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Section One
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VOL. XXXIX XO. 52
PORTLAND, OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 26, 1920
Entered at Portland t Oregon
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Scarcely Minute Lost in
Short Session.
MANY BILLS ARE PASSED
Grind to Be Continued During
Holiday Vacation. -
VETO MAY UNDO LABOR
Attitude of President Wilson Is
Being Watched Closely by All
Washington Legislators.
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setting an example for the country
with respect to energy and industry,
Unbiased observers freely admit that
this coneress has probably outdone
any of its predecessors for diligence
ami lesrislative output.
All that has been said is particularly
true, of the short session which con
vened on December 6. Notwithstanding
the discouraging prospects of having
most of its efforts voided by the veto
of an unfriendly president, congress
has hardly lost a day or a minute
since the two houses were called to
order ii weeks ago.
More legislation has been enacted
f fh nnlnt of beintr sent to the
White House in that brief period than
in many a previous entire session. As
a further evidence of a conscientious
desire to serve the country well ana
faithfully, the usual holiday vacation
roo t ooMo thitftime and the grind
will be taken up again Monday.
Asrrlcnltnre Is Helped.
A large part of the time has been
devoted to devising means of reliev
ing the agricultural industry in order
that there may be no curtailment of
food production next year. Two impor
tant measures have passed both
houses intended to give aid to agri
culture. One of them revives the war
finance corporation for the purpose
of financing European countries for
the purchase of the surplus farm
products of the United States suffer
ing now for lack of markets.
The other authorizes the organiza
tion of farmers' co-operative asso
ciations for collective bargaining in
the sale of products, defining clearly
the limits to which such organiza
tions may go without transgressing
the anti-trust laws. This measure.
like the other, is in conference, and
an early agreement is assured, after
which it will go to the president for
approval.
Tariff Dill Passed.
The emergency tariff bill is an
other measure to help the farmer by
protecting him from being undersold
in his own market by products from
other countries. This bill was re
ported out of the ways and means
committee and passed the house with
in 48 hours. It is now in the senate,
where the outlook for early passage
is not so bright because of strong
democratic opposition.
Another Important bill passed by
the house is the Johnson immigration
bill putting an absolute bar on im
migration for one year. This bill
was reported out of committee on
the day congress reassembled for the
short session, and is now in the sen
ate, where its fate rests in unfriend
ly hands so far as the senate immi
gration committee is concerned.
The house also has sought to end
the technical state of war between
the United States and Germany and
Austria by passing the Volstead res
olution repealing, with a few excep
tions, all laws limited to the legal
termination of war.
It is expected that the senate, hav
ing passed a similar resolution a few
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Searching Party Finds Body Upon
Trail About Eight Miles From
White Salmon, Wash.
WHITE SALMON, Wash., Dec. 25.
(Special.) A searching party that
went into the mountains this morning
to locate Oliver Davis, 20 years of
age, who resided four miles from
Whits Salmon on the Busum road.
discovered his dead body npon
trail four miles from his home.
Davis started Into .the hills Thurs
day morning for a hunt. During the
day a terrific storm broke in the
mountains, and the presumption is
that the elements overwhelmed him
and he died from exhaustion. When
Davis failed to return home Friday
his friends became anxious about
him and this morning they organized
and began the search that disclosed
the tragedy.
Three years ago Chauncey Williams,
a brother-in-law of Davis, left his
home to go fishing. ' He disappeared
and it was not until three months
afterward that his body was found
in the White Salmon river. Evi
dently he. had fallen into the stream
and was drowned.
PROFIT PLAN CUTS PAY
Sharing In Income Represents 10
Per Cent Redaction.
NEWBERN. N. C, Dec 25. Em
ployes of the Newbern Iron Works
and Supply company received yester
day their first week's pay on the
profit-sharing basis established by
the concern in agreement with the
workers.
The pay today represented a re
duction of 10 per cent from the wages
received a week ago and the new scale
of pay, based on profits, was said by
company officials to represent rough
ly the wage schedule put forward by
the concern several weeks ago be
fore the profit-sharing plan, was
agreed on.
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that while no pleased with tlTfc
reduction in wages, they were con
vinced that the company was giving
them a square deal.
YAKIMA WOMAN HELD' UP
Shopkeeper Held by Robber While
Cash Register Is Rifled.
YAKIMA. Wash., Pec. 25 A high
wayman, unarmed and wearing no
mask, late last night held up Mrs. S.
Nakagawa after she had refused to
give him a dollar when he entered
her small shop and demanded It.
While he held the woman with one
hand he rifled her cash register with
the other and escaped with about $45
in currency.
The man came to the shop in an
automobile and left the motor run
ning, so he made a quick getaway.
SEVEN BLAZES STARTED
Fires Thought to Be Work of Gang
of Incendiaries.
BROWNSVILLE, Pa., Dec. 23. Sev
en fires, believed to have been the
work of incendiaries, who have ter
rorized this section for three months,
were reported to the authorities here
today.
The fires were started late last
night or early today In three resi
dences, two schoolhouses, a church
and a barn located here, at Albany
Hill and at Braznell, Jefferson town
ship. POOR DUTCH LOSE LIQUOR
Xew Law Makes Spirits Prohibi
tive Except for Rich.
THE HAGUE, Dee. 25. The "dry"
forces today succeeded in putting
through the Dutch Parliament after
a hard fight, a law increasing the in
ternal revenue tax op spirits 150 per
cent and on beer 100- per cent after
January first.
- The effect of the tax, according to
the drys, will be to make spirits prac
tically prohibitive for the poor.
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Unique Fighters for U. S.
Navy Building.
BATTLE CRUISERS SPEEDY
Ships Also to Carry Strong
Offensive Armament.
AIRCRAFT CARRIER NOVEL
Vessel Will Be Equipped to Carry
13 Planes and Will Also
Have Big Flying Deck.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 25. Among
the 140 vessels under construction for
the navy are four types new to the
American battle fleet but already -in
use by the other principal maritime
powers. They are the battle cruisers
of which six are being built; the scout
or light cruiser, the airplane carrier
and the fleet submarine.
The battle cruisers will be of great
speed, light armor, long cruising
radius and strong offensive arma
ment; the ships being designed pri
marily for ranging work ahead of
the main body and for action at long
range against vessels of their own
class. They are to have a speed of
slightly more than 33 knots (about
40 miles) an hour and will carry eight
16-inch guns mounted two in a turret.
The ten light cruisers also will
function as scout cruisers. They will
have, a speed of 33.7 knots and will
carry - exceptionally heavy armament
for vessels of their .class, mounting
12 six-inch guns. They are designed
to develop 90,000 horsepower, half
that of the battle cruisers.
Aircraft Carrier Unique. '
One of the most Interesting of the
new types is the aircraft carrier,
Langley. formerly the collier Jupiter,
This vessel is being built along the
lines of the general board's policy
that aircraft carriers should be com
batant vessels whose speed and other
characteristics will permit -of their
use with the fleet at sea. The Lang
ley will carry in the neighborhood of
lo planes of both the naval and mili
tary scouting types.- The ship's fly
ing deck will consist of a huge plat
form, 56 feet above the waterline ex
tending from bow to stern, a distance
of about 625 feet and with an amid
ships width of 65 feet
The planes will be housed below
on the hangar deck when not in use
and will be carried to the flying deck
In elevators. Catapults will be pro
vided on the flying deck to project
the planes into the air and give them
the necessary momentum for a start.
Arresting devices will be rigged on
the flying deck to permit of landing
directly on the deck while the Lang
ley is -underway. Huge cranes also
will be installed to pick planes out of
the water.
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Shop Facilities Provided.
Beneath the flying deck other trav
eling cranes will be provided to hoist
aircraft out of the hold spaces and
fcr carrying them to machine shops,
assembling spaces and to the eleva
tors. Shop facilities for repairs will
ii clude a completely equipped ma
chine shop, wing repairing shop,
molding spaces, a metal shop and var
ious storerooms.
An ingenious method for providing
smoke pipes without' breaking the
flying deck area Is devised for the
Langley. The ship will have two
smoke funnels, one on each side, clear
of the flying deck and inter-connected
so that the smoke may always
be discharged on .the lee side and thu
not Interfere with the landing or dis
charging of aircraft.
The,fleet submarines building num
ber six. Six others authorized have
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PICTORIAL COMMENTS ON SOME RECENT
Thirteen Filers Star, Eleven Fin
ish, in Free-for-AIl at Long
Beach, Cal.
LONG BEACH. CaL. Dec 25. Fly
ing at a speed of 146.8 miles an hour.
Lieutenant E. E. Bratten, United
States army aviator, won the 100
mile free-for-all race for the Albert
H. Hays challenge trophy, the open
ing event today of the three-day na
tional winter air tournament at
Daugherty field here. Thirteen flyers
started in the race, 12 being army
men, and 11 finished.
Lieutenant Bratten's time for the
100 miles, flown over a triangular
course, was 40 minutes, 52 seconds.
The order In which the others fin
ished and their time were:
Captain -L. H. Smith, 41 minutes, 37
seconds; Lieutenant Harold Brand. 42
minutes flat; Lieutenant T. A. Pitts,
42 minutes, 24 seconds; Lieutenant
Mllo N. Clark, 42 minutes, 49 seconds;
Sergeant T. J. Robins, 43 minutes, one
second; Lieutenant W. D. Coney, 43
minutes, 29 seconds; Cadet L. H.
Scott, 43 minutes, 47 seemds; Lieu
tenant R. N. Scott, 44 minutes, 27 sec
onds; Frank Clark, civilian, Los An
geles, 47 minutes, 39 seconds; Lieu
tenant Frank Siefert, 47 minutes, 51
seconds.
Lieutenants A. Lee Foster and R. 5
Worthington, the other starters, were
forced to descend because of engine
trouble! each making a safe landing.
The fliers were aided on the long
leg of the course by a strong taU
wind. On the other legs they were
protected from the wind by hills.
The first six machines to finish
were American built, equipped with
400-hprsepower motors.
SENATOR REPORTED EASY
Mr. Chamberlain May Undergo
Second Operation Soon.
WASHINGTON, Dec 25. Senator
Chamberlain of Oregon was said to be
resting comfortably tonight at the
hospital where yesterday he under
went an operation.
Physicians said tnat if his progress
continued they expected to perform
within two or three days the second
operation necessitated by his condi
tion. '
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Hlsrhest temperature SO
degrees; lowest, 43 degrees.
TODAY'S Rain; southwesterly winds.
Department.
Editorial. Section 3, page 8.
Dramatic. Section 4, page 4.
Morlng picture news. Section 4, page
Real estate a'nd building news. Section 4,
page 8.
Music. Section 4, page 7.
Churches. Section" 5, page S.
Books. Section 5, page 3.
Schools. Section 5, page 8.
Automobiles. " Section 6.
Women's Features.
Society. Section S, page 2.
Women's activity. Section 3, page 10.
fashions. Section 5, page 4.
Miss Tingle's column. Section 6, page 4.
Auction bridge. Section 5, page 5:
Madame Richet'a column. Section 5,
page 6.
Special Features.
Health of city's children guarded. Maga
zine section, page 1.
Miss-Ion play revived in picturesque fashion.
Magazine section, page
Census reveals Interesting facts. Magazine
section, page 3.
News of the world in pictures. Magazine
section, page 4.
Talks with T, R. Magazine section, page 5.
Never too late to marry. Magazine section.
page 6.
The man who supervises nation's parka
Magazine section, page 7.
Among us mortals, by Hill. Magazine sec
tion, page 8.
Darling's cartoons. Section 5, page 7.
Fable by George Ade. Section 3, page 10.
Foreign.
Famine sweeps five Chinese provinces. Sec
tion 1, page 4.
Ghost of famine shadows Flume, Section
1, page 1.
Domestic.
One hundred and forty-six miles an hour
made in air race. Section 1. page 1.
Organized wheat growers confident of ulti
mate control ol market. bection l,
page 6.
Twelve Thou?and dollar bond frees Clara
Smith Hamon. Section 1. page 1.
President-elect Harding, President Wilson
and Vlce-Preeident-eiect Coondge enjoy
quiet Christmas. Section 1, page 1.
Report of treaty with Japan declared
false. Section 1, page 8.
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Two Little Girls. Especial Guests
1 of President-Elect at Yule
' Celebration In Marlon.
MARION. -Ohio, Dec 25 It was a
real Christmas today at the home of
President-elect and Mrs. Harding.
Immediately after breakfast the
senator and Mrs. Harding began to
peep at what Santa Claus had been
sending for the last two weeks. There
were literally hundreds of presents.
ranging from cigarettes to Georgia
'possums." Not a single package was
opened until this morning. v
Little Betty Sparks, aged , and her
sister Dorothy, aged I, daughters of
one of the newspaper correspondents,
were the especial guests of the president-elect
and about them Senator
Harding's Christmas celebration cen
tered. V
The two little girls occupied a place
of honor at the senator's side at din
ner and late!- posed for moving pic
tures with the president-elect. With
the newspaper correspondents, the
youngsters spent most of the day at
the Harding home.
Late in the afternoon Senator Hard
ing made several calls on family
friends.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 25. President
and Mrs. Wilson spent Christmas qui
etly at the White House, surrounded
by a few relatives including Margaret
( Wilson, daughter of the president, and
Dr. Stockton Axson. his brother-in
law. On account of the absence of
the . president's grandchildren there
was no tree.
Christmas dinner was served In the
evening, after the customary drive of
the president and Mrs. Wilson
through Rock Creek Park:
END COMES WITH PRAYER
Aged Worshiper Found on Knees'
In Church, Dead.
CLINTON, Iowa, Dec 23. When the
congregation at midnight mass in
St Irenaeus church arose to leave.
William Curran, an aged parishioner,
was found dead. He was still kneel
ing as if in prayer.
National.
Present congress makes record for work.
Section 1, page X.
Plane brings girts to waiting children. Sec
tion 1, page X. v - -
Four types of war craft new to American
fleet now building. Section 1, page 1.
Pacific Northwest.
Hunter meets death in mountain storm.
Section 1, page 1.
University adopts plan of hygienics. Section
X. page 9.
Nine thousand American Legion posts to
urge bonus, election 1, page 7.
Sports. .
Ohio State works on southern field. Sec
tion 2, pa-ge 1.
Winning scrappers to get more. bouts. Sec
tion 2, page 3.
Basketball rules undergo change. Section
i. page 2.
Two trapshooters win dual honors. Sec
tion 2. page 2.
Minors' president Is Canadian minister
Section 2, page 3.
Commercial and Marine.
Channel la praised by Dutch captain. Sec
tion 1, page 12.
Steamer Egelrla makes high mileage . on
utile iuei. section z, page 12.
Portland and Vicinity.
Portland men get attack of hiccoughs. Sec
tion 1, page 8.
Crime here abates. Mayor Baker finds. Sec-
- tion 1, page 8.
Christmas celebration In Portland serious
as well as Joyous. Section 1, page 12.
Legislature may act to prevent submission
of same proposition repeatedly to peo
ple. Section 2, page 4.
Dr. A. E. Bockey defends hospital. Section
1, page 5.
Leaders plan organization of all democrats
of western states. Section 1, page 9.
Yuletide saint reigns for day. Section 1,
page 1.
Tommy Swivel host to juveniles again.
section I, page 17.
Eric V. Hauser host to theater folks. Sec
tion 1, page 13.
Hospital on hill may prove bone of conten
tion on county board. Section 1, page 12.
Elks carry cheer to 8500 children. Section
1, Page 16.
Present teachers' tenure law accomplishes
purpose, says William V, Green. Section
2, page 4.
Road programme discussion planned. Sec
tion 1, page 14.
1021 taxes for county heaviest on record.
Section 1, page 14.
Telephone owners bold annual session. Sec- i
tion 1, page 8.
NEWS EVENTS BY CARTOONIST PERRY.
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Food Shortage Grows in
4 Beleaguered Cities.
PRICES OF NECESSITIES SOAR
Meat Is Luxury, Milk From
Country Districts Cut Off.
ITALYTIGHTENS BLOCKADE
Railway Tracks Torn Tp, Stopping
Traffic Into Port Trenches
Are Dug for Patrols.
TRIESTE, Dec. 25. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Flume, Arbe, Veglla
and San Marcos, under blockade by
the Italian fleet, are already begin
ning to feel the scarcity of food.
The greater part of Gabriele D'An-
nunzlo's troops are remaining in their
barracks at Flume and their officers
are in direct communication with the
poet, who looks after the military as
well as the political affairs of the
beleaguered city.
Immediately after official notice of
the blockade was given to the "re
gency of Quarnero," the Italian gen
eral. Ferrario, who already had a
group of soldiers posted around the
Fiume frontier, closed in upon the
city, barring all exits on three sides.
Railway Tracks Tor tip.
Jor about J00 yards out of the city
the railway tracks were removed,
stopping traffic into the city. The
roads immediately outside were torn
up and those crossing' the frontiers
were barred with tree trunks and
wire entanglements. Here and there
trenches have been dug from which
patrols are keeping a lookout.
Regular troops surround the block
ade line at short intervals. Royal
guards and carabineers hold the sea
line while Alpine troops dominate the1
city from the northeastern heights.
What Is considered the most dan
gerous spot, however. Is the mouth of
the river Reolna. D'Annunzio, accord
ing to ' information leaking out of
Flume, Is virtually taking no rest
and is displaying great nervous activ
ity in the work of defense. He is lm
parting orders, giving advice, writing
proclamations and reciting aloud.
D'Annunzio Is Indignant.
The poet-commander is highly in
dignant about some o" the conditions
in uenerai lavigna s ultimatum.
especially that pertaining to the dis-
bandment of his troops. He con
siders it outrageous to the independ
ence of the regency, which he de
clares had a right to form an army
"for its own defense, even with for
eign subjects, as France and Holland
have done in the case of their for
eign legions.
Meanwhile, the blockade has caused
a great Increase in the price of all
necessaries, some of which have
reached fantastic sums, as, owing to
the danger of starvation, many of the
people have purchased large stocks
of food. Tins of condensed milk, for
instance, have entirely disappeared
from the market while fresh milk is
not coming in from the neighboring
country which is occupied by Italian
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Meat Now Luxury,
Meat is a food of extraordinary
luxury. Measures, however, have
been adopted to punish shopkeepers
and food hoarders.
Since the blockade was instituted
nobody h4fs been able to enter
Fiume. Many, have been obliged to
turn back, some of them being par
ents desirous of entering the city so
that they might persuade tholr sons
to return to the regular army and
cease assisting In plans contrary to
law.
The number of persons requiring to
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Women's Peace Society Conducts
Demonstration for Disarma
ment at Washington.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 25. Sants
Claus, because of lack of snow, dis
carded his traditional sleigh and rein
deers today and arrived here by air
plane. Escorted Jy two other planes,
each bearing gifts and assisted by
soldiers, he distributed toys to hun
dreds of children who had gathered
In anticipation of his coming. It was
said that he had obtained a loan of
an aircraft from the war department.
Wounded and disabled service men
at the Walter Reid hospital were re
membered by the Red Cross, which
provided them with rifts and an en
tertainment of vaudeville and motion
pictures. The presents were distrib
uted from a number of huge Christ
mas trees.
A - demonstration on disarmament
was conducted by the Women's Peace
society at the Franklin monument to
day, the principal address being de
livered by Mrs. Robert M.'La Follette,
wife of the senator from Wisconsin.
"It is not for the restoration of
weapons of war or any of the insignia
of military power," said Mrs. La Fol
lette, "that the women of Germany
are appealing to the mercy of the
allies. No, they are only asking that
their milch cows on which they de
pend to save the lives of their starv
Ing children be not taken from them.
"And in this heart-rending appeal
they have the sympathy of the sister
hood of the world. Theirs Is the ele
mental cry that moves women to ac
tion. We women wai.t the starving
fed, the blockade lifted, trade res.
tored, friendship renewed, mutual
forgiveness, peace and good will on
earth again."
Mrs. La Follette declared that the
women would vote to defeat senators
and representatives who stand "for
war and mllltiarlsm."
"We women have the power." she
said. "On the Issue of militarism we
hold the balance of power. We have
the ballot. We purpose to be practi
cal. We are going to watch congress.
"And here on this day, precious to
the hearts of the Christian world, at
the very door of the capital our be
loved nation, we vow to use our vote
to defeat senators and representa
tives In congress who stand for war
and ltiilltar'sm and to elect senators
and representatives who stand for
peace and disarmament."
MRS. JENNINGS KILLED
Sister of Milton A. Miller Dies
Instantly When Hit by Auto.
MEDFORD, Or., Doe. 25. Mrs. Luke
Jennings of Mcdford, 35, a sister of
Miltoit A. Miller, Internal revenue
collector at Portland, was killed in
stantly In an automobile accident on
the Pacific highway near here Christ
mas eve. She was standing behind a
car with Mrs. W. H. Evans of Ash
land, Or., when a taxicab driven by
W. L. Dewitt of Ashland, crashed
into them.
Two cars had gone Into the ditch
previously and the two women were
waiting for their husbands, who were
aiding in getting the ditched cars
back on the road. Coroner Perl, who
was an eye witness of the tragedy,
will call an Inquest Monday to fix
the blame.
PAROLE CHRISTMAS GIFT
Utah Blackmailer Shares
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Cheer With His Family.
OGDEN, Utah, Dec 25. Joseph
Henry Martin, who was serving a life
sentence In the Utah penitentiary for
his scries of blackmailing operations
against wealthy Ogden men and
women seven years ago, spnnt Christ
mas with his wife and children today.
He was paroled yesterday.
Martin escaped from the peniten
tiary on July 8, 1919, but on October
1, 1920, voluntarily returned from
Canada and surrendered. He had
saved several' hu-Jred dollars from
his work as a carpente and this
money he turned over to is wire.
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Givers Bring Gladness to
Thousands in City.
MISERY AND WANT UNKNOWN
Ail Portland Unites to Make
Feast Joyful for Needy. ,
TOYS ARE GIVEN TO 3500
Elks, Slirlnrri, Tommy Snivel,
Women's Clubs and Churches
Dispense Cheer.
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Christmas cheer held sway through
out Portland and vicinity yesterday,
being ushered In on the wlniri of a
typical Oregon winter morning with
the chanting of hymns and early serv
ices in the churches, running through
a programme of varied events during
the day and fading Into the past with
the last festival celebrations In publlo
and private places last night.
The spirit of the Christ, who pro
claimed that there should be peace on
earth and toward men good-will dom
inated everywhere and if there were
any throuKhout this big city who did
not have plenty to eat and their full
share of the day's brlKht gladness,
surely it was not the fault of those
who for weeks, have combed the com
munity for such. All of the Institu
tions whlh administer to the needy,
reimorced by the collective good
fellowship of a thousand and one men
and women bent upon once more ex
emplifying the Injunction that It Is
more blessed to give than to receive,
combined to make misery and want a
thing unknown and It Is believed
they succeeded most admirably.
Children Made llansy.
Event crowdvd event In a day long
to be remembered by old and young.
Countless children In a myriad of
homes, after a night of restless effort
to woo the god of slumber, responded
lustily to the chjery greetings of fond
parents, baffled In their attempts to
snatch a few extra winks of sleep.
Gaily decorated trees, festooned with
sparkling tinseled effects and heavy
with the bounty of luved ones, fea
tured a myriad of celebrations.
Santa Claus paid his annual visit
to Portland, evidently, by automobile
or by aircraft, for the gentle down
fall of rain, following late in the
day of a gray Oregon morning, pre
vented the use of the fabled reindeer
and sleigh.
During the early morning hours
great throngs began assembling la
the scores of churches with which
Portland Is blessed and there In sung,
In prayer and in sermon the wor
shiping multitude paid homage le
the Child of Bethlehem. The fore
noon was devoted largely to these
services, significant of the day's first
claim upon the people old sad
young. The marvel story of the
centuries of the Christ Lorn to
earth on that far-distant day
proved as wonderful, as absorbing
as ever.
Toys Given 3.100.
Events that were outstanding
because of their magnitude and the
unusual human interest In each were
the ceremonies at the municipal
auditorium at 11 o'clock in the
morning, under the auspices of the
Elks, when 3500 children were enter
tained and given toys and Christmas
goodies, and the ninth annual dinner
to boys and girls of homes coming
under the notice of the Mothers'
Pension bureau, given by Tommy
Swivel In the large dining room of
the chamber of commerce at 2 o'clock.
At the auditorium, the Elks of
Portland lodge put on a truly won
derful treat for the youngsters,
gathered from all parts of the city,
many being conveyed thither In
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