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VOL.. LVII. NO. 17,793.
FOIITLAD, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMISEIt 1. 1917.
PUICE FIVE CENTS.
CAUTION URGED ItJ
SUICIDE FOLLOWS
WOUNDING OF WIFE
BRUSSELS CALM AS
TEUTON FOES m
UNUSUAL SEASON IS
BOON TO STOCKMEN
TITLE IS . ATTACKED
AFTER HnLFGENTURY
GERMAN RULED OUT
BIG MASS MEETING
VOTES TO OUST GILL
OF OREGON COURT
CAMAS HISBAXD -SEEKS REPRIS
AL AFTER DIVORCE SUIT.
WARM RAIN FOLLOWS SNOW
STORM IN EASTERN OREGON.
W. CHYBKI FIRST ALIEN ENEMY
DEPRIVED OF RIGHT TO SUE.
HANDLING
RUSSIA
Separate Peace Project
May Fail.
NO PRESSURE, POLICY NOW
Hasty Condemnation of Bol-i
sheviki Might Cause Reaction.
HOPE STILL ENTERTAINED
Slavs, After All, Slay Xot Violate
Entente Treaty and Coming:
Conference With Germans
May Fail of Purpose.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. Realization
of the danger of causing: a reaction in
Russia favorable to the central pow
ers by intervention in the political af
fairs of the new democracy has caused
officials here to sound a note warn
ing: against hasty condemnation of the
Bolsheviki.
Back of what is described as a
tolerant policy in dealing: with Russia
apparently not only is a purpose to
demonstrate faith in the , ultimate
stabilization of the democracy, but a
faint hope that the extremist faction
which is for the moment in control of
the government will refrain from
violating Russia's treaty pledges to
the entente allies and make a separate
peace.
So long as there is a possibility
that these overtures will fail because
of the apparently irreconcilable dif
ferences between the Bolsheviki peace
scheme founded on "no annexations
and no indemnities" and the German
demands for compensation and "ade
quate safeguards for the future," it is
regarded as bad policy to exert any
pressure from the outside at this
stage. To do so it is believed would
only tend to cause resentment in Rus
sia and to solidify the .various elements
around the Petrograd berime.
Discretion Held Asary.
An additional reason f ,'f -maintaining
an attitudo of watchfulnebland reserve
in Washington is found in tVe fact that
to meet just such a situation as is de
veloping In Russia is one of the pur
poses of the inter-allied conference as
sembled in Paris. There are intima
tions that suggestions have reached
Washington from the French capital
that it would be well to avoid adverse
criticism here of the Russian tangle,
leaving the commissioners gathering
in Paris to deal with it, at this stage
at least.
It is even possible that in pursuance
of the idea 'that by moral suasion Rus
sia can be prevented from going to the
extreme of making a separate peace,'
some of the entente powers may decide
to make some sort of acknowledgement
of the receipt of the Lenine-Trotzky
peace and armistice proposal.
No surprise is felt in diplomatic
circles here at the speedy acceptance
by Germany and Austria of the Lenine
proposals. It had been assumed that
with no intention whatever of accept
ing any of the substantial demands of
j the Bolsheviki, the German and Aus-
trian chancellories would not miss this
l great opportunity 10 eliminate Russia
' as an offensive military force for the
many days, weeks or even months dur
ing which the skilled German diplo
matists might protract the negotia
tions for an armistice and peace.
Troop Release Possible.
In the meantime, of course, there
may be released for active service
against the British, French and Italians
on the west front hundreds of thou
sands of German, Austrian, Turkish
, and Bulgarian soldiers hitherto main
tained on the eastern front.
It will be for the inter-allied confer-
ence in Paris to devise some means of
S neutralizing this German scheme, pos
sibly by influencing the Bolsheviki ele
ment itself through an exposition of
the duplicity and real aims of the Ger
mans or by recourse to the elements
in Russia represented by General
ICaledines and other leaders who have
refused to acknowledge the control of
the Maximalists.
The letter of Lord Lansdowne, sug
(resting a. moderation or allied war
aims, which has aroused such a bitter
j feeling in England, may, in the opinion
j of some of the diplomatic officials here,
I prove a powerful factor in keeping the
'.Bolsheviki within the entente allied
Bcircle by letting them perceive that
t their own doctrines regarding . peace
are not lacking in support among en
; tente statesmen.
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 30. The Austro
, Hungarian government, according to a
i di.spatch from Vienna, has sent an offl
i clal reply accepting the Russian gov
i ernment's wireless proposal to enter
into negotiations for an armistice and
" a general peace treaty.
I,, The reply was sent yesterday and is
i as follows:
j "The guiding principles announced
I by the Russian government for nego
; tlations for an armistice and a peace
treaty, counter proposals to which are
awaited by the Russian government,
are. In the opinion of the Austro-Hun-garian
government, a suitable basis, for
entering upon' these- negotiations. The
Austro-Hungarian government thr-
s fora declares that it is ready to entee
1 upon negotiations as proposed by the
(Concluded on Page 2, Column 4.)
Samuel C. Whitmyer Kills Seir Arter
Shooting Wife in Neck Quar
rel Precedes Tragedy.
CAMAS. Wash., Nov.' 30. (Special.)
Samuel C. Whitmeyer is dead and his
wife is seriously Injured as the result
of a quarrel this- afternoon ' over a
pending suit for divorce, as the cul
mination of which AVhitmeyer shot his
wife and himself. The couple have
long been residents here and have five
grown daughters living in the county.
Mrs. Whitmeyer instituted the suit
about two months ago and left the
family home here to live with one of
her daughters. A few days ago she
returned, and, according to the daugh
ter and son-in-law who lived at the
couple's home, all went well until to
day, when Mrs. Whitmeyer spoke of
leaving soon. Mr. Whitmeyer at
tempted to persuade her to stay and
to drop the pending suit; she refused,
hot words followed, and before either
the daughter or the son-in-law, who
were in the room, could prevent Whit
meyer pulled a 32-caliber revolver
from hiB pocket and fired two shots.
The first struck his wife just below
and behind the right ear in the fleshy
part of her neck and coming out be
low her jaw lodged in the floor. The
second Whitmeyer fired into his own
skull. He fell forward, dying in
stantly. Mrs. Whitmeyer may recover, it is
said.
bootleg" fines pay cost
County Will Not Need Appropriation
for Detection.
Multnomah County will not be forced
to include a special budget for appre
hension of prohibitipn violations dur
ing the coming year. It was decided
by the County Board yesterday on re
ceipt of a letter from District Attorney
Evans to the effect that fines received
from bootlegging convictions more
than offset the cost of ferreting out
and prosecuting such cases.
The District Attorney suggests that
the Commissioners authorize the plac
ing of all bootlegging fines in a spe
cial fund to be used in securing evi
dence and bringing about prosecutions
under the law. The board indicated yes
terday that this action will be taken.
VANCOUVER DEPOSITS BIG
$2,658,496.06 Total Is Record.
Gain Is $105,000 In 3 Months.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Nov. 30. (Spe
cial.) The deposits in the Vancouver
National, United States National and
the Washington Exchange banks vt
this city totaled $2,658,496.06 at the
call just , made for . statements.
This is the largest aggregate deposit
in the local banks since the banks were
founded, and if the call had been made
a few days earlier the balance would
have been much greater, as the funds
of the Fourteenth and Forty-fourth in
fantries were on deposit here. This to
tal is a. gain of $105,000 in the past
three months. ,
SCHOOL BUDGET LOWERED
Taxpayers and Directors of District
No. 1 Meet at 10 A. M. Today.
Taxpayers residing in School District
No. 1 at 10 o'clock this morning will
meet with the members of the Board of
Education at the Courthouse for a
consideration of the 1918 burget.
Following this hearing the directors
will meet, make such revision of their
budget as may be deemed advisable and
proceed to fix the levy necessary for
raising revenue for school purposes
next year. The budget for 1917 ag
gregated $2,872,500, while the total
budget as tentatively arranged by the
ditectors for next year amounts to
$2,570,147.
M'ADOO AIDE HERE TODAY
Washington Man to Assist in Start
ing War Savings Stamp Sale.
H. D. Marshal, of Washington, spe
cial representative of Secretary Mc
Adoo. will arrive in Portland today
to work with Postmaster Myers and
local bankers in perfecting plans for
putting the war savings stamps and
certificates on sale Monday.
The war savings stamps, which will
be issued in denominations of 25 cents,
and war savings certificates, in denom
inations of $5, will be on sale at all
postoffice sub-stations and the main
office and, it is thought, at banks.
The Government proposes to raise at
least $2,000,000,000 in this way.-
ARMY'S HEALTH IMPROVES
Report for Week Ending November
23 Shows Change for Better.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 Slight im
provement in health conditions in tha
Army camps for the week ending No
vember 23 is shown by the weekly
health report of .Surgeon-General Gor
gas. No serious outbreaks of pneumonia
were reported at the National Army
camps ;nd in only a few divisions did
the number of cases increase.
The total deaths reported for the
week among the 374,762 men of the
Nattonal Guard was 97 and the total
among the 426,310 men of the National
Army was 60.
PICTURE PLAYWRIGHT HELD
Movie Production, Warrant Says,
' Tends to Cause Disloyalty.
LOS ANGELES. Cal., Nov. 30. Rob
ert Goldstein, author and producer of
a motion-picture play, the films of
which were seized last night, was ar
rested today here on a Federal war
rant charging him with "producing a
publication" .tending to cause disloy
alty and mutiny among the armed
forces of the. United. States.
PopuL ? fold to Ab
stain From Fighting.
CORRESPONDENTS AT CAPITAL
Newspaper Men Flock In to
See Impending Battles.
BELGIAN ARMY UNASSISTED
Hugh Gibson Writes of How Heroic
Litile Nation Stemmed German
Tide for Many "Days and
Upset Invaders' Plans.
BY HUGH GIBSON.
Secretary of the American Legation in Brus
sels at the outbreak of the war. Copy
right. 1017. Doubleday. page &. Co., by
Otis F. Wood.
(CONTINUED.)
Maxwell, the British correspondent,
told me this afternoon that he looked
for a big engagement at Diest tomor
row or the day after. He has been
down through the fighting zone ever
since the trouble began, and probably
knows more about pending operations
than any other civilian.
While I was writing Z came in.
suffering from a bad case of panic. He
announced as he burst into my office
that the Germans were within 20 kilo
meters of Brussels and were going to
occupy the city this evening. He was
fairly trembling, but got indignant be
cause I denied it, having just talked
with Colonel Fairholme and with Max
well, both of whom had no more than
come back from the front.
People Are Advised.
The fact that it had been published
in the Soir was enough for him, and
although the news had made him ner
vous, he hated to have his perfectly
good sensation spoiled.
The authorities, so as to be prepared
for any eventuality, have this evening
published a communique to impress
upon the population the necessity for
abstaining from any participation In
the hostilities in case of an occupation.
It advices everybody to stay indoors
and avoid any words or actions that
might ve an excuse tor me'j urea
against noncombatants.
August 15 Last night I dined with
the Colonel, Grant-Watson, and Kldston
at the palace. I was looking forward
to a lot of interesting talk, as the
Colonel had Jjst come from the front.
Just as we were settling down to our
conversational Marathon, up walked
. the Charge, and bade himself
to dine with us. He is strongly pro
German in his sympathies, and, of
course, that put a complete damper on
conversation.
Germans Draw Near.
We talked about everything on earth
save the one thing we were interested
in. and sat tight in the hope that he
would move on. Not only did he stay,
but after a time the First Secre
tary came and joined us, and we gave
up in despair. The only result of the
evening was that I gathered the Im-
(Concluded on Page. '1, Column 2.)
THE SCANDINAVIAN
Grass Is Still Green and Growing at
Baker, and Ranchers Predict
Decline in Hay Prices.
BAKER, Or., Nov. 30. (Special.)
Violating all weather precedents, a
warm rain here today and last night
followed a snow storm yesterday and
drenched the plowed fields, to the de
light of the farmers.
November has been the most re
markable one in years. Since the cold
snap last October, the temperature has
been unusually mild. Lilac bushes,
shrubbery and trees are budding,
leaves are still falling and wild" flow
ers throughout the county are reported
to be blooming.
Winter wheat Is four Inches high
and grass is still green and growing.
Ranchers expect that the ultimate 'ef
fect will be a marked drop in price of
hay. because few of them have as yet
been compelled to start feeding.
Never before, the stockmen say, have
they been able to use the ranges so
late in the season. Last year the ther
mometer registered below zero on No
vember 10 and snow covered the ground
all month. . V
This year, except on the highest
ranges, pastures are stiil bare of snow.
WOMEN CONDUCTORS NEXT
Tacoma Railway Company Alarmed
Over Shortage of Men.
TACOMA, Wash.. Nov. 30. (Special.)
Woman conductors on Tacoma street
cars Is not at all improbable if the war
continues to decrease the supply of
men. While the Tacoma Railway &
Power Company has not yet taken the
matter under serious consideration, it
has given the question of employing
women some thought, according to
George W. Rounds, superintendent of
transportation.
The Tacoma Railway & Power Com
pany is experiencing a shortage of
men, Mr. Rounds said.
HOOVER, JR., OPERATED ON
Son of Pood Administrator Treated
for Appendicitis.
BALTIMORE. Nov. 30. Allan Hoover.
10-year-old son of Herbert C. Hoover,
Federal food administrator, underwent
an operation for appendicitis- today.
It was declared that the operation
was a success. -
MONTH'S LOSS 25,000 MEN
Total of British Casualties for Pe
riod Is 120,089.
LONDON, Nov. 30. British casual
ties reported during the month totaled
120.089, divided as follows:
Officers, killed or died of wounds,
1152; men, 24.292.
Officers, wounded or missing. 8537;
men, 91,108.
BOMB FOUND AT DETROIT
Powerful Explosive Discovered at
Police Station.
DETROIT. Nov. 30. A 10-inch bomb
with an unlighted fuse was found on
the window ledge at the police station
today.
The City Chemist said It contained
a sufficient quantity of powder to have
MICE DISCUSS NORWAY'S PROPOSITION TO BELL THE CAT.
" - -TT JT
Suit to Reclaim Lands
1 to Be Filed Today.
RIVER FRONTAGE IS INVOLVED
Henry Plock Estate Valued at
. Nearly Million Dollars.
STORY FULL OF ROMANCE
Action Against Railroad Company
May Be 1'oreruiincr of Other
Suits Against More Thau
1000 Home Owners.
Suit attacking the title to valuable
river frontage, the estimated worth of
which Is nearly $1,000,000 and which is
now held by the O.-W. R, & N. Co., will
be filed in the Circuit Court this morn
ing by Reinhart Hild, administrator of
the estate of Henry Ploch, deceased,
who died in this city March 21, 1853.
This suit against the railroad cor
poration may possibly be the forerun
ner of other suits against more than
1000 homeowners in the Carruthers'
Addition and involving several million
dollars.
Story Teems With Romance.
A story teeming with romance and
dramatic possibilities is weaved into
the '12-page complaint which has been
prepared by Thomas Hannix and
George Arthur Brown, attorneys for
the heirs of the deceased, Henry Ploch
It is a story of how Ploch. coming to
this Western country by ox-team set
tled on a 160-acre donation land claim,
now known as the Caruthers Addition;
of how he died an agonizing death
from smallpox before he had had an
opportunity to file his claim with the
Land Office and of how his nephew,
Reinhart Hild, learned of his claim to
the property more than 60 years later
while in Portland making a search for
the burial place of the almost-forgot
ten pioneer.
In t lm Hr t T suit Iipp'n.l. a "-Ji
brought fj light yesti'iday when Hild
filed In the C.ounty Court a petition to
be named administrator of the estate
of Henry rioch, who died nearly So
years ago.
Fraud and Deceit ChirErl. ..
This petition In itself is said to be
the first in any Oregon court where
steps to probate an estate were not
taken until more than half a century
after a person. had died. The petition
sets forth that Henry Ploch died leav
ing an'estate consisting of 160 acres in
what is now known as Caruthers Ad
dition, and which consisted of the old
Elizabeth Caruthers donation land
claim.
Specifically, the complaint alleges
that title to the Henry Ploch donation
land claim was secured by Elizabeth
Caruthers through fraud and deceit. It
is set forth that Henry rioch settled
upon the land in question Noember 1.
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-1 I
Judge Bell Stops Attempt to Set Up
Defense and Cross Complaint
in District Court Action.
"No alien enemy can come Into court
and attempt to prosecute a civil action
against an American citizen."
With this injunction District Judge
Bell yesterday cut short an effort of
W. Chybkl, a German, to set up a de
fense and cross-complaint in an action
started by E. L. McDougal, an attornes.
McDougal was given Judgment for $35
which he. alleged to be due for legal
services, .while a 'cross-bill for $75
against the attorney which Chybkl
sought to recover was summarily dis
missed. This Is believed to be the first case
in any court in Oregon wherein an
alien enemy was deprived of the right
to prosecute a civil action, as is con
templated in an act passed by the last
Congress.
Chybkl. It was brought out. Is still
a subject of the Kaiser, though he has
lived In the United States for more
than 10 years.
CITY BEGINSNEW YEAR
Increased Salaries Go Into Effect
Generally.
This is New Tear's day for the city
government. The fiscal year of 1917
closed yesterday and the year 1918
starts today.
All financial books for the year were
brought to a close at 5 o'clock last
night and all unexpended money went
into the city's general fund, there to
remain until called upon the meet ex
pendldtures under the new budget for
the year 1918. The new year marks
the beginning of increased salaries for
firemen, policemen, laborers and others
In the city service and also marks the
beginning of all new policies adopted
by the Council for 1918.
BAND0N YOUTH DROWNED
Alma Hunt Caught by Wave and
Carried Out to Sea.
BAN DON, Or., Nov. 30. (Special.)
Alma Hunt. 16-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Hunt, of this city, lost his
life in the surf at the mouth of New
River. 12 miles south of here. Thanks
giving day. He was spearing salmon
In the shallow breakers when a wave
caught him uunwares.
Tiic outh Mfc- taken off his feet
and carried out to sea by the under
tow before assistance could reach him.
The body has not been recovered. He
was a freshman in the local high
school.
Ma scot t Knocks Out Leonard.
Billy Mascott knocked out George
Leonard in the ninth at Enterprise.
Or.. Wednesday night with a hard right
cross to the Jaw. Mascott will be home
today and will keep on training for his
bnut with Danny Edwards next Friday
night at the Eleventh-street playhouse.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TERTBRDAt'R Maximum temperature. 50
aegrees; minimum. 4., decrees.
TODAY'S Unsettled, probably rain; gentle
southerly m-inds.
War.
Hugh C.lb.on writes of approach of Germans
to Brussels. Pace 1.
Units of guard from all states now In France.
Page 5.
General Bynit'i troops forced back by violent
uerrom oiiensive. fane 4.
Artillery fight on Italian front grows In In
tensity, rage i.
Foreign.
Washington officials urge caution In dealing
wun xtuasia. fage 1.
Turks declared to be tired of German dom
ination. Page 4.
Lord Lansdowne' peace plan denounced.
Page 2.
National.
New National board created to adjust labor
ana war neeas. rg u.
Coal shortage seriously felt In Eastern
states. Page ;t.
Domestic.
Experts testify Mrs. de Saulles not responsi
ble for killing ex-husband. Page 4.
Sport.
Coast football season ends. Page 14.
Hockey plana are indefinite. Page 14.
Coast oonrerenve to set athletic schedules
at San Francisco meeting. Page 14.
Commercial and Marine.
Flour millers warned against excessive
profits. Page 10.
Car shortace relief weakens Chicago feed
grains Page 10.
Wall-street storks affected by latest Euro
pean peace developments. Page
Oregon dry dock to be "moved. Page Id.
Pacific Northwest.
Warm rain, following snowstorm, is boon to
stockmen of Baker County. Page 1.
Seattle labor's first political battle, culmi
nating today, fruitless. Page 6.
Northwest Townslte Company asks release
from bond covering completion of Paisley
project. Page 1.
Patriotism keys Y. M. C. A. Boys" Confer
ence. Page 6.
Camas man kills self after wounding wife.
Pago 1.
Portland and Vicinity.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 10.
First refusal made to allow use of courts by
alien enemy. Page 1.
New plan found by Council to avoid special
Increase in tax levy. Page 1.
Right of alien enemy to, use bridges Is ques
tioned. Page 10.
Business makes big stride, and several rec
ords, in Portland in November. Page T.
Elmon Geneste deposits $1075, due the estate
of Mra. Emma Lorentzen. Page 0.
Lack of unity bar to shipping progress.
H. L. Corbett tells Realty Board. Page 0.
Wilbur's sentence is $500 fine and six months
in Jail. Page 20.
New officers will be distributed among
many camps. Page 7.
Fred Love exonerated of Whltesldes boy's
death and case closed. Page 11.
Railroad official promises support to Ori
ental line, if Portland provides ships.
Page lo.
Los Angeles man to preach for White Tem
ple folk during rest of year. Page 9.
Two hundred a'ttend first municipal cooking
class. Pago 12.
Draft boards want to centralize clerical
work. Page 19.
Suit to recover river frontage properly valued
at $1.K0,000 to be filed here today,
i'ase X, .
Laxity in Vice Matters
Held Proved.
COUNCIL ASKED TO IMPEACH
No Voice Dissents When Res
olution Is Put to Vote.
McCOURT TELLS SITUATION
Failure to Remove Chief Becking
ham and Thus ICxluhit Real De
sire to Meet Demands '.fade by
General Greene, Are Cited.
SEATTLE, Nov. 30. (Special.)
More than SOOO persons, assembled in
mass meeting, tonight denounced May
or Gill for his laxity In law enforce
ment and failure to comply with the de
mands of Major-General II. A. Greene
that eSattle be made safe for eoldiers
to visit.
Ringing! resolutions favoring Im
peachment by the Council were adopted
without a dissenting vote, and the ma
chinery was immediately set in motion
to bring the action of the meeting to
the attention of the legislative body.
The use of Mayor "Gill's name by the
Merchants" Protective Corporation in
solit-iting memberships, the firm ot
Gill. Hoyt & Fryc being, the Seattle le
gal representatives, forms the basis of
the proposed impeachment charges.
John McCourt Rapa GUI.
Without equivocation, speakers and!
resolutions alike denouncing the Mayor
for allowing the use of his name and
reject his explanation that it was with
out his consent because he is no longer
a member of the firm.
Geoifre H. Walker, a leading lawyer
and prominent in civic affair, presided.
John McCourt, former United States
District Attorney of Orejt.oit and now
a representative of the War Depart
ment, who made the special investiga
tion for the Government into the moral
condition of Seattle, was one of the.
principal speakers. 1e was tho man
who recommended to Mayor Gill that
tho only way to thow good faith ir
carrying out General Greene's demand
for a clean, city would be to begin by
removing the chief of police, Charles
L. Becklngham. This Gill refused to
do, and General Greene's order plac
ing a quarantine on the city followed.
Words Not Minced.
McCourt told briefly but eloquently
what the Government wanted of Seat
tle and outlined some of the things
that had resulted in the ban placed by
the military chief. There was no
mincing of words in placing the re
sponsibility, and none present offered
any defense of Gill and Buckingham.
In the audience were prominent rep
resentatives of business and the pro
fessional life of Seattle; church orga
nizations, and hundreds of women.
Several members of the City Council
accepted the invitation to attend and
the clergy was well represented. Rev.
M. A. Matthews, a leader in the fight
for a cleaner city, and also Erastus
Brainerd, who was Gill's principal sup
porter in the election nearly four years
ago. were among the principal speak
ers. Support of Nation Pledged.
Mrs. Hlen Morton Stevens, represent
ing the women's organizations, voiced
the protest of the women against con
ditions that have flourished under the
Gill administration.
The resolutions, prepared by a com
mittee headed by C. J. France, consume
many pages of indictment. Seattle, by
the resolutions, pledges its whole sup
port to the Government and indorses
the efforts of General Greene to com
pel the officials to clean up.
The resolutions, in part, follow:
"He it hereby resolved by the cit
izens of Seattle, in mass meeting as
sembled that we pledge ourselves to
support the Government of the United
States in the prosecution of the present
war, and we pledge ourselves particu
larly to aid the Government In the
way it now requests, namely, that we
make Seattle clean and wholesome for
the soldiers of our Army, and as the
American people, acting under the
principles of democracy, have never
failed to find, by and through democ
racy, a solution of any ejifficulty, and
as the principle of impeachment of a
public official has come town through
democratic institutions as a fair
method of bringing public officials to
the bar of justice, and believing that
exercise of this great democratic prin
ciple of impeachment should be In
voked in the present emergency.
Council Urged to Art.
"Be it further resolved that it is the
sense of the citizens here assembled,
that impeachment proceedings be in
stituted by the Council forthwith, and
"Be it further resolved, that a com
mittee of 25 be appointed one from
each of the civic organizations, calling
this meeting and the remainder be rep
resentatives of those organizations iu
conjunction with the chairman of this
meeting, this committee to present the
demands of this meeting to the Coun
cil and in case of failure to obtain im
peachment to use its discretion In the
best method of solving present con
ditions." Charles Parker Funeral Today.
The funeral of Charles Cracraft Par
ker, who died November 29. at his late
residence. 207 Hazelfern Place, will be
held this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at
the chapel of J. P. Finley & Son. Rev.'
M. C Weir will officiate, and the Ma
sonic order will have charge of the
services at the Mount Scott Cemetery.
Mr. Parker was the father or Dr. K. T.
Parker, of Portland. He Is survived
by his widow and six children. For IS
years he had been a resident of Oregon,
living much of that time in Albany. He
was born iu 1S52.
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