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. . . - ' . j - ' nTtPTQ FAD 1? A TUTTD nTfi'T'TJ U TP A Al I l U i HMI h'W A I H Uf I I Si H I 1 I I 1 1 1 A Y Si H: V H: Ivl X V AS SH KK AYS KH VUIM Rain tonight ami Friday; fresh southerly winds. Humidity, 89. VOL. XIV. NO. 241. PORTLAND, OREGON. THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER EIGHTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS OK TRAINS AKD BTAHD8 riVE CEKT8 16, 1915. E WAR TAX BILL By 205 TO 189 House Votes to Limit Debate on Measure Extending War Revenue Taxes to Two and One Half Hours. THREE DEMOCRATS DO NOT SUPPORT KITCHIN Partisan Debate Marks Dis cussion of Measure Prior to First Test Vote. WaMiincton. I eo 1(1. ((' Pi The adrn in i st rat ion measure extending the prest lit war emergen' y tax law anota'.er year passe! the house today ty a vote of liOi to !?. Washington. I cc. 16. Ti e Demo cratic majority in the house of repres entatives was temporarily overturned today on the first test vote taxen. the Kepuhli. ans defeating the attempt to limit d l ate on the war revenue reso lution hy a vote of 173 to 164. A pandemonium of cheering Troke out among the Kcpu tilicans when the result of the vote was announce'l. Representative Kitrhin, majority loader, then demanded a roll call to firing if. ail the Democrats who were in ilie chamber.-, and endeavor to re gain lost ground. After the roll call the: Democrats r-inrud suiireme by the margin of 15 nt-s. tile vote standing UOS to 132. and put through the preliminary mo tion necessary as the first step to ward limiting the debate on the war revenue measure. With control again In their hands the Democrats limited debate on the resolution to two hours and a half. The vote stood 212 to l- Demo cratic Representatives Callaway, Keat ing and Hillyard voting with the Re publicans. Before this vote, the house resound ed with partisan debate. Minority Leader Mann called the measure "ne farious"; Representative Fordney de clared that "the Democratic party H forced to this to save the treasury from bankruptcy," while Majority Leader Kttrtilrr replied: ,rN'o tax is popular In war times; but the hill is necessary to prevent a treasury deficit." The senate finance committee report ed the extension proposal favorably. The senate planned to pass the bill to morrow. Women Killed Own Chances. Washington. Dec. 16. (V. P.) Chairman Webb of the house judiciary oday informed suffragists appearing before that body that there is no chance for the suffrage constitutional amendment being acted on at this ses sion. because congressional union members campaigned against Demo cratic members who blocked its sub mission last session. Members of the committee intimated that an investiga tion of the union's lobbying has bejen seriously discussed. Postal Appointments. Washington. Dec. 16. ( U. P.) President Wilson today nominated Otto Praeger, of Texas, former news paper man and city postmaster here, for the post of second assistant post master general. Postmasters named Included: Sew ard. Alaska, William E. Root. Port Townsnd, Wash., H. L. Tib bals; Centralia, Wash., T. If. Mc Cleary. San Diego Gets Exhibits. Washington, Dec. 16. (U. P.) The ser.ate today unanimously adopted the resolution of Senator Martine of New Jersey that the San Diego exposition get immediately all the San Francisco txposition government exhibits it de sires. ; Tort Orford Lacks Commerce. Washington, Dec. 16. (V. P.) Fed eral improvement of Port Orford, an Oregon harbor, was disapproved to day in a report to congress by the board of army engineers because of lack of commerce. Vice President Presides. Washington, Dec. 16 1 1. N. S. ) For the first time this seasou. Vice Presi dent Marshall today presided over the senate. The vice president has been detained in Indianapolis by the illness of h.is wife. Drumheller Confirmed. Washington. Dec. 16. 1 1". P.v The senate this afternoon confirmed Ros eoe Drumheller of Walla Walla, Wash., collector of customs at Seattle. Columbia ftiver Highway This year has seen the prac tical completion of the Multno mah county unit of the Colum bia River Highway, which trav eled persons declare to be the world's greatest thoroughfare. Two pages of surpassing illus trations of this scenic route will be included in the Year's End Number of The Sunday Journal Magazine, December 26. The Sunday Journal for De cember 26, including the Year's End Number, will be sent to any address for 5 cents the copy. Order extra copies early. DECEMBER 26 PASSES ELECTRIC POWER WILL REPLACE STEAM IN row PLANING WILL Cost of Improvement of the Crossett Western Lumber! Co, to Be $100,000, j Within the next three weeks driving of piling will begin at Wauna at the j plant of the Crossett Western Lumber company for the construction of a new planing mill. The present steam en- ; g.r.e power plant will be replaced by a new electric system. The cost of i the improvement will be about J100,- 000 This announcement was maile here today by H. S. Mitchell, head of the company's western operations. Mr. Mitchell said the new power will be on the unit principle, with a motor for each machine, the power to be fur nished by a turbine dynamo engine of ample horsepower. Mr. Mitchell stated also that his company now- has on hand for delivery at the close of the war orders for a twn-i, amount of sjhlru decklnr lumber - r. .... - o : to be sent to Germany. Order At on Hud. I As an indication that this belligerent I nation proposes to redouble its efforts to make its merchant marine an effec tive factor In world commerce, tenta- tive orders are on hand for supplies of I ' , , . . , , ,!, , ,... ship lumber sufficient to make at least I one cargo. "We are now working on orders for I spruce lumber, which are to go to tha j English and French for the making of , aeroplanes," said Mr. Mitchell. "A great deal of this already has been de- j llvered and much more is being pro- j duced. . "l " ' " """ 1 mwowal or responsibility ior mo err.ment railroad in Alaska next spring, factor that Is holding back the Pacific ginklng of the Ancona before it. the Ua,fl u- Fa.les on, of the laeka coast lumber Industry, and I do not Austrian admiralty tells the Vnited , raUro.ld (-Jmrnisslon. todav. Eades .3 look for a return to normal for a year , states that all requirements of inter-;pn rou(p ,Q Wash:ntrlon for a offer or two after the war. The cloMng of , national law were observed, and Insists ; jth Secretar,. of thp interior tl . Ponnma eannl ha hurt i. lili.vlu t .v.. . u . , .u .,1-hi wa ,PIUe ecteiarj OI U1P interior uti tiunc iiiaii vui otiiu'iiicra , a necessity. are marooned on the Atlantic side of ! it was considered certain today that the ditch, and there Is no saying when 1 there must be at least one other dlplo the canal will be reopened." matic exchange of notes before the Water Tonnage Scarce. i expected break comes. Regarding the improvements at the I The Austrian answer raises several plant, Mr. Mitchell said they have been i points of contention. It claims that under contemplation for a long time, j tuff icient time was given the passen but that decision to put them in now i gers to enter boats. has arisen from the scarcity of water! There were rumors in diplmatic tonnage, which compels the mills to ' circles today that Austria already bad make a stronger play for the business j asked Spain to take over her interests that can be reached by rail. The plant here, in the event of a break, hitherto has been unevenly balanced, he I Summary Is Received, said, with the finishing department un- I a summary of the Austrian reply equal to its demands. o was received in WaStilniffon-Twdar. " The company will now cater to ths The complete text of the answer was domestic trade more than ever, andexpected to reach here either this expects to oe equippeu so it. can sat- , isfy any lumber demand. It will con tinue, however, to go after foreign business as before. In cojmmenting upon the recent pur- chase By Gray's Harbor lumber inter- ; ests of lumber carriers to make the shortage of tonnage, Mr. Mitchbll said it is doubtful what course his own ; company will pursue in that regard. ' Two vessels now under charter to the company probably will have to be re- j lir.quished when the charters expire ' next year. j Sees Stronger Market. Asked If this might result In the outright purchase of ships, he said the subject was too indeflnte and the ship-. ping situation generally too unsatis- 1 factory to venture a statement. I The chief effect of the war uiH.n the lumber of the northwest, aside from the ship shortage feature, he said, has been a uickening of the market. The foreign countries arc using mostly the yellow pine of the south, with which the Douglas fir is a strong competitor. By diverting the pine abroad, a strong-, er domestic market for fir is estab-j -can Francisco. Dec. ie. (I. N. S.l lished, at more satisfactory prices. j The voyage of the disabled Hill liner " i Minnesota to Ekland with a record Women Are Charged With Shoplifting On Is Bald to Save Confeeeed, Two Are Chorus Oirla and Ttey Will Be OlTen a Hearing Tomorrow. Mrs. Minnie Strong, aged 24 years. and her sister. Mrs. Eula Edwards. ouo-r ' o....il...s. ..u , - not De possible to pay otf the crew for The- collec tion Is worth $ 14,000. The quantity of the goods they had taken thp amount of work thev h;ive done : ptoceeds w ill go toward the linuida-w-as at ,4. Girard street. They plead-, uniess every member is agreeable to tion of expenses incurred In the fight " -- .- -r - morning, and will be sentenced tomor- row. They came from Stockton. Cal.. tnree days ago. Julia Williams, alias Julia Lee. aged 27 years, and Stella Jacobs, alias Kittia Cameron, aged QO years, chorus girls. were arrested on similar Charges Dy detectives, and were allowed to go on their own recognizance. They will be tried in the municipal court tomorrow morning. Pankhurst Militant Paper Seized Again London, Dec. 16. (I. P.) Police to. day swooped down upon the Pankhurst militant suffragists' headquarters and seized the type used in publishing Brlt tania, formerly the Suffragette. Dr. Auspland's Trial Begins. The trial of Dr. A. A. Ausptund, on a charge of manslaughter, began this morning in Circuit Judge Kavanaugh's court. Dr. Ausplund is charged with responsibility for the death of Anna Anderson, a domestic, who died in his office October 15. The authorities al lege that he performed the criminal' Operation which caused her death while Dr. Ausplund asserts that the girl note he left, though this pave no fur performed it herself and came to him ; ther clue to the motive. afterward for treatment. The taking j r ot evidence will not begin until tomor- Wattsen Shot Himself. rOW- . I Seattle, Wash., pec. 16. (P. X. s.) Bank Robbers Get $3300. Tyrron, Okla.. Dec. IS. (U. P.) Three men today blew the safe of ine W'attsen shot himself in his room in a Farmers' State bank and escaped with local hotel, and his recovery is not $3500 after fihlng off a crowd of expected. No cause for his act Is citizens. One robber Is believed to j known, nor Is anything known con have been wounded. I cernlng his antecedent AUSTRIA FAILS 10 SATISFY U. S. HER ANSWER Break With Austria Feared Near as Result of Tempor izing Reply She Is Under stood to Have Made U. S. SUMMARY IS RECEIVED BY STATE DEPARTMENT Austria Asks for Amplification of Charges Against Sub marine Commander. Hy John Kdwin Nevin. Washington. Dec. 16. (I. N. S -He lief that a eornolefe 1 i i ,1 n m:i ! i ruW i - "i - ' . w ith Austria is inevitab e was growing . , 3 today High administration officials ad- mitted German diplomacy was' being exerted at Vienna to have concessions made but expresaed th b.I;ef tnat all ..-..,,,.,., , . . , such efforts had failed. The Austrian , , . . , admiralty, following the example set by thp German aainimlty after the de- gtruction of the Lusitania, not onlv defended the sinking of the Italinn steamship Ancona, but attempted to justify such action in Austria's reply to Amerii .'s note, Claim Sinking Heceiiary. With the American demand for ft tnat ine sinxing oi me titanuinu naa , aft ernoon or tonight. It was admitted in administration I (Coneludeci on Pe Nine. Column Twoi lESOIA'S VOYAGE TO ENGLAND LIKELY WILL BE ABANDONED If I C FxnPrtpH flrPW Will Rp 1 L 1 01 LAJJCLCU I C W Will DC Discharged in San Fran cisco; Inquiry Resumed, ; cargo of foodstiJs for the allies I probably will be abandoned and the crew discharged here, according to ! general opinion expressed in shipping circles today. I While the crew is still held aboard and no one permitted to leave or board the liner pending the federal investi- gation. It is believed the crew soon Mi will be allowed to come ashore and late Mme. Dillian Nordica Young, bet wiil be discharged. Members of the : ter known as Lillian Nordica. the prima unlon navc state1 unofficially it mav iris sen ii mem. c w Wilev. marine superintendent : of the Great Northern steamship romnanv savs he believes the navinir cff f the crew for the length of time tney have worked complies with thi jaw coverinr such a situation. Inspectors of Hulls and Boilers' ' Guthrie and Dolan boarded the ves- ' el todav and resumed their inouirv ' The chief engineer was recalled atii' Questioned al length. j Patrick Flynn." secretary of the Ma- I rine Firemen and Water Tenders' ' union, applied for permission to board the liner today but was denied a permit. JSuigman Kills His Wife, Then Himself Wealthy "Leather Manufacturer, Heph- ew of Rich Banker Leaves If ote Say- : In "It is the Only Way Ont." j Schenectady. N. V., Dec. 16. .( p. . In what is believed to have been a death pact, Jesse Seligman. wealthy leather manufacturer and nephew of the New iork hanker, Seligrr.an, today shot and KUiea nis, wire, men killed himself in their home here "J wah the onlv wav out " saM S. B. Wattsen, a laborer, is near death ! at the City hospital today with a self- linflicted bullet wound In his temnle President Is Given License to Be Wedded Age of the (iroom Is Given as 59 Years, and the Uride as 43; Itector Smith to Officiate. WaKliimlnn Dec If. (I PC SI A marriage license was issued at ttie city j hall today to president Woodrow Wil son and Mrs. Norman Halt. He gave ! Iiis age as 01' years and that of Mr.". Gait as 4.'!. The license was oMaln-d by a member of the White House cleil cai force. No preliminary arrangements for the. Issuing of the license were made. Some confusion was caused, however, when the White House attache walked into the office and (juletly asked for the li cense. The proceeding occupied about lu minutes' time. The name of the Rev. Herbert Scott Smith, rector of St. Margaret's Kpis copal .:urch. was filled in the blan.t spate ah t.ie clergyman who will per form the ceremony. No mention was made as to the time when the ceremony would be performed. Irvin Hoover, chief usher at the White House, was the attache who to. the license. "Now, a dollar, please," said the clerk, as be handed over the license. Hoover grinned, stripped off a dol- i lar from a roll of bill, and motored t ti a trk.i it.. ... i. -.. i. j .. 1 1 . - ..-..,4 !, .,,,, . ., i the all important Paper to President vv lison. Men Are Needed to Build Alaska R. R. Between 3000 and 40O0 Will Be Be quired Next Spring', According to W. S. Eades of Alaska S. B. Conunlstlon. Pan Vrancisro, Cab, IV.'. IS. (V. P. i I'.etween 3000 and 40fnj men will be needed on the construction of the ,-ov- T ti, t,i -r,, ber of the commission. Lieutenant Mears, third member of the commission, is In Ala-ska. and will not attend the coming conference. Congress, in itfi trill providing for the construction of 1000 miles of steam road, fixed a maximum cost of $35, 000,000. To the present time, $3,000, 000 has been spent, 470 miles of the route surveyed from Anchorage, on Cook's Inlet, 15 miles of track laid and 75 miles of the Ala-ska Northern all road track purchased. PortlaiiaHrrWrW Are Found Guilty Carl Farlln and Mrs. Jean Bennet Who Had Trouble With Police Here Axe Convicted of Counterfeiting. San Francisco, Doc. K,. (' p.) Carl Farlin. Claud Lawless and Mrs .lean Bennett were found euilty todny ir. Federal Judge Dooling's court on three counts of an indictment charg ing counterfeiting five, twenty-five and fifty cent pieces of United States coin age. They will be sentenced Saturday. Lawless is said to have been a racing man of Sacramento and Is reputed to own several valuable horses. Farlln rnd Mrs. Bennet had trouble with the Portland police, it was brought out at the trial, during I. W. W. troubles. Secret Serv-ice Chief Moffitt, Opera tive Isadoro Costanzo and city detec tives raided the workroom of the trio recently. Will Auction Off Prima Donna's Furs Collection Left by Late Mme. Lillian Hordica Young, Valued at $14,000, Will Go to Fay Expenees of Contest. Newark. N. J.. Dec. 16. (I. N. S.) : Due to the expensive litigation Mtend- ; ing the settlement of the estate, the i famous collection of furs left by the doi na. will be sold at auction today. over two wills left by the prima donna. Arizona Warden Saved Insane Man r' William Faltln. Whom Warden of Penl- tentiary &efused to Hang-, Declared Insane by a Jury. Thoenix. Ariz.. Dec. 1 (I. N. s.) A jury today found William Faltin in sane, and he was'at oin e taktM to the state asylum. Faltin was sentenced to hang for murder, but Warden Sims, of Florence penitentiary, refused to execute the sentence. Sims was cited before the supreme court for contempt, but was exonerated. New Sleet Storm Hits Middle West ; ; Chicago, Dec. 16. storm -H P., The sec this week again ; end sleet j paralyzed wires in central Illinois to- dav. and extended as far west as Kan s-as City. Starts in Tennessee. Ixniisville. Ky.. Dec. 16. (I. N. S.) - Rain, snow and sleet which started in Tennessee two days ago today struck Kentucky and is continuing northward. Communications in every direction are badly crippled. Rains in Illinois. Springfield, Ills., Dec. 16. (I. N. S.) Heavy rain, which threatened to turn into sleet, fell throughout south ern Illinois today. WOMAN OF 76 III FATAL FALL IN AEROPLANE Mrs. T. A. Comstock of San Diego and Aviator 0. S. T. Meyerhoffer Fall From a Height of 100 Ft. Into Bay. WING OF AEROPLANE COLLAPSES IN FLIGHT Aviator Painfully Injured; His Passenger Is Killed by Shock of the Fall. Pan Iie, Cal . Dec. 1C - -il". V.t Mrs T. A Comstock, 7:. of San Diego, was killed and Alator O S. T. Meyer hoffer was painfully injured when a wing of his aeroplane collapsed at a height of 100 feet over the bay tlay, and the aircraft fell. Help was rushed from t'nlted States warships lving nearby, and both were taken aboard the V , S. S. Oregon, where every effort to save the aged woman's life proved futile. She was the oldest passenger that had ever made an air flight in San Diego. A few minutes before Mrs. Comjtoc; ' made the fatal flight she was convers ing with newspaper men and remarked that she "was not a bit afraid." "I want to go up an; way 1500 feet and fly over both land and water," sh said. The cause of tie col'apse Is at tributed by the owners of the ma chine of the flying hoat type to imperfect brazing of the irons holding the wings to the body. Death is attributed to shock. Mrs. Comstock had a broken le;r and collar lone. A sailor from the Tnited States Supply ship Glacier, With a rope around his body. dove under the wreckage and recovered her body. BULGARS' HALT NEAR -BBRIMflPORARV ACCORDING TO SOFIA Saloniki Reports Say Cavalry Has Already Entered Greek Territory, Berlin, by Wireless to Sayville. D. T , Dec. 16. (L. P.) That the Bulgnrian troops may continue their pursuit of the allies into Creece was Indicate 1 today by Sofia's official statement. This said the Bulgarians had "tempo rarily'' ttopped at the border. Report Cavalry Over Ilorder. The Hague, Dec. 6. 1 '. P. i l'n eonfirmed Saloniki reports today said that Bulgarian cavalry had entered Greece, west of Gievgeli. Italian Army Lands. Paris. Dec. 16. t 1". P.) That Italian troops and munitions have landed in Albania and are moving to the re!ier of the Serbians wa indicated today In m Rome dispatch admitting destruc tion of the Italian destroyer Tntreptdo and the transport Remberto by drift ing mines in the Adriatic The mes- sage stated that 43 perishinl. and de- ! clared the losses were uo light becau- shiploads of men Hnd material had al ready reached tneir destination un harmed. From this it was taken that the destination was Albania. Saloniki to IJ? Impregnable. Athens, Dec. 16. i 1'. P.) The allies are transforming Saloniki into an tl niost impregnable fortress In antic- .Tin tion of an attack from the centr-il - ..... powers. Gangs of Greek laborers are working alongside of allied soldiers in throw ing up earthworks. On the heights , oinnianding approaches to the city the allies' artillery has been stationed, and the railway to the north has been forces from having a clear road. Three i transports debarked their forces yes- UT'la y. The allies at Saloniki have no doubt that the central allies' troops will In vade Greece in force within a few days. Nevertheless Greeks here doubt that the Teutons and their Bulbar cohorts v ill attempt such a move. Those holding this view say that the Germans realize that an attempt to dis lodge the allies at Saloniki would be hopeless. The newspapers declare that not a single Bulgar soldier will be allowed on Greek soil. Molmnimovians Help Austria. Vienna, Dec. 16. I'. P.) Moham medans and Albanians have come to the aid of the Austrlans in their ICnntan-crrltl f 1 1 ( m t 1 OH H tho ti'a r. 9 flee revealed today. The official statement claimed capture of the ene- mv's positions south of Vranascir.i. n'.i the scatterinc of a battalion, near Clibacs. King Peter to IJve,in Italy. Rome, Dec. 16. ( I'. P.) King Peter of Serbia will arrive here in a few days from Scutari. King Victor Emmanuel lias placed the royal villa at Caserta at his disposal, and is also preparing to receive the Montenegrin royal family in case the Austrlans overrun Montenegro. The Italian queen is a daughter of King Nicholas of Montenegro. bulletins I "Count" Admits Plots. Winnipeg, Man., Dec. 16. 1 1'. P. A Calgary dispatch this afternoon sa.id count van Koolbergen, anas J. H. von Montford, admitted he had plot ted with others In San Francisco to destroy Canadian bridges and railways, and American munition plants. Affidavits signed by Koolbergen told of a plot to blast Canadian tun- tels and claimed he had been hited ' by KaroTi on Brim ken to m"!ike bombs, to be placed aboard munitions steam ITS. To Ktop Parcel Post. London. Dec. ,;. (I. N. S.) Kng land is determined to shut down upon ecry possible method by which Ger many may obtain food, so far an it Hi.- in her riower This was made evident here today Sm "th. held Here. i not the man want when Iord Cecil, under secretary of ' ed in tiie "green trunX murder mys- foreign affairs, informed the house n 1 commons that considerable quantities of food was being sent to Germany frm America by pan el post and that the foreign ot'fh e was in comniunlca I l.on with th British ambassador Washington on the matter. tiet Sovepth Aviator. tierim, , n Mre,ess to mjuhi', '- I,) Dec. 16. l IM-Ueutenant lm- melman. over Valenciennes, shot down an r.ngiisn monoplane, 111s seven, i; British flier, the war office said today. In a French raid n Muelheim. one .1, L itl...l -j wl 'innthi-r uitiliillt'il while indvss of the military hospUal ' were I rok. n of the eastern front, the statement satd. Field Marshal von Hlndenburg I counter attai Ked drove them from neur Riga. the Russians anj a German position Los Angeles Cold Iklly. Ixs Angeles. Cal.. Dec. 1. il'. P Daniel Webtr. 71, was picked up unconscious, a victim of the early morning cold here today. l he aged man was rnirraa to me ic ceivlng hospital, where he was re vived. The police say Webber is the first victim of cold In Ios Angeles In many years. Accuse Dr. Hatseldon. . I Springfield, 111, Dec. 16. (I". V ) i where the murder occurred; Mrs The Illinois state board of health to- Jessie Althoff, who had resided up day filed written charges against Dr. I stairs and frequently saw the nmr H J Haiselden. of Chicago, for "gross uerer and his victim before the crime unprofessional ' conduct in deliberate ly allowing Baby Bollinger to die v.'thout surgical attention despite the parents' approval of his course. Acree on Neutral Zone. Athens, Dec. 16. (I. N. S. ) Greece and Bulgaria have agreed upon a neu tral zone of four kilometers extending on both sides of the frontier in order to avoid all responsibility of clashes between advanced guards of the Greek andJiJarian border forces. Cruisers Not Sunk. London. Dec. 16 (P. N. S The government press bureau today offi cially denied reports published by the Vossische Zeitung of Berlin that two British auxiliary cruisers had been sunk by mine in the vicinity of Mity lene. T EXPRESS CAR, SECURE BUT FOUR PACKAGES Kansas City Southern Train Held Up in Arkansas; Pas sengers Left n Dark, Kansas Citiy, Mo. Deo. 16. (I. P.) Three bandits early today held up a Kansas City Southern passenger train near Kagleton, Ark., forced the englne- man to detach two baggage car and the mail car, then dynamited the Wells Fargo express car and robbed the tr.all. The contents of the safe were so naoiy sc-.ne.eo mae . oaouns not attempt to gather the loot. Four rtglstered mall packages nowever, were taken. Mall clerks who barred I the door of the car were compelled to 1 ,,,..n it under thre.its that the enizine ! , v. i.ai.i r ..i rew n 1 ci oe much u ei.e-y ujci no, Six passenger coaches were left for hcurs in the darkness on the side of a mountain. I'assengers were not molested. The bandits, masked and heavily ormr, ,r.,ied I armPa- ' " over the tender and engineer and firemen ', an,.cnu o-j t tviv- rt,ili.H a - tached section a ohort distance away, the holdup men blew the safe of the combination baggage and expret-s car. badly damaging it. With their task finished, they , m manded the engineer to proceed ahead slowly, w hile they made good their I escape. The balance of the crew v.-as jleft with the passengers. ' The engineer proceeded to Caron, where he aroused the authorities, who at once started posses In pursuit of the I bandits. Tom Meagher of Haines, Kills Self Haines, Or., Dec. 16. Torn Meagher, ! 36 f ars old- einfe- and wel! ,k"own in Haines, this afternoon told friends "good-bye ." Then he went to his cabin and shot himself below the heart. He was despondent because of heart trou ble. Physicians say he cannot recover. He is a Moose. Ianndry Driver Arrested. On at, information more than three vears old, J. K. Hardin, formerly a Portland laundry driver, was arrested in IOS Angeles yesterday. The charge Is larcenr by emberzlement. preferred by the Crystal laundry. The amount la said to be between 90 and 100. RAIN ROBBERS BLOW SMYTH IS RELEASED; F OF POLICE CLARK Man Held at Cheyenne Is Not Bartholomew, Accused of Murder, Cheyenne. Wyo., Dec. 16. (J". P.) j Portland police wired '.he local author j ities this afternoon that William tery at Portland. He was given his freedom. William V. Snith, the n.au under arrest in ' h.eyer.n. Wo, Is not the I man wai.ted for the murder of John Lind. Pieturfs of Smyth arrt e 1 hi Port- land by special dellverv from t'hevenne toda. a,i thpse Ilhoiographs. shown to ,)Prs,m wh) silw Bartholomew were positively said not to tie the man sus Itcted of the "green trunk" murder. Acting upon the statements of these wli,'',:,'s- ('Mef , ('lark at wlr(tl heyenne police, stating that Port- 'a" ul'' tr'ot ' ?'' 'Sm ' " cr !"f an,' aHkln r"r h,s release vine, c iarK oi iirsi consiaerea seno- inf the pictures un to San I-rancisco to see if the men there, who were in timately acquainted with Bartholomew, could identify the pictures. So positive, however, were the Port land persons interviewed, in their as srtlon that Smyth Is not the man, that the chief decided further inves tigation would be useless. Photo Xa Exhibited. The three photographs. - show'nt; front, side and full length views of Smyth, were turned over to Detect ives J Moloney and Tichenor. Mrs. Anna I 1,1 'nnv tiriiTiriplfir of t he rooming house' at 407 Stark street. was committed, and G. K. Howitt. pi o- I rletor of the livery stable at 2'.3 Davis street, were shown the pictures Howitt rented to the man supposed to be George Barthlomew, the blark topped rig used In transporting th' trunk containing the body to the river. "That isn't the man at all." Mrs. De Corsey asserted, after taking one glance at the picture. "This man has a decided dimple, he is older, and his appearance Is not as trim, as well kept as was the man wtjo ws with Llnd. This picture is net at all like him. "In fact, the man shown In this picture does not look as much like the man who was with Kind as did the Pii tures published In the newnpaeT8." It will be recalled that the picture supposed to be Bartholomew's was yesterday proved to be the photograph of Antone Anderson, a San Francisco chum of John Lind. Mrs. DeCorsey's statement was made so quickly and was so conclusive that the detectives say there was not tue slightest doubt in her mind. "No, truit's not the man at all," Mrs. Althof similarly said, when she was shown the pictures." Differences Are Described. Mrs. Althof then went on to describe I the big neck of the man who Is sup I posed to have committed the murder. and commented on the fact that Smyth has a decided dimple, while the sup posed Bartholomew had none. "This Is not the man, at all," Mr. Howitt declared, almost as conclusive ly, when he was shown the pictures. "The resemblance here is not nearly as good as that picture In the newspapers. Howitt's barn man, who also saw (Conc-lnclecl on Pr Foor. Column One.) America Repudiates Ford's Peace Party Legations In Scandinavian Countries Issue Formal Statements Saylnf Party Has Ho Official Standing. London. De'-. 16. ( V. P.) The ' American legations at Christians. J btf)( kholm and Copfnhagen today ls- i , frm.i statements dprlarlnir lh. the American government has no con nection vviiii ine rorci peace expedition. 'a cording to Copenhagen reports to- day Member.; Can't Iand. London. Dec. 16.--(I'. P Press re ports today indicated that the govern ment did not Intend to perrnlr any of the Kord peace party to land at Kirk wall. Officials do not anticipate com plications over the Kirkwall stop, however. MeatcSutters' War Yet On, Says Chief Business Agent Asserts Tnat Sereral markets Are How Kanalnf With Full Union Crews. Controversy between union meat cut ters and market proprietors over hours of labor reached no conclusive stage I todav, according to Arthur Wester-I be k, union business agent. A full ctrew of butchers is at work at the Jones market, the proprietor of this establishment declared today. The State market. 221 First street. Is get ting along satisfactorily with Its butchers, the proprietor said, and Is tioinif its ordinary run of business. Business agent Westerbck said ten large markets are now running with full union crews. The strike R called to gain a ten hour day, regardless of the hour of beginning work, union officials assert. CanaUa Puts Hay Embargo. Ottawa. Orvt.. Dec. 16. (I. N. 8.) The government today pJaced an em bargo on hay shipments Into the Unit ed States. ORDERS FROM CHIE UNEMPLOYED 1 Ml N smi era Enumerators Paid 3 to 5 Cents Per Name Apparently Canvassed Only Districts Where Population Thick. 1500 PUPILS KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN OVERLOOKED More Yet to Be Reported; District Loses $10 for Each One Missed. Heports of tt e "u nein( ioy ed' enu merators, who .ok the Portland school census the last week '.a November, showi that hundreds of children of school aKe were missed by the census takers. The reports probably were the most careless and Indifferent of any ever nrnde for the district. The total school census, as show! by the reports of the enumerators. Is 4 4.230, w hic h Is f.9 b ss than the cen sus for last year. Since these report were turned in. principals of 16 of the schools . i- found actually enrolled in the schools 1 .'.On pupils who were missed by the enumerators Reports ;.r vet to be had from other schools. For each child enumerated the school district receives 1 1 (I from state arid county school funds, mi in addi tion to showing a loss of sc hool popu lation, if the reports of the enmerators had been let stand, the s' hool district would have lost I if,. no,, on the number of pupils it , ready found to have been missed At the Ladd school 300 pupil" en rolled in th school were missed. At Woodmen 2uo were missed, and at a number of schools from i0 to 15U Were missed. . The- census w.is taken by recruits from the unemployed. They were pall so much Per iiHtne, the price running from 3 to li cents. It appears evident they "skimmed the cream" from the work and let the rest go. When the decrease was noted In the reports, the principals of the various nchools were asked to check up the reports with their enrollment books nnd also to announce to the pupils that C cents would tic paid for each rrnme turned In that hod not been listed. The final report on the school cen sus will rot be made by the school clerk's office until all the schools lave been checked up. All children from four to H years of age ure to be included In the s' hool census. PARITY OF RATES WITH ASTORIA BY S., P. 8 S. President Gilman Gives His Reasons in Letter to Port land Commerce Chamber, In a formal answer forwarded today to George K. Hardy, executive secre tary of the Chamber of Commerce, L. C. Gilman. president of the North Bank road, declines to grant either the parity of rates between the In land ICmpIre and Astoria with rates from th? same territory to Pugtt Sound and the requested reduction of rates to Portland based on its geo graphical position 100 miles nearer than Astoria. Mr. Gtbnan t forth that the atten tion Involves more than any slnclc tall line has the power to answer. II? states that the Spokane, Portland & Seattle railway has not receded from or modified its position with reference to the Astoria situation. Inasmuch as the subject Is now In the hands of the Interstate Commerce commission fof sdjustment. he does not feel that dis cussion by him is approprate at thl4 time. y With respect to the resolution drafted by the Chamber of Commerce asking both concessions by the rail road. Mr. Gilman suggests that it withdraw Its r'-'iuest. Beply of President Oilman. Mr. Gilrhan'n reply Is as follows: "Mr Geo. M. Hardy, Kxet uive Secre tary. Portland Chamber of Commerce, Portland, Oregon. "Dear Sir: There has been presented to me a resolution adopted by the Port- (Concluded on I'mje Six. Column Hlx.) I Wants Meat Fixtures ! Team Is For Sale The best introduction to the fellow you don't know but who rnlcbt buy Is a Want Ad In The Journal. Hundreds of people daiiv rneet this way to mutual profit. Horses. Vehicles, Etc. is GOOD work team. hiirnese and waKon. weight 2.r,00. Motorcycles, Bicycles 53 MOTOKCVCLF wanted as part payment on S pass. auto, bal ance cash. Wanted Miscellaneous -6 WANTKD Secor.d hand meat fixtures; must be In good con dition and cheap for (ash. Want Ads hunt houses. Jobs, chickens, real estate loans and scores of other ;thlngs. It pay to read the classified on pages 15 and it. NUND EMPIRE DENIED . '. k -Ti