THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FEIDAYr OCTOBER 8, 1920 15 BANKER BEHIND BID " Oil FLEET SURPLUS Herbert Fleishhacker Adds Weight to Barde Offer. SHIP FIRlVI ALSO SIGNS Man Close to Federal Agent Says Economy Sought In Transaction, Critics Hokl Other Version. considered bids would have been re ceived covering separate units of the properties and that in this way every thing: could have been disposed of and the business wound up, but more profitably to the government. The resignations that have been oc curring In Portland and Seattle are also seen from another angle by the critics. They believe that men are being forced out who were not sat isfied with the way that the sales activities of the corporation were be ing conducted, particularly as relat ing to Barde and his associates. Obituaiy. Herbert Fleishhacker. president of the Anglo & London Paris National bank of San Francisco, is the real power behind the arrangement where by the Barde Industrial company of this city was to a--uire all the prop erty of the supply and Bales division of the emergency fleet corporation cn this coast, it was learned yesterday from reliable authority. Mr. Fleish hacker, who is backing both M. Barde & Son and the ship operating firm of Sudden & Christenson of San Fran ycisco. signed the document covering the arrangement made in San Fran cisc with H. B. Miller, director of the supply and sales division. The signatures of Jack Barde of the Barde Industrial company and of a high officer of Sudden & Christen son were also appended. Under the arrangement, as originally outlineo, Sudden & Christenson were to take the uncompleted wooden hulls and the Barde company the material. Arrangement I Blocked. The execution of this arrangement was blocked last Friday afternoon when prospective purchasers who de sirod an opportunity to bid on this property assessed at $8. 000, 000 met with Mr. Miller In the office of Sen ator Chamberlain and obtained the extension of bidding time for 14 days. That close co-operation existed be tween Mr. Miller and his customers. . Fleishhacker, Christenson and Barde, nv.n..rAr1 Kv nnnnonlR nf the Dlan v.iii j to sell to these interests, is not de nied by Miller, who, however, is far from admitting that there was any thing reprehensible in this procedure. When the whole history of the emergency fleet corporation has been made public, the chapter concerning the present controversy will read somewhat like this, according to a man in close touch with the busi ness of the organization, who out lined it yesterday: "On the Pacific coast, as the result of the cancellation of contracts for wooden steamers when the armistice was signed, was a fleet of wooden hulls in various stages of completion, and enough machinery, anchors, wind lasses, lifeboats and all equipment even to table linen and cooking uten sils to complete them as regulation emergency fleet steamers. To dis pose of all this property and keep the war loss to the people of the United States as low as possible, a supply and sales division was or ganized.. Payroll Coiit Big. "After this division had been func tioning for many months, selling a few hulls and small and large lots of equipment, it appeared to the ship ping board that the payroll of the supply and sales division, amounting to Romethnig over $i,i)0U,uuu a year,, together with allowances to be made for interest on the investment, de preciation of the property, office and warehouse rent, were eating up an enormous amount of money. At the rate hulls and equipment were mov ing, it was evident that a small army of sales division employes might be maintained on the Pacific coast In definitely ,and that in a' compara tively short time the cost of maintain ing this sales force would be greater than the value of the stuff they were to sell. "Hence It was determined to liqui date the supply and sales division, dispose of all the property In a lump. If possible, and put an end to the constant drain of the army of fleet corporation employes. "About this time there accceded to the directorship of this division one H. B. Miller, a cold-blooded execu tive. Where he saw that a high-salaried chief's work could be done, now that the bulk of the programme had been finished, by his low-salaried assistant or chief clerk, he asked the chief for his resignation. Thus he made himself unpopular. A general counsel of the north Pacific district, who was drawing J85.000 a year for a part of his time, was thus relieved and became extremely bitter, declar ing that the division had been mis managed. Bidn Are Advertised. "In accordance with his plan to liquidate the division, Mr. Miller ad vertised in Go papers throughout the country for bids on all of the equip ment on the Pacific coast, listing the warehouses where the equipment could be viewed. From the results of this advertising, it appeared that the pnly possible purchaser of this enormous amount of property was a combination of a big junk firm and a big steamship firm, headed by a big banker. If the offer of this com bination was less than what might have been derived by selling the property bit by bit, the director figured that the thousands of dol lars that would be spent by prolong ing me activities of the supply and salos division compensated the Jif- tinrerence Also, thus combination orrered to take the whole lot, in cluding not only the valuable hits but also the junk that was worth lees than the cost of its removal from the yarns, so ne completed preliminarS arrangements with the heads of the combination and sent their offer to "Washington with his 'ndorsement upon it. When he asked, by way of formality, if there were any other bidders, it appeared that ther .and they demanded, an opportunity U1U. aii rignt, ' said the director. "There is notning in me new merchant mar ine law. any old law or mv inr..,.- tions from Admiral Benson that re quires me to ask for bids, but if you mean business, come on In. I'll give Xext Chapter to Be Written. "The next chapter of the story will ho written when the bids are opened in Ar. iw. 1 1 1 1 w uinue a. weeK rrom to day. The next to the last chapter will be written in an almost incredibly short time, when more than 60 per cent of the present employes of the supply and scales division find that there are no longer any government Jobs for them to hold." Many men close to shipping circles do not agree with this version of the situation. Senator Chamberlain has denounced the methods that were fol lowed and a group of prospective bid ders who met In Portland were agreed that they had practically been frozen out by the requirement that bids should cover all the properties In volved. Critics are declaring that the en tire transaction shows a denlre some where in the emergency fleet organ ization to throw the deal to the Barde group. Thev say that If the best In terests of the government had been BAKER, Or., Oct. 7. (Special.) Mrs. Anna Harris, mother of Mrs. E. L. Moody, who "died Monday at the Moody residence In Baker, was burled today at ML Hope cemetery. Dr. William Westwood of the Pres byterian church conducted the fun eral services. Mrs. Harris was born In Howard county, Missouri. 78 years ago and had lived In Oregon ever since her second birthday. The last four years of her life were spent with her daughter in Baker. Mrs. Harris was the mother of eight children, five of whom survive. They are Mrs. R. L. Harris of Colorado, Mrs. N. L. Bragg and Mrs. E. L. Moody ' of Baker, Joseph Harris and Albert Harris of Portland. NEW PARTYmjUANDAHY JAPANESE LEASE OF FARMER CANDIDATE IS BIXW. ABERDEEN, Wash., Oct. 7. (Spe cial.) Alfred Frederickson, 40, resi dent of Astoria, died at a local hos pital Tuesday night after a brief illness. Efforts are being made to locate friends or relatives. AURORA. Or., Oct. 7. (Special.) George Ziegler, 77, died Friday at his home, near Barlow. Burial took place at the Aurora cemetery, Mr. Ziegler having been one of the original mem bers of the Aurora colony, coming across the plains by ox team in 1863. He is survived by two eons, C. F. and II. G. Ziegler, and a daughter, Mrs. R. W. Zimmerman: Miss Blanche May Sims. 18, died yesterday at a local hospital. The family came here from Camas. Wash., three years ago. Miss Sims leaves father, mother, eight sisters and three brothers. JITNEY PROBLEM TACKLED Seattle Mayor Hopes to Avert Cost ly Litigation. SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 7. (Special.) Mayor Caldwell conferred today with Superintendent Reeves of the utilities department In an effort to draw up jitney bus regulations that would satisfy all sides In the con troversy and end the litigation pend ing against the present regulatory ordinance. The mayor, who a few days ago asked Superintendent Reeves to draw up regulations as to routes, fares, terminals, etc., under the present or dinance, received the latter's report today. "If we can regulate the Jit ney business so as to satisfy the own ers, while protecting public inter ests," said the mayor, "we shall be able to save a lot ofmoney on the court fight now developing against the city." Stand of Granges Against Asiatic Tenants Pronounced, Through Leaders Decline Comment. SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 7. (Spe cial.) Various leaders of the farmer element in the farmer-labor party of the state today bestirred themselves to meet the new situat'on created by the disclosure that in nominating Robert Bridges for governor the new party had named a man for standard bearer who, official records show; has leased lands to Japanese, a prac tice denounced by the frmers' grange of the state. - . The seriousness of the situation now confronting the state organization of the party was indicated by a state ment from Fred W. Lewis, secretary of the Washington state grange and one of the leading farmers of south west Washington. "Five or six years ago," said Sec retary Lewis, "the Washington state grange formally placed itself on rec ord against the growing practice of establishing Japanese farming in this state under the leasing guise, de nouncing it then as a menace to American farming, ideals and living conditions and demanding that this means of procuring Asiatic tenants and control of food production in the state be prevented." Although Secretary Lewis declined to comment on the Bridges-Japanese lease case specifically, he declared that "if the practice of leasing farm lands in Washington to Japanese be comes general the American farmer will have to come down to their level of living and working in order to re main in the business, something, it seems to me, distinctly noted of In terest to either farmer or laborer, i policy that neither farmer or laborer can afford to""tolerate." Likewise William Bouck, master of the state grange, referred to the fact that the Washington grange is op posed to "the use of Japanese on our farms and in industries and the leas ing of land to them," although declin ing comment, specifically on the Bridges-Japanese lease. HOUSING PROBLEM ACUTE REALTORS OPEN NEW TRACT TO RELIEVE SITUATION. POLK COUNTY FAIR OPENS Horticultural Display Is Better Than in Many Tears. DALLAS. Or., Oct. 7. (Special.) The ninth annual Polk county fair opened today with a bigger and bet ter display of horticultural products than has been seen at any fair here for several years. The rains have had a tendency to distract interest. but notwithstanding this fact, the entire space in the big pavilion-has been taken by exhibitors. Tomorow an airplane will arrive fop the balance of the week for ex hibition flights. MATERIAL WILL BE SOLD Britain to Dispose of Railway Sup plies Russia Failed to Accept. VANCOUVER. B. C, Oct. 6. Rail way material amounting to 30,000 tons, ordered by the Russian govern ment and which has been lying for years in the Canadian Pacific yards at Coquitlam. B. C., awaiting shipment. will be sold by the British govern ment to the highest bidder. This was announced today by J. E. Francis, comptroller of the disposals board, British war munitions, who ar rived here today to check up the material. Coe A. McKenna Says Portland Is Actually Short 5 000 Homes Ow ing to Increasing Population. Increase in population and the shortage of houses have created new interest in Portland home sites in the opinion of Coe A. McKenna of Coe A. McKenna & company, well-known Portland realtors. Mr. McKenna' company has just started a sale of 123 building lots in University Park on the peninsula and yesterday he told the reasons that influenced them to put property on the market at this time "During the, period of the last num ber of years," he said, "the people of Portland have been investing their money In all kinds of securities which have been flooding the country. Many of these investments have proved al most worthless and the money has been lost forever to the city of Port land. During this peric-d Portland's population has been Increasing by leaps and bounds. iivery available housing space has been occupied and it has been estimated that at the pre sent-time Portland is actually short of 6000 homes. Increasing population in cities has been invariably followed by rapid increasing of real estate, but owing to the high price of building materials Portland has been slow in house construction with the result that there has been very little move ment in vacant lots. "The past few months has seen this condition very materially change. Building . prices has been coming down, labor is more plentiful, and house construction has started on an increased scale." Fugitive Is Returned. Russell Haines, who has been sought since September, .1919, on an Indictment charging him with viola tion of the national prohibition act. was brought from The Dalles by Deputy United States Marshal Carter to the federal building yesterday morning. By an order issued by Fed eral Judge Bean he was confined in the county Jail in lieu of $2000 ball. He has been held at The Dalles on a state charge. Other charges are pending against him here. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL BEFOBT. PORTLAND, Oct. T. Highest temoera. ture, 64.5 decrees: lowest. 61.1. River reading, 8 A. M., 6.3 feet: change in last 24 hours, 0.3 foot fall. Total rainfall S P. M. to 8 P. M.. .08 of an inch: total since September 1, 5.49 Inches; normal, 2.62 Inches; excess, 2.87 inches. Sunrise, 6:17 A. M. : sunset. 5:41 P. M. Total sun shine. 4 hours and 42 minutes: possible unshina, 11 Jiours and 24 minutes. Moon. rise. 2:35 A. M. ; moonset. 3:17 P. M. Barometer (reduced to sea level). K P M 30.00 Inches. Relative humidity: 5 A. M., 80 per cent; noon, 43 per cent; 5 P. M., 56 per cent. THE WEATHER, Sg 3 Wind j i O g ? 5 o STATIONS. f i S ? ? weather S : : ' f I Baker Boise ...... Boston ...... Calgary .... Chicago .... uenver .... Des Moines . Eureka Galveston . . . Helena 'Juneau Kansas City Los Angeles Marshfleld . . Meuford Minneapolis . New Orleans New York ., North Head Phoenix . . . . Pocatello ... Portland ... Roseburg .. Sacramento.. St. Louis Salt Lake San Diego .. "San Kr&n . . , . Sfattle Sitka Spokane . . . . T&coma. . . . . Tatoosh . . . . Valdeii Walla Walla Washington .. 44! 580.021 461 580.70! 42 74 ',0.00 ... 520.J2 50 70 0.00 54 84 0.00 601 74:0.00 50 64,0.00 62 78 0.OO. .E 54i 84 0.00!. .ISW 12ISE . . SB . . W . .IE . . ISW 10 N . .IS .. s 30)t52i0.00 641 76,0.00 12 58, 7410.00 . 44: E SE W NW NW Cloudy Cloudy Clear Cloudy Clear Pt. cloud Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Rain Cloudy Pt. cloud Clear GINGER MAY BE BARRED Seattle Colic Cure . Held Cause of Much Intoxication. SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 7. (Special.) Adults subject to colic and similar illness are in a fair way to being de prived- of that old standby, Jamaica ginger, the public safety, committee of the city council having indicated today its willngness to legislate against it., either with a sweepiag ban or drastic restrictions. - Chief of Police W. H. Searing re cently called the council's attention to the fact that the ginger prepara tion, containing 93 per cent alcohol. had come to enjoy a most unaccus tomed popularity since the passing of brandy, blackberry wine and kindred cures for "tummy ache." The chief complained that a lot of the cases of intoxication coming- to his depart ment's notice were traceable to the colic cure dispensed in drug stores. Even the warning on the label that non-beverage alcohol has been used in the mixture seems to be no de terrent. 60:0.20 641. 78 0.00 16!S 2 SOO.OO ..ISW 46 66:0.00 . .INW Clear 52' 08 0.03I10ISES I Rain 60 94'0.00i. . N Clear H 58 0.32 . . W Cloudy 63 40.06,..N Cloudy 4 62.0.00;. .SB 'Cloudy EXECUTION IS PROTESTED Union Friends of Boy Slayer Plead for Commutation. SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 7. Speeial.) The hanging of Roy Wolff, Califor ma boy slayer, was vigorously pro tested in a petition for a new trial drawn up by James A. Duncan, see retary of the central labor council, The petition will be sent to Governor Stephens of California. The central labor council, meeting in the labor temple last night, wen on record as opposed to the hanging . or woitr. A communication from the central trades and labor council o Bremerton brought the matter before the local council. Bremerton labor is said to be fight ing strongly for the commutation of Wolff's death penalty, as two of Wolff's brothers are members of Bremerton unions. 4.HI 660.00. . ISW 52 7010.OO14iSB 50 600.01 10 NW 60 7(110.00 12'NW 84 6OI0.0012;bW 52 o!o.OO. .IE 32 tr2 0.00 . . f 481 6O,0.Olil0 SW 2;o.o: 54:0.26 . . t46,0.02 .. titvO.UXl. . 6410.001. . NW E N N Winnipeg ..I 541 82I0.OOI10INEI .y aklma I 40 6;0.OO..W Clear Clear Pt. cloudy Clear Pt. cloudy Pt. cloudy Clear Pt. cloudy Cloudy Rain Rain Cloudy Clear Pt. cloudy Cloudy A. M. today; tP. M. preceding day. FORECASTS. Portland end vicinity Friday rain, east erly winds. Oregon and Washington Friday rain; moderate easterlv winds - DWAX L. WJSLLS,. Meteorologist.' SALMON RUN IS LARGE Prices of Chi nooks at Vancouver Below Xast Year's Mark VANCOVUEr! Wash.! Oct. 7. CSpe clal.) The fall run of salmon, now on, is reported the best in several years. Salmon trout follow in wake of the salmon and several - good catches were reported today. The chinooks are unusually good for the fall run and are selling In the round for 10 cents a pound; 15 cents for half a ealmon, and 20 cents a pound for sliced. These prices are considerably under last year's. Cottage Gror LeTy Passed. COTTAGE GROVE, Or., Oct.,7. (Special.) By a vote of. 76 to 60 out of a possible thousand votes at the ------. f . .", rt-J-'itrr-ft'ir BwBIsSiMbssUbW .: i-i I i..Yiin.i : ai awin ! v Rock Dortoni r and then Cj) F nee ancf t ; - ' ' jjsauim miii, nienjii I1;"' t.-4Jlu jJM lai-tW-'-'iui'ae iu.-n-"-snji-ii.N-i. iniiini, iwii- B ili i mi i ii iiibm i7iiiih''iiiie Ti'i 1 1 HI 1 irmsMilaiin iiiit mam'-n - it ' -wiTrY''i' '' -1 i s We have always been able to sell high quality men's clothing and furnish ings at rock bottom prices because we have always done business on low rent and without any expensive store fixtures. Now wTe have outgrown our present quarters and will shortly open a GIGANTIC UPSTAIRS CLOTHES SHOP on Fifth Street, near Morrison, where our present money saving selling policy will be continued. THE NEW STORE WILL CARRY CLOTHING ONLY AND ALL NEW STOCK. CONSEQUENTLY THE ENTIRE STOCK OF OUR PRESENT STORE, BOTH CLOTHING AND FURNISHINGS, IS NOW OFFERED AT PRICES THAT MAKE IT MIGHTY GOOD POLICY, NOT ONLY TO BUY HERE ALL THE CLOTHING THAT YOU NEED, BUT TO STOCK UP FOR MONTHS AHEAD. PRICES ARE SO EXTREMELY LOW THAT ALL SALES WILL BE MADE FOR CASH ONLY. OVERCOATS JUST A FEW GOOD SERVICEABLE OVERCOATS AT $15.00 Others of the finest quality and design in a wide range of color and materia, worth every cent of the original price of $25.00 to $65.00 now oni sale at from $18.75 to $48.75. RAINCOATS In the latest and snappiest styles at $18.75. with a few extra qual ity silk-lined at only $37.50. SUITS From $18.75 to $4S.75 in every desirable style and color Hundreds of snappy up-to-the-minute styles for young men; sound, conservative, hard-wearing styles for older men. THE RIGHT STYLE, FIT AND PRICE FOR EVERY MAN IN PORTLAND. V1 FURNISHINGS Wonderful bargains in standard lines of men's furnishings. For example ARROW COLLARS AT TWO FOR 35 CENTS, all Cooper's underwear at 25 per cent off. Ties, shirts, hosiery, handkerchiefs all at 25 PER CENT OFF. "House of Personal Service" 148 Fourth St., Ten Steps Off Morrison or Alder rr M r. Ik: 2 special city election Monday, &n , amendment to the charter was adopt- ed which gives the council authority to levy a special tax for paying In terest on bonds and warrants and for providing a sinking fund to retire' bonds. ARMY UNIFORMS CHECKED Improper Vee of V. S. Toggery Jo Be Stopped In Spokane. SPOKANE, Wash., Oct. 7. Co-op-ntlnn between the police department and the local army recruiting- service for apprehension of persons making Improper use of the uniform of the United States army was agreed upon today. Chief of Police weir an nounced. t Violation of laws prohibiting unau thorized wearing: of the uniform has been noted by recruiting officers, it was stated. A burglary suspect ar rested recently was wearing a uni form which he said he had purchased at an army goods store. CAR SHORTAGE IS FELT Lumber Mill at Cottage Grove ' Complain at Lack. COTTAGE GROVE, Or.. Oct. 7. (Special.) Many thousands of dollars are being lost to Cottage Grove, It Is said, because of inability of the mills to get cars. The Western Lumber & Export company reports that It Ib getting not more than a car a day, which is but a small part of its needs. Never before has the situation been so serious and unless there is immediate relief the shutting, down p the mill la the only alternative, J. H. Chambers reports that he has not been even as fortunate as to get a car a day and this has been the situation for 10 days. The railroad officials seem to be able to give no good reason for this sudden shortage, b'ut the belief here 1h that the cars nre beiny sent through RED PIMPLES ALL 0VER1M VerySore. CouldNotSJeep. Ciiuxura Heals. 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