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THE - MORNING OREGONTAN, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19. 1920 EYE-WITNESSES TELL E OF MISRULE Three Americans Testify Be fore Committee of 100. ALL WON OVER BY IRISH ltonn leader of Balbrlggan, Ireland. wilL te heard, together with other American visitorsto Ireland GA' QUITS COMMITTEE T. S. Citizen Says British Confis cated His Papers; Crimes . " ot Soldiery Described. WASHINGTON, Nov. 18. (By the Associated Press.) Eye-.wi'tness re port of disturbances in Ireland con nected with the movement for Irish independence were given today at the opening hearings of the commis sion of the committee of 100 investi gating the Irish question. Four witnesses, including Dennis Morgan, chairman of the town coun cil of Thurles. Ireland, and three Americans who visited Ireland re cently John F. Martin. Green Bay, Wis., Father Michael English. White hall. Mont., and Father James P. Cot ter, Ironton, O. were heard by the commission. All expressed sympathy for the Irish independence movement and told of violent events which they had seen and agreed that civil processes, except of the provisional Irish republic, were virtually at an end under the rule of the British military forces. Murders Are Recounted. PRICES GENERALLY Hog Market Reaches Lowest Level in Three Years. STOCK VALUES COLLAPSE Ex-Minister Says Findings Useless. Yale Professor Holds Out. NEW YORK, Nov. 18. Dr. Maurice Francis Egan, former United States minister to Copenhagen, recently ap pointed a member of the committee of 100 investigating the Irish ques tion, today sent a telegram expressing his regret at being obliged to resign as he felt no findings could be useful unless the committee had power to enforce the presence of witnesses. A statement by Professor Irving Fisher of Yale university said he was Invited to join the committee but never accepted. IRISH CLASHES COSTISUE I Wave of Liquidation Sweeps Over Securities Market Lea dins inree ucad, iwo in tiospiiai as i . I issues ciose niu iiosses, Result of Latest tight. LONDON, Nov. 18. Three men were dead today, while two others were badly wounded in a hospital as a re sult of several attacks last night on individual houses by armed men fol lowing the killing of Sergeant O'Donague of , the constabulary, ac cording to a Cork dispatch 'to the Central News. The people were afraid to venture outdoors, the dispatch added. MINERS PLAN FOR PEACE MIVERAL SEPARATION TROU BLE MAY BE SETTLED. Gold Mining in State of Disintegra tion, Says Black Hills Dele gate to Congress. Mr. Morgan said his home was riddled with bullets prior to his ar rest and deportation to England with out any definite charges being- pre ferred against him. With 200 other Irish republican leaders, he said, he went on a hunger strike until they were released. He also told of "mur ders" of Irish citizens by constabulary and soldiery, including the "black and tan" forces. Kather English asserted that Brit ish soldiers had confiscated his pa pers. The military authorities denied his protests that he was an American citizen, he said, and he also told of having witnessed the shooting: of an Irishman, whose body, he said, was beaten Into unrecognizable form. Town Shot Jp for Hour. Father Cotter, a Catholic editor, told of the killing of a Galway civil ian by a British soldier without cause, he said. The soldier, he said, was seized by another civilian and re prisals against the town followed an hour later. "Soldiers shot up the streets for several hours," he said. The aged priest added that he lay for an hour and a half under a window ledge of his hotel to escape the flying bullets. The military, he added, later set fire to two houses and fired into a Galway newspaper plant whose man agement was friendly to the repub t lican movement. Father Cotter and Mr. Martin, a Knights of Columbus official, stated that sentiment in Ireland as they found it was virtually unanimous for independence. ReliKtoun Prejudice Denied. "Sympathies of everyone I met. Catholic and Protestant, were for the republicans," said Father Cotter. The belief that religious prejudice or dif ferences were involved in Ireland was unfounded, he added. "There was absolute unanimity of opinion for home rule," Mr. Martin said. All witnesses said that civil court procedure was suspended in Ireland, coroner's Inquests prohibited by the British government and that the only . authority exercised, except for the British military forces, was that of the Irish republicans. About 600 soldiers and 400 police are stationed constantly in Limerick, Father English said. Military raids through Pen ni will, a Limerick: dis trict, were so frequent, he said, that it had been named the "Penniwill sector." He told of a fire started by hand grenades or incendiaries, which damaged 200 houses in the Penniwill district, and said he saw many marks of bullets and bombs. Military Relfftm In Cork. Mr. Martin said he was halted and searched frequently by soldiers dur ing a journey from Limerick to Cork. He said there were great numbers of military lorries in Cork patrolling the streets continuously. In the space of five blocks Mr. Martin eaid, he noted about 80 per cent of the windows of houses and stores had been shattered by the ac ticities of the soldiery. "No compensation has been made by the British government for the de struction of property whose destruc , tion has been proved against its own forces," he declared. Father Cotter aid he spent eight weeks in Ireland last summer. In Cork, he said, a sister of Terence MacSwiney showed him a dumdum bullet which had been fired at hr but ml&sed. Soldiers Make Mfltkt Hldeou. "Nights in Cork are hideous with the shots of the military," said Father Cotter. He and Father Kngtish told also of eeeing intoxicated soldiers firing their arms in the streets. In the examination of Mr. Morgan, Frank P. Walsh and Dudley Field Malone, counsel for the Commission for Irish Independence, participated, but Freuoric C Howe, chairman; Sen ator Walsh of Massachusetts, and other members of the investigating commission questioned the American witnesses. It was made clear by Senator Walsh that all of the witnesses were sum moned by the commission, which pays their expenses without relation to any other organization In the coun try. In opening the hearing Chairman Howe taid the commission was to conduct an "impartial inquiry" into all the facts, both from Irish and Eng lish sources, and later send a com mittee to Ireland for further inquiry. The hearings are expected to con : tinue for ttvtial weeks. T morrr-w John Deerham, a repub- DENVER, Nov. 18. An attempt will be made to settle differences be tween miners and the Minerals Sep aration North American corporation, holder of patents covering the flota tion process of ore separation, it was decided at today's session of the American mining congress. The board of directors of the con gress authorized appointment of a committee to meet with Minerals Separation officials to attempt an amicable settlement. This will be undertaken at a meet ing in New York, it was declared. W. J. Loring of San Francisco was elected president of the congress by the directors this afternoon. The Black Hills prospector, that unique character who has furnished many a theme for novels built around man's quest for gold, virtually has disappeared from South Dakota, B. C Yates of Lead, S. D., declared today before the congress. This has been due primarily to the fact, according to Yates, that "the gold taken from the mines does' not have sufficient value to pay the cost of production." He described the gold industry in the Black Hills as bein "in a state of disintegration." "In every mining community of the hills are to be found empty houses and deserted prospectors' cabins," he said. "This gold Indi stry is face to face with a grave crisis, brought about by the world war and the shortsighted policy adopted by the government of J breeding without feeding the one in dustry absolutely essential to the life of any civilized nation at all times." what materials will cost In the com ing year, but we don't expect them to go higher and they may be some what lower." Canned goods prices are at a very low ebb on account of lack of mar-; kets and the necessity of canners liquidating their finished product, . according to H. A. N. Daly, president of the National Association of Canned ! Food and Dried Fruit Brokers, who spoke before the opening session of the Western Association of Canners here today. "Government selling of surplus has almost demoralized the canned food industry," he said. "These goods are nearly all absorbed now and business is regaining its lost ground. w The Lowest Prices Guaranteed With Every Change of Market LIIIIIIIIIIII1II1IIIIIIIIII1IIIIII1IIIIIIIIIIIIII!IIIIIII1IIII!II! 5 Principal Portland Agents for Butterick Patterns H All the New Styles Are Here in All Sizes. "The Store That Undersells Because It Sells for Cash" Economy and Quality Combined for Bigger "Business and Better Values iiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!iiiiiiiiiii!iiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiuiiiiii!i Mail Orders Promptly and Carefully Filled Same Day as Received Parcels Post Packages Prepaid. Xew York Market Weakens. NEW YORK, Nov. 18. Failure of NEGROES LINED UP, SHOT Two Men and One Woman Killed by Georgia Mob. DOUGLAS, Ga., Nov. 18. Two negro men and one negro woman, accused of Implication in the killing of Pearly Harper, a young planter of this county, were shot early today by a mob of more than 150 men, who overpowered Sheriff Tanner and two deputies, who were attempting to get the negroes to Fitzgerald tor safe keeping. An attempt wa-s made last night to storm the ja'l where the negroes. Will Perry, Willie Ivory and Minnie Ivory, his wife, were held, but the crowd dispersed after listening to an appeal by Sheriff Tanner to allow the law to take its course. Early today the sheriff decided to transfer the prisoners to Fitzgerald and started in an automobile. The mob, according to the officer, de manded that the negroes be turned over to them, and lined them up and shot them. EAST ST. LOUIS, Nov. 18. Hog prices at the stockyards here touched the lowest levels in more than three years today when the top price was $12.40 a hundred pounds. NEW YORK, ' Nov. 18. Another wave of liquidation and professional pressure swept over the stock market today, adding very substantially to previous low records of the year and in several instances extending over a .much longer period. The slump was accelerated by fresh disturbances In the commodity mar kets and further signs of a setback In general lines of trade and indus try, including retail merchandising and steel and iron production. Steamship Shares Weakest. Steamship shares were the over shadowing features of weakness and suspension of the quarterly dividend on American International caused collapse in that issue as well as kin dred shares. American International made an extreme loss of 11 point and United Fruit. International Mercantile Marine preferred and Atlantic Gulf forfeited 2 to 8 points with many of the un classified specialties. ' Passing of the American Interna- Uonal dividend is an echo in part of demoralized conditions now pre- i vailing in Cuba and Central and ; South America, where the company has numerous extensive commitments, apart from its ship holdings. It' also served as a reminder of the change in status ot the American Merchant Marine from that of the prosperous war period, vhen freight rates were abnormally high and American bottoms were carrying home products to new markets. Lreadiiifc laatuea Decline With few exceptions leading Issues among steels, equipments, oils and motors were engulfed in the year's new minimum quotations.. United States steel at 80 was a small fraction under its previous low record for three years and closed at a nominal loss. Extreme recessions In the general list, apart from shippings, ranged from one to six points. On the surface today's collapse was surprising because of the pronounced relaxation shown by the money mar ket. For the first time in many weeks call money opened at 7 per cent, with many offerings at r per cent by mid day. Time money also was freely of fered at 8 per cent against the low prevailing quotations of 84 to 8 per cent. These seemingly favorable condi tions were the outcome, however, of the enormous purging to which the stock market has recently been subjected. bankers to arrive at any definite con clusions in regard to a Cuban loan seemed today to have undermined sentiment la sugar to some extent and led to increased pressure in the market, with both raw and refined making new low records for the sea son. Raws declined to the basis of 6.26 cents for centrifugal and refined to 9.50 cents for fine granulated. Corset Quotations Also Cut. CHICAGO. Nov. 18. Corsets have joined the lists of articles of apparel selling at reduced prices. A large cor set manufacturer today announced re ductions of from 20 to 25 per cent on cotton, silk and elastic corsets. FOOD PRIVES TUMBLING 22 IMPORTANT ARTI-CXiES RE - PORTED GRAVITATING. Come, Mr. and Mrs. Prudent Shopper, and Share in the Unmatchable Saving 1 Opportunities Arranged for Our J 1045th BARGAIN FRIDAY I We Believe This Store Possesses Qualifications That Will Make You Proud to Think of This Store as Your Store That Is Our Ambition Come, Let's Get Better Acquainted These Offerings Should Help FRUIT GROWERS TO MEET Members In of Association to Confer Salem Tomorrow. SALEM, Or., Nov. 18. (Special.) A meeting of members of the Oregon Growers' Co-operative association from all sections of the state will be held in the commercial club rooms here Saturday to discuss the future of the fruit industry and marketing problems npw facing the organiza tion. Addresses will be delivered by Robert C. Paul us, manager of the sales department of the association; C. I. Lewis, manager of the organiza tion department, and M. O. Evans, in charge of the field work, of the asso ciation. . . The Oregon Growers' association now controls 28.000 acres of land and has a membership of 1600. During the last two weeks of October, when the pool was opened, 96 members were admitted to the association, adding 2,000,000 pounds annually to the prune pool. Hood's Sarsaparilla Makes Food Taste Good Creates an appetite, aids digestion, purines the blood, and thus relieves scrofula, catarrh, th pains and aches of rheumatism and gives strength to the whole system. Nearly 50 years' phenomenal sales tell the Btory the great merit and success of Hood's Sarsaparilla. I is just the medicine you need now. Hood's Fills help flue cathartic BOY BURNS UP $800,000 (Continued From First Pag-e SUGAR DOWN AN OTHER XOTCH Denver Reports Cut of 50 Cents on Both Beet and Cane. DENVER, Nov. 18. Colorado fac tories today announced a further cut in the price of beet sugar of 50 cents a hundred pounds. This is the third cut in 10 days and a total reduction of $2. 50 a hundred pounds since October. The new basic price to territory in Chicago and west of that point is $9.30 a hundred pounds. This does not in clude freight charges, amounting to a hundred. East of Chicago the basic price will be $9.40 a hundred. Cane sugar prices also were cut 50 cents a hundred pounds. Portland Among Cities Named Showing Greatest Decreases. Houston, Tex., Is Exception. WASHINGTON, Nov. 18. A decrease of 3 per cent in retail food prices in October throughout the United States was noted in statistics on the cost of 22 articles of food, made public today by the department of labor. Greatest decreases were in prices of sugar, 24 per cent and potatoes 15 per cent. The price of eggs Increased 14 per cent. The average family expenditure for the 22 articles of food decreased in all of the 51 cities from which monthly prices were tabulated, except Houston, Tex., where there was an increase of approximately five-tenths of 1 per cent. The greatest decrease, 6 per cent, was in Omaha and St. Paul. In Min neapolis, Portland, Or., and Seattle, the decrease was 5 per cent; in Chi cago, Denver, Portland, Me., and San Francisco, 4 per cent; Atlanta, Kan sas City. Los Angeles and Washing ton. 3 per cent: in Butte, Dallas, Salt Lake City and New York, 1 per cent. PRESIDENT IS IMPROVING Relief From Anxiety Over Recent Election Indicated. ' WASHINGTON, Nov. 18. President Wilson's health was said today by White House officials to have shown improvement since the election and the consequent removal of the anxiety shown by the president over the deci sion of the electorate. Despite the cola weather. Mr. Wil son spends some time each day on the south portico of the White House. He also is devoting much time to public business and to the preparation of his annual message to congress. CANNED GOODS MAT DECLINE Head ' or Hopes to CHICAGO. National Association Make Lower Prices. Nov. 18. Prices of canned goods will be no higher and may be somewhat lower in the com ing months, according to W. J. Sears of Chilllcothe, O., president of the National Canners' association. "We are hopeful of making prices lower," Mr. Sears said today. "Canned goods have advanced less than any other staple and prices are just about as low as they can be. The present de cline in the prices of canned goods is due to financial conditions, not to any overproduction. We don't know FLOOD WARNINGS ISSUED Danger to Property Threatened in Sacramento Valley. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 18. Cattle men and resident? of the Sacramento valley lowlands were warned of pos sible floods by the United States weather bureau here today. The most critical situation was said to be in the vicinity of Red Bluff, where the Sacramento river was 17 feet at last reports, and the flood stage is 23 feet. At Red Bluff the river was re ported to have risen 13 feet in 48 hours. TWO DEAD, 30 INJURED Fifty Workers Buried Beneath Steel Frame That Collapses. INDIANAPOLIS. Nov. 18. P i f t y workmen engaged in erecting the steel frame of a three-story building. at the Emmerich manual training high school here, were buried beneath the mass of steel when the frame col lapsed today while they were at work. Two persons are known to have been killed and 30 were injured. S. A H. green Holman Fuel Co. Adv stamps for cash. Main 353. 60-21. w hich they burned were coupon or registered bonds. The authorities be lieve they were registered and that the boys, knowing this, burned them, since any attempt to convert them Into money would have led to certain arrest. Some Bonds Tbonght Saved. Authorities were also acting on the theory that the two boys did not burn all the bonds, but that they are tell ing that story to throw the officers off the track. The two boys had sev eral days in which to hide the bonds. Mrs. Poffenbarger, mother of the young robber, said her son did not burn the bonds at her house the night of the robbery. "I was in the kitchen most of the evening and Fred did not burn any papers" she told the of ficers. - Mrs. Poffenbarger has seven children. None of tose arrested were more than 20 years old. Orville Phillips, the youngest of the gang, is only 17. The others are 19 and 20. Five Poaches Recovered. Five additional registered pouches were recovered today from beneath the ice of Spoon lake, where Orville Phillips and Poffenbarger told the of ficers they had placed them. All the pouches were empty. They had been slit open and looted. The two boys said they burned the contents of these sacks. Among the ashes in the stove at Pof f enbarger's home the officers found traces of burned bonds and metal clips such as are used in post offices in making up mails. "Push" and "Pull 99 Until recently the fear of establishing another pork barrel has kept the United States Govern ment from buying advertising space for any gen eral campaigns. There are some 21,012 publications listed in N. W. Ayer & Son's Directory, and where among them is one so small and so insignificant as to be without political "pull"? To advertise in them all would 'stagger even a national treasury, so it was thought necessary not to use any. About a year ago 116 of the leading advertis ing agencies formed a corporation with stock held by members of the association. With the co-operation of the newspaper asso ciations, this corporation was in a position to bid for and execute government advertising with the one thought of rendering service to the account and without care for political expediency. It is obviously to the interest of the most re calcitrant publisher that he refrain from "log-, rolling" appeals to the politician. During the war, nearly all government adver tising was donated either by publishers or private capital. Now, even our government can advertise intelligently. Butterick- The Delineator -Publisher ($2.50 a Year Everybody's Magazine (tt.75 a Year) The Designer (ti.00 a Year) at $29.85 Friday We Offer Surprising Values in SUITS, COATS and DRESSES You Have Choice From Many of the Seasons Best Styles at a Price Concession That Thoughtful Women Will Ap preciate When They Come to This Sale and See for Themselves What Great Savings Are Possible by Selecting a Suit, Coat or Dress trom This Special Showing COATS are in popular styles and seasonable materials, Velours with Sealine Collar, Polo Cloths in brown and blue, and all are finely tailored and finished throughout. SUITS are in various fashionable models jn Check Velours and Serges and Tricotines in navy, brown, Copenhagen, etc. They are attractively trimmed, perfect in both fit and workmanship. DRESSES are of fine Satins, Tricotines and Serges in navy and black; models for the office, the home and for street wear. They have many different style features that are particularly pleasing. All These Garments Underpriced for Friday's Sale at $29.85 -Sale of CHILDREN'S SWEATER COATS Woolmixed At $2.98 A stock adjustment of this season's styles with sailor collar, belt and pockets fine wool mixed Sweaters in sal mon, turquoise and American Beauty. All sizes 6 to 12 years, in Friday's Sale at $2.98 r 75 BOLTS Plain and Lace Edge BUNGALOW NETS HALF PRICE Qualities Selling Regularly From 65c Up to $2.75 a Yard Now Selling From 32Vz to $1J7YZ Yard Band new and crisp window coverings suitable for most every room in the house. All are of standard width and quality. They come in white, cream and ecru, plain or with lace edge. It is the most important sale of this character announced for many months. Prudent housekeepers will not miss this opportunity for great savings. You have unrestricted choice at exactly Half Price. All Linen Table Cloths 70x88 Inches ' In Friday's Sale At Half Price! $9.75 - $11.25 " Secure a splendid all linen Table Cloth at this sale and pay only half price. You have choice from two quali ties and many pretty patterns. They come 70 by 88 inches. No napkins to match. . 25c Yard For Choice From All Our Silkolines and Challies Kor Comfort Coverings 36 Inch, standard quality fancy SUkolinos and Comfort Covering Chal lies; colors and patterns to suit all. Now reduced to, yard. .......... .254 3 Pound white Cotton S 1 yf 3 Batts JVOW J 25c Yard For Choice From All Our OUTING FLANNELS Bettt Quality 27 Inch Width New mill quotations now bring- to you best standard quality 27 inch Outing- Flannels at this low price. In cluded are all colors, plain, stripe, check, and plaid styles. In Friday's Sale You'll Find CORSET PRICES SLASHED To the Limit You Have Choice From Lady Ruth, La Regente, Empire and R. & G. Models at $1.39 Pair Sport models and popular styles for slight, average and stout fig ures, in both front and back lace styles. They come in Coutils, Ster ling and Batiste, in pink and white. All sizes from 19 to 30. Saving Ex traordinary at, pair $1.39. No phone orders. None fitted or sent C. O. D. None exchanged. I FASHIONABLE FOOTWEAR In a Great Sale Friday at $5.85 a Pair For Shoes, Pumps and Oxfords You can well appreciate the unusual values offered at this sale when you learn that you have unrestricted choice from our entire stock of Pumps and Oxfords in patent and kid1 styles with military or French heels also several of our regular stock lines in 8 and 10-inch shoes in vici kid, gunmetal and other fashion able leathers. Up-to-the-minute models in all sizes in Friday's sale at $5.85 y A Sale of Handsome NOVELTY METAL FLOUNCINGS . At $3.95 Yard Choice, Exclusive Patterns Embroidered in Gold, Silver, Steel, Antique, Copper, Etc. Bands to Match 36-40-In. Widths See Window Display. A special purchase of these extremely handsome arid much wanted Metal Flouncings enables us to offer the most unusual values at the above special price. Included are the most beau tiful patterns embroidered with gold, silver, steel, antique, copper colored thread o'n fine silk nets. Brussel, hexagon, filet, craquille mesh, black, white, pink, turquoise, copper, henna, maise, lav ender, American beauty, etc. 36 to 40-inch widths in This Sale at $3.95 yard. Think of It! All Silk and Georgette Crepes At $1.00 Yard Overproduction has lowered the price of these exquisitely dainty all-silk Georgette Crepes to this astonishingly low figure these are in 39-inch width and are shown in all popular shades for street and evening wear plenty in black and white purchase at Friday's Sale at $1.00 yard. Vi OFF Black Silk Laces All Width 12 to 40 Inches All Kinds and All at a Uniform Reduction of One-Third Off Oar Regularly l.owr Prices! Chantilly. Radium and Oriental Black Silk Laces 12 to 40 Inch Flouncings and 36-inch Allovers in an unlimited assortment of patterns. Women's Fleeced COTTON HOSE In Friday's Sale At 3 Pairs for $1.00 Stockings of all around goodness well fashioned and made with ribbed top and reinforced heel and toe.' They come in fast black in all regular and outsizes 9 to 10 and priced for Friday's Sale at 3 Pairs for $1.00 MEN! WHO KNOW VALUES BEST WILL QUICKLY RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS SALE OF High-Grade Underwear of Standard Quality Woolmixed I Woolmixed SHIRTS AND DRAWERS At $2.15 Gar. One of the best known and reliable makes of Men's Sea sonable Weight Wool Finish Underwear at an especially reduced price. Heavy weight shirts and drawers in all sizes in this sale at $2.15 UNION SUITS At $4.35 Suit Cooper's celebrated Benning ton Heavy Wool Mixed Union Suits with one - piece closed crotch. All regular and stout sizes in this sale. Perfect fit ting Union Suits, exceptional values at $4.35 Just 24 SAMMIE CARS To Sell Friday at $2.98 This popular Pump-car is well known by all children. It is just the car they want. Profit by this sale while any remain. Fri day at $2.98 About 50 BABY DOLLS In Friday's QQ Sale at Ot Large 13-inch Baby Dolls, jointed at hips and shoulders various styles that will de light little children. Christmas will soon be here take advantage of this offering. Guaranteed RUBBER BOTTLES and SYRINGES at 98c Included are a limited number of 2 and 3-Quart red and chocolate Hot Water Bot tles and 2-Quart Fountain Syringes. To Close at Friday Sale at 98 OUR STORE NOW OPENS AT 9 A. M. - The Most in Value The Best in Quality STORE CLOSES AT 5:30 P. M. SATURDAYS AT 6 P. M. nininnMumiuHimiiiiiiiininiuiiiiiiMiiinniiimmiiin 1 r