" CITY; EDITION
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N THK WEATHER Tonight and Tuesday,
rain ; vast to southeast wtnda - .
Minimum temperatures Sunday; ; -;
Portland ....... ' New. Organs..;.
Pociteito 34 New York.. J
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PORTLAND, ? OREGON, MONDAY, EVENING, $ MARCH 20, 1922. -SIXTEEN PAGES.il
tan os rut cinr.
NEWBERRY
Case Bobs Up Again "'-;-'
At Cajngaijln Nears;
PLAGUE TO
Candidates; Attack ' t
To Center on Two V .
SENATORS
T
-By Ed m and C Tsylor-
I'nlnml Snrtce Staff Correepoodea
. Washington. March 20. The Newberry
ctM haa bobbed no to plague the Ra
pt bUcan party In its own party primary
ti- The action of the
3 Republican s e n at
In retaining Senator
i imcwocitj in. a e m u
f although under
1 cloud already has
become the principal
lasue in the primary
f i campaign of at least
t two senators and it
threatens to be the
chief Issue against
other Republican
senators seeking re
election.
Senators Town
sen d of Michigan
and Pepper of . Penn-
apologlst . for
I',
UIDD01
BY PRESIDENT
Chief Executive Keeps Hands . Of f
Balmy Air
Of Spring
Gives Zest
Oregon's coldest winter on record was
malting its final stand today, while the
! season Of flowers, i liver puis, lovers,
i sassafras and warmer days was Just
around the corner.' I v
Never 'hare thtf people of ; the state
i been so anxious to see the advent of
spring, for In - addition to ; being ; the
coldest winter the season lust passing
D0geyf UeCliningtO maKe rUr-aether was reminiscent i ! Winters far
trier neCOmmendatlOnS 10 nOUSei In consideration of the nature of the
j ' d t A J I winter season k seemea mure uiau
LeaflerS J UaS nllie UPPOSeO. appropriate that the weatherman should
preatct uk spring wouia came in on m
winil fi ni ih. timmtn ll THTft.
Washington. March ' 20. President 1 cise will be 1:4 o'clock Tuesday morn-
Rardlng today refused to make any I inc. v ; . -.- ,1 i
new recommendations ' that might lead I wtwtcr is drt
, Neastor
Hawbarry
ylranJa. the leading
Senator" Nwberrya expensive campaign
for the senate, are being subjected to an
unexpected and heavy fire from within
their own party and are facing bitter
campaigns in which they will be Used
to the utmost to allay criticism for their
votes for and In defense of Newberry.
LEaDEB aFFBEHEKSITE ;
Regardless of other Issues in those
states and of the campaigns of other
senators this year, political observers
are watching events in Michigan and
Pentisylvanla with apprehension, ' be
cause of the Injection of the Newberry
case into ine cam pa urns against Sena'
tors Townsend and Pepper, ; .; ,
Both of these senators had expected to
- hire an easy time getting, their party
- nomination. In each instance, however,
their support Of Senator Newberry fur
nlshed their opponents with a hard
sought issue, - snd the issue ' is being
. pressed vigorously.
Representative Patrick H. Kelly of the
. Sixth Michigan district threw the Town-
send-Denby macnine in Michigan into
consternation - recently by announcing
his caadldacy for the Republican sens-
1 torlal nomination la a statement, la
which he raised the Newberry issue, j
FFEALS TO KEFCBLICAHS .
. RepresenUtlve Kelly boldly . Injected
the Newberry lasue Into the campaign
In Senator Newberry's home state by
appealing to Republicans there, to vote
' against condoning enormous campaign
expenditure ne matter how t&e expendl
turea ara madsi Senator Tswnsand had
' . taken the lead la the senate la defending
the Newberry, xpendlturea,
' Tcellng'ouer the Newberry ease also
was running high In Pennsylvania even
during the senate's consideration of the
resolution to oust the Michigan senator.
Influential newspapers ', had attacked
Republican senators for voting for New
berry, criticising Senator Pepper partic
ularly. When" Senator Pepper was ap-
nolnted there was a geaeral understand
Ing among the various Republican fac
tions in the state that he would not be
seriously opposed In the party primary,
BCKKS CaHDIDATB ;
Representative William 1. Burks of
. Ptttsburc. 'congressman at large from
Pennsylvania, has announced his can
didacy against Senator Pepper, making
v the Newberry case and en appeal to
labor the principal issues. -Representative
Bursa opened his cam
palgn by addressing sn open letter to
labor 1n Pennsylvania In which he as
atia Senator Pepper for having voted
to retain Newberry In the senate and for
having later defended hi vote.
Burke led the Republican congres
sional ticket In Pennsylvania two years
ago -and is . regarded as a strong op
' ponent by Senator Pepper's friends. He
was formerly a railroad conductor and
Republican .house leaders out of the aol-
dler bonus tangle. ' i
In a conference- with house . leaders,
lasting nearly two hours,' the president
said- in view of his previous statements
he had no further suggestions to offer
and, that full responsibility for any fu
ture action must rest with congress. ;
BOKVS. BLOCKED i. S(
Following the White House conference,
Speaker Qillett blocked temporarily at
least the' passage of . the soldier . "bonus
bill through the house.
Portland reversed, positions with the
state by having the dryest winter in
the CO years the , weather bureau has
kept records, while In this section there
have been three colder winters,
Today the city stood on the .threshold
of a new season with a cold mist blow
ing from the east 'and one lone Carnival
was trying to blossom " forth, on the east
side with the astronomical rather than
the meteorological conditions in mind.
' .Here I and there a meadow lark ; and
SETTING
U.S. RE
NEW
CORD
OF STATE
1
. " "
They Would Cut Taxes ;
PROMINENT fijjnres in state conference of Tax Redaction
league which opened its session at Central library today.
Above, from left James S.' Stewart of Corvallis, Presi
dent J. C Cooper of McMinnville, John U.J3mith of Newberjj.
Below, from left W; W. Longer of Lafayette, Tank Sorter
of Ilalsey arid J. W. BIcArthur. c. . ; ' - j I V ...
More Than l,000,000 Homes Will 21 Counties Form; Temporary Or
Be Erected This Year,- Com
merce Department Announces;
Employment .Situation ' Better.
'X- ron!vif!rn Fsunf ; Aririlicnintr
- Public jServjce Board and Lim
1 iting Pay of State lOfficials.
Washington. March. 20. (TJ. P.) Two
of the fundamental economy indicators
home building and i . employment
showed today that . an economic revival
is approaching more rapidly each month.
The department of labor and the de
partment of commerce ' reported an In
crease In ' employment, and home build
tng plans of great magnitude." . -V
- More than 1,000,000 homes will be built
this year, the commerce department es
timates from reports from 'all parts of
the country, i
a robin made a feeble attempt to sing
Hs announced ' Just before tne house
a cautious head from the ground walt-1 Detroit,
Atlanta, March 1 20. The v extensive
building operations here have as yet not
produced any marked increase in. the
cost of lumber and other building ma-
met that he would refuse to recognise
Chairman Fordney of the house ways
and. means committee for a motion to
pass the bill under a gag rule. ' :
Shortly after the house met. Represen
tative Garner Dero.) of Texas demand
ed to know when the bonus bill would
be brought up. .
"No one will be recognized today to
bring up the bill under the suspension of
the rules,' QlUett said. 1
"Well, when wiU it be brought up V
Garner asked. ,i '
"I don't know," GlUett replied.
ACTIOS JEXa.YEJ ...
The special -rule for the bill win not
bo brought in' before tomorrow at the
earliest. and It la probable no action will
be taken until after a Republican cau
cus tomorrow night i - f-
. Another " conference) f of " Republican
bouse leaders will be held this, after
noon. , Chairman Campbell of the rules
March 20. Michigan . will
insr only, to be encouraged by the smile I bnild more houses this year than in any
of a springtime sun to blossom forth, period for a decade, according to lumber
. All of the springtime signs had little dealers here. They are figuring on an
effect upon the weather bureau's cold unprecedented number of residence' Jobs
dry figures about' winter. The average I and say if only 10 per oent of these de-
teroperature in Portland this winter was
JS.1 degrees. Other colder winters In
this city were 1892-93, 36.6 ; 1909-19, 17.5,
and 1915-16, 87.9. ! '"
During the season Portland "had 9.46
Inches of rain and jthe next dryest sea
velop jnto regular orders their business
this year will be a record-breaker.
. Minneapolis, March 20. Contractors
have already booked mora than $12,
000,000 worth of construction work In
the ; Northwest this year, and expect to
offer employment to thousands of men.
son was In 1916-17, when the predpita Railroad .improvement work contracted
tion was S.67 Inches.. .. ..... i far exceeds $5,006,000, and bids have
Over the state the lowest average tem- been tasked on $7,000,000 worth of pub-
perature on record, 11.6 degrees, pre- 11c 'buildings, i Highway construction will
vailed and the precipitation averaged
1.39 Inches and was shaded only by the
lower precipitation record of 1919-20.
incidentally the weather bureau went
to a little. extra trouble and found, that
be extensive.
Reduction of the tax burden will be
considered, from all angles by the state
convention of : Oregon Tax Reduction
clubs which met at the Central library
today for a session which promises to
extend over several days. A temporary
organization was effected at the morn
ing session by the election of J, C. Coop
er of McMinnville as chairman, and
Thdmas A.: Hayes of Multnomah county
as secretary. Before the meeting there
was talk of opposition to Cooper, but- It
melted away when Glen Holman of Dal-
j, . who iifi.u ucea oummaieu . to run
against : Cooper, - withdrew and moved
that the election of Cooper be made
unanimous.- '.f,Ct '-".-t-vl ;
TWEJrTT.-OXE 'COTJUTIES HERE .
.. The report of the credentials commit
tee showed, that 2V counties of the state
are represented by approximately 150
delegates.; : '-.'"
j That the Convention will be an Inter
esting one i foreshadowed by the reso
lutions -already Introduced and referred
to-committees without comment These
cover everything from an Income tax to
si maximum salary of $5000 per year for
state officials, ' including heads of the
higher educational . Institutions, The
abolishment of the public service com
mission is advocated in particular, and
all commissions in generaL. . . . . ' ,
-i Even the state tax commission is In
cluded in the list it; being proposed to
go . back to the old county system of
valuations of pubUo utilities.
OtTLP LIMIT TOTEBS -1
It , is 'further proposed to limit the
BurxsnrG nr portiaitb this -
, TEAR TO COST, $2a,M0,S0t
Building statistics- for February 1 j voting on' measures involving approprt-
;' fyr !aw s" " - r a
: iMm iei .Ji..H4 i. " 'l-igp' . ' 11 aim 1 inn i ,
VAR BREAKS OUT !SEIIATE AGAIll III
0. S. TiOPS
ORDERED BiiCil
ations of money to actual taxpayers and
I to resubmit to the vote of : the people
committee announced he would.' refuse ipn 42 days this winter freezing tempera-1 this year m Portland show an increase
to bring In a special rule for the bill un- I tures were recorded in Portland, this I of 15 per cent over those of February
less the majority of the Republicans Jn I being beaten only by the season of 1892 I of last year A total of 934 permits the miliage tax for higher education.
a, caiciw aociaeu hjwi um wajf ui pass- 1 oe i wiuv. ou oays IK ireeang tempera-1 Wlin an estunated COSl OI 1 1U,1M vera 1 EVMnHnii h tnaAm tinvev'l tK. au
tures and 1889-90 ah 1884-85 each with reported as against 899 valued tt,4y . ' :i ;
i.u.,. ui uraun wKtmw, y ijzo . tor. last jreoruary.- jforuano srooa 1 k 1 - -A
ntl - In. he - or cities tor asti-1 ujgun: .
ing ine measure. .-; -s-
. Glllett'S stand . means that the. bill
nrobanlv wur be brone-nt un under al - An nAA iinmninn'K' 1 l i. W . - ,1.
aoeelaJ rule.-which will rive - the aah Ih-r intAittxm v.aat BUtrt.r-nA t-,t I C j I Is .that It be. the same as the federal
bonos dvocvte - ehanos' to.-"mak'4 ' I Sunday.- !Ths.tTsmnt north Iroia 4a!mimtt'rMra W'BW1 Btata
llvlsion. So to sneak: 1 9tArtfr eeTwritV a1 total eorfl?13-11' M.:ercerof JDlon county.
r l Inf nA A. w . iZt2Z w I iZ7- Z IT" 1 who -was, called it for . a speech while
th cTtv wera eVyTwhiia oTo nhi :W Z 1 Waltlns or. the report of the oommit-
.LTIT I Portland's 122 buUdinr program calls 1 tee: xm credentials. -W have got-to
" "" """"" rBBVim.vBi wt. , , or , estimated exosndlture Of more f fertlaon mnA Anil Y&tv. US atmnl
"n iv,uuw,w, gnu iruuuij wowa w- nave got to cau a nait. w e must equai-
' 7" T , iin was me envision, so jo speax,! Seattle numbered 691 with a total
. , - .--u. t or wai nnn. nr
iBZ8inxr aoaiit rrTs BO-icr
-. ' T A3 OLE UP TO C096KESSMEB
, f ' r - By David Lawresee .. --
' ((WricM. 1S2S. br The .Jaomal)
Washington, March ;- 20. ' President
Harding has - passed .back to congress
run responsibility Tor enacting a soldier
(Concluded oa Pace Two.' Cohuna One.)
SUNDAY FIRE
L
OSS
oeed the record for any previous year ize somewhere and -somehow.-
in the history of the ci. according to jojteS SAVES TOICB
mer. chief building inspector. Buildings jymour Jonw olajion county , was
14 MEMBERS QUIT AT SHEDD7,p00
SBSSaBSBSsaaByBBSJBBWMBVSBSSBSSBBBBBB .
Albany, Or., March 20. Shedd suf
fered a $27,000 fire loss, of which but
$2500 was covered! by insurance, j when
early Sunday morning the Peterson Gar
age and three other .buildings were
Fourteen members of the choir of St
Stephens pro-cathedral formally reslgnd
Sunday night as a result of the resigna
tion of Dean R. T. T. Hicks, . They will
now under construction in the business
section, represent an Investment of sev
eral million dollars, and plans -' under
: way call for the erection of a number of
other major structures during the year.
. In residence building the movement
promises - to eclipse the record estab
lished in 1921. when approximately 3000
new homes were added to the city. Sta
i tistics furnished by the building Inspec
tor's Office as of March 18 show a total
of 655 residence ' permits, valued, at
$2,306,250, which is an increase of ap-
called on, but ha begged off on the
ground that he Wanted to save his voice
for 'some special subject which would
come up' later. George Af Mansfield of
the Oregon Farm bureau also wanted to
save his voice, but he did use enough
of it to indorse what' Pierce had said
and to advocate aa Income tax; but not
on a flat rate. -. . f
After appointing a committee on order
Of business tne convention took a re
cess until afternoon.
Allies Hesitancy . to ,' Foot Bill
Forces President to. Issue Or-
a. a . a S ' 4" .
cer or yvitnarawai; tvsxuaticr.
Is to Be Completed, by July 1.
' ' eBtaiBBaaaavaaBiBBiBB '
WaAhlngton, March is. L K. R
Tbe dispoattlon of the' allied powers to
haggle over the American bill for $211.
96,000 for keeping the 'American troops
on the. Rhine rasultod today In Presi
dent Harding UauUf an order for tin
withdrawal of all American, forces from
the Oermaa Rhine la od. -
The troops. Secretary of War WVs
announced, will be brought home as fast
as - available transport service cab
bring them, and It la expected the last
Asoerican doughboy will be out f Gor
man territory by July X. .. . . - , - -
ISM OS KSI5E .-
There are now' approximately tOOO
American officers and '-. Been - ta " the
American sector of the Rhlaeland. ac
cording to army flrurea. . - .
Xa making the announcement of the
president's actloa. the war department
stated that "It had been in the presi
dent's mind for some time." No reference
was made to the pending v army bill,
which stipulates that the troops aha;i
be withdrawn, or to the controversy
with the allies over the S24l.OOQ.eoQ, but
It is known that the president's action
was accelerated by these factors. a
well as by the outspoken demand o:
Democrats and Republicans alike in th
senate that the troops be returned forth
wuh.w The stats department Is now pre
paring, if It has not already dispatched
notes to the silled governments polottri
out that the Unites States did not wan
to send her troops Into the Rhlnelan
in the first place, but did so only a
the earaest solicitation of the allied gev
ernmenta. For them now to haggle ov
the reimbursement of this rowrnmen:
which is - guaranteed under the ' term
of the armistice, is aa unuseal pro
ceeding," the American note will statt
TEXT 07 AXXOUSCEHEST - -
Belfast; March 20.-1. N. S.) Queril-1 Washington. March 20. A charge that I . The orfUaalaarMncement said :
la, warfare between detachments of the! -TlBMa ?tt ana'Oraat Britain I r.? r..'7?z c
broke out Ain. mZt)T frontier of entered ' into T secret ' understandln least to exoees of lOSO emcers and roe
UN IRISH FRONTIER
ROW OVER TREATY
Ulster province over -the week-end. Ad-1 during the rxaament conferenoo fof the
jices reevedT today, said the-ltua-1 t?pt8 purpose of. heldir.g a whip hand
7? -.-' ? lover Jaaan. w"fi :.-v-mrlrin
One Ulster special constable was killed . .. v' '
ta a fight with armed Republicans near 0et Pacific, .startled the senate
Maghera, county Derry. The Sian peln- today. Into tempestuous debate on the
ers had, raided the police. barrcka t at four-power ; and - other- ,' conf ersncs
Maghera, selling rifles, bombs and am- treaties. -,' ..- ' . ' ': '
munitloa,'v They.. Werei pursued by, the The charge was attributed by Senator
TJ later constables and a fight ensued. I Borah of Idaho. Republican, to Paul D.
A similar raid'had been made earlier I Cravath, tiromlneTit New Tork lawyer.
by armed Sinn "Feiners upon the con-1 who Is one of counsel for the lnterna-
of. J. P. Morgan
Should- be returned to the Cnited Siat
by the regular transport ervice, t'
waaiJien ana la pow. la .pperatpn. 1
baanew-directed that C.U i . .. r . .
continued until an of the troops 1
been brought to the United Statea, wh: c
would mean that before the and cf t:
fiscal yekr the entire force will hi'
been - returned. " - Additional transpor
wiU 'not be operated to complete th
movement", ' ' , ' ' .
stabularjr barracks at Pomeroy, - county I Uonal , tnMng house
Tyrone. "iXy,'' -'U ' I Co. ,...k.-;t
Tftoors EMBAjtxnrQ ;
- Berlin.: March 20. X. N. a A d:
patch from ;Cobleas today said th
Teleuhone and telMmnii lines oa the 1 Borah read into the record what he I raemDers oi the Ajnencaa army
border had-been cut but news of the I said was a stenographic record of the oocopatioo on. the Rhino are depart!;
fighting .was brought into the interior 1 charge which he declared Cravath mads 1 aoux.
oy ooraer resiaents, wno xieain tear ox I m an aaaresa oeiore a gautermg ox ieaa-
inc New Tork bankers and business men
I at a meeting of the council of foreign
their lives.
ary shooting , was almost continuous reUUons held at New Tork City March
...
throughout the week-end.
In the . stenosrraphle ' report Cravath
PURSESEIIIEACT
burned.
Thel blaze Is believed to have orie-1 proximately SO per cent over the record
mated in the garage battery room. No I for the same period of last year.
lire iigntinff equipment was on hand, I . Total buildlnir permits issued durlnjr
but volunteer firemen, with buckets and
leave., leavlnar but three or four mem-
has the solid labor vote in tne stats De-ibers of the present choir In service.
hind him. His opposition to nuge cam- 1,rrtwr tjeait HICKS .
leave the choir after the services next! garden hose, checked the progress of the
blase, j The scene Of the fire was near
the center of town.
In the garage were eight automobiles,
valued at . $8500 ' and uninsured. Net
loss on the building was $11,600. The
Sunday night when the dean will sever
hs connection With the part an.
In addition to the fourteen who signed
the resignation, members of the choir
stated that "six or seven ; others would
1922 to March' 18 numbered 2674 and
calling for- expenditure of $3,997,465.
Building operations in Portland reached
a low; ebb In 1917, when total of $377
permits called for construction work
valued at $3,643,000. 'A steady increase
In both the-volume and value of build-
3 BANDITS TAKE
The Ulster forces prepared to pejww quoted as staUng'that he had been
with raids over the frontier by Republl
, cans.
palgn expenditures sucn as were ais
' closed In the Newberry election to eaus
Ufg Pennsylvania Republican leaders
considerable '.worry. , , . ;
..The lasue of large expenditures also
Is coming to the front In Washington
where Senator Polndexter Is Up for re
election. Senator Polndexter recently
was called upon to explain his vote for
' Newberry and a few days ago regarded
the criticism as being Important enough
' to cause him to publish a defense of his
. vote In the Congressional Record.
.' Republican ..leaders throughout the
country are becoming somewhat alarmed
at the turn the campaign la taking. They
. have expected that Henry Ford, who
The resigning .'members of the choir
are supporters of Dean Hicks In his
controversy twith Bishop Sumner. -Carl
Denton, chorister, tried to persuade the
singers to remain, but. they reruseu to
reconsider their action.
The . following ; signed ; the letter of
resignation: - W. F. 'Robertson, Morris
Smith, Edgar Andrews, . J. P. Wilsman,
Mr. Dickson, Miss Claire Wilson. Miss
Helen Burke. .Mrs. Ned Burke, Miss
Edith Burke. . Dorr Is Wudman. Miss
Hilda McOay. Miss Mabel McClay. Miss
Edna Moore and Miss Violet Dickson.
BISHOP IS ABSENT
John W. Lethaby, a enapterman at the
Hill Brothers , hardware store was I inir operations brought total permits to
burned, but most of the Stock and ecraip-1 14.169, valued at $17,225,000. in 1921. The
ment was saved. This loss is covered. I record year for new. construction In the
It is estimated at $2000. : j " city was 1910. when the value of build- I
Tu G. Thompson suffered the loss of lines erected amounted to $20,886,000.
his confectionery ; store and personal
effects, which he valued at nearly $2000,
$400 worth of stock being saved. A
small residence belonging to Paul Ach-
erman was destroyed. i
' Plans for rebuilding n portion of the
destroyed buildings are already being
made. v .. . j,;- - r :
- f ' : . ' '
TREATT MEK KIDJTAPED
'Cork. March 20.(U. P. Blx promi
nent supporters of the peace treaty with
Until congress - acts for or aga!:
was Newberry's Democratic opponent In I pro-cathedral and. - secretary -to the
the Michigan senatorial election oi un bishop, said this mornuig mat ne wss
Mrs. M. Alderson,
; Injured by Auto, in
Critical Condition
PRESIDENT MAY GO
TO RIO DE JANEIRO
j Chicago, . Marcn 20. -U. . P.) Three
bandits raided the pawnshop of Marcus
Nierman today and escaped
000 in Jewelry. - - : .
Shortly after the shop was opened for
business, three men got out of an auto
mobile and entered. A chauffeur stayed
at the wheel. ' " -
Nierman and his clerks, Joshua. Fish
man and H. Cohen, ' were ordered, to
throw up their hands. -.
Valuables were scooped .out of the
safe and from, the show' cases Into a
white bag, after which the robbers es
caped. , -; - ; .-r .; . ,.- - :
i RECOVER S17MSS STOLEN
informed by every member of the dele-1
a a tion to the conference that "such I
a - degree of understanding" had
reached between the United States andl
Great Britain ."that both aides assume I
that in all future emerxencies they can I
Great Britain establishing the Irish Free I count on having the closest cooperation.- purse seta fishermen, the regulati;
State were kidnaped ; today by republl- I Senators - Lodge and Underwood, as I of Oregon and Washington against th
can extremist.. Their families received I members of the Americaa delegation, I will be upheld by the supreme court
messages from . them saying they were I Jouiea in oenouncingySAe alleged era-! the land, said W. I Thompson of To
being -weUtreated. , .. statement aa "uriualinedly and la- Jam this morning while Arguing
lamouaiy taise. - , .. i ease before Federal Jodge R, S. Xio
"There U not a word-of truth la It. I Thompsow and Willis 8. Moore, t
so far as I know.- said Underwood. "If I aaalatant atiora-r r.rv.r.1 f rwr
I were not on the floor Of the eenaUl ara remaaenlliii th mt. in rh.
S5? Prosecutor Charges
Arbuckle Juror Has
i would use much stronger language with 1 brought by George Jurtch. a lower
regaru lOH. . Ilnmhta rlv nihurmin atnx t K. f
goa law. - The constitutionality et
Bias; Asks Dismissal ji Moonsuiners Had
To Drink Own Wet
Gtoods, .What Then?
San 'Francisco. March 20. The sensa
tional . charge - that : a member of the
Jury, already selected to try' Roscoe
Fatty". Arbuckle. a third time for ttan
alaughter held a bias against the dis
trict attorney's office which would "pre-1
-ent him from. giving fair consideration I "if moonshiners were forced by -the
BOITDSi TWO MEST ARRESTED I lo siaw evigence '"TI court to onnx au the whiskey they make
Washinrton : March 20 O. S- Assistani jjistrm Attorney u rjiea- ror tneir own use. possibly there would
Zrfwmvfd n,?; art ser-1 man when court opened today, and re-1 be lea. vioUtlng of the Voiced Uw."
act is queatioBed ta the complaint.
I day's argument Is a demurrer to
complaint. .',.- ' ' -.
Thorn pson pointed to previoes
cialons of the federal supreme court
which that body held that the au
I had a right to pass legislation to pro
the health, welfare and property of
sure "if the bishop -were here he would
make no statement. Bishop Sumner is
In New Tork at present completing ar
..aid carry out his threat to attempt to
'defeat all senators who voted to seat
Newberry. But they bad not looked for
the Issue to appear In the primary cam'
palgn. .. '
The fact that huge campaign expendl-
' tures have been made an Issue, within
tka Remibllcan party Is causing other
. . w V Fn. rii alrrtlnn tn
ke frantic efforts to force other Issues church will go on Just the same without
Zkeadf the Newrry case, at least In It wUI be very easr matter for
Mrs. Margaret Alderson. wife Of W.
C Alderson. county school suDertntend-
rangements for the general convention ot I ent, who. was seriously injured Saturday
the church, which meets here next Sep
tember. .-''.'. -: -
Of course, we are very sorrr' to lose
f.iese people," Lethaby said. "bat there
la no Ooubt In my. mind but that the
ahead of the Newberry
the primary elections.
Mr. Denton to secure new slatere. so
that our Easter program will not be In
terfered with." " ' '':-yH--i-
oisnop oumner is expected cacx : m
Portland about the end of the month. He
la expected to take the Easter eervic at
the pro-cathedraL as has been his custom
In past years. ,-v !:i
Members of the choir stated that Xaan
Hicks had had no part In their. action;
and when informed of their iateutions
refused to use his Influence in either di
rection.",.' ,- . ,". . ;
Companion With
Semenoff Not His
Wife, Says Woman
(SpecfaU Cable to TV Jneraat ead. Ike Ckieaie
Toklo viarch JO. Ambassador Warren
forwarded to Washington - today docu-
wientarv evidence furnished to him Sat-
. urday by a woman wno says sne -is
' Madame Eenada - Semenoff. . that .the
woanaa now traveling with . Ataman
Semenoff as his I wife has not been
; legally married to him. The woman says
' Ataman was not aivorcea irom ner wneu
he married her last August. -v i - .-. . j )
The woman now traveung wita Airman, l . jew xork, ; March 20. (U. P.yLos
who la In Vancouver, B. C awaiting the I Angeieo narcotic police were today ad-
4i,im nf the Amertcan imrnlxratlon I vtsea -or tne arrest of .Anthony Gessel.
authorities as to whether he is to be aa-1 auegoo. a rug smuggler, here, according
milted into this, country, probably la thel to Dr. Carleton Simon, bead of the-New
heautlful yeuna- stenocrapher mentioned I Tork narcoUo dlviaion. head ot the New
In the a lory on Ataman on Junius I nas mrormation wita important bearing
B. Wood. Madame Eenada Semenoff 1 on the Taylor murder mystery.
information given polios by Gessel has
also been turned over to District Attor
ney Banton to turn over to District At
torney Woolwlne of Los Angeles for use
in the Taylor case.
night ' at Jessup and Greeley streets
when she was run over by -an automo
bile driven by Otto Rosenau, was re
ported in ; a . dangerous condition this
morning.- Nurses at Good Samaritan
hospital said she was irrational.
She is suffering from severe shock
from compound fractures of both legs
below the knee. .-Physicians do not be
lieve; She haa a fractured hip., as was
St first reported. t
V Rosenau's automobile ran over Mrs.
Alderson as she came around the back
end of a streetcar j : Blinding rain made
it difficult for either to see the other. :
t Alderson 's daughter. Miss Geraldlse
Alderson, a student at Reed college, was
killed In 1918 by an automobile driven
by Edward Brune, who was later con
victed of manslaughter and paroled. .
Washington. March 20. (I. N. S.)
President Harding may decide to go to
mo ae Janeiro uus xaii io auena uwi, u . j , -
Brazilian exposition, it was learned to- vi-' r,nt, trav Trovrl ins 000 in Bulta m a suaaen nait or prooeedingaj remarked Federal Judge Bean this
H h K.a th matter under eon- ft" S8? Y1 J00!' '"Hvr.. Friedman presented an : affidavit I morn Insr. .as he ffned Frank Swane
""- . jjikuri nonaiL Kraiin rrorri ina uaiisu i w i. . . - . . . :
sideration for some time. , - . tju And7arted two men Vf.YY Ewro ywn. mem- g tor naving a suu and anaab in his
SSrvs ennV iii theft?- S?T . 5" nm.r P P0-?.0"- '' ' ' " 'i.'
n'1' TTT f j-ri.2 .VTmT rharisa a I Dy mo same name - wnica nao. oeen - x suppose the court would be
PTTY1 P Tl S WTmnCP I 111 1. 1 tr Prosecuted for vloUUon of the pure food charged with .cruelty K It imposed such
wmuwuw 'ur0w several times by the district at-la sentence." the judge continued, as a
torneys orilce. r t5 .-. v . x - I ripple- of laughter rolled through the
He asked -that he he removed from 1 courtroom. . . ; ...
the fury. Gavin McNab. chief counsel I ' Judge Bean indicated ' that he
for Arbuckle. hotly ; contested the - re-1 urea ot ue time worn excuse or moos
shiners that the supply found in their
possession "was for my own ose."
Bwanaon is a fishermen, with a little
cabin at Olney. Clatsop county. Dry
agents who raided his place found a 49
gallon still and 40 gallons of mash.
The -court opined that Swansea- was
not able personally to consume all liquor
the still would make., ...
T"r r. Tt a I T 3 '.- -1 rqeni oi tne treasury, ana u. j. rt uuj-
u.. rqrasfl inausiry, js fgZiriSSSL
rii. .mo ' Tm Tm4:a-mw 1 i The bonds were- recovered in the attic
UOHSreSS IS lni0riIieU.ot Clevenger-shome at SlSBitode Island
New York Arrest -
May Lead to Cliie
or Mystery
""is doubtless the One he married in Chita
and the leethat of his 1 -year-old son.
Wood said la his story that the mother
and the eon mysteriously disappeared
after their arrival la Japan la UZX.
Nineteen Bailroads
Say They Can't Pay :-
Shop Workers' Scale
Chicago, ' March 20, (U. P.V Nine
teen Western, railroads entered a plea
of inability to pay the present scale of
wages lor shop employes at a hearing
of the United States labor - board. . t
Among the 'roads were the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul, Chicago ft North
western. Soa. Texas Pacific and Texas
Midland. . ' .
. J.' W. Higgina, executive secretary of
the Western Railroad association, sub
mitted the statement of the Western
roads. - -...)
' ' (By CnlTenal Serriee)
- Washington March 20. The Ger
man government has deliberately plot
ted to wipe out the American potash
Industry, according to charges set forth
in a petition filed in the house of con
gress by the American Potash Produc
ers . association. -
So successful has the plot ben car
ried ouCthe petition states, that $30,000,
000 in property of American cttixens has
to . all - intents and purposes been de
stroyed during the past 12 nonths.
1 The 44 potash producing concerns
signing the petition declare the, have
found "the market closed to us, our
great investments . non-productive, our
plants and factories, compete! to shut
quest, declaring that It was an "unheard
of proceeding" . and charging that the
state - bad - the same - information last 1
week 'when Brown was accepted.- f I
; Jndgs Louderbaclc said It was the most
important 1 point .raised In the trial so
.! y ' 1 ' T 1 1 ana aojournea court untu l p. cu.
YYilO IjaCJx LlCenSe to POp thorlUes may be brought
avenue " W,
MlleS McCahUl and Bart Brattoa.
Arrest Dog Owners
I Seven owners f dogs were arrested
by Ross Churchill, humane orncer,"who
appeared this rnoming at police head
quarters' to awear out .complaints for
not having proper licensee. They are ;
Carl , Anderson, 251 ' Halsey - etreef ;
WOliam ' Pearson, 289 ' Beech street ;
Frank Sommers, 505 Everett -. street;
Mrs. - John Sang, 894 Gllsan street ; John
H.-. Anderson, 921 Belmont street ; Mrs.
G. Galbanese, 227 Caruthers street, and
down completely and thousands of era- j John M. Anderson, 935 Couch street.
ployes out of : work, through evasions
of the laws of the United States by the
German potash monopoly controlled and
directed - by. - the government cf Ger
many." ., , a
. ARBUCXXB WIT5ESS I3T JAIL
- San Diego, Cal, March i0.U. P.
J. J. Norgaard,' 62, an Important witness
In the Roscoe Arbuckle ease, was dls-
i covered in Jail here today, serving' out
a six months sentence that was started
in 1918, according to the police. '-District
Attorney Mathew Brady of San Fran
Cisco . is .starting -an , investigation - of
Norgaard 'B rearrestJt Is said, and has
wired here asking his parole that he
imay testsify In Arhuckle's third trial.
New Director' of; '4 : Del lciencv Measure
. 'Mint Swora - Inl Signed by President
Victory 4 34 Bonds ; .
Now Worth 100.96
Washington, March - 20. X: N.'' aA
Frank E. Scobey of. San Antonio, Texas.
waa sworn- In today as director of the
mint, succeeding Raymond T. Baker. - In
afwumlnjr charge of the government's
mint. Snihev received from Baker, bul-
S. J uon and coin valaed at approximately
Washinrton. March 20.1 (L X. S.)
. President Harding today signed the
' ond": deflclehcy, appropriation, bill, car
"rying $137,25,997, to tide oyer govern
ment departments 'during' the remaineer
of the -present' fiscal year. Among . the
items .-is $93,000,009 for the use of the
New Tork, March 20. O. N.
Victory 4 bonds rose to a new high $3.676,000.000 one third of the world's I veterans burtau In caring for disabled
record today of $1006. " . - - . Jgold supply - I ex-aoidiera.
"When people catch game and V
It ' Into this stats. It at once Co
wtthla the police power ofsthl sa
he continued while referring to
rights of flab wardens to seise and
demn salmon caught with a purse
In support of this position he point?
a decision In which the state of :
Tork was given authority to punish
Importation and sale ot game dari
ctosed season, merely aa a protect k.
the live game within the state. Tt.r
soa aileced that the legteUtvre fc
right to prohibit purse seine fish b
brought Into the state- because cf
difficulty' to tailing where the fish '
caught, At present U K uniawlu
flak with a purse seine within the ll
mile limit off the Oregon coast.
Answer to the argument of Them
will be made late this Afternoon I
C Fulton of Astoria, counsel for
fishermen. , : j .
More Contribu tions Capt; J.-W. Walsh
TOTUommunity; unesi uoes to uonsrruc
Make 'Total $529,162 ;'u Guatemala So:
More contributions for the Community
chest coming out Of the recent geograph
ical canvass of tne. city were turned In
to the headquarters of .the campaign
committee today, sending the total sub
scription ; up to $929,162. according to
Hugh H. Herd man, executive secretary
of tJi chest.'.- . '- '-- .f" -
' This amount does not Include the re
sults of the various occupation recan
vaas drives now in proxresa. but these
returns are expected to be made up
Soon. "Included in the - amount turned
In : today was a subscription of $06
turned in by a corporation located on
the tenth floor of the Chamber of Com
merce building. This subscription made
that floor of the building 100 per cent
in its subscriptions, "
; Newport, Or, March 20 Captain
Ham J. Walsh of Newport. Or, i
route to Guatemala via New Tork.
tain Walsh has been retained as
engineer for the building of bighwa;
the Guatemalan government, rrorr
Interior to the seaboard, approxia.
150 - miles long.
Captain Walsh, a. World wa vet
recently returned to Neport from a
tended exploration, tnp taroura c
bia. South. America, and a big t
eperatloa In British Honduraa. in t
terest of a large New Tork. hare
firm. . It Will be aecessary for the
tain to 'recruit his operating ar.i
forces, engineers, bridse bu..i'r.
driver crews, mechanics etc, tr&i '
era Americaa sources
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