VOL. LX- NO. 1,0G7
PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1921
' PRICE PIVE CENTS
BOOTLEGGERS USING
U. S. RUM PERMITS
NEW PREMIER NAMES
CANADIAN CABINET
NEW LOW RECORD HIT
IN PRICE FOR SUGAR
DEB,SM DAL JUNE CHARGE LEFT
in yuiii ni 1 1 vjiiii. i
FANCY LIQUORS DECLAUKn TO
WILLIAM L. M. KIXG TAKES
REINS OP GOVERNMENT.
XEW YORK REFINER REDUCES
QUOTATION 10 POINTS.
SOCIALIST CIIIF.F VNCF.KTAIX
AS TO FLTl ItK PLAN'S.
HAVE BEEN DUPLICATED.
EXPOSITION ISSUE
UPTD PROMOTERS
NOTED FINANCIER
FRENCH MENACING
THEIR 01 FUTURE
AGAINST GDUERfJDR
Fair Resolution and Tax
Bill in Discard.
SECRETARY OF STATE ACTS
Measure Submitted for Filing
Turned Down.
DEFECTS DECLARED FATAL
Governor Likewise IJcfuses to Ap
prove BUI Designed to Put
Tux Bill in Operation.
' SALEM. Or., Dec. 29. (Special.)
Earn A. Kozer, secretary of state, act
ing? upon the advice- of the attorney
general, today refused to accept for
filing: in his office house Joint reso
lution No. 3, providing: for submis
sion to the voters of the state at a
special election May 19 the Question
of amending: the constitution so as to
authorize the financing: of the pro
posed 1925 exposition through a gaso
line tax.
The secretary of state, in explain
ing: his action in refusing; to accept
the resolution for filing from F. W.
Drager, chief clerk of the senate,
said It had not been signed either by
Hoy Ritner, president of the senate,
or L. E. Bean, speaker of the house
of representatives. Because of the
omission of these signatures the sec
retary of state held that the reso
lution was not completed.
Majority Question Raised.
The resolution was approved in the
house by a vote of 45 to 14 and
carried In the senate by a vote of
15 to 14. President Ritner ruled that
It required a constitutional majority
of It of the elected members of the
senate to adopt the resolution. As a
result of this ruling he declared the
resolution had failed. Proponents of
the resolution then appealed from the
decision of President Ritner and the
appeal was sustained by a majority
of the senate. It was alleged by
supporters of the fair that because
of the death of one member of the
senate 15 votes were sufficient to
adopt the resolution.
House bill No. 22, which provided
the machinery for putting the fair
tax In operation, met a like fate when
submitted to Governor Olcott today
by the chief clerk of the senate. The
governor refused to accept the bill
on the ground that it had not been
signed either by the president of the
cnate or the speaker of the house.
Issue I'p to Promoters.
This bill provided for an additional
1-cent tax on gasoline, of which
revenue $3,000,000 was to be diverted
Into a fund for financing the exposi
tion. House bill No. 22 received the
same vote in the house and senate
as house Joint resolution No. 3.'
Upon the refusal of Governor
Olcott and Secretary of State Kozer
to accept house resolution No. 3 and
house bill No. 22, Mr. pragcr said he
would deposit them in the state de
partment under a statute which pro
vides that all bills, resolutions and
nieasures which fail to receive the
approval of the legislature shall be
placed In the hands of the secretary
of state for safe keeping.
With the fair resolution and the
other measure unsigned, and their
acceptance for filing refused by the
governor and secretary of state, the
next move to force the Issue Is in
the hands of the exposition pro
ponents. BUTTER TRAIN SENT EAST
Shipment Out of San I'ranoisco Is
Largest on Iteeord..
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29. A freight
train of 13 cars, loaded with 403.088
pounds of Australian and New Zea
land butter recently received here,
which left today for New York, Phil
aledphla and other eastern points,
carried the largest shipment of but
ter ever sent by rail out of San Fran
cisco, according to local dealers.
Of the totaT shipments of butter
received a few days ago from the an
tipodes, 700,000 pounds still remain
temporarily In storage here. Local
butter prices on the dairy produce
exchange still are falling under the
pressure of the imported article, extra
choice being quoted today at 40 cents
a pound as compared with 47H cents
a little more than a week ago.
POLES OUT OF POSITION
Earth's Axis Declared to Have
Shifted 60 Feet.
SWA RTIIMORE, Ta., Dec. "9.
TVa'.ter D. Lambert, mathematician of
the United States coast and geodetic
survey, speaking today before the
American astronomical society at
Swarthmore college, described cal
culations made at a number of ob
servatories showing a slight motion
of the earth's poles. The movement.
Indicated by a change In latitude,
he said, was very slight.
The north pole has dipped slightly
to the south, the observations over
a period of years Indicate, he said,
but the movement has never taken
the pole more than 60 feet out of Its
position.
Seattle Business and Professional
Men Said to Be Involved In
Alcohol Scandal.
SEATTLE. Wash., Dec. 29. Evi
dence has been discovered by federal
agents here showing that thousands
of gallons of alcohol have been ob
tained fraudulently on permits Issued
the federal prohibition office In
Seattle, Roy C. Lyle, prohibition direc
tor for Washington, announced today.
The alcohol thus obtained. Director
Lyle said the evidence showed, had
been used by an organized ring as the
base for manufacture of synthetic
"gin," "champagne" and "fancy wines,"
retailed here at high prices. He de
clared that ! chemical formula had
been evolved by which the raw alcohol
was transformed Into liquors which
passed critical inspection and that he
had In his possession names of busi
ness and professional men who were
clients of the bootleggers. Deliveries,
he said, had been made In downtown
office buildings.
Six men, whose names were not
given, were questioned this morning.
Director Lyle said. He added that he
expected to make a number of ar
rests. BIG BILL'S FINE SOUGHT
Move to Collect $10,000 From Hay
wood Estate Started.
CHICAGO, Dec. 29. Plans to collect
the $10,000 fine imposed on William
D. (Big Bill) Haywood, convicted
with several score of other I. W. W.'s
of violation of the espionage act dur
ing the world war, have been com
pleted and action will be begun at
once, according to announcement of
District Attorney Charles F. Clyne
today.
Haywood was sentenced to prison
but fled to Russia.
Joseph Merensky, assistant district
attorney, will go to Salt Lake City
Immediately, tho district attorney
Bald, to start action against the
60,000 estate of Haywood's wife, who
died recently, leaving all her property
to her husband.
EX-SENATOR BOURNE ILL
Politician From Oregon Reported
In Serious Condition.
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, D. C, Dec. 29. Reports
here are that Jonathan Bourne Jr.,
former senator from Oregon, Is In a
serious physical cond'tlon. It has
been practically Impossible for some
months to obtain any information
about Mr. Bourne's health, although
It has been known for months that
his friends were alarmed about his
illness, which first took the form of
a nervous collapse.
One of his friends who was ad
mitted to Mr. Bourne's apartment
recently said today that he was
shocked to see the one-time senator
pale, emanciated and but a shadow
of his former self.
QUAKE PREDICTION NEXT
Ability to Make Forecasts Is An
nounced as Probable.
BERKELEY. Cal Dec. 29. The
Unlverlsty of California announced
today that earthquakes may be pre
dicted with the same precision with
which weather forecasts are made as
the result of the discovery by A. C.
Lawson, professor of geology, that
earth movements are the antecedent
as well as the consequences of earth
quakes. According to the announcement, ob
servation of the earth's creep will
enable scientists 'to determine with
accuracy the forthcoming earth
quakes and warnings may bj sent
to the residents of districts to he af
fected, similar to the weather warn
ings sent out by the weather bureau.
ACREAGE CUT ALARMING
Serious Curtailment In Staple Food
Production Feared.
NEW YORK, Dec. 20. The "curtail
ment of the acreage devoted to staple
farm products, suggested by the
secretary of agriculture, would be
evidence that our civilization has
gone to smash," Benjamin C. Marsh,
managing director . of the farmers'
national council, declared In a state
ment today.
"Millions of people are starving In
the world, and millions are underfed
In the United States." he said. "We
must immediately have the govern
ment guarantee the wheat growers
the cost of production and control
wheat products through to tho city
bakers."
HOSPITAL WARDS FULL
7000 ex-Soldiers From Other States
Denver Tuberculosis Patients.
INDIANAPOLIS. Dec. 29. There are
7000 ex-soldiers from other states
afflicted with tuberculosis crowded
into Denver hospitals at present,
C. J. Harris, director of service of
the American Legion, said today upon
his return from an investigation of
the hospital situation In the west.
The situation In Denver hospitals,
Mr. Harris said, had practically got
beyond control of the Denver authori
ties and they have asked the legion
to raise $54,500 for use In establish
ing co-operative relief measures. This
must be done, he said, but where the
money Is to come from has not been
determined.
OF JAPAN IS HERE
Viscount Shibusawa Is
Guest of Portland.
MORALITY OF NATIONS URGED
International Code Declared
Salvation of World.
ARMS PARLEY ATTENDED
Parly Now on Way Home From
Washington, D. C. Success of
Conference Held Assured.
International morality, as Viscount
Eilchl Shibusawa sees it, is the rem
edy for the world's turmoil. In his
82d year, the noted Japanese finan
cier, who is passing today as the
guest of Portland, hopes only that
he may live to witness the establish
ment of neighborly relations, such as
prevail in civil life, among the na
tions of both hemispheres.
"Between individuals," he declared,
"there exists a morality based on
courtesy, equity and modesty. The
more Intelligent the Individual, the
more pronounced are these virtues.
They are the structures of our society.
I believe, and have long believed,
that nations should have a code of
morality founded in these same vir
tues. If any one nation, la actuated
by self-interest alone, is proud of
its strength, and continually puts
forward Its own selfish designs, that
nation becomes a peril to Itself and
Its sister nations. I have always In
sisted on an international morality.
It will come."
Viscount Plonnant-Fnced.
Viscount Shibusawa, a rotund,
pleasant-faced little gentleman, who
seems far younger than his years,
arrived In Portland late yesterday
afternoon on his fourth visit to this
city. Jie is en route home from
Washlngtd; 1-CV where In aft un
official capacity he attended the dis
armament conference as a member
of the Japanese good-will commis
sion. Accompanying him are Dr.
Junlchl Socda, ex-vice-minister of
finance; Melroku Masuda, director
of the Shibusawa family association;
Kyugoro Obata, private secretary,
and Dr. Y'oshlharu Hosaka, physician
to Viscount Shibusawa. He was wel
comed by Acting Japanese Consul
Yoshida, prominent Japanese resi
dents of the city and O. M. Clark and
Frank Ira White of the Chamber of
Commerce.
"I and the members of my party,"
said Viscount Shibusawa, in an Inter
view at the Multnomah hotel, "looked
forward with great interest to the
disarmament conference, as a means
to promote world peace and economic
welfare. My visit was entirely unof
ficial. I am only a retired business
man whose wish Is to see all nations
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William S. Fielding of Nova Scotia
Is Chosen Minister of Fi
nance by Liberal.
OTTAWA. Ont.. Dee. 29. William
Lyon Mackenzie King, elected premier
of Canada on the liberal tidal wave
at the general election December 6,
took the reins of government from
Premier Arthur Meighen, conserva
tive, today in the presence of Baron
Byng of Vimy, governor-general of
the dominion.
The new premier announced the fol
lowing cabinet appointments:
Minister of finance, William S.
Fielding of Nova Scotia.
Minister without portfolio and solicitor-general,
Daniel D. Mackenzie
of Nova Scotia.
Secretary of state, A. B. Copp of
New Brunswick.
Minister without portfolio, John E.
Sinclair of Prince Edward Island.
Minister without portfolio, Raoul
Dundurand of Quebec.
Minister of health and soldiers' re
establishment, Henri S. Beland of
Quebec.
Minister of Justice, Sir Lomer Gouln
of Quebec.
Minister of customs and excise,
Jacques Bureau of Quebec.
Minister of marine and fisheries,
Ernest Lapointe of Quebec.
Minister of trade and commerce,
James A. Robb of Quebec.
Minister of militia and defense and
minister of the naval service, George
P. Graham of Ontario.
Postmaster-general, Charles Mur.
phy of Ontario.
Minister without portfolio, Thomas
A. Low of Ontario.
Minister of railways, canals, Wil
liam C. Kennedy of Ontario.
Minister of labor, James Murdock
of Ontario. .
Minister of agriculture, William R.
Motherwell of Saskatchewan.
Minister of the Interior, mines and
superintendent-general of Indian af
fairs, Charles Stewart of Alberta.
Minister of public works, Hewitt
Bostock of British Columbia.
FARMER DIES SUDDENLY
Orchard, Wash., Man Succumbs
While Sawing Wood.
ORCHARD, Wash., Dec. 29. (Spe
cial.) Daniel Harmon, 50 years old,
an Orchard farmer, yesterday dropped
dead while sawing wood at Slscon,
three miles from here. The body was
found today following a search. Mr.
H".rmon left home at 10 o'clock yes
terday morning and a hunt was be
gun when he failed to return last
night.
He is survived by hl widow and
two children.
MISFIT GIFTS EXCHANGED
Post-Christmas Bargain Party In
N'ew York Success.
NEW YORK, Dec. 29. A bargain
party for the exchange of undesired
Christmas presents was held last
night at the women's city club. It
was a merry party and everybody
got rid of misfit gifts.
The trading scheme, when first
proposed by women who maintained
that Santa Claus was human and
liable to make mistakes, drew loud
protests from sentimental folk, but
cold practicability won.
AND AFTER SHOWING HIM ALL THE FAVORS
Fine Granulated Now on Basis of
$4. SO Investigation of Hide
and Leather Market Asked.
NEW YORK, Dec. 29. Prices for
refined sugar declined to another new
low record today, when a local refiner
reduced the list quotation 10 points,
to the basis of $4.80 for fine granu
lated.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 29. Refined
cane sugar at the refineries here
dropped from $5.40 to $5.30 today, fol
lowing reduced quotations in the New
Tork market. This was said to be
the lowest price in seven years.
HARTFORD, Conn.. Dec. 29. The
Connecticut board of agriculture has
written Attorney-General Daugherty,
asking him to order an investigation
of the hide and leather market. The
letter said that farmers can only get
5 or 6 cents a pound for cattle hides
sometimes not over 3 cents, and that
the finished article Is still very high
In price.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 29. Aid of the
attorneys - general of the various
states will be relied upon by the Jus
tice department in an effort to read
Just retail prices of the necessities of
life, Attorney-General Daugherty said
today.
When the department's investlga
tlon of retail prices has been com
pleted, Mr. Daugherty said, it was
expected that the local authorities in
the different states would take the
necessary steps to remedy local situ
ations, while the department would
act in cases where there were vio
lations of the federal law.
Mr. Daugherty said that he expect
ed to publish a table of the cost of
necessities food, fuel, shoes and
clothing to the consumer in differ
ent localities, as compared with the
production costs of these commodi
ties. Publication of retail prices was
expected by Mr. Daugherty to have a
salutary effect upon profiteering
prices. Already, he said, announce
ment of tho department's investiga
tion has had some effect.'
BORAH ENJOYS JOE'S CALL
Idaho Senator and Tumulty Clos
eted for Time.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 29.
Joseph P. Tumulty, secretary to the
president in the last administration,
was closeted today for an hour with
Senator Borah, republican, Idaho.
Mr. Borah declined to talk of the
meeting, but it was ascertained that
the Pacific agreement was discussed
at some length. . The Idaho senator
sali. he had enjoyed "Joe's visit very
much."
117 FARM LOANS GRANTED
$37,000 Advance to Oregon Ap
proved by Finance Corporation.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 29. Ap
proval of 117 advances for agricul
ture and livestock purpose, aggregat
ing $3,699,000. was announced today
by the war finance corporation.
The loans distributed Included:
Montana, $155,000; Oregon, $37,000;
Washington, $48,000; Wyoming. $105.
000; California, $424,000; North Da
kota, $284,000; South Dakota, $268,000.
THEY HAVE!
Diver Stand Hurts Their
Position at Parley.
DEBT CANCELLATION WANTED
But America Not Likely to Be
That Generous.
POLITICS PLAYING PART
Briand Jockeying for Longer Ten
ure of Office and Conference
Is Handicapped.
BY MARK SULLIVAN.
(Copvrltrht. 1S31. by the New York Evnlnit
Post. Inc. Published by Arrangement.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 30.
(Special.) If you ask whether any
thing can be found to say In extenua
tion of what the French delegates
have done to the conference, the an
swer, after a large number of con
versations with persons entirely open
minded and without feeling about it,
is. for the most part, very little. If
you ask whether the episode is likely
to have discouraging consequences,
both Immediate and remote, the an
swer Is, unhappily, yes.
It Just happened that the climax of
the steady French course of prevent
ing success for the conference coin
cided with the most Important utter
ance made In America in the direction
of our cancelling the debts due us
from France and other European
countries. The position of Justice
Clark, both as a member of the su
preme court and otherwise, is such as
to carry much weight. But if you
were today to call the roll of con
gress and the senate together .with
other public men In a position to in
fluence the event, you would find
hardly a man willing to follow Justice
Clark's lead.
France 'Wants Several Thlaga. '
France wants several things from
America. Among them she wants the
cancellation of tho debts she owes
us, and she wants the assurance that
we will come to her help if she Is
ever again attacked by Germany.
There was and Is Just one way for
France to get these things, and that
way is so to act as to make the right
sort of Impression on American peo
ple. And so to conduct her relations
with us that, whenever the Issue
arises, the American people shall have
the feeling about her that would
move us to come to her help.
To visualize the effect of what has
Just happened, there Is no better way
than the crude but effective answer
made by many American public men
to the question of relieving France
from paying the money she owes us.
"Are we," it is replied, "going to let
France have our money to build a
huge naval equipment?" In the
same way the other question is) an
swered. "Are we going to come to
the help of France In any future war
when she wilfully endangers success
at the very beginning of the elabo
rate programme President Harding
has had In mind, going much beyond
the present conference, for agree
ments and co-operation aimed to
make wars Impossible?"
Political Cause Sensed.
But the discouraging effect of the
actions of the French delegates goes
even further than this. What the
American public may have sensed
vaguely is realized even more con
cretely and definitely by persons
close to the conference. That is, that
much that has been done here by the
particular French individuals Is not
necessarily the act of the French peo
ple, but is dictated to a considerable
extent by personal political consider
ations. In addition to the situation
between Briand and the French poli
ticians now out of power, who would
like to get themselves in, those who
are familiar with the French delega
tion,' say there has also been tense
ness between Briand and one of the
other French delegates, who, through
his position at home. Is in a position
to influence a considerable block of
the membership of the French cham
ber of deputies, upon which Briand
must depend for his tenure of office.
The net effect of all this Is a dis
couraged feeling on the part of the
Americans that it Is hopeless for us
to become Involved In this sort of
thing. We can't possibly conduct our
affairs with one eye on the politics
of Paris. In short, the result of this
French development must be accepted
as having the effect of making us
less willing to take part In interna
tional conferences or In international
affairs altogether. Those who favor
isolation for America are greatly
strengthened in their .position; and
for those who realize that France ex
ists and we must live In tho same
world with her. the possibility of a
satisfactory relation to the world Is
made more difficult.
Other Delegates Wise.
Nevertheless, the net result of the
situation as it exists today Is not dis
couraging. The American, British,
Japanese and Italian delegates to this
conference are wise and able men.
As to the Americans especially, they
cid not go Into this matter expecting
It would be an easy walk to success.
They took Into account possibili
ties of trouble even more serious than
iCencluded oa Face 3, Column 2-
Secretary of Party in Illinois I)e
clnrcs That National Tour
Will Be Made.
TERRK HAUTE. Ind.. Dec. 29.
Back at his home after almost three
years In prison because of his anti
war speech in 1918, Eugene V. Debs,
the socialist, passed today In quiet,
broken only by visits of friends. He
announced tonight that all plans for
his future activities would bo held
in abeyance for somo time. Friends
said he woutd make a lecture tour
next year, probably under the auspices
of the socialist party.
Most of the socialist party leaders
who had gathered here to welcome
Debs back, visited him today and then
left for their homes.
CHICAGO, Dec. 29. Eugene V. Debs
will make a national tour under the
auspices of the socialist party. It was
announced here today at national so
cialist headquarters. O. C. Wilson,
state secretary for Illinois, said that
members of the party's national exec
utive committee expected to meet
with Mr. Debs- in a few days to work
out details of his future work with
the party.
HEARST GETS NEW PAPER
Purchase of Oakland Knqulrer An
nounced In San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29. (Spe
cial.) Purchase of the Oakland En
quirer by William R. Hearst and Its
prospective consolidation with the
Oakland Post were announced today.
Tho change becomes effective Janu
ary 2, 1922, the consolidated news
paper thereafter to be published as
the Post-Enquirer of Oakland.
Hearst now has three newspapers
In the bay cities the Examiner of
San Francisco, the Call-Post of San
Francisco and tho Post-Enquirer of
Oakland. Only the San Francisco
Examiner la controlled openly by him.
He also has two newspapers in Los
Angeles. The purchase of the En
quirer was announced by the Post
Publishing company.
INEBRIETY 0N INCREASE
Chicago Municipal Court Kccord
Shows Drunkenness Grows.
CHICAGO, Dec. 29. The annual re
port of tho municipal courts of Chi
cago, submitted today by James A.
Kearns, clerk of the court, showed
drunkenness had increased here dur
ing the last year. The report showed
that 51,300 persons were arraigned
for Intoxication in 1921, as against
J2.305 in 1920.
The report followed the action by
the city council yesterday in declar
ing by a vote of 52 to 6 that prohibi
tion had failed to prohibit and de
manded that congress and the slate
legislature authorize the manufac
ture, sale and distribution of "wholc
i.ome beers and light wines."
SOVIET AGENJJS COMING
Knvoy to Supervise Kxpendlture of
Millions for Hclier.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 29. Per
mission has been granted the soviet
government to send a representative
to this country to supervise the ex
penditure of $10,000,000 of former Im
perial Russian treasury funds for the
purchase of grain fjr famine relief.
Secretary Hoover said today.
The soviet government was in
formed, however, that the agent
would be admitted to this country
only for the purpose of supervising
the purchase of supplies with Rus
sian money, Mr. Hoover added.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 40
degree; minimum. 32 degrrees.
TODAY'S Rain ; westerly winds.
D.Marmament Conference.
Old rules retained In diver warfare. Fsjre 2.
French menacing their own future. Page 1.
Foreign.
New premier namci Canadian cabinet.
Fa 1.
Iornetlc.
Governor Small freed of all but one chars.
Page 1.
Sugar price h!t new low level. Page 1.
Deba holds open house for friend. Puge 1.
Omaha heirs of Anr.rVka Jann will we
to recover Trinity church ite In New
York. Page 3.
Wool less active In Boston, though turn
over Is large for end of year. Page IS.
Oregon method of clearing land of stumps
expnlned at farmers' conference at Oor
vallis. Page 0-
Natlonal.
Wilson refuses to aid McAdoo or other in
campaign for nomination. Page 7.
Farmer bloc thorn In republican side.
Page 1.
Germany contracts to supply 7." per cent of
potash used in United States. Page 6.
rr!flc Northwest.
With fair measures rejected exposition Is
sue Is up to promoters. Page 1.
Bootleggers ur ng federal alcohol permits
at Seattle. Puge 1.
Alaska ex-Judge sued for alander. Ptuje 5.
8 ports.
Mulling- Is ready for Havana fipht. Page 12.
Weather jinx pursues Barnes and Hutchi
son. Page 12.
National collegiate body keeps aloof from
Olympic association. Page 12.
Commercial and Marine.
Improved dwnund for apples In local mar
ket. Page 19.
Chicago wheat lifted by prospect of relief
buying. Pajre 19.
Stock selling resumed to establish Income
tax louses. Page 19-
Atlnntle - Portand shipping rates cut.
Page 18.
Mercantile conditions appear more heatthy.
Page 18.
Portland and Vicinity.
Chamber to Investigate logged-off areas for
farming. Pag 7.
Candidacy denied by W. L. Thompson.
Page 20.
Maklnjr of atheists by colleges Is scouted.
Page 11.
Noted financier truest of Portland. Page 1.
Accuracy needed says Ir. Burton. Fast 7
Mr. Small Freed of All
Other Accusations.
FRAUD TRIAL IS STILL FACED
Conspiracy in $2,000,000
Shortage Alleged.
CASE DATE UNCERTAIN
Embezzlement Indictments Aro
ProppedFight In Court
Is Vigorous One.
TVAincrxsAX. in., ic. 23. (Bye
Associated Press.) Governor Left
Small today una ifroediof every charsil
against him except that of consplriufit
with Lieutenant-Governor Sterling
and Vernon Cnrtls to defraud thb
state of $2.000,000during Mr.Sterllirga
term as state treasurer.
All charges of embezzlement durins
his own term as stats treasurer-were
stricken from tho record, partly Jfy
Judge Kdwards and partly by tlri
state. The court also quashed to.
charge of operating a confidence
game. Tonight Governor Small dssued
a statement, declaring; that "what oc
curred today In tho circuit court of
Lake county will lay baro to tlM
public mind the methods employed
and tho Inspiration causing thesa In
dictments." Trial Date t'ncprtaln.
The data of his trial on tho one
charge remaining still was uncertain.
Judge Kdwards, In his decision on th
motion to quash tho Indictments,
ordered tho governor to trial January
9 on an Indictment charging him
with embezzlement of $500,000 during
the. last six months of his term as
state treasurer.
State's Attorney Mortimer and his
assistants staged a vigorous fight to
bring the governor to trial, first on
tho conspiracy charge, and falling
In that, nulled the embezzlement
indictment rather than try It first.
James H. Wllkerson, assistant attor-ney-general
of Illinois, ono of Mr.
Mortimer's aids, explained to the
court that the state desired to try tlio
conspiracy case first because all the
books and records needed In It "had
been left In the treasurer's office and
rot carried away."
Itrrord Held Irlroyrd.
The embezz'ement Indictments, be
sides charging the governor with
misappropriating $300,000 In s'tale In.
terest money, also nlleged he had
destroyed or carried away many of
the records of tho treasurer's office.
Tho next step In the legal hauls
between the governor and his prose
cutors will be taken here Saturday,
January 7, when the defense expects
to present a motion asking for sepa
rate trials for the governor and Mr.
Curtis, who are both defendants un
der the conspiracy charge.
A missing word, the posilinn of a
name, three errors In drawing Indict
ments and the shuffling of a pile of
papers won a string of victories for
the governor today.
nmr signed Wrong Plncr.
Tho foreman of the Sangamon
county grand Jury. P. A. Hrlan,
signed his name in the wrong place
on tho back of an indictment charg
ing Governor Small, Lieutenant-Governor
Sterling and Mr. Curtis Jointly
with embezzlement of $700,000. Judge
Edwards quashed the Indictment be
cause of the foreman's error.
A typist left the word "feloniously"
out of a count charging the trio with
operating a confidence game. The
charge was quashed.
Two counts in the Joint conspiracy
Indictment failed to allege the special
(Concluded on Pagr fl. olumn 1'.)
PORTLAND AS A PLAY
GROUND FOR TOURISTS
FEATURE OF OREGO
NIAN ANNUAL.
The most interesting place
in Portland last tourist season
was the municipal automobile
camp opposite beautiful Pen
insula park, where travelers
from everywhere found com
fort and convenience.
This remarkable place,
equipped by the city govern
ment for the use of our visi
tors, is described in detail in
text and illustrations in the
annual edition of The Orcgo
nian, to be issued January 2.
It is but one of many places
of the kind, smaller, but none
the less sources of joy to the
automobilist, to be found in
Oregon.
There are all kinds of out
door sports to be enjoyed in
Oregon and in the annual edi
tion there will be articles deal
ing with these, showing the
state to be one great paradise
for the tourist.
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