THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1917.
BRIEF INFORMATION
(CTH DAT Or 11T
Coming Events.
rsnners' nd BomeMakers' Week, at Oregon
Agricultural college, January 2 to 4, 1917.
Oregon Irrigation Congress la Portland Jan
aarr 4. 6.
Cattle and flora Raisers' Association of Ore
gon annual convention at La Grande. April
24-25.
Today's Forecast.
Portland add vicinity Tonight and Bandar
UWIiuo, prouauiy rami wuuihu wuu. Invited
Oregon Tonight and Bandar generally tair
reau today. At the boms of Mrs. X.
3. Chitry the , dresser in her bed
room was ransacked and "a email dia
mond lav el Here, a diamond rips and
$1 in cash were stolen, The room j
was entered with tt pass key. ' The j
! H. VT. Maxwell residence, 711 Pros-1
pect Drive, also was entered and a
signet ring end woman's watch taken.
And n toon Bird Meeting. R. Bruci
Rorsfall, the bird artist, will give an
illustrated talk In "Some Insect-Eating
Birds" at the regular Audubon
Bird club meeting tonight at 8 o'clocte
In the Audubon rooms, 309-10 Y. M.
C: A. building. The public is cordially
VETERAN IRRIGATORS ATTENDING OREGON MEET
oath and east, unsettled, probably rata north
west portion; wind mostly southerly.
Washington Tonight and Sunday rain wast,
generally fair east portion; cooler east portion
tonight; southerly winds, fresh to strong near
the coast.
. Idaho Tonight and Sundday fair, cooler to
night. .
Weather Conditions.
Tli northwestern disturbance has made I
rantil mo. to the Red Rler alley.. and an
other disturbance of more decided character Is '
spproachlng the Britlati Columbia coast. Small a n.
.,( ,.,. ware ordered displayed at 7:20 Calif O:
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in. tooay ior an -"i-"- Aiuiur x.eonara waaswortn of Soutn
fasaaena. California, editor of the
Taylor Street M. X. Church Tha
members of this church will hold their
usual service tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock, in the hall at 129 Fourth
street (near Washington). Dr. M. H.
Marvin will preach. (Adv.)
Clothes Talk. The better they look
the louder they talk. We will make
you a suit to order for $10 down and
tne balance 15 a month. Unique
Tailoring Co.. 309 Stark, between 5th
(Adv.)
California Preacher Arrives. Rev
85 Went Down ;
With the Ivernia
London. Jan. a, (TJ. P.) Losses la
the torpedoing of the transport Ivernia,
formerly the Cunard liner, totalled
5 of the rank and file, the admiralty
announced today.
tfc. month of the Columbia rirer. xue norm
astern storm Is rapidly disappearing from the
ranee or our niai). msn nressuro vmauw . ,
EeMflT.lipe? the soatbera state, and Late and J tay of several days.
I'reclriltatlun has occurred in the norm-
region.
wet. . Canada. Tennessee and the Atlantic
states. The weather 1 cooler to the northwest,
moat of California, New Mexico, the Oulf
states and northeastward to Canada; it la
. much warmer In the northern Plains states.
Iowa, southern Alberta, northern Saskatchewan
and Manitoba. Temperatures continue abore
normal In this forecast district.
The conditions are- farorable for rain tonight
and Sunday In northwestern tvregon and west
em Washington, and for generally fair weather
In the remainder of the district. It will be
color tonight In eastern Washington and
Idaho. Winds will be southerly, becoming
strong along the coast.
T. FRANCIS DRAKE.
Assist snt Forecaster.
Observations.
Temperature. g S
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Baker, Or 20 114 88 5o H Tol
Hillings. Mont... 20 12 42 20 . . . . 0
Boston. Mass 40 4 40 40 10 .63
Chlcaifo. Ul 28 10 38 20 18 0
Denver. OoW 306 M 24 O
Dulnth. Minn... 14 4 12 6 14 O
Eagle. Alaska. .- 8 22 -80 O
fcnreka. Col 8(1 12 62 30 54
Gnlreaton, Texas. M 6 62 50 O
Helena, Mont... 34 8 W) 84 10 O
Huron, 8. D 28 24 26 16 0
Kallspell. Mont.. 30 fl 46 34 0
Kansas City. Mo. 39 10 44 38 16 O
Kodlak. Alaska. 24 10 26 10
Ijuh Angeles. Cal. 42 8 62 40 0
Medford, Or 44 6 46 32 14
lllxsoula, Mont.. 842 0
Montreal, Que... 18 14 38 18 32 .80
New Orleans, La. 4H 10 66. 48 0
New York, S.Y. 34 6 60 34 30 .38
N. Head. Wn.... 44 0 48 42 14 .02
N. Yakima. Wn. 28 18 52 24 10 O
Omohn. Neb 348 Rtt 0
PittsburB. Pa 28 20 62 28 12 .32
Portland. Or -:3 6 4 42 04
P. Rupert, B. C 42 12 32 32 42
Red Bluff. Cal... 36 8 46 86 1.20
Roswell. N. M... 24 8 54 22 0
St. Louis. Mo 36 0 48 24 18 0
St. Paul, Alaska 2 2 O 02
San Dligo. Oil.. 48 4 56 46 O
San Franc-i.ro. . . . 462 54 44 32
Seattle. Wash... 42 4 50 42 18 .02
Spokane. Waah.. 34 8 44 32 12 0
Tacoma, Wash... 42 2 60 40 12 .02
Tanana. Alaska. -56 0 -60 0
Tonopah, Ne... 22 0 30 22 0
Vancouver, B. C. 88 6 44 36 O
Walla Walla, W. 42 14 56 40 12 . 02
Washington. DC. 382 SO 38 14 .Ol
Pacific Baptist, has arrived In Port
iana ror a stay of several days. He
Is at the Y. M. C. A.
Jr. Delory Xiecturer. "Concentra
tion and Money." will be the subject
of a lecture given by Dr. V. B. De
lory next Tuesday at 11 a. m. In room
E, Central library. The lecture is
free and the public Is invited.
Charter Revision X.eague. The char
ter Revision league will meet tonight
at the Central library, j. e. Dunne
presiding. All interested are invited
to attend.
Steamer Jessie Xarklas, for Camas.
Washougal and way landings, daily,
except Sunday. Leaves Washington
Street dock at 2 p. m. (Adv.)
Garland Contrasts
Wilson and Jackson
Zilnn County Senator Praises Xuman-
. lty of Both; Jackson Banquet, to
Celebrate Battle of Hew Orleans.
Andrew Jackson and Wood row Wil
son In camparison and contrast formed
the subject of a talk by Senator
Samuel L. Garland of Linn County
4 before the Jackson club in Central
library hall last night.
"Wilson and Jackson have but one
characteristic in common," he said,
"that of their love for humanity. In
all other respects they were differ
ent." I Jackson the speaker pictured as a
1 powerful, relentless autocrat. Wilson,
he declared, has a will as strong as
; Jackson's, bnt one flexible and yield-
I lng to the demands or the people.
! The Jackson club will hold its an
nual banquet at the Portland hotel
Monday night in celebration of the
I victory of General Jacksop at New
I Orleans in 1815.
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Calif ornian Finds
Secret of Making
Short Men Taller
Berkeley, Cal.. Jan. . (U.
P.) Te secret of how to
make a short man tall is with
in the grasp of science, accord
ins; to Dr. T. B. Robertson of
the University of California.
Announcement has been made
by the blo-chemlstry depart
ment of the university, that
tethelin, the substance which
controls growth, has been iso
lated. This substance, a fluid, is
declared to be In the pituitary
body at the base of the brain
and the scientists believe that
by retarding or accelerating its
action it may be possible to'
control human stature.
Experiments have demon
strated that tethelin acceler
ated greatly the growth of can
cer and Dr. Robertson believes
thaf a process will be found
for controlling the functions of
the substance In cancer.
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REPORTERS TO
BE QUERIED ON
LEAK OF NOTE
lng advanca. Information on the sots
and Frederick C. McKlnney. attorney
for Otto Kaha of Kuan. Loeb at Co
New York, were present when the com
mittee met.
f Continued Ftod Page On.
carried
Three of the prominent men who are In Portland attending the Oregon Irrigation Congress. They are:
At the left, W. G. Sayles, Santa Rosa. Cal., center, Wesley Cavlnesg of Vale and right, A. P. Clark
of Madras.
Backbones of the Country Here
sHHststtH
'
2 Blades Grass Men Admit It
and amounts of precipitation of less than .Ol of
an Inch are not published hereon.
'Afternoon report of preceding dar.
TOWN TOPICS
Trade Directory Received. A trade
directory of British East Africa, pre
pared by Henry P. Starrett, United
States consul at Mombasa, has been
received by Ansel R. Clarke, Portland
representative of the federal bureau
of foreign and domestic commerce,
whose office is at COT Oregon build
ing. The directory contains Informa
tion relative to the leading Importers
and exporters of a territory that em
braces 20.OOJ.000 persons. Those In
terested may consult the directory
at Mr. Clarke's office by calling for
file No. 82,877. A directory of the
canned and bottled provisions dealers
of Madras, India, has also been re
ceived, listed as file No. 82,705.
Memorial Sunday. Portland chap
ter of Beta Phi Sigma national fra
ternity will observe the first Sunday
In January (tomorrow) as Memorial
Sunday as a .mark of respect for
members of the fraternity who have
died during the year. The fraternity
flower, alie rose, will be worn and
members of the Portland chapter will
attend the morning service at the
First Coirgregational church
body. Rev., Luther R.
will hold a special service for
the occasion. Beta Phi Sigma has 35
chapters from coast to coast and the
memory of departed brothers will be
honored by all its members.
Assault and Bobbery Charge. Ed
ward Jenkins and Fred Taylor, both
colored wure arrested following an in
vestigation of several days, by Detec
tives Hellyer, Tackabery, LaSalle and
Leonard. They are charged with as
sault and robbery of William T. Max
well, .also colored. . The robbery
Crater Lake Scenes
Shown at Capital
Washington, Jan. . (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
Introduced as "one of the principal
sights of Oregon." will O. Steele last
night gave his. illustrated lecture on
Crater Lake park before 1000 persons
at the National museum. His char
acteristic story of the park's history
evoked much interest. The pictures
were shown between views of th Yel
lowstone and a reel of Yosemite mov
ies as part of an entertainment at the
National Parks conference. The scenlo
beauty of Mount Hood also was por
trayed at some lentgh In Steele's lec
FERS0NAL MENTION
Prominent Tourist Promoters Here,
Officers and directors of the North
west Tourist association, which is
meeting in Portland today, are making
their headquarters at the Imperial.
Among those who arrived in Portland
this morning were Herbert Cuthbert
a Victoria alderman; R. L. Sparger of
the Seattle Automobile club, and C. 11
Mahon and F. L. Wallingford of Van
couver, B. C, Mr. Wallingford repre
sents British Columbia hotel Interests
Former Famous Athlete Arrives.
By Ellen McMunn.
Down at the Imperial may be seen
the backbones of the country, also the
spareribs, the hope of the nation, the
two - blades-of-gras8-where-one-grew-before
people the farmers In fact.
They said they were all these things
In their speeches, after the Portland
people got through their compliments
to the irrigatlonlsts and the lrriga
tlonlsts got through their compliments
to Portland, and they could settle
down to telling the truth about them
selves and each other.
But all who wore the blue and gold
badges were not farmers or sons of
farmers some of them Just wanted
the farmer's vote at the next election,
and the hornier the .hand tha longer
was held by the members of the
eglslature who talked as brightly
about potatoes as if they really knew
what grew in the ground from the
things that grow on trees, and in
leather pocket books.
Commissioner Dieck, on behalf of
the city, told them all about the
Euphrates river and the sewer pipes of
Portland and a few of them took notes
on the same to try and work out the
Is a Salem
visitor at
I. George Nixon, one of the owners of
the Savoy hotel in Seattle, Is a Port
land visitor. Mr. Nixon was onco
celebrated for his athletic prowess ct
. IVInmhU linlvopaltv
Dyott 1 A. Hartley
the cariton.
R. E. Conrad, a Los Angeles menu
facturer. ia at the Nortonia.
Dr. C. A. Macrum, Mosier orchardlst
and physician, is at the Portland.
Governor Wlthycombe is a guest
the Imperial.
W. B. Bolton IS registered at the
Multnomah from Witch HaieL
W. F. Bartlett is a Camas arrival
at the Perkins.
Fred Dose, well known Woodburn
potato man. and Mrs. Dos are at
in , the Oregon
question took place early on the i Mrs. C. Conger of The Dalles, Is
morning of December 31. Maxwell, guest at the Clifford.
one of the proprietors of a colored ! A. W. Bowersox is registered at the
club at 108 North Ninth street, was ! Oregon from Albany.
first smothered with . ammonia, and I O. B. Marshall Is an Albany visitor
then robbed of $200. He Is still in ! at the
the Good Samaritan hospital suffering
from the effects of the gas.
"The Moral Duty to Be Intelligent"
is the subject of Dr. Boyd's sermon, (
7 :30 p. m.. Sunday, at the First Pres- !
byterian church, Twelfth and Alder.
At 10:30 a. m.. midwinter communion,
with reception of members. Sermon
subject. "The Breadth of Christian
Fellowship." (Adv.)
Church of Our rather (Unitarian),'
Broadway and Yamhill. Sunday morn
ing at 11, 'The Conduct of Life." Eve-j
ning at 7:45, open forum, "Recen'
Politics," Professor Joseph Schafer of
the state university, including treat
ment of land and immigration ques
tions. All welcome. fAdv.j
Columbia Bivsr Kignway stage.
Two round trips, Multnomah Falls to
Portland, daily. Leave Multnomah
Falls 730 a. m. and 1:10 p. m. Leave
St Charles hotel, Portland, 10 a. m.
and 4 p. m. Saturday and Sunday eve
ning, leave Multnomah Falls 6:30 p.m.
and Portland 11 p. m. (Adv.)
Qrnd Concert at Church. The la
dies of the First Methodist Episcopal
cnurcn win give a grand concert at
Perkins
G. W. Connie of Yreka, Cal., is at
the Washington.
Js H. Richardson of Salem, depu'.y
state comporation commissioner, is at
the Multnomah.
Dr. and Mrs. W. K. Mason of Seattle
are at the Cornelius.
Kenneth McKay, Hood River fruit
grower, is at the Portland.
George H. Burnett of the Oregon
supreme bench is at the Imperial.
A. W, Mueller is a St. Helens visitor
at the Washington.
G. E. Bourgenne of Seattle, and B,
E. Griffin of Centralia, are among the
Washlncton arrivals at the Carlton,
Walter R. BUyeu and Rockey E.
Mason of Albany, are at the Oregon.
They have just returned from attend
ins the Oregon-Pennsylvania game at
Pasadena.
Dr. and Mrs. D. D. Young of Me
Minnville, are at the dmperiaL
J. M. Darmody, an olb. man of
Bakersfield, Cal., is at the Nortonia
with his family.
B. B. Cross is a Prinevllle arrival
at the Perkins.
The Vancouver Hockey team 1
quartered at the Multnomah.
R. W. Marstera of Roseburg, county
the Men's Resort Saturday night The! judge of Douglas county is at the Port
ladles will serve refreshments. Mrs. lend.
Jacobs and Miss Pearl Sinfleld will
have charge and a good time la as
sured. ,
, Tlrst Congregational Church, Dr.
Luther R. Dyott, the minister, preaches
at-11 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. (Adv.)
Two Minor House Bobberies. T wo
minor house robberies are "under In
vestigation by the police detective bu-
it
Steamship and -Railroad
Tickets
Experleaoed Informs. Mm
Dorse? B. Smith Tourist Agency
sis n, roruua. or.
J. C. Hughes,' La Grande stockm m
is at the Imperial.
J. C. Moreland of Salem, clerk of
the state supreme court. Is at the Cor
n en us.
J. K. Weatherford, Albany attorney,
is at tne Oregon.
H. Wilson is registered at the Nor
tonia from Roseburg.
oames e. o.ewan ox rossu, a mem
ber of the legislature from WheeUi
county, is at the Multnomah.
R, N. Stanfleid. member of the house
of representatives from Stanfleid. la
at the Imperial.
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert W. . Long of
Madras, are guests at the Clifford.
idea on the cabbage patch at home, and
Mr. Woodruff of .the Commercial club
thought that th inland empire ought
to be protected in case of war and
asked them all to stay to the banquet
tonight. George Russell of Prinevllle
got quite pink in the face insisting
upon raising two blades of grass, un
til finally he had it his own way and
I suppose he will go home and do that
having overcome all objections Port
land and the Sixth Annual Irrigation
congress might have had to the con
trary. But the people who picked out the
room for the distinguished visitors to
make their spiels, didn't take into con
sideration the fact that a regular dyed-in-the-wool
farmer wears a woolen
undershirt and isn't strong on the
peekaboo waist stuff, 60 the tempera
ture got up to where it was mighty
like hay-making time, and the men's
noses began to shine from perspira
tion, and I had only time to count
five men who wore beards, seven with
mustaches, two with five hairs on
their heads, and one chewing a tooth
pick, when I had to get out, for my
nose was getting shiney too.
OREGON
AND
ARIZONA
BOMBS LIKELY SENT
BY THE SAME PERSON
Authorities Working on Case
Find Both Were Mailed in
Washington Offices.
"LET RAINBOWS
ALONE" ADVICE
OF FINANCIER
(Continued from Pare One.)
faith toward the irrigatlonlsts when
it omitted the irrigatlonlsts from
benefits under the bill. His charge
followed an address by Professor Hec
tor McPherson of the Oregon Agricul
tural college, who had explained that
the bill does not benefit the man who
has not a clear aeea to nis iana.
Water Bights Improvements.
Professor McPherson defended the
action of the committee, holding that
under the circumstsnces it could have
done nothing else. With all its faults.
he declared, the bill does offer help
to many farmers and Is a "toehold"
for subsequent legislation that will
Include the irrigatlonlsts as well as
others.
Stale Treasurer Thomas B. Kay
questioned Professor McPherson along
similar lines, asserting that the pro
fessor was Its author. His question
had to do with his Interpretation of
the term "land," and whether water
rights should be considered as a part
of the values of lands on which the
state's credit could be extended under
the law.
McPherson denied that lie could he
charged with authorship of the bill
any more than Mr. Kay himself or any
one of 100 others, tie sal a. However,
that the value of land would be af
fected by whatever improvement and
that water rights certainly were im
provements. Further than that he
preferred to give no snap judgment.
holding that such a question was for
answer either by the state land board
or by the state supreme court. ,
Keep Matters Separate.
George Russell asserted that the ir
rigation question must be kept separ
ate from all others in adjusting devel
opment measures, and that as soon as
all are mixed together, the irrigatlon
lsts are bound to suffer.
If we are to depend upon lawyers
and real estate sharks, we might as
Well quit," he said. "We must put val
ues Into our irrigation securities, but
not at the speculator's value. We must
not be hoodwfhked by committees tha:
went to the legislature and spilt the
beans for us."
State Engineer John II. Lewis spoke
briefly along lines of conservative
financing under cooperative federal
and4 state aid, coupled with general
laws that encourage rather than re
strict capital, and the encouragement
of pioneering railway lines that wilt
allow the produce of settlers to reach
the markets
Arthur HOoker, secretary of the Na
tional Irrigation Congress of. El Paso,
Texas, extended greetings and urged a
more concerted period of irrigation dis
trict development
-Changes Are Proposed.
Proposed changes -in the Oregon lr
rigatlon district laws, suggested by i
special - committee appointed , several
weeks ago. by President J. W. Brewer
bonds a stability and value In tha
financial markets that they do not
now possess. The recommendations
were referred to the resolutions com
mittee, which will report this after
noon on the form In which they will
be presented to the state legislature.
In general, the committee recom
mends the following provisions:
Giving bondholders a Hen on the
Irrigation works and other property, in
addition to a lien on the lands them
selves. Requiring the clerk of the circuit
court to certify on the face of the
bonds that the district has been or
ganized and the bonds Issued with
complete legal sanction.
Providing for the certification of
irrigation district bonds by a commis
sion composed of the state engineer,
attorney . general and superintendent
of banks so that properly approved,
the bonds may be available for invest
ment by banks, insurance companies
and trust companies on equal terms
with city, county or other municipal
bonds. This is taken from the Cali
fornia irrigation law.
Making provision for allowing the
United States reclamation service to
organize and operate its projects under
the irrigation district plan.
"Federal Iioan Act Inadequate.
That the federal farm loan act will
not meet all the requirements of the
Irrigation farmer so long as he has
not full and complete title to lands
and so long as water rights are not
entirely paid for was the opinion of
Dr. C. J. Smith In an address yester
day afternoon before the Oregon Irri
gation congress.
Dr. Smith quoted extensively from a
letter of Representative Moss of Indi
ana, one of the framers of the law,
from which he deduced that:
There is a very serious doubt
whether the federal act can be applied
where a water Hen exists; it behooves
water users to perfect their Irrigation
district organizations: that the high
est courts should differentiate be
tween the terms Hen and mortgage
and that the federal statute should be
amended, if necessary, td make its
benefits apply to the people who need
it most.
Legislation Suggested.
In closing his address. Dr. Smith
said:
"I believe it to be the duty of the
next legislature to provide for some
kind of association or associations
whereby the credit of the association
as a whole may be pledged in order to
assist in reclaiming lands if water had
actually been conveyed to the land, be
cause we find so many people who are
unable to make the necessary improve
ments In order that the land could be
justly assessed on its true productive
powers ror agricultural purposes.
State Treasurer Thomas. B. Kay ex
pressed similar fears with respect to
the state constitutional amendment
authorizing rural credit legislation. He
said, the framers of the measure over
his protest had put in restrictions that
he felt were unjustified. However, be
felt that the law is good In many re
spects, although It could have been
made broad enough to include many
more people. ,
. He urged that the administration of
the loaning of money under -the bill
Albany, Or.. Jan. t. There Is much
similarity In the bomb received by J.
R. Miener of this city, December 2?,
and the-pne recently received by J. W.
Fisher, a mine foreman of Bisbee,
Ariz., according to officials working
on the case. The one received by
Mlsner was mailed from Algoma,
Wash., and bore the address of a man
In Auburn, Wash., on the wrapper. The
one sent to Fisher was mailed at Au
burn. Local officials, because of this
fact, are lead to the belief that the
bombs were made and sent by the
same person, or persona closely asso
ciated. Mlsner, with L. L. Bilyeu. mall car
rier, who delivered the bomb In this
city, have been In Portland attending
the preliminary hearing of Milton A.
Morgan, an ex-convict, charged with
being implicated In the sending of the
Infernal machine.
The bomb sent Fisher was exploded
by an electric battery, and the one re
ceived by Mlsner was discharged by
me action or a sliding Hd against
chemicals and explosives.
Rhine on Rampage;
v mages Are f looded
Paris, Jan. . (I. N. 8.) The sud
den rise of the Rhine has brought
serious flood conditions in both Hol
land and Germany, according to dis
patches from Amsterdam today.
In southern Llmbourge, many towns
and villages have been flooded and ex
tensive damage done.
The railway between Colons and
Diertnghausen has been wiped out and
the fate of the population of the latter
city is unknown.
Belgian Executions
Denied by Berlin
Berlin. Jan. f . (T. N. 8.) (Via Say-
vllle. Wireless.) Reports printed In
foreign newspapers that a woman and
a 1 8-year-old boy were recently exe
cuted by Germans at Hasseln. Bel-
glum, as spies, were officially denied
today.
In denying the report, the Overseas
News agency says:
"No boy of this age was sentenced
at alL A woman was sentenced to
death by courtmartlal on conclusive
evidence, but was pardoned."
Russians Pierce German Line.
Berlin. Via Wireless Sayvllle. Jan.
6. (U. P.) Entry of Russian forces
Into a German position across a space
about the width of that held by a
battalion between th east coast and
the road from Milau to Riga was re
ported In today's official statement.
The attacks, came after violent artil
lery preparation and were made by
fresh forces, following yesterday's un
successful attempta to advance.
market had started, which
prices down 4 to 13 points.
The text of the president's message
was available for transmission by
press associations and newspapers
shortly before S o'clock and was re
leased for publication at 12:05 a. m,
Thursday, December 21.
(When the message was released for
such transmission, it was expressly or
dered by the state department that the
whole matter was to be considered
strictly confidential even the fact that
such a note had been sent until the
time of publication.)
Suspicion of responsibility for a leak
on President Wilson's note to European
belligerents today practlcajy narrowed
down to financial writers and embas
sies' attaches abroad.
Subpenas were issued for the entire
Washington staffs of the Wall Street
Journal, and Financial America.
There was a sugcestion that the
Journal of Commerce and New York
Commercial representatives would be
Included.
Gardner quoted the ticker report as
follows:
"The renewed selling In the market
is due to a report received by brokers'
private wires from Washington to the
effect that the administration will. In
the near future, address to the bellig
erents some suggestion of proposals
In regard to peace. Nothing definite
is obtainable In administration
circles."
"Mind yon," said Gardner, "this
statement was made four hours before
the news of the president's note was
given out. There is your proof of
leak. Miracles don't go on the stock
exchange. Dow, Jones A Oa. are not
prophets."
ralth Apparently Broken.
Discussing Secretary Lansing's
statement to reporters on the afternoon
before the president's note was made
public that such a communication had
been sent, and that newspaper men
were being told in confidence and
would be held responsible for the "tip,'
Representative Harrison declared:
"Apparently other reporters kept
faith, but the Wall Street Journal and
Financial America sent out that tip
on their tickers."
Representative Wood was recalled
to the stand when the hearing opened
Representative Harrison asked him
why he had made no effort to find
"A. Curtis." who. in a letter, told him
about the alleged conferences of
Baruch and Secretary Tumulty and
the rest of yesterday's rumors.
Wood said he had written Curtis
letter addressed "Wall street, . New
York." but had received no reply.
"Don't you think you should have
made Inquiries as to who this A. Cur
tis Is." asked Harrison, "In view of
the fact that you demanded an in
vestlgation, insisted on it and claimed
it was a question or personal prlvl
lege?"
Wood Defends 'Curtis' X.etter,
Wood replied that the letter "spok
for Itself." He said he understood
Curtis' Information waa based upon
statements or otners.
"With whom did you confer before
Introducing the resolutions." asked
Harrison, but the Question was ruled
out as Irrelevant.
It was then that Harrison made th
flat statement in answer to a que
tlon by Representative Campbell
(Kan), that he thought there was
leak "ana rurtnermore. it wen
through representatives of the fiuan
ciai journals.
It was brought out that Wood d
not try to get In personsl touch wit
Curtis, but had merely written hlin
asking him to furnish facts. Wood said
he had received many similar anony
mous letters since the resolutions
were Introduced.
Representative Gardner, railed afte
Harrison, said the committee fhould
question President Wilson and Secre
tary Tumulty, all employes of the
White House and state department '
and officials and employee of Ameri
can embassies abroad as to the leak.
Exchange Will preserre Beoords.
Bernard M. Baruch. a Wall street
broker, whom rumor and Represent
ative Wood of Indiana connected with
the leak, also was asked to preserve
his broker's saleyrHps during the period
when the note Was sent and the stock
market broke.
A telegram, read by Chairman
Henry, said trie New York stock ex
change would preserve its papers from
December 10 to December S3, as request
ed, but could not snswer for the Con
solidated exchange.
The committee immediately decided
to ask the New York and Consolidated
stock exchangee? have their members
preserve individual records of trans
actions during the period.
S John Boyle and Henry Eland of the
Wall Street Journal and John Walsh.
W. A. Crawford and A. U Geyer, N.
M. Sheppard and A. M. Jamieson of Fi
nancial America were the financial re
porters the committee summoned.
Charles H. Sabln. president of the
Guaranty Trust company of New
! York, mentioned in newspapers as hav-
Wall Street Is Not Worried.
New York. Jan. . (U. P. Wall
street braced Itself for the shock of a
possible government Investigation of
the "note leak" situation today. But
Wall streeton the surface, at laest
is unworrled.
"We are ready and th records are
here," was th general attitude of
stock exchange members In response
to Secretary George W. Ely's order di
recting all members to preserve rec
ords of stock transactions from De
cember 10 t6 December Z3.
The strets's protestations of inno
cence today received added support In
the telegram of Barney Baruch, one
of the speculators mentioned by Con
gressman Wood as having been In on
the alleged note leak, denying ho had
any knowledge of It. Baruch added
that he is preparing a detailed state
ment of his position in the matter.
No formal request was made by the
govrenment for the preservation of
stock market records, but unofficial
advices caused the action to be taken
anyhow.
Deputy Sea rgeant-at-Arms Kenneth
Romney of the house was In Wail
street all day.
Wall street Is Inclined to wet blanket
the possibility of serious developments
in the possible house investigation, be
cause, the stock market men say. Con
gressman Wood based all his state
ments and names on the authority of
the mysterious A. Curtis who wrote
him an anonymous letter from Wall
atreet.
Allen Curtis, member of a stock ex
change firm, the only Wall street man
whose name is A. Curtis, today denied
he wrote the letter to Wood.
McKinnon Formerly in Portland.
R, W. McKinnon. Chicago broker
named by Representative Wood of In
dlana in the Washington "leak" In
vestlgation. was formerly a Portland
broker and had offices In the Chamber
of Commerce building for three year.
He first came here In 1901 as repre
sentative of Logan A Bryan, brokers,
of Chicago.
After three years her as their rep
reaentatlve, he returned to Chicago and
entered Into a partnership with Logan
& Bryan. Later he left the company.
and has been operating since In his
own name.
Representative : : :::
Travels on Skns
To Assembly;!
Denver, Colo, Jaa. . !. Kf
S.) Snow drifts. . blockaded "
m trains and cold did not keep
4 representative Frank W. Mur-, .
4 phy of Jackson county from '
coming to this city for th :
meeting of th general as '
sembly. He put on skis and - s)
cam anyway making a 40- -
mil hlk through th drifts
over th continental divide .
from his home In Waldea to s)
.Kremmllng. on the Moffat rail-
road, wher he could catch a
train. ... e)
m "
Attempt to Starve r -
-Not Soon Forgotten
1 sssssssssSBssssa .
Danish Vrvvpap Bays Oreat Brrtala
"Will Carry oa War a Znomr a Tatrs .
Zs Possibility of aTuooess. ,
Stockholm. Jan. C (T. K. -Dagbladt.
discussing editorially the
British attitude toward peae. says:
"People forget military defeats, but
England must confess to herself that
th German nation never win forget
the years during which England tried
to starve the Germans, that they never
will forget how the British' statesmen
tor to pieces international treaties
which they themselves a few years
before had formulated, and how tha y
In cold blood attempted to brute about
the death of a whole nation by star
vation. "Therefor, th British mean te
carry on th war and stlmulat their
allies a long as there is a poasfbUlty
of final victory." .
Editors Refuse to Comment.
New York. Jan. 6. (U. P.) Editors
of Financial America and the Wall
Street Journal, newspapers named In
nvestlgation of the alleged "leak" on
President Wilson's peace note today
refused to comment on the news that
their Washington staffs would be
quizzed.
The Wall Street Journal declared
there would be found nothing Irregu
lar when Its Washington dispatches
were presented to the committee.
American Minister
Is to Be Recalled
Washington, Jan. .(!. K. S.) In
response to a request from the .Ger
man government, the state department
today agreed to withdraw Charles J.
Voplcka, American mlnlater to Rou-
mania, Serbia and Bulgaria, from Bu
charest. The department will prob
ably order the American diplomat to
quit any conquered territory now In
the hands of Teutonic powers in the
countries to which he was accredited.
Since the fall of Bucharest, the seat
of Roumanian government 1s In Teu
tonic hands, and the government has
been removed. Minister Voplcka and
the Dutch minister remained to care
for the Interests of neutrals and bel
ligerents alike. This arrangement, how
ever. Is apparently not satisfactory to
the Teutonic allies.
Diplomatic Washington explained to
night that, in his capacity as minister
to Rou mania, the American diplomat
had no official status after the Rou
manian capital paased Into Teutonic
control.
Judge A. A. Wilder.
Honolulu, a Suicide
San Francisco, Jan. . CP. W. S.)
Arthur A. Wilder, former associate
justice of the supreme court of Hawaii,
shot himself before a mirror In Hono
lulu yesterday. His friends agree he
had been brooding over the divorce
his wife recently secured and his po
litical fights.
Judge Wilder resigned from th sro-
preme court In 10. Later he brought
charges against Jeff McCam. United
Statea district attorney, and Lucius
Plnkham, governor of the Islands.
Not long ago he went to Washing
ton to lay the charges against Pink-
ham before President Wilson, seeking
the governorship for himself, but
failed.
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HOBTBQgB M. BJBOIJEB, Mgr. 1
of th Oregon Irrigation congress, in
elude provisions for. giving irrigation J could be accomplished for one-fifth of
1 per cent, with practically the same
office force now employed by the state
land board.
Encouraging reports on the progress
of Irrigation In the Mate were made
by Ralph Cowglll of Fish lake project
near Klamath Falls, Roscoe Howard
of Deschutes and H- . Bartholomew
of Stanfleid, Dr. J. E. Anderson of The
Dalles and Mr. Keys of Wasco county.
The report of the Irrigation district
code committee was brought In and re
ferred without discussion or comment
to the general resolutions committee.
It will be scted upon tomorrow.
Election of officers and the report
of the committee on resolutions will
is iw rresiasm j. w. nrewer Wilt !
be a candidate for reelection; Other I ana. ajntlsa. Latest and bst
tentative candidates. In the event that I m,lhodB- PTatlm, ae medicine,
he is not. are Vic President H. H. I Ooasattatlom sad axaalaatlem fr.
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