The Oregon daily journal., December 09, 1920, Page 1, Image 1

COMPETITION
BLOCKSPLANS
FOR TERMINAL
Acrimonious Debate Indicates
. That Trade Rivalry Since U. S.
Relinquished Control Is Ob
stacle to Proposed Rail Union.
Acrimonious wdrds passed be
tween railroad heads showed that
keen competition, restored since the
ending of government control, is re
sponsible for the blocking of the
Portland union railroad terminal
junii u i liic initial ileal lllg t cu-
nesday evening by-"the presidents'
council, the president of the Cham
ber of Comrrierci, the city attorney,
the city engineer and the engineer
of the dock commission.
These constitute the committee au
thorise by the city council resolution
and appointed by the mayor to conduct
the. union terminal campaign on behalf
of the public. The hearing was held in
the governors' room of the Chamber- of
Commerce and a- second meeting has
.been scheduled by the committee for
next Wednesday evening, when, also,
proposed modification of 'the teachers'
tenure law will be discussed.
PRESENT STATION ADEQUATE
L. C. Gllman, vice president of the
company is now ready to undertake its
share of capital investment necessary
to a union terminal. He, however, ad
vised against any immediate plan to
build a new Union station, saying the
one In use is one of the most efficient
"In the country and that trackage rear
rangement is primarily the necessity.
Judge C. H. Carey, speaking ort be
half of "President Turner of the S., P.
& 8., announced that, that company is
ready to abandon Us Tenth street depot
and make its properties in the vicinity
available for a joint terminal develop
ment. V ..His statement was supplemented by
somewhat heated remarks from W. D.
Ski nner, traffic manager of the S., P.
& S., who denominated as "utterly ab
surd" the contention of Arthur SDencer.
counsel of the Union Pacific, that rail'
roads at this time are precluded from
investment in jh union terminal, and of
J. P. O'Brien, operating head of the
Union Pacific-In Oregon' ani president
of the Northern ' Pacific -Terminalvieom-pany,
that the lines owning the pres
ent union terminal need all its facilities.
the union terminal agreement could be
(Continued on Pas Two. Column One)
AFFECTS 300,000
Boston,. Mass., Dec. 9. (.U. P.)
Wages of New England, textile work
ers will be reduced 224 per cent
within a short time, it was learned
today following a meeting here in
which practically all textile manu
facturers of the New England states
were represented. Approximately
300,000 operatives will be affected
by the wage cut, it was said.
BIG CUT IN WAGES
Blue Sunday Talk Loses 'Pep'
5 it K V t X K H t
Monday Holding a Safe Lead
By Lowell Mellett
United Kcm Staff Correspondent 1
Washington, Dec. 9. The American
Sunday may be going blue, but this
correspondent doubts it. After at
tending the twenty-sixth anniversary
session of the International Reform
Bureau,, he is convinced that Mon
day will continue Its monopoly of
that color. Not only that, but that
the great reform wave from which
so many persons are fleeing in terror
is really a very mild menace.
"What reforms should be undertaken
this winter through legislation, admin
istration, education?" was the topic for
discussion. "Senators, congressmen and
reform leaders to hold meetings to con
slde needed moral and reform meas
ures." read the advance notices.
'Rooms can be secured in hotels as low
as J1.50. In homes, through the Y. M.
C. A. or Y. W. C. A., for Jl. Speakers
entertained free on request if sent be
fore December 5."
REFORMERS SCARCE
These statements, particularly the last
one, seemed to guarantee, a ripsnorting
meeting with lots of reform, and your
correspondent was on the ground early.
It was. scheduled to begin at 2:30 p. m.
At that hour, he found himself the only
reformer present. But the pastor of the
church who wasn't going to remain
himself assured him others would be
along. At 2:43 two earnest young ladies
Joined the happy throng. By 1 o'clock
there were six of us there.
Two minutes later we became eight,
but a minute later one impatient zealot
left and we were' seven. At J :08 the
pastor looked in to see who was going to
proceed,1 but no one of us knew.
RUBBER TUBE SCASDAL
jt 3 :10 a colored gentleman increased
the 'attendance by one. but he turned
out to be the church janitor and an
Wilson Names
Portland Men
To Take Money
To Aid Chinese
; Washington, Dec. 9. (I. N. S.)
President Wilson today issued a call
for aid for famine-stricken China.
"Once more an opportunity is of
fered to the American people to
show that prompt and generous re
sponse with which they have invari
ably met the call of their brother
nationi' in distress,"- the president
declared in his appeal.
A nation-wide committee was named
by the president to direct a campaign for
funds, of which he named Thomas W.
Lamont of New York, as chairman.
A. L. Mills and Edgar B. Piper were
named to receive donations in Portland,
Or. .
San Francisco,: Dec. 9. -(I..N. S.)
A new storm, central off Vancou
ver island, is moving rapidly south
eastward, the weather bureau an
nounced today. Southeast storm
warnings were ordered posted along
the coast from San" Francisco to
Tatoosh. ,
Advices that an area of low barom
etric pressure is recorded off Van-
couver island today led agents of the
w or Vt a Yin vAaim t-n 1 Ian ' Bnnlhatat
storm warnings all along the coast from
San Francisco to, Tatoosh island.
At a late hour this morning the storm
had not developed, but indications were
strong that a hard,, blow might be ex
pected and mariners were, accordingly,
notified,
A 25-mile wind was reported off North
Head this afternoon.
The wind velocity in Portland was 12
miles an hour this afternoon.
'Catch Me,' Bead
Automobile Sign;
Policeman Got Busy
Motorcycle Patrolman Smythe had
only . time to read a banner across the
back of Henry Bell's machine as he
sped across the Broadway bridge. The
banner challenged, "Catch me."
Smythe did, and this morning Bell
pleaded guilty to speeding on the bridge
and . admitted that he Jockeyed past
four machines. Smythe's sleedometer
registered 28 miles.
"I'll give you a discount of $3," said
Judge Rossman. "Pay a fine of $23."
State Department
Denies -Germany Is
After Loan in U. S.
Washington, Dec. 9. (I. N S.) State
department officials today denied
knowledge of the reported efforts of a
German syndicate to float a loan for
Germany in the United States. It was
said at the state department that close
watch is being maintained on the en
trance of Germans into the United States
and that only those Germans who have
business interests here are permitted to
enter.
nounced that the meeting was to be
upstairs, though he said there was no
body there. Then be guessed again and
decided he was mistaken, so the entire
assembly remained seated.
At 3 :12 Wayn B. Wheeler arrived. He
left the door open and half a dozen
more drifted In.
Through the thick silence a woman's
whisper carried the news that lots of
good church members are now making
home beverages of large alcoholic con
tent, in perfect innocence of their crime.
She deplored the large number of rubber
tubes that are being sold and called
attention to the fact that windows of
5 and 10 cent stores are full of them.
Everybody knows what the rubber tubes
are used for, she said.
WHEELER GIVES DRY TALK
With nightfall approaching one of the
gathering elected himself chairman in
the absence of Dr. Wilbur F. Crafts, and
asked .Wayne Wheeler to talk," which
W. W. did. He talked about enforce
ment of the Volstead act. He didn't
even suggest tampering with the present
day Sabbath observance. Nor did any
speaker, who followed him. Nobody pro
posed taking the candy away from the
baby on Sunday, nobody pointed out
the Immorality of kissing your wife.
Matter of fact, it was a pretty busi
nesslike discussion that the 18 . of us
(three- of "us correspondents) heard
Wheeler, perhaps alarmed - like some
others, urged us all to go slow on any
blue law crusade or "any other radical
legislation."
RADICAL LEGISLATION HIT
The wet forces, he declared, would like
nothing better than the imposition of
blue laws on the American people. And
that was just about' all that was said
on that subject.
- Wheeler also urged the wisdom of
keeping . hands off the Volstead act,
while admitting that its operation has
shown a .number of spots in which it
could , be , improved. But, he said. If
the door were opened for amendments.
a number might be slipped in that Would
STORM
REPORTED
MOVING THIS WAY
weaken, the prohibition enforcement act.bearing a placard reading: "A traitor!"
NO
CABINET
post mm
OP TO DATE
President-Elect Makes Emphatic
Statement He Doesn't. Know
' When He Will Make Choice;
Will Not Resign Senate Seat.
Marion, Ohio, Dec. 9. Regular
union hours are not long enough for
amateur "cabinet makers" who are
endeavoring to assist President-elect
Harding to choose his official fam
ily, he indicated today;
"It's fine," he added, in alluding to
the thousands of suggestions he had re
ceived. "I do pot mind It a bit."
He reiterated forcefully that up to the
present moment he had not offered any
one cabinet posts, and added that he did
not Intend to do so Immediately
HARD15G I- B0T7BT
While Senator Harding and his close
advisers were silent as to the identity
of the men under consideration for the
various portfolios, it was stated author
itatively today that the holding of a seat
in the senate would not be considered a
bar to a cabinet post, in spite of the de
sire of senate leaders to retain expert
services in the upper house.
It was also indicated that the make-up
of the Harding cabinet probably would
be thoroughly representative geograph
ically, adequate recognition being given
the main general sections of the coun
try. The time of announcement of the cab-
inet
apppointments still
is uncertain.
if?PaJf'f ,Hardinf sttei frankly that he
i did not know himself.
WILL SOT ltESIGJT
President-elect Warren G. Harding will
retain his senate seat for the present
and no immediate action will be taken
on the offer of Governor Cox to appoint
Senator-elect Frank B. Willis should
Harding desire to resign his senatorial
office, it was indicated in a statement
from headquarters here today.
No hurried action will be taken, It
was stated, because of the critical ill
ness of Willis father. The holiday re
cess of -congress, coming next week,
gives further time for ' a : decision, the
statement added. ; Senator Harding sent
telegram to Governor Cox today ex
pressing appreciation of the offer.
While In Washington this week. . Sen
ator Harding arranged for a pair to
protect him on all party matters coming
up in the senate during his, absence.
FIND 10 CASES OF
I
Ten cases of rare old Scotch
whiskey, seized by deputy sheriffs In
a raid on a Great Northern dining
car Wednesday night, are now held
under lock and :tey at the county
Jail. The deputies, suspecting that
importations might -be coming
through with railroad cooks and
waiters as " agencies, bearded the
train at 8:10 o'clock just as it pulled
into the station. Before the crew
could escape, they arrested J. E
Murray, Frank "Baltazal, Claude
Smith, D. Johnson and R. Higgins
A sixth railroad "employe fled and
disappeared in the yards.
After spending the night in jail the
five were arraigned before District
Judge Hawkins this morning. Murray
and Baltazal took all responsibility,
entering pleas of guilty, and the judge
fined them $250 each. They paid the
fine and the entire party sadly left the
courthouse.
The deputies said the liquor was Im
ported in the dining car from Van
couver, B. C.
PRICE SLUMP SEEN
Leisyville, Or., Dec. 9. Prospects
of a slump in the price of fuel wood
appear good with the return of
farmers to wood cutting.
The labor situation for farmers has
greatly improved with men asking for
work at reasonable wages and travelers
frequently requesting permission to sleep
in barns, a state of affairs not known
since pre-war days.
Seattle Mills Will
Close December 18
Seattle. Deo. 9. (IT. P.) West Seat
tle lumber-mills will close December J8
for an indefinite period. It is announced
by W.- B. Nettleton, president of the
Nettleton Lumber company. High prices
Lof logs and manufacturing costs are
given as the reason for the shut-down.
About 250 mep will be thrown out of
employment. 'v. ,.
Corpse Found Bound
To Gate of Church
Dublin. Dec. 9. (I. f. S.) Three uni
dentified dead men, all of whom had
been shot, were found at Banuon. County
Cork, today." A corpse was found bound
to the gattrtfcf a church at Uosscarbery,
H OH N
FARMERS GLTf-WOOD
ROADS TO BE
STORM POINT
. OF SESSION
Completion of Pacific and Colum
bia Highways May Leave Fund
Too Short for 6ther Work, Is
Fear of Eastern" Oregon Men.
As the legislative units of the com
ing session drift into the political
melting pot of the. Imperial lobby,
from the far-flung reaches of East
ern and Central Oregon, and com
mence to talk, it becomes more and
more evident that the state high
way commission and state highway
construction is scheduled to be one
of the chief storm centers of the
impending 40 days of lawmaking
and oratory. 1
Eastern and Central Oregon, long on
acres and short on votes as that empire
stands, is filled with a vague unrest and
a not too nebulous fear. The people of
that district want roads constructed,
miles and miles of them, ana they are
looking with apprehension on the com
pletion of the Pacific and Columbia
highways and the consequent exhaustion
of available funds and present state
credit for that work while but little start'
has been made in highway construction
otherwhere.
ROAD PLAN IS BOGEY
"We are afraid," one of the Eastern
Oregon senators confides apprehensively,.-
"if the Columbia and Pacific highways
are completed before definite provision
is made for the continuation and com
pletion of the highway program ,as a
whole thatthe western part of the state
may Ipse its interest in the road pro
gram, refuse to finance further con
struction and leave us in the lurch."
It seems evident that, spurred by this
feeling, the delegations from the high
lands of the state will insist upon some
final, definite and continuing policy of
highway financing and construction
being worked out at the coming session
so that Eastern and Central Oregon may
rest assured that the end of the valley
construction, will not bring a pause in
the extension'of state road building.
1921 COMPLETION SEE3f I
The - highway commission now: has
finances available for the completion of
the two main highways, and that task
will have . been finished by- tfie""end of
J921. That time also will 'see the ex
haustion of money available from bonds
now authorized. Without question the
coming session will be asked to author
ize the issuance of an additional 310,
000,000 of highway bonds, which would
take the commission through 1922 at its
present speed, and which would, by the
same token, almost touch the constitu
tional limitation.
The '$10,000,000 provided by additional
bonds would be available for construc
tion other than upon the Pacific or
Columbia highways and Eastern and
Central Oregon would like to see it
pledged to use in that part of the state,
either in whole or In part.
Those who remember the closing days
of the special session of 1920 will re
call that the legislature ran amuck on
the road program and smashed the state
(Concluded on Page Two, Column. Two)
IS
Four-year-old F erdinand Chavez
Jr., who lived with his mother and
aunt at 1654 Portsmouth avenue,
was kidnaped by his father; Ferdi
nand Chavez of San Francisco, about
5:30 o'clock "Wednesday afternoon,
and it is believed they are now on
their way to the California city. A
warrant was issued for the arrest of
Chavez this morning.
Miss Margaret Vinter, aunt of the lad,
was returning with him from a neigh
borhood grocery store when the kidnap
ing occurred. Chavez was waiting near
the Portsmouth avenue residence as they
approached, when he jumped out of the
car, caught up the boy and placed him in
the vehicle. The aunt protested, and Le
land Miller, It, who resides at the same
place and who had seen the actions of
Chavez, rushed out to aid Miss Vinter,
when, it is alleged, Chavez pulled a gun,
ordered the young man away and told
the chauffeur to drive on. The car,
which had no tail light, so the license
number was invisible, sped away into the
darkness.
Ferdinand Chavez and Eloise Chaves
are said to have been divorced . some
months ago, and she was given custody
of their child and permitted to resume
her former name of Vinter. The father.
it is said, had made several, threats that
be would secure possession of his little
son. .
House Puts 0. K. on
2.75 Beer, Wine Bill
Boston, Dec 9. ( I. N. ,S.) The Mas
sachusetts house of representatives to
day wrote the 2.75 beer and wine bill
into the general laws and sent it to the
senate for consideration before It goes
to Oovernor coolidge lor his approval
or rejection, -v ...... .- .
Turks Nand Armenia
Reported , at Peace
London, Dec. 9. (I. N. S.) The
Turks and Armenians have - signed a
peace agreement At Alexandropol, ac
cording to a dispatch from 'Constant)
nople today.
FATHER
ACCUSED
KIDNAPING CHILD
Pastor Comes
Back Just as
Wife Predicted;
Girl Home, Too
Passaic, N. J., Dec. 9. (If. P.)
Missing since November 11. the Rev.
Cornelius Densel of the Netherlands
Reformed church, has returned to
Passaic, it was learned today.
The reiterated prediction of Airs. Dcn
sel that "he wilt come back" was veri
fied last night when tne missing pastor
walked into a meeting of the church con
sistory, which was just about to decide
on a minister to replace 'him. .
It was reported Miss Trina Hannah
berg, 26, who disappeared at almost the
same time as the minister, is also back
in Passaic
"I have made a mistake.
terrible
mistake," Densel was quoted as saying
by Henry Dross, secretary of the con
sistory. He handed in his resignation
as pastor of the church.
Members of the congregation were
very anxious to learn whether Mrs. Den
"sel would take back her. husband. .
Today when she learned that her miss
ing husband had returned to the city,
Mrs. Densel shut herself up in her room
and refused to unlock the door to any
body. i "Father is home again and everything
Is aU'righti" one of Pensel's daughters
said. "Mother is sick. -He is in the
house."
BRITISH CABINET
T
By Charles II. McCann
London. Dec. 9. (U. v P.) An
urgent call for support of the Lloyd
George cabinet was sent out today
when ' a vote of censure over the
appropriations bil was threatened.
The government's hill was to be con
sidered tonight, with the assurance that
an amendment . will be presented by
George Lambert, Liberal member.
Adoption of the amendment would be
tantamount to a vote of censure, and I
the cabinet, following custom, would re- 1
sign. "
An effort to take the Initiative away
from the government's critics was made
when the house agreed to debate a
motion to bring Lords Northclif fe and
Rothermere before -the bar' of the house
ta .apologise cwu,taair campaign" against
the appropriations, especially for sup
plementary' appropriations asked. The
two lords, publishers of ' newspapers,
have fought vigorously against the bill.
Northcliffe's papers threatened to black
list supporters and to publish their pic
tures. : ' - '
The campaign was having its effect
and coalition whips were anxiously
rounding up many of their voters who
had resolved to absent themselves dur
ing the vote rather than face the pub
licity.
Colonel Archer Shee, who moved the
debate on bringing the publishers before
the house, charged the campaign was a
gross breach of privilege.
A technicality in rules caused a post
ponement of the debate with a chance
that the advantage of the offensive
might be taken fr6m the government
Argentina Backs
Delegate's Action
In Quitting League
By Laurens Haas
(I'nrted Nw Staff Cornwpotident )
Buenos Aires, Dec. 9. There can be
no doubt that regardless of the hostility
shown by a greater part of the Argentine
press to the action' of Foreign Minister
Pueyrredon in withdrawing from the
league assembly, he has the complete
support of President Irlgoyen.
La Epoca, the. administration organ,
has now published its first comment
on the action at Geneva, On the day
that the news of the threat of the Ar
gentines to withdraw was received. La
Epoca not only avoided editorial com
mnt, but did not publish the dispatches
telline of the action of the Argentine
representatives. Commenting Wednes-1
day, however, the paper says:
"In none of the languages represented
at Geneva was there a loftier expres
sion representing the people's aims than
Puerryedon's. Nothing was as eloquent
as that single expression revealing a
noble faith that is destined for a bril
liant victory.
i "It was an expression of peace, but
the optimistic echo was hushed in grave
like silence, due to the absence from the
league of those comprising an' enormous
part of civilization. , .
Constantine Leaves ,
Sunday for Athens
To Occupy Throne
Lucerne, Dec. 9. (I. N. S.) Constan
tine is preparing to leave for Athens on
Sunday, it-was announced today. lle
will travel by way of BrindisL Accord
ing to Rome advices Italy will accord
Constantine the honors of a reigning
sovereign as he passes through that
country. George, -former crown prince
of Greece, Is .expected to reach Athens
about the same time as Constantine.
J. N. Teal's Daughter
Is To Be Sponsor for
N e w port Launching
Washington. Dec. 9. (WASHINGTON
BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.) Mrs.
W. Betts Carleton, who was Miss Ruth
Teal of Portland, daughter of Commis
sioner, J N. Teal of the shipping board,
will, act as sponsor for the big passenger
liner . Silver State when it Is launched
Saturday at Newport News at the plant
of Homer L. Ferguson.who also resided
at one time in Portland- .
DEMANDS SUPPOR
PUBLIC 'GOAT'
IN PORK COST,
PRICES SHOW
- ' ml
Most Retailers Asking 40 Cents
Pound for Meat That Costs
Them 14 to 15 Cents; Consum
ers Growl; Investigation Asked.
By II man II. Cohen
Retailers today are paying the
lowest price. in. a number of years
or Pork from Front street commis
sion houses, but the consumer is se
curing practically no benefit from
this lower movement of wholesale
prices.
Most retailers continue to ask 40 cents
a pound for the bulk of cuts of fresh
pork. Whole dressed hogs of the
"blocker" type are selling in the .whole
sale market today at 14 15 cents a
pound and recently as high as 17 cents
a pound. ,
The differential between the buying
and the selling price is so marked that
much complaint Is being made by- con-.
Burners.
While there is practically no sale for
live lambs and the day's prices were re-
dured to 8c a pound in the livestock mar
i ket. packers continued to ask abound 20
I cents a pound for this stock.
The low price of hogs has had but
lime Jimurnce on pners puiu oy me j
public ror hams ana bacon. . Tne diirer
ence between the wholesale price and
that which "Vetallers ask Is so great that
a government investigation has been
asked by several livestock producing or
ganizations. A similar discrimination exists against
the public in the fresh beef market al
though some sales are being made at
what are considered low prices. These,
however, are for cheaper livestock.
WAR TALK IS LAID
"Washington, Dec. 9. -(I. N. S.)
"If the statesmen, the publicists', the
politicians,"' the agitators and the
demagogues of Japan really want
war with the United States, they wiy
be the -ones' to bring it -on and not
the Americans," Representative
Kahn of California, declared in a
speech in the house this afternoon,
discussing the Japanese problem.
"We want peace," Kahn continued.'
"but the world has only recently learned
that we are not too proud to fight, nor
are we afraid to fight when we are
forced into war.
"I have no fear that there will be
war between Japan and the United
States in my lifetime, and I am thor
oughly satisfied that if my country re
mains measurably prepared there will
be no difficulty between the two nations
at any time."
Houston's Tax Plan
Is 'Pro-Republican,
Declares Kit chin
Washington, Dec 9 fL N. S.) Char
acterising the tax revision recommen
dations of Secrt-xy Houston as "un
just, unwise and pro-Republican." Rep
resentative Claude Kitchin (Dem., N.
C.) this afternoon condemned the ad
ministration for its policy of "dictating
to congress detailed plans for revenue
legislation."
Kitchin scored Secretary Houston for
his "efforts to excuse corporate interests
from payment J large sums of taxes
to the detriment of the masses and in
direct opposition to the long-standing
policy of the Democratic party.
.
Deserter, Tired of
Tramping pn Coast,
Gives Himself Up
"I thought it was fierce enough in the
army, but what's the use? I want to
go back." Sam F. Sevier presented him
self to Sergeant Keegan this morning
and confessed that he was deserter
from Camp Pike, Ark.
"What do you want me to do with
you?" asked Keegan. ..
"Lock me up until they come after
me," replied Sevier,
.Sevier said he desert' d from the field
artillery about two months ago, and
has been "bumming around the coast.
North Mississippi
Improvement Talked
Washington, Dec. -"9. (I. ,N. 8.) Im
provement of the upper Mississippi river
north of St Louis, Mo., was discussed
at a meeting today of congressmen
from states bordering on the river. The
conference was called by Chairman
Esclx of the house interstate and for
eign commerce committee.
Wants Lumber Sent
To Eliminate Retailer
TO JAPAN BY KAHN
Planning to eliminate the profits of
the retailer, an association of citizens In
Wisconsin, calling Itself an equity league,
has communicated with the trade depart
ment of the Chamber of Commerce, ask
ing for the addresses of sawmill people
who will deliver carload lots of lumber
direet from the mill to them.
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TELLS OF IRISH
MRS. MURIEL MAC
SWINE Y, widow of
the lord mayor of Corlc,,
who starved himself to death.;
She testified before Henry:
Villard's Irish committee to-'
day.
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MRS. M'SWINEY
GIVES TESTIMONY
"Washington. Dec. 9. (I. N. S.)
Dressed in . deep mourning,; which
accentuated her pallor, Mrs, Muriel
MacSwiney, widow of the lord mayor
of Cork, -took the witness stand to
day before the Commission on Con
ditions in Ireland to testify concern
lngr British government in Ireland.
The hearing room was packed to the
point of suffocation and many per
sona wer unable to secure entrance.
Mrs. MacSwiney began her narrative,
by telling the commission of her child
hood in Ireland. : ' : '.' :'.
Always, she said, she had been im
pressed, even as a child, by tne intense
poverty existing in Ireland.
"I always had Republican Ideals," she
told the committee. "I was sent to Eng-(
land to school, and yet the Irish would,
come out even over there.
"Relief for Ireland is absolutely essen
tial, for Great Britain is: pursuing a
starvation policy."
She charged that the Black and Tsn
police were preventing women and chil
dren . from entering shops to purchase
food and were destroying qrops and
creameries. . ; .
"We women' have steeled ourselves, to
the situation," she ; said. "We never
weep any more. I never wept once dur
ing the ordeal of my husband's death.
WO.HEX WEEP - , -
The witness gave a graphic recital of
the hunger strike and death of her hus
band and declared that stories that mem
bers of his family had fed. iim were
British propaganda. She declared that
the Brixton jail authorities continually
placed food before him to tempt him to
eat. MacSwiney was only fed during
the last five days when he was de
lirious, the witness declared. His great
est trial was that he could not have his
daughter with him. .
"He wanted so to live to carry on the
fight for the cause of Ireland." Mrs.
MacSwiney said. "But he felt that by
his sacrifice he would win consideration
for the Irish cause from the rest of the
world." . :
When Mrs. MacSwiney recounted the
last trial . and death of her husband,
many of the audience were crying and
one womaa fainted and had to be re
moved from the room.
Toklo, Dec. 9. ( I. N. S--The
Japanese foreign office was reported
today to have disclaimed official re
sponjsibility to ;- the British govern
ment for the threat of Colonel Mlzu
machi, who has been recognized, as
the mouthpiece of the Japanese war
office, that Japan would be Justified
in rendering assistance to malcon
tents in the British empire in return
for alleged meddling by Canadian
missionaries in Corea.
The Jiji today branded the Mizu
machl statement as "the clumsiest
in the history of Japan."
Proposed Dry Bill
Hits Ambassadors
Washington, ' fec. . 9. Ambassadors
and other American diplomatic repre
sentatives, in foreign countries are pro
hibited from even attending a function
where liquors are served, under the terms
of a bill Introduced in the house Jby Rep
resentative Upshaw, Democrat, of
JAPAN DISAVOWS
THREAT TO BRITISH
Georgia today.
C. C. NAILS
BIDDING FOR
RAIL FAVORS
Governing Body Threatens Indict
ments Unless Sharp Prac
tices of Employes and Ship
pers Are Brought to Halt.
Washington, Dec. 9. (U. P.) l
Bribery to secure 'favors in the move- ;
ment of coal and" other commodities
will result in indictments if suffi- j
clent evidence can be obtained, the i
interstate commerce! commission ;
warned in , its annual: report made . -public
today. i" . ' "r ' f
The com ml n I on - also announced r It .
would aak congress for legislation to r
punish anyone giving a bribe to a rail
road employe or any employe accepting
a bribe. i '
As a result of the inadequacy of the
ear supply and of railroad transpor- ;
tatlon generally during the past year, a
practice has grown up among shippers ;
of bribing operating employes of rail
road companies to obtain transportation i
services," the report said. "The demor-
slicing effects of this practice are far-
reaching. Bribery of this character in
many instances cannot .be directly and i
effectively reached under existing laws." ;
INDICTMENTS RKTL-BSKD . .'
The commission also announced it is !
trying to break up the; practice of at
tempting to reduce ! transportation .
charges by fslsely -describing shipments
and by filing fraudulent loss claims.
Indictments have - been t returned In a;
number of these cases, several of which 1
were for bining gasoline as unrefined'
naphtha, sllowlng it to be (-arried- at re-
Jduced rates, i Efforts of this character'
have increased with higher ' rates, the
commission said. ' i f . ' .
The commission also-recommended ac-'
tlon by congress to require the use of.
steel cars in passenger train service.
Among other legislative recommenda
tions -were: To place more stringent
limitations upon transportation of ex-;
plosives and to require, more careful in
spection of locomotive boilers, as an accident-prevention
measure.
IMPBOVEMEXT 1J? ROADS , :
The report showed bt! improvement of
ratlroad operating efficiency during the:
year, and told in detail how' the trans'?
portaju wtfcjuftnd.. ear i shortage " problems
had been met by orders glvinr priority
movement to coal and other necessities,
and' by orders requiring ' concentration
of equipment in sections where the
needs were most acute..! : . ; f
f It was pointed out that a factor detri
mentally affecting the ) coal car supply
nas been the 'great increase in recent
years in the number of coal mines.
while there had been no similar increase
in the equipment available for mine dis
tribution. There are now approximate
ly J000 more coal mines In operation
than prior to the war. The commission
said, however, that of the 10.634- coal
mines now in operation, 6888 are email
ones. Thus, over half the total number
of coal mines produce! less than 2 per
rest of the total coal production of this
country. ' - '"" l : '1 -"The
demand for 'coal for exportation
(Concluded on rate Two, Column F!)
By Herbert V. Walker
-Washington. Dec.; 9. U. P.l
Present revenue and tariff laws must
continue for a year, Republican
leaders of the house agreed today
after completing preliminary plans
for 'revision pt these two measures.
Representative Fordney, chairman of
the ways and means committee, today
said: congress would be showing good
speed If a Republican revenue and tariff
law were on the statute books by the
end of 1921. He believes, that at least
nine months will be required n the' re
vision of the tariff. -
' Hearings on revenue revision under
present plans will start next Monday.
The recommends tlohi for "increased
taxes tn the annual report of Secre
tary of the Treasury Houston will come
up first Apparently Houston's sugges
tion for repeal of the excess profits tax
is the only . one upon: which committee
members agree. I
Denmanfs Regime of -
Shipping ; Board Is
To Be Investigated
Washington, Dee. ! J L N. 8.) Tha
administration of William Denman of
California, first president of the United
States shipping board, will le Investi
gated by the house committee investi
gating shipping board expenditures, at a
meeting of the committee to he held
here next Monday, it was announced to-
The committee la Investigating charges
of extravagance,: waste and graft of
public funds in the operation of the
shipping board. ; . !
Tualatin River Work
Again Frowned Upon
1 WashingtonDec. .(WASHINGTON
BUREAU OF, THE JOURNAL) The
army engineers have Informed Senator
McNary that the prellminaryreport to
be made on the proposed Improvement
of the Tualatin river in Oregon is un
favorable because of the excessive cost
Involved. He is Informed that those
interested tXM.tr, present further data
and Wave a formal : hearing, If desired.
TAX TO CONTINUE.
SAY REPUBLICANS