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THE WEATHER - Portland and vicinity Sssday rains southerly wind. Oregon and Washington Sunday rain west portion i rain or snow east portion; moderate to fresh southerly winds. VOL. XVIII. NO. 47. CITY EDITION PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 20, 1921 SIXTY-FOUR -PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS legislature ssd those .igsed by toe gov- " V PS J V I LSL AVI yi V LU VL ' "vN J V; mor will be found on page 8 of Section ( V I XrOxV V sTV-TCSJ VlC-O VXVX -l XJHEUNIOhiYjg jJL V--XX"Jj oe of today's day Jo.raau V- I. V LEGISLATORS FINAL DRIVES Battle Lines Being Drawn for Critical Moment When Big Is sues Are Sure to Be Settled. Reapportionment Fight, Which Promises to Be Interesting, Set for Hearing at II on Monday. By Ralph Watson State House, Salem, Or., Feb. 19. lAke two groggy fighters, battered but undismayed, the senate and house staggered to their corners Sat urday afternoon to await the call at It o'clock on Monday morning for their forty-third round, and the 'gruelling finish. When the gong Bounds Monday, - they are scheduled almost at once to go into a clinch over the reapportionment bill, and upon the outcome of that battle depends in very material degree the time of final adjournment. SITUATION IN DOUBT If the .senate organization has. patched its battle lines; shattered by the ulti matum which Senator Smith of Jose phine delivered Saturday morning, and if the house will accept the reapportion ment scheme which the senate sends over io it, then It will not take very long for the remaining work of the session to bo cleared up and the final adjournment voted. If the senate or ganization fails to pass the bili it has framed, then the remaining work of the session can get under full headway and soon reach the finish. But if the senate puts Its bill across and the house stands ' against ' it, then there will be war and reprisals and steam rollers and all kinds of political hell. BITTERNESS IS SEEN Those who were in the senate when the first .skirmish of the reapportion ment battle was fought out saw an up flaring of deep personal anger, bitter ness and vindictiveness not for a long (Concluded on Pice Nina, Column Four) Harnssn To Poff Would Sit Up, Read; Request I s Denied New York, Feb. 19. (U. P.) Enrico Caruso, famous tenor, who suffered a serious relapse Tuesday after being ill with pleurisy since Christinas -day, was reported tonight to be "progressing stead ily." though not entirely out of danger. "While another relapse is possible, it is not probable," one of his five physi cians was quoted as saying. Caruso's fever showed no signs of dimi nishing, but his pulse and respiration were normal and he suffered no pain. He asked to be allowed to sit up late today but this request was refused. He Is per mitted to eat solid food. Tonight ' he asked if he might read the newspapers. This also was denied, but they were read to him. He seemed to be particularly interested in the pro posed restriction of immigration. Mrs. Caruso left their apartments in the Hotel Vanderbilt this afternoon for the first time since the relapse and took a motor ride. Harvard Graduate Is Yale President New Haven, Conn., Feb. 19. (U. P.) tor. James R. Angell tonight was elected president of Yale university to succeed Arthur Twining Hadley, president since 1S99. Dr. Angell is the first Harvard graduate to assume the presidency of. Yale. Can't Find Home Products t ' ' t -j r. r. ? None Labeled, Says Woman By Marshall IV. Dana Words about the damage done by the squeak don't amount to much unless they lead to putting: the grease on the squeak. Helping home industry sooner or later gets on a sound basis or home industry is not helped. When consumers decide to help Oregon enterprise the campaign halts until manufacturers help others help them. A housewife, whose eyes were flashing and whose patience had been well tested, put into a nutshell the point to which the S. O S. appeal for Bupport of home industry has come. NEEDS OREGON GOODS "I read your articles,",, said she, dur ing a personal call. "I heartily agree that to maintain production, payrolls and prosperity we must keep workers busy. We must keep the wheels of industry turning and the factory whistles blow ing. We must give home enterprise such share of our support as will keep the plants running full time and yet not build a trade wall around our state. I have all those arguments learned by heart. I have beeome so enthused that I have repeated the appeal in the sev eral women's organisations to. which I belong. ' "But when I try to put my faith into practice, what happens? I turn to the advertising - columns looking for lists ef home products articles of food, wear and use. I find everything else adver Storm and Cold Sweep East Coast Gales, Snow, rTaln Bring Winter's - Low.est Temperature; Ves sels in Distress. Washington; Feb. 19. (U. P.) With storm warnings out along the entire Atlantic coast from Jackson ville, Kla., to' Eastport, Maine, the country from! the Mississippi east ward tonight was beginning to feel the grip of the winter's first storm. By Sunday night, gales, accompanied by snow and- rain Btorms, will be blowing all over this vast area, the weather bureau announced here to night. Lowest temperatures of the year will follow. Presaging this condition, the tempera ture has already fallen sharply in the west Gulf states, the upper lake region and the upper Mississippi valley and abnormally cold weather prevails in the Norlhweet, the weather bureau state ment said. BAIN, WIND ASD SSOVV The southern storm, which tonight cen tered over Alabama, will move north eastward with increasing intensity, with heavy snowfalls in northern sections and snow and. rain irr middle sections, east of the Mississippi river. The storm will he accompanied by rain In the South eastern states Sunday and by strong shifting winds and gales along the At lantic coast. The snowfall probably wiil be heavy in New York, Pennsylvania, Western Maryland and portions of West Virginia and Ohio. VESSELs'lN DISTRESS The schooner Kenwood, in a leaking condition, and with spanker and topmast lost, and the American bark Snowden, with almost all sails carried away, reached Norfolk today. The Snowden was towed In by a coast guard cutter while the Kenwood managed to reach port unassisted. Kentucky and the Tennessee val ley were reported to be suffering the coldest weather of the year. Twelve inches of snow was reported in Okla homa and 11 inches In Arkansas. - Wisconsin, Minnesota and the Dakotas were reported experiencing the coldest temperatures of the winter. ALASKAN STORM COM ISO In the state of Washington another storm was developing, having drifted down the coast from Alaska. It. too. was expected to bring a severely cold wave of a week's duration. "Temperature may go very low within the next 24 or 48 hours," said the weather bureau. "It is too early to predict the effect of the Alaskan storm, but before WtV'Week it may bring still colder temperatures than the one charg ing up the Atlantic coast tonight. "In connection with the warnings of severe cold on land, storm warnings were Hashed to vessels in the Atlantic. Autos in Collision; . Three Men Arrested Frank H. Downey, a civil engineer of Pendleton, Roy K. Phillips, Pendleton merchant, and Irving Camg, also of that city, were arrested at Broadway and Morrison streets Saturday night as a result of the automobile in which they were riding bumping into another ma chine at that corner. Carng was charged with driving an automobile while intoxicated, and was released on $250 bail to await trial. Downey and Phelps, charged with disbrderly conduct, were released on -I 100 bail each. Neither machine was damaged, accord ing to the arresting officer. Kodgers and McCully Eeplace Mayo, Badger Washington, Feb. 19. (I. N. S.) Ad mirals It. Rodgers and McCully will re place Admirals Badger and Mayo on the naval general boarfi, Secretary Dan iels announced today. Both Admirals Badger and Mayo have asked to be retired on February 28. It was also announced that Admiral Rodgers will replace Admiral Badger as chairman of the executive committee of the board. tised. I catch a glimpse of a billboard here and there, which says, "Use Oregon Products," but it doesn't tell the brands of Oregon products or where to buy them, CANT FIND HOME GOODS "I look in the window exhibits of the stores and find not one out of a hun dred with Oregon articles in it. I go to my grocer and say: I want the Oregon product.' It may be a broom or a bar of soap. One clerk just looked at me, as though he didn't understand the words. Then he said : Til look at the labels of our stock. Maybe we have it. "I know that freight rates are high and that this is the best time in history for the Oregon manufacturers to occupy their own field. I know t... to keep the pay roll dollar circulating will help us all. But unless the housewives of Oregon can s turn to some convenient form fSt statement that contains the lists oft Oregon products classified, we won't be able to help, no matter how much we may want to." CASE WELL STATED This statement is one of the best of many that have come from the earnest women of Portland and other Oregon towns since the home industry campaign began. . The I women are more awake to the desirability of helping Oregon en terprise than ever before. Manufactur ers and dealers need to be aware of this favorable attitude. This demand for particulars is an encouragement, not a reproof. BILL ILLEGAL; Alleged Violation of House Rules in Adopting Measure Is Point ed Out by Senator Hume. Printed Copies Set on Desks Three Days Before Considera tion, It Is Asserted by Critics State House, Salem, Feb. 19. Dis covery that the Gordon-Kubli teach ers tenure bill was not legally passed by the house and lis therefore void for unconstitutionality Is alleged by Thomas B. Neuhausen and Senator Hume, who have been searching the house journal record. Senator Hume Monday' will file a written protest against the passage of the bill both in the senate and the house journals, and will also file a copy with the governor for his consideration. This contention throws the teachers' tenure fight into an entirely new phase and if sustained may result in the defeat of the legislation. HOUSE El'LE "BROKEN There is a house rule which provides that "no bill shall go to its final pas sage until it has been printed and placed upon the desks of the members at least three days before said final vote." The Gordon-Kubli bill was introduced In the house February 14, and on the (Concluded on Pa;e Twelrc, Column Four) PORTLAND SEEKING Chamber of Commerce Represent ed at Washington to Get Allot ment of Big Steamers. Washington. Feb. 19. (WASH INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUR NAL. ) Cdl limbia river in terests will be well represented before the Ship ping board at the hearing Monday on foreign trade routes, at which dif ferent ports will present their claims to share in the big boat business when the new shipping board pas senger steamers are ready. ' W. x. B. Dodson, general manager of the Portland Chamber of Commerce, and H. L. Hudson, traffic manager Port of Portland docks commission, will ask for three of the big liners, 535 feet over all, and will be supported by F. C. Knapp, Portland dock commissioner ; Roger D. Pinneo, traffic manager of the port of Astoria ; K. D. Dawson, man ager of the Columbia Pacific Shipping Co., and Hugh Gallagher, eastern rep resentative of the Pacific Steamship company. C. Z. Seitz of Shanghai, representing the China-Pacific company, will also be on hand to tell the needs of the north China trade. Hudson will- maintain that the Co lumbia river needs ships of a large, fast type to build up permanent Ori ental connections, and particularly for high-class cargo. such as silks and curios. Ships requested are of 17 knots speed. 12.600 dead-weight tons, draw 30.6 feet and carry over 500 passengers, nearly half first class. Puget Sound interests are also here in force, while San Francisco and Los Angeles are to be ably represented. Leader of Box-Car Gang Is Sentenced C. E. Evans, leader of a gang of box car thieves, was sentenced Saturday by Federal Judge Bean to 13 months' imprisonment in the federal penitentiary at McNeils island. Joseph Howe and George Hippensteel, accomplice, were sentenced to six : months each in the county jail. The trio were . convicted Thursday by a jury. The men were ar rested early in January following the theft of 24 pairs of shoes from a boxcar at Reith, Or. CONGRESS YESTERDAY By United Press senate: ' Passed th Dillingham immigra tion bill, with an amendment; limit Ing immigration for a "year to 3 per cent of the nationals of any for- : eign country now here. '- ; Recessed without action on a mo- ; tion to take up the agriculture ap propriation bill next, t ; Naval committee heard naval of ficers on disarmament and naval building -program. Military affairs , committee con-' tinued consideration of army bill. HOt'SE : Sent Fordney emergency i tariff ' bill to conference with senate. ; Shipping board committee exoner ates R. W. Boiling, the president's brother-in-law, from charge of brib ery made against him during com- -mittee's investigation. PASSENGER SHPS Who Were 3 Aviators That Fell? Police Search City for Men Who Were in Spectacular Accident Saturday Afternoon. Portland police are searching the city for three aviators who were in jured in a spectacular airplane acci dent about 5:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon when their plane took a nose dip at East Twenty-second street and Bybee avenue, in the Westmoreland district. Immediately aftr the accident the three men are said to have been hur ried away from the scene in an auto mobile driven by a man named Kelly. Police called the home of J. C. Peters, 679 Multnomah street, by telephone after the accident, as he was named as the driver of the plane, but Mrs. Peters re fused to give them any information. She admitted knowledge of the accident, but refused to tell where the men were. The police were informed that the plane is owned by men named Peters, Gore and Itudeen, but they were unable to get the full names or correct ad dresses of the las two. The police are anxious to find the three men, as persona living in West moreland told them the men acted queerly, and had the appearance of be ing Intoxicated. Where the plane came from at first no one could tell the police. It was seen to rise from the Bloomfield landing field in Kastmoreland about 5:30 p. m. -and circle around. The driver was apparent ly unable to make his altitude. After making a few peculiar turns the plane started down and barely missed a string of telephone wires. While gliding near Bybee avenue, about IS feet above the ground, one of the wings caught in a small shade tree and caused the. plane to take a nose dip to the ground. The propeller and -wings were demolished, but the engine is probably not badly damaged. A large number of people witnessed the accident. The machine was an Avro biplane. News Index Today's Sunday Journal Is Complete in Eight Sections : Editorial Section . Pa'e 4. Foreign AAquith Criticises Policies Section 1, Paze 2. Oregon Relief Work in Near Kast Section 1, Pace 7. Britain and Franca in Bace Section 1. Pace 3. KichOil Bed in Africa- Section 1. f. ' . " . ? . - ' ' National " '' - Portland Seeki PaMenccr Shim See.. I,' Pas 1. Hughes Will Accept Section , Page Lower House In Row Section I, Page l.f -' ;,; Lobbyist Choke. tiegvlation Section; 1, Pac 5. Senate. Pa&aes mm Lt ration- Hill -BecUon ' 1 Pace 1. '- ' McCombj lying, ;&s)ected Section 2.: Pa S. " " tWtcstlo' ' Storm Sweep East Coast Section 1, Page-1. Caruso Is Better-Section 1, Page 1. Minneapolis Has Big. Fire Section 1, Page 2. Southern Pine Dealer Accused Sec. 1, Page 12. Legi'latur Legislators Read; for Pinal Drive Section 1, Page 1. Claim "tenure Bill Illegal Section 1, Page 1. Ti.lles to Lake Lands SecUon 1. Page 8. Bill to Legalize Betting Section 1. Pace 8. Anti-Japanese Bill Held Up Section 1, Page 8. Northwest Big Power Plants Indorsed SecUon 1. Page 1. Cabin Contains SUU Section 1, Page t. Berry Kaisers Fix Prices Section 1, Page 5. Grain Sales Agreed On Section 1, Pace T. Portland Mystery Surrounds Fail From Air Section 1. Page. 1. llannaford Says Business Is Good Section 1, Page 1. Opera Draws Big Crowd? Section 1, Page 8. ReriTal Starts Today Section 1, Page 4. Flower Drire Plans Made Section 1, Page 7. Auto Tax Measure Criticised Section 1, Page 9. B'nai B'rith Delegates Gather Section 1. Page 5. Schools to Use Morie -Section 2, Page 5. Text of Teachers' Tenure- Bill Section 1, Page 12. Business Newt Real Estate and Buildings Section 3. Pages 1-2. Markets Section 3. Page 12. Finance- Section 3. Page 2. Marine-HJection 1. Page 12. ' 8port Section 1. Page 13. Section 6. -Pages 4-5. Automotive Section 6. Pages 1-6. On the Finer Side The Week in Society- Section 4, Pages 2-3-4. Women's Club Affairs Section 4. Page 5. In Portland Schools Section 4, Page 7. Fraternal -Section 4. Page 6. ! American Legion .News Section 4, Pag 9. The Grand Army Section 3. Pag 5. National Guard Section 8, Page S. Drama and Photoplay Section 5, Pages 1-8 The Realm of Music Section 4, Page S. Feature Just a Little of Everything Section 4, Page 7. Who's Who on Broadway -Section. 5, Pace 2. Ring Lardner's Letter Section S. Pace 6. European Press Comment Section 2,- Page 2. The National Capitol Section 2, Page 3." Letteis From the People Section 2, Pag 6. Camp 77, W. O. W., Plans AnniTersary Sec tion 2, Page 2. , English Naxal Controversy Section 2, Page 2. -Art Controversy Sages Section 2. Page S. Snowshoe CInb on Hood Section 2, Page 6. Wood row Wilson, the Man Section 2. Page 6. A Winner (pictorial) Section 5. Page 1. Comet Rushing Earthward Section 5. Page 8. Young Harding Liked Fun Section 9, Page - ; Air Freieht Transport Next Section 6. Page 1. Who's - Who - ia Legislature (pictorial) Sec tion 1, Page 9. Portland Boulevard Plan Section 6, Page 6. Winning of Oregon Section 6, Page 6. ' Magazine ' General News (pictorial) Section 7, Page 1. England Divorce Mad Section 7, Page 2. Prehistoric Giant Binto Section 7, Page 3. Mrs. Palmer's Night of Horror Section 7, , Page 4. Sculptor TJses Pickaxe -Section 7. Page 5. Ball Gowns for Dimpled Shoulders Section 7. Psge 6. ; . ' Health, Beauty and Home Section 7, Page 7. "Nothing Else Matters." by Conrad Bichter Section 7, Page 8. Comics Section 8, Pages 1-4. LOWERHOUSE IN ROW OVER TARIFF BILL Representatives Swing Arms and Shout Loudly in 'Defending Views on Fordney Measure. General Prediction Is That Legis lation Will Fail to Make Grade at Present Session of Congress (By Universal Service) Washington, Feh. 19. The Ford ney emergency tariff bill will fail at this session of congress If President Wilson carries out his plan to veto it. This was made virtually certain to day when the opjxsition mustered 132 votes against sending the measure1 to conference. Friends of the bill suc ceeded in sending it to. conference by lo!ling 190 votes, but this number is 75 short of a two-thirds majority re quired for passage over a veto, even if the opposition failed to gain a sin gle vote. CHAKGKS ABE HI'RLED Thirteen more votes- for the opposi tion would make it impossible to over ride the. veto in the fcvent the full membership of 43j wers present. With the session nearing its end and many members absent, however, it is nearly certain enough votes could be gained for the bill to pass, without any acces sions to the opposition. Debate on the special, rule to send the bill to conference developed an other of tiie storms which are Incom ing ho frequent in the house. Also, -it revealed a rent in the Republican or ganization. The New Kngland Repub licans fought against the measure going to conference, despite vigorous lashing by organization whips, who charged tho New Knglanders witn abandoning the party policy of protection for free trade. FIGHT ti ROW'S WARM Southern Democrats, who strayed from the tariff for revenue only, ex hibited a strong tendency to get back in line. Representative Green of Iowa, rank ing Republican on the waya and means committee, championed the bill In the absence of Chairman Fordney. He was supported by Middle West Republicans, headed by Representatives Campbell Bd--TchB"-'of 'Kan8aa-..-' - - V The, Conferences are expected to start Monday, with V probability that the house confereejj willaccept most of the senate amendments to obtain early ac tion' of. the conference report. LrThajrbal?'ba.tOe? reached a climax when Representative Iuce of Massachu setts,: and Fess of-Ohio, both Republicans,-stood at arms length from each, ( 'ofichided on Pafre Thrt. Column FiTe) Community Budget To Be Presented at Wednesday Meeting Portland's .completed community chest budget will be presented to the directors of the community chest by the budget committee headed by C. Ainsworth and C. D. Bruun Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock in the offices of Franklin T. Griffith, president of the organiza tion. Formal approving action by the di rectors will precede any announcement as to the amount of the budget which it has been assumed will aggregate from $600,000 to $1,000,000 for gom 56 organ izations. During the week past all or ganizations which have sought to be members of the chest have appeared before the budget committee with ex planations and defenses of their esti mates. That the pruning knife has been judiciously severe and inflated plans have not been recognized has been more than hinted. At the same time it ia said there has been evidence of con structive desire on the part of the busi ness analyzers of Portland's budgets for charity and philanthropy to aid and not to handicap .worthy enterprise. Emery Olmstead, who was Portland chairman of Liberty loan drives, and who is to head 'the big body of former Liberty loan solicitors in next month's campaign, has returned front California, where he has been resting ia prepara tion for the arduous task. Virtually every Portlander tias been listed on the files formulated by M. R. Klepper, executive ' secretary of - the chest, and all available Information as to previous giving has been system atically recorded for the guidance of the workers. Woman Who Buried Her Mother in Yard Blames Ouija Board Chicago, Feb.' 19. (U. P.) Mrs. Achsah Townsend went to the psycho pathic hospital tonight blaming the ouija board for all her troubles. Mrs. Townsendj was ordered to the in stitution ! by Dr. William J. Hickson. who examined her and. her daughter, Miriam, following discovery by police that the two women had buried Mrs. Mary Chamberlain, Mrs. Townsend's mother, in the back yard under a ger anium plot. , "Mariam and I started by getting ser mons on the ouija board from beyond," Mrs. Townsend told Dr. Hickson. Both women admitted to the doctor that they kept the body of the aged Mrs. Chamberlain tn their home 16 days be fore they buried it in the back yard one midnight last June, "We tried to establish communication with the great beyond," she said. Dr. Hickson said the Intelligence of Mrs. Townsend is high, but her mental balance is gone because of emotional dominance over her tV ought. VETERAN RAILROAD MAN HERE JM. HANNAFORD, vice chairman of the Northern Pacific, who is optimistic over prevailing business conditions. Han . mJord, who is in Portland, recently retired from the presi dency of the road after 48 years TWO STATES BACK BIG POWER PLANTS Oregon and Washington Legisla tures Reported Urging Con gress to Act at Umatilla. Walla Walla. Wash., Feb. 19,(U. P.) Word that the Washington state legislature had - already passed r a joint senate and house memorial to congress urging action on the pro ject, was greeted with a spotifane out outburst of applause, :k at the meeting of the Umatilla Rapids Pder Site association,, in session here this afternoon. This word was brought by State Sen ator. Oliver T. - Corn well of this city, and came as a complete surprise to the 150 men attending the meeting. Senator Cornwell stated that the mem bf tr of the state legislature, both house an8 senate, from Walla Walla county, had received letters from, officials of the association in this city and that these letters contained tentative copies of such rcf-oletlons as it was desired to - have passed. These were redrafted and in troduced. There was no opposition and so far as Senator Cornwell knew, they had already reached Washington and veri before both houses of congress. Word that the Oregon house had passed the memorial introduced there some time ago was received while the newly appointed executive committee was considering several matters of busi ness, following the formal open meeting. The complete personnel of this com mittee, with the exception of one mem- "ber from Portland, to be named later. was announced as follows: Washington Dr. S. B. L. Penrose, president of .Whitman college, Walla Walla ; Volne'y D. Cox, Pasco ; Repre sentative M. M. Moulton, Kennewick ; tConcludedvon l'Z9 Twelve, -Column Four) U. S. Senate Passes ImmigrationBill By Vote of 61 to 2 Washington. Feb. 19. By vote of 61 to 2 the senate late today passed the Dillingham bill imposing rigid restric tions on immigration , for the next 14 months. The bill, which is a substitute for the Johnson immigration bill prohibiting all immigration, recently ' passed by the house, would limit admission of immi grants to 3 per cent of the nationals of their respective countries already resid ing in the United States under the 1910 census. This would reduce the number to be admitted in the next 13 months to 153,249. ....'- . , Measure Would Bar Camouflaged Oyster Olympis, Wash.. "Feb.- U.- P.) Death to the camouflaged oyster. A bill introduced today by Representative Austin Mires would make It unlawful to serve restaurant oysters on the balf shell if the oysters .have been detached from : the shells oii which they were grown. Canned oyBters are forbidden to disguise themselves on the half shell. k --- a I ivv. .. r Is Sir service in various capacities ' . . S.- v.- ' Former Head of. Northern Pacific Looks for Even Better Condi tions In Coming Spring. Business is again' on firm ground In the western part of the country and 'executives of the large trans continental rail systems" believe that any changes that may .come now will be changes for the better, according to J. M. Hannaford, vice halrnan of the board of directors of the Northern Pacific railway system, who recently retired from the p -esl-dency of that line. Hannaford served the 1 Northern Pa cific for 48 years before retiring from the presidency of the company on his seventieth birthday. November 19. jl20. He had served as president from Atpgust 27. 1913. His retirement was held over until December 1 of last year, when he was succeeded by Charles Donnelly. JTEW POSITION CREATED I But the directors of the Northern Pa cific were not ready to let so inuch valuable experience as -that possessed by Hannaford go and the special (posi tion of vice chairman of the board of directors was created for him. - (Cncllod on fe Three, Column Kour) I fl J-1 4 BUSINESS BOOMING, SAY RAIL CHIEFS Organized Gang Robs Mails 1 920 Total Loss $2,000,000 ' ':: By Ralph F. Cosen Washington. Feb. 19. (U. P.) A boss bandit ' is directing systematized ' rob beries ; Of postoffices and mail . :rains throughout the United States. Chief Postal Inspector George M. Sutton let It be known tonight. "Evidence collected and In handi soon will result tn the -i breaking - up of a nationwide- organization of postoffice burglars ' and other criminals wbo are planning burglaries at many pplnt," said Sutton. . ; i Sutton's special force of 435 men now Is spread at strategic : points through out the country where the individual members" are ready at a moment's no tice to lumo into the chase when la hot trail is developed. ?IANV CONVICTED - i "I am confident we shall soon lay our hands on the bandits who robbed the Toledo postoffice wagon a few nights ago." said Sutton. These robbers - are " reported to! have obtained $1,000,000 In cash and securities. - "So far this year. said Sutton, "com mendable work has been done by our men in apprehending mail and train robbers,; yeggmen wbo have burglarized postoffices, and other robbers operating In the mall service. . - "Many arrests and convictions have been' secured and large sums - of money and, quantities of bonds have befcn t re covered from thieves. Exact reports are not yet available, but I believe the record - will . show a big ', improvement over last year. .. . -i . 'The number of arrests last year was OBLIGATION IS IMPERATIVE, SAYS HUGHES Call to Be Secretary of State Is Such That I Could Not Ignore, It. Declares New Appointee. Harding Informs Newspaper Men Hughes Will Be Permitted to Talk for Self at All Times. St. Augustine, Fla.. Keb. 19. "I have not much to say for myself ex cept that I appreciate very highly the compliment which the- president-, elect has paid me in asking me to take the secretaryship of state. I regard the matter as a very linpcra-, tlve obligation. It is a call which I felt I could not refuse." Charles Kvans Hughes, former justice of the supreme court, former governor of New York and defeated Republican can didate for the presidency In 1016, thus expressed himself thin afternoon after President-elect Harding httd announced his selection-of the New Yorker for tho premtershlp in his cabinet. "Senator Harding and I." Mr. Hughes added, "talked over a Kreat number of things which 1 do not feel at liberty at this time to discusa." The president-elect's announcement of the appointment, which was brief, was made in the presence of the appointee. "Boys," said Mr. Harding tothe news papermen, "I have an announcement for you that probably will not be any sur prise. I asked Ooverndr Hughes to come down to tell him that 1 wanted him to take the secretaryship; of stat. I am very happy to nay he has aecepte.nV "I hope' Mr. HurdinR addid, "that you are not altogether surprised." CONFERENCE 1 I.ONO The presldftit-elect said in! reply to questions that a number of things were discussed with Justice Huphes In the conference, which lasted for several hours. "Mr. Hughes can speak for himself," the president-elect added. "That is going to be one of the policies of the administration to let the secre tary of state speak, for the state depart ment. Mr. Hughes Is returning to Washing ton tonight, he said, and It is not likely he will the president-elect again otfaNMlMsacnnM a- memtitr , of his official family on March 4. Among the first questions affecting the relations of the United Slates abroad which will be informally considered by the next secretary of state-prior to his ( onrtu'i'-d on !' Two. Column Two) Fake Cabin End1 Is Found to Inclose Moonshine Outfit St Helens, Feb. 19. Had Sheriff Wel lington of Columbia county failed to no tice that K. Van Vescheure's cabin, eipht miles west of here, was smaller on the IriFida than on the outside. Van Ves cheure probably would be free today. That discovery by the sheriff led to the finding of a still and 10 five-gallon kegs of corn whiskey, hidden behind a false partition which .cut off 21! feet across the cililn After hearing, the tale today Judge Hazen sentenced an .Vescheure to ho days in the county jail and imposed a $500 fine. "Van Vescheure pleaded guilty to a charge of mooimhlning. Friday Sheriff Wellington and his dep uties made their way through the hills and woods to Van Vescheure's cabin, -aft-er-tbey had received Information that he ' vas. monshining. After examining tiie house, barn and other buildlnKS and dig ging up the potato patch, the officers found nothing. They were leaving the cabin for the last time when the sheriff tiOtlced the difference In the length tit the inside and outside of the bulldjnK. 3143. of which 1917 were of persons who were outside the service. There were 535 burglaries of Ipoatoffires." Apprehension and conviction of per sons outside the service who engage In robberies of mails- is very much more difficult than catching employes who go wrong, it was explained. "The number of robberies of mails i.i very much greater this year than last." said Sutton. "This tremendous increaso is not. however, to be found in the post! robberies alone. For every bank robbed last year, there" have been five similar robberies this year." Officials of the Inspection service are working continuously to perfect devices and systems which will make crime mors difficult. Sutton said. A special lock for mail pouches now is being-experimented with, LOSSES NEARLY $2,006,009 Erection of three new government owned postoffice buildings in New York city, as recommended recently by Post master General Burleiion. would tend to reduce the possibility of robberies, it was pointed out. . Burleson advised that tfre government connect the buildings by a tunnel 1 by S feet, through which the mall would be carried, eliminating all possibility of the holdup of postoffice wagons in down town New York. During 192 tbe losses of the postof fice department totaled nearly I'J.oou.ooo as a result of robberies. -fires and acci dents to the malls and postoffices, ac cording to records how available. A large part of this lots was due to thieves. j Ai V