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Newspaper Page TextTHE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX, SATUEDAT, DECEMBER 4, 1920 : I i ' 'V-':' 4 t , ? r ' 1 - i 'aX' .".. Xj v. . v.4 ';; i .' ' t -r.',-:, -if? 1 t v J . - . , .. - Xj SHIP OH PUNS RATE HEARING Preferenti al Question to Be Given Consideration. SHIPPERS ARE INVITED ITeiv Uody to Take Important Ac tion Regarding Use of Amer ican Bottoms. WASHINGTON, Dec. 3. The first important action of the new shipping board will be to take up the question of .referential railroad rates for over seas shipments in American bottoms. Chairman Benson announced tonight. Hearings will be held Monday be fore the full board on the recommen dations to be submitted to the inter state commerce commission under the preferential rate section of the mer chant marine act. On recommendation of the board the commission last summer suspend ed the law's operation to January 1 to permit a survey as a basis for rec ommendations. While this survey has not been fully completed. Chair man Benson said it was probable pref erential rates would be made effective immediately in a number of ports. Application of this section of the ect has been opposed by foreign ship pins: interests, particularly lines op erating on the Pacific coast. Chair nan Benson has declared, however, that lower rail rates for rail cargoes would aid in developing the merchant Eir rine. Representatives of American ship ping interests, shippers and the rail roads have been invited to appear at the hearing, the chairman said. "While no formal briefs have been filed, sug gestions already have been received from a number of interested parties. FIVE INDICTMENTS RETURNED True Bills Result of Investig-ation by Shipping Board. WASHINGTON. Deo. 3. Indictments for conspiracy to defraud the ship ping board were returned today in five cases by the United States grand Jury at Philadelphia, it was an nounced here by Chairman Benson. William Burlingham, former em Tlove of the board; Ralph L. Lovell, William M. Dobson, W. J. Dubree and Ceorsre McCann Jr., formerly canned (d with the Marine Docking & Sup ply company of Philadelphia, are the men charged, the chairman said. All of the indictments were ob tained as a result of investigations by the board, he added, and others are expected to follow. The men were charged with conspiring to supply the board at Hog- Island with inferior materials and the total sum involved, according to the indictment, was $30. 00. it was eplained. REALTY UGH URGED SPOKANE- 31 AX PLEADS l OR EF FECTIVE ADVERTISING. S. E. Hope Speaker at Luncheon or Really Board La Grande Man lias Apples to Sell. Thousands of people in the Pacific northwest not now home owners could be encouraged to purchase real estate if the proper kind of an ad vertising campaign were staged, said S. E. liege of Spokane, Wash., chair man of the advertising committee of the Interstate Realty association, who spoke at the regular luncheon of tho Realty board at the1 Portland hotel yesterday. Mr. Jlege made an appeal for co operative real estate advertising on the part of realty men, with a view to encouraging the purchase of homes and farms in this section. "The right sort of an advertising campaign would attract capital to real estate which is now going into other lines of endeavor," said Mr. liege. "There are many people with capital who have not decided just tow to invest it." City Commissioner Pier told the hoard of the action of the city com mission in securing an auto camp site opposite Peninsula park. He said the plan was to make the park one of the best of its kind in the country. L. A. Stoop of La Grande. Or., rep resenting the apple growers of his district, announced that he had come here to dispose of 50,000 boxes of ap ples. He said that a store had been opened at 542,,a Washington street, and that apples were to be sold at 1 cent apiece. TOO HIT BY IT II. R. BECKWITII SUFFERS SKULL IN JURY IX ACCIDENT. Louis Lindberg, Kellojrg School Pupil, Knocked Unconscious While Crossing Roadway. H..R. Beckwith, 1120 East Broad way, suffered concussion of the brain and a possible skull fracture when utruck by an automobile driven by II. C. Coffin, 3S4 East Forty-first street, while crossing the street at yirst and Burnside about 10 A. M. yesterday. Coffin, an employe of the F. R. Chown Hardware company, was fol lowing a street car at a speed re ported as between 15 and 20 miles an hour when Beckwith, it is alleged emerged from behind the street car and started across the street. Beck with, according to the report of in vestigators, was looking the other way at the time and did not see the automobile. Reports from " St. Vin cent's hospital last night indicated . that he was in a serious condition. Louis LindbeTg, 8-year-old son of A. Lindber;. 6103 Thirty-seventh ave nue Southeast, was knocked uncos ecious when struck by an automobile driven by George Raabe, 3320 East Sixty-seventh street, at 1 o'clock yes terday afternoon. The boy, who is a pupil in the Kellogg school, was crossing the Powell Valley road at the time of the accident and was seen when about 60 feet away, according to the driver, who blamed an ap proaching machine for the accident. Louis sustained no serious injuries. State May Change Time. BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 3. (Special.) Tbe capital city of the state having ROAD set the pace, the next legislature will uk asKea to pass a state law 10 give mountain time in place of Pacific time, to all of Idaho, except possibly the northern section, which has al ways been on Pacific time and ap parently does not desire a change. The citizens of Boise decided that they would turn the hands of the clock ahead one hour commencing December- 4 under the provisions of a city ordinance. DAIRY ELECTS TRUSTEES Annual Turnover Is More Than 91,000,000 Capitalization. VANCOUVER. Wash., Dec. 3. (Spe cial.) The Columbia Dairy Products company, which turned the brewery here into a dairy products manufac turing plant. Including ice cream, elected trustees last night for the en suing year. These trustees, J. S. G. Langsdorf. Philip Christ, R. L. Hol lenbeck, D. C. Adams, Lewis Shattuck, O. R. Lje and Ira Harper, are to meet and elect officers. ' Tins company now operates plants in Vancouver, La Grande, Or., White Salmon, Wash., and Weiser. Idaho, and has a large number of receiving stations in Washington, Idaho and Oregon. The company is capitalized for $1,000,000, and the annual turnover was over that amount. It is expected that the turnover for 1921 will be over $2,000,000. About 80 per cent of the stock n the company is owned by the produc ers, the remainder being held by bankers, business men and employes. BALLOT PLACE IS LOST Socialist Party Fails to Register Needed Votes In Wyoming. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec. 3. The so cialist party has lost its right to a place on the ballot in Wyoming as the result of the November election, failing to cast a vote equalling 2 per cent of the total vote cast. The farmer-labor party, by polling a vote equal to 10 per cent of the total, won a place on the primary and general election ballot, official can vass disclosed. Senator Harding had a majority of 15,317 over the combined vote of his opponents. Harding'-s vote was 35,091 and that for Cox 17.429. Representative Mondell was- elected by a majority vote greater than that for Senator Harding. Mondell polled 34,689 votes against 14,592 for Wade H. Fowler (dem.). This is the first time since the socialist party figured in elections in this state that it has been barred from the ballot. DRY LAW EXTENSION UP Jones orrers Bill to Include Phil ippine Islands. WASHINGTON, Dec. 3. Extension of the Volstead prohibition enforce ment act to the Philippine islands and to consular districts in China is to be proposed by Senator Jones, republic an, Washington. Hisbill, he said to night, would clear away all doubt as to the application of the enforcement measure to the Philippine islands. One provision would penalize in the Philippines or American consular dis tricts the serving of beverages con taining more than one-half of 1 per cent of alcohol at public or official functions. Test-House Permit Is Asked. TAK1MA. Wash., Dec. 3. (Special.) Declaring that shft and her husband had been unable to find living Quar ters in Yakima, Mrs. Jack Nye has applied to the city building inspector for a permit to erect a tent-house at A street and Ninth avenue. Mrs. Nye said that, after searching the town for a place to stay, she and her husband had concluded they would have to spend the winter in a tent. Eugene Mills to Resume. EUGENE, Or., Dec. 3. (Special.) The mills of the Eugene -Excelsior company in this city will resume op eration early next week after having been idle for a number of weeks, ac cording to C. O. Peterson, president and manager of the company. The plant, when it closed down on account of the decline in the market for the excelsior, employed 20 men. While it was idle the machinery was over hauled and a number of improvements were made. Centralla Massacre Is Echoed. CHEHALIS, Wash., Dec. 3. (Spe cial.) The December term of the Lewis county superior court will con vene in Chehalis next Monday morn- ng with Judge vv. A. Reynold upon the bench. The cases against Elmer Smith and Mike Sheehan, charged With first degree murder, their alleged victim having been Arthur McElf resh, one of the American league men killed at Centralia, during the I. W. W. riot of November 11, 1919, will be tried. City Officials Nominated. CENTRALIA. Wash.. Dec. 3. (Spe cial.) The following candidates have been nominated for the election to be held in Bucoda, Wash., Tuesday: Ole Hagoes, for mayor; S. Ritter, Dan Lowe and Emil Krupp, for council men, and Joe fcrupp, for treasurer. Ray T. Evans was nominated for mayor at Tuesday's election in Napa vine. Wash.; J. R. Brown and Roy H. Ward, for councilmen, and E. M. Underwood, for treasurer. Wheat Slump Hits Farmers. VANCOUVER. Wash., Dec. 3. (Special.) Fred W. Brooker, local prune grower, has returned from Spo kane, where he was a delegate to the agricultural conference. Mr. Brooker said today that the decline in wheat prices has caused hard times in the Inland Empire. However, a big wheat pool has been formed by growers around Spokane, and this is having a beneficial effect. S. & H. green stamps ror cash. Holman Fuel Co.. Main 353. 560-21. Adv. Braiding, embroidery hemstitching. Booth's. Morgan bldg. Adv. 'Deaf Folks: Katen at Hotel Whitcomb From 82.00. 404 Outside Rooms. Write for Map and Folder. J. 3ET. Van Home, aiicr. A? -P fT GREEKS SHOCKED BY N London Note Complete Sur prise to Cabinet. POWERS ARE IN EARNEST That Return of Constantine Would Mean. Loss of Support of Al lies Is Made Clear. ATHENS, Dec. 3. The note sent by the British, French and Italian gov ernments to Greece Thursday con cerning the possible return of former King Conetantine to power and tha relations between them and Greece in such an event, caused consternation here. It came as a complete surprise to the Greek cabinet. LONDON, Dec. 3. (By the Asso ciated Press.) The allied supreme council today publicly announced it would withdraw - financial support from Greece should former King Con stantine be returned in the plebiscite of Sunday and considered territorial reprisals should he be enthroned. Briefly summarized, the position of the allies is that they want to warn the Greeks vigorously that their gov ernment must conform to a great ex tent, to the wishes of the allies, and that if the admonitions in yesterday's note and today's statement relative to withdrawal r,t financial support are ineffective, the allies are prepared to take even sterner measures, which were discussed today. .Smyrna M light Be Lost. As the Sevres treaty has not been ratified, it is within the power of the allies to modify it, and tliey are keeping this fact to the fore, at least as regards Smyrna. It is known that some of those at the conference to day expressed the belief that Smyrna would be eafer. from the allied stand point, n Turkish hands than in the hands of the Greeks under Constan tine. The wish was expressed, how ever, not to go so far as to threaten the Greeks; before the plebisiclte, with retaking part of the territory allotted them under the Sevres treaty. While the premiers are In accord that the sternest masures should be taken if Constantino is returned, they have not agreed on what steps to take if the Greeks should choose Prince George for their king. FRANCE APPLAUDS ACTION Press Vigorously Defends Course of Allied Premiers. PAJRIS, Dec. 3. French opinion is evidently much gratified by the note sent to the Greek government by the premiers of France, Great Britain and Italy yesterday and officials take an optimistic? view of the future. The Figaro finds that Georges Ley gues, French premier, has "obtained an incontestable diplomatic success," and even Pertinax, political editor of the Echo de Paris, says the declara tion is a "good beginning." He adds that Koumania informed the British cabinet she felt that the accession of Prince George, duke of Sparta, to the Greek throne would be the best solu tion to the existing difficulty and at the same time disclaimed any desire to Influence or interfere with the allied policy. ROAD BUDGET INCREASED TENTATIVE FIGURES PRE PARED BY COMMISSIONERS. Total Is Given as $580,000 as Compared With $558,639 for This Year. A slight increase in the road budget for 1921 has been allowed in figures tentatively prepared by the county commissioners. The total given was $5SO,000, as compared with 558,639 this year. In allotting the money no provision has been made for the pave ment of the Base Line extension to the Automobile club or for pavement of the St. Johns or Greeley-street road. The latter has been urged by the dock commission and others in terested in the industrial district it traverses. The main projects provided for in the budget were as follows: llont gomery drive, $39,000; Fairmount boulevard, $15,000; paving Foster road to city limits, $85,000; paving Fair view road from the Base Line to the Sandy, $48,000; rebuilding Burlington bridge, $25,000; Improving Columbia boulevard four miles from Sandy junction to the present pavement, $25,000; paving Kellogg street. $20, 000. ' Among: new machirrery provided for was the purchase of a gasoline shovel by trading in the present one and allowing $15,000 additional. With regard to the Greeley-street project, the new grade ha9 been macadamized, but it was said that the cost of maintenance would justify the pavement of at least 8000 lineal feet at the present time. Thi3 would cost between $60,000 and $70,000. ASTORIA RAINFALL HEAVY Month of November Reported to Be Exceptionally Wet. ASTORIA, Or., Dec. 3. (Special.) Notwithstanding the first half of No vember was marked with clear and pleasant weather, the 30-day period which ended last Tuesday night PREMIERS San Francisco I didn't believe this California climate could be true. I'm just basking in this warm sunshine. From my -window, I can see the sun's rays glistening on the gilded dome of the City Hall. Civic Center, the park in which all the City's buildings stand, is just across the way from' Hotel Whitcomb. A big auditorium and library complete the group. So you see, I'm right in the heart of things. Believe me, it's great. Hotel Whitcomb Gvic Center SAN FRANCISCO proved an exceptionally wet one. Ac cording to local records, the. total rainfall was 8.58 inches. The heaviest precipitation during any 24 hours was 1.32 inches on No vember 16. There were 15 clear and 15 cloudy or partly cloudy days dur ing the month, while -the maximum temperature was 61 degrees and the minimum was 31 degrees above zero. The rainfall in September was 8.55 Inches and in October 12.80 inches, making- a grand total of 29.93 inches for the last three months. CHINESE RELIEF STARTED "Dollar Contributions" for Flour May Help Grain Market. SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Dec 3. Checks were sent out from here to night to secretaries of various grain exchanges in the United States in augurating a "dollar contribution" movement for the purchase of flour for the relief of northern China. It is believed the movement will materially aid in checknig the down ward trend of grain prices. COX NAMED LIFE MEMBER Democratic Club Honors Party Candidate for Presidency. NEW YORK, Dec. S. Governor Cox of Ohio, today accepted a life mem bership in the National Democratic club. "I feel highly complimented to be made a life member of the club," said Governor Cox in a letter. "It has had a useful career." Yakima in Community Plan. YAKIMA, Wash., Dec. 3. (Special.) Agreement has been reached be tween Yakima "welfare" organiza tions Snd Community Service, Inc., by which the latter organization will as sign an organizer to this city for not less than three months to plan and help carry out a programme of com munity activities, and in return the local people agree to form a perma nent organization and finance a full year's programme of such effort un der the direction of the national body. Officials Plan Inspection. SALEM. Or., Dec. 3. (Special.) Herbert Nunn, state highway engi neer; L. E. Bean, representative in the state legislature from Lane county, and E. E. Kiddle, member of the state highway commission, left tonight for Washington to attend a conference of representatives of the public land states. The purpose of the confer ence, according to Mr. Nunn, is to work for a continuation of the Cham berlain bill providing annual appro priations of $100,000,000 for post roads and $10,000,000 for forest roads. Test Urged for Policemen. SALEM, Or., Dec. 3. (Special.) A strict physicial examiation will be required of all men employed for police duty in Salem if an ordinance prepared at the request of the com mittee on health and police meets with the approval of the city council. Under the new ordinance new men on the force will be paid J125 a month, men who have, served continuously for not less than two years $135, and for policemen serving not less than four years $145 a month. State Inheritance Tax $5000. SALEM. Or., Dec. 3. (Special.) As a result of an investigation conducted by O. P. Hoff, state treasurer, the state will receive approximately $5000 in inheritance taxes not included in the original appraisement filed in the estate of R. D. Inman, who died in Multnomah county about eight months ago. Mr. Inman was interested in the Inman-Poulson Lumber company at the time of his death, and his stock in that concern was valued at $2500 a share. Grain Minimum Demanded. SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Dec. 3. A committee of bankers, representing the South Dakota Bankers' associa tion, today sent a telegram to United States senators and congressmen from this state urging legislation for the fixing of a minimum price at certain terminals for surplue grain on hand at the end of the crop year. The bankers declared that the proposed extension of credit would not meet the present crisis. Oil Firm Seeks to Operate. SALEM, Or., Dec. 3. (Special.) The Attalia Oil company, organized under the laws of the state of Wash- NEW SHOW TODAY mmammBmi ,. , , mjmmm , fi I THOMAS tiff"'" - W j&TfL l I MEIGHAN - CONRAD IN X a . Nll i QUEST OF P hP'j i i j HIS YOUTH L ' ' '1 COLUMBIA Jjiii'Uii - r ' PICTURE fcff i - ' .' " PLAYERS ,U't V ' I T O D A Y;'.' 1 , V w,i hip1 iiuXTrrTTJ NEW SHOW! r ington. has made application to oper ate in Oregon. The capital stock is 250.000 and Rogers MacVeagh of Portland is named attorney in fact. The Thornton Investment company, with a capital stock of $5000, has been incorperated by C. A. Bell, Will iam Brewster and Herman Moeller. : r S3t 7 - t . : w One of the season's big-- ,mfi' " v-j .. ? ' J " ' ,X 'tfl'iyTll gest comedy hits, and f r f s t ' " . ! one of Tom Moore's best. ; v A, I I - A l J jjj lllrii Helping; to rob his own ; . ' Jt:-J 1 flii 11 if house is one of the scream- s i J 1L JUL 423L ingly ludicrous situations in St I Tom Moore's latest gloom- v- 1 -.- ! JJf" chaser. It is crammed full I V ; '' fj. s?yB,v f clean, clever humor, even U "3 ?i fvSiS:vV better than the stage ver- J - 4 I it'l f- 'l sion, which had all Broad- Y ' : j .. way laughing for months. J, . " ) t'fl CECIL TEAGUE at the Wurlitzer, and ' I , - ivA I ' f in concert tomorrow at 1:30 P. SL t J 1 ' J '' J jX PROGRAMME ' . - '.j Wl- m-r JF' American Patrol..... Meacham ' v , - 13 f '""v Caprice Viennois Kreisler ' Jf i'li I , 'X Melodies from "Chu Chin J . s I- I" J Chow" Norton v , J' V I V Give Me All of You " J Comedy jl iiTaioVeV::;.:: ' PathcNews i Ti Direction oJenscn and yon Herberg -jjjf V'- i .1 I L. i. ' .... ill I ill .. . .. L . i i n i inn i. in im i imii ii ..... f friiii'ii'miri i----v--.---' :- Mtiiniif-- ' - nni.--iii..,..vi.i,,-.,r, .mmi.jj' , ...-l,-.,,,,,- . ; .w, ' ... - ' MIJn . n.J.. -Jr 0h Notices of increase in capital stock have been filed by the Hood River Y&$lT show today f VJ 1, Fruit company, J10.000 to $30,000; David Fruit company. $100,000 to Added Attractions- Mutt and Jeff in "Farm Efficiency" Bruce Scenic, "A Banana Special" Always Peoples New Orchestra COME... TOD AY DIRECTION TENSEN-VDN K&F?.BgMCV (7, BEGINS TODAY! $150,000; and the Willamette Valley Arreaee company. $25,000 to $75,000.- i. : -. ! . i' J (V t m. s t: J,' -V.