THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAN, SATURDAY. JANUARY 1, 1921
NEW SHOW!
BEGINS TODAY!
Communism Fading Away as
New Year Wakes Entry.
STABILITY IS INCREASING
Political and Economical Progress
Toward Steadiness Is Made la
Last Six Months.
DAWNS ON GERMANY
BERLI.V. Dec. TL (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Germany enters the
tew year with a growing sense of
the gravity of her position under the
atreaty of Versailles and of the im-
,mer.sity of her obligations, to which
She is resigned and is planning to
idevote intensified effort. Communism
. fading in strength, it Is felt, and
the tendency is away from political
taod economic radicalism.
The growing stability recorded In
German political and economic ac
-tivities is chiefly an accomplishment
of tho p.ist ix months. 1 1 is accounu-u
lor in the active resumption of im
portant pre-war industries, reopening
ot markets overseas and betterment
In the labor situation despite con
atantly mounting wage scales and
food prices which still leave the or
rdinary, but vital staples, beyond the
each of even the well-paid workers.
1 Future Still I nrrrlaiii.
Wlicther these beginnings toward
jn conomic revival in industries.
.finances and exports can be main
"ained on a constantly ascending
,ale during 1921 is a matter of con
Jccture, at least until Germany re-
! celves a precise and definite interpre
tation of the financial and reparation
'Clauses of the treaty.
Germany enters the new year with
m. national debt which will far ex
ceed 200.000,000,000 marks by April
JX. next. This sum does not Include
(amounts she Is called on to pay her
own subjects in private claims. They
Krttl add another 100,000,000,000 to the
a-bove total. The government admits
a railway, postal and telegraph
deficit of 20,000,000,000 marks.
" It is threatened with a huge In
crease in the public payroll. Its do
"Tnestic budgets generally have vacil
lated so freely In the course of pres
: i r.tat ion to the reichstag that they no
'longer offer a tangible basis, but
jnerely analytical computations,
KinancUil Policies Inadequate.
The government's financial policies
thus far have been wholly inadequate
to ca-pe with the confusion prevailing
:la the nation'a exchequer. None of
the measures in its expensive system
Ml taxation Is operative and the fate
,cf the national emergency, sacrifice
levy, which is tantamount to confis
cation of capital and private fortunes,
;lso is In abeyance.
German national Interest In the
?fate of the upper Silesia is rapidly
; crystallixing Into a vociferous pro-
souncement that loss of this wealthy
coal and Industrial sector would in
flict irreparable injury upon Ger
many's recuperative powers as a
debtor nation.
The government asserts that the
'Ultimate working out of the peace
treaty also will have a decisive bear
; Ing on the whole scheme of govern
,' ment ownership. Constitutional con-
vulsions hardly are expected before
such a time as the nation IS again
r economically intact.
The feature of Germany s interna
tional relations which Is arousing
keen interest on the opening of the
new year Is the prospective early
i r-eace with the United States. Public
; opinion views the coming of peace
j as one of the few agreeable after
maths of the war. This is partly be
' cause there never was a pronounced
feeling of hostility to America. There
also is the conviction that the United
States will not present staggering
bills for indemnities and that com
me'rcial relations with the United
States will be resumed on a large and
generous scale.
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HUM HAS GIRL SHOW
FAIR SEX SHIXES DT BILL
OPEXIXO TOMORROW.
Entertainment (Befittlna; Holiday
Season Promised; "UUIe Miss
Vamp" Ueadliner. ,
he caused delay in state highway pav
ing through unnecessarily antagoniz
ing the etate highway commission,
that nearly all the roads In the county
have deteriorated during his term of
office, and that because of his neglect
of road work a portion of rural mail
route No. 2, out of Dallas, has been
discontinued.
The Ulrich campaign committee has
elected the following officers: A. G.
Remple, Dallas, chairman; William
Riddle Jr, Monmouth, vice-chairman;
C. J. Pugh, Falls City, vice-chairman;
A. R. Cadle, Rickreall, secretary-treasurer.
HAWAII T0KEEP STATION
Airplane tnit on Islands Ordered
to Remain Permanently.
HONOLULU, T. H.. Dec. SI. (Spe
felaL) Naval aviators may soon fly
from Hawaii to San Francisco. Orders
Jiave been received from the navy de
partment announcing a change in the
status of the naval aviation unit here
from a temporary detachment to a.
permanent air station.
Furthermore hangars will be con
structed to house huge naval dirigi
bles capable of flying across the Pa
cific, and several of the NC flying
boats similar to those participating in
the trans-Atlantic flight will be
hipped here for permanent duty.
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WILLERS GETS 5 YEARSjPOLK RECALL
fee If -St vied German Spy Sent to
An Orpheum show that Is listed
among the biggest girl shows of the
vaudeville season will open at the
Heillg tomorrow afternoon. Eighteen
members of the fair sex shine in the
bill, the show has bright comedy and
a touch of novelty and throughout It
is a lively entertainment befitting the
holiday season. This show will be in
Portland for only three nights ajid
four matine-eg, as rental of the Heilig
for another attraction Wednesday
night compels closing of the Orpheum
till with the performance Wednesday
afternoon.
Twelve-girls disport in the headline
act, "Little Miss Vamp." the principals
of which are the Lightner sisters and
Newton Alexander, who have made
several Orpheum tours as a comedy
trio. "Little Miss Vamp" is a one
act musical comedy magnificently
staged and costumed. Winnie Light
ner. who has been called "America's
gieatest girl clown," is featured in
this act. which was written around
the diversified talent of this young
woman.
Other features in the holiday show
are Howard Langford and Ina Fred
rick in "Shopping." a comedy based
on the whimsicalities of a shopping
bee. and Elsa Ruegger, world re
nowned cellist, who Is assisted by
Valerie Ruegger, pianist, and Edmund
Lichtenstein. violinist and conductor
Miss Rueguer Is one of the few con
cert artists to win an Orpheum con
tract every season and she Is one of
the most popular instrumentalists in
big-time vaudeville.
SEATTLE TO AID JOBLESS
Citizens Asked to Provide Work for
7000 Unemployed.
SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 31. (Spe
cial.) An appeal to the people of Se
attle to have "odd" Jobs done at this
time to provide employment for the
7000 men and women out of work in
this city has been prepared by the
chamber of commerce unemployment
committee, which Is co-operating with
J. H. Shields of the city-federal em
ployment service.
Letters were sent today to 7500
members of the chamber, to the as
sociated industries and to persons
whose names were furnished by the
community service, asking for their
co-operation.
Edlefsen's wishes you a happy 1921.
Adv.
That good coal, 114.25 to $17.50.
Edlefsen's guarantee -It. Adv.
BEND TO CUT PRICES
UEDUCTIOXS IX LIXE WITH
WAJE DROP PROMISED.
Action Decided On After Meeting
of Merchants and Mlllmen.
Big Fall Is Forecast.
BEND, Or., Dec. 31. (Special.)
Bend merchants will cut retail prices
closely, paralleling jobbers' and
wholesalers' quotations in an en
deavor to co-operate with local indus
tries in their desire that there shall
be no lowering of living standards
with the decrease in the wage scale
paid by the local pine mills. This
fact developed at a meeting of the
Bend Merchants' association, called at
the suggestion of mill officials. Local
dealers predicted price decreases av
eraging 35 per cent Jsefore the end of
Reductions In the scale which will
go into, effect at the plant of the
Brooks-Scanlon Lumber company and
the Shevlin-Nlxon company on Mon
day will be based on a minimum com
pensatlon of 60 cents an hour for an
eight-hour day. The minimum now l
62 4 cents an hour for an eight-hou
day. At the time the mills began op
eration here in March, 1916, the roin
imum was 22 cents an hour for a
ten-hour day. The Bend mills are
among the last In the northwest to
reduce wages.
In a summary of the situation given
Talmadoe
(ohstance
Idangerous
BUSINESS
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.When she said she was married to him, he was a boob in France.
But he was a real man when he came back and he treated her
rough.
It sounds shocking but it's not QUITE as bad as it sounds
and it's the best picture Constance ever made. .
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PATHE NEWS
COMEDY
CECIL
TpEAGUE
Master Organist
at the Wurlitzer in Con
cert Tomorrow at 1 :30
Programme
Raymond Overture . . Thomas
Gems from "The Belle of
New York" and "Flor
odora," Andantino. . . . . Lemare
Some Gypsy Songs
Gypsy Love Son..Herbert
Tell Me, Little Gypsy
Irving Berlin
Just Like a Gypsy. .Bayes
Prison for Desertion.
WASHIXOTOX. Dec. 31. John A
willers. a former captain in the army,
who, when arrested at New York.
December 7. claimed that he had
acted as a German spy while serving
with the American forces, has been
convicted by court-martial of deser
tion from the army and sentenced to
five years In the federal penitentiary
at Leavenworth, it was announced
today at the war department.
Willers still is to be tried on
charges of theft and embezzlement.
Exposure Declared Death Canse.
TAKIMA, Wash., Dsc. 31 (Spe
cial.) Exposure, due to Insufficient
housing, has caused a considerable
number of infant deaths, according
to Dr. 11 H. Smith, county and city
health officer. Dr. Smith said to
day that inability to rent houses had
caused numerous families to resort to
tents or hastily constructed shanties,
where It was Impossible to protect
younge children properly against
cold.
PErrrioxs to oust corxTi
JUDGE, IX OIRCULATIOX.
Read The Oregon ian classified ads.
Asa B. Robinson Will Be Opposed
at Election by Alrlie Man on
1 --in of Roads,
DALLAS. Or.. Dec. 31. (Special.)
Petitions for the recall of Asa B.
Robinson, county judge, have been
received and will be placed In circu
lation at once. J. F. Ulrich, an Airlle
farmer, has been selected as the recall
candidate.
In order to make a recall election
possible it will be necessary to get
about SCO signatures. Tnose In favor
of the recall Insist that they will
have the petitions filled and ready
for filing with the county clerk
within a week.
The charges contained In the peti
tion are that Judge Robinson hat
neglected the public business by ab
senting himself from hie office, that
CAUTION
.Wrappers of the New Year's Edition of The Morn
ing Oregonian today will bear this labeh
New Year's Edition
Portland, rrgan
Price will be IP cents s. copy: postage. 6 cents In the United States
and possessions. All other foreign postage will be 12 cents.
Popular at Every
Function
is the Player of the
Banjo, Mandolin
or Guitar
mi 11. J
Lyon & Healy Wzshburn
Guitar. The choice of
music loven for thirr
five reus.
Of course, when you buy a
stringed instrument you want
one of standard make with a
reputation that guarantees
quality and value. That is the
kind we handle. Let us show
you our assortment of Lyon &
Healy instruments, the choice
of leading professional musi
cians for many years.
Easy to learn, easy to play,
these stringed instruments afford
a world of delight for many
occasions. As a companion for
leisure moments, as an accom
paniment for song and dance,
as the every day "pal" of the
boy or girl away at school, they
are growing in popularity yearly.
Lron st Hear Washburn
Mandolin. The rarorite ot
Professional Plarerl.
Come in and examine our instruments
at your leisure without obligation
Gm Fm Tohnson 'Piano Qo
147-149 Sixth Street Portland
BAND INSTRUMENTS SAXOPHONES
before the merchants, T. A. McCann.
general manager of the Shevlin-Hixon
company and spokesman for the
Brooks-Scanion Lumber company a
well, stated that in an effort to stim
ulate business the local producers
have reduced lumber prices from $15
to $25 a thousand, but with no ap
preciable effect nn orders. The price
reductions average $16 'per thousand,
while the wage reduction will rep
resent only $1.50 a thousand in the
production cost of lumber, he said.
He declared that the cut in the wage
scale was necessary in order to meet
competitive conditions, but that if the
merchants would follow this lead in
quoting lower prices on their com-
modities, the present standard of liv
ing might be maintained with little
difficulty.
Wealthy Japanese Held.
bound over to the federal grand jury
yesterday on charges of violating the
prohibition act, when he waived pre
liminary hearing before United States
' Commissioner Fraaer. Tochio is said
to have made ami possessed sake, ths
N. J. Tochio, wealthy member of I Japanese national liquor.
the local Japanese colony and In -1 1
terpreter to the Japanese consul, was1 Read Thp Orrg-onian ' Uissit'ipd ads.
There Are Two Methods
of Storing a Battery
VOU can put your car in winter storage and prac
tically forget about it. But you cannot forget
about your battery. It is an electro-chemical com
bination and must have special attention. This
attention should be given by experts.
Your battery can be stored with the electrolyte in
it just as it is taken out of the car. This is called
"Wet Storage. ' The battery must be kept in a dry
place' and at safe temperatures. It must be watered
and charged once a month. Vesta service stations
will do tnis for you at a small fixed monthly cost.
The second and better method is to disassemble the
battery. The plates are then stored dry; hence the
name "Dry Storage." Chemical action is com
pletely suspended, so that the battery is ready to
start a new cycle of life when reassembled. Its
useful life is -prolonged.
New scoarators must be used when the battery is reassembled,
so the dry storage method costs a little more than wet storage.
But it is cheaper in the long run when you consider the
months of battery wear that are saved.
Bring your battery to us if you are going to put your car up
for the winter. We repair and store all makes of batteries.
Gibson Electric Garage and Storage Battery Co.
, Alder at Twelfth
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BSilil COSTS LESS PER MONTH OF SERVICE
Indestructible
Isolators lock the
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