72 Pages Seven Sections Section One Pages ! to 16 VOL. XLI NO. 53 Entered at Portland (Oresron Postoffiee a Second-claw Matter. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 31, 1922 PRICE FIVE CENTS GRAND JUHY ENDS 70-MILE GALE HITS NORTH HEAD STATION FIHEWOHKS OPE EX-SOCIETY LEADER 42,100 JOIN IN RUSH 1IL OVER CUPID ENVOY WARREN SOON 15 RUM BOAT? DIES AMID SQUALOR FOR MOTOR LICENSES TO VACATE HIS POST PROBE INTO BANK BECOMES FARCE STORM i "WARNINGS OUT FOB NORTHWEST COAST. DAUGHTER OP EX-CHIEF JUS STATE EXPECTS TOTAL WILL A3EBASSADOR TO JAPAJT SATS TICE IS DRUG ADDICT. REACH 150,000 IN" 1923. HE WILL RESIGJT OFFICE. QTI A: 12 Secret Indictments Are Reported. TASK LASTS THREE MONTHS Dismissal Held Evidence Job Is Completed. 21 TRUE BILLS FOUND Stricter Enforcement of Laws on Speeding and Dance Hall. Regulations Is Urged. Ia the final report made yesterday y the Multnomah county grand, Jury, which had been held on duty for three months, there were 21 true tills. One not true bill was returned and eight open indictments. Twelve secret indictments were returned. Precedent was established in hold ing this set of grand jurors over two extra months, tl was- admitted that they were being continued on the job for the purpose of sifting down the facts pertaining to the de funct State Bank of Portland. They went into this matter during the first month's work. When October ended they were retained for an other month. The same thing oc curred at the end of November. Probe Thought Completed. , The explanation volunteered was that they had become familiar with affairs of the bank case and should be kept on the case until it had been (Sifted to. a conclusion. From these facts it is taken for granted that examination into affairs of the de funct financial instituton has been completed and that some of the se cret indictments returned yesterday have connection with the bank mat ter. Arrests growing out of such indictments should naturally follow in a day or two. - - Charges and counter-charges have been made by bank officers against each other, and by others against the officers, since the institution closed its doors last February. Sev eral suits other than those by Frank C. Bramwell, state superintendent of banks, and having to do with liquidation of the bank, have found their way into court. In general, the suits have been concerned largely with representations made with ref erence to the condition of the bank when the old People's bank was merged with it, the transfers of capital stock connected with the merger and the nature of loans made by directors of the State bank. Banks Merced in 1921. The State bank, which closed its doors February 15, 1922, embraced the old bank of that name and also the People's bank, the two having been merged on October 1, 1921. The latter bank had been organized in April of 1920, while the State bank was formed in 1917. Officers of the People's bank when the merger was effected were: E. T. Gruwell, president; W. Q. Buf- fington, vice-president; Hugh C. Gruwell, cashier. After the consolidation of the two banks, officers of the State bank were: Leroy D.. Walker, president Anthon Eckern, vice-president"; Con rad P. Olson, vice-president; E. T. Gruwell, vice-president; Hugh C. Gruwell, cashier; H. O. Voget and S. H. Slocum, assistant cashiers. Conrad P. Olson Files Snit. The most important of the suits growing out of conduct of the bank was that filed May 29, 1922, by Con rad P. Olson, who had bought a con trolling interest in the institution shortly before It collapsed and had been elected as its president Olson filed suit against Walker and Eck ern, seeking to recover $100,000 he had paid for stock in acquiring con trol of the bank. He alleged fraud ulent representations with regard to the condition of the bank, particu- (Concluded on Page 2. Column 1.) in p,r ttlr - p . (:- - ' ' SENTIME ff ' - , 1 ' Rain, With Strong Southerly Gale, Predicted for Today by Weather Bureau. Storm warnings were Issued at 4 P. M. yesterday for all north Pacific seaports, and southwest sea ports from Eureka to Cape Mendo cino. At 6 P. M. a 70-mile gale from the south, with the barometer still falling, was reported by the United States weather bureau's office at North Head. The wind had been 30 miles an hour at 5 P. M. Rain was falling, with a precipitation of .52 of an inch recorded for the 24 hours previous to 5 P. M. Rain today, with strong south erly gales, was the prediction for Portland and vicinity. The same prediction was made for all Ore gon and Washington. The total rainfall in Portland for the 24 hours preceding 6 P. M. was .45 of an inch, bringing thei total rainfall since September 1 to 17.85 inches. The normal fall for that period is 19.11 inches. There was no sunshine in Port land yesterday, according to the1 weather bureau, although Old Bol could have been on the job for 8 hours and 41 minutes. The maxi mum temperature was 48 above and the minimum 44 above. Despite the rain the Willamette dropped .7 of a foot. NEWPORT, Or., Deo. SO. (Spe cial.) By far the most terrific wind and rain storm of the season struck Newport at 5 o'clock today. Boat traffic was tied up here. The L. C. Smith is in the Siletz harbor and the Roamer is also bar-bound at Waldport. The lights were extin guished, leaving Newport in dark ness. ASTORIA. Or.. Dec. 30. (Special.) Astoria was visited today by one of the heaviest rain storms of the season. 'There was no wind, but the steady downpour of rain con tinued practically all day and was still in progress tonight. 1922 HAS53 SUNDAYS Many Persons Hope 1923 Pay days Will Match Unusual Record. That time promised in the prov erb, when every day will be Sun day, appears to be coming closer. At any rats the year 1922 seems to have brought It nearer by reason of the fact that it held 53 Sundays, in the belief of amateur calendar stu dents, an event almost unprece dented. It has been many years, at least, since there was such an oc currence. The year just closing opened Sun day and its last day was Sunday. This is how it happened to crowd in 53 rest days in 12 months. It is said that even this arrangement could be improved upon and many are hoping that 53 paydays will be provided by 1923. REDS PLAN SACRILEGE Effigy of God to Be Burned in Moscow Christmas. BY GEORGE SELDES. (Copjrig-ht, 1622. by the Chicago Tribune.) (Chicago Tribune Foreign News Service.) MOSCOW, Dec 30. Not contented with the anti-Christmas , campaign on Christmas day, the league of communist youth and communist university students have arranged a still greater anti-Christmas dem onstration for January 6, which is Christmas according to the Gregor ian calendar, and therefore the day worshipped by Russia's devout. Here the limit of the anti-Christmas campaign will be reached when an effigy labeled "Almighty God" will be paraded and burned in the public square. SOME RAIN FORECAST Occasional Showers Scheduled for Pacific Coast States. , WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 30. The weather outlook for the week beginning Monday follows: Pacific states Occasional rain; temperature near normal. AT CAPITAL Sll ; State Lawmakepibbil ize Weeyfice. " EXCITING SESSION ASSURED Pierce Sure of Support; Also . Some Opposition. POLITICS PLAY UNLIKELY Republican Legislators Disposed to Back Governor In Meas ures for State Benefit. One week from today the 30 sen ators and 60 representatives of the Oregon legislature will mobilize, at Salem, preparatory to starting the session Monday morning, January 8. Just how soon the fireworks will start Is not certain, but those who observe and participate In matters political forecast one of the most lively and exciting 40-day sessions in recent years. There is no organization fight in sight, for K. K. Kutoll, representa tive from Multnomah, has about 45 pledged votes for speaker of the house, and Jay H. , Upton has 16 pledged votes for president of the senate. All these pledges are signed on th dotted line. Among the sup porters of B. ti. Eddy there is still some hope that something may hap pen to compass the defeat of Sen ator Upton and bring about the elec tion as president of Senator Eddy, but there is, apparently, no good ground on which to base the hope. Support Assured Fierce. Ben W. Olcott will deliver his farewell address on the opening day and t Walter M. Pierce will deliver his inaugural message and, Oregon having changed governors, the ses sion will proceed. As governor, Mr. Pierce will have the loyal support of the house organization, headed by Mr. Kubli, and he will have the backing of the senate machine, cap tained, by Senator Upton. In the house, George A. Lovejoy, democrat, and in the senate, W. H. Strayer, democrat, will be the official spokes men for Mr. Pierce, democratic gov ernor. - The full extent of the Pierce pro gramme is not yet revealed to the public but so far as known it meets, practically, with the good wishes of the republican majority. There will be measures behind which the gov ernor will throw his influence, which will meet with strong opposition, but in the main the governor need expect no antagonism from the re publican camp. There is no desire to place the governor in a hole and. by the same token, republican lead ers in the legislature have no in tention of permitting the governor to "pass the buck" by sending up sky-rocket bills for spectacular ef feet and then, when these bills fail to pass, charge the legislature with failure to back him up. State Welfare Paramount, - Not one republican legislator thus far interviewed has expressed a wish to play politics and each has declared he will support the gov ernor in any legislation of state benefit. On the surface, there is a good working organization in house and senate, but it should be borne in mind that the minority is strong in each branch or the legislature. Many of the veterans of the house, some of them skilled legislators, have not agreed to vote for Mr. Kubll for speaker, and there are 14 of the 30 senators who have not gone into the Upton camp. If these minorities are organized it will be a nip-and-tuck contest on test-vote measures throughout the session. Among the pledges for Mr. Kubll are a number of representatives who are with him for speaker, but who may bolt his organization when (Concluded oh Page 5, Column 4. TOPICS OF THE Body Found on Dirty Cot Three Weeks After Demise; Bank Book Shows $97,000. (By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.) CHICAGO. Dec 30. Mrs. Maude Fuller Delius, eldest daughter of the late Melville W. Fuller, ex-chlef jus tice of the United States supreme court, was found dead on a dirty cot in a rear room of her little three- room flat at 5445 Harper avenue, this afternoon. She died approxi mately three weeks ago, the police believe. As there were no marks of vio lence on the body, Coroner Wolff, who conducted a personal examina tion, said he believed that the wo man had died either from an Over dose of drugs, of which she was said to be an addict, or had drunk or some poison. An analysis of the contents of her stomach was or dered by the coroner. The room where the body was found was in confusion. The furni ture, of an age long gone by, was in disorder and scraps of torn let ters were scattered about on the floor. The woman's wedding ring was found clasped In her hand when the police removed the body. Although the place in which she lived spoke loudly of poverty, it was .learned from neighbors and friends of the dead woman that she was worth more than $250, 000. . A bank book among her effects showed a cash balance of $97,000 in a local bank. She was also said to have . owned considerable property In and about Chicago. Mrs. Delius was about ,65 years of age. She .had lived in Harper avenue for more than 20 years. William H. Delius, her - husband, committed suicide by shooting him self in the head during a fit of de spondency in the home 18 years ago. In her youth Mrs. Delius was one of the most popular society leaders in Chicago, it was said. Her fath er's home in Hyde Park was the center of much of the social ac tivity of the day. When Judge Fuller was appointed to the su preme bench the young woman spent much of her time in Wash ington and other eastern cities. Upon her marriage to Mr. Delius, who was then chief contracting agent for the Chicago & Northwest ern railroad, the couple went to live in Harper avenue. A few years later came the death of Mr. Delius. Before her husband was hardly buried, friends of the woman no ticed that a change had come over her. She kept inside and had little or no social intercourse with her friends and relatives. As the years went on her seclu sion became more profound until at last she was regarded as being "queer." She dressed, even to the tims of her death, in the same styles that were prevalent at the time of her husband's death. She shut her self up in her room and went out only to her meals, which she took at a little restaurant nearby. Then came the rumors that she had become a drug addict There was no light in the little flat. While the rest of the world was asleep, she would be heard walking up and down the floor. Four weeks ago she failed to appear at all. Noth ing was thought of it until today the police were called and, break ing in the door, found her dead in the back room. BANDITS RECEIVE CASH Others Taken Into Gendarmerie Under Compromise. BY CHARLES DAILET. (Chicago Tribune Foreign News Service. Copyright, 1922. by the Chicago Tribune.) PEKIN, Dec. 30. A compromise has been reached at Tsingtad where by 300 bandits have been taken into the Kiaochow gendarmerie, the rest receiving $100,000 in cash on their promise of disbandment. ASSASSIN IS DOOMED Jflewadomski Sentenced to Die for . Killing Polish President. WARSAW, Dec. 30. (By' the As sociated Press. -Nlewadomski Was sentenced to death today for -the assassination of President Naruto- wicz. The trial began this morning, just two weeks after the assassination TIMES PICTORIALLY INTERPRETED BY CARTOONIST PERRY. Year's Permits Gain 15,798; Fees Aggregate $3,340,420; Total for 1921 $2,335,000. SALEM, Or., Dec. 20. A total of 42,100 applications for 1923 motor vehicle licenses had been received at the offices of the secretary of state tonight Of these applications more than 900 were received over the counter in the state department today. It was estimated by the sec retary of state that more than 150,000 licenses for motor vehicles will be issued during the year 1923. On the last working day of the year, 1921, a total of 64,071 appli cations for 1922 motor vehicle li censes had been received at the state department. Motor vehicle licenses for the year 1922 aggregated 134,413, or a gain of 15,798 over the year 1921. The secretary of state announced tonight that motor vehicle owners who have applied for their licenses and have not received them will not be molested by the traffic offioers. Owners of cars who have not made application for licenses and persist in operating their machines after midnight Sunday will be subject to arrest and prosecution. Because of the usual eleventh- hour congestion in the motor vehicle department it may be more than a week before some of the operators whose applications are now on file receive their plates. More than 100 persons in quest of 1923 licenses were lined up in the halls of the capitct building when the state department opened for business this morning. The appli cants increased in number a3 the day progressed and it was neces sary to keep a force of employes at work during the noon hour. Clerks remained on duty until 6 o'clock tonight. Motor vehicle fees for the year 1922 aggregated $3,340,420.58, as against $2,335,000 for the year 1921. EARL L. FISHER ELECTED Tax Commissioner to Succeed Frank K. Lovell Chosen. SALEM, Or., Dec. 30. (Special.) Earl L. Fisher tonight was elected state tax commissioner to succeed Frank K. Lovell, who has resigned because of ill-health. Mr. Fisher was elected for a four-year term. starting January 1, 1923. , Mr.. Fisher has served as deputy state tax commissioner for the last three years. Prior to coming to Salem he served as county assessor of Linn county for two terms. Mr. Fisher's election was an nounced by the state tax commis sion, which is composed of the gov ernor, secretary of state and state treasurer. ' . SARAH BERNHARDT EAGER Actress Says She Is Ready for Performance Wednesday. " PARIS, Dec. 30. (By the Asso ciated Press) Whether Sarah Bern hardt, who announced yesterday that she would return to the stage Wednesday, can persuade her physi cians that' she is ready for the open ing performance of "Un Suject de Roman" seems problematical. Doctors and friends believe it may be necessary to keep her from the theater awhile longer. "If I rested too long, I shouldn't live," she asserted. She said she had promised Sacha Guitry, author of her new play, that she would be ready to act Wednesday. OPEN HOUSE CANCELED President to Spend New Year's Day Quietly. WASHINGTON, D. d Dec. 30. There will be no New Tear's day reception at the White House Mon day. The traditional "open house' to New Year visitors, discontinued by President Wilson and revived by President Harding last year, had to be abandoned on account of Mrs. Harding s illness. The president will spend the day quietly with his wife, who is con valescing slowly. A few intimate friends probably will call during the day -and Mrs. Harding is expected to preside at New Year's dinner In the state dining room. Mrs. McCormick and Ed win Krenn Trailed. PROCESSION HUMOROUS ONE Mysterious Auto Party Goes Only to Opera. SWISS LOST FREQUENTLY Guards at Hotel Evaded Twice; Arrest for Parking Car Fol ' lows Shopping Tour. CHICAGO, Dec. 30. (By the As sociated Press.) Newspaper men keeping vigil aDout the Lakeshore mansion of Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCormick watching for .symptoms that her rumored marriage to Edwin Krenn, young Swiss architect was about to take place, passed a busy but fruitless day. Early in the morning newspaper men and women and photographers surrounded the house at every van tage point with additional details stationed across the street to cover Mr. Krenn's hotel. At 10:30 their watchful waiting had its first Jolt when the hotel guard discovered it had lost Mr. Krenn. Five minutes of agitated hunting and he was found four blocks away strolling down the avenue. Reporters and photogra phers fell into line and the proces sion moved on. At his radio shop, his first business venture in Amer ica, Mr. Krenn stopped for a con ference with Adolph Dato, his Swiss manager. Pair Go to Manson. ThA r-nnference over, they bundled h ahnn'a hnnks' under their arms and departed for the McCormick mansion, where the entire newspa per guard mobilized and stood at attention. They did not have long to wait. Rhnrtlv. two uniformed footmen un rolled the red party carpet down the steps and erected over it a gauy striped awning. A bulletin was dispatched to the newspaper offices. Photographers climbed nearby trees in search of better vantage points. Next a limousine arrived and a fashionably gowned guest, who looked as though she might be the advance guard of a waiting party, tripped up the steps. Social editors peering through the iron fence, said it was Mrs. Martin B. Pike. Another Car Arrtevs. A second car arrived. Miss Har riett Monroe, poet and editor of a poetry magazine, followed up the red carpeted steps. A lone wait. Two o'clock came and passed, then three empty cars appeared and Mrs. McCormick, ac comDanied by several friends, came down the steps and all were whisked away while reporters raced for a nearby taxicab fleet The chase ended when Mrs. McCormick was discovered entertaining her friands in her box at the opera, watching Feodor Chaliapin, the Russian basso, wield his broom in the Brocken scene of Mefistofele. While breathless reporters heaved a sigh of relief, the hotel guard was discovering it had misplaced Mr. wronn nraln. Four minutes later he was found stepping into his coupe. Motor Cops Trail Swiss. Motor mounted cops trailed the elusive Swiss Into the ' loop. He parked and went shopping for two phonograph records, walked a bit and admired the store windows, then returned to his car, where an irate traffic rjoliceman was waiting witn a slip directing Mr. Krenn to appear in oourt Tuesday ana explain a vio lation of the traffic laws. Next the chase led back to the Radio shop. A short wait and the calvacade, containing Mr. Krenn's mmA snd ha.lf a. dnzen ta.Yip.ahn r. turned to the hotel, when Mr. Krenn (Concluded on Page 2. Column 2.) rA ah m AUTO CMASES Diplomat Will Depart for Home January 25 and Later Retire From Public Service. TOKIO, Dec SO. (By the- Asso ciated Press.) Charles B. Warren, United States ambassador to Japan, will depart for America on the President Cleveland January 25, and, after necessary conferences with President Harding and Secretary Hughes, will present his resigna tion, he announced today. In announcing his intention of re signing his post, Ambassador War ren said: "I came to Japan when the rela tions between this country and the United States constituted a potential danger. I am going away now that distrust and dangerous suspicion have disappeared from both coun tries. We are justified in believing that the present cordial relations will long continue." The ambassador declared that the accomplishments of the Washing ton conference "created a new feel ing of stability in far eastern affairs." "I came to assist in a task which has been accomplished," he contin ued. "There is no element of sur prise in my returning to the United States to resign, for when I ac cepted the mission from President Harding and Secretary Hughes, it was understood that I had no de sire to remain in the diplomatic service under normal conditions. "The time has arrived when I feel free to return home and resign. I am deeply appreciative of the treatment accorded me by the Jap anese and I desire to express the most kindly sentiments to our great number of new friends in Japan who had overwhelmed us with thought ful kindness. Full expression of my appreciation will be reserved for other occasions before our depart ure." Ambassador Warren said that upon his return to the United States he hoped to be able in making "things better understood In Amer ica." The Warrens will give a number of farewell ' dinners. Din ners in their honor are to be given by Foreign Minister Uchida, other Japanese notables and American or ganizations in Japan. Ambassador Warren was appoint ed to- his post in June, 1921, WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 30. A statement from a White House spokesman was to the effect that the administration felt that Mr. Warren had performed an impor ant task in cementing friendly re lations between Japan and the United States and that if he felt he had done all consistent with the personal sacrifices entailed in re taining the post, he would be per mitted to retire at his pleasure. His residence is in Detroit, where he has an extensive law practice. 25 GET CUPID'S PERMITS Marriag License Record at Van couver Is Broken. VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. 80. (Special.) Twenty-five marriage licenses were issued here today, breaking the pre-New Year's record for the last five years. Last year on December 31, 17 licenses were Issued; in 1920, 15; in 1919, 21, and in 1918, which was the peak year of the marriage industry here, only eight. - Many of today's couples were middle-aged. Licenses were Issued to two minor girls, Fern Bliler, 16, of Vancouver, and Ruby Ticheoor, 17, of Portland. They married Buehl Jordan, 21, of Independence, Or., and William A. Justus, 21, of Port land. Miss Bliler' s mother and Miss Tichenor's father accompanied them and gave their consent to the wed dings. AID TO VETERANS LAUDED Harding Praises Activities of Knights of Columbus. NEW YORK, Dec. 30. President Harding praised the Knights of Columbus in their work for the war veterans in a New Year's message received today. A New Year's greeting also was received from Cardinal Mercier. Cargoes Worth $7,000- 000 Put Ashore Safely. GRAFT EVADE DRY PATROL State Agents Sent Ashore by Bogus Order. ENGINE REPAIRS BEGUN Prohibition Chief Vainly Tells Officers to Go Back to Sea and Resume Watch. NEW YORK. Dec. 30. With the sub-chaser Hansen, "federal dry ftavy" of the port of New York tied up at the Battery with engines dis abled, the narrows was left un guarded tonight long enough for 15 rum runners to slip into port with nearly 37,000,000 worth of liquor for New Year's, the police department was advised. The 15 little vessels were believed by prohibition officials to have on board at least 60,000 cases of liquor. They represent only a part of the fleet of rum-laden craft which since a few days before Christmas had been laying outside the three-mile limit, awaiting opportunity to run the gauntlet into the city. Federal Prohibition Zone Chief Appleby was amazed when he learned that the Hansen, flagship of his "dry fleet," was tied up at her pier. "I thought she was out patrolling the narrows," he explained. Mysterious Order Received, Appleby immediately got in touch with Captain John H. Dysart, com mander of the Hansen. It developed that a mysterious order had been received, on the Hansen to have her engines repaired, but the authority for the order could not be learned. The rum chaser then went to her dock and her engines were taken down. All this followed discovery In the crew's quarters on the Hansen today of 20 cases of liquor, alleged to have been part of a cargo of 70 cases seized on the schooner Linnie Bell several days ago. When Appleby told Captain Dy sart that since the Hansen had been docked under her own .power, she should put to sea at once to watch the liquor-smuggling craft, he was informed the engine was dismantled. Besides, said Captain Dysart, the re moval of members of his crew in connection'with the 20 cases had left him too short-handed to start on patrol. Police Patrols Out. With the Hansen out of the way, Appleby tonight endeavored to press every available small boat Into serv ice to head off the blockade runners He said the Narrows were guarded by police patrols and the coast guard men also were vigilant. Piers in the North and East rivers and along the Brooklyn and Staten Island waterfronts were under sharp watch of customs men, he said, and, while the dry navy's smaller craft would not be able to compete with the smugglers in the outer bay, they would be able to give a lively chase in the harbor. , , Appleby said he did not believe there were now more than two or three large liquor vessels off the three-mile limit within striking dis tance. There had been 10 or 15 re-' ported between Cape May, N. J., and Boston before the storm, but he was satisfied, he said, that some of these oraft had goife to the bottom of the sea. . A jail cell for New Year cele brants who boldly imbibe of cheer ing spirits in the public places of New York is the threat of State Prohibition Enforcement Director Yellowley, who today announced his agents, co-operating with the police department, would enforce the law. The efforts of the enforcement (Concluded on FtLge 2. Column 4.)