ivfiATHER FORECAST
nwon Tonight and Saturday fair,
heaT frost ear'y n"rn"8
'"'tot near coast; warmer Saturday.
t JSto muy westerly,
l- Min. temperature SJ. Max.
,.n 56. Rainfall, ,JS Inches,
,. feet, falling.
Rear Admiral
Brittain Ends
Own Career
wwhlngton. April 23.-Rear.Ad-Birl
Carlo B. Brittain. chief of staff
Admiral Henry R vcttaoa' co'
t hn Atlantic fleet, tm-
Ite eolcide by shooting Silraselfl
jsterday wnne on uu'j
a Cuban waters.
Admiral Wilson In advising the
-vy department of Admiral Brlt--iA
death gave no reason for the
!Llrar act. The body will be
toeWtit to the United States on the
ospita! sn'P Solace. Admiral Brit
ain, home was at Richmond. Ky.
Admiral Brittain was born at Pine
riila, Ky.. 6' yea ago, and was
iraduated fror the naval academy
5, 1888. During the Spanish-American
war he served on the cruisers
Newark and Brooklyn and the aux
iliary Badger with the rank of lieu
tenant. For his services aboard the
Newark in the battle of Santiago he
wni awarded the Sampson Medal.
From 1900 to 1903 he was sta
tioned In the Philippines and Jrom
1)05 to 1907 he was on the staff of
the commander of the North Atlantic
fleet. Other aea service included com
mander of the battleships Massnchu
ietu and Michigan. He was made a
rear admiral In 1914 and assigned to
the staff of Admiral Wilson when the
latter was placed In command of the
Atlantic fleet.
Nebraska Count
Slows Johnson's '
. Lead is Growing
Lincoln, Neb.. April 23. The plu
rality polled by United States Senator
Hiram W. Johnson of California over
Major General Leonard Wood for re
publican presidential preference In
Tuesday's Nebraska primary has In
creased to 15,021, according to returns
compiled by the Lincoln Daily Star.
. Figures from 77 of the state's 93
counties estimated by the Star to rep
resent 80 percent of the totnl vote in
the state give Johnson 51,808; Wood
36,787 and Pershing 24,698 while
with approximately the same number
of precincts reported on deniocratic-f
presldentkil preference show United
': Sates Senator G. II. Hitchcock has
1M5! as compared to 10,845 for bis
only opponent Robert Ross of Lexing
ton, Neb. -
William Jennings Bryan, in the con
tent for delegate at krge.'to the dem
ocratic national convention retains
fourth place on the face of returns
from 79 counties representing a vote
which tabulators here figure to- be
four fifth of the state complete. With
four to be chosen, two Hitchcock: men
were In first and second places while
one of the Bryan candidates was in
third,. , ,
For republican delegates at large
(four to be elected) three candidates
nominated by the Wood forces but
ho were also Indorsed by the John
n organization, are innHm nn ih.
face of returns estimated by thu Star
o per cent of all votes cast,
E. J. Burkett, a Pershing can
Mate was fourth. All of them, how-
attorney general's office
Md, are morally bound to adhere to
Presidential preference as express-
by the voters.
Caillaux Given
Three Years in
French Prision
ui I; 2,3rThe sntence w
Prl hh5U C0Urt
IMsonm.. "', ''" ree years Im
ttI"PW't of the costs
,ne trial, Includes hnnicv,m.
'.nd loss f clvlc -J
Par&. Apr,
, sd. Nontan.. - a . .
At
'in lm,.i ot inree
d -. """"l was ImnuRert tn.
Zr? Prem' seph CaTT
im... . u y the hlch pourt va
' bi ?rmerce an correspond1
AhOm.. m.
Xne lime tiur-
ducted, i. " unaer Will be
6 "oath to aery." S but
li...
LOW
y wfy M, , ' average an
d L ' An'Prln ministers is
" mhrin, haIf reeclve leM
'brth.."1" workn'-wage.
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W''ncedt:dayn",ChlCag0.direC-
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FnKU-i ; SALEM, OREGON. FRIDAY. APRIL 23. 1920. .
Wtc txphrer Safe is
April 22. CantBln
"verw. explorer
"'"sen
?hLe 5
LV "CfT Siberil' wording
CC da,ed Anadir
f" fctaua . "!ht- The dispatch
l I, . ""leteen ninntho (ho
, ar "eas nave i,...ij
u.uuucu
ki ahi. Roald Amundsen
'- in that, :
to rch tho k
"s vessel.
e Maudv fookBear the norti pole.
Capital
aem People Urged to
Treat Visitors As Guests
Blossom Dag, Sunday
If reports beinsr received t tha r.
raerclat club and heard by business
men are true Salem will ha ,.,.
thousands of persons Sunday ww
they, come here to, participate in the
celebration' of Blossom bay." , Adver
tisements have, been, placed'in Port
land newspapers and slides telling of
the ocacslon have been
all of the principal theaters In the me
tropolis, an ot which will have Its ef
fect In attracting sightseers here to
see the blossom-strewn hills in and
around the city.
Theommercial cluh tmiair !...,.
out that the visitors, here will be Sa
lem's guests and that they should be
treated as the same by Salem's citizens
v. no are asked to furnish autos and
lend every assistance tn tha im.nn.a.
while they are here. Emphasis on the
fact tha the autoa that will be ur-
nisnea are for thevisitors and not Sa
lem people was ma"de by the club man.
agement.
Today Manager McCroskev and sev
eral others were busy outlining a route
through the blossom district to be fol
lowed by the autos. It is thought that
this route, when decided ,.rmn win h I
a continuous one. eliminating traffic
congestion caused from turnlmr Hnrt
crossing of roads. Bulletins bearing the
line of tour probably will be made and
furnished to each person volunteering
to drive a car during the day.
Chamberlain 'Asks
Mote Money For
Veteran Pensions
Washington, Apr. 23. Senator
Chamberlain today addressed the sen
ate in support of the pending bill In
creasing pensions of veterans of the
Civil war to not less than 150 Per
month anil widows to 1 30. -He
affirmed the belief In the'duty of
of the government to provide pensions
for Its defenders and to increase them
as years pass on and the veterans be-.
come enfeebled. His only complaint,
he said; is that the bill does not go
further and include regular army and
other excluded cases;
Chamberlain declared that he will
support any reasonable legislation ad
vanced for caring for men of the war
with Germany.
Overalls Drive
VTo be Extended
And Sustained
New York, Apr. 23. A nationwide,
continuous drive against profiteering
In wearing apparel will be started by
the Cheese club at the conclusion of
Saturday's overall parade on Broad
way, it was "announced today. The
marchers will hold a mass meeting
and effect' a permanent organisation, mvoua ana inomns manning js r
with which overall clubs throughout ' ius and their chances for recovery
tha nnnntrv will be invited to affiliate.:
"We are not going to let this thing
die with the parade," said Walter 'J.
t,'tno.itlav phntrmnrt nf tha nnrdda COm
u. 'iiir i . ch, thnaa
. 'f..:j: ;:i""..r
wno sn?r ni us in tic wie uciuvuolio, i
Uon Is neither a fad nor a joke,
It Is probable the number of march
ers will reach 20,000, officials of the
Chese club said. Nationally famous
actors and actresses will be among
those in the procession. Al Jolsoh ana
Ed Winn will act as drum majors for
two of the overall bands.
Retail clothing merchants though
out the city have commenced to dis
play cheaper grades of suits In their
show windows. Some firms have ad
vertised sharp price reductions In the
newspapers under the caption "Why
wear overalls?"
The Waldorf-Astoria hotel apiiounc
ed that an overall wedding would be
solemnized there Saturday.
Democrats Vote
To Reject Reed
Jonlin. Mo.. April 23. The demo
cratie state convention in session here
this morning, voted to reject the se
lection of United States Senator Jas.
I A. Reed as district delegate to the
ta tl-inn I nAtiirantlnn anil tfi rptlirtT h IS
l""v,,a
rt V.a. lrh Alatrlnt rnnfllH
'which nominated him.
The vote was 1070 to 490, four not
voting. It came as the' climax to an
all nieht session of the convention
in which wrangling and filibustering
played .a prominent part. - . - itrated lecture to build up civic pride,
Soirited debate preceded the roll- create an interest in clean streets and
call. . '
The fifth district delegation (Kan
sas City and Jackson, county) and the
St. Louis delegation with the excep
tion of two wards, cast their ballots
against the Missourian. '
The convention adjourned sine die
at 8:35 o'clock this morning.
on oil at Dlxson Island, In the White
Sea, "about September 1. 1918. and
soon after sailed of to the northeast
throUKh the rapidly freezing Arctic.
It was the explorers plan to drive the
ship as far northward as he could,
then to lodge her in the Ice and per
mit her to be dragged along with the
enormous floes. 'Amundsen believed
Vl - .l:. ,.U k. oarrlalt tn the
, i..i,i. Art the
vicinity oi me uukuv
delta of the Lena river on the north
I era Siberian coast. Here he believed
jthe ,ce wou,d b. driven to the north
... .k.. -h i.k. him
' Some were apprehensive about the
blossoms being out sufficiently conspi
cuous to attract the visitors. Others
feel that further postponement of the
date for this reason will result In the
occasion losing its appeal for visitors.
Some of the more optimistic pictured
the hills surorunding the city cloakeo
in sheens of pink and white Sunday,
and are sure that their beliefs will be
gratified. 5 .
Interest In thi coming of the sea
planes to Salem Is belns strnnslv man.
ifested by the fact that numerous calls
have been made to newspapers re
questing Information about when the
"ships of the air" -will arrive, and what
the cost of trips will be. A represent
ative of the airplane company will be
in Salem Saturday and details of the
flights will be made known then.
Uniformed Cherrians will act as
guides during the day Sunday. They
will be stationed at the depots and at
other points to direct visitors where
to go .and to guide motorists along the
routes where points of vantage may be
best had.
About 100 Cherrians have volunteer-
About 100 Cherrians have volunteer
Jrly auobiles during the day
.and hul visitors along the scenic
routes. Between trains and during
watts for automobiles to take them
through the orchard districts visitors
will be entertained by. various means
In the city.
Federal Troops
Maintain Order
In Butte Today
Butte, Mont., April r3. With every
avenue to the mines patrolled by
United States "soldiers who arrived
last night from Fort George Wright
at Spokane and Camp Lewis, Butte
this morning is quiet with no evidence
of troubles such as marked the first
three days of the strike inaugurated
against the mining companies by the
Mine Workers Union number 800 1.
W. W., which demands a higher wage
a six hour day and- the release of po
litical prisoners. The strikers this
morning made no attempt to picket
the mines and there were no demon
strations of anjr klpd against the sol
diers or. miners. Not many under
ground workers reported for work
this morning, all the mining compan
les bfing snort " handed. This Is ac
counted for from the fact that ii was
not generally known that soldiers
would guard the approaches to the
mines, and It. is said that nearly nor
mal crews will go to work, tomorrow,
None of the. 1 men shot in Wed
nesday's clashes between strikers and
a force of deputy sheriffs and police
on Anaconda- road near the . "Never-
sweat mine Is dead and all but four
6f the wounded men are progressing
toward recovery. The ' condition- of
Peter Marovich. James Sullivan, Boko
"BUI.
The soldiers who arrived last night
are quartered in the Florence hotel,
a big miners boarding house located
On the cast
side. They include parts
of three regiments, and number 250
men, not Including headquarters staff
The troops are in command ot Col
onel Herman Hall of Camp Lewis.
Salemites Urged
To Hear Lecturer
On Garden Topics
. Local folk interested tn making the
capital of the Btate the beautiful city
that its location and general arrange
ment makes possible, should not fall
to hear Howard Evarts Weed, the
.distinguished western landscape arch
itect of Portland, who speaks In the
public library tonight at eight o'clock
upon "A More Beautiful Salem " Il
lustrating his lecture profusely - with
attractive color slides.
Mr. Weed will go into detail con
cerning the correct method of beau
tifying the city, and will make his
plans simple enough to be put into
nractice bv the property owner of
moderate circumstances, as well as
the wealthy.
His talk will be inspiring, and is
upon a subject especially near every
Kalemlte's heart at this time. He en-
deavors by the medium of the Tllus-
beautiful homes. New improvement
a.unalatloTis ret their start from the
discourse, and old ones are given new
stimulus."
As the slides are thrown upon the
screen Mr. Weed skips rapidly from
subject to subject, discussing public
parks, children's playgrounds, mod
ern nark cemeteries, children's flow
er and vegetable gardens, the work of
Improvement societies, billboards, w
prorementa to elty and country homes
In many cases showing the "before
and after" effects.
Hauser Investment
Company Is Formed
Articles of Incorporation were filed
with the state corporation depasiient
here, Thursday, by the Hauser Invest
ment company of Portland, capitalized
at 82,500,000. The company which
will engage In a general real estate and
investment business is Incorporated
hv Af. IL Hauser. William Kennedy
and R. W, Wilbur.
A certificate showing an Increase In
capita! from 85000 to 810,000 was filed
by the Sherwooa to-operau.e
change of Sherwood, Or.
1
Strike Heads
Threatened
Cbkgo, Apr. S3. Striking
rallroadc-rg meeting brre this aft
ernoon adjourned without taking
action toward calling off the "out
law" strikes.
- Adjournment Was taken when tt
. developed that .railroad managers
hud Ignored an Invitation to at- -tend
and discftss the men's de
mands.-
Cleveland, Ohio, April 23. Immedi
ate arrest of railroad strike leaders In
Cleveland unless they order switchmen
to return to work by tomorrow morn
ing was threatened by federal agents
today.
The warning was given ' to F. J.'
O'Rourke. president of the Cleveland
Yardmen's association- by John Swan
ken, of the department of justice, just
before the execeutlve committee of the
association met at noon,
Next More Waited.
New York, April 23. Members of
the so-called "outlaw" railroad wor
'kers union still on strike tn New York
'and Jersey City waited today for the
"next move" In the struggle, which
their leader, E. A. McHugh declared
must come from the railroad mana
gers.
More than 6,000 men are out and
voted yesterday, according to McHugh
to remain out until the railroad labor
board had acted on demands for a
general wage Increase. This may take
several months.
The railroad managers met Mc-
Hugh's challenge for a "next move"
by redoubling their efforts to hire new
men and reiterating their determina
tion to tafce strikers back only as new
employes with loss ot their senority
rights. -
Movements of freight continued to
Improve today according to J. J. Man
tell, spokesman for the managers, and
he predicted that the strike would
have "burned itself out" by the end of
me week,
Striking railroad workers .in the
New York district appealed directly
to the railroad managers today for
restoration to duty and settlement ot
the strike "in the public interest."
Cluvago Men Still Out.
Chicago. Apr. 23. Striking switch
men and englnemen met today at the
call of Insurgent union officials In an
other attempt to bring about a settle
ment of the unauthorized walkout in
the Chicago district; i ' -
.Admitting defeat of the outlaw
movement, John Grunau, president of
the Chicago Yardmen's association,
said he would advise the men to re
turn to work. -
"We could fight the railway brother
hoods and the railroad officials," said
Grunau, "but we cannot fight the gov
ernment. So far as our immediate de
mands for wage increases are concern
ed the strike has been a failure."
Grunau declared, however, the fight
fori permanent maintenance of the In
surgent unions would be carried on.
- Federal officials, including Judge
K." M. Landls declined invitations to
be present at the mass meeting. Rail
road officials took no action toward
accepting a similar Invitation.
-..Return of additional strikers, rail
road officials said, brought freight
movement In Chicago to 80 per cent of
normal. Elsewhere throughout the
west to the Pacific coast freight traf
fic was reported returning to normal.
New Union Planned. '.
'Washington, Apr. 23. Formation
of a new national organization of rail
road men has been undertaken by rep
resentatives here of the striking switch
men in Chicago, New York, Cleveland,
St., Louis and other cities. R. J. Mitch
ell of Chicago, said, efforts would be
made to enroll workers in all railroad
crafts both In the United States and
Canada. ;
He estimated that the membership
would be 75,000 it the start.
J. P. Foley, of the Cleveland Yard
men's asoclatlon, said the committees
now in Washington represented 41,000
men in the non recognized associations
and that elections for a grand lodge
would be held in November.
Drivers Puzzled;
Frantic Queries
Comt To Attorney
Is a horn a whistle? v
Scores of motorists In Salem don't
know. Consequently they have been
showering City Attorney Macy with
telephone calls asking ,hls official
definition of the matter.
The city has passed a new traffic
ordinance amendment that requires
that all automobiles be equipped with
a "bell or whistle." The average
auto sports what is commonly known
as a "horn," so to find out whether
this said, "horn" can be construed
as a whistle the motorists have be
seiged the city attorney with queries.
"Tell 'em that the auto has to have
a horn, whistle and bell." Mr. Macy
asked of The Capital Journal. 'Then
they'll quit calling me up." .
Census Figures
Washington. Apr. 23. Cen-
sua:
Springfield, Ohio, 60,840. in-
crease 13,919 or 29.7 per cent.
Webster City, Iowa, 6657, In-
crease 489 or 8.8 per cent.
4c Clinton, Mass., 12,964, in-
I .m... ill nr .8 nar cent. . 4c
Westfield. Mass., 18,603. in-
4c crease 2559 or 15.9 per cent.
... tt . .. II - OA A . 1 I.. 4r
j crease 1739 or per cent.
Gadsden. Ala., 14,737, In-
crease 4180 or 39.6 per cent
'
With Arrest
urn;
Court Apartment
Tenants Protest
; Increased Rental
While Senator Charles "McNary
wages battle against the greedy profi
teer In the confines of the Unite.
States senate at Washington, D. C. ten-!
anta in the Court apartments here, j
owned by Mr. McNary and George F,
Rodgers, president of the Rodgers Pa- j
per company, are strongly protesting
an advance in rent that becomes ef
fective May 1. Twenty-four of . the
tenants have petitioned local agents
for the building in a "kindly remon
strance" to reconsider the advance.
which is said to be a 86 minimum on
the smaller apartments. - - j
This advance is reported as the third
one tn the past eight month.-ia the
Court apartments. The first was for
IS and was soon followed by another
for from 12.25 to S3.7S. The' contem
plated advance woult make costs of
apartments In the building 838, some
842 and on to 850 a month, not lnclud-
ltghf and gas. ' ' , . .,
The tenants say that they abided by
the former advance , because of the
high cost of fuel, transportation and
operation; but they believe that this
scheduled raise is unreasonable.
The Imposition of the new advance
is thought by the tenants to be in the
hands of . the local -agents only, and
they believe that . Senator McNai j
knows nothing of it.
New Allotment
Of Sugar Held
At 23y2 Cents
San Francisco, April.. 23. A price
ot 20 cents a pound was set today
for a new sugar allotment by the
California-Hawaiian Sugar Refining
company to supercede a price of 15
30-100 cents declared April ,
One of the leading jobbers will
turn over Its allocation ot the allot
ment on a net margin of one cent a
pound. The jobber's price was set for
21 70-100 cents with a cash discount
Of 20-100 cent for quick payments.
Retailers profits have ranged
around two cents a pound, which will
bring the retailer's price up to 2Z
cents if past custom is followed.
On January 1 sugar under govern
ment allocations was selling for 8
cents a pound. The Increase since
that time has been 10 cents or more
than 100 percent. ' .
Montana Voters 1
Casting Ballots
For Five Today
Helena, Mont, April 23. At noon
today throughout Montana, voters
will begin indicating their presiden
tial preferences at the state wide pri
mary. Reports from over the state
indicate that fair weather will favor
a large vote. The republicans will ex
press a choice for president, having
five candidates to select from. They
are Warren G. Harding, Herbert C.
Hoover, (Hlram W. Johnson. Frank
O. Lowden and Leonard Wood.
No democratic president candidates
appear on the ballot of that party;
but the name of Governor Samuel V.
Stewart for vice president is offered.
Each party will select four presi
dential electors and eight delegates
to their respective national conven
tions. The polls close at 7 o'clock to
night, i
Kurtz Cannery
May Have New
Modern Flooring
Negotiations whereby the new F. A.
Kurtz packing plant will acquire a
patented hard surface floor that shall
be fireproof, sanitary and it said to be
far more durable than other similar
types of flooring, probably through
out the plant, are under way with the
Oregon Mastic Floor company of
Portland, it became known today, T.
J. Norton, manager of the flooring
company, was in Salem today.
The new type of floor, recently In
vented, is declared to be far superior
to tile types of flooring and is being
placed in canneries, dairies and fac
tories all over the coast. Other can.
nerles In Salem may follow the prece
dent established by the Kurtz comi
pany, It is said, and improve their
plants with this new type flooring.
Slayer Of Labor
Leader Is Known
Chicago, Apr. 23. Maclay Hoyne,
states attorney, announced early today-
he had gained information which
would result In the arrest of the un
identified man who yesterday shot and
killed Edward Coleman, head of the
Chicago teamsters district council, in
a new outbreak ot Chicago s labor war
fare. Two members of the teamsters coun
cil, "Mickey" Morris and John Haley,
named by Coleman aa enemies before
he died, were being held.
Police officials attributed the shoot
ing to a fatclonal fight among leaders
of the teamsters organization.
Johnson Presents
Credentials Today
Rome. Apr. 23. Robert Underwood
Johnson, American ambassador to It
aly, preesnted his credentials to Vic
tor Emmanuel today.
Mr. Johnson left later for San Remo,
where he will meet the secretary of the
American embassy in Paris, who ha
been ordered by the state department-.
at Washington to go to the scene of the
conference of the supreme allied coun
AmericanRepresentatives
In Mexico Ask W arshipsbe
Sent to Protect Property
; Washnigton, April 23. American government representatives
in Mexico have asked for tho dispatch of warships to that country
to protect American citizens and their property.
The requests came from , Maxatlan 1 ... ... i , . .
Topolobampo on the Pacific coast and
Frontera, on the Gulf coast. Officials i
ot the state, war and navy depart
ments are Investigating the requests,
explaining that in times of disturb
ances tn the southern republic, it is
not unusual to receive requests tor
warships when there la no need for
them. -
Details Lacking.
Details aa to the request of the
American agents were not made pub
lic Advices today said that 856 Mex
ican federal troops with two cannon
had arrived at Masatlan, but there
have been no reports of disturbances
there or at the other two porta.
Other reports received today, how
ever, indicated a growing ferment and
It was said that communication with
various points tn Mexico was being In
terfered with. .
. Conference Called.
Mexico City newspapers ycrterday
contained no mention of developments
in the situation. .
' Advices received here today, by Gen
eral Salvador Alvardado, representa
tive of Sonora, said that Colonel Ro
dolfo Gallegos, a former federal com
mander tn the state of Tamautipas,
deefated a Carranzlsta force under
General Rosalia Rodriguez at Linares
and that the federajs retreated to
wards Monterey..
It was also said that Carranza had
ordered a general conference of gov
ernors at Monterey. '..;
CRUISER AND -DESTROYER "
. ORDERED TO SAIL SOUTH
Los Angeles. Cal., April 13. The
oruiser Salem and destroyer No. 276
were ordered by Admiral Hugh Rod
man, commanding the Pacifio fleet,
to sail immediately for Mexican wa
ters. It was announced ''the vessels
would stop at Mazatlan. It was ex
pected according to word from the
flagship New, Mexico luat these or
other vessels would also call at Topo
lobampo. Both vessels are at San Die
go at Present.
At the offices of the Mexico-California
Steamship company here It
.was stated that word had been . re
ceived that the porta of Mazatlan and
Topolobampo had , been closed. The
company has terminals at Mazatlan.
,At the time of tho sailing from there,
ten days ago, everything was report
ed quiet. ; , .-. ' ' I
Influenza Cause s
Of Increase In
Tubercular Cases
St. Louis, Apr. 23. Medical science
must deevlop some method cf exter
mining at controlling Influenza, if the
fight against tuberculosis is to be suc
cessful, according to speakers at the
annual convention of the National Tut
berculosls association here today. -
Examination of post Influenza cases,
it was asserted, developed that sixty
five per cent wer infected with the
tubercular bacilli.
Great headway could be made in
checking the spread of tuberculosis, if
employers would realize the value of
having their employes undergo exami
nation, according to Dr. John 8. Bil
lings, director of the National Ti- ber
culosls association. Many cases are,
in that way, detected In the incipient
stage and proper attention effects a
complete cure.
Legion To Give
'. ... Dance Tonight
Capital Post No. t, American Leg
Ion,, will give its third dance of the
year at the armory tonight, begin
ning at nine o'clock. 'Complete ar
rangements for the evening's gaiety
have been made, and everything con
sidered It appeared today that the
dance would be superior to any other
given here yet this season. 1
AJI members ' of the legion and
their friends, and the general public,
are Invited to attend. The Revela
tion orchestra will furnish music for
the evening, and the American Leg
ion Quartette Is expected to furnish
entertainment during the dance inter
missions. MEXICAN OFFICIAL ARRESTED
Douglas, Ariz., Apr. 23. Ignaclo
Pesquelra, chief Justice ot the Mexli
can supreme court, said to have been
appointed military governor of Sonora,
was arrested by United State officers
as he stepped off a train here today.
A woman, said to have been brought
here by Pesquelra, was detained.
LATE BULLETINS
St. Loui'b, Wr. Apr. 23. Striking yardmen in the St. Louis
district today voted to remain on strike and press their demand
for increased wages. The vote was unanimous, it was said.
New York, Apr. 23. Indictments charging profiteering in
meats were returned today by a federal grand jury in Brooklyn
against the Chicago packing houses of Armour and Company,
Swift and company, and Wilson and company, and their represen
tatives here.
Savannah, Ga., Apr. 23. A mob estimated at more than a
thousand men gathered at the entrance to the county jail here
today where four negroes accused of implication in the killing of
Harry Allen, a merchant, are confined.
Washington, Apr. 23. The house bill increasing pensions to
Civil War Veterans to $50 monthly and those of the widows of
veterans to $30 monthly was passed today by the senate and now
goes to conference. The increases were provided to meet the ris
ing costs of living.
CIRCULATION
Average for Six Months ending
March II, 1920
5259
35
Member of Audit Bureau of Clrealattoa
Associated Press Full Leased Wire
PRICE I CENTS.
Board of Control
Rejects all Bids
On Bond Issue
, All bids submitted for the purchase
ot the 11,000.000 bond issue offered)
for sale under the act of last January,
an extension ot the Bean Barrett act,
were rejected by th estate board of
control this morning as being too low.
The highest bid was submitted by
Freeman, Smith and Camp of Port
land., representing" an eastern syndi
cate, who bid 1.51 tor the Issue which
would figure the issue to net 5.31 in
terest. The highest interest netted by
any previous issue of Bean Barrett
bonds is 4.59 While One Issue of roada
bonds was sold to net 4.6S. The de
moralized condition ot the bond mar
ket at this time ts held to bv respon
sible tor the low bid on tha present
issue. Only three bids were entered.
The issue Vill be readvertised for
sale on May 11. . -...;.
Late Reports Put '
Tornado Deaths At
233 In 3 States
Birmingham, . Ala., April .2J.-s-Re-ports
received directly from the por
tions of Alabama, Mississippi and,
Tennessee swept by Tuesday' torna
does today brought the 'death list tip
to 233. Previous reports had estimat
ed the dead at 156.
Today's reports from the three
states showed: '
' -Mississippi 160 dead, 108 Injured.
Alabama, 78 dead, 500 injured.
Tennessee 6 dead, 10 Injured.
Families made homeless were esti
mated at nearly 600 and losses in live
stock and property were placed at
82.000,000. -
Huirt Declares
He Desired to
Regain Health
Los Angeles, Cal., Apr. ,23. James
R.Hulrt. alleged "bigamist, who has
been hovering between life and dear
here for some time as the result of two
attempts at sulolde, declared today
that he wanted to recover, and his
physicians said he would. ,;Hulrt held
a brief Interview yesterday with two
of his "wives," Mrs. Katherine Worn
bacher Andrew of this city and Mrs.
Kathorine Kruue Williamson of Sacra-
mento, after' which ho authorized his
attorney to make a financial settle
ment of their claims, which amounted
to about 34000. Huirt was believed to
have cash and property worth In all
about 38000.
Local officers also found evidence,
they said, that Mrs. Maud Goldeusmlth
of Wallace, Idaho, was among the
women Huirt Is alleged to have wed.
but telegrams to Wallace brought no
response from her or from the offtt
cers there.
Deputy sheriffs announced they
would ask Mnnn act warrants from
the federal authorities, but tt was said
at the office of the United States dis
trict attorney today that no auch war
rants had been requesed, nor had any
federal churge been lodged against,
Huirt. .
Man Buried Alive
When Walls Cave
' In 85-Foot Well
Kesttls. Wash.. Apr. Z3. Caught In
the bottom of an 85 foot well which ha
digging when it walls caved in, Robert
Schneider, 23, of Richmond Beacn.
Wiah.. was hurled alive last evening
and E. H. Markley, a companion, nar
rowly escaped the same fate wnen a
kecond cave-in occurred while he was
workiiigto save his (rioudn
MHrkley was digging frantically and
had succeded In uncovering Schnei
der's head when the wulls began to
crumble again and IW'oarely managed
to escape. Schneider's body was burled
under 45 feet of earth. The accident
Is believed to have been caused by
Schneider striking aulcksand while
digging.