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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. . SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, U20.
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LARGE
LOAN TO ASSIST
ALLIES IS FALSE
Wild Story That Wilson Adminis-
' y tration Had Prorrnsed Britain
.. $13,000,000,000 Creates Stir.
By David' Lawrence - ti
frWr)htd.'l20 x '
Washington, Jan. J-Loans by
i, the awernment of the United States
' to England : or; France are out ot
the question. Publication of a story
, to the effect a tat Viscount Grey
1 went home with the pledge of the
- Wilson administration , tor a 13,
000,000,000 loan has revived the sub-
Ject . of J International f fenanee and
given,: the treasury department an
option to place Its views uneqtdvo
' cally before the public. ' Here Is the
..way an assistant secretary of the
treasury phrased It.
"If England really wanted $18,000,000,
v 000 In credit in the United States she
' could not spend that amount In five
, .years. If she wanted that sum the
, treasury would certainly not agree to
; ' recommend such loan to congress ; 11 the
treasury did recommend it congress
" would certainly not agree to it. And if
'. congress did agree the money could not
be raised from the people of the United
States. That's all there is to It."
" ESGLA1TD OWNED SHIPS
is'- The purpose of the story Is considered
here to be Interwoven with the cam
paign against the League of Nations.
Opponents of the treaty have sought to
make It appear that the United States
' is yielding rights and giving away every
thing to Europe1, and particularly Great
' Britain. For Instance, in the last, two
weeks, much discontent has been aroused
in quarters where anything anti-British
finds a favorable reception. In the mat-,
, ter of the big German ships which were
ordered returned to England.
As a matter of fact the solemn word
of the United States was pledged to give
' these ships back to England immediately-
after our wr department got through
transporting troops to America. The fact
that England, wr-i delaying the return
of some ships belonging to America was
the fundamental reason for the shipping
board's disinclination to recommend the
return of the big German liners, but
President Wilson took the position that
America woutd keep her pledges regard
less 'of the outcome or merits of the
controversy which had separately arisen
.over other; ships. Indeed, the United
States cohfldentally expects England
to adjust that question In due time.
CAUSE ILL. FEELIITO
But the publication of , the story about
a f 13,000,000.000 loan does not have even
the basis which attaches to the contro
versy over the ships. Tet the two to
gether are pronounced as part and parcel
of the campaign to keep antipathies alive
between the United States and England,
i AS far as financing Europe is con
cerned a great deal of misrepresentation
' has been let loose In an effort to make
It appear that the foreign policy of the
executive branch of the government to
day is merely the outgrowth of adesira
to keep on loaning American funds to
rehabilitate Europe. Since the armistice
the United States government has lent
about $2,829,000 to the allied . govern
ments, i mostly as credits for American
food stuffs, so that America can hardly
be accused of illlberallty. On the other
hand, the viewpoint of the United States
government cannot be better presented
than in,, the words1 of Secretary Glass
himself who says;
,TO w"E OF BXCOVBBY
I' "The treasury believes that the iieed
of Europe for financial assistance,' very
great and very real though it is, has
been ' much exaggerated both here and
abroad. Our hearts have been so touched
by the suffering which the war left In
Its train, and our experience is bo re
cent of financial conditions which exist
ed during: the war when men were de
voting, themselves to the business of
destruction, that we are prone to over
look the vast 'recuperative , power In
volved In any country which, though
devastated, has not been depopulated
and the people of which are not starved
afterwards.
'We must all feel deep sympathy for
the suffering of Europe today, but we
must not allow our sympathy to warp
our judgment and by exaggerating Eu
rope's financial, needs make it more dif
ficult to fill them. Men must go back
to work In Europe, must contribute to
Increased production. The industries of
Europe, of course, cannot be set to work
without raw materials and machinery,
"find to the extent that they are to be
secured from the United State,', the
problem of financing the! restoration of
Europe belongs primarily to our export
ers," r
COUWTBIES STJTTEErStt
The only exception to the above .which
has been made Is In the case of Central
Europe, where starvation is already be
ginning. Congress has been asked to
loan a few hundred mlillon dollars to
relieve the food situation in Austria.
Great Britain has assured the United
States that ehe will share in the effort.
- Outside of the distressing - condition of
What does your
mirror reflect 9
Imperfections of the skin, such as
r roughness, blotches, pimples and
red spots If so. begin the use ot
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make a marked improvement in a ,
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At all Jntgzists , -
the smaller countries in Central Europe,
however, which-- involve, at -. beat only
relatively small sums, the - viewpoint of
the treasury is unchanged. - '
The United Btates is through with
large loans to her allies. The treasury
believes it would be unsound finance to
continue them. Europe is fully expected
to ; finance herself ; first, by domestic
loan designed , to remove aome, of the
large amounts of inflated currency that
were made necessary by the war ; sec
ond, by intensive taxation, something
that Europe neglected during the war,
and third, by buying- raw materials In
the United State as reasonably as pos
sible and sending: back-to us the fin
ished product at prices low enough to
attract American consumers, so . that
America will start buying something
from Europe and thus begin to offset the
tremendous export balance which Is
keeping the rate of exchange so low. .
Production in Europe depends mostly,
however, on political conditions, and
back of that are the factors of labor
and mass unrest European ! govern
menta say that unless the treaty can be
put in operation and the moral support
of the United States . la assured as
against the disintegration of the allies,
there will be no definite progress toward
reconstruction. ' Anyway, the ; govern
ment of the United States has ceased
loaning money to .foreign governments
and the problem Is entirely one for pri
vate financial concerns and i export
houses, and the truth is the officials if
our government are keeping as dose a
watch on Uncle Sam's pocketbook as
they can. . i
PORTLAND YIELDS ITS
I
(Coatinuad from Put On.
clal agent department or Justice, arid Po
lice Chief Jenkins conducted the round
up that was started.
"Most of those .locked up are aliens.
Some are on United States Marshal
Alexander's list of German aliens as
compiled during the war. Others are
Russian, Finn and some claim Ameri
can citizenship. Deportation of at least
some of these is to be the outcome if
further Investigation sustains the theory
on which the raids were made.
Places raided Included headquarters of
the Communist party, .1J1H Second
street; Finn hall, Freemont and Michi
gan avenue, and the private dwellings
wnere "iteas were said to reside at S89
Minnesota avenue, Reeve street, 6602
Eightieth street southeast, and' a hotel
at 388 Third street.
The following were arrested and are
being held Incommunicado In the city
Jail, pending government investigation:
At 1311,4 Second street George Hav
loch, 5, Austrian ; Karl W. Ostes, 2,
American; Claude Hurrft, 41, American;
Rene Verhelle, 40, Belgian ; Nels Turn
gren, 46, Swedish; Edward Beck, 50,
American ; George M. 2ahna, 42, Ameri
can ; Floyd J. Early, 59, American ; Al
fred Yordl, 41. Swiss; Fred W. Fry, 62,
English; Oscar p. Billlngsley, 41,
American; Bernard Kalor, 45, Ameri
can; Peter Peterson, 45, Norwegian;
Frank Hbflnger, 85, Austrian; Charles
F. Mack, 41. American, and Paul Eber
soll, 40, Swiss. William G, Klevell, 47,
Canadian, was arrested at 311 Russell
street; Max Schmidt, 36. German, at
288 Third street; Frank Cusack. 36,
Irish, at Fifth and Morrison streets ;
Herman NIendorf, El, German, at 290
East -Eighty-second street north, and
Victor Saullt. 38. Russian, and his wife.
Julia. 82, Russian, at 249 Thirteenth
street
. Supreme effort to evade all questions
asKea Dy reaerai officers was made by
ueorge naviocn wnen he . . was cross
examined.. He did not remember his
age, date of birth, the country from
which he came, ship on which he sailed
to America, port of embarkation nor
port of entry. When Bryon brought
out records giving all thts information.
Havloch reluctantly confessed that the
Information the government had was
correct
"I wanted to escape the- militaristic
fsystem in Austria." he told .Bryon.
"That's why I ame to this country.
Tou would, too. If you lived .there. I
didn't . have any money, so I worked my
way across as a coal-passer."
Under cross-examination Havloch ad
mitted that he had not passed through
Ellis island when he entered New York
harbor, and that he had been smug-'
gled ashore by the crew. . In return for
the favor of being smuggled ashore
Havloch did not . get any pay.
Every person taken into custody Fri
day night is declared by Bryon to be a
member of the Third International party
of Russia, the most anarchistic organza-
tion ever called into existence. Bryon
says the charter of the organization alls
for the overthrow , of any and all forms
of government, the prohibition of any
person holding title to land and also
will not allow police officers or clergy
men. "If the people of this nation realized
what Is. at the inside of this anarchistic
organization they would be up in arms
ana oaca us up oetter tnan tney are to
day. said Bryon. "Loyal American
citizens could furnish us with valuable
Information if they would set about It.
The United States marshal, sheriff,
mayor, chief of police and all other offi
cials are doing everything In their power
to rid this Country of these undesirable
radicals." .
DENT MEMBERSHIP
r In" almost every case the "workers"
arrested Friday night denied that they
belonged to the Communist party until
they were shown their I. W. W. member
ship cards. - Federal operatives and the
police sprang a complete surprise on the
members Friday ni-ht. Many of them
were at a loss to explain themselves
when a plain clothes officer, laid their
membership card on the table In front
of them. So cleverly was the raid
planned by Bryon, Alexander and Jen
kins that the radicals did not have time
to conceal their anarchistic propaganda
before the officers were in upon them.
Every man arrested is an alien, ac
cording to records in the office ot the
marshal. All who are proved members
3f the party will be turned over to Im
migration Inspector Bonham. who will
arrange for their deportation. Bonham
worked hand In hand Friday night with
the officials. A - few of the - men ex
pressed a willingness to return to Ger
many, 'Russia and Austria of their own
accord, but this desire will probably not
be granted. If the government allows
these men to go back to their borne
countries willingly -they can return at
some later date, but If they are sent back
by the government.' they will forever be
barred jfrom returning to the good old
United Stategv. . . .-.: k .-. ,; -,
03f FEDERAL ORDERS ' j
The local raids were carried on in pur
suance of aa order Issued by the depart
ment of justice and carried out all over
the country. So that there would be ho
flaw encountered in conducting the local
attack on the "Reds, Marshal Alexan
der was armed with search warrants for
the various places alleged, t be radical
headquarters. . ' -..--.
The literature 'seized was locked In
the -department of justice offices, and
will be used as evidence against per
sona arrested when the, raids were made.
The literature Is said to be of every de
scription and show, that the local radical
element was cognisant of the world-wide
plan ot the "Reds" to attempt to over
throw the government . - " ? :-.
Banners eelzed had such inflammatory
slogans aa the . following; ; ,: "JUHig Uvt
MOD
ICM
N RED RAID
STEAMBOAT MAN FINDS
Hub ride beats water
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Dick O'Reilly with Pilot J. D. HU1,
ready for his New Year's hop.
AIR FLIGHTS GROWING
IN POPULARITY VITH
CITY'S SOCIETY FOLK
Number of Portland Women Enjoy
. Long Airplane Rides at
Dizzy Heights.
Portland society folk have adopted the
air fad In earnest The new craze began
New Tear's day when two land planes of
the Oregon, Washington A Idaho Air
plane company flew from Portland out
to the Waverley Country club. There
passengers were taken up for flights
from the club grounds. It was only be
cause darkness overshadowed the field
that the list of filers for that day was
curtailed to less than 20.;
On Sunday, It was announced' today
by Oliver K. Jeffery of the company,
three planes will be sent to Waverley.
working from 1 p. m. till dark, to take
up all who wish to go.
"Greatest sport In the world." said W.
V. Skinner, traffic manager of the
North Bank road, as he came back to
earth from his New Tear's flight "I
want to go again." Like comments were
made by all those who had the good for
tune to obtain a dlizy whirl in the
clouds that day, and confidence In the
skill of Pilots Victor Vernon and J. D.
Hill, was expressed by each.
Some of the other Portlanders ' who
took the air last Thursday are Mrs.
David Honeyman. C. H. Carey, A. W.
Howard, Miss Elizabeth Huber, Howard
Holland, Irving Webster, Miss Qretchen
Klosterman, Mrs. EL J. Labbe, Mrs.
Thomas Kerr and Walter MacDougal of
Hood River; In. "addition to these, on
the flight to the club, the pilots were
accompanied as passengers by Misses
Alberta Balr and Harriet Cummlng and
Mrs. Irving Lupton.
Oregon City Boy's
Skull Fractured in.
Morning Collision
Oregon City, Jan. S. Lauren Knoop,
about 19 years old, is ' at the Oregon
City hospital with a' fractured skull In
a serious condition as the result of a
collision between his motorcycle and
Clackamas county road auto truck this
morning at Fourteenth and Main streets.
Oregon City. Gerald Warner, a county
lemploye, was driving the truck,
According to George Morey of Clack
amas station and others who saw the
accident, Knoop approached Main street
at high speed. He was taken to his
home and later to the hospital, where
openuDn waa perxormea.
Knoop. according to the police, has a
recora ror speeaing, ana about a year
ago his motorcycle was taken away
from him and kept at the city jail for
time. He Is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Will
Knoop of Fifteenth and Washington
streets. He Is an employe of the Miller
Parker company.,'
American Sailors
Resent Action of
Officials at Cork
London. Jan. 3.KU. P. )Of fleers of
the United States shipping board steamer
iaKo uretna have lodged a strong com
plaint with British officials In Cork
over treatment accorded them when they
reached the Irish port yesterday, accord
ing to a Dublin dispatch today.
Police boarded the vessel and confis
cated all the officers' arms, it was said.
Robber Is Sentenced
On Day of His Crime
f
Chehalis, Wash..- Jan. 3. William
Brown, charged with burglary in the
house of John Wambo, on Ford's prai
rie, Friday morning, pleaded guilty in
the .'afternoon and was sentenced to
three to five years in the state reform
atory at Monroe.
Red Internationalism." "Long Live Rev
olutionary Socialism," "We Have Nothr
Ing to Lose But Our Chains."
HtfJTT THEM ALL DOWf
The officials also confiscated a nim
graph printing press, and from Its style
of type, it waa observed that a great deal
of propaganda secretly spread through
out Portland had been printed upon it.
iris the plan of the. authorities to
continue their raids and mti..,-
4mtiljUey are positive they have Teverv
Police -asslstlnr in the rita ni..
Lieutenant Thatcher. Patrolmen Corder,
Schulplus, Drake, Burdtck; and Wood.
vepuiy marsnais on the case were
Mann, S. A. Lawrence, Mass and R. E.
Laurence. .. i
CJWVJk'g wgaMan ea Us sex, lOoXlat .
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COHEN'S PARTNER
IS ALSO PAROLED
Suspended Sentence of One Year
Imposed After Sorrells Admits
Simple Larceny to Court
In response to a pla entered by
Tom Garland, who maintained that
since Hyman Cohen, alleged ring
leader of the gang, had escaped with
jan unusually fight sentence, It would
be unjust to impose heavy sentences
upon . the rest. Presiding Judge Ga
te ns this . morning gave Curtis E.
Sorrells a utx months suspended jail
sentence. ' ,
Sorrels, wlthi the permission of Dep
uty District Attorney Bernard, was al
lowed to plead guilty to the charge of
simple larceny. He was indicted by the
grand Jury on the charge of larceny
from a dwelling. He and Roy E. Tur
rentlne were accused of entering the
house of W. B. Macklln. at 1145 Tilla
mook, and stealing a diamond brooch,
two watches, many valuable tings and
Other Jewelry
COSFESSIOK IS 9f ABE
The two boys are aald to have con
fessed to the jprlme and to have Impli
cated Cohen, who conducted a second
hand store at 210 First street, as being
the receiver of the goods. Cohen, who
waa under seven indictments, was re
leased Friday afternoon by Judge Ga
tens upon the payment of a 1500 fine.
He was also given a one-year prison
sentence, from which he waa paroled.
William Rhode, said to have a long
criminal .record, received a five-year
prison sentence from Judge Gatens on
the charge of larceny In a dwelling. He
was accused of having broken Into the
house of G. E. Watts the night of Octo
ber 11. A plea for leniency was put in
by his attorney on the ground that he
be allowed to return to his birthplace,
Germany. Rhode, who a.lso goes under
the name of Burns, is said to have brok
en a 15-year paroled sentence from the
Washington state penitentiary, at walla
Walla.
LEKrEJfCT IS ASKED
A recommendation tor leniency was
made in the case'ot Robert Cole by Dep
uty District Attorney Hammersly. Cole
was allowed to simply plead guilty. He
was given a one year suspended
sentence.'
According to the prosecuting attorney.
Cole ts married and has six dependent
children, none older than li. He became
acquainted with David McArdell, an old
criminal, and was induced to go on a
thievery expedition. McArdell is now
serving out a three year sentence for the
same crime, i
"This man is one of the most flagrant
violators whom we have had," said
Bernard In asking for a severe prison
sentence for Cohen. The maximum sen
tence under the law is five years.
Cohen, whose, trial was set for Jan
uary 7, sprang a complete surprise when
he appeared before Judge Gatens late
in the afternoon and announced that he
Intended to plead guilty to the Indict
ment of receiving stolen' roods.' He
waa held under $2000 ball, and had been
named In seven separate Jury indictments
on practically the same offense.
Through his attorney. Fred, Drake, he
confessed to the receiving of goods
stolen from the house of Joseph Oberle,
1564 Falrmount boulevard, by A. H.
Schmldling and Elmer Howard. The
stolen goods, besides much other stolen
property were found in his store at 210
First street.
According to Prosecuting Attorney
Bernard, Cohen has been conducting a
profitable "fence" game for some time.
A list of stolen articles found in his
store was read off by the deputy, who
claimed that Cohen had not only received
stolen goods, but had directed boys to
steal certain desired articles for him.
Despite the plea of the district attor
ney's office and the criminal record of
the offender. Judge Gatens let Cohen
oft with the fine. This, according to
the police, will probably leave Cohen
comparatively rich as he Is supposed
to have disposed of. goods valued at
thousands of dollars.
Woman Pioneer of
Oregon Is Dead at
Age Seventy-Seven
Elisabeth Matilda Watts, aged 77, 'a
pioneer of 1852, died Friday at her home,
617 East Fourteenth street North. Mrs.
Watts had resided at Scappoose, on the
old pioneer Watts farm, since her mar
riage in 1862. She la survived by five
children: J. G. Watts, Bliss Maude
Watts and Mrs. D. A. Prue of Scap
poose; Mrs. N. A. Perry of Portland,
Mrs. Marie Eskrtdge of Sheridan and
10 grandchildren. The funeral arrange
ments are In charge, of . the Holman
company.-
Frederick Roeifs
The funeral of Frederick Roeifs, who
died at Long Beach, Wash., Sunday,
was held at the McEntee tt Eilers
chapel Friday, and requiem mass waa
given at St. Patrick's church. Final
services were In St. Mary's . cemetery.
Roeifs was a native of Holland, age 82,
and was well known In Portland and at
Long Beach, where he had resided at
different periods for many years. No
immediate relatives are known in this
country.
Sirs. Eva I. M. Butler
Mrs. Eva Isabel Martindale Butler, a
native of Canada, age SI. and a resident
of Portland for. nine years, died Thurs
day, January 1, at her home, 149
Twenty-third street north. She Is sur
vived by her 'husband. H. F. Butler, and
her daughter, Mrs. Beatrice B. Bee be,
now In Germany. A sister Is Mrs.
George Funk of this city. Funeral ar
rangements are in charge of J. P, Fin
ley Son.
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Man Is Hun Over
By Own Machine
And Seriously Hurt
Run over by his own automobile J. R,
Clark, 57 years old and married, residing
at 67 Salmon street, received serious In
juries this afternoon. The accident oc
curred on Nartilla street, between Main
and Madison streets.
Clark had the rear axle of his machine
jacked up and was working on a'wheel.
The engine was running, and the vibra
tion caused the car to slip off the jack.
Clark ran to stop the automobile, but
fl and the rear whee? passed over bis
abdomen. : He was taken to St Vincents
hospital by the Arrow Ambulance, com
pany. An examination indicated Internal
and spinal injuries. -
t Passersby stopped the automobile, C
BY JUDGE GATENS
State's Evidence '
: In LW; W. Cases Is
V Not Half Complete
Vancouver! Wash., Jan. lA. demur
rer Interposed by the attorneys defend
ing: Leo Brookshier and Robert Mc
Adams, alleged violators of the crimi
nal syndicalism , law,. Wednesday eve
ning, waa overruled Friday by Judge R.
H. Back and the .trial proceeded. All
day witnesses for the state, including
Officers from T acorn a - and Spokane,
were examined, and by night the state's
evidence was not more than half com
pleted. The courtroom was crowded
with those Interested, In hearing all the
details of the case. - i
OREGON IS URGED TO
FOLLOW U;:S LAWS
E
Gravity Test Has No Relation to
Quality of Gasoline, Says
Federal Agent
Salem, Jan. . A law providing that,
"the specification for gasoline ar adopt
ed by the U. S. government shall be the
specification for motor gasoline in the
state of Oregon," Is urged upon the
solons of Oregon, whp are to meet in
special session here this month, by G.
W. Gray, secretary of the government
committee on standardization of petro
leum products. In a letter received by
William A. Dalxiel. deputy state sealer
of weights and measures.
' "By making the specifications read
this way, the state of Oregon would au
tomatically change the specification of
their gasoline whenever the U. S. gov
eminent changed its specifications." de
dares Gray, adding that "the United
States government would only change
Its specifications after a complete sur
vey of the gasoline situation In the
United Statea"
Gray, is emphatically opposed to the
grsvity test for gasoline.
"In the several letters which I ' have
written to you l nave always tried to
impress upon your mind that gravity
had no relation to the quality of a gas
oline," he writes. -All states which
have recently passed laws have eliminat
ed all reference to gravity from the
specifications."
Iowa, he states, recently repealed its
old gravity law and adopted the gov
ernment -specifications. The state of
Texas has also adopted government ape
clflcatlons, he writes, adding that "the
statea of Kansas, Minnesota, North.
Carolina. South Carolina . and others
nave adopted a gasoline specification
and have eliminated all reference ' to
gravity."
Long's Plea for
Directed Verdict
Denied- by Court
Motion for. a directed verdict of not
guilty in the trial of A. I long, former
Portland policeman, who Is charged
with impersonating an officer for pur
poses of fraud, was denied by Judge
Woiverton of the federal court today:
Long had intercepted U L Adcox in
Central Oreg-on and taken a quantity
of liquor from Adcox' machine.
In support of his pies, J. J. THtsger
ald. Long's attorney, advised the court
that when the law refuses countenance
to and admission of an article and does
not regard It as property, it therefore
ceases to be property, aid the acquisi
tion of it does not constitute a felony.
Furthermore.' impersonating an officer,
he said, IS no crime unless there Is an
Intention to defraud.
In refutation. Assistant United States
Attorney Goldstein declared that the
gfst of the offense had been overlooked,
that of the public Impersonation of an
officer waa in itself an offense. It is
not the intention of the government that
anyone who wishes can assume the
guise of an officer, he said, to secure
liquor. It would be a discredit to the
agents of justice.
Further testimony was offered by
William R. Bryan, to whom, he alleged.
Long admitted taking the liquor and
caching It, but denied the charge' of
impersonating an officer.
Housewives Frame
Legislative Bills
To Combat H. C. L.
Hoping to make of the Portland
Housewives' council the same force In
the community that similar organiza
tions hsve made c ewbere, a vigorous
membership campaign: is to be started
next week, according to announcement
made this morning by Mrs. J. F. Chap
man, president of the council. The
housewives will meet in the story hour
room of Central library, Tuesday at
2 p. m.
In addition, the council hopes to help
frame some of the laws to be consid
ered at the special session of the legis
lature. Mrs. Chapman announced a com
mittee that has recently conferred with
political leaders having prepared a re
port to be submitted for action.'
The council hopes to recruit Its mem
bership to several thousand women to
add strength and standing to its ac
tivities in reducing the -cost wf living
and accomplishing the reforms for which
it was organised.
Ft. George Wright
To Have New Chief
Spokane, Wash., Jan. . Colonel
George B. Duncan, formerly a tempo-,
rary major general and combat com
mander of the Seventy-seventh division
In France, will arrive at Fort George
Wright about February 1 to assume com
mand of the Twenty-first infantry and
of the post. Colonel Duncan will relieve
Lieutenant CotoneT A. Mitchell as regi
mental and post . commander, but the
latter will oontinue to be stationed at
Fort Wright.
v Big Game on Tonight
Willamette, Jan. 3. The Portland All
Stars basketball team, which won the
state lnterscholastic championship in
19, is eomingto Willamette for a game
tonight in the Willamette -gymnasium
with the Willaraete Independents. The
Independents have a fast team. .Their
lineup will be a follows: Forwards,
Fred Junken and Rex Britten t center,
Malin Snldow: g-uards.' Roy Allen and
Harold Van Ness. Harold Leighton and
Homer Mc Arthur. The team ia under
the management of Professor J. L. Gary,
principal of the Union high school. The
frame will be refered by Krneger, former
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Secretary ; Highway Commission
Says 75 Per Cent of Engineer
ing Employes Ex-Service Men.
Salem, Jan. 8. Statements pur
ported to have been made by an in
flicted I. W. W. In Portland to the
effect-that 75 per cent of the men
employed In road construction work
in Oregon are members of the I. W.
W. are emphatically denied by the
state highway department in a letter
forwarded by Roy A. Klein, secre
tary of the commission, to Governor
JDlcott In reply, to a request for an
explanation of the charges which
request was made by Over-the-Top
post No. 81, Veterans of Foreign
Wars. Portland.
"To the best of our knowledge and be
lief there are no L W. W. or others of
a similar type employed directly by the
l-state." Klein declares. . "We have at
times been advised that certain i con
tractors' construction camps have had
I. W. W. in them and whenever this in
formation has come to us we' have ad
vised the contractors and usually find
that the undesirables have already been
driven out. The contractors have shown
a commendablp spirit of cooperation In
these matters.? . ,-,
Probably; 75 per cent of the employes
In the engineering department are re
turned service phen, according to Klein.
The-suggestion made by ;he Portland
post to the effect that employment be
provided ex-service men In road con
struction work through the state under
taking this work on force account has
been tried 'out in Oregon with very un
satisfactory results, Klein states..
In an attempt to carry out the in
structions of the last, legislature, with
a view to providing work for returned
soldiers, sailors and marines, a camp
was established on the Columbia river
highway In North Morrow county, Klein
explains. Comfortable accommodations
were provided, but It was found impos
sible to secure a sufficient number of
service men who wanted that kind of
work, only seven applying- for work at
the camp after extensive advertising of
the fact that j the camp had been es
tablished to provide work for the re
turned fighters-
All contractors for highway construc
tion, tt is further explained, are required
to, so far as practicable, give prefer
ence to honorably discharged soldiers.
sailors and marines In employing men
on any state mgnway work.
Star tnirinr Varrv Ctmnr ,!)
to leave Salem Tuesday or Wednesday
ror wasnington, L. c, wnere, as a mem.
ber of the legislative committee of the
wester irrigation congress, he will
take" oart in Interviewing the
atonal delegations of the 17 -reclamation
states in the Interest of Increased ap
propriations for reclamation purposes.
Cupper will go from here to Denver,
where the deleeatea will uxmhiB in
order to travel to the national capital
in a body, holding conferences during
the three riava n rniit TVn. .tp..nn..
of nine states, including Washington,"
laano ana utan, nave signified their "in
tention of accompanying this committee
to Washington. It is expected that
Whitney Boise of Portland will repre
sent uovernor uicott.
All automobiles held in stock bv
dealers on March 1 are assessable by the
county assessor, according to an opinion
written by Assistant Attorney General
Van Winkle for the Information of the
state tax commission, which has re
ceived inquiries for information on this
point from M. O. Wllklns of Portland,
president and manager of the Dealers'
Motor Car association of Multnomah
county. If. however, the cars are sold
to a private Individual between the
time of the assessment and the levying
of the tax, the automobile is then sub
ject to registration and the assessment
rolls can be corrected by cancelling the
nlRnmnt from Whlh th ntiminktlji im
- - - . . v w.wr.wiiv .a
exempt because of its registration, ihe
opinion explains. ,
Only one workman. W, H. Server, a
logger of Seattle, Wash., losi his life
through accidents in Oregon Industries
during- the week ending January 1, ac
cording to the weekly report of the
state industrial accident commission. A
total of 215 accidents was reported to
the commission during the week, of
wmch 202 were subject to the provi
sions of the workmen's compensation
act, 11 wee from firms and corpora
tions that have rejected the provisions
of the act and two were from public
utility corporations not subject to Its
provisions.
Road construction problems are oc
cupying the attention of resident and
district engineers in the employ of the
state highway department who r are
gathered here today at the annual "get
together" and department school. Com
missioner R. A. Booth presided at, this
morning's session, at which Governor
Olcott welcomed the engineers to the
capital city. This afternoon's session ts
presided over by Commissioner E. E.
Kiddle
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Thirty-four county schooi superintend
ents are in attendance upon the annual
conference in session here this week.
The morning sessions are devoted to the
grading of examination papers and the
afternoons are given over to the dis
cussion of school problems. The state
wide thrift cantp&ign, which has been
placed in the hands of the school author
ities, has been receiving considerable
attention. . A banquet at the .Marlon
hotel Thursday evening featured the
week's sessions.
W. D. Wheelwright
To Be Speaker on
Japanese Problem
Hood River, Jan. I. W. D. Wheel
wright .of Portland will lecture before
the Riverside church forum here Sun
day evening, his Swbject being "Things
Japanese." It is generally -accepted
here that Wheelwright, who Was once
slated for ambassador to Tokio, will
speak In favor of a better understand
ing between America and Japan. Up to
the present the forum has been unable
to line up a speaker to discourse on
the immigration problem from the anti
Asiatic side, but is Is believed that the
editor of. the Sacramento Bee may be
tempted to visit Hood River in the neat
future and give his views on the sub
ject. ';'.
Within two weeks this city will have
Its army surplus a apply store. A store
room has been rented, , , - ' - c
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'Kidnaping' Hoax " :
'.Ends With Injury ;
r ; To) Sdout .Official
! Salem, Jan. 3. Ilarold Cook, scout ex
ecutive In command of the Boy Scout
organisations In 'Salem, was made the
victim of a, .."kidnaping" hoax -Thursday
night. Cook was called to the door .of
his' home and informed that a friend In
an automobile at tee curb desired . to
speak to blow " As he approached to
greet the friend he was seised, thrown
into the car and ' securely bound and
gagged. ; ; !? t'r-"
As the kidnapers' were assisting him
from the car ; upon arrival at their des
tination Cook maie a break for liberty,
but slipped and fell, striking his head
on a streetcar rail, the blow rendering
him unconscious. When he revived he
was in a lighted room in the midst of
(Hands.
The bo-e of Troop No. 5 were celebrat
ng with their annual banquet at Les-
.1? Lho,st urch and had hit upon
the "kidnanina" M. .
, r-m - I'ltail,' 1U1 SO
curingr the attendance of the Scout ex
Legion' Protest Is .
L Effective; Berger-s
luce mig rroniDitea
Providence R. I., Jan. -(I. K &
Chairman Walter A Pre.byrey of ,he
Xlr f mem,88,on hM announced that
mkae fc 2W VU ilot b owed to
make hts address here, which was Dost,
poned from Sunday uutll a Utere'ie?
JLZTAA i't Berger's
t , " mo Toviaenoe post
mUhl.W". h. chair!
. nun mayor uainer and
decision against Berber vm th.
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Counsel for Wife Plaintiff in
V Suit, to File Amended Com-
P 1 plaint at Oregon City,
Oregon City, Jan. S. Having
tentatively set for hearing February IS j
before Judge George R. Bagley of Hills- j
born, the divorce sua or ttarjorla Haw
ley .against Wlllard P. Hawley .Jr.. resi- w
dent manager ot the Hawley Pulp tt
Paper company, and son ot the owner
Of the mill, promises to be enlivened by :
the filing of sensational charges agalnst
Hawley In an amended, complaint, which :
Mrs. Hawley's attorney, Christian flohue
bel. has asked ths court for permission"
to le, after having served a (copy Krl '
.day upon Hawley's counsel.
These charges follow the charges of
misconduct and neglect of wifely, moth
erly and home duties, brought by Haw-
ley In his ansvajr to the original com
plaint. Complying with the recent order of
Judge Bagley, Hawley Friday paid Into
the county clerk's office 11350, of which
tiSO Is temporary alimony for January
and $1000 is suit money.
Lumbermen to Meet
The monthly meeting of the trustees
of the Vest Coast Lumbermens associa
tion will be held at the Portland hotel
Monday, at 10 a. m. Members of the
organisation who will be present Include
R. 8. Shaw, Astoria, president: A. C.
Dixon,. Philip Buehner, Ralph Burnsldc,
O. M. Clark, V. A. Hubbard. Centralis;
Thorpe Babcock, Hoqulam ; Walter Net
tleton, Seattle ; M. Buchanan, Tacoma,
and F. H. Jackson of Clear Lake.
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