PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
J PRICE DECLINE NOTED
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WRECKS BOULEVARD
MISSING BALLOON ISTS
AT HUDSON BAY POST
7
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'I IN FEDERAL REPORT
IS DUE BACK TODAY
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HARQCAM GULCH.
XAVY CREW OF 3, LOST SIXCE
DECEMBER 14. IS SAFE.
REP. TIXKHAM TO BLISTER
J. BARLEYCORN.
IS 8 'A PER CEXT.
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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
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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
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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