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.TIIKWE.THEK - "ITS ALIj HERE nvi- Tonight and - OCLOCK and b , - , - morrow, occt- ; IT'S ALL TRUE" southerly winds. . Ilumiditr, 78. . . VOL. XV. NO. 255. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 3, 1917. SIXTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO'CENTS OTt TAOr$ AMD WTWW xaiisb me cum: : - II SENATE AGAIN REFUSES VOTE: ON RESOLUTION Hitchcock's Attempt to .Gain Indorsement of President's Note to Belligerents Lost; Substitute byGailinger. ELISEO ARREDONDO. Mexican ambassador designate to the United States, who has been ordered to leave Washington and return home by Provisional Chief Car ranza of the de facto government in Mexico. " VOTE PUT OVER UNTIL TOMORROW'S SESSION Very Existence of Neutrals Is Becoming Difficult, Hitch cock Asserts. ! . Say PTesldant Kaowi Trmo. Ixndon. Jan. S. (IT. P Declaration that President Wil son knows the peace terms, of the central powers was- mado In a New Year's speech at Budapest by Count Andrassy, according to a Central News dispatch from Amsterdam this afternoon. The Central News quoted Andrassy as saying that "If "the entente desires to learn jour terms they can do so from that source." in referring to ; America.' Washington, Jan. 3. (U. P.) For the fourth time, the senate refused this afternoon to vote on -a resolution in tlorsing President Wilson's note to the belligerent countries of Europe. Senator Lodce declared that, al though he conceded the right of the -President to make the move he did In dispatching the notes, he Insisted that "whether or not the action had been misinterpreted."' he personally 3ld not wish to be put in the position of align ing his sympathies in the war against tlife eide of human freedom and dem . o-racy arid on the eide of military "autocracy." He . declared the world was JustiHed in. regarding the president's note as a step to aid German overtures, "In view of the public statement by Ger man .Ambassador von Bernstorff on December 24. upprovlng the president's 16b." " ttda BectloB of Wots. Lodge declared the president's note "goes far beyond the mere bringing . together of the belligerents." He then read a copy of the note and, referring to that part having" to do with the permanent establishing of peace and the part to be played by the United States in these plans, said: "If the - suggestions made by the president in this note are carried out. it means tne abandoning of our present custom of devoting ourselves to this hemisphere." Following a ylormy session, the sen ate, by unanimous consent, put over until tomorrow the vote on the Hitch cock resolution, which indorses Presi dent V ilson's action. ' Senutor Ualllnger immediately Intro duced a substitute for the Hitchcock resolution. It was received without further debate and went over until to morrow. GaiUnger's resolution reads: "Resolved, that the senate of the . .United States, in th' interests of hu manity and civilization, express the sincere hope that peace between the jwarrlng nations of Kurope may be con summated at an early date." Lodge Urges Further Time. "The very existence of neutral na tions is becoming difficult." Senator Hitchcock declared today in renewing j his fight for indorsement. The United tates still does not know what President Wilson's note 1o belligerent powers actually means. This should be made clear before any congressional action regarding indorse ment of his action Is taken, Senator Iodge declared on the senate floor this afternoon In opposing a vote IwwwwiiiMiwiiiiivj)jjja,j . llfw.-aS '' III I '2$'? M V i"jiL- 4:'dlt ifHiiitt-'K''1 Sr INTERSTATE BRIDGE GERMANY PREPARES nnimrnninii nnnrnn i i iivrififii v v ii iim iiuiiuuv UUiTIITIIOOlUn UIULI0 TO AGREE T WITH MEXICO NV EW Termination of Conferences of Joint Commission, With drawal of Pershing's Men and New Peace Meetings. WITHDRAWAL WOULD EXPEDITE PEACE PLAN Would Open Way to Discus sion of Protection Ar rangements, Is View. Xexicaa Coos til General Said. New Tork. Jan. 3. (U. P.) Charged with conspiracy to vio late American laws and circum vent orders regarding the ship ment of arms and ammunition into Mexico, Juan T. Burns. Mexican consul general here, was arrested Qday and held in $10,000 bail. Bums Is charged with conspiring with Louis Getting and two other em ployes of an exporting firm, who shipped arms and other war material into Mexico as hardware. BUILDING OF TRACKS Entire Cost WUf Be $10,500, P. R,, L, & P, to Use Under Common User Clause, TO LAUNCH WARFARE BY AIR AND WATER Attacks Will Be Made Unless Peace Is Arranged fori It Is Predicted, Washington. Jan. 3. (U. P.) Tha American members of the joint Mexl can peace commission will present to Piesldent Wilson late this arternoon their recommendation for closing up the commission's sessions. Before going to see the president they will draft an answer to General Carranza's rejection of the troop with drawal protocol. Gymnasium to Take Place of Church Supper Square Meals Failing to Bring Men to Prayer Meeting, Centenary Tries Indian Clubs. Centenary Methodist church will try tonight for the first time what it hopes will prove a solution of the very ancient problem of getting the men of the church' out to prayer meet ing. After the service and under the supervision of a physical director the men will swing Indian clubs and dumb bells and go through a series of phys ical exercises of the type planned to counteract the adiposity and sluggish ness of sedentary city life. "We have tried suppers." said O. C. Bortzmyer, a member of the congrega tion, only to find that a majority of themen desire to go home at S o'clock. At the same time we began to doubt the quality of the religion of a man who could only be tempted to come to prayer meeting on the promise of being fed. The equipment for the exercises had been originally brought to the church for the use of a group of boys who meet in the basement every Thursday evening. 'EACE DEPENDS UPON REPLY OF ENTENTE, IS I Notes Forwarded by Sweden, Norway and Denmark Are Answered, rortland Believed to Be Lost. San Francisco, Jan. 3. (P. N. R.) Tha loss of the American steamship j Portland in a hurricane off Bermuda December 16 is believed almost cer tain, according to advices received today by the marine department of the Chamber of Commerce. The Portland ieft Bermuda Decenv ler 14 in command of Captain James Reese. She encountered a storm 73 miles out. Distress signals wore Picked up by the Italian steamer Urn bria, which went to the aid of the Portland. A line was put aboard the Portland, but after two hours it part ed and nothing nas since been heard trom the vessel. Washington, Jan. 3. (I. N. S.) Termination of the conferences of the American-Mexican joint commission. withdrawal of the Pershing column and then resumption of som form of (.Coatlsued on Page Two, Column Two.) lREJHAN500.il 0 Without awaiting the formality of al Chicago, Jan. 3. (I. N. S.) The egal opinion or a franchise from tno Chicago Evening American announced (Concluded on Tblrteim, Column Six) Jury Trials Are ' Set for 5 1. W. W. l city, the interstate bridge commis sion decided yesterday afternoon im mediately to construct streetcar tracks around three sides of a Vancouver block. The "tracks, which will cost $8000. will be for the use of the Portland Railway, Light & Power company, al though common. user privileges are re served. The order included a curved track al the Washington end of the inter state bridge which will cost 12500 and which will be constructed for the con venience of tthe local streetcar com pany, although here ag&ln common user privileges will be reserved. The bridge commission's decision to p'end $10,500 for streetcar tracks on Vancouver streets is based upon repre sentations of the street railway com panies that they could not afford the expense. r Will Provide Material. The Portland Railway, Light & Power company, however, will sell to the commission the materials used in construction at a rate, according to the understanding yesterday, which will net no .profit to the company County Attorney Blair of Clarke coun ty attended the bridge commission's meeting, which was held in the Mult nomah county court house yesterday afternoon. He was asked If the commission haid legal authority to use part of tu9 proceeds of the interstate bridsra bonds (the. amount is to corns out of Clarke county's portion of the bridge bonos ana he answered, "I don't know; 1 have not had the matter brought to my attention before.1 There ' ensued a discussion as to whether the Interstate Bridge com mission or -"the Clarke County com mission should have the tracks con- Following another violent alterca tton between Deputy District Attorney Richard Delch and Attorney Isaao B Kwett of counsel for the members of the 1. W. W. held on state vagrancy charges In the county jail. Municipal Judge Langguth at noon today set the '-lite for five of the jury trials of the defendants. The first one will be tried January 19. Trials thereafter will be January 22. 23. 24 and 25. and next week the date of the trials of five more will be set. There are over 40 of the men In Jail, and their trials will extend into the month of March. Flour Soars Almost : To Prevailing Price . Of the Pioneer Days this afternoon that it has received in- lormatton rrom a confidential source tatlng that Germany is preparing to launch a relentless warfare of ex ermlnatlon by air and sea if the allies reject her peace proposals. in tne or nee or tne German am bassador In Washington there Is. ac cording to the Information that crne to tr.e American, a statement of Ger many's defi to the world, a statement cf her intentions and plans" said the American. This statement is readv for reieASJ. perhaps within 48 hours, certainly as soon as Germany is convinced that here is no present prospect for peace." The American's informant added hat Germany has prepared for this tremendous onslaught by building: six hundred and fifty super-subma rines and 550 smaller submarines. Two hundred giant Zeppelins. One thousand aeroplanes. Germany, according to the Ameri can s informant, is prepared to serve notice to the world of her intention to blockade the sea, to destroy Lon don and to sink without warning any ship of any nation, neutral or other- (CoBdaded on Pge TweWe, Column FUe) it Flour prices were advanced j JO cents a barrel in the local wholesale market during the ay. and a corresponding ad- vance was made in the retail price. The new wholesale price of patent flour of the best ' known brands has been placed at JS per barrel. The retail , price will be $2.40, a sack of 49 vpounds, which is 5c a sack ' or -20' cents a barrel higher ? thaa former prices. On November 25 the price of patent flour was advanced 20 cents a barrel in the wholesale . market to S 8 20, which is the , highest figures established here .t here since pioneer days. Their on ; November ? 29 -the ' brio. dropped ;baek J0e t: 8 and on veomoer n snowea a zurtber . - crsp -of -26 cents to .17.80. 3 Increase Demands Building Changes Expanding1 Basiaess of XTorthwestera KsUoaal Baax Keeessltstes Zxten ive Interior Alterations. Owing to the Immense increase in the banking business of Portland and the very liberal share secured1 by the Northwestern National, oft'icVs of that institution are planning some ex tensive alterations of the bank prop erty in the Northwestern National Bank building. At present it is planned to utilise the big basement of the bank as" quarters for the savings de partment and architects have already been asked to consider the project. This will give the bank about double its present quarters. "There . Has been a great growth of the Northwestern - National," says Emery Olrnstead, vice president, "and we are very much cramped for room. We have oeen figuring upon utilising the basement or our building and fit ting it up for a savings -department If this is not dons expansion of our present quarters must ultimately be made in some other manner." . :.. - , ., New York Building Reported Collapsed New - Tork. Jan. 3Lr. P.) A re port reached" police headquarters at 3:30 p. - m'm that a building in . course of contraction collapsed at New Tork avenue atJd Prospect Place, Brooklyn. First reports said' two workmen were killed. v - '.j.i TEUTONIC SOLDIERS TAKEN DURING 1916 Russia Alone Captured 400, 000 Austro-Germans Dur ing Battles. The Portland was ISO tons. African Explorer Dies. Denver? Colo., Jan. 3. (I. N. S.) pr. Kdward Fleck, senior, the man who mapped German East Africa and thoroughly ex pored it and is considered responsible for its prosperity, died nere today at the home of his son, Kdward B. Fleck, following a severe attack of grip. Dr. Fleck was born in Austria In 1843. H came to the United States on a visit to rtis son three years ago and on account of the war blockade was unable to return to Germany. I Crude Oil Price Advanced. Tulsa, Okla, Jan. 3. (I. N. S.) The Prairie Oil A. Gas . company to day added another 10 cents to the price of Mid-Continental crude oil. bringing the market to $1.15 a bar rel. This Is within 5 cents of the highest price ever paid in this field. Seattle Autos Are Burned. Seattle. Wash., Jan. 3. P. N. 8.) Flames which for a time threatened to spread along Autorrfoblle Row, broke out this afternoon in the three-story brick building of the .Cadillac Motor Car company agency. The abundance of oil and lubricants in the shop caused the fire to spread fast and before th department had responded to the call the flames were leaping dangerously near other auto mobile garages and accessory shops. Ten automobiles, valued at about $3000 each, are believed to have been destroyed. The total loss is estimated at $60,000. t Condemns Saloniki : Expedition. London, Jan. 3. U P.) Demand for abandonment of the British expedi tion out of Salonikl was voiced in an editorial in Lord Northcllffe's Dally Mall today. It la asserted that the expedition was not planned by mill tary. but rather by civilian officials, arrived too late to save Serbia and has proved too weak in force to as slst Roumanla. H. W, STEEL IS i REOPENED WITH PART L FORCE Employes Pass-Through Line ' of 600 Pickets in Order to Reach Shipyard to Resume Operations After Holidays. NON-STRIKER FIRST TO FEEL LAW'S IRON HAND i To Investigate Living Cost. New York. Jan. 3. (I. N. RP) A special federal grand Jury convened today to sift out the causes of the high cost of living. Several witnesses were examined but their names were withheld. Lnnkavitzka Is Occupied. Sofia, Jan. 3. (U. P.I Occupation of the whole of Lunkavltska (Rou manian front) after bitter fighting, was announced by the war office today. lumnn nrmmmi iirtiir PL" DM AM nCPI ADATinKI nUUU W II1UIHNH HIW ULmiinn ULUUiivnuuni London. Jan. 3. (I. N. S.) Ger many has answered the peace notes of Sweden, Norway and Denmark by re ferring these countries to the German reply to President Wilson's peace Initiative. A Reuter dispatch from Amsterdam today stated that the German reply tj the Scandinavian countries was made on January 1. The German government, after ex pressing its appreciation of the atti tude and peace desires of the Scandi navian countries, added: "It depends upon the reply of the entente whether the attempt to give DacK to me woria tne blessings or peace will be crowned with success. f-heWestminier . Gasettev'. n com menting today upon' telegrams from Washington stating that President Wilson was determined to press his peace efforts, says: "The notion that the American president is a purely academic person. who launches literary essays on the world without preparation beforehand or consideration of the next step if proDaoie consequences ioiiow, is a dangerous delusion which may seri ously lead us astray If It is not aban doned. For good or evi', we have to realize the president's position of great power, and if he has the Amerl can people behind him we are bound to treat him as a serious factor at this stage of th war." (Concluded on Page Twelve, Column Fite) Suit Contesting Old Agreement Is Ended A suit contesting an agreement made som 25 years ago regarding disposi tion of certain property was termi nated when Judge -. Wolverton de creed that - Evelyn P. Ferry of New York, complainant, was not in a position to prosecute her former hus band for dower rights on his property. The property involved is a half block on the east side owned by the Troy Laundry, who were, made defendants in the "suit. An agreement had been reached between husband and wife at the time of their divorce in 1889. whereby the wife received. $50,000 for her share of the property and for the support of their child, -but the wife contended that the . transactioif had been fraudulent on the part of her husband, which the court countered with the fact that the agreement had been complied with to the letter. Harding Nominated As Canal Zone Chief V Washington, Jan. 3. ITJ. P.) Pres ident Wilson today nominated Lieuten ant Colonel Chester Harding, army en gineer corps, to be . governor of -the Panama canal sone. ' The president also sent to the sen ate the nomination of Lieutenant Com mander William C. Watts to be judge advocate general in the navy depart ment, and James L. Coke of Honolulu to be assistant Justice of the supreme court of Hawaii. Five Vessels Are . Reported Destroyed . i , i , Xondon, Jan. 3. fl. N. S.) The sinking of two neutral and three al lied merchantmen was reported : today. The vessels ;were. the Norwegian steamer : Erica. T74 tons: the . Swedish steamer Goosebrldge, 1854 toss; the British l steamer J: Hollybranch. 3256 tons; the French steamer- Leon. 1401 tons. sod ,the French smiling shls AcoficagttsW 1313 tons. - ; f By Henry Wood. With the French Army. Jan. 3. (U. P.) During 116 the allies have cap tured 582,723 Teutonic prisoners. Fig ures made public today showed Russia leading in its captures, having taken 400,000 Austro-Germans during the 12 months just ended. Other captures were: French, 78,500 German prisoners (In cluding 26,660 taken at Verdun alone). British. 40,800 Germans. Italians, 62,250 Austrtans. General Sar rails forces in Mace donia, 11,13 Bulgarian, Turkish and German prisoners. Destroyer to Take Helm Down River Rear Admiral Helm and his staff it the naval base commission will ar rive by rail from San Francisco at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning, accordins to late advices received by the Cham ber of Commerce, and will leave down river aboard the torpedo boat de stroyer Truxton about 1 o'clock. The destroyer came up from Astoria today to serve tnis purpose. The party, after hearing documen tary presentation of the value of the Columbia river as a naval base, will make actual inspections of the possl ble sites. The hearing will begin at 9:30 o. m. at the Chamber and will be finished in time for a complimentary luncheon to be tendered by the Cham ber's executive board. New Homestead Act Brings Filing Record Denver. Colo., Jan. 3. (I.N. S.) Government land offices in Pueblo and Lamar report all records broken for filings under the new 640 acre home stead law. the amount for both offices totaling nearly 150.000 acres in the last 24 hours. About 450 tracts of land were filed on. Wedding Witness Is Put Under Arrest DEMANDS ACTION ON T. LAWSON'S CHARGES Sharp Fight Occurs on Floor of House Over Alleged "Leak" to Wall Street, AD IMPROVEMENT DECLARED ESSENTIAL BY PROMINENT MEN were at. work behind Mediation Attempts by Com ' missioner Baker Make Little Headway. . ' ;. : 1 ... Commonwealth Congress Has Opening Session; Prof. F. G. Young Presides. Eood in Australia Claimed Many Lives Sydney. N. S. W.. Jan. 3. (U. P ) Seventy bodies of victims of the Cler mont flood disaster have already been recovered, but many others are still missing. Survivors are still marooned and most of the rescues have been ef fected from trees. Two Towns Taken ; In German Advance BerMn, ,Via SayvUle Wireless. Jan. (U.P.)-f-Capturaof Maein and Tiyila was announced In an official state ment this afternoon. i f. 5 . Sslem, Or.; Jan. 3. The outgrowth of the marriage of W. H. Parker of Turner and Miss Halford, daughter of William Halford, a Polk county farmer, at aVncouver December 23, was the arrest of Parker today by Sheriff Needham on a aharge of subornation of perjury. The arrest was made on complaint of the girl's father, who asserts that his daughter is not of legal age and that the marriage license was obtained on a false affidavit. Parker and his bride were living at .Turner. Parker consented to return to Washington without extradition. He says he is 24 years old. William Lawler of Vancouver, who also swore to the girl's age, has been bound over to the grand Jury. Employes Waive Increase in Salary San Francisco, Jan. 3. (P. N. S.) Men in federal .service here and who need the money have waived an in crease in salary allowed them by con gress because they want to see more poorly paid men In the service get a living wage, it became known today. This action, taken through the federa tion of federal civil services employes of the port of San Francisco, is to be the, first step of this kind ever taken by gdvernment employes in the United fatates, Mme. Petrova Flees From Fire in Studio New Tork. .Jan. 3. (I. N. S.) Ftre gutted a moving picture studio on West Thirty-fifth street this afternoon and forced Madame Olga Petrova and .1 company of 60. players to flee for their lives. Four persons were slightly in jured. Films worth $500,000 and cos tumes said to be worth $250,000 were destroyed. Mme. Petrova's gowns alone were said to be worth $50,000. "Buffalo W in Serious Condition Denver. Col.. Jsn. 3. (I. N. S.)- Colonel William F. Oody (Buffalo BUI) was reported today to be in such a condition that unless he is re moved immediately to - Glen wood Springs his life cannot : be saved. A consultation of physicians t who have been in - attendance '- was held . this morning- and it was decided to remove the . famous scout to the resort city this evening. - l"::;:'-V.- Washington. Jan. 3- (U. P.) The house today passed unanimously a resolution empowering the rules com mittee to obtsln persons and papers n pursuit of its investigation of charges made by Thomas W. Lawson. regard ing the leak on the president's note. Washington. Jan. 3. (XJ. P.) A sharp fight over tho Thomas W. Law son "leak" charges was precipitated on the house floor today, when Repre SehtstTTs'WtJOdr of Indiana demanded Immediate consideration of his reso lution for an investigating committee of five representatives to probe the charges that Insiders in Wall street profited through a tip on Wilson's message to belligerents. The fight took its most sensational turn this afternoon when ReDresenta- tlve Bennett. (N. Y.). named Bernard Baruch as one of those through whom Wall street got Its advance tip. "The rumor is." Bennett declared from the house floor, "that Bernard Baruch, member of the Council of National Defense, 30 minutes beforo the peace note was made public, sold short on a rising market 15.000 shares of Steel common At one point Representative Gard ner (Macs.), jumped to his feet. "If I were a member of the rules committee," he said. "I'd summon the president of the United States before it and ask him who was present when his note was under consideration. I'd subpena every stenographer and clerk who had access to this confidential In formation." At another time, when Chairman Henry announced Lawson had not given him "a single fact nor a single name." the Republican side jeered and The eighth annual commonwealth conference under the auspices of the Unlverstly of Oregon, was called to Making their way through a plckt,-i tng force of over 600 men. employes ot .' the Northwest Steel Co, went.to WO:k '. this morning. The big plant, tempo rarily shut down for repairs when th strike order was Issued Saturdar morning, was the center of interest;, this morning. ' ' ' x The Willamette Iron & Steel "works i 1 opened on a 2J per cent strength basis Tuesday and added 25 men to Its . force this morning. " . ' , The Northwest Steel has been em ploying close to 1000 men en .its .two shifts. Walter K. Beebe. vice presl-' dent of the plant, stated that 350 mm were ac worn toaay, io in tne mop -and 250 in the yards. Union officials1 statement was ' not over 100 men'. behind- the company.. fences. -"'- '-''x- No more men are to be put to worlf at the Northwest 8tel company for a ' few days, according to Beebe. "We will. wait for a f days, to , give our old men a chance to realise ;. that we mean business." said he. "Their jobs will be held for them dtrr Ing that period. If they do not ap preclate what we Intend doing then we . will commence to rebuild our organisa tion." .; At union headquarters it was stated. . ... , ......---i, i tht arrangements had been mads for. rUC. ..... iU. the boycotting of all the unfinished hotel by F. O. Young, professor of economics and sociology. The con ference, which is to continue in ses sion until tomorrow night, is to be devoted solely to a dlscussjoa of the highway problems, with'partienlar ref-4 erence to a new state highway cods, which has been drafted by the United States office of public roads. It was announced this morning that the pro posed code had not yet arrived but that it was in transit and should reach Portland by tomorrow. in caning tne conference to orC'-r Professor Young outlined the object aimed at, saying that the road question was both an engineering and buslnesa one. Problem Zs Tsry Important. J. D. Brown, president of the farm er s union or Oregon, was Introduced as the presiding officer of the day. Mr. Brown on taking the chair said that the road problem was the mo.-tt (Concluded on Page rtrar. Cbhunn roar) Late Train Cause Of Early Wedding renaieion, -r., jin. . Because a snow drift near Athena kept Mondjv evening's train for Walla Walla from leaving on time. Otis Hampton and Miss Myrtle Westgate. youns rrd utes of the Pendleton high school, are today man and wife, and are en routo to Los Angeles on a honeymoon trip. Miss Westgate had been teaching near Milton and had spent the holldiys in Pendleton. Mr. Hampton escorte-i her to the train Monday evening and. during a long wait ror it, they d! cussed plans ror ineir wedding in tho spring. They reached a sudden, decision not to wait and Hampton jumped aboard '.he train and accompanied Miss West gats to Crockett station, where shi lived with Mrs. Lucy Ray. Yesterdiy, Mrs. Ray went with them to WalU Walla, selected a trousseau for ".hj bride, and identified th bridegroom so he could draw money. At o'clo last evening, tney were married - by uev. isamrop. .a .9 . . , r. iwrajiurn is me youngest Mn of the late Stephen A. Hampton, pio neer ana weajiuy rarmer.' He is graduate of O. A. C. and now fsrmta-; with his brother. - His bride is tin daughter or a well known Pilot Rock family. 2 Boys Leave State m ' rt t i i raining ocnooi Salem. Or.. Jan. X. Homesickness which comes with the holiday seaao was too much for Daniel Little and Orville MFcCoy. two boys at the &xi Training school and last night they took French leave of that Institution. Both were about If. years old. Little is from La Grande and McCoy from ForestGrove. They had been at the school about 10 months. Both boyi had the confidence of the superintend ent. Little being employed in the of fice and McCoy in the hospital. work shipped to Seattle by ths North west Steel company and ths -WHUm--ette Iron & steel Works. . .,- ' "Retaliatory measures are s cecet- -slty." declared Josepa Reed, member oX. tha ' j ysiwin Uns.. .ewsstis ss eff the. Metal Trades council. "Ws bavemsda- arrangement to tie up this work with the Seattle unions. " "We have also msde arrangements, for the financing of our strike by ths Seattle and San Francisco unions. Strike benefits of $10 a week will be Allowed each man on strike here aJ r.e believe we can hold out indefinitely under this arrangement.' ."' - Arthur R. Burns, president of ths (Concluded on faga Thlrtc. Colsms Ose) important one confronting the people I of Oregon' today. As Ijt was probable' that w-lthin the next -0 years the stele I will spentd $1 i.0.000,000 on roads, lm j continued, there Is great need of a nov . i i . v. a. iuuc piiu an ua. nun ous action. The defects in Oregon's present ojd laws were suggested by Rufus C. Iln'. man, president of the State sssociat'oi. of county judges apd Com m Us ion era U. S. FOREIGN TRADE IN ELEVEN MONTHS FAR ABOVE 1915 RECORDS Although we are spenJing millions Qoiltll AlTIPriran TraHp ?1fl - dnll.r. .nnuallv in road work." sal.l OUUlll rtlllCllail I I dUw- Ml .... i r . i I r i ' Both moons ana txDorts 1 of he. 'lt is necessary to carry con stantly to the supreme courts suits at law before we. who arc responsible to the pecple. both civilly and criminally for the legal disbursement of their funds, can know whether our pro cedure is legal or not.'' . Vow Cods Advocated. The present laws, he said, produce wasteful conditions and prevent the consummation of prudent- expendi tures. They should be replaced, in his opinion, with a complete tiew code, pro viding for the Initiation, construction and maintenance of roads, the financ ing of such, work, tho organization and supervision of the forces, the ac- Showed Increases. (Concluded on Pas Four, Tolama T) Labor Leader la Dead. , Philadelphia. Pa, Jan. $.!; N. s!) Dennis A. Hays, third vice president of the American . Federation of Labor and for 22 yesrs president of the Glass Bottle Blowers" Association : f-V the United StatesA Is dead of pneumos la- lie was years of Catch Rancher's Son Carrying Bludgeon Chased Out of Btors ths Man, Xt Is aid, Threw Away Wrapped Gas Pips. Csptured following a chase, after he ran from within the J. M. Keister store. 233 Morrison street, at 1:39 this morning. Charles K. Vogle, the son of a well-to-do rancher near Co burg, was fined $20 by Municipal Judge Langguth today for being ut after hours. A Diece of gssplpe ten inches long, one end wrapped in cloth, was thrown Into the street at Third and Morrison during the chase, and the police par ticipating in Vogle's cspture sssert that he was carrying it. ': James Boyd, a merchant policeman, found the store open while making his rounds, and went to the rear to investigate. As he came back. Vogle dashed from the front door and into the street. Boy 1 pursued, but was unable to catch Vo gle. who was stopped a few minutes later by Patrolman C. E. Dalrymple. Vogle admitted to the police he had been in the store. Patrolman Dal rymple found in his handbag two car tons of clgaretv. Vogle Is 22 years old. lie said he had been working In the harvest fields and was In Portland for a few weeks while en route Jo his home at Coburg. James & Heltz& Is y Deputy to . Gehlher , Salem. Or Jan.- 3. District - At torney Max Gehlher, who ' took office yesterday.,: ha appointed Jsmas G. ilcltsel as his deputy.- - ; . . - Washington. Jan. 3. U. F. Ex -ports f mm the United States- duHngT .V the 11 months of 1916, ending Noveni ber 30, jumped more than $1,7 $0,000,- : ; ooo iu value over the same period of 111, the department of commerce an " . nount-d today. ' Goods to the vslue of $$l.t7,389 ' were exported during the month of ; November last, as sgalnst $l27,i70,363 during November, 1916. -; ;Y Total vslue. of goods exported dur-.' Ing the 11 months ending last Novem ber so. was $4,960,302,430, as against T $3.195,364, 4S for the nun period Of 1915. . Imports for last November ' total ci ' $176.988, 301 as against $K5,49ff,75 tor -November. 1915; imports for the It . v months ending last November' 30 -t '- tailed $2.186.2:,703 against $1,600.- . 764,190 ror th first 11 months .:' 115. - . . A big Increase In Imports fro.il - South America is shown. Against tin -r ports of 128.762.716 during November,. 1915. South America sent $35,71 s,0tf V worth of goods -nto'the United State . last November. During ths 11 months period of 1916. South America sent "1 Imports valued at $383,321,074 Into ths'-' -Untied States, against $268,599,443 for the same period of 111a. - . . . , Kxports to South America'-; ls V showed increases for 191$, the tot i v icr last November being .$U,75MJ:, against $14,023,839 for November, 1914. ' ror the 11 months' period of ltls'. the total was $197,561,211, against , ' Committee to Urge Phelan Bill Passage - Chamberlain Snbmittad to Body Tela. ; grams rwort sua wr mmnms ; ox .. . California Oil Tbaad Operators. -; i Washington. Jsn. 's.tWASHINa-V-i.-TON BUREAU OP THE JOURNAL.) j Senator Chamberlain nas submitted . to the public lands ronimlttee tele grams' received from Henry L. Corbett. K. W. Spencer, J. C...Amaworth, R!ch-': ard W, Montague and- c. K. S.Wod. favoring, the Phelan bill for. the relief of California nl land : operators it- ground that the: fuel supply Js short, development must be promoted and that the government should recognise equities. The1 committee today re solved 'to urge' tho bill, despite the opposition of ths navy department. Secretary Lane fsvors tne I'heiau fci:.