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Portland Egg Market
5c Drop Wholesale
Action Will Effect Arms and
Economic Decisions Stand
at Cannes Not Upheld
Grave' Event Says Hughes
oiuuiu mdKca ovvuii m
' Chamber Defending Policies.
PORTLAND, Ore. Jon. It
The egg market bar fU do-
UHrollaM today and prices wont
down five rent a dmen whole-
sal. The, Pacific Co-operative
Poultry Producer's association
dumped two carloads of anlnrta
on tbla market owing to lark of
outlet. The wholesale prices for 4
selects went to 30 rent. Tbla 4
4 represents a cut of 20 rent 4
4 uliicrt the first of the year. 4
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WAMIINGTON. Jan. 18. (tly tho
AsaoWated I'rM) Thfl resignation
of ArUililn Brland a premier of
Franc wa received with almost
bomlwhrll effect lit arms conference
rlr.ies, the anion twins considered
likely to have a great effort on do-
rlxlona already reached or about to
be reached.
The lrlrf itlr was rsiirowi-d In
ronfrehro rlrrlra that the overturn
of the Brland ministry would greatly
affect tho grnernl economic ronfer
enco In wlil. lt American participation
had n Invited and alio tho present
ronvorsutlon nt Cunne.
Hecretary Hughes announced offte
tally shortly after noon today tho
fai't of Premier ItrUnd'a resignation
to tho hoiida of aevrral of the arma
went delegations who were In con-
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PRE-WAR FOOD
PRODUCING BASIS!
I
Question of Finance to Con
trol American Imports When
Supply Exhausted in Spring
Austria Worried Over Her
Money Status.
Colonel Testifies Two Soldiers
On Gallows and French Pop
ulation Attended Caused
Him Deep Anguish Women
and Children Present at the
Execution,
EOOO PRICES IN
16 CUES DROP,
NEW YORK HIGH
Bureau of Labor Figures Show
12 to 18 Per Cent Decline in
Retail Costs During Year-
East and South Lead Lists
Increase in New York.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. Retail
food price in sixteen principal eltiea
In the United States decreased 12 to
IS pel" cent In tho twelve month! end
ORDER FORCE
SENTTOTFXAS
"VICE SPOT"
Mexiain the Oil Fields Wide
Open and Gov. Neff Acts-
Crime and Bootleging Hour
Ish Masked Band Tar
Chauffeur.
35 Smart Aleck Kids
Arrested for Patting
Garlic, Church Stove
4
BPOKANE, Jan. 12 Tlhrty-
4 Ire boy and girls, aged 12 to 4
18, were arrested by tho police 4
4 list nlsbt when, ater a eoaatlng 4
4 party they buret Into Pent-
costal church here and broke up 4
4 the nMtlnr The congregation 4
4 left tn a state of panic. One 4
4 window was broken wltb brick 4
4 and garlic and rubber was burn- 4
4 ed on the stove, the police said. 4
4 4
VIEX1A, Teiaa, Jan. 12. Texas
rangers on duty here had a quiet
nla-ht. no arrent havinc been made.
Ing December 15 last, the bureau of telegrams announcing establishment
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 Only two jal)or gtatiaticg announced today. The of martial law here and In the edja-
DEVALERA CALLS
soldiers wore banged at USur-TUle;
figures show that prices prevailing
cent oil fields were . received this
while he was In command there from: . ' , morning and created no stir. Adju-;
M.rrh irt July 1918. Colonel Samuel V.,'Mt nonlh 1n 13 of 1116 cUle rrom,tant General Thomas D. Burton and;
Hum iHilf!i todav before a senate which 1913 statistics wero available .Amlatant Attorney Qeneral Clifford
commltlfe Investigating chargea that i had Increased sine that year from 33 Stone returned today from Auetln,
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'WH1..I IW'"1 '
WAfllllNOTON, Jaun. 12. Europe
In fuat pulling up to pre-war produc
tion In foodeluf fK. according to a
ritlili'd uinmry of itgrtculturnl ron
dlilnnn alrund rrrolvod by the com
tnrroo d'-toirtnutit today from Com-
j tii-n lul Attm-lm Alfred P. Donnls at
Iondort.
A atrlklng rovtvnl of the Jnliih
rork irtdu t iniluntrj'. h rojiortod.
inonm aharponvd comiiotltlon fur
AiniTlmn iirodurta of thla kind In
Itilimh markets.
' Kuroio." h enld, "la getting bark
n wur produc tion ftor than wnr
J rmiKumptlon. luqulromrnta In Italy
I AuHtrlu and Oormnny, nnd In A loeaer
' d.-eroo In Hrlglum, Kranro and Jrore
will broom acute with thp eihaua
(tl(m of homo euppllo In the eprlng.
, Tho iiueHtlon of flnnnro will lurgrly
dotrmlne Iho aoiirco of imported sup-
J "Tho pri'ddtire of tho new Aritontlno
crop I nlxo n di'tormtnlng Influem-o.
Tho demnnd for Amorlran grwln, e
porlnlly In contrwl Kuropo, will tend
to tilarken iinoi etritordlnrtry croillt
furllltlo are afforded Importing coun
trie by the I'utted Ntutes.
Argentina will have 4,00(1,000 tnrut
of wheat for export, according to un
official estimates.
soldiers had been put to death In
France without trial by court martial.
Explaining how the orders to exe
cute the men had been carried out.
Colonel Ham said they caused blra
such personal regret that be kept them
from the knowledge of his staff for a
day.
The military nolle were directed
"to throw a cordon around the scaf
fold." he said and the mayor and town
authorities were aked to attend.
Colonel Ham added, however, that
nearly alt the French women and chil
dren tn the neighborhood were pres
ent. "How many American soldiers were
prewntV Colonel Ham was Hiked. ...
"Not over 400 or 600," be replied.
"I had endeavored to place the gallows
so that It would mil be In public view
more than could be helped." -
"How many French were thoreT
"About 4uo.
The men eiecuted were negro con
vlrted of murder and rape and a white
man convicted of rape, Colonel Ham
said.
James It. Howlett of Hempetead, N
Y., who succeeded Colonel Ham in
command at Is Sur Tllle. said there
wore no executions. legal or otherwise,
whllo ho was at the post.
Thn hearing was adjourned until
next Tuesday.
Premier Brland
forenre with him at the time. Ths
newa was received with expressions of
dismay. "It Is a very grave event,
aald the head of one delegation.
Conference officials declared that.
as customary during a cabinet crisis
' .i . i..- ...!...
u in franco, inn r-.iHiitif i'w.m-v vwi
V remain In power for continuing the
administrative work of tho govern
ment nnd In the same way M. Bar
raut would remain In Washington and
would continue to attend the work of
to CD per cent. ( i.wnere mey conierrea wiin oovernor
During the month from November rl" lMUO'
15 to December 15, 1921, twelve of the
cities reported decreases tn food prices!
and two reported lncreaea. Mobile,
Ala., and Savannah.' Ga., had the big
get percentage of decrease. Other
declines included the following: In
dianapolis and Salt Lake City, 17 per
cent; Minneapolis and Washington, 16
per cent; Omaha, 15 per cent; Chicago
and New York. 12 per cent
Decreases during the month ending
December la Included Indianapolis and
Salt Lake City. S per cent; Washing
ton 2 per cent; Omaha 1 per cent;
Milwaukee and New York. 5-10 of one
AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 12. Martial
law at Mexla, Texas, and the surround
ing oil fields was proclaimed today by
Oovernor Pat M. Neff.
Martial law became effective at five
o'clock this morning, under the pro
clamation which specifies Justice pre
cincts No. 4 In Limestone county and
No. S tn Freestone.
Brigadier General Jacob F. Wolters
of Houston will assume command at
SINN FEIN 10
OPPOSE TREATY
Deposd President and Malcon
tents Active New Ministry
to Be Named Saturday
Evacuation Dublin Castle
By British Commences.
NEWBERRY
SEAT TODAY
Willis Introduces Amendment
Condemning Expenditures,
But Giving Him Seat Prop
aganda Letters From School
Children Recovered.
DUBLIN, Jan. 12. (By Associated
Press.) Leaders of the Sinn Fein
Mexla and has power to call on such . faction opposing the peace treaty haTe
Texas National Guard forces as may j been summoned for today by Eatnonn
be necessary to enforce the law. I DeValera, deposed president of tie
T--. . w. I. ln.li i-i . t j .v ,
reported Increase, of less than 6-10 of M"la "U f'e"a Saturday .ituatioa growing out of ratification of
one nor cent. I iu .ncauuoo mui.i
., Vnru !., f. t.e lAd "tn cer8 th inaugurated a "cleanup"! flth. the new president, has started
tho Increaao In ' average -retail food
costs slnco 1913; Omaha 47 per cnt
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. The sen
ate late today In a preliminary tote
defeated an amendment offered by
Senator Norrls, republican, Nebraska,
to unseat Truman II. Newberry as
enator from Michigan by a rote of
46 to 41. The amendment was to
the republican resolution declaring
Mr. Newberry entlt'ed to his seat and
paved the way for a final vote on the
I case.
A vote then was taken on the demo
cratic resolution declaring the seat
vacant, but incorporating the Willis
amendment as to experdlturea.
The democratic resolution to de
clare the seat vacant was defeated.
The vote was it to 41.
The senate next took up and de
feated the Owen resolution declaring
Mr. Newberry not entitled to his seat
because of the large expenditures In
his campaign. The rote was 46 to
41. .
and Salt Lake City 33 per cent.
NOBODY MS ASKED
U. S. NOT AGREED
TO TAKE PART
GENOA CONFAB
VIF.NNA, Jan. It. (Py the Aeoo
rlated I'rem) Austrian officialdom
Is reticent with rcgnrd to the Uenoa
economic .conference, pending the re
ceipt of accurate data aa to the plans.
The principal Inquiry of the Aus-
trlans Is whether the Austrian exports
will be permitted to explain the coun
try's difficulties nnd her own plans
for reconstruction. I
In general, however, thn of flclnl
viewpoint Is that Union the weakest
link In European economics, namely,
Austria, la strengthened on sound
lines, no plan will be otherwise than
temporarily beneficial.
Tho so-called financial syndicate
plan as reported In the newspapers
has aroused the Inquiry whether Aus-
a gold basts
THE KING, AS YET
POFIA, Jan. It, (Py ths Asso
ciated Press) Young King Doris of
Bulgaria eaya ho has no Intention of
marrying an American girl If he visits
America with Premier Mtamboultsky
next spring, as he now hope to do.
"That Is an extremely Interesting
and novel Idea," he said, "but I'm
afraid It Isn't true. Anyway, I'm too
busy wth the reconstruction of the
country and other vital problems to
give any time to matrimonial pro
Jecta,"
the conference, but would not feel en1
I. I... I rr..l u Mflnll d.tM.lnna trla ran DnitlclnatA on
or to pledge the action of France 0n( whlln her currency la worthless out
any quoailon until the new cabinet Is
appointed.
PAftlfl. Jan. 12. (By the Associat
ed Press) President Mlllornnd today
accepted thn resignation of l'romior
lirlsnd and his entire rahlnet and In
dicated ho would not ask anyone to
form a new ministry before tomor
row. . Minister of War Ilnrthou and for
mer President I'olncaro wcro men
tioned prominently In parliamentary
lobbies hh . likely candidates for tho
tank of forming a now cabinet.
side her borders.
CASHIER MISSING
$75410
SHORTAGE
CHOLERA IN MANILA
UNDER HO
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rAItlH, Jan. 12. (By the Assoclnt
ed Press) Premier Brlund submitted
his resignation to President Millerand
nt the Klysco palnco today ufter mak
ing a lengthy statement before the
chamber of deputies, justifying IiIm ut
tlttido nt tho Cannes conference,
. 'M. Hrlnnd's Intention to resign wns
Announced to tho chamber nt the
close of un hour's speech. Tho an
nouncement came ns an entire sur
prise, as ho had actually won tho sym
pathy of tho rhnmber. Ills colleagues
of the cnhlnot were wild with nmaxo
Wont at his sudden determination.
. M, Urlnnd, after making hiB an-
nouncoment, left tho rhnmber at
onceA Ths members of the cabinet
followed ns soon as they recovered
from their surprise,
Oroups of deputies and government
officials speedily gathered In, excited
rtlnotiHslong of the seriousness of the
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 12. Transactions
of A. O, Mclntnccr, mlaslnit cashier of
tho Nluht nnd Day bunk, which was
closed here by the order of state of
ficials following tho discovery of al
leged shortages aggregating $754. 000
w ill bo presented to tho grand Jury by
Circuit Attorney Hldnor.
C. 11. Hohonschlld, president of tho
bank said plans were under way for
jho reorganisation of tho bank which
would Insure the payment of every
depositor of 100 rents on tho dollar.
The deposits totalled about $1,820,-000.
BULLETIN
MANILA, Jan. 12. Thirty-six per
sonB suffering from cholera and 45
portions clRBsod as carriers of the dis
ease are confined In the Isolation hos
pital here. According to health author
ities, only two caaos are serious and
no now casoa are developing.
In the last 48 hours, four cholora
patients and seventeen carriers wore
cured nt the liOHpltal. In the lust two
woeks eight deaths occurred.
BAN
BOOZE PARIS
PORTLAND HOTELS
Continued pn pftgt Sight).
LONDON, Jan. 12. (By Associated
Press.) Gcorgos Carpcntler, heavy
weight champion boxer of Europe, won
his match here tonight against
Ooorgo Cook, the Anstrallnn heavy
weight. He knocked.. Cook out In the
fourth round. " - ' ' '
WASHINGTON. Jan. 12. CalMor -a
vote in the Ford-Newberry e'ection
contest was made in the senate short-" J
campaign against alleged saloons and -the ministry of his provisional govern- cnalr put the fIrst question Thn 1
enrant laUon of the I monUI
law." highway robberies, open g.mt-Jfor a meeting on Saturday for TZZmZSwSZ
ling and selling of liquor was some.purpose of formally passing upon the, ,,m. d., . Jl '
In his proclamation. Mexla is an oil j tpeciflcally provided for In the past
town about 100 miles south of Dallas, j DeValera has stated that he will
Local officers at Mexla. the gover-, ignore the meeting on Saturday and
nor said, are either unable or unwlll-' believes his followers will do likewise.
Ing to maintain and enforce the law,! The supporters of Mr. Griffith believe
and there Is "Imminent danger of in- that this insures unanimous approval
surrectlon, tumult, riot and breach of the treaty by the remaining mem-
Statement By
Gompers Opposes Move if
Lenine and Trotzky Attend
of .the peace.'
No troops had been ordered mobilis
ed early today, it was said here.
The city of Mexla is included in Jus
tice precinct No. 4, Limestone county
which precinct Is one of the two spe
cifically mentioned by Governor Neff
D 1-mlj1-C rinx prucianjaiiuu. i as uremer pari
DrianO Jam)0f the territory known as tho Meila
oil field Is Included in precinct four,
Limestone county, and Justice pre
cinct No. S, Freestone eounty.
BRONSON. Texas. Jan. 12. A
Information Desired SCOpe masked band yesterday flogged and
appuea a coat oi tar and feathers to
Charles Blsson, a chauffeur. .He w
eeleed near Plneland and two passen
gers In his automobile were blindfold-
12 The e wu tb gang carried on Its work.
of Reviving Europe.
WASHINGTON, Jan.
United States has not agreed to par
ticipate In the Geona conference, it
was sold today at the state depart
ment. That statement was based on
Inquiries regarding the attitude of
this government following tho an
nouncement by Premier Brland In the
chamber of deputies at Paris that the
American government had agreed to
participate In the conference. -
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 12. Hotels
of Portland have announced a mor-
,nllty campaign as the result of receiv
ing notice from Dr. J. O. Llnvlllo,
federal prohibition director, that
mnnngomcnta: would bo held directly
responsible for nil liquor pnrtlea held
in hotol rooms. Under tho orders
Issued by leading hotels such
win be banned.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. Decis
ion of the American government with
respect to participation In the Euro
pean economic conference, called to
meet early In March at Genoa, prob
ably will await receipt of the agenda
for the meeting. It was said today In
high official circles.
Officials said that until the scope
of the contemplated conference decis
ions are known, the United States
hardly would be able to determine
the advisability of taking part in the
proceedings.
Coincident with 1 the announce
ment of the government's views,
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, is
sued a statement In which ho stated
"there Is no place in an international
economic conference for Lonlne and
Trotxky."
Mr. Gompers said his objections
were not to the conference Idea but to
the action of the allied supreme
council, which constitutes recogni
tion of the soviet as the de facto
government of Russia."
'Liberty Bonds
NEW YORK, Jan. 12 Liberty bonds
closed: 3's 97.80; first 4's 97.76 bid;
Beoond 4'b 97.68; first 4's 97.90; sec
ond 4U"s 97.94; third 4Vs 98.06;
parties fourth 4 'a 98.06: Victory 3 s 100.24
1 'Victory 4 'J 100,21,
NAME DELEGATES
bers, with the added votes of the four
unionist members foe Dublin univer
sity. It Is rumored that one of the
unionist members of the parliament
may be added to the cabinet, thus giv
ing a coalition complexion to the ad
ministration. The British authorities have begun
their evacuation from Dublin - castle.
and announcement of the release of
the Irish political prisoners 1s expect
ed at any time. The executive of the
Cumann Nambsnn," ' the Sinn ' Fein
women's organltatlon at a' meeting
here last night adopted a resolution
by a vote of 24 to 2, reaffirming Its
allegiance to the republic and refusing
to support the Anglo-Irish agreement.
Countess Georgia Marklevles. .the
president, was in the chair, and dele
gates from the country districts at
tended. The league has 6000 members
in Dublin city alone.
were interrupted by call for a quorum.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 12. Repub
lican leaders of the senate agreed to
day to an amendment by Senator Wll
11h, republican, Ohio, to the resolution
declaring Truman H. Newberry enti
tled to his seat as senator from. Mich
igan. The Willis amendment wou?d
strike out the so-called exoneration
clause and substitute a condemna
tion of large campaign expenditures.
FARM
CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON. Jan. 12. An addi
tional list of delegates to the national
agricultural conference. Including 65
names and increasing the total num
ber of those who have accepted Invita
tions to sit In the conference to 145,
was announced today by Secretary
Wallace.
The list issued today Included the
names of Samuel Gompers, president
of the American Federation of Labor;
Edwin T. Meredith, former secretary
of agriculture; Bernard M.
COMPROM SENEAR
N ADJUSTMENT 0
F
SHANTUNG ROAD
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. (By the
Associated Press) A series of Infor
mal proposals and alternatives look
ing to a compromise of the Tslng Tao
Tslnfu railway dlsDUte hna .been sub-
Baruch, niltted jointly by Arthur J. Balfour
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. Senator
Wt'.lts, republican, Ohio, classed Mi
one of the doubtful senators In ths
Newberry election contest, today of
fered an amendment to the republl-'
can report holding Newberry entitled
to his seat. Setting forth that the
experdlture of such , large sums by
relatives or friends of a candidate
with or without his consent was con
trary to public po'-Iey and dangerous
to the perpetuation of free govern
ment, expenditure of such sums was
"condemned and disapproved."
w hen tne amendment was present
ed Senator King, democrat, Utah,
asked If Senator Willis would carry
It to its logical conclusion and say
that "in view of such expenditures.
Senator Newberry Is not entitled to
his seat."
"My amendment speaks for Itself,
and we will meet that when we get
to It," Senator Willis replied.
Senator Willis, after presenting his
resolution, stated that he. had re
ceived 36 letters, all from pupils of
a sixth grade school, all urging htm
to vote against the seating of Mr,,
Newberry. The letters were !dentl-
ed, and were written in the childish
hand of school children of that age.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. Senator
Jones, republican, Washington, an-
former chairman of the war industries 1 and Secretary Hughes in settlement ' Bounced In a speech late today that he
board ; Asbury F. Lever, member of , of the Shantung question and are now j woum not vote to seat senator New-
the federal farm loan board, and H. S. under consideration by the Peking
Firestone, tire manufacturer of Akron,
Ohio.
tONAL
HELENA, Mont.. Jan. 12. The state
supremo court today decided uncon
stitutional the "bachelor tax" passed
by the last legislature and the poll tax
whioh has been in force for more than
21 years.
The poll tax Included all male per
sons from 21 to 60 years of age. The
bachelor's tax was Imposed on all
and Toklo governments. Definite de
velopments may be expected within
the next few days. It was learned on
high authority today.
GENEVA, JAN. 12. (By the Asso
ciated Press) An offer by the coun
cil of the League of Nations, made to
the allied supreme council at Cannes
to co-operate In organizing the Genoa
economic conference, has been de
clined by the supreme council, acting
on the suggestion of Prime Minister
Lloyd George, it was announced here
today.
berry because of the large campaign
expenditures In his behalf.
Taking the floor against Senator
Newberry Senator Norris, republican,
Nebraska, said that a senate seat had
been "placed on auction block" in
Michigan.
"Tha ..la waa nntilti. 4Va
w " ........ v., ,,uv MlUU.ua
was in the open and it wag knocked
down to the highest bidder," said Ben
ator Norris. "Then why all this fussT
The question is, shall that sale be con
firmed? It seems to me the purchaser
paid more than the blamed thing is
worth."
Senator Hitchcock, democrat, Ne
braska, also speaking for the opposi
tion said the question before the sen-
... WASHINGTON. Jan. 13. An
agree-ment was reached by the Japa
nese ana Chinese delegates when ate was not Mr. Newberry's guilt or
reamed oh coneUon', Innocence, or whether he knew or was
I!8"?.? ?!r h'-.?UMt,,ln ofl Ignorant of "scandalous expenditures."
males more than 21 years old who tensions of the Tslng Tao-Tsmanfu 1 Tho lue8t,on' he declared was that of
were not heads of families. ' railway in the ki rt,n i....,i. protecting toe Integrity of the senate.
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