G T1TE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1921 BR I DAL PAIR HAVE YOUNG COUPLE OF HOOD RIVER VALLEY BRAVE SNOW AND STORM TO REACH PORTLAND FOR MARRIAGE. STORM Hood River Couple Hike Miles Through Snow for Ceremony. GUESTS HOLD LONG VIGIL Marriage Set tor Thanksgiving Day la Portland Takes Place Friday, Due to Delays. When old King- Boreas and Cupid meet In a finish tight. youngster may go down for the count of nine, but he will be up and going strong at the final clang of the gong. After an 18-mile hike through the deep snows of the Hood River valley, failures to make train connections and disappointments to a patiently waiting wedding party that had as sembled in Portland Thanksgiving evening, Qlenn E. Miller, a young or chardlst who lives near Mount Hood, and Miss Barbara Allen Hlgglns of Parkdale were' married Friday eve ning by Rev. W. L. Van Nuys in the North Pacific Evangelistic institute, 1186 Borthwick street. Storm lira ltd by Couple. All preparations had been made for the wedding for 4:30 o'clock Thanks giving afternoon. Miss Higgins and Mr. Miller had been unable to com municate with their relatives and friends In Portland to cause a cancel lation of the wedding arrangements duo to the fact that the wires were down and that there were no train connections with Hood River. "We cannot disappoint our friends," cautioned Miss Higgins Thanksgiving morning, when the snow had piled four feet deep In the valley. "Let's walk to Hood River and catch a train to Portland." Bride-Elect Take Tropirua. From the family chest the silk wed ding gown of her grandmother, Mrs. George W. Allen, and the bridal veil of her mother, Mrs. George F. Hig gins of Boston, were taken by Miss Higgins. These were wrapped care fully and placed on a sled, and the young couple, accompanied by Lester Miller, a brother of the groom-to-be, set out from therr homes at 8 o'clock Thanksgiving morning. The first few miles of the hike were made on the crust of the enow, but the last end of the Journey found the snow very soft and at times the hikers sank down waist deep. Mr. Miller and his brother helped the brave girl along and they arrived in Hood River at 4:30 o'clock, Just when the wedding party was assembling in Portland. Wedding: Party Holda Vlll. Although tired from her Journey, Miss Higgins did not give up. She telegraphed her aunt, Mary H. Alien, who had arranged the wedding, and asked that the ceremony be postponed until 10:30 P. M, so that they might reach Portland. The trio then crossed the Columbia river from Hood River to White Sal mon, where they caught a North Bank train. This train was late. The wed ding guests were waiting when 10 o'clock came. They moved up the marriage hour until 1 A. M. and wait ed. The couple arrived in Portland at 12:30 A. M., Friday, but concluded that the wedding had been postponed. They went to a hotel for the night. Meanwhile, Miss Allen and the1 guests assembled searched the city hotels by telephone for the young people, but could not locate them. The disappointed guests remained at the evangelistic institute until 2:30 A. M. and then went home. Cupid Finally Triumph,. Friday night they again assembled and this time Miss Higgins and Mr. .Miller were on hand. Rev. Mr. Van Nuys performed the ceremony in the presence of 100 persons. Miss Flor ence Craven, a Reed college girl, and Miss Florence Frailer were brides maids, and Miss Mary H. Allen was the maid of honor. R. Whitney Hig gins, a brother, gave the bride awaj and Lester Miller acted as best man for his brother. Miss Catherine Tay lor was flower girl. In order that the hardships that were experienced by the young couple In finally reaching the marriage al tar might be properly described, a male quartet sang an improvised song as the wedding party entered for the ceremony. UTAH ENDS RATE CASE Shippers Finish Evidence In Long and Short Hani Hearing. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Nov. 2. Utah shippers today completed the presentation of evidence in opposi tion to the application of the trans continental railroads for relief from the long-and-short-haul clause of the transportation act at a hearing held in the federal building here before Examiner Disque, attorney examiner for the interstate commerce com mission. The Utah witnesses declared that to permit the railroads to charge a lower freight rate for commodities moving from the east to the Pac'flc coast than in same commodities mov ing to Salt Lake from the same points of origin would be to limit the distributing area reached by Salt Lake and Ogden Jobbers by from 60, 000 to 150.000 square miles. Hear ings on the same application will be held on Monday at Boise, Wednesday at Spokane, Wash., and at later dates at Seattle, Wash.; Portland. Or.; San Francisco, Reno, Nev., and Phoenix, Arts. I I WEDDINGl : r . r3' - " ' the . " ' 1 1i - s-" s x - : iw hpi-i Ji- v::':'::v::i::''':''r : " : s w v , , l.- -4 - I -' . , 4; H ,r Z. k - s j ' " ss IF"-3"-' - -om.A n I -: " I ' I lit - j - t t A . , v-- ' ' ' . A.: S v-- .i. Jf' '. . ? ' ' ' :.'S. " :' 1 U : V :'": J' ' -A V ' - V " Jf. V : i: i - '" ' i VV.1 C - ' " - i N ' ' '!'v - 1 mayor nFPPNns iin:.: ..- -..v :J GERMANY FACES DEFAULT Irlvy Councillor Holds Payment of Reparations Impossible. BERLIN, Nov. 26. (By the Asso ciated I'ress.) Privy Councillor Duis berg, speaking today before repre sentatives of the German chemical industry, said it would be Impossible for Germany from her own resources to make her reparations payments, due January and February. Denying that the German cheirjlcal Industry constituted a war menace, he asserted that due to over-production and the waning consumption In Germany, the Industry had fallen to half Its former peace-time production, and that exportations had, been se riously hampered by tariffs designed to protect Infant Industries of other countries. Slan Kills Two, Then Self. A. C. BARBER IS TOLD NO PER MISSION IS NEEDED. Mr. Berger Photo, and Mrs. Glenn E. Miller. City Lots Sold to Service Men on Easy Terms Are Those 'Which Are Delinquent, Is Reply. MEDFORD, Or.. Nov. 26. (Special.) The fact that tne city council and Mayor Gates have sold 75 lots on paved streets, which the . city had taken over for delinquent assess ments, to ex-service men at $25 down and $5 a month, has drawn the fol lowing from A. C. Barber, head of the state of Oregon real estate de partment: . "Information has been obtained in this office that you are attempting to negotiate the saie of real eBtate. We do not find you are a licensed real estate broker, and would thank you for an explanation of your actKitles." After he had cooled off somewhat Mayor Gates .dictated the following reply. In part: "In reply I will state that as mayor of Medford I have offered to the ex service men any lot In the city, which is owned by the city, at tne cost oi Improvements, and on very easy terms. "The city has a right to sell Its own property without asking any one's permission, or taking out a license to do so. Seventy-five of these lots were sold within the first 48 hours after they had been offered for sale." SCOTCH LICU0R SEIZED New York Dry Agents Get 13,000 Cases In Series of Raids. NEW YORK. Nov. 28. More than 18,000 cases of Scotch liquors, valued at Jl.noo.000. have been seized by I federal prohibition authorities in , bonded warehouses, it was learned! tonight, following discovery that enormous quantities of imported in toxicants were being diverted to bootleg channels. The seizures were made In co-operation with customs authorities. E. C. Tellowley, acting federal pro hibition director, said that his depart ment contemplated the further confis cation here and in near-by ports of an additional $5,000,000 worth of liquors. A shipment of mora than 8000 cases of whisky consigned to the Alps Drug company, wholesalers, whose license recently was revoked by Mr. Yellowley, was the first seized. The firm In Scotland which export ed the liquor has engaged local at torneys and through them will con test at Washington the right of this government to seize its liquors. ROBBERS HOLD UP STORE William McKreb Reports That He Captured Outlaw's Revolver. Two men Saturday night entered the store of J. Kechder, 88 Killlngsworth avenue, and asked to-see the tele phone directory. As he handed It to one of them the other covered him with a revolver, while his companion rifled the till. He was unable to tell the officers how much money was taken. William McKreb of the Grant hotel told police that he was accosted by a robber at Klirhth UnH AnWanv streets. He had no money, and when ! the robber found It out McKreb said he struck him twice on the head ' with the butt of the revolver. Mc- i Kreb said he grabbed the revolver ' and they grappled, both losing .their hats. The robber ran, he said, leav ing him with the revolver and an extra bat. cut-over timber lands in Clatsop county to determine whether they should be burned or otherwise" pro tected against future growth of trees. Members of the board present at the meeting included George H. Cecil, district forester; R. M. Fox, George Gerllnger and Governor Olcott. U. S.-MADE MUNITIONS BAD Moroccan Campaign Supplies De clared T.'nflt for Use. MADRID. Nor. 25. El Sol today published a semi-official declaration which also appeared in Barcelona newspapers stating that all ammuni tion acquired in the United States for use in the Moroccan campaign was found to be unfit for use. An authoritative source Is re sponsible for the statement that the Spanish army purchase commission in the United States acquired discarded stocks with full knowledge of their quality and that Spanish inspectors passed them. 1US IP Boys Who Joined Spanish Legion Destitute. ILL TREATMENT CHARGED Young Soldiers Who "Enlisted to Fight Moors In Morocco Have Tough Experiences. LONDON, Nov. 2. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Twenty Americana who Joined the Spanish foreign le gion last summer still remain in a Spanish cajnp near Ceuta, Morocco, suffering from dysentery, septic sores and vermin, according to stories told today by two of their comrades, mem bers of the contingent of 13 Ameri cans and 43 Britishers who arrived yesterday after seven weeks of cam paigning against the Moora on the Melilla front. Theae stories were told by C. W Brown. New York, and Charles Ste phenson, a native of New York, whose home now is in Toronto. Those left behind in the Spanish camp, they said, are destitute and their sufferings are bound to become worse, with the rainy season Just beginning. Brown and Stephenson confirmed earlier stories of hardships and cruel treatment by Spanish officers. They said they participated in 11 battle-s between September 17 and November 4. Both had fought with the Cana dian army, enlisted as British sub jects, with 45 others. After three days, during which they caught snatches of sleep, they said, they were sent to the front, having been given a loaf of bread and a tin of sardines. Their personal property had been stolen. Of their gTOup. they said, four had been killed and 22 wounded. Being unable to understand Spanish com mands led them to much ill treatment, UA.r al4' flnD Vl 1 V wPfB H t P II and sentenced to the hard-labor squad. At another time they were sent to the front with their arms tied behind their backs as punishment lor trying to oo- tain medicine. c.......n v. a Americana were re leased and they left the front Novem ber 4, arriving at Ceuta lour aaya ifor where thev said they were well treated for the first time. They described a scene at ceuta, where Colonel Astray, himself wound- - A V... ncrll.ll ttlA A til H I" l PHT1 3 1 H H 1 Britishers, accused them of cowardice and appealed to mem. to siauu ij ihelr chief. urm vnii ficrVit 'one more battle and prove your pluck?" they quoted him as asKing. iney tuimcnL ,1.1. . .Kav anlrl hilt WPTB asked 11UO J ' to sign a document which would have meant virtual re-eniisimeni ana con sequently they refused. Un,K Aa.r,ar-tkA thurA WAR still mUCh bad feeling against America among the Spaniards, wno were un.u; iu forget the Spanish-American war. OREGON MUSIC 'IS HEARD Work of Home Composers Is Ap plauded at Banquet. Music, vocal and instrumental, written by Oregon composers, formed the chief intellectual subject of in terest at the banquet of the Oregon State Music Teachers' association held in the main parlor of the Portland hotel Saturday night. Two songs com posed by Miss Mary Evelene Galbreath were sung by Miss Florence Johnson with accompaniments by Miss Gal breath. Three piano solos composed by Dent Mowrey were played by him. and he had to play an extra number, a pretty gavotte, before his hearers would stop, applauding. Alexander Hull of Newberg, Or, a writer of short stories, singer and composer of music, sang several songs of his own composition, and he also had to sing one extra song, an amus ing darky legend, before the guests would let him resume his seat. Mrs. Hull was piano accompanist. The re cital of Oregon-made music was most creditable to those concerned, and formed the subject "of congratulation. Addresses were made by Dr. Samuel C. Kohs, psychologist; Colonel Z. E. Dentler, United States army, and Wil liam Frederick Gasklns, new presi dent of the association, of Corvallls. Colonel Dentler spoke In favor of the building of a large armory and huge concert hall combined, to be in readi ness for the 1925 exposition, when he thought there ought to be 40 or 50 days of grand opera as part of the musical attractions. IRRIGATIONISTS TO MEET Western Reclamation Congress Will Convene Tuesday. . SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. Nov. 26. Leaders of Irrigation and reclamation work in the west will gather here t,ext Tuesday and Wednesday for the meeting of the Western States Recla mation association. A tentative pro gramme has been prepared by Frank W. Brown of Boise, Idaho, and sent to Governor Mabey here. Governors of several western states are expected to attend, well as reclamation experts from these same states. Governor Davis of Idaho will be the principal speaker, according to the tentative programme. He is president of the association. States to be represented include Oregon. Idaho, Utah, Wyoming. Mon tana, Washington. California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Nebraska. THIMBLE SOLVES RIURDER Four Men Confess to Slaying of Wealthy Woman Recluse. OAKLAND, Cal., Nov. 26. Four men today confessed, the police said, to participation in the death of Mrs. Amanda Pfankuchen, wealthy recluse, who was robbed and murdered at her home here October 13, last. I Robbery, Police Inspector Emigh said, was the motive, and he added that $25,000 In money and valuables taken at the time of Mrs. Pfank uchen's death had been recovered. Possession of a thimble, also the property of Mrs. Pfankuchen, lead to the arrest of one of the group and had a sequel In the arrest of the four men, who, according to the police, I have confessed. A woman, held for examination, has been liberated. I MINERS MOSTLY AT WORK Colorado Company Claims 90 Per Cent of Force on Duty. TRINIDAD. Col., Nov. 26. By the Associated Press.) At the close of the second week of the strike called In the Colorado Fuel and Iron com pany mines on November 17 in protest against a wage reduction of approxi mately 80 per cent, the company re ported about 90 per cent of a normal force at work today in the Trinidad district. John McLennan, president of dis trict 15, United Mine Workers, who arrived in Trinidad late last night, said this morning that he was satis fied with the progress of the strike. He added that he was making ar rangements for financial aid for fam ilies of striking miners. 27 Killed In Irish Disorders. BELFAST, Nov. 26. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Official figures pub lished today placed the number of persons killed during this week's dis orders at 27, and the number of wounded at 92. Of the number killed, according to the figures. 1J were Protestants and 14 Catholics, and of SAN LUIS OBISPO, Cal., Nov. 26. George E. Spellenberg of San Fran cisco today shot and killed his wife and his wife's mother, Mrs. J. 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Negro Federal Attorney. CHICAGO, Nov. 26. J. O. Cotter, a negrro, today was appointed assistant trvine to lnrnte Mrs. MoCarty. who United States district attorney In the Chicago district, according to word received here from Washington. Phone up for prices on your winter coal. Diamond Coa; Co., lidwy. 3047. Adtr. Thone your want ads to The OroRo nlnn. Main 7"0. Automatic r.fid-95. and NowHSeriesr Ml IDEPOSITS. 18591 I UEPOSITS.lWll tlf $49 891.62 I DEC. 31-1859 49,im.oi $21,160,2M.70 pit 1 -PEC. 31-1869 $388,004.20 1 !l LI DEC. 31-1879 $951,492.53 iDEC. 31-1889 $3.189,25lH DEC. 31-1899 $5,790,019.21 DEC. 31-1909 $11,512,744.75 NOV. 22-1921 $21,160,251.70 I El Deposits Then, and Now WITH the passing of every milestone in its steady, consistent progress, Ladd & Tilton Bank, now in its sixty-third year, has enjoyed a phe nomenal increase in deposits. On December 31, 1859, the year of its establishment, this bank's total deposits were $49,891.62, as compared to total deposits on November 22, 1921, of $21,160,250.70. That this remarkable growth is the result of public confidence, inspired by trustworthiness and a sincere desire to serve, is undoubted. On strength of character Ladd & Tilton Bank was founded and has attained its present elevation, for character, a vital element in any business deserving of suc cess, is the first principle of banking the keystone of its entire structure. Incidentally it might be stated that Ladd & Tilton Bank, throughout its long period of existence, has stood alone, its steady and substantial growth not the result of consolidation with other financial institutions. Strongly entrenched as it is to-day with the vast experience gained through more than three score years of successful banking, Ladd & Tilton Bank will continue to progress as it has in the past, efficiently serving its patrons in every department of banking., ' LAB & TILTON BANK Oldest in the Northwest 15 mi