WEATHER FORECAST
nreg0: Tonight and Sunday fair.
boat early morning east port.on.
llh'i -esterlv winds.
n i!lIin." temperature 33. mai.
6JeU L No rainfall. River 4.7
CIRCULATION
Average tor Six Months ending
March SI, 1920
lire
5259
feet. K inns-
Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Press Full Leased Wire
Capital
lS ' ; ' " i oalju, vyuLwa, &ATUKDAY, MAY 1, 1920.
Huirt Case
Delayed By
Bo
Lo, Angeles, Cat. May 1. The fail
of searching party to find the
Jody of Nina Lee Deloney may. ac
cording to the district attorney, delay
fcrther proceedings against Walter An
a.w Watson, alias Hulrt, alleged big
amist and murderer.' Watson, in a
ttatement made Thursday night, was
liu-a to have told of a score of roar
1, and of the subsequent murders
r four of the women he had wed.
Mre, Delonev was one of the murdered
ies, he said ,nnd gave explicit direc
tions for finding her grave, on a sandy
hillside in the eastern edge of San
piego county, near the Imperial coun-
fei line.
Search Is Fruitless.
iftor Watson finished his statement
District Attorney Thomas Lee Wool
rine with a party of Investigators
went to the spot he had Indicated, but
search of several hours iauea 10 ais
jm th location of the woman s
body. In order to bring a successful
charge of murder against the man, Mr.
Woolwine said, it is necessary to find
the body, to complete the needed
proof. Mrs. Deloney was the only one
of the women alleged to have been
killed in Los Angeles county, hence
the murder proceedings are at a
standstill until this point Is cleared.
: It was said at the district attorney's
office that some photographs of the
probable location where the body was
concealed would be shown to Watson
today, and he would be asked to indi
cate the spot for a further search. If
that was unsuccessful, It was said, he
would then be taken to San Diego
county and asked to point out the
place In person. This, however, could
not be done for several days, owing to
Watson's condition. Watson lay in hts
hospital cot, his nervousness shown by
,hta petulance and physical unrest, ac
cording to hosiptal employes. He declined-to
talk further to Interviewers,
saying he wanted to be left alone and
given a chance to think.
Vntn Again Silent.
Mrs. Elizabeth Williamson of Sac
ramento, one of the wives who came
here in an-effort to gain funds en
trusted to the man told the sheriff
yesterday that Watson had repeatedly
ordered her to insure the life of her 7
yrar old daughter, Jane, the child of j
a previous marriage, from which she
now drew the conclusion, she said,
that Watson had planned to kill the
child and collect the insurance. -.
While Watson was disinclined to
talk, he did say repeatedly that-' he
mis a "victim of circumstances" and
that what he had done was during his
"Wank periods." The district attorn
neyi assistants said they believed these
statements were made ns a ground
work for a possible Insanity defense,
and that they would combdt such a
defense. They said they had ample
documentary and other evidence to
prove that Watson was sound mental
ly and was not to be excused on any
Insanity plea.
Threatened May,
Day
Riots Over
Country Fizzle
Washington, May 1. Forewarned
! the department of Justice those re
ponsible for the maintenance of order
" every city and industrial centv
re prepared today to act at the first
P of any disorder Instigated by rad
tal elements. While reports continued
arrive that communist agitators
etill doing all In their power to
au8e the workers to a "Mav Pay
w of power, " early today no in
Wnce of violence had come from any
"wet. -
Assistant Attorney General Garvan
.. press! the opinion that the precau
T' 'fen hd materially dampened
" ; ardor of the radical leaders.,
J,,r',CarVan ueelared an "amazing"
"0nt of money had been spent ir ne
mmuni labor party In the distrl
on of propaganda and in prepara-
demnstration8. The mon-
L7 " tracpd, he asserted, tol
Amsterdam, where it had been sent1
nugsia.
New Jersey Vote
To Be Recounted
Court Order
aiUra n J" May Chiet Justice
too,. mere of the P-eme
M dentlal preferential primar
Mral Woolr Jhn8on and MaJr
idtm'u"1 be tor ,he 'ntlre
t.m, " bpSin May 10 in Essex.
j, -' -amden nn I
4V founti ; loucter and Cape!at
"nt jnk re supporters of
raVFair
Weather Fnr
CLMa1'-ather pre.
week beginning Mon-
,pMiftc
rt Zlt, statesGenerallyfair
rains probably
tor nearly normal tern
e Dj:,t.r,.. !
8I in tL u"ri,1s" ith small-
nIlle, p-sth-use.
dySearch
huirt May Have Sold
TT i 'TlT I : :
Wives Into
Intimation
JZZZto)
the one of murder, that JaLs P Wa" '
nn . v r- J: at 1
son ,auas Hulrt, the "modern Blue
beard," has sold everal of bis wives
Into slavery beyond the Mexican line.
Word to thte effect is contained In a
letter reecived this morning by Chief
of Police J. T. Welsh from Sherltt
John C. ClKie of Los Angeles, where-
."':
7 IT .km , lena Prints, along with other evidence, was
to show the Mex.can connection with I contained in the letter from Sheriff
the strange disappearance of several ciina.
of his wives.
A Miss Wombach, whom Watson is Rumor Now Discredited
said to have married at Spokane, Los Angeles, Cal., May 1. Intinia
Wash., and Mrs. Katherine William tlon that some of the wives of Walter
of Davenport, Wash., have been at ! Andrew Watson, alleged bigamist,
Los Angeles to Identify the confessed
slayer, the letter states. The women
whom Watson is known to have mar-, sheriffs office here several days ago,
ried and who are now missing, and for shortly after the man's arrest. An ln
whom the search is being conducted vestlgation was made with the aid of
are Mrs. Nine Deloney of Eureka, . American officers at border towns,
Montana, from whom Watson is said and nothing was found to substanti
to have secured $18,000; Mrs. B. s.te such suggestions, which had Come
Goodnick, of Spokane, and a Miss m Privately employed detectives
Levldson. whom he is said to have working on the case,
married at Seattle. All of the Dersonal 1 11 w id here today that, all pos-
hiffects and wardrobes of thee women
have been recovered the communica- followed out, there was nothing def
tlon to Chief Welsh says. ' inite at present to bear out such rum-
Mrs. Jame P. Watson, of this city, ors.
Task's Progress is Indicative of
Early Completion of Paper Plant
The first scattering volleys of sklr-f
mlsh fire are audible In the vicinity of
the Oregon Pulp & Paper company's
new plant, at Trade and Front streets
where construction forces are advanc
ing steadily on the tremendous task of
machinery Installation,
Buildings Near Completion.
While the main building Is emerg
ing from its molds and reeclvlng ex
terior finishing touches preparatory to
setting of pulp and preparatory units,
equipment installation in the digester
unit Is forging ahead.
A pneumatic riveter is being used
in co-ordinating the huge semi-circular
plates to form the digester tank,
which when completed, will be 15 feet
in diameter, 49 feet In helghth and
with a capacity of 20 cords of wood at
each 'charge, or forty cords per day
as- the contuiner 4s emptied and re
charged twice dully. ,
, Log to Pulp, ' -
Ferfiaps' tt 'brief description 'of -putp
processing at this stage will bring a
more definitely realization of the im
portance of this section of the paper
manufactoring apparatus.
The stripped logs are reeefved at
the wood-room and emerge as chips,
after which. this first product is con
veyed to the digester building, where
the chips are 't'anked" In the huge
vat of boiler. Here the material is
treated to 'a sulphurls acid steam pro
cess nnd Is then cooked for 10 or 12
hours.
After this "steaming," the ' wood
fragments are reduced to a pulp like
mnss, resembling mush or gruel. This
Is known as "sulphite" and after pro
cessing is thrown into the "blow pit"
by steam pressure equipment.
After this reduction, the pulp wood item of tne carg0 wa8 lost aB gne did
is now well on Its way to the various,) not .nave time to lighter any of it, ac
other manufacturing processes at the f cording to her agents, the Pan-Amer-
culmination of which it emerges from
the mill In the various forms of the
product ns required for present day
usage print . paper, writing paper,
building fibre, etc.
In about three weeks time, those In
charge of construction and" installa
tion of the digester unit expect to be,
able to turn this (portion of the plant
In on the unit completed reported. As
the different machinery sections are
established and divisions of the plant
are completed, The' Capital Journal
will publish sketches of the work, in
order to give its readers a conception
of the tremendous amount of work
necessary In getting this newest Sa
lem enterprise under way.
Coal Miners Of
Nova Scotia Go
On Strike Today
Toronto, May 1. Twelve thousand
coal miners In the Sydney, Nova Sco
tia district went on a May day strike
today as a protest against imprison
ment of the lenders of Winnipeg's
general strike last year, according, to
reports received here.
A general tieup of the building
trades was reported from Ottawa
where men at work on the new par
liamenf buildings were among those
who laid down their tools. A street
car .attacked In London, Ontario al
so "was reported, while in Toronto
milk wagon drivers quit work.
Troops Guarding
Paris To Prevent
May Day Rioting
n I.. , T TvnnnA n-... T.1 (1 JW fl
xtliv i. aivu,,- 1 - -
a rtragetlc points In full strength,
IVUdVlU l-We Willi piyrmswiu i
In connection with the May Day cele
bration. Police officers were every
where In evidence.
The clatter of an occasional cavalry
detachment brought the only noise to f
break the calm, but the resentment of
the idlers was visible in their changed
expressions as the patrols passea.
There wds a brisk business in the sal'
of small, red artificial flowers.
Brlsadier Rondeau of the republl-
can guard wa rhot in the back last
night outside a hall at the conclusion
of a communist meeting but was not!
daneerouslr wounded, roiice
tor Lecomte was assaulted at the same
Ume f
Slavery is
of Officials
-man w.tson
, "2 .to- 8atam-
"wiPt of wort from. Los Angeles that
her husband lay ill in a hospital there
and after being questioned by Chief
Welsh, Mrs. Watson collapsed, and
was unable to go south to see her hus
band. They were married at Neleon,
B. C- In 1S07.
A photograph of Watson as he lay
n d tn; hospit;r.ndn
had been sold into slavery below the
Mexican line, was given the police and
8ibles an"Ie8 of the case were being
Mfflc Pfice$ POT
Salem Reduced
Effective today .prices of
4c milk and cream are reduced In 4c
cost approximately H per cent
4c according to a statement is-
sued by the leading dairies. 4c
4c A quart of milk that here- 4c
4c tofore cost 15 cents will sell
4c for 13 H and 14 cents, per 4c
4c uart. 4c
More available pasturage for 4c
4c cattle Is held the cause for the
4c decrease. 4e
4c 4c
4c4'4c4c4c4c4c4c
Fate of Crew of
Small Vessel
in Doubt
San Francisco, May 1. The small
ocean carrier San Mateo sank sudden
ly in the arbor of Saliua Cruz, Mexico,
todny, after having been pulled from
the breakwater, where she had gone
aground, according to her agents here.
The fate of Captain Frank Bergmark
of San Francisco and his crew of 21
Is unknown, but it Is believed tnai
have been saved. ;
The San Mateo, a vessel of 1000
cargo tons, was proceeding from San
Jose, Guatemale, to San Francisco
with a $250,000 cargo of hardwood
and coffe when she went down. Every
lean Lines company.
It had been reported earlier that
the San Mateo had gone on the break
water.r She wras pulled clear but sank
at once in water said to" be between
20 and !M) feet'deep It was reported.
The Sail Mateo was formerly the
Westerner and plied between Portland
and San Francisco with general car
goes. She was taken over by the Pan
American lines two and a half years
ago and her name changed to the San
Mateo. She was built in 1904 by J.
Lindetorm of Aberdeen, Wash.
Clean-Up Week To
Begin On May 10;
Necessity Seen
Urging all civic organizations in the
city to lend aid, a special committee
of the Salem Floral society, meeting
in the Commercial club last night,
completed plans for the Inauguration
of "clean-up" week in Salem, begin
ning May 10. It was the opinion of
the members of the committee tHat
clean-up week In this city this year
is especially Important because of the
conventions to be held here this sum
mer. Principal aid to the floral society
during the clean-up week will be from
the Boy Scouts In the city, who shall
be placed in charge of districts and
make reports of the progress being
made by- property owners. The cflty
may be asked to furnish teams to re
move the rubbish and debris that will
be collected.
The committee prepared an Invita
tion to Professor Arthur A. Peck of
O. A. C, to come to the city soon and
deliver an Illustrated lecture on land
tcape gardening.
Five hundred Elk purple petunias
to be placed In one of the flower beds
111 LUUI . nv"-"- J -
tained, it was reported at the meeting.
Census Figures
Washington, May l.--Ala-meda.
Cal.. 29.806, Increase
5423. or 23.2 percent.
Connelsville, Pa-J 13.804
increase 959 or 7.6 percent.
Wilson. N. C. 10.633. In
crease S9J or S9.8 percent
North Platte, Neb., 10.46
Increase 5673 or 118.4 per
cent. Clifton. N. J.. 26,470, In-
crease 14,601 or 123 percent.
g
Garrison at
Juarez Joins
Revolution
El Paso, Texas, May 1. Reports
this afternoon were that the Juarez
garrison and General J. Gonzale Es- tries.
co bar had peacefufty joined the revo- J Nearly all the American automobile
lutlon, Juarez . officials, asked about firms have branches here and mana
the reports, said: "We do not know. "Jgers say nothing remains apparently
uenerai mscooar could not be reached ,
Federal iComniauder Flees
, El Pas Texas, May.l.-VThat Col
onel Augustln Mora, commander of
the Juarez . garrison, who hurriedly
crossed the international line, shortly
after midnight, is fleeing Juarez be
cause of anticipated revolt in that
city, was the claim today In anti-Gar-ranza
circles here.
It was announced that Colonel Mo
ra had been called to Mexico City by
the illness of his wife. Other reports,
however, said Senora "Mora was in
Chihuahua City. .
Previous reports that Colonel Mora
and' J. Gonzalo Escobar. Juarez dis
trict commander, were divided on the
question of revolt were dented In
Juarez. These rumors said Escobar
favored rebellion while Mora was de
termined to remain loyal.
Suspects Freed
St, Louts, May 1. Two Mexicans
who were under arrest here on sus
picion of having attempted to pur
chase arms for the anti-Carranza
forces, were released this afternoon
on orders from the department of
Justice.
Government officials, after ques
tioning the men asserted there was
no reason for holding them. The
men said they were Manuel M. Prie
to, former mayor 'of Juarez, and Ray
mond R. Morfill lof El Paso. Prleto,
according to police admitted he had
attempted to purchase arms and am
munition for the, armies revolting
against the Carranza government.
MAN BORN IN
:: 1794 ::
DIES , TODAY
Grand Island, Neb., May 1.
Thomas Morris, aged 126 years
died this morning at the home
of Charles Mttten, ranchman,
eight miles northeast of Ans
ley, Neb. He was born In Ber
ren, North Wales, January 15,
1791. The aged man never mar
. rled and followed the; profes
sion of a cobbler for one hun
dred years. He came to this
country in 1871. .
Mysterious Fire
Destroys Records
In Constantinople
Constantinople, April 29. -(By the
Associated Press) Valuable archives
and a large sum of paper money were
destroyed in a mysterious fire that
uiuMi uui tuuay in me war oiiiue.
Fire fighters found that Ingress to
the burning part of the building was
barred by locked doors.
The machinery of two Turkish gun
boats has been disabled, while sev
eral ships carrying recruits to the
Asiatic shore of the sea of Marmora
where the sultan's troops are uelng
assembled, have gone aground.
uniy ivvv oi me la.uuv rurxisn
officers known to be in this city have
appeared at tne war office in obedl-lthe
ence to the order for all to report un-
der heavy penalty for non-compliunce
Non-Essential
Industries Are
Favoredy Charge
Kansas City, Mo May t. Assertion
that the Tenth federal reserve bank
has made loans to "non-essential In
dustries" until funds are not avail
able to cattle growers Is contained In
a resolution sent the governor of the
federal reserve bank yesterday fol
lowing a conference here of livestock
Interests, It became known today.
"Contractors and others engaged In
public and private construction of
such high cost as to be ruinous," says
the resolution, "are not only securing
credit, but are at the same time pay
ing such high prices for labor that
they are taking away from the farm, the last six weeks these orders have
necessary help. Many other non-es- aggregated 62,000,000 feet. Much of
entlal industries, quite noticeably the this business goes to Australia and the
automobile Industry, are being sue- Iw-Ient, some to the west coast of
cessfully financed possibly by nre-ar- South America and some to England;
rangement." h I scattering cargoes and parcels are des-
The resolution names "wild cat oMttned for nearly all parts of the
land development" as another "non-' globe. These 126 mills now have a to
essenttal" industry that has been able tal of 76,298,000 feet of export orders
to obtain- funds while
men have not.
the livestock
Herman-Farmer
Battle Goes Even
Portland, Or., May 1
Tiny Herman'
tnd Frank Farmer, heavyweights,
boxed a ten round draw last night be
fore the Portland boxing commission.
The Frankle Murphy and Stanley Wil
lis ten round bout, light heavyweights.
also was a draw. Joe Gorman was,
riven the decision over Tounsr Ram I
Lanford at the end of ten rounds of
fighting. Both four round, affairs
were pronounced drpi
nr:ps occtpt r.kv
Tendon. Mav 1. Russian bolshevik
forces occupied Baku, an Important
port on the western coast of the Cas
pian sea and the center of very im-
Jpjportant petroleum field, April 2S, It
was
announceu uiucmuy ims mvru-
Ing,
American Motor
Makers Are Barred
From French Mart
Paris. May 1. Dealers in automobi
les believe their business in France
will be completely wiped out by the
government decree Issued Wednesday
forbidding Importation for an indefi
nite time of all chasls weighing less
than 2500 kilograms (5500 pounds)
Under tfee ruling of the government
only the heaviest of trucks can be ad
mltted to France from foreirn eoun-
but to close up shop.
M. Isaacs minister of commerce says
the government acted not especially
for the purpose of protecting French
commerce and industry but with a
view to improving the financial situa
tion. Atlantic Fleet
Returns Today
From Practice
New York, May 1. The great At
lantic fleet arrived in home waters
early today to give 25,000 American
bluejackets a two weeks relaxation
from their winter period of target
practice and drill oft Guantanamo.
Cuba. -
The fleet, comprising eight mon
ster battleships, aggregating more
than 200.000 tons displacement and
more than forty destroyers, tenders
and smaller fighting craft, nosed Its
way in through a heavy mist at dawn
On board the flagship Pennsylva
nlt with Admiral Henry ' B. Wilson,
commander of the fleet were Secre
tary of the Navy Daniels and Admiral
Robert E. Coontz, chief of naval op
erations who boarded the dread
naught at sea early Friday morning.
. . Tha fleet was met down the bay
by a squadron of navy seaplanes
from the base here and a short time
later was greeted by a fleet of de
stroyers and tugs from the navy yard
which went out to pilot the men of
war up through the Narrows, past
the forts with their thundering guns
of welcome.
Capital Scarce
AH Over World
Market Shows
New -York,. May L Prastic liqui
dation ofseeuritIe and commodities
during the week again was primari
ly traceable to world' wide sca'rclty of
capital, as attested by further cred
it contraction at home and abrnnd.
The petition of the government for
a reopening of the United States Steel
case, the Mexican situation and the
proposed heavy tax on war profits
if
ere foremost among developments
which expressed the market's frequent
moods of pessimism.
Foreign state banks took their cue
from the British and Frenoh Institu
tions In advancing discounts and in
, a J ..... A.I in 1 r it , V, a ri.nln A,An1
f ..t, i
varluus sec
Hons of the country,
Western manufacturers of automo
biles and accessories entered a vig
orous protest agalnat the refusal of
banks to advance funds for the pro
motion of their business.
Trade conditions continued funda
mentally sound but the railroad strike
again materially reduced production
i many leading lines,
Bankers continued to elaborate on
increasing need of conservative
financing and numerous projocts and
enterprises encountered unexpected
opposition or tielay.
Export Trade in
LumberRemains
Market Factor
Export business continues an Im
portant factor in the lumber industry
of western Oregon and western Wash
ington, as Indicated by the weekly re
port of the West Coast Lumbermen's
association.
At 126 representative mills, export
orders for the week ended April 24
were 15,106,920 fW; (he previous
week they were 16,436,000 feet. In
on their books.
The aggregate of all new business
accepted by these mills within the
week was 71,273,524 feet of which
47,106,00 or 187 cars, were booked to
move by rail. '
At the same time they shipped 1742
leaving 10.081 cars or 802,430,-
vvw reel oi uniiuea ran orders on tneir
books. The unfilled business both
rati and water shipments Is equiva
lent to 438.405,000 feet.
The Industry is running on a high
production basis. Total cut at the 126
mills for the week was 87,081,927 feet
'hlch wa 1M78 feet or 4.31 per
ce"1 bIow normal.
i n mummy Biurn n-nin ok inp -siciatlon
shows that stocks at some
mills are below normal and that the
Industry as a whole Is slightly short of
Btoc1''
Analysis of car distribution for the
month of March shows that rail ship
ments from Oregon and Washington
went into nearly every state In the '
union.
Two Killed and Scores are
WoundedinParisMayDay
Demonstrations By Reds
'Paris, May 1. (By the Associated Press). Two socialist
members of the chamber of deputies, Mm. Vaillant-Couturier and
Alexandre H. Blanc were injured in a clash with the police this
afternoon near the Place De La Republique. -
Paris, May 1. Two persons were
killed and about 50 other wounded,
most of them slightly, In a series of
small riots this afternoon in the east
ern part of the ctly.
The police used flying squads of
from JO to 100 men all along the bou
levards to break up the eongestton.
The crowds In most instances were
good natured, but apparently annoyed
the police by blocking traffic at one
point after another. As soon as a
squad of police entered a crowd It dls
persey, only to reassamble fifty yards
distant, hooting and jeering the police
men as soon as their backs were turn
ed. There were a number of fist fights
along the boulevards but the police
did not interfere, In most instances let
ting the people settle their own argu
ments. '
Last of Kolchak
Forces Battling
With Red Army
Vladivostok, April 29. Severe
fighting is in progress at Chita, trans
Baikalia, between the forces of Gen
eral Voltzekoffsky, the sole remnant
of Admiral Kolchak's army in trans
Balkalla and the opposing bolshevik
faction, according to reports from a
Russian source. The Japanese are de
clared to be supporting General Volt-
The Japanese representative here
zehoffsky.
declares that the action of the Japa
nese troops has been sanctioned by
the allies. Japanese reinforcements
are constantly arriving in Vladivostok
The latest reports concerning tne
army of General Voltzekoffsky were
contained In a Harbin dispatch dated
March 25. Tens of thousands of his
men, the dispatch added were anxious
to leave the bolshevik territory. The
I consent of the Chinese and the Japa
nese to the exoduc had to be obtain
ed, however.
Sinn Feiners And
Opponents Clash
London, Apr. 30. Sinn Fein sym
pathfzers and opponents engaged In a
street fight before Wormwood Scrubbs
'prison tonight, and mounted police
had to charge on the crowd before It
would disperse. Stones and clods oi
earth were hurled and several persons
were severejy Injured. Disorderly
scenes occur almost nightly in the
neighborhood.
Announcement was made tonight
that three more hunger strikers had
been released, .
One feature of tonight's demonstra
tion was the appearance of "tin" hel
metB worn by a large part of the
Irishmen engaged In keeping order.
1 "
HARVARD CLUB PARADE
MISTAKEN FOR "REDS"
if - Washington, May , 1. The
Association of Harvard Clubs,
In annual convention here, pa-
raded through the streets to-
day flying the Harvard crlm-
son at the head of its motor
ik train,
ik Immediately the department
of justice and police headquar
ik . ters were deluged with tele-'
phone reports of a "red" May
$ day parade In the heart of the
ik national capital,
Bonillas Out Of
Mexican Contest
Laredo, Texas, May 1. Ygnaclo
Bonillas, Mexican ambassador to the
United Sttaes, has renounced his can
didacy for the Mexican presidency, be
lieving that his services as a diplomat
are needed by the country and desir
ing to be free of political entangle
ments, according to Wednesday's Issue
of El Heraldo de Mexico of Mexico
City.
LATE BULLETINS
Washington, Apr. 1. Elimination of the sale tax provision
of the soldier relief bill will be discussed at meetings late next
week of the house ways and means committee. The call for the
sessions was issued today by Chairman Fordney,
Buffalo, N. Y. May 1. In a decision handed down in United
States court todav bv Judire John R. Hazel, in aUesred profiteering
cases, the Lever food control act
unreasonable charges is held to be constitutional.
Helena, Mont., May 1. Jacob M. Kenney, 56, democratic
party leader in Montana for many years, died suddenly at his
apartments here this morning following an illness of a few days.
St. Louis, Mo., May 1. One of two Mexicans under arrest
here today, according to the police, said he was Manuel M. Prieto,
mayor of Juarez, Mexi?o, from 1914 to 1916 and that he came
to St. Louis recently to purchase arms for General Alvaro Obre
gon and the armies revolting against the Carranza government.
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Pittsburgh, Pa., May 1. Twelve thousand members of con
gress of women's clubs of the Pittsburgh district have pledged
themselves to wear only "staple" clothing until prices of more
modish garments drop, and to place a two weeks ban on potatoes,
in a campaign against the high cost of living.
PRICE 1 CSOT3.
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Uregon Voters
To Pass Again
On Single Tax
The voters of Oregon are asked to
again pass upon the question of slngl
tax. .
A petition containing more than 14,
000 names was tiled with the secretary
of state's office here this morning
asking that a proposed constitutional
amendment providing for single tax. be
placed on the ballot at the general
erection next November.
. The proposed amendment provide
that "froiu July 1. 1921, and until July
1, 1925, all revenues necessary for tha
maintenance of state, county, munici
pal and district government shall be
raised by a tax on the value of land
Irrespective of Improvements In or on
It; and theerafter the full rental value
of land, Irrespective of Improvements
shall be taken in lieu of all other taxes)
for the maintenance of government
and for such other purposes as . that
people may direct."
"The intent of this amendment is to
forever prevent the exploitation of tha
indllvdual through the monopoly of
natural or community made value
and opportunities, '
concludes.
the amendment
Chicago Tenants
Refuse To Obey
Orders To Vacate
Chicago, May 1. Thousands ot
families in Chicago went on a "rent
strike" today and refused to vacata
their apartments In accordance with
May day moving orders, H. S. Blan
dish, president of the Chicago Ten
ants Protective league asserted.
Mr. Standlsh predicted (that 10,
000 tenants would defy efforts: of
landlords to evict them.
Some of the disputes -would be Bet
tied by arbitration, Mr. StandlBh said
but others would be carried Into court
for Jury trials.
Fire Damages Roof
Of Stiffs Store
Damage estimated at about $50
was sustained to the building of tha
E. L. StiJf store, Cdurt street, yester
day evening when file destroyed part
of tire roof. The blaze was extinguish
ed by firemen who used chemlcaln.
The fire departmet was also call
ed out at about 8:45 p, m. yesterday
to the home of A. Paue, Saginaw and
Owen streets, where sparks had start
ed a small blaze on the roof. It was
quickly put out. , ,
Two A uto Smashes
Occur Last Night
Collision of four automobiles last
night was reported to police at heud
auarters. r William W. rilmpton of Portland,
drove his machine Into collision with
M. R. Matthews of this city, at tha
corner of D and Capitol streets, caus
ing slight damage to both machines.
Machines driven by Gordon Mc
Gllchrlst, 2244 State street, and Kd
ward Sames, representative of the W.
P, Fuller company of Portland, col
lided at the Intersection of 18th and
State streets. Both cars were damag
ed. .
Missing Woman Is
Now In Portland
Mrs. Ernest R. Bolter, for whom
police here were asked to search by
her sister, Mrs. Edward O. Smith or
San Francisco, was found by Officer
Morelock to be residing In Portlftiidl
with Mr. Bolter's mother, It was an
nounced at headquarters today. The
'officer found tfiat Mrs. Bolter form
erly resided here but has not been m
the city for several months.
' Mrs. Smith, In her letter to Chief
of Police Welsh, declared that sha
had not seen her sister, Mrs. Bolter,
for about 12 years.
provision against "unjust and