VOL. LIX NO. 18.?.5
Entered at Portland (Oregon)
PoBtoffle as Second-Clan Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY
1931
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ADMIRAL'S RUSSIAN
KIDDIES JUBILANT
U REGAIN THRONE
COOLIDGE STEPS OUT;
C. H. COX IS GOVERNOR
TRANSITION TO CITIZEN IS
ACCOMPLISHED SIMPLY.
T
BANK SURVIVES RUN
IN TOBACCO PANIC
SOON, SAYS WILHELM
OVER IRISH MAYOR
Jr BENCH OPPRESSION AND RED
MeCl'LLY EQUALLY" HAPPY
OVER WARDS' RELEASE.
GRAND JURY AT LE3CIXGTOX
BEGINS INVESTIGATION.
MEXACE HASTEN" DAY.
fll EAR
ROW
MORRIS
HEARING
SENATOR PENROSE
LEGISLATORS MAP
! OUTSESSIONWORK
LONGER
Farmer Appears to Be in
Saddle Now.
LAWMAKER'S VISION CLEARS
Pennsylvanian Finds Opposi
1 tion to Tariff Futile.
SUDDEN FLOP EXPLAINED
rumored Message J'rom li.irdinf
Ancnt Emergency Measure Also
Believed Effective,
TTIE OT1F.GONIAN XKWS BUREAU,
Washington, Jan. 6. Uncle Keubcn.
as the farmer sometimes delights to
call himself, came into his own to
day. He demonstrated that, after all.
prrme.
This Is the interpretation placed
trpon the sudden flop of Senator Pen
rose, reputed boss, on the emergency
tariff bilL When Senator Penrose
arose from his pick bed and came to
Washing-ton a few days ago he felt
like the original strong man. He an
nounced that he had come here to
defeat the tariff measure framed by
the, house in the interest of the farm
ers of tho country.
Penrose Illusion t.onr.
He came here thinking himself an
Aldrirh competent to command and
to have his word obeyed. Three days,
however, satisfied him that the pow
ers which he assumed w'aen the re
publican party was not in control
of the senate were only mythical. If
lie ever was a boss, as many decline,
to admit, he found that all of his
power had faded and new leaders
had supplanted him.
His statement given out this after
noon announcing1 that he bad yielded
ground on the passage of the emer
gency tariff bill only meant that ho
had discovered that the farmers'
champions were In tbo saddle. The
three senators who are said to have
compelled his surrender are Curtis of
Kansas. Smoot of Utah and McCum
her of North Dakota, all representing
states in which the agricultural in
dustry overshadows everything else.
Hi-. Delivers Message.
It was also rumored that Senator
Penrose changed front after a ljttlc
message was delivered to him today
by Will 11. Hays, chairman of the re
publican national committee, who is
understood to have been in very re
cent communication with President
elect Harding. The next president is
said to have passed tho word out
Irom Marion, O., that to follow the
leadership of Senator Penrose in the
direction announced two or three
flays ago would be to break faith
with the fariners of the country.
Although the farmer won oiit in
the adoption of the resolution reviv
ing the war finance corporation over
the veto of President Wilson, it ap
peared today that the adminisration
ia determined to defeat the purposo of
congress and the wishes of the farm
ers by means of a narrow interpreta
tion of the law.
Oregon Case Considered.
Acting upon a telegram received
from the Oregon Growers' Co-operative
association, with headquarters at
Balem, Or., a concern which Includes
most of the fruit-growers In r)rron
asking for financial aid from the re
vived war finance corporation. Sena
tor Mc.N'ary took the matter up with
David F. Houston, secretary of the
treasury
Senator McNary represented to the
aecretary of the treasury that the
needs or trie Oregon Growers' Co
operative association were typical of
the needs of every other farmers' or
ganization In the United States. This
association, like practically all the
others, he said, depended largely
upon export trade for a market.
Secretary Houston argued that so
long as such an organization sells
even tho smallest part of its prod
ucts to the dome. tic trade It is not
legally entitled to aid from the war
finance board. The discussion grew
somewhat heated, and Senator Mc
Nary told the secretary that such an
Interpretation would have tha practi
cal effect of k.I.lng the law so far as
giving direct aid to the farmers was
concerned; that the effect would be
only to give aid to those exporters in
New York anJ the large seaport cities
of the Atlantic seaboard who were
in nowise producers.
HrmrdT tu Be Sought.
After returning to the senate Sen
ator McNary conferred with Senators
Capper, republican, of Kansas, and
Simmons, democrat of North Caro
lina, who agreed with his interpreta
tion of the law creating the war
finance corporation. It was agree!
that a remedy should he sought in
connection with the appointment of
two men to fill the vacancies now
existing on the war finance board.
The secretaries of the treasury and
commerce are ex-offlcio membera of
the board, which consists of five
members.
The remaining civil member is un
derstood to be friendly to the McNarv
View.
Senator Simmons said an effort
rould be made to have the other two
Ituncludvd oa Pass 3. Column I.)
Ex-Kaiser Flays His Generals,
Who, He Charges, Kept Him
in Dark About War.
(Copyright by the New Tork World. Pub
lished by Arrangement.)
PARIS, Jan. 6 (By Wireless.)
That the ex-kaiser Wllhelm of Ger
many conf'dently expects to regain
his throne within a short time and
that he is in constant communication
with his friends in Berlin. Is the
statement made recently by an ac
quaintance of the World correspond
ent. This man. who has known the
ex-kaiser for many years, was a guest
at the castle of Doom at the recent
wedding of the daughter of Count
Bentnick to the ex-emperor's aid-
de-camp.
In telling of the matter to the
World correspondent, he said:
"I had a ten-minute talk with
the ex-kaiser during which be ex
pressed himself freely and hope
fully, i remember him saying.
Things arc coming to a head In Ger
many because of the French oppres
sion on one side and the growing
bolshevik menace on the other. There
will soon bo need of the only power
which can bring the country back to
unity the house of Hohenzollern
Then will come the time for which
I am waiting in confident expecta
tion. Those who say that my day
has passed are going to have an un
expected awakening."
"In speaking of the last days of
the war, the ex-kaiser showed
marked bitterness toward the former
German high command.
"I was traitorously served by many
of my generals,' he asserted. T was
kept in the dark as to the real mil
itary situation and continually told
that things were going on admir
ably. Had I known the real situa
tion I would have acted differently.
When the truths became known I
will be cleared on the charges that
have been brought against me.-'
The World's informant said Wil
helm was looking very old and gray
and that he appeared at the wedding
ceremony only for a few momenta aa
many guests were now bitter en
eiuies. .
TACOMAN DJESJN LONDON
Elmer J. Felt, cx-Minlstcr-Proiuot-
cr, Passes Suddenly.
LONDON, Jan. . Elmer J. Felt
of Tacoma, Wash., died suddenly ia
a hotel here today.
TACOMA, Wash.. Jan. 6. E. J. Felt,
who died In London today, had been
in Europe Introducing a patent tile
manufactured by a company here of
which he was president. He con
structed a traction line here in 3905
and was a prominent promoter. For
three years before the world war he
was the representative of a New York
bunk in Paris, and he founded the
Kotary club of the French capital.
Before entering the financial field
he was a minister. He left here for
Europe In December, 1919.
ROOSEVELT HOUSE BEGUN
Cornerstone Laid for Structure on
Homestead Site.
NEW YORK. Jan. 6. The second
anniversary of the death of Theodore.
Roosevelt was observed today by the
laying of the cornerstone of the
Roosevelt house.
The building will be erected on the
site of the Koosevelt homestead, 28
East Twenty-eighth street, the for
mer president's birthplace, by the
Woman's Koosevelt Memorial asso
ciation. QUEEN MOTHER ON TABLE
Emma Reported Doing Well After
Operation for Hernia.
THE HAGUE, Jan. . Queen
Mother Emma, mother of Queen Wil
helmina, today underwent an opera
tion for hernia. A bulletin issued at
the palace today said:
"There were no complications and
her majesty bore the operation very
well. Her general condition is satis
factory. MORE SNOW FALLS HERE
Blanket on ileight Increased
About One Jiu-h.
Snowfall on Portland heights arid
other hills surrounding Portland
started attain late last night.
Prom 11 o'clock until mijlnight an
additional blanket of about an inch
was laid upon the ground, which al
ready was white, the snowfall of the
day before not yet having melted.
SENATOR TO
RECOVER
Fhjslcians Say Chamberlain
May
Receive Visitors Soon.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 6. Confidence
in the recovery of Senator Chamber
lain of Oregon, who has been twice
operated on. was expressed today by
his attending physicians. Unless un
expected complications develop, it
was believed that he would be able
to receive visitors soon.
BASE LOCATION UNDECIDED
Committee to Consider Coast Proj
ect Furtlrer Today.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. The joint
congressional committee considering
location of a new naval base for the
Pacific coast failed to reach a deci
sion at its meeting today.
The committee will meet tomorrow
to hear representatives of the navy
department.
i
One-Third of Total Mem
bership in Portland.
ALIGNMENTS BEING MADE
Pre-Opening Confabs Settle
Many Vital Questions.
LEADERSHIP RUSH MISSED
Contrary to- Usual Situation, Big
Jobs in Both Houses Have Been
Tucked Away Long Ago.
One-third of the membership of
the 1921 session of the Oregon leg
islature was in Portland yesterday
afternoon. Late night trains swelled
this to a higher percentage. By to
night there writ De enough solons in
town to form a majority of the joint
houses, and tomorrow practically all
members will be he save the few
in the Willammette valley districts
who will be treking to Salem direct
from home.
Always, in the few days prior to a
session, legislators who want to be
In on the "know" drift Portland-ward.
It is in hotel rooms and lobbies that
much of the work to be performed
later in Salem is mapped out, combi
nations formed to back bills or op
pose them and the measure taken of
new members by the veterans.
In tho pre-sesslon period align
ments and groups are formed which
have a direct influence on future
legislation. The active legislator,
thi man who is alive to the possi
bilities of the assembly and who has
a political turn of mind, rarely over
looks the informal conferences held
in the metropolis.
Much to Be Considered.
There is so much to be considered
and discussed tnat me aici i. law
maker realizes that he will be more
or less nanaicappeu t
he gets on the job early and mixes
assiduously with his colleagues oe-
fore the clerk starts the rollcau in
the senate and house.
An unusual situation presents Itself
in this pending session. or years
there has always been a sharp organ
isation fight, engendering bitterness
and sharp trading for support for
contending aspirants for president of
the senate and speaker of the house.
No such scramble marks the 1921 ses
sion. All that is settled. Months ago
Roy W. Ritner of Umatilla county
had gathered sufficient pledges to
assure him election as president.
.ouis E. Bean of Lane county was
(Concluded on Ptre 6, Column 3.)
REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE WHO DID NOT
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Retiring- Massachusetts Executive
Goes to Family Fireside at
Northampton for Rest.
BOSTON, Tan. 6. Calvin Coolidge
was a plain citizen tonight, the first
time in years. He went to the family
fireside at Northampton for a rest
from affairs of state before becoming
vice-president.
The transition from governor to
citizen was accomplished simply. In
an informal proceeding the retiring
governor handed Channing H. Cox, his
successor, the key of the executive
chamber, the Butler bible and the
arrowhead and flint that signify the
duty of keeping faith with the state's
vanishing Indian charges. Then, with
out official escort, he left the execu
tive chambers by a side door, whie
in the main entry the inaugural pro
cession of Governor Cox began to
form. Citizen Coolidge found triends
awaiting him below, and with them
he walked out of the state house
while the band blared a bail to the
new chief.
After luncheon with friends, the
vioe-president-elect set out for home.
At the station he had to edge the way
for Mrs. Coolidge through a crowd,
and then seek a seat. They rode in
a day coach, the man reading a news
paper and the woman knitting a sock.
MRS. GORDON NOW CITIZEN
Rights of California Woman, Lost
by Marriage, Restored.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 6. Mrs.
EtherMackenzie Gordon, wife of Mac
kenzie Gordon, singer, recovered her
citizenship rights here today after
having lost them through her mar
riage to Gordon, then a British sub
ject, and having failed in an appeal
to the United States supreme court to
have them restored.
Mrs. Gordon resisted abrogation of
her citizenship when the married
Gordon. She decided to fight in the
courts before allowing her husband
to apply for naturalization papers
and lost, Gordon thereupon applied
for hie first papers, which were
granted last October, and the superior
court pronounced him a citizen today.
This act restored all citizenship rights
to Mrs. Gordon.
SHOE SPECIAL, $100 PAIR
Latest in Footgear Might Seem
High, but Value Is There.
NORTH ADAMS, Mass.. Jan. 6.
Two pairs of shoes designed to re
tail for 100 a pair, and said to be
the most expensive ever made in this
state, were exhibited at a factory
here todav.
One pair is made of patent leather
kid with pure gold leaf lining and
gold underlining of all perforations,
gold hooks and eyes, and has a $2U
goldpieco inserted in the heel on each
shoe.
The other pair is of tan with a
lining of bright red satin, and a
goid watch of the wrist type inserted
in the left shoe just above the ankle.
Man's Love for Child Transcends
All Human Laws, Says
Bachelor Officer.
NEW TORK, Jan. 6. The seven
Russian children brought to the
United States by Rear-Admiral Mc
Cully and denied admittance today
were released on orders from the de
partment of labor.
The little Russians shouted with
joy at the sight of their benefactor
and tried to climb on his shoulders.
.o one Dut the admiral and an inter
preter knew what they were saying,
but it was evident that their childish
prattle was music to him.
Helen Bastedo, director of social
welfare work on the island, then took
the "baby," aged 3, in her arms .and
led the procession to the ferry boat.
The admiral followed, carrying two
more youngsters, and the young Rus
sian girl, brought as a nurse, trailed
along with the rest linked hand in
hand.
"I am afraid somebody will steal
one of them," said the anxious bach
elor admiral, cautioning Miss Bastedo
and the nurse to avoid crowds and
photographers.
On the ferry boat the party occu
pied Commissioner Wallis' private
room. Here the admiral, sitting on a
sofa with the kiddies climbing over
him, talked freely about the motive
which impelled him to claim these
particular little orphans from the
thousands in Russia.
He described how two members of
the president's cabinet yesterday had
determined the destiny of the young
sters. "I went first to the secretary of
the navy," he said.
"First, I related the work I had
been doing in Russia, and told him
of conditions in southern Russia.
Then I told him about these children
and asked if he would intercede with
mo in their behalf with the secretary
of labor.
"I told tho secretary of the navy I
had served 38 years, and. as he knew,
in two years more 1 could ask retire
ment. 1 told him I did not want to
retire and I di . not see any reason
for my doing so, for I believe with
my nurse, who speaks Russian, and
my nieee. and my mother at Ander
son. S. C, the children could be well
cared for.
secretary Daniels lost Jttle time
in explaining my position to the sec
retary of labor, 'with the result that
the order was signed admitting the
little ones."
Then one of the children insisted
upon his explaining some pictures in
a book called "Christmas Time."
"1 never knew how dear to each
other these children and I are until
night before last, when they were
parted from me," the officer con
tinued. "Entering their room on my
ship 1 found some of their playthings,
and began to collect them. I had to
sit down, and, burying my face in my
hands, 1 shook with the realization
that the destinies 'of these children
and myself are inseparably linked. I
knew then that a man's love for a
child transcends all human laws."
WASHINGTON. Jan. 6 Rear-Ad-miral
McCully's seven Russian pro-
Ooncluded on Pag 2. Column 2.)
HEED NOAH'S ADVICE.
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Labor Department Frees
Stowaway From Cork.
STATE BRANCH IS IGNORED
Appeal of O'Callaghan May
Be Upheld, Report.
TRIP MAY BE SUCCESS
Testimony Likely to Be Heard on
Alleged British Outrages Before
Action Is Decided Upon.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. Conflict
between the departments of state and
labor was foreshadowed today over
the final decision as to the admission
of Daniel J. O'Callaghan, lord mayor
of Cork, apprehended by immigration
authorities on his arrival at Newport
News from Ireland as a stowaway
without a passport.
Action of Secretary Wilson today
in paroling O'Callaghan on his own
recognizance, it was indicated, had
been taken without consultation with
the state department, as the first
knowledge of it was obtained by Act
ing Secretary of State Davis from
newspaper reports. Even should
O'Callaghan be deported, it was held
at the state department, there would
be nothing to prevent his coming here
first and accomplishing his an
nounced mission of testifying before
the commission of the committee of
100 investigating Irish conditions.
Appeal May Be I jtheld.
Secretary Wilson, it is understood,
has virtually decided to uphold the
appeal of O'Callaghan to the depart
ment of labor from the decision of
th5 board of inquiry at Newport
News excluding the lord mayor, al
though the case has not been brought
formally to his attention, and no de
cision will be announced by Him until
the record has been received Irom
immigration officials.
Before taking action on O'Cal
laghan's appeal, however, it would be
the usual custom of the departmentj
of labor to defer a decision until it
had been ascertained whether the de
partment of state was willing to
waive passport restrictions commonly
imposed on the entrance of aliens.
Because of the friction said to have
developed over passports, it was un
derstod that Secretary Wilson prob
ably would sustain the appeal of
O'Callaghan without any reference to
the department of state.
Passport Laws Affected.
Acting on the impression that the
case already had been referred to
the state department. Secretary Davis
today took it under advisement and
indicated that the policy of the de
partment probably would be against
waiving passport restrictions. Sec
retary Davis said the lord mayor
could scarcely be considered a po
litical refugee when a fellow official
of the so-called Irish government
Eamonn de Valera, was reported to
have returned to Ireland, and he
stated further that to waive passport
restrictions would serve only to nul
lify the passport laws.
Difficulty between the two depart
ments over the admission of aliens is
said to date back to the case of Alfred
Nagel. Letvian secretary, whose ad
mission to the United States, even
temporarily, was held up for a long
period by the state department upon
what the department of labor charged
were grounds which might only prop
erly have been sustained by Secre-
tary Wilson, toince then numerous
aliens unprovided with passports
have been admitted by the immigra
tion authorities without the custom
ary reference to the state depart
ment. IRISH OUTRAGES PROTESTED
Envoy to America Sends Letters to
All Other Representatives.
NEW YORK, Jan. 6. Protest against
certain alleged unlawful acts of the
British military in Ireland was made
in a letter addressad today to all for
eign representatives in the United
States by Patrick McCartan, "Irish
envoy to the United States."
The letter was made public by
McCartan through Harry Boland, aec
retary to Eamonn de Valera.
In the protest he calls attention
to a statement said to have been
issued by British military authori
ties in Ireland "ordering destruction
of certain residences in the neighbor
hood of an ambush on police."
"The order explained," he said,
"that occupants of the house were
bound to have known of the ambush
and had neglected to notify the au
thorities." CORK MAYOR TO TESTIFY;
Committee Investigating Alleged
Outrages Sets Date.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Jan. 6.
Upon notice of parole, Daniel J. O'Cal
laghan, lord mayor of Cork, who has
been in custody of the immigration
authorities here since his arrival from
l j an Irish port, ien Lowy ior iorioiK.
He was accompanied by Peter Mac
X 1 Swiney and by J. L. Faucett of New
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Continued oa Page 3, Column
County Mas? Meetings of Growers
Who Refused to Sell on Low
Market Are Called.
LEXINGTON. Ky., Jan. 6. A four
hour run on a. local bank, together
with the starting of a grand jury
Investigation of rumors that caused
the run. and news that Governor
Morrow has under consideration con
ferences to bring about the settle
ment of the tobacco situation, were
the chief developments '.n the central
Kentucky tobacco district today.
County mass meetings of growers
who forced the closing of most state
markets this week when they refusej
to accept prices offered, today select
ed delegates to a general mass meet
in? to be held here tomorrow. The
meeting is to decide whether or not
tobacco shall be planted in 1921, and
to attempt to devise means of mar
keting the 1920 crop.
The Bank of Commerce was the
object of the run. Rumors that the
bank had loaned so much money on
tobacco that it could not pay depos
itors were alleged to have been re
sponsible. It was said the rumors
reached bank officials last night and
Cashier F. G. Stilz asked that a clear
ing house committee examine the
books. This committee issued a state
ment today that the bank was
solvent.
Mr Stilz supplemented this with the
statement that all the bank's paper
was fully secured.
These statements, together with
heavy deposits by business men and
transfers of large sums of cash from
ether institutions to the bank, ap
parently quieted depositors before
closing time and withdrawals slack
ened. The bank, in its statement of De
cember 31, showed resources of $3,397,-
450.97, and deposits of $2,496,695.16.
Notes and bills discounted totaled
$2,951,486.49.
Markets throughout the Burley to
bacco district remained closed today
except for a few of the smaller ones
which did not close when the large
warehouses suspended sales.
STREET SUICIDE SCENE
Bulgarian Shoots Self, Drops Into
Gutter at Fifth and Couch.
A man, who is thought to be Dencho
Stoyanoff, shot and killed himself
late last night at the corner of Fifth
an.d Couch streets. The bullet passed
through the man's head. One of the
witnesses to the suicide was A. J.
Bell, 862 Albina avenue, who said he
saw Stoyanoff lift the revolver tc
his head, press the trigger and fall
from the sidewalk into the gutter.
Among the man's personal effects
was a ticket to Spokane, and the cor
oner's office believes that Stoyanoff
was a resident of that city. He is
said to have been a Bulgarian. A
complete investigation will be made
today by Deputy Coroner Leo Goetsch.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 42
degrees; minimum, 35 degree; cloudy.
TODAY'S Rain, frej-h southerly winds.
Foreign.
"I'll regain throne soon." says Wilhelm.
Page 1.
National.
Capital officials near row over Irish mayor.
Page 1.
Increase of 48 In house membership favored
by census committee. Page X
Senator Penrose discovers futility of op
posing farmers' relief measure. Page 1.
House considering changes in water law-.
Page 6.
Domestic.
Coolidge steps out and Cox becomes gover
nor of Massachusetts. Page 2.
Admiral McCully happy when told he may
keep Russian kiddies. Page 1.
Movie producers plan vital change. Page 4.
Kentucky bank weathers run during tobac
co panic. Page 1.
Mrs. John D. Spreckels Jr., resident of
Reno, Nov., said to bo seeking divorce.
Page 3.
Dope on Harding's cabinet no clearer than
before. Page G.
Ldd put on in Montana and is there to
stay. Page 3.
Paelfic Nnrthnsfft.
Washington civil administrative code ex
pected to be passed. Page 4.
Revision of state constitution pends in
Idaho legislature. Page 7.
state forester reports fire loss in Oregon
in 1920 aggregated lU.UOI.SO. Page 15.
Roads conference draws big crowds.
Page 7.
pivi. million pounds of wool unsold.
Page 13.
Sport.
Break in Big Ten grows more acute.
Page 14.
McCarthy to again accept presidency.
Page 14.
Fistic card planned for local showing.
Fuze 14.
Oregon basketball aspirants begin prac
tice. Page 15.
Commercial and Marine.
Mill feed demand stimulated by colder
weather. Page 21.
Wheat higher at Chicago on prospect of
tariff action. Page 21.
Advance In wan-street iucn niaraet is
r'-Jsuniea. r.
Wage cut or fewer Jobs offered labor by
Standlier miw"""- -.
Revival of lumber movement from Port
land now well under way. Page 20.
Portland and Vicinity.
W P. Ia Roche quits post as city a$
tsmey. Page 11.
Community Chest workers to meet today.
Page 10.
Morris hearing set for 2 P. if. today.
Page I-
Farlv return of business to normal condi
tion, predicted by A. L. Mills. Page 20.
Bringing Americans from Germany to
United States opposed. Page 0.
Legislators at pre-sesslon gathering here
map out work. Page 1.
Divorce la granted Dr. A. O. Schmitt
Page 10.
Land hogs denounced by speaker at Drain
age association meeting. Page 12.
Sheriff deniea his deputy acted brutally.
Page 22.
Dr. Leonard R. Purkey is charged with
illicit drug sale. Page 12.
Normal graduates favored by school board.
Pace 13.
IS SET FDR TODAY
Commissioner to Qui2
, Etheridge's Sponsor.
CITIZENSHIP FRAUD CHARGED
United States Attorney to
Handle Prosecution.
CREDITORS MEET TONIGHT
Receiver for Bond House Declares
Expense of Auditing Books Is
Gomiaruticly Small.
Interest In the Etheridge case to
day will center in federal court,
where Fred S. Morris, sponsor In
Portland of the accused ex-president
of Morris Bros., Inc., will face ex
amination before United States Com
missioner Frazer on a criminal com
plaint charging him with fraud in
assisting Etheridge to procure final
papers in American citizenship.
United States Attorney Humphreys,
who will take personal charge of this
prosecution, announced yesterday that
he was prepared to delve thoroughly
into the relations between Etheridge
and Morris,' and the reasons why
Morris evaded answering questions
concerning Etheridge's past life when,
under his own admissions, he knew
that Etheridge had served two terms
in the New Jersey stale prison.
Announcement by W. P. LaRocha,
city attorney, that ho will serve aa
the personal attorney for Etheridge
was inatli. shortly after he subniittid
his resignation '.o Mayor Baker yes
terday. Mr. LaRoche will bo pre
pared to give personal supervision to
the defense starting next Monday.
Court Action Delayed.
Mr. LaRoche had been mentioned
for several days as a possible attor
ney for Etheridge and has had the
matter under advisement aincc con
ferring with the accused bond dealer
early in the week.
Except for the preliminary hearing
on the criminal charge against Mor
ris, all court- action will be delayed
until the first of the week, federal
Judge Wolverton yesterday set 10
o'clock Monday morning as tho time
for hearing final arguments on tho
petition of Griffith. Lelter & Allen,
who are asking that $1,700,000 in city
of Edmonton bonds be held in tha
federal court pending an adjustment
of the bankruptcy proceedings. These
bonds arc now at the United States
National bank.
Judge Wolverton yesterday per
mitted attorneys for Receiver Whit
comb to file an amended motion,
which sets forth that there was no
time limit to the contract by which
Morris Bros., Inc., purchased the Ed
monton bond issue. For this reason,
it ia pleaded, these bonds, which the
city of Edmonton now demands,
should be kept within the Jurisdiction
of the local court.
Creditors' Claim I rged.
The petition further alleges that it
these bonds are not held in Portland
the creditors will miss the opportun
ity of realizing the profit which might
be expected from sale of the bonds.
This profit, which is estimated at
$148,000, belongs to the creditors ot
the firm, if the bonds can be sold,
it is claimed in the petition.
As announced by Receiver Whit
comb's law firm. Wednesday, all pro
ceedings in chancery court were post.
poned until next Monday. Fred S.
Morris, who underwent a cross-examination
before Robert Maguire,
master in chancery, Monday, was in
court yesterday prepared to take the
witness chair for further examina
tion, but the attorneys obtained the
requested postponement.
Creditor to Meet.
Matters of high importance to all
creditors will be discutsed at the
mass meeting of interim certificate
holders and other creditors at the
public library tonight at 8 o'clock,
according to announcement yester
day by Dr. J. D. Duback, chairman
of the creditors' general committee.
This committee is now making an In
vestigation of reported efforts on the
part of loan agents to purchase at a
heavy discount theso interim certifi
cates issued by the bond house.
Receiver Whitcorub will attend to
night's meeting and discuss the af
fairs of the receivership as brought
to light thus far. United States At
torney Humphreys and District At
torney Evans also have been asked
to be present and give their viewo of
the situutlon to the creditors.
Morris (o Have Hrarlna-.
The preliminary hearing for Morris
will be held at 2 o'clock this after
noon. He is charged with having
fraudulently aided Etheridge to pro
cure final citizenship papers, know
ing at the time that Etheridge was
not eligible for citizenship. Federal
naturaliation officials have brought
to the surface naturalization records
which they say show plainly that
Morris knowingly evaded giving
answers which, had they been given
correctly, would have prevented
Etheridge from becoming an Ameri
can citizen.
Steps are now being taken by
United States Attorney Humphreys to
have the citizenship papers granted
to Etheridge revoked and, if this Is
done, the immigration authorities will
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