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PORTLAND, OltEGOX, THURSDAY, DECE3IISE11 29. 1921
iMiici: rivi: chxts
VALUE OF ALL CROPS
$3,400,000,000 LESS
DECLINE OP $8,000,000,000 IX
TWO YEAKS REPORTED.
T
BIRTHDAY GREETINGS
DrdE MR. WILSON
.VERSAKY IS THE 65TH OF
5? EX-PHESIDEXT.
THRONGS CHEER DEBS
AS HE RETURNS HOME
MOVIE, JAZZ AND FAG
DECLARED DEGRADING
17 SPECIAL SESSIOfJ
L
FRANCE PREVENTS
IRISH TOLD PAC
WORK II WOODS
III 1 D VERS
IS BRITISH LIMIT
BILLS ARE VETOED .
Governor Declares Meas
ures Are Trivial. . '
VOICE SHAKES WITH EMOTION"
WHEN HE THANKS CKcAvD.
AMUSEMENTS OF PRESENT DAY
DENOUNCED BY PURISTS.
4
Effort to Reach Agree
ment Is Dropped.
BRITISH FORESEE MENACE
Rules for Use of Submarines
Proposed by Mr. Root.
PIRATE TRIAL SUGGESTED
JO-Incli tin n Would Be Largest to
Be Used and Tounagc for Air
plane Carriers Agreed On.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 28. (By
the Associated Press.) Efforts to
limit the naval strength of the powers
In submarine and auxiliary warships
came to an abrupt end today after
they Jid drawn the French and Brit
ish arms conference delegates into a
plain spoken exchange over the pos
sibilities of a future war between
France and Great Britain.
The French, acting under renewed
Instructions from Paris, told the con
ference naval committee with an air
of finality that France must remain
free to build a submarine flotilla
nearly three times a great as that
she possesses and to construct. In ad-
dition, cruisers, destroyers and other
auxiliary craft up to a tonnage of
330,000.
British See Menace.
To the proposal the Americans,
Japanese and Italians replied with
expressions of surprise and regret,
while the British charged that such
a building programme" mut be re
garded as a menace to British shcres.
Arthur J. Balfour added that he had
no doubt. If occasion arose, Great
Britain would be equal to It, but only
If she reserved complete freedom of
action as to the construction of all
types of auxiliaries which might be
useful againt under-water war craft.
Agreeing that further argument
would bo useless, the committee
turned Its attention to collateral sub
jects. Including regulations for future
use of submarines, proposals for lim
itation of the size and armament of
Individual auxiliary vessels and de
tails of the agreement already sealed
la principle regarding capital ships.
Trial as Pirates Proposed.
For the American delegation Ellhu
Root proposed a joint declaration re
affirming the obligation of submarine
commanders to warn merchant hip
before attack, to refrain from sink
ing vessels whose crews and passen
gers could not first be placed la
safety, and to conform in general to
all the established practices of Inter
national law. In addition, Mr. Root
also suggested a change In existing
usage to prohibit attacks on merchant
vessels altogether and to make sub
marine commanders who violate the
regulation liable to trial as pirate.
General sympathy for the purposes
of these proposals was expressed by
the representatives of all the powers,
but definite action wu deferred.
Should an agreement be reached. It
Is to be submitted to all civilized
nations, with an invitation for world
wide adherence.
tUxteen-Inrh Gua to Be Limit.
Under a further proposal presented
by the American delegation and given
general but not final approval by the
other plenipotentiaries, no auxiliary
vessel of more than 10,000 tons could
be constructed by any of the powers,
and no airplane carrier could have a
tonnage of more than 27,000 tons. A
maximum airplane carrier tonnage of
80.000 for the United States, 80,000 for
Great Britain, 48,000 for Japan, 28,000
for France and 28,000 for Italy also
was suggested by the Americans, and
Will hA flirthar rlNu.lltt.aH .Amn..n.r I
will be further discussed tomorrow,
The net result of the day's delibera
ting, so far as actual progress is
concerned, was an agreement that in
future no gun of more than 16-inch
caliber shall be mountedtyi a capital
ship and none of more than eight-inch
caliber shall be included in the arma
ment of any auxiliary vessel or air
plane carrier.
Capital Ship Limit Approved.
Along with their demand for In
creased submarine and auxiliary ton
nage the French delegation present
ed in definite form, but with a reser
vation attached, their acceptance of
the capital ship ratio under which
France is to have a first-line battle
ship fleet of 175.000 tons. The reser
vation provides that the French be
permitted to break in on the ten-year
naval liollday so as to begin con
struction of replacement tonnage In
1927, four years before the holiday
ends...
In most quarters this exception was
not regarded as likely to endanger
the capital ship agreement, but It was
characterized by Mr. Balfour as a
serious Interference with the holiday
plan. x
Albert Sarraut, head of the French
delegation, presented the submarine
and axuiliary estimates of his gov
ernment to the committee In a speech,
declaring that the figures suggested
were a minimum required for na
tional defense.
Under these estimates France
would have a submarine tonnage of
fO.000 as against 31.000 she now pos
sesses and which It was proposed
Corn and Hay Arc Only Billion
Dollar Crops, While Last Year
l our Were in That Class.
"WASHINGTON. D. C. Dec. 28.-r-
Important farm crops of the United
States this year were valued at $3.-
675,877,000 today by the department
of agriculture in its final estimates
for 1921. That was almost $3,400,
000.000 less than last year's crops
were worth and 88,000,000,000 less
than the crops of two years ago
when high prices prevailed for farm
products. The values were based on
prices paid to farmers December 1,
and the crops comprised about 90
per cent of the value of all farm
crops.
There were only two billion-dollar
crops this year corn and hay while
last year four crops were valued at
81,000,000.000 or more. Production
was below last year for almost every
crop, although the acreage of the Im
portant crops was slightly larger ex
cept cotton.
The area devoted to the Important
crops this year was 348.336.000 acres
compared with 349,067,000 acres las,
year. '
Final estimates of production and
value announced Included:
Corn Production. 3,081, '.'31,000 bushels;
value. Sl.soft.HiM.Ofln.
Winter wheat, 5X7,03;:, 000 and valued at
.vH.7?.",on.
Spring wheat production, 2O7,S61,000 and
valua 17..H:l.0O.
All wheat production, 794,SU3,OO0; valus,
$7:i7.(.om.
Oats. 1,060.737,000 and $321, ,140,000.
Barley. 1M. 1st. 000 and $2,7SH.0OO.
Rye, 57.111 K.OOO and HO.tlso.uoO.
Buckwheat. 14.07H.OOO and $1 1.4.1S.OOO.
Flax -l. X, 112,000 and $11,732,000.
P.lcs. SU.ri.i3.non and $:1S,1S0.WM.
Potatoes. a4I.M23.KtO and $:lsr. 102.000.
Sweet polaloea, Iw.tlHO.lMK) anil Jsii.iim.miO
Hay (lame). SI ,.tl7.'Hio, and $lsii,li:i.o0.
Hay (wild), I.'i.LM.'i.nOO. and tKH.llK4.nuO.
Tobacco, 1.117.MN2.00O and $207,570,000.
Cotton. S.340,nnn and tH74.S77.ono.
Cottonseed, 8.TO4.0O0. and $107,72.000.
Beet lunar, 2.024.74.0OO.
Cane sugar. 634.000, 000.
Peanuts. H1B.4B.V00O and $32.IS.OOO.
Beans. 8.118.000 and $24,208,000.
Applet 9tf.8M.0O0 and $in.'!.21T,.0nO.
Peaches, 3'.,T33.Kin, and S.2.17tl.nftO.
Oranges. 3n.7nn.lMKi. and 63 , Ha 0,000
CHILLY SPELL IS BROKEN
Normal Winter Weather Espected,
for While at Least.
Portland and vicinity succeeded
Tuesday njght and yesterday in check
ing off 24 hours without letting trie
thermometer get down to the freezing
point. The protracted cold spell ap
pears to be over, and normal winter
weather, meaning rain and occasional
sunshine, may be expected for a while
at least.
Tho sun shone on Portland yester
day for two hours and 61 minutes
and the air was like spring. Portland
also received .04 of an Inch of rain
fan yesterday, and even this was
welcomed as a pleasant change after
two weeks of snow, ice and raw east
windj More rain Is forecast for to
day, with winds easterly.
TIME OF DEATHS UNIQUE
Civil War Veteran Dies 59 Years
to an Hour Artcr Wedding.
OLYMPIA. Wash., Dec. 28. Ob
Christmas day, one hour after noon
August Iloeppen, 85, a civil war vet
eran, died at his home in Rainfer,
Wash., where he had resided for 32
years. Fifty-nine years before, to the
day, and the hour, he had stood at the
altar and given his marriage vows to
the woman who is now his widow,
and who with their two sons. C. E.
Koeppen of Rainier and Herman
Koeppen of Tacoma, were with him
when he died.
Koeppen saw civil war service with
the Missouri cavalry and also with
the infantry.
WAR ON BEETLE TO START
Force of 200 Men to Combat Enemy
of Klamath Pine Forests. ,
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 28. A force
of 200 men is being recruited to com
bat the plne-destroylng beetle in the
yellow pine forests south of Klamath
Lake. Or . hrlnnlnv IK i .. . ..
announced today by T. D. Woodbury
J '
assistant United States forester. An
appropriation of $150,000 for the work
will be available In two months, ac
cording to Mr. Woodbury.
The Indian service and private lum
ber Interests will co-operate.
The beetles sting the trees and de
stroy them.
ELECTION FRAUD CHARGED
Irregularities Unearthed In San
Francisco, Says Report.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 28. Evi
dence of fraud In counting of returns
at the municipal election November 8
will be presented to the gr: nd Jury,
District Attorney Brady declared
today.
Irregularities unearthed so far have
not been sufficient to overturn any
of the results, it was said.
Three defeated candidates for su
pervisor demanded a court recount.
s
SLAYER OF CAT IS FREED
Jury Disagrees in Murder Case
Against Dormie, Airedale.'
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec1. 28. Dormie,
airedale, accused of the "murder" of
Sunbeam, a Persian cat, was liberated
today after he had been regularly
tried by a Jury in a police court, and
the jury had failed to reach a ver
dict. The court decided that It would be
useless to try to convict Dormie. be
cause no new evidence had been ad-
i
It
Premier Says Alteran
Would Nullify Treaty.
MORE NEGOTIATION OPPOSED
Dail's Delay Blamed for Hold
ing Up Freedom.
QUICK ACTION IS URGED
Machinery for Provisional t'ovcrn
liicnt Said to Be Heady When
fcinii Fein Approves.
LONDON. Dec. 28. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) A statement from Pre
mier Lloyd George was Issued here to
day to the effect that the government
had gone to the utmost limit in the
Irish treaty and that it was impossible
to re-open the discussion.
The delay In ratification in Ireland,
the statement said, was holding up
the work of the cabinet committee
appointed to arrange the evacuation
of the British forces In Ireland, settle
the terms of amnesty and transfer ex
ecutive responsibility to the Irish pro
visional government. -
Premier Lloyd George's statement
said :
"No British statesmen could gp
further than we have gone; no Brit
ish statesman could consider any pro
posal involving Ireland being out of
the empire. t
Alterations Are Opposed.
"The treaty places Ireland on an
equality with the other states of the
empire and gives Ireland the same
claim to membership in the league of
nations and every right that Canada
has, and not merely rejection, but al
teration even, of the treaty would
render It null and void. This would
indeed be deplorable in the Interests
of both countries.
"The British government has gone to
the limit in the treaty and to re-open
the discussion, which was closed only
after the most exhaustive considera
tions on every point, would be a fruit
less proceeding and Is Impossible.
"A committee consisting of British
ministers, presided over by the colo
nial secretary, has been set up to deal
with the evacuation of the British
forces, the settling of amnesty and the
making of all necessary arrangements
on the British side and transferring
full executive responsibility to an
Irish provisional government The
work of this committee Is now un
avoidably held up pending approval
of the treaty; but on approval it
would be carried through with tho ut
most dispatch.
Provisional Rale Planned.
"It is the intention of the British
government to hand over without de
lay their responsibilities to a pro
visional government which will func-
Concluded on rape ::, i olumn 3.)
OF COURSE, HE MAY NbT GET INTO MISCHIEF, BUT IT WILL
EYE ON HIM.
Sevcral of Most iutiinate Friends
Call to Extend Their Felici
tations in Person.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 2S. Kx
Prcsident Wilson was today deluged
with telegrams from all over the
world on the celebration of his 65th
birthday at his home. It was said
tonight that the telegrams were of a
congratulatory nature on the Im
provement of his health and that the
volume probably exceeded any like
number of greetings ever received by
Mr. Wilson. In the afternoon Mr. and
Mrs. Wilson went for an automobile
ride and in the evening had as guests
for dinner Miss Margaret Wilson'and
several' other members of the family.
Several of the most intimate friends
of Mr. Wilson called at his home to
extend their greetings. It was said
that the ex-president was lt excel
lent spirits.
NEW YORK, Dec. 28. Fifty women
from various' cities observed the 63th
birthday of Woodrow Wilson at a
luncheon today. They were addressed
by Frank L. Polk, ex-under-secretary
of state; Henry Morgenthau, one-time
ambassador to Turkey, and Miss Vir
ginia Potter.
Mrs. William G. McAdoo, daughter
of the ex-president, was an honorary
guest.
The campaign to raise $1,000,000 for
awards of the Woodrow Wilson
foundation "for meritorious service
to democracy, public welfare, liberal
thought or peace through Justice,"
was discussed. It was decided to
start after contributions January 16.
NASHVILLE. Dec. 28. The demo
cratic state committee of Tennessee
today sent the following telegram to
ex-President Wilson:
"The democratic executive, com
mittee of Tennessee and hundreds of
leading democrats from every county
in the state, who are meeting to pay
honor to Hon. Cordell Hull, chairman
of the national' committee, send heart
iest greetings and felicitations on the
occasion,o your 65th anniversary
with sincerest wishes that you may
enjoy many more such days day by
day gaining in health "and strength
as you are in love and affection In
the heart of your countrymen."
CAR CONSIGNMENT RECORD
100 Carloads of Automobiles on
Way to Pacific Coust.
CHICAGO, Dec. 28. A train of 100
carloads of automobiles, with an ap
proximate value of half a million dol
lars, will reach Chicago from New
York Monday, en route to California.
The shipment is said in railroad
circles to be the largest consignment
ever made of a single product from a
factory to a single destination. There
are five automobiles in each car.
WOMAN DIES AT 101 YEARS
Hard Work on Farm Declared to
Be Cause of Long Life.
GALENA.. 111., Dec. 28. Mrs. Chris
tina Shubert, aged 101, died today.
Until shortly before her death she
had done her own housework.'
She ascribed her longevity to hard
work on the farm.
In Front Porch Speech He Pledges
- His DUc to Liberating Those
Who Are Imprisoned.
TERRK HAUTE. Ind., Dec. ' 28.-
Welcomed by the cheers of thousands
of followers, friends and neighbors,
Eugene V. Debs, socialist leader, re
turned home tonight after an absence
of almost three years passed In fed
eral prison for his anti-war speech
In 1918. In a speech from the front
porch of his homeMie pledged again
that he would not rest until others
now serving prison terms are free
"I have a heart for my fellow
prlsonero left behind me at Atlanta,"
he said, "and I shall not rest in
peace until they are restored to their
ioved ones."
Mrs. Debs did not go to the rail
road station, preferring their reunion
to be in the privacy of their home.
Mr. Debs, who was released from the
Atlanta prison last Sunday by presi
dential commutation of his ten years'
sentence, was delayed by a two-day
visit to Washington ana an afternoon
stop today at Indianapolis.
A long line of marchers escorted
him from the station and then went
Into the down-town district to con
tinue the Jollification. Leaders in
charge of the demonstration estimated
the participants at from 10,000 to
15,000.
Hundreds of spectators walled tho
line of march.
The parade moved directly from the
railroad station to Debs' home, only
a short, distance, with the socialist
leader riding bareheaded on a motor
truck. When the truck reached the
house Mrs. Debs appeared on the
porch, bat she soon retreated to the
Interior as the crowd separated her
from her husband. Finally, when he
had Jammed his . way to the porch,
she rushed out to embrace him. Then
he turned to the welcoming throng
to thank It for the demonstration.
"'Home again," he began, in a voice
shaking with emotion. He thanked
the crowd, saying its demonstration
made "a wonderful, beautiful home
coming." "I felt in leaving here," he said,
"that you were with' me in spirit and
I was sustained by your faithfulness
and devotion. I thank everyone ot
you for the efforts you have been
putting forth so long in my behalf.
You have succeeded last. But 1
am not free so long: as any are In
prison. I have a heart for my fellow
man. I hope to devote my life to the
liberation of those who are Im
prisoned, and I shall know no rest
until they are restored to their loved
ones. I was saddened because I was
compelled to leave behind me lr At
lanta my fellow men in prison.
"In my heart there is no bitterness,
only a resolution not to yield, but to
remain true to my honest convictions
and to my ideals. I could not di
otherwise. I can't make a speech
now, but I can say that I love you
all for this demonstration."
After the brief speech from his
front porch Mr. Debs withdrew to hit
home with only his wife and their
near relatives present.
Negro Physician Recommended.
WASHINGTON. D. C. Dec. 28.
Dr. 0?. Mostes. a negro physician
of Leavenworth, Kansas, was recom
mended to President Harding today
for appointment as minister to Haiti.
DO fVO HARM TO KEEP AN
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TO OPENUP S00I
Lumber' Camps Booked
to Resume Activity.
GENERAL PICK-UP IS LIKELY
Chamber otCommerce Sends
News to Washington, D. C.
JOB SURPLUS EXPECTED
Committee Telegraphs Senator Mc
Nary Information In Regard
to Unemployment.
That a strong feeling of optimism
prevails regarding the unemployment
situation, and a belief that it soon
will be relieved by the opening of
many lumber camps for extensive op
erations, was the recent reply of the
Portland Chamber of Commerce to an
inquiry from Senator McNary, for
warded from Washington, D. C. The
prospects were again discussed yes
terday at the weekly meeting of the
directorate.
The communication to Senator Mc
Nary, authorized by the chamber di
rectors, was to the effect that north
western lumbermen have assured
them that early in the new year their
camps will be working, with a vol
ume of employment double that of
the same season last year. Senator
McNary had voiced a plea for jobless
ex-service men and urged the chamber
to exert its full strength toward pro
viding employment- He was assured
that an active committee already was
co-operating with other civic bodies
and with lndustrulal enterprises to
minimize the condition.
Jobs to Be Provided.
"I am confident." said P. Hetherton,
executive secretary of the Portland
chamber, "from what I have been told
by lumbermen, the opening of these
camps will to a large decree solve
the problem. They have Informed mfc
that they even anticipate a shortage
of labor, in some classes, so increased
in scope will be their operations.
Meantime the chamber is doing all
that is possible to meet the situa
tion." '
Indicative of the renewed activity
In the lumbering industry is the an
nouncement, made yesterday through
W. D. Skinner, traffic manager of the
Spokane, Portland & Seattle railroad,
that the immense Eccles timber tract,
in Washington, Columbia, Clatsop and
Tillamook counties, is to be opened
up. By the terms of a contract re
cently entered into between the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific rail
way companies and Charles S. Keith,
owner of the tract, the construction
of a lumber mill with a eapacity of
250.000 feet daily is assured. This
project, of course, looks to tho fu
ture, as It is agreed that the mill
shall be In operation within ayear
and a half after the completion or
the Portland, Astoria & Pacific rail
road, but it 1s regarded as typical of
the general awakening In the Indus
try. ' Rail Interests Sold.
The timberVtract In question was
acquired by Mr. Keith together with
the partially constructed railroad,
which he had no wish to develop. The
sale of this line to the-Great North
ern and Northern , Pacific recently
was announced, and constituted a
first step toward the development of
the tributary timber tract. Construc
tion work now is proceeding rapidly,
and the statement has been mad that
the line will be completed by April 1.
"With the resumption of activities
by the Keith interests," said Mr.
Skinner, "it Is quite probable that
other companies will begin to show
a decided interest In reopening op
erations." '
The Chamber of Commerce board
also named Portland delegates yester
day to the annual assembly of the
Oregon State Chamber of CommerO,
which convenes in this city January
3. The representatives of the local
chamber will be W. L. Boise, Will'am
MacMaster, James T. Abbott, William
Whitcomb and Floyd T. Bishop.
Irrigation Conference Friday.
An Important conference, for the
development of the Pacific northwest,
will be that of the immense Columbia
basin Irrigation project, to be dis
cussed by a committee of the Portland
chamber and a delegation from the
Spokane chamber of commerce, in this
city Friday, January 6. The confer
ence Is at the request of the Spokane
organization, which is urging united
northwestern action for the develop
ment of Irrigation from the Pend
d'Oreille river, designed to water more
than 2.000.000 acres, at an estimated
cost of $340,000,000.
Hearty appreciation for the assist
ance of the Portland chamber In fur
thering the plea for an additional
federal appropriation for Coos bay
harbor was expressed in a letter to
the board of directors from the Marsh
field chamber of commerce.
Cook Wins $60,000 and Auto.
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 28. Her
ability to cook nas earned Mrs. Anna
Souder $60,000 and an automobile.
This sum and the motor carwere left
to her by the will of Samuel W.
Ihling, for whom she was housekeeper.
Screened Pictures and .Popular
Music for Dancing Are Held
Demoralizing to Young.
CHICAGO. Dec. 2S. The movies,
jazz dancing and the cinarettc, as tlie
affect our morals, were denounced at
today's session of the international
purity conference. W. S. Fleming,
Chicago, manager of the National Re
form association, addressed the dele
gates on "The Menace of the Movie,"
while J. Louis Guyon, a dancing mas
ter, also ot Chicago, told "Tho Truth
About Jazz." Mr. Guyon told of ex
periments In his own dancing acad
emy about the manner In which Jazz
music demoralized the young
Mr. Guyon declared the word jazz
had been for half a century a slang
expression, lie said that if the great
numbers of refined persons who now
carelessly used this word knew its
actual meaning, as used in parts of
the underworld, they probably never
would use the word again.
BURCH HELD WEAK MINDED
Alienist Says Accused Man in State
of Mental Deterioration.
LOS ANOKLKS, Cal., Dee. 2S.
Arthur C. Burch, charged with the
murder of J. Belton Kennedy, Is In
a state of mental deterioration
amounting to insanity, according to
the testimony today of Dr. Charles L.
Allen of the Los Angeles lunacy com
mission, at Burch's trial boford Judee
Iteeve. Dr. Allen was on the witness
stand the greater part of the day and
his examination had not been com
pleted when court adjourned until
tomorrow morning.
Several other alienists summoned
by the defense were in court and
defense attorneys said that the ques
tioning of these would practically
complete their case. The prosecution
has subpenaed several alienists for
rebuttal.
SEARCH FOR ROBBERS ON
Missouri Outlaws Relieved to Re
Near Kansas City.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, Dec. 28. Po
lice today were searching for two
robbers who held up the express mes
senger of Mlssouii Pacific train No.
209. Joplln to Kansas City, and rifled
the safe In the express car la4 night.
II. L. Holland, the express messen
ger, was shot in the leg.
The outlaws boarded the train at
rieasant Hill, Mo., and got off at
Sheffield, a suburb of Kansas City.
Holland was shot when he reached
for his revolver as he saw the men
entering the express car.
Late today express company offi
cials announced the loot consisted of
$2000 in cash and about douhle that
sum in securities, mostly non-negotiable.
CLAIM AGENT IS ACCUSED
Examiner for Woodmen, of World
Charged Willi Peculations.
OMAHA. Dec. 28. David Ammons,
Omaha, claim examiner for the Wood
men of the Worid, a fraternal Insur
ance organization, has confessed, ac
cording to police and W. A. Frazeer,
the order's sovereign commander, to
taking checks written as refunds to
beneficiaries on premiums paid in ad
vance. The total amount of Ammons" al
leged shortage will be between $3500
and $t000. according to Mr. Frazeer.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 44
degrees; minimum, 35 degrees.
TODAY'S Kaln ; winds, moat:y easterly.
PlNarntamfnt Conference.
France declares th"at it will not be sub
ordinated in naval matters, rage'2
Japan want proteotion from red propa
ganda. l'Hne 2-
France prevents limits on divers. Page 1.
Foreljrn.
Irish told pact Is British limit. Page 1.
National.
President Wilson disappointed but not em
bittered by election result. I'age S.
Value of aH farm crops falls oft 13.400,-
' OOO.WM). Page 1.
Paper makers and publishers clash. Pags T.
Mistranslation causes riot in Milan. Page 8
Ex-President Wilson celebrates his 65th
birthday. Page 1.
I tames tic.
Mrs. McCormlck is granted divorce. Page 6.
German diplomatic staff and consular
agents arrive In New York. Page 3.
Janitors seek more exclusive districts.
Page 1.
Purity conference told movies. jar,z and
cigarettes demoralize youth. Fage 1.
Taciflc NorthweNt.
Seven special session bills"- are vetoed.
Page 1.
Llttls old man of tho mountains found
murdered. Page 7.
Crop rotation alone is menace, says soil
expert. Page 110.
" Sports.''
Debate Is spirited over changes In diving
rules. Page 12.
Negro pugs are classy in their workouts.
Pag a 12.
Commercial and Marine.
Three trans-Pacific vessels arrive for
cargo. Page 15.
Wheat prices near working export basis.
Page 20.
Bearish crop report offset In market by
bullish report expected today. J'aie 20.
Bond market active, strong and broad.
Page 21.
Portland and Vicinity.
Taxpayers of Lents oppose construction of
cesspools. Page 9.
City council refuses to restore German
names to city streets. Page 11,
Sr. Bryan's attack on science assailed.
Page 13.
C. A. Howard elected head of Oregon State
Teachera' association. Page 13.
Thirty-five thousand-dollar fire ruins first
town clock. Page 14.
Traffic aecidents of year fatal to 81.
Page 13.
Wurk in wooJi to open soon. Fag L
REBUKE 6IYEN LEGISLATURE
Time Needed for Other Mat
ters Considered Wasted.
FULL TERM BILL KNIFED
Act to Lcsali.e Divorces I'ndcr
Certain Conditions Is Not Ap
proved; Some Hills Signed.
SALKM. Or., Dec 28. (Special.) I
Five house bills and two senute bills
passed at the recent special session
of tho legislature were vetoed by
Governor OU-ott today.
In referring to these bills in hi
veto messages tho governor said they
were not of such character or urpency
as to have Warranted consideration
at the special session.
"Consideration of mich extraneous
and relatively unimportant matters,"
the governor said, "made it impossible
for the members of the legislature
to give their undivided time and at
tention to the subjects for which
they were convoked."
Full-Term Hill Killed.
Probably the most Important of the;
bills vetoed by Governor Olcott pro
vided that whenever a person at any
general election in Oregon shall be.
elected to any state, district or counljr
office, unless othcrwlsu provided by
the constitution, such person so
elected shall hold office for the num
ber of years prescribed by law as th
full term of such office.
This bill was introduced in the
house by Representative llln.lnian.
and its approval whs said to have
been urged by at least one Multnomah
county ofrirlal, who recently foil heir
te an Important office throuKh ap
pointment by the governor.
Another house hill vetoed by Gov
ernor olcott was introduced by Kep
resintatlve Gordon of Lime county,
and provided that no lodges chartered
by special act of the legislative as
sembly of the territory of Oregon
prior to the adoption of the consti
tution of 185!) shall be limited as to
the value of the real or personal
property which they may hold for
their use or benefit. It was said that
this hill affected only two lodges In
tho state, one of which Is located at
Eugeno and the other at Oregon City.
Dnorce mil Knifed.
The governor also disapproved a
bill hnvlng for Its purpose the valida
tion of marriages where one or both
of the principals previously had been
divorced In countlcH other than their
legal residence. This hill was Intro
duced by Representative Belknap.
other house hills vetoed related t
methods of voting by absent voters
and increasing the exemption of
taxation on Inheritance. The former
bill was Introduced by Representative
Fletcher and the latter bill by Rep
resentative Carter.
Senate bill number 16 Included In
the governor's vetoes, was Introduced
by Senator Eberhard and provided
that school districts shall not be re
quired to publish their estimate
sheets under the so-called budget
law. The bill also validated the pro
ceedings of the school districts under
the budget law.
I.lllgntlon In Foreseen.
In his veto message with relation
to this bill the governor said:
'This bill contemplates some
changes In the local budget law and
Is amendatory of that statute. The
proposed legislation, however, seems
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NATIONAL PARK CHIEF
W RITES FOR OREGON IAN
ANNUAL EDITION.
Among: the experts who
have written articles for the
annual edition of The Ore
gonian, to be published Mon
day, January 2, is Stephen T.
Mather, director of national
parks.
Mr. Mather writes on Cra
ter lake, which he declares
"looms proudly as one of the
most superb, spectacular sce
nic exhibits of the earth and
constitutes Oregon's chief
masterpiece."
Owing: to the fact that Mr.
Mather represents the United
States government in the ad
ministration of all the rational
parks, what he has to say
about Crater Lake park, hia
recommendations concerning
it, etc., will be of exceptional
interest just now.
Six special sections with,
articles covering every major
subject of interest to th
state .and to tourist', elabor
ately illustrated, will be car
ried.
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