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. Th Dramatic' Section of The Sunday
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whom you really w.ant to Know things.
VOL. XIX NO 281. 1Z&r oZ.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 31, 1921. FOURTEEN PAGES
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TAN OS flVK CENTS
WOMAN WHO
WAS KIDNAPED
IS RESCUED
Shotgun Posse Overpowers 2 Ab
ductors, Who Held Pretty Los
"-. Angeles N Matron ' Captive j Dr.
' Brougher Advocates Hanging.
By Charles 12. Hughes
. Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 31. (I. K.
S.) Admitting: they had kidnaped
Mrs. Gladys Witherell, attractive
young liollywood woman, In hope of
a 29,000 ransom the thlrdabduc
tion In which they had been impli
cate, Floyd and Arthur J. Carr.
cousins, were arrested early ' today
and helJ under heavy guard In: the
city, JulI while Mrs. Witherell .was
restored to her husband and 16-months-old
baby. Jack; unharmed..
According' to the police. Floyd Carr
admitted he and his cousin committed a
kidnaping in (Portland. Or., and another
in Denver. Ih Denver, it was said, the
men kidnaped a woman named Mabel
Clark and held her for ransom. The
men wre- then placed incommunicado
. and further
details of these two cases
could not be'
NEARCH IS
, The rescue
. apprehension
a conclusion
kbtalned by reporters.
DBAHATIC r f
of Mrs. Witherell and the
of the kidniyjers brought to
one I xne mosi qramaiic
and sensational
hunts in California
criminal annals.
Arthur J. Carr" was arrested as he
stepped front A' telephone booth in a
downtown drugstore, after telephoning a
final ransom (demand to O. S. Witherell,
- husband of the kidnaped woman, at the
family home I in Whitley avenue.
: Then came a two hours' grilling- of the
prisoner, a fast trip to a lonely canyon
cabin near Corona, 54 miles east of Los
Angeles, and a , 'thrillingly: dramatic
climax to the kidnaping plot in which
, Mrs. Witherell was located and rescued,
-and Floyd Crr, the 'gray haired1' man
. who lured hejr from home, was captured
after a flercja fight.-;
GCAHDS WATCH" CBOWB8
As details of the plot were learned the
. two prisoners - were, kept under close
guard and reserve officers held at police
iieadquartersL to prevent possible mob
Motion.- JLarge crowds gathered about
the Jaii" this morning and curiously
peered through, the jail windows, but
, uniformed officers kept everyone mov4
ing and prevented blockade of the street.
. The thrilling arrests came as the kid
napers werej planning their coup for de
livery of the ransom tonight.
The last word from the kidnapers to
O- S. Witherell had instructed him , to
leave his hoime promptly at .8 :30 o'clock
-tonight in an automobile. ' . "
The instructions to Witherell were
that he was to drive .alone and at a
moderate speed to the Valley boulevard,
then proceed until he came to a cross
road where there was to be a red lantern.
There, according' to - the kidnapers'
plans. Witherell was to drop the $20,000
by the side! of the red lantern, turn his
car promptly and return home. p -
In the meantime the kidnaperaHheld
(Concluded on Ftff rVur, Cohunn Three)
ire completely destroyed the one
story frame building owned by F,' A.
Smith at-J
Oak Grove early Sunday
morning.
' stocks of
exception
The . building and .he
the stores in it with the
of. six automobiles stored
in the garage of Mrs. M. H. Hobkirk,
j were totally destroyed. The total
loss estimated by Smith was approx
imately $l 0,0 00, partially, insured.
; The' stores occupying the building were
. a confectionery store and waiting room
of the P. . L. & P. of Mrs. Hobkirk, a
butcher shop owned by D. N. Oiler, the
FLAMES DESTROY
OAK GROVE STORES
. - .! .
. postoffice ' and a school, supply store
"? owned by jMrs. V., G. Benvie, a grocery
store owned by F. M. Little and a garage
. owned by j David Smith. '. All the -stocks
r lii the stores were a total loss. A por
. t ion was Covered, by insurance. (
' WIBELES PLAYS PABT
J The fire which was discovered Sunday
i morning by a party of people returning
from Oregon City apparently started in
' th rear of the postoffice. By the time
. the alarm, had been sounded the fire was
beyond control and the only effort of
those aroused was to save as much of
. the movable stock as possible. ; Six auto
mobiles stored -in the garage were run
oiit and saved; while two machines ,un
dergoing repairs, and the tools of "the
garage were destroyed. Oak Grove has
no organized fire fighting company.
s : The structure will be rebuilt, according
' to the owner.-? ."; .v..:.4 .'-;." v," ;
;. Amateur radio operators were on the
; job when the fife destroyed part of the
wires and threatened the rest of the
telephone system and in the morning
' hours notified the Portland Railway,
Light & - power ' company of the cc-ndi-1
tion, of its high tension Wires.- . . .
COMPANY NOTIFIED- ; i
' It was J. W. Julian and Edwin Sheets
, of ,Oak Orove who wirelessed news of
' the fire to) Portland." Julian has a signal
' - corps wireless telephone set in his home
" which Sheets operated that night. At
mst ociocK Sunday morning, with the
telephone j wires out. they got Into com
4 ' munication with George Crite'ser, , 96t
t ' Vernon street. -Portland., who has a re
' ceiving and spark set. They told Critesei
I . to have the power company take care low
; us wires With the result that a man was
- at once sent out. Criteser stood by un-:
til 8 o'clofck Sunday-morning in. case he
should bej needed to deliver any further
information. Amateur operators- from
Silverton also picked up the messages of
the f ire,
MRS. WITHERELL
.TELLS STORY OF
HER
' Los Angeles, Jan, 31. (I. N. S.)
Enfolded in the. protectin-j arms of
her husband as she was being hur
ried from the scene of her capti-vity
in a high powered automobile to the
side of her 16-monthg-old baby Jack.
Mrs. Gladys Witherell "sobbed out
her story 5earlyt today, reciting in
graphic detail the;, incidents of her
abduction, step ,by step,' from the
time shewas stolen from hef, home
ufitil she was rescued at an early
hour this morning. . V 'i ' .
fAs the frail little wife and mother told
her story, she paused at intervals from
I-the pain of a possibly dislocated shoul
der. On her neck were the black finger
print marks of the hands of Floyd Carr,
who twice Choked her to stop her cries
as "he fought to free herself while being
spirited away. , '.Vl , :
iEB OWX 8TOBY '
Her is Mrs. Witherell's story, .told in
her own words; . '
"When the gray-haired man came to
my home In Hollywood he was in a hur
ry and told me that I was wanted by a
woman who was hurt in. an automobile
accident, and. that she was' calling for
me. I thought it : was my husband's
mother, who was coming to have dinner
with me that! evening, and I hurried
away as fast as possible.
. "When we got to the machine, which
was waiting in front of my home, there
was another man at the wheel. Floyd
Carr helped me into the automobile. We
had so more than been "seated in the car
when the man driving opened the car up
at reckless speed. I thought nothing of
that, however, feeling that he was hur
rying me to the eide of my husband's
mother, who needed me. : v .
TRIES TO HALT HIM ;
. "We turned the corner from Whitley,
the street my home is on, to Sunset
boulevard and kept on speeding toward
town. We got to Sunset boulevard and
he turned and kept right on speeding.
They had not gone very far when I treid
to stop him.' ? 4 '
. "I thought you said the accident was
on Hollywood boulevard?' I asked. I
was beginning to become frightened. He
Baid, 'No, Vou misunderstood me.' Then
DEAD AT SALEM
Dallas. Or., Jan.' 31. Thomas J.
Campbell of Dallas. : one of the . fa
mous Campbell jbrothers. Oregon's
oldest twins, idled ; Sunday at the
Deaconess hospital at Salem after a
lingering Illness that had confined
him 'for nearly a year. He was 87
years old October 8, and had been
a resident of Oregon for more than
67 years. d
The Campbell twins were bornin Mar.
gan county, Illinois, October 4. 1833. to
J. G. and A. E. Campbell, who were later
listed among the Willamette valley's best
known pioneers. The twins lived in Iowa
when, on April It, 1853, they started the
long overland trek behind ox teams to the
Oregon country.
TKey arrived in ; Polk county October
4. 1833, and there settled in the Salt
Creek neighborhood, where the parents
acquired a donation land claim. Thomas
Campbell spent most of his active life
as a farmer, although.in the last several
years he had been inactive. Only once
in the more-than 97 years that the twins
lived within hailing distance of one an
other was either one of them ever out
side of the Btate. j . - ,
. Thomas Campbell is survived by his
twin brother, James M.' Campbell, who
lives. here, .and by a son and daughter.
Mrs. Campbell died some, years ago.
It is reported that the ' emigrant
tram wiui wnicn me uampDeu twins
came Into Oregon" included two wagons,
16 oxen, four horses, 14 cows, one mule
and a hack. When the caravan arrived
it boasted only five of the 14 cows, five
oxen,, the mule and one wagon.
Wfcen the train reached the Columbia
river Its members built a little scow and
floated it down the river while the twins
drove the remaining animals down the
Columbia river gorge over a trail that
has since become the Columbia river
highway. ' . .
l j
Policeman Accused
Of Retaining Seized
Liquor, Is Dismissed
Patrolman. Marvin Wood was dis
missed from ' the police department this
morning by Chief of Police Jenkins,
after complaint had been made that 12
pints of confiscated whiskey had not
been turned over to the property clerk.
Cecil Evans. Clarence McDonald, Pat
Maury. Elmer Frasier and Mrs. M. XL
McDonald complained to Lieutenant
Harvey Thatcher Sunday night tha
Wood ' and another man had been seen
at their home with a suitcase supposed
to contain whiskey and that their con
duct was "objectionable."
f Jenkins stated this morning that Wood
was questioned by Thatcher and ad
mitted that he i had arrested the man
with the suitcase of whiskey, but had
later, let him go, .Wood- refused to tell
the name of the man, Jenkins stated. ?
Wood is a new patrolman on proba
tion, and has no appeal to the civil serv
ice board. His dismissal will take place
immediately. ;
Pennsylvania Price
- Is: Cut by Standard
Pittsbttrg, Pa, Jan. 31. (I. ' N. S.)
The Joseph Seep Agency, purchasers for
Standard Oil,, announced - a cut of 50
cents in , Pennsylvania crude oil, the
new price being S5. Foar other best
grades are cut 25 cents each and yhe
set light, $3.75 Somerset heaw. S3.5A?
Ragland, IL75. The new prices are ef
fective immediately i
FAMOUS TV N S
ABDUCTION
they kept .right on speeding the car, and
I made up my mind that I must get out
STRUGGLES WITH MAX
"When-I pressed him for details of the
accident and the make of the car, he said
it was a sedan. I tried to think and
could not remember any relatives or per
sonal friends who owned a sedan. I im
mediately was seized with a fear that al
most overwhelmed me. ; Immediately I
began to struggle to get out of the car,
but he held, me and kept telling me that
everything was all right and to keep
quiet. : . . . ' ; .. - ? -
"I screamed at the top of my. voice,
shouting 'Murder ! as loud as I could,
but there was nobody passing us to
hear' my call for help. I kept on fights
ing the man and trying to igec out, and
I tore the ' rail robe from the back of
the seat in my struggle. - All the : time
I kept kicking and fighting him, but be
was too strong for me and held me
tight while the other man kept the car
running at high speed. '
CHOkED ISTO UJTCOTISCIOrSSESS
. "Then, when I kept up my cries for
help, he put his 1 hands around my
throat and choked me. I never will
fosget the awful sensation as I was
rendered unconscious. Firsts it seemed
that everything turned red, and ithen
I couldn't see at all. 'He had thrown
me down on the floor of the car- when
he started choking me, and I Was un
conscious for some time, i
"Finally I regained consciousness and
then I laid- still in the btSttom of the
car, trying to make up my mind what
to do. From ' the conversation of the
two "men I learned that we were driv
ing toward Vernon.
, "I decided to make one more -try to
get out. Slowly and cautiously I
reached the lock on the side of the
hear and opened the side door. Quick
as a flash I hurled myself out, feet
first, and was clear of the machine ex
cept my neck and shoulders when he
grabbed me and struggled to get me
back In the .car . ;
MAKES DESPERATE FIGHT ;
"I kept kicking and screaming all the
time and some pi ace aiong tne une
lost one of my shoes. I tore he side
curtains off the machine In my fight to
free myself and I fought him desperately.
(Concluded on Pxe Four, Cottuna One)-
4
KILLED'
BY
FALLING WALL
Providence,' R. I., Jan. 31. (I.- N,
S.)-r-Four firemen , wer instantly
killed and 1 a others were seriously
Injured today when brick wall col
lapsed at the height of a fire .which
destroyed the Matthewson- building,
a business block, at 99 o 103 Wash
ington "street, f ,
The dead are: i
Arthur Cooper,. Thomas Kelliher, John
McTague, Lieutenant MichaeL : '
Seventeen other 'firemen are at the
Rhode Island hospital suffering from nu
merous injuries. Several of them" may
die and several may be crippled for life.
WAIL TOFFIES OTB , :
The mall fell with a crash that could
be. heard for a mile. It collapsed more
than an hour after the fire was discov
ered and at a time when the interior "of
the building was in flames.
Clemehce street offered the best loca
tion from which to fight the blaze. The,
22 firemen buried under the falling wail
were on Uus street or on fire escapes on
the side of the building which parallels
that street ' . . ; i
Without a moment's warning the two
stpry wall began to sway. Some of the
firemen jumped. Others," oblivious to
anything but the fire they were fighting,
held their positions. The heavy wall fell,
burying 23 men beneath "tons of brick
and stone, - '
DOCTORS ABE CALLED
Other firemen and police working, on
the other sides of the block temporarily
abandoned the fighting of the flames to
render aid to the dead and dying firemen.
Harried telephone calls were sent for
doctors, nurses and for priests. -
Volstead Act May
Be Submitted in
Lower House Today
State House, , Salem, Jan. 3 L Agree
ment, has been reached, so it was defi
nitely rumored, at the. capital this
morning, to Introduce the Volstead act
in the house be fere the day's work hatf
been concluded.
The bill is supposed to be on its way
from Portland. It, will In effect remodel
the terms of the federal act so as to
conform- with state administration, but
will hold to the- general form and terms
of the. Volstead bill. ; It will provide for
the absolute repeal of the. Oregon bone
dry and substitute the federal law in Its
place and stead.
According to report a conference of
senators and representatives was held on
Saturday at which it was decided that
the bill should be drafted and intro
duced, all of those present at the meet
ing agreeing to support both in the
house and senate should it be brought
out on the floor... It is said, also, that
this group has been Informed by various
members both of the upper and lower
houses that they will support the bill
should It be brought in. : ?
British Opposition '
To 42- Year Gennan
Export Tax; Shown
London. Jan. SL I. N. S.) Leading
British newspapers today- generally ap
proved the decision of the Inter-allied su
preme council to Impose 226.800.ooo.wio
gold marks Indemnity on Germany but
mo wuij man a. . iMorinciilfe : organ-
me xeasiouity, or imposing a tax "upon
Germany's export trade for the next 42
years. -. ., -. t
FIREMEN
NEW STORM
HEADED FOR
NORTHWEST
Warnings Displayed This Morn
ing Along i Coast By Weather
- Man; North Head Cut Off
From , World j Wires Are Down.
New storm warnings were dis
played along the Oregon and Wash
ington coasts, at 9:30 o'clock 'this
morning, indicating the approach of
another wave of the storms that
lashed the coast Saturday and Sunr
day. That, the new visitation could
be looked for within a few hours
was the expectation, based on new
reports at the weather bureau here.
With only the short range wireless
sending apparatus in working order, the
weather bureau station at North Head
was still practically cut off. from com
munication with the world this morning
as a result of the hurricane that contin
ued over the weekend. v
Late this morning "the 5 a. m. report
was . picked up' from North Head and
relayed to the local weather office. The
report said that a strong southeast gale
was blowing. A strong gale Is usu
ally between 48 and 56 miles an hour.
The cyclonic winds of Saturday after
noon carried away all telegraphic wires
from North -Head to Fort Canby, and
E. L. Wells, local weather forecaster,
says he doubts if sufficient funds
are available to rebuild the wires.. All
the long range sending antennae at the
station was destroyed in .the storm.
Sunday night the station got two
words to the outside. They were : "Fresh
gales." These . words were picked up at
Seattle and relayed to the local offices.
STORM RAISES HAVOC AT
IX WACO; BOATS WRECKED
Ilwaco, Wash., Jan. 31. Thousands of
dollars in damage occurred in and about
Ilwaco from a hurricane which struck
this district at 3 o'clock Saturday after
noon, tearing boats from their moorings
in Baker's bay -and dashing them to
pieces on the Ilwaco bulkhead, unroofing
uuuuuiKs uia leveiung iciepnone ana
ligit wires. The peak of the gale lasted
nearly an. hour. ,
The new high school building was
damaged and. the. livery barn of A." T.
Samuels was .wrecked. The roof of the
high school was carried away. ' -Flee
broke out a in several buildings:-and
houses but was checked before appreci-.
aDie damage resulted.
The O-W. R & N. and county docks
at Nahcotta on Willapa harbor were
blown away. One of the big radio masts
at North Head was blown down and
several houses were demolished hear by,
The heavy brick wall of the North Head
lightkeeper's house bulged from the
force of the gale.
A canvasback duck was blown through
a heavy plate glass window at Chinook,
Chickens belonging to Ilwaco fanciers
were carried as far as Sea View, two
miles north of Ilwaco. Shingles filled
the air ror a time.
A pool hall in Chinook was blown off
its foundation, boats were driven ashore
(Concluded on F&fte Three, Column Two)
Mrs. R. H. Thomas,
Wife of Clerk of
School Board, Dead
, .. .
Mrs. Hat tie. Elizabeth Thomas, wife of
K. oH. Thomas, cierk and business man
ager of the school board, died at about 4
o'clock this morning at her home, 822
Division street,: of heart disease; from
which she had been suffering tnr fntir
years, and which reached an acute stage
two weeks ago.
Mrs. Thomas was born April 24. 1878,
at Grand Ronde, Polk county. Or., the
daughter of Gilbert C. and Louisa Litch
field. She removed to Salem at the
age of six months, with her parents,
and came to Portland in August. 1896.
On November 25, J903, she was married
to K. H. -Thomas. . She Is survived by
her husband, three children. Genevieve
R Thomas, 16, Mildred A. Thomas, 13.
and Robert H. . Thomas Jr., 13; Jier
father and three sisters, Mrs. G. G.
Shirley of McMinnville, Mrs. Peter Mars-
den of Portland and Mrs. Stephen A.
San ror d of. Roseburg.
Funeral arrangements will be made
later.
Married in Haste;
Divorced in Anger;
Home Is War Center
Wenatchee, Wash.. Jan. 31. Wedded
on a few hours' acquaintance Mr. and
Mrs. T. T. Figlinski became involved-in
domestic war while , Mrs. ' Figlinski's
son was fighting with the German army
and Figlinski's two sons were with the
A. E. F., according to testimony in the
most sensational divorce case ever tried
in Chelan, county, Mrs. Figlinski ' won
the divorce, household goods and a home
being purchased on the installment plan.
Mrs. JTigiinski, formerly Mrs.. Emilia
Leise, is a German and 'Figlinski is a
Pole. They met in Vancouver, B. C on
the morning of September 17, 1917. and
were married at z :30 o'clock that after
noon. During the trial they became ex
cited and testified in their native
tongues, i . . , : ; ..-"' . .. ..
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0. A. C. Foresters to
S end Student South
Oregon,4 Agricultural . College. ,Corval-
lis, Jan. sSt A representative j of the
O. A. C Forestry club will be sent to
Berkeley in February to attend the in
ternational association of forestry clubs.
The local club is a member of the na
yonal body. The loggers are planning a
noiar.ur ji annurv a .
Johnson Must
Do Dance Alone
a I - . i
inese
Declares Colby
"vvrashlngton, Jan Jl. tl-'N. S.)
'There is no secretivenestf In the
state department'satterapta: to , set
tle the Japanese: situation. ' Secretary
of. State Colby waid, today; .replying
to a statement yby. Senator. Johnson
of .California, demanding immediate
publicity concerning the- proposed
settlement. ,- :;yv: -- -
"We are handling this incident and
discussion in a way which seems to us
correct," Secretary Colby said. "All
our actions are in conformity with the.
recognised media for conducting such
proceedings. We cannot let our con
sideration be ; influenced by comment or
interviews. The responsible members of
the senate will understand the course
matters are taking. No political or
oratorical - exigencies will tempt us to
depart from a rational course. There
Is no secret! veness or, indirection here.
The matter cannot be settled in a co
vert manner. If Senator Johnson wants
to do ,a ghost dahee around this pro
posal, he must do it without me."
Meanwhile Senator Johnson has de
manded of Colby that the report of
Ambassador Roland S. Morris on his
negotiations with Baron Sbidehara,
Japanese ambassador, be made public.
E
Augusta, Maine, Jarv 31. (I. N.
S.) Governor Parkhurst of Maine,
whose election in September was the
beginning of the countrywide Re
publican landslide, died at the ex
ecutive mansion here today follow
ing a short illness of diphtheretic
sore throat. . .
30,000 Owners of
Untagged Autos of
Oregon Face Arrest
! Salem.idr Jan. . 31.--More ihaa 50,000
Oregon automobile owners will be sub
ject to. aj-rest nd fine under. the provi
sions of the automobile registration law
when the .peace officers over the state
begin to round up delinquents Tuesday.
This Is based on the total registration
of last year when 103,000 automobiles
bore the Oregon license tag. .
It is altogether probable that there are
many more cars than that In the state
at. this" time subject to the registration
law. but not more than 74,000 will .be
entitled to use of the public highways
after tonight under a strict interpreta
tion of the registration law, for that is
the number which has applied for the
little green license plate up to this date.
There can be no valid excuse for the
delinquents either. Secretary of State
Koier began to sound the 'warning two
months before the new year dawned,
urging automobile owners to d their
license tag shopping early. k Then at' the
first of the year, laboring under a de
luge of applications that had completely
swamped the registration department, he
L extended the days of grace for delin
quents until February 1.
The department has been right up
with, the applications for a week and
licenses have been going out on the day
applications are received, yet more than
30.000 automobiles in the -state are not
provided with the credentials which indi
cate their compliance with the registra
tion law. .
Fine Stock . Farm,
Once Operated by
Frank E. Alley, Sold
Roseburg, Jan. ' 31. The Bona Day
stock farm of 612 acres, located 2
miles east of Roseburg, has been pur
chased by P. W. Beckley from the
United States Mortgage & Investment
company of Portland. This farm was
at one 'time one of the finest stock
ranches In the county, conducted by
Frank jbi Alley, then rated as one of
the best stockmen in the state. Alley
later was accused of making fraudu
lent entries of timber lands, but left
the country and enlisted in the Cana
dian army, going overseas in the world
war. " ,
The farm is located on the main high
way and is an ideal place for a rural
home. Buckley will improve It to a
high state of cultivation and will erect
a fine dwelling and farm buildings this
spring, .planning to make it his perma
nent home. One of the - finest strings
of racers in the state was kept on .this
farm at one time.
Port of Seattle s
Winner in Stilt of
0.-W. E. M. Co.
, , ' - f
Washington, 1 Jan. 31. (U. P.) The
port of Seattle in the supreme court to
day won its fight 'to o6tahVthe rights to
a valuable strip of waterway area in
East waterway. Seattle harbor, claimed
by the Oregon & Washington Railroad
company. 'i . i ..
Sabbath Bathing
Would Be'Stopped
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New York. Jan.'' 31. All- week-end i
naming wui nave to oe aoite on Satur
day night hereafter If the : Brooklyn
Auxiliary of the Woman's ? National
Sabbath alliance has "its way. The or
ganization will send a delegation to Al
bany to push a law. banning Sunday
bathinr.
ADoutjapa
MAIN
GOVERNOR
DIES
SUDDENLY
PORT DICKER
WOULD OUST
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Dropping of Grain Man and Elec
tion of Three New Commis-
; $67$' Tentative Compromise
On Big Six and Joseph Issues.
State House, Salem, Jan. 31. At a
conference , held during ' the noon
hour between .Frank Warren, Sena
tors Moser, Banks, Joseph, Dtennis.
Ellis, Ritner and a number of others,
& ' tentative agreement was reached
concerning the personnel of the Port
of. Portland commission which- ap
parentiy has ended the port consoli
dation battle.'
It was . decided . to .eliminate Max
Houser as a member of the 'commission
and to. elect three new men, ,T. l,(Ma
honey, H. L. Corbett and W. L. Thomp
son.' This will increase the membership
of the commission by two. - If Jthls com
promise Is finally ratified by the. senate
during the afternoon session the port
program will go over to the house with
out controversy and the battle over i(
will be ended. - :J s - J"
COMPROMISE TENTATIVE
Out of the various skirmishes that
have taken place during the, week-end
adjournment a' tentative compromise has
been effected." whih if carried out to a
conclusion will do much to smooth the
li'rinkles of dissension out of the legis
lative brows and bring about the solu
tion of the consolidation program.'
There has been no doubt in the minds
. . i. , i . . J . , . . .
ui uidh ciose 10 inc iigni lor several
days that the proposition of North Port
land hafrbor improvement would pro over
without: trouble in the senate, and in all
probability without much difficulty in
the house. -t
The Warren -Moser faction has agreed
to include 8350,000 in the emergency ap
propriation for the purpose of dredging
out Oregon siougn, while' the Eastern
Oregon senators, who hold the balance
of power In the senate, .are , standing
solidly ; ror definite terms in the law
which wilt make, it mandatory upon the
commission to. cemmence' the work at
once, or as soon as it Is possible to do so,
, This, has ,narrow.ed5 , the -., contention
down - to the question of the commis
sion's authority to buy land, either tot
channel improvement or for dumping the
spoils of dredging, in other words the
power to carry out the Swan island
(Concluded on Pise Four, Column Six)
en Island Is
Suggested, as Site
For Big Exposition
That Hayden island be selected as the
site of the 1925 Atlantic-Pacific Highway
and Electrical exposition and that it be
preserved after the exposition as a public
park and automobile -tourist - camp
ground has been suggested to F. E.
Beach., president of the Hydro-Electric
league,' in a statement by the East Side
Business Men's club.
"Hayden island," reads the statement,
"contains 779.34 acres assessed at 879,595
or about 8100 an acre. Hayden island is
situated ideally.
To the Portland exposition could then
be added the charm of water environ
ment such as was possessed by the St.
Louis and Chicago expositions, asserts
the club secretary, L M. Lepper. The
filling of low places in the island as an
incident to the improvement of North
Portland harbor is also proposed.
Without waiting the- dectston of rail
road conferees as to the general propo
sition of unifying railroad terminals in
the city, the East Side Business Men's
club has also circularized city officials
any many citizens urging the location of
a grand central passenger terminal on the
east side on a site bounded by the
Willamette river. Sullivan's gulch,' East
Burnside . street and Union avenue.
Bill Would Allow
Lawyer $6250 Fee
In State Land Case
State : House, Salem. " Jan. ; 11. The
comfortable fee. of $6250 will be paid
C. B.' McConnel for work , as attorney
and for expenses In the suit of the state
against ; the Pacific Livestock company
in the circuit court of Harney county.
from- November of 1914 to November of
1919, if a bill introduced by Representa
tive P. J. Gallagher in the house this
morning becomes a law. The bill sets
forth that the reason for this compensa
tion is that through this suit the state
has secured the payment from the cor
poration ef $125,000 and provision that
approximately 10,000 acres of Oregon
lands shall be sold off In small tracts
to actual settlers. . .
20 Applicants Pass
Medical Examination
Results of the .semi-annual examina
tion for prospective physicians January
4, 5 and 6 were announced ; today by
the state board of .medical examiners.
Thirty-seven applicants took the ex
amination, of whom ' seven ; failed.
Those who passed were : Dr. 1 P. . V.
Lacy, Dr. Amos -vAvety. Dr. ; J. ,M.
Hanchey, Dr. G. W. Millett, Dp B.
De Rosa. Dr. C. LA Taylor, Dr. W. J.
Crandall, Dr. O. E. Holt, Dr. Evan
Ardiet, Dr. Gladys ,C. Anderson, : Dr.
L.5 C. Marshall, Dr. C. H. Beaumont,
Dr. J. L. Scripture, Dr. S. H. Wise,
Dr T. ' W 'Johnston, Dr J. T.t Mackey,
Dr. Joseph .-McConnelL Dr. W. P. Rich
ardson. Dr. K. D. Oeer. "Announcement
was made , by U. C Coe, secretary of
the board. . . -f "
ARTHUR GAPPER
TT S. SENATOR from
J . Kansas who warns of
7"- great world conflict
between white and yellow
races, unless nations disarm.
WAR HELD MENACE
TO THE WHITE RAGE
Washington, Jan. 31. ;(U. P.) -The
white race will fall before 'the
yellow in a great world war, unless
the now dominant peoples abandon
mil tar ism for the constructive and
friendly policies of peace, , Senator
Arthur Capper. Kansas, predicted to
day in an interview urging disarm
ament as the only wise and progres
sive course. -T.
' Should militarism continue, : said
Capper, "there will be long conflict be"
fore the light of civilisation is snuffed
out. but it will be put out If wars and
preparations for wars go on. ,
"Another great world war will,' I be
lieve. Jbring about the downfall of the
now dominant races as proof of their
unfitness to rule the world peaceably
and wisely. The white man is already
far outnumbered by the yellow, j Unless
the white man's policy is constructive,
commercially fair and honestly friendly,
he will have to step down and the yellow-skinned
peoeple with - their alien
customs and pagan ideas will rule. j
Capper, then pointed out that of the
appropriations' for the fiscal year i of
1920, 68 per cent went to pay for past
wars; 25 percent.wa usod in preparing
for war, while only 7 per cent went for
civil activities, public works, science and
education. .' ,-: - j. r '
"The military Moloch,? 'continued Cap-per-,'t.is
absorbing 93 per. cent ,of the
federal . revenues, which -exceed $4,000,
000,000 a year. And constant demands are
made for: more. With the government
unable to raise sufficient taxes! to meet
a $2,000,000:000 deficit, with nearly $$,
000,000,000 of war obligations maturing
within two years, and with the! treasury
borrowing $200,000,000 . from . month to
month at S per cent interest, we are
asked for more armaments. - j - ' ;
There are signs, I am glad to say; of
a return to reason. - Senator Harding's
plea for an army of (150,000, the Borah
resolution for a disarmament conference
and his later one ? for ,a suspension of.
naval building for- six months) and : the
reduction of the army by . congress to
175,000, all have given : a great impetus
to public opinion. , ;i .
The world won't tamely (see .this
country embroiled In another war.
America Is civilization's sheet, , anchor,
and civilization knows ' it, , Therefore,
why continue ' the ' folly of great arma
ments?" - - - . M 1
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See F-arm in Bottle of Catsup
Home PatronageGives Visions
By Marshall N. Dana ,
A bottle of catsup on the restau
rant' table. ' "-. X - ':, :,.( V
Who could see a farm In it? J, Or
many farms? And neatv homes sur
roiindd .by rows upon ypws of vig
orous vines on tall - stakes and red
fruit gleaming among green leaves?
Who could see -In the catsup bottle.
iir oHHitlnn in (fa Mi1v fulfilled nrOinlH
... l.. -t .
of enhanced flavor . for fish and meat,
the background of an Oregon Industry
that, if successful, supports agriculture
In Western Oregon, manufacture. Job
bers andiscores of retail dealers? 4
OSEGOX PRODUCT FACTOE
There are 20 brands of tomato catsup
on the market in Oregon, today. Four
teen of these are in sufficient demand to
be a factor in the market One of these
brands Is Oregon catsup.
It was placed on the market four
years. ago. Berore it could meet compe
tition, its Quality, and flavor had to be
as good as other varieties. There waJ
also a problem of salesmanship con
nected with it. l - ' - ;
It ranks today in volume of sales with
any other one variety. But'lt 1 said
that the natural advantages for tomato
growing are so great in Oregon that
catsup manufacture could M made a
leading Jndustry. that many tlmes as
much could be sold In other states as is
now consumed in Oregon under all
brands, and - that Oregon agrlctutture
would gain thereby one of ' its biggest
boosts, - " .!',";
The manufacture of other relishes' has
well passed the status of Infant industry....-'.,
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nCDO nc!iii:n
mjiuo ULN LU
COMMUTATION
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Supreme Court Ouashes Convic
tion of First Because of Prej
udice; PresidentActs Swiftly
On Debs' Pecommendation.
Washington, Jan. 31. (I. N. &.)
dent Wilson was denvlntr rnmmnl -
tion of sentence for lugene V. . Deba,
Soclalist leader, as 'rAommndd, l.y
Attorney General Patnier. the Unit cd
States supreme , court -was netting
aside, because of prejudice on the
part of Judge Landia, the trial
Judge, the conviction of Victor lar
ger, Wisconsin Socialist, whose of
fense was similar to that of Debs.
Berger had beert convicted of violation
of the espionage a?t and sentenced' to
20 years' imprisonment by Judge Lan
die. - , . . s
LAMMS DECLARED B1ASV.D
The supreme court decided thatjudire
Lantiis should not have sat In the time
when challenged On the ground of per
sonal bias or prejudice, but should have
given way to another Judge to har the
case.
"The conviction and verdict"' wef set
aside by the decision of the supreme
court- It is - not announced whether
there will be a retrial for Herger by
the goverranent. The opinion. was read,
by JunticeHfcKenna,
THREE JC8T1CES IJJSSENT
Juatlces Day, ntney. and McUeynolri
dissented from the majority opinion.
Justice Day held that the affidavit of
prejudice should set forth bias and not
allege it on information and belief. Hit
said 'the record in the case did not (Un
close that Judge Land Is had xuch preju
dice that would prevent a fair trial.
Attorney General Palmer had recom
mended to the prcsident'that Debs, whi
Is now serving a sentence for violation
of the espionage act, should be released
on February 12.
The presidents action In reply wan
swift and terse. Attorney General Tal
mer submitted his recommendation tnr
clemency on Saturday night. It went t
Cmeadd en P PVmr, Column roar)
Man Who Escaped
V By Jumping .From .
v Fast Train Found
Medford, Or., Jan. 31. When Deputv
United States Marhal 8. F. Pace oC
Portland, here on other buainess, walknl
into a local cigar store Sunday night
and saw Lloyd F, Keffer, with a!inf
of .L F. Dean, L. O. Knox and J.
Franklin, who had arrived in the city
late Sunday afternoon, he eagerly selzeI
him,
Keffer. he alleges, a .year ago' tool
an unpaid-for automobile from Bhreve
port. La-, to California and sold it. wai
traced, to Astoria, arrested there by
federal authorities and escaped froir
Pace laat October In Wyoming whil
lielng taken --back lo Khrevcport by
Jumping from a fanl-movlng train, face
will leave for Portland tonight with his
prisoner.
Recall Election to
Occur February 16
" Dallas, Or., Jan. i 31. WhertTounty.
Clerky Floyd D. Moore fixedf'the Ut
of the recall election ' against 'County.
Judge A. B. Robinson Monday he ad
vanced it one day from, the tentative
date and "it wlll.be held February 16.
Robinson asserts he does not intend to
resign prior to the election.
The annual sales In Oregon of vine
gar, - pickles, mincemeat and sauer
raut aggregate -$1,600,000. About 75
per cent of this amount is spent for tht
products of Oregon manufactories.
There are 400,000 gallons of vinegar,
valued at $125,000, and 90 per cent of it
Is of Oregon manufacture.
- The taste of Oregon people for cucum
bers is not satisfied with leas than
2.000.000 pounds ; 7S per cent of the
pickles are grown In Oregon.
New Knglanders are completely faded,
to use the slang phrase, when compared
with Oregonians as mince pie eaters.
Of manufactured mincemeat, there is
consumed each year in this state .400.-000-
pounds enough to make a row of
Juicy, pies reaching from Portland t
Salem. But ony 10 to 20 per cent of
the whole supply is Oregoo mince meat.
Sauer kraut, which failed in general
accepance as "Liberty cabbage," is a Inn
popular. Oregon . people eat 2,000,000
pounds of It a year.
POSSIBILITIES SSEX
If- Oregon " manufacturers of relishes
received as much of Oregon's patronage
as they believe they are entitled to.
they could, add tr& 0,000 to their annual
payroll and 100 workers to their em
ployment lists. They now have 290 peo
ple at work.
And In art Industry of this kind, every
Increase in payrolls and workers in man
ufacturing means an increase iri the
number, the. productivity and the finan- "
clal success of Oregon farms.
"And," adds It. K. McKean. sale
manager of the Knight Packing com
pany, "'any Increase In factories or on
farms means. increased revenues for our
grocers,' shoe, stores, druggiata, hardware
tores, implement houses, picture shows,
doctors, lawyers and bankers."