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Irish Journal States British
. Premier Has Offered to Meet
Eamonn DeValera Without
Conditions Latter May
Make Reply 4 Officials
Killed in Ambush.
Dl'IlMN. Muy.lG. (My tlio Asso
ciated rress) Premier I.loyd George
says tho Freemans .luurnul today. hils
offered to meet Kamonn DoValera, or
other Irish lenders, without condi
tions. Mr. DeVnlera, adds the news
paper, replied that if the premier
made sueh a statement public he (De
Valera) would give u public reply.
Karly this month a conference oc
curred between Kamonn W'alcra
and Sir James Craig, the Ulster pre
mier designate, at which these -two
leaders of their respective sections of
opinion in ireianu tniKcu over me
-situation. The meeting was said to
have been without tangible, results,
with respect to tho warfare in Ire
land, but tho fact that It was held was
commented upon In Dublin castle and
other circles as a hopeful sign.
DUBLIN', May Throe govern
ment officers and the wife of one of
them were shot and killed n an am
bush last night at Ballyeiren, four
miles from Gort, county Oalway. The
party was riding in a motor car when
it was ambushed by forty men.
Military and police reinforcements
sent to the scene were fired upon and
nno constable was severely wounded.
Irish Fire Liverpool I Ion sea.
LIVKKPOOL, May 1G. Six houses
in widely separated parts of this city
weVe raided and set afire by. unidenti
fied parties last night. The occupants
of every house thus visited have rela
tives serving in the royal Irish con
stabulary. The inmates were in some
cases bound and gagged, the furni
ture was drenched with kerosene and
set afiro and in some instances the
helpless people were left to tho mercy
of the flames by the rattlers who fled
In automobiles.
The raids were in all ways similar
to those made in suburban districts of
Kali don and .in this city Saturday
night.
One house that was raided was oc
cupied by a widow and her daughter.
The latter opened the door when there
was a knock and she was seized by
the throat by the intruder. She strug
gled and fled to her mother and then
fainted. Tho women were too terri
fied to raise an alarm.
In another house were three sisters
who were overawed by a dozen men
who displayed revolver and threaten
ed to shoot them if they Btirred.
A terrier attacked tho raiders when
they assailed his 77-year-old master
and prevented them frora setting fire
to the house. When the raiders ran,
the dog chased them, but was shot
dead.
A sailor named Rrailsford, who
lost a leg In the famous naval raid on
Zeehrugge, refused to throw up his
hands when men broke into his house,
but threw a sewing machine at the in
truders, who fled, firing their re
volvers. Nono of the raiders has been ar
rested. DAYTON, Ohio, May 16 Mrs. Helen
Cox Maboney, 25, daughter of former
Governor James M. Cox, democratic
candidate for president last fall, died
suddenly at her home in Oakwood, a
suburb, today. She apparently had
been in good health until the moment
of her death. Her husband, D. J. Ma
honey, is general manager of The for
mer governor's newspaper here.
OF
WASHINGTON, May Id Tho gov
ernment won today in the supreme
court its contention that Increased
value of any capital assets must be
considered in a corporation's profits
when taxes are computed.
The court's decision was given in
the apieal of LaBelle Iron Works from
a ruling of the treasury that ore lands
purchased for $190,000 in 1904 must be
returned in the 1917 report at $10,000,
000 and a profits tax paid on the dif
ference. The opinion today sustained
this ruling.
"The meaning of the act ns to In
Gun Duel Between
Father and Son Is
Fatal to Both Men
KALAMA, Wash., May 1C
lkirvey Rikcr, 55, a rancher on
the Little Kalama river 15 miles
east of Woodland, Wash., was
killed instantly today and his son
Fred Hiker, 30, died two hours
later as a result of a duel with
firearms between the two men.
According to Coroner Johnson,
who returned here last night from
the scene of the double killing,
the men quarreled in the son's
house and as the father drew a
revolver the son seized a rifle.
The two men fired at the same
instant. Coroner Johnson said
Sirs. Riker told him, the father
dying at once with a bullet thru
the head and the son falling with
a bullet through the breast.
ENTIER IS
CONFIDENT OF
French Heavyweight Cham
pion Arrives in New York
Brimming With Confidence
Certain of Victory
Training to Be in Secret.
NEW YORK, May 1G. fleorges
Carpen tier, European heavyweight
champion arrived today from France
to prepare for his international battle
with Jack Uenipsey at Jersey ' 'My
July 2.
The French pugilist, with his party,
was the center uf interest when ha
Suvoio docked. Tho challenger im
mediately was surrounded by n dele
gation of newspaper men and pho
tographers. Carpentier appeared to be in excel
lent condition and fairly radiated
confidence. Most of the questions
asked him were answered by an in
terpreter, but occasionally Georges
wouldlnject a diroct reply.
This was the ca se w hen he wa s
asked who would win the big fight.
Without a second's hesitation ho re
plied with a smile, "I."
Manager Francois Uescamps stated
that Carpentier and his party. com
prising Paul Journee, a French light
heavyweight: Henri Mercot, training
camp cook and a Belgian police, dog.
Carpentier's favorite pet, would go
direct to the training quarters at
Manhassett, Long Island, this after
noon and would not leave until It was
time to proceed to Jersey City for the
championship battle.
Training in Private.
Joe Jeanette, negro heavyweight,
will go to Manhassett with the French
party today and several other spar
ring partners soon will be added to
the camp. Descamps reiterated the
statment that virtually all of -Car
pentier's training would be done be
hind closed gates and that there
would be little attempt to work out in
public.
Dempsey's challenger said he
weighed about 175 pounds and never
felt better. In answer to a question
as to how long the bout would last, he
replied with n smile that be would be
able to tell that on the afternoon of
July 2.
Carpentier snapped back an em
phatic "yes" when asked whether he
would return to this country to de
fend the world's title should he de
feat Dempsey. He further stated that
he hoped Dempsey would be In per
fect condition when they met in order
that the sport of boxing might be im
proved by a real rontest of such in-
ernational importance.
U. S. Polo Team Beaten
LONDON', May 16. The American
polo players, C. C. Mumsey, Thomas
Hitchcock, Jr., J. Watson Webb and
Devereau Milburn were defeated in a
practice game today by the Hurling-
ham team. The score was 3 goals to 2.
E
vested capital is clear," the court said.
"It was to cover actual cost of jro
perty, disregarding anything that does
not change the form of the Invest
ment." Hundreds of millions of dollars In
excess profits taxes were involved In
the case which was characterized by a
high government official as "the most
important legal suit affecting federal
finances to arise in several decades."
The court was unanimous in its de
cision except that Justice .ticReynoIds
concurred only in the result. Associate
Justice Pitney read the opinion.
CARP
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POLAND
10 BE SETTLED
IE
Full Meeting Supreme Council
May Be Called to Settle Re
volt in Silesia Poles Re
fuse to Withdraw Ger
mans Oppose Advance.
LONDON', May lti. There may he
a full meeting of the supreme allied
council for the purpose of discussing
the situation which has arisen In Sil
esia as a result of the Polish revolt
there.
Despatches from Paris Indicate
that Premier Uriund intends to lay
the situation before the French cham
ber of deputies when it meets Thurs
day. There has been an exchange
of views between the Ilritish and
French government but suggestions
that a meeting be held have met with
assertions in Paris that it would be
impossible for the French premier to
discuss the Silesiun nffair with Mr.
Lloyd tieorge until after Thursday.
Advices over the week-end appear
ed to indicate a cessation of fighting
in Upper Silesia but there was noth
ing to show that the Poles were with
drawing from tho regions they occu
pied during the prist two weeks.
Indignant comments of the French
press regarding Prime Minister Lolyd
George's Bpeech on Poland before the
house of commons Friday attracted
much attention from London news
papers today. For the most part they
were rpgretteel and deprecated al
though In quarters where Lloyd
(leorgo's attitude relative to Poland
Is condemned blame was placed upon
him.
BRUMS', May 1G. Cermnn news
papers express pleasure over declara
Hons made Friday by Prime Minister
Lloyd George of Oreat Britain rela
tive to the situation In Upper Silesia
but most of them give warnking
against a German march Into Silesia,
unless such a movement should be re
quested by the entente powers.
Thev declare that such an ad
vance would result in war with both
France and Poland.
"If Adalbert Korfanty Bliould pre
sume to take possession oi any dis
puted territory without permission
from the entente," said the Lokal An-
zelger, "we Bhall be exempt from al!
our obligations and duties."
FALL CONFERENCE
OF M. E. CHURCH
AT FORES! GROVE
PORTLAND, Ore.. May 16. Assign
ment of bishops to preside over the
fall conferences in the Various areas
was taken up as part of the business
today by the board of bishops of the
Methodist Episcopal church. Ilishop
K. G. Ulchardson of Atlanta, chairman
of the committee In charge of fall
conference arrangements, had a report
ready for presentation.
Portland area Hishop W. O. Shep
ard Pacific German to meet at Port
land, August 24; Columbia river con
ference, Spokane, Wash., August 31;
Pacific Swedish conference, Seattle.
Wash., September 8; Puget Sound con
ference, Tacoma, September 14; Wes
tern Norwegian-Danish, Seattle, Sep
tember 21; Oregon conference, Foresl
Grove, Ore., October B.
San Francisco area Bishop A. W.
Leonard Pacific Chinese mission San
Francisco, September 1G; Pacific Jap
anese mission, San Jose, September
19; California conference, San Jose.
September 21; Southern California,
Los Angeles, October 5; California
German conference, Anaheim October
12; Latin-American mission, Los An
geles June 2.
LONDON", May Id. Four American
women ongaKcd in relief work at Con
stantinople narrowly escaped drown
fni? in the lymphoma yesterday say?
the Constantinople correspondent of
the Daily Mail. They were In a row
boat in midstream, when it sprang a
leak and quickly sank. A MIhs Cush
man sank, but upon rising managed
to seize her dog by the collar and the
animal dragged her to safety. MIsf
Asleers and Mrs. lhln swam ashore.
The fourth member of the party was a
Miss Caldwell,
BY CONFEF
NCE
Senator Pomerene
. Ridicules Idea of a
War With Japan
WASHUN'GTON', May lti.
Senator Pomerene. democrat.
Ohio, opened debale on the navu'l
appropriation bill today, urging
economy by reducing arma
ments. He decried the proba
bility of war with any nation,
though some persons, he said
were filled with hysteria orer tk
Island or Yap.'
"But Island of Yap. or no is
land, there isn't- going to be
any war with Japan in the near
future," -Mr. Pomerene declar
ed. Supporting the Borah amend
ment for a disarmament confer
ence Senator Pomerene also
urged his own amendment au
thorizing the president to sus
pend capital ship construction
for six months to. investigate
their future value.
Senator LaFollettu. republi
can, Wisconsin, Introduced an
amendment to prohibit the use
of the navy to "coerce or compel
collection of any private claim,
giant or concession. "
WASlllXClTOX, May 1(J. Tax re
vision hearings were given a new
twist before the senate finance com
mittee today by H. Archibald Harris
of Chicago, who took a positive. stand
for continuation of the excess profits
tax and urged exemption of corpora
tion dividends from hip '.axes. He was
the first witness before any congres
sional committee at this session to
propose retention of the oxcesa profits
tux provisions of the piesenl revenue
laws. .. , .
fio told the. committee that In his
opinion it siiouiu direct enons lownru
reduction of tax free securities. He
also suggested a reduction of the
higher su tax rates on personal In
comes. By sifting the 1 JU 7 returns, the
returns, the treasury Is shaking out
around $:15, 000, 0u0 a month in extra
taxes, Mr. Harris Raid, and predicted
that when examination of tho 11)18
returns gets undr way tho income
from back taxes will jump to between
$50,000,000 nnd $75,000,000 tt month.
"This will mean.' he added, "t hat
between $1,800,000,000 and $2,520,-
000.000 in additional taxes will lie as
sessed in the next three years."
In the next three years he said the
government should receive between
$2. IMO. 000,000 urn! $3. 27(1, 000, 000
from If) IS, which treasury officials
have not counted on as yet in any of
their computations.
F
E
BANKS LOSE OUT
n-ASHIN'OTOX, May 16. Federal
reserve hanks have not Ihc right to
Insist on par collection of chocks of
non-member hanks, tho supreme
court- ruled today in effect.
The court reversed decrees of Geor
gia courtH which had refused to en
join the federal reserve hank of 'At
lanta from taking steps to force col
lection of chocks drawn nn a num
ber of Georgia slate non-memher
hanks "except through the usual nnd
ordinary channels."
National
Tl. II. K.
Chicago 17 2
Boston 7 14 0
latteries: Vaughn, Jones and O'Far
rell; McQuillan and O'Neill.
Cincinnati 4 8
New York 7 7 0
Batteries: Coumbe, Napier, Rogge
and wtngo; toney, uyan and Snyder,
St. iouis 4 11 3
Brooklyn 3 8 0
Batteries: Doak and Dilhoerer; Mil
Jus and Krueger.
Pittsburg 0 5 0
Philadelphia 3 8 0
Batteries: Hamilton, Zlnn and
Schmidt; Causey, King and Peters.
American
II. II. K.
New York ' 6 9 0
Cleveland ,. 3 9 3
Batteries: Mays and Schang; Mails
and O'Neill.
Philadelphia . 4 8 0
Chicago 5 9 0
Batteries: Perry and Perkins; Kerr,
Faber and Schalk.
No other games played.
PARENTS
MRS
I
TO GIVE HELP
Mrs. Trueblood Declares She
Won't Aid Daughter Finan
cially in Trial for Murder of
Husbands If Guilty Money
Is Useless.
TWIN FALLS. Idaho, ,ay US Wil
liam .1. Trueblood, 37, and .Mis. Laura
Trueblood, S, will not contribute fi
nancially to the defense of their
daughter, Mrs. Lyda Truelilooil South
ard, who was last Thursday arrested
at Honolulu to be returned here to
stand trial for the numler of her
fourth husband, Edward F.1 Meyer,
Mrs. Trueblood said today at the mod
est rami home of the family seven
miles southwest of Twin Fails. She
added that she expressed the views o.
her husband when she said:
'Ve liavo hoped ami believed all
along that Lyda is Innocent. If she is
guilty, not all the money we have and
could raise would save her, and if she
was guilty of all that Is charged
against her, she should he punished.
Tliis l hard ror a mother to any hut
I am suro our decision must be the
right one."
The mother horo evidence of the
strain to which she had been subjected
on her daughter's account a strain
that was not or a Tew days duration
but which had extended over a period
or months dating from the death or
Meyer and the disappearance or their
daughter soon nrterwaril with the rin
ger or suspicion even then pointing at
her. "Wo had hoped It was all settled",
Mrs. Trueblood said today.
"We heard from Lyda only once
after she lert here following Meyer's
funeral Inst September," Mrs. True
blood said. "That was a tidegrain
telling us she had arrived in falifnr
na. She hud written to-ns fremienMv
whenever she had been away from
nome beloro.
While in California for several
weeks last fall with a view to moving
tho family home. Mr. Trueblood vintt
ed Los Angeles, Long Beach and other
cities In an unsuccessful effort to lo
cate his daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Truehlond nrn iim nr.
ents of eight children ranging in age
from seven to 33 years or whom
Lyda, or Ann Eliza, us her mother rip
Clares slio was christened, Is tho third
child and tho second daughter.
May Cable Charge
HAN FRANCISCO, May 10. Mrs.
Nollle Ormsby. matron of the
Juil at Twin Falls. Idaho, arrived t...
day with extradition papers for Mrs.
i.yaa it,va southward, .former ' Twin
Falls resident, who Is under n,-mp i
Honolulu on a charge of murdering
ner rourtli husband. Fdwnrri p mu.
at Twin Falls. Mrs. Ormsby Joined
ner nusoand, v, H. Ormsby, Twin
Falls deputy sheriff, who was detailed
to return Mrs. Southard for trlul and
wno arr ved hern PriHnv Tho n
bys will depart on the stea
sonia "Wednesday If the ship strike
noes not notain them.
When advised of rnnorta tmm irnn
lulu that Mrs. Southard could not he
held beyond a certain nm lnd nt n.,,n ir
no complaint was lodged against her
mere urmsby said he wns prepared to
have the formal charen rnhin.i in
Honolulu ir necessary In order to in
sure ner detention.
Washington News of
Interest to Oregon
WASHINGTON, May 10 Congress
man llnwley has received word that
tho navy dpartment had detailed a
naval vessel ror Nehalcm bay ror the
celebration or July .Fourth under aus
pices of tho Knights of Pythias.
WASHINGTON. Mny 1 8. Senator
Mc.N'ary this morning took up with
the secretary of war and recommend
ed that favorable action be taken on
the request of tho Oregon Reserve Of
ficers' association of Portland Imme
diately to organize the reserve arms
of tho army, the same as Is being
done In the east nt this time, and they
specifically requested that Portland
be made hcadiiunrters tor tho 81st
regiment.
WASHINGTON, Mny Hi. Senator
McNacy Is awaiting the paper or the
Oregon liar association before ap
pearing before the supreme court. in
tho Albers ensn and the papers arc ex
pected almost any day.
Ilrooinspun Wins.
HALTIMORK. May 1 .-Itroom-
spun won the 140.000 Prcaknesa at
Plmllco this afternoon. Polly Ann
wns second. Jeg third.
Measurement or the speed of earth
quakes proves that the earth Inside Is
rigid and not liquid.
SOUTHARD
Senate Committee
Raises Army Bill
To 175,000 Total
WASHINGTON", May If,. An
army or 175.1100 men was decided
on today by the senate military
affairs sub committee considering
the army appropriation hill. The
measure as passed by the house
provided ror an army or 150,000.
In rixing tho army strength at
175.000 men, the sub committee
acceded to the request of Secre
tary Weeks that such minimum
he provided even if other Items
had to lie decreased. Tho bill to
he laid before the full committee
would carry $3:19, 859,000 ns com
pared with $;i20,7t!5,000 in the
house measure and CI4IS.000.0lt0
In thn hill vetoed by l'resident
Wilson. ,
S
IS
R.
Chairman of Interstate Com
merce Committee Tells Jul
ius Kruttschnitt U. S. Rail
roads Must Do Better or Quit
Should Reduce Costs.
WASHINGTON, May III. "If the
American railroads can't do better
this year than last they won't last
very long," Chairman Cummins of
the Bimute inter-state commerce com-
mltteo told Julius Kruttschnitt, chair
man or the Southern Pacific hoard to
day whon tho sonnte's railroad Inves
tigatlon was resumed. Tho witness
agreed.
Senutor Cummins endeavored to
show that rulllng prices of materials
used by railroads was reducing costs
but Mr. Kruttschnitt said ho did not
have compiled statistics on the sub
ject. Steel rails, the largest Item in
maintenance material copts, had In
creased In price during the last two
years, he said.
Daniel Wllliard, president of the
Baltimore nnd Ohio was called lo the
stand when Mr. Kruttschnitt was ex
cused temporarily.
"There has been some fear of dif
ficulties In financing railroads, "he
Bald, "and the provisions of the trans
portation act assuring rates high
enough to puy a return on the capital
may have seemed merely academic,
but I believe that tho knowledge that
roads would ultimately secure this
return under the policy luld down
has sustained confidence among In
vestors." WASHINGTON. May 1G Allen resi
dents in the United States have no
legal right to demand the admittance
of relatives, the supreme court ruled
In effect today in upholding decisions
of California courts in the appeal of
Yee Won, a Chinaman who sought to
bring his wife nnd two minor children
with him on his return to this country
from a visit to China. The immigra
tion authorities refused to admit them.
SEN
CUMIN
DISGUSTED
WITH
ROADS
SECY OF AGRICULTURE WALLACE TAKES
FIRM STAND AGAINST ALASKA BILL.
VAHIIINGTON, May 16. Opposi
tion to tho bill to crcute un Alanknn
development board wuh expruHHed by
Secretary of ABrlculturo Wnllaco in
a letter to Representative Curry of
California, chairman of tho public
committee on territories.
'Tho enactment of this measure,"
Serretury Wnlhico salil, "would be
hltfhly prejudicial to national Inter
ests nnd to Alaskan Interests as well.
t would remove wholesome checks
against tho exploitation of our vast
national Interests and to Alaskan tn
terests ns well. It would remove
wholesome checks against tho exploi
tation of our vast national resources
nnd would deprive Alnska of the tech
nical help of the federal agencies
which combine long experience and
the best scientific knowledge In study-
ng nnd developing specific natural
resources.'
SUPREMECT
UPHOLDS DRY
LAW AGAIN
J. J. Dillon of San Francisco
Loses Appeal "Harding
Amendment" Not Destruc
tive of Law's Validity
Court Holds Prohibition in
Effect January 16, 1920. :
WASHINGTON, .May Id. Tho re
qtllrenu'iit that the prohibition
amendment be ratified within seven
years by three-fourths of the states
does not invalidate the entire meas
ure, the supreme court today ruled.
The ilei-ision was given in the ap
peal of J. J. Dillon of San Francisco,
from decisions in lower courts refus
ing his petition for a writ of habeas
cm-pus no the ground that the limita
tion made the amendment Invalid.
Dillon was arrested while transport
ing a ense of wine to the home of Us
owner. His counsel asserted that sec
tion three of the amendment, origi
nally proposed by Senator Harding,
plnced a limitation on tho action of
the stalo legislatures and was there
fore unconstitutional.
"Wo find that proposal and ratifi
cation of an amendment aro treated
as succeeding acts in a common en
deavor," the opinion said, "and there
is a fair implication that they should
be fairly contemporaneous." .
In tho course of the decision, the
court ruled formally that tho prohibi
tion amendment went into ofrcct Jan
uary 10. 1920. Dillon's nlleged of
fense was on January 17, 1920.
Article five of tho constitution
makes nn limitation of the ratification
period, the court said, and this sec
tion covers the amending powers of
congress.
Congress hnd in mind tho fact that
two proposed amendments had "lain,
dormant for nlinost a century,ft"afler'
they wero submitted, the court said, "
nnd a majority of both houses "evi
dently thought Homo limitation was
necessary."
ESTATE TAX HELD
WASHINGTON. May M). Tha
estate tax provided In the revenue act
of 1910 was held valid today by the
supremo court in passing upon the ap
peal of executors of tho estate of the
late J. llarsen Purdy of Now York.
WASHINTON, Mny 1G. Estate
taxes paid under state laws oahnot be
deducted from the "net estate" Upon
which a tax is affixed under the fede
ral revenue net of 1916, the supreme
court ruled today In affirming decrees
of federal courts in New York In a '
suit brought by the executora of the.:
estate of tho late J. Harscn Purdy.
T.ONOOM. Mnv tfi TeloirfnnVi . n.l
tclenhnne linen In tha Rt-IHuh Tula
nnd throughout all northern Europe
luivo been seriously Interrupted by
the gioat mngnetic storm which vlr-
tlinllV nnrIV7Pri wlro tranamlann In
the I.'nited States Saturday night and
Sunday. Cables between England and
the United States were nffopteii mpIv
this morning and transmission . was
onniy delayed.
The disturbance Is believed to have
CftllHCri ft fire Which llnnfrnvn o
phono exchange at Karlstad, a 8we-
uinn lown nnouc itu mucs west or
Stockholm. Tho buildlnn wns de
stroyed.
In effect, Mr. Wallace argued, "the .
measuro proposes to set up a branch
federal government, having jurisdic
tion over certain properties and func
tions In the territory of Alaska."
"We have come to a time," Secre
tary Wallace continued, "when eco
nomic conditions should bring about
a gradual development of Alaskan In
dustries with a corresponding In- '
creaso In population. This develop
ment should be on a sound basis and
not tho result of temporary and reck .
less exploitation of public property.
"Hy creating an Alaskan board
composed of representatives placed .
there by each of the federal agencies
active in the territory and of one or
two permanent residents of Alaska,
every proper purpose sought to he v
accomplished by this measure could
be brought about without jeopardising
natjonnl and territorial Interests."