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Liquor Big ;
Issue and Women' May
Determine Result 'of : t
Question in
Battle Between G. O. P. and
Democrats at Polls in lr-.
N.J, Fight
-By- David
Lawrence
br The Joonul)
i Trenton. N. J.. Oct. 31, "Boose, or
to phrase it more delicately the wet
and dry issue; Is the whole -campaign
in the state of New
Jersey. ,
Governor Ed
; wards, whose idea
Of prohibition Is to
inake the state as
"wet as the At
lantic ocean, Is
running- on the
Democratic ticket.
against St n a t trr
Joseph FreUnghuy-;
sen, : Republican,
who, when .ques
tioned' on the sub
ject' of his wine
cellar, makes the
promise that when it is all used-up be
win ouy no. more. . j : " Tgl" -
i Broadly speaking. New Jersey lnas
tha feeling that it the two. parties had
thought - less about prohibition, and
more about the greater problems of
state, somebody else might hav been
nominated by both. There isn't, -as a
matter of fact, much to choose between
the Republican and Democrat so far
as a profundity of thought or sena
torial ability is concerned. '.The voters
knew that Mr. Frelingbyyjen's whole
background is that of an ultra con
servative and that Mr. .Edwards' , fan
tastic 3deas of public office are ex
emplified Ira his defiant attitude toward
the 18th amendment. '
BOSS iRUlE' PRE TAILS '
a' But, iNew Jersey is a populous state
where 'political machines abound and
where the tricks of the trade are so
widely practiced among the Democrats
that Messrs. Tweed and Murphy and
Penrose and 'the rest seem as mere
school boys in the game of mass vot
ing. There is. for instance, the far-
famed Hudson county, presided over
by Boss Hague, Democratic chieftain.
Calmly he estimates the majority that
will be given -Mr. Edwards a some
thing near 80,000, This te a bug wall
to erect against a ' Republican candi
date who must marshal Republican;
votes' from the whole state : and come'
to Jthe Hudson . county line with at
least.S5.000 to overcome the Democratic
tide, -;-'- ; ,. . ', ..
And that's where the rub comes. "Can
Senator FreHnghuysen gather 'enough,
strength throughout Hhe) vstate to ap
proach the Democratic -counties with
a-substantial majority? Normally h
would have no trouble. For raost of
Concluded pa Pmea Tei Column ;Foer)
I. An increase of more tha.n 12 per cent.
In .bank, clearings for October compared
I With the same month last year is
shown by a statement Issued today by
the Portland Clearing House -association.
Avwholesome increase in the;
volume of savings deposits! in several
of the larger banks ten As to strengthen
still fur-the the optimistic tone of
business conditions in the city. Clear
in for the , month totaled J172.789.
06S,4i compared with 153,774,920.8, an
increase tf fl9.0U.14S.6S.
The disturbing influence of Issues in
the approaching election is reflected In
a falling off lit the number and value
of building permits issued during the
month, compared with last yes.r.1 This
is especially true of residence building
where a falling off of approximately
13; per cent in the value of new con
struct ton is shown jror October, whlje
for the 10-month period ending Jpday a
gain of more" than 25 per cent Is shown.
Total building permits issued during
the first SO days of October were 117S.
valued at $1,489,420. compared with 1441
permits valued at $1,942,510 for Octo
ber, 192 ;; Residence permits for Octo
ber totaled 208. valued at $809,500, corn
paired with J 73 permits valued at $928.
460; lasuet during October of last year.
For the:ie months period ending with
w wuer,- u,s;y permits valued at $20,.
637,59 were issued, crmpared with 12.
35S permit valued at $14.99,90- for
Jhe first 10 months ot last year. -
A total of 3627 residence permits were
issued during the 18 month period of
this year, compared with 2529 dwelling
permits issued last year, a gain f 498,
r approximately 20 per oenc The
value of residence permits Issued, so far
this year . was $11,001,$70, compared
with $8,768,050 for .he same period of
last year.
AH- lines of merchandising show an
increase of business over 1921. - Postal
receipts Increased very- materially, due
in a large measure to the distribution
of election propaganda through the
ni' artd in a smaller tut substantial
measure to an increase In population
and In the volume of business trans
acted. : .,. .. f
,.4
Sol Smiles
And Reduces Coal
BiU in St. -Paul
... B CnHei Srw - i-
St- Paul. Minn.. Oct. 81 The weather
inan haa done for the Northwest wbat
the coal man didnt. tVV :..:.
v;- Unexpected warm weather has ma
terially reduced the fuel seeds of thU
section, and left the public in complete
unconcern of the Inevitable frosty
days and the most serious coal short
age in ' ttistonr. .i -. :.. , .-. -i. -
i There wasn't even a breax from sum
Trier tri Indian Kiimm. - . rx l n .
i . . ...jr V
, t-o days of freezing temperatures gave
. i.t.t a i i . , . . ,
"" imus nuuer na Aionoay
the temperatures ran up to 70 almost
an average for summer T
A
GAIN IN OCTOBER
PIERCE HITS
HIGH COST OF
ROADS BOARD
" e
Quotes Simon Benson's Lament
That Highway Commission's
Overhead Expense Was $90,
J000 Monthly Scores Junkets,
" Junction City. Oct. St. That the en
gineering and other overhead ,cost of
the state highway commission has been
more thaa a million dollars a year was
the statement of Walter M. ? Pierce,
candidate for ; governor; who returned
to his attack on the extravagance of
the road building operations in an ad
dress here Monday night. In proof,
he read from the letter of resignation,
from the ftate highway, commission, of
Simon Benson, dated at Long Beach,
Cat, November .'.1S. 1920. , -
"The enormous sums raised for road
building ami passing through the bands
Of the functionaries of the state high
way cbpamission.," said Mr. jPierce,
"have led to a riot of extravagance.
I have been Jibed and ' bedeviled by
Mr. Olcott's managers to he specific
in steps X would , take , to save public
money. ,. V'"M . ) ;.
v '"The road funds jfire public money as
sacred as any other funds, In. raising
them we sap the resources, in high li
censes and gasoline taxes, of the
owner of rWany a jFord, and I submit
that if or every dollar of public money
so collected a good dollar's worth of
durable road should be built. , v
DA5GEB pI3TT SKEX . $
"More to the point, W. 3. Dennis 'of
Carlton, an expert in road financing,
was Recently asked: by Chairman I. N.
Day, of the state tax investigating
commission to make a : survey and- re
port on how far. the present gasoline
tax and automobile license would go
in paying the interest on and liquid
ating present highway bonds. 1 have
a copy of the report of Mr.. Dennis.
That report declares that the preseht
high automobile license and gasoline
tax will be no more, than sufficient to
pay the interest and liquidate highway
bonds now outstanding and authorised,
$40,000,000, and that we. are dangerously
near -the necessity of being compelled
to levy a direct property taac within
the next, four years to pay interest on
present outstanding bonds."
; Mr, Pferce "-'neadl from former' Com
missioner Enson letter of rest gna-
tlon this sentence :' The admlntstra-
tive, engtneerinsr and - overhead .. e
pensa ocountot tiw ntgBway depart
ment is - approximately ; $90,000 per
month. , '
Mr. Pierce conltlhued : "Nlnety'thou
sand dollars a month is $1,080,000 a
ear. A million dollars a year' for the
( Concluded on Pace Two- Chunn Five)
Mrs. OUie Blowers
uitted of Charge
Of Slajmg Mexican
Klamath Falls, Oct. SI. A verdict of
not guilty was returned late last night
In the case of IMra, . Ollie Blowers;
charged ;Wlth 'first, degree murder in
connection with the death of Tom M on
toy a, Mexican:'' aheepherder.- The jury
was out ona houf. - v ; - , r
. The close of ; the trial was marked by
sensational testimony given by Miss
Milu Tuttle, matron in charge of Mrs.
Blowers', and state's witnesses,;. who
said Mrs. Blowers had told her that
she knew who killed Montoya. but that
she never would 'tell, that the person
was a woman and that she soon would
be across the Mexican border; She also
said; Mrs. Blowers had told her ' that
Blowers was not called to jhe stand
Court Bars Bible
6
San Francisco. Oct.) St. (U. P.) The
Bible is a sectarian; book and as puch.
under the terms of the , constitution of
the state , of California, may not be
used for religious Instruction -purposes
in- California high schools, according
to a decision handed down today by
the district court of appeals hero.
Pierce Tax Blan 'Applauded
t i t ''3.t tt . it st St
Watkins Again Lathers 'Pat'
One week ago Congressman. C. N.
McArthur .spoke , to ' some. 30 people of
the Alberta district at the Vernon
school. Xastjinight that ame district
filled : the same auditorium with an
audience that needed but half a hunch
to grow Vocal at the mention of Walter
M. Pierce and the things- he stood for,
or at ' the thrust t Elton Watkins.
who placed his plea for , election to
congress from this district before them.
Senator; Pierce had - been -scheduled
to speak at . the - Vernon school last
night after he bad already been adver
tised as tha chief speaker at a meet
ing In Junction . City. : , -,
Dr. C J. Smith, stats chairman, who
presided at the i rally, explained the
mistake to the audience and told them
that Johnston. Smith would substitute.
When Smith.' In?', opening r his address,
mentioned "Governor Pierce" a spon
taneous , wave of iiand-clapping swept
over ths crowd. - And it n-as that "way
all during the meeting, the people seem
log to have thrown aside the coolness
and .reserve:, that has grown a habit
of political ' meetings, during recent
years. They whooped it up for Pierce
every time they had a chance. -HAS
DEFI51TE PLA 1 " ; ,t i
Smifh. In dicusing ' the position
takenj. by.. Senator , Pierce during the
campaign. said that , the . Democratic
Bo-o! Scary
Old Night
Here Again
Halloween, which most Christian na
tions will celebrate .tonight, is the one
day remaining that connects the hurly
gurly age of gasoline with, the age of
the Druids, when the priests ot that
ancient pagan time gathered the people
around great ; bonfires on the dark
moors and in tie glens of England for
the harvest festival. . '
, The rtight is sacred to Jesters and
lovers the one pagan celebratiofkOe ft
upon the calendar, . - s j
Pop Gregory IV once t proclaimed
November 1 "All : Saints Day." when
Christian saints who i did not have a
day apart should have their time of
worship. But the proclamation ftll
mwstly upon the world's deaf ear, and
the night before remains weird, witch
ing and of mock superstitious omen.
Halloween la ' Christmas eve's un
rully, , madcap " iister. ' They have
beayry In common something lacked
by allthe r other daya of celebration
but Christmas eve is serene' and re
served while Halloween is a merry
jade in yellow and black, with spark
ling eyes and a black, mask on her face,
going out to casual adventure.
USTEX. GIRLS t
This is the night when girlsr on the
threshold of life may jeer blushlngly
Intb the future. For instance, a girl
walking out of the house tonight.should
picl up the first fallen leaf she finds
in the street. - : '
If the leaf is dry and blackened, her
husband will be poor, and life difficult ;
if the leaf is green, he will be callow
and uncertain, but if the leaf should
be bright yellow or hectic red, the man
she loves will be, witty,1 keen and, per
haps, tfaithfulf ;j
- If this fortune does not satisfy, the
unhappy soothsayer may return to the
house t and , lay upon the hot . stove or
hearth as rhany nuts as she baa lovers,
adding one to represent herself! Each
hut should be named for a lover. (Stop
laughlng.wgirls.) , Some of them will
pop any Jump away. They are the
faithless ones, ' ancient tradition tells
us. while the nut that burns down to
ashes Bide by side1 with the nut named
for the girl herself, represents the loSrer
that should be chosen. . ; '
Grandmothers tell of girls who have
defied the . outcome of this test and
(Concluded o, Ps Two. Column Four)
0. M. Plummcr Is
Taken IU While
Addressing Meet
Hood ltlverr Oeti 81. While inviting
Hood "River residents to form a-caravan
to attend the Pacific International
Uvestock Kx post Uon n, November 9,
O. Hit . pnmmer,- general manager of
the big' show, collapsed at a meeting
of the commercial club here last night.
For several minutes his condition was
considered ' serious. Ha was -taken to
Portland this morning by Leslie But
lerj, local banker, who remained with
him during Jhe night In company-with
Blood River physicians. ;
The"-icollap8e was due 'to an anaes
thetic taken; yesterday, afternoon when
PJummer visited a local dentist to have
an infected tooth removed. Plummer
bad. been in. poor health ' for several
days. '
At the meeting. Which was largely
attended, announcement wss made that
a committee of leading Hood, River
business men had , formulated a pln
to change the club Into a Chamber of
Commence with a paid secretary. To
provide a budget oO $6000 the commit
tee proposed that Sustaining member
ships be arranged to rai.se this amount.
Ordinary memberships' would . add :to
the yearly income, under' the plan.
That' the club win cease to function
unless tHe budget - is raised was de
clared probable. -. ' '- --Jj.
Plufnmer had. recovered sufficiently
to make a speech. at a Chamber of
Commerce luncheon at noon today,
Joipig Woman Is
Hurt by Elevator
Maud Mishler, 20, No. 92 Cast 46th
street, received severs Injuries to her
head late Monday when she was
caught under a descending elevator at
the Zellerbach Paper i company, where
she is employed. Miss "Mishler was
looking down the' elevator shaft; when,
the car descended upon her. The ele
vator is of the open type used to con
vey supplies, from one. floor to another;
She -was taken to the Oood Samaritan
Khpspital, where, her condition re
ported senoua. - i h
candidate has a definite plan to re
duce taxes, while Governor Oloott has
no plan, but said that taxes might go
higher, r: vVAf ' , -.v- ;-.'-!
No man In Oregon. Smith Insisted, is
better qualified . to speak upon the
subject af taxes than Fierce. He Is aa
authority, haa given the question deep
study, and Insists that the tax load
is too, heavy and must be lightened,
and the burden redistributed. ., - A
f. Smith related that as a deputy col
lector of Internal revenue, he had. seen
men of Oregon pay the government an
Income- tax of $0,00 when they did
not pay a property sx of $5000. , These
big fellow do not want Pierce elected
governor. Smith told bis audience, "be
cause they do not want a graduated
Income tax law In Oregon, the fairest
tax law that has been devised because
it requires men to pay in proportion to
their ability to pay. Smitb, also dis
cussed tha severance tar.' --
They -say Pierce raised taxes while
he was in the stats senate," Smith
said. "If he, one Ion Democrat, who
had slipped Into the senate,, was able
to put anything over on Tom Kay and
Billy Vinton and that; bunch of tax re
ducers that are npw attacking ' him,
he must have been the smtir test 'man
in Oregon." : , - : . , .-:,. -,
tCoocinded
ra Tliree. Colana Tm) .
Obedient to
PARTY WHIR
Republican Congressman ; Faith
ful Follower of Reactionaries
I on Bonus, Tariff, Income Tax,
Four-Term - Record Reveals.
i Washington. Oct 21. (WASHING
TON. BUREATJ' OF THE JOURNAI)
Representative McArthur of Or
egon : goes Into this campaign anti
labor,' anti-bonus, i anti-prohibition. He
goes in as a "big army" and "big
navy" man, for high tariff, for lower
taxation of large Incomes, and at all
times for what the organization wants
after it has .been approved in: the mll-
naire-ridden counsels of the steering
committee of the house.
s, in the tax reduction fight in
1921, the Jsue finally turned upon how
far congress would go in relieving the
largest incomes from surtaxes. The
highest surtax then was 65 per cent
The house,' under Fordney's leader
ship, wanted 82 per cent as the limit
The senate insisted upon 80 per cent
whereupon the house tried 'to compro
mise at 40. McArthur stood back of
the house leaders in trying to shift
this higher surtax to smaller taxpay
ers. j . '
AIMED AT WEAITHT
According to' the official returns of
income taxpayers, the total number in
the United States in 1920 was 7,259;944,
and over 6,500,000 of them paid on
less than $5000. About 15.700 paid on
incomes above $50,000. These 15",700
are the ones who would have reaped
the great benefits from reduction of
the surtax to 40 per cent They are
probably all, or nearly alK million
aires. What they would have saved,
somebody would' have to pay.
Of McArthur, It caa be said, that he'
has been a faitiful follower of his
.party organisation in the house of rep
resentatives. During four terms, al
most eight years, be has kept at the
neels of' the Glllett-Mondell-Madden-
Kdney-Long worth' combination which
ruled , the house and trodden reac
tionary pathways, j "
Mondell.; the house leader,., la one of
thoset particularly denounced by. Theodore-
Roosevelt- in 'hi. autobiography.
Madden is .the "man who rejoiced so
loudly when the present congress was
(CoMtadad od Psce Tan. Column Tbnt)
IT'S APPLE DAY;
If every man, woman and jchild In
Oregon were to eat one extra apple
today, v more than.. 6000 boxes - of the
state's crop this year would be con
sumed, but that would mean less than
one-thousandth of ' the reserve. Made
into pies, this enormous 7,000,000-box
crop would but figures are inane
things. . 1
This is Apple day, being nationally
observed, and the .beginning of Apple
week.t which ends' with November 7,
Dining cars and ' hotels are making
special features of apple . dishes, and
housewives are being urged to make
more use of the apple in domestic
menus.' ' . ' ', vr
There is alwa'ys a reason for this an
nual day and week, but the special rea
son this year is that the Northwest ,has
perhaps the largest apple crop in Its
history which should be going to mar
ket: right now but cannot get out be
cause of the car shortage. That, or
chardists and transportation men aver,
throws the burden of consumption more
that ver upon the Northwest itself.
Even so, the pessimists say, thousands
of boxes will spoil before they can pos
stblyVbe loaded and sent away to mar
ket j Optimists say cars will corns
along in time to take out most of the
crop before dissolution sets in, but all
are Joining in the special apple week
appeal.; ';
Ths old slogan. "An apple a day
keeps -the doctor away," and Its com
mercialised twin.'. "Buy them - by the
box,: are being used mm of yore In the
hope of reviving interest In the apple.
r Most Portland restaurants and hotels
will . offer special apple dishes today
and for the rest of the week snd most
grocers are making attractive spple
displays in .their windows. ,
294) CELEB BATE APPLE
WEEK IT HOOD RIVER
Hood River, . Oct ..,.. 81. Over 200
ranchers, apple shippers and business
men celebrated the opening of national
Apple week here today with a ban
quet aUthe Columbia Gorge hotel. The
menu Included everything to - which
the t Hood -River apple ; could --be
utilised. ; "r '. H- r'--, '
Many of the fruitgrowers of ; the
mld-Columbla "section attended : the
banquet, which was given under the
auspices of the Tuesday Lunch clubf
A - number of pioneer orchardists of
this section gave talks: on the ; early
bistory; bf applegrowing here, and A.
W. Stone, general manager of the Ap
pe Growers' association, reviewed the
development of the commercial end of
orcharding, in Hood River valley, v
Local - merchants are dressing their
windows with all late varieties ot ap
ples and are taking - orders ' for the
extra fancy brands, which, strange as
it may seem", seldom find their way
Into local retail stores. t, ,
r. ...
Armistice. Day Is r
Legal Holiday Here
' Salem, Oct" Lovernbr Olcott In
a proclamation issued today, designates
Saturday, November II Armistice day
as a legal - holiday in Oregon. ; The
proclamation" Is Issued in order to set
aside the "grave concern among the
business Interests of the state" as to
tne, iegai status oi Armistice day. ,
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EAT YOUR SHARE
HILL LINES
URGE MERGER
Consolidation of Four Roads Into
re One System Preferred to
G rou pings S uggested by I . C.
- C.j N. P. President Explains.
i
Consolidation of the Northern Pacif
ic, Great Northern, S. P. A S and Bur
lington lines into one system, . will be
urged ; before the . interstate commerce
commission November 17, instead of
the groupings tentatively proposed, by
the commission to make the two major
Northern lines competing systems.
Charles Donnelly, president of .the
Northern Pacific made this announce
ment today upon his arrival to confer
with W. F. Turner, president of ,,the
S. P. & S., and to make an inspection
tour of the Northern Pacific property.
Donnelly was accompanied here by
Judge George T. Reid, vice president
and western counsel. i '
GBOFPLSG URGED '
The interstate commerce commission
recently authorized hearings on their
tentative proposal to group the North
ern Pacific, Burlington and several
short lines together as a competing
system with the Great Northern. Mil
waukee and several short lines.
Disposal of the S. P. & S. which is
Jointly owned by th Great Northern
and Northern Pacific, was left an open
question to be brought out at the hear
ing. "' .-.."-..-.-.
"3t would be rather difficult to con
ceive that' either the Great Northern
or4 Northern Pacific would give up
their S. P. ft S. entrance to Portland,"
said Donnelly.
"We intend to (urge in lieu of the sug
gested groupings of the commission
. that, the S. P. & S. be grouped with the
Great Northern, Northern Pacific, Bur
lington and affiliated lines.
'"This plan would be more desirable
because of long affiliation .between
the two major lines : and consequent
setting up ot routes and channels of
traffic . which should jiot be broken
up. Consolidation of all these prop
erties would be of vast benefit to the
Northwest '
"Under the consolidation act the
railway lines cannot be forced to ac
cept any grouping and -the right way
to -, deal f with - the i questioiv , so that
the Northwest will benefit' moat Is not
to bregk Up the alliance between these
systems, The - Great Northern and
Northern Pacific' are highly competi
tive at. the present time, but the west
ern terminus is operated cooperatlyely
at Portland." - . - '
CAB. SHORTAGE BAB, '
'DonneUy said - that the consolidation
matter would take a long time to
adjust ' and ; that even tentative plans
of operation ' and' financing had not
been worked out.: ' ! ; . 4
The railway-car-supply situation 'is
worse today than ever, before In the
hiBtory-of tbe Northern .Pacific or any
other transportation line, according to
the - Northerns Pacific - rail 'chief. He
expressed the belief that the order
of the railway executives association
car service department for the return
of western cars from eastern territory
would "partially relieve- the situation.
' "We would not have a bit of trouble,"
said Donnelly- "if , the .eastern lines
would return our cars from their
lines. Congestion is the main diffi
culty in the car movements , east of
the Mississippi river. ; s
Tiny Skiff Saves
Troller When Boat
Is Burned at Sea
Astoria, Oct 81. A thrilling experi
enoe was that of John Laine, an As
toria fisherman, who, when his trolling
boat Ebo caught fire at sea five miles
off titie mouth of the Columbia river,
yesterday, took to a-tiny skiff carried
on this 'craft and ; managed -, to keep
afloat, in the face of mountainous seas
then- running Until' rescued by other
fishermen who witnessed hia plight and
hurried -to his assistance, i - - ...
. The abandoned troinngri boat Echo,"
one of the best of its type in this sec
tion, was a total loss, -it was -valued
at; $6500. - Lame, ' the rescued man. Is
a 1 brother-in-law of Councilman: j Sven
Lonberg of Astoria, . :- '-
; ' .'.n? '
LucienWillardlsl
Sued for $25,000;
Woman Asks Balm
K h&.;ir i-v :
Lucien E. Willard of Portland is
sued for $25,000 for alleged breach of
promise ia a complaint filed In circuit
courts Monday -by : Bernice Stone of
Spokane, who was a reeidentSof Knter
prlse, Or - at ; the time when. Willard
is charged wfth. having made love to
her and made his promise .of marriage.
- The wooing ways n the fall of .1921,
according toNthe complaint ' Willard
nosing as "single and-a man of means,
, la June f this year wniard, y is
alleged to have remarried bis ex-wife,
from' whom he had been divorced -only
a short time. Miss Stone alleges that
she was forced " to leave Enterprise
because of the comments. -
Six Towns Menaced
By Water Shortage
Pottsville. Pa., Oct. - 21. (L N. S.)
Six towns in this district are almost
entirely without water and many other
towns have shortage that is alarm
ing.; .Nearly all reservoirs are dry ;or
nearlng exhaustion, i So far. the pro
longed drouth has not affected coal
mining.: but -water for steam purposes
at the collieries Is getting dangerously
short. , The Skuylkill river" is- lower
than at any time In the memory of the
oldest inhabitants, Even artesian wells
show signs of failing. " . , (
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illRS. GIBSON
SHOOTSAT
CAMERAMEN
Gunfire Greets Newspapermen
Who Try tolTake .lfafef
M urder Witness jfVctoiJs
Widow to Meet Accuser.
New Brunswick, N. J., Oct Sl.-d.
N. S.) Angered by the persistence of
photographers who, were trying to take
her? picture against;, ber wishes. Mrs.
Jane Gibson, woman ( farmer and rJ
Dr. . Edward W. Hall . and Mrs. James
Mills, the choir singer, fired upon them
with a shotgun early today. Although
she knelt and took careful aim, she
failed to bit any of the photOKraohers.
A motor car, containing a group . of
"Sard boiled-picture takers' drove up
to the Gibson farm house in the .morn
ing. Mrs. Gibson, whose patience had
been exhausted by her efforts to evade
photographers, motioned to them to go
away. They failed to do so.
PIBES ATCANEBHEV
Mrs. 'Gibson then stepped from the
house witlf a shotgtra in yher hand a
Again she motioned to the photograph
ers to go away. Instead of complying
they started to get out of the car. It
was then that Mrs. Gibson fired.'
The man at the wheel, without wait
ings for orders. . "stepped on the gas"
and the car disappeared in a cloud of
dust " . - ; ,c . . . ',
. Mjs. Frances N, Hall.' the elaln rec
tor's widow, today - accepted he chal
lenge of Mrs. Gibson, to face the 'lat
ter and deny she was present, at the
HaTl-Mills murder. - . .
Timothy N. Pfeiffer, attorney -for
Mrs. ' Hall who announced on the
widow's behalf she Is willing to face
the "pig ranch woman," also declared
that Frances Vorness, the , widow's
niece, partially corroborated the story
that Mrs. Hall was home the night of
the crime, ' ;: !
INVESTIGATE PAST ' ' '
?Mrs. Gibson told officials that Mrs.
Hall : "was the woman In ..gray" who
was present at the imrrder. ; . -
Mrs. Gibson was told that confidence
in ber is being shaken because shetis
ipaid she Jwas the wflow of a.clergy-
man, when as a matter of fact she has
a living husband, named Easton. . She
was told tha authorities re- going to
Investigate her past
. She didn't deny that she Is : the
mother of four sons and two daughters
and that 'she was a relative of a mrtt
concerned in - the ' Piper murder rjease
who ? served a penlysntiary term.- and
later committed suicide. ,: ;
" She was told the prosecutor of Larue
county, Kentucky, had produced couct
records concerning the history of one
Jane Gibson in Kentucky. " ,.
PORTER BROS. BUY
WELLS FARGO BLOG
Transfer of the Wells-Fa rgo build
ing fsjpm the "Expre. Building com
pany -to porter Brothers for- a -consideration
in excess of $1,000,000 s an
nounced today ' by E. ;Tropp of San
Francisco, vice president of the Express
Building company. Negotiations for
the deal have been under way for some
time. Representatives of Porter Broth
ers ' declined to be quoted, but stated
that thescontract of, sale had not been
signed at noon today. . i -
The Wells-Fargo building is a 12
story fireproof structure covering the
quarter block at the southwest corner
of Sixth and Oak streets. It was pur
chased in i May.. l22y by Tropp . and
W. C. Crittenden f Saa Francisco
from the Wells-Fargo "company for a
consideration "-variously reported from
$850,000 to ' $1,000,000. ' f ?:. r
The building has been tenanted since
its erection 1& year ago by the general
offices of the O-W. R. 4k N. company.
whose lease expires November; SO. Of
ficials of ths leasing company refused
to pay an fiscreased rental demanded
by the new owners and have arranged
to move nhetr offices to temporary
quarters in the Montgomery-Ward and
Wttock buildings, pending the erection
of permanent quarters.
Possibility of continued tenancy of
the O-W. R. . .ft N. company in the
building., following its transfer to Por
ter Brothers, was hinted today by
members of the building owners and
managers' association. If the building
were vacated and converted to general
office uses the supply ot apace would
exceed present demands, according to
oinciais or tne association -,iv
Harding Is Facing
Toueh Prnblism to
: Save Lator Board
Washington. Oct 9L ' (TJ. P.)
Events of the past two days have
served. to make more difficult of ao-
f'teompllsbment - the , determination of
President Harding to save the railroad
labor-board from abolishment at the
hands of congress this winter. ;
The board's action in officially de
nouncing the principle of ' the "living
wage as put forth by. the railroad
brotherhoods and ita refusal to use that
principle as the . basis, for a - new. all
around wage boost, to railroad workers,
has renewed and n strengthened the
demand that the board be wiped out
The fresh resentment against , ths
board Is not confined -to labor support
etfs.in congress. -1 In other ranks, the
bsio?5S statement attacking the liv
ing wage" theory was characterized as
an- mnecessary" and wngle8ome
affair and one that constitutes rvewevi
dence of the fact that the labor board
is serving no useful , function and
shou..l be abolished.' V. " '
ChicagoMay
Have Call
For Siimner
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. i - 1 -
Chicago.' Oct ;2L Bishop Walter T.
Summer of Oregon, who is in Chicago
today, is being mentioned as possible
rector , of the; fashionable St James
Episcopal church here. Bishop . Sum
ner formerly lived in Chicago, where he
wasdean of the cathedral ot S. S. Peter
and Paul and prominent In social serv
ice work of the church. He has long
been a favorite with socially prominent
Episcopalians of Chicago! :
: Bishop Sumner said today the - had
merely come here' to, accompany . his
mother on h'er, visit -to the Atlantic
coast So far, the question of his re
turn to ChicagoM seems merely talk, but
the position is open ahd Sumner was
very- popwar there.',, There Is also talk
or combining at. aamea -iJarish and
that'1 of the cathedral, fl. S. Peter
and Paul for ; BAh Sumner's new
pastorate, making, it ene of the most
wealthy and important in the Unlipd
States. -U' '. -'L , "1-;'---"i:"--,fi
At a meeting of Episcopar; derg
here last night Bishop- Sumner spoke
in favor of. clergy requiring health cer
tificates from1 physician before per
forming? the marriage ceremony. ' The
talk - aroused, much interest among
clergymen. , .'
John w: Lethabv, .executive secre
tary of the diocese' of Oregon, laughed
at the idea today-that Bishop-Sumner
might become rector of St James Epis
copal churchj Chicago.' Lethaby said
It is. probable .that. the : Chicago con
gregation might desire Bishop . Sum
ner as its rector, owing to his popu
larity, gained there years ago while
dean at the cathedraL-He explained
that it would be almost impossible for
the bishop to acjsept such a; position,
should it be offered, owing to the dif
ficulties surrounding his resigning the
episcopacy. Ever! should Bishop Sum
ner resign, he' would still be a bishop.
It 1s quite possible that Bishop Ander'
son of . Chicago- would oppose his ac
cepting such a call, on the ground that
he- would not; want a ' man with full
ecclesiastical powers to be serving' in
one; of his parishes.
Lethaby said Bishop Sumner '- went
east ; a few days ago to. take his
mother back to her home at Man
Chester, 'N. H.' .Mrs. Sumner came to
Portland - several months agor to ! "at-,
tend the General Convention.' IThe
bishop is visiting In Chicago at, the
home of Bishop Anderson, and expects
to start tor Portland . Thursday, ar
riving Monday. . ' , ' '
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0-W Spokane Shops
Told, to Cut Costs;
: Men to Be Laid Off
: Spokane, . Wash., Oct 31. U. P.)
The railroad shops of . the - Oregon
Washington Railroad company.' ' TTnlon
Pacific system, have been ordered to
reduce expenses $3000 per month, it
was learned here today, . On-half the
local shop force would-be. laid, off.".
Jt was not announcesr whether this
order - applies; only to. the Spokane
shops or to ' all ; shops " on the -Union
Pacifies system. " , s-:, i ---s- i.
Ther'were: rumors current here to
day thAtt the Union Paclftc, which
formed a'coropany union and with
held Ita agreement with some 100 other
railroads who signed under the '"Wil
lard plan" to bring an Vend to ? the
strike of the federated sbopcrafts, has
now signed under; ihe . Wiillard plan,
but - that j it is withholding the an
nouncement of such signitig.i i
Reduction "in show forces - has" not
been authorized, and Is -not being con
templated ' at " any' point on the Union
Pacific i system, according to an , an
nouncement made . at the offices of J.
P. O'Brien.' general - manager of the
O-W. R. & N. , The office reported
that It would be absurd to speak of
shop force reduction. In face of the car
shortage. Denial of. any. negotiations
wiui tne inop crsns aiso was issguea.
Waye Clears l)eck of
Fishing: Boat on Bar
- Newport Or.. Oct : f 31. The : gas
schooner Empire, coming over the bar
this morning lost entire equipment of
fishing gear . and - narrowly escaped
capsislog. Ah unusually heavy sea
was running. , Approaching the bar.
Captain Anderson - deemed "it safe to
come in. - A huge comber overtook the
vessel, t broke over , her and "carried
away everytning on deck, i ,
Italy Seeks U.
Premier
." By Edgar Astel Jtfewrer
plsl Okbls to The Jcmraal and ChLage
: .1.- rttily Km - .. -
' (Oopyrlsbt, 1922)
' Rome, Oct 31. The first considera
tion of the new Nationalist govern
ment -will be friendship with the
United States. Xfels for three reasons,
namely, the hope that American lands
will . once again be opened to Italian
emigration, j America's control of so
large a part of the world's raw ma
terials, and third the natural sympa
thy which the new government has
with American Ideals as especially- ex
emplified in. the present Republican
administration. , -: -; ''. ; . . .
, This was the chief message ' con
veyed to ' the writer personally today
by Italy's new premier. Benito Mus
solini, when he received the writer at
the Fascist! headquarters, which are
temporarily established . at the Hotel
Savoia. ' - -
Mussolini, whose fantastic career as
patriot,; sojdler..f anti-socialist : writer
and chief of the Fascisti militia, has
culminated in a bloodless revolution,
received: ' the writer; standing in his
bedroom before a small table set for
lunch with his Inseparable companion.
Aviator Deputy Frtxi. ...... . ,
LOOKS LIKE XAPOLEOX 'y- - -.
"Nationalist Italy's white hope," as
Mussolini has been called, is a short
New
IfJUIfCTlOW
M TELEPHONE
CUT IS ASKEI
Pacific, States Co. Alleges Pub
Jic Service Commission i ' Is
i. Playing Politics in Ordering
Reduction of Party Line Rats,
Claiming that the -order ot the pub
lic 'service commission Monday . after
noon reducing telephone ' rates in Ore
gon on certain classes of service - on
December 1. Is - nothing "more than .
political move, the Pacific Telephoirs' .
ft Telegraph company filed -a suit in
equity :; this morning in ,; the federal
court "calling upon Judge R. S.Ban
to Issue an order restraining the publip
service " commission from putting the .
hew rates into effect ;' J " " j"
The Suit was filed agamst Newton
McCoy. Hy lan. H. Corey, T. M. Kerri.
gan, the commissioners, and L PL .'Van
Winkle, attorney general for Oregon.
I Legal , notices were at once prepared
by the clerk for service upon the dc
f endants, advising them that they have
20 days in whieb to file an answer.
VIOLATIOK CLAIME '
"J Company attorneys' aver that i
the
new order Is a violation of the
34th
amendment because it will ; deprive
them f certain property without i due
"process of law, according to the alle- '
gatlon. vThey call the new rates "con
fiscatory of the Pacific company's
property.' ' - . .. . .
The complaint also states that Nhe
Pacific, company's business in the state
of Oregon has been conducted- effi
ciently and' economically during all of
the times here! preferred to." They
also claim that all new additions to
plants and eyulpmeBt have been made
from new capital - and r not .from reve
nues collected. They hold that annual
earnings have averaged less than t
per cent;: on the capital, and contend
that the rates ought to be raised in
stead of lowered- until earnings pet
$ per. cent per annum. , ji
" The complaint alleges ' the annual
earnings for' the past five' years have
been: 1917,' J6 .per cent? 1918. L8 per
cent ; 1919, '3 yper cent deficit ; 1920.
3 per cent; J9S1,, L9 per cent andj the
first six' months of 1922, 2.3 . per cent
coixrsiojr alleged L
The complaint also alleges collusion
between ; the public and iths- commis
sioners to force lower .rates upon' the
company holding that during the recent
recall election - in which " McCoy i and
Concluded oa Ptcs Fire, Ceiema On),
Police Raids oni
: Two Homes Net
Much Moonshine
; The pqlice vice squad, accompanied
by , two a federals .agents, - entered - the
home of Matt N Davis, No, 252 Davis
street, "late Monday, and found seven
pints of I moonshine whiskey. : la vi s
was arrested and will be tried by fed
ersl authorities. i . . i .
At the home of jp. L, Botleh, i No.
904 East llth "street northp the vice
squad round -175 gallons of wine. They
took two gallons to -the station and
left the remainder with a warning that
it must not be sold or- used until Bo
tlch's case is disposed of by r the
court It will then be destroyed. Bo
tleh was released on hi own recogni
zance' because his wtfe4s 1U. i v
n Nathaniel Sims ahd his wife. Noi fifi
Ovecton street were' arrested by r the
vice squad late Monday; night .and
charged i with disorderly conduct on
complaint of Mrs. Sims': former hus
band. - Sims is a negro and his wife is
a white woman. . . ; ' - -
Crew of Burning l
Oyster Boat Saved
New Tork. Oct 31. (U. P.) Fifteen "
officers - rand men from the burning
steamer H. C Rowe. formerly the! pas
senger' Ship City of Bridgeport. were '
picked ap from lifeboats late today by '
ths oyster boat Peconic. The ILiO. "
Rowe, now engaged as the largest oys
ter boat afloat is biasing from lileam
stern petween sag Harbor and Hhel-
ter isiano. . -
S. Friendship
Gives Views
ish, thick-set dark man.' with violent
snapping eyes looking not like anl Ital-
,th American idea of. how an
Italian should look. He bears a cer
tain resemblance hi face? , figure and
manner to Napoleon, and his admir
ers consider his - brilliant career as
truly Naponeonic It Is almost an'
impossibility to . reach him. so Istrict
are the black shlrted men who guard
the entire wing of the hotel which
lodges the,, leader whose young and
careless strength gives him a position
with few parallels in history. .
When I finally succeeded in p4ssing
tbe ' strict guard, . I found Mussolini
somewhat stiffened by power, but
ready to show that personal affajbllity
which I had had occasion to mark at
jiuier' times. r-: - ..
i "X remember you, he aaidl
BOAfiDS IT AS. BIJIPtE -
Thank you. your excellencv-
, 7 - " - - ' r v vuvi
you;. epeak : a word concerning I your
situation and program?" ; i
4 TneaituatIoh is simple. he an
swered. ;i : "We have carried out -the
nationalist bloodless legal revolution
tna-successful manner." . ' , -)
. , "Bloodless,, yes,. But how lecair "
"Because it wss accomplished :wi th
ort resistance y he contiinjp-1. iv.'it'i
1 1 'Joncluded on Fiti Twj. Cuiuma 0.