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THE WEATHEH Tonight and Friday,
rain; easterly winds.
Minimum temperatures: !'-r;".
Portland 41- St. JLouis ....... 2H
Havre,;Mont.-...-28 ; New York 40
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It lakes you but a little while to run
through the -week's social activities as
printed in The Sunday Journal, and the
beauty of it is, it's all there, and delight
fully illustrated with Portland's fair ones
or their visitors. ' .
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VOL. XIX. NO. 248.
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PORTLAND, . OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 23," 1920. EIGHTEEN PAGES
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BUTCHART ID
MOORE GUILTY,
JURY DECIDES
Government Wins on Indictments
Charging Agreement Whereby
Territory Is Divided by Com-
peting Firms; Leniency. Urged.
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Ttr P. Butt-hart, president of the
Oregon-Portland Cement company,
and Qlark M. Moore, former sales
manager, were found guilty on both
counts of a grand jury indictment
this morning by a Jury in Federal
Judge Bean's court of violating the
Sherman anti-trust law. The jury
recommended leniency.
" The ' jury retired at 12 :43 p. m.
.. Wednesday and reached its verdict at
10:30 p. in., bringing . a sealed verdict
into court this morning-. Thirty days
was - allowed the defendants by tho
court it which to file a bill, of excep
tions and motion for a. new trial.
, The maximum penalty under the law
is a 'Tine of $5000 and one year impris
onment on each count.
TRUST IS ALLEGED
About 1914J the Oregon Portland Co
ttient company and other coast plants
v are alleged by the government to have
formed a trust.. The territory along
"the coast was divided between the
' -manufacturers, government witnesses de
dared, and each company allowed to
fix the price of cement within its ter
. ritory. The alleged agreement also in-
..." eluded a proviso that none of the com
. panies would sell cement in the other
company's territory or sell to anyone
else , to resell outside the territory.
Before the Oregon company construct
ed its plant at Oswego, California com
panies are alleged to have agreed to
stay out ofr . Washington, provided
Washington manufacturers did not sell
cement south of Salem. After the Ore
gon company entered the field the ter
ritory is said- to have been redivided
and the slate of Oregon given to the
Oregon Portland Cement company, and
California companies with the agree
ment that there would be no competi
tion. The jury found both men guilty on
both counts of the indictment. The
first charges a combination in re
straint of trade and the second a mo
nopoly. , United States Attorney Lester W.
Humphreys and his chief assiatanCHalLj
., o. IjUSK., represeiueu me government.
(Concluded on I'ua Two. Column Foot)
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Shanghai, Dec. 23. (U. P.) Two
thousand lives were lost in an earth
quake in the' isolated province of
Kan-Su, according to reports here
today. The shocks were still con
tinuing at last reports.
The town of Peng Liang, with several
surrounding villages, was wrecked. The
rescue work was carried out with great
- difficulty because of the isolation of
the province and its extreme ruggedness.
Kan-Su also is in the famine district.
Gifts Shower
9.
Wheelwright
Fifty-two dollars in small silver
and pennies, neatly tied up in a little
box, was sent into European Relief
'Council headquarters, 522 Selling
building, Wednesday afternoon by
the students of St. Helens Hall, who
had inaugurated gift showers for the
starving war waifs overseas.
Subscriptions, large and small, accord
ing to Chairman R. H. Strong, continue
to pour in through the mails and are
brought personally to headquarters by
- men, women and children, who wish to
uhare their own blessings with the un
fortunate little war-victims. .
The campaigners were encouraged
anew by the receipt of a check from
W. D. Wheelwright for $5000, and the
400 trained salesmen mobilized by Orton
Goodwin brought In such a flood of
gold, silver and checks that Auditor
John Kennefick of the Hibernia bank
force, who is checking up contributions,
has not counted it all. Many, of the
salesmen are still working, cleaning, up,
the territory assigned them, and other
campaigners are being recruited to-take
the places of those canvassing earlier in
the week. .Mrs. W. C. Alvord, in charge
. of the woman's division, which will
launch a popular campaign Monday was
mobilizing her forces , at headquarters,
&22 Selling building, all day, and by the
end of the week- will have enlisted ser
eral hundred workers to gather up the
balance of Oregon's $250,000 quota still
remaining when the men's division has
finished its work.- - - -
- A poorly dressed working man called
' at headquarters and contributed $10 for
his three .children, asking ' for a cam
paign poster to hang on the Christmas
tree in lieu of certain gifts that the
children would have had if they had
not voluntarily sacrificed these gifts
that ; they might contribute enough to
' ave the life of some starving little boy
, or girl overseas.
SANTA CCA US HAS BIG JOB
SEEING 2 MIIXION CHILDREN
By Charles M. MeCaaa
London. Dec. 21. (U. P.) European
childhood wistfully pictured the Christ-
, mas display "in ; America today. A
Yankee Santa Claus was doing his best
QUI
SNUFFS
OUT 2000 LIVES
Ella Wilcox's
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ToMusician,Is
His Statement
Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 23. (I. N,
8.) Carl Bronson, well known Los
Angeles musical critic, today made
public what; he claims to be a Christ
mas message from the spirit of Mrs.
Ella. Wheeler Wilcox, who died more
than a year ago. Bronson was a
friend of Mfs. Wilcox. She promised
him, he sjys, that she -would en
deavor to ; communicate with him
after death! He gives out . the fol
lowing message as part of her com
munication; "Man is filled with the forces of life
eternal withi each breath, but needs the
voice of spirit not.
"Let me speak with fervor while osten
tatious savants deny the voice of the
living.
"Upon the: earth we walk at will, even
as those of the material world.
"Sister, brother, father, mother, eoul
companion, we stand with you, heart
aflame with strongest devotion.
"As the ways of our faring are closely
interwoven, receive us. Much of strength
we bring you. ' .
OLD HYDE-BENSON
LAND CASE ENDS
Washington, Dec. 23. (WASH
INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUR
NAL.) Secretary John Barton
Payne of the interior department has
ended a 20-year dispute by affirm
ing the Hyde-Benson lieu land selec
tions, based on California school
lands with the government land of
fice. The selections were contested
on the ground of forgery in making
locations. - The secretary's decision
reverses' the .commissioner of the
general land office and confirms the
title of holders.
The decision embraces about 100 quar
ter sections in the Northwest, including
a laree number in Oregon. William "Jen
man, former chairman of the shipping
board, one of the receivers of Coos Bay
Lumber company, has been appointed in
the ease for this company,
which thus
C)ears title to about 1000 acres of its
holdings.
Excess and Income
Profits May Reach
To $700,000,000
Washington, Dec 23.-d. N. S.)
Revenues from income and excess prof
its taxes paid to collectors of internal
revenue December 15, representing the
fourth installment for the year, will ex
ceed $650.000,000 and probably will go as
high as $700,000,000, the internal revenue
bureau was informed to today in ' ad
vices from colleciom.
Revenue" Commis3icne. Williams said
today this is a splendid showing and re
futes the "Impression that any consider'
able number of individuals were unable
to meet tneir payments:
A tabulation will be prepared in
few days, when revised reports are re
ceived from collectors, showing tne re
turns by states.
on War Waifs
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Gives $5000
to make it a real Christmas, but his
visit to 2,000,000 children meant he was
limited to distributing "practical" prei
ents.
Warm flannels and special foods re
placed the walking doll and' other re
splendent gifts of pre-war days.
The territory to be covered by the
Yankee Santa Claus extended over most
of Europe the "starvation areas." He
heard the plea for help in 20 different
languages.' His chief agents were the
American Red Cross and the organiza
tion for the relief of destitute children
headed by Herbert Hoover.
GOOD FOR 40,000
In Austria 40,000 war orphans were to
be treated to special foods and given
warm clothing to replace the thin gar
ments ndw representing their best All
through Austria parties were arranged
for 300,000 children who otherwise would
have had nqpremembrance whatever.
Germany's 600,000 destitute children
were to be provided with delicacies such
as- they have not- seen in a year.
In Poland this Santa Claul encoun
tered some' of th most desperate cases.
There were 900,000 children there eager-J
iy awaiting his arrival.
. The Yankee visitors will . not leave
cakes here. They will be intent on
building strong bodies to - resist the
Arctic-like winter which still is to come.
BETTER THAI? USUAL
- Nourishing food different from that
which they get from the relief stations
wfca to be the big Christmas gift in War
saw and other centers.
, In Germany, where 1 Christmas once
was the biggest event of the year, the
celebration this season will be. a tra
vesty on the old days, e Only the richest
there will be able to buy the toys which
formerly were within reach of nearly alL
In France the Americans will find
plenty to do. although the cases appear
less desperate, since relief organizations
have done much in the last two years to
supply the wants of the population.
The practical gifts of the Americans
will find their way into Spain and Italy,
Jugo-Slavia, Czecho-Slovakia and Hun
gary wherever the American Red Cross
has. representatives who can distribute
them. ..
Spi
Speaks
SOVIET GOLD
usraoucTS
Credit Nucleus to Open Way for
Exchange of Russian Wheat!
and Raw Materials for Goods
Manufactured in United States
By Harry L. Rogers
Washington, Dec. 23. (I. N. S.)
The Russian soviet government has
just deposited two hundred millions
in gold with bairks in Copenhagen
for the purpose of establishing trade
credits with the United States and
other nations, according to informa
tion, received today by the state de
partment from its agents abroad.
The only hope for a Russian com
merce of any volume, experts here as
sert, lies in the possibility of utilizing
mm Koia as a credit nucleus lor a tnree
cornered trade by which Lenin may sell
his surplus wheat and raw materials to
Scandinavia and Great Britain and buy
American manufactured products with
the proceeds.
According to official reports to the
department, Russia at present has prac
tically nothing in the way of ra-ma
terials which the United States needs.
She has some Siberian wheat, a small
quantity of furs and bristles and a con
siderable surplus of flax.
America has no need of Russian wheat,
and the flax is not suitable for American
manufacture.
American Importers would be. glad
enough to get the furs and bristles, but
the amount of these commodities is said
to be too small to form any considerable
volume of trade.
If Russia is to develop the trade to
which her vast resources entitle her. ex
perts say she must permit foreign capital
to exploit her stores of coal, iron, oil.
lumber and' wood pulp. Owing to the
world-wide shortage of print paper,
American capitalists are considering
with interest the possibilities of the wood
pulp industry in Russia. Basic opposi
tion of sovietism to capital of any kind,
and especially to foreign capital, how
ever, has operated to discourage, foreign
investment.
VANDERLIP RUSSLVN TRADE
SYNDICATE TO BE WIDENED
Los Angeles, Cal., , Dec. 83. (U., P.)
The third of a series of secret eonier
ences f the Vanderlip syndicate, com
prised of California financiers, was to
be held today. Washington D. Vanderlip
was to resume reading of contracts he
secured with the Russian government
and, it was believed, steps may be taken
today toward organization of the syn
dicate on a more permanent basis.
E. L. Doheny, one of the nation's
wealthiest oil men, who has just re
turned to Los Angeles after an absence
of six months, was expected to be pres
ent at today s meeting.
FEELER FOR BILLION DOLLAR
LOAN TO GERMANY IS OUT
Washington, Dec. 23. (I. N. &) The
state department has been approached
informally regarding the possibility of
the floating of a loan of $1,000,000,000
for Germany in the United States, it was
announced today.
William Walter Brauer. an American
of New York, it Is understood, is con
ducting negotiations for a group of Ger
man bankers, with the sanction of . the
German government, to determine whetb
er it will be possible to establish i
credit of $1,000,000,000 for Germany in
this country, either .through private
bankers or through the government.
Cancelling machines eating up
6,000 Christmas letters an hour,
hundreds of postoffice workers busy
16 hours a day and stopping scarcely
to eat, mail sacks stacked half way
to the high ceiling, and other truck
loads coming, reflect the Christmas
activities at the postoffice.
This army of postal employes is work
ing alt night long that Portland people
and those far away may receive their
Christmas gifts and Christmas messages
on time. Last night 385,000 Christmas
letters went through the cancelling ma
chine. Postmaster Jones himself worked
until long after midnight.
The greatest Christmas in the history
of the Portland postoffice is on. Today
and Friday are the biggest days ever
known to the institution'. .
Railways serving , Portland have
passed the peak of the holiday parcel
post and express load, according to local
railway officials. A decrease was noted,
in the business carried beginning Wed
nesday afternoon. This is particularly
true of the lines south and north. East
ern express and mail business has shown
very httle. decline.
Bodies of 4 Workers
Brought From Mine
. Seattle,. Dec,23.(L X. S.) The bodies
of four workmen, crushed beneath tons
of rock and earth in the Black Diamond
mine of the Pacific Coast Coal com
pany, south of this city, were brought
to the surface today.- The cave-in oc
curred half a mile below tne surface of
the earth. 1
$265,500l000Pension
Bill Passes the House
Washington, Dec 23. (L N. S.) The
house this afternoon passed a bill ap
propriating $265,500,000 for pensions
during the fiscal year of 1921-22.
CHRISTMAS
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RECORD
SMASHED
CLARAHAMON
suns
TO SHERIFF
Confessed Slayer of "Oil King"
and Republican National Com
mitteeman En Route to Ard
more; To Be Tried for Murder.
El Paso, Texas, Dec. 23. (I. N.
S.) Clara Smith Hamon, in the cus
tody of Sheriff 'Buck" Garrett of
Carter county, Oklahoma, left here
early today for Ardmore, Okla.,
where she will stand trial for the
murder of Jake L. Hamon, million
aire and member of the Republican
national committee. The search for
her that has held the interest of the
nation for several weeks, ended
when she surrendered to Sheriff Gar
rett here at 6:55 o'clock last night.
By permission of officials Mrs. Hamon
spent the night with her parents in El
Paso. Deputy Sheriffs kept guard on
the Smith home throughout the night
WANTS SPEEDY TRIAL
According to statements made by Ard
more officials and by Mrs. Hamon's at
torneys, arrangements have been com
pleted for her to give a bond of $10,000
immediately upon her arrival in Ard
more. With the preliminary legal mat
ters in connection with her surrender
adjusted.it is expected she will return
to El Paso to make her home with her
parents until her case is called for trial
in the .Ardmore courts.
Attorney William McLean of Fort
Worth, who came here to act as counsel
for Mrs. Hamon, announced that he
would seek an immediate trial for his
client.
GOES TO PARENTS HOME
The surrender of Mrs. Hamon who
was found in Chihuahua, Mex., by Sam
Blair, a reporter for the Chicago Her
ald and Examiner, occurred in the pros
ence of a score of officials and news
paper men. Federal officials expedited
her transfer across the border.
Immediately upon her arrival she was
taken in custody by Sheriff Garrett and
whisked in an automobile to the home
of her parents.
Newspaper men who sought tQ inter
view her were warded off by deputy
sheriffs.
AIUMORE .GREATIIT .EXCITED
OVER COMIXG OF MRS. 'HAMON
Ardmore. Okla., Dec. 23. (L'N. S.)
The arrival of Clara - Smith Hamon,
"affinity" and alleged slayer of Jake L.
Hamon, Oklahoma "empire builder," in
custody of Sheriff "Buck" Garrett, was
awaited here with tenseness today.
Ardmore was stirred to a greater de
gree of excitement by news of her vol
untary -surrender than by first accounts
of the shooting of Hamon.
County Prosecutor RusseU B. Brown
stated today he expected Mrs. Hamon
to reach Ardmore between sundown to
night and sunrise tomorrow. He de
clared he would arraign her in district
court as soon as she arrived and would
agree to her release under $10,000 bail
provided she made affidavit to the manr
(Concluded on P Fifteen, Column One)
Washington, Dec. 23. (I. N. S.)
Loans made by the federal reserve
board to the federal farm loan banks
would be extended for one year by
the terms of a bill passed by the
senate today.
British Letter to
Kellogg Returned;
Etiquette Violated
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Washington, Dec 23. (U. P.) The
action of the British embassy in ad
dressing a letter to Senator Kellogg,
chairman of the senate special cable
communications committee, in which the
embassy is understood to have taken
exception to testimony recently on the
cable situation, was characterized by
officials of the state department today
as "a breach of diplomatic etiquette."
The? letter is said to have denied testi
mony offered by President Newcomb
of the Western Union -Telegraph com
pany that British censors saw all com
mercial messages handled by that com
pany through England.
Senator Kellogg, when he received the
letter, returned it to the embassy.
Southwest Gale Is
Indicated by Coast
Warning of Storm
Storm warnings were displayed at
coast points this morning advising, ma
riners to be ready for southwest gales.
From the Triasgle island section of
the North Pacific ocean another storm,
is moving toward the Oregon coast and
though it is not near enough for the
issuance of storm warnings today, it
may' arrive1 just in time to give Port
land a deluge pf rain for Christmas.
' E. L. Wells, weather forecaster, holds
forth this prediction : Portland will
hardly get snow for Christmas. East
of the Cascade mountains a light snow
continued today, but the high pressure
area on the -weather map is too far east
to bring the white flakes down on West
ern Oregon. Moderate rains is the fore-
MEASURE FAVORS
FARM LOAN BANKS
I cast .for today,
SCANDAL IN
SAMOA LAID
TO LOCAL MAN
Arthur A. Greene, Former Portland
Newspaper Man, Is Formally
Charged, With Naval Lieuten
ant, With . Causing Upheaval.
Honolulu, T. H., Dec. 23. -(U. P.)
Arthur A. Greene, a civilian, and
Lieutenant Commander Boucher, U.
S. N.. -were charged with responsibil
ity for the recent trouble in the
American Samoan islands, in a proc
lamation of the Samoan house which
was made public here today.
The proclamation - declared that the
administration of Admiral Terhune, U,
S. N., former governor of Samoa, who
committed suicide a short time ago," was
honest, but without tact.
It urged that Greene and Boucher be
prosecuted, alleging that they were in
terested selfishly in making trouble in
the islands.
Boucher now: is a naval prisoner
aboard the U. S. S. Kansas, where he
Is being held pending action on court
martial proceedings recently conducted
against him. The findings of the court
martial were forwarded to Washington
a short time ago.'
The trouble in Samoa developed when
charges were lodged airainst Terhune
by native chiefs alleging mistreatment of
natives and other abuses. Boucher was
then accused of having instigated the
charges and a naval board was sent to
Samoa to investigate. Two days before
the board arrived Terhune committed
suicide.
GREENE FORMER EMPLOYE
OF' PORTLAND NEWSPAPER
Arthur A. Greene is a former Port
land newspaper man who married a
beautiful Samoan girl in Honolulu wo
or three years ago. Mrs. Greene is the
owner of large estates in Samoa, and
they went there in J919 in connection
with these properties. Admiral Ter
hune and the Samoans were at logger
heads and Greene is understood to
have sided in with them in resistance
to what the native chieftains declared
was Terhune's autocratic and arbitrary
administration of insular affairs.
Greene is a Kan sail by birth and a
graduate of Kansas, university, where
he took his degree in law, although he
practiced it only a short time. He
came West at the same time as his
father, A. R. Greene, who was special
inspector of the interior department,
sent to Oregon . to investigate frauds
in federal surveys, and whose - infor
mation set the ball in motion which
resulted in the discovery of the no
torious Oregon land frauds. He also
uncovered the first evidence that re
sulted in the conviction of Norman
Williams for murder in Hood River
county.
Greene left his newspaper work here
to act as advance agent for Robert
Mantell, and on his return to the coast
some months later became connected
with a newspaper at Vancouver, B.' C.
Leaving that employment, ha entered
a roving career that finally wound up
In Hawaii, where he married.
RIVER; THREE DEAD
Hoquiam, Wash., Dec. 23.- Three
loggers were killed and the stage
driver and two loggers injured today
when an auto stage plunged through
Snake bridge, on the Humptulips
road, north of here. The machine
dropped about 20 feet into the, river.
The loggers were Poison Logging
company employes en route here.
The dead and injured were brought
here. Those killed were John Martin, Mat
Kinney and Otto Jacobson. The driver
and stage owner, "Irish" Donahue, and
A. Ballew and John Cosgrove, loggers,
are not seriously injured. The automo
bile skidded on the slippery planking.
Industrial Plants
In Oregon Increase
Salem, Dec 23. Industrial plants
listed under the Oregon factory Inspec
tion law have increased In number from
3053 to 3528, a gain of 475, during the
past two years according to the biennial
report of C. H. Grame,- commissioner of
labor, submitted to Governor Olcott. The
value of output of the state's manufac
turing industries in 1919 is given as
more - than $301,000,000. The average
wage for skilled labor ,for males is re
corded as $5.80, unskilled, $4.37. The av
erage wage for .skilled women workers,
$3.57 ; unskilled. $2.84.
20 Millions for
Good Roads
Oregon has invested 20 millions
in good roads during 1919 and
1,920, which includes 363 miles of
paving, 395 miles of gravel and
686 miles of; grading.
The details of the state's high
way program, together with two
pages of striking highway photo
graphs from all parts of Oregon,
are set forth in the' progress
number of The Sunday Journal
magazine next Sunday.
The Sunday Journal First
in . news, reviews, features,
photographs and fun; 5 cents
. only.
AUTO PLUNGES INTO
SAMOANS ACCUSE PORTLANDER
ARTHUR GREENE, former Portland newspaperman, pho
tographed on the deck of his little yacht in the South
Seas with his bride, a Samoan girl of royal blood. Greene
is charged with fomenting recent trouble in the Samoan Islands
which resulted in the suicide of the governor of the islands.
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COMPANIES
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"Tank tonnage on the ways and
tank tonnage afloat is sufficient for
the present needs of the oil compa
nies and no new contracts will prob
ably be let until the middle of next
summer."
Such is the statement of Guy Standifer,
managing head of the Standifer Ship
building corporation at Vancouver,
Wash., who returned from the East this
morning and registered at the Benson
hotel.
Continuing, Mr. Standifer said : "Yardd
in all parts of the world are curtailing
business. Labor is too high and visible
output not sufficient to warrant an an
vancement on the part of the builders.
The Standifer plant at Vancouver is
paying the highest wage scale of any
plant in the United States and a read
justment must be looked for."
Last of the five vessels being con
structed, for "the Standard Oil company
at the Vancouver shipyards will be de
livered the latter part of July or the
first of August, 192L By that time it Is
possible that a readjustment will take
place and the conditions will be such
that new contracts can. be taken. '
During thejjeriod of operation of the
Standifer plant the firm has dispensed
more than $80,000,000 in wages and sup
plies. .The plant is one of the most
favorably located in the United' States,
but distance from the Atlantic seaboard
is a handicap that must be overcome.
Lonesome Old-Timer
Breaks Window to
Get Himself, in Jail
Out of money, out of a place to go
and out of the health of former years,
Charles Conors, 85, a prospector of the
old school, brooded over coming holiday
season until he determined to do some
thing to be sent to jail for.
Pitifully the - white bearded man
wandered through the rain. Crime was
not in his category. Finally in front of
the Huntingdon Transfer company, 225
Salmon street, he was seized with an
idea. Picking up a stone he hurled it
through .the company's window.
A crowd gathered. The aged man
awaited the police. But - none came.
Wandering up the street he attempted to
throw a stone through the great- plate
glass window of the Ham bo pharmacy.
First and Salmon. This time he was
caught. : At the police station he told his
story. A sob was in his voice.
Several days ago he had been sent to
a charitable institution. The treatment
he received made him leave. . Christmas
was coming and he wanted in some place
so he decided ' to commit an act which
would put him in Jail.' He was sent to
the county board of relief, which will
care for him.
Goodyear Case Is
Thrown From Court
Columbus, Ohio, Dec 23. (I. N. S.)'
Judge Edmund B. Kinkead today .sus
tained the motion to dismiss the sum
mons and- upheld the demurrer filed by
attorneys for the Goodyear Rubber com
pany of Akron in the suit brought by
Frank S. Monnett, former attorney general-
of Ohio, asking for the appointment
of a receiver for the company and a
writ restraining any . further borrowing
of money. The action throws the case
out of court.
Man Held for Threat
Against, His Wife
Walter Baird, 24, was held over to
the grand 'Jury by Municipal -Judge
Rossman Wednesday afternoon on a
charge of threatening to commit a fel
ony. Bail was set at' $500. . Mrs. Ger-
trude Baird testified 'her husband mis
used and threatened to kill her, show
ing marks on her ' forehead alleged to
have been inflicted by Baird.
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Portland Schools
: Close for 10 Day
Portland schools closed this afternoon
for a 10-day Christmas vacation. In
nearly every school - was a- Christmas
tfee, and special programs were held. In
many schools there was a tree in each
roonu. School will reopen. January- Z, .v
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Official price fixing at the public
market on Yamhill street will be
resumed without interference of in
junction from the circuit court. This
was determined this morning, when
Presiding Judge Tazwell denied the
application for a temporary injunc
tion restraining the city from put-.
ting its price fixing ordinance into
effect.
The action was directed against the
city . of Portland, Acting Mayor C. A.
Bigelow and Market Master Max East
man. The petitioners were Cassius John
son, E. E. Berst, I,. S. Alexander, E. G.
Carpenter, N. Taylor, A. D. Read, C. O.
Erickson, John Willius, Mrs. George W,
Hutchinson, Edith C. Bowles, Verne Fon-
ner. Dee Christiansen, C. S. Howard, A
E. Van Ernan, S. C. Brasswell, J. W,
LaFollette, R. A. Beret and C. L. Chris
tiansen. :
. The city was represented by Deputy
City Attorney Stanley Myers and the
petitioners' claims were made by A. K
Mickey. 1
Mickey argued that while the city has
a tight to regulate the use of its streets,
providing for sanitary" rules, etc., it has
no right to undertake to control prices
of privately owned commodities, and
stated that there is no city outside of
Portland that has undertaken to dictate
the' prices of goods.
"Our association," said Mickey, "met
day before yesterday and adopted a res
olution asking the city to abolish the
public market if price regulation is re
quired." ,
Myers argued that the sellers at the
public market are exercising a license
to use the streets and the matter of
price-fixing is highly important at this
time, because of the Christmas crowds
(Concluded on Pate Two, Column Fie)
Chamberlain, HI,
Jokes at Operation
As Christmas Gift
Washington, Dec 23. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL)
Senator Chamberlain of Oregon is euf
fering from enlarged prostate gland and
has gone to the' hospital for more con
venient attention. Physicians think an
operation may be avoided, but they
probably will not determine definitely
for two or three days. He suffers
severe pain at times, but his condition
is not regarded serious.
Doctors attending . Chamberlain are
making tests today, to determine whether
they should perform a minor operation
to relieve the pain from which the sen
ator has suffered . at Intervals since
Sunday. '
Wage Scale Is to Be
Based on Efficiency
By Lumber Company
Belllngham, WaslL. Dec. 23. A wage
scale based on individual efficiency will
be put in operation early' in 1921 by "the
Bloedel-Donovan Lumber mills, the larg
est lumber concern in , Northwestern
Washington, according to announcement
of the concern today. The average ef
ficiency will be .90 per cent, required to
earn the average wage. It is believed
this is the first lumber company in the
United States to adopt the system which
carries pay increases for extra ef
ficiency.
Senator Asks Data
On Polish Credits
Washington,; Dec 23. I. N. S.) The
senate late today passed a resolution
calling upon the war department to give
information as to all, credits extended to
Poland, the character of security . asked
and the amounts paid to Americans In
connection with sales of American goods
to ruianu. ,
Big Dairy Congress ;
Favored by Wilson
' Washington, Dec 23. VL " N. S.)
President Wilson today asked congress
for authority to sanction a world dairy
congress which it is proposed to hold
OU
UPHOLDS
cir n c fxng
SENTENCED
ON TUESDAY
Condemned Man Shot and Killed
Policeman Jerome Palmer at
Sixth and Glisan Streets on
Night of Nov. 17; 23 Years Old
Husted A. Walters, slayer of Pa
trolman Jerome Palmer was found
guilty of first degree murder by a
verdict returned this morning In Cir-
uit Judge Tucker's court. The ver
dict carried with it the death pen
alty. Sentence will be j pronounced
Tuesday at 2 o'clock by Judge
Tucker.
Walters was . noticeably affected by
the verdict and appeared ;to be hardly
able to control himself.
On the night of November 17, at
Sixth and Glisan streets, Walters shot
and almost instantly killed Palmer while
the officer was questioning lilm regaid-
r.g three holdups.
FATAL SHOT USED
Palmer end Patrolman
Thorpe were
who . held ' up
looking for two soldiers
three people a short time : before. They
ran across Walters and John Tillman.
17, and stopped them. ; '
Waiters started to walk away from
the ol ficers, and as Palmer ordered him
to halt he swerved and fired the fstal
shot. Thorpe shot Walters in the shoul
der, breaking the bone.
R.jth men were captured a few hours
later. Walters was found hiding under
the Steel bridge and Tillman was found
n the Union station.
After the verdict was read B. F. Mul-
key, counsel appointed by the court to
represent Walters, asked for a poll of
the jury. Each juror arose and stated
guilty to be his true verdict. I The court
granted Mulkey ten days in which to
file a motion for a new trial.
JUKY OUT 17 HOURS j i -
The Jury was out 17 hours and -5
minutes. It retired at 6 :25 p. m.
Wednesday and returned helr verdlct.at
10:30 o'clock, this morning. At :30
o'clock the Jurors returned to the court
room and asked for Instructions with re-,
gard to pre-meditatlon. ;They received
them from Judge, Tucker and returned
(Concluded on Page Two, Column Thrj)
A mild sensation was i sprung in
the council chamber this morning
when Elton Watklns.1 charged ' the
city council with "summoning James
Faturos, manager of the American
Soda Works, to testify in aiding the
council to stamp out bootlegging and
then insulting him by calling him a
bootlegger." - Commissioners Mann
and Acting Mayor Bigelow hastened
to explain to-the attorney that they
did not say the American Soda
Works was a bootlegger . Comrls
sioher Barbur said "he recalled say
ing something to the effect that it-
Iooked like the Ajnerlcan Soda
Works was the bootlegger."
"While it may not be true that Mr.
Faturos company is a bootlegger,, he
surely must realise that the testimony
of most of these dealers Is to the ef
fect that the product bought from that
concern rapidly develops an unlawful
alcoholic content," Bigelow advised the
attorney. . " 1 '": -"
"If his company persists In selling ' to
these men whom the council Is putting
out of business for bootlegging, they
cannot expect ' anything ; than to be
tainted by the publicity given the hear
ings," Bigelow said. ' f ' t ' M '
Manager Faturos of the soda works
addressed the council,! assuring ' them
(Concluded on Pw Two, Column 8il J
u
. S. Debt During :
Next Two Years to
Be $7,500,000,000
Washington, Dec. 23.-HI. "Si S. Fin
ancial obligations of the United States
government for the next two years will
aggregate a total of approximately
$7,600,000,000, Secretaryj of the Treasury
Houston told the senate finance commJt-
Ltee today when it resumed considera
tion of proposed soldier bonus legislation.--
I I-
Houston predicted a deficit of $1J500,
000.000 for the fiscal year. 1922-1923. '
Real Estate Shopping
This is a splendid time to go
shopping for real estate. A dealer;
cannot be expected j to reduce
prices for property j when the de
mand is at the peak.li "Between
seasons" - Is when opportunity:
beckons the prospective producer.!
And "between seasons" is now.
The proof of these statements
will-be found in the ' real estate
columns of The Journal want ads
any day. " Read them arid com
pare the prices with those quoted
in the spring and fall. ' Then go
to your dealer and buy the par
ticular piece of property you
want while the price' Is attrac
tive. '
KICK COMES1 LATER,
DECLARES BIGELOW
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