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Newspaper Page TextTHE MORNING OREGOXIAX, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1921 15, SLAVS' CONGRESS IN SESSION I MOSCOW Manyt Important Questions . Are on Agenda. NEW POLICIES ON TRIAL Ileal Govern men t Said to Desire Formal Approval of Its Course by Representative Body. MOSCOW, Dec. 19. Many formida ble questions appear on the agenda of the 'ninth all-Russian soviet con gress which Is to Convene here to morrow. Foremost amorce these are consideration of the preliminary re aulta of the new economic policy, wh,ich abandons communism to a con alderable extent, and the famine which threatens to wipe out millions of Hussions In the Volga districts' be fore the next harvest. It Is more than a year elnee the last im-etlnir of the all-Russian soviet contrre and the congress has actual ly become much less important than nilKht be Imagined from reading the aoviet constitution. It has over 2000 members. Village and town Soviets, call elections by means of which dele gates are selected to attend conven tions in provincial capitals which designate the delegates to the Mos- cow conjeress. Only workmen, soldiers, sailors and peasants who do not employ any laborers except their own families are entitled tJ vote under the consti tution. Bolshevists make no claim that the elections to the congress are democratic. They frankly call their Xtem a dictatorship of the prole tariat and do not pretend that their government has the support of a ma jority of Kusians. Few Artunlly Control. At every session of the all-Russian soviet congress a central executive committee of about 200 members Is elected which holds office until the next congress Is catted and is the body In which the chief functions of frovernmtnt are vested by the con stitution. In practice this committee, whose members are scattered all over the Kussian republic and federated gov ernments, has been found unwieldy. It is too larire to assemble conven iently. Hy degrees the actual con trol of affairs shifted to the council of commissars, which corresponds to a cabinet, and Is under the chair manship of Nikolai Lenine. M. Kalenine. who is the legal head of the government and is generally spoken of as president of the re public, will preside over the ninth all-Russian soviet congress by virtue of his position as chairman of the central executive committee of that body. lie signs treaties grants par dons, receives diplomatic representa tives and performs other more or less formal tasks, but has no such pow ers as are vested in the American president. (ovrrftment Keeks HneklnK. The calling of the all-Russian so viet congress at this time Is probably due to the fact that the government desires a formal approval of its changes in economic policy by a more or less representative body. Leon Trotzky will address the con gress concerning the army and mili tary affairs. Lenine will speak. on the changed economic policy. Kamen off will discuss the famine. Chicher In will report on international rela tions and Uugdanoff, chairman of the supreme economic council, will dis cuss the progress of plans for the re vival of Industries. The re-establishment of agriculture will also be con sidered. Sessions of the congress generally last about a week and resemble the national convention of an American political party more than a session of the American congress. Commissars make reports of the work of thelr departments, the central executive committee makes a report and nomi nations are made for a new central executive committee, which Is prompt ly elected and the session adjourned. BUGGY AND AUTO CLASH Nobody Seriously Hurt, But Driver of Car Placed Under Arrest. KLAMATH FALLS. Or., Dec. 19 (Special.) A two-seated buggy,-driven by M. L. Heavlin of Orindale, hav ing as passengers Mrs. Edwards and Mrs. Gladys Bissert of this city, col lided this afternoon with an automo bile driven by Charles Meccum. at the corner of Center and Main streets. Both women and the driver were thrown from the vehicle, Mrs. Ed wards with such force that her body was thrown across the hood of the machine. Mrs. Bissert and Mr. Heavlin were thrown to the ground. None of the trio waa seriously injured. Meccum was placed under arrest and Heavlin charges that he was in toxicated. ALLEGED SLACKER HELD Bert B. Turpiii Arrested at Eugene on Government Warrant. KL'OasK, Or., Dec. 19. Bert B. Tur pln was arrested here today on a gov ernment warrant charging him with being a draft evader and listed as a deserter. He was taken to Vancouver by a deputy sheriff. Turpin says the reason he did not obey the call of the draft was that he was In the peniten tiary at the time. Army officers will Investigate his record. Of a score or more of alleged draft evaders from Lane county Turpin is the first one to be arrested. At the Theaters. I'antages. PANT AGES has another good bill for, the Christmas holiday week. Jack Traincrr, a comedian of the dry-as-dust Richard Carle type, captures first honors for his excellent por trayal of an old chicken fancier in a new sketch by Jack Lait called "Help." The old man has advertised for stenographers, and the sketch concerns the advent of a trio of pros pects and his disposition of . them. The lines, written by Lait. are nat urally very funny and so are the situation. Mr.-Trainors acting Is of such a nature that all the laugh lines. get over big and his pantomime con vulses the audience. A clever pair are Will and Gladys Ahern, who spin ropes and romance and stories. Will is a keen story teller and Oladys Is a youthful, col orful jrirl, who dances with spirit and grace. Win adds an acrobatic dance to his series of fancy rope spinning, and the act proves most delightful. A miniature musical comedy claims close attention. It Is a fmart ar rangement of songs and steps, with a talented chap at the piano. lie sings an Irish ballad and gets mora applause than any other specialty in the act, but he Is unprogrammed and the audience has no way of know ing bi name. Jo Jene Mack, a very fine dancer, who leaps and whirls with acrobatic agility, is featured Ml the act, and three clever girl dancers add further Interest. The act is handsomely staged and the costumes of the grirls are attractive. The thee girl dancers are youthful and very pretty. Harry Van Fossen In a Jester In rork who asks funny questions ami answers them himself. He has new stories and jokes and harvests a lot of laughs. Johnny Small, an excellent dancer, appears with two dainty and smartly dressed girls in an arrangement of song and steps and chatter, called "Puppy j-iove." It is attractively put on. Opening the bill Is an original turn, with Miss Humphreys, a diminutive dancer, and her partner Morris In a series of diverting and interesting dances. Morris adds to the act by playing the piano while the cute little Humphreys changes from one pretty frock to another. The stage sotting is nfce. A Harold Lloyd comedy, "Never Weaken." is a riot of fun. The big feature film is "The Case of Becky," with Constance Binney In the title role. MR. JONES IS NOMINATED COXFIItMATIOX BY SENATE BE FOriE llOIilDAYS SOUGHT. Top Place Won by Appointee in Civil Service Examination Held Some Time Ago. THE ORECOXIAS NEWS BUREAU, Washington. D. C, Dec. 19. John M. Jones today was nomina'ed by the president for postmaster of Portland, having won top place in a civil serv ice examintion held some time ago. An effort will be made to have the senate confirm him before the holiday adjournment. which takes place Thursday. Mr. Jones was nominated by Presi dent Wilson, but failed of confirma tion when the republican senate of tee last congress decided upon the policy of holding up all civil appoint ments until the new administration would come Into power. Other Oregon postmasters nomi nated today include: Major G. Miller. Dayton; Lawrence F. Clark. Rainier, and Ruby O. Engleman, lone. Nicho las M. Fields was nominated for post master at Camas, Wash. Upon being Informed that his nom ination had been made. Postmaster Jones last night made the following statement: "I am very much gratified and de lighted to receive this news, and I will endeavor to conduct the office In such a way as to continue to have the confidence of the peo ple of the city, who have demon strated that they are my loyal friends. With the co-operation of the members of the postoffice department, which I now have, I am confident that we will be able to render a satisfactory serv Ice." IMMIGRANT CRISIS. RISES Steamship Lines Exceeding Legal (juntas Face Heavy Fines. WASHINGTON". D. C. Dec. 19. Steamship lines which have brought immigrants in excess of national quotas under the 3 per cent limitation law, to the United States, face impo sition of fines aggregating $1,050,000 if Attorney-tieneral Daugherty sus tains the contention of the depart ment of labor of their liability under existing statutes, Secretary Davis said today. It was indicated cons'd eration of whether there is federal authority to Impose the fines already has been taken up. I'. A. S. Franklin, president of the International Mercantile Marine, to day declared to the house immigration committee that great expense was suffered by the companies under the present conditions because of the re quirement that rejected immigrants be transported free to the point of embarkation. CHAPLIN SUIT IS SHIFTED Comedian Wins Point by Claiming to Be English Subject. SALT LAKE CITV, Utah. Dec. 19. On the ground that he is a subject of King Ceorne V of England, and not a citizen of the United States. Charles Chaplin, movie comedian, today ob tained removal of a suit in which he Is defendant from the district court here to the United States district court.. The action against Chaplin, insti tuted several weeks ago, is to collect $25,000 attorney fees alleged to be due for legal services claimed to have been rendered in this city in August, 1920, in connection with Chaplin's divorce action. $480 FOR P00R STOLEN Two llohbers Take Funds Collected to Buy Fuel and Food. CHICAGO, Dec. 19. Two robbers held up an emissary of Santa Claus last night of $490 designed to aid poor families. P. H. Moynihan, member of tbe Illi nois commerce commission, motoring home after taking up a collection at public meetings to buy fuel and food fur the poor of the South Chicago mill district, was held up. "You don't want this money," he argued. "It's for Santa Claus to take care of the poor kids." "We don't believe In Santa Claus." the robbers Jeered, as they took the money. CIVIL AVIATION BACKED War Department Declared steady to Encourage Movements. WASHINGTON. D. C, Dec. 19. The war department stands ready to sup port any movement by congress de signed to encourage development of civil aviation, Major-General Patrick, head of the army air service, today told the 'senate commerce committee. Discussing the bill for creation of a bureau of civil aviation in the de partment of commerce, he declared that without some assurance of gov ernment safeguards business people hesitated about entering the new field of commercial air transporta tion on an extensive scale. Land Project to Be Crnised. SPOKANE. Dec. 19. Lands iry the White Bluffs-Hanford district are to be cruised at once, preparatory to their division for use under the state soldiers' land settlement project, Dan A. Scott, state director of conserva tion and development, announced here today. Five acres of each tract is to he under water for next year's crop, Mr. Scott said. ' S. H. green stamps for cash. Holman Fuel Co.. coal and wood. Main Jo3: 60-21.Adv. CRITICS OVERLOOK ROOSEVELT STAND Foes of Wison Forget What ex-President Said. VIEW OF ARTICLE X CITED Tumulty Says That Taft Also Held Opinion in Accordance With Wilson's Attitude. BY JOSEPH T. TUMULTY. (Copyright IHL'1. by Doubleday, Pun & Co. All RiKhn Keserved. rubliahed by Arrangement.) CHAPTER XL. The Treaty Fight. The republicans who attacked the president on Article X had evidently forgotten what Theodore Rooeevelt said, about the one effective move for obtaining peace, when he urged: "The nations should agree on certain rights that should not be questioned, such as territorial Integrity their rights to deal with, their domestic affairs, and with such matters as whom they should admit to cltlienship." They had, also, evidently forgotten that Mr. Taft. said: "The arguments against Article X whlcn have been most pressed are those directed to showing tbBt under its obligations the United States can be forced into many wars and to burdensome expeditionary forces to protect countries in which it has no legitimate interest. This objection will not bear examination." TaPt Attitude. Mr. Taft answered the question of one of the Republican critics if Article X would not involve us In war, in the following statement: How much will it Involve us tn war? Little, if any. In the first place, the universal boycott, first to be applied, will Impose upon most nations such a wither ing Isolation and starvation that rh most cases tt will be effective. In the second p'.aee, we II not be drawn Into any war in which it will not be reasonable and con venient for us to render efficient aid, be cause the plan of the council must be ap proved by our representatives, as already explained. In the third place, the threat of the universal boycott and the anion of overwhe;mlnff forces of the members of the lenirue. Jf need be. will hold every na tion from violating Article X and Articles XII. Xlll and XV. unless there is a world conspiracy, as In this war, in which case the earlier we get Into the war the better. Evidently Mr. Taft did not look upon Article X as the bugaboo that Mr. Lodge pretended It was, for he said: Article X covers the Monroe Doctrine and extends It to the world. The league Is not a super-sovereiKn, but a partnership intended to secure to us and all nations only the sovereignty regulated by the In lornntionHl law and niornlity consistent with the some sovereignty of other nations. The United States la not under this con stitution to be forced Into actual war against Its will. This leaaue la to be re garded In conflict with the advice of Washington only from a narrow and re actionary viewpoint. Hoover Answers Argument.. Herbert Hoover, now a member of Mr. Harding's cabinet In a speech de livered on Oct. 3. 1919. answering the argument that America would be compelled to send her boys to the other side, said: "We hear the cry that the league obligates that our sons be eent to fight In foreign lands. Yet the very Intent and structure of the league Is to prevent wars. There Is no obliga tion for the United States to engage In military operations or to allow any interference with our internal affairs without the full consent of our repre sentatives in the league." And further discussing the revision of the treaty. Mr. Hoover said: "I am confident that if we attempt now to revise the treaty we shall tread on a road through European chaos. Even if we manage to keep our soldiers out of It we will not es cape fearful economic losses. If the league is to break down we muBt at once prepare to fight. Few people seem to realize the desperation "to which Europe has been reduced." CHAPTER XLI. Wntrn Trip Planned. Tentative plans for a western trip began to be formed In the White House because of the urgent in sistence from democratic friends on the hill that nothing could win the fight for the league of nations ex cept a direct appeal to the country by the president In person. Admiral Grayson, the president's physician and consistent friend, who knew his condition and the various physical crises through which he had passed here and on the other side, from Some of which he had not yet. recovered, stood firm In his resolve that the president should not go west, even intimating to me that the pres ident's life might pay the forfeit if his advice were disregarded. Indeed, It needed not the trained eye of a phy sician to see that the man whom the senators were now advising to make a "swing around the circle" was on the verge of a nervous breakdown.' More than once since his return from the peace conference I had urged him to take a needed rest; to get away from the turmoil of Washington and recuperate, but he spurned this ad vice and resolved to go through to the ed. No argument of ours could draw him away from his duties, which now involved not only the fight for the ratification of the treaty, but the threatened railway strike, . with its attendant evils to the country, and added administrative burdens grow ing out of the partisanship fight which was being waged in congress for- the ostensible purpose of reducing the high cost of living. Wilson Ready for Any Sacrifice. One day, after democratic senators had been urging the western trip, I took leave to say to the president that, in his condition, disastrous con sequences might result If he should follow their advice. But he dismissed my solicitude, saying in a weary way: "I know that I am at the end of my tether, but my friends on the hill say that the trip Is necessary to save the treaty, and I am willing to make whatever personal sacrifice is re quired, for if the treaty should be de feated, God only knows what would happen to the world as a result of it. In the presence of the great tragedy which now faces the world, no decent man can count his own personal fortunes In the reckoning. Even though, in my condition. It might mean the giving up of my life, I will gladly make the sacrifice to save the treaty." He spoke like a soldier who was ready to make the supreme sacrifice to save the cause that lay closest to his heart. As I looked at the president while he was talking. In my imagination I made a comparison between the man. Woodrow Wilson, who now stood before me and the man I had met many years before in New Jersey. In those days he was a vigorous, agile, slender man. active and alert, his hair but slightly streaked with gray. Now. as he stood before me discussing the necessity for the west ern trip, he was an, old man, grow grayer and grayer, but grimmer and grimmer In his determination, like an old warrior, to fight to the end. Mrs. Wilson Is Heroic. There was another whose heroism was no less than his Mrs. Wilson. She has since referred to the western trip as "one long nightmare." though in the smiling face which she turned upon the crowds from Columbus to San Diego and back to Pueblo, none could have detected a trace of the anxiety that was haunting her. She met the shouting throngs with the same reposeful dignity and radiant, friendly smile with which she had captivated the peoples of England, France, Italy and Belgium. At home and abroad she has always had a peculiar power to attract the populace, though she herself has never craved the spotlight. Like her husband, sne finds home more con genial, and. like him, she prefers not to be written about. In her husband's career the has played a notable role, the more noble because self-effacing. She has. con sistently disavowed intention to par ticipate actively in public affairs, and yet in many a crisis she. out of her strong intelligence and sagacity, has been able to of fer timely, wise sugges tion. No public man ever had a more devoted helpmate and no wife a hus band more dependent upon her sym pathetic understanding of his prob lems. The devotion between these two has not been strengthened, for that would be impossible, but deep ened by the president's long Illness. Mrs. Wilson's strong physical consti tution, combined with utrength of character and purpose, have sustained her under a strain which must have wrecked most women. When the strong man broke, she nursed him as tenderly as a mother nurses a child. Murk Owed to Mrs. Wilson. Mrs. Wilson must have left the White House for that ill-omened Jour ney with a sinking heart, for she knew, none better, that her husband was suffering from accumulated fatigue, and that he should be start ing on a long vacation Instead of a fighting tour that would tax the strength of an athlete in pink of condition. For seven practically va cationless years he had borne bur dens too great for any constitution: he had conducted his country through the greatest of all wars; he had con tended, at times single-handed, in Paris with the world's most adroit politicians; he had there been pros trated with influenza, that treacher ous disease which usually maims for a time those whom, it does not kill, and he had not given himself a chance to recuperate; he had returned to America to engage In the most desperate conflict of his career with the leaders of the opposition party; and now, when it was clear even to his men friends, and much clearer to the intuition of a devoted wife, that nature was crying out for rest, he was setting out on one of the most ardu ous proprammes of public speaking known even In our country, which is familiar with these Btrenuous under takings. Mrs. Wilson's anxieties must have Increased with each successive day of the journey, but not even to us of the immediate party did she betray her fears. Her resolution was as great as his. Wife Is Buffer. When the great illness came she had to stand between him and the peril of exhaustion from official cares, yet she could not. like the more for tunate obscure, withdraw her hus band from business altogether and take him away to some quiet place for restoration. As head of tbe na tion he must be kept in touch with affairs, and during the early months' of his Illness she was tbe chief agent in keeping him informed ol public business. Her high intelll gence and her extraordinary memory enabled her to report to him dally, in lucid detail, weighty matters of state brought to her by officials for trans mission to him. At the proper time. when he was least in pain and least exhausted, she would present a clear, oral resume of each case and lay the documents before him in orderly ar rangement. . As woman and wife, the first thought of her mind and. the first care or her heart must be for his health. Once, at an acute period of his illness. certain officials insisted that they must see him because they carried in formation which "it was absolutely necessary that the president of the United States should have," and she quietly replied: "I am not Interested in the president of the United States I am interested In my husband and his health." Devoted Nurse Watches. With loving courage she met her difficult dilemma of shielding him as much as possible and at the same time keeping him acquainted with things he must know. When It be came possible for him to see people, she, in counsel with Admiral Grayson, would arrange for conferences and carefully watch her husband to see that they who talked with him did not trespass too long upon his limited energy. . . (To be continued tomorrow.) Obituary. Mrs. Pat Burns. HOQUIAM. Wash., Dec. 19. (Spe cial.) Closing a life of 76 years, the last 30 of which she had spent In Grays Harbor county, death Satur day took Mrs. Pat Burns at her home at Woodlawn, near here. Mrs. Burns was a member of Mizpah chapter, Hoquiam, Eastern Star, and for many years was active lrr church work with the First Presbyterian congre gation here. Surviving her are her husband, two sisters, Mrs. Charles Scott of this city and Airs. Carrie Johnson, a missionary at Callao, Peru; three brothers, Charles Knowles of Minneapolis, Gus Knowles of Niagara Falls and John Knowles of Rochester, N. Y. John R. Goulter. ILWACO. Wash.. Dec. ' 19. (Spe cial.) John R. Goulter, a resident of Pacific county, Washington since 1866, died at his home two miles from Ilwaco Sunday evening of pneumonia. Mr. Goulter was one of the first county commissioners here. He served four years as county auditor and was for many years superinten dent of the Ilwaco Railway & Navi gation company until the line was taken over by the Union Pacific Survivors are his widow, three- sons. Allen and Kenneth of Ilwaco and Daniel of San Francisco, and a daughter, Mrs. Dan Williams of Chinook, Wash. Mrs. Daisy B. Landers. KELSO, Wash., Dec. 19. (Special.) Mrs. Daisy B. Landers, a resident of Kelso for many years, died last night following a prolonged illness. She Is survived by her mother, Mrs. E. P. Morrow, and a daughter, Mrs. Robert Lamber of Fresno, Cal. Funeral serv ices will be held here. Louis Martin. SALEM. Or., Dec. 19. (Special.) Louis Martin, aged 66 years, died at the state hospital here today. He was committed from Multnomah county in 1K07. He has a daughter, Mrs. Bertha Robinson, formerly a resident of Port land. Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Bogart. EUGENE, Or., Dec. 19. Mrs. -Mary Elizabeth Bogart, the first white fe- male child born in Lane county, died near here today at the age of 73 Today and Tomorrow rrr- iiesciay ami 'As a Christmas Surprise I am offering for today and tomorrow, Tuesday and Wednesday, a number of my high priced exclusive tail ors' woolens special at $40. This means that you can have an extra good . Suit or Overcoat Tailored to Measure Before Christmas for (Hi For 14 Years Portland's Leading Tailor years. Mrd. Bogart was born near Eugene November 17, 1848. on the farm where she died. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Spores, had come to Oregon in 1847 and settled on the homestead where Mrs. Bogart lived all her life. She was the widow of William Bogart, pioneer of 1853. and who died in 1919. Alex Kozel. ABERDEEN. Wash., Dec. 19. (Special.) Alex Kozel, who had been confined in a local hospital for a month following an accident at the Humptulips Logging company camp, died Sunday. Kozel was single and so far as known had no relatives in the state. P0ST0FFICESHAVE RUSH Persons Stand In Long Lines to Mail Christmas Packages. The central postoffice, old postoffice and the branch offices of the city were thronged from early morning until closing hour last night with citizens seeking to mail Christmas packages. They crowded to the win dows In lines to have their packages weighed and stamped. In an effort to give quick service the clerks in the new and the old post office buildings were placed in the lobbies. postoffice receipts in Portland yes terday were $3aS4.06 in excess of re ceipts tor December 19, 1920, accord ing to an announcement yesterday by Postmaster Jones. The receipts repre sent Christmas business and are an indication of increased prosperity in the city, he said. PLAYFELLOW TRIAL FAILS Jury Cannot Agree In Suit Over Horse Said to Be "Crlbber." NEW YORK, Dec. 19. The Jury that heard Harry F. Sinclair's suit against James F. Johnson, for recov ery of 1100,000 paid for Playfellow, full brother of Man o' War, disagreed and has been discharged, it was an nounced today. Mr. Sinclair alleged Mr. Johnson had concealed from him that Playfellow was a "wind sucker" and "cribber." Mr. Sinclair's counsel announced papers for a new trial will be filed in January. Handler's Home Is Burned. BEND. Or., Dec. 19. vSpecial.) While working in his barn yesterday A. J. Woolsey, rancher near Bend, heard the crackling of flames, and turned to see his house in flames. The house and its contents were de stroyed. His small daughter escaped from the flames. His wife, an in valid, had been removed from home the night before. The fire was thought to have started from the chimney. City Has to Borrow $1000. BROWNSVILLE, Or., Dec. 19. (Spe cial.) W. C. Elmore, city treasurer, was called to Portland on grand jury duty at a critical time in municipal affairs. The city had no money on hand to pay warrants and so was forced to go out and borrow $1000. This was put In the. bank Just after the treasurer departed. Deschutes Levy 27.89 Mills. BEND, Or., Dec. 19. (Special.) The Deschutes county court tonight voted the 1922 county levy, 1242.303.76, representing a millage tax of 27.86 as against 27.7 of this year. Woman Killed in Dig Storm. LONE PINE, La., Dec. 19. A woman was killed, several persons were In- Mured and much property damage was : caused in a heavy storm here today. 21 JL2 My shop facilities are ample to take care dress requirements in first-class manner get measured today or tomorrow. This special offer carries with it my regular coat front must stand up during the life of new coat free. Jf FUND FOR CHART URGED WRECK OF ALASKA IS CITED AS AKGCMEXT. Congress Should Take Action on Having Pacific Ocean Cur rents Listed, Is View. WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 19. Ur gent need for congressional appro prlatlon for tha charting of ocean currents on the Pacific coast is dis cussed in the annual report of the directors of the coaBt and geodetl': survey made public today. The report cites as an argument for funds the "appalling loss of life and property In the wreck of the Alaska on August 7 on the California coast. An uncharted current. It Is Bald, dragged the fog-bound ship several miles inshore Into a reef. Between 1900 and 1921 there were strauded or wrecked on the Pacific coast more than 100 vessels. Involv ing a loss of hundreds of lives and millions of dollars In property, the report said. This loss was "duo to the lack of knowledge of the effects of the cur rents on the coast," it was explained. The director also asserted that there was an urgent need for more ves sels "if efficient work is to be ex pected from hydrographic surveying parties." SCALDED RANCHER DEAD Richland, Or., Man Who Fell Into Hot-Water Tank Succumbs. BAKER, Or., Dec. 19. (Special.) Injuries received by A. F. Murray of Richland, when he fell into a hog scaldlnir tank. Friday afternoon. HART CIGAR COMPANY, Distributors, 305 Fine St., Portland, Or, :t?ff SELLING- rl.tf FIVE CENT I CIGAR I V " t'l IN THE p T v xwould v tW J 11 ILa d Wed III VJ L proved fatal to the man, who died in the St. Elizabeth hospital here Sun day night. The deceased was born In Missouri In 1845, coming to Oregon In 1853. He first resided In Eugene, but later moved to Baker, where he since had made his home. He Is sur vived by his widow and four ohil dren Mrs. W. F. Castleman of Port land, Leland Murray of Portland, Mrs. Fulton Fleetwood of Baker and W. R. Murray of Richland. The funeral services will be held tomorrow from the Westerday parlors lu this city. Sugnr Prices Discussed. WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 19. Ef forts to stabilize the price of sugar In the United States and arrange for disposal of the existing surplus without any appreciable Increase In price were continued today at a meet ing of representatives of the Industry and Secretary Hoover. The former included spokesmen for the cane sugar growers of Louisiana, the beet sugar producers of the Pacific coast and Cuban interests. Pardon for Debs Aiked by Women. WASHINGTON. D. C, Dec. 19. Pardon for Eugene V. . Debs was asked by a delegation of women who called at the White House today bear ing a petition said to have the signa tures of 35,000 persons, mostly neigh bors and friends of Mr. Debs. i Peace Proclamation Expected. WASHINGTON. D. C. Dee. 19. It was indicated today that a proclama tion, soon would be Issued by Presi dent Harding announcing ratification of the treaty of peace between the Excursion Tickets will be ONE and for ROUND TRIP. during: Christmas Holidays between all stations where the one-way fare docs not exceed J2o. Minimum round trip fare 2.50. Sale dates December 22, 23 and 24. Final return limit January 4. For further particulars, ask" agents Southern Pacific Lines JOHN M. SCOTT, General Faesenger Agent. Tomorrow eesd&y .00 Exclusive All Wool of your Holiday if you come and guarantee that the the garment or a Sixth at Stark St. United States and Hungary, formal exchanges having been completed Saturduy at Budapest. Bills on Judges Referred. WASHINGTON. D. C Dec. 19 The senate Judiciary committee, after dis cussing with Chief Justice Taft and Attorney-General l'augherty Increas ing federal Judgeships, today referred both senate and house bill dealing with the subject to a sub-committoo to draft a measuro which would be acceptablo. to both branches of con gress. Denmark Gets $30,000,000 Loan NEW YORK, Dec. 19. A $30,000,000 loan to the kingdom of Denmark has been mado by the National City com pany, which is al't'ilintcd with the National City bank. The loan will bear Interest at 6 per cent, will run for 20 years and will be callable at 105. $25,000,000 Stocks Sold. MONTREAL, Dec 19. The Cana dian Pacific railway today sold $26, 000.000 of 4 per cent perpetual con solidated debenture stock to the Na tional City rnmpanv of New ork. Try a Stout - Lyons Drug Store first when on your Christ mas shopping tour! on salo at y2 FARE tho