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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 19, 1920.
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Arthur Street Family Complains
That 'Bfuecoats Entered House
Without Authority; Bigelow Acts
j On complaint of an Italian family
Ilvlns at 175 Arthur street that Pa
trolmen Vaughn and Roselius had
recently Insisted upon entering and
Marching their home without a
search, warrant and .without due
cause, Acting Mayor. Bigelow . had
both patrolmen' on the carpet in his
private office behind closed doors
Saturday morning;. Chief of Police
. Jenkins and Assistant City Attorney
Stanley, Myers also sat', In on the
. private hearing.
Accord Ins to statements of the Ital
ian's wife ma do to Bigelow recently,
Vaughn and Roselius . approached her
door and insisted upon entering the
house but were refused admittance. The
policemen then went to a window, at
tracted tier attention by tapping on the
glass and displayed their police badges,
m hereupon she admitted them to the
house.
When informed by the policemen that
"Bomeone" had told them liquor was be
ing manufactured and sold on the
premises, the woman protested her in
nocence, but the officers proceeded to
fiearch the house from cellar to garret.
It Is alleged, finding no evidence of
crime.
Following the woman's complaint, "at
the request- of Acting Mayor Bigelow,
' Assistant City Attorney Myers advised
Vaughn and Roselius of the. importance
ef all officers either having working
Information or a search warrant before
entering private premises in, search of
evidence of law violations. The police
men did not take kindly to the advice
given, but were disposed to wax wroth, i
Therefore the hearing.
While Bigelow announced his inten
tion to suspend the men for 30 days, '
following the private hearing, the act
ing mayor, "thought he would let Vaughn
and Roselius off with a severerepri-
; mand and. a one-day suspension," Chief I
of Police Jenkins said Saturday night.
Sixteen Portland
Eecruits Added to
JJncle Sam's Navy
Sixteen of Portland's young men were
added to the navy during the week 'by
officers of the recruiting office in the
Dekum building. Most of them are tak
ing up trade school work to fit them
selves for a petty officer's commission,
and the world's cruise which the fleet
expects to take next summer. New re
cruits are : Clarence E. Okerson, Ro
land W. - Hartman. Donald G. Gray,
Klmar E. Whitelong, .Earl F. Roberts,
Henry R. Abbett. George A. Ingersoll,
Desmond C Dudley, Frank V. Bleak
ley, Edward C. Mullen, Francis E.
Foote, Maurice J. Glaser, John L. . Div
ver, Chester A. Pike, Joseph FL Meaden
and Earl O. Miner.
The office received orders from Wash
ington Saturday to abolish all two year
enlistments. Hereafter all enlistments
will be for four years, except where the
applicant is between 17 and 18 years
old, where he can enlist for the minor
ity period. Reenlistments will be made
as before, for two, three or four year
periods.
Gas Standard Too
High, Say Plants;
Hearing on Monday
Olympla. "Wash.. Dec. 18. The public
service commission will hold a hearing
Monday and Tuesday in Seattle to con
sider the revision of the present ruling
applied to gas companies, requiring 600
British thermal units as the standard
basis of service to consumers.
The gas companies claim that this
standard is higher than they can meet
under present rates and cost of pro
duction and state that a lower thermal
unit basis will permit the use of new
gas making processes which will: enable
them to make gas more cheaply. Every
gas company in the state will be rep
resented and consumers will be invited
to- present grievances.
Charles Bowen,' Republican, defeated
David Helser, Citizens' ticket, for mayor,"
by 617 to 107, according to complete un
official returns forwarded to the city
clerk. E. H. Wright, Emery Chaplin;
Joe Foretell and "y. E. Haycox were
elected councilmen of the Second ward.
George Bigelow, city attorney; Hiram
Dohm, reelected city clerk, . and Lona
Smith, city treasurer.
Providing compensation of only $347
for. the last fiscal year, the Donald
postoffice in Marion county is going
begging for a postmaster.
ROBINSON RECALL
EIGHT LAUNCHED
County Judge of Polk Accused of
Inaction in Road Program;
Friends in Big Rally.
Dallas, Or., Dee. 18. Thirty?seven
representatives of 14 of 37 precincts
of Polk county met at the court
house here this afternoon and started
a recall campaign against County
Judge A. B. Robinson, whom they
charge with negligence and Inaction
in road building.
J. F. Ulrich was chosen to oppose
Judge "Robinson. 7 '
Immediately after this meeting an
other meeting was held in the same
room with more than 100 present from
practically every precinct in the county,
at which opposition to the recall was
voiced and a vote taken expressing con
fidence in Judge Robinson. ,
GLOOMY TALK IS
BUSINESS
HANDICAP
(Continued From Pice One)
measures and the Democratic adminis
tration has had the support of leading
Republicans in congress in refusing to
sanction wildcat remedies. The most
striking fact which impresses itself on
the investigator here is the almost unani
mous judgment that the "retailer is
blocking the game."
KETAILEB IS BLAMED
It - is contended that in the midst of
a falling market, when the farmers and
manufacturers find it necessary to take
lower prices for their wares, the cost
of goods sold in the retail stores is not
materially reduced. The farmer insists
that he can't take lower prices because
his cost of living has not declined.
But in defense of the retailer, who
bought his goods at high prices and
feels that he must get rid of them,
opinion is volunteered again and again
that while the retailer may generously
take some losses in, goods which he has
on his shelves, he cannot afford to take
much of a chance when rent and labor
F. FRIEDLANDER COMPANY
The Tremendous Success
of the Reductions
made by this fifty-year establishment were proven by the
crowds which thronged our store
" .. " last week.
THEY WERE LEGITIMATE REDUCTIONS
A REPLY TO THE PUBLIC DEMAND!
We will continue this week reductions on all Diamond Mer
chandise in our establishment, which includes solitaire and clus
ter rings, bar pins, lavallieres, bracelets, watches, etc.
Silk Umbrellas
t ' '.if
$100 Diamond Rings $85
$200 Diamond Rings ..... . .$160
$380 Square Diamond Dome
Shape Banquet Rings . .$275
$700 Diamond Cluster Dinner
.........$585
$800 Square Diamond-Center
Dinner Ring ' . 4 $640
.$70 Sapphire and Diamond
Flexible Bracelets ........ . .$56
. $1200 Diamond Flexible
Bracelet $950
$1400 Diamond Flexible Bracelet;
4 diamonds aggregating 44 k;
now $nao
$G0 Diamond Bar Pins. ... $44
$75 Platinum and Diamond Bar
Pins $60
$90 Platinum and Three-Diamond
Bar Pins ... . ...$72
Diamond "Earrings
Regularly Priced $20 to $3000
At Radical Reductions
Black Opal Pendants
Deeply Reduced
Platinum and Diamond
Dress Sets
Platinum and Diamond Links
- jv 10 to 20 Reductions
$11 Umbrellas now$ 8.50
$1-4 Umbrellas now $11.20
$19 Umbrellas now.$15.75
Wonderful Stocks of
Wrist Watches
$S5 White Gold Wrist'
Watches ; ....$68
$100 White Gold Wrist
Watches .......... .$80
Reductions in Clocks
. $75 Fine Mahogany
Chiming Clocks. .$60.00
$39 8-day Mahogany
Clocks $29.50
$25 8-Day Mahogany
Clocks ... ..... $18.00
$20 400-Day Crystal
Clocks ....'......$13.50
Many Reductions' as Much
as 25 on Sterling Brushes,
Powder-and-Puff Jars, Dor
ines Mesh Baers. etc. t
Sterling Silver . Radical lUduction.-Fine'LeaAer Good. Deeply Reduced
ESTABLISHED 1370
310-312 Washington Street, Bet. Fifth and Sixth
and fuel, and other items that go into
his overhead, show little sign of coming
down. .- ' ;
If the retailer is blocking the read
justment, therefore, it is said in his be
half that the reasons are to be found in
the cost of clerical labor and light and
heat and streetcar fares and delivery
wagdhs and kindred items.
The trouble about any period of re
adjustment is that all things do not
move downward uniformly. But such
institutions as the Federal Reserve board
express themselves as ever so much
more satisfied with the situation today
than a year ago.
Twelve months ago, members of the
board say, they didn't know when the
drop would come or how hard the fall
would be.
Now the bottom has been reached and
it is much easier 1 to deal with an
upward curve than a downward glide.
BATE BUM OR IMPROBABLE
Not a word has come from the Fed
eral Reserve board to Justify the rumor
that business men hereabouts are begin
ning to feel confident that the board
will reduce the rediscount rate about
the first of the year and that money
will then be more plentiful. ,
Labor is naturally uneasy and is fight
ing hard against wage reductions, but
laws greater than mere desire are oper
ating in the business situation today.
Just as the consumers have been carry
ing on a virtual strike for many months,
insisting that they would do without
certain goods until prices come down,
so have manufacturers simply been
forced to close down and say they can't
start until wages come down to levels
that permit business to operate 'on a
nuns eiaic.
CERTAI GOODS SHORT
In the process of readjustment, there
are many who feel the pinch, particu
larly those who refused to heed the gov
ernment's warning and did not practice
thrift in times o plenty. Some people
who have practiced too much thrift and
have insisted that prices go down par
ticularly to pre-war levels may be badly
fooled, however, for the stoppage of pro
duction in many commodities in the last
few months may result in an upward
trend of prices after the first of the year.
This is not expected to be true of many
products, but it will be discovered when
buying is resumed that there is a scarc
ity in certain goods which haven't been
manufactured for some time and na
turally the law of supply and demand
will make some prices higher. Psychology
plays an important part in forcing prices
up as well as down.
CHANGE FOB BETTER SEE3T
Change for the better in the entire
situation may be expected after Christ
mas when the big clearance sales every
where will begin and the retailer will
play his part in the readjustment pro
cess, but the return of sound prosperity
and stable business conditions cannot be
looked for until some of the big manu
facturers take the initiative. It will be
a moment for leadership. Wise business
men have rarely missed those oppor
tunities. But the big fact is that the worst
is over and the whole psychological
current here reflects an expectation of
a new era of profit-making in which
business will go forward on a sounder
and better basis
BUILDI5G TO RESUME
Building operations, of course, usu
ally begin in the early spring, but It
is fully expected that throughout the
entire country a real start will then
be made in eliminating the shortage, of
houses.
Building materials are dropping.
When they get low enough to tempt
people to build, rents will naturally
come . down. --- . ,
Rents have been high because new
houses have . been few.
When rents-begin to topple, the av
erage workingman wfli , be relieved of
one of the most 'painful items in his
cost of living.
The whole situation is interrelated,
but the downward movement of prices
will have its greatest compensations
in the first months of the new year.'
That is the best judgment of .most
men in the government.
AUTO FATALITIES SHOW
DROP DURING YEAR
(Continued From Pa One)
gratulate the people of Portland. The
Journal and Captain Lewis and his
traffic department upon the results.
. It is probable that Portland will be
the only large city in the country to
show a decrease in automobile fatali
ties for the year; Already other metro
politan Cities have shown a heavy in
crease in comparison with the 1919 rec
ords, and as a result campaigns simi
lar to ttyU in Portland have been in
augurated by daily papers in other
states.
do nothing but eat and make a noise.
Following the "feed" the carriers will be
guests of The Journal at a theatre party
at the Hippodrome. ;
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Journal's Carriers
To' Make Merry at
Christmas Affair
Have you noticed that smile on the
face of your Journal carrier during the
past week? If you have wondered what
caused it, Just say "Christmas meeting"
to him, and watch it broaden a litUe
more. -'- .
Three hundred Journal carriers went
wild with enthusiasm when -they were
told a few days ago by the circulation
manager that the j annual Christmas
meeting would be held next Thursday
night in the business office of The Jour
nal. Desks, chairs and tables, whether
they belong to the manager of a depart
ment or the office boy. will be pushed
aside and the entire Journal office turned
over to frolicking carriers.
Plenty of Ice cream, candy, nuts, ap
ples and other refreshments which ap
peal to the "inner" boy will be on hand
In great sufficiency to supply the crav- i
inps of even the hungriest lad. The boys
will be given a solid hour in which to
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OREGON EILERS
MUSIC HOUSE
Eilers Music Building
ENTRANCE 887 WASHI3TGT03T
STREET
Take Elevator to Second Floor
New Year's
Eve Party
9:30 to 1 o'CIock
$3j00 Plate
Music Danein m
unci wuimcai
New Year's
Day Dinne
Special Music
$2.00 Plate
Reservations Now
Served 5:30 to 8 p. m.
Make your reservations
early
" Am m
Christmas
Dinner
$2J00 Plate
Richard W. Chllds
Manager
D. D. Schreiter
Asst. Mgr.
32X011
For a surprise:
a player piano
Here is a suggestion: get tkat long-contem
plated Player Piano today, and surprise HIM
witk it when he comes Home tonight.
He will be tired he will want relaxation, di
version. And how the Player Piano will pro
vide itl -
We know of nothing more delightful to the
man of a household than a Player Piano and a .
few new, captivating music rolls.
Or to anyone else in the family, for that matter.
Come in and talk over this little surprise party.
We will be happy to arrange convenient terms
of payment. We have a wide variety of Player
Pianos, quite apt to suit any home or purse,
Open Evenings Until Christmas
. i'
Player Pianos from $695
Convenient payment terms 1
Sherman Play & Co.
Sixth and Morrisoa Streets
PORTLAND
Oppoiitc PattoSice
SEATTLE TACOMA SPOKAN
l MAIL ORDERS FILLED POSTPAID
credit for their efforts in behalf of
safety in Portland. The report of Cap
tain ijewis shows that deaths from au
tomobile accidents decreased. I hope the
worK will continue fend the public will
cooperate.
A. C. Kewill, president of the Civic
league and school director That is
fine work by The Journal. The report
or captain Lwis is most encouraging.
is.eep it up.
CAMPAIGN JUSTIFIED -
C. A. Bigelow, city commissioner and
acting mayor The 33 per cent rcduc
tion in fatalities is sufficient evidence
of the value of the campaign in be
half of human life and property car
ried on by The Journal and police de
partment, in spite of the opposition
of certain well-meaning citizens, it hasT
proved successful. The campaign is
well worth while and the momentum
gained should be increased.
Ira Powers of the Powers Furniture
Company The report of Captain Lewis
relative . to the decreased deaths from
automobile accidents in Portland is very
gratifying. The work of The Journal
is showing results every day. Keep the
gooa wora going.
George W. Joseph, state senator-elect
Portland is fortunate In being able
to tell the country that her record of
killings in automobile accidents is re
duced instead of increased for the year.
The campaign has been a splendid work
that snouia not be abandoned. T ton-
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