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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 22, 1920)
THE MQItXIXO QRECOXIAX, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1920 HAS BIG Ington. in order to prevent employes from being dismissed by alleged arbi- v.-jr uiiii6 01 department neaas. i The postmaster-general came in for j the greater shai-A nt tha mtoctH ' Other indictments of the federal service are expected within the next few weeks. CONGRESS PROBING Inquiries on 14 Different Lines Demanded. WILSON ACTS DENOUNCED Impeachment Proceedings Against President Among Proposals to Co to Lawmakers. THE ORECON1AN NEWS BUREAU. Washington. Oct. 21. A staggering array of investigations is In sight when congress Bets together again, as the result of events of the last Tew months. No less than 14 subjects of inquiry have developed during the summer, many of them entirely new. Some are investigations growing out of the revelations of other congressional Inquiries. Here is a compilation of the various demands for investiga tions: - 1. Representative Edmonds of Pennsylvania, republican member of the hoiiM merchant marine and fish eries committee, demands the lin- neachment of President Wilson fo refusal to abrogate certain treaties ;3 provided for in the Jones shippin act. huob proceedings if entered int would require the taking of exhaus rive testimony before the judiciary oommittee of the house, and late (he senate would be turned into impeachment court with Presiden Wilhon on trial for alleged malfeas ance in office. Frobe In Haiti Demanded. z. Alleged outrages of United States" marines in. Haiti under th jurisaiction or Joscphus IJaniels, sec retary of the navy, covering fiv years of American occupation of th Inland, have brought from Senato Harding, republican presidential can riidate. a demand for a congressional Investigation. The scope of these alleged outrages is regarded as form ma hie in view of the fact that th charges were advanced by Major General Harnett, former marine corp commandant, in a report to the de Uarlmcnt. Secretary Daniels has de nied the charges, and also has eug gested an investigation, which he would conduct within the navy de partmcnt. 3. Senator Ellison I. Smith, CS. C.) democrat, in invective aimed at Sec retary Houston of the treasury de partment and members of the federal reserve board, virtually has demanded an investigation of their offices be cause of ,the refusal of the treasury to help finance the cotton crop. Sim liar criticisms of the treasury and federal reserve board also have been offered by farmers' organizations representing not- only cotton bu wheat, corn and most of tho othe staples. 4. Alleged failure of the prohibi tion commissioner to enforce ade quately the provisions of the Volstead prohibitory law has subjected Com missioner Kramer to a crossfire of criticism from both sides of the liquor issue, several requests for congres sional investigation of the office have been made. Shipping Board Spared. . Bitter criticism has been , rectea against the shiDnino- ko.j CAR FAILS, ROBBERS FLEE One Killed, Four Captured and Bank's $50,000 Recovered. CLEVELAND, O., Oct. 21. One out law was killed, two others' seriously wounded and William Petre. bank clerk, was probably fatally wounded today when 10 robbers held up the Cleevland Trust company branch bank at Bedford, 10 miles from here. Four of the outlaws were captured, the others escaping. They obtained no money. The dead robber was the driver of the automobile used by the gang. The robbers entered the bank with drawn revolvers and ordered the em ployes to hold up their hands, took all thenioney in sight, said to amount to $50,000, and dashed for the door. A bank clerk sounded an alarm and i fusillade of shots followed. The rob bers automobile stalled and they abandoned the car and the stolen money, five of them escaping in second car. alleged failure properly' to tajnVtir the shipping law involving the hanrli ing of 13,000,000.000 which confess appropriated for the upbuilding of the American merchant marine from ftf :p'u- arm" sPP"es - - - me quartermaster. .-. ..... ouiiniier in tions of the country. ar r,t """ the govern- V .oU.t,s i losses of huge pro portions. This has been the subject on war'7nbyHthe SPeial committee on war expenditures which proposes to continue the investigation, exam-nVt-Tr0. rCCent transactionaiof many sec are alleged to expected war department 7 TV.r. .1 . . b.. P :lment or Justice has the b.t ,T" :..'Amany charges in . " : :"J.""'i;-.,"voii's not uf -",'.u"" " ."-prosecution !.- ' . Dut also its cam Vemb" the grounds that v , !,. ! coms aown and that it Is out of money to continue the rnS,hmrme;, RePUblicana ar harg! j 7. , "'" "ection is near, ST serv a political L at lor , .t. Q?mana! for investi- madl situation have been Wheat Inquiry Promised. jJL.JS,00? Allen of Kansas has demanded an Investigation of alleeed , manipulation of prices in the Chica go grain market, to which President U llson has agreed. Before this in- ja ciosea congress is to take a hand. 9. Charges have been made by Kepresentative Julius Khn -. i chairman of the house military affairs committee, that Newton D. Baker ..nary or war. has Ignored the rlam provisions of the army reorgan isation act; that he has arranged for the general staff to administer the purchase of supplies, rather than have this done by the assistant secretary ?-.arC a" the law Pvides. Mr. Kahn has prepared a resolution of Investigation to be introduced when congress meets. 10 During the summer the long standing feud between the depart ment of labor and the department of justice over the deportation of unde sirable aliens broke out afresh: also charges have been made that aliens subject to deportation. Including 2! ' , Martens, self-styled soviet ambassador to this country, have been permitted to remain and carry on "2 propaganda Instead of being sent back to their native lands. An ia vestlgation is assured when congress More Friction IJevelop. V- .Criticism of the bureau of war risk insurance, which has been th unfailing object of congressional sua! plclon and investigation since its or- f""""""u uunns ine world war has been revived. It is said now th,! .... is failing to give proper at to the rehabilitation t diers after their discharge from army hospitals. Also it is hinted that the bureau, which, has been "reorganized" many times since the war. needs to be reorganized again. Congress, it is expected, will make further inquiries. 12. New sources of friction be tween congress and the postmaster general developed during the summer, and several members of congress have served notice that they will ask an investigation. The alleged award ing of aerial mail contracts at figures in excess of the amount permitted by the terms of the postoffice appro priation act is one subject calling for inquiry. Representative Madden of Illinois has threatened to start an i cv.'stipation. H. Widespread dissatisfaction over the administration of the civil serv ice retirement law developed In the summer, and members of congress I made several special trips U IVasb- bureau tentlon WALTER EVANS SPEAKER Schoolliouse at Oak GroTe Is Packed' for Political Talks. OREGON cfTT. Or.. Oct. 21. (Spe cial.) One hundred and fifty people packed the schoolhousc at Oak Grove Wednesday night to near Walter H. Evans, district attorney of Multnomah county deliver a spirited address on the issues of the campaign. JJavtd Lj. Lofgren presided, and brief talks were made by Livy Stipp, republican nominee for district at torney; It. E. Cross, republican candi date for county judge, and Couniv Judgf Anderson, who talked in favor or tne Willamette river bridge bonds. County candidates went to Beaver Creek Thursday night, where Charles it,. Spence talked for the bridge bonds and went to Alacksburg tonight, wind ing up the week at Milwaukie Satur day night, where Frank J. Lonergan win oe the main speaker and B. CJ. Skulason will preside. ENGINEERS FAVOR APPEAL Proposed Changes in Building Code Approved. The Oregon 'chapter of th Ameri can Association of Engineers passed a resolution favoring the board of appeals as provided in proposed changes in the building code of the city, following an investigation made by a committee of the association. The body, however, favored restrict ing the powers of the board of ap peals to prevent authorization of any deviation from the building code anecting. the structural strength of Duiidings or other structures. Findings of the committee were referred to the chamber of commerce. O. M. Ash will address the Oregon chapter on the subject "Crystalline Structure of Steel as Shown by the Microscope," at a meeting to hold thf. evening of October 27. SEATTLE'S VOTE 119,754 Total Registration, Minns Duplica tions, Is Announced. SEATTLE. Wash., Oct. 21. fSoe- cial.) Seattle's total registration for the general election November 2 is 119,754, completion of the recheck on the recent election enrollment shows. Altogether, 476 duplications were dis covered, zealous electors entering their names "on the poll books a sec ond time to make sure they would have a vote next month. With duplications eliminated, the total is nearly 20,000 greater than Seattle ever has had before. The registration office in the county-city building is still busy making transfers, as high as 200 voters being recorded at new ad dresses in one day. I . Making Boys Happy Four Great Off ers in the Boys' Shop Giving "Dad" a jolly good run for his money! Real dollars saved to the family pocketbook through gen uinely reduced prices on these special groups of Boys' Suits and Overcoats taken right out of my regular stock and marked down to the lowest notch. Now's the. time to clothe the boys! Boys' Nobby Belted Suits Nearly Every One With Two Pain "Knickers" Regularly Priced ' Regularly Priced $18, $20, $22.50 $25, $27.50, $30 $14.85 $19.85 Every Size for Boys of 8 to 18 Years Boys' Corduroy School Suits Regularly Priced $12.50. For Boys of O 7 to 18 Years JfrV.SD Boys' Winter Overcoats Regularly . $13.50, $15, $16.50. For Boys of 11 M 1 QEJ to 18 Years P11.0j AH Shown in the Boys' Shop on the Second Floor BEN SELLING Leading Clothier Morrison at Fourth " .KNOX 'ft HAT S . and overcoats are in a class by v themselves correct in style and guaranteed to give satisfaction knox is the hat m. sichel's the store 'W men's furnisher and hatter exclusive but not expensive 331 Washington street, near broadway ID - I ' "" - 1 J CHINA NEAR DESPERATION Dried Roots of Violet Plants Re ported TTsed for Fuel. SEATTLE, -Wash.. Oct. 21. (See- cial.) The roots of violet plants are beniff used for fuel, so desperate the fuel situation in China, according: to r. Benson, manager of iramigra- tion and industry of the Northern Pacific railway, who recently re turned from the orient. The smallest twigs of other kinds also are gathered and bring; a cent pound, a large price iri that country, where Washington's stumps, consid ered a pest here, would po regarded as a blessing: from heaven. One may see in Hongkone streets merchants selling the roots of violets ana similar plants which bare been dug; up and dried for fuel. 0IS0N GIVEN ACTRESS Pegg-y Oelll Declares Candv Caused Recent Illness. LONDON, Oct. 21. Peggy O'Neill the actress who about a month ago waa taken suddenly ill during a per formance at the Savoy theater, has returned to her place In the cast and declares her Illness was due to an attempt to poison her. She says a box of chocolates was sent to her Conservative Custodian Cfiat s Tour bank should . be large enough for safety and service, yet small enough so it can do business on a personal basis. Such a bank is the Hibernia. I2 dressing room anonymously. She ate some of the candy and was soon taken seriously ilL One chocolate was erlven to a net dog which died. An analysis showed the candy contained arsenic and strychnine. ( Jap Troops In Cnlna to Stay. WASHINGTON, Oat. 21. (By the Associated Press.) The Japanese government declares In an official statement today at Tokio that the troops dispatched into China as a re sult of recent bandit raids at Hun- chun, a frontier post In eastern Man churia, will be "promptly withdrawn as soon as danger is removed and peace is restored in the province." RAIL PARTY DUE MONDAY to Xorthern Pacific Specialists Hold Conference Here. Ten specialists of the Northern Pa cific company, who are touring- the states served by that company's lines. will be In Portland Monday and will meet with officials of the Chamber of Commerce, the state chamber of commerce and interested individuals in outlining a programme for the more rapid land settlement and de velopment of industrial possibilities of the Northwest in co-operation with state and local agencies. Arrangements have been made for a meeting in the Oregon building at 10 o'clock in the morning at which the railroad officials will meet with Chamber of Commerce officials and representatives of Irrigation, land settlement and Industrial activities. rouverneur Morris a iiiico, . -THuriiirii I. tnnj inauycnaiactivuies. I The Pfeaity- BoSpn & Qy Jfts, , i staiy cthaEkfa I I "jry . Si "4 . I ACT $ iar fold anda maid 1 J&m-k ' A - nv Ffl LAST I -. " i ' tAlCt-, A TODAY! f 1 k im h DOROTHY I H v Ear,y! i m I 'fC'Wf -V HOUR" 1 I : : m Second Week! 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