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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JULY 2, 1923 NORTHWEST'S ill PROUD OF RECORD Representatives in Congress to Stand on Achievements. TRIP HOME IS PLANNED the reorganization of the adminis trative branch ot the government. With the appointment also went to Mr. Webster the chairmanship of the house section of the committee. French la Praised. Of Representative French of Idaho, one of his colleagues recently said: "French's conception of heaven is a place where he will be permitted to do all the work." As a hard and intelligent worker, .Mr! French stands high in the esteem of his colleagues. He is now ranking mem ber of the naval sub-committee of the house committee on appropria tions, and next March will succeed to the chairmanship .if the republi cans retain their majority in con gress. As chairman he will frame the next naval bill and have charge of it on the floor of the house. Credit MERGER ANNOUNCED Seven Auto and Truck Man ufacturers Combine. DAYTON HEADQUARTERS Hawley, Sinnott, and French of Idaho to Be Detained In Capital on Business. THE OREGON'IAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, D. C.,- July 1. Only three representatives in congress from the northwest Oregon, Wash ington and Idaho will be left in Washington after the latter part of next week, according to plans to day, following the adjournment of the house last night to August 15. The three who findt impossible to get away because of an over plus of departmental business for their' constitutents on 1 their desks are Hawley and Sinnott, Oregon, and French of Idaho. Representa tive McArthur of Oregon will de part for home about July 10, Miller and Webster of Washington already have returned to the state. Hadley of Washington will leave early next week, while Johnson of the same state hopes to get away in possibly two weeks. Representative Summers was called to Mattoon, 111., several days ago by the serious illness of a sister and expects to complete the journey from there to Walla Walla in the next few days. Record to Be Defended. Representative Smith of Idaho will get away about the end of next week. All of the ten representatives from the northwest are prepared in the fall elections to defend the record made by the house during this session in congress and all of them, standing as candidates for re-election, it has been made clear, intend to go before the voters on their own records of achievement. It is admittedly their intention to de clare that never before in the his tory of this country has that sec tion occunvine: the vast triancrle created by the Canadian border on the north and the Pacific ocean on the west had such influential rep resentation in the councils of the nation. Representative Hawley of Oregon will call attention to his authorship of the agricultural schedule in the pending tariff bill, which leasers of farm interests declare is the most scientific which ever came out of a committee of congress. Good Job In Prospect. Besides his numerous successes in behalf of river and harbor im provements on the Oregon coast, Mr. Hawley will be able to point to the favorable prospects of his being chairman of the house ways and means committee, within a year, which, next to the speakership of the house, is" the most important position in either branch of con gress. Chairman Fordney is retir ing. Representative Longworth, ranking member of the. committee, will succeed Representative Mon dell as maioriiv lpaHr Qnri i6n,fl sentative Green of Iowa would move r. Hawley at the top in event of a republican majority being returned to the house in the November election. This would be the first time the chairmanship of this important com mittee has ever gone to the Pacific coast. Representative Sinnott has the distinction of having won the only new irrigation project ao- proved by congress in 10 years, the Baker project, 1n Baker county, Ore gon and he also has the distine tion of being the Grant of Appo manox in the recent surrender of certain house leaders on the Smith- MCJNary reclamation bill. Sinnott Heads Attack. Mr. binnott headed a special com mittee to break down the odoosI- tion of certain leaders to the recla mation bill, and to him they made their surrender. He also can point to his position of influence, im portant to the west, as chairman oi tne house committee on public lands. Representative McArthur acquired national fame in his successful leadership of the first fight on the floor of the house for the so-called treaty navy. Representative Hadlev nf Waah, ingtn will be able to put his finger on almost every paragraph in the pending tariff bill and say that he had something to do. with its fram ing, oecause he has the unique rec ord of never having missed a se.B' sion of the committee since he be came a member of it three years ago. Representative Miller's claims will relate not only to what he has done for the city of Seattle, which con stitutes the greater part of his dis trict, but he will also call attention to constructive work as a member of the house committee on military auaua. Johnson's Record Good. Representative Johnson, as chair man of the house immigration committee, can truthfully lay claim to more Important legislation relat ing 10 immigration and naturaliza tion Uhan any other man who has ever occupied his position in con gress. Under his leadership the im migration laws of this country have been completely overhauled, and measures have been placed on the statute books for which people wide and far have been clamoring for years. One of these measure is the 5 per cent immigration law, which is commended now by most of those who once opposed it A bill recently Introduced by Mr. John son would reduce the limit to 3 per toui jiuu lurmer restrict aapanese immigration. Representative Summers of Wash ington has taken an interest In al most every variety of legislation, but has specialized to some extent on reclamation and public land mat ters and laws to aid the agricul tural industry, particularly the great fruit and vegetable growing indUStrV nf thA nArfhor... Fruit InsDectfon Won. One of the most noteworthy achievements to Mr. Summer's credit is rne law providing federal Inspec tion of fruit and vegetable ship ments at the loading stations in. - stead of destinations. The good purposes of which are obvious. Representative Webster of Wash- niBiuii una cumoea nign m the na tional councils as a member of the . house committee on interstate and foreign commerce, which frames all legislation having to do with trans- : lems. His enperior understanding me ictai DfiRBfiH or Riinh sulfa tions has been recognized several times bV hnilSA lpsora rA k- u cnaifman or this committee. What is more, Mr. Webster wan rflfnntlv appointed by Speaker Gillett as a member of tha joint committee on I AS WHAT CONGRESS DID ITS DAY'S WORK. Senate. McCumber referred to his defeat and said lie would con tinue working for' the farm ers of North Dakota. Willis, republican, Ohio, of fered bill to better prevent "farming" of - liquor permits and prescriptions. Tariff bill debated, the duty on wheat being boosted to 30 cents a bushel. is given him for reducing much of the costly duplication in the depart ment of the interior by his active part in the framing of the interior department bill. He was willing, it was pointed out, to shoulder the re sponsibility for many of the un popular but necessary provisions of the bill provisions unpopular be cause the reduced number of jobs, but thereby saved the taxpayers many thousands of dollars. Representative Smith of Idaho, representing a public land district in southern Idaho, has given his. at tention to irrigation and agricul tural legislation. For some time he has been acting chairman of the house committee on irrigation and will become chairman of the com mittee in event of republican vic tory in the coming congressional elections. With Senator McNary of Oregon he is co-author of the Smith McNary reclamation bill. Every member of the three north west delegations has been energetic in the'eampaign tp force the Smith McNary bill to a vote. GASOLINE PRICE LOWER Cut of Half Cent Announced at Spokane Stations." SPOKANE, Wash... July 1. Jaso line dropped half a cent in price at Standard Oil service stations here today, to 28, cents, including the state tax. The reduction was made possible by decreased freight rates effective today, company officials said. How much territory the reduction will cover was not stated. of the prosecution's statements, showing the corroboration of the state's story by that of the story told by Hecker, except the minor de tan or tne struggle, introduced as self-defense. HECKER IS FOUND GUILTY (Continued From First Page.) Quantity Production and. lower Prices Declared Aim of Asso ciated Motor Industries. Acts Blamed on Panic. Gale S. Hill and Gilbert Hedges, attorneys for the defense, conducted! the closing arguments. The boy's story of the sinking of the body in the Calapoola and other inexplica ble actions, were results of the pan icky state of mind after the crime, they argued. They drew at length upon the intent of both Bowker and his brother Albert to accompany Hecker on the trip after the liquor, stating that this Dlt of evidence was proof that the Bowker's had in tended to rob Hecker's friend of the liquor, and that It was their intent which was premeditated rather than that of the defendant. Hecker's trial opened here Monday last. Its completion marks the end of one of the most interesting and mysterious cases in the criminal history of this district. First, Bow ker was reported missing. Then the bloody car was found, and Hecker was surrendered by hi attorney. A trip to find the body was made by the defendant, his father, attor neys and the officers. Even the po lice, directed by the elder Hecker, did not know where they were go ing. Stopped at the Calapoola, they were shown the spot where the body had been pushed over. But no body was found. Murder Car Traced. Then the spots on the Clackamas road near the rifle range were found. The murder car was traced through its route to Albany. Then, on the following Friday, the body of uowKer was round in the river. Originally the case was to have been tried In Multnomah county where the preliminary hearing was neia, Dut on account or the Jurisdic tion venue was changed and the in dictment returned in : Clackamas county. . Berry Growers Need Pickers. SALEM, Or., July 1. (Special.l- Marion county growers, whose ber ries- have ripened rapidly during the few days last past because of the hot weather, today sent out distress calls for pickers in an ef fort to save their crops. Many of these growers are offering a bonus ranging from a quarter to a half cent a pound for pickers who will remain through the season. If pickers are not available within the next few days, growers fear that they will lose a part of their crops DAYTON, O., July 1 (By the As sociated Press.) An $80,000,000 con solidation of manufacturers, of au tomobiles, trucks and auto - parts, with factories in seven states, has been completed here under the name of Associated Motor Indus tries. Will I. Ohmer of Dayton is chairman of the board. The merger includes seven automobile and truck factories, In addition to motor, body, gear, ignition and other part mak ers. Offices will be here. Full speed production will be started within a few days in all plants, it was announced. A num ber of other manufacturers of cars are being considered and some ad ditions may be announced soon, it was said. Besides the manufacturing involved, . five assembling plants will be operated ati Indianapolis, BostovL, Louisville, Oakland, Cal., and St. Louis. Mo. . All Plants Owned Outright. All plants in the merger are owned outright by the consolidation. the Htles being turned over in fee simple to the corporation. Includ ing the assembly units 14 plants are involved, 'fhe manufacturing plants are: National Motor Car & Vehicle cor poration, Indianapolis; Covert Gear company. Lockport, N. Y., transmis sion and clutch makers; Recording & Computing Machines company, Dayton, O., ignition, magneto, start er, battery and generator manu facturers: Jackson Motors corpora tion, Jackson, Mich.; Kentucky Wagon Manufacturing company, Louisville; Saginaw . Sheet Metal works, Saginaw, Mich.; Traffic Mo, tor Truck corporation, St. Louis; Murray-Tregurth corporation, Bos ton, manufacturers of gasoline en gines, and H. F, Holbrook company. New York, manufacturers of auto mobile bodies. The official announcement said a $35,000,000 dealers' financing fund would be available during the next year, and that more than 20.000 skilled mechanics would be em ployed. "We shall start production at full speed," Mr. Ohmer said today. "As sociated Motor Industries believes that the country was never in better condition than at the present time to open up factories and begin pro duction, putting men and women to work. There Is no question about the sale of goods after they ' are manufactured at reasonable prices. Wages to Be Kept I p. The policy of the corporation," Mr. Ohmer said, "is against wage reduction and at the same time fa vors price reduction." Prices must be reduced, but without lowering the wages of working men and women. Any pol icy of wage reduction is entirely wrong. It is the human element that is the most important in any industry. It must be made possi ble for . wage earners to make not only the living wage and the saving wage, but something more. According to the announcement of policies, Associated . Motor Indus tries will continue to manufacture all the cars and trucks now made by member companies. The present capacity of all plants will be in-' creased. The manufacturing plants and assembling units are so situ ated, it is stated, as to be able to deliver cars practically freight-free anywhere east of the Rocky moun tains. The policy announcement states: Associated Motor Industries will manufacture automobiles and trucks exclusively. It purposes to effect saving in manufacturing costs by large quantity, standardized produc tion, under centralized management. "All our plants are in operation now. - "By" the plan of operation each plant will concentrate on the prod uct it can make best in large quan tity. The members make virtually everything that enters into auto mobile or truck construction. The merger ' will use nearly the entire output of its member companies. Any surplus in the output of parts will be disposed of to manufacturers out side of the merger." ' innovation is proposed in the use of radio to make one unit of all its operating systems. - Radio installa tions are being made ready for all the plants. Later it is planned to have radio installation in the prin cipal dealers' offices. Work on the merger has been in progress for many months. In his statement today Mr. Ohmer said: . "This merger is uniaue in that It has purchased outright all its plants instead of being a holding corpora tion. The usual thine in such mer gers has been a holding eorrjoration and; separate operating corporations. me noioing corporation owning a majority of the stock, with a full set of oficers and each operating Corporation having a full set of of- ncers and staff. Associated Motor Industries eliminates all that dupli cation. The executive officers of the consolidation are the only exec utive officers of the merger. All of the plants will be operated as a unit from the central offices. It is not amalgamation of any organiza tion that has gone before it Prosperity Here Now. "As to prosperity, it is here now. We have only to accept it and go ahead with business. So much pes simism has been spread over the country that many people have lost belief in themselves. Associated Motor Industries believes that the time to start up is now. Business is ready right now for people who can make the right kind of goods at the right price. "It is the purpose of Associated Motor Industries to standardize and produce in such quantities as will get .the cost of cars of quality within the reach of the people. There is no question that a re duction in cost so that prices will come within reach of the consumer's pocketbook must be brought about before there can be a return to old time prosperity.. The manufacturer must be satisfied , with a smaller profit. And to be able to reduce the cost and work on smaller profits it. is necessary to increase produc tion by the most efficient methods. "As. to our employment policies, they are well known and I shall have more to say about them later. I believe In paying people all they can earn and making It possible for them to enjoy their work. Women should receive the same pay as men for the same work. "I want employes to feel that they are - partners in the business and share in the success of the business. .. "The interests of the employes bf the Associated Motor Industries shall have my personal care and everything possible will be done to make them satisfied and happy." H0QUIAM BUILDERS BUSY Permits Totalling $80,000 Issued Within Three Months. HOQUIAM, Wash, July 1. (Spe cial.) Construction work totaling $80,000 has been started in the last three months in this city, the build ing permits for the last month show ing work started aggregating $30, 042. During the three months XI residences have been started, rang ing in value from $1500 to $7000. Two permits calling for an ex penditure of $15,000 each were Is sued during the quarter just ended; one was for the Union Oil company distributing station and the other for a one-story garage by the Stev ens company, which will be occupied by an automobile agency. The Ho quiam Manufacturing company has just completed a new factory for woodworking costing $4500, the per mit for which was Issued this quarter. CAPTURE OF C BY REBELS F m Insurgent Forces Believed to Be Mobilizing. FIGHTING LEADERS QUIT Surrender ot Two Republicans Is Declared to Indicate Weakened Morale. CORK, July 1. (By the Associ ated Press.) There seems good rea son to believe that tne republican forces are mobilizing this evening preparatory to a. move to take pos session of the city and occupy stra tegic joints. Several buildings, in cluding the general postoffice, are indicated as likely to be taken over by the insurgents. DUBLIN, July L (By the Asso ciated Press.) Dublin was rela tively quiet at 11 o'clock tonight, and although there were sounds of sniping in the districts held by the insurgents there was no indication of an offensive by the national troops. Some fighting was in progress in the north of the city and Amiens street, and movements of national troops passing through te city were accompanied by the usual fu sillades from barricaded strong holds. The main thoroughfares of Dublin were almost completely de serted throughout the evening. It is estimated that not more man 600 or 700 irregulars remained m the city. Another body of them surrendered in Stanley street to night, but their number could not be ascertained, lord Mayor O'Neill and Archbishop Byrne have been trying to arrange for a cessation of hostilities, but without success. Sharp Battle Fought. A sharp engagement took place during the evening between the na tionals, in occupation of the North ern Star hotel, and Irregulars in Moran's hotel In Talbot street. This district today was one of the most perilous in the city. The garrison in Morans hotel is believed to De composed of members of the I. W. W., and the district has been turned into a hornets nest. The Rathfarnham police barracks in the suburbs has been evacuated and set on fire. The garrison of regulars is believed to have made Its way to Dublin. Irregulars from the suburb of Bray are reported to be entering the town. - I DUBLIN, July 1. (By the Asso ciated Press.) The provisional free state government turned today to the task of clearing out the remain ing nests of insurgents, following the fall of the Four Courts, the chief stronghold of the anti-treaty forces. The surrender this morning of more than 50 rebels who had been holding out in the Capel-street area was hailed as evidence that the morale of the republicans had been weakened by the surrender of Rory O'Connor and Llam Mellowes, two of their strongest fighting leaders. ' The menace still confronting not only Dublin but the government was recognized, however, and the dall minister of defense, in a proc lamation to the troops of the na tional army, declared: It is reported on good authority that Aamonn de Valera is in per sonal charge of the Sackville area for the republicans, who are re ported to be making elaborate prep arations to repulse any attack, even breaking through the side walls in order to connect all the buildings. This morning the windows bristled with rifles. The ruins of the Four Courts were still blazing furiously this morning. Nothing remains of the magnificent dome, which was a distinguishing feature of the building. LONDON, July 1. (By the Asso ciated. Press.) Reduction of the Four Courts, chief rebel stronghold in Dublin, seems to have justified the belief that the provisional free state government canyCope with the situation. Trouble is believed to be brewing in the south. Republican sympathies are notoriously widespread in "rebel Cork." and it will be no surprise if the republicans there rally in arms against the provisional government. 3000 REQUEST LICENSES Persons Applying for Auto Plates Pay Only for Six Months. SALEM. Or., July 1. (Special.) It was estimated at the secretary of state's office tonight that approxi mately 3000 applications for motor vehicle license plates covering the period July 1 to December 31 of this year, were received today. Persons applying for licenses today were' required to pay only for the six months' period. Although several hundred appli cations were received over the counter In the state motor vehicle department here in the secretary of state's office, the great bulk of the requests for licenses probably were received In the Portland offices of the department. Body of Prince Sent to Monaco. PARIS, July 1. The body of Prince Albert of Monaco, who died here this week, was sent to Monaco tonight after a simple ceremony at tended only by the immediate mem bers of his family. The funeral will take place at Monte Carlo next Sat urday. Phone your want ads to The Ore gontan. Main 7070, Automatic 560-95. MW, Miss Catlin's School FOB BOARDING AND DAY PUPILS Opens September 6. Occupies Its (Bwn Building on WESTOVER TERRACES. An Ideal Location Basketball and Tennis Courts. Prepares girls tor eastern as well as western colleges and schools, under a faculty of experienced eastern teachers. Number of pupils limited in each class. Primary. IirterTnediate and Hitch School Departments Boys Accepted In Primary Grades. College Preparatory and Special Courses. Accredited to colleges ana universities. Music, Art, Physical Training and Science. French Taught Throughout the School, Boarding Department Special Feature, Catalogue went i pon Keqaest to Westover Terrace, Portland. Or. Phone Auto. 512-72. -Easy Terms, No Interest The Same as Though You Paid Full and Regular Prices- Edwards Annual July Sunday Turkey Dinner $j.oo Served 5 to 8 P. M. Today we serve another one of our popular Tur key Dinners and other seasonable, good things to eat. . SWETLAND'S 269-271 Morrison St. A Pleasant Place to Dine Dancing Lessons The Downey-MarFarlaln nance Studios (Formerly De Honey's) Open AH Slimmer. ' L,argeat and Mont Prac tical Schools in the Weat. Private Lessons A II. Hours MURLARK HALL, 23d and Washington Sta. Phone Main 5527. COTILLION HALL. 14th, Nr. Washington 9t. Phone Broadway 2002. NOTICE: Teachers' Normal School ! ' Opens July 1 ENROLL NOW. Dance Tonight BOAT BLUE BIRD Leaves Foot of Jefferson St. . 8:45 P. M. Sharp. . , , See the Windows They're filled to overflowing with the quality and styles of furniture you'll be proud to own. New home builders may partake of this unusual buy ing opportunity. Selections made Will be held for future delivery without additional charge. . rl i1R3? ft (ssi Places Before You a Most U S Time to Select Home Advantageous Furnishings o You'll Have Difficulty Resisting These Arranged in the Front Window Today Dining Room $69.50 Walnut finish, oblong top. Queen Anne Period table and set of six chairs with genuine leather slip seats. Bedroom $66.50 Ivory enamel bed, chiffonier with mirror, triple mirror dressing table, dressing table chair slipper rocker; five, pieces. ing md Rugs At Prices That Mean Something Fifty Chairs and Rockers! ' One and Two of a Kind Values Up to $35.00 Mahogany Finishes With Tapestry Seats Jacobean Oak With Genuine Leather Mahogany Finishes With Windsor Backs Golden Oak With Genuine leather Wicker With Cretonne Upholstering 9x12 Japanese Grass $4.75 9x12 China Matting $8.50 9x 9 China Matting $.8S 9x12 Art Supreme Grass. . .813.85 9x12 Reversible Fibers ...$13.85 9x12 Pabcolln Art Rugs.. .$12JB5 9x10.6 Pabcolln Art Rugs. .$11.85 9x9 Pabcolln Art Rugs... $10.85 7.6x9 Pabcolin Art Rugs... $9.45 6x9 Pabcolin Art Ruga 6-5 AND THE BETTER ONES ARE REDUCED, TOO. SIX LOTS AND EVERY ONE A GOOD PATTERN. $K.75 6x9 Axminsters and Wool Velvets at . , $19.85 9x12 Linen Fringed Wilton Velvets at $47.75 9x12 Seamless Tap. estry Brussels at $17.95 9x12 Chenilles. 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Table is 45 inches in diameter and the mas sive base is identical to the illustration. Each chair is securely built with s ad d 1 e - shaped seats, supported against the back posts. A Typical Edwards Value $26.75 Continuous Post Bed in V. M. (gold color) or i mo r y enamel finish. Square link (not dia mond) Steel Spring and 45-lb. Felted Cotton Rolled - Edge Reversible Mattress. Reg. value $34.50.