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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.
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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
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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
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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. -
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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, . ,:
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