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- i I i, . .-a - m I NATIONAL BANKS 4 IN LAST 2 YEARS resources are iis.sro.ooo.wo, BREAKING ALL RECOROS AND 8M0WINQ GROWTH TOTAL WEALTH OF MAKY GREAT FOREIGN BANKS f All EXCELLED Western 8UIa Shew GrVt In- crease Mark of IK la Doubled and Growth Contlnuta 11 Par Cant Annually WA8HINOTON. Dec. 17 Resource of national baoka of tb I'nlled State. Controller Wllllama announced to night nave Increased more than ft. 000.000,000 during the laat two years and do autre rate I U.S:o. 000.00. ex coodlnc br about $1,000,000,000 tha to tal resources of tba Hank of England, tha Hank of France, tha Hank of Rus sia, the Orrnian Relihsbank. tha Bank of The Netherlands, the Hank of Den mark, the Swiss National Hank and the Imperial I lank of Japan romblnnl. In a statement baad upon returns from the laat bank call November 17 the Controller ralta attention to the fart that the Increase baa be-n at the rate of approximately IS per cent a year during the past two yeara aa com pared with f per cent a year for the 10-year prlod from 1904 to 1914. and that the total resources are at preeent more than double what they were 10 year ago. "The compilation just completed of returna for tha laat bank rail." the controllera atatement reada, "dis closes a rendition of strength, progress and growth beyond all precedent Re- aourcea of national banka on the date of tha laat call are greater than the total reaourcee of all reporting atate banka, savings banka. private banka and loan and trust companiea through' out the United States at the time of the Inauguration of the federal re serve afstem about two pears ago. "It Is also noteworthy that the re sources of our national banka at this time exceeded by t321.000.0O0 the total resources of all the reporting banking Institutions In the United States, in cluding atate banks, savings banks and loan and trust companies and national banka aa well, aa late as the year 1914r " The greatest percentage of Increase, the controller states, during the two year period In which the federal re serve system baa been In operation, was in the western states. 'S IS WASHINGTON". Dec. 27. Heavy damage to the equqipment of Major General Pershing's command in Mex ico was reported today in dispatches to the war department tolling of tha storm which awept his lines Christ mas day. Masts of the wireless stations at Colonla Dublan and El Valle were blown down and field hospital No. 3 was demolished. The commissary store house and many other struc tures were badly damaged. At least 75 per cent of the tontaga at Colonla Dublnn was destroyed and telegraphic communication was Interrupted along the line, EL PASO Texas, Dec. 27. Stoves here were kept roaring in the tents of the soldiers on this part of the border last night and early today be cause of the cold wave. Timbers from the Mexican end of the Mexican international bridge were torn away for fuel by Mexican soldiers. DR. DEW1TTA. PAINE US EUGENE, Or., Dec. 27. Dr. Dewitt A. Paine, physician, banker and capi talist, one of Eugene's most promi nent citizens, died suddenly at 10:35 o'clock this morning, a few minutes after he had returned to his home from the Eugene Loan & Savings bank and the United States National bank, where he had transacted business. The cause of death was apoplexy, superinduced by diabetes. DENSE FOE TIES IIP All! BILLION LONDON, Dec. 28. One of the thickest fogs of recent years envet oped Londontoday, disorganizing traf flo and causing; great inconvenience. Owing; to the restrictions with re rard to the lighting of the city, ths somber pall at nightfall brought sua face traffic to a complete standstill The nndergroud railways were not affected and were the only means ot transportation. AUTO PLUNGES; FOUR HURT. GRANTS PASS, Ore, Dec. 25. Two persons were seriously Injured and 'two others painfully hurt at 10 o dock Sunday, two miles east of Leland when an automobile In which were; seven employes of tie Greenback mine feU down a 70-foot embankment on a 68 PORTLAND UNITE FDR ONLY THRie OF SEVERAL HUN DRIO PAIL TO VOTE RECOM MENDATION Of PROPOSAL I'OIITLA.M). Ir, le 17. AltbouKh there was a sharp dlLlon of i-plnlon on the merlta of a proKl t-a h-r' ri'lir mt-nt and p-nslon fund, aa re ported to the repretmtallte roumll of the Oregon Hlale Tearbera' asso ciation today, the draft of the meas ure aa framed was n-commrnded by a. majority vote. On motion to make the recommendation ynanlmoua, three out of several hundred voted In the nrg live. The ti-wchera retirement f'ind quea Hon has perhaps been the Uveal one before the pedagogues up to thla time It affecta every tcarhr In the atate and la a matter that deals directly with their welfare. Hrlefly. It provides that teachers may purchase annultlrs. paying a certain prrcentags of their salaries each year, ranging from S to 5 per cent STATE WINS HIDE CASE SIMILAR ACTION PENDS BEFORE JUDGE CAMPBELL COLLU SION HELD PROVEN. mi, T-- mt Tk. f rl ni I DALL.H, UiV., . d. uv i - , ' " .1 the seven celebrated Hyde-Benson land , fraud cases Involving In all 37.000 . ...a rtf i-nri in i .inn. l-ane. ciaci- amaa. Hood River. Crook. Klamath and ; ..pwphlne counties, waa decided by Judge Gatloway Friday. This case has to do with land In Linn county- Judge Galloway held that the title to the 600 acres Involved In this par ticular case la vested In tho atate of Oregon and that the title to It was obtained by collusion and conspiracy to defraud on the part of P. A. Hyde, John Benaon and their associates. This land was taken up out of the school land and under the law one person was allowed on'y 320 acres, but through the aid ot dummy entry men thousands of acres were secured. The land waa then exchanged for land in Montana under the provisions of the lieu land act. and sold to the West-, era Lumber company, ot which Ex- Senator Clarke ot Montana Is a large shareholder. A similar action is pending In the Clackamas county circuit court. Large tracts of Clackamas county timber lands are Involved in the local case, which is the same In practically every 'espect as the Marion county case. ALLIED WARSHIPS ARE T BOSTON, Dec. 26. The presence on i this side of the Atlantic of a formld-l able fleet of allied war ships was in-1 dlcated definitely today. The vessels are known officially as commerce pro-' tectors. They are heavllw armed and dis guised. For obvious reasons their ex act disposition Is not revealed, but the arrival recently in American wa ters of this newest unit of the British and French admiralties was made known from a source that hardly can be mistaken. - OoUm i'S filft 902 Invested In plants and equipment of various tlm-' ber industries in Oregon. t -v ' vC At' V ,-. v. .1 IKITO.V MACH1.MC GCN IN ACHOV UNDER BOMB-PROOF SHELTF. German gun crew operating machine gun from bomb-proof .halter of ,aGrthr.Vaand timber. The gun are. m bujleta mn Inr the enemy, rifle pita, two hundred metre, away, ra u" . u on an elevation made of plank, and filled with earth and Is eorer.d wl bomb-oroftf svf. onrnox city t.ntkim'mkk. fkiday. ii:t,mhi:u ion. MANY DIE WHEN ! TORNADO SWEEPS PATH OF OBSTRUCTION IN WAKE OF STORM IS FOUR MILES WIDE All WIRES ARE CARRIED DOWN; NEWS FROM DISTRICT IS KEACEB Convict Farm With J-J Prlsonsra la Reported Struck Death List May Be Hsavy One Flrea Break Out In Debris- LITTLE ROCK. Ark . IW. :-rYoio 17 to :i and probably more peraone were killed In a tornado that struck ! South Central Arkantaa at 3 o'clock today, ai cording to reports received here tonight Kour are knoan to be dead at Kng land, 17 are reported killed at Keo and eeral are reported killed at the atate convict farm at Tuckor. All wires Into the storm swept dis trict are down and only meaner de tails are available. The storm Is said to have swept a patch about four mllea wide and it s reported that several fires broke out In the wreckage. Every physlcan In the little town of England has been called to the .-) to care for the injured. Considerable alarm la felt here over the situation at the state convict farm at Tucker, where there la said to have Dt en B 11 C 3 1 1 urflio HBU iwoil "it i . , ft. f.,m anil II suum j-j iti.u.i-.. ! fared mat u me piaco w. .um. ,Iim. nf IK Mmvli-t. tllllhl hlV . -" " - caped. Captain J. R. TurkctL warden of the atate penitentiary, left here tonight with reinforcements for the guard at Tucker. Would Bt a Help. "Every cloud hat a ullver liiilug." "It would l nice If they also had arseulc deposits." iuld the farmer. "Then the rain would aprny our cnw aa well aa uiuUlen tueui." LouUvUI Courler-JouniaL Mr. Slddona. Aficr she bad retired from the stage Mrs. Slddona was fouud studying Lady Macbeth and said. "1 am amazed to discover some new points In the char acter which I never found out while acting If VVhtn You 6lct Your Turkty. In selecting your turkey or rhh keu cfcuoite a bird Unit l litury in irunr Hon to its Hize Avoid Wurue futvln tli;it have a proinlueut breimtlHioe. and puita over tbiM Uiivliig i-oume Hkiu aud rouvb scales on (he legs, fur tbee how old age Select a bird thut has cleun. smooth, yellow feet aud legs. muUI and ilellmte skin and a plump breast, wblch. when preaavd wiib the thumb will be elastic And So It Goes. i "Ilow Is It you ure always short- handed at your place?" "Well, somebody Is generally sick or something. We seldom have all the cerkg roport ..(; - "And when they do happen to all re port everybody think tlmt's a good excuse to get a day off." Louisville CourlerJournal. Too Sort to Shak. "Did you take the mixture I gave you?" "To tell you the truth, I did not, doc tor." "Why not?" "Well, I fancy you mnde a little mls- take. You gave me ngue uilxturo. It says. '.Shake before taUlns.' and my complaint I rlietiuiatlHin." Ball Mall Gazette. V 'hif lamMO um a. E ARKANSAS IVANSVILII'B MAVOR PUTS CITV INTO BUSINESS OF FIGHTING THE H. C. OF L. Af) OK' h f tQ'l Mayor Benjamin F. lU.ne of Kvan vllle. Ind. la not walling fr rongrea slonal Inveatlgatkma to rvduc the hlKh roat of I'vlng. He eipecta to do it himself by putting the municipality In to the produce buslnis. Uoiiso waa In Chtcaita recently con tracting with wholetaN-ra for carload tots of potatoes and other food prv ducts to sell to th puMIc direct from the cars, thus eliminating the mlddln man's protlt- By this means he bopca to educate the Evansvlllle retalt iaiera In food stuffs to a new sysfrn of doing busi ness that will save money for both the public and thenmelves. lln has let a ronlrocl for the erection of a municipal market building. In which hla plan will be continued. Tin foodntuffs that Maror llosase buya will be sold to Evansvllle con sumer at roat plus the frettac rnargn. The cost ot banding them In Evans- vlllo will be negligible. Mayor Boss says, since there will be no delivery except of large purrhanea. A amall ad dltional rhargo will be ma.le to pur rhaser who require delivery. Mayor Homo hop-s to educate the public to the ld a of doing the buying ot food stuffs on a cash basis and carrying the goods home. 2 KILLED AND 3 JII CHAPLAIN OF ST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL. PORTLAND, AND WOMAN ARE DEAD. ONE INJURED MAN MAY DIE AS RESULT Of UNUSUAL ACCIDENT Auto Attempts to Pass Streetcars, Is Caught Between Them and Part of Machine la Crushed Like to Much Cardboard. BORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 22. Rov. Father Cestelll, 76 years old, chaplain at St. Vincent hospital, and Mrs. J. J. Chumbrcau, 49 years old, were fatally Injured and Edward Savago. 35 years old. munugor of the Ice Hippodrome and the Portland Hockey team, was possibly fatally Injured when a west bound Jitney driven by Norman Myers was crushed between two Twenty-third street streetcars on Washington street, between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets this afternoon. Father Cestelll died at tho Good Sa maritan hospital at 4 o'clock and Mrs. Chambreau, wife of J. J. Chamhroau, a public accountant, died at the same hospital at 5 o clock. Folowlne tho accident the driver was taken to the pollco station, where he gave a statement to Chairman H. P. Coffin, of the safoty first commission. Tho accident happened when the Jit ney driver attempted to Pbbs around the westbound streetcar and was caught between It and the eastbound car. The rear end of his macnino, which was occupied by Rev. Father Cestelll, Mrs. Chambreau and Mr. Sav age, was crushed together wte riO much cardboard. WOMAN SENTENCES HUSBAND NEW YORK, Dec. 25. Mrs. Anna Smith sat as magistrate In Chief Mag istrate Duel's court Just long enough to sentence her husband to spend Christmas and 2 other days In Jail. The maeistrate allowed the woman to sentence her husband, when he dis turbed the peace while "Ht up in cel ebration of Christmas eve. "Six months," said the woman. The law didn't allow, six months for the first offense, however. 'Then five months," "three months" "two months," said the wife- She tried them all, but the law held the maximum sentence she could mete out was 30 days and she gave it. The Bergmann Shoe Company of Portland la enlarging Its output and has added a waterproofing shoe oil to Its line of products. The report that Mr. Bergmann has sold his Interest In the company Is untrue. Harris Wilson, who has been con nected with the Hob barber shop left on Tuesday for Spokane, Wash-, . """ft -. iff! CARS CRUSH WILD SAVE m MODERN OE ON WILD COASI SHIPWRECKED AMERICAN IAILOR DRIFT! FOR OAVt ON PIECE OF WRECKAGE. COMPANION TRIES 10 SWIM 10 SHORE, SMS AND IS DROWNED Brrl and Roots Only Food for Day Indians From Whom First He Fit Preva to Be Friendly to Him. On Way Home. WAHIIINfSTON, !3 -I.Ik th ta'e of Itoolnuin Cniso Is tha report reaching Acting Meeretary of t orn mere 8ert today on th shipwreck and rrwus of (iuitav Nelson, aa American sailor, one of three survivors of tho slramer Kdard U Mines. whUb went down In a storm In the t'arlb bean sea Friday. October 13. After flouting nine days on a piece of wreckage, aided by an Improvised sail, with nothing to eat and only a little water collected during showers In drink. Nelson reached Honduras There ha lived In the wild for ellil dny, eating berries and amall fruit until h met three Indian. II ran from these, but they overtook him and proved to ho frtendlv ('aril s. They look him lo the American con sul at Tela. J Itlera. who reported ths story. NYIm has been aent back to New Or'ean and expects to Join hit family In Boston. Another sailor, Frederick Trontman who waa with Nelson on the wreckage drank salt water, bocarno rraied and when they alghted land he Jumped Into the water lo swim, but drowned. Two other membera of the crew a Norwe gian and a Spaniard, were afloat at eea on a hatch rover for 11 duya with rain water to drink and two gulls, raught with their bore hands, to eat raw, They landed on I'tllla Island and wero reported by F. J. Pyer, American con sul at Cclha. ISAAC 8WETT HEADS COMMITTEE TO STUDY P. R. L. V P. COM PANY'S FINANCES. rORTlJNl), Ore., Dec. 21. An In vestigation of the financial condition of the I'ortlund Hallway. Light A Tow er company, with a view of makliu the results public Is to bo the purpose of a rommltteo to be apimlntod aa a re su't of a mass meeting held In tho Cen tral library last night. Isaac Swett was named chairman -it tho coinmitteo this morning and the others are to bo named within a few days. C. E. I-non, who presided at last night's meeting, Is to name the members of tho coinmitteo. The committee also proposes to get all Information posslblo concerning the present Jitney controversy and the position of the strontcar company and public officials In tho controversy. SWITCHMEN ARE GIVEN 8- RISE IN SALARY AND STRAIGHT PRO-RATA OVERTIML ARE ALSO GRANTED. NEW YOIIK, Dec. 23. An eight- hour dny. an Increase In wages of G cents an hour and a straight pro rata overtime was granted to the mombers of the switchmen's union employed by 13 eastern and middle western rail roads filed here today by the Fedoral Hoard of Arbitration that hoard tholr differences. The decision of the board had been eagorly awaited by the railroads In goneral and the four major brotnor hoods of railroad trainmen for what hearing It might have on the contro versy between them over the Adamson act, In which the eight-hour day Is a question at Issue. T T LEAVE BAPTIST COLLEGE M'MINNVILLE, Or., Dec 27 When McMlnnvllle college, the local Baptist school, throws open Its doors for the new term following the noil' davs. students who use tobacco in any form will be among those mlsslnj when the first rollcall of the new year la read In chapel. President Riley two weeks before the collcee closed for the Christmas recess, placed the lid upon the smoker or chower. POLISH CHILDREN DIE. BALTIMORE, Dec. 26. Cardinal Gibbons has accepted the honorary chairmanship of the Maryland com mlttee for the relief of Poland's wm victims. He expressed keen sympathy for the work and said he would as sist In ever? war possible. The cardinal said a woman who bad recently been In the ravaged sec tions of Poland told him that rlrtually all children under 7 years baa per INO TWO (HE KILLED CORBETT BTATION ON O W. R. N. IE SCENE OF CHHIITMA DAY TRAGEDY. .'OUTI ANIt, Ore. I- Jt-fliarl-e nd Jnhn Unlrr, aim of Mr. and Mr Jutm luuier of Falrvlev, were a'most In.Unllf killed at 10 o'clock Ihl mora lug, when a light engine on lb O W II. A N, i robed Into Ilia gasolln speeder on wblih they were ttllnj ealrd near Cotbell station Charle, who waa ii years old. wo an employe of tho railroad, with work at CorbeiL John, hla brother, whi) as 37, had gon tn Kslrvlew from I'nrttand tit spend ChrUtmaa with hla parenta Charle. having im ration lo lixik over the work at Corbett, Invltad John to arrompany him. No train being scheduled at thai hour, the brother started out on lh main Una track. They apparently did not ae th approaching engln lu tint tn get their pedr off the rsl's or even to Jump. Charle waa killed Inttantly, while John died 10 minutes after tha rratli. Charlea waa a bachelor. John, how eter. waa married and hla wlfo Is al the ram h home of th elder tellers. The train rrew picked up the bodies and placed them In a aupply car which at standing on th tiding at t'orbelt. I then proceeded t' Trootdale, where an ambulance, from the romer'a offlc brought (hem to I'nrttand. The elder Uitler have lived In the Falrvlew nelahborhiMHl for many yeara. They have two othrr suns, one living at Salt l-ake City and onn serv ing the Oregon Hhort lino aa fire in mi at I'ocate'lo. Miho T Kl, PASO, Tex.. Dec. 24. A sudden drop In temperature, accompanied by ileet and snow latt night, followed Ihi wind and dust Sturm which spoiled Christmas ce'ebratlons for Kl I'as i and the army rampa near here. Tent which were blown down b h high wind were put up after dark last night and banda of officers and enlisted men who wore relieved from duties at the ramps spent the nights at the hotela in the rlty. All drills and routine ramp dutlea have been an pended for the entire Christmas wees Naplon' First Leva. The lit t : 1'ninli luxu of Auioune la not aM'lti-d lu the popular mind with NniMleou; but, as -VIm Urtliniu Kdward reminds u lu "l'nfreiieuti-d France." he speut amue year of hi radelsblp there. "In the Saone he twice narrowly e aed drowning, aud here, loo, a narrowly, so the story runs, marriage with a hoiirKi-"le maid. en called Maiienca. Two Ivory counters bearing this romantic name lu Napo leon' handwriting enrich the Mill uiu- eum. Strict on tn Hroprieti. "Now that 1 liuve given you some thing to eut." said the benevolent old lady, "will you not saw some wood for mo?" I regret to ny, mniliiin." replied th weary wayfarer, "that I cannot saw wood without removing my roat, and I trust I am too much of a gentleman to appear before a Indy lu my shirt sleeves." I'hlludelphla itecord. Endurance. The pilgrim father were undoubted ly heroic men, facing, as they did, with dauntlrxa courage. Are, frost, fuuiln and the red menace of Indian ruthless- ir'.hh. Hut the pllgrlui mothers were tuoru heroic still, for they endured also all thi'MO tiling nml bad tn addition t stand the pilgrim father as welL Life. Hla Ordsal. The symimthetlt- neighbor aaked: Is your llf?le brother HI this morn ing, Jolinnlu? I heard him crying In tho most bcnrtrcndlng wuy." No, not exactly," Johnnie explain ed, "but Wlllio pulled down a Jar of molasses on himself In the puutry, and mother has been trying to comb bis ualr."-New York Globe. LIVED IN MISERY. 1 suffered greatly from fMTVotunua and bead cats. Th but nett BMrt gav m dreadful pala. I be using Dr. UtW Nervine and a few dara Utr aUrted to tak Dr. Vile' Heart Treat aunt, I Boon got ao much better that I was encour-aa-os and continued taking St tw remedle until I waa so well that work was a tether to tn at an." HUE,. LOUIS BUI, A ) PWMAlli SIIOPISSCENEOF M XMAS 111 ! W. A. tHANER IB EHOT AND IN TANTLY KILLIO BY MAR. CUB H. M'CALL SLAYER WALKS TO COURT HOUSE SURRENDERS HlHSELf 10 Off ICERS Tw Man Hid Quarrel and Dead Man Had Damandsd Thai Other b L . Out Child ts Father Mur- were Mlaa dr FMow Worker. (Hprlnga. I'OIITI.AND. Ore, Oee JS Hhanrr, a barber, waa shot and ln l ly killed by Marina II. MeCall. an other barber, a h etood al hi chair In tha Murphy Itroa ahop In th baao inenl of tha Morgan building, lnd ay and Wanhlhgtou sired al 10.30 this morning. McCall brought his all yearold son Martin Into th shop with him and the child stood Ihera wblla hla father shot Hhaiier. Ho waa left III the alion by McCall when the latter find. TUi po Ilea rared for (he boy and later lurnr J him over lo hla mother. McCall fired Ihrra shots and two of them reached vital places In H littler' heart and left lung. McCa'l then ttnrti'd after Kd I'lilMlps, colored port er, who fled wildly from the shop. Me Call followed, but tha agile llttla rol ored man. In fear of hla l're, ran -tast on Washington street from the build ing entrance lo Uradway, then soilh on Itruadway to th PnnluK.es theatre McCall waa half a block behind at thU point when be gave up tha chase. McCall then calmly replaced the big 311 caliber revolver In Us holster about his waist. Inquired th way lo Ihe rourthouse, stopping long enough at The Journal barber ahop to tell ar qualntances there of hla act, and the it walked ralmly lo the Jail entrance. her he gave himself up lo Harry W Hmlth, assistant Jailer. The shooting and the Incldenla fol lowing created Ihe wildcat rirlleinent on Washington street, and a crowd numbering thousands congregated. A acor of policemen reached the aceno a few minutes afterwards and cleared tne street. VILLA TAKES HI -AFTER BRIEF BATTLE BANDIT CHIEF IS NOW AT THE HEIGHT OF POWER SINCE PERSHING BEGAN CHASE. KL PA30, Toae. Dec. 23. Villa la today In possession of Torroon, tho most Important railway center In northern Mexico. Al 1 o'clock yoator day tho bandit forces murchod Into the city. In an early morning assault yester day the Vllllslas met with a brief re sistance from the Cnrranilstii garrl son, which then abandoned tho city. Authentic reports of the fall of Tor reon were obtained by United Htntes department agents horo during the night and transmitted to Washington. Despito the allenco of the Mexican con sulate, I'nltcd States authorities bore appear sure of their ground. This stroke places Villa at tho height of his power alnco General Porshtng's expendltlon chusud his broken bands Into Durnngo. Through "underground" sources mln. Ing men hero leurned additional details or the Cnrranitlsta disaster. With six troop trains, tho bandit thief passed through llormcjlllo after tho govern ment forces had hastily withdrawn Into Torrcon. Led by Colonel Fnrnnndox, the Vlllls tns stnrted tboir ntiu ks upon tho Con bulla metropolis through Gomox Pa lnclo and Lcrdo bofore daybreak yes terday. Thoy mot with desultory re slstanco from tho Carranxa forces, nioantlme tho government garrison, estimated at from 1000 to 3000 men, evacuating the city. Striving to satisfy the demands of everyone is affect the nerves, III! f I II I "" and continual standing may weaken the Heart. Dr. Miles' Nervine is invaluable for Nervous troubles, and for the Heart Dr. Mile' Heart Treatment h highly recommended. IP P1MT OTTLI PAJL TO BIMt PIT YOU, YOUR MONCV WILL M REFUNDED. i I V 1 1 .! 1 'A ft 1 1