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Exiled Prince and
Wife -Eeaeh. Italy;
To See Cdnstantine
Street f illway rtroatlng: a atpart of
. ths proposed one-way traffic schema
Xor ttoeleotiffestetMiBtrtofc-tyf, Portland
war main subject of discussion at
the second public hearing onhis pro
' ct, held by "the city council Tuesday
' . afternoon. The result vaa an agree
ment tor faerie of conterei; Te
.tveen : the special - committee, on one-
ifvay traffic and officials and' engineers
of th Portland Railway. Light &
Power company, to work -oat the most
. practicable plana for lauch rerouting.
- -F..-L-Fwllerv 'vice 'president, said the
company has no intention "of avoiding
Its share of responsibility in aiding to
Teduc traffic congestion, bat Tie'point
. cd oat that the company is -operating"
. practically the .earn number of cars
now that it did in itU3 and that, thera
foret U is not the great factor in the
: production":, of ' traffic congestion. -V. '
I He urged that the main; difficulty?
that so much space on -the. streets ' is
s taken up hy the parked- automobiles.
if lie urged ' strict enforcement of woh
parktng sones iduring- tbrush hours,
and one-way traffic on all streets where
I: there arenot double'.: tracks for t street,
: : cars." He "also told of the ef fective
f ness of the loading -cones, because they
; IormIt 4 the jmovensent' f" automobiles
vhile street cars are loading and un
loading, i ' '? ' . :.
-One way traffic on north and south
streets through ithe congested -district
he branded-aa impracticable, but on the
cast and west streets be declared it is
simply-a matter of now best to handle
the movement of vehicles." He also be-
. lieved that alt streets leading to the
bridges should be .maintained as two
mt traffic lanes. ; -
There were various speakers' who dis
cussed plans for car rerouting, and all
. these suggestions were' referred to tne
special committee. 1. i is ,to have its
conferences with 'the railway officials
- end report back, to the city council as
.i sooit a 'poembla. . ; ., -
camping equipmertt he had left-on
the point. -v
i Professor "X. A. Farrell. Wisconsin
geologist and professor in the Superior
. normal; scnool,'s was- unaDiey.io explain
the 'phenomenon. --He said it was par
ticularly. rhysteriqus. Inasmuch . as-
- earth disturbances ha been reported
-tit this section. ' ; t
Jond Put UpMfer A
Man Makes i Escape
i $'f , ; ,! -vM'.v. ..... ,' ;
. a AlthoifeliweyKi'srshersTiy; alleged
-bootlegger, did" not .appear personally
before' United ' States ' Commissioner
, FTaier. fia -Is out m'nd.;Tuesdays
- afternoon his attorney, put up $150
ball to guarantee TCerchef sky's appear-
i a nee before.' the" federal "grand ;jury
vafter cWhlci Vthe "commissioner- recalled
the.', wart-ant -vhe had ; issued "Monday.
' Kerchefskyla wanted -oft a charge -of
transporting liquor. .Following his ar
rest last Saturday night t he escaped
while being .taken to prohibition headquarters.-:.
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Brindlsi, Dec fc Prince Andrew and
his wife. Princess : Alice. : exiled - from
Greece ' because of f the' former's '. part
in the ' Greek! debacle In Asia Minor,
debarked from . British warship Tuesday-
night. - They immediately started
for, JRome There they; iriD' spend a
few days before proceeding to Palmero
to confer with former King, Constan
tino. - After a conference with i Con
stantino. , Andrew's brother,9 the 'royal
pair will sail for London to spend their
days of banishment.
K. 0; Order Trains
-More Than 200,000;
i Ex-Service Men
Former ' iCJreelc Ministers ; Condemned
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3)lsolrf nfty admlttedi -Ita
taiy, batitruptcy- schedules- Iliad-in tXte I .
federal court this morning -by Albert
Roslinjri vMr. and -JMrn George. Krur.
all of Portland, and Anna lsrMfUer'-of
Cove, Or. . s-,.
The Knights of : Columbus, - through
their free educational sersice, have
trained more--than 200,000 ex-service
men in" paying 'Vocations in the last
two years and a half, according to Wil
liam J. McGinlev.' snore me secretary.
who '.was ' a ' guest "of Portland knights
atr a luncheon at ' tre Hotel' Portland
on.'- Be , is. here - on 'an f an
nual. inspectioa tour of the Korthwest.
Ther New" York " insurance commis
sioners have declared the Knights of
Columbus to be more than 100 per cent
solvent, saidr McGinley. The organize
tion now has more than 1,000,000 mem-
bers. ; A Ohristmas -gift, of 260,OO0 Is
to be divided among- the insurance
members, and such . members will not
have to pay their December; assess
ments i.V .,v: .' 'f ' V7 iri'. i 1 '
A magnificent educational headquar
ters has been completed in Kew York
city and free service- provided for men
and women who served during, the war.
More than 35,000 .are now registered
In the -various courses. r :.
McGInley is paying special attention
on his tour to the educational work of
the evenim schools and the hospital!-
Lsation service. Ke will meet ' Portland
knights .at .theAclQbrpomsitoday. . k
President Kesents :
RestrijbtibiiPntr
,:;pn Ship Bill Pund
"Washington. Dec (I. N. SJO-r;
President Harding entered actively to
day in the ships subsidy, fight in the
senate by writing a letter, to Chairman
Jones of the senate commerce com-'
mittee, urging the elimination ; of a
house amendment restricting -the ship
ping board in the use of the proposed
30,000.O00 annual revorvrins fund cre
ated by the -measure. -i .
v In his letter the -president, declared
that the "upbuilding of the American
merchant marine is worth doing right
If it Is worth doing . at all." and that
"I cannot help but feel 1 would j-ather
the measure' should fail 'entirely than
have one enacted ""which would brlpg
us to extreme disappointment because
we ' have entered upon a program In
a haiC-hearted and ' rather-, indifferent
TIETSCE TCrtBIT. GUEST
-Baker. .Dec- 4. Governor-elect "Wal
ter M.s, Pierce is "expected in Baker,
December ,14. as guest . of honoc 4a t. a
banquet "arranged by 'the Chamber f
This lsione"of itbe flrsV pTaotograpris o resell Toere howlng the trial of tne six former memToers of the Greek
. imnisxry.r'wno were since ciwnim nanog ucen iuuiiu kbuijf ui , ineun iuuu i uw ww .mui
Turkey. Directly In tl centef7, ltto Ids hands to" forehead, IS Demetris Geonarts, fornier Greek: premier.
ADMITS
M1M0
ACCUSED AGEtIT
Admission that he had., requested
Senator ' McNary to use his InHuence
in 'Obtaining f dismissal of federal
errand - lurr embexslement indictment
against James Oliver txswell was made
on the witness stand in FederalJudge
Bean's court Tuesday aftecnoon by R.
J Conner of McMinnvillv .district t
tornev of Tamhill exmnty.W-; -;:--; i
The admission came In answer to a
direct ouestlon . nut by United Btates
Attorney tester W. Humphreys, who is
crosecutina:. DewelT Is being triea on
an indictment charging i him with m-
besrling about- J312 from the, govern
ment' while . Southern Pacific, -station
agentat Dayton Or during the time
that th railroads were under federal
nfrol.'DeweU denies the cnarge, eon
tending that the-1 irregularitie. to his
accounts were ordinary ' bookkeeping
mistakes- -and; were not totentlonal or
fraudulent, -'- ' "- ; ' '''1
Conner camer to Portland Tuesday
as a character witness i for ; Dewell.
After " he" ; tMC- the jury ithat JweU
bore a:hiKh .eputation in the eommu
nity for truth and honesty, the prose
cutor asked, hinv- if he had not taken
considerable interest in ims case, um
answered in the negatives : Hunv-
phreys then asked nlm if he oad wrlt
imi. MpMuvand reauested dismissal
rh indictment.' and. he admitted the
ausation- FoUoe the admission
the. prosecutor excuse!, tiie witness
without further questioning or " com
Taking' of testimony to the case was
completed Tuesday by the court hold
ing sees ion overt! ma. xinal arguments
were ; started " this ' morning and vthe
case should reach the Jury some time
this afternoon. .John Collier of Port
land Is representing the defense. 4. ; .:
. iocsie nanc t-ac- .
- "Washington, : Dc, (XJ. P.) T. .
naval hydrograpWc office shortly wi'.l
recommend' "a doibie I track - fr ;
steamship traf flo in the Pacific - The
office has made a thorough study cf
Pacific, ocean currents and. after con
ference with other ; governments Wl.l
suggest -east .and - west i routes for
steamships.
TOMORROm
Thursday-At Meier Franlf o
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The change in the weather brings you good ludc olleiex
& Frank's decides to offer , again tomorrow, Thsrsdiy
(provided lots last), the same' extraordinary Gift 'Dollar
- Day bargains as set forth in oar big Doable Center Spread
; ; in all yesterday's papers. Some lots may be gone, tonight.
7 New ones tomorrow! ' C0MEI V .. t .
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Reffiilarly Priced'
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:; TeLOME, ' Comfort. and I z.
-' i)Silk Loungin;T Robcr all
;- three are synonymous.
Ay that I may say -wont .do justice to.
, these remarkable values,1 Make your ,
selection now while stock is comnletc. "
:.v-'. i.V: A deposit will hold your choice'..,-
.Portland's Leading Clothier for "oven half a Centzry
WQRL&F irVMQUS CRITICS ENDORSE THIS!
Alan DaletN. Y. Amer
. ican : "He niade a wist
ful Oliver, who did droll
things quietly and who did
none in the conventional
stellar mariner." '
"A characterization you"
cannot resist." Times.
"Marvelous," says Sher
wood in JT. Y. Herald. '. '
"If there ;is a; betterr mo
tion picture actor : than
Jackie f Coogan bring him
out arid let us have a look
at hiiri.''- Quirin -Martiri,
N.Y; EWorld,
FOfe THE BALANCE OP
THIS WEEK i AND ALL
of, next; : . - t: -
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Not just j J aqkie Googan!s greatest . picture.
More than hatthe first true screen pre-
: seritatiori of i the! classic- Directed by Frank
: Lloyd; who fdirected "The, Eternal Flamei"
"i. There couldhave been; no more perfect por- ;
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,r trayai naa .jicKens wriixn . . viver iwisx
From 'the' time; Oliver asks f or ' more-fand on
through vivid adventurings in Fagin's den with Bill
Sikes,. Nancy, the Artful Dodger; and all the other
characters : of ' Dickers creation you'll follow the
human - essence: of an unforgettable book in the
Btcura ujl wuxivieriui picture. v
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i George - jSiegmaiin;- ras.j? Bill
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