SATURDAY. MARCH 23, 1321.
THE OREGON DAILY. JOURNAL. PORTLAND. OREGON
LANSING'S TREATY
BOOK GETS 'RISE'
FROM V. BULLITT
By Robert J. Bender
, United News Staff Correspondent
Washington, March 26,- Former
Secretary . of State Lansing In his
book, a "personal naratlve' of the
peace negotiations, declared, 'in the
circumstances it U far too much to
expect to escape criticism." .
Hence, he probably was not surprised
when lie opened his mail Friday and
found a letter from WlllUm C Bullitt,
who was attached to the American peace
commission, who resigned because he
opposed the treaty provisions as drafted
and whose idisclosures before the senate
foreign relations committee anent Lan
sing's attitude toward the treaty are
made the subject of a full chapter In
the LAnsing book.
CHARGES WITHHOLDING
'Bullitt declares that Lansing, In cor
recting Bullitt's version of Lansing's at
,titude, enunciated what was "clearly an
evasion" and the "argument based on
it in his book had "no foundation in the
facts established by the contemporary
evidence." 1 .
In addition to this report to Lansing's.
declaration that Bullitt, "possibly unin
tentionally, by omitting the context, en
tirely changed the meaning" of Lansing's
expressed attitude toward the treaty,
also assails the former secretary of state
for withholding his information while at
the same time pleading the cause - of
"open diplomacy."
"In eplte 'of your realization of the
criticisms which must follow," Bullitt
writes, "you have at last laid bare your
personal relations with your superior
officer and all your knowledge of the
peace negotiations. .When I was sum
moned to appear before the foreign rela
tions committee of the senate, I fol
lowed the same course, with the same
realization, of the consequences to me.
The real difference between us is this
you now publicly urge that the Amer
ican . people were and are entitled to
know the truth. ... -
"You have taken them into your con
fidence after they have given judgment
- upon the treaty, when, it is tco late for
the facts you reveal to help them.' I
' acted when the issue was still doubtful
and it Beemed certain that the treaty
would be passed. Your present crit
icism seems to spring from the single
difference that 'I spoke to representa
tives of the American people at an hour
'when the American people needed facts
and were seeking facts upon which, to
base their decision on the treaty."
. It is Wilson's attitude, as reported
by Lansing on the subject of "open cov
enants tpenly arrived at" one of his
.14 points that has perhaps aroused the
most discussion In Washington. It is
stated by some that Lansing revealed
the "surprising situation" that Wilson
was a party to the procedure employed
at Parts regarding the' method of draft
ing the treaty by the so-called "big
four."- Lansing has "revealed," they
t-ay. - that the president did not fight
against this. i .
WILSON CARRIED OCT IDEA
' Which Is tonly one instance of how
little Lansing was In the president's
confidence. - before - the treaty ' negotia
tions began. -
Wilson's original idea at least tt was
his idea when he started, for Paris of
"Open covenants openly arrived at," was
exactly the procedure which ultimately
was put into effect at Paris. In con
versation on board the George Washings
ton, en route to Brest, Wilson told the
writer of his exact interpretation of the
"open covenants" provision In his four
teen points.
"I know, of course, he said In sub
stance, "that' it would be futile to have
all the provisions of the treaty discussed
and debated in the open. Every repre
sentative would waste hours of time
playing to the gallery. A situation would
arise which would be analagous to de
bates in our congress.
"My idea Is that one representative
Know Your Money
" Long?
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Some people have only a spending acquaint
ance with their money. They never keep
- it long enough to get to know it and its
, s v . possibilities for advancement and, success. v
. ; They never save because they never stop to ?
, realize the advantages to be derived from
: ; having money in the bank. . '
; Try saving with us. If you have already
started, keep it up. If you have no savings
- account open one at once. j .
i $i will open an account ; .'
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- CAL!FORNiWJ,N.A -
A NATIONAL. BANK
- ' Member Federal Reserve System
Third at Stark Streets
PORTLAND OREGON
Chicago Goes on
Summer Daylight
Schedule Sunday
Chicago. March 26. U. P.) Chi
cago goes on the summer daylight
savings ' schedule starting tomorrow.
Clocks fnrill be advanced one hour.
Through" trains will operate on cen
tral standard time, which will be one
hour slower than Chicago time. . . .
from each of 5 the great powersthe
United States, England, France. Italy
should meet, much as the senate or
house committee - meets, and frame the
provisions of the treaty, reporting out
their findings into a full session of those
delegates to the peace conference. Just
as the house and senate committees re
port measures to the full memberships of
the lower and, upper -branches of con
gress. . I
"Obviously it would not be possible to
give out information on all of the dis
cussions of this committee on such meas
ures or for the senate foreign relations
committee to make fully public all of its
discussions of: a delicate International
problem pending some final decision."
Whether or not this was an advisable
procedure or whether, or not It consti
tuted the carrying out of the principle of
"open covenants openly arrived at" may
well be a debatable question. Neverthe
less this waa Wilson's Interpretation of
that clause.. It is perhaps unfortunate
he did not clarity .his interpretation
publicly at the. time., i v
'WIFE WAS DEAD IS
.
"I thought she waa dead," J. M.
Conner told deputy sheriffs 'who ar
rested him Friday ,. night and told
him the district attorney's office
charged him : with bigamy. How
ever, May Conner, his real wife, is
still living at 601 Roselawn avenue,
where he left her.
Conner is alleged to have married Tina
Merrick at Vancouver, Wash., Janu
ary 8, 1920, Klder A. D. Skaggs per
forming1 the ceremony. The marriage
certificate and marriage license are in
the hands of the district attorney, Con
ner used the name -of William in taking
out the license. ,'
There is a boy by the first marriage
and Tina Merrick, with whom Conner
has been living at 3724 Hawthorne ave
nue, is about to become a mother.
Conner did not explain why he be
lieved his first wife was dead. His ball
was fixed at $1000. V
Telephone Rate Rise
Undeii Consideration
Tloseburg, March 26. Presidents and
subscribers of , rural telephone lines of
Douglas county met here today to dis
cuss the increased rates recently granted
by the public service commission. The
meeting .was called by Fred Goff. presi
dent of the Douglas County Farm bu
reau. " .. i ;.. - .'
McMurray to Return Today
- William McMurray, general passenger
agent, and A, C. Martin, assistant pas
seitger agent.) of the O-W. R. & N. Co.,
are expected to return to -Portland Sun
day morning from a 10-day" conference
in Omaha with other officials of the
Union Pacific , system.
Kettenbachs Wed 50 Years
- Lewlston, Idaho, March 23. Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Kettenbach, prominent Lew
lston pioneers, ; celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary Wednesday. rW. F.
Kettenbach and Mrs. Otto Kettenbach
of Portland attended. -
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MAN WHO THOUGHT
HELD AS B GAM ST
GRFfflH
ARGUES
AGAINST FEDERAL
VOICE ON RATES
Washington, March 26. Franklin
T. Griff th,. president of the Portland
Hallway, Light & Power company of
Portland, Or., representing the com
mittee of the National Gas Light as
sociation, made the principal argu
ment Friday at the hearing of the
federal water 'power commission in
support of the request that this com
mission's regulatipns be revived and
made 'more attractive to . investing
capital. ,
Griffith especially urged non-interfer
ence by federal authority over the regu
lation of rates and service by state
utility commissions. Existing regula
tions,, he asserted, conflict with statj
regulation, particularly as to determin
ing depreciation reserves and establish
ment of systems of accounts. 1
OTHER CKITICISMS CITED
. He submitted several other criticisms
of federal regulations, which : were
adopted February 28, just before the
cabinet, officers comprising the federal
commission retired from office. ' Big
utility and investment banking interests
declare these regulations will prevent
development of any new . projects , and
they hope to obtain substantial modifi
cations under the new administration.
Secretary of War Weeks and Secre
tary . of Agriculture - Wallace heard the
protests today, the third member of the
commission, Secretary of Interior Fall,
being detained by illness. ;
OTHEE ATTACKS MADE
C. "M. Clark of Philadelphia, speaking
as an investment . banker, said money
for power development today costs 10
per cent, and that no development Is
possible , under existing regulations ex
cept extensions by existing companies.
Hugh L Cooper, eminent utility en
gineer, declared himself heartily in ac
cord with Griffith's proposals.
Henry J. Pierce of Tacoma appealed
for less . governmental regulation : and
said the project at Priest Kapids must
wait until more- favorable official action
is taken.
W. L. Ransom, representing the Amer
ican Gas association, made a sweeping
attack on ' federal regulations, ' going
much further" than Griffith's proposals.
OLD EFFORT REVIVED .
Senator Lenroot, who was a spectator,
said after the hearing that Ransom's
attack was a revival of the old effort
to break down any governmental super
vision over . waterpower resources.
' Ouy W. Talbot, manager Portland Gas
company, was present at the hearing.
Secretary Weeks said the commission
will submit Griffith's suggestions to O.
C. Merrill, its executive secretary, and
after receiving Merrill's written, objec
tions will formulate a decision which
he hopes will be satisfactory to all. It
is understood that 'Merrill is the espe
claf champion of the present regulations
so recently r adopted by ex-Secretaries
Baker, Paine. and Meredith.
CRATER LAKE PLAN
Preliminary plans for the devel
opment of Crater Lake national park
were discussed Friday at a noon
luncheon, Portland hotel, by mem
bers of the Medford Chamber of
Commerce and members of the Port
land, chamber. Definite plans were
abandoned - for action until - three
weeks from yesterday, when a meet
ing will be held, at Medford. ;
Representing Medford at the luncheon
were. Verhe H. Vawter. W. F. Isaacs
and George T. Collins. . Medford has
spent thousands of dollars on the Crater
Lake road, it was reported, and in view
of the benefit derived by the whole state
from the park, the men from Medford
believed that Oregon as a whole should
take a part in maintaining adequate ac
commodations there. : i t
. Representing the Portland 'chamber
were Julius Meier, C." W. Price, W. C.
Dodson, S. B. Vincent, Leslie Butler of
Hood River represented Iastera Oregon.
Rodney L Glisan, L. R. Wheeler and
R. W. Chi Ids, manager of the Portland
hotel.i were also present. i ...
. W. L. Dodson. who returned recently
from Washington, D, G where he dis
cussed the Crater Lake, park with Ste
phen T. Mather, director of parks,, re
ported that the national bureau was
extremely interested in the development
Of the recreational features of the park
and urged Oregon to give the develop
ment as much, support as possible. At
the Medford meeting, those at the lunch
eon r today believed, W. K. Parkhurst,
operator of the hotel at the lake, will
be aided by a comprehensive program of
advertising, suggestion and financing.
White Bride of
Japanese Kills
Self in1 Despair
7 New: York, March 26. A falrhalred
American gWl who believed that her love
for a Japanese would lead to a life
of bliss amid the - cherry ' blossoms of
the perfumed East, lies dead here today,
among the' shattered petals of her dream.
For the marriage which, defied race,
color and convention led not to joy, but
to despair and 'suicide In a sordid New
York flat.- : , , ' ; 4
When Klyoskl Hosokawa, the yellow
skinned bridegroom of two months, re
turned last night to his apartment at
107 West 109th street., he found the body
of his white bride, Elsie. r j '.-,
Crumpled in a chair, clad in a silken
kimono, her blue signUess eyes stared
straight - into his. ; ; - ; .
v She had closed the windows, Btopped
the keyholes and- turned on the gas.
It was the end of a tragic romance
that began In January when Hosokawa
met the girl, . who was employed in a
restaurant,, and persuaded her that he
could make her happy despite their dif
ference in. race. v . , .
-'. Historical Society Planned
Medford.vOr., March 2. rOwing to the
sentiment, spreading . for- the collection
of facts concerning the early . days of
Medford and the Rogue river valley, a
Jackson county historical society will
be organized here Saturday. '
Lewis Shriners to Meet '
Chehalis. Wash, March 26. All members-
of the Myotic Shrine In Lewis
county will meet Wednesday in Chehalis,
CHAMBERS
DiSCUSS
COPIED "SHADOW'S" SCHEME
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Herbert Johnstone, arrested at Los
, at Olympla, Wasli, wito stoutly-'
the man who sought to extort m
JOHNSTONE DENIES
; HEJTSHADOW
(Continued FromTage One)
and how they fired at toe place where
It was seen, I thought of rigging the
light up In a tree and attaching a
string to flash it by.
"The thing that has had me guessing
is h6v they got that picture of me up
in Olympia, the picture they used In the
circulars I know there are pictures
of me In Alaska. I guess they must
have brought them down by airplane,
don't see how else they could have
gotten them so quickly. , .
USDS MONEY BOGUS '
"They didn't get a chance to take a
picture of me in Olympia. After the
package of fake money had been dropped
in a lonely place- out in the woods, I
picked it up and got away! just like
your "Shadow" did here. ' As soon as
I had given them the slip and was sure
I was at a safe distance, ' I opened . up
the package and found It contained some
old paper cut up to look like bills.
"I had a good laugh over that. No,
I didn't resort to profanity. I laughed.
and felt better right away. 'I decided
then I would n t try It again, for it was
too dangerous. A little while later, I
was strolling around when a couple of
deputy sheriffs came up near . me and
called out. ;-
THEY BUX AWAY
"I have t habit of walking around
with my hands in my hip poclrets. When
they called to me, I turned and without
noticing what I was doing, stuck both
hands in my blp pockets. '
"Say, you ought to have seen those
men getting out of the way. They
weren't ' taking any chances at all.
"Then they got bolder and came up
to search me. I didn't offer any re
sistance and they failed to find any
thing, no gunv or flashlight. . They
seemed to think I was not the man they
were after, so I was quiet and friendly.
"That threw them off the track, and
in a 'few minutes, when - they weren't
watching me very, closely, I - saw my
chance. They were talking over what
they had better do. I didn't have any
doubts about what I had better do. -1
ran. hard, long, fast, and I got away
from them in a walk. -'' s y
WASTED TO AID MOTHER y. i
, "What did I want with f 10,000? f I
wanted it for two. reasons. " First, my
mother is - in the insane asylum at
Steilacum, Wash. I wanted to take her
out" of there.) and send her to a private
.sanitarium where she could get treat
ment and where she might r have
chance to recover.- Private sanitariums
are very expensive. Then I have two
mechanical inventions I want to finish
and market. That was why I decided
to try to get the money. "
. "I didn't tell my intended victims to
answer by advertisement " as, this
Shadow did, but I took the chance that
they would carry out my instructions.
If they were going to tip the police and
send dummy money, they .would do. it
just the . same after , they had adver
tised. I just tolcL.them what to do and
when to start and took the chance that
they'd do it, , . ,
v "While in Los Angeles I worked, part
of the time as a machinist, but I was
not working when they caught me.'
"SWEATISG 18 UXAYAILISG '
Johnstone was taken from the Cali
fornia train in Albany at 6:30 o'clock
Friday night by Deputy Sheriff Giffcrd
of Olympia. They were met. there by
Angeles for working "Shadow game
denies to Portland police that be Is
oney from Portland people.
Chief of Police L. V. Jenkins, Postal
Inspector Welter, Lieutenant Jack Golts
and Inspectors Klingensmith, : Heilyer
and Leonard. From 6 :30 p. m. , until
this morning he was questioned by the
officers, each taking turns and talking
to him in private. .
At 1: :30 this morning the party start
el for Portland in automobiles, arriv
ing at 4 :30 this morning. Since his ar
rest Johnstone has been continually
under fire from newspaper . men and
aeiecuves. dui never unce uas ne ui
never once
any -way admitted that ne was tne
"Shadow." A number of the Portland
detectives are still- of the opinion that
he is the man . wanted here for the
"Shadow" threats, but many are begin
ning to believe that Johnstone is tell
ing the truth,
FRASKSESS IS IMPRESSIVE '
His frankness, his readiness to talk,
his open countenance, free from the
usual look- of criminal suspicion, have
already convinced many of his hearers
that he is not the "Shadow."
He will leave in the custody of deputy
sheriffs for Olympia this afternoon.
Since "his arrest he has worn the fa
mous "Oregon steel boot," ' locked and
screwed to his shoe.
Degrees Awarded
Five From Oregon
By Washington U.
University of Washington Seattle,
March 26. Three Portland students at
the University of Washington were in
cluded among the 61 graduates awarded
degrees at the close of the . winter quar
ter, Mabel Byrd, Harry W. E. Bukow
sky and Fred T. Downing. Glaays Jean
Ham ley of Pendleton and Alan , K.
Moody of Sherwood were also granted
degrees. -. . v
John M. Bates of Portland, vice presi
dent of the Associated Students of the
University of Washington, will succeed
President Robert Abel, who was gradu
ated at the close of the winter quarter.
The University -of Washington will
close its 1921 debate season with a dual
debate against Oregon Agricultural, col
lege, April 28.
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Guests Quit Hotel ,
When Management
. Adopts New Policy
PasadenaV Cal., March 26. U. P.)-
The o Hotel Kaymond, famous . winter
residence, of wealthy .tourists, has ; for
mally announced it -will accept no res
ervations from persons of Jewish blood.
. With the opening of .the fall season
all -Jews will be barred, it waa admit
ted by' Walter Raymond, manager of
th9 hotel.. . ,; -f.Vis.v.,,
rH is simply a change of policy, ex
plained- KaymondU -"We -desire to con
duct a one-party - house.- It is impos
sible to blend the Hebrew and the Gen
tile races into a harmonious family."
As a - result of the action some 70
wealthy Jewish guests have : left the
hotel, canceling their reservations, it is
reported.
' Chicks Travel Seven Days
A new record for the shipment of
day-old chicks ' was established when
100 chicks traveled seven days and six
hours with only a loss of two. '
EARLY RETURN OF
GE
TY
IS IN PROSPECT
By David Lawrence
(Copjrticlit, 1921, bj The Journal)
'Washington, March 26.- -The early
return to their rightful owners of
vast amounts of German property
held in th United States appears to
be in prospect.
Congressional action is necessary be
fore the transfer can be made, but the
trend of opinion in the Harding admin
istration is toward giving back what
was seized as a war measure. . ''
Meanwhile the policy of the new alien
property custodian. Colonel Thomas W.
Miller, as explained to the writer - to
day, is to se'tle up as quickly as pos
sible all questions for which authority
Is vested in him under existing laws.
SOME E5EMI COMPANIES
There are some enemy insurance 'com
panies. he said, which will - probably
have to be operated by us for some
years to come, but - most of these com
panies can be liquidated at once and the
proceeds returned to the German own
era It Is unlikely that they would
wish to - Operate as German concerns
again anyway. ' '
' Colonel Miller waa drafted for the job
of alien .property custodian by President
Tlnrdinir twtcaiiK nf hfft r,markihln
I verMit(v Bhilftv 11a wnn foia mlllfnrv
rank overseas, having enlisted as a pri
vate and working up to the staff of
General Kuhn of the Seventy-ninth di
vision. . , . -.
ACTIVE IN LEGIOX
' President Harding felt that fn ap
pointing Colonel Miller,' who has been
active in the affairs of the American
Legion, there could be no suspicion of
German leanings in any of his decisions.
Anybody who talks with Colonel Miller
on the subject of enemy property, how
ever, will find that he believes the time
is ripe to give back to the German own
ers the property that was taken from
them. He is loath to criticise his pre
decessors in . the alien property cus
todian's office, but he has already In
stituted some sweeping changes. The
new alien property custodian has found,
for instance, large ' lawyers' 'fees
charged to the yearly proceeds of cer
tain companies now held by American
trustees and has made up his mind that
all excessive charges shall be reduced
whether Republican or Democratic law
firms are involved. Colonel Miller be
lieves that it 'is the American, spirit io
e fair to individuals, even though they
Germans. - ,: ,
MANY CASES SETTLED . .
Already there has been many cases
settled which had required prolonged
litigation. . The policy of the new ad
ministration is to spare litigation and
bring about early settlements, so that
business may proceed, for while many
concerns are of enemy ownership they
employ American citizens. : The revival
of" trade and commerce depend to no
small extent on the restoration of mil
lions of dollars' worth of property to
their lawful .owners.
Of course, the transfer of all this
property back to the Germans Is pre
dicted on the assumption that the Ger
man government will pay the claims
lodged by American citizens who. lost
relatives In the sinking of the Lusitania
or who lost property in Germany dur
ing the war.
SETTLEMENT EXPECTED
The expectation is that Germany will
settle these claims, but if not, then it is
planned to liquidate as - much of the
assets of Germans in this country as
possible and use the proceeds to pay
American citizens who suffered at the
hands of the Germans.7 One of the dif
ficulties, however, from the German
viewpoint is. that France and the allied
powers have a prior claim on any
money that Germany may have avail
able to pay war claims and unless
America- can 'reach an agreement ' with
the associated powers on that point, the
only way the United States government
can avoid using the German assets in
this country is to make a loan to Ger
many out of which claims will be paid.
DEPENDS ON NEGOTIATIONS
This, however, will be developed defi
nitely when the American government
begins negotiating with Germany on the
settlement of all questions growing out
of the war, Congressional action will
necessarily be delayed somewhat until
foreign relations are cleaned up. Mean
while, banking groups in New York are
back of a plan whereby the assets of
the Germans held In this country shall
be used as a basis of credit for' the im
mediate resumption of trade ,with Ger
many when peace Is finally made. As
suming that the Berlin ana Washing
ton governments have reached a settle
ment on war claims, the early . return
may be expected of the German prop
erty or the use or as mucn or tt as
collateral as may be sanctioned by the
German citizens In cooperation with tne
German government. . ;
Multnomah Farm;
Bureau Members ;
Attend Meeting
An enthusiastic meeting of Multnomah
County Farm bureau members was
held Friday at Central Library haU fol
lowing the sweep of the movement
through agricultural sections of the
United States. The movement was
started and built tip by the farmers to
solve their own problems. s
, Members have been signing np rapidly
In alt - narts of Oregon. Multnomah
county with Its fewer farms, has perhaps
fewer, members than any other county in
the s state. , About 500- members have
signed up so far In this county. . v j
. E. E. Faville was the principal morn
lng-epeaker, his subject being "Com
munity Work" George A. Mansfield,
president of the Oregon State Farm Bu
reau federation, gave the principal after
noon talk. , -. . - ;. ;
Chamber of Commerce
Installs an Ice
Ice water and not Iced water will be
found on luncheon and dinner: tables of
the Portland Chamber of Commerce in
the near future. - The Harris Ice Ma
chine works, a Portland industry, is in
stalling a modern cooling plant to take
the Dlace of the old -cooling plant In the
basement. V The new plant will cool 10
gallons of water a minute and will do
away with the clinking ice In sundry
luncheon glasses heretofore furnishing
music at" chamber f unctions. ; ; It's in
sanitary, anyhow, they claim. Besides
cooling water, the plant will , have an
ice manufacturing capacity of 1000
nounds oer day. Three large cold stor
age compartments will also be built for
food supplies. The total cost of the
plant will be about $2900.
IAN PROPER
KIDNAPING PLOT
HATCHED BY RUST,
SAYS VAN AMBURGH
Tacoma, March 26. (U. P.)
Crowds 'Which Jammed ; and over
flowed the courtroom of Judge As
kren today, in expectation of hear
ing Hugh C. Van Amburgh, war hero,
tell his story of the alleged kidnap
ing of young Arthur Rust February
1, forced a temporary suspension
of proceedings, until the Judge, final
ly was forced to transfer the- trial
to a larger, room. -
Van Amburgh took the stand and
gave his version of the alleged "frame
up." which he charged young Hunt sug
gested, as a means of , extorting $25,000
ransom from his father, W. It. Rust,
local millionaire. He was cool and col
lected throughout. He said young Rust
'didn't have nerve enough to own up
and tell 'his dad the truth" about the
affair. lie - said he confessed to the
crime to shield the Rust boy.
"I guarded my statements to the po
lice and the grand . Jury, believing all
the time that Arthur Rust would finally
come through and tell of his own voli
tion, the true story behind the kidnap
ing." -Van Amburgh said.
The prosecution on cross-examination
was unable to shake his testimony.
, Defense testimony was confined yes
terday afternoon to clearing up of minor
details to' substantiate Its theory that
young Rust aided in kidnaping himself.
The accused man took the stand for
a few minutes to identify the Imposing
list of medals and citations from the
French and American armies presented
during the world war. He has a total
of eight decorations and citations, in
cluding the American ' distinguished
service cross, marine corps good conduct
medal, the navy cross and rencn croix
de guerre.
It was thought Van Amburgh's sweet
heart. Miss Hilda Johnson, would be
called as a witness for the defense.
The case will probably go to the Jury
late todsy. -
Appeal of Teacher
. Heard by Churchill
'Salem. March 26. -The case of Miss
Tevlah Borror. teacher in the Huber
Alaho district, in Washlngtou county,
who was dismissed and who appealed
from the action of the school board to
the county superintendent, was argued
before J. A. Churchill, state superlu
tendent of public Instruction, - Friday,
and ' has been taken under advisement
by him. The only question before the
state superintendent Is whether Miss
Borror's appeal to the superintendent
was filed within the specified time after
her dismissal by the district board.
The Dalles to Begin
Work on Auditorium
The Dalles. March 26. It was decided
Friday to proceed at once with con
struction of the ' new munlcfpal t audi
torium. An Issue of 1125,000 has been
voted for this project, and $11,000 of the
bonds were recently , sold . to secure
money . for purchase of the property
The balance. $114,000. will be used in
building the auditorium. Sale of the
balance of the Issue will be announced
within a short time, according to Mayor
P. J. Stadelman,,
Ira Gabrielson Returns
Ira N. Gabrielson, head of the rodent
control department of the United States
biological survey, has returned from
Lane and Coos counties, where he start
ed' campaigns for the extermination of
the dirrer squirrel and the mole. In-
Lane county he put out 1200 pounds of
poison and spoke at several farmers'
meetings. A preliminary ' organization
will be effected at a meeting w m neia
in Eugene, April 2. .
Hudson Speaks In La Grando
La Grande. Or.,' March 26. H. S. Hud
son, supreme master Artisan of Portland,
addressed realty .- men of - La Grande
Thursday, urging use of Oregon products.
evidence cf true prosperity.
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Medford. March 26. After having
been out about an hour and one half
the jury awarded a verdict of $4 2.-
203.72, late Friday against Chester
C. Kubll, Apptegate stockman, in the
civil action brought by F. C. Bram-
wel. state superintendent of Banks,
for the- above sum alleged to be due
the defunct bank of Jacksonville for
overdrafts, checks and drafts cashed
by the bank before it failed.
An Indictment against Kubll charging
him with abetting and. aiding - a bank
cashier to defraud a bank was dismisaed
earlier in' the week on motion of the
state.
This Is the second suit of a kind to
be won by Superintendent -Iiram well In
circuit court at Jacksonville this week.
the first one- being tho awarding of
$2543.14 by a Jury against J. K. Banlett,
former Medford electrical goods dealer.
similar Indictment against whom was
dismissed this week .un motion of the
state.
The testimony of witnesses for both
the - state and defensu showed that
chaotic conditions of affairs and slip
shod bookkeeping methods existed In
the bank for years under William 11.
Johnson, its president and cashier.
As in the trial of the civil suit against
Bartlett. the star witness for the state,
and at times for the dvfV-ne. was John
son. At one tlmeie Identified a ledger
sheet purporting to show the status of
Kubli's account with the bank from,
1117, and testified that ho had mado up
the sheet from memory, memorandum
and checks In his poaautislon.
K. D. Kahler, who was In charge of
the untangling of the defunct banks
affairs, testified that no individual ac
count had been kept of Kubli's account
from December 24, 191'J, until the bank
was closed in August1920.
New Express Tariffs
Again Suspended
Salem, March 26. The proposed ' new
express tariffs on milk, cream, butter
milk and ice cream which have twice
been suspended by the public service
commission were again suspended la an
order issued Friday. Tho luteut suspen
sion is effective until June 30. A hear
ing was recently held by the commission
In Portland on the reasonableness of
the proposed new rates, and tt Is ex
pected that a final order will be irsutu
before the expiration of the la tea I sus
pension order.
Canvas-Clad and
Barefooted, Ship's
Crew Reaches Port
New Orleans. March 26. (I. N. 8.)
Barefooted and clad In garments made
of canvas, members of tho crew of the
United States shipping board steamer
Faith brought their vessel Into this
port today after a 14 months' trip to
Montevideo. All kinds of mishaps, they
said, had befallen the boat on its long
Journey..
The men complained they had no
smokea No pay had been given them
during the Journey. Friends and mar
iners will care for them until govern
ment pay reaches them.
New Hospital Wing
Follows Old Style
'" Salem March 26. With only a few
minor changes, the plans used In the
construction of the north unit of tho
Lastern Oregon state hospital wilt h
used in the construction of the new
wing for which an appropriation- of
$160,000 was made by the recent Vgls
lature. it was decided at a meeting of
the state board of control Friday.
Ur. W. D. McNary, superintendent of
the Kastern Oregon hospital, and Mor
ris 'II Whitehead of Portland, who will
have charge of the construction of the
new wing, - attended the conference.
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