THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON
SATURDAY. MAY 7. 1C21
COASTAL WIRELESS
SCORED RELATIVE
TO SEA DISASTER
- Marine - disaster on the. Faelflc
coast, such as that which occurred
to the Japanese steamer Tpkuyo
Maru Monday, may continue to re
sult In lees of life unless wireless
servieo at coastal stations i are im
proved. In the opinion of John Ober,
master , of the motor schooner
Charlie Watson, which aided in
Bali) Ins relief for the crew of the Jap
steamer through interception of S.
O. S. calls. ' ;
Ober has sent a detailed report of the
activity of his vessel in rendering; assist
ance, to the Tokuyo Maru to the district
communication superintendent of radio
at Bremerton and a copy has also ten
eV-nt to the Portland Chamber of Com
merce. ' " ; "
3fO BEPLY HECE1TED 1
The master of the, motor) schooner
says that ha Intercepted 8, O. B. calls
from the Japanese steamer at 4 :23 p. m.
and again at i :50 p. m., when the master
of the steamer in distress said that he
had to abandon shin. He says that
A'orth Head was called several times
without -reply. Then he called Marsh
field. The latter transmitted the raes
sags to North Head at & :05 p. m., 40
minutes after the distress call was sent
out. - v - ' -. .
Ober says that it seems strange to
him tlial not one of the coast stations,
where a constant watch is supposed to
be' kept, heard this distress call, which
was sent eut continuously ' for JO min
utes. Especially he thinks it strange
that North Head station did not pick
up the call, inasmuch as it was only
41 miles from the nnxittnn of the Ts.
kuyo Maru, while the Watson was 120
miles distant,. He thinks that even
Marshfield and Tatoosh should - have
heard the distress calls had they -been
on watch. , . j-. -
bEHVJCK CALLED RQTTEJT
Ober "continues hip communication as
fpliows r , ' " ' -
, "The common, much abused eseuse
that- they were at the time working' en
a higher wave length seems in this case
rather out of place, as the distress sig
nals were eenj, continuously for 10 minute..-
- -
.. "The' Bervice at present, as you see
from the above. Is rotten, stagnant and
.a glsgrace to4he department.: leather
reports and time signals are apparently
sent out at the operator's pleasure and
convenience and ships' business is han
dled in about the same manner.
"It is a common 'occurrence; to call a
r.aval station for an hour, and, after get
ting them, to repeat a SO-word message
until it gets tiresome, in which case we
generally give it to a distant Canadian I
station, who wilt take it without repeat
ing one wotd,
-Cailed Tatoosh from If :10;' p. m. to
t;U p.'m. Msy 3.
"Steamer Buford, with survivors on
Tatoosh from 10 a. m. to noon May S.
- ?A fine state cf affairs had this ves
sel been in distress. t ;
,"I am taking the liberty forwarding
you these facts in order to bring the !
service up to the proper standard, to pro-,
tect lives and property at sea and to give
the. public the service it Is entitled to."
IS -
CALLED DANGEROUS
(Oostraw Tnm Pm Oat)
farmer will default his interest next au-
good crops. But given bad crops at the
present low prices, Chicago f will . need
help. Wheat, cattle and cotton . must
"faring more money on the farm before
industry In Chicago can hope to get
back to the 1919 puce. i .
If crops ancfc prices go wrong .next
year , they will appear in politics and
Chicago will be the center of agrarian
revolt. The plate always tends to break
on the same 'old crack and the country !
tributary to Chicago la,., the home of
revolt, . - i s .
Tha Dakptas, Kansas, Iowa. Texas,
v wuiwi iuu eHu in Ameri
can politics as symbols of political
trouble. The leaders in politics from
those states have been firebrands. And
the reason for the Insurgency of these
Western states has not been racial nor
climatic, but economio. Fundamentally,
It has been wheat end cotton and corn.
The thing which is halting prosperity
In Chicago today Is the thing which may
change the course of American history
neat year, the discontented and prattling
farmer. :-. ' .
. Men realise this In the big Chicago
hanks today. They know how thin
a margin the mid-Western farmer has
between him and trouble. So the Chlca
ge . banker is cautious. He is holding
on to his cash.
pEEX IJT MAYOR
Yet Chicago's political wisdom is use
1bs at heme. Chicago is harboring one
cf .the most dangerous politicians a the
country. . j
Big' BUI Thompson understands the
psychelegy of middle das. He is net
a man hut a group, in the group is ex
ceptional political talent. : Thompson
being more or Itma a, case of arrested
development, does not care and does pot
know, Cut the others know and da not
care' - " I "..
Thompson could head such a revolt
ber in the Middle West aad draw cer
tain elements of labor, the plutocracy of
labor, for instance, with him and join
it to tha great revolt and make a majority-
that might menace the style of
government in America. i
"Thompson is not a firebrand, and he
Is net of the Murat type. But shew him
power, let those about him who know
from the Middle "West, from Kansas,
the Dakotas and from the Southwest
aa u wouiu swo me power anq let his
fellow conspirators take! the spoil.
- Thompson only wants the toys of power
v.w Alia lUWIJUIlBt
GOOD VOTES STAY AT BOY E
All this is in the Chicago situation to
day, Alt this furnishes the reason why
Chicago hesitates cautiously while other
western cities are growing surer and
surer that the worst la over. An election
is pending here for circuit judges. There
la' a Thompson elate which has the ad
vantage of the Republican nomination
and a Democratic fusion slate. The
Thompson slate, if elected, will control
much patronage the park commission
ers in the south side, the number of fee
and - salary .offices in the - courthouses
and that sort or bed rock; political ad
vantages, Thompson can be defeated
with a good vote out, butt very llkejy
the good vote will stay at home.
There are local reasons why the bank
ers h are so wise about many things,
who know conditions so far from home,
do net feel free to interfere to break
CHICAGO
MAYOR
Thompson at home, i Yet if he IS not
broken , at - home now he produces a
serious menace In the next two years,
for mind you,, he Is a "regular" Repub
lican in the midst of a country normally
Republican, which wtu try to make the
ngni insiae tne party. , f r
Wheat, cotton, cattle, Thompson, all
going wrong at once may bring serious
troubfea So Chicago sits tight and
waits. The worst may be over, but it's
a long way ahead to the good.
HARVEY TO PLAN FOR
BIG NAVAL HOLIDAY
(Contiaaed From Pus One)'
can best be served by permitting disarm
ament steps to originate more or less
simultaneously among a group of great
powers such as ara represented in the
supreme council and net pring from one
power .alone. ;
TIME HOT BirB ? ,
The president and nis advisers are
fully cognisant of the fact that America
is not regarded abroad as so altruistic
and unselfish as some Imgiue.
Colenel Hmtvy' activities in this di
rection will necessarily be delayed until
the German reparations and the Yap
mandate questions are permanently dis
posed of. But at the proper time. Col
onel Harvey will bring the attention of
the other great powers to the need of
seme restrictive action which will halt
the armament race among tiio nations
of the world. r '
'Comment was extremeU' guarded In
senatorial circles today over the. admin
istration's decision to strain participate
in the councils of Europaai statesmen.
The American government, a its reply
to the message of Premier Lloyd George,
inviting It to participate in allied confer
enees, says; -
"The government of the United ptates,
while maintaining the traditional policy
of absentation from participating in
matters of distinctly European concern,
is deeply Interested on the proper eao
nemle adjustments and in the just settle
ment of the mattevs of world-wide im
portance which are under diseuasipn in
these conferences, and desires helpfully
to cooperate In the deliberations upon
these Questions. i
"Mr. : George Harvey, appointed am
bassador to Crreat Britain, will be in
structed on his arrival in England to
take part, as the representative of the
president of the United States in the de
liberations of the supreme council. - The
American ambassador to France will be
instructed to resume his place as uneffW
clal observer, and Mr, Roland W. Boyden
will be instructed to sit again in an of
fleial capacity on the reparations com
mission. ; f
"The government of the United States
netee with pleasure your expression of
the belief of rke representatives of the
allied governments assembled in London
thgt American cooperation in the settle
ment f the great international questions
growing out of the World war will be of
material assistance.1 1
Dr. Edward Sisson
Accepts j Ctiair of
: Philosophy in Reed
Dr. Edward O. Sisson. until recently
president of the Montana State univer
sity at Missoula, has accepted the chair
of philosophy at Reed college, according
to an announcement of the regents to
day. Dr. Slsson's election to the Reed
faculty is the first, result of the East
ern trip of President Richard B. Schola
of Reed, who spent a day at the Mon
tana institution on his way to .New York.
Or. Sisson terminates his connection
with Montana July: 1, and will assume
his new duties when Reed opens in the
fall..--' ; ,...(;: . j -
Dr. Sisson was a member of the Reed
faculty in 1912. when he made many
friends In Portland- , He was popular as
an extension lecturer and In 1916 deliv
ered the .commencement : address at
Reed.' ; He was commissioner of educa
tion )n Idaho from 1913 to 1917, when he
accepted the Montana presidence. He
has written several .books and is con
sidered an authority on educational
matters. ;; - - . . ,
Land Seekers Need
Not Fear! Inflation
Of Values, Opinion
.'Settlers from the Uiddla Wut Aair.
srfgv location In Oregon will not be met
wjw infiHieu.ianq: values, in ins opinion
of secretaries of commercial organisa
tions in the . stat , in
State Chamber of Commerce. This query
was maae to tne cnamoer by immigra
tion and. settlement officials of Western
railroads, and the questions were tele
graphed to all the commercial organize-
ituns m mo staie. in consensus or
oninlon was that tha man n.-ttK 19 nan tr.
Invest had better than an average chance
io maae gooa at iarming in uus state.
War Department to
Apologize for Any
Errors on Slackers
Washinaton. Mav 7. (1. V s Th
war department will make public apol
ogy II tne name ot any man s errone
ously ; puhllshed ; la the list pf draft
evaders now being made public, Secre
tary or war weeks announced today.
The secretary saUI everv r-t fart YiaA
been made to check the list, but that
it was possible that errors might have
crept in, ; j : i : , -
Route Is j ? Changed "
For Vancouver Cars
All Vancouver cars will he operated
the reverse way around the Broadway
bridge loop beginning Sunday, accord
ing to announcement made Friday by
the operating department of the P. R.
I A $V This expedient is being resort
ed to in en effort to relieve traffic
congestion on Washington street. The
care will be routed frpm the Broadway
bridge, south to Washington street, then
t Fifth and Glisan and back to the
bridge. -
No Lowering to Be
Made in Coal Bate
Coal operators have been advised that
reduction in the cost of transportation
on coal ia not to be expected this year,
according to advice received by H.-K,
UMiosbury; general freight aprent of the
O-W R. & X.. from J. D Morrow, vice
president of the National Coal associa
tion. Morrow says that Chairman Clark
Of the interstate commerce commission
informed Mm that reduction in coal
transportatifMi costs had not been pro
posed ta.tha X. C. CI
OLDER DOWNTOWN
BUILDINGS WILL BE
RAZED IN CLEANUP
Through the activities of the fire
marshal's bureau there is rpod pros
pect of spring "cleanup" of sec
tions of the downtown district
through the rasing of about a dozen
decrepit buildings that have been
determined a menace to publie safe
ty. In addition to orders for demo
lition previously issued, new orders
have been served pn property
owners,
The buildings which must be torn
down witnin 30 days, in compliance with
these orders, include the following;
Nog. 213, 21t and US Third street,
and Kos. 25, 26f and 267 Salmon streets,
having frontage of 100 feet on ' Salmon
street and' 150 feet on Third street,
owned by A. C. Pmmons and Mrs. Geor
gia V, Stevens.
The Ross hotel at 19t ; Third street,
owned by Mrs. Lerene A. Goodwin and
Mrs.. Celia Lewis.
One story frame buildings at the
southeast corner of Sixth and Burnside
streets, owned by S. A. A r rata. - i
Two story rooming bouse, occupying
100x500 feet, at. the northeast corner of
Sixth and Burnside streets, formerly the
Dr. Andrew Smith property and now
cwned by Meier 4 Frank. :
It is understood that these orders will
be followed by others that will clean
up a number of dilapidated structures
In the downtown district within the next
two or three months. In each case a
SO days limit will be placed as the time
for demolition of the structures. ,
FIFTEEX MUNICIPAL CASES i
APPEAIiED DUKING APRJIi
N. P. Beutgen, clerk of the municipal
court, has filed with the city auditor a
report to the city council of municipal
eases appealed durinff the month of
April-
Fifteen such appeals have been taken
to the superior court, the charges Includ
ing possession of liquors or narcotics,
vagraney, traffic ordinance violations,
disorderly conduct, distributing notices
en the streets and conducting business
without holding ejty licenses.
"PEMNQVENT JjANP" WIW BE !
SOLD AT AVCTIOX DV CITY
City Treasurer William Adams Is ad
vertising for sale at public auction at
the east door of the county courthouse
at 10 o'clock of May 29, a list of proper
ties pn which there are delinquent as
sessments for public improvements.
The list comprises three newspaper
columns of solid type and includes prop
erties in Xyittle Homes gudiyision No. 3,
Cumberland, Fairport, First , Electric
addition to Alblna. Good Morning addi
tion to East Portland, Granville, Have
lock, Kenall addition. Kenmore, Min
rose. Master's addition to Portland,
North Albina, Nut Grove. Pacific Piace.
Parkway, Principle addition. Riverside
addition, Swinton, Terry Street : addi
tion. West Piedmont and Wilburton.
CITY BUREAU PIiACES i
EX-SERVICE SIEJf IN JOBS
Arthur W. Jones, director of the pub
He employment bureau of Portland, -has
filed with City Auditor Funk his report
of the April activities f this bureau.
This shows that in the men's division
there were 1401 applications for help
and 1414 men were referred to positions.
In these placements there were 394 xt
service men. In the women's division
there were 191 employers orders and
208 women referred to positions, of which
159 were reported, placed.
Submit Warehouse Plans
"Plans were submitted to the city
building bureau today for a two story
concrete warehouse at East Third and
Washing-ton streets, estimated to cost
3S5.en0. W W. Lucius is Hie architect
and Manning & Holland are the builders.
Water Bureau Record ;
The water bureau of Portland has
established a new record for the largest
number of permits for water connections
with new dwellings issued in any one
day. This record was made last
Wednesday, when 44 such permits were
issued.
New Fire Apparatus ;
City Commissioner Bigelow has under
consideration the plan of asking the city
council to submit to a vote of the people
at the special election June 7 a bond
Issue for approximately $250,000 for the
purchase at new fire apparatus. He
states that the fire department is in
need Of more equipment, both in engines
and fire hose., v r - r .
U ceruses Are Revoked i
The city council at Us session Friday
revoked the for-hire auto stand licenses
of Art Lee and L. E. Blair, located in
front of the Oregon hotel. No new
stand permits will be' issued for these
locations, this being In line with tne
council's policy, adopted at this session,
to refuse to grant new permits, for any
location In the congested district when
existing' licenses are revoked.
City Hall Briefs
H. Johnson has appealed from the
decision of the city license bureau in
refusing him a soft . drink and card
room : license for 1(4 Burnside street,
on the ground that he Is not a citixen
of the United States and that a previous
license for this location was revoked. :
A petition has been filed at the city
haU for the grading and paving of
Borthwick street, from Skidmore to
Prescott streets, r t' ;
The cost of the proposed Improvement
of Greenwood avenue, from Cora avenue
to Gladstone avenue., is estimated by
the city engineer at $5097. The city
council has declared its intention to
make this improvement and. remon
strances against it may be filed up tp
May IS. :
Bids for , the improvement of East
Nineteenth street, from Alberta; street
to KUlingsworth avenue, will be opened
by the city council at 10 o'clock next
Wednesday..:
- Bootblack Sold Cocaine
Jeff Saul, a bootblack, pleaded guilty
this morping In the federal court to
selling a small quantity of cocaine to
an- informant of the federal narcotic
division and ; was sentenced to four
months in the county jail. The agents
were not able to get court evidence
against Saat,s so they engaged the in
formant. Hamilton Cartwright, who is
alleged to have assisted (he informant
in securing, his supply, pleaded not
guilty and hs trial was set for June 9.
S. P. Flagman Injured'
. H. D. Charter. 67 years old, a flagman
employed by the 8. P. t S. railroad,
suffered a fractured hip at 9 o'clock this
morning when he fell off a freight car
on the railroad yards. He wan taken
to Bt. Vincents hospital. He lives at
245 Eighteenth, street.
Berkeley: Chemist
. Gets Highest Award
From U; S. Society
Br CnierMl Seriee
New York. May 7. Ons of the highest
honors of American chemistry, the Will
iam H- Nichols medal for 1920, is held
today by Dr. Gilbert N, !wis dean of
chemistry of the University of California
at Berkeley. The presentation was made
last night at a meeting of the New York
section of the American Chemical eo
ciety in Kumford hotel, h - - '
The medal was given: for the paper
entitled, "The Third Law of Thermo
dynamics and the Entrophy ' of Solu
tions and of Liquids.', i
The achievements of ' Dr. . Lewis la
science were described by Doctors
Arthur B. Lamb and John Johnston and
the medal was presented by Dr. John
Steeple, chairman. Accepting the honor,
Dr. Lewis delivered an address entitled,
"Color and Molecular structure.'
SEVEN POINTS ARE
SETTLEDJN STRIKE
(Con tinned From Pas One)
boldt, is due to leave port tonight. Her
crew is signed at the old scale. "The
company has signed a 'year's contract
with its employes in which it agrees to
pay the old scale for that length of time.
GROWING WEAKNESS SEEN
IN ATTITUDE QF UNION
Acceptance of the 15 per cent wage
reduction and the open shop principle
by the marine engineers indicates a
Bign of weakness, according to A. F.
Haines, vice president and general man
ager of the Pacific Coast Steamship
company (Admiral line). Haines re
ceived a wire from New York this morn
ing stating the engineers had accepted
the reduced wage scale., but other con
ditions were imposed that "brought the
conference to-a deadlock.
Local No. 41, Marine Engineers' Bene
ficial association, will meet at S o'clock
this evening to discuss plans for a set
tlement of the strike, i Proposals have
been made by the ship owners which
will be considered and will probably be
adopted. Locals at San Francisco and
Seattle will hold similar meetings on
the same proposals, 1
The Admiral line will maintain serv
ice on the Portland run, it was an
nounced by A. F. Haines, general man
ager. The Admiral Evans, flow in the
harbor, and the Senator will be kept in
operation. On the Seattle to San Pedro
run two ships will likewise be kept in
operation. The President sailed from
Seattle this morning with a full crew.
The City of Topeka, he stated, would
continue on the Alaska run, while the
other ships of the Admiral fleet will
be tied up. I
AMERICAN SHIPPING IS
BANNED BY BRITISH UNION
London, Nov. 7. (I. N. S.) The Fed
eration of Transport Workers today or
dered the members to refuse to handle
American shipping because of the Amer
ican marine strike. i ' . '.
. Strike Stops Trolling
Seattle, May 7. (I. N. S. Alaska
fishermen have, been forced to suspend
trolling operations because of the ma
rinestrike that has cut off means of
transporting their product to market, ac
cording to word teceived here today from
Ketchikan.' Dan Sutherland, Alaska del
egate in congress, has ! been .asked by
civic organisations to appeal to the gov
ernment for transport o handle the fish.
San Francisco Meeting Tonight
San Francisco, May 7. (1 N. S.) -A
special meeting of the Marine Engineers'
Beneficial association Will be held here
tonight to consider the future ' policy
of the organization toward the marine
workers, it was announced here today
by officials of the association. Officers
of the union indicated ' they had under
consideration a proposal from the ship
owners which might end the strike.
Goes WitU Non-Union Crew
Seattle. May 7. U. p.) The Pacific
Steamship company's liner President
sailed from Seattle at noon today with a
non-union crew bound for San Francisco.
T"
BY U. S.
(Continued From Tag Oaa)
an American citizen knew he should
not lawfully say or do.
SOUL IJT GEBUAXY " , .
''Drink merely loosened his lips and
laid bare his German heart. Jtia body
was in America, but his soul was always
in Germany, before and during the war.
"All lawyers will agree that where
there Is any conflict of evidence upon
a question of fact the decision of the
jury is controlling. The record does
show that there ws a sharp conflict
upon the question of'Albers' intoxica
tion. That being so, and the'jury having
resolved that fact under proper Instruc
tions, the appellate court has no other
alternative but to accept as final the
finding pf the jury. j
Therefore, the ony pther question in
this case is that of the admissibility of
certain pro-German utterances of Albers
before pur entrance in the war, such as :
"One kaiser and one God.'
" The stories of German atrocities are
lies.' i
"The American soldiers are amateurs
and couldn't beat the Germans in a
tnousand years." f
'Deutschlapd ueber alles.'
DECI&IOST AFFUtJUEIl
"During the trial of Marie Equi, sup
ported as we were by the ruling of flther
district judges throughout the country,
we proved what she said in May, 1916,
during1 the Preparedness day parade.
The circuit court of appeals held,.hat
this was admissible upon the question
of Intent, and affirmed her conviction.
"She thereupon petitioned the supreme
court of the United States for a writ pf
certiorari. While this petition was pend
ing the circuit court of appeals had be
fore it the appeal of Albers, wheVe there
was raised the same question.
"It withheld deciding the case for al
most a year, waiting the decision of the
supreme court in the Equi case, which
would be decisive of the question. When
the supreme court finaily refused to
entertain Marie Equi's appeal, thus In
effect affirming the decision of the
lower courts, the circuijt court thereupon
promptly affirmed the decision in the
Albers case, saying 'that a like ruling
must be made in this case unless the
Equi case s to be overruled, which we
are pot preared to do.'
EflBOQ. COMMITTEP
"In the face of all this,' with the au
thority before him of ' the Equi case in
the supreme court, with the authority of
the unanimous opinion; of three judges
of the circuit court of appeals in the
Albers ase, it i almost unbelievable
that a single person in the department ot
f.
HENRY ALBERS SCORED
PROSECUTOR
justice would ? undertake to usurp the
functions of the supreme court by de
ciding the conflicting decisions from 4 if
ferent circuits..- ' - y
There can be no ether conclusion but
that Friersen has committed an error
of judgment, and the universal condem
nation his action has excited cannot be
said to be unjustified."
Judge Carey contends that the action
of the department and of the court was
taken against his objection made before
the department and in open court and
against his insistence that he had come
to 'Washington ready and anxious to
argue the matter and to abide by the
decision, i , - . :
HASDIED BY ASSISTANTS
And, still further. Judge Carey states
that Attorney General Daugherty had
no hand in the matter, which was han
dled by Assistant Attorneys General
Herron and Stewart and Solicitor Gen
eral Frier son in the regular routine of
the department and, as a part of the
duty delegated to them in the allocation
of work before the department,
"I did not become connected with the
Albers case until after the trial in the
district court," Judge Carey said , this
morning. "I appeared with Judge Mc
Court before the circutc court, of ap
peals, and, after wa had failed there,
asked for -a writ of certiorari, which
was granted. I went to Washington to
argue . the case on appeal . before the
supreme court, convinced, from my ex-
anatlon of the record, that Albers
should not have been convicted and was
entitled to an acquittal.
aro Bauer filed
"When I reached Washington, Judge
Carey continued, "I found that the gov
ernment had not filed a brief, and, upon
inquiry as to whom I should see at
the department of ' justice in reference
to the matter, was referred to Assistant
Attorney General . Herron. He teld .me
that the department was 'fed up' on
espionage cases, that they had examined
the record 4? the' Albers case and that
It seemed to be the worst of any (hat
had come before them.
"Herron tojd me.'? the judge said, "that
because of a congested docket the case
would not come before the court for a
week, and that in the meantime they
would hold a conference and determine
what to do. He took my address and
told me he would send the government's
brief to me in case they prepared one. or
in any event would Inform me of what
action they intended to take in reference
to it, , ,
MET FBIEBSON
"I went to New York and when I re
turned no word - had been sent me, so X
went again to the department of justice
and saw Assistant Attorney General
Steward, under whose direction the espi
onage cases had been handled- He told
me that they had examined the record
carefully, were convinced that ' Albers
should not have been convicted and had
determined to confess, error; before the
supreme court, which would remand the
case for retrial.
"I protested against this," Judge
Carey seated, "and Stewart told me
that Solicitor General Frierson had then
gone to court, where the case would be
called at noon it was then not more
than half an hour before that time and
I hurried ever to the courtroom and
met Frierson, whom I had : never met
before, and insisted that I should be
given an opportunity to present the case
in argument to the court. I told him
that, in my belief, Albers was entitled
to an acquittal and, when he said he
w-as not preparedte argue the case but
that it had been determined to confess
error, I asked permission to state my
case to the court
SQ INFLUENCE SHOWS'
"I did' attempt to do this." and Judge
Carey smiled as. he said It, "but the
chief justice sat on me and everybody
smiled, associate justices and spectators
Included, . and I . sat down, for there
waB nothing else for me to do.
"There was no influence brought to
secure the action of "the department,"
Judge Carey insisted. - "The matter was
handled in the regular routine by those
of the department, who have been hand
ling espionage cases, and, so far as I
know; Attorney General Daugherty had
no knowledge of what action the solicitor
general Intended to take."
Judge Carey contends that the wide
spread prejudice against Albers in the
public mind is due to an entire miscon
ception of the facts in the ease.
FACTS 15 SUFFICIENT
He maintains that, aside from the
technical objections to the admission of
certain evidence made by him, the main
circumstances and facts upon which Al
bers was convicted were not sufficient
to warrant his conviction by the jury.
Judge Carey insists the evidence
shows Albers to have been plied with
liquor by government agents until he
was made helplessly drunk and that,
after this had been done, his utterances
were taken down in writing to be used
against him. He insists that Albers har
bored no disloyal Intent against the gov
ernment and was not responsible for
and did not remember anything' about
what he had said at the time he made
the statements upon which his convic
tion was based.
"If the public knew all the surround
ing facts and circumstances of the case,"
Judge Carey says, "there would not
be the prejudice against Albers that ex
ists and it would not be believed that
his conviction was justified.''
WITNESSES DEFENDED ; V
After reading published statements
quoting Carey, United States Attorney
Lester W. Humphreys called Bert Ha
ney, former federal : prosecutor, and
asked him if the testimony of witnesses
during the trial showed that anyone had
offered Albers anything to drink or had
tried to get him intoxicated in order
to fain certain statements.
Haney informed Humphreys thVt the
government witnesses were reputable
American citizens and that they had
not stooped to any questionable means
to extract statements from Albers, The
testimony ) of witnesses showed, accord
ing to Haney, that Albers had made the
alleged disloyal remarks before any
drinks were taken, and that the liquor
used was furnished by Albers and not
by members of the tarty. Following
tha drinking Albers . is said to have re
iterated . his former remarks in the Ger
man language in the smoking apartment
of the car in which he-was riding.
In reply to' the published statement,
Humphreys said; '
"Jt Is not Tight for the public to get
the impression that the federal govern
ment wept out to get Albers drunk and
to get him to make disloyal statements."
Humphreys added that be did not think
it proper for Carey to abuse the govern
ment witnesses by making statements to
the press which conflicted with the trial
evidence. - i
Seaside Post Protest
Seaside, Or., May 7. Seaside post No.
99, American Legion, ; telegraphed its
protest against action ' in the case
against- J. Henry Albers to Senators
Stanfield and McNary. The local poet
adopted resolutions condemning the ac
tion of the department of justice in not
permitting the supreme court to pass
upon the case and demanding that Al
bers be retried. ,i
Women Ask Punishment -
Medford, Or May 7. Although the
Medf ord post of the : American Legion
has taken no action as yet, the women's
auxiliary, of the post at a special meet
ing adopted a resolution and tele
graphed it to Senator McNary protesting
against the release of Henry .Albers,
beseeching htm to use his influence to
see that Albers Is punished and recom-
SEVEN HELD FOR
THEFT OF DOPE'
FROM
BARRACKS
The theft of 1 5 000 worth of coat
caine, morphine, heroin, tincture of
opium and a small quantity of whis
key and pure alcohol from the Van
couver barracks about fetir weeks
ago by two soldiers, whs are now
classed as deserters, was announced
this morning- by Assistant Uplted
States Attorney Austin Fiegel.
Federal warrants have ' been - issued
for the arrest of Howard Brown and
George H- Nelson, who are charged with
the theft.
frOUB &0LDIE&S HELD
Since Wednesday morning department
of justice agents working under the
direction of W. R. Bryon and Fiegel
nave arrested four-soldiers, a woman
and two civilians. Three of the soldiers,
Austin E. Truman, Cleo C. Bain and
Scotty Hardy, are held In solitary con
finement at the guard house at Van
couver barracks, and the other, Joseph
Boyle, is held Incommunicado in the
Multnomah county jail.
The woman, Mrs. Estelle Clark, 88V4
Grand avenue, is also In the county jail.
William W . smpmap, who was mesa
man on the steamer Montague, was ar
rested Friday night by department of
justice . agents. Fiegel received word
this morning that Carroll Everett, ant
other alleged accomplice, was arrested
in Astoria Friday.
BE WARD OFFERED
The army reward of $50 each has
been offered for the arrest of Nelson
and Brown.
The drugs were stolen from the bar
racks hospital, entrance to which was
gained by breaking through a base
ment window. The stolen property was
taken to the home of a woman in Van
couver, who has not been arrested, and
stored there for several days.
Identification of the men involved in
the scheme to dispose of the drugs to
addicts in Portland was made by Po
lice Sergeant Epps, who arrested Boyle
several days ago in the north end while
he was endeavoring to sell a Chinaman
three cans of the stolen drugs, Boyle
at first refused to talk, but is said to
have broken down and confessed under
cross examination.. Through Boyle's
confession the officers learned pf Mrs.
Clark and arrested her, but .he nar?
cotic. agents did not keep her in custody,
SEEK WOMAN'S HELP
According to later information the
woman is said to have returned to her
apartment after being released and to
have destroyed a quantity of the stolen
property concealed there.' She was re
arrested. Fiegel said the soldiers under arrwt
at Vancouver assisted in concealing the
drugs after they were stoten. As none
of the soldiers knew how to dispose ot
the drugs, not being addicts, they are
said to have asked Mrs. Clark to help
them. She is said to have secured
Everett, an alleged addict.
Everett is said to have received some
drugs from Brown and Nelson to sell
but to have stolen more. Everett Is
said also to have given Shlpraan the
supply he had on hand.
Although the soldiers ; under arrest
have been charged with a violation of
the narcotic act, it is probable that
they will be given ' a military trial and
not released to the civil authorities.
Agents Miss Still
But Find Liquor;
Suspect Is Taken
Federal prohibition agent heard that
a country dance near Clatskanie every
Saturday night was made merry by
moonshine, so last Saturday they made
a social call to find out who was violat
ing the law. Being strangers, they did
not succeed in buying any liquor, so they
started through tne mountains on a "still
hunt." Thursday their efforts were re
warded, and late last night, after travel
ing through the hills back of Mist, they
brought George Jones to Portland and
lodged him in the county jail on a charge
of manufacturing liquor. The officers
could not find the still, but they found
two quarts of liquor, 50 gallons of mash,
50 pounds of corn meal and 5Q pounds of
sprouting corn. Jones' wife residep at
Vader, Wash, A complaint charging Vio
lation of the Volstead act was Issued this
morning by United States Commissioner
Fraser. . .
RELEASED MAY 1 0
(Cootinutd From Ftf One)
ati active life, a prison term is almost
an intellectual death." he added.
HAIB TURKS GRAY
"We pear so much now of wars and
rumors of wars that it is almost ap
palling to think of facing the age-old
coiiflict of man and his brother.
"With labor troubles 1 paramount In
this country, disputes tearing Europe,
strife ' is the. keynote of the - world
refrain." -;:. "
Gray hair, blending ": with the gray
prison uniform, was the chief mark
years of imprisonment seemed to have
left , on McNamara. He was plainly in
rpbust health, bis manner alert, and
hia face carried but few new lines. .
Originally sentenced to a 15-year
term, the board, of prison directors has
ordered McNamara released after serv
ing 10 years, part in San Quentin and
a few months in the county jail in
Los Angeles, . Good behavior and strict
compliance with all rules earned the
respite.
His brother, James McNamara, was
sentenced' to life imprisonment for his
connection with the same case. It is
possible that he may be paroled at
some future date.
Union, labor leaders in San Francisco
who knew McNamara are preparing a
welcome for -him on the day he is
released. '
mending that Solicitor General Frierson
be asked to resign because of "his insult
to loyal Americans."
(West Grovp Legion Protects
: Forest Grove, Or., May 7. Resolutions
protesting .the action of the government
in the Henry Albers case and demanding
a retrial were passed by Washington
post No. 2, American Legion.
Pretest Sent President
McMlnnville. Or., May 7.-The local
Legion post has sent a telegram of pro
test to president Harding against the re
lease of Henry Albers;. .
Mt-. Hoed Soda Water, quality, truety
fruity, always 6c everywhere.- Adv.
M NAMARA TO BE
Mothers Living in
Old Folks' Homes to
Be Honored Sunday
Mothers in the old folks' ; hemes till
not be forgotten In Sunday's observance
of Mother's day. The girls of! Community
Bervice, have adopted these mothers for
the day and will have them as guests of
honor at the Mother's day program ar
ranged for IS :80 p, m. Sunday at the
Liberty theatre; , Cars are being secured
by the pirls to carry the eld folk from
the Woodmare. Patron and Mann homes.
"Bring someone's mother, is the Com
munity Service slogan for the day. "If
it is impassible to bring your own mother
ask any mother you know," says, Miss
Kathleen Cockburn of Community Serv
ice. "We want all mothers In the city to
enjoy the ceremony which has been ar
ranged in their honor. ' . . v
In recognition of the kindliness and
thoughtfulness of Portland's young peo
ple who fellow this injunction, Com
munity Service girls, arrayed as gigantic
ernationn. will give each person who
brings a mother a carnation, emblem of
the day. The eldest mother who attends
the observance will be presented with a
beautiful basket of carnations by the
Community Service girls, .
British Columbia
And Reed College
In Debate Tonight
Beed college wilt debate the University
of British Columbia tonight at White
Tempt at o'clock on "Resolved, That
the Anglo-Japanese Alliance Is a Men
ses to the Future of British-American
Relations.". Tha debate Is the first of an
International character . ever held in
Portland, Lewis Jones and Jacob Weln
stein will represent Beed" and J. I
Lawrence and G. S. Clark will speak for
British Columbia, The judges will be
Judge Bobert Tucker, Richard W, Mon
tague and Judge Guy C. It. Corliss, Miss
Klisabeth, Gore of Med ford, who is a
student at Beed, will lead in singing sev
eral traditional British melodies.
City Club "Hoiks
Banquet; Bosley Is
Elected President
L. D. Bosley was elected president ef
the City club for the ensuing year at
a banquet held Friday night at the
Benson hotel. Other officers named
are : George K. Murphy, first vios presi
dent : Frederick H. Cook, j second viee
president! J. Karl Jones, secretary;
Ellis ii. Hawkins, treasurer i C W.
PUtt and Bobert R. Rankin, governors
for three years, and Dr. C U. Moore,
governor tor two year a
Clark P. Bisset, professor of the Unt
versity of :'. Washington school of law.
delivered a talk on "The Value of
Ideals In American Life." I
Professor Bisset is on of the leaders
in Amerioanisation work in the North
west and spoke on the part American
ideals played in absorbing the foreign
elements. I
Realty Salesman Is
Accused of Forcing
Entrance to House
O. M. Shields, real estate salesman,
wanted to show a prospective customer
a house belonging to J. D. Linklater,
4604 sixty-sixth avenue Southeast, which
had been listed for sale. I
When the salesman -and the purchaser?
to-be arrived at the Mount Scott doim
Icile, they found the front door locked
and nobody at home. I
Using a ladder. Shields scaled the out
side wall, entered through, an upstairs
window, and admitted the customer. But
the owner hove into view aooui m time
the basement had been inspected and
caused the arrest of Shields on a charge
of trespass. i
In police court Saturday morning
ihlelds willingly pleaded guilty to the
trespass, but said his anxiety to make
a sale had caused him to use emergency
measures o gain entrance into the
house. - I
Judge Bessman commended the enter?
prise, but condemned the methods em
ployed. The case was continued for sen
tence. I
Ann Swinburne Is
Engaged to
New York
Wed
Broker
News received from New York this
morning announces the engagement of
Ann - Swinburne Schlrmer ta. . Philip
Benkard, New ' York broker. Mrs.
Schlrmer, who attained national fame as
a singer and comic opera star, is a
native of Portland nd is the daughter
of Judge and Mrs. John H. Ditchpurn
of this city. At little more than two
5 ears ago she became the wife of U.
Schlrmer, head of a large music publish
ing house of New Tprk. Following the
death Of Schlrmer in Los Angeles more
than a year ago, she has divided her
time between Southern California and
New York city. The wedding is an?
nounced for June. I
Ex-Shadow Suspect
Ready to Disappear
Oregon City, May t.?-Joe Brady, alias
George Billings, once accused of being
the mysterious "Shadow" -and "Talka
tive Burglar" of Portland, wanta to get
out ot the Oregon City jail, where he
has beeii confined since last Tuesday on
a lfta-day sentence for being intoxicated
and having liquor in his possession. A
telegram sent collect to a friend in Coir
orado. asking fpr $25 with! which to pay
his fine, went unheeded j Brady has
promised the chief of police that he will
disappear if they turn him loose. Night
Officer May, who arrested Brady and
his (.companion, Leon Patterson, knew
Brady when he was an officer in Cali
fornia .
TWORECITALS
Sony Medvedieff, Soprano
. ; Signer Philip Sevafta, Harpist
Leo Cronican, Pianist
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MULTNOMAH HOTEL BALLROOM
PORTLAND, ON.
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AMcnicaw vvan wothkrs
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MAKE restitutio;
OR GO TO PRISON-
IS COURT'S POLICY
Marshall Fraser, transportation
company organiser, at the very time
when he was being tried for viola
tion of the blue sky law for selling
stock of the Your Transportation
company, was organising a similar
company In Portland and luring
savings away from more working"
men, Deputy District Attorney Ham
mers! y declared- in Circuit Judge
Gatens court today when Fraaer"
appeared fpr sentence.
A plot on tha part of the railroads to
keep all automobile transportation com
panies out of Oregon was declared by
John C. McCue, Fraser's attorney, to be
reason why Influences are being brought
to bear to have Fraser sent to the
penitentiary, following his conviction
two weeks ago.
'There has been a definite effort on
the part ef the railroads to get the goat
of any independent automobile men who
attempt to start a transportation line,"
declared McCue. He said that one of
the men who invested in the Your
Transportation company, posing as a
working man, was an agent of an
eastern railroad.
"The railroads and the big companies
had their representatives at Salem to
pass regulations so strict that the in
dependent man would be forced out of
business," he said.
McCue declared Fraser had been In
jured in an accident and that bis wife
was in bed at home at the present
time awaiting an operation, and he
appealed for clemency on these grounds.
Uammersly stated that the Your
Transportation company was organized
In Columbia county, Wash:, wjth a cap
ital of $lo.eo.
The company lasted only a month.
iammereley said, and "all the Investors
received," declared Hammersiy, "were
soma beautifully embossed stock cer
tificates."
Judge Gatens decided to put off sen
tencing 'Fraser for two weeks.
"However, it seems that Kraser did
not sell all of this stock. Others were
associated with him. The others should
be found.. The whole outfit should be
Bent to tho penitentiary unless they pay
back the money they took from thcfe
victims," said the court.
BANKER'S NAMK ON JTTROIt'S
SUBPENA CU KATIES KTIJl
When a blacksmith was discovered in
the jury box in District Judge Deich's
court this morning, carrying a subpena
bearing the name of J. C. Ainsworth,
president of the United States National
bank, L. !. Schmltt. attorney for the
plaintiff in the case of the Central cor
poration against John- Spomer, reared
Up in excitement and denounced the
court.
Judge Deich. informed the attorney
that it was a time-honored custom in
the district court to call' in as Jurors
whatever men- they could find in the
courthouse or on the street. Most of
the men on the regular Jury panel were
busy and could, not be brought to the
courthouse, be said. Such was the case
with Ainsworth and a constable went
out and gathered in the substitute.
Schraitt Insisted on his right to have
lurora from tha regular panel, and. the
judge discharged the pickups, ordering r.
the clerk to get busy on tne teiepnone
and bring in whatever men he could
secure.
Tha case being tried is an "attempt on
the part of the Central corporation- to
eject Spomer from his florist shop In
the Central market, the corporation
claiming bis lease has run out and lie
replying that he has an oral lease that
is good until the end of the year.
TWO ACCUSED MKN AUK
BROUGHT FROM CALIFORNIA
Alfred W. King, former president of
the Guarantee Security company. In
dicted on a charge of perjury before the
?;ran4 jury, and Harley Edmund Smith,
ndlcted for larceny by bailee, reached
Portland late Friday night from Los An
geles, in the custody of Deputy Sheriff.
Koy Kendall, and were lodged In the
county Jail.
Both men were arraigned before Pre
siding Circuit Judge Kavanaugh this
morning, and given until next week to
plead, : '
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Actor Will Address
Pastors at Scoville ,
Meeting on Monday
' Actor will meet preacher at the Mon
day, meeting of the Portland Ministerial
association when Ben Scovell, noted
actor-entertainer and war veteran, ad
dresses the ministers on "Just Between
Us.'" ' Scovell. who preached in many
pulpfts here and abroad and who Is the ,
son Of the Very Rev. Frank Scove!!, for
merly dean of Salisbury cathedral, Bng
land, and who Is a nephew of tha late'
Sir- Henry Irving, famous actor, will
base his address on the premise of
friendly reasoning of the cases of the
stage and pulpit. He will conclude by
giving excerpts from Shakespeare, whose
characters he presented on the stage for
many years.
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