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author, are paMiahed la The Sonsay . , K 'JJlN V ( L nT l AXX' . ; 1 uW0)& VT- NjC A VA HvAvXV ) saow, .ortfceajterly wind..
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VOL. XVIII. NO. . 42. ' CITY EDITION ' ; PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 16, 1921 66 PAGES. V ! '' 1 ' PRICE FIVE CENTS
BECONTlNie
Recovery of $75,000 for School
i Fund, Title to Millions, Ques
i tioned,' Prompts Further; Efforts
Land Board Requested ,to Ask
Legislature for More Money
, , . . ,1 , . I
for PUShmg Of Investigation.!
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State House, Salem,' Oi,, Jan. 15.
: The state land board, at the request
of the" attorney general's office, will
ask the present legislature to appro
priate $15',000 with which to con
tinue investigations Into ,'alleged,
, frauds in connection with thfe acqui
sition of the state land.
The session of 1919 appropriated $25,
000 for this purpose, of which! amount
approximately $13,000 has already been
consume! ' In this Investigation. An
' additional $5000 "has been diverted for
- use by the state land board.rin cruising
DO.000 acres of school indemnity lands
scattered throughout the state which
are to- be exchanged for an equal area
of lands located in a compact 'body in
-the Wantiam national forest reserve in
the eastern part of Marion county.
s MORE FCTNDS SEEDED . '
This leaves only $7000 remaining
the fund, which, it is pointed out, will
be entirely inadequate in prosecuting
suits for the possession of lands which
11m state Is about ready to, -file as a
. . result of Its Investigations of the past
two years conducted by Millard McGll
christ and I- A. Llljeqvist of the attor
ney general'a office. -. -;
As a result of investigations -conducted
by Attorney General -Brown under
the provisions of the act or 1919. tne
State's irreducible school fund has al
ready been enriched through the pay
ment of $75,000 by the Pacific livestock
company through the terms of a com
promise entered Into to forestall a suit
" and another: $50,000 is stilf due the fund
and payable within the next year.
LAND FOR SALE ' j -'"i ,
Under the'teYms of this -con) promise,
also, and m a result of investigations,
-by the attorney' general's off iue, 10,000
- acres of the pacific Livestock company's
'.lamfs tn Harney county are now 6n the
market for salo to bonafide aettlers at
prices agreed upon by the atate land
- IvoaiM, with - preference rights nn the
v. pure-base 1, given to ex-sefvice len.
Under (the- provisions of the act of
1919 the 'state. is atso-defending the eult
? .Instituted, by tbe Lake County Land &
. livestock company In an . -attempt ,r.te
i'iTegtster titl to some 2000 acres of land
m the bed of Anderson lake under', the
Torrens act. and is, incidentally;, attack-'"ing-
title! to some" 15,000 acres of . land in
the Warner,v valley to which , trie 'state
U claiming title as swamp, lands.
In order to protect the state's .swamp
lands under , the act of 1860 the state
has also drawn upon the fund ' appro
priated (in 1919 in conducting field in
vestigations into the character , of lands
in -Silver -lake. Lake county; Warner
lakes. In the Warner valley, and Mal-
heur lake, in Harney county. i
STATE FILES CLAIMS
Aa a' result of these inveatlgations
the state has already made selections
(Concluded n Pita Two, Column Two)
IS ABLE TO SIT UP
Physicians Declare Oregon Man's
Improvement Is Rapid and
He Is Gaining Daily. 5
Washington, 'Jan. IS. (WASH
INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUR
NAL.) Senator Chamberlain; was
able to Bit up in a wheel chair .for
the first time since his operation.
Physicians ; eay liis ; improvement is
steady and expect it to soon bemore
rapid. V . ;. .-' :, : ;.;.-'-.' j
SEN
CHAMBERLAIN
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"Gas" Pried Soars in Seaside
Lack of Stations
Gasoline-seIla for -35 cents gal
lon in Seaside, v-'":. ' j .
Gasoline sells for 32 cents: a gal
lon In Astoria! ' ; . . : v S
: Gasoline sells for 29 cents a gal
lon in Portland. . , v' if
-Gasoline consumed in this;district
is brought to the Colymbia fiver in
ships. It reaches Astoria ! before
Portland.;,., :. '.
" Why, the disparity in, the pnee?
The Standard and the Union pli com
panies bold the garages'of Seaside and
Astoria, responsible- , vAV :"t
lIFiEEE5CES S'OTED
v They deliverv gasoline,', from Jehip to
storage tanks ,at" Astoria and thence to
' Astoria dealers at the - same- trice aa
they wholeaaJe-'the motor fuel to the
garages "in Portland, L ! e., 27 1 cents a
gallon their fxrfanagers, reporteB Satur
day. 1;;h" : J k'--;
An additional charge "Of cents, a
gallon la made to cover the 21 jmile rail
haul between Astoria- and Seaside and
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Bride, 76, and
Bridegroom,85,
On Hone vn
loon
Wedding Result of Courtshi
Which Started Last Summer
At G. A. R. Convention.
Freewater,) Jan. 15. Age, too, will
be served the same as youth. If
you don't believe "it, read about how
romance tripped into tha lives of
Mrs. ; Marthi Ringer of Freewater
arid W. J. pfickett of Sutherlin, and
finally led them to the altar.
They were married at Walla Walla
Wednesday as ; the culmination of a.
courtship which began last summer when
they met at a Grand Army convention.
The bride ia a mere 76 yeara and the
groom is a strapping yuuui ui
After the nuptials the women of the
n A TJ VibIi a nixnii rllnner In the K-
groom is a strapping youth of 8a.
G. A. R. held a picnic dinner in the K.
of P. hall in Milton, and Mr. and Mrs.
Prickett were the guests of honor. In
the evening tfie newly weds were the cen
ter of a routing charivari, at which a
wedding march was played on all the
old tin cans that could be found. '
Kor a time Mr. and Mrs. Prickett will
make their home in East Freewater.
FOR BONOS BILL
: ' tr :
Street- Demonstration Makes
Appeal for Financial
Aid.
Hundreds of the ex-service pep-
pie of Portland marched through
last" night as a plea for
the. granting of the state bonus. - !
The request made by the ex-service
men Is that the state legislature pass
a bill and ippropriate money for either
a cash bonus of $25 for each month in
the service or a home building or farm
loan uof $3000 to each man enlisting
from Oregon- presenting an honorable
discharge from whatever branch of the
service he was In.
Ex-marines marched by , the side,
ex-"gobs," jboth-forgetting the rivalry
their branches in the common cause.
"Doughboyis"!; and their nurses fell I in
together to add their bit. J . 4-
- One pf tlie pathetic features was three
wheel chairs wltht disabled -men being
pushed iJ their buddies.'' P Some were
without a Jeg,some minus an arm,' but
they all presented a cheerful front! in
asking tti4t-:tne deeds they had per
formed be! not forgotten. Automobiles
carried theirr load of s those unable to
march..-' . "'--.:.. j '
Signs and banners making requests, for
the bonus rwere- carried, by the marchers.
These ' banners, while calling attention
to- past service, made no demands j for
(Concluded tn Page SeTen, Column FiTe)
Olympia Senate Bill
Aims at Selling of
! Arms to Halt Crime
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Olmnla. Wash., Jan. 15. As one
means - of i checking the widespread!
crime wave, a bill was filed in the
senate here i today which would rigidly
regulate the sale of firearms- Strict
barriers are thrown around the barter,
giving away, disposal or display of re
volvers ind cartridges. Severe penal
ties !for (violation of the act are i pre
scribed, j, ! ,. . i
I One feature of the law makes it un
lawful for a person ximder 21 years to
poess a1 pistol, and adults are required
to get la ; permit. Senator uavis ot
Plerte county and Senator Sinclair of
Pacific county are the authors of the
bilL I
Burglar, Posing as
victim, oeriousiy
Wounds Policeman
BAn Francisco, Jan. IS. Policeman
Thomas Hannah and Ueorge Kavanaugh
were shot and perhaps fatally wounded'
tonight by a highwayman who had pre
viously fobbed the home of J. A. j Fick
bf $1000 in Jewelry, and who had secured
a rijde irt Hannah's police automobile on
pretense of being a holdup victim! him
self! The j-obber escaped. - ,
9.
Is Blamed
the selling price to Seaside deaiers 284
cents, a cillon. - .
The 5i' cent "difference between 2i7t and
33 cents tn Astoria represents the deal
er's profit. . -
. The W cent difference between. -2M
and 35 cents in Seaside represents the
dealer's! profit there.
The profit in Portland is 2 cents on
the grail on. "-" v , -
VT TO PUBLIC OPIXIOJf , ,
The ojl company managers stated that
if; they t had i filling stations In Astoria
and Seaside the prices would-be the
same as in Portland.' , -'.-. -. ' i
Inquiry made by The Journal to ascer
tain if jthe inequity could be corrected
legally has brought a report that ho law
covers the subject. The Seaside 1 and
Astoria dealers are privileged to charge
what the! traffic- will bear. . Since , theirs
is not an interstate traffic ft Is.uncer
tain -if!' their" price agreement would
come o?ider; the anti-trust act. . i .
It remains for pressure of public opin
ton to adjust the;- discrepancy. i
' Many travelers on the paved highway
between Portland . and Seaside via As
toria have complained of the high prices.
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VETERANS MARCH
TROUBLESOWiE iWARY GARDEN SEND BONDS
BILLS TO FACE
Resumption of Grind at Oregon
Capitol Tomorrow Promises to
Mark Beginning of Fireworks.
One of Surprises of Day's Ses
sion Will Be Governor's Mes
sage; Being Carefully Guarded
liy Ralph Watson
State House, Salem, Jan. 15. The
legislature again will convene : on
Monday morning at 11 o'clock. This
is expected to be a. large week under
the copper dome of the' capitol. Sev
eral of the big bills, the trouble
makers of the session, are expected
to come into senate and house dur
ing the next few days; the big com
mittees which are to formulate and
produce other big bills will begin
their labors, and the hive will hum
from this time "on.
Governor Olcott and the mysterious
message, which he is to deliver before
the Joint assembly Monday afternoon,
holds the center Of the stage and grips
the Interest of the legislators at this
time more than anything: else.
LEGISLATIVE JPMPT"
The deep and impenetrable silence with
which he has surrounded his impending
suggestions has piqued the curiosity of
the members and led them into all kinds
of wonderment and to all sort3 of guesses
as to what it is all about. Some guess
that he will talk about taxation,, others
that ia will be about roads, still others
that finances will be the theme of his
oratory and others that It will be. just
plain . "dynamite" of unsuspected in
gredients. '
Whenever the governor's office begins
to get mysterious during a legislative
session the members begin to get Jumpy.
They just can't help it in the light of
past history and the remembrance of
past experiences. i o '
PORT BIL1. COMIJiG IP
'But whether the governor's mystery
proves to be a bombshell" or: a dud there
wiil .be enough to keep the boys jumping
sideways -before the next iweete end ad
journment ' j f 'Ji
The Pprt of Portland consolidation
bills will-be -placed In the hands of tbe
Multnomah, delegation on- j Monday or
Tuesday and the delegation will meet on
the evening .of one day or the other to
consider nd either pproveror reject. the
measures ---. : -"- i.v.;-,';v-;
- . Various ' delegations from -, Portland
representative of different interests 'con
cerned in the Port of Portland consolida
tion have asked p4feanisslon to appear be
fore the delegation to present their argu
ments for. and against .the measures now
Swn. ? v j - -'
GIIT 'EXPECTED
Chairman Kubli had set the date for
this open meeting for Monday, evening
at -7;30 o'clock, but postponement has
(Concluded on Pme Two, Column One)
Oregon Lumbermen
Ask Protection of
. TLS. Against Canada
Washington, Jan. 15. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL)
Difficulties of the -Pacific Northwest
loggers.' lumbermen and shingle makers.
with their pleas for protection against
the competition from British Columbia,
were presented , at the tariff ; hearings
before the ways and means committee
today by II. B. Allen, secretary of the
West Coast Lumbermen's J association.
George W. Bergstrom. shingle man - of
Everett. Wash., and -W. r C. McMaster
and Neil 'Jameson of Seattle.
Handicaps .which were recited as being
againpt the American operators were ex
port duties , and embargoes on logs, dis
criminatory freight rates, employment of
Orient labor and taxation differences
due to the single tax in British Columbia.
Allen said 50 per cent added to the
Payne-Aldrich rates would about equal
iae differences at the present time.
Bergstrom said that all the. shinglemen
desire is an equalization of conditions
as to dutyor embargo on finished prod
ucts of Canada whenever. Canada im
poses these restrictions upon Americans.
McMaster stated . that employers and
employes both like the eight-hour day,
but may be forced to return to 10 hours
unless conditions . improve. He asked
a 60 cent rate on shingles, which was
also favored by Jameson. ,
Division Garage .
Owners Held Up
Two men wearing long . black over
coa Is and black slouch hats held up
the Division, garage at Thirty-fourth
and Division streets at 11 o'clock Satur
day - evening looting the place of $30.
Proprietors -. of the garage reported to
the police that -the men disappeared,
going east on Division street.
: I .- .'..'.' r. -
San Francisco Gets
'21 Ki C. Convention
New York, Jan. 15. (U. " The
thirty-ninth annual convention of the
Knights r of Columbus will -be held .at
San Francisco the first week in August,
it was announced here tonight.: f . i
Nervous Breakdown :
Suffered by, : Lenin
Paris. Jan. ' 15. (U. P.). Nikolai
Lenin, Russian premier, -has suffered a
complete nervous,' breakdown.' according
to reports in anti-Bolshevik circles here.
LEGISLATURE
RT. REV. WILLIAM
LAWRENCE, head of
Episcopal diocese of
Massachusetts, who arrived
Saturday ! night, with Mrs.
Lawrence, for rest. with their
daughter in Portland.
5 ' '
,1
FAMOUS PRELATE
VISITS PORTLAND
Right 1 Rev. William Lawrence
. Reaches Portland to Spend
Few Days With Daughter.
The Rt. Rev. William Lawrence,
bishop of Massachusetts, and Mrs.
Lawrence, arrived in Portland Sat
urday evening to spend a few days
visiting their son-in-law and daugh
ter, Mn and Mrs. Lewis H. Mills, 655
Irving street. They left Boston last
Tuesday for a six weeks tour, dur
ing whicK time the bishop hopes to
get a jmuch needed rest. Mr. and
Mrs. Mills welcomed , her parents at
the Union station. fr
: Both iBishoo and Mrs. .Lawrence were
-snaciaiai to come- to Portiaod errand-
child has been born since tney were
here several years ago.:
The bishop's last trip to Portland was
about" the middle of the war, period,
when, as chairman of the war .commis
sion of the Episcopal church, he visited
every cantonment in the United States.
. Bishop-Lawrence and Mrs. Lawrence
will go from here to California.
The -nation-wide (campaign of the de
nomination' was successful in Massachu
setts, the same as it ' was In Oregon,
said Bishob Lawrence, Saturday night.
'We have not let up yet," ne saia, duv
are going forward looking for even
larger; results." v '- '
The1 Rt Rev. Walter Taylor- Ssumner,
bishOD of Oregon, has invited Bishop
Lawrence to preach at St. btepnens .fro-
cathedral next Sunday morning, Jan
uary 23. The visiting bishop will also
be entertained at dinner at Bishopcroft
some evening during the week. "I would
say that: Bishop Lawrence is perhaps
Massachusetts foremost citizen." said
BishOD Sumner. . "He is the leader in
every big eivic enterprise in the state
Bishop Lawrence was chairman of the
denominational committee which raised
$3,000,000 for ;Wellesley college, and of
the committee which raised Jio.uuu.uuo
for the Episcopal clergy pension funa,
and in nearly every nationwide move
ment of general character in recent
years has either been leader or occupied
an important place..
t ... .-. . . ' -
Galli-Curci Becomes
Bride and TJ.S.Citizen
. Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 15. (U. P.)
Amelita Galli-Curci became an Amerl
can citizen and the wife of Homer Sam
uels, her accompanist, here at noon to
day. Tne marriage came a year to the
day after her divorce from Luigi Curei ;
a year from the day she applied for
United States citizenship papers.
CONGRESS
YESTERDAY
- By United Press ,
.8E5ATE
Manufactures committee ordered
hearings on i Calder bill to regulate
the- coal industry, beginning next
Tuesday.
. Finance committee ordered fa
vorable, report on Fordney merg
ency tariff bill. Bill will be reported
'. Monday. ': . ; .
Frank, R. Gooding was 'sworn in
' as senator from Idaho, succeeding
Senator Nugent, resigned. :
. Senate failed to pass District of
Columbia appropriation bill because
- of Democratic 'opposition.
Judiciary committee called for
meeting Monday on house resolution
; repealing" war loans. j
HOUSE " j
Continued consideration of Indian,
affairs bill. . ,., l '
" Foreign af fa'irs committee report
ed resolution authorizing president ,
to - call disarmament , conference of
.--;all nations. . - -i . ! I x -
Ways and means committee hld
-hearings on tariff schedules pn wool.
' Railroad representatives, urge par
tial payments of Esch-Cummlns law
" guaranty before Interstate commerce
committee. . t-.'-
- Representatives Steenerson and
. Young advocated legislation to curb
- grain speculation before agricultural
'committee.-: -i . -
, Republican Leader Mondeli warned
house that greater speed is meceasary
- if all' appropriation -bills are to be
passed at the short session. I
y- r s KM
tut.? y . f-r!
l 1
IS TO BE BOSS,
SHE ASSERTS
Artists Must Obey Her or They
Will Be Allowed to Go, Woman
Opera Director 'Tells Press.
She Is Modern and Adores Mere
Jazz; Will Allow Galli-Curci to
Sing Whatever She Chooses.
By Carl L. Shaub
Universal Service Stiff Correspondent
Chicago, Jan. 10. Mary Garden,
new executive director of the Chi
cago Grand Opera company, told
newspaper men today that she is go
ing to have a business manager.
'But I cannot reveal his , name until
Monday," she added. "He is coming
from New York. ,
'Why a business manager?" a re
porter asked- "Can't you run the whole
opera, box office. .star and all?"
'I? she responded. "Why, I have
scarcely ever written a letter in my
life. Do you suppose I would waste my
time opening mail and adding two and
two? To run an opera needs organiza
tion. I will look into the salaries to see
if they are too high or too low. I will
superintend. And I will also sing twice
a week, as my contract stipulates.
miESSED IX PEACOCK NEGLIGEE
The star was dressed in peacock neg
ligee, white silk stockings and a green
turban as she sat back deep in a big
plush chair when the press representa
tives wer ushered in.
She talked of modernism.
"I am modern." she said, "oh. very
modern. Being modern, I adore the old
opera.
"Galli-Curci can have anything she
wants. Just let her ask. 'She can sing
anything at any time. All the , singers
love me. ' ..' s.
"Iam going to give the public what
it wants. That's the way to run an
opera. And I know what the public
wants." "
After being questioned she said she
liked jazz.
jSHE ADOBES MERE JAZZ
"I adore jazz," she said. "Indeed I
do. . ' You know there is some jazz in
(CoM-C- pqT-" lcur Column Tnn .
News Index
Today's Sunday Journal Is Complete In
. Eight Sections : "'-.'
. . -' Editorial " ' - .- '
V Section 2. Vw 4.
Feraign y. ..
Japanese Sboot at U. S. Sailorr- Section 1,
- Pace 1. ' 'i.'-vi-; " '
Naral Plane Beach Balboa Section 1, Page 1.
' . . National
Lumbermen Ask Protection Section 1, Pact 1.
Senator Chamberlain Sits Vp Section 1,
I'age 1.
Few Committee Places for Btantield Section 1,
Pae 3.
Darid Lawrence Letter Section 1, rase 4.
Domeatic.
Hospital None Mordered -Cection 1 Pace 1.
GalU-Cnrci Becomes Bride Section 1, Pace 1.
Mary Garden to Be Bosfr Section 1, Pace 1.
Wife Ends Fast Section 1. Pace 9.
Northweat
Land Frands Inauirr Sectian 1, Pace 1.
School Bills to Be Taken T-"p Section
Pace 3.
License Tag Date Near Section 1, Pace 6.
Irrigation Plans Opposed Section 1. Pass
Bride 7C, Bridecroom 85 Section I, Page
Farmers to Control Psir Section 1. face
Pioneer of 1852 Pasees-r-Section 1, Pice 7.
Editors Talk Shop Section 1. Pace 11.
Portland
"Shadow' Suspect Held Section 1. Page
Veterans March for Bonos BUI Section
Page 1.
Swedish Shipowner Visits Portland Section
Pace 6.
Despondent Attempts 8oicide Section 1, Pace S.
1 Etheridge May Take Stand Section 1, Page 5.
Lotisso to Go to Trial Section 1, Pace 0.
Council Applies Axe Section 1, Tage 12.
Auto Show Cloees Section 1. Page 8.
Business Hews
Real Estate and Building Section 3. Pace 1.
Markets Section . Page 11.
Finance Section 8. Page 3.
Marine -Section 3, Page 2.
Sport
Section 1, Page 13.
Section 6, Pages 4-5.
AutomotNe
Section 6, Pages 1-6.
On the Finer Side
Tbe Week In Society Section 4, Paget 5-S-7-8.
Women's Club Affairs Section 2, Page 7. '
In Portland Schools Section 2. -Page 6.
Fraternal Section 2, Page 6.
American Legion Kews Section 3, Page 12.
National Guard News Section :4. Page 8.
Drama and Photoplay Section 5, Pages 1-2-3-4-5.
The Realm of Music- Section 5, Page 6. ,
Feature
Who's Who on Broadway Section Sr Page 3.
Ring Lardner'a Letter Section 2, Fag 8. !
News of Nation's Capitol Section S, Page 12.
Portland Boy ia England Section 2. Page 3.
Scottish Kite in Oregon -Section 3, Pace 3.
Letters From the People Section 2, Page 5. :
Italy's Social Crisis Section 2. Tag 4.
Lois and Another Doll (pictorial) Section 5,
Page 1. ' ' .
Motor Stage Freeses Out Stage Coach Sec
tion 6, Page 1. ' -Millions
for Oregon Roads Section 6. Page 1.
Skyline, Another Wonder Highway Section 6,
Page 1. ' '; - -, ,
Coast Players ATerages Section 6, Page 4.
Trap Tourney Today Section , Page 4. .
- - , r . , Magazine"
General News' pictorial) Section T, Page 1.
Marble Head Recalls; Cleopatra's Death See
. titm 7. Page 2.; . : - . ;V;
The Oregon Mara Section 7, Page 3.
Mystery of Walska's Career Section 7, Page 4.
Sweet Faced, Cruel Girl Burglar Section 7,
'Page 6.
Was Job Really Patient f Section 7. Page 6.
Health, Beauty and Home Section" 7, Page 7.
"The Road Agent." Stuart Edward White
Section 7, Page 8.
Comte - - . ;-.- :
.. , ... : Section 8." Pages 1 ..
BACK TO PAR,
SAYfEKS
Every Economy Should Be Prac
ticed so Purchasers May Not
-
Lose, President-EIect Is Told.
Federal Reserve Declared Steady
ing Influence That Should Be
Retained With Few Changes.
By V. Bruce SlacNaniee
Universal Serrice Staff Correspondent
Marion, Ohio, Jan. 15. The gov
ernment owes it; to the patriotic
Americans who bought Liberty bonds
during the war to exercise every
economy practicable so that : these
bonds will return to par. - j
This was the declaration -of former
Senator John W. Weeks of Massachu
setts, following a conference with Pres
ident-elect Harding today.
"Everybody would be glad to seelhis
government make Liberty bonds wart n
what .the people paid for them," said
Senator Weeks. I
"But It must not be forgotten that
large proportion of the bonds have been
resold and the government is not pledged
to make the bonds worth par to per
sona who paid" from 80 to 90 for them.
This country has got to economize, and
the only way to do it is to quit spend
ing money. If this policy Is followed.
Liberty bonds Will be restored to par
and patriotic Americans who bought
them to help win the war will not lose
on their investment.' I
FEDERAL RESERVE FAVORED
The federal reserve system. Senator
Weeks said, has been a steadying factor
throughout the period of financial stress
fdllowing the war and with a few minor
changes should be retained. I
Senator Weeks indicated he did not
favor the suggestion of, a great central
bank with branch agencies to eliminate
competition between the federal reserve
banks and cut down their- profits.
'The profits supposed to be made by
the ' regional ; banks in reality go Into
the treasury and are not retained by
member banks, said Senator Weeks.
The proposed reestablishment iof the
War - Finance corporation to aid the
farmers in exporting their" surplus crop.
Senator Weeks described as "camou
flage... - ----r , 'J.J y !i
WOCID HAVE MIjrOBEFFEC T ; ' "
"It would have only a minor effect,
he said.- ... - . h ?--.
The attitude, of Secretary "of the Treas
ury Houston In oppoamg. the' reeatab
lishment of : tbe War Finance corpora
tion was perfectly sound. Senator Weeks
declared.- -t -..! . i,
He strongly advocated to the ; u resi
de-nt-elect the refunding of the; floating
debt outside the . Liberty bond - issues
by the - Issuance t of long term serial
bonds, as against the financial plan - of
the present administration which is for
the, repayment of the floating debt with
in five years. - ' ? ' !f. '"'."
Senator Weeks is known to have dis
cussed cabinet appointments with Sena
tor Harding today, and this led to the
belief that ths former Massachusetts
Benator is still a strong possibility as a
secretary of war in the next cabinet.
TARIFF IS DISCUSSED !
Representative Joseph A. Fordney of
Michigan, . chairman of the ways and
means committee of the house, who
conferred with Senator Harding today.
discussed tariff legislation and stated
that a plan is now under consideration
to fix ad valoreum duties based on Amerl
can money Instead of the currency of the
country in which the exports originate.
Such a method, he said, would avoid
many of the existing complications of
depreciated foreign exchange. . The new
tariff legislation. Congressman Fordney
said, would produce twice the revenue
now secured under the Underwood tar
iff, and would bring in about (500,000,000
annually.
Nurse of Ani;apolis
Hospital Murdered;
Negro Soldier Held
Annapolis, Md., Jan. IS. u. P. ) A
negro soldier' was in custody; here to
night,;, held to testify before! a naval
board ; of inquiry investigating the mur
der of Miss Harriet M. Kavanaugh
nurse at the naval hospital. Search was
made ! for an attendant at the naval
academy, discharged yesterday and
later seen loitering about the hospital
grounds.''--.-- -. .'"-"! - t
According tol Miss Jane -Oberlander,
another nurse, the two were irt Annapo
lis together Friday s night Miss Ober
lander left her companion at one of the
hospital gates. '
Half an hour later, the woman's body
waa found. Her head had been beaten
with a piece of lead " pipe which was
found nearby. 'She died early today.
The board of inquiry appointed by
Admiral AJ' H. Scales, commandant of
the academy, maintained the greatest
secrecy .tonight regarding - developments
in the testimony. ,. ...... ; sr,
Yakima Provides
Work for 12 Men
Who ; Support 56
Takima, Wash.. Jan. 15. Twelve men,
having a total of 56 dependents, were
selected to go to work on the city sewer
Job Monday by Mayor - R. X. Ttovtg's
special committee- on -, unemployment.
They ; will be given three days work
before they will be asked to step aside
and give their places to 12 others, equal
ly needy. .,.-:- i! .-
The city "put. on the,work at this time
to ' lessen unemployment, buti so many
applicants appeared it was- necessary to
appoint a special committee to inquire
into their needs on -which to give them
work. Those having dependents are to
be given preference, 14 -
U. S. Sailors
. Are Targets
Of Japanese
Hitherto Unreported Attack at
Vladivostok Is Made Known
by Crew of Battleship.
San Francisco, Jan. 15. A hither
to unreported attack by ID( armed
Japanese soldiers on five American
sailors from the U. S. ships New Or
leans, Albany and Huron, last Sep-J
tember in Vladivostok, in which the
Japanese fired 15 shots at the Amer
icans, was disclosed today by navy
officers of the. three ships, who ar
rived in San. Francisco on the army
transport Thomas from Manila to
day. - . - -
REPRESENT PORT
Dock Commission Secretary Will
Stand for Uniform Charges
, at San Francisco Meet.
Instructed to .stand for a. uniform
system of port charges, applicable
to all Pacific coast ports if to do so
should make action unanimous.
Frank I. Randall, assistant secretary
of the Portland dock commission.
left for , San Francisco-at 4 o'clock
Saturday afternoon. -
He will attend the convention of Par
cific coast port authorities
The outstanding feature of the meet
ing is expected to be Seattle's frenzied
piea, presented .by. Port Commissioner
W. S. Lincoln, for port charge equaliza
tion as a means of saving the commerce
now slipping away, from that port.
jie position or ; the Portland dock
commission is that this city need not
fear a uniform system of handling
charges and will be the gainer by il
It Is further asserted that Portland's
commerce gains and Seattle's losses
(aggregating S125.0O0.000 last year are
baped not upon handling charge discrep
ancies, dui upon xunaamental conditions
under which; Portland will continue to
gain and Seattle to suffer. - ,
PrtRTlASlPjiNT OF ORIGIN
PotllarA-ji. pointed out. Is a mifnt
of ortgin. - fc? n9 Is not, but depends
largely upon sfiafanscohtlnental transfer
business which when subject to war con
dition! was routed via Puget aduad, but
is sent now witn greater economy alone
ether ' routes. ',:' - -
The position relative to the system of
port charges does-not involve Seattle's
campaign to secure a nullification of the
aect&ton favorable to Portland and Van
couver which was 'rendered in the Co
lumbia basin rate case. v -
Seattle is. however, desperately fight
ing against the operation of the order;
of the interstate commerce commis
sion, and 'will secure, if possible, it is
said, a stay of, execution. ; The order
of the interstate ' commerce- commission '
was issued November 5. The , railroads
were Instructed i within 90 days, or be
fore March 1. to. file tariffs : granting
Portland-Vancouver a 10 per cent rate
preferential on all business moving to
and from a sons sputh of Snake river
In Washington na Oregon.
BOOH FOB APPEAL LACKING
W. C. McCuliough, who was associ
ated with Joseph N. Teal as .counsel
for" the Portland, Traffic & Transporta
tion association and the Chamber of
Commerce in the famous- Issue, said
that he is unable to see- where the
federal commission left - any" room for
appeal from its decision, ;
"It must be a reason in .law, and I
do not believe such a reason .can be
found, said he. . : f ? .
McCuliough scouted the idea that the
order can in effect be , nullified by an
action of the Washington public serv
ice commission, granting a reduction of
.10 per cent to Puget Sound from that
part' bt the. contested territory which
lies tn Washington.,, Federal statute
forbids State enactment designed to
nullify decisions of the Interstate eom-
merc commission. - The - Shreveport
cae, and more recently, the New York
passenger case, - are . cited as instances
where this principle was' upheld. Se
attle and Tacoma, it Is believed, can no
longer hope to build upon artificial dis
criminations; but .will be -forced to
yield to the upper ports of the Colum
bia the advantage which Is theirs by
reason of the transportation : economies
of the Columbia, river water, grade.
RANDALL GOES TO
Vxi v -l-u Aaviuua vcui -iu x ay iuni
It . x et k s. . r. n r. K t
Home Buy ing Prosperity's Key
By Marshall X, Dana
If It is true that business depres
sion r can b, . averted, by- keeping
Portland and Oregon industries , In
operation, the opportunity Is worth
being: made the'si ecial order of bus
iness at very. meeting of every or
ganization in-cityand state, for at
least the next 30 days. J
Here are a few of the organ Izatlona
which meet in Portland this week, each
of which, can, take practical steps to
speed up the payroll -dollar and thus
keep the wolf of 1 hard times from every
member's door : j . .
Monday The members' forum of the
Chamber of Commerce, . f ...
Tuesday The j Rotary and Kiwanis
ClubS. . I r
Wednesday The Portland Ad club.
Thursday Thai Progressive Business
Men's club. .- i T -. .:
Friday The' Ttealty board and the
City club. J
Saturday The i Oregon - Civic league.
It will be ' interesting to - record how
each of these,1 and other organizations.
AS'
SHADOW
PROVES ALIB
Oregon Ci Workman Taken in
Custody as Suspect in Case
That Puzzles Portland Police.
New Angle Connects Letters of
"Shadow" With Those Penned
by the "Talkative Burglar."
John Kernal, ariested Saturday
evening on suspicion of being "The
Shadow," proved his aUbi o having
worked at Oiegon City front mid
night Thursday to Friday morning
at 8- o'clock, eliminating him from
suspicion of having been mixed up
in the" fracas on the Base Line road
Friday "morning. The alibi was
checked at the Crown-Willamette'
Paper company, plant, where Kernal .
was employed, :hortly after mid
night this morning.: Kernai'will be
held for further investigation and
on a charge of carrying concealed
weapons. . m . -
On suspicion of being "The
Shadow," a man carying a German
Lueger pistol : and giving his name
as John Kernal Was arested by In
spectors Tom Coleman and Frank
Collins at Second and Burnsida
streets 9 o'clock Saturday evening.
The man claimed an alibi that would
eliminate - him from suspicion of
being "The Shadow" and nios'. of the
detectives scouted the theory that
the right man had been caught.
Around, police -station- the air was
tenso and a strained excitement seemed
to prevail when the suspect, who spoke
with a German accent, was brought in.
DEKIES BKISO "HHAuOW"
."The suspect was scared a'most speech
less and while being questioned was ex
tremely nervous. Perspiration r-oured
from his forehead as ho denied being
"The Shadow!" t . -.
After - aiv hour of questioning orl-
MayBT"tafces- ajd John ClnH.-i ' -f r -tleteotives,
held to the theory Utal thu
suspect was the man wanted for black
mailing fceven prominent citizens. In
spectors Joe Day. Pat Maloney and John
Oolts said they thought the wrong man
had been captured. ,
f Kernal was a -stocky Gcrma:v about
6 feet 4 nchesrtatl. Ttie rriprletresH of
boarding house at Second and Burti
alUe cave - the police . the Information
that led to the arrest of the cuspect.
WOBKS AT'PAPKB MILLS
Kernal said he" haa worked on tlie
night shift at the Cro ..ti-Willamette. Pa
per company plant-at Oregon city since
January 6. and Bald, he came here from
Spokane, wlive, he Baid, he purchased
the pistol. He said he can e to Portland
to get a suit ofclothes left at a clean
ing plant.
The suspect ,had a hand bag which
(Concluded en Page Kight, Column Ooe)
16 NAVAL PLANES
I ARRIVE IN PANAMA
U. S. Flyers Cheered by Thou-
sands After 3000-Mile Flight
1 From San Diego, Cal.
Balboa, Canal Zone, Jan. 15. U.
P.) Sixteen naval seaplane", arrived
at the Pacific entrance to the Pan
ama canal late today from San
Diego, after "a flight of more than
2.000 miles. They made several stops
at Mexican and Central American
cities. . Thousands cheered them as
they circled over, this port on their
arrival. - i
meet the unusual chance to avert de
pression which la general elsewhere, but
which need not be felt sorely here if
production, manufacture. " distribution"
and payrolls can be maintained by gpe
eiai patronage -of home products.
The ,Wlsconsln society, for instance,
demonstrates at each of Its -monthly
meetings food articles manufactured in
Oregon. Other state societies could
stimulate business" well belns by simi
lar programs. -
file East Side Business Men's club at -its
annual -meeting on January 27 an
nounces that the whole affair, from
food to iurniture, will be "made in Oregon-
I
One of the mrent rhurch' announce
ments. that of the FirKt Congregalional
church, was devoted to graphic advo
cacy of home industry's worthy cause.
The churches and their member have
as direct an interest In the succpm of
this campaign Jo keep Portland and OVe
goti prosperous by keeping home Indus
try In operation as have the Jnduatrlcs
themselves.
So has every, other organization and
Individual. .
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