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Newspaper Page TextI IIedforb Mail Tribune i p i The Weather Maximum yesterday 46 Minimum today 28 precipitation 04 n.llv Fifteenth' Tear. Weehly J-"tt'h MEDFORl), 'OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1921 XO. 245 LAROCHE 10 DEFEND J. I. ETHERIOGE Portland's City Attorney Re- signs to Act as Counsel for : Bond House President Ac tion on Injunction Against City ' of 1,: Edmonton Post" poned Until Monday by Fed era. Judge Wolverton. PORTLAND,. Ore., Jan. G. City At Inrncy W. P. Lnroche today resigned and aiinoiinced lie would beconio attor ney for John L". Etheridce, who is under arrest' on larceny charges in connection .with the closing of the bond house of Morris brothers. Inc. rrank S.' Grant was nominated ' by Mayor George 1 Baker to succeed La . rocbe, subject to vote of the coimcll tomorrow. Federal Judge C. K. Wol verton today, issued an order to Re ceiver W. D, Whitcomb authorizing expenditures . in handling the com pany's . business and auditing the books. No provision was made in the order for maintaining branch houses. All claims will be settled in Portland, it was announced. Federal Judge C. 'E. Wolverton to day., postponed until Monday further action in the case In which the bond house receiver asked an injunction for bidding the city of Edmonton from tak ing 11,700,000 bonds out of jurisdiction of the court.: Attorney, Bert S. Henry for the receiver, asked permission to file an amended complaint" cltmg ad ditional reasons for' holding the bon'ds here. . . .'... Big Profit Possible The ruling on this matter will be of much interest to the creditors of the bankrupt institution, since, it the re ceiver can be given authority to cany out ,the sale of these bonds, or the ma jor part of them, It will mean a large profit to MorriB Brothers. Attorneys for the received estimate that the profit on the sale of the Ed monton bonds amounts in total, to $148,600, which, should the sales be completed by the receiver or the trus tee in bankruptcy, would pass into the assets of the'eompnhy. . The story that Etherldge had offered to turn state's evidence and bare facts .that would show Fred S. Morris to have been the real cause of the diffi culties into which the Morris Brothers bond house has fallen, is repudiated by District Attorney Evans, who says that all Etherldge ever'sald to him was that he "wanted to get out of jail as Boon. as possible and help the receiv er." New Dovtrapment As soon as the arguments-concerning ' the Barnhouse matter are completed the examination of Fred S. Morris will be resumed by the attorneys for the receiver before Master in Chancery Robert Magulre. ' '-' " '. It Is probable that this examination will be the most- interesting develop ment of the day, as the attorneys for the receiver have been clicking the records diligently since the adjourn ment of the other day and may have some pertinent questions to ask of the witness. ; ; ' " : It: is probable that Etherldge and Mrs.- Etherldge will both be called to the stand following the. completion of Morris' testimony. j Blind Chaplain Honored WASHINGTON. Jan. 6 The Rev. . Henry N. Couden, the blind chaplain of the house of representatives, was retired today after' more than twenty years continuous service. The house unanimously' voted him an allowance of $125 a month for lifer and made him "chaplain emeritus"' of the house of representatives. "' " ' ' Mayor Baker Goes After Landlord . . Who Evicts Woman and Three Babies . PORTLAND, Jan. G. Mayor George L. Baker went on the war path yester day when hp was Informed that a wom an with three small clflldren had been evicted by deputy sheriffs from an apartment The woman applied to the court of domestic relations for aid. Mayor Baker, accompanied by Chief of Police L. V. Jenkins went to the apartment to Inquire as to the reason for the eviction. "I understand." Mayor Baker told the' apartment house manager, "that legally yon possess authority to throw a" Tenant Into the street after the mat ter lias been through the courts, but Penrose Changes His Mind, Will Support Emergency Tariff WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. Sena- tor Penrose, chairman of the sen- ate finance committee, annouueed today he would sunitort the house emergency tariff bill although he noped for certain modifications of the rates. . The senator's announcement was made at the conclusion of the first open hearings on the mea- sure by his committee. Ho said he desired to correct "a misunder- standing which seemed to have gotten abroad concerning the slutits of the so-called emergency tariff." He denied that there was any difference of opinion among republicans upon this measure. F is GIVEN IN U S. PAROLE After Exclusion as' Stowaway Secy. Wilson Grants Reprieve Pending Final Decision Question Promises to Be a Delicate One. NEWPORT NEWS. Va., Jan. .C Daniel .O'tiallaghaiit lord mayor of Cork, was paroled shortly after three clock this afternoon by immigration authorities on order from Secretary of Eauo? wTfson and will leave this even - lng for Norfolk, Va., where he will be; the guest of the Friends of Irish Free dom. ' WASHINGTON, .Jan. 6. Secretary Wilson of the labor department an nounced today that he had grunted parole to Lord Mayor O'Callaghan of Cork, detained at Newport News by immigration authorities on his own recognizance pending decision as to his admission Into the country. ' Frederick C. Howe, chairman of the commission of the committee of one hundred investigating .conditions in Ireland, sent today to the lord mayor at Newport News the following tele-: -,.' - "Owing to fact that Brltisn govern. ment agreed to place no obstacle in way of witnesses Invlte'd by the com mission on Ireland I did not connect report of your landing as stowaway with the invitation extended you more than two months ago by the commis sion. Regret this exceedingly. ) The next meeting of the commission in Washington January 17. . You and Mr. MacSwlney are invited to appear and testify." Mr. Howe also announced he had taken up the lord mayor's case with the Immigration authorities here. WASHINGTON'. Jan. 6. Exclusion of Daniel J. O'Callaghan, lord mayor of Cork, was ordered yesterday at Nor folk by a board of special inquiry. O'Callaghan appealed from the ruling and the case eventually will be re ferred to the state department for de cision as to whether it will waive the special passport regulation. , Meantime O'Callaghan himself has made an appeal direct to the state de partment in the hope that the absence of a passport might not debar him from the United States. Secretary Wilson's decision in O'Cal laghan's case, it was Indicated toduy by department of labor officials, will rest upon that of the department of state, on account of the diplomatic character of the questions involved iif O'Callaghan's entry into the country. Under Secretary Davis said the sate department was considering the appeal fContiniiPd nn Pagn Eight I want to say here and now that to way of thinking no white man would let a matter of dollars and cents Influ ence him to any such action. I do not know what kind of lodgers these peo pie were and I do not care. I do not know whether or not they paid their rent promptly and I do not care about (hat. What I do care about Is tho fact j that a woman, with three children, not one of whom Is more tnan live years old. has been thrown onto the streets of the city penniless and In the middle of winter. As I say, I cannot do any thing but I wish I could. It may be t law but It Is not Justice." LORD MAYOR 0 FEAR U S. Mi J LOST OFF I "Pulitzer" Not Been Heard From Snce Dec. 15 Seven Men on Board Every Gov ernment Vessel on Coast Is Ordered to Join Search. - SEATTLE, Jan. G. The United States coast guard cutter Snohomish will leave Port Angeles this afternoon or tomorrow to search for the United States mull bout Joseph Pulitzer re ported lost ln 'Sholikot strait, Alaska, since December 15, it was announced at the Seattle office of the coast guard service today. . . . f ,W9SHlNGTON, Jan. 0. The United States mail boat Pulitzer with at least seven men on board, has been missing since December 15 and may have been lost in the Straits of Shollkolf, Alaska, Secretary Payne was advised today by Governor Rlggs of Alaska. Both the navy department and the coast guard service have been asked by Secretary Payne to send out search ing vessels. SEATTLE, Jan. G. Belief thai the United States mall boat Joseph Pulitz er, reported missing In Shellkof strait, Alaska, 3lnce December 15, may have run into some sheltered cove to ride out storms that have,swept the Alaska west coast since late In November, was expressed today at the .offices of W. C. Dawson and company, agents for tho vessel when she sailed from Seat tle March 18 to take up the western Alaska mall run. The Pulitzer,- formerly a pilot boat at the mouth of the Columbia river, is a gas schooner pf.69 gross tons aud is 'owned by Dr. Andrew C. Smith of Portland Ore. Sbe was built in 1894 at Essex, Mass. In March she replaqed (he steamer Dora, of the Alaska Steam ship company, on the western Alaska mail run, operating between Seward and Dutch Harbor. Word that tho Pulitzer was missing 'was broadcasted to all vessels equip ped with wireless operating In the north Pacific this morning by the Puget Sound naval radio station at Bremerton, Wash. No navy vessels have as yet beenordered to take up the search, it was stated at the Brem erton yard. The Pulitzer carries no radio equlp- ment. The governor said the straits const! tuted one of the roughest stretches of water along the Alaskan coast, but that there was a possibility that the crew had lauded at some Indian village and had not been able to communicate with the outside. - The Pulitzer may have had some few passengers on board, the governor's message said. . The vessel piles regu larly between Seward and Unalaska. a distance of 200 miles and was last re ported seen at Uyak on Kodlak Island, just entering the straits of Shellkof December 15., She-was due at Unga December 18. . ' Small boats attempting to navigate the rough waters of the straits - on their way to Uyak rejiorted they had seen no trace of her. The vessel was provisioned lor about a week's cruise, it was said. - DE VACERAISSUES DEFIANT NOTE-TO T. DUBLIN, Jan. 6. Entnonn DcVn lern, "president of the Irish republic." denies that the lrlHh Sinn P'eln (h making peace overtures to England, says the Freeman's Journal In an ex clusive' forecast -of DeValern's fortu comlne1 manifesto. Speaking In be half of tho movement, DeVnlern Is quoted as saying he Xvould not turn a deafear to proposals of the Hngliah government,' If they are based upun recognition of Ireland as an Indepen dent nation, " . When representatives of the JvVg llsh nation are prepared to meet rep resentatives of the Irish nation cm an equal footing eace talk will be pos sible, the forecast of tho manifesto continues. DeVnlern explains, adds the news paper, thht his return from America was necessary so that he might re sume responsibility tor the direction of the Kljin Fein, In view of the' nr rest of Arthur Griffith, the founder of the organization, and of Professor MarNelll. In the manifesto DeValcra Is quot ed as denying that he Ik under guar. antl.Pg 0 ,tPctlon from the English government and It Is stated that the crown forces are neurrhlng for hitn and are anxious to place him under arrest. , ALASKA AS Big Bank in London Closes Doors; Loans On Produce Cause LONDON, Jan. C The British American Continental bank sus pended payment today. In finan cial circles the suspension Is at tributed to the guneral financial situation. It is believed the bank advanced money on produce, chiefly Canadian nnd was unable to realize during the present trade stagnation. The bank was formerly Hnnne vlu's bank, limited. It moved into larger premises lust September with a view to meeting Its in creasing business with the conti nent and the United States. The bank has an authorized capital of 2.500.000 pounds sterling. The failure h not uffected the situation here. t All inquiries mot with assi t" the bank were ances that pay- nlent would bo made In full. I HAVANA, Jan. G Tile United States cruiser Minnesota having on board General Enoch Crowder, delegated by President Wilson to confer with Presi dent Menocal on subjects affecting the Interests of tho United States nnd Cuba, entered the harbor this morning. The vessel exchanged salutes with Moro Castle. , - Boaz W.' Long, United States minis ter to Cuba, with the first secretary and military attaches of the legation went aboard the Minnesota. Minister Long, on , his return to shore stated that General Crowder would remain on the Minnesota awaiting notification from the Cnban secretary of state re garding the hour of his visit to the president at the palace. This may be delayed until tomorrow because of the ceremony attending the presentation of credentials by the new Venezuelan minister to Cuba at noon today. , NEXT MEETING OF PARIS, Jan'. 0. Sir Eric Drum- mond, secretary general of the League of Nutions, has called a conference i on communications .and transit at Barcelona, Spain, In. February. It Is presumed tho United States will rocelvo an invitation tp be officially represented-. Actual conditions regarding trans portation will bo examined and the meeting will attempt to find some means of Improving- the situation which prevails at present. In addition nn international convention govern ing the freedom of transit on navi gable rivers nnd railroads will be prepared nnd the projected statute governing ports will he flamed, It Is said. T I TACOMA, Jan. G. E J. Felt of Ta coma, who died In London today, had been in Europe introducing a patent title manufactured by a company here of which he was 'president. He con structed a traction lino here In 1905, and was a prominent promoter. For three years before the worl'd "war he was tho representative of a New York bank, in Paris and he founded the Ro tary club of tne French capital.. Be fore entering the financial field he was a minister of religion. He left here for Einopo In December 1919. ; ARCADIA, Fla., Jan. 6. Lieuten ant Raymond Hrandl of Grand Rap ids, Mich., and Cadet A. C. Pool, of Richmond Center, Wis., were In stantly killed at Carlstrom aviation f e d here this morning when an air plane hi which they1 were doing "stunt" flying clashed to the ground and burned. , OREGON .BILLED TO GET EXTRA CONGRESSMAN House Census Committee Re ports Out Siegel Bill Favor ably Would' Give Oregon ' Four Representatives California Big Gainer. i ' WASHINGTON. Jan. 0 The bouse census committee agreed today In re port to congress the Siegel bill fixing the membership of the house at 48:1, an increase of -IS over the present membership. It also .recommended n constitutional amendment limiting the membership of future houses to 300. . The basis for representation was fixed at one member for every 218. !)?! Inhabitants. Under tills bill the states would gain as follows:. Alabama, 1; Arkansas, 1: California fi: Connecticut, 1: Georgia, 1:, New Jersey. 2; New Mexico, 1; New York 4; North Carolina, 2: Ohio, 4; Okla homa, 1: Oregon, 1: Pennsylvania. 4: Souths Carolina, 1: Tennessee 1; Tex as, 1; Virginia, 1; Washington, 1; West Virginia, I and Wisconsin 1. No state would lose any represen tation. Under the - committee's bill the slates would have representation as follows: ' 4 Alnbama. 11; Arizona. 1: Arkansas S; California, 10; Colorado, 4: Con neoticut. 11 ; Delaware, 1; Florida, 4; Georgia, 1.1; Idaho, 2; Illinois, 30: Indiana, 30: Indiana, 13; Iowa, 11: Kansas, 8: Kentucky, 11; Louisiana, 8: Maine, 4; Maryland, 7; Massachu setts, IS: Michigan, 17; Minnesota, 11; Mississippi, 8: Missouri. 10: Mnn. tnnu, 2: Nebraska, 0: Nevada, 1; Nuw iiunipsinre, 2: New Jerney, 14; New Mexico, 2; New York. 47; North Caro lina, 12; North Dakota, 3; Ohio, 2(J; Oklahoma. II; Oregon. 4: Peniisi)!. vania, 40; Rhode Island, .1; South Carolina, 8: South Dakota,' 3 '"Tenn essee, 11: Texas, 21; Utah,' 2t Ver mont, z; Virginia, 11; Washington, 6; AVost Virginia, 7; Wisconsin 12; Wyo ming 1. - The bill provides thatln enso of any increnso in the number of repre sentatives in any state such 'additional 'representatives shall be elected at large until the state leglslaturm pass redisricting laws. IS CUT DOWN BY MANY MILLIONS WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. The legts. latlve, executive and Judicial appropri ation bill, the big salary measure, re ported out today by the house appro priations committee, carried a total of U12,728,438, or $23,724,100 .less' than departments asked for and $5,728,771 below the amount appropriated for the current year. Aa an indication of the', war time Increase, the bill's total In 191G was $36,910,799. An approprla-l uon ot i,uuu,ouo was recommended for the bureau ot internal revenue to be used largely In enforcement of pro hibition. .... The largest cuts In appropriations for departments, as compared with those of lust year were: Treasury department $G,90G,G11; de partment of commerce $3,807250 ; war department $2,927,870, and navy de partment $382,770. ... ' . , The sub-commlttoe estimated that an additional $14,000,060 would be sav ed If congress followed the rccommom dntlon of the sub-committee that $240 annual bonus granted federal employes not apply In the case of employes whose pay is adjustable in accord with commercial rates. Virtually all of the amount cut from the department of commerce was due to a reduction of $3,785,000 In the al lowance for the census bureau. No decrease In the number of em ployes in the t-ireuu of war risk Insur anco Is required but the bureau's ap propriation was reduced from $10,321. 400 to $7,1-15,400. F! PARIS, Jan. G. Elections of senn torn which will be held next Sunday,' may have a direct pffoct tion the per sonnel of the cabinet. Three members of the mlnlBtry are candidates.; Goorgfcs I.eygueB, president of the ministerial council is credited with the Intention ot diminishing the number ot porttolios !n the government, dis missing some nnder socretnrles nnd do. lng away with a number or govern mental aud administrative bureaus. J Jap Family Met at Station by Texans; Told to Move On IIARLIN'GEN, Texas. Jan. 6. Two families of Japanese who ar- rived here last night from the west to Bettle on farming lands were met at the railroad station aud informed by a committee of citizens that their presence was undesirable. They were told that they could remain overnight but were "expected to leave" Thurs- day. No threats were made against them. The party consisted of two men two wo'nien and four children. .This la the second demonstrn- tlon against Japanese here dur- lng the week. Another Japanese family stopped here early in the week,and was told to "move on." L SLEUTHS YIELD Asst. ' Commissioner Internal Revenue Declares Dept. Is Up Against Tough Proposi tion Lack Money and Can't Depend Upon Officers WASHINGTON, Jan. G. Revenue officers under the Volstead act "are up agulpst the .toughest propositionany men ever were up against," according lol'aui F. sMycrs,. asMtatttSQjwmiii sionor of Internal, revenue, whose tes timony before the house appropria tions committee wua made public to day. . . Myers declared they were dealing with the worst element of crooks In the country. , Commissioner Williams explained that the department was having diffi culty In finding the right type of men to go after violators at the rate of pay offorod and that they were open to all Borts of temptation, particularly as bribes. , , , "Some of them have fallen and that was to be expected," he said. "Whon a man feels the pinch of hunger, he Is apt to go wrong.". CHICAGO, Jan. , 6. Announcement that three government experts on brewery investigations are expected hero today from the east to facilitate Uie closing of Chicago breweries sus pected of making real Instead ot near beer, followed closely the refusal ot 'Ralph P. Stone, state prohibition di rector to renew the federal permits' of 213 wholesale liquor dealers in Illinois. ' "Physicians and druggists have sim ply been substituted for saloonkeepers In supplying the thirsty with whisky," Mr. Stone declared. ' Mr. Stone said numerous physicians In Indiana, where whisky cannot be prescribed for ' medicinal use, had opened branch offices In Illinois in order to obtain prescription books but lie addeil that he hud revoked their permits In many instances. RUN ISSTARTED ON LEXINGTON.. KY, BANK LEXINGTON, Ky., Jan. 6 Alarmed by rumors that the Bank of Commerce of Lexington, an Institution with a cap ital slock or $300,000 was overloaded with tobacco notes and paper, deposi tors started a run on that institution I this morning. A crowd of several hun dred persons was In front or tho bank at noon and tellers were paying out money as fast as they could count It. F ERA PR I 10 TEMPTATION Jack Dempsey Will Box Six Rounds ,: . ;, ; a , In Portland Arena January 26 ' PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. 8 Jack Deuipfiej', world heavyweight cham pion will box six, rounds at Mllwaukie near here, January 2(1, with an op ponent yet to be selected, according to announcement today by Frank Kendall of tho Mllwauklo boxing com mission, who said he hnd received word from Jack Kearns, manager for the hout. ' Mllwaukie, a suburb of Portland, hns an arena where boxing matches are held regularly. ' TtnriTf.A vii a.... r t Oiu-niiin, Portland lightweight was nwnrded a ten-round' decision over Al Orunan of Los Angeles In the main event ,uf tho Portland boxing coiumls- win PARK SHE 10 fill FIGHT Stephen Mather Agrees to Confining Water Power Pro hibition to Present Bounda ries Over Objection of Secy. Baker of Federal Power Commission H. J. Pierce Says Coast Would Fight. , , WASHINGTON, Jan. 0. Repre sentative Esch's proposed amend ment to the water power law, pro hibiting uso of waters within na tional parks for hydro-electrlo de velopment, was before the house In terstate commerce commhslon to duy. Director Mather of the na tional park service said the Interior department .was agreeable to having the prohibition apply to present boundaries ot the parks and not to mens contiguous to them which 'a; lor might be taken in as additions. ' Secretary Payne Indorsed the pro posal to bar development:' in tho parks, which he said, might mar their sconlc beauty. Secretary Baker, a member' of tho fedoral power commission . said ha did not favor changing the amend-, ment to make It apply only to pres-i ent boundaries of parks but ' Secre tary 'Meredith, t,he other member of the commission, said he did. ' " . Some .members of the committee expressed .the boiler that the Esch ! atuwlomeiit wonjd not prdclude de velopment In the contiguous arena, but Henry. J. Pierce, president of the Washington Irrigation and Develop ment company, who appeared repre flfntlne- thn nnwnp. pnmnnnlnrf whtpb . supply two-thirds Of the population ol the Pacific slope, thought. It might. - . ' " Const Expert Testifies. ' -' Representative Winslow, republi can. Massachusetts, savlnrf lift wtah- j cd to learn the opinion of those "not Interested In water power develop ment," asked Mr, Pierce If he 'had any testimony on the subject from people at large on the Pacific slope to support his view.' Mr. Pierce replied he could, if desiwsA. rurnhjH abund ant proof that the public preferred tlia restriction 1 as accepted: by ' the purk service.. .- "We people of the Pacific coast states," Mr. Pierce told the commit tee, love and reverence the wondera within our national parks,1 perhaps even more than those in other parts of the country. 'We would lake up arms If necessary to prevent their desecration and are in sympathy with the splendid work ot Director Mather of the park service. In protecting these treasures from destruction. , . "Cut we ask not to be denied, the right to use water whioh. .may be-r come necessary to the existence, of any additional population pn-the Pa cific slope.- , We believe, the, water. : resources within the . proposed en largement of the park,, boundaries muy be used for the needs of man kind without damaging the: beauty, ot tho surroundings." , ,; ,. Prevent Development , . In, California flor instance, Mr. Pierce told the committee tlw amendment as proposed to ihcludo additions to the Sequoit national park would prevent development ot Waters "absolutely necessary to the future growth of central and western Cali fornia." . The power companies also endors ed another pending measure. It Is to supply the federal pow.er commis sion with an appropriation to permit II to proceed with Investigations of pending applications . to develop as high as 12,000,000 horsepower In- (Continued on Page Right)- slon's smoker here tonight. " Crunan outhoxed the local boy throughout the ten rounds, hut (lormun's punches, ' which were delivered with more pow er thnn Clrunan's, earned - him a slight shade. ' . ,. - . In the scheduled ten-round seinl windup. Jimmy Darcy, Portland, , knocked out Joe Huff, llend, in the first, round. Tho fighters were mld dlewelghts. George Kagles. Pnrtlnnd lightweight, lost a close six-round de cision to Willie St. Clair, Sacramento. Johnny Boseovitch of . Portland stopped Jack Gordon In the third round of a scheduled six-round bout (The boys were locnl welterweights.. Hilly ltyap. Portland, and Young Joe " 'Miller. Oakland, featherweights, drew .In the four-rouna curtain raiser,. ill! fell fa ii tit it! F jjri: sr. ..-' lei ie. li ju r e fil i, P Us ui hi if "(1: i a' 01 ei ol 'I 'P I 51 s f.! ;o it 11, lc p le --. r-rrv.