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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, . JUNE 25, . 1923 IRISH CRISIS LIKELY TO GDI QUICKLY Show-Down Is Expected Be tween Two Factions. PEOPLE LONG FOR PEACE flection Declared to Prove That Militaristic Party Is but Small Minority. BY G. A. GARDINER, Britaln'B Greatest Liberal Editor. (Copyright, 1U22, by The Oregonian.) LONDON, June 24. (Special Cable.) American public sentiment should not be misled by the terrible events in London this week end. What the result of the assassination will be I cannot say, but it is important to understand that the. great ma jority of the people deplore murder and desire peace. I do not wish to exaggerate the important result of the Irish elec tion. There still are difficult waters to navigate, made even more difficult by this terrible crime, but the most perilous position has been safely negotiated. Whatever the dangers to be faced the result of the election emphatically makes clear that the people themselves desire peace and are prepared to accept the treaty. Never have I doubted that this was their feeling. The common interests of the two countries are . so great that given self government and with Dublin Castle rule re moved hostilities are bound to disap pear "and a sensible working agree ment develop. The irreconcilables in both countries are small in num ber. Election Is Decisive. The real question in the election was not whether the supporters of peace were in the majority but whether the advocates of terrorism , would overawe them, indeed whether elections could be conducted at all. The resul't has been decisive on this point. It was not merely a strik ing victory for the treaty, but a striking victory for the influences of order. The people voted freely and no serious case of violent in terference was experienced. The ar gument of force received a crush ing blow. The electors missed hard ly an opportunity to reject the ad vocates of violence. The overwhelming defeat of Mal lows, secretary of the Four Courts and an army executive, must be con sidered significant. He was at the bottom of the poll in Galway. The Dublin verdict was a smashing blow to physical force. England Is Relieved. The result of the election produced a. feeling of relief in England. But I repeat, we cannot exaggerate the importance. It is good so far as it goes, but the minority, routed at the polls, still is dangerous and desperate. It will resist to the last xtremity. It will hold the Four Courts by violence. The question lu whether the seat of power is at the Four Courts or in the chamber of deputies; whether arms or' votes will decide the fate of Ireland. The militaristic section of irrecon Cilibles favor the establishment of jnllitary dictatorship. .The ques tion now is whether the smashing reuult of the election will lead them to attempt a coup d'etat to over throw the government and set up military rule or will moderate them by showing the powerful tide of public opinion. It is hard to say. Personally, in view of the intensity of passion that prevails, I, anticipate a challenge of force. Tfie present situation cannot continue. If parlia mentary government is to continue the courts of justice cannot be left in the control of an armed power hostile to the government. De Valera Causes Worry. Whether De Valera will attempt a coup or will control his irreconcil ables is a cause of great anxiety here. If the chamber of deputies can hold its ground against the preach ers of violence the prospects will be hopeful. Ireland, having accepted the fundamental principles of tne constitution by a huge majority, the details should be possible of ar rangement, but if the treaty is to be fought out on the streets of Dublin by an armed minority overriding the constitutional declaration of the peo ple, it is difficult to forecast the consequence. This danger is increased by the attitude of Belfast, where the Or angemen would welcome the tri umph of physical force as compel ling England again to essay the re conquest of Ireland. A powerful but small group of firebrands in Eng land is working ceaselessly to the same end. Thus there is a devil's circle of evil Influences. Decision Expected Soon. The wild men of the free state play Into the hands of the wild men of Ulster and they into the hands of the wild men of England. Mean while the decent, law-abiding mass of sensible people in both countries want trade and to be at peace. The key of the situation is Dub lin. Can the chamber defend its con stitutional idea and the rule of the majority? Events soon will show. BROTHER OF JOHN D. STJC CCMBS TO PNEUMONIA. Severe Cold Is Contracted and Drenching Rains Bring About Climax in Ailment. TARRY TOWN, N. Y., June 24. (By the Associated Press.) William Rockefeller, oil magnate and brother of John D. Rockefeller, died here today from pneumonia shortly be fore 7 o'clock. Mr. Rockefeller had been ill at his home, Rockwood Hall, North Tarry town, since Sunday, but word of his condition was not made public. Mr. Rockefeller, who contracted a heavy cold during the rains of the last week end, had just completed building a $250,000 mausoleum in the Sleepy Hollow cemetery. The mausoleum was constructed accord ing to his own plans and under his personal direction. Mr. Rockefeller, who was 81 years old, had not recently been active In business, although he was active head of the Standard Oi! company of New York from its establishment in 1865 until 1911. Although some what overshadowed by his elder brother, John D. Rockefeller, Wil liam was one of the richest men In America. None of his Wall street associates have ventured an estimate of his fortune, but it was generally be lieved that he had between 1100, 000,000 and $250,000,000 concentrated in various Standard Oil companies, Anaconda Copper, Consolidated Gas. Brooklyn Union Gas, St. Paul and National City Bank. Friday Mr. Rockefeller complained of not feeling well, but the follow ing day he insisted on going out and was drenched in a heavy shower. Sunday his cold gave his family con cern and pneumonia quickly set in. During the week relatives were summoned. ' ' Mr. Rockefeller began to sink rap idly yesterday morning, but rallied about 6 o'clock last night. Later came another sinking spell. Physicians and surgeons, fortified with all the resources of science, kept a night watch but it was ob viously a losing fight. John D. Rockefeller remained at his home in Poeantico Hills but was kept constantly informed of his brother's condition. He reached Rockwood Hall a few minutes after the end came. At the deathbed were Mr. Rocke feller's two daughters and two sons. Mrs. Rockefeller died about two years ago. DECREE IS AWARDED TO MRS. HELEN LEITXER. Millionaire Husband Said to Have Wielded Revolver and to Have Threatened Life. CHICAGO, June 24. Mrs. Helen Leitner of Chicago has received a divorce from Frank C. Leitner, wealthy mine owner and ranchman of Miles Cty, Mont., after she had testified before Circuit Judge Lynch that her husband once had pointed a revolver at her and threatened to kill her. The incident, she said, oc curred at their ranch home, where they had gone following a separa tion. "A ranch house is a terribly lonely place to livo in if one has been brought up in the city," Mrs. Leitner said, adding that her husband, who, she said, owned more than $1,000,000 in copper company stock and several thousand acres of land, often left her to spend as much as a week at a time at a club in Miles City. Mrs. Leitner said she left her hus band in September, 1920, but re turned to Miles City in July, 1921, to appear as a witness in some liti gation. It was then, she said, that her husband induced her to accom pany him to the ranch and there, 6he alleged, drew a revolver and de clared he intended killing her and himself. "Go ahead, shoot," she said she told him, and then he dropped the weapon. Mrs. Leitner said that shortly afterward she returned to Chicago and later started suit for divorce. DRY AGENTS SUSPENDED Raiders Unable to Find Liquor Charged With Insubordination. SAN FRANCISCO, June 24. Three federal prohibition agents were suspended yesterday and further action was hinted by S. F. Rutter, federal prohibition director, result ing from investigation of failure of raiders to find liquor at places where they were convinced it was sold. Technical charges of "insub ordination" were preferred against James G. Pearce, Hal Emery and Joe Krumhansl, who were sus pended on orders from Washington following, reports by Rutter. Mr. Rutter stated that if the sus pended agents were found innocent of other charges than insubordina tion they would be reinstated. Advance information, federal agents say, has made many raids ineffective. An excursion to Sacra mento a month ago,, planned to be one of the biggest raids ever made in California, fell far short of ex pectations. $10,000,000 IS SOUGHT University of Southern California Campaign Is Launched. LOS ANGELES, June 24. A cam paign for a building and endowment fund of $10,000,000 has been begun here by the University of Southern California. It is planned to form a committee of 10,000 of the 60,000 Methodists in southern California to conduct the campaign in the southern part of the state. With nearly 8000 students, the resources of the university have been taxed in the last year. If the $10,000,000 is .obtained it is planned to devote half of it to build ings' and the other half to a perma netn endowment fund. CONGRESS TO GET LIGHT Information and Counsel of De partment Heads Promised. WASHINGTON, D. C, June 24. President Harding and members of his cabinet were said yesterday at the White House to be in entire agreement with the proposal to al low heads of departments! to speak to congress on occasions when their presence is desired or when they have arguments to make. The proposal was said to be grati fying in every way to President Harding and in the judgment of his advisers putting it into effect would expedite public business and con tribute to the avoidance of friction and misunderstandings. iHuItnomaft IjEP ML- . nf 7f fr When in Portland y fjjfft, , W 'W make the Multnomah jj ' $ r W V our headquarters. M ? ' ' " H There you are wel- H come. i CHICAGO WORK BOOM FOR huson Ex-Mayor Is Urged to Run for Office Again. WORLD TOUR JUST ENDED Traveler to Be Guest at Banquet i at Congress Hotel Next Thursday Night. BY H. C. BURNETT. (Copyright, 1022, by The Oregonian.) CHICAGO, June 24. (Special.) Carter H. Harrison, citizen of Chi cago, five times mayor of the second largest city of the United States, is home after a 14 months' tour of the world, and thereby brings a tale. Chicago is giving him a welcome such as it would if this city were Cripple Creek in the '60s. That was the spirit , of the homecoming. Many people were saying: "Carter, did you bring me any souvenirs from Japan?" and "Oh, Carter, did you get any of that good liquor on the shipping board vessels?" and "Rah for our next mayor!" And there's the story. "Harrison for mayor"; Harrison to knock the Thompson crowd out of the city." When they put on the banquet in the gold room at the Congress hotel Thursday night the clock will go back 30 years. Elite to Attend. This dinner is going to be Just about the finest sort of town .meet ing that Chicago has had in years. Speech-making and music , and ice cream Just like other banquets from which you've suffered. But at this one everybody in town who is any body is going to have a chair, a $5 chair that is, and it will be a fine night for thieving in the suburbs unless Charley Fitzmorris he's the police chief who used to be Carter's secretary has all his constables keeping strict watch on the homes of Chicago's por millionaires. There'll be plenty of rich men at the banquet, pretty near all of them, in fact. But there'll be poor ones, too. Someone who knows everyone who should be known in Chicago looked over the list of 1079 persons who will crowd into the gold room, and allowed as how he could see the names of men who had to sweat for what they earn with their hands, as well as those who even have somedy to clip their coupons. Representative Crowd Invited. Chicago Protestants, Chicago Catholics, Chicago' Jews men will be drinking Carter Harrisori's health Thursday night who represent everything Chicago has, from the thin line that separates an expand ing city from Evanston on the north to the steel mills on the south. Every shade of political opinion will be holding down chairs. too men who have fought Mr. Harrison politically, men who have fought with him. Carter is a demo crat, if you don't already know that, but as much soup will go down republican throats as down demo cratic. They're going to sing a welcome home song, too, and wave flags and toast the homecoming leading citi zen with all the pure drinks that Volstead has recommended. No one is supposed to peep about the mayoralty next spring. This is a non-political, non-sectarian ban quet, a hearty welcome home and "no politics, boys." Something May Start. But some zealot is apt to get over the chains and start things milling. Chicago is acclaiming the return of a leading citizen with all the fervor of the grown-up email town all cities are grown-up small towns, but Chicago is buzzing with com ment on politics. Can an ex-champion in politics come back? That's the question that has this town on Lake Michigan and the drainage canal by the ears. Can Carter Harrison re-enter, the political ring and sock his way into undisputed claim for four years to a desk on the fifth floor, city hall? Coupled with that question is another: Will Harrison accept the nomination? And this is a question that will have to be settled before there can be any fancy footwork in the ring. Mayoralty candidates in Chicago are thick enough. On the democratic side of the house another candidate is born every minute, but the old heads hereabouts are telling the world that the nomi nation will be Harrison's, if he'll take it. Demand Is Growing. "And not only that; he'll have to take it. We'll make him," declares a growing army. Mr. Harrison, on arriving in San Francisco homeward bound, told Interviewers he was coming home to play with his grandchildren and lead a peaceful life far removed from main bouts on the political card. What he wishes to do, how ever, doesn't fit In with louder speakers than he, and presently, the wiseacres say, Mr. Harrison s pro tests, if they continue, will be drowned in shouts for "Harrison for mayor. The history of American munici palities does not furnish a parallel to the case of Carter Henry Harri son and his father, Carter Henry Harrison Sr. Both were mayor of Chicago five terms. .. '. . Father la Assassinated. Carter Harrison Jr. was born in Chicago, April 23, 1860. An assassin slew his father October 28. 1893, during the world's fair. The son was first chosen mayor in April, 1897, and he was elected at each biennial election thereafter until he had served four terms. Retiring from politics In 1905, he maintained no active connections until 1907, - when he sought the democratic nomination at the pri maries and lost. He won the demo cratic nomination in 1911 and was elected for a four-year term. WIFE ASKS 5100 1EKIY HUSBAND DECLARED IN LOVE WITH ANOTHER GIRL. Charge Is Denied by Spouse, Who Declares Letters Cited Were Written as Joke. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 24. With the charge that her husband is in fatuated with another young woman and that endearing letters have passed between them, Mrs. Elizabeth D. Hicks applied for J 100 a week alimony and reasonable coun sel fee pending trial of her suit for separation against Leroy C. Hicks, a dentist of Great Neck, L. I. Mrs. Hicks alleged that she and her husband were happy until last September. Then, she said, he be came infatuated with a young woman of an adjoining town. The wife alleged that her husband once wrote to this girl: "My Dear: The fact remains, no matter what the circumstances, that I cannot help loving you, and it .will not be long before I shall come for you. Always, always, Roy." Addressing Hicks as "darling boy" the other girl was alleged to have written to him as follows: "Won't it be wonderful when we can be together all the time? Every time we meet we won't have to think of parting to go home. It really isn't 'home,' is it dear? My home is wherever you are. I hate to think of your going home to her when you should be coming to me. But it won't last much longer will it, dear? You will take me away with you soon, won't you? Your own. Bertha." Hicks denied his wife's charges. He said the letters were fakes planted by him where she would find them, because she was jealous. He declared that the girl referred to by his wife was his office assistant. VEGETARIAN WINS RACE Chinese Diplomat Outlives Jap anese Who Ate Meat. NEW YORK, June 24. Dr. Wu Ting Fang, Chinese diplomat, who died today, did not live to be 125 years of age, as he said he would, but he did outlive Marquis Okuma, Japanese diplomat, who said he would not. Last year Dr. Wu, returning from Japan, predicted he would not die until he was 125 because he was a vegetarian. At the same time Okuma stated that without doubt he would outlive Wu because he ate beef, pork and fish as much as he pleased. Okuma, who died at the age of 83, was buried in January of this year, about six months before Dr. Wu died. , PUGILIST GETS 14 YEARS Slayer Who Says He Defended His Sister Convicted of Murder. CHICAGO, June 24. William "Sailor" Friedman, pugilist, and William "Red" Cohen, taxlcab driver, yesterday were convicted of murder and sentencea io i years in the penitentiary. The pair was tried for the murder of Abe Rubin, who was shot in an altercation in a saloon last April 9. Friedman said his sister had been insulted. . The verdict caused a tumult in the courtroom. "T that thn Indement for taking care of my sister?" Friedman cried, stretching his hands towara tne Jurors as tears streamed down his face. Veteran Named City Engineer. HOOD RIVER, Or., June 24. (Spe cial.) C. M. Hurlburt, overseas war veteran, having been a captain in charge of maintaining roads in France, has been appointed city en gineer, succeeding E. E. Newell, who recently resigned. Mr. Hurlburt, who has been engaged in highway work for many years, having built roads in Alaska, Oregon, Washing ton, Idaho and Montana, will have charge of the seven-eighths mile of concrete market paving now being constructed by the county 4ust south of the city. He is owner of an Oak Grove orchard place. iC' AND. 1 U Arrange All Details 1 Kj 5 ; a5fl Personal Interest in arranging all B V ' Ti if ietails nothing is left undone! Even Ifl H V'l ' -"iSSSl the smallest items in every funeral lm HI Vyk, Mr lre personally taken care of. jb H This high standard of service is IH H 'fc.iii' maintained even in our funerals of J75. Ig 1 . INDEPENDENT i 1 "V. X FUNERAL 1 1 1 1 Do You Travel in the Pullman Hickey-Freeman garments are shipped to me on hangers. They travel in the Pullman, so to speak, instead of in the day, coach! This isn't because they are too fragile to stand the punishment of ordinary rough and tumble packing, but be cause, even in their shipping depart ment, Hickey-Freeman cannot for an instant relax their exacting stand ards of perfection; Give me a chance on your Summer wardrobe. BEN SELLING AT FOURTH Portland's Leading Clothier for Over Half a Century OFFICERS ELECTED BY PUB LISHERS' ASSOCIATION. George E. Miller of Detroit News President; San Francisco Man Is Vice-President. NEW YORK, June 24. George B. Miller of the Detroit News was elected president of the newly formed North American Newspaper alliance at Its organization meeting yesterday. Loring Pickering of the San Francisco Bulletin was elected vice-president and Ralph Pulitzer of the New York World secretary treasurer. The alliance, a mutual organiza tion formed by ipmbllshers of news papers in the larger cities of the United States and Canada for the acquisition and distribution of im portant news features not handled by press associations, starts with 53 memibers, H was announced, repre senting nearly 100 newspapers, with a total circulation of 7,300.000. The fact that the list of jwupers exceeds the number of meombers by nearly two to one is due to a pro vision permitting members to take in as associates publishers of small er papers in their respective terri tories. A directing head for the organi zation is to be named shortly and the alliance is expected to begin functioning in six or eight weeks. The alliance, which is patterned largely after the plan of the Asso ciated Press, will have an executive committee of five and a board of directors of 15, elected regionally. THIRD DEGREE IS CRIME Supreme Court Holds Officers Are Guilty When Method Used. SPRINGFIELD, 111., June 24. (By the Associated Press.) The "sweat ing process" of obtaining confes- sions of crime, sometimes called the "third degree," was ruled out of court, and policemen and sheriffs guilty of such methods were de clared themselves criminals by the supreme court in a ruling handed down in the case of the people jra. Harvey Rogers. "It is the duty of the trial Judge In every case," the supreme court ruled, "when he has reason to sus pect that a confession has been ex torted from the defendant, abso lutely to refuse to permit any evi dence as to the confession until the state has examined every police of ficer and every one present at such examination, so that the full truth may be disclosed." TRIAL IS THREATENED Portland Commission for Han dling Livestock Is Investigated. WASHINGTON, D. C June 24. (Special.) Special investoi gators have been detailed by Secretary of Agriculture Wallace to inquire into alleged exorbitant prices charged by commission men for handling live stock at Portland, Or., and a dozen other leading stock markets. It is complained that commission men axe maintaining their wartime charges despite the slump In the prices for livestock. It Is also saiid that in keeping up their old prices the commission men have broken' a pledge made to the department of agriculture to reduce We have an 1 n t eresting leaflet, "The Tinkle of the I c e," filled with d r i nk sug gestions and recipes. If your grocer hasn't a copy, send your name to us. llCHORCwM WITH A BOQUET ALL ifj OWM Trnwrnt wiwtHfjNecuAirTemM wmnmi fiftfe am MtffjdKiitLFNoaruifCT cowmd MwMou ilyfj PI fitMCS MDNNMIMf CMMttt IVBt MUfT ftfj IhL THE CHURCH MFG. CO MjZ IwiiwMi i r m nw mmt nwf rr itMtn awiHw r i ti rticfrAr r frinwa ii ma i Shennan f. 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A night-flying schedule on the trans continental air mail route, either between New York and Chicago or between Chicago and Cheyenne, is expected to be in operation before the end of the next fiscal year, ac cording to an announcement of plans by Second Assistant Postimaster- DRINK IT TO MUSIC TV li CHURCH'S That's the way to enjcy CHURCH'S Grape Juice in a tall, thin glass with ice and a straw. Or in an ice cream soda or lemonade; or fruit punch. It's wonderful what you can do with CHURCH'S in making home drinks, ices, sherbets, desserts. QC 16-oz. ODC Bottle At Your Grocer's CHURCH MFG. CO. Kennewick, Washington Hay & Co. General Henderson. While the New York-to-O.hicago run, from the standpoint of expediting transcon tinental mail, would be the best upon which to Install the nlgh schedule, geographical considera tions, it was said, may lead to a decision to make the night run from Chicago to Cheyenne. Plans contemplate the establish ment of brilliantly lighted landing fields at the air terminals, about 200 miles apart, with powerful bea con lights every 25 miles to guide the night flier to emergency land ing fields. The Oregonian publishes practi cally all of the want ads printed In the other three Portland papers. In addition to thousands of exclusive advertisements not printed in any other local paper. TTT r aaup ice 65cl2ottt vm Tiny! r.