THE MORNING OltEGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, MARCIT 17, 1920 3 T oiusun FEDERAL Crook Holds Shipping Board Position for Year. BIG DEALS BEING BARED Ex-Convict Furnishes Information Involving Prominent Men in Gisantic Lumber Frauds. NEW YORK. March 16. (Special.) After serving five years in a federal prison for using the mails to defraud, Kdward S. Kenney, alias Edward Con nors, alias E. S. Maloney. a nbtorious swindler, obtained a position with the United States""shipping board in 1918, and for a year held the responsible Job of chief traffic regulator. Kenney has been a patient in the prison ward in Bellevue hospital since last October, suffering from heart trouble. During the last three or four days two special government agents from the department of justice in Washington have had long talks with Kenney. The men from Attorney General Palmer's office are making a close investigation into the alleged United States shipping board lumber resale frauds, which are said to run up to million!) of dollars, and involve men of prominence in various parts of the country. While employed in the shipping board Kenney is said to have learneM the identity of all the persons concerned in the lumber re sale frauds, which, it is understood, were accomplished through changing the classification of timber purchased for building vessels, erecting plants and housing workingmcn. His Swindle C harged. It is known that one of Mr. Palmer's men Questioned Kenney particularly about a deal in which a 10 per cent deposit check for JliSO.OOO was put up for the purchase of first-grade mm tier, which, by a change in classifica tion, was represented to be only sec ond-grade lumber and sold for J.uu, Oftit. about half its real value. After the armistice, it is said, the govern mcnt was swindled out of millions of dollars by unscrupulous employes and outsiders by the sale of first-class lumber, which had never been used, to certain firms as second-class lum ber. Jt was impossible to learn today whether Kenney is involved in the frauds. He was arrested here last fall at the instance of Assistant United States Attorney Cotter on a mail fraud charge dating back to Sep teniber 24, 1912. It concerned a scheme whereby Kenney, under the alias of K. S. Maloney, is alleged to have duped people by offering to sell auto mobiles on the installment plan. On the old indictment Kenney was held In JSiHX) bail, and while awaiting trial in the Tombs he developed heart trou ble, which necessitated his removal to Bellevue, where the physicians say he will never be fit to stand trial. .Many Doctor Victimized. Prosecutor Cotter's attention was attracted to Kenney last September, v hen more than ISO physicians com plained to the postoffice department of an automobile swindle operated through the mails. Some of the doc tors who had been victimized said they had received letters in which the writer said he had contracted with the government for all the second hand automobiles used during the w ar. It is alleged that Kenney explained lr. his letters that he wanted to give the physicians- of the United States automobiles at bargain prices in rec ognition of their valiant service in the war. Just one little thing was wanted, and that was the payment of 150 down and 50 more on delivery. Kenney is alleged to have promised to have the cars rebuilt and repre sented that the work would take place in a large garage just outside of .Newark, N. J. Many doctors sent him JTn, but to date have never re ceived anything that even looked like a toy flivver. Old Indictment Found. In investigating the case Mr. Cotter came across an old indictment charg ing Kenney, alias Connors, alias -Maloney. with an automobile mail swin dle possessing features like those re lated by the recently duped doctors. It was finally learned that in l'Jl.1 Kenny was convicted of mail frauds in the federal district court at Detroit, .mud., and sentenced to prison for five years. In the spring of 1918 Kenney was released from prison and a month later obtained the position he occu pied nearly 18 months with the United States shipping board. of miners and operators meeting to negotiate new wage agreements. No action was taken. The operators declared that the pay received by the miners is "equitable" and that advances granted since 1915 have more than kept pace with the high cost of living. It was 'learned that the operators produced a' volume of income-tax reports, showing that the workers have been making a "liv ing wage." , , Representatives of the operators in discussing workers' demands .declared that any wage Increase granted will have to be borne by the public. John L. Lewis,' international presi dent of the miners, who was in Wash ington attempting to bring about ad justment in the bituminous case, has wired his representatives here that "satisfactory progress" is being made. LMElTILUliVEe SECRET DISCLOSED BY FIRE IX FORMER HOTEL. DM 1 o n ins T Moonshiner Just Ready to Produce on Profitable Scale When Over taken by Misfortune. NEW YORK. March 16. (Special.) What is declared by experienced moonshine hunters to be the biggest Illicit distillery uncovered in the history of the internal revenue de partment was found yesterday after noon as a consequence of a fire in the old Speedway hotel, Sheepshead bay, opposite the former Sheepshead Bay race track. It had just arrived at the stage of profitable productivity when the misfortune or carelessness of its operator led to discovery. Revenue officers found the cellar of the ancient tavern partitioned off into a labyrinth of doors and passage ways with a view to the quick geta way of the distiller. At the heart of the maze they encountered a work ing outfit which included- the follow ing: Three fifty-gallon copper stills. capable of handling a total of 150 gallons of molasses; eight cans of 188-proof alcohol, 33 barrels of fer menting mash, two pumps, one funnel, piping and 13 pieces of hose, six pounds of yeast. , The police and revenue officers are looking for a man who, when he leased the old hotel two months ago, gave his name as Joe Gallo and his address as 5f7 East Sixtieth street, Manhattan. They quickly discovered that no such address existed and sus pect Gallo also gave a false name. The man apparently fled when his distillery caught Are. He lived alone in the hotel, and so far as the evi dence in hand shows had no partners in the yndertaking. i ; " NUN PREDICTS OWN DEATH Sister Dies in 15 Minutes After Prediction. NEW YORK. March 16. (Special.) With a premonition that she would die. Sister Hildegarde, who for nearly 42 years was attached to St. Joseph's hospital at Paterson, N. J., arose yes terday from her bed and called her roommate. Sister Mary Magdalene. She was dead within 15 minutes. When Sister Mary Magdalene was awakened by a touch on her shoulder she saw Sister Hildegarde at her bed side. 'I am going to die within half an hour," said the -sister. "Call Father Julien." Father Julien said Sister Hildegarde seemed to be in the best of health. She insisted, however, that she would die and asked for the last rites of the church. Therfe were given and she was dead in a few minutes. , Wood Is Strong Second Choice of Party. DEMOCRATS "ALL AT SEA" Return True to Business Stability and Nationalism Considered Main Issue. bv.the New York Sun published by arrangement.) and HEALTH SERVICE LOSES Low Pay Causes Depleted Person nel and Less Aid for Soldiers. WASHINGTON, March 16. Low pay has depleted the professional person nel of the public health service, Surgeon-General Cummings stated today, until the force is entirely inadequate for the task of caring for former sol diers in addition to its regular work. "We are today caring for 12,000 discharged soldiers, sailors and ma rines in our hospitals with a force that is not sufficient," the surgeon general said. "In one disease alone, tuberculosis, we will have to care for 12,000 sol diers within the next year. It is al most a hopeless undertaking, unless we can get the doctors, and we simply cannot under the present rate of pay." Extensive Ranch Sold. FUEL COST PROBE LIKELY Aberdeen Cily Council Mi lijrato Rise of $1.50 to ly In vet 5 1.25. ABKRUKKX. Wash., March 16. (Special.) The present price of wood In Aberdeen probably will be a sub ject of investigation by the city coun cil. 1 luring the past few years the price has gradually been raised from $1..''0 a load to $4.25, and the predic tion is that the price may go to $.". City Attorney Cross has given the informal opinion that the council has a right to investigate on a charge of profiteering. , The city owns a large amount of wood, which it has piled up at the north side pumping station, which is planned to use in case of accident to the gravity pipe lino. It has been suggested that the city engage in the wood business and put this wood, or a large part of it. on the market, and also to open a city wood yard. CRESCENT MILLS, Cal., March 16. (Special.) A. W. Whitney, former ly an extensive rancher here, has transferred all of his holdings to John Urubbs, Johnson-Opensha w. Inc., of Oroville and will retire to his home in Los Gatos. The sale includes about 1000 acres, over 700 acres being fertile lands of the .Indian valley. It was formerly used for breeding fine horses and has extensive barns and corrals. Court Stenographers' Time Altered SALEM. Or.. March 16. (Special.) The supreme court recently issued an order whereby all stenographers em ployed in that department arc to be at work at 9 o'clock in the morning and are not to leave their desks be fore 5 o'clock in the evening. Other rules dealing with the assignment of stenographers among the seven judges of the court also were adopted. (Copyright Herald. NEW YORK, March 16. (Special.) By a practically unanimous vote Gov ernor Frank O. Lowden is declared tne first choice of Iowa for the republican nomination for president by the re turns received by the Sun and Isew York Herald in ita Doll of the county chairmen of that state. Major-General Leonard Wood is second choice by a large margin. If it were not for the fact that some of the chairmen wished to honor Al bert B. Cummins, United States sen ator, who is not a candidate for the presidency, Lowden would have been a 100 per cent first choice. Seven and one-half per cent of the first choices were cast for Cummins, but these county chairmen, who felt their obli gation to the senator, named Lowden as their second choice. Aside from the votes cast for Cum mins, ail the first choice ballots. 92 per cent, to be exact, went to Lowden. While General Wood did not have sd commanding a lead in second choice position as Lowden did in first place, yet the returns showed mat ne is beyond peradventure the only other man seriously considered for the presidential nomination after Gover nor Lowden. Wood Leads nn Second Choice. . Of all the second choice votes caEt Wood received 59 per cent. Ninteen per cent of the county chairmen failed to indicate a second choice. The re maining 22 per cent - of the second choices Were divided equally among Charles K. Hughes, Herbert Hoover, Senator Hiram W. Johnson and Sen ator Warren G. Harding. Economy in governmental affairs and the return of the government in Washington to a sound business basis stands out in bold relief as the para mount issue of 1920 in the minds of Iowa republicans. Some of them phrased it in the negative bar refer ring to the issue as the inefficiency and general extravagance of the dem ocrats. The league of nations is also con sidered as one of the big issues and the covenant" is lightly thought of. apparently, unless it is purged by the incorporation of the Lodge reserva tions. President Wilson was named more often than any other possibility for the democratic nomination, but the general feeling of hopelessness and lack of definite objectives seems to be troubling democracy in Iowa in much the same fashion as elsewhere.. Iowa Ha No Primary. For the first time in the states' treated so far in this series Edward I. Edwards, the "wet" governor of New Jersey, was mentioned as the man most prominently spoken of by the democrats for president in a cer tain county. Iowa has no presidential preference primary. Its 26 delegates to the na tional convention in Chicago will be selected by the state convention, the date for which has not yet been fixed. It is probable that they will be in structed for Lowden, of course. Governor Lowden, born in Minne sota, spent his boyhood in Iowa and worked his way through Iowa State university, of which he is now a trus tee. The returns received from the county chairmen indicate that they take a great pride in his achieve ment. After Wilson, Bryan seems to be considered with most favor by the democrats, as reported by the demo cratic county chairman. All other candidates mentioned in the Iowa re turns McAdoo, Palmer, Champ Clark, Hitchcock. Gerard and Edwards re ceived scattering votes only. As was the case with Edwards, this was the first state in which either Gerard or Hitchcock had come to the surface up to date. Democrats at Sea. "T hear no talk of democratic can didates," replied one man. "They seem to have given up hope." "Entirely in the air; waiting to hear from the White House," was the way another phrased the situation in his county. "No one will admit he is a demo crat. Up in the air and "All at sea. descriptions so often appearing in the poll blanks from various states, indi rated the condition of the Iowa democracy. Replying to the question asked by the Sun and New York Herald. "Who seems to be the leading democrat fc candidate for the presidency in your county?" one chairman declared wag gishly; "About a tie between Jeffer son and Jackson. Woodrow Wilson will have them in his vest pocket, to do with them as he wills." The marked absence of mention of the "tariff" or "high cost of living" as paramount issues continued in the Iowa returns. One chairman thus ex pressed the sentiment of his county on the "paramount Issue": "Restoring the country to a stable condition and reducing expenditures. Red blooded Americanism. Democratic maladmin istration for the past four years." "Conservation of public funds and Americanism," was another reply. One chairman had an idea that the 18th amendment might figure. "Ed wards' states rights issue might be a factor," he said. Nationalism Maty Be Issue. "Nationalism, as against interna tionalism," the reply of one, was car ried on to the harvest of natural irri tation by another, who reported: "Economic conditions in this country, which have been neglected while the president and congress argued over world politics." And still another had this view of it: "Stubbornness of Wilson." The same chairman also siioke of the peace treaty and added the com ment: "We do not like the league. especially without reservations." Don D. Donnan of IndeDendence. chairman of the Buchanan county committee, who went to the trouble of polling all his district workers on the questions asked by the Sun and New lork Herald, wrote: "With a single exception every opinion thus far ex pressed has been strong for Lowden. The one exception mentioned Johnson. "I am free to say I believe your re turns when they are all in will be of inestimable value in indicating what tne people or tne country desire." UNITED STATES SOUNDED GOVE RAM EXT ASKED FOR VIEW OF TURKISH PROBLEM. Gives yon a life-time off Heating Comfort n 86 Plan Includes Independence of Armenia and Retention of Sul tan in Constantinople. PARIS, March 16. The United States government, according to the Temps today, has been sounded as to its views of the settlement under con sideration for the solution of the Turkish problem. The government has not yet replied, adds the Paper. but Acting Secretary of State Polk expressed his personal opinion on various points of the proposed ad justment. At the meeting of the council of ministers today Premier Millerand explained the latest developments in the foreign situation. WASHINGTON, March 16. An nouncement from Paris today that the tentative agreement in connection with settlement of the Turkish ques tion has been communicated to the United States brought no official com ment here as to the attitude of the American government. The plan as drawn up includes recognition of an independent Armenia and retention of the sultan in Constantinople, but it was suggested that recent events might necessitate modifications and also that Russia would be included in the final settlement. GASOLINE JUMPS IN PRICE (Continued From First Page.) freight from San Francisco to New York is 7 cents per gallon, water freight not to exceed 4 cents per gal lon. This gives sufficient margin to make shipments very profitable. "The movement of gasoline from the Pacific coast to higher markets has already begun. If continued, the Pacific coast supply will speedily be drained away. If protective measures are not taken, if the wide gap be tween prices here and elsewhere con tinues to exist, the problem for the motorist and for industry on the Pa cific coast will be to get any gasoline or fuel oil at all, at whatever price. The manufacturer cannot control the disposition of his product after its sale, therefore no refinery, nor all the refineries of the Pacific coast combined, can keep California gaso line in California if it can be shipped east, or exported by jobbers, for re sale at higher prices. "The increase of 25 cents per barrel, which the company now offers for crude oil at the well, takes prices to the highest point in the history of California oil. 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Explaining the reasons for the in creases, K. R. Kingsbury, president, said gasoline was moving from Cali fornia to the east in response to higher markets there and that the Pacific coast shortage would become acute unless eastern and western prrces were more nearly equalized Gasoline has been selling here for 19Ho a gallon as against 2&'ic In New York, he said. GASOLINE PRICK CliXTS Vancouver. Wash., Has TucI War Among 4 Filling Stations. VANCOUVER. Wash., March 16. (Special.) A gasoline war here is causing many persons in Portland to obtain gasoline in this city. Gasoline here at some places sells for 23 cents. Several other places sell it for 22 cents and one man sells it for 21 cents. An effort was made to get all of the dealers to sell it for the same price, but one man refused to do si, and is celling gasoline for cost, it is said. The price is 25 cents in Portland. 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