CITY EDITION ie All Here and Wi All True THE WEATHER Tonight and Friday. rain: fresh southerly winds. Minimum temperatures: -v Portland ........ 62 ; New (Orleans... 42 Pocatello ....... 34 New York ...... SO CITY EDITION The Journal Church Page 1 Real church news', carefully prepared and condensed into, brief form, so that all of it may be wanned in a short time, is the feature of The Journal's church page. It is published every Saturday afternoon. Los Angeles .. St. Paui p" - f ON TRAIN AND NtWI STANDS FIVK CENTS VOL. XIX, NO. 254. Entered si PtMtoffiee, Second flaw Matter I'ortUnd, Oregon PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30, 1920. TWENTY PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS LEGION POST FIGHTS FOR I OREGON MAN Members Stirrerf by Rumor of Movement to Appoint California Doctor as State Health Offi- cer in the Beaver State. Following persistent rumors! and atatemerits of certain Portland phy sicians to the effect that Dr. J. C. Gelger of California, had been se cretly slated for the post of state health officer of Oregon by Dr. An drew C. Smith, "acting secretary of the state board of health, and a number of his immediate associates, Oregon Post No. '1 of the American Legion, n cooperation with the state executive committee, Is actively engaged in' opposing the appoint- - ment and insisting upon the appoint ment of an Oregon man for the etateInedical director. - It is also charged that Dr. Gelger has - : been' "assured of an increase over the V present salary of $4000 to $3200 and, . inasmuch as able. Oregon physicians are -Willing to accept the position under the present salary, the legionaries see no oc casion for adding the additional, expense to burden ..the taxpayers; they-say. POSTS SHOW FIG TIT .State Vice Commander Lane Goddell, ' J. W. Morris and Barge Leonard of the state executive committee of thelegion, : Commander Henry Boyd and Vice Com mander Frank Moore of the local post. Adjutant General George White and Committeeman Mahoney are directing the ; campaign to prevent the appoint ment of a?i outside man for the place'. vEvery post in the state will be en listed In It he" onDositlon to this slan at . regorfs. physicians, and Governor Ol- cott will- be. visited by a state commit tee at once to protest the appointment of Geiger," Stanley Myers; active com mitteeman of the local legion post, an- I nouhced today. pVANT OttEGOX MAX , ir ;. Abele, assltant city health officer, - has been mentioned for the ik;v..'iiu nae signified his willingness to serve at the present salary of $4000, legion representatives stated, adding, however, they are not advocating the ap pointment of any particular man. though they insist there are. plenty , of Oregon physicians,' members of the . American l.'-fiou. well qualified for the position and see no occasion for going outside in stale tor a state, health officer. "tr. Thomas W. Ross, former; president of the state board of health and member of the present board, said he had no knowledge of the slating ofjDr. Geiger for state health officer. Dr. Ross said that while no - definite salary -increase for the office had been . fried to his knowledge he was of the opinion that the state would have to pay - more than the present salary of $4000 for a competent man. - . i Acting Secretary Dr. Andrew C. Smith could not be seen today for a statement. SLEEPER DERAILS; E One-sleeping car of Union Pacific passenger train No. 17 was over turned when part of the equipment of the train was derailed at Pleas ant Valley, Or., at 7:35 o'clock this morning. . Although passengers in the car were shaken up, none was . , , , NOON NURD reported jnjurea to me iocai oiiicesigeif aa came very near "plugging" his of the Union Pacific. Train fio. 17. which is due in Portland at 7 -an o'clock thin evening. wn lust passing over the east switch at Pleasant Valley, which is between Baker and Huntington. As the first standard sleeper of the .train passed over the switch point. Fire man "Wood,- belonging to the crew of an eastbound helper waiting on the side track, threw the -switch under the train. No reason was ascribed for this action in reports received by the local offices. The train will arrive about two hours late this evening because of the accident Most of the occupants were in the diiier. Passengers who were in the ' sleeper, left by means of the windows. Operator Atkinson of Pleasant Valley saw the accident and wired to Baker for doctors, but they were "not needed; as no one was injured. Highway on Lower Columbia Biver Is Opened for Travel The lower Columbia river highway is open all the way to Astoria and Seaside and it invites holiday .travel. - ; It was reported several days ago that big slide had ; occurred" west of uiaisitanie ana oiocea tne ntgnway, This report greatly exaggerated actual conditions. There was a slide which temporarily blocked traffic but it was cleaned away in two hours. V Financial Outlook for 1921 Influences which will shape the course Of events in the coming twelvemonth and how they are likely to operate at home and abroad, will be discussed in the financial columns of next Sun day's Journal - through an ar rangement with the New York Evening Post. . , TALKATIVE THIEF HANDS OUT "LINE" TO SLEEPY HOSTS Jf mv '' i i - ' tr This sketch of the "talking burglar," homes in the past few nights, was drawn by Artist Fisher of The Jour nal staff from descriptions given by the burglar's victims, several of whom were able to observe him at leisure while he searched their houses and kept up a running "line" of side talk. They say the sketch' gives an excellent idea of the burglar's appearance. By 5eorge O'Neal Five. Portland families so far have received informal . calls , from - the 'talkative burglar," whose apt rep artee and affable manner have made lliim a popular, even if an undesira ble, parasite. There's something so-( ciable about the chap, his victims say. Once Inside your house he is not content simply to rob you and go his way like any ordinary burg lar; he wants to arouse you f i;cm slumber for j a little -'chat. In ex change for the valuables he takes, he wants to give you the thrill of meet- ing a master burglar in action, to say nothing of the questionable pleas ure of conversing with him. SO RUDE INTRUSION This polite burglar does not intrude rudely on your slumbers. His move ments are stealthy and he makes little noise. But somehow, each time, he manages to awaken his victims, who are first aware of his presence by perhaps a suppressed creaking as he tiptoes ud the stairs. ' His voice is weli - modulated, rarely raising above a conversational pitch ex cept when some curt order is necessary. His technique is highly developed, his methods almost admirable. .Never is he for one moment at loss in deciding just what must be done. Only once has he been known to display the least show of nervousness. HIS IMAGE FRIGHTENS This was when he faced his own re flection In a mirror on the bathroom djor of the home of Roscoe Nelson, ihat tlma th. nAlIt. Vii.1.. tin. - 4W-I1I V. : . I .""w vu viM3 ww ftici xiau rv nil 111 mm1 own reflection with, his revolver. Jewelry and money are his lures. If I your jeweiry is in lamny heirlooms, and ou attention to this, fhe chances are he will not disturb them, for he is a man of culture and refinement and seems to respect household memories. And at times he is governed bv odd whims. Several days after the Roscoe Nelson, robbery, a package containing LED London, Dec. 30. (I. N. S.) M. Krassin, Bolshevik trade emissary in London, has been recalled, said a Russian wireless dispatch from Mos cow today. : It is probable that negotiations be tween soviet Russia and Great Britain for opening of commercial relations will be broken off. The Moscow, radiogram said that Krassin had been recalled as the result of alteration of Great Britain's position in , lt not tn Ruia McGannon Jury Still Unable to Agree on Guilt or Innocence Cleveland, Ohio, Dec 30. (L N. S.) There -was no indication of an early agreement by the jury considering the evidence for and against William H. Mc Gannon, chief justice of the municipal court, charged with having fired the shot which resulted In the death of Harold C. Kagy, when an adjournment was taken for lunch at 12:45 today. , Rumors in the courthouse corridors said that the jury still stood eight for acquittal and four for conviction. SOVIET IS PIQUED KRASSIN REGAL who has visited five Portland most of the stolen articles was sent through the mails to th -owner. There seems to be little doubt but that he is a university man, for he is a great stickler for the "honor system.1 When first you realize some one is in the room and sit up in bed, calling to him, he tells you immediately his busi ness. All open and above board, he gives you the opportunity of helping him by asking you where your valuables are hidden. If you tell him an untruth, or underestimate your holdings, you are sure to be checked up and sternly re primanded. For as he has himself said on two occasions, "he hates a lie. So far he has completely baffled the police, who sit helplessly, wondering where he will break out next. . Some of the police -claim he has a hiding place alisoia11" territories such as Korea and few miles away from Portland and that Manchuria. he runs out in hla ear everv tim h I Japan should be considered a senti- pulls a job." After remaining in hiding a. few days or a week, he "spots" an other house and makes another call. SHOULD LEAVE HIS CARD It is regrettable he doesn't have cards printed. In the opinion of his many ad mirers.. After a call, it would give the favored ones so much more distinction if he would leave a. card, which might be shown to other visitors. His first call was on Roscoe Nelson, 293 As$en street, at 5 :30 a. m., December 13. Here he found the back door un locked. His loot consisted of $1000 in jewelry, most of which was returned later. . At the request of Mrs. Nelson he left her wedding ring undisturbed. Nelson's monogramed watch was left on the bureau also. About a week later he knocked at the door of the nurse's room at the, home of A. P. Henningsen, 1716 Scott avenue Mrs. Marie Butner, the nurse, thinking some member of the family might be ill, unlocked the door. She was ordered back to bed, and forced to watch the burglar search her room for valuables. About $1000 in jewelry was taken. Mrs. Butner hid in the bathroom, locked the doors and waited until the burglar had gone before arousing the rest of the household. . TWO OTHER VISITS - :- Karly Monday morning of this week he visited the homes of C. ' O. Pick, (Concluded oa Fl Two. Column Two) ROYAL OFFICER IS Dublin. Dec. 30. (I. N. S.) A large contingent of the Royal Irish Constabulary was ambushed near uonstaouiary was ambushed near Middleton, in County Cork, early to aay ana one was killed and six wounded. Some" of the wounded are reported dying. Auto Parks Haven For;Gypsies, State Objectors to Plan Establishment of the city's - new au tomobile park on Albina avenue near Peninsula park is "opposed by residents of that section on the ground that "in vestigation by the committee has de termined that an automobile park is used largely by so-called gypsies and other undesirable people, who, despite poiice regulations, are a nuisance." A petition has been filed with the city 'auditor by a committee of property owners of the. Peninsula park district, opposing the location of the park in that section, following a mass meeting held Sunday night- The committee is composed of C A Wideman Sr.. C A Wideman Jr.. C W. Brown, W. Bell, KILLED IN AMBUSH W. jt. cnfrcn ana others. : - JAPAN WOULD LlWilTARWIS, SAYS HAYASHI Nippori's Ambassador to Britain Suggests International Confer- ence of Big Powers; Asserts ' i U. S. Navy Talk Is Annoying. By Russell Browning - (Copyrijht, 1920. bjr fniied Pres) LendonDec. 30. (U. P.) Japan is ready to enter an international conference on limitation of naval armaments, in the belief of Baron Hayashi, the new Japanese ambas sador to Great Britain. In an interview given the United Press today. Baron Hayashi declared that the business men of the big navy nations the men who pay the bills could reach an agreement on limiting naval building if their countries could arrange such a conference. . JAFAX WOULD DISARM ' Japan, the ambassador declared, is not exceeding her announced naval program. Her preparations must be considered necessary, he said, because she is a sen tinel against spread of Bolshevism. He charged a highly organized attempt to Bolshevize Japan had been made and that his country must remain on guard. This talk !n the United States about a big navy is-very annoying to Japan," the baron said. It is foolish and it is tragic to think of the big states of Great .Britain, Jhe united states ana Japan competing in a race for armament. Japan cannot afford it. I believe an agreement could be reached quickly if the big men of each jSiuntry assembled at a round table, not as pacifists or militarists, nor politicians, but as business men out of whose pock ets must come a large slice of money for the upkeep of navies. BOLSHEVIKI BUST "I think Japan is willing to enter such a conference. "With considerable Interest I have read the exchange of pleasantries be tween Secretary Daniels and Lord Northcliffe. They are very interesting, but they get us nowhere." Hayashi declared Japan is not con structing an unusual number of fight ing ships, but said the country is carry ing out a construction program evolved after long public discussion, mm. csemea that Japan is considering additions to that program. The world has heard little of attempts to Bolshevize Japan, he said, but Red gold has been poured into the country in an effort to epread the gospel of dis content. These efforts have met with sufficient success to cause the govern- "ment some concern, he said. He pointed out that it is easy to cause trouble in nel. he said, guarding the Western world from a spread of sovietism. He de clared Japan is under a responsible gov ernment w hich sincerely desires to play the role of a good partner in the firm of nations. ' But let the nations consider," he said. "what it would mean should any of the big powers succumb to sovietism." In considering the armament problem. he said, the nations should ponder over the fact that armament races some times breed war and that war can give birth to Bolshevism as in the .case of Russia E 3000-MILE FLIGHT San Diego, Cal., Dec. 30. (I. N. S.) A new chapter in air history is being written today, as 14 huge sea planes, carrying 81 men, are winging their way through the uncharted air lanes toward Panama, The first ship roared away on the ini tial leg of the 3000 mile flight at 8:22 a. m. and the last at 8 :50. One at a time they left the bay and headed south into a thinning fog. The two giant N-C type triple motored planes, similar to the ones that flew across the Atlantic, took the air a little later. The planes will be guided on their long flight by great smoke screens thrown by eight United States war ves sels patrolling the 3000 mile course. Their first stopping place will be San Bartolome Bay, Lower California, which should be reached soon after 1p.m. today. . Tomorrow the -ships will fly to Magdalena Bay, where they will lie over Un"i "L.K ... :' Panama will be reached January 15, with the return to San Diego scheduled to start February 28. "The flight is being made , primarily to test the efficiency of the men," Bald Commander Towers before starting' to day. "Its success will assure us that a flight across the Pacific is feasible with the present type of planes and will demonstrate the practicability of using a large number of seaplanes with the fleet j0int gt0Ck Bank Measure Urged by Mississippi Senator Washington, Dec. 30.- (L N. S.) For- I mation of joint stock agricultural banks. authorized to make loans on stable non- perishable agricultural products, and J to Issue term bonds, debentures or cer- tificates of indebtedness, would be per mitted under a bill amending the fed eral farm loan act,- introduced in the senate today by Senator : Harrison, Democrat, of Mississippi. The bill was referred to the senate committee on banking and currency. -. SEAPLAN S LAUNCH C.E.HughesIs Unfitted for Cabinet Post, Say 3 Leaders ' By IjowcII Mellett United New SUff Correspondent New York, Dec. 3u. Reiteration the last few weeks that Charles B. Hughes had been selected by Presi- dent - elect Harding to be premier of hi9 cabinet has started a quiet, but tri.Arnna tamnalD-n nv rkn ; nonents of Hughes, to head off the predicted appointment. Opponents of Hughes, it is developing. are plentiful among Harding's advisors. Today certain of them asserted they have positive assurance from the Marion van that he has not definitely deter mined on Hughes or any o'thr person for his cabinet They are so sure on this point that it can be said that any au thoritative announcement from Harding now of Hughes' selection would make for the. president-elect a lot of angry friends. The objection made to Hughes Is his temperament. "0E-TRACK MIND" "Let him have his place back, on the supreme court, said one very promi nent and influential Republican today, but secretary of atate never ! He elucidated to this effect: Hughes never was intended Dy nature to ieaa an orchestra : he's a one man band. The head of Harding's cabinet must be a political diplomat second only to Harding, and Hughes ntever has dis played great talent in that direction. "He's a one-idea man ; another man with a single-track mind." said another P. and L Republican. He almost sput tered as he said It. "There' is some thing of the bloodhound in Hughes. Once he gets on a trail he never knows when to leave it The next secretary of state will be concerned with too many diverse problems for a man of the Hughes type. Foreign affairs never have been a spe cialty of his anyhow." , THEY'RE SOME WORRIED A third Republican of similar descrip tion voiced what is perhaps the basic objection of most of his opponents. "Hughes, he said, "won t listen to anybody else's views. If he were sec retary of state he would not listen to Harding. He certainly would not listen to any of the rest pf us, no matter with what good reason we might feel we had a right to be heard." If the three men quoted were merely curbstone diplomats or merely organiza tion politicians their views of Hughes would not matter. But it happens that they are men who are in continual touch with the successful candidate and men with whom he has advised ever since he was nominated. One theory to account for their now undisguised distaste for the candidate t of 1916 may be that they are much less positive than they seem that Harding has not resolved to appoint him. How ever, they make no reservations in their declaration that this is not the case. - The interstate commerce commis sion hearing on the Portland union terminal controversy will be held In Portland January 14. Such was the message received this morning from Commerce Cornmlssionlr Clyde . B. Altchlson by City Attorney W. P. La Roche. The Issue will be heard in all Its phases was the further In telligence conveyed by Aitchison's telegram. That the Oregon public service com mission will devote itself to preparation of the case on behalf of Portland was the announcement of Fred G. Buchtel chairman of the state commission. Immediately upon the close of the hearing the Northwestern Electric com pany'k application for increased heat ing rates, the state public service com mission's whole organization will be given duty In showing that present I joint use of union terminal facilities 1 should remain undisturbed until the carriers provide Portland with a union terminal worthy of the city. Kate Lix- pert Wiggins, formerly of Washington, has been added to the state commis sion's staff. The mayor's union terminal commis sion, composea or neaas oi civic ana business organizations, will stand back of the state commission and-of the of. ficial municipal administration in the fight, said H. B. Van Duxer, "chairman "of the terminal committee' and presi dent of the Chamber of Commerce. In the hearing it is presumed that the Union Pacific and. the Southern Pacific will maintain their stand .that u of the "Union terminal as at present con- gtituted. should be restricted to er lines pf the Northern Pacific the owrt Terminal company, namely, the Union Pacific, the Southern Pacific and the Northern Pa cific The Northern Pacif ic, as one of the owner lines, is already on record as favoring the grant of, continued uso of present Union , terminal facilities to the Great Northern and the S., P. & a, which became tenants of the Union ter minal during government administration of the railroads. , The majority owners recently ordered the two tenant lines to cease their 'use of the Union terminal, to morrow, December 31, but were stayed in the execution of their purpose by the prompt response of the interstate com merce commission to the petition of the state public service commission. Six u. S. Soldiers Taken by Mexicans ' Nogales, Ariz.,. Dec 30. (L N. S.) One lieutenant,: two sergeants and three privates of the United States army, cap tured by Mexican soldiers and immigra tion inspectors at Sasabe, 60 miles south of the international line, were- brought to Nogales. Sonora, today, under heavy armed , guard, and jailed in the -Nogales carcel -..." TERMINAL HEARING IS SET FOR IAN. 14 1ST CEASE, SAYS MAYOR Edict Issued as Executive and Council Vote to. Close Up Lib erty Cafe, 27 North Fifth St.; "Place Notorious," Says Mayor "Gambling will be stamped out in Portland if it takes the entire police department and city council to ac complish It and though It be the last act of my life," Mayor Baker an nounced at the hearings; before the city council 'Thursday morning. The mayor's announcement was prompted by statements from Attorney Seneca Fouts in defense of his client, Dan Nonovich, proprietor jof the Lib erty cafe, 27 North Fiftli street, the first case up at the resumed revocation hearings this morning. The attorney was telling the council how his client had enlisted for service in the war. had brought 'his .sister to America to live and was striving to earn a living while training hi3 promising operatic ' voice, when stopped by Mayor Baker. TALK USELESS, SATS MAYOR "If all that talk is in the hope of keep ing this place open I might Just as well stop you," the mayor said. ! "The Liberty cafe is the most infamous gambling dive in the city ; it has caused the police ueparuneni ana me courus mors uuuuio .1 1 I . I. -1 J v. .. I . iria.il any omer ptuce us mc; vny uaa cost us $300 a month for' police surveil lance for Borne time and it is going out of business, today," Following the mayor's statement the council voted unanimously to close the. Liberty cafe "instanterT" " I Holders of licensed card rooms in the city are costing the police department several hundred dollars a month to keep policemen posted around to prevent gambling, and eight or 10 so-called social clubs organized as a subterfuge under which to conduct gambling cost the po lice department approximately $1000 a month, the mayor stated. T'and these ex pensive law violators are going to Je put out of business before this coutcil gets' through with these hearings." IfEW LEGISLATION PLANKED An ordinance compelling all card room operators to keep their card tables in plain view of the sidewalk will be en acted at an. early day. Mayor Baker and other councilmen stated today. Assistant City Attorney Stanley Myers is framing a bill to be presented at the coming leg islature by the Multnomah county dele gation to do away with the so-called so cial clubs now operating as gambling dives. Baker stated. "These dubs bom sUite, not city licenses, and it seems im possible for the police to get the goods ton them ; therefore, we are going before Wthe legislature with a measure to stop line issuance of such licenses. This meas ure should not be taken as a reflection upon the prominent and legitimate clubs of the city, however. I MANY WOULD TAKE .Salem, Or., Dec. 3ft. While Gov ernor Ben Olcott marks time on the appointment of a state highway com mlssloner to fill the Vacancy caused bfr the death of Ed E. Kiddle of La Grande, friends of prospective ap pointees are flooding! the executive office with telegraphic recommends tions. The governor; however, has no comment to make on the situa tion other tha.i that i he can see no necessity for haste in announcing his choice for the position. Prominent among the names now mentioned in state house circles as pos sibilities for the ' position - and who are , known to. be receiving strong backing for the position are William Pollman of Baker, Frank B. Ingela of Dufur, T. A. McCann of Bend. William Hanley of Burns and David H.. Nelson of Pendle ton , Umatilla county, easily the front rank county tn the good roads movement in the Eastern Oregon country, is known to be solidly behind Nelson, who is also said to be receiving support from other sections of the district Ingels, a rancher and hotel man, was an associate of. Governor Olcott'. in Alaska, where both were employed in the same bank, and this fact is regarded by some , as giving the Wasco county man an inside track in the race for the position. -. McCann is vice president and general manager of the Shevlln-Hixon Lumber mill at Bend and. is regarded as a strong candidate for the position, with strong backing from the Central Oregon, coun try, which is demanding recognition on the state highway commission at this time. - Hanley. .Burns rancher, is also said to be running ; strong in favor among good roads enthusiasts of the interior county. Pollman is regarded by. many as the most likely choice, for the position and is known to have a strong, backing in Baker county, where he owns large banking and livestock Interests. , O'Brien Heads Camas Prairie Railroad Co. J. P. O'Brien, general manager of the O-W. R. Sc. N. was elected president of the Camas Prairie Railway company, and E. C. Blanchard. general manager of the Northern Pacific Western lines. was elected vice president at a meeting of the board of directors of the ; com pany Monday. Blanchard was formerly presiaent , oi ine company, viner oiii cers of the organization "were, reelected. The Camas Prairie railway " runs from iRlparia to Grangevllle, Idaho. HIGHWAY POSITION John H. Albert, Bank Founder, Dies at Salem At Age of 80 Salem, Or., Dec. 30. John H. Al bert, founder and,- president of the Capital National bank of Salem, died here at 11 o'clock Thursday morn ing He was 80 years old. About a year ago he suffered, a nervous breakdown and since that time had been in failing health. Mr. Albert was born In. Caddis, Ohio, February 8, 1840. At the age of 14 years, with his family, he moved to Lansing, Iowa, driving a team. FOUNDED BANK At the age of 18 he was ready to take examinations for admission to the bar, but Instead of taking up the practice of law entered the- mercantile .fieldr work ing for G. W. Gray, whose sister-in-law. Miss Theodore Berry, he married in 1869. Mrs. Albert died about a year later, and with his father-in-law, four brothers-in-law, Gray, Berry, Van Wagner and Shaw, he came West. He entered the Ladd & Bush bank and later founded the Capital National bank. At the time of the failure of the Gil bert Brothers bank a score of years ago, Mr. Albert., although in no way connected with the bank pr its failure, offered to pay dollar for dollar the losses of many school children who had deposited their money in the savings de partment of the bank. . y FOR GOOD ROADS Mr. Albert was a good roads enthusi ast. He married Mary Holman after coming to Oregon. She lost her life in 1905 in an automobile accident. Later e married Elizabeth McNary, who sur vives. In addition to his widow others surviving are two sons, Joseph Albert, cashier of the Capital National bank of Salem, and Harry Albert, United States bank examiner; two daughters. Mrs. Fred Wiggins, Toppenish, Wash., and Mrs. George Rogers, Salem ; two broth ers, George Albert, Lansing, Iowa, and Thomas G. Albert, Salem, and four sis ters, Mrs. Elizabeth Holton, Mrs. Sarah Robinson and Mrs. Anna J. Purdy, Salem, and Mrs. Emma A. Rockwell, Portland. Funeral services will be held in Salem Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. RETAIL PRICE OF New milk prices effective January were announced today by William L. Brewster, chairman for the mu nicipal milk commission. The consumer will pay 14 cents a quart. The price is now 14H cents. The pro ducer will be . paid $3.32 a hundred pounds. The amount is now 33.55. The wholesale price for milk In bottles will be 12 cents a quart It is now 13 cents.. Caruso's' Alness Is At Critical Stage, Declares Attendant New York. Dec. 30. (L N. S.) "Mr. Caruso is at the point of the crisis in his malady." it was stated at noon to day by an attendant in the sick room of the noted tenor at the Vanderbilt hotel. He had a fairly comfortable night it was stated, and the operation performed yesterday to relieve the pain had benefi cial results. Housing Commission Bill Is Introduced Washington, Dec 80. (U. P.) A bill creating a federal housing arid construc tion commission' was introduced today by Senator Calder, New Tork, chair man of the senate reconstruction com mittee, which has been making an in vestigation of the . housing throughout, the country. situation Meal Costs 4 K Old Prices Haunt Farmers By David Lawrence (Copyrisht. 1920) Washington, Dec. 30. Practical farmers, members of the executive committee of the national grange, sat down to luncheon here and. re verting for the moment to the days of barter they figured out the decline In the . prices of farm products in terms of a dollar meal. S. .J. Lowell, president of the national grange, said it cost him four bushels of apples to get the dollar to pay for his luncheon. During the war ft would have cost him only a peck of apples. W. H. Thompson of the Maine grange In effect had to pay a bushel and a half of potatoes instead of a peck, which was the equivalent of $1 a year ago. CHEESE, WHEAT A5D OXIOXS Leslie R. Smith of Massachusetts had to offer two bushels of onions as con trasted with the war equivalent of a peck of onions. " - Charles W. Holman of Texas could have gotten his luncheon for two pounds of cotton in war times, but now he had to contribute 11 pouno of cotton for It - Professor T. -Catkeson of West Vir ginia insisted that there had been tittle change on wheat for while his meal cost him a half bushel of wheat he would have paid only slightly less than .that a year ago. ' . ' - i. , A. M. I-oomi. secretary of the national ETHERIDGE TO BE BROUGHT RACK MONDAY Additional Bonds Worth $150,000 Discovered, Thereby Cutting Down Deficit of Defunct Bond House of Morris Brothers. Developments In the Morris Broth ers bond house: failure today in- cludef V '. ; Discovery of additional bonds to -be added to the assets' of the house and which amounts to' $150,000, r Checktng up of other bond lists re veals that many listed as holding in terim certificates already I have their bonds, which, with the discovery of the additldnal assets, may cut the shortage , to $500,000. ; . f , Word has been received from Min neapolis that John L, Etherldge. former presiaeni or tne company, win , reacn , Portland next Monday morning at V o'clock in custody of Portland deputies. EDMONTOS TREASURES HEBE , ' F. Barnhouse, treasurer of the city of Edmonton, L who' reached - Portland this morning to find out just where his mu nicipality and its securities stand in re lation to the Morris Brothers' entangle ment has not come here, he says, sum marily to remove the $1,636,000 of bonds now in the possession of; the United States National bank. He is willing, subject to Instructions from his city iu- : thorities. to complete all sales where the purchase price is available on deliv ery, provided such an arrangement can be made by permission of the federal court. Whether this may! be done Is now being investigated by Receiver Whitcomb and his attorneys., -According to Mr. Barnhouse Morris Brothers contracted to sell the entire issue of Edmonton bonds, totalling $2,135,000 par value, and to complete the transaction by December 31. ,( - fl,l$M0 BOXBs REMAIN The issue was floated for the purpose of taking up an equal amount of short time gold notes issued during the war. and maturing shortly after the first of the coming year., I I The entire Issue was brought to Port land by Mr. Barnhouse i a week ago Monday, and by him' left In the custody of the United States National bank, as the agent Of the city of l"dmonton, for , delivery to purchasers as Rapidly as the purchase price .might be : tendered, i-. Prior to the time that, Morris Brothers closed, on Monday morning last, ap proximately $500,000 of these bonds had been paid for, delivered, and the money, forwarded to New York by the United States . National bank. i Approximately (Concluded ob I'M Two, Column' One) SENATOR PUT OFF Washington, t Dec. 30. (WASH INGTON! BUREAU OF TfYE JOUR NAL.) Owing to the temperature of the ; patient, which -this morning stood at 99, Senator Chamberlain' physicians have postponed a second, operation until tomorrow and pos sibly to Saturday. In all other' re spects, it is stated, there have been no unfavorable developments. ' French Socialists i Favor Soviet Plan Tours, France, Dec 80.--(I. N. 8- A majority of the delegates to the French Socialist congress have voted in favor, of adherence with , the - third . interna-" t ion ale, the Communist organization, upon which the Russian soviet, govern-' ment is founded.' Lbs. of Cheese grange, had to psy'four pounds of cheese. whereas heretofore the 'same $1 i meal would have been purchased for two and -one half pounds of cheese. ' WILL TISIT MABIOK The situation brought about by the decline in the prices of family product brought the officers of ! the grange to Washington for a general talk on agri cultural policies, particularly as It will affect the. Harding -administration. Sev eral of the officers are leaving for Mar ton this week to discuss agricultural matters with Harding. They have read the reports that Henry C Wallace . of Iowa has been selected as secretary of agriculture, but they would offer no comment It is said they have men -of their own to propose to Harding," who, they say, have more experience as practical farmers than -Wallace. But 10 of the group indicated that while Wallace may not have been a farmer as long as they thought neces sary, nevertheless he had been on the farm more' years than 1 the appointees of the past.- -f ;v 1 1 .-- Here is the kind of secretary of agri culture the national grange wants: ' A practical farmer, who should be not only in sympathy with farmers but so identified by idea, vocation and effort that farmers rtll" recognise him as one' of themselves. : The head of the depart ment must be a man around whom agrU VUaocledMl on Fix Two, Column Four) OPERATION ON' I V - I 6