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1 BURROUGHS
DIES ON N.Y.
Foremost American Naturalist
Passes Away En Route to
New York Home "How
Near Home Are We?" His
Last Words.
VTICA, N. Y., Mar. 29. John Bur
roughs, naturalist, died on a Now York
Central train near Kingsvllle, Ohio,
on his way homo from California at 2
o'clock this morning, lie had been
very 111 for six weeks with an abscess
on the chest and heart and Willi kid
ney complications. lie was so eager
to get home that the long journey was
undertaken with tho hope that he
could survive. The end came sudden
ly, a few minutes after he asked:
"How near home are we?"
His physician, Dr. Clara Uarrns, his
granddaughter, Urusula, Burroughs,
and the Misses Eleanor and Harriet
Burroughs accompanied him on the
journey.
PASADENA, Cal., Mar. 20. John
Burroughs left here Friday for his
home at West Park, N. Y., where he
planned to pass his eighty-fourth
birthday April 3. A short time before
his departure he had left a hospital
where ho had received treatment for
an abscess on the chest. Ho had divid
ed his time during the winter between
LaJolla, near San Diego and a cabin
in Pasadena Glen. When ho went
east he was accompanied by a physic
ian who acted also as his secretary.
Mills Pays Tribute
ESTES PARK, Colo., Mar. 29 Enos
A. Mills, In his home at Long's Peak
Inn, when Informed by tho Associated
Press of tho death of Mr. Burroughs
Bald America nnd the world had lost
one of Its greatest naturalists. "My
personal loss in the death of a dear
friend Is overshadowed by the loss to
Immunity," said Mr. Mills, himself one
of tho most widely known naturalists
in America.
"Mr. Burroughs and John Muir have
succeeded better than any other men
In Interpreting the story of nature so
that all may read and understand,"
Mr. Mills added. "They made the
birds, the bees and the animuls actual
ly live for all of us."
Mr. Mills visited Mr. Burroughs at
his home In West Park, Ulster county,
New York, and in California several
times and Mr. Burroughs was Mr.
Mills' guest In Denver eight years ago.
Highest Type of Man
WEST ORANGE, N. J Mar. 29.
Thomas A. Edison, a member of a
small party of intimate friends who
had accompanied John Burroughs on
his annual camping trips in the last
four years, expressed deep sorrow to
day upon learning of the naturalist's
death.
"To me he always appeared to be
one of tho highest types yet evolved In
the advance of men to a higher stage"
the Inventor said. :
Other members of tho camping par
ty were Henry Ford and Hudson Max
im. On their camping trips, wood
chopping contests were always a mat
ter of keen competition and in this
sport Mr. Burroughs, notwithstanding
his age, always acquitted himself
creditably.
Ford Pays Tribute.
DETROIT, Mich., Mar. 29. Henry
Ford, close personal friend and
eampmato of John Burroughs. Hindu
the following statement todny on
learning of tho naturalist's death:
"Tho news of John Burroughs'
1'asning la a great shock to me. Tho
list time I saw him ho was appar
ently in good health. I heard from
him during his illness in California,
but ho took it lightly, making out
'hat ho hnd gone to bed merely for n
'rest cure." Next Sunday would have
been his eighty-fourth birthday.
"I havo known John Burroughs
"bout twelve years. Wo were brought
together by our common interests in
(Continued on Dage six.)
EX-2ND LIEUTENANT
I
' PORTLAND, Ore.', Mar. 29. Rob
ert Douglas, former second lieutenant
in the spruce division at Vancouver
barracks, whose homo is at Warsaw,
Jnd.. was sentenced today in federal
court to 13 months at McNeil's Island
prison following a plea of guilty to a
ehargo of using the malls to defraud.
The complainant was a young woman,
formerly student at the Oregon Agri
cultural Colleite. who." name the au
thorities withheld, who charged she
met Douglas In 1!'18 while sightseeing
"ft Vancouver barracks, became en-
CENTRAL TRAIN
ISLAND
COMPLAINT
U. S. Sieel Corp. to
Ship Via Panama to
The Pacific Coast
j- YOIWGSTOWX, Ohio. March
I" 2!)- Announcement by the
United States Steel corporation
of the establishment of a line
' of steamers to carry steel to the
' Pacific coast via the Panama
canal is expected soon after tho
' return of 10. II. Gary, through
' the canal.
- Steel manufacturers here say
' that the corporation is nearly
ready to put into effect its plans
for increasing export trade and
that it has L'O vessels ready and
five under contract. Steel mak-
ers are also watching with iti-
terest the progress or a river
boat line down the Ohio and
Mississippi to the caual and the
Pacific coast.
Independent Bteel men admit
that if the corporation estnb-
lishes a lino to the Pacific coast
it will bo able to lay down steel
on the coast at a price with
which the independents could
not compete.
FARMERS PREPARE
L
F
CHICAGO, Mar. 20. Conferences
aiming at the unification or the seve
ral largo scale plans for the co-operative
handling of grain by farmers
of the country began here yesterday.
They are expected to continue
through the week.
Tho hope is to arrive at a single
plan to bo presented to tho ratifies -
tion conferenco called here next week
"by the farmers grain marketing com
mittee of seventeen, Aaron Sapiro of
San Francisco, expluined. "If a gene
ral plan for handling all grain in
agreed on it gives promlso of making
the largest farmers' co-operative
enterprise in tho country."
Air. Sapiro is here representing' the
Northwestern Wheat Growers' Ex
change which operates in Wn.sbing-
ton, Oregon, Idaho and Montana.
Clifford Thorne, counsel for the
American Farm Bureau Federation.
is representing the committee of
seventeen of which he is a member.
Mr. Jewett of Spokane. Wash., gene
ral manager of tho Northwest Ex
change, will bo hero Friday and the
other leaders aro expected. Prelimi
nary conferences aro chiefly among
attorneys.
'Tho aims of all groups arc luenil-
cal," Mr. Sapiro said. "Tno question
is one of working out tho right ma
chinery. There aro ways of adapting
anv existing associations to tins end.
so long as the spirit of willingness to
get together is shown, and that spirit
is here splendidly manliest.
"if the dominant groups unite on
their rhief point of method, they can
go into a big conference here April
6 and present a plan tnat un
adopted unanimously.
"There is no question mm
farmers of tho country will stand be
hind anv program for the national co
operative handling og grain m.u
oomcs out with pracucauy unit
support. What wo all want to avoid
is a split on details of method."
DUBL1X, Mar. 29. Expressions of
gratitude for President Harding's sup
port of the movement in America to
raise funds for the suriering in ni....u
has been cabled to the White House
by the lord mayor of this city.
"The sad and afflicted people of
Ireland," the cablo message said, are
sincerely gratified by your encourage
ment of the movement to give thorn
i.,i miniinrt. America always
i 1,-oiiind in her hour of
trial. The funds are urgently needed
to restore buildings destroyed ana iu
relieve distress."
SENT TO M' NEIL'S
OF 0.A.C.GIRL
Raced to him later and advanced him
at different times sums of money ag
gregating J730.
The money was st-oi o, ..."i
hard luck letters, she said. In 1913
she causea an inoinn ' " "
against him and a nation-wide search
for him was started. Itceip of a
telegram from him at a town In
Washington, where she now resides,
re.ulted in his arrest here late yes
terdav. Douglas told the authorities
. ennio hero to square up the lie-
count with the girl. . . .
HARDING THANKED
LIN GAINS
Government Troops Capture
Leima Plant With 1000
Prisoners and Large Supply
of Ammunition 15 Rioters
Killed in Essen.
BERLIN", March 29. (By the As
sociated Press.) The government
believes it has effectually broken
up the insurgent communist rising
in the .Mid Germany Industrialareas
with the capture of the main body of
rioters at Lcumt and Aniniendorf.
Thus far 1400 communists have been
arrested, and the others are reported
cither to bo fleeing, leaving their
arms behind, or surrendering.
P.15RLI. March 29. My tho Asso
ciated Press.) All important gain
was made today by the government
forces engaged In dealing with the
communist disorders in central Gor
many when government troops and
security police surrounded the nitro
gen plant at Leuua, which has been a
communist stronghold for tho last
fivo days and forced the Insurgents
to surrender.
The troops took 1000 prisoners and
seized large supplies of rifles, ma
chine guns and ammunition.
15 Itinti-rs Killed
ESSEN, Germany. March 29. ( liv
the Association Press.) Fifteen riot
ers were killed milt 4ft nlltnra wnntwi.
cd in a clash with the security police'
nere. i ne attempt to uring on a gen
eral strike in this region has so far
failed.
An "exceptional status" has been
proclaimed for Dortmund, Bochum,
Giclsenkirchen and other pclnts ill
Hhenish Prussia.
The "exceptional Status" referred
to is presumably similar to or iden
tical with the "non-military stnta of
siege," which has been put into
force by the Germnn authorities In
parts of Central 'Germany affected
by the communist disorders.
With the exception of the minor
outbreak in the American bridge
head region Monday, which was
prompt and effectively dealt -with
by the American military police, the
disorders reported In tho foregoing
are tho first to be recorded In the
Rhine area Bince the outbreak of the
communist rising in Prussian Saxony.
Whether or not these movements are
connected does not appear.
Trouble in IWIIn
Berlin dispatches filed late Mon
day night Indicated some anxiety in
governmental circle over the devel
opment of possible disturbances In
the capital Tuesday, an attempt by
the extremists to tie up the big indus
trial and other plants in a general
strike being forecast. The Wilhclm
strasse was ordered closed to traffic
and all the approaches to the foreign
ofifce and other government build
ings were 'barricaded with barbed
wire entanglements and guarded by
troops.
Last reports from central Germany
were that the situation had not ma
terially changed, the principal trou
ble being sporadic outbreaks at
points held temporarily by rioting
bands, which tho security police had
as yet failed to control in the round
up of rioters In which these police
forces were engaged.
SENATOR ANKENY
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Ma.-ch
29. Ex-Senator Levi Ankeny died
at 12:S0 p. in. today.
WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Mar. 29.
No change is reported in the con
dition of former United Slates Sena
tor Levi Ankeny, who is critically ill
at his home. Senator Ankeny Is very
weak and the end may come at any
time. No hopo' is held out for his
recovery.
TOLEDO. O.. Mar. 29 Between
6000 and 7000 employes will return to
work at the Overland automobile plant
here Monday, Vice President Charles
B. Wilson announced today.
The plant, cjosed November 1, 1920.
BER
BIG
VICTORY
OVER
REBELS
TUESDAY, MAKCII Hi), 1)J1
Asks U.S. Court to
Cancel Etheridge's
Citizenship Papers
PORTLAND. Ore.. March 29.
The I'nited States district
court was asked today to cancel
the citizenship papers of John
L. Etheridge, former president
of Morris Brothers. Inc., now
under state indictment on four
charges of embezzlement from
the funds of the now bankrupt
bond house.
Federal District Attorney
i Lester W. Humphries alleged
In tho ci) in plaint that Klheridgo
entered tho I'nited States army
under an assumed name, after
having served time in England
on conviction of perjury.
'Ho also charged, Etherldgo
concealed from the court when
naturalized in 19 IS all informa
tion concerning two prison
terms in the New Jersey state
penitentiary.
John E. Mack, Guardian- for
Guy Stillman, 28 Months
Old- Declares Positive Proof
Is Forthcoming 'Outsider'
Expected to Testify.
POI!GIIKEEPSII2, N. Y., Mar. 29
John E. Mack, guardian ad litem for
Guy Stillman, 2$ months old infant,
whoso legitimacy is questioned by
J nines A.- Stillman, president, of the
National City Bank of New York, In
his divorce suit against the former
"Fll'i" Potter, announced today that
ho was In possession of proof that the
banker Is tho child's father.
"At the proper time," he added, "we
will establish this fact by competent
evidence."
This statement wns made while
both were awaiting decision of Su
preme Court Justice Morschauser on
alimony and counsel fees. It was un
derstood here that "competent evi
dence" of Guy's paternity would be
presented either at referee hearings or
before a court by several witnesses,
both men and women. Some of these,
it was understood, will be servants In
the Stillman household. But at least
one is said to be an outsider who visit
ed the banker's homo early in 1918.
Previous to Ills statement today Mr.
Mack had not claimed possession of
positive proof that the financier was
the father of the infant, who, Mr. Still
man alleges, was born to his wife by
Fred Beauvais, an Indian guide em
ployed by the banker.
During recent arguments heard in
tho case at White Plains, the guardian
replying to a charge by Mr. Stlllinan's
counsel that Guy Stillman was illegit
imate, said there was not "one bit of
evidence to prove that any party other
than Mr. Stillman was tho father of
the infant."
4 KILLED ASTORIA
ENT
ASTORIA, Ore, Mar. 2fl. Two
men, a woman nnd a child, worn killnrt
and another woman nnd a child were
injured when an automobile phnm.Ml
from a bridge "n the lower Columbia
river highway yesterday.
August lionnerhertf, age 55. Port
land, Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone Dawson
and their five-year-old daughter. Nan
Uaw.son of Clatsop I'lains. are dead.
Mrs. DonnerheiK and the IS
months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Daw
son were brought to St. Mary's hos
pital here. Mrs. Donnerbeix was
painfully hurt.
Apparently the steering gear of the
ea r d rive n by Da wso n brok e as the
automobile ' was approaching the
bridge over St. Mary's creek.
ASK VEN1ZEL0S TO
SETTLE JAP CRISIS
ATHENS, Mar. 29 Former Promier
Ver.lzelos is going to Japan to be the
guest of the mikado, who has asked
him to arbitrate difficulties pending
between Japan and the United States,
says a London dispatch to the news
paper Patris.
CLAIMS PROOF
STILLMAN IS
FATHER CHILD
CHICAGO WARE
HOUSE BLOWN
UP, 10 KILLED
Mysterious Explosion in Loop
District Throws Crowds Into
Panic Police Scent Bomb
Plot Building Only Pile of
Plaster.
CHICAGO, Mar. 29. An explosion
wliicb wrecked a warehouse building
nt 779 Harbor street today caused lull
deaths and injuries to several si-oro
other persons.
Effects of tile explosion were felt
for blocks. A lily: department store
at Twelftb nnd Habited streets was
the scene of a panic wben tbe con
cussion .shuttered pinto glass windows
and startled clerks and shoppers.
Tbe neighborhood confusion bam
pored police and firemen until the
firo lines were established, men and
women running about the streets,
screaming about "bombs."
Of the building wliero tbe blast
originated there was left only a pile
of broken timbers and piaster.
Tbe police wero informed that the
warehouse contained a wholesale gro
cery stock, Including considerable
starch and flour.
That the explosion was caused by
gas or a bomb wero the early theories
of the police.
Tho warehouse was a one-story
brick structure with a thirty-five ' n-t
frontage and about ISO foot in length.
The explosion apparently occurred In
tho rear of tho building.
Substance was given the police
bomb theory when a percussion cap
was found In the ruins and firomen
searching the ruins wero reported to
have found parts of a supposed bomb.
Searchers continued to take from
the ruins parts of bodies. The upper
half of a body so mutilated that It
could not be identified vm t.tlrm, out
and a mutilated leg was also found
and removed to an undertaking estab
lishment. A branch of the Chicago public li
brary was converted into an emer
gency hospital and twenty-nine mon,
women and children were quartered
there.
Hurry Well, son of Joseph Weil,
proprietor of tho Weil and Sons paper
house, was taken Into custody by the
polico and taken to a police station
for questioning. Oilier subjects were
also taken.
CONSTANTiNOPLIC. March 29.
Large Turkish forces in Armenia
have been recalled by tho Turkish
nationalist government at Angora to
oppose the Greek offensive. Martial
law has been proclaimed in Angora,
nnd general mobilization has been
ordered.
LONDON, March 2 9. Greek
troops havo occupied Eski-Shohr,
capturing many prisoners and a largo
quantity of war materials, says a
Central News dispatch from AthenB.
Eski-Shchr was one of the most Im
portant objectives of the Greek of
fensive in Asia Minor which began
last week. It is the junction of tho
main lino of the Bagdad railway and
the road running southeust to Ker-
nla. Tho capture of this city by the
Greoks unites tho armies operating
east of Smyrna and dlrussa, and
opens the way for an advance on An
gora, 110 miles to the cast.
B.
KALHM, Ore., Mar. 2ft. The public
service commission will hold a hear
ing at Medford April 9 on the appli
cation of business men of Medford U
allow tho uso of the railn of tho Pa
cific & Mastern railroad from Med
ford to Butte Falls for a motor t
carrying mails.
MRS. GEO. M. PULLMAN
CHICAGO, Mnr. 29. Mrs. George M.
Pullman, leader of Chicago's society,
ono of the world's richest women, who
with her husband, was ono of the
founders of tho present Chicago, and
who died in Pasadena yesterday, be
lieved In teaching children old fnsh
ioned arts. Cooking, sowing nnd
housekeeping were tho best founda
tions for a girl's education. In her
opinion,
Nearly 2 Millions
Turned Over to the
State Highway Fund
SALEM, Ore., Mar. 29. Tho
sum of $1.71ti.SI3.14 has been dis
tributed by tho secretary of
state's office to tbe state high
way fund and to tho counties,
representing receipts from motor
vehicle, operator, chauffeur and lM
motor vohlclo dealers' licenses
from September (i, 1920 to March
: 1921 Inclusive.
SALEM, Ore., Mar. 29. A con-
troversy over the route of the
West Sido highway that has ex-
Isted for more than a year be-
tween the Polk county court nnd
tho state highway commission is
now completely settled, accord-
Ing to announcement today by
tho highway department. The
commission's chosen routo thru
tho county leaves both Dallas and
Independence off tho main West
Sido Pacific highway, but con-
nocts them with tho highway by
hard-surfaced spur roads. Tho
agreement also means tho Salem-
Pallas highway will he coinplet-
ed.
ASHLAND JOY
MEDFORD BAIL
Tho entire joyriding I.)oo family of
Ashland came to grief In Medford at a
Into hour last night when they fell
into the clutches of tho local police on
charges of Intoxication. Tho widely
known party consisted of four women,
two of them married, nnd tour men
Thoy refused to give tholr names and
consequently tho local officers had to
fall back on the time-honored cogno
men of Doo.
Tho well-dressed joyrldors arrived
In this city In a largo llulck enr, sing
ing nnd shouting and othorwlso hilar
lous, thus disturbing tho pence and
contontmcnt of a largo section of tho
city and tho slumbers and composure
of the night polico. When tho lattor
closed In on tho party tho joy changed
to grief. Tho women cried, and thero
were hoart-stlrrlng appeals to ho al
lowed to go home dear old Ashland
and thoy never would bo scon hero
again, etc.
Patrolmen Ilemstrect nnd Adams
then cnlled up Chief Timothy by phone
nnd ho consented to accept cash bail
for the nppcaranco of tho party in
polico court hero ut 10 a. ni. today.
Then tho officers allowed two of tho
John Does to hire a taxi and go over
to Ashland long enough to raise ball
money, keeping tho four Jano Docs
nnd other two John Doos as hostages.
They returned an hour later with $120
cash and a railroad man's check which
I hoy declared was all tho cash they
could scare, up at that timo of night
It was then about 2 a. in.
As this mado $15 cash hall for each
member of the party It. was accepted,
and the frightened and now thorough
ly sober men and women were allowed
to depart home. Of course not ono of
them showed up in Judgo Taylor's
court today und the city and county is
therefore $120 or more better off.
Hut more grief awaited the erst
while joyriders at Ashland, for while
they wero on their way to that city tho
Ashland polico called up Medford by
phone und declared their intention of
arresting tho party for joyriding, sing
ing nnd shouting on the Ashland
streets before they camo to Medford.
fjorniun cl Ilerlslon,
NEW VOItK, Mar. 29. loo Gor
man of Portland, Ore., was awarded
the decision in n 15-rouud bout with
Frank Edwards in Brooklyn last
night.
PRES T HARDING APPOINTS DAWES TO LEAD
IN PROBE TREATMENT EX-!
WASHINGTON, Mar. 29. A com
mitteo of eleven, headed by Charles
Ci. Iawes of Chicago, who served as
a brigadier general with tho Ameri
can expeditionary forces was appoint
ed by President Harding today to
conduct nn Inquiry "into the adminis
tration of tho war risk insurance
board for vocational training and
care and treatment of wounded or
Impaired service men generally."
Tho committee will meet April J to
organize. In addition to Mr. Dawes
the members nro Franklin W. Gnll
brnlth, Jr., national commander of
the American Legion; Thomas W.
Miller of Delaware, alien property
custodian: Theodora Itooscvelt, as
sistant secretary of the navy; Mrs.
Douglas Itoblnson of New York, a Bis
XO. G
INEFFICIENCY
IS CAUSE OF
RlfFICII
Consulting Economist of Labor
Organizations Scores the
Management of American
Railways Billion a Year
Could Be Saved.
CHICAGO, Mar. 29 The root of tho
railroad problems is not national
agreements but in the inadequacies ot
management, declared W. Jett Lauck,
consulting economist of labor organi
zations, in beginning presenting of
railroad employes exhibits before tho
United States railroad labor board to
day.
'Conservatively stated, if railroad
management was characterized by
reasonable efficiency and had avail
able for its use proper capital or credit
labor costs would have shown a radi
cal decline under national agree
ments," Mr. Lauck declared. "Sav
ings in operating expenses of at least
ono billion dollars annually would bo
nuiib?. Wo shall demonstrate this fact
by reports prepared by roputablo rail
road engineers and experts. Wo Boole
to establish these facts:
"I Tho policy of establishing na
tional agreements or uniform rates ot
pay and working conditions Is In con
formity with custom nnd precedent la
tho transportation industry and in ac
cordance with tho best public policy,
as shown by tbe awards of boards of
arbitration and tho acts and recom
mondntlons of other official bodies
during tho pre-war period.
"2 In other loading Industries ot
this country collective bargaining on
n national scale, and national agree
ments as to working conditions and re
lations have been found to bo the best
means of stabilizing the conditions,
promoting industrial peace and accel
erating production,
"3 In Great Britain those facts
havo bocome particularly recognized
by both employes nnd employers that
national agreements are encouraged
by tho Consolidated Industries and
Federation of Trades unions as a
whole nnd the offort is being exor'ed
to make thorn compulsory upon all
employes and employers in a given in
dustry.
"4 That tho formor railroad ad
ministration in entering into national
agreements therefore meroly recog
nized a tendency which had almost
reached complete development prior
to the war and which was sanctioned
by enlightened opinion both within
and without the transportation indus
try. "5 That the representatives of the
railroads have given their sanction to
national rates of pay and working con
ditlons pf engine and train crews.
"0 We shall further show that the
arguments of the railroads aro tio
same which havo boeu urged "in1, all"';
past years to prevent the establish-.'?.'
meat of human standards in Industry I
and shall demonstrate that the rail
roads ar now consolously and dolib- )
eratoly taking advantage ot temporary :
industrial depression to. destroy . hu
man standards which aro sanctioned
by the thought and practice ot the :
leading industrial nations ot the
world."
RAN FItANCISCO, Mar. 29. An
unidentified man entered the office
of tho San Francisco Bullotln today,
demanded $5,000 from It. A. Crothors,
the publisher, and then committed
sutcldo by shooting himself througii
tho head..
Tho demand was mado upon Mr.
Crothers in his private office. When
a call for tho police was sent in, tho
man stood off throe employes of tho
newspaper with a rovolver. Upon tho
arrival of tho polico ho turned the
weapon on himself.
ter of Former President Roosevelt:
John L. Lewis of Indianapolis, presi
dent of tho United Mlns Workers o
America; Franklin O'Ollor of Phila
delphia, formor national commander
ot tho American Legion; Mrs. Henry
It. Itea of Pittsburg: Milton J. Fore
man of Chicago: Henry S. Berry ot
Hendorsnnvillo, Tenn., and T. V.
O'Connor of Buffalo, head of tha
longshoremen's union.
In announcing selection of the com
mittee, White House officials issued a
brief statoment, which said:
"Tho president thinks tho inquiry
will clear the situation, enable con
gress and the administration to fix
upon a policy which looks far into
the future, artd reveal a way to cori
rect inadequnto hospital service."
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