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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATTJRDAT, jDECEMBER 30, 191 C. CO-OPERATION FOR PEACE NOT OFFERED Reply of Scandinavian Na tions Guardsd and Holland Is Unlikely to Act. SOUTH AMERICANS SILENT Turkey's Answer Virtually Identical With Notes or Germany and Aus tria Allies' Answer to Be Ready by Wednesday. WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. The three Scandinavian nations Norway, Swe den and Denmark through Identic notes, the Norwegian copy of which was handed to the State Department today by Minister Bryn, have expressed lively interest in President Wilson's proposals "looking toward the estab lishment of a durable peace," and their "deepest sympathy" with all efforts to shorten the war. Unlike the Swiss government, which offered to help In any way, "no matter how modest," tZ e Scandinavian coun tries make no direct offer of co-operation. Tills fact attracted particular in terest because Norway particularly has been one of the greatest sufferers from the war among the neutrals. State Department Keeps Silent. The State Department made public the Norwegian note without comment, and, in line with the policy of silence adopted by President Wilson and Sec retary Lansing, no other official in formation concerning peace moves was forthcoming during the day. Most of the South American nations, it was indicated in diplomatic quarters todav. will not send communications re garding the President's note on the of ficial understanding that It was ad dressed to them largely for their own information and not to solicit action. Holland, whose attitude has been the subject of much speculation, also was eald to be unlikely to take any action, owing to the feeling there that it might appear unneutral to one or the other and militate agaiost the location of the eventual peace conference in that country. Spanish Cabinet Undecided. Beyond the fact that the Spanish Cabinet has not yet decided on Spain's action, no further information had come to the Spanish embassy today. As to the belligerents, Turkey's re ply to the President's note, practically identical with those of Germany and Austria, was made public by the State Department today, and Bulgaria's Is ex pected tomorrow. Dispatches from London that the al lies' reply to the German proposals was ready and probably would be sent by Wednesday, followed shortly by their reply to the President's note, were read with Interest here, but drew no com ment. Entente diplomats still profess to be profoundly puzzled about the funda mental purpose of the President's note and undecided whether it was designed primarily to promote peace or for America's own guidance. They expect, however, that their government's reply Will be short and 'appreciative. The real impossibility of peace from their viewpoint, they say, will be ade quately pointed out in their lengthy re ply to the central powers, where they ran speak directly and to the point, without fear of wounding a friendly neutral. The dispatch by Spain of a strong protest to Germany against submarine activities, apparently overshadowed in terest among officials here in the jwog gress in the peace negotiations. The Spanish Ambassador saw Secretary Lansing recently and the Secretary is understood to have outlined fully the attitude of the United States. No secret is being made of the fact that the Ger man submarine activities furnish the cause of real anxiety to American Gov ernment officials referred to In thi President's note to the belligerents. The submarine issue is being kept in the background for the present, but evidence that Germany probably has violated pledges given the United States has been collected at the State Department, and is before the Presi dent. tatement meant that a new strike vote might be ordered. "You may make your own Interpre tation," was the reply. 1 "What interpretation is the public to make?" he was asked. "Let the public make its own inter pretation. We don't care what con clusions they draw." Warren S. Stone, grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, said that the circular was sent out "to place the situation before the members, who are always consulted before any action is taken." The circular contained no recom mendation, he said, but an outline of the entire case. None of the brotherhood chiefs would say whether a new strike would be called. CONGRESS TO ACT PROMPTLY Speedy Consideration of Wilson's Programme Is Predicted. WASHINGTON. Dec. 29. Prompt consideration in Congress of President Wilson's proposed railway legislation was predicted here today after an nouncement of the termination of con ferences between railway and Brother hood heads In New York in an unsuc cessful attempt to settle their differ ences. The view was taken that rep resentatives of employers and employes had thrown their entire controversy into the lap of Congress for settlement. Hearings on part of the President's programme will begin before the Sen ate commerce committee next Thurs day. Under a plan suggested by the President quick action can be obtained on the entire programme once it reaches the floor. The President pro poses amending a House railroad bill now before the Senate with his pro posed legislation instead of introducing It in the form of separate bills. Brotherhood men. aided by the American Federation of Labor, will fight the proposed strike postponement amendment. They Insist that its pass age would only give employers time to prepare for strikes and would deny labor the right to refuse to work when conditions are unsatisfactory. SYSTEM IS ATTACKED SCHOOL MEDICAL INSPECTION DE CLARED TO BE WORTHLESS. DELEGATION HEARS BILLS CHAMPIONED Naval Militia Asks for More Money and Points Out Its Value to State. CHILD MEASURES URGED County Commissioners Want Law for More Frequent Pay Day and to Do Away With Road Super visor Hearing Is Last. of ROUTLEDGE DECREE SIGNED Wife of Portland Seed Man Gets Divorce by Default. -fSpe today OREGON CITY. Or.. Dec. 29. elal.) Circuit Judge Campbell signed a divorce decree for Elizabeth S. Routledge. when her Tiusband. J Ira Routledge. partner In the Routledge Heed & Floral Company, of Portland, defaulted on his complaint of cruel and inhuman treatment. Mrs. Rout ledge filed a cross complaint al charging cruelty. When the case came to trial today Mr. Routledge failed to appear. Mrs. Routledge received an award of $48 a month alimony and the custody of their child, J. Ira, Jr. Property rights were settled out of court. NEXT MOVE IS UP TO MEN Continued From First Fagr- the parties to the present controversy may think best." "Our men believed In so doing they would secure the eight-hour basic day at once, but the enactment of the Adamson eight-hour law, effective January 1, 1917, made it necessary for them to wait patiently until that time to find later that the railroad compa Tiles Instituted injunction proceedings aganst the Government's enforcemen of the eight-hour law, and at thfs time the entire matter is In litigation, such litigation making it impossible for the special committee appointed by the Presdent, as provided for In the law, to proceed with their investigation Jan uary L Additional Litigation Feared. "The probability of additional litiga tion being commenced by the railroads even though the law is declared const! tutional by the Supreme Court, will seriously affect such investigation, in fact, can and likely will delay the in vestigation until the commission canno make its investigation as the law con tempates, thereby defeating the inten of the law and at the same time post pone the benefits promised by the law which will unquestionably meet with general dissatisfaction among the mem bership of the railroad organizations. "The entire situation is to be placed before the members by special circular. Public to Draw Own Conclusions. The brotherhood chiefs declined posl tlvely to Interpret their statement. M Lee was asked to explain whether the Meeting Is Held Under Aniplrfn Health Defense League and Campaign la Planned. A group of Portland citizens who eclare that the system of medical In spection is worthless and that It vio lates the liberties of the parents and children, at a mass meeting at the Li- rary last night ntade preparations for campaign to have it eliminated from he Portland public schools. The meet ing was called by Lora C. Little and was held under the auspices of the Health Defense League. Blank forms to be filled in by par- nts protesting against the inspection ere distributed and will be stnl more widely circulated and returned to the headquarters of the Health Defense League, and when a sufficient number ave been accumulated the organiza tion plans to make a raid on the School oard with them and have the med ical inspection ousted completely. Another meeting has been called, to be held at the Library on Monday, Jan- ary 8. Letters from physicians represent- ng all except the allopathic school were read last night indorsing the cam paign against medical inspection, and most of the speakers attacked the allo pathic school of medicine, asserting that the medical Inspection was merely part of a campaign to dominate af fairs as "state medicine." Dr. Perry Joseph Greene, formerly of the New Thought Temple; Dr. W. A. Turner and half a dozen other repre- entatives of varied schools of healing were speakers, while addresses were made also by number of parents who were indignant over the humiliation nd fright that they said their chil dren had been subjected to in the in- pections. LOUIS H. PLYMALE DEAD Former Employe of The Orcgonlan Business Office Passes. MEDFORD. Or.. Dec. 29. (Special. ) Louis H. Plymale, aged about 40, com mitted suicide today by slashing his throat with a razor, near the home of Tom E. Collins, 110 Almond street. relative. He died at Sacred Heart Hospital. The act was impelled by despondency, due to a nervous break down. He was born in this city and his relatives live here. Mr. Plymale for 14 years was employed In the ad vertising department of The Oregonian. Louis H. Plymale was employed as a collector and as a clerk In the busi ness office of The Oregonian for about 14 years prior to 1914. For several years befon his .leaving for the South he had been subject to melan choly moods and frequently he disap peared for several days. He was of retiring disposition and associated lit tle with his fellow workers, although h was recognized as a capable worker. On several occasions his unannounced absence would cause anxiety. Dr. Samuel Slocum. of Portland, who is a relative, was advised of Mr. Ply male's demise yesterday. DIEGUEZ TO CHASE VILLA General With Brilliant Record to Have Chief Command. MEXICO CITY, Dec. 29. General Manuel M. Dieguez. Governor of the State of Jalisco, was appointed tonight to the supreme command of all the con stitutionalist forces in the southern part of the state of Chihuahua by Gen eral Obregon, the Minister of War. He will have special command of the La- guna district, embracing Torreon which means that General Dieguez, who has had a brilliant military rec ord on the west coast, will have chiet command in the campaign against Villa. General Severlano Talamantes, who was in command at torreon wnen the town was captured by followers ot Villa, committed suicide as the result of his defeat. He was burled today with all the honors of war. MEAT COMPANY IS HOST Department Managers and Salesmen Dine and See Hockey Game. A dinner was given at the Multnomah Hotel last night for the derartment heads, branch managers and salesmen of the Union Meat Company, according to a custom that has been in vogue since the establishment of the company here. The dinner was informal, short talks being made by various representatives of the firm. B. C. Darnall, vice-president and salesmanager, was toastmas ter. After the banquet the diners ad journed to the Ice Palace, where res ervations had been made, and witnessed the hockey game. Members of the Multnomah delega tion to the Legislature held their final public hearing, prior to the session, in the story-hour room of the Central Li brary last night. They were asked to support all sorts of things. Rufus Holman, chairman of the Mult nomah County Commissioners, submit ted the legislative recommendations of the State Association of County Judges and Commissioners. Some of these recommendations were that Commissioners be authorized to pay county employes oftener than once a month, so as to outwit the warrant shavers; elimination of newspaper ad vertising of delinquent tax lists, and abolishment of the antique office of road supervisor. Mr. Holman did not discuss the rec ommendation of the association that the widows' pension law be repealed. Arthur C. Callan, of the delegation, asked him about this, as Mr. Holman had signed the recommendation as a member of the resolutions committee of the association. Mr. Holman said he didn't feel qualified to talk about It. because administration of the law is under the County Judge. Naval Militia Wants More Moner. Ralph R. Dunlway and C. W. Hunt ington, In behalf of the Oregon Naval Militia, asked the delegation to help obtain for the organization a biennial appropriation of $25,000, in place of the present $15,000. This, explained Mr. Duniway, would only be making the appropriation what It was for the 1913 14 blennium. Mr. Huntington gave detailed figures of the purposes for which the Increased appropriation is desired. The militia could get along on $15,000 for actual expenses, he said, but needs $9000 to build a floating armory in which to drill. "This will "effect an actual saving to the state," said Mr. Huntington, "be sides greatly Increasing the efficiency of the Naval Militia. We need a place for a storeroom and a place to drill, which we can't do on the decks of a ship. The state is now spading $1560 a year rental for a drill hall and store room for arms and ammunition. Government Aid Contingent on State. "On a basis of 12 officers and 250 men in the Naval Militia, we would ob tain from the United States Govern ment to supplement this state aid $123,510 a year, or $24,000 for the bl ennium. For every $40 the state pays out for the support of Its Naval Militia we will receive $382 from the Govern ment in payroll and $112 for stores. "If we do not get the state appro prlatlon we will lose the Government money, because we can't keep up the organization. I want also to correct the misapprehension In some past Leg tslatures that the Naval Militia Is i kind of club organized to give its mem bers a good time. Our members are earnest, serious young men, who give their time to training themselves to be able to defend the state and they merit your support. Child Welfare Bills Championed Mrs. Alva Lee Stephens, president of the Multnomah County Council of the Parent-Teacher Association, asked the delegation's support of her two meas ures establishing a bureau of juvenile and parental relations, and a state pub lie school. The bureau of Juvenile and parental relations, she said, will remove children from the criminal law and will take Juvenile courts work out of politics and tne exploitations of politicians. ' We do not ask for any special ap propriation, said she. "The bureau would be located in Multnomah County and each county would bear its sharo of the expense. And I assure you that it will cost Multnomah County no more to have its children under the supervi sion of scientifically trained educators than it does under the present unscien tific system, if indeed, it costs as much." Free Site for School Expected. She explained that the proposed state public school will care for dependent children for whose keep the state now pays private institutions. "We hope to get the 160 acres needed for the site of this school from the Multnomah County Commissioners without cost," said Mrs. Stephens. "The school will be built in cottage units, with not more than 15 children to one cottage. "The state public school will be cul tural as well as industrial, and the children will bear no stigma of charity or reform, although it does reform, as has been abundantly proved in states like Missouri, Massachusetts and Kan sas, where such institutions have been very successful. Children will receive scientific education and care that it is not now possible for them to get from private Institutions." She asked an appropriation of $75,000 a year for the institution. She said she thought it would care for between 200 and 300 children at first, but it was declared by others that the number of children would be nearer 1200 or 1500, which might materially increase the financial needs of the school. Medleal School Asks Help. Mrs. Stephens also urged that medical Inspection In the Portland publio schools be placed by state law under the supervision of the School Board in stead of the city. Guy M. Pilkington. representing tho Florists' Society, asked in behalf of nurserymen and florists that the lien law be amended to include them. They are exempted from its provisions at present. He declared this amendment was a mere matter of justice. Dr. K. A. J. Mackenzie, dean of the Medical School of the University of Oregon, requested adequate support from the state for that institution. He announced that the $25,000 that the 1915 Legislature stipulated must be raised to make available the $50,000 appropri ated for the first unit of the new Medi cal Schoo' had been obtained yester day, and that the building of this first unit is now assured. "If we fail in our efforts to estab lish the large school here that we plan and make Portland the medical center of he Northwest and I now am posi tive that we cannot fail be assured that this Medical School will be located in Seattle." said Dr. Mackenzie. by making Portland the recognized medical center of the Northwest, with laboratories where treatment of dis eases will be studied, many material benefits also will accrue. "It may be quite as important to this city as the shipbuilding industry," he said, "and I think it will be." The school,' he said, was asking only a slightly largerapproprlation than two years ago. Dr. Mackenzie also made a plea for adequate provision for a state hospital In connection with the Medical School for the treatment of crippled children and adults. Non-Support Law Condemned. .Tom Garland, lawyer, urged, the del egation not to let the Legislature in clude an habitual criminal statute in the proposed new criminal code, and advocated the repeal of the non-sup port law, which he termed vicious. Mrs. Millie R. Trumbull also spoke against an habitual criminal law and urged provision for treatment of crip pled children. B. K. Knapp, representing the Port land Credit Men's Association, urged the delegation to support three meas ures backed by that organization; a model bad check law to prohibit the drawing of checks when the person drawing them has no funds in bank to meet them; a false statement law to punish deliberate Issuance of false statements to obtain credit or money; and the fire marshal law asked by the insurance underwriters. Building Inspector Plummer also spoke for the fire marshal law, which provoked an unexpected but heated dis cussion, members of the delegation ap parently suspecting that a Joker was concealed in it somewhere. SPOILS SYSTEM DEPLORED Senator Burton Would Divorce Poli tics and Government. CINCINNATI. Dec. 29. Ex-Senator Burton, of Cleveland, pleaded for the divorce of politics from the ordinary functions of Governmental administra tion in an address before the American Historical Association and the Ameri can Political Science Association at a joint session here tonight. Such a policy, said he, would Insure higher degree rI efficiency in gov ernment, afford an opportunity for a permanent career In public service and would abolish forever the spoils system of government. He was preceded in his address by Carl Vrooman. Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, who said more had been accomplished in the interests of the farmer since 1912 than during the half century before. WISCONSIN OMITS POMP Expense of Formal Inaugural Cere monies to Be Avoided. MADISON. Wis., Dec. 29. As a meas ure of economy, for the first time in the history of Wisconsin, the constitu tional state officers-elect are ready and qualified to take possession of their re spective state offices at noon next Monday without the usual Inaugural ceremonies. The state officers, headed by Governor-elect Phlllpp, took their oaths of office before John S. Donald. Secre tary of State, a notary public. Instead of before the Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court, as has been customary. It was argued that this method of qualifying to office would save the state the expense of the pomp and cere mony of a formal inauguration. DEEPER LOCKS FAVORED Mr. Hawley Ohtalns Indorsement of Army Engineers. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Dec. 29. Representative Haw ley today called on the Chief of Army Engineers and urged that a recommen dation be sent to Congress favoring the appropriation of $80,000 to deepen the water in the locks at Oregon City, in order that boats drawing up to six feet may pass at all seasons. The engineers, after hearing Mr. Hawley's arguments, said they regar ed this appropriation as essential and timely. Mr. Hawley was assured that engineer officers will urge this appropriation. LAW STANDARD IS RAISED Schools Demand Higher Require ments for Admission. CHICAGO. Dec. 29. Higher require ments than high school diplomas for admission to law schools were demand ed in resolutions adopted today at the closing session of the 16th annual meeting of the Association of American Law Schools. Elimination of commercial law schools as members of the association was also decided on, and an endeavor will be made to co-operate with the American Bar Association to bar commercial law schools from membership in the bar association. These New $5.00 Boys Hit' the Suits Mark f or Made for the jolly, rollicking, outdoor fellows who build forts of snow or Coast down the hills on their bobsleds. There's an extra pair of knickers, for emer gency use, with every suit. The fabrics are the ever-popular tweed, cheviot and fancy mixtures. Each suit is strongly made and guaranteed for service. You cannot equal these suits unless you pay more than my price Wool Suits for Juveniles You may see here scores of nobby little suits in ages 2 to 9 years. The styles are clever the prices moderate. $3.95 to $6.50. Things a Boy Needs for Winter Knitted Toques, all colors, 50 Blouse Waists 50 and $1. Hats and Caps, in cloth and felt, 50c to $1.50. Pajamas and Nightshirts in mus lin and outing flannel, $1 and $1.50. Children's Leggings, all sizes, 50r to $1.50. Youths' Shirts, collars attached or detached, 50c. $1, $1.50. Second Floor. $5 Boys' Overcoats I am showing scores upon scores of warm, stylish overcoats for boys of 10 to 18 years. Every proper fabric and color is included in the collection. Priced $6.50 to $10 Juveniles' . Overcoats Snug, stylish Overcoats for little chaps of 2 to 9 years; the tailoring is extremely thorough, and tho fabrics pleasing in quality and appearance. Priced $3.50 to $8.50 Winter-Weight Wash Suits Second Floor. C 11. enoewn Morrison at rottrth R J 9 PLAN FOR VISIT LAID Educators Discuss Trips for National Association. movement to put the state-wide prohi bition law into effect on January 1. 1918, Instead of a year later, as the referendum passed at the last elec tion specified. He said members of the league believed public sentiment fa vored the step. DRINK COSTS FOUR LIVES SCHOOLS TO BE LISTED VII Data Are to FRENCH HONOR GENERALS Swords to Be Presented to Joffre, Custclnau and Ntvolle. PARIS. Dec. 29. -A committee com prising the most famous persons In the French literary, artistic and scientific worlds and diplomats of the entente powers has been formed to present General Joffre a Field Marshal's baton and a sword of honor. The committee also will present swords of honor to General Oastelnau, General Joffre's chief of staff, for his victory at Nancy, and to General Nlvelle for holding the Germans at Verdun.. Read The Oregonian classified ads. DEFICIT BONDS INDORSED (Continued From First Page.) Seattle Wanla School. "That city is only looking for the opportunity to establish such an insti tution there and obtain the prestige and benefits it will bring." Dr. Mackenzie pointed out that the new Medical School will be not merely an Institution where a number of stu dents are graduated each, year, hut that Strong opposition to this plan already is apparent. Plans for raising the other revenue are understood to concern the Income tax. an inheritance tax and special taxes on internal revenue and Imports. Tie deficit figures differ according to Congressional and administrative viewpoints. Secretary McAdoo esti mated in his annual report the actual deficit In the working balance of the Treasury on June 30, 1918. at $185. 583.000. which accounts for appropria tions unexpended combined with the left-over balance. The Congressional transportations committee, basing their estimates upon the actual appropria tions without regard as to whether the executive departments spend all or part of the appropriations figure $313,269,654 as the deficit. Sigma Alphas to Meet at Birthplace. PITTSBURG, Dec. 29. The Sigma Alpha Epsilon College fraternity at the closing session of its biennial meeting here late today voted to meet In 1918 in Birmingham, Ala., the birth place of the fraternity. Charters were granted to petitioning organizations at the University of Nevada, Reno, Nev.; St. Lawrence University, Canton, N. Y. ; Colorado Agricultural College, Fort Collins, Colo.; University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyo.; New Hampshire State College, Durham, N. H., and University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz. Petitions from nine colleges and universities were denied. Million Circulars Giving Needed on Convention Be Printed and Streets Are to Be Marked With Arrows. Prominent educators and representa tives of commercial and business or ganizations gathered in the Chamber of Commerce green room last night and discussed plans for the entertainment of the thousands of visitors who will attend the convention of the National Education Association here next July. A general discussion of all the little courtesies that could be extended to visitors, of hotel accommodations, of sightseeing trips In and about the city, of visits to all the scenic points of the Northwest, was had. and the opinions of all those attending were obtained. Tentative arrangements were made for the publication of circulars that will contain the information desired by visitors. It is expected that 1.000.000 of these will have to be printed and in their printing it Is estimated that $20,000 will have to be expended. Street Marking Snggested. Dr. Henry B. Suzzallo, of the Uni versity of Washington, advised that. In addition to all detailed information as to scenic assets, the several educational Institutions of the Northwest include a short programme of their Summer ses sions. He said that visiting teachers no doubt would take advantage of Sum mer school sessions and that the edu cational institutions should be pre pared. One of the things suggested for the benefit of visitors was the placing of arrows in all parts of the city, enabling the visitors to locate with ease the principal places in the city with which he will be most associated. It was suggested by Samuel C. Lan caster that there would be ample op portunity for those interested to study the flora and geology of this part of the country, and that notice of such opportunity should be included In pamphlets. Noted Educators Attend. Included among those who attended the meeting were Dr. Suzzallo. Dean Bexell. of Oregon Agricultural College President C. G. Pearse, of the Wiscon sin State Normal School; Professor K. D. Ressler. of Oregon Agricultural College; Samuel C. Lancaster. William McMurray. of the Southern Pacific; O. M. Plummer a member of the Board of Education: L R. Alderman. City Superintendent of Schools; Mrs. G. W. Mi-Math, president of the Oregon Con gress of Mothers; Miss Viola Ortschild. of the Portland Grade Teachers' Asso ciation; Dr. H. D. Sheldon, head of the department of education of the Uni versity of Oregon; Eric Allen, dean of the school of Journalism of the Uni versity of Oregon; W. T. Fletcher, a member of the executive committee of the Oregon State Teachers' Associa tion; S. F. Ball. Franklin High School: T. T. Davis, Lincoln High School; Mark Woodruff, secretary of the publicity and conventions bureau of the Cham ber of Commerce. Intoxicated Parent and 3 Children Die When Home Is Set Afire. KAMLOOPS. B. C. Dec. 29. James Chaters and his three children, each less than 3 years old. were burned to death and Mrs. Chaters is in a serious condition from her injuries as the re sult of a fire that last night destroyed their home at Chase, 40 miles from here. Mr. Chaters. it Is said, came home and demanded liquor from his wife. When she told him she had none, he upset a kerosene lamp. The lamp. when it fell, exploded and scattered burning oil. Mrs. Chaters. though badly burned. escaped from the house by jumping through a window. BEATEN MARKSMEN PAY Guardsmen Are Dined After Contest at Leon Springs. Bine SAN ANTONIO, Tex.. Dec. 29. Offi cers of the First Mississippi and Sec ond West Virginia infantry regiments paid their rifle contest wagers tonight as hosts to the officers of brigade headquarters and Third District of Co lumbia Regiment. At Leon Springs recently picked teams from the different organizations in the brigade commanded by Colonel L W. Kennon. V. S. A., shot a rifle match to determine which organization should be the hosts at the brigade ban quet. The West Virginians and Mls stssippi&ns lost. PRINEVILLESELLS BONDS DENVER FIRM GETS 1 00,000 ISSTJH AT PAR. Work Will Be Rushed on lK-Mlle Ore gon Trunk Connection to Make City Distributing Point. PRINEVTLLE. Or.. Dec 29. (Spe cial.) The City Council last night awarded to Keeler Bros., of Denver, tho $100,000 municipal bond issue author ized by the voters for the construction of a railway connecting line to the Ore gon Trunk. The bonds were sold at par. plus accrued interest. L. A. Booth, of The Dalles, bid 101 for a block of $43,000 worth of tho bonds, but the entire awardwas mado to the Keelera Work on the proposed lK-mlle line will be starteo at once, and will be rushed under the supervision of tho City Council. All arrangements era practically completed for Immediate construction. Besides building the new section of road, the project Includes the leasing of the rails and rolling stock of roads now using the Deschutes Canyon. When the road Is completed and put Into operation It will make Prlnevtlla the distributing district for the larga country to the -ast. Last April local capitalists offered to build this road and l-ase It for 99 years, giving the city two-thirds of the net earnings, and asking a 15-year op tion to purchase thf properties. DAIRYMEN OPPOSE CHANGE Removal of Courses From Pullinun to Seattle School Not Desired. AUBURN, Wash.. Dec. 29. The Washington State Dairymen's Associa tion at its convention here today adopted resolutions Joining the North west Dairymen's Association and pro testing against the taking away from the Washington State College of any of its courses and consolidating them with courses at the University of Washington. The State Association elected the fol lowing officers: Fred J. Mess, presi dent: Mrs. Ada B. Miller, secretary, and W. H. Tlerney. organiser. Public Depot Phone Law Valid. LINCOLN. Neb., Dec. 29. In an opin ion rendered today, the Nebraska Su preme Court upheld the constitution ality of the legislative enactment of 1909 requiring railroad companies, ex press and telegraph companies to in stall telephone Instruments In their depots and public offices for the use of the nubile when so ordered by the state railway commission. APPLE EMBARGO OPPOSED Spokane Fruit Agencies Send Pro test to Federal Officials. SPOKANE. Wash., Dec. 29. A pro test against the embargo on apple ship ments declared by railroads operating in this state was telegraphed tonight to the Interstate Commerce Commis sion by local fruit agencies. Six thousand carloads of boxed ap ples, worth ordinarily $4,200,000, are held In storage In the Northwest and are threatened with destruction be cause of the railroads' refusal to ac cept apple shipments, the complaint says. The railroads placed the em bargo on fruit shipments on the ground that fruit could not be handled because of the cold weather. Read The Oregonian classified ads. DEFENSE LIKE POKER GAME Question Before Nation Is "How Many Chips Have You?" NEW TORK. Dee. 23. National de fense Is In poker parlance Just a ques tion of "how many chips have you got?" Finley J. Snepard told the Men's Club in Flushing. "The United States." ha said. "In or der that peace be permanent, must b prepared to the fullest. The question asked when players sit down to a po ker game is, "How many chips have you got ?" "The United States will have to look sharp in answering this question " Gotham Condemns Mail Trucks. NEW TORK. Dec. 29. Basing his ac tion upon the contention that automo mlle mail trucks constitute "the most obstructive factor" in New York street traffic. Mayor Mitchel today sent to Speaker Champ Clark of the House of Representatives, a letter protesting against the enactment of legislation depriving the city of part of its pneu matic mall-tube service. Wages Are Advanced. LYNN, Mass.. Dec. 29. Announce ment was made tonight that. In addi tion to the bonus to all employes re cently announced, the General Electrlo Company would grant a 5 per cent ad vance In wages to piece workers, begin ning January 1, and would Institute a .r0-hour week instead of the present 52 hours. Drys May Hasten Prohibition. HELENA. Mont., Dec. 29. Joseph Pope, superintendent of the Montana Anti-Saloon League, said today that the league bad under consideration New Year's Dinner of unexcelled cuisine and service featured at Ye Oregon Grille Server! on January 1st from 5:30 to S P. M., Sl.IiO per plate. Table reservation should be made at once. The orchestra selections and dance music by the famous BUNGALOW ORCHESTRA is of a superior quality and adds to the evening's enjoyment. Ye Oregon Grille E. E. LARIMORE, Manager.