sena
tors and seven representatlvestogether
with advisers , and .technical 'experts.
Several members -cannot speak the. Eng
lish language. It-wHl ; remain1 in the
Vni ted .States, about five ntontlis.!-
An outlay .of approximately J-OO.OOO
is expected to be required to finance, the
mission, which, -will be paid by ' the
Philippine government. ;'. j
- George B. Vargas -acts- a secretary Of
the missionJ -Three womenj Mrs, Quexoa,
wife; of, Manuel . Quexon ; Mrs. Teodore
Kalaw, wife not the secretary t the in
terior, andMra Maximo Kalaw. wife of
a professor - in the s University, of the
PhiUpplrrfes, accompany, the party, .. ; j -
SLIGHT HOPE SEEK f": ;ft -j
.."Americans In Manila . expressed Hhe
belief that there i ' but 'slight hope' of
the . mission meeting Immediate succe8p
They -claimed that the vast majority ,df
the natives, oitlslde of the larger ceil
ters, have no interest, whatsoever' in, in
dependence. -' . -- ' j- " " ; 11 iH
- Native political headers, interested - in
independence, attack the, report --of the
Wood-Forbes mission sent to the Islands
by President Harding to study the- needs
and possibilities of granting Independ
ence,' as document- biased in favor of
the methods and policies of the liardinp
administration. .-..-- !
v. The mission "carries, with it-irfasses
data compiled in an effort to attack -the
recommendations and .statements tnaae
ii- the Woods-Forbes report,' .'.,
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TAIOTASHOI;-
ALL HANDS SAFE
. Point Arena. Cal- May 1. Captain "Lof
hen and 1J members, of the crrewi of th
Union Oil company's tank steamer- Whits,
tier, which went ashore 10 miles south of
here ".early-this morning, . were safely
landed at Point Arena at 7 a. m. today,.
They had been forced to ' abandon the
tanker ana naa spent inree noun. .f se
in open boats. . - .' - j'
Captain Lohen has returned ' to the-
Whitt ier. to make an examination as t
salvagro. "
Ail . reports indicated . there - would be
little chance of saving the ship. She had
aboard a cargo of 19,000 barrels of fuel
it" V -' 'I. " U I
The. Whtttier was en route from Saft
Pedro to Eureka, with a cargo of oil She
was proceeding- (nahore.
The vessel had recently been laid uj
for; extensive repairs. , - ( ,J -n, k " . 1
COAST GtU&D CTJTTEX '"'H'l' 1
TO EEXDEK AXBV TO WHITTIEB
San Francisco. May 1. I. N. S.1 The
United States, coast guard cutter Shawj.
nee today; was rushing to the assistance
of the oil tanker Whittier. reported, is
a sinking condition, off Point Arena, 10
miles north of here. ;-
The Whittier in her last call gave he
position as 10 miles south of ; Point
Arena. This, is a rocky section 'of the
California coast, and has been fatal to
many ships. It is known as the "gravel-
yard" of th Pacific coast because of
the numerous wrecks in tnat vicimty.
'W--' , iriilj in . ' "I fa--' j - 1-. --f j .-. . .
Bank Ilessengers ; ,
Robbed "ofS12,000
fc i --. : ... i .
-Oakland. Cal., - May 1. LV Tl4 Su
bandits held" up messengers of the Ceni
tral National bank at 85th street an4
Telegraph avenue ' today a.nd eecsped
with $12,000. -.
The host anticipated the express.on of
surprise. . , . , .1
- -"Wait and see. he countered.! Awi
then when the luncheon waa over fee con
ducted h.s guests to the trap.
As an integral part of a new brie-?
r a r .- ?e, Mr. Bassett has built a bouiloi?
i5- . i raig?t-have been plucked right
of. the Ritx hotel. - , ,'. :
Er,lir.ME3fT MOBtEX , !
T:"e.i bata.lace curtains, telephone!
c-eii ic l'hts with a push bi.-t.ton on th
a 1 !o s' ap them on and off, lrasa "be-Js;
f ; - rt ; -. a dr-ssir.-- table with Vrei
n, :ii.e are so:ne of the accoutre-
mi 'if' tbe co?"i trap." :
'fi,:c i.-. 4;nteiren, ii,d it'-ork-
Ik? a , i sa'1 ti'e ipt with a
i-w " r ti-e a- 1 -le o'-i co.ored r: -A'n
r -. ro- r'. - - cock Ka-s ce
u
Virgirmy .s L-ateat
9L .fi 5 ft : l - i
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THREEFRQWTS
Peking
Under i.lartial Law,'rand
Americans f There : Send- for
Wars-hip- -Mahchurian Leader
Takes Prisoners i Japaiv Backer
; Tien Tslnj Cliina, ' May .-1. tU. VP.)
Battles in Chjnaj's civil wa? raged. along
three wide fronts j today. ;, - --",
Peking is, under martial law and Amer
icans "there are reported to have sent a
hurried, call to Washington for a war
ship to come to China. , . . 1
- 'The forces "of 'Chiang JTsd Iin, Man-
cburiaiTt -leader,'; whose 'march- on - the
northern capital yprecipi tat ed the present
warfare, won a great victory , at ' Ma
Chang, taking hundreds of.. prisoners, ac
cording, to Chang's own .voromuolqut).
This was confirmed by; wounded arriv
ing here. ' , ; " - ' -
Charges' ly General Wu Tel Fux who
has. interposed his forces from Central
China between "Peking and "the invader,
that Chang -TsollJn's crusade .is backed
by Japan, were-- partly confirmed by
Justin Brandt, i an American" business
man, who arrived .at Shanghai after
traveling- 'with ithe " Manchuria it ' troops
on y the Peklng-M'ukden railway.'
Brandt declared Janan is' giving' phys
ical, as well as jmoral support to Chang
Tso Lin. He declared he passed trc-in-loads
of solars' dressed as Chinese, but
Speaking Japanese.; " 4 '. .
AMKSTCAir E1MBASST SECRETARY
IS TURNED , BACK. BY,"WAEiUOH8
- Peking,-May ii.i (U. P. Forces of
General Chang -Tso Lin,- fighting with
those of Oenera.1 Wu Pel Fu for con
tral of Peking; turned 'back a train
which; was carrying American Embassy
Secretary Ather ton - from Peking to
Mukden. y : ' 1 t..if 1 -' 4 A -i
r-Foreign-1 powers have-forwarded a pro.
test to. Chang against his "action '.'in
blocking the .railway. They charge It
is' a Violation at the protocol signedi by
China with 'the tforeign.nation cin-1900.
Wu Pel Fu was reported advanting
hie - main force i toward TienTstn, .70
miles south -of Pelting, aiming to criiah
General. Chang's force. - t-j 4;
' Tied -Isln," which" is-a, large i trading
center with a considerable foreign pop-,
uieiion, is neavny ws twt, , rut ti"-mnii
i,rfi-m cmer in outside the falis of
tiie city, it was feared here that-ehould
Chang's forces "retreat the f oreigners
would ce Hi t most precarious position.
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Washinfrton;May I (U. .P.) Arr"ad-
tmiotial force of IZJAmerlcan. sailors;
23 : marines and, six officers .from, the
United States tcruiser jAlbany have
reached -Peking To guard American In
terest In the present civil war ill, China.
Minister Schurman advised the state de
partment, today. ' ' 4 - , 1 .
This force is. to strengthen the Amef
Ican legation guard at Pelting, which
numoerea about top. -. - ,t -t
Schurmaa - -has- -"requested , " Admiral
Straus, commander of the American Asi
8 tic fleet., to send, another gunboat to
Tien Tsin to protect Jarge - American In
teiests" there.- 'j ?' .'i-'
Ijondon, May l.(L N.' S.1) General
Wu Pel Fu, commander, of the' forces of
Central China, who Is contending . with
Chang Tso Lin's northern army for pos
session .of -Peking, has been - slightly
wounded by an assassin, according to an
unconfirmed report' from Pekins to the
Evening- News today. The dispatch add
ed that the assassin was reported to have
been captured" and summarily executed.
PHEMIEB OF NORTH CHIXA
i HAS BESIG1VX0 REPORT SATS
Toklo, May 1. 1U. P-- Premier Liang
Shi X of Peking or ttorth China govern
ment of China.-has resigned,-according
to an unconfirmed report reaching here.
His reported .t-usignationtwas believed
to have been as; a; result of , the crisis
caused by the fighting " between .the
forces.of.Wju Pel Fu and Chans Tso Lin
for control of Peking. , ,
Heports of! the; fighting reaching her
indicated that ic continued without de
cisive advantage to either side..-; '
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Two San Francisco ;
; Banks to, Combine
f'if - fti.. -f,'.T'f r. v-o-- .
San Francisco,- May l'.-a, N. S- A
consolidation of two of the largest banks
in San Francisco is-betng negotiated, it
became known today. A conso!ida.tloin Is
to be effected which will merge the First
National bank and Its subsidiary, the
Fifst Federal Teust company, with the
Crocker . National bank.: Total resources
approximating 100,000.00O will be com
bined in the merger. 4 '"..-. i .
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OrokerjGayePfoperty
To His -Indian Bride
f ' - f z x '1 'r
Xew York, May 1. U.r P.) Richard
Croker," fornier Tammany leader, long
befoi a his death gave his property to.h,s i
Indian bride, according to Frederick
Rya-n. 1 attorney for lllchard Croker Jr..
today.- TUe JJroker estate ts estimated
io be worth about 2,0C0.fif 0. " 1
Candidates ; - .
cnd", J ' t; ?-x-:
Platforms
"Ee.r-i.-ming' .locjay; Tr.s Journal
vi"! pr sent daily on the editorial
p-jge 1-rief biographies of candl
ditc? who arg. teekinsr no"-.ina-I:3n
i;i the rri.niaric-3 of 7'ny 13.
Thctcgraphs ani sur-.nia.rie5 cf
T'-'-tarms accompany the fcipsra
r ;-cb. TheJIO. candiiiies fa-j-?v-r-r
pre glren en t2sy'a II-
t.' I U'l., '
American . Minister lo Cliina and Hs Family
;TACOB;QOULD SCHURMAN; minister to China from the United States,-, vfko is looking
J khtr American affairs during the pres'ent'erisis in.the Far.East." - Dr. and Mrs.-ScKurman. with
tHeir cJaiighterV-Were photographed on the deck' of . the Nanking on their arrivat at Yokohama
Froni left !td right they are Miss Barliara Rose Schurman, Mrs;; SchurmaW. Dr. Schurman arid
.Miss Helen Schurman,1 Dr. r Schurman first made' . himself ;s nationally ' known as president
ot; L-crneli university. ' -v - j-'fr ' j - " I i 4,' ';'. "
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Wftshingtor-.'May i. ' Conditions s tn
the farming - industry, which, since .tli
war rsufferedr the --worst depression in
Its-historyj hav taken a -definite -turn
for- the" better, ' accord. ng to Eu-reni
Meyer Jr.,' chairman of the War "Finance
corporation, and. the outlook for .the
future is bright., - , ' -
Meyer conveyed t fhfs- information , to
President - Harding" In a, report -of - -s
special trip- he took at the president's
direction "-through" farming states- of the
West. He traveled 11, OOP miles, .visiting
the principal Western t cttis. .
"-T found ori -mv"' trio."4 -said Mever.
"thai the severe and -indeed unprece
dented depression whiqh dealt such a
hard bio-;' to-'th-e sgrk-uliaral- tn teres ts
is i m . some -sections or the .country a
thing1 of the past; that in ether sections
it-is i rapidly . passing,' and that every
where hop.-and confidence are taking
the - placet -of - the ? despair which six-
months, ago was so widely prevalent.
CREDIT CO3rBITI0SS IMPROVE :
' The degree of recovery; Meyer found.
varies in. dliTerenti sections, Corn and
60S raisers ,.of ! th Middle . West art
marketing daily, and getting-a fata re-
turn. Sheep raisers expect naood price
fo wool. . and" -the., price-'of lambs is
satisfactory v- Grain erowers t of the
Korthwest have not made mpch progress,
however, because, most of their 'wheat
was ! sold at "cxtremery lew ""prices.
Credit- conditions were found to be
improving everywhere. " Meyer said th
funds of the War Finance corporation-
xaaa.o-M.ooo nave- been ioaned to banks
for farmers- and had greatly assisted la
relieving'; the -credit ' stringency.: -r. ' .
But .fundamental defects exist, he
said. In - the financing of igricultural
operations, -particularly livestock raising.
RtCOMMESBATIOSS MADE - " .
1 lie t had -inae these Tecoinrnendations :
? 1. Enactment of legislation specifically
authorising, the organization, of itistttu
tims! lo : rediscount tlfe paper of live
stock; Joan companies. '-- - ,
. Frank recognition'" of the need for
th orderly ; marketing" of agricultural
products in a more gradual way: over a
(Ootaehidad vm Pae X-lfteen,' Ceataa One),
abyi&t;1 .Ukraine 'l
May. 'AIsq Sign 'New
PactVith Germans
Paris, May .ir-r(f .bs. St)"-Oersany'
will sign -a -.treaty (With Ukrauua simi
lar to that, she- sigsedt- with soviet Rus
sia at Genoa, according to a Genoa' dis
patch to: L'Inf ormation today. 'President
R&kovslcy. president Of the Ukrainian
soviet; is " a rnen-iber of the Russian
delegation at th -Oenoa conference and
on several occasions -, has r -acted- as
spokesman for "the Russians. ' ; '
- i-r : f- i i i. - -- .y -it
Ukrainia formerly was a part of the old
Russian mnir. is, now an indenen-
dent state. with a soviet, government at
Kiev.'uhieh Is suhsidsary to the govern
ment ' at .Moscow.. : :-,.-- - f - - t
Hotel Is Treclied;;
I - s
'KiUed
M ipn-
roes
Five nerroe were- k-.,ed oatri.'-t -and,
more tls.n carrerttcrs were hu.rt early to
day wren an explosion recked a roc-m-
injr housf. r f - '" " - - -
The sjocSi'er the blast vas felt lor
blocks, B"-i rdos were scattered in
nesrt .--. '
1 : --. r-, -e as dsstroj-ed by
f".r- v i -f - i V't exn r-L- i. An
aci.,- .. ufr-il'.:-!! l-i-.y .,-q in
t,-e ce..-ir v-? tt..evei to have teen-the
cansejef t h ft. - -
" 1 'm v - ! -. s -w-e-a ?ijured
i i' 1 t -t ' r . - - . ! i-i the
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Red
Mob
ShbbtsU.'S:
t.. .,,. -Vt- ,v - ( i f
MrrriMMari
V.U':-'-
v Mayence. Germany,; Mayr.U'PO-r'
Aa's' American of fleer t was. aho;Jri-the
shouldT-and his chauffeur- -was beaten,
by JUy day -demonstrators here toaay. '
; The crowd, angered when the Ameri
can "officer's-- automobile was - driven
through. their marching column, attacked
t
"him. The American drew a revolver, -a
atruggljff- ensued and. he and his chauf
teurwerp- injur fed. 4 ;
Sen; McNary Denies
Any - Favoritism ' in;
: -Primary VOampaign
' Washington. May l.-t WASHINGTON
BUREAU - OP, TUB JOURNAL) An
noyed by repeated reports that his name
is being used in Oregon; by supporters of
candidates for- Republican national coni
mitteenaan,' Senator McXary today Is
sued, a, statement denouncing,, suchre-.
ports as "wickedly false'' from whatever
quarter they may coine. Today mall
brougrhtsto his office copies ef a. tetter
circulated in Orearon renresentinz- bimtas
favoring oneOf . the'eandidatesv, he said.
snd he"dtctated the following statement)
-''"Jt -is beyond my understanding, why
my . position : should be . misrepresented
from-day to day; in the face of several
statements that 1 am taking, no- part i in
th contest , whatever. am- conscious
of the i proprieties attending,. & primary
contest; and -the necessity of .Maintaining
absolute neutrality. X have known Ralph
E. .William and O.' H. Fithlan-a num
ber .of i years .'and i. feel .very; friendly to
each of them, and it is .not fair to these
gentlemen or mysf If, that anyone should
pretend; to represent me as favoring one
candidate against -tne other,; for such
representation 'is ' wickedly ; false.- and
wholly. ;without.foundation."j , w l;'J
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BeteSlOOO on20
:;pys;6f .Rainj;Wins
C Chicago,' May' Sj. ''.ftr.r Pf - Jim
O'Leary." Chicago- gambler, 'today : col
lected J4a00"bet on( April 1 that -rain
i-rould fail oh iO'days of the month.'"Ihe
weacner Dureau -recoras snowed precipi
tation ,6f scfliclent : amount - to be mea-
su'redv '-onslS Aays, and "light f moistures
insui ficlent to be measured on four Other
days. K O'Leary would "not i reveal "the
name of the loser.-- - ' - ' I- !
. ,' PACIFIC . COAST .XEAGUE.
"JVo' games." Teams traveling. "
, S A ' -' -J-A'TlOIf A'l."- "'. Tf '
. Vt Cincinnati- ; . . - ' , R.. H. E.
Putsbara . .... S0 510. 020 7 11 ''I
-in-:-.i!-at 1.-. 19"W O'tO - .
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Gooch; Uiees, . Harnson : and Ring. '-. . ,.;
At Broij.n-- .., " . . R." H. E.
nutodeltiuia 000 ftftO OOO - 0 S .2
Hrtw-iim .-. 00i O0rt 9 "8 , 0
h:-ns - Smflfa - it lienliu; 8hTr sal
Bunt -J- . , i
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N Tor 0O flO 104---1O 14 - S
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-. i -X. Rftne & Smith: Oaachenr.
,Ony games scae Jyled. .' 1
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Al -Detroit: . ' ' " R.-Tt. E
rimiai-j ..... 121 "HI 61S 1
Games -Tcdf-v
la.l.rr,'t 1 r "11 r-l S . S l5
l-f.sT:, 1'-';.,,- 1-0 -cit !i-s St-hallcf JcV,
Ai Phiixaci-na - , 1!. H. E.
Viwrm -not .-(ifi k? $ k v
PL - 'a- . -'I 1S1 "!' '-! .3
i.i..e-" K'tkxa, Iir...iurt and t,'-.arntj ;
Ilfi-s ai-t re'i-.ns. . 1 f
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DRIVER ARRESTED
i, A complaint charging T. "A; LaPoni
tvfth Involuntary manslanghter was filed
.this morning , by DepVty-, Sheriff Ous
Scbirmer and aigned bf District Judge
Bell, a a result of Mrs. Harry Catriaras'
Q.ea.tb'1 Sunday "eveniiig from Injuries re-
:elved vlien she was fun down, by, tin
automobile that was knocked off. .th
Capital' highway by the machine driven
by'LaPnss.-r i- - - '. s--' f
' Schirmer tnvestiirated the accident and
came ,to the- onHusin "that -IjaPonfc
recklessness in ,ttetrptlhg lo pass "the
car ahead of him was-resnoneible for the
accident. t , . . . ' k "
An- inquest -wilt, be held, at -th court
noose st- :i0-b'clock-tonight."
Mrs. ' Oamarag.. who Jived at Multno
mah Station. was walking with her has
band between - Multnomah .and West
Portland, when, she -was struck by . one
automobile, thatyf igur'edr in a " three-cornered
crash, .- j. "
.An automobile-driven by"F" L. ' Ben
edict, No. 353" Hall street, 'was about-to
pass the couple, - when Benedict heard a
persistent sounding of ' a horn from -a car
Approaching from th rear; ' k , r
DKITEB TBIES TO PASS t -T i'l'
-. He drew dverto the right -side' -of the
ruad, slowing- down as he saVr he was
about to pass the -couple on foot. - The
car- approaching from the rear, which
was driven by LaPons, sNo. 571 f'etty
grev street, attempted td pass, as an
other car, driven .hy-A T. Epperly, No-,
S35 EL Gllsan street, approached . from
th opposite direction. ) i- .' '
' In attempting to ' pass. L&Ponx'a 'car
crashed against Benedict's -.left fender.
and threw, his machine into , the -couple,
knocking th woman . to - the pavement.
Lpperly ran his car into th ditch,.- - ,1
Witnesses said -LaPonx's machine-was
not stopped wntil It; had gone ISO ' feet
. '. ' "s,i JL n tT -,; v'-t-t'- " : i
lim as. liio Duu - utn t;viiiaiiiii 1 ?
MACMI3SE HEAVILT.ABED f,'-
""Both" Epperly s'nd. Bentfdlcjt applied the
brakes" as soon "as It Vs"Jeen a (irash
-was threatened, - Benedict v,as ! unable
to avert the v collision,! however, as- his
machine was; heavily loaded with three
passengers beside himself, including his
Trife,-.daughter and Mrs. ,. Elizabeth
Dickey, No. J6S Hall street. - A
Deputies of .the sheriffs, office took La
Pons into custody, and. took-him -to the
scene. of the accident,, where he officers
made an investigation! ,
Trotzky Shotiting;V)
: Defianc8,vKeviews
; ; 100,COO rTroops
'; ' ' '' -'- A'
. - " By Edwla K., Bellinger , ," , i
fnitM Pt-i gtaif Cc-rt'-rint (
( Co pymht by t f PraiV
" Moscow, May : L "I ne aiues have of
fered to reeC3-i '-e ujk if w -abolish th
soviet snd cn&Iave T:u!4 a to-the capi
talistic powers.; We relied ,'JCo.' And
w will continue to "answer -"No' uat-I
we, have, shed the last 4rop of blood
Leon Trotzky. Russian war , minister,
declared in a iiay day speech. near the
Kremlin today. .
lie ijlien gave' the Moscow garrison a
new oath which-, the soldiers repeated in
a ir"-.'ity chortts while 20 airplanes cir
cli tn the unght -dropping clouds of
par-:'--lets, cannon boomed, bells chimed
an i binds struck op. , . -
One hundred -thousand troops In 1 col
umcs 40 . abreast brsn- swinging'- past
t'.e -rev:--wing stantj. They rtveaJed
imrrcven ent in d cipli- and correct
nesa.ii their carriage, They r-le' si
trnr- ' ' t spectacle in'r-w "uc.:;on.,a,
fcajo"''-- r .".terms fn-ra.- after" rark.
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WOMAEJ IS KILLED;
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Judge Tucker Restrains Strjk
Unjon llen'Tfom Intimidatir -;
'Others Seeking to Tske Thtir
; Places -"Shipping Fdh Off.
"Presiding d jrcuit tJude Tucker tiiy
issued . a . modified - restraining or!
against picketing of conisre-iattr-g cf
lor.gdhoremen at places-of shir-nit-? or
at offluea -of the - Waterfront L'Tr'.y
nient association for " purposes of In
timidating rtriKebreiakerp. . On picket,
bowever. TiiU bei jpermUted at each
scene of , operation! .- according to the
stipulation Judge-Tucker uroteHnto tlie
restraint. 1 ,
This order, will be in effect unfil th
injunction suit . -which the. employers
brought against the longshoremen 'is set
tled, unless at a hearing set for Friday
the striker can convince the court that
hey should.--bejjpermltted to picket ia
numbers. , , . , -
f , Y-tv ' x-Ktm itlAi' Ik ' sm-nlnvi It fin at, i pa
speed up the working of cargoes, great
ly 'hampered by .lack, of non-union work
era;' who, the employers say, are kept
away from the -docks by fear of bodily
injury by. pickets. . .
Shipping,, although fan from being at
a standstill, is hopelessly' behind sched
ule, employers state in, the" injunction
complaint.-"' v,, - -.'.-.
; -'The suit was brought, by seven steve
doring companies against J.' W. .Holman,
E." Shnms, Ned Smith and William Olsen.
officers of the lona-shoremeiVs Jocal, and
Jerry Hurley.' J. A. Madsen, Herman
Larson and Jack Maher;-members of the
union's, grievance committee. . , 1
John ". A. Walsh.. 2d, union' longs'i-tre-man,
was put in Jail this mornirc.ss the
result of th latest strike disorder. It
occurred near Second and Oak streela
and tinder the shadow, of the police sta
tion, X)ven so, Wali.' it 1 charted,
managed to start severa.1 punches before
police srrlved. .'-
Walsh, accosted ' O. "A. Ronjand. ' a
trucker for the - KerrlJif ford company,
when,- -.Rowland , Vas , going., to - work
shortly . after S o'clock,, mistaKins him
for s strikebreaker, . ', ','" .
"Whete'you going?" 'Walsh 'demanded
SS he stepped In front cf Rowland.
. "Going to- work.' " ( . ...
"Where do you work?"
"Kerr-GIfford." .. "
."Walsh did not heliei'e T-Ovrlrf- s.. i
(Concludad on Pajje Fifteen, tolumit ,r)
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-Washington, May (I. ,N. fa.) T!e
Interstate - comraero rommlFsion to' jy
authorised the acijuinition- by the 1'ii-clfio-i
Telephone & Telegraph oomram'
Of th properties . of the , Northwest-m
Longrf Distance Telephone company l-y
lease,- .s. - l"; - L .1 m t . J -
-t ; ', , i t i ' m
i Through -the terms-Of the- Ieee "Alie
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph-cotiipany
wllL secil-e control of all of ,the N'orLi.
weetern toll lines "radlatlnisr from T'ct-t-
Jand to J-aixima. Seattle. Port Anf!e
and r for. Townaen.d to. the , north i mi
those serving Poik and Marion cou
and extending a-outh to' Corvf-K'a, f-r a
15-year period at a" rental irire cf
$34,000. .At. the end' of 15 years t'ih r
oompany has the right to e--mri.i p-t-
chase. Th purchase price has been s-t
at 550,0OO.. ; -
Th - Northwestern- ccmr-anv
formed In 1906 by Colonel c4i! ;.
Sumner, Pt'illlam Meu-I a,i n i . v .
California financiers. . The syst-- i i,fi v
owned by F. 1L Crosby of San 1-: ancih( o.
Jay. Bowerman is seci-ctary of the com
pany.' '' ' . , 1 . '
The request for the lease was tm-3
by the Northwestern' company ion the
basis thai th company i was unable to
compete with the Pacific Telet ? ---e
Telegraph company, 'under exist., g r--olations
which prevented the r-.: - f
lower rates. .Unable to eomr vri
th major company on a lower rate 1
th - Northwestern- found it imos- . s
to continue expansion
Soviet' H'ecognition '
;V Islinpd:;r:iblG IIjv;.
1 Washington. Jiij-J.HV. P.) f- ,
the.Unitel States un extcriJ p.
recog-rition to' r.ujssia th" s rr ut f
"rovernmerit tat is . com- - ter t tj
ciiarg Us irfternattonai-obgatigns, ;.
retary of i aie Ilughea arei.i
to a delegation of the Women's I
tional .-Leaguo for Teace and Pre-
We are mt oes--!rous to da t t
can to aid J-i l;ui.-lan reiur-cr'
Hughes dec-.- , "hut t . y nu;Ft c
lih t"pe fc" s fur n, h rcur"rai3 ,.
The wc- "i ele-'a' on tai , ;
Hughes t) 5-ifciteiil a 7-csohj n '
the irnrn(,-.ie recognition rl i
fcian j-oviet governraent. l..e i'o.r ;
re;'-i. V.'.c of il.X'iia. ar.J r,v,r r
ttjf ,triyj-art of the Rust: in t -
-a' statement is tv t
nou-icement of t e gov- -t
question since tiie re- .
rec-nttion of Russia i
reiirded as .distinct' y
pucIt, .recc-fnition up;' r j . -stances,
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