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PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 1921 PRICE FIVE CENTS J PRICE DECLINE NOTED EARTH AVALANCHE WRECKS BOULEVARD MISSING BALLOON ISTS AT HUDSON BAY POST 7 JSKLtlBIKSUITi 'I IN FEDERAL REPORT IS DUE BACK TODAY I RLitRVE BOARD SATS DROP SEW SLIDE THCOXDERS I.VTO HARQCAM GULCH. XAVY CREW OF 3, LOST SIXCE DECEMBER 14. IS SAFE. REP. TIXKHAM TO BLISTER J. BARLEYCORN. IS 8 'A PER CEXT. VflT T TV fl IS 7 Entered at Portland (Oregon) UL- UA J - ' Postoff!-e s Second-CIai. Matter. OF HUGHES FORMER GERMAN HOUSES ERIN BURNED BY POLICE DAWES HELD SURE Two Cabinet Selections Practically Made. HOOVER BEING CONSIDERED Harding Views Qualifications for Interior Portfolio. DECIDED LEANING NOTED Some Politicians Oppose ex-Food Administrator on Only Recent Identity With Republicans. BY MARK SULLIVAN. (Copyright by the New Tork Evening Post. Inc., Publiahed by Arrangement.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-(Special.) Here is the way the probable cabinet lies today: It can be taken as practically posi tive that the secretary of state will be ex-Justice Hughes of New Tork, and that the secretary of the treas ury will be Charles G. Dawes, the Chicago banker. These two selections are practical ly made. Only some extraordinary, unforeseen complication could change them, and the public announcement of them can be expected at almost any time. No other appointment is so nearly fixed as these, but the following things can be said: Hoover Being Conaldered. For secretary of the interior. Hard ing Is seriously considering Herbert Hoover. If Harding's mind continues to run as it has run. more and more in the direction of excluding men whose recommendations are political only, and more and more in the di rection of naming men on the basis of their standing in their professions j and with the public generally, the great likelihood Is that he will ap point Hoover. Hoover is being vigorously opposed by some of the politicians on the familiar ground of his prolonged ab sence from America and the recent ness of his identity with the repub lican party. On the other hand, some of the big gest and most broad-minded of the politicians encourage Harding to name Hoover, considering the matter from a political point of view. "Glut" Declared Played. These more substantial politicians ay that in the last campaign Hoover "played the game" from a republican organization standpoint more fairly than any of the other republican leaders who are advocates of the league of nations. Hoover indorsed Harding within a few days after the latter was nomi nated, and thereafter worked whole heartedly in behalf of Harding's elec tion. Hoover made his decision on the theory that the republican party was likely to win anyhow, and that the best policy of the republican friends of the leagne was to stay in the party and do the best they could for the solution of the league prob lem within the republican organisa tion. Strennona Support Recalled, The bigger politicians who now In dorse Hoover point out the difference between this whole-hearted course of Hoover's and the decidedly less whole-hearted attitude during the campaign of some of the other promi nent republicans who are pro-league. Moreover. Hoover's generous sup port of Harding from the beginning of the campaign is to marked con trast to the conduct of some of the irreconcilables, who, for the first two-thirds of the campaign, sulked and devoted their effort to putting Harding in a hole. Some of these same irreconcilables are now among those who oppose Hoover for the cabinet. Probably on the whole the best guess is that Harding's own inclina tion, added to the indorsement of the broader-minded republican politicians, will prevail over the protests of those other politicians who are trying to keep Hoover out of the cabinet. Hoover Freqaently Mentioned. All the present trend of Harding's mind is in the direction of non-political considerations which would favor Hoover. Hoover is frequently mentioned in connection with the department of labor. There is nothing in that. It is the interior department that Hoo ver is being considered for. If this department should not be given to Hoover, it is likely that Senator Al bert B. Kail of New Mexico will be considered. For the department of labor Charles M. Schwab has been publicly sug gested. This is a grotesque sugges tion. There is nothing in it. The department of labor post will go to some distinguished labor leader. Among the labor leaders who have been most strongly recommended and most favorably considered axe W. G. Lee of Cleveland, president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen; John L. Lewis of Springfield, 111, president of the United Mine Workers of America; James Duncan of Quincy, Mass., president of the Granite Cut ters' International association, and James OConnell of Minersville, Pa, president of the International Asso ciation of Machinists. Of these four the latter would seem (Concluded oa Pag s. Column Lj Agricultural Prodncts, Textiles, Hides. Leather, Iron and Steel, Are Reduced. WASHINGTON. Jan. 2. Further decline in prices, coupled with in creased unemployment, accompanied the continued progress in business re- I adjustment during December, accord ! ing to the federal reserve board's monthly review tonight. The price decline was placed at 8tj per cent by the board, which added that the de crease was mainly confined to com modities which had shown a decline previously rather than an extension of price-cutting to other commodities. The decline was reported most marked in agricultural products, tex tiles, hides, leather and iron and steel products, while coal, petroleum, gaso line, paper, brick and cement re mained largely unaffected. Some re ductions were reported in the open market in the latter group, the board said, but contract prices appeared to be little changed. Reduced business activity, the board stated, cut operations In many lines from 40 to 75 per cent of nor mal and brought unemployment. The shrinkage of demand, the board re ported, also was responsible for wage cuts as high as 25 per cent. Banking power was well main tained, the board asserted, normal credit accommodation extended to legitimate business, the reserve ratio growing stronger, and inter-reserve narrowing in part liquidated. With liquidation of loans at the member banks beginning, the board forecast better conditions. I COLONEL GARDENER DIES Resident of Portland for Nmc Tears Succumbs. Colonel Cornelius Gardener, 70 years old, ex-army officer ard resi dent of Portland for many years, died yesterday morning at Claremont, Cal., according to a telegram received by B. S. Huntington, attorney in the Lewis building. Colonel Gardener came to Portland about nine years ago after having re tired from the army. Previous to that time he had served in the Philippines and Cuba and Immediately preceding his retirement he was at the Presidio. When he left Portland Colonel Gar dener retained extensive holdings in the Mosler district and his home on Portland heights. He is survived by two sons and three daughters. The telegram said tha.t the body would be cremated to day and the remains sent to the Ar lington national cemetery for inter ment. 14 KILLED IN EARTHQUAKE Temblor in Albania Leaves 10,000 Persons Homeless. PARIS, Jan. 2. Fourteen persons were klled, 300 injured and 10.000 rendered homeless by an earthquake which nearly obliterated Elbassan, Albania, according to a dispatch to day from the American Red Cross at Tirana The only Americans there were two Junior Red Cross nurses. Miss No rah Ruddy. St. Louis, and Miss Winifred Warren, Chicago. Both were reported safe. They immediately took charge of relief work, and the American Red Cross is sending supplies. CHICAGO. Jan. 2. Miss Winifred Warren, one of the two American Red Cross nurses aiding victims of the Albanian earthquake. Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs Patrick Warren of Chicago. She formerly was a nurse at Cedar Rapids, la. BUSINESS GAIN FORESEEN Upward Trend in Scxt 90 Days Predicted by Railroad Man. ST. PAUL, Minn.. Jan. 2. The next 90 days are expected to bring an up ward trend in business, according to a statement here by Howard Elliott, chairman of the board of directors of the Northern Pacific railroad. "There is considerable grain and much lumber ready to move in the northwest." said Mr. Elliott, "and It is probable that some of the commod ities will begin to move within the next 90 days. This will In turn create other business. Just now the relation between daily Income and daily outgo Is not satisfactory and is serious for most railroads of the country." Hard work on the part of everyone i Is needed to solve the after-the-wax readjustment problem, Mr. Elliott said. DAUGHTER S0LD FOR $15 Girl Says She Doesn't Like Man Who Paid 10 Cents a Ponnd. LEXINGTON. Ky., Jan. 2. (Spe cial.) A report from Stanford. Lin coln county, tonight says George Isaman, a farmer of the mountain section, was placed in jail at Stan ford on a charge made by his daugh ter Annie, aged 13, that her father had attempted to shoot her. The girl charges that her father sold her at 10 cents a pound, a total ; of $15, to Joseph Zubra. When he ' called at the home some weeks later to claim his purchase the girl refused to accompany him, because, she says, she does not care for him. The father was greatly displeased at the girl's refusal to carry out the terms of her sale and tried to shoot his daughter, when the court took . charge oX the case. CHANCELLOR DIES Bethmann-Hollweg Noto rious for War Stand. ILLNESS IS ONLY BRIEF ONE Leader Who Called Treaty Scrap of Paper Passes. BELGIUM ENTRY UPHELD Ex-Official Succumbs on Estate Xcar Berlin Neutrality Viola tion Declared Xecessary. BERLIN. Jan. 2. Dr. Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg. German ex-chan cellor, died last night, after a brief illness, on his estate at Hohenfinow, near Berlin. Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg was ap parently In good health until Wednes day. He passed Christmas with his family, but contracted a cold which developed into acute pneumonia. His condition grew worse and he became unconscious. He never regained con sciousness, dying late Saturday night. His wife died in 1914, and he lost his eldest son in the wur. He is survived by a daughter, Countess Zech, wife of the secretary of the Prussian legation at Munich, and a son, Felix, a student at Berlin. Diary of War Is Written. On the last of his visits to Berl'n, in mid-November, Dr. von Bethmann- Hollweg was seen walking in Unter den Linden, but the once stalwart figure was no longer upright. Pedes trians recognized in the stooped f'g ure and careworn face the ex-chancellor. Von Bethmann-Hollweg recently con cluded the revision of the final proofs of the second volume of his war diary. Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg will be buried Wednesday at Hohenfinnow. Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg was a witness in 1910 before the national assembly Investigating Che responsi bility for the war. His testimony brought out that he had opposed sub marine warfare and had issued warn ings not to underestimate America's strength. One o the most famous utterances during the war was that concerning "a scrap of paper" as regarded the ; triialv oruaranteeins: the neutrality of ' Belgium. .This treaty was so char- acterized by Von Bethmann-Hollweg during an interview with Sir Edward Goshen. British ambassador to Ger- many. The chancellor expressed his (Concluded on Page 2, Column 2.) J 55-- M Nl yfa I on hin but- iX ! j yP MS,,Nr,s 13 G0NN inti j h,x I ar . NMl Jr tHUm ML ' .. lJLi. MAM '. .'JL' .sJ.'-. .----. JJL .'- A A Hospital Draw Asain Cause of Mud Flowing Down Hill Onto Road. Another slide from the hospital draw thundered into Marquam gulch about 2:30 yesterday afternoon viewed by Mark O'Neill. 600 Fourth street, and a party of friends, who were opposite on the Patton road. First there was a email quantity of mud and stones involved probably ten or 12 tons. Ten minutes later the watchers were rewarded with the sight of tons of earth tearing loose from the draw and starting on the downward path. The avalanche dropped over the rough places like flowing water, O'Neill said, tore a piece out of Ter williger boulevard about 20 feet wide and ten feet deep, then with a roar disposed of itself in the gulch. As Terwllliger boulevard has been closed to traffic at this point on account of former elides, there was no one Injured. COURTESY BRINGS $80,000 Sexton of New Tork Cathedral Re warded by Aged Worshiper. NEW YORK, Jan. 2. Courtesy he extended several months ago to an aged worshiper has made Joseph A. Boyle, sexton of St. Patrick's cathe dral, richer by $80,000, he said today Boyle returned from Ireland, where he said he was called by attorneys of the late Daniel Cassldy, 76, of Cork, who had bequeathed him the money. "Mr. Cassldy was in New York re cently and he came to the cathedral,' Boyle said. "I tried to be courteous to him as I do to everybody. I an swered his questions and showed him every little attention I could. "When he left he remarked he would remember me In his will." HUNTER KILLED BY FALL Drop From Cliff in Darkness Fatal to Harry Laird of Brewster. MARSHFIELD. Or., Jan. 2. (Spe cial. ) Harry Laird, son of James Laird of Brewster valley, was killed by a fall over a cliff while hunting near here. The young man had been trailing a wildcat and was carry ing a deer he had killed. The time of his death was supposed to have been after dusk. He fell over a. cliff ISO feet high and was dashed to his death on rocks at the bottom of the canyon. HOOF DYNAMITES BARN Mule's Kick Connects With Explo sive in Mail's Hip Pocket. UNIONTOWN, Pa., Jan. 2. Frank Pelone, a stable boss, today found a stick of dynamite and put it in his hip pocket. Later while working in the etable he was kicked by a mule. The stable also was blown to pieces. f ITS HARD ON THE FOOTPADS' UNION. TOO. j American Officers Also Reported to HaTe Started Back From On tario A boot December 2 7. ROCKAWAY, y. J Jan. 2. The missing navy balloon A-559S landed ten miles northwest of Moose Factory. Ontario. December 14, and the crew of three men is safe at a Hudson Bay trading post, according to a telegram received at the naval air station here tonight. The A-559S left here shortly after noon Monday, December 13. No defi nite destination was planned, but the prevailing wind blowing northwest Indicated a landing somewhere in Canada. With the exception of a re port that the balloon was seen pass ing over Wells, N. Y., late that same night, no definite word was received here of the progress of the flight. The balloon carried a crew of three men. Lieutenant Walter Hinton of Belle Harbor, N. Y., a pilot under Commander Albert C. Read, on the NC-4's trans-Atlantic flight, was in charge. His companions were Lieu tenants Stephen A. Farrell, a line of ficer of this city, and Louis Kloor Jr. of New Orleans, naval reserve force, pilot. The officers were supplied with normal rations for three days, which it was said, would serve them for ten days In an emergency. They had fur-lined garments and electrically heated warmers to make their voyage more comfortaMe. Ninety-six hours after the balloon's departure, when fears were first felt for the safety of the aeronauts, wire less stations and forest rangers in nothern New York and southeastern A , . .. , . . lookout for the balloon. A few days later, two army airplanes were sent from Mitchel field to Albany to begin an aeronautical search over the Ad irondack mountains. Canadian officers, who were ap prised of 'the flight, first advanced the theory that the aeronauts were probably on their way to a lumber camp or trading post.. News of the aeronauts' safety was received 'n a telegram from Mattice, Ont, as follows: "Driven by storm Monday, 12-13, west by north at lower selves liable to prosecution, Major Hudson bay; forced to land 2 P. M., General Strickland, commanding the 12-14, about three miles north by east - troops in Munster, announced today, of Moose Factory, Ontario. Latitude, : It is also forbidden to assist rebels. 51.50; longitude, 81.00. Lost in forest The order is effective Tuesday, four days. Crew safe at Hudson Bay j Tne people are warned that they company post. Will leave on first j must not fall to report the rebels and available means of transportation, which is by dog sled to railroad, and will take about nine days. Leaving December 27." BOMB DAMAGES HOME Explosives Tear Porch Off House of Chief of Police. FORT DODGE. Ia., Jan. 2. The home of E. M. Flattery, chief of police, was damaged today by a bomb. The porch was blown away ano windows broken, as well as the win dows of a nearby house. Mr. Flat tery was thrown from his bed. Two men were held by the police. Governor Orders Reprisal Because of Ambush. LAWS MADE MORE DRASTIC Persons Knowing Others to Possess Arms Must Report. NEUTRALITY UNDER BAN Six Adults Considered Meeting Which Is Forbidden: Code Messages Prohibited. CORK, Jan. 2. (By the Associated Press.) Seven houses In nearby towns and their contents were burned by the military last night as a result of an ambush of the police near Mld leton. It was announced today. The story was related in a statement issued today by military authorities. "As a result of an ambush on the police at Midleton and near Glebe house," it stated, "the military gov ernor decided certain houses in the vicinity should be destroyed, as In i habitants were bound to have known I w Ul LUC UIUDUSn. "A notice was handed each house holder stating why the houses were destroyed. Each resident was given an hour to remove valuabfes and the houses were then destroyed. Nothing apart from the houses and the furni ture was destroyed." Reports on Arms Demanded. Any persons knowing otheru to pos sess arms and ammunition must re port Immediately or render them- t tneir movements at once. Appearance , oerore a military court Is the alter- native, the notice states, adding that an attitude of neutrality Is punish able. It declares persons who do not do their utmost to prevent damage to government property will be dealt with severely In person and estate. Code Telegrams Forbidden. Sending of code telegrams without permission of the police inspector is banned and use of wireless or car rier pigeons is prohibited. All meetings and assemblies are forbidden, six adults being consid ered a meeting. A report reached Cork today that a large party of soldiers and police visited MIdelton Saturday and held and searched everybody in the streets. Soon after 9 P. M. the Midleton ga rage and engineering works were burned to the ground. Only the en ergy of the fire brigade prevented the flames from spreading. Several shops were wrecked and looted. Some houses in Carrigltohill are reported j to have been burned. Startling Events Fill Week. MidlWon has been the scene of startling events during the week. Following the ambush of a police patrol by civilians Wednesday in which one policeman was killed! and another wounded, consternation pre vailed. Many residents took refuge with their relatives in Cork and else where. Nothing further occurred, however, until Saturday, when parties of mili tary police arrived. Persons on the streets were searched and then or dered to go home and draw the blinds. This was obeyed, after which came sounds of battering on doors and win dows, followed in some instances by explos'ons. It was not until Sunday that resi dents realized the full extent of the destruction, the principal part of which occurred on Main street. There a house and shop owned by John O'Shea, chairman of the Midleton board of guardians, was destroyed. THREE POLICEMEN" KILLED British Headquarters Says Attack on Barracks Was Planned. DUBLIN, Jan. 2. A general head quarters report today, the first of its kind issued, explains that the burn ings at Midleton and near Glebehouse resulted from an ambush on a police patrol near Midleton by armed j civilians Wednesday night, when one policeman was killed and eight wounded, two of whom have since died. A constable and a civilian were killed and five persons wounded last night at Ballybay, county Monaghan. The fighting began when a police patrol of four was fired on, two be ing wounded. Three men coming to their assistance also were fired on, resulting in the death of a constable and the wounding of another police man. In a continuation of the fight one civilian was killed and several wounded. Preparations had been made for an attack on the police barracks, trenches having been cut in roads, trees felled and stone barriers erect ed. Soldiers were sent from Dun dalk. but were held up by blocked roads and obliged to walk a part of the jonrney. delaying their arrival. At Llstowel. county Kerry, In the Concluded on Page 2, Column 2.; 4 2,0 0 0 Persons, or Ten Per Cent of Capital's Population, Arrested During 192 0. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. (Special.) Representative Tinkham, republic an, of Massachusetts Is getting ready to let loose a broadside at the ene mies of John Barleycorn. He will call attention to a report compiled by Frank A. Sebring, chief clerk of the police court, which shows that the nation's capital Is not only very wet," but is becoming more wicked every day. During 1920 more than 42,000 per sons were arrested for crimes vary ing from petit larceny to first-degree murder and allowing for persons ar rested more than once this means that nearly 10 per cent of the city's population violated different laws. Compared with the number of ar rests for 1917, of which two months, November and December, were "dry," this report shows an increase in crime and misdemeanors of nearly 20 per cent the number of arrests for 1917 being 35,498. The receipts of fines for 1920 were, according to the report, J272.500, com pared with receipts for 1917 of J165, 554 showing an Increase here of $106,946, of 43 per cent, in the cost of crime and irregularities. Most of this money was derived by fines imposed upon persons arrested for drunkenness, disorderly conduct, possessing, selling and transporting liquor, traffic violations including driving while drunk, petit larceny, assault, crapshooting and other mis demeanors From the annual report of the metropolitan police department of this city it appears that during 1915 9716 persons were arrested for drunk enness and only 9358 during 1916. During 1917, the beginning of pro hibition and only ten "wet" months in the year, 9612 persons were ar rested for drunkenness. During 1918 only 6833 persons were arrested for drunkenness. During 1919, when prosecutions were being had under three different liquor laws, 6865 persons were charged with being drunk. During 1920 only 5000 persons were arrested for this offense, showing by the total number of arrests made last year that while the citizens did not drink so much, they committed other offenses of a more serious nature. CARDINAL GIBBONS GAINS If Improvement Continue;, Prelate May Be Removed to Home. BALTIMORE, Jan. 2. Cardinal Gib bons condition was so Improved to day that his physicians said should the Improvement continue they will consider the advisability of removing him to his home. He was visiting his friend, Robert T. Shriver. at Union Mills when stricken. The cardinal's physicians said he was not suffering from any organic trouble but simply the weakening ef fects of his advanced age, 86 years. There has been no recurrence of the alarming sinking spells for two days. AMERICA WASHING AWAY In Million Years United States Will Be Under Ocean. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. (Special.) The United States is slowly but sure ly being washed away. An average of 95 tons of soil, pebbles and loose rock is carried by the rivers Into the oceans every year from every square mile of the 3.085,500 in the country, according to the geological survey. For the benefit of people who like to have something to worry about, may be stated that the United States will all be washed into the ocean in about a million years. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 53 degrees; minimum, 50 degrees. TODAY'S Rain; southwesterly winds. Foreign. Plot to slay king ot Greece failure. Page 2. D'Annunzio not to remain In Italy follow ing retirement. Page 4. Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg. German ex-chancellor of war tame, is dead. Page 1. Seven houses burned by police In Ireland. Page 1. Naval balloonlsts, missing since December 14, reach Hudson Bay post. Page 1. National. Choice of Hughe and Dawes on cabinet declared practically made. Page 1. Price decline noted In federal report. Page 1. Forty-two thousand persons arrested in Washington during year. Page 1. Senate to Investigate non-partisan league campaign funds. Page 2. Domestic. Tax reforms to be presented to legisla tures ot 15 states soon. Page 3. Sports. Country's beet net doubles listed. Page 11. Final settlement hoped for in bout. Page 10. League basketball games scheduled. Page 10. Pari fie Nortawast Washington budget increased 19,000.000. Page 7. Fight for state leadership brews. Page 7. Etheridge, silent, la due back today. Page 1. Portland and Vicinity. Y. M. C. A. secretary says Pope mistaken. Page 18. Wonders of Bible related by pastor. Page 6. Baker insists city must have union termi nal. Page 16. Duty on nuts and cherries demanded by Oregon growers. PagelL Banks optimistic; deflation welcomed. Page 15. Buy Oregon goods, put unemployed to work, industries' plead. Page 15. Port shows big growth in year. Page 12. Bond house receiver to get 1150,000 on de posit in banks in Morris Bros.' accounts. Page . Waterfront may be flooded. Page 5. Xarta avalanches wreck boulevard. Page 1. Mystification at Arrest Is Only Assertion. WIFE HAS NOTHING TO SAY Accused ex-Head of Bond House Is Confident. INTERVIEW IS DIFFICULT Reporter Finally Manages to Get Past Deputy Sheriffs Who Are on Guard on Car. SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. 2. (Spe cial.) John L. Etheridge, ex-president of the defunct Morris Brothers, Inc., bond house, passed through Spo kane at 7 o'clock tonight in the Cus tody of two deputy sheriffs. He was being returned to Portland under two warrants, having been arrested at Minneapolis. Mrs. Etheridge volun tarily accompanied her husband. When the North Coast limited was met at the Northern Pacific station by a reporter tonight, Etheridge was carefully guarded. Sleeping-car con ductors and porters had been warned to head off possible interviewers. Under the protection of Deputy Sher iffs Schirmer and Scott of Multnomah county. Mr. and Mrs. Etheridge were kept in the stateroom when the train stopped in Spokane. Car Is Transferred. Here the car was transferred to the North Bank train scheduled to reach Portland at 8 o'clock tomorrow morn ing. Portland newspapermen at tempted to gain access to the state room while the car was being trans ferred to the other line, but failed. Deputy Sheriff Schirmer finally admitted one reporter to the state room. Mr. Etheridge was adamant. His toilet carefully made, his linen spotless and his blue serge suit In perfect condition, Etheridge greeted the newspaper man with a "poker" face. Despite his worried demeanor, he retained the genteel attributes of the aristocracy. "Sit down," he said coldly. "Mr. Etheridge, your acquaintances in the northwest are awaiting a state ment from you regarding conditions of the Morris Brothers, Inc., and will appreciate receiving it at this time," he was told. Etheridge Has Nothing to Say. "I have absolutely nothing to say," he replied. "I am at a loss to know just why I was arrested. I have not had the opportunity of consulting with counsel and, until I have been ad vised regarding conditions, It would be folly for me to talk. I have abso lutely no idea why Mrs. Etheridge and I were arrested at Minneapolis. We were going east on a vacation. I am glad to be going back among friends in Portland and thus far have enjoyed the trip." While Mr. Etheridge made this statement, the two deputy sheriffs watched over him, Mrs. Etheridge be ing seated on the divan in the Pull man apartment. Mrs. Etheridge waa notably disturbed by the entrance of a newspaper man. With hands folded she gazed intently forward through her horn-rimmed spectacles and dur ing the entire interview did not change her position. When asked if she wished to make a statement, the little woman did not change her posi tion, nor did she nod her head. She demurely remarked, "I have nothing to say." $10,000 on Mrs. Etheridge. Etheridge is being returned to Portland under two warrants, one charging larceny by bailee ot 1181 and the other larceny of 175,000 in bonds from Fred S. Morris. Deputy Sheriff Schirmer is returning to Portland valuable belongings found in the possession of the Etheridge when they were taken from the train in the railway yards at Minneapolis. Mrs. Etheridge, who insisted on ac companying her husband to Portland, was not under arrest. When she was searched by the matron at the Min neapolis police station 10,000 in bills was found secreted in her waist, ac cording to Deputy Schirmer. "Rather than carry the ten $1000 bills back with her on the train, Mrs. Etheridge purchased a draft at Min neapolis and had the money tele graphed to her order at Portland." said the deputy sheriff at the train tonight. "Mra Etheridge has not been blamed or held by Oregon au thorities. She may be made defendant in a civil action, but no criminal pro ceedings have thus far been brought against her. She, like her husband. Is an Ideal prisoner. We have had no trouble whatever with them. Both have refused to discuss the difficul ties except to say that they do not know the reasons for which they have been detained." Articles Taken From Etheridge. The list of articles taken from Eth eridge at Minneapolis, which is in the form ot a receipt given by Deputy Schirmer to John Francis Walker, superintendent of the police at Min neapolis, includes the following: Twelve 8100 bills. Receipt for property consisting of notes, bonds and stocks, real estate and other nroperty turned over to F. S. Morris Decemfcer 23. 1920. Three bunches of keys. One package of time cards. tConciuded on Pass 0, Column i.1