WEATHER FORECAST
Oregon: Tonight and Thursday fair
to heavy frost early morning:,
moderate winds mostly westerly.
Local -Min. temperature 38, max.
45 mean 40. Rainfall, .17 Inch. Riv
er 5.8 feet, falling.
CIRCULATION
Average for Six Mouths endiEf
. March 31. 1S39
5259
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mPTY-THIRD YEAR. NO. 96.
166 Killed
By Tornado
ReportSays
. Birmingham, Ala., April 21. The
of yesterday's terrific storm
which swept portions of Mississippi,
Alabama and Tennessee, was placed
today ' 156 Persona killed, scores in
jure and property damage of approx
, taately 12.600.000.
Communication with the stricken
areaa was being gradually restored
today.
Appeals for aid were received from
many small towns and settlements
and Red Cross relief parties were be
'. ing organised to carry food and tents
! . into the storm swept districts.
The greatest havoc wrought by the
Borm apparently was in the three
Albania counties north of here. The
tornado apparently struck first at
Gain, Ala., and sig-zagged through
northern Alabama, eastern Mississippi
and southern Tennesse where its force
wai spent.
, Assistance Needed
Birmingham, Ala., April 21. As
sistance Is urgently needed for the
relief of tornado survivors in a dozen
counties of Mississippi, Alabama and
Tennessee, reports today from ' the
atorm swept district said. With -a
death list of 166 already reported and
a property loss which will run into
many millions, the tornado has taken
. rank as one of the most disastrous
as wellas most widespread in the an
nals of the south
Hundreds require medical attention
and the forces of physicians and
curses available are inadequate. Tents
ana other temporary structures must
lie erected and a shortage of food is
foreseen as a result of the destruc
tion of barns and warehouses, coud
led with the complete obstruction of
communicating roads.
Death List Long -.
The storm apparentry struck in the
rich farming belt lying around Bay
Slirlngs, Jasper county, Miss., and
moved northeast across the remaind
er of the state, to vent Its fury upon
the extreme northwestern tier of
counties in Alabama before moving
into Tennessee.
In and near Meridian. Miss.. . 21
persons lost their lives, while 16 em
ployes at a lumber camp in Neshoba
county were killed.
The deaths in Mississippi already
reported totalled 118. Of these Aber
deen and Meridian had 21 each; Rose
Hill 6; Bay Springs, 7; Olen, 10; Igo
mar, ; Starkville, 6; Neshoba coun
ty. 16; Winston county, 6 and others
wittered. Alabama reported 45 dead
of whom 20 were In Marlon county
.and 15 in Kllllngworth Cove. The
others were scattered. Only - three
. i3fl
Hi Johnson Apparent
Lhoice of Nebraska
For G. O. P. Nomination
Lincoln' Neb..' Anr i... .,
figures compiled by the 'li ,
Star nn v-.r-.l :. "
"17.', fnmuy for re-
.uenuai preference g
. Johnson 24,416. -'
Wood 18,805. .."
Pershing 12,521..
Ross. 1223.
: These returns are from us nt
counties only
wuicu are complete.
In the democratic contest for dele
gates at large (fdur out of ei(rht can.
d dates to be erected) William Jen
nings Bryan Jumped into fourth place
me uvis ui returns from forty
counties two of which are. complete
returns compiled by the Star show. '
Omaha, Neb.. Arr. 21 with
from 336 out of 1849 precincts heard
i.om enriy today Senator Hiram
ann 1 . u mi i - . ..
i nit, uem oi candidates for re
publican presidential perference tn
yesterday's primary, the vote being
Johnson 12.002; Wood. 8741; Pershing
6568, antl Ross, 481. ..
n Douglas county (Omaha.) Senator
Johnson obtained a pluraiitv of 277
over General Wood in the first 113 out
l i. precincts to report, while in the
state, outside of Douglas
had a plurality over Wood of 2984 in
the first 223 precincts.- ,
With the small number of precincts
heard from William Jennings Bryan is
running sixth in a field of eight for
delegate at large to the democratic na
tional convention, but he has displayed
ins most Btrength in the country out
h.V-7 "y ot tB vote s to be
SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21. 1920.
Inclusion Of
Fair Grounds
UpToVoters
side of Douglas county where the and Shumway, 60S.
m Precin out of 1849 tabu
lated the vote gives:
Hitchcock delegates, Neville. 7952
Shallenberger, T700; Neble, S573- Mc
Nenjr u. Bryan delegates steph
5388; Bryan, 8147; Berge. 4955 and
Thomas, 4712. .
Wood la Running.
In the race for delegate at large to
the republican convention the eVly
returns show the Wood delegate lead
ing by a fairly good manrin. althn.rh
rati..
. .u. u. are so meager that nothing
a lurccost IS possible. . ..
For the democratic
ted States Senator Hitchcock had lit
tle trouble in overwhelming his oppo
nent, Robert Ross of Leflngton: the
senator's vote running; as hlph as fntfi
to one ror Ross in both Douglas coun
ty ana in the other parts of the state
The early returns todav also shnweA
uovernor Samuel R. McKelvie to be
leading his field for the republican
nomination with Adam McMulleh in
second place. The vote in 329 nre
cincts gave McKelvie 6868; McMullen,
&!; Pollard, 2275 and the other
fhree candidates with much smaller
votes.
In the 336 precincts out of 1849 in
the state reported John H. Morehead
holds a clear majority for the demo
cratic nomination over his four oppo
nents with the following vote:
Morehead, 5927; Ralph A. Clark,
2681) Jackson, 1226; Taylor, 1126,
American Ambassador To Attend But
Take No Part In Deliberations Before
Supreme Council; Balfour Arrives
.Washington, Apr. 21. Ambassador
Johnson arRome, was Instructed to
day by the state department to attend
the allied conference at San Remo as
an official observer ior the American
government. He will not participate
in the discussions or deliberations.
Ambassador Johnson is expected to
go to San Remo today. Before the
San Remo conference met Italy invit
ed the United States to send a repre
sentative. ' - .
, Balftmr on Hand.
San Remo, Apr. 21. Arthur J.
Bal
four, British member of the league of
nations executive council, who has
Governor Attends
Opening of Prison
. Theater Recently
Deer Lodge, Mont.; April 21.-Gov-
ernor Sam V. Stewart, with Mrs.
Stewart were guests of honor recent
ly at the opening performance at the
"House of Forget," the recently es
tablished theater in the Montana state
penitentiary.
MMjK&KteP Frank, .qr,!ey Js, responsi
ble, in large way, for the theater, at
which not only amateur performances
will be given, but where professionals
It Jsta with the voters of Salem
whether or hot the state fair grounds
shall be included in the city of Salem;
whether the chief of police of Salem
shall receive a salary of not to. exceed
11800 a year; and whetW k. .
of making street assessments shall be
changed to a more economical and pro
greseive basis, aa a result of the action
taken y the City council at its speelal
meeting in the city hall last nicht. Th
council formally passed an ordinance
calling for a special election on May
21 the date of the state nrimnrv
tion at which time the above meas-
ures will be submitted to the will of
the voters in the city, " .
The council displayed considerable
affection with indecision l !,,
ru eame to the final vote on the
street assessment -measure. Forcibly
argued Monday night, both pro and
con; with the ponderancn of .,. -r
bate in favor of an amendment cut-
out me street intersection clause,
the council last night, on motion ot
Councilman Halvorsen. voted t .!.
sert this clause.
Mayor and Scbunk-0 Clash.
Perhaps no measure has ornb. .
much discussion, favorable and other
wise, at a meetln of the im,nn -..
t.1 1 .. - MW
proviaing tor inclusion of the fair
grounds in the city limits. It began
with Schunke placing the mavor nn .
sharp grill: ,
"May I ask you a few questions?"
"What do you want?" lh mntu
hesitated. .- . ,
"What Is the fundamental
the passage of this bill at this time?"
"I wish you to understand tht T
have nothhtgto oo. with this and don't
Know. , '
I thought you did know.
apepars "on the measure as responsible
for it." Schunke pressed. "Do you
know why, sir?"
"I understand that the Elks wished
price s enn;
Passengers To '
Be Taken Up By
Planes Sunday
racugr;r n ignis over Salem
find
Marion county will be made on Blos
som Day by the two Sea Gull planes
that are to come here on Sunday, ac
cording to word received - from the
Oregon. Washington 4 Idaho Air
plane company, of Portland, today.
Persons wishlnr te view th.
white blossom catered hllln arnunri!
me city mm have an opportunity te
uu so, - ....... .
It is believed that the landing place
will be at the foot, of Court street
where the seaplanes landed before.
and that passengers will be taken
aboard there. Costs of the flights, and
now long passengers will be kept up
was not mentioned in the word re
ceived from Portland today.
it.
Police Protection Asbrvl
"Do you know any other benefit to
Huirt Identified
By One "Wife"
As Harry Lewis
Los Angeles. Cal April 21. Sher
iffs officers here were engaged In
checking up today a statement made
yesterday by James R. Huirt, alleged
bigamist, that one of his missing
"wives" could be located in Kansas
City. The woman in question was Ni
na Lee Deloney, whom Huirt is alleg
ed to have married in the state of
Washington. Huirt, who has been in
the oounty hospital under restraint,)
louowing two attempts at suicide,
was sufficiently recovered yesterday
to be visited by one of bis wives, Mrs
Elizabeth Williamson of Sacramento.
who identified him as the man who
married her lost fall, under the name
of Harry Lewis.
Huirt asked Mrs. Williamson how
Lmuch the officers had told her, and
repeatedly said he would be able to
explain anything and not to worry,
but was too weak to go into a
full discussion of his affairs. Mrs.
Williamson and deputy sheriff will
return today, and it was the belief of
his physicians that Huirt would be
Chicago Shikers Refuse
To Vote On Proposal To
Return; Meeting A Rict
Chicago. ADril 21. Striking rallrAn
i; 1 - j . - " M"C V1I1UIKU iui
trict refused todaay to vote on th mipstmri nt
Ail efforts of a committee of strike leaders to obtairi action failed.
n-enney. it. B. Murphy and, i
Strike Against !
Silverton Mill
Brought to Ena
Shannon Jones, three of the strike
leaders arrested last week, made the
appeal for a return to work at a mass
meeting of striking yardmen.
iney were greeted with cries of
, sold,1 "outside" and "where's Gru
nau?" Jones explained that efforts to
Obtain the release of John Grunau
president of the Chicago Yardmen's
association from Joliet jail on bond
,naa not succeeded.
Flag Is Hissed
Murphy,, waving an American flag,
iook tne noor to declare he "would
not right the American government'
He was greeted with cat '. calls and
hisses.
union leaders declared after the
meeting they were helpless to order
me men oacK to work,
a ponce lieutenant declared the
meeting adjourned after the strike
leaders had been refused a hearinir.
e announced that no "rump meet
ing" would be permitted, and the
hall was cleared under police auner-
vision.
luian nntn .i.. will flnnesr. The theater is nart of
were reported in Tenn- r WW U to I. ini out to
the city of Salem that win .enougn improved to talk freely if he
thrnuo-h th- i ..l . " Wished. ,
o-. v.. iiiuotuu ui tne state rair
i grounds?"
inose who back the bill have ad
vanced good reasons,' 'the mayor re
sponded. "People want police protec
tion out there. '"
"Isn't that section under the juris
diction of the sheriff?"
"Yes," replied Wilson.
'.'Jsn't the gherifts protectlon'ado
quate?". .
"I guess so."
"Why, then, make an attempt to rush
cms tnrougn at the eleventh hour?'
Twister Leaves
Destruction And
Death In Wake
Huntsville, Ala., April 21. The tor-
.wept into Madison county from
- just south of Lilly
i- , B"net ver the mountain
. ; wove, leaving, , as
Zll l . own ftere' fifteen dead and
I il "I?" a score of '"Jured in Its
. r-ens,ve - property damage
aconMia8., Aprl, 21.At Ieaat
d i 8 Were kll,ed bv the tma
o in lu course through Noxubee and
I 1" rMeS- aouordi" to word
'Mvei here, and considerable dam
86 WM causf,d 'o property and crops
J1- AprtI 21- - Fifteen
..-.. ole Known tQ have been klu
property valued at a million
l and
which ueTved the tornado
Jn miles noMh of Laurel yester-
fJr.?r,1(ans' La" APril 21.-The
r,L . '810n ot the American Red
of tents.
supplies to
workers and
Remo today to represent the league of
nations in discussions with the su
preme council regarding the mandate
for Armenia which the league rao.
been asked to assume.- ...
Eraerum, which has been selected as
the capital of Armenia, is the home
city of Mustapha Kemal, the Turkish
nationalist leader. He is reported to
have 15,000, troops there, which the
league of nations, under the mandate
would have the task of turning out.
. . Fake Propoganda Charged. .
San Remo, Apr. 21. Premier Nltti
of Italy, speaking today with refer
ence to that country's policy toward
Germany, Austria and Jugo-Slavla
and also upon the financial situation
of Italy, charged that a campaign of
falsehood In being conducted by un
known persons against his country. !
The dissemination of false news
detrimental to Italy is an abnomlnable
thing," Premier Nltti said. "It is a
veritable campaign of libelous false
hoods. By whom It Is promted? Many
telegrams which claim to have come
from Italy prove to have been sent
from neighboring countries by persons
who have not lived in Italy and who
are acting in the Interests of unknown
parties." ,
make the Deer Lodge prison a model
penal Institution,
Clemenceau Back
From Trip Wants
To B& Left Alone
Paris, April . 21.-Former Premier
Georges ClemenceRU. whn ' he
benunke demanded. "Move you the visiting Egypt for the past two months,
indefinite postponement of the bill." i arrived here this morning. He was
ine motion lost.
Simernl Fnvors Proposal.
Ray Slmeral declared that the nn.
nexatlon of the fair grounds would, in
Silverton, Or.. Apr. 21. The stnia
which was declared against the Silver
Falls Lumber company at Silverton 2d
days ago by the newly organized tlm
ber workers union, was declared off
Tuesday evening, after the company
had rejected demands of the striker
and refused arbitration, but agreed to
take back the strikers aa men wer
needed, and consented to a conferenr
to assure union men there would be no
discrimination against them.
About 200 union men walked out
following, the discharge of five union
men, after an ultimatum for their re
instatement had been rejected. Thei
members of the loyal legion remained
at work and all who have applied fur
work since have been taken on. Many
of the strikers have left the country.
open shop is the policy of the milt
and the strike was viewed as unxu-
tnortzed and uncalled for bv the lum
ber company.
alert and smiling but avoided inter
viewers and would not be photo
graphed. He was met at the ' station
by members ' of his fnmiiv th . .,
.." ui'uuuii, ub a Dig advantage to the prominent men were presesit.
city because it would aid in making -When he landed at Marseilles yes
"As annexation would do no harm j terday efforts were made to get the
o mo annexation would do no harm aKa statesmen to talk but all were
io tne public," Halvorsen chimed In, ' futile. -
cum me cuy wiir realize several -bene-, ' ' The war is over isn't it?" he ex
fits, I don't see why we can't submit 1 claimed , to the correspondent of the
this to the people for their considera- ( Journal. "Yes? Well, all I want is to
uon anynow. He told of the deslr be left alone."
of the' Elks to have the state falr "What am I going to do?" Why,
t,.uu..uD mm me use or tne buildings just live until I die." '
during, their convention here In July The "Tiger" growled out brtci nu-
"Can we use the buildings?" Volic presslons of his visit to Egypt while
ased- .:". (the elephant tusk and mummy he
The Elks have the consent of the brought back from the land of the
state fair board,' Halvorsen replied, j Pharoahs were ebing placed on the
McClelland launched into a lengthy nock.
harange of the proposal, basing his t "I got a fine case of bronchlstls and
argument on the statement that a spe-! found myself stuck in the middle of
clal election, to vote on the matter Efcypt with both lunm nut of cnmml..
would cost $1000. He pictured Salem
as a Reno, a Milwaukie and Mexico.
Halvorsen Explains Cost.
'Several years ago that nlmror
sion. That's what comes from bellev
Ing in mirages. Evidently I shall not
die from It, for I am still more solid
than my dear friends think, but It pre-
tol . wnt 8 carload
v ana medical
? with nurses.
- . . io Meridian to aid in re-
ZJZ awo"g 'he storm sufferers)
NEWPORT IA1SES TAX
The city of Newport, having con
stituted itself a 'separate road district
has no claim to the road fund levied
by the county court and collected
under such levy in 1919, according to
an opinion prepared Tuesday by At
torney General Brown, . who holds
that such fund is 'distinctly a county
fund.
Germany Asks Right to :
Maintain Larger Army
"". A nr. 21
ermany has asked
.Pr alio1
"'"to li,cr(,.llu " """' at san Re-
en the f1"01? t0 10.00 to 200.-
" "SleT h6 ,erm8 ofthe trea
T contBl"d in a note
t4gwithrth:hore,Rn fflce
t to th 1 demand that It
Semo, the SuPreme council at San
Th.n. ....
'0n a, rilrth that an increased
'"'n.eriorand that
order 5 ,rmy WOU,d n" ae
Th noe fult,riUli',s,utto"- '
allowed" reW ft Cfer-
? mean8 ,hand C"P of officers,
':ivearmyeen,irefrt'"eorkof
that the reichswehr force in the neu
tral zone should be fixed according to
the number of men instead of the
number of units and that Germany be
allowed to have eleven batteries of ar
tillery instead of two in the neutral
zone. . j . . i : "
'he ore,r ?teSwerand
'"reign office at th
""Wont ., '""rrea to t
':ini bv ,h h Civic eurd3,
lr., " the sin
I ". The
Mother of Four
Must Serve Term
For Having Booze
Pittsburg, Kan., April 21. As the
result of a raid in which officers
found in the cellar of her house four
teen cases of whisky, Mrs. Jennie
Pozhun, a widow and mother of four
dependent children, must serve an in
determinate sentence at the women's
April Clinic For
Marion Babes Is
Set For Thursday
The April clinic of the Marion
County Children's bureau will be held
in the Commercial club auditorium
Thursday afternoon from 1.30 to 3:30
o'clock. Mrs. A. Bayly of, Portland
secretary of the parents' educational
bureau of the State Parent-Teacher
association, will be present to weigh
and measure the ofalldren. Mrs.
Bayly, as well as Mrs. N. A. Flegel,
president of the association, has shown
the most ardent interest in local child
welfare work and both have lent their
assistance in various ways. :
The following letter from Mrs. Bay
ly, received this week by Mrs. E. E.
Fisher, vice-president of the Marion
county bureau, will be of interest to
all concerned with the success of the
organization
"This is the first chance.J. have had
to write and tell you how pleased I am
that you had such splendid dental ex
aminers present at your last eugenics
tests. I feel sure they checked off all
the defects found to exist with the
children examined on that day. I hope
the parents have had the dental work
done ere this."
Mrs. James Elvln, another local en
thusiast In child.welfare activities, re
ceived the following" note also from
Mrs. Bayly:
"I am very glad Indeed, you are
having the splendid co-operation of
doctors and dentists in the eugenics ers receive a graduated scale of raises. hii,inn. .v.
tests now being held in Salem, for the, The street department employes also , The offer of the playground is said
CaruS Seill US IO CUie biiuw mat iu:y
are being careful to check all defects
that they find to exist In the children
examined. In the correction . of these
defects the children will then become
stronger menand women, and that is
what eugenics tests are held for."
High score babies of'the February
and March clinics were: Vera Marie
Luther, score 99,. age 7 : months.;
Agreement Readied .
Washington, April 21. An agree
ment with the railroad brothernonn
unions under which the strlkinit rail
road workers in the metropolitan dis
trict of New York will return, to work
immediately was announced here to
day by Edward McH ugh, spokesman
for the strikers.
Mr. McHugh Id he had abandon
ed efforts to have the case of the
New York men taken up separately
by the railroad labor board and that
hU committee would return to New
York today leaving their case in the
hands of the leaders of the regular
orotnernooas. . .
ine possibility of several months
delay in the settlement of the waae
aemanas ot 2,000,000 railroad work
ers developed today durlnn discua.
slons. . . .
. i. vvnither, chairman of the
wage commission of the association
of Railway Executives, said consld
erable time would be required for the
roads to gather necessary data to
Place before the board and that ans
wers to a questionnaire sent out hv
his association could not be obtained
under three months.
Dohiy Warned Against
Li. E. Sheppard, president of the
conductors brotherhood, declared
mat since the dispute had been pend
ing seventeen months, the roads had
had time in which to gather all nec-
.essary information.
Declaring that the roads could de
lay settlement of the by 12 months,
W. 11. Doak, vice president of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen,
"..".nm wcittj iiieHiiL ine'vmco mat win tninu mo ........ ..i
- Jill.. , , . I - J -""I. ,DMU, IV
ZS. Z ' ao"ir by the comes as a result of the organization
roads. He warned, however, that fur- In this city of a branch of the Bor
Uier delay In settling the wage ques-IScout movement, known as the Sea
Salem Scouts to
Get Sloop From
Navy Department
The United States naval department
through the medium of the national
council. Boy Scouts of America, Is to
present the city of Salem with a 10 ft.
thre-masted sloop, wherewith to grace
fully adorn the bosom of the Willam
ette river at this city. The sloop wilt
be the property exclusively of the Sa
lem Scouts of the Boy Scouts of Amer
ica, will be Handled under the solo di
rection of the department of sea scout
ing ot the local council, of whic'h P. M.
Gregory le chief. ' ' ,- i '
At a recent meeting of the Salem
council, Boy Scouts- , of America, it
was decided that after the ni-rlv.i f
the sloop, the council chambers would
be located in thd -spacious in!,ln.
aboard the vessel, and that thereafter,
Bov Scout counoilmen would "rock In
the cradle of the deen" when thov
gathered to discuss ways and means
for furthering the work of the Bo
Scouts in this community. . -
But the councilmen are not the nnlw
ones mat win enjoy that vessel.
tion would add to the unrest among
the railroad workers.
Chairman Barton declared that the
board would expedite matters as quick
ly as possible and that the hearings
wouia continue ior the present unln
terruptedly.
Entire Wool Clip
Of Northwest to
Go To Portland
Portland, Or., April 21. The entire
Pacific northwestern clip of wool, for
tne season of 1920, will be concen
trated In Portland, already the sec
ond wool center of the country. If
plans agreed upon yesterday by the
wool growers of Oregon are carried
Into fruition.
The plan to concentrate northwest
ern wool shipments In Portland, and
A playground, containing about 3 V4 1. abandtm entirely the practice of
.acres of land, laying Just south ot een aPB0Ve,1
vicguu omie wooi urowera as
sociation, meeting at the chamber of
commerce, with 40 of the most repro
sentatlve sheep men of the state pres-
Playground Is
Offered; Club To
Probe Park Plan
Johnson went Into Mexico and held a '. vented me from visiting Palestine as I
fight with another consumate scoun. had planned.''
drel," he declared dlsdalnfullv. "Vm,
gentlemen know that none of you
would take them into your home. So
I don't see why you would have the
fair grounds in the city so such 'pills'
as these could hold fight here."
Halvorsen exlalned that by holding
the city special election at the same
time the state primary election is hem
, li ...... . 1 ,1 K n
mZZtZZ .1T7 M1" creek' on Summer street, has been
measure " tentatlve ered the city and the
Th ' ., : ' ., Commercial club, It was announced at
vv" .-. ordinance the club todav. The board of ilre.
ETnTL "7.riCee".tnd-fl:- " the Commercial club, at their
m, Hiumil III HU tnoaflna thtm ArA(nn. ...Ill j . . -
Z Wh h.tV Lhe Clty' , the ferS;; to k
F'ujc HiuiC ma.i a I A. UIUFILIIH. ine OX Q- tho Mtv trt nrmoro aV. - KllU
Biamrm ui average increase In to be hlc-hlv sccentihle nnrt hi,.ln...
wages of 19 a month The salary of men ftWare of it declare that the city
City Engineer Hugh Rogers was ,,h0uld accept it. Details of what plan
raised from U25 to $150. i ,t wl be donated on were ot mae
The emergency traffic ordinance known, and will not be until the dl-
....pomg more nr.ngent requlremenU rectors meet, it was said. The civic
! glaring neaa- department of the club will have
lights, cutouts and brakes was also charge of the playground investiga
passed. tion ,
councilman Volk sounded the senti
ent.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earle Lu-j ment of the day when he appeared at
ther, 1205 North Cottage street; fiyrtri.
Bennett, score 98, age 23 months,
sjn of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bennett.
312 North Winter street; Harry Ther
on Mason, score 98, age 9 months,
son of Mr. ana mis. itaipn Mason,
1363 North 17th street; Gene Robin
son, score 98, age 6 months, son of
M. and Mrs. E. S. Robinson, 2010
North 4th street; Dean H. Ellis, score
9S, age 23 months, son of Mr. and Mrs
William P. Ellis, 244 South 14th street
the meeting wea
striped overalls.
ring conspicuously Japs Demand All
Czechs Disarmed
French Troops
Occupy Aintab
Constantinople, Apr. 19. French
troops entered Aintab, Asia Minor,
April 14 and have relieved the situa
tion there, according to a statement
made public at the French embassy
here. Melanges sent from Alnta.b
April 12 asking for immediate aid for
American workers there were received
last week.
The French position in Clllcla li
viewed as difficult. ? , !
O i -at..,.
otuuts oi America, consisting of at
least nine and not over forty land
scouts of the organization, who have
excelled in land scouting and are pre
pared to take up the thrills of tho
pleasure of learning the ropes m m
real vessel. Sea Scouts must be at least
fifteen years of age, and have taum
members of the Boy Scout organisa
tion in iana troops to have learner, to
be a first class scout.
The first rang accorded in the Sp
Scouting program, as fostered by th
Boy Scouts of America, Is that of cab
in boy, and until the young aspirant
for seat knowledge gain the ranir of
sea scout, the ship will continue tn rid..
at anchor. When the ship's crew gain
in ranK or sea scout, then short voy
ages will be taken and then the fun
begins. All Sea Scouts will have full
access to the sloop and all meeting
and stunts of the Scouts will be held
on board ship. , ,
Strikers Ordered
To Return Or Lose
Cards, Remain Out
Los Angeles, Cal., Apr. 21: Striking
switchmen, members of the Brother
hod of Railway Trainmen, who were
ordered to return to work by 8 o'clock
today or forfeit their membership In
the order, did not return, according to
reports from the yards of the South
ern Pacific, Salt Lake and Santa f
systems here.
Twenty-throe of twenty-eight umd
arrested yesterday for violations of
violations of the Lever act wero tn
custody today. Klve had been released,
having furnished the S5000 bonds re
quired of each defendant.
William Dessaney, aged 85, a vet
eran of the Northwest Indian wars.
Is dead at the Roseburg soldiers"
home. . -
Sand And Gravel
Lease Rights Given
farm-nriann at Lansintr. Declaring
first referr .""that Mrs. Pozhun had given "false
eivic euarA-l 1. j!" testimony" at the trlaf. Judge A. J.
Prili ne al'ies n. ' Curran refused to entertain a- plea
festh. rwnted this not. T y on that she be granted a parole.
taV 4f-ci8! to di8b,m, X a"uonc- Mr3. Poi!nun testified that ne dia
&.sii Kolet, heart J l guards-' not know who placed the whiskey in
Il " ot control i r " ner cellar. uincers lesuiieu inai i " e
n been m.!. r'in- and he "ly entrance to the cellar was a Some Linn county potatoes were 1 under the
JSM-end note Jr!l , .public- ' 'trap door under a bed in Mrs. Poz-lsoio lust week for $3.62 a bushel. 10.000 cul
requests nun's bed room. .
Harbin, Manchuria, April 16.- Jap
anese authorities in Manchuria have
demanded that alt Czech troops in
this country be disarmed. This e-
iease rigms on sand and gravel ini cision Is a result of the recent clash
the bed of the Willamette river be- between Czech and Japanese troops
iween tne uswego onoge and the Haw- at Hallar, a village near the Siberian
thorne bridge in Portland were grant- frontier. '
ed by the state land board Tuesday to ' Six trainloads of Czechs participat
ive Portland companies, namely the ed in the fighting, which resulted In'
Diamond O. Navigation company, twenty Japanese casualties. The fight
Nickum & Kelly Sand & Grave! com- began over possession of a number
pany, Columbia 'Digger company. " of Russian prisoners being held by
JEWELER KILLED
San Francisco, Apr. 21. Frank 1.
Roop. 36, rice-president of a promi
nent Jewelery firm here, was killed to- Columbia Contract company, and the the Japanese, and it said Chinese sol-
dy aa the result of his automobile, stae Sand and Gravel company. The diers aided the Czecns in their en
strikihg a garbage wagon. Mrs. Roop lease covers a period of five years, the deavor to liberate the Russians. The
who was with hira, was but slightly in- lessees to pay the state at the "rate Czechs used an armored car, which
Jpured. - I of ten cents per cubic yard for all, the Japanese captured, but the lat-
sand or gravel taken from the river ter were forced to retreat before the
contract, with a minimum of Chinese, who captured the Japunse
! solo last week ior i3.z a Dusnei. 10.000 cubic yards to be used by each barracks. The Russian prisoners e
JThey were sold for seed. company per year. caped. .
LATE BULLETINS
London, Apr. 21 A report to the Lloyd shipping agency to
day says the American steamer Wayhut is sinking in latitude 4T
degrees north, longitude 7 degrees west. A tug is on the way to
the assistance of the distressed vessel.
Washington, Apr. 21. The house public lands committee
voted today to report a bill introduced by Representative Hawley,
republican, Oregon, which would permit the sale of isolated tracts
in the former Oregon-California land grant. Under the provisions
o fthe bill these tracts wuold be opened for homestead entry for
two years prior to their sale.
Atlanta, Ga., Apr, 21. With six counties still out, returns
from yesterday's presidential preference primary showed Palmer
had carried 49 counties with 138 convention votes: Smith 4!)
'counties with 118 votes and Watson, 51 counties with 118 votes.