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Vfll "Y V Tn r ""'itrf 1 Eaterad n bnnd-CUa Ustter PORTLAND,". OREGON, WEpNESDAY EVENING;'. MAY .17, , 1922:TWENTY-TtVOf PAGES. pkice; Tvo;crTs sasrwr vijui.. -rv .wu Pattoffiea. Portland. (Ithu SCH.0ZM01S Vessel Filling " Rapidly With Water Despite Efforts of Grew; Tugs Rushing: to the Rescue; Cause of Mishap " Not Known. Marshfteld, May Drifting near JPort Orford in a dense fog, the motor schooner Oimo ia rapidly filling with (water, according to wireless reports from the vasl, and will sink before many hours .unless help arrives. i Early reports that Captain Worth and the crew had deserted the Oimo, based on a wireless, message from the ship, jv ere erroneous as- the 1$ men were still fa-board this afternoon. They had (launched small boats.' however,' pre-' paratcry to leaving. j The Port of Coos Bay tug Fearless ,and the Bandon and Coos Bay coast 'guard power boats are en route,' to aid tne oimo. The latter is about 40 roues south of Coos Bay. The Fearless was held up at the Cooa ,Bay bar this morn ing by the heavy tog.. . . j , Early this afternoon the Oimo's wire less operator reported 10 feet off water Jin the Ozmo's holp and thathe boat was- filling rapidly. He .eatd tne wireless would be out of commission in a short time. , j N indication of the nature of the ac- Icident hlch na caused the Oimo's Expressed that the ship did .not strike km Cape Bianco Ha early advices from San Francisco reborted. . , ., - .The ; wireless message reported that the power pumps toad failed and ef forts to keep ahead of the inomir;? water by hand 'primps were futile: BTOT i- MAMHPlEtD The schooner was built in Marahfleld in 1904 and wal , formerly Hugh Ho gan. fc-Tie is owiijeff. it is said, by the Northern Comroef-eial. company Of San Francisco and used" In the Alaska fur trade, r Reports hJkre say she was bound north. ltRht- Tbei shlp.la MO: feet long. The Ozmo 1s of 765 gross tons, (with a speed of seven knots. Louis Sloes is jprestdent of the gowning company and Lout 81om Jr. .-i( vice preaident The jOimo was eaptattfed by John Worth and twas of two decks. . She wag operated by j40-horsepower gals engines. ' ..V;- About i .year-' go- vessel went Jon the; south ..sptti at h mouth :f th Slustaw xiver and wgs- believed; to be.K total loss, but was pulledoff and re paired. At that time the captain's wife and sister"' were J passengers ' and they were ' tied: i the! riggtag with pillows about them as protective measures.. t IE AYT-TOw BE ICIBTTbS CATTSE " ! : of OZMO oorao. ox eockb Ran Francisco. Mav ll.-r- U. PJ-rTh lotoraihip Otmok bound from Sani Fran- lmn tnr Parlftr! KnrthWilt DOrta. I struck m. reef off Cape Blanco, on the Oregon icoast during the night "i : ' ' 1 1 ' . Radio advices (received -r at '. hn. said the vessel had floated off the 'reef, ..but was leaking badly-and In a kinking condition.! i i ' f The steamer Willamette was expected to reach the vicinity of the disaster at ay light and it was,, believed would pick p the crew of the Oimo, , At 7:30 a. m. the vessel' agents here were without any additional- advices on the vessel arid it remained doubtful to what was;, the situation of the ew. it .was believed, nowever, mat e absence of reports Indicated they carried out Wielr plans to abandon the ship. 1 1 ; : ;- j , No word as - toe whether the Wlllam ettp had been able to reach the scene mnd give aid had been received. ( i The Ozmo left San KranclSco Monday n route to Seattle. j Cape BlanchOv where the" mishap oc curred. ia located on the- Southern Oregon coast south of Coos Bay. 1 It has .been the scene of many marine disas ter'. .. - . I T I While ho advices to that effect were received. It wes'be'lieved heavy fog were 'responsible for 'the Oimo striking the reel. . Former Bank Head:, ."' nir a' 1 mi li must io 10 xriai Tacoma. Mav I 17. (IT. P. OU A Larson, former nead.-of the defunct Scandinavian-American bank,, miist go to trial here Tuesday in superior? court on a charge of illegally borrowing "funds from the bank In the form of an over draft. Motion? for a continuance filed by Attorney Langhorne on the. ground that Larson is riot physically able to stand trial at this time, was denied to day by Superior jjudge L. M. Clifford. Larson at present; is in Berkeley, . 1 i " Lost Lake Frozen Two Hikers Report Hood Stiver, May 17. Forest ganger Walters and Fred Donnerberg oi Sun- day hiked Iir over the snow to Lost) Lake, They report that rive miles north lake they ran Into two feet ot which deepened to six feet on the of the lake. The take la completel ot the snow. shores fros three ea over, and is under 'a carpet of feet Of snowv' Wifch a temperature of over 80 in the ahade, . the snow, wait firm going in! the early m became slushy in" rhe afternoon.! which mem lng. They eUmate that it wUl b six weeks be- fore the road to the. lake is fully open. Old Kentucky Feud Breaks Out' Anew Pine vllle, KyV May 17 L- L- K Riley -Ball 20, was-, blatantly killed.' four men were woundedt two nerioualy. (today. when members; of the Colson and Balf families of Mtddlesboro, Xf, clashed in the offices of Clerk Wilson of the) coun ty courthouse. - The i.faniUieawre in Fineville for the; arraignment of Clay Colson for th murder of Ira Bait eral months ago in Middlesboro, l which bad been set for today. - - Vote Result To Be Sent By 3 Radios Through arrangements with Carl D. Whitmore. 'division superintendent of the Pacific Telephone Telegraph com pany. The Journal wai give radio fans of the Northwest a novelty in broad casting, the "election returns Friday night between and 10 o'clock. J- Three radio stations, i the Northwest Kadio Manufacturing company, Hallock it Watson and Willard P. Haw ley jr.. will-be-operated as a single unit with sJ central control ; In The Journal ; edi torial rooms. A three-way connection will be made by the telephone company so that by speaking Into the transmitter at The Journal the returns can je sent from all three stations simultaneously. Witt SATE THE During . the intermissions between re turns The Journal will 1 ave one of its political writers explain the issues In volved In the election and what the probable results of the election will be. 'Thta arrangement of central control for three stations' . In an innovation in radio work. It was planned by Charles Austin, C. H. Watson, C. D. Whitmore and representatives of The Journal. By its use time wilt be saved in transmit ting, the returns to the various stations and patrons of The Journal will get a more comprehensive view of how the vote is turning. To insure cla ty the sets will be tuned by the experts for the best pos sible results. An experienced radio op erator will be at The. Journal office to talk into the transmitter. RADIO CARRIES FAR . a f In connection with the broadcasting of election returns O. R. Redfern. radio inspector of the seventh district, has asked amateur spark operators to re frain from operation until after midnight -Friday night. r This morning a report was received by Hallock A Watson that The Journal news reports were heard In Imlay, Nevada. This town la 140 miles east of i Reno and the fact that the radio broke over the mountain ranges lk regarded as quite a featu The 'operator making the report was I. A. iWiehej-' He said the report came in with great clarity. THE HAGUE PLAN Genoa, May 17 (I. X. 3.) Unani mous agreement hay been reaped by the Genoa economic conference ' on the pro posed Hague commission fori the soJnv tioii of the problem of recognaion o Russia and en the provision far a truce to continue operative wntil this commis sion has completed its deliberations, ac cording to ah announcement, made ahortly before 5 o'clock; tonight. -j, I Genoa, May, I7.-(C":!n.' StV-Tne Rusi Sian delegation , lit! th, economic confer ence today, under, protest, accepted the plan for two commissions to meet at The fiague for detailed study of the Russian problem. One commissfon will be mixed, the ; other will be : composed of Russian experts who will furnish all data re quested. . The Russians moved a num ber of amendments to Tne Hague plan, f The political sub-commission held two meetings today. The general feeling jwaa much more, hopeful as .the. afternoon session began. George Tchltcherln,' head ojf the Rus sian! delegation, today: told the political sub-commission that Roumania and Jugoslavia must disband their anti Bolshevist, armies, otherwise) the pro posed truce will be useless, i BISCt&SIOTf LIVELY The truce pact, which is to be signed here, provides that there shall be no aggressions during the? negotiations at The Hague. ' The 'Chief, of the Russian (delegation precipitated a lively discussion by proposing- an amendment to the pact so as to prevent attacks upon soviet territory by bands of white or irregulaf and Bol shevist forces. I Tchltcherln pointed out that! the allied plan for two commissions at The Hague, one mixed, and the other Russian, devi ates from the regular Genoa program.' "Concerning the non-aggression pact, Russia welcomes it. but in order to pro tect the allied republics : (srrtall soviet states. Including the Far Eastern repub lic) Russia must assume that the draft covers them, he said. ESTERS PROTEST Tchltcherln again protested against the Dutch capital as the meeting place, proposing- that Stockholm be- substi tuted. , ', Premier Lloyd George replied that the advantages were all with The Hague. He pointed out that it has central lo cation and peace traditions I and that the convenience for a majority of the participating powers is essential. Stillman iDivorce 1 Ended 3o Far as I Testimony Counts 'Yonkers. Nj Y .May 17. (L N. S.) The divorce' eult of James A, Stillman, former New York banker, against Anne LT. Stillman. closed today so far as tak ing of testiaiony is concerned, when Mrs. Stillman' a attorneys, at a conference here which she attended, decided to call no more witnesses. "We're satisfied. amid John E. Mack, guardian of Baby Guy Stillman, after the conference. fThe case la closed." Mr. Stillman had charged jthat Baby Guy was not his ison.' i Insurgents Score First -Victory in Battle on Tariff ivr- f j . .. i ! -:1f Washington. May; X7. (L X. a) Re publican insurgents were able to score their, first marked victory today in the fight against the McCumber tariff bill on the floor of the senate. i . ..Thr Insurgent,' backing the v IeBiO- cratlo minority, fbrced Senator McCum bcr Republican of North Dakota, to pass ever th committee duty on barytle. ere. so that th : senate ' finance J committee c-ld take It under consideration again. McCumber . indicated the ) committee would reduce the opposed duty.. a s RUSSIA ACCEPTS TERRORISTS AT CHICAGO HURL threat: Letters Foretelling Dire Calarrj " ity Sent JudgeSfPrscf Polrce aniNewsi3oieCT itpft Applied to $500,000i Buiidihgl Hi: Chicago. May 17aiJX? SL--Red Irtei and destruction are j foretold" in , doieni of threatening letters; which si camf through the mails today to high cltv officials.' , the newspapers,!! th . polloet prosecutors . and" the f.JiW: 0Th4: letf ters. carrying ' defiance; a ijicapittlls orderly society - and I the i Landis wag award, are signed by such titles as fReal Bombers" and 'The Burners of Chlckgcj.f As an alternate to such terrorism,; the letters dictated that the citizens repudi ate the Landis award.'1! ; , iH'-H ! j' p Chief of Police Charles CFitsrtioNi and State's Attorney Robert E. .Crowe, were among those receiving warning -let i ters. The' communications generally Were typewritten! and contained numerous t&iaf spelled words. . ' , j ' t, : :S j, j, "Brpi3ro off" nst Itflij ' ' , One' of the letters asserted that, a "bumping off list had been made tip, "The so-called convict-led labor orgknif cations" are going "to descend with something far more shocking - han bumping off a few ,eops. ,,We have a bumping off list made up. You ican whistle it. There are others on it' be sides cops. i f I Another letter pours scorn "upon attorney general's staff .declaring lawyers cannot "compare In skill brains .with ours.' , riMPi W t' the, the and A warning is given in stio there com munication that the chief of police feed not think the police are biggef than 'or- ganized .labor- in. cme$ywfflw-4 ii-'p Another letter said.: f-ls.'e8;jl ,riHi "There la going - to be a great 'riigit of 'terror, -bumthg of homes and' hoimb ing. 'If the people stand byi: and . watch the capitalists strangle . the I thousands of producing people of this countryt'; i 1 ' Chief Fit xmorr is Issued an order to "shoot to kill" all suspects found iolterv ing around buildings, erected undert the Landis award who refuse ia iubtn jto questioning. This aetion followed the burning lt night of a 12-apartifieht building by the -terrorists. 'j i i : s m ' Terroriata. who made good ;.fhjir threst' to use the torch i Iti-i f the jwarr OCicertalnt building trade union against , the L a n t i a wage a wa r q were., being; ' sought? ;f:!t4aftSby If' police and every law enforcement ageftfy In Chicago. One . of the most gigantic drives against gunment : bombers,: lncen- diarists and thugs in the history of the city was under-'wmy's-Aji )f-; This drive followed the 1 burning sast night Of a J30O.0OO building in the course of construction under the terms of the Landis wage award. The fire was set after vrarntnga had been given other res idents of the neighborhood that the build ing would be burned. The Landis award was ; cursed openly by those who-.gave the warnings. j; . : Lijj j. : U !-f ': Damage to the building, wbich was be (Concluded on Pass jThre. Coloma Three) HARDING IS EAGER FOR SHIP SUBSIDY tfi!:-:Wi)f By Carl Smith I ; 5 ' Journal ' Staff Comspoodent ' ' ! t! f - Washington, May 17. (WASHINGTON- BUREAU" OF THE JOURNAL.)-r4 The administration wants the ship sub sidy bill passed, and wants it; with real yearning, at the present . session of cop- gress. . This is the interpretation given to recent moves, the demand) for closing of hearings, and conferences at the White House with Republican members of the two committees having the legis lation in charge. It! Confronted as they ' are with a long; battle over the tariff bill. ! which win carry the session long' Into the summer, the leaders do not sea much hope for the ship subsidy bill, : which will also en counter a hard fight. There will be the usual talk of cloture In the .senate, no doubt, and the usual failure to put any substantial restriction upon debate. : i i): ' Those who are close to the "know say that the president is j much con cerned over the future of the merchant marine, and he fears that the shipping board organization may break If ; the new bill -ia not passed. It : is reported that Chairman Aibert D. XAsker and Na number of the men Lasker brought with him to the shipping board have threej-t ened to quit unless the! new law is put through, t J :"'. ilP-j lc iifr I :gt f'i'fi j Their position Is said to be that they are . engaged in their present work ; at personal sacrifice, but have been will-, Ing to go on so long'aa they could look forward to the' subsidy 'law.'iwhieh they say would create a market for the Bale of ships and enable them ; to make a start on the permanent lines which they set out to accomplish, i They are: tired of waiting around for things that doq't happen. t ?rl.f'5pJrjiify fi-i j jill Congress is less concerned; than j the president In what happens i to Lasker and the existing personnel of t the : ship ping board. Lasker cannot be called popular in congress, although there Is no movement of direct hostility against hlsp. - He la not a shipping man to -begin with, and many feel that there are many other competent executives : who would (Coachwied oa PessTee. Cofcma! Tve)! 4' Major Adams Heads V;ffr , ; Sons of devolution r.'-X ,-'MB':itewal Bernetl' ' ' l i Springfield,- Masa May i : 17. Major Washington L L. Adam of Montclair, N.' J Tuesday, was unanimously elected prejstdeat-general of thei National Society of ' Sorts of -the - American Re volution; in the annual congress here. . He succeeds I i uo'ge Wallace R.' McCamant of Fert- jiijjd. Or . , . , : . i ; ; DEMOCRATIC ,1, if-; j'H-j - i BALLOT FULL FOR! ELECTION SkU Is Cebplit te Except Two They Places and It 1$ Believed Will: Be by Process of Writing ihJ Candidates' Names. ! For the first time, in a Jongj time the Democratic pllmary ballots is jjyll of candidates on tthe state and Multnomah kith the exception jjf twy county ticket. offices on the state and: one q tha coun ty; ballot, and 'these places are schjeduied to; " ib : filled 4y .having . deflnite' 4es Igt.ated candidates written in on ejection uJJ i- j ! Heretofore, f past,' there ha r man primary elections been a- paucity Of can- didates on th Democratic ticket, and e general elections have the ballot in been i in part writing in the the exception. illed by the expedient o ames of candidate, with of : course, ,- of i gubenia- tfonal senatori I' and congressional can- d3dates But is; - tint it Is different. 15 TB EE ST : : Po far "as CONTEST " v ; ultnomah ' county is con- cerned the chi f interest on the LDemo- era tie ; side of tered around I the battle, line is cen e fight ! being waged for the congressional nomination between Elton Watklnl, i Robert A. Milleh and Robert O. Duncan. I ' 1 i Watklns is generally recognized . as one of the reost -active and militant members of his party in the county. He is a young man, a lawyer of recognized ability and standing before the far of the county and 'State. ! He has been a leading figure (in Democratic, campaigns during the pat. was an ardent Wilson supporter and) is now chairman of the Wilson Foundation Fund committee. He M ia pasfc. president of the Jackson club, was assistant United States Attorney, was connected "with the eecret service i de partment of the department of justice during the war and Has throughout his long residence here been generally- con- (Cooclnded on Faae Two, CofaiaaOn! PRIMARY FOR ONLY REGISTERED VOTER 'Only registered Republicans and Democrats will receive primary nomina tion ballots at the polls. Friday, an nounced James W. Glcason, " deputy county clerk?' Itt charge of' the election, today. No ballots have been prepared for registered : Prohibitionists. Socialists and independents," because - these -parties failed to makei nominations. All voters, however,, regardless of their parly af filiations, will be entitled to the1 recall ballots. 4 P j j : Republican: land; - Democratic ;voters WUl receive three ballots Friday the pprty ballot. he Fred A. Williams re eall ballot audi the Fred Q. Buchtel re call ballot. jTwo recall ballots are made necessary, because Williams is a commissioner for the state at large and Buchtel commissioner of the Western district only.: j! ' l . ! . .:': '. . ' t j.ln spite of he large number oT can didates In the j field this year.-the; nom ination ballots are not as long as; many Voters had: anticipated. Thia is: Caused by! the shortness of the county -ticket. Very few county officers will be ejected Jlfts year, dud to the new law; (which gives county officers a four year tMn. CpAKG PHECI5CT ADEA , H I Owing to the : Increased population of Portland and the consequent grow th cf miany of the precincts to over iOOj regis tered voters, the county clerk's I office during tha last few months has changed many of the precinct boundaries aad.also a?ded 13 new precincts. At the last election, there) were 413 precincts in Multnomah county. This election there are 426 precincts, but' only. 425 ivoting places the precincts at Palmer and Bridal Veil having been corn billed -at Bridal Veil for voting purposes. In the changing of precinct boundaries j many of the halt number precincts have been eliminated and in other cses la few blocks have been taken off one! over crowded p reelect and added -to smother nearby, where, the voting strength was not so heavy. J In every case where a ckange has been made, th voters af fected by the change have been notified by the clerk's ;of fice- by mail. Ml CITT FttECIXCTS - ' it Ot the 428 j precincts in. Multfcvmah county, S3 are iu' the country and 39 f lit the city. The west, side - precinct numbers are ifrom 1 to 98H, wjth the exception of JLinnton. which is 317)4 and 318. The east side precinct; num bers run from 99 to 298 Vi. There are S3 f (CenelndeJ on face 'Eighteen. Ctrimai One) - it ' I e Blossoms of Hood sRivef atBest Hood RiverlMay 17. With twto drfj'g ofmldsummer? heat, the apple blossoms are fast opening out and will be ait their beat by Wednesday or Thursday !ln the lower ' valley and by Sunday n the middle and upper valleys. The Portland Ad club, S00 strong, will arrive li Hood RJver In the early morning of Sunday and a big festival will b held lirvThe Chautauqua croundj en hill at 13th Street. 4- Speciall-fitampWiU j Honor jOregdh: Trail it Iwaahlngtoal May 17- WASHING TON' BUREAV OF THE JOt7RXAL- The hou has passed the Slnnott bill to authorize a special canceUatiom stamp l for Oregon and Idaho postoftices adver- tietng the okti Oregon Trail celebration Hi ' 0 1 ' l'1 LAW TO STOP HEARING Direct? City Aitbrrrey f) 0raw Up 31 Ordinance MaW hg l . Unlawful :H For; Persons to Appear ;on Streets Withcsj-CovereoS With j the indorsement f ihe City council. ! Mayor . Baker today issued j in structions to City Attornejy Frank S. Grant to draw : u!p a drastfc ordinance, stronger than the state la'v, forbidding the wearing of masks on the streeU or pubHc places.!: This, he said, d to prevent any demonstrations iof (he cftar acter attributed to the Ku Klux Klan in other states to protect the public against disorder either by klansmeni or others. IThistitep was taken following the Is suance i of temporary orders j by the mayor through the chief of police Tues day -night L that I- all i persona wearing masks be arrested on dlserderly i con duct charges. The temporary order de veloped! after a conference -between the chief and the. mayor in wkich tetter was read from : klan officials calling attention to the making f klan robes and regalia by a local tailor for non klansmen,. and intimating i that a dem onstration of some kind might be ex pected. : ' K -' ..-iV-. vj- :H,4 -.(.' L.-j.-. SAjTSi CHIEF XSOW8' ! j: l ' . 1 f Fred U. Gifford, exalted cyclops of the Portland klan. authorized the statement today, that his charges about a probable demonstration by persons , other than khtn&meri in the klan regalia applied to ho organization or society. I Individ uals, it was said, have j been having klan robes made for some personal pur pose. He said the chief of police knows the , naftie of the tailor : making them and probably also the individuals who have ordered them. J , Gifford hinted In his letter at an al leged schome to perpetrate some acts in .keeping the charges against the or ganisation i which recently? have been published. i . ... v! i Following is the text of Gifford's let' lOlffi VJ . V. f: f I j - -. " J - - .'May IS. 1922. Hon.., George L. Baker,, mayor, city of Portland. Or. - .; Yoar i Excellency-. - AfW thorooghly tCerelndad on ' PW gishtiea. Cohfaft Oae AIhWicaIrBalkes4':," 'TbiifinfjibS;'!" JExamine Bedbiirces J, , . f V fj i I ISpedat Cable to Th Journal nd the CWcaao f v I 'i. tCopjmcht, 1922;) f ' I PaMs, May 17. Thirty American bankers left- here today dn a 1 compre hensive tour of France under the aus pices of the' French ministry of public works. They wish to gaim; an idea of tie : investment resources of this coun try.; It is said that several: members of the I party i would welcome an oppor tunity to float bonds "in I the United States for French provincial cities be cause the market for such paper Is good at present. ! " j j .( I .' , - i . Before their departure the- bankers weire - received : hy the governor of the Bank of France and other i govern mental officials. They will1 visit the Rheims battlefields and frpm; there will go- to Nancy to - see what I progress has been made i In the city's reconstruction. Then In turn they will visit the Schnei der steel - works at Creusot,! the 'mine region about Bordeaux,- the silk ! Industry In j Lyons and the waterpower works .In the . Pyrenees. -, At each stopping point they will be received by the prefect or the mayor of the town. concerned. Hourly Bus Service Is to Be Run Erom ! Astoria to Seaside Hourly mptor "truck service i will t: be maintained over: the s. P. 8. railway line between Astoria and! Seaside this summer, beginning about June L ac cording to announcement made today by Wl F. Turner, president of the company. The 8. P. A. S. system contracted for the delivery of an automoWle i rail car several months ago and shiptnent-of the new car was made last wek.i It bag a seating capacity of 38 people and a bag gage compartment with drop seats which will enable it to carry eve' more' than Its maximum. . , -- j i ' " The hourly service. In addition to -the regular steam service,: will Increase th travel to the seashore resort jby rail in the belief of traffic officials; j I ; j - After several months trial,! the S. ,F. eS. officials will decide whether oper ation of other cars of this type will be feasible and 'economical. ; This will be the first effort to operate this type of car in tha West. . ,1. ' f 1 BMng Costs $7ent , : ' iTTn Hn Pnrt.la.-nfl in April, Eebort1 Says Washington, May .'- lT-KUf P.Retail food prices, advanced : one-tenth of one per cent in April Over March,! tha labor deoartment: estimated today, i In April of: this year, nowever. retail Yood prices were 9 per cent lower than ; the same mCnth of 1911. : Prices in April -wero 42 per cent higher than la April' 1J1I. I -! , , The j-average family" expenditure dur ing April over March was considerably more than the food prices iiwdicate.; -- Figure for Si-cities include: the ifoU lowing increases la April .per average family: .' 't.-.. -1 - t J i. Portland, Or' and - Seattle.' Waatu : 1 per : cent i Denver, Los Angeles. Omaha and Salt Lake City, less than jftve-teaths f X per cent-'i --- - ! i" - . necreases iwtudet , '-. 4 1 , '; -! '" i -, Sam Francisco, Milwaukee aad Buttej less tiaa five-tenth f l ptt .cenLi,,; ' G IFFORD PJNCHOT. Progrryrrho wrturnecj all V f forts of administt ation Republicans! to lef cat vhim in the; Pcilvank'priina lycsteV Republican "candiBite f ?r governor of die cysfpoe statej 'i; Fol lowing closely on the defeat of Seatbrewl3 ' v- ri-f - r !N"ff.'.;''.j ii,. ".:--r;. v. e itj ir ;l L-L' J .u." in inaiana. it is ine secona recent Olbrlch. ' candidate of the Union" Pacific railway system;, will reign for the remainder- of thefweek .as. queen Of the 'Elks' golden Jtibllee the contest for the? throne- having come to an " end at noon, today. 1 . , i t P, , , ITr For j three -weeka. the:' contest has been waglng!' -with - railways Companies and corporations as the principal contenders for - the"! honor electing-a -dueen for the' carutvali " MiSa OlbiricK won th Crown wltha,; total- vote of (S?,'31, while Mabel Aune. candidate of the'.sl P. 8.,' was : a Close- second with J-a t total - of . S. 104 vdtea, The thirdtj. winner.- iwaa fieatrtpal Handsicker,' candidate of the? tandard'OU cohfpany.1 with 2S.W34 votes Rita; sBovn ton with : 19.845 .- votes : won ffrourth position." '; '! fi-l . l ' !i! In. addition i to, receiving -tne ! honor jueeu) Of the carnival Ifctlss plbrich won kn 1 Oldsmobile automdblle f- Miss Aune Won kit! Overland smtompbtie And Miss Handsicker-the choice of k diamond ring Or a trip- to San Francisco. 1, ' . -', : Miss iprbrichi will V. crowned at The Auditorium! Thursday night' -with appro priate ceremonies. . :- .:j-f: - '. " j ti Since!: the opening' of Ijhe . Jubilee en iertainment r Monday pight Tk AudV toriumhai 'been ithe:,mecca,i for large crowds . Tuesday, night 1 the entertain ment 1 drew rjtarger " numbers " f people than job Monday. Reduftion ,haa 'been made' in tricea nd'! baldonyt:eats :wil sell for'vti 'cent wlthLtho entfre-lower poor rervd at-60 cents, " ' ' fi-Tueay .v. afteruoo th-. .vaudeville show . held sway " and ; tfiS -Will conUnua: during t afternoons-f on th remainder bf the- week, 1. Jn th . pageant ; each eve hing th' same-dancif specialties are re peated. J. The dances of'Alys Mae Brown and .her 1 JOu-pupHe t aAd ! yot 'the young women !iof 'the Multnomah clnb dancing under tke directioarof Prof essoit M author kre attrscjing special wttemioirL: - :i f , Thutaday Blght.IayoT. Baker Hl take Charge of, the coronation of -the .queenj Arr"angetxenti have ibfeen'' completed for Saturday nlght.-'when, there will .be- a, big ira de- - aad V stKclal ! entertainment for' visiting rkswbet plan .toj, be here fortftho concjudujgv Seritertalnmenr. ' ; , .'! 'alt ' : t .1 V - ' J:i'll''.fci :" i ," 4 ! Gary and Otuer:Bii J r - J, W A - . 1 ' r, 1 r' t 3 f! New tork. May IT. KL .K. S- Presi dent Harding baa ' Invited AO i or 40 f the- country's leading steel men to -drnner at the White Hons Thursday- night, the: Dow 'Jones-News Servioe;Fdclared-ito dayl It Is .understood that Jtmoni , thou latUed iX H fJarjr, : Jaaaeay A.-.Fmw feU,.' iCharlef ? M.' Schwab. , Eugene ' p. Grace, WUHara i EJ' Corey j j JobJi -A-- 'Toi ping and J. I -Replpgle.' U 3 f T"4 1 "Waahlngtonj, May tltMt- N.) Pref Went Hardiag haa invjted a -number Tpf tho country leading kteel'i magn ate fa a. dinner at th .Whites House- Thursday night, it was learned at'.thelWhite House today jf i , i - " t X f ss 1 1 V Plana for the dinner have Deen quiet and it'was only after th ajinouhcement bad been can-led on ? Kewj .Tork;. stock tickers that th White iHouse would con4 firm .irJ Th guest lists was-withheld, as- trerr all .other dtai;s. ij:t ll ,vJ -.t J rjraipHiuiitifniinim a-.? - ; . -t yjJM l.i.i.iu, , .iii.li timw iii,J E'&tw'--s:fe ? - ?.- ,i - --"-I. li:ifl:V -A tt' ''Aftu"' " ' '' 4 a V V.-fcife - , . s - J 4 V .' i ' -n! 4. - . " -f . ? 5 t - ' ' j -f t 1 f f ' I ,; "sw it : - v .j . LAURAM. flLBRJCH :U. S. OPENiS GRAIN ' IS QUEEN OF ELKS : INSPECTION OFFICE xaura ' m diow loptans, 01 oiq tme icaaers. '.The first office In i the 'United States to :- !be'pened" -underj - the "previsions' -of the, grain section - of ,4 the 'United States warehouses act: W being crganifced In-the new postof flee building under tthe direc-H tlortof H. K.- Hoimaa Jr. of the United State -department. of J agriculture - from! Washington," D.--C. - " . 4 '! t Portland' was' selected because of Its Importance in relation' to. that sraia", In dustry uf ram J the; kunflpointf of ware- housea - Th Portland offtcei Will have! chirgeef warehouse inpctien ot the entire Nortbweat.-and wlll:ha,ve branch offices -4n Spokane", iand sevfraf -.otheri points' in lOregotiTand Washington1 -noti yet-determined. .A., .fcRush wUl be -Id' charge ,oi, the , office.,. w(th t,k number of in working .under,' him. . 1 1, ,1. , j '-i Purposed lfthe CiffJoe,' according to Hodman, will be to. keep, check. on uth wai-ehouse" licenses under" -thei United States1 warehouse- act.' , -Acorps , of x amlners- will -visit -the t warehouses -at Irregurar Intervals, audit' the book an4j examine the Warehoase to,.se how many receipts are outstanding end to .check up the stock. -f Ther are 22B licensed wr-tj houses- In Oregon 'and LWaahlngtion, ; i -4 The warehouaa actvwjsa passed .during the war, but theretofore, all (Inspection; has been .'done -from the tWnlaito. - Xi C, office.' PortUnd ls th first t field offlcr xo ' be established. - Ther iwill probauly.b .three others throughout the counxry, mmyw. nouiwui, .:j.si..r:ivr.-vlsi.iii .... Levee; onlCbloradot; : Eiver Br eaks ; Town i .TJndefFloddWaters " P.(verslde. y CaL,? May I.-tKU-t- P.) The -Colorado river has broken .through: w Tweak? spot in. .tk levee -, at Housers Bendt. autLv-tho , city, - of Ripley - today fa under iTfqur feet -,of-. water... hlch baa caused . damage . that, .will ! ,run. Into rniUlona, ,aocordtpg. tof reports ;reachfna7 .Tb: new Hotel 'Ripley, bulltf at: a, cose of over. $200,000, is in great danger.- tha water having "cut'a" thannejr through, the .city,'; and-ls, underrntningjthe. founn! dation watU v of . the :, hotel i knd -other buildings.!' '., -'.j-- -- M -, 1 It ",1a conservatively-, estimated that fro"" J0.0OO to4.009 acres Of-; the finest farming : land .. In.' the state-; Is i under;, water. hMohof this- was- li crope-and the , loss Jto tAncaermwtUi p ,peavy.. , $ i. -ii It I Amend&erit vto,10hild Labor, LawProposed By? Member in ;Hoiise 'i "---' V :f , . i Jh :Waahlugton,'May? 17. TJ;(i B.)-An4 other 'attempt "to: iv .congre' control of Will 4 'labor' was mad today; when Itepresentative -Fitigerald, ' Ohlo.i JntroJ duced. c resotutiou -calling -fr-an amend- ment to tlfe constitution, giving;-congress thpdwtfr toregusat the employment of chikSrem-under the gK of ltt I Approval" "by ;two-thlrda of irtb matn-t birrs of-the house and senate and threes fourths-of th states la required to enact th-amendments ' t- j. . , -. ;.- g , .Fltsgerald believes his ' measure ; will pass without difficulty. Mot of 'the states. nave cnuu laDor laws ana are us J sympathy 'jrtlh i feueral - regulatioa..'; i PICtlOTI 1 uiruu vLiu iui a . 0 Id ? Pen rote ; ; Political M ach i 1 3 "Is -Shattered ' bj Progressiva Candidaik-Who:- defeats; Qh. PhUadelphlav j.4 i jry? i7.On the face of th -unofficial, returns. Gifford Pinchot, ' Progreaslvel j and 4 former Bull Mooser, haa -iron th "Republican noml- natioa for governors 'E.'. Harry Baker announced this afternoon at slat head quarters, i . j',T; iSMj!4' : ' i- "Unless Allegheny county is. able Uo give : a ! betteif raajoiilty for JUter, f Ite- pubUcart regular, than, all advices seem to; Indicate, . there fi no., question tHat Pinchot haa carried th atatt. Bakar stated. "Th i results In- Philadelphia and : in edly contributed to th Pinchot victory, which I am how prepared to concede." said .Baker, r-- , ,Jj. -j U-, -:&.-,: , . s-. . It the mlssin districts i contain Pin- chci's . present rate of gain, the final count will ahdw hlmito have been nomi ne tea oy iwjw..;i: IP- 44: This total waa net claimed py Pinchot supporters, however.! ; They estimated a I-..,'- 4- 10.000 margin. f -i - ; Baker's concession; of th nomination came on the! heela pf statements fii?m Alter' state jheadquartersi her that he would b nominated by ll,orK). Telephon ' informationl from ' Pitta burg, howevek-. convinced Baker that Alter'a majority- la! Allegheny county would' not b large j enough to offset Ptnchot'a vot4 in the tcountry districts. Baker was Informed hat tha Allegheny county vot Would be 45,000 to 60.000 for Alter. He ahd other organisation lead ers 1 had counted on i 85,000 and retu rn s early , today from other portions of the State t Indicated that i It would be neces- 'tOoDdodad oa Ps IlghUea, Cehams Ooo) - in in: iiiu i i ii ii 1 1 ss s twwsas ' s . s M s s s its V -', i l -4-U .,--:--;..,.: :S T The ; Waterfront Employers' union 'to day swept the field, tfrom a legal stand point, when -Jthe temporary restraining order Issued against th striking long shoremen by Circuit. 'Judge- Robert Tucker-was - made permanent In a decision handed downt by Circuit Judge O. R. Bagleyj of s Mlllsbore, ; sitting in Mult nomah 'county. , Judge Bagley at the same - tlmt' held B. Forsberg . and J. Backkuson, v jttrikerg, ! i In i: contempt 2 of court, for threatening Walter S3.. Vouag r, mi strikebreaker, I and sentenced them to pay-160 fines or go to JalL. ': i j Th decision cam at noon, after "the morning had been taken up with a hear ing: on whether or hot Judge Tucker's temporary rtstrainlng 5 order against picketing - and! violence should be made permanent. v Judge iBagley heard the irmrnnt and avidMice In tha contemnt case against the two strikers Tuesday afternoon; but reserved bis opinion until after the- hearing today. bl ' . - f : (- . ' Judge Bagleyt at the close of the hear Inr, stated to .Seneca Foirts. attorney for the longshoremen, and Chrlss Bell, at torney for thet employers, that he didn't need any time ln which to think the mat ter over." In some of; the provisions, if, he instead of 'Judge- TucketH had prepared the original restraining ofr-der, he, would have been even more j severe than Judza Tucker waa, be said. j FoUts filed an f fldavit of -' prejudice ! . against Judre IfTucker, maintaining f he would naturally rayor the employer j; ror political rea sons, and ) the ' case- was aaslgned' t Judge Bagley, an upfstat jurlsC . i. 'There is no necessity for an injur.e tlon,T Foots declared In this argument, miei longshoremen have offered to sob- mlt their quarrel with the employers- to the:1 state: .hoard of j conciliation - for a settlement,- and they are ready, to abide (Concluded est Pag Tvo. Column Three)' ; iTd. Nejjigiiro J;.'lJew Tork,' May tj t'i br' S. For eign i silver obl th: ilCewi Tork ' market sold today around 72 !4 cent an ounce, a new high -record fori th yean Mi :.., - PACIFIC COAST; LEAVt . ' : Portland at Sacramento,-1 p. Jtu f i SeatOe at 8alt Lak; i p. jm. j. '.: Oakland at iLos.Ahge lea. 2 :4& p., m. i: Vernon at (fin Franclaco, 2 -.45 -p. ttu : ' f. '' . - SATIOKAL-... V ' " At CineUinaU! ' ! i - 1 K. -'H. - F E. railsdelphle i ,L . 000 OOO WOOJ 0 t 1 Cincinnati . . . . 01 oq oo t l I , Hftterim Snmih. Vrlnteis and iUnlins; Uono ha , sod Uarsnfii.. . J - ' '-.. -' -' -J& Cktesse U "r-r. I j Is ; -v -y r. n, h. ) K. Re .ten I-,,.'; 0l Ofll 1 jf Chlnttv- .r. - . 000 5o0 lf - S 3 , . MawerWs Mciliualaa. i lsnn land Gowdj ; JBS.aad OTsrsa'-.--4 :X'- , New, Tork t Pittsburg. r gam off, rain. - ,. '' i::i-T;.-; :-. J - - - - Brooklyn at St.' Louis, clear, t :15 p. m. If k " 'JtMBElCASTr ' :!At Mew Xerttt. f-'- - - It. H. j E. (Vels4 . -'-' 00 000 1 i Nw fork vai io oo : ; Itattartce L!hl, Iteefe td'Wsrdu "'und Sur.i-iMlir- Bhswkty, . MnrTji and ttcbacg. - iAt PfclladelplUfl 11 tnnlBss: - i R. K. (tiicaso -. .... 00 WO IUII 0M O 1 M u PbilsdelpW . . OOO OOliOOtt Ot - lu, i HaWariss rtn?r aad BchaU : Meimsck n i Perkuis. r . - ..:,--': - :-. '-- - - - :. , f-irAt 'Best: -i ''"'t 1 K. M. -" K . st. iMMis ..,..'...- mo 2u s a ItoJtM ' -- -. -.' eo -ooo 4 4 o .Hattera Vaatiudcr and eeveraid; S-erruann. KuueU aod KocL - ' . '- ..- I retrolt at ' Washington,"-postpone J rata. ! .- : . . . .. ! '-'i - '' " '" Nl"" MH-h - ' ' 4 4J:tl ! -iHH i - -: 1 EMPLOYERS GamesiT6day i " '5 1. !