THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1917. 5 MAYOR GILL DENIES BILLINGSLEYGHARGE I Federal Grand Jury Cannot In dict Him for Alleged Liq uor Graft, He Says. POLICE VOICE DISCLAIMER Various Officers Named Invite In vestigation Sheriff's Office Ex cited, as Many Deputies Are Said to Be Involved. SEATTLE, "Wash., Jan. 7. (Special.) Mayor Gill denies absolutely the graft charges of BlllingsJey, and de clares that the Federal grand Jury can not possibly indict him on such a charge. "Even If I had been fool enough or crook enough to accept a bribe from Billingsley," he said, "I fail to see how- It would lie within the province of the jury to bring a charge against me. Lundln, the county Prosecuting Attor ney, is the only man who could start action of that kind, and he has not anything to start it with for the very excellent reason that I never took a cent. If I had committed such an of fense I fail to see how it could be con strued to constitute a Federal offense." Police Sergeant Guy I Carleton, re cently promoted, said: "If my name has been mentioned be fore the grand Jury, I am perfectly willing that an official inquiry, into my conduct be made now, or at any time in the future. I am at a loss to under stand 'why I should be connected with the Investigation in any way whatever. I have never had any dealings with the Billingsleys, and my only connection with Margett was in assisting in - his arrest when he was caught at the First avenue South warehouse the night he was taken into custody." Officers Deny All Knowledge. "Nothing to it," tersely remarked City Detective Ben Corneilson. "My record as a police officer is open to anyone," declared Detective Meyer Peyser, when asked if he had been subpenaed. Jack Poolman, Peyser's working partner in the detective department, likewise said he was not advised of any attempt to Identify him with the Federal Inquiry. . City Detectives James Doom and Dan McLennan said they had never had any dealings with any of the Billingsleys or any other person or persons sus pected or accused of violating the liquor laws. Chief of Police Charles L. Becking- liam -reiterated his statement classing the reported implication of Mayor Gill and himself in any compact insuring the Billingsleys or any one else of protection and immunity as "bunk." "Perhaps the rumors may have ema nated from the assertion made by this Margett, who, after he was fired from the police department, asserted he would 'get those responsible for his discharge. I don't believe the Bil lingsleys made any such statement, but if they did they are plain liars. I would rather believe it -of Margett If these rumors are in any way founded on fact. Matter Called Trivial. "Anyhow, it is too trivial a matter to bother about. I don't believe I in any part. Furthermore, I have abso lute confidence in Sergeant Carleton, and likewise in Sergeant Putnam. It Is a wonder they have not involved the latter, who has borne the brunt of the whole fight against the bootlegging fraternity. The police department and Sheriff's office fairly buzzed with excitement when the purported disclosures of the Billingsleys became known. The names of more than half a dozen detectives who are supposed to have been the sub ject of inquiry at the Federal grand jury are freeJy discussed around head quarters, and as many Deputy Sheriffs serving under the present administra tion are said to be involved. United States District -Attorney Clay Alien has not yet heard from "Wash lngton in answer to his request for the appointment of a special prosecu tor to handle the cases. EUGENE HAS GARDEN PLAN Vacant Iiots Throughout City Will Be Made Productive. EUGENE, Or., Jan. 7. (Special.) Eugene will be a garden spot next Sum mer, if plans of the civic bureau of the Eugene Chamber of Commerce mater ialize. It is planned to use all vacant lots in the city for gardens. The bu reau is listing all available lots and also the names of persons who desire to obtain lots to be used for family gardens. The object of the bureau is to im prove the appearance of the vacant lots and to encourage thrift. Many school children are expected to take advant age of the opportunity to plant a gar den. Cove Revivals to Continue. COVE, Or.. Jan. 7. (Special.) Rev. E. O. Otto, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church and home missionary of the Grand Ronde Baptist Association, is assisting Rev. J. L. Loree, evangelist of the association, in conducting series of revival meetings In the Cove church. Additional day services are day planned for next week, as the warm winds and rapid thaw of the past two days have increased the attendance the past week. The Council of the Parent-Teacher Asso ciation points to bet ter living for less. And the large Holsum loaf shows the way to greater bread savings and more nutriment. 1 ll WLogCabiu' i mm Y The Council of the e I Parent-Teacher Asso- , 5 ciation points to bet- V ter living forless. jL 3l "PRETTIEST YOUNG ARTIST BEAUTY WINS AT ART Miss Thelma Cudlipp Gets Prize for Best Poster. HONORS WON ABROAD, TOO Work of Winner of New York In ternational, Flower Show Is En tered In Royal Academy. War Sketches Praised. NEW YORK, Jan. 3. (Special.) Miss Thelma Cudlipp, reputed to be the "prettiest young artist in America," has won the prize of $500 in gold for the best poster submitted for the In ternational Flower Show in New York next Spring. Miss Cudlipp won from a field of 136 contestants, the judges being Theodore Havemeyer, Mrs. Edna Woojman Chase, editor of Vogue, and several authorities on art. Alfred Sutro. the English dramatist, bought the first painting she ever sold. It was her ambition to enter the RoVal Academy in London and in 1912 out of many competitors she was admitted to the Royal Academy, winning a three- I year scholarship (only two or three competitors a year being selected). She is one of the few and the youngest of American girls ever to achieve this honor. During the Allied Bazaar last Spring Miss Cudlipp made some war sketches which elicited the high praise of many, including the Marquis de Ponignac, who came here as the French govern ment's representative in charge of France's war exhibit. Some of these were later produced in Paris Journals as notable examples of war art by an American girl. GRADE CROSSINGS TOPIC i Public Service Commission Dis , cusses Proposed Legislation. SALEM, Or., Jan. 7. (Special.) At another conference held at the Pub lie Service Commission's office here Saturday on the question of elimina tion and protection of grade crossings, the bill reported by the sub-committee was changed in some of its minor de tails and it also was decided to pre- sent two bills, one providing for elim ination ol cro ssings and the other for their protection. Among other things it is planned to give the commission complete Juris diction over the crossings and it also is planned to place warning signs BOO feet away from the crossing at each side. Much discussion arose today as to who should stand the expense of the elimination of crossings, the railroad insisting that the expense be borne equally, but final decision was reached to leave the question an open one for the Legislature to decide. . Newspaper Theft Charged. - GOLDENDALE, Wash., Jan. 7. (Spe cial.) Milton Zekoas, a Greek track walker was arrested Friday by United States postoffice Inspectors for steal ing a paper out of a bundle of The Oregonians carried as outside mail on the branch trains from Lyle to Golden dale on the North Bank Railroad. He was arraigned yesterday before Delbert Gunning, United States Commissioner at Goldendale. and bound over to ap pear before the Federal grand Jury at North Yakima, with bonds fixed at $500. Zekoas is in the custody of the Deputy United States Marshal from Spokane, and is making an effort to obtain bail. California Attracts Chehalans. CHEHALIS, Wash., Jan. 7. (Spe clal.) A number of Chehalls residents have gone to Southern California on pleasure. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Everett are at Pasadena; Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Arnold will visit Southern Californi and continue their trip to Arizona; T. C Bush, and-family, axe at Loa Ange- IN AMERICA, WHO WON COVETED EUROPEAN HONORS. MISS THEL.MA CUDLIPP. Ies. as are also Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Scol lard and Mrs. M. S. Burnett. Postmaster E. McBroom left this week for Los Angeles. John West and. family will follow ehortly, being detained by an accident this week to Mr. "'est. MANY ATTEND FUNERAL Knights of Pythias Pay Tribute to Late George W. Jett. BAKER, Or.. Jan. 7. (Special.) One of the largest funerals ever held in Baker was that this afternoon of George W. Jett, Baker County pioneer and former Bupreme representative and past chancellor of the Knights of Pythias. Marion Davis, of Union, past grand chancellor, and W. W. Gleeson, grand keeper of records and seal, of Portland, were present to represent the grand lodge of the state. The services were held at Welch s hapel, which was -unable to hold the crowd of several hundred. Nearly 100 members of local lodge No. 8, Knights of Pythias, attended in a body and took part in the rif.ua! at the grave. Rev. . R. Willett, pastor or Calvary Bap st Church, assisted by Rev. Ward MacHenry, pastor of the First Presby terian Church, officiated, in the serv ices at the chapel. REPORTER JS ACQUITTED Jury Returns Verdict of Xot Guilty In Chehalls Libel Case. CHEHALIS, Wash.. Jan. 7. (Spe cial.) A jury in Juctice Beaufort's court last night found Sam Crawford. Chehalls newspaper reporter, not guilty under a libel action in which Sheriff Foster was the complaining witness. In Justice Westover's court another Jury before which a similar action was heard against Miss Vera Reynolds, a Central la newspaper re porter, disagreed. County Attorney Studebaker was the- complaining wit ness in the latter case. The articles complained of had to do with the recent arrest of Frank Neh ring. of Chehalls. SALEM JURY GIVES $8862 Girl's Father Obtains Verdict Against Young Man. SALEM, Or.. Jan. 7. (Special.) The Jury In the case of Samuel Shaffer against Earl Gardner late Saturday re turned a verdict of 18862 for the plain tiff. Shaffer was suing as the father of Fanny Shaffer, an 18-year-old girl who appeared in the courtroom with her year-old baby in her arms. The defendant's wife also was in court with an infant child. The Shaffer girl charged the defendant with seduction and with being father of her infant. Heart balm to the extent of $20,000 was asked. Centralla Bonds Issued. CENTRAXIA. Wash., Jan. 7. (Spe cial.) Bonds were issued by the City Commission yesterday to pay for the laying of cement walks In local im provement district No. 39. The cost of the improvement was $2751, which was $200 less than the engineer s estimate Of this amount more than $1000 has al ready been paid In by property owners, which is considered an unusually good Aberdeen Wants Jitney Bond. ABERDEEN, Wash., Jan. 7. (Spe cial.) Mayor J. M. Phillips is urgifig the Council to require Jitney drivers to furnish bonds which will guarantee persons injured by jitneys against loss. The jitneymen are willing to provide a bond, but want to do so as an organ! zation. City Attorney A. E. Cross say they cannot do so unless they incor porate. Bridge, Long Wanted, Is Promised. CHEHALIS. Wash.. Jan. 7. (Special.) After many years' waiting the hope of the people of the Independence neighborhood to obtain a bridge across the Chehalls River north of there seem about to be realized. Thurston and Grays Harbor counties will Jointly build the bridge and also the necessary connecting roads, probably the coming year. ...... PRIZE IN NEW YORK AND Copyright, Underwood & Underwood. DEATH IS MYSTERY Child, 4, Burns in Stove Home Near Yacolt. at MOTHER OUT DOING CHORES Manner in Which Little One Fell From Chair Head First Into Fire Is Puzzle Vancouver Authorities on Case. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Jan. 7. (Spe cials) Mystery, how a child under 4 years of age could climb and fall bead first into a heating stove, the top of which was a foot higher than the chair she stood upon, surrounds the death of little Lillian Klva Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William P. Smith, burned to death at her home 12 miles above Yacolt. at 5 o'clock Friday night. Cor oner Victor H. Limber. Sheriff Bert Biesecker and J. O. Blair, County At torney, went to the scene of the trag edy yesterday, and conducted an inves tigstion. They followed a trail three miles from the road to. reach the house. Cor oner Limber impaneled a Jury of five men, all he could get in that sparsely settled community. H. Ball, M. C. Abrahamson. J. H. Harvey. M. R. Lynch and P. M. .Mannix. Testimony was taken before this jury, and the body of the child, burned beyond all recognition, was brought here today by the Coroner. Mother Tells Story. The mother, Mrs. Elva Smith, told her story, substantially as (follows: She is 25 years old. and the mother of five children, Helen, 7; William. 6: Elma. 6: Lillian Alva, nearly 4, and Agnes, 1 year old. The three oldest childfen were upstairs, and the baby and Lillian were the only two down stairs while she went out to do chores in the barn. The stove was closed when she left the house. She said she heard her oldest daugh ter, Helen, calling to ler. Helen, hearing the shrieks of the child after she had fallen into the stove, went downstairs and found her sister in the fire. Mrs. Smith returned to the house a few moments after Helen called her. and found her daughter in the flames. Frightened, she threw a little water in the stove, and went to a neighbor's for help, the trip taking at least 15 minutes. Returning, alone, she removed the child from the stove. The neighbors found her husband who went to Yacolt and got Dr. A. w. Stevenson and re turned to the house with him. about 11 o'clock Friday night. The child was dead. . Child Alive Wken Burned. Four physicians Dr. R. D. WlswalL Dr. Miles U. Lieser, Dr. J. T. Guerin and Dr. Charles G. MacCallum exam ined the "body of the child here today, and gave as their opinion to the Coun ty Attorney that the child was alive when it came in contact with the fire. Mr. Limber said that the stove was 25 inches long inside and the opening on top was 17 inches long and about 10 inches wide. The body of the .child practically filled the stove. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have lived In that community for several years, and they have a small farm, where they now live. Mr. Smith is to come to Van couver tomorrow to get the body of his daughter, and the funeral will be held with interment' in the Pioneer Cemetery. Coroner Limber goes out of office and will be succeeded by W. J. Knapp tomorrow. The Coroner's jury has not been dismissed, and the case will be turned over to Mr. Knapp. Company Asks Kate Increase. SALEM. Or., Jan. 7. (Special.) The Tualatin Valley Electric Company of Sherwood today asked the Public Service Commission for permission to increase its rates on water and on electricity for light, heat and power. A minimum monthly charge of present rates vary from l to pernonth for dwellings. . . 11.30 J1.25 1 RIFT IN HOUSE WIDE Repubjican Split Likely to Cost Speakership.1 MANN AND LENR00T FAIL Gardner Cannot Realize His Ambi tion to Be Floor Xeader Party Lacks Cohesion and Cannot Command Independents. . OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Jan. 7. Utter lack of harmony among the Republican membership of the next House of Representatives, in ternal bickerings that have come to the surface among those Republicans of the present House who will hold over after March 4, a controversy over party lead ership, and general lack of party or ganization make It practically certain that the Democrats will organize the next House, will elect the next Speak er, will select the House officers and direct the business of the House for the next two years. This is seemingly true In face of the fact that the Democrats have not elected a majority. Independents Hold Balance. The balance of power In the next House will be held by independent members, who owe their seats to nei ther of the old parties and who are at liberty to vote as they will. How these independents will vote no one is au thorized to say, and each of the inde pendents has been profoundly silent. But when they come to make their choice, the independents will choose between a united Democracy, In har mony with the President and with the Senate, on the onettide. and a disorgan ized. inharmonious and faction-ridden ReDUblican party on the other. As such things go. Representative Mann, of Illinois, the Republican floor leader, is the logical Republican can didate for SpeaKer when the next House comes to organize. But there is opposition to Mr. Mann, and he cannot command the solid support ot tne lie publican, membership. -Revolt Llkrlr to Defeat Mann. How many Republicans would refuse to support him is impossible to say, butihe probabilities are that enough Republicans would revolt to make im possible the election of the present floor leader, and any such revolt would only operate to make certain the re election of Speaker Clark. Representative Gardner, of Massa chusetts, recently opened the fight on Mann by proposing Representative Lenroot. of . Wisconsin, as the Repub lican choice for Speaker. With his DroDosition there are two serious de fects; one is that Gardner 1s the leader of the revolt, and the other Is tha Lenroot, the man of his choice, is abou as noDUlar personally with the mem bershin as is Mr. Mann, of Illinois. Mr. Gardner wants to become a big facto in the House, but no other members are in accord with him, and he will not get far. His idea was to have Lenroot made Speaker, and he himself would like to become floor leader. That will never come about. Republicans Lark Cohesion. The way In which Gardner staged hi revolt is only another indication of what is the trouble with the Republic ana of the. House. They are a group of individuals, each acting for himself and each acting without consulting others there is no organization; there .ire n party conferences; there Is no spirl of harmony, and. apparently, no deep seated desire for harmony. FdV this, Representative Mann is partly to blame. For years, Mann has been heralded as a great party leader. He is not. As a party leader in the House, Mann ts decidedly a misfit. Under his lead ershtp, the Republicans do not caucus or hold conferences; when partisan questions arise, there is no effort to ascertain the prevailing Republican sentiment and have the Republicans act together. Mann is not supported by an organization. His has been a one-man leadership. He has not attempted to develop lieutenants to aid him in the conduct of legislation, as did the lead ers who preceded him: rather, he has attempted to do the whole thing, and he has undertaken more than one man can accomplish. Mann Would Make Good Speaker. Yet for all that. Mann would make a good Speaker; he is as well fitted to be speaker as any man the Republicans can put forward; he ts much better equipped for Speaker than floor leader, for he knows parliamentary law better than any other man in Congress, re gardless of party, and he would' know how to preside. Mann's fitness is all for the Speakership. Yet, because of his conduct as fjoor leader, he has made enemies who rise and threaten to defeat him for the Speakership In December. So the prospect favors the retention of Mann as floor leader of the minor ity, the re-election of Clark ' as Speaker and a continuance of the old party bickering on the ttepuDiican siae. Unless this situation is remedied be fore the new House undertakes to or ganize, there is not one chance in 10 that enough .of the Independent members will vote with the Repub licans to give them control. Lack of Republican harmony Is going to drive the Independents to the Democratic camn on the organization vote at least. Teachers Favor Longer Term. ROSEBCRG. Or., Jan. 7. (Special.) With educators present from almost everv section of Douglas County the 'local School Mistress Club held its reg- ular monthly meeting here Saturday. I The chief . speakers included Dr. D. W, i There is But One Genuine Aspirin Counterfeits and substi tutes may be ineffective, and even harmful. Refuse them. Protect yourself by demanding Bayer Tablets of Aspirin. The genuine have "The Bayer Cross" on every package and on every tablet. "The Bayer Croi XTX Your Guarantee rAeEFj of Purity" S- Pocket Boxes of 12, Bottle of 24 and Bottles of 100 The trade-mark "Aspirin " (Resr. U. S. Pat. Office) is a guarantee that the monoaceticaeidester cf salicylieaeid in these tablets is of the reliable Bayer manufacture. J Debusk, of the University of Oregon, and Dr. Lucetta Smith, of this city. A reso lutlon was adopted by the teachers ad vocating the longer school 'term as suggested by State Superintendent ChurchilL HUNTER IS FOUND DEAD Huron Pratt, 15, Believed to Have Been. Victim of Own Gun. KENNEWICK; Wash., Jan. 6. (Spe cial.) Huron Pratt. 15. son of Mrs. ifcabel Pratt, of Benton City, who had been missing since December 23, was found Saturday afternoon by section men four miles west of that city, dead. with his head shot off. The body was found among the rocks on the side of a high cliff. In climbing the hill while hunting he had shot himself accidentally, it is thought. After three days of searching by ranchers and townspeople the hunt was given up, but the boy's mother for two weeks roamed the country for miles around. CENTRALIA BUILDING SOLD Lewis County Realty Company Buys Old Home at Auction. Wash.. Jan. 7. (Spe clal.) The Union Loan & Trust Com pany building in this city was sold at auction yesterday afternoon by Re ceiver F. T. McNitt. Sr.. to satisfy judgment held by A. R. Titlow. receiver of the United States National . Bank against the Centralla Realty Company iormer owners. The Lewis County Realty Company a reorganization of the old concern, bid the building in at $a000, subject to mortgage for $32,800. held by the Pa cine Fire Insurance Company, of Port land. The stockholders In the new con cern are F. T. McNitt. Sr.. Mrs. Estella Davies and M. W. Daubney. TRACE OF POWELLS FOUND Bloodhounds to Be Started From Spot Where Deer Was Killed. TACOMA. Wash.. Jan. 6. (Special.) Some hope Is held out now of find ing Mr. and Mrs. Otto Powells, missing since December 18. for searching parties from Alder, near Rainier Na tional Park, found a spot where a deer was killed. The posses are of the opin ion that they may be able to trace the couple from the blood trail. Jules Hagen, head of the searching parties, will go out again tomorrow with bloodhounds and attempt to follow the trail. Mr. and Mrs. Powell left their cabin at the Powell-Poole Lumber Company's camp ' a week before Christmas and have not been seen since. lilbel Prosecutor Named. CENTRALIA. Wash., Jan. 7. (Spe cial.) Thomas M. Vance, an Olympia attorney, has been designated as a spe cial attorney to prosecute for the state the charges of . criminal libel brought against Maurice McDonald, publisher of the Tenino Journal, by Thomas O'Leary, prosecutor-elect, and Fred L. Stocking, of Olympia. The basis of the charges is a pamphlet circulated by McDonald Just before tb.6 November election. Loan Association Forming. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Jan. 7. (Spe cial.) The Clarke County National Farm Loan Association met at 4.he rooms of the Chamber of Commerce in this city Saturday and a number of new applications for loans were re celved. The organization which has applied to Obtain a charter from the dlstrtct farm loan bank at Spokane, has 50 charter members. Ice Crop Light. BAKER. Or.. Jan. 7. (Special.) That the supply of natirral ice will be smaller this Winter than before, in spite of the very cold spell. Is predicted by owners of ponds, who say that the Ice is lighter In quality and only from eight to 12 Inches thick. Last Winter it was from 12 to 16 inches. Liquor Case Is Appealed. CENTRALIA. Wash.. Jan. 7. (Spe cial.) Leo Grabskl. who was fined last week In the Pe Ell Justice Court on a charge of receiving an illegal shipment of liquor from California, has appealed to the Lewis County Superior Court. GROUND GRIPPEB WALKING SHOE Shoe will absolutely give you permanent relief. If you are not having trouble you can avoid ever having any of these things by wearing the right shoe. This shoe costs less than any other high-grade shoes, and we might state with perfect frankness that there are no better shoes made at any price. Do not allow anyone to tell you that they have a shoe-just the same as the Ground Gripper, for this is not so. The shape of our shoe, as well as the Rotor heel, is covered with a patent. 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A cable dispatch to British Columbia prohibi tion headquarters from the official scrutineer of the soldiers votes, in London, shows a final victory for the prohibition act which was voted on In this province several months ago. Henry Warner, aped 75. a member of the 49th Massachusetts, drove hia automobile from Walkill. N. to Pittsfield. to attend a reunion of hia old regiment. Up to two months be fore, Mr. Warner had never owned or driven nn sntonmbMe. argams is a good deal like shooting elephants with an airs rifle. To bag big game you need a good gun, and to buy good clothing you have to pay a fair market price. Our shop is Portland's original "no sale" store, one fair price the year round. Clothes for Young Men and Their Fathers, Too. Waahiniclon Street at Sixth. YOUR FEET play a very important part and you are going to need them in the future. 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