VOL. LIX XO. 18.724 Entered at Portland (Onni)
PoMofflce as Second-Oa. Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1920
PRICE FIVE CENTS
E
ABERDEEN FLOODED;
GALE RAISES RIVERS
MILLS ALONG OHEHAUS AXD
WISHKAH SHUT DOWX.
TROOPS GO TO COAL
STRIKE ZONE TODAY
PROVISIOXAIj battaliox or
dered TO WEST VIRGINIA.
RENT AND FUEL RISE,
OTHER PRICES DROP
WOMEN'S HATS EXCEPTION TO
CLOTHING DECLINE RCX.E.
FIRST Sll FEWER
LINEMAN'S SUDDEN
DEATH IS MYSTERY
WILSON RELATIVE
STRIKES
111 GALE
Ti
IS
J. VOLESRT FOCND NOT TO
HAVE BEEN ELECTROCUTED.
GARRYlNG 18
MANDATES JIGHT
LOST BY BRITISH
Awards' Control Is Given
Powers Not Involved.
KENINRDUNDUP
AGAIN
W. J. Pirrie, Cut Loose by
Santa Rita, Ashore.
70-MILE GALES REPORTED
Kteamer Near Rocky Shore
Off Umatilla Reef.
RESCUE CHANCE SMALL
ha nee of Rescuing Those on
IV. J. Pirrie Is Considered
Small Help on Way.
SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 2G. Radio
nessages picked up here by the navy
adio. station at 8 o'clock indicated
ht the steel barge W. J. Pierrie,
r'hich was cut adrift from the steamer
anta Rita off the Washington coast
ear Quillayute, 96 miles south -of
ape Flattery, had gone a-shore.
ASTORIA, Or., Nov. 26. (Special.)
A series of S. O. S. calls received
lere this afternoon told of a marine
disaster in which the lives of 35 per
ons were endangered. The calls were
rom Captain Tibbitts, master of the
earner Santa Rita, which was a
hort distance south of Umatilla reef,
"he steamer was en route to the west
oast towing the ba re W. J. Pirrie.
'he steamer carried 17 "persons and
he barge had a crew of 15 besides
he captain, his wife and their child.
The last message said as a result
f the gale the steamer had been
ompelled to cut the barge adrift and
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ich at that point is lined with
Iks, and the chance of rescuing
Jeae people on the barge was con-
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.u.,u ""i" uicaqiigt; .lain kilt
ink steamer Atlas would endeavor
i give assistance and that the
teamer Oregonian had hove to some
tiles below.
What shipping men declared was
ie worst storm in yeara was raging
Cf the northern Pacific coast last
ight. One coastwise steamer, with, a
w, was calling for aid late yester-
ay off the Washington coast, and
utbound vessels were lying to in
helteredi spots, instead of making
telr voyages as scheduled.
70-Mile ln Reported.
The storm, which headed in what
le weather bureau described as the
emi-permanent Aleutian low pres-
ire area, caused gales that were re
urted of as great velocity as 70
tiles an hour, banked up tides so
tiat low spots at Aberdeen and A
irla were flooded. cut off many
wns from wire communication and
Aused heavy rains all along the coast
action, from Mount Tehachapi north
'trough California, Oregon and Wash
igton. In a few places sleet was re
orted. The vessel reporting herself in dis
ress was the Santa Rita, from Ta
oma for Pacific South American
orts with lumber. She had in tow
'ie barge W. J. Pirrie, also loaded
ith lumber, but was forced to cut.
lie barge loose south of Umatilla
ef. S. O. S. messages picked up
rom the Santa Rita at Tatoosh were
wirelessed to Astoria with the first
ews of the vessel's distttss, and
iter to Seattle. These messages said
ie lives of 33 persons were in dan-
ft
Violence Reported Incrennin.
Tatoosh wireless station reported
ihe gale there was increasing in vio-
nce.
Trees blown down across the wires
ut off communication between Port-
nd and Astoria and in many clis-
b-icts fallen trees blocked the roads.
everal plate-glass window. s at Grays
arbor. Wash., were blown in. The
livers in that region were running
ink full and this fact, coupled with
ie extraordinarily high tide experi-
lced today, flooded some Jow-lying
ads. The high tide at Aberdeen,
.'ash., forced Beveral lumber milTs
hich lie close to the water line to
lut down for several hours.- The
'ills were not damaged materially.
he high tide flooded streets in the
.isiness section of Aberdeen.
Moerdyk Outside Kiver.
The Dutcn steamer Moerdyk, com
.g from San Francisco to Portland,
a outside the mouth of the Colum
ia river last night, but the tug could
ot go out to place a pilot aboard
ie steamer.
The Admiral line steamer Curacao,
.rrying freight and passengers from
ortland, passed out from NAstoria
esterday morning, then came bacft
to the shelter of the lower harbor
await more favorable weatner he
re attempting the trip down the
ast.
Caught by the blow as she was
avlng Puget sound for Portland, the
earner Lake Filbert, of the General
teamship corporation,' anchored in
eah bay.
Oil Tanker Brats Blow In. -
The Stanoard Oil company's tank
earner El Segundo, with barge 93
tow, beat the blow into port and
ime up the river last night.
Tift) steamers Bearport and Cape
Wary, en route to Portland from
.u r rancisco, snouia nave Deen
mewhere nea the mouth of the
olumbta last night, but aside from a
'.lie delay it was not expected that
ise vessels would be affected.
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Waterfront Property Is Slightly
Damaged Water Covers Roads.
Leading to Montesano.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Nov. 26. (Spe
cial.) With one of the highest tides
here for several years and backed
by a gale estimated at from 50 to 60
miles an hour, waters of the Chehalis
and Wishkah rivers had risen to such
a height at 1:30 this afternoon when
the tide was at flood as to cause the
shutdown of all the mills along the
water front. F street was flooded
more than a foot deep and the water
had backed up Heron street as far as
I. street. Ail. the lowlands In the
southern part of the city were inun
dated to a greater or less depth. To
night little damage had been report
ed, but a. great amount is feared to
morrow if the high wind continues,
as the Saturday tide will be as high
as that today. .
At 1:40 o'clock the water had crept
into the fireroom of the Wilson mill
off the west bridge, putting out the
fires and necessitating a shutdown.
Operation of the entiae plant was sus
pended on account, of the high water.
Other mills shut do wn (p. little later.)
A report from the eastern part of the
county told of the flooding of roads
between here and Montesano.
Shortly before noon a double plate
glass window on the Broadway side
of Waugh's drydocks store buckled
in "and splintered on the pavement.
ASTORIA, Or., Nov. 26. (Special.)
While the official tables gave to
day's tide as 10.4 feet above zero,
the water was forced in by the south
erly gale and banked up to a height
of about 12 feet. Numerous hand-made
dykes along the rtver were flooded
and' the approach to the Walluski
bridge was reported to have been
damaged. Low tide at 7:40 tonight
was 1.2 below zero, so the runout
was fully 13 feet. The normal high
tide tomorrow afternoon will, be a
tenth of a foot higher than that of
today.
GREEK BRIDE ARRESTED
Wife of Naturalized American Is
Held for Deportation Trial.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Nov. 26. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. George Koutsakalis, bride
of a few weeks, has been arrested by
federal immigration officers and
locked in the city jail pending de
portation proceedings.
The girl arrived here a short time
ago and was married to a naturalized I
Greek. The immigration authorities
held that she had no right tor enter
the United States, an -swore out a
warrant for her. Her attorney will
argue that on her marriage she be
came an American citizen, and is not
subject to deportation. The case will
be tried in the federal court at Ta
coma, Wash.
SWEDISH MINISTER DEAD
Brief Illness of Foreign Envoy In
Washington Is Fatal;
WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 26. W.
A. F. Ekengren, Swedish minister to
the United States, died at the legation
here today after a brief illness.
Mr. Ekengren was appointed min
ister to the United States in March,
1916, after six years' service here as
legation secretary and counsellor.
While serving as secretary he married
Laura Wolcott Jackson, who survives.
He was 59 years old.
Funeral serv'ces will be held here
next Wednesday.
FLIGHT RECORD SMASHED
Mail Pilot Makes Average Speed of I
140.4 Miles an Hour.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Nov. 26.
Air Mall Pilot John L. Eaton estab
lished a new non-stop record here
today, flying from Reno, Nev., to Salt
Lake City, Utah, 437 miles, in three
hours and six minutes. .. .
Eaton's average speed was 140.4
miles an hour. " ' v
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WET" STOCK IS SEIZED
Wiues and Liquors Totaling $165,-
uuu taken in rtnia.
NEW TORK, Nov." 26. Wines and
liquors valued at more than 1165.000
were seized in a raid today on the i ,
establishment of L. & J. Jay Alter-'
man, already under $32,000 bond, and.
citedr'to show cause why their li
cense should not be revoked. . -
Included in the seizure were large
quantities of port and sherry, 875
cases and 35 barrels .of whisky and
125 cases of gin.
SUICIDE FOLLOWS MURDER
Colorado Farmer Kills Hi's Wife
and Then Himself.
STERLING, Colo., Nov. 26. John
Kobler, a well-to-do farmer living 16
miles northwest of Sterling, turned
the second barrel of a shotgun upon
himself after he had killed his wife
with the charge of the first barrel
last night. The bodies were found
by neighbors.
Unhapplness in family affairs is be
lieved to have been -the cause.
DUKE WEDS MRS. ROWLEY
Westminster Title Holder Takes
Bride at London Ceremony. ,
LONDON. Nov. 26. The duke of
Westminster and Mrs. Violet " Mary
Geraldine Rowley were married hero
loday. . - : . -
DOMINATION CHANCE EYADED
Make-Up of Permanent Com
mission Announced.
9 NATIONS REPRESENTED
Argentine Delegate Plans Protest
to Committee Rejection of
League Amendments.
GENEVA, Nov. 26. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) -The difficulty of any
single power of influence dominating
the league of nations was demon
strated today when the council of
that body, in spite of determined pro
tests by the British members, decided
finally to give control in the per
manent mandates commission to non
mandatory powers.
Thi3 commission will be composed
of representat'ves of five non-mandatory
powers and four of the man
datory states.
Today's action was a confirmation
of the decision taken at the Brussels'
session of the council. The decision
has been fought by the British since
it was announced after the Brussels
meeting. They obtained a reconsid
eration of the question, but again
were outvoted.
Armtina Pinna Protest.
Honorio Pueyrredon, Argentine del
egate to the assembly, announced to
day that the Argentine delegation
would protest to the assembly the
rejection by committer No. 2 of all
amendments to the covenant of the
league. He said he would bring up
on the floor of the assembly a reso
lution providing for. election of all
members of the council by the as
sembly. Talk centered about the expected
arrival from Berne of Major Marl-1
borough Churchill, head of the Amer- I
ican army intelligence service, who,
it has been reported, is coming to
watch 'the league developments for
any action that might interest his
department. ,
Acceptance Not Expected.
The attitude "among delegates of
the league of nations toward the ap
peal of the league to "President Wil
son to act as mediator in the Ar
menian situation appears .to be one
of hope without expectation that the
United States will relieve 'Europe and
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AT THE RATE WE ARE MANUFACTURING MOTOR VEHICLES
THAT OURSELVES.
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Situation Beyond Governor's Con
trol Detachment Equipped
for Indefinite Service.
CHILLICOTHE. O., Nov. 26. A
provisional battalion of 400 men,
picked from the third and 19th in
fantry regiments, was " prepared to
night to - leave' Causp Sherman tomor
row for Williamson, W. Va., where
the troops will be used for strike
duty, in the Mingo country coal mine
district. The detachment is equipped
for an indefinite period of service.
- Major Rt S. Binford of the 19th in
fantry and. Captain E. L. Brine of the
40th infantry ailready are en rouya to
Williamson .to investigate the seri
ousness of the situation. The provi
sional battalion will be under com
mand of Ma1or-"Binford- '
A battalion of Camp Sherman
troops which had been on duty in
Mingo country returned about six
weeks ago. .
CHARLESTON, -wl Va., Nov. 26.
Governor Cornwall announced here
tonight that he had asked the govern
ment to send federal troops into the
Mingo country. West Virginia, coal
strike zone and added that as soon
as the soldiers took charge he would
ask President Wilson to declare mar
tial law.
Federal troops controlled the Mingo
region for some time lut were with
drawn about six weeks ago, when the
situation quieted down. Since that
time many disorders have occurred, a
number of persons -have been shot and
killed, and gangs of unidentified men
have attacked coal properties.
The state government is totally un
able to cope with the situation in
Mingo bounty, the governor said. "I
hope with all my heart,'' he - added,
"that 'martial law will be declared
immediately after : an investigation
has been made."
200 TAKEN IN RAIDS
Chicago's New Chief of Police Is
Still Combing City.
CHICAGO, Nov. 26. With prison
ers in outlying stations still being
counted, more than 200 persons at the
detective bureau alone were listed
Tnursday as the result of Police Chief
Fitzmorris third series of raids on
alleged gambling and liquor resorts
since last Saturday night.
Fifty deputy sheriffs - who raided
15 road houses brought back no pris
oners. All., the piaces had been
warned, they reported. -
In the city raiding squads swept
throuKh the "bad land
of the west
side, "Little Hell," in
the Italian
quarter and the south side "Black
Belt." Scores of alleged gambling
houses were visited and every person
present arrested. .
Shipping Officials to Testify.
- WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 Officials
of the shipping board are to appear
before the house committee on ap
propriations tomorrow at a hearing
on the board's financial needs for the
fiscal year 1922. Approximately
1160,000,000 is understood to be the
estimate of the board for next year,
ir addition to -its revenues from the
operation of vessels.
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Sugar and Potatoes Set Example
for Decrease In Food Cost.
' Light Expense Grows.
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU.
Washington, Nov. 26. A total drop of
5 per cent in the average . cost of
living since the peak of price in
creases was reached in July, 1920,
was shown by figures collected by the
national Industrial conference board.
The decline between October 1 and
November 1 was nearly 2 per cent.
Rents and the average cost of fuel,
light and sundries rose a little over
the July prices, but the average cost
of food and clothing continued to fall.
Every item in the clothing list ex
cept women's hats .. was cheaper in
November than in October. The most
Important declines in food prices were
on sugar and potatoes.
In a statement on the result of its
Investigation the .board said:
"The national industrial conference
board 'collects information from a
wide variety of reliable sources in
all sections of the country. For
clothing and coal, prices are furnished
by dealers in representative cities
Rents are supplied by real estate
agencies and chamber of commerce
from a still larger field. Figures for
other Items' in the budget are col
lected from equally authoritative
sources."
The board called attention to the
fact that the' figures which it used
were retail, and that wholesale quota
tions should never be employed as a
measure for changes in the cost of
living.
The statistics gathered by the
board's experts showed the percent
age of change in the cost of living
between July, 1920, and November.
1920, were: Food, 9.6 per cent de
crease; shelter, 2.5 per cent increase
clothing, 13.5 per cent decrease; fuel
and light, 11.4 per cent increase; sun
dries, 3.8 per cent increase; weighted
average of all Items 5.2 per cent
decrease. v
PEACE PLANS MUST WAIT
Action Anent Germany at Coming
Session Unlikely.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 26. "-Speaker
Gillett said today that there was lit
tle probability of any resolution pro
viding for a separate peace with Ger
many coming to a vote in the house
at the session of congress which
opens December 6.
The attention of the house, Mr.
Gillett said, would be devoted almost
entirely to the annual appropriation
bills and immigration legislation. '
DEATH IS LAIDT0 BRINES
Verdict Says Dartmouth Senior
Died From Bullet Wound.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 26. Elmer
C. Drewes, Dartmouth college senior,
whose body with a bullet hole through
the head, was found in the outskirts
of this city October 17, came to his
death "from a gunshot wound of the
brain inflicted by William P. Brines."
This was the verdict of the county
grand jury.
,
WE MAY NEED SOME OF
Founder of Movement Ar
rested at Night.
WINDOWS. OF HOME BROKEN
Member of Parliament Also
'Seized by British.
ARREST LONG EXPECTED
Mrs. Arthur Griffith Says Nights
Have Been Sleepless While
Awaiting Capture.
DUBLN, Nov. 26. (By the Associ
ated Press.) Arthur Griffith, foun
der of the Sinn Fein organization;
Professor John MacNeill. Sinn Fein
member of parliament for London
derry City and the National Univer
sity of Ireland, together with a num.
ber of others, including Professor
MacNelll's son, were arrested by the
auxiliary police today.
Mr. Griffith was to have addressed
a meeting of the Irish Self-Deter-mination
league at Manchester next i
Sunday.
Members of Parliament Taken.
Among those arrested were Joseph
McBride and E. J. Duggan, Sinn Fein
member of Parliament.
A statement from Dublin Castle,
the seal, of the government, on the
Griffith arrest, read:
"Arthur Griffith was arrested at
his residence In St.' Lawrence road
at 2 A. M. A la'rge quantity of lit
erature was taken from his house.
No arms were found. He was in bed
and was taken away in a motor
lorry. He made no statement." His
arrest was effected without trouble."
The news of the arrest of Griffith
and Professor MacNeill caused a
great sensation among the Dublin
population. .
Mrs. Griffith said-
"The reason why both "Arthur' and
Professor. MacNeill are being- taken
away is that no moderate leaders
will be left to guide the young men,
and the British government may
think they will come out. It has
been trying to force them out in order
to massacre them.1
Window Broken. Threat Made.
Mrs. Griffith said she was, awak
ened at 1:30 by the crashing of a
pane of glass in the front door of the
Griffith home.
"I jumped to a window," she con
tinued. "The seven men comprising
the party pointed revolvers at me,
shouting, 'Come down at once."
"I turned an'd called to Arthur,
Here they come jump!'- and then
slipped on a dressing gown and ran
downstairs. The men, all members
of the auxiliary police, already had
reached the landing. They had
smashed the window and cut the door
chain. They' rushed into Arthur's
room with revolvers . pointed and
placed him under arrest.
"When they took him away later I
eaid to them: "Where are you going
to put. himr To this one of them
replied: "We are jrotng to shoot or
haig him,' as he jolly well deserves."
1. . - ' Arrest Is Third. .
'Pur 7-year-old child, who had been
sleeping, heard the remark, began
to scream and became hysterical. As
they droye off, however, another man
shouted back: "We are taking him to
the Bridewell." "
Mrs. Griffith said her 'husband had
been sleeping at home for the first
time in a week. She recalled that
this was the third time he had been
arrested.
"We had both been expecting this
arrest,'" continued Mrs. Griffith,, "and
really it is a relief. I think -we will
both eleep better tonight, in more
peace than we have had for many
months."
'. Authoritative information was given
the Associated Press tonight that the
arrest of Griffith, -MacNeill, Duggan
and others was the prelude to a con
templated round-up of a number of
well-known men either actually or
believed to be connected with the
Irish republican movement.
"Some form of internment is
planned, and it is intended to hold
the lot of them indefintely," the cor-
: respondent was told .
In the absence in America - of
Eamorfn de Valera, president of the
Irish republic, Arthur Griffith has
been probably the most active spokes-
' man in Ireland for the cause of Irish
freedom. Last night In an interview
' he charged the policy of reprisals in
Ireland. was determined upon by Eng
land more than a, year ago and in
augurated last Ma rich with the assas
sination of Lord Mayor Mac-Curtain
of Cork. . .
Seat In Not Taken.
Arthur Griff iht came, 'into promi-
nence in '1917, when he presided at
the ojiening of the Sinn Fein confer
ence in Dublin. In a by-election in
June. 1918, he was elected to; the
- house of commons for East Cavan.
Like' the other Sinn Fein members,
however, he refrained from taking
his seat. Last year he was elected
one of the vice-presidents of the Sinn
Fein" organization.
Professor John ' MacNeill is pro
fessor of aw in the National univer
sity In Ireland. In May, 1916,' he was
found guilty by a court-martial of
Concluded on Page 2. Column 1.).
Light Company Employe- Expires
While at Work, but. No Burns
- Are Left on Body. j
Mystery shrouds the deathof Joseph
Volesky, 201 North Nineteenth street,
Portland Railway, Light & PoPer
company lineman, who -died in St.
Vincent's hospital at 4:45 P. M. yes
terday, three-quarters fit an hour
after he had lost consciousness while
working on a pole at Chapman and
Jackson streets.
A raging wind storm which v had
brought down many live wires
throughout the city was thought to
have crossed wires and Bent the elec
tricity through- the dead line upon
which Volesky was working, but ex
amination at the hospital failed to
reveal any trace of burn or other in
dication of electrocution. Volesky's
companion, was uninjured, though at
work on the same wire.
Little is known of Volesky except
that he is a Pole, was rejected three
times for the army and at one time
had undergone a serious operation. It
is probable that death resulted from
heart disease or some other natural
cause, according to Dr. Ernest A.
Sommer, who examined him. The
body was held at the morgue and aij
autopsy to determine, if possible, the
cause of his death will be held this
morning.
VIENNESE THANK AMERICA
Message Expresses Gratitude for
Help to Distressed.
VIENNA, Nov. 25 (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The mayor of Vienna
today asked that the following
Thanksgiving day message to the
American people be transmitted:
"I wish to express the city's deep
gratitude and respect for American
people and government, who in times
of immeasurable distress from mo
tives of purest philanthropy, have
succored hundreds of 'thousands of
men, women and children: and I as
sure them that their generosity is in
delibly engraved on the hearts of the
population of Vienna, who are ani
mated by the wish that friendly in
tercourse between the nations may
endure forever."
MEXICAN STRIKE ENDED
Terms Offered by Government Are
Declared Accepted. .
EAGLE PASS, Tex., Nov. 26. The
strike of coal miners in the state of
Coahuila was ended Thursday when
the strikers returned to work on the
Mexican government terms, according
to reports received here.
Tire terms accepted by the strikers
include a wge increase of 20 per
cent. The strikers, who numbered
about 11,000, quit work October 11,
when their demands for a 100 per
cent wage advance were refused.
Recently the Mexican government
ordered mine operators to grant a 20
per cent increase. Two weeks ago
the strikers seized several mines in
the Monclova district and announced
the properties would be operated by
the workers. Federal troops were
sent into the district and subsequent
ly the mines were returned to their
Oiwners.
UNDERTAKER IS CONVICT
Wood Alcohol That Caused 7 00
Deaths Leads to Prison.
NEW TORK, Nov. 26. John Ro
manelli, Brooklyn undertaker, who
was convicted of the larceny of 1000
gallons of wood, alcohol which was
alleged to have caused the deaths of
100 persons in Connecicut and Massa
chusetts last Christma, today was sen
tenced to serve from 34 to seven
years at hard labor in state's prison.
EX-QUEEN PAST DANGER
Condition of Former Empress got
Germany Is Improving.
'DOORN. Holland, Nov: 26. (By the
Associated Press.) The condition of
former Empress Augusta Victoria of
Germany is serious, but immediate
ganger temporarily has passed.
This statement was authorized
today by her physician.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 55
degrees; minimum, -Hi deicreeB. .
TODAY'S Occasional rain: southwesterly
winds.
Foreig-n. .
Britain overridden by league council ruling
on make-up of permanent mandates
commission. Page 1.
National.
Rent and fuel rise as other prices decline.
Page 1.
Domestic.
Troops ordered into West Virginia coal
strike zone. Page 1.
Harding Interested in canal defenses.
- Page 2.
Independent steel companies of Pittsburg
reduce prices of their products Page 7.
Pacific Northwest.
Santa Rita, with 35 persons aboard, calls
- for aid in gale. Page 1.
Aberdeen is flooded when sale backs up
; river waters. Page 1.
Sports.
Mclntyre is certain Herman will defeat
Langford. Page 12.
Commercial and Marine.
Chief army engineer asks SI, 511, 400 for
river and harbor work in Portland dis
trict. Page 18.
Bids are opened for construction of mu
nicipal pier shed. Page 18.
World's cereal crops much larger than
last year. . Page 19.
Another break in Chicago wheat with
heavy selling. Page 10.
Stocks heavy in spite ot easier money mar
ket. Page 19.
Portland and Vicinity.
Frank Branch Riley tells northwest to
sing its own praises In east. Page 10.
Lineman's sudden death while at work is
mystery. Page 1.
Testimony 'in suit held to indicate
estrangement between H. L. Pittock
and 1". W. Leadbetter. fags
Charge of Share in Ship
. Graft Reiterated.
$40,000 PAYMENT IS CITED
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Sands Is Firm in Accusation
of Boiling.
PAID CHECKS OFFERED
President's Brcthcr-in-Law Said
to Have Received Rake-Off for
Getting Contracts. '
NEW YORK, Nov. 26. Tucker K,
Sands, ex-vice-president of the Com
mercial National bank of Washing
ton, today reiterated beforeathe con
gressional committee investigating
shipping board affairs that R. W.
Boiling, brother-in-law of President
Wilson, had shared in a $40,000 pay
ment to procure a shipping board
contract for a shipbuilding concern.
Boiling, treasurer of the board;
Lester Sislcr, secretary; a Downey
corporation representative named
Cranor and he had shared in $25,000.
of the $40,000. Sands said.
The money was distributed as a
result of the Providnce Engineering
corporation's receipt of a contract for
the construction of ten tugboat! for
the shipping board, Sands testified.
Blackmail Spirit Denied.
"You are not prompted in making
these statements by a spirit of black
mail or of holding these men up to
public scorn?' Sands was asked.
"No, sir; no, sir," Sands said, adding
that he was "sorry they had been
brought into it."
Sands declared that he had given
the committee all evidence in his
possession and that he would produce
the checks, canceled now, by which
he said he had distributed the money
procured from discount of notes re
ceived from Wallace Downey of the
Wallace Downey Shipbuilding cor
poration and bead of the Providence
Engineering corporation.
. Getting; Contract la Recalled.
Sands said he thought the occasion
for a visit to him in his hotel rooms
in Washington by Mr. Boiling and
Mr. Sisler, "was in connection with
the tugboat contract."
Do you know it they helped to
get the contract?" Sands was asked.
"I think they did." he replied, add
ing that they never talked to him
about it except that when he inquired,
"how it was coming along?" he was
told "encouragingly."
Fifteen thousand dollars of the
$40,000 never was distributed because
he never had received it from Downey,
Sands said.
Benjamin Franklin Fuller, who said
he formerly was employed by the de
partment of justice and now was
awaiting an appeal from a four-year
sentence in the District of Columbia
federal court where he was tried for
alleged forgery, testified that he saw
Sands give Boiling a check for $600
or $800 in Sands' room in the summer
of 1918.
Boiling Seen In Sands' Room.
Fuller said that at the time he had
been dickering with Sands on. a pro
posal that he. Fuller, buy four notes
for $10,000 each'and that when he
went to Sands' room he saw Mr. Boil
ing there. He said he saw the check
and heard one of them say it was for
$600 or $800.
"I laughingly said that was cbick
enfeed," said Fuller, adding that it
did not strike him as strange, as there
was "lots of that kind of work, going
on in Washington."
Fuller said he had, seen Boiling In
Sands' room a half dozen times be
fore the date of the cheek incident.
Sands also testified that Boiling as
partner in a now defunct brokerage
concern to which Sands had advanced
$20,000 was voluntarily released from
his share of the debt because he had
sufficient securities when the firm
failed. When it did fail. Sands said.
Boiling had withdrawn from the part
nership. Leniency la Demanded.
"Boiling had had a-rough deal, so
I let him out of it." Sands said. "Be
sides, I still had his securities."
' "Did you ever threaten to make it
hot for Mr. Boiling if he did not In- .
tercede for you in the matter of the
indictment which still is pending
against you?" Committee Chairman
Walsh asked. Sands replied that at a
conference with Boiling, at which he
said he asked the president's brother-in-law
to Intercede for him, he "might
have said" that if the matter of his
indictment was not fixed up, "it might
make more trouble for you than you
can think of." Sands said that ho
was "very "much upset at the time."
AMERICAN NAVY PRAISED
London Newspaper Pays Especial
Tribute to Admiral Sims.
LONDON. Nov. 26. The Times to
day pays high tribute to the co-operation
of the United States navy with
the British navy in the world war.
Especial tribute is paid to Rear
Admiral Sims, commander of the
American naval forces in the war
zone, which, the newspaper says, it
would have been indiscreet to pay
"during the controversies" of the
election period.