- i THE MOItXIXG OREGOXIAX, THURSDAY, DECOI'R'E'R 9, 1920 (O j . GREECE ASKS ITS KING TO ABDICATE Constantine Is Urged to Clear Way for .George. FRIENDS HINT REFUSAL Advisor Indicates Tliat Ruler "Will rtrlinquili Claim on Xhrone at Athens rARJS. Dec. S. (Havas.) The Greek government - has addressed a note to ex-King Constantine asking that he abdicate Immediately in favor of the Crowd Prince George, says a dispatch from Athens today. LCCKKXE. Switzerland. Dec. S. (By the Associated Press.) Kx-King Constantine will not relinquish his claim to the Greek throne- in favor of his son' George, it was declared today by Professor Georgrios Streit, close adviser of Constantino here. "The Greek people want Constan tine o badly that his abdication probably would cause a revolution in Greece." Professor Streit added. Constantine received this morning his first official communication from' Premier Rhallis of Greece, on last Sunday's plebiscite, favoring Constan tlne's return to the throne. The pre mier's telcgranl described the state of public opinion. In Greece on Con stantino's return and added: "In your majesty the Greek people .find an emblem of national unity.". The message gave : incomplete re turns of the plebiscite, indicating a tremendous vote in favor of Constan tine, but embodied no plans for ,his return. These, the premier said, would await the complete official count. PIAXS FOB KETUTtX GIV.EV VP Government Adopts Waiting Policy and XcaTcs Issue to eA-Rulcr. ATHENS, Djc. 8. (By the Associ ated Press.) The plans to have ex King Constantine return to Greece this .week appeared today to have been abandoned. The decision of the government apparently was to con tinue its "wait and see" policy with the tendency to leave the decision as to Constantino's return to the throne with the ex-king himself. The financial pressure of the Brit ish upon the government which has been, exerted against the plan to re store Constantine, appears to have become stronger. 15x-Premier Gounaris, leader in the movement which led to the downfall of Venizclos, has appealed to Ven izeiosta army officers to keep their posts. OPERATOR OF DEATH CAR AGAIN ACCUSED. IS Examination SI tows That Broken Rib P-uncturcd Heart of Teacher, Causing Death. An additional charge of reckless drivinsr was placed in police court yesterday against Alfred Axelson, 2064 Wasco street, whose, automobile ran down and killed Miss Maud Fer pruson. a Jefferson High school teacher, at East Forty-first and Gli lan streets, early Tuesday night. Axelson, who confessed having driven the death car. procured his re lease on the first charge of failing to report an accident by posting bail bond of $500. He was released on his own recognizance on the reckless driving charge, while the hail money on the first charge is still on deposit. Dr. Earl Smith, coroner, announced yesterday that an inquest into the death of Miss Ferguson will be held at the courthouse tonight at 8:30 o'clock. Several persons who were at the scene of the fatal accident a few moments afterward have been called as witnesses. Miss Ferguson's body was removed yesterday to the Hotman undertaking establishment but plans for the fu neral will not be made until today" members of the family said. An ex amination by Deputy Coroner Goetsch confirmed the diagnosis made Tues day night by Deputy Coroner Calkins that a broken rib in the left side had punctured the young woman's heart, causing the death. SCREAM SCARES THIEF Wife of Police Sergeant Frig-hlens Burglar Entering Home. Despite the fact that her husband is blue-coated "copper," Mrs. Mallon, wife of Police Sergeant Mallon of the second night relief, screamed in fright when she surprised a burglar in the kitchen of their home, 1211' Moore street, late Tuesday night. Sergeant Mallon reported to Captain Harms of the second night relief early yesterday. Sergeant Mallon said ho was dress ing to report for duty when he heard his wife screaming downstairs. Rush ing down only partly dressed, h reached the kitchen just in tifne to see the burglar beating a hasty re treat for the rear. Before he report ed for work Sergeant Mallon searched the neighborhood for his unknown midnight caller. HOPS SHIPMENT LARGE 20,000 Pound at 42 J4 Cents Is IScnt to England. El'GEXH. Or., Dec. 8. (Special.) Thomas Seavey of Springfield today started a shipment of L'0.000 pounds of hops to Fngland, having sold them to Lessen & Co., large hop buyers in that country, through the J. W. Sea vey company, the contract price be ing 4214 cents a pound. Mr. Seavey said that the holdings of hops in' Lane county are now pretty well cleaned up, there being only a few small lots yet undeliv ered. He says it is doubtful whether any new acreage will be set out in this part of the valley this year, as the future of the industry does not seem to be bright. PROBE T0JBE RESUMED Pacific Coast Salmon Packers in War Deal to Be Investigated. THK OHEGOXIAX NEWS BU REAU. Washington, Dec. 8. Repre sentative C. It. Reavis of Nebraska, chairman of the sub-committee of the Graham war Investigating committee which probed the transactions of the Pacif'.c coast salrtion packers with the government during and after the war, has been authorized by the full com mittee to resume the inquiry. He has been directed to get to gether the evidence for starting prosecutions, it is understood, to in clude several charges. One charge in volves the sale of alleged bad salmon for which it was said the government was never adequately Reimbursed. Another charge relates to the sale of the salmon left on the government's hands at the close of the war. This was turned back to the salmon pack ers and It is alleged that they resold it to distributors throughout the country at profits In violation of the Lever act. In addition to evidence developed by the Reavis hearings, it is under stood that the income-tax returns of some of the salmon packers for last year may be used against them. Chairman Reavis will call the sub committeetogether immediately after the Christmas holidays to resume the inquiry. ' FOREST POLICY PROPOSED EI'FICIKXT FIRE PROTECTION" TO FliATCUE LEGISLATION. Group of Industries 3Iost Directly Interested Hold's Conference to Get Action In Congress. WASHINGTON-, Dec. 8. A draft of a bill for a national forest policy, including better fire protection for the forests, was discussed today by the forest industries committee at a conference which was attended by representatives of the American Newspaper Publishers association, the American Forestry association. the National Lumber Manufacturers' association, the American Paper & Pulp association, the United States chamber of commerce and the Na tional Wholesale Lumber Dealers' as sociation. "I regard the proposed legislation as a milestone in our progress toward national forest policy," said Colo nel William B. Greeley, United States forester, after the conference. "The objective now before the country has been defined by a large group of industries most directly in terested and concerned and by rep resentatives of the public. The next step is legislative action. It be hooves us all to remember that no great public movement of this char acter enacts itself." "SACRAMENTO JOE" DEAD Life of Man Weighing About 610 Ebbs While HeSIecps. SACRAMENTO,, Dec. 8 .-Joseph B. Krebeck, known throughout the state as "Sacramento Joe," died here today while being made ready for an oper ation to remove 100 pounds of fat in order to prolong his life. Krebeck, formerly a restaurant man here, weighed at the tine of his death about 640 pounds. He had traveled with a circus when he was weighing around 600 pounds, but recently, because of his rapidly increasing obesity, had spent about 20 hours a day sleeping at his home. 6(S ALL-S Marshall Neilan's Great Thriller in 7 Reels Tlie Toonerville Trolley Police Quartcl Comedy Scream Waller Jenkins You All Know Him McElro v's Band in Jazzy Melodies Municipal Auditorium COMPETITION IS GUT OUT, SAY BUILDERS Gotham Contractors' Bids Al ways Identical. TRUST. PROBE CONTINUES Inqniry Said to Have Brought Re suits Prices in. Some Lines Reported Tumbling. NEW YORK, Dec 8. Officials of two of the largest construction cor porations In tne United States, with a combined business approaching 1 00,000,000 a year, testified in the "building trust" investigation today that be'fore the Lockwood legislative inquiry began it was impossible to ob tain competitive bids in nearly a dozen lines of materials. Contractors for sand, gravel, mar ble, plumbing, limestone, brick, ce ment, lime, crushed stone and fire proofing work invariably turned In identical estimates, "while the lum ber trade was pretty well lined up with prices uniform," they said, j Only an insignificant part of the sand business of New York 2000 cu bic yards out of 1,000,000 cubic yards brought monthly to the metropolis is hiuidled by a concern outside the "board of trade," which it was testi fied had fixed and boosted prices. Prices of brick have toppled, the testimony showed, "from the fictitious level of $32.50" down to $15 sinee -the Investigation began bombarding 'the alleged combines. The Thompson-Starrett company, which built the Woolworth and Equi table'Life skyscrapers and which does an annual business of $60,0.00.000, found It futile to. seek competitive bids InNew York, Louis Horowltz,its president, testified. His revelations of identical esti mates were supported by James A. Mears, vice-president of the Fred T. Ley company, which lias $16,000,000 worth of construction under way here at present. Structural steel, one of the few im portant building materials which they did not mention as controlled locally, cannot be had by the Thompson-Starrett company because it does not op erate under an "open shop." Mr. Horo witz said. The manufacturers of structural steel forbid It to be sold to construction companies handling their labor on a closed-shop basis, he added. Houston Dock Is Burned. HOUSTON, Tex.. Dec. 8. A fire this afternoon destroyed the 600-foot dock of the Humble Oil i. Kefining company at Baytown, near here, on the ship channel causing a los3 of $200,000. - Read The Oreironian classified ads. YOU'LL WANT r TAR Benefit Washington Municipal Auditorium 50c Here's What You Get for . . (No Tax) GO. 'AND Washington High School Band , 46 Pieces , - 'Remember the Place and the Time' at 8 P. M. Friday, December Hazelwood Candy For Christmas Delicious Chocolates, Mexican Chews and Home-Made Specials. Dainty Gift Packages In a variety of sizes and shapes Sweet Grass Baskets, Myrtlewood and Leather Boxes, Hand-Painted Satin and Straw Baskets. . " ; When you buy "Hazelwood" you secure the best there is in Candy. . Our Hazelwood Supreme Variety" is Unexcelled. $1.25 to $6.25 per box. Special Attention Given to Mail Orders. Full Line of Xmas Hard Candies , in Jars and in Bulk THECT3zelcDOod QJ VcONFECTIONEKf & RESTAURANT 388 Washington. WAR DEBT PERPLEXING OBLIGATION'S TO AMERICA . WORRY GREAT BRITAIN". Favorable Review of Book Written by Bernard Baruch Hints at ' Possibility of Remission. (Copyright by the Xew'Tork World. Pub lished by Arrangement. ) LONDON, Dec. 8. (Special cable.) Bernard Baruch's book on the peace conference received a column edito rial and a two-column review in the Manchester Guardian, both articles mostly of approval and agreement. The review was written by J. M. Keynes, an Oxford economist, who re signed as tne British financial expert at "Versailles and afterward wrote a book attacking the allied reparation claims as impossibly large. His figures thereon agree with Mr. Baruch's, but the most interesting point about both the editorial and the review is the anxious reference to th question of any possibility of Amer ican remission of the British debt. TO SEE IT, TOO Scene from the rushing, thun dering mile-a-minute drama, "Go and Get It"-one of the features in the all-star show at the Municipal Auditorium tomorrow. High School Band Tomorrow Evening Oc GET IT" The Harmony Four Doni Zan The Noted Baritone Frederick Goodrich at the Organ 10. o 127 Broadway. The Guardian after suggesting that President-Wilson might have won the reparation point if he had appealed to the allied peoples, says: "But it would not nave been enough to appeal without giving some proof tHat America also was roady to make some sacrifices. America should hav bfcen willing to forgro something. If si:c had .1ined with Great Britain in remitting: the debts of the con tinent, an appeal from President Wil son 'would have found an immediate and overwhelming answer." Keynes on the same point writes, "If the American delegation had gone too far in pressing the allies to abate their claims on the enemy, they might have laid . themselves open to awk v. ard pressure from the allies to be a'lowed corresponding'abatements in wrStt they, themselves owed the United Slates. If Germany could pay so little, could the allies pay so much?" These references to the British deot to America are becoming in creasingly frequent here and reflect the growing anxiety In official and business circles over the questions connected with the funding and re payment of the loans. There's more wrist watches at Friedlander's than at any other store In town. See them. 310 Washington f.i.,-bet. Fifth and Sixth. Adv. ow GO! Here Are His Men's Silk At the Lowest. Price in- Three Years $ 1.00 A Great Retreat From the Regular Price Which Has Held Its Ground for So hong as nearly every man in Portland knows, because SILK-SERVICE SOX are the best-known brand in this city and the price for which the Sox have been sell ing is very familiar to them. Yes, thousands of men know the com fort, economy and style of SILK SERVICE SOX, therefore a woman $3.50, So many men and women have told us that they wanted Manhattan Shirts of madras. Well, here they are and handsome ones, too! 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