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TTIE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1920 A- T MOIST SLEUTHS, CRY DRYS Anti-Saloon League Would Impeach Lax Judges. 100-PROOF CONGRESS AIM Power of Wets Xot Kntirely Downed and Prohibition Is in Peril, Say Leaders. "WASHINGTON, Sept. 15. A pro gramme designed to "rid" the gov ernment of officials who do not ob serve or "enforce the "spirit as well as the letter" of the Volstead act was put under Way at the first session today of a national conference of Anti-Saloon league officials. As the first step the conference ap pointed a committee to draft a resolu tion which, league officials said, would serve notice on federal judges that their "sacred duties must be sa credly performed." impeachment pro ceedings were suggested as a means to compel lax judges to employ In a proper manner the penal provisions of the prohibition enforcement act in dealing with persons convicted of vio lating the law. Iry Congress Is Cry. The conference, in its discussions, einced a determination that the next congress be made "dry and kept dry." Speakers expressed the fear that "the power of the wets is not entirely downed," and unless a majority is maintained in congress favorable to rigid enforcement, the . prohibition code may be changed. Administrative officers. It was in dicated, also will be brought within the league's programme, several speakers asserting that in a great many instances these officers were not functioning to the satisfaction of the "drys." The proposal was made that the league "build fires under those who betray the trust" of their appointment. The opinion was ex pressed that liquor interests might seek to defeat the aim of the law by obtaining the appointment of officials who would wink at some kinds of Violations. Revenue Bnrenn Criticised. The internal revenue bureau was criticised for Issuing "scads" of wholesalers' permits and federal judges were accused of. "coddling"' moonshiners and bootleggers. Many Judges were pictured as too lenient and having permitted violators to es cape punishment with light fines. Speakers also told of what they de scribed as "amazinjr conditions' in many localities, where "saloons run almost openly and even a stranger has no difficulty in obtaining liquor." Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel for the league, made an address in which he called upon "all persons who believe in law enforcement" to stand by the league in selecting only dry candidafes to congress. He said it was a most "inopportune time" to en courage lawlessness, saying that the country is facing "much defiance of law." Law May Be Voided. "If the outlawed brewers can defy the constitution of the United States," Mr. Wheeler said, "then any other group of citizens who do not like a law can proceed to nullifyit and the government itself would be in Jeop ardy. When law enforcement is gone then all order is gone. "Now is the time for every 100 per cent American to insist upon fair anj honest enforcement of the 18th amendment and upon the election of men who will qot ni'llify the will of the people by mak ,j changes in the Volstead act. the vt.'y nature of which would be an overriding of the con stitution." - CROWD HEARS GORDON COSPELS HAVE TAXG OF TREES, DECLARES SPEAKER. "AVhy a Shrewd Old Jew Quit Money-Making" Text of Talk Given In Hcillfr Theater. The story of "Why a Shrewd Old Jew Quit Money Making" formed the text of the talk given by S. D. Gordon to a good crowd at his noon meeting at the Heilig theater yesterday, under the auspices of the federation of churches of Portland. "The gospels have the tang of the trees." he said. "The swish of the breeze blows in your face. The blue Galilean waters splash, at your feet. "Jesus held most of his meetings out of doors. He used to go down by the Capernaum docks and talk to the crowd that gathered thick about him. "Near by was the office of the tax collector. He used to leave his win dow open and listen to Jesus. One day he was greatly surprised. A shadow fell across the floor. There was Jesus standing, looking quietly in. "He talked a little bit with the man in the office. He asked him to leave the old life. Then he left him to think the thing over. And Matthew did. He had been greatly caught by the teachings of Jesus, and yet more by this close-up touch and talk. "Finally he said. 'I'll do it." He juit money-making as his chief job. He had a new objective. He had found something else better worthy his strength. The Jesus passion had caught fire inside. It will do it for anyone." FIGHT OVFMWi ENOS PAVING OK FIVE STREETS ALSO CONSIDERED VICTORY". East Twenty-First, Twenty-Second and "Twenty-Third Eliminated " From Project.' A lon drawn-out battle between residents of the Vernon district over the construction of the proposed Kil lingsworth avenue sewer was ended yesterday when thd city council or dered the sewer and pavement laid on East Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth-, Nineteenth and Twentieth streets from Killingsworth avenue to Alberta street. The decision of the council was a victory for a faction which styled itself "progressive." although the op ponents won a partial victory through the elimination of Kast Twenty-first, Twenty - second and Twenty - third streets from the project. For weeks this fight has been brought into the council chamber and OIIS LIQUOR some new angle has always developed which postponed settlement. , However., yesterday Mayor Baker announced that a decision would be reached and that all who desired to make a final statement should avail themselves of the opportunity. For 20 minutes the opponents and proponents of the plan argued before the council. Charges were made and as quickly denied. Finally Commiss'oner Bigelow ex pressed a desire to authorize the en tire project without eliminations. Commissioner Barbur. in charge of the public works department, stated tht he favored the elimination of the three streets and the authorization of the rema'nder of the plan. Mayor Baker called for a. vote on Barbur's plan with a result that the three streets were eliminated,, and the remainder of the Killingsworth sewer system was " ordered con-1 structed. "Thank goodness that's out of the way," said Mayor Baker as the crowd made its way out of tHe council chambers. 4B-H0UH WEEK AFFIRMED TrPOTHETAE OF AMERICA DISAPPROVES REDCCTIOX. Resolution to Eliminate Closed and Open Shop Branches Is Defeated. ST. LOUIS, Sept. 15. Resolutions disapproving any reduction from the 48-hour working week generally ob served by the printing industry in the United State? were adopted at the convention of the United Typothetae of America today. This action was the outgrowth of an agreement made last year" by the closed-shop branch of the typothetae with the International Typographical Union granting a 44-hour week for printers, which, according to the reso lution, caused "misrepresentation and misunderstanding" as to the position of the parent body. A resolution proposing the elimina tion of both the open and closed-shop branches of the typothetae on the ground-that handling labor problems conflicted with the educational pro gramme of the organisation was de feated, but a substitute measure was adopted which specifies that any ac tion taken by either branch is not binding on the typothetae. 3 GIRLS LEAVE SCHOOL State Charges Escape From Indus trial Institution. SALEM, Or., Sopt. 15. (Special.) Mazte Brown, Est el la McPermit and Minnie Shields, inmates of the state industrial school for grirls, escaped from that institution last night. Miss Mc-Dermit and Miss Shields had been employed in the milk room located at the rear of the school and escaped from there shortly after 7 o'clock. Miss Brown made her getaway through the rear door of the main building. The Brown grirl was later appre hended by tne police and returned, to the institution. Miss McDcrmit was committed to the school from Port land, but her parents are said to re side at Centralia, Wash. The Shields g-irl also came to the institution from Multnomah county. Mrs. Clara Pat terson, super in tend-e nt of the school, today sent telegrams to the officers in Portland and Centralia containing a complete description of the fugi tives. MOTHER ASKS FOR HELP Public Called On to Assist in Search for Missinjr Son. SEATTLH, Wash., Sept. IS. (Spe cial.) After five weeks of fruitless search for her 14-year-old son, Harry, who disappeared from home, 4518 Thirty-ninth avenue, Mrs. H. J. Hase tod&y appealed to the public for as sistance. The case is one of the most mystifying the police have dealt with in some time. The boy took about 1200 when he left the family homer the police were told, and it is known that he bought a ticket for Oakland, Cal. Word was sent to Portland to stop the runaway, but the train already had gone through and the authorities at Grants Pass, Or., were asked to take Kim off That train ran in two sections and it is the belief of the police here that the boy got by on one section of it. STEALTHY ANEMIA If we could only see ourselves as others see us, 05 if we would only read aright the reflection in our mirror we might be saved a great deal of suffering and sickness. Anemia approaches so stealthily that it is sometimes well advanced before its presence is recognized. Often the startled exclamation of a friend is the victim's first hint that there is a marked change in his ap pearance. . Feelings of fatigue and discomfort are the earliest manifestations of the disease and these are seldom taken seriously. Gradually the fatigue As succeeded by languidness and weak ness. Small tasks become an effort, a walk up hill causes violent palpita tion of the heart. The complexion becomes pale and there is-loss of weight. The nerves grow weak and the victim displays irritability under sl'ght provocation and is extremely sensitive to noise, voices and even the laughter of children. The appetite is fickle and indigestion pains are fre quent. The condition is one that calls for -a non-alcoholic tonic that Is free from habit-forming drugs. Such a tonic is Dr. Williams' Pink Pills which have been used successfully in many fami lies for generations. If th directions are faithfully followed and the treat ment taken persistently complete re covery may be expected. 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Oswald Gar rison Villard announced tonight that 100 representative Americans had ac cepted the invitation of his magazine, the Nation, to constitute a non-partisan commission to sift charges of atrocities in Ireland made against one another by the British government and the Sinn Kein. The announcement says the com mittee of 100 on Ireland, as it will be known, feels 'that some neutral action is necessary in order to preserve Anglo-Saxon friendship and to pre vent the spread of ill will, with the possibility of such irritation driving the United States and Great Brtain Into war. The invitation says that one grave result of the present situation Is "the rapid growth of anti-British feeling which seriously threatens tne un speakable calamity of war between the United States and Great Britatn and- endangers the peace of the world." Both Asked to Testify. ' The programme is not fully de veloped, but its sponsors suggest that the British government. Sinn Fein and others be asked to present evi dence. The committee, it is said, will designate from lua own members or outside, a small commission to hear testimony and make "a thorough and impartial report." The committee plans to begin sessions in Washing ton early in October. Tlfe announce ment says: "It is understood that President de Valera is ready to appear before such a body and that Mrs. MacSwiney, wife of the imprisoned lord-mayor of Cork, will cross the ocean for the same purpose. The English point of view will be presented as fully. The project does not contemplate any recommendations in regard to the future political relations between ireat Britain and Ireland.". Mr. vuiaras statement says that the committee Includes United States senators, representatives In congress OM is a much used and greatly abused word. It is, however, the only word which adequately describes our Purchase and Sale of G Samples For Men, Women and Children O AMPLES! 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Moore of Pittsburg, William Randolph Hearst, Jane Addams, Mrs. Abbey Scott Baker of Washington. President Neilsen of Smith college. Professor Irving. Fisher of Yale university, Maurice F. Egan, former minister to Denmark: Owen R. Lovejoy, secre tary of the national child labor com mittee, and Dudley Field Malone of New York. WDMEN'S DECISION ASKED REPUBLICAN" STATEMENT IS SAXGCIXE OX LEAGUE." Chairman Hays "Willing, to Leave Fate of Election In Hands of Xew Voters. CHICAGO, Sept.15. Will H. Hays, chairman of the republican national committee, in a statement tonight said the republican party was will ing to let the women of the country decide whether the United State "shall ener into obligations which will make her .eons liable to be ordered by foreign powers to foreign soils to settle foreign disputes." Mr, Hays' statement was made, he said, "apropos of the Maine election, which was entirely devoid of local issues, the fight being on the league of nations and Wil-son." 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NEIL HART WILL HANG (Continued From Firs Pagre.) had been followed specifically In thli case and that if any interested person or attorneys in the state believed there was a question in the law. or the proceedings he would order a tran script of tesmony and aid in pursu ing eny investigation. 4jtrinol c& (?o. cJ "Merchandise of Merit Only" or maker's very best in materi- Are About Half! DRYS LAYING PLANS TO RUIN MOONSHINER Vigorous Campaign Against ' Stills Will Be Started. $50,000 TO BE ASKED Funds ot All Kinds Would Re Di vided Equally Between Gov ernor aud Counties. SALEM. Or., Sept. 15. (Special.) Because of the apparent Increasing traffic In liquor, due to the operation of stills In variolic parts of the state, the Oregon anti-saloon league, in co operation with other law enforcement bodies, probably will go before the legislature at its nextsession in Jan uary and ask for an appropriation of not less than $50,000. This waa indicated here today when E. A. Baker of Portland, president of the' Oregon Anti-Saloon league, and W. G. Herwlg. superintendent of the Oregon organization, arrived in Salem and passed an hour conferring with Governor Olcatt and other etate offi cials. Although the plans of the antl-sa-lpon league have not yet been fully worked out,' it has been proposed to place half of the legislature appropri ation in the hands of the governor, while the remainder of the funds would be distributed among the sev eral counties in the state. Fines Would Be Divided. In the enforcement of the liquor laws the money derived through con victions also would be divided, half of the fines being returned to the foverhor's fund and half to the coun ies in which the violations were committed. iTita. tv nvnt nvstem of han dling the special agent funds consid- erable money is expenaea oy me state in running down bootleggers, while that the total fines collected go into the funds of the counties. 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