VOL. LXI XO. 19,364
Entered at Portland (Oregon
PoTQfflcg a Second-ciast Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECE3IBER 12, 1923
26 PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS.-
ASTORIA CHILDREN
TO GET YULE GIFTS
38111 PLEDGED
PORTLAND IS STRUCK
BY SUDDEN COLD
1 KILLED, 1 WOUNDED
BY ABERDEEN WOMAN
LOGGER SHOT DOWN IN RES
TAURANT AT 1:30 A. M.
urns
STEAMER' ORTERIC
SEATTLE HOUSED
-ASHORE, POUNDING
BEAGO OF FAITH
LI0U0RV10
FACE DUAL.THIU:
OVER curs s
FUIXY 1500 FIRE ATCTIMS
IX PORTLAND'S J! ARE.
MORE CHILIi WEATHER IS
FORECAST FOR TODAY.
VESSEL REPORTED TO HAVE
GONE TO AID.
TO HELP ASTORIA
- 7T
Money Pours Into 0 "
GIFS ASTORIA
a
Modern City Will Rise
on Ruins of Fire.
VISION OF FUTURE BROAD
People Turn Faces Against
Calamity and Lay Plans
for Reconstruction.
COMMUNITY SPIRIT BRAVE
Instead of Wake on Ashes
of Disaster, Confidence
Rules Stricken Port.
BY BEN HUR LA11PMAN.
; ASTORIA, Or., Dec. U. (Spe
cial.) That bird of fable, the
' Thoenix, once garnered fame by a
simple expedient. Having first sub-
mitted to incineration, the saga
. cious fowl rose again from ashes,
leaving to subsequent generations
a moral and much to marvel at.
It seemed the reasonable and ex
peditious thing to do, and so it
seems to this city that four morn
ings ago awoke to the desolation of
a fire unprecedented in the annals
of the state a blaze that wrought
a very thorough and efficient ruin.
Phoenix to Be Patron.
Astoria would emulate the Phoe
nix, and cheerily build again. Such
a city as its forefathers neglected,
under press of other matters, to
plan, and, though the townsfolk en
gaged in the first discussion of this
project find themselves somewhat
at disagreement as to the precise
method of rehabilitation, they dif
fer not a whit in resolution, which,
after all, is the important impetus.
So that, viewing the blackened
wreckage impartially, and the
views of the disputants in the same
liberal vision, it appears that the
rehabilitated Phoenix of the Co
lumbia will sprout such wings as
never were dreamed of before
the calamity both wings and tail
feathers.
Gallant Project Launched.
It is a very gallant project. To
realize this one should enter Asto
ria by night, while yet the flames
are flickering in the black shadows
of the pit and while the searchlight
of a moored destroyer kindles now
some standing wall to pallid cameo
and again some gaunt fragment of
masonry to strong relief against
the gloom of the harbor.
To redeem this waste from the
dust bin, to fashion once more the
multitude of structures that make
a port and a city, is an enterprise
calling both for courage and mu
tual forbearance which are but
another version of co-operation.
Will to Survive Strong.
You might well expect to dis
cover on the countenance of such a
town at least a trace of civic chag
rin, of impatience with fate. One
even could forgive its dwellers a
trifle of that toxin known as dis
couragement. Yet the truth is
Astoria is not holding a wake over
its embers, but to the contrary is
considering civic Christmas trees
and a community sing.
There are psycho-analysts here
or philosophers, if you choose
who contend that the moral effect
of a ditty or so, in defiance of fate,
is easily worth a million.
Problems Are Complex.
The problem of the city is com
plex. It must build not one, but
two towns the first to afford tem
porary quarters for the commercial
enterprises so rudely dispossesed,
the second permanently to replace
the crowded blocks that fell before
tiie flames. And in the accomplish
ment of this the town must keep
its temper and its sanity and plan
and build both wisely and well. It
is as though some special provi
dence, having in mind the future
welfare of the port, had put it to
the test
-
Impatience to Build Seen.
There is manifest, for the matter
of that, a growing impatience th'at
s.o much delay must intervene be
fore the task of reconstruction be-
(Concluded on .Pag 4, Column 1.)
W. P. Strandborg Begins Move
ment to Make Little Folk
Happy and Elks Will Assist.
Fifteen hundred children in fire
ravaged Astoria will be cut off.Santa
Claus' Christmas calling list un
less Portland helps the merry old ped
dler. That was the word brought to
Portlandvfrom Astoria yesterday by
W. P. ("Bill") Strandborg, prince of
good fellows, who conferred with
Astoria Elks and relief workers
Sunday night Needless to say,
"Bill" started a Christmas celebra
tion movement immediately after
his return to Portland.
A. C. Callan of the Astoria lodge
of Elks promised to organize a com
mittee of 20 or 25 members among
members of. the Astoria lodge who
live in Portland to help carry on
the work.
Mrs. Willis Duniway and Mrs.
Charles W. Fulton began organiza
tion of a committee of 20 Portland
women, ex-Astorians, to aid in any
way possible Members of the com
mittee include; Mrs. F. R. Strong,
Mrs. George Taylor, Mrs. Frank
Stokes, Mrs. W. L. Robb, Miss Hazel
Robb, Mrs. D. M. Stuart, Mrs. F. P.
Kendall, Mrs. R. Parks, Mrs. Man
sell Griffith, Mrs. E. Z. Ferguson,
Mrs. D. M. Clay, Mrs. J. C. McCue,
Mrs. Kate Weldon, Mrs. A. M. Smith,
Mrs. B. A. Noyes, Mrs. Walter Ride
halgli, Mrs. Charles E. Gray, Mrs.
C. H. Thompson, Mrs. Richard
Habersham, Mrs. Thomas Crang,
Mrs. T. T. Geer, Mrs." Harriett
Shields, Mrs. Cbriss Bell, Mrs. Dom
J. Zan. Miss Kate Finnott, Mrs. Fred
Newell, Mrs. Er.a Casey, Miss Laura
FoY
Mayor Baker gave his unqualified
support to the movement and prom
ised to assist whenever called upon.
The Vogan Candy company prom
ised to contribute 1000 boxes of
candy and many other business
houses are planning to co-operate.
VESSEL ABLAZE AT SEA
Fire Reported- Gaining on V. S.
Steamer Kastern Glade. j
ST. VINCENT, Capt Verde Islands,
Dee. 11. (By the Associated Press.)
Thfi American steamen Eastern
Glade, bound from New "York for
Table bay, Cape Colony, is on fire
at sea, according to a wireless dis
patch received from the liner A!
manzora, which, picked up a radio
message from the American vessel.
The Kastern Glade reported the
fire waa gaining rapidly.
The Eastern Glade sailed from
New York November 30 for Cape
Town, South Africa. She is a vessel
of 3521 tons net and is owned by
C. D. Mallory & Co.
CHILE SHOCKS ARE HARD
Strong Karth Tremors Reported
at Several Towns.
SANTIAGO, Chile. Dec. 11. (By
the Associated Press.) Strong earth
shocks were felt at Illapel and
Ovalle early today, according to ad
vices received here. State railway
officials said that communication
north of the latter town had been in
terrupted and that Coquimbo did not
answer calls.
The shocks were felt very strong
ly at Los Andes, but apparently ex
tended no further South than Val
paraiso, where a tremor was noticed.
The center of the disturbance is
believed to have been in the Valle
mar district, where the recent dis
turbances occurred.
BANDITS FEW IN ENGLAND
Law Against Firearms Reason for
Lack of Highwaymen.
CHICAGO, kec. 11. England has
not experienced a highway robbery
by an armed bandit for so long that
Sir Basil Thomson, former chief of
Scotland Yard, here for a lecture
tour of the west, has forgotten the
last instance, he said today.
Sir Basil gave as the reason the
strict enforcement of the English
law against possession of firearms,
saying that even law enforcement
officers do not carry weapons un
less detailed to capture a desperate
bandit.
NEW APPLES DEVELOPED
Cortland and- Tioga Cross Be
tween AVeli-Know n Varieties.
GENEVA, N. Y., Dec. 11. Two
new apples, the Cortland and Tioga,
the former a cross between the Ben
Davis and Mcintosh, and the latter
from the Northern Spy and Sutton
have been developed by horticultur
alists a't the state agricultural ex
periment station here.
The, new fruit now is being dis
tributed to mem be rs of t-h New
York fruit testing- co-operative as
sociation, Inc., for seeding.
CANDY STORE IS ROBBED
Proprietor Is Held Up and Till'
of Cash Register Looted.
"' The confectionery store o Tl W.
Wilson, 410 Montgomery street, was
held up and robbed early last night
by two armed young men.
The proprietor was held by one at
the point of a revolver while the
other took $15 and a watch from
the cash register. As they backed
from the store they warned him to
keep quiet. They escaped by run
ning east on Montgomery street.
merce Chamber Fuf $
s
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COMMITTEE -OF FIVE
Fire Sufferers and Recon
struction to Be Aided.
$50,000 FIXED AS GOAL
Firms, Individuals, Lodges, Le
gion and Civic Organizations
Boost Relief Movement.
DEVELOPMENTS IN ASTORIA
RELIEF WORK.
More than $38,000 pledged to
chainber of commerce relief
fund toward goal of $50,000.
Committee of five Portland
men named to assist Astoria
relief committee of- ten in ad
ministering -work of aiding
fire sufferers and reconstruct
ing ruined business section.
How to give: Send cash con
tributions to room 609, Ore
gon building, or make checks
payable to Chamber of Com
merce Astoria Relief Fund.
More than $38,000 had been
pledged by business firms and indi
viduals to the Portland Chamber of
Commerce Astoria relief fund when
the last check on contributions was
made last night and hundreds of do
nations believed to be in the mails
and at the various bah Us are ex
pected to swell the fund well over
the $50,000 mark. Of the mmount
pledged, however, only $2918 had
been collected and greater speed in
payment of pledges will be required
if the relief committee Is to function
efficiently, it was announced.
Organization for relief work along
systematic lines was started at 11
o'clock yesterday morning at a
meeting of business men called by
Jay Smith, chairman of a special fi
nance relief committee. O. W.
Mielke president of the Chamber of
Commerce, presided and explained
the work. Portland would be ex
pected to accomplish,
950,000 Set as Goal.
"With but little discussion,, reso
lution prepared by the finance com
mittee fixing $50,000 as the amount
required and providing for appoint
ment by President Mielke of a com
mittee of five to assist the Astoria
committee of ten in administration
of relief work was. unanimously
adopted. A half hour -later more
than $35,000 had been pledged.
Che relief committee named by
President Mielke is composed of H.
B. Van Duzer, chairman: Julius L.
Meier, W. L. Thompson, Nathan
Strauss and John B. Yeon. Chair
man Van Duzer hr.s called a meet
ing of the committee for 10:30
o'clock his morning a't the Chamber
tConcluded on Paje 2. Column 1.)
lc Ger
at ir
Thermometer Drops to 24 De
grees; Danger of Freezing
of Water Pipes Is Met.
A sudden cold spell struck Port
land yesterday and will continue,
according to the forecast of the
local weather bureau. Easterly
winds, such as have' been blowing,
stingingly chill, will be a bit ac
centuated today, forecaster Wells
predicted, although a clear sky and
maximum sunlight probably will
lighten the general discomfort.
The thermometer at 5 P. M. yester-
day had reached its lowest point, 24
degrees above zero, and all signs
then pointed .to a much lower
plunge of the mercury during the
night, with result"t peril to water
pipes and automobile radiators.
Yesterday's highest temperature was
33 decrees, one degree above freez
ing, which occurred during the
forenoon.
The sun had one of its best days,
shining from a clear sky six hours
and 50 minutes.
For Oregon east winds and rain
are forecast for the southeast por
tion, fair and continued cold else
where, crossed with moderate east
erly winds. Baker reported one of
the coldest mercury drops of the
season yesterday with an average of
12 degrees above zero. Seattle ex
perienced a steady 26 degree tem
prature, the severest yet reported
there. In towns on the other side
of the Cascades the mercury hov
ered consistently about the zero
mark.
The source of the present cold
weather storm was said to be the
formation of a high-pressure area
in eastern Alaska, with a resulting
gathering here of icy waves from
the north. Washington felt the
first touch of this stinging assault
and Oregon came next.
The formation of a thin icy sur
face on pavements early yesterday
caused several automobile and
pedestrian accidents, none serious.
Salem reported 35 above and no
snow. Medford was enjoying nor
mal temperature and no snow.
HOOD RIVER, Or., Dec. 11. (Spe
cial.) Accompanying a change in
the wind, which veered suddnly from
the west to the east, the temperature
just before daybreak dropped from
40 degrees to 12 above zero. Al
though the sun shone brilliantly the
chermoroeter stood around 20
throughout the day. and at night
fall was at 10. Zero weather be
fore morning was indicated.
SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. lir Clear
and cold, with snow "ranging from
half an inch to two feet, summar
ized weather conditions over Wash
ington. According to reports re
ceived, temperatures ranged from
13 below zero at Wenatchee to 27
above at Olympia. Wenatchee's
temperature, with 24 inches of snow
on' the ground, was the coldest De
cember 11 in the history of the
valley.
The official government observer
reported a minimum of 6 degrees
below zero here, with. 15 inches of
snow on the ground. At Yakima the
thermometer showed 5 below with 4
inches of snow. - Walla Walla's Chin
ook ended Sunday afternoon, leav
ing half an inch of snow, and today
the mercury stood at 12 below.
Bellingham reported 12 inches of
snow ' with a temperature of 11
above last night, the coldest of the
season. At Everett the temperature
was 19 above, with 6 inches of snow.
(Concluded on Page 3. Column 2.)
PEOPLE WILL DO IT.
Shooting Believed to Have Fol
lowed Drinking Party; Slay
- er Held Intoxicated.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Dec. 11.
(Special.) Matt , Pulawski. 38, a
logger, was killed, and Nick Phil
lips, 29, a mill laborer, was wounded
by bullets fired by Mrs. Mary Bo
linski about 1:30 o'clock this morn
ing in her lodging house restaurant
at 610 West Curtis street, south
Aberdeen. Both men were shot from
behind, according to police. Pulaw
ski was struck just back of his left
armpit, the bullet ranging upward
and piercing his chest. Phillips was
shot through the thigh. Pulawski
died on the way to a hospital.
Motive for the shooting has not
definitely been established. Wit
nesses say that a drinking party had
been in progress at the lodging
house for several hours, and police
are of the opinion hat Mrs. Bolin
ski was under the influence of drink
when she shot the men.
Police first learned of the shoot
ing when Mrs. Bolinski appeared at
the south side fire Station at 1:45
o'clock this morning, saying that
she had "shot two men" and asking
the firemen to call officers.
Patrolmen Allen, Grecott and
Sherman were assigned. They found
Pulawski at the head of the stair
way, while Phillips, apparently not
serious i wounded, was hobbling
about the house in fright. They
placed Mrs. Bolinski under arrest.
Allen Sandstrom, Walter Ander
son, Harry Ludeen, Frank Sterland
and L. Carroll, who occupy some of
the rooms over the restaurant, were
held as material witnesses to the
crime.
Mrs. Bolinski was brought into the
police station, declared that she shot
in self protection, claiming that she
was fn a bathroom when the men
attempted to break down the door
and attack her.' Her statement is
overshadowed, according to Chief of
Police Dean, by the fact that both
men were shot in the back, indicat
ing that they were- attempting to
escape when struck by bullets.
The shooting,, according to Chief
Dean, is the climax of a long series
of offenses in which Mrs. Bolinski
is alleged to have had part.
OLD TURK CAPITAL GONE
Kcnialists Declare Constantinople
Will Never Be Government Seat.
LAUSANNE, Dec. 10. (By the As
sociated Prese.) Constantinople has
probably ceased to be Turkey's cap
ital for all time.
It remains the. seat of the cali
phate and the religious center of. the
Moslem world, but the Turkish dele
gates at Lausanne say that Mustapha
Kemal Pasha and his helpers in the
construction of nationalist Turkey
have no -thought of re-establishing
Turkey's political heart within
range - of foreign warships which
may enter the Dardanelles and the
Bosphorus.
WARSHIPS TO BE BUILT
Britain" Decides on Construction
of Two New Fighting Craft.
LONDON, Dec. 11. (By the Asso
elated Press.) Prime Minister Bonar
Law announced in the house of com
mons today that the government has
decided to begin the construction of
two new battleships.
These are allowed under the
Washington naval treaty.
Both State and Federal:
Punishment Legal.
SUPREME COURT DECIDES
Dual Jeopardy of Constitu
tion Held Limited.
DOUBLE OFFENSE CITED
When Offender Breaks To Sets of
' Laws He Can Be Tried for
Each, Is Ruling.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 11.
Two cases considered by the gov
ernment of major importance in the
enforcement of national prohibition
were decided by the supreme court
today. In one of them, coming from
the state of Washington, the gov
ernment scored a sweeping victory,
the supreme court holding that both
the federal and a state government
can prosecute and punish the same
unlawful act in the manufacture,
possession, transportation or sale of
intoxicating liquors.
The other case, coming from Cali
fornia, the government lost in its
contention that in the enforcement
of national prohibition an executive
officer can impose and collect as
taxs the assessments and penalties
imposed by those sections of the
revised statutes which remain un
repealed by the Volstead act and
which became law while the manu
facture and sale of intoxicating
liquor was not prohibited.
Dismissal la Reversed.
The United States district court
for western Washington dismissed
a federal indictment charging Vito
Ianza, Dick Barto and others -with
manufacturing, transporting and
possessing intoxicating liquors on
the ground that .they had been tried
and convicted in the state courts
for the same offense. - In reversing
xtiis decision", today the supreme!
court held that "in the absence of
special provision by congress, con
viction and punishment in- a state,
court under a state law for making,
transporting and selling intoxicat
ing liquors is not a bar to a prose
cution in a court of the United
States under the federal law for the
same acts."
The - effect of the prohibition
amendment, the court stated in an
opinion by Chief Justice Taft, was
to establish prohibition in every
part of the United States and affect
transactions which are essentially
local or intrastate, as well as those
pertaining to interstate or foreign
commerce.
State Rights Reserved.
The power to take legislative
measures to make the policy effec
tive existed in congress, the court
continued, "in respect of the terri
torial limits of the United States
and at the same time the like power
of the several states within their
territorial limits shall not cease to
exist."
."Each state, as also congress," it
added, "may exercise an Indepen
dent Judgment in selecting and
shaping measures to enforce prphi
bition. Such as are adopted by con
gress become laws of the United
States and such as are adopted by a
state become laws of that state.
They may vary in many particulars,
including the penalties prescribed,
but this is an inseparable incident
of independent legislative action in
distinct Jurisdictions."
i The declaration that states should
have "concurrent power" was de
fined by the court as intended to
"negative any possible inference
that by investing the national gov
ernment with the power of country
wide prohibition state power would
be excluded." Under the 18th
amendment a state was left free,
the court held, "to enact prohibition
laws . applying" to all transactions
within her limits." States could not,
however, authorize acts, the court
added, which were -prohibited by the
amendment, but all prior state laws
not inconsistent with the amend
ment remained in full force.
Double Jeopardy Considered.
"We have- here two sovereignties,
deriving power from different
sources," the court stated, "capable
of dealing with the same subject
matter within the same territory.
Each may, without interference by
the other, enact laws to secure pro
hibition, with the limitation that no
legislation can give validity to acts
prohibited by the amendment. Each
government in determining what
shall be an offense against Its peace
and dignity Is exercising its own
sovereignty, not that of the other."
Referring to the contention by the
defendants that they could not' be
placed in double jeopardy, the court
explained that the meaning of the
term double jeopardy as used In the
fifth amendment to the constitu
tion referred to "a second prosecu
tion under the authority of the fed
eral government after a first trial
for the same offense under the
same authority."
JAn act denounced as a crime by
both national and state sovereign
ties." the state said, "is an offense
VC occluded a f &g 3, Column X.
Disabled Steamer Is Grounded
OH Fish Rock, Cal., Ac-
cording to S. O. S.
SAX FRANCISCO, Dec' 11 The
steamship Orteric is ashore off Fish
Rock, Cal., according to an S. O. S.
message picked up here shortly
after 10 P. M.. by the Radio Corporation-
of America's marine station.
Pish Rock is a village in Merdo
cfno county. 35 miles southwest of
Ukiah. -
The Orteric's message
"Ashore off Fish rock 10
said:
P. M.
Bumping badly."
The messages picked up here in
dicated the steamer El Segundo was
proceeding to the assistance of the
Orteric.
A message picked up by the Fed
eral Telegraph company said water
was coming into the Nos. 1 and 2
holds of the Orteric.
The steamer Orteric is a vessel
of 6696 tons and was built by Dox
ford & Sons at Sunderland in 1919.
She is owned by the Bank Line, Lim
ited, of Glasgow. She . is under
British registry and is-412 feet long
and has a beam of 55 feet. She is of
steel construction. The El Segundo
is ,a steel screw tanker owner by
the Standard Oil company. She is
rated at 3664 tons and her home port
is San Francisco.
The Orteric left gan Francisco to
day at 1 P. M.. for Eureka, where
she planned to load lumber, pre
sumably for the orient. Captain
Harper, it was said at the office of
the marine department of the cham
ber of commerce, is in command.
RADIO COMPLAINT FILECW
Corvallis Firm Says Phone Com
pany Hinders Operation.
SALEM, Or., Dec 1L (Special.)
The Cummings Electric company of
Corvallis todav filed a, complaint
with the Oregon public service com
mission in which it was charged
that the Pacific Telephone & Tele
graph company has interfered with
the operation of its radio plant.
In the concluding paragraph of
the complaint it was stated that the
telephone company has had a mon
opoly on the wires of Oregon for
sometime, and now desires to ex
tend its jurisdiction so as to gain
control of the air.
Hearing of the complaint prob
ably will be set for some time early
in January, members of the com
mission said.
LIQUOR BRINGS SENTENCE
Vancouver Man Gets Long Term
In Penitentiary.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. 11.
(Special.) W. J. Meagher, pro
prietor of a soft drink shop, was
today sentenced to serve one to five
years in the state penitentiary, fol
lowing his conviction of being a
jointist. Meagher's request for a
new trial was denied.
Meagher, who has been in busi
ness here many years, said he did
not wish to suffer the humiliation
of going to the penitentiary under
guard and asked if he might .make
the trip to Walla Walla alone: The
request was denied by Prosecutor
J. E. Hall.
Meagher was convicted by a su
perior court jury during the fall
session of selling liquor at his shop
at 604 Washington street.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The "Weather. i
YESTERDAY'S Highest temperature, 83
degrees; lowest, i clear.
TODAY'S Fair, continued cold; easterly
winds.
Foreign.
Relief of Europe urged by pope at first
consistory. Page 3.
Nothing at all achieved at conference of
premiers. Page 2.
National.
General soperlnten dent O. -W. R. & N.
admits Portland-beat tie rail service
Is poor. Page 3.
Liquor violators face double punish
ment. Page l.
Senate fight on ship subsidy bill is
started. Page 19.
Domestic.
Beauty, held within reach of all women.
.Page 13.
Bitter debate follows demand of work
er's party for seats at labor meeting.
Page 2.
Pacific Northwest.
Episcopal school trustees of Oregon ask
supreme court xor reneanng on Mor
rison land case. Page 13.
Seattle factions in bitter light over
alleged tolerance of immorality.
Fa-fee 1.
Oswald West slated for highway com
, missioner. Page 11.
Astoria soon to enter era of modern re
construction upon ruins of fire. Page L
Higher salaries paid to Oregon officials.
page 26.
Both factions air row in Astoria. Page 6.
One killed, one wqunded by Aberdeen
woman. Page 1.
Reconstruction plans made by Astoria,
Page 4.
Sports.
Three eastern elevens train for western
games. Page 15.
Guard to hold indoor track meet.
Page" 14.
Floor padded for Kramer-Nunes battle.
Page 14.
. Commercial and Marine.
Portland stevedoring company to open
new hall to hire workers, Page 12.
High figures for season set by grain.
Page 24.
Foreign exchange in another sensational
advance. Page 25.
Cold weather causes boom in 'mlllfeed
' market. Page 24.
Gains and losses evenly divided In bond
market. Page 25.
Portland and Vicinity.
Portland will provide Christmas gifts for
1000 children who are victims of As
toria fire. Page 1.
Thirty-eight thousand dollars pledged for
Astoria relief. Page 1.
Cut--in road funds would give west set
back, ss.ys state engineer. Page 18.
National officials of labor in city to plan
for convention. Page 17.
Wages of four- building trades increased
10 per cent. Page 18.
Auction of finery at remedial loan asso
ciation draws big crowds. Page 19.
Sudden cold ; wave strikes Portland.
Pag Xt - ..
Town All Wrought Up
Over Immorality
CHIEF AND CLERGY GUSH
Bitter Charges Bandied by
Belligerents.
MAYOR BROWN REBUKED
Alleged Refusal to Close Offend
in Dance Halls Brings Re
tort From. Executive
PTJGET SOUND BUREAU, Seattle
Wash., Dec. 11. The smouldering
quarrel between Mayor Brown and
the forces recently organized for
the improvement of Seattle's morals
today broke into flame which tha
county grand jury, reconvening to
morrow after a week's vacation,
will be called upon to quench. Last
night in Plymouth Congregational
church Rev. Chauncey Hawkins de
nounced the mayor aa a falsifier
and his congregation rose to Its
feet in noisy applause.
Today at a city council commit
tee meeting Rev. Herbert L Chat
terton, secretary of the Seattle Fed
eration of Churches, personally re
buked Mayor Brown for his al
leged failure to act on a list of
more than 50 places where laws,
It is said, are being violated, which
Chatterton had given him some time
ago.
Mayor, Accused, Retort.
Mayor' Brown countered on Dr.
Hawkins with the assertion that
the clergyman himself was the tool
of a certain class of lawbreakers.
He also declared that Dr. Chatter
ton had told him that the crusade
against the dance halls waa started
"because the federation is out of
money and thought It might get
back on its feet financially if it
attracted a lot of attention."
Neither Hawkins nor Chatterton
has directly responded" to these por
tions of the mayor's come-back, but
both have expressed their readiness
to go before the grand jury and.
submit the mass of evidence they
claim to have in support of th?'r
charges that the administration is
doing nothing to correct vice con
ditions in the city. E. E. TJllberg,
foreman of the grand jury, said
today that he would urge taking
up these charges as soon as tha
Jury reconvenes tomorrow with th
purpose of making a thorough In
vestigation. False Arrests All eyed-
Running alongWlth this control,
versy is a wordy war between
Mayor Brown and Chief of Police
Severyns on one side and the fed
eral prohibition officers on tha
other. The city officials have elosad
the doors of the city Jail against
persons arrested by the prohibition
officers on the ground that the
city must not assume liability for,
false arrests.
In further explanation Mayor
Brown says the prohibition officers
are picking up persons without
warrant of law for the sole pur
pose of making business for favored
lawyers. The official retort of tho
prohibition officers Is that this
move by the mayor is designed to
hamper their work and is evidence
of sympathy with the bootleggers-
BLUE SKY LAW WANTED
$30,000,000 Declared Taken Out
, of Washington Annually.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec 11.
(Special.) Washington's lack of a
blue sky law Is taking more than
$30,00,000 a year out of the etate,
J. Grant Hlnkle, secretary of state,
who was here on a visit today, de
clared. Mr. Hlrikle recently attend
ed the national convention of secre-
taries of state and learned that the
popular cry against the burden of
direct taxation Is heard in practical
ly every state.
Legislation providing for a blue
sky law in this state will be passed
on in the near future, Mr. Hlnkle
indicated. The "wildcat" corpora
tions, which incorporate under the
lenient Washington laws and except
for selling stock do business else
where, will have to seek some other
state to get a cnarter, if the pro
posed law is passed, the official de
clared. GOVERNOR IS ACQUITTED
Jury Takes Just 28 Mlnutrs to
Dismiss Seduction Case.
OXFORD, Miss., Dec. 11. (By th
Associated Press.) A verdict for
the defendant was returned at 6:08
tonight in the suit for damages in- "
stituted by Miss Frances Birkhead,
stenographer, against Governor Lea
M. Russell for damages based on
charges of 'seduction and other al
legations.' . The verdict, merely saying "We,
the Jury, find for the defendant,"
was returned just 28 minutes after
the case was submitted to it. -Neither
the plaintiff nor the de
fendant was in the courtroom.