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WEATHER FORECAST
Oregon: Tonight and Thursday t;Ur
moderate westerly winds.
Local: Minimum temperature 29
Max. 51. Mean it. Rainfall .39 inches"
River, 4 feet, rising.
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FORTY-THIRD YEAR NO. 73
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JnMGerman Plea For Right
Hoover Will
Be Candidate
If Necessary
San Francisco. Mar. 31. Herbert
Hoover hag placed himself before re
publicans of the cduntry. an avowed
candidate for their presidential 'nom
ination, though a receptive one only.
In a telegram to the Hoover republi
can club of California, he announc
ed last night that recent developments
in the peace treaty situation, "stag
nation" In adjustment of the coun
try's economic problems and urgent
representations concerning the situ
ation in California had impelled him
to confirm the action "my repuo.l
can friends have already taken with
out consulting me."
The former food administrator re
iterated his declaration that he would
not seek the nomination, declaring he
would accept It only "If It Is felt the
issues necessitate It and it is demand
ed ot me. Classifying himself as
"naturally affiliated wHJh the inde
pendent element of the republican
party." he declared that as conditions
precedent to his support of that par
ty in the coming campaign it mujt
adopt a "forward looking, liberal, cm
structive platform on the treaty anO
on our economic Issues, propose
measures for sound business adminis
tration of the country, "be neither
reactionary nor radical In its approach
to our great domestic questions," and
be "backed by men who assume con
summation of these policies."
Declares for League
Mr. Hoover declared for adoption
of the peace treaty, including the
league of nations covenant With res
ervations, "safeguarding American
traditions and interests," as opposed
to the extreme view against any lea
gue at all. He asserted he stood as far
from President Wilson's "extreme pt
sition on his participation In purely
European affairs," as he did from
complete rejection of the league.
Mary Pickford's
Divorce Will be
Probed is Report
Reno, Nev Mar. 81 The entire rec
ord of the Mary Plckford divorce case
is under a close investigation by Rob
ert Richards, deputy attorney general
of Nevada, for the purpose of ascertain
ing whether It holas any irregularities
or evidence of fraud or collusion that
will justify an action being taken to
"set the decree aside. The deputy
torney general said this morning that
when his investigations are concluded
action undoubtedly will be taken by
the state in case the facts justify it.
"Just at this time," said the deputy
attorney general, "I am unable to say
what will develop in the Plckford case
because the investigation I am mak
ing has not been completed. I am go
ing over the entire record of the case
and if there are irregularities or any
evidence that a fraud was worked on
the court or that there was collusion,
some action undoubtedly will be taken
to set the decree aside."
Los Angeles, Mar. 31. Mary Pick-
tord, who early this month obtained a
divorce at Minden, Nev., from Owen
Hoore, is now the wife of Pouglai
i airbanks, it became know here today.
Fairbanks' first wife obtained it i .
vorce nearly two years ago in New
lork.
Miss Plckford and Mr. Fairbanks ob
tained a mariraee license here secretiv
last Friday and at 10:30 o'clock Sun
day night the ceremony was perform
by the Reverend James Whitcomb
Brougner, pastor of the Temple Bap
tist cnurch, at the latter' residence.
Chaplin Changes
Mind About Draft
Opposition Claim
Portland, Or., Mar. 31. Ralph H.
Cnaplln, who testified for the defense
yesterday at the trial of Joseph Latin
r, charged with violating the state
criminal syndicalism act, recalled to
the stand today, asserted that when
"e testified yesterday to being proi'd
of having been convicted in Chicago
with the other boys," that he did not
m?an he was proud ot having ob
structed the draft, but that he toe!.
Pride in being included in a group of
labor leaders who were opposed ta
the profiteers. He denied that he ot.
wrueted the draft.
Chaplin was sentenced to serve 20
years In the penitentiary and pay a
, ' ot $10,000. following conviction
'"Chicago on charges which inciud
fd allegations of draft obstruction,
t-hapiin, with William D. Haywood
and others convicted at the same
,ln,e, is nt iii,c-t v,,i,
Georgia Democrats Put
Wilson In Race Again
x Atlanta, Ga., Mar. 31.-The
n wed with the state committee a yd April
"c nomination for resident
20,
'ashi;
ngton. Mar. 31. White House
'""ials said today they had no infor-
"on as to President Wilson's prob-
action conceding the filing of
Mexcan Presidential
Race Grows Hot; One
Candidate Is Wounded
San Antonio, Texas, March Jl Ad
vice, received here from Laredo state
that Ygnaeio Bonlllas. a, candidate for
the Mexican Presidency,'. was wounded
yesterday in rioting m Mexico City
accordmg to wireless report picked up
ast night by the Fort Mcintosh sta
t on. The report, which came directly
fiom the capital, did not state the ex'-
ZL" - Th
-- . . wuuier demonstration by
Gonx. f Genera"' b -The
rep6rt which was without con
firmation here, indicated Obregon and
$100,000 Hospital Fund Can be Raised
In 2 Hours If Every Citizen Will Make
Small Contribution, Figures ShowToday
Of the approximate 20,000 citizens
in Salem only 302 have subscribed to !
the Salem General hospital fund of
$100,000, It was shown by reports
compiled today at campaign head
quarters in the Commercial club. The
302 subscribers have raised only $53,
000, leaving $22,000 yet to be raised
to complete $75,000 when Marion
county has agreed to donate 825,000
to make up the complete, quota.
These figures, shown in indisput
able retrospect, plainly show how
quickly the remaining $22,000 deficit
may be raised here if the remaining
19.698 people in Salem would give
little more than $1 each.
1000 Subscribers Needed
Believing that all persons in Salem
will not be able to donate even $1 the
hospital campaign committee today
was pressing its campaign for 1000
donars of $10 each, feeling that sure
ly one of the 19 thousand persons
who have not yet subscribed will do
nate that small amount.
Definite steps toward combing the
city for the 1000 subscribers had not.
been decided upon up to noon today,
although the despatchment of about
three capable solicitors to make ev
ery home In Salem had been discuss
ed. '
talmr Works On
Reports of the enthusiastic support
of all labor organizations in the city
persist at. headquarters, and it was
said thnt If every citizen of. Salem took
so keen an Interest In the movement
as the working men are the campaign
would "go over the top" in two hours.
The $1000 expected from the Timber
workers Union has not been forthcom
ing yet, although efforts are being
made in that union's circles to raise
that amount. When final compilation
Is made of the remaining donations
of labor oraaniations in the city it is
expected that $2000 more will be
added to the total.
Court Decision
In Cattle Case
Settles Problem
"While there are two -brands upon
an animal, one older than the other,
by burden would" 1e upon the
owner of the latter brand to estab
lish his right to put his brand upon
the animal."
This quotation from the opinion
rendered by Justice Bennett of tin
Oregon supreme court, Tuesday, in
his opinion in the case of the State
vs W. Z.. Moss is regarded by Attor
ney General Brown as setting a new
and highly important interpretation
upon the state law governing tin
ownership of cattle and under which
prosecutions for cattle stealing must
be conducted In this state.
"The first brand establishes own
ership at one time and we think th
presumption of continuance should
apply until a change of ownership or
other evidence of ownership Is shown"
Justice Bennett's opinion reads.
"It is much like proof of owner
ship by possession. It is well settled
that where two parties depend upon
possession of ownership the older
possession prevails over present or
t l m iDoaealnn."
' This opinion by Justice Bennett Is
a modification of an "P"'"" , "n
original opinion which held that the
Utter brand established possession
.placing the burden ot proiu r
owner ot tne uiu ""
Des Moines, Iowa. Mar.
totion of club, in all
dent win oe siui"-" -
a meeting of persons In
terested in ni,
candidacy.
name of Pres. J-"
in the pnni4i
..... i.:.
at Atlanta asking
petition
nu
ame be placed on .-
dential primary -- -
,-Uhout his knowledge, they
was filed
a, said,
Gonzales had fused their parties but
it did not make clear which one had
oeen selected. General Gonsales v.
eral days ago proposed that ail three under instructions from South Dakota
candidates witthdraw in the interest ' officr" who wm Hearitt and his wife
of peace and throw their support to a connctiun 'th a murder that oc
fourth man to be agreed uuon Prm- curre(i " Aberdeen last August.
cipal opposition to this Dlan cam fmm !
leaders of the Bonilista
latest issues of Mexico City news
Papers reaching the border indicate
that a tense situation had developed
in the capital with daily minor clashes
between supporters of the three candi
dates. The Mexico City garrison has
been ordered to a siege basis.
Mississippi May
Be 36th State To
Ratify Suffrage
Jackson, Miss., Mar. 81.-
Ratification of the federal wo
man suffrage amendment will
be taken up late today by the
house of the Mississippi legis
lature. Speaker Connor, after
conferring with house leaders,
announced he was willing to
have the ratification resolution
passed yesterday by the sen
ate, brought up for direct ac
tion without reference to com
mittee. Frazier Cannot
Escape Serving
Sentence in Pen
E. J. Frazier of Eugene, must Berte
the penitentiary sentence of two to
twenty years Imposed by the Benton
county circuit court a year ago upon
his conviction on a charge of forgery.
His appeal to the United States su
preme court from the opinion of the
Oregon supreme court affirming the
sentence Imposed by the Benton coun
ty court has been denied according
to a telegram received by Attorney
General brown this morning. .
Frazier was Indicted !n Lane coun-
ty " a charge of having forged the
endorsement on a check to a referee
In bankruptcy. The case was taken
to the Benton county circuit court on
a change ol venue, FraWer was luuiul
guilty as charged and sentenced to
serve from two to twenty years In th-?
penitentiary. He appealed the case to
the Oregon supreme court which sus
tained th? decree of the lower court.
He then appealed to Ue United Stutcs
supreme court to which Attornny
General Brown and the district attor
neys of Benton and Lane counties en
tered protest declaring thnt he had
no grounds on which to base a second
appeal. The denial of his appeal by
the United States court as announc
ed in the telegram to the attorney
tVila mnrnlnz is final.
Tojri wllnn of the United
States court Frazierthas been at
snnn hnnd .
T I
March Gets Wires
Crossed, Backing
Out. So To Speak
March got its wires crossed and
instead of "coming like a lion and
going out like a Iamb," it has levert.
ed the proceedure and the last two
days of the month have been featured
by one of the worst storms'of the win
ter. ,
Snow flurries, driven out of tliH
southwest by a chill wind forced the
temperature in Salem down around
the freezing point Tuesday night and
the city awoke to find a half ir.cl.
blanket of snow covering the land
scape Wednesday morning. No dam
age either from the wind or cold has
been reported and the snow meltrd
nearly as fast as It fell.
Reports from other sections indi
cate that the same condition was pr?v
alent over most of western Oregon.
Portland Has Fall
Portland. Or.. Mar. 31. Portlaro
residents awoke today to find
the
covered with
snowfall n1
- . . .. )Ut lt hn,j
nearly
disappeared In the iowmuwn
tlon by 9 o'clock. The entire section
surrounding Portland was treated .
a diversity of weather late yesterdav,
flashes of sunshine being quickly fol-,-.a
hv falls of snow. Snow flurriek
were noticeable In some parts of the
city this morning.
nrt, KT1UKF. VOTED
Little Rock, Ark.. Mar. 31. A strike
:"3L voted by
effective
next r-uu. w .
. th Chicag0, Rofk
entire system or ... vmv-,-.
- i.i.nj ir Pac fic railroad. wa an
nounced today y v.
i lf Bock ,ute chairman or tne,
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen oilmen or in onw. i. r.,
Arkansas.
Swindler Who is
Wanted Here is
Iri Murder Case
E. A. Hearitt, alias C. H. Harris, who
is waujted In this city on the charge of
obtaining money under false pretenses
is under arrest at Sidney, Montana.
or Harris a he was known
in Salem during the short time he was
here this winter is said to have Issued
several "no fund" checks in addition to
making away with a pop-corn machine
owned by C. Engbretson of this city.
HaVris is also aaid to have Induced
Engbretson to vouch for a fake $60
check.
Hearitt left Salem recently and went
to Portland, later disappearing from
that city. Having information that
Hearitfs wife was living near Sidney,
Mont, Sheriff W. I. Needham warned
the officers at that place, at fhe same
time wiring to South Dkota for further
particulars concerning a rumor that
Hearitt was wanted in that state. Act
ing upon the Marion count sheriff's
report, the eastern authorities started
an officer to Montana Immediately up
on learning that Hearitt was unn us
tody.
Should nothing materialize against
Hearitt on the South Dakota charges
he will be returned to Salem. No de
tails of the more serious charge has
been received.
Chicago "Dads"
Have Hands Full
Of Troubles Now
Chicago, Mar. 31. -The city coun
en met today in another effort to
solve the city's financial difficulties,
brought about by demands of munic
ipal employes for increased salaries.
and to find a basis for settlement of
a strike of 1000 city hall employe
and other groups of workers.
Clerks, stenographers and book
keepers who walked out yesterday,
picketed the city hall today.
City firemen met today to take act
ion. Their president announced thr-t
90 percent would , resign if refused
an increase -of $300 a year.
Seventy four food inspectors decld
e'd to strike today. Collection of gar
bage had ceased as the result ot a
strike of 200 garbage handlers.
t Two hundred sewer workers were
called on strike today and members
of the engineers, draftsmen and ar
chitects union announced they were
preparing to strike.
The council had before it a $130,
000,000 budget carrying pay increas
es averaging ten percent for the ctlys
18,050 employes when it convened
The measure lacked only three votes
for adoption when the body recessed
yesterday.
Tornado Swept
States Recover
Rapidly, Report
Chicago, March 31. Districts of
the middle west and south swept ly
the tornadoes Sunday with a low) cf
164 lives were recovering rapidly to
day and rebuilt homes and buildings
began to rise from the wreckage.
Committee were organized to care
for the thousands of homeless and ir
lib-ijured and funds were being raised fir
i relief and reconstruction work.
... .. . . F.. -. .1 n . I. Al,,.i
j rojier. IUO OUIICICU 111 mn -t&nv
states affected was estimated today
at from $10,000,000 to J16.000.000.
It was believed today that the
death list would not be materially
changed since practically affected
localities have been heard from
The list of dead by states follows:
Indiana 37, Illinois 27, Ohio 80, Mich
igan 12, Georgia 38, .Alabama 1
Nebraska 1. Missouri 1, Wisconsin 1.
Unwary Patron
Tips Off Presence
Of Booze Plants
T.n Amreles. Cal., Mar. 31. Two
oollcemen observed a citizen walking
wlth uch care and precision today
that their suspicion were aroused.
They stopped him, smelled his breath
and then conducted a justified search,
that yielded a pint bottle of brandy,
warm.
The prisoner told them he had Just
boujtht it as it came from a tlil, anujbe canvassed and the result announc-
. ma . i ! i t ilim U'V,ltnv i rl
led them to a nearny noue. mere me t u, i -
captured an unregistered still In oper-i No question of wage scale enter
atlon, several barrels of brandy andUnto the negotiations, he added. Tl.c
Eduardo Yanez and Juan Montoyo,
who were held for violating the fed
eral prohibition enforcement law.
Bolshevik Force
Reaches Caspian
London, Mar. 31. Bolshevik troops
have penetrated to Petrovsk on the
Caspian ea, red cavalry occupying
that town March 30. according to a
iwlreles from the societ government at
, ... . .
r brakemen on thejmorea train ani enormous oooiy wmiwami - -..--. -
ui : ..b. a hi ..it -r. intact. It is; vlet representative In the United
. ,,... the d-nartment of la-
.
two nunarea ano y
las a result of the war.
AFormslTseTriP
To Summer ResorilT T
Woods Hole, Ma, Mar. 31. Mem
bers of the White House 'staff were
here today arranging for the arrival
of President ' Wilson and his official
family about June 13. At the request
of Joseph Murphy and Edward W.
Smlthert secret service men who are
representing Secretary Tumulty, real
estate agents and other citizens made
survey of the town with view of
obtaining accommodations for several
hundred clerks and administration
attaches. -
State Attempts
To Pin Woodlock
Death Upon Girl
St. Louis, Mar. $1. Attempts to
show that Ursula Broderick, It years
old, shot and killed her stepfather,
Joseph F. Woodlock, while he slept,
will be made by the state, it was an
nounced today.
Prosecutor William O. Reeder as
serted he would produce witnesses to
prove Woodlock feared for his life at
his step daughter's ttanda.
The trial was resumed in juvenile
court today after a recess granted
Monday to give attorneys time to in
vestigate the characters of veniremen
and prepare challenges.
Four years ago, the girl, then 12
years old, shot her father, Thomas P.
Broderick, to death, but was exoner
ated by a coroner's jury when it was
adduced she fired in defense ot her
mother.
The girl has maintained she shot
Woodlock to protect herself from a
criminal assault.
"There wore no witnesses to the
shooting," declared Prosecutor Reed
er, "but the physical facts in the case
show that Woodlock was murdered
while asleep. When found on the
morning of last April 14 he was lying
in bed in a natural position on his left
side. Two bullets entered In back or
his right ear, piercing the brain and
causing Instant death.
"If he had been embracing her, as
she has asserted, it would vitruully
have been Impossible for her to shoot
htm in back of the head."
Retired Admiral
Testifies Before
Navy Probe Board
Washington, March 81. The nary
was unprepared for war In 1917 be
cause of the "mental and temupera
mental characteristics ot the man at
its head and ot the policy he pursued
as the result of those characteristics,'
Read Admiral Bradley A. Flske, re
tired, declared today before the Ben-
ate committee Investigating the nnvy'k
conduct of the war,
"To prevent uupreparednewi in the
future," Admiral Fiske said, "the
most important step is for the public
to insist that the man at the head of
the navy shall be imbued with the
spirit of the navy, highly educated
open minded and acquainted with the
principles on which navut prepared
ness is based and by following which
preparedness can be secured,"
Admiral Flake was aide for opera
tions and senior adviser to the secre
tary of the navy for sevcrui years be
fore the United States entered the war,
but resigned as aide after differences
with the secretary regarding the aboli
tion of wine on warships and over pre
paredness. The admiral told the committee the
navy was not only unprepared for war
from 1916 to 1917 from a standpoint
of material and personnel, but lacked
any well prepared war plan. It was
not until August 1, 1917, that the
navy department established an organ
ization for the exclusive duty of mak
ing plans for war, he said, although
lie and other officers had urged suuii
an organization for several years.
Strike Report On
Rock Island Line
Denied By Union
Chicago, Mar. 31. W. D. Jackson
Little Rock, has no authority t i
speak for the Brotherhood of Knll-
way Trainmen, with which the brake-
men of the Rock Island system are
affiliated and no strike has been vot
ed. A. F. Whitney, vice president fif
the brotherhood announced here to-
day.
A strike vote I being taken, but It
Is not returnable until April 2. It will
men are asking for new rule regard
Ing working condition and for cor
rection f violation of several rule
The Rock Island Is the only ro.-td
affected, Whitney stated.
Martin's Hearing
Conducted Behind
Doors Of Secrecy
Washington, Mar. 31. Hearing on
the warrant for the deportation of
' ...I...,- f A V UuH.m UnMlnn NO.
Ibor today benina cionea aoor.
A new union! Four outhern govern
or have united to prevent lynching.
T
o Use
Millerand Refuses Consent
i orresenceoi Armearorce
In Ruhr Valley In Answer
Paris, Mar. 31. The request of the German government that
it be permitted to send troops to the Ruhr district, in the neutral
zone near the German border, has been denied by the government
of France.
Conversations over the German request have been in pro-
gress between Premier Millerand and Dr. Von Mayer, the German
charge d'affaires in Paris. M. Millerand yesterday indicated he
would give the German charge an early reply and it was handed
to Dr. Von Mayer today.
Premier Millerand expressed in the
reply the earnest desire ot the French
government to do everything not in
consistent with the defense ot French
Interests to facilitate the task ot tie
German government.
Huns Expected Pcrmisskin
Berlin has evidently been under the
Impression that permission would be
granted Germany to use troops for
the purpose ot restoring order in the
Ruhr region under oertaln conditlor
and tor a limited period. A Berlin dis
patch on Tuesday stated - that Pre
mier Mueller had announced that
France had abandoned her demand
for allied occupation ot the neutrt'l
sone and had consented to grant
Germany from two to three weeks
to employ a strong force in the dis
turbed Ruhr area. Paris advlr.es re
porting conversations between Per-
mier Millerand and Dr. Von Mayr
indicated there had been no positive
decision in Paris as to the German
request.
IloboU Holding Out
Dusseldorf, Mar, 30. The revolu
tionary leaders in the Ruhr district
have been in secret session, virtually
uninterrupted, for 86 hours and at 6
o'clock tonight were still trying to
find someway put of the corner Intc
which most of -them feel they have
been driven by the government's
measures.
Most of the leaders admit detett.
but many of them are declared to lc
resolved to pursue a course of cabo
tage with regaift to the mines and
Dosslbly one of destruction of the
factories, it the relnhswher really ad
vance upon them as was threatened
In the government's ultimatum.
- There has been a sudden tighten
ing ot the food restrictions in the
Ruhr area, which had been relaxed
tor a time by the worklngmen's gov
erning bodies. Some of the hotels are
refusing to accept guests.
The general situation as regards
the strike was unchanged this eve
ning. The Krupp plants, tohlch are
declared to be turning out munitions
(Continued on Page Biz.)
N.E.A. President
Says Schools of
Nation in Danger
Spokane, Wash., Mar. 31. Danger
to the future of education in the
United States from what she charati
ter'xed a the present alarming short
age -of teachers was voiced by Mra
Josephine Corliss Preston, president
of the National Education assoclatDn
and state superintendent of schooU
of Washington, in an address here to
day before the Inland Umpire teach
er association.
Although she declared require
ments for chool teacher have bee.i
lowered so much a to permit rela
tively untrained girls to enter the pro
fesslon, the deficit in number M
teacher due to war condition I not
nearly being met, and thousand of
school in the United States were not
opened during the present year for
lack of instructors. One hundred and
forty thousand teacher's, she ald, lei!
the profession last year.
"The fundamental reason for our
great shortage of teachers can only
be attributed to wholly Inadequate
salaries caused by lack of apprecia
tion of the value of the service of
the teacher," she said. "Our rett
need In meeting the teacher shortage
is to arouse nn Indifferent public to
the fact before us.
"When the people of our country
become fully aroused to our need of
more tmncy to pay for brain; when
they become fully cognizant of the
Injustice done to thousand of chil
dren in fulling to give them compe
tent teachers, they will be willing to
pay adequately for bruins."
The cost of a wife In Mongolia vari-i
from S to 30 camel.
LATE BULLETINS
London, March 31. The house of commons passed the Becond
reading of the home rule bill today. The vote was 348 to 94. ,
St. Louis, Mo., March 31. The United Shoe Machinery com
pany of Massachusetts was enjoined by Judge Trieber in th
United States district court here today from enforcing any of tha
lease clauses in contracts made before the passage of the Clayton
anti-trust act in 1914.
' Pari March si The hrpakint? out of a revolution all over
Turkey, except in Constantinople directed toward the allies, is re
ported -by the Pesler-Lloyd of Budapest, according to a dispatch
from Basle to the Fournier agency here.
Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland, Slarch 31. More than 100
armed men attacked the police barracks at Durrus, seven mile
southwest of Bantry, County fork, with rifles &r itrv. wmM
last night. A portion of the building was blown up and two police
men were wounded, one seriously.
-w- . :??-Dlrx - III ll II IH"ff' -
Iroops
t ir -
Allies Ignored
In Settling Hun
Plea For Troop
Paris, Mar. 31. The direct negotlar
tlons between the French and German
governntents, without the participation
of the other allies, developed in the
exchange ot communication today
concerning the question ot the ox.
pution of the Ruhr valley, are regard
ed here as ot extraordinary signifi
cance. Dr. Von Mayer, the German charge.
made his request for permission to
send troops in the Ruhr region to tha
French government alone, and to M.
Mllerand as premier of France and
not as a member of the allied supreme
council. Premier Millerand' refusal
ot the request, delivered today, is in
the name of the government of the
French republic without allusion ta
the entente power.
Danish General
Strike Awaits
Action of King
Copenhagen, March -A t
general strike will go Inlo. effect
throughout Denmark TucMUay .
next, following the rejection fcy
King tinixtlnu and Urn new min
istry of Mil offer by the trade
unions lo furnish a compromuKi
In tho political prlrts. If the rigs-
dag was convened Immediately.
Copenhagen, Mnr. 81. Offer by
responsible trade unionist of a com
promise by which a general strike
might be averted if the rlgsdug is call
ed together Immediately have not been
accepted by King Christian and th
new Danish ministry, and a general
strike tthroughout Denmark seem In
evitable this morning.
All clause of the population are
hoarding food, petroleum, candle and
water. No serious trouble ha dovai
oped as yet a the police have disper
sed hostile street crowds
Independent o II!hi are joining
the majority ociallsta is demanding a
general atrlke. The Llebe ministry aha
issued an appenl' to the population
saying lt will retlgn a oon a elec
tion are over und the new rlKHtla
has met.
Census Figures
Washington, Mar. 31.
Population statistics announc
ed today by the census bu
reau Included:
Harrlsburg, Pa., 7S.I17, an
lncreae of 11,731 or 18. J per
cent over 1910.
Oshkosh, Wis., 33,183, in
crease 100 or ,8 percent.
Peru, Ind., 13,861, Increase
1651, or 15.1 percent.
Grand Rapids, Wl 7243,
increase 722, or 11.1 percent.
May wood. III., 12.072, In
crease 4039, or 60.3 percent.
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Mother And Five
Children Murdered
Elk City, Okla., Mar. 81 With their
head badly crushed and their throata
cut, five small children of Mr. and Mra.
Klmer Cowart. were found dead early
today In a tent In which they had brj
making a temporary home thre miles
outh of here. The wife and mother
lay belde the children with her throat
badly slushed. An axe, raxor and
butcher knife, all blood talned, wera
found In the tent.