THE MORNING OltEGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, MARCIT 17, 1920
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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.
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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.
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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.)
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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.
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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. This increase, it is
hoped, will result in increased pro
duction in the California oil fields,
and thereby offset the shortage which
is forcing the price of fuel oil upward."
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Xomiiirc for Secretary of Stale
Aeorpts Invitation.
WASHINGTON, March IS. Bain
bridge Coiby, nominated by President
Wilson to be sr-etary of state, ac
cepted an invitation today to appear
before the senate foreign relations
committee to make a statement re
garding certain questions which are
delaying his confirmation.
The committee's action is under
stood to have been taken by common
consent of republican and democratic
members as a result of information
gathered In secret hearings on Mr.
Colby's qualifications.
MINERS WAGE DISCUSSED
Sub-Committee of Workers and
Operators Takes Xo Action.
NEW YORK, March 16. The earn
ing of labor in the anthracite coal
fields and the demand of the miners
for a 60 per cent wage increase were
discussed today by the sub-committee
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GASOLINE PRICES HIGHER
Sliortagc on Pacific Coast May
Presently Become Acute.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 16. Ad
vances of 2 cents a gallon in its sell
ing price of gasoline and 25c a barrel
in the price of fuel oil and all grades
of crude oil were announced by the
Standard Oil company of California
here today. The new prices become
effective tomorrow".
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.
There are four filling stations here
now, one operated by the Standard
Oil company and three by indepen-
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dent dealers. When the war had been
going for a little while the Union
Oil company withdrew felling its
books, as it would have been com
pelled by them to sell the fuel a cent
under the market. It is said that many
patrons of Standard Oil bought books
just before the war started and so
are using them now. paying a higher
price for gasoline than If they had
not invested in hooks.
Dainugi'd AulomoMIc 1 ound.
VANCOUVER, Wash., March 16.
(Special.) An automobile was found
near the Haker school on the Pacific
highway today by th police, who
brought It to the cily. On the car
was a license which was ramie out to
Norman E. tfllare at Olympla. Th
car was without panlln, oil and
water, and the lirttkclwindfl were worn
out. The chief -of police of Olympla
telephoned here to the police to hold
the cht nnd h wnuld rtd for it
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