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ETHERIDGEIS
CAPTUREDIN
MINNESOTA
Absconding Portland Banker
Arrested in Minneapolis
Will Be Brought to Portland
for Trial Audit Indicates
. Half Million Loss for Many
Investors in Coast States
CroolTed Deal Uncovered.
PORTLAND, Ore. Dee. 28. Two
deputy sheriffs loft hero today for
Minneapolis tu liiiiiB hack John L.
Etherhlge, former president of the
bond house of Morris Hrothers, ln,
who was arrested there late yester
day on a warrant against him in
fonneetion with his operations in
Edmonton hnnds.
i Affairs of the bond house today
In thaiBC' of W. D. U'hiteomh, tem
porary ivffivcr appointed by Fede
ral Judge C. E. Wolverton, fallowing
tho filing late yesterday of a peti
tion asking that the oompnny be de
clared Insolvent. According to a
statement filed with the petition, the
company had issued interim bonds to
the amount of .'.UCG.OOO as receipts
to purchasers of the Edmonton bends.
Assets of $l,4!l.r,3l5 were reported
to have been found. ,The audit was
continued today under the direction
of Receiver Whitcomb.
Creditors by Score.
According to the statement dn file
creditors of Morris JJrothers, Inc.,
number several thousand. Just how
many will not be known until the
audit now in progress is completed.
They include country banks In many
Oregon towns, almost as many in
Washington and ft number , In Cali
fornia. Individual Investors by the
hundreds in Portland and scores in
smaller .clUes, throughout :the Pacific
Northwest and California- appear in
the list of creditors.
Most all of the creditors are
holders of Interim receipts covering
purchase '.of investment bonds for de
livery when received by the Ether
idge house nnd only about one-third
of the approximately 2,000,000 of out
standing interims are secured by pos
session of other municipal bonds than
those specifically bought. Holders of
unsecured interim receipts will share
only, In the general assets, which will
fall far short of paying off the obli
gations, it was said.
When a replevin suit of P. E. Hale
of Sllverton, Ore., against the bond
house to recover $5,500 par value of
City of Edmonton bonds, bought but
undelivered, came up in Circuit Judge
'George Tazwell's court today, it was
stipulated between Franklin Korell,
, Hale's attorney, and Wirt Minor of
the law firm representing the re
ceiver, that immediate investigation
be made to learn" the status of the
Ihtle claim.
New Oliarjre Filed.
An additional cliarge of larceny,,
on which $75,000 In bonds were kl-VAj,
ed by the sheriff, was on file against'
Etherldgu today.
According to District Attorney
Walter H. Evans, Etheridgo used a
bookkeeping trick to transfer $100,
000 worth of bonds to Mrs. Ether-;
ldge's account last February.
Of this total $25,000 In bonds were
recovered in a safe deposit box here,
he said. The remaining $75,000 block
wns seized at an express office last
night, after their arrival from Ta
coma. '
NEW YORK, Dec 28. Tho Ana
conda Copper Mining. company today
p3ssed the dollar fiuarterly dividend
It has been paying since May 2G, 1919.
OAKLAND, Cal., Dec. 27. Robert
Lyons, vice president of tho Stewart
Fruit company of San Francisco was
drowned in eight Inches ot water last
night when his automobile skidded
and overturned In a mud muddle near
Fairfield.
NGLAND FAVORS CURTAILING NAVAL
LONDON. Dec. 28. Calls for Unit
ed States, Great Britain and Japan to
curtail naval expense by mutual
agreement were featured by a num
ber of London newspapers this morn
ing. In following this course the
journals give expression to the anxi
ety which has prevailed here since
the receipt of reports of the new
American naval program, an anxiety
which may be traced to tho assump
tion that if the United States builds a
big navy, Ureal Britain must do like
wise. The Mornng Post laments that
American politicians have chosen a
moment when (he war fellowship of
the American and British navies and
RLFORMERS AFTER
HEEL, DECLARE II AS
10L
TACOMA. Dec. 2S. A state
law prohibiting the sale or wear
ing ot shoes with heels more thun
an Inch and a half high, will be
asked from the coining state leg
islature, the State Osteopathic
association announced here to
day. Women's clubs and other
civic bodies will be requested to
join in urging the measure. If
passed the bill would not become
effective for five years to permit
merchants to clean up present
stocks.
The wearing of high heels Is as
Immoral as the excessive con
sumption of alcohol," the asso
ciation's statement declares.
"Race suicide is distinctly aided
by high heels. All women who
wear high heels become deformed
In the feet, knees and hack, and
they are pre-disposed to tuber
culosis." PLEADS GUILTY TO
MALASSA'
FRESNO, Cal., Dec. 2 8. Francis
3. Emmick, alleged leader of Fresno
gangsters, pleaded guilty in superior
court today to an indictment charg
ing assault by force and violence on a
10 year old girl. At the same time
Franklyn ("llank")Silva and Charle3
("Chuck") Mutchler, accused of the
same offense, pleuded not guilty.
Carman Blackett, 15 years old
Eureka girl ' will appear before the
Fresno county grand jury tomorrow
to tell a story of criminal aBsnult that
will involve two men already under
indictment for a similar offense, the
district attorney announced here to
day.
At tho time of tho alleged offense
the girl was attending a convent
school in Fresno.
SAN FRANCIsdo, Dec. 28. Cross
examination of Miss Jessie Montgom
ery, complaining witness against
James Carey, third alleged San Fran
cisco gangster to be tried on charges
of criminally assaulting young wom
en, was conducted here today.
Miss Montgomery was less hesi
tant about talking today than yester
day when her mother, father and
baby brother were in the const room.
She repeated her story of assaults
and declared Carey drove an automo
bile which transported her and Miss
Jean Stanley, her companion to a
house where they were attacked.
MARKET FOR OREGON
APPLES 1MPRQV
HOOD RIVER, Ore., Doc. 27.
After six weeks spent at Washington,
D. C, New York City and other east
ern points In the Interest of the apple
growers association, A. W. Stone, ex
ecutive manager of the organization
has returned homo optimistic over
the ultimate outcome of the market
ing of the 1920 crop as well as the
general future outlook for the indus
try. Mr. Stone, who visited various
eastern warehouses where the associ
ation has apples stored, said today
that the demand lor the larger sizes
Is good. The foreign demand will
take care ot the most of the smaller
sizes he says.
the "chivalrous courtesy ot American
seamen" have united the naval ser
vices or the two nations "to declare
in effect that the British navy is a
potential menace to America."
Another plea for agreement be
tween the United States, Japan, and
Great Britain is voiced by the Daily
News which urged that the Interval
between the present moment and the
inauguration of President-elect Mar
ding should bo utilized by statesmen
of the three countries to educate the
public.
The Express maintains that an
agreement between the three powers
should "assure prosperity as well as
peace." ,
DRY FORCES
ADVANCE ON
B00ZET0WN
Company of Armed Prohi
Agents Start March on Hur
ley, Wisconsin, Where Boot
leggers Reign Supreme 38
Saloons Running Wide Open
47 Citizens Are Hailed to
Court.
HURLEY, Wis., Dec. 28. More
than half a hundred federal prohibi
tion agents ' from Chicago surprised
thirty-fiyo open saloons In Hurley
this jnoruing, making 47 arrests and
seizing quantities of liquors of all
sorts. The federal agents were armed
but not a shot was fired during tho
first hour ot operations. Many prom
inent citizens were among those ur
rested. The raid followed a wild night at
Hurley during which liquor had been
sold at bargain rates, ranging from
35 cents for moonshine whiskey to
75 cents for well known brands it
was said. Among those arrested were
lumberjacks' too paralyzed from liq
uor to realize what was happening.
Reports had reached prohibition
enforcement headquarters at Chicago
that prohibition agents would be shot
if they attempted to make arrests In
Hurley, a lumbering town of about
3300.
-Although telephone messages from
Chicago inquiring whether the raid
had been made reached Hurley just
ahead of the officers, the'saloon men
appeared not to have been warned.
The liquor men were swept up very
quickly. - Some residents of Hurley
said thnt the larger dealers had con-1
coaled some stocks and were believed
to have their liquor locked In safes.
Itnld Soon Over
The raid was executed every rapid
ly, cleaning up most of the accessible
places in less than an hour.
This camp town has been the cen
ter of antl-prohlbitlon feeling for sev
eral months. Many of the lumber
jacks are foreigners.
The smouldering resentment to
ward prohibition broke into flames in
a battle here October 9, when prohi
bition operatives encountered boot
leggers who lost contraband whisky,
estimated to be worth $85000. One
man was killed In the fight and
another was seriously wounded.
Since that time, It Is said, prohibi
tion agents have avoided Hurley
waiting until complete preparations
could he mado to raid in force.
The whole.i district In this part ot
the north. woqUsi has been regardNd
by dry officials as a :lavv-defying com
munity. ' Reports that dance halls,
saloons, gambling rooms and bootleg
joints flourish openly each one Bell
any l.ul iOf t llqior''Obtulnable, from
ninonshlne-.'WhlBk'y '.to rtuliun wine-"-have
been numerous.
'Opposition:. to; any encroachment
from outside took '' definite form;
however, after tho ambush In Octo
ber. It was asserted that the boot
leggers organized and issued a defi
that tho first prohibition agent to
show himself In 'Hurley would be
shot. They vowed, It was said to
keep Hurley "a man's town for real
men." ,
Home brewing has become a prom
inent industry, according to residents
ot the town. Kentuckians driven
from the Mils ot their own state by
revenue agents ore said to have mi
grated to this district and set up their
stills.
CHICAOO, Dec. 28. F.orty-elght
armed prohibition agents, headed by
Joseph Callahan, chief of staff to
Major Dalrymple In his Iron River,
Mich., liquor raid last spring, were
en route 10 MUi iey, Wis., this mnrr
ing, to clear the town of alleged boot
leggers. The party carried thlrtv
eight warrants with instructions to
arrest every man named, by force If
necessary.
The town of Hurley is alleged to
be one of the "wide open" spots in
the north woods. It is a ioggbiu
cum p.
It was near Hurley that John Chii-.-pusio,
an alleged liquor runner, wan
killed last fall in an encounter with
Leo J. Grove, prohibition agent in
upper Michigan, whom Wisconsin au
thorities now are seeking to extru
dite for trial, drove made the com
plaints that caused Major -.Dalrymple,
the former prohibition enforcement
agent for the central states, to lead
his expedition to Iron Itlver.
lindls Ikhuch Clnlcr.
The expedition to Hurley was or
dered at the instance of Federal
Judge LJindta. after reports had
reached him that alleged moon
shiners had threatened to shoot any
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EDWARD KIDDLE, STATE
PASSES AWAY AT HOME
LA GRANDE,. Ore., Dec. 28.
Edward K. Kiddle, member of
the state highway commission,
died early today tit. his homo in
Island City, Ore.iafter two hours'
illness of acute jjiudlgcstlon. He
returned a few Ways ago from
Washington wheie ho wont III the
interest of the ' McArthur road
bill with Governor Hen W. Olcott,
State Highway ldngineor Herbert
i- Niinn and L. K, $uun.
! Kiddle was fori years active In
business ami in sjato politics. Ho
was a republican3 member of tho
state seuuto In HUB. lie wns
prominent In tho Masonic order
t'iisvpust grand couiniundur of the
Knights Templar of Oregon and
pust worthy grand patron of the
Eastern Star of Oregon. Ho re-
tired from the presidency of the
Pioneering Flouring Mill coin's-
phny just before taking office us
highway commissioner lust sum-
tuer. The funeral will bo hold
Thursday.
-
AGUE'S DEAD
AS FAR AS U. S.
IS
Senator McCumber, Republi
can, Supporter of Wilson
Covenant, Falls in ' With
Harding's View Form In
dependent League.
MARiION, Ohio, Dec. 28. United
States Senator Porter McCumber of
Is'orth Dakota, the only republican
member of the senate who voted for
ratification- of the Versailles treaty
and League of Nations without reser
vations, today advised President
elect Harding to go ahead with his
proposition for formation of an asso
ciation of nations independent of the
league. 'He considered the league
dead so far as the United Stutes is
concerned.
Senator McCumber said ho did not
recommend any definite plan for an
association of nations, but urged tho
formation' of some sort of an interna
tional tribunal to which nations could
submit questions of differences for
arbitration before going to war.
John J. '.Maher, of Lincoln, Neb-
one of the organizers of the American
Legion discussed the soldiers bonus
proposition with the president-elect,
Mr. Maher asked that Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt be appointed to
some cabinet position of given an
assistant's position under one of the
cabinet officers.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S. Ropro
sentntive Mondell, of Wyoming, re
publican leader, will leave tomorrow
to center with president-elect Har
ding at Mr. Harding's request. He
said he probably would discuss mat
ters pertaining to an extra session to
lie culled after March 4.
IRISH POLICY
LOiNDON, Dec. 28. The labor
commission which recently investi
gated, affairs in Ireland, it became
known today, In its final report de
clared "a thing is being done In the
name of Great Britain which must
make her name stink in the nostril?
of the whole world. Tho honor of
our people has been gravely compro
mised."
The commission charges the crovui
forces, among other things, with
burnings, destruction, looting and
flogging.
U. S. AVIATORS MAY ?
LAND IN MEXICO
MEXICO CITY. Dec. 28.--Amer
Iran aviators fiylng from the nor
thorn frontier of Mexico toward Pan
ama may land' on Mexican soli, if
necessary, official permission being
given yesterday. This permission
was In response to a request from the
United States government, it was an
nounced at the foreign office!
CONCERNED
KIN VIEW
DENIED BY
STATE DEPT.
Govt. Officials Declare Japan
Has Not Withdrawn Its Op
position to California Land
Law as Stated by Senator
Statement Given Out
After Interview With Am
bassador Morris.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S. SUito do
partment- officers, today stutod .that
Representative Julius Kahn of -Cali
fornia who conferred yesterday -with
Roland S. Morris, American nmbassa
dor to Japan, was mistaken In his im
pression that Japan had withdrawn
opposition to the California anti-Jap
anese lain" law adopted In the Novem
ber elections in that state. .
Oficiuls said abandonment ot the
position Japan had assumed was not
to be expected, at least until utter
the close of the negotiations now in
progress.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 28. Prepnra
lions on the part of the United Stutes
government for the negotiation of n
treaty with Japan defining the prop
erty and other rights of Jupanese na
tionals in the United States have been
broadened to Include consultation with
leaders in congress. The suggestion
that congressional leaders be . cnllod
Into, conference Is understood to have
been made by stale department offl
cials with a view ot Insuring approval
by congress of vnrlous provisions of
tho proposed treaty.
Roland S. Morris, tho Amerlcnn am
baBsador to Japan, who has boon can
ducting the treaty negotiations, with
Union Shldehara, tho Jnimnese am
bassador ' here, conferred 'yesterday
with Representative Kahn of Califor
nia. Ambassador Morris bud consult
ed previously with Senator JohnHon of
California the only member of the sen-
ato foreign relation's committee from
the Paciflp coast states, and with Rep
resentative Johnson of Washington,
chairman ot the house immigration
committee and it is understood con
fnrences with other members of both
the sennto and house are contemplat
ed. ' .
Representative Kahn aftor his con
ference nt the state department with
Mr. Morris said he had reason to be
lieve that Japan had withdrawn oppo
sition to the California law as ratified
by the voters of that state In tho No
vember election, prohibiting Japanese
fiom acquiring title to real estate. Tho
California representative added that
he had called a meeting of house mem
bers from his state for- tomorrow to
discuss a proposal that the California
legislature be asked to enact a sub
stitute statute - which would 'prohibit
any alien from acquiring land in Cali
fornia. "He refused to sayiwhethor the
reported . withdrawal of Japaneso op
position to the present law had been
mado contingent on enactment of the
substitute. The , understanding hero
has been that the negotiations between
Ambassador Morris and the baron
have not reached the stage of actual
drafting of the proposed treaty nnd
this understanding wns said by Mr.
Kahn to have been horn out by the
Impressions he had received In his dls
cusslons with Mr. Morris. Satlsfan-
tory progress, It Is said, has heeti
made In the negotiations, however,
and .a mass of material in tho shnpe
of reports Is understood to be about
ready for submission to tho Toklo
government and to the state depart
ment. PRESIDENT CELEBRATES
- WASHINGTON, Dec. 28. President
Wilson today celebrated his 04th
birthday receiving numerous messages
of congratulation. Two of the presi
dent's daughters, Miss Margaret Wil
son and Mrs. W. G. McAdoo, were
with him for the occasion. Tonight
Mrs. Wilson and the president's daugh
ters' expected to attend the wedding
ot Miss Marjorre Drown, cousin of
President Wilson's first wife.
Among the mcsages of congratula
tions received by the president was
one from King George of Great llrlt
aln. ,
VIENNA, Austria, Dec. 24. The
railway workers of southern Austria
toduy gave the government 24 hours
In which to promise to take measures
to reduce the cost of living. Other
wise the workers threaten to strike.
PAY $19.86 PER TON
SAiN FRANCISCO, Dec. 28.
The Continental Candy com-
pany of Chicago must pay
$19.8(5 per hundred pounds for
I 1250 tons of Java Bugar which
sells on the market today for
$7.00 per hundred. Judge Hen-
' Jiimiii I- llledsoe of the United
States district court hero deeld-
ed today In declaring valid u
contract signed lust 'May by tho
company. The candy company
sought lust month to rcpuCiate
the contract niado on a rising
market witU?' tho California-
Hawaiian Sugar 'Refining com-
puny here, judge llledsoe In
4 muklng the oral decision, said
! the candy company should till
Its contract "like a sport," even
If It meant bankruptcy. i.More
than $300,000 over tho present
niurket price wus Involved in
tho contract.
FACES ROUND OF
'MONTEVIDEO, Dec. 28. Ualn
bridge Colby, American secretary of
state who arrives here toduy, faces a
varied program of entertainment
which will continue until Friday
night. A ball by the American col
ony, a (lancing party by tho Uruguay
an club and a banquet by the munici
pality ure features of tho entertain
ment program. Elaborate police ar
rangements were made to control the
throngs at the dock.
Immediately after landing a serins
of 'formal calls and Interviews will
begin.
'BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 2 8. Imme
diately utter tho arrival of Secretary
of State Colby in this city Saturday
ho will be received by Sonor Torello,
uctlng minister of foreign affairs,
who will accompany him to tho of
fice of IPresident Irigoyen.
A popular welcome Is being arrang
ed 'by various organizations and a
number of vessels have been char
tered to meet tho secretary's ship at
tho entrance to the harbor.
" SALEM, Ore., Dec. 28. Tho slate
military department will finish the
blonuiiim with a surplus: Instead ot
Willi a deficit which was threatened
lust spring, according to the biennial
report of George A. White, adjutant
general of tho stale which has been
submitted to the governor.
The adjutant general says $!i,000
will he turned back to tho state, but
ho part of this amount will come from
the national guard funds, which were
sufficient only to bring the guard
throiiKh the bleiinliim.
THE ROSEBURG BRIDGE
ROSEI1URG, Ore., Doc. 28. Open
ing ot the concrete Bridge across Can
yon creek removed the lust barrier on
the Pacific Highway, according to
Engineer Herbert Niinn. When the
bridge was opened for traffic Christ
mas day the structure was christened
with a bottle of root beer.
OF
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TOPEKA, Kas., Dec. 28. The
question of the "open shop" Is be
fore the Kansas court of Industrial
relations. It was announced today.
Application of the Fort Scott Sor
ghum Kyrup company of Fort Hcott
for abrogation of its contract with
the local union of the International
Hrolherhnod of Firemen and Oilers
Is the first case brought by employers
under tho Industrial court act.
Thu Industrial court act a,ieclfl-
(HIM
EIS
ED
BY ITALY
Premier Giolitti Declares That
Regulars Have Entered City
cTAnnunzio Now Report
ed Wounded, Not Dead-
Struck in Head by Shell
Splinter Mayor of Fiume
Asks for Peace Parley,
LONDON', Deo. 28 Thore is rcuaon
to t)t)Iivu Flume in occupied by regu
lar troopH, Premier Cliolittl of Italy!
declared nt u press conference at
Home lust night, says a Centrul Xew
illrtpneth from thut city. '
TU1ST, Dec. 28. (By the Asso
ciated ' IM'csh) News confirming r
portH that (Jabrlele. d'Annunzio, the
Italian insurgent leader ut Kfume,
hud been wounded in the recent,
fighting between his legioiinuirea and'
Ceneral Caviglia's regular troops wu!
received hore today. So detuUn were
given, however. 1
Later advices said that d'Annunzio
was struck in the head by a picee of
shell while conversing in the palace,,
hut that tho wound was slight.- , t
PARTS, Dec. 38. Newspaper' re-;
ports received hro declare . that .tbe
wound suffered by Captain. Uubrfele. .
d'Annunzio ut Flume, was caused, by'
a fragment of sholl which fell on tho
palace In which d'Annuirio' has Mils',
headquarters. ' ' .".v.".
HOME, Dec, 28. The - mayor ,nf
Fiume has usked General. CuvtgUa, .
commander of the regular, fpr'uen,, '
for a suspension of hostilities, sayfe
a Flume dispatch today,, General
Cavlglla stipulated two condltionn,
one of which already haH .befeu acV,
cepted. It la expected that' In .an in
terview arrungud for today between .
tho .mayor and General Ferraeio
commander of the blockading foiCBrt '.
tho terms of capitulation, wli be
agreed upon.. '. ''' ' '; ' '
ANCONA,1 Italy; Dec. 27,-ItnHft.V,
troops attempting to dislodgti le
gionnalres at Zaru were hindered -Hi -their
work by women of that city,
according to soldiers who havfe ar
rived here. Ab the troops advanced
toward tho barracks where the .!(
Kioiinaires were stationed. ...many
women formed In line in .front, of
them, screaming "kill us first ant)
then you can exterminate the vol'!:
teers." i ' i.
A few hours later the leglolinalrs
surrendered and were brought, here
as prisoners. ... .
SNOWFALL REVEALS A
"N.Y.
LIiV YORK, Dec. 27. fJeW York,
which today was removing from Its
streets the tlrst snowfall of the. year,
discovered a shortage ot . laborei,
notwithstanding reports ot unemploy
ment in the city. A call for 8OO6
snow shovelers wlth$5.20,. fdr n
eight hour day, at noon had brought
comparatively little response. . .
HAVANA, Cuba, Dec. 28.-!flolBl
protest against flie exhibition ot a
moving picture film portraying the
execution ot Edith Caveii who was
put to death by the Germans In Brus
sels October 15, 1915, was made here
yesterday by Dr. Franz Karl Zlttor
munn, German minister to Cuba.' As
a result of his protest to the state de
partment the film was withdrawn.
INDUSTRIAL COURT
cally recognizes the right of Jafeor
unions to bargain collectively, , but
also recognizes "the right o( very'
person to make his own choice of
employment and to make and carry
out fair. Just and reasonable contracts
of employment." . k.s J '
The Fort ftcott company stated that
It desired to operate only one Of Its
five hoilets and to man It with the
chief engineer and his assistant, but
thnt the union insisted the company
must retain Us regular firemen.
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