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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY. DECEMBER 19, 1916. DEPORTATION WAITS Ofi BARON'S APPEAL R. E; Oppenheim Detained at Ellis Island on Charges Cabled From London. IMPLICATION IS ADMITTED Visitor Dispels Rumor That He Was Carrying $500,000 In American Securities Action of Immi gration Office Delayed. NEW YORK. Dec 18. (Special.) Baron Robert Emanuel Oppenheim. of Paris, who arrived yesterday and was detained on board the Noordara by or der of the. immigration commissioner, was examined today at Bills Island before a board of special inquiry and ordered deported on the ground that he had bees convicted of an offense In volving "moral turpitude." An appeal was filed by his attorney to be sent to the Secretary of Labor at Washington. This acta as a stay," so that the Baron will not have to sail on the Noordam next Friday. Detention Regarded aa Routine. Commissioner Howe said the deten tion of the Baron at Ellis Island was part of the regular routine of . the Immigration Bureau. A cable dispatch had been received on Saturday from London regarding some financial transactions in which it was alleged the Baron had been involved in Paris and convicted. The cablegram was sent to a person unknown to Commissioner Howe, it was said. All the money Baron Op penheim had in his possession when he arrived at Ellis Island was $450 in cash. When questioned by the board of In quiry whether he had ever been con victed of any offense in connection with financial transactions under the French law Baron Oppenheim ad mitted that there "was something of that sort which could bt easily ex plained." Directly he made this ad mission, the board ordered that he be excluded as an undesirable alien. Possession of Securities Denied. The Baron declined to make a state ment, as he said the matter "was in the hands of his attorney He added that he had plenty of friends In the United States and was confident that the charge would be cleared up in a satisfactory manner. When asked if the report was correct that he had $500,000 worth of American securities in his small portfolio, he laughed and said people did not carry wealth about with them in such a careless fashion in France. Baron Oppenheim expressed surprise that he should have been allowed to land in New York "from the American liner Philadelphia last May without any difficulty and spend two months in this country and then be held up on this trip. At the French consulate nothing was known of Baron Robert Bi Oppenheim, of Paris. The officials at the British consulate also said they knew nothing oi the case. effect and in immediate prospect by the transcontinental railways, according to announcements by railroad officials here today, will suspend the movement of lumber and salmon for at least 10 days. All lines have invoked the aid of the embargo to some extent and foodstuffs will be practically the only commodities accepted by the railways for points off their lines. The Great Northern and Northern Pacific have embargoes against through billing beyond the Minnesota transfer. The Milwaukee will hold back all eastbound freight, excepting perish able goods, to points east and south of Chicago. The Union Pacific, it is re ported, is preparing an embargo, to be in effect until January 7, carrying sim ilar provisions. H. L. Hudson, assistant general freight and passenger agent of the Union Pacific, here tonight con firmed the report, although explaining that no official order to that effect had yet reached him. CHICAGO FEARS FAMINE FUEL, RUX3VIXG SHORT AND ZERO WEATHER STRIKES HOME, Dealer In Coal Attribute Short ace to - Lack of Cars and See no Re- ' lief in Sight. CHICAGO, Dec. 18. With eero weather prevailing, Chicago tonight was face to face with a fuel famine.' Reports from all sections of the city indicated that householders and own ers of apartment buildings were ob taining coal only with the greatest difficulty and that the visible supply Is rapidly diminishing. Dealers, who attributed the shortage to a lack of cars, asserted no relief was in sight. Estimates of Chicago's coal receipts and consumption, worked out today by George H. Cffshing, editor of the Black Diamond, an organ of the trade, in dicated that the . receipts 'are between 5000 and 7000 tons a day short of the consumption. In an effort to reduce the coal con sumption the City Health Commission- r urged Chlcagoans to reduce the average office and house temperature from 70 to eo degrees, asserting that given fresh air and sufficient clothing this would be a more healthful tem perature than 70 degrees. CANADA-TEARS UP. RAILS FOR EUROPE Steel on 1000 Miles of Track Will Facilitate Movement : of troops in France. GOVERNMENT LINES GIVEN After a long illness. Mrs. Harriet Anne Fife, 79. widow of W. H. Fife, died today at her home in Auburn. She came with her husband td Tacoma In the early '70s and her husband es tablished the first waterworks in three large reservoirs fed by springs. Mr. Fife was the first postmaster of New Tacoma. They built and operated for many years the Fife -Hotel, now known as the Donnelly. '- SHIPPING GETS WARNING Heavy Snows Falling and Cold and Gales Order of Today. WASHINGTON, Dec. 18. A storm moving northward along the Atlantio Coast tonight left heavy snows from North Carolina to New York, and will continue north, the -Weather Bureau says, with snow, cold weather and gales tomorrow. The storm centered tonight off the North Carolina coast, had traveled from Northeast Texas in 24 hours, making a speed considered remarkable by weather experts. Storm warnings were dis played along the entire 'Atlantic Coast north of Jacksonville, and extreme cau tion was urged lor snipping. The cold snap, which brought tem peratures 10 to 35 degrees below normal over the whole country east of the Rockies, probably will last for several days. The lowest temperature reported today -.was 26 degrees below zero at Devils Lake, N. D. A cold wave was forecast for the Southeastern states to morrow. BARRETT SAYS 'GET READY' Pan-American Union Head Advises Americans to Study Problems. -s PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 18. John Bar rett, director-general of the Pan-American Union, in an address before the New Jersey Society of Pennsylvania liere tonight, declared that the future of this country "seems dependent upon the successful issue of our foreign problems. He urged upon the American people as a body politic the importance of giving more serious study to our inter national relations as affected by the European conflict, adding that at this hour "they are undoubtedly more criti cal in their possibilities i-han any of our home questions." Mr. Barrett eald the United States must prepare fonJpowerful political and commercial competition from the Eu ropean nations in the Latin-American field when the war is over. THOMAS W. PADDEN BURIED Delegations From Three Vancouver Lodges Attend Funeral. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Dec 18. (Spe cial. ) Delegations from the Vancouver Lodge of Elks, the Red Men and the Knights of Columbus attended .the fu neral of Thomas W. Padden, who died December W, after living here con tinuously since 1859. The funeral was held from St. James' Catholic Church with requiem high mass by St. James' choir. Rev. Joseph Delannoy, assistant pastor, officiated. Interment was In the Catholic cemetery. Relatives attended the funeral from Seattle, Tacoma, Spo kane and Portland. SALEM POPULATION GROWS Banker, Major, Lieutenant and Ed itor Become Fathers. SALEM, Or.. Dec. 18. (Special.) Four , of Salem's well-known families helped swell the next census today when Asahel Bush, local banker, be came father of a boy; Major Carle Abrams, State Industrial Accident Com missioner, became father of a girl, and Lieutenant Dana H. Allen, a member of the last Legislature, became father of v. boy. Stephen Stone, managing- editor of the Salem statesman, also became father of a boy. RIGHT OF WAY GIVEN FOOD Embargoes Proposed on Eastbound Freight by Trunk Lines. SEATTLE, Wash., Dec 18. Embar froes aealnst eastbound freight now 1 $25 REWARD , Stolen Ford, touring 1916 model; fac tory number, 1200750; Oregon license number, 26324; one U. S. chain tire and one Nobby Tread tire on rear wheels; Kelly Springfield smooth tread on front wheels. Equipped with Klaxon horn and speedometer. Maryland Motor Car Insurance Co, Hartman & Thompson Chamber of Commerce Bldg. Main 268. 2050, " Bank's Cashier ' Shoots Self. STRASBURG, Colo., Dec 18. The body of J. P. Hardin, 60, cashier of the State Bank of Strasburg, was found on a vacant lot here today with two bullet wounds In the head. Mr. Hardin went to the bank as usual this morning and found a sign over the door, ''Closed by order of the State Banking Commissioner." It. Is said an investigation of the bank's condition is being made. Where Canadian Northern and Grand , Trunk Pacific Ran Parallel Be tween Edmonton and Pacific Coast One to Be Sacrificed. OTTAWA, Ont Dec. 18. Canada has begun to tear up 1000 miles of rail way to meet the needs of the war on the western front in France and Bel glum, It was learned tonight. The rails will be shipped to France, where they will be relaid to facilitate the movement of troops, guns, munitions and supplies from French ports to the lighting line. Laborers now are at work tearing up 300 miles of government railway sidings and it has been decided to re move zuu miles or rails- between Ed monton and the Pacific Coast, whert the Canadian Northern and Grand Trunk Pacific run parallel. Traffic will be thrown upon one of these lines. It Is expected that some of the rails to be sent to France will be obtained from the transcontinental railway and the Hudson Bay Railway. It is said that 20 miles of rails will load one steamer. One cargo, already is on the way to the seaboard, it is said. In sending a call to Canada last week for rails, It was. said, British government authorities represented that prompt action would save thou sands of lives. It was Impossible to obtain new rails, owing to the great demand for steel to manufacture shells. . An official was sent to New York, where he conferred with Frank Cochrane, Minister of Railways, who directed F. P. Gutelius, manager of the government railways, to do all possi ble. Mr. Gutelius thereupon set 300 men at work tearing up 300 miles of Sidings. , E. J. Chamberlain, president of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, was re called from Washington to. New York, it was said,, and the decision to taka up 200 milesjof rails In Western Canada was reached at a conference with A. H. Smith, president of tha New York Central and president ofj.a board of Investigation of Canadian railways. Soldiers will be employed to tear up the rails when laborers cannot be em ployed, it was announced. AGED GOUPLEMURDERED ALLEGED SLAYERS CAPTURED BY CSE OF BLOODHOUNDS. MORE WATERPOWER ASKED Niagara Falls Manufacturers Face Emergency Requirements. WASHINGTON. Dec 18. An emer gency authorization to Increase the amount of water that may be diverted for power purposes at Niagara Falls, where manufacturers have complained that the supply available is insuffi cient, was recommended to Congress today by the War Department. Senators Johnson and Fernald. of Maine, made an appointment today to see Secretary Baker tomorrow and sent petitions of Maine paper manu facturers who say their continued op eration is threatened because plants at Niagara will be unable to furnish cer tain essential supplies unless more wa ter power is made available. y TROOP A HONORS BIRTHDAY Oregon Cavalrymen to Celebrate on Christmas Ere. WITH THE -OREGON TROOPS ON THE BORDER, Camp John H. Bea com. Calexico, Cal.. Dec 18. (Special.) The Oregon Cavalry observed its third- birthday and entered upon its seventh month of field service today. There was no celebration, although this win be held on Christmas eve In con junction with a holiday programme which Captain White Is planning for his organization., The term of enlistment of Quarter master-Sergeant Harry Doollttle ex pired upon the troop s third birthday. but he declined to accept his discharge despite the fact that he has a position awaiting him in Portland and is a heavy loser through border-Service. Ilanley to Act for Malheur Aid. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Dec. 18. William Hanley today Joined the party of Oregonians in Washington trying to induce the Sec retary of the Interior to report favor ably to Congress on the proposed Malheur irrigation project. Secretary Lane is out of the city, and negotia tions temporarily are suspended. Son Shoots and Kills Father. BLOOMINGTON. 111.. Dec. 18. John Ringwald, of near Pekin, flL. was shot and killed tonight by his. son, Walter, aged 14. The boy, who surrendered, said he shot his father because he was threatening to kill the family with a rifle. Hospital Patients Saved From Fire. FAIRMONT. W. Va.. Dec 18. Fifty patients were rescued with difficulty and one fireman was injured during a fire which practically destroyed Cook's Hospital, a city institution, here to -night. The building was valued . at $200,000. Wealthy Illinois Farmer and Wife Found Shot and Burned 14,0O Said to Be Mlsslnar. juasijjn uiti, in., Dec 18. Charres Thomas. 31. and Jack Thomas. 13, were arrested today as the suspected slayers or John p. Becker. 85. and his wife. 83, wealthy Mason County residents, who were found murdered in their home Sunday morning. Bloodhounds brought from Springfield to trail the Blayers went directly to the residence of the Thomas boys, one mile north of the Becker farm. Empty shells found at the scene of the murder tallied with those found in a 14-shot 22-caliber rifle found in the Thomas home. Bullets taken from the bodies of the victims also tallied with those In the . cartridges in the gun. Eleven emply cartridges were found. Three not discharged were in the gun found at the Thomas home. The aged couple were made to suffer horribly before they were killed, offi cials said. Both bodies were mutilated and bruised. The slayers intended to fire the premises to conceal the crime, it is believed. The tops- of two oil lamps had been unscrewed and the oil poured over the body and clothing of Mrs. Becker. The torch was then applied but the fire soon went out. The cloth ing on the lower part of the woman's body was burned, and the limbs left In a charred condition. The slayers secured approximately $14,0.00, relatives of the couple said. Several thousand dollars was overlooked. Washington Pioneer Woman Dies TACOMA, Wash.. Dec 18. (Special.) BOY OF 7 IS REAL FARMER Grays Harbor Youth Hartests and Sells 2 70 Pounds of Parsnips. ABERDEEN. Wash.. Dec 17. (Spe cial.) Grays Harbor boasts of a farmer who is only 7 years old and thia lad this Winter harvested and sold a crop of 270 pounds of parsnips. This youag farmer is Merton Foes, son of L. A. Foss. a road supervisor, and. he lives near. Lima. . The father had a small atrip of land near the house that did not fit into the planting area, and he told his son that he could uee the land. The boy im mediately got busy and planted his parsnip crop and he did ell the work that was done on the patch during the year. He took the profits and bought himself a new suit. W. L. ROACH IS - DEAD Head of Big Timber Interests in Douglas County Succumbs. ROSEBURG. Or.. Dec 18. (Special.) A telegram was received here today announcing the sudden death of W. L. Roach, president of the Roach Timber Company, which owns extensive Inter ests in Douglas County. Mr. Roach lived at Muscatine. Ia., but was visit ing in Chicago when he was stricken. It is not believed the death of Mr. Roach will have any detrimental effect on the building of the new railroad from Sutherlin to the timber lands owned by the Roach Timber Company. Work on the railroad has been in progress for several months under the direction of R. M. Fox, of Sutherlin. Section Hand Dies of Injury. THE DALLES. Or..' Dec 18. (Spe cial.) Ablamis'.-Jf Louros died yester day from injuries received in an acci dent to a speeder on which he was riding with three other Greeks Satur day night. His chest was crushed. The accident occurred west of Arlington, when the speeder hit a cow. Looiros was 31 years old, and leaves a young widow, an American girl, who arrived in Th Dalles yesterday. Hawaiian Bills Introduced. WASHINGTON, Dec. 18. Popular election, instead of Presidential ap pointment of the Governor and Secre tary of Hawaii, and exemption of the Hawaiian and Porto Rican trains used exclusively for carrying sugar cane from provisions of the Federal safety appliance law, were proposed in bills introduced today by Delegate Kalani- anaole, of Hawaii. Wasco Soldier Dies at Home. ROSEBURG. Or.. Dec. 18. (Special.) Thomas O'Neil, formerly a member of the United States Navy, died at the Soldiers' Home here today. Mr. O'Neil was a native of Iowa and was un- MAP SHOWS HOW WASHINGTON COUNTIES VOTED ON PRESIDENT. TJ ") WW "Z 1830 j Shaded Counties Were Carried by flna-hes. Counties In Wlilte Gave Lead for Wilson. Figures Shown Are Hughes and Wllsan Pluralities In the Various Counties. - Although the state of Washington, according to the official figures Just compiled at Olympia, returned a plurality of 16,594 for' Wilson in the recent election, large sections of the state were strong In their sup port of Hughes. The .entire tier of coast counties and all the Southwestern Washington counties gave substantial- leads for the Republican candidate. All of the counties bordering on Oregon wry e for Hughes, with the exception of Walla Walla, Columbia and Asotin In the extreme southeastern corner of the stats. The great bulk of the votes making up Wilson's plurality were cast in King County, where Seattle Is located. The King County vote was: Hughes 38,679, Wilson 62,246. Wilson lead of 13,667. The vote in Washing ton, by counties, was printed in The Oregonlan yesterday. lrUa - "' - ' - '" Iffiil H I n Wprld-Fajiied Artists, in New Columbia List MIE world's supreme coloratura soprano, Maria Barrientos, sings her great triumph, the Mad Scene from "Lucia"; . Lazaro, the new world-tenor, sings "Spirto Gentil" from "La Favorita" these stars are only two of the brilliant array that makes this list the greatest ever announced.: . - Among them, Kathleen Parlow plays "The -Iast Rose of Summer," Godowsky renders Liszt's Rigoletto Paraphrase," Oscar Seagle sings "The Ninety and Nine," Vernon Stiles is introduced with "The Sunshine of Your Smile," Lucy Gates sings two coloratura gems, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra gives the "Prelude to Lohengrin" and the "Procession" from . "Parsifal" constituting the most .notable offerings listed among the New Records for January The popular part of this matchless list is led by Al Jolson, the peerless comedian, singing "Someone Else May Be There While I'm Gone" and Fannie Brice in her vaudeville specialty, "If We Could Only Take Her Word." Besides, there are sixteen such sparkling hits as these , , Song-Hits You Are Hearing Everywhere A2I2S lo-inch 75. f MISS SPRINGTIME. Throw Me a Rose. Reed Miller, tenor. 2129 FLORA BELLA. Give Mp AU of Yon. io-inch Nannette Flack, soprano, and Charles H 75c Harrison, tenor. THE LOVELIGHT IN YOUR EYES. A 2123 Samuel Ash, tenor. - 10-inch MY LONELY LOLA LO. Sterling Trio. - 75c Guitars.fluteand violin accompaniment. Pi HI!! A 2131 KSieJ 10-inch EVERYBODY LOVES AN IRISH SONG- M. J. O'Connell, tenor, and Knickerbocker Quartette. SONGS OF YESTERDAY. Knicker bocker Quartette. IRELAND MUST BE HEAVEN. FOR - MY MOTHER CAME FROM THERE. Charles Harrison, tenor. OUT OF THE CRADLE INTO MY . HEART. Sterling Trio. The whole range of music is in this list splendid dances, including the new "two-two" step; recordings from Diaghileff's Ballet Russe; operatic overtures; famous orchestral compositions; children's song and story records; and ukulele, czimbalom and other novelties finishing a list all comprehensive in its range and variety of interest. See your Columbia dealer today he will have records you'll surely want I . New Columbia Records on sale the 20th of every month L U M B I A GRAFONOLAS and DOUBLE-DISC QORP S FOR SALE BY Bash 4t i. PImao Cst. 4n:i Wnshlnnrton At. toilers Talking; Marhlnr Co, Uroadwm at Alder Graves Music House. 151 Fourth St. Hyatt Talklas; Machine (' 3AO Alder St. Henry Jronlntf A Sons. Fifth, and Washington Streets. Columbia Graphophone Co, 430-431 Washington Street. . . I.lpman, Wolfe A Co. Grafonola T)ept, ilaleoay Meier A; Frank Co.Phonosrraph Shop. Sixth floor Keed-Krench Flano Co.. Tenth and Stark. Sts. Schwan Piano Co, 111 Fourth St. married. He was admitted to the Home from Wasco County in the year 1909. and was 73 rears uf age. None of his relatives .are known to the officers of the Home. . . MATRONS -ASSAIL MISSES Married Women Said .to Serve Em ployers Better Than Single." TACOMA. TCash.. Dec. 18. (Special.) Married women of Tacoma who work downtown, against whom, a protest was filed with Mayor Fawcett last week by "six working; girls," say preference should be given them In employment over singrle women. In a letter of reply to the Mayor today, the married women asserted that "singrle girls are too friv olous and foolish to have their employ ers' interests at heart." The communication received last week by Mayor Fawcett recited that the employers of Tacoma grave prefer ence to married women who did not need the work, as they were being; sup ported by able-bodied husbands. One married woman who works has wriLten to the Mayor sayinir that she believes she speaks for many wives who hold positions, when she declares that sheUs employed outside of her own home so that she can make ends meet. "My husband's pay Is eo small that we cannot live upon it," she wrote. "So I do the only thing; possible. I. too. earn my bit." Crew of Ill-Fated Columbian Home. NEW YORK, Dec 18. The Italian steamship Caserta from Genoa brought back to the United States today 80 members of the erew of the American steamship Colurrrblan which was sunk by a German submarine . November 8 off the Spanish coast. The men. most of them horsetenders. confirmed the cable reports of the destruction by the same submarine of their ship, the Nor wegian steamship Balto and the A MOTHER'S TROUBLES A mother's unending work and de votion drains and strains her physical strength" and leaves its mark in dimmed eyes and careworn ex pressionsshe ages before her time. Any mother who is weary and languid should start taking Scott's Emulsion of Norwegian Cod Liver Oil us a strengthening food and bracing tonic to add- richness to her blood and buijd up her nerves before it is too late. Start Scott's today it is simply' a concentrated liquid-food of rare energizing properties and free from die alcohol or drug peril. Good physicians everywhere prescribe Scott's Emulsion for weak women. 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