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PXOE SIX MTDFOTH) MATL TRIBUNE. fEDFORB, , OREfiON. s:VTURB'AY. BECTrBER 17. 1921 JUSTICE WHITE AVASIIINCTON'. Hoc. 17. Tho liar of tho Rupromo court of the i'liili'il Stutos met in the court room today to pay a tribute of respect to tho memory of tile !ale Chief JuHtku Ed ward 1). White. The meeting was presided over liy John AV. Davis, former ambassador to KiiRland and former solicitor nni eral, who, in referring to the !1 years of service of the late chief justice upon the mipremo court bench, de clared that durliiK that period "there came a development and expansion of the powers of the federal Kovernmcnt and a rcBultbiB increase in the labors: of the court unsurpassed during any; equal period in the history of the republic." A committee headed by former Senator George Sutherland o! I'lah and numbering among its members many of the most noted lawyers of tho country, submitted resolutions extolling tho late chief Justico'a ser vice to his stale and to his nation, de claring his work had constructed for him "a monument, an enduring ua tho court itself." ' A. motion to set n.-dde the verdict rendered by the Jury in tho case of P. 1.. TouWIle vs. tin.' Farm Hureau was made this morning by defense attorney Clus Newberry for tho Farm liureau. tleorge Huberts is attorney for tho plaintiff. The suit involved an alleged breach of contract and in the last raso the Jury compromised the rase awarding Toll Voile. r.O per cent of the amount for which he sued. The contention ot tho defense is that the Jury did not decide the case on It's merits and that the Jury had no right to make any other award than all or nothing, ac cording to the validity of tho eon tract. , Judge Calkins lias tahen tho mo tion under adiseineiit. LINER BUFFETED BY J 20-1. HOUR GAL CllUliltOCUti, Fiance. Dee. 17. (llv the Associated , I'res.s) The 'White Star line steamer Olympic, re ported by wireless as having been badly buffeted in u sterol on hoi passage from Now York, arrived hero 24 hours late. The wind blew at the rato ot 120 miles an hour during the storm she reported. One first elass passenger wa killed during the storm an Italian named Scraphlmi, while another In thu s.'ifho cabin, a native .of Czecho-Slovakla mimed Saldinuolx wim badly Injured. They wore thrown against a cabin by one of the wuves. To Stop Coughing at Night When anyono is Buffering from a bronchial affliction or h as 11 emich that lingers on and grnwH worso at night, tho loss of sleep tends to weak in tho mifferer aud grows moro ser ious Mm longor it Is neglected. Mrs. M. Huter, CI7 I.onghroolt Ave., Strut fonlt) Conn., writes: "Foley's Honey and Tar has given me groat reliel from a severo attack of bronchitis." No nmdirluo Ktands higher thronelioot Mm nation as a family remedy for . Collin, coughu and croup. Sold every where. Adv Last can - Tonight Harry Carey hi his latest ami liivntot picture "THEFOX" Tomorrow! S.MII.IV Tom Moore in his original new nun- . riioM tiik ;i;ot i riv by Kupcrl Ihihts RIALTO PITCHED BATTLE RAGES IN BELFAST, FEAR NEW CLASH HKl.FAST, IM-c. 17. ( My Associated J'ress.) Fierce firing broke out in the Nowtownwards road section and east llelfast today. The firing was bo in tense that tralncar service was sus pended. Lewis guns were used against the rioter3 by the crown forces. An employe of the tram service was shot dead and at least six persons are known to have, been wounded. In tho llallyniucarrotUdistriet two persons were shot, William Proudfit, iij years old, being wounded in the ab domen and his son in the leg. Another young man was attacked by a crowd and badly beaten. A victim in another part of the city was John Devanney, CO, who was shot in tho chest and severely wounded. Tomorrow is the anniversary of the closing of the gates of Deny (Ixmdon derry) in 1GSS, when was begun the famous siege of the forces of James II., which is commemorated In 1,'lster by tho burning In effigy of tho "traitor governor." This celebration, it is feared, will accentuate the heated feeling. lVliind. by federal agents investigat ing tho Wall street bomb explosion, was current today. William J. llurns, head of the federal investigation bur eau was to arrive here this afternoon. Police headquarters professed to be without advices regarding tile arrest. Local investigators, while express ing intense interest in dispatches ! from abroad, pointed out In connection (with the statement that the third In ternationale had financed the plot with Uao.uOO, that anarchists usually were ; moved by fanaticism rather than by : the desire for gold. I It also wnn pointed out that J. P. j .Morgan, for whom the bomb was al leged to have been intended was shoot ir.g in Scotland at the time, so that it : would have been irnijojiyililo for a woman spy to Lave watched him daily. the Wall street cxpioM";i he could re-1 ceive a large share of .he rewards of fered for the arrest of the plotters without risk to himself. Polish operatives sli:i'!ov.-od Lind"!: eld and the Poles claim that while iLindenfcld was preteuiling to play into Cosgrove's hands, he was at the same jti:ne double-crossing the Americans. : Clues developed while trailing Linden jfeld led the police agmts to arrest a I number of communists who are alleg. ;ed to be sides working against the in terests of Poland. Several women are 'involved in this alleg d plot. Sport Flashes POKTLAN'L), Ore., Dec. 17. Danny Edwards, Oakland, Cal., negro feath orwelght, received a decision over llabe Herman of Sacrnmonto, nt the cud of ten rounds of milling hero last night. Peto .Mitchlo won a six round decision over Muff Ilronson in tho six round semi-final. They are light weight. Tommy McCarthy, Portland middleweight and Jack Davis of Seat tlo fought a six round draw, and I'rankio Kltchie, Spokano lightweight, won a four round call over Jack Itoso of Denver. ST. l'All., Minn., Dee. 17. Nego tlaltoliM are under way to match Mike (libbons, who won tho news paper derision last night lover Mike ODovril. former middleweight chai.-.-I .Itili. with Hryan Jowney,' of Colum bus. Ohio, (ilbbons and O'Dowd each will receive slightly over If.tlOO of the 5L'.'i,7i:l receipts last night.' MOW Yliltlv, Dec. 17. Harry (lie!, of Pittsburg, will moot Johnny Wil son, or Host on. for the middleweight title in February, Tex itlekard n noiinoed ti.dny.' It also was annonnr cd that the bout between Pete Her man, New' Orleans ' bantamweight, and Midget Smith of Now York Weill I bo hold next Thursday night iiiHtvuU of Friday. ' ' r , C'AMIiKIDCirc, Mass., Dee. 17. Vniversity of Nebraska wants to play Harvard's football team next fall. An iimuiry from tho westerners was re ceived by Harvard athletic authori ties today, if Harvard has a place on' its Bchetliile to offer, It was Indi cated, Nebraska will bcln negotia tions. Fnlvcraity of California as yet ha:i made no final answer to the Crimson's invitation for a ganio hero on Octo ber -X next. Highway Head Jtpilgns. SPOIvANi:, Doe. 1 7. Frank W. (lullbert, Klnce It'll: exe.-nllve hc-ic-lary of the national parka highway ,-i.orlatinii, today atinnunood hts resignation from that pn.dli ri. Ho will devote his entire time to '.M'Oino- tloti of local autnninHIc and gecd rads associations of rli:rll lie is official. NAB MAN WHO KNOWS (Coutlnuod from pago ono.) Mr. Itiirus declared, a careful check had borne this ottt. 'I.lndenfeld." said Mr. llurns, "is the only man that we know in the world that knows all about it." For this reus n, Mr. llurns continued I.iudenfeld was sent abroad to get the necessary information for arrest of the participants In the lumh plot and was to have received the ln;ouO reward for these disclosures, lie was de scribed by Mr. llurns as a highly edu cated and intellectual man of pr aouncod radical tendencies, although he did not himself advocate violent measures. He is about 3tl years old and lias a wife and two children now in New York and is a half brother of liosa Luxeuihui g. Ho went by the name of William Undo In this country, Mr. Hums added, had taken out his first citizenship papers and an effort was made to obtain his second papers for hint before ho went abroad. He is a Pule by birth. Mr. llurns continued and was forced to leave Ktissiu in V.'Otj because of his radio:1! connections. Paul Altfiuhii f. wlui with Cosgrof trailed I.iiMlonfold and ohtaittvd in formation from hhn as to the explo sion, was said by the bureau of itivos tiuatioii t-likf to be a llurns agency man. who hat) born sent abroad, first upon information supplied by l.iil llonfold, but had boon unable to make fuit'ilciriit progress himself, so th;it l.hnicnfold had been sent over to trathor the details nceossjry for a rnuoilnp of the suypools. I'pon l.iti ilotit. Id's failure to vopoi t. ho added. Ciwyvow was sont oor to arrest him. t. !,'. 'ore's eabb'd report to tho do-p.il-MiO'ii: h:id not been rorrix od v,hon Mi'. Minns loft Washington at ono o'li'.ik tor Now York. MJU YOItK. Doc. 17 A niort that an arrest would bo made hero this afternoon in connection with the nr lest of Wolfe Lindi'tu'eld in Warsaw, WAHSAW, Dee. 17. (By Associat ed Press.) Plots and counter plots, reading like a chapter from fiction, were involved in tho search for clues in many parts of Euroite by American secret service agenta which resulted in the arrest bore yesterday of WoKe Llndenfeld. alias William Liude, in connection with the Wall street bomb explosion In New York in September I'JL'O. Llndenfeld has fully confessed, the authorities say, naming the ring leaders in tho plot, which ho declared was aimed at J. P. Morgan, the infer nal machlno exploding prematurely. According to Sylvester Cosgrove and Paul Altendorf, who trailed Llndenfeld tho suspect has named five principals In tho plot now in Europe, who re ceived $30,000 from the Moscow Third Internationale through New York com munists. Llndenfeld has declared his willingness to return to New York as soon as possible and turn Btnte's evi dence. Tho Polish authorities say he was exposed in 190fi as a Russian secret agent and fled to America at that time, returning to Europe last spring. Altendorf camo to Europe In February last, while Llndenfeld came over in March. During the summer Altendorf, living in various communis tic centers, obtained a clue which led him to seek Lindenreld's aerptaintance. As a roBidt Cosgrove arrived In War saw two months ago, nosing as having connections with communist groups in America, and wns introduced to Lln denfeld by Altendorf. After establish- ng his acquaintance Cosgrove sug gested to Llndenfeld a scheme where by, by giving information In regard to WASHINGTON, Deo. 17. (By Asso ciated Press. I The reported arrest in Warsaw of Woe Liiuie.'ifold on sus picion of complicity in the Wall street; bomb plot mystery is "the right story" j William J. llurns, director of the bur-i eau of investigation of thejustice de- partment said today. ! .Mr. Hums said hi; was momentarily : expecting a cabled report from War-1 saw. but until its receipt ho would be unable to discuss the details of tho' case. Ho added, how ever, the depart-! ment has known of Lindenfeid for some time and indicated that agents had been working up tn his supjKised 1 connection with the Wall street explo sion with the exectati'm of clearing up the two-year-old mystery. ' MAY SOLVE NAVAL WOES (Continued Iron, l'aga oce) Replying to a question as to wheth er the liritislt Vtfould accept "theo retical recognition," while Krnneo de sired to he given the right to naval construction she had suggested, it was not her purpose actually to build the Bhlps, the lirllish spokesman re turned a decided negative. Ho said that England and the Tinted States ' "wished to deal with the matter on tho basis of actualities" and not on ! a theoretical ratio allowance for any i power based on national pride alone. : II. 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