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OREGON: Tonight and Thursday
rain west portion, probably rain or
snow east portion ; warmer tonight
east portion; strong easterly galea,
LOCAL: Mit'Mnm temperature
S7, maximum 40, aet 28. Partly,
cloudy. River 11,0, falling.
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of Aadlt nofa
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Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, December 15, 1920
Prica Tkrci
Pimdat
wo
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In Mail
Robbery
arc
at a m lells
Hods Used to
Loot
n- is Edward Val-
iesro. arrested here sev
KOatthe request of Ko
( police confessed" to
.hit he had par-
Mhe recent railway mall
t Council biui
Utd the alleged confes-
L Dec. 15 Edward Val-
Ln0 arresteu ueic
Hgo at the request of
llr.d.. ponce iui
.that he had participuieu
font railway mail robbery
1 Bluffs, according to me
C'u-as arrested in con-
Uh a robbery in tne in
L when notice search-
Liks they found more
l( in checks and money
U several humirea un-
Lkter,d letters. Valen-
Lted robbing- mail cars at
St Mollis and Sycamore
t fhicaRo, 111.
Ujlned $9,500,000.
leged confession ot par
In the Council niuffs
Valentine is reported to
d tint the robber obtained
in cash and securities,
I the amount being cash,
no of the gang in Cleve-
len the robbery was being
I" he Is reported to have
The ttut n was a railway
rk who had been studying
La Pacific transfer between
land Council Bluffs for
He had it all fieurrcr
I there was nothing to stop
! who wanted to make a
i transcontinental train.
eonvinced me and I went
a te lies Moics where we
I the rest or the gang,
re nine men in it, inctud
i Mfroes. and also one
TV rlrl, whose name I
noff. always traveled with
Inam -d Thornton.
M "lured Part.
nre all assigned to purtle
i and went on to Omaha.
(aan and Thornton were
work of following the
in automobile and' pick up
DM as tin y were dump
I the coach. Ttie woman
t the gang wore employes
Chicago Iturlimrtnn &
I railroad. That made it easy
I to board the train at the
It. mail nop u'nu mttfltLl
If R Q train nffor
Itros..,! the river from Oma-
fctween the transfer and the
I RVffi depot is a lion t a
f switch yards, ditches and
I
firl and Thornton had to
ann the railroad track be-
Bierc was no road. In the
preen the transfer and the
dumped off the
athers dropped off the
rebut I twang aboard the
tra;n and went Into the
I staved there until wo
of Council Bluffs and then
'ho chair ear and staved
M ee got to Des Moines.
1 Siin in Des Mnlnaa n1
le loot, and I men or, t
line was turned over e.
authorities. The reirUterori
ld in his trunks is said to
Part of the loot in a
' m robbery at Kokomo
M,f night.
Big Industrial Firms
Pass Dividends; Need
Cash Reserve, Claim
New York, Dec. 16. The Amal
gamated Leather companies, Inc.,
announced it has passed its quar
ly dividend of 1 3-4 per cent on
preferred stock due January 1.
The company has paid quarterly
dividends on this issue for one
year.
New York. Dec. IB. Directors
of the Keystone Tire company to
day decided to pass the quarterly
dividend of three per cent at this
time.
Nek York, Dec. 15. Directors of
tie Willys Overland company to
day announced ttieir regular quar
terly dividend of .1 3-4 per cent on
preferred stock would be passed.
The directors issued a statement
explaining that while the preferred
stock dividend for the entire year
has ben earned by a wide margin,
directors "consider it to the ulti
mate advantage of the company to
conserve cash resources until nor
mal condtiions again prevail in the
industrial and financial world."
Reformers Kick
About Nude Art;
Busts Dressed
St. Petersburg, Fla., Dec. 15.
Visitors at the Florida Win
ter Art school exhibition today
found the nude statues garbed
In middie blouses and bloom
ers. Recently the Christian
Civic league censured the nude
art at the school find today
several busts suspended from
the ceiling by strings tied
around the necks were labelled
"lynched by the Christian Civ
ic league."
Some Map.
A large relief map of the world,
iihowing all known physical condi
tions of the globe, is being pre
pared by the V. S. Shipping Board
Unemployed Shouldn't
Be Driven from City to
City, Says Salem Judge
storm Predicted
San Francisco. Dec. 15.
Rainfall from Fresno to
beyond the British Colum-
bia line tonight and tomor
row is expected by the
weather bureau today as a
result of a storm which is
slowly advancing on the
coast. It was indicated that
It would deposit consider-
able rain.
Bill Exempting
Farmers From
Trust Law Wins
Washington, Dec. 15. The Cap-per-Hersmn.n
bill exempting far
mers cooperative marketing asso
ciations from the provisions of
the Sherman anti-trust law. was
passed today by the senate with
out a record vote.
The bill now goes to conference
for consideration of the senate
amendment providing that the
federal trade commission instead
of the secretary of agriculture
shall pass on complaints against
any cooperative association.
One city has no right to "pass
the buck" to another city in the
matter of unemployed men.
Any citizen who has done no
wrong has the right to remain in
any town he chooses.
So holds Police Judge Earl Race
in refusing to "vag" men picked
up on the streets here, whether
they be penniless or not. The ac
tion of larger cities on trfe coast in
"boosting'" their unemployed into
lothac territory is deplored by
Judge RftOf.
"Just how to solve the problem
I am unnble to say," Judge Race
said this morning, "but undoubted
ly the solution does not lie in driv
ing these men from one commun
ity to another."
That Municipal Judge Rossman
of Portland, has adopted the plan
inaugura led some time ago by
Judge Race that of conducting a
free employment bureau was
learned here this morning. The
Portland official hopes to partially
do away with vagrants by furnish
ing them with work.
In many towns on the coast men
who are picked up on the streets
by police a mf found lo be penniles?
are charged with vagrrancy.
Brought before a judge, they are
given a sentence which is later
suspended, providing they agree to
leave the city.
That the prcblem in Salem will
become serious before the winter
is over, is the opinion of local po
lice officers. Many men are furn
ished with beds in the city jail
each night.
Gangsters Denied
Change of Venue
Sin Francisco, Dec. 15. Mo
tion of Edmond (Spud) Murphy,
alleged San Francisco gangster
for a change of venue on a charge
of nttacking two girls in a shack
here, was denied by the court to
day. Murphy's counsel contended
that feeling wvis so high here that
he could not be assured a fair
hearing.
km Will
tafect New
Organization
I Ore. ne in
' ers of this vicinity
in?n? next Saturday to
"linen the organization
, "no another for
mbers.,ip were proint-
'"ik At the I .Ce
ll these
;?: a,,d
nalter B..i
IL-H.nnu.onW
i It r, rkp- - 1,h
grower signpd th
-T"; .. "u-a many have
VJIUingnes. to Mgn up
proposiiio-i is made
5r,er.m'"t,,,;MS Rre:
. c"': V 'JRurke.
. Mcrjuwaa, E.
-B.rie.eher .. f. Rul-
It u Hapn''- W. i. Mr-
ta. l-r.-i IVa.her-
aT M
Ne To Vote
Packer Bill
h January 24
H I. , le not later
I . . J,be Kenyon-Ken-
ta. 1 regulation of
Jusiry was agreed
Wiolican leaders.
No Quarantine On
California Spuds
Comes from Meet
t'ntll another meeting is called
by Charles A. Park, chairman of
the state board of horticulture, no
netion will be taken to quarantine
palifornia potatoes as a measure to
I Insure Oregon potatoes against
1 the tuber moth, it became appar
I ent when the public hearing at the
Commercial club ended yesterday
I without any definite action having
j been taken.
Prominent entomologists potato
growers, and business men of the
j Pacific coast were present at yes
terday's meeting, called because
the tuber moth, to which Cali
fornia potatoes are said to be suh
jeet at present, is thought to be en
dangering the potato industry in
Oregon.
Steel Combine
Head Testifies
In Trust Probe
New York, Uec. 15. Eugene O.
Grace, president of the eBthleheni
Steel corporation, took the stand
this afternoon in New York's "bull 1
ing trust" inquiry to reply to th"
charges that his concern was spon
soring the "open shop" by With
holding steel fron, builders employ
Ing union labor. He said that i:
was the policy of the Bethlehem
Steel company not to sell any fab
ricated steel unless it was to be
erected under "open shop" condi
tions. Mr. Grace asserted. however,
that although his corporation was
a member of the National Steel
Fehricators association, it had act
ed independently of the associa
tion's "open shop" program.
Drug Traffic
Problem Put
Before League
Proposal to Assume
Duties Performed by
Holland in Past is
Considered
Geneva, Dec. ;15. . Propfuil
that the league of nations assume
the duties which heretofore have
devolved upon Holland under the
international opium convention,
regulating traffic in 'the drug, was
taken up by the assembly today.
The committee which had been
investigating the subject recom
mended that the secretariat of the
league collect information from
the interested countries ana that
the subject be further investigated
by an advisory committee includ
ing representatives from the coun
tries especially concerned Hoi
land, Great Britain, France, Italy,
Japan, China, biam' and Portugal.
Holland was Center
(Under the international opium
convention signed in 1912 the
United Stiites being among the
signatories, various duties devolv
ed upon the Dutch government.
Among the provisions was one
that the contracting powers should
communicate with one another
with various facts connected with
the subject through the Dutch
minister of foreign affairs. The
ratification machinery also wv3
placed in the hands of The Neth
erlands foreign office.)
The committee reiort nioution
ed the difficulty esultlng from the
absence of the United States and
Germany from the league and sug
gested that if these governments
could not forward their informa
tion to the league they might con
tinue to communicate with Hol
land on tile subject.
China to Co.-perate
Dr. Welling of the Chinese del
egation reviewed the efforts made
by China during more than a cen
tury to suppress the opium habit.
He recognized, he said, the great
debt of gratitude Chiiii owed the
United States for America's aid in
this work. He was particularly
pleased, he said, that the com
mittee had decided the United
fcstaies siiouid be especially mvii
ed to send a representative to
meet the advisory committee.
The cuinni(lttee s sVigstions
were adopted and the suojeot ot
(he - while slave" traffic was tak
en up.
Willie Slave Truffle
The propositions regarding this
traffic are that the ' countries
which adhered to the international
convention of 1904 be invited to
send delegates to another inter- j
national conference to be held be
Cora the next assembly; also that
the council appoint a committee
to investigate the deportation of
women and children in Asia Mi
nor. The discussion brought to the
platform for the first time one of
the women sub-delegates, Mile.
Heunl Forthammer df Denmark.
She nide a strong appeal for
prompt action on behalf of the
women who had been deported
during the war and since its con
clusion. She was enthusiastically
applauded especially when she
pleaded for the 20,000 Armenian
women still in captivity.
The "white slave" resorptions
were uifcin.niously '.adopted.
Austria Admitted To League
Geneva, Dec. 15. Austria was elected a member of the
league of nations by the assembly of the league today.
The election of Austria was without opposition. Thirty
five votes were cast in favor of her admission. Two mem
bers were absent and four abstained from voting.
Salem Holds Second
Place Among Oregon
Cities On Bank List
Salem continues to hold its own
at the head of the miUion dollar
bank deposit cites u the state, next
to Portland, according to a sum
mary compiled today by Will H.
Bennett, state superintendent of
banks, based on the call of Novem
ber lath last.
Thirty Oregon cities are includ
ed in the million dollar class under
the November report, a loss of fice
from the September list Heppnct
Athena, Condon, Burns and Gresh-
No City or Town No of Banks
1 Portland 26
2 Salem 4
3 Astoria 5
4 Eugene 4
5 Pendleton 3
6 Klamath Falls 3
7 Albany 4
8 Medford 4
Oregon City 3
Corvallis 3
Baker 3
The Dalles 4
Rosoburg 4
McMinnville 4
La Grande 2
Murshfield 4
Grants Pass 3
am failing to qualify for a place on
the new list.
Total deposits in the 113 state
and national bans in the thirty mil
lion dolar cities amounted to 1236,
877.018.37, with increases in de
posits shown by the bank of Eu
gene, Klamath Falls, Medford,
Roseburg, Grants Pass, Ashland,
Lakeview, Milton and Woodburn.
The list as compiled by Bennett
follows:
British Hand In Policy
Framing of Ship Board
Is Revealed by Denman
Former Chairman Declares Members of
English Mission Attempted to Influence
Plans; Tells of Appointment of Gutuire as
Adviser, and Result
Washington, Dec. 15. Members of the British mission
which visited the United States in 1917, attempted to in
fluence the policies of the shipping board, William Denmmn
of San Francisco, first chairman of the board, testified today
jbefore the special house comrriittee investigating tne
9
ii
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Hood River ..
Hillsboro
Bend
Ashland
Silverton
Lakeview
Tillamook
Newberg
Ontario
Milton
Forest Grove
Woodburn
Lebanon
Deposits
$148,983,714.48
8,713,263.44
7,963,222.77
6,192,571.50
5,991.052.33
4,559,708.60
3,951,680.42
3,829,748.78
3,697.874.96
3,379,114.57
3,376,437.66
3,029,964.04
2,912,607.90
2,733,360.10
2,679,175.21
2,347,387.73
2,091,059.63
2,061,456.97
1,965,437.39
1,874,092.60
1,873,334.15
1,804,379.74
1,691,949.08
1,683,655.97
1,473.178.71
1,352.063.94
1,251.631.49
1,231,469.83
1,112,910.25
1,068,913.54
Milton Includes
Milton
Total 113
Freewaier bran h of the First
$236,877,018.37
National bank of
board's operations.
Assessment
On Utilities
Placed High
Valuation of Public
Service Concerns in
County Runs Over
Four Million
Censorship on
Cable Messages
To Be Discarded
- Washington. Dec. 15. A tenta
tive agreemnt that "no censorship
shall be imposed upon messages
merely passing through relay points
has been reached by the Interna
tional Communications conference
here, Walter S. Rogers, one of the
American commissioners to the
conference, declared today before
a senate committee investigating
cable communications.
Cornell, Ex-Grid
Star, Visits Here
"Anse" Cornell, former football
?:ar of the Cniversity of Oregon,
vhose aetiviii's at quirterbaek for
the Eugene nstiution a few years
ago brought him recognition in
many states as one of the shiftiem
broken field miners on the coast,
was in Salem last night.
Cornell ison his way to Eugene
to spend s few days visiting. For
some time he has been, employe!
a- coach of an Idaho eleven.
Brennan Not Satisfied
Dempsey Better Man;
Seeks A nother Match
New York. Dec. 15. Bill Bren
nan. who was knocked out in the
twelfth round by Jack Den.psey.
the heavyweight champion, in Mad
ison Square Garden last night said
today he intended to ask for an
other match. "I am not aatisfied
that Dempsey is my superior," he
declared.
The challenger, while saying
that he had vindicated himself, af-!
serted he was surprised" when
the refer motioned him to bis cor
ner. believing thathe had beaten,
,he count In the twelfth.
Dempsev said 'Brennan w-asi
tougher than I expected. He stool
up longer than I though' he would
His blows didn't honrt me at r-T
time but I found him a hard man
to hit properly. ' Demroey expect
to leave for the Pacific coast to
morrow to remaTn until late tH
February, when he will come bark
to New Tork to train for hi mtu'-n
with Jess W illard on St. Tatrick s
day.
The match last night broke all
records for receipts for an indoor
affair inthis countrv. according M
unofficial estimate today. Th.
ll.CSf aeats brought in $2(r.S52.5()
This does not take into account the
receipts from about 100 temno
rary bleacher seats and 2000 per
n. who obtained standing room.
Deducting Dempaey s ahare of
$100 06 and Brennan " guarantee
mz it nirht. the promoters
estimated profit after
and -xpeasea probably will be
abu, The tf-
aproximated tSlM - " "
tax $1 000-
Supreme Court
Fixing Docket
For Next Year
With the present docket in a
fair way to be cleared up by the
first of January the supreme court
will start the new year with a cal
endar which is headed up with the
appeals growing out of the mur
der of a Chinaman in the last
Portland tong war. Arguments in
the cases of the State vs. Yee Cuck
and the State vs. Wong Wen Tunc
will be heard on Tuesday. Januar..
a r.H lh rase of the State vs.
Suey Fong will be argued on Wed
nesday.
Other cases set for argument in
January are:
Wednesday. January 5 Mate
vs. Stiedel.
Th.iertv January 6 Mansak
er vs. Astoria; in re estate of John
L .Clark.
Fridav, January 7 Blasw-r vs
ICrattiger; Simmons vs. Zartbas.
Tiif-sdav. Januan 11 State vs
Sw tnk: Hradwtll vs. Henderson
Wednesday. January 12 Georg
es vs. Sheridan and Willamin
railway: Hajor Creek Lumber
company vs. Johnson.
Tv.SI-.v Jnnuarv 13 Stout
s. Stout: Slansen vs. Day.
Friday. January 14. uayton s
Ferns: State vs. London.
Morgenthau to
Be President's
Representative
Washington, Dec. 15. Henry
Morgenthau of New York, former
ambassador to Turkey, has been
selected by President Wilson to act
as the president's personal repre
sentative in mediating between the
Armenians and the Turkish nation
alists. Mr. Morgenthau conferred wit'.'
Acting Secretary Davis at the slate
department today, receiving final
Instruction as to his mission. The
department. however. has not
heard from the league of nations In
response to the president's request
f'i" further Information as to procedure.
Bank Deposits
Show Decrease
Of 8.1 Percent
P.anU deposits In Oregon show a
net decrease of 8.1 per cent be
tween November 17, 1919, and No
vember 15, 1920, according to a
summary Just prepared by Will H.
Rennott, state superintendent of
bunlis. While demand deposits
have decreased ltl.l per cent In the
year an increase of 11.7 per cent
was made In time and savings de
posits, the summary shows. Total
deposits in the banks of the state
at the time of the November trail
amounted to $281,420,908.49, ot
which $85,814,101.73 were time
and savings deposits and the bal
ance deposits Including dm to
banks. Time and savings dlBOaitl
increased $9,902,1 78.73 In the year
while demand deposits show n net
loss of $24 909,834.73 in the same
period.
Cash Bonus for
Ex-Service Men
Before Senate
Contract Too Big;
Operator Found
Guilty of Fraud
H. Rowan wss found guiltv todv
r Minv the mails to defraud. He
was charged with failure to fu'flll
a promise to buy hack the orrsn-- rr
of rabbits and white mice which he
sold to customers.
Washington Dec 15. A cash
''onus to farmer service men was
brought prominently to th? front
today at the optniiiK of hearing
by the senate finance committee
an the h ,use bill to adjust compen
sation of the former soldiers and I
sailors.
iii i for the American
Leelon estimated that not more
than r,0 oer cm of the men would
isk for a cash pnvmen' hut Sena
itor Bniojt. republican of Ft ah ora
j agreed, declaring that postcards he
1 had received from individual serv
ice men from all ports of the coun
rv indicated that tt per cent of
h men wou'd ask for cash Pen
itor Smoot said that the nostcard
were furnished by the Stars and
qtrlrwxt for transmission to senator
and labelled "my opinion on the
bonus question."
Senator Smoot and Senator Mc
Cumber. republican North Dakota,
acting chairman, said that the
cards of which Senator McCumher
produced a high stack, appeared to
represent actual views of war veterans.
Highway Board
Asks Road Bids
Hlds will be received by the state
highway commission on the Im
provement of 74.1 miles of public
highway at Its meeting in Port
land January 4, according to no
tices being forwarded to contrac
tors by the department here. This
improvement work includes 15.7
miles of paving, 20.9 miles of grad
ing. 12.5 '-liles of groveling, and 25
miles of crushed rock or macadam.
Six different projects are repre
sented in the call for bids as fol
lows: Huntlp.gton-Nelson section, Old
Oregon train In Malheur county,
19.4 miles of grading.
Port Orford-Hubbard creek sec
tion. Columbia river highway, Cur
ry couaty, 1.5 miles grading.
Seufert-Deschutes section, Co
lumbia river highway, Wasco
county, 12.5 miles graveling.
Lexington tothe Gilliam county
line section, Oregon-Washington
highway. Morrow county, 25 miles
crushed rock or macadam.
Roseburg-Dillard section. ra 1
flc hlehwav. DouKlas county: 6.7
: miles paving.
i Divide-Walker section Pacific
highway, Lane county, miles ol
paving.
Tie public utilitiea companies
operating In Maron county will pay
taxes on property valued at near
ly five times the combined capital
of all of the banks operating in
Salem, according to the assessment
valuation figures compiled by the
state tax commission for the com -ing
year. I JaSS
The total valuation placed Oil
public utilities properties! in the
county is $ 1,370,407.20, while the
combined capital of Salem's four
batiks Is $900,000.
Scanning the list of figures show
ing the amounts on which Marion
county public service utilities are
to pay taxes, one will find astound
ing amounts. Telephone companies
alone will pay on appraisement of
$259,349.95. The Pacific Telephone.
& Telegraph company, operating
7764 miles of wire is shown as the
UUXest holder In Marlon county,
being appraised at $201,864; the
Northwestern Long Distance, oper
ating 179 miles of wire, Ih shown
ay second financially largest of the
telephone companies operating in
the county, and is assessed on $15,
205.70. The Interurban Telephone
company is third, finanela',y, at
$13,487.50. although it iu operating
415 miles of wire.
Tht Aumsvllle Mutual Telephone
company, with Its 21 miles of wire,
only pays taxes on $696.15: the
Aurora Mutual Telephone culnpany
operating over 85 miles of wire on
which they are appraised at HS.'jO
per mile, wll pay taxes on llM)!
T:ittlc r I. Motiml Inlotihnna u-ith
its 60 mill's of wire is to be tax d
against $520. and the Big r'curl
Telephone company taxed on '5:M2.!
Others are: the Chemawa MutlUtlj
Telephone company. $1885: ihe
Citizens Mutual of Needy. $M'M0:
(Continued on Pago Five.)
Business Men's
League Chooses
Leader Tonight
Kvery member of the Salem liusl
ness Men's leagu Is urged to be
present at the meeting to be held
tonight at 8 o'clock at the Salem
Sonimerelal club when a president
for the ensuing year Is to be ebos
Sir. Denman indicated that Ma ,
Insistence that the shipping; board
be free from Brtilsh influence had
more to do with his resignation mm
chairman of the board than any
other one thing.
In this connection, the wKneaat
Isaid, that if he could obtain thn
prirmission of President Wilaon ftnr
the disclosure of "certain phaaaaf
of shipping board negotiation,
"one of the sources of Interferencw
with my administration as head at
the board may be dlscloaed."
Hi ll Ion K-v Place.
To support his charge of at
tempts of the British mission to in
fluence the opllclea of the board.
Mi'. Denman said that in April.
1917. when hp was at I erupt ing tn
organize an administrative board
In New York to function with the
shipping board "on a purely Amer
ican basis," he discovered that
without his knowledge, Connopi
Gutuire. a mnmlier of the British
mission that had Just arrived In
this country, wns made a member
of the advisory board.
"1 don't know how ho got on
that bouid It all happened ba
tween noon and three o'clock ona
afternoon but I can toll you how
he irot off." Mr. llenman declared.
! Influence Not Wiuttcr.
"I learned that three or four
members of the British mission ha
I attended the sesHlon sit which th
selection was mnde. Afterwardn
i the shipping board had a warm
session. It lasted twenty minute
and all that had been transacted at
the previous session was wiped out.
"We wanted British co-operation
but we didn't want Great Britain
to influence our board until wa
had gotten things under way. W
were still In the air as to what wo
wanted to do and the policy of thei
British in this connection searneit
i very extraordinary to me."
Military Rule
Imposed Upon
Czecho-SIavs
London. Dec. 15. A military
dictatorship has been imposed in
some of th" Industrial .list nets of
Czechoslovakia but a "proletariat
dictatorship" has been eslabllahed
In several others, nccordlng mm ,
Central News dispatch from Vienna
today. Many casualties have oc
curred. It is declared.
n.
The
president of the Iraglli will
serve after January 1 as a Com
mercial club director. Helb f that
this evening's gathering will be one
of the league's biggest of the year
was expressed by merchants today.
Mail Scattered
Along Railroad
Puzzles Police
Sugar Refinery
Stops Building
Denver, Colo., Dec. IS.- Tlaa
Great Western Sugar company,
biggest beet sugar refining eoaa
pany in this district, announced to
day its decision to discontinue con
struction work on new factorlan at
Johnstown. Colo., and at allnatar!.
Neb., "for an Indefinite period."
licprcssion In sugar prlcea aug
mented by the "strained credit aft
nation" were rcasmM given by tlm
company In a prepared statement.
Would Halt Work
Upon Hospital
A ppli
Des Moines. Iowa, Dec 13. Pos
tal authorities and police here con
tinued tl.eir efforts earlv today to1
i vw,. n,.n,i,, of .,! Portland. Or., Uec
Istered letters found along the! cation for a permanent Injunction
rlgtit of way aft ha Chicago Bur against the constim
. n.il,, hero che.er tuberculosis
yesterday. Inn Nortn t nuraa r.-r
it of mail robbery hatl , eny oi iwmh - -
A num-! complaint to in- niaa loimy 1 1,
orders ut court lor lioilgias county,
cording to several plaintiffs wno
IS.
Hon of Win
hospital un
No retro
been received here today.
her of checks and monev
for small sums wera found In open
Dr. R E.iLee Steit-r rf the
state hoapiVal. la in Portland for
a Mxi time on
Portland. The first worsteds
nrodured on the Pacific coas
aoon to be placed on the market
by the Oregon Worsted compar.v,
now putting out knitting yarn,
ion, of the materials have been
made into salts and as aoon as the
color can be perfected these will
be In local arorao.
Constantine In
Venice On Way
Back To Greece
Venice, Dec. 15. Former King
Constantine and Queen Sophie of
Greece, with their children arrived
early today from Lucerne.
The Greek cruiser Averoff and a
squadron of amallcr warships
awaited the hour when the king
would go on board and depart for
Phaleron. the port of Athena.
A number of prominent Greeks,
among them Lambroa eoromllas,
Greek mlnlater to Italy, greeted
Constantine.
F. O. Deckebach. 4 D street,
has returned to Salem after spend
I Ing a abort tiro in Portland on
busineaa.
ed envelopes.
i are parties to the suit.
Plainclothes Men Are
In Salem to Assist In
Arresting Shoplifters
Arrests of shoplifters who are
known to be working in several
stores in the city are expected to
result from the activities of sev
eral plain clothes men who. It la
understood, will mingle with the
crowds of buyera In local estab
liahments from today until the
Christmas season closer Managers
of large stores admitted thla
morning that thfth li aaea b Umt
hp.ve been sufficiently large to
warrant the employment of spe
cial officers
"About the usual number of
shoplifters are at work thla year"
one manager aald this morning.
"Some of theae peraooa we have
pretty well 'spotted but no ar
rests have been made as yet. After
(i few of them have been charged
with larceny we do not exnoct tor
experience any more tronbla."
Women art- Of! ndent
That much of the petty larceny
la committed by women, la the:
statement of those who ham
watched most carefully the worla
of the thieves. Many of the ahoji-
llfters. It is aald. appear to
only about Christina time
the large crowds niake their arorhz
comparatively simple.
whoae aisles are narrow nen
Ire moat popular among thoaa
manage to get their present
nothing.
With local policemen
ing with the plain clothea
pal stores will be uny
able to comttit the
fun In 'he future, it la
Those stoma