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VOL. XIX, NO. 254.
Entered si
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Second flaw Matter
I'ortUnd, Oregon
PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30, 1920. TWENTY PAGES
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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
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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. :
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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
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