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TIIE 3IORXIXG OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1920 3 MINE CHIEF. JAILED. ATTACKS GOVERNOR taking- preliminary steps toward car rying the Centralia armistice day murder case to the supreme court on appeal, with the hope of securing a new trial for the seven men convicted of second degree murder, and sen tenced to from 25 to 40 years in state prison. After securing affidavits in Mon tesano today, Vanaerveer will go to Olympia, where he will ask the su preme court for an order for a tran script of all testimony taken in the murder trial. This transcript will be used by him in making up an appeal brief. Vanderveea, said today tffat he would give as grounds for his appeal, alleged errors in the law and also in sufficiency of the evidence. Pending the decision, by the su preme court upon the appeal of the case, the prisoners will remain in the county jail at Montesano. - nun A. M. Howat Talks to Miners From Balcony. ALLEN CALLED "SKUNK" '-lit L's y y-A pf. t YJXl si.: Kansas Industrial Court Criticised. Crowd Assembled With Band Playing Anthem. ' G1EARD, Kan., April 12. Alexander M. Howat. president of the Kansas Mine workers, addressing miners to day from the balcony of the county jail, where he is confined for con tempt of court for refusing to testify before the Kansas industrial relations court, attacked Governor Allen and the industrial court law. Howat, permitted by the sheriff to address the crowd which had gath ered as a protest against his incar ceration, and three other district of ficials, referred to Governor Allen as "that skunk, that tyrant, that would be destroyer of organized labor, that oppressor of human rights." Acting on a decision made at a meeting Sunady at -Franklin, a crowd of miners mobilizes near Girard and marched into town. Led by a special committee flourishing American flags and banners, followed by a band, the procession circled the courthouse and finally congregated in front of the jail. The band was playing the "Star-Spangled Banner" when the procession halted. Howat spoke for an hour. He was repeatedly cheered by the crowd. "We won't recognize this court," Howat said, referring to the court of industrial relations, before which he refused to appear as a witness. "It is composed of three corporation law yers, appointed by that skunk of a governor, Allen." PITTSBURG, Kan., April 12. An injunction restraining officers of Kansas mine unions from fining members or officials who appear as witnesses before the new Kansas in dustrial relations court was issued today by District Judge Curran, who last Friday sentenced Alexander M. Howat, president of the Kansas min ers, and three other union officials to jail for contempt of court. At their convention' here recently the miners voted to assess fines against any member who appeared before the' tribunal. A number of union members have testified in the court's investigation of the Kansas coal Industry. The number of idle miners was placed at 9000 tonight by George Richardson, commissioner of the coal operators' association. Seventy-seven mines were reported idle and 13 as being' able to keen runninjr. SOLDIERSMADE CITIZENS FOREIGX SUBJECTS LOi'AX, TO. AMERICA'S CALL. Bend Circuit Court Term Auspi ciously Opens With Unique " Naturalization Ceremony. BKNTD, Or., April 12. .-(Special.) Because of their loyalty to the United States displayed during the world war. four ex-soldiers, residing in Deschutes county, nominally citizens of other countries, were made full fledged Americans today at the open ing session of the April term of cir cuit court. Kxaminations were con ducted by "Wilfred F. Smith of Port land, representative of the bureau of naturalization, before Circuit Judge T. E. J. Duffy. Frank R. Prince. Magnus Einen, A. C. Kirtsis and Martin G. Poulson were the four sol diers who took the oath this after noon. The Prince case is regarded as unique inasmuch as he held a com mission as first lieutenant in a United States overseas regiment of engineers. Mr. Prince had, in the course of a long residence in Canada, declared his al legiance to the dominion. Fifteen other applications, many of them from men born in lands with which the United States was recently at war, were considered this after noon. On the list were John Kernback, Richard Herold. Gustav Hirsch, Joseph Oestreicher. Franz Steinhauser and Phillip Schmidt. Germans; Sigmund Orgler and Mike Dragosovac, Aus trian, and "William H. Presley, Ca nadian; Hans T. Mikkelsen and Jacob W. Petersen, Danes; Andrew M. Kelson. Swede, and John Knott, Gali cian. The grand jury faces the novel experience of having no criminal mat ters to investigate. Members of the jury are Julius Janett, L. B. Baird, Frank Bogue, A. L. Saye, T. J. Mur phy, G. H. Ehlers and P. A. Erickson. MOONSHINERS ARE IN JAIL Officers Seize Liquor Worth $7 00 at Present Prices. PENDLETON", Or., April 12. (Spe cial.) Federal charges may be placed against Herschel Lewis and Al Goltz, arrested Saturday night on an alle gation of making and selling "moon shine" liquor. ... Lewis, who was caught delivering liquor, this morning pleaded guilty in the city court and was sent to jail for 50 days. Goltz, who was caught, officers say, in the act of working out a still in his home here, is in the county jail. Liquor worth about $700 at present prices, a large quantity of mash and the complete still are in the hands of the officers. LEGIflfTTO PH0BE REDS IDAHO XAMES DELEGATE TO NORTHWEST CONFERENCE. I. Wr. W. and All Radical Organ izations to Be Investigated by ex-Service Men. BOISE, Idaho, April 12. (Special.) The I. W. W. .organization as it "ex ists and operates in Idaho and the northwest will be thoroughly inves tigated, together with other radical organizations, by the Idaho . branch of the American Legion. Paul A. Davis, a member of the legion, direc tor of the bureau of license in -the law enforcement department, has been delegated as Idaho's representa tive to take charge of the probe. A similar appointment has been re ceived by him from the, National His torical society. Frank H. Jeffery, state commander for Washington, in a. telegram to E. C. Boom, former commander of the Idaho legion, says: "The national commander requests me to call conference of one repre sentative from each of states of Ore gon. California, Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Montana and Washington to consider plan and make detailed report and recommendation to national executive committee. Will you send "represen tative with full power on behalf of your state to conference to be held at Spokane within 10 to 14 Bays? Spe cific date to be set after replies to this telegram received." ' BALLOT TRANSFER BEGINS Senate Committee Prepares Re count in Newberry-Ford Case. WASHINGTON, April 12. David S. Barry, serjeant-at-arms of the sen ate, left today for Michigan to direct the transfer to Washington tomorrow of ballots cast in the Newberry-Ford senatorial election. Delay was necessary, it was said, owing to failure of attorneys repre senting both contestants to have modified the federal court orders for preserving these ballots. The ballots will be recounted under the direction of the senate elections subcommittee. APPEAL BEING PREPARED Attorney for I. . V. Convicts Seeks Affidavits in Montesano. "aRF.RPKKnT Wash.. April 12.- Special.) Cijorpe K. "Vandcrvio I. W. T'. ntlornov, war herw i. ELLIS ISLAND1 CONGESTED Switchmen's Strike Delays Passage of Immigrants Inland. NEW YORK, April 12. Ellis Island steamship piers were congested with immigrants today as a result of the railroad strike. Inability of railroads to carry immigrants inland after they had been admitted to the country forced authorities to keep them on the island and prevented the transfer of 3300 other aliens from piers to the island for examination. Aliens at the island today numbered zzuu oi wnom bou naa been admitted to the country. These, with aliens awaiting examination or deportation proceedings took up all the room. Ar rival of 30 deportees from the Pacific coast, including a few who have been ordered sent out of the country be cause of anarchistic beliefs, compll cated the situation. PAPER PULP IS SCARCE Manufacturers Have Difficulty in -- - -Securing Supplies. NEW YORK, April 12. Delegates to the forty-third annual convention of the American Paper & Pulp asso ciation which opened today, were told that paper manufacturers were ex periencing difficulty in obtaining pulp and other raw materials and that the situation had been aggra vated by recent freight embargoes. SAN FRANCISCO, April 12. Pub lishers of some of the leading news papers of California, meeting here today to discuss ways and means of conserving newsprint, decided to form an organization of publishers and chose a committee of six to draw up a constitution and plan of operation. GUARANTEE NOT FAVORED Farmers' Delegates Said to Oppose Request to Congress. SPOKANE, "Wash., April 12. (Spe cial.) General sentiment expressed by farmers from eastern Washington and northern Idaho indicated that the delegates of the farmers' unions, who met this afternoon, will not ask con gress to continue a wheat guarantee. Some farmers favor allowing nat ural supply and demand to fix the price; others believe the price will go above the $2.20-at-Portland base fixed by the government, and still others believe it would be useless to ask -the government to continue the guarantee. "Perjury Case Jurors Accepted. SAN FRANCISCO, April 12. Eight jurors were temporarily accepted to day in the trial of Mrs. Alice Wood cock for perjury in connection with her testimony at the trial of her hus band, Edgar Woodcock. He was ac quitted of the murder of William Kelly, a newspaper employe whom he shot and killed on a downtown street. Irish Archbishop Dead. ARMAGH, Ulster, Ireland, April 12. The Most Rev. John Baptist Crozier, archibishop of Armagh and primate of alt Ireland (Church of Ireland), died nere last mgni. Wrinkle Proof! Pin Proof! A new type of weaving;, producing a most unusual tie silk, called Keys-cloth. The designs are suggestions taken from armor or- chariot decorations used in the Roman Gladiator days and adapted to tie silks. The colorings are marvels of artistic com binations and, the comparatively small ship ments previously received have been so quickly taken by our patrons that we have been unable until now to make any announce ment of these most unusual ties. Ask for the new "Keys-cloth" effects. Price . . ....$3.00 Plus war tax .10 $3.10 Winthrop Hammond Co. CORRECT APPAREL FOR .MEN 127 Sixth St., Bet. Washington and Alder Successors to Buffum & Pendleton Established 1884 : mil! mill CUT TAXES, SAYS Ll LET US GET BACK TO SAXITT," CANDIDATE'S FLEA. Illinois Governor Inveighs Against "Orgy of Spending" in Address on Eve of Primary. CHICAGO. April 12. The question of the high cost of living will not be solved until taxes are reduced. Gov ernor Lowden of Illinois, republican presidential candidate, said today in an address on the eve of the Illinois presidential primary. "There is no genius, no statesman anywhere, who can devise any system of taxation by which one body pays those taxes," he said. "They diffuse themselves through all classes. They are passed on, and you cannot pre vent it by law, from the manufacturer to the wholesale dealer, until when they reach the consumer, those taxes are paid over and over again by him. "The high cost of living, in turn, re lates itself to all the questions of un rest which so much vex us in these troublous times. There is but one place to begin readjustment and re construction, and that is in Washington. "Let us get back to sanity, to econ omy, let us get away from this orgy of spending." ROAD MAY COST $300,000 Paved Highway From Walla Walla to Portland Assured. WALL. WALLA, Wash., April 12. (Special.) County commissioners to day, called for bids on eight and a half miles of pavement to connect the city with the state line and directly wnn tne end or the Columbia high way from Pendleton north. Bids will oe opened April 30. Two roads are to De improveu, tne roads joining near the state line. The cost will be ap proximately X300.000, as two concrete Bridges are to be built. The roads are to be built under the Donohue road plan. This i. th largest road bid the county has ever cauea ror and when the road is com pleted will give Walla Wallans paved road to Portland. Company Install Sew Engine. HOOD RIVER, Or., April 12. (Spe xne uas urove Lumber com pany, managed by Nelson Emry, has completetd the Installation of a new engine and additional boiler and plan ing equipment at Its plant in the Oak Grove fruit section. The plant is ready to start the season. Thirty men will be employed. The output, reach ing 25.000 feet daily, will be hauled here o-n motor trucks. Cnehalis Speakers Optimistic. CHEHAL1S, Wash., April 12. (Spe cial.) Evangelist E. J. Bulgin, State Horticulturist M. L. Dean and State Senator Coman were the principal speakers at the weekly luncheon of IV iVC& .. Af y. 1 f. v'Uvl"; I ' c Roomy Klbowa 1 tWi iV 1 6 Cr.do.MKj C-fl. 1 VnV& 1 " , Contlnou. Fdn 1 iiS J PrewMits Teacina it "i ww. i t v y x -v .11 j it '1 & mm- What a Pretty Shirt!' She likes its rich colorings and lustrous fabrics. But even more, shd admires its smart appearance from the tailored effect across thq shoulders and front to the. finely finished cuffs. There's style to it. And you, confident in -the goodJooks oTyour shirt, are satisfied and ot your ease. 6 eau v tnel urts A REAL COMBINATION OF STYLE AND COMFORT The Shirt with Comfort Points Neck Oat at Proof Slop Mako Collar Sot Comfortably 2 Cometh Cut Yoka Gtvaa Tailored Effect 3 Small. Neat Cumt at Hlpa Prevents Rlppint 4 Shoulder Seam at Proper Place No Bind in Beau Brummel Shirts are good looking; yev and they're as comfortable and stylish as they are good to look at. That's because they are made right ample room, where room is needed, and design and cut that make you feel that your shirt fits you. Beau Brummels are shirts that you can relax in and yet be sure that you are looking at youf best. She'll like your Beau Brummel Shirts, and you will enjoy wearing them. The Spring and Summer styles are on display Sold by good store0 everywhere. M. E. Smith & Co., Omaha Makers of GocxJ Shirts for Mere Than 30 Yean Portland Office 432 c Sherlock Bids. the Citizens club. The addresses all were optimistic. of Liquor Brings $250 Fines. CHEHALTS, Wash., April 12. (Spe cial.) Kines of $250 and costs each were today imposed on P. Rossi and his sister-in-law, Mrs. I. Rossi, of McCormtck, by Justice Beaufort of Chehalis. Both pleaded guilty to having liquor in their possession. Read The Oreponlan classified ads. Sure Relief 6 Bell-ans Hot water Sure Relief BE LL-AWS FOR INDIGESTION TherVs sometung fir about iheta J t) youlllike- Yfmm. ) 3 it Vtke package SYNOPSIS OF THE ANNUAL, MENT OP THE V S SZ !& Wt "3 Protection for Valuable Papers SOMETIMES one overlooks the fact .that important papers possess a value meas ured in moral and physical as well as monetary terms. The Safe Deposit Vaults of the United States National Bank con stitute yet another essential item of service. This department is located under the main banking floor and is accessible by stairway and elevator just inside entrance at the north end of our building. The individual lock boxes inside the great steel vaults provide ample space for keeping deeds, notes, bonds, mortgages, contracts, warrants, insurance policies and other documents and negotiable instruments. A. Jetted S . National . And the small annual box rental is the most economical assurance of - safety imaginable. SltK and Starlet fates V Banlo "Helpful Hints" IV. S. FV THESE letters in-, itialed upon a check bv the bank mean the drawer has NOT SUFFICIENT FUNDS on deposit to cover the amount specified. To avoid such an un desirable c i r c u m- . stuncc, the depositor only has to keep an accurate record upon hif' check Mubfl or ail withdrawal and depos it. Compare thin with your bank m&tement and canceled checks fre quently and the matter l very easy. London & Lancashire Indem nity Company of America of New Tork. In the state of New York, on the thirty-first day of December. 10111. made to the insurance commissioner of the state of Oregon, pursuant to law: Capital. Amount of capital stock paid up $ 750.000.00 Income. Net premiums received during the year $1,404,770.81 Interest, dividends and rents received during the year... 30l.OS5.4O Total income Dfoburftententf. Net losses paid during the year including adjustment ex penses 55.404.39 Commissions and salaries paid during the year 4S0.223.CO Taxes, licenses and fees paid during the year....: S7.4S6.SS Amount of all other expendi tures 60.440.36 .Sl.5G3.SUti. 21 5 JIIEJ Vl" THOMPSON'S .1 A Y'l 1 Deep-Carve Lease ( HI Vl I Areltetter. VV its IS Total expenditures $l,ltU,G53.23 Value- of atocka and bonds owned (market value) . . . , .2,4M.fiiU.r0 Cash In banks and on hand . . 10 J.yOl.Oi Premiums in course of collec tion written since Septem ber SO. 1919 218.TS1 0j Interest and rents due and ac crued 1J.7M.:U Other asset 2.26.7o Total assets admitted in Ore gon 2,923. 662.12 I-tabilitieM. Grosa claims for losses unpaid. SO9.SS7.0O Amount of unearned premiums tn all outstanding risks. . . S34.305.ll Due for commission and brok erage ro.ir.7.r. All other liabilities 3S,of.M Voluntary reserve Total liabilities, exclusive of capital stock of J750.OO0.0O. $1,873,244.47 Business in Oregon for the Year. Net premiums received during the year $ SS.IttS.lS Losses paid during the year.. 4.S3.4J LONDON LANCASHIRE INDEMNITY COMPANY OF AMERICA. A. O. McILWAIXB. JV., President. GEO. C. HOW IK. Secretary. Statutory resident attorney for service. Toll Thompson. Portland. Flelds-Honey-man Co., Bank of Kenton, resident agents. AN OPEN LETTER The Blackburn Products Co, Dayton, Ohio: Gentlemen: I have taken 3 tube3 of 3-GraIn Cadoraeae Tablets and I am not nearly so nervous as 1 was. while I am now eating with keen relish and have no more trouble with mi stomach whatever, etc. Tours very truly, R. F. Hamilton. 22 CoLtafa St.. Franklin. Mass. Cadomene Tablets are absolutely guaranteed the best medicine to build up the body and nerves. Druggists sell and recommend them. Adv. 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