WITNESS RELATES
ALLEGED PLOT TO
RE D ILK LEAGUE
TJiat Harry West of the Red Rock
preanvery, at a, meeting of members
of the Oregon tairymens league at
Hnisbbro 'on July 21, stated that
Sw4ft & Co., the Nestles Food Prod
ucts company, and the big milk
dealers" were ready to back any
member who would break his con
tract wltji the league, was the testi
mony givjeri. Wednesday morning be
fore Presiding Judge John McCourt in
the milkj injunction suit, by R. B.
Denny,, a member of the league, vho
said he was present at die meeting.
West, averred Denny,' tol4 the dairy
men that lie. -would see to it that it did
not cost any dairyman "one cent who
would; violate his contract, with the
league, Denny stated that the meeting
was called by' West and the apparent
' purpose was to cause the dairymen of
that district to repudiate their contracts
with the leapjue and thus bring about 'a
disruption of the organization.
-TESTIJfOXT CORROBORATED !
' Statements made by Denny .were fur
ther corroborated by the testimony of
two other; dairymen, Fred Strucken and
Jacob Zwingll, who were also members
of the league and were: present at the
meeting. ! . '
- Joe Andregrg,- a dairyman from Fair
view, told of being visited . by A.. M.
Work, general manager of the Portland
Damascus v Milk company,? and being
asked if It would not be betterr, 4iim
?to sell, his milk to the Portland-Damascus
company at 3.50 than through the
Dairymen's league , at $3.20 a .hundred
'pounds. . i:' . .!: .
"Did you suggest to Work that If he
could pay you $3.50 a hundred pounds
for your h-illk he ought to pay the Ore
gon Dairymen's league $3.50 a hundred
pounds for their milk?" asked Judge Mt
Cour.. i l-. : ..
The witness replied-that he did not.
H said he told Work he was satisfied
with the ! league and would not aban;
don , it. ; . - ' '
GLASS POINTED OCT -
Strucken pointed out Frank S. Glass
of . the Nestle's Food Products company
In the courtroom as one of three men
who had visited him twice, once since
the present injunction suit ' had been
brought, concerning his attitude, toward
the league. He asserted his loyalty and
- he would istick to it. Strucken said Glass
told him his contract was not binding
and that; he took It to his attorney to
verity this. ' He stated that, his attorney
told jhirn to stick by the league and that
he would "go broke" If he allowed it to
,be broken tip by the "large corporations
i and milk dealers." ' '-' H
That the fight of the Portland Milk
distributors and? the Nestle's Food Prod
ucts company against the Oregon Dalry-
,rncn'i Ooonerative 'league is a fight
r against the principle of cooperative mar
keting, was indicated openly Tuesday
afternOoni.when Chriss Bell, attorney for
the Portland-Damascus Milk company, !
charge-d that , the marketing agreement i
which the league had with its memners
was null and Void because it was against
public policy.' I ",'''- ' 1 " '
The charge was made' during the hear
ing on the injunction sought by the
league to; have the distributors and the
Nestles -Food Products company re
strained from an alleged conspiracy to
induce the members .of the Dairymen's
league to violate.. their contracts i with
u- their own organisation. - ...... . .
BELL IS OVEBRUtED
Bell had previously attempted to have
ruled out all testimony showing figures
on what' the producers receive for. theiri
milk as compared to what the dlstrlbu-i
ton, rwclvp. This was not allowed by
Judge McCourt who held that such testij
mouy was admissible.
: Dan J. "Malarkev in presenting the side
of the dairymen, stated .that of the IS
cents the consumer . paid ror mjia. , tne
producer- got only 6.8 cents and the dis-j
trlbutor 8.2 cents. y-''--r- 1 :;" I
That i Is Just exactly i the testimony
that wo 'don't want; to" go .into In ithiS
case." objected BelL "It is immaterial
to ' the issue." .'-;: a -' .a :. -f-
COURT TO USE DISCRETION f t
"The court" will use its own discretion
on what is material concerning this is-s
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sue." said Judge McCourt overruling the
objection. . , ' I
A roar of applause that . threw the
courtroom Into disorder rose from the
hundred or more dairymen Intent upon
the trial, when Marlarkey characterized
Frank S. Glass of the Nestles' Food
Products company as i "that farmer's
marketing association buster. The at
torney stated that Glass was known las
an "expert" In California in the fighting
of farmers' cooperative associations and
that he had been brought here to conduct
the campaign against the Oregon Dairy
men's cooperative league In the hope lof
breaking it up. i .
EXPERT GIVES TESTIMONY
i Hector MacPherson of the' bureau of
markets at O. A. C. took the stand late
in the afternoon and testified la support
of the cooperative movement He said
the Ironclad nature of the contract which
the Dairymen's league had with Its mem
bers represented the greatest step for
ward since the inception of cooperative
marketing. j
MacPherson uaid that failure of co
operative associations in the past to bind
their members by ironclad contracts had
resulted in the failure Of thousands of
cooperative associations. ' '
P. J.'johansen, a dairyman from near
Gresham, testified that pot until the or
ganization of the cooperative association
had he ever been able to get anywhere
near cost of production for bis milk. He
cited one instance of her under Jhe
old system he was given 60 cents a hun
dred pounds for milk by Portland dis
tributors and had fceen compelled to 4c
cent that or take his produce-back to
his farm. , ... j v
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Gas Restrictions :
At Vancouver Are
4 Thrown in Discard
Vancouver, Wash.,, Aug. 25. Vancsw-
ver i motorists, ' Tor uie nrsi upie
in
months, are revelling In gasoline, for
all
testrictions on purchases have been jre
moved, according to local officials of oil
distributing companies, i ? .
SO CHANGE IX PORTXulND
j . : SITUATION IS REPORTED
Although reports from surrounding
towns indicate that the various gaso
line distributing companies are annul
ling restriction orders, officials of Port
land . companies announced no changes
in their orders this morning. The Shell
company is the only concern which has
stations distributing 100 per cent I of
tank capacity. ' The Standard stations
are allowing 75 per" cent and the As
sociated and Union 50 per cent to pleas
ure cars, ah companies but me union
are allowing 100 per cent to commercial
cars.. The Union company allows oinly
75 per cent to commercial vehicles.
Speeder, Gets Fine
And Jail Sentence
Fred Biggs, 732 Sherrett street, driver
f or : the Tru . Blu Biscuit company, ar
rested for speeding at 'Grand avenue
and East Oak streets was fined $50 and
sentenced to one day in jail by Munlci
pal Judge Rossman Wednesday morning.
He collided' with-an automobile driven
by A. L. Parllngton. who had given
proper signal to turn. : H - ,
j. i i Drinker, Unconscious
After spending 12 hours in jail with
out regaining : his . senses Tuesday,
P. Blake, arrested at Sixth and Hoyt
streets on a charge of being intoxicated,
was sent to the, emergency hospital and
later . transferred to St. ' Vincents hos
pital. Blake is said to have drunk 12
bottles' of a patent- medicine. He was
arrested .on complaint . of his landlord.
Ixjtter Carriers to Have Jauntl
The . Letter Carriers association will
give a moonlight excursion and dance on
the Swan on Thursday evening, 'August
26, at 8 :45 p. m.j at the foot of Jeffer
son street. 1 J 1 .
' ' ' ' Rate ' Increase Asked
Salem, Aug. 25. Application for
Increase In water rates was filed with
the public service commission Wednes
day by the -California-Oregon Power
company of Klamath Falls. .
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A i f 1 ROBERT W. CHAMBERS' V ' '' ''''
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EDUCATOR MADE
CO DEFENDANT IN
TIMBER LAHD.SUIT
: Salem, Aug. -25.-r-John W. Todd,
yntil recently superintendent of the
Salem public schools, -is made co
defendaht , together with Carlos L.
Byron now serving a term at Mc
Neils Island, In a suit filed, in the
Circuit court here today by H. .H.
Vandervort and 17 other ' "victims'
in the alleged Byron timber jsefn
dals, for the recovery of $000 al
leged to have been paid to Todd and
Byron in connection wltb promises
of locations on timber claims, which
promises, it is alleged, were, never
fulfilled.- -' t
The $9000 'involved In the suit repre
sents the first installment of $500 each
paid by the 18 Salem people: who are
filing the. suit, . s t , "
MAY ALLEGE TBAUD ' , :
. The complaint, which was filed by W.
C. Wlnslow representing the claimants,
does not disclose the details, of Todd's
alleged connection with the- timber deals,
but in an interview, Winslowj declared
that the ground upon which an attempt
would be made to-:cover the money
would be based utAjtt' the fact that the
transactions were fraudulent in their in
ception and that Todd had full knowl
edge and in formation regarding the true
nature of the situation and participated
in the procurement of the applications
with this knowledge. and received a por
tion of the iftoney. .iWlnslowi declared
that he was possessed of evidence to sub
stantiate his contentions, i -SUIT
03T ME BITS ' i T
Wlnslow declared that Todd's resigna
tlort as superintendent of : the ' Salem
schools had no bearing on the institution
of the suit, which, he declared, would
probably have been brought (sooner or
later - even should Todd have! remained
at the head of the schools here. ,
The other 17 alleged victims of the By
ron timber deals interested in the suit
together with Vandervort are J
Emma Vandervort, P. I- Wilkinson,
Mrs. F. L. Wilkinson P. J. Kjuntz, Lot
tie D. Wlnslow, Mrs. F..E. Kvans, F. 4
Evans, Lester R. Kvans, , A.
J. Evans,
Mary B. Young, Miles B. Toung, W. J
Young, FredrF. Prince, J.. Bj Hileman,
A. F. Beardsley, Arthur E. Gummlngs
and George L. Cummings.
Kent Investigating
Committee to Meet
City Hall, 8 P.'M.
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The committee appointed by Mayor
Baker to investigate rental conditions in
the city will hold Its f irit hearing in" the
mayor's office at the city hall Wednes
day at 8 p. m. The session wilt be held
behind closed doors in order! that wit
nesses may pot be known. Mayor Baker
is chairman of the committee and : has
instructed City Attorney iaj Roche ; to
eubpena witnesses in three of the worst
cases of alleged profiteering reported to
the committee.- ' f-'.; 1 ''
Following the -hearing the j committee
will endeavor to arbitrate between the
landlords and their tenants &nd if the
landlords refuse to agree to a fair and
equitable adjustment of their rentals
publicity will be used to whip them into
line, the mayor said. The mayor's com
mittee was appointed several weeks ago
and after thorough Avestlgation dis
covered that the city, commission has no
authority to pass legislation regulating
rentals on residence property. The state
legislature, however, may enact ' laws
governing - rentals and It is j considered
likely that an act will be framed by the
committee and presented at the next
session of the legislature at Salem.
ROBERT W. CHAMBERS'
FIGHTING CHANCE"
A "high-life" romance of New York's
pleasure. Set in the lap of luxury,
withi fashion and beautiful women.
"SHERIFF NELL'S COMEBACK" y
Laughable Polly Moran in I a mirth -
UNTIL FRIDAY MIDNIGHT
The Theatre Beautifjtl , " i
Theatre Beautifjtl
Woman Fined $100
For possessing .15
. Quarts of Whiskey
' Fifteen quarts of Canadian whiskey
found in the home of Mrs. 'Aw M. Lewis
at 53' Trinity place, according to police
charges, resulted in her arrest and sub
sequent' fine of $100 Tuesday by Mu
nicipal, Judge Rossman. Ray T Hurley,
28 Qrand avenue, -kbm fined $40 for
kavtaglntdxlcatlng liquor- in his pos
session. A quantity of grape juice and
cider ts said to. nave tested C per cent
alcohol. - '. ' . " , -: ,-:- i
Because a number of "drunks" were
found in the vicinity of a soft drink
stand at 24 North Second street. . Peter
Tomson, proprietor.was arrested on a
charge -of maintaining a nuisance and
was fined $75 by Judge Rossman in mu
nicipal court Tuesday.: f '
i. Police raided the home-f Domenico
Cabella at 307 East Twelfth street Tues
day night and found ' two gallons of
moonshine' whiskey which' hv being held
for evidence. Cabella was arrested on
a charge of violating the prohibition
law and-released on $250 ball Patrol
men Huntington, Ragan and M each arc
Conducted the raid. t
I - Damage Suit Filed
! R. D, Brown filed a suit. for $11,783
damages against the Auto Transit com
pany Tuesday. He says that on July 12
last he was a passenger on an auto bus
ef the defendant, starting to make the
trip from Portland to Forest .Grove, but
that through reckless driving he car
was overturned and slid down a bank,
when he received serious injuries that
still confine him to the hospital,
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Divorce Mill j
' Divorce suits filed t : J. O. Smith
against Anna A. Smith; desertion; Spiro
Balaico. against Mat Balaco, desertion ;
Charles : TUlqulst against Prudence L.
Tillquist, desertion Minna Lemberg
against Joseph Lemberg, cruelty; George
A. Rigdon against Lens; RIgdon, cruelty;
Alice M. Hayes against "Robert E. Hayes,
desertion. :. 1 j :
Annulment Is Sonebt '
I Ernest D. Rice filed suit Wednesday
In which he seeks annulment of his mar
riage to Ada Clarno. He says they were
married in Clarke county, Washington,
in January, 1918, -and that she told him
only lately that at the time of their mar
riage she was the wire or Jr rayers ana
there had been no divorce. Divorce suits
filed 'Wednesday Included 5 Frank F.
Mevers against Ruth F. Meyers, cruelty ;
Edna D'Arcy against Frank P. O'Arcy,
cruelty, ! .
$2999 Damages Asked
' Jacob Marttala fifed suit Wednesday
against K. Sumida and K. Hori, oper
ators of the- American hotel at North
Third and ; Flanders streets, seeking
judgment for $2999 damages and costs.
He says that on -October 1, 1919,; while
he was a guest of the hotel, the elevator
shaft was allowed to remain open and
unprotected; nd that he -.. mistook the
opening fbt a door, walked In and fell
10 or 12 feet to the basement. ;.
E. A. Eussell; Retired
Baptist Minister,
Dies at Age of 85
The Rev E.. A. RusselU 8,-reUred Bap
tist minister, who has been a" Portland
resident for two -years, died; Tuesday
at his home, 1108 Clinton street, at the
age of 85. He la survived by the widow,
Mrs. Abigail Russell and by Mrs. W. B.
Howard of . Omaha and Mrs.' Robert
Chubb . of Spokane, daughters, and Ben
G. Russell of Denver, Lloyd G. Russell
of Meridian.. Miss., and Albert M. Rus
sell of Portland. The body is at Fin
ley's. ' '
Butler to Address1 Chamber -
'-. Nicholas Murray Butler; president of
Columbia university, New York, will de
liver an address to : members of ? the
Chamber of Commerce Friday, Septem
ber 3. Butler will be the guest "of Lewis
Irvine Thompson while visiting hem
world of
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maker
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UPON CONGRESS
SAYS POi N DEXTER
- "We Republicans are Intensely
terested In the election of a Repub
lican house and senate to sustain
the Republican president---for, -:pt
course, a Republicaji v will 'go lno
the presidenUal chair," was the con
fidential prediction Wednesday of
Senator Miles' Poindexter, once can
didate j for Republican' nomination
for the presidency. He is chairman
of the Republican national senatorial
committee, newly ' organized for ; tn
purpose' of "putting over" Republi
can senators in doubtful states, j
Senator Polndexter arrived Wednes
day morning for - political .conferences
with -Regional Director ? Dover," Ralph
Williams, Senatorial Candidate Stanfie'ld
and local Republican leaders. He Will
remain i here until Thursday; when ie
goes to Tacoma. He and Dover were
guests of honor at a luncheon given tat
the Benson hotel at noon Wednesday by
local Republican organizations. ,
. IWe purpose to concentratai our. en
deavors on the sending of Republican
senators and congressmen tot Washing
ton from -every doubtful state," said the
writer. - . ; I. '
Polndexter was expected Tuesday, but
stopped off at his ranch for a oy.
"Democratic organization Is progress
ing in all pc the counties of Oregon atj a
rapid rate, and will be completed within
the ensuing 10 days, said Secretary
George. A. Rosenberg at Democratic
state headquarters, 325 Morgan building.
Wednesday morning. "We are planning
to make the county organizations cover
every precinct, and will have one of the
most effective Democratic. : campaigns
ever staged in Oregon. 1 ; I
"The real campaign activities will be
gin within the next two weeks. Plans
are being fully. matured for speakers
Itineraries and Other extensive work I in
all parts of the state. - I .
"Reports coming Into' headquarters
from many sections show a great , and
growing sentiment for the Democratic
national ticket. Right her in Mult
nomah county we are having numerous
visitors to Democratic headquarters frpm
Republicans who say they never before
have voted the Democratic (ticket, but
that they have determined- to vote jtor
Cox and Roosevelt- s The outlook never
before was so encouraging for the Demo
crats of Oregon." 1
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William D. Bennett, Democratic can
didate for public service commissioner
for the western district of Oregon, left
Portland Wednesday morning , for Ian
itinerary of several, days through the
Williamette valley. He will put in soras
good licks for the national ticket coinci
dent with his personal campaign work.
.Miss Fern Hobbs, who was secretary
to former Governor West, and who Was
a prominent figure some time ago ! in
connection with the settlement of labor
difficulties at Baker, was a visitor at
Democratic headquarters1 Tuesday. She
is enthusiastic for; the Democratic na
tional .ticket and may be one of the
speakers In the Oregon campaign. v
The third party? Why, that Is the
first time I have heard mentioned
They show
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They're regular stock, made and bought for
fall wearing. In order to stimulate early fali buy
. ing, and to help keep' down clothing costs, I am
making this most.-iinusual offer of 20 saving
,right at the beginning .of the season.
The early buyerOSt
benefit.
BEN SELLING
Leading Glothier :
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... Morrison Street at Fourth
since it dropped off the front pages of
the newspapers right after the organi
sation. - X think - it must have - almost
dropped out of the public recollection."
This is the judgment of Elmer Dover,
regional director . of " the Republican
party in the states of Washington, Ore
gon, 1.1 California, Idaho,' Nevada ' and
Arizona, now in Portland for political
conferences. He believes - the : third
party movement will be of such in
finitesimal , proportions as to . become a
political. Joke. - v.1" , .
"Harding will never agree-to a League
of Nations which restricts our rights.
declared ; Robert N. Stanfield, s Repub
lican.' nominee for the United States sen
ate, in an address before the Multnomah
Republican county central committee at
Central library Tuesday night.
He and Congressman McArthur were
the ! principal speakers. Mrs. Taylor
Marshall ' of Belvldere, 11U - spoke, of
woman in politics and phonographic rec
ords of two four-minute speeches of
Harding were reproduced.
TF
Ample precedent may be found for
the candidacy of one person for pub
lic' Office on more, than one ticket
at the same time, declared Mrs. Ada
Wallace Unruh Wednesday In reply
to an editorial .in the Oregonlan
which said in effect that "only a
woman would accept both ; Demo
cratic and Prohibitionist nominations
for
Pr.
congress. It was referring to
Esther Pohl Lovejoy and the
fort
of the Prohibitionists to put
on their congressional ticket in
her
addition to her Democratic nomina
tion, " , .
Mrs. TJnruh, who is executive secretary-)
of the legally defunct prohibition
party in Oregon, pointed out that recent
legislative ballots would show countless
cases in which candidates tor the state
legislature have been , listed on ' both
Republican : and , Democratic tickets
and men, at that. -:' 'f----
"In ' thjs instance, continued the
secretary, "we have - legal advice that
any -person qualified to register, regard
less i of party, is qualified to sign, the
petitions about to be circulated, which
would restore the prohibition party to
legal existence and entitle it to a place
on (the November ballot. If either the
Republican or . Democratic - parties
through any reason . had lost i identity,
I personally would be glad to help
rehabilitate them, so they could get on
the i ballot. Any fair minded voter, I
believe, would do the same, because all
people should have a chance to express
their political views." ,. i
Mrs. M. L. T.. Hidden, though an
avowed Democrat, is planning : to help
circulate the prohibition petitions,- Mrs.
Unruh , said, as is Mrs. Marian Gilbert
of the state W. C. T. U.- Those advo
cating the petitions will meet Thursday
at 716 Stevens building at 9 :30 a. m.
to begin circulation of the petitions.
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- I f Suspect Is Arrested - ,
Inspectors Niles and Horack arrested
James J. McBrearty Tuesday night, at
248 -Yamhill street, and are holding him
for ; the Seattle police. He is said to
have passed worthless . checks : to . the
amount of - $165, -f
real class
who is going to biiy a 1
. taking advantage of
Fall
my
the late one gets, the
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in new Fall suits and overcoats. Now's the
time to decide where you'll buy i yours.
There are three determining factors:.
Economy Style Quality
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Fall models in all-wool suits and overcoats bought
and sold in bur Upstairs -way. Which means that
we (don't load you down with expensive store rent,
or fancy fixtures or idle clerks. Nor do we charge
you with credit losses. We have none. i
r Instead, we buy and sell only the finest materials
' on the markets, and in such enormous quantities
that we are able
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In all materials, colors and weights, our
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spection.
Remember that we have
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