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Section One Pages 1 to 16 68 Pages imi SK SECTIONS VOI- XXXIV. NO. PORTLAND. OREGON. SUNDAY MOUSING, DECEMBER 2G, 1915. PRICE FIVE CENTS. COUGAR WANDERS IN PARK DOMAIN AMERICA WITHOUT SUPPLY OF CANNON AMERICAN AIDING WOUNDED KILLED OBJECT LESSON WILSONS CAUGHTIN STORM ON LINKS IS urn I.IAQP1QC SANTA TO onitiAiA .nr. ntiuiiTi:?si:n, BIT IKXT II .IKK SHOOT. DARTMOUTH COLLEGE BOY DIES IOI.ti PCTV IX ALSACE. PRESIDENT COVERS WIFE WITH COAT AND CATCHES COLD. CHINESE EDITOR IS .SLAIN AT BANQUET TOli SWIVEL PLANNED IE iin in nn Assassin Kills Advocate of Monarchy. PAJilC SEIZES MERRYMAKERS Victim Said to Be Blood Cou sin of Yuan Shi Kai. SECRET MISSION HINTED Jlerderrr Throw Weapon to floor. Kan tim Malr and Sn I ljvt la Throne of lraclco Mghl Kan francisco. r. Wong Tu.a Tone former editor of tb Asiatic New, a paper published at Shanghai, a. the. official organ of Chinee favor hi return to the moctrchul form o( gvrmat. a. .hot In to bark an) hilled attending a Chinos Chrlstmaa banquet here toatght. The iiatiila earaped .nJ was on recognised. Tot Take slffee. Wong had taken til Chrl.tma din ner la a private diatng-roora with C T. Kuo and C T. Loh. both Ctilowt com Bilionr to th Panama-Pacific Kx- eitlo from t hi l province. China, la the adjoining banquet bell hunJrrls f prominent CMcih wr sealed at dinner Won left Ma companions for a mo ment to light a cigarette at th cash, ler's ut Jat a bo wss about to re turn to his tabic aa unidentified Chl- fir't two .hot, both of which touk effect. Wonc toll and crawlod to tio room he bad left a moment before. IU il da4 whoa medical aid reached ktm. A. la lrs-a Cvwwd. Tba aaaaae.'a throw hi weapva to the floor and dashed down a lone atalrwar to th street. wb.ro bo wa l".t to view la a et.ase crowd of Ch in- aod ichtar. In aa Instant tb banquet ball wa transformed, from a cne of merry making ta a place of riot and fear.1 aey el taa a Mr.. believing that a tone war bad broken out. sous at place of safety, but wk.a It wa found that tho victim had not boa active In tore or society circles and that b waa a aowcomor to fan Fran cieoa. quiet waa re.tored Won; Tuea Yang re.icned hi pool a 4.te of tho A. lath? New laat N venber. after th baiUiiag wbick housed tho awtpr plant bad boon lmM. auppoaod'.y bjr persons desir ous) of mainta.olog tio Chines T.puo lc. II camo at onto to Sao Francisco and bad boea living quietly la a hot.l kere sine Noiir 2. . MlaaJ) Moatloaed. Prominent China .aid tonight aftar tho .hooting that Wonc tamo to tbla country oat a rot mtsaioa. tho nature of which) waa not fcintod at. Whacker bo till faord tho moaarchlal form of oTornmont for bia a-ailvo land or had traaafarrad hi aiUlaaro to tho rapubltc wa not knowa by thoao Inti avaia with blm. Klmaaa To, -rtary for tko (Tblaoao roa.ui-C.naral la Itaactaco. aaid taalcht that tho aaaaaatsatad man waa a blood couain to lutt Shi Kai. kaad of tho Ch In.. Koyarnroont ea tho fo mato aid of tho family. Wonc. b aaid. bad boon a.atduoiuly atadylnc tho :nH.i Lancuaco .loco hi arrival at yaa Iraneiacov hatnc aacacad two In .tr-jclor frora tho China mia.loa to t.arh him. Nttaa'a lalloiarWa l'r. II waa not protnin.nt mmoag tho ( htnaa of l"n rranrtaco aad waa Intl- .oMitl re . 'Ima 4 A FAMOUS OLD BzmGHrz- II ace I rllow Cannot lie Ilnlict-d Oat of Att bT l' of Arms I I orblUJra and Trap I Hop. UKATTLE. tVaah. Doc tS. ( racial.) A hunt I bolnc rr-ado lor aa normoua wild tout ir that baa kpt Caratak.r IIak.tt. of Soward Park, I coa.taat tarror for a wk. t could hao shot tho animal ra tlm. aya Mr. llack.il. IT l could fco got hire off th park prop- arty, but b woa't C't off. and aboolioc lin t aUowad laaldo tho tark. Tho blc ca whlck la kaid to atand four faat k!h waa flrat aa by Mr. Ilarkatt aVtal It dara ao. 8 nc tba tim It baa h.pt him Indoor nlahta aad la aaxlaty ry day whl'.o mkln tb round of tho clty'a property. Mr. Hack.lt raportad tho matter to Park ?uprlnt.nJnt Thompaon. who. In turn, told Vtrlnrlan Out Koudaon, of Woodlasd Park. Friday the latter want ol to Italley rBlaula. but could not drive the ao dacioua aolmn! off tho park land and raturn.d empty.haBd.d. Today a determined effort waa mad to dialodc the feline from his uaurped domain of oaX.ty and cat him Into the open country. It la hoped to trap him and If b!a la acromplla.'-.ed. he will be added to th Woodland Park loo. SANTA WILL BUILD HOME Architect to I" rr pare Plana for Headquarter la New York. NEW TOftK. Pec. ChrUtmaa day brousbl the announcemeat tnal anhltact have beea eommUaloned to ereoared tIana for a monument to tieata Claua la the form of a building huh will aere aa headquartera In thla city for the International fania Claua Aaaoclation. The atrncture will exemplify the plrlt of Chrltma. The plana will provide for a llllputlan auditorium. where children- playa will" be clren. and a oaiaar for the free eihtbltlon of ew toys to oncourase the toy-making Indualry In thla country. KINDNESS IS MISDIRECTED I'rlrnd Impersonate Dead Maa to Help Widow Get Insurance. LOS ANOELKS. Pec JS. "Chrltmaa plrlt gone wrong." waa re.poneible. according to detectirea. for the arrest oday of Thoraaa Pecoo on the all.ga- loa that he had Bought to Impersonal 11 McCarron. who disappeared In a caooe aeveral daya ago off Lone Beach and attempted to have reinstated a Ispeed Insurance policy for $.o on the life of McCarron. DecoVe alleged purpose, officer said. was to procure tho proceeds of the policy for the young bride of McCar tea. who has been cleeo up for loat. LATE TRAINS DELAY MAILS Chrtatntaa Buln-a Itu-li at Po- orrire Practically Ended. l'alea tralna ar delayed longer than Is expected, the Portland post om will be able to get all Ita Christ maa mail cleaned up tbmorrow. accord leg to announcement ye.terday by Poetma.ter Myara. Delayed trains baa been tb principal trouble encountered thla Chrlstmaa In keeping the holiday roak moving. One dyery yeaterday practically cleaned up the bulk of the Crietmaa snail oa hand. APPLES BRING $21,000 Caalinw-re 1'ralt Growers' Vnlon Make Chrlstmaa Payment. CASHMERE. Wash.. Pee. I J (Spe cial ) Th Cashmere Frullrrower' Union has mad a Christmas payment of lit.. This makes an average advance to date of centa per box on all apples of standard grade shlppsd this aon. NEWS 7yr 0'CTYO& Of? CHVA Need of Artillery Les son of War. fitmui MIT RF FIPFNSnfF w '. Present Guns Would Not Man 20 Miles of Trenches. BRITISH PAY IN LIVES Army That Depend on Ilerolm and Xeplert Machinery of War fare Doomed In Advasx-e to M.ike Enormoaa Sacrifice. BT rRnDERN-K PALMER. -ond nf Hflt of article on '"Eumpe's H.tt.. Front taon. for Am.r1rt." Copy. nsbt. ISIS. y ma Wbealer ndicate. loci Artillery la trie aensatlon of this war. No one disputes that. Without adequate guns, an army la helpless. However excellent Ita rlflea. however well drilled It may he. It la aheeo for alaughter.l The use of guns meana the uae of ma- cninery lor killing Instead or oid-iasn-i toned manpower. Safe out of J-each of rlfla huli-i. th. ...... ,h.ir will .... , , " I "im toe imaniry. I The United Statea haa not enough I : una for tha defenaa of 50 milea of I .,.K , . tw,... . . .. . " - - " i facturlng people, a people who believe I In tha use of machinery Instead of manpower, we have orenared to wo to I . . . . . . I war by band. Our Army haa been I kept In th period of the spinning beel and the handloom. Verasaay Oaly Nation Prepared. Germany waa tho 'one nation which fully foresaw the importance of ar tiilery before the war. Her attaches brought the lesson home from the Russo-Japaneae war. The German ataff accepted the opinion of Ita experts and acted accordingly. A good pro portion of the immense aum which Germany used In preparing for thla war went Into guna of every possible kind and caliber from the machine guna that fire bullets to antl-alr craft guna, from mortars that flra bom b. to guns that fire smart little hl(h- velocity shells and enormous 17-Inch I hells Germany concluded to use machln- err to win Instead of flesh and blood I yet Germany haa never had enough guna in thla war. never enough shells. 1 There seems no such thing aa enough I artlllerr In modern war. Artillery can M... ... . . . I . , "- .i w V ' buu pviuiicni .rviiivi vaiii atop the beat Infantry In the world. I Of all tha nation, w. .kn..M ha Ir.nr , -,n, . ... f buy guna. To ua flesh and blood are precious; but we still depend on them. , Leaaaa Taeght oa Marae. Th first glimpse I had of the bat' tie of the Mirne Illustrated the puw er of gun fire, tha last action I saw at the Britleh front brought the same lesson home. Never did I watch ar tillery ir'lon. never waa I under shell fir, without thinking Just this: "Even If we can't get men to enlist la the regular Army we may have guna. We who built the Panama Canal and have won the world'a admiration for our industrial organisation at least can be ready with guna. In caae of a crisis, if not with Infantry Tho experience of the British army la this war is leason enough. It hardly seems possible that the England of the British navy and the England that sent Ita little army to that, heroic retreat from Flandera la one and the aame country. Th fact that It la proves that successful warfare these days Is not due to innste heroism of the people or their willingness to give up lire tt otirl.'IH on 4. t'oluiua a I EVENTS AND FORECAST German Miell Drmolltbra Ambo lance Yale Graduate With Same Corpa la Slightly Woandd. PARIS, Dec SS. Richard Melville Hall, of Ann Arbor, lllcb-, a volunteer bi. corp. oP,r.ung with the French army la Alsace, waa ance of hla duly. The newa wa re celved by telephone today by th American ambulance committee. ' Hall waa tho Sl-yearold son of Profeaaor It. O. Hall, of the University of Michl gan. He waa one of a group of Dart mouth College recruits who entered th ambulance service laat June and. whe killed, he wa driving a Dartmouth College field ambulance. L P. Hall, hla brother, who la at present serving In the same aectlon. will return at once to Pari. Detaila of the young man's death have not yet been learned, except tha be waa driving, or standing near, his car when it was struck by German shell and demolished. - C. Doyle, of Worcester. Mass., was slightly wounded at the same time. Doyle la a graduate of Tale. He Joined the ambulance laat September. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TEJTKRDAT-S Maximum temperature, 48 TODArs--Probably fair; westerly winds. Crltir.i operationa believed J on n.iv.a rront. section . pace x "Oon clarsyman prsya for "emancipation" wc""a" i. P - roiana mora deaolata than Belslum, EeO' .lion 1. paae 1. German editor comment on latest not to u,,r section x, pas. 4. American col!.,, boy killed while Mldlnc wounuea in Aluw. section 1. page 1. Ford pilgrims' peace plsns still v. sue. Bee UOB .. national. eed or 7300 more marines aet forth In commandant', report. Section 1. naea ft. Wilsons caught In rain storm on golf links M-cuoa l, pace i. Domestic. Colonel Indicates candidates ha would sup port on Kepublican ticket. bectlon I age . Dr. Cook cotnlna horns br war of Siberia. section 1. pas T, Chines editor who favored monsrchy as- auinated in San Francisco. Section Pass 1- Parlfle Northwest. Seattle National Bank. In acml-ennual re view, painta roseate trade picture. Sec (ion i. pace Idaho Republican, dlacuu Mooee for Got ernor. section 1, pass 8. Cougar. large n Seattle park, frightens aiiiciaia aection a. page 1. Kport. McCredla doe.n't want Chadbourne back with financial strings. Kection . page L Interest beeeball la atmmerlnc again. Berry withholds plans for training of Seals. section 2. pace L t'D"J?J'1om. .Ji7-. V,et0Ii here Tuesday. Jon. on w.r EMt- ,lvM ut of In reds, section 2. page 2. "lrertous" Billy Smith to fight. Section . Page 3. w.r groa. m popularity. Section 2. page X. Tommy Burn. vent, to cancel Wlllard-Ful- r'bU aectlon X, page a. Cincinnati eserclaea option oa BUI Rodger. section 2. page 4. Commercial aad Marias. O.-W. R. a X. Company Is host to 1100 st free dluner oa Aisaaalo. Section X page T. Scbooter Oakland and atramer Rn Ramoa change hands. Section 2. page 7. Portland ' aad Vicinity. Even Portland jais .har sprit of Chratmaa. Section 1. page 12. Tommy Swivel t. Fanta Claus to 230 children, section I. pass 1. Perspective of new poatofflc building la made public, section 1. page 10. No big ehacae expected In downtown rents January 1. section l. page lo. Bankers say prosperity Is spreading. Section 1. peso 13. Portland's lesd In health ehown by Federal Mrit v t B!.nk , For, GroTfc tloa I. page a. rrlars Club mar become family park la IU. section 2. pegs S. Polly and Her Pals to bo dally corale fea ture of The Oregonisn. section l. pass n. Children far well at St. Johns, section 1. page Vaudeville artlat. cheer county farm re1- deata. section 1. page 14. Folk of footlights sbsre seseon's Joy. ejec tion 1. page 1 JameMI ilng. to derelicts. Section 1. page I-'. Weather report, data and forscsst. sec tion 2. pase a. IN PICTORIAL REVIEW ff HWXVrOKO OSME : . HIS WISH , i W$ ' j Chamberlain Wants to Shell Real Trenches. CONGRESS TO SEE RESULTS Position Near Washington De sired for Bombardment. PROBLEMS TO BE. SHOWN Senator Says People Read of Bat- tics in Europe Without Kcaliz Ins ICovr Far Short American Preparation Falls. WASHINGTON. Dec. 23. (Special.) Congress will have an object lesson In preparedness for modern warfare, If Senator Chamberlain, of Oregon, chairman of the Senate committee on military affairs, succeeds in carrying out a plan he has conceived to Illus trate graphically the problem of Na tional defense. When Congress reassembles the Sen ator will propose that a division of reg ular troops or of regular and National Guard troops be assembled at the near est suitable point to Washington. He would have these troops when mobl Used dig trenches and otherwise for tify a defensive position. Real Attack Would Follow. Then the division would attack the fortified position, the artillery using real shrapnel and high explosive shells nd the infantry ball cartridges and hand grenades. Although the position would not be defended by troops and no men would be under fire at any time, the Senator is of the opinion that the attack would furnish a more valuable object lesson than the ordinary maneuvers or sham battle. Mr. Chamberlain believes that after witnessing the mobilization of a divi sion and an attack of this character Senators and Representatives would return to Washington better prepared to ' legislate for the equipment and training of an army required by mod ern conditions of warfare. Difficulties Will Be fehowa. Here are some of the Issues which would be illuminated by such an ob ject lesson: First Tha training, organization and discipline necessary If a division is going to dig itself In properly and tberwlse prepare for the defense of any position It may hold. Second The difficulties attending the defense and attack of a position and the training and discipline abso lutely essential if such defense or at tack Is to be made. Third The effect of hlirh exDlosive H-hell and grenade fire and what it meana to have face it. Ijick of Guns Demonstrated. Fourth Our lack of heavy field una needed. to smasn imaniry ranches. "Fifth How difficult it would be for ua to mobilize one complete division, which Is the smallest complete, divlson of an army. I am constantly impressed with the difficulty of creating a thorough under- tandlng of the necessity of providing adequate National defense," aald Sena tor Chamberlain. "People read how battles are fought nowadays In Europe. ut they do not realize how far short e are of the preparation to fight such battles. Sheila Stronger Than Oratory. "In my opinion nothing would por tray more graphically what we must do to fit our Army for modern war- re than the moMlziatlon of a body ConclLJdtl on I'ago 4. Column 2. RY CARTOONIST REYNOLDS. Bride, Nevertheless, Suffers Thor ough Drenching Turkey, In Southern Style, Tops Feast. HOT SPRINGS, Va., Dec. 25. Presi dent Wilson and Mrs. "Wilson were driven from the golf links here today by a heavy rain storm which broke suddenly and drenched both before they could reach their . hotel a mile way. Despite the cold mountain air, however. It Is said at the hotel tonight that neither had suffered any serious effects, though the President caught a slight cold. With secret service guards acting as caddies the couple had Just started around the links when the first rain drops fell. They immediately turned back for the hotel and as the etorm became heavier the President removed hla coat and threw it about Mrs. Wil son's shoulders. Even this did not save her from a thorough drenching. The President and Mrs. Wilson to night ate a Virginia Christmas dinner in their private aulte. A turkey, roasted in Southern style, was served with other favorite dishes prepared espe cially for the couple. On the table was a small Christmas tree. More than 50 Christmas gifts were delivered at tho President's euite to day. A large bouquet, including a cluster of roses and some orchids. Mrs. Wilson's favorite flower, came from the White House conservatories. ASHLAND CHILDREN JOYOUS Entertainments Are Given for Little . Folk by Elks' Lodge. ASHLAND, Or., Dec 25. (Special.) The overshadowing events of the holi day week here were the trees for the little folk, given by the Elks Friday. Children less than eight years old participated in a matinee at the Vining and in the evening those up to 13 years were guests at the same theater at a celebration. Every child was remem bered and there were 1000 registrations of young folk who shared the Christ mas remembrance of the donors. MUTES TO GET OUT PAPER Printing Class From State School Will Handle Vancouver Issue. VANCOUVER. Wash., Dec. 25. (Spe cial.) Monday's issue of a local daily paper will be printed and all median ical work on it will be done by , deaf mutes. The regular staff will bo given vacation and the trade class from the State School for the Deaf will operate the linotype, Set the advertisements, do all the press work and mail the papers. Their Instructor will act as foreman. CHIEF NEEDIS CLOTHING Belgian Relief Strips New York of Garments for Own Poor. NEW YORK, Dec. 25. There was greater demand for clothing than for food in New York today. 4o many garments have been sent to Belgium that not enough are left to supply the needy here. Most of those who ap plied today were aged and Infirm. It was said, there was no lack of employment for those willing and able to work. PERSIANS BADLY PUNISHED Russians Report Success in Fighting; Near Teheran. LONDON, Dec. 25. According to official advices reaching London the Russians, in the fighting In the vicinity of Rabatkerim. about 25 miles from Teheran, recently reported, severely punished the Persians, 140 of whom were killed and 70 captured out of their total force of 1200. The Russian losses are given as two killed and four wounded. 250 Youngsters Revel and Feast. LITTLE POOR ONES HAPPY Chamber of Commerce Dining Room Is Scene., GIFTS PRESENTED AT TREE Many Fat Turkey for First Time. Pandemonium Reigns After Dis trihutioit or Presents and Place Becomes Playground. The main dining-room of the Cham ber of Commerce, whose walls have echoed the applause to Presidential ad dresses and have rung with the elo quence of men of international fame, resounded yesterday with the blare of striped horns and tho delighted babble of 250 children from the very poorest families of the city. And the silverware that has been used to manipulate the squabs and salad in the hands of the Nation's great was employed with indiscrimina tion but great effectiveness in trans ferring to the apparently boundless tummies" of the children what was. to many of them, the first turkey din ner they had ever eaten. Tommy Swlvell entertained at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday, and ho was host and Santa Claus, accord ing to his annual custom, to all tho children from the poorest families that he could round up, with the assistance of the women of the Juvenile Court. The service was such as the Cham ber of Commerce never affords, for the tables were waited upon by a number of charming young women, who volun teered to assist. Many Races Present. The personnel of the party of guests was cosmopolitan. Every race and na- (Concluded on Page 12, Column 5.1 PORTLAND IS DISTRIBUTING J CENTER FOR BIG TRADE AREA. Railroad traffic, originating t and centering at P o r t la n d, I I amounts to many millions of dol- t I lars annually. Four big trans- I J continental railroads operate into t Portland, all of which carry ona a large volume of local business. In i addition, there is a network of I electric lines radiating from the I city in all directions, making J Portland one of the leading inter- j urban centers, in the United 4 States.- I Portland's ample railroad fa- J cilities not only aid substantially in developing the city as a tourist a center but also in making it a dis- I tributing point for an immense f trade area. I While the railroads are doing i much in makinir Portland a sreat T 1 traffic center, they are also a tre- t mendous factor in the intensive development of the state. A complete presentation of these facts will appear in the forthcoming New Year's edition of The Oregonian. t :