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CITY EDITION tz . s I If 9 All Here and I ft All True THE WEATHEU-Tonight and Saturday. A Story With a Kick Interest is maintained In The Cat and the burglar" to the very end and you get a "kick" out of the story all the way, through. It will be the fiction feature of! The Sunday - Journal Magazine . next Sunday. ' ' rain : aoutherlv winds. A Minimum temperatures: Portland 40 New Orleans Williston. N. D. 14 New York ,t, Los Angeles .... 60 St. Paul . 40 . 26 PRICE TWO CENTS VOL, XIX. NO. 279. Entered ta Second Clu roitoffice, PortUnd. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28, 1921: EIGHTEEN PAGES ON TRAINS AND HtWI STANDS MVI CENT i Mattel Orsgoa "l flTTY EDITION I 7ffs M XSJT4 CX C S& I T mmmi . . i i . . ii -vp- r M .1, mm mmmr mrm m m immWm m .r V I m X v i Ti nil . T J V v v. a V W m. m lm m R)R FREEDOM OF BERGDQLL Millionaire American Draft Dodger Says He Was Told to Dig Up Money, but Instead Es caped and Now Tells How. By Frank K. Mason H'opyrSghl, 1921, International New Benrice) ! Eberbach, Baden, Jan. 28. (I. N. S.Y- In a sensational Interview the first toe had given out since his escape- Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, millionaire American draft dodger, today declared that arrangements were made to buy his freedom for $100,000 after he had been sentence to five years' imprisonment by an American court martial for deser tion from the United States army. . ; "On August 13, 1917. I was notified. I had - been drafted , into the army at Philadelphia,"- said Bergdoll. But- It was not until January 7. 1920, that I was arrested at Philadelphia and later sentenced to five years by a military court sitting at Governors' Island, for desertion. OFFERS $1MA. i "At the end of the following April, or perhaps the beginning of May, arrange ments were made- to buy my freedom upon payment of $100,000 in gold. I ;was not told who was to receive the !money. but merely 'that is all and you should be glad to get your freedom.' I said I had $100,000 in gold burled in the'mountalns in West Virginia, but that tt would be Impossible for anyone else' to find it. ; .. 1 ' i 'Whether this was graft I do not know. I was told all I had to do was to go and dig up the $100,000. Major Hunt and Major Humphreys received the order (to allow me to go to Philadelphia). It in structed the majors to release me In the custody of two sergeants who were sub ject to orders from my .attorneys in , Philadelphia. There was no' mention of the length of time I could stay. "Sergeants Yorke, and O'Hare took me 1 Concluded on Pas Four. Column Three) JAPAN. TO WATCH Tokto. Jan. 28. (U. P.) Strict surveillance over "Americana in Japan has been decided upon as urgent, the newspaper Asahi de clared today. The Asahi statement has been confirmed as substantially correct. ' The Asahi quotes as authority for its statement a leading foreign affairs au thority and the metropolitan police. It is charged-that Americans who have come t Japan recently on sight-seeing tours are busily investigating industrial and military conditions in -concert with American residents. The Japanese government is planning a revision of the Anglo-Japanese .alli ance in such ' a way as to free Japan from Its obligations, according- to the newspaper Kokumin. The paper said this action followed a statement from Japanese Ambassador Hayashl to England, interpreting the British view ' of article four of the alli ance as leaving Japan isolated and un protected. Man Fined $67 for - Taking U. S. Timber For cutting timber on the Santiam na tional forest, from which he made a number of cabins in -the expectation of locating settlers on land which was not Open to settlement. I-. W. Wells of Port tan'd has been fined $67.80 damages in Ihe United States district court. gon RES DENT YANKEES Ore Quality Passport W Order Books Showing Results . By Marshall N. Dana There Is spreading throughout Portland a new" sentiment. It ex tends to the farthermost boundaries of Oregon. It is finding expression in those communities of Washington and Idaho which are within the so called trade territory of this city. -It is bringing cordial offers of help from outstate towns. t "Patronize home industry and you 'patronize yourself," is the phrasing of the sentiment. But it is also being em bodied in action.' ' Grocers say that more housewives are asking, "Have you the Oregon product?" than ever before. , r ORDERS OK IXCREASE I . f . Scores of manufacturers at the annual meeting of the Associated Industries of Oregon. Thursday evening, reported that their slogan .Oregon Quality" ! has be ' come a passport, to orders, that jobbers and dealers have a new and practical disposition to help them maintain pay rolls, production and prosperity.: The program and the menu of the an nual banquet of the East Side Business Men's club, also on Thursday! evening, were devoted to home industry. I Even in conjunction with the "Open House" pro gram at the public library there was a most striking exhibit of those products of local enterprise that cargo ships and DRAFT EVADER ni ROVER C.BERGDOLL, ' millionaire brewer's son of Philade lphia, who tells remarkable story of buy ing his way out of an Amen? can army prison in this issue of The Journal. fr w I - : J I- i 9 !' 1 X '' I 0 Sheriff Alexander Not Held Liable by Jury in Damage Suit Hlll8boro, Or.. Jan. 28. A case in volving liability of , peace effieers in the pursuit; of their duties ended here Thursday , pight, 'when a. ' jury decided Sheriff George Alexander., was not "lia ble for damages 'resulting from a col lision May 13, 1920, when bis deputy, in pursuit , "of a speeder, collided with Charles L." Dubois near Aloha. The deputy, I O. Stockdale, was after a motorcycle rider who ' w:is exceeding the i speed ; limit. Stockdale collided head-on with the machine driven by Dubois, who was seriously injured. Du bois sued Sheriff- Alexander and the bonding company for $8000 damages. Carpenter's Skull ; Fractured in Fall Stepping from a scaffold at the plant of the Palniolive company. Twentieth and Roosevelt streets, J. Campbell, : a carpenter, fell to the ground about 10 :3d o'clock this morning. His skull was frac tured. At Good Samaritan hospital it was said his condition is serious. Camp bell has been living at the North Bank hotel. ins 1 mZ W. ;5 tt bring funds or the exchange of goods from distant ports. BEJfD SESSION SUCCESS This exhibit was arranged by the Chamber of Commerce on the second and third floors of the library. Thursday evening, in fact, eeemed to be dedicated to home industry. The busi ness men of Bend held the largest gath ering of the year in the Central Oregon metropolis.! It was an Oregon manulac tures meeting from beginning to end. t This evidence of progress In the cam paign for the continued .operation of in dustry to .avert business depression is gratifying. ? There can, after ail,: be but one really valuable result of the cam paign, and that the reopening of indus tries -s forced by lack of Orders to close down and the resumption' of full time op eration by those that were forced to re duce their workers and their payrolls. "CORNER" RIGHT AHEAD -k X It is quite evident that in a compara tively short time the business of the country 'will turn the corner toward new prosperity.; If Oregon people during the interval s will give deliberately helpful support to; Oregon industry the sweep of depression:' will be halted here and when good tlmea resume generally this state will lead in- forward advance. I 'Keep enterprise going now by' giving it a boost and it will not be long until Us growing momentum will, carry its boost ers - j' . .. , - In :-if 2V j -1 :rV; m-'- GOV. OLCOTI Disagrees With Executive, Who Urges Repeal of Millage Law to Provide Funds for Recon struction of Training School. By Ralph Watson State House, Salem. Or., Jan. 28. Governor Olcott and his ; highway commission are ( at cross purposes over the suggestion of the execu tive that, the quarter mfil road levy be repealed and j the money or part of it be put to the reconstruction of the boys' training school. The governor has been insistent that the suggestions of his special message, crystallized Into legislative form in the bill presented by the house committee on roads : and highways, should be heeded; by the legislature. BREACH RCEXTED , The highway commission, on the other hand, is . just .as insistent that the millage road levy should not be repealed without other revenue, at least edual in amount to that provided by the millage law, being provided to take its place. Judging, from 'what discussion you hear regarding the subject, it seems apparent that the legislature as a whole is more inclined to follow the lead of the highway commission thanr that of the , executive office a circumstance that marks the first breach between the governor and the legislature noted at the present session. It is not to be understood that any hostility has grown up as a result of the difference of opinion at least, none that lias so far; been visible to the naked- eye. . SAY IETT 2SECESSAHY But the sponsors of the bill now In the house,, confronted with the affirma tive opposition of the highway commis sion! to the repeal of the millage. law, have , reached the point where they think it is ; advisable to take the - con troversy up with the governor-, in an effort to determine some way to meet his - wishes .. as .regards the training school improvement, and at the same time, not disturb financing arrange ments of the road program. - , . , . It Is contended by the highway com mission that the. repeal of the . U-mill levy aet would reduce the , assets of the commission t to the point where it would toe compelled, either to cut down on possible bond issues by come $1,000. 000 - or else be given additional money to supplant that heretofore gained from the millage tax. It is also being argued by represen tatives : of banks and bond houses that outstanding issues of highway bonds have been sold ' on the understanding that the A -mill levy stood back of. the interest and sinking : fund charges of the securities, and that, therefore, the repeal of the law would in effect weaken the value of the securities. , MAY NOT PASS As the situation now stands, house leaders believed that the administration bill has but little chance of passage either in the house or senate unless some new plan may be devised te give more money to the highway commis sion. s Governor Olcott has been confined to his home for the past two days, but as soon as he returns to his office the tangle will be put up to him for sug gestions or solution, with the probabil ity that if he has no plan in mind to add to the highway funds, the millage law will be left where it is. BRINGS $250,000 Sale of the Hazelwood Creamery company has been closed, involving a total sum of approximately $250, 000. The Columbia Dairy Products company, which now has its head quarters at Vancouver, Wash., is the purchaser. O, R. Lee is head of the purchasing company. That the sale had been made was of ficially given out during the day by Walter Henningsen, head of the Hazel wood company. The purchasers take control February 1. S The sale includes all the butter manu facturing plant and Its business. The old company retains the poultry and egg business now being conducted under the name of the Hazelwood com pany, but the name will be changed to the Henningsen Produce company, of which A. P. Henningsen is the sole owner. ' According to announcement made by Walter Henningsen, the Henningsen Produce company will continue in busi ness, here solely in a jobbing way in butter, eggs, poultry 'and cheese prod ucts. The buttermilk department will be retained by the Henningsen Produce company. Chamberlain Makes Fresh v Start ion the Road' to Kecovery Washington. Jan. 28. WASHING TON BUREAU OP THE JOURNAL.) -Senator ' Chamberlain's condition has vastly improved over the" last few days. The cause of the recent setbacks was apparently reached by a visit to the operating room two 3ays ago. One or two favored visitors were permitted to see him today for the first time since New Year's day. " While much reduced in , : weight, the senator's color Is good and he is happy over Jthe prospect of be ing able to leave the hospital next week. HAZELwOOD PLANT . V -. f -r 4 - - - Assistant Attorney General Tells Legislative Committee Thou sands of Acres Worth Millions Are at Stake; Asks ilSjOOO. SENATE ADJOURXS Salem. Or., Jan. 28. The senate adjourned just at noon today until 11 o'clock Monday morning, several of the solons opposing the move on the ground that the legislative I ma chinery should be kept grinding! this afternoon. Most of the legislators will remain in Salem over night, gor ing on the semi-annual junket to Eu gene Saturday morning. State House, Salem. Jan. 28. Th state's title to thousands of acres of swamp and overflow land valued at several millions of dollars, is the stake for which the state land, board is playing in asking for an appro priation of $15,000 to continue in vestigations and carry on necessary litigation for regaining possession of these lands. L. A. Liiljeqvist, (assist ant attorney reneral, told the ways and means committee Thursday night. Two years ago Liljeqvist reminded the committee an appropriation Of $2.V 000 was made to the state land board for investigating alleged frands in con nection with the possession ot swamp and other state lands. URGES INVESTIGATION As a result of Investigations carried on under the act -of 1919, he pointed out, $125,000 had already been brought into the , state's Irreducible school fund through a compromise' entered into with the Pacific Livestock company. This, he . pointed out, was five times I the total amount allotted for the work, of which $5000 had been diverted to jsur vevs in connection with the exchange of state lands, and some '$8000 I still remained in the hands of the land board. i . . In addition; to the. $125,000 collected from the Pacific Livestock company as a result of - Investigations toy i the-at torney ' general's offer. Lirii.vist " de clared " that these Investigations . had revealed- sufficient : indication f fraud in connection with the possession of other lands to justify', the belief that thousands of acres of land would be regained for the irreducible school fund if the investigations could be continued and necessary litigation carried out. OBJECTIONS RAISED j It, was for this purpose, he explained that the state land bosfrd was asking for the $lS.0OO appropriation j at this (Concluded on Pag Four, Colmnn F1t) FORD EMPLOYES GALLED TO WORK Detroit, Mich., Jan. 28.-j-(U. P.) The Ford Motor company's High land Park plant has been reopened Many heads of departments, steam fitters, foremen and millwrights, were called back to work.' By Monday, it. Is said, the big plant will be operating at about 25 per cent capacity. Three days a week will be the working schedule at present. The plant has been closed for more than a month. I TVi mn wirt tt'frp railed balc tn work today will get the plant Into: shape for the resumption of production, j. The first jobs In the reopening are being given to picked men who are notified by mail. Gradual expansion will bring : thousands back to work. Eight-Hour Day In Logging Industry Is Object of Measure U Olympia. Wash.. Jan. 28. (U. P.) rtepresentaLive uttruej A.xuuicf m f uni- com county introduced into the house to day a bill calling for an eight-hour day standard in the logging industry of the state. The act stipulates that men work ing overtime in cases of : emergency should be paid time and one ' half. A bill authorizing the parole of all prisoners at the time of thejy conviction was introduced by Representative J. D. Bassett of Spokane. The j legislation would not apply to those convicted of especially serious crimes. Under it, the judge can suspend sen tence when rendered, provided he turns over the prisoner, to the custody, of the parole officer. Congress will be requested : to prohibit the manufacture and sale j of woolen goods which are made in whole or in part of "shoddy," if ar house memorial submitted today is adopted. Oregon Woman at Washington , Pleads For Flax Growers Washington, Jan. 28. (U. P.) Pro tection for flax growers was asked of the house" ways and means committee today by Mrs. W. P. Lord, wife Of for mer Governor Lord of . Oregon. ' As a part of her exhibit she presented linen sheets woven by her ancestors in 'Mas sachusetts In 1770. Foreign competition employing cheap labor at 20 cents per day -as in Japan Is stifling flax growing in Oregon, where labor is paid 40 cents per hour, she said. More Cargo Is Taken Out of S. F. in 1920 Slightly more than 42.000 tons of cargo was taken out of the Port of Portland than was taken out of the Port of San Francisco during 1920, according to data received from San Francisco today by J. W. Crichton, district agent of the United States shipping board. The figures received cover only the number of vessels arriving in the two ports to discharge cargo and the number of sailings when cargo was taken. N account Is taken of arrivals or sailings of 'vessels in ballast or of those putting in for bunkering or repairs. The records show. 184 sailings with 570,386 tons of cargo from San Francisco as against 131 sailings with 612,574 tons or cargo from Portland. San Francisco lists 164 arrivals with 616,011 tons and Portland 131 arrivals with 82,018 tons. That joint use of the Union station is not a matter which can be decided at a superficial conference was in dicated this morning when officials of four transcontinental rail lines went into the second day of negotia tions and indicated that the confer ence would continue Saturday. The rail heads are attempting to reach an agreement among themselves where by the Great Northern and S. P. S. will be .allowed continued use of the Union station, as requested by the Ore gon Public Service commission and the city of Portland. ; . Details of various arrangements were being worked over today. The matter of property exchange and terms were said to be matters under consideration. A meeting was held in the morning and an other in the afteriioon. THOSE IN CONFERENCE At the morning- meeting were Carl R. Gray, president of the Union Pacific system : J. P.' O'Brien, president of. the terminal company : Arthur C. Spenoer,' general attorney for the O-W, R. A N.; B. E. Palmer, manager of the terminal company ; .William Sproute, president of thff : ontbrni Pacific system ; Ben "C, Dey. general attorney for Oregon , lines of S. V. ; Charles Donnelly, president of the Northern Pacific' system : Judge George "T. fteid, assistant to the presi dent of the Northern Pacific ; Ralph Butfd. president of the Great Northern system, and L. C, Gilman, vice president of the Great Northern. TERMINAL IS PARAMOUNT Portland desires to lay no excessive burdens on the railroads at the present time, but Portland expects the railroads as soon as the project is within financial reach to provide the city with a com plete terminal, unification. - : This was the position taken in the Thursday afternoon - conference . with the beads of railroads serving Portland by H. B. Van Duzer, chairman of the mayor's terminal committee : Fred Wil liams and J. O. Bailey, speaking for the Oregon public service commission, and City Attorney Frank S. Grant.. . Fee Postponement Aids Stock Grazing Washington. Jan. 28. (WASHING TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.) Secretary Meredith has approved the rec ommendation of Forester Greeley, where by national forest grazing regulations are changed to permit postponement of payment of fees to August 1 for seasons opening prior to July 15. on condition that the postponed fees be increased 1 per cent. This is done to aid stockmen who may be cramped for funds. State Commissioner Drops Dead at Boise Boise, Idaho, Jan. 28. (I. N. S.) C. E. Elmer, state commissioner of public investment, dropped dead of heart dis ease while talking to a friend on the street this morning. Eight Compelling Reasons There are eight compelling reasons fbr the fast growing pop ularity of THE SUNDAY JOUR NAL. - .These reasons are its EIGHT SECTIONS of news, reviews, features, photographs, fiction and fun arranged for the convenience of the reader and attractively displayed. SECTION 1 Main news, late sports. SECTION 2 Second main news, editorial and features. SECTION 3 Heal estate, markets, finance, marine, want ads. SECTION 4--Society," fra ternal, women's clubs, Amer ican Legion,, school pews. ; -, SECTION 5 Drama, pho toplays, music. . s SECTION 6 Automotive news, sports. SECTION 7 Magazine Features, fiction, fashions . and photographs. SECTION 8 Comic. The Sunday Journal S Cents the Copy As Usual Portland Than TERMINAL PLAN IS BEING WORKED OUT TsECRECY Five . Railway Heads Barricade Themselves' in Chicago Hotel to Plan Way of Cutting DoWn So-Called Exorbitant Expenses. By Carl Victor Utile United Pros Staff Comapondent Chicago. Jan. 28. (U. P.) Fiye men barricaded themselves in a hotel room today to draw up a case de signed to pove that the wages jof two million railroad : employes should be slashed. The five holding the conference com prise the labor committee of the asso ciation of railway executives. The case they draw up will be pre sented to the standing committee of the association. This body, after passing on it, will make their presentation, in the form of a petition, to the United States railroad labor board. ; The, railroad board the supreme court of railroad capital and labor will noia a public, hearing on the petition before reaching a decision. BAIL PROBLEM IS FIRST Not until the railroad problem is set tied amicably will industrial readjust ment be accomplished, authorities gen erally admit. Normalcy will come when the rail road problem is solved, four sides in volved. These four sides are: Railroad management, one million stockholders ; two million employes and the traveling public. Railroad executives .in today's confer ence are : . , - W. W. Atterbury, vice president of the Pennsylvania lines ; W. G. Besler, presi dent of the New Jersey Central; H.IK, Byram. president of the Chicago, Mil waukee A St. Paul ; N. I). Maher, presi dent of the Norfolk & Western, andjW. K. Scott, president of the Southern Pa cif ic lines in Texas - and Louisiana. LOWER WAGES ONLY MEANS l K. T. Whiter, spokesman for the rail roads before the labor board, said today the only way for the roads to earn the 6 per cent guaranteed stockholders under the government agreements is to reduce wages. . - ' ' - ;. v "The roads are all losing money."! he aid. "Hafety of passengers is impaired because of "reduction in forces necessary (Cone hid od ni, vnr. Column Blr" "T IS NAVAL HALT SAFE? ASKSSENATE By L. C. Martin Washington, Jan. 28. (U. P.) Secretary Daniels and admirals of the navy will be asked to tell the senate naval committee whether sus pension of building for six months would be safe and expedient. I The committee will meet soon to take up Senator Borah's resolution asking information on the point. . Borah expects the navy and the com mittee to report against a suspension. He is already drafting a resolution for a complete investigation to cover these points: 1 The reported British suspension ot naval building for the purpose of study ing new ideas in naval construction. 2 Opinions of American and foreign experts as to the wisdom of building dreadnoughts, battle cruisers and other surface ships, as against submarines and aircraft. " 1 3 The manner in which navy offi cials receive and treat suggestions from naval officials of subordinate rank, con cerning innovations. 4 The relative cost of the 16-battle-ship program now under way and an aircraft-submarine policy. "I am glad," said Borah today, "that Secretary Daniels has ordered an entire resurvey of the problem. I hope that American naval men who have given their - lives to studying these questions will be given utmost freedom to let their views be known, not only to the depart ment but to the public. The public must pay and it is the public . the navy Is built to protect." Jenkins Threatens Dismissal of Men Who Take Rewards Strict orders against the taking of rewards or remuneration or police work of any kind were Issued this morning by Chief of Police L V. Jenkins. In the order, which was read by the captain of each relief before his command, the chief stated he would see to the immediate dismissal of any man who failed" to turn over within 24 hours any compensation received from citizens for work done as a patrolman. If a man who receives the money be lieves he has a just claim, he is en titled to petition the council. And If his claim Is sustained the reward will be returned to him, the order states. Oth erwise it goes into the fund of the Po lice Beneficiary association. Baseball Opens in Portland April 19 The Salt Lake club win open the 1921 Pacific Coast league baseball season in Portland. April 19, according, to an an nouncement made by Judg-i McCredie upon his return from the schedule meet ing of the Coast league Friday jnomlng. The session of the magnates was har monious, declared the judge . Tacoma Home Blown Woman Killed; Son Is Fatally Hurt Tacoma, Wash., Jan. 28. (U. P.) Fire and police officials were con ducting an investigation today to determine what caused the explo sion that last night demolished the Castner home on Sou,th Steel street. killing Mrs. Cora Castner, 65, and fatally injuring her son. Melvin, aged 26, who died in a hospital early today. '.,,'! The house is a complete wreck, no part of the ruins being left more than four feet above the level of the ground. Mrs. Castner's body was found in the ruins. Melvin Castner was found about 20 feet away. A preliminary inspection of the prem ises led Captain of Detectives Albertson to believe that the explosion was caused by an accumulation of gas tn a combi nation wood and gas range in the kitchen of the house: : . , When Melvin Castner regained con sciousness In the county hospital last night he was unable to give any expla The force of the explosion broke win dows in homes nearby. Los Angeles, Cat., Jan. 28. (U. P.) With a business man under surveillance, .police and private de tectives investigating the mysterious abduction of Mrs.. Gladys Wltherell predicted the arrest today of a man suspected of having lured the young wife from her home. . J! Coincident with this development, John C. Kratz, wealthy former Detroit ahoe manufacturer, added his personal offer of $1000 for information as to the where abouts of his daughter . This brought the rewards offered to $2000. The business man whose movements are being closely watched is said to have once had a disagreement - with Mrs. Witherell's husband. O. S. Wltherell. in vestment broker..'. It was considered pos sible she may have been kidnaped, with revenge as the motive, , : GRAY-HAIRED MAN AfPEABS A griiy-haired man whose description tallies with that of the tall stranger who waa eh leaving the Wltherell home In .i.Hj wuvi4 otjih tfiin vi juiaivii! m-wcw-i ot yesterday at the. office of Fred Erwing, Witherell's business partner. He an nounced he had important information regarding the case. Erwing seized a telephone and put In a call for the po lice. The gray-haired man became alarmed at Erwing's action and left the office, Erwing said. A demand for $50,000 ransom was re ceived yesterday from the abductors. An anonymous typewriter note ad dressed to the husband Thursday was the first confirmation that Mrs. Wltherell had bAan kidnaped. The message was slipped under the door of the Wltherell home. It read : j "Your wife Is safe. . Don't: worry until you hear further from me. Have $50,000 cash ready as you will hear from me again soon. Don't notify the police or all is lost." . The missing wife was last seen as she hurriedy left her home in company with a tall man described as "gray haired, raw boned and smr)th shaven." He had lured her away by telling ber that .a woman friend Injured in an automobile accident was calling for her. .The man evidently wore a. disguise in cluding a gray wig as Mrs. Wltherell is later reported to have been seen riding in an automobile with a young dark complexioned man. . . ,j FATHER IS FRANTIC Wltherell, pale and emaciated from lack of sleep, said he ' Is ' positive his wife was not abducted for revenge. He voiced a fear that she will be killed unless the ransom is paid. . i He is said to have received telephone messages in which threats were made that his wife would be slain unless the ransom money was forthcoming. Baby Jack, 16-months-old child of the abducted' woman, is being cared for by neighbors while the frantic husband and father is attempting to aid authorities Im finding Mrs. WitherelL - : - , i Ko4-JYl4"mTl rT TOO 1 - JLiCLCiluIUli Ul ' JL tCbl Is Being Urged by Philadelphia Leader Washington, Jan. 28. (WASHING TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL E. V. Albrecht, president of the Phila delphia Bourse and a leader in the busi ness life of that- city, conferred with Senator Penrose today to urge that Penrose exert his Influence to retain Joseph N. Teal as a member of the ship ping board. .Albrecht said he and his associates are Impressed by Teal's ability and capacity for handling ship ping problems. He referred especially to a report which, he says,' Teal is prepar ing to show the shipping board's accom plishments in Wartime, not in defense of waste which occurred, but to give credit for the real task of accomplish ment under difficulties. Freedom, Is Initial Demand of Ireland, " States De,Valera Dublin. Jan. 28. (U.. P.) "President" de Valera today outlined Ireland's peace terms. The first step. The said, would be for Great Britain to acknowledge Ireland's right to independence. The next step wouid.be to negotiate a suitable agree ment .ft. relations between the , two countries. - - J - Sinn Fein will not insist upon Isola tion from' the empire, he said. (IDNAPER S TRAIL BECOMES WARMER SHOPLIFTERS ARE ARRESTED Organized Gang Trailed as It Preys on Portland ancTOther ; Coast Stores) Burnside Stct Hotel Room Holds Stolen Goods Seven alleged shoplifters, who are said to have stolen about $7500 worth of silks and furs from large clothing stores in coast cities, and who were trailed by; local agents of the William J. Burns Detective agency; were arrested by city detec tives this morning. For weeks operatives of . the agency- have been trailing the people . . through) coast cities In an effort to gather enough - evidence to warrant-an arrest. Since last Saturday five. Portland clothing stores are said to have fallen victims 4o two members of the gang. Raiding of their room at the Broadway hotel, at'. Burnside street and Broadway, is said tr have revealed hundreds of dollars' worth of valuable 'merchandise belonging to Portland merchants. Among the articles recovered were seven silk dreaites worU over $50 each and a $200 mink coat. THOSE UNDER ARREST Those under arrest are Joe Marlines, -25 ; Grace Burke. 31 : Mary Martlner 27 ; Louis Villegas, 40; MOemil Monrho.. 44 ; Frank Florey, 20; and Julian Chnpllo, 21. Martinez has been formally charged with larceny! from a store, ' while the others are held on open charges of In vestigatlon..- Police say their . have evi dence to prove that Martinez and Grace Burke visited the stores and got the merchandise, i while the others peddled it to North End women and second hand cfcthing ' stores at a very low figure. Some pieces t of new clothing wbrth high as $50 are said to have sold f6r $10. K. O. Mlley, local superintendent of the Burns agency, said Martinez is the head of an organized band of shoplifter,, who have been terrorizing his clients through out the Northwest. , ALLEGED METHODS GIVEN Miley said: Martinez arid Grace Burks would enter a woman's clothing store and ask to see high priced merrhandlne. Martinez is said to have nervously' ashed the clerks to bring out more merchandise, and to have told the woman, who la Bnt-1 to have posed as hi,wife,- to try ti.n clothes-on-i The woman and the clerk (Conrladcd on Pc Ftoar, Column 8rtn) LOTISSO JURY IS At Z o'clock this afternoon, the Jury in the case of the state agaiast Thomas Lotlsao had failed to reach a verdict, having been out since 4:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon. ( . Gossip around the courtroom was that there is a disagreement over the nature of the punishment that should be In flicted. That .Is mere surmise, however, as nothing has come from the Jury room indicating the reason for the long de liberation. A curious crowd hung . around the courtroom and Its entrance all tortmoon. patiently , waiting for the Jury to come in. ' j At noon the Jury was taken out for lunch. 1 . , Final arguments were concluded Thurs day and Judge Tucker delivered his In structions ; to the Jury before 5 o'clock. The Jurors retired and -considered the evidence until 11 o'clock when they went to bed. ... Portlanders Will Have Chance to See Big Timber Wolf The big timber wolf recently'raptur - ISJ Government Trapper Amen, near j scadla.j in the SanUam national for-. est, probably will be brought to Ijortland Hunday or Monday, fttanley G. Jewett,: head of the predatory anlmafl vision of' the United States biological survey, -announced this morning. Thr wolf wjll Cy-.f displayed alive in the window of Honey-N man's Hardware store, after which It will be sent to the National Zoological, park In Washington, I. C, upon the re quest of jthe park superintendent. . Inclement weather and deep snows have delayed the transfer of the animal to Portland. The wolf Is a distinct species known only in the North west. - Rivers and Harbors Bill Cut Down and May Hit Columbi Washington, Jan. 28. IU..P.) Appro priations for rivers and harbors work during the next fiscal year were placed at $15,250,000 In a bUl .reported by the . house appropriations committee ' today. Government departments had asked for $57,000,000- The sum allowed is about $3,000,000, more than for the current year. The cut means that little money will be- available for continuing improve-' menta, as most of it will go for main tenance. Army engineers will decide where It shall be sent. General Taylor, chlef'of engineers, who was" constantly pressed to hold everything down Ui.th lowest sum necessary," Indicated that if cuts were made In the appropriation for Columbia river, it shouW be by saving $110,000 proposed for New York. Th committee seemed to favor this, learltf $675,000 available as tentative amount for maintenance. STILL UNDECIDED i