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v. THE MORinNG OREGOJTIAN. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1020 a e - i . . ( i HOT MY JKILL WEST'S HOPE Bitterness Over Interior Sec ij retaryship Feared. HARDING QUANDARY SEEN Senators Declare ". Such Action ' Would Be Unfair to Presldent- Elect Gossips Busy. SUMMARY OH" WHAT CON GRESS DID AS DAY'S WORK. WASHINGTON. Dec. 23. Secretary Houston opposed re vival of the war finance cor poration, the emergency tariff bill, a bonus for soldiers and granting credits to Germany, before the finance committee. ; Senator Frelinghuysen out lined problems to confront Harding after he assumes of fice. , A constitutional amendment was proposed by Senator Ashurst providing for the pres idential term to begin in Janu ary and congress to assemble at the same time. Senator Calder discussed the housing and coal situation. Democrats mads it known they will opposs the emergency tariff measure. Senator - McKellaf insisted that at least Interest due United States by foreign governments on loans should be paid. The house passed the general pension bill, appropriating $265,500,000. Adjourned Until Monday, December 27, for Christmas. POWERS DECLARED RUSSIA'S SOLE HOPE Intervention Only Course, Says German General. tion I would provide a single addt-f tlonal dollar for the accommodation of farmers seeking credit I will with draw my objection. That cannot ba done under the seetion. We know it Is an impossibility." - 8aoot Equally Frank. Senator Smoot was equally, frank. He said: "I don't want the farmers of the country to think for a moment that section 2 places one dollar more at their command than is at their com mand today. If a senator can show me what section 2 will do toward as sisting the agricultural interests of the United States I will admit that I was wrong, but there is nothing to it, senators." At anotner point senator nuiwi nrn : nr-rnnil mnAAAtni r emphasized the bad faith of section flLD ncFOnM IMPOSSIBLC I Dy quoting numorousiy tne remaric made by a foreign ambassador upon taking his first drink of grapejulce. The ambassador said, "It looks good and it tastes good, but it doesn t ac complish anything. Senator Glass of Virginia put the objection to section 2 into pungent slang when he said that it was whol ly a case of the senate "passing the buck" to the federal reserve board. Senator Glass added: "We ought to expunge mis section. ji uoes in bpdtiw t- ,t.. i,v.l the senat Dassed the bill by a vote rresa.i general vyuneim nwi of 47 to 16. - man, who played an important part Thereupon in the house we had tM I in the Brest-Litovsk negotiations, de rather unusual spectacle of that body I clared in an interview in the Berlin taking the conservative side of an I Russian Daily Rul that bolshevisra is issue on which the sedate naa laKen i a world problem now which can be the merely popular side. solved only by armed intervention by House Drops Section 3. the great powers acting in concert. m.. .-.... wn... Aa international army under tne Powers Should Occupy Petrograd and Then Unseat Trotzky and Lenine, Declares Hoffman. ble section 2 and passed section 1 alone later in conferenca. Ths senate agreed to the action of the house and as the bill now lies on President Wil son's desk it provides merely for the revival of ths war finance corpora tion. The practically overwhelming leadership of Pershing, Joffre or Fooh should occupy Petrog'rad, General Hoffman said, then march on Moscow, which, he asserted, is bound to fall before any well-equipped and prop erly offioered force. ?. With the occupation of Mosoow belief here is that President Wilson n Lenine would be un- will vetn ike hill I "". me meuoers or uis wuuie To do otherwise would be to over- "gime. General Hoffman predicts, ride the action of his secretary oil ru'd"k Saf.e Uct- P!S thA tremtiirv And dlsa&rree with the i J tu wuhfjvh. judgment of the head of the federal reserve board. These grounds alone might not be decisive, but there is overthrVw. He felt certain'- that- the Russian workmen would be triad to desert their nresent leader at the first indication of their the additional ground that this meas ure, whatever merit it mat have as I "Moscow must be spoken to in the THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington. Dec. 22. Senators re turning from conferences with President-elect Harding at Marlon bring word that appointment of a western man for secretary of tha Interior terms assured. Some western senators, however, manifest apprehension over signs of a sharp contest already becoming vis ible among partisans of cerain men mentioned for the place. The fear Is that this competition will develop ; a bitterness that will make it diffi cult to give the post to any svestern marl. What has made these senators especially apprehensive is a rumored plan to have state legislatures go on record as indorsing this or that can didate. One western senator said this after , noon that he was about ready to make public announcement of his op position to any man for Interior sec retary who should come forward with such an indorsement because he re garded that sort of tactics unfair to the :president-elect. The effect of an Indorsement by a state legislature, he said, would be to presume to commit the people of the entire state uncompromisingly for a particular candidate, perhaps for the reason that he is a home man or Is identified with some special inter est a without regard for any out . standing qualifications. Senator Poindexter expressed- sat lsfaction today with his conference at Marion Wednesday, at which he proposed Joseph M. Dixon, governor elect of Montana, for the interior portfolio. . Senator McNary said he hoped the states of the northwest "Would avoid friction that might result in upset ting any hope of winning the interior job for that section. He was in ac cord with ths senator who came out so flatly against indorsements by state legislatures. The southwest is united apparently behind Thomas E. Campbell, governor or Arizona, who made a good impres sion in his appearance before com mlttees of ths house and senate here a year ago. when he came to plead for . larger reclamation approprla tions. There has been a very active cam paign in behalf of Governor Davis of Idaho, but just now the name of Gov ernor-elect Dixon of Montana stands well out in front because of his de cided advantage in personal asquaint ance. among the men who will be in fluentlal in -helping to build up the cabinet. Westerners here are pleased at the assurance received in the last day r two that the secretary of the in terlor is to be picked from their section of the country. The reason is that they had heard recently that Mr. Harding felt that If he appointed JierDert Hoover secretary of con merce that would be adequate recog nitlon for the west, considering the fact that Henry Wallace of Des Moines, on the border of the west Is a- two-to-one shot for secretary of agriculture. The question of giving the interior secretaryship to a western man has been complicated all along. It is learned, by the desire of the president-elect to put Senator Fall of New Mexico in the cabinet. If he sum xnotied the New Mexico senator to the presidential family circle it would not; be for secretary of the Interior because Mr. Fall is understood to .have no ambition for that job, and if named to any other place Mr. Hard lug would feel obliged to pass the plums around, by going farther east for an interior chief. The news that the west is to be recognised in the appointment of secretary of the interior is presumed to mean that Senator'Fall is not any longer In line for a cabinet place. Farmers' co-operative associations opened a fusillade on congress today, demanding that the conferees on the VoUtead-Capper bill strike out an amendment inserted in the measure in , the senate, which they contend would . make the legislation defeat the pur pose for which it was designed. One of the protests came in a tel egram from the Oregon Dairymen's Co-operative league, with a member ship of 2200. The amendment com ' plained of, it is said, wo.uid make farmers' co-operative marketing as sociations subject to prosecution un der, the Sherman act, destroying any advantage gained under a provision of the Clayton act which the 'new legislation is intended to strengthen. The farmers' association says that under this amendment they would be subject to prosecution under the mo nopoly clause of the Sherman anti trust law,- while their associations operate as non-profit concerns, there being no stockholders and no stock dividends. -Senators Johnson of California and McNary of Oregon conferred with Senator Nelson o Minnesota, who heads the senate conferees on the bill, nd he promised to consider the question in conference; an emergency provis'on and however ;-""-" "i "i"1 '", ".. great the need of the farmers wbo Ti ' are intended to bs benefited, never- - theless is the opening step toward a Bolaherlsfci Held Hopeless. course which will bs a constant temp- The general Continues: tatlon for years to come. The temp- "To remodel - bolshevisra Is lm tation that plagued our history for possible. - 20 years following; the civil war-the 1 "Any entenu attempt to incorpof- tetnptation to try to remedy nara con- ate Bolshevism lnlhe European con ditions with easy money. I cert would be wrong. Any trade re Secretary Houston says ths treasury latlons with Russia would only fur- is already under the necessity or sen- nlslt a Cloak for red propaganda, ing half a billion dollars in bonds to "Trotsky has studied the hiBtory of ths public for the purpose of paying! the French revolution and knows the current accounts. J one could loi- use of the scourge. Under his system low the testimony at the hearings, or no man can rise to power from- the the 'debates in the senate, without army; the appearance Of a-:new"Ka-belng favorably impressed by the poleon in Russia is but of the reasoning of Secretary Houston and question. Governor Harding, and less favorably "The crash of the soviet regime impressed by the attitude of some of would inevitably be followed by a the advocates of the measure. reign of unparalleled anarchy. The Harris Bounds Warning. only thing that remains Is armed in- For example. Senator Harris of tervention by the great powers. As Georgia, In casting his vote for the chief of staff of the German east army measure said: during the war I directed the propa- "I will say that if the friends of Eranda against the Russian army. The the farmers In this body will Join general staff naturally made use of with me we will not allow to be con every possible means to break firmed any member of the federal through the Russian front. One of reserve board who has been against these means was poison gas, another helping the farming interests of the was Lenine.-, country In times of such distress and we will not wait for their resigna tion It is this sort of threat which will probably influence President Wilson in his action on the bill. There can hardly be anything closer to his in terest than his pride in the dominant part which he himself played' in the formation of the federal reserve sys tem and the care he exercised in se War Deal la Recalled. 'The imperial regime dispatched Le nine to Russia from the Swiss fron tire in a sealed car for a definite pur pose. With our consent Lenine and his friends disorganized the Russian army. Von Kuehlmann (former sec retary for foreign affairs). Count Czernin (Austro-Hungarian foreign minister) and I then closed the Brest- lectlng for its members men of high LUovsk treaty so that we could throw character and ability. The federal re serve system is one of the great monu ments of President Wilson s adminls tratlon. It was his earnest wish to make the board as free from politics as the supreme court is. The fact that the present bill, apart our army against the west front. While in Brest we were convinced that the bolsheviki could not hold power more than three weeks." In spite of the valuable service rrotzKy ana Lenine rendered, we neither knew nor foresaw the danger Nicholas, none other, will be there In rotund person. - . - This afternoon at 2 o'clock, from its hall at 243 Ash street, the Salvation Army will distribute 200 Christmas baskets. Special Christmas services will be held at the same hall tomor row night. On Monday night, at 7:30 o clock, the organization will give Christmas tree at No. 4 hall, 12S Front street, when 300 children will be pres ent. ' i . Other Seasemal Benevolences. Portland Shriners also have plan for this Christmas, and will see to it that the day is significant to more than 300 children, -with plentifully filled stockings and attendant toys and gifts. Eric V. Hauser, host of ths Mult nomah hotel,-will disperse the gloom of a lonely holiday for many a thee plan, having given invitation to all the clan from every theater to be his eruests tonight at a 'Christmas eve banquet in the Multnomah. It is there also that "Bill" Ely, manager of th Hippodrome, will preside at a Christ mas party tonight for TO troupers ot the big circuit, later Joining the mer ry contingent entertained, by Mr, Hauser. . Trtmmy Swivel t- Be Host. And Tommy Swivel, who, with but the addition of grizzled whiskers and a red flannel suit, would pass for th old saint himself, will entertain as always on Christmas day some nun dreds of his little friends with a big turkey dinner in the dining hall of the Chamber of Commerce. Tommy's Christmas dinners are famed for their jollity and menus, and tomorrow's tables will be set in more profusion than ever at the hour of 2 o clock, Taking it by and large and count ing any number of personal and civia blessings, this Christmas comes with radiant face and will depart with ths farewell that one gives to cherished friends. And it will, indeed, be all that this implies when the greeting passes current with the morning "Merry Christmas!" PRESIDENT PLAXS QUIET XTJXE from the degree of merit it has, is to humanity from the consequence of tainted with the wish on the part of 1 mis journey or Doisnevists to Russia. some senators to intimidate the fed-J At that time we weighed the matter eral reserve board; to compel the with as little consideration as the en board to abandon an action based tente does now, upon Its conception of sound govern- "Would the allies, and especially ment finance; to intimidate the board Lloyd George, carry on negotiations into taking an action dictated to some and make concessions if they fully extent by political considerations and reckoned the frightful danger which to maKe tne Doara eupservient to i ooisnevism represents r ... .1.1, v L . i "" "'""- Danger Seen To Late, stitutes the sort of thing that Is I General von Hoffmann said that the likely to influence President Wilson army command later realized the dan- against the measure. If he should Ber anQ a Dlan was 'ala erore lne veto It the effort to override-hls veto "upreme command of the eastern army would constitute one of the most In- Ior ovennrow oi Doisnevism, out te-restiner enlsodea of th nresent es- events developed so rapidly, louow- sion. I inS upon the assassination ol count Th vnfA nn th nrio-inai hln hnfii I von Mirbach. German minister to Rus- in the senate and in the house, seemed ia m Moscow, ana tne situation on to indicate that there might be suf- I the west front had become so critical, ficlent strength to override the presi dent's veto. In the senate the vote passing the bill was 47 to 16 and in the house 212 to 1. that 't waa impossible to force the issue, 50 SHOPMEN LAID OFF BUSINESS DEPRESSION', SATS OREGON-WASHINGTON" ROAD. ALL PORTLAND JOYOUS (Continued From First Page.) Passenger and Freight Traffic De clines, Report; Expenses Being Curbed. gon country, counting the ages that must elapse . before its meadows should be . broken and its forests felled, surely there was a thought of Christmas. For it Was decreed that In this soil the hollV should claim the lustre of foliage and berry that Eng land's greenery boasts, Native Fir Enrlehea Christmas, It also was "ordered that straight firs should wait the pleasure of the household, and that the gruff, moss draped oaks should bear the mistle toe, beneath which but that, too, is Business deDression was civen as with tomorrow. And a certain native the reason for the temnorarv dis- holly. however much the botanists missal of 60 general shopmen in the may disagree, was scatterea in pro employ of the Oregon-Washington I fusion,-to be known as the Oregon Railroad & Navigation company, an grape and to be identified with the order notifying them of their layoff Yule. with'in five days being Issued yester- I If one could gather together. In day. The men to be dismissed are single strain, the merriment and rev-- employed at the Albina car shops. erence of this Christmas, as it comes According to J. P. O Brien, vice- to fortiana, it is certain mat foes president of the company, the rail- sweet singer of the stars, the angel road at this time finds it necessary to I Israfel, would leave his lute to listen cut its expenses to conform to the for, like his -own, the melody of volume of business transacted. Christmas is stricken from the heart. "Our expenses must be reduced." and its accompaniment is tne tuneful said Mr. O'Brien, "and we have found clangor of a hundred bells. The bells it imperatively necessary to lav off summon to Christmas services, where 50 of those employes of the Albina choirs will lift the anthems of the shops who have been given work re- nativity, Dut tne vast Human melody cently. We are following out the of the day summons to Christmas. seniority system in our reduction. At There is that which should be re this time we cannot tell whether or tracted amended, at "least in the not we will be forced to still further reference to the providential Christ reduce our Working force, as that de- mas trove of Oregon. When the pends upon the quantity of business weather schedules were arranged but transacted by us. , However, if busi- l'ttie provision was maae ior snow, ness depression grows more severe Bna vnB aeariy uesirea winio v,nrisi- than it is at present we will have to mas," for which children and any Health of Mr. Wilson PfevenU Any Elaborate Celebration WASHINGTON, Dec. 22. Prepara tions were made today at ths Whits House for another quiet Christmas celebration because of President Wil son's health. Distribution of turkeys to all Whits House employes by the president, i precedent first established by Pres Ident Arthur, began today, nine bar rels of turkeys having been received for the purpose. The usual decora tion with holly and gTeens also was In progress. Margaret Wilson, daughter of ths president: Dr. Stockton Axson, broth er of the president's first -.wife" and a few of Mrs. Wilson's- immediate relatives will be at the White House durintr the Christmas season. The president's other daughters, Mrs Frances Sayres and her three chil dren and Mrs. W. G. McAdoo and her two children, will not be here this season. On account of the absence of chil dren, there will be no Christmas tree at the White House. The president and Mrs. Wilson are expected to fol low their Christmas day custom, however, and distribute gifts per sonally to children along the road which the president followed when In good health on his visits to a golf club in Virginia. - PATIENTS WILL EN JOT FEAST Bountiful Christmas Dinner Or dered, for State Hospital Inmates SALEM, Or.. Dec. 23. (Special.) It will require 2200 pounds of roast chicken and dressing to satisfy the appetites of the 1700 patients housed in the state hospital here on the oc casion of the annual Chric'mas din ner to be served at noon Saturday, ac cording to the menu prepared today under the direction of Dr. K. IS. Lee Steiner, superintendent of the insti tution. The menu will include 100 gallons of mashed potatoes, 100 gallons of gravy, 200 gallons of rice pudding, 500 mince pies. 125 gallons of string beans, 126 gallons of cold" slaw, 400 pounds of raisins, 1250 bnnches of celery, 125 gallons of tea, 125 gallons of coffee, five barrels pf cranber ries, 65 gallons of beet pickles, 160 gallons of milk, 100 dozen eggs, 500 pounds of sweet potatoes, 100 pounds of fruit cake, 100 bushels of apples, 50 heads- of lettuce, 1026 pounds of candy, 1200 pounds of mixed nuts and eight barrels of popcorn. In the afternoon there will be a special musical programme in the auditorium of the hospital, followed by a social hour. During the morning thousands of gifts from various parts of- the country will be distributed among the patients by the attendants and officials of the institution, in most instances these gifts have ar rived here and were directed to tha patients by their relatives and friends, Thief Strips Church Tree. ATLANTA, Ga,, Dec 23. Atlanta's meanest man broke into All-Saints Episcopal church last night and de nuded a big Christmas tree of all gifts, even carrying away ribbons and decorations. HIE IS CUT OFF By LID ID SEA (captured by the Italian regulars, said 1 a Triest - dispatch to ths London Times. ."D'Annimslo's forces consist of 5000 troops at Flume, 200 at San Marcos, 200 on the island of Arbe, and 600 on Veglla. The poet's fleet includes five destroyers, two torpedo boats, eight tugs and five steamships. - ' The population numbers 52,000 and the food supply will not last more than -a fortnight. The situation in City Comptetefy Isolated by cons.rredvenA;Vr.r veKI,a w" a majority ot tha population oi Flume, said the correspondent, oppose any , encounter involving bloodshed. Kvm iomi members of the regency disagree vWith D'Annunslo. His finance minister. Professor Panta leoni, .has resigned and left Flume. Fifteen men have deserted from his army. Deputies Suxl and Deambris have left Flume for Roms to -submit Drooosal fTiat Ttalv reorients th Sleeting of Cabinet of "Rectors" regency with Barros. Arbe and Veg lla, while the regency renounce th immediate annexation of . Fiume to Strong Cordons. POET CALLS FOR AID inxnunammutMaaua O IHI'lLDEIBES & C . 6 1 Also Is Held Decision Blade . for Firmness in Crisis. Italy and further action nl Dalmatla. 1 TO BONUS GIVEN TRIESTE. Dec 22. (By the Asso elated Press.) Strong cordons of ParhiitAa.a n nit Alnlnl hrir-oaH ItttA probably a score of battalions, have XCMBEK OF FIRMS REWARD Vi- THEIR EMPLOYES. J been thrown about Fiume and have completely Isolated that city by -land. The Italian fleet, which has its head quarters at Pola, Is scouring the Gulf . ' c of Quarnero day and night for D'An- I Others Are Expected to Follow Salt nuczio raiders apd searchlights play on the waters from twilight, till dawn. ; ' Following the Issuance of orders to establish a olose .blockade, Gyieral Cavlglia, Italian commander, directed . Throughout Coming Week. . ' , Tree Vsed by One. A number of Portland's flnanoial that foreign Citizens and civilians in institutions have distributed bonuses Fiume be given 48 hours to leave the for chrigtmag and other, will do so c-ty- . - I Within thA fnr(hiAm1n wsAlr The poet called a meeting or his " " 7 1 . cabinet of "rdbtors" in a council of ' lne moernia Dans: war yesterday and It was decided to nouhced that It had distributed checks remain firm and oppose Italy's en- I equivalent to one-half month's salary forcement of the Rapallo treat at l to eaoh officer and employe. ",At a meeting of officers and em ployes, around a big Christmas tre yesterday morning, ths Peninsula Xa tlonal bank gave out checks, based upon a profit-sharing plan and on tha service period, the amounts rang the expiration of the time set by Gen eral caviglla. Blockade Made Effective, The Italian oommander-ln-chtef Or dered Chat .the blockade shonld be effective beelnnlns- at 6 P. M. Decern ber 21. by land and sea. to the terri tory of the state ot Fiume and to Hng from more tnan one-half month' territories outside of Fiume occupied I Day to the younger employes to con by the Fiume troops, and to the siderably in excess of a full month's islands of vegna ana. . m l salary for the older ones. troops wers ordered to proceed ac- Freeman. Smith & Camn eomnanv cording' to-internationai law and the investment bankers of Portland and treaties in force, by whatever means, an Francisoo. announce that bonus against anyone who should attempt checks will be distributed to all era to violate the blockade rOrder. ployes here and in San Francisco to The order of General Caviglia gave night. Since its organization the com ships belong!- to the state of Flume pany ha8 had in effect a profit-shar 4S hours arter th time Jtt the diock- ng. pian- checks will be for 15 per ade to withdraw from the zone of the cent of tne gaiary received during the DlocKaae, ana an equal time umn ye.. which is equivalent to one and was set ror tne aeparrure or ioreigu one-half month s pay. subjects, citizens ana legionnaires. The Northwestern . National bank The order added that after the ex- h- -Ven out 'checks of nn mnmh' piration of this time limit ships or pay the Unjted states National bank persons enoeavonng to torce me une Mva nR.holf month',, nav nH th. oi DiocKaae py iana or sea wouia . Btate Bank of Portland gave its em compelled to.iace me consequences ployes one full month's pay. prescribed by international law ana a small bonus will be elv.n tha the treaties-lq. foroe. staff, of the Chamber of Commerce General Caviglia today issued the an , fllnH of -hftllt iSina ionowing appeal to citizens ol riurae: throuirh the year by members, will ha xne treaty or napano, approveu Hiatrlkiitart .imu tha .mniv of oj parliament aiiu eiguea vy lilts mush the Club there. is, today Italian law. The military command which presides over you re fuses defiantly to recognize and apply It and maintains an attitude hostile to Italy, characterised by acts of vio lence. Citizens' Support Asked. "Inasmuch as this grievous ques-1 IRREGULAKSTIES tion cannot oe prolonged witnout se rious danger to the .honor, security nd life of Italy In all their phases. the royal government has ordered me to declare a blockade effective 'from I Institutions in Ceresco and Plenty- ---. ii r, - .-v.... ..... , woous jiioni., l lose a ty uank BANK CASHIER IS HELD OF $75,000 ARE ALLEGED. Citizens 1 Back up the - govern ment with your potent voice In the lms it seeks by this indisputable measure of blockade. Tou are able to be heard by the commandant (of Flume). '. Induce him to spare to Italy Ing Department. LINCOIiff, Nebv-Dec. 23. The State - Pope Plans Midnight Mass. ROME, Dec. 22. Pope Benedict haa decided to celebrate midnight mass on Christmas eve in the pontine chapel, thus resuming a custom abandoned; while Leo. XIII was pontiff. Senate and House Recess. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 The sen ate and house recessed today for over Christmas. Both are to meet again Monday. Pagans Originators of 1920 Symbols of Christmas. Tree. Candle and Mistletoe Relics of Nature Worshipers. w again retrench. No men have been laid off at either Seattle or Spokane." Mr. O'Brien stated that if the com pany can soon do it. it will furnish employment for those men discharged.! AX REVISION" ; SOUGHT number of memory-loving elders long most earnestly, is only an occasional vent. .'. Snow Is Ardently Desired. Will the weathe- nw t, bending over his weird array of Intelligent instru ments, please whisper to Hhem the wish that snow shall fall tomorrow? It is one thing to be proud of Decern- FINANCE BILL MAY FAIL (Continued From First Pare.) fool the farmers. If the chairman of tba fcommittsa can point out that sec- Senator Would Force Speculators ber roses, but quite another to be be . -w Ti.i.' I reft, on this day at least, of the er to Pay for Their Losses. mlna that ,ransfi(curea . matter-of WASHINGTON. Dec. 23. A bill de- 'a world and makes the gift sled .i.h t ranaal rai-taln r, vision nf a vehicle of gleeand ruddy cheeks. the income tax law was introduced to- w" eaid hat no single event day by Senator Fletoher, democrat, should shine before others Christmas Florida, who said speculators in dayT It is hereby retracted, for to- stocks. bonds and agricultural prod- morrow morning, at 11 o clock fully uct on margins were now permitted 3500 Portland children will be the to deduct from their net income losses guests, of the Elks, at the splendifer anatained bv reason of such transac- ous tree in ue bivcu ai li.o municipal tions. This measure would forbid such deductions. S. Se H. green stamps for cash. Holman Fuel Co. Main 853. $60-21. Adv. auditorium. There will be gifts and sweets for all.-, and it is freely pre dicted that tha municipal Christmas tree of 1920 will set a new zenith for the years and Tules to come. And it is quite true, upon the -most reliable I authority, that the jolly patron. Saint ASHINGTON, Dec. 23. Symbols of American Christmas observ ance, the Christmas tree, candles and mistletoe, are relics of nature-wor- shiping-.days adapted to the uses of Christianity, says a bulletin issued today by the National Geographic so ciety. They have to do with ths pagan theory of tne rebirth of the sun, the bulletin-says, the tree coming down from Aryan ancestors, the can dles from Teutonic sun worshipers and the mistletoe from the Druids. The Christmas spirit of giving, ex emplified by Santa Claus, goes back to Roman days, the bulletin continues,- adding that mince pie, tradi tionally a necessity on every Christ mas dinner table, has a religious origin. "The choice tidbits therein," the bulletin says, "were symbolical of ths rich gifts brought by the wise 'men to the Christ Child, and the aroma to. that of the frankincense which they also preferred." . . Moonshine Seized ; Man Held. ' Michael Kropich, 230 Third street, made one too many trips between his room in a downtown hotel and a soft drink stand last night. He was "Schadowed" and "Faired" ill, as Pa trolmen Schad and .Fair said they found 36 pints of moonshine in his room. He was charged with a viola tion of the prohibition law. the deprecable event of. fraternal bank of Ceresco, in Sanders county, conflict." about SO miles from Lincoln, was General Caviglia also addressed an closed today by tha state banking appeal to D'Annunzio's legionaries, board. Its capital - stock is $10,000 urging them to, see that It was their and., deposits are listed at 1290,000 auty to return to their ranks in tne with loans of the same amount. Jere regular army.' - I Maixner of Lincoln is on record as its president and Charles M. Maixner. POET HELD f lliST TO FIRE also of Lincoln, as cashier. Gus John son, assistant cashier, has been in aotlva crhara nf tha hank. Tribnna Declares D'Annunzio Was - Coincident with the closing Charles . . - DI . - I M. Maixner was arrested. In Lincoln rjtH l" today, on a charge of forgery and ROME. Dec. 28. The Tribuna said taken to Wahoo, county seat of Saun- today that although Gabrlele D'An- ders county. Secreary Hart of the unzio repeatedly had stated that state banking Hoard said tonight that fraternal blood should not be shed, forgeries or tne bank s paper wouia is legionnairles were the first to fire amount to $16,000. wTha forgeries. on the Italian torpedoboat destroyer I doubtful paper and other shortages, Zeaffiro and that they also threw a I Secretary- Hart said, would amount bomb against a patrol of Carabineers, 1 to $75,000. killing one man and wounding two others. These episodes have embit- PLENTTWOO D, Mont., Dec 23. tered the situation, and demonstrate The Sheridan County State bank of the possibility of even graver occur-1 Plentywood was closed and Chester rences, the newspaper deolares. ; I J. Beiseker, the csshler. was under (A dispatch from Rome credited to arrest today, oharged with making the Stefani agency said Wednesday raise reports to the state banking de nikrht that the destrover Zeffinro had Dartment shelled D'Annunzio's forces at Veglia.) Officials In charsre of ths bank, ac- oignor Bonoini. minister oi-war, ex- i coxaing to ine county attorney, nave ..... . w. .--..-.a ,k- nrnvrammaa plained before the foreign committee fohnd shortages in excess of $100 000 Christmas trees which are to be oi ine cnanioer oi ueputiea louay iui j.ne DanK nas a capital ot ;,uuu . enioye(j by the different units Sta tne lanuiug oi Bume ui me xiussjan i ana a surplus or iu,uuv.. ine last , , w . ,,, Wr.l. t TVol. l.kl. .. . , M a -I.. I "U"U '" I- II"' " - - ,Tta&b, a t . 1" I .(U11.U1U -1 ft it I II til I BUVWCU 1J a I Id matia was causing no apprehension of about $500,000. to the Italian government. There was no Idea, that they would take any ' FESSENDEN, N. D.. Dec. S3. T. L. military action, he added. I Beiseker of Fessenden, president of Premier Giolltti,. speaking in the the Sheridan County State bank of chamber concerning the situation in I Plentywood, Mont., today authorized Fiume, begged tne nationalist deputy I the following statement Federzoni, .who bad interrogated the I "Arrangements are being mads to government, to consider the Fiume protect the assets of the Sheridan question from all points. The pre- County State bank and to protect the mler said tne wot ot tne government I depositors against loss. must always be inspired by a desire iur - cmi... xr r-i.i..u He added that the government " would allow anyone to suggest to sol- ' TAC&MA, Wash.. Dec. 23. (Spe diers and sailors that they desert: clal.) Preparations for Christmas are Her Gift May be selected easily, "readily and satisfactorily the final day, from the specially priced assortments of especially suitable gifts featured here. Silk Camisoles. . . . . 51.95 Silk Envelopes 3.95 Silk Bloomers 4.95 Italian Silk Vests , 3.95 Silk Petticoats .. : 3.95 Boudoir Caps.. . 1.95 Fancy Garters.. 155 Silk Negligees .-...--,13.50 Gift Blouses ......... 755 Silk Negligees $1350 . Corduroy Robes 755 Breakfast Coats .......... ..1350 Pure Silk Sweaters .2950 A f Ml 'Ample Time Yet to Send Liebes Gift Bonds You may obtain them for as much or as little as you like. The receiver has her own choice at her will. Her Greatest Joy to unpack Liebes Furs from a box with the Liebes name on it then to learn that they arc the kind she has always admired and wanted. All Furs Greatly Reduced ESTAnt.lMCD 1064 BROAHVAYATMOr.MSON Open until 6 o 'Clock Friday that it would not allow armed bands being made for the 6000 men now sta in the name of lume to occupy ter- tioned at Camp Lewis. A big dinner ritories that were not Italian and that in .-h mesa and anlartaf nltipnta In It would not permit factions to dis- many different areas are scheduled turb the internal life of the country. for the day. Roast turkey and every--The premier assured the chamber thino- that rnaa tn maka a a-nod din. that the government was doing all ner WIU be included In the menus. that was possible to settle the ques tion in the best, manner and was hopeful of'reachlng a. peaceful solu tion, but that the government could not allow-civil war to be unchained in the name of patriotism. D'AXVCXZIO'S MES TAKEX Most of Legionnaires Landed at Castelvenler Captured. . LONDON, - Dec' 23. The greater part of D'Annunzio's legionnaires who landed at Castelvenler' have been Morale officers, chaplains and host- Republicans Direct Seal Sales. Members of the Harding and Cool Idge club yesterday had charge of the final day of the drive of the Oregon Btate Anti-Tuberculosis association, directing the sale of seals. Although 20 days or more had already been devoted to the drive the club women raised more money than any other organisation save one. They will de vote next week to raising fund for the starving children of Europe. Local Rika have won two games f-i.m the Aberdeen lea Inn, two frnm Ion tesano, and one from McCleur)', , Bra Id Inn. embroidery hemstitching Bonth'a Morean ti'na- Adv Elk Quintet Defeats Eagles. vHOQUIAM. Wash.. Dec. 23 (Spe cial.) Continuing their victorious playing, the Hoquiam Elks basketball qulqtet last night decisively defeated h. Mnni.tinn Eaaiaa team bv a score of 26 to . At the end of the I first half tha score was it to n READ THE LIST Of Roots. Herbs, Barks and Berries It Tells the Story Of the merit combined in . 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