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WINDS TO KEEP ICE
ON PONDS FORECAST
Weather Man Makes Predic
tion Calculated to Delight
City's Boy Skaters.
BREEZE MAY LAST LONG
Many Portland Ijakes Are Frozen
Hard Eno u jli for Gliders and
Slough Near Oaks Is Boon
for Sellwood Residents.
Boys who were watching every white
fleck in the skies, fearing .It would
bring rain and spoil the "skatin'," are
assured of at least 24 hours and pos
sibly 36 hours more of the cold wind
that is making an outdoor ice rink of
every pond around Portland. Weather
man Beala' report for today says that
conditions are favorable for 24 to 36
hours of fair and cold weather.
The minimum yesterday was 29 de
crees, but it seemed a lot colder, re
ports the forecaster, because of the
biting east wind which swept over the
city. The thermometer went as high as
84.8 degrees in the afternoon, but
droDDed back at night.
The past three days have made the
ice really fit for skating and nocKey
eames. Quite a few skaters ventured
out Sunday, but the ice held only in
spots. Many got their feet wet in the
shallow waters of Guilds LaKe ana
some went in to the waist.
Portland Lakes Attract.
Monday found many skaters on the
Vancouver lakes, but yesterday all the
local lakes were frozen over with from
two to three inches of ice, enough to
bear the weight of the skaters, and
no cases of immersing were reported.
The slough along the railway line
near the Oaks is frozen solid and nun
dreds of Sellwood residents may be
Been on the sheet every day from
morning until night.
In the Columbia Slough, lakes almost
a mile wide are frozen thick enough
to bear skaters without danger. These
are ideal for the expert and offer long
stretches to try out all the old ca
pers of boyhood days.
On the "West Side Guild's Lake is
the only ice skating place. This is not
irozen over entirely, ouc ine eastern
end is heavy enough to stand any of
Portland a heavyweights.
Guild's Lake Drawn Boys.
Guild's Lake formerly was popular
with the skaters, but this year has
failed to attract many grown-ups and
has been left entirely to the boys of
the neighborhood.
The northern suburbs of the city are
reported much colder than the city
proper. The Willamette River, flowing
through Mock's Bottom, is frozen from
the shore to a point 100 feet out and
each of the arms of that part of the
river has a thin sheet of ice on It.
Many other Northwest cities were
colder than Portland yesterday. Ba
ker had a touch of 20-degree weather.
Other temperatures were: - Boise 20,
Marshfleld 48. Medford 38, Roseburg
S3, Spokane 18 and Seattle 40.
The temperature all over the country
Is recorded as far below normal. Port
land is still deficient in rainfall aver
age, rain since Setpember 1 being 4.25
inches below trie usual precipitation.
FIRE BREAKS UP MEAL
flames and Explosion Destroy
Homo of Abraham Jacobs.
As the members of the family of
Abraham Jacobs, of 995 Hast Thirty
third street North, were about to sit
down to their evening meal Tuesday
night the house suddenly filled with
smoke, an explosion followed, and they
rushed from the house, just escaping
the flames that quickly gutted the
building. By the time Engines 14 and 18
reached the scene the building was too
far gone to be' saved. The loss was
more than" $2000, only partially covered
oy insurance.
The exact origin of the fire Is un
known, but it is assumed that it was
from a defect in the chimney. Mr.
Jacobs assumes that the explosion was
due to the bursting of a hot water
boiler.
Mr. Jacobs is a wholesale dry goods
sent and had lived in this house for
the past five years. Neighbors pro
vided for himself, wife and six children
last night.
'GERMANS GIVE UP GOLD
Increase of Reserve Explained by
Patriotic Propaganda.
BERNE, Switzerland, Dec. 16, via
Paris. The increase in Imperial Bank
or Germany's gold stock from 1,253,
000,000 marks ($313,250,000) since the
beginning of the war to 1,991,000,000
marks ($497.750.000). shown in the last
report of the bank, is exnlained In
German newspapers as being due to
repressive measures of the government
against trading in gold as. a commodity
at a premium and by the continuous
urging, especially among the peasants,
to induce them in the national interest
to give up their gold hoards in ex
cnang6 for notes.
" . mo ciergy, lierman newsna
pers say, has been especially helnful.
German officers and privates also are
said to have given up their gold pocket
money with which they started for the
DEATH LAID TO CLERK
Thomas M. Ellinger Accused of
Murder of Thomas Ruffle.
Thomas M. Ellinger. clerk at the
New Ohio House, at Second and Burn
side streets, is in the City Jail charged
vim muraer in tne second degree, be
auas iuum&a xtuine, aged do, whom
he shoved out on the sidewalk when
the man asked for a nio-hr'n lnHe-inn-
Monday night, is dead. An in fluent nvflr
the body will be held at 4:30 today. At
jh autopsy yesterday it was found that
ne naa aied of a fractured skull.
Ellinger says that ha electo.H Rnfi
because the man had no money and had
been boisterous.
Ruffle has been identified only by
papers found on his body, which give
no clew to where he had formerly
lived.
The accused man Is 60 years old and
. is married, living at 329 Salmon street.
SERBS CONTINUE PURSUIT
Austrians Driven Out by Vse of
Bombs; Much- Material Captured
PARIS. Dec. 17 A dispatch to the
iiavas Agency irom jMish, dated Ce
cember 15, but delayed In transmission,
says:
On the northwestern front our
troops on December 14 continued a vig
orous pursuit of the enemy. They had
cleared all the territory between the
Drina and Save rivers and occupied
Shabats and Losnltza in the Mladaveno-
vitx-Belgrade region.
Our troops repeatedly assaulted the
enemy's positions at Kraikova, Bara
and Kosdona, driving the Austrians out
I their trenches by the use ol Domus.
The enemy suffered heavy losses on
this front. At Koviona we captured a
battalion and a half.
"On the Austrian right our troops
broke the enemy's resistance at Petrov-
grob. The trenches are filled with
bodies of the enemy.
On the other fronts there is nothing
to report. During the day on Decem
ber 14 on all fronts we captured 17 of
ficers and 24o0 men. not including the
battalion and a half taken at Koviona.
POPULAR OFFICIAL ELECTED
MAYOR OF STAXFIELD
4 THIRD TIME.
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James M. Kyle.
STANFIELD, Or., Dec. 16.
(Special.) Although he had for
mally withdrawn from the race,
"Jim" Kyle has been elected
Mayor of Stanfield again. This
makes the third time. It is be
ginning to look as if he has a life
lease on the Job.
Mr. Kyle did not want to be
Mayor for another term, but his
friends got out a petition for him
and filed it. He said he would
run only on condition that no
other candidate appeared. A few
days after the Kyle nomination
was filed O. T. Yates also filed a
petition. Mr. Kyle then with
drew. What's more, he went out
and electioneered against him
self. He told people that he
wasn't fit to be Mayor and that it
would be a mistake to elect him.
But the people wouldn't accept
his word. They wrote his name
in on 'the ballot and he was
elected, 67 vbtes to 55.
"Jim" Kyle is one of the most
popular men In Eastern Oregon.
'In addition we took five - field
pieces, four mortars, six quick-firers.
Jiorses and field bakeries."
WIFE CHARGES SLAVERY
ILLINOIS STATE AUDITOR IS AC
CUSED OF VIOLATION.
Woman Declares Her Marriage Not
Legal la State and Mate Re
fuses to Make It Lawful.
CHICAGO, Dec. 16. James J. Brady.
State Auditor, was today accused of
having violated the Mann white slave
act. The charge was made by Mrs.
Mary Quinlan Kuhn Brady, whom he
married in Michigan and whose suit
alleging breach of promise against
Brady is pending.
Mrs. Brady visited Charles F. Clyne.
United States Distrist Attorney, today
and charged . that the . State Auditor
had violated the Federal law in trans
porting her from Detroit to Chicago.
She is also said to have told the United
States officials of other Interstate
trips in addition to her wedding
journey. Mr. Clyne promised to in
vestigate. .
Mrs. Brady charges the Auditor with
having married her in Michigan a few
days after sfOhad been divorced. The
Illinois Suprtme Court has held that
remarriages within a year of the di
vorce are illegal. Brady refuses to
make her his legal wife in this state,
Mrs. urady charges.
JETTY APPROPRIATION CUT
(Continued B"rom First Page.)
bill as it will be reported to the House
is as follows:
Mouth of Columbia, $1,250,000: Col
umbia and Willamette (Portland to
sea), $600,000; Willamette, above Port
land, $42,500; Coos Bay, $80,000; Neha
lem Bay, $116,175; Coquille River, $76.
000; Siuslaw River, $117,500; Celilo
Canal $80,000; Taquina River, $3000;"
Snake River, $20,000: Columbia, from
Celilo to the mouth of the Snake River,
$45,000; canal at Cascades. $10,000; Coos
River, $3000; Clatskanie, $1000; Inner
Grays Harbor. $15,000; Lake Washing
ton Canal, $5000; Grays River, $500;
fuget sound, $Z5,000; Skagit River,
$10,000; Cowlitz and Lewis rivers. $22.-
000.
No new projects are authorized by
the bill as it will be reported, but all
surveys asked for by Mr. Hawley have
been authorized.
House and Barn Burned.
FirA cl fRt m vd an f"1 II t - turn, ft
structure at 34 Union Avenue North
last night. A barn on East Forty-ninth
oiievL, utar me vy.-w. iv. oc ix. traCKS,
fllan Wfl 'C t rnvoil Hr ft.a T'Via K,, lin
ing was valued at about $1500, and
contained a wagon, a ouggy ana a
quantity or nay.
MOVIXG PICTURES SHOW DE
STRUCTION OF BELGIAN ,
CITIES.
The destruction of the cities of
Belgium from Alost to Antwerp
is shown with startling effect in
the motion pictures, "On Bel
gian Battlefields," which is
showing at the Heilig Theater
this week under the auspices of
The Oregonian. The films are
exclusive, being the only ones
taken during the campaign and
were secured through arrange
ment with the Chicago Tribune.
Half the receipts from the sale
of these films will go to the Bel
gian Red Cross fund and The Or
egonian will turn over its profits
to the Christmas relief fund of
the Associated Charities.
The admission price is 25 cents
and the tickets are on sale at the
box office of the Heilig or the
office of The Oregonian.
"Tha only real war pictures
that have yet been shown," is the
verdict of a military authority,
given when they wera produced
in Chicago recently.
TTTR MOTIVING OREGOTOATf, TTTtTRSPAT. rT?CT?3rBTTK 17. 1914."
WOMEN PREPARING -
PENSION LAW CURE
Draft of Changes in Measure
Nearly Ready to Be Given
to New Legislators.
DELEGATION TO HEAR DATA
Evidence Gathered in Two Years to
Be Presented With Request for
Amendments Covering Items
Believed Xot Clear.
The widows' pension committee of
the Oregon Congress of Mothers, of
which Mrs. R. E. Bondurant is chair
man, within a week will place In the
hands of the members of the coming
Legislature, and every judge who has
had or will have to do with the admin
istration of the law, the proposed
amendments to the widows' pension
act, which were approved both by the
Congress of Mothers and the Federa
tion of Women's Clubs at their state
conventions in I'ortland in October.
The committee also will arrange
meeting with the Multnomah legisla
tive delegation, to give the legislators-
to-De the reasons, based on the eipe
rience of the past two years, for sug
gesting the proposed amendments,
which were drafted by the case com
mittee of the Congress of Mothers, act
ing with the widows' pension, commit'
tee.
Committee Acts With Court.
The case committee has acted in an
investigating and advisory capacity for
the Juvenile Court, which has had the
administration of the law for Multno
mah County.
-Their intimacy with the workings of
the law, together with the fact that it
was proposed by them two years ago
and the interest they have in seeing. -it
perfected, makes the Congress of
Mothers, in the opinion of its members.
peculiarly qualified to suggest amend
ments to the law.
The proposed amendments are as fol
lows:
The sum of money which shall be
given to any family shall be, in the
opinion of the court, sufficient to sun
ply its needs, but shall not exceed $40
a montn.
Longer Residence Is Demanded.
The child or woman for whom relief
i3 granted shall live with the mother,
and relief shall be. granted onlv when
it is necessary to keep the mother at
home with the children, except for a
definite number of days to be speci
fied by the court. Mothers who are not
citizens and who have not lived in the
state three years and the county one
year shall not be entitled to relief.
If the husband is physically or men
tally Incapacitated and his presence is
a menace to the physical or moral wel
fare of the family, the court may re
quire that he be removed from the
home and cared for elsewhere, before
extending relief.
Any attempt to obtain relief fraud
ulently shall be deemed a misdemeanor,
punishable by a fine of from $5 to $200,
or by Imprisonment not to exceed six
months, or both.
DR. H. V. HATFIELD WEDS
Portland Dentist and Miss Mary
Shlvely Principals at Vancouver.
VANCOTJVKR. Wash., Deo. 16. (Spe
cial.) Dr. Henry V. Hatfield, a Port
land dentist, and Miss Mary Virginia
Shively, of Portland, were married to
day by Rev. R. H. Sawyer, pastor of
the First Christian Church of this city.
The bride was attended by her sister,
Miss May Shively and her brother, Ste
phen Shively. They desired to have
the wedding a simple affair, so they
slipped away from their friends in
Portland.
Other licenses issued today were to
Hugh A. McKellar and Miss Ethel C.
Lemborg, of Spokane; Harry Miller, of
Gaston, Or., and Miss Dena Kohl, ot
Portland; John Peterson and Miss Ma
thilda Norberg, and Ezra E. LeFebre
and Miss Hattle Kolkowsky, of Port
land. DRY STATUTE 'WIPED OFF
Texas Court Nullifies !Law Prohib
iting Liquor Shipments.
AUSTIN. Tel. Dec 16. The stringent
Allison liquor law, prohibiting ship
ment of liquor Into dry territory is)
Texas, today was practically invali
dated by a decision of the Court of
Criminal Appeals, which Judge Pren
dergast said "wiped It off the statute
books."
Today's decision declared any person
or agent might carry or ship liquor
into dry territory provided it was not
the intention to use the liquor for un
lawful purposes or for resale in dry
area. The Allison law forbade news
papers to carry liquor advertisements
in dry territory.
PAPER UNDER RECEIVER
Seattle Sun, Admitting $300,000
Debt, Sued for $2000.
SEATTLE, Dec. 16. Samuel P. West
on, manager of the Seattle Evening Sun,
was appointed receiver today for th
Sun Publishing Company on the suit
of a creditor who holds a note for
$2000 signed by the company. The
company in court admitted owing
$300,000.
The Sun began publication February
3, 1913, and is reputed to have lost
S400.000.
Eliminating Duplication
of Effort
promoted by the Association of Muts and so generously
endorsed by the public.
Instead our efforts will be concentrated in having the
very best menu and entertainment in the Arcadian
Garden for those who dine out on Christmas Day.
Hotel Multnomah
ROY O. TATES. Pres.
WILSON TO INSIST
Opponents of Appointments
Have Promise of Fight.
PROTESTS ARE IGNORED
rynu, Who Has Had One Recess Ap
pointment, Will Be Xamed Again
After March 5 If Senate
Refuses to Confirm.
WASHINGTON, Dec. IS. If antl
Administration Democratic Senators
whose candidates for Federal appoint
ments have not been named by Presi
dent Wilson want a fight, they will get
it from the' President, according to
statements made today at the White
House. It was said definitely that the
President will stand behind the ap
pointments he has made in New York,
Missouri and New Jersey. against
which Senators O'Gorman, Reed and
Martine have protested.
In addition to refusing to withdraw
the rejected nomination of John D.
Lynn as United States Attorney for the
Western district of New Tork. the
President intends to give Mr. Lynn an
other recess appointment after March
5, when his present recess appointment
expires automatically.
Senator Martine is opposing the nom
ination of George Hampton as Internal
Revenue Collector for the Camden dis
trict in New Jersey and has the nomi
nation held up in the Senate. Mr.
Hampton is serving under a recess ap
pointment made by the President short
ly before the convening session of the
Congress. In Missouri the President
gave a reces apposintment to E. C.
Bland as United States Marshal, de
i spite the fact that Senator Reed was
supporting another man. White House
officials declared today the President
-vould stand behind Mr. Bland.
Hermlston Plans Christmas Tree.
HERMISTON. Or Dec 16. (Special.)
Plans for the first municipal Chrlst-
The Hotel Multnomah will not have a
Christmas tree for the children, as had
been planned for the day before Christ
mas, owing to the coming celebration
at the Armory which is being: so ably
H. C. BOWERS, Mgr. .
L. P. REYNOLDS. Asst. Mgr.
See the European War Pictures
for Local and Belgian Charities
Heilig Theater, Thursday, Friday and Satur
day (but not Friday night), 12 Noon toll
P. M. Continuous Performance.
The Oregonian has arranged to show these wonderful
pictures on the basis of turning over to the local Associated
Charities its profits after, giving the Chicago Tribune one
half of the gross receipts for their Belgian Red Cross fund.
First and only authentic motion pictures of European War
Today you have another opportunity to see the first and
only motion pictures of the ACTUAL WARFARE, taken
on the Belgian battlefields by Edwin F. Weigle, staff pho
tographer of The Chicago Tribune. Four reels of the war
as events actually happened, showing The Burning of Ant
werp, The Battle of Alost, The Destruction of Termonde,
The Battle of Aerschot, The Flooding of Lierre and The
Battle of Malines.
The Chicago Tribune secured the exclusive privilege
from the Belgian government to take these motion pic
tures, on condition that 50 per cent of the profits be given
to the Belgian Red Cross. Consequently, these are the
ONLY true motion pictures of the Belgian battlefields.
Manage to spare an hour and ten minutes to see these re
markable motion pictures any time between 12 noon and
11 P. M. at the Heilig Theater.
12 noon to 11 P. M. daily. All seats 25c. No reserved
seats. Get tickets at The Oregonian Business Office or at
the Heilig Theater and avoid the rush at the box office.
mat trea are being made. The enter
tainment will not be given for the peo
ple of Hermlston only, but for everyone
for miles around who wishes to attend.
The programme committee haB pro
cured the best of home talent for the
occasion and another committee has
been appointed to look after the dis
tribution of candy and nuts.
HAY CUTTER KILLS BOY
Kx-Baker High Star Dies When Leg
Is Severed by Machine.
BAKER. Or.. , Dec 16. (Special.)
Ernest Simonis, aged 22. son of one of
the most prosperous fruit ranchers of
Eagle Valley, died at the William Mar
tin ranch, near Newbridge. late today,
asgthe result of loss of blood and shock
from the accidental loss of his right
leg this morning.
The young man was working on the
hay baler at the Martin ranch and
Jumped from a stack of alfalfa to the
alfalfa cutter. The top Boards broke
under his weight and his leg went
down into the knives, his leg being
severed at the knee.
The young man wa one of the most
popular students at the Baker High
School, where he starred as a member
of the football team. He was gradu
ated from the Baker High School in
1913.
St. Paul Academy Has lire.
ST. PAUI Or., Dec 16. (Special.)
A blaze that started in the furnace
room of the St. Paul Academy Monday
morning for a while threatened the en
tire building. Prompt action of the
volunteer tiremen, however, extin-
flDTOR CAR
On Exhibition at Our Sales
rooms Today
To accommodate a great many who "will
not be able to get here before 6 o'clock
in the evening we are pleased to advise
that we will be open to 10 P. M.
Washington St., at 21st
guished the flames after about $200
worth of damage had been done. The
pupils marched out and the alarm was
given.
Astoria Low, 2 9 1-2 Degrees.
ASTORIA, Or.. Dec 16. (Special.)
The weather, which moderated materi
ally yesterday, took a sudden turn
last night and before morning the
thermometer dropped to 29 Vi degrees,
the coldest of the season by one-half
a degree. The sun was bright today,
but there was a cold east wind.
Harrlsburg- Postoffice Is Kobbetl.
HARRISBURG, Or, Dec 16. (Spe
cial.) Burglars forced an entrance to
a rear door of the postoffice last night.
About $2 In cash and a few stamps
were taken. No other damage resulted.
A marked nickel was not taken from
the cash drawer.
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