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'" '' . V e I If Je- THE MORNING OREGONIAN. WEDNESDAY, - DECEMBER 22,. 1920 . -. .;.';-4 . .? V4 . i ! 5V r "J pnnunrs ib Bute IS PAID TO PILGRIMS Held 2t Auditorium. i '. :- . .. on testimony offered In the Murphy trial. In which she was also the com plainant. She said that she met Kru vosky in a -cafe in the Mission dis trict on the night of Thursday. No vember 24, a few hours before the attack, and that she later accompa nied him, James -Carey, Thomas Brady, Murphy and George Boyd, one of the three hanged at Santa Rosa, to a nearby house, where the attack took place. She accused the group tercentenary Programme ISiftXn': llLZl ditton, in which state she remained until the police found her. She was accompanied throughout by her companion. Miss Jean Stanley, formerly of Portland, she testifed. Miss Stanley offered testimony in the Murphy trial that she also was at tacked by the group. Miss Montgomery's cross-examination is to be conducted tomorrow. , The defendant's wife, brother an mother attended the trial, the wife sitting beside him. .;CR0WD' OF 1000 ATTENDS BY. FLEET, SAYS BEHSOH Merchant Vessels . Held American Asset. Big CRITICS ARE ATTACKED i: Heritage Left Americans of Today by Forefathers. I v The Tieritage lert by the Pilgrim JJ forefathers to Americans of today was , , presented ast night by Kev. W. H. Boddy, who delivered the oration at JJ the tercentenary programme at the ii municipal auditorium. More than j 1000 Portlanders gathered there to !i celebrate the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth 300 years ago. William 11 D. Wheelwright presided. "We delight in honoring the Pil J grtms and well we may, for we can i never turn to traditions more en- nobling," said Rev. Mr. Boddy. "We tix not come only to 'say words of ' i praise. We cannot complement the; , Pilgrims. They are beyond the power i of. word of ours to add one whit to , their glory. "The j- belong to the ages, but they !' still speak to us. it is for our own i nakes that we mingle with them on t the -New England shore. We turn '' to reinterpret the character of our . fathers to learn the genius of Amer ,' , icanisra and refresh our spirits with V; their incomparable ideals." ; J '. Mayflower Called Symbol. " Mr. Boddy described the Mayflower I. aa the symbol of "minds that dare " ami hearts that are unafraid." He told of the Pilgrims, in spite' of , kings and bishops, preaching their C" doctrine of a pure religion express- lng itself in democratic form. ; ' "The Pilgrims did not flee the wrath of a king, but they sought '' a city whose bulkier and maker was I God." declared the speaker. "They went beyond the frontiers of Chris Li tian civilization to establish the kingdom of God. What incomparable . bravery! What sheer romance! "It Is difficult for us reared under !' the light of free institutions to un ' cerstand the audacity of dismissing priests anil bishops and going out to a new land. At that time, church ' was part of state. A declaration of religious independence was in some , degrees a d-tclaraUon of political in- ; dependence." ' Kev. Mr. Boddy explained the ' breadth of sympathy prevalent In the Pilgrim colony. He spoke of the ; spirit of adventure and the spirit of ,' noble daring which characterized : the members of that little band. He ' said they were non-conformists and ' yet there was in their progressiv- ism an element of conservatism. "In forming their government, they 1 turned to the past and drew their . inspiration from English forms of ' .government. Never was there such ! an opportunity for radicalism to build on untried foundations, and yet the J Pilgrims built on firm, tried and true 'foundations. ' Chorus Gives Programme. . Tou cannot understand the Pil- crim unless you realize mat every bush he saw was aflame with God. Nothing is needed .more today than the recognition that back of eco nomical and political laws there is a world that is fundamentally moral. J "What we need more than anything . else is a vision of the king and his beauty. What we need, is a recog ' nition of this moral sovereignty. America's hope is in America's homes." A chorus of 800 girls and an or chestra of 100 pupils froir the pub 110 schools of the city furnished patriotic music Ihe chorus was un er the direction of W. H. Boyer. Frederich, W. Goodrich presided at the organ. The audience joined ir singing "The ,v America"- and "America." The chorus sang "Hail to Our Native Land," and "Unfold 1e Portals." If. S. TO CUT SHIP PIES SALE OF JIERCHAXT VESSELS PCRPOSE OF REDUCTIONS. ALL M ALIKE TO WIS PTTT BIGJVXD UTILE OXES ON , LEVEL, JUDGE'S PLEA. Jurist Says He Cannot Sentence .'Petty Thieves With Recent Wil '. eon Pardon, In Mind. .'CHICAGO. Dec. 21. Judge Landis today refused to sentence six men charged with stealing 600 sacks of sugar from trains in interstate com merce, after learning that President Wilson last week had granted a par don to James J. Dorsey of Gilbert, 111., known aa "the millionaire cattle king." .. '.' : Porsey was sentenced to eight years In Leavenworth prison by Judge Lan dis after conviction of selling several thousand head of tubercular cattle throughout the. 'west under false papers representing them as govern ment tested and healthy. He began serving his sentence June 4, 1919 Last July President Wilson cut the sentence to four years. At that time Judge Landis, in open court, declared he could not "understand the work ings of the president' mind." ' "I can't sentence these men with he Dorsey thing fresh in my mind," Judge Landis declared In court. "Dor sey's activities ran Into the thousands ef dollars while these men stole only a few hundred dollars' worth of mer chandise. I will continue this case indefinitely." Slump in Ocean Rates and Tight Money Market Interfere With Transition of Fleet. . WASHINGTON, Dec 21. Sharp' re duction at an early date in the price of rovernment'Owoed merchant ships, I to facilitate their transition to pri vate control, was said toaay to do un der consideration by the shipping board. . Unijer the new shipping act a man date was conferred upon the' board by congress to turn the merchant fleet over to private ownership, but board officials said this could not be done at the existing scale of prices for government tonnage. At present the government prices range from $160 to $176 a deadweight ton for coal-burners, and .$175 .to $185 a ton for oil-burners, the lat ter prices applying to he. largest class of steamers of from 8000 ; to 10,000 deadweight tons and over. But with the slump in ocean rates, a tight money market and the gen eral unsatisfactory shipping situa tion, officials said, it might be neces sary to lower the prices of the larger vessels to about ilzo a ton to dispose of them. For some time sales of government ships have been practically at a Standstill, board officials said, but by cutting the capital cost of tonnage, they contended, buyers' would stand better chance of showing an earn ing on the investment, even in the face of low rates. At the same time, It was said, the board is considering eome form of guaranty against loss to ship pur chasers by means of further price re ductions as a means of stimulating the sale of government ships. Head of Shipping Board on Record as ".. Cpalterably Opposed to Government Operation. was ordered to leave tonight for Otta wa, to direct the search there for the balloon missing from the Rockaway naval air station for more than a week. -. . s While the authorities at' the naval air station have not given up hope for the three men 'n the balloon, they ad mitted that the situation was serious. They began working, - Lieutenant Evans said, on the theory that the A-S598 did not land in the Adirondack mountains but passed north of Otta wa.. The search of the Adirondack by army aviators, however, will con tinue until hope has vanished. ALBANY, N. T., Dec 21. One -of J the two airplanes which were to have searched the Adirondack region for the missing naval balloon took fire soon after hopping o(l here for Glens Falls this morning and was. forced to make a landing at Westerlo island. The plane was destroyed, but Lieuten ant F. B. Johnson, pilot, and Sergeant George Sicke, observer, are reported j to nave escaped injury. j IKS CUT IN 4 CITIES CHICAGO WAITERS SUFFER 2 0 PER CEXT DECREASE. 200,000 in Philadelphia Affected hy Reduction; 2000 to-Take ff2J4 Per Cent Drop. V CHICAGO. Dec. 21. A wsge reduc tion amounting to 20 per cent. in the pay of waiters in one of the largest downtown hotels was announced to day by George Keevel, head waiter. The wa'ters have been receiving S90 a month and board. Their wages will be cut to ilO a month, or half of the $40 a month Increase given them last May, he said. VANCOUVER, B. C, Dec. 21. One thousand employes of the Granby tB. C). Consolidated Mining, Smelting & Power company at Anyox. B. C, have voted to accept a reduction in wages amounting to 75 cents a day for the months of January, February nd March, it was announced today. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 21. The wages of more than 200,000 workers n the textile Industry ot wis city are to be reduced from 10 to 30 per cent in the future, officers of a. num ber of manufacturers' associations in cluded in the trade said today. CHICOPEE, Mass., Dec. 21. Wages of the 2000 employes of the Dwight Manufacturing company here, makers of textiles, will be reduced E2V4 per cent beginning January 10, according to announcement today. PERSONAL PLEAS TO FAIL Governor Xot to Permit Interview 1 ' for Stagg's Pardon. SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 21. (Spe cial.) Governor Hart will not vary from a rule of long standing refus ing to grant personal interviews on applications for the exercise of ex ecutive clemency, -In order to hear pleas for pardon of George Stagg, sentenced Saturday in the superior court of Pierce county to serve 10. to 15 years in the penitentiary on a charge of . kidnaping his - 2-year-old eon, Bobby btagg. The announcement that the gov ernor would adhere to the established policy was Viade today in answer to reports that counsel for Stagg and Betty Brainerd, with Mrs. Edith Cun ningham Stagg,. mother of the stolen child, and Mrs. Ida Cunningham, the boy's grandmother, would appear to rge a pardon for Stagg. Full consideration will be given written applications in all cases, it was stated, when presented in regular course. Read The Oregonian classified ads. NEW YORK,. Dec 21. More than Jl. 000. 000. 000 in eross revenue has been- earned by the government-on trolled merchant fleet since it began operations. Chairman Benson of the shipping board declared tonight in an address before the Municipal club of Brooklyn. While the board cannot show a profit as large as would have been the case if the fleet had been private ly owned. Chairman Benson said, this billion dollars stayed In this country, and but for the possession of a fleet built by the government would have been 'spent for the use of foreign bottoms. Had there been no nation able to -take no Germany's position when her ma'ritime power was wiped out, he asserted,, "ocean carrying ton- nare would have been monopolizes by Great Britain, whose crying trade needs naturally would have come first." ' Crftlea Held Answered. A great deal Of dissatisfaction aris ing from recent developments will disappear, the chairman declared, through realization that the country has a great fleet of vessels profit ably employed in spreading the prod ucts of America to all parts of the world. "On June 30, 1920, the net return to the shipping board," he continued. after running expenses had been paid, but not taking -into considera tion certain bookkeeping items, was $400,000,000. This amount embraced large sums owed us by the army for transportation charges, cash that had been returned to the treasury, $96, 000,000 in cash funds on hand and about $.293,000,000 in accounts receiv able. America Now Independent. "We had total current liabilities of $99,281,000 . at that time, with total current assets to meet these liabilities amounting;, to $638,200,000, which amount did not take into considera tion the value of our fleet, the total cost of which as of June 30, was approximately $3,000,000,000. - . . For the first time in more than SO years not only is America, ship-independent, but it can honestly say It Is able to carry it own .insurance In American insurance concerns." Chairman Benson went on record as unalterably opposed to government operation of the fleet and declared it was encouraging when congress laid down the law that the fleet should be privately owned and controlled. . Every effort will be made to hasten the providing of American shipping facilities. Mr. Benson said, in order that the preferenfal rail rates on goods consigned for shipment- in American bottoms can be made effec tive at the earliest possible date. LAST MINUTE PROBLEMS SOLVED IN THE AT AS SALE KNIT WEAR ' IS SECRETS MAY BE TOLDi PEACE XTEGOTIATIOXS TO BE DISCUSSED BT SPEAKERS. There's still wonderful choosing: in this Christmas Sale of Jantzen Knitwear. We have talten over the entire line of discontinued models odds and ends and broken assortments of Sweaters, Sport Coats, Hosiery and Caps of the Jantzen Knitting Mills and are offering these pure worsted garments at tremendous reductions, ii you re looking for really practical gifts here they are for men, women and children! Come today while choosing is still good! WONDERFUL XMAS BARGAINS IN SWEATERS Talk on Problems of Versailles! Conference May Uncover Hidden Angles. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec 21. (Special.) The various problems coming up at the sessions of the peace conference which finally framed the Versailles treaty will be glvert ,to the public openly for the first time as the result of the forum to be held at the Academy of Music here. The forum has . been arranged by Colonel House, who -was second to President Wilson in the American -delegation, and various men who par ticipated in the framing of various portions of the treaty will speak. The problems which the conference was called upon to solve, from the question of armanents to those of the Saar Basin and Flume, will be told to the public. It is expected that new light on the various phases of the treaty will thereby be thrown by the different speakers. The forum will be onened bv Oerw eral Tasker H. Bliss, who was a mem ber of the American commission to negotiate peace, his subject being The Llnjtation of Armaments. The address of General Bliss will appear, in large part, in The Orego nian next Sunday. Men's $15.50 Pure Worsted Sweaters $9.75 Pure worsted sweater just like il lustration a practical model that most men like. In navy blue, maroon and heather mixtures. Sizes 36 to 44. BURCH FUNERAL IS SET Protestant Episcopal Bishop'to Be Burled Tomorrow. NEW YORK, Dec. 21. Funeral ser vices will be held here Thursday af ternoon for the Right Rev. Charles Sumner Burch, bishop of the Protes tant Episcopal diocese of New York, who died yesterday of heart disease. This was decided definitely today. Burial will be in the crypt of the cathedral of St. John the 'Divine, where the bodies of his predecessors lie. In this cathedral will be held the funeral services, at which Dean Bob bins, Canon Jones and Canon Nash of the cathedral clergy will officiate. Included among the pallbearers will be Franklin D. Roosevelt, August Belmont, Dr. Nicholas Murra Butler, William F. Morgan, Ogden Mills Reid and Stuyvesant Fish. MAYORTlS) fatally shot Divorce Suit Results 'in Killing, Wounding and Snicide. SEWARD. Neb., Dec. 21. George A. Merriam, mayor of Seward, was shut and instantly killed tonight by Arthur Andrews, alias Patrick McFarland, his son-in-law. Mrs. Merriam, wife of the mayor,-was shot twice and seri ously wounded by Andrews.- who. fol lowing the shooting, cut-his 'throat, dying a few minutes later. The tragedy, which occurred in the Merriam home about 8 o'clock, 1s the direct result of a suit for divorce brought by Mrs. Andrews. 2 STILLS SEIZED, HELD Thirty Gallons of Prune Slash Also Taken in Police Raid. Thirty gallons of prune mash, a complete still and a copper cooling boiler were found by the police late last night when they raided the home of Bert L. Wilson, 391 Sacramento street, and arrested Wilson and his youthful brother-in-law, J. S. Spen cer. The raid was made by Sergeants Schad and Sax and Patrolman Fair. Ball for Wilson and Spencer was set at $500 each. They will face a charge "of violating the prohibition law. Women's $19 Pure Worsted Coats $9.75' , The picture gives you some idea of. the beauty of this coat it has the genuine Jantzen elastic stitch. In copen, robin's egg,- orange, black, maize, etc " ' ChildY Worsted Novelty Sweaters $3.50 Girls' -sweater coat with collar, belt and two. pockets, exactly as illus trated at left Boys' in same weight with ruff neck and no belt. Both styles in gray, robin's egg, rose, brown and mustard. Sizes 22 to 28. Men's $17.50 Pure Worsted Sweaters $11.50 Look at the illustration isn't this a handsome sweater coat with its warm ruff neck? Think of buying a gift like this at the price. Sizes' !56 to 44. hi II, TV Women's $17 Fine Worsted Sweaters $7.75 ' As illustrated one of the most pop ular Jantzen models. Warm, practical utility irarment. Solid colors with V strininir of white on collar, cuffs and vVpocketl Misses' $8.50 Pure Worsted Sweaters " $4.75 Novelty check weave like picture medium weight with collar that can be buttoned high if desired. In copen, robin's egg, scarlet and brown. Sizes 80-84. Same model, sizes C6-C8, $G.50. The Jantzen Swimming Suit makes an ideal Xmas Gift one, that will bring all-year-round pleasure. Euy one in a gift box! These Xmas Specials In Jantzen Hosiery Men's ?2 Worsted Sox heather mix- I Women's Jantzen Pure .Worsted Hose I Children's $2.25 Sox, 9i length, in '- lures copen, brown, (PI QC black, brown, green and QO (f green, brown, heather P1 f greenblack 1D j heather tB.UU. top style OUJO . PAYNE FOR PARK MEETING Interior Secretary Approves Pro posed- National Conference. DES MOINES, Dec. 21. Formal ap proval of the first national conference on parks, called by Governor W. L. Harding of Iowa, to meet here Janu ary 10 to 12, inclusive, was given to day by Secretary Payne of the de partment of the interior, according to word received here. Secretary Payne Is co-operating with Governor Harding in arranging the conferece. .- ACCUSED MINISTER FREED Charge of Defrauding Members of Congregation Not Proved. PITTSBURG, Kan.. Dec. 21. Rev. Junett Noble McDonald, former pas tor of the First Presbyterian church of Pittsburg, today was found not guilty of defrauding two members of his congregation and another man in mining deals. The jury was out more than five hours. . BALLOON SEARCH BEGUN Missing Xaval Trio Believed to Have. Passed North of Ottawa. ROCK AW AT, N. T., Dec. 21. Lieu tenant Albert W. Evans, naval avi ator. balloonist and dirigible pilot, KBUVDSKY TRIAL BEGINS SECODx ALLEGED GANGSTER ; ' . IS ACCUSED BY GIRL. - - Miss Jessie Montgomery Tells of '"i Cafe Meeting and of Attacks by r Defendant and Associates. ; " SAN" FRAXCISCO, Dec 21. A jury was examined and sworn, the prose eution's opening statement made and J the direct examination of the com- plaining witness conducted to a con ' "elusion "in the trial here today of 'Edward (Knockout) Kruvosky, pugl . list and second of a group of alleged gangsters to face a jury on charges of attacking girls - here. Edmond J Murphy, first of the- group to face ' trial, was convicted last night. "-Activities of the gang led to the i'aiaying at Santa Rosa, near here.-of ' -three peace officers and the lynching ; .'ef their accused murderers by a mob which, stormed the Sonoma county Jail. , i Miss Jessie Montgomery of Reno, the complaining witness, repeated, htr a. t i raiewmr i it- rtfiu an i iii i iiirinniiThrTfcmnTi nrrtrumtr ft . m i ' a- r iuijax -m onpnoted b,oRucK Get the ORIGINAL . Fresh, full-cream muk and the extract of se lected malted grain, reduced to powder form. TheFood-Drinkfor AH Ages. Vsed successfully for over 13 century. ' Superior to tea, coffee, cocoa A quick lunch readily digested. Invigeratinrg, Nonrlshinf, Delicious v Ask for Hornet's at All Fountains Prepared in moment by briskly stirring the powder in hot or cold water. Keep at home or when traveling. Ask For and Get Horlick'o : thus Avoidiner Imitations "KiScS SUBSTITUTES Cost YOU Sam. Price Write for fieeianiple to HorUc k'a, Dpfc 9, lUctae, Wto. Jz""" "' , Home Robbed, Bonds Stolen. Three Canadian victory bonds, val ued at $50 each and a gray suit, com prised the loot obtained by burglars, who ransacked the home of George Clark, on the Dosch road, beyond Council Crest, early last ,night while Mr. and Mrs. Clark were down town. Pekin Embassy Proposed. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. Tne American legation at Pekin would be raised to an embassy under a Joint resolution introduced today by Chair man Porter of-the . bouse foreign af fairs committee. - Prominent Musician Is Dead. ' SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 21. Madame 146 Broadway Bet. Alder and Morrison PORTLAND KNITTING CO. iro Third Street Bel. Alder and Morrison Emilia Tojettl, former president of the Pacific Musical society, died to day at hehome here after a brief illness. She 'was knowifas a singer, musician, art patron and prominent club woman. She was the daugher of a pioneer California family. Bend Man Confesses 'Robbery. BEND," Or., Deo. 21. Special.) R A. Ferguson, arrested on a charge of robbing the Metropolitan cigar store, signed a confession this after noon and was held to the. grand jury underlOOO bonds. Ferguson said he took S25 from the cash register of the store. Of this be returned J1S.50. Portland Dentists Meet. The Vegular monthly meeting of the Portland. District Dental society was Diamonds ' MOUNTED OR UNMOUNTED Christmas Gifts ; - As a Gift the Diamond Reigns Supreme : ' Feldenheimer Diamonds . Are of the First Water Every article in this house is honestly priced. Each one has an individuality that marks . it as a product ot this house. "Gifts that last" A. & C. FELDENHEIMER Jewelers ilversipiths Opticians ; v Established 1&68. V ' Washington St. at Park. held last night at the Portland hotel with Dr. M. C. Holbrook presiding. Instead! of the usual business, the evening was given oyer to entertain ment. Several acts were provided by Portland vaudeville theaters. Church Plans .Pageant. "The Pilgrim and the Book," a pageant by Percy ManKaye. will be given at Anabel church. Fifty-sixth street and Thirty-seventh avenue southeast, this evening. :t Is given in commemoration of the landing of the Pilgrims by tUB young people aud congregation. Portland Barbers Elect. fleers last nlht In Furoul rro' IimII. The ineetinic was iiiarki-d by an un usually larae at I ti l.i n . ". Thr fol lowing were chuWn lo hold offlrr for the ennulng yur; c T. t'mne, inoi dent; Joseph llowm r. vlrn-iirrnlili-ni ; J. A OoJUralnor, urcTrlMry-lrcamiri-r: and A. Meier, recorder. Atunl Inn Local No. 75, Journeyman Barbers' union, held Its annual election of of- ( on ChrlMnmn I was called at the meeting- ( Hi fact that barber Ikm will he cIot nd New Ver'ii ilut New Year's Oregonian ANNUAL NUMBER, JANUARY 1,1921 You will want to send copies to vour friends in the east. Order now for delivery on January 1st. Single copy 10c; postage, 6c in United States and possessions; foreign 12c. Fill out olank form and send to Oregonian Office, Sixth and Alder. . NAME STREET TOWN STATE l 1 - ' ' ' . ' - - ' , - : - . . .- '' ' - THE OREGONIAN, Portland, Oregon. . (Gentlemen: Enclosed find. for which mail The Oregonian's New Year's Annual to each of the above addresses. (Inclose 16c for each address in United States or Possessions, 22c for each foreign address.) t - i r . . . ' ' ;' "" . Y ' - t .-1 St--"