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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1920 EARLY RAIL WAGE If AWARD PROMISED Board Replies to Inquiry ' President Wilson. by COUNTER CLAIMS MET first trip under oil fuel. She was not pressed coming- down the channel, but she can make 23 knots under normal conditions, while the abolition of coaling: enables her to turn around in one-third to one-half less time. As a luxury ship the Olympic stands foremost, and could not be built and fitted today at less than 5,000,000. She Is the last -of her class, for the White Star's biggest orders to Har land &. Wolff, famous Belfast ship builders, in the future will be for about 30,000 tonners, as against the Olympic's 46,000. Monster liners have not proved paying propositions and henceforward the wealthy traveler must be satisfied with less elaborate and less artistic magnificence and variety without the sacrifice of com fort. Every first-class stateroom has a cot bed and is fitted and decorated with excellent taste. i Some Delay Also Iaid to Many Classes of Workers Now Being Considered. WASHINGTON. June 24. Assur ances that the railroad labor board would expedite its award in the rail road wage controversy were received today by President Wilson. The board's message to the execu tive was in reply to an inquiry by the president a3 to possibility of hasten ing the awtrd or of announcing a tentative or partial settlement. The reply of tbe board had not been made public at the White Hou.sc tonight. It was understood to set forth that some delay must occur in a matter in which there are so many conflicting claims, so many classes of workers to be considered and so much evidence, both written and oral, to be reviewed. The president in his message to the beard in Chicago said: "Reports placed before me show transportation situation hourly grow ing more difficult and I am wonder ing whether It would not be possible for your board xo announce a de cision with reference to the perdint, wage matter. At least would it not be possible for your board, if it has reached no final conclusions relative to these vital matters, tentatively to iSTee upon a settlement or even a partial settlement?" The walkout today of yardmen at the Potomac yards across the Poto mac river from AV'ashington resulted in the placing: of temporary embar goes on all freight passing through the yards. PHILADELPHIA, June 24. While the railroad strikers claim they have made small gains in the eastern sec tion of the country today, the Read ing and Pennsylvania railroads both asserted freight conditions in this sec tion were much better. strike headquarters announced the striking trainmen and longshore men have entered into an agreement not to return to work until demands of both have been met. The long shoremen have been striking for weeks for increased wages and short er hours. EX KAISER IS ATTACKED SLIGHT BUILET "WOTJXD MADE BY DISGUISED MAX. E EXPELS MOTOR. CAR HEAD INTIMATES COCKT PROCEDURE. Assailant Believed .to Have Been Emissary of Rad-ical Who Feared Coup d'Etat. (Copyrisht by the New York World. Pub lished by Arran cement.) PARIS, June 24. (Special cable.) Ex-Kaiser Wilhelm was shot In the jaw on the afternoon of June 18 in one of the halls 'of Doorn by a man disguised as a Belgian workman, .but who is believed to be a German be longing to one of the radical parties in Germany, according to a report re ceived this afternoon. The assailant has been arrested by the castle guards and handed over to the police authorities, but so far he is unidenti fied. The ex-kaiser's wound is said to be superficial. Wilhelm was walking in the hall when one of the workmen engaged in repairing his present habitation stepped up to him. revolver in hand. The ex-kaiser sprang at his assail ant, but in the meantime the man fired. While the two still grappled. the castle attendants came to the rescue and overpowered the would be assassin. The latter refused to give his name or any other details when brought up before a magistrate. Up to this evening no word had been received by Dr. von Mayer, Ger man charge d'affaires here, regarding the reported attempt. Dr. Wertheimer, director of the German press bureau attached to the charge d'affaires' office, was inclined to the belief that the alleged assail ant probably acted as an emissary of the extreme socialists to head off a possible royalist coup d'etat. Wertheimer also intimated that the ex-empress sudden illness, reported this morning from Amerongen, where she was visiting Count von Bentinck, may have been due-to news of the attempted assassination communicat ed to her from Doorn. Since the ex-emperor bought Doorn castle, four weeks ago. extensive re pair work has been going on. there. Wilhelm was taking his afternoon walk down one of the halls of the chateau when he was assailed by a man dressed as one of the workmen. OIL PROBE CAUSES INDICTMENTS OF 64 Four Companies, 10 Brokers, 50 Individuals Included. FRAUD, CHARGE OF U. S. LETTER IS AUTHENTIC New York Body Bascs Action on Controversy I'crtainin Corner on Stock. to NEW YORK, June 24. Allan A. Ryan, chairman of the Stutz Motor Car company, who became involved in a controversy with officials of the New York Stock Exchange at the time it was alleged a corner existed in Stutz, has been expelled from the ex change, the board of governors an nounced today. This announcement followed a pro tracted executive session, when th board quizzed many witnesses. It was said at the exchange that no member of the governing committee who was interested in Stutz stock voted on the expulsion. No statement was forthcoming from the governing committee, but Mr. Ryan issued the following: On Juno 16, last, in my answer to the board of governors and to the public 1 was able to forecast and, therefore. I announced in advance the decision which they handed down to day. Their action behind closed doors is only another proof of what I have consistently declared, 'nous verrons ce que nous verrons.' " . After having phrased in French his prediction that "we shall see what we shall see," Mr. Ryan issued an other statement which dosed with the sentence: "For such of the i Justice worked upon me as is remedial in the courts I intend in due season to seek appropriate redress." This was interpreted in Wall street as confirmation of reports that he intended to bring against the stock exchange and some .of its officials legal actions involving $10,000,000, PRINCE MAY GET OFFICE Election of Harding Assures .Ha waiian of Being Governor. HONOLULU. T. H., June 24. (Spe cial.) J. K. Kalanianole, delegate to congress from Hawaii, is slated to be the next governor of the territory, providing, or course, that nominee Warren J. Harding is elected presiden of the Lnited States. The delegate i a Hawaiian prince and should the honor of the governorship be con ferred on him he will be the first man of Hawaiian birth to hold the chair. At present Charles J. McCarthy, a democrat, is governor. Senator Harding's Secretary Ac knowledges Public Document. WASHINGTON, June 24. The let ter made public by Frank P. Walsh, former chairman of the war labor board, in Kansas City qubting Senator Harding, republican presidential nom inee, as expressing a very sympa thetic feeling toward the Irish inde pendence movement," was said to be undoubtedly authentic by George Christian, the senator's secretary, to : v. . . Declaring that he was speaking for Senator Harding, Mr. Christian said: 'Mr. Walsh simply gave out a copy of a letter written to him by the senator. When the matter regarding the letter came up some days ago we tried to find a copy of the letter in the office files, but could not locate it. There was no hedging and no at tempt to cheat about it. The letter is undoubtedly authentic." Government Declares Public Has Been Fleeced. Out or Many Millions of Dollars. NEW YORK, June 24. With the breaking of ecals today on Indict ments charging 14 concerns and. 50 individuals with fraud, government agents let it become known that they bad begun a nation-wide roundup of alleged wildcat oil company pro moters, who are said to have swin dled the public -out of millions within the last few months. The defendants, oil companies, brokerage concerns, and their officers and salesmen, are charged with hav ing used the mails to defraud. They are alleged to have made gross mis representation and to have in some cases paid impressive dividends out of receipts on stock sales. ' In one case, the indictments charged, salesmen disposing of stock of the Crown Oil company falsely represented that a eon of former President Roosevelt was an officer of the company, which it was claimed would soon rival the Standard Oil company in volume of business. Shares of this company, according to one of the indictments, were sold to investors In Chicago at $2.25 a share, and to "evade the weetern blue-sky law" later were disposed of here, at S3, after costing brokers only IVt cents a share. Indictments Returned. While federal officers were seek ing Louis C. Van Riper at Atlantic City and Boston for alleged connec tion with the ale of Ranger oil stock, the promoter and his counsel appeared at the federal court to an swer the Indictment. Bail was fixed at $2000. The companies involved are the Ranger Oil company, W. P. Williams Oil company. Great Western Petro leum corporation and Crown Oil com pany. Brokerage concerns indicted were Stickney, Raylinson & Colclough of Boston and Curtis, Packer and Co United Securities company, H. Kent Holmes & Co., H. Morgan Pollok & Co., Thompson, James & Co., Cross man, Sherman & Co., George A. Lam- bac, E. M. Fuller &. (Jo., and Green baum. Bigelow & Greenbaum, nearly all of them with headowarters in this city. Some, of the brokerage houses had connections in other cities. The round up now being conducted is said to be the beginning of a nation-wide campaign against alleged oil stock swindlers, who are credited with having cleaned up millions of dollars within the last few months. The Indictment against the Ranger Oil company and others, charged that Curtis, Packer & Co. 'sold to invest ors, at more than $1 a share, 1.000, 000 shares, which they are eaid to have bought at 20 cents. Millions Involved. It also is charged that a brokerage firm of which Ashley L. Holbrook was said to be the president, and with which Louis C. Vanripcr, Charles R. Morton and John L. McLean were con nected, represented that new wells were being drilled on the Ranger property, when effort to procure oil there had been abandoned. The United Securities company, of which Van Riper was said to be presi dent, is charged with disposal of $300,- 000 worth of Ranger stock. In the Indictment concerning dis posal of W. H. Williams' oil stock John J. Kean. Thaddeus M. Rice. Ed ward S. Hinshaw, J. W. Sanders, W. C. Eyle and Henry M. Shumate, said to FU Furs , Purchased in This Sale Stored Free Until Wanted T j j on uouar SALE Every Fur and Fur Coat 25 - to 50 OFF! Furs restyled and renovated now for winter use. Refrigerated Fur Storage Phone Marshall 785 for information and reasonable rates on storing your winter furs in our modern vaults. 20 degrees below freezing is the continu ous temperature. es & (so FURS ESTABLISHED J8G M9-B BROADWAY and then disposed of it to investors at $5, on false representation that the oil company was paying dividends of 12 per cent. Misrepresentation in disposal to in vestors of stock of the Crown Oil company of Delaware, capitalized at $3,000,000 also Is charged. Payments of "dividends" is charged, out of money derived from sale of the stock. GERMAN RULE ANOMALOUS Government Alternately Minus Chancellor and Cabinet. BERLIN. June 5 4. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Germany for the past 48 hours has been ruled by a chancel lor without a cabinet and by a cabi net without a chancellor. This anoma lous situation, growing out of the present cabinet crisis, continued throughout today, the greater part of which was devoted to party con ferences. At 8 o'clock this evening the three bourgeois parties and the majority socialists adjourned their conferences until Thursday, when it was expected that Phillip Scheidemann's party would have united on some agree ment which would satisfy the demo crats that the proposed government would have sufficient recognition from the majority socialists to enable t to exist. American Truck, Ambulance Con voy Narrowly Escapes Capture. WARSAW, June 22. (By the Asso ciated Press.)- The Americans who were in the thick of the fighting around Kiev recently have reached Warsaw safely. They were the last to leave the city and were forced to pass through the zone of fire. The American convoy. of trucks and ambulances was surrounded at times by troops of bolshevik cavalry and twice narrowly escaped capture. bo directors, were Indicted with Jo YflWKS; AT K FU ARF RAFF seph H. Byrd. alleged promoters of UCAlllLVII, I . . .111.. . . . .,LUI ,au i 1 lock and Co., Thompson, James & Co., and Crossman, Sherman &. Co. of New York, and Stickney, Rawlinson & Col clough of Boston. H. Morgan Pollok and partners :i the brokerage firm of William H. Day and Daniel H. McKetterick also were indicted, individually, with W. E. Heffron of Thompson, James & Co., Robert Stickney and John C. Col clough of their Boston house, and Alexander Crossman here. OH Stock Salesmen Indicted. Other shares of the Williams stock were said to nave been disposed ot to investors through H. Kent Holmes & Co and Salesman Edward A. Nel son, 7aek Nelson, W. H .Havlin and Frank Werner, all defendants. The indictment states that the Will lams property was misrepresented as yielding 600 barrels of oil a day, whi its total daily capacity was bu 10 barrels. It is charged that "dlvirTends" total ling $12q,000 were paid out of $1,000. 000 realized from disposal of the stock to investors. Total oil produc tion xf the Williams property amounted to only $20,000 worth, it is charged. . According to the indictment. George A. Lamb & Co. bought Great Western petroleum stock for $1 to $2 2000 WORKERS GET RISE Boston liklison Company Announces 10 Per Cent Increase. BOSTON. June 24. An increase of 10 per cent in the pay of all its em ployes, effective July 1, has been granted by the Boston Edison com pany, it was announced today. About 2000 workers will benefit. At the same time the company will make a reduction of 5 per cent in the price of electricity for lightin; to its 115,000 retail customers. The deceased had made her home with a daughter. Mrs. Hattie A. Spen cer, in Los Angeles for several. years. She was a native of Illinois and was 85 years of age. Other sons and daughters of Mrs. Lovell are David Raker of Milford, Cal. ; Mrs. Lucy E. Gilman of Susanvllle. Cal., and Mrs. Julian Johnson of Sacramento. SOVIET DEAL REPORTED $5,000,000 of Farm Machinery to lie Bought, Says Martens. NEW YORK, June 24. Negotiations for purchase by the Russian soviet government of $5,000,000 worth of agricultural machinery and rolling stock from a large Canadian firm have nearly' been completed, Ludwig C. A. K. Martens, head of the Russian soviet bureau here, announced today. Despite denial by the Canadian Manufacturers' association that any of its -members had had dealings with the soviet agents. Martens repeated his statement that his representatives had been favorably received in Canada. FEINERS GO FAST GAIT Supreme Court Bench In Dublin Isl Latest Proposal. (Copyrisht by the New York World. Com pany. All rlsbts reserved.) (Special Cable Dispatch.) LONDON, June 24. The Sinn Fein advances day by day. Its latest move is a proposal to set up in Dublin supreme court whose function will be to review cases and decisions which have been received from the provin- j cial Sinn Fein courts.' It la stated that outside of Dublin, Cork and Bel fast, Dail Eireann or Sinn Fein courts now operate In virtually every Irish county. There are, however, some grounds for believing that these courts have an even wider area than that and It is quite probable that in Countv rnh. lin they now operate or are about to operate, l ne fact is indisputable that witnin tne last 13 days Dail Eireann tribunals have been active in at least out or tne 32 counties in lrplanrf and have put the constitutional tri- ounais out of court. Reports are furnisher! nf si ..i-im- inal trials In 4 1 republican courts and oeiaus are given regarding the pro cedure employed in the preservation oi oraer. Bend Family Moves to California. SUSANVILLE, Cal., June 24. (Spe cial.) Mr. and Mrs. George Weber of Bend, Or., have come to SuBanvllle to live. Weber has been employed as bookkeeper for the Fruit Growers' Supply company, which Is establish ing' a large mill and box factory here. Mother of Congressman Dies. ALTURAS, Cal., June 24. (Special.) News of the death in Los Angeles of Mrs. M. Lovell, mother of United States Representative John E. Raker and Superior Judge Clarence H. Ra- share, ker of Alturas, has been received here. RAILWAY NEARLY READY 13-Mile Road Will Give Outlet for Copper Mines. VANCOUVER. B. C, June 24. (Spe cial.; within 30 days it is expected to have the rails laid on the 15-mile road, which will connect the copper mine at Copper mountain in the Okanagon valley with the Kettle val ley railway, it is announced. Some 13,000.000 tons of ore are said to be awaiting shipment. The 15 miles of railway traverse a most difficult country, and cost $1,500,000 to build, without track-laying. It has been heavy rock work, trestles and bride-es all the way. oori ),'0q', ' :4t'r9 ' llfefl pa Visiting Nobles Kindy accept our best wishes for your own success and the continued success of Shrinedom. Visit our fair city whenever possible and tell your friends and folks at home of the grandeurs of the great Northwest. H. LIEBES & CO. Trim Looking Jersey Suits Special Friday and Saturday $28.75 Reduced for this two days selling are a large group of these smart little suits. For sports, outing, motoring, business and utility wear they are unequaledt Brown, Tan, Beige, Navy, Heathers, Oxford. Our New Second Floor Underwear Section Offers Tomorrow Silk Breakfast and Combing Jackets i i i Off A limited quantity only. (When they are sold there will be no more.) Of soft tinted silks and dainty laces in fascinat ing styles. Originally priced $7.50 to $29.50. Today's price $3.75 to $14.75. Philippine Underwear Gowns and chemise. Hand drawn and hand hemstitched on good quality batiste. $3.95 Another Shipment Hand Made Blouses "Just Received and to Be Placed on Sale Friday and Saturday at $3.95, $4.95, $6.95 It seems impossible to obtain enough of these blouses, but we have .been fortunate in re ceiving about 300 more of them and will sell them tomorrow at the same special prices as quoted in the first sale. tSTASLISHCO 53 YEAK3 t9 I St yyu uyy O O " fr ' r O O r OLYMPIC USES FUEL OIL Luxury Ship's Maiden Peace Trip Starts on June 25. (Copyright by the New York World. Com pany, Publih(fl by Arrangement.) (Special Cable. Dispatch.) LONDON, June 24. The White Star liner Olympic arrived at Southampton from Belfast this morning after her Cowlitz Clubs Are Active. KELSO, Wash., June 24. (Special.) F. .L Audrain, state club leader, -was a Kelso visitor Tuesday, con ferring with Miss Nora Kelley, club leader for Cowlitz county, and found that the organization of the clubs of this county is progressing splendidly under Miss Kelley's direction. Twelve or more clubs of boys and girls are now organized, with energetic local leaders, and are taking hold of the work in commendable fashion. KEROSENE 121EAM Northern lelslit Embargo Off. -I VANCOUVER, B. C. June 24. Coastwise shipping companies an nounced today that the embargo on freight to Prince Rupert, B. C, which has been in effect for the past three weeks on account of a strike of long shoremen at the northern port, has been declared oil. KEROSENE KREAM Invigorates and strengthens the hair follicles, and alBO supplies -a. food to impoverished cells. DIRECTIONS The ointment should be applied Just before retiring, rubbing In well at the roots of tbe hair, but care should be taken cot to Injure the scalp br a too brisk massaging. In tne morning the KREAM should be re moved, using warm water and as lit tie soap as is necessary to clean the scalp. This procedure should be fol lowed every other night for -three or four treatments. After this a very small portion ot the ointment may be applied to the scalp twice a week lust to keep It moist and stimulate a natural hair growth. At all drug- slaw. iulu 6a tsatfcrrrAiit, Arizona to Get Solar Station. WASHINGTON, June 24. A solar observing station will'be established soon by the Smithsonian Institute In the Haqua Hala mountains in Arizona, to secure data for forecasting weather conditions and temperature, the in stitution announced tonight. New Spanjsh War Pension Law. If you served in the war with Spain, of the Philippine insurrection, or China relief expedition, whether you are re ceiving a pension or not, write Wilson & Co., 948 Market street." San Fran cisco, California, regarding this law. It provides a pension under certain conditions for disabilities contracted either before enlistment, in service, or after discharge, also for certain ages. No fee unless successful. Adv. S. & H. green stamps for rash. Holman Fuel Co. Main 53, 6S0-2L Making Haste Slowly A chunk of rosin seems as hard as glass. If jrou strike it with a sledge it will fracture like glass. And yet in time it will sort of melt down like molasses. Rosin is called a viscous substance, and while it would be impolite to call the public the same . thing, its action is something akin. Some advertisers have attempted, with the sudden application of a large advertising appro priation and sledge hammer messages, to change the public immediately in its habits. In despair, at the seemingly impenetrable and unalterable character of our people, they have quit in disgust. Time is a wonderful element in national adver tising. ' . Not only is. time an essential in the success of a new campaign : it is the chief asset of protection for an old campaign. Blltterick Publisher The Delineator itSJO a Year) Everybody's Magazine (ti.7S a Year) The Designer fS.00 a Year) WELCOME SHRINERS! Es Salamu M Aleikum For if an Oasis is a spot where PEACE, REST, COMFORT, ENTERTAIN MENT, REFRESHMENT, FOOD, MU SIC AND SERVICE are to be found, then Ye Oregon Grill BROADWAY AT STARK ST. IS ONE! i ON WINGS Above the Clouds HERE is your opportunity to know the thrill and beauty, the joy and pleasure of floating on wings above the clouds. At Lewis & Clarke Flying Field twelve planes are now in commission available for short flights over Portland or longer trips at any time every day. - Daily service to sea, leaving- Portland at 1:30 P. M. Take Your Ride From Lews & Clark Field At Any Time Today Twenty-Ninth and Linnton Road From Depot-Morrison car line at 29th and Thurman. Turn to right. New paved roadway for autoists from Linnton to the field. O. W. & I. Airplane Co. Phone Broadway 33 Portland, Oregon ii AOV, uiiiimiiiiiuiiuiiiiiuiiiiiiuituiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiijuuiiiuiimiuiuiuiiiiiiiiiju