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OXWRTl Pstr tonicbt SlWTlCNC' nd tomorrow; V IV treesterly winds y Iv ?; bunilditr 83. VOL. XV. NO. 234. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, 1916 FOURTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS SyVc'Erf , 4 , ,.,., I, i . I I P . . ii Hi - mi ii . ... dSecause OF UNEASINESS British Naval Authorities Is sue Warning to Allied Ship ping; Strict Watch Being Maintained Off Halifax. VESSEL EVADES PATROL OFF COAST OF SCOTLAND Craft Described as Having a Black Hull, Red Bottom and One Funnel. Halifax. N. 8.. IM. 9. (V. 1'.) TVarning of u poslblo (lrman "ea rnldor ha bcn given allied shipping hy Brltiali naval authorltlen here, in addition to the continued warnings concerning two flshtln nubmarlnes believed to t somewlipre off the At lantic roaat. The BtrlcteBt watch Hgalnut the vensel aupecteU of being it raider, wan belriK maintained today, dlnce from the roltlon where fc'ne was last nlghted he could reach the waters In IhlH vicinity within a day or two. Wu Allowed to Pae by Patrol. The naval authorities In their warn lrisr relate that the eupected craft wa ; atiowed to pas.8 by the patrol off tho aonthweetern coast of Scotland last Sunday under tiie imprenslon that she waa the Dutch steamer Gamma. Iater it wag learned that the latter was at Kirkwall at the time. The. vessel is dracrlbed as of 1200 ton. black hull with red bottom, white upper Works, one funnel, thought to be plain black. Naval officers believe the veeee! may have mines Intended to be sown off this port, the most important on this coast to the British navy, or to endanger the travel lanes out of iere, taken by all Canadian troop ships. Submarine Reported Sighted. Reports reached here today from St John, N. B.. that following; reports of the sighting of a submarine a nort distance outside the harbor Friday morning the city ordered all lights ex tinguished last night and spread the warning to nearby cities and towns. The submarine's presence was reported by three fishing vessels. 'SfyHierfous Raider Sighted?-" London, Dec. 9. (I. N. B.) The cap tain ot a British vessel, the name of which wa withheld, arrived here to day and reported that the mysterious raider had been sighted holding up an unidentified ship in the north Atlantic. The captain, it is said, did not wait for details, but fled for safety. - Unusual Precautions Are Taken. New York. Dec. 9. (I. N. S.) v resn reports or the presence of a German submarine off the coast led to unilauai precautions on the part of Transatlantic liners leaving this port today. The V'niterl States flag was painted on both sides of the American liner St, Louis' hull, and electric lights were Ktrung around the flaps, so that they could plainly be seen at night. ine rrencn liner Kspagne made a quick dash to Hca through fog and rain. It- was reported that she would mount guns fore and aft when she got peyonu tne three rruie limit. MOTHER LOSES SUIT FOR PART OF ESTATE Judge Cleeton' Upholds Anna E. Dale Will Involving $30,000 Business Block, County Judge Cleetmi today upheld tn validity or the Anna i:. Dale will. which was the basis of a sensational contest between mother nnd daughter for the possession of a $30,000 busi ness block on Flanders street, between Thirteenth and fourteenth. Under the court's decision tl)e prop erly wiu go to iwrs., Aiauie Tobias and her "i-year-oid daughter, Helen, 0f Se attle. Airs. Nannie Mathews of Pen meion. motner or Mrs. Tobias and daughter of Mrs. Dale, is the one who sougnt 10 DreaK tne win on the ground that her mother was mentally incom petent 10 maae a will and that Mrs Junius .nu . ner nusoarrd. David hid unduly Influenced Mrs. Dale agaiust per 'uaugnier. ' xyeany iwo weeKS was taken to hup the case and then Judge Cleeton made strong appeal to the mother and daughter to get together and agree . upon a division of the property. He took the casa under advisement for a week, urging them to compromise in : the meantime. Something- Wronff, Says Judge. . When the attorneys advised the Judge this morning that no comprom ise bad been reached. Judge Cleeton declared his belief that he had not been given all the facts in the case, as ..nothing had been presented in the ' testimony which Would justify a re fusal on the part of both mother and , daughter to agree to divide the prop erty. - . ' "There is something, somewhere that '-casts a portentlous shadow that keeps these people apart," he said, "and the court has not been advised what it is." '. -U Judge Cleeton - reviewed at length, in nearly an hour's discourse, the tes timony In the case. lis said he could find nothing Jn the: testimony to ade , quateiy account r for' Mrs. - Dale's ; es trangement from tier daughter, ,' Mrs, V Mathews, , but it ;iwas apparent : that during the closing years of the elderly Concluded on Pass Two, Column Two. AGAINST DAUGHTER Seattle Aviator Stopped by Fog s vts n ' n t e "t Flight to Portland Given Up Aviator Herbert Muntcr, ho wax forced to turn back in attempted Seattle-Portland non-stop flight after reaching Taconta despite as cent to 8000 feet to clear heuvy fog bank. , Jr. 1 I - vl S. Ax Jk t " f il--' ' .hi i, .niiii. .miYiiii,--ir Flyer Covered 96 Miles in 62' Minutes and Tried to Gain Passage by Circling Back Toward Bremerton, But Found Effort to Be Useless, Seattle, Wash., Dec. 9. (P. N. S.) Aviator Herbert Munter, after flying for 62 minutes. and covering a distance of 96 miles this afternoon, in an at tempted non-stop flight to Portland, was forced to return to Seattle. Abo-'e T acorn a Munter struck a thick fog bank which he could not rise above. ire circled back toward Bremerton, hoping to gain a passage through the fog at that point, but after ascenu- Lloy d-George, Man of the Hour n at n K Story of Great British Crisis r BJ" Lord Korthclif fe Written for the United PreM Awciitloni. (Copyright. 1016, by the Lnlted ITs. Copy rlftniMl in urer nriiain.-i (CopjTlgbtrd at the leprtment of Agricul ture la Ottawa, laaaaa.) Ixndon, Dec. 9. U. P.) As a per sonality David Lloyd-George is for many reasons interesting and import ant to the United States. He is one of the new British statemen under standing that difficult and intangible psychology of the American tempera ment. He Is Important to America for an other reason. He Is now the head of the five British nations- engaged in war Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, together with India. ' America's Turn JTaxt, He Says. "Winning ,of the war primarily de volves on these nations. If they and the allies are beaten, it will be Amer ica's turn next, for Germany's plam In South America and Germany's hat red of the 1'nlted States should be known to every American who reads the anti-American propaganda of the German government. Lloyd-George is also Interesting to your hundred millions because hi&- llfj has been very much similar to many of you. He began simply, wltt.out other assets of life than a good father and mother. He had the same kind of education that an American boy gets, there are millions of American homes Hk the little home in Wales, wherein he spent his early childhood. His father was teacher of a school in Liverpool, managed by a committee of Unitarians Including Dr. Harriet Mar tlneau. His mother was a daughter Burglar Is Loyal To Youthful "Pal" Whatever else Dell R. Hayward, sen tenced today to one to seven years in the state penitentiary', way be, he is not a "squealer." When he was brought before Jud?e Davis for sentencing for larceny in a dwelling, the deputy district attorney sought to get him to reveal the name of his companion In crime. The com panion had been indicted as "John Doe." It was Intimated that It would go easier with Hayward If he "peached." "He's only a boy." said Hayward, "and I won't tell his name. He Is 19 years old, and he has learned his les He' comes from a good family son, and he has a Job now. No, I won't tell his name. You can do whatever you want to with me. I can take the Jolt." Hayward had pleaded guilty to the charge. He stole articles from the dwelling of W. A. Gruetter October 28. Submarine Damaged In Big; Storm at Sea United States TTaderasa Boat Loses Aasaov wiisa Zfforl to Xs oape Storm's Bffset Is leads. JCorfolk. Va., Dec J. -(L N. a) Caught in a storm on ts way here from " New fork, the American sub marine L-4 lost Us anchor and a part of . its periscope, and its deck . stan chions were badly damaged. ; The sub marine anchored off Shark: island to weather out the storm, but Its anchor did not hold. The sumbarines L-l, L-2, L-3 ' and L-9 mads the 'trip with out damage,.-- - - - , . - rj ing 8000 feet was forced here. to return Munter. with I L. Looker1, a student j and mechanician, left Seattle at 1:50 o'clock this afternoon. Munter made a trial trip earlier in the afternoon to ascertain the wind and weather conditions above the clouds. The result was satisfactory and the trip, which was postponed Wednesday because of unfavorable weather, began as soon as the machine was thoroughly tested. of Sr Bantlst"-minister in. the Welsh vAAiaeo v. uinii.iuuiuwj. Courage Shown la Boer War. I do not know Lloyd-George in pri rm f 1n(t.l..J... - vate life; I am not in agreement wlt.i him , on many political affairs. We have been publicly antagonistic on many matters duiing n years. He adopted a line in the Boer war that waa not mine, incurring the hatred, even contempt of millions of hlg fel low subjects. It was a brave line, for It demanded more courage to be on the side of the minority opposing the wkr, than to shout with the majority supporting it. Since then, Lloyd-George has led all sorts of movements at variance with the tenets of the political party to which I belong. Sometimes he has been right and proved right; some times he has been wrong and proved wrong but in all he has undertaken he has evinced the same courage shown throughout this one momentous week's history. British writers Betlcent. The British people"s fear of helping German propaganda In the United States prevented Knglish writers from saying how dissatisfied the British people have been with the politicians who have managed our share in the wa"r since 1914. Lloyd-George was the only member of the government with the courage to exhibit discontent over our feeble and vacillating conduct of the war. Occa sionally In parliament and on the plat form he attempted to tell the people a little of the truth, but on these occa sions he was always howled down by members of his party, and their news papers, as unpatriotic and as giving (Concluded on Pafe Three, Column One) Hill 304 Remains Target of Artillery Paris. Dec. 9 l P.) Hill 30t on the left bank of the Meuse was still the center of active artillery fighting last night, today's French official statement declared. Rlsewhere along the front the night was quiet. Nothing to Report, Says Haig. London, Dec. . (U. P.)-Sir Doug las Halg hadnothlng to report today concerning the situation on the British west front last night. Enemy Patrols Engaged. Berlin, Via Sayville Wireless. Dec. 9. (U. P.) Artillery duels, approach ing great violence during- some hours. I wer reported from the western front in today's official statement. Enemy patrols advancing against German positions near Letransloy were repulsed in hand to hand fight ing and artillery, and a number of prisoners were captured. Unfilled Orders for Steel Break Records New York, Dec. 9. (U. P.) the tonnage of unfilled orders on the books of the United States Steel cor poration November 30 set a new high record at 11.058,524 tons, an increase of 1,046,282 tons over the October 21 total. Unfilled orders November SO. 1J13 totaled 7,189.489. Government estimates regarding ex portation of steel and iron products, published hers ,, today, place the 10 months total exports ... this . year'- at ,9S.JS5 tons. ' It is -estimated that, iron and steel exports his year wilt surpass the pre.' vloua-X'ord year by . 75 per cent. GREEK FORCES MOBILIZE E Royalists Rally Around Flag mm a m Bi ana PJpnntiatinnc Ara Re- POrted Under Way With Central Powers for Aid. PORTS ARE CLOSED TO SHIPPING BY ALLIES Persecuted Adherents of Ven izelos Seek Safety in Flight, Says Report. London, Dec. 9. (IT. P.) The Greek situation reached Its most critical turn today. Mobilization of the Greek Roy alist forces, reports of Teutonic nego tiations with King Constantlne, de parture of all allied subjects from the capital and of concentration of allied forces near Athens were the elements which gave concern here. All dis- patches from the capital were greatly aeiayea. One dispatch dated early in the week declared that adherents of former Premier Venlzelos, now head of the provisional government established at Salonlki, were suffering persecution from the Royalist forces and were fleeing in terror from Athens. Atro cities were charged against the Oreek troops. Meanwhile the allied blockade of Greece were normally into and ffect, French maintained by British warships. Action Toward Greece Condemned. London. Dec. 9. (I. U. S.) The Russian newspaper Novoe Vremya, in an "inspired" article condemns the policy of the entente powers toward Greece, says a Reuter dispatch from Petrograd today. The paper calls for decisive and drastic action that "will put an end to all quibbling." . It is reported from the Balkans that King Constantino is quietly construct ing an army of between three and four army corps. If Greece goes to war, there may be & concerted drive by Greek and German-Bulgar forces, the Greeks driving northward through Thessaly and the erman aljlea pressing south-1 Ward west of donastir. If a juncture could be effected the allies in Mace donia would be in a serious predica ment, with their left flank and rear menaced. , Greece in the war would present a strange anomaly, for it was only four years ago that Greece and Bulgaria were fighting each other. Blockade Is Announced. Washington, Dec. 9. (I. N. S.) The state department today received offi cial notification of the blockade of Greece by the allies in a communica tion from the French government. COUNCIL OF SK WILL TAKE ACTUAL CHARGE OF BRITISH WARRING Law, Balfour, Carson, Derby and Henderson Probably in New Cabinet,' London, Dec. 9. (U. P. David Lloyd-George, was believed today to have completed his task of "re-con-structlon of government." He was still at work, however, harmonizing and conciliating, lining up every faction in British politics and Imbuing them with the determi nation that a united England would force a victorious conclusion of the war. There will probably be no announce- ment of those with whom Xloyd George will associate himself inthe "win the war" movement, until Tues day's meeting. It was conceded that this new cabinet would contain some of the leaders against whom there was considerable objection in the old coal ition cabinet an objection based on the charge of vacillation. It waa be lieved, however, that Lloyd-George with his' indomitable energy would Im bue these members with some of his own determination. Formation of a "war council" of not more than six members to take actual charge of all of England's warring was certain. Lloyd-George himself will head this body and nearly all experts agreed that associated with him would be Andrew Bonar Law, A. J. Balfour, former first lord of the admiralty in the old cabinet. Sir Edward Carson, the Earl of Derby and Arthur Hender son. Railroad Men Will Meet in Conference Topics of general transportation in terest will be discussed at Ticoma Tuesday at the regular meeting of the North Pacific Coast Passenger asso ciation. All the railroads of the North west will be represented and William McMurray, general passenger agent of the O-W. R. & N., will act as chair man. .The docket includes a number of minor matters, but it Is understood that the Interstate Commerce commis sion's order in the Shasta arbitrary case will be discussed, at least In formally. Pending receipt of the offi cial text of the decision, the roal roads are taking no action toward putting the - commission's . order into . effect. It Is expected, howeverv thaj. .the order will have .been received before tha time t tha meetings, t : r v - PLAN 32,537 Men Given Work in Year 1916 Public Employment Bureau Esti mates 80 Per cent Were Fur nished Permanent Positions. Work was furnished to 32.537 men during the year 1916. according to a 'report of N. F. Johnson, director of jthe public employment bureau. Of 1.1.1.. ... i a, . 1 L. .A the W cent were sent to permanent Jobs and that half of these was sept to work out ef Portland. Mr. Johnson estimates thst the bu reau dealt with 125,000 men during the entire year. Employers asked for 37,969 men during the same period. The juvenile department sent 600 boys to positions since its establishment in May. The year's activities show a marked increaso over results jSeviously ob tained. In 1915 only 488" men and 1087 women found work through the old free employment bureau. The women's division secured work for 2460 worrien during tho year. The farm-labor department of bureau alone has sent out nearly 6000 men and wo men to various kinds of farm labor. The United States government em ployment service cooperated with the city bureau in accomplishing the year's results. E BUY OF CHIHUAHUA Fighting Takes Place at Fresno, Where Ozuna Was Trapped by Bandits, El Paso, Texas, Dec. ft.-MI. N? S.) Civil war has broken out among Car ranzistas in Chihuahua City, according to dispatches received here this after noon. General Murguia's attempt to arrest General Trevino, who commanded the garrison when Villa captured the city, preclpated a triangular street battle with the troops of Murguia, Trevino and Ozuna engaged. - ,Efc.PaBOv Texas, -Dec. tU. -P.J J ngnung Deiween v nusias ana gov ernment troops was in progress early today near Fresno, only 10 miles from Chihuahua City. During the night General Murgia, Carranzista command er, hurried reinforcements to the relief of General Ozuna's column of cavalry which had started in pursuit of the bandits after the evacuation of Chihuahua Gity and had fallen into a Villi8ta trap, according to information received here by mining men and United States department officials. Ozuna was enticed into a trap early yesterday near Santa Yzabel by the Villistas. His forces were attacked and driven back toward the capital. Near Fresno, Ozuna halted to make a stand against the bandits, meantime asking Murgia to hurry relief. Only the rearguard of Villistas en gaged in the attempt to halt tha pur suit of Ozuna's column. Refugees from Cusihuiriachic say Villa men were scattered in heavy bodies all along the Mexican Northwestern railway from Santa Yzabel westward. Villa himself is making his headquarters at Bus tillos. they say: The present engagement Is not taken bv military met: to mean that ll a intends to make another? assault upon the northern capital bint merely to hamper serious pursuit by government troops. Another report reached United States department agents early today that the column of Carraasistas sent in pursuit of the bandits has returned to Chihuahua City, after marching out eight miles. New lines of trenches and wire en tanglements are being added to the defensive works around Chihuahua City by General Murgia, in prepara tion for another attack. Villa is said to have announced he would return for the remainder of the 200,000 pesos ransom he had demanded of the city's merchants. He obtained about 30.000 pesos, it was reported. Since the deposition of General Tre vino as commander of the Carranza forces In the north, many rumors are extant that he is to oe courtmar tialled. BIG THEATRICAL MAN BUYS BEST HOLSTEIN BULL SAID TO EXIST J, G, Von Herberg, Owner of Columbia, Pays $21,500 for King Valdessa's Son, Jubilant at his feat of paying $21 500 for one Holstein bull. J. G. Von Herberg of Seattle today was busy ar ranging for a palatial private express car, which will carry hts prize to his home farm at Kent. Wash. The bull, purchased by Mr. Von Her berg yesterday at the Pacifc Interna' tional Livestock show, is only 10 months old, but is touted as the roost magnificent animal ever produced through long generations of bovine eugenics. His name is Findern Mu tual Payne Valdessa, an 1 he comes from sires and dams of pedigree and fame. "I bought in the animal because realised he Is the best ball of the breed in the world today." explained Mr: Yen Herberg: '.this morning. ,. have - no fears about realizing, on this - big ln- Ooochtdea -on Page E en, Oolama Fire) , VILLA S MEN ENGAG CARRANZISTAS NEAR T OF LIVING TAKES II UTILE DROP Prospects of Prosecution Causes Tendency to Cut Prices Emanating From Food Price Manipulators. y PROPOSED EMBARGO PLANS NOT FAVORED Establishment of Municipal Food Depots Suggested by Dr. Wiley. Washington, Dec. 9. (V. P) Spe cial grand Jury inveti(?atlons into nigh cot of living will be begun in Detroit, Chicago and New York the middle of next week, Special Asaletant Attorney General Anderson, in charge of the Investigation, announced today. Washington, Dec. 9. (I. N. S.) The "cost of living" has taken a drop. Advices from all sections of tho coun try to the department of agriculture and department of Justice Indicate this fact. The reduction in prices, whlie small, la general. Officials believe that it will be continued. They place the responsibility on tho announcement of the government that criminal prosecutions of food price manipulators are certain. Officials of the department of Justice claim they already have concrete evidence of con spiracy against big board of trade dealers, middlemen in almost every line of food supplies, and others. Ksports Show Conspiracy. Concerted action is planned against these persons. The agents of the de partment of Justice, operating under tne orders of United States Attorney Anderson of Boston, already have turned in reports which, it Is stated, show general conspiracy to manipu late prices. This Information was presented to President Wilson by Mr. Anderson. The president directed that Immedi ate prosecutions be undertaken. An derson will leave here early next week to visit middle western cities, to con fer with federal attorneys on the sub ject. When he returns an effort will bjfiade .to jitcsent all of the evidence simultaneously to United States grand Juries sitting in various cities. Xmbargo Wot Practical. So far as embargo legislation ty congress is concerned, it is agreed bv administration leaders that there is no chance of its being successful if directed against food products simply to keep down prices. Even though the house should pass any such legis lation, the administration is in control of the senate, and would km it in a hurry. Dr. Harvey W. Wiley came forward today with a remedy which, be said, would prove successful in keeping down prices. He believes that the (Concluded on Page Seven, Column tSU) E Berlin Reports Capture of an Enormous. Amount of Booty During Drive. Berlin, Via Sayville Wireless, Pec D. (1. P.) The Roumanians are in complete retreat before the advancing Danube and right German army wings In Roumania, today's official statement asserted. Since December the Roumanians lost over 70,000 men taken prisoners by these two armies, with 184 cannon and 120 tna-1 chine guns. Several thousands of these included a force of Roumanians which endeav ored to make their way from the passes northeast of Slnaya toward the southeast. Many cannon were also captured from them. Discussing the number of prisoners and cannons taken, the official state ment declares: "The siie of these figures admits of a clear conclusion as to the impor tance of the success obtained by our troops and shows to what degree the Roumanian army is in confusion. "Th3 losses in dead and wounded correspond to the number of prisoners. The amount of booty and war material is incalculable. Russians Take Prisoners. Petrograd, Dec. 9. (V. p.) Russian troops have dislodged the enemy from two heights west and south of Vale put na, taking 600 prisoners, today's official statement said. Six machine guns, one cannon and two bomb mortor wer also captured. Heavy Pressure Continues. Petrograd, Dec. 9. (V. P.) Both Roumanian and Russian forces in Wal lachia continue to retire in the face of "unceasing hostile pressure,'' the war office announced today. The Roumanians are retiring east ward, it was stated, and in consequence the Russian! left flank is also retiring. Attacks Repulsed, Says Berlin. Berlin (Via Wireless to Sayville). Dec 9. (U. P-) Easy repulse of at tacks. In the Cerna Bend following a violent shelling of height positions north of Monsstir and northeast of Parlovo. oa the .Macedonian front.: was announced by tns- war office today. In tha east upper Tafcinov Lake tha .Bul garian vanguards repulsed a British company's attacks. . t r t -., - ROUMANIANS RETIR BEFORE ADVANCING E TON ARMY WIN S BULLETINS Hydroaeroplanes Ordered. Washington. Dec. 9. ( I. N. S.) The war department announced today the award of contracts for 96 hydroaero planes for the use of the Coast artil lery, as follows: Aero Marine Kngl neerlng & Sales company. New York, 16 machines at J1S.OO0 each; Burgess company, Marblehead, Mass., 38 ma chines at $23,623 each: Curtiss com pany, Buffalo, N. Y., 16 machines at $:,500 each; Standard Aeroplane cor poration, Plalnsfleld, N. J., 32 ma chines at 121,000 each. 13,000 Given Wage Increase. l'ittsburg. Pa.. Dec. 9. tU. P.) Thirteen thousand employes of the Jones & Laiighlin Steel company, In the two Pittsburg plants and the plant at AHqulppa have been given- a 10 per cent Increase in wages, effective on December 16. Salaried employes will also be given an early Increase, It w as defi nitely reported today. Pardon for Smith lxnected. Washington, Dec. 9. U. P.) Presi dent Wilson Is expected to sign a pardon for Louis J. Smith, under mili tary sentence, late today or Monday, no Smith can testify in the Bopp trial at San Francisco, it was learned this afternoon. Sub-Committee to Be Named. Washington. Dec. 9. (I. N. S.) Senator Chamberlain, chairman of tha nounced today he would appoint a sub-It committee next Friday to hold hear Ings on universal military training. Big Bonus for Christmas. New York, Dec. 8. (U. P.) Each employe of the Franklin Trust com pany will receive a Christmas bonus equal to 3 5 per cent of his salary, U was announced today. Shoe Prices to Take Jump in Few Days Cost of Hides Is Going Up Fast; Record Price Was Established in the Ixcal Market Today. Shoes, already at higher prices than have been known here for years, are about to be advanced again, according to local dealers. The rise Is scheduled to take place within the next few days. Demands of Europe and the scarcity of Vitri. r .tv.n as ruinni The price of hides reached the high est figure ever recorded in the local market, buyers freely- offering 720 cents a pound for calfskins. The scramble among leather merchants is so spirited that the hides are pur chased even before they leave the carcases of the animals. Shoe manufacturers here say they are unable to obtain their leather re quirements and that the price of find, ings is mounting steadily. All the local shoe cobblers are work. ing overtime to take care of the old shoes of the average citizen who can not afford to buy new ones. NAMELESS BABY MAY YET SECURE NAME AS k RESULT OF ARREST Young Man Charged With Betraying Girl Is Arrested in Fort Worth, Texas. Gordon W. Hardy, the youth who is charged with betraying, under a promise of marriage, a pretty laundry worker yet in her 'teens, was arrested today at port Worth, Tej;as, according to a message received by Hherlff Hiirlburt and will ho returned to Portland. Hardy cannot be prosecuted if he marries t tie girl before his trial and because of this fact there Is reason to believe thst the grand Jury's hope that the namelexs little yn could have a name influenced the indicting body more than a desire to see the youth prosecuted. Vouiik Hardy left Portland four or five months before the baby was bom late in 1914 and the girl's par ents w;re so angered that they placed their daughter in an institution until after the important event in her life. When she returned home, her par ents required her to leave her baby behind. But one day, in a downtown department store, the young mother ,-aw her baby in the hands of another woman and instantly recognised her. Mother love overcame all thought of parental anger and neighborhood gos sip, and she Immediately demanded possession of her baby. 8he followed the woman with the baby home and there convinced her that she was real ly the mother of the tot. She took the baby home, and when she was called before the grand Jury to tell her story she so Interested the grand Jurors that they asked to see the pretty baby about whom she talked. The child made a decided hit with the grand Jurors and Deputy District Attorney Hammerely, who drew the indictment against young Hardy, f Philadelphia Paper Says Page Has Quit Philadelphia, 'Dec. . The Public Ledger prints a Washington dispatch stating that Walter Mines Page has resigned as United States ambassador to Great Britain. Other sources failed to secure confirmation from Wash ington. - ; " Washington. Dec. 9. (I. N. 8.) Se cretary Lansing today, denied that he had -even heard" of the reported resig nation of Walter Hlnea .Page, ambas sador to Great Britain, $t ; Will E HOUSEWIVES 111 Parent-Teacher Council Has. Launched Campaign to Re duce Present High Cost of" Food Necessities. ' : i BOYCOTT TO BE USED - IN EXCEPTIONAL CASE Balanced Menus of Inexpen sive Foods Will Also Be1 Prepared. Cannot Sell Xrrs. Poultry raisers of Oregon are being forced out of business by. the present boycott on fresh -eggs. They are unable to sell their supplies at any price while the cost of feeding their fowls with 12 wheat in burden some, leading Portland whole salers. In view of the boycott Rgalnst eggs, have notified country shippers that they would not purchase supplies from them. They took this course, they say, because it is impossible for them to sell them; and they do not defrlre to have high-priced stock -OA hand. - . : . m k . ' Joining the fight against the hlgn HOIEECOHY cost of living the Portland Parent- . Teacher council, through a special com - mlttee that met yesterday at the born of Mrs. Ie Davenport, decided "upon : the following procedure: , . To educate housewives in better management in the home. To teach greater efficiency in mar keting. -' ' , To employ the boycott only, when proof is absolute that speculators are -withholding commodities from sals for purposes of raising prices'. ' Not to right business, but to cooper ate with business for Hie good of all. To Conserve atoms Oarden. 1 ' f Conservation, of th horn jcsnlen . Kelly, president-6t the Farent-Teec i- er association of the Bhattuck school, who has madesa great success of, the school garden venture by utilising the ' vacant lots and home gardens of that district. Mrs. Kelly was made chairman of 1 a committee on conservation, which - proposes to encourage the growing - of vegetables that can be preserved for winter use. v - Mrs. J. p. Steele was made chalr- (Concluded on I air HeVen. Colums Twe.) PHYSICAL CONDITION OF JUSTICE EAKIN IS Whether Ho Will Be Forced to Give Up Place Is Caustf of Speculation, Salem. Or., Dec. 9 Whether th reslgnstion of Justice Robert Kakln, of the supreme court, will be forced January 1. by his physical Inabl.l'y r perform the duties of chief Jns.Vit Is a question under discussion here day. . - t Under the provisions of chapter 1ST, laws of 1913, the Justice havirj tLl shortest term, and not holding by polntmetit, shall bo chief Justice. Ii-. . ginning January 1, Kakin's term Is. the shortest. 111 for Two Tears. f ',. The chief Justice has certain duties s assigned to him which cannot be par. -formed by one ko Incapacitated si ' Justice Kakln has been It Is asserted, For a year he has heard arguments ll TOPIC OF DISCUSSION but one case. lis has been ill tor twe ' years. His term expires In January,' 1819. ? j Among the duties of the chief Jus." tlce sre the assigning of three Justice of each department, the apportioning of business to each department auj the ordering of a case heard en nana, ' May Gnooss McBrlds, If the court decides that one of It! members may act as chief Justice it Justice Eakin's absence. It is probabl thst Justice McBrlde will be chosen, In the event that Justice Kakln re signs, Justice McBrlde will automata cally become chief Justice. Wallace McCammant, of Portland counsel for the Wells Fargo Kxpr company, will be appointed successoi to Justice Eakin In case he resign, . It is said by those close to Oovernoi " Withycombe. At the Utters office H was stated today thai Justice Eaklg had not intimated that he would reslgi in the near future, or at any time. , ' Railroad Hearings May ite f qstponed Washington. Dec. ((J." P.) -Ti - give tho administration a complete!; clear track for carylng out its railroad legislation program, it waa practical!) decided today to sidetrack the hearing, of the Newlands Joint commute which has been investigating railrost and all public utilities v questions. 'Il ia understood Senator Newlands WIV suggest to congress Monday that tin report . of : the committee which-" u scheduled to be made January o -postponed, until after 2'?rcu. 4, . ,: 4