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CITY EDITION If All Here and If All Tram ACTIVITY ; IN THE AUTOMOTIVE - riiM la outlined for the motorist ach week In the automobile section of h Sunday : Journal. This section. U ,. devoted entirely to motoring; and- good ! roads. It baa telegraph stories as well -s stories of local happenings. y CITY EDITION mlfAU Her and Ifg All True V t -? TKEWElTHER Fair tonight - and i , Saturday ;. easterly winds. - . - . ' - " i in imam temperatures Thursday: J Portland ...... SSiNew. Orleans.. $8 . r Pocateito .-... 20) New Yerk.j..... 8 .Lot Angel.... 6St. Paul......... IS - : VOL. XX. NO. 222. SStSJTir Halts PORTLAND, OI1EGON, FRIDAY 4 EVENING, NO VE3IBER 24. :1922-TWENTYrEIGHT PAGES EKtiaa, Ona 1'IUCC TVVO.CENT3 SfmS",t2'!Sl T ' . ; : 1 Community Chest Facts Quota . ;". ; ...$648,32900 Today . . . v' .$213J)22J5 n yy 1 Community e Ches t ' workers t have a cer tain, . cZass b 1 people, ticketed and. card fri dexedi T h e y call ' them the "Alibi Squad.1 - 1 V V... TTie alibi squad "is composedof:the mi- - riorily thai permits a ' ; cheap, excuse prompt - cJ Zx selfishness fib rob it of theprivileges o, relieving destitu tion and distress .:' Here arefsomeof;the objections Heard and answered: The C om m unity' Chest pay s ' high sal-c ones. Answer: Therjchest pays but oncregular salary, that o( the ex-, . eculive , secretary ;ht . ' divide? his time ,wiih 1 another. job -dndVisr paid in accordance. . , There are some cler-. I I ical campaign ex ' penses, but even this service is. secured . without char ge ; whenever possible. . ? Community Chest sg licitors are paid a s commission on collec . tions. , . . t ' ; 4nsu;er- Community Ciesf solicitors hot onl y give their - f ime absolutely W i thout charge, 6u. are also ; i Ac most: I iherdl-in money donations'.. s - orkers eat' line banquets, at Commu nity Chest expense.' At all luncheon' meet .ings .all . persons' i connected w ith , the v ; ciesf , J each p e V son pays" for- his ' own food." ' . - "J Jon' Zi'Ae fAu or that organization list- . eT as a chesl: bene ficiary,; -therefore I wont contribute : through the chest 4 nswer: If you don t like any organization, ; you may ; designate your : gift arid . the Community . Chest will - deliver Ihe , money ast though un der bond to keep the trusts -;Vr";- CHEST PLAN SHUTS OUT - ; 1 r 'v - Concerted"; Giving, . on -Sound - Business Principle Solution " of. Demands ' of Needy; To day's Total Is $213,020. - bousandi'ftf pairs of . baby Jiandi areT stretched In helpless appeal to the people of Portland to fill the "Commu nity Chest. Can yd refuse such." ta entretjrr V asked Judye-'' 'John, VL Stevenson, addressing- the crowd ;at nooi) today at the old postof f lco. cor ner, to see how the drive to'flU th big Chest Is prorresslng. - -" .. Bors and girls on the threshold of lfcte, -whose : future Uvea - depend upon the influences and activities of .some on of 'the organised agencies of cltl renehip' and character building, are de pending upon you. Can you fait them? . "Decrepit!-old mge Is looking to you with eyes dimmed by advancing years. Truly, the most pathetic thing of, all is Illness, old -ace and poverty,, and all of these things are to be found in our hrme for" old people. Can you turn a deaf ear to. them?, j i CHIST PBAISEO M ' . ' , "Hit' Chest plan of financing the charitable and philanthropic institu tions la -one that should commend it self ; - it replaces the old - haphazard, slipshod manner, the overhead is re duced, to a minimum and the plan f one great .drive that- Is non-sectarian, non-political and . non-religioas should appeal to an." , ! ' . The ; speaker s then stepped back - to the base of the blg ladder at the top of which is the gigantic loaf of bread, and nailed .Into place another rung, in dicating that a total of 21S.020.1S had been - subscribed: to dale. ' The . Salva tion Army bands-furnished music for the parade.' . . : - C The' -Boy Scouts . bugle and drum corps will 'supply the music Saturday and Marshall N. Dana-will epeak. v XJeutenant - Colonel 2. - King - Bryon, under- General. L- Eddy, came into headquarters wearing - a broad -grin Thursday-evening. He had Just viat i ted th; Baoadwar Htttlm-ood, where (Concluded on Pas Twntr-fiDT, Cot Oi) Harding' Askei to Uree.McNarvcBill ; .' Washington JNov.' - 24.-KU;".; P. President - Harding was asked today by a -delegation- of Western jcongress- men to: incorporate in nis. annual mes sage' to ".congress a recommendation for pasaage of the Smlth-McSary rec lamation bill, ? which provides for reclamation and drainage of arid lands i th .West and South. : . . "-: . The' 'bill- isnoW. on the calendar of both house and : senate, - c - Representative' ' mith. A Idaho, co author of the bill, who heads the dele gation, ' said he: waa : confident the measure "could be- enacted into law this winter. " , ' , - . Call Meetings on 'Widening pf Streets "i '" ' ' ' V- f'. V A .series of conferences with, prop erty , owners . along Madison. Morrison and Bornslde streets to discuss the proposed widening of these important thoroua-hfares to the river bridges ' is planned by. Commissioner Barbur. He has invited the Madison street -property owners to meet with him 'in. the council chamber at' the city hall" at t 'clock on December 6, and the ; Mor rison -. street property .owners r at 2 o'clock -of Iecember , 7, The . Burnslde property ' owners are asked' to meet at the same hour and place on Decem ber 8. . . i . ; . ' '. Dillane to; Eemain ; i- As Battalion-Chief Battalion -Chief Jams Dillane an nbuitcd this morning that he-has. de cided to decline- ttoe offer f the city of -'Fresno. Cal, to become Thief of its fire, department and will remain with tl4 Portland fire department where b4, has been in .service for nearly .... a quvrferfof a century. ,4- - ..'i t x. , Iri-dian's - Wish Here's His .'.I want my miae Jn the paper .again before I o t6 jail J ' -'It was John -Thomas sneaking! John Thomas, full-blood Jndlan of the Uma tilla tribe; buUdogger extraordinary of the Pendleton Round-Up and wealthy horse racer of the reservation. - , . "- Thomas had Jut'como from the fed eral courtroonv where , he - had lost a race fwitit rne'.Vqbr.ead act in which h- was handicapped; with the -old In dian regulations that forbid tha pres ence of lio.uor ;on- a reservation.": . Federal Judge Bean ' had sentenced hhn to four months In the county Jail on each of two charges, plus a fin of 2100 in each cane, though the jail terms were to run concurrently.- - .t . -, .-Yes. . I'm trolng to Jail tomorrow. he" said.: rather sadly,' as if. It -wers wmething of a bora ; "me. who am tha leading figure in the -ground-Up, proml- Record Is 'I Broken by RddioSet Hallock Watson. broadcasUnr from The Journal radio studio Sunday night, broke all records tn two respects. Their SO-watt set) -transmitted to several dif ferent , points In tne Mississippi valley and the Middle. West for a sustained period,-which no 500-watt aet baa, ever reported. doing-. so far.' 5 i 'i. In ' one t fnail thM morning reports came . to The Journal from 10 sadio receiving stations in the 'Miasiasippl alley' and !the Middla.WesC specifical ly mentioning- names of selections ia the program broadcast last Sunday by the broadcasters of .The Journal news butletina -'''-''tvA'-i,-:'':' . The two) farthest east stations re porting are K. I-' Ober. UsTorth Man chester. ' Ind., and W; -Prafke, Streator, Illi 2000 miles and 1700 miles distant from PdrUand.t , -y - i hears cknuEs a - v r i - ' .V ' t Prafke writes that on -Sunday, ', be tween 11 :59 p. in. and 12 :07 a. m. Mon day, he heard In full a poem oa .The Cootie" f and clock chimes strike the hour dT- J0J Anthony Euwer, oelebrat ed poet ; and artist whos work,, ap pears i as- ai-feature of .ThO jSunday journal magarine, recited his TCootle? poem between the hours named by Prafke. ; Praflce , says - her heard iKOO sign - off alt 12 -.07 . a. , m. Monday, . his time. . - V , , 4 Ober writes that he- heard KG3 last Sunday." His station is approximately 2000 miles (from: Portland. : This, how. ever, is not: the greatest long: -distance record, for the station has been jheard in Troy N T. - s ,,- . -. . j .. ? , 'i. Selby KJsllng of Murdock; Minn, wrote that he has enjoyed programs from- KGQ I for the past .month, hut that the one broadcast Sunday was superior to : any. -, Paul , Rosenberg of Colfax, - Wta. reports' that he enjoyed the. vaudeville stunt put over by Gal loway, Xst of .the 4 ). from the Hippodrome : theatre, especially well. OTHEBS BEPOBt ' 1 Other stations . reporting reception of signals I from .-cr Hand's nationally, famous "small . station, were ; ; Jack Shamber . of . Tekamah Neb. i A. sJX Knntaon Of Walhalla. N. - D.'; Ger hard t - Walseth, Ortonville,- ' Minn. ; Wade 1 Patrick, at Brookfield. Mo. f "' . J. M. Beaman, Mordamin, lowa, and Gordon Davy, Mlnot. N. X. ; "z, -. i Wade Patrick gives a log of the pro gram that! proves conclusively that he heard the! entire performance.. Jle states that the " station signed off at 12-08. . ' - , Another feat of the station last week was in "establishing the farthest north point of reception of any Portland sta tion. ; The iprosram of October. 29 was heard io Anchorage, Alaska, by Walter H, Kathbun. "Anchorage Is approxl- line, i ; . . - .,- New yictory: Won ;i By Mrs. Stillman New TorL Nov. 24.-I. ' N. g.)-Mn. James A. I Stillman, who was unsuc. -cesafully- sued for divorce by her mil lionaire banker husband, won. another court 'victory today 'hen ; the appel late division for the Brooklyn supreme court affirmed a lower court order and refused to net aside the report of Dan iel 'j. Gleaaon,. referee In. the . case. ' Exploding Gasoline f Lamii Burns ;W6man Kugene. Novj z. Mrs. iawrence HlUa, Oakid-ser was seriously burned when a gasoline lamp exploded, show ering her with burning oil. Physicians are battling to save her: eyesight, Mra Hills is a sister-in-law of "Shy" Hunt ington, University of Oregon football coach.. f . TwoJMen Drowned ta 40 Mile Gale Syracuse If. Nov. .24.- -t.T' N. S. Two men I were - drowned, 20 rescued and eight barges wrecked In, a 40-mlle gale on Oneida ,.lak, near . Verona Beach, ' early today. The barges were en route from Buffalo to New. Tork with 98.000; bushels of wheat,'- : Dress Catches Tire; r Burns Cause Death .Centralis!'. Wash., NoV. 24. Gladys EXelyn Barnhard, : 4. , daughter of Mr. and Mrs. - Glenn Barnhard of Wau nch prairie, tw m lies from Centratla, died last 'night Of bums suffered when her dress caught fire as she stood in front of tha ; fireplace at cthe family, residence- early yesterday morning. : Is Granted m nent ' In the Ross Festival, with my elaborate Indian- headdress; me, who used to work In the movies at I8 An eletl with Art Acord In- his Western pictures.- f. .4... v . - "Who's going to look after yoinr race horses, on itha .reservation while , you are gone?"! - ; - j, "I've gotja man to do tht. i ' Thomas admitted that be. had had some whiHay ith him --on the reser vatlon. f'The Indian aa-mt told the fed eral prosecutors that Thomasf in all respect but lone, baa been a model In dian, big of heart as of body, earnest in his work and in enthusiast to be half pf bettering the condition of his race. - Thor- ooe y exception, however, was ."firewater.' On jigger of whis key and all would be off. . - "Thomaa is now. established '.in Jail, where his' rnall will be sent -for the neat four montha - Name Print CONTRACTORS ARilSKEO Attorney Genera! 'Begins, Move to Recover $21,500,000 Said ' jvto Have Been Mulcted; From - US. on, 4 War Cantonments. - By W. H. Atkins . , T Washington, Nov. 24. L N. .8.) After an investigation of war contracts lasting-- more than a year and a half. attorney General Daugherty this aft ernoon announced tne iiung in lour cities of civil suits to recover 221.SOO.000 alleged to have been fraudulently ob tained from the government in connec tion with the construction of army, can tonments' during the war. ' v "-.;?-.: ."'Th' fHing of these first suits Is the forerunner1 of a dozen others to be bo gun later,, which, probably will tnvolv the construction of every cantonment ln the country and aim to recover more than $72,000,000 for the government, as exclusively- announced by the Interna tional New Service. . ;' . CAlTT02fME3fT5 5AMED i v - - ' -J- The ; cantonments involved and - -the contracting firms against whom action was taken today are as follows:' - Camp Upton, Taphank, Xk I. ; Thomp son Starrett company, Brooklyn, N, T. . Camp Jackson,' Columbia 8.VC; Hardaway : Contracting company, Columbia,-S. V - - Camp --Sherman, Chlllicothe." Ohio ; Benjamin A Sons, Columbus. Ohio. - , .Camp Funston, Fort " Riley. Kan. ; George .'A. 'Fuller company,. Topeka, Kan. - . The amount claimed by the govern ment in each 'case is: " j ... " Camp Upton, $6,000,000 f Camp Jack son. 28,500,006 ; Camp Sherman, $5,000, 000; Camo -Funston, 4,000,000., Total. $21,500,000. , But" the actual cost of these camps to the 'government, based on. war de partment - records. w: - ' Camp -Upton-' $15,370,220-. ' Cantp (Ctoncluaed on Pase. Twentj-One, CoL Two) CONTRACTS LET FOil POLK ROAD 11 Contracts were executed, today by the state highway commission, provid ing : for completing the paving" of the west side 'branch of the- Pacific high way through vPolk cotinty.C This ac tion -probably, brings .to an -end -the bitter-controversy which has "been on for several years ;over the routing of the highway from' Monmouth south and which was' manifested in several 'court actions. . . v-Jv-XfjSv ' f Bids for vthj worki were ; recefved several' months ago. put were held op pending the decision of - the state su preme courtS-art the application i of market" road 'funds by- the ounty to the preparation of the grade. The de cision was adverse and the couftty has as yet found no other way of financing its1 share of the cost, ' ; UP ,TO 'FtrTTJB.B : V By going ahead with -the work the matter of county assistance is left ta future arrangement. . - " The pavement is tobe--l feet wide and vth ' cement .concrete type. ,'. The award was as follows: Holmes Gap Rlckreal section. 5.67 miles, the Oregon Contract company, $125,000 ; f Mon mouth south to Benton county bound ary, 9.2 miles, Cummins A -I Points, $249,000. . . - I: The- United 'States bureau -of public roads submitted to the highway com mission its map of the federal aid sys tem - on - which - the . government v will extend aid. It is what is known as the ecveo per cent system,, as Mt em brace seven per cent of the total road mileage of - the state. .. .-'-r -1 j v; OREoos is :isT:;i-?r 'i- !; While ' 'the commission - has . not yet formally adopted the system, ' the map proposed was in a general' way found satisfactory and . will no doubt . be approved. Oregon Is the last of the coast states to make adoption. - The proposed federal aid system will include the Wallola cutoff-as a pri mary road. to coincide - with the pri mary road .'adopted, by. the state of Washington, which ; makes connection at the state line. - . - - - v. : : Another connection with Washing ton Is the Pendleton-Walla Walla road. - Under the heading- of primary roads Oregon Is entitled to a total, mileage of 1251 miles- and 172 miles under the classification of secondary roads.- Johnson"; Asks More Bars on Immigration ' - . ' . ,', ! t Washington, Nov. 24. I. N. "S. - Cltarging that - tne Amalgamated Clothing" Workers of America had re ceived a concession : from the Russian soviet government to manufacture clothing Ma Moscow and that $5,000,000 worth, of stock In this enterprise had been sold In the United States, Rep resentative -Johnson, - Republican, of Washington, chairman of the house immigration committee., announced to day that legislation would be drafted immediately to further- restrict the admission of "undesirable' aliens" to this country. v -v . - " v Japan Announces - Army, Navy Budget; TO DISGORGE . - -' r -- - - - - - . ' -Honolulu. . Nov. 24. fU.' P.) Tha Japaiu80 army and navy - budget has been fixed at 29.300,000 yen, according to a Toklo dispatch, to the Jiji. Jap anese i gua- newspaper, published here. i ; -::. 1 . v.. v .- . .. ... - , T- .: ? - - . - . - ... , 1 MUTE BODIES SAD LESSON TOiSPEEOERS Tragic Dangers of Fast Driving r Visualized: When' 1 9 Convict ed Men Are Forced to View - - Two Yictims at the M orgue. Subdued by the presence of death, 12 speeders learned the bitter iesson of the fruits of wanton driving at the county morgue at Second and Jeffer son :; streets " . today; : The : speeders viewed the bodies of ' two persons, a man and a woman, who were killed In automobile accidents. "-'1. The speeders represented a few of a large--number convicted in municipal cour-- . When the cases were all heard. Judge kwair picked out the 19 whom ho considered the worst- violators. All were convicted of speeding. , They were given fines and "their licenses were suspended for various periods, aver aging" 10 days oach. j . : '-. SPEJEDE&S ARE WAESED - -Just ; before the patrol : wagon took the '. convicted : drivers . away. Judge Ekwali talked to " them" oh - the evils of reckless driving.' " f - - ; -' " I- anTr sending you to the morgue. J adge - Kkwall ' said, : "so you may see what happens when a man speeds In his machine. You will learn there- the most pointed lesson . ever taught, and X know you will profit by It. - W are having the worst epidemic of speeding and reckless driving known to the city In years. This thing must stop, and I am taking this action- this morning In hopes it will have a last ing effect. . - . "Tou had better never let me see your faces in- this . courtroom again under speeding chargea Tha next time you get Jail sentences, and I, want to- say right now that if this does hot stop X am, going; to give jail , sentence r to every - speeder; brought before 'me. .' - 1 - am going . to, stop speeding ', If I have" to put-avery automobile driver in 1 Conelodcd oa Fags' Tweaty-Onc, C6L. ' Four) i-'EV FLEET IS TO BE GEiiTEilED IIEilE ; Service of; the new intercoastal line of the Garland Steamship corporation, the inauguration Of which was first an nounced Thursday,. wlU be centered on the Pacific -coast in the Columbia' river, it -waaJeamed -here "today; ' j While the sevetf - vessel in the new service will touch, at Portland, Paget Sound, San ..Francisco' and San- Pedro With . westbound cargo, eastern ; shi pi ments will be exclusively 1 made up of lumber; from - the- Columbia river..j ' Tho Charles R, McCormick, dumber company, -which is associated with the McCermick Steamship company. North Pacific agent.of the Garland line,'-will furnish lumber i for . the ' eastbound sarvlc. The ; twice-a'nonth schedule provided by the fleet -of seven vessels will" carry approximately- 2,000,000 feet Of . lumberf monthly eastbound. - - .- FlkST? StflP IX DECEMBER I Th; first vessel of the Garland fleet will arrive In Portland late In Decem ber or early in, January, it was defi nitely learned here today In a telegram from,! San. Francisco received - by Hill man. Xjueddeman, local . agent for - the McCormick SUamshlp company, i - I The freighters assigned to the serv ice: are tha i Norlena, Carolinian, Wil liam Perkins,: James Duke, Albert Jef feries, George Allen and WiUlam Cam pion. . ' . - . - , Charles-R. McCormick, who has been in - the East in connection with- tha shipping and lumber affairs, is due to - arrive In Portland . Tuesday. . . . . . TO : SPEEXr . UP " MILTlS -" J . While no announcement has been made -regarding production at the Mc cormick i mills at; St. Helens., from where the lumber will be shipped, it is nderstood that : the mills " will be speeded up to take care of the ship ment to-be taken oat by. the Garland fleet, which will . operate In 'addition to the present transportation facilities used by the McCormick interests. Heretofore intercoastal shipments of lumber made by . the McCormick mills have . been : carried by the ; Isthmian Steamship line. --:, ... ; Portland: Figures In Proposed Coast - Steel Merger Plan ' Los Angeles, Nov. 24. I. N.1 8.) Plan for the merger -of Pacific coast coal and steel resources, aggregating a total of -$20,000,000 will be completed within a short time; it waa learned to day following a conference between a number - of San Francisco and Utah capitalists with A. M. . Denman Jr.. head" of- th 'Southern California Iron Tt 6teel company. If the new merger is negotiated, which is said to be - al most certain, the west will no longer be dependent upon too, east for steel mills; - - " - ' - - , -The'- incorporation of ' the- Pacific Coast Steel corporation last September under -the law of Delaware was the Initial announcement of the project. The Pacific Coast Steel company, with plants In - San Francist-o. - Seattle ' and Portland and the Los Angeles plants of the . Southern California Iron Sc. Steel company and -also "rich iron' and coal deposits in Ut&b near-Zlon City, wlH bo taken over and operated by the new corporation. - T: -. ,-, -. t : . .: Pig - iron - to be manufactured in Utah will be sent direct to the. coast plants -and thereby make the West in dependent of the -East. ' f . j - r- - .-- z HITCHCOCK ,-' ;? : TIGER ROM French Statesman ; Dares Critic to Produce Proof That He Isi Militarist; '"Black Troop J ; : Charge v Is' Hotly ? : Denied. - A3IERIC A OPPOSES TIEW -i v (Copy right. 1852. by the C'nitcd Pnasl - Washington, JCov. 25. Th Amer ican government regards with dis tinct disfavor tha views being -expressed here concerning foreign pol icies . of - the United States by Georges demenceau,: the war pre mier of France. v; i s -v : i Thii-.was. the answer given the United Press by a highly authori tative source in response, to ah in quiry, as to whether those in direct charge of America's' foreign - rela tions agreed in the main with - the sharp attacks by Senators Borah and Hitchcock on the noted French man' statementa ' It t the view of this government that the French policy which Clem enceau defends is largely responsi ble for' the present economic and political, plight of Europe, - Boston, ; Mass., " Nov. - 24-Georges Clemenceau today branded as a "lot of lies" Senator Hitchcock's charges that he --is - a' militarist- and that 'France maintains an . army of blacks in Ger man territory. , , Tb Tler, in his den oa the third floor of the palatial Higglnson borne her,; came back strongly at bis sen ato critics. - .. . ..." . . . "... Ask me any Questions -you want, he invited tha tntenriewerv' - ' .-. "What., about i. Hitchcock's - charges that - you are - a militarist? be - was staked. . " " ' ' ; " ' ' ' That brought .laughter from" , the Tlgeri He shuffled - across the , floor in .carpet slippers. Ha readjusted tha black satin' skull cap- on his head and laughed :. rSenator- Hitchcock 1 Oh." yes. he's' the man who has only a little while longer to serve In tha senate. The people ot his' etata' had something to say about tne jgentleman on election day.-- - -. ' ; Th eyes ef - th--Frenchman' fairly glistened as he sank down in a chair. ' "l think that youH excuse me - if I tConebtdad an Pa Tventy-foar. Col, llt) UPTOH HASSEfiATE Senator ,Gus- Moer of Multnomah, the Lone .Wolf of the state senate, openly offered - the sixteenth, vote to Senator Jay Upton late last night, Up ton openly accepted rt and so, for the time being at least, Upton; has: votes enough' to elect him president of the upper house ot Oregon- legislature. Whether' Senator Uptn' . wavering Una will be able to withstand tha Im pact of Mover's landing ' will : have to be ; determined by : time. ' Ther are thos who- bellevo that for tha : one vote gained Upton will, lose thro or four and - the . presidency. -Whether this is to happen has been keeping po litical interest at the bubbling point ever- since Moeer signed up -with Up ton. - 1 TAYLOB. mat quit Senator Eddy of Douglas, who has 14 solid, votes signed up in . his behalf, has not given up the fight, .but insists that be -"never felt better" and that he is going to win in spite of the fact that Moser made . the majority for bis : op- . Whether i Upton Is , to be president of the state senate for the coming session.' rests with .Senators Ritner, Dennis, Taylor and Sprayer, all mem bers of the "sagebcCah seven." - Sen ator -Taylor ha Raid, so reports have it, that he would not stay rn an or ganization thai . took. Moser into, its" lines, , and ' it . is further ; understood that hia attitude is understood by Up ton. 7 - , -.-.., Taylor .occupies a peculiar - position fOoncfoded o Page ' Tweatr-foor, - CoL Six) Offer May. Clear y .Up Gland :Theft -' ''-"-".';: ... '- 1 - '-:-L-' .-i---. ; Chicago, Nov. 24.-4U. P.)An offer of 1100.000 for 11 -giving; piands by an a-A Chicago -millionaire who -planned to - be married, -reported to-: police : by an - unnamed - Informant, - was probed today by - authorities seeking to- clear up an attack on Joseph Kosniak, muti lated - and robbed of vital tissues. Names, . ates and places regarding the offer and the robbery - were - given , in mJi detaU - that -Seraeant Frank Smith Of tha detective bureau, In "charge of the Inveatlgatlon, id that ha was con v'aced the mysterious : attacks would soon be cleared i-P- . . School Board-Buys ,:0ia. Circus Site Final 'negotiations - were ' concluded Thursday between ' the board of edu cation and the Goldsmith' estate for the -purchase of the two. blocks bound ed by 26th,' 27th, PeUygrove and Ra leigh - streets .- as a site for 1 the new Chapman schooL The consideration waa J85.S0O. The assessed valuation of this property is 2 TO, 4 00. making- the price about one and one-elxth tinw the ;asefsed -.valuation... The1 blocks are part of the historic circus' grounds. LIES OLD JOB IiJ HIS GRASP Iwiiatjv iERS;i English pacifist, who ' joined the Siatt ' Fori ia Ireland and became De Va lerf V chief of, staf fCtHis Avife ; is 4 a 3aughter J of ? Senator , -f- xmm niw 1 1 ii i - ' "? ----- - ym -V.'.'-5 ' .: k': Si-;': . . , . .', - - - EXECUTE AIDE TO TODE VALERA ' TSSSfSSBaSJSkatfSS4, . . v v Dublin.' Nov.- 24;N. S.) Erskln Childers chief aide of Eamonn de ;Va ler in.ine lnsnreputtiican-movement. wa executed atff o'efocH- this morntnc by a Free State firing squad. V pfflctal nirauncement-j, oe xn execuuon was made shortly1" afterward 'by ;theiFree State caBtnet, ' '- ' -. , ' - - , ----- ."' -j -- V ., Jt was a raw. foggy morning' with a e14tWlii Tnlnwlna' -whsn rhlMu . led from bis -cell in thtp Klfmalnhan 3aU vu toe ouLsairts or tne city.,-. .. , -Escorted sby'a little group of "Free Stat 5 SOldlem.'' fThflrtnl-JH wo taken Into th jail yard. Tha i firing- - quaa wag lined - up, a handkerchief 'wutiii.,m of tha rebel leader and he was placed rtW. Y.I t- , ..- - . . ' . u jui.iiium u wail. - jrlall a dosen shot ran- out- Chllders crurn Pled UD. - A Art&trur irtttytlnW Mm - .k, pronounced -him dead.', i . -, , Persons who saw the-.execution' said that ChUders died game " and that ; his courage stayed; with him to the last He made. no plea for.tnercy, ' ., - , A.A,!, "prifJ; ' wa ' Present t and ' asked ChUders- if .he - wished, th ' last "sacra mentto be administered. ChUders hes ltated and then. - replied ; that- he did not ::.--J'y-: :: v;.7 :.. - Shortly after -the execution a ' brier communique waa issued," saying : : j; "Erskine ' ChUders was i duly; con victed by a Free - State- oourtmartlal of poasesaiiTg arms for purposes-of re bellion ag-ainst tho; Irish : government. He waa .sentenced, to -death..Th sen tence was confirmed. This morning it was carried out ' -T" v . . i Childers .waa; one ' of the most iacti ve and . spectacular ; leaders ' among - th Sinn yFeln .before the Free-state gov ernment wan rataul : A ff,n. t k. ,o w. Ilshihg of the Free State he threw in I (Concluded oa Face Twatr-Fbar.'. Col. , Tana) Fire Raging- in : : , Maryland Forest Hagefstown, Md., Nov.' 24.-' . N.. S.) A-- great forest ' fire is sweeping South "mountain. - about 10 - miles ' east of here.- Five . hundred me spent all last night, battling the' blaae. s There s no chance of ektinguishing jt It must burn- Itself out... Fire-fighters ooncen- t rated their, efforts on saving the Black Bock hotel, a; summer resort 'v V ' Si fcVV'lif' t ... "i 4 f - f? First: inUeased wire TCSQxrsi12IlpplfJ -domesticj. and' jworld BeW$4rKjpnial1 - receives V the - complete.: tcIegrapKicews reports of f ive: press: a. sr t - t - V:: SiJiUiilvcrhal Service 3if iUriitea:-News y -'CrOnsolidatcd No other. paper : ia this . Celd - has : such; ade : quate4eleraphic-new9 9owt$iMS Llfll'ILLEIS AWED AT UlilRIA 1 '- Prohi: Directorf ancl Hisr Legal j Adiiriser .Offered to 'Hush Up' Case Against Ughther for Aid IjGiven, OnV Witness Testifies; Vc--tr-V-t':t-::- - - -v-4 V4-.-.-' ' Off era to husb up charges against Davs 'Uxhtnar, alleged narcoUo van- , dor and amugrgler, were mad by Dr. J.A' XJavUl, head of the , district prohlbfUon office, and Frank Mitchell, ': lagaliadvijer to .th department; ac- "., cording- to testimony entered by on 'wltoarVUi Federal '', Judg- Bean's court today, when the government' had completed its': direct testimony." ' " " -... J'.Ihaa1tnsaWiWho' made this state- f.:, ment waa Dan . 0Mara, elevator op erator .in th Federal building; and per- . sOnat j friend ! of X4chtner. I O'Mara professed to have, been present at a series of .conferences ' between federal - agents iR&':tjgitMT2:fs 1 v ..This statement - made 'auch . an Im- 1 prsaion on Judg-e Bean that he twice -uuestioaed the witness a to his cer tainty f that federal agents had made such , statements. O'Mara ' aald" he was posltlv' the statement1 had been ' made, even -though ' he - was '"used to :.' bearina- many ; such offer t nad." -CEXXMATX TESTIFIES ' Jloward. Parker, cellmate of K. Oda, Japanese drug vendor, confined at McNeils Island, testified that th Jap aneser had told blm he was forced to testify .against ' Xagbther and that the caa , was r framed to , get . Ughther. ' Parker said . that; at -on time he .was prejudiced against Ughtner," but add ed .; that he had changed ' his ', opinion since belna- brought back - here-, and ' confined In th county Jail in the sam ' corrioor -wttn ngnttier. ' ' Other r witnesses-were H -C.;.teer( -former-prohibition 4 agent,- who : teBtl- ' fled'that there was no drinking on the trip V to Astoria . with ' Lightner ' and federal officers Frantc Ward of the department - of : luatice. 'WhO -vtoW of -having employed Lightner on several 1 . occasions- for special ; lnvestlpat'on . work, and J. W. Day, former prohibi- ' Uoa officer. who said that TUIghtner' kept telling the offioer that a capiur " on .the Astoria trip meant - .'"a , clean -8lat,,L:forhtnv;. -::; j' -: --v :; AKOTHEB. ALLEOEO rHOMISE ' When ' O'Mara -was first placed on the- stand ha 'told how Customs Offi cars Crewdson- and Kllppel had prom ised to seX4ghtner through If - he -would v. get. 4Mnformaaon 1 for? xhcra against; the first mat of"; th 'Mayo ' Msiu. : After .Xlghtner had obtained .' th informaUon. Ji said, . Mitchell met . LJghtaer one day. and. declared Ughu. ner had done a good turn. for th gov--' ernment ad would be "seen through. Later. O Mara aald.- he was, present , at a meeting between . Llghtner and ' Mitchell, and Unvlll, when the federal arent advised llghtner that he had (Caaelodod ! Twent-On. Col. Two) AmericEegidn E S tatCbiittea Meets -Tomorrow Saturday morning atriO o'clock the state executive committee of the Amer ican Iegloa ; will ' meet- at the vatate headquarters. Fourth and Washington streets, for th firat time since th na tional convention at New Orleans. George R,- Wilbur, departmental com mander of the lea-ion,, will make a re port 'on- actirlties' at fhJ convention. Thoso others to-, be present are ; Fred K. Kiddle, vice commander j Harry N Nelson,' adjutant ; P. W. .Cooklngbam, Bev. Frank James. Charles W. Krsklne, Tane ; Ooodell,; Claude-Brlstol, Maylr Zano,:TTaeey 'Saverti - and; Charles- W. : Woodruff. -'Th committees will appoint beads ' of the -American lzatiod, "hospi talization, membership," legislative:, and , post activity standing committees. '-S-C-::--. jr.. ft?'" 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