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16, 1915.
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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
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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
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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
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