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THE OREGON DAILY. JOURNAU PORT LAND, ; WEDNESDAY; : JANUARY . 7, 1920.
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Lawrence Says Colonel Not In
vited to Washington Because
Of the President's Illness.
By David Lawrence
Copyright d, 1020)
Washington, Jan. 7. Nothing Is
more difficult than to attempt to an
alyze the delicate and embarrassing
question of personal friendship or
estrangement between public men.
And the no called break between
President Wilson and Colonel House,
which has been the subject of so
much speculation and gossip In re
cent weeks. Is no exception.
After an Inquiry among the Intimate
friends of the Colonel who have broached
the matter to him and conversations
with persons at the White House who
have the ear of the president and are
familiar with what occurred not only in
Paris, but since Mr. Wilson got home.
I have not the slightest hesitation In say
ing that the affection and friendship
between the two men. which has been
one of the most extraordinary Incidents
of the Wilson administration, la still un
broken.
JfATtfRAL BIFFERE5CES
On the other hand, in the oppressive
atmosphere of Paris, where problems
literally staggered the peace commis
sioners and kept them in a constant
fever of nervous excitement. It was
natural that pronounced differences of
opinion should occur.
Colonel House had his own ideas of
i how the president should deal with the
European statesmen, based on his own
close Intercourse with them on previous
Journeys to Europe as an unofficial
envoy, and Mr. Wilson, who had set
himself a definite program of 14 prfn
ciples, presented frequently an uncom
promising attitude which the concilia
tory disposition of the colonel was often
employed to break In the Interest of
America.
LEFT TO HISTORIANS
Whether the suggestions of the colonel
were wise or those of the president
better, whether to have followed the one
or the other line of thought on special
questions that came up would have
made a more or less .liberal peace. Is
something which historians with a full
knowledge of what transpired in Paris
will have to figure out in the future.
Wilson has differed with his advisers
before ; he has differed with - Colonel
House before. He has, upon one occa
sion, rejected the advice of the colonel
as well as other close personal friends
and advisers and no hard feelings have
resulted. But what lent color to the
Btory of a break was the fact that
Colonel House, after his' return from
Paris, did not visit the president. The
truth Is, the Colonel himself does sot
know where he stands at the White
House, for the simple reason that he
has not had any word from the presi
dent and simply had before him news
paper etorles telling of a supposed
break. ,
STANDS FOR WILSOlt
TJie colonel has been 1 represented,
moreover, as intending to organise a
separate and distinct faction inside the
Democratic party In connection with the
presidential race and to throw his In
fluence', against the Wilson selection,
whoever that happens to be.
But the colonel himself within a week
lias told one of his friends that, while
he did not know why he was not . in
vlted to come to Washington and he
said he never had gone to the White
House unless requested he was not tn
the slightest degree disturbed about it
He reiterated his desire to work for
Woodrow Wilson on any mission that
the president might designate and In
nny way that he might wish done, po
litical, international or otherwise. He
insisted that his esteem for the presi
dent had not diminished.
Now. as to the White House, the most
emphatic statements are made to the
effect that the president would be un
grateful indeed and most thoughtless If
he permitted any arguments or debates
over questions in Paris to affect the
admiration and friendship he has had
-for the 'colonel.
XEEDS TO BE QUIET
,The latter may not know it, but the
reason why he has not been Invited to
the White House since his return from
Kurope is a simple one and the respon-"
siblllty for keeping not only Colonel
1 louse, but everybody else, away from
the president rests on the shoulders ot
Admiral Grayson, the president's phy
sician. Secretary Lansing has not seen the
president. Under Secretary Polk, who
Just got back from Paris, where he was
head of the American mission In con
nection with the Austrian, Bulgarian
and Turkish treaties, has not seen the
president. ,In fact, the policy pursued
has been :
Unless the matter was urgent, it has
not been presented to Mr. Wilson. None
of the information brought back by
Colonel House or any other individuals
who have been busy on foreign ques
tions is of avail until the senate acts
on the German peace treaty.
EXPECTS INVITATIOX
Mr. Wilson suffered a nervous break
down as a result of his labors on the
peace treaty and the .desire of the phy
sicians in attendance has been to give
him a complete mental and physical
rest. To permit Colonel House or Sec
retary Lnslng or Mr. Polk or anybody
else who has been dealing with the
questions at Paris to come to the presi
dent's chahber would only reopen the
whole subject and would bring for
ward the fight In the senate on which
the entire foreign policy of the govern
; ment for the moment is dependent.
As the president tends toward com
plete recovery, however, there will be a
change. CoAonel House has gone to
Tixas for a visit. It is quite probable
that on his way north he will be in-
vlted to stop at the White House, when
Start
; American tead Rmcil
Dare Tire Company
Invades Pendleton
Field; Others Coming
Pendleton. Jan. t. Pendleton's auto
mobile row was Increased Tuesday by
the entrance of the Pare Tire ft Supply
company, which announced plans for
establishing; an Bastero Oregon distribut
ing station here for Diamond tires. L
A. Dare, formerly vice president of
Piper & Taft company, Seattle sporting
goods dealers, is to be manager.
Purchase of a lot 71 by 100, upon
which a $40,000 salesroom and service
station will be built, was announced si
multaneously by the Ellis Schiller Motor
company, local Dodge distributors. The
lot sold for 110,000 and was owned by
the Knights of Pythias. Building is to
begin as soon as tenants in the present
wooden structure can be found other
locations.
The third move In motordom was the
signing of a lease by the Auto Clearing
house for the Herbert Koesch property
on Thompson street. The building, for
merly a church, will be remodeled at
$2000 cost and occupied as a service and
accessory station.
L
HIKE'S RELEASE
Attorney Says His Client Is De
serving of Same Consider
ation Given Timberman.
Following the acquittal Tuesday
afternoon of Joe Mlelke, charged
with involuntary manslaughter be
cause his automobile killed 7-year-old
Viola Cummlngs at East Thirty
second and Division streets last No
vember, Tom GarPand. Mlelke's at
torney, today demanded the release
of his client from further prosecu
tion on the city charge of reckless
driving.
Municipal Judge Rossman had sen
tenced Mlelke to six months In Jail and
fined him $500 on the reckless driving
charge prior to the grand jury indict
ment from which a Jury in the circuit
court has Just freed, him.
TWICE iy JEOPARDY
Prosecution of the appeal by the city
would be tantamount to placing Mlelke
In Jeopardy twice for the same offense,
Garland declared, which la In violation
of the American constitution.
Garland made this statement In the
circuit court in asking an Immediate
trialf the appealed case. The hearing
was originally set for February 7 and
Mlelke haB been in Jail since the acci
dent because he was unable to furnish
ball.
SET FOR MONDAY
The constitutional point raised by
Garland will be argued Saturday morn
ing by Deputy City Attorney Ted Lansing-.
The case proper was set for hear
ing next Monday.
Mlelke's acquittal followed a declara
tion by Garland that if court clemency
is extended to rich traffic law offend
ers, it should also be extended to the
poor. He made reference to the case
iwhorein N. I Soronsen, a timberman,
was paroled by a majority of the circuit
judges, sitting en banc, from serving
the jail portion of a similar sentence
Imposed by the municipal court.
Superintendents of
State Urge 2 Mill
Tax to Aid Schools
Salem, Jan. 7. A state tax of 2 mills
for school purposes, the proceeds to be
distributed on a teacher basis within the
counties in. which the tax is paid, is
urged by the State Association of
County Superintendents in resolutions
adopted at their closing session here
Tuesday afternoon. The resolution urges
special session of the legislature which
will convene here next week o help in
referring the proposed measure to a vote
of the people at the May election. Reso
lutions favoring: the elimination of all
school taxes from the 6 per cent limita
tion were also adopted by the superin
tendents. A minimum salary of $2400 per year
for county superintendents In Oregron
was also discussed at the session, but no
definite action toward recommendations
was taken.
Officers elected Tuesday were:
President, Mrs. Lena Snell Shurte, Mor
row county ; vice president, J. W. Allen
of Columbia county ; secretary. Miss
Elmetta Bailey of Baker county.
Coleman Addresses
Des Moines Pupils
Professor Norman Coleman, head of
the English department of Reed college,
who Is at Des Moines, Iowa, as a dele
gate to the big religious convention, ad
dressed 2K00 high school students of
that city last week, according to word
received in Portland. Coleman Is one
of the speakers chosen to present to
high school students topics correlated
with the program at the religious meet
ing. 19 Pupils 111 With
Mumps; School Closes
lone, Jan. 7. The Christmas vacation
of the lone schools has beni continued
for one week on account of an epidemic
of mumps. E. A. Brown, eighth grade
teacher, and 19 of his pupils are ill.
Principal Kurfman is also. a victim.
ocular proof will be given thfe skeptical
that the man who served Mr. Wilson
uiselfishly In the past has not been
thrown overboard by the president, but
is 6tlll one of his trusted friends.
the New Year Write With
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DEMANDS
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ATTACK IS MADE
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.S.
Constitutionality of Measure Is
Questioned in Arguments Pre
sented to Supreme Court.
Washington, Jan. 7. (I. N. 8.)
Constitutionality of the federal
farm loan act was attacked in ar
guments in the supreme court made
Tuesday.
The issue was raised by Charles
E. Smith, a director of the Kanaac
City Title & Trust cbmpany, who
brought suit to prevent the com
pany from investing in farm loan
securities.
The constitutionality of the law was
attacked by William Marshall Bullitt
of Chicago, and Frank Hagerman,
counsel for Smith.
Defense of the law was made by
William G. McAdoo, former secretary
of the treasury ; George W. Wlcker
sham. former attorney general, and
Solicitor General King-.
The Federal Land bank of Wichita,
Kan., and the first Joint Stock Land
bank of Chicago, representing the two
classes of banks named in the farm
loan act, become parties to the pro
ceedings. Attorneys supporting the consttu
tionality of the act contended that the
main questions at issue were:
Whether congress had the power to
create the federal land banks and the
joint stock land banks and to exempt
the bonds which both classes of banks
are authorized to Issue, from federal,
state, local and municipal taxation.
Attorneys representing the Title
Trust company took the position that
the banks act as depositories and
agents of the United States In a quasi
public capacity, but that the functions
of the banks with regard to rural
credits may be partially of a private
character.
McAdoo declared that the validity of
the exemption of the farm loan bonds
Is clear and that the express exemption
in the farm loan act is merely declara
tory of existing law and hence not open
to constitutional objection.
"The validity of the exemption of the
mortgages is equally clear, he contends.
"Under the doctrine .of the national
bank cases, if congress had confined
Itself In the farm loan act to the pre
cise language employed in the revised
statutes, the property of the land banks
would have been held exempted by Im
plication from state taxation. In ftie
action, however, congress has gone fur
ther and expressly exempted the mort
gages executed to land banks from all
species of taxation. What congress can
accomplish by implication, it can, of
course, accomplish expressly, and ac
cordingly there Is no doubt as to the
validity of this exemption.'
Russian and Four
Dthers Arrested;
Suspected Radicals
Unable to tell what ship had brought
him to the United States, a Russian
alien. In company with three other for
eigners, was arrested Tuesday night by
Patrolmen Parker and Drennen at 899
Montana avenue. All four were released
on condition that they appear before fed
eral authorities today. A quantity of
radical literature was seized by the po
lice in the rooms occupied by the men.
Those arrested were : V. Vallek, Mike
Kllnoff, Alex Kovalchuck and Emil
Marach.
Herman Bergrer, 863 Bast Eighth street
north, a German iron worker, was ar
rested Tuesday night by Tom Word and
is being held In the city Jail, booked for
Investigation by the department of Jus
tice. One-Way Traffic
Plan Is Extended
Hearty Approval
One-way traffic for certain streets
in the congested district was in
dorsed with only two dissenting
votes, at a Joint meeting of mem
bers of the National Safety Council,
the Portland traffic bureau and the
mayor's committee at the Hazel
wood today.
It was recommended to the city coun
cil for passage as a .measure to relieve
congestion on thoroughfares and aid In
reduction of traffic accidents. W. F.
Woodward and W. P. Olds cast dissent
ing vote
Under the ordinance, traffic would
move only to the north on Front, Second
and Park streets, and only southward
on First and West Park. Taylor and
Oak are listed as. west bound streets,
as Is Alder above Third. Yamhill and
Stark are east bound. All other streets
In the congested district are two-way
thoroughfares.
Bank Incorporated
For Business Here;
Building Is Leased
Salem, Jan. 7. Articles of incorpora
tion were filed with the state banking
department here Tuesday by the Peoples
Bank of Portland, capitalised at 8100.000.
The incorporators are E. T. Gruwell,
Clifford F. Reid and Claude Hale.
The ground floor of the Henry build
ing has been leased to this concern for
occupaticy by it when it receives its
state charter.
Property Found in
One Estate, Will in
Another Located
Pendleton, Jan. 7. On the ere of clos
ing the. estate of Mrs. Laura Childers,
who lived in Milton, heirs discovered
property belonging to the estate both
in Clatsop and Union counties.
Heirs of Charles W. Harder, also of
Milton, filed his will after the estate
had . been admitted as intestate and
George A. Price appointed adminis
trator. The will was admitted. Price
discharged and Mrs. Mary Williams
and W. W. Wasser appointed joint
executors - . ;
UPON
ARM LOAN
AT IN U
Federal Grand Jury
Begins Inquiry Into
70 Criminal Cases
Twenty-three grand Jurymen were
sworn in at the federal court Tuesday,
to hear 70 criminal cases for the term
of November, 1919. to January , 1920.
They are as follows :
Frank M. 8hnnn. forcmsn. merchant ot
Forest Grove; Georc Beach, clerk Marion; F.
U. Church, fanner. Hood Klrer: Cbarlea H.
(.Huick, banker. Albany; 8. W. Draka. janitor.
Salem; 1. H. Garrett, merchant. Hutoboro; Al
fred Gerber. farmer, Hilbboro; George L. Hilk,
fanner, Hveruon; Robert E. Lovelace, farmer,
Borinc M. W. liahoqey. capitalist, Gerrais;
M. Orion, printer, Portland: James C. Stuart,
investment. Portland; Matthew Troy, stevedore,
Portland; Ernest R. Wisaini. merchant. Port
land; Norman C. Taylor, merchant, Portland;
Frank C. Stealer, manufacturer. Portland;
Frank F. Btrance, contractor, Portland;
Robert H. Tattle, inreetment. Portland; Charlee
W. Whittle?, eateeman, Portland; Charts A.
Lownitrary, clerk, Portland; Leo T. Squire,
salesman, Portland, and William H. Bprsrua,
labor inspector, Portland.
The grand Jury began session Tuesday
afternoon.
TEACHER IN DEATH
MYSTERY MET BY
Candy Given Miss Edith L. Pitts
Made Her Sick, She Said;
Body Found Later.
Roseburg, Jan. 7. The circum
stances surrounding the death of
Miss Edith L. Pitts, pretty little
schoolmistress of Orchard "Valley, a
rural district two miles from Can
yonville, remains as much a mystery
as on the morning it happened.
Miss Pitts had Just returned to Se
attle, where she spent the holidays
with her parents, and had said she had
a delightful vacation. She told the Le
blanc family Sunday evening of her
Christmas festivities, and seemed in
a happy mood. She said a young man
had met her at the station at Port
land and gave her a box of candy,
which she shared with the Leblanc
family. When she arose in the morn
ing she said that the candy had made
her sick, and she believed it had pois
oned her. It had no 111 effects on any
of the family. At the breakfast table
she was persuaded to drink a glass of
milk, soon afterward retiring to! her
room.
The children went to school and in
an hour returned, saying the teacher
had not arrived. Upon investigation
her body was found lying across the
bed. At the time the members of the
family did not know she had been
shot, and they worked with her for some
little time, trying to revive her.
Finally a small splotch of blood was
discovered.- and this led to the discov
ery that she had been shot through the
heart with her .22 caliber rifle. The
gun was found on the floor beside the
bed. She had brought the gun with her
from Seattle. She had owned It for a
long time.
Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Pitts
of Seattle, have arrived. They say
they know of no friend In Portland
who might have given her the box of
candy and that they attempted to per
suade her to leave the gun when she
returned.
She had been In better health than
usual the past year, but a year ago she
left the school on account of spinal
trouble, from which she was cured, later
applying for her school. Her work was
satisfactory to both parents and chil
dren. An Inquest will be held today to as
certain, if possible, the motive that
prompted her to end her life, or
whether death was accidental.
Chicago to Seattle
Train Is Derailed;
Several Are Hurt
Chicago, Jan. 7. I. N. S.) About 35
persons, passengers on westbound Chi
cago, Milwaukee & St Paul train No.
17. en route from Chicago to Seattle.
were injured, several seriously, wnen
the two day coaches and a tourist sleep
er were derailed near Watauga. S. P.,
late yesterday, it was announced by
representatives of the road here today.
Details of the derailment are lacaing.
but officials said the "trouble was
caused by a bridge, either burning or
burned."
Healthy, Robust
People Popular
Everywhere
Good Health Creates an At
tractive, Magnetic Personal
ity and Wins Admiration
Healthy People Are Happiest
Pepto-Mangan Has Put Thou
sands Into the Healthy,
Full-Blooded Class
How the red-blooded, energetic and at
tractive man or woman is envied by
those who feel that it wilt always be
their unfortunate lot to be thin, pale
and weak-bodied !
And yet why continue to envy men
and women who possess a vigorous.
healthv physical condition and an at
tractive, magnetic personality? Poor
health and lack of vitality are often
merely the result of impoverished blood.
Gude's Pepto-Mangan is for people
whose bodies suffer from lack of proper
blood nourishment. Pepto-Mangan en
riches the blood and increases the num
ber of healthy red blood cells, which are
so necessary to carry the proper nour
ishment, vtgorousness and strength to
every part of the body, s
Physicians introduced Gude's Pepto-
Mangan to the public because they
knew that it contained the very proper
ties that are so sorely needed to build
up thin, watery blood. For your con
venlence Tepto-Mangan is prepared , in
two forms, liquid and tablet. Both con
tain exactly the same medicinal value.
Insist on the genuine Pepto-Mangan.
To be sure you are buying the genuine
Pepto-Mangan. ask your druggist for
"Gude's." And be - sure the name
IN
N PORTLAND
"Gude's" is on the package. Adv.
forrepSh
P0WW0VFEB.12
General Committee Representa
tive of City, County and State;
Spellbinder May Be 'Imported.'
The general committee on ar
rangements which will have charge
of the Republican "get-together
meeting" to be held in Portland on
Lincoln's birthday, February 12,
has been appointed by Thomas H.
Tongue, chairman of the state cen
tral committee, and was announced
Tuesday morning by John Cochran,
secretary of the committee.
The newly appointed committee, which
is composed of representatives of the
.national, state and county organisa
tions, presidential managers and prom
inent Republican men and women from
different sections of the state, will hold
its first meeting next Thursday evening
. t . ii . - . ,
i ncpuuiican ei&ie neaaquanera, in me
Wilcox building. At that time definite
arrangements will be made for the Lin
coln day meeting and banquet.
It is estimated thatsthe committee has
high hopes of being able to secure a
speaker of national reputation to lead
Its program, though definite assurances
have not been given as yet by National
Chairman Hays, to whom the appeal has
been sent.
The members of the general commit
tee are : Thomas H,' Tongue Jr. and J.
W. Cochran, chairman and secretary
respectively state central committee ;
Ralph K. Williams, national committee
man ; Mrs. George W. McMath, Oregon
member woman's division Republican
party : Mrs. Lee Davenport, Mrs. Julius
Louisson, Mrs. A. N. Dibble. Mrs. George
W. Stapleton, Mrs. Frank L. Chambers
of Kugene, Mrs. H. E. Northup of The
Dalles and Mrs. D. Perotxl of Ashland,
members women's advisory committee
of the state central committee ; D. M.
Dunne, Multnomah county state commit
teeman ; John L. Day and Mrs. L. W.
Therkelsen, chairman and treasurer re
spectively of the Multnomah county
committee ; James J. Crossley, Roose
velt club ; Mrs. Yank L. Benedict, South
Portland Republican club; Walter E.
Critichlow, Sellwood Republican club ;
Judge John McCourt. Oregon Republican
club ; ' Gus C. Moser, Multorpor club ;
Judge Martin G. Hawkins, Republican
Radlatprs; John T. Whalley. Alblna
Republican club; Pasquale Tusl, Italian
Portland's
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FRIDAY MIDNIGHT o
THIS SHOW OF WONDERS IS
ASTONISHING THOUSANDS OF
PORTLANDERS DAILX WITH
ITS TERRIFIC PUNCH, ITS
GIGANTIC THEME, AND ABOVE
ALL, ITS ELOQUENT DARING
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Republican club; Leonard L- Krause,
Lincoln Republican club ; member to be
choeen by Republican dub of Oregon;
Dow Walker, manager of Wood's cam
paign ; Joseph K- Dunne, manager of
Lowden's campaign, and James S. Stew
art, manager of Johnson's campaign.
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Dr. Warthin, Mustard
Gas Expert, Lectures
In Portland Tonight
Having disposed of important war
time studies on the effects of mustard
gas, through the use of which it is said
the Germans won their most important
victories, with the publication of a trea
tise on the subject. Dr. Alfred Scott
Warthin, professor of pathology at the
University of Michigan, is in Portland
to address the Portland Academy of
Medicine.
Dr. Warthin. who will remain in
Portland as the house guest of Dr. and
Mrs. W. S. Knox until Saturday, is held
to be an international authority on so
cial diseases. He will deliver two Im
portant addresses to the Academy of
Medicine here, the first tonight at the
Unitarian church, Broadway and Yam
hill streets, on "The Pathology of Lat
ent Syphilis." At the same place at
8:15 Friday evening the doctor will
speak on "The Heredity of Disease."
Echoes of undergraduate days came
to a number of medical alumni from
Michigan at the University club Wed
nesday evening following Dr. Warthin's
arrival in the city. There he was a
guest of Dr. and Mrs. Knox at dinner,
and was greeted by a number of Michi
gan graduates. The doctor's lectures
to students upon their entry at Michi
gan are remembered, it is said, by every
student.
During the war Dr. Warthin was
identified with the chemical warfare
section of the army, and his especial
researches were confined to a study of
mustard gas and its effect upon human
and plant life.
Linn County Fair to Be at Albany
Albany, Jan. 7. The Linn county fair
of 1920 will be held in Albany Instead
of Scio as formerly, the transfer of a
large quantity of the shares of stock
having been made Monday to represen
tatives of Albany interests. F. M. Pfelf
fer, A. C. Schmltt and P. A. Young were
In Sclo Monday attending to the trans
fer, following which a contract was Im
mediately made for the sale of the Sclo
fair grounds. The equipment will be
brought to Albany and stored.
Dr. Morrow at Washington
Washington. Jan. 7. (WASHINGTON
BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL). Dr. J.
W. Morrow. Democratic national com
mitteeman from Oregon, arrived today
to attend a committee meeting tomorrow.
He was accompanied by Mrs. Morrow.
1, . UBEiqv CORNHRT J-
McNary Is Peeved by
Wilson's Attitude on
Crop of Cuban Sugar
Washington. Jan. 7. (I. Is". S.) A
charge that the American people "have
already paid a toll of several hundred
millions of dollars on account of the
president's mistake" in not authorising
the sugar equalization board to acquire
the Cuban sugar crop In the summer
or fall of last year, was made Tuesday
by Senator McNary. (Republican. Ore
gon), author of the McNary sugar bill
recently passel by congress and signed
by the president.
"The president's decision to withhold
from the sugar equalization board the
authority to acquire the Cuban sugar
crop for 1910 comes as a distinct dis
appointment," Senator McNary said.
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Senate to Hear Their Claim for
Expenses in Preparing for
Work That Never Came.
Washington. Jan. 7. (WASH-I
INGTON BURKAU OF THE JOUR
NAL.) The senate commerce com-
mittee tomorrow will begin hearings I
on the bill of Senator Jones of I
Washington to extend relief to ;
wooden shipbuilders on equitable
claims for losses Incurred through
the preparation to do government
work which never came. I
The house committee 4 on merchant
marine will conduct the hearings on an
identical bill of Representative Johnson
SHIPBUILDERS
MAY
RECOVER
m
next Monday. i Ietlff were an ounce and a quarter short
A. R. Titlow. George P. Wright, II. ' There is no law under whloh short
A. Thoes and J. T. S. Lyle of Tacoma weiRnts can be prosecuted by the fed
and Bruce C. Shorts of Seattle are I eral court, according to Humphreys, but
among those who
builders.
will represent nhlp-
Lloyd Prevost Accused
Mt. Clemens, Mich., Jan. 7. I. N. S.)
A warrant charging Lloyd J "re vest
with the murder or J. Stanley Brown,
wealthy young Mt. Clemens man. was
sworn out at the direction of At
torney General Groesbeck. Prevost
was an Intimate friend of Brown and a
cousin of Brown's wife. He has been
held in connection with the case since
' Brown's bullet-riddled body Whs found.
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"BEHIND THE DOOR"
A Gouverneur Morris story of love and the
sea, with Bosworth playing a role equally as
great as his now famous "THE SEA WOLF"
DEALERS ACCUSED
OF
ON SUGAR SALES
Grocers Arrested Here in Connecr j
tion With Nation-wide Cam-1
paign to Stamp Out Profiteers.
Tlir first skirmish in the local bat- r
tle against sugar profiteering was '
staged Tuesday afternoon with the) :
arrest of two grocery men for the) A
alleged sale of sugar at a higher
price than that set by federal regu
lations. On warrants sworn out by '
United States Attorney Humph.
re.vs, Joe Ltiff. 375 Yamhill street, v,
and A. W. Anderson, Twent y-fourth
and Broadway, were taken into eus
tody. Both grocery men were therf
released on their own recognisance; vr
Information for the arrest of the to
men was furnished by householders In.
the city, who complained to the district
attorney that sugar was being sold by t'.
the two men for more than the stipulated j
price. Special agents were sent out tV
purchase sugar, and tljelr testimony will
be used.
Humphreys stated Tuesday night that ;
he would continue the fight against ?
profiteers, making arrests In all cases.
The price for sugar fixed by the govern-
; ment Is 11 cents for cane sugar sand 13 ,
I cfnts for beet sugar.
The price charged by Letlff, according
to evidence in the possession of the dis
trict attorney, was 15 cents a pound. It ?
is bIbo alleged that weights used by;
cit.- and state laws could be Used lo a
case of that kind. .
Prices charged by Anderson, accord-'
ing to Humphreys, were 14 and 15 cents
per pound.
Humphreys received complaint today-"
from housewives who said they had been
paying 11 and 15 cents a pound for sugar.
Investigation Is being made and arrests
will follow if profiteering is shown,'
Humphreys said.
Alaska's mineral output In 191J brought
only about 118,850,000, aa compared with
$281254.000 in 1918 and 148.000.000 in 1916.
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