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CHRISTMAS COMES ON APACE TONIGHT'S ADS TEEM WITH ELEVENTH HOUR REMEMBRANCE LISTS
VOL. XIV. NO. 243.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 18, 1915. TWO SECTIONS 14 PAGES
PRICE TWO CENTS ??A5&IB5Ia Si!
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5 DIE n
CAR DROPS
Passengers on Astor Line
Fall Into River From Di
vision Street Bridge and
Others Are Saved by Nar
row Margin; Many Hurt.
STRUCTURE THAT FAILED
WAS RECENTLY REPAIRED
Victims Were for Most Part
Working People on Way to
Places of Employment;
Work of Rescue Difficult;
City Is Blamed.
Idt of Dead and Injured.
The list of dead and iniured .is a
result of the Spokane bridge accident
b.s compiled by The Journal's special
corres; ondent at Spokane is as fo'-
I'.WS
Dead.
1" K. Kltzpalriek. proprietor of
ll.adiight lar. surviv tl l.y i.ia ife
and two children.
i' K. Thomas, p.n'.rietnr of tieen
City lar.
Sum liarris. Kast '.L'T Kie-rnan street,
i l i.o red port :'f.
Harry V: Nor. niurht watchman,
M'io!d:ick l.urrt'f-r company.
rr.idcnt'.l ied map.
Injured. I
M. I- I'a.s. N. ISM Madison!
.tr-et. i-ond . i tor. ate :;7, niarrlf.J; j
both li:m:i bruise ($u(l.cut nnd back'
. I'. J. liond.
footman, color
Kankln sti.it'.
sprained. t:ad
1 r us. d.
li SpriL
ii-i.-, iai'i:o:. .
K. 1.114 Rockwell Ave.,
r-d. i 'ul!wrt son, iJrote &
ak'. 'i 4.'. married; ba k
c ;t and bruised, hands
i Cordon ave
ie M. s i t; i; '. :
doi.
d.
Lot , r..
hurt.
P..ch
Jan., :
: v...
t. . rt.
Mai '
and
U l'-g l rushf-d . b i. k
Marti
I I, .or;
. !:.
st.it
. Provid
, oi'.re l.
and stoii
ice.
lie
i.o h
ion,
ad'
"'o,l i lr;,'v a f -a
: 1 'in in ert s
.ud.y splailird.
I'rcu iden'-o a e
r, aire I a, mar-id..-
I.rok.-n. ieft
, head and l a. k
Indiana avenue
1. Pa.k and i-,-
' Ne ada st reel.
n .e, i o
ay !:: in led .
hand'- and head
sun Hak-r. i:
p Ida k.-;n;th
be.i
M . d . M.s on 1 e
Kli.c.d.r Idade bl
injur, d.
IV M. !:.... V..
c. k, m.
biol i.ru.vrd.
.loli-, 1-' l:er. N
1 ''! : i. V-i-
4"1
Pit I
CLERK ARRESTED FOR
PART IN BOMB PLOTS
Accuse German of Theft of
Confidential Papeis of Al
lies, Bank Beine Aeenf.
New York. 1 c
FreUerick ' ;;.
clerk in the Nalo
a r rest . d 1 - e I ...'.a -.
Rllegcd phdM t" .1
canal. The I op.
, at legrams P.nd , .
in Schb-ndfs r..o
stolen from the h
IS .1 x. s
; . en: ;.',oy . d a s a
h i ' t I i;,k. was
. on t i.n with
- t - y the Wei In lid
t ur-.d teiekran,-.
;f identia! r: . s- if. s
11 W hi. h had he. t;
mk, ti.e !:..-t;t uti.ui
I,, ne one of the f.naiaia: agents of
t! .. i'ies.
S i-.dt i the fifth ma-: t h ar-re-ie.'.
iu connection with an al.eee-1
I.iot i" Idow up the We'. land emal. The
,.'.!.,' ; s a r . :
Others are Arretted.
Paul K cnit. chief investi-;.t;.r for
t;.e I ia nit ii T'ri -A mer lean line; K. P.
l.endecker, an antique diaitr; Fred
Melzler. Kcenim s secretary; Geor-.-Fuel-.s.
Koenlu's employe.
"I was Porn in Havaria," said
S. hlei::dl today. ".'7 years ago. 1 came
here m 191J. I worked in a machine
shop for a while, and then secured a '
tosiihi- in a. Ptroad sirepr office Iir.-.i-l:
1 applied in the regular way for a potl
tiun ia the National C.ty bank and was
accepted.
. .... .....t .... ' ... i i ..v., . i'ii-iai ,,.-ic i
that I had a josition wit!; the bank,
ai d he introduced me to Koenip. whO
told me to secure certain documents, j
I did. I was paid about J.O weekly by j
K'.enig and his associates.- '
Hundred Wan Implicated. (
The seized documents implicate 10-ji.
n.en, some of Inem very prominent, in j
various cities. Arrests on both 'l!'ej:
Atlantic and I'acific coasts are ex-'
pcted soon. ,
Schleindt was charged with frrand j
iiu complicity in the Wellar.d
canal plot. He was arraigned in the
Tombs today , and was held in de
fault of J25.000 bail.
Chief investigator P.ielaskl of the
department of Justice is in New Yotk
today directing the search for the
r- We Hand conspirators. Immediate, ar
rests are expected.
HTSPpj
NATIONAL CITY BANK
Mrs. Bennett
Must Serve 2
Years In Jail
Prtlanl Woman With Two Con
federate. Sent to San (uentin
for I buna -;incr, Orrliunl.
San Fmr.' isco. '".i! , t . 1 t'.
1' 1 gio f r ; j ; t t n-.- in mv oj.;:.-
01: is Worth more In the state if
' . 1 1 f 'ru.a 1' ar aiiv m.in -r set of
m.-ti w t:-j attempt wilfully t destroy
This opinion wis rerderi"! today
bv
ri'.'iai Jii'lf' 1 tooling ''
ing sentence ; n thr-..
". s f nil g lilt y a !' w
Iliilm J r.i -cunterfcit-i
; i v s it g ' .
trio wen
1 . W . W
!!.;-.. to
..f fruii
Allien; th.. , f . tv nf the
f .unci u large .piantit v ..f
stl' k.-r. ,.f tu- variety
be u-od li. f .. ,. -ti , t i 1 i
trees, ari J it wax I .'.is that led 10
th'ir l r.iit!'Mati"T by .J.iilg.- licwliii.
Ti.- tt j . w-r.- Claude I.iwii-.s I'lal
eme Far;:n anl M; s Jf,ii:ln' Bennett.
Thev w f Tf. sen'en,ed t" two ,ars .aiii
in S'ar; Q'j.utin for ( uut. rfeit ing
La and !
B- nr. tt
land. Or
0 cci.t .;. s. I'arhi! and Mrs.
arc said to be known in Fort-
Mrs Bennett. Ihe wife of a g--adunte
of Harvard and herself said to be a
cultured Niiu::, lived in Portland and
Taenia several -ai While h. r..
as ir.tertist.d m I W V. worK. and
frequently, spoke at street meetings
Portland Ir;r:,a.- are to under
tanJ
tor i .IH..-L t : "ii with counterfeit
era.
E,
nil
Austrian Diplomat Admits
Penfield May Be Handed
Passports.
n.v John Fdvvia Nevin.
iishir.srt.m. 1 s.. i p N". P.)
Characterizing the Austrian crisis as
"very, -ry grave," administration of
ficials declared here today that the
fcovernment was prepared for any
eventuality. A memorandum of liU
answer to Austria was sent to Presi
dent Wiison by Secretary of State
l.ansini;. After n thorough examina
tion ..f ti.e ior .ni.'iit. the president
wi'.l confer with l.ansniK and il Is
prohii: ,e that the rioie w 1,1 be on its
way t.. lenna before midnifiht.
iifi.iais p'oi
warrant tin- op
to pr.-v a . i in T
ma -1 - it la i i i
to s. e : oihing to
n w hi. h is said
ton;,- circles. The-.
unl.-.-s Austr a
Ill--, t s t ::
1 : . w ; - h e
of 'he American gov -
is inevitable.
.-rt. -r.ei: t a or
ii. s; nsibi.itv lor an break, how
ever, will l.st w.Uj Vimna. The re-
.1 li.-r i., Aastrit's .eply r.-latie to
tie sinking of t r . It.i.ian lin.-r An
ona wiil not be m the natuie of an
ultimatum.
.'. siatemer.t : 1 this effect was forth
. onnuK .'oin state depa - ii,. :;t offi
cial f day. He stated ti e rejoinder
w. ti 1.1 be ,,;, !,., with unmistakable (
firmness and that it will rmphas.ze th.-j
fact that the 1 tit. . i States w.!l no;
dis. :ss the pi, i,'i pi.s of su!. marine
warra;., tiiis ""Veii.ni.nt hnunij e
pla.i.eu its attitude t.i.r;i;lily i:. th"
. o: i . spond. r.ce witii liern;al). If A us
t ri. i.as an t:.-w- e . idence to pres. :.t
;t i i be -on;dered.
The belief that a b:a between tie
iwu, nations is I nt 1 1 a : -le uas k r w 1 i.E ,
in i'Oth ofli-ial and dip'"irutic ciic.es j
Pra ;. aliy ery Austrian dlplonr-tJ
aud . ,ir.s; in the Pr.it.-d 'tat. s is in-!
i,..d i-i aile.d ppits against this,
-Hi y. j
1 .r i ' j-.tn, I'umi.a. t!ie AustrPinl
.:.. assaji-r. has he ti l i ald. I'i.ars" j
.!' A f ', ;u r. s . i-'.i.-i.iK is i;,olved ml
a:.-sed passp.,n frauds l'roseut ion !
o: Austrian I'oiisui Uenera'. v,.n Nnber
is also a certainty. A break in d.:do-
mat ' relations wiil result in all these'
ofl'i, ials l.ainc the country.
Neltli.-r so t-rr.ment otficiahs nor
I'.ern an ambassador Von P.ernstorff
Would dis uss til- situ. it.. today.
l iu'rup d Affaires Zwoid. n;k t. - lay
reuuested a , "lit. rer.ee mil; Se-Tetat y
Lanstr.K. It is und rstood lie plans to
uu.stioti the cr.-d it.i ; i t Lr. I'ecii
i relic's affidavit la the Zw. ijeii.k
a se.
A p.iirh Austrian diplomat declared
this attevi.o.'ii that there was a possi-
ib.'.i'y ,.f Ameriun Amiissador P.::
I fit-id being 'landed his passports if the
'original Ancona dimands were reilvr
! ated in America's rejoind. r.
"Austria." he said, "does not want to
J break r . thms w ith the I nited States,
j hut le- '.s that s.u- i.as e. ritlit to know
the eviden- e on whi.-h the demands of
this country ware based.
"A -ist: ia cannot maintain the posi
l tion of a first i !jss power and accept
I humiliating demands.
j "Whetlur there is a break in diplo
matic relations will depend on the
I language used by Secretary of State
Ionising in his rejoinder."
LIVESTOCK AND
AGRICULTURAL
OUTPUT
Oregon farms yielded more
wealth this year thin durin T
1914.
The summary of the several
products makes pleasant reading.
This field of endeavor will be
adequately covered in the Year's
End Number of The Sunday Jour
nal .Magazine, December 26.
The Sunday Journal for De
cember 26, including the Year's
End Number, will be mailed to
any address for 5 cents the copy.
DECEMBER 26
AUSTRIAN CRISIS VERY
AV
COMMENT OF
AMPRPAM
OFFICIALS
nillLlUU
ALL IS READY
roe WEDDING
HI BALI HOME
Ceremony Uniting Woodrow.
wiison and taitn boiing
Gait Will Be Performed at
Eight This Evening.
STENOGRAPHER WILL BE
WITH WEDDING PARTY
President Attends to Routine
Duties and His Grand
daughter's Baptism.
Washington. Pec. 1 c. (P. P.)
President Wiison at S 2') tonight will
have a bride and the nation a new
"first lady," Mrs. Kdith Doillnij Wll-
Sf ill.
Tho-ugh It was his wedding day. the
president indulged in his customary
routine work. He was about the ex
ecutive offices early. .. iearini? up the
unfinished business on his desk, pre
paratory to leaving on his fortnight'.?
honeymoon tonight.
(inly one shadow rrossed his Joy.
That was the threatened Austrian
crisis, the only emergent y in th way
of an uninterrupted honeymoon.
Should this affair take a turn need
ing the president's attention, Secre
tary of State Lansing will visit the
president on ins honey moon
W nit Houia Is Astir.
About the white house tn.-re was a
noticeable stir as attaches prepared
it for the reception oi its new mis
tress. Wedding announcements were
be.ng prepared for mailing to every
one of the white house olla al list.
At the Gait home everything is in
readiness for the ceremony tonight
when, with simplicity, the nation's
head is Joined In wedlock by the Rev.
Herbert Scott Smith.
The limited number of guesta were
all on hand. -
The weather man didn't produce a
fin..- day for the wedding. for a
drenching downpour made the city '
dreary. However, he promised to do.
belter and have a clear night.
Many Gifts Arrive.
The biis-U- al t tie white house was'
etilian .,1 fi'uuent.y by t..e appearance
of express wagons with gifts. Though
the plesi.bnt bad let It be known he
did nol '.i"e IT Kilts, he failed to;
ui '!" tli iu
At the i 'all home, extra poli- w. re I
deiaile.i Ke.-i. away 1 he curious nnd
'"" '-ol ' c ' ' ,
lb m. !
At '.an ii.ui..-, .Mia i-.n-e 'n-
detailed to Keep away 'he curious nnd
l'Td - is w . re i-su.-.l i,y lui.e supenn-i
Iiend. - nt Puliiiiun that on y guests
rd-is w . r- i-s-ued by lull. siiperin- i
..i.o-1 kl l. p. : mitt.d to appioa h the,
r-si.i m . after s ,ui" k. The street!
will be cleared.
The prcMUetit will d'.ne a
house and. then shortly
o clock, a. conij, allied ly hi
Miss Margaret, and Miss 1!
row Bones, he vvill go t.
Lome.
Stenographer to Go
A f ti-i the wedding , e.u
the white
before S
daughter,
n Wood
Ihe Gait
Too.
inonv
md
s u p el , the c- 'UpK WI ! I go t,
r i . . n . , i , t v the pi e.-1 .1. ui I s
sten "gi up:., r. Charles Swetn
the sta
prp. a! e
will ac-
. ompittiv them and their destination
w ill be k- p. a seel et.
' I'm le Joe" Cannon na. an farly
visitor al tc. white house to congrat
ulate the pi. -si. lent, but tl'.i- latt.r had
-.1 e.idv gen. ! . Mrs. Gait's home t )
;ay her a short -ah.
Tie W( a t her man. true p ,
ii.s pr
and bl
Mr
t ' 1 1 s a I ; ;i".
reno' m t n . e s
I
. bd
..it :.
It I
w : i'e ho :se at; I the
TI... pr. side Is v is
p
t .a r..
during the forenoon
f. w mi n u tes "l his ,1 ri
at tl,- bank, pi es u mai. . v
tie loose change for In
he St. .ppe,
. ml a ill
honey mo.,:
t,
journev .
Ket urning to the white !
attended baptism of his
grand-
dauirhtei. Lie, nor W'll-on M Ado... m
the blue room, and be am... her God
tat !' e r
Metz Bombarded,
Museum Damaged
P.. rlir.. T ec. Is H
wireless to SavviU.
M'.-i was made I. en- to.
V
"ffi i
lav t.
- ' P.v
alt cm ft hud bon.bu ,!.-, 1
M:z and
1 n - i
1 1 ;,( . , v.. a v v- dun-.a tc on
; al museum.
the mm
i-
Federal Reserve
Statement
S.l.i Kr.in.-i-c"
of the c.iHihi,.
of S:lll Kr;i:;ci
llciU.I'T IT;
be
i .
P. I - -s-faten
,.Pt
ef th;- fe.i.T,
a at the ch
i ri's'rvp bunk
P.KSUt p.i lus
(icld c in and gnl.l i-rilfi, ites
lr on vault
II. gold s. tllelr.l ' fu ..I
Legal ten.ler n-'t-". s.lver. etc.
.$ 4 1,..
. io. Pu
pa is.
Tatal rerv.-s
Couuerci.-il fw,ir . retire 'i:;ls
! 1 1 r..i, i . i
'-.',,'
fun ,ni
1 ,k, ,.,
.Mil .
1 I 14 a It
::.i4:i.o !
I Bink ac,-e.tn-es
I tlltn.l Stil' h- ll'ls
Muiiicl; al v arini:'-
....oral rfs-iT,- i,, .re- l,p'l . . .
I All olher reisjur.es
Total resource-
.2i.c"
I.l.MUI.ITIKS
Capital p.i id
lClotiitS, 11. t
T..U1 l!l.illtie
l!:.MiUt.MiPM
I-"., lend r.M.TTp ii. .te ree.'lved fnnni
fvderul reserve agenl
Ke.l. n.l reserve Hate, lu liamlj of
170.000
bunk l.m.00.1
Net frderiil reserve notn ont-
rtaudlng 4.H2C.IOO
Gold Uei.ltid with federal rerrie
agent to retire federal reserve
iwtea 3.170.000
Met aset aeetunt fetleral rwrrc
notea 1, 144. ooo
Regrets Sent
In Polite Way
From Warship
! British Cruier Holds I p Tanker
Santa Maria Off Chile for 23
I Hoar, but Doe, It Gently.
i San Praiii is. o. Calif., lie.-. 11. (P.
iN. S.i Held j,.,. a Hnt.sh i ruise:
Chilean .oast and forced to
" warship's orders for -3
hours, the Allien an steamer Sania
Mjir.a of San Francisco, under char
ter of the 1'nion inl c'ompany.
reached p..rt'San Puis today with the
story of its unusual experience. Pol
lector of Put luavis here was no
tified at once.
The Santa. Maria. Captain Georce
Curtis was j roc.-eding down the coast
of Chile, when ha'.ted b the ISr.tish
cruiser 'Uranto November 1-. The
command, r of the . rulser explained
his lotions by saying that the 4 S.O'JU
barn is of oil carried by the Santa
Maria were consigned to a Germaji
firm in Taltal, Chile.
A.ording to Captain Curtis. It was
lOil'.o o lock on the night of Novem
ber 12 when l is st'-amer was stopped
..nd an officer of the cru.ser came
a, oard to examine the papeis When
P.- ett. h.- order-Tl ti Santa Maria t i
lay to until further orders.
Seven hours later, the cruiser Flg
i al. U tne Sania Mar, a "Follow me if
..oil please "
This was followed by a second sig
i ay, "The speed wi,l be nine knots."
As soon as tile Santa Maria began
'o follow, the warship sent the polite
signal, ".Much regretted 1 must"
L
T TO DRILLS
HELD BY AUTHORITIES
Pedagogues Declare Speed
Competition Has Injected
Danger Great&r Than Fire,
The Portland Principals' association,
I which includes the principals of all the
j public schools, has filed with the
I school hoard a protest against the
t manner in which competitive fire
' drills have been conducted at the
i schools under the direction of the puh
I lie safety commission, of which Harry
; P. Coffin is chairman.
Confusion and disorder, which grow
out of permitting the cnildren to run
in the effort to make a time record,
l.ss.n the control over the children
nnil are iraugnt w itn greaiT Ganger
II nil a possible tire Itself, the
iTinui ais point out. Ana us ine re-
sponsible guardians of the children
while In their charge, the principals
protest.
Th,. .-ommunlcatlon. wlibh is signed
by G. P. Jamison, principal of the
Thompson school and president of the
aso. iation, and P. 11. Maker, princi
pal of Shaver school and secretary of
the association, came before the school
Nuird Thursday afternoon and was re
ferred to the teachers' commit tee for
consideration. It says
Subject Prominent t Preent.
In the presetit instance, we desire
to present to y. u our inn ticns on our
lombiued expeneme in the malt-r of
fire drill!-. This subject ha-, an you
Know. bc n recently brought very
tuominentiy to our attention by events
Ibotli at home and abroad. It Is not
' I-., w to us. We arc lew. and for many
ear, have b ;.. vitally interested in
i. We have had abundant pportunity
to study .1 In its various phases, and
.-in,.- we are tie ones w I; ,,. in our in
dividual buildings, have been calb-d
upon to a'finif thr duty "f properly
piot.'-Tini; tli.- boys aid cirls in our
charge, and nine we an also the .ns
upon whom, in case of a'ciuent, toe
h'anie n us' fall. and who must.
I. io ugh lit", bear the sad burden of
'he respons : bl 1 1 y for limbs maimed or
lives '.ost, we deem ourselves justified
,in urging upon von the consideration
'of our views and the granting of our
l eg u es ts.
Too Mnch Emphl on Speed.
"Hi cur opinion, events have con
spired lately to place altogether too
much emphasis on the matter of speed
:;; our diills. The main object to be
obtained m a fire drill is ..r,i rl. con
trolled iias-e. the chief thing to be
avoided is dis rd.-rl), unconti oiled
lillUC
' nice the cbi'dreii start to tun. a
ti ey are now d ing, and .is It Is almost
impossible to keep them from doing, in
order to make a time re. '-rd. the con
trol over them is lessened and the
mger of panic is increased And that
panic is a more terrible, more destruc
tive enemy than fire. Numerous dls-ast.-is,
among them the m-'Si recent
,.t Pi-.il.ody, Mass, give elo'jueiu testi
mony, -v
Tt Is our opinion that the chief
cause of this speed mania which has
ai ls, n among the students comes from
tin- element of comjet i t ion f"r prizes
which lias been injected into the situa
tion. The details of the evils arising
from this source alone would convince
you that this feature .should be com
pletely and permanently eliminated.
How to Avoid Danger.
"If we iiuiot organize fire drills,
that meet yonir requirement without
having prizes offered to us. then we
admit tnat we are not worthy to as
sume the responsibility placed upon us.
"Briefly then, we urge ou to do
thr.-e things:
1. Klitmnate competition and
prizes from the fire drills.
CHOO
PRINCIPALS
OBJEC
j "U. Appoint a committee consisting
2 u.4-""'' of one or more of your members, the
l , otu.ooo SUpP: mtendent. or one of his assist-J-l.''T.av
ants, and the fire marshal, to conduct
! the inspection.
"J. Kstai-lish a standard for each
. building, and give us u. chance to
mtasure up to it "
Garage Is Robbed.
The Hook and Lutgen garage at
1372 Division Btreet was broken into
by thieves last night and 12 inner
tubes and 18 spark plugs, worth al-
together about $50, were taken.
VILLA TO GIVE
UP REVOLUTION,
LEAVE 110
He Will Come to the United;
Qi.ino . rVfio DonftKinn '
OldieS al UnCe, neaCning'
El Paso Tonight or Tomor
row, Say Dispatches.
OFFICERS' QUARTERS IN
JUAREZ DISMANTLED
Villa Decides on Move After
Conferring With Several
of Remaining Chiefs.
Kl Paso, Texas. Pec 1. (I. N. S i
Gineral Villa will abandon his revolu
tion against th. Carranza government
at one- and will arrive at Juarez to
night or tomorrow
Tills unqualified statement was
made In dtspaphes received here to
day from Chihuahua City where Villa
has been In conference with several
ot his remaining chiefs.
Confirmation of the report and indi
cation that Villa will flee to the Pnl-
ted States was furnished by the fact :
that officers' quartern at Juarez are
being dismantled and household goods ;
of Villa and his brother Hlpolit.ii
brought across the border to 1 Paso.
GEN. FINZER MAKES
PAYMENT OF BALANCE
T
Weird System af -BookkeefH
ing Responsible for Differ
ences Due to Errors,
former Adjutant General W. E
Finzer turned over today to bis suc
cessor in offire. Adjutant Geneiil
George A. White, the sum of J10f'0 1j.
which re resi nts the balance of short
ages found in Plnzer's accounts during
his administration. The restitution
was made "n the basis of an audit
completed some little lime ago by W.
vn,l-. A- Sir,., t., ...,...,.( hmIii
inc.; i ii;ei weiii out Ol Oilice. ray
ment was made ny certified check for
$713.05 and by assignment of a claim
for J-'".? for services rendered by
I "inzi-r to the state.
No wilful mlsappropriu tlon of funds
is imputed to General Plnzcr, nor any
irregularities other than an extremely
loose system of Keeping .-o ounts.
In conne. ti' ii with tin- admmistra
t.on of l-'jnzer as adjutant giuo ral ..f
the Cm-gun National guard, the Inves
tigation showed a weird system of
bookkeeping, with blunders so numer
ous and so grotesque as to majtc the
fifianiial end of the state's military'
department a. jumble . f d o.ble pav - j
merits, entry on the wrong side of 'liei
ledger, unde--sta ted and over-staled!
exoeiise ,u'. Hints, missiriir entries nod!
entries under misleading headings!
T;,is work. was done by a girl sf no-?- ;
rapher who had no knowledge of the
fundamentals of bookkeeping. The
mistakes were sometimes In Kinzer's
favor, sometimes against hini.
Flasar Asked for Audit.
Mr. Finzer had asked Oswald West
near the close of the latter's admin
istration us governor, to have the
books audited. Governor West at
tempted to have this done, but the
time of Insurance 'pmml ssioner
Fe . -
SHORTAGE IN AON
mison was so much occupied with the mas money in exchange.
audits of the hooks of the various! B'lt the carriers an- not included In
counties that he could not begin It :.l'hiM, nor are the extra clerks nnd teni-
that time. Subsequent ly, however, af- j porary employe. The others pit pail
ter Mr. Finzer went out of office, a j twice each mbt.th, on the second and
partial audit was made, which re- 1 seventeenth.
suited in the discovery of several h.in- ,
dred dollars In shortages. These sums i
were made good by Finzer at that
time. When it appeared, liowever,
that the audit had not been complete,
another was demanded and the Mac
kenzie audit was undertaken
Mr. Finzer ha made tile following
statement covering the situation:
Lack of Audit B lam ad.
"Owing to the fact that there had
been no audit of the books of tile ad
jutant general's office during recent
y.ars we have bad more or less dif
ficulty In reaching a full understand
ing as to the amount of funds to be
. l uiiclu.le,! on I'Hire KWe. Cilunm Two.l
Gen. Stockhausen,
German, Is Killed
Amsterdam, Dec. 18. (P N. 8.)
Major General Stockhausen. com
mander of a division in the German
army, was killed in action, according
to dispatches received here today.
Accused of Serious OimeK.
Detective Captain Baty today re
ceived advice from Tacoma that a
man, alleged to be John Ryan, robbed
the home of I-. S. Stevens In Tacoma
and afterward attacked the 12-year-old
daughter of the house. Ryan and
John Raymond have been under ar
rest here, charged with the theft of
diamonds and the robbery of seven
Portland houses In 10 days, the loot
aggregating $5000 In value. Much
of the loot has been recovered.
Late Telegraphic News
Note to Austria Roady,
Washington. I eo IS. tl. N. P.)
Report here this afternoon was that
the reply to Austria had been com
pleted and would be cabled Immedi
ately. Confirmation of the report was seen
In the fact that Secretary of State
Lansing left his office at o : 1 5 o'clock
and went home without further con
ference with President Wilson.
11.. 1 n .1 I1. .. II.. .w!
lluotie, Iowa, Dec. IS. tP. P. 1
Soile I''tland. Or . folks will be shy
their Christmas presents, for a mail
car bearing a large number of pack-
ages from Chicago to Portland took
fire neaf here this afternoon and was I
rushed back to the city Only a few
of the packages were saved.
Goriti' Forts Crumble.
Paris. Pec. li.-if. P. 1 Artillery
battling. m"re horrible than any thus
fur, rages about Gorltz the past two
days, according to Swiss reports to
day. The inner forts w-re said to
have crumbled beneath the Italian
attack.
Hydroplane Captured.
Paris .Dec IS. (I. N. S.) French
torpedo boats off Gallipoll shelled
tw o ( n.-my hydroplanes bringing down
i nd capturing one. The other escaped.
School Vacation
Begins on Dec, 23
And Ends Jan.
The Christmas vacation for
the public schools will be from )f
December -3 to January 3. The
echools will close for the holl-
days on the afternoon of Thurs-
day. December -3, and will open w-
again Monday, January 3. This If-
will give nine days of vacation.
Two Seamen Taken
From American Ship
German &ad Austrian Mad Prisoner
Br British In Barbados United
Stat Council Saya Protert TTsalaaa.
PhiUdelphla. pa Tec. 18. (I. N.
S.JT--Two neamen, one a Gtrman artfl
the other an Auatrlan. were seized and
taken off the American steamship
Hawaiian by the British authorities
in BarladoH.
This became known when the vessel
In command of Captain Arey. arrive!
ir. tills port from Puenos Aires and
Kb. Janeiro by the way of Barbados,
with a cargo of manganese ore.
According to the story told by i'ap
li'.in Arey, upon arriving In Barbados,
be was boarded by the customs au
thorities. Winn his ships' papers and
cr w list were examined the officers
taw the name of G. Gorlitz. a Germnn
and l: lll.izln an Austrian. The port
offkers' letter notified Captain Ares-
... .i. .. ..ti t...
be turned
I 1 1 a I ine men wouiu oae i"
over lo tne ponce aumoruim.
The masur of the Hawa.lan Im
mediately visited the American con
sulate. Vice consul J. K. A. lnce,
who was in charge of the office, told
him that a protest would be useless.
That afternoon a bbc- boat came
alongside of his vessel and took the
men ashore. When the Hawaiian
sailed from Burlwidos the men were
still in ih- ity prison.
Postnen Have to
Work on Christmas
Hall Carrier to KT o Kollday but
Sunday Other Employes of Unci
Sam Can Draw Christmas Money.
San Francisco, pf. IS. (P. N S. )
Nobod loves the mall arrbr in I'ncle
Sam's family. He will have to work
in Christma-s and on every other boll
day. Only Sundays are to be days of
rest for the man In pray.
Willi tlile! order from Washington
came another order from postmaster
Fay lo his regular employes that was
of a more agreeable nature N-xt Wed
nesday, December lii.', these regulars
can put little "tabs'' across the cath
ier s window and receive real Chrlst-
German Warship Is
Sunk With Her Crew
London, Dec. 1S.
Fxcliange Telegraph
Copenhagen received
liorts that a German
-'I. N
c. . n'
. An,
dispatch
T
I Tom
here today re
warship guard
ing the southern entrance of "The
Belt" was sunk Thursday either by a
mine or torpedo and the entire crew
lost.
Gasoline Schooner
Blows Up, 10 Gone
Wa.-ihington, De- IS (F. P.) The
gasoline schooner Manomette blew up
and sank yesterday 12 miles off Cape
Ann. Four of her crew landed ut
Roc k Port, Mass., and 10 are missing.
President Pardons Three.
Washington. Dec. 18 (I. N. 8.)
President Wilson today pardoned the
following three federal prisoners
E. 1. Dillingham of Georgia, con
victed of moonshining; Charles Con
teur of Missoula. Mont., convicted of
selling liciuor to Indians, and W.
Harry Hood of Alabama, sentenced for
train robbery.
Alaska Mining Man Dies.
Oak Land. Cal., Dec. IS. (p. jy. g)
Joseph Bennett Dyer, well known
Alaska mining mail, la dead here to
day from heart failure.
Huebnll Peace Assured.
New York, 1 . . (1. N.
At the concluMon of today's
S)
peji parley, August Herrmann, president
of the National commission stated
that peace was an assured fact.
Asks Money fr Alaska R. U.
Washington. Icc IS. 1 1. N. S. i
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo to
day asked congress for a deficiency
appropriation of J2.ooo.f00 for con
tinuance of construction work on the
Alaskan railroad.
Submarine Is Hunk.
London. Doc is (I. N. SI An
Austrian submarine struck h mine
off Cattaro and sank with the of
ficers and . rew, according to a Cen
tral News dispatch received here to
day from the Hague.
To Buy I'. S. KcruritJe.
London, Jec. IS. I I. N. S.l The
British government has decided defi
nitely to offer to tiiose prepared to
sell American securities outright,
either cash or bonds according to
the preference of , ailing.
German Factory .Slielled.
Paris, Dec. IS ,1 N. 8.) Destruc
tion r.f a German fa tory at "alffa on
the Syrian coast by a French warship
was announced here today In a com
munique from the French war office.
ENGINEER ON GREAT
NORTHERN HELD AS
Peter McGregor Is Charged
With Being Leader of Gang
for Many Years.
After IS years of service Teter Mc
Gregor, the olde.t engineer on the
Great Northern railroad's Vancouver
Seattle branch. Is in Jail at Seattle
charged with smuggling opium Into the
Pnlled States. The period of smug
gling is said to cover ten years.
In tbs county Jail here W. F. Kent.
who waa the distributor or the upturn
McGregor brought Into this country,
has waived examination and Is bound
over t'j the federal grand Jury.
Hugh A. Potson, McGregor'a fireman
for many years, has also been arrested
and fcas likewise waived examination
and been bound over to the gram: Jury.
All three men have confessed.
Hollow Log Uid.
McGregor's means of smuggling was
a hollow log that he used to rais
himself from the locomotive eeat to
a point where he could comfortably
peer from his cab window.
The plot was unearthed by Inspec
tors working under the direction of!
Collector of Customs Burke. Kent ,
was arrested In Portland as he step- !
ped from . train at the t'nlon depit
by Inspector McGrath, December 5. lip ;
confessed arid implicated the others)
whose arrests were caused later at He- j
attle. I
So cleverly l as the work been car
ried on and so carefully have the PrJrt-
land Chinese guarded the secre
t 0f
where their big supplies of opium'
were coming from that no headway I
could be made. j
Kent nrd his wife own and operiie!
a railroad board ; ng-hou se at ISi
(Quebec street. Van mr. er, B. ('. Kent
tiag formerly a '"anadlan customs of
ficer. McGregor. Iiotson and many
other railroad men boarded with them
when In the Canadian city. i
The opium was secured In , ana.in
by McGregor on nearly all of his trips
and brought to Seattle. Kent then !
took it from him and either disposed;
of it in Seattle or In Portland. I
Systam Wi Puzzling.
The system under which M' Gregor
nciplrd U'ku th. one I hi I rMT7leH tV
officer- most Thi. hollow Iob- f o , r
feet long and I" inches square, car
ried safely no tins of opium. .So care
fully w ;l the end piece fitted In that
one would never suspect the fact ll,i:
the log was hollow.
At Seattle if Imtson was on hoard
the engine. Iiotson threw the log out
of the cab as the engine passed a
point near McGregor's home, 2hh i.'nd
Avenue. West.
if Iiotson was not on board the un-
loading wa d ne at the end of th
In
tunnel north of Seattle. The extra
reman would be sent forward to
throw the switch. The minute he 'M
gone it was always during ihe early
SMUGGLER OF OPIUM
- . . , . messes Kliuwirijgr o; hi, ii.e ,ci uiici'l
n rifiura M rl If ,. i,,r ei.mmerc,i!l.. . i . i. a
i ""'
. , v , , , , . .. t r.T.I , , rr, I .. V. , . . 1.
oio." i"s "e oi vie,,,,, i.. , ii'inijUi, same lln.e, Austria I.eia in caC3
near ine nacs. ,-s ne winicuiu ior
the brakemati to come to the train he
gave a peculiar pull to the whistle
cord, the shrill siren of the locomotive
bringing a Chinaman scurrying to the
spot, and the opium wag caiefully
carried away.
This method worked without detec
tion for 10 years, according to the cus
toms authorities, and In that time many
thousand dollars' worth of opium was
brought in.
Fine Arts Palace
To Stand Two Years
Washington. Dc. is. tp N. h )
The war department announced this
afternoon that it will recommend to
congress that the Palace of Arts
building on the Panama-Paclfic
grounds be left standing for two
yam, unless the government urgently
needs the land for other purposes.
Whole Town Iyocked I'p.
Marysvllle, al.. Dec. 1. (f. p.)
The whole town of Mission is under
lock and key and it won't get out until
an attachment suit for 2000. fllj
against tbe promo tars of the town. Is
esftia: ,
AUSTRIA 1
II. S. NEAR
TO A BREAK
Secretary of State Lansing
Gives Out Text of Austria's
Reply in Ancona Affair
Which Insists on Further
Discussion of Evidence.
AMERICAN REJOINDER
TO GO BEFORE NIGHT
Official Report of Austrian
Admiralty on Ancona Case
Also Given Out, Showing
45 Minutes Allowed Pas
sengers, Crew to Escape.
w
m
Points of Austria, s ITota.
Austria wants further diacus
shm of the case
She holds feer submarine com
mander oiiimVit b,. blamed.
She wants information on
which Americ-i bas. d Its de
mands, lift, w ise names - f per
mr.s killed
For tlnlr death. sh- expresses
rerf t
She n serves the light to
place her own Judalal interpre
tations and ak Washington to
firm late th. actual circUm
s'arc -ep ,,n which America l asea
lis rase.
Sh- cpilms not to know fully
of t ,e German Ameil in ml,,
marine on t i ..v - i s y and boldH
thi . ases th.-iein are not
parallel.
Washington, I IK '!'. p.)
Having pmcth all completed a re
joinder that Is said to be almost an
Hbrupt dismissal "f Austria's s-g.i
mer'ts. S.cr.t.iry of State l-aming
this morning mad., public the Aux-
i Irian i i;
r lo Am, rin'i original
j demands In t h
j case
I Tlie mot "jrnif
1 Austrian rep1 y 1 s
' dis. urs.on ,.f th.
1 clples in.ol.ed In
:i ona I i p. doi r.g
"t f.-alure of Ihi
in I I, s ' - t le e upon
r- -. idem e a nd pri n-
1 .
A m ci ;.-a n do-
' n.ands.
i Foreign Minister liirbin
i on tiie "si ,-,rpr -s- '" of t
note, but held Austria v
on mn t cd
original
entltle-l
I to a showdown f
As to the A us! r ! a ' ,
sa nk t h A iit!ii, 1 1
I office heir that t h.
A rn.-rl. a s facts.
omm.iTidcr. who
V.'nr.i foreign
note "does not
in any way suffb letiliy vvar-aut nt-
tachlng blame" to ! 1m, v.n if Atnerl
can contentions are ,...uei and a
"nrst rigorous b gal con.-, piion" were
applied to Judgment of the case.
Austria Not Fully Informed.
The. note held Austria not to tie fully
!n orme(i as to tt,-
u m u i: P at Ions be
l.rrnany in their
tween America and
submarine c'o.m ro r -
It suggested fur'her parley
This the Am.-rbau government does
not want aid wul: not pirm.it.
Austria !) id t.'.i she ought to ex
pect pre. ise ::' c a t i us as to th
circumstances on wb.. h the 1'nltl
States based Its r: t ion s In th
original Ameriar note, said Austria,
was 'room for cioii.t." Tn P'tilted
States fsili-d to d-agnate peisons upon
w hom It relied for its . . Idence "an I
to whom it apparently believes It may
attribute a higher degree 0f credibility
than to the tomnoin Jer of the Imperial
ami royal fleet "
Further, Ani'-rta gave no tiiimea of
i Persons W ho 1 OS t t h e i r 1 . v es
Curt Xang-aa(e Used.
"Rut." said Bnrlari. In ii.w of the
fact that the Washington cabinet has
, new made
positive statement con-
cerr.ing ioss of lives. Austria Is In prln-
clpie rwly to r.tr lno an exhang-
j of views In the at fair "
j jn w hat some r.garded as rather
;nirt language. Austria, however, re-
j.erved the right t
j legal views in dis'
:iHrid ouerled al- to
maintain its own
ssb n of the case;
w by Amerlca re
.11 n - A ni rb an sub
si t iement. partlc
by no means, pos-
.... ! . .
j ferre.i to the Gc r
marine controversy
uinrly a Austria,
loesses knowledge',
i correspondent e, cuai Riiuauuu
. .
; rii.l
not parallel
(( ,i. Iudr,l r,n purr V". ( nlomn Tbree.)
Timber Claim, $125
Has Cash to Invest
O .t of the multitude who dallv
read The Journal there is one. a
dozen, a sore or hundreds who
mav be waiting for the oppor
tunity to buy what you have for
sab-. The wav to meet tln-m id
through tile Var.t Ads.
Home steads 47
A Ji'rOO timber iaini for J125.
Exchange Beal Estato 34
FINKST daiiy ranch in a.Iev,
i't'i a-res. b,-M soil, good build
ings, close to town II. '.'JDi'; want
house, arid some 'ash.
Bualnaas Opportunities 68
HAVK rtniall amount cash to In
vest in bii.-utii ss; principal
only.
Peoide buv and sell anything
from canaries to great stock
farms and they use the V ant Ad.
They are efficient widely read.
The Ads above complete on pages
i: and 13.