WEATHER FORECAST
lint
ur 1 frnst early morning.
Sunday afternoon,
.rmer interior bunuaj air.
.rarmer northerly.
, 111 Min. temperature 32. max.
51. mean
frtt, falling
Jotir
CIRCULATION
Average for Six Months ending
March Jl. 1929 .
5259
gjjBlEAR. NO. 99 SALEM, OREGON. SATURDAY. APRIT. 9.1. ; PRICE S CXNT3.
flines Quits
FederalPost
As Director
ff49hlBton. April 24. Walker D.
director general of railroads.
lied and his resignation has
accepted by President Wilson.
.fiire May II.
wwh work in liquidating the af
fiin of 'he railroad administration
remain after May 15 and Max
Ttelen. la charge of the claim de
partment, is understood to be Mr.
innM- choice for a successor. It wo
nu . .
aid today at as ""
tht retiring director general would
name hit own successor.
It was understood that the director
mneral desired to return to the prae
tic of law in. New York when the
roads were returned to private con
trol March 1 and that he had con
tented to remain only until the task-
Ht liquidation was wen unaer way.
In accepting Mr. limes" resignation
the president wrote that he could not
let the director general retire with
out telling him ,how he naa "person
ally Talued and admired the Quite
unusual services you have rendered
the jovernment and the country."
.Mr. Hines has served with the rail
road administration since its creation
in December 1917, when the railroads
of the country were taken over. He
was appointed then as assistant di
rector general and when Mr. McAdoo
retired to private life January 11,
lilt, Mr. Hines was made director
jeneral.
New England Cities
Turn Clocks Ahead
Boston, Apr. 24. Massachusetts
and numerous cities in other New
England states will move time pieces
ahead one hour at 2 a. m. tomorrow.
A petition by farmers' Interests
asking for an injunction against en
forcement of the state law was sched
uled for hearing today.
Twelve Rhode Island cities and
towns will change time tomorrow. In
Maine, Portland, Lewiston, Bangor,
and smaller towns will set their
clocks ahead. Manchester is the prin
cipal point' In New Hampshire to
adopt the plan.
'scs uoycon on
Sugar; New Allotment
To Sell About 2 5 Cents
Jugo
Slavs and
Italy Agree On
Status of Fiume
San Remo, Apr 24 Premier
MM of Italy ' and Anton
Trumbitch. the Jugo-Slav for
eign minister, have accepted
President Wilson's settlement
of the Adriatic problem mak
ing Flume a buffer state.
Strongei
v
Stock Market is
Jr; Stutz
Controversy Ends
1Z? Apr" 24 An cement
omT? ,?f the St"" Motor Car
2Lm ",e committee
lm! Voeafi interests of 58
nR)an ' 0ashare
Ne. TRTovery OnpfnI-
evIr,,APril 24-stcks of ai
Z made Pr!ted recov
Wly rZ 8 b e,lon, the
.,.,,: ""K lrm
"waing of th V, "er unPer-
ellrain', Xican ""uatlon and
m aT" 0f the stut controver
!toi '". Advances
"el a1 equipment is
X""11 '.., shores, to
extrn L lnd,re1 sPlties made
Tdval4 e'"ly l08se" ith mod
,Rea"Zln f0- Profits
999 'hares?' Sa'eS """""'mated 450,
I ' tater. The closing
"Further "cor-
erl : " . vked by the fed
nieajj.,
' (rser' hn a J
"cUUrt 7 ,,. 0 curta11 or restrict
sui. . Kft violent ii.,.i.
. ..tiv I Ills
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eaJie;;c"on acclerated
The art, a bul Position.
iUs toonk,h CentraI bank U"
f"rt rate! th. m of add
Mrat, h, Wa" ""PPlemented
hre 8 of ""PTtant cen-
as in l nal "traction of
The,, Progress.
"WnieTt8"0 Credit conditions
?knJ:menQ' o world
8"ncs- echo coming from
"b".r
;n: f on tour pe'r
. to unsettle th.
' all V" 0fferinS evidently
.''""of the country.
kn-uch or,? 'ng0,d ,mPrt8
was due to offer-
bm, here for Japanese
That sugar will retail for from (5
to it cents on the Salem market when
present stocks have been exhausted,
and dealers are forced to buy from the'
newallottment made by the refiners, is
the opinion of Theodore Roth, of the
Gile Mercantile company, of this city.
Mr. Roth stated that the only way
for people to lower the price of sugar
Isto quit using it, and he laid consid
erable stress upon the importance nf
such a practice. .
Sugar advanced yesterday to the Job
bers from $lg to $20.59. The new
prices will not be in effect, said Mr.
Roth, in Salem 'for some little time
and the local merchants -will not be
obliged to buy high priced sugar for
three, or four weeks, except possibly
some of the smaller stores that have
not been able to buy before the price
went up. Those who niust buy since
the advance will have to charge more
than the average market price or else
lose money on the investment.
Says "Trust", to Blame. i
Mr. Roth expressed extreme disgust
over the action of the sugar trust and
said he would be willing to act as one 1
who refuses to buy until the price Is
forced down by making a surplus. The
best way to break the backbone of the
trust, said Mr. Roth, is for people to
refuse to buy sugar and absolutely quit
consuming it i The people of the Pa
cific northwest could cut down the
price materially within ten days if .they
would undertake such a method as is
outlined by the local dealer.
In the opinion of Mr. Roth the pres
ent price . means ruin to this country.
It is prohibitive and manufacturers
and packers are not going to put up
much ofanything In the way of fruits
at the present price of sugar. Local
packers have agreed, it is said, not to
put up any more than they have or.
ders for. -
If wearing overalls will manifest a
desire to fight the fiigh cost of living,
so will a boycott on the sugar trust,
and it is just as reasonable an under
taking, he says.
Mr. Roth recommends . the use of
rlceand beans as a substitute for pota
toes as beans sell tor less money today
than they have for five years.
SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 1920
Johnson is
EasyWinner
In Montana
Fine Weather Promises Successful
Blossom Day Tomorrow; Autos are
Listed; Plane To Drop Blossoms
With the sun smiling radiantly down '
upon the orchard-covered hills gur- Drfffr CrnVOl Mnn
rounding Salem, and the weather man
predicting fair weather for Sunday, ev
ery indication today pointed to a suc
cessful Blossom day celebration here
tomorrow Blossoms, that have been
slow to come forth during the inclem
ent weather, were bursting forth in all
their glory today; and although the
trees will not be so full of bloom as
they would be had several days of fair
Weather preceded Blossom day, It was
thought today that enough blossoms
would be out Sunday to prove very at
tractive to the visitors who are ex
pected. Led by Paul Stege, business men to
day were busy enlisting automobiles to
haul the visitors through the bloom
ing sections of Phesland. Any one
with an automobile nd sufficient time
to drive an allotment of visitors
through the orchard districts is asked
to call Mr Stege 'at 635 anid signify
their intention of being on hand with
their automobile.' The autoa are ' to
meet at the Commercial club at 10 a.
m. and receive instructions as to
routes to take, and persons to haul.
Autos to Be Designated.
Each automobile pressed into serv
ice during the day will be designated
with a sign that visitors might know
which machines are placed M their
disposal. Each driver will be fur
nished with a mimeographed copy of
tho route to follow.
Meanwhile downtown on all street
corners uniformed Cherrians will act
ns police and guides to the visitors,
pointing out scenic spots In the city,
and aiding in whatever way they can
the welfare of the people while guests
of the city.
Plane to Fly.
At twelve o'clock,, noon, a seaplane
piloted by Captuin J. D. Hill and bear
ing P. E; Fullerton, secretary-treasurer
of the Webfoot Aircraft company of
Salem, Salem's own air enthusiast, will
play over the city dropping a shower
of blossoms.
Today a runway . was being con
structed at the foot of Court street
where the plane, will land and accept
passengers. The plane will arrive here
at 10 a. m. and leave the city again
for Portland, at about 8 o'clock. O.
F. Emery, representative of the Ore
gon, Washington, Idaho Airplane com
pany was in Salem today completing
arrangements for the participation of
the Sea Gul In festivities Sunday. He
explained that only one plane, instead
of two, would come because the other
was disabled.
Yellow signs will be placed all
along the route to be followed that
machines might be guided in a cir
cuit. The route covers 11 miles. Driv
ers are to leave Salem south on Com
mercial street and to the Liberty
school house, thence east to Jeffer
son, thence north on the Turner road.
coming in past the state prison, and
entering Salem on State street.
The autos, 150 of which have been
listed, will meet the first Southern
Pacific train at 10:11 n m. Visitors
are expected from Portland, Eugene
and waypolnts.
Walks High Wires
Fourteen Hours
Mobile, Ala., Aprit 24 After spend
lng the night on electric, telephone
and telegraph wires at the intersec
tion of two of the principal streets In
the downtown section, Charles San
ders, a lineman, descended safely ear
ly today into the arms of waiting
policemen who had pleaded with him
for fourteen . hours to forsake his
perilous perch.
The officers said Sanders was craz
ed with narcotics of which he had
partaken at intervals while in the
air. He told the police he believed
the crowds which' had gathered to
watch him were bent on lynching
him. . ,
-Banders is well known here. Some
years, ago when several men were
burled under a falling wall during a
theatre fire he was lowered to the
ruins by a rope and rescued all of the
men. He was given a purse for his
bravery. -
briiinZT"
iher' --Bolshevlk aglta-
T,lte. i -tJi 1
' Vail J'S?'n,lrabl' deported
Hitchcock Leaves
Party Leadership
Race To Underwood
Washington. Apr. 24. As a result
of the withdrawal of Senator Hitch
cock of Nebraska fro mthe contest
for the democratic leadership in the
senate, it was believed generally
among party leaders today that the
selection of Senator Underwood of
Alabama for the post wuol dbe unop
posed when the democratic confer
ence Is held Tuesday night. Senators
Hitchcock and Underwood were the
only candidates and a deadlock exist
ed for several months.
The Nebraska senator In a letter to
Salem Business
Men Pledge Aid
To Varsity Drive
" Presenting the cause of the drive for
funds being conducted by Willamette
university to raise $100,000 to finish
Laussanne hall and rebuild Waller
hall ,a banquet was held last night
with the university as hosts to a num
ber of Salem , business men. Paul
Wallace acted as chairman. President
Doney,, Dr. Steeves, chairman of the
board of trustees, and a number of
'business men spoke, favoring the cam
paign which Is planned to raise about
130,000 of the amount in Salem. All
weer enthusiastic, an pledged them
selves to help to raise the fund.
. Campaigns are also being launched
in all the principal towns of Oregon.
Dean George H. Alden and Secretary
Richards are out organizing drives all
over the state, and report great Inter
est and encouraging prospects. The
students themselves are taking a large
part in the drive, and have pledged a
large amount, and It Is hoped that they
will increase this to something like ten
dollars per student.
Helena, Mont.. April 24. Senator
Hiram Johnson ot California is lead
ing by a wide margin on the face of
early returns from the state wide
presidential primary held in Montana
yesterday. The returns so far are
meager, but practically every precinct
reporting .add to the Johnson lead.
Ltest figures available are 191
precincts out of 1500 in the state, giv
ing: Johnson (238.-Wood 1604, Hoov
er 1258, Lowden 1139, Harding 131.
Democratic Vote Unknown
No effort has been made to com
pile the democratic vote, there being
little interest shown in the outcome.
No candidates ' for presidential pref
erence were named by the democrats;
Governor Sam V. Stewart, on the tick
et as a candidate for vice president,
received the vote of his party. It is
expected that returns will show the
selection of Senator T. J. Walsh as one
of the delegates to the democratic
national convention.
Yellowstone Gives Lead
Billings, Mont., April 24. Returns
from 22 of the 48 precincts in Yel
lowstone county and very meager re
turns from neighboring counties In
dicate that United States Senator Hi
ram Johnson was given a substantial
majority in the race for the republi
can nomination for president at the
primaries held yesterday. oJhnson's
vote in the Yellowstone county pre-
cincta thus farv reported Is given un
officially as 337, Lowden 258, Wood
260, Hoover 83, Harding 16.
There were no candidates for pres
idential nomination on the democrat
lo ticket and Governor Stewart, un
opposed for vice -presidential nomina
tion received 174. votes.
End of Strike in
Montana Fields
Forseen Today
Butte, April, 24. Governor S. V.
Stewart is in Butte today and it is
expected that he will have a confer
ence with county and city officials
In respect to the local strike situa
tion. More men returned to work at
the mines this morning but all the
companies report short crews and on
ly a small tonnage of ore Is being
hoisted. The mines are not operated
Sunday and It is expected that early
next week normal colditions will be
approached. The strikers did no pick
eting this morning and no disturb
ances of any kind were reported.
With the arrival of a company of the
First United States Infantry from
Camp Lewis at 1 o'clock this morn-,
lng the force of soldiers here was In
creased to eight companies. Police
officers today reported the departure
from the city of many members of
-.. .. .. . .i.Uh t. W. W. incltldlng some or. the
oemocraiic senators wruio ui . ...
Lk.., i a j,,,. tn nartv leaders In the recent trouble. All the
a .,i r,i with his1 men wounded In Wednesday eve
individual plans.
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FAIR WEATHER PREDICTED
Washington, April 24. Weather
predictions for the week beginning
Monday are: Pacific states Gener
ally fair, normal temperature.
Inng's battle, between strikers and a
force of officers near the entrance fc
the Nevarsweat mine are doing welL
except three or four whose condition
remains critical.
Mrs. Alice. Walker of Walla Walla
has filed a suit again.n Frank A. Wal-
twi- i .,! t i rpnortedi lace, a Umatilla county firmer, lor
.an nuuidi ' - , , ,
to be giining a foothold in the Walla iw,uuv .s
Walla district. I promise.
Beautiful Salem
Lecture Attended
, - ; . .
by Capacity Crowd
The lecture on "A more Beautiful
Salem," by Howard Evarts Weed,
landscape architect of Portland, at
the library last night was listened to
by an audience that tilled the audl-
torium of the biulding. The talk was
generally conceded .'to-b one of the
.best of Its kind ever. delivered in the
city, Mr. Weed' and the Salem Arts
league which brought him here, re
celving much praise for the effort put
forth to aid in beautifying the capital
city.
. Mr. Weed covered the general prin
ciples of many subjects railway
planting, formal and Informal gar
dens, parks, children's puaygrounds,
modern park cemeteries, driveways,
streets, billboards, beautifying the
grounds surrounding manufacturing
plants and factories, and last but of
greatest Interest to Salem rolk, call
ed attention to our good and bad
points in exterior decorating.
Grouping Plan Pleases
He was pleased with the grouping
of the public buildings here, but la
mented the arrangement of the wind
ing walks leading to some of them. A
slightly curved walk, ne stated, ts a
thing of beauty, but one that writhes.
snake like, upon the ground Is any
thing but beautiful. The shade trees
of the city, for the most part, he con
sidered out of harmony. A survey
should be made, and certain streets
be given up to certain trees. The Nor
way maple, he said, was adaptable
for this purpose generally, but th
English walnut should never be used
as It developed to too great size. He
He showed pictures of homes, tree
bordered In East Orange, N. J., the
first city in the U. 8. to employ a
municipal forester,, to plant and care
for the trees.
He decried the incongruous bill
board, stating that advertising should
be confined to the dally newspaper
and magazines Instead of frenziedly
flung In the faces of pedestrian and
.motorist.
He did not know whether or not
the system of planting roses along
the parking was Instituted In Salem
or Portland; at any rate the plan was
deplorable. Roses do not lend them
selves to this purpose successfully,
the foliage Is too far spaced, and the
ugly branches and body showing too
plainly. Roses should be cultivated
very much as a vegetable garden
for their product. If one must haVe
something along the parkings, one
should plant small shrubs, the Japa
nese barberry being suggested.
Says Houses Misplaced i
He pointed out the mistake made
by most home builders, of placing
their house in the very center of their
lot. This gave no room for landscape,
where, wiyi the house set to one side,'
a sense of breadth and space could
be obtained, providing the plotting of
the ground was consistently done. He
urged folk to get away from the un
sightly arrangement of star and cres
cent flower beds scattered over the
lawn, and of the planting of trees In
prim rows. Small shrubs should be
set about the base of the house, form
lng a connecting link with the lawn,
which should Be kept free from shrub
bery and flower beds until it reached
Its extremity. Tall shrubs around the
boundary of a yard, and at their base
perennials of many descriptions were
effective, the taller ones at the back,
lower ones graduating to the fore.
Oftentimes a bit of shrubbery con
cealing a portion of the rear yard
was good, and gave a greater depth
to the vista.
Mr. Weed emphasized the gallardia
as a most satisfactory perennial, also
the peony. Iris, of which there are a
thousand varieties, phlox, gladioli,
Jones And Davey ;
To bpeak Before
Republican Women
The services of two former speak
ers of the state house of representa
tives haw been obtained by the offi
cers of the Marion County Women's
Republican club, for the regular club
meeting Monday.
Seymour Jones and Frank Davey,
both recognised as able orators and
Influential ' politicians, have been
chosen as the speakers of the day.
They will choose as their subjects of'
discourse the amendment which are
to be voted upon in the coming elections.
The meeting will be held at 2:30
Monday afternoon, in one of the
downstairs rooms of the armory. All
women voters In the county are urg
ed to attend, and a special Invitation
is extended to men to be present at
the assembly. '
Strong Brelak Appears In
Ranks of Chicago Strikers
With Return of 350 Men
Chicago, Apr. 24. A "decided break in the ranks of the
striking switchmen" was reported today by the Western General
Manager's Association, representing twenty-seven roads in the
Chicago district. ' . . . .
Three hundred and fifty men returned to woork this morn
ing, bringing the total number who have returned since the strike
began to 1,036, the managers statement says. Movement of live
stock, meat and. coal continues normal, the rialroad executives
added.
Walnut Orchard
Damage Is Heavy
Says Van Trump
Fruit Inspector & H. Van Trump,
who has made a careful Investigation
of many of the walnut groves In Mar
ion county since the cold weather of
last winter which had a damaging ef
fect upon the trees, claims thta practi
cally alt trees In the low lands were
killed, and that there will be compara
tively few nuts grown in the valley this
year seems very evident. In the hills
they have been damaged, but some
few growers will have a light harvest
In the Chas. Heins yard near Scotts
Mills Mr. Van Trump finds conditions
more favorable for a yield than in any
other part of the county. In different
parts of Scotts Mills and the Rosedale
sectoins trees have been only slightly
damaged, and will bear lightly. Mr.
Van Trump claims to be among the
heaviest loosers In walnut trees. In
his own yard at North Howell ho finds
that practically every tree has been
killed. His orchard was grafted from
California black nuts, and at the pro
per time he will regraft to these
stumps and la In hopes of producing a
new grove. Roots of the trees are vig
orous, he says, and will produce fruit
if properly grafted.
Mr Van Trr.inp said that twenty per
cent of the loganberries in the county
were on wires whon the cold came on,
ana inese were frozen, it is a safe es
timate, said the Inspector, that the
county will not harvest more than ten
or twenty per -cent of a crop this sea
son from the frozen, vines. Vines which
.were not trained and were left under
the snow, are in fairly good condition
at the present time and will bear prob
ably as much as usual.
Injured fruit trees, said Mr. Van
Trump, .are not all on the low lands.
"Many trees in the hill lands were also
Damaged and he is of the opinion that
the trees in general throughout the
county will have a doubtful futyre.
But this cannot be determined exactly
until later In the season.
. The prune crop bids fair to bring a
big price this year The pool sold at
Dallas last week for 15 cents Is said to
be the highest price prunes were ever
known to sell for on contract In Ore
gon, Mr. Van Trump believes that too
high prices for fruit will be detrimental
to the rowers.
Forty-two strikebreakers, arrested
last week tor conspiracy to violate the
Lever act were arraigned before a
United States commissioner (his morn
ing and their cases continued unBl
May S. John Qrunau and , Harold
Reading, presidents of the two "out
law" unions were - among those ar
raigned. ,
STRIKERS WARN AGAINST
FURTHER SETTLEMENT DELAY
" Washington, Apr. 24. Warning
against further delay In settling the
wage demands of the two million rail
road workers of the country, Timothy
Shea, vice-president of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen, told the
railroad labor board today that the
men "were fed .up' on promises, and
dead, 'dog-tired of delays."
Mr, Shea preesnted the demands of
the firemen and hostlers for a basic
living wage of $6.50 a day, with differ
entials for Bklll, responsibility, experi
ence and the Increase in the cost ot
living since the demands were first
presented last June.
When he had urged th striking rail
road men In the east to return to work
Shea-said their almost universal just!
ficatlon for striking was that they and
their families were starving at work
and they "might Just as well starve not
working."
Mr. Shea said the railroad workers
had been patient and they had been
patriotic.
Patience "Exhausted.' .
"We were patriotic," he said, "while
the thousands and tens of thousands
ot millionaires were being created. We
have been patient while the profiteers
have paused In their orgy of spending
ill-gotten gains only long enough to
skyrocket prices still higher and make
a mockery of our government's prom
lse that living costs would be reduced.
"Gentlemen, the time has come
when our people say they will no long.
er be patriotic only to be plundered,
nor patient, only to- be pauperized.
They have learned by bitter experience
that their landlords are not 'patriotic'
and their grocers are not 'patient'
They are fed up on promises and they
are dead, dog-tired of delays."
Congress Is to be petitioned to pass
a resolution asking President Wilson
to direct the railroad labor board to
hear the complaints of the non-rec
ognized railroad workers, R. J. Mitch
ell of the Chicago Englnemen't asso
ciation announoed today.
The White House recently refused
to Intervene to have the board hear
the strikers complaints.
(Continued on Page Four.)
City Candidates
Names arc Placed
On Ballot Today
The order In which candidates will
apear on the ballot In the city election
May 21, and their numbers, was made
known today by City Recorder Race
who has completed compilation of can
dldates petitions and prepared the
ballot. The ballot will read as fol
lows:
For mayor 12, O. E. Halverson; 13,
Otto Wilson.
For city recorder: 14, W. D. Evans;
15, Earl Race.
For treasurer 16, C. O. Rice.
For city marshal 17, Verden M
Moffltt; 18, A. Lee Morelock; 19, Geo.
N. Patterson; 20, J. T. Welsh.
C'ouncllinen.
First ward 21, Edward Schunke, 2
years; 22, L. J. elmeral, four years;
23, H. H. Vandervort, four years.
Second ward 23, Hal V. Patton, 4
years.
Third ward 25, Joe Baumgartner,
four years; 25, A. F. Marcus, two
years.
Four Ward 27, John B. Giesey,
four years.
Fifth ward 28, J. A. Jefferson, two
years; 29, George J. Wenderoth, four
years
Sixth ward- 30, Carl T. Pope, four
years.
Seventh ward SI, George D. Al
derln, two years; 32, O. L. Scott tw
year; 33, Ralph Thompson, four years,
Huge Moonshine
Still Uncovered
' Near Oregon City
Oregon City, Or., April 4. The
largest moonshine still ever found in
Clackamas county was raided Thurs
day near Boring, bj Sheriff Wilson
and Deputy Hughes and two revenue
officers of Portland. It was owned
and operated by two Austrian.
Methods of operation Indicated
that the owners were experts. Tho of
ficers found 75 gallons ot moonshine
whiskey and more than 1700 gallons
of mash,' made fromcorn and hops.
In addition there was testing appa
ratus and coloring for the product.
The men will be arraigned for hear
ing later. . . .
Five Workmen Die
Of Hurts This Week
Five workmen gave their lives to
Industry In Oregon during the week
ending April 22, according to the re
port of the state industrial accident
commission Just out. These were Vv.
A. Dutton, hocker Levering, Michi
gan; Russell Miller, logger. Marsh
field; Lewis Pearson, logger, Amity;
Theodore R. Berg, engineer, Mill City
and J, Ronnlng, carpenter, Portland.
Of the 471 accidents reported for the
week, 453 were subject to the pro
visions of the workmen's compensa
tion act, six were from public utili
ty corporations not subject to the
provisions of the act and ten were
from firms and corporations that
have rejected the provisions of the act
Export Demand
Bolsters Orders
Of Oregon Mills
' Export demand for lumber proauc
ed In western Washington and west
ern Oregon is growing steadily heav
ier, according to the weekly barom
eter of the West Coast Lumbermen's
association. '
New export orders accepted by 1ST
mills contributing to the report tor
the week ended April 17 aggregated
,16. 436,811 feet, which was approxi
mately 25 per cent ot all the business
for the week. All orders, including
export, amounted to 66,6(3,203 feet,
of which 42,450,000 feet or 1415 cars
were for rail delivery,
. The car shortage is reflected in the
low volume ot rail shipments which
totaled only 1375 cars or 41,250,060
feet. This group of mills now has an
aggregate of 10,223 ears or t06.S70.00O
feet ot untitled rail orders on the
books. :
.-Unfilled export Orders aggregate
69,671,621 feet and unfilled domestto
cargo orders 51,998,631 feet a total
ot 428,(40,452 feet of unfilled rail
and water shipments. " '
Armenia Granted
Recognition By
iU.S. Government
Washington, April ?4. - Armenia
was formally reoognixed, today as an
Independent . republic by the . United
States. "'
Similar action has been -decided up
on by the allied eonfereiice at San
Remo, The American recognition was
In the form, of a note addressed by
Secretary Colby to, Mr. Pasdermactjlun
Washington representative ,ot the Ar
menian republic.
Notice of the recognition was also
communicated formally to the diplo
matic corps abroad and to the allied
conference in Italy. ' ' :
Establishment ot boundaries for
the new republic Is left to be deter
mined later by International action.
Train Hits Auto;
Mrs. Ella Scfcoor
Instantly Slain
Mrs. Ella Schoor, wife of Dr. Ed
ward Bchoor was instantly killed, and
Dr. Bchoor Is laying seriously Injured
today as the result ot the ' collision
at about seven o'clock last night of
a southern pacific freight train with
their auto at Hubbard. The accident
occurred on the O street crossing
trere, knocking the auto about 60 feet
before the train could come to a atop
Dr. and Mrs. Schoor's home Is In
Hubbard,
Coroner A. M Clough returned
about noon tpday from there where
he Investigated causes for the acci
dent. He said that he believed it un
avoidable. Witnesses claim that the
train neglected to whistle, while Oth
ers declare that it made the usual
signal for the crossing.
It was believed toduy (hat Dr.
Schoor would recover. He Is consider
ably bruised, but it is believed that
none of his bones are broken. Mrs.
u,.hnn. nata inori. nn nhrflKinn fit ttlA
San Remo, Apr. 24. A. complete h e of ,he ft MVere bIow
the left side of the forehead, and two
fractures of the left thigh.
Dr. and Mrs. Schoor were respond
ing to an emergency call 40 Aurora
at the time the accident occurred.
The automobile 'was demolished,
the compact of the train hurling piec
es of tFe machlne as far as a hundred
yards.
Allies Agree on
Attitude Toward
Huns in Future
agreement with respect to the attl
tude the allies shall adopt toward
Germany in connection with the car
rying out of the peace treaty has been
reached by Premier Lloyd-George
and Premier Mlllerand, It was stated
here today.
The agreement was reached during
a conference between the premiers
lasting three and a half hours. Prem
ier Lloyd-George said;
"Everything Is most satisfactory. A
full agreement was reached In sub
stance."
Permanent Improvements costing
125.000 are being made on the stats
fair grounds at Yakima.
LATE BULLETINS
Montevideo, Uruguay, Apr. 24. Baltasar Brum, president of
the republic has challenged Dr, Rodriquez Larreta, director of the
newspaper El Pais, to a duel. Dr, Larreta has accepted the chal
lenge. :
Paris. A Dr. 24 Joseph Caillaiux. the former premier, who on
Thursday was convicted by the high court of commerce and cor
respondence with the enemy, has been set free. lie arrived at
his home in Paris this afternoon.
Albany, N. Y. Apr. 24. The New York senate today, passed
a bill to legalize 2.75 per cent beer by a vote of 27 to 23. The bill
was sent to the assembly for concurrence.
Albany, N. Y. Apr. 24. The assembly today adopted Senator
Walker's bill intended to permit the sale and manufacture of beer
containing not more than 2 3-4 per cent alcohol. The vote was
85 to 57. "