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96 Pages Section One Pages 1 to 22 Eight- Sections. VOL. XIv XO. Kn tared at Portland (Omron) PORTLAND, OREGON. SUNDAY HORNING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1921 PRICE FIVE CENTS DR. HULTEN QUITS JUSTICES OF PEACE LACK OF THRIFT LAID nu. S. HOUSEWIVES POLICE FIND TRAIL . OF CIRCUS ROBBERS L STORM BREWING IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST FIVE STATES WARNED HEAVY RAINS IN SIGHT. DR. LI1MVILLE ONLY THRIVE ON SPEEDERS CHURCH SUDDENLY ST. HELENS JUDGE COLLECTS VEFUTj SURVEY IS SLIDE OF MEN SAID TO HAVE STOLEN AUTO IX PORTLAND. y 9233.60 IX AUGUST. CO-OPERATION. 38 CONFEREIMCE WITH WITNESS OCTED RISH NOW LIKE' IN ARBUCKLE CASE APPOINTEE ON JOB y v . Alleged Oil Stock Dealer Leaves Portland. RALLY PLANS ARE JOLTED Baptist Leaders Staggered by Minister's Departure. PULPIT SEEMS REJECTED Preacher Called to Serve White Temple Is Not Kxpcctcd to Return Here. On th eve of the great home coming rally of Bible school students and membert of the White Temple iFirst Baptist church). Dr. H. H. Hul ten of Oklahoma City, who wai for mally called to the pastorate last Thursday night and who waa to have preached at both morning and eve ning; services today, suddenly an nounced that he waa returning to his home. He left the city at 11 P. M. yesterday. ' That he will ever return as a can didate for minister of the congrega tion to which he has been preaching since August 7, is seriously doubted, a'though he himself told The Ore grnlan he had made no decision. That Dr. Hulten had decided not to ride out the atorm which broke In the White Temple congregation among a minority because of the charge that he at one time stepped from his position as an Oklahoma City pastor snd sold oil and mining stock, which later proved worthless, became known yesterday when an official of the church admitted that the man to whom a call had been made had re fused to remain in the city over today and fill the advertised engagements to preach. HheumaJUm AUntit Alleged. ' Dr. Hulten himself, when seen at the Congress hotel yesterday after noon, declared that ha had not as yet reached a decision as to whether he would accept the call o the White Temple. "1 am suffering Intensely from rheumatism. evidently contracted ince my coming to Portland," said Dr. Hulten, "and am returning to my home in Oklahoma City for a time to see If I can get rid of this aliment." "Have you decided to accept or not to accept the call to the White Tem ple?'' Dr. Hulten was asked. "I have not," he replied, with a smile. "Why are you leaving so suddenly, with the church programme all ad vertised for Sunday?" was another question. Too 111 la llulten'a Reply. "Why, I am too 111 to go through with the programme," was his reply. "This climate seems to give me rheu matism. I assume that there will be no difficulty in meeffng the needs of Sunday's services; they have a sup ply pastor, you know." Dr. Hulten referred to Dr. B. B. Sutcllffe. who. It was announced of ficially following Dr. Hulten'a refusal to remain over Sunday, will have charge of the Bible school rally at 10:30 this morning and will preach at tonight'! service at 7:45. Dr. Butcllffe la associated with the Moody Institute work here. In response to a direct auestlon as to whether he had formulated any written statement as to bla Intention or as to hla sudden leave-taking. Dr. Hulten replied: Tims Taken to Consider. . "Not navtng reached a' decision, I could not have made any statement. I have talked it over with the com mittee on pulpit supply as late as this afternoon, but, as I have told you, reached no decision as o accepting or refusing to accept the call they have made me. It Is a d.fflcult mat ter to make up one's mind on a sub ILVnelmlgtl on I'af lo. Column 1.) 9 Other Bench Officials on Lower Highway Tare Well on Flnea Paid by Motorists. 6T. HELENS, Or., Sept. 17. (Spe cial.) While the aggregate fees col lected for August business by the justices of the peace at 6t. Helena, Rainier and Clatskanle did not equal the amount collected durl.ig the month of July, the compensation of the offices Is such as to make the lobs attractive. For speed cases brought before him. Judge Hasen. of fit. Helena, collected $221.40 In fees for himself and this amount was further In creased by collections of $21.65 for other cases. Judge Clark, of Rainier, collected $114.40 in fees and his Judicial contemporary. Judge Craft, of Clatskanle, drew down $85.80. It is not probable that Judge Hasen will have a record-breaking fee month In September, for alnce September 1 not a speeder has been brought be fore blm, although 40 arrests were made In his district on Sunday, Sep tember 4, and on La bo.- day. Since that time Traffic Officer Abbott has flagged 20 or 25 autolsts who were exceeding the sneed limit in this vicinity, but none Interviewed Judge Hasen, for the cases, should the of fenders appear, will be tried before Judge Clark or Judge Craft. There la a well-founded rumor that Sheriff Wellington and Judge Hazen have had soma disagreement and the consequence is that the traffic of ficers who serve under the direction of the sheriff do not bring any speed cases to the St. Helens justice's court. EDITORIAL ROUSES COURT Spokane Publishers to Be Cited for Possible Contempt. SPOKANE, Wash., Sept. 17. Su perior Judge Bruce Blake today In ctructed Prosecuting Attorney Meyer to prepare a c'tatlon against The Spokesman-Review, ordering ita rep resentatives to appear before him at !0 A. M. Monday and show cause why they should not be punished for con tempt of court for the publication of an editorial appearing in this morn ing's Issue. The editorial in question commented cn the court's probable action in a suit brought by the city in an effort to compel the Washington Water Power company of thia city to resume service on an outlying line, connec tion of which with the down-town section has been severed by the dis mantling of track on streets where the company's franchise has expired. NO WINE PERMITS HERE Federal Itevenue Bureau Ruling of No Uho In Oregon. Oregon residents are coming for ward with alacrity and asking for permits to make wine for their own consumption as a result of a, recent revenue bureau ruling permitting home production with certain limita tions. But all are doomed to disappoint ment, according to Milton A. Miller, Internal revenue collector, who says his office will not Issue any permits frr home manufacture of wine. "Since announcement of this ruling this office has been deluged with ap plications for permits." said the col lector, "but my word to each and all Is that they are out of .luck. The Otegon law prohibits the manufacture of wine for any purpose." FORMAL CHARGE REQUIRED Killing on Prosecution of Traffic Law Violators Issued. OLTMPIA, Wash.. Sept. 17. For n.al written complaint is required of members of the state highway patrol before a violator of motor vehicle tawa can be tried before court au thorities, Attorney-General Thomp son ruled today in response to a 'etter from L. D. McArdle. director of the department of efficiency. The attorney-general also ruled that a member tl the United States ubllc health service Is exempt from the law requiring an operator's II i mc it he uses a car for government business strictly. SE. y NVHO uo c y NEW INVITATION EXPECTED Abandonment of Principle De clared Not Asked. PEACE HELD SOLE OBJECT Conference on Basis of Truth and Reality Avowed Purpose of Sinn Fein Authorities. LONDON, Sept. 17. (By the Asso ciated Press.) A conference between the British cabinet and representa tives of the Sinn Fein seems assured. Eamonn de Valera, Irish republican leader, dispatched a telegram to Mr Lloyd George tonight, which appar ently cannot fail to achieve this re sult. His message was In reply to one from the premier declaring firmly the Inability of the British govern ment to meet Sinn Fein plenipoten tiaries on the basis that they were representatives of an Independent nation and point out the consequences of such recognition. There were hurried consultations among Sinn Fein leaders at Dublin from which emerged the latest mes sage declaring their earnest wish to meet the British government's spokes men. Mr. de Valera passed over the ques tion of recognition as an independent state, and made reference to "self recognition," which Is considered so far outside the terms of international definitions that it is hardly expected to raise an obstacle to the conference. Conference Held Ortali. There has been a strong demand for a meeting between British and Irish representatives by Irish news papers, and it Is believed that they represent Irish public opinion, tend ing to a resumption of the negotia tions. In London newspaper offices to night a conference was considered certain. Early today Premier Lloyd George sent a telegram to Mr. de Valera, which followed on the heels of the Sinn Fein response to his cancellation of the Inverness arrangements. With out delay De Valera dispatched his reply, announcing, "we have already accepted your Invitation in the ex act words which you requote from your letter of the seventh." The premier in replying to the Irish leader's previous insistence that the meeting be held "without prejudice and untrammeled by any conditions," declared: "It would be idle to say a confer ence In which we had already met your delegates as representatives of an Independent and sovereign state would be a conference 'without preju dice.' " Allegiance Flrat Concern. Such acceptance of the delegates, he pointed out, would set an example to other powers to treat Ireland as a sovereign and Independent state and he emphasized that Uere could be no abandonment, however Informal, of the principle of allegiance to the king. Reports tonight from Gairloch Indi cated that Mr. Lloyd George continues to improve. It la thought that he will be able to return here by Tues day, if necessary. An early meeting of the cabinet is reararded likely. SEVERANCE HELD IMPOSSIBLE British Premier Explains Cancella tion of Conference. LONDON. Sept. 17. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Prime Minister Lloyd (Concluded on Past 3. Column 1.) British Premier ts En couraging Message. PICTORIAL SIDELIGHTS BY CARTOONIST TV H. GOV course, yootvv- rre Purchasing Power of Wages Is De clared to Have Decreased Steadily Since Nineties. BT RALPH BURTON. tCopyrlrht. 1921. b The Oreonian.) WASHINGTON. D. C, Sept. 17. (Special.) Is the average American housewife a spendthrift? The government sgents today are studying this perplexing question. Their study is based on the fact that the war's effects have stimulated greatly the progress of the co-operative movement abroad, but. although prices have gone high in the United States and. despite lower wages, are continuing to rise, so that living costs have proved a problem for wage earn ers, efforts to promote co-operative enterprises have not been very suc cessful. A careful study of co-operation In the United States. Just completed for the University of Illinois, gives the lack of a spirit of thrift among American houaewlves aa among the principal causes for the failure of co-operative moves, and race pre judice as another. The family man whose income did not increase between 1914 and 1918 was In a bad way. Everything he needed and all the things his wife and children thought they ought to have became so coBtly that a new system of living had to be adopted. Millions probably reduced the amount of meat in their diet. There was a definite lowering of the standard of living, and a large number haven't yet gone back to the old schedules. What happened during the war waa only an intenaified manifestation of what has been going on for two or three decades, according to some highly Interesting figures Just worked out in another investigation by Pro fessor Paul Douglas of the University of Chicago, which showed that the purchasing power of wages has de clined steadily since the '90s. But the war has been the great price changer Anything whose wholesale price did not double during the war waa looked upon as cheap, and the department of agriculture now reaches Independently much the same conclu sion that was reached by the federal trade commission during the war namely, that the course of prices In tho world war was much the same as that In the civil war. If the parallel continues, we may expect never to return to the 1914 price levels. But since In 1873 prices had gone back to about the 1863 level, in 192 wemay have prices at about where they were in 1916. And this will be" the new price level for the new normal condi tion. . Economic pressure which reduces the standard of living Is the great promoter of co-operation, and even In the United States co-operatives In creased in number and Influence dur ing the war. There is now a national order ol co-operatives. But they are not very powerful yet. "Absence of a spirit of thrift among the common people" is blamed for the failure of co-operatives In the United Statea In the summary of the investi gation. "There is a desire to emulate those more fortunately placed among the people of this country that Is hardly existent in some of the Euro pean countries. A willingness to pay whatever is asked for an article la characteristic of Americans, but not of most Europeana. "Most all of the 'polyglot or hete rogeneous character of the popula tion' has made co-operation difficult. National and radical preiudices have destroyed the good will so essential to successful co-operation. Conse quently much of our prosperous co operation is found among distinct racial and national groups, such as the Finns, the Russians, the Germans and the Jews." In the view of the investigators, the practical benefits of co-operation are not so much concerned with the money saved aa with the education of the working people In business principles and policies and In awak ening an interest In political condi tions. - Two Seek Postmastership. UNION, Or.. Sept. 17. (Special.) Thus far there are but two announced t-andidates for the postmastership at I'nlon. the present incumbent, O. J. Skiff, democrat, and Tony D. Smith, republican. These applicants expect to take the civil service examination at La Grantle September 24. -CAT UttVi 'fcrVNGGOHS.: NO! How. W' LTUfVr? OOV " tA A ?VS VtN Effort to Stop Payment on Drafts Stolen In $30,000 Holdup Made by Officials. Evidence which, tended to show Ihatbe trio of road bandits who held up the treasure wagon of the Sells Floto circus at Vancouver late Friday night and mads away with approxi mately $30,000 in cash and bank drafts, used an automobile which they stole in Pcrtland was procured yes terday by Jos Conaon, general man ager of the circus, who arrived in Portland to assist local authorities in running down clews on the robbery. J. R. Smith, who recently started' a car rental agency at 105 North Sixth street, told the circus officials that three young men, who answered the description of the highwaymen, had rented a Hupmobile from h'm Septem ber 13, paying a $35 deposit on the car. These same mree men told him hey had Just arrived In Portland from Alaska and wanted to use the ca.- for about three hours in order to ee the city. They have not returned the machine. In checking over the descriptions of these three men with Mr. Smith, cir cus officials found that they tallied with the three paycar hold-ups . in every particular. It was also learned that three men of the aame description, but giving different names, were picked up by the police at about 3 o'clock, on the morning of September 14 for being out after hours. In police court that day they were released. They showed evidences of being plentifully sup plied with funds and told Judge Ross man they had Just arrived in the city from Alaska. The roan who appeared as spokes man for the trio when they rented the machine at Smith's agency gave the name of J. L. Hodgeson. Another aald his last name was Ernst, but Mr. Smith .could not recall the name of the third member of the party. None of these names was given by the three men picked up the following morning by the police. Hodgeson was about 6 feet 11 inches tall and weighed about 180 pounds, said Mr. -Smith. He ap peared to be about 25 years old. The other two were about 23 years old and four inchea shorter in height than their spokesman. One of the others was badly pock-marked, as was one of the trio picked up by the police on September 14 and released the same day. Mr. Condon said he believed the three men had driven the stolen auto mobile toward Centralia and that the chase will lead north. He said efforts had been made to stop payment on the bank drafts, but inasmuch as they had not retained the numbers of the drafts he was uncertain whether or not this could be done. The Hupmobile stolen from the local dealer had been newly painted, while the right rear fender was said to tally with the description of the automobile uaed by the bandits Friday night. The men were all us ing new revolvers of a larfce caliber. Circus officials felt certain that the trio stole the automobile several days in advance of the careful.)' planned robbery. This, they said, '. evidenced by the fact that they remained in hid ing for two days after getting a car to use in the get-away. Sergeant Gilmore, speaking for Chief Burgy of Vancouver, said last night that they are following up sev eral important clews, but be did not know Just when developments might be expected. He said the aearcb was being made toward the north, which bears out the belief of circus offi cials that the bandits headed that way. One theory which had been ad vanced to the effect that ex-employes of the circus had planned and staged the hold-up waa acouted by Mr. Con don. He felt certain that none of Oe ex-employes had any part in It. Mr. Condon announced yesterday that all employes of the show would be paid off in Portland tomorrow Yesterday was the regular pay day, but in view of the shortage of cash it was necessary to wait. He aaid arrangementa had been made with a local bank to meet the weekly pay roll of approximately $21,000. PERRY ON SOME TOPICS IN THE NEWS. f4 Trie -rue Gosh! Y secws "to oorxse. fxtozcM y CARS Missing Doctor Leaves Minden, Nev., to Hunt. RETURN ORDERED BY SHERIFF Testimony Expected to Shed Light on Girl's Condition. COMEDIAN IN COURT Continuance Is Granted on Man slaughter Case Important New Evidence Reported. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 17. Find ing of Dr. Arthur Beardslee, missing Hotel St. Francis physician, who at tended Miss Virginia Rappe before her dearth, was the outstanding de velopment tonight in the Roscoe Ar buckle case. A telegram to District Attorney Brady from the sheriff of Douglas county, Nevada, at Minden, stated that Dr. Beardslee had left Minden yesterday for Bridgeport, Mono coun ty, California, on a hunting trip. Brady instructed the Mono county sheriff to order the physician to re turn at once to San Francisco. Dr. Beardslee's testimony is ex pected to shed light on the condition cf Miss Rappe the day following the Labor day party In Arbuckle's suite in the St. Francis, at which she suf fered Injuries which caused her death, lleardaley Is Summoned. Beardslee was summoned as a wit ness at the coroner's inquest, but did not appear, and police detectives re ported they were unable to find him. Arbuckle appeared in the superior court today to obtain a continuance on the manslaughter charge against him. He will not again leave the city prison until next Thursday, when his preliminary examination is to begin before Police Judge Lazarus on the murder complaint signed by Mrs. Bamblna Maude Dclmont. a member of the party in the comedian's rooms. Mrs. Mae Taubc, another member oi the Labor day party, was interrogated today by District Attorney Brady, who asserted afterwards that she had clung to her original statement that she was the woman who aummoned Assistant Manager Boyle of the St. Francis when Miss liappe became ill. At the inquest Mrs. Delmont de clared that it waa herself who tele phoned for Boyle. formation in Obtained. District Attorney Brady said he ob tained other Important information from Mrs. Taube which be would not divulge and which, he said, may lead to taking up certain new phases of the case before the grand Jury on Monday night. Manager Coieman of the St. Francis and other executives and employes of the hotel today were called before Robert H. McCormack, assistant United Stales attorney in charge of liquor prosecutions, for questioning regarding the origin of the 20 quarts of liquor said tc have been consumed at the Arbuckle party. The manslaughter charge against Arbuckle preferred In a grand Jury Indictment, will be railed for hearing on Monday, September 26, It was agreed today. Court's Side Door Uaed. Arbuckle was led into the court room today through a side door and esc rted to a seat at the attorneys' table. The bailiff explained that the reason Arbuckle was not handcuffed and placed 1 the prisoner's dock was because he is not a prisoner of the sheriff and the police, who are now holding him, sometimes briug pris oners into the court without the handcuffs. A crowa of several hundred gath ered in the hall to see Arbuckle, but most of them were held by the po lice on the second floor, the floor (Concluded on Page 2, Column 1.) tNTtfcS"- N c-cvs Fruit Men of Coast States Advised to Tako Immediate Measurea to Protect Crops. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 17. Rain warnings were sent throughout northern and central California. Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Ne vada today by the United States weather bureau, telling those who are drying fruit to stack their trays and take every other precaution against downpours. "There is an unsettled condition over the north Paclflo and plateau regions which is rapidly developing into storms that will virtually sweep the coast ' statea," the bureau said. "Fruit men should take immediate measures to protect their crops." The rain warnings will be sent Into southern California tomorrow, it was announced. There was little Indication of how severe the storm will be. WASHINGTON, D. C. Sept. 17. Weather predictions for tho week beginning Monday are: Pacific states Normal temperature and generally fair except for showers on the north coast.' "FATTY" PICTURE. SHOT UP Wyoming Cowboys Cancel Arbuckle Film With Guns. THERMOPOLIS. Wyo.. Sept. 17. A mob of about 150 men and boys, many of them cowboys, entered the Maverick theater here last night, where a "Fatty" Arbuckle flm was being shown, and shot up the screen and seized the film, taking it into the streets and burning part of It. F. Z. Buzzetti, manager of the theater, said today that representatives of the purity league had visited him and asked him not to run the picture earlier in the day. Mr. Buzzetti said: "I had the pic ture booked and saw no reason why I should not run It. I refused the request of the purity le.igue repre sentatives, believ'ng I had a right to run the picture and did not need their advice." No damage was done to the theater other than shooting up the screen, Mr. Buzzetti said, and no attempt was made to Injure him. VIRGINIA WAR IS PROBED 525 Indicted as Result of Recent Trouble in Mining District. LOGAN. W. Va.. Sept 17 Three hundred and twenty-five names were Included In a blanket Indictment charging murder, returned by a Lo gan county grand Jury today. The Indictments followed an Investigation of disturbances on the Lugan-Boone county border. Among the names are tnose of C. F. Kecney and Fred Mooney. president and secretary of district No. 17, Unit ed Mine Workers of America, and H. W. Blizzard, also a united mine workers' official. In Addition ZOO indictments charging Insurrection and "pistol toting" were returned. SHINGLE WORKERS STRIKE British Columbia Mills Crippled by Wage Cut Walkout. VANCOUVER. B. C, Sept. 17 (Special.) Eighty-five per rent of the shingle mills of Brltlsr. Columbia closed yesterday as a result of a strike of all classes of labor. The manufacturers reduced the packers 2 cents a thousand and the other labor around the mills 10 per cent, with the result that the men all walked out. Owners are hopeful of settlement within the next 24 hours. FINE WOOL BRINGS W2 Union Grower Sells 60,000 Pounds Coarse Yielding 1 3 j Cents. UNION. Or., Sept. 17. (Special.) S. E. Miller, leading sheepman, today bo Id 60.00J pounds of wool to the Port land Scouring mills at 13Vs cents for coarse and 14V4 cents for fine wool, ut Union. The shipment was loaded tc day. Mr. Miller has put lip 2000 tons of hay In 100 stacks and will feed it to nis stock tne coming winter. THE. Rest of Patronage Recip ients Unconfirmed. WATCHFUL WAITING IS GAME Dry Chief Lone One Not Need ing Senate Action. NO HITCH IS EXPECTED President Harding Seems to Have Forgotten Recess Appointment May Bo Uncd. Of the Individuals selected for fed eral Jobs and recommended by the United States senators of Oregon, only one has taken office and only one has been confirmed. The prohi bition director required no confirma tion by the senate, and Dr. J. A. Lln vllle Is now on the Job. Clarence R. Hotchklss has been confirmed and appointed as United States marshal, but the rest of the senators' candidates are pursuing a game of watchful waiting. There had been some nope that a recess appointment would be given for the collector of Internal revenue, collector of customs and United States appraiser, but apparently Pres ident Harding has forgotten abo,ut this device. Time la Ample Anyway, Anyway, there will be ample time for the nominations and confirma tions to be made in the regular way when congress gets together again, for It will be only a matter of a short time. The delay, however, has caused some rumors to the effect that some thing may happen and that the men selected will not achieve confirma tion. Inasmuch as Senators McNary and Stanfleld have recommended can Sidates for these positions and are standing back of them. It is unlikely that there win be a mlscue. While Clyde G. Huntley, can step into the office of Milton A. Miller at collector of internal revenue as soon aa he receives his commission, George U. Tiper will have to wait a few weeks before he can succeed Will Moore aa collector of customs. Mr. Moore's Tenure la Definite. Mr. Moore has a definite tenure, while Mr. Miller has not. K. N. Wheeler, selected for appraiser. Is prepared to take over that office when his commission comes. There remain two Jobs still to be disposed of. One is surveyor-general for Oregon and the other is United States attorney. No selection har been made for either place. Wesley W. Caviness of Vale, a supporter of Senator Stanfieid, suggested by Mt Stanfleld to his colleague. Senator McXary. Had the two senators held the conference last week which they had agreed on. It is poss'.Me the surveyor-generalship would have been fettled, but Senator StanflelJ, Instead ot coming to Portland for the confer t ncu. which he hud suggested, waa In tastern Oregon. J. L. Day Declines Office. J. L. Day can be surveyor-genera! If he wants It, but he hs. declined. The office Is known as a sinecure and the incumbent does not have to know the d'fference between a transit and a keg of nails. Nrlttur Mr. ChvI- ness nor Mr. Day is an engincec or surveyor. It Is the common understanding that Senator Stanfleld ha conceded, the selection of acanllda'4 for United States attorney to his colleague, Sen ator McNary. The deduction drawn from that Is that P. J. GaKuglier of Ontario, Or., representative In the legislature for Malheur and Harney counties, will not rece've ihe appoint ment. Mr. Gallagher was one of tin original "Stanfleld men" and spon sored the "straight party ticket" bill in the legislature for the special pur ConcluIM on I'.sa h. Culuinn 1.)