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t - . A TUB U KATMK, Tonight : tnd to-' : morrow, (alri v easterly winds. Kelatlv liuniid- :: Ity at noon, 51. IT'S ALL TRUE" i .. V VOL. XV. NO. 250. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28, 1916. SIXTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS Wah"8?A ; M.S)j IIILIVIL 4& II 0 v w m J ' . sV .. k. W V 1 V 1 S 1 W ill II I I I I I I I - -V. V . m. ft W I -.; ft ft - - and rl f A YJ I I I I I . II III I I IJ.I I J fx yW)ijwjuAMlAX III K.I I Nl I - I 1X1 I LM Y . A I J ISftH rl I II ft II -v -g-r ; S EHTENTE READY REPLY TO PEACE OFFER Russia's Statement Now En Route to Paris Where It Will Be Handed to Ameri can Ambassador. AIMS WILL BE MADE CLEAR, IT IS PREDICTED President Wilson's Note May 8e Answered at the Same Time. By Ed h. Keen. London. Dc. 28. (U. P.) Dlepateh of the alllts' reply to Germany's peace proposals Is Imminent. Information today Indicated t'.iat the phraseology of the Identical notes, tc le sent by all the entente nations, had practically been settled upon. Russia' reply couched tn the terms agreed upon by the allies. Is already . en route to Paris, where It will b banded the American ambassador, with France's note, for transmission to Ber lin some time within the next few days. Frotr. authoritative s-ourcea the ITnt- ted Press learns the allied note will contain: A rejection of a German-made plans. peace based on Want Bifht to Bale Btlg-bt. A vigorous-worded summary of the principles for which the alliea con tend they are fighting to remove the menace of militarism, of migiit over right, of the rule of force over Inter national law. Probably ' the allies will make still clearer their alms and purpose by a recital of the "crimes" for which they propose to hold Germany responsible. The note, however, will not state specifically the terms on wlilih the (Coocludtdon I'air Ten. Colnmn Two) TO GRANTr MORE LIBERA RE LIBERAL TO GET PEACE - Ambassador Gerard Reports to President Wilson Result of Conference With Kaiser, Washington. Dec. 28. (I. N. S. Following a conference in Berlin Tuesday between I lie kaier and Am GERMANY WILLING TERMS basxador Gerard the American am- ? "" ; -""an nas a complete ali basHa.lor lias advised President Wll- bl-.according to Rankin. He has been tton i hat Germany is ready U grant Sieatly modified peace terms. This wus the information obtained from official i-lrcles here last night, it is known that several cablegrams were received at 1 1 1 e White House yes terday from Ambassador Gerard, but neither the White House nor Secre tary of state Lansing would discuss them. The proposal- to establish Po land and LA'tuiania .as. Independent kingdoms ami Die proposal to pay a Belgium Indemnity, offset' by allied indemnities, have been abandoned In the modified terms, it was learned. Followlim are some other terms in the modified proposal: The evacuation an.l restoration of t'-elglum. Germany paying an Indem nity for daniaiteH io persons and prop erty on the ground that the invasion of Ilelgluin was a military necessity. The evacuation of Krench territory.' The evacuation of Russian territory upon condition that Russia shall pay Germany an Indemnity for damages to persons and property in the invasion of fast Prussia. Disposition of Roumanla. Serbia and Montenegro on terms satisfactory to Austria. Kulgarla and Turkey. Restoration to Germany of all col onies in Africa, Klau Chau and the Pa cific Islands and payment t an in demnity by the allies for damages to persons and property therein. Would-Be Thief Is Met With Kevolver - When Frank Smith, 24 years old, un dertook to rob the cigar store in front 'of the old Progreso restaurant, First and Stark streets, early this mornins. he failed to take into account the fact " that the proprietor was sleeping Just 'inside the restaurant doorway. Smith climbed over the iron grating guarding the cigar stand, and landed within, to find himself staring Into the barrel ef a revolver, while J. Murtlnger, the pro prietor of the stand, shouted for the police. t Motorcycle Patrolman Ervln and Pa trolman Converse, at police headquar ters, heard the calls of "police," "thief'' coming from the cigar stand, and hur ried to the scene. Smith sheepishly confessed his Intentions to commit rob bery. Smith was arrested several weeks ago in the north end as a vagrant be cause he Insisted on sitting In the poo rooms and composing poetry by the hour. , ( 1 m British Relieve . ; French on Front London Dec. 28.--U. P.) British " 'forces during- the' last 10 days have . taken over a good slice ot the line here tofore included' la the French . front. . Major General Maurice, director of mll- itary operations, announced late today. Japan Sent Ozuma Here for Sailors Detective for German Consulate Declares Officers Recrnlted Men on Pacific Coast. San Francisco, Dec. 28. (P. N. S.) C. C. Crowley. ' detective for th Ger man consulate, today testified In the bomb plot trial that he secured proof that Japanese naval .of ficera landed at Puget sound ports from a Japanese warship and In disrulse went to vari ous Paclfio coast ports to recruit and assemble former Japanese- sailors. These. . he declared, were shipped from America to be taken aboard Jap anese war craft in the Pacific. Crowley also declared that he traced exalosjve shipments to Japan as well as to other countries. United States District Attorney John W. Preston objected to the details as Irrelevant but Circuit Judge William H. flunt allowed the story to go Into the record as showing the defense's version of the reasons for Crowley's employment by the German consulate. The detective occupied the stand most of the morning, following the ex amination of Lieutenant Wilhelm von Brincken, one of the main defendants. Downtown Stores To Shift Locations Fourth Street Department Store Goes to Bnananan's Quarters and Iattr Goes to Sskum Bonding Corner. By the terms of a lease Just con summated John Levitt, proprietor of the Fourth Street Department store. has obtained for a year with an 1 option for two additional yesrs in case a new building is erected by the Fleischner estate, the store now occupied by the L. Shanalian store at 1-14-6 Third street, and an addi tional store having entrance on Mor rison street. The lease provides for occupancy of the premises from February 1, when the Lewis-Stenger Barber ijupply com pany takes the premises on Fourth street between Washington and Stark streets, now occupied by the Fourth Street Department store. The L. Shanahan store will move from the premises Just leased to the lower floor of the Delcum building, at the south west corner of Third and Washington streets, which he leased several months ago. The deal was negotlaied by J D. CDonnell, a local real estate dealer. Bomb Suspect .Was . Friend of Hooker United States postal authorities havs arrested Milton A. Morgan, alias Wil liams, a former convict at the Oregon state penitentiary, on a charge of com plicity In the mailing of a bomb to James R. Mlsner, of Albany, Decem ber 20. Morgan was an intimate friend of i Otto Hooker, escaped convict, who was kiJIeI while hiding under Mlsner's home at Albany, a year ago, last Oc tober. The tomb, according to Assistant I'nlted States Attorney Robert Rankin, was mailed Dec-ember 20 at Alcona! Wanh. It was received bv Mlsner two released on 1500 bonds. Big Assessments Paid by Ladd Estate The Ladd estate paid City Treasurer Adams $38,000 In Installments and in terest on bonded street and sewer assessments this morning, making one of the largest single payments re ceived In years by the city treasurer. The amount covers assessments agsinst properties owned by the es tate in various parts of the city. City Treasurer Adams says that an un usual number of people are paying the Installments and interest on bonded street and sewer assessments. He says he believes the month will be a record breaker. 8 Hour Conference Is Ended Abruptly New York, Dec. 28. (L P.) Rail road brotherhood heads and the confer ence committee of the railroads held a secret session here today, which broke up within a short time with evidence of having been closed abruptly by a disagreement. The conference was an attempt to reach some agreement regarding the Adamson eight-hour law. Both sides refused to discuss what transpired. Before entering the meet ing, W. G. Lee issued a statement at tacking the compulsory investigation of , strikes feature of the Adamson bill. Villa Decides to Protect Foreigners El Paso. Dec. 28. (I. N. S.) Pancho Villa executed hie own secretary. Col onel Garcia, at BermeJUlo last week for looting foreign property, mining men here were informed today. Villa made a speech to hfs soldiers at Jimines. declaring he would exe cute all soldiers and civilians caught 1 carrying on or aestroying property of foreigners. This action is said to have followed his receipt of a message sent by El Paso sympathizers. Norwegian Vessel Was Under Charter Berlin, Via Sayvllle Wireless. Dec. 2S (U. P.) Germany's answer to Amer ican inquiries as to sinking of the Nor wegian steamship Delto, as transmitted to Ambassador Gerard today. Justifies sinking of that vessel on the ground that she was violating neutrality, and dismisses the contention that her pas sengers were jeopardlxed as unjustified. SIX PER GENT, OLCOTT FINDS, IS SUFFICIENT No Need to Fuss and Worry, Declares the Secretary of State, About Effect of Tax Limitation Law. RETURNS WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR NEEDS Shavings From Some Items in Budget Can Go for New Building Purposes. Salem. Or., Dee. 28. Why all this worry and fuss about the 6 per cent tax limitation, so far as state affairs are concerned? It Is needless and use less. In effect that Is the question and the answer presented by Secretary of State Ben W. Olcott In a statement Is sued by him today. v Since Governor Wlthycombe, snd Slate Treasurer Kay have been be moaning and predicting dire calamities as a result of the approval by the voters of the state of the 6 per cent tax limitation, members-elect of the legislature snd others have made, in quiry of Secretary Olcott as to what can be done to drag the state out of the terrible predicament Into which they thought It had been plunged. Do nothing but abide by the ex pressed will of the voters, is the ad vice In substance Olcott has given them. He says no state Institution or department need be hurt. He takes the view that when the (Concluded on Page Tour, Column Three) SAFEGUARD SALE OF ETHYL TYPE ALCOHOL Committee of Physicians and Drug Dealers Recommend Plan to City Council, Prohibit the sale of ethyl alcohol, un less sold on prescription of a duly grad uated and licensed physician, or on a permit from the chief of police, health bureau, or district attorney. Such are the recommendations to the city council, by a Joint committee of physicians and druggists which has been investigating means to prohibit the sale of alcohol for drinking pur poses. The committee was appointed by Mayor Albee. The committee sug gests that the permits. If a permit plan n decided upon, be good for at least ihreo to six months. It also recom mends the re-establishment of the rock pile, where habitual drunkards may be sent. I. W. W. Trouhles Break Out Again I. W. W. troubles broke out again this morning at Second and Burnside streets, as a result of ihe reopening of the Northwestern Bakery and Cof fee house with a oorps of waiters and dishwashers who are members of the American Federation of Labor Instead of the Industrial Workers, and 61 of the agitators were In the city Jail by 2 this afternoon. Police Sergeant Wade and Patrol men Mallon and Henson were kept busy during the early part of the morning, when the crowd of agitators lined up across the sidewalk and pick eted the coffee house, stopping every prospective patron of the place and demanding that he stay out because the union rights of the employes had not been granted. Girl TJnahle to Say Why She Was There Found cramped In a linen closet of the Olds. Wortman & King department store shortly before noon today, Edith Saylor, aged 17, of Oregon City, was unable to give any reason for her presence there. Miss Saylor came to Portland from Oregon City last night, and this morn ing started out to find a position. She first went to Meier A Frank Co.'s, and from there tried to find the Y. W C. A. Failing to do that, che went to Olds, Wortman & King's, where she entered a lavatory and climbed over the partition into a linen closet. This was locked, and she was unable to extricate herself. She was released by 'one of the floor managers. One of Team Perishes in Albina Ferry Slip One of a fine team of horses belong ing to the Crown mills was drowned at the end of the upper Albina ferry slip yesterday before it could be pulled out. The heavily laden wagon forced the team into the river. The front wheel dropped off and weighted the two horses into the water. One was hauled up onto the ferry slip but hin drance by the ferry cable and the pole and wheels made it Impossible to drag the off horse In in that manner, It was cat loose and was being; towed around to the other side of the slip when.it expired from exhaustion and cold. ; r : - DRUGGISTS WANT TO Wily Chinese Not Satisfied With One Son Hoo Tom Qtie Made Miscue When 1 He Tried to Get Second Boy Admitted. Had Hoo Tom Que. Lakeview, Or.. Chinese been satisfied with one son he would have been better off. Five years ago. Hoo tried to bring a young son in from China when Hoo returned from a visit to relatives. The son was denied admission and sent back home. Recently Hoo wrote Immigration in spector Bonhara asking that his status be investigated as he intended return ing to China and wanted to bring in another boy, an even younger son, to be educated. Inspector Watkins went to Lakeview for that purpose but took the older son's photo and record. When he reached there he found the son who had been denied admission comfortably esconsed In his father's store as a clerk. When confronted with his record the boy admitted coming to Canada and being smuggled over the border. He will be deported at once.' Now It is a question whether the younger son will be admitted, either. n TO U. . DEMAND HANDED TO SECRETARY LANE Objects to Pursuit Right, Fail ure to Use Mexican Plan, Withdrawal Arrangement. Washington. Dec. 28. General Car ranza's reply to the demand of the United States that he sign the Joint protocol providing for border protection was handed to Secretary of the Interior Lane, chairman ot the American sec tion of the joint commission, by Luis Cabrera, chairman of the Mexican sec tion, this afternoon. Mr. Lane said that he would nave to study the reply carefully before he could comment on it. When asked whether there would be another session of the Joint commission, he said he coold not say at that moment. It was learned from official sources that in his reply to Secretary Lane's Insistence that the original Atlantic City protocol stand. Oeneral Carransa -Liaises these objections: . " . Osjectloas of Carraasa, "First The implied right of Ameri can troops to cross the International boundary at any time In pursuit of bandits, while denying this right to the de facto authorities. "Second The alleged failure, in (Concluded on Pace Ponr. Colnmn Four) Quick Action Taken In Bootlegging Cose Edward Knepper, proprietor of a delicatessen at Park and Stark streets, was convicted of bootlegging by a Jury in Judge Jones' court this morn ing, after a deliberation of three min utes. Knepper was con.-icted largely on the testimony of W'.llie Margrulls, under federal indictment charging vio lation of law- regulating liquor traffic. A letter, which had been seized in a raid on Margulis' Portland office, dis closed the fact that Knepper had pur chased whiskey from a firm In San Kranclsco. a balance for vhieh was to be paid by Knepper to Willie Mar gulis, alleged representative of the Portland branch. It was charged that Margulis was conducting a mail order business. The Jury had disagreed on Knep per's first trial. Postmaster Will' Name Extra Clerk Postmaster Myers has received au thority frorti the department at Wash ington to appoint an extra clerk on account of the increased amount of mail In transit from San Francisco, Ogden and Seattle terminals, which is thrown on Portland officials for dis tribution to Oregon and Washington. When the Portland terminal railway postoffice, which employed 13 clerks, was taken over by the Portland post office during the first of last July, six clerks were assigned to do the work, but Increase of mail has made necessary an additional clerk. Accord ingly senior substitute Wilbur C. Beatty has been appointed and as signed to the mailing position. Portland Couple Is Wedded in Cleveland Miss Lillian McCoy, of Portland, and Lowell J. Salzman. ot Cleveland. O.. were married Tuesday at the home of the bridegroom's mother, in Milwaukee, Wis. Miss McCoy is the daughter of Mrs. Clara E. McCoy, of 204 Russet street. Portland. She left for -the east Wednesday of last week. Mr. and Mrs. Salzman will be at home to their friends at S10 Patomia street. East Cleveland, Ohio, after January 1. Mr. Salzman made his home in Port land up to a year ago, residing at Ken ton. He Is now in business at Cleve land. U-Boat Scare Kept French Liner in Port New Tor. Dec. 28. (I. N. S.) -The French liner Rocbambeau from Bor deaux reported on her arrival here to day that her sailing had been held up two days on the othvr side ' because of the reported. Presence of a German submarine lying la waltfor; her off tBSt POIW CARRANZA'S REPLY LATE NEWS Eureka Concern's Bid Lowest. San Francisco. Dec. 28. (P. N. S.) Mercer Fraxer company of Eureka, with a bid of $18,000. today was low bidder among eight offers to salvage the submarine H-3, ashore near Hum boldt bay. The .Eureka concern was so much lower than other bids, one of which ran 863.340. that It is believed certain to receive the contract. It will be necessary to tow the ves sel, which has a dead weight of 350 torft, half a mile across the sandspit between Eureka and Humboldt bay. Austrian Agents at Geneva. London, Dec. 28. (U. P.) Austria Hungary is anxious, to deal direct as to peace with her enemies of the en tente, according to a Geneva dispatch printed today by the Daily News. Agents of the Austrian government, it is stated, have arrived at the Swiss city to arrange for a possible peace conference there. Mexicans Would Bring In Cash. jJh w. Davis Therf of Oconio Laredo, Texas, Dec. 28. .(I. N. S.) county, S. C, and W. C. Foster, super Two prominent Mexican families, said Jntendent of prisons there, -were found to be those of Governor Mirelos of , dead in a hotel here today. They camo Coahuila and the late Jesus Carransa, ' here last night from Walhalla, S. C. to today applied here for permits to bring take charge of a prisoner. The police into the United States boxes containing believe they forgot to turn off the gas $125,000 In money. This was taken to : and were asphyxiated. mean that they contemplated a lonffl stay on this side of the border. More Gold from Canada. New York. Dec. 28. (I. N. S.) rv Jill l 1 ,4 came to the J. P. Morgan company to- day from Canada. ' God and O- W. R. & N. First Honest Woman Takes No Credit Mrs. Leo Lehnfield Refused to Spend Gift on Herself Until Bills She Had Contracted for Others Had Been Paid Up in Full; Cheerful in Adversity, IJy Ella McMunn. "Give God the glory, honey, and ths O-W. R. & N. right after," laughed Mrs. Leo Lehnfield, of 415 East Pine street, yesterday, when I told her I had come to behold a perfectly honest woman. She had paid her grocer, her butchei and baker and candlestick maker with money that had come to the little fam ily as a Christmas gift. The tiny cottage "shack" she called It was set back from the street about 19, Its t, and in front the earth was stirred- up. wnerej'xnenaa JflJgjfatUbAt she grot a pain In her gone out to dig the last of the third crop ot potatoes raised there this sum mer. The door stood -wide open, with the keys to the entire household tied on a trlng and attached to the door knob. Kas ralth la Vetf&sors. The doorbell no longer had the vigor of youth, and the busy woman bending over a tub of suds In the kitchen did not hear my ring; so I walked in, and could easily have carried away the fam ily photograph album from the center table or the basket of freshly laun dered clothes without her knowing that she had had a visitor for Mrs. Lehn field trusts her neighbors, even as Mrs. Lehnfleld's grocer trusts her. There are three of them: Mrs. Lehn rield, a rosy cheeked woman of mlJdle age; Mr. Lehnfield, who weighs 115 pounds, and who receives J2.25 a day as freight trucker for the O-W. R. i N. and who can't quite make his wasea spread all over the bills, and a grand child, who is being cared for by the Lehnflelds because of the Illness of her mother, who also is one of the beneficiaries of the Lehnfield blg heartedness. She showed me her shoes. They Washington Wants Outlet to Highway Chamber of Commerce Is Invited to Ifsetiag at Pasco for Wasbiartoa Oregoa Idas, The Portland Chamber of Commerce has been invited to send a representa tive to the meeting of the Interstate Highway association, to be held at Pasco, Wash., February 2. The chief object of the meeting is the promotion of a highway from Pasco or Prosser to a point on the north, bank of the Columbia river, where there are ferry facilities, which will give access to the Columbia river highway on the Oregon shore. Among the points mentioned are Maryhill, The Dalles and White Salmon. With the completion of the north bank highway through Skamania coun ty, a route would be provided from Pasco to Vancouver. "The residents of southern Washing ton and central and northern Idaho are looking for the moral support of Portland in this proposed undertak ing," said C. F. Stinson, commissioner of Franklin county. Wash., who. is in Portland arousing interest in the Pas co meeting. "The highway, if estab lished, -would be an all year highway from Portland to Missoula, Mont., and would serve sections now closely allied in trade but at a disadvantage so far as an all year route Is con cerned." At Pasco the proposed highway would connect with the Inland Kmpirc highway. According to Mr. Stinson. the project has been indorsed by the Washington State Good Roads associ ation. , Five Beds Afire Are Puzzle to Marshal How a fire should start in five beds within a few moments of one another Is a mystery Fire Marshal Stevens and his assistants are trying to solve. Fire was discovered In the residence at 62 . East Pine street Monday night, and when firemen ar rived on the scene, according to Mar shal Stevens, five , beds tn - different rooms were biasing. . The building. Is owned by" Jos AJameda. : BY WIRE Germany's Defeat Is Expected. London, Dec. 28. (I. N. S.) "The allies believe they can shortly Inflict crushing military defeat on Germany." says the Standard today In discussing the peace situation. It continues: "Germany will then be offered peace nn th. lina ff Vi rHtutinn nf Al sace-Lorraine, relinquishment of he spoils, the loss of her colonies and the payment of suitable indemnities while her allies will have to meet the mini mum demands of Russia and Italy." Mine Barns, Incendiary . Suspected. . front entrance with other people and Osage, Kas., Dec. 28. (I. N. 8.) i with dogs and other pets. The Samuel Carlson coal shaft was de- Marjorle Reese, 4 months old, whose stroyed by fire early this morning. Two father sought an Injunction to prevent miners' bodies were brought to the sur- the lessees of the Roger Morris apart face, having been suffocated. ment house from classing her with the The fire is supposed to be of lncen- laundry and the garbage and forcing diary origin and the city has offered a her to use the back entrance, won out reward of $250 for Information leading to the arrest of the guilty parties. The mine employed about 60 men. Forgot to Turn Off Gas, Die. 111 i v. -vt T tya Q T XI .d Town's Capture Is Denied. Washington. Dec. 28. (I. N. S.) San Luis Potosl has not been captured by Villa, as reported from the border. n in o I. Arram In th. RtAtA department from that place dated yes- teraay. were tan and did not quite button to the top because her ankles were rather plump, and the shoes were never mJe for Mrs. Lehnfield. They had had a wearer long before she saw them -i year ago when she bought them f r j 35 cents, to, have Just for Sunday and uress-up purposes. Her regular every-' mue. ai noon u . , Cay ones are men's shoes, for whenWith small prospect of getting much Mrs. Lehnfield Is not doing fine laun- ' above f reering before the late after ary work In the city she Is flut on I noon chill set in. her little claim at Cherryvllte grub- Residents of ths east side heights blng stumps, felling trees and sawing ' felt the wind still creeping In through them Into boards for building pur-J minute cracks this morning as they poses. - did yesterday. But the wind was not It was whlls doing such work as this side. It lasted a week In spite of the doctoring her 8-year-old grandchild . puca, th entrance to Paget sound, gave her, so the plucky woman made where a pressure of 48 miles was re her way on foot three miles down ' corded. No storm warnings are dls- from her mountain top and was operated upon next day. It eft B1U, It helped her but It left a bill to pay, and besides that there were bills from last winter when the family was quarantined for 10 weeks with dlnh-1 ineria, wmcn Airs. Lennrield con tracted after nursing her grandchild through a severe siege and . wading through snow three feet deep to help I of every chance there might be to en her brother who bad pneumonia. s Jov the snow, knowing it could not When the O-W. R. & N. rtv Mr. Lehnfield a $50 bonus as a Christmas present, he wanted bis wife to buy some of the frills dear to the feminine heart, and Mrs. LchnfieH wanted him to buy a new suit of clotnes. Neither would touch a penny of it for per sonal adornment while a debt re mained unpaid, however, so the $60 has been broken up into many pieces and all who have trusted them during the lean years have had their faith rewarded. "But," she sang after me, "Give God the glory and the O-W R Sc N. right after." ' Mrs. H. C. Bowers Is Called by Death1 Hade om la Portlaad for SO Tsars Cams West Prom Washington, x. C, With Husband, Popular Hotel Man. Seattle, Wash.. Dec. 28. Mrs. H C wwa,hounierro S fortiana, died here last night at her apartments after a months illness. Mrs. Bowers had lived In Seattle for some months, coming with her hus band, who took the management of the New Calhoun soon after the clos ing of the Multnomah hotel in the Rose City. Mrs. Bowers was 60 years old. She was a native of Maryland. She was married to Mr. Bowers at Washington, D. C, Mr. Bowers then being manager of the Arlington hotel there. They came west over 25 years aeo. Mr. Bowers later being Identified with leading hotels in Spokane, Tacoma. and for 20 years in Portland, and Mrs Bowers entering Into the social life of the communities in which she lived. Mrs. Bowers is survived by her hus band and one daughter, Mrs. Allan A. Wright of this city. Funeral arrange ments have not been completed Astoria Man Must Leave This Country Frederick Cliff Lever, Astoria news paperman, sentenced to 90 days im prisonment when it was found he had falsified his affidavits in entering this country from Canada, was deported to day when hfl term In the county Jail expired. Lever eloped with a woman who had served as maid in his family, leaving a wife and child In Vancouver. Five Killed When Gas Tank JJlows Up Mount Holly. N. J., Dec. 28. (I. N. 8.) Five persons are dead and IS seri ously injured as a result of the ex plosion of an acetylene gac tank in the Madison hotel here this afternoon. The damage la estimated at $50,00. At 2:89 p. nw, four bodies hsd been tsken from the ruins.. Two were Iden tified, i '.;-. -v' --; ' Babies' Right To Use Front Door Upheld Oonrt lecldes Case in Which Apartment House Lessees Or. dered Bark Entrance Used. New York, Dec. 28. (!: P.) Babies are neonle. Thev mA v come in the this afternoon. Supreme Court Justice Bljur, who heard arguments yesterday, granted ths injunction requested. Marjorle will use the front door. ARE PREDICTED FOR Q onOWSlOnTI IS UVeT Says Climate Wizard; Rule Is Freezing Weather. Gazing into his crystal weather-ball, the Portland Climate Wizard Bhook his head eadly this morning. "We are sure of having warmer weather some time next July," he mut tered. "But In the meantime?" the half Question smed to startle him. 'We can only see 36 hours ahead sometimes 48," he replied. "There will be threatenlngs, there will be winds easterly winds but there will be no more snow so far as we can now ob serve." Yesterday's cold continued without abatement all last night. The mercury hovered around 25 and 26 above sero all day yesterday. After the sun came up this morning, the thermometer reg istered 2B and it stayed there until aft- r 1 o'clock, when it began rising a . . . . . . . 1 V.m4 Man.. sV-vas 'JM .. ' so strong along the coast M l) men ace shipping,- the strongest puffs be mi recorded along the Straits of I nlaved anywhere along the coast. Starting with snow only along the coast and some hundred miles Inland yesterday, the precipitation spread yesterday and last night over prac tically all or Washington anrt Oregon and into parts of Idaho. Northern California was drenched with rain. Portland's childhood reveled with sleds again today, taking advantage last so very long. Raises Will Stand On Westbound Rate J. H. Loturop, secretary of the Port land Traffic & Transportation associa tion, this afternoon received tele graphed advices from the Interstate Commerce Commission stating that the commission had declined to suspend th Increased westbound transcontinental freight rates. These rates, advanced to the coast after Spokane won her fight for re moval of alleged discriminations against the interior because of the 'suspension of water competition, will. t threfore- become effective December I O A ill ai..UiUaii-C wmi v 4s tna iv'i rt Urnor Th rftrrpsnondini PAfitbound : rates are now under suspension. " , Cerebral Fever Is SUNSHINE AND COLD PORTLAND WEATHER "P i. I Tl,, , "n..,and the bis international pi Jt a Lai m JL eW JjaVS long before you were old v to distinguish between a sto Stricken with rerebral spinal fever Sunday. Kmil Bauer, will known gas engineer and mar-hinlst, succumbed to the dread disease at 1 o clock this morning. It Is one of the first cases of that character in Portland since the epi demic in 1909-10 whelch resulted in numerous deaths. Quick official action was taken '.n this case. The disease was diagnosed quickly, due precautions taken to pro vent the spread of the disease. Tho funeral was held from Holman's1 and ir.terment was at Rlverview cemetery. a W. S. Gibson Denies That He Is Engaged Los Angeles. Cal.. Dec 28. (P. N. B.t Mrs. Frapk Gibson, mother of W. a. Gibson, who csterday was reported engaged to Miss Kllabcth Asqulth, daughter of Kngland's ex-premier, to day is in receipt of a cablegram from her son, denying the betrothal. Gibson, who is In the American diplomatic service at London, stated" that an offi cial denial would be issued later. Ouyenemer Drops Twenty-fifth Flyer Paris. Dec. :. (U. P.) Sub-Lieutenant Guyenemea, France's premier aviator, has brought down his twenty- fifth German aeroplane today's official , tff are any reflection of Publlo opli. statement asserted. The report de-,iotu the public Hself -will inri.i. tailed considerable ferial activity on the western front with aerial bombard- ing espsdltlona on Rombach, Dillngen. Brier aad Uagondange. t Two French I dirigibles, U was said, bombarded lac- but to prevent a recurrence of such a torlea at Nsusklrchen;; ;.:v;.,acaBds.L A';.i-. - .... u EDUCATORS OF Oregon State Teachers' As sociation Holds , Opening Assembly of Sixteenth An nual Meeting at Lincoln.: ; DR. SUZALL0 DECLARES TEACHERS TOO NARROW Instructors Should Go Out In By-Ways of Life, Says 7 University Head. RENOWN SPEAK AT CONVENIO Two of th? best known educttors'ln ' the United States, the president of ; grea state university and the preil- dent of a state normal school, offered. ' an intellectual treat and gave adtfise from their experience to th? tenchsrs of Oregon In the auditorium of Lin coln high school this morning St the first general assembly of the sixteenth annual meeting of the Oregon State Teachers' association. ' . ":, The university president was pr. . Henry BuzaJlo of the University of . Washington; t):e normal school prcsU , ' dent was Dr. Carroll O. Pearse (pro J nounced Perce) of the Milwaukee, ! Wis., normal. i, ' ;.; And In addition to these well known: educators W. n. B. Dodnon. cxecutiV4 1 ' secretary gf the Portland Chamber f Commerce, spoke on "The Relation ship of Industrial and Commercial Do . velopment In the State of Oregon.".- ' Dr. Suiallo talked on the duty" ot -social servantshlp among teschers: Dr. Pearse hud as his thetne "That Th .' Days May Itf.- Long In the Ijind.. . 4 Teaching Termed Profession. "Teachers muKt adopt a social point . of view," said Dr. Husallo ' Th i must know something of the world into which they fling their pupils. J "The teaching occupmlon Is not .a ' . business but a profession, on equally ' as high a plane as the ministry, law or tnedlclno. The lawyer and the phy V; slcian, however, are out In the burly ,; burlv of the world. Thev know some H'oiirlnded n P 1n, Co!nmi Pnarf '.J' 0VER-SIX1Y MILLIONS Financier Warns of New Leak . Liable to Inundate Wash-Y' ington and Wall Streets S :-:k WnshirRten, Dec. 28. ( I. P.-6v'rf .': 60.0nn,ooo was made In Wall street' , by those having ndvanre Information on President WiNon's peace note-, ac ; j ordinrr to a telegram received tod iy.! from Thonian W I.awfton by , Rpr. -sentatlve Wood of Indiana.. i V'V The telegram follows: 'r? ' "New Tork, Dec. 57. Just read io-' day's New York papers. You . and ' t'hairman Henry enable to locate me, . r'-ally: Framed over my desk Is an si ', velope Inscribed 'To Thomas W. Law '. pom.' no other address. To settle a wager. It was mailed In an. Interior , town In China and landed at my Boston office in record short time. ..-s. g-V Will Answer XauaeUateljr.j-y--.ti'si. "If you snd Chairman Henry, I7lsrt " to communicate with me. toss a post -card from any window In the Cspltol addressed 'Tl.omag W. lt won' or T. W. L., Boston' and you will receive at swer by return mall. ' 'Take a tip from one who plsyeil the big Wasliirgtori-VVall street game publicity enough tock . tx I'lianiic and a congressional hall abend I Una ilme on last week and mora t mo j on thts week's leak, which Is liable t MADE ON ADVANCE! LAW SON WiRES WOOD Inundate both an street and Wash ltigton. , - '"There were only sixty-odd million : hogs headed from last week's; this -week's may run Into billions. ' . "And this tip, too, is meant in (he best of spirit Hint at Scandal Zs Made. -If it was actually believed v ia -Washington there was to be a real In- vestlgatton of last werk leak there would not bu a quorum in either the senate or the house next Monday, and there would be a shifting of bank " accounts similar to those In the good old sugar Investigation days. -Whether or noi I receive postcarl ; from you or Chairman Henry. frost easy in the knowledge 1 will answer your public talkies as reported by the pre-ss and that when you digest my . answer you will know mors abmt Washington-Wall street stock gamb ling leaks than before yoo bean try- . ing to locate 'Thomss W. Law son of Boston" J,4 k ' Investigation Zs Advocated.' -. Wood said that at uo Urns has, he stated he could not locate Lawsoa r -get In touch with him. ' Wood said that the reflection cast by Lawsun's telegram "upon every member of the house and senate." was sufficient to warrant the fullest ' investigation of all the matters In volved in his resolution and that the senate and house, out of self-respect for each of these ' bodies, should . In sist on such Investigation. .' ;V " Wood said that If the editorials appearing In newspapers of. the coun- th fullest Investigation., not only for i the, purpose oi ferreting out tho.I . who are responsible for ths advancl t information ; receive - t. -vu-n .. .