Sidles Chromcle THE FORECAST THE WEATHER Maximum OS Minimum 45 Fair VOLUME LXI. THE DALLES, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 4, 1921. No. 105. GRAIN GROWERS OF NORTHWEST TO MEET HERE AFFILIATION WITH NATIONAL ORGANIZATION, PURPOSE OF BIG MEETING. SELLING PLANS DIFFER EXECUTIVES TO .TAKE .UP NA TIONAL RESOLUTIONS' 11 P0INT8. To consider the resolutions passed by the United .States Grain Growers, Inc., setting forth the conditions un der which the northwestern wheat 1 growers' associations may become af filiated with the national organiza tion, an Important meeting of execu-' tives is to be held in The' Dalles Sat urday, May 14. lAmong those who will attend are George C. Jewett, . general manager of the Northwest Grain Growers, As sociated; George A. Mansfield, presi dent of the Oregon State Farm, bu reau; C. A. Spence, grand master of the state grange; A. R. Shumway, president 'of the state farmers' union; and Hector MacPherson, head of the bureau of marketing of Oregon Agri cultural college" There have been differences in poli cies between the national organiza tion and those of the northwest, es pecially in selling plans, which threat ened to prevent a union of the two. When the United States Grain Grow ers, Inc., met in Chicago last month, a special committee was appointed to consider basic principles around whTTch "ac6ns6lldationmight be ef fected. This committee met and drew up a set of resolutions, consisting of 11 points. These resolutions will be con sidered at the meeting a week from next Saturday. (As they generally set forth the prin ciples of the northwestern organiza-. tions, there is little doubt but that they will be approved, and the consol idation will be effected. The first step will be to secure ratification of the resolution according to the con ditions of the state involved. The resolutions in substance, pro vide as follows: I The first clause provides the Wash ington, Oregon and Idaho associations may be permitted to join the national organization on execution of a con tract with the latter, incorporating the points set forth below. i First, all grain of the associated ' shall bo marketed through the nation. aL i Second, that such portion of the grain as may be sold for export, not to exceed one third of the total, be marketed under the direction and at the time required by the pooling com mittee of the nationalassociatloa. Third, in consideration of the cam paign of the state association to in crease their memberships, the Unit-' ed States Grain Growers, Inc., will not present its particular form of con tract, or permit growers in the north west to sign the national contracts prior to January 1, 1924. This means the growers in Oregon, Washington , (Continued on Page 8.) JUDGE LANOIS TO RESIGN COURT JOB FEDERAL COURT TO LOSE ONE OF MOST PICTURESQUE CHARACTERS. ttf United PreM CHICAGO, May 4. Kenesaw Moun tain Landls will give up his job as judge of the federal court here in or der to devote all of his time to hU position aa high baseball commUslon er. His resignation, according to pres. ent Indications, will take effect early In June. It has long been known among Judge Landis' friends that he wouM - (Continued on lage I,) LAD'S FISH POLE HITS VOLTAGE WIRE; HE'S ELECTROCUTED CURRENT HURLS HIS BODY 150 FEET TO RIVER BELOW. By United Press HARRISBURG1, Ore., May 4 Twelve-year-old Edwin Jensen met a spectacular death here late yesterday when he was accidentally electro cuted and his body hurled 150 feet from a railroad trestle into the Wil lamette river. The lad was fishing from the tres tle with a metal-tipped rod. In whip ping it back it came in contact with a trolley-wire system carrying 60,000 volts. He was intsantly killed and his body catapaulted through the atr and into the water below. The accident occurred in the main line of the Oregon Electric railroad. CITY MAY VOTE RESIDENTS ON UPPER STREETS ASK FOR MACADAM COUN CIL OBJECTS. , (Residents of the upper part of the city want macadam streets in front of their homes. They want the city to build these streets on a 75-25 basin, the property owners to pay the long end of the deal. The city has two ob jectlons to this proposal, howevev. in. the first place, Mayor P J. Stadelman is of the opinion that macadam street surfacing1 is waste of money and. should the upper streets of the city be surfaced in this manner, this prtt cedure would preclude paving tor years to come. And in the second place, the city has not sufficient funds to pay its 25 percent of the cost. These facts were brought out last night at the regular monthly meeting of the city council, attended by a delegation of property owners from the upper sections of the city. The city will be forced to call a special election and vote special ini provment bonds if the street improvK ment petitions are granted, it was pointed out by couhcilmen. Although no definite action was taken, the general concensus of opin ion following the meeting was that the issue will be placed before the people, either at a special election or at the state special election on June 7. HOLD BIG BANQUET DELEGATIONS FROM HOOD RIVER AND STATE ASSOCIATION ARE GUESTS. With a large delegation of Hood River automobile dealers in attend ance, as well as representatives from the State Automobile Dealers' asso ciation, the Wasco County Automotive Dealers' association last night was host at a banquet given at Hotel Dalles. Fifty local and visiting auto mobile men sat down at the banquet table. H. R. Fancher of the local associa tion gave a brief address, urging the establishment of the cash basis in all automobile transactions. C. A. John ston told of the progress made in im proving the new city auto park. Among the guests were: Homer Ross of McMlnnville, president of the State Automobile Dealers' associa tion; A. H. Brown of Portland, asso ciation director, and James Castle of Portland, secretary of the state asso ciation. H, E. Burdette, landscape architect, explained in detail the work already done on the Improvement of the city auto park. Following his talk, dealers who bad seen the partly-completed park agreed that The Dalles will bava one of the best equipped and most ar tistic auto parks in the west, if pres ent plans are carried out.- on macadamizing AUTOMOTIVE MEN BUFGl'S BOATS . SNATCH DYING FROM SEA GRAVE EIGHT DIE IN SHIP'S FIRE 65 SURVIVORS ARE LANDED. BLAZE BELIEVED OUT FLARES SECOND TIME, HOW EVER, IGNITES NITRATE, EX PLOSION FOLLOWS. By United Press SEATTLE, Wash., May 4 Sixty five survivors of the Japanese steam ship Tokuyo Maru, which burned at sea olf the northern Oregon coast Monday night, were safe in Seattle today. They arived here last night aboard the army transport Buford, which reported eight dead from tho disaster. To the bravery and superb seaman ship of Captain L. R. M. Kerr, Third Officer O. Littchen and Fourth Of ficer A. Erickson of the Buford, be longs the credit for rescuing 22 of the 65 survivors. The twenty-two, un able to get into lifeboats, were snatched from the water by the Bu ford's boats, commanded by Littchen and Erickson. Fire started in tho Tokuyo early Monday morning. Captain Suzuki or dered the ship turned back to the mouth of the Columbia. All hands fought the flames and tho fire was declared out. On resuming her cruise the ship again burst, into flames, this time reaching a bunker filled (Continued on Page 8.) FESNERS KILL POLICEMAN; WOUND ANOTHER IN RUSH - By United Press GLASCOW, May 4 Sinn Feiners today killed one police officer and wounded another in an attempt to take a colleague, Frank Somers from custody. Somers was being transferred from court to jail in a heavily guarded patrol wagon, when Sinn Feiners rushed the conveyance. One inspec tor was killed and a detective wounded. . GERMAN PLANTS Ant MMItO TEUTON MANUFACTORIES, THUS ABLE TO UNDER-SELL U. S., CLAIM. By John M. Gleissner (United News Staff Correaoondent) WASHINGTON, May 4 German manufacturers are able to undersell their American competitors because of large indirect subsidies from the government, according to Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover. He described the German indus trial situation as revealed by a study by the department of commerce, in. testifying Tuesday before the houso ways and means committee on the tariff bill. Hoover said that out of a total German budget of 80,000,000,000 marks some 50,000,000 was practi cally a subsidy to Industry in arti ficially low prices for German goods. Tho government he explained pays railroad operating deficiencies loss es from the operation of utilities ana maintains living costs at a low point by buying food and soiling it below cost. This process keeps down produc tion costs, he said, but cannot con tinue indefinitely, because the gov ernment is meeting the expense largely by the issuance of paper money, which eventually would bring inflation to the bursting point. "German steel and other coromod ItJes are being offered at price with which no government can compete," Hoover said. "The government pays three-fourths of tho charges of pro duction. It is existing by printing (Continued on Page I.) IMS DEMAND $33,750,000,000 FROM GERMANY TEUTONS MUST MAKE ANNUAL PAYMENTS OF $500,000,000, TERMS. INVASION IS PENALTY RUHR WILL BE SEIZED UNLESS GERMANY ACCEPTS REPARA TIONS . Final Ultimatum. Allies demand $33,750,000,000 (present value.) Payment. ' Three classes of gold "bonds bearing five percent interest. One issue to be delivered July 1, the second in November and the third as an allied commission be- lieves desirable. German exportatlons taxed 25 or 26 percent, expected to yield $500,000,000 'a year. Germany to make annual pay- ments of $500,000,000 and to pay $250,000,000 within threo months. Penalty. . Invasion of the Ruhr district with gradually Increasing pies- sure. Possibly a naval demon- stration before German ports. By ;Ed L. Keen (United Press Staff Correspondent) (LONDON, May 4. The allies today; prepared to submit a final proposal to yGjermany for settlement of the world, war. With .a demand that Germany pay $33,750,000,000 to the allied countries, tho supremo council notified Berlin that penalties will be exacted If the terms are not accepted by midnight of a certain day, believed to bo May 12. " The supremo council's note, provid ing for payment of the uoot by bond issues and exacting nn export tax. "was to be transmitted to Berlin by the allied reparations commission which (Continued on Pago 8.) iSHIP AGROUND CALLS m HtLriTUG MAY HAVE TROUBLE WITH STEERING GEAR, CAUSE IN LITTLE DANGER. I By United Press SAN FIlANfMSCO. Mav 4 Troublo with the steering gear caused tho j Santa Alicia to run aground at Mar-' rowstone point, according to tho ma line dopartmont of the San Fran cisco Chamber of Commerce. Ad vices received here today gavo tho impression that tho crow was In lit tle danger. Tho message said that lighters would bo drawn alongside and tho cargo taken olf, after which It Is believed.-'Siio could bo floated. The Santa Alicia had aboard 3,000 tons of ore for smoltors. Up until noon, officers of the W. R. Grace company, owners of tho vessol, had received no details of tho accident. SEATTLE, Wash., May 4 Wire less calls for assistance wero sent out shortly aftor 2:30 o'clock this morning by the W. It. Grace steam ship Santa Alicia. Tho vessol Is ro roiled aground and In distress at Murrowstone point near Port Town I end. The Santa Alicia was inbound Sun Francisco to Seattle. ' ASTORIA, Or , May 4. The Santa Alicia, reported aground and In dis tress near Port Townsend, passed the mouth of the Columbia bound northward early yesterday. She was one of the ships which had been standing by tho Ill-fated To-( kuyo Maru, which burned to. the water's edgo and sank. J MCARTHUR TO FIGHT FOR WEST iCOAST NAVAL DEFENSES BREMERTON, SAN DIEGO, MARE ISLAND, COLUMBIA MOUTH FACILITIES NEEDED. (Chronicle's Washington Bureau) WASHINGTON, Mny 4 "The navy is our first line of defonse, and hence it is of vital importance thai wo maintain powerful fleets, and adequate shore facilities on both oceans," declared Representative C. N. McArthur today in announcing his Intentions of renewing his fight before congress for ample naval pro tection for the Columbia river. "At the present timo there are ample shore facilities on the Atlan tic const, but the yards, docks and other shore accommodations on the Pacific are entirely inadequate," con tinued Mr. McArthur. "The govern ment has spent much money in the development of fortifications and equipment at Pearl Harbor and In the Hawaiian Islands, and this, of (Continued oh Page 8.) NEGRESS CALM IN Tl REFUSES TO GET EXCITED OVER WINNING OIL CASE. By Harry C. Taylor (United Press Staff Correspondent) DALLAS, Tex., May 4 A nogress today sat in a tumbledown shack In tho negro quarter, stoically refusing to got excited over a battle involv ing millions of dollars, which attor neys aro waging about hor claims to oil lands. Lillio Taylor, tho negross, explain ed to newspapermen that her "health is porcly, and besides I ain't no hand to talk no-how." She merely Bhrjggcd her shoul dors when Informed that tho Louis iana supreme court had upheld hor title to oil fields near Homer, which have already produced almost $6,000, 000 worth of oil. Suit pending in the circuit court of appeals of Now, Orleans will com plete tho establishment of her title, if she wins, and will probably muko her the richest negross in tho world. NO WORD COMES TO EXPLAIN DISAPPEARANCE MONTH AGO. By Up'ted Nowb SAN FRANCISCO, May 4. Naval offlcoia hero today recallod tho myc- terlous disappearance of tho Collier Cyclops when no word wan received In regard to tho naval tug Conostoga, now 37 days out from Maro Island, on. route to Pearl Harbor. Tho Conestcga loft hero on March 27 towing a barge. At tho last lopor' rocolvod at tho iuival hoadeiuartors on April 8, the commander, Llouton ant 13. L. Jones, said that tho lug wan trying to rido out a hurricane, 500 miles from Honolulu. Her tow had broken loose and sho was trying to lo cato It, tho messago said, Since that day, tio-.v nearly a month ago, no word ban coiuo from tho ship' Dispatches from Washington roroiv od at naval hpnriqiiartorx horo have ordered a fleet of vowdii to go from Honolulu In search of tho Cotio'Hoga A squadron of seaplanes will accom pany thorn to aid In the search, Fear that tho tug had bcon lost In the hurricane was expressed horo bv oafating men familiar with condi tions In Hawaiian watorH, Lieutenant E, L. Jones, command-fn- officer, is said to bo from Boston whoro tho rocords show thut ho lived with his parents prior to his ontrancn Into tho sorvlco. Boatswain F. L, Itelngold, executive "fflcor, Is from Portsmouth, Va. T MELONS u STORM II. S. NAVY TO MASS SHORTLY IN PACIFIC SEA EVERY SHIP TO CONCENTRATE ON WEST COAST, SAYS OF FICER. LENGTH OF MOBILIZATION IN WE8TERN OCEAN NOT DIVULGED. (Chronicle's Washington 'Bureau.) ' WASHINGTON. Mny 4. Every fighting ship and nil supply ships of the United States nnvy will mass to gether on the Pacific coast within the next- four months. This statement was made today on the authority of one of tho highest na val officials In Washington. Just how long 'this mobilization in tho western ocean will last no one hero can oven guess, but It is likely t to be for the most of the summer It has been suggested that tho, con. centratlon mny coincide with the pro posed trip of President Harding to Alaska and several cities on the coast. If such is the' case, the president will probably review this greatest na val pageant of any . time in the His tory of the United States. WAGE CONTROVERSY KEEPS " SEAMEN ON STRIKE By United Press WASHINGTON, May 4. With dif ferences over working conditions prac tically adjusted, tho wage controversy today threatened to defeat efforts to modiato tho seamen's strike. - IT DOESN'T PAY TO ARGUE WITH STONE POLICEMEN It doesn't pay to nrguo with a policeman. J. D. McClnln, local grocer, today admits tho truth of thlB police court proverb, following a tangle this morning with tho stone pol'coman doing traffic duty at tho Intersection of Third and Court streets. Mc- Claln was driving his automo- bllo south on Court street and took his eyes off tho road for a second to wuvo at Chief of Po- M Uco Frank Hcutor, who was bus- lly engaged in watering tho city hall lawn. Tho next Instant -K nutomobllo and concrete cop , mot, to the damago of each. ! 'I'h:' cop was overturned, -k breaking electric light wiring -k connections and seriously dam- -k -k aKlnc Kb stony exterior. "No, my car wuBn't very bad- -k ly damaged," McClain oxplnlned, following tho accident. "Asldo -k -k from two brokon springs, a bad- -k ly twisted framo, soveral smash- -k ed fendors, a smashed running -k board and possible Internal In- -k Juries, it seems to bo In pretty -k -k good shape." 1 ARE KILLED BY POLISH DISTRICT QUIETED BY ITALIAN TROOPS WHO SUFFER CASUALTIES. Ujr United Pre BERLIN, May 4 Sevontoon por tions wero killed at Antonlenhuotto, uppor Silesia, yestorday by Polish rlotors, according to reports hero to day. Tho district was said to havo been , julotoil by Italian troops who suffor- 1 od soino casualties, Tho dlsturbanco grew out of false reports that certain portions of up-, w Silesia had boon awarded to Po land by the allied uuprome council. HARDING MAY REVIEW RIOTERS