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THE. OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND,1 OREGON,' SATURDAY. MAY 0, IC22. 1925 EXPOSITION BACKERS READY TO FORM CORPORATION !, Article of Incorporation for th Atlan- tie-Faciflc Highways and Electrical Ex-, position of Portland "will be filed at Salem early next week, and am aggie slv campaign for the sale of JJ.t00,000 or atocfe will be started immediately, ac cording to announcement mad Satur dajf by Georg L. Cleaver, secretary o lhl Knrf-hwMi VTY-4 vT7-! mtA Th announcement followed a confer ence of proponents o the -1325 exposi tion at tbe office of John Beyer,? chair- ma of the publicity committee of the 'K Subscriptions of funds for thej promo UorJ of the exposition have been made to the league from score of firms. and individuals throughout the state, 'Cleaver staled, and these subscriptions j will be applied to the purchase of stock in the exposition company. Shares of stock will have a par value of $19.25 and pay meat may be mad on Installments cov ering three years. Trie Hydro-Electric league has 309 - members, among them being many busi ness and financial leaders of the city and state, city, county and state offi ciate. Proposals for holding a world's fall in -Portland in 1S25 originated with officials of tbe league about two years , agof -"The preliminary organization al " ready effected by friends of the ! exposl- - ti6r( has done wonderful work in pub- lit ity and advertising throughout Amer . lca:f Europe and the Orient," deliver staled, "and the. enterprise has received the indorsement of congress and a num ber! of state legislatures. - "Possibility of holding an exposition at Portland in 1925 depends upon immedl : ate taction in securing financlal'.support. immediate choice of a site for the fair and; Immediate commencement of work on Architectural and landscaping plans. The) people of Oregon ar behind the ex position plan and It will be the moat suc cessful .event of the kind ever held on the fPaciflc Coast."' TARIFF TERMED ALLY OF PROFITEER CLIQUE (Ooattmed Frost Fin On) . ., be satisfied with nothing short of a full exposure of ' this outrageous bill, which ; waa inspired by the desire of its Re- uhlican maker to placate the subsl - died interests at the expense of the people." ;. , In) assailing the provision of the Mc .. Cumber bill, which would authorise the s president to raise , or lower the rates - fixed by it. Simmons accused the Re- publicans of having clothed him with '"power to substitute the Fordney scheme ? of American valuations for the McCtim- v ber fcilan of foreign valuations whenever and j wherever those desiring the; Ford- ' ney scheme can convince him,, that the scheme of placing embargoes on ira-, portations Is essential to enable them to maintain present high profits or advance them tc stiU higher levels. I Tkree votes on items in the McCumber v"- tariff bill were taken in rapid succes- siam. today. On the first two, committee . " amendments on lactic acid were support ed by roll calls of 40 to 23 and 39 to 23, " while on the third no record vote was t taken. - I TSree Republicans Cummins. . Iowa ; ' '-, Lafollette, Wisconsin, and Norris, Ne braska voted with the Democrats, white ' Senator Brossaurd, Louisian, voted with '.V the He publicans. Xrtgat sessions; of the senate will be be 'STanl today to expedite consideration of i the McCumber tariff bill. Senator Lodge. ' the Republican leader, announced today, ' following a conference he had with other . administration leaders. FLodge ; Bald It .was hi purpose to hold the sen- ate j la session . from early morning un til late at night, until the. tariff bill is disposed of. . . . Logging Operation 12ast of Cazadero , To Commence Soon Legging operations on a tract of (000 acres of timber land five miles east of Cazadero wiU begin at an early1 date, according to announcement made today fey Officials of the Union Lumber com pany of New Orleans, owner of the tract. Thai company i represented here by J. H. Weston of Logtown, Mississippi, and L, 29. Dantsler of Mosspoint, Mississippi. Tho company purchased, the tract about IX years ago and last year contracted wit the P. R. L P. company to ex tend It Una five miles Into the Umber. According to Dan tiler it 1 proposed to take oat 400.000,000 feet of logs and sell; them to local mills. The New Or leans concern bad no Intention of engag ing in the manufacture of lumber in Oregon, Dantiler stated. - Workman Held on pad Check Charges I. S, M. Woodhlll. alias Sam Wood, was arrested by Burn detectives late Fri ; d- night on a charge of passing ficti cious checks' after he was, seen by one ;. of his former victims, who turned In 'an ' alarm, inspector Tom Swennea of the city; bureau found a "total of 1 checks . charged against him. He made a full confession, according to a police report. Wsodhill 1 alleged to have operated since last. November. Check charged against him total $200. He la .married and? has several children. He has been working a week with the O-W. R. A N. Co.! . 1. - Boosevelt Highway Tenders Received Elds war opened today by the United fHate bureau of pubHa roads for the ' Bruvh creek-Mussel creek section of th Rooevelt highway la Curry county and! the Forks-Bogachlel section of the Olympte highways to CUOlam county, Washington. Xow bidder were ' John Hampshire of Grants Pas for th Ore ? on "project and C W. Mller of Everett. AVaihw for th Olympic The work con- Fist of grading; and surfacing and will begin,- at once. Each section Is about foul and one half milea long. rwo bq r ActsB bailed . ' Oregon- Ctty. May (.-Glenn -Warren acd; Uoyd Baxter, local lads, wer con victed to the Justice court yesterday for fishing above the dead line at the "Willa mette f alia. ; They conducted their own defense In court. In lien of the 330 fin imposed they war committed to the county JaiL - Cuts Off :Monkey's Ear; -To Telll Judge . Who Was to Blame "Bob" Spooner. of Kenden 'station oo the Estacada line,. Iot bs right ear in aa accident me year ,acd Bo Chnrehhv of the humanf bclety, had Spooner before District Judge Hawkins this morning on a charge lof cutting off a monkey right ear, at the same time saying to the monkey : J There, blank yen, 111 wtaks you look like the rest of the family." i Spooner pleaded guilty ito cutting off the monkey ear -but when the atortea clashed as to bow it happened. Judge KawKtaa set tnecae over run til -jroesoay astemoon, at 2 -JtQ o'clock, when there will be witnesses and every thlog. Joe : Klrkley -, own the inionkeT, ; M and several other according to Church gt, hub l epoqirer odum um nm mv- key wa on Kirkieya shoulder. Spooner got to playing with the animal and. It bit hi ftnger;- Their Spooler alleged to- have jerked- put his.-knife and made the family, resemblance, . Spooner tells a different maintains he -was - building story. 'He the -kitchen fire when' the monkey- grabbed n of hi finger with it taethJ - H instinc tively slashed with the ftnif, h aid. and the animar right far new; off. The monkey gave on Jean and went through a glass window, ligkting In the yaro. . , i j IBEL CASE JURY IS SELECTED v- t Oregon City. May .Wltith elec L wita tion of the Jury completed,; th pleadings and taking of testimony in the 350,600 libel suit brought- by rr. ML S- Mount against seven local physicians, was -begun in the circuit court ;thf morning on the econd day of the trial. Eleven of the Jurors were ejected; yesterday. after which both sides had" exhausted their peremptory challenge, leaving but one member to be chosen: from an en tire new panel which wa sailed today. The list or jurors follows: J. J. Michel. Oregon C)ty; Clara E. Anthony. New Era: Fred C Gaodridge, Clackama ; William Lewi. Evergreen ; Grover C. Pomeroy. Killen ; Thomas E. Brown, Carver ; Edgar C. B rowrn Cams ; Charles Shranke. Sandy ; Qeorge DeBok, Willamette; Augusta Bj Haberlach. Clackamas; Maggie Johnson, Milwau- kie :- Adam Bell, Damascua : The suit, naming Dra O. A. Welch. C. H. Meissner. M. C Strtekland, A, H. Haycke. Bon JCaton, George Stuart and c A, Btuart, u naaea upon aitegauon of "attempted graft and profiteering. made by thee physician an a commu nication to th county courV. to, attempt to prevent naymaat to Dr. Mount tor an autopsy performed ' m a tnanaiangnter case here In 1929. j- Narcotic Peddler Gets Sentence of Only Thirtjy Days Ray -Cook,1 . narcotic peddler who Dleadad euilty Friday In! the federal court, wa4 today sentenced to 3 day in the-county lail by Judete wolverton. Assistant United States Attorney- Flegel recommended leniency, stating that Cook had committed the overt act under co ercion of a government agent, who was desirous of obtaining evidenc against Thomas Ryan. x-prleflghter. " Ryan and Cook ..were arrested In a downtown hotel, where Ryan 1 Al leged to have taken 10 ounces of mor phine and cocaine to sell to th govern ment informant. Ah John. Chinese de tective. Before pronouncing sentence Judge Wolverton said the: "young man ought not to be punished tit? he waa in duced, to commit this cringe by a gov ernment agent." i Th court, nowever, waa obliged to pass sentence, a Cook lhaa pieaaea guilty. Cook will probably be used as a government witness against Ryan. At the conclusion of the trialj Judge Wol verton vacated a prtvtou order for feiting Cook' bond of 31000. Shortly before his trial. Which waa iet for April 24, Cook. fled to Tancouverj, BL C. from where he wa returned a few day ago. Judge R. S. Bean to Sit for Time on Court of Appeals Federal Judge Robert S, Bean will leave Portland tonight fort San Fran cisco to afct on the circuit court Of ap peals bench for; 10 day In -the place of the senior circuit Judge. William S. Gil bert of Portland. - Ha will, hear cases beginning Monday morning; Judge Uuoeri nas neen rarcea in taae a short leave of abaenc owing to a se vere attack of sciatic rheumatism. This la said to be th first Urn Judge GU- bert has missed a term of; court since the San Francisco earthquake In ISO, when th court was adjoarned for, a year. Thai jurist is taking treatment at th hot springs at Paso Ropies, Cat. This Is the first time In several years that Judge Bean has bean reooeated to sit on the Court of appeal bench. Judge Bean expects to return to the city about May 18. During the next 110 days all federal court work her will be .taken car of by Jodg C E. Wohrerton. Traffic on Bridge . Below Last Year ; i Vancouver, May Travel Over th tnterstat bridge la Improving, accord ing to bridge Superlntendea t Campbell, but it is 30 per cent, below last year at this time when the shipyard waa still opera tiag. The detour made accessary by closing the Pacific mghtray between LaCenter and Kalama is (expected to cut travel ever the bridge to some ex tent, as rough roada ever? the detour are unavoidable and touriatte who ar out .for pleasure will pay J tbe higher charge for crossing . the rfver . on the Kalama ferry, although j tharo will be more or lea delay la crossing the river at that .point daring; the itash season. After the grade fromICiBter to Ka lama is completed travel over t he ferry wilt virtually nd. In thai opinion of County Engineer achwara. j , Daily re ceipts on the bridge average SCOv and last Sunday went abov sioto. . . American Ply er Is Sentenced to Death London. May ". -i l.v X. iSLwrt&iani True, former aviator aad instructor in aviation at American frying fields, to day waa uad guilty of the murder of Mia Oertruda Tatea In her; Kenaington apartaenC H wta eatcnced to death. MOUNT COURTSENTEKCEfr .AUTO THIEF, GIVES HI GOOD LECTURE Stealing automobile today is as grave an offense a stealing horses wa in th olden days. Federal. Judge WoHerton told 13-year Kdwtn Jaandrew of Seattle thla morning,' after the youag man plead ed guilty to vlotatlng the federal motor vehicle theft act. Jaundrew was sent eneed to 10 tnonthe in the county lail He waa Indicted 'With PhilUp Cornwall, also of Seattle, for bringing th stolen autofhobile . of Dr. C. E. Haygard into Oregon. jCornwall, who jwaa named by Assistant United Stateal Attorney Ma- guire as the principal in the 'theft, was sentenced to 13 month at McNeiw island on Wednesday. j I - - "In the old day when a man waa ac cused of horse stealing, it was considered-, a very grave offense; and the man usually went to the -penintentiaryj' said the court. "The theft of an automobile la -lust as serious an offense and is de serving Of the same degree of punish ment. You have no right to deprive another roan of hi property. The tyro youpng men were arrested by the Portland polio after a chase through the business district. . and did not stop until the stolen car was -wrecked against the curb atNineteenth and Washington streets. - ALLEGED AKJBY DESERTERS ARE SEJTTEIfCED TO JAIL, E. Burton and M. Kerr, alleged de serter from Camp Lewis, pleaded guilty this morning before Federal Judge Wol verton to the larceny of a parcel post package from a rural mail box, and were sentenced to nine months each In the county Jail. At the termination of the jail sentence they are to be tried In military court. Judge Wolvertbn Was Informed. The defendants were taking a package from the box of Jesse Hodaes of Myrtle Creek, that contained several working shirts and a pair of shoes. They admitted having the stolen articles in their possession at the time of their arrest, but denied they had pil fered th box. blaming that to a third man named King, whom they said a walking- "south" with them. Assistant United States Attorney John Veatch prosecuted. ft ' GIRL'S DEATH BRINGS B (Coatlaud Freak Fas Oa) , ' p -r ler's house. Almost immediately AX iller appeared and covered Curry wtthfa gun and marched him to the Wortham Jail. A mob formed and the negro waa slipped out of th back window of a bank build ing where he had been, taken for aafe- keeping. -tl ' The mob. upon discovering , the sher iffs ruse, took up the pursuit and about five miles out of Worthain overtook the sheriff and bis prisoner. The sneriri abandoned hi automobile and dashed into a cotton field. '! Eluding th mob. Sheriff Mayo rushed the negro .to Fairfield. 1 There Curry confessed and involved the two other nesrroea. Jones and Cornish were ar rested and taken to Fairfield. The mob hurried to Fairfield, broke in the Jail door and took the! three negroes from the sheriff at the point of re volvers. They were brought back to this place, where th lynching; followed. Miss Ausley was a niece of Otis Kmg, mayor of Kirvme. H Two white men were being held at Fairfleldr today in connection with the fmurder, having been arrested yesterday. Excitement waa still at fever height and efforts were being made to prevent further mob violence. TWO WHITE MBit HELD AS SUSPECTS GITEJT FREEDOM Fairfield. Texas. . May . U. P.! Claude and r Audi Crewel, held here pending an investigation, of their con nection with the murder of Eula Ausley, were released from custody shortly be fore noon today when authorities were convinced they had no connection with the crime. . John King, grandfather of: the dead airL told officials that he was certain the negroes were alone responsible for th outrage and that the Crowens naa nothlna- to do with the killing. They got the right . men all right there isn't any doubt about it," Mayo declared- emphatically when: asked if there waa any chance that one or more of the negroes had been Innocently Cre mated. . m -i "The blacks had planned to attack rtri far six weeks. They had laid the In watt for her several time. When she rode along the road Thursday after noon they jumped from a thicket along--M. mtkA and draae-ed her from her horse into the woods. There th beasts attacked her and brutally murdered her. They beat her face imo pa puip w eiv,,- tn hid. her identity. -They th riaht men aU rights : 'Snap Curry's confession Implicated them all. Granted Stay! for Plea to President A 30-day stay of -execution waa pant ed AngellO H, KOSM,' mercnaiiv. u- morning by Federal, Judge Wolverton to permit Rosai' application! for; execuUve etomency to raacta Preldeat r Harding. Rossi was convicted for a. Wtryi to defraud the governments by t handling stolan and altered War Savings Stomp and waa sentenced to 1 month at Mc-x-.m i.ionH Fixxuii is. asking a pardon because five other wen Indicted with htm haw been freed, either, by Jury verdict or dismissal oi um,-ww i -s r. - 1 'l ' I y- -; 1 .- . " ' GEORGE H. TEEPB r . " George H. Teep. S years, died at his home. No. izu - " -at T:30 o'clock Ft3T 1wtn an attack of paralyaia i -witit whldi i .he waa week ago. , Mr.. Taepe, a residentTol! Portland number, of mnA m. native of Anderson. Ind.. was well known her tor his former asso ciation in the real estate business of his SuTla. Teep. H 1 u" ived by Mra Tetpe and four son, i A. O. and Theodore of Portland.-. Arthur of Seattle and Louis or san jrrancBs. ruw ar rangements sr in charg of th Ftnley mortuary. s -.-!. -. m S-PEARI. JTBCKLACK! STOLE Jf Kohocrt entered tho nosno or . vj. .rt;No.ni East 4tth street north. lat Friday night and stol ai $30 peart necklace, revolver and; some letters. He had ransacked only one room and police -believe h was. interrupted iby 'he return of -member of the family. who were aaay, for -the evening. For Infanta there has been invented a nwiri that can be coovertea into a Jumper or high vchalr. , ' -H QUICK RETR ution Woman Is Injured As. Motorcycle j Touring Car Crash A ' crash between a motorcycl "and sidecar and an automobile at Sixth and College, street late Friday night re sulted h saver injuriea to Mrs. Manila Gtlmore. BeUevtte hotel, who wa rid tog In 'the sidecar. ' - The isotoreyctoi which waa ridden by Ben F Gledhill. waa traveling north on Sixth street. -when it struck; the car at thef intersection.' .r Th i automobile. large touring car driven by Thomas A. Daly of i. Chicaioi - waa eoimr south on Sixth - street aod was turning west oc College, when the motorcycle etnie)' head-on. Daly elated he was driving slowly at the intersection and had been driving slowly for almost the length of a block, rr. Mra Gilmore was rnshed to St. Vin cent hospital, where It waa found she suffered two compound fractures of the left leg. a fracture of the right hip and soma scalp wounds. " 5 B GETS EIGHT YEARS Fred Weaver, -variously known to th nolle S the "5 o'clock' and the "shoe less" burglar, was sentenced Friday afternoon to spend eight years in the state -penitentiary, after he had pleaded guilty to one of three indictments against him. He had altered Ins plea of not :; guilty and the other two indict ments were dropped. The prisoner opened himself to a P slblf -10 years' sentence by his plea. He had previously confessed to 23 "Jobs" perpetrated during March,, prior to his arrest last month. Weaver completed service of a nine-year sentence for burglary ar d was released last Decem ber.! Once i a the nine years he had been paroled, jbuv violated the parole rules and was recalled to prison. Tom Garland, attornev for Weaver. characterized him a a "homer," a crimi nal i Whoi return to the scene of other crimes to commit others, and expressed th opinion that he suffered, as do many criminals, from a peculiar form of in sanity, i j: H.P. DM OPERATION Cantina3 From Pag On) As a member of the firm of Morgan & . Co. Davison enjoyed a position of unusual trust, being closely allied with J. P. Morgan in numerous large inter national banking deals. HIS i RISE WAS RAPID Xv'son was born in Troy, Pa., June 11. 1867. He was educated at an acad emy in - South Willlamstown, - Mass. Later, in 1912, he received a doctor's degree from the' University of Penn sylvania. ; i His phenomlnal rise to the vice presi dency of the As tor Place National bank. New. York, whtou he entered In 1891 as teller, has few parallels in financial his tory. He resigned from that institution in 1899 to accept the presidency of the Liberty National bank, .which he held for three yers"J He went to th Flrt National bank as vie president In 1902. From that position he went to Morgan & Co-1 where he had been continuously since, i Davison was a director in six big con cernsThe Bankers Trust company, First Security Company, American For eigners Securities company. New Jersey and New York Railroad company, guar anty! Safe- Deposit company and the Souhtwestern Development company LEAVES GREAT WEALTH During the World war Davison held one of the moat important of the na tion's civilian posts, that of chairman of the War councils of th American Red Cross. He directed the organization's activities at home and abroad, which eceasitated several trips to European battlefields to supervise personally re lief and welfare work. For these activities he was honored in 1919 with electtoi to the chairmanship of the governing board of the World League of Red Cross societies. He wa a member oi ine tvmgni uraer Crown of Italy and a commander of the Lecton of Honor (French). 1918 These honors were conferred upon" him as a re sult ' of unusual success in Red Cross work among allied armies. Davidson was reputed to be one of the wealthiest men In America, estimates of his wealth running high into the millions. HELPED TO AVERT PAHIC Davison was classmate of Charles H. Sabin of tk Guaranty Trust com pahy in bis ac emy days and the ' two men rose tog er to International fl ice. .nanci&l impor In the dark period of October and November, 1907J when the elder J. P. Morgan took a leading part In avert ing a' terrific financial panic, Davison was regarded as Morgan's right hand man. Davison attended all or the Im portant conferences aad Morgan relied greatly upon ms .judgment. Davison was the organiser or the Bankers' Trust company and represented the American Banking group in the ne gotiations covering the eix-power loan to China. Senator AJdrich - appointed hist an advisor to the national monetary commission that mad an intensive study Of European fiscal systems preceelng the drafting of the present federal re serve bank law.! Davison was si lover of outdoor sports. hut not a conspicuous follower of any particular branch of athletic activity. He piayeo goir and rode norseoacK a great deal. Ha owned a yacht which he used to reach his country home at Peacock Point. ' He - belonged to the Century. Metropolitan, union League, Piping Rock and-Jekyl Island club. X Taxpayers' Body Gives Approval Candidates To The following. Republican 1 candidates for the legislature from Multnomah county have received the indorsement of the Citisens Taxpayers committee, of wtucn s. , cooo ta cuatr-man : Senate H. L. tCorbett, -.W. ; C, Bristol,' W. W. Banks. House W. ML Kiningsworth. J. B. Etapieton. T. Henry Boyd, C.: M. Ryner- son.t Sidney, Telaer. : Jenn B.r Goffey. uerocrt . uoroonj For tbe senate! the- list I complete but for the lower branch- there ar yet five places to be conaldered. DRIVES CAU VSTO ETTGI7TE - Wi Barrister, route Ko. C. box 395. this morning drove ihis automobile :- into a switch engine standing at the Montgom ery docks near JSth and Nlcolai streets. Th driver was unhurt, but his machine was much the Worse for the encounter, tr - " Jr DAVISON BANKER BUD BALLBV. NOTED AS GUiIAN, SLAIN BY TEXAS OFFICER (Br CTainaal Sarric).. . -j Wichita Falls, Texas, May - C Bud Ballew, most fearedX deputy sheriff in the Southwest, was shot dead here-Fri day. J. W. McCormick, chief of police of Wichita Fall, sent five bullets crash ing into his body when he resisted j ar rest. , , - ' . i "Pot ap your hands or I'll get you. Youre under arrest," commanded Me Corssick. , TYou're Just out of luck. Mac," Ballew replied, drawing his pistol. There wsa a crash of gunfire and Bal lew fan. McCormick. former .Texas ranger, had been quicker on the trigger. Four shots passed through Ballew's body and 'another entered his head.: Comnlatnt had been made of the con duct of men in a near-beer saloon. Mc Cormick went to investigate and found Ballew leaning on the bar. According to McCormick. Ballew started to "draw,1 but failed to get the weapon tn action. Ballew waa known for vears in itae Southwest a a fighter without fear and a marksman of deadly ability. He was said to have killed eight men while a deputy sheriff in Oklahoma. A silver mounted 45-calibre revolver he carried bad six notches cut on the barrel, i A 44-caJibre gun waa also found. BALLEW DEPtTTT SHERIFF For the last 10 years Ballew has been chief deputy under Sheriff Buck Garrett of Ardmore, Okla. When Garrett was ousted several months ago Ballew wen out with ihlm. Both officers figured In the arrest ; and trial ox : Clara Smith Hamon, Who was acquitted of slaying Jake L. I Hamon, Republican national committeeman from Oklahoma. wound M the leg which he received in a gun battle in the court house at Ard mo.-e lasts February. Ballew had stepped In to stop aa attack on Acting Sheriff London In a ttgbt that occurred during the ouster proceedings against Garrett. A more recent gun battle was fought between SBallew and Pete Bynum, an outlaw, in the oil fields near Ardmore Ballew surprised the bandit In the act of staging a holdup. He killed the ban dit and was wounded in the stomach. Another cil field Shooting resulted in the killing by Ballew of a man named Hlgnota.. ! Ballew had . been sent to re lieve. II ignots of a special ' deputy aher- ui a .vuujuiLniuii. SAVES SHERIFF'S LIFE The life "of Buck Garrett was saved by Ballew on at least one occasion when the two officers apprehended two ban- aits in an automobile. One of the ban dit drewi a gun. Garrett grappled and the bandit : worked Garrett around to . where his! partner coma shoot him. Just as hi partner raised his weapon to kill the sheriff Ballew shot him dead. sauar through the forehead. Ballew twas interested in stock raising and had : cattle interests near Lone Grove, Wichita county, Texas. He was born in Ttexaa in 1877 ami leaves a wife Chief of Police McCormick surrendered to Captalh Hickman of the Texas rang era. He halved preliminary hearing and waa released on J10.0O0 bond. UIKA1Y - MOVES ON IN TSIN From Pass; One) of cholera! unless they are immediately removed hy the victors. General Chang Tso-Lin's j spn still commands a large force 20 miles southwest of Lofu and is covering the retreat of the -main army, There ty every indication of the col lapse of IChang Tso-Lin's .forces and only a m jracle can prevent the retreat from becoming a disorderly rout. Tien Tsln is alarmed, fearing that the re treating Fengtlen forces may attempt to loot the city, hut the strongest pre cautions ire being taken to prevent it. Foreign military officers here are not Warmed as neither side is interfering with foreigners. j : VICTORIOUS GENERAL EUTER9 PEglTfO TO VISIT PRESIDENT Peking. May . (U. P.)-rGeneral Wu Pel Fu entered Peking today ; ana vis ited PresiflentHsu Shlh Chang. Victerioiis over the Manchurian army of Changf Tso Lin, the commander of the central army assured the president there would be no interference with the Peking government. He showed the president a number Of tetegrams from leaders pledging sup port to a policy of reconstruction. Tbe president Will probably remain tn office until expiration of his term, next year. Th Chinese civil war is over. Chang Tso Lin's! once formidable army is broken into Isolated detachments which are fighting occasional rear guard ac tions as they fall back on Mukden. Chan Tso Lin himself, now definitely eliminated from the political situation, is in flight to Manchuria. . f ' Dr. Suii Yat Sen, president of the southern hina government; with head quarters kt Canton, is now the only promlnenti-opponent of complete unifica tion. DrjSun-Yat Sen raised funds for Chang's campaign but failed to support hlr: otherwise. FLEEING. 19 GUNBOAT Shanghai. May t. I. N. &.) General Chang Tso Lin, military governor of Manchuria and ally of the republic of South Chipa. whose army, has been de feated by Sthe forces of General Wu Fiei Fu, was reported today to be in flight upon a .-Jajpanes gunboat from Taku.1 Disorders similar to those during the Boxer uptising, when foreign armies had to Intervene, are feared in the Tien Tsin region as an aftermath, in Washington. Free Men Accused Of Deporting Japs Modesto CaL. May. . fU. P.J The Turlock deportation of Japanese, ft anese werb forced to leave , the melon town last July, was a closed incident todays " JA. Jury in superior court last night found the six defendants "hot guilty of kidnaping. :-r '.. 817,000,000 Voted fiFoi WtSiiHospitals Washtoston.' May , L ?C i)By a nnanlmouaj vote f the - house Friday naased. a ibm aDPropriatinsr tI7.OO0.O00 for the erection of aaldier hospital by the uniteds States veterans' bureau. Tn bill carriek ; direct t, appropriation of Jll, 000.000 anI -authorise the directors for an additional 15.000,000. to contrac HDL ADVISED CITY MAY DEBAR xn city council. has the right to pass an oramance pronibiung the empioy - OU A WEBS men! :of alien, by th city departments, ot attacied the coari is iation ari holding V-d4y! session frwr4?-BiLwd'1 d.OWtt regular seasion,. reviewed" th dissenston today at the Portland hotel and adopt today by aty Attorney Frank Grant. the case of r.- Oral A.- WeW ing reports that will be printed in th " vaaaaava : .vvc- ear 4Uilwct IAS B sw i. Vi." I.v i. r. w v in the .week. Th council received a .EJr,..?J,?t?fil?r?fm Fraternal Societies, asking ; th council to forbid the employment of aliens on public work. ... ; - The opinion did not include a' definite answer to the question of whether the council could - keep - private contractor fronj employing aliens on pwbiic works. Thisi is a moot question, with court de cisions differing, according., to Grant. Tacoma Woman Ip ,A Elected Head of ! Parent-Teachers Tacoma, May . U. P.) Mrs. Victor Malstrora of Tacoma was Friday elected state president of the congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher associations In convention. here. M-s. Maletrom was declared elected after the withdrawal of her only opponent, Mrs J. G. Matthews of. Seattle. - J Three state officers rr re-elected.. They were Mr. Solon Boynton of Bel- Ilngbara. second vice president; Mrs. Charles Miller of Senile, treasurer, and Mrs. W. W. Downing of Auburn, anditor. Discussion Friday centered around the "30-l" plan. of taxation. The convention closes its three-day session this after-! noon. Mm Milton nigging pf Worcester, Masa, president of the national associa tion, : arrived Friday, she will open the national convention which starts here Monday. Young Offender Is Fortunate to Dodge Prison, Says CourtP John Faris. 17, who spent consider able time at the Oregon state training school, pleaded guilty this morning be lor presiding Circuit Judge Tucker to robbing the Apex Bicycle company shop at mo. is wtuiams avenue. January Z. "If you were not wantea by the fed eral authorities I Would send you to the penitentiary." said the Judge. "You have had chance enough. Aa it is, I will give you SO days in th county jail and let the federal court dispose of you. Farts mother told the Judge that she is nearly blind and has nothing to est ana no ruei m tne house. According to I - - . records in the public ! welfare bureau, however, the family has received plenty of cWty money to get along on. The federal authorities want Faris on a chartTe of breaking Into a. poatofflce. Lucky Cook, who was Jointly Indicted with Faris and pleaded guilty some time ago, has been returned to the state train- ing school. De Valera Object Of Assassination Plot, Eumor Says (Special Cable to Th Journal Dull? Newt) aad Clueasel (Copyright. 1U22) London, May ' .-Authoritative Ini- formation - reaches the correspondent from Dublin of a conspiracy to assassi-l nate Eamonn de Valera.- It IS stated that the culprits think their nominal! leader would be more useful to the re-1 publican cause "under than above the ground.! Their plan lis to charge the crime against Michael Collins and Arthur Griffith tn an. effort to rally the Irish people to the republican banner. It is believed that Collins and Griffith are aware of th conspiracy and are tak ing all possible measures to protect De Valera whose real political friends are doing their utmost to (save his Ufa Senator Charges ! Disabled Veterans Washington, May S.-J-U. P. -Charges that thousands of tuberculosis infected I ex-soldiers ar dytnr in Arisona because I of the reactionary policy of th Veterans' I Bureau. which says to th former service Z .TT Cord of Montavllla emphasised (the re men "die or go where you please" were T.5L .L,.Ln"n'v n ,orjKBhore- Bponsiblllty of the principals in the corn made I in the senate today by Senator Sii .i e4 M h emergency ,nf Jun6 bond election. '5. . J. i Hadley Ashurst, Arisona. I; tT,?. Jta.J Clinton JCellr and C. M; Stafford of H demanded that the senate send alLtT"!" r-LLvr".--Ti I committee to Arisona i to lnvaathrata I taUna that the committee nnolnted for I 1 f .ll-J IT. I tiu.'ntK uw ira .ui mKi. ni threatened to go into the states of the senators on the committee and campaign against them ualess prompt action is taken. ; - .) . j . !' Oregon Trout Draw Much Attention fat ; Exhibit in Spokane Stanley G. Jewett has "returned from I js po nane. wner ne supervised an exhibit I of th U. S. biological survey lat the tourist and sportsmen show Just closed, j Within th four day fully 100.009 per sons (visited .the show. 1 according - to 1 Jewett. and great attention wa given to the exhibits of Oregon. - These con sisted largely of one by the Oregon game commission and of Umatilla and Grant counties. The trout exhibited by Uma- tUIa county -particularly, attracted an I Immense amount of i attention v and seemed to keep better than most of the I fish,, said Jewett Oppose Change in Bend Lumber Rate Washington. May a. (WASHINGTON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL! New carload, minimum rates1 for lumber pre scribed by the interstate commerce com mission have 'met the complaint of the Brooks-Scasloa - Lumber company and other companies of Bend, Or, and their complaint should; b - dismissed., accord ing to ,-tba. recommendation contained in a tentative report to the commission of Bronson Jewell, one of; it, examiners. He also recommends dental of the re- quest that inspection of lumber loading 1 be made at BendV and denial of repara-J eon on past Bbrpment. i Fight OverJJounty ; Health : Office Is Won by Dr.iWelch Oregon City, May . The final treaty of peace. In th shape of a ! warrant slightly In excess of 400 for "salary and expense," ending a battle of 10 months standing between . the county court and the tviuntv health officer, is 1 f .. tn t(nd.v. 1 ; ah.ht lh iftr,.i .la-n'.ttirea wereltees of the Oregon Stata Teachers' aa. a IoIa A anl thSL iVUttanTtAA AtTSir Itne poBiiion ot tne neaim toriicer,recog - I iJ.i-h M".h rrie!ai inrumwt 0,Uandfterrainata th uncrtain condition which has pervaded for nearly a year. Th action will be taxen through tacit agreement of Judge H. E. Cross, though hl official protest against payment of Welsh's bills, haa. been ; entered in ; the court record. Commissioners Harris and Proctor.-although they 1 have not signed the bill have signlfed their intention to approve. iU ; " if 4, . i v - The action of the court will reinstate Walsh ast recognised health-officer of the county and state board of health. and prevent the combination, of that office . with th eounrv nht-stclan. rati present held by Dr. W. E. Hempstead. SHIPBOARD MAN TO CONFER WITH BOSSES (OeatUMMd Pro at Psss Oaa) strike committee of th association re mained silent . I It is known, however, that they ar making efforts to cause the ! shipping board to repudiate its employment. A telegram sent this morning to A. D. Lasker. chairman of the shipping board. is said to have urged a repudiation. The . 41.1- ..m. anin tt ntiunigtiu H kmtrrt hr. n-, .kinni. k.i vn h Stand- that inasmuch, aa the union long- shoremen consented to abolish the "list system" of employing, held inimical to efficient shipping, the employers should he satisfied. The "list system." adopted t by the union as a means' of fairness towards all workers, many times, it is pointed out. results in Incompetent workers being more Important positions. NO LABOR SHORTAGE Fifteen vessels were In port today. All were being worked by oomplete crew wttn worKers to spare, it was announced. Three men were Injured and another would have been beaten If he had not run for his life- late Friday afternoon. when a gang of about 40 striking long shoremen attacked four strikebreakers 5UU1CIUCU .. aWjyn.CTV 1VUI M u.i.ihvmvid while they were loading tha rteamshlp Davenport near tha oast end of Barn- rtde bridge.' ' . . J - . . Two gangs, one from each end or the pavenport was loading, swooppd down 1 nil 1.119 aYUrgCi WlUX lUaVIIIUd1a akUUBt I ' . h..H .: proachln ng. rlnnorth across East Burnslde street and disappeared. Cn of th strikebreakers even jumped frnm .h- ock onto the deck of the ., ", ri t k.. I . , t,(Mi nn.. -t- I . t- of th' nnlo men for - few minutes and th strikers did not leave . until they had beaten and cut the men almost into unconsciousness. CREW AIDED, CLAIM I The beaten strikebreakers told the police that the crew on the Davenport shouted to the strikers s . "Go-1 it and give them hell." The men : on the boat made no effort to stop the attackers. the victims said The victims of the attack gave their h!Ti'i;.H'"i." TOl '"" " police emergency hospital, wher their I wounds were treated. Earl Bailey."'-another of the strlke- I breakers, escaped without injury. He was in the hold of tha vessel when the fight took place and stayed there until lit was over. HAMMER IS WEAPON Colgan was perhaps ths most seriously hurt of the three. Ha was struck In I1 eye : with a hammsr used, to shoe horses and his knee was severely cut with a knife. The others .were beaten about . the head with - clubs and also suffered cuts. Although police under Chief Jenkins went to the scene as soon as reports of I tne iignt were received at neaaquarters, i strikers had left before the officers arrived. ' i - i - : Th Davenport, which waa loading lumber, wss about ready . to leave ths docks when 'the fight took place. H. A- Alien, an old man who does odd jobs about me city, was attacked I aB1- "eaten to ; the , pavement ! shortly I zi , v "i; . . ""r0. " I IU ",."" Alien naa on I uf " ..t' 1 c,"li'c' " W,OT i TTZXr -IZZ. -T:.r:rl:T i" " I I . T:.. I . U" UUS an automohlleL hut wr fnnwl tn stop when a train crossed th street Francis Beathiers was being beaten when police arrived and fired a shot into the ground. This frightened the striKere away. , psenthier companion escaped unhurt. Vancouver. Wash.. May 6 The Rvder! nanlry finished loading lumber at the uuoois aim company dock last night non-union men taking the place of local longshoremen who refused- to load the ship because a partial cargo had been loaded at Portland by non-union work- ' - Two Cities to Show Blossoms to Guests Bloaiom fte. are to be Sunday fea lures at Salem and at Vancouver. Wash. tomorrow. Civic organisations in each win -i,i . .t.. 1 and for thna not mnnntt rth 1 mobiles means of conveyance will be pro vided, in each locality the blossoms -are reported to be at their best and thou sands of people isr expected to take advantage of - th opportunity to view vista of color if i the weather Is favori hie.-- J"k-'7"'' " -'! W' n ;;,.. RUNS HONOLULU CAFETERIA Orearon " Aarrkmltnral . CnllMm rAmti Ha. May-. A former O. A. C student I is in charge of -the Y. W. C A cafe- j . A. cafe-1 teria la Honolulu, Miss Alice Jones, class of . 1505. All. her help is Japanese ex cept the secretaries of branches of tbe TV W. work, on white and . one Chi nes, i- ; . -H S;, . i i , . y:sijj:- " Oregon Clty. May 0." : 'After eight : month of married life. Lydla Holcomb I Is suing John EL Holcomb for divorce. J They were married In Portland. : STATE TEACHERS' ; IIIVESI il SESSION Three of tbe investigational commit- I JDRA - Uliarlas-lV 4 .aavl , 1 paratoiy to acuon by the teachers at I the DecembeV M.11J 1 C. Howard, president of th asso- I elation and superintendent of the Marsh. I neid city schools, and Ei, O.. Roeseler. j secreUry, dean of -the school of educa- 1 won at Oregon Agricultural college, ar I In charge of the meetings, v . ! f Miss Rosa Parrott, high school teacher I at Koseburg; A. M. Cannon, city suner. Intendent of Hood River, and Miss Grace I Williams, grade teacher of Portland, I are memoers or tne committee on stand- I ards of supervision. .'This committee is I preparing; a standard fornv--of blank 1 wnicn may oe used by all supervisory Officer. i I Kiipatrick of the University of i urscon, Mis ixeil carter, rural teacher near Brogan, L. W. iTurnbuli: city su perintendent of Tillamook. W. M. Smith. assistant state superintendent at Salem, and - Miss Bernice Zimmerman, high school teacher at Oregon City, -compos th ' committee, on reorganisation- of. teachers' institutes and reading circle work which hopes to work out a schema for Oregon that will be more -satisfac tory than tha present plan which has been in use for 20 years, ' The committee on appointment bureau is made up of ,C W. Boetjtle jer. city su- nAv-fntndnt . ff A ?ha n v Mini liiiai M. Foster, departmental teaiher, Portland, Miss Marjorle Sterns, high school teach er of Astoria,, W. C. Alderson, county suDerintendenU of Multnomah; coanty. and C. G. Springer, principal Of Daf ur. This committee la maklrig al fctudy of I appointment bureaus 1 operated in 12 i ouier stales pj a.iM).wwwi( "-' I tion or a state department of education. with the idea mat. some Jian.; may o proposed whereby the; Oregon btale Teachers association may establish an office through which' tenchers seeklnc; t positions -may d Drougnt 1 uw ; with vacanciea 30-Gallon Still, ! Booze and Three Cantured iin - - - Tn th Treat lata FrUdsv or w . Alderdlce. C. McMillan and Tom-Powers, federal nrohlbiUon agents say they; nave I. . a- 1 captured th largest retail mnshlners arrested In Oregon Mi!? " PV?"- tf.rK.. ""r. 11. iounu, mr, ""i - 7 I dlatiller-was also the retailer. The men ar said to hav PrM !g,1-(" I , - . 1 north, canable of turning out low gai Wa wmIl . - ! Jesse Flanders, assists nt prohibition director for Oregon, made arrangements to purchase whiskey fro n the trio at .10 a gallon. Theywere arrested when ih.v dilvred 30. rations So him at No. I ast Tenth street Friday night The I home of another of the rien at No. 28 Jefferson street was later raided witn a search-warrant and two :lnts of whls kev and serving; glasses f und. j A day- , book showed somebody had been doing an : extensive ousmeas.; -i w - ieft? irvm a Chicago manufacturing house telling of tha : danger . of shippl ig stllur,! also was seised. The Chicago federal grand Jury may be asked to li ivestlgate the concern. ., - . - r-;- ' This morning Assistant United States Attorney Bynon swore to a complaint eint a fourth man. J. 2. Lowe, whom he asserts solicited orders for tn trio, Bynon ..j as thJ niddleman" for th other three. Bond was fixed at $750 each by United States Commis sioner Fraser. A preliminary;; hearinsv ; will probably be held Monday.'. T School Princiiials Name. Delegate; to N.'E, A. Convention i. A. Thaxter. principal of Lents school! was today elected! president, of the Portland Principals association ana chosen a delegate to the National Edu cation association convention In Boston this summer. Other of racers ; elected were : H. B. Biougn, porutmoutn. vice' president ; 12. B: FereusonL Terwllllger. secretary ; ; Cecil . T. ThonkpsonJ Sabln,- M-,.r. ; 4 I " , i preceding the annual elebtion.! a sym- posium - was - held on . several - subjects affecting Principals. , C. M. Kiggin of Ladd ahd Jesse Mc- Vernon discussed the purpose or a nr team and agreed that in tnecae or a roof fire, pupil should not be permitted to co upon the room, Elmer Brown of Rose City and Charles A. Fry, of Sunny side talked on rieia cay as an educa tional activity greater than merely a half noliday. and of Its physical and disciplinary value. A. - A.J Campbell of Thompson and W. A. Dickson pf Ock ley Green told of th importance of the principals organization being! repre- enter at the N. E. A. contention 'Strong Man's' Plea (Fails to Save Him From Liquor Fine .When John Mlkulic, amateur r'strong ' man ' and l physical culture enthusiast of o. 69 Guild street, told the mu- . nicloal court today that lie kept! "moon- 12! r Z of extrnai application after - strenuous exeWions. he told hi story i to unsympa thetic ears and despite hi plea ; paid tneiic Tin of ISO I The' same penalty was meted out t9 Mike Kosko, who resided at the same address and likewise kept "moonshine" available for an occasional! "rub-down." PoMce raided the room occupied by the two men and discovered three' and one half pints tin the possession of Mlkulic and four and one half pints in the pos session of Kosko. TTofnuoTi ilnrrrt-iirti-rwi T uUUl VviA vUUUUVJ UVX Dies at Post of Duty LewlstonJ Idaho. May .0.-4-J. W. Kuts-' ner. 2, for 20 years an employe'of the Northern Pacific railway.) died In hi caboose on a siding Thursday durinsr" hi run a conductor on a local freisht fc- tween Lewlston and PuTlmaa. It was t !s nrst trip sfter an sttack of inf.' . .- " -. - -.j.v':!--. - . i ..- i f-