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Newspaper Page TextmsryoRP watt trtbttot;. srrcrjFOTiTE, ?WF,?ww."TmmffATr.-iii:f!ExrBT?R- 2?. '192.1 HARR SINCLAIR y DEFIES ORDER Big Oil Operator, in Spite of ; , Senate Committees' , De : : mand, Refuses to Give De T tails of Stock Transactions - in Tea Pot Dome" Deal. 2 OFFICERS, BIG LINER, ARE HELD I IE MANY STATEOFFICERS PORTLAND, Oro., Deo. 17. The council ol the Oregon association In 24th annual TACOilA, Dec. 27. Continuing the drive against the smuggling of nar- lepresentative cotlcs Into the United Ktutes, the first Teachers' assc results of which were the arrest lust 1 convention hero was in session today night of two officers of the Blue Furi- considering recommendations made nei liner ProteHllaus and the seizure bv committees. Election of the offi cii miy cana or opium valued at $38uu ... c.iau..a m w M umu squad of Tncoma nnd Seattle cus- J18 today. toms official huran n searoh nt the' lomorrow tne convention win it 1.1 . mumjii imo us generui aim aivisionai big liner this morning which may pr0Braln. In tt(lultlon lo 17B otflchll ako two yays to complete. Tluj vessel deieBMea a ,arBe number of ,eachers METEOR FALLS ON E will 1e searched from stem to Btcrri, The two men under arret are conferences. are here to participate in divisional y A SHI NO TQN, Dec. 27. For a j George Mugford. chief engineer of Professor John Adams of the fac- second time Harry F. Sinclair flatly the i'loteniliiufl and Harold (Howard, Uty 0f the University of London and retimed today to tell a aenate commit -'tee the insjdo ntory of the complicated financial . transactions involved in floating the Mammoth oil company, organized; t) develop the ' Hlnelair lease of, Teapot Dome. Taking the feaine position ,. he maintained last .March when tho !LuFollctto oil Inves tiKtlng committee sought unsuccess fully, to compel him to answer certain questions about oil company deals, Mr, Sinclair told the senate public latids. committee today that he was wtihin tho rlijht of business privacy" when he declined to reply. iMie - public p lands-committee voted to "compel" him to answer, but there was no very clear indication as to how thfl order was to be put Into effect. , An Indefinite adjournment was taken, with Mr." Sinclair's attorneys declaring there, was not sufficient authority in the commit toe to placo any .witness under such compulsion. ' WASHINGTON, Dee. 27. Overrid Ing tho -protest of Harry F. Sinclair, inira engineer or tne same vossei. -rne ir6uint k. It. Hivn nt ohi imi. two were arrested in a Chinese res- yersity are the visiting speakers this tauran by B. J. Iteese, special ugent year and will deliver addresses Friday iur i in ireusury wpitrimttni ana a. and Saturday. A. Osborne. cuHtoms inspector. Nominees for president are A. C. Mugford and Howard will bo ar- Htrange of Astoria, now vice presl ralBned before United States Commls- dent; Iirenton Vedder of Oregon City, stoner T. W. Hammond this after- President J. S. Landon of Monmouth noon. They will be charged with vlo- normal school, Thomas Gentle of latlon of the Jones-Miller law, which Monmouth normal school and IE. It. carries a maximum penalty of ten Turner of Dallus. years in the penitentiary and a fine Nominees for vice president are: of $5000. Wallace Mount, assistant Brenton Vedder, J. O. McUiughlin of united States district attorney, will Corvallis, O. C. Brown of Koueburg, ak: that the ball for the two men be Cornelia Spencer of Portland and Ida May Smith of Monmouth normal. Ten nominees for executive coin- fixed at a minimum of $5000 each. DriUUiAfl UKCAPKH JAUj (Continued From Page One) mlttee from which list two will be selected are C. W. Hoettecher of Al bany; E. II. Hedrick of Heppner, J. A. Mclaughlin, J. Ij. (Jury of Portland, ltopt Ills man under surveillance until A. C. Hampton of Ja Grande, G. W. finally having become satlflfled that Hugg of Salem, F. E. Pagan of Wood ho was a crook, lie and Deputy Sheriff ,,urn' M H- 1!umm of Hoseburg and Airion i,iflnn,i i.tn. ,ltwi (John A. Dapp of Forest Grove. Daily Report on the Crime Wave ,, . , . I The practice heretofore has been to My dint of much questioning. espc-Vlv.ii.ce the vice president to the nfill.r nrin. I.n l.ii.l .n..n.l ........ n U . i. ... i.ni.i.. nr .u.. ua.-1'"1 nuul iuuiiu iiiwnt ii mo nresiuoncv eacn vear. o naval oil reserve in Wyoming. the'Btolm B00"8 " Curry s room at thef senate, public lands commlttoo today hotel, the prisoner, tho chief says,' voted to require him to give ili-tntl finally came clean with tho Btory of of all transactions In tho stock of the the burglary. A note book found among conipanle,s formed n connection wlih a effects showed that Curry had re- the lease and of operations, of syndl- contIy b(,Pn , DnV(,ri cheymine end CaM8u,;,KoTS m'r "TZ P-'. Wyo.. nd that he cume to Al- by the commlttoo had been given by ''"'"' .,.., I NEW YORK, Doc. 27 Holon Chun, the witness previously nnd Ills refusal I W"en first accosted by Chief Adams , oW Amorlcan wife of Harry to answer: was confined to question, tho suspocte, man put up tho stall that c, ch,ne8e ,-estauranteur. was r8iT"'i: is v, K,,vi l arrn f n8' tiai1ju8At1be1en f' .r found I11Hraereu lttHtnlght ,,, tlie,r ,heThnU,rToMcoC,n ,l7Mr.48.n,c1,,?r:o tan iU wt'Si m.". VVaS",nBtn "elS"U a"artment' hr ep1y;...8enalors Lenroot. Wisconsin. , a"d t T"" Hbllcins;. voting in tho ;ne'gativo'and I ' claimed that fourteen suits were when chlmi ,la da ,g WQrk done re. feenator. . Walsh, Montana; , Kendrick, I ''" '"" the AUiany store. I (llrne(, llome ,e ounA lhg R(jy Wyomltig.-ahd Adams, Colorado, dem-l Adams allowed Curry to keep wear. pnratR and Lucid, republican, North Ing the suit he had on, rather than Naniko, a Chinese uoardor, was sought. LONG BEACH, Cal., Dec. 2T. A meteor that fell on a quarantined res idence hero Christmas eve broke Into print today when the quarantine was lifted. ' According to R. H. Beach, the meteor is about the size of a coconnut. It struck the roof setting fire to it and rolled onto the lawn. When picked up It was too hot to handle and flnully he took it inside on a shovel. He said it would cut glass like a diamond. Gold Discoverer Iieafl VANCOUVER, B. C, Dec. ?7. Word was received here today of the death In Dawson. Y. T., last night of George Brimston. the sheriff of Yukon territory. He was the discov erer of gold on Sulphur creek, which became famous. Hartley Bonds Are Ix-gal. SALEM, Ore., Dec. 27. Proceed ings involving the issue and sale of (2,200,000 bonds of the Harney Val ley irrigation district were - declared legnl In an opinion handed down by the supremo covurt Vhls morning af firming the decree of Judge Dalton Biggs. Liberty Itoiids. NEW YORK, Dec. 27. Liberty bonds closed: 314's $99.60; second 4's $98.30; first 4H's $98.80: second 4V4"s $98.40; third 4 Vi 's $99.10; fourth 4H's $98.80; U. S. Government 4V4's $99.10. Kansas Wealth Increases TOPEKA, Kas., Dec. 27. The gross value of farm production In Kansas this year, exclusive of livestock on hand was $384,715,000 or $27.DO0,0(JO greater than last year, the report of the state board of agriculture snows. Brook of Liquor Mash Results in Capture of Still SEATTLE, Dec. 27. Mash running down a creek and reported by far mers led to the seizure of a still in a cave ten feet wide and forty feet long near Kirkland, across Lake Wash ington from Seattle today. Federal agents who followed the mash back to the mouth of a sewer and then searched until they found the en trance to the cave tnrougn a sian m deserted barn, capiured 25 gallons of moonshine. They arrested three men. j w"ui"iK ,inn inuivnv uHiiium. overcoat was 'ductlon In a public inquiry of those unless Curry )iuslnoss relutlonshlpB nnd thoso doll-1 oti,er c0thlng Dakota, voting In the affirmative. ! hnva him go nakocl, but the Btolen ) Renewing his protest against "pro-1 overcoat was taken from him. Henco ,-. , has hoen nhlo to get ,,,,.,. . ,,. ,.aidpM rate . ' and complicated operations , , . " . " ""'i "'o ouice oi a poio company which constitute so largo u. part of ln t,,e tnln """in""1 suit he was wear- Yardley and Parkwater. railroad shop finy lousiness,'' Mr. Slclnlr persisted ' twhon ho walked out of tho city towns near hero, were robbed lafit n his refusal to soy what consular- j, Prison. , . , night, the sheriffs office was Inform- tlon was given by f ho Hyya .corpora- Curry Is described as 34 yean of el '"day. Three men seen about the Jlon for its large -holdings of Mam-1 ago, weight 145 pounds, holght B feet town8 lnat n'B,u !U O "evt'd to have moth Oil company stock or what con- ,nclle8 Bnd (Inrk hll,r an(1 coml,ox, cn responsible. .Several Nndred slderatlon was given for their slock . Ho has rather a foreign look but do"urs '", a11- 1,1 c,lnh' "tamps und to members of the syndicate which " M0 ' rn" , B ' , merchandise were said to have been upervlsed tho efforts of- Jesse L. ' " uisen. ' . itcHiucms ot tne towns oeciared to- PATIKNTS KIKE VICTIMS day that they reported the first of the robberies and asked that officers he I sent but that no response wns made until todny. Ivermore to "mako a market" for Mammoth Oil. ; ; t "These are .pVlvato-' transactlonn 'of private ritizqns .and aro not pertS pent In- pila inquiry," Hald Mr. Blnelulr. (Continued From Page One) Amoni the larKe Investors in the ' nion began explorinff the smoul Mammoth syndicate wos H. V. M'hit- ney whi Is. listed, as: holding; 3&B.0OO' vharen. .When ihe witness -refused to pay what, bad been paid for this block dorluir ruins that tho first body was found. Homo of the patients broke a.vay from tho lines belli? herded to safety and dashed bark Into the flumes to orxvhat disposition had been made of o rnritmas presents and other Ihe proceeds, Senator Walsh aniioune- txnuantlB,nna ,., w ,i,nillrh, ..n ed he would ask for a subpoena for Mr. Whitney, Agricultural College possessions but it wns thought ull OKaln hud been brought out. Three patients locked themselves In a closet and wero saved, fighting, by police men. There were a number of other heroic roseues by polire attendants V 9 A PI m. ,,ni' innuiifs u in-ring wnn ihu niiiuui FUndS qIo4,00U Short degrees of Insanity. ituimu iur me iieains in inu iiiinsy building will be fixed by a Joint in- vnut (irn I inn nf flvn nfflolnl m.unoliiu Mr ITiAiri niTV M.t.. iin- nt ' " u..un.u..i.v vi. ., w, iw. ... w01.(g Wt, Oscar Wolff, Cook As a result of an announcement lo- rounty coroncr. Th0 institution re day of a report by Kred Parkinson. conv hll(1 rr0W(ll.d beyond ,8 state examlneryind inspector, showing nlU!) hy nn ,llfhlx (lf lmtlt.nlH from tin alleged dls.-Vepancy of $134,000 ln t)0 colmty ., pHyi.hopil,h0 hos. the accounts of the Oklahoma Agrl- ,,, ,, lhor colllUy 1IRmut Iuiih. cultural and Mechanical college under Tho , nHylum hlls nnrt i. the administration of M. J. Otey. for- ; ,,,, tlmt of ,,lst ,,.,, t.,K,lt ,.,, mor financial secretary. Attorney ,,. Mllrphi 1910 ,lt non0 of the Oeneral Georgo Short recelveil orders ,,. wnH Hl,,.1()lllli from Governor Trnpp to make nn In- vestlgatlon nnd bring criminal action ;ivi;s DETAILS t)K KXNC'II DEAL If tjje conditions warrant. ... , , ! 77" (Continued From Pago One) ik,, Sinclair In Persia Now. . LONDON, Doc. 27. Tho Dally he continued, wus finally upheld In Mall's TehoraD corresKndeut hag an- the courts. Tho legal fight over taxes nouncod that the Slnclnlr'oll Interests ,",:", ln 191 J; '"cording to Mr. Fall's had been given a irty year concession ,.,, wh)n no , n Ui)ca on to exploit oil flolda In tho five north- tho ,,, for wlllcn no hul l)ccll con. ern Persian provluces. tending. ii. i i.i -J .. ..j 1 RIALTO A dram staged against picturesque background of Far''; North Country. :'v.:lligfPfi,r DOROTHY PHILLIPS In "THE White Frontier" ', SUNDAY J. WARREN KERRIGAN In "A MAN'S MAN" Also, Round 2 of H. C. Wltwer'a popular clanlc, "FIGHTING BLOOD" BUMPED BY RULING 8T. PAUL. Minn.. Dec. 27. Fede ral Judges Wilbur Hooth and John K. Mcdi'o issued a temporury injunction restralninK the tnteinal revenue de partment from operation of its "ex cise tax court" In Minnesota through which tho department sought to levy exclso taxes on illegal manufacture and aale of liquor. Tho ruling Is deelured to affect the whole scheme of tho internal revenue department to establish similar "courts" or proceedure throughout the country and officials nt Washing ton have been awaiting tho decision with Interest, department representa tives here said. ATT KM PT TO KILL JAP PKIXC'K (Continued From Page One) to Princess Masako Kuni-No-Miyn. which was sanctioned formally in June, 1D22. Illrohlto, eldest son of Kmperor Poshlto was proclaimed crown prince in 1SU2 and was appointed regent In November. 191M on account of tho illness of the emperor. TOKIO, Dec. 27. (!ly Associated Press). Homo Minister Goto has re signed, nsHumlng responsibility as home minister for tho attempted as sassination today of Prince Kegont Hlrohito by a twenty year old youth under arrest, it is understood here. Itaron Outo's homo and all socialist centers are being closely guarded, ow ing to fear of anti-socialist outbreaks. King Confirms KiigagvmiMit. COPK.HC!!2N. Dec. 27. (By the Associated Press): King Christlnn to-' day consented to publics announce-: ment of the engagement of his young kinsman. Prince Vlggo and Miss EleaJ nor Margaret flreen, daughter of Dr. J. O. CJreen of New York City. HI lizard In Pnkotus. ST". PAUL. Minn., Dec. 27. Tho northwest experienced its first real snow of the season today when cities ln North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota reported snow ranging from one-half to four inches in depth. Must Cut It. 11. ltutca WASHINGTON". Dec. 27. Rail roads trnverstng Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico mum cease charging by February-25 passenger farea at rates In excess of 3.6 pur mil on their main lines, the inter-stnte commerce conunisalun ruled today. DEUEL'S FRIDAY SATURDAY MONDAY DOLLAR DAYS FRIDAY SATURDAY MONDAY Let Your Dollar Do Double Duty DOLLAR DAYS IN READY-TO-WEAR D EPARTMENT SATINE PETTICOATS' i In plain and fancy col-' ors. $1.50 values MIDDIES For women and child- S I rpn - 9 Kf l..o. TViJoTl sale HOUSE DRESSES For women. Good quality. $1.29 values UMBRELLAS Rain proof. Good qual ity. $1.35 values DOLLAR DAYS IN WASH GOODS DEPARTMENT JAP CREPE Imported quality, '30cYS value. 4 yards for PONGEE ' ' 12 Mome pure Jap' Silk, $1.50 values, a yard COTTON CHALLIE 36 inch, new patterns, on .,t c ....j. i for JL VELVET CORDUROY Bath robe material $1.25 values. Yard DRESS GINGHAM 4 27 inches wide, newt patterns, 5 1-2 yards for PERCALES jgf 36 inches wide, newff patterns, 21o quality, t 6 yards for DOLLAR DAYS IN DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT TURKISH TOWELS "1 Large size in plain &nd fancy colors, 25c values. 5 for . ALL LINEN Crash Toweling. 25c value. 5 yards f or DAISY CLOTH 27 inches wide, 29cfP value.. 4 yards .. HUCK TOWELS Fancy colored HuckCI for PEQUOT CASES size 42x36. A pair FANCY OUTING Heavy quality, 27 inches wide. 6 yards for " DOLLAR DAYS IN HOSIERY DEPARTMENT CRETONNE 36 inches wide, newSjl n nn - j rre- I jjuiiifciiis, duu ana iuu quality. 3 yards for NEW SHIRTINGS Fine quality, good pat-J reras, 4uo ana ouc vai ues. , 3 yards DOLLAR DAYS IN NOTION DEPARTMENT HANDKERCHIEFS In plain and fancy col-(C ors. lBo vh1iiai. 10 for 1 1 BEAD NECKLACES In m great varie styles and colors, values. Special ety of , $1.25T $ SILK HOSE Women's Pure Silk Hose in black. $1.75 values. Special WOOL HOSE For boys. English, 3 all wool. Sizes 7 to 9, Pair DOLLAR DAYS IN MEN'S DEPARTMENT UNDERWEAR Athletic Union Suits, 75c value. 2 suits for 1 UNDERWEAR Men's Knit Union Suits, medium weight. Special DOLLAR DAYS IN CORSET DEPARTMENT CORSETS Women's ' New Model Corsets, $1.50 values I FLANNEL GOWNS Warm Outing Flannel, $1.25 values. At each I MEN'S SOX Silk Lisle. Size 9 1-2 to 111-2. 3 pair $ MEN'S SHIRTS New Dress Shirts, some with collars attached. This sate WORK SHIRTS Made of Blue Cham, bry. This sale SOFT C0LLAR3 Silks and Piques. 50 values. 3 for 1 I ic$ , DOLLAR DAYS IN UNDERWEAR DEPARTMENT WOMEN'S VESTS Bodice and Built , Up Tops, 35c value. 4 for- I) UNION SUITS For women, Bodice and lar $1.25 values I Men's Overcoat Sale Boys' Kuppenheimer as well as other Overcoats at 25 Reduction $20.00 Overcoats, now $15.00 $40.00 Overcoats, now .$30.00 $30.00 Overcoats, now $22.50 $50.00 Overcoats, now . .$37.50 A $5.00 HARDEMAN HAT GIVEN WITH EVERY KUPPENHEIMER SUIT DEUEL'S MEN'S SHOES Reduced $1 DEUELS ';:'i!,!l'i;l!i'U'.l;lV.: