Morning Oregonian., January 13, 1922, Page 5, Image 5

THE MOUSING OKEGOMAX, TK1DAY, JASUAB1' 13, 1923
SHIPBUILDERS WIN
CDFtlTEMPTAPPEALS
Action Against A. F. Smith
and J. R. Bowles Lost.
LOWER COURT IN ERROR
Supreme Decision Result of Refusal
of Portland Men to Give Up
Books to Federal Agents.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 12.
Upon motion of Solicitor - General
Beck, the supreme court has author
ized the dismissal of appeals by Alfred
K Smith and the Columbia River
Shipbuilding: corporation, and Joseph
It. Bowles and the NorthweBt Steel
company, all of Oregon, from de
cisions of lower courts holding them
guilty of contempt.
The government recognized the
Icwer court was in error and for that
reason will dismiss the whole pro
ceedings, Solicitor-General Beck ex
plained. During the Investigation of ship
yards along the Northern Pacific
coast in connection with war con
tracts the United States attorney,
upon the refusal of the Columbia
River Shipbuilding corporation and
the Northwest Steel company to de
liver their records to special agents
of the department of Justice, obtained
an order for the papers from the
United States district court.
The companies stated that' to de
liver their records they would be
compelled to suspend business. Both
companies offered to give the United
States attorney or Justice agents ac
cess to them. The United States dis
trict court for Oregon held the com
panies and their presidents In con
tempt, fined the companies $2500 each
and ordered Jlr. Smith and Mr. Bowles
committed until the papers were pro
duced. COXTEMPT CHARGED IX 192 0
Case Arises When Shipbuilders Are
Involved in Settlements.
The charge of contempt was placed
against Mr. Bowles and Mr. Smith in
April, 1920, because of their refusal
to turn over all their books to the
government for Investigation. At
that time, according to the state
ments of the defendants, they were
involved in settlements with the em
ergency fleet corporation and the
treasury department, and believing
that the surrender of all their rec
ords would put them out of business
for an indefinite period, they stood
upon what they held to be their con
stitutional rights.
At the time the case arose, numer
ous shipbuilders who had built ves
sels for the shipping board, were be
ing indicted for fraud. All of these
Indictments have since been quashed
either by verdicts for the defendants
or through failure to prosecute.
FOOD PRICES DECREASE
DECLINE I.V 16 CITIES SHOWN
DURING YEAR JUST ENDED.
Drop Is From 12 to 18 Per Cent
Noted by Government Experts
in Statistical Report.
WASHINGTON. D. C. Jan. 12. Re
tail food prices In 16 principal cities
in the United States decreased 12 to
18 per cent in the 12 months ended
December 15, last, the bureau of labor
statistics announced today. The fig
ures show that pr'ces prevailing last
month In 13 of the cities from which
1913 statistics were available, had In
creased since that year from 33 to
59 per cent.
During the month from November
15 to December 15, 1921, 12 of the
cities reported decreases in food
prices and two reported Increases.
Mobile, Ala., and Savannah, Ga., had
the highest percentage of decrease.
Othpr declines Included the follow
ing: Indianapolis and Salt Lake City,
17 per cent; Minneapolis and Wash
ington, 16 per cent; Omaha, 15; Chi
cago and New York, 12 per cent.
: Decreases during the month ended
December 15 Included Indianapolis
and Salt Lake City, 3 per cent; Wash
ington, 2 per cent; Omaha, 1 per cent;
Milwaukee and New York, of 1 per
cent or less.
Chicago and Dallas reported In
creases of less than of 1 per cent.
New York, with 59 per cent, led in
the Increase In i.verage retail food
costs since 1913; Omaha, 47 per cent,
and Salt Lake City 33 per cent.
HILL RECONSIDERS ACTION
Walla Walla Mayor to Stay on
Tintrlst Association Board.
"WALLA WALLA, Wash., Jan. 12.
(Special.) Mayor Hill announced to
day that he had reconsidered his de
clsion and will retain his place on the
board of directors of the Pacific
Northwest Tourist association. He
recently resigned because Walla
Walla had not raised Its quota for
terlst work, but the officials re
fused to accept his resignation.
W. J. Hoffman, president of the
association, in a letter said: "Never
mind about the subscription. We will
get along somehow. I know what
you fellows have been up against in
your part of the country."
FRACAS ROUSES MORTON
Drinking of Moonshine Leads to 1 1
o'Clock Closing Order.
MORTON. Wash., Jan. 12. (Spe
tial.) R-aidents of Morton were
roused Monday night by fights result
ing from the drinking of moonshine.
One person sustained several broken
' ribs in a fracas. The city council
Tuesday night ordained, with an
emergency clause, that no such af
fairs shall be permitted In Morton
again The ordinance provides that
11 o'clock shall be the closing time
for all public resorts.
W. B. Coston was appointed city
marshal, succeeding George Lim.
FARMERS TO HEAR TALKS
Newberg Organizations to Stage
Three Days' Chautauqua.
NEWBERG. Or.. Jan. 12. (Special.)
The Newberg Berrians. the New
berg Commercial club and the New
berg Farmers' club are uniting in
put ting on a three-day Farmers'
Chautauqua in Newberg on Wednes
day, Thursday and Friday, January
18, 19 and 20. This promises to be
one of the biggest affairs of its kind
ever held in Newberg and will be
participated in by some of the big
men of the northwest. M. J. New
house of Vancouver, Wash., W. G.
Allen of Salem, Kenneth Miller of
Sheridan. C D. Brewster of Portland,
W. Brooker of Vancouver, H. E. Bur
dette of Orenco and many others will
be featured with addresses during
these three days.
Picnic lunches will be served at
noon and in addition to the regular
addresses which will appear on the
programme, numerous round table
talks and discussions will be held
each day. It Is planned to hold all
PUBLIC WAVTS GOOD MISIC,
DKtXAKKS ACTHKSS.
llu Olive O'.Vell. at rantasea.
That vaudeville audiences
have appreciation of good music
is proven by the Pantheon Sing
ers at the Pantages theater this
week, when five notable art
ists make the best of music
their forte. Olive O'Neil's lovely
soprano is heard to rare advan
tage, as Is the rich contralto of
Miss Rhea Velliquette. Walter
Otto is the baritone, and Henry
Harris tenor of the group. Miss
Adelyn Hood proves herself a
versatile accompanist, as well
as a violinist. "I think the suc
cess of our organization proves
that people really do love good
music and want to hear it," said
Miss O'Neil. "Everywhere we
go there seems to be a demand
for the best of music, and we
are only responding to that de
sire." The Pantheon Singers have
selected a high-class musical
programme and their offering
is one of the delights of the
present Pantages bill.
of the sessions in the day time as It
Is difficult for the farmers to attend
In the evening.
PRODUCE IS MISLABELED
Oregon Fruit Wrapped as Coming
From California.
SALEM, Or.. Jan. 12. (Special.)
Oregon apples and other produce of
this state is being shipped from Sa
lem as California Mock, or shipped to
that state and labeled as coming from
Californ'a, according to statements
made by A. B. Paterson, D. D. Soco-
lofsky and other members of the
Marion County Realtors' association
at a meeting held here today.
A. C. Bohrnstedt reported that ap
proximately 1000 acres of land had
been signed up by the Willamette
Valley Flax and Hemp Growers' as
sociation, and that other acreage
would be added within the next few
weeks. Plans are now under way to
establish a plant somewhere in
Marion county for treatment of flax
products.
Columbia Scholarship Open.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene,
Jan. 12. (Special.) A scholarship of
360 offered by Columbia university
is open to any student from the uni
versity who has had three years of
preparatory work in engineering and
has the scholastic requirements and
the recommendation of the committee,
according to Dr. A. E. Caswell, head
of the pre-englneering department.
The scholarship is given by the school
of mines, engineering chemistry of
Columbia, and the sum accompanying
the award will defray tuition ex
penses of a student for one year.
Matron Obtained for Jail.
HOQUIAM, "Wash., Jan. 12. (Spe
cial.) Announcement was made here
today by Sheriff Elmer Gibson that
a matron had been obtained for the
county Jail and would be on duty reg
ularly. For many months a matron
has been engaged only when women
prisoners were sent there, and fre
quently Instead of placing them In
the county Jail 'they were left In
Hoquiam or Aberdeen city Jails. With
the sentencing of wome:; to jc.il upon
conviction of handling liquor it is
presumed there will be constant need
for a woman to be there.
Lodge Officers Installed.
HOQUIAM, Wash.. Jan. 12. (Spe
cial.) Pythian Sisters, .Hoquiam
Temple, No. 32, have Installed the
following officers for the year: Jose
phine Van Gilder, past chief; Ethel
Lewis, most excellent chief; Edith
Royce, excellent senior; Ida Mathis,
excellent Junior; Anna Fisher, mis
tress of records and correspondence;
Stella Fox, mistress of finance; Anne
Haley, manager; Lena McBride. pro
tector; Pearl Jensen, guard.
College Drive Meeting 'Wednesday.
ALBANY COLLEGE, Albany, Or..
Jan. 12. (Special.) B. L. Eddy of
Roseburg, state senator from Doug
las county, and B. F. Irvine of. Port
land, editor of the Oregon Journal,
will be the principal speakers at a
big dinner to be held here Wednes
day night to discuss plans for the
local drive In the campaign of Albany
college for a larger endowment . and
for a fund for the construction of the
first college buildings on the new
campus.
Spacious Building Completed.
HOQUIAM, Wash., Jan. 12. (Spe
cial.) One of the most spacious sin
gle unit sheds on the harbor has just
been completed by the E. K. Wood
mill here, the building measuring
288 feet by 144 feet. The roof is in
five sections. The building Is to be
used for dressed material and dry
lumber preparatory to loading on
freight cars.
Out of High Rent District
and Sell for Less
FATUROS
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IRISH REPUBLICANS
King George Pardons Political
Offenses.
SINN FEIN TO . ASSEMBLE
Organization to Debate Future Pol
Icy in Meeting of Delegates
February 7.
DUBLIN. Jan. 12. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The king's proclama
tion of amnesty, announcement of tne
departure of the auxiliaries and the
resolution of the Sinn Fein executive
council to summon an extraordinary
convention for February .7 to decide
upon the future of the organization
and Its policy, after Eamonn de Valera
had predicted a split in the organiza
tion, were the chief developments in
the Irish situation today.
Benind the Dall Eireann stands the
Sinn Fein organization of nearly 1500
clubs from every district In Ireland.
It Is responsible for the success of
parliamentary and other elections,
and is regarded as the authentic
popular voice by all Sinn Feiners.
De Valera Is still its president, and
all its machinery heretofore has been
directed exclusively toward independ
ent republican aims.
Committee I Elected.
. The morning session of the execu
tive body of the Sinn Fein was de
voted to the election of a Btanding
committee, which meets in Dublin
for all routine work of organizing.
Its membership will be canvassed
throughout the country tomorrow to
ascertain whether Its Influence will
be used for or against the supporters
cf the treaty.
The election of the standing com
mittee of the Sinn Fein organization
resulted in a victory for Arthur Grif
fith and his party. Of the 15 mem
bers elected, only three are opposed
to the treaty.
Mr. Griffith has made additional
cabinet appointments. Ernest Blythe
Is the new minister of trade and
commerce, Joseph McGrath sup
plants Countess Markievicz as min
ister of labor, and Michael Hayes is
the new minister of education.
Mr. de Valera frankly faced the
situation, recognizing at the outset
that within the organization there
were two opposing forces, for and
against the treaty. His idea was to
obtain a sort of temporary working
arrangement as a basis for supporting
the Dail cabinet, while that body was
aoting in its capacity as authorized
by the republican government. He
left the matter to the executive to
debate.
The executive, through the numer
ous delegates, declared that the final
decision regarding the future of the
organization must rest with the voice
of the people, and it was proposed
and carried that the whole question
should be discussed by a general con
vention composed of 3000 delegates,
to be held in the mansion house Feb
ruary 7.
Treaty Debate Coming?.
Mr. De Valera was pressed to admit
that when the convention had de
cided, the minorit. would be bound
by the majority If the organization
favored the election of representa
tives to a free state, he would not
continue to be president and would
oppose such candidates. He indicated
that his electoral activities would
begin Immediately.
In the next fortnight In every part
of Ireland Sinn Fein clubs will debate
on the treaty.
The trnnsfer of the functions of the
various departments of Dublin castle,
which Is expected immediately after
ratification by the southern parlia
ment Saturday, probably will be ef
fected without the presence of Sir
Hamar Greenwood, chief secretary
for Ireland, who will likely remain
in London. James Macmahon, the
under-secretary, will probably make
the actual transfer.
Cadet to Leave.
The first evidence of the relin
quishment of British control In Ire-
H'LIEBES & CO,
Furs and individual style shops.
58th ANNUAL
FUR SALE
Decisive reductions on
every fur in stock
Beauty, luster, quality join hands in this important
sale of Liebes quality furs. Chosen at random
from among the smaller furs are:
Chokers of exquisite soft mole, fash- ry A rr
ioned by experts reduced to uS.UU
Fox animal scarfs silk lined or doubled, tin
reduced for this sale to D.DU
A Hudson seal (dyed muskrat) neck- o-i tj
piece, which now sells for Ol.l J
A sable animal scarf a most unusual a t-r
value at the sale price of T'iJ.UU
Every Liebes fur is a guaranteed fur.
MSTABUSHEO 194
land will be given' to the people
tomorrow when a contingent of
police auxiliaries numbering between
250 and 300 cadets will march out
of Dublin to be demobilized In Eng
land. Carrying rifles and side arms
and with band playing and flags
flying, they will emerge from, their
barracks at 6:15 P. M. and march
through the streets to the West
landrow station.
Neither the castle authorities nor
the members of the Griffith govern
ment anticipate any trouble in con
nection with this public withdrawal
of the auxiliaries or of the rank and
file men of the royal Irish constabu
lary, but in other quarter concern
is manifested over the possibility of
disorder.
The withdrawal of the remainder
of the auxiliaries will quickly follow
and the evacuation of the army will
begin in a few days. This action is
Interpreted as an earnest of the con
fidence the British government re
poses in the faith of the provisional
government.
Amnesty Wins Favor.
The amnesty proclamation has been
the cause of great satisfaction. Only
one difficulty remains. At one stage
there -were incendiary fires and dis
turbances in England for which al
leged Sinn Feiners were convicted.
Amnesty does not include them. It
is understood that their case will
remain over for discussion between
the British government and the gov
ernment of the new free state.
With reference to offenses com
mitted since the truce, the free state
government will have full power to
deal with all such cases in due
course.
The text of the proclamation, which
was Issued by-Winston Churchill, sec
retary for the colonies, reads:
"The king has been pleased at the
moment when the provisional Irish
government is due to take office, to
grant general amnesty with respect
to all offenses committed in Ireland
from political motives prior to the
operation of the truce July 11, last.
"The release of the prisoners to
which amnesty applies, will begin
forthwith.
Good Will Promoted.
"It is the king's confident hop
that this act of oblivion will aid in
powerfully establishing relations of
friendship and good will between
the peoples of Great Britain and
Ireland."
Figures given out in Dublin last
night, in anticipation of the amnesty
proclamation, showed that 1010 per
sons who probably would come under
the classification of political pris
oners, were still in confinement.
IRISH RAID STRIKE LOOMS
23,000 Workers Called to Walk Out
Saturday Midnight.
DUBLIN, Jan. 12. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) A general strike on
all the Irish railways was announced
for Saturday at midnight owing to a
refusal of the railway managers to
meet the chairman and secretary of
the locomotive society to discuss the
company's proposal to abolish the
regulation wages and hours which
were settled .by an award of the na
tional wages board in June, 1920.
The men declared the strike had
been called to resist an attempt to
throw them back into the position of
low wages, long hours and bad work
ing conditions of a decade ago. The
strike will affect 23.000 workers.
IRISH TO DIE FOR MURDER
Men Sentenced fop Killing Consta
ble in Jail.
BELFAST, Jan. 12. Six- men were
tried today for the murder of Con
stables Gorman and Lyttle in Lon
donderry jail last December.
Patrick Leonard. Thomas McShea
and Patrick Johnston were found
guilty and sentenced to death. The
three others were acquitted, but were
held for trial on a minor charge.
Women Shot in Belfast.
BELFAST, Jan. 12. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Three women were
shot, one fatally, by armed men who
knocked at the doors of their houses
here last night. A Mrs. Hogg was
killed and Mrs. Maginnis and Mrs.
Bowman are in a serious condition.
Mrs. Devlin, who was shot Sunday,
died yesterday.
Ex-Football Star Takes Bride.
CHEHALIS. Wash., Jan. 12. (Spe
cial.) Clarence Boone. familiarly
known as "Dlgrer" when he was one
Broadway at Morrison
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A FIRST NATIONAL
ATTRACTION
Can this be Norma?
with a donkey for a moving van?
with fiery tongue and a six-shot gun to
make the islanders work?
with skimpy skirts and roguish eye?
- a girl with a mother' heart?
WE'LL SAY IT'S NORMA A WONDERFUL,
TANTALIZING, FASCINATING NORMA YOU'LL
SEE TOMORROW AT THE
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of the state college's most famous
football stars, and Gertrude Hoard,
both residents of Chehalls. were mar
ried today at the Episcopal church.
Rev. Mr. Luke of Tacoma, officiating.
After a trip to Seattle and other
northern 'points Mr. and Mrs. Boone
will reside here, where Mr. Boone is
engaged in the automobile business.
Cannery riant Sold.
ABERDEEN Wash., Jan. 12. (Spe
cial.) Announcement was made of
the purchase of the Union Co-Opera-tive
cannery, south Aberdeen, by the
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Strand Fisheries. The plant will start
operations on berries. The canning
of berries and clams will be carried
on extensively. Salmon also will bo
canned in the fall if the salmon mar
ket warrants canning operations. The
Strand company has been specializing
In shipment of fresh fish.
LAST TIMES
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But I'll have to go away," she whispered.
He held her closer. "No! Now, more than ever,
you stay as my wife."
And within one hour he inherited a fortune and
faced the problem of taking an island waif back to
civilization as his wife.
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