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'THURSDAY EVENING, ;MAY 25, . 1922. TWENTY-TWO PAGES, y; N , f , "
4
ABSENTEEISM
IN SENATE IS
HIT AS EVIL
Washington Post, Close Friend
: "of Harding, . Writes Scathing
i Article on Neglect of Public
I Business by G. 0. P. Members.
-' LODGE SCORES ABSENTEES
Washington. May 25. (I. X. S.
Senator Henry Cabot txdge. the Re
publican leader, read I the "riot act"
today at a caucus' of he Republican
membership of the senate on "ab
senteeism" during consideration of
the ilcCumber tariff bill. He served
notice - that Republican senators
would not be permitted to absent
themselves from the senate chamber
during: quorum calls and said it was
his Intention to invoke the aid cf the
sercjeant-at-arms to keep at least a
majority within easy xcach.
., By David Xawreace
. r tCopyriabt, 19--. ty'ib Journal)
Washington, May 25.-i-Absenteeism in
the United States senate has firrown so
serious that public business can hardly
be transacted and the debates are list
less. Even so staunch a supporter of
the . Hardlriar administration ' as the
Washington Post, owned and edited by
Edward B. McLtan. the intimate friend
and chum of President Harding', can no
longer keep silent about it- More than
ordinary significance la attached to the
latest editorial of the Post on. the sub
ject, which may or may not- have been
inspired, but which, ini truth, is a "dis
tinct departure from the laudatory at
titude. . toward everything Republican
which the same newspaper has main
tained from the very j beginning '
i Mr, Harding has been the guest of
Ed j tor McLean on houEeboat parties to
Florida and the entente between the
Post and the White House is one of the
!best that ? has ever been built up be
tween a chief executive 'and the leading
fnornlnjr newspaper in pie national capi
tal which L greets . the) legislator with
news and views at the breakfast table. " -POST
MIXCF.9 XO WORDS -j
The Post -minces not words In. its at
tack on the Republican congress, thus :
"The situation in the senate a this
moment constitutes an : indictment of the
good nense of the Republican party.
jNow when coagres la, .under the fire'
t criticism, and the record f the Re
publican party Is under ac rutin ty. when
millions of . voters are ; making up their
minds on the evidence presented, the Re
publloafns of the senate are making, a
; record of absenteeism and neglect of
. public business that will surely return
to plague them. 1 ;
Tho tariff bill is-, before the senate.
It should be either passed or defeated
, m , yet in spite of the advan
tage that could be gained by prompt
action always assuming that the tariff
bill would benefit the country the sen
ate Republicans habitually absent them
selves from the debate and the: senate.
Many of them are absent from Wash
ington, neglecting not: only tariff mak
ing, but all other public 'business: Some
! of these senators v arte away mending
j :hir fences. While others are enjoying1
i more or less well-earned vacations.
! "Of the 60 Republicans ta the senate
! there has not yet been present at any
roll ca.ll during the tariff discussion the
( Conctoded on Pace Eighteen, Column One)
- iondon. May 25. (U. P.) The .Genoa
conference will ultimately succeed. Lloyd
George declared In a. speech before 'the
house of commons today.
The British prime minister warmly de
fended the work of the conference, upon
which parliament was to be asked to
give his ministry a vete of confidence.
The non-aggresstoa truce averted a
danger to Ku rope from Russia's army of
1.500,000 backed by 4,000,000 starving
people. Lloyd t George declared.
"If the Genoa, conference decisions are
not carried out, Ku rope's position win,
indeed, be tragic.,
SOPB Hi THE HACCE
L10yd"George expressed profound hope
for the most practical and beneficial re
sults from The Hague conference next
month. . . . '.;,;.
"The peace of the world and the eta
binty and seeTrHty of Europe, Ueyd
George said, "depenij upon an arrange
ment wtth Russia whereby the volume
of trade upon which; millions depend for
their dally bread, can be Increased."
The prime minister began his speech
by referring to Russia. Without assist
ance of other nations, he said. Russia
has no hope of extricating herself from
a pit of squalid misery.
CITES BISK PACED 1
. Uoyd George cited the Ruseo-German
' pact as an illustration of the risk Eu
rope tan by its previous policy of leav
ing Russia- to her fate until she changed
her' government. i , '
' Explaining5 the dangers that lay, in
Russo-German collaboration, the pre
mier pointed out hat every natural re
source was brought by Russia to be ex
ploited by every- kind of technical skill
at the -)jotnirnand,-of Germany.
California Board to '
Review Tax Appeals
.Waehiagton. May !5. (ir. P.) An x
pcr intent at decentralization of tne tax
collecting fOnetions of the. Internal reve
nue boards ia to be set UP In California,
the treasury- department; announced to
day. Tax nppeals and Tetiewa on ialt
minor cases will be heard by a board of
review In SanFYaacisc.? Jf the plan
works out,- similar boards Xfiif be set up
In other states lone distance . from
RUSSIA HELff KEY
TO PEACE OR WAR
Dr. Akeley
Begins Suit
ce
Chicago; May 25. (L -K. S.) The-end
of a "perfect partnership was In sight
here : today? with the filing of a divorce
complaint by ..Carl . Akeley. world
famous explorer, against Mrs. Delia
Akeley, his companion in many expedi
tions into the jungle. Akeley charges
his wife deserted him in 197.
The couple were married in 139S. Mrs.
Akeley Is said to be in New York and
Akeley Is now ' on a lecture tour of the
West. -r.. . ' v.
Akeley was a member of former Presi
dent Roosevelt's African expedition in
1909. He has made many trips into Af
rica and other remote lands, hunting big
game, and is regarded, as one of the fore
most hunters and taxidermists of the
world. He was formerly taxidermist for
the Field museum and gained fame by
etutring jumbo, the famous Barnura ele
Plar.t. ,'
Until the expedition, from which he
returned in March, Mrs. Akeley. had al
ways Accompanied her husband. His
stories of these trips are full of expres
sions of admiration for Mrs. Akeley's
skill and bravery. On one occasion she
saved her husband's life by fearlessly
facing an infuriated elephant and shoot
ing it down as it charged upon them.
Dr. Akeley delighted a large audience
in The Auditorium in Portland. Monday
night with stories of the African wilds,
giving many new -sidelights on the Dark
Continent and its animal and human
denizens. It was said., at the office of
the Ellison-White Lyceum bureau that
Akeley -is lecturing today at Helena,
Mont. , .
HOLDS TARIFF AS A
By Carl SaUth
Journal Staff Cortaspondect
Washington. May 6, (WASHING
TOX BCRfiAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska,
Republican, chair
man of the commit
tee on agriculture)
seems about ready
to break with his
party colleagues, on
the MoCumber tar
iff biltUe rvsarda
it as. an attempt to
once more build up
a : tariff watt that
will' shield monop
oly and promote a
era of high prices!
Mr. Xorris made
some decided : re
marks on the sched
ule -dealing with
the ingredients of
paints. Although
head of the agri-
, Geo. W Iforrisji cultural committee,
a citizen 'of a farming state and in sym
pathy with agricultural needs, Mr. Nor
ris has not 'Joined the tariff bloc, and
he hinted the. reason why. He intimat
ed that the farm: tariff bloc, in return
for bighi protection for farm products,
has made a deal to let the manufactur
ing and big: business interests have' the
rates they desire. The , net result, he
argues, will be disastrous to the farmer,
and he took paints as an illustration.
"Mr. .President,, I have been wonder
ing' all ; day about the farm bloc," he
said. "We have' been dealing in prod
ucts, the fanner ! heeds. We have had
coloring-in paints 'before us, and white
lead, and we have been increasing the
tariff on every one of them. Where, oh
where,-is the farm bloc that is going to
defend the farmer who - wants to paint
his barn or his granary or his house?
"What are you going to say to him
when you go home? Tou cannot say
this was necessary to put money in the
treasury, because it brings, in none, and
in almost every , instance the concerns
that are dealing in these products are
exporting, competing in the - world's
markets, so you cannot tell him that.
"Tou cannot give him the excuse that
it was a protective tariff you were levy
ing, .because it is conceded that no pro
tection is necessary, and yet. he has to
foot the bilU Mr. President, we cannot
defend a bill built on these principles.
Ton may get the votes and put it
through, but I warn you now that we
will be the sufferers."
, As a Republican and a protectionist,
who looks at the question largely from
an agricultural viewpoint. Senator Jor
ris opinion of the McCumber bill is dis
quieting to the standpat leaders. Norris
was one of the- leaders of his party in
the house who sounded a warning just
before the Republican disaster of 1912.
He makes the point that Senator Borah
and other independent . minds have ut
tered, that this is not a time- when a
protective tariff can be intelligently
fixed.- because f disordered exchange
and - shifting conditions of production
and cost throughout 'the "world.
Movie" StaraEesent 1
'' Pastor's Charges
Against :Flm Play
(Br Cidnml 8rvic '
Los i Angeles, May 25r A coterie of
prominent 4 film people; including Mary
PickfordV. Uougtas ;lianks,s. ."William
Hart. William DeMille, Abraham
Lehr. vice-president of Goldwyn films,
and Buser Keaton : made' . hot ; denials
today of charges laid before the Presbyr
terian -general assembly at Ies Moines
by Dr. Gustav A. Briegleb, in which he
flayed motion pictures and, motion -picture
people. ' , rif T--;-'
Chief hum sr Dr. Briegleb's " charges
were v that films ridiculing protestant
pastors are being produced and that di
rectors deliberately made ' their - film
to the detriment of morals. ' . i
Mary Pickford said ; live never
permitted anything ia my pictnres that
would be offensive to ministers or the
chnrch. - i ' . f
' Dwie Fairbanks classed Briegleb's
charges as "- "unjust. ; Bllli Hart chal
lenged ;lr. Briegleb to prav that such
f characters ts the preaef of the motion
! piviure f?tory did (.or exist in the West
t 9 years s s-- v '..-. ,
l1 or Divot
1925 FAIR TO
BE SUBMITTED
TO CITY VOT
Petitions Circulated Ask Amend
ment to State Constitution to
Permit Portland to Taxii.tsei
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November Election to Decide.
Pinal settlement of. Portland's
IJI925 e'
position problems wilt be determined by
a vote of the people of the lty at the
November election, according ' ; lo ' an
nouncement made today by Mayor George
L. Baker, vice chairman of the managing
committee of the exposition. Initiative
petitions calling ' for an amendment to
the constitution of the state, whici would
permit the city to tax itself 3.00fl,000 fir
exposition purposes J already are beliig
circulated and copies of the petition haye
been distributed to every 1 county in the
state. . : . j I'
wt Ie M
im
i no pian ouuinea py tne unance eoi
mittee calls for a tax levy of ji.000,000
each year for three consecutive years,! jn
the city, for the benefit of the fair and
an additional 1,000.000 to be raised by
private subscriptions throughout tie
state. No subscriptions to the $1,000,000
fund have been announced but it is un
derstood that practically the I whole
amount nas been pledged, subject to
favorable action of the voters at the X
ember election. r j ; i
TOTE OK TAX LETT ' M l
At the same time another petition will
be circulated among the registered vot
ers of the city of"Portland authorizing
a vote on the $3,000,000 tax levy at ike
election in November. The tWo peti
tions will be presented simultaneously
by officials of 'various civic and fra
ternal associations and Mayor Baker an
nounced that the members of 1 the cly
council would assist in getting the pe
titions before the people. j J
"As mayor of Portland, and believing
that no more important, work confronts
the state than that f exploiting-; our; re
sources through the medium of I the ex
position. I have agreed to head the cam
paign in behalf of the vote at the No
vember election." Baker stated ; today.
"The business men of Portland who have
Oregon's future at heart will finance the
campaign to the extent of JC0.0Q0 for tte
preliminary Worlt 'tAfterwerd $'U0fJ,'JO
wiO be raised as a stock subscription jto
start the exposition fund., This subscrip
tion is ; to oe- voluntary'' ana toj extend
urougnout tne state. j ; , 7; j
ENOUGH TO FIXA3TCE VXIU
"Portland wUl be asked to
annual, tax levy of $1,000,000 for. three
years - to apply to the exposition fund.
wntcn, witn tne 3.UQO,ooo raised by sub
scription, will finance the 1925 f?ur. The
measure on the ballot will include pro
vision for the selection f a commission
to handle the expenditure of the money,
thus assuring the safeguarding of the
funds, by a group of citizens selected by
(Concluded 00 Pace Eighteen, Column Oae)
Watson Lays Large
; Army to Capitalists'
Fear of Proletariat
- r- ' H . 1 .:
: Washington. May25. (L K. S.) Ia a
fiery denunciation of the Harding cabi
net. Senator Tom Watson, Democrat? of
Georgia, today charged a large standing
army was being maintained because the
government "feared the proletariat j of
America. ,. . t ... . ,j . . ;
Watson - declared . capitalists backing
the ' administration, had demanded the
army in order-to "put down the people
when they tired of starving.'" i j j
He made individual attacks oa Secre
tary of the Treasury Mellon, SecretaryL
of the Interior Fall, Secretary
of Com-
merce Hoover and Attorney;
Daugherty. A
General
Candidates to Face
: S ' rt! I
Liquor Issue Tests
. .. ; -j! ...j
Milwaukee, Wis.. ; May 23. (U. P.)
Candidates for congress at the Novem
ber election must announce their stand
on prohibition, dry leaders decided here
today at a, meeting to outline political
fights. Anti-Saloon league forces rallied
to make a firm stand against attacks
on the Volstead law by wets in i the
present, campaign. ; . . . ; : 1'j t
rotei t
Daylight SaVing-Yes? No?
Send in Your Opinion on It
' )!., i
It looks as if the i Daylight Saving
editor of The Journal will hold his ; job
for a few more days. Several; PorUand-
ers answered his llea for expressions
on the proposed sunlight conserving, but
not enough for him to form an opinion
as to what-Port land really wants to do.
' This is a vital question, folks, for all
the cities on the coast are : trying to
reach an agreement either for or against
the: plan. What can Portland tell the
other big cities if its citisens don't make
their wishes known? -j - ill- i .- I
Mayor Baker and the city council, it
will be remembered, said that .whatever
the majority of residents desired was
O. K. with themjund the Daylight Sav
ing editor feels the. same way i about it.
So let's have some more expressions. j ;
OPPOSK PLAX - ; : - 1 ',; " !i H j
i Among those received today , was' one
written on stationa-ry. of thei Western
Cooperage company and signed by Mil
dred Cuhing, Rose 'Friend apartments;
M. D. Carter. .No.- S3 Wasco street:
Katherinej Johnston, No. 5S Glisan
street j A)I - Homes. 1141 Iron street';
jlloi
Millionaire's Son and Confessed
Slayer ; Suddenly Disappears
After Resigning as Chairman
, Police Board; Bondsmen to Act.
! White Flalss, T, May z5(C. P.)
W altar S. Ward,: wk eoafessed tke kill
lag ef - Clarence Peters ex-aavy mi,
whose body was foaad sear the Kescieo
reservoir May 1, was rearrested here
late today ea aa order issued by
p rente Cesrt Jastlee A. H. K. Seeger.
Ward was taken to tke aherlf fa office.
Oattlders were barred i from the effiee.
1 Xew Tork. May 25. L'X. &) White
Plains was thrown into a furore of ex
citement and West Chester officials be
came mysteriously-; active and refused
explanations late this afternoon when
rumors spread that Waiter 8. Ward, mil
lionaire . confessed : slayer of Clarence
Peters, had disappeared. .'in. l,
: His wife declared that he phoned yes
terday that he would be home late, but
it is known that ho has not been in
White Plains since yesterday morning.
I The offices of his lawyers refused all
information. '. 1- 1
.The mayor ot -New 3tochelle; today 're
ceived a letter from Ward resigning his
post as chairman of the police commis
sion. WIFE DOESXT TCJTOW
I ; The beautiful young wife of the young
millionaire admitted frankly she did not
know where ho Is.
i It was understood this afternoon that
West Chester officials are considering
cancelling Ward's $10,000 bond and re
arresting him immediately.
: Meanwhile the missing revolver in
the Ward shooting mystery Jias been
discovered. erif f f - Werner ; today
showed newspapermen two revolvers,
one of i'whichi he said, had, pre
sumably' been used by : Clarence
Peters, -x-sailor, who was ahot and
killed by Walter S. Ward on May 16. The
other revolver was Ward's. , " ; -
1 ' Both guns were produced by Ward's
attorney. The fact that no sun such as
Ward : claimed ! , Peters had t used to
threaten him before the killing bad been
produced; up to today had weighed heav
ily in the minds -of the ;, Westchester
eounty aaCj6rite. Absence of the gun.
they-said, had been one of the chief dls-
crepenciea in his story or tne kuung.
nwVKlRrnR llEIlItt TKAUXJl
:
i Ownership jOf U the revorer aUeged to
have been used . by Peters , Is , being
traced by the officials in charge of i the
case.' , "
' A general alarm was sent out today
for "Charley Ross and "Jack." named
by the baker's son as his assailants in
the early morning gun fight- near Ken
sido reservoir.,
In showing the ' revolvers. Sheriff
Werner eaid he believed the. case was
pretty well cleared up."
In answer to the thinly, veiled charges
that the. authorities of ' Westchester
county were shielding the - real motives
behind the blackmailing of Ward, Dis
trict Attorney Weeks submitted to a long
cross-examination Wednesday night, in
which he admitted that he himself is
not completely satisfied with the version
given by young WardJ V ,-!.
A3TOSTMOCS I.ETTEB. "
Another development in the mystery
was the receipt by District Attorney
Weeks of . an I anonymous special ; de
livery letter mailed from New Tork,
and said to contain Information regard
ing the . basis i for the alleged, black
mailing of Ward, through which Ward's
assailants are said to have obtained
$30,000 from the young man before he
ended that phasa of the affair by
killing Peters. r1 1 ; -I'l
In his "cross-examination at : the
hands of newspaper men to which he
voluntarily submitted. Weeks admitted
tb&t were discrepancies In Ward's
story which would bear investigation.
Regarding the statement that state
troopers, also ; engaged- in " solving the
mystery, declare that to their , belief no
gun battle, such as described by Ward,
(Concluded ea Fata Eig&teea. Column Two)
Wave Doesn't Wave;
J Coij
New. Tork. I May t5s(XJZ P.) Miss
Elsie Knox's permanent wave no longer
waves and the maa, who -said it would
for six months h was ordered by ; the
court to pay her back $20. ;
W. Lillian Loretz, No. til Market street,
and ' Mildred i Anderson, No. 93S ast
Thirteenth street. -- t. . . . -j-.
They are decidedly-opposed to the day
light saying plan. They made this clear
in 'one terse sentence, not stating; how
ever. V-eir reasons.
v George Shepherd, who haa offlceaT in
the Gasco building, and was. a Repub
lican candidate "for the supreme Judge
ship nomination. Is all for it. He wrote:
"It is just as easy to get up at f as at
7, as easy to get up at 5 as at , and
one feelsv better for it. !- : -T j
KAU'KAK 70S IT ."
A.-"- Scruggs', Ko..?3S9 -Vancouver
avenue, made a personal call on the
Daylight Saving editor. ' - ,
"I am , a "railroad man conductor on
the Oregon Electric-said Scruggs. "I
want daylight saving. There are a lot
of us that do. Just thought fd let you
know about it. Why should we Work
in . the dark when we can get an added
hour ef light T ..: ;
: Iet'a have more opisiona . Summer is
ready, to pop in on us and we ought to
get this thing -over witk . . , -
"Main Street' Returns Fromi A broad
QINCIIR IWIS, whose'
photographed with Mrs. i Lewis arid their ; son WellJ i on the
from a. year s:; stay in 'Europe.
Practically $20,000 damage was done
by a .spectacular- fire of unexplained
origin, which swept a three-story frame
factory' building at East Water . and
Alder streets, about 9:43 p. m. Wednes
day, '.", ':!'":
The fire had, gained such headway, be
fore its discovery that the first fcrur fire
pqtnpanles . to ahswer ;tjhe alarm were
unable i to handle- It, and .turned in a
Second alarm for herp. This brought out
virtually all the downtown' apparatus,
all the close-in east side companies, and
both fir boats. Firemen could not enter
the r building, which was a veritable
roaring - furnace," so theyi had to beat
badkJ&e flames from the; windows with
streams played from the ground, before
they could raise -ladders -to the second
story windows to get water on the heart
of the fire. j -
The fire is, believed to have started on
the --second .story,, which ' was occupied
by the Fraser Manufacturing company.
The Frazer company sustained the heav
iest loss, damage being given at $7200,
With 6500 insurance to coyer the- loss.
Iosses to the other tenants of the
building, which was 130 Ifeet long, are
given as follows by Ue ; fire marshal ;
East Portland Printing company, $1200;
Portland Aute Top company, $1000 ;
Mangood Strauss company. $2750 ;
Wade Engineering company, $1000, and
the building $7500.
Blowing of the, siren to call in the
off -shift firemen attracted the attention
of the public and brought a jam of hun
dreds of people to the blaze.
' .Nothing was salvaged, fronj the build
ing by the firemen. Paints, oils and
varnishes on the upper floors stubbornly
resisted the water thrown on them.
Only the shell of .the two upper floors
remains today. The' loss to the Fraze?
Manufacturing company is complete, ac
cording to A. W. .Fraser, j manager.
The building cannot be jrehutlt.
Authority to Build
j Crossing in Union v
V Gounty ls planted
Salem,' May 25. Authority for the con-tf
struction of an overheadj, crossing over
the tracks of the " Oregon-Washington
railroad at the Grand Ronde river, near
Rlnehart in Union county, is granted to
the state highway commission' in an or
der issued by the public service commit
sion ere today. The, cost of the proi
posed structure is estimated at $51,700,
of. which the .railroad, is tto bear 20 per
cent, the state 40 per. cent and Union
county 40 per ' cent. The expense of
maintaining the structure is, to be borne
equally between the "state -and county.'
i The proppsed newjstructare is to be
$35 feet long over all, with two 30-foot.
one 5-foot and - two 40-foot concrete
spans. together - with one j 140-foot steel
span -on - concrete, piers, and Involves a
crossing of botir the railroad tracks and
the Grand Ronde rivers Several existing
grade crossings are to -be eliminated by
reason : of. the new . routing of - the Xa
Grande-Joseph . highway,-" of w jlch the
new: crossing will be a, part the cost of
these -eliminations being assessed against
the railroad company: r:r- ' y .
Woodrow Wilson 1
; Party Whip Again ;
. Swings Into Fray
, -i- m . -:
Washington, May 3s. iU. P.) Wood -
row Wilson today i gave further support
to the growing belief here that In the
coming congressional campaign he will
fight Ms enemies and support his friends,
i Following bis, letters attacking-; gen
ktor Reed. Missouri,! the former presi
dent a Written a letter'to B. S.i Ber
tnan of Raleigh,' Indorsing Representative
Pou ' of Nwth 'Carolina for reelection.'.
; "In my-Judgment his retirement "would
b n serious loss to the .party and coun
trr.". Wilson &aid in p?i-,. .
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FACTORY BUILDING lioyx sr,- BEN W. OLCOTT S
, DAMAGED BY FIRE ');,fo-"f' PLURALITY IS 51 0
novel,' "Main Street" earned for
" j'f 'u, . -"i:"T
r .
Everything iras aflame, the curtains,
the bed, the carpet, but this was of 'small
moment j to rWalter and Edward Bills,
aged 10 and t, compared wfth- the safety
of thirt chicken and the canary bird
Walter and' Ewardarlfdlbboys;
whbflveduntil Wednesday night at
No. jglfJWheelerJo street wth jcithelt
motherara:;AticefBiHs' and-:i!therr!
grandmother, Mrs. Eil., Webb. i - i j
i Mrs. Webb Is night janitress at The
Journal building. Both she and Mrs.
Bills were away from home early Wed
nesday - nighty leaving , the children raup-i
posedfy In bed. 1 But Waller .did not
go -to ;bed ' Brother Edward was in bed
but not .asleep. .r-.-; ?s- '-3
, Aha. mischief L; One of them got -the
matches,- and : before they ; knevjr it the
bed was blazing. After trying; vainly to
quench the flames, the boys, seised tbeirj
most jcherished possessions canary, "and;
chicken and fled to a neighbor's with
the news that; the house was burning, j
Nothing was saved. " The -Interior was
completely gutted, the house burning
like moss in :a forest fire.. The loss
was estimated by the fire marshal's of-j
fice at $1500, : with some insurance.
Daugherty Linked!
In Liquor Chargei
Washington,; "May.: 25. (U. P.) Sena-i
tor Watson, Georgia, today charged Ui
the senate that Thomas Felder, attorney
linked with Attorney General Daugherty.
in the nardonlnar of Charles W. Morse.
financier, secured the release of a cargo
of seised i contraband ' r liquor through
Daugherty. .-f ' . - , t
AroundWorld Flyer
Is Delayed-at fParis
Paris. May 25.--(L S.J Major" Wi
T. Blake, who ia engaged in a round -the-f
world airplane flight from England, de
layed his departure from Paris today to
make; further readjustments to bis ma
chine; He said he hoped to hop off f of
Turlni late ? in ; the afternoon, ,r Friday
morning at -tne ; latest. . .y . , a
v PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE .-; .
Salt Xake at . Portland, two games.
li0 v. m. i. '.:-.. v 4
Batteries for . first, k game Salt, jLake
Williams and Jenkins ; Portland. Free
man and King. . i ' f" . ' -
i Vernon at Oakland. J p..m. .' .' '- . .
San Francisco at Los A.ngeles. 2 :45
- Sacrmninte at Seattle, 2 :43 p, H-.-
-Vf "KAtiotal 'r::-i x
Xt Cmcinmti Flntt tamer ' K s JS.1'. K
CM ,J,.eet ei ee f2 j -v.e
taaeinaati -.. . . O02 OOO O t- JvSt.H
. Batkntaa -Alexander and Hartoatt; DoBohu
and vWinfft ailad at end . eisbtb; --isia.
- Second.-cam ymwtad. , 22.?t 'S."
; At' PhuadelphM Piwt : .. tX, H.1 E.
Frooklyn U. ,.,.121' 02, 002 13
Phitodehlnav..;..ll- 021 fl'-rj lfH2
- BtUrrm Grima. Smith- and eBaror ; ;Hob-
At rhiuuiclptua. Sccand a:J R. TL- B.
Rtookir . ,.eessoe eio evis i
VhiiadclDhia . ....lei e8 WOl- MH
Battanes Cadore- isd- Hsaasf. Eaiunaart
er,- Bests. Wemart, maa -retem-,-.
-4A: : AMERICA K iVi 'fi-.
-New-Tork, May; 2a-(L; K, S.) Babe
k Ruth was banished from the. Tankee-
.n - j.hiBrtnn nmm thia afternoon ; when
ia third Inning be climbed Into the
stands and challenged some fans .who
had made .. taunting . r remarks to-, him.
Waahinctaa 1 69. 4 . . ..-e
Saw TMi.;..A,MO !I l, -'ll " 5
Battetwa-PaiSlipa, , Brillhart and r Gharritjr;
Boyt nd Schana. :i . .yY--JL V'---i-"i'-"
At IVUKHt -7 -i' -'-.!-: !Tilt;iiH.''lS..
rirwiaini iT.'v'iV'.ee ! .; I
lietrit 4.ii-.U. 200 12- 7 - 11 r 1
" Battertiw OyrHeaate. .- lAodxr-- Keef . aJ
O'Sed; Pillette and Baielcr. ; , i
-"St Louts at Chicago, postponed; rain.
1 oday
him interaational prominence,!
Aquitania on their return
'
- Governor ' Olcott's " plurality "; -oyer
Charles- Hall for the Republican nomlna
tion Jfor goyerpor; s tff.i, .Every. ; pre
cinct', has ,rpoFtd'-'aidJ.whel!ithjl,offlr
clal count in the few remalnlng.countles
yet; to' be repoHed, "may alter the unof
ficial.', figures, no considerable . discrep
ancy, 'tf:,
CThis plurality ; is; based Jon the? official
counjt la' M ultnomalv .onJ all f except one
preclnet)' - The Multndmah1 vttte is Hall
Oicott
43,009
. - ... .... ... , .
. . . . . ,f.
Hall ' v.. i.V;, ..', .'r.via
42,199
M6rb than Ml 4.350 votes were cast for
the six .Candidates for governor, - which
is -62 peir.'ceot of the registration-
The vote on the pther Republican can
didates for .governor ia : r . . '
Patterson .-'ia ;.?.-, . , .12,793
White -. , . i-, .'.'s.i .'..'!. .." , T. 10,07$
Bean '" 3.333
.wrWilt ;Rr .ng smajorTty lor uemocrauo
national commltteemaa.,sver Dr. J. iW.
Morrowj is S00 on , the' face --of ' official
returns p from 20 'Oregon , counties and
complete returns from most of the others.
The vote! " N
King . .i . i . 3.702
Morrow, ...... V.... ... 8,802
Ini -the Democratic gubernatorial race
Waiter Pierce's lnrality is 7S6i. ' The
VOte: V--... tjr-.'i . '.-. '''I:..'
Pierce . I ... . I Jv . . . .. S. . 18.470
Starkweather : 6,346
Holmes ............................1,951
Purdy,?-i i. .". ; 1,21$
For treasurer-the ; Incomplete vote; is:
Hoff . . . . . . . .61,01 1
Ryan ........ . . .'. ; . . . ..... . .47,23$
For labor commissioner! s , r ' '
Gram . . 4..-. ,i,i.v.,.il,ttl
Dalzlel .......... .... ... .. ,V 44,290
For public service commissioner : I
Campbell ;. .". . . . .'.37,460
Lyman ...,......................17.221
Thiehof f " ... .v. ......... 36,442
" Republican national committeeman :
Williams ... . , B0.$9
Fithian . ........ ; .41,98)
Congressman First district: , ; !
Hawley ....... . .... . ... . ... .23.32?
Fisher .... -.. m , i . ., i . 8,478
Norblad ................ . . . . . . . . ..13,920
; Congressman Second.. district: i
Sinnottl .... ...'..'- ."-.,, ....... .10,483
Gwlnn i . .. . . . . ..... . . . . . .......... . 4.SS1
The vote on "the public service recalls
as eom piled to date, is as follows: , ' .
Williams recall, yes 3,428, no 40,353.
To fill the vacancy created, T.' M,; Ker
rigan has a majority , of 17,641. jThe
vote '. Kerrigan 48.495, Williams 33j,854.
Buchtell - recall, yes 63.463, no 31.318.
Newton McCoy bAs a plurality of 1937
to fljl the yacancy ;n the, commission
from the western" district.' : The - vote :
IcCoy i2,840. Buchtel 24.903,' Ostrander
J,0.h'i7r --ry, -ff 7 .l,'-1'ffr.f-" fi .
THOMsi rrrss iroMITT ATIOW ? j " -tf.
yvtpJ -;OK ..OFFICIAL COtJHT
Albany. Or., May 2$. The official .pan
vass ofthe-Unn eouety. vote gav the
Bpubllckh nomination for county com
missioner to . XJ. CI Thorns, incumbent,
for; an unexpired term. In the 'unofficial
cotmt-Thom-tiei- with -H. B. Springer.
Thpma' official vote is 1018 and Spring-
erf ;TOs,.;.--t i-r, i r. Si-'
Romance GaAed as v
?lint?i
IlIrs;OJHaimer
i'-ri,V. ' :r-r(BTtrattad Xawsl I--" ;-.;-'
' New 5. Tork, May 2--Into the ..life of
Mrs. Oscar f Hammersteln, which i has
been a' eer'ej of disappointments since
the death -of ; her i impressario husband,
romance haa. come,. gain, , '-. i-.i;. "
- Mrs- Hammcrctein haa confirmed ru
mors that she- is about ,to Wed Prince
Radomaf,-, con3in-- of . ths ; king ef j Italy,
and a-veteran oftthe,World war. j if .
'It is" purely- a love match," he says.
The prince ,l not "a mata pf , means,
but .holds 'av position'- with the Standard
OiT ' company n"SmymaU, v--'-r t J ;
Since- Mrs. ?Hfnmcrttei'f evtion
fronv-her apartment above the Mahhat
Van Opera house,- she has signed a icon-j
trart with a 1 moving ' picture concern
tn order lo earn, money to continue her
court fight for a ehare of her husband's
prooerty. " (
CONCILIATION
PLAN ADOPTED
U ncle Sam JrVjll; Ignore Water
i front Employers irj Hirin'glDock
i i Workers t Under Decision' of
Mediation
Boarri; in Strike.
.The waterfront 'strike- Is over so fsr -
a th United States shipping boardj and -j
the longshoremen's union,' in its relation ""
with the shippi ag , board, are concerned.
( The decision of the 'state conclllilion :
board was m Ldej , effective today Jby 1
shipping board officials and by union t j
longshoremen j in jthe handling of mer
chant marine1' vessels. t S '.
f Having exhausted what he believes to -be
ku possibh fforts to adjust Ijlif
waterfront conlroversy, J-C,' Jenkins jot
Washington. D(. ,' tX. director of the de
partment of Industrial relations of-the
shipping boardj when asked, tor a state
ment said- that responsibility for. con
tinuing the strike rests squarely upon .
the Waterfront Employers union, "So
far las the shipping board Is concerned
we are out ' of t,"j he said. ; f : :"' f ; f
ABOLISH - LIST j SYSTEM 'yf'ff' ). ''
i'The longshoremen have abolished the
list system. They have agreed to piece
Portland and! iPuget Sound on a' strict
parity In the matter, of .wages Hud
working conditions. They have accepted
the conciliation' board's decision in favor
of a neutral hiring bureau. They hive
met our original; demands. There ifcan
be" no further Reason for continuing the
Reason
strike..;;;, - , 'j. . ;". ;;v-.. . 'ff':
I i "iThe shipping board, as an employer,
threugh its ajgentav will ; herea. : - deal
with the, longshoremen In the, terms of
the; state board's award. ' We" will be
represented by two men and the Jong
shoremen by two, men In matters 1 of
employment. !! This rtecislon will apply
generally , to; our 1 operations and to the
handling of each specific boat. '
BEG BETS DIFFERENCES . ' ,
' "iShould the strike be internationalizsd
as threatmed "jit -lll hot aff eot shippliitf
board bosts. beciivse we have accepted,
the state board's award. But we are" in
terested in maintaining le efficiency of
American ports and of vessels flying the
American-flagl.:."-jt::;i'- "'k i - ;..: -iv f'
It seems a pity that some plan of
coopefatloa between - the longshoremen
and the cmproyers in this port cannot be
adoptedf-- U nee my in formation Is th a t
the longshoremen ,of this port are Ameri
can 'citizens, home-owning -and long ex
perienced : longshoremen, a most favor- !:
sble condition; . whtch .does not exist in
all ports of the United States. J
I Sharp, placing, of fault, for; waterfront,
strike continuance ; brings to the lore!
allegation that the Crushing of the lenp
shoremen's union , has become It he role
objective of the waterfront strike, that
"more than' sympathy fi being extended
from San Francisco hd Seattle becaur
of 1 the presumption - that an employer
victory means an open - shop" ' Pacif lo
coast, and that a workers' 'victory means "
a resumption of ; tight union organiza
tion in the ports mentioned. j
WOCLD BSD TROUBLE ; f' ';'f :1:7 -Vi
There - are working agreements with
the International Longshoremen's asso
ciation in Vancouver, Tacoma and Vic--torla
and none in; Seattle and San Fran
cisco. Future! arrangements in Ixs An
geles harbor jwlll be, it. is said.; influ
enced by adjustmenta in the Portland
-strike. . - ' v: -- --- ... '., - ;
Narrowing down the strike , s'.Matlon
from the employers view, it" is said , that
many waterfront employers heartily wish
the trouble ended. A possible majority
Of .the stevedoring -companies are said
tot be ready to meet the longshoremen
half way. - r i--.; H c' ..' -:. -,-;.( t f: -
v The strike Is now a month old. - Its
cost to the ;clty is placed at $28,000 a
month ;for the employment . of regular
and special; officers assigned to Water- .
-(Concluded oa Pasa Elsbtecn. Colnma Twat
Higher
Fares for;.
: Salem
and! Eugene
R Linfesj Are Sought
' Balem. May 25.-i-Increases In cash
fares and commutation fares - en j the
street railway systems i of : Salem and
Eugene from 6 to 8 cents, effective June
20, are provided in new tariffs filed
with the public "service commission to
day by the Southern Paclfia company,
owner of the! Salem. Eugene and.Weat
Unn street Irallways. No .change lu
fares at .. West Linn Is Included, i In
creases In the fares between Eugene and
Springfield and Intermediate points from
10 cents to 12 cents are also provided.
-;. ;The commission- recently refused -to
grant Increases-In the fares at ; Salem
and Eugene to 8" cents, as requested by
the company, with the understanding
that the cities wOuld moves to afford the
railways- some measure of relief. At
that time a ishowing was made to . the
effect that revenues were not adequate
to! meejt operating expenses of the street
railways-;-U- - "-R: -1, f, --''"' ".-,"' .
The tariffs will beeome'effective June
20, --unless jthe j commission intervenes
W ine meanvnih 1 - -. ,-' ? ; - -
J-' '- !'!.'! r t . i . -
To' Discuss Bill to
fiWashinsrton, M
ton. May 2. (I. J. 8.7 By x
tnlaTgla - of Ane 4ote the; hO'ise derided
this afternoon to discuss the so-callci!
sezar'bill to! reimburse .American Hus.r
importers for losses sustained during tn
wari? ;,The icsolution provides or t
-cavment of !$3.500,000 ti B.t;H. IfoWrll
; Hon & : Co.-anid Vi IX lierondc Co.. bi:i
of. New- Tcrk - rberc ..t cone ln-irabi.-.
cpposilion to thq paaeaje of the ltt-
tlon. . ;
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