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4 THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2G, 1914. SERBS FIRE SHOTS AT AUSTRIAN FOES Christmas Celebrations End When Volleys Are Opened Across Alley. ONE WITH GUN IS CAUGHT John Bellls Arrested and Others Baid to " Have Been Drunk. Bullet Found in Wall but Xo One Is Hurt. Racial hatred engendered ty the,war led yesterday to the second pitched battle In Portland oe;ween Austrians and Servians, when, at "the height of a Christmas celebration, eight shots were tired by the two factions. The Interchange of warlike courtesies in which no one was Injured, took place between the windows of two houses at Eleventh and Everett streets. The sole arrest made by .Sergeant Lyons and his squad, who arrived shortly after the shooting, was that of John Bellis, Austrian, upon whom a gun was found. One other gun was unearthed in the bottom of a stove, where it had been hidden. Both were .02 caliber revolvers. Ballets Found In "Walls. Bullet holes could be found in the walls back of windows In the two DuilB lngs, but no one had been hit. The ex change of shots was across a yard be tween the two houses, a distance of about 30 feet. The buildings were rooming-houses owned by the Koyal Bakery Company. Sixteen men were found occupying the buildings but only the one arrested could be connected definitely with the shooting. It Is believed that the gun play had come about as the culmina tion of a Christmas celebration of un usual hilarity. Neighbors asserted that there had been much noise and shout ing previous to the shooting. Several of the men were said to have been in a half drunken condition when the of ficers arrived. Several cases of beer, with many of the bottles half emptied, were found in each of the houses. On a table in the front room of the building on the cor ner, occupied by the Austrian forces un der command of "General" Bellls, was found a loaf of bread In which colored birthday candles were still brightly blazing when the police broke in upon the festivities. First Volley Qoicfcly Answered. Though none of the combatants would make any statement, it was said 'by those living near that three shots were fired from the building to the rear, answered by a volley of five shots from the house on the corner. Bellis, the Austrian arrested, was charged with being drunk and disor derly. In a poolroom fracas several weeks ago local Austrians and Servians en gaged in a merry battle In which sev eral heads were broken by billiard cues. The Austrians appeared in force while the Serbs were playing a peaceable game, it appeared, and in a free-for-all fight put the enemy to rout. SALEM SANTA GENEROUS Christmas Tree and Gifts to Heads of State Are Day's Features. SALEM, Or. Dec. 25. (Special.) Christmas was observed generally in the state's capital. Special services were held at the Episcopal and Cath olic churches and entertainments of various kinds were given at the state institutions. Under the auspices of the Cherrians rresents were distributed from a big Christmas tree on the Court house grounds to all children who ap plied. Despite the rain more than 3000 persons were crowded on the lawn. Hev. H. T. Marshall, pastor of the First Baptist Church, delivered an address to the children. .Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus left nuts and candy in all the wards of the State Insane Asylum. Superintendent Law son provided a big dinner at the- peni tentiary and at night a moving picture entertainment was given. Entertain ments were given at the Blind School, the Industrial School for Boys and the Girls' Industrial" School, not an inmate of any of the institutions being over looked in the dispensing of gifts. WAITERS' CLUB IS RAIDED Tljirty-Fivc - Men Arrested in Con nection WitH Gambling Charges. In a raid on the Waiters' Club at 148 Fifth street, near Morrison, at an early hour yesterday morning, 35 men were arVested by Lieutenant Harms and Patrolmen Russell, McCuIloch, Tully and MorriH. C. C. Kinder was charged with con ducting a gambling game and the folr lowing with visiting the place: Harry Kanoda, E. J. Brennan, Edward T. Hughes, James Johnson, William Stone, Charles Peck, Fred Collins, C. P. Brad ley, Carl Mumford. C. W. Magison. J. WColuson, E. A. Nelson, Henry Young, William Smith. Theodore Reed. VS. E. Barber. George F. Stays, Michael Clancy, C. L. Pogue, Harry Potts, T. A Hoffaker, Earl Smith, Herman O'Neil, George Davia, J. W. Hill. Charles Krazier. Charles Smith. Edward Riley. Chester Smith, Richard Werner, E. P. Sterling and as. Ij. Page. Ah Fat. Chinese elevator operator. was arrested on a charge of workin for a gambling house. VICTIM'S BODY RECOVERED Slayer of Spokane Man Guides Offi cers "Where Killing Occurred. NEWPORT. Wash.. Dec. 25 (Spe cial.) Harry M. -Kennedy, slayer of Harry Jl. Warner, of Spokane, yester day guided a party of nine to the body of his victim in the yeliow pine grove, live miles north of Trout Lake, near Blue Grouse Mountain, almost without a slip. The Sheriff and his deputies headed the pilgrimage, which could go only to within four miles of the lonely epot. the rest of the route being up a canyon. Lying face upward in about five Inches of snow was the victim's body wmcn nao lain in toe woods since elec tion day. November 3. Within 50 yards of it. Kennedy stopped and pointed it out. crying. I can t go any nearer,' and broke riown. The body, frozen, was found in per fect condition. Kennedy asserts he did not touch the Dody alter ne urea. v AVliite Funeral Is Today. The funeral of Johnson White, who died at The Dalles December 17 at the age of 73 years, will be held today at z:ju irom jiniey s undertaking parlors, Mr. vvnite lormeriy uvea la .Portland. INSTRUCTION OF YOUTHS IS THWARTED BY CUPID In Tire School Terms at Silver Lake, Wedding Bells Ring Out Six Times and-Man Is Victim of Pupil. ' i v- v-"-- v r & f-i " f TOP SILVER LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOL.. WEST) RIGHT, MISS BY O. A MORRIS - SILVER LAKE. Or., Dec. 24. (Spe cial.) Has Dan Cupid established permanent "Winter headquarters within the dingy black and gray walls of Silver Lake's new schoolhousej? le nas. echoes a chorus of school directors and there's eenuine trrief In the wail. Five school terms; ix weddings. Five maiden school teachers:- six brides. That's the nifty little record of a school that started business in the Fall of 1909. Nothing wrong: about those fives and sixes. One of the brides was a pupil who was married to her professor. Directors Scoff at Slsn. Now the sixth school. year Is on In Silver Lake's new temple of knowledge; and Just to show they do not believe in signs, the school directors have chosen another marriageable maiden to in struct the Intermediates. Miss Stella Pattison is the "marked" maiden of the 1914-15 term. Pretty, vivacious, accomplished, ath letic! With all this attractiveness and some more in her favor, how can Miss Pattison hope to "get by?" This is the. question all Silver Lake Is pondering. "It can't be done," comes the reply from the eligible bachelor contingent. Odds are three to two. Miss against fMrs. It's the only legitimate betting proposition in town since Governor West ordered cards and dice out of the one saloon in Silver Lake. Youngsters First, Says Teacher. Miss Pattison is reticent regarding her hopes or expectations, of "get ting by." "There are exceptions to the history repeating rule," she says. "I am think ing of the youngsters and not of wed ding bells." In addition to her personal attrac tions and attainments Miss Pattison soon will obtain title to 320 acres of desirable land. She is a homesteader. NEW YORK IS GENEROUS .-.."jinri- CHARITY .n boOD CHEER. F1XD WAY TO ALL DEPENDENTS. Scores of Thousands- Feast on Dinners Provided by Popular Aid; Day la Most Memorable of City. NEW YORK, Dec. 25. Charity and good cheer walked abroad in New York today and made the holiday in many wavs one of tne most memorable in the city's annals; For the one day, at leitst. rthe pinch of poverty was relaxed even in quarters where it had been most severely felt. . Scores of thousands of persons were fed by charitable organizations, the Salvation Army and the Volunteers of America alone, according to estimates of distribution, providing 75,000 dinners for the poor. MuniciDal Christmas tree celebrations begun on the eve of "the holiday, were continued on the day itself; poor chil dren were gathered together in numer ous centers and made happy with gifts and feasting. Numerous homes were blessed with needed supplies, holiday table presents for the. little ones -of the family. Hospitals, orphanages, homes for the aged and infirm, correctional and other institutions provided holiday dinners and entertainments for their In mates. The churches played their usual im portant part in the celebration. At Osslnlng the prisoners in Sing Sing witnessed a play by a New York com pany and feasted sumptuously at dinner time. INTERNED SEAMEN CELEBRATE Germans and Austrians In . Boston Harbor Enjoy Holiday. BOSTON, Dec. 25. The yuletide spirit held full sway In this city today, every poor family whose need was known benefiting by the work of charitable organizations. At the Salvation Army barracks toys were distributed to suuu little ones. Twelve hundred children received presents from a towering Christmas tree In the Elks' Home. On interned German and Austrian steamships in the harbor seamen drank toasts to sweethearts and wives in the fatherland and enjoyed special Christ mas dinners provided by the owners of the craft. All the American ships in port were handsomely decorated with International code flags and on several of them Christmas trees were" hoisted to the mastheads. Self-Denlal Fund Feeds Hundreds. LOS ANGELES, Dec 25. Two thou sand dollars raised by county employes as a "self-denial" fund" paid for an open-air Christmas dinner served to day on the Courthouse lawn to all who came. About 1000 took advantage of BELOW (LEFT) MRS. STELLA PATTISOS. This, say those who are taking the short end of the Miss-Mrs. wagers, makes the girl simply irresistible. There is precedent for this argument. When Laura B. Myers came to Lake County as a homesteader she was en titled to the four-letter prefix. Miss Myers had taught school in Portland -for years and years and "got by" with the name she inherited. Eighteen months on a- homestead and one term in the Silver Lake school and Miss Myers be comes Mrs. W. D. West, bride of a United States Commissioner. Mr. West was believed to be immune. The new Silver Lake schoolhouse was completed in time for the school term of 1909. Miss Stella Hyland was the first teacher and the first victim of Cupid. At the end of her school year Miss Hyland became Mrs. Edward Poyl. Then came Miss Louise Ware, who is now Mrs. KL O. Buick; Miss Jennie An derson, now Mrs. Robert Roberts; Miss Grace Frizzell, now wife of A. N. Mo Call, a merchant. Mere Van Easy "Victim. In a desperate effort to break the spell,, the school directors employed Lawrence Meyers." It was no use. Pro fessor Meyers was an easier victim than the others, and. before the end of the term, married Miss Lula Reeder, a pupil. Although there was some opposition In 1908 to the construction of a four room, modern school building in Silver Lake, the steady gains in attendance have justified the decision for -a larger structure. Two instructors were em ployed In 1912. and it was necessary to increase the force to three this terra. R. E. Storey is the principal, with Mrs. Storey teaching first-year youngstera This is the second year of the high school the only-high school in North Lake County, a territory larger than the State of Delaware. If the gain In attendance is as rapid In the next two years as it was in the two last passed, another room and an additional teacher will be necessary, the directors say. Attendance on the first d,ay of the present term was 52. the hospitality. The fund alBo provid ed 400 boxes of food, sufficient to last an averago family two weeks, and sweaters and shoes for 200 boys .and girls. - Mayor Has Huge Christmas Tree. KANSAS CITY, Dec. 25. Twelve thousand bags of toys and candies were presented to the- children of the city today in connection with the Mayor's Christmas-tree celebration. A tower ing tree was erected in the center of Convention Hall, which was filled with children and their parents. - NEW SOLDIER IS CREATED Irench Interpreters of English Wear Olive Drab Uniforms. HA.VRB, Dec. 10. (Correspondence of the Asscoclated Press.) A new style of French soldier has just appeared in Havre, wearing the regulation British uniform of olive drab. with putees and a cap of the traditional French arms shape, but of. khaki color. These soldiers, who created much in terest at first by reason of their novel uniform, are detached from the French army to serve in the British as offi cial interpreters. They are mounted and attached to the various headquar ters. British officers with more than a knowledge of restaurant French are not common, while he enlisted men who have been able to pick up Hindustanee and various jargons in the British col onies find themselves lost as far as French is concerned. Neither the French nor the English can pronounce the oth er's language in an undexstandable way when theydo pick up words. On ac count of spies among the civilians who have often been used as interpreters on the front, it was felt necessary to have a corps vouched for by the French government. RUSSIANS WADE ICY RIVER Bayonet Charge Then Dislodges Aus . trians in Carpathians. . PETROGRAD, Dec. 25. An official report given out tonight says: "During the development of our of fensive among the mountain spurs of the Carpathians-two of our infantry regiments gave evidence of great gal lantry. Under a murderous fire and wading watst deep in the ice cold water of the River Jasiolka, these regiments dislodged by bayonet charges the Aus trians from their lines, taking pris oners four officers and 150 soldiers." : Ex-Khedive's Health Bad. GENEVA, via Paris, Dec. 25. Two sons of: the former Khedive of Egypt, aged 13 and 16, have arrived here from Vienna, where their father is visiting, to enter college. They eay the ex Khedive is in bad health. GARRANZA DRIVEN BACK AT VERA CRUZ Villa Forces in Unknown Num bers Advance and Armies Clash in Outskirts. CENSORSHIP IS ENFORCED Carranza Troops Meanwhile Victor ious Over Villa at Tampico and Recover . Tlaxicala After Battle With Zapatistas. VERA CRUZ. Dec 25. Fighting has occurred between the adherents of General Carranza and those of General Villa in the outskirts of Vera Cruz. The Villa forces in unknown numbers are advancing while the Carranza forces have been obliged to fall back; - A strict . censorship has been en forced. General Carranza received news to day from Tamplcd that followers of General Villa had been defeated at Ebano Station. The news officially tendered to the press was that in the attack by the Villa - adherents one of the Cedillo brothers, who was acknowl edged to be a fighter of importance and who was formerly with Carranza, was ' killed and that the Villa force lost heavily. It was added that three cannon and a few machine guns were taken by Carranza's men. The defeat of followers of Zapata near Apizaco state of VTlaxicala and the recovery of Tlaxicala, capital of the etate of the same name, were of ficially announced tonight. The lines of fighting at Apizaco are said to have extended about seven miles. The cas ualties of the Zapata forces are esti mated to have been at least 600. The rest of the defeated soldiers fled to safety in the foothills of tKe Sierra Malinche. RIFLES CRACK OX BOUNDARY General Scott's Plan for Keeping Peace Ready for Washington. NACO, Ariz., Dec. 25. Forlorn little pieces of broken green branch were the only Christmas trees the children of Naco had today. Between them and the San Jose Mountains in Sonora, where the Christmas trees for this bit of Ari zona come from, are two lines of Mexi can trenches. Even on tills holiday, when the So nora factions and the American border force feasted, played cards and listened to music, rifles cracked occasionally be yond the Mexico boundary. Proud lit tle owners of Mexican and American dolls, however, strutted into the United States Army encampment and turned the soldiers' attention away from some 6000 pairs of Army socks bung out to dry after a week s rain. When official Washington returns to work it will have before'it the plan of Brigadier-General Hugh L. Scott, chief of the United States Army staff,, for keeping the Sonora warfare and its stray bullets at a safer distance from Arizona towns, together with the ob jections the two Mexican leaders had to the details of the scheme. After Washington replies General Scott will hold more vConfrences with Governor Maytorena and General Banjamln Hill. SOLDIERS HAVE THEATER "ALLIES' MUSIC HALL" GIVES PER FORMANCES UNDER. KIRK. Artiata Change Without Notice and Prosrimme Often -lm Interrupted by Bugle Call to Arms. DIXMUDE, Dec. -2. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) The "Allies' Music Hall" is half a mile behind the French firing line near Dixmude. in the frst barn on the right. . It is devoted to variety, exclusively, but the per formances are not guaranteed to be continuous. The directors reserve the right to interrupt or to change the programme and substitute artists with out notice. Reasons for this precaution are obvious to anyone who has heard the German shells go screeching through the air over the barn. A candle here and there, stuck on a bayonet, does as well as it can in the place oX calcium lights, and ammunition boxes, when one knows now to arrange them, make a good stage. The performance begins soon after the relief of the guard in the trenches. The troupe, as well as the audience, is composed of "allies of all colors British, French, Canadians, Moors, Hin dus, Sikhs, Algerians. Senegalese gen erally covered with the mud of the trenches of Flanders. The programme consists of songs, monologues, recita tions and dances. One performance was concluded with the singing of popular choruses in French and English. The chorus of the last song was interrupted by dlf ferent regimental bugle calls and the audience and performers dispersed precipitately to Join their detachments for a dash to the trenches. TWO HIGHWAYMEN GET $21 Gasoline Station Tender Reports Holdup to Police. Two highwaymen held up "Jack Wal ter, an employe in a gasoline filling station at Union avenue and Mason street, at 8 o'clock last night and robbed him of $21, according to his report to the police. Walter told Detectives Hyde and Howell that he had just turned out the lights to go home for the night whan one of the men stepped In the door. The other stood outside, looking in through the 'window and apparently watching for the police. - Thrusting a gun against his side, Walter says, the man forced him into a back room. After cautioning him to keep quiet the robber rifled his pockets. Both the robbers. Walter told the police, were unmasked. The man who entered the room, he said, was large and wore a mustache. His companion was smaller and smooth shaven. Relief Ship Reaches Canal. PANAMA. Dec. 25. The steamship Camlno, which sailed from San Fran cisco on December 6 with a cargo of food and clothing for the relief of des titute people In Belgium, arrived at Balboa today. The Camino . will pass through the canal tomorrow on her way toltotterdam. British Trawler Is Sunk. - GEIMSBY, Kngland, via London. Dec. 26. The trawler Ocana was sunk by a mine today. Eight men were drowned, only the second engineer being saved.. Double Stamps and Your Coupon FdrugsI WW r i d We place on sale this morning in every department seasonable merchandise at reduced prices. There is, we verily believe, no time like the present to-effect those price sav ings, which conditions make imperative, and no store where these savings are more in evidence than ours. Lunch Pleasantly at Any Hour in Our Wood-Lark Tea Room. Delicious Hot Drinks, Tasty Dishes New Year Greeting Cards and Art Calendars Reduced. - Bicycle. Cards 19 Fine Papeteries at Lower Prices All Framed Pictures reduced 1-3 50 Extra Stamps Today With . Every Framing Order of 50c or More. Woodard, I! FALSE HISTORY OF WAR IS DEPLORED : Army Officer Says United States Never Yet Whipped . Foe Worthy of Steel. 'CANDY TAKEN FROM BABY' Britain Busy at Home in Revolution and 1812 North and South Equally tfnrit in Civil War. Training Is Urged. CHICAGO, Dec. 24. Military service during the youth or every male citizen of the United States was suggested today ffs a means ot providing a suf ficient reserve army in a public ad dress by Colonel H. O. S. Heistand, U. S. A Adjutant-General of the Cen tral Department of the Army. ' Colonel Heistand said the United States was totally unprepared for waty urgea mat ine regular Army ana i.ne National Guarcl were inadequate and protested against what ho termed talse history taught the country. "If at this" minute." he said, "every one of the 90,000 regular soldiers in the United States cavalry. Infantry and coast artillery were assembled in New York, there would not be enough men to man the guns on a war footing. Force Could Not Protect Guns. "If every one of the 112.000 National Guardsmen were assembled in New York City, there would not be enough to protect those guns from attack and those guns, as -tney are now situated, are a greater menace to New York than a protection, because all a foe would have to do would be to turn them around and point them at New York Gity and begin shooting. N "For the purpose of defense, I would have every male citizen of the United States, in the early period of his life, give a sufficient time to the United States Arniy to qualify himself In the essentials of a soldier. I would have him learn how to shoot and have him learn how to march. I would have him learn how to take care of himself in the field, how to pitch and roll up his tent; how to ride his horse; how to cook his bread and bacon and take care of his health; and, above all, to submit his will to his commander. I would have hini-io that with very small pay. Faliie Teaching; Blamed. "The trouble with our people is they are suffering from false teaching and preaching. "In our echoed history we teach that in the war of the Revolution we whipped England; that in the war of 1S12 we whipped England; that in th war with Mexico we whipped her, and that In the war of our own rebellion vre rose up from the fields and the farms and marched right out and put down the rebellion. "True, wer whipped Mexico. we whipped Spain. There is a slang phrase about taking candy from a baby, and that is what we did. We did not whip Great Britain in the war of the Revo lution.. Great Britain was busy at home and quit because she had not the slightest Idea of what kind of real estate we had here. - "In the war of 1812 we were humili ated and our capital was burned, and Great Britain, because she was busy at home, quit without insisting on her rights. Civil War Conflict of CItUennr. "In the war of the rebellion two great mobs of the finest citizenry that ever stepped up to the cannon's mouth went to the front without the knowL edge of organization or warfare for four straight years, and at the end the one with the longest purse and the greatest number ot men triumphed. It was scarcely a, war. It was a conflict of mob organizations. "What we want today is to teach our people that we, did not really ever in the history of the world whip a foe worthy of our steel, for we never have. We have in us the power, for there Is not a really good American who Is not ready to die for his country. I plead for a training f every citizen, so that if the time ever comes when we need to defend these institutions under which we live so gloriously, he will be able to do so, and instead of dying a suicide or of becoming simply a fool ish victim of the foe, he will have given m. good "account of himself in the defense of his country." FRENCH FOOD NOURISHES But Men Is Are Frozen, as Kitchens " . Are Far n Rear. ' HAVRE. Dec. 2. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) "No matter how fierce the attack, the men in the trenches are kept well nourished," writes a French soldier. "Fresh meat, beans, lentils, dried peas or rice, cheese or sardines, preserves or a cake of chocor late, a half pin of wine for each man, and, since the cold weather, set In, a nip of brandy in addition to our coffee; that's our fare. Troops entrenched even within 100 yards of the enemy re- Clarke & Co., Alder at West Park celve the same, but as the company kitchens are two miles or more in the rear, the food Is nearly frozen by the time we get it. "What we need in the trenches this freezing weather, almost as much as the food itself. Is heat. One night our Corporal came up to our squad and in vited us to come into his trench at midnight for a cup of hot coffee. We laughed at the joke. Yet we felt enough curiosity to go. Taking an empty can of tinned beef the Corporal poured into it some grease and olive oil. Ha then dug a little hole in an earthen ledge he had excavated in the side of the trench. In this hole he placed the lid of a can. The bullets were then drawn from two cartridges and the powder emptied Into the lid. Our cook next put a match to the pow der, which flared up, poured in the grease mixture and placed a piece of rag in the middle as a wick. Two bayonet cases were stuck into the earth aslant and met above to serve as a crane lot the tin bucket containing the coffee. It seemed slow work to us, but at last we drank our piping hot coffee, which tasted to us like nectar. "Since then every man has taken to the fashion of heating his meals. The kitchens furnish us with the grease, and we live quite comfortably, though the weather may be below freezing and German shells may be cracking over our heads." HUi PLUNGES TO DEATH ST. nCE.T HOSPITAL PATIENT DIVES FROM WINDOW. . Internes and Many Inmates In Ward When Crased Victim of Accident Hurls IllniMclf to Pavement. Donie Christ, a Bulgarian, plunged head foremost from a third-floor win dow of a ward at St. Vincent's Hos pital, Thursday afternoon, and met al most instantaneous death on the pave ment . below. Temporary insanity Is believed to have . caused the wild plunge. Christ, of whom little is known by the hospital authorities, was brought to the hospital December 21, suffering from burns received at the plant of the Union Meat Company. He was taken to Ward 318. Since being put in the hospital he became obsessed with the idea that he was to be Imprisoned and, it is said. he desired to escape from the hos pital. The plunge through the window was made when the ward was filled with patients and several internes were in attendance. - The body is being held at the morgue while Coroner Slocum is endeavoring to find the man's relatives. .Christ was 25 years old. POSTAL FORCES ARE BUSY Mail Service to Be Normal by Today, Says Postmaster. All mail that arrived In Portland tip to yesterday noon was delivered yes terday afternoon, - and Postmaster Myera said last night that the affairs of the office would be bacic ts normal today. "The Christmas mail has been the su preme test of our organization," he said, "but with the loyal support of the employes in all departments we have been kbe to handle everything as it came without congestion, although we Were handicapped by the inadequate Quarters. All Portland 'postofflee employes worked the regular hours yesterday. The business done was scarcely more than that of the average day, but many people availed themselves of the op oortunity to mail gifts to friends that had been overlooked in making their original Christmas gifts. - SIDKANG TULKA IS DEAD Rnle of Maharajah Who Was IVlend of British Is Cut Short. IXJNDON, Dec. 15. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) A telegram from Calcutta announces the death of his highness. Sidkang Tulka, Maharaja of Sikkim, in the Kastern Himalayas. He succeeded his father, the late Sir rhotub Mangayal, only a few months ,a.go. Sidkang was the first ruler of his remoto state" to come into direct con tact with Western civilization. He spent two years at Oxford University and afterward traveled extensively with an English'political officer. At ttoebpening of the present war he expressed a desire to be of any service possible to the British govern meat SIGNAL MAN DIES OF COLD Operator in Alaska la Found on ' Trail Near His Post, Frozen. VAIjDEZ, Alaska, Dec 25. Francis E. Johnson, aged 3a, of Meadow Valley. WiB.. United States Signal Corps opera tor at Donnelly's, Alaska, was frozen to death Wednesday night on the trail near his post. He left Donnelly s light ly dressed, on horseback, for a relief cabin on the military telegraph line, to Install a, stove. Johnson's body was found near a large rock, about which ne had tramped down the snow in his efforts to keep warm. Apparently his horse went through an overflow and the rider became wet, started for safe ty and was overtaken by a snowstorm USE THIS COUPO 20 EXTRA no Bring this coupon and g e t 20 extra " S. & H." Trading Stamps on your first $1 cash pur chase and double stamps on the balance of purchase. Good on fi floors today, December irst thivee 2G. CHILDREN All our Dollies are marked down and waiting for you. ADJUSTABLE DERBY SIL VER BEVEL PLATE GLASS SHAVING MIRRORS to close at 20 per cent less. Special Today! IVORY SOAP 8 cakes' for 27$. None delivered; no nhone orders. We lose money on this. COPPER TO BE RELEASED EXGLAXD AND FRANCE GIVE AS SURANCE TO ITALY. Pledge Given That Metal Will Kot Be Re-exported All Available Sup plies Are Needed at Home. ROME, Wednesday, Dec. 2"3 England and France have given assurances to the Italian government that cargoes of copper on board Italian steamships, which have been held as contraband of war, will be released. In return Italy has pledged herself to prevent the re exportation of copper. All available supplies of the metal aro needed In this country for home manufacturers. A number of Italian steamships with cargoes of copper have been held up by the British authorities at Gibraltar and elsewhere since the outbreak of the war. It was observed that Italy's importations of the metal were in creasing, and the British and French governments suspected some of it was being forwarded from the Italian ports to which it was consigned te Germany and Austria. It was announced at Washington December 7 that the Brit ish government had procured the adop tion by neutral governments of em bargoes or undertakings that copper would not be permitted to pass their borders into belligerent states. Under this arrangement, It was said, there probably would be no further diffi culty In shipping American copper to Europe. The allied nations class cop per as absolute contraband. WOMAN SHOT, MAN SUICIDE Tragedy at . Oakland Sequel Christmas Dinner. to OAKLAND, Cal.. Dec 25. Helen Win ton told the police today at the re ceiving hospital- that Albert Parker had shot her and then committed suicide. The couple ate a Christmas dinner to gether last night, and then returned to the hotel, where they were registered as husband and wife. A tew minutes later the proprietor heard the sound of revolver shots. Parker died early today, and the con dition of the woman is serious.' Both lived in San Francisco. FRANK WALSH FEEDS 180 Hobos Are Guests of Chairman of Industrial Relations Committee. KANSAS CITY. Dec. 25. One hun dred and fifty self - styled "hobos" were the guests of Frank P. Walsh, chairman of the United States Com mission on Industrial Relations, at Christmas dinner here tonight.: The men had refused to stand in line at municipal and charitable dinners and word of their plight went to Mr. Walsh. He immediately ordered a ca terer to serve a meal for them In a downtown hall. Chicago Gets Army Supply Order. CHICAGO. Dec. 25. Orders for felt for artillery harness, saddles and can teen covers, totaling fl, 250.000, have been received by a Chicago firm from the purchasing agents of the British army, it was announcer! here today. NEW TRAIN SERVICE TO SPOKANE SO. i'B. THE SPOKA.E LOCAL, Leaves Seattle. ...... .7:00 A. M. Arrives Spokane 9:10 P. M, Making all Intermediate stops. NO. 4. THE OREGOMAV FAST DAY TRAIN, Leaves Seattle 10:30 A.M. Arrives Spokane 9:30 P.M. Thence through to St. PauL NO. 2, THE (IRIKXTAL LIMITED, Leaves Seattle 7:30 P.M. Arrives Spokane 7:45 A.M. Thence through to Chicago without change. Connecting trains leave Port land 10:00 A. M. and 5:00 P. M. Tickets, sleeping and parlor-car reservations and full informa tion at City- Ticket Office, 348 Washing ton Street (Morgan building), and at depot. Tenth and Hoyt streets. H. DICKSON. . P. & T. A. u Telephones Marshall 3071, A