WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1921.
THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON
ARMY. RED TAPE
GETS UNDER 'HIDE'
OF CONGRESSMEN
. By Dark! Lawrence
(Copyright. 1921.)
. Washington, Jan.! 26. Members of
congress who lately have visited the
war department in behalf of soldier
constituents who have been disci
plined for trivial offenses, have re
turned .incensed and indignant' over
. what they termed "hard boiled"
treatment by the officers of the reg
ular army.
'A smouldering controversy has Just
come to the surface which either will
be cured In legislation pending before
congress or there will be a sweeping In
vestigation -to apprjse, the public of the
severity of the punishment being meted
out to men who served with distinction
in the world war, only to be given dis
honorable discharges for unlawfully bor
rowing a blanket or a pair of shoes.
Out of 16,000 cases- It develops that
the efforts of a reform element inside the
"regular army have resulted in the res
titution of more than 4000 to the status
of honorable discharge. Just how many
more of the remaining 12,000 are deserv
ing of leniency is hard to " con jecture,
... though both eides in the controversy say
the percentage probably will be small.
It is getting Justice for that small per
centage which is 'agitating members of
bngress, who are trying to wade through
the meshes of red tape to get at the
bottom- of the army system.
It sounds incredible, but the stigma
of dishonorable discharge' must be car
ried through life by one man who fought
in France and whose offense on his
- return to the United States consists of
taking a pair of shoes. from a comrade.
It develops that the soldier wanted to
of his company if he could borrow a pair
of shoes. The. request was granted. For
' a week the sergeant was not In the bar
racks .and, naturally, thinking there
would be no objection, the private again
' borrowed the shoes.
TAPE HINDERS REFORMERS
When the sergeant came home, he re
ported his shoes were missing. When
the private wlio borrowed them came
back from the dance, he was locked up
and charged with theft. There Isn't a
thing in the evidence to prove the sol
dier Intended permanently to deprive
. the sergeant of the pair of ehoes, nor
that he was a confirmed thief. His
record, was good. Nevertheless, he was
given six months in the barracks as a
punishment. In civilian life, if he were
convicted of petty larceny, he might be
given 10 or 30 days, but in this instance
' not only was. he confined for six months,
but his record In the world war was
stained by a dishonorable discharge
irum i.iie Ainritaii army.
Instances of this kind can be found
In the records and while a number of
army officers' with kind hearts are dis
tressed over the pitiful pleadings of
friends and relatives for Justice; they
can't say a word to anybody but their
superior officers. - Under a rule of the
war department, no officer can commun-'
icate anything of this kind to a member
nf fonrrress. unless the Butrepatinn rora
through military channels. That often
means going through the .same officers
who are defending the practice com-
. plained of. , ; i
JfO SEXSE OF PROPORTIOJ
, The whole trouble, however, seems to
. lie in one of those mischievous riders
. - wpich are mysteriously attached to ap-
proprjatic-n bills when nobody is look
r lng.
It so happens that In the act of 1913
a rider was tacked on declaring that all
matters relating to prisoners 1n discl
v plinary barracks should be transferred
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Put oneja jr.our
Xrom the Judge advocate general to the
adjutant general, i This provision of law
was ignored from 1915 until October,
1920, when it was suddenly applied. And
most of the trouble has developed since
last October, because the adjutant gen
eral's office simply acts upon a state
ment of facts without going ' into the
records of the case or the extenuating
circumstances. The: adjutant general's
office does its duty as it sees it and if a
man's paper shows that he was convicted
of thievery, it doesn't make a whole lot
of difference whether a soldier stole a
pack of playing cards or a suit of un
derwear, f .' i -
The dishonorable discharge has been
given Just the same.
CIVIL WAR CASES
, Essentially tne judge aavocate gen
eral's office is the place where matters
of law and evidence and justice are con
centrated. A clemency record in the
judge advocate general's office con
stantly reviews cases and recommends
changes. The adjutant general's office
is a huge clerical ; organization, where
no attempt is made to inquire into ques
tions of penology. :
If congress will put the power to
handle dishonorable discharges back into
the hands of the lawyers of the army by
repealing the rider that was put into
the 1915 act, much of the trouble will be
eliminated, but members of congress are
wondering what they can do to restore
some of their constituents to an honor
able discharge whose cases already have
been finally ruled upon by the war de
partment.' There are thousands of cases
hanging over from the Civil War. vet
erans who have been vainly endeavoring
for years to rid themselves of the stamp
of dishonorable discharge, but without
avail. And it is said that most of the
offences are just as trival as the bor
rowing of a blanket or a pair of shoes
without any idea of theft.
Prison Camp Work
For Paroled. Convict
Class Is Proposed
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State House,! Salem, Or., Jan. 26. Em
ployment of paroled convicts at the
state prison wood camp at wages to be
fixed try the state board of control la
contemplated under the provisions of a
bill introduced Monday afternoon .by
Senator Hare.
The measure carries out a recom
mendation made by Governor Olcott; in
his message at the opening of the ses
sion, j
"It Is the Intention of this act-that as
nearly as possible all convicts sentenced
and received at the Oregon state peni
tentiary be retained inside of the prison
walls during the period of their incar
ceration and it is the further intention
that paroled convicts for a reasonable
length of time be given an opportunity
to earn by honest labor a reasonable sum
of money to assist tHem in returning to
productive citizenship," one section of
the proposed act reads.
Wages for the paroled men would be
paid from the institution's betterment
fund.
Purcell to Address
Benson Graduates
W. G. Purcell, Portland architect, will
deliver the commencement address to
the 18 graduates of Benson Polytechnic
school Friday night, according to plans
just completed by Principal C. E. Cleve
land. Director George B. Thomas will
hand out the diplomas. The school band
will play a recessional and .the glee club
will sing. Koy Fifield and Misa Mar
garet Carney will sing solos.
Ashby Goes to Omaha
George F. Ashby, statistician for the
O-W. R. & N. eince 1913, left this morn
ing for Omaha, where he will take a
new position under E. E. Calvin, vice
president in charge of operation of the
Union I Pacific : system. L L. Hutton.
assistant statistician, has been appointed
to .succeed Ashby February L
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GRILLEY MEMORIAL
EDUCATIONAL FUND
TO AID YOUNG MEN
By Fred : Uockley
Alb'ert Grilley, former physical di
rector of the Portland Y. M. C. A.,
is dead, but his work will live.' He
belonged to many of the civic bodies
of Portland and i the members of
these clubs are planning to raise a
fund of $2500 as a memorial to him.
His whole life was' one of helpful
ness and so this fund is to be used
as a student loan fund to help ambi
tious young chaps to secure an edu
cation. : . j
Contributions are to be asked from
members of the various civic organiza
tions and from the Y. M. C. A.
TO MAUSTAIJT FUND
The money thus raised is . to be de
posited in the savings department of a
Portland bank and checks on this fund
are to be signed by some business man.
who will act as trustee, or countersigned j
by either of the other two trustees. The
trustees will consist of some local busi
ness man who is a member of the Y. M.'
C. A. athletic committee, the head of the
Oregon Institute of Technology and the
secretary of the Portland Y. M. C. A.
Contributions will be received by The
Oregon Journal and by The Journal
turned over o the trustees.
The money from this fund will be used
only to help ambitious young men ob
tain an education in Portland and will
not be used as a loan for any other pur
pose. EARLY DAYS RECALLED
I met Albert Grilley first in Salem
when he was a youngster in short trous
ers. He was a sunny-tempered, happy
natured, likeable lad. He landed a job
in the Salem Y. M. C. A. in which Joe
Weatherbee was physical Instructor. Al
bert's winning smile, his hearty hand
shake and his charm of manner made
him a host of friends and before long he
was one of the valued employes of the
Salem Y. M. C. A.
He was called to the Boise Y. M. C.
A., where he did a splendid piece of con
structive work. From Boise he came to
Portland. For many years he was one
of the test known and best loved men
in the local Y. M. C. A. He made friends
because he had a genuine interest in his
fellow men. Hundreds of young chaps
who are now successful in business life,
can look back to helpful advice from Al
bert Grilley.
BUSINESS MEN' AIDED
Scores of Portland business men have
worked with Grilley when he was in
charge of the physical department of
the Portland Y. M. C. A. and have only
pleasant recollections of their associa
tion with him. During the war he was
given charge f the Y. M. C. A. work at
Camp Lewis and had 85 secretaries
worked under him. Albert had had
many offers to go elsewhere- at a very
much higher salary than he received in
Portland but he felt that here he was
among friends and that his work was
here, and so he never left.
I met him shortly before his death.
His body was pitifully wasted but his
indomitable eoul still triumphed over
disease and he kept cheerful and sunny
tempered . to . the Jast.
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and the "tremendous help to the city
and the church to have' these thousands
of people from all parts of the country
to see and to know the church, the peo
ple and the Northwest country."
The bishop spoke of the new church
building, parish house and rectory at
Seaside and the new rectories of S.
Marks mission at Medford and SL
Michael and All Angels.
Regarding the nation-wide campaign.
Bishop Sumner announced that if in the
future it shall be shown conclusively
that it is not to be a financial success,
he would lay before the diocese immedi
ately full statement of facts and start
about a readjustment policy fair and
equitable for every parish in the diocese.
COMMITTEES 'AMED
Committees were appointed. Rev. John
D. Rice was reelected secretary.
Lunch was served at the church, fol
lowed by the afternoon business session.
At 6 :30 p. m. a dinner will be held at
the Chamber of Commerce by the lay
men in honor pf the Clerical and lay
delegates. Bishops Rowe of Alaska and
Page of Spokane Vill speak. The annual
election will be held. Thursday afternoon.
A mass meeting' was held Tuesday
night in the interests of church exten
sion and religious -education.
CRASH IS LAID BARE
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expected to furnish food for court ac
tion. Through all of this the business count
ed losses almost five times the size of
its profits.
For the purposes of the present review,
it is necessary, the auditors point out,
to consider the deficit now existing at
$731,644.34, the difference between that
figure and j the previously announced
deficit of $700,022.53 representing the
bankrupt s equity in bonds held by Se
attle banks and not yet restored to the
bankrupt. j
On December SI, 1919 which is the
basic date for the present audit, there
existed an I operating deficit of $161,
,458.83, and that amount was carried to
January 1,. 19201, as a "balance brought
forward." j (
DEFICIT IS ADDED
To that is added a deficit in the cap
ital account of $82,500 under date of
December 24. 1920. The net loss on op
eration from January 1, 1920, to De
cember 24, j 1920. Is , $480,480.62.
Dividends paid on preferred stock and
overpaid total $T2e.9. ; (Such divi
dends were paid aj the rate of 8 per
cent, whereas i stock certificates called
for 6.) ' - j. f
The total of these elements of the
deficit Is $731,644.34, upon which there
is a possibility of material recovery of
funds from: several sources.
The deficit brought forward from 1919
includes $51,652.37 that was charged to
the accounti of John Lw Etheridge. recent
head of the defunct firm, on December
31, 1919. An additional $25,000 carried
as an asset was. written off the books
by the auditors because . It represented
stocks which, had gone out of the hands
WILCOX MEMORIA
H0SP1TA
PLANNED
INSIDE STORY OF BOND
BISHOP ROVVE HERE
FROM ALASKAN P0S
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Prelate in attendance at Oregon dio
cesan convention of Episcopal
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of the firm into the hands of Fred S.
Morris for the, legal consideration of $1.
Another $20,456.59 was similarly! written
off when It was apparent that it had
been taken from the firm without con
sideration. The balance of the $161,
458.83 represents expense accounts car
ried over and not charged off at the time
they were incurred.
yo ; DISTINCTION SHOWN
The capital deficit of $82,500 repre
sents preftrred stock issued during the
year and for which the company re
ceived no compensation. I
Returning to the $480,480.62 which rep
resents the net operating loss, the audit
shows that it includes the excess sal
ary drawing under the name of John L..
Etheridge and totalling $47,865.12. His
nominal salary was $25,000 a year and
during the year that account yielded
to him an additional $22,977.68, since he
did not draw his December salary.
In 1920 Mrs. Etheridge's account was
charged with $31,641.20 an open afceount
from which Mrs. Etheridge must neces
sarily have met personal expenses and
showing to the auditors that there was
never a fine distinction within the busi
ness between personal and company
funds.
COUNTED AS TOTAL LOSS
The Seattle account is charged with
$39,472.37 during the year, and repre
sents, without hint of- criminality, a
woefully lax bookkeeping system both
at the home office here and in the Se
attle branch. The amount is a loss be
cause no entries were made in connec
tion with it either here or at Seattle. To
reconcile the bookkeeping failure the
auditor had to count the sum as a total
loss.
To reconcile the various bank ac
counts held by the defunct firm, also
due to poor bookkeeping, $15,586.84 more
Was written off the books because there
is no trace of it. The rest of the more
than $480,000 represents office expenses,
upkeep, salaries, insurance, etc .
That it cost Morris Bros., Inc., ap
proximately $45,000 every month of 1920
to conduct the corporate business is ap
parent from the auditor's figures.
To balance that It 'is shown that the
firm made a total profit on its bond
transactions during the year of only
$17,000, or just slightly more than $2000
a month.
TEAELT PROFIT $132,000
The profit for the year was $132,000.
and came from the bond business and
interest on bonds held by the firm. The
gross cost of doing business for the year
was more than $540,000.
In contrast to the total income is the
fact that in 1920 the firm spent $132,000
on salaries alone in its Portland, San
Francisco and Seattle offices. And in
spite of the comparatively small In
come $84,820.11 is charged to advertis
ing in 1920.
-In the year the concern handled ap
proximately $24,000,000 worth of bonds
and securities to realize its profit of
$17,000.
With their work practically completed
the auditors find that while Morris
Brbs. made a fair margin of profit on
the mere buying and selling of certain
blocks of bonds, the margin was wiped
out under a landslide of expenses, and
upon it was heaped- the product of care
less bookkeeping. ,
MANY POINTS KEVEALED
The audit reveals a score of points
upon which Etheridge, his wife, Fred S.
Morris and others can be questioned and
the result of such questioning ia expected
to be the restoration to the account of
the several thousands of creditors of
healthy sums in misplaced or misused
securities and money. T i
Theoretically, W. D. Whitfcomb will
conclude his temporary receivership Fri
day when, at a meeting to be held at
Pythian temple at 9:30 a. m4 the per
manent trustee will be elected. How
ever, Whitcomb will remain at the de
funct firm's offices until the ! trustee is
installed.
Fund to Further
Experiment Work
At Station Urged
Grants Pass, Or Jan. 26. Following
a talk Tuesday night by Prdfessor F. C.
Reiiner, superintendent of the Southern
Oregon experiment station at Talent, the
directors of the Grants Pass Chamber of
Commerce sent telegrams to the Jose
phine county delegation in the state leg
islature urging support of increased ap
propriations for the station. !
Reimer told of the accomplishments
and needs Of the station and of the many
demands made upon it. The directors
gave unanimous approval to the work.
COUNTY CONTRACT
FOR CLEANING OF
WINDOWS $50 LESS
Window cleaning prics have
taken a drop. The board of county
commissioners has accepted the bid
: of the American "Window Cleaning
I company to care for the windows in
;the county building at the rate of
i$60 per month. Under the last con
tract the county was paying $110.
A few days ago, when bids were called
for, the American "Window Gleaning
company put in an offer of $110 and
the Portland Window Cleaning company
bid $80 a month.
When new bids were called for on
Wednesday, the only bidder was the
American company, which had reduced
its price to $60.
COUNTY DECIilNKS.HUBER'S
OFFER 0, LWNTOX ROAD
In refusing to accept a compromise
offer of Oskar Huber in the matter of
the maintenance of the Linnton road, the
board of county commissioners today
gave notice that it would hold paving
contractors to a strict compliance with
their contracts to maintain their work
for a period of 10 years.
While the commissioners felt there
might be mitigating circumstances in
connection with the Llnnton road, such
as the destruction of the asphalt .by
creosote and Improper drainage, it would
be a bad precedent to compromise in
view of other contracts. It was decided
that it would be better to test the con
tracts in court.
WEJLFARE BUREAU TO ADVISE
COUNTY IN RELIEF WORK
The offer of the public welfare bureau
to act in an advisory capacity in the
administration of county relief was ac
cepted by the board of county commis
sioners today, with the reservation that
the board of county commissioners re
served the right to use its own discretion
in disposing of the recommendations of
the public welfare bureau. Commissioner
Hoyt voted against the resolution on the
ground that all relief action should be
kept with the board of commissioners.
The request of the public welfare bu
reau for a temporary loan of $10,000 was
refused by the board of county commis
sioners for the twofold reason that the
funds were not available and illegality.
COMMISSIONERS PROMISE
TO FIX UP MUNSON ROAD
A delegation of farmers from the
northwesterm part of the county de
scended on the county commissioners
Wednesday and won a promise that the
board would try to do something toward
fixing up the Munson road, which Is an
extension of the Skyline boulevard con
necting the Loggia trail and Cornelius
pass roads. They declared the road to
be Impassable for a mile and one half
and to drive over it was as expressed by
one of them "unhuman."
COURT APPROVES SALE OF
G. W. WARREN'S HOLDINGS
An or?er approving the sale of the
holdings of George W. Warren, which
consisted of a large part of Warrenton,
was signed this morning by Federal
Judge Bean. The holdings were sold
several weeks ago by the United States
marshal to satisfy the claims of the
Crocker National bank of San Francisco,
The court also signed an order releasing
from writ of attachment 128 shares of
stock of the Astoria National bank
which Warren formerly held.
LAWYERS FOR STA N FIELD
FILE AMENDED COMPLAINT
In compliance with a previous order
of the court, attorneys for Senator-elect
and Mrs. R. N. Stanfleld and Ferdinand
E. Reed,, filed an amended answer to the
complaint of the Travelers' 'Insurance
company, in the federal court Tuesday.
The insurance company has brought suit
against the Stanfields and Reed as own
ers of the Henry building, to foreclose
a $150,000 mortgage, 'for- alleged default
of a $25,000 payment.
Roslyn-Beaver Hill furnace coal, $12.25
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Walter Malcolm and
Elsie Egans Given
Scholarship Medals
Walter .Malcolm, the youngest boy In
the senior class of Jefferson high school,:
less than 16 years of age, and Miss
Elsie Egans were the two winners of
the gold scholarship medals awarded by
Principal Hopkin Jenkins Tuesday morn
ing. . .-. ..- . "... . ; . 1 ' .
The medals are Jenkins personal rec
ognition of scholarship and, are given to
the boy and girl of each senior class
having , the highest grades. . Two silver
medals are likewise awarded to members
of the freshmen class, but' since fresh
men grades will not be completed until
the end of this week, awards will not
be made until the beginning of the new
term. ' . ' j
Malcolm recides at 2809 Seventy-first
street southeast, and Miss Egans at 1234
East Tenth street north.
Burglars Frightened Away
Using a heavy sorewdriver as a jimmy.
prowlers attempted to break into $1
North Third street early this morning,
but were frightened away before com
pleting their "job." iA short while later
C. 11. Garoerick, 26, and Mickie Saner,
22, were arrested j on an after-hours
charge by Patrolman' Morelock and
Meiners at Broadway and Ankeny
streets. A screwdriver ana a flash
light found !n the possession of the two
men aroused the suspicions of the police.
who will investigate their records. I
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State House, Salem, . Jan. 26. -
Everything is s set for the big show
tonight in the senate chamber when
the Port of Portland consolidation
bills will again be taken up for con
sideration and discussion at a public
hearing before the judiciary commit
tee of the senate and the Multnomah
delegation sitting In joint session.
The formal statement issued by the
Multnomah delegation contending that it
will be Impossible to take up. the im
provement of the North Portland chan
nel before January, 1922, has not in
creased the good nature of those who
are - contending that this work, should
be undertaken at once, and in all prob
ability this circumstance will lend add
ed interest .and liveliness -to the meet
ing tonight, particularly as the advocates
of that development were those who
were 'shut out of their hearing at the
last meeting. It was because of this
that Gordon of Multnomah dumped his
bomb into 'the closing minutes of the
last week's meeting by- demanding that
AT MEM N G
Mr Ik ' .
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"Thejtive power in saving is regularity.
Whether you can deposit much or little, do
it every week or every month and you'll get
farther than others who have more money
but have not the habit of saving it regu
Let us show you the results
of small but regular savings..
$1 Opens an Account
ASK FOR MR. PHILLIBER
Savings Dept. Open Saturday Evenings 6 to 8
WASHINGTON
AT THIRD
Moser be deposed as presiding . officer
at the next hearing.
It is anticipated that there will be a
large delegation present tonight to have
their respective turns in talking -for or
against the various angles of the . port
program, as now before the senate.
Portland Y. W. C. A.
. Elects Its Officers
" Mrs. George F. Wilson ; was elected
president or tne Jforuana Y, w. u. a. at
the annual meeUne of the board Tues
day.. - Mrs. John S. Pearson was made,
vice-president ; Mrs. Forrest Fisher, cor-
resnnniincr 4ecriJrv ! Mm f'ha.rle.1 A.
Morden ' was reelected' recording secre-"
tary. and Miss ; Carrie A. Holbrook.
treasurer. Mrs.. W. . N. Everett was.
elected a board member lo fill the va
cancy caused by the. resignation of Mrs..
James Failing. "E. B. MacNauKhtoh.
W. Tt MarkeniHo "and "Earl Uronaneh
were reelected trustees.
Lang Syne Society
In Reunion Tonight
The Lang Syne society will hold Its
eighth annual reunion and, banquet this
evening at the Hotel Benson. The re
union will take place between 6 and 7
after which the banquet w ill be "served .
in- the crystal room. . ' .The principal
speaker will be B. B. Beekman. , Pom .1.
Zan will Ring.- Dr. Norrls R. Cox, presi
dent, will act as toastmaster. ; .
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