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TIIE MOBXING OREGOXtAN, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1920 WAR " MEDAL - DELAY ENDS AWARDS SENT Naval Board Mails Decora tions for Distribution. HERO LIST IS REVISED Controversy Precipitated by Re fusal of Rear-Admiral Sims to Accept JTonors. WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. Byx the Associated Press.) The lone? delay in awarding medals for distinguished wartime service in the navy and ma rine corps is about to be ended, it was learned today at the navy depart ment. Decorations which were held up while a navai board reconsidered the awards after a controversy among naval officers and a subsequent con gressional investigation last winter, have been mailed to commanding officers of ships and stations for dis tribution either on Armistice day, November 11, or Armistice Sunday, November 14. Medals Are Forwarded. The medals were forwarded In ealed packages with Instructions that they were not to be opened un til receipt of a general release mes sage from the . department and were then to be presented with appro priate ceremonies. The revised list of those to receive the awards was not made public and It was said that It would not be released until the medals were actu ally presented. It was understood, however, that since the original list was eirt back to the board, headed toy Rear Admiral Austin M. Knight, for review and revision, a number of names had been added. The original list Included 13 persons to receive the medal of honor, .while the revised list, it was said, provides for 19. 1.1st Includes 400. The revised list as finally approved Includes the names of more than 400 officers and men who will receive the distinguished eervice medal and about 1600 to receive the navy cross. The controversy over naval decora tions was precipitated last winter by the publication of a letter from Rear Admiral Sims to Secretary Daniels, declining to accept the distinguished service medal for which he had been recommended because of alleged in justices in the manner of awarding the honors. After the senate inves tigation Mr. Daniels sent the list back to the Knight board for review. BOMB BREAKS WINDOWS EXPLOSION DAMAGES HOME IX EAST SIDE DISTRICT. Halloween Prank Considered Best Explanation of Detonation Police Have no Clue. A mysterious bomb explosion which " roke several windows in the home T C. B. Hurtt, 1067 East Burnside '.reet, and shook the house,' net In jectors Swennes and Schulpius yes - !rday on an all-day investigation to '. jtermine the source of the bomb . id some possible explanation of its sing exploded beneath a window of .'-.e Hurtt residence. The explosion, which aroused the .ntire neighborhood In wild alarm, ccurred late Sunday night, a few -.oments after the family had driven aeir automobile to the garage at the ia.r of the house. Had the explosion .ccurred as the family passed the lde of the h4ise in the machine, the olice say several undoubtedly would ave been killed. Belief that the bomb might have een exploded as a Halloween prank as expressed yesterday by the :tectives. Minute pieces scattered bout the yard resembled parts of a hinese bomb, they said. Mrs. Hurtt yesterday said she did ot know why anyone would seek to low up the home, and she shared ith the detectives the conviction lat It might have been a prank of . .-actical Jokers. DITOR. GETS NOBEL PRIZE "ormer Chicago Conductor Xow Norwegian Writer, Honored. CHICAGO, Nov. 1. Knut Hamsun, Torweglan editor, formerly a con uctor on an old Haletead-street ear ns here In the- early '80s, has won te 1920 Nobel prize for literature, lends learned today. Hamsun came here from North Da- '.ota, where he had worked on a farm, nd after being discharged from the orse-car line because he read books ostead of collecting fares, he went ast and obtained a berth on a Newf oundland banks fishing schooner. He returned to Norway In the early '90s And in 1893 brought out his first volume. ROBBERS ARE SENTENCED Men Who Stole Salt Lake City " Funds Given 2 3 Yea"?s. SALT LAKE CITY. Utah, Nov. 1. Sentences of 23 years in the state rison were pronounced today In dis- rlct court upon William uonney, . V. Gravell, J. T. Smith and Frank njaro rnnvlrt,H nf robbincr the 1 Sugar House bank here last Septem ber. irh. m.n n- r mnfnrpi! hv A TMlSSe south of Salt Lake on the evening Ifollowlng tne oanK noiaup ana me IS6000 they took was recoverea irum them. EST SIDE ROAD CLOSED hour Over Boone's Ferry Route Open to Motorists. iiREGON CITY, Or., Oct. 30. (Spe- I'al.) Arrangements have been com peted for paving tne macule nignway Clhe west side from Portland ana e road has been closed. A detour, I. .i . T.. -.1. IrAg over the Boone's Ferry road. tnfcs motorists out at uswego. PHe road will be closed until about orluary. The east sid. road is open. MSTEVENSON DIVORCED city today received a decree of divorce from Estella B. Stevenson on the grounds of abandonment. They we're married at Amboy. Wash., May 26, 1909, and he alleges that she left their home in 1917, and has refused to return. There are no children. Martha G. Payne has filed suit for divorce from Lee R. Payne, formerly of this city and deputy county clerk. They were married' April 8. 1911, at Woodland. Wash., and there are two children, Clara, 8, and Lo's, 5 years of age. They removed to Buffalo, N. Y several years ago, and recently de cided to return to Vancouver. It was understood that she should bring the children to Vancouver and he 'would follow within a short time: He failed to follow and sent but 870 "towards her support, she alleges, since she came. She asks $50 a month alimony. t THEATER TO GIVE ELECTION RETCRXS TONIGHT. Special Performance Scheduled to Start at 10 o'clock and Con tinue Until 12. Tonight: election night will be gala at the Orpheum, as there will be two night shows and election re turns will be read at each perform ance. The first show will start promptly at 7:30 o'clock and the sec ond at 10 o'clock. After the second show reading of election returns will be continued until after midnight. S I XAr ' X . .... r. - 'm Gertrude Barr of tike beadliner twins, who will appear at Or pheum tonight. and If it Is the desire of the theater patrons the returns will be read un til 1 o'clock. A telegraph Instrument has been Installed In the lobby of the Orpheum to provide quick and complete . elec tion returns and all the returns will be announced, through a magnavox which has been placed on the left of the stage for the occasion. This In strument magnifies the voice and makes the ordinary speaking tone so loud, clear and distinct that it can be thoroughly understood in every part of the theater. The Orpheum's election-time show is a four-feature assemblage and the show is notable for its many hits, five out of the seven acts winning so much applause that they are In the. "etop-the-show" class. The head liners are the Barr twins, assisted by Rube Beckwlth, a Pendleton boy, at the piano. The other features are Bobbe and Nelson in a riotous comedy act with songs; Kellam and O'Dare, another laugh-a-second act, and Robert Hyman and Virginia Mann In "5000 a Year," a comedy sketch that is regarded as being one of the best of the season. This show will close its Portland engagement with the matinee tomorrow. Portland Companies Incorporate. SALEM, Or.. Nov. 1. CSpeciaL) The Washington Building company, with headquarters in Portland, has filed articles of Incorporation heie. The capital stock is $100,000. The in corporators are G. W. Holcomb, F. P. Mays and Franklin T. Griffith. The Hail Products company of I' rtl.tnd has been incorporated by George S. Hail, M. H. Calef and Henry Eriksen. The capital stock is $20,000. Governor Issues Requisition. SALEM, Or.. Nov. 1. (Special.) Governor Olcott today lssuad requisi tion papers on the governor of Cali fornia, requesting the return to Ore gon of Robert Oberer, who is wanted in Portland on a charge of uttering and publishing a forged bank check. Oberer is under arrest at Los An geles. H. E. Anderson, police Inspector of Portland, will leave tonight for California after the prisoner. Election returns, Orpheum tonight. Two shows, 7:30 and 10 P. M. Adv. Save your home zoning will pro tect you. Vote 300 X yes. Adv. Election returns, Orpheum tonight, Two shows. 7:30 and 10 P. M. Adv. LEABU E ARC S1I1ZM COX Attack on - Harding Is , Re newed by Governor- OWN VICTORY FORECAST Campaign Is Based Entirely on Great Moral Issue, Democratic - Nominee . Declares. TOLEDO, O., Nov. 1. Governor Cox, in his last speech of the campaign to night summarized his arguments for the league of nations, which, he said, was th nremier issue to be decided -tomorrow at the polls. He predicted victory for himself, not as the repre sentative of a. party, but as the leader of a cause. The governor also renewed his at tack on Senator Harding on the league issue, declaring that the republican candidate was "wiggling and wob bling" and that the senator's election meant "controversy and confusion." The governor and his party arrived here by special train early tonight from Dayton and left on the return Journey immediately after his speech. Tomorrow he will rest at Dayton, go ing to the polls with Mrs. Cox to vote. Stop Made at DeHhler. On his way here from Dayton the governor and his party stopped at Deshler, where several hundred had gathered, waiting in a drizzling rain. The governor responded with a rear platform speech, a forerunner of his argument tonight. "I have always had faith in the good judgment and patriotism of the American people," the governor said, "and an analysis of the past tells us that In all our history whenever a moral Issue has been pre sented it has been met with the ap proval of the American electorate. "If there ever was a campaign based entirely upon a great moral issue, this is the campaign, because the thing to be decided iswhether the civilization of the world shall tie itself together in a concerted purpose to prevent the tragedies of war. Special Address Not Prepared. T hope we will have good news to morrow night. When I say good news, I do not speak of a democratic victory. I speak for a victory for humanity, which will be a victory for humanity world-wide, having a significance that touches every man, woman and child in the civilized pow ers of the earth." The governor had no special ad dress prepared for the meeting here, but in it he reviewed and summarized the various arguments he had made in his transcontinental tour.- His visit here on election eve was in conform ity with a political superstitution of party - followers here, who say that the governor's only defeat in an elec tion was encountered when he failed to end his speech-making here. Manx Messages Received. Many messages were received today by the candidate. It was said they predicted victory. The weather fore cast for the country was said by members of the governor's party to be cheerful .news, predicting inclement weather in several sections where it was regarded that this would affect the republican "Vot6more seriously than that of the democrats, particu larly in the mountain sections of some border states. Weather Bad hut Crowd Big. The governor ran afoul of bad weather here, but the coliseum was filled and many hundreds stood in the aisles and at all 'exits. Con gressman Sherwood of Toledo, one of the veteran members of ..the house of representatives, introduced Gov ernor Cox as th'e "net. president" and the crowd ansvered with wild ap plause. As the crowd ended its greet ings a big floral horseshoe, bearing the inscription: "James M. Cox, our next president," was presented to the candidate. - First Governor Cox attacked the republican platform, asserting that efforts were made in its preparation to please various party leaders with the result that "absolutely nh!ng was left In their declarations." The governor reiterated charges that-the republicans sought to win ' various groups of voters. . "They said the n-egro vote would come to them practically solid." said the governor. "There has been en tirely too much said- about social equality for the future eerenlty of the nation." Pro German Vot Held Sought. Before their convention, the gover nor declared, the republican leaders made efforts-"to get the pro-German vote by introducing the Knox resolu tion In the senate." "They flirted with the professional pro-German vote from the beginning to the end of the campaign," said Governor Cox. j Turning his attention briefly to I Senator Harding, Governor Cox de clared the "republican candidate was picked to fit the party platform," and the crowd applauded. Then taking up- the league of na tions. Governor Cox declared that its adoption by the country was the outstanding Issue to be decided- at the election. This country, he con tinued, is morally bound-to adopt the league because of what he described as the country's promise to American soldiers who died in the world war. Conspiracy Charge Repeated. "The spiritual eyes of. 81,000 Amer ican boys who fell In the war," he declared, "will look upon you tomor row -at the polls to see whether we are a nation of honor or a nation of repudlators." The governor repeated again his "conspiracy" charge, accusing Sen ator. Lodse and other republican sen- ators of being "conspirators in hatch ing apiot to defeat the league." -. "After tomorrow," continued the governor, "one . of the conspirators will be a private citizen residing at Marion. Ohio." Many in the crowd arose, cheer ing the governor's prediction'. Governor Cox said that the cove nant of the league aims to remove the causes of war. More England Vote Denied. He denied that England would have six votes to one for the United States in the league. Further he asserted that the league would not Interfere with Ireland becoming a separate na tion, but he contended that Ireland's best chance for freedom was through the league. Denial was made that America's entrance into the league would permit American soldiers be ing sent abroad without a declara tion of war by congress. "I cannot tell where Senator Hard ing stands on the league question, for I have not read today's newspapers," said Governor Cox. "Can anyone tell where he stands?" '. After a brie f pause a voice In the crowd answered, "Guess not." The governor then recounted what he said were several of the "many posi tions on the league" taken by the republican candidate, asserting that Senator Harding was attempting to "wiggle and wobble" into the presidency. . Traitors Held Harding Voters. The election of Harding, he con tinued, would be a mixed mandate on the- league. -Every group of vot ers opposing the league, he added, favors the senator's election. "Every traitor in America will vote tomorrow for Warren G. Harding," declared Governor Cox. Urging- the league's adoption. Gov ernor Cox said that world-wide pros perity would follow. "If we don't go into the league of nations," he said, "we will have some smokeless chimneys in Toledo for a long time to come. In six months bankers will be calling in the r loans if we are not 'n the league." COX WOULD ADMIT RCSSUXS Candidate .Would Let Sla.vs Into - League of Nations. NEW YORK, Nov. 1. Russia should be admitted to the league of nations and be enabled to "work out her own salvation in her own way," Governor Cox, democratic presidential nomi nee, declared in a letter to the league of free nations association, made pub lic here today. The governor's letter, written in reply to one sent him' by the association, said: "It is my purpose to give every at tention to the Russian situation. I have stated in my addresses my con viction that Russia should be enabled to work out her. own salvation in her own way, and be admitted to member ship In the league of nations. Amer ica is interested In and should help the oppressed and starving of any nation. I shall support any policy which makes of America the moral and humanitarian leader of the world, but cannot in propriety at this time express what in friendly quarters might be seized upon as an ungra cious criticism." ' FAMILY HELPS PRISONER TOrXG HUSBAND IS PAROLED s BY JUDGE TAZWELL. Jobn Dewey Smith Contracted Fur niture on 'Installment Plan; Then Disposed of It. CONCRETE TANKERS SOLD New York Firm Purchases Steam ers From Shipping Board. WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 Sale of two concrete tank steamers, the Palo Alto and Perarta, each of 7500 tons, to the Lincoln Steamship line of New York for $780,000 and $765,000, re spectively, was announced today by the shipping board. The steel cargo steamer Vaba of 7825 tons has been soldi to the Char bonneau Rajola company of New York for Jl.4t7.625. All women know that' there is a way in which they can madden men the worst part of men. HARVRY n n b c k Appearance of his wife and two young children In Presiding Judge Tazwell's courtroom yesterday prob ably was largely responsible for parole of John Dewey Smith, who entered a plea of guilty of larceny by bailee. Smith, who is 20 years old, two years ago purchased about J500 ' worth of furniture from Calef Brothers, paying only a small sum down and signing a contract to turn in the remainder of the money in Installments. In the summer of 1918 he was hard up and began selling the furnishings of his home until they were all gone. Judge Tazwell sentenced the youth to five years in the penitentiary, but because of the boy's child-wife and two babies, let him go to take up an offer of work. Two other youths were arraigned yesterday. Jobn Hazelwood, an orphan who was brought up in a good home, but alleged to display decided tendencies toward stealing, was given two more days In which to enter his plea. District Attorney Evans, who is acquainted with the 19-year-old boy, told the court he presented a decided problem. He had been in trouble before and this time is charged with taking personal property from George S. Cole, valued at 369.60. At first It was thought the boy was mentally defective, but examination showed him to be prac tically normal. Arthur Mealey pleaded guilty to stealing an automobile tire when in company with another boy. He was sentenced to a year In the county jail and paroled upon condition he goes home" to his mother. s 16-Year-OId Girl Is Wed. VANCOUVER, Wash., Nov. 1. (Spe cial.) Miss Pearl Ritz, 16 years old, and William L. Gorman, 26, both of Portland, were married here today. Mrs. A. L. Ritz, mother of the girl, was present and gave her consent to the marriage. She lives at 117 North Eighteenth street, corner of Glisan, Portland. - Vancouver Licenses Increase. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Nov. 1. (Spe cial.) During the month of October, this year, 252 marriage licenses were issued. The number for October, 1919, was 248. To Assure the Re -election of Mayor Baker Vote Only One Choice, Vote X 96 Only (Paid Adv., C. C. Hindtrjan.) Pertinent Facta About HERBERT GORDON . Born August 5. 1874. , ; Lived on farms until 1891. Was merchant in Eugene 1907 to 1911. Moved to Portland 1911. where he has since been in business, with conspicuous success. Served in Oregon legislature 1917. 1919 and 1920; was chairman ways and means committee of house 1919-20. saving hundreds of" thousands of dollars to taxpayers. Member Masonic lodge; is a Shriner. Member Portland Ad Club. Member Sunnyslde Methodist church. Member Portland lodge of Elks. "Member of United Artisans. Member Chamber of Commerce. Member Realty Board. Vote for Herbert Gordon Give Him Your First or Second Choice. (Paid Ad., Gordon for Mayor Club; R. Coan. Pres.: C. C. Stout. Sec.) f 1 "T- f;! something 4 . wlft- - -; ?U about ihcia -pt , Cl j youlll&e- V) 5 i jXTwenty to r r ' "V? BERTLYTELL ' N The Price of Redemption A STORY THAT REACHES THE HEART, AND LIKE A HAND, SQUEEZES IT 4, .'.". '''. t jr- : - m I v v . . - -. ill ELECTION RETURNS WILL BE FLASHED ON THE, SCREEN FAST AS RECEIVED - - BY WIRE WILL SHOW UNTIL 12 O'CLOCK - - ; PIERCE - ARROW 2-ton, 3i-ton, 5-ton Dual Valve Trucks Lower operating cost: Saving time on the road Saving fuel consumption Saving time in the shop POWER equal to any demand is an economy, since it prevents delays in rough-going and on steep inclines, means more trips, more work Dual valves increase power by providing purer, fuller gas charges Every bit of fuel is converted into driving power, yielding more miles per gallon. SHOP time eats up profits beyond the actual money it costs. Trucks earn only while they are running. Ex perience snows Pierce-Arrows rarely go , to the shop. Right designing, sturdy building insures that. Easy accessibility of parts gets them back on the job quickly, when repairs are needed. It cuts down labor charges and restores earnings. 1 Jjg AG of the FIRST FIFTY trucks still running after 9 years' service. CHASSIS PRICES 2 - ton $3750 ' 3V2-ton 4950 5 - ton 5700 All Prices F.O.B. Buffalo Qias. C. Fagan Co.," Inc. Exclusive Distributors PIERCE-ARROW Motor Cars and Motor Trucks Ninth and Burnside Phone Broadway 4693 )au$t of ualttp 200 Pairs Men's Sample Shoes and Oxfords Noyes-Norman Make, Sizes 6, 6V2, 7 and only; AA to D 31 12 t o 50 Different Styles in the Front Window Come Small Feet Arid twenty different lasts. We will name you some of the leathers: Kangaroo, Kid, Russia Calf, Vici Kid, Cordovan. These shoes are in Tan, Black and Brown. Good Shoes for Boys Starting in , to Men's Sizes !1 pa G. Payne Sues for Separa tion In Vancouver. News Comedy hoe cio. OO kNtroTJVER, "Wash, Nov. 1. -(Spe- 149-151 Fourth St. Next to Honeyman Hardware Co. nDr. A- w. . Stevenson of this OOP HOES DTfcARfe
