THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, DECE3IBER 23, 1923
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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
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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-
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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.-
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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. -
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