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Chairman Stone of Forefgn
Relations Committee Pe
nnies That He Benefited by
AdvancG Information.
MEASURE TO REGULATE
STOCK EXCHANGE URGED
Complete asd Public Exposi
tion of Facts Demanded
by Campbell.
Washington, Jan. 2. (17. P Fol
lowing a second conference late thla
arternoon between Thomas W. Lawgon
end Chairman Henry of the house
rules committee, regarding the re
ported ''peace note" leaks, the latter
reiterated his declaration that there
would be no investigation ordered.
Washington. Jan. 2 (U. P.) A
ftonn cf charges and counter charges
regarding the reported "leak" from tho
State department to Wall street of ad
vance information of the president's
peace notes" broke in both houses
Us afternoon.
Chairman Henry of the house rules
ommlttee announced lie - would Mot
call his committee together for th3
Investigation demanded in the resolu
tion of Representative Wood.
In the senate Chairman Stone of the
foreign relations committee formally
dented charges In a newspaper U-at he
had benefited by the leak. He branded
Thomas W. Lawson as "a disgusting
ass." He blamed "the present system
of civil service" for leaks he said he
knew existed.
Representative Henry Introduced in
the house his resolution whieh would
give congress drastic powers to regu
late the New York stock exchange. He
took this action immediately follow
ing a long conference with Thomas W.
Lawson. who claims inulders made
560,000,000 in the "peace mesBage."
; Coincident with Henry's action. Re
publican members of the committee,
led by Representative Campbell (Kan.),
openly denounced the "one-man . con
ference' between Henry . and Lawson.
Campbell Issued a formal statement
declaring "Lawson should be given a.
Chance to telf his relMiHa$
. committee or be shown: up."
' -"If necessary, we eould
subpena
' tConrhtdSl on l";ije FonrtKn, Column Seven)
, TO INDORSE
BOTH HOUR
Sit!
OVER
CHARGES
CONGRESS
DECLINES
WILSON
; PEACE TERMS NOTE
1 Senate Refuses to Vote Upon
Resolution and House Re
fersOne to Committee.
"Washington, Jan. 2. (U, P.) The
senate again today refused to vote on
a- resolution Indorsing President Wil
son's peace note to belligerents.
- The house later also refused to in--dorse
the president's note. A resolu
tion by Representative McKellar of
Tennessee was referred to the foreign
, affairs committee.
When Senator Hitchcock called up
, his second resolution, which asks con
: gressional approval- of the president's
.: action. Senator Lodge blocked action
tomorrow, despite a plea by Senator
Ston. chairman of the foreign rela-
Hons committee, that there be an im
mediate vote.
. Lodge, . in opposing Hitchcock's re
quest .for immediate action, said he
i was not necessarily opposed to In
dorsement pf the president's note. He
Maid he merely thought ''longer con-
; sideratlon should be given a matter
which involved all the nations of the
world."
Kaiser Confident in
Word to Empress
Amsterdam, Jan. 2. (I. n. S.i A
dispatch from Berlin quotes the kaiser
as sending-me rouowing New Year'
: greetings to the German empress:
"With thanks to- God. with nride In
: Germany's strength and confident that
the coming year's fighting will bring
new victories, we noia on."
Light Skirmishes
On Western Front
Berlin, via Sayvllle Wireless, Jan 2.
-(U. P. German patrol detachments
entered French trenches and returned
safely In the Champagne sector, the
Argonne forest and on the east bank
; of the Meuse, today's official state
ment asserted. Prisoners were taken.
V . ' Paris Reports Skirmish.
Paris, Jan. 2. (U. P.) Skirmishing
- around , small posts in the woods - of
Lepretre and Jury, northwest of HIry,
were the only features of the fighting
on the, western front, as reported in
today's official statement. The night
a generally calm. . i:
. i . Annual Report on tiators. ( i!
' Paris, t Jan, . 3.(1. NS,)-UDaring
1S French aviators shot down , 450
: .pnamV aerODlanen . and" BritiMh in..
.- shot down tZQr while SO more were
brought .down by high angle guns, ac -
cording to figures Just compiled here.
LATE NEWS BY WIRE
Sauabble Mar Chum Inanlrv.
Chicago, Jan. 2. U. P.) The re
fusal of C. A. Risberg, Vernon, Cat,
Infielder, to sign a White Sox contract,
giving as his reason that the Chicago
club did not offer him as much money
as he was receiving with the Coast
league club, may cause an Investigation
into the salaries paid in the Pacific
circuit. The figures In the contract
sent Risberg from here are larger than
the salary limit in the coast league.
It is believed that he is getting at least
$150 more than his present contract
shows. -
Conductor Kills Woman and Self.
Fresno, Cal. Jan, 2. (U. P.) J. P.
Corbln, a street car conductor, shortly
afternoon today, shot and killed Mrs.
Emma Keene. a saleswoman in a local
department store, and then committed
suicide at a prominent busineas corner
down town.
According to the police Ccfrbln was
in a Jealous rage, because Mrs. Keene
had repeatedly refused to marry him.
noy Killed By Brotner.
Chicago, Jan. 2. (I. N. S.) Willis
Rand, 6, was shot and instantly killed
this afternoon, by his brother Albert,
13, while the boys were shooting at
targets with a rifle given them for
Christmas, m
Missouri to Have Contest.
SedaJla. Mo., Jan. 2. (I. N. S.)
Judge Lamm this afternoon at his of
fice here signed the petition for a
contest of the election of Frederl:k
Gardner of St. Louis as governor of
Missouri.
Garry Hermann Reelected.
Cinclnnattl. Jan 2. (U.. P.) The
National Baseball commission re
elected Garry Herrmann as chairman
and also reelected John E. Bruce sec
retary and treasurer. t
Earl Curzon Is Remarried.
London, Jan. 2. (I. N. S.) Earl
Curzon of Kendleston was quietly
married today to iMrs. Grace E. Dug
gan, a native of Alabama. The ea.-l
was a widower, his first wife being
Mary Victor Leiter of Chicago.
TARE
REPORTED BY BERLIN
Positions and Prisoners Are
. ilaken and Russo-Rouman-ian
Attacks: Repulsed,
Berlin, Via Sayvtlle "Wireless, Jan. 2.
-(U. P.) Storming and capture of
height positions around Sftyeya and
inthe Susita valley; repulse of Russo
Roomanian advances: tnro wing back
of the enemy 'on both aides of the
Ott&iz valley, and capture of the much
disputed height - of Mount Fait u can u
were all reported from the eastern
front in today's official statement.
Russian raiding . detachments south
of Riga, southwest of Deunaburg and
west of Stanislaus were also reported
.repulsed. Along the valleys . leading
fj&ra Berek mountains to the Sereth,
the German attacks threw the 'enemy
farther back, according to the state
ment.
Three hundred prisoners were
brought in .from the Susita valley
action.
The Ninth army is sharply pressing
the enemy and defeating his rear
guards, forcing the Russians to fur
ther retreat, the statement said.
"From the west and south German-
Austro-Hungarian troops are . ap
proachlng the bridgehead positions
near Focsani and Fundenl.
More than 1300 prisoners and war
material remained in the hands of tho
Indefatigable pursuers.
Between the Buzaul (Buzeu) river
end the Danube the enemy maintains
the bridgehead. .
East of Braila in Dobrudja, German-
Bulgarian troops captured tenaciously
defended Russian positions and threw
the defenders back to Mac in. In. the
engagement the Pomeranian reserve
infantry regiment number nine dis
tingulshed itself."
Russians Regain Ixst Ground.
Petrograd, Jan. 2. (U. P.) First
pressed back by a German colui-in,
Roumanians on the river Kaisna later
regained their position by counter at
tacks and today were maintaining it
destite continuous and fierce attacks,
today's official statement said.
The war office reported that tho
Austrian advance in Enkotumba and
in the valley of the Sulcha was ar
rested by fire. Enemy attempts at sn
offensive action In the Chabanlom val
ley were also unsuccessful, costing
great losses in wounded and killed.
Bulgarians Take. Prisoners.
Sofia. Jan.. 2. (U. P.) Fifteen hun
dred men, six officers, four field guns
and 14 machine guns were captured by
the Bulgarian forces in the offensive
around the bridgehead at Macin. to
day's official statement said.
The statement' said the Bulgarian
cffenslve continues, both in Dobrudja
and Roumania. ,
Vatican's Message
to U. S. Is Prayer
Caroiaai - uaspam Expresses Sop
That Small Ollva, Branch, of Pres
ent Will Briar rorth Traits of Peac.
New York, Jan. J. J. P.) The
Vatican's prayer for the New Tear is
that by divine grace and man's good
will peace may blossom forth.
Such was the expression voiced In a
cable message received by the United
Press today from Cardinal Caspar ri,
papal secretary of state at Rome, an
swering a request for a New Tear
message from Pops Benedict. The mes
sage was as follows:
'Rdm. Jan." 1. May the small olive
branch which has begun to Appear ion
earths toward the .end of the year, now
past, thanks to divine rrace and- good
will of menv grow ! sturdily and bring
I the beneficial fruits of peace for -which
the whole world longs. .
, ,. CARt)lNAI GASFARRI;
MANY SUCCESSES ON
ttSIERN
FRON
I.W. W. Seize Freight Train.
Bemljdi. Minn., Jan. 2. (I. N. S.)
One hundred and fifty heavily armed
members of the I. W. W. seized a
Minnesota St. International freight
train at Gammel late this afternoon,
overpowered the train crew, threw
them off and started for Bemidjl.
where they expect to hold a large
meeting this afternoon.
Towers Collapse; Four Injured.
Maywood, 111., Jan. 2. (U. P.) Fur
workmen were injured, two seriously
here this afternoon when two tempor
ary towers, used in the construction of
additions to the American Can com
pany's factories, collapsed. Snapping
of cables supporting the temporary
structures, caused the collapse.
No Extra Session Expected.
Washington, Jan. 2. (U. P.) No
extra session of congress will be neces
sary to put through President Wilson's
railroad legislation.
This was the confident expression of
opinion at the White House today as
Senator Newlands' committee resumed
its hearings on the question.
Army Man Charges Alienation,
Cincinnati. Ohio, Jan. 2. (U. P.)
Charging alienation of his former
wife's affections. Wade H. Mcintosh,
member of the United States army,
stationed at the Wright Aeroplane fac
tory at Dayton, Ohio, sued Louis Can
tor, secretary treasurer of the Amer
ican Smelting & Refining company, to
day for $25,000.
Slayer Given Life Sentence.
Boston, Mass, Jan. 2. (I. N. S.)
Dr. Fletcher Atwood, the young Woe
burn osteopath, who shot and : killed
Dr. Wilfred E. Harris, president of
the Massachusetts College of Osteo
pathy, July 18 last, pleaded guilty to
second degree murder today and was
sentenced to life Imprisonment.
Daniels' Nomination Held Up.
Washington, Jan. 2. (IT. P.) The
senate this afternoon held up the nom
ination of Winthrop Moore Daniels of
the Interstate Commerce commission
for reappointment.
WILL GO
TO MEXICO CITY TO
ATTEND CONFERENCE
Ambassador Fletcher, Too, Is
Expected to Meetarranza
at an Early Date,
Washington. Jan. 2. (U. P.J-Am-
bassador Fletcher will scon leave for
his post in Mexico City, thus remov
ing one source of friction between the
United States and Mexico, it was re
ported in official circles here this
afternoon.
an-.l' AlIlL.oaoa.UUI AirCUUNUU I
ie.e lo'"""- Ior. lco -lly
comer wun general tjarranaa regard-
"r i .r" "
nounced late this afternoon.
n rw UAvtAAn 1
i is Deiievea Amoassaaor Arre-
dondo will be replaced by Consul
General DeNegri of San Francisco.
who will be recognized as Mexico's
ambassador.
This belief was strengthened fol
lowing a visit by Arredondo to the
state department, where it is said he
made his official farewells to Secre
tary of State Lansing.
Hints Saturday that General Per
shing's troops may be soon withdrawn
developed into a near certainty today.
i ne American members of ihe
Mexican-American, commission this
afternoon discussed Carranza's last
note that accompanied the rejected
protocol. The commission announced
this afternoon it probably would is
sue" a formal statement at S o'clock
Train With Guard Ditched.
Augusta, Kan., Jan. 2. (I. N S )
A Santa Fe train carrying New York
National Guardsmen on their way
home from the border was derailed
near Vanora, seven miles west of here,
last night. Six cars carrying equip
ment belonging to the guard were
ditched- Two sleeping cars also left
the track but remained upright, and
none of the guardsmen were injured.
Logan Took Place So
He Could Visit Home
Portland Attorney Also Asked to Be
Kamed to Represent Stats at Baa
T ran Cisco, He Says.
San Francisco, Jan. 2. (P. N. S.)
Attorney John F. Logan of Portland
arrived here yesterday to mix pleasure
with business and forthwith announced
that he used to shoot fish in the Ala
meda marsh, across from San Francis
co, Just to prove that lie is no stranger
in these parts.
'.'Why, I was born in a tent lit San
Jose, CaU and spent my boyhood days
in Oakland," he announced, when Brandt
Wickersham, formerly of Portland and
former tennis star of Oregon, ex
pressed surprise at meeting him here.
"And that is why I told Oswald
West, then governor of Oregon, that I
wanted him to appoint me a member
of the Oregon Fair association," he
continued, "so that I could go to San
Francisco Bay during the exnoaitinn
singing 4When Johnny Comes Marchine
Mr. Logan will remain here two or
three day!j He Is a guest at thfe
Palace hotel.
Calvin Helltg of the Heilig theatre
in Portland, Is also a guest at the
Palace. He is here on business con
nected with his theatrical projects.
- Dana Sleeth Is Acquitted,
sf Los Angeles, .Jan, 2. ui P.) De
clearing the Complaining witness, Cap
tain W. T. Helms, was hypocritical in
his campaign. Police 'Judge Whits to
day founeV-Dana Sleeth.- editor of the
Los, Angeles Record, - not guilty of
criminal, libel, V -
ARREDONDO
VALDEZ BURNS,
TO
NORTH CABLES
Business Section of Alaskan
Town Gone; All Buildings
Doomed, Says Message
Received This Morning.
SEATTLE TAKES STEPS
TO RELIEVE SUFFERING
Fire Started at 2:45 A. M.
. Spread Rapidly; Loss Will
Be Many Thousands.
Seattle, Wash.. Jan. 2. IP. N. S.
Cable ailvices received hese today are
that a fire, fanned by a strong east
erly wind, is sweeping Valdez, Alaska,
and that the city apparently is doomed
to destruction. The business section
is declared to be entirely gone.
The fire startej at 2:45 o'clock this
morning and spread rapidly.
The total loss will be several hun
dred thousand dollars.
Arrangements are being made hero
to send supplies to the relief of home
less residents of the city.
BRITISH PRESS HOPES
PEACE TERMS WILL BE
GIVEN BY THE ALLIES
Answer to President Wilson's
Message Will Be Issued
Soon in Paris.
Answer to Wilson Beady.
Paris, Jan. 2. (I. N. S.
The answer of the entente
powers to President Wilson's
note has been completed and is
now under consideration by the
v allied Kovernmenta. U
ACCORDING
44fe.. learned here today. It is be-r-
lieved that the text will be
made public late this week. .
-
By Ed Ii. Keen
London. Jan. 2. (V. P.) There was
increasing belief today that In the re
ntt, T- I J . ' H ' kA
.111., v. . . - . 1 n.AM n.
many's indefinite peace proffer and
rDlv to Amfr)rfl. , mit Potsdam at
I r " r
a disadvantage,
I Th . rK0Ki an
i other note of the same character as
that of Germany will also be issued
I from Paris. Kneland and France, it
was said, have already agreed on a
Joint draft, which is now before the
other nations of the entente. On their
approval the note will be handed to
American Ambassador Sharp.
A course of plain speaking and a
clear statement of the terms on which
the allies would consider peace nego
tiations is what the British press
hopes the note will Indicate.
England is convinced that the
allies' starvation blockade of Ger
many and Germany's apprehenslveness
of defeat on the - west front next
spring, combined to inspire Berlin to
propose peace. It Is pointed out that
an unofficial list of concessions which
Teuton diplomats In neutral countries
have suggested the identical charac-
(Concluded on Page Six. Column Four)
Note to Germany Is
Denied by Spanish'
Embassy Asserts American Press Ho-j
ports of Strong Terms Used on Sub.
marine Question Were Incorrect.
Washington, Jan. 2. (U. P.) The
spanlsn emoassy today denied Us!
home government had addressed a
note to Germany "in the terms re
ported by the American press,'' on
its submarine controversy with tho
Berlin government.
The following statement was given
out at th'e embassy this afternoon:
"It is not correct that the Spanish
government had addressed a note to
Germany upon the submarine contro
ersy, in terms -reported by the Amer
ican press on December 30.
"The Spanish government merely
gave to the Spanish press an official
statement concerning the attitude of
Spain, since the beginning of the war,
upon the question of the slaking of
Spanish vessels by ' submarines. In
order to make clear its position and
to rectify errors in public opinion at
home." v
The press statement referred to was
to 'the effect that Spain had -addressed
a strong note to Germany on the sub
marine controversy, requesting the
German government to adhere to the
principles laid down in the articles of
the declaration of London.
. ; r
Guardsmen Change
Minds About Recall
Washington, Jan. 2. (U. P.) A pe
tition asking that they be sent to
their homes was received by Represe
atlve Church, California, 'from '79 of
the 85 members of Company A, Cali
fornia engineers. ;
A Church waa about to. act on the
petition, he received a telegram from
A. M. Burton, an officer of the troopj
asking- him - to withhold : action until
he ; received a letter. - Many of the
men. the telegram - said,, want to re
sclnd their action, .
Storm Tossed,
Swept to Sea,
CatCameBack
Steamer Jonan Poulsen's Mascot
Stages Most Remarkable Stunt
Ever Recorded.
This is a "tale of the greatest come
back ever staged by that leader of
"comebacks." the cat.
Jlonday night at 7 o'clock the steal
er Johan Poulsen crossed in to the Co
lumbia river on seas that were rolllna
and breaking from Fort Canby to Fo-t
Stevens.
Captain Elvestad'a famous cat. re:
ognized as the most efficient on Pa
ciflc coast steamers, was warming her
self in front of the galley fire. A hug
comber shook the craft from end tol
end, flooded the galley and carried the
cat, a squirming, yowling bundle of ac
tivity, over the side. Tabby had been
Riven up for lost, when a moment later
another huge wave boarded the craft.
Within five minutes the craft wa
in smooth water and the yowls of the
supposedly lost cat started a hasty
search for her. She was found at the
top of the mainmast, wet and be
draggled but alive and howling.
one had come back on that aecond
wave. At least that Is what Captain
George McNelly told this morning
wnen he reached the nilofs office
after bringing the ship irp the river.
Ana ne says everybody on board was
talking about it.
Hunter's Point and
San Pedro Favored
Commission on Baval Tarda and Haval
Bases Said to Have Decided Upon
California Sites.
San Francisco. Jan. 2. (XT. P. Al
though members. fit the United States
commission on naval yariia and naval
bases were silent today, it was re-
marked here that the commission
would recommend Hunters point as the!
Kite for the proposed Pacific base, and
San Pedro as the site for a submarine
base'. The commission will leave to
night for Portland and Seattle. No
confirmation of these reports could be
obtained.
Other rumors were that the commis
sion would recommend the transfer jf
the United States naval training sta
tion from Goat island to some other
point.
Eain Causes Flood,
Drowning Fifteen
Clermont, Central Queensland, V. 8.
W, Xs Devastated by Continuous
Downpour' of Xaln
tsvJr.-' li'a W T-k ''vVt i7WWHWHiryrseat fight, headed ahbut
Sydney. J. S W Jan. 2 (U. P 5 citizens from Madras, who came
Through a continous fall of rain,
aggregating II inches, Clermont. Cen
tral Queensland, has been visited
with a flood which has devastated the
town and 15 inhabitants have been
drowned. At least another 100 per
sons are missing and many families
have been marooned in trees for days.
Floods in southern Tasmania have
also caused extensive damage. The
Derwent river rose 18 feet and dam
age to hop gardens along the banks
exceeds $250,000.
War Department to
Refuse Discharges
Individual Applications on Ground of
Sesnmptloa of Studies and Likt Bea
aoua Too numerous for Action.
Washington. Jan. 2. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
Individual applications for the dis
charge of soldiers on the Mexican bor
der on the ground of resuming studies
or for like reasons cannot hereafter be
granted, the war department has in
formed Senator Chamberlain, who has
taken up requests from Portland. Ad
jutant General McCain says applica
tions for discharge are so numerous
that common fairness requires that all
be refused.
Couple to Pay $950
For Lifting Dry Lid
Mr. and Mrs. Harry "Harris. Joint
proprietors of the Coast hotel in the
north end. pleaded 'guilty to charges
of violating the prohiblton law before
Municipal Judge Langguth today and
they agreed to pay a total of $950 in
fines. On the charges today each was
fined $260, but $450 in unpaid fines.
on a conviction that had been appealed
to the circuit court, remains against
them. As a condition to keep from
going to jail. Mr. and Mrs. Harris
agreed to withdraw the appeal and to
pay the other fine with the $500 as
sessment today.
' B
Army Enlistments
Break All Records
Recruits taken into the army
through Colonel Varnum's recruiting
offices Tor the year 1916 totaled 7S2,
which Is close to double previous rec
ords. Colonel C. A. Varnum has head
quarters in the recruiting station in
the Worcester building, and has out
laying branch stations at . Salem, Eu
gene, Pendleton, Grants Pass, Cen
tralia and Aberdeen Wash., all of
which were but recently-installed, and
the figures represent the cumber of
recruits accepted at all of them.
Strike Injunction
Reversed on Appeal
Chicago. Jan. 2. U. P)--The Unit
ed States court of appeals today re
versed the ruling of the United States
district cburt at Indianapolis and dis
missed the Injunction against Will Dam
D 'Mabon and employes of too Indian
apolis Traction & Terminal company.
restraining them from declaring a
strike against the' traction company.
The court ruled that the lower tribunal
had" no Jurisdiction. v. , -
CULVER
WANTS
MILITIA TO GO
AFTER RECORDS
Governor Withycombe Wires
That J.efferson County Seat
Fight Is Court Affair: Not
for Military Interference.
MADRAS REJOICES AT
SUCCESS OF "RAID
Nearly All Official Papers Are
Moved From Culver by
Rival Town's "Club."
Salem. Or.. Jan. 2. Governor Withy
combe today refused to send the
mllita to Culver to retrieve for the
town the county records which were
forcibly removed to Madras yesterday
as a part of the county peat fight In
Jefferson county.
Sheriff Ira F. Black appealed to the
governor for militia ultunr- Th
governor conferred with Assistant At- !
torney General Van Winkle, who ad
vised him that the courts are the place
for settling the controversy, and the
governor acted accordingly. Sheriff
Black's message wa as follows:
"A mob of about 100 came to Culver
today and forcibly removed county of
fice equipment and records from Cul
ver to Madras without ariy order of the
county court or other court. Could not
prevent without great danger of life.
Sheriff -elect has no bond approved and
I have not been checked out of office.
want muma assistance to return dooKs
and equipment. K. C. Hlllman and
George Hodman will call upon you to
morrow and explain fully. Mob wa;s
armed. Let me have an answer at
once."
Governor Withycombe replied as fol
lows: "Replying to your telegram, nothing
this office can do in premises. Matter
must be decided In courts."
AUTOMOBILE SLEDS,
WAGONS, HAY RACKS,
CARRY THE RECORDS
Culver, Or., Jan, 2: William S.
URen. attorney for Madras in the Jef-
up Monday in automobile sleds, wagons
and hay racks, and proceeded to cart
off to Madras all the county property
here, consisting, of public records, fur
niture, books and papers. The prop
erty was loaded into wagons.
The vote on the county seat ques-
(Concluded 00 Pasa Four, Column One)
TO HAVE 10
GOVERNORS AT LEAST
UNTIL NEXT THURSDAY
Attorneys for Governor-Elect
and Governor Agree Ouster
Suit Shall Be Held Up.
Phoenix, Ariz., Jan. 2. (U. P.) The
pos toff Ice department today decided
that mall addressed to the "governor
of Arizona" would be delivered to Tom
Campbell. Mall addressed to Govern jr
Hunt will be sent to Hunt.
Phoenix. Ariz.. Jan. 2 (U. P.) To
day Arizona . has two governors, two
executive officers, and will soon have
two staffs of appointive state offi
cers. This situation will continue
vntil Thursday at least, for attorneys
for Governor-elect Tom Campbell and
Governor George W. P. Hunt reached
an agreement today that the applica
tion to- the supreme court for a per
emptory writ to oust Hunt will not be
made before Thursday. .
This morning Campbell made afresh
demand for the executive office. This
was refused.- Now Campbell is prepar
ing to open his office in a capitol cor
ridor or elsewhere.
In the meantime all business of the
state Is deadlocked. Arizona's war
rants will not be recognized and two
sets of officials will seek to perform
the Fame duties.
Some of the officials appointed by
Hunt are arranging to have their of
fices occupied day and night to pre
vent Campbell's men from getting1 into
the vaults and records.
Attention is now turning to the leg
islature, which convenes Monday. An
attempt will be made to secure an ad
journment for six weeks, it waa said
today, and this will precipitate a new
battle. Hunt, it is claimed, will con
trol' the lower house. The senate is
strongly anti-Hunt.
Malcolm Frazer of El Paso'has been
appointed private secretary by Camp
bell. A heavy guard was maintained
around the capitol last night, but there
was no trouble. .
Town Has Three Mayors.
Atlanta, Qa, Jan. 2. (I. K -S.)
Klrkwood, a suburb of Atlanta, today
was worrying along with three mayors
and two city councils.
N. J. Cassels, elected mayor on the
face of returns, ana ms councilman'.
ticket, went before City Clerk Ray and
took the oath of office. W. F, Saun
ders, CUsels opponent, who declares
he was legally elected, went before Jus
tice of tho Peace Giles, with bis city
council, and also vowed he would run
the town properly. -;; .- a-. .....
; Both claimants pestered Mayor B. P.
Williams so much that h refused to
turn over the Keys to either until the
courts decide who is the real mayor.
ARIZONA
Railroads Are
Consolidated
in Big Merger
Five Lines Pool Interests Valued
at 9100,000,000 Office to Be
at Pittsburg. '
St. Louis. Mo.. Jan. 2. (L N. S.)
A 1 100.000,000 merger, by which five
railroads are consolidated into one
organization, controlled by and part
of the Pennsylvania system, was an
nounced today at the local offices of
the vandal ia line, which is one or Utt
railroads merged.
The new corporation i known as the
Pittsburg. Cincinnati. Chicago & St.
Louis Railroad Co., with, general of
fices in Pittsburg.
The other roads merged are: The
Chicago. Indiana & Kasta n railway,
the Pittsburg. Wheeling & Kentucky
railroad, tne Pittsburg. Cincinnati,
Chicago & St. Louis railway and the
Anderson Belt railway.
PACIFIC COAST CMS
It Ranks Third With Six Large
-4 ri;,' J l-,.--
Western LltieS and KeepS
Same Level With 37 Others
Portland ranks third among th I
four large cities of the Pacific coast
in average wages paid workingmen.
Portland ranks third, also, among the
six large western cities in the aver
age wage paid, and, strangely enough,
keeps the same rank among S7 im
portant cities of the country.
These findings are by Professor W.
F. Ogburn of Reed college and Esther
Keli; and have been printed by the
American Statistical Review,
The average wage per hour paid In
10 trades common to- six western
cities was found to be as follows:
Seattle, 71 cents; an Francisco, 69;
Portland. 67; SairMAe, 65; Denver,
64 cents and Los Angeles, 62.
The average wage paid in 39 trades
Vrrr
v.L
rranciseo, bb,
common to the six clti
to be as follows: San
Seattle, 64; Portland. 1; Salt Lake,
59; Denver, 57, and Los Angeles 67.
Prominent Trades in Tiew.
The 10 trades used In reaching the
averages were bricklayers, carpenters,
painters, plasterers, plumbers, gas fit-
ters, ay. jmpoUors In .hook and Job
Zi&Ji'Z .nT1 MniZZ.
fp'r P'"V" d dy nd niht lln
y rV nt ,7 ,,,. . ,
fiT?w. 7i ?. Vt" "
follows: Seattle. 71 cents per hour;
eF6rv.rfnd'
Ltufs;!1'.:
tnan"" City. 62; Pittsburg. 61;
S?. W W"10".
All:,j, SK7.aUl,v67:r.Mef
-J,'.. K ,;mh.": In
dlanapol s, 56. Detroit, t; Binning-
ham 65. Milwaukee 64; Little Rock,
54 Louisville. 54; New Orleans, 63;
Ryffalo, 63; Springfield. 111., 63; Bal-
tirrtore, 53; Jacksonville. 63; Provl-
dAncSL.f2i ,M'nnP, Scranton,
ow, riuiBueipma. ou; ixew aven. 60;
Atlanta. 43; Charleston. S. C. 38
Seattle Dry Goods
Store Is Damaged
Seattle, Wash.. Jan. 8. (P. N. S.)
After smouldering several hours in
dry goods in the store of McCormick
Bros., fire early this morning broke
out and did damage estimated at 150,
QO0 before firemen could place it under
control. The origin of the fire Is not
known.
Goods valued st $120,000, according
to the owners, is stored in the Mc-
EnVcYTr Tacr .S
noperi ncvormacK oi Seattle. Most
of the damage resulting to the stock
was caused by wster and smoke.
Ed. F. White, a tailor on the sec
ond floor of the building, is also a
heavy loser.
Methodist Churches
Fail on Union Plan
Baltimore, Md., Jan. 2. (V. P.
Aiier a tenginy wnnion loaay m f.e
uouoi vemon xnemoaist church, the
joint committee on the unification cf
Tri
tne Metnooist
the Methodist
to reach a definite conclusion of the
project to reunite the two branches of
the Methodist episcopal church arid
adlourned.
The next meeting will be held June!
27. A special committee will consider
the most suitable meeting place.
Westport Physician
Struck by Machine
San Francisco, Jan. 2. (U. P.) -Df.
Gunder Gundersoo of "Westport, Or.
narrowly escaped death today when
struck by an automobile driven ny Ben
JZrJZrn r
from the car. Dr. Guoderson is lnHhel
harbor hospital in a serious condition.
No Ships, So
Contract Canceled
-
Salem, Or. Jan. 2r-After weeks of
negotiation, the firm of Agnew 4c Ham
ilton of Belfast, Ireland, has canceled
it order for 2600 bushels of the statTs
flax seed because too ship will bs sail
ing on " whicn- the seed could be seat
until In February. The firm asked
tor the - shipment . in January. The
prie agreed on was $2.75 a bushel t. o.
b, Salem.. ... y
PORTLAND
THIRD IN
INWAGESOFWORKERS
CLOSED SHOP' i'
IS ADMITTEDLY
i STRIKE ISSUE
Apparent Divergence of Opin
ion as to What Strike U
Over Dissipated - by . State
ment of Metal Trades Body
CARPENTERS WALK OUT1: V
AT WILLAMETTE PLANT
Twenty-five . " Woodworkers
Join 400 Men of Crafts: .
Already Out, g
A committee of five men, clalmfn
to represent a large number ' of 5 tho
st riktng employes of the- r Willarottte -
Iron & Steel works, conferred with
City Commissioner Baker this after- '
noon and assured him they were anx-. y
ious to end the strike and confer with ;
President B. C. Ball of the WUlam. I
ette com
pany. . . , ,
do not doubt but that Mr. Ball. T-
Is in earnest when he says hs is wiU.
K HU l'lffQ
"We want to go to work andwe want rr
arbitration of our differences' with th
company. - vrs ; r?:
uaaer, arter the conference, lert tho , ;
city hall In an effort "to consult with
liuslness Agent Melsner of tho Metal :
Trades Council. - s. ....
The strike at the plants of the Wil
lamette Iron & Steel Works - and the
Northwest' Steel company apparently
Is to be fought out on the issue of the
PT'" " f,l0.?d h?f:
Up to the time the representatives of
the Metal Trades council issued their
statement, published Sunday morning.
In which was outlined the position of
the employes, there had . been, an ap- ;
parent divergence in the position taken
by the employers on the one hand and "
their employes on the others The first :
hd contended thatt he open shop was
1th l1"1 of conriict. while the em. iv
Dloye had contend.,! witJt eouat la- '
slstence that ihe question of wages
and working conditions Was paramount
and that with thcaa an a. naritv with
I Seattle and San Francisco, all other
questions1 would take cars -of; thm-
selves. ? . r : y
HHfetBgUni
-Th i-cToTth. statement y?
President Arthur Burns and Organiser O
"P Rd of the MetsI Trades r-;
council., puts a different nhas on th -
controversy and makes tha "oomi '
Sop? Qionn
KeV"' ""V"' ;
it ,mi to be a fact - that aomsW
the leaders affiliated with union labor .
organisations In. the city rtgretTtha r
Precipitation of the strike at thta time, V
believing that all efforts toward raedl-
ation of the wage and conditions flues-
tlons Involved in the ' trouble should ,
tjsve been exhausted befors resorting
to the strike ss a final -weapon, i s
Cv M. Clarke president of the Cham-
ber of Commerce, has forwarded the-
I following .i.r.m.n tk. t.. .. .
(Conelud'd on Face Fifteen, Cola ma Three -
ATLANTIC LINER NOV
BCREWNREPORTE
Steamship - NSstorian Report-
, ed Ashore, but Details" Are
Not Made Public,
J-ondon. Jan. 3. (U. P.y-i-ThS Xy-"
land . liner Nestorlas Is ashore and
breaking up. She will probabjy be "
totsl loss. Thirty members of her
crew have been saved.. . , -
The Nestorian, built in 1911, was of
the following ' dimensions: 'Lcnath?
1 4&A S fi Uint tli fwL itinih if
I hold 36 feet.
Fear for Safetypfipift;
Liner 6eorgiC;Felt K
White Star Tassel With Cargo Znsnrsd
for $1,000,000, Dm ia Vsw Torfc front '.
J ZdTsrpool'Vot Xsard TromJS'J
New Torkv Jan.- t.-iXS. P.)Th oo t
ton Whits Star liner Georglc, which"
left Liverpool December I with a cargo ' .
Insured for $1,000,000, has not yet v
cached port, Klvlng rise to fears for -
her safety. The Georgle should have;
mads the ,trans-Atlantlc trip : In IS
days.' 1 -.'i iJ '- , , '
Officials - of the lino beltvs. the
Georgio will yet turn up. - They point j
"ut thmt it trio Germans had sunk i
would have .iron out the news at ones
Tacoma Couple
Reported'
Mr. aad Mrs. Otto SowsU'sisorsrd ,
BHarrsdi Attsnipta to Tsrlfy Stsport .
, T&i:A?v&r&Z&$f5. : .:. ' . " : -
riAlder, Washi- Jan.. 2C P, N. ft?"
A report was brought here today from
Eaton ville' that Mr.- ;.and " Mra,.; Otto
Powell,- tbS missing: ; loggin g operator
and his wife, .had . been found near
Kibe, In a' starved tend weakened eon
dittos, but 'Stilt alive Attempts to
verify tb report by., telephone have
failed.
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