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PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1920
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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"PILLAR OF FIRE'S"
FOUNDER DENOUNCED
OFFICERS OF RELIGIOUS BODX
SUED FOR $100,000.
SUM SHIP BOARD
MORE RETAIL PRICE
CUTS ARE FORECAST
DEALERS DECLARED SLOW IX
MAKIXG REDUCTIONS. -
MINERS DESPERATE;
WILSON UNPERTURBED
X
APPEALS TO WHITE HOUSE
FRUITLESSAS EVER.
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BOND HOUSE HEADS
FACE MORE CHARGES
APPEAR AT ODDS
TO PEEL AX
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FEDERAL ATTORNEY HINTS
OTHERS 3HY BE HIT.
KNOX AND HARDING
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League Challenge by Ir
reconcilable Scented.
TWO-HOUR CONFERENCE HELD
SuTlivan Draws Conclusions
L as to What Happened.
ONLY LITTLE IS LET OUT
Senator Opposing Pact of Any
JLind Says He Outlined Posi-
tion to President-Elect.
BT ?JARK SULLIVAN.
'fCopyriirht by the New York Evening Post,
inc.. Published by Arrangement.)
MARION, O., Dec. 30. Senator Knox,
of the irreconcilables, came here to
riay and in the Judgment of all the
mre mature observers who- watched
the episode, either took the president-
elect in camp, or else threw a chal
lenge into Harding's teeth.
My own Judgment is that the latter
Is what happened and that a thorough-going
cleavag-e is now on be
tween Harding and the irreconcilable
senators, between those friends 01 in
league of nations who have been to
Marion recently and who thought that
Harding would build his new associa
tion on a part of the present league,
and on the other hand those irrecon
cilatles who insist that the present
league must be scrapped, killed,
buried, and kept buried.
Piecing Together Needed.
Not all the episode Is on the publio
record, and parts of the narrative
roust be pieced out by deduction.
Knox made it clear that he had come
In response to a telegraphic lnvita
tion. My guess, in the light of other
events'. Is that the Invitation was sent
by Harding because he had heard
that there was Incipient rebellion
among the Irreconcilable senators and
he hoped to smooth it out.
Apparently, the news had come to
Marion that the irreconcilable aena
tors were muttering about Harding
repeatedly consulting with such
friends of the league as Taft, Hoover,
Bryan, Straus and others. There Is
evidence that Harding's first reaction
to this discontent was to send the
trusted Harry Dangherty to Wash
lngton to pour vicarious oil on the
waters.
Knox Called After Failure.
That failed and then followed the
invitation to Knox to come to Marion.
Knox came. He arrived before
breakfast. He took breakfast with
Harding and several others.
Then Knox and Harding went Into
Harding's office and closed the door.
.Nearly two hours later Knox left
Harding's office and stepped briskly
flown to the house where all the
newspaper men were. .This was
nothing unusual.
All the "best minds" after they
have had their conferences with
Harding come down to talk to the
newspaper men.
This is the routine. But there was
all the difference in the world be
tween the manner with which Knox
came and the way in which the re
cent "best minds" have come trailing
an aura of ingratiation and peace
from their late contact with Harding,
and there was all the difference in
the world between the Innocuous
words of harmony that the best minds
have been giving out and that di
Alienation of Wife's Affection,
Fraud, Deceit Charged by For
mer 3fcmber of Organization.'
DENVER, Dec. 30. That the "Pillar
of Fire," a religious organization of
nation-wide scope, of which Alma
White of Bound Brook, N. J, is
founder, had alienated the affections
of his wife and defrauded him of his
property, was the declaration of Rev.
Thomas A. Goode, a former member
of the organization, who today filed
suit for $100,000 damages.
Goode names Alma "White, L. F.
Wolfgang, pastor of the local branch.
the Pentacostal u-Jon and others as
defendants.
He charges that Alma White,
through fraud and deceit, has
amassed a fortune of 1,000,000.
That she requires all of her fol
lowers to turi. over to her all of their
money and property.
That she maintains a hypnotic in
fluence over the members of the organization.
That sho prevents her followers
from leaving the organization by
telling them they will go to hell if
tLey desert her.
That she discourages marriage and
forbids husbands end wives to live
together as such.
That she. discourages the birth gf
children. '
House Committee Head
Says 'Not a Single Cent'
CLOSE UP SHOP, IS DECREE
People's Money Is Wasted by
Incompetents, Charged.
SALVAGING PLANTS URGED
Chairman Good Asserts Congress
Will Take Care of Disabled
Veterans of World War.
tinctly "here I stand", manner and
words of Knox.
Someone asked Knox the stock
question if he felt that Harding was
going to achieve a plan for an asso
ciation of nations that would be sat
isfactory. Knox Is Interrogated.
Knox said, "I am assured he wllL"
But he most distinctly did not eay
that he had acquired that assurance
cut of his conference with Harding.
Decidedly not. He bad distinctly the
air of meaning that he was sure the
plan would be satisfactory because
he and the other irreconcilables pro
posed to stand by and make it satis
factory. Satisfactory, that is, to the
Irreconcilables.
Then someone asked if he and the
ether irreconcilable senators have
been disturbed by reports that Hard
ing was veering toward Taft. and the
friends of the league, and that Hard
ing's new plan was going to include
entering into a modified form of the
present league.
Knox replied, with unmistakable
significance, that he had heard sue!;
reports, but that he had not allowed
them to disturb him because he knew
. they were a contradiction of all Hard
ing's campaign promises and the ver
dict of the people in the election. .
Statement From Harding:.
There was some more talk with the
same drift, and then Knox, of his own
Initiative, did the unusual and un
mistakably bellicose thing. He said
that before leaving Washington he
had prepared a statement of his po
sition; that he had delivered this
statement to Harding, and left it
with him, and that he had no objec
tions to letting the newspaper men
' have a copy of it.
As a man who had carefully staged
the episode, he drew the paper from
his inside pocket, making at the
same time, the controversially lawyer-like
introduction that "This is
CHAMBERLAIN IS BETTER
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Final Operation la Expected to Be
Undergone Today.
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, Dec. 30. It is expected
that Senator Chamberlain will under
go a final operation for prostatic
trouble tomorrow morning, at the
emergency hospital here, his temper
ature which has given his physician
and attendants much worry for sev
eral days, having returned to normal
tonight.
His condition has not been at all
satisfactory In the last few days, his
attendants said, but there was re
flected at the hospital a spirit of op
timism as to the outcome of tomor
row's operation.
Telegrams have been reaching the
senator from leading men in all parts
of the country, expressing their sym
pathy and good wishes and the com
pliments of the season. Among these
telegrams was one from -Calvin Cool-
idge, governor of , Massachusetts and
vice-president-elect of the United
States, saying:
"I wish you a speedy recovery and
a very happy iew year.
STAGG MAY BE CHAPLAIN
Kidnaper Arrives at Prison to Be
gin Long' Sentence.
WALLA "WALLA. Wash.. Dec. SO.
George T. Stagg, sentenced to 10 to
15 years in the penitentiary for kid
naping his son, arrived at the peni
tentiary this afternoon from Tacoma.
Stagg may be named assistant
chaplain of the Institution.
'A newspaper man ought to make
good at that Job," said the warden.
We might also start a reform paper
of our own here on the hill," he
added.
YAKIMA, Wash., Dec. 30. George
Stagg, who left this morning for
Walla Walla, with other prisoners,
after spending the night in the Yaki
ma county Jail, stated that "It is
pretty tough to have to lose Bobby,
after all, and then to have 10 years
taken from my freedom. I did not
know the full extent of the law in
such cases." He declared that he
hoped to devote much of his time in
prison to writing.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. In open
ing house debate on the sundry civil
appropriation bill. Chairman Good of
the appropriations committee ioo
served notice that if he could prevent
it "not a single penny" woujd be ap
propriated for the shipping board. He
added that his committee felt that
it had to get behind the shipping
board and compel it to sell Its plant
and. equipment."
House leaders took up the big ap
propriation bill with the avowed pur
pose of disposing of it as soon as pos
sible to make way for other impor
tant supply measures. The bill con
tains more than 1000 Items and calls
for an aggregate appropriation ' of
$383,611,292. General debate on the
measure will be concluded tomorrow
and its consideration, item by item.
will begin next week.
Chairman Good in the course of to
day's discussion assailed the provision
which had Teen rejected by his com
miiipa to c-ive the shipping board
ti4T.000.000 for the support of the
Emergency fleet corporation.
Salvage Only Revenue Source.
"We are not going to appropriate,
if I can prevent it," he said, "a single
nennv for this board that does not
know its business; that Is wasting the
people's money, and if it is going to
get any money it must get it out of
the salvage of its plant."
Representative Bankhead, democrat
of Alabama, asked if Representative
Good was making it possible for the
board to "put off the day of final
reckoning as to the profit or loss of
its operations."
"I don't think so," Mr. Good replied.
"If you had watched the spectacle of
man after man in high positions on
the shipping board who knew nothing
about business In which he was en
gaged, except to know the amount of
his salary, you would not be ready to
criticise the committee. We want
them to commence to salvage some
of these plants and materials and
they must get to work. They have
Credit 3Ien's Executive Secretary
.. Urges Wise Buying- to Keep
All Industries Going.
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NEW TORK, Dec. 30. Reductions
in retail prices after next week were
predicted to8ay by J. H. Tregoe, ex
ecutive secretary of the National AS'
sociatlon of Credit Men, in his Jani
ary letter to the members of the or
ganization throughout . the United
States.
Declaring? the retailers have not
followed the lead of manufacture:
and wholesalers In cutting prices, he
said retail merchants would have been
better off had they taken their losses
and distributed commodities to con
sumers while their purchasing power
was still strong. Many, he explained.
waited for the holday trade before
making reductions.
He urged consideration of the prob
lem of preventing unemployment.
which he termed "the serious thing
of the moment."
We urge wise and reasonable buy
ing upon the part of all," he said.
"This alone will keep industries mov
ing and prevent idleness."
SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. SO. (Spe
cial.) Twenty sheepmen, who have
been making a quiet investigation of
the cost of woolen clothing, with the
assistance of the extension service of
Washington State college, will appear
at the annual convention of the Wash
ington Wool Growers' association in
Spokane the second week in January,
garbed from head to foot in Wash
ington-made woolens, to demonstrate
that all-wool clothing is not neces
sarily expensive clothing.
The publicity stunt was told of by
Dr. S. B. Nelson, director of the ex
tension service, who arrived in Se
attle today.
Each of the 20 sheepmen bought
raw wool, had it scoured, carded
spun and woven at the woolen mill at
Washougal and then took the cloth
to his own tailor to be made up," said
Dr. Nelson. "The convention will hear
what each suit cost and the data re
ported will be published for the ben
efit of wool consumers.
"I myself was honored with an in
vitation to form one of the experi
menting committee, and my made-in-Washington
suit is now waiting for
me in a Spokane tailor shop."
Lawmakers Vainly. Endeavor to Get
Action on Extension of As
sessment Work Bill.
SPEED; NOT SAFETY, AIM
Special Mail Delivery - Hereaftev
Requires No Receipt.
BOSTON, Dec. 30. Special mail
delivery hereafter will not require
receipt, the postmaster-general noti
fed the ystmaster here today. Such
mail will be delivered to the ad
dressee or to the person authorized
to receive it and if delivery cannot
be made to persons it will be placed
iri mall boxes and a notice left under
the door.
The announcement said the change
was in Keeping witn a pian to use
the special delivery system solely for
expediting mail matter and not for
safeguarding it, a function Cared for.
by the registry nystem.
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, Dec 30. Western sen
ators and members of the house con
tinued today to appeal to the White
House . for information as to the
president's Intentions regarding the
bill extending for s'x months ths
time for doing 1920 assessment work
on mining claims. Only one personal
call was made at 'the White Hotisa.
however, this plan of attack having
been discouraged by the meager re
sults obtained last night by Senator
Ashurst of .Arizona, in his several
hours' siege of the Wilson family
domicile.
Stnalor Henderson of Nevada was
brave enough to try and get into the
White House today, but got no fur
ther than Secretary Tumulty, who
gave assurances that he would do
his best to get the matter before the
president.
Other calls at the White House by
western senators and representatives
were made by telephone, and ther
inquires were met with such Indif
ference as to increase apprehension.
AM da long messenger boys pl'd
between the telegraph offices and the
senate and house office buildings.
carrying telegrams from frantic con
stituents back in the western min
ing states. '.
Some of these telegrams said that
claim-jumpers were camped like buz
zards in the vicinity of certain prom
ising claims, and that if the president
slipped the present claimants were in
danger of losing the'r only title to
anything worth while. Such tele
grams created a sense of desperation
among western representatives, who
became more exasperated when thy
could awaken no more sense of the
seriousness of the situation than ap
peared to have been aroused by the
Ashurst onslaught and their frenzied
telephone appeals to the executive
mansion.
The slowness of the president to re
spond and the absolute denial of an
audience to anyone seeking informa
tion were attributed by most western
representatives to failure of the presi
dent to realize the importance of a
matter which seemed to him to be so-
far away and also to that Indifference
which so often characterizes the men
tal attitude of the hired man who
knows he is soon to be separated from
the payroll. ,
John Barton Payne, secretary of the
interior, is to return to Washington
tomorrow, whereupon he will hear
from the big men on Capitol hill who
have tried in vain for three days to
obtain some satisfactory answer from
the president
Drastic Regulations Cast
Pall OverJoyousness.
FESTAL SPIRIT IS EXCLUDED
Fred S. Morris Can Be Held Crlm
- inally Liable for Crash, Opin
ion of Prosecutor.
Horns, Bells and Other Such
Devices Forbidden.
CONFETTI IS TABOO, TOO
Police Order Seals Portland in
Glad Hours of Early Morning.
Serpentine' Is Omitted. -
RUSSIA EX-MINISTER SHOT
M. Pereveizeff Reported Victim of
Reds at Sevastopol.
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 30. M. Pere
veizeff, Russian ex-minister' of Just
ice in Prince Lvoffs cabinet in 1917
was reported today to have been shot
by bolshevikl at Sebastopol.
10 COUPLES WED IN DAY
f Licenses Needed at Vancouver
to Equal Last Year's Record.
VANCOUVER. Wash., Dec. SO.
(Special.) Ten couples were married
here today, reducing to 17 the num
ber yet needed to equal last year's
record. The day before New Year's
s always a big day at the marriage
license bureau, and hopes are held
that at least 17 couples will be mar
ried tomorrow. This is a fair day's
number to be married here, but noth
ing unusual.
Arrangements already have been
made by some couples to secure
licenses tomorrow.
TARIFF ADDITIONS URGED
Senator McNary Would Protect
Several Pickled Products.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. Amend
ments proposing to add pickled cher
ries, walnuts and filberts to the list
of agricultural commodities on which
higher duties would be imposed to
the pending emergency tariff meas
ure were introduced in the senate
today.
Senator McNary, republican, Ore
gon, presented the proposed amendments.
GOLD MINERS IN DISTRESS
Yellow Metal Costs More Than It's
Worth, Producers Say. -
- WASHINGTON, Dec. SO. Gold pro
ducers alone have not profited by
increased prices, Representative Ra
ker (democrat, California) told the
house today, urging his bill to in
crease the price of gold $10 an ounce.
He said hundreds of mines were I
closed, as the metal cost more to mine?
COME ON, EVERYBODY, LET'S DIG HIM OUT!
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Decorum, not to say solemnity, will
characterize Portland's welcome to the
glad new year, when that son of the
centuries comes tumbling into the
world at a split second after mid
night. The festal spirit of other sea
sons will be chastened and subdued
and carnival will not claim' the city
streets. It is as though the city sires,
through the long arm of the law,
would enforce due sorrow for the
passing old year, tottering into ob
livion.
At least such was the view of Act
.ing Chief of Police Clark, who Issued
yesterday, in accordance with the re
quest of the council, the most drastic
set of new year's regulations that ever
cast a pall over that Joyous occasion.
Instructions which, will be vigorously
enforced by the police are to the fol
lowing effect:
Horns and Bells Barred.
That neither horns nr bells, nor
any other noise-making device, shall
shatter ' peaceful midnight with'
paean of praise to the infant year.
That all folk, young and old, shall
restrain their enthusiasms, forbear
from using "dusters" to tickle friends
or chance-met strangers, and shall
otherwise proceed as to meeting.
That firearms, explosives and con
fettl shall not contribute to the event.
under penalty of arrest.
That all dealers are warned to be
ware the sale of the prohibited carni
val wares, and to seek the furtive
nickle and the elusive dime in other
ways.
Some Latitude Allowed.
The gist of the police order, which
seals the city in the glad hours of
early morning. Is to this effect: "The
younger element will be allowed a
certain amount of latitude in their
merrymaking, but any unnecessary
boisterousness or rowdyism must be
promptly suppressed. The common
council by resolution has prohibited
the Issuing of any license for door
ways, buildings, or on the streets, for
the sale of any noise-making device,
such as horns, whistles, bells, etc..
which must be strictly enforced. There
must be no discharge oi urearms or
explosives, the throwing of confetti,
or the use of 'dusters.' Promptly
arrest anyone for violating any of the
above mentioned regulations, or for
any disorderly act."
If there is a single glimmer of cheer
for the new year revelers, through
the cloud of official gloom, it is the
j utter absence of any mention of ser
I pentine the tenuous, colored paper
I ribbons that stretch from here to
there at a single cast and lightly en
mesh a dozen pedestrians.
Serpentine Not Mentioned.
"How about serpentine?" was the
question put to Senior Captain Moore.
"Serpentine," quoth the captain,
rolling his eyes sagely, "seems to be
Jake for this occasion. Tee, sir, the
council missed mentioning serpentine.
I take it that it may be thrown. But
the lad that picks It up from the
street and tries another throw will
Jump Into Jail almost immediately.
He will, indeed."
Just what the street throngs will
find to amuse themselves, what arti
fices they will employ to gladden a
somewhat hampered situation, is a
perplexing problem to the police
bureau. Its veterans are confident,
recalling other happy New Tears, that
only a deluge of winter rain will j
serve to sweep the streets when the
hour strikes. Likewise they are
wedded to the belief that merriment
will be to the fore. And they have
orders to restrain such merriment as
passes a vague and discretionary limi
tation. So reasoning, the police are
preparing for any eventuality.
- Traffic Men to Report Parly.
Captain Lewis and the uniformed
Brummels of the traffic squad have
been ordered to report for duty early
tonight. Members of the day relief
will rally round Captain Moore and
proceed to overtime, detailed to the
downtown district. Captain Inskeep
and the first night relief will hold
the beats until midnight, afterward
relieving Captain Moore's detachment
In other words, putting it plainly
for the uninitiated, the entire Port
land police force will be assigned to
the rebuke of "unnecessary boisterous
ness or rowdyism." From almost any
angle the imminent situation is cheer
less. Flaa-on Also In Dead Past.
Perhaps the downtown hotels may
afford merry sanctuary to New
Tear's celebrants, but such accommo
dations are limited, and. though the
fortunate few nave long since re
served tables for the midnight spread,
what time the young year comes
cavorting, the larger proportion of
Portland's festive populace will stand
RECEIVER WHITCOMB'9
WARMXG TO CREDITORS.
When Temporary Receiver
Whltcomb was notified last
night by some of the creditors
of Morris Bros., Inc., that "shy
sters" were said to be buying
up Interim certificates for 20
cents on the dollar, he made
the following statement:
"It is not within my prov
ince, of course, to tell any cred
itor what he or she may do In
this regard, but It would be, I
should say, a tragedy for any
one to sell his certificates for
anything like that. There is
good reason to believe, I am
sure, that eventually creditors
will receive much more than
that possibly 100 cents on the
dollar and I hope no one will
throw away his money like
that. I advise everyone to re
tain his certificates and await
the action of the federal court."
Petition to Be Filed Soon
After Return Here.
RECEIVER TO TAKE ACTION
Morris' Personal Property to
Be Attached if Possible.
MORE ASSETS ARE FOUND
United States District Attorney
Humphreys is in possession of a com
plete set off confidential ndvertlnlnft
bulletins sent by the thousands to
"prospects" of Morris Bros. Inc..
through the mails to all portions of
the Pacific coast, and there may be
additional prosecution of John L. Eth
eridge and Fred S. Morris, perhaps
others, based upon these.
Such was the announcement made
at a meeting of creditors of the de
funct bond house at the public library
last night by Walter H. Evans, dis
trict attorney for Multnomah county,
who is prosecuting Ktherldcre on
criminal counts under state statutes.
The large crowd of men and women
present, nearly all of whom held in
terim certificates on Edmonton, Can
ada, bonds for which they paid sums
in cash to Morris Bros. Inc., cheered
loudly.
The theory upon which District At
torney Evans Is now proceeding Is
that Mr. Morris, whose name was
used by Etheridge in the conduct of
the business and who knew of Eth
eridge's criminal record, according to
his own admission, can be held civ
illy and criminally liable for what has
happened. The same is held to be
true of others In the corporation. It Is
said. Mr. Evans explained that, be
cause of this, he believes that it will
be possible for the creditors to re
cover from Morris or any others In
the corporation, if there is property
owned by them, in the full amount of
the claims outstanding and unpaid at
the time of Una settlement on the
basis of assets' of the firm proper.
Mr. Evans gave it as his own opin
ion that Morris and others concerned
in the corporation are liable and de
clared that he believes there is ample
law to back up this theory.
And I want to say." Mr. Evans
stated "that my office Is going to go
the limit to find out all about those
deals between Etheridge and Morris,
whereby it appears that a $1,000,000
corporation was formed with Ethe
ridge at its head and which, when the
i
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winds.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Highest temperature 47
degrees; lowest, 44 degrees.
TODAY'S Rain, moderate southwestern
l-'orelgBv
Lenlne now seeks economic reform. Pate 3.
D'Annunzlo takes no part in making peace
with Huly. Page .
French deputies stand by government Id
vote against communism. Pago 4.
National. ,
House committee chairman says ship
board will not get "single penny" it he
can prevent It. Page 1.
Lawmakers vainly endeavor to get action
on measure vital to miners. Page 1.
Three hundred millions army housing plaa
cost. Page 8.
Presidential veto hits railroads hard.
Page 2. -
Domestic
Harding and Knox appear at odds over
league. Page 1.
Founder of "Pillar of Fire" religious body
sued for lou.uoo. Page 1.
Twelve seaplanes complete first 300 miles
of great flight south. Page 2.
More price cuts coming, cays credit men's
executive secretary. Page 1.
Pacific Northwest.
Electrical storm and floods sweep through
Walla wan vaney. rage .
Oregon to check up on oil and mining
stock sales, rag a.
County threatened by state ever Vancou
ver bridge fees which ait overdue.
Page O.
"porta.
Football squads prime for battle. Pare 12.
Afternoon boxing appeal to many,
Pag 12.
Commercial and Marine.
Record movement of wheat to Europe
strongest xounaauou oi mantel pag
lit,
Demand from miller lifts wheat prices at
Chicago, rage iv.
Railway shares again lead la Wall street
transactions. Page 10.
Foreign commerce of port 1 magnaL
Page 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
Inquiry is faced by Mrs. Etheridge. Pag 1.
America crumbles If schools falter. Page T.
Captain David J. Jordan, Siberian war vet
eran and former Multnomah club foot
ball star, sues for divorce. Pag 13.
Oregon Is (50,000 short In European re
lit campaign. Page 14.
Burglar antidote offered by police. Pag
Two-year
$150,000 In Bonds Lorntrd by
Auditors and Mar llcduco
Losses of Investors.
Every known bit of proprrty, either
real or personal, which Is In the pos
session of Frrd S. Morris or that
of his wife, will be sought by W. D.
Whltcomb, temporary receiver for the
defunct bond house of Morris Bros.,
Inc., if Investigation now In progress
develops that Morrli' personal ac
countability can be established In th
courts.
This decision was announced by
Mr. Whltcomb yesterday through hi
attorneys, Griffith, Lciter ft Allen.
The first step n tho plan to obtain
full Information concerning the stat
us of Morris" real and personal prop
erty will be taken today when at
torneys for tho temporary receiver
will file. in federal court a petition
citing Morris before the court for a
full and complete examination.
Prtlllua Itrlns; Prepared.
Harrison Allen said yesterday that
this petition Is now In the course of
preparation. Mr. Whltcomb wants to
learn, It possible, the exact value of
property now owned b.y Morrl or by
his wife. In order to determine Just
how much clients of the wrecked
bond house m'ltht expect from this
source In the event the federal court
or the state court should hold that
Morris Is personally liable to Urn
creditors of the Institution.
Another petition citing Mrs. Ethe
ridge, wife of John L. Etherldne rx
presldent of the conrern, Into court
for a thorough examination also will
be filed Immediately upon her arrival
In Portland next Monday, attorneys
for Mr. Whltcomb announced yes
terday. Notice Served liana.
Through his attorneys, Mr. Whit
comb yesterday served notice on th
United States National bank not to
remove the city of Edmonton bond,
of an approximate value of f 1,S3.,V00,
until permission Is granted by the
federal couri. This morning a federal
court petition will be filed seeking to
restrain the bank from dlnpoxlnn of
the bonds except through proper orde
of the court
It was announced by the receiver'
attorneys that this action was being
taken In order to permit the United
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will
drug sentence jolt to under
world. Pag 0.
Noisy New Year's welcome In Portland I
barred, rage x.
Terminal hearing set for January 14.
Page 13.
Draft of measure providing for consolida
tion or port Doaiea compieteo. rag 14.
General taxpayer stand cost of driveway.
Pag lo.
Teachers adopt psy schedule a guide for
school board. Page 13.
Port consolidation explained to Multnomah
legislative delegation. Pag 6.
Bond house heads Xac mora charges.
NEW YEAR EDITION
THE OREGONIAN
OUT TOMORROW. !
Residents of Oregon will
find an opportunity to ac- j
quaint their eastern relatives,
friends and business associates
with concrete facts concerning
the industrial, commercial and
scenic resources of this RfVat I
stale and its metropolis, Port- J
land, about which they have
boasted, through the medium
of the New Year Edition of
The Oregonian, which will be
on the presses tonight
The annual edition of The
Oregonian is not prepared as
a "boost" number, padding out
figures and glossing over de
ficiencies. An effort has been
made to check the accuracy of
every statement contained in
the issue. Facts shout for
themselves.
Development of facilities by
i means of which the Tort of
! Portland is enabled to reach
for world trade with a success
never before attained is the
keynote of the edition, an en
tire Eection being devoted to
marine progress. Two of the
five feature sections will .be
chiefly pictorial, one being
given over to state and the
. other to Portland scenic at
, tractions. The photographs
are new and unusual, airplane
views of a clearness seldom
attained being featured. The
.remaining ' two sections are
devoted to industrial develop
ment of Portland and of Ore
gon. Two double-page panoramic
sketches will be of unusual
interest. One is of the Port
of Portland and the other of
the Columbia river highway
from Tendleton to the sea.
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