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" ' ' ' '''' VOL. LX NO. 18,866 Entered at Portland lOTegon) Pnstnfflce s Beeond-Cl.ss Matter. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, 3IA.Y 10, .1921 PRICE FIVE CENTS TREASURY'S GOLD PAID TO BERGDOLL MATRONS AND MAIDS PLAN UNIQUE PARTY SOCIETJT LEADERS WILL GI.VE '"LADIES CHOICE" BALL., BERLIN EXPECTED TO ACCEPT TERMS HAITIEN ATROCITIES ' ALL ROT, SAYS DENBY PROBE DECLARED WELCOMED BY SAVT DEPART3IEXT. EDISON'S QUESTIONS STUMP COLLEGE MEN STRIKE CLOSE IDLE MEN DECREASE . RAPIDLY IN OREGON NS NEW TRIAL IS ALL' THAT MRS GETS Case Is Not Over Yet, Frierson Declares. . FAILURE GRADUATES AMAZINGLY IG. " XORAXT, SAYS AYIZARD. REDUCTION IS 15,000 TO "000 SINCE JANUARY. $60,000 Obtained After Evader Is Fugitive. MOTHER AND AIDE COLLECT Friend Husband and Mr. Fiance to De Other Women's Guests at Warcrlcy Club Evcni. $105,000 Received in All, Hous Probe Reveals. ONE CHAPTER MYSTERY Majority Socialists and Clericals Vote Yes. O ,s in REICHSTAG ACTION IS LIKELY - protesting against I'tion of Haiti, decla For originality in planning social affairs, honors this season fall to Mrs. David Taylor Honey man and Mr3. Josephine Andrews. To them credit is due for arranging for a festivity which promises to be not only the most brilliant but the most unique of the springtime. The event, which will take place next Friday night at .the "Waverley Country club, will be a. subscription ball, but the odd feature that is caus ing a sensation in society is the an nouncement that each of the 100 ma trons and girls on the list may invite maniair"T ir in MTrrn some man other than her husband or NEW CAdINLI IS WAN I hU "I'm Sick of Having This Thins Recur, T y" 'sproved and Re- , " Is Declaration. W 2 A SGTOX. D..C, Hay 9. Sec ret X .cnby, characterizing as rot f v s made by three Haitien dele- memorial to the White Parliamentary Coalition Process of Formation. in What Became, of Treasure "ot Brought Out Colonel Testi fies on Granting: Leave. WASHINGTON, D. C, May . The fact was established today through W. L. Alexander, a clerk in the treas ury department, by the house commit tee Investigating the escape of Grover Bergdoll that the latter's mother and a friend obtained 105,000 in gold from the treasury in 1919. But from there the trail was not uncovered to the buried pot in the mountains of Mary land. James Romig, awaiting' sentence on conviction of conspiracy to aid Berg doll, was the agent, Alexander said, thrpugh whom $45,000, the first batch of gold, was obtained. On his sec ond trip Romig was accompanied by Mrs. Emma C Bergdoll, also awaiting sentence for conspiracy, and they left .with 460.000 in gold. Merita Foam Unwilling. When he made his first visit Romig found clerks unwilling to turn over even $20,000 on their own responsibil ity and, Alexander said, he fumed and fretted about the corridors until his application was laid before R. C. Lef fingwell, then an assistant secretary, and approved. This amount was given for gold cer tificates, but once it was placed in an automobile,. Romig went back for mure, i ncrc was some aeiay, accora- ing to the witness, but In the end Romig got it. ' There was no embargo at that time on the withdrawal of government sold, but the policy of the depart ment, as explained by Alexander,, was to keep It' in the Vaulto by placing diplomatic obstacles in the way. A Bother Trip la Made. Three weeks later Romig returned with Mrs. Bergdoll. It was brought out that at the moment the woman was at the treasury posters were dis-. played offering a reward for Berg doll. . Romig pushed a- bundle of bills through the window, and after some delay, Alexander said, and with the approval of tho treasurer, left with more gold than a stevedore could lift eo,ooo. What became of the treasure was not brought out today. The gold chapter was related after Major-Ueneral March, chief of staff, had given his views on getting Berg doll back from Germany to serve his five-year sentence, and had declared that diplomatic moves were under way to get him. Berajdoil -Bmi S .re linen." Bergdoll was described as a "bad specimen of deserter", by the general. who declared that be would not have apologized had Americans kidnaped him on German soil. . . Other witnesses were Edward S. Bailey, law partner of Samuel T. An eell, ex-acting judge advocata-gcneral of the army and counsel for Bergdoll. and Colonel J. A. Penn. assistant to Major-General Harris, adjutant-general of. the army. Colonel Fenn declared he had sug gested to the commandant of the dis ciplinary barracks at Governors Is land that a commissioned officer be placed In charge of the guard accom panying Bergdoll and that the sug gestion "practically amounted to an order." March Relates Iaeldeat. When Anscll applied to General Harris for authority to permit Berg doll to make the search. Colonel Penn snl ' . ii- adjutant-general said it was .-onable request by a respon-jwycr." General March declared that when Oeneral Harris brought up the Ansell rcqacst, he only glanced at it and that it was approved by the latter, who had full authority. Mr. Bailey reiterated that ex-Judge John W. Wescott of New. Jersey was associate counsel In the Bergdoll case, notwithstanding the judge's denial that his name bad been mentioned in letters to Major-General Harris and that it was again mentioned in a statement given to the press by An sell and Bailey a few days after the prisoner had escaped. Reverting to Judge Wescott s testi mony that he knew nothing about the pot-of-gold story prior to the escape. John H. Sherburne, counsel for the committee, asked: "Was the gold mentioned at the con ference with Judge Wescott at which plans were discussed for the release to hunt it?" "Why, absolutely," Mr. Bailey re plied. "There was no question about it. Judge Wescott was there all the time we were talking about It." fiance. Just whom they shall honor with their invitations is the question that is puzzling many. And if Friend Husband is Invited by some other woman, he, too, must go and have a good time. The invitations are being accepted quite readily, for no person wants to miss seeing who the others have invited, and so a good attendance is assured. If everyone accepts there will be 200 in attendance. . Early in January Portland society bad a "husband's bench show" and now some of those very same fine husbands are being bidden to this ."ladies' choice" society ball. And at all the informal afternoons from now until Friday the topic will be "Wonder who so and so will invite?" Several dinners are to precede the ball. Among the hostesses who will entertain will be Mrs. Henry Cheney, Mrs. Antoino G. Labbe, Mrs.- Bert McKay and Mrs. Grenville Vernon. It is planned to .make the -ball most elaborate by transforming the club house into a fairyland of flowers, but all the details have not been worked out. . Mrs. Andrews is a sister of Mrs. Fred L. Warren and with Mrs. Warren gave a gorgeous oriental ball early in the winter. It was a marvelous party, . attesting the cleverness and originality of. the young hostess. And now comes the dance with "other! men's wives" and "other womenlfe bus-j bands" as the perfectly understood invitational rule. Mrs. Honeyman planned a large share of the details for the royal party for the queen of the Rose Fes tival last summer and always is an inspiring leader; so, with such execu tive heads, the approaching ball .will assume a notable place on the social calendar. Paul Locbc. lo lie Commissioned by President Ebert With Or ganizing Xcw Body. SHRINERS PASS IN REVIEW Several Thousand, Afoot ami In -Autos, File Past President. WASHINGTON. D. C, May 9. President Harding today reviewed a parade of Shrincrs held in connection with the 16th annual convention of the National League of Masonic clubs. Several .thousand Shriners filed past .the executive offices in automo biles and on foot Two cars collided opposite the president but there were ho casualties. The -president declined the invita tlon shouted at him to "come on' and join us," but he gave the grand salaam in answer to that extended to him. A Shriner seated on a camel almost lost his perch with his approv ing cry of "At'a boy, Mr. President." JAZZ HELD. EVIL SPIRIT Hysteria Expressed and Idleness Incited by Wild Music, Is View. CHICAGO, May 9. Jazz is the evil spirit of music, Dr. F. E. Morton told the music trades convention, which opened today. "Jazz," he said, "ex presses hysteria and incites to idle ness, revelry, dissipation, destruction, discord and chaos." Pleading for the suppression of jazz music and a return to "Home' Sweet Home," he declared that with home swallowed up in the cabaret, the great stabilizing center of society is lost. DOUGHTY GETS SIX YEARS Charge of Conspiracy to Kidnap Small May Be Dropped. TORONTO, Ont., May 9. John Doughty, convicted of stealing $105, 000 in victory bonds from Ambrose Small, missing theatrical man, today was sentenced to six years in the pro vincial penitentiary. Crown authorities Indicated they might drop for the present the charge that Doughty. Small's secretary, had conspired to kidnap him. Woman Named Postmistress. THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Washington D. C. May S. Tena A. Owre has been appointed postmistress at McKee, Marios county, Oregon. U. S. DIVERS COMING WEST Nine avy Submarines Leave Nor folk for San Pedro. SAN FRANCISCO. May 9. Nine navy submarines of the R class will leave Norfolk navy-yard for San Pedro tomorrow to join the Pacific fleet. i . Advices to that effect were received here today. BERLIN, May 9. (By the Associ ated Press.) Late tonight the party leaders admitted that there would be available Tuesday in the reichstag safe majority in favor of accepting the allied'ultimatum on reparations. The majority socialists and clericals in party conferences today voted in favor of accepting the ultimatum of the allies. The German people's party, by a vote of 39 to a. rejected the proposition. The democrats were in session at midnight. As the independents socialists have favored yielding to the allies, it was believed there will be a sufficient ma jority in the reichstag for acceptance of the ultimatum. ' Paul Loebe of the majority social ists and president of th; reichstag, will be commissioned by President Ebert with the task of forming a new cabinet. Sentiment in German political cir cles at noon began showing a drift in favor of agreeing to the repara tion terms. It was believed a par liamentary coalition, which will ac cept the allied ultimatum, would be constituted within the next 24 hours. A dispatch to the Deutsche Allge- meine Zeitung from Muelheim today said French troops from Geldorf had crossed the Ruhr last night and had occupied various points in Muelheim, including the national bank. WALLACE SITS - WITH ALLIES American Representation at Con ferences Is Resumed. PARIS, May 9. (By the Associated Tress-X American representation at allied conferences was resumed today when Hugh C. Wallace, the American ambassador, took his seat'at the ses sion of the council of ambassadors here. Mr. Wallace received his Instruc tions last night from Secretary of State Hughes to represent the United States government at the ambassa dorial conferences. . The American ambassador was warmly welcomed at the foreign of Ice where the council happened to Use, stats department and congress American occupa- declared today that the navy department welcomed any inves tigation congress cared to make of 'conditions in that republic. 'It is the same old rot," Mr. Denby declared, "and. I am sick f having this thing recur, to be disproved and recur again." The memorial presented by other delegates 1 representing the Patriotic Union of Haiti demanded withdrawal of United States forces and charged atrocities by American marines and native gendarmerie in Haiti. The na val investigation in the republic con ducted by; a board under Rear-Admiral Mayo was characterized as - a "joke." The naval secretary said that the conduct of the marines had beed above reproach. Naval investigation had rendered the same verdict on several occasions as the Mayo board, he added. "The marine corps did a splendid work there as humanely as it was possible to do it," he said, "and the naval establishment has functioned in Haiti in a manner seldom equaled by military occupation.' When he visifed Haiti recently he saw evidence, he said, to convince him that the continued presence of Amer ican marines was desirable. MURDER SUSPECT SLAIN Chief of Police Shoots " Prisoner After Attack in Jail. PITTSBURG, Cal., .May" 9. Fran cisco Rios, section hand employed by the Southern Pacific -company, ar rested here today as a suspect in a murder case at Susanville, Placer county, was shot and killed in the city jail by John Williamson, chief of police. Rios was taken into custody by Chief Williamson at the Southern Pa cific station. At the jail he was searched, but managed to conceal a revolver and a cartridge belt. As Chief Williamsojutas locking Rios in a cell, he said, the prisoner fired one shot at him.' The bullet went wild. Chief Williamson then shot 'Rios six times, once through the heart. 160 Problems Put Up to Appli cants for Places n Plant and Few Pass Test. NEW YORK, May 9. (Special.) Here are some of the 160 questions submitted by Thomas A. Edison . to college graduates seeking employ ment in his plant, the answers to which prompted him to remark: "Col lege men are 'amazingly ignorant. They don't seem to know anything." "Where de we get shellac from?. "What -is a monsoon? "Where do we get prunes? ."Where do we get domestic sar dines? .. "Where do we import cork from? "Of what kind of wood are ax han dles made? "Who wrote 'Home, Sweet Home'? "Where are condors to be found? "Who was Cleopatra? "What voltage Is usetf in street cars?" "What is felt? "What states -produce phosphates? "Why Is cast iron called pig iron?" "Where is Spitsbergen? . ."Who was Francis Marion? "Who invented logarithms?" "What ingredients ar in the best white paint?" "Where do we get benzol from? "How is window glass made? "Bound the state of West Virginia." These are selected from a list of 141 questions submitted by a young man subscribing himself as one of the "amazingly ignorant" applicants for a position in the plant of the wizard at Menlo Park. The list was shown today to W. H. Meadowcroft, assistant to Mr. Edison. Asked if they comprised a part of the questionnaire submitted to applicants for positions in the plant, Mr. Mead owcroft declined to answer "in ab sence of the boss." Benson Firm on Marine . Wage Reduction. PLANS FOR PACT FALL FLAT New System Slated to Re ward Efficient Workers. OUTLOOK MORE HOPEFUL (Concluded on Page 2. Column 1.) PRIMARY CONTROLSOUGHT s Johnson Resolution Gives Congress Authority in Stales. WASHINGTON, D. C, May 9. Senator Johnson, republican, Cali fornia, introduced today a resolution proposing a constitutional amend ment to give congress authority to regulate state primaries. It is de signed to meet the situation arising from the decision of " the. supreme court In the Newberry case that con gress was without power to regulate primaries. , Senator Newberry returned today to his seat in the senate. SIBERIANS IN DIRE NEED Conditions Pitiable, With People In Actual Want, Report. TOKIO, May .9. Conditions in the interior of Siberia are pitiable with practically all the people in dire need of clothing, food and medicine, ac cording to D. O. Lively, formerly of the ' American Red Cross, who has arrived in Tokio Yrom Vladivostok. lie said there were many persons in Siberia who had not had new cloth ing or adequate clothing for six years. D. O. Lively .i man. For many years former Portland he was asso ciated w ith the Portland Union Stock yards company and during the world's fair at Fan Francisco represented Oregon inan official capacity. TORNADO.- FELLS RESORT, Two at La Porte, Tex., "Hurt and Property Daniago Is Large. HOUSTON,-Tex., May 9. A tornado which was reported to have swept up from thc coast and -move eastward struck La Porte, near here, tonight, seriously iiyuring two persons, wiped out a summer resort near La Porte and caused property damage of thou sands of dollars. All wires were down. ITS TOO BAD WE CANT DO THE SAME WITH SOME OTHERS. LEAGUE MEETING CALLED xt Session of Assembly to ' Be Held September 5. GENEVA, May 9. (By the Associ ated Press.) .The assembly of the league of nations will hold its next meeting September 5. in Geneva. President Da Cunha of the leag council today Issued the call for ession. ue's I T this! I I P ' ' 1 ' ' ' j Officers and Men Return lo Jobs in Increasing Numbers and Sail ings Are Nearly Normal. WASHINGTON. Ma'y S. Confer ences Secretary Davis has been hold ing in an effort to settle the marine workers' wage dispute were discon tinued today after Chairman Benson of the shipping hoard had reiterated his stand for a 15 per cent wage re ' diction. Representatives of th Marine En gineers' Beneficial association 'an nounced they would leave Washing ton to attend to other matters and Secferary Davis said he had arranged for no further conferences. Should the situation change, however, it Is understood that the secretary will at tempt to bring the several parties to gether. Efforts Are Futile.. W. S. Brown, president of the Ma rine Engineers Beneficial association, said his committee had made the best proposition possible to the shipping board and the shipowners through Secretary Davis and that no further concessions would be made. The pro posals, based upon the vote at all ports yesterday, were submitted in the afternoon. A conference had been held earlier between the joint com mittee representing the marine engi neers' association and Secretary Davis. The latter communicated with Chairman Benson by telephone and later announced that, as efforts had proved unavailing, the conferences would be discontinued until there was Indication the resumption would bs warranted. Benson Firm on Redact Ion. Chairman Benson said he stood firmly for the 15 per cent wage re duction and, regardless of whether an agreement were reached, he Intended" to put into effect on shipping board vessels some system which would en able men showing efficiency to get the benefit of the resulting savings In the form of extra compensation. Reports today, the chairman said, showed that tho outlook ws hopeful and that an increasing number of of ficers and men were volunteering to return to work. Sailings were nearly normal, he added. 1 SHOT, 6 BEATEN" IX RIOT Labor Commission Predicts Road Work and Berry Harvest Will Absorb 2 000 by May 31. SALEM, Or., May ,9. (Special.) There Jre approximately 7000 idle men in Oregon at the present time. as compared with 12,000 last January, according to a report prepared here today by C. P. Gram, state labor commissioner, for transmission to the federal labor bureau at Washington. D. C. Of the number of idle men now in the state Mr. Gram estimated that 480O were in Portland. Based on the decrease of 10 per cent in the number of unemployed men in Oregon since March 1, the date of making the previous report to the government, Mr. Gram today predicted that the total number of men out of work on May 31 would not exceed 6000. This improvement in the labor situation, he said, would be made possible by the resuming of road work in various sections of the state. The approaching harvest of soiall fruits and berries also will have a tendency to take care t idle men, Mr. Gram said. While there is no way to estimate the crops for the present year, Mr. Gram said that under normal agricultural conditions practically all of the men at present unemployed would have Jobs early In July. This, he said, was conditional, however, upon the workers accepting work on the farms and in the berry fields 4f they are unable to get work in their accepted professions. Mr. Gram's report to the govern ment showed that the average wage now being paid men on farms is 40, while a year ago the same men were receiving as high as 175. Despite this reduction in wages, ho said, the de mand for farm labor was far less than it was a year ago. SPOKANE, 'Wash., May 9. Warm weather had materially lessened dis tress incident to unemployment, ac cording to a report made public hero today by W. C. Carpenter, federal em ployment agent for the Pacific north west, but probably 20,000 men in the state of Washington still are Idle. Employment conditions in Wash ington and Idaho have shown a slight improvement during the past week, the report states, with a slight in crease in the demand for agricultural labor. ACTION MERELY REMANDED Confession of Error Still Up held by Government. EVIDENCE IS CRITICISED it SAVANTS HELD.BOLSHEVIK Professors Who Teach Red . Doc trine Honeycomb Colleges. NEW. YORK, May 9. The report of the joint legislative committee Invcs tlgating seditious activities was made public today. - The authors concluded that revolu tionary radicals had sought to further their aims through personal props ganda, directing their efforts chiefly toward college students, negroes and union labor. American colleges. It was charged, were honeycombed with avowed so cialist professors, whoso teachings are bolshevik. The report said that "union labor is being incessantly impregnated with radical doctrines. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS Crowd Breaks Through Police Guard and Boards Ship. SAN FRANCISCO. May 9. One mart, a bystander, was shot and five men were beaten here today In water-front rioting arising from the marine work ers' strike. The trouble began when a crowd j estimated at 00 broke through aj ponce guara ana Dtfaruca wic siiippiuti board steamer Bakersfield. Three of the ship's crew were beaten badly. The crowd dispersed upon learning that police reserves had been sum moned. Later Thomas Colleen, a chauffeur for the Matson Navigation company, was attacked by a crowd of men, who declared Colleen's passengers were non-union men on their way to ships. Colleen fired his revolver twice. One shot struck Frank Wilson, who was sitting in a barber shop having his hair cut. The other shot perforated the trousers of a man who was "stand ing on the curb. Colleen was arrested on the charge of discharging firearms. The Pacific-American Steamship as sociation, composed of steamer own ers, said they had obtained affidavits from two members of the Bakersfield crew that previous to today they had been followed and beaten by men wbo said they were union, pickets. The as sociation also announced that its mem bers had decided to lay their vessels up pending a settlement of the differ ences. Only one American steamer cleared from here today. It was the West Isleta, for Philadelphia. Her crew had been signed prior to May 1, under the former wage scale and conditions, it was announced. 68 MOTORCYCLE RACE FATAL Veteran Rider Dead as Result of Track Mishap. COLORADO "SPRINGS, Colo., May . Raymond A. Phebus. 35, veteran motorcycle rider, died at noon today as a result of injuries received Sunday afternoon in the Cripple Creek en durance run when his motorcycls catapulted him and his partner, n W. Longstaff, Into a fence sear Crystofa. in Ute Pass. Longstaff suffered a broken right arm and. left leg, but his condition is not serious. The Weather. TESTE Ft DAT'S Merest tmpertur, decree.; lowest, 43 degree TODAI'8 Occasional rains; southerly winds. Fnrrlca. Oerm.ny eipctcd ti accept reparation. terras, fa go x Heir to Japanm. throne irt tumultuoua welcome in uritisn capuai. -aga National. Albera case not cloacd, Frlcraon. Page 1. Charges of Haitien atrocities all rot, saya lenby. Page 1. Senate party lines broken In tariff debate. Page - Irreconcilable, are aatlsfied so far with Harding's courae. Pag X. Woman la now fn lo plana of wool. Page 5. Wheat e.roo thl year proml to b larger than that of l-0. Paga United States trea.ury gold paid Berg doll. while fugitive. Page 1. Railroad inquiry will atart today. Page 4. Domewtlc. Edison's questions .tump college men. Page L, . Marine etrik. sessions end In failure. Page 12. Executive council of labor federation wants rail controversy submitted to public. - Page 4. Oregon lumb-rm-n and cannera seek new business. I'ag-e 22. Pacific Northwest. Rancher killed; slayer gives up. Page 8. Canadian says trsrte balance In A-ncrJcar favor wi'l laat P'gJ Z, .... Oregon's Idle men decrease rapidly. Page 1. Fruit growera open ngm on rates. i o. eiporta. Pacific Coast League results! At Peattl 4, Vernon s: at Han r rancisco x, aacra mento 3 (10 Innings); at Ixs Angeles fi-8. Salt Lake 1-1; at Portland, no game Page 14. Edwards on card to fight Monro. Page 14. t omtnerrlal ana jisruio. Declines In commodity prices are less rapid, page 23. - Bearish crop report eipeeted by Chicago wheat traders, rage io. Railway stocks strong and motor issues weak. Pag. 23. Rtriklnr seafarers of Portland acre to man ahips to rllev. Alaakana. Pag. 2& British steamer here for grain. Pag. 22. Prank Troeh adds to his scatter gun lau rels. Page 14. Portland and Vleialty. Jungle denlsens found at circus. Page 15. Two women candidatea for school board appear. Page 11. 1200.000 bond Issue for fir equipment pro posed. Pag. 11. Ple-cutUng is on. candidates lesrn. Page 24. Home exposition shows everything. Pag. 12. Director Slpill counsels moderation In con struction of school buildings. Pag. 12 Railroad defends bridge contrsrt. Pag. Suspect sought for murder of Phillips girl. Page IS Soclstv women will lv brilliant "ladle.- choice" ball. Page 1. Boy burglaries get amasing 'collection of loot. Page 1. Conviction Declared Possible ConieU-nt Evidence Is Pro. ducrd In Second Trial. WASHINGTON'. P. C, May f The case of Henry Alhcrs, a German con victed In Portland, Or., of havlnc; violated the espionage act. has sot been closed through the recent con fession of error entered In the su preme court by the government, Solicitor-General Frlerjn declared In a statement today, but has bcrn "merely remanded to the district court for a new trial." The supreme court ordered judg ment reversed. The governments action, Mr. Frierson explained, was taken because the district attorney who prosecuted Albers Introduced as evidence against him certain state ments he was alleged to have made in 1914 and 1915, or before the United States entered the war. In two circuit courts, the second and eighth, it had been held that the admission of such evidence rendered the trial unfair and was reversible for error, the statement said. "In those circuits, the ruling had been acquiesced In by the department of justice, upon a careful considera tion of the record the department was satisfied It was unjust to ask for an affirmance (of the convictions) ob tained In part, at least, by the use of. evidence of this kind. Untertalnlng tho views above expressed, there was but one course open to the solicitor general. He accordingly confessed error. "This dots not frre Albers. Th case Is merely rcmumled to the dis trict court for a new trial. If ha is guilty. It Is presumed there would be no difficulty In securing another conviction by tho us. of competent evidence." re-triaij is i;.pecti:i soo District .Mlornry Believes IiL dencc for Conviction Ample. Unless Instructions to the contrsry are received from Washington, Henry Albers will come up In the near futurs for a retrial under the espionage act, according to Lester W. Humphreys, United States attorney for tho district of Oregon. Even eliminating thoss portions of the evidence ruled out by the decision of Solicitor-General Frier, on, the United States attorney be lieves that the government has cnouah evidence to convict Albers a second, time. Bert E. Hancy, ex-United States at torney, who conducted the prosecutlea of Albers In the Oregon district fed eral court and who represented tht government on the appeal case to th circuit court of appeals for the ninth district, was plainly astounded at th reason given by the solicitor-general for confessing error. It is truo that such rulings wcr made in the second and eighth cir cuits,"' Mr. Haney said, "but In every other circuit courr except those two where the question was raised lh same rulings were made as were made in the Albers case. In other words. such evidence was held as admissible in every one of the nine United States circuit courts of appeal except tha second and eighth. The same decision was almost universally upheld in th other circuits. "There has been no direct ruling oa the question by the United State supreme court. In the Marie fequl case, however, the point was raised, and the supreme court even refused ts review the case or to take Jurisdiction in it. This might be easily construed to mean thathe court upheld th rulings. "It appears to me that the solicitor, general has taken a very trifling mat. ter upon which to confess error." Judge Charles H. Carey, attornef for Albrs on appeal, refused to mak any statement last night when ln formed of the announcement by Solicitor-General l'rlerson. REPUBLICAN CMC PROTESTS Attorney-General Urged to Get Ac tion In Alber Case. Besolutions criticising the action of Solicitor-Genets Frierson of th da partment of justice In preventing th case of Henry Albers, Portland miller convicted under th espionage act, from coming before the United States supreme court fur final decision wr sdopted last night at the monthly meeting of the Republican Study cluk at the l'brary. The club called upon Attorney-Gen. eral Daughcrty to take action In se curing a reversal of Mr. Frierson action and to do everything posaibi to bring th case before th suprem court Instead of having it reirled here. Copies nf the resolutions war tlvaciuU.ti ou i'ag. 3. Ctfiuma 2. im io5.o