VOL. LVIII XO. 18,423
Entered at Portland' (Oregon)
Po.ttofflre a Second-Claw Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1919.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
GARFIELD RESIGNS;
STRIKE AWARD HIT
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Fuel Administrator Sends
Letter to President.
MOTORSHIP BURNS AT
DOCK NEAR LINNTON
COLD SNAP BREAKS
DECEMBER RECORD
Mercury Falls to 12.4
Degrees Above Zero.
CARL R. GRAY CHOSEN
TO SUCCEED LOVETT
NEW HEAD OF TJXIOX PACIFIC
TO TAKE POST JAX. 1.
PIPE-THAWING SETS
THREE HOMES AFIRE
IS
PARIS SEEKS PEACE
PACT WITH ENGLAND
ALLIAXCE HELD NEED BE
CAUSE OF U. S. DELAY.
STORM
BROKEN
HOPE FOR RAILWAY
LEGISLATION GONE
Cummins Measure Meets
Sudden Opposition.
AVAXCE, COSTIXG $130,000, IS
BADLY DAMAGED.
USE OF OPEX FLAMES CAUSE
17 BLAZES DURING STORM.
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STATEMENT IS WITHHELD
Wilson's Programme Opposed
as Increasing Price.
COMMISSION IS FAVORED
Jlead of Fuel Department Known
to Have Been Left Out of Set-
tlement Negotiations.
WASHINGTON. D. C Iec. 11. (By !
the Associated tress.) Fuel Adminis
trator Garfield's resignation was to
night in the hands of President Wil
son, given because he disagreed in
principle with the coal strike settle
ment proposal arranged by the gov
ernment and the mineowners' union.
Dr. Garfield himself refused tonight
to confirm, deny or discuss the re
port, but at the 'White Home It was
said that a personal lette from him
had been transmitted to the president
late this afternoon.
Men close to the fuel administrator
understand that he believes the work
of the commission authorized under
the settlement, to be made up of one
coal mine operator, a coal miner, a
third person named to represent the
public, will result in an increase in
the price of coal to the consuming
public. To this form of settlement.
Dr. Garfield baa been unalterably
opposed.
Garfield Take No Part.
It ha8 been learned on good au
' thority that he took no part in the
negotiations with the mlneworkers'
union chiefs during the .ast week
and that though informed and con
sulted after their initiation, the terms
laid out as finally accepted contra
vene his conception of the main prin
ciple involved.
It was recalled In connection with
the resignation, that In suggesting a
14 per cent wage increase as fair for
the miners and possible to be paid
from present profits of mine owners.
Dr. Garfield suggested a commission
representative of the Industry to re
view the findings, but expressed the
conviction that such a body should
not have power to fix prices. His be
lief is said to be that with this power
granted, a combination of the em
ployer and employe in the industry
to mulct the public by price raises, is
certain to result.
Cabinet Is Favorable.
Whether the president will accept
the resignation is not known. Mem
bers of the cabinet, however, are
known to be supporting the settle
ment programme as put through by
Attorney-General Palmer. President
Wilson today sent a message ol con
gratulation to Acting-President John
L. Lewis of the mine workers at the
action taken at Indianapolis.
CoiJ mine operators said to repre
sent practically the entire industry
were still in Washington awaiting an
official notification of the settlement
basis. There was considerable doubt
individually and difference of opinion,
tut no meetings were held to formu-,
late definite decisions of policy and
none would be. It was said, until the
government call came. All were in
terested in hearing from home as to
the action of the miners' locals upon
the union order calling off the strike,
but received little information.
Only one minor change in coal sav
ing orders came today from the rail
road administration, allowing retail
stores to remain open nine instead of
six hours on Saturdays. The six-hour
schedule will be maintained on other
days. Well informed officials hold
the opinion that many of the restric
tions now ordered will have to remain
effective until about January 20, even
should the miners go back at once in
a body.
The war finance corporation was
called into a discussion today of
methods of financing mines whose
product is not promptly paid for under
existing systems of d.stribution. and
which will not be able to continue
operations without aid. Plans tor
granting relief were considered.
MISSOURI MAN GETS JOB
Senate Confirms domination ol
Secretary or Commerce.
WASHINGTON. Dee. 11. The nom
ination Of RanrfSAntBtlv A 1 - vo ,4 . -
democrat, Missouri, to be secretary of
commerce 10 succeea William C. Red
field, who recently resigned, was con
firmed by the senate late today.
The action followed unanimous ap
pi oval of the appointment by the sen
ate commerce committee.
BANK ROBBED OF $14,000
3,'wo Unmasked Men Lock Cashier
and Wife iu Vault.
WASHBURN. Mo., Dec. 11 Two
unmasked bandits today held up the
bank of Washburn and escaped in
a motor car with $4000 in currency
and $10,000 worth of liberty bonds.
They locked the cashier and his
siit in a vault.
Fireboat Carries on Fight Against
Flames Unsuccessfully Until
Long After Midnight.
The motorship Avance, built last
spring by the Columb) Engineering
works,- caught fire last night at the
engineering company's dock near
Linn ton and was still burning at an
early hour this morning. The blaze
was caused by an explosion of a gas
oline torch.
The fire started in the hold of the
ship and continued despite efforts of
the fireboat to put out the blaze. At
an early hour today the ship had
listed heavily, and was leaning
against the bow of the fireboat which
was combatting the flames.
The motorship was built last spring
at a cost of about $139,000. She was
never put in commission, and it- is
rumored that she was to be put into
the hands of a receiver. The boat is
now said to be worth much less than
it cost.
Firemen said the loss would be
heavy, but that it could not be esti
mated last night. The chief engineer
of the motorship and part of the crew
were on board, but firemen said the
chief engineer left the boat shortly
after the fire broke out, and could
not be found.
The engineer and crew had been
living on the motorship, although the
Avance had never been away from
the dock since it was built. There
was no cargo on board.
The blaze was started by the ex
plosion of a blowtorch with which
the engineer was working on con
nections on the engine, lie set the
torh down on th floor and turned
around to find the engine room in
flames.
The chief damage was in the engine-room,
the Interior of which was
badly burned, with some damage to
the engines. The fire spread to the
dining-room and to the sleeping quar
ters, but It was checked there before
the carnage was very great.
All the Injury was to the interior of
the ship, although the flames occa
sionally burst forth from the hatches,
lighting up the whole neighborhood.
Firemen on the fireboat David Camp
bell suffered greatly from the cold
while fighting the flames. Ernest
Snider, one of the firemen, was over
come by cold and exposure, and was
sent to Emergency hospital. His con
dition is not considered serious.
love Laughs at . cold
Cold, Hard Winter Fails to Daunt
Blissful Couples.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. Dec 11.
(Special.) While Vancouver was
making slow headway today in dig
glng. itself out from under the heavy
snow, thawing out water pipes and
exerting the utmost of its ability to
reopen the arteries of transportation,
six of the nine couples who Journeyed
here despite the inclement weather
blissfully exchanged vows.
The other three couples braved the
elements in vain, for they were with
out witnesses and evidently did not
relish a second trip on a day that
opened with the mercury hovering
around the zero mark. By night the
thermometer had risen to 10 degrees
HANSEN WILL NOT TELL
'It's Nobody's Business,' Says Man
Who Bailed Out Jenkins.
MEXICO CITY. Dec. 10. "It's no
body's business who I am or where I
came from," said J. Walter Hansen,
when Questioned today as to how he
came to furnish the bail bond under
which Consular Agent Jenkins was
released at Puebia last week.
Mr. Hansen said formerly he had
lived in New York and that while
there he had a collision with the au
thorities. "But arrests are nothing in my
life." ha added.
KAISER "NEAR MADMAN'
Berlin Vorwaerts Comments on
Pre-War Documentary History.
BERLIN. Dec 11. Commenting on
a four-volume compilation of docu
mentary pre-war history, the Vor
waerts says:
"Whoever reads the former em
peror's marginal remarks will have
no doubt that Germany before the
war was ruled by next to a mad
man." The newspaper characterizes the
books as "four stones of the tomb of
the German monarchy."
HOUSE PASSES SUFFRAGE
Ratification Resolution to Go - to
Colorado Senate.
DENVER. Dec 11. The house of
representatives of the Colorado legis
lature today adopted unanimously the '
resolution ratifying the woman's suf- I
frage amendment to the federal con
stitution. The resolution will come up In the
senate for final action probably to
morrow afternoon.
AMERICAN AIRMAN KILLED
George F. Rand Loses Life in Paris
London Flight.
LONDON. Dec 11. George F. Rand.
an American, was killed today by the I
fall of an airplane in which he was
a passenger.
The machine was on a trip from J
Paris to London. The pilot was dan
gerously Injured. -
SNOW DEEPEST SINGE 1884
Complete Street Car Service
Is Expected Today.
MILK DELIVERIES RESUME
Waterfront "Warned Against Flood
Conditions; Schools to Stay
Closed Until Monday.
PERTIENT FACTS OF THE
BLIZZARD'S AFTERKATH.
Street car service Eighty per
cent normal last night, with
cars running on all except stub
lines and with promise of com
plete service today.
Fuel Dealers promise par
tial resumption of deliveries to
day, at call of Mayor Baker.
Milk Deliveries to stores re
sumed, with no prospect of
famine.
Flood Water front warned
against probable flood ' condi
tions should warm wave strike
the snow fields.
Schools All schools will re
main closed until Monday.
Forecast Today's weather,
clear and continued cold.
Dawn of the coldest day in more
than a month of Decembers, when the
sun rose to shine with blinding bril
liancy across the wide and almost
unbroken acreage of snow, brought
surcease to Portland yesterday from
the genuine northern blizzard that
had for two days held the city in a
wild embrace, disrupting street car
service and marooning thousands of
Portland citizens by their firesides.
At 9:45 yesterday morning, with tin
city laden with myriad tons of snow
and drifts piled to a depth of four
feet in many residential districts, the
official temperature reading of the
weather bureau was 12.4 degrees
above. Both enow and temperature
had broken the. records of more than
a score of years, and had furnished
December weather almost without
parallel In the local observations of
the weather bureau,
Bob Sleighs la Tse.
Portland shivered in the unaccus
tomed cold, and puffed in the un
familiar drifts, where it took deep
lungs-full of the sharp tonic of the
air and set briskly about the business
of shoveling off the front stoop and
walk. And creaking and sway ng
along the tracks, stiff in every joint
but back in harness again, came the
early morning Btreet cars. Darting
past and around them were bob
sleighs and cutters, natives to the
strange element that strewed the
streets, and an occasional auto snort
Ing a zig-zag course townward.
In the two days of storm more than
17 inches of snow descended on Port
land half an inch more, to be exact
but the city rallied as though mid
winter blizzards came every year,
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Be Affected by Inauguration
- of Unification Plan.
NEW YORK. Dec 11. Carl R.
Gray was elected president of the
Union Pacific system companies at a
meeting of the board of directors here
today.
Mr. Gray, whose headquarters will
be at Omaha, will assume office Jan
uary I. He will succeed as president
Robert S. Lovett. who will remain
with the company as chairman of its
executive committee.
E: E. Calvin, whose Jurisdiction
hitherto has been limited to the Union
Pacific and Oregon Short Line, was
elected vice-president in charge of
operations at the end of federal con
trol. H. M. Adams was appointed Tice
president in charge of traffic on the
entire system.
A statement by Mr. Lovett said the
new organization would effectually
unify the operation of all the prop
erties in the system.
The plan of unification announced
by the Union Pacific directors today
involves no disturbance of existing
headquarters of the Oregon Short
Line railroad at Salt Lake City or
of the Oregon-Washington Railroad
& Navigation company at Portland.
Or.
Mr. Gray began his career as a
telegraph operator and station agent
on the Santa Fe in 18S3 and 17 years
later became Its general manger. Dur-J
mg the war he was director or tne
division of transportation of the
United States railway administration.
Election of Carl R. Gray to the
presidency of the Union Pacific came
as a surprise to many Portland rail
road men, notwithstanding a rumor
current for several weeks that con
nected him with that position.
The selection of the ex-Portland
man as head of the system that has
always been regarded as essentially
a Portland road was generally re
ceived with satisfaction. It was when
called to the presidency of the Spo -kane,
Portland & Seattle and Oregon
Electric companies in 1911, that Mr
Gray came to this city and first be
came the executive head of the rail
road system.
Born in Arkansas, September 28.
1867, he was educated in the pre
paratory department of the University
of Arkansas and entered railroad
wjrk in 1883 as a telegraph operator
for the St. Louis & San Francisco,
and served in various capacities in
the traffic and operating departments
until 1897. when be became division
superintendent.
In 1900 he was promoted to superin
tendent of transportation and In 1904
was made general manager, to which
a vice-presidency was added in 1908
and from 1909 to 1911 he was senior
vice-president of that road. May 1,
1911, he came to Portland and was
executive of the Hill lines in this
district during the construction pe
riod of the Oregon Electrlo for one
year and on May 25, 1912. was elected
president of the Great Northern. He
left that company in March, 1914, to
go to the presidency of the Western
Maryland. When the government took
over control of the railroads at the
end of 1917. Mr. Gray became direc
tor of operation under Director-General
McAdoo. where he remained un
til early in the present year, when
he resigned from that position to give
all of his attention to the duties of
his position as chairman of the West
ern Maryland.
Police Union Disbanded.
ST. JOSEPH. Mo., Dec 11. Comply
ing with an order of the board of
police commissioners, the local police,
men's union, affiliated with the Airier
lean Federation of Labor, today sur
rendered its charter and disbanded.
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Marshal to Ask for Ordinance
With Emergency Clause Pro- !
hibiting Dangerous Methods.
Of the eight fire alarms responded
to by the fire department up to a
late hour yesterday three were the
result of attempts to thaw out pipes
with torches or burning paper and
in one a house at 408 College street,
was completely destroyed.
That and the fact that 17 fires
have been started in the city in
similar manner since the storm began
resulted In Chief GrenfelL firs mar
shal, announcing that he would take
the matter np with the city council
this morning and ask for an ordinance
with an emergency clause prohibiting
thawing out pipes with torches or
open flames.
Chief Grenfell said that he took the
matter up with Commissioner Bige
low yesterday afternoon and on in
structions from the commissioner
asked the city attorney to draft an
ordinance with such provisions. This
ordinance will be submitted to the
council.
The chief declared that with the
handicaps under which the fire de
partment was operating it was ex
tremely dangerous to thaw out pipes
with an open flame of any kind.
The fire marshal's office yesterday
Issued the following recipe for thaw
ing out pipes:
"Wrap the pipes with cloth of some
kind and then pour on hot water.
Under no circumstances use an open
flame.
Owing to the quick response of the
fire department a fire started In the
plant of the Western Waste company.
1640 Macadam street, by thawing out
pipes with a torch was put out before
much damage had been done. It was
a basement fire and had it been al
lowed to gain headway would have
been a disastrous one. On the return
from that fire L L. Lehman, one of
the firemen, received a broken foot
while assisting in extricating some of
the apparatus out of a drift.
Efforts to thaw out pipes at 4 Cot
tage place by wrapping paper around
the pipes, pouring on kerosene and
then lighting the paper resulted in the
fire department being called to that
place for a fire. Little damage was
done.
While Captain Roberts and Captain
Day, assistant fire marshals, were go
ing to a fire yesterday in the fire
marshal's automobile they attempted
to buck through what appeared to be
an -innocent looking snow drift" at
East Water and Salmon streets and
ran against a atone wall. Captain
Day bumped his head on the- wind
shield and the automobile was slightly
damaged.
SHORTAGE CLOSES PLANTS
Nebraska Mills Close Down for
Lack of FueL '
LINCOLN. Neb., Dec 11. Reports of
acute coal shortage in Nebraska, in
cluding one from W. E. Sharp of Lin
coln, president of the American Pot
ash company, saying several big pot
ash plants In western Nebraska had
been forced to close, were received
today by Railroad Commissioner Tay
lor, acting as fuel administrator for
Nebraska.
Mr. Sharp '.said additional plants
would have to suspend activities un
less given fuel within a short time.
He added that no potash was coming
from Germany and that continued
operation of the plants was necessary
because of the need of the product
for fertilizing purposes. The indus
try is one of the largest in the state.
Nebraska furnishes 65 per cent of
1 the potash produced in the United
' States. Mr. Sharp declared.
ALL OVER STATE
Snow Stops, but Cold Is
Intense in Places.
TRAFFIC IS BEING RESUMED
Business in Cities and Towns
Getting Back to Normal.
FUEL STILL BIG PROBLEM
Trains Behind Schedules, but Run
ning - Power Wires Down,
hogging Yet at Standstill.
STORM IS BREAKING IX
NORTHWEST CITIES.
Salem Weather moderates;
streets are being cleared and
traffic resumed.
Albany Freeze follows thaw
during day. Schools resume and
traffic conditions Improve.
Eugene ColGest day comes
with ten inches of snow on
ground. Cars all tied up. Busi
ness almost at standstill.
Roseburg Changing wind
turns rain into snow.
Grants Pass Snow is melt
ing. Power lines are down;
schools closed; business inter
rupted. Ashland Some snow still
falling; telephone and power
lines down and city without
lights.
Pendleton Clear sky brings
zero temperature; snow stops
coal supply is watched.
Cottage Grove Warm rain
falls in downpour; streets
flooded.
Centralia Thermometer at 10
below breaks all records. Elec
tric power out. Logging yet at
standstill.
The Dalles .Four below zero,
coldest In four years: coal short
age acute and demands are made
for fuel.
Hood River Ten below sero.
breaks all records; snow stops,
with 38 inches lying on level;
stored apples protected from
freezing.
Astoria Clear cold weather
follows end of snow storm; traf
fic gradually resuming; schools
and mills still closed.
BEND, Or, Dec 11. (Special.)
After nearly 72 hours of continuous
snowing, one of the morst storms in
central Oregon came to an end here
early this morning, after a total pre
cipitation of 47 inches.
Every available man was employed
in the city today cleaning roofs,
shoveling snow from walks and
operating plows. Bills Incurred for
this work by the city alone aggre
gated more than 81500.
In the outlying residence districts
only trench-like trails afford means
of communication with the business
section.
The big pine mills of the Brooks-
Concluded on Pas. 5. Column l.
Sitting of Conference to Settle Fate
of Turkey in Doubt.
Premiers Meet.
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lished by Arrangement.
LONDON, Dec 11. For the time
being the peace conference has ex
changed its Paris sitting for London.
There is no indication tonight, after
the first day's conference between
Premiers Clemenceau and Lloyd
George, that a decision has been
reached regarding whether it is to sit
in Paris or in London to settle Tur
key's fate.
It Is reaognlsed here that the United
States senate's delay In the treaty has
intensified the desire of France to
come to some definite defensive alli
ance with Great Britain without de
lay. But It Is necessary for the Brit
ish premier to take into consideration
the strong opposition of the liberal
element here to any alliance with
France In which America is not in
cluded. Voicing this opinion, the
Manchester Gur.rdtan today declares
that such an alliance would only be
bowing to the French militarist view,
and that the surest guarantee of peace
would be the abandonment of this
policy by France and the substitu
tion for it of a policy more acceptable
to the British, of working for an ac
cord among the European powers.
British recatlonarles. on the other
hand, are nervous about the Russian
situation. Bonar Law's statement
that the Russian problem will be
taken up during the present confer
ence shows that the Soviet's latest
peace pourparlers will be discussed.
GRAPE MEN LOSE POINT
Washington Court Denies Califor
nians' Request for Rehearing.
OLYMPIA. Wash., Dec 11. The
supreme court of Washington today
denied rehearing on the petition of
the California Grape Growers' Pro
tective association for a writ of man
date to compel the return of a refer
endum petition to the several counties
for certification of additional names
as legal signers.
The court held registration a neces
sary qualification for valid signa
tures. Count of the signatures is
expected to be . completed Friday
night.
NEWSPAPER MAN IS DEAD
W. E. Vigus of Salt Lake City Suc
cumbs, Aged 6 9.
SALT LAKE CITY, Dec 11. W. E.
Vigus, 69 years old, first correspond
ent of the Salt Lake office of the
Associated Press and veteran news
paperman, died at his home today.
Mr.. Vigus was employed by the As
sociated Press in the early 90s in es
tablishing offices In various parts of
the country. He was the first city
editor of the Salt Lake Telegram. He
was born in Columbia, Ky.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature
20 degree.; minimum. 12 degree..
TODAY'S Fair, continued cold; gentle
northerly winds.
Foreign.
France wants peace alliance with England.
Page 1.
National.
Hope. for railway legislation gone.
Page 1.
State, controlled by republicans are ex
pected to support woman suffrage.
Page 3.
Republican state chairmen In conference at
captioi aucuu plans lor campaign.
Page 2.
Garfield resigns because of coal settlement.
Page 1. '
Domestic
North Dakota lea-islature adopts resolution
requesting attorney-general to reslgo.
Page 1.
McNary. fight to push sugar legislation is
blocked. Page 1.
Greater participation of Episcopal women
in church work is proposed. Page 4.
Marine and naval heroes receive congres
sional medals. Page 13.
Early return of coal miners asked by in
ternational union heads. Page 2.
North Dakota legislature calls for attorney-
general's resignation. Page 1.
Ex-convict soldier is captain's accuser.
Page 4.
"Soviet ambassador" refuse, to produce
"diplomatic" correspondence. Pago 8.
Carl S. Gray chosen president of LTnion
Pacific .y.ters. Page 1.
Flood water in. Alabama. Georgia and
Mississippi begin to recede. Page a.
Pacific Northwest.
Storm Is broken throughout state. Page 1.
W. V. Tanner to conduct negotiations with
coal miner, and operators in Washing
ton. Page 2.
Washington .oions favor suffrage session.
Page 7.
Status of four Oregon legislators is in
doubt. Page 7.
Farmers to join In selling wheat. Page 8.
Sport.
Revenue ruling hits United States golf
courses. Page 15.
Oregon football team Is chosen to play
Harvard at Pasadena. Page 14.
Illinois Athletic club water polo team as
sured for Golden Gate meet. Page 15.
Commercial and Marine.
Cold wave stops potato shipments from
Oregon. Page 21.
Wall street stocks depressed by break in
foreign exchange. Page 21.
Exchange situation weakens corn at Chi
cago. Pag. 21.
Danger of winter freshet pointed out.
Page 20.
Ice ties up steamers In river traffic
Page 20.
Portland and Vicinity.
Storm-bound householders glad to receive
The Oregonlan in spita of blizzard.
Page 18.
Lucas faced mob at Dayton, Wash., testi
fies minister. Page 16.
pipe-thawing causes manv fires In Port
land. Page 1.
Dead are raised, claims gospel healer.
Page 20.
Cold snap breaks December records. Pag. 1.
Normal train service is rapidly being re
sumed. Page 8.
Loss of church's prestige charged by inter
cburch world movement conference
speaker. Page 6. .
INTEREST IN SENATE LAGS
Underwood Fights Off At
tempts to Sidetrack Bill.
WILSON'S VIEWS WANTED
Senator La Follette Declares Higher
Freight Rates Will Come With
End of Government Control.
WASHINGTON. Dec 1L Hope of
enacting railroad legislation by Janu
ary 1. the date on which President
vVllson has announced the roads
would be turned back to private con
trol, virtually was abandoned today
by senate leaders.
Strong and unexpected opposition
developed during consideration of the
Cummins bill designed to meet condi
tions with the end of government con
trol and it was by a slim and narrow
margin that Its advocates defeated a
motion to set it aside and take up the
sugar control measure.
In view of the short time remain
ing before the Christmas recess and
the fact that the Cummins bill, it
passed, must be sent to conference
with the Esch bill recently passed
by the house, republican and demo
cratic senators predicted that it would
not be humanly possible to frame a
law by the end of the month, even if
congress kept steadily and continu
ously at work.
Friends of Hill Disappointed.
The day's upturn was keenly disap
pointing to friends of the Cummins
bill, which would have been passed
Monday, with less than a score of sen
ators voting, except for a demand by
Senator La Follette, republican of
Wisconsin, for a quorum. On an ays
and nay. vote the bill was passed and
Vice-President Marshall was ready to
announce the result when the ob
vious abBence'of a' quorum upset the
whole proceeding and reopened dis
cussion. During an address today, in which
he made a sharp demand for Immedi
ate action. Senator Underwood, demo
crat, of Alabama, took notice of wide
ly circulated reports that the presi
dent would not return the roads to
their owners January 1. Senator Un
derwood frankly announced that ha
did not know what President Wilson
Intended to do.
Underwood Defends Mes.nre.
"But," he added, "the president has
said that he would turn them back
the first of the year, and it has been
my observation that when he said ha
would do a thing he did it."
Taking up for the time being the)
minority leadership. Senator Under
wood fought off attempts to sidetrack
the railroad bill, and defended it
against attacks by members of his
own party. While he did not approve
all of its provisions, he declared it
protected the financial interests of
the roads and did not unduly burden
the public
The principal attack on the bill
was made by Senator La Follette. who
already had spoken two full days, and
who has not yet approached the end
j of his long address. After he had
been steadily opposing the measure)
for two hours. Senator La Follette
temporarily yielded the floor to Sen
ator McKellar. democrat. Tennessee,
who was proceeding to demand elim
ination of certain provisions charac
terized as "bolshevistic." when ho
halted suddenly and announced that
he did not Intend to speak to empty
benches.
Lack of Interest Deplored.
In the long snarl in which the sen
ate found itself while trying to decide
whether to continue with the railroad
bill or take up the sugar bill, tho
lack of interest in pending railroad
legislation was bitterly attacked from
both sides of the chamber. Almost
an hour was lost today in quorum
calls which Senator Smoot. republican.
Utah, denounced as inexcusable, with
a vitally important question befora
congress. But in the two-hour wrangl
not on the sugar bill itself, but tho
question of taking it up republicans
and democrats had on their fighting
clothes with the discussion runnlns
far afield.
In his argument against the bill.
Senator La Follette declared its enact
ment would add to the cost of living
because an increase in freight rates
would come with the end of govern
ment control, which he insisted, had
beeremlnently successful.
There was a suggestion from a num
ber of senators after adjournment to
night that it mignt be necessary to
deter the Christmas recess. It also
was suggested that the senate en
deavor to obtain from the president
a statement as to his plans for turn
ing back the roads, in view of his
silence on this question since his mes
sage to the extraordinary session ot
congress last May.
Blood Transfusion SuccessfuL
ASHLAND, Or., Dec 1L (Special.)
In order to save the life of 19-year-old
Orren Dillard, Mrs. F. E. Ruasell,
a nurse at the sanitarium here, gava
a considerable quantity of her blood.
The boy was so weakened from the
loss of blood following an operation
that transfusion was necessary to
save his life. The nurse volunteered
and the boy is oa tha way to re
covery. ' '