THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 1G. 1917. EX-GZAR NICHOLAS IN PARTS UNKNOWN Escape From Guard at Tobolsk Is Reported at Bolsheviki v, Office in Petrograd. PURSUING FORCE STARTED former Emperor and Family Since October 1 1 Had Been Quartered in 3Ionastery Petrograd De nial of Escape Made. PETROGRAD, Dec. 15. Former Em peror Nicholas of Russia has escaped from his confinement at Tobolsk, ac cording to. advices received today at the Smolny Institute, the Bolsheviki headquarters. A special train manned by sailors has been dispatched from Petrograd for the pursuit of the former Emperor. The American Consul at Tiflis, in the Russian Caucasus, recently sent a re port which was received in Washing ton on December 8. stating thrt a ru mor was in circulation that former Emperor Nicholas had escaped. The message made it clear that there was no confirmation and there had not been since received anything confirmatory of the report until the Petrograd .ad vices today. Ez-Ciu Placed In Moaitery. Tobolsk is in Siberia, about. 1500 miles east of Moscow. For some time after the outbreak of the revolution and the monarch's deposition, he, with his family, was confined in the royal palace at Tsarskoe-Selo. On August 19, however, the Russian provisional government announced that he had been transferred to Tobolsk, together with the members of his family and bis suite. At first he was quartered in the Governor's palace in the town of Tobolsk, but on October 11 it was riven out that he and his family had been transferred to a monastery sit uated about 0 miles outside. Shortly after the recent escape of General Korniloff and almost concur rently with the rumor from Tiflis that Nicholas Romanoff, as the Emperor has been known since he was deposed, had effected his escape, one of the Bol sheviki government organs in Petro grad announced that several detach ments of sailors of the Red Guard had been sent to Tobolsk to guard him. Fugitive May Be la Japam. One of the many rumors that were current about' the time the Tiflis re port was in circulation reached London by way of Zurich and was to the effect that Nicholas had made his way out of Siberia through Harbin and had ar rived in Japan. The route through Harbin was regarded as the most nat ural one for him to take, and this may have given rise to the rumor that he actually traveled this road out of his former domain. The difficulties in his way, however,, were recognized, as Tobolsk is 4000 miles froin the Pacific Coast and 1000 miles from the-. Chinese border. . .. . On the other hand, there were uncon firmed reports in November -ot a. political- overturn in. Siberia which had made the vast province a land friendly to the former ruler. The report, which came through Finland, said . that Si beria had declared its independence and had proclaimed Nicholas its Em peror. PETROGRAD, Dec 15. 8:45 P. M An official denial was made at the Smolny headquarters this afternoon that Nicholas Romanoff had escaped from Tobolsk. UNFAIR TRADER IS CHARGE Federal Trade Commission Files Complaints Against Corporations. WASHINGTON, Dec 15. Unfair trade methods were charged against three manufacturers in complaints issued to day by the Federal Trade Commission. The Ward Baking Company, New York, is alleged to have changed prices from time to time to distributors of its bread, with the intent of stifling competition. The corporation also is charged with fixing arbitrary standard re-sale prices and refusing to sell to distributors who would not maintain such prices. J. F. Hillerich & Son Company, Louis ville, Ky, is accused of violating the trade law by forcing its distributors to maintain certain standard re-sale prices on baseball bats and violating the law which forbids price discrimination. The National Distilling Company, Mil waukee, is charged with stifling com petition by giving large amounts of yeast free to purchasers, who buy it to the exclusion of yeast made by other firms. fense of theft from a National bank was filed against Rupert yesterday by Robert R.' Rankin, Chief Deputy United States - District Attorney,, and was served last night in the Jaill The war rant 'upon which Rupert was arrested simply charges larceny. Ball on each warrant was set at $20,000. For several days Mr. Rix has been aiding the detectives in recovering the bonds and gathering data fixing sus picion for the robbery. "Sometime ago Mr. Rupert, whom I had often met in the bank when I was there on business, asked me if I would tell him of some good investment oc caslonally. as he was expecting an es tate from the East," said Mr. Rix. " told him then this was several months ago that I would keep an eye open for a good opportunity. Not long ago he aakad me again, and I informed him of some ship stock. He asked me then if I would accept liberty bonds, as the estate had been in bonds. I assured him I would, at the prevailing market. Deal Kept Quiet. , "After several brief conversations he arranged to discuss the matter' at my office and told me that for family reasons he didn't want to be promi nent in the negotiations. He asked if I would negotiate through a trustee and neip mm arrange tor one. sucn mat ters are conrmon in negotiations of .that kind, and it was fixed up. I thought ARTILLERYMAN TO MARRY Wesley MiUiken and Miss Bernice Buckles Granted License. OREGON CITY. Or.. Dec 15 (Spe cial.) A marriage license was Issued here today to Wesley D. Miriiken and Miss Bernice Buckles, popular young people of Oregon City. Mr. Milliken is a member of the Coast Artillery Company at Fort Ste vens. He is the eldest son of Dr. W. T. Milliken, pastor of the local Baptist Church. Miss Buckles is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Al Buokles. The young people are recent graduates of the Ore gon City High School. CLYDE RUPERT ARRESTED (Continued From First Page.) eratives, he said that he had received the bonds from Rupert in exchange for stock in an operating ship. At the request of'Alvin Miley. one of the Burns operatives, Mr. Rix ac companied Mlley to the Northwestern National Bank. The detective wished Mr. Rix to identify Rupert as the man who sold him the bonds. The identifi cation was readily made, but Rupert, seeing Mr. Rix and the detective to gether, put on his hat and coat and prepared to leave. He was detained and taken into the office of Vice-President Olmstead, but refused to wait while a warrant was sworn out for bis arrest. When taken to police headquarters by Detective Moloney, Rupert refused to discuss the affair. His only remark, addressed to Captain Baty was, "I'm no piker." Rupert Will Ket Talk. After being booked on the police Socket. Rupert was removed to the County Jail at his own request. He re Jused to admit the robbery. The mis sing bonds recovered are those traced through the aid of Mr. Rix. A warrant charging the Federal of- j - yv j Clyde (Red) Rupert, ex-Sergeant of Police, Promineat Athletic Leader and Banlc Watchman, Whs Is Charged With Theft of Liberty Bonds. nothing of the matter, for I knew Mr. Rupert was a trusted and heavily bonded man. and furthermore, he had spoken of his inheritance. I knew he had asked bankers what they thought of my stock, etc." Mr. Rix explained that the bonds were handed to him by Rupert Decem ber 5 in the lobby of the Northwestern Bank, in the most commonplace sort or way. "He -gave me $4000 worth of bonds. and I told him he would have to trust me with them until I took them to my bank and placed them for sale on the market. I gave him a receipt in due time and told him to surrender that when the stock was issued to him. I then deposited the bonds and started to have the stock issued. I also sent him a check for $250 to cover the dif ference between the bonds and the cost of the stock. Ship Stock Delayed. "It so happens that the secretary of the ship company is out of town and the stock has been : delayed. I have stopped the stock issuance, but, of course, I stand to lose $250 which I gave to Rupert as the difference be tween the stock and bonds. The bonds. of course, are returned to the bank and I am the loser on the difference." Mr. Rix explained that he had not attempted to collect interest on the bonds, as he had placed them on' the market as soon as he got them. He was, however, able to lend valuable service to the banks and detectives in recovering the bonds. Vice-President Olmstead, of the bank. said last night that $19,500 was a high estimate of the bonds taken. "We know that $5000 worth were taken as this sum has been recovered," he said. It may take some time to learn just how much more was taken. The loss. if any is, entirely covered by insur ance." Wife Sues for Divorce. Clyde Rupert was appointed to the Portland police force in January, 1908. He was made a sergeant in May, 1912, and discharged with 11 other members of the force in December, 1913 for gambling. He has held the position of watchman or house detective with tho Northwestern National Bank for the past four years. Rupert was sued for divorce last June. His wife. Pearl, obtained a de cree and the- custody of their 5-year- old son. Mrs. Rupert charged her husband with cruelty. Rupert Prominent as Athlete. Rupert Is well known among the sporting fraternity of the northwest as Ked and was prominent in all lines of athletics, especially baseball and football. He started his athletic career with the Albany College foot ball team a number of years ago. Later he came to Portland where he played semi-professional baseball with a team organized and managed by himself called "Rupert's Rubes." This team played in the old Inter-City League for a number of years and graduated many "bushers" into the class D leagues about the country. Rupert was a star football player on the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club eleven and for many years played quarterback. He captained the 191a Multnomah Club eleven which played the Olympic Club at San Francisco. He coacfted the Oregon City football eleven which claimed the. independent football championship of the state in 1916. SPRECKELS PEEVED, HOOVER DECLARES Refiner's Balance Sheet This Year Is Not What It Might Have Been. TRAFFIC ADMITTEDLY HURT Albany Royal Arch Masons Elect. ALBANY, Or., Dec. 16. (Special.) John R. Penland, city engineer of Al bany, was elected high priest of Bayley Chapter, No. 8, Royal Arch Masons, of this city, in the annual election of offi cers this week. Other officers to serve during the ensuing year were elected and Installed as follows: King, Charles H. Cusick; scribe, Roy O. Bushong; captain of the host. William S. Weaver; treasurer, H. N. Bouley; secretary, Ed ward Washburn: trustee, W. R. Bilyeu. Liquor, Drug and Tobacco. Habits The Neal Cure Institute Remember, we give a bond and con tract to cure the liquor habit in three to seven days, drug and tobacco hab its from seven to 21 days, without any harmful effects. We will be glad to talk with anyone in regard to them selves, their" friends or relatives,- and explain the treatment to them. If you are not satisfied a.t end of treatment we will refund your money. For con fidential information, write 394 12th, cor. Harrison, Portland, Or. Phone Marshall 2400. While Many Feel Badly, Majority of Citizens Are Sacrificing Profits and Many Are Sacrificing Their Sons in War. WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. Charges made by Claus Spreckels, president of the Federal Sugar Refining Com pany, before a Senate investigating committee, that the Food Administra tion is responsible for a sugar short age drew from Food Administrator Hoover tonight a vigorous attack on Mr. Spreckels. An open intimation is made by Mr. Hoover that Mr. Spreckels' testimony was inspired by the fact that the Food Administration cut profits- in sugar transactions. "It requires no proof from me," said Mr. Hoover, "to establish the fact that Mr. Spreckels, a leading sugar refiner. Is sore at the Food Administration and would, like to see it destroyed. I realize that Mr. Spreckels' balance sheet will not look so good next year as last, for refiners' profits have been regulated. Furthermore, his balance sheet would have looked better this year if the price of last .August had not been reduced and held fast,, in the face of a partial shortage that promised a fair opportunity for 30-cent sugar and much increased profits. Others Also Feel Badly. "Mr. Spreckels, therefore, has reason to feel badly. There are other citizens who will feel the same way and no doubt can entertain the public by as saulting the Food Administration. While many feel badly; still the vast majority of men and women of our business community and of our farmers are sacrificing their pronts daily to the "Nation's necessities without com plaint, for many are sacrificing more than their money their sons. "We have had two months of partial sugar shortage October and Novem ber and will also have December be fore relief from the new crop. The American people have had 600,000 tons of sugar in these two months that is 70 per cent of their normal supplies in each month, and if cars are available they will have 70 per cent in December. Owing to car shortage, the shortage has been most acute in the Northeast, and about 200 cars are today blocked from that region. Supplies Sent to France. "This 70 per cent is twice the French ration. In the meantime . we have given France a good part of the SO per cent and are proud of it. This supply to France was given deliberately and the American people were told of 'it at the time. We have also agreed to draw 10,000 tons for our friends in Canada. I have yet to meet an Ameri can citizen who would -have had it otherwise. "As to the Food Administration. stopping the sources of supply: The fact that all available supplies have been brought here that . ships and cars could bring, and that it had already been eaten, is sufficient answer. "Mr. Spreckels knows the bitterness of the 10-year fights between pro ducers and refiners between different refiners and if he looks back over the last three months he will observe a desire of many of these elements to use the Food Administration as a club to settle their long-standing bitterness. "If Mr. Spreckels will tell us where there is any sugar today that ships can be obtained to carry or cars can be obtained to deliver, it will be delivered at once with the same resolution that we have requisitioned or distributed over 60,000,000 pounds of embargoed sugar since October 1. In the mean time, the 900,000 tons of sugar in Java is as remote as cheese out of the moon unless we wish to take bread ships from our own soldiers and the allies to provide ourselves with candy." . SPRECKELS AIRS GRIEVANCES Business Hurt and Rivals Benefited, Is Charge Made. WASHINGTON. - Dec 15.-President Claus A. Spreckels, of the Federal Sugar Refining Company, on resuming his testimony today at the Inquiry into sugar prices, said he had protested to Food Commissioner Hoover against in cluding refiners on the international committee, created by the Food Ad ministration to purchase all raw sugars for refiners. Spreckels declared yester day that actions of the committee worked against his firm and to the benefit of the American Sugar Refining Company. The State Department had a hand in fixing the price of $4.60 for raw sugar, f. o. b. Cuba, but to what extent was not brought out, for diplomatic reasons. H. Curtis Lindley, attorney for the Food Administration" stated. Spreckels protested ' to Hoover that the price was too high, notwithstand ing that he raised Cuban sugar. The Cuban planters protested it" was too low. . . When Spreckels testified That the price wholesalers should pay the re finers was fixed by three American members of the international committee of the food administration having charge of the . American supply and added that the three men were sugar refiners. Senator Reed asked: "Was the public represented at this price-fixing meeting?" "No," replied Mr. Spreokels. Before the morning session ended, Spreckels and President Babst, of the American Sugar - Refining Company, clashed over the anti-trust suit against the American. Spreckels said Babst' last October discussed with his competitors dissolu tion of the suit and asked Spreckels to write a letter to President Wilson sug gesting that the suit be dropped. Babst declared he had only asked Spreckels if he would join in such a request if other competitors did. Babait Makes Proposal. Spreckels testified that on or about October 1, Babst came to him and said: "We are good now and we have an Intimation from the Attorney-General that if you will write a letter to the President saying we are good, the suit will be dismissed." "What makes you think I have eucta influence with the, President?" Spreck els said he replied. "Because you are one of our principal competitors," was stated as the answer. Spreckels stated that Babst said again that "we are good now and will be in the future," and that he (Spreck els) answered: "I am not willing to take a chance on the future." Spreckels said he declined to write such a letter. Babst gave his version of the con versation and said nothing about the request for a letter. Alleged Statement Denied. "Wasn't anything said about a -ctter to the President?" asked Senator Reed. "No." Spreckels, sitting a few feet from Babst, quickly faced about and ques tioned: A "Didn't you ask me to write a letter to President Wilson?t "I did not." said Babst firmly. Turning to Senator Reed. Spreckels declared that "my statement was made under oath and I am willing to repeat it." "So was mine," snapped Babst. "I explained to Mr. Spreckels," Babst said, "that as we were all under Gov ernment control, it had been suggested that possibly the dissolution suit against us might be dismissed. 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