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t r. e ... w. sf: A r.-. v. v ) WEATHER FORECAST Oregon: Tonight and Sun day fair. Maximum, 47 Minimum, 29. CIRCULATION Averafrs to Quarter ladlsf Dtcwbu II, lilt ' 54 5 8 If nbr Audit Bureau of Circulation " III II m ks" Associated Frees Full Leased Wire f FORTY-THIRD YEAR. -NO. 3. SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY; JANUARY 3, 1920. TEN PAGES. PRICE 2 CENTS. I GOVERNMENT1 AGENTS STIEE ROUNDING FRENCH PREMIER LEAGUE MEETING (Associated Press Leased Wire) Paris, Jan. 3. The Informal call for the first meeting' of the league of na tions council will be issued by Premier riemenceau, the supreme council -de- p Assistant Attorney General Garvan. tided today. """ lln cha"Se f the raids, said that more This call is - regarded as a simple than 2000 Persons were held on "per notiflcaliori to enable the delegates to,fect cases" and that the raid promised ., ill. annotated nlace in Paris in lo be nt only the greatest in scoDe. time for the meeting, formal notice of which it is still intended to have Presl-,1" dent Wilson issue, according to the Wilson to Call Session. i, ia nnlnted out in official circles thut it is immaterial who issues the In.,thousand warrants were issued, but the formal notice, and that even the formal arrests exceeded that number. ....iinn la sit in nip noTn 1 . I np lnflimncA'. of the formal notice devolves upon resident Wilson by .the provisions ot that in case of his Inability to act In' "l i"or ooisnevists wer, the matter any other. representative of l"rth5e a"ested,ln the raids, . one of he five principal powers form-'"0'1 se it was admitted ins the executive council tof the league may. have 10 be deaIt with under statl coma issue ine noiiue. Baron Kurt Von Lersner, head of the German miesion here', has been ill for three days and the progress of the negotiations for a settling of the ques tion of what dock and harbor tonnage is to be turned over by Germany as compensation for the Scapa Flow sink ings has suffered in conseqnuence. The allies' experts are making their com parisons of the German figures and the allied estimates, but a solution of the question involved in the differences be tween the two sets of figures is not clearly enough in sight, it would ap pear, to confirm the feeling in the more optimistic council circles that the peace protocol will be signed January 6. 'That date, however, still remains as the one fixed for the ceremony of the exchange , of . ratifications which would put the treaty fnto effect." s . Pleboscltes Held Vp. ". The question of organising the pe hescites to beheld in the areas pro vided for in the treaty also has been delayed in settlement pending a reply from Berlin asto whether the experts sent here have fully .authority, to act for the German government. The su preme council has reecived a request from the commission." on prisoners of war for authority to proceed to arrange with the -German government for the transportation of the prisoners home ward as soon as the peace becomes ef fective. . STATE SCHOOLS ARE . EXPECTED TO SEEK Prospects of a demand upon the st te legislature when it meets In spe cie session here Jiyiuary 12 for some sizeable additions to the appropria tions made by the regular session for the maintenance of the state's edu cational institutions are" seen in the (i'thering here today of members of ti e faculty andboards of regents 'of the University of Oregon and the Ore Sin Agricultural college. While the session of the delegations will be be hind closed doors nothing has been given out as to the probable action to ' " taken it is generally understood that a crying need for funds to meet ti- emereennv Titinir at hnth tnnti- tutmns is the cause for the assemblage was tho Jrlve at the sources of propa rer today, just a week In advance of Kanda. The Communist party alone the special session. The need for ad- had 25 newspapers printed in several rt'-iouai quarters. higher Day for languages actively . supporting Its t- i' hers who nr ituwrtimr tho nm. ... v ------ - .-.-n - - i - - - ntuie in vy y inuncji iwniaiiucu j it-.siun under the lure of better pay .second radical contingent against, hia wlf? in dvorce proceedings re in t'ther lines and many other prob- which the raids were directed, was;centy nei by her T K ghockley of ln)s requiring the outlay of addition- said not to have gained the strength jsilverton has filed an answer to di al funds are said to be clamoring for in propaganda through its newspapers (Vorce suit complaint made by Edna acention and it is expected that to- so much as through literature, tons uJ.m. Shockley. In an affidavit accom (i '.v's conference will be productive of which were taken in the 33 emu panylng his answer, Shockley says A ifglMIatlVA nrnm-nin amhndvlnff thfl financial needs of the two institutions. STARVING PEOPli ON BELLE ISLE RESCUED Quebec, Jan. 3 f ifteen persons eir. ployed at the government stations on llelle Isle who were threatened with Urvation by the foundering of the gov ernment steamer Aranmore. loaded "'th winter supplies, a few weeks ago. hsve been rescued by the Newfound-! "na steamer St-al. according to a wire-) letui message received here. The m we said: "All hands i.e.f,.iu. tofcJ. . lUe Isle and now safe on board the became evident last night that locallghe attended dances with other men es In the amount of government thrift! ormer heavyweight champion pugilist, teamer Seal, bound for Newfound-raiJs in seevral cities, staged against .and also corresponded with several nd- war saving securlles purchased died In the receiving hospital here to la nd." , the request of the attorney general, men without hia consent. from January lto December 1, 1S19, day from what police surgeons diag- 'l,aij ot effectually disrupted plans fj He asks that he be granted the dl- accordingto an announcement by the! od as wood alcohol poisoning. It was A- T. Woolpert, of the Central Phar- the federal agents. There was, iw- vorce. the custody of their two minor district reserve bank here today. The the first local death from this cause nvfy. was a business visitor in V-.i '. (children, and "such other relief as sale in all parts of the country was since similar eases were reported In land this week. ' J (Continued on page eight) the couct deems necessary." more than 1124,000.009, the east and elsewhere. Arrests Over Country Total Over 4,500 At Noon; Half Subject To Deportation Is Claim Of Authorities. (Associated Press leased. Wire) . . ' Washington, Jam 3. Arrests In the nation-wide radical raid last night and today had exceeded 4500 at noon, it was estimated at the deportment of justice. More than half of .this number prob ably will be held for deportation! . officials said. but also th greatest in results of any nory. jrcnect lasea." in every city where the raiding ma Chinery was set in motion, he said,;land, Trenton, Youngstown success attended the efforts. Four.Brockton, Mass. -..-v. . .v. . oob, ..n ' i neeuui oouuimo 8utf ,clent videnoe to Justify the ar- Washington, Jan. 3. In a' sweep ing drive against radicalism, agents of the department of justice were com pleting ' today nation wide raids against communist organizations, in which several thousand radicals were taken in custody with the view to de portation. Raids were ordered in 33 cities ever the United States and promptly at tho hour of nine last night the operatives moved with clock like precision in the round up of communist workers and sympathizers. To.day the number of arrests had risen to the highest fig ure of any similar raid in the history of the country. . , . To Be Deported ... The government hopes to fill an other' "soviet ask", and send it float ing across the Atlantic to Bplshevik Russia. The department of justice es timated that thre,e thousand "unde sirables" would be caught in the drag net and with their deportation it was believed the back bone of radicalism in America will have been broken. The raids were conducted particu larly against communist and commun ist labor groups of radicals, the de partment of justice announced, with the object ot obtaining evidence to submit to the department of labor for deportation of "a very large number of our most dangerous anarchists and radical agitators." The general charge of attempting to overthrow the gov ernment by force and violence was placed against those arrested. J Literature Sought The agents particularly searched for incriminating documents, some of which they claimed revealed plans to. establish sovjlets throughout the country to be later merged under a soviet council similar "to the Russian council. Attempts to organize the negroes in a movement to overthrow the pres ent political and economic system of the United States were disclosed, of ficials of the department said and they admitted that the propaganda was of such far reaching effect that trouble may be experienced in some negro localities. Fruitful fields for the radical prop agandists was found specially among the Ignorant and foreign workmen, officials stated. A manifesto Issued by the commumst party stated that the party was the "conscious expres sion of the class struggle of the work ers arrainst capitalism" and it pro posed to "end capitalism and organ ize a workers' industrial republic." Newspapers Are Hit. A new feature of thfl present raid cause. The Communist labor group, the ... V Mta mm nnnitA 1 In addition to the newspapers, the'iness at Silverton is only ISO per Communist party was actively engaged j in soliciting support for its cause; tthrough alien agitators. Scores of these agitators were arrested. Mr. Garvan said that although his information was incomplete it was rea- sonably certain that the whole eauor-!" inl staffs of most of the Communist party newspapers had been taken by federal agents He added that the de ' . , , . , i. . paruneni r.. - the root of the menace by destroying the beginnings of what promised to b ' a8M!rtmB lhat he or a kjni the greatest propaganda campaign ofan1 lovlnn dtaposttlm and that on one alien radicals yet uncovered In -Am1"- occlunoI1 Mrm. Shockley beat him with lea. v i3 stick of stove , wood and another More Raid Ordered. -J time brandished a butcher knife, say- Only aliens were jnciuaea in uw, that he "would cut his maaa. --a tfirt -n a ta official .1 jr. L 1". -r- - I Continuation of the raids for today j w.r ordered br Sir. Garvan when it UPREDAGim Raids Covering 20 Cities Result In 5483 Arrests (Associated Press Leased Wire) Chicago, .Jan. 3. Nationwide raids on radicals have bagged 5483 suspect ed"reds" in 'fifty-one cities, according to figures reported here upHo noon to day. ." '. - i.'.,..''';';4e The "raids 'may continue" for two or three days, until alt those marked for examination and- possible -deportation are caught,' according to federal offi cials here. -New York with 800 arrests, heads the list. Boston and Detroit have each reported six hundred; Chicago 650, In cluding a large' number taken by state officials; 200 in New Hampshire; 164 at Philadelphia and 100 each in Cleve- Ohio and Chicago, Jan. 3. Reports from more than forty cities throughout the uu; eany iimay snowea mat more than 4,000 allege dradicals had been aneitieu in Luti aeparimeni or justice drive, as follows New York City, 800; Detroit, B00; Chicago." 450; Jersey City, 410; New ark, 320; Philadelphia. 200; Rockford. 111., 183; Nashua, 1S1; Buffalo, 136; Milwaukee, 98; Cleveland, 75; Trenton 75; Manchester, 65; Boston, 57; Springfield, Mass., 65; Kansas City, 45; Worcester, Mass., 62; Lynn, Mass., 46; Wilkes Barre, 40; Paterson, 40; Ber lin, N. H., 40; Baltimore, 35; Lowell, Mass., 30; St. Louis, 16; Oakland, Cal. Chelsea, 24; Haverhill, 21; Pittsburgh 21; Portland, Ore., 20; Louisville. 20; Holyoke, 20; Minneapolis,- 17; Youngs- town. 16; Des Moines, It; Chlcoee, 16 -"Bridgeport, 15; St.Paul, 10; De cenber, 9; Omaha, 9; Lawrence, 8; Toledo, 8; Waterbury, 7; Racine, Wis. 6, East St. Louis, 6. Arrests reported singly or in groups of fewer than five will probably ag gregate additional 100 to S00. In some instances federal officers had not or would not make reports on the num ber of pereons e 'V PORTLAND RAIDS NET TON OE LITERATURE (Associated Press LeaBed Wire) Portland, Or., Jan. 3. Twenty-nine alleged "reds" were taken into cus- tody last night and today In raids of .headquarters of radicals in this city. Kjmy seven ofc inese are ueing neia as federal prisoners, According to an nouncement of William Bryon, depart ment of Justice special agent here,. Portland, Or.,: Jan. 3. Twenty "reds" was the net result of last night's raids on radical headquarters here, seven of whom are said by the federal officials todav to be aliens subject to deportation. The others are.the Island would result from the gath American citizens. A press was in op- eratlon at the radical headquarters last night when the hall was raided, and nearly a ton of "red" literature, just printed, was, seized. Among those taken were several several said by de- partment operatives to be prominent in local radical circles. Seattle Drive Pends Seattle, Wash., Jan. 3. Several al- leged radicals probably will be ar rested here, department of Justice of ficials, said today. - Alimony Asked By Wife Beyond Means, Claim Claiming that he is financially un- j -j v... . v. .. . . v. - I ...... .. .-. m- K ., ..V t. . . - month; that a 40 acre farm owned by 'at a conference of President Carranza him is heavily mortgaged; and thar8no MantieT Pe La Torre, minister of to pay the support money demanded war with leading generala joy airs, enocmey woum emoarras. him financially. Mrs. Shockley, in her complaint ..um ... the "" . " V J . . - beating her up" on various 'occasions and that she had been forc ed to take her two children and leave Dim tin inr 19, iwr nnnrnirj had "blacked" an eye for her. Shock .,,, !, , .v 1 . ., ihpii . u 1. ghockley also lieges that -his wife f-n-d to keen house for him and that T0RS ofcrt:rt Agents Scsalit er&u v v edrcf vmvuC Agrnstf slf-Styled. Soviet AcbsssfirMortess. - Aasecite Press Leased Wire) New York, Jari. S. Department of Justice agents announced today that they were -examining the literature seized in the raids ast night to deter mine whether Ludwig C. A. K. Mar tens, self styled . ambassador to the United States of the Russian soviet republic, was connected with the dis tribution of i the communist . propa ganda In thi country. If this connec tion is established, they sad. they had sufficient' evidence to warrant his de portation. " The senatorial committee investigating soviet activities will be notified of the result of 'the investi gation. ' : i , Sailors Implicated . ' In addition" to examtng the per sons-arrested; department of Justice agents glanced over tons of literature, records and photographs seised in the -raids. It would appear from some of the evidence seised, at the office of tha newspaper Novy Mir, . they said, that sailors had been engaged as secret-messengers to convey correspond ence between -the' "reds" in America and their brethren in soviet Russia. At the headquarters of the "Com munist World" ngentH declared thy found the' latest, "red":, posters Im ported from Europe, appealing for the lifting ot the Russian blockade and recognition of the soviet govern ment. Wireless reports of conditions in soviet Russia also "were -und among the hatches of materials seis ed; ' '':-"' i ; . 's ' The United, States transport Kli patrlck,; sister ship ot the '.Buford, now on the 1lgh seas With the" first consignment .of ; deported radicals, probably wilt be ,, used to traasport the second contingent, it was announc ed at the federal building today. Special Boards Probe Special boards of inquiry were or ganized at Ellis Island today and it was .announced that hearings In the cases of those arrested 'would begin immediately., . Tbraew-supected of conspiracy tQ.-tverthrow the .govern ment will be tried under section 6 of the federal anarchy statute, it was announced by department agents. Among those held for deportation are virtually all the officers of the 12 communist party organizations in this city. Ben Matthews, assistant United States attorney, announced that the raids "were highly successful. Nearly all the men wanted were apprehend ed, he saldf and those still atvlarge would-be taken before the day was over.. 40. "Huskies" On Guard. It was announced that forty "husky, ellHble" men who have been employ- d in shipyards and other places had! teen engaged to stand guard over the adlcals who will be concentrated at Eiilis Island, Byron H. Uhl acting commissioner of Immigration, said today that the greatest congestion In the history of ,n8 there f the re arrested In last night's raids. He declared there were .no suitable facilities for the detention of so many In addition to those already held. Uhl said that because of this condition he had urged the department 'of Justice and the bureau of immlgrs- tlon to make no more raids at this time. , The first men to arrive at the is- land were placed in room 103. which was occupied by Alexander Berkman and the other male anarchists recently deported on the transport Buford. Most of the first contingent sent to Kills Island from New York-Mere Rus- elans and Finns, but it also Included three Italians and one Celt. ION OF MEXICAN ARMY MADE 8an Antonio, Texas, Jan. 3. The Mexican army is to be reorganized ac cording to dispatches reaching here , . night frontlexico City, which said program had been aareed unon As the first step in this program thelcommona in the Hpen valley bye-elec 'military school at Chapultepec is to beltlon. was defeated by Tom Myers, the reMond tor the training of officers of Labor candidate. y,. cavalry, artillery , and infatr arms. Oregon Leading I2th District In W. 5. 5. Sales Han Francisco, Jan. 3. Oregon led ha twelfth federal reserve district and was fifth among ail states and terrltor. tENCH TO ALLOW REMOVAL OF DEAD , AMERICAN HEROES , Parts, Jan. S.The French gov ernment has granted permission for the removal of the bodies ot ' 20,000 American soldiers burled . in France to the United States. The bodies to be removed are, those buried in cemeteries out . side the aone of the armies and do not Include those gathered into big American- cemeteries in the army aones. GOV Mil OF DENIKINE FALLS REPORT STATES (Associated Press Leased Wire) Lpndon, Jan. 3. General Deniklne's government In southern Russia has been overthrown and General Roman ovsky has been chosen to replace Gen eral Denkilne as antl-boUhevik chief, according, to a wireless dispatch re ceived here from Moscow quoting ad vices from Taganrog. The report indicates that owing to defeats along the front, a coup d'etat occurred at General Denlken'a head quarters anthat his government has been replacedby a group known as the Vozsoxhdonye Rosle," meaning the regeneration of Russia." General Romansky who Is reported to have succeded Denlkine may be the officer who has been acting governor- commander of antl-bolshevikl armies in the far eastern provinces of Hi berla. There Is no other Russian gen- ie,ral by that namo ,n avallauI lists. V WILL BE WITHDRAWN WHO! FUCHOW QUO ' "Pekin, DtfaMfl. ----Official announce ment was made at the Japanese lega tion here today ' that the 4 a panose warship stationed at Fuchow would be withdrawn consequent to the resto ration of order at that port. "In co-relation to this stefjp the announcement said, "the Japanese government hopes Chinese authorities will further exert their utmost ef forts to Insure protection to Japanese as well as preservation of peace and order throughout China, In view of avoiding a recurrence of such un pleasant circumstances." As the Chinese considered the Japanese aggressors at Fuchow, the dispatch of a Japanese warship to that port aroused Chinese public opln Ion and led to an intensification of the antl-Japanese boycott.' Belief Is expressed here mt Japan's wltli drawal of the warship proves tie ef fectiveness of the boycott and also demonstrates Japan's desire to im prove relations between the two coun tries. ' ion a wood 10 SPEtK HI LOVE FEAST Chicago, Jan. 3. Two republlcan presidential candidates. Governor Frank O. Lowden of Illinois and Gen- eraI Leonard Wood, are expected to leak at the republican love feast for Chairman Will Hays here Monday. Governor Lowden has already accept ed. Republican a from 15 states will gather here Monday for a two days conference. The committee on ar rangements for the national conven tion, to be held here next June, will meet Monday at tha fall of Phiiirmnn 'A. T. Hert of Kentucky. Tuesday K0O republican women wr.t hold a luncheon. Tom Myers, British Labor Candidate, Defeats Liberal London, Jan. 3. Mr John Blmon, former secretary for home affairs. Liberal candidate for the house of The returns of the election which was held Mecemher 20 show the roi- owlng results: Tom Myers, laborlte. ' 11.982: no John Himon, liberal, 10,244; Colonel Bryan Fairfax, coalitionist-liberal, 'SI 34. Father Of Jim Jeffries wes ur AJconoi roisomng Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 3. Kd Jef- fries. 80. uncle of James J. Jeffries, FEAREELTf SAFETY MISSING BOY Youths Reported As Runaways Now Ki nappgig, Robbery As! Possible Injury; Checks Carried By Ralph Parker When He Disappeared Are Cashed By Unidentifiel Man, Accompanied By Small Boy la Albany Late Thursday Night ... BBSBBSSSSBBSWS , Belief that two Salem boys liave been kidnapped, rob bed, and perhaps slain and "put out of the way" by a ring of thugs, was held Saturday by police here, after, the re ceipt of information in the morning baring the facts of the robberies. ' . 1 ' The boys believed kidnapped and robbed are Ralph Parker, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Parker, 371 North High street, and Freddie Ward, 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Ward, re Biding at Fourth and Shipping streets. The man sought by police for connec tion with the disappearance of the lads Is named Browne, and poses as a cowboy. Parker Took Clievks Ralph Parker left home late Tues day night, after taking with him two suits of clothes, his bicycle and his father's wallet containing $135 and several checks. Police were Immedi ately notified and began search for him, notifying Portland authorities to be on the watch for him. Os Wednesday Ralph's bicycle was recovered by police at a local bicycle repair shop where an effort had been made to sell it by a man, about 21, who gave the name of Guy Finn, Finn was taken to police headquar- rs, ana unaer cross examination that young Parker had given him the bicycle Tuesday night, .and 'told html to do what he wanted to with it. Finn 1 was released because ot lack of evi dence on which to hold him. Other Hud Money, Also UVMnv Ml WaiM rJHinrtafl tVi- ilia. J ' appearance of his son, Freddie, -""" " . . Thursday nlgHl. ' Freddie had been Heretofore, Watson had been oon worklng and drew his wages, amount- neoted with the case only In a small Ing to 847. Mr, Waj-d said that he had I. At the seooiid Howell trial the been chummy with the man named ,-lefense presented a rebored 35-callbor Browne, who had fascinated the ,l"e. similar to the one with which the youngster with his cowboy garb and actions. He said that he believed Freddie hafl gone to Hood River with Browne. Browne had said he had rel atives there, and it was believed he had gone there. i'lierk Cashed hi Albany No word had- been received of the whereabouts of either Parker or ward until Saturday mnrnlna when" Chief of Police Catlfn, at Albany,' telephon ed police here that he had a forged check in his possession bearing the name of J. W, Parker. This check, ac cording to Chief Catlln, had been puhm ed on the Imperial restaurant there about midnight Thursday by a man who called himself Browne. A small boy was wlttPhlm at the time. Aneffort to locate Finn Saturday failed. Police now beilsVe that he was a member of a ring, or at least an associate of Browne's In the scheme of enticing the boys away and rob bing them. Foul l'luy IVored The fact that the check, belonging to Parker, and one of the several taken by ltirlph when he left home, was In the possession of Browne leads police to believe that this man has knowledge of the disappearance of both lads, and that during the time Intervening between l'rker's disap pearance and Ward's departure, young Parker probably has been dis poned of. Police now believe that Finn's story of having been given the bicycle by Parker is fake, and that he, as n accomplice of Browne, took the bl oycle away from the boy and attempt ed to sell it in a general scheme to get money. Parker Fears for Son Authorities in Albany, acting upon advices from police here, were work ing during the day gathering more information about the pillr who had been In the restaurant. Whether or not It was young Ward or Parker, or still another victim of the "cowboy's" who was with him, will not be known here until more accurate descriptions of the pair can be gained, and com parisons made. Meanwhile Mr. Parker fears that his son has been robbed of"the mon- ey filled wallet, and probably murder ed, or is belng'held in hiding by .. Drowns. SLEEPY-TIME TALES fascinating stories of furred and feathered friends for boys and girls . every evening exclusively in The Capital Journal The first installment will appear next Monday. Ok': OF 1W0 IAN DEIS HE (Associated Press Leased Wire) Maishfield, Or., Jan. 8- Leigh Wat son, a Bandon man, has gone lnsune and constantly rives that he is not guilty ot the murder ot Lillian Leu thold, the 18-year-old girl who was found shot to death a short time ago. Watson has never been aeensed Of slavlnir the slrl. miimlnliin havlnsf fan- ' lten6C, uon Young narola Howell. who about to be tried for the third 'ima ,, 1t.. hvi hi,- Watson Is being taken through here en route from Bandon to the state hos pital for the Insane at Salem. Again and ngnln he Is said to have reiter ated denials that he had killed the T V. 1 .1 ..I 1 suite contended Howell killed the girl. Thls rifle belonged to Watson, and was brought in to shew that Howell's rifle was not the only one ot that pat- torn In the country. CHURCHILL URGES THRIFT TEACHING ON SCHOOL HEADS Hublt of thrift as a part of the ed ucation of the child In Oregon schools was the theme of the discussion pre sented by J. A. Churahlll, state su perintendent of public Instruction, lie fore the county superintendents In session here Friday afternoon. Mr. Churchill whj) Is state director for thrift education emphasised the need for the promotion of thrift through the schools In order that the habit shall be acquired by the child an a part of his education. Figures were presented to show that Oregon rank ed fifth among the states of the union In the per capita sales of war saving stamps for 1919 with total sales of 31,A'SH,2fl2.0H and per capita sales of tl.Kfi for the eleven months up- to November 80. Btate standards for high schools were also discussed by Mr. Chun-hill who urged the county superintendents to hold to these standards In passing on claims for standardization. The teachor supply was also ills euswd at tho Friday afternoon ses sion of the superintendents. Huperln tendent Churchill pointing out the ne cesslly of meeting the existing emer gency even If It meant the tempora ry lowering of standards. The sessions will close this after noon with election of officers and re ports of committees. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Ryrd, 1I8S Mer lin street, snent several days In Port- i,,i ,hi n. n, -nl nt rela- INSANE BANDO MURDERED GIIIL s