CITY EDITION
tfs All Here and W$ All True
CHRISTMAS HT7SIC The elaborate
musical . programs., to.' be - given . in '
, Portland churches next Sunday wilt be
'featured In detail on the church-page
of The Journal . next Saturday. : A
vitally Interesting page, withal.
CITY EDITIOif
It's 11 Hmrm and it's All Trum
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Capital
Officials Serve Liquor'
Privately; Prohi Chief
Winks at
Violations of Amendment
While Masses Checked by
Dry Law
-By David Tawrenee-
(CopjrUjht. 1922, by Tte Jourrud)
Washington, Dec. 2L Representa
live UpehaWs speech calling upon all
officials of tht United States govem-
Km-L mnt as welt as tae
tt. " e3j g-overnors of the
several staten , oz
the Union, to take
the dry oath them
selves has tended
to bring out Into
the open One .of the
most . perplexing
phases of the en
tire r prohibition
question.
. Vow it is an open
secret that al
though' prohibition
is the law of the
land and the na
tiona! capital is the
center of law et
forcement and reppect for the statutes,
the use fit liquors in private parties at
tended by officials high and low is not
frowned ; upon. There- is a clash be
tween public duty and private senti
ment. ! , '
JMtJl'OR SEKVfTD
Mr. Upshaw of Georgia is. the first
to challenge .that attitude of offkriabJ
; which seeks lo impose the, prohibition
law In the abstract , sense while coun
tenancing the Use of liquor privately.
bles of high officials in any public func
tions, but as the Washington Post, an
administration; newspaper, said not
long ago. . "a. census shows there are
about SttO booUeggers in the District pf
Columbia and now If we could only
have a census of their private custo
mers." the -fact of considerable drlnk-
- ing of intoxicants is not denied.
But the law" doesn't prohibit drinking.
Officials who- use lhruors can very well
say there is no. restriction in the consti
tution or the statutes against theJ use
of liquors oroven their porchanc, but
imply their manufacture and sale. -
Tlw question raised by Mr. Upshaw
" of Qeorgia. Is fthat afficials should, how -ever,
set an example and refuse to bujr
any liquors, i So' far as stopping th
lootlegging- trade, the cutting off -of
the capital' supply of illicitly sold
liquors would be a mere trifle In the
matter, of the bootlegging trade of the
, country. 1 ' -' -
The theory-, of .Mr., Upshaw ai5d . the
other drys who do sot like to sou gov
. eromentv ff ScialS'j drmkjng. at ail is
' that tbey will be better able Bforc
thei law it they privately. tMiIieve ta itv
i Ther are v?wets"t; who Ahlnk Jiust.: the :
- opposi nsmely. 'that i tf government
officials were themselves absolutely cut
. off from all liquor supply they r would
abetter understand, the public sentiment
bf those, localities where the liquor laws
are openly, flaunted by state- officials
as well as the most prominent citizens
or .in community.
JftOTTIF.S PMOTOGRAPJtE
: WiiHam jeanings Bryan Is one of
the few who have been in official life
not only t ft champion the dry cause
publicly, but 1 to practice what he
prcnd. ,He wed to keep a book . on
hand so that any of Jus friends could
sign the dry . pledge whenever: the im
pulse moved tlwrn.. r Jt pas -freq'entlj"
beeo charged that many of the so-called
drys In the house. and senate who voted
for the .Volstead act as well as the ISth
amendment have kept priTt suPply
of liquor since in their homes er In
their offices. ..
. One locat newspaper not -so' long
ago won a rood deal of ill-will on Cap!
tol Hill by publishing photographs of
empty liquor bottles carried away from
congressional buildings by the garbage
man from time to time. There are. of
course, hundreds of employes In the
eapltol other - than those who have a
vote and there Is no certainty that any
or all the bottles came from' the leg
islators themselves.
PROOFLACKI5CJ .
But the presumption of Mr., Up
shaw that officials are hot doing all
. thejr might themselves to 1 discourage
bootlegging In the District of Columbia
.even though the enforcement- officers
are sealously trj-lng to root them out
wtir ever be the subject of contro
versy as between wets and drya here.
As usual with prohibition questions
there is little proof. ; It is all surmise,
but lie would be an untruthful reporter
who didn't agree that there is much
in what Mr. Upshaw says' about the
attitude, of many officials toward en
forcement of the prohibition: laws. '
Will every man who tries to Impose
prohibition or appeals for its enforce
ment take the oath himself and for his
family? The- ire presentative ' from
Georgia has Issued a challenge that
many s-folks thereabouts, would have
been Just aa happy -to -have bad him
: omit . .:
masses shut: oct -' . " " x
" "The plain people.! be says, Hbe
Ileva that many of these high officials
- believe In that autocracy which claims
- the privilege :. buying and drinking
illicit liquors themselves while denying
. that privilege to the poor devils among
the masses.' - ' . - 4.,vi-J'i-
If- difficult to venture a prediction
'as to what, the answer of officialdom
,wlll b s t that charge. ,-The irys"
.meaning their official have known
about thia for manr :onthfc;TIey'
have deemed. , it polite , not . to make
charges or to stir up any animosities,
but it was inevitable sooner or later
there would be a clash between public
enforcement and private practice In the
national capital. . .'..' .
CEORGtA 1-EGlSlA.TOtt SATS -.
t HIQHER IPS DRIXK SOOZE
' ; By Wtader B Barrla
tTsimial gn tee Staff Corrtssoadent :"s
' Washington, Dec. l.Charges that
some of the governors called- into con
ference):: by. President Harding ' to dis
cuss prohibition .violations, and other
high officials themselves buy and drink
bootleg liquor, were, made In-the house
today by Representative William IX
Upshaw. Democrat of Georgia. ,
- "We might as well ' be plain about
It." said Representative Upshaw, one
of the staunchest dry leaders on the
(Concluded ea rase Niaeteea, -Cot
ma Six)
I v, , If
BORAH URGES
CONFERENCE
Senator's ; Amendment Wants
President to Call Meeting in
Addition to Proposal ' for a
New Disramament Parley.
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Washington, Dec. 21. (U. P.) A
move to instruct President Harding
to call a world economic conference
In addition to the proposed world dis
armament conference was made today
by Senator Borah when he introduced
an amendment to the naval appropri
ations bill, now before the senate.
The Borah amendment would take
the place of the house provision en
couraging the president to call a dis
armament meeting to take up things
left undone by the conference of No
vember, 1921.
WOULD RESTORE TRADE
The president would be encouraged to
call on "such governments as he deems
necessary to send representatives to a
conference which would be charged with
me auiy ox considering the economic
problems of the world with a view to
restoration of trade and the-. establish
ment of sound financial and business
conditions." Borah's amendment stated.
No mention is made of what coun
tries should be invited or where the
conference might be held.
- The Borah amendment also embodies
the provision of the appropriation bill
which specifies that the executive
should call a new arms limitation con
ference to take up the matters' of land,
sea and aircraft armament "with a
View to reaching understandings rela
tlve to limiting future construction." :
SHOULD MAKE EFFORT
' Borah asked that the amendment
lie on the table and that it be taken
up when the naval bill Is considered
possibly tomorrow. -
art trve,,n" in vicious cir,
cle. Borah said, in advancing his pro
posal. ;
No business man or anyone else
Win8 ";-rrfd upon tb situation
dares to look over the next year, if the
next year' Is to be similar to the year
which is just passing." Borah said.
, " seems to me 'that there ought to
be hard effort made not only to stop
the threatened naval race, but also to
deal with economic problems. " '
. -The. business of mnm
key to the Kuropean ituaiion. If that
cannot ? be t adjusted, nothing can be
adjusted. - . - ' r '
WOFlflvJBHIiA DEADLOCK
ofteis kind, to break the deadlock on
that aubjecC jf ther la A better pro
gram anywhere around. I should be
glad to waive this auggeatloh.
The calling of a new International
nfr''l to P1 restrictions upon
the building ' of r airplanes and sub
marines ' was ; approved today by the
senat -!nval; ffaira scomntee . in
reexmamending favorable ; report on
th- 123-St navy, appropriation bill,
carrying a total of 2$6,Q.7.
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Man Paces Trial
; In Two Courts
I For Bootlegging
As soon as Jackson county officials
prosecute Tom Ryan, alleged bootleg.
r'i',rdr the "t1 prohibition law.
he will be turned over to federal of
ficiala for prosecution in the federal
courts, according to an announcement
made today by PranktB. Mitchell,
legal advisor to the Oregon prohibition
forces. Ryan will be the first man to
face both state and federal charges
, ru,t of the recent supreme court
ruling, which held that bootleggers
and moonshiners could ; be tried in
both courts for the same offense. '
Ibel proceedinga will also be in
stituted against 4 Ryan's automobile.
M itchell , said. - Ryan .was arrested at
Med ford several days ago after liquor
was found in his machine. Ryan waa
eating In a restaurant at the time the
aiKovtry, was made, and when he
emerged the ' arrest was made. Pa
pers; showing he had purchased the ;
liquor In Canada and purposed to take
it Into California are said to have
been seised. r
Suit Will Stir
:
I
nvolves Noted
(Sped namtce to The Joonal)
iCopynsht, 1933.1 - - -,'
; Macon. Ga Dec tl-Dr; K. D.
Lanier, wealthy father of Sydney
Laoler .TII welcomes a $50,000 alien
ation suit filed against ;him by his
aoa a bride of a month, for in ft he
saya he sees a chance to let the people
b wopW know there is one man
wtllina' to blame " an only son and
stand up four square for the nuritv of
womanhood. T'- . ; . : , - .: ' , . .
Not that Dr. Lanier intends to'as
slst in ; having a verdict brought
against himself. He-saya the allena
Uon charge is all. bosh, the work of
a money--has!ng lawyer of 'Atlanta,
and that ha la confident or quaahing
it.; But ha wants the world to. know
that his'son has .wronged an innocent
young girL The suit, and also one for
complete divorce and alimony, aro an
artermata of the midnight wadding in
Atlanta a month ago of Miss Peggy
Lewis, beautiful HunUncton. W.. Va..
giH. and Sydney Lanier.
COCBTED THREE TE ARS ; -
Tounr Mrs. . Lanier says the mar
riage waa- the culmination of ardent
courtship lasting three years, while
the husband saya the whole thing was
engineered by a young sgirl friend.
that he had been drinking alt day be
fore the ceremony' and that he went to
the altar only on a dare..:,. , -
Mother arid
UnbomBdbe
Must Hang
K London, Dec. .: 21. (tL . P.V Mrs.
TSdith Thompson must hang', for the
murder of her husband. -Percys Thomp
son, of which she was found jointly
guilty with Frederick By water a, her
lover.' ' '
The lord chief justice today dismissed
appeala by Mrs. Thompson and By-
waters; They had previously been
found guilty ot murder and sentenced
to death.
Thompson was stabbed to deatn
October 4. ....... .,
Appeal of the condemned woman.
who admitted frequent attempts to
poison her husband, probably will be
carried to the home secretary, her last
hone of life. . h
William C. BridgemaHi, "whose : life,
by a coincidence, was recently at
tempted through poison Bent him in the
mails, must now decide whether a
woman about to become a mother can
be hanged. . :
TRIAL SENSATIONAL ;
The trial of Mrs. Thompson and By
waters waa one of the most sensational
in Knglish criminal history. Mrs.
Thompson, a. girlish figure, who will
be 29 years old . oh Christmas day.
maintained her composure in court as
witnesses accused her of administering
poison to her husband. She admitted
giving the man deadly potions, but
said she did so only to "weaken him"
so he would succumb to heart attacks!
From June 1. 1921, until October 4.
1922. she gave her husband occasional
doses of poison, white continuing to
smile upon him and hold secret rendez
vous with her lover. Finally, on Oc
tober 4. she prevailed on Bywaters to
stab Thompson-and so put an end to
him. ,
LOVED Jf AVAL OFFICES
After her conviction, considerable
sentiment was stirred up to her favor
because, she was to, become a mother.
It was , held that ' the state had no
right to execute an, unborn babe by
sending Its mother to the scaffold. Thts
wV undoubtedly he brought strongly
before th home secretary ; when be
considers whether she shall 'die. !
i; Frederick FJdward Bywaters was a
young naval officer, befriended by the
marderad man and taken into- th-
Thompmn ; homo at- IWordi ; A friend
ship between himself and Mrs. Thompi
son led to an illicit love affair, it was
admitted fi court. ? r - -
iSSKG FLYERS
BIKD TO DEATH
faesr-A treierwr.rf .rr. s.
Colonel Frances Marshall and Lieu
tenant -Charles' Webber, missing avi
ator froa "Rockwell field, San Diego
were found burned to death 76 miles
soutlt of Tuscon" Arts., on the Papago
inaian reservation. .according tf a re
port ; to th - Southern: .- Pacific offices
here: today Meagre reports, said - the-
riyers must have fallen and met death
In the flames of their machine, which
evidently, caught fire. ,
: Finding of the bodies today by .cow
boys eaded one of the most sensational
searches . tn the history ofaviaUon.
The search ftad heen conducted by air
planes," automobiles and horses. Two
troops : of . cavalry scoured . the entire
country for miles around without, un
earthing a trace sf men or plane.
The spot where the bodies were
found is "one of the most, desolate'
places in all Arizona. It lies "5 miles
southwest of Tucson In the very heart
or the Indian reservation. ?
Daughter Shielded in
Mother's Testimony
Spokane. Wash., Dec. 21. Shielding
her, daughter, Ruth, 20.; but making
admissions in regard to testimony of
the state against herself, Mrs. Nellie
Fryett. one of the 13 defendants in
the subornation of perjury cases grow
ing out, of testimony given in the
Maurice P. Codd murder trial, tes
tified in her own behalv yesterday.
She told the jury that her daughter
had no. connection with a 'trip made
to Harrington to get Beatrice J Sant.
The trial will be" completed . this year
if night sessions are necessary.. 'Judge
W. r. Askren said.-
All Ge
-.1
orgia
Lanier Blood
The morning after the , wedding the
couple separated. Lanier, returned to
hia home and the bride remained in
Atlanta at the home of a friend, she
was visiting. Mrs. Lanier charges that
her . husband'a father refused to let
them live together. Toung Lanier says
he could, not support a wife and ad
vised her to get an annulment, a -divorce
or: whatever she wanted. Later
Mrs. Lanier told her story to William
Schley. Howard. Atlanta attorney and
former congressman and the suit fol
lowed. ' ; ; .. . '.,', ... .. ,. 4.
CSCLE 19 MILLIONAIRE "
',- Mrs. Lanier, just It years old.. is the
niece and ward of W, E. Mlnter. nUl
Honalre president of the Minter Homes
corporation of Greenville. S. C Minter
has sent his personal attorney to Ma
con to assist Howard and ether eouneel
iff his niece's suit. He aaya his entire
resources are at the girl's disposal and
he intends to see that the Macon boy
is property dealt with, j j ? s
Tt am acting to protect Miss "Peggy
front her lawyers,, the elde Lanier
said when notified of the suit. 1 shall
net seek to nonsuit the casct f or I want
it to go to the; Jury. My son waa unfit
for marriage and had I remained silent
and not attempted to ' persuade - Miss
Peggy to. get an annulment I would
(Concluded ea Pace NracUwa, Ovhuaa Eiht)
BOOZE RAID
STIRS ELITE
AT CAPITAL
Names of Congressmen, Society
Leaders, Other , Higherups
Found, in Book of Bootleg
gers; 25 Gallons Liquor Taken
Washington.: Dec 2L (I. N.
Swooping down upon a : fashionable
apartment tn- P street: here today po
lice and government . agents arrested
two young men whom they accuse of
being bootleggers" to a considerable
section of Washington's social and of
ficial "set. , ' i
Twenty-five gallons 'of alcohol which
was being manufactured into synthetic
pin in the apartment land an "address
book" containing names of some mem
bers of congress and prominent Wash
ingtonians were among the 'selsttres. ;
The; men arrested were booked rat po
lice headquarters as 3 Raymond Gray,
2f, a broker, and Ronal H end ley -Irvini
28. an engineer. Within a short time
after their arrest a number of -Washington
attorneys were endeavoring to
secure their release. ' i
The police decilued to make public
the names of the Tclient list," but
among them, the police declared, were
a number of congressmen, officials of
tho government and socially prominent
persons. , .
Occupants of the apartment house.
aroused by the arrests, assisted the
government agents to carry out the
number of bottles in the apartment.
When the arrests "were made 15- bot
tles had been filled with the gin 'and
properly labelled. Other bottles were
in process of being filled, r J
. One of the government agents Is
said , to have' appeared at the -apartment
grouse in the guise of a customer.
' Gray and Irvin were later - released
after each gave $1500 bond. . f.
Two Suspected of -
'Highjacking- Held
J By; Dry Operators
Charges of violating the 1 national.
prohibition law, were lodged against I
M. Johnson, ex-patrolman,: and Walter
"Red") Watts this morning-by United
states Commissioner;; Kenneth Frasler.
I agents 4 ntcflg report; tuat the, W; sr.
which' is reported to have been robbing
bootleggers of their liquor- "
The evidence .which .the prohibition
department has .'will not warrant the
filing of a charge of Impersonation of
federal dry agents, according to M. p.
Burnett, agent In charge of federal
prohibition field forces - in, - Oregov
'Johnson and Watts are allege., to
have "Kolci ' a - prohibition agent ,30
quarts of bonded liquor in a small ga
rage near Kast 15th and Knott streets
Wednesday night. ! After the - liquor
had been transferred from the garage
to the agent's machine.' two agents
who were in hiding rushed "In on the
scene and made the arrest- Follow
ing their arrest one of the men Is said
to have admitted intention of "high
jacking" the agent, who bought the
liquor from them, and thus get - It
back. . ' ; ' . ; - V
The t'o are , lodged in . the counts
iail in' default of hand' nmilinv a
Ilmlnary examination before Commit
.rsioner r rarer.
Erpst; Pbg jand l
St or ai-Warnings
Feature Weather
More freexlng temperatures in "Port
land; more storm warnings for the
coast, and more -fog for ' Western Ore
gon, were features of the. weather .
Althoughr the' temperature dropped to
31 degrees, one degree below freezing,
streets were not as icy early today aa
during the day previous. -A few auto.
mobile accidents were reported from'j
outlying sections. Pavements had, a
covering of ice and pedestrian travel
was . Impeded, j: ' J ; r" " !:'
Warnings for an ocean . storm were
shifted from southeast to. southwest at
the mouth of the. Columbia river and
the. Strait of Juan de Fuca today. The
storm' is expected jto blow away the
fog which has been hanging eves- the
city for two days. j. v., ,. .f : .. ,
Reports were received By the' district
weather bureau office that Uim. Colum
bia river is still frozen over at Uma
tilla, which reported a minimum tem
perature of 20 degrees today.
Dave Lightner to
Be Deported. After
Serving His:Time
Dave Liightner. f convicted narttlc
smuggler, will be 'le ported to Hounutila
and noj to Canada, upon, the.cqjnpietiou
or nis sentences In America, according
ro announcement, made today by Im
migration Inspector R.-'P. Bonham.
- us'btner was born In Rcumania and
emigrated to Canada with hie parents
as -a smnll boy, later coming into the
United States, Bonham'a records ahowr
ugnuierB ciaun to Canadian citisen
ahip is groundless, the Inspector de
clares. . -
Ughtner has been convicted , of three
violations of the. anti-narcotic laws and
one violation of the Volstead act. in
two sensational trials held in the fed
eral court here, v Under the four con
victions he is liable to eight years"
imprisonment in McNeils Island and a
$35,000 fine. Sentence will .be - pro
nounced .upon him Saturday on the
liquor and one. narcotic' charge by
Federal Judge F. 8. Dietrich of Boise,
Idaho, and upon , the: other two nar
cotic charges as soon as. Federal Judg
R. S. Bean returns to Portland.
$3sooopoo
Car Order
Comes Here
Contract for the construction? of 1030
standard refrigerator cars for the Pa
cific Fruit Express company at a total
cost consideration , of ' approximately
$3,006,000 has been obtained by the
Portland plant' of the Pacific Car A
Foundry " company; according to an
nouncement received today from C. M.
Secrlst, vice president and general
manager of the express company.
These cars are a. part of the 5020 re
frigerator cars, which the Pacific
Fruit Express announced several
weeks ago woulg be ordered for 1923
'delivery. This company is owned
Jointly by, the Union Pacific and
Southern Pacific systems. ;f
A. K. Saul, plant manager of the
!. Pacific Car.' corripany,? confirmed the
announcement and . said that - an ' in
crease 'in working force would-be nec
essary at the company's plant.. The
car company has between 350 and 400
box cars to finish for the Union Pa
cific railway system, which during the
last two years -lias placed . orders
amounting to 3000 cars With the Port
land plant,, ' -
The Pacific Fruit Express an
nounced that 1600' standard refriger
ator cars Included in last year's or
der,, remained to be delivered during
1923, or a total of 6630 for next year.
This will give the company between
28.000 and 29,000 for next year's per
ishable business. - - The company also
has authorised the construction of S06
alfeateel refrigerator cars designed for
fast passenger service, ; i
ARBUCKLE FILMS
"HAYS LOSES TJSEFCLTf ESS t
Los Angeles, Deo- 2i.-U.- P.)
Will H.-. Hays, bead of the motion
Picture industry, has lost his use
alness : becauw of bis pardon of
Roecee . Arbuckle. the Hollywood
tUtisen, the daily paper of the
movie-land town, declared editor
ially today. - s.p j- j
Milwaukee, Wis., Dee. 21 -U. ,P.)-
"Fatty ArburkleB reinstatement" ai
the result of TTill Haya "pardon? yes
terday met ;with ; eoid response here.
Milwaukee citisena were overwhelm.,
lnply; against- the "pardon,' M iniatera,
rc"htf5f -f-iehi.rTUiiheSS TflenT Antt'otn
ers iromir-ent In' pnblic -llf- -wbo were
interviewed were. unaelmmsly opposed
to the return of Arbuckle , and his
comedy -films. . . .v,
MATOR, NONCOMMITTAL r
OSf f ABBLClCLE, FILV FOLlCT
What actio" the motion picture cen
sor . board . of . Portland may . take. In.
regard to permitting the exhibition of
"Fatty" Arbuckle films since Will
Hays, has reinstated the comedian. Is
conjectural. Major .Baker today said
he had iot discussed the nattei" with
any member , of the beard, and that
the subject must be left to its 'own
good judgment.
"Asfor any expression from my
self as mayor of Portland,", said Mayor
Baker, "I feci thit it . Is useless : to
take any stand that one may, not be
able to support. If the motion nin-
ture board should refuse to permit the
Arbuckle films to be exhibited there
doubtless would be recourse -to - the
courts And we do not know what the
court might say. if the pictures them
selves were unobjectionable. ,
"I would dielike to be the theatre
manager who takes the Initiative In
presenting Arbuckle films In Portland,
as he Is likely to get a very lasting
idea of public sentiment of this city on
the subject; but I: do, not feel that
as mayor of Portland X should make
any definite statement on thc.aub
ject of whether or not the films will
be shown here. We are governed by
the law,' and It Is useless to take
any stand that one cannot maintain.1
Mrs. Eleanor T. Col well., secretary
of the board of motion picture ' cen
sora, stated she had not heard from
any member of the board regarding
the Arbuckle films, but that the sub
ject doubtless will be discussed at
thenext meeting of the board.
SAK FRAXCI8CO nrBIFFEREJTT;'
San Francisco. DeCitr-KtjriP.San
Francisco, where ' Fatty Arbuckle met
his temporary downfall and three times
waa tried for manslaughter J -received
cews of Arbuckle' "pardon" with com
parative Indiffetence. ' Here and there
was a note ot condemnation for "Fatty"
and there waa as much said in his de
fense. "I think such action fa -breaking
faith ' with fur children. declared
Mrs. Torrey Connors, president of -the
California Writers', club. s : : t :;
"'..j'' - ' .' ' --
DETROIT OPPOSCHj i, : -Detroit.
Mich., Dee. 2LI U." P.)
Reecoe "Fatty; Arbuckle will not be
welcomed back , to s the. movie screens
in Detroit,' it was indicated tn a state
ment issued touay by Acting Mayor
John C. Lodge. A recomrnendation to
bar all films featuring the rotund come
dian will, "be sent, to -Police. Commis
sioner Inches. Lodge said.?'-;
O. K. IX r5X8TLTA9U i .
Philadelphia. Dec. 2i:-f I. N. . &.)
Harry I Krapp, president ef the atate
board of motion picture censors." said
today that Fatty Arbuckle films may
oe snown tn tne state of Pennsylvania
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Senate Approves : .
Butler, for Judge
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Washington. Dee. 2L I. K. S.The
senate this aftmeen, after a turbulent
session behind . closed doora, - formally
approved President Harding's appoint
ment of Pierce Butler, St. Paul lawyer,
as associate justice of th-r United States
supreme, court.- The vote waa CI for.
against, " - ' , - . . 1
MM WANED
HERE BREAKS
JAIL IN S. F.
William J. Huff Accused of Rob
bing Majision of Frank J.
Cobbs Despite Elaborate Jurg
lar System to Alarm Police.
San Francisco. Dec. 21. (I. N. S.
William ' J. Huff. : ia. held , in the city
jail on seven charges of burglary, es
caped early today In the first -jail
break in the history of the Institution.
Huff pried the bars of his jail cell
dcor, scaled a vent pipe to the roof and
broke through a skylight tor reach the
outside. ' How he descended the six
stories to the street is a myatery." '.
- Huff, an ex-eonvfct having once been
sentenced to-San Quentin for life from
Stockton on a robbery charge and later
paroled, is known to 'the police as a
Desperate gunman. . He was arrested
November 24 at a local rooming house
with Clarence' H. Murray on a tip
from Eureka. 'Murray waa ahot in
the struggle which followed when oft
fleers attempted to arrest, the two
men. - '....' . .- ' -1 .
Four burglary - charges were pre
ferred against' Huff locally and bond
waa fixed at ' $40,000. Two burglary
charges are pending In Portland. Or.,
one in Kureka, CaL. and two In Oak
land against the man.
The opening m pis cell door through
which he escaped waa but 6 by 10
inches. How he secured the bar with
which he pried .the cell grating la un
known. '.'- ''-. 0 ?"'
Because -of the difficulty he -would
have encountered in descending : the
sheer Walla of the city prison, belief
was . expressed -by -XJeutenant James
Roland of the city prison that he may
be hidden within the 1 Institution
watching an opportunity to make bis
break for the outside. A search of
the 'prison, la being made, t -1
ESCAPE BURGLAR WAKTKH
. HERE - FOR ROBBING ' HOMES
-William. 3. JIuff and two-companloai
are believed responsible for burglarlei
at the Portland vJrlel:hta ,lins e
Frank.. Cobbs'and C. JL 'W'heelcr ii
eptemtieri-4Wthjn : the .last, few days
Ran: 'ranc;sco . police 'forwarded td
Portland a considerable quantity of
loot, obtained at both housea,' - having
apprehended Huff for operations' around
the bay ' i
No warrants t were t issued here fr
the arrest, of Huff because California
police, announced they, had enough on
Huff to convict. t i .Charges are held : I n
. abeysnee here. .Qweverj tto be excutecj.
Jir tMff of t: aiip-upiu California. ' .
-Amazement waa. expressed 'by port
laad - police Inspectors" at' Huffs es
cape from the San Tsncisoo city jalU
which t has been ; considered ex:ape-
. , The robbery of the Cobbs home wa
oneaofthe most,' aensat tonal-of recent
xrime, .Theb. urgiara ' disconnected . an
elaborate system ot -burglar atarnm and
ransacked the mansion at their leisure.
getting jewelry, clothing and other, loot
valued -at thousands of dollars; v t
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for mm
Two damage suite aeeking a total of
S307.403.33 from the : United : States
shipping board emergency, fleet corpo
ration were filed 'today in the circuit
court by the Astoria Marine Iron
works. ; In one complaint the Iron
works asks for $133,039.74 for .waf
work performed; under contract" for
whJcn it claims payment waa never
received. 'and tn the other complaint
asks for 2307.403.33 for r alleced dam
ages incurred by the breaking of war
contracts. . ' v .
-In the first, complaint the works re
cites 13 causes f action, V with segre
gated "amounts as follows : ' For three
hulls equipped, $15,000 ; balance due
on work bf drafting ' room i force.
$2038.53 Tf for erection of atorage build
ings for hulls, $40,964.80; for materials
purchased, $20.862.44 ; for work per
formed In machine shop not included in
contract. $7812,2 -for installation of
fire prptection sj'ftem, $17,491.37: for
balance due for manufacturing and re
working materials, it $22,520.1$ ; for
wages paid employee for extra serv
ice. $2904.34 ; for back pay ordered paid
employea by government commission
appointed to decide labor dispute,
$6179.03; for inspection and splicing of
anchor chain, $2828.0$ ; for housing of
employes, $14.940.38 : for plant bang
era and brackets.,: $27,S02.0. and for
painting ahlps, $7489.24. t j i ,
' Thia contract waa signed' March 25,
191V the complaint ravers, and au
thorised the "erection of plant and
plant facilities and the installation of
machinery and equipment for 20 hulls."
Work waa completed on 17 bulls and
the work on the aUter three was under
way when an order waa Issued March
1. 130. camng ; for the cessation of
all work. The works demands X5AAO
for each of the remalnine three hull.
utider the terms of the contract. - -.-
The cause of action In tue -second
suit is alleged breach of contract. The
complaint recites the losses as fol
ic ws: Loss of profit. $35,000; addi
tional expense caused' bv lld
breach of contract, $C0.10CJO; use of
plant for Additional period because of
a failure to observe original terms' of
contract and deliver huUs in completed
condition, but instead delivering them
incomplete and in such condition that
additional work, was required in plant.
$2457.33. .
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; After Operation
t 1" '1 , t . . . 4
Washington, Dec. 2L TL P.) Chief
luetics Taf t of the United States su
preme ' court la recuperating - at hie
home, here from a serious operation
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SHIP BOARD SUED
-for gall atones several daya ago. v -
HeBiajDidnX
MELEN LEARY,
above, vvKo tells police
sKe . vsaw l VCkptairj Cash
Weir (bdow) kfll ISyear
olrT girl on his houseboat last
September. -Weir; says the
story is preposterous. '
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Development '-Drive' j
;fort300;oaaGoes
Sj)vfeit;lJntU!JiuaM
:DeclsiQn:!toicll .'a VeSess in the $300
OW;,istatwide'tfevelopme,itt fund.drt-re
wasmade by, the executive, committed
Of tlhe Chamber of Commerce at a
meeting r today, with., members, of the
drive teama - The-committee deckled to
suspend the drive, until the middle of
Jaauarryju,.''..-...-' ... t';'
ThUi action was taken followfng the
filing.of nanyrepbrts that Hhe, business
men were too ousy Id' insider the de
yelopment propositions ' The 'workers
reported -new subscripttioua of $6000 at
today s meeting, , A total ot slightly
more .than., one-third, of zXhr,X ur.d " has
beep subscribed. , r T y , .
Leading business men, .who were, un
able to give their time during the
Christmas trade season, 4 pledged fun
cooperajJon later f '" ' 'j
Lbng Eeformatory ;
m - r ' "At -" " -r '
is uiven jjoy
' Spokane, Wash DecU 21-P. F1. Ja
cobua . who on the night , of December
4 held up and robbed, Joe Cameron of
80 cent.s and ..five tree tear tickets,
pleaded, guilty to a .-charge -of - second
degree' burglary and .was sentenced to
ser-e from . to 15 years, at - Monroe
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a vuuuuumg wuapier ox xsay oiannara
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: Two Compelling Features Next Sunday ,
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'J' .lTiEi JOUFlNXi; frthe ; cuxuUtiotr of f ;
Jr,. largest afternoon news- ri.THE SUNDAY il
paper, "in .the Pacific ' : JOURNAL ; -.;
Northwest. - ' - ' is orer 100,000
iviiaiLivii
Helen Learys Story That She
Saw Cash Weir, 63, Slay Girl
of 15 on Houseboat ts Given
'Credence 5 Under Arrest.
The startling ' story' told by . Helen
Leary,- 20-year-old girl of the water
front, that she saw "Captain" v Cash
weir. as. wen Known t-naracter anioti--Portland
' rtvermen, murder a youni;
girl tn his houseboat the night of Sep
tember 23. began taking on the ap
pearance of credibility this afternoon.
Police . learned that goslp ' of sui-ii
a crime has been -current along th-.
river for" many weeks. ? .
I nnMtliv PAlurUAn ,.and her. con',-
panion. XI Loomia. and IL K..:Browi.
a rlverman, were arrested s "t ,1 :3
o'clock; alt being ' held as material
witnesses." The former two resided v i
Weir'a houseboat and are said to have
known Helen Leary'a alory.
Chris Orewell, a crippled wood tw.i
dler living on Boss Island, told ill-
that he had knowledge of the crlm-.
but could not remember Just where h)
heard-It and could net recall the-; de
tails of what he had heard. Hekne.v
Helen Leary and did little thing for
her during the time she saya she wss
a captive on Weir's boat.
SEEK, EARL WEIR ' ( "
. Meantime, Sheriff Wellington of Co.
lumbla county waa trying te locate tl
tug Coa-llta;' on which Karl Weir, m
of Cash, and the girl's sweetheart, 1
pilot.. The .'tug put down , the rivr-r
Wednesday night. Detectives beiien
If they can get young Weir lo taJk tin;
mystery will be dlsiielled. : ,
"Deputy - District Attorney r " Jolm
Mowryf and ' neteoMvee Kchulpins -jih'I
Moloney went to Itoes Island tin fi
moer , to-lnspet "the hoUHehoat t:i
which' live-murder' is alleged to liivi
taken 'place.. .They found that tiu
boat 4n-every particular answered .tlx!
girl's description. . .. - -.. ,
Below the window was a little hoi
through which. Helen. Leary saldsic
saw sh Weir mistreat and. kill tin
16-year-oJd- runaway girl who hal
ought refuge in hia home. .The a 1 1-
( Concluded on Pin III, Colonn Thn-e)
STATE M M!l
iCUlifllLIB;!
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Salem, Dec: 21. -A total of $l,$ai.
295.3. must be raised by the taxpayer
of ;Oregon for atate purposes unclo
the levy for J923, according to the tax
levy promulgated today by Acting Gov
ernor Ritner.Bedretary of State Kocr-r
and -Tax Commissioner Doveil of in
state tax commission. - This la $540,
993.72 less than the amount raised fix
state purposes this year, which totalis!
$9,376,289.11. Both levies Include the
special mlllage levies for educational,
bonus, road . and elementary achot.1
purposes. y Deducting the elements ry
schooI tAx, which Is levied by the 8tsi
but retained In the. varloua counties for
state , tax for 1923 will be $6,816,297.07.
as compared to $7,394,680.7$ in 1923.
, in evy, in-audition to cover
ing the estimated needa of all atate In
stitutions and denartnutnta tnr (hi onn..
lag year;' also cover all deficiency a i-
prepriauons -ror -the biennlum J92I
1922. aggregating $210,000. all appropri
ations made by the legislature at th
special session In December.' issi -.
gregatinar?$2l2.00C; interest amount ig
to iu,ir..i paid during the pant year
on ..- tran-ata tnAnm , l .ih. .i.i .
treastirtr -not paid for want of fund?'
and $400,000 estimated "ae neceswary to
cover the cost of new buildings and r.
calrs on) existing miHdine-n mt th rmi.
cut atate institutions during 1923. ;'
. i-ne estimate oc needa for the msln-
4ttencnided. m Its Xinctwa, Oolarna Kinlit)
David Lloyd
r ixiQ: i reatyr
fWith Ireland
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