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MEDFORD, OHKtiON", SATIKDA Y, .J AN T AK'V L'l. 1!)'0
LJMJDUlllli
PROFITEERS
THAN REDS
"Jail Bars for Profit Hoas" Is Sena
tor Capper's Suquestion Pulilic
Being Sanduaqqed bv Manufactur
ers in Every Line of Industry
Charge $100 for Suit in Which
Wool Costs $7.37 Shoes Go Un
While Leather Trust Cuts Melon.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 24.-,l;iil
liars lor profiteers was uriri'd liv
Senator Capper, republican, Kansas,
in an address todnv in the senate.
Profiteers, he said, are more danger
ous than "reds." Advocating legis
lation bv conirress to ourb profiteer
ins. Senator Capper saiil the people
eould help themselves too, if they
would orirnnizo to "boycott the profit
hogs" bv rofnsinir to buv iroods of
fered uf. , extortionate prices.
The Kansas senator declared there
eould be no doubt that the "ireneral
public is being siindbatRred" in view
of profits reported bv large manufac
turing corporations and the rise in
value of their securities. He cited
figures regarding the American
Woolen company, the Central Leather
company, the Crucible Steel company,
the United States Slctel Steel cor
poration and others.
Suit in Woo! $7,117
liefcrrin? to increased prices of
clothing, Sonator Cupper rend a tele
gram from the National Wool drov
ers' association stating that the wool
in a suit of clothes selling for $100
costs only $7.:i".
"A fifty per cent increase in the
price of shoes bv next summer is pre
dicted bv the president of Ihe Na
tional Shoe Travelers' association,"
continued M!r. Capper. "The dav this
prediction 'appeared, annthpr extra,
divident was declared bv the Central
I.cnlhor company. While the people
contemplate going barefoot, the leath
er Irust walks on velvet made thick
er. A year ago it was the war de
mand for . leather that mudu shoes
high. Now it seems to be the pen'e
demand, for velvet.
Gouging? in Sugar
"Just now Ihe greatest 'get rich
ouick' game in America is gouging in
sugar. The increase in the price of
sugar will add a billion dollars to
the burdens now being borne bv the
American people.
"We have .1.000.0011 homeless people
in (he I'nited States as a result of
Ihe melon cutting in lumber. There
has been and is a shameless profi
teering in that industry.
"The market price of the fanners'
livestock has declined nearly "ill per
cent, bringing manv- fanners to Ihe
verge of bankruptcy,, but Ihe high
prices the consumer pavs lor meal
are virtually . unchanged.
Mine Owners Itich
"The income' lux-returns prove Hi,1
imne operators get excessive profit-.
"All Ihe limitations 1 have referred
lo conspire to prove that it is pro
filcering in the great industrial cor
porations that has siindbangged Ihe
public rather than bv merchants who
deal directly wilh the consumer. No
doubt there is price gouging bv some
'of the retailers, hut it is the price of
goods when thev leave the factory to
which the administration's best at
tention should be first directed."
.
Irrigation .Notice
Tho directors of tho Medford
Irrigation District announce
that all postal cards received
after Thursday, January 29.
, relative to the Welch project
will be disregarded.
"LEAGUE OF NATIONS H00D0'. WILL GET
ME NEXT," SAYS PREMIER LLOYD GEORGE
PARIS, Jan. 24. 111 fortune has
attended statesmen Intimately asso
ciated with the framing of the treaty
of Versailles In the opinion of Pre
mier David Lloyd George of Great
llritain, according to a newspaper
article published here.
Sir. Lloyd George was so convinced
Georges Clemenceau Would he the
next president of the French republic
that he considered the race over.
Therefore when he heard of the elec
tion of Paul Deschanel as president
he could not refrain from expressing
his astonishment.
"Who could have expected such a
L DEBATE
NKW YOltK, Jan. M James
W. Conml, former ambassador
to (iermany, whose name was
filed as a democratic eaudidaie
Tor president at the Small Da
kota primaries, has accepted Ihe
challenge of Ceoige O. Monroe
of Chicago, aa independent can
didalo for u joint debate on tho
presidential issues. The chal
lenge was made and accepted in
compliance with South Dakota
laws.
The debate will be held at
Sioux Kalis, March 2. Mr. lier
ard aaaoaaeed.
5 t ! !
WILL MEET AGAIN
PAK1S, Jan. 24. Conferences be
tween premiers of Creat llritain,
France and Italy will be held before
the next mova in the proceedings to-
extradite former Emperor AVIlliam
from Holland is decided upon, ac
cording to information given to the
Associated Press by the French for
eign office. Whether tho next de
mand for surrender will be directed
to The Hague or lierlin will be the
main subject to bo determined.
The next meeting will bo held in
London but as no date has been fixed
and the matter cannot be left pend
ing a long time the foreign office ex
pressed the opinion that tiie question
might be settled thru diplomatic
channels between Koine, Paris and
London.
AMIiltONGKN, Friday, Jan. 23.
"ormcr Hmpcror William of (ier
many was not surprised by the for
mal refusal of the Dutch government,
to comply with the allied demand for
his surrender, it was declared today
at Ilenlinck easlle, where the ex-ruler
makes his home. News of the decis
ion was first communicated to the
castle by the Associated 1'ress corres
pondent here.
A refusal of extradition has been
expected from the first, the corres
pondent was told, but tho castle's
residents had never been officially in
formed that such a decision had been
or would be reached.
P.ITlAl'KST. Jan. '' I. Czecho
slovakia and Ihe Austrian republic
have formed an alliance agaiul
Hungary, according to a news agency
report published here. It is said the
agreement reached bv Chancellor
b'enncr al Prague, provides that Aus
tria shall undertake no measures
looking lo an increase in her military
establishment without submitting
them to Czecho-Slovakia for approval
ami that in Ihe event of war bclwocn
the Czechs anil Hungary. Austria
shall supply munitions and material
only to the former.
In addition, it i- said. Czecho-Slo-vakia
has agreed to furnish troops
to aid Austria in securing Herman
sections of western Hungary.
reversal of form?" he ejaculated
I when the result was announced.
In conversation with a member of
jthe chamber of deputies, the Uritish
; premier Is said to have expressed an
! opinion that the peace treaty was
hard luck for anyone having had a
hand in It.
"Yes," the deputy Is quoted as re
plying, "Premier Orlando is out of
office. Premier Clemenceau is again
in private life and President Wilson
has met wilh reverses In Washington.
Only you have been spared."
"Yes, and in less than six months
it will be my turn," is the reply at
tributed to the British leader.
BIGGEST MAN
SHIP GRAFT
IS INDICTED
Captain John F. Blaine. Seattle. Ar
rested On Charue of Receiving Se
cret Commissions Totalling, Aii
proximatelv S 1 7.500 Biqncst Man
In Government Shiuhuildinq 0 Dera
tions Declares Assist. Attv General
Schlesinticr Charae Denied.
SKATTI.K. Jan. 'Jl.-More evi
dence of alleged irregularities in the
bundling of niouev Ihe government
paid In carry oat its huge wartime
shipbuilding program in tin; Pacific
northwest will be presented here next
week lo a 1'eilorul grand iurv which
veslerilav indicted I'aplain John i'
llluin. Seattle, former Northern Pa
cific district manager of Ihe emer
gency fled corporation, according lo
ISci't Schlesinger, special assistant
Tniled States attorney general.
Mr. Schlesinger. who presented the
grand iurv wilh the evidence on which
the indictments of Captain Maine
were based left ut niiilnighl for San
Francisco, his home, lie declared be
would return to Scuttle in a few duvs.
Mr. Schlesinger will handle Ihe pros
ecution of Ihe eases when tbcv come
lo trial.
"In the indictment of Captain
Hlaine we have produced evidence of
irregularities against the biggest man
in Ihe eovornmcnt's shipbuilding op
erations in the Pacific Northwest,"
.Mil. Schlesinger said.
Several oilier indictments should
follow in the near future, according
lo Walter C. Foster, special agent of
the department of justice, who has
bcen here two months checking Ore
gon and Washington shipyard ne
comrts. Secret Commissions
Captain lllaine. who was charge. I
in the indictments with nccopling se
cret commissions on sales made lo
Ihe emergency licet corponiliou while
he was manager, will be arrai'"ied
here Momiav. lie was arrested ves.
Icrdav and released on $10,1100 cash
bail. The secret commissions, it wni
charged, totalled approximately .$17.
7."0. "Well, wouldn't that make your hair
4 urn gray?" Caplain lilaine said when
a deputy Tailed Slales marshal hand
ed him Ihe warrant for bis arrest ves
lerilav. Caplain lilaine lalcr declin
ed lo make a statement bill promised
he niighl have something lo suv later.
'Ihe indictments relumed againsl
Captain lllaine charged thai he re
ceived 1 T.T-'iO from the Steward
Huvil and Kuuipmcut enrporalioii.
New York, in secret commissions, ho-
I wi
ii Scplcmhcr 'Jti, 1017, and April
10. 1010. Ihe eonimisisiins, Ihe in
dictments charged, were sent lo
Frank Tregoning. Scat He, who gov
I hem lo Mi s. (I. . !,.vi.r. lilnine'.-.
inolhcr-iu-law. who later gave Ihcm
to liliiine. 'The indicliiienls couloin
a list uf deals and amounts which il
is charged were received bv lilaine on
Ihe dates mentioned. .
'harne Is Denied
NKW YORK. Jan. :I.-Tha Slew
aid David and Knuipmenl corpora
tion denied today that it had given
illegal commissions to Caplain John
r. lilaine on purchases in behalf
Ihe emergency fleet corporation.
charged in indiclmculs returned
againsl him at Seattle vcslcrduv.
On June 1, 1017," said the cor-
poratiou s statement, "Captain
Maine discontinued his agency for
the Steward corporation and beeauic
district manager of Ihe fleet corpor
ation for the North Pacific coasl.
During bis connection with the fleet
corporation, the Steward corpora
tion paid him no commissions c.xccpt
intr a trifling amount earned prior It,
his leaving Ihe Steward corporation."
FOR FLU PATIENTS
NKW YOltK, Jan. 24. Plans to
expedite issuance of permits to reput
able druggists to sell Honor are under
way to assure a Rupply of whiskey for
Influenza and pneumonia patients,
shculd the epidemic continue to
grow, James fihnvlln, assistant super
vising federal prohibition agent, an
nounced here today.
The druggists will sell llipior only
on a physician's prescription and Ihe
minimum bond of 1000 which they
put up will represent a fine if they
violate the law.
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WASHINGTON. Jim. "J !.
( luiri-'iiiir thttl I It -pIm-i I I loowr
v;is 'Nine of the 'jo-lid wrens til'
Colonel House jin.i nicrulitTs hi-Ji
in the (iritisli uovrrninent ilimnt:
the negotiations pn'tTiliiiy: thn
entry uf Ihe Tinted Stntes into
tlie wiir," Senator lu'cil, ilenm
rrnt. Missouri, hi nn-lieI a vig
orous jilfju'k ttnlnv in the sennit'
nir-'iiiist what lie rh:ir;o'crizeI
as Mr. IlnoverV "--elf promoleil
boom for presrtleiil ."
Senator Kectl saul Mr. Hoover
was so rinse to llie Briti-h jj-ov-ernnient
that "lie eonsl il utetl a
convenient eonedimr link," and
clinl!ent:ei nnv riiemher of the
senate who tlmihteti his slate
nient In iiitmtliicc a resolution
of investigation.
ARE FOR HOOVER
IINNKAPOI.IS. Minn. A -Hoover
for President'' boom was hiunrhet
here tothiv by a temporary organiza
tion of several Minneaindis business
men, formed here IhM niuht. The t
lianizalioii plans to push Herbert
Hoover for the republican nomination
for pres. dent.
K K W Y Hi K. The New York
World, in ils leading editorial today
declared for Herbert C. Hoover IW
president.
'V should he irlad to support Mr.
Hoover us the democratic candidate
for president," the qdilorial saitl, "on
a platform that represented the his
torical principles of the democratic
party. We should be lilad to sup
port h i in as an independent candi
date on a platform of progressive lib
eralism. We should nut hesitate t'o
support him as Ihe republican can
didate on a platform represent iter thv'
kind of government which Hoover has
exemplified in his public career.''
The World declared partisan ob
jections lo Hoover are arguments in
his favor, addimr:
"The American people are tired of"
professional politicians and disgust
ed wilh parlv polities. The old party
lines have been broken down
and in respect to principles bolh
parties are bankrupt.'
Vlostof the president ial candidate
of both parlies, the World snvs, "are
so inadeciuate in view of Ihe issues
that Ihe next president must meet,
'hat their aspirations are little nIioiI
nf ridiculous. Of nil be
men wlioe names have been mention -id,
the World believes Hoover alotie
measures ni to the presidency in the
fullest "m'Msc."
FOOD RELIEF FOR
WASHINGTON. .Ian. 2. ()pprfit
lion to the pn.'poKcd $ I .",0,0110,000
food relict' loan to AuHlria, I'oland
and Armenia ami to tin appropriation
of $ 1 .000,000 for additional army
afrplanen was exprnasert in tho house
tc-day by Uepresentat ivo Mondelt, the
lepublican leader, who replied to
charges by Representative. Kitchin of
North Carolina, former democratic
leader, that the repuhlican steerinK
tommltfee had blocked the relief bill
before tho ways and moaiiH commit
tee. Careful consideration nhould be
Riven 'hef(,'re takiiiK the moneys of
iho people to provido funds for Kur
opef" Mr. MondeM said, adding 'that
not all the sob stories about Kurope
Were to be believed.
KcferrinK to his opptidtion to the
aeroplane appropriation, the republi
can leader said soino one had said
Creat llritain was expending Im'iO,
OOO.ooo on her air B.-rvice.
"If Kngland can do that.' he s;id.
"then a resolution ought to be paswed
by congress cc-mpclling her to pay In
terest on her debt to the United
States."
Uepresentat ive Garner, democrat,
7'exas, suggested a loan of $."0,000.
000 to Kurope. This amount would
represent only tho profits of the
grain corpcration he Paid, adding
that "it is only due the people from
whom it was made."
ULTIMATUM
IS DELIVERED
By SENATORS
Johnson. Borah et al Serve Nntics
Tliev Wont Aiirce to Anv Modifi
cation of So-Called Lotltie Reser
vations C.aim Enmiuli Snnnort In
Kill Treaty Entirclv If Tbrt'at to
Quit Partv Is Disrctiar'fcd Con
ference With Democrats Called Off.
WASHINGTON, .la:;. L !-Republican
senators met in informal caucus
fcoday lo consider procedure with the
peace treaty in view of the protests
against further compromise made
yesterday by' the eight republicans
headed by Senators Johnson of Call
tornia and Horah of Idaho. In order
that the republican conference might
proceed freely. Senator Lodge, the
republican leader cancelled the nieet-
iim planned with the democratic
committee, headed by Senator Hitch
cock, to discuss compromise reserva
Hons. Mr. Lodge called a number of
republicans, including those of tho
"mild reservation" group to his office
to consider tlio situation presented
by tlie threat eneii defection of tho
.lohnson-Dnrah group.
After the conference. Senator
Lodge announced that his informal;
commit tec on compromise would 1
meet with Ihe democratic committee
again on Monday. There were indi
cations that the cancellation of to
day's bi-partisan conference was
merely to give Senator Lodge time to
consult, wilh the rank and lilo of re
publican senators.
The eight republicans headed by
Senators Johnson nud 'horah had
served notice thai they positively will
not. agree to any modification of the
so-called Lodge reservations as pro
posed, with a threatened split in Ihe
party's solidarity as the all:u-nallvo.
In this altitude they claimed to have
the Kiipport of thirty other senators,
enough to defeat ratification of the
t rcaly if presented wilh Ihe Lodge
reservations compromised.
VOIE MONEY TO
NOT PROTECT NAVY
WASIIINIITON. -Inn. 'J I. - llv
margin id' one vole the house nppr
print ions eoiniiiiltce today refused to
include in the deficiency anpropria
tion bill a land of . 1I,(M)U,(MI0 asked
bv the naw deparlmcnl for repairs to
-hips. Naval officials had informed
Ihe coiuuiitlce that unless Ihe money
was made available necessary repairs
tit inuriv capital ships and desl rovers
could n! be made and that. 1'2.!HH)
navy yard empl'tves would have to be
discharged next month.
To increase the number of guards
at government bonded warehouses
where vhikcv is stored, the commit
tee iii'-reascd . 1,0(10.01(0 or half thn
amount asked bv the internal revenue
bureau. A like sum was included loi
immigration service uc in deporlinv.
radicals and rcLMilufintr lunnnrrn t ion.
Itesides I he direct appropria I ion -i
Ihe commitlcc authorized expenditure
of 111.2011.0(10 of unexpended war de
partment balances,- to hi' used in
building storage houses nnd for re
newing the Wahini:ton-Alaska mili
tary cable system.
in n. y.
NKW YOltK. Jan. 21. The nknln
inn of a huiifi flying roiitlli!, prolialily
thn Iiirucsl flying rrciilurn thai ever
fXlfftiMl, whlfh in ItH ii:-histiiric lny
wan uk wldii-raiiKlnK an on-an trav
eler an a modern seaplane. Iihh been
placed on exhibition at the American
Mimeum of Natural History, it wan
announced today. .Study of the me
chanlm of the creature'H flight, which
in planner! by B'JentiHts, may throw
light on Ihe practical problems of
aeronaut lis, it irv declared.
The clumpy, toothless animal a
pteranodon which flourished In the
age of reptiles, many million!) of.
Y.M.C. A. CRITICISM DUE
liKNKCIA. ('a!., .tan.
Crilici-m id' Ihe V. M. t. A.
w ork overseas w.-n tine lar-jclv
to a iiiiMtnder-taudiirj til the
difficulties antler which I In or
iinni.atitui conducted its post
cxrhunires. (Jcncral John .1.
I'cohiiii: said in an address here
lodav to citizens of Itenecia.
"I have a IVclinir of the deep-e-l
-ratilutle for the V. M, ('.
A.." said Ihe genera I.
lie inpccted Ihe irovernment
arenal here before colli iniiimr
his journey to San Kram-isco.
.; -J. t i 4 $ '
"ri iim nrnnnTrn in
rLU KtfUKItUIN
KLAMATH FALLS IS
OF -MILD VARIETY
I'OltTI.ANI). Jan. 21. Kight cases
of Influenza were listed on board of
health reports in Portland today, two
having developed In Ihe last twenty
lour hours. None of tho cases were
serious, it was said.
Iteports from Yankton, five miles
from St. Helens, slate there wero
thirty casus there, mostly among chll-
A number of cases were said to be
developing in Klamath Kulls.
C'HICAllO, Jan. 21 Influenza and
pneumonia continued lo spread in
Chicago today at tho rate of mora
than 21)00 new cases every 21 hourH.
The hlghuHt death rale for any 21
hours since, tho epidemic began was
reported. There wero 2.MJ new cases
and 101 deaths.
At the (Ireat Lakes naval training
station total deaths reached IS and
tho total number of eases tOIM.
Industrial establishments today re
ported their working forces had been
depleted leu per cent by the epidemic.
NKW YOltK, Jan. 21. A lolal or
2:ilil new infliien.a cases was report
ed In the city loday as compared to
i:i:(2 yesterday. Thlrty-lhrec deaths,
t.T ten more than yesterday wero re
ported from this cause. Pneumonia
cases numbered, Illll, wilh II deaths.
Yesterday's figures wero loll cases
anil Ml deal lis.
SAN I'ltANCIKCO, Jan. 21. Cali
fornia is not preparing for any gen
eral Influenza epidemic, and none Is
expected all ho I hero may be an fn
creaso In Iho number of cases. Dr.
(lonrgo 10. lObrighl, prosldcnl or the
state board of health announced here
twlay.
"The hospitals are taking no un
usual measures," Dr. Hlirighf, 'said.
"The number of pneumonia ciisc&' is
about normal for this season . of 'the
year mid I here has been but a slight
increase in influenza eases. The
country was well liurued over, by tho
epidemic of last year ami ns-A result
the general immunity has been
strengthened and Increased.
"We are ready for tho epidemic
if It comes but we do not expect.lt.
Tim less said iibout il, tho bellur."
years ago, had u wing spread of Hi
loot from tip lo Hp, but because of Ils
curious dimensions may not have
been us heavy as a modern condor
which sometimes attains a Ill-font
spread. It was nearly all wings' and
head, wilh a small body, slender
hind legs, and a men; slump of a tall.
The specimen was found by Handel
T. 'Mania, curator or the geological
museum of Kansas university in the
cretaceous chalk hods of the Smoky
Hill river tif western Kansas. It is
lielieved to be thu only mounted spec
linen or a pteranodon in any Amer
ican museum.
WOMEN BEHAVE LIKE HEROES WHEN
OCEAN LINER IS WRECKED Al SEA
NKW YOIIK, Jan. 1 1. llriipjinir
salelv back lo port Ihe 271 passen
gers of the disabled transport Pow
hatan us well us the lust colli indent
of American Iroops in France, the
transport Norlhern Pacific docked
at llohoken lodav.
Allliou'.'h Ihev -uflereil from the
cold while the leakinsr Powhatan was
tossed about a ruuinir. storm swept
sea, far off the Novo Seotian coast,
the pnsseiigers here bore their (lis
comfort without complaint and were
rather inclined to treat It as a lurk.
The transfer of the pas-emrers,
who include 11 women and fcigh
TEXAS DEMO.
HOPES G.O.P.
WHS 1920
Representative Blaiiton Hones Reouli
licans Win in I9?0 if Its Imnossilile
tii Get Democratic Cabinet Officer
Who Stands for Americanism
Pconlc Arc Tiretl of Bowina to
Gompcrs Declares Fire Eatina Con
tircssmaii. WASIIINCTON'. Jan. l I Kmief-
iiicnt uf nnli-fcdilion lcL'Wution .w
i i,r , ih,. limine rule.s eomtnit-
lee todav liv lieoresentalive illiinlon,
.1 i Teviis. nnd Jluvcv. demo
crat. Ohio. The Texan member vnr
orinilv ullncUeil President (iomi'oi
el' Hie American Federation ol' l.alior
lor hi opposition to such leiiisluiion
anil cbari.'eii linn me iiiTen'
labor was "honeveoinbed with an
archy." , ,
,.rt;,, ilml Mr. (dinners hint
not been patriotic ilurinir Ihe war.
Mr. Illiinlon chnnieil Unit wlien rro
vost Marshal General J'rowder is
sued Ins "work or iigiu omui i..u
labor leader openlv opposed it. de
cliirinu' he "would call a Revolution.'
Illiiutou. nddeil Hint o.OOll strikes oc
curred in Ibis eoiinlrv diirinsr tbo war
and tlml at limes President Wilson
hud to "compel men to work."
"Conirress must either pass n sedi
tion law which would soneleli unar
eliv or else bear the murk of luivini
bowed to (loiupers." M.r. Hluuton
said, lie lidded "it is simplv a ques
tion of whether, you want to bo re
elected." , , , '
Attacks Uilair Dept.
Allnckiuir the deiuii'tmeiit of la
bor. Itliinlon said be hoped tbo re
publicans would he victorious in tho
til in I eleelioll "if it m
i,,.wll,l i, ribliiin ii ilelnoerntio
ealiinel oi rieer who slnnds for Amor-,
icanism." . . ,...i,,..
"The republicans will win , nnj ....
wnv," ('liiiirmun Canipbell iiitor.iui-l- 7 .
"Not if von viiscillalo on Ibis'liiir'J
Wepresenliilive Itliinlon retored.' "T''? ,,:
people won't slauil for von bowinir ti'
dumpers."
Iiepresentiilive Davev. who inlro
ilneed Altornev (leiiernl I'nlmer'n
iiiili-sedition hill last November, told
II mini! lee he was a "friend oE
labor iinlil it ioins bunds with nn-
nrchv."
Davev criticised Iho Aineneiin
Kederalion of l.ubor for parlleipiition
in the Kosloii police strike, but said
Mr. (lumpers was the dominant influ
ence which stood hel ween orsriinizurt
labor and anarcliv.
Jackson II. lialslon. attorney for
Hie American federal ion of Labor,
anil Nnlioniil Popular (lovernnient
lea'iue, said a crisis was imminent in '
Ihis country. The dunirer, bo said.'
will mil lie from reds or nhnreists.
lull Ii Ihe siippressioii of f'rne
peeeh. . . . '
"Those who advocate sueli ii bill
I'oinct Ibev are Ainerieiins. forgot ,
even Ihe eonfideiice Ibev sbottbl bnvo,
in A.inoricnn tnidil'ons wbiell nro on ,,
a real foiindalion." be said., ,
RETAIL GRO. SECY IS
INDICTED FOR LIBEL
l'(IIITI.ANl). Ore., Jan. '2-1. Rob
ert (I. Duncan, ex-secretarv of retail
grocers' oriianizations, and wall
known as a trade journal editor, was
indicted lor criminal libel bv the
Multnomah coiinlv urn ml iurv ves
terdav, as the result of a published
article' held deramatorv lo tile char
acter ol' K. l'oule. ex-secretarv of
Hie I'nited Grocers of Oreuon.
'children, was made without incidclit
late Thursday.
Tlie civilians on the disabled trims
I port were praised for their eulmncss
I and eouriiae hv the armv officers
j who were their fellow nasBimirers.
I 'I he pluck of Ihe women was praised
iespeeiallv.
When the water rose until it floated
Ihe engines, outline mil the fires and
j leaving the ship without heat or lite ht
I with a tempest rngiiii;, tho PHSHengers
' took their discomforts philosophieiil
I Iv. Thev seemed to plnco evorv eon
! fidenee in the seamanship of the carj
I tain and crew,
I