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VOL. XV. NO. 249.
PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 27, 1916. FOURTEEN PAGES.
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AIM OF ALLIES
AnsWer to President Wilson's
Note Suggesting Definition
of Peace Terms Will Out
line Objects Sought.
DOCUMENT NOW BEING
DRAFTED, IT IS SAID
London Believes Germany Is
Eager for an Early
Peace.
Would
Wllsom,
Washing-ton, Dec. 27. (TT.
P.) If President Wilson will
iret . from the entente allies
their terms of peace. Germany!
"probably" will furnlah to the
'
m
m
president fha Teuton terms, It
was stated at the German
embassy today.
Central power diplomats
agreed with this belief. They It
said they Jo not expect any
move from President Wilson H
until KiiRland's reply to his ft
peace note Is received. Should
President Wilson' thereupon
transmit the German reply to if
England and should Kngland
officially ask tor Germany's
peace' terms through the presl-
dent. It la thought probably
Germany, will reply favorably
if similar concession was made
by England.
In such an event, however,
Germany, it was said, would 4
prefer both sets of peace terms
to bo held temporarily confl-
dentlal between the belllger-
ents nnd President Wilson and
not be publiHhed except by
mutual agreement.
Dy Ed L. Keen.
London, Dec. 2J. (U. P.) England
Intends to tell the world exactly what
she Is fighting for, Her answer to
President Wilson's note suggesting
tWat belligerent In the great war de
fine their peace terms, will be a clear
outline of the objects which Great
Britain and her allies hope to attain.
That this sort of a note is now in
process of formulation was learned on
(Concluded on Page Three. Column Three)
AT
THE' HAGUE PREPARE
FOR PEACE MEETING
Dispatch From Dutch Capital
Says Hotel Accommoda
tions Are Sought,
m Xoa Angeles Wants Conference
It Los Angeles, Dec. 27. (U.
P.) An invitation for the bel-
llgerents of Europe to send 4k
It their delegates to Los Angeles
Mt for the conference suggested
It by the central allies Is pro-
4 vlded or in a resolution Intro-
duced in the city council today
by President Betkouski of the ft1
t council. This provides for the
ifc extending of the invitation by $
it the mayor and council, through
it President Wilson, to all of the
it belligerent nations.
London, Dec. 27. (I. N. S.) Ger
man agents have arrived at The
Hague to make preliminary arrange
ments for a peace conference if one
can be brought about, says a dis
patch to the Exchange Telegraph com
pany today from the Dutch capital.
The text of the dispatch from The
Hague follows:
' "In view of the preparatory meeting
of delegates to a peace conference
suggested in the Germany reply to
President Wilson. German agents have
arrived at The Hague and are making
Inquiries for hotel accommodations
for German peace representatives."
, ' Desire to Move Cautiously.
Berne, Switzerland, Dec. 27. (I. N.
S.) To make known her peace terms
at this time would seriously weaken
Germany's position, according to a
view expressed in diplomatic circles
here today.
German statesmen are said to feel
that they can bargain for better
terms If they enter a peace conf er
ence with their exact conditions un
known. Neutral diplomats declare it Is evi
dent that Germany wants to parley
upon the' basis of the present war
map and that it is equally evident
that the allies will not listen to any
such proposal that is, for the time
being. .,
Four Hurt When
Elevator Tumbles
Aberdeen, Wash.. Dec J7. By the
fail of an elevator in . the American
mill, a distance ot SOL feet, late yester
day afterriboiv'fouriuea wer.e Injured,
tjhrls v Faulkner, foreman, suffered
broken arm,and Internal . Injuries'. A
fifth workman clung to the scaffolding
and hunar on until rescued. .The. men
were soanlnx repair.-"' f. ,. r
GERMAN
AGENTS
Portland Always World Center
V x ft
Arrowhead Industry Was Big
t St r. x x x x x x x x x
City Should Have Real Museum
Smithsonian Ethnologist Says
Willamette Valley May
Teil Indians' Source.
"The Willamette valley was with
out doubt the great Industrial center
of primitive American life. The Im
portant question Is how long" ago.
"To the layman the finding of In
dian arrowheads slgnlfiea a particular
area was a battlefield. This la en
tirely erroneous In view of tha find
ing of thousands of these relics. What
It does signify la that such a great
area as the Willamette valley was at
one time a great manufacturing area,
a great working and distributing cen
ter. Geologically and archaeological! y
It Is the moat important area west of
the Hockles. Its relation to the In
dian la Important, for it la the richest
field for the discovery of Indian
flints, hammera and other Implements
known."
Such Is the opinion of Dr. Lo J.
Frachtenberg of Washington, D. C. an
ihnologlat of the Smithsonian insti
tution. Through Portland's arrowpoint col
lection, which is the greatest in the
world and the only connected one of
its kind, will be possible a comparison
of the point of the Willamette valley
with those of Europe and Asia. And
this way we hope to discover the re
lation of the Indian with th other
races of mankind," Dr. Frachtenberg
contended.
Smithsonian Institution Will Kelp.
"Portland should by all means have
a museum for the adequate preserva-
UNITED STATES WILL
E
TIME TO SENO REPLY
Belief Transmission Difficul
ties May Have Delayed
Protocol Answer Is Cause.
Washington. Dec. J". (U. P.) That
Carranza's answer to the American
peace commissioners' demands for
signing of the troop withdrawal pro
tocol had been received was the claim
this afternoon of one of Carransa's
agents here.
He refused to jiermlt his name to be
used in connection with a statement.
Other available sources of information
on that subject claimed tc know noth
ing of it.
Washington, Dec. 27. (U. P.) The
United States goverr.ment will await
a day or two for Carranza's answer
on the troop withdrawal protocol.
Though yesterday was the last day of
prace in which he could sign, authorit
ies expected today that transmission
difficulties may have delayed his re
ply. For that reason they refused
even to consider formulation of any
new Mexican policy until they were
certain, he had ignored the recommen
dations. In fact the general feeling still was
that Carranra would come to terms
in an eleventh hour message. If he
does not, the Mexican peace commts
sioa will be automatically ended, al
though a formal session of farewell
will probably be necessary. Then, ac-
(Conclnded on Page Eleven, Column Tour)
Horses Shiver While
Worshippers Pray
Baker. Or., Dec. 27. While their
owners prayed for salvation, at a re
vival meeting at the "Church of God"
last night, their horses, left unpro
tected at hitching racks, suffered
greatly and probably would have
froaen had not officers been sent to
care for them. They entered the
church and told tne worsnippera that,
the horses would oe taken in cnarge
unless blanketed, and Issued a warn
ing that during tthe cold weather
horses must be stabled.
Members of the church are largely
people from the country, driving in
with sleighs. They are commonly
known as 'Holy Rollers, and wor
ship without a leader, all praying at
the same time with much noise and
confusion. Officers had some diffi
culty in getting a hearing, and the
worshippers were quite Indignant.
San Francisco Trade
Breaks All Records
San Francisco, Dec. 27. (P. N. S.)
Breaking all records for San Finn
clsco's foreign trade, preliminary esti
mates by the customs house today
placed exports for 11 at 1125,000 000
and Imports at f 11, 000. 000.
This means that exports have virtu
ally quadrupled in 10 years, the 1905
figures being $32,462,626. In 1915, ex
ports were $80,539.21 S
Imports In 1906 totalled $45,192 378
and in 1915 183.338,138.
Parents Away, Boys
Are Burned to Death
Aspen, Colo., Dec. 27, (I. N. S )
Charred remains of two boys, children
of Mr. and Airs. Frank Boscello, wer?
taken ejirly: -today, from the ruins of
the : Boscello home which was de
stroyed by; fire of unknown rtjln.
The -father Was- ut of : town' and the
mother was visiting friends when the
names wero discovered. f . -
G VE CARRANZA
Mil
if'.' ' t, :'
Dr. Ixo J. Frachtenberg.
tlon and display of these Important In
diau relics. Interest on part of the
community will arouse an interest
among thosewho have private collec
tions and In this way the city's collec
tion would be augmented.
"The Smithsonian Institution will co
operate with Portland every way pos
(Concluded on Page Eleren. Colnmn Tbrae)
TOM RILEA IS
FATE OF FLEMING IS
NOT KNOWN AS YET
Searching Party Goes Again
to Look for Wanderers in
- - Wilds of Curry Country,"
Grants Pass, Or., Dec.. 27. Tom
Riles, the Oregon City Power plant
employe, unaccounted for since Friday
In the mountains between West Fork
and Mariel, in Curry county, was found
alive at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning,
according to a brief telephonic mes
sage received by the United States for
estry bureau here at. 11 o'clock this
mornlqjr.
The message was from Forest Rang
er Helm, believed to be at Agness, was
routed via Crescent City, and read:
"Pound Rilea 11 a. m. Tuesday. Not
frozen and doing well."
No particulars of the rescue of Rilea
are yet available at West Fork, or at
the forestry bureau here, as the wires
from West Fork to Mariel and Agness
are still down.
The fate of Commodore Fleming, the
rural mall carrier, unaccounted for
since Saturday in the same locality, is
not yet known. The party from West
Fork, headed by Lee Emerson, which
searched for the missing men all day
Tuesday and was forced by deep snows
and Intense cold on the divide to re
turn to West Fork last night, started
out again this morning.
This party could not, yesterday, get
beyond Nine Mile, which is the apex of
the divide.
Rough Handling of
Insane Man Charged
Superintendent Stelaer Swears to Com
plaint Against Earl Hurst, Attend
ant at State Institution.
Salem, Or., Dec. 27. Dr. R. K. Le4j
Steiner, superintendent of the Oregon
state hospital for the insane, today
swore to a complaint charging Earl
Hurst
an attendant at the asylum.
with assault and battery as a result
of Hurst's rough treatment of James
Powers, a patsent, last night.
The affair was witnessed by Dr. C.
E. Bates of the hospital' staff. Hurst
told the patient to undress. The pa
tient did not heed the request. Then,
according to Dr. Stelner. Hurst took
the patient to the linen room, threw
a towel around his neck and choked
him down. Again, when the patient
did not undress when told. Hurst
grabbed him and roughly dragged him
to his room, a distance of 30 or 40
feet.
The complaint was issued today
noon by Justice of the Peace Webster.
Hurst haS been employed at the
asylum about a month.
1
Japanese Passenger
Steamer Is Ashore
Toklo, DC 2. (I. N. S.) The Ja
panese steamer Sunkaku Maru. with too
persons on board, has gone ashore off
Chefoo, China, says a dispatch re
ceived here today.
Among the passengers on the San
kaku Maru are two Americans. Efforts
to refloat' the vessel have been futile.
Union of Churches
Indorses Peace Note
' London, pec, 21. fJJ. S.)-Presi-dent
Wilsbn's note i.waa emphatically
indorsed by, speakers at a meeting of
the "Dutch section of the World's Union
of Chures last night,' says., a' dis
patch frAn The 'Hague today.
FOUND
FIGHT FOR RATE
PARITY IS WON
BY CITY MILLS
Interstate Commerce Com
mission Grants Plea of the
Portland Lumber Compa
nies for Equality.
MARYSVILLE IS NAMED
AS POINT OF DIVISION
New Rates Are Ordered Es
tablished on or Before
March 15.
Washington., Dec. 27. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL)
Fortland lumber mills won their fight
for parity of rates with Willamette
valley competitors In reaching San
Francisco bay points by decision f
thf Interstate Commerce commission
today in the case brought by the In-man-Poulsen,
Eastern & Western and
East Side Lumber companies. ' The
commission held that rates on fir and
hemlock lumber and lath in straight
or mixed carloads from Portland to
San Francisco bay and all points south
of Marysville. also to Auburn, should
pot exceed Willamette valley rates or
rates from the Tillamook branch to
the same destinations.
"Traffic from Portland east is more
highly competitive than to the south,"
says the commission's decision, "and
the first point south to which rates
from Portland and the Willamette val
ley should be the same may properly
be more distant than the first point
east of Portland. Wj are of the opin
ion that rates south of Marysville,
however, should not exceed rates from
the Willamette valley."
James G. Wilson represented the
Portland mills. New rates In accord
ance with the decision were ordered
established on or before March 15.
The Willamette valley lumber rate
case has been hanging In the commis
sion's balance since January 9, 1916.
when it was argued at Washington by
James G. Wilson, for the Portland
lumber mills, and by C. A. Durbrow,
for the Southern Pacific railway.
, The hearing was had in the fall of
1916 at Portland, when all the facts
were gathered for the commission.
The railroad contended that under the
present system of rate-making, arbi
trary groups had to be established and
a rate made for these groups based on
the "average distance" from the towns
In each to the "average point" in other
groups.
It happened that the Willamette
valley group left off Just a few miles
south of Portland. The Portland rate
was higher than from- the valley, al
though figures showed the railroad
carrying lumber for long distances at
the Willamette valley rate before the
shipments even reached the main val
ley line.
A similar case Involving the rates
from the Willamette valley and from
Portland, respectively, Into the Salt
Lake City territory, In which the same
issues are set out, is still pending be
fore the commission. In that case the
Portland mills are seeking a lower
rate than the valley enjoys.
STATEMENT
OF TERMS FOR PEACE
Congress in Session in Paris
Adopts Resolution Bea'ring
on the Great War.
Paris, Dec. 27. (U. P.) The Social-
1st congress. In session here, today
adopted a resolution favoring a state
ment of terms from the allies on
which peace may be established.
The resolution, which was adopted
by a vote of 2911 to 430, demanded:
"That the French and allied govern
ments, in replying to President Wil
son, having wanted peace, but having
accepted sustained war, declare they
are ready to give their alms for the
re-establishment of peace and are ready
to agree to any solution which, ending
the .Injustice of strength, would organ
ize In accord with neutrals, a .society
of free nations in civilized humanity."
Booze Shippers to
Retain H. McGinn
Judge McGinn will represent Al
Wohlers, Ed Donovan and Ed Baker,
Indicted "for conspiracy In shipping In
boose from California to Portland, in
violation Wit the Interstate Commerce
act, these defendants announce. - The
case has been set for trial on Feb
ruary l. at which time Judge McGinn
will have undoubtedly retired, from
his present office. This eventuality
is awaited with Interest by the gov
ernment's attorneys.
Deputy District Atttorney Barnet:
Goldstein will represent the govern
ment in the case. He has taken over
all the liquor cases, as a matter of
fact, and will prosecute alleged boot
leggers hereafter, who violate the fed
eral statute. No date has been ret
for the trials - of the cases against
William . Margulis, or the severe!
others, accused of bringing in illicit
alcoholic liquors.
Considerable delay has been exper
ienced in fi obtaining the ..custody ; of
some of the defendants, as they arc
in Sati Francisco,- and ara fighting -ex-
inaiwn, ,' Ainrar toese ;ia i'-Kl isaKcr,
but ,- his- presence i ia counted k on by
February 1, at any rate - l-O '.
FRENCH
SOCIALISTS
FAVOR A
Suspect Is
Shot on Busy
City Street
Man Believed Implicated In Phoe
nix, Ariz., Holdup May Die as
Fight Result.
Phoenix, Aria., Dec. 27. (U. P.)
In a thrilling duel on a csowded busi
ness street "this afternoon. Deputy
Sheriff Murphy shot and probably
fatally wounded Pete Salinas, arrested
on suspicion of being implicated in a
holdup last night and also believed to
be a desperate character wanted
I-os Aneeles and elsewhere.
in
As the officer arproached
Salinas opened fire and while
the
crowd scattered, Murphy emptied his
revolver and sent for more ammuni
tion. While awaiting ballets. Murphy
arretted Salinas' companion and
Salinas took refuge in a etore.
When other officers arrived Salinas
resumed his fire from a vantage point,
the officers, dodging behind automo
biles and trucks, closing in on him.
Murphy surprised Salinas by a flank
movement and shot the jandit through
the head.
T
GIVES KIDS A TREAT,
E
Storm to Slacken and Cause
No Serious Trouble, Prom
ises Weather Man.
reed the Birds.
Appeals were Issued today
by the Humane society and by
the Oregon Fish and Game
commission asking the public
to feed the birds which ordi
narily manage to pick up a
livelihood from bushes and
from the ground.
The snow has covered the
food the birds usually find and
unless people throw out
crumbs, meat scraps and other
food, the wild creatures will
suffer in case the snow con
tinues. Thousands of birds were fed
during the protracted storms of
last wlnten .
.
Just about half way between the
milkman and the paper carrier this
morning a sneaking snowstorm slunk
upon Portland, salting down the city
with a clean white layer.
The weather bureau had hardly an
inkling of this stealthy approach, be
cause it came from the ocean. So far
the bureau has failed to educate the
i mermaids and sea lions to mat point
where they will "tip off" these marl-
time snowstorms.
Snow May Turn to Kadn.
It began snowing Just befqfe 5
o'clock. By the time people began to
get up everything was covered. The
weather bureau believes the snow will
turn to rain before very long, but it
isn't dead sure.
At noon the weather bureau figured
that the Indications point to a modlfl-
(Concluded on Page Ten, Column Five)
Texas Congressman
Weds Schoolma'am
Jeff McXiemore Takes Bride Whom Be
Vet 13 Tears Ago Couple to x.eavt
at Once for Nation's Capital.
Galveston, Dec. 27. (U. P.) De
spite a youthful aversion to school
teachers. Congressman Jeff McLemore
.spent 13 years of his life winning one.
He will marry lier at her mother's
home here at 5 o'clock this afternoon.
The bride is Miss May Clark. Mc
Lemore met her in Kingsland, Texas.
13 veers ago. Only members of the
immediate families will attend the cer
emony. Mr. and Mrs. McLemore will
leave for Washington at once.
Nine Negroes Jailed
In Murder Mystery
Minden. La., Dec. :7 (V. P.) -Nin-
negroes are in jau nere ioaay in con
Dm roii-rlo- t I
WNTERS
FIRS
SNOW
BOTHERS CAR SERVIC
Reeves, his wife and two chlld-:i i what became of the 4 119.507 Pro
Christmas night. County authorities ' gressive votes registered for RooSe
suspect that tho crime was engineered ,velt four years ago.
by a white man. however, and no Figures for the nation-wide vote
charges have been filed against the on the Socialist and Prohibition tick
negroes. cts are yet Incomplete, but it Is esti
The 15-monthsold baby, which was. mated that Allan Benson, Socialist, re-
belleved to. be dying in a Shreveport
hospital, was reported today to have
a chance for recovery.
Nine Aeroplanes of
Allies Brought Down
Berlin. Dec. 27. (I. N. S?.. via Say
YiUe wireless.) Nine allied aero
planes have been shot down by the
Germans on the western front, the ot
flcial statement said today.
Intense artillery fire in the bend of
the Ypres river and on the northern
bank of the Somne also were reported.
The fire slackened toward evening,
when rain again set in, the statement
added.
Independence Hall
Is Made Available
Philadelphia. Dec. 27. C. P.)-If
the belligerent nations ot Europe agrne
to meet in a peace conference they will
be offered the use . of Independence
halL - Mayor Thomas B. Smith has an
nounced -thai.be .will urge President
Wilson to use . his lnAuence , to bring
the diplomats hereC V : " !'
LATE NEWS
United Railroads Sale Asked.
Fan Francisco, Dec. 57. (P. N. S.)
Sale of a portion of the United Kail
roads, Its franchises and property at
public auction to satisfy a bond Is
sue balance of $1,800,000 was sought
this afternoon in an action filed In
the superior court by the Oakland
Hank of Savings and "the Anglo and
London-Paris NationaK,Bank to fore
close an existing mortgage.
Attorneys for tuc plaintiffs thia aft
ernoon said that the suit was brought
to protect bondholders am", that an im
mediate reorganization of the United
Railroads is necessary.
Hank Resources Increase Big.
Washington, Dec. 27. (U. P.) Re
sources of the national banks have in
creased over four billion dollars since
i the inauguration or the federal re
iwrvi i servn svstem thre vpnri nm. arrnrd
ing to the report of Comptroller of !
the Currency Williams today. The
resources of the national banks have
doubled since the spring of 1908, he
said.
Actors Will Strike New Year's Day
Kew York. Dec. 2 7. (I. N. S. )
Tweaty-five vaudeville actors, affil
iated with the White Rats Actors'
Union of America, will strike New
Year's Day unless a new agreement Is
affected giving the actors a new style
of contract, closed shop, three showa
a day, a six day week and a reduc
tion in booking agents' commissions
to 5 per cent.
To Open H-3 Salvage Bids.
San Francisco. Dec. 27. (P. N. 8.)
Bids for salving the submarine H-3,
beached near the entrance to Hum
boldt bay, will be opened by the navy
department tomorrow.
It may be necessary to drag the
wrecked diver a mile across in the
peninsula into Humboldt bay, it is
said, and the bld3 are expected to be
in the neighborhood of $100,000.
Storm Wrecks Army Tents.
Washington. Dec. 27. (I. N. S.)
General Pershing reported that the
Christmas storm which swept the en
campments of the punitive expedition
destroyed 75 per cent of the force's
tentage. wrecked wireless masts and
damaged a field hospital and other
buildings.
Harriman's Son Engaged.
New York, Dec, 27. (I. N. S.) The
engagement of Miss Gladys C.
Fries to E. Roland Harrlman, son of
the late E. H. Harrlman, was an
nounced today. The wedding prob
ably will take place in the early
spring.
Canadian Monastery Burns.
Oka. Que.. Deo. 27. (I. N. S.) Fire
of undetermined origin today de
stroyed the monastery of the Trapplst
monks here. The loss will reach
$250,000.
PRESIDENT'S POPULAR s
PLURALITY IN NATION
518.147 OVER HUGHES
Complete Returns From All Several Negroes Killed; Wires
States on the Presidential Are Down and Details Re
Eleclion Are Made Public, ceived Are Meager,
. j
New Tork, Dec. 27. (U. P.) Wood-l Little Hock, Ark., Dec. 27. (V P)
row Wilson will be president : for four wu wire communlcation t0 the tor.
vears more bv virtue of a popular plu- ; lv lv"
tality over Charles Evans Hughes of nad0 stricken sections In south central
518. H7 votes out of a total of 18,110,-j Arkansas restored partially late this
777 cast on November 7 for the two afternoon, the number of known dead
major political parties. This total does , was ,ncreaBed to u
not include votes for the Socialist. Pro-, The - a score of persona
hibitionist or Socialist Labor candi-1 peri8hed at Warnpoo waa dpnled ona
dates. i
The figures, as assembled today by j Little Uock, Ark.. Dec 27. (I. N. 8.)
the United Tress, are based In a ma-' Six white persons and several ne
Jority of cases on the official counts groes dead and 16 persons Injured was
Vf the states, as certified to the elec- the toll exacted by the tornado which
toral college. swept through central southern Arkan-
They show that Wilson received sas yesterday, according to all avall
0.3H.462 votes, against 8,796,315 for i able reports today.
Hughes. ! Rumors that the convict camp al
Four years ago the Democratic can- J Tucker had been demolished, many
didate (Wilson) polled 6,293,019 votes. ' convicts killed and all others freed,
The Democratic candidate's total this were set at rest today when word from
year was an Increase of 48 per cent Tucker said that the camp was un
over those figures. damaged.
Similarly, the Republican nominee. The known dead are:
(Taft) in 1912. polled 3.484,956 votes.
Hughes' total in 1916 was an Increase
of about IB 2 per cent. The total vote
cast for the two major parties was
4.212,295 more than that cast in 1912
for the then three major political .
Dartles. In other words, there was an'
Increase in 1916 of more than 30 per
cent In the total vote cast.
There is no way, on the basis of
lilt' I1KUIC9 UJtilin. 1 r v ... ......
ceived about 571,000, nearly 200,0"00
less than the Socialist ticket polled
in 1912: and the Prohibitionist can
didate Hanly, 225.200, or about 17,000
more than the same ticket received
four years ago.
Liquor Warehouses
Seized for U. S. Tax
Bristol, Tenn., Dec. 27. (I. X. S.)
Government agents today seised the
wholesale warehouses of E. Gouge &
Co.. corn whiskey distillers, to satisfy
claims for $161,000, which, the govern -
ment alleges Is due It in unpaid rev
enue taxes. The claims are based
upon the weights of grain received by
the company compared with the
amount of liquor which it scheduled
for taxation.
Mexicans Release
American Prisoner
Washington, Dec. J7. U, P.) Rl
cardo Boles,- American citizen recently
taken front" Matamoras to Victoria for
trial, baa beea released, the- Mexican
foreign office informed Consul rarktr
at Mexico City today.
BY WIRE
General Herrera Is Killed.
El Paso, Texas, Dec. 27. (U. P.)
A refugee arriving from Torreon to
day brought word that General Lul
Herrera, commander of the garrison
there, was killed when Villa captured
the city December 21. Herrera was
formerly Carranaista commander at
Parral, but fled before the town wis
occupied by Vllllstas. Mexico City
dispatches today confirmed the report
of Herrera's death.
Russo-Roumanians Defeated.
Berlin, via Sayvllle wireless, Dee.
27. (U. P.) "Complete defeat" of
the Russian-Roumanian forces on a
front of 17 kilometers (10 miles)
southwest of Rlmnlcul-Sarat was re
ported In today's official statement.
"In five days' struggle." the state
ment said, "our forces pierced strong
Russian positions which consisted of
several lines of barbed wire and
which were tenaciously defended."
Another "Oliver Osborne" Held.
Cleveland. Ohio. Dec. 27. (U. P.)
Cleveland police announced today they
had caught a second "Oliver Osborne"
Wax. He has, they say, for 15 years
lived on money obtained from girls
whose hearts he has won. The man,
held on a suspicion charge, is the "King
of Heartbreakers," they say, but has
never married. Police are looking for
Miss Mabel Mackay as a witness.
Von Walden Gets 10 Years.
Fan Francisco. Dec. 27 (P. N. 8)1
Edwin von Walden, son of a prom- !
lnent Cincinnati physician, today was I
sentenced to 10 years in Bolsom prison
by Superior Judge George H. Cab-
anlss for the robbery of the Mission
branch of the Anglo-California bank
here August 30. The court denied his
motion for a new trial.
Freight Embargo Is Lifted.
Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 27. (I. N.
S.) Embargoes against freight ship
ments from connecting lines, declared
by the Frisco railroad last week, have
been repealed, according to announce
ment made this morning. The Frisco
will now accept freight for any point
and in any quantity or classification.
Ran Bernardino Has Gone Dry.
San Bernardino, Cal., Dec. 27. (P.
N. S.) San Bernardino, heretofore
one of the strong liquor centers of
the state, has gone dry. The council
yesterday adopted a prohibition ordi
nance after it had been submitted
with an initiative petition, ban Ber
nardino voted dry by 800 at the re
cent general election.
Gonzales' Secretary to Die.
El Paso, Texas, Dec. 27. (I. N. 8.)
Major Francisco Arlata, secretary to
Governor Arnulfo Gonial, has been
sentenced to death for the shooting of
tn enter or ponce oi Juares. He is in
Jail in Juarez. -
CAUSES DEATH OF SIX
WHITES, 15 ARE
T
Airtjkrr i. Kv.-ti - f.-M...... r..
land, whose family was injured in the
collapse of their home.
Cholc Padgett, 10, and Allalee Pad
gett, 7, and Francis Snow, 9, all living
near Carlisle'.
Two negroes near Pine Bluff, two
' near Sherlll and one near England
Seventeen negroes are reported to
have been killed when a settlement
(Concluded on Pge Eleven. Colnmn Two)
Identity of Ship in
Distress in Doubt
Owners of Maryland Believed Lost of
Oplaloa Xdeattty Would Save Beea
Za dies tad Had Tesael Beea Theirs.
Philadelphia. Dec. 27. (U. P.)
Doubt as to the identity of the steam
Hhip Maryland, believed to have been
lost off Sandy Hook, still kept the of -lices
of Crew, Levic company here
busy. This concern owns a steamer
of that name but officials were unanl-
! mous in their belief that had the, Mary-
land belonged to them some Indication
! would have been found in the wireless
j messages.
I "' .ia mgiwnuniT
j from the coast guard cutters Oresham
1 and Acushnet, which are now In the
position which the Maryland last re
ported before her wireless failed.
Fear was expressed for the safety
of the Maryland's crew, consisting of
34 Spaniards.
Madame de Thebes,
Clairvoyant, Dead
. Paris, Dee; 27. Madame de Thebes,
famous aetrologlst and clairvoyant.
died Sunday at hec country residence in
? Meong-Sur Laire, aged 72 years.- The
J real name of Mme. de Thebes was Anna
I Vlctorlne Savigny. - ,
TORNADO
IN ARKANSAS
HUR
TEACHERS ARE
no
CODE OF FIGS
Pedagogues to Get Into Class
Along With Doctors, Law-
yers, Newspapermen and
Other High Class Lines.' r
STATE ASSOCIATION TO V .!
MEET HERE TOMORROW!
Delegates Are Gathering jn -Portland
From All Parts
of Oregon.
Oregon teachers are to have a code .
of ethics for their guidance. " .
Physicians have their ethics; law-"
yerg have thriis; the Fourth Itst'
has It; and now the teaching proffs-.".
eion has fallen In Hne. 1 ",:
In written form, a code of 19 cardl i
nal principles was adopted by the tep
resentatlve council of the Oregon state.
Teachers' association, meeting at the
Hotel Portland this morning. - -
Delegates from all parts of ths stata ;
are In attendance for the council,,
which is the governing body of the
association, the general meetings' be ,
ginning in the Lincoln High school .
Thursday. - '
The ethical code was prepared by av
special committee appointed a- year - ,
ago and headed by J. II. Ackermarv,
president of the State Normal school
at Monmouth.
The code as adopted, and to whioli
all the teachers of the state Wilt be
expected to subscribe, follows: j
Here Is Coda of Stoles, '
"To govern one's conduct In publio
and private life by the highest prlnoit ,
pies of courage, Justice and truth.
"To be loyal ta all movements look ,
ing toward the raising of the stand'
ards of the teaching profession with a
reciprocal loyalty between teachers,
superintendents and principals. ,
"Not to make application for an ad
n Inlstratlve position until a vacancy
has occurred, nor to apply fer other
positions until ever' effort has been
made to determine whether a.vacancy
exists. -
"Never to underbid. ... t
"Never to undermine.
"To withdraw immediately a!I appll-
(Concluded on Pane Three. Column Oner
a! '
SPOKANE IS SELECTED
Oregon, Washington, Mon4:
tana and Utah ..Comprise .
District to Be Served, .'s
X
AS LOCATION OF FARM
LAN
BANK
Washington, Dec. 27. (I. N. 8.; '
The farm loan board completed it .
preliminary work previous to getting
down to actual distribution of money y
to the farmers of the nation today, by
designating the 12 cities in which tha
farm loan banks are to be organised.
The list of cities was as follows: - .
District No. 1 Springfield,' Maaii.jVH
covers Mhe, New Hampshire, Ver-' ' '
mont, Massachusetts, Rhode island,
Connecticut, New York and New Jcr
sey. :'
IMstrlct No. 2 Baltimore; ooverl i.
Pennsylvania, Delaware. Maryland ,
Vlrganla, West Virginia and liistricti
of Columbia. t v5
District No. 3 Columbus.' S. C. eov-7";'
ers North Carolina, South Carolina, t;V
Georgia and Florida. :,
District No. 4 Louisville, Ky.; cov ' . .
ers Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Ten',vt;
nesse. .
Dtstrict No. 5 New Orleans; covera; '.
Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. i; 1 '
District No. 6 St. Louis; covers llil-
nols, Missouri and Arkansas.
District No. 7 St. Paul; covers r'v
Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and .
North Dakota. " ' i,-;v. '
District No. 8 Omaha; covers Iowa,' , i '
. i. t I. .... . li. . . r
Nebraska,
South Dakota
and
Wyo-
mina.
District No. 9 Wichita, Kan.; cov
ers Oklahoma, Kansas. Colorado and
New Mexico. .'.s
District No. 10 Houston, Texas i
covers Teias. '
District No. 11 Berkeley, Cat; co
ers California, Nevada, Utah and All-1
sona. ' ;jyS'-
District No. 12 Spokane. Wash. i I
covers Washington, Oregon, Montana ;
and Idaho.
Corset Is Called S
Greatest of Evils!!
By Indiana Woman
Indianapolis, Ind., "Dec,
(I. N. H.) Of the three great' "m
m evils, corsets, the white plague,
'whiskey tbe ..corset is the .
greatest. ;h .
This Is the declaration o j 4
Mrs. Anna Lee, who , has f4
ore iiea xor introduction la the
I ndlana - legislature a bill pro-
hlbltlng the manufacture of
corsets. .;;-.
"There la more tuberculosis
in children of corset deformed
mothers than in whiskey drink'
Ing fathers," she declared to.
. aay. - ..-....?-,...;, ' y.-.r
f "Intoxicants have , been in
general use for centuries,' tub-
crculous children were never
known until the corset was ln-
:. vented" - - t - -
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