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I WEEKLY MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS VOL XXX VANCOUVER, CHICAGO RAIL ROAD MEN WILL NOT END STRIKE REFUSE TO TAKE VOTE ON RETURNING TO WORK -POLICE STOP MEETING. (By Associated Press.) Chicago, April Striking men in the Chicago district, refused today to vote on the question of returning to work. All efforts of a committee of strike leaders to action failed. Three of the strike leaders arrested last weck, made the appeal for a return to work at 8 mass mecting of striking yard men. They were greeted with catcalls and hisses.

Union leaders declared after the meeting they were helpless to order the men back to work. A police lieutenant declared the meeting adjourned after strike leaders had been refused a hearing. BATTLEGROUND WOMAN DIES AT SON'S HOME Battleground, April -Mrs. M. A.

Bramhall passed away Friday afternoon, April 16, at the home of her son, Mr. William hall. Mrs. Bramhall had been in health for several weeks but poor did not seem to. be seriously ill.

Mrs. Bramhill, whose maiden name was Jones, was. born in Indiana and moved to where she met and married Mr. E. S.

Bramhall. They moved west to Kansas, later came to Oregon, taking up a claim on Bull Run, Clackamas county in 1883. Here Mr. Bramhall built and operated a saw mill. He later retired and they made their home in Portland.

Mrs. Bramhall was the mother of Bramhall 'of Bend, Oregon; Charles and Harry Bramha'l of Troutdale, Joseph Bramball of Mrs. Joseph Wood of Manhattan, Kansas; Mrs. L. E.

oGtham of Portland; Mrs. T. D. Owens and Win. Bramhall of Battleground.

Funeral services were held 3' Gresham, Oregon, Monday, at 11 a. the M. E. church. The at pastor officiating.

Mrs. Bramhall am had a wide circle of friends at Bat tleground as well as in Clackamas and Multnomah counties of Oregon The deceased was a sister of N. J. Jones of Portland and Mrs. Henr: l'arsons of Troutdale.

The buriai, Gresham where the body of place is E. S. Bramhall was laid to rest 12, years ago. FRUIT MEN NOT ALARMED BY FREIGHT RATE RAISE (Special Correspondence.) Olympia, April the SpoFruit Growers' company is not kane alarmed over the market efgreatly of a 25 per cent increase in feet freight rates, was evidenced today when a letter was received by the public service, commission from C. J.

Webb, assistant manager of the brig Eastern Washington Fruit company, to the effect that he was of the opinincrease was due the railion that an road companies. 10 About a year ago, or before the marketing of the last year's apple crop, when an increase of 25 per cent freight rates went in all over the on the public service commiscountry, sion succeeded in having the Interstate Commerce Commission make a special rate: for Washington apples, thus giving some chance for competition in the Chicago markets with the appless of the New England states. Examiner. Eddy of the 'Interstate Commerce commission recently made report, however, that there is no a reason for discrimination in or of applets over other articles of produce in the northwest and the letter today would seem to bear this out. Use Columbian Classified Ads.

PROGRESS Calumhian WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1920. WE SOW TO REAP HERE'S ONE CROP I'M GOING TO HARVEST IN NOVEMBER! POLITICAL FIELD FAR MED AMERICAN HELPFUL LAwS FARM J. THOMAS- Colonel Brengle Opens Big Revival Campaign In City The international evangelist of the Salvation Army, Colonel S. Bren gle of New York, is in Vancouver for a week of special revival services be ginning last night. lle i is one of th widest known officers of that organi zation.

having preached in almost! every country where the flag of this world wide army flies. The international career of the colonel has carried him around the world preaching for the Salvation Army, and on other occasions. he hats crossed the Atlantic ocean 19 times in his mission. Hi. COLONEL BRENGLE work outside this country has been more particularly in the British Isles, Holland.

France, Germany and the Scandinavian countries. Though famed as world wide evangelist, ho i is no less noted as an author. His books have met with such universal approval that thy. have been tran-lated into many different languages. They may be found I not only.

'in Salvation Army but they have reecived wide circulation among other denominations, and they have been used with marked suecess in foreign mission fields. A noted missionary recently said of the colonel: have heard many great evangolists of recent time, but Colonel Brengle of the Salvation Army is no whit behind the greatest of them. He combines the Biblical scholarship of Torrey, and the simplicity of Dr. T. Pierson with the fervor of l'aul, Rador, and all without the slightest trace of sensationalism.

He speaks with great clearness and impressiveness, but in most quiet People who miss hearing him will miss an opportunity of a life time." The colonel met the Salvation TODAY'S LOCAL NEWS TODAY ALLIES CONSIDERING GERMAN CONDITIONS PRUNARIANS GIVE CUP FOR COUNTY TRACK MEET IN MAY COLUMBIAN CUP AND PRUNARLAN CUP ARE ONLY OFFERINGS AS YET. The Pronarians, at the noon lunchcon today, voted to give a cup for the county track meet, to be held here on May 22. The request for assistance in buying medals for the meet was not favorably considered. This makes two cups offered for the county track athletes, as the Columbian has offered a cup for the winner of the relay rave. Medals for the winner of the events, and a cup for the individual point winners has vet 10 be produced.

BOTTLE CHAMPAGNE ON EXHIBIT IN STATE MUSEUM Denver. Col. April 22. The Colorado State Museum has a now exhibit that is being viewed with longing eyes and watery lops. It a bottle of champagne of anI Along with relics of Colorado! "cave dweller and pagan collections from the old world.

the bottle of sparkling beverage 18 carefully guarded. The champagne a of pioneer day having been brought across the plain in a prairie schoonfor banquet guen bu Denver citizens to member, of the 1868 Tor: ritorial Legislature. It is the lone survivor of many bot les of 1:10 wine erved on that orca ton. and pre ented 10 the mucum by McLaughlin, peaker, of the Territorial Houd of Representative. in STATE RECEIVES INTEREST ON LIBERTY LOAN BONDS net bit C'arre pondence) Olompa.

Apol 21. Stat. ur er W. W. Sherman today reported, that the sate had just received 125 from the government a- payment of intent 5900.000 worth of Libarty bonds which this tate owns Of the $900.000 inserted in Liberty bond-.

$500.000 belongs to the necident fund and $100.000 to the chool fund. The fate trea urer al reccived 000 for Spokane county in tax and the tars receipts from WAnt counts of $167.000. FRANCE OPPOSES MOVE TO PROMOTE ACTION FROM GERMAN GOVERNMENT. (By Asanciated Press.) Paris, April of allied troops from part of the Rhine land in consideration of immediate execution by Germany of certain financial obligations of the treaty of Versaines is proposed by Italy and Great Britain at the San Reme conference of the Supreme Allied Couhcil, say a dispatch to the Petite Parisien. Premier Millerand has refused to agree to this plan, it is said.

Washington, April Embassador Johnson at Rome, wan instructed today by the state department to attend the allied conference at San Reme as an official observer for the American government. He will not participate in the discussions or deliberations. San Remo, April Nitti of Italy, speaking today with refTerence to that countries policy toward Germany, Austria, and Jugo-Slavia and also upon the financial situation of Italy, charged that a campaign of falschood is being conducted by unknown persons against his country. Paris, April has asked the interallied conference at San Rome to increase. from 100,000 to 200.000 men the standing army provided for Gerniany by the terms of the treaty of Versailles.

Remo. The request was contained in a note handed to the French foreign office last evening. with the demand that it be sent to the supreme council at San The note set forth that an increased force was necessary for the maintenance of order in the interior and that furthermore, the army would not accept an order for its dissolution. CHINESE BALL PLAYER TIAS REMARKABLE RECORD (13y Associated Press) Honolulu, T. April Sue, cento fielder of the All-Chinese baseball team of Honolulu, holds a records all his own.

He is considered one of the star players of the territory. is 45 years of age and has 12 children. I'he All- Chinese team did not play in the local league last year on account of lifficulties over the gate r. but at the close of the season special series of games. Late Press Bulletins MARKETS ARE BREAKING.

New York. April Speculative issues were subjected to severe liquida101 it the stock market today declining five to almost 45 points in the ah. el support. Autos, equipment. steel and oils were most susceptible to or General Motors Sell points to 275 and Ballin locomotives dropped 16 points.

Sales were estimated at 1.750,000 shares. The activity the final hour was so great that last transactions were 1 not recorded on the ticket until 21) minutes after closing hour. A factor in the decline was the acute weakness of Liberty bond-, several of which declined one to three per to new low record. Banks and leading banking houses in close touch a ith a in Japan were without additional advice today concerning finan-. Pi.a and commercial condition- there which resulted in irfavorable conditions here to las.

CHICAGO MARKET EFFECTED. Chicago. April crashed heavily downward in the grain market today. especially in the last 13 minutes of trading. Corn fell as much as conte per bushel.

Liquidation, owing to weakness in the New York stock market was the chief apparent reason. Oats fell -five cents and pork $1.25 in some cares, but lard and ribs held relatively steady. Final quotations were at nearly the bottom prices of the day with July corn typical at $1.58 to compared $1.66 to at yesterday's finish. Uneasiness over the financial situation has been evident in the grain market but it was not until the -es-ion was almost over that values gave way in earnest. Selling orders came in a flocd, and found the markets without adequate support.

Misgivings in regard to the financial situation were shaded to a large extent with the stringency in Japan due to over speculation. Here-to-fore the lapanose couble had only transit and obscure effects, so far as grain markets are concerned. Today, however, the subject received general notice and vital vaportance in connection with the falling of price for securities in Wall street. No, 34. OFFICIALS PLAN TO BE PRESENT AT CONVENTION MANY STATE OFFICERS GO TO BELLINGHAM NEXT WEEK FOR BIG SESSION.

Olympia, April There is one question that no state official will elaborate on at the present time, and that is the G. 0. P. convention at Bellingham next week. Governor Louis F.

Hart has. re: frained from making any statement. Secretary of State I. M. Howell and State Treasurer W.

W. Sherman stated that they did not know positively as yet. Attorney Gencral L. L. Thompson and State Land Commissioner C.

V. Savidge, have both intimated that they would be among those present at the convention. D. Potts and J. J.

Cameron, of the state board of control, both stated today that they would be in Bellingham for the big event and E. V. Kuykendall, of the public service commission also stated that he would attend. I. 0.

Fishback, state insurance commissioner, said that he would not atten dthe convention, because he attended the last convention at Yakima and felt it rather unnecessary to gO this time. Mrs. Josephine Corliss Preston state superintendent of public instruction, announced some time ago that she would attend convention. She will have a seat i the G. O.

P. nationthe al convention at Chicago as she is a member of the advisory platform committee of the- Republican party and also a member of the National Stepublican Woman's Executive committeo. JOHNSON LEADS NEBRASKA RACE BRYAN IS RUNNING SIXTH IN DEMOCRATIC RACE. HAS GOOD (CHANCE. HOWEVER.

(By Associated Press) Omaha, April -With returns from 3:36 out of 1849 precincts heard, from early today, Senator Hiram Johnson led the field of for Republican preferential in yesterdays primaries, theses voted being: Johnson Wood 8.741; Pershting 5,568 and Ross 481. With the small number of precincts from William Jennings Bryan is running sixth in a field of eight for delegate at large to the Democratic national convention, but he has displayed his most strength in the country outside of Douglas county, where the large majority of the votes is still! to be heard from. Senator Johnson continued to maintain a lead as the ballots in Tuesdays preference primary slowly were being counted today with 432 precincts out of 1849 heard from. He had polled 15,618 votes to 12.762 for Leonard Wood and 7309 for General J. J.

Pershings. The contest for delegate at large on the Democratic ticket furnished the most interest in Nebraska this morning. While one of William J. Bryans delegates was running third in the field of eight, Bryan dropped back to seventh position when 408 precincts had been counted, Atlanta, April Latest unofficial returns from yesterdays state! Democratic presidential preference primary gave Attorney General A. Mitchell P'almer, 48 counties with 140 votes in the state convention: Theodore E.

Watson, 50 counties with 120 votes, and Senator Hoke Smith, 42 counties with 100 votes. MARRIAGE TIES SEVERED FOR TWO COUPLES Judge R. H. Back today signed divorce decrees for two Clarke couples who tired of married bliss. The cases wherein degrees were granted were those of Margareta Lof vs.

Hans Lof and Charles Milas vs. Hannah Milas. STORM DEATH TOTAL GROWS DURING DAY TOLL. OF STORM MOUNTING AS COMMUNICATIONS ARE BEING RESTORED. (By Associated Press) Birmingham, April deaths from the tornado which swept the south yesterday is mounting, and late returns indicate that about 500 will be the total.

Communications with devastated regions is being restored gradually this afternoon. (By Associated t'ress) Birmingham, April -The toll of yesterday's terrific storm which swept portions of Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee, was placed today at 166 persons killed. scores injured and property damage of approximately $2,000,000. Communication with the stricken areas was being gradually restored today. Appeals for aid were received from many small towns and settlements and Red Cross relief parties were being organized at many points to carry food and tents into the storm swept district.

The greatest havoc wrought by the storm apparently was in the three Alabama counties north of here. BRITISH HOUSEWIVES PROTEST EXTRAVAGANCE April 21. housewives are flocking to mass meetings demanding that huge food stores congestion at the docks be remedied at once, so as to help bring down prices, that importations of luxuries be banned and that the government stop wasting money. Lady Askwith is foremost of the assaulters. She demands that great stores of food at the docks.

especially meats, be sold: at auction, despite the fact the market is overburdened. that hundreds of ships being used as warehouses can be freed. She says the government is afroid to "cut its losses" and is holding up food stores in order to protect itself on purcha abroad. Lady Askwith demands abolition of the government labor exchanges, the Ministry of Supply and Munitions and a probe into the wasteful expenditure of $10,000,000 by the government at the Paris Peace Conference. "If the Food Ministry cannot clear the docks, hand over the ministry to men who can." challenges Lady Askwith.

And housewives' meetings cheer her. "We women must organize to fight waste. Unnecessary taxation, waste of public funds in superfluous ministries, and governmental muddling constitute one of the reasons for present high prices." WOODEN HOUSE WINNING ITS WAY IN ENGLAND London, April The wooden house, so common in America and unseen here until the Daily Mail included them in the great "ideal homes exhibit" at the Olympia. is winning its way in England. The Swansea Housing committee has ordered 100 for sea front plots.

A total of 3,000 wooden houses have been ordered from a single firm since the Olympia exhibit. MANNEQUINS DISPLAY STYLES TO JAZZ TUNE London, April The jazz may be weakening, as some claim, in its hold over the dancing public, but it has been duly recognized as an adjunct to the display of French styles. When the French ambassador had opened the Grafton galleries exhibition of the French dressmakers' art each mannequin executed steps to the music of a jazz band as she displayed her gown. C. C.

TURLAY IS BACK ON OLD JOB WILL AGAIN HAVE SUPERVIS. ION OF STREET CAR SYSTEN OF VANCOUVER. Announcement WAS made today that (. C. who for more Than 10 year: was manager for the l'ort land Light and Power company for Vancouver, has again joined the com pany organization as commercial en gineer.

'The company, in announcing Mr. Turlays' return. stated that he will again have supervision over the tor in Vancouver, in addition to his other duties. No change is contemplated in the personnel of the Vancouver organiza: tion. AMERICAN STEAMER SINKS.

(By Associated Press) London, April 21. -A report to the Lloyd Shipping agency today the American steamer Wayhu sinking in latitude 47 degrees north. longitude seven degrees west. A tug son the way to the assistance of the distressed vessel. Army some 35 years ago while was Studying in the Boston Univer I y.

Since then his service has not been confined to the army alone, but, he has been sought by churches, theological schools, and summer assemblies. For five summers he war associnted with Bishop Oldman and son in the great Ocean Grove bly in New Jersey. Dr. Wilbur Chap-, man asked the colonel to accompany him on his last evangelistic tour in Australia. About 10 years before General Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army died, he commissioned Colonel Brengle as an international evangelist.

Captain Bouterse travel: with the colonel as his soloist and secretary. The captain is a graduate of Berea College in Kentucky. He has a rich baritone voice, and delights all those who hear him. Despite the rain, a big attendance was present last night, and this evening a bigger attendance is expected, and Major Sophie Harris of White Inn of Portland, with a corps of assistants is to be present..