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... x . VOL. IVI. XO. 17,485. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1916. PRICE FIVE CENTS. FOOD COST BLAME PUT ON HOUSEWIFE SUFFRAGE BANNER FLOWN IN CAPITOL TEUTONS CONTINUE ON TO BUCHAREST GIRL SLAYER CRIES WIND DRIVES SNOW IN WHO SWINDLED L' .. IN EASTERN OREGON PROTESTS IN COURT unMCfj iq inuiM TACOIA WOMEN ADVISED THEY DEMAND TOO MUCH. DEFENDERS UNABLE TO CHECK DRrVE ON CAPITAL. NEAR-BLIZZARD CAUSES DAM IU UUiML AGE TO PROPERTY. ASQUITH RESIGNS; BOHAR LAWCALLED IIUIIILI! 4 I ;.''! : 1 r i Coalition Cabinet, However, Will Be Continued. CRISIS REACHED IN BRITAIN Lloyd George Certain to Be Made Premier if Bonar Law Should Decline. WAR TO BE "SPEEDED UP" Possibility of General Election Discussed, but Opposi j tion Is Manifest. LONDON, Dec. 5. The government crisis found a solution tonight which up to the hour of its announcement had been considered the least prob able of practical alternatives. Her-'-; bert H. Asquith resigned the Premier ;' ship, which he has held through eight - stormy years of domestic and foreign history. The Unionist leader, Andrew Bonar Law, was summoned to the palace im 4 mediately after Mr. Asquith had de , parted and the King offered him the Prime Minister's commission, which ; he had just accepted from Mr. As ; quith's hands. i Coalition Cabinet to Continue. No announcement regarding Mr. 'J Bonar Law's decision has been made, . I and there are some doubts whether r he will accept the heavy responsiuil - ity. If he declines, it is considered certain that the honor will fall to '., David Lloyd George. The continuation of the coalition Cabinet, with some changes in its membership and the speeding up of the war management will be the policy in either event. The Premier's decision to resign and advise the King to summon Andrew Bonar Law to form a Cabinet was taken after a day of extraordinary ,' political excitement and activity. There were constant comings and go i ings of the political leaders between .., Downing street and the various gov ernment departments. . i Noteworthy Leaders Absent. 5 Mr. Asquith met several Unionist "i leaders in consultation, including Earl '.: Curzon, Lord Robert Cecil and the Earl of Derby. , Noticeable absentees from this con- ', ference were: A. J. Balfour, who is ill; Andrew Bonar Law, J. Austen Chamberlain and Walter Hume Long. Later in the afternoon the Premier i met his supporters, including Viscount "! Grey, Lewis Harcourt, Edwin S. Mon j tagu, the Marquis of Crewe, Reginald McKenna, Walter Runciman, Lord Buckmaster, H. Samuel, Lord Read ..S ing and Arthur Henderson. The meet . ing lasted more than an hour and it is supposed that Mr. Asquith ex " plained that he was faced by almost insuperable obstacles to the reconcilia- tion of the conflicting interests and ' j intended to tender his resignation. Al . j most immediately the Premier drove to the palace and had an audience with the King. General Election Discussed. It now is remarked that when Mr, Asquith was asked in the House of Commons yesterday if a food dictator had been appointed, he replied sharp ly: "I don't like a food dictator." There is much talk tonight of the possibilities of a general election. Mr, Bonar Law would first form a Cabi net, if he takes office, as it is neces sary that the government be carried on, and then appeal to the electors for a ratification of his administra tion. There is strong opposition, however, to any political campaign, which must necessarily divert the country's en ergies from the war work while it lasted, and the new government may decide to go ahead with the approval of the House of Commons only and not of the voters. Lloyd George's Policy Shown. J The part David Lloyd George is y playing in the crisis was demonstrated f plainly today by the fact that he re mained in his office while the Pre mier conferred separately with the Liberal and Conservative members of the Cabinet. Lloyd George's policy had supporters in both camps. His J (.Concluded on Page 2. Column 3.) D. J. McPherson, of Retail Grocers, Says Purchasers Could Save by Personal Marketing. TACOMA. Wash., Dec. 6. (Special.) D. J. McPherson, secretary of the Ta coma Retail Grocers' Association, told members of the executive board of the Woman's Club today that the housewife herself did much to raise the price of food by her demands for service, nu merous and late deliveries, neatly wrapped and package goods and the most modern sanitary devices. Mr. McPherson said that grocers are compelled to make deliveries which cost 10 cents each on a small parcel like a loaf of bread, which he buys at 8 cents and sells for a dime. He point ed out that, prices would fall if women would do their marketing personally and carry home their purchases, but he asserted that not two per cent of women shopped in this manner. One of his suggestions for cutting the cost of living -was to buy in larger quanti ties. II. P. Wright, Federal agent, with headquarters In Seattle, was present on invitation and declared that the Government could do nothing in" the present price crisis unless It discovered combinations to corner staples or re strain trade. BAY STATE "DRYS" GAIN Four Towns Added to Column and Bedford Wet Majority Reduced. . BOSTON. Dec. 5. No license, or "dry" forces gained four new suc cesses in elections in 15 Massachus etts cities today. Fall River, Haver hill, Leominster and Taunton shifted from the wet to the dry column. The license advocates were not euccessfud in effecting any changes, Brockton, Salem, Cambridge and Waltham re maining no-license. New Bedford, while keeping -to the wet column, did so by a greatly re duced margin. Only 11 of the cities elected Mayors this year, and of this number not one was chosen as a Democrat. SNAKES ROUT ROAD CREW Laborers Near Hereford Dig Into Nest of 600 Reptiles. BAKER, Or., Dec. 6. (Special.) Tiere was a scattering of road im provement workers near Hereford 'to day when the road crew dug Into & small dirt cave and unearthed a colony of email snakes, more than 600 in num ber, the reptiles having begun their long 'Winter sleep. Many of the snakes were twined so closely together that it was extremely difficult to determine how many were contained in the scaly mass. Tie snakes were not thought to be poi sonous. COUNTESS RESISTS TAX Titled American Heiress Takes In come Case Into Court. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 6. Whether titled American heiresses living abroad and having sources of income in this country are exempt from the obliga tions of the Federal income tax statute was a point of law raised by Countess Emily R. Degandy, of Paris, daughter of the late John Jacob Ridgeway, of this city, in the United States District Court here today. Judge Dickinson reserved decision. The countess paid a tax of $7176.62 under protest in 1913. MEXICAN HELD FOR PLOT Recruiting for Revolt in Lower Cali fornia Charged. ' LOS ANGELES, Dec. S. Fortunato Tenorio, a Mexican interne in a hos pital here, was arrested today by Fed eral officers, charged with violation of neutrality by the alleged recruiting of men for service in Lower California in a proposed attempt to displace Colonel Esteban Cantu, Military Governor of the northern division. It was said one woman and several men were sought by the Government in the case. SEATTLE PLANS BOYCOTT Mass Meeting of Women Called Attack Food Prices. . to SEATTLE. Wash.. Dec. 6. Steps were taken today by women here to start a boycott on eggs, butter and pota toes. Officers of the Homekeepers" Club issued a call for a mass meeting of women Friday, when plans will xbe laid for the war against high prices of food, i . Eggs are retailing at 55 and 60 cents & dozen; butter at 45 and 50 cents pound, and potatoes at $2.75 for a sack of 100 pounds. SERBS MAKE ANOTHER GAIN Stravina Carried by Assault; Bui gars Set Fire to One Village. LONDON, Deo. 5. The Serbians have won further successes in the Cerna re gion and have carried the village of Stravina by assault, capturing two howitzers, according to an official statement issued by the Serbian War Office, dated Monday evening. The statement says that the village of Zouvik. five miles north of Grun eshte. Is in flames and the Bulgarians are retreating northward. Coup Executed as Wil son Reads Address. PLANS ARE CAREFULLY LAID Demonstration Timed to Fit Porto Rico Recommendation. ANOTHER MOVE PLANNED "Something More Startling" Prom ised Next White House Has Noth ing to Say Women Are Pleased by Events. WASHINGTON1, Dec. 5. Pre.-ident Wilson's address to Congress today was marked by a woman suffrage coup in the galleries the first real show of organized militancy in the Capital and hy a great demonstration of congratu lation to the President upon his re election in which many Republicans Joined with the Democrats. After acknowledging the prolonged cheers and applause which greeted his entry to the hall of the House, the President launched into his address, re viewing recommendations for railroad legislation, a corrupt practices act and had passed to his recommendations for a broader government for Porto Rico. Yellow Banner Unfurled. He was just about to begin a sen tence "the present laws governing the island and regulating the rights and privileges of its people are not just" when, over the rail of the gallery, where sat a party of woman suffrage leaders, there fluttered down above the heads of an amazed assemblage of Senators and Representatives a silken banner of suffrage yellow, bearing in great black letters the inscription: President Wilson, what will you do for woman suffrage?" The suffragists said afterward it was their protest against .the President's plea with Congress for broader suf frage for tho men of Porto Rico, while he did not mention their own cause in his address. President I Unperturbed. As the banner rippled down, the suffragists sat smiling and unper turbed watching the effect. A dimin utive page, raised on the arms of men directly under the gallery, grasped the edge of . the banner and snatched it down. President Wilson, attracted by the stir, looked up from his reading. and, apparently taking In the situation at a glance, smiled broadly and, with out hesitation or interruption, turned his eyes back to his manuscript and continued his address to its end with out further demonstrations. Policemen and gallery guards scur ried to where the women were seated, but contented themselves with watch ing the party. When the joint session was over the (Concluded on Pago 7, Column 1.) THE DEVELOPMENT OF OREGON'S LIVESTOCK MIGHT HAVE BEEN EVEN MORE WONDERFUL. i"yG rvj srs Cmt aom, -rssss ryoy V' wsroAzsc Ls " " 1,11 I f T'S 'ZOGJ.JzA O- TVy,? spilW f t -p T. C I i 1 bbbBbV Bl I h. 1 I II Twenty Thousand Roumanian Refu gees Arrive in Jassy Russian Efforts Are Appreciated. FETROGRAD, via London, Dec. 5. The Roumanians have been unsuccess ful in attempts to check -the Teutonic forces on the roads to Ploedchtl and Bucharest, says the War Office in to day's official statement. LONDON, Dec. 5. A Reuter dispatch from Jassy, Roumanla, under date of December 3, says: "This sleepy university town has been stirred to the depths by the transfer of the government and the arrival of 20,000 refugees from Bucharest and elsewhere, many of them in affluent circumstances. They are much impressed by Russia's efforts to help Rou mania. Russian soldiers are constantly marching to the front and this inspires confidence that they will save the situation." The fate of Bucharest apparently is sealed. The Teutonic advance toward it is going on unchecked, Roumanian attempts to stop it having been unsuc cessful. BANK ROBBERS KILL MAN Street Battle Fought After Looting of Buckeye, Ariz., Association. PHOENIX. Ariz., Dec. 5. Charles Minor, a baker, was instantly killed when robbers, who had looted the Buckeye Valley Bank, at Buckeye, 35 miles west of here, engaged in a street battle with officials of the hank and citizens. The robbers made their escape on horses, split up into pairs' and are being hunted through the rough hill section of Maricopa County by posses of deputy sheriffs and farmers. Their loot was about $2000. I. W. W. BARRED FROM JAIL Tacoma Police Refuse to Accept Railway Officers Prisoners. TACOMA, Wash., Deo. 6. (Special.) Thirty-four men, believed to be In dustrial Workers of the World, were turned loose on the streets early to day af,ter they had been taken to the police station by Northern, Pacific de tectives. The police refused to keep them, de claring that they did not want them in the jail. The railroad officers were in censed at such action. The prisoners were taken from boxcars in the yards, JAGOW FRIEND TO AMERICA Resignation. Attributed to Opposition to Submarine Policy. LONDON. Dec. 5. A wireless dis patch from Berne today quotes Maxi milian Harden in the Zukunft as say ing that Herr von Jagow left the Ger man Foreign Office because he disap proved of a submarine policy which offended the United States. Herr von Jagow also disagreed with the policy of deporting. Belgians and French from the occupied territories, the article declares. Miss Colby Collapses; Case Goes to Jury. PLOT CHARGED TO PROSECUTOR Defendant Says Official Told Her She Should Kill Man. LIBERTY OR DEATH ASKED Court Gives -Jury Choice of Return ing Verdict of Murder in First or Second Degree, Man slaughter or Not Guilty. THOMPSON FALLS,. Mont., Dec 5. When court reconvened at 7 o'cloclt Mr. Wheeler concluded his closing ad dress, vrhich had been Interrupted by Miss Colby's collapse, and the case vras Klven to the Jury, which retired for de liberation at 8 o'clock tonight. Judge Clements Instructed the jury that if a verdict was reached before midnight he should be notified. THOMPSON FALLS. Mont.. Dec. 5. The trial of Miss Edith Colby, a news paper reporter accused of murder for killing A. C. Thomas, a politician, was halted temporarily late today just as Special Prosecutor B. K. Wheeler was concluding his closing argument to the Jury when Miss Colby eollapsed and was carried unconscious from the courtroom. It was Miss Colby's third .outburst during the day and Judge Clements adjourned court until 7 o'clock tonight. Mr. Wheeler, concluding his address, asked the jury if they would send "Edith Colby back to the arms of Al Germain." Al Germain, at the mention of whose name Miss Colby collapsed, is a print ing pressman of Spokane who was a minor witness for the defense and who has visited Miss Colby in jail fre quently during the trial. Girl Swoons In Court. The defendant burst into wild laugh ter and collapsed into unconsciousness. "I hope she died. You'll be to blame," shouted Attorney John T. Mulligan, chief counsel for the defense, to Mr. Wheeler. "Oh, yes! That's your play to the jury," retorted the special prosecutor. The courtroom was cleared and medi cal attendance summoned for Miss Colby, who was not restored to con sciousness for several minutes. In his closing argument Mr. Wheeler warned the Jury to pay no attention to the appeals of the defense for sym pathy for Miss Colby. "I wish I could ask an acquittal for Edith .Colby," said Mr. Wheeler. "I come from Massachusetts, and I would that I could stand here to defend the good name of the women of New Eng- (Concluded on Page 17, Column 1.) Mile of Poles Leveled Near Arling ton Western Part of State Has First Snowfall of Season. Oregon, from the Coast to the eastern border, yesterday experienced the first real snowfall of the season. From Marshfield and other ocean ports and Willamette Valley points word of cold weather with light snowfall was re ceived, while in Central and Eastern Oregon a fall varying in depth from three to eight inches was recorded. West of the Cascade Mountains the snow generally was quickly turned to slush by. a rain which followed, but east the cold weather continues, with blizzard conditions reported at La Grande, Baker and other points. Because of snow and high winds, damage has been inflicted to property. At Roseburg, while no snow fell, a 36-mile wind broke windows, street lights and signs. The gale was the hardest in six years. With blizzard conditions existing be yond the Cascades, telegraph and tele phone communication has been badly crippled. The Western Union Tele graph Company last night reported that the gale had leveled a mile of poles between Arlington and Messner. Wire service with points in Oregon beyond the break was maintained via Spokane.- Portland's first snow of the season fell early yesterday, mantling the hill adjacent to the heart of the city. Coun cil Crest, Portland Heights, Rose City Park and other outlying districts ex perienced a light snowfall, but tho business section was unaffected ex cept by a cold biting rain. At Crown Point, on the Columbia Highway, three inches of snow fell. MAIL EARLY" IS WARNING Postofflce Department Says It Will Be Overtaxed This Year. WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. Another ap peal to the public to mall Christmas packages early to prevent a crush of mail in the final days before the holi days was issued today by the Postof flce Department. Warning is given that postal facili ties will be taxed this year to capacity because of the country's prosperity. 1800 Men. Get Wage Rise. DENVER, Dec. 5. The State Indus trial Commission announced today that the miners of the Leadvllle district had received an increase of wages from 30 to 50 cents a day. The increase af fects about 1800 men. Members of the commission went to Leadvllle today to investigate working conditions. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 41 degrees; minimum. 3 degrees. TODAY'S Probably fair; winds mostly westerly. War. Asquith resigns British premiership; Kins calls Mr. iior.ar uw. rage 1. Teutons continue on to Bucharest. Page 1. London demands satisfaction for "gross outrage' by Greeks. Page 4. Peace brought nearer by conditions In en emy countries, says Berlin press. Page 4. National. Women unfurl suffrage banner as President reads bis address. Page 1. Captain of Chemung says attack was un just. Page 6. War Department says American Lake plans win not aziect Vancouver .Barracks. Pago IS. President asks action on railroad laws. Page 3. L. W. Humphreys recommended for post of Minister to teiam. page z. Domestic. Girl slayer shrieks accusation at Prosecutor and collapses In court. Page 1. Western Union and' other big corporations vote bonuses lor employes, page 2. Pope starts Belgian fund. Page 6. Author's second wife sues. Page' 2. Swindler of women maintains Jovial attitude. Page 1. German Consul-General tried for conspir acy, page 1 1. Dieters gain 45.314 pounds at average dally i;jb ul ox cenis per peiwin. rage 1 o. Propr-isslves make overtures for union with itepuoucans. page 3. Pacific Northwest. Blame for high cost of food put on house wife. Page X. Farmers of two states In session. Page 6 Salaried highway commission proposed Page 7. State's riant to fix rates of public service corporations upheld. Page u. Many Oregon towns elect officers. Pago 16. Wind drives snow over Eastern Oregon, doing damage. Page 1. Sport. Georges Carpentler likely to box In Gotham. Page 19. Portland may stage harness and running meet next year. Page 18. Oregon's football prospects for 1017 re garded as bright. Page IS. Thirty-six basketball games scheduled for Jnt'Tcholastlc League. Page 18. Uncle Sama lose hot game to Metropoli tans, page 18. Commercial and Marine. Larg3 increase In output of Oregon butter, cheese and condensed milk. Page 23. Htavy export buying lifts Chicago wheat market. Page J.i. Wall street stocks irregular and close firm Page 23. O. V. Fuller, ex-inspector of boilers, is dead. Page IT. Steamer Dalles City damaged by fire. Page . 17. Northern Pacific not to be shifted. Page 17. Portland and Vicinity. Fine nock fulls to bring big prices at show. Page S. Campaign to raise funds for relief of Port land poor to be started. Page 10. New traffic law to be in effect Sunday. Page 11. Many faotors enter food coBt situation, sayi California market commissioner. Page 11 Weather report, data and forecast. Page 22. Women blamed for living cost. . Page 22. Tacoma' s move for post arouses Oregon Page IS. Union Pacific Lite Insurance officials vln . dicated. Page 7. Judge Burke returns from convention of customs district heads. Page 4. Press Club frolics. Page 4. Wax Moved by Desire to "Right Wrong". "MISS X" APPEARS IN CASE Several Alleged Victims to Confront Prisoner Today. OSBORNES WILL APPEAR Rae Tanzer's Part in Proceedings as Yet Vncertain, but She Will Be Prosecuted if Accuser Is Identified. NEW TORK. Dec. 5. Charles H. Wax, who, according to the Federal au thorities, has admitted he is the long sought "Oliver Osborne," wanted here to clear up a $250,000 breach of prom ise suit against James W. Osborne, a prominent lawyer, arrived in New York tonight from Chicago in custody of a deputy United States marshal and other officials. He will be confronted tomorrow by several women, who, the authorities say, allge that a man of his description courted them under va rious names, and, in some cases, swin dled them. Wax, who was neatly attired, ap peared to be in a Jovial mood, except when newspapermen tried to interro gate him He turned up his overcoat collar and pulled the brim of his fedora hat over his eyes when attempts were made to photograph him. Prisoner la "Charming Kellow." Postofflce Inspector William G. Swain, one of the officials who accom panied the prisoner here from Chicago, said Wax admitted to him he was the elusive "Oliver Osborne" sand that he "wanted to right a wrong." "He is a charming fellow," declared Swain. "He is one of the most enter taining men I have ever met Just as . the women have described him, bril liant and likeable." Wax was taken directly to the Fed eral building on his arrival in the city. Later he was locked up in the Tombs prison in default of $50,000 bail. He is held as a "material witness" in a crim inal case. Occupation Given aa "Aviator," At the Tombs Wax told the warden he was "56 years old and an aviator by occupation." He laughed aloud as he said it. He gave bis address Chicago. One of the women who will confront Wax tomorrow, it was announced, will be known in the proceedings simply as "Miss X.," to whom a man answer ing to Wax's description Is alleged to have represented himself as Charles Raymond, "an assistant United States District Attorney." James W. Osborne and his wife also will see Wax. Whether Miss Rae Tan zer, who sued James W. Osborne and identified him In court as the "Oliver Osborne," who she charged had broken a promise to marry her, will appear to morrow, was said to be problematical. Mlas Tanaer to Be Prosecuted. If Wax proves to be the original "Oliver Osborne" he will be used as a witness in the criminal cases against Miss Tanzer, her lawyers and others, which resulte'd from the breach of promise suit. When the Federal au thorities have finished with him, it was said, he doubtless will be turned over to the local authorities, who are investigating charges of swindling pre ferred by several of the young women who will see him tomorrow. A detective for a local department store identified Wax tonight as a man who had obtained a position at the store in 1911. He said this man stole a $100 bill from a woman soon after he started to work, and that he was convicted and served one year in prison. Coincidentally. officials at po lice headquarters announced today they had received word from the State Pen itentiary of Oregon asking that "Oliver Osborne" be held for the Oregon au thorities. The message said that "Oliver Os borne" was believed to be a man who was sentenced there on June 13, 1913, to five years for forgery, but escaped four months later. WAX VICTIM TELLS OF THEFT Mrs. Lillian M. Ikle Describes Meet ing and Loss of $10,000 Gems. Mrs. Lillian M. Ikle, of Portland, ac cording to her own story, was a victim 'of Charles Wax, who was arrested in Chicago last Monday on a charge of swindling 300 women of money and jewelry after he had won their confi dence and love.- Mrs. Ikle last night, at her. home at 451 East Twenty-eighth street North, told how Wax had ro-bbed her of $10,000 worth of diamonds and $S00 in money. Mrs. Ikle's story differs from the re ports given by other victims of the Chicago prisoner in that her acquaint ance with Wax was brief and he never made love to her. The valuables, she says, were stolen from her room after Wax. who had seen her wearing gems, had followed her to a NewYork hotel. Mrs. Ikle says that her acquaintance with Wax. whom she met as Colonel William Mason, of the United States Regular .Army, was very casual. After trailing Wax to Portland she was largely instrumental in his conviction Coicludcd on Page 4. Column 2.) IV I F." . i . K. I 1