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VOL. LXI NO. 19,300 Entered at Portland f Oregon Potoffjra as Secon3-cias Matter. PORTLAND. OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1922 30 PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS BITTER FIGHT IS ENDED BY NEWPORT ELECTION IGER OF FRANCE YOUNG ROBBER WEEPS BUT GATHERS LOOT 100,000 PERSONS WILL HEAR SEIDEL RADIO FANS NEAR AND FAR AWAIT CpNCERT TONIGHT. LWAY fllVALRY STILL IS REVEALED BY TALKATIVE CHILD IB MS RIGHT TO II 4 CHILDREN DIE IM EUGENE FIRE One Woman Is Injured, Probably Fatally. GALLS ON .WILSON STATE MEED DICKJXSOX, WILCOX, PORT. WOOD COMMISSIONERS. 'YOKEL" GETS $134 FROM EDWARDS TIRE COMPANY. FAMILY SECRET BETRATED AND FATHER FIXED $250. Ideals Declared Counter to Harboring War. WmON NEARLY CRUSHED Clemenceau Tells of Hard Struggle After Victory c to Prevent Collapse. COST' OF CONFLICT HUGE Allies Accused of Giving Lit tle Aid When Teuton Menace Still Lurks. (Copyright, 1022, In UD-tted States, Great Britain, Canada and South America, by North American Newspaper Alliance an.I the New York World (Press Pub lishing Co.). All rights reserved. Un licensed reproduction expressly for bidden.) "FRA.VCK IS DETERMINED TO SIR VIVE." This article le the fifth ef a series written exclusively for th North Ameri can Newspaper Alliance by Georges Clemenceau. The series breaks a. silence which dates back to the signing of the treaty of Versailles. Not until the pres ent jyisit has the "Tiger of France" ex pressed himself upon international af fairs in either speech or writing, not even in the pages of his own journal. Echo Nationale. His words are being read i eagerly today in France, England, Hol land, Switzerland, Argentina, Japan and many other countries where these arti cles ' are being released simultaneously for publication. BY GEOKUES CLEMENCEAU. At the termination of the most formidable and the most glorious of wars, France did not assemble as trophies in her public places the booty surrendered by the enemy. Piously and with dignity she placed beneath her most celebrated arch of the capital, and under a simple flagstone, the remains of an un known soldier who died to de fend her. Who does not grasp the signifi cance of that gesture? It was a tender act of homage to all those who had fallen; it also expressed our intention never to forget the horrors of the conflict, and it served to remind us of our promise made to those sleeping in the dust: that we should assure their de scendants the benefits of peace, give them justice and prosperity and watch over the maintenance of that pact of reparation and justice signed by 2? states at Versailles. Criminal Motives Refuted. Such are the sentiments of France, and yet it is France who is accused of disturbing the peace of the world, who is denounced as a mili tarist nation; it is France who is suspected of being responsible for . the birth and development of all European quarrels! If these cal umnies only emanated from our former enemies or from such ele ments among our allies as are de termined to upset the existing or der and substitute an "interna tiona'.e" more or less communist in character, it would be almost un necessary to . refute them. But when our friends go to the extreme of imputing criminal motives to us, then it is essential that we explain things quite freely at the earliest possible moment and in the com mon interest. What does France wish? To live! Nation's Escape Narrow. She all but succumbed under the blows of the enemy. Four times she wavered; four times she recov ered again; four times, despite all, she managed to resist that "last quarter of an hour" which enabled her to await the help of her allies. In September, 1914, she had thrown herself imprudently forward with insufficient war material. Not enough machine guns; no modern heavy artillery. Our troops, re pelled in their ardor, retreated back over the Marne, and how dimin-1 ished in numbers! Then, with a tremendous effort, as if the touch of Paris had galvanized them, they turned round to face the enemy and they hurled him back. Exhausted, ' the poilus proceeded to diar them-i selves in, but in French soil. A J considerable part of our territory j remained occupied for four years. This produced disaster from the' industrial viewpoint. Coal produc-' tion diminished by 74 per cent, iCoaciuiieti ou las 8, Coiuma J.) I City Manager to Have Control of Municipal Affairs Is to Be Appointed. NEWPORT, On. Dec. 6. (Spe cial.) The bitterest fight Newport has experienced in many years re sulted in the election yesterday of George R. Dickinson, George H. Wilcox and G. E. Portwood as com missioners to assume the duties of managing the city affairs under the new commission-manager form of charter which was adopted at the November election. The chamber of commerce and the woman's club entered three candidates for commissioners. The so-called stand-patters soqn put out an opposition ticket. Through an oversight in time limit for filing petitions the candidates indorsed by the civic organizations failed to appear on the official ballot. Then began the task of educating the voters to write in three names for different terms. Posters, handbills and an extra edition . of the local newspaper fiooded the town. The progressive ticket elected two of the three nominees, losing the third, by a narrow margin. The new city offi cials will assume office January 2. To build up the town and make it more attractive to tourists' and put Newport in its place as a re sort is the task before them. The commissioners will appoint a city manager to have control of city affairs. Applications for this position are already coming in and j it is anticipated that the officials will have a large number from which to select. PAIR SHOCKED TO DEATH California Man and Wife Electro cuted In Garage. PITTSBURG, Cal., Dec 6. George Montgomery, 45, and -nis wife were shocked to death in their garage here last night when Montgomery turned on an electric light while standing in a pool of water and Mrs. Montgomery attempted . to rescue him. ' Montgomery apparently was al most instantly killed, but Mrs. Montgomery pulled away from .him and walked to the door of the ga rage before expiring. Mrs. Morti mer, a neighbor, rushed to the ga rage and found Montgomery's cloth ing ablaze. She extinguished the fire with a bucket of water and then called a doctor, who pronounced- the Montgomerys dead. FATAL SHOT DESCRIBED Witness Tells of Killing of Col orado Editor. DURANGO, Colo., Dec. 6. (By the Associated Press.) Charles Griffith, 'a surprise witness, testifying for the state today, declared he saw Rod S. Day, editor of the Durango Democrat, fire' two revolver shots at William L. Wood, city editor of the, Durango Herald, and saw Wood stagger and fail to the sidewalk. Day is on trial here charged with the murder of Wood. Griffith declared that Day's hand hpiding the revolver was eKtended outward and upward. The defense has maintained that Day, dazed by a blow from Wood, drew his re volver and fired with h's hand well down toward his hip. TWO STEAMERS COLLIDE Clyne Rock and George AVasliingr- ton Crash Off Dover. ' LONDON". Dec. 6. The British steamer Clyne Rock collided with the American steamer George Wash ington about 10 o'clock tonight off Dover, according to a wireless mes sage from the Clyne Rock to Lloyds. The stern of the Clyne Rock was badly cracked and the vessel was leaking, but did not want immedi ate assistance. No report has been received as I to what happened to the George j Washington, which was bound I from Plymouth for Bremen. ! PACT SHELVED 18 YEARS Isle of Pines Treaty Emerges From Retirement. WASHINGTON-, D. C, Dec. 6. after an 18 years' sleep in a senate committee room pigeonhole, the Isle of Pines treaty with Cuba, submit ted to the senate by ex-President Roosevelt, emerged from retirement today and was reported favorably by the senate foreign relations committee. Action was requested by Secretary Hughes, who said he desired to clear up the old ques tion. The treaty relinquishes any claim of the United States to the island. GERMAN STEAMER ADRIFT Freighter Ileinrich Kayser Crip pled Off Atlantic Coast. I- XEW YORK, Dec. 6. The Ger man freighter Heinrich Kayser from Savannan to Bremen and Hamburg, is in distress and drifting with" a broken rudder chain 500 miles east of Cape May, according to a wire less message. Tbs message said the freighter was laboring in heavy seas, with hatches badly damaged. The French steamer Patria later reported being in communication with the freighter. The Heinrich Kayser is of 3108 tons register. , Ex-President Pleased & o NATION'S SHRINES VISITED - i Tribute Is Paid at Tomb of Unknown Soldier. MOUNT VERNON IS SEEN War College Forgets Dignity and Gives Cheers While Southern ers Present Rebel Yell. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 6. (By the Associated Press.) Amer ica's war time president and France's war time premier met here late to day lor the first time since the signing of the peace treaty at Ver sailles more than three years ago. The meeting was at the S street home of Mr. Wilson and lasted just a little more than a quarter of an hour; ' ' M. Clemenceau described his visit as one of the utmost cordiality and affection as between old friends, adding that he and the ex-president had talked a little about old times in Paris and also about "the past and present." Mr. Wilson made no reference to the purpose of the visit of the ex- premier of France to America or the subject matter of his addresses in this country, M. Clemenceau con tinued, but ' smiled and seemed pleased when told that the mention of his name and of the 14 points had elicited more applause from the French statesman's audiences than any other one thing. Flash Surprises Visitor. Accompanied only by Colonel Ste phen Bonsai, M. Clemenceau arrived at -the Wilson residence soon after nightfall. He was applauded by a small crowd that had gathered and was greeted by John Randolph Boil ing1secretaryi.to Mr. Wilson." He immediately was taken to the li brary. As ,he descended from his automobile, the aged statesman was startled by a flash set off by the photographers who were dispersed by the police before he left the home. The call at the Wilson home was an important incident of a day that proved one of the busiest that M. Clemenceau has had since he landed on American shores three weeks ago. His activities began with an early morning visit to Arlington national cemetery and ended later tonight with an address to the Southern society in Continental Memorial hall, where a few months ago the treaties negotiated at the arms conference were signed. Be tween times he spoke to American army officers, most of them over seas veterans, at the war college, CConcluded on Page 9, Column 3.) IT DOESNT N-WfVr bO You YHimk THVS CUrVRA ? WERt A SCIENTIST TrtAV THiHKS VYs. Vc.&St'OUS "TO VAW-K. To Q N THAT 3000 SAYS HKFie. HE Com s ic&'e IT hkkuY "tWtr vne. Yuu soon 'BE TAUKlNG WITH ! ws Remorse When Vic- jermonizes on Wayward ness and Its Penalties. Bitter tears of' remorse, or attri- tion, came to tire "yokel's" eyes last night as he scooped $134.70 from the Edwards Tire company till ,at 84 North Broadway, but they did not cause the cheap pfstol to waver its muzzle from the middle of Earl B. Edwards, manager, or deter the yokel from . pocketing the crisp green bills. Edwards was sitting at a desk near the front of the store when the robber entered, leaned . over the counter and covered him with a nickel-plated revolver. A tray from the till was on the desk, well filled with the day's receipts.' The rob ber ordered Edwards to take the tray to a back room, where he took all of the cash but two cents. He did not want checks. The tears came, when Edwards, noting that his visitor was about 18, preached him a sermon on the error of his ways. The robber's hands shook nerv ously and tears trickled on' to his brown overcoat as he informed Ed wards that his mother-died when he was a little fellow; that he was raised by a stepfather and was edu cated in reform school. Just .to show his heart was bright the robber wrote a note, shifting the revolver to his left hand and keeping Edwards at its point as he wrote: "I am taking what jmoney is here and I don't want this man to get in any trouble." From description the robber was thought by police to be the same "yokel" who on Monday night held up the Bialkin clothing store, get ting J120 and $75 worth of clothing. and on Tuesday night the Economy Clothing company, 82 Sixth street, where he took $20.- FISHING BOATS MISSING Coast Guard Cutter to Search for Seattle Schooners. SEATTLE, Dec. 6. The United States coast guard cutter Unalga has been ordered to steam for Hec ate strait, southeastern Alaska, the Queen Charlotte island and the Yakutat fishing banks to search for the missing- Seattle halibut schoon ers Convention and Morengen, long overdue, it was" announced at coast guard headquarters here today. Reports from Prince Rupert, B. C, indicated that grave anxiety was felt there for the safety of the Can adian schooner Valorous, reported overdue from the Hecate strait fish ing banks. GERMANS GO TO PRISON Assailants of Philip Scheidemann Get Ten-Tear Terms. BERLIN, Dec. 6. (By the Asso ciated Press.) The supreme court of Leipzig today passed sentences of ten years at hard labor on Hans Hustert and Carl Oelschlaiger. - The two men were charged with attempting the assissination early in June of Philipp Scheidemann, so cialist leader and former secretary for foreign affairs. SOUND AS RIDICULOUS AS IT ow uVt&V Or" ijtCUUOVS,'. WHY ME MUST HA-HA ' mm) AY GCVU-ANfc sosw! rAviT 3E. VYWUe. t M v - FROM ttEVE, ' WK V 7 - r Francesco Jjongo, Famous Pian ist, Will Assist at Dedication , of The Oregonian Station. . The entire radio audience of the Pacific northwest and .the Pacific coast, as well as other sections, is waiting with intense interest the concert to be broadcast from The Oregonian station (KGW) tonight by Toscha Seidel, famous Russian vio linist. Letters and postal cards have been received from California, Washington, British Columbia, Mon tana, Idaho and North and South Da kota, congratulating The Oregonian on procuring Mr. Seidel for radio and stating that receiving sets would be crowded to capacity with persons keen to hear him play the violin. If the average broadcasting area is maintained, Mr. Seidel will be heard in at least 20 states, and by no less than 100,000 persons. The average audience, it is estimated conservatively, consists of about 50, 000 radio listeners, but the enthu siasm aroused by the announcement that the great master would play has indicated that the number of listeners at least will be doubled. Local interest increased tremen dously last night after the triumph achieved by the artist at the Heilig, : when he played at the Portland ; Symphony concert. His playing wan , declared by critics to have been even more entrancing than the most en- 1 thusiastic persons had expected. His tones were marvelous; his sympathy, fire and versatility unexcelled, and if the fine microphone to be used for his playing does justice to his work, as undoubtedly it will, radio listeners will hear the finest music they ever have caught from the ether wave. Literally hundreds of large parties have been arranged in Portland. Nearly everyone who has a receiv ing set, whether it be of the small crystal or the magnavox and loud speaker kind, has arranged to en tertain as many persons as pos sible for the youthful master's playing. Patients confined to their beds in various hospitals have sig nified their intention to "ifsten in," and cores- of persons who heard Mr. Seidel play at the Heilig intend to hear him again through the air, not only to compare the tone, which everyone who heard-will remember, with the radio playing, but to hear again the exquisite playing. Mr. Seidel will play three violin solos. These are the Schubert Wilhelm "Ave Maria,' Paderewski's "Minuet" and "Liebesfreud," by Kreisler. The interest in this unusual con cert is not, however, entirely con fined to the violin solos. The two piano, solos to be played by Fran cesco Longo have attracted a great deal of attention. The excellent success which the new station of The Oregonian has attained in broadcastirfg piano music has made the piano one of the most popular kinds of radio entertainment, and listeners are anxious to hear a musician of Mr. Longo's caliber play. He bears the distinction of having played for Madame Tetraz zini when she first introduced radio singing" to New York. Like Mr. Seidel, he has played the world over and is an artist o-f high standing. The programme will begin (Concluded o.u Page 6. Column 4.) USED TO. 'S-r Big Area Awaits Devel opment, Says Witness. OREGON JEN PRESS CLAIM California Favored, Testi fies F. G. Donaldson. UNMERGER PLEA IS MADE Lumbermen, Bankers and Traffic Experts Questioned Before , Interstate Commission. THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, D. C, Dec. 6. (Spe cial.) Oregon witnesses favoring the dismemberment of the South ern Facific and Central Pacific railroads occupied a good part of the time in the hearing on the un merger question today before the interstate commerce commission. P G. Donaldson of Portland, who described himself as an independ ent .traffic man; C. P. Swigert, ex chairman ( of the Port of Portland commission; P. M. Bramwell of Medford, who said he represented nobody but himself; Fred C. Knapp, Portland lumber man; J. H. Lo throp, traffic service free lance, f Portland, and W. B. Riddle, or chardist and former railroad ex ecutive, of Medford, gave their rea sons for supporting the separation of the two railroad systems. C. F. Vandewater, district freight and passenger agent of the -Oregon-WashingtTm Railroad and Naviga tion company at Walla Walla, Wash., also testified on the same side. ' Railroad Attacks Witnesses. Mr. Donaldson said he appeared for certain Portland shippers who had intervened in the proceeding against the Southern Pacific's ap plication; also tor the Western Pine Manufacturers' association and three mills west of the Cascades, and for the East Side Business Men's club of Portland. In taking up the direct examina tion of Mr. Donaldson Attorney Wil son, for the Union Pacific railroad, began a line of questioning to dis credit certain important witnesses from western Oregon who had tes tified early in the proceeding in favor of the Southern Pacific. These witnesses were W, L. Thompson of Portland, W. W. Calkins of Eugene, E. A. Welch of Medford and O. Blanchard' of Grants Pass. . Testimony Is Assailed. On the assumption that the wit nesses mentioned had testified they represented the' Willamette Valley Lumbermen's association, Mr. Don aldson said that during a long con nection with the Willamette Valley Lumbermen's association which ter minated last April he had never heard of any of the witnesses as iumoermen xnis testimony was attacked in the cross-examination by Ben Day, attorney of the South ern Pacific, who cites the record of the hearing to show that none of the witnesses in question had pre tended to represent the lumber as sociation. The witness said that what Ore gon needed was railroad competi tion which he said was responsible for the much further -advanced de- velopment of the lumber industry in Washington notwithstanding the fact that Oregon has more standing ! timber. He said that unless Oregon ! were given increased railnoad facili ties, such as he declared the un merger offers, the- state will not share in the great lumber business which must eventually result when all the rest of the country must look to the three states of Washington, Oregon and California for their lum ber. California Declared Favored. ! On the basis of its relative timber resources Oregon, he said, should receive 43 per cent of ail the lum ber orders coming to the three states, but that it cannot hope to do so well with its present transporta tion facilities. He said that during the most disastrous7 car shortage in 1920 and on other occasions when the lumber industry in western Ore gon was stranded for. lack of ears reports showed that Jumbermen in California received 100 per cent of their demands. During the present year he said Oregon lumbermen had fared well in the receipt of cars but hinted that this improved service was because the Southern Pacific sought to bolster its own cause in the dismemberment fight. Mr. Donaldson Questioned. Attorney, Day drew from the wit ness the fact that the Western Pine Manufacturers' association, which he represented, had no mills west of the Cascades and none on the' lines of the Southern Pacific railroad; also an admission that the three western Oregon mills -he said he rep resented were on the. line of the Portland Railway, Light & Power. company and not on the Southern Pacific. The witness having said he represented the East Side Business Men's club of Portland, Attorney ftay inquired, "r.nd you don't know iCouciUdod oa fase o. Column L) Little Girl, Eager to Please Vis itors to Home, Shows Of ficers Hiding Place. A talkative little sirl the typical t child who betrays family secrets 1 cost her daddy, C. M. Townsend, just $50 in the federal court, yesterday. Townsend lived at Pulton. He was buying a home on the installment plan. Being temporarily out of work he sought to Increase the family rev enue by the manufacture of moon shine. Then he obtained a job, dis mantled his still and hid it beneath the waters of a small creek which flows near his home. ' Last summer a detail of prohibi tion ageuts raided the house. They hunted higlrand low, but could find no evidence of a still. Then the little girl came into the case the typical little girl who wanted to be nice to the nice men who were viisting her house. "You want to know where my daddy keeps his copper pot?" she lisped, "Come along, I'll show you." The child led them. By the aid of poles, the agents fished. the still from the bottom of the creek. Town send was arrested for violating the prohibition law.. His attorney appeared before Fed eral Judge Wolverton, yesterday to enter a plea of guilty. In the rear of the courtroom twas the mother and the six-year-old informer, all dressed up in her Rid Riding Hood coat and immensely pleased with the proceedings. Townsend, it was explained, was in poor financial cir sumstances, he. was buying the home and was out of work, attempting to make enough to keep the roof over the family's head. Two hundred and fifty dollars was the penalty that the father must pay for the child's loose tongue, but in view of, the circumstances, Judge Wolverton ordered that it be paid on the installment plan $50 a month for five months. PRINCE ANDREW IN ROME Greek Banished From Athens Is Received by Pope. ROME, Dec. 6. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Prince Andrew of Greece, banished by the revolution ary government in Athens for his part in the Greek military disaster in Asia Minor, arrived here today, accompanied by his wife. Princess Alice, and their four daughters. They went to the Vatican, where they were received by Pope Pius. HEMPEL LOSES $25,000 Operatic Star's Apartment Looted of Jewels and Fnrs. NEW YORK, Dec. 6: Frieda Hem pel, ''peratic star, returned today to her apartment on Central Park West after a concert tour, was noti fied that the suite was robbed yes terday. Jewels, furs and apparel composed the greater part of the loot, esti mated to be worth between $25,000 and 550,000. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 36 degrees; minimum, 30 degrees. TODAY'S Snow flurries; colder; easterly winds. I'oreigrn. I America at L,au3anne demands free stratits. Page 6.- I Ireland inaugurated as free state. Page 2. ! National. j Storms brewing over ship subsidy bill. I Page 2. J Oregonians testify railroad rivalry neces sary for state's development. Page 1. Prohibition commissioner's allowance cut ?250,000 by liouse committee. Page Clemenceau visits "Wilson and pays trib ute ai. .iiuci amiucs. j: tiC A, Domestic. Pershing demands suppression of radi cals. Page 6. Fugitive bank robber killed by pursuing policeman in Oakland, Cal. Page 15. Mrs. Clara Phillips still eludes trailing deputies. Page 3. M. Clemenceau says all Prance asks is right to survive. Page 1. Profits are main issue in Ford plant. Page 22. Real man disappears in death of George Auger, circus giant. Page 5. Pacific Northwest. Yamhill clubs denounce university and agricultural college for alleged extrav agance. Page (. Convicts under & increase in state. Page o. Sports. Scott. O. eleven challenges Washington high school. Page 16. West Hills Golf club wants SI 500 more for conditioning links. Page 15. National association bars Klepper. Page 16. Lively ball talk alibi stuff, says Matty. Page 16. Commercial and Marine. Another steamer added to apple fleet. Page 14. Dock employers refuse to meet longshore men. Page 14. Grain market develops firm undertone and closes strong with net gains. Page 23. Liberty bonds and foreign exchange take another rise. Page 18. Leather markets unsettled in slump in hide prices. Page 28. Liberty and foreign bonds advance. Page 29. Portland and Vicinity. Talkative child reveals father's hiding place for still. Page-1. Fully 100,000 radio devotees will hear Toscha Seidel play at The Oregonian dedication tonight. Page 1. Making of bread taught large class. Page 20. Young robber weeps xbut gathers J134 loot. Page 1. Snow ia forecast for Portland .and state. - Page 7. Precedent set by liquor trials here. Page 22. Oewego lake fight over storage of logs i started. Page 19. v- Cheat drives slackers to be pestered all i , year.- Pago 13. - . Tcriv'Higr extension plan again blocked, i . Pasts 30, . . . , MAN, WIFE, 3 BABES HURT Home Destroyed by Using Gasoline in Stove. EXPLOSION IS CAUSE Bodies of Victims Removed to Morgue; Flames Make Rapid Headway? EUGENE, Or., Dec. 6. (Special.) Four children were burned to death, one woman injured, probably fatally, and three other children and a man and his wife seriously in jured by fire which followed a gaso line can explosion, which set fire to a two-family home in the west Bart of Eugene about 7:30 tonight. -Dead. Orvil Church, aged 5; Ida ChuTCh, aged 3; William Church, aged 6; Marvel Johnson, aged 4. Perhaps Fatally Burned. Mrs. Ivor Johnson. Severely Burned. Leroy Johnson, aged 2; Clifford Johnson, aged 1; Hazel Church, aged 4; Mr, and Mrs. James Church. Two Families Occupy Home. The home was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Ivor Johnson and their three children and by Mr. and Mrs. James Church and" their six chil dren. Mrs. Church is Mr. Johnson's sister. From incoherent stories of the parents of the victims it was learned that the explosion was caused by pouring gasoline from a large can into a stove to start a fire. The flames spread so rap idly that before the frantic parents realized it they were sweeping through the house. Bodies Sent to Morgne. The charred bodies of the four children, a girl and three boys, were taken to the morgue, beyond recognition. Three of them were found on a bed and one beneath the bed, When the firemen reached the scene, the grown persons were running about screaming. Neigh bors who heard the explosion said that the entire house was in flames in a twinkling. The firemen at once called physi cians and a number of automobiles were requisitioned to take the in jured to the hospital. Physicians said that Mrs. Johnson would live but a short time. Her husband did not seem to be in such band con dition. h Johnson is foreman of a county rock crushing crew. Church and his family recently came here from Saskatchewan, Canada. This was the worst fire in the history of Eugene as far as the num ber of deaths was concerned. Cor oner Branstetter said tonight that a complete investigation would be made. KLAN INQUIRY WANTED House Committee Proposes Dis ciplinary Action. v WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 6. Investigation of the Ku Klujt Klan activities by a house committee, which would ,be directed to "recom mend if necessary proper disciplin ary action,' was proposed in a reso lution introduced today by Repre sentative Ryan, republican of New York. The resolution also called for an examination of the financial condition of the organization. It was declared in the resolution that tbfc klan was un-American, that it "had expended large sums for the building of palaces" and had issued "propaganda of religious bigotry and racial hatred." lAUTOIST GETS 6 MONTHS Man Who Kan Into Safety Zone Sign Is Sentenced.. SACRAMENTO, Dec. 6. Walter White, a Sacramento resident, was sentenced today to serve six months in the .county jail upon'conviotion of having run his automobile into a Bafety zone standard here last Sat urday night. He was arrested by a deputy sheriff who said he saw White pilot his car against the sign. , - Fraud Probe Kept Quiet. Although no information leaked out of the United States 'grand jury room, where the probe" of the state soi.lier bonus frauds o-f central Ore gon is being staged, is was deter mined, yesterday, that the investi gation is proceeded. A number of witnesses, who had appeared before the body, received vouchers for wit ness fees and mileage, yesterday and were excused and permitted to return to Bend. Robert F. Maguiro andand Wilbur Henderson, local at torneys, who conducted the investi gation for the state bonus commis sion, together with several men prominent In veteran affairs, were about the federal, building, where 'the hearing is being conducted, . l'ur the greater part ef the day.