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86 Pages Section One Pages 1 to 22 SEC SECTIONS vol. xxxiv no. ro. I'OUTVXl), OKEGOX, SUNDAY MORNING. DECE3IBEI. 12. JOt. TRICE FIVE CENTS. BOY OF 19 15 DEAD; IE Woman Lad Admired Sees Fatal Shot JEALOUSY IS BIYEN AS CAUSE Louis Osborn Thought to Have . Shot Self After Threat. 2 HELD FOR INVESTIGATION W inimi Oal Walking niih Harold ralsM-r he- lowth l Kald o lliir Mr-pprd lU-lorv Tbe-na and skllletl Srlf. Fr tl hie (tun. Harold ralroer. w s e'Optanting tin la the favor of Vr.. N.r' m.jui. a pretty aoaua 3 xtr t). rtwi It la believed. Louis Nof. )r oUi. la .boot and kill himself m drantit miMcr la lae a reete f Ka-itoa siortly after 1 rio.-h Uut night. ithoug ti poll.- Incline la tail t-i.oi-r. Vrt Ktoul aad Mr. Palmer arc beM It matixir (n4 ( tne Invastlaa io of ! snooting. -. Mor. palmar and Cabora bad bean al a party at the tbra beme la In Wodwrd apartments ta Keatoa. The two coa started to walk aero it Mr, b'out. liv$ lt r fareac at ZZ Mint street. m Tiirt. eye . . Aererdiag ta evidence collected by tie po.ue. palmar aad lira. eloul bad kaa leaamg OsSkww about bis Iowa at !- girts affection. HudJeoly. It I aid. OaVra turned aad started back. "i.oad-bye. 1 wi.l yea lom.fr.." y-i. Steal la aid la ba called after ligt "TSara wen I ba any tomorrow."" Ow bora la 1 lata reterte.1. Then, accord. ag ta Mr, Hout and I ralrner. Oabora drew bi raeulaer and j f red a bu!:at lata ki bead, lie fell I ea iso muMy road. i-d died la a tew aninotea. Tto laat occurred at dark p :e oa VI!:jL 'uicard. aad Mra. Jlovil and Fa.mer could l tee Veftora draw t.-.e revolver. aa Meed Irwaa Lett Mo. TBa only point la tko atory aot qnte c.ear ta t&o poUc ta U.t Oabora waa anal la tae left aide ef in bead. II. aa. -.e ofticere are Informed, a riM kaa led vnan. aad would aaluraily have littad tie waapoa to the ridht aide t bia bead. lira. 9tout became acquainted wits te two bo at tba Keatoa KiU-bea. a raataurast wAere ber mother waa ai pioved. Urv titout la married, aad baa a rMI4 1J muatba eUL bh baa ae rim4 front bar baabaai aad baa aa plied tor a divorve. both boja are aout ! year old and bao alware beea iHuml X r. t.oree. Ura. Monti mother, lold the - ao to walk bome alone at iiftl bm.-e lat time, the mother eaya. either Palmer or itout baa uaually e.ecoriad the .r bo ma. Tkreaia of bwarlde Waawetad. TJe poli.-o aay Ibay have la formation lo the effert that Oabora threaeanal lo ht:i himaelf if Mr a. ttout did aot atop om home with Talmar. The t'.rla mother eaje that Palmar aal.lom paid attentloa to Mr a. Stout, al inuh be etlaa leaaed bla chum about hr. The ahvotinal !at n:ht occurred aa iilia bole'ard. two blovba from the enter ot Keatoo. The atreel la dark and gloomy and baa no pavement, tlolk ia are line't witl uaderbruaa. The po i' e found K"xta l)lnd oo hi Uik. atretclied out eroe the roal He died In.taneW. for tha bullet paaaed lear ihrouaai bia bead. T automobile load, of polua. ondr I t. SUICID INDICATED e e : f) i i'o?,f Ax i-J r-y vnTE r VsS- "ed awe ah. , - Cr C"T - TO TT S US T?s V fAlSZ I .' I ' v bkJ ' .f.' i t " 1 BABY IS LEFT ON WOMAN'S DOORSTEP CIIII.O-S CUV ATT II ACTS TO TIM" Uf.MLE. MAX t'owndllng I Takra In Charge by Foltre l.)f- Hnt- Srr ljrip tf Hussy WhrrlcU Away. "Lady, did ou forget and leave joor beby outside? aakad a kindly diepoead maa of Mrs. ttl I U.nwtlltr, til Love- Joy afreet, about "3 o'clock laat night. "No. we have no babies here." re plied If- aurprUad Mrs. WunaHltr. whereupon the maa pointed to a bundle oa tne doorstep. " I heard It crying and thought yon f"ffl It." ba tntatrtd. and gave tha information that ba bad aaaa a woman walking do a tba (treat wheeling I baby burn. lira, Wuriweiler railed bar aoo, Na than, and they Investigated. rapped la food, but mod eat. clntbee and evaotity covered with a liht abawl. th'y found a boy about a month old. 114 bad beea rrylna luatily. "It la ary pretty.- it ra. Wuriw.tl.r aaid. Tba police ware Informed aad they nt the baby to the baby bome. at 104 1 Woodward aaaaue. LIQUOR MEN . GET READY Ucti lor ria-e Near Orrjron Malc LInIi Akrd. 1.1RLKA. Cal. Im. 1 1. 'impact!.) Tbe board of euparaiaora baa recalaed n applkatioa front the Aator Wine company, of llornbrook. eaeklnc iMcenae to coadurt a wboleaale liquor tenia. llornbrook betna; near the atate llaa. tae wholaaale liquor bouare are f ouat Isa; oa a larva buainaaa when ureaoa ar.d naMnioa become dry. Tba rao:ae of Z.9v tlpi lara In Ore- re catalogued and Irtdesed by anoinar mail order liquor bouae that la traparlnaT to open la Horcbrook. BREWERY MEN TO STAY Clan tanaa-ry and alalor1ant Will Hold AbnWa Workrra. clt- Taatarday'a dactaloa cf tba Du prema Court upfcoUlnar the dry law will raeult la the cioalne; bore on Janu ary I of a brewery and J aalooaa. The ma-hlnary of the Abardaea brewery Company, valued at $ZkO. mill "m abippad lo California. Meat of tae employee of the com pany wt; alay bare. aeveral of the Sice men are Interested In a clam can nery aad there will become Interested la a hatalortam, lo be erected at a coat ot I11.WH. BANKERS GET FIVE YEARS Threw ri-OrriclaU hc-nlrncrd In I rtl erwl Court la Iowa. M'Cl'QL'E. la. Dec. II. Joaeph llarrifaa. ei-lco-preaidant; Ceorse lloman. es-caahlar. and Cberlea Ul.e. ev-telter la trie Dubuque National Hank, w.re aentenced today la the Catted !tatee dietrict court to flee year. ei'b la V a rrdaral penitentiary at fort latcTaorth. Tbe three former bank officiate pleaded guilty to cbarcaa of bavinc made fatee entriee oa lie booka of the baak and misappropriating fuada ap proilaatlag tti.tee. ALBANIANS ARE STARVING Weakest Sacramb to Cold IWca a ad of latrnsa Hanger. HO MIX teo. II. rtaporta from Al bania Indicate that condtUona there are most dietreeeing. the people being n the point of etarvatlon. the waakeat being unable lo realat the cold on ac count ef kuager. It. P.dward W. flynn. representing tha American tied Croaa. I etudying the attuattoa lo arrange for the aending of auppliea Into Albania, which It I'.ira advtaabta lo conreatrata al Du ra tin. GLIMPSES OF SOME NEWS EVENTS OF i ItltniUH L HAIL ESSENTIALS Lessons Drawn From European War. IMPORTANT ACTIONS ' CITED Outdated Warships Superior to Those of United Staes. FAST CRUISER FEATURE trrl. (.1111 rower and Kangn tie c-rrfw of Ilrlllah Domination. Says lrrIrrick Palmrr, and Wa fall Short la All. Hir.e iu bocinrlne 'of ba great ear Vr !-r-k calmer h.a beea le oolr f-fl'-lel repreeentatlve ef the eaMre AmtfWq preea Hh the eltlee. end Ksa;afit and rrmn-e aeieoted Mm for tt. Important poet because Of bla ta tlrvaie kioelMtc of the alienee of war. IWtlriMnt slit te Greek oar ef 1SOT Mr. re'mer haa beea al the frnt ef e.err Important ear ece4 elnea Iben. lie baa reported and Studied tbem all. and Ilea aeea more of msdini warfare tfi.it anv Amerlr-eii' offleer or aoldler. ft are.t I. British confilenee n r. fa:rner that ba siaa the flret etlan avowed ! visit the nritlsh erand fleet. somewhere In the Nrtk ad to vrvs And etodv thle ereat eolleotloa ef rnotlae flchtlng fortreesea that f Ivee linaland her eentrol ef the see a. nr rrrnrtrit rAi.vrn. Oopyrtcbt. latv. br tha wheeler orndlrate.1 VTt nead not thaortie. Tha open book of riparlenre of tha greatest war n all htetory la before na to proflt by. Every arm by land and mi b been rlcd out by tba fnremoet military na tions of- tbe world. Tha leeeona bring are thosa of practice In Europe aa applied to our country. Flret. the Nay. which la our prime efanse. beceuae we shall never be at tacked by Canada or Mexico, and there fore never attacked by land until our Navy loee command of the eeaa. Kvery aval recruiting poetrr thai li put up. whether la Kanaaa or Maine, every beat of a riveter on the plala of a attleahip. every gun drill, baa only one Otjert. t':e laat of a dertalve battle which may laat only half n hour. To la we muit have everything a mod- ro bvr requlrea. for we fare navica which are prepared In every detail. Three tllraneela ItaaealUL Gun power, apead and range nave won every naval action fought wo far. Thry have kept the command of the aeaa for Kng!anL O-in power ineane the destrjrtion ot your enemy whan you have htm within ra. h of your gun, h'read meant that you tan overtake blm If you are atronger than he and eacape from him If be la atronger tiian you. Range meana the eame thing a a reach to a boxer that )ou can land a blow when tha enemv'e falla abort. If your ahella carry S.0o yarda and his only 11.000. and you have tbe a peed of him. you at and off out of danger and batter bli ahlpa Into the sea. Whan this war began two European forces, the British navy and German army, were certainly prepared. Mark the reeuli: British eotl and German aoU are free of the lavadera heel. Brttleh faro of aaerlarlly. The British navy haa atuck to three essentials speed. gun power and ranee. Wa have not. The British Ad miralty Indulged In no Illusions and no estravagaaces of construction. It did not simply build a navy: It made sure of Ita superiority In speed, gun powder and range, buck Is tha tradition of the Urlti.h navy and auch was ours until recently. If. for tbe laat It ears. the British navy bad followed the naval policy of the L'nilod Mat's In Its building and organisation, draplte Britain's superior tonnace. Germany, not Knar land, would nlnms iiirnini AGKINu H INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS Tbe Weather. TEfTKRnAT'H Maximum temperature, 4 decree.; minimum. 59 degree TOl'AV'it probably fair; eoutheaeterty alnda. TTar. Writing of a"M!rr' dead, uaed to advantage br enemies oevtiun 1. page T. Holland eoreroment vl:l Ignore t'ord parly, ooction 1, pare 3. Prance para puMic honor to Its war heroes, bertlon 1. pacJt. Fredririt pilnnr'sjit America lacka naval essentials. Se'!!'!! 1, pace I. Allies decide to continue Balkan campaign. beclloa J. page T. t'aretga. German newspaper, vav Hrltlsh are tnclt- Ing Americana aaainsi them, bectloa 1. pace -jl. Tuan arcpia Chinese throne. bectloa 1. pate e. N'alloaaL War ro-ts American posiofflce 51. 000.000. riectioa 1. pace ft. Government orf--iala eoulrm at truths In Ortu.ron Club burlesque. Section 1. pass 4. Trousseau of White House bride finally ac- ccptro. rieriion i. pace lv. War ollefe plin ta held too ripenalve. rice tion 1. page S. House Republi-ana prepare committee Uat. ectlon 1. pace a. Gradualra of press now represent Northwest In Lower Li o use ot Congresa. bectlon J. page t. Domeetlc. Dynamlla found near California powder Piant. munition plot suspected, section 1. page 4. Two areat storms battle for aupremacy In Middle West. Section 1, page 1. Oreeon people become prominent In New lurk, bectloa I. page a Taa on applea for advertising nropoeed. bectlon 1. pee 4. Clert-a declare Tumulty wrong on Mexican ouiragie. orction 1, page 4. Nornial president sdvocafea Individual In struction, hee'llou 1, page 2. Sporta. Bawling Intereet Increases. Section 3. paaa 4. Stanford alumni here favora abandoning rugbr fooiba:!. Section 2, page . Seven thnufapH eievene born of andiron In years. Kectloa 1. pae4 . Pttsslmmnna" vlrtorv over fiempaey la 18DI a recaiiea. section z. paaa I. Pour big league ballplayer, take trap.hoot- In. tour ot unusual aucceaa. IMctlon Z, paaa 4. Senator ri'r defends New Tork'a box ing law. Section z, page a. Hunter. f:oek to Arllnemn for ducks and geeea. bectlon 7. page 4 Perpetual rating tourney arranged for Port land tio.i t.iua uacniDers. aectloa a. paaa I. Coach Penstermaeher tlilrss new rulea Im prove hasKetta'L Section 2. page 1. Sportsmen's Ulsus wl'l dlsuse new pheaa set hunting .a sr. section 2. paaa a. Seventy a-e turnlnc out In O. A. C. basket- nan saltan. oection z. paaa l. CotumMa Parka and Washlncton Athlatio uo ciatn tooay. nectiun z. page a. Mrs Mar Sutton Bundy rrgaina tennlg title. Kectioo 2. page a. Wilson leads In bockey awagea. Section i page Z. Cemmertlal aad Marias. Apn.e market hurt b? sales of cull fruit. .-tiaa . pasa u WLssi hicher at Crtirago on he. ivy export Clearanres. aeclun . page !. Demand for raiie at-engtti.na Walt Street market, e-eciion 3. page lo. Cash supplies abundant In all sections of country, settle n z. p.ge la. Coluoit'le lettlea ar- 1 2 per rent completed t-eorainte Army enrtneor. beetloa S. pace 1 a. Cereal earner not offered, bectloa S. pas I part of Cooa Pay asks Cor. cress for money for deep-eater channel. Section 2. page 1. radflo Nsrthwaat. Growera tounrit la called failure by Flood lllver applemea. bectlon 1. paga 10. Jibe at Uoverror anger Idaho icmocrata. section 1. page a. TTashlngton dry law to be attacked from another angle, section 1. paga Is. rortlaad aad Vk-talty. Boy of IP. In fit of Jealousy, kills self. Section 1. paga 1. I.lveetock ahow cloaes. Section 1. page SU Stata 1'nlversity topic at Civic League lunch. eon. Section 1. paga IS. Thrift campaign ta planned. Section Z. page is. Reed chorua to give Christmas concert Frt- da. section li. paga I. 6.-W. It. A N. Com show prove, ability of Northwest. Section 1. page IS. Mr Paly submits chares, but Dr. Marcellua haa oi defense ready )et. bectlon X, page II. Four dead, one dying and aaven III la week'a record for trtchlnoeia. Secttoo 1. paga 14. Sheriff llurlburt confident ha can enforce prohibition law. bectlon 1. page li. 1 Aaeoetated Cbaritlee needa atlll mora funds to aid poor. Section 1. paga 13. J. K. I'rmin flnda same problerna In ast aa In West. Section 1. page 12. Voorhlee will at Denver to be contested by Portland heir. Section 1. page IX District Court clerk la short In ac counts, seetlon I. pasa IS. T. M. r. A. boa -will take Winter blka to Spirit lake ramp In mountains. Sec tion 1. page 12. North Portland commercial Club la active. Section 1. paga 14. Alleged diamond robber are Jailed and gems are recovered. Section 1. paga Id. Algrettee snipped off hata on Washington street. Section 1. paga 1. ACaronding Eaetern tax collector ends Joy trip In Portland Jail. Section 1. paga 1. areltv baby founding ta lett on woman's ecoorstrp. section 1. page 1. Weather report, data and forecast. Sec tion Z. pace t. Poaltrv and Pet Stock show ende after successful we.k. Section 2. Page . 1 PAST WEEK AS CARTOONIST REYNOLDS CAUGHT 2 STORMS BATTLE FOR RIGHT OF WAY Ensuing Blizzard Cov ers Middle West. HEAYY DAMAGE IS REPORTED Sleet Carries Down Wires, Delays Traffic. WABASH TRAIN IS LOS Chicago Shoppers Meet Accident Braving Weather Hundreds of Young 'orchards In In- diana Tteported Ruined. CHICAGO. Dee. 11. (Special.) Win ter. long- overdue, descended on in Middle Western gtates today in the form of a. furious blizzard, which 1 increasing; In intensity. The snow stqrm. originating yester day in Kansas and sweeping up through lows, struck Illinois, Indiana. Lower Wisconsin and fringes of Michigan early today and was met by a north east gale- The result was a battle for suDre'macy and a blinding blizlard, which tore down telegraph and tele phorre wires, stalled trains, put lre alarm systems out of commission and caused manv accidents in the dark and stormy streets of the cities. Wabash Crack Trala Loaf. One of the chief sufferers by the storm watt the Wabash Railroad, which lost Its crack train from St. Louis be tween Springfield and Decatur. All wires were down and it was Impossible to trace the derelict train, except by tending out track walkers. Heavy sleet had knocked down tbe wires and covered the rails. The Illinois Centrsl and Chicago & Alton systems, traversing the same region, reported unusually heavy eieet storms, but al! their trains, while badly delayed, were -counted tor. C)-tcago'a grew' army of shopper felt the full fury of the storm. They were out early, regardless of the weather, taking their chances. .Many women were thrown down by the swirling winds, others were struck by automobiles In the blinding snow. Deaths Reported la Chicago. The police report many cases of in jury from slipping on Icy pavements, One man died from a fractured skull from this causa. Two persons, struck by automobiles will probably die. The procession of hata, both men's and women's, torn off and scattered by the gale would have stocked a large-sized shop. Forecasters said the crest of tbe storm would paaa by noon tomorrow and that no extreme weather would follow. Temperatures gank tonight to ;8 above zero. The storm center to day was over Central Missouri. South ern Illinois and Indiana hit hard and wire service was demoralized in those districts all day. Northern Indiana was more fortunate, as it was sheltered by the northeaat gale, which shifted tha Missouri storm over the Lake. In Northern Illinois tha snowfall was heavy, but in the southern tiers of counties of Illinois. Indiana, Missouri and parts of Iowa sleet was responsi ble for most of the damage. . Yeans Orcharda Badly Damaged. Dispatches tonight from Southern In diana districts aay great damage has been dona to young, orchards. Tbe heavy sleet loaded down the trees and the gale which followed the sleet storm, snapped off the branches, hundreds of orchards are reported to bo ruined. Along the Monon Railway the fleet and htnti winds broke down telegraph Concluded on I'ase o. Column 1.1 AIGRETTES SNIPPED OFF PRETTY HATS WOMAN BEPUTV ON STKKKTS CONFISCATES FINEKY. leathers Valued at $30 Taken From Pedestrian, Who Hides Identity. Tears Accompany Loss. Uneasy lies the head that wears an aigrette! The potency of that statement Is quite clear to two more Portland women .to day. For yesterday morning as Miss Adah Hubert, of 374 Third street, and a Mrs. Raymond, who cared not to divulge either her address or her husband's narue. were mingling in the Washing-v-street wirongs, they were accosted ad their new Winter hata divested of the finery that the law has said shall not be worn. ' Mrs. J. C. Murray, a deputy game warden, was responsible for the con fiscation. She took from the hat of Mrs. Raymond, while the latter was standing In the entrance to the Morgan building? a black aigrrette composed of 50 strands that Mrs. Murray appraised at $50. Miss Hubert was taken to the office of the State Game Warden in' the Pittock building, and there saw. tearfully, her Winter hat stripped of Its distinctive beauty. CHRISTMAS MAIL SAILS Money Orders to Europe Show In crease of $1,569,930. NEW YORK, Dec. 11. American Christmas mail to Europe, the last of which was dispatched today, consisted of 8550 sacks. The sacks .carried, in addition to ordinary letters, 90.500 registered arti cles, 34,900 parcel post packages and 284.437 money orders. The money orders represented $3. 158.797. an increase over the Christmas mail for 1914 of .1.467.704. The largest amount to go to any individual country was $1,569,930. to Great Britain. Germany will receive $228,323. 3 CUTTERS RECOMMENDED i Coast Guard Asks Vessels Tor San Francisco and Alaskan Waters. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. Two cutters for work on the Pacific Coast and in Alaskan waters, one for 'the harbor of New Tork and another for San Fran -claco harbor aie recommended ta the annual report of the Coast Guard sent today to Congress. The cost of all these vessels is not definitely given, but apparently would be more than $500,000. The report fa vors early rebuilding of the 279 sta tions otjthe Coast Guard. LIEUT. MARBURG Is SHOT Ex-Minister to Belgium Hastens to Wounded Son's Side. BALTIMORE, Dec. 11. Theodore Marburg, ex-Lnited States Minister to Belgium, has been notified by the Brit- h War Office that his son. Lieutenant Theodore Marburg, of the Royal Fly ing Corps of the British army, was wounded in the head and leg in an en gagement on tbe French battle line December 7. Mr. Marburg left for New York to day and will call on the steamship Lafayette to Join, his son. SCULPTOR KILLS HIMSELF War Stops Orders for Work. So Paul Meriot Seeks Death. NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J, Dec. 11. Paul Meriot. a New York sculptor, com mitted suicide today , at the home of Luvian V. Bruno, of Metuchen. Before hooting himself with a shotgun, he placed a deed for a cemetery .lot on a table in his room. Meriot's failure to procure orders on account of the war was attributed by I his friends as the motive, for the sui- cide. THEM- EMBEZZLER'S JOY TRIP IS CHECKED Absconding Easterner Is Jailed Here. CAREER ON COAST IS GAY Pennsylvania Borough Short Thousands in Tax Money. PRISONER ADMITS CHARGES Nation-Wide Search Knds With Ar rest In Portland San Francisco Detectives Are Eluded, hut Remark Betrays Plans. , j "Though I have no knowledge of the actual amounts, my accounts were short probably between $15,000 and $18,000, but I only took $3000 when b left, when I might have absconded with $43,000 of state, county, school and borough tax money deposited to my personal credit I think this fact will help me to prove that I fled from the fear of facing the disgrace of dis covery and not because I wished to rob the taxpayers." Clinton E. Sitler, who, as tax collec tor of tha Borough of Tamaqua, Pa., embezzled a sum reaching into five figures, did not attempt to deny his guilt when arrested in Portland yester day by Francis S. Alkus, manager of the local Burns International Detec tive Agency, after a Nation-wide search, beginning September 24. when Sitler disappeared. Sitler had arranged for quarters al a fashionable Portland hotel, his trunk and six suitcases had been delivered to his room and his valet was busy un packing the 15 suits of clothes, silken shirts, underwear and fine linen, which his employer carried with him, when the arrest was made. Identity Readily Admitted. "Sure I'm the hian you want. I'll go with you, and the sooner I get back to Tamaqua the happier I'll be. I want to see my baby," wis Sitler's greeting to the detective. He was turned over to Detectives Roylo and Cahill and taken to the City Jail. Sitler is a diminutive, dapper young man. 29 years old. dresses in the very finest fashionable clothing, carries jewelry worth many hundreds of dol lars, and his whole atmosphere breathes of money and disregard for expense. His traveling funds, however, were low when he arrived in Portland, on his way, so he saia, to vvrangeii, AiaiKa. The millionaire recklessness with which the young man spent money is shown by the purchase of an auto mobile for $1800 in Los Angeles, and its sale several days later for $800 when ho was leaving the city. He has taken In the fairs and has been living, to Stake his word for it, a gay and glorious life since breaking from Tamaqua. Renarki Betray Man. In San Francisco. Sitler gave detec tives the slip as they were waiting to arrest him at the Atworth Hotel, and with trunk, suitcases and newly ac quired valet, Danny Cook, ex-bellboy, left for Portland. His destination was guessed by detectives frcm unwise re marks let slip a few nights previous, and the local Burns' agency was tele graphed, and the train yesterday morn ing was met at Oregon City. "Jt's booze that tipped me," said Sitler yesterday. "If I had not become drunk on several occasions I wouldn't have tipped my hand and would have been going yet. Yet. frankly, I was consider ing seriously giving up the worry and nervous strain of dodging detectives (Concluded on l'ae lo. Column 2.