The Oregon daily journal., December 30, 1920, Page 2, Image 2

THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL', PORTXAND. OREGON.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER SO,! 1920.
HEDGE IS TO BE
TO
(CootirawJ ham Pw One)
$1,635,000 of the total issue yet remains
In the possession of the bank.'
WILLING TO C1EA5 tP
According to Etheridge, in statements
made before he left . Portland, and
which may have been true In the main,
approximately l,385.0OO of the Edmon
ton bonds had been sold by him to banks
and bond houses on contracts to pur-
chase, . r- '
' No money had passed, but the pur
chasing concerns had contracted to take ;
their bonds and pay for them as soon
as the bonds were ready for delivery, j
Execution of these contracts had com
menced on Tuesday or Wednesday, a
week ago, upon the arrival of the bonds
from Edmonton, but was halted when
the concern closed its doors and passed
Into the custody of the receiver. i
Mr. Barnhouse Is willing. If the ar- j
rangementa may be made under court
order at once, to proceed with these
sales and clean them up.
FIGURED OJT BIO PEOflT
As the supposed profit to Morris Broth
ers on the entire transaction ranged
around - $90,000, such procedure would
- mean quite a sum in additional assets
for the benefit of the creditors oT the In
stitution, providing it can be carried out
If the arrangement can not be made
Mr. Barnhouse says he does not know
what his course will be, as that will de-
pend upon developments here, and in
structions from his city authorities.
Eastern representatives of the city are
now arranging for temporary financing
In New York, pending the final outcome
of the tangle here. - j
BECEIVEB, "WARITS BANK
Mr. Barnhouse will remain In Port
land until the local end of his business
has been definitely settled and he can
report Just what the status of the city
of Edmonton is In the Morris Brothers
tangle. . f
- Notice was served on J. -C. Alnsworth
-of the United States National this
morning by the-attorneys for the re
ceiver that the big block of bonds must
not be delivered to Barnhouse without
an Order of the federal court, which no
tice meant that In event they were so
delivered the receiver would hold, the
bank liable for any. loss that might
finally be determined had been suffered
. by the creditors of Morris Brothers.
WILL HOLD SECURITIES
- Mr. Alnsworth states that the bank
will hold the bonds until January 1.
without" an order of the court, that
being according to the terms of the
agreement by which it took possession
th. Krtnria frnm th Tmnprial Rank
of Canada.
After January' 1, Mr. Ainsworth says,
the bank will still hold them, .provided
an order of court is issued to that ef
fect. Without the order, however, Mr,
Ainsworth says that the bank will turn
the bonds over to Barnhouse. according
to the- terms of the agreement under
which they were received.
The 'bank, JMr. -Alnsworth says, . took
the bonds from Edmonton under agree
ment to release them only upon pay
ment of the purchase price. Under this
agreement Morris Brothers, Inc., has no
ownership in the bonds or agency title.
bo far as the .United States National
bank officially knows. f . .
' Some gcvl news for the creditors-of
Morris BroVers came from Receiver
Whitcomb thi morning In his announce-
. ment that assets heretofore not known
and approximating $l0tQDQ had been
discovered by his auditors. Of this totat
$62,000 is composed of a misplaced pack
age of bonds discovered In the vaults of
Morris Brothers, which had not been
found by the auditors until last nighL
The remainder Is not in the posession
of the receiver as yet, but will be before
It has also been reported that a num
ber of those listed by the receiver as in
terlm holders are reporting that they
have their bonds, as well as their in
terims.. It is understood that In some
'instances these Individuals have not only
the bonds purchased and the Interims,
but collateral security In the form of
bonds as well. '
. This situation is explained by the fact
that It was the custom of Morris
- Brothers up to a short time before the
t doors of the Institution were closed, to
. ship bonds to interim holders, asking
for the return Of the, interims upon re
reipt of the bonds. ,
DEFICIT REDUCED
il is Known inai a. numoer oi inose
: listed as interim holders have received
their bonds and have neglected to return
their Interims.
i This condition will, of course, reduce
the liabilities in proportion to Its ex-
- tent. At the present time it is estl-
. mated by Receiver Whitcomb that new
assets discovered ; since yesterday will
, . reduce the outstanding deficit from
$763,000 to approximately $500,000. or
possibly a little above that figure.
Ten days: more, Mr. Whitcomb be
lieves, will eee the completion of the
-. audit, after which it .will, be possible to
make . a :- detailed and accurate report
to the court. .When, this is done the
trustee ii bankruptcy can be selected
by the creditors, all .claims filed with
; him, : and the' work of liquidating the
concern be. definitely commenced.
- INVESTIGATION CONTINUED V v
In the meantime the attorneys for the
receiver are continuing to Investigate
the connection of Kred S. Morris with
Morris Bros, from the time of his sup
posed sale of his holdings to Etheridge
up to the present I
Particular Inquiry will be made Into
. the real status and liability of Morris
prior to the flight of Etheridge and
- into the transactions between Etheridge,
Mrs.- Etheridge and Morris on Thursday
last when the Etheridge property and
corporate holdings were turned over to
Morris,, and the liability of Morris to
the creditors of Morris Bros, under all
the circumstances.
U. S. ATTORNEY CHECKS UP
The United States attorney is check'
IT pleases eager appe
tites: .
"Red Rock "
Cottage
Cheese
fresh from the dairy
every weekday morn
ing. , "
BROUGHT BACK
PORTLAND MONDAY
ing up the criminal part of the story so
fir as the federal authorities are con
cerned, i which Includes not only the
cancellation of Etheridge's dUsenshlp
and : his prosecution for having made
false statements at the time of his
admission, the connection of Morris
with that transaction, but also r the
question of fraudulent use of ' the
mails by Etheridge in the sale of Ed
monton bonds. - ,
Within the state Jurisdiction District
Attorney Evans is also conducting his
Investigations, and out of this - will
probably come Indictments against
Etheridga. possibly Mrs. Etheridge, and
maybe Fred a Morris.
ETHERIDGE MADE CITIZEN
OVER EXAMINER'S PROTEST
John Ladbrooke Etheridge was ad
mitted to citixenship of the United
States July 18, 1918, oyer the objection
of George W. Tyler, naturalization ex
aminer, according to records of the de
partment 1 which have been placed In
the hands of United States Attorney
Lester W. Humphreys.
Etheridge's case' is said to have oeen
called during the morning session- of the
court, but was postponed until the aft
ernoon session for final hearing because
Tyler objected to the sufficiency of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred S. Morris as witnesses.
Tyler is said to have objected because
Morris and Etneriage naa peen sep
arated for months at & time, one man
living In the East while the other was
in the West .
convinces court
During the afternoon session Ether
idge is said to have made sufficient
showing of his f acquaintance with the
Morrises to persuauo iu cuun w oumu
him. ,
A secret system of checking which the
government employs at a naturalization
hearing shows, according to the exam
iners, that Etheridge was questioned re
garding any criminal record. Etheridge
is said to have denied any record save
the speeding charge against him In
Langhorne, Pa.
When government ' agents received
first information concerning Etheridge's
prison records, they announced that no
charge would be filed until a thorough
investigation had been made, as they
did not desire to be accused of perse
cution. TYLER CONDUCTED HEARING
Monday afternoon V. W. Tomllnson,
naturalization examiner, announced that
he would ask Washington to cancel
Etheridge's citizenship papers, and
Wednesday morning Humphreys swore
to a complaiat charging Morris with
willfully, unlawfully and feloniously
aiding Etheridge to secure his final
papers. The two government Officials
sav they have several witnesses wno
have clear- recollection of the hearing.
Tomlinson. who Is the naturalization
examiner in Portland, did not conduct
Etheridge's hearing before Judge R. S.
Bean because he waajcaUecT to San
Francisco on other government busi-
ness. Tyler came here from the Seattle
office to conduct the hearing.
Morris is at liberty under $2000 bonds
pending a hearing before United States
Commissioner eraser at a p. m, janu
ary 7. ..
FIKE EXPLAINS FLIGHT OF
ETHERIDGES LAST THURSDAY
"Mrs. Etheridee stated In Taooma be
fore she and her husband started on
their trip East that she had an intuition
that their goine away was a mistaxe.
today declared Roy F. Fike, who drove
the Etheridges to Tacoma in the latter' s
Pierce-Arrow last Thursday. ,
Fike, who formerly was in the auto
mobile business in Portland, entered
Etheridge's employ October 1 and was a
close personal friend. He was active in
promoting Etheridge's candidacy as dele-
eate to the Imperial Shrine.
' '""The departure of Mr. and Mrs. Ethe
ridee from Portland last Thursday was
determined upon Immediately after Ethe
ridge had turned over hia Interest in
Morris Bros, and his persona! property
to Fred S. Morris," declares Flke. ...
-ETHERIDGE CLIPPED COUPONS
Included in the securities to be turned
over to Morris was a block Of $75,000 In
bonds that were in a safety deposit box
in Mrs. Etheridge's name. Morris, Fike
says, instructed him to drive the Ethe
ridges to Tacoma, get the bonds and
forward them to Morris in portiano.
This was done and these were the bonds
that were seized upon their arrival at
the American Express office here.
Before turning over the bonds to him.
Fike says, Etheridge clipped such inter
est coupons as were past due and also
took with him a receipt for their aenv-
ery. These were found on him upon his
arrest in Minneapolis.
BOUND FOR ENGLAND
"Mr. and Mrs. Etheridge bought tick
ets to Minneapolis," Fike states. "From
there they planned to go on to Chicago
to visit some relatives of Mrs. Etheridge,
thence to Detroit and ultimately to Eng
land, where Etheridge intended to visit
his father. His plans as outlined to me
further contemplated his return to Port
land not later than March L"
Flke drove the car back to Portland
from Tacoma, arriving Saturday night
On Sunday he took it to the Simonizing
Station and Auto Laundry at 175
Twenty-first street to be washed. At
noon' today the car was still at the
garage and no demand had been made
for its delivery. .; v
Bollam Not a Creditor
The name of W. W. Bollam appeared
among the list of unsecured creditors of
Morris Bros., prepared for publication by
Receiver Whitcomb. W. W. Bollam of
Bollam k Co., Front street commission
merchants, stated today that he is not
a creditor of the defundt bond house.
"There may be another person by , the
same name but I have nevef had any
dealings with Morris Bros.," declared
Bollam. V '
TALKATIVE THIEF
HANDS OUT 'LINE
(Continued From Ptfi One)
1750 East Yamhill street and H a
Tuthlll, 1611 East Salmon- street In
the first -case a rear door waa found
open, and In the second the burglar
crawled through a grocery window on
the back porch.
Standing at the foot of the stairway
the burglar conversed with Pick, who
as leaning over the banisters at the top
of the stairway. Pick was told to place
his money on the top step, and when he
put only $3. In small change there, he
was reprimanded bj the robber for not
turnlng over all his cash at once.
The net proceeds from these two bur
glaries amounted, to only a couple of
hundred dollars.
WOULD TAKE PIANO
Tuesday morning he made his latest
appearance at the home of C M. Chris
tensen, 224 Floral avenue, Laurelhurst,
searching Christenson's bedroom twice,
wandering about the whole house with
ease and conversing with' admirable
poise.
A watch and $23 in. money, part of
which came from a baby's savings bank,
consisted of hi loot in, this case. .
-Although extremely friendly, he re
fused to admit that, he was the same
man who robbed the other; homes, and
when questioned by Chrlstenson, replied :
"Never you mind those kind of ques
tions If I had time and could do It,
I'd cart away your piano, too."
RECEIVER WANTS
MORRIS PROPERTY
Formal demand will be made on
Fred S. Morris today by the attorney
for W, B. Whitcomb, receiver for
Morris Brothers, Inc., requiring
Morris to turn Into the custody of
the receiver all property of any kind
or character held by him and be
longing to the wrecked" bond house.
This will Include the $25,000 of bonds
which form part of the supposed $100,000
purchased by Mrs. Etheridge, the $489,000
of stock indorsed In blank by Mrs. Ether
idge and left in a safety deposit bog to
which Morris Is said to have been given
the key, the Etheridge automobiles and
various ether property supposed to be in
Morris' possession, either actual or con
structive. ,
USES SISTER'S NAME
At the same time It is announced that
diligent efforts will fee made by the re
ceivers attorneys to trace out and defi
nitely determine the actual status of
Morns in the corporation both before
the crash and since, and with these facts
determined, to fix the personal responsi
bility of Morris to the creditors of the
Institution. k
Morris, It has been discovered, took
the Etheridge $40,000 Irvington home and
the valuable country plaoe In Clackamas
Am, . 1 . . . J . .
county, not in his own name but In that
of his sister, Henrietta A. Morris, when,
on Thursday a week ago, Etheridge and
nis wire transferred their property to
Morris preparatory to their flight from
Portland. .
PROFIT OP $400,000
It goes without sayinsr that this trans.
action will be carefully checked by the
receiver and his attorney to discover why
this property should not be included in
the list of the company's assets.
It is now reported that when Morris
sold his interest either in whole or In
part as investigation may disclose, to
Etheridge a couple of years ago. the con
sideration supposed to have been paid by
iraienage ror the holdings bought by
him was given at $500,000, The company
was then capitalised at $10o!o00, which
would indicate a $400,000 profit for Mor-
ris, if he was, as he contends, paid in full
ror ms interest at that time.
MAT HATE BEEN FOOLED
It is being disputed whether Morris
took back the Etheridge holdlntrs . on
Thursday of last week with the reserva
tion that he would go through with the
transaction only in the event of the
company's solvency.
It would seem to be very probable that
Morris believed the company to have
been solvent, but be that as it may, he
announced that he had taken over the
business, that he would invest additional
capital In It that the personnel of the
office organization would not be dis
turbed, and that he would run the busi
ness on a sound and conservative basis.
INDORSED IN BLANK
It now appears, from the best Inform'
ation obtainable, that Morris, on Thurs
day. took over all of the holdings of both
Etheridge and Mrs. Ethridge. with the
definite understanding that he was to
take active management of the business.
The stock of Etheridge and Mrs.
Etheridge was indorsed in blank and
given into his custody, while the itea.1
property or the two held in Mrs. Ethkr
idge's name was taken in the name Vf
Henrietta A. Morris, said to be a sister
or Ifrea S. Morris. Stock In other cor
porations In which Etheridsre was inter
ested was also indorsed in blank and
given Into the custody of Morris, it is
saio.
AUDIT WAS FLA3TNED
Under the agreement made
Etheridge and Morris at that time, it
is said that Morris was to take active
charge of the business beginning Friday
morning of last week. For his services
he was .to be paid a 'definite and sub
stantial salary out of receipts of ear.
porauon. juneridge was also. iin.
this reported agreement, to be given a
snare in me proiits or the business for
the remainder or 1920 and continuing
during 1821.' ;
It was not understood or an-tuul
tween the two men. so it Is reported,
that Morris was to take the business
only in event of his solvency, reserving
m uyuuu i stepping out irom under
in ease he so desired. It was understood,
however, that an audit was to be made
as of the close of the current year, in
order that the position of Etherid
ir as snaring in the future profits of
tne company was concerned, might be
ueuniieiy aetermmed.
WOMAN STARTS ACTION
TO RECOVER SECURITIES
A petition to recover securities depos
ited with the bankrupt bond house Mor
ris Brothers, Inc., and now in the pos
session of the temporary receiver, was
riled thla morning with G. H. Marsh
clerk of the federal court by Mrs O. M
morion. The petition recites that the se
curities were to be held by Morris Bros,
and returned upon demand.
Portions of a certified coov of a re.
ceipt Mrs. Norton received from the
Dankrupt bond house read: "Received of
Jars. o. M. Norton, the following noted
securities, which are to be held for safe
Keeping, interest and nrincinal to hA ml.
lected by us when dae and credited to
her account at 6 per cent interest per
annum: $500 Fidelity Trust Co., 7 per
cent bond, due June 1, 1921 j $1000 City
of Edmonton S per cent bond, due Oc
tober 1, 1929: $500 interim certi final
5167 for City of Vancouver, Wash., dis
trict 166, 7 per cent estimated to mature
October 1. 1924: $300 interim
5168 for City of Edmonton C per cent
Dona aue .September 1,, 1922. Signed,
iuorri atsros., inc., Dy M. A. Granning."
The petitioner represents the securi
ues are her sole property and that
neither Morris Bros.,' or the temporary
receiver have any right to hold them. At
torneys Dey, Hampson and Nelson are
appearing ror Mrs. Norton.
BOND HOtTSE CREDITORS
SWARM COURT WITH CLAIMS
A continuous stream of creditors of
the bankrupt Morris Bros, bond house
filed into the federal court bankruptcy
room on the third floor of the central
postoffice building all morning. Each
carried a sworn statement of his or her
claims.
One old woman appeared with tears
in her eyes, stating she had lost al
most everything. In other cases the
head of the family appeared with his
wife and all the children. A cripple
was also among the throng. .
.It is necessary, under the federal
bankruptcy law, for every creditor to
file his claim with-the referee or he
wtU not be included In the dividends.
The claims should be filed in the ref
eree's office on the eighth floor of the
Title & Trust building. Fourth street
between Stark and Oak, and not in the
bankruptcy room,? announced G. H.
Marsh, clerk of the federal court. Im
mediate haste in filing these claims is
not necessary, as A. M- Cannon, the
referee, is out of the city and is not
expected to return for two weeks. State
menu must be sworn to before a no
tary public. .
Bond House Crash
Increases Deposits
In U.S.-Postal Bank
The United States postal savings de
partment has shown a marked increase
In deposits during the month and espe
cially since the crash of the Morris
Bros, corporation, it was said by postal
officials this morning.
Many Inquiries have been made at the
postoffice regarding the transfer of ac
counts from private savings banks to
the government institution, and the de
posits have been heavier during the
week, yet in the main, postoffice au
thorities .attribute the increase to that
of normal growth.
During December the increase has
been between $50,000 and $60,000. On
Wednesday, $4000 was received at cen
tral station alone, at Fifth and Mor
rison streets. .
AUTO PLANTS CLOSE
DOWN: 215.000 OUT
Detroit, Mich., Dec. 30. (U. P.)
The unemployment situation in
Detroit has just about reached the
peak of its upward trend it can't
go much farther.
The automobile is Detroit's principal
output. The huge factories manufactur
ing these give employment in- normal
times to about 200,000 men. These fac
tories are practically all idle today.
That is why the unemployment situation
stands near its peak.
Practically all of the 25. automobile
plants are closed today for inventory.
the officials say. They are scheduled
to resume operations on January 3, but
those who are on the "inside say the
inventories may not be "completed" by
January 3 and perhaps for many days
thereafter.
George W. Grant secretary of the
Detroit Employes association, furnished
the United Press with figures showing
there have been 215,000 laid Off from
work in Detroit since last. April, of
which number about 150,000 are remain
ing In the city.
The hardest single jolt to the auto
mobile unemployment situation came
yesterday in the unofficial announce
ment that the Ford Motor company has
closed "indefinitely." About 50,000 men
are employed at the Ford plant
CHICAGO HAS 120,000 IDLE;
RELIEF COMMITTEE NAMED
Chicago, Dec 80. (U. P.) Chicago
today was to take steps to alleviate the
unemployment situation, following pass
age of a resolution passed by the boar
of aldermen empowering Mayor Thomp
son to appoint a commission of five
aldermen and 15 citizens to study the
situation, looking toward relief.
It is estimated there are between 100,-
000 and 120,000 men affected by the un
employment here, half of , these being
entirely out of work and the others work
ing part of the time.
MEAL COSTS FOUR
POUNDS OF CHEESE
(Continued From Fit) One)
cultural Interests and workers will rally
with confidence in his leadership.
There's another thing the grange wants
from President Harding's secretary of
agriculture a cost accounting system
that will tell the people of the city con
vincingly about the costs of the farm
Other things affecting agriculture, to
be discussed at Marion, include a per
manent tariff. Some of the members of
the grange look askance at the emerg
ency character of th present tariff pro
posals. ,
Some of the duties are regarded as too
high and as likely to invite retaliatory
tariff wars, while other schedules are
considered far too low. What the farm
ers ought to have, said 8. J. Lowell
president of the grange. Is a protective
tariff that wl represent the difference
in the cost of production here and abroad
and nothing more. .
"I believe the Job can be done equit
ably, he said.
Lowell said agricultural conditions
throughout the country were discour
aging, largely because the cost of labor
had not dbme down. He said he looked
for a drop inlabor cost next spring.
He declared that while plenty of labor
was in idleness, the cost would not come
down until some of the savings of pros
perous periods through which the nation
had . passed were exhausted. . But that
the cost of labor on the farm would come
down he had no doubt whatsoever. Labor
will come down, he declared, because it
must come down. Otherwise the farmer
cannot afford to produce the big crops
needed to feed our immense population.
Opinions vary among members of the
grange as to the length of the period
necessary for a complete economic re
adjustment but there Is a feeling of
hope that the next administration will
be a vital factor in helping the farmer
who - feels that he ought to get more
for his dollar since he is beginning to
give the consumer much more foodstuffs
for the same dollar.
Wilson Upholds
New Clayton Act
Washington, Dec. 30. (L N. 8.)
President Wilson today vetoed the reso
lution deferring for one year enforce
ment Of those provisions of the Clayton
Set which require railroads to divest
themselves of their interests in cor
porations and companies manufacturing
ana selling railroad equipment,
.The president stated that he vetoed
the measure on the ground, that the
public should get the benefit of the leg.
islation enacted by the Clayton anti
trust act'
33 Beds at Boston
Are to Be Deported
s
Boston. Dec. 30. L N. &) Thirty
three alleged "Reds" from various sec
tions of the country, in custody here, will
be deported January 15, according to a
telegram received today from .Assistant
Secretary of Labor Post The telegram
was read at the habeas corpus proceed'
ings brought by Ephraim Kertx of Seat
tle, Wash., In federal court. Kerta'
was continued.
Chinese Troops in
Mutiny, Terrorize
Shanghai, Dec 30.- (IT. P.) Chinese
troops at ' Tochow, rebelling against
their officers, have terrorized this vicin
lty for two days with looting and in
cendlarlsm. The mutiny was said to
STATE CHAMBER'S
RESOLUTIONS SHOW
CONSTRUCTIVE AM
Five resolutions nbt acted upon by
the resolutions committee of the an
nual meeting of the State Chamber
of Commerce Wednesday afternoon
were referred to the board of direc
tors for. further consideration today
and a sixth was referred to a special
committee.. Officers and directors
were selected Wednesday as follows:
Charles Hall. Marshfleld, president;
J. T. Rorick, The Dalles, vice presi
dent; 13. E. Brodie, Oregon City, Vice
president; W. P. O'Brien, Astoria,
vice president, and Leslie Butler,
Hood River, treasurer.
Directors: T. B, Kay, Salem; L. L.
Goodrich. Eugene: W.P. O'Brien, As
toria: Charles Hall, Marshfleld ; H. A.
Mansfield, Medf ord : William Hanley,
Burns ; George W. Hyatt Enterprise ; H.
Overturf, Bend! J. T. Rorick, The
Dalles; J. V. Tallman, Pendleton ; Roy
Bishop and C. C. Chapman, Portland 1 E.
E. Brodie, Oregon City and Leslie But
ler, Oregon City.
RESOLUTIONS PASSED
Resolutions ' passed at the meeting
were:
Regret and condolence in the death of
E. E. Kiddle. P
Indorsement of a more extensive land
reclamation program.
Recommendation of federal aid for
Roosevelt highway project
Need of preference for Oregon products
life
That
r
Sally
I've
within state. . : .. )
Legislative appropriation . for further
Investigation of water power resources.
Advocacy of a Western man for post
of secretary of Interior on new cabinet
Petition legislature for appointment
organisation for improvement of cut-over
land areas.
, Indorsement of 1925 exposition. .
Advocacy eT a constructive policy to
ward public utilities.
v Indorsement of rivers and harbors de
velopment Memorial to Oregon delegation for pro
tective tariff legislation.
REFERRED TO BOARD
Five resolutions, including the three
which were the center of the contention
of the Lincoln county delegation, were
submitted to the directors. They were:
Recommendation of relief from charges
for timber cut in irrigation development
work. , . '
Memorial to congress urging restora
tion of north jetty and building of south
Jetty on Coos bay. ' . . '
Advocacy of an interstate bridge over
Columbia river 30 miles east from mouth.
Request to railroads to give Toledo ex
port rates on cargo movinr to Portland.
Request for rehearing of Taqulna bay
and river improvement project
A special resolution Introduced by live
stock men for deepening of North Port
land harbor was turned over to 'a spe
cial committee of Chapman, Quayle and
Bishop ror report to the board of di
rectors.
Employes Suggest
Own Wages Be Cut
Chicago, Deo. 80. (L N. S.) Volun
tary wage reductions ranging as high
as 20 per cent have been suggested to
the management of the Pullman com
pany's -car shops by 9000 employea
The offer to accept wage cuts was
made by the employes entirely on their
own Initiative, officials of the company
said.
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Mefutof elcp-L'altra netto (They Threw M j Child lots the Set) France AWa 74651 12 $1.75
Turkish March (From "Ruini of Athens") Violin Mischa Ebnan 64915 10 1.25
Quartet in D Minor Allegretto ma non troppo (Mozart) Flonzaley Quartet 74652
Mignon Po.onaiev3o eon TiUnia" (I'm
Banjo Song
Ely ah If With All Year Hearts
Since You Went Away
Le Coucou The Cuckoo) Piano
Andrea Cbenier Nemico della pa trie? (The
Stain Sons
Nssifhty Walts
Alabama Moon
Alice Blue Gown-Walts
TripoliMedley Walts
I Love You Sunday Medley Fox Trot ' The
Oh Gee! Oh Gosh t One Step J . The
My Sahara RoseMedley Fox Trot Accordion ' Pietro)
Stop It! One Step . Accordion Pietro )
I've Got the Blues for My Kentucky Home
Singin' the Blues
Green (The Village Vamp) -
Got the A-B-C-D Blues
Forgive Me Lord
, OId Rugged Cross
Avalon (Fox Trot Song)
Rock-a-Bye Lullaby Mammy
Feather Your Nest
Old Pel Why Don't You Answer Me 7
Grieving for You Feather Your Neat Fox Trot
Paul Whiteman and His Ambassador Orchestra
My Wonder Girl Coral Sea Fox Trot
Paul Whiteman and His Ambassador Orchestra
Hear these new Victor Records tomorrow at any Victor dealer's.
He will give you an illustrated booklet describing their New Victor
Records on sale at all dealers on the 1st of each month. Victrolas
in great variety from $25 to $1500.
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Victor Talking Machine
Camden, New Jersey
EAGLE CREEK IS
RUSHING TORRENT;
SCENERY INSPIRES
"The Eagle creek trail was never
so beautiful, nor was It ever so dif
ficult to. .travel than now. said
James E. Brockway, Boy Scout ex
ecutive, who, with the party of 22
Scouts .and adults who went up to
Camp Chinidere, IS miles up the can
yon Monday, returned Wednesday
evening.
"The creek is a Tnadly rushing tor
rent: the Tunnel falls is a veritable Ni
agara. Between the mouth of the can
yon and the punch bowl I counted 27
new falls. Near the Indian trail there
are two falls that are easily 5000 feet
high. A little more than a mile up the
canyon a colony of beavers has cleared
a tract for at least a quarter of a
mile, cutting down trees that are- a
foot in diameter, cutting them up into
lengths, floating them down the river
and building inways.
"We had gone only about six miles
when we ran Into snow, and It got
deeper as we. went, the last few miles
being made - through seven, feet ' of It,
and It was so soft that we were obliged
to make very slow time. We covered
only a mile In the last hour and a
half. We found ourselves then at the
shelter about a mlie this side of. the
Camp. One of the boys had snowshoes,
so he went on to camp, but the 21 of
na luff atnvtid In the on Shelter 8 bv
11 In slsei The other shelter had been!
demolished by the snow. We pushed on
as soon as day broke, the next morn
ing and had breakfast at camp. The
.ecords
Fair titaait) Amelita Galli-Curci 74653 -
v Orville Harrold 64918
Mme. Homer and Miss Louise Homer 87572
Edward Johnson 74654
John McCermack and Fritz Kreisler 87573
Sergei Rachmaninoff 64919
Enemy of Bis Country?) TittaRuffo 88626
Reinald Wcrrmrath 64914
Olive Klme-EI.ie Baker 1
45203
Olive Kline-Elate Baker
Joseph C Smith's Orchestra
18700
Joseph C Smith's Orchestra
Beasoa Orchestra of Chicago) n
Benton Orchestra ef Chicago f 18701
18702
Aileen Stanley
Aileen Stanley
r
18703
Bill, Murray
187M
Billy Murray-Ed. Smalle
Homer Rodeheaver
Mrs. William Aaher-Homer Rodaheaver
; Charles Harrison
Peerless Quartet
18706
M8707
Albert Campbell-Henry Burr
Henry Burr
18703
35703
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word "Victrol"identjry til our products.'
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Camden, N, J. .
snow was so dees that it was lmpos
Bible to take any side trips, nor could
the boys enjoy the skating, for the Ice
covering the lake waa piled with several
feet of snow. , .
"We allowed mora than! enough, time
for the trip down, hot knowing just ;
what We would encounter, so we arrived
at the mouth of the canyon very early.
we were soaked to tne. akin; so, rather
than stand around, we walked down to f
Bonneville. In the entire trip there
waa not one word of complaint and
some or the boys would not take $1000
for the experience, so 1 feel it was well
worth while." i i i
Valera in France,
Britain or Ireland, -.
3 Reports Declare
Boston. Dec SO. II. N. S.)--Eamonn De
Valera, president of the Irish republic,
landed either In England or Ireland last
night, according to reports received here
today by persons who have authorita
tive sources of Irish Information.
London, Dec SO. CL nI B.T-Offlclals
of the Irish office, whose Information la
supplied by the keenest j secret service
agents employed by Scotland Yard, ex
pressed belief today that Eamonn De
Valera, president of -the j Irish republic.
had left the United States and prob
ably Is in France at this time. :
Inter-Allied Meet
At Nice Abandoned
Paris. Dec. 80.--WL N. S.)r-The pro
posed Inter-allied conference at Nice at
the beginning of the new year has been
abandoned, it was definitely learned to
day. There will be a meeting of pre
miers early in the new year, but not on
the ambitious scale that was proposed
for Nice. - .
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