TIIE -3IOKXIXG. OREGOXIAX. l'KIDAY. 31 AT 9, - 1919.
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ART1LLERY0FFICER
"CUTS" W. R. HEARST
Man Who Helped Halt Teuton
Advance in Action Here.
PUBLISHER LATER MISSING
v Yorker Goes in Discard AVlien
Viutory Xiouu JLcadcr Decides to
Celebrate Bund Quota.
Forlorn in the fellowship of prom
inent newspaper jncn. whose counte
nances adorn the walls of the Portland
ITess club, there swings a pictureless
frame. Artistically it has achieved the.
hile-and-dou;,-hnut effect. so much
souffht after by daubers of the art libre
school. And yet, but lately, it framed
a face of its own the smoothlv bar
tered map of "William Randolph
Hearst.
v Where is the likeness of that bad.
bold boy of American journalism? To
what congenial clime did it depart,
forsakinsr the precincts of the press
club? What eye of admiration spotted
its suave and Kcnial smirk, and could
not quite resist the theft? What tender
hand KUided the knife that slashed it
from the frame, even as the old masters
have been rifled?
Truth bids the transient and blurry
Kleam of romance begone. And truth
compels the revelation that William
Jtandolph Hearst, his likeness, now
rests w ithin the ash can. A"hd thereby
Jiangs a story.
Trail Open One.
Captain Duncan K. Nease, 22 years
of affc, late of the overseas American
forces, volunteer speaker in Oregon's
fourth and fifth liberty loans, has been
accused of causing the vacancy in the
press club's gallery of noted thought
moldcrs. He has admitted the impeach
ment. More than that, he has given
evidence of considerable satisfaction
that his was tho hand that lifted Willie
Hearst from his eminence on the press
club walls.
"Kemoved by a man who spent over
one year on the fighting front in
. l'Vancc." is the penciled explanation
that stares from the frame. Captain
Nease readily admits the authorship of
this sentiment, as well. In doing so,
while wholly without self-conscious
pride, there is no trace of contrition on
tho part of the young ex-artilleryman
and contrition has been demanded.
When Marshall N. Dana, director of
state publicity for the victory liberty
loan, discovered the mutilated vacancy
in the Hearst photo frame, he started
an investigation. For the Tress club
quarters has temporarily bqen loaned
to the publicity department, and Mr.
Dana held it to be his duty to discover
the perpetrator and demand redress.
The trail led to Captain Nease, who had
been engaged as a-vietory loan speaker
on the staff of Henry K. Reed.
o Apoloffiei at All.
It was demanded that Captain Nease
restore the picture or that he pay for
sl new one another likeness of Will
iam Randolph Hearst. District At
torney Kvans was notified. He called
the captain and instructed him to pro
duce the picture or . its equivalent in
cash, adding that a complaint against
Jfim would doubtless be filed unless
restitution was made.
"Further with reference to your de
struction of the picture of William
Randolph Hearst, one of the exhibits
hanging on the Press club walls,"
wrote Mr. Dana to Captain Nease. "We
have been enjoying the hospitality of
the Tress club during the victory loan
drive, and as they resent this act of
vandalism, they have called upon us to
see that you make good the damage by
replacing the picture. Trusting this
will receive your immediate attention.
I am, etc."
It was along about this time that
Captain Nease and his sire. M. O. Nease.
of the Nease Timber company, decided
that the principle of "no apologies and
no reparations" must be adopted in
the picture incident and that the mat
ter, if need be, should come before
the tribunal of the American public.
Likewise !o Reittoratlon.
"Vandalism is a strong term." com
mented the elder Nease, "particularly
when it applies to taking down Willie
Hearst's offensive likeness. My son
is scarcely more than a boy, and of im
pulsive temperament. I make no apolo
gies for him or his act, however, and
in this business I am with him.
"'Restore Hearst's picture? Well,
searcely! We'll do this we'll replace
it with one of Abraham Lincoln, George
Washington, General Pershing or
Woodrow Wilson, but we'll do no more.
Now that the picture is down, irre
spective of argument as to the method
employed, neither my son nor myself
shall be party to the restoring of
Hearst's likeness "-the photo of that
friend of Kaiser Bill and the rest of
the Prussian clique! I'm hard-boiled,
myself.
"Ilearstism is vanishing from Amer
ica. Down in Eugene, not long ago,
they burned him in effigy, with a pile
of tiis own publications providing the
flames. And they banned tho Hearst
publications from their news-stands.
Personally, I like and admire Mr. Dana,
but his present attitude, however much
it may be dictated by a sense of duty,
strikes no responsive chord."
Captain Han Celebration. .
It was last Monday, when the suc
cess of the victory loan in Oregon was
an assured fact, that Captain Nease
plied his knife about the Hearst
physiognomy. Present at the time were
various members of the publicity and
speakers bureau staffs, and Lieuten
ant Gallagher, late of the Canadian
forces, also a liberty loan speaker.
"So I cut it down," recounted Cap
tain Nease, "and chucked It in the
waste basket. Everyone applauded and
seemed to think it not only a great
larlt, but the proper thing; while Lieu
tenant Gallagher wanted to put his
foot through it. Of course, it wasn't
my property I realize that. But when
a fellow has spent a year over mere
and comes back to be greeted by the
grinning likeness of Hearst well, he
just naturally don't like it."
So there, this bright May morning,
rests the episode of the press room
picture gallery. The Press club , may
choose at will from the galaxy of great
Americans, say the Neases, and the
check will be written with alacrity.
But never a solitary cent for another
likeness of William Randolph never!
And Mr. Nease has pronounced ideas
on the propriety of District Attorney
Evans' suggestion that payment for
the picture will condone the alleged
offense. -
"I dislike this idea of making the
district attorney's office a collection
agency," said Mr. Nease.
Captain N?ase was a speaker in both
the fourth and fifth liberty loan cam
paigns, serving without remuneration
and indirectly contributing to the
marked financial success of the Ore
gon quotas.
His service record is as follows:
Graduate of Culver Military academy.
Sacrificed a college education at the
outbreak of the war and entered the
second training camp, receiving his
lieutenant's commission in November,
1917. He was sent to France as a
casual officer. Graduated in France,
under French instructors, from the
Samur artillery school. Was assigned
to the 17th field artillery, of the 2d
division, on May 1, 1918. Kought with
unns
SMASHED
BY AXES DF POLICE
Victims of Anti-Gambling Cru
sade Mostly Chinese.
65 PLACES ARE RAIDED
Oriental Merchants . Voice Protest
Over Alleged .Wanton Damage to
(Joods and Thefts by Police. "
With 65 alleged gambling houses
raided for violation of the - "barred
door" ordinance, and the garage at po
ly City Attorney Norton a complaint
charging Chief of Police Johnson with
violating the ordinance. The law says
that all doors" shall be of wood, less
than two inches thick and shall swing
outwards from the room to which they
guard the entrance.
Mr. Norton agreed that the door on
Chief Johnson's office does not comply
with ' the ordinance, .and issued the
complaint.
Simultaneously, the chief sent Motor
cycle Patrolman Schad to the city hall
for a permit to have such a door on
his office. Meanwhile. Municipal Judge
Rossman declined to sign the warrant
for Chief Johnson's arrest, and held
the question in abeyance until the chief
obtained his permit.
Mr. Norton said he had issued the
complaint because . the door did not
comply with the terms of the ordinance.
and did so to demonstrate that the new I
law would be enrorced against ail aiiKe
until decisions of the circuit court had
determined whether the ordinance was
valid in all respects or not.
Dan J. Malarkey, attorney for a num
ber of "Chinese citizens, complained that
the action of the police-in breaking
down doors before the validity of the
law had been tested was the only fea
ture of the procedure he objected to.
City to Be Held Kenponnlble.
"If these doors are illegal, my cli
ents, who are reputable Chinese mer-
POLICE CARRY GAMBLING HOUSE DOORS TO COURT AS EVIDENCE AGAINST. THOSE
IN RAIDS.
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Deputy CHy Attorney .orton, ho yeaterday inaned complaint against Chief of Police Johnson.
the division when it stopped the Ger
man advance at Chateau-Thierry, again
at Soissons, and at other points of the
line, until detailed as artillery in
structor at. Camp Travis, Texas, on
October 11. arrd promoted to the grade
of first lieutenant. Served with tho
53d field artillery at Camp Travis until
honorably discharged from active serv
ice on December 24. Was commissioned
as captain in field artillery reserve
upon leaving the service.
POLICE OFFICER ACQUITTED
CIVIIi SERVICE BOARD REIN
STATES HARRY BALES.
Policeman, Accused, of Robbing Or
phans' Bottle,- to Get I'ull Pay
From Time of Discliurgc.
Harry C. "Bales, who was discharged
from the police force in January, oiv a
charge of having stolen $5.50 from a
bottle containing donations for the
benefit of French and Belgian orphans,
yesterday was found not guilty by the
municipal civil service board and was
restored to duty with full pay dating
from the time of his discharge.
The decision culminates a series of
hearings, the first in the municipal
court, where a jury acquitted Mr. Bales.
The accused officer was then cited to
appear for a hearing before Mayor
Baker, where the charges were sus
tained. Mr. Bales' attorney, Ttobert 51c
Guire, then appealed from the mayor's
decision to the civil service' board. The
decision of the board was given by
Commissioners Logan and Mason. Com
missioner Thomas did not participate
in the deliberations, as he was not pres
ent during the entire time of presenta
tion of evidence before the body.
Examinations for patrolmen in the
police department will be held by the
civil service board in the first week of
June, according to announcement made
by the board yesterday. More than
50 positions as patrolmen must be filled
by this examination and many men now
serving as police officers under tempo
rary appointment must take this ex
amination to qualify for permanent
positions. Other examinations for the
police department will also be held in
June, it being announced that more
than 75 positions in the bureau must
be filled.
I ASK YOUR GROCER
HMS'fOSTER BAKINGCQ
PORTLAND. OREGON.
SALEM BAKINGCQ.
SALEM.OREGON.
America. Recognizes l'lnland.
TARIS, May 8. Secretary of State
Lansing, in astatement issued here,
announces that the United States had
recognized the de facto government of
Finland.
lice headquarters piled high with
doors which police had torn down and
carried off for evidence, enforcement
of the new gambling regulation went
on yesterday amid a turmoil, tho like
of which has seldom been seen in the
city.
One of the raciest developments was
the issuance - of a complaint charging
Chief of Police Johnson with violating
the new ordinance by having a "barred
door" on his office in the police sta
tion. The chief got wind of the im
pending trouble and secured a' permit
before the warrant had been issued and
Municipal Judge Rossman refused to
sign the papers.
Attorneys for Chinese threatened to
file suit against the city for, police
raids in which doors guarding ' legiti
mate merchandise fell before the axes
of the emergency squad, leaving flour,
sugar and other valuable goods open to
the public. T. G. rtyan, attorney for
a. Chinese restaurant, across the trer-t
from police headquarters, accused the
police of drinking a quantity of near
beer which they found during;' a raid.
Dan J; .Malarkey says his Chinese
clients accuse the police - of stealing
several watches. . j. :
Aine Casea Dlnmlssed.
Nine proprietors of the alleged gam
bling houses appeared for trial in tho
municipal court . yesterday. City At
torney . Norton dismissed the cases on
the promise of the defendants to ap
ply lor permits for their doors and for
doorbells and other appliances for
bidden to those who have not permits
from the city hall.
The campaign against gambling be
gan Monday, when police notified 39
proprietors of alleged gambling houses
to report at headquarters and put up
bail. All the men so ordered complied
with the mandate, and their attorneys
prepared to fight the new ordinance,
passed April oO with an emergency
clause.
The raids which started the tempest
yesterday began about 11:30 P. M.
Wednesday night, when police armed
with axes descended on Chinatown and
began smashing doors right and left.
Kighteen Chinese and three white re
sorts suffered from the raid. Police
collected some 100-odd doors at head
quarters and carried off locks and door
bells from others. The raid lasted un
til early ' yesterday morning.
In the Golden West hotel, a negro
resort at 341' Everett street, police re
moved steel-covered doors which, it is
said, had been ordered installed by or
der of the fire marshal. John It Ste
venson, formerly municipal judge, who
appeared in the municipal court for the
hotel proprietors, demanded that the
doors be returned at once, saying that
deputies from the fire marshal's office
had visited the hotel since the raid
and had ordered the proprietor to put
in other doors as a fire protection.
Judge ytevenson obtained from Depu-
chants. will install others," eald Mr.
Malarkey, "but I expected to hold the
city responsible for the wanton de
struction of property by tho police
Wednesday night. I have no desire to
protect gambling, but it would be as
proper to forbid the installation of
doors on hotel rooms, because the
portals kept police from seeing inside,
as to forbid doors in Chinatown be
cause the Chinamen gamble behind
them."
Judge Stevenson eald that tinder tho
terms of the- new ordinance owners of
all public buildings in tho city must
obtain permits for steel elevator doors,
and that most of the church doors in
the city violate the new law. Mr. Ma
larkey said every door in the Yeon
building, under the terms of the ordi
nance, required a permit.
OILING OF STREETS STARTS
Auto Owners- SaitI to Hinder Opera -
. tions of Department.
Oiling of the macadam' streets in
Portland has been started, according to
Alex Donaldson, superintendent of the
street cleaning . bureau." The city re
cently obtained a large quantity of oil
for this purpose, and it is likely that
the work can be concluded within 30
days.
In connection with the laying of the
oil, much difficulty is being encoun
tered, according to Superintendent Don
aldson, because of parked automobiles
on th.3 macadam roads. AJ1 automobile
uwiiera arts u rK uu iu rt'irdin irom para
ing cars on macadam streets which are
to be oiled for the next few days.
Seattle Trade Party to Tour South.
CHEHAL1S. Wash., May ft. The in-
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food.' When the public
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they want
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frantic fiddling and mad dancing what whole-hearted
joy and frolic! How unalloyed happiness turned work into play!
Among the different kinds of bread,
one stands out like the red ear of corn at the
"husking bee." That bread is sefffolQ.
It is clean made, it is conscientiously made, it is
economically made. The big size of the loaf permits the
utmost economy in fuel, labor and materials. It assures
you the biggest food value for your money and bread of
certain purity and cleanliness. It is a saving loaf to use,
for it holds its freshness and flavor. It is all eaten. To
get this better bread all that is necessary is to say
gfeZzi tfcad, and not just "a loaf of bread.'
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The Royal Bakery and Confectionery
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dug trial mwlt.tot-thiSaattlo cham
ber of coT!TrirWi, a r'arty '6T SO people.
are to make a trip through several
southwest 1 awhlnpton towns and- cit-
lesy. They p.re scheduled for Chehalia
May IS, and will spend the afternoon,
eveninjr and night here. While in Che
hnlia the Ohohalis Citizens' club prob
ably will stage a dinner, dance, and
band concert and other entertainment
features.
Ifour -'Uncle Swi
provided his boys with
COFFEE
Our government sent 3,000,000
fighting men abroad. And, to
keep them physically fit, it sent
millions of pounds of coffee.
BRAVE, clean, lithe, sturdy fellows, they were. Clear of
eye, steady of nerve, strong of heart, splendid physical
specimens. "The finest soldiers in the world", has been said
of them. And they proved it!
Coffee lovers, they were almost to a man. Coffee drinking
had been their habit all their lives. They were practically
raised on it, in the true American fashion. And they were .
not deprived of it !
A most careful diet was planned in order to maintain health and
strength. While bread and beans and beef were needful, there
was one item recognized as absolutely indispensable coffee.
So whatever else they had, our boys had their coffee,
plenty of it, four times a day! It cheered and comforted and
encouraged them. It helped them do their job, and do it well.
Who shall say how grand a part coffee played in this great war?
Coffee the Essential drinlz
Copyright 1919 by the Joint Coffee Trade Publicity Committee of the United States.