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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, DECE3IBER 23, 1923 15 EX-AIT OFFICERS UCE GE1M Professional Soldfers Chafe Under Civil Restraint. U.IIU UU I lllbll I IS WVMIIVi- like to make a brief statement "ex- J pressing our position and hopes In thia case," bat the committee showed j no disposition to hear him and the. proceedings were ended. ; Aside from its report on the im- j peachment charges, the committee i has yet to act on the question of I what action, if any, is to be taken on the refusal of Mr. Keller to obey a. subpoena calling upon him to ap pear for examination under oath as to tbe information upon which he based his allegations against Mr. Daugherty. This question has been referred to a sub-committee of five members, but no call has been issued for a meeting of the subcommittee. Great Mass of People Are Unable to Shake Off Glamor of Life Under Junker Militarists. BERLIN, Dee. 11. F orty-five thousand professional army officers still chafing under the restraints of civil life are looked upon today as the most dangerous element in Ger many in connection with the Fas cista movement of Adolf Hitler "the Bavarian Mussolini. Ill-fitted to the walks of life into which they have been forced, the former "regulars" are regarded by Fascist leaders as willing converts to their cause ana" as the backbone of the masses which they hope to stir up to an ultimate seizure of the republican government-. Govern ment officials admit that much progress has been made in rallying the professional officers t the Hit ler .cause, pointing out that there are large elements among them who have already taken part in the na tionalistic "self-protection" activ ities throughout the country. The arrest of Rossbach, a former officer, in Berlin recently is cited as an in stance of the interest being taken In the Fascista movement by the ex officers, whose only desire is to get back to the days when military forces were supreme, when they held comfortable berths and com manded universal respect. Humble Positions Held. Today the taxicab driver who bows obsequiously at the door may have been a former battalion com mander. A grimy coal miner may have been a colonel, and a farm hand a lieutenant. All of these po sitions and many still more humble are being held by former officers, not those who turned from civilian life to fighting when new officers became necessary but those who had studied militarism and had chosen it as a life profession. When the war ended there were between 40,000 and 00,000 profes sional officers in the German army. Only 4000 could be used in the Reichswehr, the only army Germany Is now permitted to have, and the remainder were summarily demob ilized. A few more enlisted with the police and some went to foreign countries to offer their services, but the remainder were widely scat tered. It remained for Germany to absorb the others. Unfitted for trades and profes sions the officers, to say nothing of the non-commissioner officers and enlisted men who had made soldier ing their profession as well, cori stituted one of the greatest menaces to the new republic. The Bermondt expedition into the Baltic states against the bolshevist armies was one of the first signs of the former regulars' dissatisfaction, with civil ian life. " The Kapp "putsch" in 1920 resulted from an extraordinary con centration of troops around Berlin for demobilization. Their movement was largely a rebellion against the wholesale abolition of the system they had always known. The Ir regulars who fought the Poles in upper Silesia voiced another protest. Professional Soldiers Absorbed. To all appearances today the pro fessional soldiers have been ab sorbed into civil life. But while many have been employed they as a rule are older than their fellow workers or employers and, having no training, feel their inferiority keenly. Many officers of higher rank than majors, especially col onels and generals, have been re fused work because employers be lieved they would never be able to subject themselves to discipline. Also the former officers were almost wholly ignorant of politics, and as a result they still blame the condition of the country upon things far re moved from actual causes. Many left the army penniless and others with small savings which melted away rapidly because the training of the German officer had not even slightly touched upon business. Manual labor remained the great est field into which they could en ter and hundreds accepted the role of laborers without flinching. Some of the technical officers found ex cellent positions in which they could apply their knowledge, while others without technical knowledge be came efficient personnel superin dents in large industries. But, whether in high or low positions, the great mass of the demobilized officers are still the severest critics of the new regime, for the glamour fit their former army life cannot be shaken off. Both the government and the Fas cist organizers recognize this, and the latter are working feverishly to round up the officers, who in them selves would constitute an army almost large enough to assure th success of ambitious nationalistic pians. OMHEHTY PROBE ENDS HEARINGS OX CHARGES ARE CONCLUDED. BANK FRAUD IS DENIED NO DECEPTION TRIED, TESTI FIES BOISE EX-CASHIER. Ex-Official of Overland National Answers Charge of Making False Reports. BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 21. (Special.) G. R. Hitt, ex-cashier of the de funct Overland National bank, tes tified today that he .never had at tempted to deceive or defraud any one iir connection with the affairs of the bank. Hitt was the first de fense witness in the federal court trial of himself, R. F. Bicknell and J. H. Black,, charged with criminal violation of the banking laws while they were officers of the Overland National. , - Ritt was under the direct exami nation of his .. attorney, William Morgan, all during the morning session and sought: to clear himself of the government's charges that he was jointly responsible-for the mak ing of false reports to the comptrol ler of the currency and of misappli cation of the bank's funds. In repLy to Questions put by his examiner the witness sketched his early life. He said he was reared on a farm in Missouri, had worked in Arkansas and Colorado logging and milling camps and had come to Idaho in 1891, settling in Idaho Falls, where he was engaged In sev eral lines of' endeavor. In 1916 he was appointed state bank commis sioner and in January, 1919,. cashier of the Overland National bank. Committee Is Expected to Hold no Evidence Is Produced for Impeachment. WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 21. iuo u judiciary committee winding up its public hearings on thA Tfrlloi. nlia.v.s j .a . . .,.6co osdiiisi Attorney-General xDaugherty, voted today to meet on January 4 to reach its ucuituun ana Degan prepara lion or its report to the house. It was regarded as practically certain that the committee would hold that there had been produced no, evidence upon wnicn impeachment proceed intra could be based ihe public sessions today were taken up with the examination of officials and employes of the de partment of justice In answer to a number of the charges made against the attorney-general by Representa tive Keller, republican, of Minne sota". In announcing the conclusion of the case for the attorney-general, Paul Howland, his personal counsel, stated that Mr. Daugherty had "proffered everything we have in relation to these amatters and pro duced all of the documents that have been asked for." Mr. Howiand announced he would CEMENT PLANT ASSURED Million Dollar Industry to Be Es tablished at Webak, Or. SALEM, Or., Dec. 21. (Special.) A rate of 17 cents a 100 pounds on cement shipped from Webak, eastern Oregon, to Portland, over the lines of the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation company was granted by the Oregon public service commission today. The min imum carload weight was fixed at 80,000. pounds. The order will not affect intermediate points. As a result 'of obtaining thia freight rate a cement plant will be erected at Webak costing approxi mately $1,000,000. e In another order the commission granted the petition of the Southern Pacific company for authority to construct an industry spur track at grade along First street and across the intersection thereof with Jeffer son street In Corvallis. Authority also was granted- the city of Prineville railway to es tablish a crossing at grade abou' three miles west of that city. F i is 4 MINE SUIT IS TO GO ON Action by Mrs. Agnes Loretta Day Is Not Thrown Out of Court. WALLACE, Idaho, Dec. 21. A suit brought by Mrs. Agnes Loretta Day, widow of the late Eugene R. Day, to quiet title to a one-sixteenth interest in the Hercules mine of northern Idaho and other property, will not be thrown out of court on a motion of counsel for Mrs. Elea nor Day Boyce of Portland, Or., to quash service on her, under a rul ing of Judge Featherstone on file in district court here today. Title to the share of the mine, together with other property, stands in the name of Mrs. Boyce, a sister of Eugene R. Day. The widow is seeking to have a purported sale of the . property set aside and title vested in the estate of her late husband. Mrs. Boyce contended that service made upon her in the case was insufficient. PIERCE TAX BILL LARGE Property Owners of County Will Pay $6,426,291 in 1923. TACOMA, Wash., Dec. 21. (Spe cial.) A total of $6,426,291 was an nounced yesterday as the tax bill wh'ch must be paid by Pierce county property holdefs for . 1923. This amount includes state, county, vari ous subdivisions and special district taxes, according to County -Assessor-elect Carr, who made the compila tion. The property values assessed are given as $92,794,683, and levies are less than the tax bill for 1922, slight decreases being shown in almost all funds The state fund is $3000 great er for the county for 1923, and spe cial assessment districts will show an increase of $6000. MUSIC FETE TO BE GIVEN Four Concerts Will Be Rendered by Students at Tacoma. TACOMA, Wash., Dee. 21. (Spe cial.) A musical festival, the most pretentious indoor event ever at tempted in Tacoma by school chil-, dren, will be given the first week in February by the students of the city's grade and high schools m a series of four concerts. Every musical organization of any kind in the schools will be used in the festival and choruses, glee clubs, bands, orchestras, and soloists will aid in presenting the pro gramme. Each entertainment will be aimed to show the accomplish ments of the study of music in the class rooms daring the semester which closes in January. Guard Hoopers Are Defeated. CENTRALIA, Wash., Dec. 21. (Special.) The basketball team of the 41st tank company was defeated by Tono in a fast game at the local armory last night. The score was 23 to 22. At the end of the first half the guardsmen were leading 16 to 5. Tornorrow night the tank com pany's quintet plays the Onalaska Athletic club here. War Savings Stumps Cashed. CHEHALIS, Wash.. Dec. 21. (Spe clal.) Last week at the Chehalis postoffice upward of $40,000 worth of war savings stamps were re deemed and this week a large quantity also has been handled by Postmaster McBroom and his assistant, J. R.. Imus. It is es timated that SO per cent of the stamps were taken out in cash, with 20 per cent renewed by treasury cer- 1 Who Said it v ri r i i! n M roraaino is .not .a ub. ,If You Want to Find Out Come to the People's Retiring From Business Sale ' , Then You Will See Something You Have Not Seen Before Portland's Greatest Closing-Out Sale HUNDREDS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE BUYING Many of Them Buying More Thanhey Could Afford to Buy, Because They Can See More Than Their Money's Worth Misfortune Knocked at the Door A Man Plans Success and He Gets Misfortune The founder of the. People's Clothing Store paid a dear price for his plans of success. Things did not break right. He built a store for the rich man's trade. The most beautiful store on the Pacific Coast. The fixtures and front cost almost, $35,000. But the rich man's trade did not come often enough on account of the store being on Third Street NOT FASHIONABLE ENOUGH A WORKMAN'S LOCATION. And to draw its support from the medium classes was not enough to keep this store go ing and while, in the meantime, this store did not get any of the poorer class business because the store was too attractive, the outside and the inside, for a poor man to go into to buy his suit or overcoat, thinking that the prices were too high in a fashionable store.. AND THIS IS THE MAIN REASON FOR THE FAILURE OF THIS STORE. And for many other reasons. Today This Store Is Forced to Close Its Doors Forever AMERICA'S BEST SUITS AND OVERCOATS ALMOST GIVEN AWAY $25 men's and young men's Suits, closing out at........ $30 and $35 men's and young men's Suits, closing out at. . . ! A 1 (35 to $40 men's and young (JOO P It men'a Suits, closing out at. . . Vu $18 $40 to $45 men's and young dOff men's Suits, closing out at. . . A Large Assortment of Men's and Young Men's Overcoats $25 all wool Overcoats . . , . $30 to $35 men's and young closing out at.............. $35 Overcoats, " closing out at.. $40 Overcoats, closing out at.... ...)...... $20 Overcoats, closing out at...... $14 $18 $23 ,.. $26 $9.85 $30 gabardine Rain Coats, closing out at. $35 English whipcord Coat,s, closing out -at. $20 rubberized Rain Coats, closing out..., $50 to $75 values, Fur Overcoats, af!ng. !!........... $19.50 AU necessary alterations free of charge.. .$18 $23 $7.50 Just think of it, right in the heart of the season, you can buy for yourself or for your friends use ful Christmas gifts, such as Men's and Young Men's Suits and Overcoats. Extra trousers, sweater coats, maclrinaws, shirts or under, wear, night shirts, pajamas and bath robes, socks or neckwear, gloves, umbrellas, together -with many other useful presents to suit your friends and your pocketbook at SACRIFICE PRICES, and we are glad to help you save greatly on all your purchases on all your Christmas gifts as the merchandise has lost its original value to us, no matter how much more our goods are worth to-. day no matter how greatly it is in demand right in the heart of the season right before Christmas and while other stores are selling their goods at a nice profit. WE ARE FORCED TO QUIT Men s Pants and Working Clothing A Large Assortment of Men's and Young Men's Pants to Match Suits $3.50 Young Men's and Men's Pants $4.00 and $4.50 Pants for v $5.00 Pants closing out it $6.00 Pants closing out at $6.50 to $7.00 Pants closing out at $7.50 to $8.50. Pants closing out at . . $7.50 to $8.50 heavy wool serge Pants closing out $2.50 Khaki Pants clos ing out at ............. $2.45 $2.95 $3.45 $3.95 $4.85 $5.85 $5.85 $1.49 $4.00 and $4.50 union fi!0 QC made Corduroy Pants at Ji.7J 5 to $6 the best Can't jJO QC Bust 'Em Corduroy Pants H?0ZiJ $5.00 all-wool Army Serge tfJO QC Breeches, lace bottom, at $3.00 heavy duck Work t 1 Q C Pants closing out at... P itZfiJ $3.50 Coveralls in heavy d 1 Q C khaki closing out at. . . . vltfu $4.00 Boss of the Road Blue- Denim Coveralls closing out 2 25 Heavy. Blue Denim Bib or Waist Overalls closing out 98 C Men's Underwear, Nightshirts and Pajamas 95c $1.50 Union Suits closing out at $2.00 heavy cotton Union d "j O C Suits for PM.J $2.50 heavy spring needle flj 1 AQ Union Suits for vAtf $3.00. worsted Union Suits J $3.00 to $3.50 worsted heavy and me dium weight wool mixed dj 1 Q C Union Suits closing out. V $4.00 50 wool Union d0 JQ Suits closing out at... Pi. ' 7 $5.00 wool Union Suits d0 AQ closing out at $6.00 and $6.50 all wool !D QC Wright's Union Suits at. PJVO $7.00 silk and wool Union JJO QC Suits closing out at pOZ0 $2.00 fleece lined Union Suits Q O closing out at 17 OC $2.00 and $2.50 wool ribbed QO Shirts or Drawers closing at 20 C $2.50 Winstead wool heavy d 1 OP Shirts or Drawers J 1 .OcJ $1.25 heavy cotton Shirts or CQ, Drawers at OIC $1.25 extra heavy fleeced C Q lined Shirts or Drawers 0C $1.50 Night Shirts for :. 95c $2.00 heavy cotton flannel d 1 OQ Brighton Night Shirts. . . P $3.00 to $3.50 extra heavy cotton flan nel Brighton Night Shirts 95 $2.50 cotton flannel Pa- Q jamas for P $3.00 and $3.50 Pajamas g Men's and Young Men's Puttees $4.50 Solid Leather Puttees $2.95 $5.50 to $6 Solid Leather !5 "TC Puttees closing out at.. I O Men's Sweaters and . Sport Coats $3.50 Wool Sweaters closing out at $4 Wool Sport Coats closing out at ......... $4.50 G. & M. Wool Sport Coats $5.50 Wool Sport Coats closing out for ....... $7.50 to $8.50 Wool Sport Coats .; $2.25 $2.69 $2.95 $3.95 $4.95 Men's Socks and Gloves $1.00 pure silk Socks for 76c silk fiber Socks for 40c to 50c silk mercerized lisle Socks for 30c and 35c lisle Socks" 3 for 40c fancy heather Socks for .... 75c wool heather Socks for 75c fancy worsted, with em broidered clocks $1 wool heavy English heath er Socks for 50c extra heavy white wool Socks, each 49c 39 c 25c 50c 21c 45c 45c 59c 35c 65c wool heather Socks for 40c wool Socks, each 20c cotton Socks closing out 1 C at 2 pairs for , lJw Heavy leather palm Gloves gc 25c heavy warm jersey Gloves, 2 pairs for $1.00 wool Gloves for $2.00 lined Dress Gloves jJJ glj $3.0 fur-lined Dress j 1 QC Gloves for V .7J $2.50 and $3.00 Wd Dress d 1 AQ Gloves for Pi.i $3.50 to $4.00 kid Dress 11 QC Gloves for pl.IU 39 c 25c 25c 59 c Men s Collars, Neckwear, Etc. Arrow stiff Collars, 2 for 25c 10c Ide stiff Collars, each 25e Triangle soft Collars, JQc 35c and 40c silk Triangle Col- 1 fi. lars for IOC 35c Van Heusen style Collars, 2Qc 40c Van Heusen style Collars, OP. each 45JC 50c Arrow Service Van Heu sen style Collars, each $1.00 silk or silk knit and fiber Neckwear at ......... $1.25 silk knit and silk fiber or pure silk Ties at $2.00, $2.50 and $3.00 silk Neckwear closing out at 35c Men's darters, each 50c double grip Men's Garters, each 15c Men's Handkerchiefs, 2 for 35c 49 c 69c 95c 15c 25c 15c liens Dress and Flannel Shirts $2 and $2.50 stiff cuff Shirts 7C-, alosing out at $2.00 and $2.50 woven madras QC Shirts for ?OC $2.50 to $3.00 Dress 1 AK Shirts for $3.00 Flannel Shirts jj J gg $4.00 Flannel' Shirts"'". J2 EJ $3.00, $3.50 and $4.00 silk stripe high- grade Dress Khirts clos- fl -l Q C ing out at J0 $5.00 Flannel Shirts $2.95 ,00 Flannel Shirts or J0 QC all-wool Broadcloth Shirts PJ.7J $6.50 to $7.50 fancy Flannel Shirts in plain colors or loud plaids QC closing out Hats and Caps $3.50 and $4.00 Hats J1 QC closing out at V 1 0 $5.00 Hats closing out 2 g $6.00 and $7.00 Hats d0 QC closing out at )0.0J $2.00 Caps closing out 95 C $2.50 to $3.50 Caps clos- fi 1 P ing out at . . . : P1 tO Odds and ends Cloth Hats Cfl closing out at, each. ........ O U C Mens Suspenders and Belts 50c Suspenders closing OP out, each OC 65c Suspenders closing OP- out, each 03C 75c Suspenders closing out, each TTJC $1 Silk Overshot Suspenders $1.50 Silk Suspenders, 7Qi each 7C $1 and $1.50 Belts closing Cf out at OVC Mackinaws, Sweaters and Leather Vests $9 Wool Mackinaws TC QC closing out at piJJ3 $10 Wool Mackinaw $6 95 $11 and'$i2'50"""" flj QC Mackinaws V (T7.50 Leather Vests , J A Q C :losing out at P.7J $8.50 Leather Vests CjC QC ilosing out at JO.IJ J9.50 to $11.50 Leather QP Vests at V Many other articles too numerous to mention proportionately reduced in price t Our doors open tomorrow at 9:30 a. m. Open Evenings Until Christmas 104-106 Third St., Between Stark and Washington Streets tificates for five years at i per cent. Owing to the Christmas rush three extra men were added at the local poBtoffice to the regular force of 18 persons. Plans of the postmas ter are to have every piece of mail received this holiday season dis tributed the day of arrival. Christ mas day the four rural carriers will make their trips, but they will make no trips New Year's day. BOISE MINER IS MISSING Fears Held for J. A. Wilson and Search Will Be Made. " BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 21. (Special.) Fear is expressed here over the possible fate of James A. Wilson, son of H. G. Wilson, of Boise, who is reported missing in the mountains of central Idaho. Wilson left Boise last month on a prospecting trip into the Boise basin country, but contrary to his usual custom on such trips has not written to mem bers of his family. . It . was reported some time ago that ft man named Wilson had fallen down a mine shaft in the central Idaho country, but the report has never been confirmed here. Wilson's father and Miss Ivy Wilson, his sis ter, have asked that a search be in gtituted for -the missing man.- Cuticura Soap Wffl Help You Clear Your Skin Soap, QlnttawtTalevBi, flfe. wmSii. Suapto free of OUUut UkmterM, ZHpt. XluWam, Man. ONE DOSE Pvctsral. Often a sfaixic com &r Ub-. uvaiKwttii.aiUorcouifc. SSiiSS. No luative tor bnvt aj 7S Strii Out Buy Useful Gifts-One That Will Be Useful and Appreciated CIGARS High-grade Manila Cigars a gift he will appre ciate a nice, mild smoke. Box of 100, special. .......... MOLESKIN SHEEP-LJNED COATS -belt, four pockets, leather reinforced A useful gift. Special v. ; $2.65 Beaverized collar, $10.50 ARMY SHIRTS All-wool officer serge Shirts two pockets", double elbow and front a wonderful gift. MOCCASINS A very useful present; sheepskin high-grade Moccasins, also the famous Wigwam Indian-Beaded Mocca sins made of the best selected skins. Priced fi " Gf special, a pair, up from ij) L JJ GLOVES, TIES, MITTENS, BREECHES UNDERWEAR, SOX, OVERCOATS, BUGLES and MANY USEFUL GIFTS BLANKETS Army-O. D. wool Blan kets; full size, heavy fcO flft weight . . . . .... ... . . . . - tPcl.U V INDIAN ROBES and BLANKETS LEATHER LEGGINS is a gift he will appreciate. All leather, in spring or S!t:. $3,85, $4.85 MAIL ORDERS FILLED WHITE FOR FREE CATALOGUE The Army Store Co. OPEN UNTIL, 8 P. M. 194 THIRD STREET Corner Taylor 100 PER CENT FOE YOUR MONEY Spend "Yuletide" Holidays at Home Why not surprise the folks at home with a visit at Yuletide? It will make them happy and you, too. " 25 Reduction in Holiday Round-Trip Tickets between all stations where one-way fare is $30.00 or less. Fares from Portland to . Salem $2.25 Eugene $5.75 Medford $17.80 San Francisco $40.45 Sale dates: December 22, 23, 24, 25, 29, 30, 31, January 1. Final return limit January 3. For further particulars: Inquire of C.W. Stinger, City Ticket Agent, 101 4th St. at Stark. Phone Main 8800. JOHN M. SCOTT, General Passenger Agent. - ; . J